VOL. XLVIII. NO. 14.77.1.
IOKTLAJNl, OKEGON, TUIiSDAY, APRIL, 7, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HUN DENIES
HE HAS MONOPOLY
Does Not Aim to Ki
Competition.
WHY PORTLAND HAS GOT LEFT
Steamer Line Could Not Com
pete With Southern.
RAIL LINE IN SAME FIX
fconfliprn Pacific Would Hare Taken
IIrrnjte If Oregon Lines HaH
Competed Sajs Competi
tion Never Existed.
PAL.T I.AKHJ riTT, rtah, April 6
The anmer pt the defendants in the
suit of the I "nltrci Stntcs to dissolve the
Knrrimnn Kyptrni of railroads as being a
muiiopuly In restraint of trade were filed
In the I"eil"rl Court here today. The
Biiswer make a general denial of the
nll"Katl"iis of the Government. Bcsldeg
the answer uf K H. Harriman. signed by
hlmxHf and Harley U. Williams, hta
cnlMliir and counsel In Salt 1-ake City,
answers were Hied by Senator V. A.
Clark, president of the Salt iake route;
(he Farmers" Loan k Trust Company, of
Kew Turk: H. C Frltk, the Union I'a
clUr. Ongull Short Line, Oregon Kail
rad & NaviRHilon and Southern Pacific
tomranits. To cover certain, allegations
( the Oovernment joint aru-wers were
ei.j necessary and these were also filed,
linrrhiiaii Oeules Conspiracy.
Mr. llnrrlnian, in li is answer, denies
liat he and Jn.-ob SclilfT, Otto H. Kahn,
James Stiilinan or others, have owned or
Mntrolle.l a majority of the. stock of the
I'lilmi l'aclflc. He admits that he Is
j'lesldent and the other men were direc
tors. Mr. Bchlff and Mr. Kahn resigned
in K and 'Mr. Stllmsn In 1S0S. He ad
mits that -Mr. SclilfT and Mr. Kahn wore
inflnbrrs of the firm of Kuhii, J.oeb &
Co.. and this firm bought stocks and
bonds of the Union J'arlfle and Oregon
Fhort Line, but it Is denied that the com
pany was a flsial agent" of the Union
i'arlflc.
He denies that he and the other de
fendants conppired to restrain trade
Minima- the several states and foreign
countries or to restrain competition
a mnug defendant steamship and railroad
lincR, or to deprive the public of ad
vantages of trade and commerce through
Independent competition, if any tber
was, or to effect a consolidation with the
idea or monopolizing or restraining trade
and commerce. Admitting, however, that
the Union Pacific acquired a majority of
the a.ltnl stock of the various lines
and steamship systems, he. denies In each
instance that the acquisition of the stock
was to kill competition or monopolize
trade, commerce or business.
Union I'ni-irio Only a Lint.
Adinitlins tlwt the directors of sev
eral different companies' are identical, he
denies that the I'nlon Pacific has control
in management or operation of the
affiliated lines. He avers that In the
trans-continental lines of railroad reach
ing the Pacific Coast south of Portland,
the Union Pacific Is nut a link about 10O0
miles in length an Intermediate carrier
without any power to make rates upon
Mich trmc: that tlw Southern raclfic
owns and controls lines betwen Ogdrn
nnd the I'oast with no power to mRke
rates on business east of C'gden; that no
rates could be made from the Missouri
River to the Const without the joint con
sent, of the Southern Pacific and the Union
Pacific.
He says that while the Union raclfic
unit Its constituent companies separately
owned connecting lines operated as a
single sistem from the Missouri River to
Portland, nr., and operated certain
steamships between Portland and San
Francisco, yet such a route via Portland
was not only Impracticable as a com
petitor of 'the Southern Pacific, but any
attempt to use It as such would have
greatly Injured the Union Pacific, because
the Southern Pacific would thereupon
have preferred the rivals of the Union
Pacific In routing and Interchange of
traffic at Ogden and the business in ton
nage and revenue thus lost would have
grcat'y exceeded the total volume of busi
ness received over such an Impracticable
route in competition with the Southern
Fa.-inc.
Fortlaml ftonte Never Competed.
Mr. Harriman denies that the rail line
of the Southern Pacific, between San
Francisco and Portland ass In active
cempetttion with the ships of the Ore
gon Railway Navigation Company be
tween the two points named, and ex
plains that such competition was im
prat ticable. He denies that ships oiwrated
liy the Portland A Asiatic Steamship Com
pany between Portland and Asiatic ports
, in connection with the rail lines of the
a'nlon Pacific were ever in competition
with the raclflc Mall Steamship Com
pany. He denle that any competition
ever existed between the system of rail
roads and steamships owned by the Union
Faclfle Railroad Company, and the
Southern Pacific, or, if any such competi
tion did ever exist. It was not substan
tial, or that ln ludod a large volume of
traffic of any kittd.
He admits that the Union Pacific, in
connection with the Central Iacitic, is a
eompetitor of the Atchison, Tooeka A.
Santa Fe for a large volume of traffic to
and from the Pacific Coast.
Wliy C lark .Toincd jferscr.
Jienial of the conspiracy to restrain
trade is made in the answer of W. A.
Clark and the San Tedro, Los Angeles A
Salt I.ake Railroad. Numerous contracts
are admitted, biit the defendants say In
explanation that it would have been im
possible to build the road or to secure,
freight traffic after it. -was -built without
aeriuiring the old right of way owned by
the Oregon Short Line and making ar
rangements for a share In the through
business.
SPLIT OX FIXING HAIIiKOAD
California Commission Cnnnot Agree
on Penalty for Rebating.
SAN FRANCISCO. April G. Special)
"Whether the Southern Pacific C'ompany
Mm. Homird Gould, Aceiwed by Her
Mnttnnif nf flntnkMnnfM trnfa n If v
and toven Wotm Offense.
should be found guilty of giving rebates
or fined for its offense or exonerated
of wrongdoing is a question which has
caused a sharp split ' in the State Board
of R;iilroad Commissioners. The Com
missioncrs have given snmft time to a
study of the, evidence given against the
Harriman line at the investigation con
ducted In this city.
Commissioner H. D. I,oveland holds
that the Southern Pacific violated the law
and should he punished with at leant a
disciplinary fine. Commissioners Alex
ander Irwin, president of the Commission,
and Theodore Summerland, the member
from the Southern district, are inclined to
oppose such action.
The differences have caused a break
of w'de dimensions among1 the members
of the Board.
ONXK GATE EXCMSIVE RATES
But Barnwell Says Santa Fe Koad
Has Tteformod.
I.OS- ANGBIKS. Cal.. April 6. Admis
sions that prior to the Fall ,of 1505 "ex
elusive' freight rates were made by the
Santa Fe Railroad to some shippers on
local traffic in Southern California were
obtained by Attorney-General Webb from
"W. G. Harwell, general freight agent of
the Santa Fe, In the hearing before the
State Railroad Commission today.
Mr. Barnwell stated that thta system
had been done away with prior to 1106
and no such "exclusive rates" are now
given.
LIEUTENANT RIVALS DUKE
BRAVE SAILOR-MAN SEEKS THE
HAND OF MISS ELKIXS.
iLiootPnant Andrews Hnrrylnfr to
Wnshlnfrton to Press Strit After
Two Tears' Exile.
SAN FRANCISCO. April fi. (Special.)
Returning home from wht ho has re
garded as a contrtved hanlahmeint for two
yearn In Afliatie waters. Lieutenant Adol
phus Andrews. U. R. N., 1s speeding from
Pan Franotsoo to -Washington to become a
rival of the Puke d'Abruzii in suing for
the hand of dashing Katherlne Elklna.
Lieutenant Andrews was attached to
the staff of President Roosevelt at Wash
ington and was among the most attentive
adorers of the wealthy Kittle Klktns.
but Mamma TSlklns did not want an un
titled Lieutenant, for. a sop-ln-law. Lieu
tenant Andrews was much surprised one
morning to read in the Navy orders that
he was gasetted to report, for duty on
the cruiser Chattanooga.
Lieutenant Andrews cruised for two
years in Asiatic waters in. command of
the Vlllalobos. His term of duty to this
assignment expired about a month ago,
when he was ordered back to Washing
ton. He shipped on the Xippon Maru and
arrived In San Francisco last week, regis
tering at th Fairmont. H left for
Washington two days ago. ' .
Ltetrtenant R. R. Ttlggs. who la now at
the St. Francis, was stationed with ths
Asiatic s'Htadron and occnsakmally met
Mr. Andrews. It was to Mr. Rlggs that
Mr. Andrews admitted his Intentions of
pressing once, mora his suit for Miss
Hklns- hand.
NEBRASKA RETURNS BLOW
Notifies California Insurance Com
panies to Quit the State.
IJNOOIN. Neb. April Insurance
Auditor Pierce today decided to notify
agent of companies organized under the
laws of California that they must ceae
doing. husnss in Nebraska. Thia action
followed a refusal of Commissioner Wolf,
of California, to admit Nebraska .com
panies. The action of luuranre Auditor Pferct
affects the Firemen's Fund-, of San Fran
c?'V: the lom F-'re ft Marine, of San
Francisco, and the Pacirtc Mutual, of
Loe Angeles.
T J
i. -M
FINOSOPTIMISM
RULES BOHTHWEST
WellmanTraces Effects
of Panic.
WORST ON ATLANTIC COAST
But No Sign of Discourage
ment as He Comes West.
ONLY LITTLE MARK LEFT
All Have Money to Spend nnd Spend
It Pan Francisco Alone Still
Surfers Consequence of
Graft and Strike.
By Walter; Weltman to the Chicago
Record -Hr a Id.
BUTTE, Mont. April 6. (Special.)
Optimism prevail everywhere in .the
ffreat Northwest and Mountain region.
Traveling; from St. paid and Minneap
olis throujrh the Dakotas and Montana
as far as Idaho and meetlnjc men from
all tsections of this vast expanse of
country, I have yet to hear the first
word of discouragement as to .the bus
iness outlook. It Is true, the banking
and currency panic, which started last
Fall In New York and almost instan
taneously ran through the length and
breadth of the land, did leave a little
mark in this region, but it was Very
small. It did not hurt much.
Tid Xot Stop Faying Cash.
The banks of this state, be it said
to their everlasting credit, did not sus
pend cash payment.! and thus virtually
abdicate their functions, as banks did
almost everywhere else. They met ev
ery demand, cashed every check and
draft.
Along the Atlantic seaboard and as
far west ?s Cincinnati and Columbus,
Including very markedly Pittsburg,
the pagic hurt to the quick. Hundreds
of thousands of mef have been thrown
out of employment and fctiw recovery,
wb.il visible. Is coming very slowly.
As far- west aa Chicago the effects of
the panic were less noticeable, and
w est from Chicago till the Pacific
Coast is reached the barm done seems
to diminish with increasing distance
from Now York. But the Pacific Coast
way hard hit. Jt has not yet recov
ered. San FrnTicisco Hard lilt.
Pan Francisco in particular, weak
ened by the earthquake and conflagra
tion and hampered by labor troubles
and by graft In the city government.
Is still said to be in a bad way. It Is
difficult to find the capital with which
to finish the hundreds of buildings of
costly character "through which the
city is rising from the ruins.
We often read in the papers glowing
accounts of the magnificent manner In
which San Francisco Is recreating It
self, but the struggle which the brave
j IT'S UP TO YOVlL UNREGISTERED VOTER
people of that city, are having, the dif
fleuitirs they are overcoming, the han
dicaps of. graft and bad reputation
and grasping labor organizations, led
m part by arrant demagogues. Is an
untold story. Capital Is timid about
investing .in. a c-Uy so . burden ed,' and
men from the (loldcn Gate tell me that,
if there s Lou Id come a .recurrence of
the muniefpa 1 rottenness of recent,
years, there will he excellent prospects
of a revival .of .the vigilant commit
tees of half a-century ago. The pa
tience of San, Francisco Is well-nigh
exhausted. ,
' Northwest Has Money.
Here In the Northwest they have
felt. the panic less, probulily, than In
itnv othc.r section -of the country. Ev
ery one appears to have money to,
spend, and to be spending it. ' Prosper
ity and "business activity can t ' stay
long ap.'pv from a country in which
the consumers ' ha ve .t" . . purchasing
and absoT bine power.
RAKE UP THE OLD STORY
Smith-Fulton Suit to Bring Out-Ancient
ITlMory. . : . "
SAL.KM. Or.. April fi. (Special.. Reiter
ation of all the facts of the Mitchell
Srth bribery transaction in the legis
'VfiTfye session of 1RT17 will probably 'he the
jJtturt of the trial of the Smith -Fill ton
lande suit, filed here Saturday night,
ft is Mr. Smith's Intention to ftringup on
the witness-stand all The parties who
know anything about the affair, and to
support hts. affidavit, if he -can. by. the.
sworn testimony of witnesses subject to
crops-examrnatlon. Thi.s purpose he indi
ca ted in a statement made today after
reading that Senator Fulton takes his suit
for S.VKI0 diimngcs as a huge joke.' If. Mr.
Smit h's plans prevail, the who! a story,
will be retold nt the present term of. the
Circuit Court ;n Mnrion County.
TRJ3PHY FOR BEST RECORD
Spokane llansrs Up (np to Cruise
or Battleship of First Class.
SEATTLE. April 6. A special to the
Times from Spoknne, jays that when the
A tlantlc fleet, now cruising in Pacific
waters, reaches Seattle next month, the
battleship or first-class cruiser which
made the highest score at the recent
target practice in Magdalena Bay will
be awarded a solid silver trophy, valued
at $.1500. presented by the people of Spo
kane. The cup is to be competed for
annually by battleships and cruisers of
the first cisss of the entire American
Navy.
Victor IT. Met calf. Secretary of the
Navy, announced some time ago that the
trophy would be acceptable to the Te
partmcnt. Forty Burled When House Falls.
LONDON. April 6. Two old tenement-houses
In Castle street collapsed
early this morning. It Is believed that
4f people, mostly German waiters, are
burled In the debris.
I'p to 'noon, eight dead bdres had
be n t - kn V tiw' 1 .-.- 0
buil.un. and iltn br 'jr V a - 1 tin ( sev
eral others are still buiied in the dci-ri..
Twenty persona were taken out alive
and none of them is seriously Injured.
The foundations Were weakened by the
excavations for a new building adjoin
ing. Hangs Himself With Wire.
SALT LAKB CITY. April P. F. S.
Kilmar. e. young man from Spencer. Ta..
hung himself with a baling wire in the
yards of the San Pedro Railroad today.
A letter left by him proves that he was
deranged, possibly frorti worry because
he had lost his position with the smelter
at McGill, New
Aunt Becky Voting, War .Xurse.
TES MOINES. la., April 6 Cpon the
41 st anniversary of her marriage.. Aunt
Becky Young, the first woman to offer
herself as a nurse when the Civil var
broke out. . and famous as a leader of
nurses, died todiy, aged 76, at her home
here.
SILVER QUESTION
NO LONGER ISSUE
Consigned to Tomb by
Bryan at Denver.
CONDITIONS NOW DIFFERENT
Help .Came From Another
Source, Says Nebraskan.: '
NEW PROBLEMS TO FACE
Pcniocrat In Banquet Speech
Claims Credit for Forcing
Kepnbllcans to Mne l"p Against
Trusts, Ha ilroads. Tariff.
DENVER, Colo., April 6. W. J. Bry
an closed a day of strenuou activity
by addressing 8n0 banqueters tonight
In the specious Ei Jebel Temple ban
quet, hall, in addition to hundreds of
others, who filled every seat in the gal
leries overlooking the main room. The
banquet had been arranged by the Bry
an" Democratic Club of Colorado, and
it, president, ex-Congressman John F.
Shafroth, presided. Mr. Bryan wu the
only speaker. He said, in part:
I do not. come to Colorado because mis
sionary work ts necessary, but for the pleas
ure of coming. We carried this stat by a
lanre majority in 1396 and In 1WX. We
oiiirht to have a larger majority tM year
than in either of those years. Every one
who votd with u in 1896 oueht to vnte
with u now, and thos who were againfct
us fn have had time to see the vindi
cation that has com to Imocratic prin
ciple?. Th quantitative theory' of money
has been proved to be correct, for we have
Tin pr cent per capita more .xewney fn circu
lation now than we .hal 4n ISPft. and with
that increase we have" had higher . price
and better times. m
The silver question Is no lonsrer a.n Issue,
but Its elimination is 5u to the fa.ct that
we have secured from another source th-a
Increase In currency which wa expected
from the restcration of bi-metallsm. But
the money question i not the only question
upon "vhlch our" position has been, provtdk
1 orrert y the course or events, tnir pro-t-t
aeajr'nt hi trust ria been shown to
wot; lo'mdfv' and the. whte country now
uii.lTSian-ja fiat a private monopoly in in
d" 'T slie and unendurable.
Hot Shots on TarlfT.
On the tariff uuetlon also the Democrat'
position is being strengthened by th Demo
crats or nep'ubileans. Secretary Tsrft started
out to make his campaign on a, platform
wMeh. declared Tor tariff revision the re-rif-'fon
to be postponed until after the elec
tion. As he' traveled over the country he
found the tariff reform sentiment so strotis
that he Anally , reached the 00 nd union in
the platform of hia state convention, that
tariff reform 1 so urgent that a special ses
sion of Concrei should be held immediately
after the 4th of March. .
But. even more significant is the surrender
made by Vice-President Fairbanks, for
hln state convention declare in favor of a
special session of C'oiwresa to be called 1m
medlately after the election four months
earlier than Secretary Taft's special ses
sion and we have two candidates to har
front j-et. It remains to be seen whether
Candidate Knox, and Candidate Hughes will
Attempt to make a better bid than those
already submitted by Candidates Taft and
Fairbanks It I gratifying to see Republi
can vieing with 'each other tn their advo
cacy of tariff reform. But the people are
not likely to entrust the reduction of the
tariff to men who ar not willing to have
tariff reform at onre and who have not dis
cussed the tariff until the exigencies of the
campaign made it neeewary.
Vindicated on Railroads,
On the question of railroad ra:iiation e
have a cot her Democratic vindication. The
Democrats have, been asking for reirula
Hon for 1 2 yar and whn at last the
President, taking his insplrat Ion from the
Democratic platform, asked for an enlarge
ment of the scope for the Interstate Com
merce Commission he received more loyal
sur.'port from the Democrat than from th
Republican. But railroad legislation la not
yet effective. We must know how much
the railroads arc worth and must prevent
the future hm of watered stock.
But inc the states began to legislate on
the subject of railroad regulation the rail
road managers beiran to demand the sur
render by the state of power to legislate,
in regard to railroads and insist that Con
gress tha11 exercise exclusive control. The
President has yielded to thia demand and
recommended th" National incorporation nt
railroads and a Secretary Taft Is indorsing
th President's policies he la supported to
favor this. But the NaMonal Incorporation
of railroads la a step bac kward rather tliai
forward, and it must be resisted by the
Democrats and It will be r"tted by a larice
element of the Republican party, for those
who have had a taJite oT state regulation
I King- Edward, of Great Britain. ( rltl-
ciwed I.v Ilia Subjects for I-eavIng
J . His Poet at a Crista.
will not be wilting to surrender the power
that the state now has.
.Must Protect Males
National remedies ought to be. added lo
state remedies, not substituted for them.
CongreRa has ample power to regulate" inter
state commerce without Interfering with the
right of the states to regulate internal com
merce. .
Secretary Taft seems to be regarded as the
representative of the reform element and
yet he ha so little of the reform spirit and
hf rcord Is xo barren of any work in behalf
of reform that- he. will, hardly . satisfy, the
expectations raised among Republicans by
some of the President's recommendations.
Ills advocacy of perpetual franchise in the
Philippine Island, coupled with a perpetual
guarantee of Income shows that he looks at
the corporation question from the standpoint
of the corporation rather than from the
standpoint of the public.
Colonial Poller Folly
On the subject of imperialism, the lant
ntne years have thown the folly of a co
lonial policy. We are paying at least lo,
000.000 a year for the privilege of. follow
ing at the tail nd of the European proces
sion, for our rmy and Navy alone costs us
more than $100,OOO.ono a year In cxcea of
their cont ten years ago.
Secretary Taft testified before Congress
we never could hope to have more than -n.-OOO
or 30. OOO Amcrtcana in the Philippines.
W have not anything like that number
there, but even if we had it would cot us
more than S-'tOOO a year for each one of the
SO. 000 to make up the 1(K, 000,000 a year
of additional expense. We could better afford
to Dick out the 30.000 who want to go to
the Philippines and support them at good
hotels, doing nothing: than to maintain an
Impera'istlc jolicy for the purpose of giv
ing them a chance to'llve In the Orient.
Tied to Predatory Interests.
' I have mentioned several of " the questions
upon which events have demonstrated the
correctness of th Democratic position. Ni
real Teform can-be expected from the Re
publicans because they are too deeply in
debted to the predatory Interests for, their
support and If Secretary Taft, who Is con
sidered the reform candidate, is antagon
istic to labor, weak on the trust question
and lacking posltlveness on the tariff ques
tion, how can we hope for anything better
from other Republican aspirants?
The Democralic parry will enter the cam
paign with confidence. Its platform and
policies are strong. Its forces are united,
while the Republicans are divided, and Its
(Concluded, on Page 3.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The- Weather.
YEfTF-R DAY'S Maximum temperature, ,2
degrees: minimum, 40
TOD A Fair and. warmer; northwest
winds.
Foreign.
Asqulth goes to Plarritr: Britons criticise
King Kdward for absence. Page n.
More rioting at I.fabon. but Governmrnt sup
preaaefl news. Page
Boycott on, japane.se goods spreads rapidly
In China. . Page 3.
National.
House pasaes employers' liability bill.
Page 4.
Gompera declares agralnat registering labor
unions. Page 4.
. politic.
Brvan apeaka at Denver banquet. , Pare 1.
I.iqnor election In several states. Page ?..
Taft speaka at great meeting at Omaha.
Page 1.
Iometlc.
Howard Gould makes scandalous charges
against his wife. P3ee 3.
Da Nat admit wholesale forgery at Helena.
Harriman replies to Government euit to dis
solve merger. Page 1.
Wellman finds more prosperity as he comes
westward-. Page I.
Uu tenant Andrews, of Navy, is rival of
Duke d'Abruzsl. Page I.
, Pacific Coast.
Fleet, makes great preparation for voyage
up' Coast. Page 4.
Trials cf Ruef and Ford begin today at
same time. . Page 2
Horsewhipping of presiding e'der at Salem
tirs up town. Page B.
Indian held negro as stave. Page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
City Attorney rules that telephone companies
must furjilsh municipal wiring. Tage 10
Portland now exchanging wireless message
.with coast station. Page 14.
Property-owners arrested for violating build
ing ordinance. Page T.
Registration of voters now -well past 30,000
mark. Page 10.
County Clerk preparing to send Koas case
documents to Salem. Page 7.
Multnomah Democrats will deridt on nomi
nating county ticket. Page la.
Indian to be tried In Federal Court for
manslaughter. Page 1-
H. W: Brtc elected Mayor of St. John.
Page 5..
('mnwrial and Marine.
Monday baying alow on Board of Trade.
Page IS.
Wheat s ! n m p 2 cent at Chicago., Page- 15.
Erie difficulty checks atork speculation.
Pg 15.
Two ships are added to th en route list.
Pa I
TAFT DISCUSSES
ISSUES JIT OMAHA
Guet at Banquet of
fvlcKinley Club.
PAYS RESPECTS TO BRYAN
Accuses Democratic Leader of
Being Inconsistent.
EXPANSION VrEWS ALTERED
War Secretary Show Whrre Nebras
ka n Has Changed Front Say
People Approve Policies of
Hoosevelt Administration.
OMAHA. April ff.-r-Secrotary Taft
rounde'1 " out the first day of hia trip
to Nebraska with a ppeech at the Au
ditorium tonlfrht, where he was the.
honored fruest at a banquet Rlvn by
the McK inley Club. The Secretary
toon occasion Unlht to place before
the people the Issues of the coming
campaign as he views them and lycl
dentally to reply to the recent utter
ances of William J. Bryan, when ' he
criticised the action of the McKinley
and Roosevelt administrations for
their policy in the Philippines.
The Secretary stated that Mr. Bryan
was not consistent in his utterances be
cause he had been the means. In a large
decree, of bringing- about the signing of
the Treaty of Paris, whereby the Phil
ippines came under the control of the
Vnited States and Is now criticizing the
action of the administration because of
Its efforts to teach the Filipinos the art
of self-govern fnent.
Trusts and JEatlronrts.
The War Secretary also took tip and
'dealt at length with the question of rail
road legislation and Industrial combina
tions which he considers on a of thf;
principal issues of tho campaign,
The day was fnll of functions for Sec
retary Taft. It began nt Council Bluff's
where his train arrived at S o'cloefc. He
was met at the I'nlon Station In that
cfty by a reception committee from
Omaha which accompanied him across
the river and acted aa escort to the Rome
Hotel, where he had breakfast, A pub
lic reception at the hotel took an hoar of
his 'time immediately following luncheon
and the Secretary was then hurried awn
in an automobile to the First Congrega
tional Church where he addressed tht
Women's Club for an hour..
Speaks at Banquet.
Returning to his hotel, Secretary
Taft was soon afterward whirled away
to the Auditorium. Twelve hundred
persons were aeated at the banquet
tables. Secretary Tft had the .last ad
dress on the programme and did not
speak until after 11 o'clock. In part,
he said:
"The issues of the next campaign
are to turn on to the achievements of
the McKinley and Roosevelt adminis
trations which still remain the subject
of discussion between us and our Dem
ocratic friends, or rather between u
and the gentleman who seems to have
the power of leading the Democratic
party against Its will. We are to ac
cept nit what the Democratic party
on any isue but what Mr. Brywn
thinks on every issue as the real
basis for the national campaign to ho
ended by the election in November
next."
Bryan Forces Isue."
"Because Mr. Bryan still keeps alive
controversies which many Democrats are
content to regard aa settled, we have to
go hack and rediscuss matter which the
verdict of history properly Interpreted
ought long ago to have ended. It is
true that free. silver and repudiation have
for the -time been lost sight of. though
I do not understand Mr. Bryan to have
said anything which would prevent him
from bringing- out that as a panacea
should the financial situation sufrgest
itself to him.
'I verily believe that four-fifths of the
people of the t'nited States are entirely
contented, with the way In which Mr.
McKinley and Mr. Roosevelt have
worked out the problem presented to n
by the Spanish War. but th'g does not
prevent a fierce a assault by Mr. Bryajt
upon the Republican administration for
what they have done in this regard."
Her lews Fxpa nsion Pol loy.
After reviewing the administration pol
icy toward" National expansion, Mr. Taft
said:
"President Roosevelt has brought
forward for the practical consideration
of the people of the United States a
democratic danger to our Institutions
and our civilization that was aapping
the moral foundations of our society
and threatening to make u a plutoc
racy. In which those who had bad
health and Industrial aucceas were to
be placed in a privileged class and
given practical exemption from the
operations of the laws.
"These abuses. Insofar as they affect
Interstate commerce, weer In the teeth
of two great Federal statutes, the Inter
state eommemrce law and the anti-trust
law. By an appeal to the people and
attrring messages to Cortgr, PreWeat
Roosevelt secured the passage of tht so
called rate bill.
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