VOL. XLVI. NO. 14,391.
POICTLA TN I. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 83, 1907.
PRICE rrvE CENTS.
TILLMAN " VENTS
II 1 05
Unbridled Tongue
Staggers Senate.
APOLOGIZES FOR HIS ABUSE
Executive Session Calms
Wrath of Men Assailed.
COMPROMISE IS REACHED
Pouth Oaroltnlati Attacks All His
Opponents Spooner Replies
Oool !', Carmack Savagely
and Tcace Returns,
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2L-A spectacu-
lar speech by Senator Tillman was the
chief feature of an exciting: day In the
Senate. The South Carolina Senator's
effort was a reply to the recent criti
cism of himself by Spooner. He began
with a satirical picture of the Senate
as a minstrel show, whlclvTillman later
said was his first and last attempt to
be "funny," an attempt which at its
conclusion brought a tinging: denun
ciation from Carmaclc in resentment of
allusions to him.
This was preceded by a serious reply
from Spooner' on the attitude taken by
Tillman on the race problem, all finally
resulting in a session of nearly two
hours behind closed doors.
The secret session was followed by a
brief open one, in which Tillman made
a profuse apology to Carmack, to all
Senators whom he had brought into
his "flrt essay tn the line of humor."
and finally to the entire Senate. "I
very much regret that I ever under-
took to be funny, and I will never do
so any more." Tillman then withdrew
all he had said In his "funny essay,"
and said it would not appear In the
record.
This apology wm at once accepted
by Carruack, who regretted he bad
questioned the motives of his friend,
and he, too. withdrew words he had
uttered in protest. - -
Compromise Agreed Upon.
The Brownsville affair was the tub
J"-ct of controversy, and the day began
with the announcement of m. com pro
mlse resolution, which brought Repub
lican and Democratic Senators together
on the basis of ordering an investiga
tion of the facts of the affray without
bringing into question the authority of
the President to dismiss the negro
troops. The resolution was submitted
to and approved by the President at a
conference yesterday,
After the speeches and mutual apolo
gies had been' made, Poraker attempted
to get a vote on his resolution. Ob-
Jcctlon was made and tne matter will
be taken up tomorrow.
TM trhfork lien's Simile.
Tillman took the floor at the conclu
sion of the morning business. He said
th preis liacl denominated HI in "the
burnt-cork artist or the Senate," and
added that if he were entitled to this
appellation, or that of "Pitchfork
Sen," at one end of the minstrel line,
certalniy "Fire Alarm Joe" (Foraker)
ought not to be ignored at the other,
Culberson was designated as perform
ing a solo on the "bones' In praise of
the President; Daniel was called "the
brilliant and courtly Senator from Ylr
Kinia," whose specialty la oratory and
who work s his rhetoric overtime.
"Next," said Tillman, "we nave the
dying Swan, Smiling Tom . of Colo-
rado, the state recently bousrht at auc
tion by one Ousarnbetm, and the swan
song is a dirge for the dying pemoc-
racy of the North, stabbed in Its vitals
toy Ben's pftchforlc. His act la '-very
pathetic and always brlnsrs tears t-Q
the eyes ot the audience.
Knight With Broken Ijince.
Wext we nave the redoubtable Ten
neaseean, : who was once a knight, a
very Hotspur 4n the lists, whose spear
has run through and clear upon the
visor of the usurper at the White
House, and who has made the sparks
fly In many an on9t. but his spear-
head la broken off. he has been un
horsed, but before retiring; he seizes
a garland of flowers, and, placing it on
his headless weapon (now, alas, no
longer of any use he lays It at the
feet of the victorious Roosevelt as a
peace ottering-, and Joins the minstrels
to sins: a last song to the victor of
Brownsville, who whistles to the Dem
ocrats to come to the White House
and lick the hand which has so often
smote them. His specialty is a sons.
'Renominate Our Idea, or Give Us Baclc
Our Platform.'
"Next, as the negro preacher and the
telephone artist in the show, who on some
occasions gets into communication with
the White House over the wire and
acts as a receiver and repeater, a verl-
table chameleon In his accuracy In re-
producing" White Mouse colors, we have
the Senator from Massachu setts, the
home of the sacred cod, where the
Adamses' vote for Douglas, and Lodge
walks with the Almig-hty.
"As the middle man we have the pom
padour artist from Georgia, whose spe-
clalty Is never to answer any quc'stlons,
and who depends on his voice to carry
conviction to his audience.
Thoa comes the star of Che tro-ape,
Oumsho Rill from old Missouri. He can
dance the Xisrbland Fllns: on the top of a
10-rall fence and never touch the ground,
hut his greatest feat Is walking on eggfi
without breaking- the sheila
"Last, we have - the artist from the top
of the Badger State, an acrobat and jug
gler of international, reputation. He is
supple, sly and foxy, and having- once
been a lawyer. Is noted for his ability to
get on either side of any question and
maintain the negative or affirmative in
any argument with great: force.
Spooner s ACaXiclous Enmity.
At this point Tillman turned his at-
tentlon to Spooner's recent attack: upon
him. He had not Intended to speak:
again on Brownsville, but the "unprece
dentel actions and utterances" of the
Wisconsin Senator had made it neces
sary. He said:
It seems that after 10 years of service to
gether we have hoth misunderstood dne
another. We have had many clashes In
drbate. Sometlma these were sharp, cbus
lng znonentary anger, first on one aide.
then on the other, But with, roe that feel-
LvESaL
Senator Ben R. Tillman, of South
Carolina Who Compares the beo-
atc to a Minstrel Show.
lny has always passed away at once, leav
ing no trace of bitterness, and I had supposed-
It was the same with the Senator
from Wisconsin until last week. I have
been reluctantly forced to- feel that I have,
without knowing how or when,- earned the
malicious enmity or that Senator, and while
I still bear him no malice, self-respect com
pels me to comment upon his latest utter
ances. During- my 12 years of service here I have
borne malice towards no man, and I am
sorry to find that, without provocation that
I am aware of, I nave excited it in a man
whom until now I thought to be my friend.
It la hut my nature to be blunt and out
spoken, and I have never taught my tongue
the art of double-dealing, and, if there ia
any vice in men I abhor more than another,
it Is hypocrisy, and I am too old to prac
tice It now.
Calls Spooner VJriah Heep.
Tillman declared that in Spooner's re-
cent speech, "his manner was as insult
ing as It Is possible for a Senator to as
sume." and "that the attack was unpar-
allciefl, Intentional and in cold Wood, It
was acting- worthy of Uriah Heep."
Tillman asked: "Since when did Senator
Spooner become the censor of Senators?"
Spooner took copious notes as Tillman
proceeded.
EfccplaJnlny the conditions in hls state
during- tho "carpet-bag government" in
Justifying riot ana ballot-stuffing, Tillman
said:
"We have not shot any negroes In South
Carolina on account of politics since '76
we haven't found it necessary."
He said he would not call the negro a
baboon, adding:
"I believe they are men, yet they are so
akin to monfceys that scientists are look
In? for the missing- link yet." Ho pro-
ceeded:
Upholds Lynch Iaw.
Hav6 l ever advocated lynch law at any
time or place? I answer on my honor,
"never." I have justified It for one crime,
and one only, and I -nav consistently main
tamed that attitude for the last 14 years.
A Governor or Souta Carolina, I pro
claimed that I would lead a mob to lynch
any man, blaclc or white, who bad ravished
any woman, blacic or white. Thla 1. my
attitude, c&lroly and deliberately taken, and
justified, by my conscience jn tJl9 .
God. , ...
Tillman declared that, though he had
Justified lyn-.htnK for rape, he had dep
recated and denoyiced burning at tie
slake for this crime.
1111ina.il eaid the . South lied nothing -to
'ear from en lnvesugauon of the whole
race question la the South. He contin
ued: i
Tf the Filipino wu unfit .fox- suffrage,
how could the nesro he lit rot- it? The
South la ottering anywhere from four to
100 maldena and matrons to. this modern
heast annually. Tho North today has a.
billion dollars ot capital Invested in the
South, ana flt-lnterest makes It the duty
of the North to move, to do something- to
relieve the situation."
Tillman reviewed Che progress of Spoon.
er-s speech, quoting the colloquy when h
had tried to interrupt him. He said:
When I uked tho question: "Why did not
toe President approve ALaJor Penrose's
Bastions and employ a detective?" Mr
Spooner adroitly dodged It by following the
old rule of strengthening your case by abua-
lns: the attorney on the other side.
Three Champions Dodge Issue.
I call attention, by the way, to the fact
that each of the three champions on that
aide who have been most vociferous in ap
plauding the President's course and defending-
his conduct dodged this same Question
My bluff and earnest friend from Georgia,
Senator Cl&y, dodged It The Impetuous and
brilliant friend from Tennessee dodged it- the
ly and slippery Senator from Wisconsin
dodged it. If there had been a single sensi
ble effort made to detect the , murderers In
this case. I fall to find a record of It. Re
liance upon the inquiry set on foot among-
the soldiers by Major Blockson and Oeneral
trariington as the sole means of detection Is.
to my mind, nothing- lens than idiotic The
whole procedure has the appearance of a
Well-laid plan to shield and protect the real
criminals in the most effective manner possi
ble and to hurry the expulsion of innocent and
guilty men alike from the army so as to put
it out of the power ot. anybody at any Urns
to ever prove no the guilty men were ana
met out adequate punishment to them.
fdrolt for the Senator to shift the
minds of his auditors and the readers of the
record from Uie President's eurageous dis
crimination airalnst the black soldiers and fa-
vorlng the white ones to my own utterances
and attitude toward the negro rapists. The
rST?n"f" "d ""onesty or the argument
and the Indecency of the attack was empha
sised when the Senator from Wisconsin pro
ceeded to quote trom a former speech ot mine
In whloh I said: "We shot them, we killed
them, and we will do It again."
is-ow. hat about thom word rf mine. "We
..Conclude! oq Pa. s.
T
'HELP
Cabinet Disavows
Swettenham's Acts,
HALDANE SENDS CABLEGRAM
Roosevelt Replies Offering
More Aid, If Necessary.
BRITAIN WILL INVESTIGATE
Official -Inquiry Into Churlish Con
duct of Governor Red Cross
Ma-y Divert Itelief Supplies tx
Cbinede Famine Victims,
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, Dispatches
exchanged today between the British
Secretary of State for War and the
State Department, made public here
tonight, wholly Ignoring the letters
which passed between Admiral Davis
and Governor Swettenham at XCln&Tston,
have had the effect of relieving- the
tensity of feeling which had existed
since It became known that Admiral
Xavta returned yesterday to Guanta
namo from Kingston with his ships,
which had gone to aid the stricken
people of Jamaica.
The naessasre from London "is inter
preted here as meaning- that the Brit-
ish government and people disavow
tho action of the Governor of Jamaica
In requesting: Admiral Davis to re
embark nla men. The text of the dls-
pat-hes referred to follows:
Gratitude of British Cabinet.
Ellhu toot. Secretary of State, WanhlnK-
ton; Have read In newspapers this morn-
ing what turporta to be a letter from Gov
ernor of Jamaica. Can only say that on
materials before ra Z entertain, as respon
sible for troops In island, reel In re of deep
gratitude to American Admiral for generous
assistance tendered at moat critical time,
(Signed.) HALDANE,
Secretary State for War. London.
To ttle the following reply was sent:
Haldane. Secretary ot State for "War, Ixn-
don: The President' greatly appreciates your
cordial telegram and la glad that the prox
imity of tbls country ham made -ft possible
to be of the sllsrhtest assistance to the
stricken people of Jamaica In this crisis.
If, because or this proximity and pending
the arrival of your own warships and trans
ports, -we can render any further aid what
ever, the President earnestly hopes you will
call on him without hlstation. We know
fcow cheerfully you would render such aid
to us, were the circumstances reversed.
Slsmed. BACON.
Actlnr Secretary or St,te.
Awaits Davis' Report,
Meantime Admiral ravis. who has
arrived at- Ouan-taoamo from KlrtKstou
with the battleships Missouri and. In-
diaria and the cruiser Yankton, is pre-
paring a report which will be forward
ed to Washington by mail. The sub
ject -was regarded as one of such deli
T
hanks
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THE FOQLKILLER "I GUESS I'D BETTER 0ET BUSY"
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cacy that it was deemed advisable to
send it In this manner, rather than by
wireless telegraphy. But it has al-
ready been anticipated here by the
publication today of the correspondence
between Admiral Davis and Governor
Swettenham.
While the general sentiment here
was one of extreme resentment at the
treatment of Admiral Davl a. there -was
no official who would venture to ex-
press himself In criticism for publica
tion. Acting Secretary of State 15 aeon was.
an "early caller at the White House.
where he was In conference with the
President, and later it developed that
the President took; the position that
there was nothing" in the episode which
would warrant the slightest represen
tations by this Government on ' the
subject and no representations will be
made. '
At the State Department tonight it
was stated that, so far as this Govern
ment Is concerned, the matter will he
allowed to drop.
Officiate of the Red Cross Society In
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V ' t ii
Senator K. W. Carmack, of Tennes
see, Whom Senator Tillman Calls
Knight With Broken Spear.
this city do not believe the Jamaican
authorities -will refuse to accept the
supplies which have been sent by the
society for the relief ot the sufferers.
At least, no such Intimation has thus
far been griven. the society. In case
the Red Cross supplies are declined,
however, it is more than probable that
they will be diverted to the famine-
stricken people of China. Miss Mabel
Boardman, of the Red Cross executive
committee, says' no further steps will
be taken at present In the Jamaican
relief matter.
Make Snre IeUjcr Is Authentic.
Mr. Esme-Howard, Charge d'Affalres
at the British Embassy, tonight called
on Xdr. Bacon and presented a letter
from Earl Grey. Secretary- of State for
Great Britain, regarding the Davis-
Swettenham Incident In his message
Karl Grey says that he Is causing- an
official Inquiry to be made to deter
mine the authenticity of the letter pur-
porting to have been written by Gov
ernor Swettenham to Rear-Admiral
Davis.
WANT GOVERNOR RECALLED
People or Kingston Indignant at
Swcttenham'B Conduct,
KINGSTON. Jan. 21. The indignation
of the residents of Jamaica, both onricia.1
(Concluded on Pass 4.)
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n i m-rife iri r iniiiiii i i"
TKilGSIN
HEARST'S CIRCUS
ayoralty Contest
Gives-Diversion;
THREE COURTS KEPT BUSY
McClellan Relies on Constitu
tion and Lawyers.
PEOPLE WILL PAY PIPER
Flgtit for Spoils In New York May
Cost Them $400,000, Rivals
lor Mayor Will Expend
only Brain-Sweat.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (Special.)
Mayor McClellan and his friends are
boasting that, no matter what William
Randolph Hearst may do, tho "Little
Mayor" will retain his seat In the City
Hall until the expiration of his term
on December 31, 1909. Already a per.
pect flood of court orders has been
issued, and the real Issue completely
involved, while the Mayor's legal tal
ent Is preparing to excel Itself In case
a recount hill Is passed, "which seems
more than likely.
McClellan Is not one hit afraid of
QUO warranto proceedings. I io clearly
realizes how they can be dragged out
to the limit, but a recount would be
an entirely different matter. The
flgrht for a recount, like a certain
famous - circus, now boasts of three
rings and a stage, with something go-
ing on simultaneously everywhere and
no end to me performance in alght.
Here Is the way the performance la
proceeding up to date;
Shows in Three Rinsra.
Ring No. 1 (Quo Warranto Special.
ty) Attorney-General Jackson asks
Hearst to apply for a writ Hearst
complies. McClellan secures a writ of
prohibition. Jackson abandons orig
inal proceeding's and begins a case on
his own hook. McClellan demands that
Jackson be punished for contempt.
Performance still running: alons.
- Ft Ins No, 2 The laughable sketch,
"Two Kinds of Seals, or Who Has the
Ballot Soxes?" In the opening scene
they are in possession of McClellan'si
Board of Elections, and he vociferously
calls on the courts to permit the votes
to be destroyed. Justice Hendricks Is
sues an, order tornlnc tho boxes over
to Attorney-General - Jackson. who
promptly ornaments them with his
seal. Board of Elections hides some
of -the boxes. Jackson has members
cited for contempt. Justice Hendricks'
order to that effect Is stayed by an
'order of Justice Amend, who" refers
the matter to Justice Leventxltt. He
takes it under advisement. Justice
Gaynor Issues another order,' prevent-
nST Jac)cson from, removing; th Brook
lyn ballot boxes. Performance grows
more Interesting dally. The ballot
boxes, ornamented with two kinds of
seals, and protected by three sets of
watchers (Board of Elections, Hearst
and Jackson), occupy the center of the
stage.
" Xof-y TumbUng mX Albany.
Ring No. 3-Grand and lofty turn-
bllnfir, participated in by members of
the Albany Legislature. Hurhes asks
the Xeglslature to support the recount
bill. Murphy orders the Tammany
men to do likewise. McCarren, who is
chairman of the Democratic caucus
committee in the Senate, lines up his
men for McClellan. Many of the mem
bers who work with Odell threaten to
do likewise.
Stage Vocal selections and sidewalk
conversations. Hearst proclaims that
McClellan Is a crook and Jackson an
Senator J. 0. Spooner, of Wlw-onsln,
Called by Tillman, "subtle. Sly and
honest man. McClellan declares Jack
son stands for "riot and rottenness."
and sbould be Impeached, while Hearst
Is "a firebrand." Jackson calls Mc-
Clellan -a scoundrel, and In his m oh -sagre
abstains from callns him Mayor,
Invariably addressing his letters to
"George B. McClellan, Mayor's Office."
This is a synopsis of the show up
to date, but new features will prob
ably be added at almost any moment.
McClellan Trusts in Constitution.
McClellan and his advisers are thor
oughly convinced that the recount bill
is bound to pass, probably within a month
or. six weeks. And its soon as it does
they Intend to hit up ajx xtr4Vfce - The
main feature of their argument will be
that a measure such as is proposed is
an ex post facto law, Inasmuch as It pro-
vldee for a new method of counting the
votes of an election that Is already 'oast
and gone. To uphold their position they
quote from the United States Constitu-
tlon, article 1,. section 9 and subdivision
3. which says:
"No bill of attainder or ex post facto
C Concluded on Page 3.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
TESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 60
degrees: minimum, 40.
TODAY'!
Pair; easterly winds.
.British government disavows Swettenham
action. Page 1. "
Jamaicans denounce Swettenham and de
mand his recall. Pags 1.
Xavls' action In North Sea arbitration
earned hUn British gratitude. Page 4.
London papers condemn Swettenham almost
, unanimously. Page 4. 4
Nsvtlonsa.
Tillman makes extraordinary speech In- Sen-
ate on Brownsville riot. Spooner and
Carmack reply and Tillman .apologizes
after secret session. Page 1.
ComnromlM - reached. on BrownavlUft In
quiry, rage i.
House passes bill forbidding ' corporation
campaign donations. Page 2.
Senate subcommittee reports agaltut Bria--tol'a
contlrmatlon. Page 4,
rolitica.
Humorous features of Hearst-McClellan
contest. Page 1.
Texas to vote on Senator today. - Pac 3.
Iomestlc.
tfaskln writes on the telephone. Page 1.
Death o Jostah Flint Wlllard, tramp au-
tlior, Page 2.
Flood receding . at Cincinnati. . rising - at
IjoutsvlUe. , Page s.
PsclflO COMt. -
Harrlman's merger tn Oregon -enuti out
competition. Paee 7.
Seattle's request tor SeoO.OOO for exposition
recelvea coot . reception at Olympta,
Page 5.
"Wcnatchee farmer has uolutlon for servant
girl problem. Page 7.
Sport.
Lucaw confldent he can gain Seattle without
JU fight. Page 7.
Oregon Ilature.
Jonathan Bourn and F. W. Mulkey will
be elected to United. States Senate to
day. Page S.
Haines and aey announce standing com
mittees; reward their mends. Page 6.
House passes fertilizer bill over Governor's
veto. , Page O-
Bins-ham of Lan proposes constitutional
amendment reorganizing Judicial system.
Page 6.
Fight on normal schools waxes warm.
Page e.
Portland and VielzUty.
.AvCtlng Chief of Police Grl tzmacher an-
nounces that he will retire from the de
partment not later than July 1, next
Page XO.
Uultnomah Bar Association prepares hills
for consideration of legislature. Page 5.
Indications strong' that W. B. Glafke will
be Commercial Club's next president.
Page 14.
"William Edgar Oell declares tales of Congo
horrors are true and disagrees strongly
with Professor Starr. Page 11.
City employes In several departments get
raise in wages in new appropriation.
Page IO.
Prorninent local railroad men su opened for
interstate Commerce hearlny beginning
Thursday. Page 11. 7
William J. Bryan's arrival delayed until
this morning at T o'cloclc Psge IO.
Second Oregon Regiment members join
movement for back travel pay. Pag 11.
Coinmevclal and Marine. k
Eaitarn orders for hops cease. Page IS. -
Chicago wheat market strong and higher.
Page 1&
Conditions Confused In NW York stock
market. Page 15.
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Steamer Columbia ica
Aragonla is prison e
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TELEPHONE liftS
IDE REVOLUTION
Enters I nto Every Phase
of Modern Life,
D1STANCE-AT GREAT DISCOUNT
Jokes Told Across Continent
Over the Wire.
AMERICAN
IN
ESSENCE
Vast Sums Invested and Great For
tunes Made-Automatic Driving
Out "Hell Girl" Pliono-
grapbOIay Be Attached.
BY FREDERIC J, HASKIN.
Washington. Jan. 1 6. (special
Correspondence.) When America's
clock stops, America g-oes to tho tele-
phone and asks "Central" what time
It Is. When America is 111, America
sroes to the telephone and asks the
doctor what to do about It. When
America has unexpected company to
dinner, America g-oes to the telephone
and Implores the grocer to come to
the rescue. And when America Is lone
ly, America goes to the telephone and
visits the neighbors. Some enterpris
ing: statistician has made the calcula
tlon that there are enough telephone
wires in the United States to loop the
earth and the moon In a skein of SO
strands, and. make a net big; enough
to eaten, a comet In.
When the telephone was first In
vented, it was considered that city
people would be the first to benefit by
Its facilities, but country dwellers do
things with It that city residents know
not of. In New York It costs a dime
to talk, over the wire, and requires
several minutes to get a connection.
There, as In other large cities, t!)e
'phone is used mainly for business pur
poses or to make engagements. In the
country- It costs as little as a dollar
a month to have a telephone with un
limited service, and so It has come to
pass that the - -party line" Is Indeed
an Institution. When Caleb rlnsrs up
Mehltabel In the northern part ot the
county to taik over the quilting bee
of next week, they are Doth uncom
mon wary as to the nature of their
remarks, In the lull knowledge that
the entire Jenkins family of fire is
listening; to every word they are say
in sr.
Great Is the Hello Girl.
Aside from Its practical use, the
most notable production of the tele
phone era In America is the "hella
girl," at the central office!. She has
been the theme of sons: and story and
the butt of comic papers. She ft-ets
Christmas remembrances from grate-
ful subscribers one day in the year
and "cuaalngs" the other 364. In ths
city sne Is a machine. Under the all-
seeing- eye of the chief operator, she
pulls plugs, makes connections, snap
"busy now," or Queries "waiting- ?
Just as a machine might do. But is
the country she chews gum and trim
her bangs and looks out of the window
all she wants to. She is a bureau of
Information and. a repository of family
secrets. She Is "next" to all the neigh
b or hood gossip, and has everybody In
the community at her mercy.
It is astonishing: how the telephone.
really annihilates distance. Out In
Kansas & couple of ingenious farmer
have been doing: some tinkering:, and
now they are able to talk to each.
Other over the top strand of a barb
wire fence that connects their two
farms. A. lawyer in an Illinois town
called up the house of
client ten
miles In the country and asked, "Js
Mr. Jones In? He was told that the
man be wanted was on the way to
town. Just then a voice broke In on
the wire and said: . "Mr. Jones Juat
went by our house and. he will soon
pass 3rs. Blank's, down the road. Shall
I have her call him for your And in
ft few minutes Jones, only three miles
away, was "helloing:' from Mrs.
Biank'n.
Pleads Guilty by Hionc. '
While waiting- at the exchange for a
call 'In Louisville one day, I told the Ions:
distance operator a new joke which I had
heard at the theater the night before.-
"That's pretty good, I must tell Will."
she said. Will was In New Or loans at
the Cresent City toll-board. X busy
famer in Indiana was accused of a small
misdemeanor. The nearest Justice of
Peace called htm over the telephone.
"Guilty or not guilty?" was asked. "X
guess I'm guilty," was the response. "All
right then, I fine you five dollars. Hrlng
It In next time you come to town." Thus
the majesty of the law took its way
over the talking wire.
The telephone Is no respecter of pea,
sons. We say "hello" to chums or
strangers or servants or dlgnltariea of
the highest rank. And the tinkling of
the little bell is an Insistent summons
that none can deny. We call the busy
man or lordly official over the tele
phone and get him without a minute's
delay,
, when that same busy man or
lordly official might refuse to be talked
with at all if the call were made in
person. Ourloslty plays a larse part in
the game. When the bell rings it la
human nature to want to know what It
Is about. Probably the only Individuals
who may be said to be exempt from such