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CRISIS NEAR IN
JAPANESE AFFI
Root Sends Warning,
Which Stirs Tokio.
EXCLUSION LWf MAY PASS
Unless Japan Stops Flood of
Inrmigrant Coolies.
HAYASHI EVADES . ISSUE
Tteplles to Ambassador's Demands
Call Forth Strong Dispatch From
Hoot Staves Ofr the Crisis Till
Fleet Reaches the Facific.
TAKAHIR FORMALLY CHOSEN.
TOKIO. Jan. 11. (2 P. M.) It is
officially announced today that Baron
Takahlra has been chosen Ambassa
dor to the United Stafjes to succeed
Viscount Aokl.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. (Special.)
Negotiations between the United States
and Japan have reached a serious stage.
While war as an eventuality is not
seriously apprehended, largely because
of Japan's unpreparedness, it is known
that the historic friendly relations are
strained almost to the point of breaking.
The official denial given at the State
department of cabled reports of de
mands having been made upon Japan
are literally true in a diplomatic sense,
but the denial, in a measure, is an eva
sion. The "oral representations" and the
exchange of "memoranda," reduced to
plain English, mean just this:
Japan Dodges Issue.
Ambassador O'Brien, acting under in
structions, has. since reaching his post
last October, been attempting to secure
from the Japanese government satisfac
tory assurances that under the pledge
given at the time of the passage of the
immigration law last February the Jap
anese government would assist in re
stricting the emigration to this country
of objectionable Japanese labor. Twice
has he communicated to Secretary Root
replies obtained from Count Hayaskl, In
which the Japanese government attempts
adroitly to dodge the issue.
Hints at Stringent Measures.,
.Mr. Root has submitted to the Japan
ese government, through Mr. 'O'Brien,
statistics prepared by the Department of
Commerce and Labor, showing that the
immigration of the undesirable class of
Japanese since the Japanese government
gave its promises has beea monthly at
least twice as large as before the prom
ise was given, and during some months
four times as large.
The presentation of cold statistics
showing laxity, coupled with the inti
mation that Congress may adopt more
stringent measures, possibly an exclu
sion law, brought from the Japanese
government the second reply, which
reached Mr. Root a few days ago in the
form of a cablegram which cost several
thousand dollars. '
Root Staves Off Crisis. '
Mr. Root is now preparing an answer.
with the assistance of several experts in
Oriental affairs. The Japanese govern
ment will be informed that assurances
cannot be given that an exclusion act
will not be passed, but that the admin
istration will exercise its influence to
prevent such legislation, if possible,
pending negotiations.
The issue in official circles In Japan
has caused acute agitation, and because
of the strained condition of affairs, Mr.
Root will not unnecessarily precipitate
matters, with the battleship fleet so far
from its base in the Pacific.
FRANCE MAY SAY ARBITRATE
Deputy Asks Chamber .to Prevent
War Between America and Japan.
PARIS, Jan. 10. Lou-Ion Millevoye, a
member of the Chamber of Deputies
who first achieved notoriety by his
connection with the Boulanger move
ment. Is the author of a sensational
article published this afternoon, In
which he calls upon Great . Britain
and France to Intervene In the Amer
.loan-Japanese crisis before It is too
late.
He declares that Great Britain, sup
ported by France, holds the key to the
situation, but says the difficulty Is that
no one is able to fathom the secret
hopes of the British government.
M. Millevoye lays the responsibility
for the Russo-Japanese war at the
door of Great Britain. This war, he
says, made a cemetery of Manchuria,
and he asks. Is Great Britain now de
slrous of "another orgy of blood which
will make the world shudder."
Continuing. M. Millevoye argues that
Great Britain may believe1 that she
can rule the Far East upon the ruins
of Japan and America, but he con
tends that If she does hold this con
viction, she Is playing with fire, as a
war might arouse the Asiatics from
the Indus to the Amur.
M. Millevoye insists that the inter
ests of Europe, both economical and
, political, lie with the United States.
"The time for arbitration has ar
I rived," he says, "tomorrow may be
too late. If the governments at Lon
don and Paris postpone conciliatory
proposals, it may cost both of them
dear."
NO rTRICTIOX IX NEGOTIATIONS
Government Cannot Understand the
Constant Rumors or Trouble.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Considering
the smoothness with which exchanges are
progressing between America and Japan,
relative to the adjustment of questions
growing oui of the Immigration of Jap
anese laborers into the United States, the
officials of the State Department are
puzzled to account for the publication in
various foreign capitals as well as in
this country of reports calculated to con
vey the Impression that there is serious
friction between the two countries over
this subject. The latest of these reports
to the effect that the Japanese Foreign
Office is reluctant to accede to a "de
mand" of Ambassador O'Brien that an
agreement to restrict Japanese coolie Im
migration into the United States be re
duced to writing, meets with unqualified
Alton B. Parker, Who Attributes
Panic to Roosevelt's "Attacks on
Property.
contradiction at the State Department.
The officials do not care to discuss ne- i
gotiatlons of this importance while they
are still in progress, following the general
rule based on a belief that such discus- j
Eton is calculated to defeat the objects
ought.
What O'Brien Is Doing.
But it develops that what Mr. O'Brien
is doing is merely aiding Japanese offi
cials to perfect internal regulations that
will serve to stop the indiscriminate Im
migration evil. He is not expected to ne
gotiate any treaty with Japan on this sub
ject or even to secure a modus vivendi or
anything in the nature of the written
agreement referred to in some press dis
patches. He has.' under instructions from
the State Department, acquainted the Jap
anese Government with the tact tnat tne
measures adopted in Congress last Spring,
following the undertaking or tne Japan
ese Government to restrict undesirable
Immigration to the United States by a
careful regulation of the issue of pass
ports, have proved utterly ineffective.
The Japanese officials were surprised
at the figures presented by Mr. O'Brien,
illustrating not only the continuance of
immigration of coolies into this country,
but its startling increase, even after the
adoption of the Japanes restriction policy.
Therefore, tne Japanese oniciais nave
been endeavoring to frame regulations
that shall be effective, and in the course
of that effort they have naturally com
municated freely with the American Am
bassador. The latter has acquainted the
State Department In great detail by cable
with the nature of the proposed restric
tive measures, and the Department In
turn has not hesitated to suggest amend
ments to the project based on the experi
ence of ' the immigration inspectors and
customs officers in this country. This In
volved the co-operation of the Depart
ment of State and the Department of
Commerce and Labor, the latter being
directly charged with' the enforcement of
the laws.
Xo Need of Written Pledge. ;
There is pending before the -Washington
officials a very long report by
cable from Mr. O'Brien covering the
latest phase of the Japanese project.
The officials are carefully considering
this and will not hesitate to indicate
how It may be Improved, if that is
possible, notwithstanding the fact that
the Ambassador has expressed the be'
lief that the plan proposed Is satisfac
tory. Should the department coincide
in this view. It Is stated that it will
only be necessary for Mr. O'Brien to
signify to the Japanese Government
that fact, and there will be no neces
sity for him to secure any written
pledges or indeed to make any sug
gestion that might in the slightest de
gree reflect upon the good faith of the
Japanese Government in this matter.
It is suggested at tne State Department
that a possible explanation of the circu
lation of the report that Mr. O'Brien has
been seeking to obtain written pledges
from the Japanese government, may be
found In the fact that about a year ago.
negotiations were actually In progress
between America and Japan looking to
the confirmation of a treaty for the reg
ulation of immigration. These negoti
ations, however, were suspended and
finally entirely abandoned as a result of
the feeling excited between the two ceun
tries over the (.rouble in San Francisco
arising from the exclusion of Japanese
children from the public schools and at.
tacks by mobs upon Japanese bathhouses
and restaurants.
MAINTAINS HE IS SUCCESSFUL
Emissary of Canada to Japan Re
: mt ,f 1
turns to Make Report.
OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 10. "I. am per
fevtl satisfied that my mission to
Japan on behalf of the Canadian Gov-
ernment has been an entire success."
That was- the statement made to the
Associated Press today by Hon.
Rodolphe Lemleux as he was about to
visit the Prime Minister.
"While I am not now in a position to
give the details concerning the im
portant business which was entrusted
to me, I have no objections to saying,
frankly, that I was successful. I ex
pect to see the Premier and report
what has occurred, also to my col
leagues, before saying anything further
on the subject. As for further rioting
at Vancouver. I was not aware of it.
My mission was not a failure. It has
been reported that I failed because I
did not take the American Ambassador
Into my confidence. In that regard. I
(Concluded on Pace 3.)
NEW
ASSISTANT
GIVEN TO HENEY
T. C. Becker to Pros
ecute Land Frauds.
BEFORE TAKING UP LAND GRANT
Bonaparte Says Suit Will Soon
Begin in Oregon.
DEFINE RAILROADS' RIGHTS
Buffalo Lawyer Assigned to Help
Prosecution l"ntil Land-Grant
Cases Are ' Ready Attorney.
General's Advice to Settlers.
OREGON-IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
lngton, D. C, Jan. 10. It -will be sev
eral weeks before the Government is
ready to institute suit against the
Southern Pacific Company with a view
to bringing about a forfeiture of its
grant. In the meantime T. C. Becker,
special counsel to prosecute this case,
will assist F. J. Heney with the land
fraud cases.
The Attorney-.General- has received
many letters relative to the status of
land held under railroad and wagon
road grants in Oregon which have not
been disposed of by the grantees. The
purpose of the inquiries is to determine
wnether private persons cannot now
secure the right to purchase euch land
value of which in most -Instances ex
ceeds $2.50 per acre. To such letters
the Attorney-General has replied:
"Proceedings will shortly -be taken
to determine the rights and respon
sibilities of railroad companies hold
ing .title to the land mentioned. Fur
ther than this I am not authorized by
law and the practice of the Department
to- advise you in the premises, but it
is recommended that you take no steps
involving expense to yourself In con-"
nectlon with this matter, except upon
advice of counsel of unblemished repu
tation and high standing and well
known to you."
T. C. Becker, of Buffalo. N. T., who
Is to assist Francis J. Heney in the
prosecution of the Oregon land fraud
cases, was recently appointed by the
Attorney-General to take charge of the
Government's . Interests in the pros
pective suit to compel the Oregon &
California Railway to sell land to
actual settlers for $2.50 under the
terms of the company's grant. Mr.
Becker Is now In Buffalo and it was
expected that he would soon come to
Oregon to look into the situation in
regard to the railroad land. Now that
he is to assist Mr. Heney he will doubt
lees come to the Pacific Coast sooner
than lie had before intended.
The investigation into the Govern
ment's side of the land grant question
was made by B. D. Townsend, a special
appointee of the Attorney General.
After Mr. Townsend had collected data
In Oregon, with the assistance of A. M.
McBlair. he returned to Washington.
The Attorney General then named Mr.
Becker to take charge of the matter.
"WILL TENDER RETS TO HEXEY
W. C. Bristol Will Quit District At
torney's Office Today. -When
Francis J. Heney arrives this
morning, as he is expected to do. -he will
find the office of the United Bts.tes dis
trict Attorney vacant and the keys await
ing him. While W. C. Bristol has not re
signed, he yesterday tendered the keys
of the office to T. B. Neuhausen, special
inspector for the Interior Department,
but Mr. Neuhausen refused to accept
them. It is Mr. Bristol's intention to
tender the keys to Heney upon his ar
rival, which proves conclusively that
Heney will have to conduct the legal bat
tle against John H. Hall alone, unless ne
can find some one willing to 'assist him.
Since the withdrawal of his nomina
tion by the Presiuent, Bristol has not
spent any time around the j-istrict Attor
ney's office.- but has devoted his time to
picking up the threads of his private
practice, which he dropped when he be
came United States Attorney, mis pri
vate papers and his law library were
taken from the rooms on the third floor
of the Postofftce building dayf ago. Yes
terday James ITOie, wno nas Deen in oi
flce for two years as Assistant United
States Attorney, finished moving ' Ii:s
books and papers. Last night he turned
over the keys to ills desk.
When Heney takes the reins of the of
fice upon his arrival. In addition to be
ing special assistant to the Attorney-General,
he will also be United States Attor
ney for Oregon. Whether Christian
Schuebel will be forced Into harness,
through an appointment as Assistant Dis
trict Attorney by Heney. is not known.
but there is some gossip to the effect that
this is what Heney will do, now that the
office is without a District Attorney or an
assistant. "
The wrangle over Bristol's appoint
ment, has taken many angles during the
past two years. The latest is that but
for Bristol's so-called lack of respect for
departmental ethics, he would have been
offered the berth of assistant to the Attorney-General,
a title and position 'now
.held by Heney.' If this Is true, then it
was never intended that Bristol's noral
nation in the Senate was to have been
acted upon, but that Schuobel was to re
ceive the appointment and Bristol was. to
be made assistant to the Atorney-Oen
eral. This is evidently what Schuebel
meant when he gave out during his in
terview with Bristol that he expected the
decks . to be cleared when he assumed
office.
If Attorney-General Bonaparte or any
one else thought that this appointment
would have appeased Bristol, they wert
mistaken. Bristol has declared ever since
he went Into office that he was to have
nothing to do with the land frauds un
less at the request of Heney. While he
has been in office he has appeared in sev
eral of the land-fraud cases, but always
at the request of Heney. He has ap
peared before the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals and has two cases that
are to come up next month.
Irwin Rlttenhouse. who has been
Heney's private secretary in all of the
land-fraud trials, spent a busy day in
company with T. B. Neuhausen, getting
the evidence in shape for the Hall trial
Blttenhouse brought ' with . him from
Washington, D. C, practical; all of the
evidence that was used in the Hermann
case. It filled two large trunks and most
of this will be used in the Hall case.
LAVISHED, ON GRANDNIECE
Thousands of
Young Girl-
DoIIars Given
-Snell Will Case.
to
CLINTON, III., Jan. 10. Cashier Mur
phy, of the State National Bank, added
new Interest to the bearing of the Snell
will case today when he testified that
Colonel Tom Snell told him that he had
given ,Mabell Snell. the young grand-
niece, with whom the aged millionaire
was Infatuated, the house and lot in Kan
sas City, costing $17,000, and other prop
erty worth $10,000. He also paid for
trip to Europe and gave her thousands of
dollars at a time. He intended to make
her independent while she lived. Her
total receipts from him were about $75,
000. '
It is expected that another woman is to
figure prominently in the case and that
letters from her will create a sensation
greater than did those from Mabell Snell.
OUR AMAZING COURTS
FOUR FIREMEN DIE
NEWYORK FIRE
Twelve-Story Building
Burns Down.
FIRE NEVER UNDER CONTROL
Apparatus Helpless to Subdue
Fierce Flames.
MANY THRILLING ESCAPES
Six Men Saved Only by Line Shot to
Roof From Mortar on Next Build
ing Firemen Cut Off Because
Their Scaling-Ladders Burn.
NEW TORK, Jan. 10. Four firemen
went to their deaths tonight when they
responded to a Are that ruined the
Parker building, a 12-story business
structure occupying the block between
East Eighteenth and Nineteenth street.
on Fourth avenue.
Fought by half the firemen of Man
hattan and apparatus that blocked the
streets, the flames were never con
trolled and only with difficulty were
they confined to the building In which
they originated.
Floor after floor gave way " and
dropped to the basement, and beneath
these and crumbling walls no less than
30 firemen were caught and either
killed outright or seriously injured.
Missing and Probably Dead.
Thomas Phillips.
Thomas O'Connor.
John Lynch.
John Fallon.
Tim Hutchinson of Patrol Number
Three wu removed dying to .the hos
pital. .
Captains Weldon and Darvan of En
gine Company Nos. 24 and 72 were in
jured internally..
The monetary loss was estimated to
night at $5,000,000.
The fire was one of the most spectacu
lar as well as disastrous in recent years.
From start to finish Its course was
marked bv heartrending scenes, sensa
tional escapes and flashes of heroism.
The loss to the tenants is total. The
fire started on the fifth floor, in the of
fices of Koper and Jackson, publishers.
One Thrilling Escape.
On the top floor in the Suffolk Engrav
ing Company's establishment, six men
were working. Their escape was cut oft
and they fled to the roof. Flames sur
rounded them on three sides and they
were in imminent danger of death when
rescued by means of a life-line shot from
a mortitr gun and. manned by a book and
ladder company on the roof of the Flor
ence Hotel adjoining on Eighteenth
street. Down this rope, hand over hand.
the six men dropped to safety.
Meantime, the Florence Hotel had been
emptied of its 200 guests and nearby
houses were also vacated.
Seven firemen of engine company No. 72,
which first arrived, ran up to the fifth
floor of the burning building after 53
foot extension ladders had been raised to
the windows of that story to make pos
sible the firemen's retreat. After a fruit
less effort to stay the flames at the place
of origin, the firemen were driven to the
windows only to find that the tops of
the ladders had been burned, cutting oft
their only retreat.
Three of the seven made a desperate
ffort to reach the roof. They (were not
seen again and are supposed to be dead
in the ruins. The other four were res
cued by men of hook and ladder com
pany No. 7. who at the risk of their own
lives, ran up scaling ladders and dragged
the more or less burned men from the
windows. These men had barely reached
the .ground when the great masses of
cement which formed a pillar of the
steel framework gave way and crashed
through to the ground, carrying with it
everything below the seventh floor.
Score Struck by Falling Wall.
John Fallon, Tim Hutchinson and
Sergeant Kelley went down In the wreck-
John R. Walsb. Chicago Banker, Who
Completes Testimony In Ilia De
fense. age. Fallon was not seen again. Hutch-
inson and Kelley, fighting desperately
against the plaster and cement which
threatened to bury them alive, managed
to reach the street, though frightfully
injured. Hutchinson was able only to
say that his partner, Fallon, was in the
debris when he collapsed and was re
moved In a dying condition. More than
a score of firemen were working within
the wall or near enough to be struck
when It collapsed.
Battalion Chief Shea was "Tendered un
conscious by a blow on the head and re
ceived - a gash In ' the cheek. Deputy
Chief Langford and Captains Weldon' and
Darvan were also removed to the tem
porary hospital. Meantime the fire prac
tically had its own way and the efforts of
the firemen were successfully directed
toward the saving of adjacent property.
The tenants of the building including
the Brunswick - Balke - Collender Com
pany, Scherer Company, Encyclopedia
Britannlca Company, Fairchild & Co.
D. C. Heath & Co., P. F. Collier & Son
and the Judge Publishing Company.
Further investigation shows the fire
loss to be much greater than was 'at
first thought possible. Fire Commis
sioner Lantry and Assistant Fire Chief
Blnns thought it might reach more than
$6,000,000, though the general estimate
was $1,000,008 less. A. M. Karagensen,
dealer In antique rugs, probably sus
tained the largest Individual loss. His
loss Is placed at $1,000,000. The Dltt
mar Woolen Company is said to have
lost nearly as much. The Judge Pub
lishing Company also suffered heavily
as did the branch office of Collier's
Weekly.
At a late hour an attempt to search
the ruins for the dead was made but
those participating were driven back
by the tottering walls that threatened
to bury them.
TWENTY DEAD, FORTY rlURT
Train Wrecked In Ecuador Xear the
Village of Machachi.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Jan. 10. A train
was wrecked near the village of Machachi
In the Province of Plnchincha, today,
Twenty -persons ,were killed and 40 In
jured.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather. -
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
4-6
degrees : minimum, .42 desrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain: southwest winds.
" Foreign.
Socialists make demonstration for manhood
suffrage at Berlin and police disperse
them. Page S.
National.
CTiels at hand In negotiations with Japan.
Page 1
Radical difference between Senate and
House on currency bills- Page 2.
Jones carries bill through House against
strong opposition. Page 2.
Becker to asaist Heney in land-fraud trials
- and to conduct land-grant suit. Page
Estimate of cost of Panama Canal Increased.
Page 2.
Advance guard or fleet arrives at Rio
Janeiro. Page 4.
Politics.
Taft speaks at New York and answers
many questions. . Page 1.
Parker attributes panic to Roosevelt. Page 3.
Taft and Foraker factions to hold rival
conventions at Cleveland. Page 4.
Domestic.
John R. Walsh finishes testimony In own
defense. Page 3.
Jury to try Thaw completed and testimony
begins Monday. Page 4.
Four firemen killed, many injured in New
York skyscraper. Page t.
Pacific Coast.
Heney to prosecute Ruef till he gets life
. sentence. Page 1.
Bulk shipment of grain is discussed by. the
farmers' convention at Pullman. Page 6.
Cashier of Glendale bank is charged with
shortage of funds. Page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Single tax object toward which proposed
constitutional amendment tends. Page 7.
Title Bank lost In all its wild ventures.
Page 7.
Prominent citizens speakers at Asiatic Ex-
, elusion League mass meeting. Page 7.
Police Captain Bruin files serious charges
against ten saloons. Page 1 1.
Federation of Labor's Astoria convention
stormy affair. . Page 10.
" W If "
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TAFT ANSWERS
Ml
QUESTIONS
Stands Fire Before Au
.dience of Workmen.
TALKS OF CAPITAL AND LABOR
Defends Rights, Condemns the
Wrongs of Each.
WOULD FIGHT MONOPOLY
Reasons for Opposing Government
Ownership Cause of the Paplc.
He Defends Injunctions, but
Would Change the Iaw.
NEW YORK. Jan. 10. For the first time
since he became a recognized candidate
for the Republican Presidential nomina
tion. Secretary Taft faced a New York
audience, set forth'in detail his stand on
the question of the relative interest, and
rights of labor and capital, and in turn
submitted to a rapid-fire attack from the
audience, which quizzed him keenly and
In a somewhat controversial spirit, ac
cording to the practice of the People's In
stitute, whose guest he was. The Secre
tary proved equally effective in attack
and defense, and his prompt and forcible
replies and occasional witty sallies evoked ;
the same demonstrative applause as
greeted the salient points of his address
proper.
Cheered as Xext President.
Two thousand persons, its capacity, had
crowded Into Cooper Union when police
reserves were summoned to clear the
walks In front of the building, where a
thousand or more had congregated. As
the form of the Secretary of War made
its way through the throng a shout of
Three cheers for -the next President!"
was the signal for a noisy ovation that -
continued until Mr. Taft made his accus
tomed platform bow. "
In his prepared address the Secretary
pointed out the dependence, one upon the
other, of capital and labor. He declared
that great aggregations of wealth prop
erly employed widened the field of labor
and were to be welcomed, while wealth
Improperly used was to be condemned.
He advocated unionism In so far as sym
pathy and "the resultant co-operation
made for the public good.
At the conclusion of hie address the au
dience had its turn. Chairman Charles
Sprague Smith announced that Mr. Taft
would read questions as they were hand
ed up.
Answers Many Questions.
"Do you think. a laborer gets enough
money?' was a question, to which Mr.
Taft laughingly, replied:
"I don't know what the laborer gets. I
don't know what labor he performs, but
I do know that some get more than they
ought to have, and I u..nk some should
get more."
' There was a loud shout when the Secre
tary commenced to laugh while reading
over a question which Inquired why lie
had changed his attitude toward labor
since he left the Ohio bench, r The Secre
tary declared that his attitude had not
changed, and that the things he had said
tonight he had always stood for.
"Is not an industrial situation based
on a tariff a false oner"
The Secretary replied that, if the tariff
was abolished now, there would be no
business at all. Further, he said he would
not discuss the tariff issue at this time.
Necessity of Injunction.
A question concerning the right of an
employer to bring Injunction proceedings
Induced the Secretary to cite a case in
which he appeared as counsel. Moore &
Co. had obtained a judgment for $loC0
against a labor union, he said, and It took
ten years to obtain the money. The Sec
retary added that, if an Injunction had
been obtained by Moore & Oo. they would
not have suffered any damage. Shortly '
afterward a humorously inclined auditor
sent up the following question, which
caused a general laugh:
"If It took Moores & Company ten years
to collect $1300, how long would It take
the United States to collect $28,000,000
from the Standard Oil?"
The Secretary said that the solution
would require an advanced form of math- '
ematlcs with which he was not familiar.
There was one query 'over which the
Secretary hesitated, while his face as
sumed a thoughtful, serious expression,
then he read:
The Man Out of Work.
"What is a man to do who Is out of
work In a financial crisis and is starv
ing?' There was a pronounced pause. The Sec
retary looked to the far corners of the
big room and the long lines of workmen
gathered there.
"God (knows," he replied. 'They have
my deepest sympathy if they cannot get
work. It is an awful case when a man
Is willing to work and la put in this po
sition." "I am asked," said the Secretary, "if
the Government ownership of mines and
ownership of mines and railroads would
make disputes between labor and capital
easier to settle. I don't think so. Do
you realize what, a power you would put
in Washington? You would put a power
in the hands of one man or set of men
that, would well make you tremble for
the safety of the Republic."
These and many other questions were
(Concluded on Pas 4.)