The evening world. Newspaper, May 27, 1905, Page 8

OF INDEPENDENCE oe P ‘Philadelphians ‘Pledge Lives, Liberty and | Honor to the Overthrow” of the Gang, “Who Have Openly Trampled on the Rights of the People.” BY MARTIN GREEN. (Special to The Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA, May 27, Resolved, that we heartily commend the courage, fidelity and good defies men who have openly trampled on the rights of the people, Wieee| rr they are, and who have shamelessly obeyed the commands of Irre- ible and self-seeking bosses, - Mesolved, that we, the citizens of Philadelphia, without regard to party politics, do hereby, before Gok and men, pledge our lives, liberty and p honor to the complete overthrow of despotic methods in vu) Jolpat affairs and the restoration of the American principles for which feathers fought and which shall ever be our gipry while we remain hy to be called their children. ‘Thus it was that Philadelphia issued its new Declaration of Independence it. It ie acarcely concetvable that there conld arise in New York a condition as that which brought about the great niass-meeting here at the Acad- ‘of Music, ‘Nor can one familiar with New York and its people believe ‘would stop at a mass-meeting should the city be unfortunate enough | puffer as Philadelphia has suftered. x we in the! distinct settlement ‘Tam: | #ootalty emented. aN eT Leaders In Machine Pay. | Naturally, under these conditions, leaders of thought appear in cach set: tlement.. Most) ef the dominant men have heen dratted mto politics by she machine: >: Many’ of. th are paid Alrectiy fer‘ what they 'd3, Others are Peia-by! patronage—and ‘the patronage of Philadelphia te ‘surprising when the simpliclty with which the elty might be woverned’ is considered, Philadelphia tas drifted along in thie way for years, the number of those who profited by association with the machine steadily | srowing. ‘Republican machine 1s dominant but comparison between the two the methods of Tammany Hall almost holy. The Tammany try to leam what the people ‘and elther give it to them or make think they are gettting it. ‘Just Help Themeelves. a [he leaders of the Philadeiphia or. ) gantwation’ determine what they want take it, or, rather, they bave: been ‘H-up to the time they tried to ‘the gas works a week 280. + Yorkers who attempt to probe politieal! conditions here pause in i nt when they have scarcely “more than penetrated the surface of , Tt is not #o much that a gang of Politicians, tas succeeded in getting) Philadelphia by the throat that causes amazement. ‘This condition !s not un: % Yamiliar. The strange, almost revolting, feature of the corruption is the part “Ehat so many men bf good repute In whole town turned out and jubllated | when the building wes turned o the welrd Mayor Ashbridme, who ssrved in. 1901, \ ‘The childish taith with which Phila- delphia paid for @ City Hall that hea | more vacant spade and sounding echoes | in it than any cathedral in the United | States ts characteniatio of the indiffer-| ence of the citixena to the trend of civic | events, This indifference was fostered | by @ sogailv respectable and utterly | gmingleas press, which “was controlled, MOUS John Wanamaker entered Philadel-| whip journalism, almost entirely by m. chine influences, The motto of the preas was not "Publicity," but “Suppression,” Gang Needed the Money. At Inst came the inevitable, The city IrAs aimont wt the end of her resouroos: insiders ‘In the organightion were Inter- (gald-blooded associates—that the Pa Fal i rset Bon following the at, ested in Pennies contracts, and they great ato Yo} Deeded mpney, which the city was not tempt to lease the city was plant ‘tol in position to United’ Gas Improvement Compaty| was the question, ae ‘ane fated ‘beyond their understanding, OUS. how to raise it—lease the mas plant 4 Mow Bad Habit Grow [io 2rveicaroriclon, tr mventy Rt is easy to adrift into a bad) What the Philadelphia gang te pleas abit. Many olti sais Philadel-|to call the ‘yellow preas” exposed the : phia, shonsan a) se sham: nie true Inwardness of the scheme to the pre ot people, No wonder Philadelohia was aroused when the voters and the tax- machine, The practical politigtans, Working slowly oraftily, suc- a his eae ho, to further thelr own er pecuniary or polltteal, lyes wit! open | From the bitter attacks made upon the ‘ehief men of the organization one might fimagine them to be utterly abandoned erentures, That some of them have ing Ceased to kitow the meaning of e fg undoubtedly a fact, but it may said for many of the others—and loyalty Is vital to the success of bit ayers were shown figures to prove that the United Gas Improveme; it Compan. Would probably make slut x4 Sy ae a a the krade of politics played Who have had ® strausle hold on Milles Aelphia. it ie only necessary i mention plan to turn a inital profes- | Over to a private corporation. ya ant tured as Onicago electe i OF Diedged to extend municipal ers How, loaw Bhiladelpni wil i site a cue” stb, ver walks thr street on hie tnd from lune! B nanalcrohily irom hg eases ‘6 aroused, Will They Sleep Again? me Dusan Su of sh, otaen Ae, Bere aE ty became friendly with the e. They profited by thi aiiness and drew others in, » The growth of the machine was *.) favored by the very character of the qty of Philedelphia. It i# in truth a eity of homes. As such it attracts people who are home lovers in the sen: i Ahat they ere not of a migratory dia- position, ‘The Philadelphian would juxuriate under his own vine and fig it he could. Falling, he betakes fin hundreds of thousands to ‘but neat houses, renting from lese| awa! fan #0 nm month up, and there ho| eh gam He Aces not move feverishly the New Yorker every yoar or s0, ie métties down in his little house, wwa everybody on the block and be- gomes part of a complex system of What might be called small boroughs. Apartment and flat-house life such as New York knows it has yo place in (Philadelphia, he city is a vast check- Grbonrd of settlements, each of which in @ sense independent of every other, in that the inhabitants of each ° Academy of gw Postmaster-Genersl —Charile: STR, attempt tine been made. “The attempt made by the plunderers to shield their rala under the name of the party organization. The black flag 0 racy hut the flag of Republicanism, It js not the fgg, of Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses 8. Grant .and William McKin- Tey and Theodore Roosevelt, This ate tempt to cloak the foulest robbery un- der the mantle of party loyalty is an unholy desecration, A Stupendous Robbery, phe crime against which we have risen is the most stupendous robbery wnion lias ever beon undertaken in municipul history. We are to tell the ld whether We shal) remain fr moa or, wieter we shall wear tt Chains of slaves, You are Justified in 0 Your Tenresen|AtlVOs, tW'e reape rderly. ob 1 my 0 rly com: Rat if yo «in w former Emory ec law. try- © BFASD of Lan- i snow you how self- nd self-defénding men ith: you, Make” your ry great the crowd oyerfiow macting wa: of the Young Men’ elation, an RECORDS SHOW 26,045 cha 8 held in the 's Christian Ass ther In Broad street front of the Academy of Music, thers who addressed the meetin were Vrank M. Ritter, a former Di rg 0) yi8. Ball cian; Prof. 5. Hows the American Acade: tan halt thy ‘ohen, physi- . President of '¥ of Political and Right Rey, Alex » D. Dy Bishop estant Magar Avoaver: Renin’ hit th PMiyer we n 6 gan Mvesterday Dy olaing ip the erect 5,220 WORI.D WANTS GAINED isptacop, EDERMAN And PARTY | BEHIND WS, HOBOKEN STALLION THAT WAS A HOBO KEK STALLION It was Marous Aurelius who first discovered ‘“‘the little Black Man.” While riding in his automobile down the Appian ‘Way after hearing the latest phonograph perform in the Forum he suddenly pulled his wax tablets from his hip pocket and*wrote: ‘For I know that no misfortune can befall “Sta WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1906: _ IT’S GREAT TO HAVE A LITTLE BLACK MAN. VAAN Nes, Lev me ORIVE T Know You, BAWLINGS BLACK MAN BROKE IT TaRwers me without the consent of the DEMON that is within me.” He had hardly finished when @ policeman arrested him for speeding his benzine buggy, and he had to put up a $100 bill to be released. Of course, when he got home he blamed it on the little’ black man, just as our friend in the picture did, Be kind to the little black man. He’s all right. $25,000,000 Smeiters stock,’ and the shift- ing of accounts for the final Inetal- ments of the Japanese loan. Actually there was a decrease in loans of 9,423,400, and an increasé in deposits amounting, to $10,022,500, The total sales of stocks teeaey, were 104,400 shares and of bonds $1,864,000. The total sales of stocks for the week were 4,698,000 shares and of bonds $15,621,000, WALL STREET SATURDAY, MAY 27, If the Stock Exchange had been closed to-day ite members would have lost comparetively little in commissions, Or Gers were eoaroe and the trading was without spirit or motive, Operators, of rere ee Dagially did notht there being no disposition to take the chances of carrying stocks over Memorial Da. ‘Although the New York Stock Exchange will be open for business on Monday It te not expected that there will be much life in the transactions of that day. The allufements of a three days’ vacation In the country has taken e majority of the active traders out of town, and the ‘home guard” im, exceedingly cautious fm view of the uncertain Codesbag of the r the past few Ww: tae? Patten with the weaknesr shown ‘Union Pacific to-day there wes talk about Gare. B, H. Harriman from the pres- iienalee of Union Pacific, Southern Pa- cific and otier ailted companies, Opin- fon on the floor of the Exchange was divided regarding the cause and basis of such reports, Traders who have faithfully followed the lead of the Union Pacific during the past three months or more insisted that Mr. Hare riman had no idea of altering his rela- tions with the railroad properties here- tofore dominated by him. From other scurces came the explanation that Mr. Harriman would merely exchange his active executive: positions for the Chair- manships of each Board of Directors, thus making him the financial head of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific sys? tem and relieving him from the re- sponsibilities of operating the different roads, A director of Union Pacific and a close friend of Mr. Harriman sald: “pt {e true thet Mr, Harriman is going away very soon for a long rest. He has been working hard and hae shoul- dered tremendous responalbllities, and he is tired, He may give up the presl- dencies of the several compamies in the so-called Harriman system, but he will remain as the controlling force of the, syndicate which owns a majority of the siccks of all of these properties.’’ ‘The bunk statement was satisfactory in that it showed an increase in oxsh réserve of $40,200, and an fmorease in surplus, aside from United States de- posite, of $3,148,275, These figures tally fairly well with yesterday's forecasts, being jf anything a lite mofe favor- fable, There had been some) expectation of an lherease in the loan item owin; The Closing Quotations, ww, Close, C a m 1 8! BR 3 eSsigeuees: +4! un St. Sess Pittet Seg Berets sayabeyssucss 3 S4+11d+ 411F1 tlt ti+ ei ee i 2 at SEseugeh FRSA zze & fi OZZ: e = SEED SES SuBetesEEseseelyssexes Bert ray = S. Seuss’ 3s =} $+} [4t43+ 21 igs 100 Bt. L.8.W. pf. 39 20 Bou Paoition 61% 309 Gon. -Ry, Co. Sete S SazEr ere cleaning contracts, one of the ric! } a laring new Mi Mahe an ta deans ‘ulmination of) recent of | ture was High. Law. Cage ats, re ee ee} 81 +B 204 ay Pe -o@- MEW EQUITABLE - e cua; esc 3 J = Ss Fl 100 U, i a y 62 & ‘ eae a ay inet CHARTER HELD UP 200 U, 105% 106 00 6. seoel’ pe att Be oh ( 100 Va-Car 82% He + $ em 100 Va-Car 106% 106% — BS West bee oe 3S om ty Attorney-General Mayer Delays BWEh #* 29+," Action on Proposed Changes A ia 2 cas Until the Courts Pass Upon FORMION SLOCES Question of Mutualization, FLAT ON WAR NEWS. were steady, Trading on the Stock Exchange was dull and prices were steady, Business was confined to levelling accounts prior to the carry-over on Monday. Crnsolg were @ fraction easier, Americans opened firm and prices were meintained throughout at about parity, After & meagre amount of bust Risa the arise ‘Sioded quist. the Xea decision yesterday of Supreme Court Justice Maddox in the Equitable Lito Assurance case he would for the pres- ent withhold action on the proposed mended charter of the soolety, which ‘was referred to him by Supt, Hendricks, of the State Ineurance Department, for approval as to its cnformity to law. ‘The Lord quit results in an injunction forbidding the “effectuation” by the so- ofety of the proposed amended charter, and the Attorney-General said he would not approve or disapprove it pending the further adjudication of the matter in New Yorke Ontario and Western on manipu- re, ware ted. Imperiat Foreg ES verminent wines Of aN mare Japan quoted at 1011-2, RLIN, May’ 27.—On, the Boerwe to- BERLIN, ‘asied in hesitating man: Tittig: bualnes was transacted. F iv Prices on the| the courts, ork “ndvicue, but ‘at the’ closing ew " 1 sSpeitaciuns i lees| SHIPPING NEWS. Russian Imperial Fours were aucted at Ars Bias: Ra uAeAS ‘4 ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY, : a Gun rises, 4.95/8un ets, 7.10!Moon rises, 1,28 FORMER CITY MARSHAL THE TIDES, ACCUSED OF LARCENY, Failed to Deliver Collected Judg- Washington Market Man Alleges—A Second Complaint, George W. Klune, who used to be a cbty marshal and now says he is # col- | Cam lector for the Naval Reserve Conpa, war arrested to-day at his home, No. Hast One Hindred and Sixty: atreot, on, a chai ‘the Centre or 1H, farris, of No. $50 Be % At Kitine, while a'clly marwha tn Hi ad colmaltger, a urovieien ‘deateh, ‘ er, a. provision deale of Waanin fon Market, and had refused ‘vinelutrate Crane at first held Kiune fend: ie a ‘ rea aie tH a aD i PORT OF NEW YORK, OUTGOING STRAMSHIPS, in SAILBD TO-DAY, . RARRSES ok hall on te Sohwoltzer oharge, ‘but fa! at the request Of a representa tive of the jaw firm of Black, Ofco.1, ¢ 4 Bonyngg, paroled him + v riber nesday. —————— Ds LONDON, May 87.-Money was o abundant in the market to-day and] ALBANY, May 27-—Attorney-Goneral the demand was moderate, Discounts | Mayer sald to-day that in wew of the EXPERT ON CITY TRAMWAYS ARRIVES HERE Superintendent of Glasgow Roads to Advise with Chicago Mayor. f James Dalrymple, the Superintendent of Municipal ‘Tramways at Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in New York to-day on the Cunard line steamship Cam- pania on his way to Chicago, where he will advise with Myor Dunne on the clty ownership and operation of atreet | railways, Mr, Dalrymple {s just past fifty, but, retaina all the mental and physical vigor of youth, He sald of hin experience in running the Glasgow tramways for the city: “We took possession in 1807 of tram- ways that had, been run by private in- teresis since 1872, The day we took hold! there wes not a man in the executive department of the olty government who knew anything about the conduct of a railway, We did not shy at the task,’ however, and now’ the roads are s0| Proaperous that we have cut down the| fares to a ha'epnny a half-mile. That | ta one cent of American money for a half-mile ride, and the majority of the workingmen of Glasgow are so situated that they need ride very little further, ‘The highest fare wo exact is five pen- nies for miles or more, We adopt what we call the mone system, and the tramways run north and south, east and weet. One Year's Profit $500,000, “Though we ha’ j@ such an ex- tensive cut In the fi we have also raised the wages of the employees, The raise 18 on an average of from 21 to 2 shillings @ week to 31 shillings. Even with these benefits to the people and notwithstanding extensive Improvements our profits last year were £100,000 $800,000), “Now we operate 147 miles of tram- way, but within a year we will have completed fifty-three miles of road in the outlying district, This will give Us 200 miles to operate, and we expect our prosperity to increase rather than Umin'sh. We employ 4,500 men on our municl- pal tramways. Every one of theso men fs entitled to @ pension of halt-pay after the continued service of fifteen years. They contribute alxpence a week to the pension fund and the city con- tributes fourpence a man. "I do not know how great a succes: might be made.out.of munioipal owner- hip other properties than tram- ways," he continued. “On our tram- ways we only seek to make a profit of 2 per cent, and carry a sinking fund of 6 ver cent. Our gas plant has been pretty profitable and we are able to I] the city gas for two shillings ono fhousand cuble feet as a rule, Tho price varies, however, according to tho cost of coal, Telephone Venture a Bi aa Sto Pua roperties 0 15 Tree Thin a both due to aight thar has raged without cessation against the national company and from the fact that the Scotchman does not take telephone. He. would rather walk miles and hold man-to- man conversation.” ‘Mr, Dalrymple was asked if there was anything to prevent ® party coming into power u the patronage of ths tramways for ite interests, He waid there were olvilservice rules that ob- viated any party abuse of thia municipal Pike muntotpal ownership expert. waa met at the pier by a delegation from the, Munleipal “Ownership. League. wid by. Jaan C'Bhauannetsy. pereal fps Fesentative of Mayor Dunne. Mr. Dalz fymple has not. made uo his mind whether to remain In New York over Sunday or proceed this evening to Chi- eago, He told the immigration authori. tes that his destination was the City Hall, Chicago, Mure, telephone BANK STATEMENT SHOWED GAINS. This week's bank statement, issued ‘to-day, was gratifying to Wall street and accepted as very good, There was @ marked decrease in loans and do- posits, while the gain in cash and our- ‘plus was fully up to expectations, Tho figures an Isqued at the Clearing-House were: ‘Increase 400 “Anoreace 1.094, i 05, Bitty GOV. HIGSINS = ASKS KILBURN TO EXPLAIN. Acts on Charges in Connec- tion with Failure of Mer- chants’ Trust Co. ALBANY, May %1—Gov. Higgtne to- dey nade bis first public comment on the charges recently filed with him against Superintendemt of Banks Kil- burn, "I have received the petition of ¢ Goorge Von Utassy, verified May % 1905,"" said he, “setting forth on infer mation und belief certain acts of ale loged miscorduct on dhe part of the Hon, F, &. Kilburn, Supérintendent of Banks, in connection with the effairs and supervision of the Merchants’ ‘I'rust Company of New York, and praying that proceedings be hud to determine whether said charges are well founded, to the end that the Superintendent be removed from office. ‘Phe accused officer has been supere intendent of banks since the year 1897, He {8 a gentleman in whose honesty and uprightness of purpose I Have the full- est confidence, I have furnished him with @ copy of the petition and re- auested from him @ statement of the official relations of the Banking Depart- ment with tue Merchants’ Trust Com- pany during the past three years, Upon recetving his statement I will determine what course to pursue." The total losnes of rFank and Helen Gould in thelr efforts to save the Mer- chonta’ Trust Company amount to §%- 600,000. Of this amount it is said they may realize something on the Virginia, Passenger and Power Company's si curlties wheh they hold. 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