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V wtrat VOL. XLIII. !NO. 13,353. PORTLAND, OREGrON, MONDAT, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. UNEQUALED LINES BAR FIXTURESBILLIARD TABLES AND SUPPLIES OF EVERY KIND SECURE OUR FIGURES ROTHCHILD BROS. '&.S?Jr HERE AT LAST THE 4x5 FILM 4 JV PACK Price UU MAKES YOUR PLATE CAMERA A FILM CAMERA. 1- BLU IV1 AU ER-FRAN K DRUG CO. 142-146 FOURTH STREET. Assets, $359,395,537.72. Surplus for Policyholders, $75, 127,496.77 "5 I KONG EST I IN THE WORLD" Rates no higher than other cozupanlci Ifc BAMuisL, Manager, SOG Oregonlan Building, Portland, Oregon. DR. EAT AKfcS mm There, Life and Strength la Every Drop'' A BEVERAGE OR A MEDICINE Tttr Slo r AH Pnutlrts. BlUSIAUER & HOCH, Sole Distributers, Wholesale liquor and Cfflar Dealers WHTB-ilD WASBITCTOI SHEETS, POBTUIB, 05EIOI caKAXcas or XAXAOioascr. Iwopetn Plan: .... $i.oo, $1.50, $2X0 per Dty THE PORTLAND PORTLAND, OREGON American Plan Also European Plan. Modern Restaurant COST OKE MIIiMOjr DOLLARS. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAYELERS Soeclal ratCJt mad( f-n fnmllU. nnH clnxl. ,...-.. I Tt. ISient will be pleased at all times to " " wowm coiauiiaumcut in CORD RAY'S THEATER Prices 15c. 23c, 35c 40c and E0c Box Seats, $1. Phone Main 992. John F. Cordray and W. 31. Russell, Managers. THIS WEEK-TONIGHT-The artistic success of the season." Verdict as pood as any ?2 production or this play ever seen here. MORDANT-HUMPHBRY; COMPACT splendid production of 66 THE 'Elegantly costumed." '-played artistically," "handsomely staged." Last -week of this company. Next week, commencing of the regular combination season, "D'OTVJi MOBILE . DON'T YOU THINK It is about time you had those eyes looked after? Do they hurt you? Do you see good and easy and without strain? If you don't you better not delay. Consult our .Optician. It -will pay you. Glasses save the eyes If properly fitted, and we fit them properly. We fill . oculists' prescriptions for Glasses on short notice. Our work Is done quickly, no delay. lints. Jewelers and Opticians. Verdu Inquest Postponed. NEW YORK, Sept. 27. Joseph Martin, liio was arrested yesterday, charged 1th murderously assaulting Fred A. perdu, was arraigned today before the foroner- Joseph Hanson, who was with ferdu at the time, testified that Martin ick the fatal blow. I At the request of the police, the inquest has postponed until October 12 to secure irther evidence. Martin was released In tOOO ball. COMPLETE LINES OF T T FOWLER'S and MALT 1 T JLUSCLE If a pretty wom an wants a pretty home she will find pretty carpets indispensible. EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE. J.O.MACK&CO. 8C-SS THIRD STREET, Opposite Chamber of Commerce. ill: $3 PER DAY AND UPWARD show rooms and give prices. A mod- IIIO XlOtCI. n. C DVl YY CKo. Algr. Portland's Popular Family v Theater. I FE" 'te?r Cor. Third and WjuUngton Sts. Suicide of a German Printer. SEATTLE, Sept. 27. Max J. Huber, an old-time printer, for years working on the Washington Staats Zeltung, committed suicide this afternoon by hanging in the loft of his home. He went upstairs at 3 o'clock to lie down, and two hours later his body was found by his son. Up to the time he went to the room he was ap parently In the best of spirits, and no cause for his act can be assigned by his family. LOW'S BIG FIGHT Can New York's Mayor Succeed Himself? FUSION FORCES SPLIT District Attorney Jerome's Defection Is Serious, TAMMANY WANTS' M'CLELLAN But Lewis Mxon Jiow Comes Out for the Democratic Nomination Boss Murphy Admits Democrats Hara No "Walkover. Seth Low has been renominated by the fusion forces for Mayor of New Tork; and Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany, is known to favor George B. McClellan for the Democratic nomi nation. The Democratic situation, how. ever. Is made mors or less perplexing by the announcement of Lewis Nixon, the shipbuilder, that he wants the Dem ocratic nomination. The meteoric ca rreer as leader of Tammany he made is well remembered. He retired because he could not harmonize the organization that had been brought to a high stato of perfection under Croker. NEW TORK, Sept. 2S. (Special corre spondence.) For the third time since Greater New York came Into existence her citizens are engaged in a conflict to decide who shall be the Mayor, an office carrying with it more power and patron age than is enjoyed by the Governor of any state In the Union, and practically ranking second only to the Presidency, so far as influence is concerned. The fusion forces have . made Mayor Seth Lrow their standard-bearer, and the Democratic party will select Colonel George B. McClellan to oppose him. Mc Clellan is now waiting for the formal nomination. His friends have already con gratulated him, and nothing can keep him from -being named except a change of heart on the part of one man. And that man is Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall. The various bodies which form the fusion forces readily agreed to renominate the victorious ticket of 1901, Seth Low for Mayor, Edward M. Grant for Controller and J. "V. Furnes for President of the Board of Aldermen. This action was rat ified by the various conventions, although there are some discordant elements which are being lieard, with little or no effect, so far as the nomination is concerned. What effect they will have "when the time comes for the votes to be cast is another problem. Jerome a Central Figure. The spectacular opposition to Mayor Low centers in, and around District At torney William Travers Jerome, one of the most striking figures that has ap peared on the New York political horizon for a good many years. Nominated on the same ticket with Mayor Low two years ago, it is generally admitted that his strikingly unique methods of campaigning had much to do with the success of the fusion cause? This year Mr. Jerome is frankly, violent ly and verbosely opposed to the renoml nottpn of Mayor Low. He says so in in terviews, and repeats it in long letters to personal friends. Generally, it might be added, the District .Attorney gives out copies of these letters to the press and they are published before their surprised recipients have had an opportunity to re celvo their mail. The burden of Mr. Jerome's song In brief Is that Seth Low has made a 'good Mayor, a nonpartisan Mayor, has per mitted no corruption to exist if he could stop It, has carried out the pledges made in the campaign of two years ago. But He has no personal magnetism and no sense of humor. His Opinion of Mayor Low. Mr. Jerome declares himself to be thor oughly convinced that the masses of the people have no regard for Mayor Low; they look upon him as a weak character, vacillating and bending to every political wind that blows; a man who is not liberal in matters that come under the head of "personal liberty," and one who will never make a fight except it is for his own per sonal advantage. Furthermore, Mr. Jerome is convinced that a majority of the Republican district leaders are ready and anxious to knife the candidate at the polls, because he has failed to give them patronage which they think they are entitled to. He sums up the situation as Indifference on the part of the masses of the voters, and contem plated treachery on the part of a few. This state of affairs he declares inevi tably doomsi the ticket to defeat and should render5 the renomlnatlon of Mayor Low Impossible. "The question before us," says Mr. Jerome, "is not whether I am a candidate for the office myself, or whether I have any personal feeling in the matter, or whether I am crazy, but whether or not what I say Is true. We want to nominate the strongest candidate, so as to Insure a victory over Tammany, and prevent the city from relapsing to the old conditions." The enemies of the District Attorney de clare that his course is explained by the fact that he was a candidate for Mayor himself, but the general opinion is to the contrary. Mr. Jerome has always been the plainest kind of a plain .talker, and he says aloud things which many men have been saying under their breath. Republicans Refuse to Enthuse. Ttiere is not the wild enthusiasm for Low that existed two years ago. The Republicans are sour because he has given the bulk of the patronage either to Dem ocrats or highly respectable Republicans who have never been known among the workers; various prominent Independent Democrats are unhappy because their merits have not been rewarded according to their own views, and many active fig ures of two years ago have relapsed Into indifferent spectators or open enemies. One element from which but little Is heard, but for whom anxiety Is felt, are the Germans. Two years ago the fusion orators definitely promised that while do. lice blackmail would bo suppressed, a liberal Sunday" would be allowed. By a iiDerai bunday" was meant that viola tions of the excise law -would be nermlt ted so far as to allow of the quiet and unobtrusive sale of liquor on the Sabbath. No effort was made to combat this h. fore election, the speeches being, regarded simply as necessary campaljn arguments, but after Mayor Low was installed the church element commenced a campaign which finally closed most of the salnnns District Attorney Jerome endeavored ta Dnng about a reform by introducing a diu in tne legislature permitting the sale of Intoxicants during certain hours on ounaays, but It never got out of commit. tee, and during most of LoWs two years the police have made it very unpleasant ior tne persons who desired to drink out side of the legal hours. Germans Have Been Studying. . Since then the rank and file of th vnt. ers of German descent have been saying ulUH out aomg a lot of thinking. True, their organization, the Germ Reform Association, was represented In lUB sion conference, and Mrhlle express ing a dislike for Mayor Low, finally got intoi line; yet it )s recognized that these outside organizations represent very lit tle except the few active men who get them up. They never hold real primaries but send the same men year after year to the conferences. Sometimes they cor rectly mirror public sentiment, and then everything Is lovely. On othor the voters whom they claim to representJ uu irnngs io tnem and their tickets which make them tired of life. Few of these Imitation parties could gather together many votes if they stood up to be count ed all by themselves. They have found this out in years gone by, by bitter ex perience, and are unlikely ever toattempt it again. Where this so-called German vote will be this year is one of the interesting ques tions of the campaign, in all likelihood they hold the balance of power. Will they support Low again, as they did two years ago? Or will they quietly cut him at the polls? It is seldom that the rank and file of the German voters have fmvthn- . But frequently when they go to the polls they surprise their self-constituted lead ers. AU Depends on Murphy. On the other side of the TnimMi everything depends on one man. Charles F. Murphy will select the candidate Charles F. Murphy will name th Mm! paign issues. To Charles F. Murphy will belong the credit If victory results, to him wiu attach the blame if def&it on t is a big responsibility to place upon the shoulders of the man who two years ago was a simple district leader. nrf tr, made his start in life as the proprietor ui a cneap saloon In an East Side tene ment district neighborhood. 4 Of course there will be a Demnrmtio convention with delegates present from every section of the five borough whfoH make up Greater New York, but nobody taxes any interest in what they may do. They will .get their orders before thfv X Into the convention. Murphy will give me oruers to tne majority of the dele gates. The others will bo comnellPrf n fall into line. Tammany Is constituted differentlv fmm any organization In the world. In each As sembly District there is a leader elected at. annual primaries by all the enrnn voters. In theory this leader Is supposed to represent his district and carry out their wishes. In reality he becomes ex officio a member of the cabinet of the leader of Tammany Hall. His dutv is tn assist in upholding Charles F. Murphy and io give aavice when called upon to do so. If his conduct is approved of he becomes a figure of more or less imDortanp nnS receives his proper proportion of the spoils or omce and whatever else mav ha in sight. If he runs contrary to" the wishes of tne leader, he gets no patronage and at the next primary is "wiped out' of nolil- Ical existence and replaced by some more acceptable man. It is a system remark able for its slmplicty, and conducive to the centralization of power. Says It "Will Be Easy. Charles F. Murphy is' thorouchlv con vinced that Tammany will have an easy time winning this year. It Is for this reason that he has selected Congressman George B. McClellan as his candidate and sticks to him despite the timid protests of other Democrats. Mr. Murphy knows the Congressman. They havo been friends and political associates for years. With McClellan as Mayor Murphy is convinced that the wishes of Tammany would pre vail In the matter .of political appoint ments. And that is the important thine- from the Tammany standpoint. If, at the last moment, McClellan's name Is withdrawn and that of some well- known Independent Democrat substituted It will simply mean that Tammany through Its leader recognizes that it is up against a hard fight, and that every thing must be sacrificed to render suc cess possible. And Mr. Murphy has a refutation as n political prognosticator. Just a year ago he declared publicly before electidn that Bird S. Coler, Democratic candidate for Governor, would have 90,000 majority with in the boundaries of old New York, and gave out the figures by Assembly Dis tricts. Nobody believed him and his statement was regarded as simply a silly campaign bluff. But the official returns later showed that he was less than 1000 out of the way. Croker Out of It. Efforts are frequently made to show that Murphy Is simply the representative of Richard Croker, who retired to England after the landslide of two years1 ago, but .(Continued on Second Page.) BLQWUPATN Threat Made to Helena Jail Officials. DYNAMITE SUSPECTS, HELD Arrested jn Connection 'With Northern Pacific Outrages. GANG DEMANDS A LARGE SUM Efforts of the Railroad Officials to Entrap the Miscreants Are to No Purpose Tracks in Montana d Are Patrolled by Guards. OUTRAGES COMMITTED. Northern Pacific railroad bridge at Livingstone partlaly wrecked by dyna mite. Attempt to blow up train in yards at Helena. Attempt to wreck freight near- Ellls ton, Mont. Explosives on track near Blossburg, Mont. Looting of powder magazine on the outskirts of Helena. Attempt to wreck a street-car In Butte; believed to have mistaken line for that of Northern Pacific. HELENA, Mont. Sept 27. (Special.) There were startling new developments in the ;SO,000 Northern Pacific dynamite plot today, in that it became known that Thomas Travis, Chief of Police of this city, has received an ultimatum from the conspirators ordering the lmmedlato re lease of two men who are confined in the city jail on the charge of having attempt ed to dynamite the Northern Pacific bridge at Livingston, a few days after the first ?2d,000 ultimatum was delivered to the railroad company. The city officials have a strong $ase connecting tnese men with the crime, al though the evidence is orlncinallv clr. cumstantlal. The notice received by the Helena police is to the effect that if the men are not released by Mondav noon the, Jail will be blown up with dynamite. This letter Is believed to havo the same origin as tnose sent to the Northern Pacific do manding $50,000 or otherwise It would be put out of business In Montana. All of the letters sent to the railroad company were mailed at either Helena or Butte, and the one received by Chief Travis is postmarked at Helena. It was learned tdday that the Northern Pantf? was given until October 4 next to comply witn tne demands of the conspirators. Another gang of men left here todav in search for the ton of dynamite stolen from a local warehouse a week ago. Owing to Its dangerous nature It is not thought the thieves carried It a very great distance, and that Is Is proving their source of supply for the various outrages against the railroad's property admits of no doubt DYNAMITERS WANT MONEY. Demand ? 50,000 From Northern Pa cific for Immunity Prom Outrages HELENA, Mont, Sept 27. It has devel oped that the recent attempts to dyna mite bridges and track on the line of the Northern Pacific between Livingston and Missoula are In furtherance of a plot to force the railway company to nav 550,000 for Immunity from the outrages. In August last the company received a letter demanding $25,000 and It was threat ened if the terms proposed were not agreed to dynamite would bo used on the line. No attention was paid to the demand, and shortly after, tho railroad bridge at Livingstone wa3 partially Tvrecked by dynamite, and a few night's later another stick of dynamite was' ex ploded near Bozeman under a passing train. Other letters followed, and the dynamit ers proposed that the company pay $50,000 and If It acceded to the demand It wa3 to carry a white flair on eneinps h mtllntr trains and September 22 was to run a light engine from Butte to Missoula, and at a point on the road it wa3 to ston on signal, and an agent of the company was to pay over the money. Trap to Catch Miscreants. The comnanv. honlnir to patch tho mon put' out the white flags and on the night agreed upon ran the light engine. Be hind It followed another engine pulling two cars. One was filled with armed Sheriffs and deputies and the other con tained horses and bloodhounds. The run was made from Butte to Missoula, but there was no signal, and It was thought the men had been scared off. Soon after the letters began to arrive again, the dynamiters making the same demand and telling tho railroad if it agreed to the terms to put the flag on the engines. This the railroad company ha3 not done and in the past two weeks there have been four attempts to dam age thehine by the UBe of dymftnlte. magazine Robbed of Explosives. One of the attempts to blow up the train took place in the railroad yards in this city last Monday night This was followed a few night's later by explo sions on the track near Elllston and Bloas burg. Within the past ten days a powder magazine belonging to the Holter Hard ware Company, of this city, and located on the outskirts of the town was broken into and 2150 pounds of dynamite stolen. Thl3 powder has not been' found and it is believed that it was taken for the pur pose of being used against the Northern Pacific The only effect these recent outrages havo had has been to make the company redouble Its efforts to catch the perpe trators and protect tho line. The scene of the outrages have so far been between Livingston and Missoula and between Butte and Garrison. The wrecking of a street-car in Butte abejut a week ago is believed to have been the work of tho same gang, the idea being that they In tended the explosive for the Northern Pacific track and got it on the street-car track by mistake. Tracks Are Guarded. All along the line of the railway, there are now hundreds of guards night and day. Every mile of the track Is patrolled by armed men, bridges are carefully watched, tunnels guarded and no point is left without a patrol. In addition to the new men who have been put out, all sec tion men, trainmen and others connected with the road, many of whom are heavily armed, have been Instructed "to keep careful watch of all strangers found along tho line of the road and report their presence Immediately. While it is not known that all letters re ceived from the dynamiters have been mailed from Helena and Butte, it Is sure that some of them were. The railroad people will not talk about the letters, though not denying that they have been received, but they refuse to divulge any thing as to where they are Dostmarked. It is known that the first missives came from Helena and Butte. The Dlotters appear to have their headquarters In either Butte or Helena and must be well acquainted with the country between Missoula and Livingstone as desolte the failure of their first attempt tq extort money they have continued operations In tne same territory. Suspects Had Cnps and Fuse. So far there have, been three arrests of suspects In connection with outrages. Two were made by the Helena police deoart ment and the men are still In Jail. It Is alleged that dynamite, fuse and caps wero round in their possession and that they were seen at Livingstone and Bozeman Just preceding tho explosions at those places. Even if It should prove these men have a connection with the affair, it is cer tain there are others because since their arrest the outrages have continued. The other man was arrested Friday morning near Elllston but it Is not now thought ne is concerned Jji the outrages. Five Fresh Cases at Tainnlco. TAMPICO. Mex., Sept. 27. Five new cases of yellow fever have appeared here. mougn tney are of a mild form, appar ently. CROSS CHANNEL IN BALLOON French Aeronauts Make Perilous Trip From France to England. LONDON, Sept 27. Count de la Vaulx ana count d'Outrement descended trutn-c 4n a balloon near Hull, Yorkshire, having journeyed irom Paris In 17 hours. Thi3 is tne first time that a balloon has suc cessfully traveled from France to Eng land. Count de la Vaulx Is oneof the best known French aeronauts. Tn a nemo -iw he made the record balloon trip for' that cur, nuv.ng ascended from St. Cloud near Paris, and landed at Opoes, Hesse a distance of over 419 miles, which he cov ered in 19 hours. In 1901 and again in 1902. accompanied py French warships, he made endeavors to cross the Mediterranean from near Marseilles to Algeria in balloons, with a view to demonstrating the possible utili ties of balloons in time of war. Both these efforts were unsuccessful. Last January he sent a trial ballooon from Gabes, in Tunis, across? the Desert of Sahara, with a view to ascertaining the feasibility of an aerial trip across the des ert Blood Drawn In French Duel. PARIS. Sept 27.-A duel with swords has been fought in the grounds of a country club near Birrietz, between Count Arcos of Ciavljo and the Marquis of r guida. The latter was thrriw wounded in the wrist and the forearm. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. President. The President spends last day of vacation; -uuu jmcneii win tune with him. at Wash ington. Page 2. Political. Chairman Dick states grounds of Hanna's re fusal to debate with J.H. Clarke. Page 1. Candidacy fit Seth Low for the Mayoralty of iUi- compncaiea Dy the entrance of Lewis Nixon in the contest Page 1. Foreiirn- "Turkey and Bulgaria are actively engaged In inciHimuoM ior war. .Fage 2. Count do la Vaulx, with a companion, crosses vjmnnei irom jt'aris to Yorkshire In a balloon. Page 1. GeneraL P. H. Clergue believes he can secure money to pay Speyer loan on Soo proDertles. Tnir i President Lynch, of tho Typographical Union. ucmca uittt ua.ua oi oraer interferes with religious beliefs. Page 3. Fast mail on Southern Railway goes over tres is near anvuie, w. Va.; nine killed and seven Injured. Page 2 Domlnanco of Sam Parks threatens disruption uuuuumi xronworjiers. .fage 2. Pacific Coast. Helena Jail threatened unless men held for uynanuung iNortnern Pacific bridge aro re leased. Page 1. Proposed meeting of presidents of northern lines may ieaa to lurther reduction of rates for Eastern Washington grain. Paue 11. Corpse of man found near Walla Walla, with lace in six incnes or water. Page 4. Lone highwayman robs Art Harris, of Baker -iiy, ana colonel Stewart, of St. Louis, near Sumpter. Page 4. Portland and Vicinity. Jabour's midway shows attached. Page 8. Despondent d3g commits suicide. Page 8. Preachers unite in denouncing Mayor Williams policy toward gamblers. Page 12. Many street Improvements being made on East siae. page iu. Portland man held up on the Canyon road. Page 10 English tourist says his country must have pruiccuuu u&iuiui iuicifcii cuwpciuion. page 10. Sports. Pacific Coast League games: Portland 2-0, Se attle r-v; bacramemo u-z, aan Francisco 4-3; Los Angeles-Oakland, no game, rain. Page 6 Pacific National League games: Butte 4-10, salt LaKe xi-z:; spoKane 8-10, Seattle 3-3. Page 5. Portland will have two race meetings next year, page o. Twenty-round fight arranged between Bob ' ltzsimmons ana ueorga uaraner. Page 6. DICK SMS ID. Hanna Will Not Debate Clarke. I ' CONDITIONS ARE UNEQUAL Democratic Party Has Too Many Disguises. REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES PLAIN Senatorial Aspirant From Ohio Can , Find Plenty of Men to Accent His Challenge "Within His Own Party on Many Issues. ' Says Chairman Dick: "Democracy to day wears so many colors, appeals un der so many different shapes and forms, assumes so many disguises, that I feel it would be unfair to Senator Hanna to ask him to meet Mr. Clarke In a Joint debate until he Is advised more fully as to . . . what particular brand of Democracy Mr. Clarke claims as his. COLUMBUS. O., Sept. 27. The reply of Chairman Dick, of the Republican Stato Committee of Ohio, to Charles Salen, of the Democratic State Committee, declin ing the challenge of John H. Clarke, Dem ocratic nominee for the United States Sen ate, to a joint debate with Senator M. A, Hanna, was given out tonight Chairman Dick says. In part: "I regret that candor compels me to say that I find some rather serious objections to the conditions of your proposal. There ought to be some separate quality as mu tuality in a joint discussion. I fear you have overlooked that phase of the easel Let me particularize: "Mr. Hanna's party has but one set of principles, while Mr. Clark's party has a vast assortment of principles, sounding the entire gamut from doctrine to dogma Democratic, Populist, agrarian and social istic. "There is tho tariff. How does Mr. Clarke stand on that Issue? His party stands all over It In New England it is for free raw material and for protected finished products; In Texas It is for pro tected raw material and for free finished products. How About, the Tariff f "Does Mr. Clarke favor a tariff for rev enue only, or a tariff for revenue with In cidental protection? Is he a Gorman tar iff Democrat or a Johnson no-tariff Dem ocrat? If he favors any kind of a tariff, let him debate with Mr. Johnson, who is an absolute free trader, and would repeal every tariff and internal revenue law and sell all the custom-houses. "Mr. Clarke has all these strings on his bow and more too. "What chance does Mr. Hanna, who has only one string to hl3 bow, have In disputation with such a man? Mr. Hanna stands pat When Mr. Clarke Joins a party that stands pat on anything, Mr. Hanna will talk with him. "Then there Is the coinage question. How does Mr. Clarke stand on that? The absolution Mr. Bryan gave him would argue that he Is not a stand-patter; In deed, Mr. Bryan says he Is not "Them if Mr. Clarke is really on the Kansas City platform and is bound to have 'a debate with somebody, let him hunt up the Palmer and Buckner platform and debate with that If, on the other hand, he is still a goldbug, he has no quarrel with Mr. Hanna. On that score ex-Senator Charles A. Towne Is the man he Is looking for, or tho Hon. John J. Lentz might do m a pinch. "If Mr. Clarke were elected to the Sen ate, would he vote on the currency ques tion with the Gold Democrats or with Free Silver Democrats? Difference on War Amendments. VThe Republican state platform declares that every ono of the war amendments 13 binding In honor upon every American citizen. "Why did Mr. Clarke say In hia Akron speech that that platform 'wlnda up with the declaration that amounts to a nullification of the 15th amendment'? "Where does Mr. Clarke stand on the war amendments? Does he bellevo n them, or will he favor their repeal? Is ha In harmony with Senator Tillman, who has boasted that whenever colored votera attempt to exercise the elective franchise In South Carolina he will meet the at tempt with a shotgun? If elected to the .Senate, will Mr. Clarke join his colleague from Tennessee. Mr. Carmack, and vota. for his resolution to repeal tho lStbA amendment? Is Mr. Clarke willing to ex plain his position on these vital questions! "Where does Mr. Clarke stand on the Philippine question? Does he stand with Mr. Bryan, when he was lobbying at tha Capitol at Washington for the ratification of the treaty that ceded the Islands to us? Or, later, when, in the campaign of 1900; he advocated an American protectorate? Or when, still later, he declared for their 'absolute Independence? Does Mr. Clarke stand for any or all three of these Philip pine sentiments?. Has Too Many Fronts. "Does Mr. Clark side with the Eastern Democrats, the 'reorganizers'? Democracy today wears so many colors, appears un der so many different shapes and forms, assumes so many disguises, that I feel it would be unfair to Senator Hanna to ask him to meet Mr. Clarke in a joint de bate until he Is advised more fully as to Mr. Clarke's position on the subjects above alluded to, until he learns what particular brand of Democracy Mr. Clarko claims as his; until he knows whether ho is expected to debate with Mr. Clarke, tho corporation lawyer, or Mr. Clarke, the candidate for United States Senator."