VOL,. XLIX. XO. 15,331.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1910.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
TUFT LAND BILLS
ENCOUNTER SNAG
Mondell Refuses to Be
Their Sponsor.
"REQUEST" TAG IS HANDICAP
President Seeks Another Mem
ber to Represent His Views.
MESSAGE IS APPLAUDED
Wyoming Member Declares His Own
Opinions Differ So Radically He
Cannot Appear to Indorse
Administration's Ilan.
OREGONIAN NEWS Bl-REALT. Wash
ington. Jan. 14. Republicans, end some
Democrats, applauded the views of Presl
rlent Taft when hip message was read to
day in the .House, but immediately there
after it was discovered that the Presi
dent's bills., designed to carry into effect
his views upon questions affecting the
public ler.ds, had struck a snag.
Representative Mondell. of Wyoming,
who Is chairman of the House committee
on public lands, naturally -stood first in
the eye of the President as the logical
Introducer of the bills. Mondell declined
to act as such upon his own responsi
bility. He declared that his views dif
fered radically from those of the Presi
dent. He was willing, he said, to per
form the physical act of introducing the
bills, as an accommodation to the Presi
dent and to get them before the House,
but he would append to them the tag
'introduced by request. ' ,
Moiidell's Offer Declined.
This did not suit the President at all.
Mr. Taft knows that bills tagged "by
request-' have a way of getting lost.
Mostly they die in committees. No one
cares much for them after they have been
introduced. read once and referred, and
it has come to pass that the label is a
handicap at the outset. it is tantamount
to disapproval from the very beginning.
The President knows all this and he de
clined to permit Mr. Mondell to act in the
rapacity of unwilling parent. He is said
- to have decided to seek another sponsor,
probably in the person of another member
of the -committee on public lands.
Views Differ Widely.
The bills In question deal with the sub
jects of temporary withdrawal,- leasing
of water power and the disposal of oil.
gas and phosphate properties now part of
the public domain. On all of these sub
jects Mr. Mondell said he differed widely
with the Administration.
It has not been decided who shall in
troduce the bills.
Mondell today introduced bills of his
own, as follows:
Permitting the assignment of homestead
entries, on Government reclamation proj
ects, after five years of residence.
Authorizing the survey of all railroad
land grants, so lands can be taxed.
Appropriating JIOO.OOO for surveys of ag
ricultural and grazing lands' in Alaska.
INAIGIIUTIOX CHANGE KAILS
Attempted Filibuster in House Is
Stopped by Motion to Adjourn.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. An unex
pected early adjournment of the House
today probably saved from defeat the
Henry resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution changing the
date of Presidential inaugurations.
Led by Perkins of New York, op
ponents of the measure showed unsus
pected strength. Fearful lest he could
not muster enough votes to obtain the
required two-thirds majority for the
adoption of the resolution in the ab
sence of several members who were
committed to support it, Henry of
Texas was determined to prevent a
vote. '
At 4 o'clock, after he bad spoken for
40 minutes, 'lie asked unanimous con
sent to continue for one hour. Shirley
of Kentucky objected. Gaines of Vir
ginia then moved the previous ques
tion, and on a division, the motion
prevailed by the close vote of 62 to 61.
To prevent 'a vote Mr. Henry made the
point of no quorum, but before the
Speaker could order the doors closed
and absentees brought in. Parker saved
the day -with a motion to. adjourn,
which was carried without opposition.
Declaring that the inauguration of
the President, once a "quiet and de
corous event." had grown into an
"enormous assemblage and show," Per
kins opposed the proposed amendment.
He said all in favor of the change had
tome from the City of Washington,
lie said satirically that be was , just
as anxious to .amend the Constitution
so as to have a pleasant dav for in
auguration as he was to insure a nice
day for a three-ring circus.
The first hour of the day's ses
sion was devoted to the reading of
the President's conservation message,
which was enthusiastically received by
Republicans and by some Democrats.
Arraigning the express companies for
making, enormous profits on an In
fringement of the Government's right
lo monopoly of transporting mail, and
;-riticlring the Postofflce Department
Tor- surrendering that right. Represen
tative Murdoek. of Kansas, today in
troduced a long resolution calling on
the Postmaster-General for informa
tion. The resolution says that while the
Postofflce Department last year had a
deficit of J17.000.000. the Wells-Fargo
Hxprcss Company distributed nearly
J25.OOO.0OO In dividends, and that the
Government's failure to exercise mo-
(Concluded on Fsa 2f-
ALARM , GOES OFF
AT WRONG TIME
CI.AXCIOK IX MAX'S POCKET
AWAKENS DETECTIVES.
Following Fred Iavls and Clatter
Emanating From Clothes, Tliey
Find Six Clock;?.
AYhen Fred jDavle "was picked up on
the street by Detectives Tiehenor and
Howell last night, six alarm clocks were
found ticking- away in his pockets.
It is probable he would still be enjoy
ing his freedom had not one of the pesky
alarms "let go'' just as he was passing
the detectives at Third and Washington
streets. Detectives are skeptical by na
ture and they gave ear to the muffled
clamoring of the rampant gong.
Davis all at once concluded his busi
ness demanded, a facter pace, so he hur
ried along, the plain-clothes men close
behind. The clatter of the alarm deep
in his pocket agitated Davis, for It would
not stop. Coming to a saloon, he turned
In. possibly to stop the ringing of the
gong. Then the policemen edged up and
casually inquired the yme of day.
Davis was flustered. The detectives
started to find out for themselves and
difcg up six clocks, ail busily ticking
away, from Davis' pockets. Various ex
planations of their presence then were
glibly forthcoming, : but eomehow none
of them suited and Davis and his clocks
were escorted to the City Jail.
An effort will be made to connect
Davis with the robbery of a street case
of Gevurtz & Sons last week, when two
dozen clocks were stolen.
PORT ARTHUR TO BE OPEN
Japanese AVI II Abandon Town as
Great Seacoast Fortress.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. -Notice of the
intention of the Japanese government to
open Port Arthur to world-wide com
merce is indicated in Tokio dispatches to
the Japanese Embassy about two months
ago. but it was said the issuing of the order
would be withheld until the government
was able to fix the exact date for the
opening.
The purpose is not to make Port Arthur
a free port in the sense of Hamburg,
where goods may enter free of duty and
be placed in bond, but simply to put it
on the footing of New York or any other
commercial city.
The significant point of this is the
fact that it marks the determination of
the Japanese government to abandon
Port Arthur as a great seacoast fortress.
WALSH SIGNS AGREEMENT
Disgraced Banker Turns Over Se
. caritles to Creditors. '
CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-Iohn R. Walsh to
day attached his signature to the agree
ment of settlement of his financial
troubles and sent it to the First Trust
and Savings Bank, to be held until the
guarantors of the note sign their part of
the agreement.
The signature gives to the Associated
Banks of Chicago, which backed the ad
justment of Walsh's financial affairs af
ter his banks were suspended in 1905,
the $14,039,000 in securities he put up to
cover a note for J7,121,SS7 in return for
the canceled note. ,
In addition, the banks will get $600,000
from the guarantors signing the note, who
are then to be given the $949,000 in se
curities they" put up as surety.
THIEF WORKS ON OCEAN
Centralla's Passengers . Submit to
Search of Clothing and Baggage.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 14. (.Spe
cial.) Twenty-one passengers on the
steamer Centralla, from San Francisco
to Aberdeen, were lined up along the
rail and submitted to thorough search
of their clothing, shoes and hat yester
day Just before the vessel tied up at
the dock here, as the result of the theft
of several watches and a suit of cloth
ing while the vessel was enroute to
this port.
Twenty-one trunks were forced open
and ransacked from top to bottom and
valises and other hand baggage were
examined.-As sweeping a search of the
steamer Itself was made, but all proved
fruitless. The crew was searched, too,
without result.
POLICE SEARCH FOR CHILD
Negro Woman, With White Baby, Is
Thought Kidnaper.
WINCHESTER. Va.. Jan. 14. Rail
road detectives are at work on a mys
tery which seems to surround a negro
wliinan who left here yesterday for
Chicago with a white . child about 3
months old.
The woman boarded a train at
Winchester. and at a station five
miles from Winchester was hand
ed the baby by a negro man. Later
she boarded a Western train at Har
per's Ferry with the child. She de
clared that her destination was 350
North Sheldon street, Chicago, and that
she had been furnished tickets by
some unknown, person in Chicago. The
railroad police believe it is a kidnap
ing case.
PREACHER NOW IS, SORRY
Deserts Wife and Children for Af
finity, but Is Arrested.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 14. Arthur B.
Stanley, formerly a preacher in Detroit,
who is accused of having left his wife
and children to come to this city with
Miss Edith Markham, was committed to
Jail here today to await requisition on
the charpe of desertion.
Stanley is X years old and the woman
is one year hl Junior. Both admitted
they had "made a mistake.
PROTESTS WILL BE
CONNECTED LATER
EviclenceTemporary in
Hermann Trial.
TARPLEY'S TESTIMONY ARGUED
What Shall Be Left Out Not
Settled by Attorneys.
NO DAMAGE THOUGHT DONE
Little Develops During Day to Hurt
Care of Defendant PaVdons for
Jones and Mays Are Expected.
Ornisby Says Report Honest.
Efforts of Francis J. Heney to connect
Binger Hermann with the Blue Mount
tain Forest Reserve conspiracy will not
be confined to the introduction of testi
mony showing the relations between Her
mann and the convicted conspirators
prior to February, 1903, when Hermann
retired as Commissioner of the General
Iand Office to qualify as Representative
from the . First Congressional District.
This developed yesterday when Heney
secured the temporary admission'as evi
dence of protests by Grant County peo
ple against the creation of the proposed
reserve, which were received by the In
terior Department at Washington after
Hermann had ceased to be connected of
ficially with the General Land Office.
These protests were admitted by Ju3ge
Wolverton over the objection of Mr.
Worthington, for the defendant, with the
understanding that the Government will
be required to connect the protests with
Hermann and show that he had a knowl
edge of them. Mr. Worthington objected
to the admission of these protests, which
were not forwarded to the department
at Washington until April, 1903, or a
month after Hermann had lesigned as
Commissioner of the General Land Of
fice. For that reason, counsel contended,
the documents were not competent as
evidence against Hermann, since their
transmission to Washington was a tran
saction subsequent to the time he was
connected with the Land Orfice.
Protects to Be Used Later.
"We propose to make the necessary
connection between these protests and
Mr. Hermann and clearly to establish
their competency as evidence in this
case," said Mr. Heney in answering the
objection. "The Government will .show
that, although Mr. . Hermann was no
longer .Commissioner of the General Land
Office when these protests from Grant
County reached Washington, he was a
representative in Congress from Oregon
and as such was representing the entire
state. We expect to show that these pro
tests were brought to the attention of
the defendant before the reserve was
finally created. Unless we do, of course,
they will not be competent evidence
against him."
The protests in question had been iden
tified by Orin L. Patterson, of Canyon
City, Grant County, who circulated one
of the documents and secured many sig-
(Concluded on Page 13.
KING "WINTER ' ' HERE ' S A NEW ONE ON THE OLDEST INHABITANT.
INDEX DF TODAY'S NEWS
, The Weather.
YESTERDAY' Maximum temperature, .45
degrees; minimum, 32. degrees.
TODAY'S Rain or snow; easterly winds.
Foreign.
Situation in Spain threatens downfall "of
present Cabinet, Page 2..
National.
President's message urges reform of land
laws, conserx-ation of timber, preserva
tion of t forests and improvement of wa
terways. Page .".
President declines to permit Representative
Mondell to Introduce land bills tagged
by requf st;" seeks another sponsor.
Page 1. .
Truce arranged between Republican regu
lars and insurgents fn House., Page 1.
Domestic
Howard "Chanler Christy hugged and kissed
, female models, says witness in wife's
trial for child. Page 1.
Long- Beach diver wtns. desperate battle on
sea. bottom with devil fish. Page 1.
Mississippi ice gorges break, leaving wreck
age high on levees, but river rises again.
Page 2.
Hamilton postpones trial for height record
held by Paul ban; latter flies across coun
try. Page 1.
Sport.
Mc Far I and resigns as president of Aberdeen
Club, and fate of team is In doubt.
Page 7.
Vancouver buys star players, and will make
strong bid for pennant, page 7.
San Tranci.sco tallows Jeff -Johnson fight, per
mit being assured Promoter Gleason.
I'age i.
1 'a rifle Northweat.
Mrs. John Miles, of Cbehalis, wants more
than husband's will bequeaths. Page 6-
State I.aboj: Federation completes session at
Hoquium. Page 0.
Dumas declines re-election, and W. T. Clark
is chosen president of Washington Hor
ticultural Society. Page G.
Because his daughter is whipped at school,
irate father thrashes school teacher.
Page 1.
Tacoma officials may resign to make them
selves eligible for office under new char
ter. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Hop buyers turn to lower grades. Page 17.
tiram prices slump sharply at Chicago.
Page 17.
Heavy unloading of stocks breaks Xew York
market. Page 17.
Seasonable lull in general trade. Page 7.
Harbormaster Is given control of water front.
Page 16. 4
Portland and Vicinity.
Wife whose husband threw beer bottle at
her for awakening him to go to work
gets divorce; nine - decrees granted.
Page U.
Admission of Grant County protests in Her
mann trial as evidence only temporary.
Page l.
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church to
celebrate first anniversary and comple
tion o parsonage, tomorrow. Page 12.
Scottish Rite Mason class numbers 50, now
receiving degrees. Page 16.
Major Mclndoe says Port of Portland can
not regulate opening of draws. Page JO.
Alarm clock in man's pocket goes off as he
passes detectives ; six timepieces found.
Page 1..
SHIPS DRIVEN INTO HARBOR
Storm Along Coast Has Been Severe
One to Shipping.
SAN FRAN-CISCO. Jan. 14. The storm
which, has been prevailing along the
Coast for several iluys has caused a
number o the coasting steamers to take
refuge in this harbor.
The steamer National City and Daisy
Freeman, which arrived here today, re
ported that portions of their deckloads
had been swept away by a terrific storm
which they encountered. The Daisy Free,
man was bound for San Pedro from
Willapa harbor, but she put into this har
bor on account of a shortage of coal
caused by her being driven out of her
course by the gale.
The gale has moderated.
REID MISSES FUNERAL
Storm Keeps Ambassador From
Father-in-Law's Burial Services.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Tempests at see.
end an off-shore snow storm so delayed
the liner St. Louis that Whltelaw Reid.
the Ambassador to Great Britain, reached
here too late to attend the funeral of his
father-in-law. D. O. Mills, held in this
city today.
The services were conducted by Ernest
M. Stoires, rector of the church where
Mr. Mills had for many years been a
vestryman.
Among the honorary pallbearers was J.
Pierpont Morgan.
PUN'S HEIGHT
MARK UNTOUCHED
Hamilton Goes 500
Feet, Then Descends.
TRIAL IS MERELY POSTPONED
Frenchman Makes 15-Mile
Flight to San Pedro.
ARMY TRIES EXPERIMENT
Bag of Ammunition Dropped From
Plane in Effort to Hit Mark.
Bleriot Machine Appears First
TimeCurtiss Makes Speed.
AVIATION FIELD, Los Angeles. Jan.
14- A gray sky this time and a hawk
eyed young American climbing up and
up to snatch from France the laurels
for the "highest in the world" in a bi
plane. This was what was above the
cluster of 40,000 upturned faces at
Aviation Field late this afternoon when
C. K. Hamilton started out to wrest
the altitude record from Paulhan, who
won it Wednesday with a height of
4165 feet.
That Hamilton did not win it, per
haps, is because he was brave enough
to turn back from the night world
above to those tormented faces again,
and come down from a height of 500
feet, saying: "My engine -was not quite
right; I will try it again."
Paulhan Fails inSpeed Trial.
Paulhan careened wildly around the
course while this was going on. He
was trying to make a speed record of
the course for one lap. but failed in more
ways than one. Not only did he fall below
Glenn H. Curtiss' time, but in trying to
descend in too brief a circle his machine
tilted and struck, the ground, breaking
one of the lower plane tips.
Earlier in the afternoon, Paulhan, Ig
noring the judges, sailed clear of the
grandstand and went on a 15-mile
cross-country journey to the harbor of
San Pedro. Before he retired for the
day Paulhan took. Cortland Field
Bishop, president of the Aero Club of
America, as a passenger for a two-mile
journey around the course.
Army Experiment Tried.
One of the most Important events
of the day was the attempt of Lieu
tenant Paul Beck, U. S. A., Signal Corps,
to drop a bag of ammunition into a
measured space from 250 feet height
in a Curtiss biplane. This experiment
was made at the request of Captain
Samuel Bottoms. ,of the Coast Artillery.
The idea was to find out whether, in
time of war, it would be possible for
an airship to drop bombs into the gun
pits of the coast, destroying men and
guns.
Curtiss took- Beck up to make this
test, but the effort was a partial failure
because of engine trouble, and will be
made again. It is one of a series of
Army experiments on the programme.
Curtiss during the day continued to
allow Paulhan to do the sensational
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TEACHER IS BEATEN
BY ANGRY PARENT
PEDAGOGUE, WITH BATTERED
FACE, GOES FOll WARRANT.
Parent Objects to Use of Switch on
Daughter, and Bruises Country
, Schoolmaster.
EUGENE. Or., Jan. i4. (Special.)
Constable Plank went to the country
In the vicinity of Divide this afternoon
to arrest George Harrison on a war
rant charging him with assault and
battery. ; The complaint Is made by G.
A. Gardner, a country schoolteacher in
the Divide district.
The arrest grows out of the chastise
ment of a daughter of Harrison by
Gardner, in which he used a Bwitch.
A few days later Harrison, on meet
ing Gardner, gave the latter a severe
beating for thus punishing his
daughter.
Gardner, when he appeared in the
city yesterday, wore two badly discol
ored eyes, a terribly bruised nose, and
his face was battered up generally.
Constable Plank is expected here
with Harrison in the morning.
DIVER BEATS DEVILFISH
Deep-Sea Artist AVins Desperate
Fight on Ocean Bottom.
LONG BEACH, Cal., Jan. 14. (Spe-cial.)--Cut
off from assistance from
above, A. D. Christy, a professional
deep-sea diver, spent the worst 15 min
utes of hla life today in a desperate
battle on the sea bottom with a large
devilfish.
Christy had gone down to inspect the
caissons and piers of the outer wharf
for the city. In wandering around he
tangled his lifeline up so that when he
felt the octopus seize his leg he was
unable t give the signal for ascending.
. Perceiving that the line was fast he
turned to the octopus, which by that
time had four tentacles wrapped around
his left leg. Five times he slashed
at the monster with his big scraping
knife and each time severed a tenta
cle. At last, the octopus moved away and
Christy hastened to straighten out the
lifeline and gave the signal to be
hauled up. He. has been in a state
bordering on nervous collapse ever
since, but his condition is not seri
ous. EDITOR IS HERO OF FLOOD
Caliente Man Takes "Paul Revere"
Ride, Spreading News.
RENO, Nev.. Jan. 14. (Special.)
Robert Graham, editor of the Caliente
Prospector, figured as a hero In the
recent flood. He secured a horse when
the rush of waters was threatening to
wipe the town out of existence, and
after desperate efforts succeeded in
crossing tfie river, the horse losing its
life in the swirling torrent. ;
Graham then made his way on foot
to Panaca, 16 miles distant, from which
point the news of the condition of Cali
ente was taken to Modena by B. Wads
worth. Graham reports that the water stood
four feet -jjeep In the round-house at
Caliente, that the depot was under
mined and several buildings swept
away. A deposit of mud and silt a
foot deep was left in every home by
the receding waters, and much distress
ensued. One life is reported lost. At
Round Valley on the Caliente and Pi
oche road water stood two feet deep
over the track and In places ice covered
the track four feet deep.
CAB LEADS NEW ENGINES
Monster Lolcomotlves for Southern
Pacific Have Novel Feature.
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SACRAMENTO. Cal., Jan. 14. (Spe
cial.) One of the new Baldwin Mallett
articulated oil-burning locomotives of
the improved "4000" class "has arrived
In the Southern Pacific yards in this
city. Three more are on their vay
over the mountains. Two have been in
service some time. They are different,
however, as the new ones have the
cab and tender at the front end. The
engineer is stationed, directly over the
pilot, with smokestack at the rear end.
This remedies a serious defect, for
in the first two built it was found that
In making curves the engineer could
not see the track ahead of his monster
engine. Sixteen engines of this type
will be used on the Southern Pacific
lines in California to pull trains over
the mountain grades. Each engine has
3000 horsepower, or twice, that of the
largest engines In use heretofore.
LIGHT KILLS CONVICTION
Peculiar Decision Based on Crime's
Time; Verdict Set Aside.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Jan. 14. (Special.)
Taking judicial knowledge of the fact that
in this latitude in August it is day 1; it
more than two hours before 7:30 A. M.,
the Supreme Court sets aside the convic
tion of Charles Gunderson, tried in Jef
ferson County for burglary, and orders
the prosecution dismissed and the de
fendant liberated.
The Information charged that in the
night time Gunderson and his pal had
stolen articles from the ship Robert R.
Hunt.
Judge Crow, who writes the decision,
says the only proof at the trial as to -the
time of the crime was that of the master
that when he arose at 7:30 A. M. he dis
covered the articles were missing.
As there were two hours of daylight
during which the crime might have oc
curred. Judge Crow holds the state failed
to prove its case.
TRUCE AHRANGEU
WITH INSURGENTS
Regulars InduceThem
to Join Caucus.
TAFT PLAYING PEACEMAKER
Hayes and Dwight Speak foi
Rival Factions.
SQUARE DEAL IS ASSURED
Selection of Ballingcr Inquiry Com
miltee Sole Question I" p Both
Factions Pledged to Support
Policies Taft Urges.
WASHINGTON", Jan. 14.-The dove ol
peace succeeded in getting reasonably
near a perch today on the field occupied
by the warring Republican factions of the
House. When Representative- Hayes of
California, mediator for the insurgents,
returned to the House after one of his
frequent calls upon President Taft, the
news circulated rapidly that -a truce had
been arranged and a more or less per
manent peace in the Republican ranks
was about .to be announced.
This was considered confirmed when a
statement was issued from the White
House and another from the Republican
whip. Representative Dwight. announcing
details of the armistice. This pronuncla
mento proved premature, however, for
Mr. Hayes, between numerous confer
ences with his associates, announced that
no agreement had been reached and that
the matter would go over until tomorrow.
At this Juncture the Insurgents, gathered
In the room of Representative Gardiner
of Massachusetts, Issued another state
ment saying that "an understanding had
been reached."
Insurgents Will Enter Caucus.
The statement" which was given out by
Mr. Hayes follows:
"It Is true that an understanding hs
been reached .that we shall attend the
caucus about to be held for the choice
of the Republican members of the investi
gating committee. The question of fu
ture conferences, however, is one on
which there has been no agreement. In
fact, I had no authority from my asso
ciates to enter into that. Of course, this
agreement in no way affects the issue as
to the present system of control of the
House of Representatives."
Mr. Hayes was asked if the word
"we" used In his statement meant all
the insurgents in the House. He re
plied that it did and that all insur
gents concurred In the statement.
Democrats of the House announced
today that they would hold a caucus
Saturday night to nominate minority
members of the committee to investi
gate the Balllnger-Pinchot affair. Rep
resentatives OIlie James, of Kentucky;
Slayden, of Texas, and Palmer, of Penn
sylvania, were mentioned as possible
nominees. The Democrats insist upon
their right to name minority members
of the committee and, if the majority
declines to allow it, there is a pros
pect of a Democratic-Republican alli
ance upon the question. Insurgents say
they are contending merely for a fair
committee and care not who are its
members.
Taft Announces Agreement.
The President gave out the foIlowiBg
statement of the understanding: i
"It has been agreed between the reg
ular Republicans and the so-called in
surgents represented by Mr. Dwight
on the one hand and Mr. Hayes on the
other, after conference with the Presl
dent, that a caucus should be held to
pass upon the question of the commit
tee in the Interior Department investi
gation with the assurance that the in
surgents, if they came into the caucus,
would be treated fairly and that a com
mittee of acknowledged impartiality
would be appointed.
"A further agreement was foreshad
owed that caucuses would be held from
time to time to which all elected as
Republicans should be invited to take
up the various measures recommended
by the Administration as performance
of party pedges, the subject of each
caucus to be announced In advance."
Dwight Gives His Version.
The statement of Mr. Dwight con
cerning the understanding between the
regulars and insurgents follows:
"The questions 6f the past have been
forgotten. The tariff bill is no longer
a matter for discussion. The Speaker
ship tight is ended. The question of
the rules is not now an Issue. We are
confronted with the problem of redeem
ing the pledges of the Republican party
to the people. :
"Last Friday there was a vote in this
House which caused a Republican di
vision." '
Mr. Dwight here referred to the vole
on the Norris amendment, taking the
appointment of the Ballinger-Plnchot in
vestigation committee out of the hands
of Speaker Cannon and placing it with
the House itself.
' Both for Taffs Policies.
"That was a matter of no consequence
and a small subject in which the people
could have but little interest," continued
Mr. Dwight. "It showed a division in
the party. The next day I saw Mr. Taft
and laid the matter before him.
"I told the President that the so-called
insurgents were represented as ' being
friends and supporters of the Adminis
tration and ready to help enact his rec
ommendations into law. I assured the
President that the regular Republicans
of the House were ready to do likewise.
We were prepared also to go into caucus
(Concluded oa Pue 2.)