Morning Oregonian., January 17, 1906, Page 3, Image 3

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANT7ABT 17, 1906.
BIUCRETT IS ALONE
Takes Hide Off Depew in a
Speech at Albany.
MOVES FOR RESIGNATION
Democrats Stand Aside and Laugh,
AVhile Republicans "Wrangle
About Yellow Dog Fund of
Insurance Companies.
ALBANY. N. Y.. Jan. 16. The State
Senate this afternoon by a vote o 34
to 1 rejected the resolution o Senator
Edgar T. Brackett of Saratoga, de
manding the resignation of Senator
Chauncey M. Depew from the United
Slates Senate. After a debate lasting
more than three hours and character
ized on the one hand by Senator
Bracketfs unsparing denunciation ot
Mr. Depew and the insurance com
panies and on the other by almost
svery liarsh criticism of the Judg
ments and the motives of the intro
ilucor of the motion, the roll call
showed Mr. Bracketfs own vote to
be the only one in favor of the resolu
tion. Every other Republican Senator,
voted against it with the exception of
Mr. Armstrong of Rochester, who is
In New York on work on the insur
ance investigation committee report,
and he sent a telegram to Senator
Tully, his colleague on the committee,
to the effect that, if he were present,
he would vote against the resolution.
The 34 Democratic Senators were ex
cused from voting though the motion
to 'excuse them was opposed by Mr.
BrackotU who expressed his desire "to
put every Senator on his record on
Ihts moral issue."
Democrats Amused Spectators.
Senator Grady, the Democratic lead
er, said the Democrats regarded the
pew issue as purely a Republican af
fair, they felt like the man who, look
ing on while his wife fought with a
bear, cried: "Go it, old woman; go it,
bear." The more severe the conse
quences to both the 'old woman and
the boar" in this Instance, the better
the minority would like it. Moreover,
paid Mr. Grady, they did not regard it.
us Senator Brackett said he did, as a
groat moral Issue.
The principal speeches in opposition
to the resolution and in defense of Mr.
Depew were made by Senators Maltby,
Cassidy, Raines, Coggcshall. Lewis and
White, while Senator Ellberg de
nounced the resolution and its Intro
ducer and said specially that the Sen
ate was In no position to pass such
a resolution while it rested under Mr.
Bracketfs insinuation that its mem
bers had been debauched by the use
of "yellow dog" funds.
Mr. Cassidy referred to Mr. Depew's
active critic a fomenting public cen
sure in order "under the cloak of re
form, to steal his official position.
No Confidence in Depew.
Senator Brackett declared, in opening
the debate, that he, had introduced the
resolution in obedience to wbat lie be
lieved to be "the solemn demand of the
right-thinking people of the -state." He
denied that ho had the slightest wish to
humiliate Senator Depew, "more than
was necessarily implied in any possible
resolution of the kind."
He asserted that there was a lack of
confidence in the Senator named which
had been caused by recent disclosures. He
denied the assertion that it was not with
in the province of the Senate to pass a
resolution on a subject in reference to
which it had no authority to enforce ac
tion, and cited resolutions adopted on the
Venezuelan question and the coal strike
several years ago.
"I want to say to you and to the people
of the State." continued Mr. Brack
ett, "that until a more righteous concep
tion of public duty shall prevail, we are
without hope for the future; that unless
the great, virile manhood of the State
shall stand to the proposition that he
who offends In the performance of his
particular duty must suffer the punish
ment for his offense, we can expect littlo
of respect for law, little of regard for
public honor and virtue and have taken
the first long step toward condoning
crimes of whatever kind."
Should Blush for Suclr Senator.
Brackett declared that, although he
had voted for Senator Depew, he had
been opposed to his re-election to the Sen
ate because he had believed him unfit for
the office, and that he represented un
wholesome forces. Any Senator present.
ho said, ought to blush for shame at the
representation of his State in the United
States Senate toy emier or the present
Senators. He disclaimed the slightest re
sDonslblllty for Senator Platfs re-elec
tion, and said he would support any other
Senator's resolution requesting mm to re
sign. .
Brackett insisted that no service
performed by Senator Depew for the
Equitable Life insurance bociety during
the 20 years of his $20,000 "retainer," had
been other than what he owed as a di
rector of the society. The claim that
this enormous sum was paid for legal
services excited only laughter and con
tempt.
Referring to the so-called "yellow dog"
funds ot certain insurance companies, he
said:
"Out of this fund there were paid thou
sands of dollars In one campaign toward
the expenses ef one of the political par
ties, 'to savo the honor of the Nation
Stole Money to Give Away.
"The honor of the Nation the honor
of the Nation, of which honor these men
were so solicitous that they forgot their
own;' so solicitous of the National honor
that they were' ready to and did give
away thousands of dollars of your money
and mine of the money of the poor man.
of widows, but not a cent of their own.
"Let us have done with this sham and
pretense of having used the funds for
honorable and necessary purposes. It is
no answer to the statement that the
money stolen was well spent But there
is not even this excuse here. It was
spent In a way that it was thought would
Treatly aggrandize the men who directed
he spending, andi Jt did. It was .spent
keep the Depews In the upper house
f the Congress of the United States for
elfish purposes, and it did.
"Again I charge the .truth to be that
.he chief argument a year ago advanced
for the re-election of this very Senator
Tve are now discussing was that he had
been instrumental in raising large sums
of money from these very Insurance cor
porations for use in the election then
just over, and It was broadly intimated In
more than one conference on the subject.
If, indeed, not actually staled and ar
gued, that such contributions were made
upon the express understanding that he
was to be returned to the Senate, where
ho could continue to protect in their
places these 'men who thus gave away
your money ana mine.
"If there is here on the floor any tlmi-d
soul among the majority who thinks that
this recital will hurt his party, I want
to say te mm and every one of my nartv
associates, to say it kindly bat flrmlv.
that If. we do not expose and ri ewMive
and our party of transactions of that
kind, there will presently be no party to
be Injured. ,
Yoh turn back in the pages of the his
tory of the body In which he has a seat
to find a single thing that he lias done
worthy of the state. His conception or
public duty has been confined to society
functions and never given to the level
of even ordinary statesmanship."
Brackett bitterly arraigned Senator
Depew as having been knowingly a
"prominent figure in and tolerator of
a system of loot and public debauchery.
perhaps even to the courts themselves.
which tended to undermine the very lire
of the Nation."
ICECOMMEND DRASTIC ACTION'
Mutual Life Committee "Will 'ot
Sparc the Grafters.
NEW YORK, Jan. IS. The Herald to
day says: Despite the recent silence
maintained by the Trucsdale committee
as to its Inquiry into the affairs of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, it is now
known from outside sources that on four
different occasions It has made incom
plete reports to the board of trustees,
covering such ground as it had traversed
and embodying not only elaborate find
ings of fact, but also recommending dras
tic action in various directions.
In well Informed banking circles yes
terday it was credibly reported that the
committee would not content itself with
dealing in generalities, but would recom
mend to the company action of the most
radical character in the cases of specific
individuals, who arc thought to have
abused their trusts.
Whether the committee's report, when
finally made public, will go as far as to
recommend civJI actions at law to compel
restitution of diverted moneys or funds
wasted by lax management could not be
definitely learned.
Huglics "Will Not Help Jerome.
NEW YORK. Jan. 36. Charles E.
Hughes, counsel to the legislative Investi
gating committee, now plans to sail for
Europe about February' 1. to rest for a
month or more before resuming his law
practice.
Thla decision is generally construed to
indicate that he will not be concerned In
any criminal proceedings which District
Attorney Jerome may bring against per
sons concerned in the insurance scandal.
It is also believed that the committee's
report will be ready for presentation to
the Legislature before Mr. Hughes sails.
Several of the states have been talking
of starting investigations, and in several
Instances, notably In that of Ohio. Mr.
Hughes name has been mentioned as th
first choice for counsel, but It is now
thought that his plans preclude this.
New York .Life Report Soon.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1C Thomas P. Fow
ler, chairman of the house cleaning com
mittee of the New York Life Insurance
Company said yesterday that the com
mittee would be ready to report to the
trustees In about 10 days. He said the
trustees, undoubtedly would make it public.
"Wc can only report now that we are
hard at work and making progress," said
Mr. Fowler last night. We should be
able to wind up the Investigation and re
port within ten days."
RETURNED TO POLYGAMY
Wolfe Gives Reason for Renouncing
Faith of Mormons.
SALT LAKE. Utah. Jan. 16. William
Wolfe, professor of theology' in Brigham
Young College a Mormon institution at
Logan, Utah, has caused a stir in Mor
mon circles, according to a Logan dis
patch, which the Tribune prints today.
by renouncing his belief in the Mormon
faith, refusing to pay tithes and' severing
his relation with the college . '
According to Professor Wolfe, as the
Tribune quotes him in an interview, his
change of faith was due to a trip to
Mexico, which satisfied him, he said, that
the Mormon church had receded from
the Woodruff manifesto and reinstated
polygamous marriages. He found many
young women who had entered Into the
plural marriage relation with leading ci
ders of the Mormon church. Professor
Wolfe is quoted as saying:
"The Mormon settlements In Mexico are
closely in touch with those of Arizona,
and in each case polygamy is practiced
as freely today as it ever has been."
Professor olfe is quoted as saying that
he sought an explanation of these con
ditions of Apostle John Henry Smith, ask
ing how these polygamous marriages
could bo reconciled with the Woodruff
manifesto, and he Is reported as quoting
Apostle Smith as follows:
"Why. Brother Wolfe, do you not under
stand that the manifesto was only a
trick devised to beat the devil at his own
game?
Professor Wolfe Is a native of New
York, the son of a Presbyterian clergy
man. After engaging In the newspaper
business he came to Utah 10 years ago
and became a convert to Mormonism.
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River and Harbor Congress Proposes
Change in Methods.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. The Na
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress to
day adopted the report of the commit
tee on organization, recommending the
election of the following officers: Pres
ident, Harvey D. Goulder, Cleveland,
O.; one vice-president from each stato
represented, to be named by the dele
gations; Colonel William II. Love, Bal
timore, secretary; E. H. Sharewood,
Philadelphia, treasurer.
Among those recommended for the
executive committee were John W.
Ferris. San Francisco, and A. IL Dev
crs. Portland, Or.
The executive committee Is charged
with the duty of actively prosecuting
the work of securing regular and in
creased annual appropriations for the
Improvements of rivers and harbors of
the entire country, and to this end to
take such steps and use such means
as will tend to mold public sentiment
In favor thereof.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the National Government should
put river and harbor bills on a par
with other great appropriation bills by
annual appropriations, and direct all
such work economically and contlnu
ously, wlthouth the waste incident to
intermittent efforts. The resolutions
urge an annual appropriation of at
least $50,000,000.
Magoon Delays Return Home.
PANAMA, Jari 16. Governor Magoon,
on receipt of a cable messace from TVaiil
ington last night, postponed his proposed
trip io me umtea states unut January 2
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THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA
STATEMENT
JANUARY 1, 1906
ASSETS
Loans and Discounts $26,130,507.49
Bank Premises 250,000.00
Other Heal Estate 7S2ASS.63
Mdse. Less Credit Account G37,431.60
Sundry Stocks and Bonds 1,573,713.93
Government Bonds .' 625,650.00
Due from Banks and Bankers G.349.362.6S
Money on Hand 7,171'2S.6G 14,146,541.34
$4320,63299
LIABILITIES
Capital paid in Gold Coin $4,000,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 9,770,148.33
Dividends Unpaid ' 352.00
Acceptances under Loans Credited... 744,892.14
Other Liabilities 240,0S4.36
Due Banks and Bankers $ 6.1S5.S15.67 0H R(. onR 1 -
Due other Depositors 22,579,390.49 oo.'.uo.ib
$4320,6S2.99
KANSAS IS ROBBED
Shortage of $78,000 Found in
State Treasury.
BOND COUPONS MISSING
Ex-State Treasurer Grimes Mainly
Ilcsponslblc, but lie Pusses on
Blame to His Chief Clerk.
Kelly Also Short.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. IS. A total short
age in the Kansas State Treasury of
about $78,000 is shown by the report of
Accountant Morris In the treasury ex
amination jUFt closed, according to a
.summary of the report prepared by Gov
ernor E. "VV. Hoch. made public late this
afternoon. The report covers all trans
actions made by the State Treasurer
from January 1, 18SS. to June 30, 1S05, in
cluding the two full terms of former
State Treasurer Frank E. Grimes' and
one term and six months of the adminis
tration of Thomap T. Kelly, the present
State Treasurer. The bulk of the short
age appears In the accounts of the office
during the Grimes administration.
Of the total of $78,000. JS0.OM is due to
mlsrfng coupons from bdhds owned by
the state school fund, and J1S.0C0 Is due
to the los of Interest on warrants Is
sued by the Territory of Oklahoma to the
State of Kansas.
Governor Hoch tonight declined to dis
cuss any action that he might take In
regard to the result of the Investigation.
Mr. Grimes issued a statement tonight
absolutely denying any responsibility for
the sliortagcin Oklahoma warrant Inter
est, and nays he It able to account satis
factorily for all the bond coupon short
ages except $7,213. He states taht he Is
willing to make good any shortages he
Is responsible for. He puts the respon
sibility for a number of rIous discrep
ancies on C. R. Richey. his chief clerk.
Aside from the shortage shown, the
Morris report makes disclosures concern
ing erasure of the "state property" stamp
from the backs of coupons and the mu
tilation of records In the offlccs of the
Stato Board and State Auditor.
JASPER JENNINGS GUILTY
(Continued Front Pace 1.)
brother had expressed a hope that sht3
would not.
Defense Uses Kldlctile"''
Mr. Xorton ridiculed the conclusions
which Mr. Reamcs had drwn from Jas
per's actions and statements. He warned
the jury against taking i human life on
the flimsy imnginlncsof the District At
torney: he held .that the state had failed
to make out a case, and closed request
ing the jurors to bear In mind that Mr.
Reames woulC have the last word that
when he (the speaker) finished, the last
word In behalf of Jasper Jennings would
be spoken.
In his closing argument the District At
torney delivered himself of a five-minute
lecture to the crowd of spectators, who
at several points made by Attorney Nor
ton during his talk had broken Into
laughter. It was a woll-merited rebuke,
but those present did not relish it, for as
Mr. Reamcs left the courtroom during
the evening recess, scowls and frowns
met him.
Scoring of Jasper Jennings.
In the conclusion of his argument the
prosecutor took the counsel for the de
fense to task for attempting to laugh
the case out of court. In describing Jas
per. District Attorney Reamcs said:
Re is a fiend o despicable, ro low. who.
in order to screen himself, would enter
court and My. I believe my mother had
eomcone kill my father. If this boy had
a upark of manhood, this boy who. -7 years
ago. was lulled to sleep on that poor old
mother's breast, whose voice was the flrt
that felt upon his ear. he would have walked
to the sallows and dld. even though inno
cent, before he would have accmed his
mother who bore him with murder. He Is
so low and of lo a measure or manhood
that words fall to picture blm as he Should
be.
In closing Mr. Reames apologized for
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STORM IN THREE STATES
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Dwellings and Wire Lines.
CINCINNATI. Jan. 16. Dispatches re
ceived today from various points in Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky tell of great dam
age by a severe wind, rain and hail storm
last night. During- the height of the
otonn the wind reached a velocity, of
from -tO to SO miles an hour.
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down in all directions. At Lancaster, Q.r
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