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VOL. XLVL-XO. 14,290. PORTLAND, OREGON, AVEDXESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PALMATHROWSUP PRESIDENT Forces Intervention of . United States. RATHER THAN ACCEPT TERMS Taft Disgusted With His Lack of Good Faith. LIBERALS CRY "TRAITOR" Whole Cabinet and All Moderate Members of Congress Resign. Prefer American Control to Liberal Rule. WHOLE CABINET RESIGNS. HAVANA. Sept. 25. All the mem bers of the Cabinet and the heads of departments have presented their res ignations to President Palma. He has accepted them, but the officers will retain their positions until the reslK natlon of the President has been pre sented to Congress. Senor O'Fanill, Secretary of State and Justice, said tonight, there prob ably would bo. -ar' government by a commission appointed by the American Government. He mentioned Barrier, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and General Mario Menocal, as pos sible commissioners. HAVANA, Sept. 33. The Cuban republic tonight stands on the verge of a second period of American Intervention. The Moderate party, which six weeks ago was In absolute control of every office In the Island, national, provincial and munici pal, is tonight determined to abdicate everything and compel the United States to intervene. In fact, every government official from President Palms down Is .flneerely anxious to force such Interven tion rather than yield to any one of the terms offered by the Liberal party and those In arms against the government. Liberals Call It Treason. The Liberal leaders characterize the conduct of the government as treason to the republic, while Secretary of War Taft - regards It as 'an 'unwarranted and dishon orable attempt to force the hand of the United States Into intervention. This, it has been stated. Is precisely what Presi dent Roosevelt has been most anxious to avoid. It Is still Just barely possible that Mr. Roosevelt, through Mr. Taft and As sistant Secretary of State Bacon may yet arrange to establish the Liberals in con trol of the Cuban government, but this Is regarded only as the remotest sort of possibility. With either party Installed in power, there would still remain a condi tion of deplorable dissatisfaction and un rest, and tonight there appears nothing whatever to promise relief aavo full con trol by the United States. Anything to Keep Liberals Out. Acting Secretary of the Interior Mon talvo declared this evening that he would never turn over the army to the Liberals under any circumstances, but all govern ment officials unite In saying that, if the rebels in the field, or any portion of them, resist American control, the Cuban army would co-operate with the United States in every way possible. The real feeling at the palace Is one of relief in the pros pect that the adversaries of the govern ment will not win, elen though the gov ernment loses, combined with the satis faction that the United States will be obliged to take over Cuba indefinitely and possibly forever. Will All Resign Friday. . Senor Palma has called a special ses sion of Congress for Friday, when he will present the resignation of himself and Vice-President Mendez Capote. The Moderates, however, will not attend that Besslon of Congress, for in their hurriedly called National Moderate Assembly this afternoon they decided unanimously simply to quit forthwith. They will not even attend tho approaching session or have anything more to do with the gov ernment of Cuba, alleging that they have been unjustly treated by Mr. Roosevelt's commissioners. This determination is taken by Messrs. Taft and Bacon, however, as another in dication that the Moderate leaders, since they cannot longer control the govern ment themselves, are determined at whatever cost that the Liberals shall not now or hereafter obtain control. Vice-President Resigns. At the conclusion of the Moderate as sembly this afternoon Honor Mendei Ca pote called on the American commission ers and declared that he had been in structed by the Moderate assembly to draft a reply to Mr. Taft's letter to Senor Palma In which peace terms were sug gested. After this interview Senor Men dez said to the Associated Press: "I have resigned Irrevocably my posi tion as Vice-President of the Republic. I resigned because the resignation of President Palma was forced upon him by causes detrimental to the dignity and decorum of th office of chief executive. The President will convene Congress In extraordinary session on Friday to con sider his resignation and my own." Mendez Capote said further that the en tire body of Moderates in both houses, as well as the entire Liberal, National and Nunez parties, would refrain from attending the extraordinary session. As the Moderates and the Nationalists com prise more than two-thirds of each house, fhere will be no quorum. This will block action and prove that the structure of constitutional government no longer ex ists. Says Commissioners Are Partial. Senor Mendez Capote emphatically con demned the alleged partiality of the American commissioners and said he ex pressed the opinion of many of the mem bers of his party when he declared that Messrs. Taft and Bacon had placed them selves unreservedly on the side of the Liberals and against the existing recog nized government. He said that, even had they accepted the basis of peace first presented by the mediators, he did not think the island would have remained at peace for 30 days. Senor Mendez Capote has called another meeting of the Moderates for Thursday to determine the attitude of the party toward the approaching extraordinary session of Congress. While the developments recorded today are profoundly serious, the outward ap pearance of things was distinctly peace- William J. Gaynor, Supreme Court Justice, Whom Some of the Anti Hearst Democrats Are Supporting;. ful. This was the quietest day yet at the American Legation, where the commis sioners have been holding their .hearings. There were comparatively few callers, but there was a constant Interchange of cablegrams with Oyster Bay over a di rect wire from the Legation to the cable office. These communications were a result of the notification from Senor Palma that he and his associates had determined to resign rather than submit to the terms suggested, and the fact that they declined to offer any modifications to these terms. The formal draft of the terms, sent to the palace early this morning, was re jected this noon. This action was not expected by Mr. Taft, notwithstanding the fact that it had been threatened by certain of the government officials, and it practically caused him to abandon his effort toward a settlement that would continue sovereignty of the republic. Taft Nourishes Faint Hope. Although intervention appears to be cer tain, Messrs. Taft and Bacon assured the Associated Press that such a course would not be taken so long as a government re mains with which they can treat, but in face of the personal communication from Senor Palma that he is about to throw over the whole matter, Mr. Taft has no great expectation that the present gov ernment will endure for long. Mr. Taft feels that Senor Palma'a course Is uncalled for, as the letter set ting forth the terms of peace Invited the government to suggest changes in the conditions unsatisfactory to it, and, in fact, to offer any other plan which it be lieved would be acceptable to all con cerned. Palma Not Sincere. Mr. Taft feels keenly that Senor Palma has been insincere In the negotiations with the American commissioners, in that he entered upon the negotiations with the voluntary promise to abide by . the de cision of the commissioners and then re jected the very first suggestion made, and also refused to offer any counter plans. This convinced Mr. Taft that Senor Palma intended to accept only in the event that the decision favored the existing government, and, when Senor Palma sent word that he Intended to re sign, Mr. Taft was further convinced that the President of Cuba would wreck the government of the republic rather than make personal or party sacrifices. At a late hour tonight Mr. Taft an nounced that, in view of the attitude of the Government, the promised confer ence with the Liberals will be suspend ed. After Mr. Taft had declined to go to the palace, Senor Mendez Capote readily called at the American Legation and kept the commissioners informed of the action of the government and the Moderates. Palma Betrays Republic. Alfredo Zayas, the Liberal leader, vis ited the mediators several times, and at 5 o'clock this afternoon he was in formed that the negotiations with the Liberals for a peace agreement would he temporarily suspended pending ac tion by the government. Upon leaving the legation Senor Zayas said Mr. Taft had told him that the government offi cials, including the President, would resign to Congress. Commenting on this statement, Senor Zayas said this made a new situation, as there would be no government with which to treat. When he received the first information that tho government officers had decided to resign he said hotly: "Then I have to tell you that the gov. ernment and the Moderates have be trayed us by delivering the republio to the Americans." Captain Albert R. Coude.n, commander of the American squadron here, was summoned by-Mr. Taft tonight to con sider the' situation in. the event that a landing becomes necessary. The Liberal and Independent Cuban newspapers publish extra editions to night charging that the attitude of the government was assumed for the sole purpose of provoking American inter- tConoluded on Pais .) READY TO EMBARK MMfflf FOR HAVANA Tatt's Mission Almost Sure to Fail. MORE MARINES HURRIED OYER Warships Sail With All Avail able Forces. TRANSPORTS ARE SECURED War Department Will Mobilize Troops for Intervention In Cuba Whenever Taff Sends Call. Regiments Already Chosen. OYSTER BAT, Sept. 25. Plans for the transfer of troops from the United States to Cuba In event of the failure of Secre tary Taft's mission to bring about a peaceful solution of the trouble in the Island Republic have been completed. The final step was taken today, ac cording to an announcement made here tonight, when the transport Sumner, now lying at the New York navy yard, was put in commission. Negotiations are already under way for the acquisition of merchant steamers to be used as trans ports. Mr. Taft has not yet given up hope of bringing about a settlement of the diffi culties between the Cuban government and the insurgents without resort to armed intervention. The advices from Cuba which have been received at the executive offices up to tonight, according to Assistant Secretary Latta, are by no means as pessimistic as the newspaper reports which came from Havana today. It appears to be the opinion here that Mr. Taft still believes peaco may yet be the outcome, in spite of all the difficulties which have arisen. MARINES RUSHED TO HAVANA Warships-Hurrying to Carry 1600 Men to Island. WASHINGTON Sept. 25. Fifteen hun dred more American marines were or dered to Cuba today by the Navy Depart ment. Five hundred marines from the Atlantic fleet will sail tomorrow on the battleships Indiana and Kentucky from Provincetown, Massachusetts; 800 or 900 marines will sail on Thursday from Bos ton, Norfolk and Philadelphia, and the remainder will probably leave New Or leans for Havana on a Morgan line steamer scheduled to leave there Sunday. Orders were first Issued for 1000 marines from the various stations along the At lantic Coast to proceed to Cuba, but, following dispatches from Secretary Taft, Indicating that he has little hope of an amicable settlement of the troubles in Cuba, 500 additional marines from the North Atlantic fleet were instructed to prepare for Cuban service. More Warships and Bluejackets. In addition to the .marines, 2000 more bluejackets will be sent to Cuba As there are now 1200 marines in Cuba and over 3000 bluejackets, when the vessels sailing this week arrive In Havana, tne United States will be ready to land a force of more than 7000 on Cuban soli. The American warships which will sail on Thursday will be the cruiser Brooklyn, now at League Island navy yard, Phila delphia; the- battleship Texas, which Is being repaired hastily at the Norfolk navy yard, -and the converted cruiser Prairie, which is at Boston. Tho Prairie will carry marines from Portsmouth, N. H., Boston and Newport, R. I. On the Brooklyn and Texas will be marines from the New York navy yard, from League Island, Port Royal, S. C, Annapolis, Washington, Norfolk and Charleston. The Morgan liner will carry Pensacola and New Orleans marines. The cruiser Columbia, on which Secre tary Root is returning to this country from Colombia, will be available for the use of troopB not later than Tuesday next. Army Ready to Mobilize. So far, the preparations for trouble which may come about in Cuba have been largely carried on by the navy, but to day, more than any previous day, the army shared the activity of. the Navy Department, and the Military Secretary, Major-General C. F. Alnsworth, and the Chief of Staff, Brigadier-General J. Franklin Bell, were in conference much of the day, and summoned many other members of the General Staff to discuss the Cuban situation. Bids were opened today, at a number of Western points for several thousand horses and Jacks to be shipped to the army within 15 days. Unlimited supplies are available at a number of Eastern de pots. It can be asserted on excellent author ity that orders looking to a mobilization of troops have keen received at the War Department. Every bureau of the De partment is humming with the work of preparation for any eventuatipn of the difficulty that may arise. Troops have been selected for possi ble service in Cuba and arrangements have been completed for their transpor tation from their present posts to ports on the Atlantic Coast, where they will embark. Sailing of Marines Announced. An official statement was given out at the Navy Department tonight announc ing the 'number of marines today ordered to Cuba and telling upon what vessels they will be carried, as already stated. The marines stationed at Gulf ports will be sent on commercial steamers, to be distributed among the Ehlps in Cuban waters. AU the marines thus ordered will be held on board ship available for whatever service they may be called upon to perform. TWO MORE BATTLESHIPS SAIL. v Hurry to Havana With Nearly 500 Marines From Boston. BOSTON, Sept. 25. The crisis in tho sit uation In Cuba and the subsequent efforts of the Navy Department at Washington to place at the disposal of Secretary Taft every possible assistance resulted today in scenes of activity at the various navy yards in New England such as have not been equaled since the Spanish-American war. The navy yards at Charleston and Portsmouth, N. H., and the training sta- I !linn M. Brace. One of the Aspirants for the New York Republican Gubernatorial Nomination. tion at Newport, R. I., received tele graphic Instructions from Secretary Bon aparte that every available marine be sent to Philadelphia forthwith. Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans' fleet of battleships, now stationed at Province town, was called upon by Mr. Bonaparte to aid in the preparations for Cuban serv ice, and the battleships Indiana and Ken tucky sailed for Havana at 7 o'clock to night. The vessels took nearly 600 ma rines, the entire number attached to the North Atlantic squadron. A telegram was received at the Charleston "Knvy-Ynrd from the Navy Department today ordering that the battleship Rhode Island be put in read iness for immediate sailing orders. Would AVreck American Legation. STOCKHOLM, Sept. 25. The American Legation, although not the direct object of the planned outrage, had a narrow escape from being blown up by the Fin nish refugee revolutionists, who were ar rested here September 22, and was only saved by the timely arrest of the con spirators. It appears that the latter Intended to rob the State Bank, occupying part of the same premises as the Legation. The Finns had planned first to empty the vaults of the bank, then raze the build ing with dynamite, 50 pounds of which was found in their possession. The men arrested declare that the at tempt will be repeated by others. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Tho Weather. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; north to east winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 6 degrees; minimum, 47. Cuba. Palma rejects Taft's terms and forces In tervention by resigning with all Moder ates Page 1. Only hope of avoiding Intervention Is gov ernment by Menocal. Pag 1. Taft denounces Palma as Insincere. Lib erals call him traitor. Page 1. Cuban Congress to meet Friday and go out of existence. Page 1. Taft's terms for ending rebellion. Page 4. Roosevelt hurries warships and marines to Cuba and has army preparing. Page 1. Foreign. Plot to blow up Czar's yacht. Page 8. Evidence Trepoff died by poison. Page 8. Sicily shaken by earthquake. Page 8. National. Government to prosecute sugar trust. Page 8. Meat Inspection law does not apply to for eign products. Page 8. Politics. Hearst to be nominated on first ballot to day; Jerome threatens bolt. Page 1. New York Republicans await Democratic action; Roosevelt Is for Hughes. Page Z. Bailey answers charge he Is Standard OIL lawyer. Page I. Gompers attacks Llttlefleld, Cannon and Taft. Page 4. Itomestlo. Roundup of negroes near Atlanta; two ne groes killed In siege. Page 3. Stensland starts for Chicago, ready to ex pose confederates. Page 4. Switchmen of Middle "West railroads de mand advance wages. Page 8. Pacific Coast. Convention of Commercial Clubs meets at Spokane. Page (J. B. F. Zell, a Crook County stockman, is killed by Fred Shepherd, a ranch hand. Pace 6. Surveyors are working on Natron extension of the Southern Pacific In the Cascade Page 2. Commercial and Marine. Wheat buying may be checked by water front strike. Page 15. Free movement causes decline In Chicago wheat prices. Page 15. Break in Amalgamated Copper stock Page 15. Boston wool market active. Page IB. Steamship Roanoke berths at new dock Page 14. Norwegian tramp steamship. Otta chartered for grain. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Waahougftl Mining Company to build smelt er near Portland. Page 7. Oregon conference of Methodist Church to open todaj-. Page 11. BUhop Warren comes to preside at Meth odist Conference. Page 11. . Attorney for Velguth flies demurrer and saves client necessity of appearing; in court. Page 7. Warehousemen issue ultimatum to strlkine grainhandlers. Page 14. B School directors inspect new Sunnyside school; condemn roof and lathing Page It. Head of Pratt Institute gives $10,000 to Association building fund. Page 10. Assessor completes personal tax roll. Page 10. American-Hawtailan Steamship Company's liners to call regularly at Portland Page 10. 1 :. n?y GIVE UP HOPE OF T Enemies Concede Him Nomination. , FIRST BALLOT WILL CEGIOE Jerome Will Lead Forlorn Hope Against Hearst. GETS BLAME FOR DEFEAT Ke-fnsol to Deal With Tammany Makes Independents Success Pos sible Two More Candidates From Hearst Ticket. BUFFALO, Sept. 25. (Special.) William R. Hearst will be nominated for Governor on the first ballot taken by the New Tork Democratic State Convention tomorrow, unless there be an unexpected change in the situation as it exists to night. The anti-Hearst people are engaged in a' last desperate effort to stave oft what seems to be the inevitable, but they have little hope of success. Too late the elements that might have brought about a different result see where Hearst could have been beaten. There will be no indorsement of William J. Bryan for the Presidential nomination In the platform reported to the conven tion. By a vote of four to two the sub committee on resolutions tonight voted down a proposition to pledge support to the Nebraskan. The full committee is ex pected to sustain this action. Bryan Is to be eulogized with much fervor and it is probable that his friends will not carry the matter of an out-and-out Indorsement to the floor of the convention. Blame Murphy and Jerome. Charles F. Murphy, boss of Tammany Hall, who will be the man to carry the crertlt 6r the blame, whichever it may be, of making Hearst the Democratic nomi nee for Governor, has been subjected to perhaps gTeater prescur.j to bring about a result different from what now seems probable than any politician in a similar position ever before encountered. Murphy has withstood it all, and it is because of his stone-wall attitude that the opposf- tlon has abandoned hope. All might have been different if the McClellan and Jerome forces had played the game differently. They might have brought about an alliance with Murphy and thereby have accomplished the sal vation of the Democracy of New Tork, as it is put, and saved the party from the alleged disgrace of the Hearst candi dacy. Instead of trying to Join with Murphy, however, they have antagonized him at every turn. Platform He Slionld Repudiate. Accepting Hearst by force of circum stances, leaders who vote for him per sonally and dislike his political ideas fully as much, are planning to hand to Hearst a platform such as he, as a self respecting man, might be expected to re pudiate and decllrte to run upon. Hearst will run on any platform, however, de clare politicians outside the circle of his immediate supporters. They say that a man who would accept a nomination at the hands of a person whom he has branded in his newspapers as one who ought to be wearing prison stripes, is not likely to let a little thing like a platform interfere with his ambition. Republicans Await Decision. And so the star of William Randolph Hearst is ascending toward what may be the Presidential meridian in the year 1908. Over at Saratoga the representatives of the Republican party of New York State are, at this same hour of crisis at Buf falo, framing up a state ticket that may defeat the Hearst ticket at the polls In November. The Republican politicians have one eye on Buffalo, and it Is be lieved they will not move definitely until they know exactly what the enemy is go ing to do here. The coming campaign will be the fierc est New York State ever has experienced and it will command the attention of the whole country as no previous stite cam paign ever has, because of the great Na tional Issues of the future that are in volved. VYILIj lead forlorn hope Jerome, Scorning Tammany, Sug gests Bolt Against Hearst. BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 25. The Dem ocratic state convention will tomorrow nominate a Governor and a full state ticket, action which may not go through with all the smoothness that characterized the first brief session to day. In less than half an hour today all the preliminaries of temporary or ganization were disposed of. Lewis Nixon, of New York, the temporary chairman, made an appeal for harmony, which was applauded more than any other utterance, although the conven tion could not be termed wholly enthu siastic so far. There is a tension among the delv gates tonight, however, that may break in a storm tomorrow to sweep away the structure which was bullded to day, after many hours of effort on the part of the leaders, 'who are trying to find a common ground where, tempor arily at least, the Democracy of the state may pitch Its tent and hope to withstand the tempest of the coming campaign. - According to the consensus of opin BEAT NG ion tonight, William R. Hearst, of New York, who is already the nominee of the Independence League, will prob ably be nominated for Governor on the first ballot. Along with Hearst, it is said, the convention will name W. Stuyvesant Chanler, of Duchess Coun ty, for Lieutenant-Governor and John S. Whalen, of Monroe, for Secretary of State. Both Chanler and Whalen are also on the Independence League ticket. It is asserted that this is as far as the most radical of the Hearst dele gates will go In taking over the candi dates of the-Independence League, for Included in the ticket of that organ ization are one or two Republicans. Opponents Retract Nothing. In announcing their decision to support Hearst, a number of the Democrats here stated that they had reached this decis ion not because of any conversion to all the ideas of government which Hearst represents, but because they feel that I X " - n 1 Norman Mack, One of the Demo cratic Leaders Opposed to Hearst. under the existing circumstances he Is the strongest candidate the convention has before It. The men who bitterly fought Hearst in years gone by have an nounced their Intention to vote for him tomorrow, though they declare that they are not ready to retract any statements they have made In the past. It was asserted tonight that Senator P. H. McCarren, of Brooklyn, who came to Buffalo bringing with him an enthusi astic delegation of supporters for Jus tice Wdlliam J. Gaynor, of Brooklyn, has been unable to convince Charles F. Mur phy, leader of Tammany Hall, and others that the distinguished Jurist would posi tively accept the Democratic nomination and remain in the field as a third candi date against the Republican nominee and agalnsc Hearst as the nominee of the Independent League. Hearst Controls Committees. Hearst is generally conceded to havo gained control of three important com mittees appointed at the first session of the convention, the committee on contest ed seats, which will decide contests in 20 districts involving 60 votes; the commit tee on platform and resolutions, and the committee on permanent organization. The platform agreed upon late tonight by a subcommittee of six appointed from the full committee will contain a plank declaring for municipal ownership under certain conditions, and it is stated will indorse William J. Bryan. Hearst will be placed In nomination tomorrow by ex-Aaaemblyman William V. Cook, of Albany County. This county is first in the roll of delegates, Jerome Not a Candidate. The candidacy of District Attorney Jeromo was practically withdrawn to day at an adjourned meeting of the Al bany conference of anti-Hearst Demo crats. Jerome has let it be known pretty generally that he had entered the fight in the hope of defeating the nomination of Mr. Hearst and, if this were accom plished, he was satisfied. At the con ference to which Jerome was a party today it was decided to appoint a com mittee to ascertain whether or not the anti-Hearst sentiment could not be cen tered upon either Mayor J. N. Adorn, of Buffalo, or Justice Gaynor. Adorn will undoubtedly be placed in nomina tion tomorrow. At a second session of the adjourned conference tonight Jerome made an ad dress which many believe means that he possibly may lead a fight against the nomination of Hearst on the convention tomorrow. It is reported that he in tends securing a proxy from one of the New York County delegates for the purpose of stating his position to the convention. There were about 40 anti Hearst men at the conference tonight when Jeromo began speaking. He said: Suggests Bolt From Hearst. Bo far as I can learn, the political situation in the Democratlo party in tliLe Mate, a gang of disreputable crooks, and I use that term advisedly, are in control. It is a discouraging condition, but those who feel as I do, and I believe you all feel the lame way, will fight to the last ditch to prevent. If possible, the consummation of a nefarious bariraln. Al though always a Democrat, I have never been within- party lines, because where I " came from I have always believed that the party organization was for criminal and not polit ical purposes. If anything was needed to fur ther convince me that I was right, the doings of the last few days in this city would re move all doubt on that score. I had long thought It might he possible to reconstruct the party from within, but these days have demonstrated that It cannot be done; it is too rotten at that point to be susceptible of reconstruction. TVTien the dust settles down I believe there are enough Democrats who will get together and start the work of reform from the outside. I, myself, am bound by no pledges. Whatever the conclusions of this convention, I can say for one that an oppor tunity will be given to every honest man to record his vote against the proposition that this lying, deceit and trickery have made pos sible. Jerome was asked if It was his inten tion to obtain the proxy of some dele gate and speak on the floor of the con vention. "That is a matter still under considera tion," was his reply. Sulzer Still in Fight. Edward M. Shepard arrived tonlg.it. but was late for the meeting. Jerome, (Concluded on Page 2.) BAILEY REPLIES TO DETRACTORS Denies He Is Attorney for Standard. HAS RIGHT TO EARN LIVING Vote Never Influenced by CIN ents' Interests. PIERCE IN HIS DEFENSE Texas Senator Says Tennessee Prop erty Not Owned by Standard and Pierce Assured Him OH Oom pany Wag Independent. DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 25. A long state ment was made publlo tonight by Sen ator Joseph W. Bailey in reply to criti cisms of him and his record which have been circulated during the past few days. The statement begins: "The Democrats of Texas have not for gotten that exactly this same kind of a fight was made on me when I was first elected to the Senate six years ago. After I had won the Senatorshlp in a fair con test before the people, a ooterie of dis satisfied politicians made a ctesperata attempt to defeat my election by tha Legislature. The present agitation was largely inaugurated by the same men. with some outside assistance, and is pre dicted upon exactly tho same transac tions. Xot Standard Oil liawyer. "The first step in the campaign of malevolence and detraction was to have a purported interview with Iloger Sul livan of Illinois, assailing me, sent broad cast over the country. Mr. Sullivan promptly denounced that Interview as a falsehood. Thenext step was to circulate the falsehood that the Tennessee railroad properties for which I am the attorney belong to the Standard OH Company, Some of tho men who circulated that story know, and all of them could have learned with very little inquiry, that tha Standard OH Company had no interest in or connection with these properties, and that they were owned by H. C, Pierce. J. C. Vanblarcom, W. H. Thomp son and many other leading business men of St, Louis." Concerning his connection wfth the rail road, Mr. Bailey says: "I accepted the employment and per formed exactly the same kind of 'Bervicsj that would have been expected of any other reputable lawyer," Right to Pursue Profession. "The objection to my employment as the attorney of those properties must proceed upon tho theory that a man in publlo offlce has no right to pursue any private business, and such a doctrine, if applied to all men and all officers, would reduce the publlo life of this country to a point where only rich men or rascala could afford to accept an office. If t had found that my time and strength, would not permit me to serve as a Sen ator and to practice law at the sama time, I would havo abandoned the law without the slightest hesitation, becausa I have always believed, and acted upon the belief, that the publlo service holds the highest claim upon every man who undertakes it, or, if I had found that there was any conflict between my duty to my clients and my duty to my. con stituents I would havo declined all em ployment as a lrfwyer. Never Voted for Clients. "The Congressional Record will show) that I have been as constant in my at tendance upon the sessions of the House and of the Senate during my 15 years in Congress as any man who has served with me through that period. . Certainly that establishes beyond the shadow oC a doubt that I. have not neglected my public duties in the pursuit of my pri vate business. The Congressional Rooord! will also show that during my 15 years first in the House and then in the Sen ate I have spoken and voted on every im portant question and my most malignant enemy cannot point to a single speech or vote in the interest of my clients and against the Interest of my constituents." The statement defends tho Senator's conduct as attorney for John H. KIrby and the Klrby Lumber Company, and closes as follows: . Did Hot Know Standard Owned It. "They Insinuate that, when the "Waters- , Pierce OH Company was granted a per mit to transact Its business in Texas, I knew that It was not an 'Independent concern.' I stated on oath before tha legislative committee what had been said to me on that subject, and I do not deem it necessary to call any witness to prove the truth of what I have said. But in order to prove the falsity of what thesa men now say, I will print this letter from Mr. Pierce, which I found In my mall when I reached Gainesville Saturday. The letter dated St. Louis, September 20t follows: In view of the attacks being made upon you with reference to the readmlsslon of the "Waters-Pierce Oil Company in Texas. I thlnlc it due you that I should say that, when I sought your assistance In that matter, I rep resented to you that. If permitted to continue in business In your state, the new "VVaters Pierce Oil Company would be an independent enterprise and absolutely free from the own ership or control of the Standard Oil Com pany. .