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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLVI.-NO. 14,341 WAGES ADVICE If BIG INDUSTRIES Steel Trust Leads Great Movement. In COTTON MILLS FORCED TO YIELD Grant All Strike Demands When Is Threatened. TWO BIG RAILROADS -ALSO Vandrrbilt and Queen and Crocent Lines Make Terms With Engine men and Firemen Calumet & Heela Surprises Employes. t KMPLOVKS tilVEN INCRJi.E. t T. 8. Stcl f'nrpnrat Ion . . N. Y. i-cmral K. R. tltrriiic in.ooo :;,imn N. Y. vnirl R. il. icnts'i"' rrO 2.4IHI f FhII Klvrr niiils :;o.xi( "alumt &- Uni-la iVimlwiiy. . . . G.liiN) Queen & Crescent K. It. t'o. ... 4iK) CHICAGO, Nov. 2.1. (Special.) Sixty thousand employes of the great industrial and railroad corporations were today granted Increases in wages that will aid millions to the annual payrolls. One of the notable increases was that announced by the United Slates Steel Corporation, by whii'h its 20.000 unskilled workers will receive an addition of 10 cents per day to their wages after January 1. This will add about $BOO,000 to the payroll. The company announced that It would adjust duy and "turn" labor, which is employed in the various shifts when helpers are required to work over time. No change is made in the pay for skilled labor, which is working tinder a wage adjustment made in 1905, end which will be readjusted next Spring. Tanderbiit Enghjemcn Happy. The. New York Central tircmen were, today granted an advance averaging between 6 and 7 per cent as a result of completion of the wage conference t New York. The advance applies to nil the lines of the company except the Boston & Albany and affects about 3000 men. By an adjustment of the working hours firemen on switch en gines will hereafter have to work only 10 hours a day instead of 12 and for every hour of ovwrtimc they will be al lowed an additional 10 miles. An agree ment by which the 2400 New York Cen tral locomotive drivers will be granted a sin'iilar increase in wages will be signed within a few days. Cotton Operatives' Victory. Beginning next Monday. 30,000 cotton mill operatives at Fall River, Mass., will work under a new scale, adding 10 per cent to their wages. The agreement in this case was forced on the managers by the operatives, who had voted to -strike unless the new scale was adopted, and also by the fact that M. C. D. Borden, an important manufacturer, employing 5000 hands, and the Fall River iron works mills had already met the demands of the millhands. and his action forced the other mill managers to yield. The agree ment is for six months, but provision is made for extending it. Seventy corpora tions, operating 92 mills, are affected. It is believed that other New Kngland mills will follow the lead. Between November, 1 11)3, ami July. 1004. the Fall River opera tives suffered reductions agrgegating ''.: per cent. Last Spring a part of the cut was restored, and In view of the con tinued prosperous business conditions, the operatives demanded a complete resump tion of the 1903 scale. Copper Miners Surprised. The Calumet & Hecla Mining Com pany announced at Calumet, Mich., to day that, beginning January 1. the wages of all Its employes at the mines and stampmills would be advanced 10 (jer cent. The. action, which affects between 5000 and 6000 men, was taken voluntarily, the tlrst intimation being given the employes when the notices were posted. Following conferences between Gen eral Manager Curran and the grievance committee of the Order of Railway Conductors, the Queen & Crescent Rail road advanced the wages of flagmen, freight and passenger conductors, brakcnien and baggagemen on the Al abama &. Vicksburg, Vlcksburg, Slireve- poit & 1'aeific, and the New Orleans & Northeastern divisions r per cent. The advance is made effective November 1 and effects 400 men. WILL NOT BOYCOTT 5IILITIA Federation Settles Old Fight Be tween Brewery Unions. MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 23. The Jurisdic tional dispute between the brewers, the engineers and firemen and the teamsters occupied the American Federation of Labor today, and was settled bv allow ing each organization to establish itself under a separate charter. This is the ninth time the dispute has come before the Federation. The convention refused to adopt a reso lutfon introduced by Victor L. Bereer. of Milwaukee. instructing all affiliated Iwidies "to hold absolutely aloof from any connection with the militia." The election ot officers was voted as a Kscoial order of business for. tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The convention will not be able to finish Its business by Saturday noon, the time decided on for final adjournment. MEANS ADVANCE FOR 100,000 All Xew England Cotton Mills Will Follow Fall River. ' BOSTON, Nov. 2S. According to ad vices received from cotton mill centers in Southern New Knjjland. an advance of 10 per cent in wages granted by the ("all River manufacturers today to their :i0.WO0 employes will affect nearly 100, 0 ii ik operatives in Southeastern Massa chusetts. Hhode Island, Kastern Con necticut and several towns in other sec tions. It is understood, however, the advance will not amount to 10 per cent except in Fall River and several small vil Ingres. The New Bedford cotton manufac turers have under consideration a de mand for an increase of 10 per cent. STEEIj TRUST TO RAISE WAGES General Advance Will Take Effect May t, 1907. NHTVV YORK, Nov. 23. B. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation, today announced that the wages of common laborers in the plants of the subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Cor poration will be increased 10 cents a day, beginning May 1 next. The wage of day and turn labor will be adjusted accord ingly. BULLETS END QUARREL WIFE OF CHICAGO MAN . KILLS HUSBAND AND SELF. Enraged by Jealousy and Opposition to Stage Career, Wealthy Woman Wcs Revolver. CHICAGO, Nov. 23. James K. Dela ney, vice-president of the American Shipping Company with offices in Chi cago and New York and his wife. Elizabeth Delaney, were found dead in their room in a fashionable boarding-house at 492 UaSalle avenue, today Both had been shot, Delaney through the back of the head and the woman through the mouth, the bullet having passed upward into Her brain. From marks on the dead woman the police believe that she had been struck in the face by her husband and that, being no longer able to submit to up- braidings for her real or fancied short comings as a wife, she murdered her husband and then took her own life. A woman who. It ts believed, can throw some light on the case, is being looked for by the police.. JSvery after noon it has been the custom for Mrs. J lelan.-y to leave the house where sho and her husband lived, with two wo men, and thoy were, the police assert. nearly always joined by three men AVlto the men or women were, no one appears to know. Delaney objected to his wife's fond ness for a stage career and for the associations of the theater. She was opposed recently in her ambitions to enter a new dramatic, organization after having appeared on tne stage at intervals following her graduation sev eral years ago from the Chicago Music al College. It is believed that his con stant upbraidings, his jealousy and fi nally his personal violence enraged the woman to such an extent that she took his life. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YBSTKKPAT'S Maximum temperature, 44 degreea ; minimum, oJ. TODAY'S Fair; easterly wlnd. Foreign. Klne of Greece in Rome is Blighted by other Balkan states, prrc Kleetion meeting: dispersed in Russia, Page 3. China threatens hoycott on Japan. Page Peasants armed with scythes oppose French troops. Page 4. NuiionaL John Barrett slated for director of Pan American Bureau. Page 4. President wins hearts of Porto Tticans. Tag' a. Politic. Hughes declares his policy at banquet at New 1 ork. Page 1. Root sounds alarm about anti-Japanese agl tatlon. Page 1. Piatt and Depew will return to Senate, defy lng public opinion, page z. Bryan wins victory at Trans-Mississippi Congress. Jage 1- Domestic. Advance in wages granted by many big cor porations. Page 1- Harrimnn reaches after all public utilities of Chicago. Page .. Caruso fined $li and denounced as moral pervert, Pago 1. Feary arrives at Sydney, N. S., on steamer Roosevelt. Page 3. Gieat prairie fire in Southwest. Page 3. President Smith, of Mormon Church, fined for polygamy. Page 4. Dramatic scene at Gillette trial. Page 4. Chicago woman murders jealous husband ana kills herself. Page 1. Pacific Coast. Mavor Srhmitx. of San Francisco, arrives 1 New York and declare Indictment Is th result of pontics. Page t. K. I.. Remington, at Woodburn, shows where line is cached, hut denies t hat he con fussed the shooting of W. V. Slaughter. Page i. Defense of Kidney Sloane for murder of hi: father is in sanity, page . William Dvyer's attorneys offer no evidenc for his defense in land-fraud trials. Pagi 7- Proprietor of San Francisco French restsu runt is indicted by the grand jury for perjury.- Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Kxplanation of decrease in exports to Ori cnt. rape 1. Stock market unsettled and irregular. Page May wheat in demand at Chicago. Page 17. Movement of holiday goods begins early, rage n. Wireless telegraph stations being estab- nsnea aiong tne Pacinc coast. Page lt. British ship Iverna loses grain charter, rage 10. Portland and Vicinity. Candidates who will contest for nominations in primaries next Spring already coming 10 ugni. rage 11. Mrs. H. D. Green's society vaudeville en tertainment a brilliant success. Page 10. b-t. Paul road to enter Portland on O. R. IV tracks from Rlparta. to Troutdal ana thence over O. w. P. line, accordln to report. Page 12. Mayor and Auditor each want new investiga tion of city's accounts. Page 13. Hope for cheap Thanksgiving turkeys goes glimmering. Page 12. Prospects bright for establishment of Alaska steamship line. Page 9. ' Mrs. Potter-Palmer and party spend day la Portland. Page 10. Aged Oregon pioneer sues for divorce : five childless couples divorced. Pag 11. Philosophical hobo n trouble with Pol!c Judgs. Fag IS i IS AT KANSAS CITY Resolutions Adopted After Contest! OLITICS BREAK NTO DEBATE Western Congress for Non partisan Ship Law. . DEEP RIVERS AND HARBORS Standing Committees to Work for Harbor Appropriations and Study Kail road Problem Separate Statehood Is Proposed. EH OFFICERS OF TRANS-MIS-SlrtSU PI COXGRKSS. KANSAS CITT. Nov. 2.1. The fol lowing officers for the ensuing year were elected by the Trans-Mississippi Congress: President, Colonel H. D. Loveland. Pan Francisco. First vice-president. I. Bradford Prince. Santa Fo, N. M. Sec6nd vice-president, N. G. Lari mer, Larimer, N. D. Third vice-president, C. A. Fel lows, Topeka, Kan. Fourth vice-president, J. F. Call breath, Denver. Secretary, Arthur F. Francis, Cripple Creek, Colo. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Nov. 23. After electing- H. D. Ixrveland, of San Fran cisco, president for the ensuing: year, adopting two resolutions by W. J. Bryan after they had been voted down by the committee on resolutions, and after adopting: a set of resolutions, in cluding an amendment in endorsement of the proposition submitted by Secre tary of State KHhu Root "for encour aging our merchant marine' and for increasing out intercourse with South America with adequate mall facilities, the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con gress adjourned late today to meet in 1907 at Muskogee, I. T. The last session of a memorable gathering proved one of the most stirring of tho convention and ended in a victory for Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan was not present, having: left this morn ing: for Columbia, Mo., to deliver an address. . The report of the committee on reso lutions fellows; Trade AVUh T-atin America. Our trade relations with South America and the cultivation of a better understand ing and acquaintance with the people of our ulster republics have justly claimed the at tention of this congress. To tho secretary of State of our own coup try and to the rep- BRYAN VICTOR resentatives of the other nations who hon ored us by their presence we extend as surances of our profund respect and ar" nest hope that their words of wisdom ana counsel may bring about closer relations be tween all of the countries of the Western Hemisnher. and that the mutual regard and confidence now existing may increase as the years pass by. "W'e realize the value of our friendly in tercourse. The Trans-Mississippi region is especially interested In encouraging all ef forts to bring about tho increase of commer cial transactions as the surest and best way of establishing the Intimate friendly rela tions that should exist between us. To pro mote such relations we indorse the propo sitions submitted by Secretary Root for en couraging our merchant marine and for in creasing our intercourse with South Amer ica by adequate mail facilities. 1 We renew and emphasize our approval of and devotion to the Monroe Doctrine as enunciated by its author. James Monroe, in 18INJ, when President of the United States, and as reiterated by Grover Cleveland in his Venezuelan message of 1805 and as again stated at this session of the Trans-Missls-elppi- Congress by Klihu Root, Secretary of State, after his tour of the South American republics. , The interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine by the Trans-Mlssisfippf Commercial Con gress is that the people of the Untttd States are unalterably opposed to any European government acquiring any additional terri tory or jurisdiction la the "Western. Hemis phere. ' 1 Sonpartisoa Action on Shipping. We reaffirm our previous action favoring the upbuilding ot an American merchant marine, especially in view of the necessity of fostering commerce and intercommunica tion with Central and South America. We advise that the two parties in Congress con sider the creation of an American merchant marine as a nonpartisan issue. We again earnestly urge such a thorough organization of our consular system as to secure the most efficient service to our busi ness interests, and we believe nhat this can be best accomplished by having appoint ments based upon experience, ability and character, unbiased by any political consid eration, thus insuring the efficiency which is only attained by experience. We request the Congress of the Ignited states to enact Into law the executive order on this sub ject. We favor the construction of an Intercon tinental railroad between the United States and South America. We emphatically ap prove and indorse the earnest efforts now being made to obtain necessary aid and sup port the National Government for the va rious branches of this project which holds in store so much of value and benefit to the whole trans-Mississippi empire. $50,000,000 for Riven and Harbor. We commend to our members the move ment represented by the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, and adopt as ours its slo gan an annual appropriation of at leat $r.O.0OO.000, to be expended in the further ance of this highly important work. We trust there may be a large and representa tive attendance of our members at the ses sions of that congress to be held in Wash ington, D. C, December 6 and 7. 10O. We heartily indorse the report and recom mendations unanimously adopted by the Mississippi alley i-ake-to-the-Uulf Deep Waterway Convention, held in St. Ixsuis. No vember 16. l:0t. We also favor the improve ment and development of the principal riv ers of the trans-MisHisaippi region, so that such natural channels of trade as the Mis sourl, Arkansas, Red, Columbia, Snake, Sac ramento, San Joaquin. Trinity. Brazos and other great rivers may be made adequate and economical channels of transportation for the products of tne people. These ' objects are of such vast and far- reaching importance to all the powers pres ent that . we earnestly urge upon the Con gress of the United States early and favor able consideration of these vital questions. to the end that the trans-Mississippi country may be prepared to reap the full benefit tnat may come to us in the new commer cial era to be ushered in by the opening of th Panama canal. vVe favor liberal appropriations under con tinuing contracts by the Federal Government for ih'rnprovcmcnt of the burbor of th On If of Mexico and the Faclflc Coast : that they may spredily have a uniform depth of not less than feet of water at mean low tide, with a width and extension commensu rate with their rapidly-growing importance. We heartily indorse the proposed inter eoastal eanal, nine feet in depth and about r.OO miles in length from tho Mississippi River to the Rio Orande as one of the mosc beneficial waterway improvements in th' Union. Elastic- Currency. . We are of the opinion that a measure cal culated to introduce Into the financial syp tem of the country the element of the flexi bility of curreucy should receive early and earnest consideration by the United States Congress, having in view always the secur ity, safety and value of such currency at I par with gold. i We favor the beet sugar industry and recommend to the United States Congress that no legislation antagonistic to its fu ture development be enacted. This Congress, at its HUh session, recom mended the location of a naval station on the I (Concluded on Page 3.) THE CHAIR-WARMER IS F BUT WILL APPEAL GreatTenorDenounced as Pervert. WILL SING ON JUST THE SAME Police Court Crowd Included in His Category. NEW CASE AGAINST HIM Accused of Insulting Woman AVho Invited Him Into Automobile. His lawyer Says Police Are Conspiring Against Him. NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Enrico Caruso, the famous grand oprra tenor, was found guilty today of having annoyed women at the zoological garden in Central Park. He was fined J10 by Magistrate Baker. Garuso'e counsel immediately announced that they would appeal. Tho appeal will take the form of a writ of certiorari di recting a review of the case by the Court of Special Sessions. Ex-Judge Dittenhoefer, for his ciient, will seek to expedite the appeal because Caruso is billed to sing at the Metropoli tan Opera-House next Wednesday. To night Director Conried declared that the conviction would not Interfere with Caru o's appearance. In a quiet manner Magistrate Baker in dorsed the affidavit "Guilty, fine $10." and handed it to a clerk of the court. He then ordered that Frederick W. Sterling, of counsel for Caruso, be informed of the de cision, so that he might come to the court and pay tho tine. There were compara tively few people in the court at the time. When asked if he would write an ex tended opinion, Mr. Baker said: "My verdict is confined to Just threo words 'Guilty, fine $10.' " Defense Denounces Verdict. fv-Judge Ditt.enhoefer expressed Ktir prise when told that the decision was against his client. "We shall appeal," he said. "We con sider the decision unjust and unwarranted by the evidence.' If Caruso were guilty of the conduct Cain in his testimony charged him with, which wa.s absolutely refuted he should have been punished severely. If he. on the other hand. Is innocent, ho thou Id not have been lined at ail. "The non-appearance of Hannah Gra ham, the woman who, Cain said, was in pulted by Caruso, in itself stamps the case with so much suspicion that It should have been dismissed on that alone." When Mr. Conried was interviewed re garding the verdict he said: "I concur entirely in all this which j litruM) cuuiifvi ii?. x uavc never cull if ni)jjct(.;u iiiniwu any tuauc in 1.11a CARUSO JED arrangements for next week in conse quence of the verdict. Nothing short of the absolute inability of Caruso to sing will prevent his appearance, as an nounced, on Wednesday next." Caruso said tonight: "I am naturally- pained and amassed at the verdict. After all- the evidence had been presented in court I took it for granted that I would be discharged in stantly and honorably. I do not doubt that the verdict will Be reversed on ap peal." New Victim of Carnso. The hearing, which occupied all the forenoon, was marked by the introduction of a new accusation, implied in questions put by Ieputy Commissioner Mathot, that Caruso had insulted a woman in her automobile on Fifth avenue eleven months ago. Tho court ruled that the de fendant need not answer questions re lating to this. Summing up speeches, marked by strong language, were made by ex Judge Dittenhoffer, who hinted at police blackmail and attempted extortion, and ty Deputy Commissioner Mathot. who concluded: 'I am here on behalf of the women. our wives and daughters, to asK you ji these panderers and sexual perverts shall be permitted to use our public highways and the parks for the prosecution of their bestial performances." Hisses greeted Mr. Mathot when he de clared that among the crowd in the courtroom were men who are "perverts' and that Mrs. Hannah Graham, the oris inal complainant, could not be blamed for being unwilling to appear before such a gathering. , Magistrate Visits Monkey-House Because doubt had been raised as to the correctness of a diagram submitted to the court, Mr. Bilker, during recess, vis ited the monkey-house in the park. He looked over the place and noted the loca tion of the cage in front of which. Po liceman Cain swore. Caruso annoyed the Graham woman, and the glass cage in which the snakes arc kept, where tho girls are alleged to have been insulted. Ho also stood in the position described by Cain and other witnesses. After he' had rendered his decision Magistrate Baker said: , "I decided the case on its merits. Nothing guided me but the evidence. The position of the defendant cut no ligure. I handled it as I would an ordinary dis orderly conduct charge. I am perfectly willing that they should appeal on tho evidence." Crowd Gives Caruso flowers. Every seat in the Police Court was oc cupied when the court opened, and in the street nearly 1000 persons struggled un successfully to pass the police line. In side there was a great bouquet of roses sent to the singer, and bearing a card op which was written: "Take it easy, whatever you do. From your friends and the people who know you. A subscription for money to buy the flowers was taken up in court yesterday. When Caruso stepped from his cab he was cheered by the crowd. There was no hissing. Within tho door of the court house a messenger presented the big bunch of roses to the tenor, but on the advice of Mr. Conried, he refuse! .0 ic cept them Ex-Judge iJittonhofTcr. Caruwi'a coun sel protested against Mr. Matho'.' ex planation of Mrs. Graham's faila.u to appear, and declared that he did not be lieve there was any such woman as Han. nail Graham unless, perhaps, it was a woman who in this case is a confederate of Officer Cain. Caruso was called and questioned by Mr. Mathot. Another Woman Insulted. "Do you recall being at a reception In a house in Fifth avenue in the vicinity of Thirty-sixth street on tho Sunday after noon preceding Thanksgiving last year?" Caruso did not remember, but would not say he had not been there. "Do you recall that as you were leav ing, a guest invited you to stop into her automobile to conduct you to your hotel, and while on the way. being charged by the lady with having attempted to take certain liberties with her in the auto mobile?" An objection by Attorney Dittenhoefer was sustained. "As the automobile was opposite the Union League Club, did it not stop and did you not leave the automobile be cause you were charged by the lady with attempting to take liberties with her, and was not a mounted policeman at the door of the cab and did he not fail to arrest you only on the refusal of the woman to make a complaint?" Caruso did not have to answer the question. When the brief cross-examination of Caruso had been concluded. At torney Dittenhoefer. informed the court he had no more witnesses to produce. His Blasted Imputation. Dittenhoefer in his argument for the defense declared it was apparent that the case against Caruso was entirely police-made. Tho whole case depended upon the word of Hannah Graham, and they had failed to produce her in court to give that word. He said Caruso was only one of many victims of the Central park monkey-house. "That place is adroitly arranged," said he. "It might have been designed as a placo to blast reputations of innocent men. All that is needed is a Cain and a woman to aid him." He reviewed the testimony and declared that substantiated facts proved that the story was a wicked, unscrupulous and malicious lie. In closing he said: If this ctmrKe Is sustained by the action of this court, it will mean more to this de fendant than any of ua can know. He will be ostracized and that will mean personal dishonor and professional failure. This man, who has appeared before kings and queens and princes and potentates and in tho private homes of the best in this and other lands, must go into seclusion, disgraced and dishonored and with bis great career blasted. Man of Misfit Morals. . Mathot, in his closing argument, sav agely attacked .Caruso, declaring him to be a man of misfit morals, unworthy of being received in any home and unfit to associate with persons In decent society. He warmly defended the New York Po lice Department and declared that it was absurd to charge, as had been charged -Concluded HUGHES FEASTED By PARTY CHIEFS Governor-Elect Prom ises Fair Play. REMOVE CAUSE OF IRRITATION Gives Pledge That Abuses Shall Be Rooted Out. WILL BE OWN SPOKESMAN Clear Indication of Principles on Which Xew York Will Be Gov erned Kx-Governor Black Warns Party to Awaken. NKVV ' YORK, Nov. 22. More than 700 Republicans, representative of various sections of New York State, attended the dinner plven to Charles E. Hughes by the . Republican Club, of New York, at the Waldorf-Astoria to night. State Republican Chairman Timothy WoodrufT was toastmaster. Governor ITiE'iis could not be pres ent. Senators T'liitt ami IV pew were also absent. I tetters of regret were read from Secretaries Root and Taft. Mr. WoodrufT eaid in part: o. wore havt'tl from ilt fra.t of our ntire ticket only by th ebullitinnn of Hearst, and the most fortuiiato and opprtuno evolution of Hughes. T"o must not fall to pivr a mnsldpmhl share of the crr-tllt for Mr. Hushes election to the unsrln.sh efforts of those patriotic Democrats who saw in Hearnt's election a menace to the prosperity we are now enjoying- and to the stability of our form of gov ernment. I pledge, to (Jovernor Huphes th$ unquali fied, undivided Bupport of what may be termed the Republican political machine In his efforts to carry out the wishes of the people of the state. Call to Parly to Awaken. Kx-Governor Fran k S. Ulurk warned tho Republican party not to becomo apathetic?. Ho said: ro you think. If all th4 humlnfr nuBttrn rf th next 'JO yrara were Jirn, the. Ameri can people would vote to ta.ke them from t ha hands ot t ho Republican party ? I da not prophesy tho dissolution of that party. The fntf ments T utfr are not baed on t hi fear. They pprlns M-om the conviction which prows upon me that tho party faith H growing drowsy. Wo magnify our men and minimize our party. Whn a cause nekn support because of Its candidates and not be cause nf its principle. It is not far to the ro-kH. Mn will change, but principles never, and if tlicy are great enough to die for, thev are honorable neougti to proclaim. Mr. Hughes said; Hughes Sees Opportunity. Optimist and pessimist, tho timid and the courageous, tho sanguine and the bilious, havo made me tbe repository of their hopes and their fears, their gloomy forebodings and ther triuni pliant exultations. Out of It all I spell opportunity, responsibility and godspeed. We may not be able completely to agree as to the cause of the existing uneasiness and discontent. But wo must agree, as to our immediate duty. We should meet the conditions, so far as they lie within our prov ince, squarely, candidly and with readiness to serve the public. If there aro those who are alarnu-d at discontent, as such, and who. Battened with their lot. view with ill concealed impatience and disgust efforts at Improvement. I am not uric of them. JSomovc Cause of Irritation. Wo may be concerned at indications of impatience with law and with the orderly processes of government. And it should be our uiuk as far as possible, to remove the causes f irritation by insistence upon Just and impartial administration. We want a spirit of fiilr play toward individuals, toward institutions, toward the public. We desire the rule of the judgment of a free people alive to the responsibilities of citizenship, and In order to maintain it we set ourselves against any attempt to evoke the monster of unreasonableness, the common enemy of all, which would threaten society itself. It Is not my purpose at this time to form ulate a policy. 1 simply desire to indicate to you what I am sure is In the minds of all. that the people are in no mood to tol erate indifference to the public interests, and we must in an orderly way, as behooves those who believe In constitutional govern ment, but none the less erlt.c lively, pledge ourselves to the removal of abuses which have vexed popular patience. Will Do His Own Talking. It may be proper to add that I shall be my own spokesman. I'learant as have been the intimate relations which I have sus tained with many of you and desirous as L am at all times to hae tho full benefit of your friendship. It Is proper and necessary tlift I should reserve for myself tho privi lege oud th duty .of stating my personal opinions. (iUOSSt I P II AS OMV KKMEDV Popular )wnc-liip and Govern ment Kejru lation of Corporations. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 23. United States Judge Peter S. GrosHcup, of Chicago, was a guest of honor and the principal speak er at a dinner of the Knife and Fork Club in this city tonight. Speaking on "Corporations.' Judge Grosscup said: Unquestionably the important position that Mr. Hearst has obtained in the politics of New York and in the politics of the country a position that drew to aim enough Re publican votes to enable his ticket tu divide with the Republican ticket almost equally the vote of New York is due. more than to all other causes combined. to the relation that the corporations of the coun try are belieed to bear to the people of the country and to Mr. Hearst's attitude on the questions that those relations exercise. A ml out of this corporation question, too. Mr. Bryan has obtained his political power and Mr. Roosevelt has foremost power and po sition. Judge Grosscup declared that the reme dies advocated by Roosevelt, Bryan and CCoucludcd on Paga 4.)