THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1908.
BIG ELEPHANT ON
WILD RAMPAGE
Frightened by Tame Pig and
Chases Through New
York Streets.
SMASH TENEMENT-HOUSE
Men and A omen Seek Safety In
I)oonva)S as Plunging Ileat
lodges Aulos and htreet-t'ar
lit Top or His Speed.
NEW TCHK', Nov. 2?. Th antics of a
tiny turn plc o frilitrnd a four-ton
' iphant Saturday that liie bis boa si broke
wh from Its kocp-.TS at t lie Hippodrome,
cmsnrd t hroucti several stout doors
whlrri barrod h r progress and started
on a wild run toward the Kast River.
Down Korty-trilrd etr-eet to fifth ave
nue and then throuph crowded Thirty
fourth iret tlio Ime beast swung
along at & speed that amazed
th great crod fdlnwini? and
s(.r ad consternation alidad of lier.
No hand was rai.ed to May her rropreps
si.e swept elomr. dodging streetrars
and automobiles. Men, wvmien and chil
dren darted into doorways to Rive the
animal fret way and horses reared and
plunp d and screamed in terror w hen
tiiey ta-' the lumlering pachyderm bear
ing down upon them.
Tear Through Tenement.
Madison. Park, Lexington. Third and
V-inl avenut-a wore pasi-fd at top speed.
Hfiwt-n St-cond and Kirst avenues, how-
-r. the frfglit-md b ast stopp- d short
nn-J pIunKd into the entrance of a tene-nient-hot;.-.-.
T!ie passageway was too
narrow to admit the immme bulk but
1!im elephant thrr-w hr wt iht forward
and t h snh'S of t he doorway crumbled.
Trotting tiirotign the Imif? liallway, he
f-.nd an U in the ame manner and
th. n tartd on a wild rampage through
I'j'ek-yard f'-ncs.
Hv ih thn- lit r kc p r arrived on the
se-ne had ? pt through a half dozin
fru? ohsii-iutlons an'd the windows of
t very t- ru'in nl - house m t he block were
T i: -.t with i tutors. The k.cjHT finally
uee.fl- d in Ketting a np around one of
. I. iiiant b-s and by making the
ro fast to a eloi hspole held her there
ui.til the b-asr was Furely tied.
Th n rame th1 prohl,-iii of Kitting her
ha. k to tne play-house. The eWrphant
r-fned to have the yard even after she
had b'--n calmed and the ropes removed.
s a last resort thre other elephants
vrp. 1-d to ti e M-eno. It was necessary
to break flown two more tenees before
t..- y culd be not to the runaway. When
:,. had been joined by l.er companions
t!ie biij b.'ast. became :ls tractable as a
kitten. Th" four animals were driven
I. irk I-1 "he Hippodrome through streets
lined w ith spectators.
MDGNSH1NERS ARE CAUGHT
two m.pitiks akiikst xise
ii-:mri-:i:s dksi'Kkatl: ;anu.
Leader Takrn to Jail With Five
liuIU-t Wounds in ISoily Knd
of Illicit Operations.
AN'MSTo.V, A i n . , N'v. u"? The famous
vf moonshine whisky In the Turkey
H'-avn mountains, of A!;ilum:t, was con
al le:i.t for the present, by I'nif'd
Stains K.vemi OfrhTrs. when they to
rjght bronchi to jail here, Jim Floyd.
f..r a decade the trailer of the Floyd
uam:. and eht ulle)ieil members of his
I'.TII.I.
I'ue bullet wounds in Floyd's body at
te.sieil a desperate all-niyht tight with
l.i.. alleged moonshiners.
Floyd had boasted that he would never
!w taken alive. Hnd he was captured
enly after b-s of bloo.1 had dimmed his
ii an.i made his grip on his revolver
i nstr.i.ly. Two ib I'Uti. s made all the
i-aptur.-. Ttiey were Internal Revenue
.W-nt. Knox Scott and Chief IVputy Mar-
al Asl.-y. They o'teentfaled their
i.e. ?i en ;)! leader of the band. Jim
Floyd, aid niieii his companions saw
him iyir-t prone at the officers' mercy
i.vy tl.-ii, w .:a tin ir tichtin? spirit pone.
T::e two of:i ers hclii'Vi d tiiat Floyd and
iiene of ins con.pantors were in thfl
'uiaie of I""'' Allen, and shortly after
dark they at:a.k-d the hotuse. DurinK
trie affray. Floyil ati;Hr'd at the window
:.nd w.is sho: as ho attempted to Jump
ttiroiittli It. Three of Floyd's friends In
lae hour.' th-'ll vave ti; the tipht and tite
.TlV. rs start' n on a niulit roundup of
t ie others. I'.y i;oo.i in k. eseapins even
tne S'li;iltest sera te'i. tile pair eartunnl
en." at'er another ot th. Uand. only one
n'an. k-.'tier of an a'i..-d st'll. Kettinjf
BWay. Tae ;tiil was ii--stroyed.
GALLS SlIUATICa GLOOMY
UK. II fHFICIAIi TALKS OF F.F-
i okts or i'tiwi:i;.
- Vttitiiile of i:iifilaiiil and ISus
Fncoiirar Small states to
Ak fitr I mp4iil)Ie
t'oiicesions.
Kb.KLJX. .N'- v. 2.-A hiv: a ofrt.iaJ of
k-.e i-oreiktn Cit't'e e said ti'day with ret
renec to the lialkan situation:
"I fear that the i iea of an Irlorna
.onal i-oiicress is t ii ri-a: cm-d. M'e are
..o;y to enter lr.to u eonte'eme of the
iw.ts on condition t'l.'il the annexa
on of HcMiia ;u:r Hcrxeirovina be
:t:ft.d without debate. Our intention
r.-acli an understanding witii Turkey
tore the con ferer.of assembles does
t s.'. m to tind npproval In Knsland
- Jitissia and because of this the
'arte id eiu ourajred to resist our pro-
ia!s. Tlit- snia!! lhilkan states also
k Impossible c mu'esslons. Ve are de
l iedly for peace, but the present sit
ation Is ploomy and complicated."
AXNFXATIOV IS 1MPOSSIBI.F-.
(nna J'rlnco I1k- Not Want War
at Anj Frice.
liONOON". Nov. 29. A dispatch to tlw
4j'jter, Xruxu iielffrade, gives an iiitux-
view with Crown Prince George, in whie"a
he denies seeking war at any price. The
idea of the annexation of Herzegovina
and Bosnia, he declares Is Impossible and
unthinkable,
"It is as easy to imagine Russia with
out Moscow." the Crown Prince declared,
"as Servia without Bosnia. The least we
can demand Is that Bosnia and Herze
povina shall be completely autonomous
under Turkish suzerainty. It is better
to die for national Ideals than to live as
a playthln? of ' any great state. Servia
may easily be the David to the Austrian
government."
S1GX
SECRET
AGREEMENT
Russia and Italy Unite on Balkan
Dispute France In Sympathy.
PAP.IS. Nov. 29. A London dispatch
to the Jiatin says Russia and Italy
have alfrned a secret agreement rela
tive to the Balkans and adds that this
only strengthens the ties binding
France to Italy.
NO CHINESE IN TEN YEARS
WILL. LEAVE FXITED STATES
AXD CANADA FOR HOME.
Imperial lnveMijiator Declares That
Industrial Conditions in Flow
cry Kingdom Will Necessitate
Return ol Orientals.
WINNIPEG. Man., Nov. 29. "In 10
years there will not be a Chinese left
In the I'nited States or Canada." was
the statement made tonight by Lau Sz
Klv. imperial investigator, appointed by
the Chinese government to inquire Into
mining, manufacturing and commercial
GRAND OPERA SINGER DENIES RUMOR OF ENGAGEMENT
. GF.HAI.DINB FARRAR.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. (Special.) Geraldlne Farrar came back to
tnrrica this week poutinjr hecatisn the newspapers had her encaged
l.ain this time to Seoul, the baritone of the Metropolitan Opera
House put her face broke into Its customary smile when she had de
nied th report with the one word: "Silly!" Miss Farrar has been
reported engav-ed to the Crown Prince of Germany (now happily mar
ried) and the gossips will not bo happy unless they are attaching
some' Interesting romance to the singer's name. Miss FarraFs reported
..T, demerit to the Crown Prince was due to l.er popularity with the
. i ,.. crmsnv. Phe Is a
,,.,.,11 , ii, his son ami with the
Is entertained at Potsilat
an engagement in Berlin.
politan opera 'louse, w h-re she is a great favorite, not only for her
very beaut if ul' voice and her histrionic skill, but for her charming
personality.
matters on this continent, with a view
organization of an era of develop-
mont in China.
With him are Law A. Tan. ) P ?
and OU Wan Yow. merchants of China
who are seeking Chinese well versed in
their lines of trade and commerce that
he - mav be sent back to China to work
f,,r a syndicate which has been formed
wTth a capital of S3.ouO.niiO to build
ra roads and steamships, develop mines
and farms and enfe-ago in bank.ng and
hfcompaTrhas already been started
and will soon begin operations in the
province of Kweng SI. Yip Yen. presi
dent of the concern, said that hundred,
of other comivm.es would be put in
operation as soon as the one now being
organized had started work and to op
erate these many companies China
would induce her countrymen on this
continent to return to China, induce
ments being offered by the government
for development of the country being so
great that every Chinaman, will re
spond to the call.
ANNUAL BANQUET IS HELD
Scotch society or St. Andrew Is in
Prosperous Condition.
The KM anniversary"" of the founding of
the St. Andrew s Society of Portland was
celebrated Saturday night by that organi
zation at a smoker in Koresters Hall. Mar
iuam buildinc. A programme, consist
ing of addresses and musical numbers,
was rendered. A leture of the enter
tainment was the bagpipe playing of J.
11 lacIonald and J. .McKinley. Jr. Wil
liam Hood's dancing of the Highland
Fling was also much appreciated. Vocal
nnnilei's were rendered by J. A. Dick,
Fred Crowther. J. W. Larson, J.. F. Gib
son The speakers of the evening were
K. Clark. Alex. H. Pirrell and Robert
livingstone. President Alex. Gavin pre
sided ami In his opening address re
viewed the work or tiie society during
the past year. It was shown that the
organization is in very satisfactory finan
cial condition and is steadily adding to
i:s memlershlp roll. It now has more
than -0 names on Its register, making
(t the largest society on the Coast. About
;e0 Scotchmen and their friends attended
lass night's meeting.
lirives Wife Out of Home.
Having driven his wife from their home
In a. drunien rage and then sought her
through the streets with a loaded re
volver, threatening to kill her. B. H.
Push, a motorman. employed onthe O.
j carline. who lives at 1 . .4 Kast
Nineteenth street. RMlwood, was appre
hnd. d and placed under arrest Saturday
night bv Patrolman Hoesly, at the cor
ner of Fast Ninth street and
t'matilla avenue. Sillwood. Mrs.
Hush savs that tier husband came
home drunk and picking a quarrel over
trivial causes, swore he would kill her.
He secured his revolver, but the fright
ened woman made her escape out the
1 ack wav and fled. She appealed to the
policeman for protection. Bush is being
held under a double charge. The police
charge him with carrying concealed
weapons and his wife has tiled a com
plaint for threatening to shoot her.
Webfoot Oil Blacking Keeps reet ary.
Makes shoes last. All dealers.
STAMP OUT DISEASE
Visiting Nurses to Combat the
White Plague.
STATE CAMPAIGN STARTED
Public Is Asked to Boy Pasters and
Put Them on Christmas Mail
to Aid Fight Against
Tuberculosis.
GOOD WILL TO MEN.
The Christmas Stamp.
Put it Letters,
CHRISTMAS,
on your - ' Packages.
It will not carry any kind of mall.
But any kind of mall will carry it.
One Penny Apiece.
Issued by the Red Cross to stamp
out the White Plague. Every penny
4 goes to aid the antl-tuberculoils
light In this state.
f Each stamp Is a bullet In the fight
f against tuberculosis.
I BUT THE CHRISTMAS STAMP.
Ask Anybody.
s. .
The Portland Visiting Nurse Association
has co-operated with the American Na
tional Red Cross in the anti-tuberculosis
great favorite with
the Kaiser,
wives of both of them.
and she
a i. the royal palaces whenever she Is filling;
.lisj Farrar returns to sing; at the Metro
campaign. It Is proposed by the Nurse
Association to raise funds with which to
build an open air pavilion where the ad
vanced cases of consumption can be
treated In comfort and the Infections
danger of the disease removed from the
family. In order to raise the necessary
funds, the association will sell sevfral
thousand Christmas-stamps next month,
adopting the same plan as was followed
bu the Bed Cross workers In the state of
Delaware last year.
In Portland 10 per cent of all deaths Is
said to result frpm tuberculosis. One
day recently two nurses from the as
sociation In a day's work of visiting 15
cases, cared for nine tubercular patients,
most of the cases being In the advanced
stages. The average working person does
not realize, from his ignorance of the
disease, his danger until too late and it
Is for this class of patients that the as
sociation proposes to provide a refuge.
The association has been fortunate
enough in several cases to find consump
tives in the first or curable stage and
by private subscription has been able to
piace such patients in the Open Air Sana
torium, already established for patients
In that stage of tuberculosis.
Another and by no means the least Im
portant part for which the funds derived
from the sale of the Christmas stamps
will be used will be that of demonstrating
and Instructing methods of prevention of
the disease. At a meeting of the directors
of the association held last week a num
ber of committees were appointed to at
tend to the matter of presenting the im
portance of the proposed campaign for
the extermination of the White Plague.
public meeting will be held some time
this week which the women of the Nurse'
Association hope will be attended by
every woman who Is interested in the
laudable work of the association.
The undertaking is a colossal one as
the sale of tre stamps will not be confined
to Portland alcne. They will be placed on
sale ta every city Iff the state. The work
ers have the hearty co-operation of all of
the prominent business firms of the city
and next Wednesday.. December -. the
stamps can be bought at stationery
store- the stationery departments of
the department stores and the drugstore
Tobacco and cigar stores also will have
The following explanation of the origin
of the Christmas stamp and the niethod
of placing it on sale has been issued by
the KM -r Tv" . T
ipo4 In Denmark, the govcrnmfnt !
,T Christmas itamp. with the Kin
Ink th" oM "Jr the same as our
berculosis , 4.000.
7beini aoVd at an oere. or half a cent
ww mh. .rk ha continued it since
f'maintam tXrculosis work, and the sale
In tSS nativo Uuid of Han. ChrUtian Ander
sen has doubled each year.
America needs such a stamp, but her
PostTfTlre officials cannot issue or handle
ft Lnder the present postal laws; and a
act of Confess would be necessary.
3J7ob Rl'i. himself a Dane, wrote an elo
iSen? arncte, published in the Outlook of
Julv 6 17. urKinjc Government action In
Th matter, but there were too many dlff!
cuttlS in the way. U seemed hopelesa to
?rV but at this juncture the Red Cross,
which exists for just such emergencies, took
U The Bed Cross is a great National orjra ni
dation, with branches in each state, formed
to act In times of crisis and to render aid
In war. pestilence and famine. Tubercu
lsi the great white plague. Is the most
trrih)e pestilence in the known world,
claiming one death out of every seven. The
Bed Cross has taken up tubercuioais work.
Uittrctoj-e, as part ot iu -pec activiqr.
In
lied
v on it. It wai not booo ior poi.M,.
Y, . "sticker" lor Christmas letter-,
only an a stir Th. proceeds
rn ?tarie'nt tovfard building ra tu
The present time is one of crisis in the war
against consumption. Each state needs edu
cation and awakening in the subject, ana
money for tne work. The Red Cross there
fore, with the approval of the postal
authorities, took up the Christmas stamp
last Christmas, and tried it in one state.
This waa the little State of Delaware
ve-y small, very conservative, not given to
enthusiasm and having only a few shacks
in u woodland meadow near Wilmington as
a tuberculosis hospital. The state as &
whole was ignorant and uninterested on
the subject, yet the stamp, printed and
put on the market only 18 days before
Christmas, amazed everyone by its sensa
tional record. Fifty thousand had baen
printed to sell at 1 cent apiece. They went
in a week, and then the stamp gtt into
Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Red
Cross welcomed it and backed it, and the
North American gave it splendid aid.
The Delaware schools sold it. the Wo
men's Clubs In Delaware took it up. the
newspapers gave columns to it. the depart
ment stores, banks, drugstores and hotels
sold it. It was sold in the corridors of the
Wilmington Federal building, by permis
sion of the Government, though not in the
Poatoftice itself. The presses In the last
few days before Christmas ran night and
day to supply the demand. People used
the stamps on packages and letters, and
the business Arms on their correspondence.
Nearly 400.000 were sold, and nearly $3000
cleared from this small unobtrusive penny
stamp.
With this money the Delaware Red Crow
first brought an educational anti-tuberculosis
exhibit to Delaware, which waa visited
by 20.000 people in ten days. The clubs,
granges, city boards, teachers, clergymen,
labor unions, etate officials, were all spe
cially Invited on special days, and the whole
state waa waked up. A nurse was sent to
the sanitarium and a free dispensary sup
plied with milk and eggs, drugs and a visit
ing nurse for the consumptive poor, and thl
haa gone on all year. One thousand dollars
has been aet aside as a nucleus toward build
ing a hospital. Delaware is now decidedly
interested in tuberculosis work and all this
done in IS days by a penny etarap.
The American National Red Cross this year
has decided to Isrme the Christmas stamp In
evry mate. A beautiful stamp fcas been espe
cially designed by Howard Kyle, the famous
artist. It bears a wreath of holly and "Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year. It will
be on sale at all stationery departments in
the large Morea in the city. It will be sold
In sheeta, like an ordinary Ramp and also
in small books, nine for 10 centa. 24 for 25
ceat, 48 for 50 cents, like the Government
tamp.
The Christmas stamp Is not good for post
age. It will not carrry any kind of mall,
but any kind of mail will carry it. Each
one who uses this holiday stamp will help
to stamp out the white plague. For an or
der of one stamp or KK)0 the price Is the
fame, except in the little books, which add
the coM of the binding, just as the Govern
ment doef. The proceeds in each state go
toward tuberculosis work in that Btate.
During the run of the stamp la.it year
Jacob Rlls wrotfl a congratulatory letter to
the Delaware Red Crow. and Governor
Stuart, of Pennsylvania. Secretary Root and
Secretary Taft all telegraphed their approval
and good wlhes. This' year the stamp goes
forward to a wider usefulness. Its value will
be two-fold. It educates and arouses. It
gives each one a chance to contribute. If
only a penny, to the war against the white
plague, and provides a fund for needed work.
If little Delaware made it succeed, any other
state North or South, can do so. The Na
tional Red Cross brings this Chrietmat? stamp
to the whole Nat ion th Is year. If each
American man. woman end child buys but
one. 6.V0O0.WO will be sold, and tuberculosis
work from Maine to California will he rein
forced and urged forward! When Denmark
has succeeded, can America rtll ?
GERMAN RADICALS PROPOSE
CREATION' OP COURT.
o Provision for Punishing Derelict
Official Other Parties Oppose
Renewed Attack on Kaiser.
BERLIN, Nov. 25. The Radical party
at a caucus Saturday decided to introduce
a resolution in the Reichstag for
the creation of a high impeach
ment court, before which the Chancel
lor could b brought to answer for
dereliction in his constitutional duties
as between the Kmperor and the peo
ple or in a case When, although n.ot un
constitutional, the imperial acts
through the Chancellor may have en
dangered th realm.
The imperial constitution, unlike
some of the general federal state con
stitutions, does not provide for any
method of impeachment. Bismarck,
when threatened by his opponents in
the Reichstag with having his salary
stopped, exclaimed:
"I will sue for it and collect." .
There is no probability, however, of
the resolution's being accepted. Other
party influences are at work to prevent
as far as possible a renewal on Decem
ber 2 of the criticism of the Emperor's
personal acts. It is likely that all
parties will join In this endeavor except
the Socialists and some of the Radi
cals. TRIAL FLPT SUCCESS
GERMAN GOVERXMEST TO BUY
PARSEVAL AIRSHIP.
Machine to Be Transferred to MeU,
Where Men Will Be Trained
In Maneuvers.
BERLtIX, Nov. 29. The trial flight of
the Parseval airship Saturday was so sat
isfactory that the government commission
decided to purchase the machine.
It is the purpose of the government to
train an entire battalion in the manipula
tion of Zeppelin airships. A detachment
of officers and men today left Berlin for
Friederichshafen. where they will be in
structed in the filling and deflating of the
fcas chambers. They will then be formed
In crews of ten men each and each crew
will make frequent ascensions. When the
entire detachment is sufficiently adept
la maneuvering the airship It will be
transferred together with the balloon to
Metz. where a permanent airship sta
tion Is to be erected.
BOY HUNTER IS KILLED
Arises to Receive Charge From
Companion's Gun in Head.
. EUGENE. Or., Nov. 29. Special.)
Lawrence Melvln Bond. -aged 14, son of
a well known merchant of Coburg, was
accidentally shot and killed by I.ee
Smith, a companion of his own age. at
o'clock this evening. Together with
young Smith. Professor Maxwell, prin
cipal of the Coburg schools; George
Drury and George Smith, father of Lee,
young Bond had gone on a goose hunt
near the Coburg bridge over McKenzie
River.
The two lads were ahead when they
saw a flock of geese. Both crouched
down, the Bond boy in front, and each
tired a shot. Young Bond fired a second
time, then arose suddenly to his feet.
Just in time to receive the contents of
Smith's shotgun in the hack of the
head. The boy lingered till 7 o'clock,
then passed away.
Coroner Gordon, of Bugene. Inquired
into the facts and deemed an inquest
unnecessary, as it was plainly acci
dental. Night Riders Open lire.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., 'S.'ov. 2?. A dispatch
from Union City. Tenn., confirms the re
ports of an attack on & detail of militia
by a band of men, presumably night
riders, at the Gleason Sawmill, near
Samburg, last night. According to the
dispatch, one of the soldiers was wounded
is the hand.
CHRISTMAS NUMBER
UNSET
THE MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA C. S. Aiken.
A study of "The King's Highway" today. Superbly
illustrated.
THE TALE OF THE MISSING PASSENGERS
Another Vaiti story.
THE RAILROADS AND THE WEST
BtTSHIDO STORIES
Dealing with
THE CLOUD George Sterling
Another notable poem by the author -of "Wine of
Wizardry."
LIN M'LEAN OwenWister
OTHER GOOD ARTICLES AND STORIES
Beautifully illustrated from drawings by Gertrude Partington, Maynard Dixon,
Gordon Coutts, M. J. Spero, and other artists.
"THE BLUE MOON," Mary Austin's latest and most notable novel of the West,
will begin in the January number of Sunset.
TAFT-
Signs of Coming Conflict Be
tween Them.
NOT TARIFF BATTLE ALONE
It Involves General Policy to Be
Pursued During the Taft
Administration Sherman
for Cannon.
Washington Special to New York Times.
Authentic information received in Wash
ington from Hot Springs, Va., makes It
practically certain that President-elect
Taft has made up hlB mind to have it out
with Speaker Cannon right at the outset
of the new Administration, which means
that the biggest fight the Republican par
ty has seen for years is impending. By
force of circumstances the light will be
over the election of the Speaker ot the
next House, which will meet in special
session under the call of Mr. Taft soon
after the inauguration of the new Presi
dent. On the surface It will be a fight be
tween Taft and Cannon, but in fact it
will be a fight between the progressive or
radical Republicans and the conserva
tives or reactionaries. It is not against
Cannon merely that VIr. Taft will array
the power of lis Administration, but
against the entire eystem which the
Speaker represents, and- of whii!h he is
the head in the House of Representatives.
Nor is It merely a fight for an honest
revision of the tariff. Its purpose em
braces all the whole line of progressive
policies for which Mr. Taft stands. The
fact is that he stands for one tendency
in Government and legislation and Mr.
Cannon stands for another. The two are
radically opposed to each other, and Mr.
Taft means to have it settled right at
the start, if it is possible for him to do
so, which line shall be followed during
his Administration. To do that he is
willing to join issues with the Speaker
now and put it to the crucial test of the
Speakership election.
Actually Stirring Vp the Row. .
This is a brand-new Taft. His friends
here have known for years that Mr. Taft
is a great fighter when once he hecomes
involved in a contest. They know of some
hard struggles which he has conducted.
But they have never before seen him en
gaged in anv great contest on his own be
half. Now he is not only willing to be
come engaged, he is actually stirring up
the row and preparing to lead it in per
son. And it is solely In the Interest of his own
Administration that he is inviting the bat
tle. Moreover, it is primarily in behalf of
the one policy he has advocated which
more than any other can be said to be
entirely his own, as distinguished from
the "Roosevelt policies'" which he so
often during the campaign pledged him
self to carry out. Tariff revision of the
sort advocated by Mr. Taft was not in
the Roosevelt quiver. Mr. Taft has gone
well bevond the point where Roosevelt
would havo stopped on that line, as even
the President would admit.
This question alone, however, might not
have induced Mr. Taft to undertake so
serious a proposition as a fight with Mr.
Cannon. If that had been the only point
at issue between them some compromise
might have been arranged.
Speaker Cannon has shown himself
able, at other times, to bow to the in
evitable more or less gracefully, and if he
found submission on the tariff the only
thing necessary to avoid an open ruptuHe
with the official head of his party he
would no doubt find the way to yield with
every appearance of grace now. But sub
mission on the tariff will not begin to
satisfy Mr. Taft. There is a long list of
matters on which the two men differ
widely.
"How will the Speaker be able to sat
isfy Mr. Taft?" asked one of the strong
adherents of the President-elect this eve
ning. "What list of promises can be make
that would cover all the contingencies of
the next Administration? It is not merely
on the matters which are at issue now
that Mr. Taft and the Speaker are on
posed to each other. From everything
that is known of each it is easy to see
that the same opposition would arise on
everything that comes up. No list of
specific pledges could be made that would
offer a satisfactory guaranty to Mr.
Taft. Moreover. It Is not merely Mr.
Cannon alone who represents this oppo
sition. It is the entire system that he
stands for."
Fortunate Time for Conflict. .
Thus it seems that a new irrepressible
conflict has begun In earnest, a conflict
which has been threatening every session
of Congress for the last four years, but
which Mr. Roosevelt has never been able
to make up his mind to undertake. Mr.
Taft has a fortunate time in which to
begin it. right at the outset of his ad
ministration. It is predicted by politi
cians In Washington that victory will
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render him even more popular throughout
the United States than Mr. Roosevelt has
been.
B'or it is recognized that everywhere in
the country Cannon is most unpopular,
and the American tendency to idolize the
fighter for what the country wants, es
pecially when he is successful, will have
ample opportunity to manifest itself in
this case.
The Cannon men realize already what
the fight may mean to them. They are
talking confidently, but it is observable
from the action of some of them that a
good part, at least, of the talk is in the
nature of loud whistling in the dark
woods. Kver since the election, the
friends of the Speaker, including Vice
President - elect Sherman, have been
hustling among the Republicans of the
next House for pledges to support Can
non for the Speakership. An illustration
of their activity is found in the way they
worked with the New Jersey delegation.
Within two hours after the announcement
by Representative Fowler that he would
be a candidate for the Speakership, every
other Republican in the New Jersey dele
gation had been pledged to Cannon.
Over two weeks ago it was reported to
the Cannon managers that enough votes
had been pledged to him to insure his re
election. But it is evident not only that
the Cannon men do not trust to their
pledges, but that they have reason not to.
That they do -not trust them is apparent
from the fact that right now Congress
man James R. Mann, of Chicago, one of
the stanch adherents of the Speaker, is
sending out letters to Republican mem
bers of the next House urging them to
support Cannon for re-election.
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And that there is ample reason for dis
trusting the pledges already given is
found in the great number of letters from
Republican members of the next House
daily received by Mr. Taft asking his
opinion in the matter. Letters also have
been received in numbers by Mr. Burton,
who is popularly picked as the Taft can
dii ate in opposition to the Speaker. The
writers want to know from Mr. Burton
where he stands, and whether he is likely
to make the race against Cannon or not.
Mr. Burton, however, is not talking
Speakership now. He got in from Hot
Springs to attend the meeting of the
Monetary Commission here. He conies
directly from a series of conferences with
Mr. Taft, at which a number of the
problems of the next Administration were
discussed, but he declined to say any
thing about his talks with the next Pres
ident. "I am not a candidate for the Speaker
ship," he said. "You may make that as
emphatic as you like. I am a candidate
for the Senate to succeed Foraker, and
I am going home to make a fight for
that place."
It was pointed out, however, that Mr.
Burton is not essential to Mr. Taft's
plans regarding the Speakership contest.
The President-elect feels that there are
plenty of good men in the next House who
would make admirable Speakers. And
besides, he is not advocating the election
of any particular man. nor will he. He
is not going to undertake to dictate what
the organization of the House shall be.
His opposition is to the present system,
which he means to defeat if he can, that
is all. He feels that he is perfectly jus
tified in taking this attitude now. He is
not President yet, but he has been chosen
by' his party as its leader for the next
four years, and he feels that under that
warrant he is justified in taking any
steps' which seem to him best for the
welfare of the party.
He has been told by close friends and
shrewd observers that unless he makes
the fight and overthrows the Cannon sys
tem right at the opening of his Adminis
tration it will be doomed to failure. And
he is convinced that this view is correct.
He knows that no matter what sort of a
tariff 'bill is passed at the special session
of Congress it will not satisfy the coun
try if Cannon Is Speaker. That fact alone
would make the tariff bill an object of
suspicion throughout the country.
The succeeding long session would be
dominated by the same influences, and a
situation would be framed up where the
election of a Democratic House would be
almost inevitable. Then, with the Demo
crats in control of the House during the
last two" years of his Administration,
President Taft's legislative programme
would be defeated and the whole Admin
istration would be a failure. Taft would
be a one-term President and nothing could
help it. '
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would unquestionably continue the tac
tics which have made him so unpopular
throughout the country now, and Cannon
ism would he the vital issue of the Con
gressional election two years hence. On
that issue the mid-term election would
certainly be lost to the Republicans.
The Cannon men are already making
vigorous protests that "Uncle Joe" will
be gcjod during the next Congress. Can
non himself is making what is practi
cally a similar declaration in his publia
speeches, although he limits himself to
the tariff pledge of the Republican plat
form. But there is a feeling here that Mr.
Canrfon is being damaged every day by
the action of his closest friends on the
ways and means committee, and that
the country will not be persuaded that
Payne and Dalzell are not carrying on
their proceedings as the result of a direct
understanding with Cannon, if not, in
fact, under his orders. The result is a
situation which is daily reflected In Mr.
Taft's mail, and which is set forth to
night by Mr. Burton.
Do Xot Show Sincere Effort,
"There is undoubtedly an impression
prevalent in the country," said Mr. Bur
ton, "that the present tariff hearings of
the ways and means committee do not
show a sincere effort to Investigate con
ditions with a view to remedy possible
abuses by a judicious revision of the
schedules. Letters received in great num
bers by the President-elect show this im
pression. "The Chicago platform committed the
party to an earnest and sincere effort to
revise the tariff. To illustrate what tlio
country understood by that pledge, ob
jections are now being made that the
ways, and means committee apparently is
not digging Into the question of difference
between the cost of production here and
abroad. This is regarded as important,
judging from the letters and protests
mentioned.
"The President-elect is anxious that his
party satisfy the country that its inten
tion is to keep the letur and spirit of
the pledge contained in the Chicago plat-
form."
Of the outcome of the light, there can '
be but one conclusion. The only question
all along has been as to whether Mr.
Taft would make up his mind really to
undertake such a contest. Now that he
apparently has done so, the power of his
Administration is practically certain to
carry him through. It will be a desperate
fight in all probability, for Speaker Can
non and the close friends around him are
not quitters.
It will leave deep scars and insure
a warfare that probably will endure
throughout the Taft Administration. It
will mean the practical effacement of
some of the men who have been most
prominent in the House and may lead to
their retirement from Congress. And it
stands to make Mr. Taft as popular an
idol throughout the country as Mr.
Roosevelt has been.
FOOTPAD BEATS UP WOMAN
Strikes Her Over Head After De
mand for Food at Point of Gun.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 29. (Spe
cial.) Early last evening a masked
man attempted to hold up Miss Mo.N'uil.
daughter of Loughlin McNeil, across
the Chehalis River, norwest of this
city, on the McNeil farm. T .. J ouiiK
woman was working out'ie nouso
when the man approa :n -tmed with
a rifle. He commandv.u. her to throw
up her hands, but she parleyed with
him. He said he wanted food, and Miss
McNeil told him if he would wait till
she could go to the house she would
get him something.
She started to back away, when the
man struck her over the head with
the gun and a scuffle followed. He
finally broke and ran. An old hat was
found nearby and It is believed to have
been worn by the highwayman.
Miss McNeil's father was working at
the barn, but it was impossible for nlm
to hear the alarm until the ruffian
had gone. The Sheriff's office was no
tified, but no arrest has been made as
yet. Hobos have been unusually thick
of late.' One night recently the Che
halis City Marshal rounded up a bunch
of over 50. locking up all for whom he
had room, and herding the rest of the
gang out of town.
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home can be completely
happy without them, yet
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