Morning Oregonian., April 15, 1907, Page 3, Image 3

THE MOKS15G OKEGOXIAN, MONDAY, APRIL. 15, 1907.
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TIP FDR TAFT OUT
TO RANK AND FILE
How the Machine Stands in
Cincinnati, Foraker's
Home Town.
LOCAL POLITICS AS FACTOR
Roosevelt la the Dominant Person
ality and Boss Cox Doesn't
Care to Break AVitb.
Charles P.'Taft.
CINCINNATI. April 8.-(Special to New
York Times.) In Senator Foraker's home
city and county the question in the great
Foraker-Roosevelt campaign Is chiefly one
of the Republican organization. Foraker,
It is said, cannot credit the report that
there Is any chance of the organization
being against him. and a Washington dis
patch to The Cincinnati Times-Star to
night says that he "will not permit If"
Foraker will have a fine time trying to
prohibit anything that the organization
may want to do. Though this is Senator
Foraker's home, he has nothing to do
with controlling the organization. That
has been attended to for many years by
George B. Cox. Since Cox's alleged re
tirement from politics the controlling has
been done by Rud K. Hynicka. although
Cox could control it again tomorrow if he
wanted to. Is the organization for Taft
or against him? Foraker in Washington
is serenely confident, but things have
been going on here that i-Foraker- knows
not of.
Hynicka had a long conference with
Charles P. Taft a while ago, and then
immediately quitted the city, and has not
been back since. Cox, when pressed to
make an utterance, says It is "too early."
Meanwhile the rank and file of the ma
chine, the heelers, the roughnecks, the
men who get their tips from headquar
ters, are talking Taft. Not that any of
the rank and file are deeply in love with
Taft. All over the State Taffs Akron
speech, in 1905 infuriated the organization,
but the resentment in other sections was
as nothing to the resentment here, for
here it came home. Here Taft wrecked
the organization, defeated its county
ticket. No machine man anywhere en
joyed that, nut in the other counties the
machine man's resentment was a matter
of principle; here it was a matter of
bread and butter.
Had to Go to Work.
The county went Democratic, and the
henchmen were out of Jobs. Many of
them had to go to work. Others are still
hanging on, hoping for better things.
These find the price of meat a more im
portant matter than it was before Taft
delivered his Akron speech. And it is
that very fact that lends significance to
the pro-Taft utterances you hear from
such men. If a man who. but for Taft,
might have been in the City Hall drawing
R. good salary is talking Taft instead of
Foraker, it means much. It is not espe
cially significant if such, a man does not
talk Taft very joyously. That would not
be in nature. The fact that he talks Taft
at all Is the amazing thing. Hence the
line of talk you get from such men is
something like this:
"Taft oughtn't to have made that Akron
speech. Still, in politics you have to do a
trreat many things that you don't want to
do. I don't want to support Taft, but
after all I don't want to support Foraker
either. They have both been against the
organization. The only difference is that
Taft has been out in the open and fought
on the level, and Foraker has posed as a
friend of the organization and stabbed it
in private. As between two enemies of
the organization I'm for the man who
fought It openly."
The Keal Answer.
Then you ask him why he is really for
Taft, and he says:
"Well, we've got to elect our local
ticket this Fall," and "that's the an
, ewer."
There is to be ft mighty effort to run
out the Democratic and reform adminis
tration this year, and it is perfectly hope
less to attempt to do it under the For
aker banner. Hence the real secret of
that apparent mystery, the question why
any member of the Cox machine should
be for Taft.
Though nobody has been able to extract
a word from Cox or Hynicka, every man
who has had any experience of politics
knows that when the underlings of a
machine talk in a certain way It is a
pretty fair indication of the way the
bosses are thinking. The rank and file
usually do not plunge in without a tip.
There is a mysterious telepathy, unex
plalnable but well known in politics, by
which the thoughts of the boss trickle
down to the precinct captain.
Charles P. Taft is the man chiefly re
sponsible for this state of things. He is
an organization man and has always been
with Cox. His brother has been against
Cox. and about the sincerity of their
difference there has been no question.
The organization has always loved
Charlrs p. Taft and objurgated William
II. Taft. Charles P. Taft is a power; he
always was, but since William H. de
prived the machine of Its bread and but
ter the organization has been less cocky
and less disposed to alienate its friends.
The idea of embarking on a contest with
Charles P. is abhorrent to the machine
mind, and still more to the hungry ma
chine stomach. If there are ever to be
loaves and fishes in Hamilton County
again, they are not to be got by driving
leaders of the organization, especially
such men as Charles P. Taft. into the
independent ranks. And no one doubts
for a moment that if the organization
were to come out against William H.,
Charles P. would join the mugwumps for
the first time in his life and take the
Times-Star with him.
Reformers for Taft.
Meanwhile the reformers are for Taft.
The Roosevelt Club has declared for him.
Cincinnati is a city of clubs, and its poli
tics is club politics. The Blaine Club is
not merely the organization club; it is
the organization. Every office-holder
must Join the Blaine Club. It has been
quite customary in the palmy days for
an office-holder's dues in the Blaine Club
to be deducted from his salary before it
Is handed over to him.
The Stamina League contained most of
the reformers, but as it was not unani
mous, a good many of the Staminas with
drew and started the Roosevelt League.
This organization is composed of the men
who bolted the Cox ticket in 1905. the men
who are fighting for municipal reform
now and the men who will fight the Cox
ticket in future. The Roosevelters adopt
ed a resolution indorsing Taft a short
time ago. Thus Taft seems to have a
chance for both Bides.
There is an element of danger here for
Taft. however. It lies in the fact that
if tne organisations indorse him it will
undoubtedly expect him to keep quiet in
the local campaign, and if he does the
machine will most likely assert that it
now has both Tafts with it. In any such
evnt the reformers are quite sure to
i address a leUer lo William H. Taft In
forming him that they followed his ad
vice in the election of 1905, and asking
him whether he still sticks to that advice
or has changed his mind. There is not
much doubt that if such a situation were
squarely presented to William H. Taft he
would reaffirm his Akron position with
out the slightest regard to the effect on
his own political fortunes, and If he did
Of course the machine would fight him.
The reformers, however, say that on
such an issue they could beat the ma
chine, because of the immense Roosevelt
strength in this country. The machine
never has had much use for Roosevelt.
When he came in his Vice-Presidential
stumping tour in 1900 not a single party
chief called upon him except Representa
tive Bromwell. The affront was studied,
premeditated, and caused by his reputa
tion as a silk-stocking reformer. When
he was inaugurated President the Blaine
Club stayed at home and let the Julius
Fleisehman Colored Republican Club rep
resent It at Washington.
Roosevelt the Vote-Getter.
But the machine must have votes, and
It cannot get them if it opposes Roose
velt. Roosevelt's strength among the
people here is great, fully as great as it
is anywhere else. There is something in
the excuse given by machine men for
supporting Taft. that the organization has
little cause to love Senator Foraker as
Taft. Foraker was once a popular idol in
Cincinnati, but he is so no longer. A
reputation for being immensely selfish,
for doing nothing for anybody and a
great deal for Foraker, has grown up
about him, and such a reputation is fatal
to a man among politicians. As for the
people who are not politicians, they don't
like Foraker, either, for two reasons
first, that he is against Roosevelt, and,
second, that his corporation alliances are
too close, too open, and too flagrant.
"The impression current here about
Foraker," said a Taft man today, "is
that he can always be counted upon to be
for anybody who Is against the general
public."
One difficulty with the Foraker plan to
arouse sentiment against Taft on the
score of his labor record Is that the la
bor people are even more thoroughly
against Foraker -than they are against
Taft. They do not like Taft's decision in
the Phelen strike case, but when it is
Foraker who presents that argument
against the Secretary the average man
listens coldly. Foraker has never been
an organizer, and never had an organiza
tion of his own. He always trusted to
making use of the local organization,
using Cox's in Cincinnati and others in
other parts of the state. The result is
that he lias nowhere to turn if the organi
zations are against him.
As for Dick, he amounts to nothing in
Hamilton County, and never did. It was
always Cox who ruled here. Dick is
practically unknown here, has no follow
ing and no friends. Hence the situation
in Hamilton County is desperate for the
Senators unless they can hold the machine.
ROUTE FDR LDNS RIDE
M'CABE SELECTS COURSE OF
3000-MILE TRIP.
Rider of Davenport's Steed Chooses
Quartermaster-Sergeant Peterson
as His Companion.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 14.
(Special.) Lieutenant E. Warner Mc
Cabe, of the Sixth Cavalry, who has
been picked by General Bell to ride
from Sllverton, Or., across the conti
nent on an Arab stallion, has asked
that Quartermaster-Sergeant Samuel
Peterson, troop K, Sixth Cavalry, be
detailed as his orderly to accompany
him on the Ions trip.
McCabe has also indicated that he
will lay his route along the Oregon
Short Line and the Union Pacific road
from Sllverton to Umatilla, Or.; thence
to Boise Barracks, Idaho; Fort D. A.
Russell. Wyo.; Omaha, Neb.; Fort Des
Moines, la.; Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind.; Columbus Barracks, O.; Pittsburg
and Harrisburg, Pa., to New York City.
General Bell said today that he
thought the trip, which will embrace
more than 3000 miles, might be made
in 100 days, and even less if the horse
had the necessary endurance. Com
plete statistics of the condition of the
horse and rider, amount of looa con
sumed and other details will be kept
from day to day.
DELMAS OUT OF THAW CASE
Statement Made by Member of Coun
sel Quiet Day for Prisoner.
NEW YORK, April 14. Harry K.
Thaw spent a quiet Sunday in the
Tombs today. Early in the afternoon
his wife called to see him, but Warden
Flynn told her that she would have to
abide by the usual prison rules, conse
quently she was not permitted to. see
her husband, as she had done on pre
vious Sundays during the 11 weeks that
Thaw had been on trial.
It was stated by one of the counsel
who acted for Thaw in the recent trial
that D. M. Delmas will not hereafter
have anything to do with the case, but
that Messrs. Peabody and O'Reilly
would act for him in the future.
MINERS' STRIKE SETTLED
Differences Are Compromised and
Men Return to Work.
SALT LAKH CITY. Utah, April 14. A
special to the Herald from Park City,
Utah, says the strike of 4X miners on the
Daly, West and Ontario .mines was settled
today. The differences arose over an
order that the company's men should go
to and from work on their own time.
Settlement is a compromise, the miners
going and coming on company's time, but
eating noon lunch on their own time.
Park City is an eight-hour camp.
HELD FOR ABNER'S MURDER
Clay Thomas Placed Under Arrest.
Men Had Quarreled.
BEATTYVILLE. Ky., April 14. Clay
Thomas was arrested today for the mur
der of Jesse Abner last night. Thomas
s&ys Abner struck him with a rock and
came near knocking him- off his horse
and that he drew hla revolver and shot
him. The killing Is the r&ult of the
Hargis-CockriU feud, in which John
Abner. a relative, is a central figure. The
men are known to have quarreled at the
time John Abner was in Jail charged
with the assassination of Dr. Cox, and
Thomas accused Abner with having been
against the Hargis'.
Arrested for Theft of $3.
Charles Jacobs, who says he is a cook
on one of the tramp steamships in the
harbor, pointed out Paul Tieta to Patrol
men Tennant and Edgerton about 1
o'clock this morning, declaring that the
latter had stolen 3 from him. The of
ficers called for the patrol wagon and
sent both men to the station. On being
searched, Tietx was found to be without
any money, and Jacobs was held as a
witness.
J.H.EGKELSFOUND
DEAD III HIS BED
Ex-Comptroller of Currency
Stricken With Heart Failure
in His Chicago Home.
DEATH CAME AS HE SLEPT
Strong; Member Cleveland's Admin
istration and Prominent in Finan
cial World Wife and Daugh
ter Are - in Europe.
CHICAGO, April 14. James H. Eck
els, president of the Commercial Na
tional Bank of this city, and ex-Comptroller
of the Currency, died here to
day of heart disease. Mr. Eckels died
while asleep in bed. The fact that he
was dead was discovered by the but
ler, who entered Mr: Eckels' room after
hearing a telephone within ring con
tinuously without receiving an answer.
Other members of the family were
summoned.
Dr. Frank S. Churchill gave It as his
opinion that Air. Eckels had been dead
for some hours.
Mrs. Eckels and her daughter,
Phoebe, 18 years of age, are in Paris,
where the latter Is attending a fin
ishing school for girls.. They have
been abroad since last Fall and planned
to return to Chicago in a few weeks.
They were at once communicated with
by cable. It is understood they will
sail from France for New York tomor
row. The death of Mr. Eckels came on the
eve of a breakfast party which he had
planned for a number of his friends
and relatives. Judge Landis, of the
Federal District Court; Mrs. Landis,
Judge and Mrs. E. H. Garry, of New
York; Mr. and Mrs. George M. Eckels,
brother and sister-in-law of the de
ceased, and others were to have been
his guests.
Father Died Two Months Ago.
James A. Eckels, of Princeton, father
of James H. Eckels, died two months
ago. On the morning of the death of
the elder Eckels, the son was a host
of ex-President Cleveland. The ex
President and Mr. Eckels were at
breakfast when news of the father's
death was received at the Eckels' resi
dence. Mr. Eckels was kept in ignor
ance of the fact for several hours until
Mr. Cleveland had left the city.
It developed during the day that the
person who was trying to communicate
with Mr. Eckels over the telephone, the
ringing of which led to the discovery
of the death, was George M. Eckels, a
brother. Half an hour later he was
called to his own telephone and noti
fied of his brother's death.
A postmortem examination was held
and a statement issued giving the
cause of death as organic heart dis
ease. A formal Coroner's inquest will
be held tomorrow morning. The fu
neral will be held Tuesday afternoon
from the Fourth Presbyterian Church.
Rev. William Nottmann will conduct
the services. Interment will not take
place at once, it having been decided
to place the body in a vault until the
return of Mrs Eckels and daughter,
when a private funeral will be held.
Prominent in Financial World.
Mr. Eckels was a stockholder and
was prominent In the management of
several concerns, among them being
the Hewitt Manufacturing Company
and the Union Traction Company, of
which he was vice-president; the
Featherstone Foundry & Machine Com
pany, the Chicago Real Estate Trus
tees' Association, the Allis-Chalmers
Company, the American & British Se
curities Company, the Bankers' Trust
Company of New York and the First
National Bank of Baltimore. He was
a member of the Union League,- the
Merchants' and the Commercial Clubs,
of Chicago, and of various clubs in the
East.
Mr. Eckels was one of the receivers
of the Chicago Union Traction Com
pany appointed by Federal Judge
Grosscup several years ago.
Mr. Eckels was born at Princeton,
111., November 22, 1856, and most of his
life had been spent in Illinois. He re
ceived am early education in the schools
of his native city, later taking up the
study of law at Albany, N. Y., gradu
ating from the Albany Law School in
1S80. He practiced law at Ottawa, 111.,
until appointed by ex-President Cleve
land to the post of Comptroller of the
Currency in 1893.
Mr. Eckels, during the agitation of
the currency question, became promi
nent as an advocate- of the gold stand
ard. Always a Democrat, he became
affiliated in 1896 with the Gold Stand
ard Democrats. He retained the office
of Comptroller of the Currency until
the end of President Cleveland's term
in 1897, when he became president of
the Commercial National Bank of this
city.
Mr. Eckels left only four near rela
tives. They are his wife and daugh
ter, his brother, George M. Eckels, and
a sister. Mrs. Jane E. Palmer, of
Princeton, 111. George M. Ecels is an
attorney of this city.
CLEVELAND DEEPLY TOUCHED
Ex-Presldent Feels Keenly the Loss
of His Close Personal Friend.
PRINCETON, N. J., April 14. Ex
President Grover Cleveland was deeply
touched when he learned of the death of
Mr. Eckels. He said:
"I am closely related to Mr. Kcklea,
and his death comes to me with a
peculiar shock. In important public work
I learned to know him intelligently and
industriously. He devoted himself to
duty, and in the intimacy of close friend
ship I learned to know and appreciate his
tare and attractive qualities of heart.
These incidents have a personal touch
with my deceased friend and cause me to
mourn his death as a great personal
sorrow.
"Mr. Eckels Illustrated the traits that
make the best American citizenship.
Deeply interested in every question con
nected with the public welfare, he studied
them with soberness, in the end that he
might increase his usefulness. He was
a public spirited man who saw duty all
about him and whose Influence was im
pressed on all his surroundings for
good.
"There was nothing frivolous about Mr.
Eckels. In every relation of life, as a
citizen, business man and as a friend, he
was earnest and wholehearted. Neitber
the Immediate community in which he
dwelt nor the country at large can well
afford to lose a man like James H.
Eckels.".
Fatally Shot by Burglar.
NEW YORK. April 14. George M. Sham-
bacher, a wealthy real estate dealer. 56
years Of ae. WIU shot nnil mni4oll
wounded while in the dining-room of his
nome toaay. his family believe that a
burglar surorlsed b-u- Sh
him. .
FLOODS DO GREAT DAMAGE
Southeastern Europe Suffers Heav
ily From Overflow of Rivers.
CONSTANTINOPLE. A'nril 14 Con
tinuous heavy rains have caused the
rivers to overflow, seriously flooding
Macedonia and Asia Minor. The plains
oi tsrusa, Adabazar, Kutuahia, Adin and
almost all the villages are submerged
and there have hApn hooi in.. r.r n
and destruction of cattle and property.
coming alter the severe Winter and
the ruination of crops, the floods have
entailed acuta disr
ulation, and the interruption of rail
way tranic renders relief difficult.
INDUSTRY IS AT STANDSTILL
French Porcelain Plants Closed Be
cause Exports Are Delayed.
LIMOGES. France, April 14. Work in
hte porcelain Industry at this place is
almost at a standstill and several hun
dred men are out of employment because
of the holding up of consignments by the
United States customs, as a result of a
dispute. There are 300 to 400 cases of
porcelain lying at New York. When the
manufacturers were asked to explain this
they declared it resulted from a report of
a United States treasury agent to the
effect that the goods were being sold
cheaper in the- United States than in
Europe. They have furnished the real
facts to the United States Consul at
Limoges and appealed from the examin
ers to the board of appraisers.
BRAZIL AT PEACE MEETING
South American Republic Will Take
Part in The Hague Conference.
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 14. Brazil
has received official information from the
government of the Netherlands that she
is to participate in the approaching peace
conference at The Hague. The Brazilian
government has denounced the existing
commercial treaty with France, and it
has been decided to denounce also the
agreements with France, Spain, Italy,
Portugal and Switzerland under which
the consular representatives of the speci
fied countries are allowed to Intervene
in the collection and settlement of In
heritances. MANY GO TO SEE PAINTINGS
Varnishing Day Attracts Crowds to
Salon of National Society.
PARIS, April 14. Varnishing day at the
salon of the National Society of Fine
Arts attracted an enormous and fashion
able gathering. The exposition is less
important than of the old Society of
French Artists, which will open May L
However, there are several pictures of
real merit. The landscapes generally are
of a higher level than the figures. Ameri
can artists are prominent, especially F.
K- Freiseke, of Michigan.
ACER'S FUNERAL IMPOSING
Fifty Thousand Socialists Pay Re
spects to Dead Leader.
BERLIN, April 14. The funeral of
Herr Auer, member of the Reichstag,
who died last Wednesday, was held to
day and was an imposing demonstra
tion. Fifty thousand Socialists, includ
ing members of the Reichstag, attend
ed, and Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader
In the Lower House, and others made
orations at the grave.
CAPTURE BAND TERRORISTS
Men Were Lying in Wait Opposite
Residence of Governor.
MINSK, Russia, April 14. A band of
Terrorists, lying in wait in a house op
posite the Governor's palace, apparently
with the intention of assailing the Gov
ernor, was discovered today by the
police. In an interchange of shots, a
policeman was killed and two were
wounded, two Terrorists were captured.
The others escaped.
MOROCCO BREAKS AGREEMENT
Contract for Drainage System at
Tangier Let to German Firm.
PARIS, April 14. The correspondent at
Tangier of the Temps says the Moroccan
foreign board has awarded a contract for
a public drainage system at Tangier and
a sea embankment to a German firm,
which bids J1SO.O00, although the treating
directly with a private firm in the matter
of a public utility is in violation of the
Algeciras agreement.
TAKES MODERN TIME SYSTEM
Russian Railways Adopt 24-Hour
System for the Time Tables.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 14. Russia is
experimenting with the 24-hour time sys
tem, the hours being numbered consecu
tively from one to 24 instead of two
periods of 12 hours. The Minister of Rail
ways has prescribed that the Summer
timetables for the railways to Moscow
be printed In the new system.
Detect Banknote Forger.
PARIS, April 14. The police of France
and Switzerland have arrested banknote
forgers who apparently had just com
menced operations. The total value of
the forged banknotes already in circula
tion is not known at the Bank of France,
but it Is believed that the criminals have
not had time to dispose of more than a
few thousand francs. The notes were
made in Switzerland.
Four Mexican Miners Killed.
CHIHUAHUA, Mex., April 14. Four
miners were killed and two others
seriously injured in an accident yesterday
in the Galena mine of the San Toy Mining
Company, Santa Eulalia camp, of this
district. The miners were descending one
of the deep shafts in a cable bucket when
the cable broke, precipitating them a dis
tance of 110 feet.
Inciting Violence Among Strikers.
NANTEZ, France, April 14. Yvete, a
delegate to the General Conference of
Labor, was arrested today on a charge
of inciting lawbreaking by violence of
language when addressing strikers. He
is alleged to have invited the dockwork
ers to "cut buttonholes' In the stomachs
of those opposed to them. '
People Stop Sale of Absinthe.
GENEVA. April 14. A referendum of
Canton of Geneva has ratified the law
prohibiting the sale of absinthe by a
vote of 7S40 to 7081.
Torpedo-Boats Off for Gaeta.
NAPLES, Arril 14. A squadron of
torpedo-boats left today for Gaeta, to
be present at the meeting of King Ed
ward and King Victor Emmanuel.
April Sale Bargains for Monday
Great Annual Lace Sale
In all there are a million yards in about two thousand patterns the season's newest and
most desirable designs being fully represented in Allovers in Net and Point de Vcnise, Net Top
Laces, French Valenciennes, Galloons, Medallions, Motifs, etc Every woman who appreciates
extraordinary bargains in Fine Laces will be here early this morning.
1 8-inch Allover Lace in Net and Point de
Venise, white or ecru ; also Baby Irish.
Laces to $1.50 Yd. $ .87
Laces to $2.00 Yd. SI .19
Laces to $2.50 Yd. $1.47
Laces to $3.00 Yd. $ 1 .87
Laces to $4.00 Yd. $2.47
French Valenciennes Lace and Insertions,
in broken sets and some to match.
2 to 1 in. 50c Value at
27c Dozen
12 to 1V4 in. 85c Value,
47c Dozen
34 to 1V4 in. $1.35 Val.
67c Dozen
34 to li2 in. $2.00 Val.
97c Dozen
1 8-inch Allover Lace for waists, white AJ
or ecru, 75c value, yard. ... ....... TCX C
$1.50 Embroidery 63c
22-inch Allover Embroidery for waists, small
neat patterns and some openwork r n
signs; values to $1.50 yard; for... OOt
100 Women's Smart Tailored Suits
esL Val.
Special for today, the Lipman-Wolfe School of Style offers 100 Women's Summer, 1907, Tai
lored Suits in Eton and Pony Styles. Made of special weave, plain Panama in black, navy and
brown, and fancy stripes and checks. Trimmings of silk and braid in novel and GLO3 7
beautiful effects. Regular $35 values Special for
Other Great
$10 Net Waists at $4.80
$2 Nainsook Gowns $1.19
Sale $1 Fancy Silks 85c
April Sale of Curtains
$6.50 value, $4.98 $3.50 value, $2.33
$5.50 value, $3.98 $2.25 value, $1.53
$4.50 value, $3.19 $1.75 value, $1.19
Anti-Trust Sale of Drugs
Sale 50c Drugs at. . . ...... .23
Sale $1.00 Drugs at 49
KANSAS IS FOR ROOSEVELT
KANSAS SAYS PEOPLE IVOUIiD
GIVE HIM THIRD TERM.
Senator Has Just Returned From
Panama and Relieves Canal
Should Be Dug by Contract.
TOPEKA, Kan, April It United States
Senator Charles Curtis, who returned
home today from Panama and Cuba,
said:
"I am sure that the people of Kansas
will be for President Roosevelt or his
policy In Presidential matters. If Presi
dent Roosevelt is a candidate for re
nomination or will accept a renomination
I think the people of this state will be
for him."
There were 14 In the party of Congress
men that went to Panama. '
"What was the consensus of opinion
among them?" was asked Senator
Curtis, "regarding the future manner of
doing the work on the canal?" He re
plied: "It was pretty well agreed among tne
members of our party that the best plan
to follow would be to let a contract for
the work. The reasons advanced were
that it would put a man right on the
ground who was doing the work that it
would not be necessary to go to Washing
ton every time something was to be
done." .
Speaking of the conditions in Cuba Mr.
Curtis said:
"Ninety per cent of the people there
are unfit for self-government, and the
remainder are quarreling among them
selves." League Team Plays Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, Wash., April 14. (Spe
cial.) Gray's Harbor fans showed their
Interest today when they turned out
by thousands to witness a game be
tween the new Northwest League team
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and a local nine. All the batteries of
the. league team were used on both
sides, but the local team only scored
one run, while the league got nine.
BRYAN ON TAINTED MONEY
Healthful Sign When Church Re
fuses Rich Men's Gifts.
WASHINGTON. April 14-WlUiam J.
Bryan addressed nearly 2000 persons here
today under the auspices of the T. M.
C. A., and took for his subject "The
Prince of Peace." Mr. Bryan concluded
with praise for the colleges and universi
ties that have declined to accept money
from wealthy men "who have gained
their riches by dishonest methods."
"One of our rich men," he said, as
reached a point where he sometimes has
difficulty in finding people to take his
money. This I regard as the best evi
dence of the growth of a moral sentiment
in this country. It means something
when a great church pauses, hesitates,
refuses to accept the money until it
knows how It was made. I believe the
time will come when churches and col
leges will refuse to go into partnership
In the spending of money immorally
made. The Influence of public opinion
will be a powerful factor In the restor
ing of righteousness. These great in
stitutions should say to a man: "You
did not make your money honestly; we
will not share the odium with you.' "
A reception was tendered Mr. Bryan
after his address tonight, after which he
left for New York to attend the peace
congress.
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