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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1900.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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WILL NOT DOWN
Strong Pressure Upon
President Roosevelt
DESPITE HIS CONSTANT DENIAL
Clash Coming Between the
"Interests" and the People.
ALARM ILLY CONCEALED
ifVpoMle of Doctrine of the "Square
Ileal looked Upon as the Only
Man Who Can Save
the Situation.
WASHINGTON. March 25.-fSpecJal.)
3t is coming s be moro and more the
bef nawng the political wise men that
tie lsie is llkoly to be squarely made In
the xt Republican convention between
th "tmiorwt" r ainl the "people." Pros
j"tlve ami tentative candidates for the
Prlnt' nomination are being dls
cod ta the light of this situation; and
tly we lxing discussed seriously, more
over, in stte of the. fact tliat party man
ngcrs are prone to have the public be
Hcw tlmt they (the managers) think It
3f ahogpthor too early to start booms
The third term talk, which the most
MNT4stent effort of President Roosevelt
oimhK kMf down, has its inspiration in
XJe far-sightedness of those who observe
tin- Wrr-tlen in which National politics
I moving. On the one hand are seen
tle siaMd-paUorx and the leaders of the
o4-ttf Mtachiue organization, viewing
"wttti pory concealed alarm the proml
nnw wf new factors In the party and
the growth nf new Ideas. On the other.
Ifwre hfp the se-called radicals, doter.
tNteed im wrest control from the old
Forced to Repeated Declarations.
It is tJh tatponding clash hotween these
fs thiit turns attention so assidu
CMftMy ksmI Incefvantly to the present oc-
vvpmms. of the "White House, and forces
SHw U constant reiteration of the doclar
ntlnn that he will not bo a candidate
xmi-r any circumstances.
Visitors continue to call at the White
3lse. receiving the same information
in we form or another, and come away
itfW tWltd term. And what Is the reason?
N He daxibts the absolute sincerity of
3rwdejt Roosevelt, and It even Is be-
)teve4 has made plans as to things
he hitonds to do as private citizen after
"March 4, 1W. Rut there is the situation
rntrvtaig into the equation.
In tHf eyes of ultra-conservatives,
Pt.Hoih Roosovolt stands as the man
of the people, who perhaps may offer
the only medium through whom the party
saved from capture by the new
radtenl fncc.
Kndlcnl of the "Square Deal.
The President himself has been called
d rwdkmt. but his radicalism has had the
fMire doal" for lis watchword, and
thre are other radicals looming above
Ihr hwisen who are. regarded bv the
Vwwservatlvefi' an enemies of capital and
Trhf? control of the National party or
FnnteKtinn would work revolution.
Nh f the theories on wbjch the renom
nnttM f President Roosevelt Is being
-wrkd ot by the prophets is this: 1
is petoicd out that if the old regime,
which, by the "way, was far from pro
Rsevett at the time of his unanimous
nomination at Chicago two years ago,
Hods s-CRMed radicals, like 1-a FoUclte
of Wisconsin and Cummins of Iowa, in
the ascendency whon the next convention
Ik heW. Theodore Roosevelt will be forced
forward, regardless of his own wishes
and a. whirlwind of enthusiasm will sweep
hua into the contest against the opposl
nn party.
Democrats May Steal Thunder.
AwHhrr theory ' that Roosevelt, by hi
nfpwdonc and his immense popularity
with the countrj. has pointed the way to
the DemocrHtic party for the campaig:
of and it is declared the Democrats,
2xMiig that the Republican party does
swt represent the ideas that give its
"President such a hold on tho masses of
rII parties, will utillzo tho Roosevelt
thunder in the making of its own plat
ffrm. Such will be the case, it is argued,
supposing that the new conservatism
ruls the Democratic deliberations; such
the case if Bryan Is the Democratic can
didate. Should he first capture the Dem
ocratlc organization, the platform as well
as the man would be of the intensely
radical type, calculated to make con
f.ervatlves and semi-conservatives shiver.
Only 3fan to Beat Bryan.
Roosevelt, declare the supporters of this
latter theory alluded to. is the only man
who could defeat Bryan, broadened and
developed as he has been slnoe his "cross
of gold debut into the National arena
In a contort before the people of the
country. And with a man like Hearst
nominated by the Democrats, it is as
serted tho conservatives possibly con
trolling the Republican convention would
scarcely dare to name a candidate of
small personal magnetism or one who
might be vulnerable in a campaign, and
the attempt would be made to array the
National unrest against the special in
tcrosts.
These are the. reasons why the Roose
vrlt third-term talk will not down.
Other Prospective Candidates.
Secretary Shaw is regarded as an
avowed candidate, although ho has not
declared he would be. The enly other
avowed candidate Is Fairbanks, -who al
ready Is understood to have sought politi
cal alliances that will stir up. antagon
ism In other directions. It Is understood
the Vice-President ha been dickering
1th the old machine crowd in Illinois.
for example. Lorlmer. et al.. "which has
caused some observers to remark that
ambition moves men to a strange form
of political sagacity sometimes. Powerful
conservative Interpjts in the East also
regard Fairbanks favorably.
As to Secretar.v Root. Secretary Taft
and other possibilities, they are possibili
ties, but they have not yet qualified, for
the race. Something definite doubtlef
would be doing If the politicians could get
it out of their heads that President
Roosevelt really Is a figure to consider.
'ATTISON'S PULSE RISING
Governor of Ohio Is in a Precarious
Condition.
COLUMBUS. O.. March 25. Reports late
tonight from the sickroom indicate se
rious development In the condition of Gov
ernor Paulson. After passing an appar
ently comfortable day he is restless to
night, the pulse rising to ICR and the
respiration growing more rapid and diffi
cult. COLUMBUS. O.. March 25. Governor
Pattison had a comfortable night, accord
ing lo the bulletin issued by the attend
ing physicians at 10 o'clock this morning
and "favorable progress still continues."
The second bulletin, given out late In the
afternoon, reported his condition un
changeJ from that In the morning. The
members of the family feel much encour
aged, but to the public the physicians do
not hold out any hope of recovery.
A story printed today that the Governor
is suffering from cancer of the prostate
gland Is neither confirmed nor denied by
the physicians. The kidney trouble from
which he has suffered Is now said to be
only, a complication attending the real
malady.
COIAJMBUS. O.. March 23. The physi
cians attending Governor Pattison gave
out the following statemont at 10:30
o'clock tonight
"Governor Paulson has been somewhat
more restless, uinerwise. no imporiani
change has occurred since the last state
ment was issued. Pulse 10S, respiration
24. temperature normal.
"E. J. WILSON,
"P. HOLT."
The lan statement given out In the aft
ernoon did not note the pulse or rcsplra
tlon. The Governor's pulse at 10 o'clock
was 10S and his respiration 22.
SAYS HE IS A ROBBER
Pennsylvania Hnllro'ad Man In Ohio
Believed to Be Insane.
LIMA, O., March 25. Tard Conductor
H. A. Sloane, of the Pennsylvania Rail,
road, walked into the police station here
today and asked to bo locked up. He
stated that in November, 1897. he and two
other men held up and robbed an express
train of $90,000 at Galena. 111., on the Chi
cago z Northwestern Railroad.
Sloane was hold and Inquiry has been
made concerning his story- Be is be
lieved to be mentally unbalanced.
CHICAGO. March 25. The only robbery
occurring on the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad noar Galena, according to an
official of that road, was that known as
the Tower W robbery, near Dekalb. 40
miles from Galena. That robbery oc
curred In 1893. and netted the perpe
trators in the neighborhood of $40,000.
BATTLE WITH PRETENDER
Sultnn of Morocco's Cavalry Operat
ing In Broken Country.
PORT SAID, Morocco, March 2. A
battle is progressing in the vicinity of
Kebdala. The pretenders Infantry and
artillery are firing briskly on the Sultan's
cavalry, which la operating with difficulty
in the broken country along the banks
of the Mulya River. Details of the battle
have not been received.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTBKDAT'S Maximum temperature 64
dec: minimum. 42 dec.
TODAY'S Ehowerw; southerly winds.
Political.
Roosevelt 1 being ursed by corwervatlve ln-
teret to be a candidate for the Prel
dwicy. Pace 1.
Old-line Democrats lookinc to solid South for
Preeldcntlal timber, rase I.
Domestic
Treacherous Tolajane attack Americans In
Samar under cover or pretended urrtnder.
Pace 1.
Josenh MedUl Patternon declares the day of
equality of opportunity 1 pMd. Pace 1.
Novel devices of thieve to rob New York,
Pace 4.
Democrats of Kansas City adopt s. more rad
ical gas plank than the . Republican!.
Pa Be 2.
LlKhtnlnj; bolt kill" ltter-Dr Saint preacher
in his pulpit, race 1.
Chicago German and Bohemian societies make
nemonwtratlon HR&lmi regulation or sale'or
liquor. 1'ace 1.
Natlosal.
Distrust of the United State Senate fed by
countless publication, rag-e 2.
Governor Cummlna comes back at Senator
Elklns with a warm retort. Page .
Senators are about talked out on the railroad
rate bill. Page a.
Foreign.
Czar will dictate to Russian Parliament how
far it shall so. Page 3.
German and French delecates at Alcedras
hopeful of acreement. Page IS.
How the delegate will be elected to the. first
Russian parliament. Page 1.
Starving Japanese parents are oompallod to
part with their children, rage 4.
Pacific Coat.
Frank C. Baker resigns chairmanship o. Tie
publican Central Committee of Oregon.
Pago 4.
Charles Harris arrested a Salem for attempt
Ins to induce, girls to enter dancehalls.
Pace 5.
Body of Benjamin Geaney. pioneer Walla
walla former, found In creek, rage 5.
Sports.
Bralnard Maroons defeat Athenians in becefit
bull game, rage 13.
What the amateurs are doing in sports.
rage 13.
rortlaBd and Ylclnltx.
Battle roral for franchises on between Hill
and Harrlman In Portland. Page S.
Portland woman attends fete given by Jap
anese Emperor In honor of English Prince.
. rage U.
This will be a busy week for ths candidates.
rage fc.
East Side want county roads within city lira
its suna.ee a with crushed rpefc. Page 9.
Sermons In' the chare es. 'Page, B.
South Portia Rd RepabMcan League has tcri
nocuous aeeaxe. irage. l. ,
Labor for railway sastrttctlon Mn great ds-
mand. Ig e l4jt , ; ,
Owners de-lfrssla Ji9 blul
VtUl USUI, .
NT
BY NATIVES' GUNS
Americans -in Samar Nearly
Become Victims of Treach
ery of the Pulajanes.
GOVERNOR IS MISSING
Rebellious Islanders Promise to Stir,
render and Begin Attack AYhert
a Photograph Is About to
Be Taken of the Force.
MANILA, March 26. According; to
unices rocciveu todny, the recent
fight at Magtaon, Samar, between ihe
constabulary and Pulajanes "was the
result of base treachcrv on the nart
of the natlvos. As a result of the
light 30 Pulajanes were killed and 16
or the constabulary killed and
wounded.
A dispatch received from Captain
Jones, of the constabulary, at Mag
taon. says that March 23. Governor
Currj Judgo Loblngcr and Supcrlntcn
dent of Schools Hoover arrived there
and camped over night near the Pula
janes. The presence of the officials
was made known to the rebellious na-
Ives and their leader announced that
he would surrender his force the next
day. As a result of this promise the
Americans returned to the town of
Magtaon. accompanied by Colonel Agn-
lllar, another Pulajanc chief.
The next day. Saturday morning.
four chiefs of the Pulajanes, -with over
100 men and l guns, appeared at Mng
tnon and lined up In frohtof the con
stabulary barracks. Between the bar
racks nnd the Pulajanes stood the
group of American officials.
One of the chiefs expressed a wish
that his party be photographed in the
act of surrendering-, and Supcr.lnten
dent Hoover, in compliance with the
request, was adjusting his camera.
when the Tulajancs leader drew
whistle and gave an order to advance.
The entire party of natives thcroupon
rushed upon the American officials
who escaped to the Magtaon River and
swam to the opposite bank.
"When the treachery of the natives J
was apparent the constabulary imme
diately opened fire and a fierce fight
ensued, in which the constabulary
gained a decisive victory. The Pula
janes were chased to the mountains,
but th pursuers lost more guns than
they capturod.
The American officials were later
found, with the exception of Governor
Curry. He was last seen being chased
by Pulajanes and is now believed to
be hiding- in the dense brush In that
locality.
Three Hundred constabulary arc now
on the trail of the fugitive natives and
searching for Governor Curry.
Governor Curry Rescued.
MANILA, March 26. (Afternoon.)
Governor Curry Is safe and well, but
the particulars of his rescue are not
available at this hour. General
Buchanan, commanding the Depart
ment of Visayas. has left for Cat
balogan. the capital of the Island of
Samar. to lend the aid of the Federal
Government to the insular authorities
If desirable. Small detachments of Fed
eral troops are now assisting the con-
PRESIDENT OF SOCIETY FORMED
TO STUDY THE HUMAN
EMOTIONS.
Bareaess D'Erlaagrr.
Baroness d'Erlangcr has been
elected president of a society organ
ized by fashionable Ixjndon women
for the study of human emotions.
The Baroness divides her time be
tween London and Paris, and is well
known in the American colonies of
the two cities.
stabujary In the pursuit of the fugitive
Pulajanes.
The Insular government has not yet
requested Federal aid. Major-General
Wood has loaned the constabulary 500
Krag-Jorgenscn rifles to supplant the
single-shot Spring-fields they have been
using.
Texas to Fight Oil TrusU
DALLAS. Tex.. March 35. A, special
from Austin to the News says:
"In -view of 'the developments; in vthe
ccn&lderable interest Jhas 'been aroused
here as to hew- the-Waters-PJerce's?Oil
EVENTS OF TUB COMING WEEK.
Tenth "tVek at Algeclras.
The session of the Algeciras Con
ference on iloroccan affaire, which
will take place today, will mark the
begtnalnr of the tenth week of tho
deliberations. The commltteo oa revis
ion has drawn up a project for police,
without mentioning the discussion of
the Torts, and this will form a bests
for discussion ia today's sevrton.
Crinl In CosI Situation.
It would seem that this week should
decide the question of a coal strike.
The Joint scale committee will meet
this week, when a proposal to report
a disagreement will be offered, with
the probability that it will b car
ried. This afternoon- Joint confer
ence will be held to receive this report.
The polat which UMperatoT. are
anxloue to settle Isi Vlll President
Mitchell 4 the ofjkt of the United
L 39taewot7fir prttai mea to go to work
tn districts." where an advance !s al
lowed, while other miners are on
strike? So far their efforts to settle
thlx point have been vain. It is ex
pected that President Mitchell will
come to Xjew York the latter part of
this week to confer again with the
anthracite operators committee of
eeven.
Cbamp!on.hlr Billiard Match.
March 27 there will be. held In New
Tork the first championship billiard
match since 1P01. Willie Hoppe. who
recently won the title from Maurice
VIgneaur. in Parts, will play George
F. Slotson a CO-polnt match game,
IS-lnch balk line, one shot In. The
wonderful playing Of young Hoppe and
the fact that his challenger is an old
and srasoned player. -Hill add to the
Interest In the match.
National Civic TW era tlon.
The National Civic Federation will
m-et In New Tctk today, when tho
election of officers will take place.
Company Is doing business In Texas. The
News has authority for the statement
that the Attorney-General's department
proposes 'taking up the matter of en
forcing the antitrust law of Texas as
soon as pressing business now on hand
can be disposed of. and that the law will
be enforced."
REFORMERS ARE SCORED
FOHEIGN'-BORX CHICAGO CITI
ZENS' BIG DEMONSTRATION".
Demand Made oa City Council to
Issue Special Bar Permits
for Dancehalls.
CHICAGO. March 2S. Resolutions de
manding that the City Council authorize
the Mayor to Issue special bar permits
for dancehalls and that tho State Legis
lature grant complete relief and home
rule In regard to the amusements were
passed by ltoO representatives of German
and Bohemian societies gathered in mass
meeting here this afternoon. Outside tho
First Regiment Armory, where the meet
ing occurred, was an overflow gathering
estimated at 3J.0CO. In marching order,
more than 3C0 societies of Germans,
Swedes. Norwegians and Poles paraded
in Michigan avenue with flags and nu
merous uniformed bands.
The speakers who addressed the meet
ing scored the reformers, the Mayor and
the State's Attorney, whom they held re
sponsible for the revocation of tholr per
mits. The demonstration began early In
the day, each section of the city con
tributing Its quota of men. women and
children forming the various divisions.
which poured into the central loop dla
trlct and proceeded in a straggling mass
to the rendezvous in Michigan avenue.
Street-cars were Impeded In their move
ments, traffic In Michigan avenue was
completely interrupted for several hours.
The drivers of automobiles who tried in
several Instances to force their way
through the crowd were roughly handled
and compelled to turn back.
Men prominent In the affairs of the city.
Including a number of Aldermen, occupied
scats upon the platform in the Armory
when the meeting was called to order.
Samuel Alschuler, former candidate for
Governor of Illinois on tho Democratic
ticket, was one of the speakers. He de
clared that the societies stood for the
enforcement of the law. which does not
destroy the liberty of those not engaged
in a violation of the law.
ExCongressman E.. T. Noonan declared
that the revocation of tho bar permits
was an Invasion of constitutional rights.
Other speakers of local prominence fol
lowed, and the meeting closed with the
adoption of resolutions protesting agnlns
all attempts to deprive members of tho
societies of tho right to enjoy themselves
in their own way. and demanding that
the City Council amend the dramshop
license In such a manner as to authorize
the Mayor to issue temporary permits for
the sale of liquors to societies of a law
ful character, and calling upon the Legis
lature to amend the laws so that the
cities and to was of the state shall be
sclf-goverwng m Jhe matter of ause-
roBtsnn(r rtpnektlofrs.-
BOLT KILLS III PULPIT
IjATTER-DAY SAINT PREACHER
STRUCK BY IiTGHTNING.
Church Catches Fire, bnt Panlc-
Strickcn Conjugation. Return
and Extinguish Flames.
CARSON", la-. March S3. While preach
ing to his congregation. Rev. J. B.- Lentz,
pastor of a Latter-Day Saint church at
this place, was struck by lightning, which
caused his death within half an hour.
' The bolt descended during a hard thun
der storm, and was communicated to the
preacher by a chandelier hanging directly
above bis head. The shock threw him to
the floor In an unconscious state, while
many persons' In the congregation were
partially .stunned.
After nearly every one had fled from
the baUdlng Lentz was carried" out, hut
failed to,ren conedeueness. The.church
took Are, but it was saved. -Lentz' left a
widow' -aadawo chUdrefV ''A .
F0W0
LITTLE FORMER
Joseph Medill Patterson, Re
cent Convert to Socialism
Scores Present System.
OPPORTUNITIES NOT EQUAL
"With Knoriuons Capital Left by Ills
"Father, Chicago Packer Can Com
pel Men to - Work for
"311m or Starve.
CHICAGO. March 2i.-(Spccal.) "Back-
sklnners, H3 a week; dry-salters. XI'. cat
tle-stickers. 13: laborers. 17. and J. Og-
den Armour. ?ly).CW a week. Now you
see something Is wrong with the present
system."
Joseph Mcdlll Patterson, the new con
vert to Socialism. In talking to 400 stock
yard's workmen at Schumacher's Hall.
Ashland avenue, near Forty-sevinth
street, yesterday nftcrnoon summed up
the first part of his speech as quoted.
He said he did not want to appeal to
class, ami then used the contract between
Mr. Armour's affluence and his em
ployes dependence, for Illustrations
throughout the talk. Toward the end
he said:
"Everyone who works for Armour helps
to contribute to a purse of J3.0CO.00o a
year for him. He has 51W.COO.000 and you
havo to give hint a 53.00O.0CO purse every
year. On the average every one of his
V.CO employes gives him J100 a year.
"I'm talktng calmly to make yote know.
Now, J. Ogden Armour owns what you
know of here In the stockyards." Mr.
Patterson went on. "He owns similar
plants at Omaha and elsewhere and he
owns refrigerator cars. He also owns
City Councilsi
"Suppose he should own all these
things and suppose nobody would work
for him. He couldn't do a thing. So the
most valuable thing he owns is the power
to compel 50,000 people, not any particular
Individuals, but that many people, under
the present system to work, for him. not
because they love him, but because they
have to or starve. They havo to go down
and ask htm to use the tools his father
gave him.
"We hear talk about American cnttaJUy
of opportunity. There was equality of
opportunity' when there was more land.
But Is thero now? This young man. J.
Ogdcn Armour, started at 35 with 575.-
000,000. Interest has raised the amount.
It Is absurd to say that any of you
started with an equal opportunity.
"Every clerk down town pays tribute
to a few estate. Marshall Field's for in
stance. All of the real estate In the
loop, valuable land, yields tribute to
about 1000 owners. In the stockyards you
pay tribute to Armour. Morris and Swift
"The present system Is almost as bad
for the children of the rich as It Is for
the poor. The poor man turns himself
Into a beast because he's not got enough;
the rich man turns himself into a beast
because he's got too much.
"Now, how can you correct the present
conditions? By putting the means of
production Into the hands of the com
munity. Elect a Socialist President,
House and Senate. and then those who
object will be the lawbreakers. It Is nec
essary to have a class struggle If there
is going to be Socialism."
John Hays Hammond Is III.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 23. John
GIRL WHO TORfiOT SHE WAS
HARRIED THREATENED WITH
TROSECUTION TOR BIGAMY.
Edaa See.
Edna See. of Port Chester. X. Y.,
was married at 14 to Samuel Sco
fleld on the demand of the young
man's mother, who told the girl she
could not come to a certain party
unless she married Sam. Edna for
got about the marriage until her
huiband came to her mother's house
and demanded his wife. Edna then
was taken before' a magistrate, who
told her that It she preferred to live
with her mother she might do so.
This,- thought Edna, ended the mat
ter, and she again promptly forgot
Ecofleld. Now. four years later, she
has married Edwin Light and finds
her first husband making trouble.
She Is still living with her mother,
the TubHc Prosecutor having In
formed her that it she lives with Tier
husband No. 2 he will prosecute her
for bigamy. She says she did not
. understand what marriage was -when
she married- Sec-field, and is planning
to ask a court, to declare her first
marrlaze nail and void.
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Hays Hammond, tho well-known mining
engineer of Xew Tork. Is ill in this city,
being threatened with acute pneumonia
Arrangement' have been made to take
him to Los Angeles tomorrow in a pri
vato car, in the hope that a warmer at
mosphere will restore him to his normal
condition. "When at Tonopah. New, re
cently Mr. Hammond contracted a severe
cold.
WILL CALL WITNESSES
Jerome to Prosecute Insurance Cases
In His Own "vVay.
NEW YORK. March 25.-(Speclal.)
Despite his rebuff at the hands of Justice
O'Sulllvan. who Instructed the grand
Jury that it wag. their duty to indict di
rectors of several Insurance companies as
responsible for the contributions of funds
of the companies to the campaign funds
of political parties. District Attorney
Jerome is not satisfied that this is the
proper procedure and spent today at
home In consultation with members of
his staff looking into the law on the sub
ject. Jerome has determined that despite the
ruling of Justice O'Sulllvan he will pros
ecute tho Insurance cases in his own way
or not at all. and Intends to have some
Judge sit. within the next few days, as
committing magistrate, and will sub
pena before him George W. Perkins,
member of the firm of J. P. Morgan &
Co.; and formerly an official of the New
Tork Life Insurance Company, and have
him examined as to contributions made
by that company.
Jerome will also. It Is reported tonight,
try to secure the attendance of Postmaster-General
George B. Cortelyou.
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, and Cornelius N. Bliss, treas
urer of the same committee,, who are to
be asked some questions as to tho money
contributions. In the meantime the New
York County grand Jury will go ahead
under the instructions of Justice O'Sul
llvan and examine witnesses and deter
mine whether the law was violated, and
If so, will indict the persons it holds re
sponsible. It Is rumored tonight that the foreman
of the grand jury has asked that Andrew
B. Hamilton be summoned to testify be
fore the grand Jury, as It Is believed his
testimony more than that of anyone else.
will show why contributions were made
and at whose suggestion. If this line is
followed out. It is expected that revela
tions will be made which will be inter
esting to the whole country.
REGARD FOR THE FLAG
3Inyor of Richmond Explains State
ment Mude In Speech.
RICHMOND, Va., March 25. With ref
erence to his recent remarks in a public
speech here that he "recognized but two
flags, the flag: of Virginia and the battle-
flag of the Confederacy." Mayor Mc
Carthy has given to the press a state
ment, which Is, In part, as follows:
"I have been the victim of numerous
postal cards and letters and newspaper
clippings since I dropped a passing re
mark about flags in the midst of a speech
which would make a column or two."
The Mayor here criticised the stenogra
pher's report of his speech, and con
tinued:
"The association which I addressed was
the Southern Ice Exchange. Everybody
talked about the desirability of building
up industries, the manufactures, the en
terprlso and business of the South and
"Virginia. What I meant by saying T rec
ognize but two flags' was one way of say
lng that my interest and my devotion and
my hopes were lndlssolubly with my state
and the South
"I had the honor of making the ac
quaintance of the 'Star-Spangled Banner
before many of my critics were old
enough to recognize It If they met It in
the streets, and I would like to relieve
these anxious people of any unnecessary
labor by Informing them that I am not
In need of any missionary work what
ever.
"I had the pleasure, a few months asro
of giving an order for 15, 000 s tar-spangled
banners and the further pleasure of see
ing that these be put in the hands of 12.000
school children of Richmond, that they
might greet the President with the rustle
and color and sentiment of countless wav
ing emblems of the greatness and benefi
cence of our countrj.
"I freely Intertwine In my office the
Star-Spangled Banner and the battleflag
of the Confederacy and thus acknowledge
my affection and devotion to one and my
respect and regard for the other."
FIRE AT MORGAN HOME
Early Discover- of names Saves
Residence and Priceless Art.
HIGHLAND FALL N. Y., March 25.
(Special.) The Interior of the country
seat of J. P. Morgan here was damaged
tonight by fire and the building had a
narrow escape from complete destruc
tion. Mrs. Morgan discovered the Are
which was due to an Imperfect flue In
the hot air furnace, and by summoning
men employed on the place the fire was
got under control before It made much
headway. The damage Is confined to the
floors and partition walls. None of the
priceless art treasures In the building
were damaged.
BULLET PREVENTS MURDER
Youth Shoots Drunken Miner "Who
Broke Into His 3Iother's Room.
PEORIA. III., March 2S. Sreclal.
Mont Devries. a coal miner, was shot and
killed by Harold Haarcn, a 22-year-old
youth, early today In Haaren's apartment
in the lower part of the city. According
to Haaren's story Devries was about to
kill his (Haaren's) mother and sister with
a hatchet and he shot to save their lives.
Devries had been drinking with a party
of friends all night and Haaren alleges
Devries had broken into tho apartments
where they were sleeping this morning
brandishing a revolver and hatchet and
was about to attack, the two women
when the son fired the fatal shot.
D0WIE IN MEXICO CITY
lit Charge of Nurse, hut Reported to
Be Much Better.
MEXICO CITY, March 26. Tha Indian
murderers of a French Priest near the
mountains of Malinche will probably be
shot on the scene of their crime In the
State of Tlaxcala.
Lieutwant-General Chaffee, U. 8. A,
has returned here from the hot country,
Heavy rains have greatly helped the
sanitary condition of the city and the
typhus fever Is abating.
John Alexander Dowie, of Chicago, ar
rived here Monday from. Jamaica. .He Is
accompanied by a nurse, but Is much
improved in health.
APPEAL TD SOUTH
FOR 1909 LEADER
Hearst Alarms the Old-
Line Democrats.
BRYAN HAS A BIG FOLLOWING
udge Alton B. Parker Sent on
Missionary Tour.
APPEAL TO STATES' PRIDE
Conservatism of Southerners Needed
to Save From "Wave of Unrest
nnd Radicalism Sweeping
the Countrj-."
NEW YORK, March 2S. (Special.)
Ex-Chief Justice Alton B. Parker, late
candidate for President, has been campaigning-
through the South, to carry
out a political plan agreed unon at a
conference In-this city. In which Grover
Cleveland, and other men who were a
power In his administration, partici
pated.
"The time has come to nominate- a
Southern man." Is the keynote of the
address which Parker has delivered
before legislators and clubs, and which
he has taken pains to present emphat
ically to every big- Democrat whom
ho has met during- his travels.
The men who controlled the last
Democratic National Convention are
already worried over the outlook for
the next one. even though they control
all the machinery of the National com
mittee.
Unrest Among the Voters."
"There Is a wave of unrest and rad
icalism sweeping over the country."
declared a big- banker of this city in
private conversation the other day.
Nothing- can save us but the con
servatism of the South, and to this. we
must make our appeal."
Ever since the last election, wncn
William Randolph Hearst almost
reached the Mayoralty chair, there.
have been conferences at frequent in
tervals, in -which the men who forced
the nomination of Parker participated.
August Belmont, Tnomas F. Ryan,
banker; J. Edward Simmons. Grover
Cleveland, Supreme Court Justice Mor
gan J. O'Brien. Mayor McClellan, ex-
Secretarr Charles S. Falrchild, John B.
McDonald. William B. Hornblower, ex
"Unlted States Senator James Smith. Jr.,
of New Jersey, and ex-Mayor Carter
Harrison, of Chicago, are some of
those whose advice has been asked on
the subject.
L7d to a short time ago McClellan
waH convinced that he would be able
to hold the local organization In line
for conservatism, but ho has finally
been brought to the point of admit
ting that he will have very little say
in the next choice of delegates to the
National convention.
Urges tho South to Get Together.
Judge Parker went South ostensibly
on a recreation trip, but has been tra
veling very extensively all over the
South. He is earnestly urging Demo
crats everywhere to "get together,"
and" telling- them that the only way to
win is to do what they have not dared
to do since Civil War times put a
Southerner at the head of the ticket.
Here are some extracts from a;
speech he made at Charlotte, N. C.
before the Manufacturers' Club, -which.
Bhow the lines upon which the Judge,
and the other conservatives are work
ing: t-k. Xmo -ha im -when new duties ana
responsibilities must b undertaken by ths
Unocrats ot the South. It J moro than
twweoro years atneer the war clowd. and your
pNjpl find themselves upon the threshold oC
what promises to be tho most remantaoia ous-
inn development the worm na ever snon n
within the game time and space-
In spite of your devotion to principle ana
consistency. In the face of a numerical Im
portance that was preponderant. In politics
only have you stepped aside. From the ear
liest days you have sent your best men into
public life. They have been at once mod eat.
able, devoted, patriotic and honest.
No Jail or penitentiary has opened its hos
pitable doora to admit your Senators, Hepre
rentatlves or Governors, nor have the officers
ot the law, trom detectives to Attorney-General,
been compelled to hale them into tha
criminal courts. In the face of this record you
have not only permitted ua o the North to
present to you candidates for President and
Vice-President, but you have Insisted upon
our doing ik, and have then voted for thero,
and that, too, when sometimes no other stata
did so.
Paralysis Since 189 6.
In 1896 you trjed Nebraska, and since that
day no old Democratic Northern State has ao
credrted. one of our party to the United States
Senate, and in none has there been a friend
ly Governor. All the Democratic training
schools of the North elementary. Intermedi
ate and higher were closed and have remained
so. The party paralysla was complete and
almost fatal.
In 1904, hoping to cure or palliate It. you ad
vised returning again to New York for your
candidate, only to meet the worst defeat in
our party history. It Is now nearly 12 yeara
since any man professing- devotion to your
party has been chosen In any Northern Demo
cratic State to nil an Important executive
office. At the last election, perhaps, eight
out of ten of the voters then under ISO were
ranged with our opponents, and today the
party organizations are Unelees. their one time
leaders are dead or nana abdicated, or, worse,
havo become Republicans, while in more than
one state the threat hanga over them that they
raay become tha victims of the spoiler, or tha
corrupt! oa lat.
"Whea such conditions confront you. why
should you hesitate any longer? Until the
Democrats of Nebraska and New York and
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