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VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,287.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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PACIFY CUBA ONLY
BY INTERVENTION
American Sovereignty
the Result.
TAFT DESPAIRS OF MEDIATION
Factions' Claims Irreconcila
ble, His Opinion.
GUERRA'S ARMY CLOSES IN
Comes Within Mile of Mediators'
Quarters, but Is Ordered Away.
Rumor That Palma and
Moderates May Resign.
NAVAfj FORCES IX CUBA.
Ships M?n.
Battleship Virginia M2
Battleship Louisiana 4
Cruiser Tacoma
Cruiser Cleveland (at Clenfuegos) situ
Cruler Ienver xt
Cruiser Dps Moines HK.'t
Gunboat Marietta (at Clenfuegos). 144
Total
HAVANA, Sept. 21. Peace for Cuba,
unless accomplished through American
Intervention, seems to bo further away
tonight than when Secretary of AVar Taft
and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
began negotiations to harmonize the op
posing factions. The arrival today of
three United States battleships and two
cruisers in addition to those already
here has had little effect on the Insur
gents in the field, and, -when the leaders
of the revolution were apprised of the
big squadron's presence, they greeted the
information with Spanish expressions to
the effect that:
"They cannot come to the brush."
A meeting of the executive committee
of the Moderate party was hastily sum
moned this evening and it was voted
unanimously to accept whatever dispo
sition of the controversy Messrs. Taft
and Bacon may decide upon, in the hope
that such a concession will induce the
Liberals to yieid similarly. The latter,
however, have as yet signified no will
ingness to accept the decision of the
American mediators. .
Rumor of General Resignation.
The rumor Is abroad tonight that Presi
dent Palma, the members of his Cabinet
and the Representatives and Senators
elected last December, will resign tomor
row, thus conceding practically all that
the Insurgents have been contending for
, and opening a way for a settlement with
out American intervention. But Mr.
Palma declined 10 be interviewed and
other members of the government stoutly
denied the rumor.
The American peace emissaries tomor
row will hear what the commanders of
the Insurgent forces have to say. Some of
these are coming from Santa Clara, Plnar
del P.io and Havana provinces. If they
persist in their demands, the conferences
will only increase the complications.
In a talk with the Associated Press to
day Mr. Taft spoke hopefully. Although
some progress has been made, he said, no
definite programme had been reached. He
told of the arrangement to meet repre
sentatives of the Insurgents and of his
previous hesitancy to take this step, and
said that "something may come of it.
The arguments of the leaders of both the
Moderates and the Liberals have been
submitted and translated for future re
erence by Messrs. Taft and Bacon, but
the latter said that nothing of a defi
nite nature has been suggested by a hur
rled reading of the briefs.
American Sovereignty In the End.
The mediators have sifted the revolu
tlonary evidences and define them as a
demand by the Insurrectionists for a new
general election and absolute rejection of
those demunds on the part of the gov
ernment.
Messrs. Taft and Bacon have practically
abandoned hope of finding a middle
ground and fear that a decision in favor
of either side would result in no more
than temporary tranquillity for the Island,
It Is their belief that American occupa
tion is the only way to end the civil war
fare and It Is not denied that lnterven
tlon must be followed by American sov
erelgnty. Mr. Taft has cabled to Presi
dent Roosevelt regarding the gravity of
the situation and Mr. Roosevelt is ex
pected to dictate any further programme.
Ciuerru Closes in on Havana.
A demonstration was made today by
armed revolutionists within a mile of the
peace negotiations. General Acosta,
camped at La Lisa, west of Minister
Morgan's villa at Marlanao, and half a
mile eastward were rural guards, militia
and mounted police. '. At the insurgent
camp the Associated Press was told that
the object of the Insurgents in coming so
close was to show Mr. Taft how com
pletely Havana Is in their grasp.
Pino Guerra's augmented force is
only a short distance away. He was
tdvancing to encamp Just outside of
Marlanao when the attention of Mr.
Taft was called to the fact. Mr. Taft
was greatly displeased, and Senor
Zayas and Charles Hernandez, ex-Postmaster
of Havana, were dispatched to
meet Guerra, with the result that the
latter turned back. He will take his
command 10 or 15 miles south of Ha
vana, and there await the decision of
the American mediators.
In addition to the Zayas party. Major
Ladd. of the United States Army, vis
ited Guerra today. As the insurgents
marched he carefully counted their
force and reported to Messrs. Taft and
Bacon their exact strength. Guerra's
army is well equipped and has better
mounts than the governmental forces,
plenty of arms and ammunition and
several machine guns. Senator Zayas
has ordered General Loynaz del Cas
tillo to move his army away from
Havana.
When the insurgents were ordered
away front La Lisa, Mr. Taft requested
General Rodrig-uez to withdraw the
rural guards from Marlanao, and by
tomorrow only mounted police will sur
round Mr. Morgan's villa.
Mr. Tuffs advices from the Interior
are that t;i people are controlled by
neither the government nor the lib
erals, but are simply dissatisfied with
conditions in general.
Anarchy In Interior.
Messrs. Taft and Bacon heard today
the first American testimony on the
situation given by the committee of ten
Americans selected for this purpose.
They also heard General Freyre An
drade and Alfredo Zayas. The latter
outlined the claims of the Liberals.
The arrival this morning of the
American squadron was the spectacular
and Impressive feature of the day.
The truce between the opposing
forces continues. The government,
however. Is moving troops toward the
city.
It Is understood here that Mr. Taft
has sent a gloomy message to Mr.
President, saying that private reports
from the Interior are that a state bor
dering on anarchy prevails throughout
almost the entire island.
A canvass by the Associated Press
among Cubans In high positions and
representing the most important com
mercial and financial interests here,
showed that it Is practically the unani
mous opinion that intervention alone
can afford a guarantee of lasting peace.
The Associated Press correspondent
who visited General Acosta today was
well received and was permitted to scru
tinize the equipment of the insurgents.
General Acosta said that, if the govern
ment was upheld by Messrs. Taft and
Bacon, he would continue fighting for
the cause of the insurgents.
Messrs. Taft and Bacon today received
an American committee, Secretary Mont
alvo. Chief of Rural Guards Rodriguez,
General Freyre Andrade, Vice-President
Mendez Capote, Alfredo Zayas and sev
eral bankers and commercial men.
Rebels March on Havana.
At midday Guerra with about 3000 men,
1000 of whom were unarmed, with 500
extra horses, entered the Province of Ha
vana, camping at GaimHo, 20 miles from
Havana. Friday night he effected a Junc
tion with Brigadier-General Castllla, who
has 1200 men, and all resumed the march
toward Havana. At 6 o'clock this morn
ing the Associated Press correspondent
Joined the rebel forces at Guanajay and
continued with them until they encamped.
The discipline of the forco is fair. The
revolutionists appropriated all chickens,
pigs and horses, and killed cattle when
ever the commissary required fresh meat.
Pino Guerra told the correspondent that
he and Alfredo Zayas were worsting in
perfect accord. Guerra still considers
himself a Congressman. Asked whether
he would prefer American Intervention to
American government, the insurgent
avoided replying. He assured the Associ
ated Press that he would not attempt to
enter the city during the peace confer
ence. Asked as to whether he had a plan
for the formation of a provincial govern
ment, he replied affirmatively, but would
not outline It.
Vice-President Mendez Capote tonight
visited Secretary Taft, taking with him a
resolution adopted by the Moderate party.
This resolution is as follows:
"Resolved, That we submit absolutely
to the United States mediatory commis
sion, on condition that the rebels surren
der their arms and promise to accept and
comply with such decision, whichever
way it may be."
Mr. Taft filed the petition without com
ment. Alfredo Zayas declined to com
ment on this action of the Moderates.
Secretary Montalvo said this evening
that he had heard nothing about an un
favorable .report emanating from Mr
Taft. On the contrary, he had received
the impression that the Secretary regards
the situation rather hopefully. He said
that he would deeply regret American in
tervention, and hoped that the situation
would be cleared in a few days. He de
nied that he would resign. '
Race Issue to Front.
The palace officials generally are utter
ing reproaches upon the Cubans when It is
intimated to them that the Taft mission
might result In American intervention. A
prominent Moderate, who declined to al
low the use of his name, said today:
I told Secretary Taft that "ne. would find
the situation far more serious than he an
ticipated, it Is not merely a fight over the
elections, but the general spirit of revolt
prevails to auch an extent as to make rec
onciliation almost Impossible now and peace
ful elections equally difficult. Anarchy la
abroad In Cuba and thousands of armed
men with Irresponsible and unscrupulous
leaders are arrayed against our unpreparel
and impotent government. The ugliest fea
ture Is that It Is fast assuming the form
of a race war, as the rebels are negroes or
mulattos. I am not surprised that Mr.
Taffs reports are pessimistic and will not
be astonished to see American troops here
at any moment. Nevertheless, knowing the
great provocation given the United States I
do not believe annexation possible, although
American intervention, perhaps for some
years. Is probable.
Many Welcome Intervention.
Many leading Cubans, asked for an
opinion ,as to intervention, welcomed
the Idea privately, and many expect to
testify so before the mediators confi
dentially, but none of them was will
ing to be quoted. Some expressed re
gret at what they feel would termin
ate the Cuban Republic's sovereignty.
The United States battleship New
Jersey arrived here this evening, mak
ing seven American warships in the
harbor.
Few of the leading commercial men
who were Interviewed by the Asso
ciated Press with 'Reference to inter
vention were willing to be quoted, al
though practically all who were' in
terviewed expressed the belief that In
tervention affords the only guarantee
of permanent tranquility of the is
land. Funston Leaves for Cuba Today.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. General
Funston will leave for Cuba - tomor-
Condudd on Pas a.)
POWDER EXPLODES
TOWN
S WRECKED
Jellico, Tenn., Loses Twelve
Lives and $500,000
in Property.
SHOCK HEARD MANY MILES
Many Buildings Shattered, Includ
ing Big Warehouses and Stores.
Fully 200 Injured and
Many People Homeless.
JELLICO, Tenn., Sept. 21. Twelve
deaths, the injuring of scores of other
persons and $500,000 damage to property
were caused here today 'when a carload
of dynamite standing on a track near the
Southern Railroad SLatlon exploded with
a report that was heard for "0 miles.
Buildings were shattered in the busi
ness section of the town, and nearly
every piece of glass within a radius of
one mile was broken.
The Dead.
GEORGE AIKENS, lineman for the West
Tennessee Telephone Company.
JOHN COOK, car inspector.
WALTER ROGERS, clerk for United Cold
Storage warehouse.
JOHN GARDON, colored.
JAMES SHARP, colored.
JAMES LOVETT, aged 12.
IDA PAYNE, aged 3.
JAMES REYNOLDS.
JOHN HOCH. .
JOHN COOK.
JOSEPH SELLERS. .
One body remains unidentified, making
the total 12. There Is a possibility that
other 'bodies may be recovered from the
ruins.
Eighteen persons were seriously injured,
among them R. D. Balrd, president of the
National Bank of Jellico and Mayor of
Jellico, Tenn., who was cut on the neck.
Two Theories of Cause.
The freight car, belonging to the Penn
sylvania Railroad lines, contained 450
boxes or 20,000 pounds of high explo
sives consigned to the Grand Powder
Company at Clearfield, Tenn. Two causes
are assigned for the explosion. One is
that three men were shooting at a mark
on the car and that a bullet entered the
car, causing the explosion. The other is
that, while the car was standing on a
sidetrack, a carload of pig iron was
switched against it and Unit the Impact
caused the explosion.
Jellico is situated on the Tennessee
Kentucky line about 60 miles from Knox
vllle, the main business portion of the
town being on the Tennessee side. Two
lines of railroad, the Southern and the
Louisville & Nashville, enter it. The de
pot of the Southern, which was located
near the scene of the explosion, was
wholly wrecked. Two hotels, the Glen
morgan and the Carmanthian, were badly
wrecked, the third story of the latter
being wholly destroyed.
Fully 200 Persons Injured.
Mark Atkins,""who was asleep In a
room on the third floor of the Carma
thian at the time, is one of the most se
riously injured of the entire number,
which will be fully 200, counting all who
were slightly hurt.
Business houses were badly disfigured
and stocks of goods ruined, while resi
dences suffered severely, windows and
doors being blown out In houses one
mile distant.
Among the buildings totally destroyed
were the Armour Packing Company's
warehouse, the Jung Brewing Company's
warehouse. Pinnacle Brewing Company's
warehouse, oil tank and warehouse of the
Kentucky Consumers Oil Company, and
the Standard Oil Company's warehouse.
Besides the two damaged hotels, the Jel
lico Furniture Company's building col
lapsed, and the stock of the Smith Dry
goods Company was practically ruined,
although the building which it occupied,
the Cumberland Opera-house, the largest
structure in Jellico, escaped with little
damage. Fully 20 other firms suffered
losses, but they occupied small build
ings. Many People Homeless.
Rescuers began work soon after the ex
plosion and me'dlcal aid was asked of
Knoxville, which sent a dozen physicians
to aid the wounded. The holding of in
quests over" the bodies of the victims was
begun this afternoon and tonight was
not completed. Many people are home
less as a result of the catastrophe and,
as almost every chimney was broken,
fires cannot be built in the houses.
The Town Council late this afternoon
called upon Governor Cox to send a com
pany of State Militia from Knoxville to
do guard duty and otherwise assist In
rehabilitating the town.
An official report of the disaster
places the number of dead at nine in
stead of 12.
OWNERS OF PEONS GUILTY
Severe Sentence on Missouri Farm
ers Enslave Xegroes.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Sept. 21.
The Jury in the Smith Bros, case today
returned ai Verdict of guilty against
Charles M. Smith and Charles M. Smith,
Jr., and t tip:, Ave tenants of their farms
on the llth count in the peonage case.
The llth count of the 44 indictments re
fers to John Reed, the negro who was
with Roosevelt in Cuba, and escaped
from the shack on the Smith farm by
sawing his way through the floor at
night. He was the strongest negro wit
ness for the Government. Sentence has
not yet been passed. Judge Krum filed
a motion for a new trial.
Judge Pollock overruled the motions for
a new trial and arrest of judgment and
then pronounced sentences as follows:
Charles M. Smith, three years and six
months in the penitentiary at Fort Leav
enworth, Kan., and a fine of $5000 and
cots. ' , - . -. .
"Charles V: Smith, Jr., 'two years in the
penitentiary and a fine of 16000 and costs.
Ben ' Stone and Ben Fields, each one
year and six months and $100 fine.
W. Lee Rogers and William Woods, each
two years and six months and $100 fine.
Floyd Woods, two years and six months
and $100 fine.
Under instructions from the court.
James Smith and Rex Smith were acquitted.
THE SURE THING GAME EVERY GAMBLER GOES UP AGAINST
PHEUH
CHARGES
T
Ex-Mayor of San Francisco
Calls Waterworks Pur
chase a Steal.
ATTACK ON SUPERVISORS
Board Ignores Plan to Secure Sup
ply' From Vosemlte In Further-
a nee of Scheme to Buy
. Bay Cities' System.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 21 (Spe
cial.) In an open letter Issued today,
former Mayor James D. Phelan charged
that the Board of Supervisors of San
Francisco Is attempting a $10,000,000 graft
by seeking to purchase the Bay Cities
Water Company's plant for a municipal
system. The letter .from Phelan was
called forth by the decision rendered yes
terday by the special committee of the
Supervisors to throw aside all other ef
forts and confine negotiations to the
Bay Cities Company. This corporation
offered its entire system to the city for
$10,500,000.
Phelan says that a system can be se
cured for the city for the cost of the pipe
from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to
San Francisco. This, he says, can be
secured from the Hetch Hetchy Valley,
In the Yosemite Park. He substantiates
his statement by the following statement
of Chief Government Forester Gilford
Plnchot, made on May 18 of this year:
"I hope sincerely tha,t in the regenera
tion of San Francisco its people may be
able to make provision for a water sup
ply from the Yosemite National Park,
which will probably be equal to any in
the world."
Ignored Yosemite Supply.
After the fire, when the Spring Valley
system failed utterly, the need of a
municipal supply became imperative. The
Supervisors placed the matter in the
hands of a committee. This committee
Invited proposals, absolutely Ignoring the
Yosemite Park supply, which Phelan says
may be secured from the Government at
no cost. :
Phelan adds: "I personally appeared
before the board of supervisors and gave
them this information. At a orevlous
mcellng they had puseed a resolution rel
egatlng this free public supply to the
shades, though the mover of the reso
lution. Supervisor Wilson, and also Su
pervlsor Gallagher, publicly stated that
it was not their intention to exclude the
Hetch Hetchy supply from consideration
But they refused to modify the resolu
tion and sent it to Washington as the
official act of San Francisco. They
L
wanted evidently to kill the best sup
Ply, 'equal to any in the world,' In order
that they might negotiate for an infer
ior supply.
"They may attempt the crime, but they
shall not consummate it in secret. The
people of San Francisco must be in
formed. They will have the last word
at the polls.
Did Xot Xeed Ills Letter.
"I wrote a letter to the Mayor and
Board of Supervisors before the submis
sion of the water committee's report,
published July 30, asking that I be heard
in behalf of the Hetch Hetchy system,
but the letter was ignored. They per
sisted in their predetermined course to
eliminate from their consideration, ever.,
the only supply on which the best engi
neers had agreed.
"Then, for the obvious purpose of blind
ing the public, they authorized the Mayor
to appoint a board of engineers, and three
men of excellent reputation are named
with a great parade of virtue. But the
Joker was at once apparent when they
authorized them to report only on five
specified scheme? from which they ex
clude the Hetch Hetchy. 'Of the five, one
was much superior to the others, and by
this cunning device they endeavored to
secure the approval by the engineers of
the one they wanted.
Would Xot lie Catspaws.
"When they were told that the investi
gations would necessarily run over their
terms of office they cut the choice down
to the one they wanted, and rather than
be catspaws the engineers resigned."
Mr. Phelan leaves an Inference to be
drawn as to the division proposed where
by . $10,500,000 would be paid tor what
could be secured for practically nothing.
GIVES ATTORNEYS FAT FEE
District of Columbia Courts Awards
$150,000 Against Cherokees.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Justice
Gould of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia today upheld the
contract under which Fenkelberge, Na
gle & Co. of St. Louis, and Edward
Smith of Vlnlta, I. T., claimed $150,010
as attorneys for Cherokee Indians In
the claim of those Indians for $5,000.
000 in connection with the expenses of
their removal from the Eastern states
to Indian Territory many years ago.
The Indians resisted the claim as illegal
because the contract was made with
them nnd not the Nation at large.
The amount of this claim brings the
total of attorneys' fees allowed in the
case to $910,000. The claim allowed
today is known as the Baudlnot claim.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, T8
deg. ; minimum. 54.
TODAY'S' Fair anl. cooler. - - Westerly
winds.
Cuba.
Taft and Bacon find claims of parties irre
concilable and think Intervention inevlta
' ble. Page 1.
American sovereignty must follow interven
tion. Page 1.
Guerra'a army closes in on Taft's. quarters
and is ordered away. Page 1.
Rumor that Palma and Moderate Congress
man will realgn. Page 1.
Cuban business men cry for Intervention.
Page 1.
American warships arrive at Havana.
Page 1.
Russia.
Terrorist plot to kill Czar. ' Page 4.
Bomb exploded In St. Petersburg. Page 4.
Charge that Stolypin Is Insane. Page 4.
Foreleii.
French workmen scorn talk "of military
service. Page 4.
Anarchy In Morocco may force Intervention.
Page 4.
National.
Secretary Root received with high honor at
Panama. Page 2.
Politics.
Tillman opposes Bryan on public ownership.
Page 1.
Bailey on defensive In Texas. Page 4.
Philadelphia candidate refuses tainted nom
ination. Page 4.
Railroad official admits using employes to
defeat La Follette. Page 4.
Cbaos reigns In Hearst's Independence
League. Page 8.
Fairbanks speaks against Government own
ership. Page S.
lomeatic.
Dna.mlte explosion kills and Injures many
and wrecks whole town In Tennessee.
Page 1.
Man convicted of murder on children's evi
dence. Page 2.
Bteamer Mongolia floated and starts from
Midway. Page 5.
Horrible condition of Chicago Home for the
Aged. Page 4.
Bishop Scaddlng to be consecrated Septem
ber 29. Page 4.
Sport.
Peace restored in Pacific Coast Baseball
League; plans for eight-club league for
next year. Page 7.
Portland beats Fresno 2 to 1 In 12-lnnlng
game. Page 7.
Jockey killed and another Injured on race
track. Page 7.
Sweet Marie breaks record. Page 7.
Tacifle Coast.
Gray's Harbor Commercial Company buys
Chehali County Logging & Timber Com
pany's entire holdings. Page 0.
Major K. R. Reed wounded In preventing
murder at Twin Falls, Idaho. Page 0.
Archbishop Christie falls seriously 111 at
North Bend, Or. Page 6.
Idaho Federal grand Jury ends work by In
dicting more tlmberland thieves. Page 6.
Holy Roller women ordered deported from
Seattle to Oregon; may go free. Page 0.
Notorious whaling captains arrested for
grave crimes In Far North. Page 6.
Ex-Mayor Phelan charges San Francisco
Supervisors with attempting fl0.0O0.0U0
gTaft In waterworks purchase. Page 0.
Commercial nod Marine.
Conflicting reports as to quality of Oregon
hop crop. Page 15.
Wheat prices hammered down at Chicago.
Page IS.
Trading in stocks falls off. Page 15.
General commercial conditions never better.
Page 15.
Steamer Alliance arrives from Coos Bay and
Eureka with full cargo. Page 14.
British steamship Strathflllan chartered to
load wheat for Kerr, Gilford & Co.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Eugene S. Allen, aged 23, killed by fall from
window. Page 10.
East Side property-owners want Councilman
Kellaher to resign. Page 9.
Three Republican clubs of Portland unite.
Page 5.
Cashier Van Auker arrested In Portland on
charge of robbing Rainier Bank, and
taken to Columbia County Jail at Rainier.
Page 11.
Executive Board lets contract for steel
bridge over Sullivan's Gulch. Page 10.
Mayor and Initiative One Hundred propose
common terminal, for all railroads In
Portland. Page 9.
Five divorces granted by Judge Gantenbeln
In State Circuit Court. Page 14.
East Side residents petition for change In
street-car system. Page 16.
Y. M. C. A. building fund passes (100,000
mark. Page 10.
H. M. Papat, manager Portlan Gas Com
pany, arrested for blockading streets.
Page 18.
FLATLY OPPOSED
TO BRYAN'S
Tillman Says South
Wants INo Ownership.
CAN NEVER ACCEPT DOCTRINE
Says Bryan Startled Country
and Hurt Himself.
TARIFF ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN
Scornful at Cummins for Accepting
Compromise Plank on Revision.
Scores Roosevelt for Action
on Rate Law.
SIOUX CITT, la.. Sept. 21. (Special.)-.
"Bryan has startled the country with his
Government and state ownership ideas,
and it has hurt him seriously," declared
United States Senator Ben R. Tillman, of
South Carolina, who spent the night here.
He Is on his way to lecture in North
western Iowa.
"The South will never be converted to
that doctrine. We why, d n It, we are)
Democrats down there. We believe in the
principle of Individual government, and
not paternalism. Let the man do some
thing for himself. If the Government
owned the railroads, the politicians would
soon secure control by their nasty meth
ods of getting every ne'er-do-well In the
country employed on the railroads. Tno
question Is like the sputtering Iron which
comes hot from the blacksmith's forge
it has to be hammered out cold before it
Is of any service. Government ownership
is still in tne sputtering stage." j
Tariff Issue Will Lead.
The tariff issue Is going to be a leading
one. Mr. Tillman thinks, and he declares
that, notwithstanding the Republican Con
gressional committee text-book with the
stand-pat advice, there Is a strong sen
timent for revision In the Republican
party.
"Out this way, though," put In Mr.
Tillman, "It Is a sort of now-you-see-lt-and-now-you-don't.
Cummins is like Pres
ident Roosevelt. When he gets a good
chance to drive a nail into a victory and
hold it, the hammer files out of his hand.
What Cummins wants to do Is to follow
the youngster who drew a picture on his
slate and wrote under It, "This Is a hoss.'
Our understanding down South is that
Cummins took the namby-pamby tariff
plank in order to prevent a split in his
party In Iowa.
Calls Roosevelt Quitter.
"Well, he had high precedent for such,
compromises and for a similar reason,"
went on the vitriolic Senator, warming
up. "President Roosevelt did the same
thing. After four months of the most
desperate fighting ever Feen in Congress,
he had won a great victory, but, because
the credit for It would naturally conie to
the Democrats, he wasn't patrlotia
enough, he wasn't the friend of the peo
ple enough, to drive the nail In. He's a
quitter. He accepted the compromise on
the railroad-rate bill, made It glitter
ing uncertainty with Its court review
clause, when he might have had an ef
fective law at once.
"Of course, the courts will be discreet
at first, for they realize that the Ameri
can people are awake as never before to
the railroad situation, and will demand
real Justice. But the people are usually
quickly lulled Into a sense of security
They will be this time, and then tno
courts will get busy."
TAKE PATEXT OX PLATT'OKM
Bryan Bewails Theft of It by Repub
lican President.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Sept. 21. The re
ception of W. J. Bryan In Birmingham
today fell short of the attendance that
has marked his former visits to this city.
The returned traveler was greeted cor
dially along the route of the parade, but
the crowds were much smaller than ex
pected. Mr. Bryan was delayed nearly
two hours In reaching the city by a ymall
wrec: at Iron City, Ala., so that tho
carrying out of the programme here made
hia stay strenuous.
After the parade he was tendered a
luncheon, at which covers had been laid
for 300. Following this, he spoke at the
Bijou Theater. There were evidences of
old-time enthusiasm, for, he was greeted
by a warm demonstration, and at the
close the cheering amounted to little short
of an ox'atlon.
His three principal topics were the Gov
ernment ownership of railroads, the filch
ing of Democratlo platform Ideas by the
Republicans and the proposed indepen
dence of the Philippines.
"Some have said that the President has
stolen some of our thunder," said the
speaker. "My own regret is that he took
the noise without the lightning."
Mr. Bryan suggested that the Demo
crats should take out . a patent on their
platform.
Following the speech at the Bijou, Mr.
Bryan addressed the workingmen at
Gelder's Hall. ' A public reception was
later tendered at one of the leading hotels.
At dinner he and Mrs. Bryan were en
tertained by Colonel and Mrs. John W.
Tomlinson. Mr. Bryan and his party left
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