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The Omaha Daily Bee WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Wanner. For Iowa Fntr. For weather report fop page 3. NEWS SECTION PAGE5 1 TO t. L OMAHA, SATURDAY MOUSING, .TULY 17, 1009 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VOL. XXXIX-NO. 27. PRESIDENT FOR CONFEREES MAKE RAPIDPROGRESS Iron Ore, Coal, Hides, Oil and Lumber Are Main Points of Dif ference. TAFT'S ATTITUDE COUNTING Ballinger Tells Why Withdrawals Were Cancelled Secretary of Interior Writes Letter Explaining His Action Concern ing Power Sites. NEW SHAH NAME?. .,0' REVISION DOWN BY INSURG Tells Delegation of Congressmen that Crown Prince Ahmed Mirza is Duly Proclaimed Ruler of Persian People. OLD ONE IS NOT RECOGNIZED Republican Platform Must Be Carried Out, SCHEDULES QUESTION OF FACT Little Change Made in Senate Woolen Schedules. RATES ON SPIRITS ARE RAISED Post View Cards Given Greatest In crease in Entire Bill. AGRICULTURAL DUTIES FIXED ( oraprnmliif on It Item Itnrhrd, lint Details of It Are Kept Serret for the Present. WASHINGTON, July 16.-Twenty-four hours would see the end of the work of the senate and house conferees on the tariff bill and a substantial agreement on the questions t issue but for the five propositions Iron ore, coal, hides, oil and lumber upon which the president stands firm for radical reductions or even aboli tion of the tariff. This Is the way the conferees describe the situation, and upon Capitol Hill they are facetiously calling these propositions "the national Issues." Great progress was made by the con ferees today. A preponderance of the dif ferences in nearly all of the schedules have been adjusted. In each schedule, however, there are some few Items that have neces sitatis Investigation in order to enable the conferees to get together. A number of these Inquiries have not been completed. This Is true of lead products, such as paints In the chemical schedule; numerous articles In the metal schedule, on which the rates depend on the settlement of the Iron 4re riuestlon; the demand for a change In the clarification of wool tops; the that. go from ad valorem to specific rates on cotton goods, the Increase marie hv the house on gloves, and the wood pulp and piint paper contest. o Choline In Woolens. The rates on IIKs and woolen goods were d lei mined today. The senate won on both. On Bilks there will be a considerable ad vir.ee over existing duties and on wools there Is to be no change from the present law except In regard to wool tops, which ait to be given a new classification. The duty on tops Is prohibitive now, and It Is predicted that It will continue so even after the icduction is put Into force The adjustment of the woolen schedule Is the result of a conference today between IUpreaentaitves McL'all of Massachusetts, Hi.utcll of Illinois and Foidney of Michi gan, which represented th views of the house, and Senators Smoot, Carter and Warren, who represented '.he demand of the wool growers. The senate provision re-enacted the Ding ley rules of the ' whole woolen schedule, while the house provided for material re ucilons, especially in the Interest of the! larded wool Industry. No decision has been reached definitely concerning tops, but the probability is that they will be provided for specuicauy at a rate between the existing rate on scoured wool and spun yarn. In the Dlngley law tops fall In the para graph covering knit fabrics and all manu factures of every description wholly or In part of wool. The house has demanded from the first that the rate on wool tops be fixed in a separate paragraph. Wool tups is a technical term given to scoured wool which has been combed and advanced in manufacture to a point where lu Is ready to be converted by the spinner Into yarns. The process is one of the most costly In the various stages of preparing wool for manufacture. thenars In 811k Schedule. The acceptance of the senate silk schedule provides specific duties Instead of the ex isting ad valorem rates. The change was made chiefly for the purpose of preventing the undervaluations of silks, velvets ana chenilles, manuiaciuieu .u low cost. It is said that it meets ine a.- sires of both the manutacturers and l.n- purlers. The duty on cheap grades of silk has been . , i ..... I....-....,. u u niHiie on the reuueeu. uui u.. ...... :.v - mure costly silks, velvets, chenilles una chiffons. High grade silks were ciasseu uy the senate as luxuries and It is alleged mat the now rate will yield more than XOoO.lAW over ihe revenues from Importations of silks under the Dlngley law. It was believed that the cotton schedule would be disposed of today, but Repre sentative Payne was not ready to proceed. The senate provided specific rates Instead of the ad valorem of the existing law and the house bill. Representative Payne wished to discuss the changes before ac cepting them. it Is charged that the senate rates will result li; Increase on many high grades of cotton goods, but the senate conferees have Insisted that the specific rates will oper ate to cany out the Intent of the Dlngley act. They say that court decisions have re sulted in beating down the duties paid by Importers on cottdn goods to figures "ri diculously low." Higher Duties on Spirits. Another Important schedule disposed of today was wines, spirits and liquors. The senate treated this schedule as belonging to the class of luxuries and made an In crease amounting to about 15 per cent on most of the articles under the head of spir its. On champagnes. In bottles of the ordi nary commercial sixes, the existing rate of $3 a doxen for quarts is advanced to $9 60, with a similar advance on pints and other slifU It is estimated that these rates will produce about $3,000,000 annually more than is derived under the Dlngley rates. France exhibited considerable concern over the advance on champagnes, and representa tions against the increase were made to this government. The conferees received communications oa this subject through Secretary of State Knox. Tariff experts, who had assisted the senate committee on finance, reported ta the conference committee that they were of the opinion the higher duties weuld not result in decreased importations. Ia consequence of this report the con ferees accepted the senate amendment solely because of the revenues it would produce. The Grecian government also has played (poaUnued OA Second face.) SEATTLE, Wash., July 16. Secretary of the Interior Balllnger, who has been rep resented in newspaper and magazine ar ticles as having reversed the former policy of the department In the manner of the withdrawal from sale or entry of public lands containing power sites, has written a letter to the Seattle Times, In which he sets forth what he has done. Mr. Bull in fer saysi 'The facts In connection with the water power withdrawals are substantially as follows: 'Upon discovering that large areas of land had been withdrawn through the re clamation service without any specific knowledge of the water power facilities, these lauds, aggregating many thousands of acres of agricultural and other lands withdrawn under a blanket system which was based on slight field knowledge of the existence of the power sites, and with no funds In the reclamation bureau or any Information sufficient to permit further in vestigation, I determined to transfer that right to the geological survey, which bu reau possessed the data sufficient to In clude all withdrawals that In any way af fected power sites upon public domains. Restorations were made of the former withdrawals and Immediately afterwards the geological survey furnished the de partment data, under which all available sites within the former withdrawals were secured, together with large additional ter ritory containing valuable water power sites. "The area originally withdrawn under the blanket withdrawals approximated l.OOO.OOO acres. Under data furnished by the geological survey the acreage neces sary to be withdrawn did not exceed 150. 000 acres, showing the wisdom of ttie course pursued of not withdrawing any more lands than were necessary for the pur pose." Union Pacific Takes Land by Force of Arms Makes Contention as to Right-of-Way Which Will Affect Many States. BRIGHTON, Colo., July 16,-Clalming that under the government grant of lyw the railroad owns 200 feet on each side of Its track, the Union Pacific railroad took forcible possession of a tract of land cov ered with stores valued at $30,000 here to day. A crew of armed laborers built a' fence enclosing the ground In question, and for a time a clash between the town people and the railroad workmen seemed im minent. If the contention as to the 400-foot right-of-way is upheld, it will apply to the. entire length of the Union Pacific through several western fctatos. Two months ago attorneys of the com- pany notified those whom they claim in- iringea on their right-of-way here and offered to lease the land they then occupied to them. This offer was refused, with the result that the railroad has taken posses slon. The question to be settled hinges on the propriety of the respective homesteads filed and the grant to the railroad by the government. Fitch Wants to Be Police Judge Well Known Attorney Will File as Candidate Against Bryce Crawford. Responding to the wishes of a large num ber of his friends, V. XV. fitch has de cided to file as a candidate for police judge on the republican ticket. It was thought j tnls place milfnt KO . Drsen. lncum . bent e Crawford h ae hag detrlnlne1 t(j contet ,he placa Fitch has been quite prominent for a ilme improvement ... 'clubs throughout the city, and this has brought him prominently before a large number of voters. He Is also attorney for the dairymen's association, and has fought many of their cases in the courts. TAFT'S EXPENSES TO BE PAID Flaht on Appropriation for Travel ing; BUI of President Is Dropped. WASHINGTON, July 1.-When the urgent deficiency appropriation bill was taken up today by the house the antici pated further attacks on the provision au thorizing $26,000 for traveling expenses of the president were not forthcoming. A motion to strike out the provision hav ing failed yesterday, the action was ac cepted as tantamount to Its acceptance and the further reading of the bill proceeded. The contemplated White House Improve ments was authorized. The appropriation of $10,000 for participation by the United Stales In the Brussels exposition of 1910 was stricken out of the bill on objection of Mr. Macon of Arkansas. Cry for Soft Drinks Under Dry Wave Consumes Barley The prohibition wave is declared to be responsible for the prevailing scarcity of barley in the primary grain markets of the country. Manufacture of malt tunics and "near beers" has Increased tremend ously since the recent dry wave gained strength, and with the amount of beer brewed holding Its own the demand for barley has grown still greater. The Milwaukee Grain exchange has peti tioned the Omaha exchange to quote dally lis barley prices, but Milwaukee has Hale hope of gettlug oiucn malt from here be cause local consumption requires It all. Increased barley raising by the farmers is the real hope of the lladgers and they have Induced l'rwt K. A, Moore et the His Flight to Russians Looked Upon as Virtual Abdication. TEHERAN FAIRLY PEACEFUL Some Fighting, but is Being Done by Rough Element of City. COSSACKS GO OVER TO REBELS it Is Agreed that They Shall Retain Their Arms, but Hereafter They Will Plght Inder Direo tlon of Nationalists. TEHERAN. July 16. The national assem bly composed of the chief mujtehlds and leaders of the nationalist forces, today pro claimed the crown prince. Sultan Ahmed Mirza, shah of Persia, in the presence of j an Immense crowd In Parliamentary I square. Azad Ul Mulk. head of the Kajar 1 family, was made regent. Both Sipasdar and Sardarasad, the na tionalist leaders, will be members of the provisional government, which doubtless will be composed of their nominees. The fighting between the main body of combatants has ceased, but there Is much firing being done by the rough element of the city. It Is apparent an agreement has been reached between the nationalists and the brigade of Persian troops called the Cossacks that has been fighting on the side of the shah under the command of Colonel Llakhoff and other Russian officers. Sardarasad has agreed that the Cossacks shall retain their arms and continue under the command of Colonel Llakhoff. Colonel Llakhoff will in the future, however, be under the direct orders of the new minister of war. Bahadur Jang, one of the chief reactionaries, is with the shah at the Rus sian legation. Shah Flees from Throne. The fact that, the shah of Persia today took refuge In the Russian legation here is accepted as tantamount to his abdication of the throne and arrangements are on foot to organize a provisional government, pending the ap pointment of a regent. It Is probable the successful revolutionaries will choose Mo hammed All, the ex-ruler's son, to rule the state. Mohammed All Is a minor and will be under a regent. It is probable that the uncle of the dethroned shah, Zlll Es Sultan, who is at present in Europe, will be given the post. Fighting- Was Fierce. The battle last night between the Cos sacks besieged in Artillery square and the nationalists who, attempted to dislodge them, was exceedingly fierce. NoncombalantB were compelled to seek shelter In cellars as shells were bursting everywhere. The Cossacks succeeded In holding their position, and on the with drawal of the attacking party, opened fire with their artillery on the Parliament building. Under cover of this they made an at tack upon the nationalists' headquarters, but were repulsed by a small force, who took up a position with a Maxim gun be fore the British legation. There Is no way of estimating the casualties, but so far as known no foreigners were Injured. The telegraph operators, who are sticking to their posts, have the windows of their house barricaded. Anxiety at St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, July 15. The for eign office is anxious concerning the fate of Colonel Llakhoff and the other Russian officers In Teheran, who, according to a dispatch from M. Saballn, the Russian charge d'affaires there, are In grave dan ger at the hands of the successful na tionalists. The Persian Cossacks, who are com manded by these Russian officers, are be sieged In their barracks and their position is critical. They may be overpowered at any moment, or they may desert to the nationalists. The Russians include Colonel Llakhoff, Captain Grcgorovtch, Captain Pereblnosoff. Captalu Zatolsky, Dr. Bolt aushko and eight noncommissioned offi cers. A press dispatch received today says that Mme. Llakhoff refuses to leave her hus band's side, and is in the barracks with him. The Novoe Vremva has received a sen sational dispatch from Teheran, stating that the foreign legations were under fire by the nationalists. The dispatch says that the Russian legation was partly de molished, and that the entire staff of the various legations were removed to safety outside the city. Turkey Must Keep Out. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 1. The Rus sian embassy here has addressed a sharp note to the port, calling the attention of the Turkish authorities to the advance of Turkish troops into Persian territory, north of Uremlah, and requesting their Immediate withdrawal. Boy's Foot Torn Off. ABERDEEN, S. D.. July lfi. (Special.) Andrew Kline, a 17-year-old Roscoe boy, caught his foot in a wheel to a steam threshing engine and the member was torn off. Surgeons dressed the wound, and the boy will probably recover. experiment station at the University of Wisconsin to offer a $1,000 cup for the best six-row barley exhibit at the National Corn exposition this fall. The competition will be open to all members of the Na tional Corn association. Prof. Moore writes here that at least three special tralnloads will come from Wisconsin to the corn show this year. A meeting of the executive committee of the National Corn association will be held here Monday with President Eugene D. Funk In the chair. Of the state vice presi dents E. P. Montgomery of Lincoln, a. I. Christie of Lafayette, Ind.; W. H. Young' Athens, I1L; R. A. Msore, Madison, Wis. and C. P. Bull, feL AuUieny Park. Minn. ill be nreasub 7b g THE SWIMMING SEASON. From two points of view. the C lev- land Leader. ROUGH WORK WITH STRIKERS State Constabulary at Pittsburg Using Drastic Methods. MORE VIOLENT ACTS FEARED Contention Is that Americans Among Union Men Are Willing: to Return to Work Foreigners Lead ing; Strike. PITTSBURG. July 16.-Whlle violence has been abandoned to a degree by the strik ing employes of the Pressed Steel Car com pany, nevertheless the situation confront ing the authorities at McKees Rocks to night was anything but calm. A tense un dercurrent of unrest Is apparent, and with quantities of liquor hidden about the strik ers' headquarters and the uncertain temper of the strikers and their sympathizers, trouble was apprehended before daybreak. Today's demonstration against the state authorities and constabulary Is an indica tion of the feeling of the striking men. Everywhere the mounted state police were In evidence, a mob assembling seemingly from nowhere. Hisses and hoots greeted the troopers when they would ride In squads to and from the company's yard. Wives and women sympathizers of the striking men, with babes on one arm and bricks and flags In their free hand, re sisted attempts of the authorities to enter their homes In search of strike leaders throughout the entire day. Rides Horse Into Honse. A trooper of the constabulary, meeting with this resistance In one Instance, drove his horse through the front door of the home of a striker and, without dismount ing, arrested the man he was looking for and practically galloped to the police headquarters being used as a police sta tion. The trooper, It Is reported, was badly beaten by women sympathizers while per forming the arrest. It was reported that a woman was shot in the rioting, but the car company offi cials deny knowledge of this. Early to day the striking men tried futilely to or ganize themselves and four strfkers were selected to wait upon the company offi cials and endeavor to get an arbitration hearing. The company late today refused to treat with the men. There were rumors today that agitators were Inciting the strikers to take desper ate measures and that the latter had pro cured a quantity of dynamite, but nothing developed to confirm these reports. Officers There in Force. There are now on the riot ground over 200 police officers, including city, county and state authorities. This Is at the ratio of one police officers to every seventeen strikers. The constabulary are doing ef fective work. Riot maces three feet long seemed to have quelled the spirit of the more daring leaders. Tonight the constabulary has divided Into squads of four and are making a house to house search for firearms. Un der a new state law a foreigner has right to carry any firearms. MeKees Rocks 1b tonight under martial law. Captain William Marsh of the state constabulary. In command of all police officers, at sundown Instructed his men to keep all persons moving along the streets. Persons without business or rea sonable excuses are being deported. Sight seers are being turned back. Watch for Strikebreakers. The strikers have thrown out picket lines along the river front, fearing an attempt (Continued on Second Page.) The man who doesn't advertise is too old a fogy to be worth bothering with. You will find his goods are apt to be out of date and his way of doing business a mile be hind the procession. Make it your motto to deal with advertisers, men who are up to the minute, and it will gave you much grief. There are some live busi ness people who advertise un der the head of "Announce ments" on the first want ad page. Patronize them. Hare you read the want ads yet today! Johnson's Auto in Wreck, Woman Fatally Injured Negro Champion Was Entertaining Party of White Friends When Accident Happened. CROWN POINT, Ind., July 1. An auto mobile making the circuit of the Cobo race course last night crashed Into a machlna containing Jack Johnson, the heavyweight pugilist, and a party of friends. Johnson was not Injured, but one of the women of the party was perhaps fatally hurt. Several others were slightly Injured. The uccident became known today. Johnson, who is training at Cedar Lake, near here, entertained a large party of friends from Chicago. It was proposed that the members make the rounds of the race track. Johnson, with his manager, was In his own machine and was followed by a car containing his friends. At the southeast corner of the course, where the cne bad piece of road on the course made the drivers in the recent big cup race cau tious, the driver of the following car tried to pass the machine of Johnson. The car veered and skidded and both rear wheels were broken off. In this car sat the pugi list's wife Three of the occupants of the car re mained with the machine and were only slightly hurt, but a white girl who was sitting with the driver leaped from the automobile before her companions oould stop her and dashed on the sharp stones that lined the side of the roadway. Her clothing was cut into shreds. Her ankles were cislocated and she was HTirt Internally. A physician was called to at tend the woman and the party returned to the training camp. Efforts to learn the Identity of the Injured girl were futile. Thompson Robbed by His Secretary Ambassador to Mexico Admits Losing $13,000 Through Trusted Employe. CITY OP MEXICO, July 16.-Untted States Ambassador David E. Thompson ad mitted tonight that he had lost $13,000 through the alleged dishonesty of one of his secretaries. The accused man Is In the United States and the ambassador Is endeavoring to re cover some of his lost money. The sum em bezzled was taken by a private employe, who, It Is stated, tried unsuccessfully to finance a small manufacturing concern here. No one connected with the diplo matic service was implicated. The ambassador was considerably vexed when he learned that the story had leaned out In the United States, and refused to give further details. He also refused to say whether the fugitive secretary would be arrested. CHARGED WITH CHILD MURDER Mrs. Ollphant, Who Poisoned Fonr Children, Under Arrest. Her DES MOINES, July 18. Mrs. William OUphant of West Branch, who Tuesday gave her four children poison, causing the death of the youngest, then attempted sul clde, was today arrested for murder. She admitted her guilt. Diplomatic and Consular Services to WASHINGTON. July 16 Hereafter there will be no purely ornamental places In the foreign service of the United States. While this cannot be said to be a new policy, It is the declared Intention of the present administration and of the State depart ment that there shall be no deviation from It. This rule will not be made to apply only to the diplomatic service, but to the consular offices of the United States, from the highest to the lowest. In years past there have been many complaints that the consular service of the United States was, generally speaking. Inefficient and of a much lower grade than that of many foreign countries having rep resentatives In the United States. The i mate aeparimeni omcmis uietuacivca m previous years have acknowledged this, and while the service has Improved of late, it has not made the rapid advance that is noticeable in the service of some of our foreign trade competitors. At present the government has In foreign countries pi consuls and consuls general, with a large number of vice and deputy j consuls, clerks, Interpreters, etc., making total of about LJ0U. and H ia the ex JIMS ARE DRAFTED FOR JOBS Democrats Experience Difficulties in Securing County Candidates. MAYOR ROASTS AND SHAMES THEM Dahlman Demands Followers to Show Sand and Says All Offices Would Now De Democratic Dot for Trnltors. Sheriff P. O. K. Boland Clerk Al Patten Ksglstsr of Seeds Ed L. Xiawler (Treasurer M. I.. Bndres Judge George Martens Coroner P. O. Heafey Bnrreyor John P. Crick This is the ticket the democrats will file today as candidates for county offices be fore the primaries to be held August 17. The list was selected at a meeting last night of the Dahlman Democracy club at which were present several Jacks, among whom were Ed P. Berryman, C. L. West and C. O. Lobeck. Only Important offices were considered at the meeting. As today Is the last day for filing of can didates, the democrats last night found themselves In the direst extremity with less than twenty candidates filed for nearly 150 offices. Leaders declared that the of fices must not be allowed to go to the re publicans by default, and finally, on the motion of Mayor Dahlman, who flayed his fellow democrats as cowards, several mun were drafted Into the service. The office of sheriff was the chief stumb ling block, and seventeen men In all were suggested for the place. All refused, Peter O. H. . Boland among the rest. Finally George Rogers suggested that a special committee of three be appointed to secure someone to file for the office during the day, and this brought the mayor to his feet with a speech full of scorn. Mayor Jim's Compliments. "Haven't we got enough democrats game enough to go into this fight and win?' asked Mr. Dahlman. "It Is something un heard of, after winning the county cam paign last fall and the city campaign this spring, to not be able to get men to run for office. The principal trouble Is that we have traitors In the camp, and were it not for these traitors democrats would fill nearly every office in this city and county. This business of begging to get men to run for office Is all bosh. Why, when I came to this city four years ago I spent more time ribbing up the demo crats than in fighting the republicans. Are you afraid Just because the democratic governor signed a vicious bill? I am in favor of drafting men to make this fight, and we must draft them, and no demo crat can refuse to file when his party calls him." Boland was then drafted for sheriff, En dies for treasurer and Crick for surveyo. The other candidates consented of their own free will to run, though several took considerable urging. some Who Itefused. In the canvass for available candidates for sheriff these men were mentioned, but all refused to run: Jack Walters, M. It. Huntington, E. P. Berryman. J. II. Ben nett, Tom Flynn, James O'Hara, Harry B. Fleharty, Joe Butler, Ed Daemon, Lee Bridges, M. L. Endres, Jeff W. Bedford, John Drexel. B. J. McArdle, H. W. E. Mao Daniels and Leo Hoffman. Otto Wolff, Otto Bauman, William Slevers and Charles Little were brought out for treasurer, but they refused to en ter the race. An attempt was made to push James Ford Into filing for clerk and (Continued on Second Page.) Be Weeded Out pressed determination of the State depart ment to cut the service In every possible way. A working familiarity with the sub jects with which they will have to deal Is demanded to a greater extent. It Is the purpose of the Stale department to unify the work of the diplomatic tnd consular services In the Interest of greater efficiency. For many years It has been a matter of regret to the government that so many foreigners occupied the positions in our consular service as deputies and clerks. This, however, has been largely a matter of Inadequate comprisal, but the policy from now on will be to employ Americans wherever it Is possible, and con siderable progress has already been made In this direction. Within a comparatively short time the percentage of foreigners In our consular service has been reduced from 46 1 per cent to 18 8 per cent, and the percentage of Americans In that service has been In creased from 63.9 to 12 per cent. These percentages, however, apply only to clerk ships paying SmiO a year or less, but the work of weeding out foreigners will con tinue as long as Americans of the requi site capacity can be found to fill U.e plces. If Raw Materials Don't Need High Rate, They Won't Get It. HE BELIEVES LN PROTECTION Tariff Should Be Revised Within Limit of Protection Lines. FEAR FOR POLITICAL SCALPS Consrressmen Tell Htm that They Will lie Defeated If Artlrlea Produced In Their Districts Go on Free List. WASHINGTON. July Ht.-All doubt as to where President Taft stands with regard to the downward revision of the tariff was swept away today, when a statement wa given out at the White House setting forth In detail what the president had to say to twenty-three republican members of con gress who called to protest against putting rnw materials on tho free list. The president In this statement declared that the republican party Is committed to a downward revision: that he has never had any other Idea of the Chicago plat form, and that he personally haH promised a downward revision to the people. This statement Is Interpreted In some quarters here tonight as a direct notifica tion to the conferees on the tariff bill thai If the measure they finally agree upon does not constitute a material reduction In specific duties, the president will exercise his power of veto. Dictated In tho third person tho statement concludes with this final word of the presi dent's attitude as outlined to his callers: "He felt strongly the call of the country for a downward revision within the limits of the protective principle and he hoped to bo able to respond to that call as he heard It as well In tho Interests of the party as of the country." Statement of Mr. Tnft. The statement begins with a recital of what happened at tho conference, and Is as follows: "Mr. Young of Michigan opposed free ore; Mr. Mondell of Wyoming opposed free coal or reciprocity with Canada and free hides; each on the ground that the policy would Injure tho Interests In his state, and a discussion was participated In by other representatives, who urged that the doc trlno of free raw materials was not a republican doctrine. "The president replied that he was not committed to the principle of free raw material, but that he was Committed to ihe principle of a downward revision of the tariff, which he had promised, and that he was obliged to look at the matter, not from the standpoint of any particular district, but from the standpoint of the whole country, and also from tho stand point of responsibility for the entire re publican party. 'He said the question In each rase was a question of fact, to be determined by evidence as to whether the present duty was needed for protection, or whether the rate was (excessive, so that a downward revision or putting the article on tho free list would not Injure the Industry. Q notes I'nrly Platform. He repealed the platform of the re publican pnrly and said that he had under stood It mi ant a downward revision In many Instances, though perhaps In somo few cases an Increase might be needed; that he reuched this conclusion of the plat form on what he understood to be the principle of protection and Its Justification, namely, that after an Industry was pro tected by a duly equal to Ihe dlfferonco between the cost and production abroad and the cost of production In this country, including a fair profit to the manufacturer, the effectiveness of American labor and the Ingenuity of American inventors, under the Impulse of competition behind the tariff wall, would jeduce the cost of pro duction, and that, with the reduction and the cost of production, the tariff rate would become unnecessarily high and ought to be reduced. Taft Demands Heductlon. "This was the normal operation of the tariff as claimed by the defenders of tho protective system not In every case, but as a general rule that, of course a revision of the tariff could not be perfect, and must have defects and Inconsistencies, but in sofar as his Influence went when called upon to act In connection with legislation. It would be thrown In the direction of per forming the promises of the party as ho understood them; and that if iron ore and oil and coal and hides did not need pro tection, and the conditions were such as to enable the ore producers and the oil pro ducers and the coal producers and the pro ducers of hides to compete successfully, without reduction of wages, with the pro ducers from abroad, then they did not need a duty and their articles should go on the free list. It was a question of fact which he hoped to make up his mind with respect to, on such evidence as was avail able to him, In order to carry out what he understood to be the promises of the party to the whole people. "He said he felt that his position as the head of the republican party and as presi dent, gave hltn a somewhat broader point of view than that of a single member of congress In respect to articles produced in his district. He felt strongly the call of the country for a downward revision within the limitations of the protective principle, and he hoped to be able to respond to that cull as he heard It. as well In the Interests of the party as of the country." Free 1. 1st MenaP to Jobs. The White House was stormed by a dele gation of twenty-three republican congress men who spent an hour and a half with the president telling him that their political lives depended upon the protection of raw material. It has bee. me pretty generally known about the capltol that the president favors the free entrv of hides, oil and coal and material reductions on lumber, etc. Many of the congressmen who Corn posed the delegation represent southern districts. Th-y told the president they had been elected on the theary that thejr would protect raw materials In which their people were Inn rested and that if the party failed to do this, their district would return to the democratic oolunui. Ur. Taft listened patiently ta U tfett Vaa