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VOL. III. NO. 44.
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNINO JANUARY .13. 1807. FIVE SECTIONS FIFTY PACES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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'AnnualJWessage Tells i
i Plain .Truths About
PHowTra rich isesTAre 1
Frittered Away
Th Mayor's Meeommendattoa.
- Higher pay for members of th
police force In order to Induce
good men. to act as patrolmen. '
Erection and maintenance of
detention house forVerson sua-
- petted jfbaYlnAjsontagiou dis-
eaaea .- -
Higher wages for niembers of
the fire department." . -
, Another Inspector for the
plumbing Inspection department,,
Playgrounds tor children In
different sections of the city.
- Amendment .to charter Bo that
a- people may remove an elected
officer at any time, '
Deploring the profligate liberality 'of
the city In giving. away . U- atreeta.
Mayor J-4tne In his annual meaaage to
the council -yesterday strongly urges
that steps be . tatfea to secure a full
equivaJaat tut- erery right that - la
granted.
The giving away of city property has
been wholesale, he says, and scant eon
-deration has been given; the subject
by the people. . There have been ao res
ervations, either mental or otherwise,
in the ' bestowal' of public property.
With reference to the subject, ' Mayor
Lane aaya: r
"Being strongly Imbued with the Idea
that the 'interests o the people -of the
ity at large are of greater Importance
than are those. of the .Individual, and be
ing firmljr'uonvinoed that such rights
if the city In respect to grants and
franchisee and the use of and vacation
of streets and otherupublio property of
iHViTy haa not received the considera
tion at toe nanaa or this -city repre-
V.... a aklnlr I. tm Anfrffl- l.t.lr.
i his opportunity to again protest
against the scant consideration which
lias been given to this important suDJeou
-' Wholesale Bobbery of People.
"Rights and 'grant wholesale and re
tail have been parted with without any
SnWrvatlone either mental or otherwise
'being made, so far aa I can ascertain, or
any consideration to the value of
Inou-marke' being required In-41eu of
the same In most Instances.' Qlfta,
treats and franchise to the use -of
streets In l '. and In whole. Rights to
the use of the ear fa ce of the streets;
ights' to the use of the earth below
line streets; rights to the use of the
Upsee above the streets; gifts of streets
fin full width, outright, and for all time;
itty picking and clipping from off
Sidewalk have each and all been
i1l-hed out with a free band with but
little or no. consideration shown for the
interest or right of th people In the
..Mine. Against this unjust method of
granting and giving away the city
tiroperty I have at all time officially
'protested, and protested In vain. Aak-
ng for no t ire than a proper and Juat
jrsrvatlon and protection of th olty'a
Irlghta to Its own, and asking for such
frights In the Interest and name of the
people only, I have met with Indiffer
ence, or. openly expressed contempt for
my en one in was airecuon. . - .
People's JUg-nt Are gee red. '.,
"The property of th people belong to
bera alone, and their rights are aa aa-
-red a are those of th Individual and
inder no circumstances should they be
arted with without due and careful
Hir-1 deration of the Value of that for
lwlithcy are exchanged, and that
IU snouio di iuii equivalent "
The mayor beglna hla measag with a
letalled account of th clty'a finances,
showing th total expense of the varl
ius departnnt a" th available bal
,aeea in the several funds. .. He calls
special attention to the apenlal bridge
'und which ha on hand a balance of
U2I.T. There are- warrants outstand-
ng on this fund amounting to 111,.
kll.ll. The special tax levy did not
ealls sufficient sura to pay all th
varraBta.
"This la th only Instance," te mes
sage saye, in which! ther ar warrant
utatanding witnout rund to pay th
tame on presentation."-. . .... -..
I polio Ar Complimented. ' '
"1 bellev that' It can be truthfully 1
KIAiril . ... viai.vu DISWI
f th--seme six as Portland hae re-
elvfd better aervlce from It police
lepartment," th message says; "this,
oo, dfT' h that th fore of
..atrolmen. In number, is far below
j he average in use in other cities.
iM .haa been found Impossible to
recruit th rank up to th number of
fnatrolmen allowed for th reason that
,,!,,! wage paid by the olty la. too low.
"During th past year the entire de
l'otiv fore of th city, with th ex.
I eptlon of on man, was dismissed for
' he betterment of th aerrlce. The do
: vtlte force aa it wh then rrniatttuted
a a numoug. n nperaieq io protect a
ConUu4vU fag , Eighty
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X 'Xr'.A v?' .T.;-'V'V , ' " Mayor Harry tne.
liYQUXHFUL BANDIT SdOl' BLOCKADES
ROBS HIS VICTIM
Mrs. Thomas Kobens nas Nerve-
.Racking Encounter With;
Highwayman ; and Loses; Her
Fortune of Twenty-Five Cents
H to Bold: Robber. ? ' r'
Halted at the musxl of a revolver In
th hand of a youthful; unmasked high
wayman on a well-lighted etreet within
hva block of 'her bom and robbed xt 15
cent .via t ne.nerv Or rae Ring . experience
last night of Mrs. Thomaa Roberts, wife
of one of the member of th Arm of
Robert Brothers, proprietors' of the
well-known department store at Third
and Morrison streets., , . ,
The, latest highway robbery In : the
ten g thy eerie of crimes of this charao.
ter occurred about :18, p.. m. at th
corner of vark and Madison street In
th shadow of tu First Congregational
church. Jtra. Roberta, who resides at
S7yPark treet, waa- on her way home
ward, and when near .'thai tntrct1on"f
th two tret named! waa auddenly
confronted by. th thug. Th Bret Inti
mation that she had thfct th ahadowy
form lurking near the houee of wor
ship contemplated robbery wa when
the. fellow approached bar and shoved
a. blue-barreled revolver of large caliber
in her face. .. , ' . ,
8--h; don't mak a sound. X want
your money," was th salutation of th
foot pad, -and - lira Robert obeyed the
admenltlon to th latter. '
"I hav only - IS cents," aald th
trembling woman. "Pleaa take th pla
tol ot of my faca"
Th rufflaa compiled with her request
and . turned th musxl of th wicked
looking gun allghtly aside. Bull cov
ering her with th weapon ha mad a
hasty eearch of Mra jioberta pocket
and eeoured th coin.' Noting; th ap
proach of a . pedestrian tn th next
block th footpad oautloned hla victim
not to make an outcry until he made
bla escape and ran rapiuly. down Mad
ison street toward th rlvr. j v
Th - man. vhos appearance had
cauMxrtha thug to fie, proved to be (Tie
clerk of a ' neighboring drug atore, and
to htm Mrs. Roberta breathlessly- told
of her-encounter with nha-ltntghtof
th road." Th police were Immediately
notified by telephone of the crime and
Inspector Bruin who happened to be at
headquarter at ' the time detailed' Ser
geant Baty and Detective Burke to
search for th criminal. '
i Mrs. Roberta states that 'her. assail
ant " ' exceedingly you.hful . in ep
pearW. and trembled violently while
searching her. She describes hint aa
being about 21 year of age, very sal
low, amooth shaven, large dark eye and
dressed entirely In black. Including a
blatfk overcoat of medium length. Ha
mad no attempt to assanlt her and
tn hla excitement failed to examine the
purs carried by hi victim. A humor
ous feature of the affair wa th faot
that th IS cent piece secured by th
footpad waa of Canadian coinage.
SHOT-TO DEATH IN
" .CUT' STREET BY WIFE
(PablMerf Press ' by "pert.l Leased Win.)
Dallaa, Texas, Jan. 11. Joseph Ma
honey, a lai land owner of Johnseo
county, and - business of. th town of
Venos, was shot to death In on of the
prlnolpal street of Venus today by his
wife. Dementia troubl waa tn cauaa
Of th tragedy. ,
Three shots wer fired, all of which
took effect,, one bullet penetrating th
hrsrt. After the shooting Mr, tit
Imn.t want tn ClAhiira. ,..nnw. I.
th officers' and wa locked tip, cnurg ed I
wnn.pjuraer ,
BREE
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10 COAST TRAIUS
Thousands of Passengers Storm
': . bound in Northwestern States
Coal '-Situation'' .In! Dakota
- Reaches Alarming , Point
'RailrQ.ad Agentao ..AsslstL.
(Pnhlhhers' Press by Special Leased Wire.)
Minneapolis, Jan. -12. The northern
trans-continental - railroads are prac
tically up against it and no less than
ten Paciflo coast tralna. carrrlna thou
sands of paasengera, -which should have '
already reached thl a city or ar du
within th next twelve hour, ar snow
bound in Montana or North Dakota. Th
Northern Paciflo and Great Northern
road ar suffering greatly m Montana,
while th Boo road officials decjsr that
a blUxard which la raging In North Da.
kota la the wjirat In the history of th
road and that two or three train ar
now blockaded eomewhere - .between
Mlnot and Valley City.
Wlr communication ha been cut off
In numerous caaee by th breaking of
th telegraph . wlrea.
-The coefsltuatlon in North Dakota,
too, haa reached an alarming point, ac
cording- to - Information received - here.
The following notice haa been sent to
agents along, the Great Northern:
"Snpertntendenta have been lnatruoted
and authorised to furnish coal to any
station on tn ureal . Northern where
they are abort or actually Buffering for
lack Of fuel. . If your atatlon I out of
coal you ahould promptly notify your
auperintenaent. .
A prominent North Dekotan In speak
ing of the fuel famine aald: - .
. ."If the condition . contlnu Indef
initely, auppllee of provision will ooa
b exhauated atyf-thla will add to th
prevailing . dlstresa Let to auggeat
that yon at one communicate y with
the head of railroads to push relief
train Into thoa district wher fuel
and supplies ar moat needed. Thl
hould be "done even at coat of aban
doning other, traf f la and without regard
to th expense or personal acrtflca"
It was learned today that th Inter
state commerce commission was fully
advised of all telegram coming - from
North Dakota while they were In Chi-eago-and
conference--wer- held with
James , J. Hill and other - officer of
road passing through th state and
they were urged to rellv th . fuel
famlna ''".- .'".' .... .
CAKE IS
; H. M. Cake will. It la aald. be' th
next . president of the Portland Com
mercial club, th club' promotion de
partment will-not b changed fronv ta
present -allegiance, and neither on of
th ticket now nominated for board of
governor will be elected entire. It I
Ptudteted that men will be r-selected
from both ticket to mak up th next
boa.rd.of governor. , . .
These view ar now being freely
expressed by men on th tturide of Port,
lend Commercial club affairs. They pro
fess to believe that Indications are already
atrong enough to warrant th positive
statement that th above result will
be aeen at th annual election of the
club which take place January 11.
President One for.
,' It I known that Mr. Cake waa ap
proached i by Influential member two
day ago and aaked if he would permit
th us of hi nam, and that he gave
a paaalv assent. ' He was president
of th organisation for some year dur
ng It permanent growth and waa re-
Isponalbla io.,a large measure tot tba
HILL LIHES
DEPOT HERE
Passenger Station to
Make Two Railways
independent. VoL the
TTermlnal Company
r - f
Ground in North Portland Al
ready Acquired by the Great
"Northern and Northern Paciflo
.--Clalrn Terminal Company
Favors Harriman Roads;"-"-
"-' Persistent rumor are . in clrculatlo;
that th Northern- Paciflo and Oreat
Northern railroad -oompanlea will build
a new and modern paaaenger station
In north - Portland, and operate their
entire train aervlce In thl city Inde
pendent of th preaent -terminal ' com
pany and passenger atatlon.
The new passenger elation wllL It la
aald. ba- built oa th block bounded by
ailsan. Hoyt, Park-and West Park
atreeta, already ownes by the Hill com-
pan lea. Tbla block is at the northerly
end of th plasa tract a. Men who claim
to hav aeeo th plana say they ar now
almost completed by th company' ar
chitect and ' that the new paaaenger
atatlon will be a splendid edifice of
ton with marble floor and th moat
modern and convenient arrangements.
- . - ttZor O round Veeled. .
It la aald th company ha been
keeping Its plans closely guarded. In
view eg -the-neeeertty -of -having to pnr
chaae additional ground In north Port
land for terminal purposes. . Recently
C- M.- lvey-preldeK of th Portland
at Seattle Railroad company, waa aaked
aa to the troth of a airntlar rumor and
h made a dental of It. ' But subsequent
' levalopment ar m14 to hav changed
the Intention of th company.
Th decision recently rendered by
th court, confirming th Portland
Seattle , company right to own aird
operate terminal Independent of the
Northern Paolflo ' Terminal company,
put another face on th situation with
regard to- th new paasenger station,
and- It oemotlea has been decided
upon. .
The present '' paasenger station In
Portland la on of th beat constructed
end most modern stations In th west.
The building and - all . th ' terminal
trackage and propertiea ar owned by
th Northern Paciflo Terminal company.
In which the consolidated Harriman
line hold 60 per cent of th atock and
th Hill road own 40 par cent.
Owing to thl unequal division. It I
alleged th terminal nave been oper
ated In a manner that placed hardahlp
on the Hill line In th matter of
witching and movement of car to and
from th clients of th oompanlee. The
Hill people charge that on account of
thla discrimination - tney nav oeen
forqed to provide their own independent
terminal and that whtl they are about
It they, may as weti oulld their own
passenger station. ' Th location se
lected I a fortunate one. being but a
block from th present union paaaenger
station and therefor convenient for th
traveling public. i - ,
NEW RECORDS MADE BY
CHAMPION SWIMMER
(PeMlsherS' Prea by dpeeU leased Wire.)
New York. Jan. 11 Char lea M. Dan
lela, on of th fastest swimmers In
th world, - upheld th reputation b
mad for himself during th Olyroplo
game last year by making new rec
ord tonight for three distance In' th
76-foot tank of th New Tork Athletic
club. . Daniel waa acratchman In th
JO-yard swim, handicap, and tn hla trial
heat, -which h won. he mad new tank
records for 12 yards. 150 yard and
yards, finishing first In hi heat,
under the rule governing th swim
ming. Daniel I ntltle. to new rec
ord. He did 110 yards In 1:14,, th
best time previously being 1:20 4-6,
mad by Harry Lemoyne of Boston.
Daniel paased th 150-yard mark In
1:1V-which 1 els -seconds better than
lil own record and he finished th
200 yard in 1:15 t-l. beating hi own
best record (or th distance by, 4 4-t
econda - .. ,..'
Commercial Club Members Now
-.
Plan Compromise Ticket 4t
Is Declared Merger Would Not
Largely Increase Membership.
Inauguration of - th promotion depart
ment of whloh Tom Richardson I th
head. It 1 known- that b la Unal
terably opposed to any proposal . that
would divorce that feature from th
club'a permanent, equipment, and It I
xpected that, the member who Want
th promotion work continued under
th club ansplca will line up for th
forrfcer prldent.
t Th Coramarotnl club ha two elective
staffs. It board of govern or and tta
executive officers. V Ther 1 another
working staff., not elective, and little
heard of, but-powerful, known aa the
laaeouUva oomml tie. . yXlUg .ooauaiit
FOR
Senator Benjamin R. TUlman.'
JAR WARSHIPS
ABAIIDOII VISIT
Mikado's Squadron Ordered Not
to Call at San Francisco on
Account' of Unfriendly Feeling
Existing In California Will
Halt at Honolulu. . . . V
' (Hearst Kews by teogert leased Wtre.) -:
, . Toklo, Jan. 11. Th Japanese govern
ment baa decided that, on account of the
anti-Japanese agitation on the . Paciflo
coast, trie training squadron . will . not
visit the Paciflo ooast, but will go aa. far
a Honolulu only. " ;
Th conttnue'a war car la California
I rldlculd hr. ', '7 '
Washington, Jan. II Maaano Hanlhlra,
sacond secretary of th Japanese em
bassy, tonight aaid that Vlaoount ' Aokt,
the Japanese ambassador to th United
States, haa not been officially notified
of the Toklo. government' decision nofj
to aiiow tn training squaaron to pro
ceed to San Francisco.'-.
"The visit of a Japanese fleet to th
Paciflo coast at this time." aald Hanl
hlra, "might occasion a renewal of th
controversy, and aa th Japanesa govern
ment ta desirous of maintaining the pres
ent cordial relation wttb thl govern
ment It haa been considering for several
weeka the advisability of postponing th
visit of th fleet to the Paciflo coast"
ACCUSE BANKER. WALSH
, ';0F FIXING GRAND 'JURY
(Palere t Frees by special Leamd Wire.)
Chicago, Jan. 11. An alleged at
tempt to tamper with th federal grand
jury engaged In an Investigation of
what' has been -charged to be-bogus
note on th defunct Chicago National
bank and Into the extent of President
John i R.- .Walah'a connection with th
transactions-In this class of paper re
called in th xpulslon of two private
detective ' from the federal building to
day with warning not to return again
under penalty of prosecution.
Th government eeoret service detec
tive hav also been auspicious of such
a plot, that they hav shadowed th
Juror constantly. 1 believed byth
prosecution that thl haa prevented th
men from being reached by th cmml.
arte oflniereat opposed ' to Indict
ment. . -
I th custodian of th promotion fund,
which 1 disbursed under It direct su
pervision. Th executive committee
occupies rather, unusual relationship
to th general membership. It Is vir
tually the trustee of a fund of 1 11,040
that I contributed, not by th general
membership, but by IS firms and tndl
vlduala. The Commercial club aa-a
ehib contribute but $100 per month to
thl fund.
. 1-lrma That Subeorlbe '. ..:'
Th promotion fund of th Portland
Commerolal club la paid In monthly In
stallments from th subscrlbera These,
with th amount tbey give, ar a fol
low: Ladd Til ton, 1100: First National
bank, 1100; Portland Railway company.
$100: Commerolal olob, 1100; , Welnhard
brewery, $60; T. B. Wilcox. 180 Her
obanta National bank, $60: F. W. bead
better, $40; Burrell Investment com pa-1
ny. $21; Eastern It Western Lumber
oompany. $21; Security Savings bank.
Continued, oa Pag Two,A,
PRES DENT
RmSEffEl
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UIIITE III TRUST
Gigantic Combine to Include All
Stockyard Plants Organized
Capitalized at a Half Billion
--Armour to Retire Owing to
Adverse Criticism.
(Psbllahera Press by Special Leased Wtraf4
Chicago, Jan. 11. With th exception
of Schwarzschlld and Sulzberger, ' all
big - Chicago tookyard plant hav
been conao 11 dated In a single monster
organisation, aooordlng to apparently
reliable report from a meeting of th
local packer representative tonight.
Th company I aald to be capitalized
at 500.000,000, with.Louia P. Bwlft at
it -bead. ' J. Ogden Armour, hitherto
th foremost among) th Chicago pack
ers, I said to be about to retire, al
though several year may elapse before
It wlll-b poaaible for him to withdraw
from th enterprise In which h la In
terested. .. - '...-i. ;:..-
' Armoar to Withdraw.
Th crushing criticism of th stock
yards Industry, which found It climax
In th recent federal Investigation, la
aald to be responalbl for Mr., Armour"
decision to withdraw from the enter
prises which hla father' genlu mad
famous throughout th world. These
ar th companies said to hava been In
eluded In the merger: Swift and com
pany. Armour Packing company. Nelson
Morrl and company, Libby. McNeill A
Llbby," Anglo-Amrtcarr Packing and
Provision company. Continental Packing
company and Upton packing company.
The organisation I th outcome of
oegotlatlona started month ago to form
a holding concern to weld th packing
Interests into a slngl fore.
It Is understood that Armour, Morrl
and th Swift will figure a separate
leaders even under th combine agree
ment, but that they will work together
a a slngl concern. : ; ' ' '. ,
-A Slngl Oonoera. -
The National Packing company, th
holding - organisation for the separate
com pan tea. 1 to be a clearing-house for
all of them and eventually th medium
through which th ultimata capitalization
of th combine I to be made..
T "Detalla boncernln if t M apportldnm enl
of territory hav not yet become public.
Just how th combine will deal with th
Schwarsachlld and Sulzberger company la
not known, though It 1 agreed In finan
cial circles that the Independent corpora.
Uon will be compelled by th overwhelm.
Ing strength .of .th" combine to comply
with the latter" a wiahea, whether or not
It desires to do so.
- It I still uncertain, too. tn what war
th trust will avoid conflict with, the
government. It fa said a plan haa been
arranged, however, .by which It Is be
lieved ther will be no violation of exist
ing antl-truat lawav
REFORMED SPELLING IS
STILL FAVORED BY TEDDY
"nert News by Lanceat Leased Wlre.t
- New York Jan. 11. Prealdent Kooa-
velt ha becom a member of the sim
plified spelling board Th president'
acceptance of membership waa an
nounced by th board thla evening.
Although th action of eongrea con
strained th president to withdraw
from hi position of having executive
document printed In reformed spelling,
ha continue to us th simplified forma
In hla oorreapondenc.
It was also announneoN this avenlng
that William Archer, the English orulo.
had become a member of the board and
that PrenldenteJortlan of LelnnJ Stan
ford University, wao waa said to have
resigned, definitely retain bla merober-a)p,:tit...-
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CHICAGO PACKERS
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Tillman Grills Execu
tive tor Illegal Act in
Dismissingthe Negro
Soldiers
By Jolian Hawthorn.
(Hearst News by Longest Leased Wire.) -Washington.
0. C, Jan. 11. Antlcl
nation aa- to Tillman' speech on tha
BrownsvlU rioting wa - vry great
and Tillman made good. That la th '
sum of tha situation today", but th da- '
tails ar worth telling. Not more than
one hav I seen , a larger audlenca
than crowded th senate. Every seat In
th galleries wa filled and ovary aeat
on th floor. . .
Tillman waa heard thronahout with
th closest attention. In complete si
lence, broken only by such spontaneoua
demonstratlona of feeling of amusement
aa nis speeches. are wont to bring forth.
. lUeacee Intexrnptloa. .
H waa ' Interrupted during hla two
flrat hour twice only,- one by Nelson
and again by Culbertaon; and In both, .
tnatonoe. the totormptlona only at-,
forded him opportunity for oruahlng re-'
Jol ndera. ' ' '
Tillman " pointed out' that rth 'praal-''
dent had not only created a new crime,
unknown hitherto In the articles of war.,
aa a- pretext for hla order regarding th
offending regiment, but that he had de
liberately Incurred the risk of disorder
attached to sending them ' to' Texas. .
carrying with It a reputation for mur
derous violence which had already been
repeatedly exhibited . In other town :
Land placea ". ' .
Arter-th "CTtme-'wa committer! "th ?
president bad at flrat delayed beginning?
an Investigation until It waa too late to
procure results; he had declined th only
practical auggeauon mad for procur
ing evidence, auggeated by Major Pen
roe, to enlist three detective in tha
reklment and allow them to gather tea-
tlmony from the drunken confessions oc 1
th culprit themselves, when they be- -lleved
themselves to b apeaking to
friends, and that In tha final he had
preferred to subject innocent men to tha
disgrace - of being dismissed without
honor In order to avoid punlahlng thaaa
"pet" of hi tha black soldier, aa -
they deserved to be punished for tha
murder tbey committed by th pen
alty of death. , - :
. - Xgaorea Xagai Aspects. . ' i . ;
' Tillman ignored expllclty tha legal
aspect of tha matter and devoted him
self to th condition, and. although it
had seamed when he began, the oa at
th words "toplo" - had already been ut
tered, yet ' before he got through hla .
hearer felt that what he said had beam
th first really effective dell vera no an
thl much discussed and ominous m
currenoe, , . .
He began very quietly. .''.
,Thi ha been Ilk a case In a oourV .
he aald: "Th men ef th regiment ar
under Indictment and senator ar tha
attorney for dafena or prosecution,
wbtla th president la both head prose
cutor and executioner. - I appear for tha
defenae; if what I hav to aay shall b
considered a defense when I get
through; but being only a cornfield law
yer, my contribution toward th help
Ing out of - th distinguished senator
from Ohio may very likely prov to ba
worthless, in spit of my being th
moat ultra of all men en the rac ques
tion, yet even I. standing her alone,
even I -want to see th negro dealt wlttt
Juatly. .,
Xaa Dealt TJttjnstly.
"With certain of the men of this reg
iment.'' h continued, "tha president ha '
dealt very unjustly, and he ha far
overstepped- luetic tn dealTng with, bin-""
era. I Intend to prov that not even
h not even he haa a right to pnnlsti
Innocent men because other men have
been guilty. Tha president makes tha
charge that the men hav broken their '
oath of tenllstment and hav refused tn
tell who th criminal were. But what
do th articles of enlistment, enjoin? '
They enjoin nothing that can ba taken
as obliging an anllated man. to tell
something ha doea not know or that
might Incriminate himself. I fail to
se wher a single one of these mun
ha broken' hi oath of enlistment.
"Again. Mr. Rooseveit saye his orrlor
ta not a punishment, for aa a punish
ment It would b wholly Inadequate.
And h goe oa to charge them wltrt
mutiny, treason and conspiracy of all.
enoe. Now I deny that a alngl man
of the regiment ba been guilty of any
of these crimes. Of murder they hav
been guilty? and of conspiracy to mur
der aome f these very mn. as I bo.
llev. hav been guilty of thot. Kut ru
on claims tbat more than $0 of them
have been so guilty; and yet 1(1 .f
them have been punished. Or, if,
th president claim. It Is not a punltih.
ment, then why did he de ItT
Vrouble Inevitable,
' "That trouble broke whs ivli
from the known t'heraeter of n. m-n ..
of tb regiment V Jir did n .t , , .
eminent gM evidence? Wl.o t r
Bible fnr the failure 'o d -'' i
troops were scut to T. n.ii. i 1 .
protpat of senator froin 1m 'i 1 -
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