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I - POIITLAND. OIEEC.OX. THURSDAY, SEPTE3IBER 15, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ILLINOIS TRYING First Test to Be Made in Election Today. PARTY BALLOTS SEPARATE Voter Must Announce Politics to Judges at Polls. LEGISLATURE CHIEF ISSUE Men Siiiirtlird by lxrimrr Sraml.il JceW t Relurn lo S-t. Regular- ami Insurgent Con ical Five Hitrlrt. rillCAW. Sept. II. 4 Special.! llllnoW ncwe!.t primary law. the most sweeping in Us provisions of any ever written on the statute books, will have lis first ImI tomorrow. The voters throuKh the state of the ItrpuMlcn. Democratic. Prohibition hni Socialist party organizations, will nave an opportunity to express their ; holce to the candidates of their parly here more than one candidate appears for the nomination fr .any office. Hvery official to be elected next NorrmWr. except the trueteea of the tate I'nlverslty. and Including a Rep resentative In Congress from each of Che IS o'IMrtcls. will be nominated at these primaries. Kven the slate, sen atorial and precinct committeemen are subject to this law. but In their cases the vote tomorrow becomes an elec tion, the candidate receiving the plur ality of votes brlnK considered the fcosen committeeman. Voter Mut Trll Politics. There will be ballots for each of the four political parties. Not ail the can didates are printed on one ballot. as at an election. A voter, on entertna- the polling place, must stale to the. Judges the political party with which he wishes to vote at this primary, and such a ballot will be furnished him. There Is no Governorship flfcht this ear. no ardent contest over other state offices, no campaign over United Statea Senator, and the only bin Wsue that the roters throughout Illinois share In common lies In the election of lawmak ers at Springfield. The men who controlled the last House, through bipartisan alliances, are endavorlnir In large numbers to return to their old seats. Members who have been Implicated In the Lorlmer brib ery disclosure are seeking to get bark to the Statehouse. Against these ele ments the reform forces, several In number, but one In purpose, are striv ing, and. In many Instances, tomorrow's battle at the polls will be bitter and Intense. Fight Made on Sliurtlcff. The chief issues to be fought out are the fljht on the part of the Legislative Vnierw" League ami citizens' organiza tions to defeat Speaker Edward P. rhurtlrff. of Marengo, and the effort to nominate candidates pledged to sup port civil service extension, the Initia tive and referendum and the recall, and th pasage of a corrupt practices act. The "Insurgent versus standpat" fight Is In the Boutell. Mann and Foss Congressional districts In Cook County, and In the Joltet and Freeport districts. The Ieniocratlc contest Is against Rep resentative Mrrmoll In the Fourth. The race for Judicial nominations Is been In Cook County, particularly on the ttemocratic ticket for Municipal STOKES WINS IX NEW JERSEY Woodrow Wilson's IVientU Say They Hate Won on Krrnorslilp. TKKNTON". N. J.. Sept. 14 Returns of yesterday's primaries In New Jersey Indicate that ex-4Jovernor Edward C. sttokea won over ex-Governor Franklin Murphy In the contest for the Repub lican Indorsement for L'nlted States Senator. Friends of Woodrow Wilson, u resi dent of Prlm-elon. University. ay that1 he will rave il Of the' In.) delegates i In tomorrow's Democratic state conven- ! tlon. and that he will be de party's choice for Governor. However, the sup porters of Frank S. Katxenbaeh. Jr.. In Mercer County dispute the claims of Stats "halrman Nugent and inrlst that more thn SOO of the delegates in the convention will be against Dr. Wilson, and they expect that on the second bal lot these votes will concentrate on Mr. Katierjja-h- The latter was the uniic. etut candidate for Governor at the lasi'state election! Vivian 11. 1-wis ran ahead In nearly every district and undoubtedly will be the Republican candidate for Governor. The convention meets next Tuesday. Returns from F.sse County renoml ' natrd Representative Parker. Repre sentative W lley, another regular Re publican In the other Kssex district, was also renominated. The vote in Kssex County was decidedly In favor of the regular organization on both Republican and Democratic sides. NEW PRIMARY LAW rilARI.ES A. COCDWIX NAMED Present Ciovernor's Sevretary Heads Connecticut Republican Ticket. HARTFORD. Conn.. Sept. 14. Charles A. Goodwin, secretary to Gov ernor Weeks, was nominated by the tCuacluutu oa i'sc S. APARTMENT HOUSE BARS MRS. CUDAHY TENANTS THRKATEX TO .MOVE IF IS ADMITTED. Vhaclmi" Divorcee Rerrlos Attcn. lions of Iluehelor Whom Llllis Defeated at Golf. KANSAS CITV. Mo.. Sept. II. (Spe cial.) .Mrs. "Jack" Cudahy. was com pelled yesterday afternoon to abandon her intention of living at Haddon Hall, the ultra fashionable South Side apartment-house, because others in the house threatened to move If she lived there. When told of this feeling; the viva clous divorced wife of a millionaire's son shrugged her shoulders, smiled brlKhtly and went away to look for apartments elsewhere. Society Is also gosslpplng about the attention Mrs. Cudahy Is receiving from Frank M. Rhodes, a wealthy young bachelor. Rhodes Is popular In Coun try Club circles and was runner-up In the golf tournament at the Country Club a year ago. when he was de feated by Jere S. 1.1111s for the title. CLERICALISM IS REAL ISSUE Count Romano Thinks Catlioliclsm Not Actual Menace In Spain. MADRID. Sept. 14. Count Romanes. president of the Spanish Chamber oi i ....,.. i. renorted In an Interview today as declaring that the policies of ITemier Canalejas are gaining dally ad herents among the adversaries of the government, as the country is con vinced that he Is working for the best Interests of the nation. The Count thinks that Spain will be emancipated from "fanatical clerteal-l.-m." which he says lias for centuries weighed heavily on It. The struggle is not against Catholicism, but against clericalism, which is Impeding the commercial development of Ispain ana mingling; In politics. At ih. oiK-ninc of the Cortes. Canal ejas. according to the President, will announce an unmodified continuation of his religious campaign. The "pad lock bit." prohibiting the creation of further religious establishments until the revision of the concordat has been completed or a definite law on the subject has been passed, wnicn meas ure Is opposed by the Vatican, will not be withdrawn but. on the contrary, the Senate will resume Its discussion of the lsglslatton. 'BRICK TRUST' INDICTED Sherman Anti-Trust Law Alleged to Have Keen Violated. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. The so-called "brick trust" was Indicted by the Fed eral grand Jury today, charged with vio lation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Four Individuals and three companies are nnmed. Those Indicted are: T. V. Purlngton. president of the Purlngton raving Krlck Company, of Galesburg. 111.: c. C, Harr. president of the Barr Clay Company. Reading, lit: II S. Benkert. secretary of the Metropolitan Paving Hrlck Company. Canton, Ohio; w llllam F. Brennan. of Chicago, sales agent for the three companies. The companies represented by the foregoing individ uals also were Indicted. Judge Landls. In the tnlted States District Court. Issued bench warrants against the accused. It Is alleged the defendants were engaged In a combina tion In restraint of trade, and that annual meetings were held at which the prlco of brick for Chicago was fixed. SNUB IS GIVEN BANKERS Europeans Reject American Plan for Selling Cotton. LDNliOV. Sept. 14. At today's con ference of Kuropean bankers Interested In the cotton trade. It was decided that they were unable to accept the valida tion plan submitted by the American Rankers' Association. The decision was reached after a prolonged discussion by representative bankers of England and the Continent. The resolution of the bankers em bodying this decision expressed regret at being unable to regard the American proposal us affording the protection de sired bv Kuropean banks sccepting cot ton. This resolution affirms the or iginal ultimatum of Kngllsh bankers to American bankers declining to ac cept drafts against bills of lading until the latter were guaranteed. CAR KILLS BRIDE-TO-BE Woman Mcel.a Death on Trip lo Complete TrouMtcau. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Whlls try ing to board a southbound suburban car Into the city, where she Intended lo buy the final articles for her trous seau. Mrs. Eliza E. Williams, who was to have been married soon to Warren K. Jessup. of Los Angeles, was struck today by a northbound trolley-car and intnntly killed. Her husband was run down by a frelgh train several years ago and killed within sight of his home. MAN IS KILLED FOR DEER Woodrillo Merchant Shoots Hunter While Roth Are in Woods. GOLD HILL. Or.. Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) While hunting In the hills near Woodvllle. sight miles west of here. R. M. McLean, a hardware dealer of that place, shot and killed Joshua Magerle. mistaking him for a deer. No arrest lias been made. It Is thought possible that the kill ing was purely an accident as there was no enmity between the two men and neither knew of the other's pres ence In the hills. Coroner Kellogg Is holding an inquest at WoodvUio this evening. E 111 VOTES COUNTED Second1hoice Works Agal ist Him. FOINDEXTER iS EASY VICTOR Insurgent's Plurality in State Now Believed to Be 30,000. LEAD IN KING COUNTY 6000 Two Counties Only Arc Lost by In surgent Candidate for Senator. McCredie Loses to Warbur ton in Second District. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 14. The count of the ballots of King County was com pleted tonight, from which It appears al most certain that W. F. Humphrey, ret ular Republican has been beaten in the First district by Thomas P. Revells. In surgent. In King County. Revelle has 8623 votes, Humphrey 7131. a plurality for Revelle of nearly o"0 votes. Kevell's. plurality In King County Is much more than offset by Humphrey's pluralities In Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, Kitsap, Island and San Juan counties, yet Humphrey, on the returns now in hand, has less than the mere 40 per cent of all the votes cast, and the second choice provision of the state primary law comes Into operation. Poindexter'a Lead 30.000. If the second choice provision operates, Revello's plurality In King County will be 2H3. and. In the other counties Humph rey's pluralities .will be wiped out, for not many second choice votes were cast for Humphrey as compared with Revelle. Late returns leave Miles Polndexter, in surgent. Republican candidate for United States Senator, still with a plurality In the state of more than 30, W0. The total vimb of Seattle on he Senaorship follows: Miles' PolmJexter, ,nurent, 14.197; Thomas Burke, regular. 9256: John E. Humphreys, 841; James M. Ashtnn, reg ular. U37; Frank Pierce, Insurgent, ir.4; Legh R. Freeman. 123; Schuyler Duryee, 4t. Rurke 6000 Rehind in King. The returns from tlie remainder of King County will bring Foindexter plu rality up to ). or nearly as much as lits plurality In Spokane County. Seattle's vote for Representative in Congress Is: Revelle. 8C;-4!H4: Simmons, fOMfiW; Pierce. l?7S-4n7G; Humphrey, 7U11-I792: Bryan. 2354-5SS6; Colterill. 559; Byrne, 13S. Tractlrally complete returns form Pierce County show: For United States Senator Poindex ter. 084: Ashton. 524S. For Representative in Congress Warburton, Insurgent. 7282; McCredie, regular Republican, 20S1; Claypool, reg ular Republican. 1819. McCredie Is Defeated. Stanton Warburton, insurgent, de feated McCredie, regular. In the Second District. La Follette, Insurgent, will succeed Polndcxter In the Third Dis trict. Democrats Count for Little. The Democratic party also held nom inations at the primaries, but as that party will poll but a scant vote In the November elections, the nominations are (Concluded on Pare 2.) in Y BEHIND ! BAD WEATHER FOR ELEPHANTS. i p i , I ..in i UIU i .u,,,--- j ' ' .. - '""j;'j""!.''."'"uj' I ! . ' . siel TtltTtl,,,,',,,,,t''t,t 1 e ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe WesUher. TSSTERDAFR Maximum temperature. 75 desrees; minimum. 46 decrees. TODAT'H increasing cloudiness and cooler; westerly winds. Foreign. Crippen witness says skilled anatomist carved body. Pase 2. Count Zeppelin's dirlnlble. Zeppelin IV", de stroyed by Are. Page 2. Conservation of water power must wait until long semlon. Page 3. Democrat on Balllneer committee says Re publicans seek to avoid report before election. Page 3. National. Naval board says deslitn of Dreadnought North Dakota Is faulty. Page 3. Polities. t Humphrey appears beaten In First Wash ington district. Page 1. Insurgents in Congress may force change of House rules this week. Page 2. Multnomah registry books close;, total reg istration Page 14. Dick Ferris. In flling campaign expense ac count at Los Angeles .says he was "fall guy." Page 3. Illinois to test new primary law today. Page 1. Representative Ellis predicts retirement of Speaker Cannon. Page 15. Independent Democrats in Tennessee indorse Republican for Governor. Page 5. Plan of Washington Insurgents to contest Supreme Court nominations of state Re publican convention declared Illegal. Page 8. Domestic. George W. Fitzgerald, ex-teller in Federal Subtreasury In Chicago, arrested, charged with theft of J170.0UO in S'.i7. Page 1. Adolph Rothbarth. rich hopdcaler. pleads guilty to larceny rrora Dona, i'age o. Sport. 81x teams to be represented in inter scholastic football league. Page $. Pacific Coast league results yesterday: Portland 4. Sacramento 2: J.os Angeles II. Oakland 3; San Francisco 0, Vernon 5. Page 8. Allerdaw winner of 2:0S pace for Greater Oregon purse ot eoooo at b'.ale t air. Page g. Commercial and Marine. Good potato prices in all states assured. Page 21. Wheat lower at Chicago on general selling. Page 21. Profit-taking sales carry down stock prices. Page 21. Portland and Vicinity. Opposition to proposed streeteur fender de velops in Council. Page 14. Louis Henderson return's from Philippines: says American capital should Invest. Page 14. Quelle restaurant found guilty of selling liquor without food. Page 0 Final disposition of Spokane rate rase will not be made October 1, as originally an nounced. Page 1-4. , Commercial Club seeks new factories for Portland. Page 11. Oregon Electric and United Railways seek new loop over Salmon and Tenth streets. Page . GOAT'S DEATH CLEARS BOY Treasury Issues New $10 Bill, Clos ing Trngic Incident. WASHINGTON". Sept. 14. This tale ot a goat Is arranged chronologically: A woman In Detroit wanted a new hat and drew a 10 bill out of a bank. A gust of wind whisked It out of her hand. A small boy. driving a nanny goat to a eart, happened by and the J!" fluttered under nanny's nose. Nanny gobbled the bill. The woman accused the boy of steal ing it. By the time a policeman arrived the (toat had swallowed (he bill. The boy proved his innocence and recovered the bill by killing nanny. The Treasury Department Issued a new bill. DRUG SALE T0BE STOPPED Deulors Will lMM-ourase TraTric in Habit-Forming Narcotics. PITTSBl'KG. Sept. H. A country wide campiilsn nsainst the Illegitimate traffic in narcotics and hablt-forminsr drugs beiran today when the National Association of Retail Druggists, in con vention here, went on record as favor Ins; a Nttional law along these lines. Atlantic City Half Again as Big. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. The popu lation of Atlantic City, N. J.. Is 44.461. an increase of 16,62? or 59.7 percent, as compared with 27.H3S in 1900. The pop ulation of Springfield. 111., Is 51.67S. an increase of 17.519. or 51.3 per cent, as compared with 34.159 In 1900. BAD WEATHER FOR ELEPHANTS 'ZpftThr; .- .'S r .- . .........1T I ARREST MADE FOR 3173,000 ROBBERY Ex-Subtreasury Teller Is Accused. 3 YEARS' "SHADOWING "ENDS Government Officers Put Fitz gerald Behind Bars. UNDUE PROSPERITY NOTED By Itiise of Announcing Statute of Limitations Prevented Criminal Action in 190 7, Detectives. Work for Yesterday's Kesulls. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. George W. Fitz gerald, a former assorting teller In the Chicago Federal subtreasury. was ar rested today by Deputy United States Marshals, charged with the theft of 173.000 from the subtreasury on Feb ruary 19, 1907. Fitzgerald was ar rested on a bench warrant on an in dictment returned secretly by a Federal grand Jury February 17, 1910. Three days after the indictment was secretly returned and suppressed, on February 20, it was announced that the statute of limitations - had operated to stop criminal action In the peculiar case. Confident with this ruse by the authorities, secret service men were detailed to watch Fitzgerald constantly and make a rigid investigation of the former teller's financial interests and affairs. Discoveries made by these se cret service men resulted In the order for Fitzgerald's arrest. Marshals Take ex-Teller. Marshal Kberstein. chief of special agents of the Department of Justice, and Walter Wainwright and J- T. Buckner arrested Fitzgerald at an in surance brokerage office on LaSalle street. Just as the former subtreasury teller was leaving for his home. Fitzgerald was first taken to United States Marshal Hoy s , office, in the Federal Building, where he was searched, handcuffed and placed in a cell. Fitzgerald objected to being searched, and for a few moments was handled somewhat roughly by the Dep uty Marshals. Prisoner Goes to Jail. After an hour's Imprisonment, ritz gcrald was taken before Judge Kene shaw M. I-andls. He was formally ar raigned and his bail fixed at 50,000. He was taken to the County Jail, una- ble to give bail. I -ri.o Indictment auainst r uzgeraiu. read In court, specifies four counts. Three charge embezzlement ana um , ,v. i.n-rea larceny. Under these charges, a maximum penalty of three years in the Federal Feniienuarj or a fine equal to the money embezzled may be imposed under the reaerai oiaiuico. Fitzgerald's Record Kept. Attaches of the District Attjiey' j..iarA1 that since the Strang disappearance of the 175,000 from the sub-treasury. Fitzgerald lias aouv. following things: --..oi',.i the Illinois Car Manufac turing Company with a 50,000 plant at Hammond, lnd.; organized tne iiii..". T?olt. Nut & Forging compan. nu .- ' :...:. .'.! ironi luiied on Pate ) . CHILD FALLS FROM FASTTRAIN;UNHURT SECOM) ESCAPE COMES WHEN TWO HAXDCARS COLLIDE. Four-Year-Old Drops Off of Vesti bule Car and Is Found Beside Track Rescuers Are Injured. XAjrPA, Idaho, Sept. 14. (Special.) The 4-yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. iH. C Mills, ot Pittsburg. Kan., fell from the vestibule of eastbound Oregon Short Line passenger N'o. 6, a mile east of Caldwell, Idaho, last night and had a remarkable escape from injury and death. With her parents the little one wa going from the diner to the .day coach when a slight lurch of the train caused her to fall from the open vesti bule. The train pulled into Caldwell and a speeder ran by Jack Crews and Ed (Murray- was sent back for the child. She was found lying in a heap beside the track uninjured. While the speeder was on its way back to Caldwell it was met by a handcar carrying the parents of the child, who were in a state of hysteria. The speeder and handcar collided and Crews, Murray and the little girl were thrown some distance, the child having her second narrow escape from death within the hour. Murray and Crews were injured and were taken to a Caldwell honpital. The Mills family was on Its way home to Kansas from a visit at Portland. They allege that the vestibule door had been carelessly left open. WEAK BANKS ARE WARNED Impaired National Institutions Must Strengthen or Itetire. WASHINGTON". Sept. 14. During the next few weeks the few National banks in the United States rated as "weak" will have their last chance to strengthen themselves or get out f business. The examiners have been Instructed to carry their ultimatum to every board of directors that needs it. ' The statement of the condition of every National bank in the country at the closa of business September 1 will be the last chance for any National bank to show its capital impaired, any reduction of its reserve under the limit and bad paper In Its vaults or any concealed liabilities. The powers which the National banking law confers on the Controller of the Cur rency are absolute. Acting on tiie prin ciple that It is better to liquidate a weak bank, pay off the depositors and save some of the investment for the share holders, Controller Murray will use all the authority of his office to compel sound banking In the strong institutions and force the weak, ones to strengthen or retire. FRAUD PENALTY IMPOSED Suar Refinery Superintendent Sen tenced to Fcderul Prison. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Ernest Ger bracht. former superintendent of the Williamsburg refinery of the' American Refining Company, who with Charles R. Heike, former secretary and treas urer of the company, was convicted last Spring of conspiracy to defraud the Government by the underweighing of sugar, was today sentenced to two years in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga-, and fined $5000 by Judge Martin in the United States Court. After imposing sentence Judge Martin granted a stay on an appeal and fixed ball at $25,000. Sentence on Helke, who has been called "the man higher up," is still pending. The conviction of Helke and Ger bracht was In a large measure brought about by the testimony of Oliver Spitzer, former dock superintendent, who. following his conviction and the serving -of a part of his sentence at Atlanta, turned state's evidence. Spitz er was pardoned by President Taft. MAN TELLS OF MURDERS Ex-Convict Accounts for Numerous Crimes at Pueblo, Colo. DENVER, Sept. 14. Michael Siften. a Polish laborer, who came to Denver from Pueblo a few days ago. today re lated to Chief Armstrong, of the Den ver police, a remarkable tale of a se ries of murders alleged to have been committed In Pueblo several years ago Siften says he Is able to account for a dozen mysterious disappearances and crimes. He did not tell of them before, he said, because .of fear. The alleged crimes, he says, were committed at a boarding-house. Chief Armstrong has communicated with the Pueblo Chief of Police, giv ing the names and dates stated by Siften. The latter Is an ex-convict, but says he was railroaded to prison by members of a "gang" who wanted to get rid ot him. NEGRO KILLED BY POSSE Citizens of Springfield. Ala., Shoot .Man "Wanted for Murder. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Sept. 14. Isaac Glover, a negro, wanted for murder, was shot to death by a posse of citizens four miles south of Springville. Ala., tonight. The negro shot two members of the posse before he was killed. HEAD BOOKKEEPER SHOT Assassins Wound Cigar Manufactur ers' Strike Representative. TAMPA. Fla.. Sept. 14. J. F. Easter- ling, head boonneeper for Bustilo Brothers & Diaz, cigar manufacturers, was shot today, in West Tampa, by an unknown assassin. Easterling was seriously wounded. He has actively represented his employ- in the present cigar makers strike. T FURTHER 'REFORM' Present Congress Ma Amend Rules. VIGTORIES IMPART COURAGE Members Made Bellicose b Recent News From States. . CANNON MAY BE ATTACKED If Speaker Is Divested of Power ant Heroines Mere Presiding Officer, Hinds Is Logical Re publican Nominee. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Scpl. 14. The continued succes? of the insurgents in the primary elec tions being held all over the country, except through the South, means one thing certain: The ."progressive" ele ment will hold the balance of power in the next House of Representatives, un less the Democrats succeed in carrying a majority of the districts In the Novem ber election. Tho "progressive.' or in surgents, at times held the balance of power in t he past session, as they will in the short session next Winter, but the nomination of "progressives" Instead of regular Republicans In not a few Con gressional districts insures increased in surgent strength in the next House, and that will give the "progressive" element the balance of power at all times, if the majority Is nominally Republican. This state of affairs means two tilings: The House rules will be modified further and the present House leaders will b shoved aside to make way for younger men who are at least "progressive" ac cording to the Roosevelt definition, if they are not out-and-out insurgent, as the term is generally used and under stood. More Changes Demanded. During the past session the House rules were somewhat amended; the power of the Speaker was curtailed, and prob ably half the reforms demanded by the Insurgents were made before the ses sion closed. But there are other changes still desired and demanded, all of which must come In time, and some of which may come during the short session next Winter. Of all the things demanded by the in surgent element In tho House of Repre sentatives the most Important yet to be attained is a change in the manner of making committee appointments. This authority Is now vested In the Speaker, and has been for many, many years. The insurgents demand that this power be taken away from the Speuker and vested in the House itself; they insist that the House shall elect the members of the various committees as well as the committee chairman, and there is no doubt they will have their way In the end. Just how this is to be accom plished is a little difficult to figure out, for there are 61 committees, with mem bership ranging from seven ta 25 mem bers to the committee, and the average House member is on two, and some are on three or four committees. With a body composed of 3S1 members, the selec tion of 61 committees by the election of members, and the distribution of all the members of the House on committees. will prove a tremendously complicated task. But the insurgents demand just this tiling, and the House will have to tackle the problem and solve it after a. fashion. Speaker to Be Shorn. Whether this reform, with other modi fications of the rules, will be attempted at the short session next Winter, or put over until the next Congress, probably will not be determined until after Con gress reconvenes. The House that meets in December is not the House that was elected the month previous, but the same House that was In session during the past Winter and Spring. The Insurgents, when united, held the balance of power in the House last session, and. encouraged by their victories this Fall, they may de mand and put through .modifications of the rules this Winter, without waiting until tho new Congress organizes. In that event the new House need only re adopt the modified rules. Whenever the attempt Is made to revise, all powers now remaining in the hands of the Speaker will be taken away, and in the future the Speaker of the House will be purely a presiding officer, without any aumorny greater than that of the humblest mem ber on the floor. Should the insurgents take it upon themselves to revise the rules next Win ter. It is altogether probable that they will go one step farther, and carry out what they dared not undertake last ses sion, the unseating of Speaker Cannon. It is not that Cannon would be more objectionable next session than he has been heretofore, but that the insurgents, encouraged by their gains in the pri maries and elections, will feel Justified in the fight they have made on "Uncle Joe." and will proceed on the assump tion that the dethronement of Cannon will popularize them still 'further with the people. Hinds Looms as Candidate. There were several insurgents anxious to depose Cuifnon at the last session: some who were ready to take up his dare, but there were others who weak ened when brought face to face with their one opportunity to make good their threats. The Speaker temporarily prof ited by their cowardice. But If the is sue is raised again and another at tempt is made to unseat Cannon, that movement will succeed. Such an event is more than likely to occur if the House elected this Fall is Republican. The overthrow of Cannon in the short ses sion would emphasize the fact that Can non Is not in the running for the next Speakership, something the Insurgents are determined to bring about, above all else. Once the Speakership is robbed of all authority and the Speaker becomes a mere presiding officer, that minute sen timent will grow in favor of the elec tion of Asher C. Hinds, of Maine, to (Concluded on Face 8 ) INSURGENTS IN