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HUMES STANDS PAT
Gamblers Must Recognize
Clancys or Not Play.
MAYOR KEEPING HIS PROMISE
Clancy Were to Carrr FIrat "Ward
and Get an Interest In All Games
Inside Facts ot Recent
Hot Cltr Election.
SEATTLE. 'Wash., March 15. Although
Mayor Humes and his -wide-open policy
were Indorsed by a majority of the -voters
of Seattle at the municipal election held
on'Marchvt, Tiot a gambling-house In the
city Is running today, and there Is no
immediate prospect of it. Under Instruc
tions from the Chief of Police, tho
gambling-houses closed on elecUon day.
They have not opened since. The
gamblers supposed, when they received
noUce from the chief to close their
doors on election day, that they would
be permitted to open on the following
day. Instead, Chief of Police Sullivan in
structed them on election night that they
must keep closed unUl further orders.
When the gamblers asked how soon they
could expect further orders, they wero
told not unUl the famous Clancy
brothers, of the First Ward, -were per
mitted to put up 20 per cent of tho
bank roll of every big gambling-house of
tho city, and in return receive 20 per
cent of the profits. Thus far, the gamb
lers havo refused to accede to the
orders of the police, and. in consequence
the city is -without' an open gambling
house. Mayor Bid Not Act Hastily.
Since Chief Sullivan issued his order,
the gamblers and others interested in
the wide-open policy have almost moved
heaven and earth to restore things to
their normal condition. But the gamb
lers refuse to allow the Clancys 20 per
cent interest in their houses, and the
Major declares that there shall be no
more gambling unUl the Clancys givo the
word. The acUon of the Mayor was not
taken In haste. It was considered by
him before election, and determined upon
after he had well weighed matters, and
concluded It was a political debt which he
owed the Clancys. Here is a brief re
cital of the facts:
Mayor Humes and his political manag
ers realized before the recent Republi
can convenUon that to make the former
the party standard bearer in the city
election It would be necessary to have the
entire vote of the First Ward in the
convention, and to carry it by a good
majority in the olectlon. They had two
good irons in the Are; the gamblers with
their money, and the Clancys with their
ability to control the votes of the ward.
The gamblers were called upon to givo
up $10,000. George L'Abbe, the riohest
gambler in tho West, and tho head of
the Standard gambling-house on Wash
ington street, represented the gamblers
In raising tho money. First he, turned
over $6000; then 54000. The enUfe sum was
given to the Humes managers before
the convention. XAbbe says he was in
formed by the Mayor's representatives
that tho money would be sufficient to
nominate the Mayor; that other sources,
Including the liquor dealers, could be de
pended upon for financial aid in the elec
tion, and if tho Mayor was elocted
gambling would continue on tho same
basis as in the past. The Mayor's manag
ers say no such absolute promises were
made.
Money Needed -to "Work.
Mayor Humes was nominated. The
liquor dealers raised 510,000 to defeat high
license. The Humes people supposed
they would be given the money as part of
the campaign fund. The liquor men re
fused to turn over ono dollar of It, stat
ing that they would conduct their own
campaign. Other sources depended upon
by tho Humes managers for funds failed.
It was necessary in order to elect tho
Mayor to raise money. Tho Mayor had
no newspaper to flght his battles; the
Godwin people, realizing this, went tho
limit In making pledges, one day promis
ing the gamblers and saloon men a wide
open, policy in case of Godwin elec
tion, the next day rounding up the min
isters of the city and in return for
pledges that Mr. Godwin would close up
the town tight as a drum securing
promises for sermons In favor of "God
win and honest government" on the
Sunday preceding elecUon.
Down In tho First Ward a serious con
dition of affairs existed. The Clancys
had carried the ward in the primaries,
and voted the 65 votes in the convenUon
for the Mayor and other candidates who
met with tho approval of his machine.
The. .gamblers had guletly resented the
placing of the Clanca In completo
charge of the Republican politics of the
ward, for they realized, they say, that
once entrenched as bosses the Clancys
would insist upon a largo share of, the
gambling spoils. But the Clancys were
the only politicians in the ward, and
George Piper, the Mayor's manager, gave
them full sway.
Opposition to the Clancys.
The opposlUon to the Clancys did not
develop -very strongly until after the con
vention. It did not come so much from
the boss gamblers as from the salaried
men In the houses who have a contempt
for the Clancys as gamblers the latter
halng heretofore confined themselves to
black-Jack games. As elecUon day drew
near, it became apparent that tho Humes
people would require more money than
they had on hand If the First Ward
was to roll up a majority for the head
of the Republican ticket. The gamblprs
were Anally forced into raising an addi
tional 5S00, but not unUl they had
fought hard against 1L They tried to
make the Humes managers stick to the
alleged original promises that they
would not be called upon for
election money. Their real objec
JecUon to producing more cash
was due to the work of the Godwin peo
ple. Engeno Way was the brains of
the Godwin machine. He is the smart
est politician in the Democratic party In
Western Washington. Way turned the
salaried gamblers against Humes by
painting a vivid picture of future Clancy
rule; he kept the boss gamblers on the
fence by declaring that Godwin would
give the city a wide-open town, and suc
ceeded in Inducing one gambling-house to
put up 51000 to aid in the elecUon of
Tommy Naviir, Democratic candidate for
Councilman from the ward, and for years
thB personal representative of Way In
the City Council.
Hames Sore at the Gamblers.
Mayor Humes and his managers were
inwardly eore at the gamblers. It was
true they had raised more than 510.000 for
the Humes fund, but that was regarded
as a small matter when history was
taken into consideration. Men like Jap
Hoyslngton, Billy Malloy, Dave Argyle
and a dozen other gamblers who, a few
years ago, were not worth a dollar, now
counted their money by the thousands,
the Humes people argued, and all due
to the policy that the Mayor had pur
sued In opposition. to the demands of a
big wing of the Republican party In the
city.
In the meantime, the Clancys and their
friends were entrenching themselves in
the good graces of the Mayor and his
friends. Having delivered the solid vote
in tho convenUon, ' they had gone to
work to carry tho ward in the elecUon.
They had not called upon the Humes
campaign committee for one dollar.
They spent, in all, 55000 In tho Interests
of the Mayor. It is told of Johnny
Clancy, tho representative of the Clancy
brothers, that on elecUon day ho was
compelled to pawn his-dlamonda In order
to raise sufficient money to get out all
of the First Ward -vote. Thero is no
doubt that for a time, on election day,
the Humes managers felt blue, because
they feared that lack- of money would
lose them' tho First. But the Clancys
spent sufficient to carry it. True, the
majority was not a very heavy one
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satisfy the Mayor and his friends that
.the Clancys had made good their promise
to go down the line with him, and that
they, moro than any other element in the
First Ward,, were entitled to some of,
tho fruits of the wide-open poller during
the coming two years.
Claaoyx Deliver the Goods.
Tho Mayor had previously agreed with
the Clancys and some- of their friends
that if they delivered the goods they
-would be allowed 20 per cent interest In
tho big houses of the city. They had
delivered the goods, and the Mayor told
the Chief of Police not to allow a hobsa
to open until the Clancys had been taken
care of. And that order is responsiblo
for existing conditions.
A great sensation followed tho news
paper announcements that tho Mayor
had ordered gambling closed until the
Clancys had been given a 20 per cent
interest In tho houses. Instead of deny
ing the story as published, tho Mayor and
the Chief of Police confirmed it. The
bold way in which the mayor had taken
the bull by tho horns was responsible,
more than any other ono thing, for the
excitement in the city. Then it was
that the people called to mind tho fact
that Mayor Humes has a bold way of
doing things. Ho could havo delayed
matters for a week or two until the ex
citement over election had died down
and possibly secured a quiet adjustment
of tho trouble. Tho Mayor did not look
at it that way.' He was responsible for
gambling in tho city; It was his business
to settle differences among the gamblers.
The houses had closed on account of It
being election day, and they should re
main closed until tho Clancys had been
recognized.
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All the interested parties aro doing
everything possible to bring about an.
adjustment, for tho gamblers aro losing
money and they don't like that sort of
thing. The big gamblers declare that
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and the Mayor has said Over and over
that until the Clancjs are recognized
thero shall not be another wheel turned,
so long as he Is Mayor of the city. It
Is a great harvest for the lawyers and
the man who lays down to a pull with the
administration, but thus far the efforts
of all to bring form out of chaos have
been in vain.
There are a thousand and one rumors
afloat concerning the situation and the
events leading up to It. It has been
charged In the newspapers that Mayor
Humes and his manager, George U.
Piper, have fallen out because the lat
ter opposed tho movement in favor of
the Clancys. The truth seems to be
that the relations between the Maor and
Mr. Piper are most cordlaL Since the
trouble began, however, Mr. Piper has
been doing everything possible to bring
about a settlement in the interests of the
machine of which he is the recognized
head.
ENDS ITS LABORS
Transcontinental Freight Bu
reau Adjourns.
TRAFFIC SHEETS ARE REVISED
Standing: Inspection Committee Is
Authorised to Interpret Rates
Rcsolatloa to Check: Certain
Competition Passed.
After & meeting lasting -through more
than threo weeks and a half the Trans
continental Freight Bureau adjourned sine
dlo yesterday Zioon. This was the longest
WORKERS AT PRECIXOT 11, 03 SIXTH! STREET.
meeting ever held by the bureau, and Its
work is moro completo than ever before.
Still, its officers say, Uttlo was done that
has any particular significance In trans,
continental tariffs. A complete revision of
tho tariff 'sheets has been effected, and
every item h& been cleared from tho
docket, but tho results of the meeting
appear in a multitude of details rather
than in important changes. Chairman
Countiss said the meeting had attended
to all the business it was called to
transact and put tho affairs of the bu
reau in better condition than they had
ever been. He also said that it was not
likely the bureau would meet so Infre
quently in the future as It had in the
past. It has been nearly four years since
the previous meeting, and the variations
that have crept into the tariff sheets
slnco then made the matter of their ad
justment more difficult than would hao
been the case if It had been handled when
fresher by annual meetings
Before adjournment arrangements were
made for a standing inspection commit
tee, tho chief duty of which will bo to
interpret the tariff sheet for the mem
bers of the bureau and to make recom
mendations for changes when they shall
be found desirable. The most fruitful
source of confusion In -tariffs lies in the
various constructions of tariff rules and
quotations by various tariff officials. These
tariff officials, representing numerous rail
roads with diverse Interests, may be trust
ed to construe tho rato sheets for the
advantage of their respective lines when
doubt arises. This practice, in the course
of time, gives riso to wide -variations in
the rates or rules of the different rail
roads. Corrections of these variations
constituted a large part of the work of
the bureau meeting that has just ended.
Through the Inspection committee now
authorized It is expected uniformity will
ho given to tho interpretation of un
certain provisions in the printed sched
ule, and this will not only keep the rail
roads pretty well lined up at all times,
hut will prevent tho accumulation of so
many matters for the bureau to deal with.
This committee will be composed of rep
resentatives of the Pacific Coast terminal
lines of transcontinental systems; in
other words, it will consist of the Great
Northern, the Northern Pacific, the O. R.
& N., the Southern Pacific and the Santa
Fe. The committee will hold meetings at
comparatively short intervals, perhaps
every six months, and will interpret
doubtful matters In the tariffs. Its au
thority does not extend to making new
rates or classifications. On those mat
ters It can only make recommendations
to the full bureau.
It is specified that tho first meeting of
this inspection committee shall be held
In California and tho next meeting In
the Pacific Northwest, It Is supposed that
it will be found advisable to call the bu
reau together again before there shall be
occasion for a third meeting of the com
mittee. Another matter of considerable import
ance to all railroads in this country is a
r ""VTgy
mi ill. iaK
resolution adopted by the bureau touch
ing the manner of getting business in
Europe. Competition of American trans
portation lines on the other side of the
Atlantic has been very active for a num
ber of years, and the competition has
grown so fierce that rates are greatly de
moralized. There Is no interstate com
merce law to appeal to over there, and no
agreements have been made by European
agents looking to preservation of reason
able rates. The demoralization acros3the
water has been rather more than an an
noyance to the lines affected on this side,
and tho resolution adopted by tho bu
reau is designed as a step In the di
rection of a better understanding among
the trans-Atlantic agents. The text of
this resolution is not given the public
The essence of it i3 said by officers of
the bureau to be a strong rccommenda- t
tlon to the European agents to get to
gether. Jt is understood that it recom
mends the formation of a bureau or pool
or, working agreement of some kind, by or
through which ruinous rate-cutting may
be prevented. All tho transcontinental
lines have agents in Europe.
Five new members were admitted to the
bureau at this meeting. These are the
Canadian Pacific, the Minneapolis, St.
Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, tho El Paso &
Northeastern Railroad, and the Bl Paso
& Northeastern Railway.
Before adjourning yesterday the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved. That tho thanks of the Transcon
tinental Freight Bureau aro hereby extended
to Mr. H. C. Bowers, manager of the Portland
Hotel, for the uniformly courteous attention
received by the members ot the bureau from
the manaser and his associates during: the
protracted session -which has just terminated.
Also, for the continuous use of the commodious
parlors, which has added greatly to our com
fort while we have been guests of the Port
land Hotel.
Among the changes agreed upon by the
bureau Is an Increase In the minimum,
carload weight for a considerable number
of commodities. Tho railroads have been
building larger cars in the past few years,
but have not yet taken advantage of tho
greater carrying capacity by advancing
tho minimum, carload weight and adjust
ing the charge accordingly. This will be
provided for in the new tariff. Ho-wer,
the minimum weight is unchanged in the
greater number of instances.
A change is to be made in the manner
of issuing the rate sheets. Hereafter
thero will be two transcontinental tariff
sheets, instead of one, as heretofore. The
difference in the two sheets will be In the
points to which they apply rather than in
the rates charged. Ono will be for the
use of the Southern lines, and the other
for tho Northern. North Pacific Coast
points will not appear in tho tariff for the
use of the Southern roads that do not
reach those Northern points, and likewise
California points will not appear In the
sheet for the Northern lines. This divi
sion of territory In the rato sheet is made,
It Is said, to simplify tho tariff and do
away with a lot of unnecessary quota
tions in the books used by the Northern
and the Southern groups of roads.
It is likely to be 60 dajs before the new
tariff will go into effect. The date will bo
set by Agent Countiss when he shall have
the work of Indexing sufficiently In hand
and shall have perfected the arrange
ments for distribution of the rate sheets.
To prepare the matter for the printer is
yet a very great task. Then it must be
sent to Chicago for printing, no office in
San Francisco having facilities necessary
for issuing a work of that character
within the required time. It Is possible
that tho new rates may go Into effect
sooner or later than May 15, but the
probability is that it will be about that
time. .Ten days' notice Is all that Is re
quired by tho law. Tho mere matter of
distributing tho tariff sheets will be a Job
of considerable magnitude. Heretofore It
has been necessary to lssuo 25,000 copies,
but under the new plan of dividing the
sheet into Northern and Southern sec
tions, each part will be smaller than
formerly, but a much greater total num
ber will be required perhaps 50,000. From
the San Francisco office of the bureau C0OO
points are served.
"We have had a long meeting of bard
work," said Chairman Countiss jester
day. "The members stuck to It to the
last, and have completed the most thor
ough revision of transcontinental tariffs
ever made. They have -cleaned up en
tirely the work that was before them,
and we start out again with a perfectly
clean slate. The work done at this meet
ing consists almost entirely of adjust
ments of details, and no idea of it can be
had before the full tariff sheet shall be
issued. All the applications for adjust
ments that have been before us have re
ceived due consideration, and I think, the
conclusions reached will prove generally
satisfactory."
Most of the traffic men who were in at
tendance on the bureau left yesterday for
their respective homes, and the others
will go today. Chairman Counties will
be among the last to leave, and he will
depart for San Francisco tonight.
Foreign Financial News.
NEW YORK, 'March 15 The Commer
cial Advertiser's London cablegram says:
The stock market was steady and dull,
with the tone heavy. The donditlon of
Cecil Rhodes Is regarded as hopeless, and
the Lloyds are charging 60 guineas per
cent on his life for three months. Thero
was one small failure today. Tho bank
balance of a recent suicide proves to have
been 27s 6d, and he was long of many
thousand shares of stock.
American stocks reflected partly. South
ern Railway was hard on the dividend
action, and New York bid for United
States Steel and Union Paclflc.
Copper was firmer in the market.
POET AND ACTRESS
Paris Interested in the Men-des-Bernhardt
Quarrel.
OVER THE FORMER'S NEW PLAY
The Story Told in a Series of Re
markable Iietters, "Which Have
Been Published by
Mcndes.
PARES, March 15. Tho Parisians are
keenly interested in the developments of
a quarrel between Sarah Bernhardt and
Catullo Mendes, the author and poet,
about the production of the hitter's po
etical drama, "Salnte Therese," -which,
has been promised to the Comedio Fran
calse. Mine. Bernhardt heard of the
drama and begged to bo allowed to pro-'
duce it, and Mr. Mendes withdrew it
from tho -Comedie Francaiso and gave it
to her, under stipulations of securing a
good run. M. Mendes subsequently took
it back, when in full rehearsal, on tho
ground that Mme. Bernhardt had made
arrangements to go to London, which pre-j
eludes a satisfactory run for "Salnte
Therese." The story has been told lm
a series of remarkable letters exchanged
between Mme. Bernhardt and M. Mendes,
which the latter published. Tho letters
are most amusing, with their mutual
gushing compliments and poetical forms
of address, which, however, deteriorated1
Into the chilliest expressions as the quar-J
rel became embittered. t
Mme. Bernhardt first addressed M.
Mendes as "My dear beloved poet," ask
ing to be allowed to produce "Sainto
Therese," and M. Mendes responded to
his "despotic sovereign," offering tho
piece for the coming season. Mme. Bern
hardt then replied to her "darling
friend," promising to produce it March 1.
M. Mendes thereupon telegraphed as a
reply: "Dear Therese: Tho play and the
author are yours."
But later he heard that Mme. Bern
hardt was making conflicting arrange
ments, and telegraphed for explanations.
This time Mme. Bernhardt merely ad
dressed him as "friend," and said that
her arrangements did not affect the pro
duction of tho piece. Mendes was not
satisfied, but was induced to leave tho
play with Mme. Bernhardt. The re
hearsals were begun, but M. Mendes sajs
he found Mme. Bernhardt had let her
theater to an Italian company for a pe
riod which rendered the promised run im
possible. He realized that all was not
plain sailing for "Salnte Therese," and
got back his manuscript, of which he
wroto her: "I will place It In a drawer
strewn with red roses, symbols of my
admiration for Sarah Bernhardt, and ot
violets, emblems of her fickleness." The
last communication of M. Mendes wa3
written in tho third person, and was ad
dressed to "Mme. Sarah Bernhardt."
iTme. Bernhardt replied to the pub
lication of these letters by explaining that
M. Mendes was wrong about the arrange
ments which ho thought would Interfere
with his play. She intended to give it a
run of 20 nights, and could not arrange
for a longer run, because of the risk ot
losing her London season, which bring3
a large sum of money, and complained
that M. Mendes resorted to a trick to
get back the manuscript, which, he said,
was only needed for a few corrections.
Mme. Bernhardt concluded her letter as
follows: "In a terrible fit of despair and
tears, I drowned my illusions, hopes, ad
mirations and my friendship for that man.
I came out of this crisis a phjslcal wreck,
with my brain in a whirl, but my will
safe and sound. As long as I live I will
never see Catullo Mendes again."
M. Mendes, on reading this, telegraphed
as follows: "Is it not silly for us to
quarrel, when In reality wo Ioo ono an
other?" The author-poet then offered to
give "Salnte Therese' to Mme. Bern
hardt, If she would only promise to run it
while It was drawing money. Mme. Bern
hardt did not even reply to this commu
nication, whereupon M. Mendes wrote to
tho Temps, replying to all the points of
Mme. Bernhardt's letter, and concluding,
after a fervid outburst of admiration for
her, that he would await "repentance in
her dear, royal, cruel heart." The mat
ter thus remains, without hopo of a rec
onciliation. DISCUSSED TEE B0ERS CASE
Ex-Member of Parliament Meets tuo
Dutch Envoys at Chicago.
CHICAGO, March 15. The Inter Ocean
tells ot a meeting between Dr. B. G. Clark,
an ex-member of the English Parlia
ment, a strong peace party man, who is in
Chicago, supposedly on business, and the
Boer envoys, C. H. Wessels, A. D. Wol
marans and Montagu White at a small
dinner given by Peter Van Vlisslngen In a
private room at the Chicago Athletic Club.
The envoys arrived In Chicago from Wash
ington yesterdaj. Dr. Clark reached here
Thursday. Dr. Clark's -visit and the mo
tive therefor, according to the Inter)
Ocean, la veiled In mystery, and it also
alleges that It wa against his wishes that
his presence In the city at this time be
came known to any one outside of the
officers of the Transvaal League.
Dr. Clark Is known to be one of tho
strongest opponents the English War par
ty has today. Until two months ago he
left no stone unturned In the House of
Commons tn his efforts to have the war
brought to a close. He is now one of tho
acknowledged leaders of the peace party
In England. In his opinion, the Boers
should receive liberty. His mission to
this country, it is said, has been kept a
secret and none of the Boer envojs or
Transvaal League officials will say much
of it.
The dinner was behind closed doors, and
no one save the host and his five guests
heard what was discussed. Those present
were the three special envoys. Dr. Clark,
S. A. Calhoun, a member of the Chicago
Trans-vaal League, and Mr. Van Vlla.ln
gen. t
Dentil by Asphyxiation.
NEW YORK, March 15 A man and a
woman who registered last night as
William Thompson and wife, at tho
Bridge Hotel, on Third avenue, wero
found in bed today, tho woman dead and
the man djing ot gas asphyxiation. Tho
couple were poorly dressed. The man
had the appearance of a laborer. Tho
woman was known In the neighborhood
as Bella Thornton. The police say that
she tried to commit suicide some time
ago by taking carbolic acid.
Site for Sherman Statue.
NEW YORK, March 15. At a public
hearing Just held by the Park Commis
sion, with a -view to selecting a site for
St. Gauden's statue of General W. T.
Sherman, presented to the city by the
Chamber of Commerce, the general sen
timent favored the proposition to placo
the statue near the Grant Tomb on River
side Drive. The commission did not reach
a final decision.