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JOHN W THOMAS
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Thursday; September v), 1910.
Taylor's Speech
at Bridgeport
W. J. Taylor, democratic nnd
populist nominee for congress,
delivered a speech at Bridge
port latft Saturday afternoon that
made a great hit and a stir that
is attracting more than local at
tention. The following report
of the speech appeared In yes
terday's World-Herald:
Taylor's fame as a rough-and-tumble
debater of quick wit and
caustic logic had preceded him,
but tho old-timers say that
"nevor in their born days" have
they seen one man so completely
demolish another as Taylor de
molished Senator Burkett.
Burkott had spoken hero the
night before. Ho had made
"Conservation" his topic. "With
his usual magniloquence he had
boasted that it was the republi
can party that had conserved
"the great territorial empire
from which litvve been carved
HON. V. J. TAYLOR,
OiHKictJtlc iimI Populist Camliditt for Conirm
forty-six magnificent states;"
that it was the republican party
that "conserved our great do
main for man, and not for capi
tal;" that it was the republican
party that enacted the free
homestead law and put down the
' ellion. AUtheso things, he
hired, the democratic party
I opposed, "just as it opposes
ay the-coiiservation of timber
and cial and other natural re
sources of the republic".
Taylor made mincemeat of tho
senator in short order. He was
merciless In the directness with
which lie contrasted Hurkett's
speech with tho facts of recent
history.
"Tho senator prates with his
accustomed gilbness," said Tay
lor, "about his party conserving
coal lands for the people. He
has the gall to do it in the face
of tho universal knowledge that
the department of the interior,
under Ballinger, was in notori
ous collusion with tho Guggenheim-Morgan
syndicate which
was on the point of grabbing,
for a song, an immense tract of
valuable coal land in Alaska.
"He had the gall to stand be
fore an intelligent people, with
the Ballinger scandal fresh In
their mind, with Ballinger still
holding his place in the cabinet
where ho is protected by u re
publican president and by re
publican senators, a n d t a 1 k
about the 'faithful trusteeship'
of the republican party and the
unfaithfulness of the wicked
democrats!
"With thoughtless irony he
does all this In the very pros
. once of Congressman ICinkaid!
The same Congressman Kinkaid,
tho same republican champion
of republican conservation "who
has admitted that, had the
fraud not been discoved, not on
ly would all tho Cunningham
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News Snapshot:;
Of (he Week
Moro than 10,000 G. A. It. veterans met at Atlantic City for their annual reunion. The people of Atlanta plnn to purchase the home of the late Joel
Chandler Harris nnd dedlcnto It ns a memorial to tho author. St. Patrick's cathedral In New York city will be consecrated during a week's celebration.
claims have gone to patent, but
liu himself would have been own
er In fee simple of one those
thirty-three claims, proved to be
worth from $100,000 to $2r0t000
each, for tho nominal outlay of
S2.H00.
Senator Burkett neglects to
tell how streunous were his and
Mr. ICinkald's efforts in resist
ance to the attempted stenU He
neglects to tell liow earnestly
they botli fought to uncover the
fraud, to defeat the Morgan
Guggenheim combine, and to di
vorce this unholy combination
from its alliance with the gov
ernment. . He neglects to tell
where he and Kinknid were in
the fight made in congress to
protect the national domain from
Ballinger and h i s syndicate
cronies. He neglects to tell the
name of tho congressmen from
Nebraska who forced the investi
gation that lias advertised the
fraud to the whole world and
that lias awakened the people to
the necessity or protecting their
own property before it is all
stolen from them,
"I wonder if the reason for
this seeming neglect is that it
was Congressman Hitchcock, a
democrat, whose resolution
brought on the investigation,
and that this same Hitchcock is
now a candidate against Burk
ett for senator?
"And yet lie prattles about
conservation! And yet lie boasts
about the republican party being
j the friend of conservation and
the democratic partv being its
enemy! Does it with Hallinger
HON (ilMlMtr M HITCHCOCK, .
Democratic ard Populist Candidate (or U. S Senator
still in the cabinet! Does it while
Hitchcock, a real friend and
brave champion of conservation,
is holding up tho democratic
banner in Nebraska!"
Little Sarpy county, which is
in the Second congressional dist
rict, lias always been a Gilbert
M. Hitchcock stronghold when
lie has been a candidate for con
gress, and now, that lie is a, can
didate for the U. S. senate, the
indications are that he will re
ceive the largest majority in
that county this year that it has
ever given him. It is reported
tliat many prominent Sarpy coun
ty republicans have expressed
their intention of .voting for bun
this year.
Evidently the foreman of the
Lincoln Daily Star looked at
his calendar wrong last night.
Tills morning's issue of that
paper is dated October 0.
New York suite's politicnl conventions nrc attracting mticli attention Just now, tho Republicans witnessing thu battle for
temporary chnlrninn between Vice PreHldent Sherman, aided by Wlllintn Barnes, Jr., nnd Timothy Woodruff, on one side nud
Colonel Hoosevclt on tho other at Saratoga nnd the Democrats holding forth ut Albany with Mayor Gaynor of Greater New
York as tho moat likely candidate. The national Irrigation congress, which meets at Pueblo, Colo., promises to be Important
lORMERJNQUIRY
Senatorial Investigating Commit
tee Begins Hearing at Ghicago.
CHARLES C. WHITE ON STAND.
Legislator Tells of Proposition Made
Him by Browne Counsel for Sena,
tor Object to Any Testimony About
Alleged "Jackpot" First Clasn of
Attorney in Bribery Case.
Chicago, Spt, 27. Statu Hcnre
Boutntlve Chailes C. White of O'Fal
Ion, 111., was thu first witness to take
the uttuid in the Investigation into the
election of United States Senator Lor-
liner by tho senatorial sub-committee
on elections nnd privileges. Six of
tho seven members of the committee
wt'ie present when his examination by
Attorney" Austrian, representing the
Chicago Tribune, which, in printing
White's story, brought on the ln esti
mation, began.
White Identified letters he said had
been sent him by Ia'o O'NelL Browne,
asking White's help to establish
Browne's position us mtnorlty leader
in tho lower house.
White, on direct examination by At
torney Austrian, declured ho had been
asked by Minority leader Browne to
ote for Lorlmer nnd that Browne
told him ho would receive $1,000 for
his vote.
The first severe clush of the hear
ing cume when Attorney Austrian
asked what money was promised
Wlilto. Ho replied:
"1 nsked Browne how much I would
get 'from other sources' and ho re
plied, 'Oh, ubout us much more.' "
Lorlmer's Attorney Objects.
Senator Lorruer's attorney objected
to this answer, arguing that tho 'other
soutceB" were entirely outside the
cuw.
"This brings up," ho said, "what has
been referred to as the 'Jack pot.' By
the words of tho witness 'other
Hourcs' It is shown that It has no
connection with tho election of Sena
tor lorlmer."
To which Attorney Austrian replied:
"We claim this line of testimony Is
revelant because we will show that
t!i Democratic state senators nnd
representatives who voted for Senator
Iorlmtr voted for ,-hn ns a part of a
system in which their votes on other
measures and their vote for Senntor
l.orlmer were corelated. We nre try-
lug to show there was n general htate
of corruption In that legislature and
men there wore trying to bribe others,"
The committee retired Into execu
tive session to consider admissibility
of this line of evidence.
The committee1 considered the ad
rob-hlhlMty of the Jack pot testimony
for some tlmo In executive session
nnd upon returning to the hearing
room Chairman Burrows and other
senators questioned the witness con
cernlng his understanding of tho prom
lse of money from other sources.
Questions by Senators.
White said he had heard rumors ot
what was known as a "Jack pot" to he
divided among legislators for "strang
ling or passing bills." In response to
n finest Ion from Chnlrninn Burrows,
White said:
"I consldored It all a part of the
nireement the 'i.noo and my share
of tho 'Jack pot ' "
Senator Oomhl eked:
"Wns the monov Pom other sources
part of your proml - vote for Sena
tor l.orlmer. or d'-' It have an Influ
ence on vonr voto?
"I think It had an Influence," ro
pllni White.
"Would you hnve voted for Senator
lo-lmer for that $1,000?" asked Mr
Burrows.
"Yes. I think I would," said White.
Chairman Burrows announced tho
committee would give Its ruling Inter
on tho formal motion of Attorney
Hnnocy to exclude nil testimony relnt
lntlne to tho "Jack pot "
With the admissibility of the testi
mony relntlng to the so called Jack
pot still In abeyance. White wns
nshod to relate his later dcallncs with
Browne. The witness testified ho was
paid $150 by Browne in Springfield
nnd early In June In the Brlgg's houso
ho was given $S50.
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' CONDENSED NEWS
The sultan of Sulu, pensioner of the
United States, reached Now York on a'
tour of the country.
Four Jo yrlders were drowned when
a big touring car plunged Into tlia
canal at Now Orleans.
Tho seventh annual convention of
the National Rivers and Harbors con
gress will be held In Washington, Deo.
7 to 9.
Anne Buffali), an Indian woman,
shot and killed her sweetheart, Jacob
Moore, a white man. at Uartlesvlllo,
Okla. Jealousy was the cause.
It Is unlikely that there will be any
shortngo of money this fall anywhere
In the United States, according to tho
view of the treasury department.
Henry V. Alvey, an American, who
has a sister living In Portland, Ore.,
committed suicide In Mexico City by
opening tho radial artery of his wrist.
Professor II. L. Overstreet of the
University of California has accepted
an appointment to the full professor
ship of philosophy In the College of
the City of New York.
Oenornl Charles It. Brnyton. the
blind leader of the Rhode Island Re
publicans nnd the Rhode Island mein
her of the national Republican com
mittee, died nt Providence.
Eighteen persons lost their lives and
.oloven others" suffered Injuries In Hue
wreck, two miles east of Clayton, Kan.,
of Rock Island passenger trnln No. 27,
which plunged Into a washout.
Announcements of the meeting nC
tho Trnusmlssisslppi Commercial con
gresB nre being scattered broadcu&
through tho countiy. It will be he i
in Snn Antonio. Tex., Nov. 22 to 25.
Captain V. K. Hart, supervisiiu
'quartermaster at Fort D.4A. Htusell
will be retired nt once on nccotint nf
disability., and' wilt be appointed In
Btructorbf.fthe Wyoming national
guard.
Jens Anderson, proprietor of a tes
taurant at Bryant, S. P., Is in a serlou .
condition as the result of being acci
dentally shot by Oscar Wilson, u
friend, while they were examining a
revolver.
There has been a rupture between
Colombia and Venezuela, The Vene
zuelan government telegrapheJ the
members of the Venezuelan legation
to leave Bogota and await instruc
tions ut Panama.
The death rate in the United States
In 1900 was fifteen In each 1,000, ac
cording to a bulletin about to he Is
sued by the census bureau, and thl3
Is the lowest averago ever recorded
for this country.
Albert J. Perkins, who was one of
tho oldest Yale graduates and later
served ns instructor of chemistry at
that university, died in the county
almshouse at Ralston, N. Y. He wj
e'ght foir years old.
Dur'ng tnrget practice of the At
lantlc fleet off the Virginia capes, one
or the big 12-!nch guns of the bathe
ship (leorg'.a hurst on the first rang",
phot. The muzzle Jacket was blown
off. The ciew esrnp?d Injury.
While a decree was being filed In tho
clerk of the couit's olllco at Butte,
Mont., granting her a divorce from
ber husband, Frank Baker, Helen
Baker "was at the marriage license
desk with Frank A. Golsert getting a
license to marry again.
Colonel William M. Black and lieu
tenant Colmnson M. Patrick, members
of the army engineer board charged
with the task of raising the old battle
ship Mnlim, will be required to take
the prescribed physical test beforo
proceeding to Havana.
A headon collision between a pass
enger nnd u freight cur on the Indiana
Traction company's lines near Tipton
resulted nl the death of six persons.
Tho collision was similar to the Fort
Wayne disaster last week, In which
forty persons" were killed.
For tho first time In tho history of
railway union, members and delogates
representing 308,000 men of tho four
great railway divisions of tho east
voted uunnlmously nt u meotmg in
New York to take concerted option In
national and state politics.
Boy Dying of Lockjaw.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 2G. Lau
rence Vandall. the young grandson
of Mr, and Mrs. Vandall, well knowu
WSBSEBg&m
residents of Charles Mix county, re
ceived a fatal Injury In a peculiar
manner. He was standing with a
rifle resting on his foot, muzzle down
ward, when the weuj.-un was dis
charged, the bullet passing through
his foot. A physician was summoned
nt once, who made the discovery that
UIC lliuuruiuun.- ijuj nun luthjan
Hope of his recovery
doncd.
has been abari'
Shoots Former Wife.
Chicago, Sept. 2G. Police of the
Twenty-second street station conduct
ed a city-wide search for Frank Goe
ble, a rancher from South Dakota
who is accused of having shot hi
former wife, Rose Goeble, at 33G West
Twenty-fourth street, here. The wom
an Is at Wesley hospital suffering from
a bullet wn-in'i 'n t!" nbdomen and nn
other In the right leg.
Taft's Gift Cow Not Lost.
Marinette, Wis., Sept. 23.--A repor?
from Washington that "Paulina
Wayne," the cow given by Senator
Stephenson to President Taft, had
been l03t 13 incorrect. Pauline Is In
the senator's barn at Kenosha, where
she has been kept the last three
months Tho cow will be expressed to
Washington early in October.
Governor Haskell on Trial.
McAlester. Okla., Sept. 27.--Tht
trial of Charles N. Haskell, governor
o; Oklahoma, In what are known as
the Muskogee town lot cases, wu.
callod here before Federal Judge John
A. Marshall. District Attorney Will
lam J. Gregg, who is assisted by Attoi
ney S. It. Rush of Omaha and I). T
Hniner of Tulsa, Okla., announced thnt
the government was ready to proceed
and urged that the work of selecting
a jury begin at once.
In the Indictment returned by u
federal grand jury Governor Haskell
and five business men of Muskogee
nre charged with "conspiracy to do
fraud the government In the disposal
of about GOO town sites. The town
rites were sold by the government In
1902 c n behalf or Hie Creek Indians.
French Aviators-Abandon Trip.
Paris. Sept. 27 Both Mahieu and
Loridan, the aeronauts who started
from Paris, each with a passenger, on
an attempt to fly In biplanes to Brus
nels for the Auto club's prize of $30,
000 and the prize of $n,000 offered by
tho municipality of Paris, were com
pelled to withdraw from the compe
tltiou after a series or mishaps. No
ono was Injured.
American borax oneap to r-oreignuui.
Mr. Joseph Fels. the well known mil
llonuirc soap manufacturer of Phila
delphia and London, related a very
Interesting bit of tariff experience at
the recent free trade congress at Ant
werp. It happens that Mr. Fels has
to use borax very largely In his busi
ness. He said It was cheaper for him
to buy American borax In Liverpool
and export It to bis works In Phila
delphia than to buy It in America,
where It was mined. lu one Instance
he bought fifty tons of American borax
In Kngland nt '.I cents a pound when
the price quoted to him lu America
was 7 cents a pound. Since making
this statement the agent of the borax
trust explained to Mr. Fels that South
American borax was what be bought
Anyhow the fact remains that the In
teruatioiial borax trust sells bonis
more tluiu twice as cheap lu England
as In America.
Standing Pat.
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CROW IN ANY EVENT.
Th Farmer From Wayback Who
Wouldn't Be Fooled.
A farmer from Waybnck. Pa., carried
bis wheat to London and sold It at tho
free trada market, which sots the
price for the world. Taking the price
of 100 bushels, he went to Cheapslde
to buy 100 yards or Kii-jllsh clot.i.
A Pennsylvania" woolen manufacturer
who was at the market said to him:
"Why not be patriotic'; Buy of me at
rarllTvllle. 1 will give you 0 yards
for your money."
"Pshaw:' said the homy handed one.
"I can get 100 yards here!"
"True." replied the tarllT beneficiary,
"but you can't pass our statue of Liber
ty info the land of the free unless you
cough up 100 per ceut of Its value. It
will work out ns though you had
bought 'J!00 yards here and they had
cut off 100 yards at New York and let
you through with 100 yards."
"Holy smoke!" said the Waybucker.
"Why. that would be robbery!"
"Nonsense." said the woolen man.
"Don't be disrespectful to the law.
That Is our policy of protection to
American Industry. We protect you
from getting 100 yards here In order
that you may get fifty yards at home.
Thus America will become prosper
ous." "1 don't understand," said the Way
back man. . .
"Aldrlch understands it." said tho
woolen man. "and we manufacturers
understand it, but the subject Is so ab
struse and scientific that few men seo
through it. Kven Mr. Roosevelt will
uot any longer discuss the tariff,
though he understands everything else
under the sun. It Is not necessary or.
Indeed, desirable that the worlnng
classes understand the tariff; it would
only make trouble. All they need to
do Is to shout for it and vote for it.
We do the understanding for them."
The Wayback mnn scratched bis
head. "It is not entirely clear to me."
said he, "where 1 come in. 1 could get
100 ynrds here for my money, but you
protect me from getting more thuu fif
ty ynrds. In order to get 100 yards to
Wayback I must give what would buji
200 yards here say, the price of 200
bushels. Where Is the protection to
my American industry? It looks like
turkey for you nud crow for me."
"No," said the woolen man: "It Is not
nlways turkey for me (he was a tariff
expert), for if ymi carry English cloth
to New York the tax of 100 per cent
goes to Washington-Hint's tariff for
revenue. It is only when you buy at
Tarlffvllle that you are taxed for my
benefit that's protection. Why uot be
neighborly? Buy your cloth from mo
at a good stiff price and 1 shall be
able to buy some potatoes from you."
"But." said the farmer man. "any
way you put It spells crow for me."
And that's exactly what It does, and
he Is not the only farmer who has
found this out.
That Leaning Tower.
"She's in bad shape, an I guess she'll
crumble .soon!" Baltimore Sun.
TARIFF A MORAL ISSUE.
More Important on This Ground Than
as an Economic Essential.
Strangely enough, tills little group
of iuiii very small in number-has ar
rogated to Itself the leadership of Hie
progressives, and Its members prate
about the treatment of the tariff as a
moral questlou.-Senator Aldrlch,
Yet the formal si.tH'iiient made by
Senator Aldrlch in answer to Senator
Bristow and lu which this sneer at
the insurgents is found acknowledged
by his own act In making- this state
ment that the tariff Is a moral Issue.
For the- Bristow assault on Aldrlch
wns on moral grounds on the spec
tacle of a beneficiary of the tariff, sur
rounded by other beneficiaries and In
fluenced by them, deliberately manipu
lating the schedules for the enrich
ment of himself, his son and his finan
cial associate. There was n time when
that spectacle would not have outraged
the public sense of decency, for pro
tection bus been developed from n rev
enue and Industrial device to a graft
ing sys'Pin by this very means of
manipulation by the direct beneficia
ries. But the country Is wiser now. nnd
its conscience Is more sensitive The
awakening Is due fundumeutnlly to the
Roosevelt doctrine of the square deal.
That doctrine cannot If- lived up to by
a people or a government that permits
a few favored Interests to prey on tho
masses through the medium of pro
tective duties nairid by the beneficia
ries themselves The country now de
mands that the tnriff. whether protec
tive or for revenue only, shall be de
termined bv disinterested experts, not
by interested trusts.
The tnriff is an economic Irrup. but
Iik Importance as a moral Issup is still
greaJer, more fundamental, more es
sfiitl.il to the spirit of a republic
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