VOL. XL. VI. XO. 14,642.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HOSTS OF LABOR
CONVENTION
Gompers Talks to Am
erican Federation.
UNIONS LEAD ID PATRIOTISM
Ready to Fight if Pacific
Cruise Means War.
PROGRESS OF THE YEAR
President of Federation Distributes
Sharp Blows to Van Cleave,
Cannon, Llttlefleld and
Ship-Subsidy Hunters.
NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 11. The first
session of the American Federation of
Labor, which began Its 27th annual
convention at the Jamestown Exposi
tion today, was devoted to speechmak
Ing ar.d reading of reports. When ad
ournnient came tonight, president
Gompers, Secretary Frank Morrison
nd Treasurer J. D. Lennon had sub
mitted their reports and a partial re
port of the credential committee had
keen heard.
In response to the addresses- of wel
come by Governor Swanson and Expo
sition President .Tucker, Mr. Gompers
bald a tribute to Virginia and to the
Exposition, painting to the fact that
fchls Is the first exposition of this kind
utlt entirely by organized labor. He
tonflned his remarks chiefly to general
matters, but towards the end came
town to labor problems and said:
' Unions Best Patriots.
I know of no organization that makfi so
little pretense of patriotism, but in which
p-ue patriotism prevails to such a large ex
tent as in organised labor. We want peace.
We love peace and are working for peace,
snd in the- proportion that our working:
beople are better organized we will secure
peace. There is a man -chosen to boss the
fob of taking the Atlantic fleet to the
pacific Ocean of whom I wish to speak.
J'hat is Fighting Bob Evans, who said in
connection with transferring the fleet:
'I don't know what may be the result
ef this cruise. I have only one mission,
and that Is to see that the fleet goes to the
Pacific Coast, and whether it is to be for
tun or frolic or a fight we will be there."
It la to that I want to refer and make
the application to the labor movement. If
t Is to be peace. If it Is to be fun, or if it
is to be a. flight, we will be there.
Industrial Peace Essential.
.1 don't think there is any man who loves
peace more than I do. I believe that indus
trial peace Is essential to our progress
almost as essential as air and lungs to
breathing animals: but the time Is past
ivhen the jiossessors of wealth, the em
ployers of labor, who consider themselves
masters, can look down upon the laboring
man. who stoops with bent shoulders and
accepts the orders of the master.
i.hnr toriav stands erect, looking the
whole world In the face. Insisting upon
equal treatment, equal opportunity, and re
lenting any attempt at injustice or wrong.
Fully 600 members and delegates at
tended the opening session. Many men
prominent In organized labor had seats
Dn the stage, as did Governor Claude A.
Swanson of Virginia. H. St. George
Tucker and other officials of the Expo
sition Company.
Growth In Membership.
At the afternoon session Mr. Gomp
ers read his annual report. In which
the whole Held of labor controversies
In tho past year was covered. He
showed an Increase In membership by
the Issue of 373 charters as follows:
International unions, 3: state federa
tions, 1: city central bodies, 72; local
trade unions. 204; Federal labor unions,
93; total. 373.
There are now affiliated to the Amer
ican Federation of Labor the follow
ing: International unions, 117; state
federations, 37; city central bodies,
57i:local trade and Federal labor un
ions, 661.
The International unions are made
Dp of approximately 2S.500 local unions.
He says that for about a year pre
vious to 1897 there was a slight reac
tion from growth of the Federation,
but this year' there has been a de
cided gain in organizations and mem
bership. He says that when the mem
bership of a union falls off. It Is due
largely to failure to adopt the best
means for safeguarding members' best
Interest. A better organization and a
revived spirit soon demonstrate the
necessity of organization.
He says that most excellent results
attend the trade movements of the
local unions which come directly un
der his own supervision. On this topic
he continues:
It Is true beyond question that the do
fnse fund has been a potent factor in se
curing for the workers to whom I have re
ferred substantial Improvement in their
wages, hours and working conditions. It is
' equally true that by the timely advice
given them they .have obtained such better
ment without the necessity of a cessation of
work. I am quite confident that unless the
greatest possible care were constantly exer
cised the defense fund would not only be de
pleted, but impractical and often unneces
sary strikes would be Inaugurated, result
ing in defeat and injury to the workers
themselves. This Is cited as applying more
to the years preceding the one Just closing.
Drawing In Other Unions.
He says that during the past year he
lias had conferences with representatives
of unaffiliated organizations, including
railroad organizations, bricklayers and
masons .and the Western Federation of
Miners with a view to bringing them Into
closer relationship with the federation.
With the first-named he says co-operative
work was undertaken. He adds:
la Interview, .wiLh. Jllu lstu.eiinlaU.VM of
the Western Federation of Miners many er
roneous impressions regarding the American
Federation of Labor and Its course toward
that organisation were removed and a clear
er understanding established.
He makes recommendations on the
adaptation of unions to changing condi
tions and raps the Industrial Workers of
the World in the following paragraph:
To attempt to meet these conditions with
out tr.klng Into account our. existing organi
zations as they are now formed; to attempt
to Institute what some are pleased to term
industrial orgfcilzat.ons with the avowed
purpose of destroying existing trade unions,
is not only foolhardy, but It Is ruinous, aye,
almost criminal.
So Wage' Reductions.
He reiterates his former advice to resist
w.age reductions and says:
Not In the history of all our country has
there been what has been termed a shrink
age of values so great as within a few
months past. The shrinkage occurred not
upon actual, tangible varues, but upon In
flated or watered stocks which in the finan
cial vernacular are termed "values." In
former periods when shrinkage of inflated
values transpired, its general influence upon
industry was almost immediately to affect
the real values of production, which In turn
were forced upon the toilers in the form of
AUGUSTUS E. WILLSON.
RVST.
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Augustus E. Wlllson. elected Re
publican Governor of Kentucky, ia
a native of that state and was Jaorn
In 1&16. - He - has served several
terms In Congress as Representa
tive of the Fifth District of Ken
tucky. reductions of wages, bringing in their wake
an industrial crisis and panic.
It is due to the determined and clean-cut
policy of labor of our country that our
princes of finance, despite their machina
tions, could not Influence employers of labor
to hazard an attempt at wage reductions. If
all labor will unfalteringly adhere to the de
termination to resist any and all reductions
in wages, we shall not only avoid the
misery, poverty and calamity of the past,
but we shall teach financiers, employers and
economists in general & new philosophy of
life and Industry, the magnificent and hu
mane influences of which will live for all
time.
In our organized effort we should endeavor
to- maintain industrial peace by trade agree-
ments with employers. These agreements,
written or verbal, should be faithfully kept.
We should use our best Influences and judg
ment to avoid Industrial conflicts wherever
possible, and under any and all circum
stances to resist to the uttermost every at
tempt to reduce wages.
He urges all unions to provide them
selves with funds not only to sustain
members during strikes and lockouts, but
to obtain a greater measure of -justice
without those means. The unions, he
says, should assist by paying benefits, hot
as a matter of sympathy but of acquired
right, adding:
"There is no factor so potent to secure
the just demands of labor as a well organ
ized union with a goodly treasury."
M Mi:elt- jjLit Sum & I
He says that the law of supply and de
mand is no longer used as an excuse for
wage reductions.
His Respects to Van Cleave. .
Mr. Gompers then pays his respects to
the National Association of Manufactur
ers and Its president. J. W. Van Cleave,
whose war fund of $1,500,000 he describes
as designed to "weaken, cripple and de
stroy the unions of labor." He says that
not less than 12,000 secret detective agents
are employed to "spy uion and misrepre
sent the doings of labor.- He suggests
that "these hireling character assassins"
are to be the chief beneficiaries of the
war fund. He says that many members
of the association are out of sympathy
with Mr. Van Cleave and have resigned
and sent him (Gompers) copies of their
letters of resignation. He says that despite
opposition the union shop has jnade prog
ress and denies the correctness of the
term "closed shop," saying that a union
shop is open to all workmen who perform
their duty
He condemns, a bill Introduced In the
Canadian Parliament against those who
Incite to strikes. He says the condition
of labor in Porto Rico has somewhat im
proved, for which he takes credit to the
Federation, but much remains to be done
there. He says that during a recent visit
to Cuba, he found a positive deterioration
In the condition of workmen compared
with seven years ago. The cigarmakers
struck for pay in American money, and
with the aid of the Cigarmakers' Union
won a victory. The railroad men were
now striking for the same right.
long Honrs on Canal. '
Regarding labor on the Panama Canai,
he says:
Much progress has been made, but condi
tions show that much improvement is neces
sary for civtllzed life. It Is established be
yond question that generally those in
authority at Panama have manifested their
hostility to the consideration of the work
men's grievances when presented as an
entity, an organized tody. The reports from
there, and those not only the reports from
labor men, show that the hours of labor
range from 12 to 14 a day, and this, too. In
the midst of great excavation work in the
torrid zone and miasmatic atmosphere of
Panama.-
He suggests that authority be given for
himself, or some other officer of the Fed
eration, to visit the canal, zone and In
vestigate conditions.
He reviews the agitation against child
labor and says it has borne good fruit.
Some progress has been made in the or
ganization of women wage-earners.
He expresses disappointment at the
meager results of The Hague Peace Con
ference, and urges labor unions to carry
on an educational peace propaganda. He
says international fraternity among
workmen will contribute more than all
else to universal peace.
Progress of Eight-Hour Day.
He reports that the eight-hour work
day has made considerable progress and
gives a list of trades which have secured
it. He recommends a special committee
to consider its more general introduction.
He says the printers' effortB to secure It
have been crowned with success.
He declares that the demands of the
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BIBLE STORIES
How Detective Got
Adams to Confess.
PINKERTONS ARE WITNESSES
Darrow Makes Effort to Prove
Them Unreliable.
THIELE GETS A GRILLING
Jurors In Murder Case Deeply In
terested In Testimony and Lean
Forward to Catch Every
Word From 'Witnesses.
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 11. A spe
cial to the Spokesman-Review from
Rathdrum, Idaho, says:
Moat of the day In the case of Steve
Adams, a member of the Western Fed
eration of Miners, who Is on trial here
for the alleged murder of Fred Tyler, a
homesteader In the Marble Creek coun
try of Shoshone County, Idaho, three
years ago, was taken up by Clarence
Darrow, leading attorney for Adams,
In paving the way for an argument as
to the truthfulness of Plnkerton detec
tives. B. C. Thlele, assistant superintend
ent of the Plnkerton Spokane office,
was Mr. Darrow's victim, and from
early morning until court adjourned he
battled with the detective on the witness-stand,
going over and over again,
step by step and thread by thread, the
circumstances surrounding the manner
In which Adams confessed to Thlele
and the trend and meaning of that
statement. Prior testimony made by
Thlele was dug up by Mr. Darrow. Mr.
Darrow Is good at this. Hie caustic
manner, his harsh voice and sharp
tongue tend to lay great stress on a
point where otherwise an attorney
might fall. On the whole, Thlele made
a good Impression, and while It Is cer
tain that he wilt be attacked In the
argument of the Chicago attorney, he
did the state's case no harm by shal
low discrepancies.
Hawley Handles State's Case.
J. H. Hawley. who conducted the
Haywood case at Boise and the first
Adams trial at Wallace, took the lead
for the state today, Mr. Knight retiring
for the time being. .He had only one
clash with Darrow.
Mr. Darrow, following out the scheme
used at 'the first trial, called James Mc
Parland, manager" of the Plnkerton
Western division, for cross-examination.
McFarland said he got Adams to
acknowledge his part In the Steunen
berg murder.
Bible Stories Inflame Adams. .
"I told Adams," he said, "that he
would better make a clean breast of
the whole affair, as he would feel much
better, and It was a debt that he owed
the state and to law and order; that he
was a tool, and he admitted It. 1 used
the Bible stories of David and St. Paul
as Illustrations of what benefited a
man when he repented of crime, and,
that he might be redeemed."
"By whom?" asked Mr. Darrow.
"By God, of course," said McParland.
"You did not tell him that you would
forgive him and that you woudl save
his soul?" asked the lawyer.
"I have not the power of absolution,"
replied McParland.
"Did you make Adams any prom
ises?" "I only told' him that I believed- the
state would be fair; I told him of Jerry
the Bum, In the Mollie McGuires, who
was not prosecuted when he turned
state's evidence after having had a
hand in the killing of Daniel W. P-ay."
Jurors Lean Forward.
Mr. Thlele was then recalled for di
rect examination. He said tnat Adams
confessed to the Tyler murder three
weeks after he had confessd to Mc
Parland of his part in the Steunenberg
murder.
Adams watched Thlele' narrowly
while he was talking. The detective's
voice was clear and his manner Indi
cated that he was telling the truth.
The Jury leaned forward, to a man,
with the most Intense Interest during
the narrative.
JThiele told of joining the Western
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 91
degrees; minimum temperature, 45 de
grees. TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds.
Foreign.
Anarchists arrested in Rome for commem
orating Chicago executions. Page 8
Kaiser arrives In England after being
caught in fog. Page 3.
National. '
Root arranges peace among Central Ameri
can republics. Page 3.
Men in Congress who will have to handle
currency question. Page 1.
Politics.
Bryan declares policy on trusts, tariff and
railroads. Page 1.
Tammany will not attend Bryan banquet.
Page 1.
Shaw tells how to expand currenoy. Page 1.
Domestic.
Confederate paper retracts charge that
Grant made overtures to Jeff Davis.
Page 4.
Woman who lived disguised as man dies in
Colorado. Page 3. .
Mayor Busse approves telephone franchise.
Page 5. ,
Small hope for American life Insurance
swindlers In- Mexico. Page 16.
Labor Federation Convention opens and
hears Gompers' report. Page 1.
Governor of California to oall extra aesslon
and graft trials may proceed in holi
days. Page 4.
Sensational evidence in Phillips murder trial
at Cleveland. Page 5.
Five persons' "burned to death In are at
- New Haven. Conn. Page 3 .
Federal attorney In Texas declares clearing-house
certificates Illegal. Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Plnkerton detectives come in for grilling at
hands of Attorney Darrow in Adams
murder trial: Page 1.
Chinese are Imported Into- Canada by con
tract, age 6.
Arrest made for Todd murder in Hoqulam.
Page 6.
All notes and data In Alaska boundary sur
vey lost In capsizing of canoe. Page 6.
Thirty-three persons hurt In streetcar col
lision In Seattle; several fatally. It is
feared. Page 8
Commercial and Marine.
Steady movement of potatoes to California
Page 15. , .
Sharp advances in Eastrn and European
grain markets. Page 15.
Stocks are higher with few offerings. Page
15.
German ship Nordsee will take a wheat
cargo from Portland. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Local bank situation much improved.
Page 11.
Leading Methodists to meet here and fill
city pulpits. Page. T.
John H. Hall asks for Immediate trial in
Federal Court. Page 1.
Railroads seek to quash injunction case filed
by lumbermen. Page 16.
Woman sitting on car track struck, but not
injured. Page 14.
Federal Court declines to Instruct County
Clerk to accept filings during holidays.
Page 10.
Methodist Bishop sounds warning against
Mormonlsm. Page 10.
City Engineer and Building Inspector to se
lect jail site. Page 10.
Work going ahead on North Bank road.
Page 10.
FEELING BETTER, THANK YOU. I
COMMITTEES -HBt
WEAK
FINANCE
Both House and Senate
Need Stronger Men.
MEMBERS CANNOT BETRUSTED
Feared Their Finance Legisla
tion Would Be Weak.
CHANGE MAY BE NEEDED
Committees Made Up of Nonentities
Because Financial Trouble Was
Not Expected Spooner, the
Strongest "Member, Is Gone.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. Jl. The recent financial dis
turbance in New York and the flurry in
other parts of the country will result in
considerable discussion of finance at the
coming session of Congress and will pro
duce an unusually large number of bills
to amend the banking laws. The subject
will be discussed by the President In his
message and the Congressional record will
be loaded with all kinds of talk as to
'theadvlsabillty of changing the currency
.laws of the Nation. But the more con
servative men who have viewed the sltua-
Istlon In its broadest light believe there will
be no financial legislation and In their
judgment the talk will come to nothing. .
If these views prove to be incorrect
and financial legislation is undertaken, it
will be most unfortunate for the country
because the legislation will be intrusted
to two committees which are not properly
constituted to handle a subject of this
Importance. The Senate committee Is
largely composed of men who are Incapa
ble of framing safe financial legislation
or who would take advantage of the
situation to put through legislation In the
Interest of Wall street rather than In the
interest of the entire country. The House
commltee Is made up almost entirely of
men who are Incapable of passing judg
ment upon a subject of such consequence.
Personnel of the Committee,
The Senate committee on finance is con
stituted as follows: Nelson W. Aldrich, of
Rhode Island; 'William . B. Allison, of
Iowa: Julius C. . Burrows, of Michigan;
Thomas C. Piatt, of New York; Henry C.
Hansbrough, of North Dakota: Boles Pen
rose, of Pennsylvania; Eugene Hale, of
Maine; John W. Daniel, of Virginia;
Hernando ' D. Money, of Mississippi;
Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas; James P.
Taliaferro, of Florida.
The House committee is composed of
the following members: Charles N.
Fowler, of New Jersey ; George W.
Prince, of Illinois; William A. Calder
head, of Kansas; Llewellyn Powers, of
Maine; Henry McMorran, of Michigan;
Capell L. Weems, of Ohio; Elijah B.
Lewis, of Georgia; Arsene P. Pujo, of
Louisana; Carter Glass, of Virginia;
Oscar W. Gilllsple, of Texas; Ollie M.
James, of Kentucky; George S. Legare,
of South Carolina; George D. McCreary,
of Pennsylvania; Joseph R. Knowland, of
California; George E. Waldo, of New
York; Everls A. Hayes, of California;
John W. Weeks, of Massachusetts.
Senator Aldrleh, chairman of the finance
committee, Is not a man In whom the
general public has confidence. He Is
related by marriage to H. H. Rogers, and
has alway3 been regarded as Wall street's
most influential representative in the
Senate: therefore, any legislation which
Aldrleh proposes will be carefully scruti
nized before It is accepted by the public.
There would be a strong suspicion that
Mr. Aldrich would attempt legislation in
the interest of his Wall-street friends,
rather than In the interest of the general
public.
Senator Allison, the next ranking mem
ber of the commltte, Is the most solid
man on the Senate committee. Allison.
In his long public career, has earned
the confidence as well as the respect
of the entire country, and his Judgment
on financial matters would be perfectly
sound. Allison, however, la a very old
man and Is not In robust health and it Is
doubtful If he will be able to take an
active part in framing any financial
measure.
Senator Hale, of Maine, the last mem-
JOHN FRANKLIN FORT.
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John Franklin Fort. Governor
elect of New Jersey, has been a
Justice of the Supreme Court of New
Jersey since 1900. He put th name
of Garret A. Hobart In nomination
at the Republican Convention of
1806.
ber on the committee. Is one of the
ablest men In the Senate, and would
probably do more than any other to bring
about safe legislation. He Is a man of
sound business principles. Hale does not
linger under, the suspicion which over
shadows the chairman, and he is not al
ways dominated by him, although it often
happens that Hale and Aldrich work to
gether in carrying out a definite pro
gramme laid down by the Senate Com
mittee. Other Members Weak.
Senator Burrows, Senator Hansbrough
and Senator Penrose are not men of large
caliber, nor are they men perfectly con
versant with financial conditions. They
are of a type to whom the country is
not willing to entrust the shaping of Im
portant financial legislation. Penrose Is
a man of very small mind, and shines
only at times when corrupt politics Is
being played.
The other remaining Republican mem
ber of the committee. Senator Piatt, Is
too weak to take any part In the work
of the committee, and has for some years
been Inactive In the discussions of the
Senate. Piatt Is too well known to need
further comment. A Piatt financial bill
would have no standing.
The finance committee lost its best
member when Senator Spooner, of Wis
consin resigned. Spooner Inspired the
same confidence as Senator Allison,' but
differed from Allison In that he was one
of the most active men In the Senate as
well as one of the most able. Spooner's
retirement will be felt this Winter if
financial legislation Is undertaken.
The Democratic members of the com
mittee are freer from suspicion than' the
Republicans, but except for Senator
Daniel, of Virginia, none of the Dem
ocrats Is especially influential. Senator
Bailey has been a power In his party,
but the charges made against him In
Texas, of which he was ultimately ac
quitted, have shaken confidence In him,
and his standing before the Senate Is not
what It was two years ago.
House Has But Two Men.
It is a matter of wide comment that
the House of Representatives contains
very few men competent to frame finan
cial laws. In the last Congress when the
Representatives were called upon to pas
a banking bill, only two members, Fowler,
of New Jersey,'. aad'Hill. of Connecticut,
seemed to possess a thorough under
standing of the subject. The other mem
bers sat around and listened and some
few asked questions, but the vast ma
jority had no intelligent conception of
what was proposed by the financial ex
perts. One of these two financial ex
perts. Fowler, is chairman of the com
mittee on banking and currency, which
would have charge of any financial leg
islation which might be Introduced. He
is about the only member of the com
mittee who ought to be entrusted with
such legislation.
It is true that If financial legislation be
came necessary the Speaker could re
organize this committee, substituting
competent members for those who now
hold places at Mr. Fowler's committee
table. The present committee was made
up at a time when financial legislation
was not expected, and the committee
served largely to afford places where
nonentities could be disposed of. Such
committees have been reorganized In the
past when the situation demanded it, and
can be again.
SHAW DEFINES HIS . REMEDY
Wonld Let Banks 4ssue More Notes,
Subject to Tax.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Nov. U. Ex
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw
was the guest of honor and principal
speaker at the annual Chamber of Com
merce dinner tonight. In tho Judgment
of Mr. Shaw the only weakness of the
American monetary system Is that the
i
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NO MORE ABOUT
STOLEN CLOTHES
Bryan Shows Horror of
Central Power.
WOULD LICENSE CORPORATIONS
Dead Against National Incor
poration Scheme.
REVISE TARIFF QUICKLY
Democratic leader Believes Fear of
Losing Protection Would Force
Trusts to Dissolve CUro
for Money Stringency.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Nov. 11. William
J. Bryan was the guest of honor on the
21st anniversary of the JefTerson Club of
this city at the Plankinton House tonight.
Covers were laid for over 500 guests. He
responded to the toast 'Democracy."
Mr. Bryan discussed the Democratic
Idea of government as presented by Jef
ferson, contrasting it with the Hamilton
theory of centralization, and In speak
ing of the spheres of the Nation and the
state took occasion to condemn the Na
tional Incorporation of railroads as pro
posed by the President, saying that how
ever honestly the President, Intended It,
It was in tlia Interests of the railroads,
which desired not greater Federal regu
lation but escape from state regulation.
Trusts and the Tarifr.
He discussed the trust, tariff and rail
road questions. On the trust question he
favored the enforcement of the criminal
laws against the trusts and the enactment
of new laws, one of which is known as
the license system, to be applied to cor
porations when they control as much as
25 per cent of the total output In their
respective lines. According to this sys
tem, no one corporation would be per
mitted to control more than 60 per cent
of the total product.
On the tariff question he favored im
mediate revision, beginning with the
tariff on articles which come Into com
petition with trust-made articles. Such
a tariff, he thought, ought to be entirely
removed. He believed that the fear of
removal would compel the dissolution of
such trusts as are protected by the tariff.
He regarded a traiff commission as
merely an excuse for delay In rei'islon.
The protectionists, he said, never favor
tariff revision until they are threatened
with defeat, and then they favor it only
to postpone reductions.
Regulation of Railroads.
On the railroad question he expressed
himself as In favor of more stringent reg
ulations, these regulations to take the
form of legislation for ascertaining the
present value of the railroads, preventing
the watering of stock and reducing rates.
He argued that a reasonable rate would
be a rate that would enable the rail
roads to maintain their stock at par when
the road was honestly capitalized.
He discussed the present money strin
gency, saving that it began with specu
lation In New York, but that It had ex
tended owing to the timidity of deposi
tors. He thought that this timidity was
not Justified, and that the banks of the
West were sound. He favored legisla
tion wlhch by Increasing the security of
depositors would remove even an un
reasonable fear.
Mr. Bryan will leave Milwaukee tomor
row for a week's tour of the state.
TAMMAXY CUTS BRYAN DINNER
Accepts No Invitations for Love
Feast at Washington. -
NEW YORK, Nov 11. (Special.) Will
iam Jennings Bryan will be the guest at a
dinner this week in Washington that is
to be attended by numerous Democrats of
National prominence, among them Gover
nor Johnson, of Minnesota.
It was remarked today as significant
that no New York Democrat who repre
sents either Tammany Hall or the state
organization has accepted an- Invitation
to the Washington function. Mr. Murphy,
accompanied by his family and Sheriff
Nicholas N. Hayes, left today, for Mount
Clemens, Mich., on his annual trip for
the baths.
It is known that Mr. Murphy is opposed
to Bryan's renomlnation, and that, in co
operation with William J. Connors, he is
preparing to throw the New York delega
tion to somebody yet to be decided upon.
Roger C. Sullivan, the Illinois member of
the Democratic National Committee, It
is positively declared, will visit Mount
Clemens while the leader of Tammany
Hall Is there anrfconfer with him as to
the means to be adopted to start an ac
tive campaign against Mr. 'Xryan.
HOLDING A CONVENTION
Delegates Working for Sacramento
. and San Joaquin Valleys.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11. One hun
dred and ten delegates from 29 cities and
towns of California to an Informal con
vention of the River Improvement and
Drainage Association of this state met
here today.
Morning and afternoon sessions were
held. It was determined to represent
California officially at the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress, to be held
in Washington in December, and to se
cure for California if possible the 190S
meeting of that body. The main efforts
of the convention were centered in a dis
cussion of the agricultural and commer
cial development of the Sacramento and
Joaquin Valleys by drainage and water
ways Improvement, a work which th
Government has already started