VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,425.
PORTLAND, OREGOX, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SUBS DT MEN WIN
DF TEETH
Defeated In First Vote
on Final Passage.
FILIBUSTER TO CATCH VOTES
Greatest Battle of Years in
Lower House.
LEADERS FORCE CHANGES
.'After Having Xost by Seven Major-
Ity,. Subsidy Advocates Secure
Reconsideration and Win by
Extraordinary Tactics.
WASHINGTON, March 1. It has been
ifears sine the House was the scene of
'o general a battle between the two great
parties as took place today over the ship
subsidy bill. The bill was passed, but
'not until It had been defeated, and this
fact In Itself shows how close the align
ment was. When the first vote disclosed
a majority against the measure, the
Democrats ' and their ' Republican allies
made the House ring- with their cheers,
There were several roll calls before the
final favorable-result was secured.
The Llttauer . substitute was defeated
on the first vote, ayes 154, noes 161. The
Democrats could not retain their lead,
however, for on a vote to lay on the
table a motion to reconsider the opponents
of the ship subsidy were defeated, 156 to
lot, and a vote to reconsider the first vote
was adopted, 164 to 154.
Immediately after the first ballot dis
cussions began and on the final ' vote to
pass the bill as amended the work done
by the Republican leaders during the heat
of the battle was made manifest. The
bill was passed, 155 to 149.
Republicans AVho Oppose Bill.
The following Republicans voted with
the Iemocrats In opposition: t
Burton Ohio, Campbell Kansas, Vhaproan
JlltnolK Cooper Wisconsin. Da.-rs.xh MlrM
sjan. Davidson tUtcouin, . IX-iviv Minnesota,
rdney Michigan. Foster Vermont,'- Kulfccr
son Missouri, allhams Indiana, Urarr Illi
nois. Gronna Indiana, Hamilton - Michigan,
Hlnshaw Nebraska, Holllday Indiana, Jen
kins Wisconsin, Klnkaid Nebraska, . Kopf
Illinois, Landls Indiana, Fred I.andls lnd!
ana, Lawrence Massachusetts, Lowden 1111
nolo. McCarthy Nebraska, McOavin Illinois,
McKlnney Illinois. Mann Illinois, Marshall
, North Dakota. Miller Kansas, Mouser Ohio.
Murdoch: Kansas, Nelson Wisconsin, Per
kins New York. Stafford Wisconsin. Steen
rson Minnesota, Kvans Minnesota, Vol-
; stead Minnesota, Webber Ohio, Weems,
iohlo. Wilson Illinois. Woodward West Vir
ginia. i- Fifty-two Republicans voted with the
.Democrats on the first rollcall. On the
Jmotlon of Williams to lay the motion to
j areooneider on the table, 50 Republicans
(voted with the Democrats. On a vote
rto adopt the substitute there were 43
iKepubUoan "Insurgents" end on its final
passage there were 41. t
!t Only Lines to South America. "
v Only four steamship lines are to be
."Ubeldlxed under the measure In the
i form agreed upon, and all of these are
U eafl for South American ports. The
flinea wOl be: From the Atlantic Coast
f0 Brazil; a second from the Atlantic
(Coast to Argentina; the third between
Jtbe Gulf of Mexico end Brazil. The fourth
pine will be from the Pacific Coast to
Manama. I-eru ana Chile.
i The annual subsidy for each of these lines
Bs to be 000,000 for a monthly mall service
wr 1800,000 for a fortnightly service, ex
cept for the Argentine line, which Is to
have $400,000 for a monthly service or
9800,000 for. a fortnightly- service. No
American cities are named as ports from
which any of the lines are to start, and
the bill Is so worded that the line on the
Pacific to South America can touch at
any number of ports 1n the United State.
The same Is true of the Atlantic lines.
The bill provides that vessels profiting by
jthe subsidy must have a speed of not less
ithan 16 knots. It had repeatedly been
stated on' the floor ot the House that no
ships now engaged In the South American
trade can make any such speed.
Lines to Orient Cut Out. .
When the bill was taken up. the amend
ment presented by Townsend of Mich
lean, striking out the steamship lines
from Pacific Coast ports to Hawaii. Ja
pan and the Philippines, was pending.
McCall of Massachusetts opened the
debate and favored the amendment, con
tending that the position of the United
States In the Western Hemisphere en
titles It to better mull service. He said
that the visit of Secretary Root to South
America had had an educational effect
on the people of this country and that it
had shown that we can cultivate the peo
ple of South America and make them
our friends.
Townsend spoke In support of his
amendment, and it was adopted, 134 to
100.
Following up his advantage. Townsend
moved to strike out the line from Puget
Sound to the Orient and the motion also
prevailed, ISO to 105. Then the line to
Australia went out. 159 to 111.
An amendment by Fordney of Michigan,
reducing the subsidy for the line to
Buenos Ayres from J100.000 to J266.000 was
lost, 114 to 140.
Humphrey of Washington moved that
the line from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Isthmus of Panama be stricken out. He
raid he wanted to see if "it was a ques
tion of geography."
An amendment by Sulzer requiring
BT SKIM
ships to stop at Mexican Pacific ports,
which developed the fact that several
members of the House do not know the
names of Mexican ports, was next of
fered. .
By this time interest in the bill was In
tense. The galleries were crowded and
the leaders on both sides of the chamber
were rallying their forces for the final
battle. It was near 3 o'clock and there
was still pending Fordney's amendment
substituting a tonnage tax. The advo
cates of the Llttauer bill did not desire
to vote on that proposition, and they
began to filibuster by forcing a vote on
the Sulzer amendment, which was over
whelming defeated.
Tellers were nominated by I4ttauer to
kill time, notwithstanding the chorus of
'noes" that went up from the Demo
crats. When the count was finally taken
there was found to be only one vote for
the provision.
The vote was slow In the extreme and
the Democrats became highly indignant.
Sulzer rose to have the vote by tellers
abandoned, but Currier, of New Hampshire,-
in the chair, held that the vote
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, for Whose
.Property Her Son Applies for m Re
ceiver, could not be completed and the farce was
continued until 3 o'clock.
First Vote Against Bill.
The bill was then reported from the
committee' of the whole to the House,
and, much to the chagrin of the support
ers of the Llttauer bill. Speaker Cannon
held that there must still be a vote on
the Fordney substitute. The result was
unfavorable to that measure, and a ballot
on the Llttauer bill was immediately an
nounced. The ayes and noes were ordered
and the vote as announced showed the
bill defeated,, aye-i lot. noes 1R1.
Llttauer moved to reconsioV-r, - .WJUta-ma!
the minority leader, moved'lq lay "the
motion on the table. Then the Republican
leaders determined to undo the action and
pass the bill. If possible. The motion to
lay on the table was defeated, 156 to 159.
The Republicans had won a victory In the
very jaws of defeat. ,
IJttauer finally Wins.
Again the. ayes, and noes were called.
this time on the motion of IJttauer to
Teconslder tho first vote, and the House
decided to reconsider by a ' vote of 164
to 154i
Llttauer then moved that the substitute
for the Senate bill be agreed to, and the
substitute was adopted, ayes 162, noes 150.
uh Liiira reaaing or me bill was au
thorized, ayes 161, noes 151. and then on
its final passage there were 155 ayes, 144
noes.
Williams realized It would be useless
to continue the contest, and the motion
to reconsider and the motion to lay on the
ta-oie were perfunctorily agreed to.
TWO SCORE ARE INJURED
Mangled Bodies of ' Greek Laborers
Are Taken to Los Angeles.' .
LOS ANGF.T.FS ni Mrl, -i c
two Greek laborers, who were Injured
yesterday morning in a smaahup of a
construction traih at Leith.. Nebr.. on the
Salt Lake road, were brought to-this city
on a special, train, .this morning. The
bodies of the men who were " killed
main tat tha cona nf hA '
Twenty-seven of the injured, brought
In on the' train today; were terribly hurt,
every one of them sustaining a fracture
of an arm or leg. One is suffering from
a fractured skull and two of them 'had
their legs- amputated this morning. . Two
of the injured probably will die.
I -OS ANGELES, Cal., March 1. A spe
cial to the Times from Las Vegas, Nev.,
6ays: . ...
In the wreck of a construction train on
the Salt Lake Railroad near Leith, Nev.,
this morning, one man was - instantly
killed, two were so severely injured that
they died later, and about' 40 were se
riously injured. The dead are Greek la
borers and their' names could not be
learned. The accident occurred near the
big washout.
CLARK WANTS CITY WATER
Trinidad Apt to Have Xo Supply for
- Expensive Reservoir.
PUEBLO, Col., March 1 A special to
the Chieftain from Trinidad says:
This city is in danger of having no
water in its new J300.0CO waterworks sys.
tern. Representatives of United 8tates
Senator Clark, of Montana, are about to
ask for injunctions to prevent the city
divertlng the waters of Animas River.
Senator Clark recently purchased 12,000
acres of coal land in the western part of
East Las Animas County, which he is now
developing.
The city had. it is believed, previously
acquired the water' rights thereon for
reservoir purposes, but it has developed
that no record of the transaction of such
rights appears. Senator Clark wanted to
run a pipe to his coal mine . from the
river, but was refused permission by the
city.
Terrorists Will Murder Officers.
LONDON. March 1. A special to the
Times from St. Petersburg says the police
have learned the' Terrorists have planned
a wholesale assassination of officers by
means of disguises.
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ALL BUT ONE ARE
SAVED FROM SHIP
Gallant Rescue by Life-
Saving Crews. ,
CORONA A HOPELESS WRECK
Passengers Landed Safely on
Shore Before, Nightfall.
CAPTAIN LAST TO LEAVE
II. Errickson, a Swede, Only One of
the 100 on Board Who Met Death.
Passengers All Being Well
Cared for at Eureka.
EUREKA, Cal., March 1. The steamer
Corona, Captain Boyd, considered the best
boat in the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany's service between- this city and San
Francisco, lies straddling the north jetty,
on the Humboldt bar, a hopeless wreck.
Tho Corona, with nearly 100 passengers
aboard, struck at 10:10 o'clock this morn
ing,, as Captain Boyd was attempting, in
the teeth of a stinging wind and a ter
rific bar flood, to drive her into port.
The .usual scenes - attendant ' upon a
shipwreck followed. The passengers
rushed into' the social hall. Some of the
women were hysterical and some of the
men were palsied with fear, but reas
suring words from the crew and some of
the calmer passengers, brought calm.
Thereafter the passengers assembled upon
the hurricane deck, where they remained
until the rescue work was undertaken
this afternoon.
Soon after the ship struck, a boat, in
charge -of- Quartermaster Gunn was low
ered away. It contained three of the crew
and three steerage passengers. This boat
capsized- at once in the boiling surf and
H. Erricksen, a Swede, was drowned.'
Gunn 'and the others succeeded in reach
ing shore, the life-saving crew under
Captain Hennig, having gone to their as
sistance. , -','; " ',;. .'i
A second boat, in charge of Second
Officer B. V. Joenn, was put off. Badly
battered and leaking like a sieve, this
boat reached the shore. Meanwhile, T.
F. Sothern, night saloon watchman,
formerly a marine In the United States
Navy, stripped to the waist and attempted
to carry a line ashore. The small line he
had tied about his waist parted, however,
before he had gone far. Sothern was
picked up by the life-savers. Several at
tempts were made to shoot a line aboard
with the Lyle. gun, but each time the line
fell far short. - .
Finally It was decided by Captain
Hennig and the life-savers to go out In
the billows, and they made as gallant a
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voyage as ever men., undertook, finally
reaching the side of the Corona and pick
ing up the line. - - - - -
Within a short -time after the' Corona
struck, news' of - the accident was -communicated
to Eureka and several thou
sand people during the day: went to the
beach opposite the wreck to watch the
work of fescue. - Several unsuccessful at-
tempts were made to work early in the
day, but It was not. until 4:50 o'clock in
the afternoon that-. Captain Hennig-and
his men worked effectively. At that time
the ship's boats also commenced working
and at 5 :06 Captain Boyd, the last to leave
the ship, stepped on the shore.
The passengers were . brought . to this
city. Nearly all had been drenched, and
some were suffering greatly from the cold.
exposure and nervous shock.! All are be
ing cared for tonight. " t
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weth. f . '
YESTERDAY'S Maximum .temperature, ;47
derreea; minimum! 40. . ; i
TODAY'S Rain ; southwest winds.
White 'Temple audience decide .that men
-- g-oestp more than women. Pave 10.
British Premier favors action on disarma
ment at The Hague, page 2.
. ' National. ' - ' . 1 .'.-'
Ship subsidy bill' passes House .after' nar
row escape from defeat. Page 1.
Standard Oil beaten on alcohol bill tn Sen-
.ate. Page 3.- - - r
President may create many forest reserves.
before new law takes effect. Page 2.;
New Vntted Sates Attorney to prosecute
land-fraud cases. Page 7.
Reform of land laws goes over to next ses
sion. Page 4. " . '
Beverldge and McCumber most unpopular
Senaors. Page 4. i .
Politics,
Bryan and H. M. Whitney have colloquy on
Government ownership. Page 2.
Domestic
Mrs. Eddy's son ies for receiver for her
property. Page 1-
Haskln on American game of politics. Page
1.
Wbole day In Thaw trial taken up with
testimony on Insanity. Page 3.
Emotional Insanity defense In St rot hers
case. Page 4. -
. . . . ' Sports. '.-
Spokane and Multnomah break even in box
ing 'and wrestling tournament. Page T.
Pacific Coast.
All but one man saved from wreck of steam
ship Carona. Page 1.
Friends of Monmouth Normal pledge aid to
the school. Page 3. ,
Olympia Senate heeds protest of church
people and blue laws will remain on
statutes. Page 5. ,
Independent steam railroad to enter Uma
tilla wheat belt. Page 6.
Steve' Adcms murder case expected to go to
Jury Monday. Page 5.
Prosecutor springs surprise in Sears-Dunbar
case. Page 0.
Commercial and . Marine.
Caufe of depression in potato market. Pane
17. ' ' ; '
Wheat again off at Chicago. Page 17.
Stocks grain oh laA,- rally. Page 17.
Statement, of tonnage in port ard en route
fo-' Paninc Couet pares. Psgj 10.
Portland amd .Vicinity.,,. v
President McKenna resigns from Initiative
One Hundred. Body-may disband. Page
13. - . .
Day for divorces In State Circuit Court.
Page 10.
Strike at Eastern A Western Mill forces the
whole plant to shut down. Page 10.
Insurance companies begin to gouge public
again as soon as Legislature adjourns.
Page 11.
Mistake In will forces big corporation into
legal fight for Its rights. Page 10.
Mrs. C. H. Shlpman saves her baby from
death by tire. Page 12. '
E. O. Omley, of Salem, commits suicide at
local hotel. Page 0. -Hill's
purchase of A. & C. Is first step in
Invasion of Harrlman territory in Ore-
gon. Page 12. -
ASKS RECEIVER
FOR MOTHER EDDY
Too Feeble for Busi
ness, Says Glover.
GUARDED BY HER SATELLITES
Difficult for Son to Get; Inter-
: view With; Heiv
HE CALLS FOR ACCOUNTING
Says Her Secretary and Officials of
-. Christian Science "Church Have
Got Possession and May Have
. Appropriated Property.
NCORD, N. H., March 1 Opeclal.)
Alleging that Mrs. Mary Eaker Glover
Eddy hag become too feeble in mind and
body to attend to the affairs connected
with the management of so vast a prop
erty as that now In her hands, her son,
Georf e W. Glover, of Deadwood, S. D.,
on behalf of himself, his daughter. Miss
Mary Baker Glover, and George W. Ba
ker, of Bangor, nephew and "near friend"
of Mrs. Bddy, today filed a bill in equity
in the Superior Court of Merrlmae County,
demanding a financial accounting of Mrs.
Bddy's affairs and those of the First
Church of Christ. Scientist, of Boston,
"the mother church."
The bill Is directed against the trustees
of the Christian - Science Church In Bos
ton and Calvin A. Frye, Mrs. Eddy's sec
retary: Lewis C. Strang, her assistant
secretary, and Herman S. Herlng. first
reader of the church In Concord. Besides
demanding an accounting of all transac
tions in- connection with Mrs. Eddy's af
fairs, the bill asks for restitution in case
any wrongdoing 'appears; for an Injunc
tion during the litigation against Interfer
ence with her property and business, and
for a receiver. . '
Iteble Condition Concealed.
In a statement Issued tonight by ex
United States Senator William E. Chan
dler, as special counsel for the plaintiffs,
it is declared that Mr. Glover is actuated
"by no- spirit of' disrespect to- his mother,
but believes that the proceeding is In her
real interest, and that neither Is the ac
tion directed against, the religion of the
Chrlstlon Scientists. ,. ;
The statement further declares that
Mr. Glover has long thought that his
mother was growing too feeble in
body and mind to attend to the im
portant business matters, but that he
was unable to confirm this suspicion,
because those immediately about her
seemed unwilling to allow even her
nearest relatives to nave an interview
long enough-to reveal her actual con
dition. , Early In January, however, it
is stated Mr. Glover, during a visit to
Concord, was enabled to talk with his
mother for thr.ee-quarters of an hour
and, as a result, after due consldera- j
tion he dectded upon his present ac
tion "as an imperative duty too long
neglected."
Church Officers Run Property.
The action is returnable at the April
term of the Merrlmae County Superior
Court. It is directed against Calvin
A. Frye,.. secretary, and Lewis C.
Strang, assistant secretary, of Con
cord, and Alfred Farlow, Irving C.
Tomllnson and Messrs. Knapp, John
son, Chase and Armstrong, all of Bos
ton, as trustees of the First Church
of Christ . Scientist, and Herman S.
Herlng, first reader of the church In
Concord.
Specifically, the bill . alleges that
Mrs, Eddy is, and for a long time has
been. Incompetent to do business or
to understand transactions conducted
in her name in connection with her
property. : r
' The next allegation Is that the de-
H. M. Whitney, of Boston, Who
Sym Harriman and Hill Are Pro
moting Cause of Government Own
ership of Railroads.
fendants have possessed themselves of
her personal property and have car
ried on her business.
Third, it is alleged that having
done this, knowing of her Infirmity,
they have become trustees for her of
all property - which has come into iier
possession and are bound to give ac
count thereof and of all their trans
actions in her name.
: Fourth, it is alleged , there Is reason
to fear that- the defendants wrong
fully converted some- of her property
to their own use. '
John W. Kelly, of Portsmouth, and the
firm of Martin & Howe, of Concord, will
appear as counsel for the .plaintiff, with
ex-Senator-Chandler as special counsel.
; Mr. Glover Is the son of Mrs. Eddy by
her first husband. He is not now In New
Hampshire, and it is understood that he
and his daughter have returned to their
home in. Deadwood. G. W. Baker is a
son of Mrs. . Eddy's brother, the late
George Sullivan Baker, and is .her only
surviving nephew.
Says Will Regret. Bringing Suit.
Frank S. Streeter. personal, counsel for
Mrs. Eddy, gave out 'the- following state
ment tonight:
"My attention was first called to this
pending suit today. I have not con
ferred with Mrs. Eddy. Within two
weeks she has consulted me several times
on business matters of Importance. Her
capacity to manage her- business affairs
In which ' she is . interested cannot be
questioned. When things she has done
In behalf of her son and four grandchild
ren shall be known, they and their coun
sel cannot but regret taking this action
and the publicity they have given it."
When an Associated - Press . represen
tative went to Pleasant -View.- the- home
of Mrs. Eddy, tonight. he was received
by Lewis G. Strang, her - assistant sec
retary. Mr. -Strang expressed surprise
when the proceedings .were outlined to
him, but said It would ,be impossible to
interview Mrs. Eddy tonight. .
GLOVER'S REASON FOR TACTION
Mother's Mind ..Too Impaired and
Employes Not Responsible. .
DEADWOOD,, S. D., Mareh 1. When
shown the dispatches regarding' the suit
filed in Concord,' N". H., today, George C.
Glover, son of Mrs.- Eddy, said :
This suit was brought In a spirit of. the
greatest kindness and respect to mother.
and is not meant to reflect either upon' her
or the Christian Science religion.- When I
visited mother at- Concord in January.
soon found that her mental condition was so
far Impaired that she could not attend to
financial affairs or give an Intelligent di
rection to any business of hers which might
be of importance. All her 4msinesa is nec-
eHarily conducted by persons surrounding
her at Concord and in charge of affairs at
Boston. They are under no real, responsi
bility to her for what they are doing. I
felt it my duty as her son to take action for
her protection and that of her property.
HEAD OFFICIALS ASTOUNDED
Christina Science Leaders Can't Say
What Will Be Done.
BOSTON. March ' 1. Every Christian
Science official In this city, the home of
and place of residence of all except three
of the defendants in the suit brought In
Concord today, express astonishment at
the action of Mrs. Eddy's relatives. Alfred
Farlow, chairman of the committee on
publication, said,, after being" Informed
of the nature of the suit, that he could
not tell just what would be done.
"The assertion by those people bringing
the suit, to the effect that Mrs. Eddy is
lnnrm mentally, is absurd, be said..
Just to Drag Mrs. Eddy Into Court.
BOSTON. March L W. ' B. Johnson,
clerk of the church corporation and also
a defendant was very emphatic in his
statement that Mrs. Eddy was not men
tally unbalanced and said that the suit
was brought In - order to get ' her Into
court for the purpose of dragging out
facts that might give color to the con
AMERICA'S-CBEAT:
1ME.0E POLITICS
Few Examples of How
It Is Played.
MRS. BRYAN GETS COLD FEET
Great Battle of Watermelons
. 1 in Old Virginia.
TRICK OF AN EX-POPULIST
Palms Off Omaha Convent-ion on
Republicans and It Goes Down.
Rival Candidates Discuss
Politics of the Devil.
BT FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. U. (Special Cor
respondencesPolitics is the great Amer
ican game.. It is played In every grade
of life, and the stake may be the Presi
dency of the United States or the honor
of being a delegate to a county conven
tion. The game's the thlnr and, whether
the, stakes be high or low, your true
American plays it to a finish. The. re
sults of the game are history and known
to all men. The way . the game Is played
makes footnotes to history.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan,- a poli
tician of no small ability, was one of
the two persons In the United States
who went to the Democratic National
Convention In Chicago in 1S96 firm In the
belief that' her husband would be nomi
nated for President. The other person
was William Jennings Bryan himself.
He never lost faith and was nominated.
His wife wavered Just once. After the
great "cross of gold and crown ' of
thorns" speech had made Mr. Bryan the
hero of the convention there was the
long day session devoted to nominating
speeches. Then the convention adjourned t
until the next day without taking a
ballot.
-Caught Galleries, Lost Delegate-.
On' the morning of July 7. when the
nomination was made. Mrs. Bryan rode
into the-city with William M. Springe-land
Urey Woodson. The latter is now
secretary of the National Democratic
committee and he was the first man to
take up the Bryan boom In the conven
tion before the great speech. Mr. Wood
son said:
'We will nominate him today." Mrs.
Bryan sadly replied:
'No, I think not. It could have been
done yesterday, but I fear It Is too late.
I have seen Mr. Bryan capture the gal
leries before and lose the delegates."
In Washington County, Va., there are
too great parties the Watermelons and
the Antl-Watermelons. The race ques
tion has nothing to do with It, as might
be supposed from the names ot the fac
tions, nor Is there any great agricultural
question involved.. There was a county
convention to nominate the county ticket.
Nominations meant election. There were
two cliques headed by rival bosses. One
of them captured the uncertain delegates
and organized the convention.. The other
turned from oratory and persuasion to
strategy. - He bought a wagonload ot
watermelons, backed it up to- the Court
bouse door and ' yielled, "Free water
melon for everybody."
The opposition delegates left the Court
house to feast, but those of the other
side who were posted stayed in their
seats and nominated a -ticket before the
ruse was discovered. And thus two great
parties were born.
Candidate in Chop Sney.
Politicians have often found' themselves
in the soup, but It remained for an' Ohio
man, a late candidate, to get into 'the
chop suey. In the campaign between
Pattison and Herrick; for Governor this
man was one of several candidates who
delivered nonpartisan speeches at a
basket picnic and farmers' gathering at
Four Corners, Ohio. He was speaking
to farmers, and the "plump pumpkin"
and the "yaller-lalged" chicken were his
themes. He contrasted the beautiful.
Independent life of the farmer with that
of the more unfortunate dweller in the
great city. He told of his recent trip
to New Tork and how he had embarked
on a rubber-neck wagon to see the town.
"We went down, down into the heart
of the horrible city. We went down,
down into Chinatown, where the Ori
entals were living in their sin and
squalor. We went down, down Into the
dives where the opium-smokers were
reveling In their terrible debauches. My
fellow citizens, we went down, down into
the very chop suey Itself.'
The first ballot cast In the
State of Illinois under the op-
eratlon of the Australian ballot sys
tem was cast by a Democrat, a Vir
ginian who had voted for Andrew Jack
son for President and who was 93
years'old when the new law went into
effect. It was in July, 1891,. at Old
Berlin, In Sangamon County, that a
special election was held and the new
system . of secret balloting put to a
test. The polls opened at 6 o'clock .
in the morning, and, although a large
crowd was waiting, no vote was cast
until shortly after 11, when Colonel
Speers, who was a late sleeper, walked
In and - cast the first secret ballot in
Illinois. The whole town had waited
to give precedence to its esteemed old-,
est inhabitant.
It was a South Dakota genius who
(Concluded on Pag s)
tention cf the plaintiff.