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OMAHA, TUESDAY" MORNING, JULY 23, 1 1912 TEN - PAGES.
PLATTE RIVER PLAHJ
10 GIVE HORSEPOWER
ESTIMATED
Plan Provides Eventually fro Light
ing and Driving Trolley Cars
of Omaha.
LOCAL STATION TO BE KEPT UP
Will -Be Used During Four Months
of Year of Low Water. ;
OLD THEORY NOW ABANDONED
Giant Reservoirs no Longer Em
ployed During Dry Season.
WATER RIGHTS ARE SECURED
Power Plant la V Be Located Near
Fremont ant Ui-a Will , Be
Twenty-Six Milea in ,
Length.
The estimated power that Is to be de
veloped through the construction ot the
Platte river canal and power plant near
Fremont when converted from kilowatts
to horsepower is to be approximately
83,000 horsepower. The plan, as Fred A.
,Nash. president of the Omaha Electric
Light and Power company, gives It, Js
that eventually this plant shall furnish the
I power for the lighting of Omaha and for
. the driving of trolley cars. "The plan is
' to sell power to the various concerns that
j use it here," he says.
1 The Omaha Electric Light and Power
company will maintain lta power plant In
; Omaha just as it -has. before, but will
i get its power during the greater yart of
' the year from the canal power plant at
I Fremont The plant In Omaha would be
maintained as an auxiliary plant, that
would be operated -to furnish power
during the four months of the year In
1 which the Platte river cannot be de
ipended upon to furnish water enough
for the canal plant "The proposition."
says Mr. Nash, "has long been whether
the Interest on a great amount of capital
Invested in such a project would be less
than the amount of money annually ex
pended In the city, for coal to generate
electricity. We have decided in for ot
the canal plant."
Rights Are Secured.
Mr. Nash says that the days when the
matter was merely talked of are over,
as the water rights have ben secured and
the law of the state requires that the
company break ground and actually go
to work on the project within six months
ih. nine cf thA risrhta.
k-i w a
-The water is to be led from the Platte
river Into, ,tbft anaV.f PR?, and ona-
' half talles soutneast ot senuyier. nra
' there-the-canaUlato ..erosa the.' raaeh
line of the Northwestern which runs from
Fremont to' Hastings, and is to follow this
line pretty; closely toward Fremont By
the time the canal reachei a point directly
south of Fremont It i to be pretty well
Oh the summit of the bluffs that skirt
the south side of the river there. Here
the power plant Is to be located, where
the water will have a fall of 120 feet to
reach the river' below, turning the
gigantic water turbines as It makes the
drop. The canal will be twenty-six miles
in length.
No Storage Reservoirs.
The old theory of building giant reser
voirs to store up water to be used for
power during the dry seasons when the
river is low has been given up. The dan
ger to the adjacent country from possible
breaks of reservoirs caused the theory to
be abandoned, and besides it was con
cluded that by maintaining the power
plants in Omaha power could be devel
oped In the old way during the months
when the water Is low to supplement the
plant at Fremont.
Some of the very highest skilled hy
draulic engineers In the country have
been employed and have been on the
ground almost constantly during the last
six months mapping out the course of the
canal, laying the plans of construction of
canal and plant and calculating the ob
stacles. .They were on the ground during
some of the floods of last spring, and
thus discovered methods of avoiding the
danger to the canal that would be in
curred if it were built according to for
mer plans and theories. The canal Is to
be ninety feet wide, twenty-six miles
long, with a minimum depth of ten feet,
and with a fall, at the outlet of 120 feet
to the river below.
Charles T. Kountze, president of the
First National bank,, who with his brother,
Luther L. Kountze, is to be heavily in
terested In the project, said the plans ot
the formation of the company were not
quite complete. Luther L. Kountze is out
of the city at present taking his vacation.
FRANK M. JOYCE, AUTO
TOUR MANAGER, IS DEAD
MINNEAPOLIS, ' July 22. Colonel
Frank M. Joyce, first vice president of
the American Automobile association
and chairman of the committee to make
arrangements for the 1912 reliability run
of that organization, died at his borne
here today after' an Illness of a month.
He was 51 years old, Mr. Joyce recently
Jiad returned from New Orleans wliere
he had arranged for that city as the ter
minal of the tour.
The Weather
THE WEATHER
For Nebraska Unsettled weather and
probably local showers; somewhat cooler
west portion. .
' For Iowa Unsettled weather with
probably local showers; rising tempera
ture. Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours. Dtg.
A 8 a. m"".'."'.'.'.'S.Y. 9
A&t2 2
A M m...; 80
iJL 1 p. m 88
V' U J
Tin p-m
. Si' 4 p. m 84
( p. m 83
AT 35,000
XT
" 6 p. m 82
7 p. m 83
S p. m. 81
Picked Squad of Gun
Men Kill Rosenthal
After a Rehearsal
NEW YORK, July 22.-A picked squad
of gun men shot GamXer Rosenthal after
holding rehearsal of the murder and pro
viding most carefully for alibis. Gang
men kept the street In front of the Met
ropole hotel clear so that "the murder
auto" could make a "clean getaway" and
sixteen men. at least, knew of the
:roak" to be "pulled off? and mounted
guard, armed with blackjacks, to see that
nothing Interfered with the killing.
These details were, announced today by
officials of the prosecutor's office after a
further statement- by William Shapiro,
held In connection with the killing.
When Coroner Felnberg called the
Rosenthal hearing to order District At
torney Whitman, for the people, asked
adjournments In the cases involving
Shapiro and Libby. , Wr. Whitman de
clared that "public interest and the In
terest of Justice demanded adjournment.
Adjournments In. these cases were then
orderd until Thursday.
' Counsel for "Jack" Rose objected to
postponement In his client's case. Mr.
Whitman thereupon asked that Deputy
Police Commissioner Dougherty be called
as the first witness.
Sam Paul and Jack Sullivan also were
held until Thursday, the latter, how
ever, only as a witness. Dougherty testi
fied that after his arrest Paul had told
him that Sullivan was the first to in
form him of Rosenthal's murder. Pre
vious to that, Dougherty said, Paul had
heard of no plans to get rid of Rosen
thal, according to Paul's story. Paul
had said that he was asleep in a hotel
when Sullivan woke him to tell him ot
the murder. The commissioner testified
that other evidence in Ills possession,
however, bad justified him In asking
that Paul be held on a charge of murder.
Counsel for Webber and Paul late to
day secured from Supreme Court Justice
Glgerich a writ of habeas corpus order
ing the warden of the Tombs to produce
their clients in court tomorrow morning.
Counsel alleged "that the two men were
being detained without due process of
law.
Mimic Warfare on
Big Scale Begins
Thursday Morning
CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis.. July 22.-One
of the greatest mimic warfare campaigns
ever held in the United States Is sched
uled to begin Thursday morning, when
two forces of nearly 4,000 each, Including
Infantry, cavalry and artillery, will leave
Camps McCoy and Douglas to meet in
battle. " The campaign is expected to
last from seven to ten days and will
tslose at McCoy oil the 14,000-acre govern
ment reservation on August S. "
Colonel O'Connor of the Sixth United
St4fes;xavalry,f Fort -Dee Moines, wyi be
In command of the force- which' starts
from Camp McCoy, It will comprise the
First United States provisional regiment
of 2,000, under Colonel R. N. Getty, eight
troops of cavalry and one battery .
Colonel Orlando Holloway of La Crosse
will command the opposing division,
which , will consist of the Second and
Third Wisconsin ' regiments, the Third
Illinois, the third squadron of the Fif
teenth United States cavalry of Fort
Sheridan, 111.; half of the United States
ambulance company from Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., and battery C of the First
Wisconsin artillery of Milwaukee.
All country will be considered hostile
by both troops.
Chinese Raising a
Big Fund to Loan
to Their Country
LOS ANGELES, Cah, July 22,-Thlrty-five
thousand dollars was raised at a
mass meeting of Los Angeles Chinese last
night and many more pledged in keep
the new Chinese republic from falling
Into the clutches of the "money and
foreign powers," as one of the speakers'
expressed It '(
The purpose of the meeting was to
start a fund for the raising of $300,000,000
to be sent to China to prevent the neces
sity of borrowing abroad.
It was stated similar meetings would
be held In every city in the country.
Most of the Chinese contributing to
the fund here pledged their entire in
comes for one month.
House Orders Arrest
of Absent Members
WASHINGTON, July 22. -Armed with
official warrants for the arrest of truant
members the house sergeant-at-arms and
his assistants today were sent about the
capital to seize absentees and hale them
before the bar of the nouse, wnich mean
while was 'forced to suspend.
The senate - had two roll calls and a
lengthy suspension of business before suf
ficient senators appeared to constitute a
quorum.
NEW SOUTH DAKOTA
RAILROAD INCORPORATES
PIERRE, S. D., July 22. Articles of In
corporation today were filed here for the
Minneapolis, St Lou' ft Canadian rail
way, with headquarters at Waterloo, S.
D., and officers in Minneapolis and New
York. The road, which will extend to
Canada, Is capitalized at 87,000,000. The
Incorporators are L. C. Scott W. G.
Blerd, G. W. Severs, W. W. Cole, Minne
apolis, and G. W. Case, Watertown, S. D.
MARTIN B. MADDEN DIES
AFTER iONG ILLNESS
CHICAGO. July 22.-Martln B. (Skinny)
Madden, long one of the labor leaders of
Chicago, died of tuberculosis today at
Lake Villa, 111., where he had been In
retirement for nearly a year. For years
he was at the head of the Associated
Building Trades and was a prominent
figure in many labor disputes. He lost
his Influence after he had been convicted
of blackmailng In connection with the
calling of strikes. ...
WILL DISCONTINUE
IMPEACHMENT CASE
Resignation of Judge Hanford Con
sidered Sufficient by Commit
tee Chairmen.
CLAYTON MAKES ANNOEMENT
Instructs S" Rattle
A1 .
i
BR
i RIAL OF BELKNAP
Main Objects Achieved in Getting
Rid of Judge.
ILL HEALTH GIVEN AS REASON
United States District Judge Resigns
Under Fire Following Invest!
gation Lasting Nearly One
Month.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-Chalrman
Henry D. Clayton of the house judiciary
committee tonight announced that he
considered unnecessary further Impeach
ment proceedings against Federal Judge
Hanford of . Washington, who today re
signed. In a long statement Chairman
Clayton declared that while congress has
the power to ' try a federal official for
Impeachment even after he has resigned,
he did not believe that course necessary
in tlhs case. '
Chairman Clayton Instructed the sub
committee now in Seattle . taking testi
mony in the Hanford case, to discontinue
its work. He received the following mes
sage from Representative Graham, chair
man of the subcommittee:
"Judge Hanford has just forwarded his
resignation to the attorney general. . We
are not quite done taking testimony, but
nearly so. The sub-committee unani)
mously favors to discontinue the taking
of further testimony."
In his statement Chairman Clayton
cited the precedent of the case of Secre
tary of War Belknap, who was Impeached
and tried by the senate, after his resig
nation had been accepted by President
Grant. The articles of Impeachment
against Belknap failed to receive the
necessary two-thirds vote In the senate.
In conclusion Mr. Clayton said:
"The main object of Impeachment be
ing to ' get rid of an unfaithful office
holder, having been accomplished In this
case by the resignation of Judge Han
ford, If it is true that he was unfaithful,
there seems to be no necessity for im
peaching him in order to disqualify bim
from hereafter holding any office of
honor or profit under the United States.
I take It that no president will ever ap
point him, and no constituency would
ever elect him to any of floe of honor, or
profit. Ot course, there will be no forma)
action on the part -eu-th comrBlttee, en
the judiciary until a. .report la made by
the subcommittee which I appointed to
investigate the alleged misconduct of
Judge Hanford." . j
III Health Made Rason.
SEATLE, Wash., July 22. United States
District Judge Cornelius H. Hanford,
whose conduct on the bench has been
under Investigation for nearly a month
by a subcommittee of the house judiciary
committee, tendered tug resignation to
day to President Taft.
Judge Hanford gives 111 health aa the
reason for his resignation.
Judge Hanford's statement to the pub
lic follows:
"The almost constant strain under
which I have worked for more than twenty-two
years has taxed but not exhausted
my power of endurance. I am not likely
to have a vacation of rest, but a change
of occupation will be a welcome relief.
I intend to practice law in Seattle.
"In the investigation which has been
conducted by a subcommittee of the
house of representatives, much testimony
has been given by witnesses who know
me and by others who do not I am grate
ful for the commendation of those who
have spoken and written in my favor,
and as for those who have maligned me,
I only wish to say that I would be
ashamed of myself If I had not incurred
the enmity of such people as they are.
'A Judge la never so sure of being
right as when his work has been criti
cised unfairly. Without boasting, in view,
of all that has been and may be said of
and concerning myself and1 my work, I
am glad that my record is what it Is."
WASHINGTON, July 22.-Chalrman
Clayton of the house judlclay commit
tee today received a telegram from Rep
resentative Graham of the subcommittee
Investigating Judge Hanford's conduct
announcing the Jurist's resignation, stat
ing that the subcommittee favored end
ing the inquiry, and asking for Instruc
tions. .
LIQUOR SHIPMENT BILL
REPORTED TO THE SENATE
WASHINGTON. July 22.-Antl-ss.loon
interests won a victory befora the senate
Judiciary committee today when Senator
Cummins was authorized to report favor.
awy a bill giving the dry states power to
intercept shipments of liquor from "wet"
territory. The bill to be reported Is a
combination of the Kenyon bill, much
amended, and Senator Sanders' bill.
The new measure will prohibit shln-
ments of liquor where any person inter
ested in them Intends to violate a law
of the state into which the shipment is
made. It would revise tha existing Wil
son law to meet the recent decision of
the supreme court and make liquor in
terstate commerce subject to the laws
of a single state on arrival within Its
boundary and befora delivery to a con
signee. Some members of the committee think
the bill is unconstitutional. '';."'
SANITARIUM DEMOLISHED
" BY IRATE NEIGHBORS
DUBLIN, July SB.-A nearly completed
consumption sanitarium under construct
ion at Lucan, near Dublin, under the
auspices of Lady Aberdeen and the Wo
men's National Health association was
demolished today by Irate dwellers in
the vicinity. A great mob armed with
ropes and picks first tore off the roof
and then threw down the walls, leaving
nothing but a heap of debruN
FORNAS YOTESJFOR NORMS
Republican County Convention Con
trolled by Progressives.
C0NTR0LLEP BY PROGRESSIVES
Baca, One Seeking te Be ' Delegate
iroreed te stand Before Conven
' tlon and Hake Pledge Dixon
Controlled by Progressives. '
EMERSON, Neb.,1 July 2I.Speclal
Telegram.) The republican county con
vention held here today was progressive.
Candidates for delegates to the state
convention ' were called upon ' separately
to address the convention and tell ex
actly where they stood. The ' nine who
were opposed to ' Taft were selected by
an overwhelming vote and are as fol
lows: James John, G. W. Sharer, H. , G. La
bach, Deeder Winter, W. C. Honel, N.
A. Pettygrove, A. B. Brown, B. F.'Eber
bart and E. W. Parker., ..
Th following resolutions were adopted:
"Jb, the delegates assembled in the
republican convention of Furnas county,
Neb., point with pride to the achieve
ments of our party In the nation for the
last half century. We are proud also of
the record made by our party in Ne
braska and commends tlje administra
tion of Chester H. Aldrich to the sober
consideration of the electorate of our
state.
"We of Furnas county, Neb., are glad
to have given as the representative In
congress from the Fifth district one so
well and favorably known as George
W. Norria and we are glad to commend
him to the people of our stats as our
candidate for United States senator.
"We hereby -Instruct our delegates to
the state convention tactfully to use all
honorable means to present in our state
a solid party against the common enemy.
'We earnestly recommend the re-elec
tion of Hon. James John, whose record to
last legislature commends him to all
all who appreciate conscientious effort in
the promotion of the public welfare. He
supported all good measures and did his
best to defeat the bad."
A minority report Introduced by a Taft
supporter received but a few votes..
Dison Progressive.
EMERSON, Neb.. July . 22.-(SpecIal
Telegram.) The republican . county con
vention met at Emerson today with a
large attendance. Strong resolutions en
dorsing Norris for United States senator
were adopted. Delegates to . the state
convention are A. V. Teed, G.. L. Wood,
C. F. Meade, Charles "Wilson, .A. A.
Davis,'' Dr. McDonald,, W.,'8.. Ebersole,
J. D. Haskel, all progressives. ;
' Denhler Holds Canons. . -
' DESHLER, Neb., July 22.-(Speclal.)-At
the republican caucus for this, Spring
(Continued on Second Page.)
The National Capital
Monday, Jar 22, 1912. '
The Senate.
' The senate convened' at 11 a. m.
Resumed consideration of sundry civil
appropriation MIL- . ,
Former Senator Scott before campaign
funds Investigating committee testified
no contributions from corporations were
made to Roosevelt fund of 1904. .
Senate and house conferees on 'naval
appropriation bill failed to reach agree
ment on battleship program, though sen
ate yielded to house and dropped ap
approprlatlon for navy yards.
Judiciary committee ordered favorable
report on bill to prevent shipment ot
liquor from "wet" Into "dry" states.
Passage of excise tax bill Friday wu
predicted after canvass by senate leader
w The House. , "
The house convened at noon. '
Resumed consideration of tne senate's
efficiency bill. .
.By Comparison
(' HOTTER r . . .
Brandeis Funeral
Will be Held Today
at Temple Israel
Funeral -services for- the late H. Hugo
Braadala wlU .be held at e' clock this
morning-, at Temple. Israel, park, avenue
and Jackson atreet. by Rabbi Frederick
Cohn. Interment will be made In Pleas
ant Hill cemetery.
The following win act as pallbearers)
HONORARY.
Ward Burgess.
W. F. Holsman,'
Morris Levy,.
G. H. Malohlen,
Charles H Pickens,
Henry Rosenstock,
Samuel Werthelmer,
Harry Zlmman.
T. C. Byrne,
Sol Degen,
Sam Frank, .
G. E. Haverstlck,
William Harris, , '
D. J. O'Brien.
ACTIVE.
John U Kennedy, W. C. tocKnight,.
Victor Rosewater, - Phil Aaron,'
Louis Mats, ' R. H. Manley,
T.P.Redmond, , Sara Johnson.
The ushers at the services at Temple
Israel are: i . '
W. H. Thomas, Harry Boyd. -B.
L. Danfort.h, , Charles Elgutter.
Don Amsden;
A cablegram was received from Mrs.
Herman Cphn, who has been sojourning
In Switzerland, to the effect that she will
leave on the steamer Kronprlnsessln Ce
cilia, which embarks from Bremen to
morrow afternoon, and will arrive in New
York on July 27, where she will be met
by Mrs. Irving C. Stern, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Brandeis. She will ar
rive In Omaha about Wednesday of next
week. . , .
The executive committee of the. Com
mercial club, of which H. Hugo Brandeis
was a member, gathered in special meet
ing and made pjans to attend the funeral
In a body. Each will be attired in Prince
Albert coats and dress . hats. ' .
Two German Naval
Officers Are Drowned
KOENIGSBERG, Germany, July 22.
Two officers of the German battleship
Thurlngen, which Is anchored with the re
mainder of the second squadron of the
active fleet in the Kurlsches Haft, were
drowned by the capslslng of one of the
small boats belonging to the warship
which was taking a boatload of officers
back to the vessel from shore. -
Eight other officers were brought
ashore unconscious but were revived.
Another pinnace loaded with blue jack
ets belonging to the fleet also was
wrecked In the surf,, but aU .were saved.
Wilson Will Continue,
to Act as Governor
SEA GIRT, N. J., July.22.-Friends of
Governor ' Wilson announced today, but
on condition that theft names be not need,
that he had decided definitely not to re
Jlgn the governorship of New Jersey dur
ing the presidential campaign.
W0LFFE FAILS IN ATTEMPT
TO SWIM THE CHANNEL
BOLOGNE, July 22.-JabeS' Wolff e, the
well-known amateur swimmer, 1 started
on another attempt to swim across the
English channel today. He entered the
water In the vicinity of Cape Grlsnes at
4:15 o'clock and at 7 o'clock was seven
miles to the north of that point on the
French coast . At that . hour a brjsk
breese sprang up, making the water
rather choppy.' Several other swimmers
alternately accompanied him In the
water. .
Wolffe abandoned his attempt to swim
across - the English channel some dis
tance before reaching Dover, where he
boarded an accompaning tug . and re
turned tere.
SCOTT TELLS0? 190 FUNDS
Senator Says Trusts, bid . Not Con
"tribute to Roosevelt Campaign -
GIVES ; IjjyfflALLt ' HIMSELF
Re Paid bont Forty Taoasaai Pol.
lara"for Use In' the West lr
lata CampaignHave.
. Saeyer Crave Nothing).
WASHINGTON, July it-Former Sen
ator Nathan B. , Scott of West Virginia
today told the senate committee investi
gating, campaign funds of 1104 and 1908
that no contributions were made to Colo
nel Roosevelt's campaign by corporations,
by Henry Havemeyer, the sugar king, or
by any. representatives of , the Interna
tional Harvester company, ao far as ha
could recall. . , . , ...
Mr. Scott testified that the largest con
tribution of which hs had knowledge
made to. the national committee in that
campaign was bis own, amounting to
30,M or 140,000. George W., Perkins, he
said, had given 116,000, but not to the na
tional committee. Both contributions were
used in the West Virginia state campaign.
"ljn October, 1904," Mr. Scott said, "Mr.
Perkins asked me the situation in West
Virginia, and I told him we had a very
hard fight on for governor and that it
was. doubtful whether we could elect Wil
liam O. i Dawson. ' Mr. Perkins said, as a
friend of Roosevelt he would be sorry to
see the state go democratic, and made the
contribution." .
Mr. Scott said none of the "harvester
people" had contributed to the 1904 cam
paign. ' - , ,i- v
, Questions Abont Perkins.
"How about the Perkins contribution?"
asked Senator' Clapp.
"Well, I understand that Mr. Perkins'
contribution was a personal matter of
,hla own," said Mr: Scott, "because of the
personal relations ' that existed between
him and President Roosevelt.
"Was Mr. Perkins at that time a mem
ber of J. P. Morgan & Co.r asked Sen
ator Jones.-
Mr. Scott did not know.
'"Do you know whether Mr. Perkins In
terceded with the president as to the tak
ing over of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
company?" asked Senator Paynter.
"I don't know anything about that mat
ter." said the witness.
Trnsta Did Not Contribute,
Mr. Scott said he knew of no one con
nected with the Steel, OH or Beef trusts
who had given anything to the campaign.
It had been the settled policy of George
B. Cortelyou and Cornelius N. Bliss, as
the heads of the committee to make it
known, that no such contributions would
be, received, he said.:
"My own corporation never gave a dol
lar to the campaign." be added. Mr. Scott
was, then a. glass manufacturer.
Asked about any action of the Ameri
can; Protective Tariff league In the cam
paign,, he said the league had furnished
some campaign material, but it had been
paid In cash for Its work and had never
contributed directly, or indirectly to tha
campaign. . . .,, .
, George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the na
tional committee In 1908, is to testify
Thursday. It Is expected the books of the
republican committee for that campaign
will be submitted to the committee tela
week.' ;'
BODY OF VETERAN WAR
I TELEGRAPHER CREMATED
. ST. PAUL, July 22.-The body of Ran
som Phelps, veteran telegraph operator,
who "took" the first message announcing
the 'surrender of Lee to Grant, was cre
mated at Forest cemetery, St. Paul, to
day. Phelps died at Crooked Lake, Minn.,
Saturday. , , ; ;
GOVERNOR
DENEEN
DECIDES TO STAND
BY THEPRESIDENT
Illinois Executive Tells Roosevelt
Committee He Considers Mr. Taft
, Regular Republican Nominee.
HOLDS ', TRUST FOR. VOTERS
Says They Will Have no Opportunity
to Name Other Candidate. ,
OTHER NOMINEES WITH HIM
Doyle, HoCullougb. and Stead Make
Similar Replies. ,
MAKE ' CANDIDATES DECLARE
Ex-Presldent laaaes Ultimatum in
' 'Which H Sara Complete Slate
Blast ' Be . Named la
, Illlnota.
SPRINGFIELD, III., July 22. -The com
mittee of five progressive republicans
appointed Medlll McCormlck, to ascer
tain' from Governor Deneen whether he!
would support Taft or Roosevelt were
Informed by the governor today that he
considered Taft the regular republican
nominee and that as such he felt obligated-,
to support his candidacy.
Secretary of State Doyle, Auditor ot ,
Public .Accounts McCullough and At
torney General Stead were waited on by '
the committee and gave the same answer .
aa did Governor, Deneen. Andrew Rus
sell, candidate for state treasurer, made
no reply, but told, Chairman McCormlck
ha would send him an answer by mall. .
Lieutenant Governor Oglesby, who is at
Ekhart, was asked by letter by Chair-,
man McCormlck and haa made ao answer
as yst .
.Following the interviews with the stats
officers the progressive republican com
mittee, held a conference at the end of
which Chairman , McCormlck announced
that the progressive republicans would,
put a third party state ticket in the field,
but there would . probably be no new ,
county tickets. ; , .
'' Governor Deneens Reply
Governor 'Deneen -in his reply to 'the
progressive party committee said in part: -
"It la plain to me that there la but one
course I can pursue In this situation.
Having sought the support of republicans 1
and having been chosen as their candidate
for governor of this state there la no op-
portunlty afforded the republican voters
to change their minds la reference to my
nomination as governor and, to nominate
another In my stead, and I have no moral
right to change my status as their trustee
or In ariy way to alUnMhe terms of the
position I hold In trust as their represent
ative. "'1 . 1 ' '''
"The nomination of ' state candidates
had nothing whatever to do with national
affairs. The utmost that could be hoped
to be achieved by such .: course would be
the defeat of the republican nominees for
state : officers and. the election of their
democratic, opponents, and the election,
under the cumulative system of voting
of a sufficient number of members of the
house of . representatives, representing;
your frienda,, to prevent any party from
organising a majority and assuming tho
responsibility .for, legislation. , .
"In the very nature of things it would
lead. to a bipartisan or trtpartlsan organ-'
lsatlon of the genera J assembly. The by
product of the .bipartisan organization of
the general assembly p.a the 'jackpot,'
and a bipartisan organization would in
all , human probability make matters
worse. .'-.'! y . .'
What It Wonld Mean.
"It would mean' a lack of responsible
government, the election of two United
States senators without responsibility to
party or to any political elements which
could endure during their terms of office
and whose credentials had - not beeo
passed on by the people.
"Ths reapportionment of the stats for
congressional and senatorial purposes by
an organization and alliances that couM
not endure. '
' "A' reversal of the steady progress
which has been made In the last eight
years In legislation and administration
through the bickerings,, quarrels, ambU
tlons, Jealousies, trading and log-rolling
of contending minorities. This would be
Its political effect.
"Its moral effect would be worse. It
would destroy the mutual moral obliga
tion between the candidates and the vot
ers, whereunder the candidate assumes
an obligation to -carry out pledge8 which
he had made to the electors who have
chosen him t gfve him their support at
the polls. ......
"This would be a breaking down of tho
direct primary law and of representative
government"
Roosevelt Wants Third Ticket.
CHICAGO. July 22. "There must be a
full third party state ticket in Illinois
with candidates for governor jand other
offices favorable to Colonel Roosevelt."
That was the ultimatum of Senator Jo
seph. M. Dixon, Colonel itoosevelt'e cam-
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