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The Omaha Daily' Bee HEWS SECTION. Pages 1 to 8. FREE PICTURES AT II E E OFFICE OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKN'IXO, OlTOBEK M0H TWENTY PAGES. vol,, xxxviii no. in;. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. GUARANTEEING OF DEPOSITS Nation Has No Rizht to Try Plan Without Thorough Test. FIGURES SHOW RISK IS LARGE ELMER THOMAS BUSY SUMMARY OF THE BEE Tottering TAFT ON LABOR ISSUE Satorila, October .11, lOM. Sends' Oat S'cret Circular Attacking ' Governor Sheldon. Sledgehammer Blows at Gompers Bryan Legislation Flans. 1908 -OcToBeRd- 1908 sn: ,voy rrz nto istr ASKS VOTES FOR SHALLENBERGER 2 3 9 10 16 1Z 23 24 CANNOT DELIVER THE VOTE .v- -4.1 a--. vrtiUk.'ifJL .TTfrW.! Kheer Folly to nosh Into cheme : List of Union Officials Who Refuse to Afjent of Anti-Saloon League Takci Fusion Candidate. Aid Plan. 45 6 Z 8 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 LATEST EFFORT AT DECEPTION Falsehood and Misrepresentation to Get Votes for Democrats. GOVERNOR CALLED A WEAKLING Kllndr4 l.lee Renewed and One Told to Deceive Good Cltlsene Into Deserting- the Renuh- UrM rnr. timer B. Thomas, the Douglas county ngent ol the National Anti-Saloon league, has put the capwheaf on the stack of de ception piled up In the Interest of Ash ton C. Shallenberger, tho duplex double acting candidate for governor on the democratic and populist ticket. It roust be remembered that Elmer B. Thomaa la a populist before he la anything else, and that he Is com mitted by his party to prohibition, us well as by his paid connection with the Antl galoon league. The mails that went out of Omaha last night carried under seal circulars In the guise of a personal letter from Thomas to voters of the state who can be reached through the Anti-Saloon league's mailing list. In these secret clrculurs It la charged that Oovernor Sheldon Is a "weakling" and a traitor to the cause of good govern ment. Over his own signature Thomas sets forth that Governor Sheldon was elected as a result of a secret understanding or a compact with the brewers of Omaha, after he had made public professions to the con trary. Then, Thomaa charges further. Governor Sheldon permitted Victor Rose water and Tom Iennison to dictate the names of three mombers of the Omaha Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and by hla conduct ever since has proven himself unworthy of trust and has gener ally betrayed the cause of good govern ment. Vote fur Shalleaberiier. Thomas concludes his circular of decep tion and falsehood by urging that voies be not cast for Governor Sheldon. He Is foxy, for he docs not ask that the recipient of the appeal vote for Sliallenberger only that ho does not vote for Sheldon. This leaves him the choice of voting (or Shal lenborger, or not at all, which Is half a vota for Sballenbcrger. The malls yesterday in Omaha were flooded with appeals from Gilbert M. Hitch cock that voters support him because ' vota for Hitchcock Is a vote ugalnst Can non." The Anti-Saloon loaguo Is conduct ing the campaign against Cannon of Il.i nela, and Samuel Zano Batten of Lincoln, the head of the league for .Nebraska, has sent all over the" Ftrrt' -district' n -circular axk'lng voters to vote against Congressman l'ollsrd. who has declined to pledge him self to vote against Cannon for speaker In event of re-election..- i These circulars show the animus of the fight being made In the state Just at pres ent and the Insincerity of the men who are muklng it. Sliallenberger has written to the lYrsonal Liberty league of Douglas county, not only answering the questions sent to htm to the satisfaction of the lead era of the fight against prohibition, but adding a letter of his own, explicitly prom ising to veto a county option bill or any bill that looks like county option. But Elmer E. Thomas Is a populist, and Is will ing that the prohibition voters through out the state should be deceived Into voting for Ehallenberger in spile of his written pledge. ' Sliallenberger Is running for office on two tickets already; this attempt to get him on a third ticket snd run him as a prohibitionist by gracu of Elmer E. Thomas Cught to expose his duplicity , completely to tho voters. Thousands of the secret clrculurs have been sent out, and other thousands ' will follow. Republican voters are being besieged by the democrats to foimiko their party for the benefit of a putty whoso candidates-are one thing In one part of the state and another In an other. Pals Attack on Sheldon. The timely exposition of this Intest fraud ought to render It list le. The attuck on Governor Sheldon, is unwarranted. The old lie about his secret compact with the brewers of Omaha two years ago wan ex ploded long ago. It was made by Edgar Howard of Columbus, Fremont, Papllllon end other placos, who has been repeatedly challenged tj produce his proof of tho as sertions he has made, but who has only effered his unsupported word as evidence. Tf,io BllegUWn that Oovernor Sheldon was dictated to by anyone In making his selctlon of members of the Omaha Board of Kirs and Police Commissioners is equally false and absurd. The present board hus mails a record for good government that la satisfactory to the citizens, but not to Elmer E. Thomas. Its memliers are Chris tian gentlemen, of high business and pro fessional standing, and to allege that they are iukIt ulterior Intluonce of any kind Is silly. Orrmhi Is orderly and well governed, and It Is unfair and false to set the chief city of the state up as a bugaboo to frighten people Into .voting for a man who lias pledged himself In one county t sign a i mint y option , bill and In another to veto !!. Thomas' ciiculur will very likely pr e a boomerang. GOMPERS' CASE IS PUT OVER ireaa f'oart or Waiklastoa Seta Hearlag; of foateMpt Matter la NsTtaibrr. WASHINGTON, Oct. SP.-Notwithatand-Ing efforts of Isbor leaders to have tha question decided befor the general elec tions. Justice Wright, in the district su preme court today postponed until Novem ber JO consideration of the case of Samuel Gompers, President John Mitchell, vlca president, and Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of I-abor, who are charged with contempt of court. The case grows out of a suit for Injunction luatlluted against the labor officials by the Buck titove and Range company of St. Louis. Now Wireless Kent. SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. JO.-For th. first time in the history of the wireless teleg raphy a steamer between San Francises and Honolulu Das been in communication with both stations at tha same tlms. Tills look lac aboard the steamer Lurline of 'h Maiaon Navigation company, which taiksd at tha same time to both ports when 1 u mnas out of Sao Francisco bound for iunolulia 30 31 KOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BLUFFS AND VICINITY-Fhir and warmer Saturday. FOR NHHRASKA-Pattly cloudy with rising; temperature Saturday. KOR IOWA Phi Hy r.niidy Saturday; warmer In northwest, portion. IVmrrrxtiir tit Omaha yestcrfla Hour. Deg. 35 ... .1 3.1 .... 31! .... 34 , ... 3ti ... S .... 43 .... 13 .... 41 .... 45 .... 4" .... 41 ,...43 ... 4 .... 41 .... 3J 5 a. ni.... K a. m. . . . 7 a. m.... S a. m.... ft a. m.... 10 a. m 11 ii. in ... 12 m 1 p. m.... t P. in., ni . . m.. ni . . 3 p. 4 P. B p. 6 p. 7 P. R p. 9 P. m.. in., tn.. POLITICAL. Elmer E. Thomas of Omaha, agnt for the National Anti-Saloon league, sonds out a secret circular attacking Governor Sheldon and asking for votes for ohallcn bcrger, the democratlc-populUtlc nom inee. Page 1 Speaker Cannon, In answer to Metho.llst bishop, denies being responsible for the defeat of the Lltllefleld bill. fag a .Judgo Taft made a number of addressee In New York yesterday, appearing at Utlca with Congressman Sherman and making an address in Buffalo at night. Pag 1 Farmers thinking hard over what would be the result of the election of Bryan and are going to vote for Taft. Fags 3 Koine democratic farmers selling their grain before lection, fearing a slump of prices should Bryan be elected. Pag 1 DOMEBTXO. Railroad rates In California have been Increased 10 per cent. Fags 1 Banker Morse on the witness stand de nies that he took an action that was not for the best Interest of the National Bunk of North America. Pag 1 A prisoner In a Tennessee Jail on a charge of murder was killed by a mob yesterday. Fays 1 The district supreme court of AVanh Ins ton puts over the Bucks stove case until November 11. Fag 11 Mrs. William Astor, for twenty years the leader of New York aoclety. is seri ously ill. Fafe 1 FORXIQXT. The Chinese officials pay their official welcome to the American fleet. Faro 1 The hold of the steamer Luckonbach catches fire and the vessel reaches San Juan a furnace. Fag 1 Wilbur Wright's motor explodes at Lemans. but neither the aeronaut or the aeroplane Is Injured. Fag 1 VEBBAsKA. Thieves visit Bank of Manley, enter the vault and drill holes In the safe, but are frightened away before securing hut cash: rag a SFOKT. Both Iowa and Nebraska confident of winning the game at Iowa City today. Para 19 Denver university foot ball squad in the city to play Crelghton today. Expect to have1 a hard game. Fag 19 COMMXXCXAI. AJfD IWDUSTRIAI.. Live stock markets. Fag's 17 Grain markets. Faga 17 Stocks and bonds. Fags 17 MOTXMEKTS OF OCEAV STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrived. Sailed. NKW YORK Konlm Loutaa.. Amarlka. NKW YOKK UroMW Kurfurit. NKW YOKK La Provane. NKW YORK Helllg Olar. NKW YORK i Vltunla. NEW YOKK Reglna d'lUllt. BOKTtl.y lvrnl UUl' LOONK Rotterdam , ANTWKRP QUEKNSTOWN HAMIU'RU Prealdent Grant. PAUCKMO . Montexuma. . Majeatlc. Calabria. PRISONER KILLED BY MOB Man Accused of Murder Resists anal Is Knot Dead In Cell In Tenneisee. KINGSTON, Tenn.. Oct. 50. A mib of about thirty masked men attacked the Roane county Jul! early today and killed George Cook, charged with the murder of John King, a ferryman. The Identity of none of the mob Is known. It Is presumed the men Intended to hang Cook, as they had a rope In their possession. However, when his cell was reached, he offered re sistance and produced a rasor, with which he cut one of the men In the mob. This. It appears, enraged the Invidcrs, and Cook was quickly shot dead. Governor Patterson will be asked to offer a reward for the apprehension of the members of the mob. Previous to the time he killed King, Cook was under a similar charge in Cl.at'anooga, where he was arrested after escaping from this county following the King crime. WHITMCRE FOUND NOT GUILTY Kevr Yorlt Men Arrnsed of Wife Murder Is Acquitted by Jury After Brief Kraalon. JKRSKY CITY. N. J.. Oct. 30 After belrg out two hours the Jury In the caie of Thecdore Wh tni ne. on tr a! f r th i murder of his wife, whose lwtt?red body was found on Ii cember ?6 of last ye'ir 1m a swamp near Harrison, N. J., tonight returned a verdict of rot guilty. Whltmore's defenie was an alibi, which he was able to establish by a numlier of witnesses who testified to having seen him In New York at the lime of the commis sion of the crime in New Jersey. Whit more was much affected by th verdkt. As the foreman pf the jury mads known the decision he threw his arms around hi" attorney and effusively kissed him. CALIFORNIA RATES ARE HIGHER First of Year Will are Raise In Rail road Tariff In Uolden state. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 3) -Railway linca In California tunc made announce ment of the expected change In rates which It Is expected to put in efleet on January 1. next. It is stated that there will he no Increase of commodity rates exceeding 10 per cent, while there will be a reduction tn class rates. The tariff on wlno remains unchanged. An average raise of 10 (x-r rent Is to be made in tha tariffs on dried fruits, canned goods, beans, hides and leather, wool and mustard seed. In some casta tiie Increases apply to export as well as slats tariffs. 25 26 2Z 28 29 Without lrnlte Iden aa to Results A rtn i Fiat ares. CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-(Specla1.)-Habltually I am a republican. As a rule I have voted the republican ticket ever since I have been a qualified voter, but I am not what you might call a "dyed In the wool" re publican. For example, repeatedly I voted for the younger Carter Harrison for mayor of Chi cago, and before that I voted for Grover Cleveland for president of tha United States, and would do so again If he were living and a candidate for that great office. In fact, I have always voted as I believe most men do along the line of my own selfish Interests as I have seen them at the time. In the columns of the Chicago Tribune last January I warned the republican party that In the present election the leading Issue would be the guaranty of deposits, and I might be forced to leave Its ranks owing to the fact 1 was strongly Inclined to believe In the guaranty of bank deposits as pro posed by Mr. Bryan, and I know It to be a fact that many of our brightest and smart est business men felt much as I did about this proposition. I had practically made up my mind that I would vote for the party which openly Indorsed the bank deposit guaranty plato. After the presidential nominations were made I was so much Interested In the sub ject that 1 read nearly every prominent speech and articles regarding the guaranty of bank deposits as It appeared 1n print and came to my notice. Cundldly I am still harboring the feeling that we must somehow and some time have some kind of a national law which will protect tha depositor against possible loss, but yet I am going to vote for Mr. Taft Just the same and for these reasons: First, because I believe that, as a nation, we have no right to make so great and so radical a change In our whole banking and financial system without first giving the principle a careful and thorough test. A Tremendoos Proposition. Tho more you think about It tho bigger this proposition of Jumping right In at the start and putting all the national banks of tho country upon a new and radically al tered basis looks to the business man. Do you ask: How big Is the proposition, any way? Well, let me .answer in the words of J. B. Forgan, president of tho First Na tional bank of Chicago, who says: "The aggregate deposits of the national banks are. In round figures, 6,COO,000,000, and the aggregate capital Is, in round fig ures, $900,000,000." Representative E. J. Hill of Connecticut, who la evidently a deep student of banking and financial problems, declares tha figures of tha last reports show "the total of de posits in all the banks In tho UtilteU States were tl3,742,374,18L" Thee figures ara . almost too big for the human jnlnd to grasp, and when wa come to think of enacting a law which would affect all this vast volume of money and our relation to It and Its relatlpn to us, It ocrtalnly seems to me to be up to us to stop and think a while and go slow. Right now the new state of Oklahoma is trying out the principle of guaranteeing bank deposits, and, from all that I can hear, tho plan Is having a fair and un hampered test. There Is time enough to try It out, and any man who will look these figures In the face and then not be willing to have the experiment atatlon down In Oklahoma give this the most care ful and thorough test before Involving the tremendous capital represented . In these figures Is certainly a rash business man. When we look over these astounding figures can we, as a nation, afford to run any risk of Inviting, by hasty ' and Inju dicious enactment, one of the worst finan cial panics known In our national history and do this In the face of the fact that at the present moment the principle of guaranteeing bank deposits Is having a fair and square test In the new stito of. Oklahoma, with the eyes of the whole na tion fixed upon It?. Haste Sheer Folly. Why not wait for actual results? Haste, In a matter of this magnitude, appeals to a practical business man as sheer folly. We can afford to wait for the findings of the actual demonstration and we cannot afford to do anything else or to commit ourselves to anything else. Let's find out hew It works first. I am a merchant and I try to be a live and a thorough merchant. As a matter of fact. I have only one store. But let us suppose that In addition to this I have a branch store In every other state In the union. That would give rr.e forty-six stores in all. Again, suppose that Mr. Bryan or some other equally bright and Intelligent man should come to me and propose a new and radical change In my methods of merchan dising and that he should so present his plan as to make me feel that It had every reasonable promise of being successful and proving a great money-maker. Now, as a careful and practical merchant, do you think I would Immediately turn around, on being convinced from his pre. Ben tat Ion of the theory that the plan was a good one. and order It put Into opera tion In all of my forty-six stores? I should sav not! Not on your life! Why. the first thing I would do would be to ay to Mr. Bryan: "I will try this out In one or two of my branch stores where I know that It will have every chance for success if It has success In It, and where. if by any possibility we should be mis taken. It will do comparatively little dam age if it doesn't prove out." To my mind, If I would consent to start out with any change more sweeping than this I would be a mighty poor business man and would show more of the gambling than of the bust, ness Instlnce. Tho place where people take chances like that Is where the ponies run. Anil I don't take those chances. To Mr. Bryan I would say this: "First I am going to give this a test In a small way. and If it works out aa we think It will, then I shall put it In operation In all my forty-six stores and he forever Indebted to you for a (treat and a beneficial Idea." v Proof la Heualroal.. Let me draw uuother Illustration from my own business. When a new manu facturer starts up and comes to me and oflers me clothing, for Instance, standard goods, known brands of cloths, at a much lower prioa than I have ever before been able to buy them for. do you suppose that I would place my entlro order for the sea son with that new concern because it (Continued on Fifth Psge.) From the Philadelphia Press. MORSE DENIES LOOTING BANK Former Ice King- fays le Always Acted in Its Interests. QUOTES COMPTROLLER RLDGELY Says Former OIBrlal Approved His Transactions This Mr. Rldgely Denies In Written State- ment. NEW YORK. Oct 30.-Charles W. Morse, the financier, testifying In his own behalf today In the United States court, where he Is on trial with A. H. Curtis on charges of violation of the national banking laws, flatly contradicted the statement alleged to have been made to him by his co defendant tha he had "busted" the- Na tional Bank of North America. "Curtis never said anything of the kind to me." said Mr. Morse, when his counsel ques tioned him with reference to this state ment, which waa made by a witness for the prosecution. "The bank never was busted," ho was continuing when tha prosecution objected. His counsel protested that the witness should be permitted to continue and show that the bank continued In operation until January 31, that It was then closed for liquidation only, that all depositors have been paid In full, and that several million dollars of real estate and securities remain for stockholders. Judge Hough sustained the objection of the prosecution. Morse spent the larger part of today In explaining his acts In connec tion with the National Bank of North America, and maintained that everything he did was done In the full light and in the bank's Interest. Acknowledges Domtny Loins, Mr. Morse went to the witness stand to continue his testimony Immediately ufter the trial was resumed today. He said ne accepted full responsibility for the so-called dummy loans made In the name of Leslie B. Whiting, a 19-year-old office boy. The loans were made by Mr. Curfls and Mr. Wire, as officials of the National Bank of North America, said Mr. Moisu, but In making them they had uctrd at h's lequtst and lie considered hlnipelf reapuiis hie for the loans. If the loans were not reported I to the comptroller of the currency, how ever, the omission was not due to any re quest made by him and tlie act of omission was without his knowledge. Coming to the loan made by Wesley M. Oltr, presi dent of the American Life company, on 1,000 shares of ice stock, Morve said he had been assured of lasting gratitude by Oler, because of his action In that instana:,, He said that when he Informed Oler that he would permit him to make a loan on the Ice stock the president of the com pany appeared to be Immensely pltased. "He repeatedly thanked me," aald Mr. Morse -"even to the extent of saying that his wife and children would remember me in their prayers. He told me I had put him on his feet and given him a chan e no one else ever had given him." , When his attention was called to tho testimony of Mr. Oler In tha present trial to the effect that ho had tipped Morse to sell the 1,000 shares of Ice when the stock was selling at 90, but that Morse had re fused to sell, saying that It would go to llo, Morse said: "It he had wanted to sell that Ice at ti), he could have done so. It was his own stock, not mine. I never refused to sell it. Tha statement la wrong." Morse then told of various properties Un American Ice company owned, of the water rights, permitting loo to be cut at various places and tha actual Investment in out! is, etc., the compaiiy owned la New York, Washington, Baltimore and other cities (Continued on FlflU i'sge.j Foot Ball Qn Farnam St. The Boo ha perfected arrang-e-ments with tho Nebraska Long Dis tance Telephone company, In con nection with Amsrloan Telephone and TelsgTaph oompany, by which we will ahow the Nebraska-Iowa. Foot Ball Game playod at Iowa City, as it has never boon given before. Come and see the game. Free to everybody. Watch 17th & Farram St. Saturday, 3 P. 31. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL '' Number of It oral Carriers -Named for Nebraska and ' loiva . Routes. fFroin a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska Ayr. route 2, Harry S. Hoffman canl.r. John Wi Harrington substitute: Falrbury, I route 4. H. C. Welton carrier, Leroy Liv ingston substitute; Pawnee City, route i, M. A. Shrader carrier. W. T. Robb substi tute; Sioux, route 1, Justin S. Bacon car rier, Lllllo D. Bacon substitute; Talmago. route J, William C. Hodge carrier, Hen rietta Hodge substitute; Washington, route 1. Jens P. Hansen carrier, Jens (Nellsen substitute. Iowa Botna, route 1. N. A. McCopnell. canler, Luman D. Mltner sub stitute; Dumont, route 1, Levi J. Mulklns carrier, William H. Lattlmer substitute; Tracy, route 1, Cora M. Heaverlo carrier, Fred H. Heaverlo substitute; Waukee, route 2. A. D. Holroyd carrier, Henry K. Lannlng sjbstitute; Williamsburg, route 1, John D. Sp.llman carrier, Thomas J. Mc Cabe substitute. Postmasters appointed: Iowa Nunient, Keokuk county, Hugh K. Richardson, vke J. W. Jones resigned. Wyoming Winches ter, Big Horn county, M. J. Winchester, vice R. A. Winchester, resigned. LAWYER IS SENT TO PRISON Xerr York Attorney, Who Speculated with Funds of Clients Is Convicted. NKW YORK. Oct. SO. William Flictner. a lawyer with offices In Wull strait, was sentenced today to oie year's imprisonment In tho penitentiary for grand larc?ny. Flictner Is 66 years r,ld and hus been prominent as a churchman. Hundreds of hitters asktnt; for clemency were submitted In his behalf. Despite these the court said: "As a warring to others I will sentence him to one year. Lawyeis who take their client's money have ro right to expect mercy." , Flictner was convicted for diverting to risky speculation SS.OuO entrusted to idin by two women for safe Investment. REWARD FOR INFORMATION The republican county eommlttoe will pay a reward of flOO for evi dence resulting la the arrest and conviction of any pereon guilty of ilia gal voting upon election day, sTo vembef 9. FsVAVX CBAWFOKS, Chairman. FEAR RESULT OF OWN VOTE Democratic Farmers Selling Their Wheat Before Election Day. QUARTET OF POLITICAL ADS Fre One I nln ten t lonally the Most Effective of All More Evidence of Discord In Uemocratlo State Committee. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Oct. 30.-(Spcclal.)-L. A. Wil liams was here last night after a trip down In Kansas. He brought the Information that farmers were hauling their wheat to market and selling It for DO cents a bushel Theg were working overtime, so In case of Bryan's election they would not be subject to a drop In prices. Many of the farmers who were doing this very thing said they were going to vote for Bryan, but each of these said he intended to sell off his prod ucts for fear Bran would be electeJand prices would go down. Free Ad the Best. In a farm paper published In Lincoln there appears this week a page advertise ment for A. C. Sliallenberger. two payes for W. J. Bryan and a page for the entire republican ticket. But the front page of .he publication i is the best advertisement the republican party could get, and it cost nothing. The front puge contains u photograph of an automobile lined up in front of a farm house and In the automo bile Is a home-grown hog In a crate. Be neath the picture Is the statement that this Is the way the owner gets his flno hogs to the station after they have been sold. Consider tills picture with the advertise ment on the back page: To the Farmers of Nebrsska: The nation has enjoyed boundless prosperity, the state good government under republican admin istration. Will you cast your vole to change It? When farmers are taking their hoas to town In automobiles, no one has yet been able to satisfactorily figure out any rea son for voting for a change. In the minds of most people It Is believed that advertisement on the back page and that picture on the front page Is a good indication of where the fanners stand po litically this year. Incidentally, that Shallenherger page Is separate from the Bryan dope. That Is not stiange when It Is considered that Mr. Bryan's managers aie not for Sliallenberger and Mr. Shallenberger's managers are up In arms about the way the Alina man is being treated. Bryan's managers would not stand for Slmllenbcrger being mentioned in his advertisement and It is a ten to one shot that Sliallenberger had to pay for his own page, while the Bryan ad was paid for out of money collected for the demo cratic cause among the country newspapers. In this connection the action of Cowglll, the democratic candidate for railway com missioner, is Interesting. Mr. Cjwgill came to the democratic headquarters recently and let out a roar that could have been heard almost by Brother Charlie in Chi cago. He had contributed li-0 to the demo cratic campaign fund, and so fir as he and his friends can figure out not even a postage stamp had been used by the com mittee in his Interest. Cowgill has his own friends ill the democratic headquarters, who know this and are responsible for the state ment All for Boostlosr Bryan. Cowgill Is not the only democrat who la being sacrificed for Bryan and neither Is Sliallenberger. Not by a good deal. In fact, the entire democratic ticket ia bring sacri ficed In the Interest of tho candidate for Continued on Fifth Page.) ACT OF BRAZEN EFFRONTERY Attempt to Make Federation Political Factor Will Fail. TAFT AND SHERMAN AT UTICA nth RepaMlran Candidates Address Urcat Mass Meetlnat at Home t'lty of Latter neerhra at Other Points. BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 30.-SIedg. hnmm r blows at the Gompcrs-Brysii labor legisla tion plana wero delivered hro ton'ght by William H. Taft before two Immense audi ences. Mr. Taft gave the names of many labor lenders high the councils of tlio American Federation of Labor who he said were leaving Mr. Gompers. "Tho attempt of Mr. Gompers." ho de clared, with great emphasln, "to deliver the labor vote of this country Is as auda cious an act of political effrontery as has ever occurred In the history of politics. "It is most reassuring to note that the men associated with Mr. Gompera In the executive councils of the Federation of Labor aro falling away from him In this effort of hia to make tho fedavation a po litical factor. "The men who decline to follow him are John Mitchell, James Duncan, first vice president of the American Federation of Labor; Daniel Keefe, the head of the Long shoremen's union; W. D. Ryan, secretary and treasurer of the United Mine Worker; A. L. Faulkner, president of the Window Glass Workers of America; Claude Worth, secretary-treasurer of the International Dredge Workers; Charles McCarthy, grand president Tug Firemen and Linemen as- sociatlon; W. T. Fuller, Elevator Employes; T. J. Dolan. international secretary of the steam shovel and divdgcnien, and many others high In the councils of labor organ izations. It Is a struggle for political ex istence on the part of Mr. oUmpers. and he Ib willing to resort to 'every extreme method possible to secure success." Gompers Man of Una Iden. After asserting that the protective system waa decidedly the most Important consider ation for the American workmen, Mr. Taft, added: "Mr. Gompers, however, has so committed himself on one subject with referenoo to labor that he Is willing to sacrifice every other consideration, however important and material to the welfare of the wage earnete. He Is willing to have a return of the con ditions that existed In 189S, so eloquently described by .lilm at that time, if only he can securo what he regards as the proper legislation concerning injunctions. He pro poses to abolish Injunctions In Industrial disputes where the injunction is Issued to protect a person whoso business Is Injured by the lawless acts of working men, and this by statute. He also proposes to legal ize the secondary boycott, though many trades unions have distinctly renounced Its use as an instrumentality In Industrial disputes, which is un-republlcnn, un-Amerl-can and which Is certain to react upon the users as a boomerang with disastrous effect. "President Roosevelt In a letter to Bryan has Inquired of him whether the democratic platform Is to be taken as favoring this plan of Mr. Gompers, which Mr. Gompers asserts to be the fact, saying that It was agreed between Mr. Gompera and Mr. Bryan that what the labor Interests had been de manding from congress should be a part of the democratic platform. Mr. Bryan hus refused to answer Mr. Roosevelt's yues tlons, and therefore we take it that he ia committed to Mr. Gompers" program." Taft and Sherman Meet. , UTICA, N. Y Oct. ao.-"Your Jim has assured me that we aie going to be elected and I believe his Judgment is good," de clared William H. Taft to a great audience here today. Tho meeting at which Mi. Taft spoke followed a twenty-minute con ference between the republican candidates at a hotel. Mr. Sherman was waiting Jn his auto mobile when the Taft special pulled Into the station. Judge Taft greeted him with the, greatest cordiality and the two went to tho hotel. Twenty minutes later they were driven up through the crowded streets. Two audiences were awaiting to receive the candidates, one at the Majestic theater and another at the Orpheum. The Majestic was visited first, and when Taft and Sherman appeared, side by slda on the stage, the audience was electrified Into an enthusiastic demonstration. Tho shouting continued for many minutes. Judge Taft expressed many fond memories of Utlca. adding, "and besides it Is the homo of your Jim Sherman and my col league on the national ticket. "I have known Jim Sherman a good many years," continued Jurtss Taft, and ra-h time he called his colleague "Jim" ap proval was expressed without stint. "You don't have to know him long to know hlin well," he added. fchernian Tower of Strength. "It Is my good fortune in Washington to find him one of the towers of strength for doing thlngs-for getting things through congress. We aro in the same boat. Jim and I. Nobody ran vote for him and rcvatch me, and obody can vote for me and scratch Jim. We are absolutely tld together, and I an delighted that It is so. We are on the eve of a national election and Jim Sturni'.n assures me that wa aro going to be elect, i.'' "New Yorfc city will give you 50 000 ma jority." shouted a volcfi "I am not ambitious for too many figures In the way of majorities, " returnej the candidate, smiling. "You Juirt get the ma jorities." "But," he continue! with a more serious nlr. "when you come to look at it, It docan t seem to mu there can lie the slightest doubt about our winning in this election. People ought to know a good thing when thy ; it." This brouKlit a l-iuh. lie then added that he thought It would be a reflection on tha American people to suppose that they would not vote In accordance with their business Interests and material prosperity. This led him to a discussion of the Issues in a general way. When Judge Taft hid concluded, Mr. Hherman followed with a brief speech. Tnn candidates then spoke to an audience In the