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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVIII NO. 5G. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORXIXO, AUGUST 22. IPOS TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COl'V TWO CENTS. TAFT ANSWERS BRYAN SUMMARY OF THE BEElBRVAS TALKS OS TARIFF No Room for Argument ILLINOIS IS STEADY t 2it, !. Nebraskan Addresses Large Crowd at Des Moines on This Issue. Battle Cry of Kebraskan Dissected at Bi Rally in Virginia. I Ready to Vote for the Third Tima Against Bryan. 1908 tfirGC&T 1908 sn.' m' ttz. urn twl' t?j sa DEMOCRAT POSITION EXPLAINED PEOPLE ALREADY IN CONTROL nsasfuanjt -mm .fV en . mm 2 IS 4 5 6 2 8 REPUBLICANS ARE WIDE AWAKE Hrmoul of Dafles on Trail-Msile Artlrles and Necessities of Life and Uradual Rrdorlloa to RtiriM Hasl. Majority Rulei by Delegating Its Authority to Republican Party. Leaders Taking No Chances in the Present Campaign. 9 10 11 12 13 PI 15 'IT 16 1Z 18 19 20 21 22 ELECTION OF M'KINIJ-y CITED ; -v Intelligent and Effecti. 4;io of the Popular Wii. . f t t A- ROOSEVELT CHECKS CORPORAT ollclea Aarorilrd by President and Enacted Into Law by Congress Guard Astalnat Trait A hue a. HOT SPRINGS, Vs., Aug. 21. "The people have ruled through the republican party." This la William H. Tafts answer to Mr. Eryan's challenge, "Shall the People Rule." The answer was made In an addr?fs th republican presidential candidate made to day before a gathering of several thousand Mrglnla republicans, who came to the mountains to see and hear him and cele brate "Vlriglnla day." To make his point perfectly clear, Mr. Taft referred to the first election of William McKinley as "one of the most Intelligent and effective cx presaions of popular will ever manifested to the world and the maintenance of the gold standard and a protective tariff by his administration was a correct interpretation of to people's will. This was shown to b 'i. he continued, "by even a greater Ba1o.-Ujr for the party In 1. and a still a-maier majority In 1904, when Roosevelt was elected, and," he added, "we may well ubmlt to the country whether his admin istration has not expressed the will of the people." ' Bryan and the People. Preceding Mr. Taft s short address. Con gressman C. 8. Slemp had this to say in answer to the same question: "Can it be possible that he (Bryan) had reference to the political situation in Vir glnla? Does he not know that under ex isting laws, 60 per cent of the white and SO per cent of the colored population of voting age have been disfranchised? Does he not know that they have no voice In the government of either this state or this nation? And can he call this a rule of the people? No wonder Mr. Bryan will make no political speeches in the south. Condi tions here do not square with his battle cry." Mr. Taft was surrounded during his speech by approximately 6.000 people. Ac companied by Mrs. Taft, Colonel B. S. Allen and Representative Slemp, he drove to the ball park in a carriage with little Charlie Taft on the box with the driver. Mr. Vorya and Alvah Martin, national com mitteeman from Virginia, accompanied the prty In .another, carrlas. Thea soon at the park was typical of a real country pic nic There were aeats for but a few hun dred. While the thousands had to atand or sit on the ground, Mr. Taft occupied a hastily erected speaker's atand In front of the "bleachers" benches. He waa Intro duced by Colonel Allen and hla reception was ' cordial and his speech heartily ap plauded. Aralatnment of Democracy. Mr. Taft reviewed tne record of the demo cratic party from the time of the last demo cratic administration in lv3. "During tin period." he aald, "It repealed the ikKii.ii-y tariff bill passed In 1KJ and enacted ti.e Gorman-Wilson tariff bill of 1ST-3. With the prospect of a demo cratic tariff for revenue and under the operation of the Gorman-Wilson tariff bill subsequently passed, a period of Industrial depression set In which continued througM the next presidential campaign of 1S96. The remedy for this depression aa proposed by the democratic party under Its present leadershln waa a rhiwn from th iU ... , ... . isuuaru oi currency ana value wnicn was the measure of all pecuniary obligations, to a silver standard a change which would have scaled the debts of all by quite 50 per cent and would hav produce.! a finan cial crash In which the business disaster would oiJy have been exceeded by the in jury to our national financial honor." Republicans Repeal Art. As soon s the republican party came lot j power In 1&7. be said. It repealed the Uorman-Wilson tariff bill and enacted the present Dlngley tariff bill and with the assurance of an honest " monetary stand ard, confidence was restored and a period of business expansion and prosperity fol lowed to an extent never before known In the history of tbe world. Wages were never higher, he declared, and the average standard of living of wage earners, farmers and of the business men in the point of comfort and enjoyment of life was advanced beyond precedent. At tending this great prosperity, abuses de veloped, growing out of the "dishonesty of some prominent men entrusted with the management of the business of others and of a greed of financial power of some, stimulated by the enormous successes in cident to the combination of capital In large corporations." These abuses, he said, chiefly took the form of violation, of the anti-trust law and the granting of rebates and discriminations by railways to large shippers. When the ex tent of these evils as brought home to the people, he said. President Roosevelt evoked the attention of co:.gresi and the no h! Ic ta them and , llte laws then on tho statute books. Rooaevelt tkrrki t orooratlon. "It was not," he said, "until Mr. Roose velt realising to the full the danger to which our society was exposed unless the offending corporations, railways and In dustrial, were made to obey avl fear the law lxk vigorous action in the recom mendation of new legislation and in the enforcement of the old that anything very effective wtt done to cheek the growlr vil." The coi gresa which had been elected with Koosevell In lyot, Mr. Taft said, made a record, f r remedial legislation along the Hue recc amended by the president, which a he hi said himself, have never been equalled n our timea. Mr. Tat referred to the rail a ay rate bill, tbe bill c eating the bureau of corporation, the pure food bill and the meat Inspection bill. niJat of which he declared encountered the open tugd bitter opposition of all the corporations and failed of passage in the previous congress In spite of continued opposition they were finally enacted into law. "What has been the result of this leg s- (Cootlnued on Second Pae J VJo 25 26 2Z 28 29 TKB WIATKEK. w-ir nuiin rvirvri r . vti rrrQ ivn ' - ' " ' - ' . . .. . - . . . . . . . . . - - JTICINITY Cloudy and possibly showers rOt ) urday; cooler Saturday NEBRASKA Partly cloudy and if-. local showers Saturday; cooler aOWA Pnrtlv rlouely and possibly loe powers Saturday; cooler Saturday T. -rr-i tore pf Omaha yesterday: ... Kl rwiaTXCAXa. In Illinois the republii-ans . are wide awake and taking no chances' on the dem ocrats securing the st;ite for I'ryan. Roger Sullivan Is hldins behind Steven son's candidacy, with no frlendahlp for the man who held Mm down at Denver. The labor vote will lie divided, but tiie negro vote Is solidly republican. Pag 1 Renomination of Governor Hughes con sldered to be a matter of good politic . Page Taft, in his address In Virginia, dis cussing the trust and other issues, points out the lmpotency of democracy to meet great Issues whenever It has been In power. Fag I DOMESTIC. The government has filed an appeal from the decision In the Standard Oil case, as a matter of saving the Klklns law. ' Page 1 COMatZBCIAX, AITS IaTDUSTKIAl. Live stock markets. Page Grain market:'. Paz's Stock and bonds. Page 9 X.OCAI.. Tax rate for Douclas county will proba bly be raised I mills, making It 14.1. the commissioners holding that the increase in valuation will not make a sum suf ficiently large for needs. Page 11 John A. Tuthill returns to Omaha Irom Seattle, where he secured the next na tional convention of Eagles for Omtiha; tells of the St. Paul knockers and receives praise of friends for his good fight. Railroads have arranged to give special rate of fare and one-half to the Nebraska Btate fair at Lincoln, the Western Pas senger association deriding to change the hard rules against fpeclal fair rates. Pags 7 ,8 Lawn 1 rerp at Fort Omaha Is Irish!;.' elated over the bill which proposes a re organlzatlop of the corps and enlarge ment of the work. Page 7 BPOBTB. chra k 1irl t arait .r .til .1... a j . nm.i,. v T , ! , " ' . i. mr- iit-i isinn Deing made to bring the big game to the met ropolis or .-Nebraska. Page 11 JTEBKASXA, President writes to Senator Burkett en dorsing his vote on the currency bill. Hayward muy not resign as state chair man, but wait for new committee to ! elect his successor. ' Page 1 i menus mucn worried ov growm or uahlman sentiment. John I Maher out for Mayor Jim. Lincoln waits j in vain, for the promised Bryan crowd,. ! Page 3 MOYEntXXTTS O? OCX AW STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrived. Sa.HK). NEW YORK Luttlania Arabic. NKW YORK Itul.h.n4 Oroawr Kurfunt NEW YORK. . NKW YORK.. NEW YORK.. . .Paanooi. MONTRKAL.. I LIVERPOOL Corlnthl.a. POlTHAMPTOS.AdrlMIt ( HERHOi ru. . . Pmtrtrli ...Baxnnla ... Martha Waah ton. Columbia. . . Peruala boston, naiu.ks. NAPLES. bONtxiN. SamiaiH . THlESTk .OorZTUlA. letters fromthe president feaator Rnrkett Gives Them Ont. Fol lowing Speech by Kenntor l.a Kollette. LINCOLN. Aug. H.-BeeaiiE- .; .,'. tacks made upon the Ald'.ich cut. c. i.i. I by Senator La Kollette, together with his reading of the roll calls on that bill. Sena tor E. J. Burkett today gave out two let ters from President Roosevelt commending the Aldrich law unqualifiedly. Senator Burkett received the following letter from the president: OYSTER BAY. N. Y., Aug. 18, 19u8 -My Iear Senator: I heartily approve of the currency measure, oilier wise I would not have signed the bill. In my Judgment it would have been nust unwise not to have fiassed it. and nut a single argument worth iceding was advanced against It. 1 inclose you a copy of a leiter 1 had alreadv writ ten on trie subject. Ptncerelv vouts THEODORE IiOO?EVELT. Following is a copy of the letter referred to by the president: iivstfb TY v v T..i.. ,r. j, lear Mr. Willis: I have your letter of the Stllc Mv mntlv... . 1 liavi. In Blfn ii. n v i.iu t . , l.m i, i FiT; 1 11. .ur. v I 5 a. m v""---yiA a. m . m V rVv3 P. m v Vf9 4 p-1,1 J v s ,,. m ?::::::::::::: I X p. m naaa- ii in all question, the emergency currency V I ' f""8" " "'I'1"'' ' 1 r'iblish a list was a aood measure, and 1'have not hear,! i "r vimtributora on the lth day of next it attacked wlih any arguments which I October and allow the t.-la:lve advantage thought even deserved an answer It'is ri"',le':"n manufacturer, tiie avowedly onlv an emergence measure- It I ''mer und the wane earner t I.- meas lasts merely the length of time to irmit I LrfJ bv ,he conti ibutions received fr..tn us to develop a Permanent nlan. bm ,i,,r. lig that lime it makes provision for the ne-aea elasticity or currency and it h. it in an utterly unobjectionable manner It does not accomplish very nucti. hut it ioe accomplish something, and there s literally n.it one objection that has been ra'xed to it worthy of paying the si ghtest heed to. while, furthermore. It makes the admirable provision for a commission to make a report on the permanent currency plan. Sincerely 'ours. TirEODt RE ROOSEVELT. BRITISH GIVE UP EDITOR arena Authorities M ill Try Hint on taarne of Misappropriation of Fnnds. PEl"L, Aug n. The British consul to day unconditionally surrendered to the Corean autborltlea the editor of the ver nacular edition of the rally News, who escaped from the police on August IS and sought refuge In the home of E- T. Bethel, the English proprietor of the paper. Bethel at that time raised the English ensign above bis gate and positively refused to surrender the editor to the police .-n their demand, claiming for him extra territorial protection from the British consul. The trial of the editor will shortly commence on the charge that he was conn ted with the misappropriation of a pari of the Corean rational loan redemption fund. DES MOINES. Aug. 21 -Comparing the attitude of the two dominating parties on the tariff question, William J. Rran. the democratic candidate for the president;., at the base ball park In this city tonight, before a vast audience, fired the first jpin in the campaign. He attacked the' repub lican promises of tariff revision and asked If the democratic party was not Justified when it Included In Its platform the dec laration that "the people cannot safely en trust the ex-cutlon of this important work with a party which Is so deeply obligated to (H.the highly protected interest as the rtpub- I litan party.'' ! ; "The whole aim of our party," he said i5 i In summarizing. "Is to secure Justice In tax 77 1 ation. We tx lieve that each Individual J' I should contribute to the support of the I government In proportion to the -benefits 1 I which he receives under the protecting K government. We bt lieve that a revenue tariff, approAchi-d gradually ccordlng to r& i the plan laid down in our nlmform will equalize the burdens of taxation, and that the addition of an Income tax will make taxation still more equal. If the repub lican party Is to have the support of the people who find a pecuniary profit In the exercise of the taxing power, as a private asset in their business, we ought to have the support of that large majority of Un people who produce the nation's wealth in time of peace, protect the nation's flag in time of war, and ask for nothing from the government but even-handed Justice." Bnay Day for hraakan. Mr. Bryan accompanied by Mayor Frank W Brown of Lincoln, Private Secretary Robert F. Rose, and several correspondents arrived at 9:30 this morning, two hours later than the schedule called for. The entire party was In a very tired condition owing to the lung wait at the station In Lincoln. It being after 3 o'clock before the start east was made, lpon his arrival In this city Mr. Bryin and those who accompanied him were driven in automobiles to the Savery hotel where the democratic candl late held an Informal reception In the lobby. At the station to meet him were Mayor A. J. Mathlas of Des Moines. Mayor Sears of Sioux City, Jerry Sullivan, Na tional Committeeman Wade, Fred E. White, democratic candidate for governor, and mtiny other prominent Iowa democrats. After breakfast Mr. Bryan was taken for an automobile ride through the city. This Included the unexpected rail on Governor A. B. Cummins In the executive chambers. The two men indulged In repartee for ten minutes. The reception by the governor was most cordial. After luncheon Mr. Bryan rested for several hours and tonight, escorted ty the Youns; Men'a Bryan dub and many prominent democrats, he pro ceeded to the base ball park, where he re ceived an ovation before commencing his remarks. Vpon the conclusion of his tariff speech he addressed an overflow crowd in "" Audliortum and emphasized his views regarding the election of senators bv vote of the people. During the day Mr. Bryan announced that on Wednesday next on his way from Indianapolis to Tope It a he would stop several hours at Salem. 111., his birth place, and deliver a speech from the porch Fter. Mr. Bryan lert at 10:RO o'clock for Chicago, where he will remain three days and hold frequent conferences with his I campaign managers. Text of Mr. II r Speech. Mr. Bryan said: Mr. Chairman, ladles and sentlemen In my notineation speech 1 staled that, as tne cumpuign progressed. I would discuss tne, ques.lon. Shall the People Itule," as it applies to the various Issues involved in tin campaign. 1 begin witu t lie tariff quebtion. betaue it lk the most lasting ot our economic qjeMions and the- one upon which the leading parties have most lrequently opposed each other. That the ltsue may be ciearlv stated, I shall read uU the democratic plank on this mioleot, and then the republican plank. eVcreiary Taft refers to this suoject briefly In his notification speech only briefly but as 1 shall quote such passage from his speech as are pertinent to this iiiscuMsion. it is not n.-rezsarv to read his ", remarks in full. j It will In m.t'ird tint t'ie republican ! has a turd c.-.: ' . jrl'.er aigunienta 1 udvaii. , .i !n . -i hiah tariff. We h. ur r., :i .i, . .. Infant Industries." '' "' .it i.i! :! .tired f..r "until 'h'." ' .a .1 ,;p.i:i li.eir feet;" tlure is ' - it:.i i in t.iai tiie '"foreigner pay the . :;.'. ' : ii.l notl.ing about the "home nv.r- ' r. 'I':iee catch phrases have had theii ; n tiiey are worn out and cast aside. The republican leaders are no lunger ar- r.ifani ana iim.ilent; they cannot lunger defy tariff reform. Their phin now is to teem to yield without really yielding. The lecent republican platform if a hugle call to every benef iciary of special priv ilege, to enlist attain under the republican banner, and when the election is over and the republican committee publishes the list of contributors too late to make the In formation valuahb It will be fuiind that the republican party has again so oblig ated itself to tiie protected ititereMts as to be unable to make a revision in the inter ests of the consumers. Ueneflclarlea of Protection. The republican platform says that the tariff is intended f ir the American manu facturer fHrniHn unit itr.ni .icr mi.l peclaliy for tli age earners.' If the I farmer and the wage earner are really the I finer Diner claries or tne protective vya Icm. will tin- reimhiican caiidMaie explain 1 w" '-e taimer nu tne wage earner nave luiii, ti . nu iv, v . the republican cam- eat li r.ass? l.y is it that the manufac- Iui'ers are exacted to furnish so latg- a proportion of the monev to run ihe cam paign, if. as Hie republicans claim, tne farmers and the laborers enjoy so large a proportion in the benefits of the syat.m? Is il n it a signifiennl fact that the farm ers and wage earners who are always j ut in the foreground hen the blessings of a high tariff are being enumerated are In the larkgto'ind when tiie collections are being made? Is 1' noe slimif cant that the nianuf aciurers. who furnish the funds, are so little advertised as t eneficlanea? Is 1: not significant also that the wage earners, instead of the manufacturers, are always described as 'the most direct beneficiaries of the protective system?" But let us suppse, for the sake of argu ment, that the republican party sincerely rvnents of Its delay in beginning tariff reform, repudiates Its obligations to the contributing manufacturer and honestly begins a "revision." What rule Is to gov ern the revision? The repubiu-an platform iivi: "In a 1 tariff leg'slat'on. the true Prin ciple of protection is best maintained by the lmosltlon of such duties as nlll enua! the difference between the cost of produc tion at home sed abroad, together with a reasonable prof't ti American Industries." Mr. Taft endorses this rule and savs that "in a number of aihed'jlea the tar'ff now exceeds tins difference, and that the excess offers a temptation tr thoae h i would mor T"l:e the production and sale of such acicles In this country." He ad'1. however, that "there are a-,nwe few articles on which the tariff is not sufficients- high Continued on Fourth Page ) From the Milwaukee Sentinel. SEEKS TO SAVE ELKINS LAW Government Files Petition for Rehear ing in Standard Oil Case. POETI OF KNOWLEDGE IN ISSUE C ourt of Appesla ? Reversed Case, I Claiming Company Was Mot Shown to Hare Known Lcaal Rate. CHICAGO, The government's petition for a rehaairlna; by the Ttilted States court of appeals of the caBe against the Standard Oil company of Indiana was filed today, and represents. It is author latlvely slated, the administration's attempt to save the Elklns act and the Interstate Commerce commission law from becoming futile. The filing of the petition marked the ap pearance of Attorney General Bonaparte tz the case, as well as that of Ftank B. Ke. lngg. who is a special assistant to the at torney general. Besides these two names, the petition Is signed by Edwin W. Sims, United States district attorney at Chicago, and special assistant James H. Wllkersnn, both of whom presented the government's side of the case in the original hearing be fore Judge Landis. who admlniftered the famous fine of S-'S.Ki.O'O against the de fendant. Although it is not specifically stated In the petition, It was agreed by counsel for the government In their conference at Lenox, Mass., following the reversal by the appellate court of Judge Landis' de cision, that If the interpretation of the law given by Judges Grosscup. Seaman and Baker were allowed to stand, success ful prosecution of rebate cases against corporation would be impossible In the future. The lawyers at that conference, ov. r which the attorney general of the rntted. States presided, were a unit in expressing '1" 'r'n'nn h' ,llp reforms in rebate matter brought about by the Roose velt administration would represent so much waste of time unless the upper court can be convinced that it is in error In lis construction of tiie. law. Simla Point In Issue. "On but a single point involved in the 1 trial up to the return of the verdict of ' guilty," says the petition, "are the rulings of this trial court criticised by the court of ' appeals. In all other particulars his ruj ! Ings were sustained. The point on which ! the trial Judge is reversed by the court of ' appeals relates to his ruling on evidence and his charge to the Jury with reference j to ignorance on the rart of the Standard Oil company of the lawful defense. The court of appeals in Its opinion has not correctly stated how the Judge ruled on this subject." Continuing, the petition declares that whereas the opinion of the court of appeals states that Judge Ijindis refused to adn.it evidence to the effect that the Standard ; oil company did not know what the lawful ' rate was. tiie record of proceedings In the , lower court shows that such evidence was ' admitted. Although the government points out what . It c insiders other errors In the oririion of , the appellate court, the al'.eRatlon lhat the ' Standard Oil company did know that it w as not paying the leital rate Is regarded as j the vital point. If, with the evidence in , trodured at the trial before Judge Landis, ! It can be held that the defendant did not ; have guilty knowledge of Its own acts, I then successful prosecution of similar j cases is regarded as impossible. AH the ' years of legislation designed to correct rebate abuses would have to be repeated. i WOMEN CHARGED WITH CRIME j Mrs. Stein nnd Her Mother Arrested I at Des Maine! on Warrant i from Ohio, DES MOINES. Ia.. Aug. H.-Vpon re ceipt cf a telegram from Coroner An of Asl.land county, Ohio, in which he says an information charg ng Muy S:eln and Mrs. Rayaid. her mother, with murdr. has been sworn to there, the two women were placed under arrest today. They art. charged with the murder cf Morris S"e n and Miss Hest-r Porter at Loudenvilie, O., Friday, August 11. According to tne telegram from Iyjudenvllle, requisition papers were issued from Columbus t Iowa's governor f-r bvln Its women and Siela'i body. JEWISH informers murdered Terrible x ennennee Falls I'pon Fam ily Accused of Spying on Revolutionists. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 21. News had reached this city of a terrible vengeance taken by the revolutionists of Yurevika, In Yekaterinoslav province, upon a Jewisn family named Edelsteln who were accused of giving information to the authorities re garding the activities of the agitators. They went tt the Edelsteln house at night, threw two bombs through the window and opened fire on the members of the family with re volvers and ahot to datti the father, a daughter, a . woman guest and her child. The mother, 'a on, a son-in-law, ar.d two grandsons were severely wounded, Afler this murderous onslaught, the rev olutionists temporairly retired, and help for the wounded was summoned. In the course of a couple of Jiours, the victims who were still alive had been conveyed to a hospital. Not satisfied with their ven geance, the revolutionists, now a well armed band of about forty or fifty men, descended upon the hospital, overpowered the nurses and guards and shot the mother and son to death, after which they made their es cape. Another dispatch from the provinces received here says that the prisoners In the Jail at Saratov, upon discovering that two of their comrades were traitors, fell upon them and beat them to death. HUGE AUTO TURNS TURTLE Chauffeur Killed and Four Persons Seriously Injured by Col lapse of Wheel. JOS ANGELES. CaJ.. Aug. SI. One man was killed and two men and two women Injured early today at Wesley and West Jefferson streets when a wheel of a sixty horse power automobile gave way and the machine turned turtle, pinning the occu pants under the tonneau. An explosion fol lowed, which set fire to the machine. It was with the greatest difficulty that the living occupants were saved from death in the flames that consumed the machine. The dead: JOSEPH BOBBS, chauffeur, aged years. The Injured: Mrs. Oladys Price. Mrs Francis Wilson. 1- M Ford. Charles Keene. all of Los Angeles. Tbe Injured will rex-over. 2 MARTIN TELLS OF NEBRASKA Assistant Attorney Oeueral Dlarnse.es Handling; of Trusts at Den ver Meeting;. DENVER. Colo., Aug. 21. The second day's session of the second annual conven tion of the National Association of Attor neys General opened this morning with an address by Assistant Attorney General C. G. Martin of Nebraska, who discussed the paper of Attorney General West of Okla homa on "Experiments in Government." He told of the experiences his office in Nehrnska had had with railroads and trusts ar.d said if the Oklahoma constitution could cure tnese evils it was a grand thing. "State Regulation of the Liquor Traffic" was the sjbject of an address by Fred S. Jackson, attorney general of Kansas, who has been more successful than his prede cessors in enforcing the liquor laws of his state. ' Mr. Jackson told the story of his fifiht ualnsi the breweries of Kansas. BOULDER MARKSDEBATE SITE Daughters of Revolution Ereet Monu ment In Memory of I.luroln Douglas Contest. CHICAGO. Aug. 1. The semi-centennial of the great debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas was cele brated at Ottawa, 111., today on the spot where the "great emancipator" and the "little giant" stood during their argument fifty years ago. In commemoration of the event a unique monument marking the spot In Wasington park was unveiled by Illlnl chapter. Daughters of the American Revo lution. A twenty-four ton bould. r has been brought from the farm of Moab Trumbo and emplaced on the concrete base In the park On the face of the bould. r a bronxe tablet bears the following Inscription: This boulder marks the site of the first Uncoln and Douglas dchme, held August Erveted by the Iilirl chapter, Daurutera of the A met ican P.cVclaLiuu. OHa a. 111., August U, BURKETT'S VOTE ENDORSED President Writes Senator Concerning! the Currency Bill. STATES BORROW FROM NEBRASKA llnywnril May ot Resign as Chair uian of Mate Committee, bnt Wait I mil It U Reorn-anUrd After the Primary. r LINCOLN. Aug. a (Special Senator BurrtoU xe.nrecl todtr try receiving a hater from President Roosevelt endorsing li' vote uron the emergency currency legis lation enacted by the last congress. Sen ator LaFoliette in a sjieech lure several days ago, took the senator to ta.sk about his vole on that measure. A copy of his speech voa sent to the president, who re plied to It In hla letter to Senator Burkett. Tho letter is as follows: OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. Aug. 1. lK'-My Dear Senator: 1 1. earthy approve of tile currency measure, otherwise 1 would not have flgntd the bill. In my Judgment it would have been most unwise not lo have passed it, and not a single argument worth needing was advanced against it. I en close vou a copy of a letter 1 had already wiitlen on the 'subject. Sincerely oura, THEODORE ROOSljELl. The following la a copy of the letter re ferred to by the president: OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. July IS. lff-My D.-ar Mr. Willis: I have your letter of the Sftli. My motives ere simply those 1 have in signing any good bill. Beyond all question the emergency currency Mil was a good measure, and 1 have not heard il attacked with any arguments which 1 thought even deserved an answer. It is avowedlv only a4i emergenry measure; it lasts merely the lengtn of time to permit us to develop a permanent plan; but dur ing that time It makes provision for the needed elasticity of currency, and It does it in an utterly unobjectionable manner. It does not accomplish very much but It does accomplish something, and there is luterly not one objection that has In-en ra sed to it worthy of paying the slightest heed to. while, furthermore, it makes the admirable provision for a commission to make a repot l on a permanent currency plan. Sincerely yo-rj. RfM-,OEVEI.T. Senator Burkett declined to say anything more, further than to express regret that LaFoliette and the president had fallen out i- .v.. m...r hut lie was not able at that in iii, in..... .. time to Justify himself in following La Foliette in his fillibuster against an ad ministration measure. He said he thought tho fact that the bill Is endorsed by Presi dent Roosevelt, President-to-be Taft. and the national republican platform, and was voted for by all the republicans in the senate except five, and practically all the republicans In the house of representatives, was endorsement enough for the bill with out his adding anything further. Field !r Investment eeded. Nebraska has farmed out to other statea $4. 116, 906. S2, which would be at work In this state did the constitution provide Jir the Investment of the permanent school fund-e In municipal and school dis trict bondi. There is a total Investment of this fund in bonds and general und uni versity funds warrants of S7.Sb5.7o 76. The atate treasurer has on hand i-o'J.ut'o I . J 1 .V.. .... t- a 1..I .. of tiie school lur.u aim ioe.c . - .... v. money tied up in school lunda which are Increasing In value every day. The Meas urer has Invested in county bonds 364 44. The above Is the reason State Treasurer Brian is in favor of the adoption of ll.e constitutional amendment providing for an enlarged field for the Investment of the permanent school fund. The fund has become so large that the treasurer now is kept busy keeping it Invested. As shown by the above llgures, most of the enormous fund is being used by oilier states, when as a matter of fait the money would bring In more Interest if were possible for it to be invested in se curities In this state. The treasurer lias invested in general fund warrants. HS5.1GU t; in university warrants, f 33,234 CS; cash in the school fund, liiO.OOO. This money is held on band at thij time In order to be able to take care of warrants which may become due. The records In the office of the tieas urer show lhat some tf the oldest stale- in tiie union have i-ome to prosperous Ne braska for money with which lo lun their affairs. The follow ing show a the states which have Nebraska liool inui.ey : Alabama t ' Calif oi nia l.h U"0 iConlinued on Second Page.) ROGER SULLIVAN'S LITTLE GAME Democratic Treachery Lurks Behind the Stevenson Candidacy. NEGRO VOTE IS SOLID FOR TAFT Twenty-seven Ibonaund Colored Men In Illinois Refuse to He Cajoled Into otlnB tbe Demo cratic Ticket. SPRINGFIELD, 111. Aug 11 iPpeclal Telegram.) As it registered Its objection to Williams J.hiiings Bryan in I', and again in If ", so Illinois fur the third tlnir) In November Is exietteil to refuse to cast Its electral vote f.ir the Nebrafkan. Nothing has occurred in the opinion of the bard headed voters of tills state to cause nt.v cl anpe in their aliunde. Bryan to them Is the Bryan of elsht and twelve yeiirs ago. He has come with one or two more attractive propositions than he d d in those years, and this spplies particular. In the case of labor. But Ills ofieiings are not sufficient to Induce the state a a, whole to accept them In return for his yoke. There is no likelihood, on the other hand, of a repetition of tiie phenomenally large majority which was given to President Roosevelt foi.r yeats ago. In this presi dential year the indications point to a re turn of the normal, not only here but In all the slates thiough which i have passe'ei. Moreover In Illinois there are various sp -clal reasons fer a fulling off of the re publican vote. This Is a sreat manufac turing state. Labor is strong, and whila many of the Intelligent leaders, who ar old line republicans say they do not pro pose to be delivered by President Goinpera of the American Federation cf Labor, who is a democrat, sllll a large number of the rank and file have been led to believe that the republican candidate is their deter mined opponent, and that to secure their rights It is Imperative to vole for Bryan. The republicans are awake U the sltuatt-in, and are preparing to Inaugurate a cam paign designed to show- that the grand old party alwas has been friendly to labjr. and that Mr. Taft Is earnest In lils put- pose to see that all Its rights shall be respected. It is being shown now, anel this will be dwelt upon as the campaign continues that the democratic plank. legalizes boycclts, and that whllo under ll an application for Injunc tion may ho made to protect a building in which a busine.-a ia being carried on, tho business itself can not receive protection from a writ ot ln Juncfum. The effect of I'.ls not only upuu the large business Interests, but upon ilia -small huslne-ts men may be readily ap preciated. Roser Folllvan Is Smooth. In a local way the democrats are playing; good politics. This is outside of the per sonal attitude of Roger Sullivan, the stale democra. c boss, toward Bryan. Ostensibly Sullivan is for the Nebraskan. As a mat ter of fact. Roger, a he is best known among his friends, has not forgiven Bryan for tiie efforts he made to eliminate him as a factor in the party In this state. Therefore, the support that Sullivan Is giving to the Bryan ticket may he ac cepted as lukewarm. But aside from Sul livan, th- democrats have named as their nominee for the governorship Adlal E. Stevenson, who was vice president when Grover Cleveland was president for the second time, and ran f-r the ioe presi dency with Bryan in IfcW. Stevenson will have the support of many of the gold demo crats and also will receive the full strength of Bryan's adherents. The candidacy of Stevenson will be helped by tiie fact that there is today a serious split In the republican ranks as a result of the mudsllnging campaign in which Rlrhard Yates indulged when run ning against Charles E. Deneen for tha candidacy of the repuhlieun party for the governorship. Yates said such nasty things about Deneen that It Is difficult to ree how he I'ow can support, him In the cam paisn. It is true thai politicians have done greater tilings than this, but there Is the question of sincerity Involved, which neces sarily will have lis effect upon thousands of voters who are on the fence. On .National Issuea. t Fortunately for the presidential ticket, the voters of this state have shown In tha past that they are Intelligent enough to know how to prepare a split ticket. Thus while the gold democrats are expected to support Stevenson, they are counted upon to vote for Taft. Some of them axe waver ltig In their allegiance to Stevenson as a result of the vigorous attitude which Deneen adopted In suppressing the riot at Sprintf leld. The conduct of Deneen wag such as to receive the general approval of the law-abiding element, and I have heard many expn ss'.ons of the necessity of hav ing in power a man and a party which can be defended uion to prevent, and stop mob l ule. Aside from anti-injunction, the tariff ptemlses to be one of the important Issues of the campaign. The manufacturing Inter ests aic iMpeded to support Taft as a unit I and their influence undoubtedly will be jiis.d Willi their men In his behalf. Whether this will uwnooie the campaign the drm-joe-ruts will make upon the anti-Injunction I j ruposiiion remains to be seen. In any eve nt a canvass of the state establishes 'that heavy support to Tsft will be given ' l.y the business, professional and farming I classes. The farmers are quite generally i satisfied with Uu-ir situation. They expect ! good crops; they have money In the bank and generally they never were as prosper ous as they are at the present time. They I make no secret of their intention to vt a large vote for th republican ticket. rro Vote for Taft. There is something like 27,ej negro vot ers in Illinois. Before the nomination of Mr. Taft there was a great deal of talk to the eftee t that the ctior d vote In tha northern states woi.ld be withheld fiom lis j former Secre tary of warv Losing a. got of the fact that Mr. Tft i.d nisi.en.i-d tha piesulitits older for the ijr-missal of nigro soldo rs because of li e Brownsville affair, and that he carried It out only upon tha receipt of peren ptory itislru " Hons from his thief, many negroes annoui.i id that In tiie event of the nomination of ti e secretary they wouid refi.se to vote f -o l.l'.u in No viiiiI.eT. Ti.ia prom. s.il I t a s.rliua diawLa.k in such iltki as .Vnuwl.cul,
