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It touches upon many subjects and deals with most of them in a spirit of enlightened wisdom. Of old-fashioned politics it contains no trace. From party feeling it is free. The discussions are based upon the broad principles of Justice and the conclusions in the main are euch as all righVthinking men have accepted already or are prepared to accept without much debate. Corporations still hold the chief place in his thoughts. The evils of unre stricted corporate rule in business and politics and how to remedy them he discusses at length. He begins with the recommendation, in which every honeet man concurs, that corporations should be forbidden by law to make campaign contributions. From this he pas-ees to the very important question of allowing appeals to the Government in criminal canes such as the one in which Judge Humphreys gave his fa mous "immunity decision. Mr. Roose velt remarks that similar, if not identi cal cases, have been decided by other judges quite as contrary to Judge Humphreys, end he laments that a.ll such matters cannot be taken to the Supreme Court for final settlement. It also disturbs him that a "single District Judge, against what may be the judg ment of -the immense majority of his colleagues on the bench," may nullify a law of Congress "and then deny to the Government the right to thave the Supreme Court definitely decide the question." This is indeed an intolera ble state of things. Mr. Roosevelt points out that it not only hinders the Government in its efforts to control the corporations, but it also works direct wrong upon workingmen who may sue for justice against -wealthy corporate wrongdoers. The President goes on to say that it has become the settled policy of the Government to apply the criminal stat utes against the predatory corpora tions. Every effort was first made, he remarks, to control them by civil pro ceedings, but those efforts failed. The case is much like that of the fruit grower in Webster's spelling book who first tried tufts of grass upon the bad boy in his apple tree, but finally had to resort to the big club. The criminal law being absolutely the only means of controlling the corporations, one may, discern how important it is that no weak or compliant judge should have the power to thwart the Department of Justice by such a ruling as the one which the President quotes. Rebates ere still common. Criminal proceed ings have by no means stopped them, and the. Government must have every proper aid from Congress or they will continue in the future as in the past. v Mr. Roosevelt also hopes to secure from Congress1 some legislation limit ing the power of the courts to reverse cases on appeal unless the trial judge has made some error which goes to the merits and is not merely technical. Ho says that the Federal criminal law Is very unsatisfactory in this particular. The same may be said of most of the state codes. It is one of the crying evils of the times. In the same connection he would set limits upon the power of the courts to issue injunctions in labor dis putes. Where property or life is threat ened the President believes that the in junction power is right and necessary; but he remarks that some Judges have committed "flagrant wrongs" by abus ing the writ, and he condemns the is suance of preliminary writs as a mat ter of course upon ex parte showings. An injunction thus secured, may decide a dispute in favor of the corporation and against the workmen entirely with out regard to the merits of the dispute. The President objects to injunctions which "forbid workmen to better their condition in peaceful and lawful ways," and those also which enable "big corpo rations to aggrandize themselves" at the expense of labor. Certainly no in junction should issue until both parties have been heard, nor should the right of a jury trial be denied in contempt proceedings arising out of disobedience to the writ. With great wisdom the President cays that the power to issue injunc tions should be subject to the "jealous scrutiny" of all good citizens on ac count ofits liability to abuse; and he takes the opportunity to lecture the Bhortsighted people who would have the courts looked upon as sacred fet iches above all criticism. He truly re marks that "the best judges' have ever been foremost to disclaim any immu nity from criticism," and quotes Mr. Taft to the purport that "the oppor tunity freely and publicly to criticise judicial action is of vastly more im portance to the body politic than the immunity of the courts and judges from unjust aspersions and attack." The President believes that the instinct of the American people is sound in this matter, and that they will not admit the doctrine that any public servant, even a judge, is to be above all criti cism. This he says In reply, most like ly, to the shortsighted censures which some worthy people passed upon his strictures against Judge Humphreys in the beef trust case, but It is of wide ap plication and sound validity. Speaking still of the law's delays and defects, Mr. Roosevelt adverts at some length to lynchings, which, he says, are sadly common all over the country. As to negro lynchings in the South, he points out that those who "avenge a bestial deed in bestial fashion" reduce themselves to the criminal's level, and recalls that most of the lynchings are not for the crime of rape, while in an evil proportion of them the victims are wholly innocent. He regrets that ne groes should shield guilty members of the race from the law, as they notori ously dC; but he omits to state the equally patent fact that this practice is made almost inevitable by lynch law. Where the whites make no discrimi nation between guilt and innocence it is hard to ask the negroes to do so. Mr. Roosevelt would make rape a cap ital crime, and recommends less pub licity in trials for that offense. This trf behalf of the female witnesses; but one must always look askance upon any movement in the direction of secret proceedings in criminal jurisprudence. The gains are problematic; the evils certain. Speaking generally of the negroes, Mr. Roosevelt points out the fatal con sequences to the whites of holding the blacks in a servile status and believes that the best interests of both races will be promoted by mutual aid and advancement. Incidentally he remarks that Booker Washington's educational theories are best for the colored race. He might have added, as he does later in the message, but they are also best for the whites. He says that violent talk doeg nothing to help solve the race problem, and adverts to a point which The Oregonian has emphasized that heated discussions of crimes, no mat ter what ones, may well multiply them through suggestion. Passing naturally from these matters to the relations between capital and labor, Mr. Roosevelt speaks his mind very plainly about the "sinister dema gogues" who seek profit or power by inflaming class hatred between rich and poor. v He thinks that the worst ene mies of genuine reform are the dema gogue and the conscienceless agitator, and warns us equally against the "base creature" who panders to- "the lowest instincts and paeslons'"and the one "equally base" who seeks to exploit his fellow-Americans in callous disregard to their welfare of soul and body. This reference Is doubtless to Mr. Hearst. Besides these general remarks, which are of the deepest interest coming from such a source,., the President has a number of definite suggestions to make concerning capital and labor. He be lieves that the eight-hour day Is a de sirable aim in all employments, and es pecially wishes to see the hours of rail road employes limited. To this the public heartily subscribes. The annual slaughter of human beings upon our railroads, togelfier with preventable casualties in this and other Industries, outnumbers the yearly total of the Civil -War, the Philippine and the Cu ban wars taken together, according to Joslah Strong; and a large part of this total is due to overworked employes. Mr. Roosevelt recommends a Congres sional investigation of child" and female labor, observing that while the matter is not one for Federal control, still Con gress may greatly help by giving the facts publicity. Ho desires more thor oughgoing employers' liability' laws, both Federal and state, and would have the Federal statute apply to public works, as well as private. To mitigate the evils of strikes Mr. Roosevelt rec ommends compulsory investigation o disputes, but stops short of compulsory arbitration. Speaking of the coal lands and for ests which still belong to the public, Mr. Roosevelt believes that they should be permanently, withdrawn from sale and worked by individualities under the royalty system. This is a reason able solution of a pressing problem. He remarks that the -disposal of for ests and coal lands should be under conditions "which would Inure to the benefit of the public as a whole," and no fairminded man will disagree with him. Since It is the predatory corpora tions which have been the principal de spoilers of the public domain, the Pres ident naturally deals with them next. He favors legislation which will in crease the control of the Government over them, and is encouraged by the good which the rate bill has accom plished. Instead of injuring the rail roads, he points out that their profits axe greater than, ever, while the new law "has produced an -unprecedented number of voluntary reductions in freights and fares by the railroads." But he says that the power of the Gov ernment over the "use of capital in in terstate commerce" jnust be still in creased. Ownership by the Nation still seems undesirable to him, but he seeks a control which will "conduct interstate business In the Interest of the public." There should be a law, for example, to prevent stock-watering; on the other hand, he would not forbid pooling. Pooling, he thinks, would d6 away with rebates. A little later he admits that pools actually exist, Just as If the law permitted them. If they exist and do not prevent rebates, legalizing them would not make matters any better In that respect. Still, pooling may be jus tified on other grounds. In a message so extensive as this one, It would be miraculous If all the logic were perfect. The President makes his expected recommendation of the income and in heritance taxes, both of which, he says, should be graduated. As to the inheri tance tax, he 6ees no constitutional ob jections; but the case of the income tax is a little different. The Supreme Court has already- decided against it, but there seem to be reasons why a. re versal might be expected. Rather than not have an income tax, Mr. Roosevelt would even favor a constitutional amendment. The President, too, would abolish, or reduce th tariff on Philippine Imports; but this is the only reference he makes to the pressing question of he tariff. t Commercial and industrial education also meet with the President's ap proval. He believes that the schools should work for efficiency and that this must come through technical training. Farming, he says, is a scientific pro- without education.' He laments Tack of organization among the farm ers 'and believes that the schools should give them not only special training, but should teach them how to organize and 4 co-operate. The great danger to our Industrial pupremacy, he truly says, is not at all In pauper labor, but In the highly-trained technical labor of such nations as Germany. With a recommendation of a National divorce law, Mr. Roosevelt passes to .the ship-subsidy bill, which he favors. How he was brought to thlB view of the matter one can only guess. It !s certain that he is misinformed about the genuine purpose and real effect of the bill, should it become law. Among several other subjects, such as the cur rency, the Philippines and Alaska, South America, the .Army and Navy and Japanese affairs, he gives much space, treating them upon broad hu manitarian grounds and with reference to our permanent -welfare. There is more than a hint that San Francisco may feel the force of the Federal arm should her recalcitrancy against our treaty obligations continue. He also desires legislation which will make it possible for the Government to fulfill its obligations to foreign nations. This is now lacking, as we know to our Na tional shame. The message as a whole illustrates the change which has taken place in politics and statesmanship within a few years. Politics is now sociology. States manship Is an effort toward interna tional justice. What Mr. Roosevelt has to say about the moral obligations of nations is illuminating and prophetic. He seeks first of all peace and right eousness, but he does not forget that the. best security for both is the power to compel the evilly disposed to respect them. ME. BOURNE IN BIS KIGHT PLACE. Oregon needs Mr. Bourne at the Na tional capital, and thinks well of him for being there. The people of Oregon, who chose him in the last election for their next Senator, will put it down to his credit that he is serving the Inter ests of the state In Washington Instead of trying to organize at home the Ore gon Legislature and "work" politics, as numbers of his predecessors have done. Mr. Bourne is the first seeker of the office of United States Senator to hold his hands off the Legislature. The peo ple elect their lawmakers to serve the people, but the lawmakers have been diverted from .their duty often; legis lation has been held up or suspended, or warped or- prevented. But now, thanks to the direct primary law and Mr. Bourne's election under.. rt, his ac ceptance of the voters' guarantee of election by the Legislature and the Legislature's apparent acquiescence, there is good promise that the Legisla ture will be free from Senatorial poli tics this Winter, and the members will devote, themselves to the duties for which they were elected. Oregon is practically without repre sentation in the House of Representa tives, owing. to the ostracism from that body of its two members. In the Sen ate Mr. Gearin has served the state as well as he could, but, being a short term Senator, destined to be followed in a year by a Republican, he could not attain much influence. The result is that the task of representing Oregon has fallen chiefly on Senator Fulton, which, though perhaps not a wearing task, has physical limitations. For a spokesman in the House of Representa tives, Oregon has had to. depend on neighbor members in that body. Were Oregon's two Representatives sensible of their duty to their state, they would have made way for the election of men last June to. take their places, and their two vacant seats in the lower branch of Congress would now be -filled. Three months more of them, however, and they will be out of the way. It will be recorded against Mr. Hermann and.Mr. Williamson that, however implicated they may be in land frauds, their chief offense against the people of Oregon was their standing in the way of representation for this state after their usefulness was gone. Had they resigned, they would have mitigated, in large degree, wnatever penalties public opinion may visit upon them. Senator-to-be Bourne Is in the right place. The capital is where Oregon needs him and wants him and voted to send him. Mr. Bourne seems to be the harbinger of a "new deal" wherein can didates for the United States Senate in Oregon are to abide by the people's verdict in elections and keep hands off the people's Legislatures, and Legis latures are to accept the same verdict and confirm the people's choice. prosperity's flood tide. The present year is going out with the tide of prosperity flooding full and strong. The comparative tables print ed on yesterday's editorial page of The Oregonian reflect trade, . conditions never before equaled in this or any other country. Not only is the yield of our six great cereals more than 100,000, 000 bushels in excess of last year, but the average price for the year prom ises to range sufficiently high to make the aggregate value of the crop greater than ever before. Perhaps the most interesting -feature In connection with the Bradstreet statistics is the "state ment that the general level of prices for the. products mentioned is 53 per cent above the low-water mark of July, 1896. Foreign trade, which has been breaking records for the past three years, makfes a remarkable showing with a gain of 10.5 per cent, exports be ing credited with a gain of 13.4 per cent for the first ten months of the year as compared with the corresponding period a year ago. - ; These figures eloquently answer all misleading arguments of the ship-subsidy hunters to the effect that our for eign trade Is languishing for want of transportation facilities. What this in crease amounts to can be better under stood when It is stated that for the. first ten months of 1906 - the value of the merchandise sold to the foreigners was $168,248,452 in excess of that sold to them during the same period in 1905. It Is, of " course, unreasonable to sup pose that this phenomenal Increase can be maintained indefinitely, but the wave -of prosperity has secured such momentum that there Is small possibil ity of Its being brought to a sudden halt. But prosperity has always been productive of extravagance, and the present era of good times can hardly be expected to prove any exception to the general rule. The -.present prosperity, as Is shown In all lines of trade and industry. Is affecting practically -every Individual in the United States. Farmers grown rich through several years of good times and high prices are, of course, spend ing more money than they spent when 50-cent wheat was the rule. Manufac turers have Increased the capacity of their plants and through necessity have in most cases advanced the wages of their employes. The latter are paying higher rents and an Increased cost of living, and so on through the list- The .situation is a pleasing one, and we should like to have It last indefinitely, but it will not- The pendulum will not swing upward forever, but the extent of the backward swing can be governed to a certain extent by prudence at this time. "In time of peace prepare for war" Is an axiom of unquestioned value, and the individual or firm that follows this advice while there is an op portunity will emerge from the strin gency fairly .well equipped for a good start on the next flood that wilt-always follow the ebb. The demands of the lumber trade throughout the country for carriers were never so great and so insistent as now. They extend to lumber craft of all descriptions, and to cars on every railroad. No vessel that will carry a cargo of lumber with a fair prospect of keeping afloat until she reaches port is barred from this trade. If doubt upon this point is too strong, she is still not barred, but loaded to the limit, "hooked on to a tug or a steamer and towed down the -coast." This' Is the testimony of the marine superintendent of the Hammond Lum ber Company, of San Franciec who is familiar with every detail ofwhe lum ber trade on this Coast. The Irresisti ble conclusion from evidence of this character is that business is waiting with big profits pledged to charter every lumber-carrier that shipbuilders and plants on the Pacific Coast can turn out. Clearly a subsidy, is not needed to encourage shipbuilding when legitimate business Is eager and anx ious to take all the tonnage that can be secured. The Willamette Valley Chautauqua Association has wiped out old scores and is about to begin anew with a clean balance sheet. An organization rich in experience and unincumbered by debt should make of this yearly lit erary, social and educational festival a financial success, to the extent at least -of paying its own way. The re lief promised by the O. R. & N. Rail way in the agreement to lay a track to the grounds and maintain thereon an. adequate service during - the annual meeting of the association is an im portant feature of the reconstructed, organization. This feature is one from which both the railway company and the association will profit, and incident ally the public will be accommodated by it. While it was not conceivable that the association had broken up per manently and the Willamette Valley Chautauqua Assembly was a thing of. the past, -it Is gratifying to note thus early its reconstruction, upon a more satisfactory financial basis. In the death of George K. Cole, an other name that belongs to the pioneer era of Oregon and Washingotn is con signed to history; the final chapter in another life of long and varied en deavor and many vicissitudes hs been written. The name of George E. Cole, once familiar to every citizen of Port land, has not often been heard here of late, and his figure, in former years fa miliar upon our streets, has latterly been seen but seldom. As an energetic, busy man of affairs in his early man hood and on through middle age, Mr. Cole was well known. His closing years were spent in retirement grate ful to age, and hi3 death, though in a sense pathetic, since he died, alone and unattended, was peaceful and painless. Age never appears to such disadvan tage as when its representatives, con victed of moral delinquency, stand be fore the public in high places, un ashamed. The great State of New York suffers rebuke and humiliation in seeing two men of this class answer in the United States Senate , when her name is called. Mr. Bourne is not the only Oregon Senator elected by direct vote of the people; there's Mr. Mulkey, who as short-term Senator will precede Mr. Bourne and himself will cut a figure when he goes to Washington. Urgent demand for a 20-room school building at Laurelwood tells more about the growth of one southeastern suburb than columns of real estate ads. What holds good tilery applies also to the entire East Side. Those Hood River apples will bob up again in the Legislature when Hood River seeks a county seat. We trust that that will not affect the apples in the sight of Senator Whealdon, of The Dalles. The two Republican clubs of Port land will have plenty of rivalry, no doubt, with Charles Loekwood secre tary of the one and Max Cohen of the other. Now let us have some politics. New York's new Governor proposes to go lifter Manhattan's intra-mural railroads for lack of cars. If there were only a law by which Oregon's Governor could move similarly.' No doubt the talk of hostilities be tween the Mikado and Uncle Sam is the only humorous thing that has come to the Czar's notice since the Portsmouth conference. Five weeks from next Monday the people's lawmakers will meet in Salem to organize the Legislature, The peo ple will not have a hand in the or ganizing. . What .Roosevelt has to say today lacks customary brevity, but he 13 cer tain of more interested and sympa thetic readers than any President since Lincoln. Trains of empty freight cars are said to be coming Into Oregon and the shortage is "easier." The convention at Eugene should have been held earlier. The other Portland, in Maine, yester day elected a Democratic Mayor for the first time in fifteen years. It's easier to stand when you're used to It The ' only way to get more Alaska trade is to go after it by steamships. Portland is ruaking the start. If Harriman wants to make Oregon a welcome Christmas gift, let him send 2000 freight cars. 3IA Y CAUGHT LIKE CARUSO. Bishop, Clergymen and Lawyers Bare Been Arrested on Like Charges. Washington (D. C.)' Post. Deputy Police Commissioner Mathot, of New York, . declares that many men prominent in professional or business life had been arrested In Central Park for offenses similar to the ones which Enrico Caruso, the Metropolitan Opera-House tenor, was found guilty. The deputy po lice commissioner asserted that a bishop, several clergymen, lawyers, business men, actors, managers and others have their names on the police records as defendants in cases of that sort, but the news of their arrests had been suppressed. v The deputy commissioner said further that he had received "Black Hand" let ters, threatening his life on . account of his activity in the prosecution of the Caruso case. "I don't care (so much for the threats against my life," said Mr. Mathot, "as I do for the criticisms of some persons of alleged intelligence who appear to be as meagerly informed as to the facts of this situation aa are the writers of tUfe letters threatening violence. The public at large has no conception of the actual facts concerning offenses such as those of which Caruso was convicted. "The very day before Caruso's arrest a musician In the Metropolitan Opera House orchestra was arrested on a charge similar to that made against Caruso and fined 10. "It is the experience of the police de partment that women will not appear in court as complainants In cases of this kind, except -in rare instances. Repeated instances have proved that it is better to keep the cases quiet and hold over the offender a threat of publicity if he transgresses again. This has been found to be an effective method of keeping these perverts from offending in public. All the flnea in the world inflicted in private would not have the effect of a threat to expose, one of these offenders of high social standing to public opprobrium. "Many of these men hava wives and daughters or mothers and fathers who would be blasted socially by exposure. If the policy of the police department in allowing these offenders to go for the first or seconds-offense and holding over them the threat of publicity to insure their subsequent good behavior has been wrong then let us have publicity. "In the case of Caruso he was an oldi offender. One woman whom he insulted went to the station-house, preferred a complaint against him and promised to appear in the police court to prosecute. "The newspapers got hold of the facts and the prominent position the man occu pies made his trial an event of import ance. Except for the fact that he em ployed eminent counsel to defend him, made a baseless and later abandoned charge of attempted blackmail, and said, through his manager, that almost any woman In New York would be willing to open a flirtation with "him, his case was no different from that of the ordi nary offender who is picked up by a. policeman in our parks." It Is "Will" and "Theodore." Washington (D. C.) Herald. President Roosevelt is on no more cordial or intimate terms , with any member of his official household than with Judge Taft. In their private in tercourse . they call each other "Will" and "Theodore," and while, they have differed more than once as to the ad visability or wisdom of certain policies of the administration, it can be 6tated as a fact of personal knowledge, or, at any rate, of first-hand assurance, they have never permitted these dif ferences to lead to even heated collo quy. For example, Secretary Taft was at the Inception of the President's rate regulation programme the only mem ber of the Cabinet, except .-Attorney-General Moody, who was in thorough accord with the President. As that policy developed, however, the Secre tary parted, company with the. Presi dent and tried hard to dissuade him from pushing! the programme on Con gress with too great vigor. Not even this caused the least coolness in their relations. It Is now so generally known that President Roosevelt would be gratified should Secretary Taft suc ceed him that this interesting question is no longer discussed, but merely ac cepted as a fact. MHllonalre We.da Stenographer. Cleveland Dispatch in New York World. Henry Chisholm, millionaire son" of Wil son B. Chisholm, and a member of the most select social circles in Cleveland, and Miss Anna Laughray, a stenographer, have just been married by Rev. Patrick Farrell at the bishop's house of St. John's Cathedral. The wedding had recently been set at the cathedral. Later, at the office of his attorney, P. D. Quigley, Chisholm an nounced that the -wedding had been in definitely postponed. He gave trt reason. After the ceremony the couple said the announcement of a postponement was made in the hope that they could be mar ried and away before news of the wedding was published. The bride, who has lived with her mother and sister, had been employed as a stenographer by a publishing company and a car-roofing company. The family came here from Bay City. Mich. Chisholm is popular in the younger so ciety set. He holds memberships in half a dozen clubs. His family made a for tune in steel. She Iliisfcn Corn at Mnt(y-On(.. NoblcyiIle Cor. Indianapolis News. Mrs. JxVura Ann Owen, while celebrat ing her 91st birthday anniversary, arose from the dinner in her honor and spoke of ibeing in unusually good health for one so far advanced In years. She said she believed she had the strength to do the work which she performed daily 50 years ago. " Some of her relatives questioned her ability to do this, which made Mrs. Owen anxious to prove that she nad not yet Outlived her usefulness. Throwing a shawl over her head and shoulders and donning a pair of gloves, Mrs. Owen went to the farm and husked a row of corn around a 30-acre field without stopping to rest. She accomplished the feat in only a little longer time than an active man would have done the work, .and she did not seem to he much fatigued. Mra. I.ongmorth's Clothes "Blinkers." Washington Special In the Philadelphia North American. When Mrs. Nicholas Longworth re turned to Washington from New Eng land, where she and her husband have been visiting, she brought seven trunks, which contain some of her "slihkers." This is the name Mrs. Longworth applied to her walking suits which she was com pelled to adopt in lieu of evening gowns during her "campaigning tour," when Mr. Longworth was stumping In Cincin nati for re-election. Until their home on Eighteenth street is ready for them, Mr. and Mrs. Longworth will remain at the White House. . In the Toothsome Line. New York Press. A London dentist who believes in ad vertising displays the following drawing inducement: ' ; Have Your Teeth Pnlled Out For a : : Christmas Present. : . And Lives to Tell the Tale. . ' Baltimore News. George R. Peck, the general counsel of the St. Paul road, is one of the few men in the United States who refused to go to the United States Senate. He was ap pointed once and would not take the place. Comes From First Family Sure. New York Press. --A man of the name of Cain Abel keeps the Adam and Eve tavern in Vermont. NEW CHARGE OF LABOR GRAFT Shea's Lawyer Springs It on Youns, Who Denies It. CHICAGO, Dec 4. Extended arguments between the attorneys in the Shea trial occupied the greater part of the hearing today. Albert Young was again upon the stand and bis. cross-examination was con tinued. v Mr. Cruice, attorney for the defense, asked the witness: "Is it not true, Mr. Young, that Mr. Shea was not in favor of the strike'?' "No; it is not.-' "Is it not true that Shea did all In his power to bring about a peaceful set tlement of the strike?" !-No; it Is not." "Is it not true that you are sore at Shea because he refused to accept $3000 to tie up the coal business of Chicago and divide the money with you?" The attorneys for the state objected to the question, but before the court could rule on the admissibility the wit ness said: . "No, sir; that is not so." "Do you know Mr. Campbell, of the Campbell-Gardner Coal Company?" asked Mr. Cruice. "I have known him for several years," replied Mr. Young. "Did not Mr. Campbell In your presence offer Mr. Shea $5000 to tie up the coal business of Chicago?" "No." : "Did not Mr. Campbell, acting in the Interests of the Peabody Coal Company, want the teamsters locked out?" The court ruled that the witness need not answer the question. Young was still under cross-examination when court adjourned late this afternoon. Attorneys for the defendants were unable to make the witness deviate from the testimony given along the lines of his confession. FAIR PLAY TO BOTH PARTIES Laughlin pleads With Employers for Employes. CHICAGO, Dec. 4. During an expo sition of the labor question, Professor Laurence Laughlin, of the University of Chicago, told the members of the Citizens' Industrial- Association of America, whose guest he was at a ban quet last night, that socialism is the philosophy of failure. He declared fur ther that in allying themselves with it men admitted themselves failures, and asked society, to do for them what they had been unable to accomplish for themselves. Professor Laughlin took up the labor question with ungloved hands and first made a plea for fair play in behalf of the employe. He asserted that better conditions could be derived by reduc tion of the tariff on raw materials and that this would redound to the benefit of the employer and employe, afford ing better markets abroad and cheaper products for home consumption. Labor and capital must work In conjunction. Other speakers at the banquet were C. W. Post, president of the associa tion, and J. W. Van Cleave, of St. Louis. The latter, who responded to the toast, "The President of the United States," compared President Roosevelt to President Andrew Jackson. He was extolled for his conduct in steering a middle course in labor questions and applying the law to "capttalislic trusts and labor trusts." In conclusion, he said: "Gentlemen, I do not renominate The odore Roosevelt for Presldept In 1908; he is already renominated in the hearts of the American people." ARMY NEEDS MORE VESSELS Lack of Transports Hampers Move- . ments in Emergencies. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. In his annual report, made public today, Brigadier-General Thomas H. Barry, acting chief of staff, calls to mind the fact that the Government is without water transporta tion facilities in cases of emergency in the movement of troops. He cites the case of the army of pacification in Cuba, and says that the lack of such trans portation facilities was severely felt. He says: "Had there been a small fleet of trans ports in reserve on the Atlantic. Coast, the movement could have been accom plished much sooner." Fraise is given to the Army as a whole for its adaptability and resourcefulness when dealing with novel and unpreced ented conditions. General Bary giving as an Illustration the work of the Army dur ing the San Francisco earthquake and fire. General Barry declares that by reason of the number of officers detached for special and important duty the Army Is under-officered and he urges legisla tion to correct this Important defect. The Brownsville. Tex., incident, involv ing the Twenty-fifth infantry, is merely touched on. "On the whole," says Gen eral Barry, "the discipline of the- Army is good and is usually a question of its official personnel and the manner in which they perform their duty. The en listed men .constitute an excellent body and as a rule are cheerful under condi tions of hard work and discomfort." Higher pay for noncommissioned of ficers and privates is strongly urged. Messages on Porto Rico and Panama WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. President Roosevelt's special message to .Congress on Forto Rico will he sent to Congress December, 11. The President's views on the island- and tho legislation ho favors are the direct outcome of his recent visit to Porto Biro. The President's special message on Panama will be laid before Congress December 17. Begin Snioot Debate Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Senator Bur rows, of Michigan, gave ngtice today that on next Tuesday he would call up for the consideration of the Senato the question of the right of Senator Reed Smoot to a seat in that body. THE MAN WITH THE .klSllil . PRODUCTS (Z jYsJL. I CHANGES OF AMBASSADORS White to Go- to Paris, Grlscom to Rome Others Undecided. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Henry White. Ambassador to Rome, will be trans ferred in the n"ear future from that post to Paris, where he will succeed Robert S. McCormick as Ambassador. Mr. White will be succeeded at Rome by Lloyd C. Griscom, , now American Ambassador to Brazil. It Is stated that beyond these changes the President has not defi nitely settled on the persons who are to be appointed to fill the vacancies caused by the promotions and ex changes. The name of Charles Page Bryan of Illinois. Minister to Portu gal, has been mentioned in connection with the post of Ambassador to Bra zil, which will be vacated by the pro motion of Mr. Griscom to Rome. Mr. Bryan was formerly Minister to Bra zil. The vacancy at St. Petersburg, which will result- from the transfer of Ambassador Meyer to the Cabinet, will probably be filled by the promo tion of a person now In' the diplo matic service with the rank of Min ister, though the change will not be made until next Spring. WORSE THAN THE DEMAGOGUE Van Cleave Denounces Those Who Oppress Workmen. CHICAGO, Dec. 4. James W. Van cleave, of St. Louis, president of the National Manufacturers' Association, in an address today before the Citizens' In dustrial Association condemned strongly men who oppressed their employes, de claring such a man to be a worse citizen than the demagogue whom he assails. Continuing, the speaker said: We see Socialists, anarchists and extrem ist of all sorts springing up on all Mes. It is well for us employers to question our selves and learn .whether we have had any part In the generation of lmplarables and de titructlonists. it is well to understand that soma of tho captains of industry and th heads -of some of tho great aggregations of capital snd some of the employers of labor in general are in a measure responsible for thea things. Tho outbreaks which hava occurred In this country from time to time can only be cured by tho permanent removal of tho abuses which caused them. ABANDONS SUBSIDIZED TRAIN Southern Railroad Renounces Spe cial Allowance for Mails. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. The Tostoffice Department has decided to issue orders terminating the allowances for fast mail facilities from Washington to New Or leans on January 5. Postmaster-General Cortelyou made this announcement to night after receiving notice from the Southern Railroad that owing to the heavy traffic and the necessity for double tracking the road, It will be unable to continue the operation of train No. 97 after January 6. The last session of Congress appro priated $167,000 for fast mail service in the South, and of this amount about tl40,000 has gone to the Southern to main tain train 67, which carries only mail, and train 37, which is a limited passenger tr;n. The latter of course, will not he discontinued. The reason for this change has often been the subject of vigorous debate In Congress, when opponents of the "special facilities" objected to the appropriation as a "subsidy." Bowles Has a Pipedream. LONDON, Dec. 4. Both the Foreign Office and the American Embassy here have expressed themscH-es as being quite unable to Imagine the reason, for the question which George Stewart Bowles, Conservative, proposes to ask in the Ilouso of Commons December 6, whether any convention or arrange ment has been rqade between, the Unit ed States and tlKe German Governments providing that In case Germany be comes engaged in war the German mer cantile marine shall be taken tinder the United States flag. The Interpel lation aEks also If the government has received any communication on the subject from the British Ambassador to the United States. At the Foreign Office today it was tated that the officials there had never heard the slightest suggestion of such an arrangement or anything which could have given birth to such an ldea. JPlant Torpedoes at Golden Gate. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4 Representative Kahn, of California, called on Secretary Taft today and received from him a prom ise that he would recommend to Con Kress an immediate appropriation of JlBO.mvi for the purpose of building a torpedo planter for use in San Francisco harbor. Mr. Kahn showed that no less than 30 days' time would now he required to prop erly mine the Golden Gate, a work which could be accomplished In a few hours by a torpedo planter. Russell Says Castro Is Better. NEW YORK. Dec. 4. William Russell, American Minister to Venezuela, and Mrs. Russell arrived from Caracas today for a leave of absence of fiO days. Mr. Russell said the present situation in Venezuela was absolutely quiet, and that President Castro, who has been ill, was much better when Mr. Russell sailed for New York. Consider Moody's Nomination Today. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. Senator Clark of Wyoming, chairman, has called a spe cial meeting of the Senate Judiciary com mittee for tomorrow to consider the nomi nation of Attorney-'Jeneral William H. Moody for the Supreme Court and other nominations to which no objections have been filed. HOE "POOR FELLERS" -From the Philadelphia Record.