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The
LODGE RESOLUTION
iS ADOPTED BY VOTE
NEARLY UNANIMOUS
Foreigners Warned Against Acquir
ing Land that Might Be Used
for Naval Purposes.
EXTENDS MONROE DOCTRINE
Intended to Prevent Embarrassing
Situations from Arising.
IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE
Further Notice to Nations to Keep
Out of Western Hemisphere.
FOUR SENATORS AGAINST IT
Negative Votea Are Cast by Cnm
mina and McCnmber, Repub
lics a , and Perry and
Stone, Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-After a three
hour debate behind closed doors, the sen
ate today. SI to 4, adopted the Lodge reso
lution defining the attitude of the United
States in -disapproval of the acquisition by
foreign interests of any territory on the
western hemisphere which might be used
as military or naval bases or menace
, "the approaches" of this country.
The senators voting against the resolu-
! tion were Cummins and McCumber, re
publicans, and Percy and Stone, demo
crats. An amendment offered by Senator Mc
Cumber to take out of the resolution the
reference to "corporations or associations
which have relations to another govern
ment" was defeated.
Before the senate had proceeded far the
discussion began to touch so close to gov
ernment secrets that the doors were
closed and consideration went on in ex
ecutive session.
Senator Lodge, calling up the resolu
. tlon which, is framed to record the dis
. approval with which the United States
would view the acquisition by foreign in
1 tercsts of property on the western hemis
phere which might eventually become
1 military or naval bases declared that its
passage was in the interest of peace.
"The committee on foreign relations be
I lieved it wise that the United States
1 should not let a situation arise In whlci
it might be necessary to urge a friendly
: nation to withdraw when that nation
, could not do so without humiliation," he
said.
"Wlhat is the rear meaning of this reso
lution as it affects the Monroe doctrine?1
1 asked Senator Cummins.
"The declaration rests on a much
i broader and older ground than the Mon
roe r jtoctrine," replied Senator Lodge.
1 "This resolution rests on the generally
accepted principle that every nation has
a right to protect Its own safety."
Mrs. Grace Freed
By Jury's Verdict
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 2.-The jury in
the case of Mrs. Daisy Grace, charged
i with attempting to kill her husband, Eu-
. gene Grace, returned a verdict this aft
ernoon of not guilty. Immediately after
the jury reported Mrs. Grace was nearly
' at the point of collapse. She remained
seated for a few minutes, then walked
to the jury box and shook hands with
: each of the jurors. There was no dem
onstration, in accordance with the court's
previous orders.
UNITED STATES MAY BUY
BIG TRACT NEAR FT. RUSSEL
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug.Y-fSpecial.)-For
the purpose of having the largest
, military reservation in the United States
with its own water supply, maneuver
(grounds, target ranges for rifle and moun
tain and heavy artillery all in one tract,
engineers have been making surveys and
investigations between Fort Russell and
' the Pole mountain maneuver camp, and it
is announced that the government will
purchase a strip of land five miles wide
and twenty-five miles long connecting
these two points. This plan will give the
War department complete control of a
i strip five miles wide by forty miles long
and embracing millions of acres of moun-
tains and plains. The Cheyenne and Fort
I, Russell water system lies within this
area and the government will be able to
protect the watersheds and insure pure
water at all times. Hundreds of ranches
will be purchased, as well as thousands
of small tracts of land owned by indi-
NORTHWESTERN OFFICIALS
DENY LAKE GOES THRERE
CHICAGO Aug. 2. At the general of
fices of the Northwestern Bailroad com
, pany here it Is denied that C. S. Lake of
Waterbury, Conn., Is coming to the road
as a general manager, or in any other
capacity. The statement was given out
at the general offices that no general
manager had resigned, or is contemplat
ing resignation. It was also said that
no changes in the management is con
templated and that the official .relations
ace entirely satisfactory as they exist at
the present time.
The Weather
For Nebraska Unsettled with probably
local showers; not much change in tem
perature. For Iowa Unsettled with probably local
showers in south and west portions; not
much change in temperature.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. Deg.
S a. m. 65
Hi r a. m m
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a a. in fii
9 a. m 69
10 a. m 71
11 a. m 72
12 m 73
r 1 p. m... 73
Ji 2 p. m 72
8 p. m 71
Tf 4 P- m 69
'Blkfti JJ "P- m W!
7 p. m 67
8 P. m 6t
M" liu
Darrow Asked About
His Alleged Attempt
to Bribe Detective
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Aug. 2.-Return-
lng to the collateral allegation that Clar
ence b. Darrow sought unlawfully to ac
quire evidence to be used against the
McNamaras, Darrow was cross-examined
at tho resumption of his bribery trial
today concerning his relations with W.
J. Turner of Chicago.
Darrow testified that Turner was a de
tective who had worked for him in the
Moyer-Haywood-Pettlbone cases in Idaho.
He admitted the authenticity of telegrama
wnich passed between himself and Turner
in which the subject was Detective Guy
Biddinger and tho alleged attempt of
Darrow to secure important evidence by
bribing Biddinger.
Darrow wus then asked about sending
John R. Harrington to Detroit to gather
evidence concerning the arrest of Jamos
B. McNamara.
Army Bill Amended
to Meet Taft's Views
and Again Reported
WASHINGTON. Aug, 2.-With prac
tically all features upon which President
Taft based his veto eliminated, the army
appropriation bill was again reported to
the senate today by the military affairs
committee, carrying approximately tH
000,000. The section Jnserted In the bill when
it was in conference to legislate Major
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff,
out of office on March 4, was not in the
reconstructed bill. The bill as the house
repassed It was changed only in that it
did not carry the proposal to remove
General Wood.
Former Iowa Man
Is Killed in Chili
CLEAR LAKE, la., Aug. 2.-Special.)
All the news that has yet been re
ceived regarding the death of Harold
McLaughlin came from the Central Chill
Copper Co. This was meager, simply
stating "Regret to inform you of fatal
accident to Harold McLaughlin. Am
making preparations to send body to
Iowa." It will be from four to six weeks
before the body can reach here. He was
superintendent of the mining industries
of this company, which Is composed of
wealthy Englishmen.
A year ago he was granted a vacation
and came to this city, where he visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Mc
Laughlin. On the 14th of August last he
was united in marriage with Miss Helen
Fitch, daughter of Will P. Fitch of
Mason City. They left immediately for
Chili. No death has ever occurred which
caused so , much interest and sympathy
as has this. Mr. McLaughlin was a stu
dent in the Iowa State university and
completed his work in - the School of
Mine's of ' Michigan. " 'He was o.ily- S2
years of age and the position he held as
superintendent of the mammoth indus
tries, of the Central Chill Copper com
pany attested the success in life that he
had achieved.
Mexicans' Victims
Natives of Germany
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Aug. l.-John Hert
ling and Guido Shubert, the'men hanged
at Montevista about a week ago, were
natives of Germany and subjects of that
country, though Hertling had taken out
his original papers for American citizen
ship.' Hertling was the watchman at the
Montevista mine and Shubert was his
guest.
Both men were well known in Douelas
and their German friends have sent a
man to Montevista to investigate their
deaths and to make a report to the Ger
man ambassador at Washington.
No news as to the identity of the per
petrators of the hanging has been re
ceived here but the incident has been
taken as a warning of danger to all
foreigners in isolated and unDrotected
localities in Mexico.
CANANEA, Mex.. Ana. l.-Mexican of
ficials and friends of John Hertling and
Guldo Shubert, who was hanged and
shot at the -Montevista mine, fourteen
miles east of here, have begun an exten
sive investigation of the affair. It is
thought that the hanging was perpetrated
by bandits.
LAKE GOES TO MINNEAPOLIS
AAIDST- LOUIS ROAD
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 2.-That C. S.
Lake, who, it was announced in dis
patches yesterday had resigned as super
intendent of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad, will come to Min
neapolis next week to become general
superintendent of the Minneapolis & St.
Louis railroad, was the statement today
of W. G. Bierd, vice president Since the
resignation of M. B. Cutter two years ago
the vice president's office has handled
the duties of general manager and gen
eral superintendent
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0RERS OF
FOUR STATES IN SESSION
STORM LAKE, la, Aug. 2.-(Speclal.) -The
first annual conference for Christian
Endeavor workers of the Presbyterian
church for the states of Iowa, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Nebraska is in session
in Chautauqua park in this city. One
hundred and fifty young people from all
parts of the four states are in attendance.
Some of the most widely known men of
the church will be present to give ad
dresses and aid in the class work. The
conference Is one of the four to be held
this summer in the United States and is
planned after the Winona, Ind., assembly.
GRIP FULL OF BOGUS
MONEY THROWN INTO RIVER
CINCINNATI, 6., Aug. 1-Harry, alias
Tom Davis of Chicago, one of four men
arrested yesterday on the charge of hav
ing bogus money and illegal wire tap
ping outfits in their possession, threw a
grip, which the police say contained
$75,000 in bad money, into the Ohio river
today while being brought from Newport,
Ky., across the Centra! bridge to Cincinnati.
STEEL TRUST EVILS
ARE POINTED OUT IN
E
Majority tatement Charges Roose
velt Made Control of Big Cor
poration bsolute.
ENEMY TO ORGANIZED LABOR
Stockholders Exercise Injurious In
fluence on Business.
EXPOSE POLITICAL ACTIVITY
Legislation Recommended to Meet
Existing Conditions.
MORGAN AND GARY CONDEMNED
Sara Rooaevelt la Responsible for Its
Growth -Corporation Acca-ed of
Lowering; Condition of
Employes.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.-Ths report
of the majority of the committee of the
house of representatives directed more
than a year aga to investigate the
United States Steel corporation was sub
mitted to the house today by Represen
tative Stanley of Kentucky, chairman
of the committee.
The report was signed by the chair
man and Representatives Bartlett of
Georgia, McGillicuddy. Maine; Beall.
Texas, and Littleton, New York, demo
crats; Representatives Gardner, Massa
chusetts; Danforth, New York. Young.
Michigan, and Sterling, Illinois; repub
licans, dissented from the report of the
majority. Representative Sterling sub
mitted his individual views in a minor
ity report and Representative Littleton,
democrat, dissenting from the recom
mendations of the majority for amend
ment of the Sherman anti-trust law.
filed his views. Representatives Gard
ner and Danforth will unite in another
minority report, which Representative
Young will sign and add to it his own
findings as to the facts surrounding
the organization and operation of the
Steel corporation.
The report of the majority deals with
the steel trust from its Inception and
describes the various steps by which J.
P. Morgan and his associates built up
the corporation. In addition to recom
mendations for legislation suggested as
remedial, the democratic members of the
committee made general accusations
against the men responsible for the or
ganisation. Individual Accusation.
J. P. Morgan and his associates re
held up as being the beneficiaries of
enormous profits realised from the over
capitalization of the subsidiary com
panies tf the Steel corporation and later
Of the corporation itself.
Judge Ev H. Gary and his dinners to
steel manufacturers are credited with a
scheme by which prices and territory
were controlled by the steel trust after
pooling agreements were discarded.
Former President Roosevelt is indicted
for making the control of the steel trust
absolute and Is charged with being
responsible for the gigantic stature which
the trust has attained.
The United States Steel corporation is
flayed as an enemy of organized labor,
accused of lowering the sociological con
ditions of its employes and ot contributing
to American industry workmen and work
methods unAraerlcan and foreign to the
best Interests of labor.
Principal stockholders of the Steel cor
poration are accused of exerting a pow
erful and injurious influence on the busi
ness of the. United States by means of
control exercised through Interlocking
directorates of railway and industrial or
ganizations. The activity of the corporation in poli
tics is laid bare and its influence de
scribed, and the "steel trust" as a tariff
beneficiary and its part In the making
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff act are
touched upon by the democrats.
Recommends Remedies.
The committee recommends legislation
to cure trust evils and to meet existing
conditions. It condemns the Steel cor
poration, but does not invade the juris
diction of the United States court, in
(Continued on Sectjd Page.)
Juarez Indians
Rise in Revolt
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 2.-Slerra Juarea
Indians in the state of Oaxaca, have re
newed their revolt against the govern
ment. It is reported today that a large
body of the warriors is marching on
Ixtlan, forty miles from the state capital.
A mix-up over the distribution of land is
at the bottom of the trouble.
Lightning Kills
Four Working Men i
;
EAGLETOWX. Okl., Aug. I.-Four lum
ber workers were killed at the camp of
the Choctaw Lumber company near here
today when lightning struck a large tree
under which they had taken refuge dur
ing an electrical storm.
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WILSON W1LLJ0T RESIGN
Governor Will Hang on to Office He
Now Holds. .
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
Democratic Candidate for President
Decides to Follow the Pre
cedent Set by Grover
Cleveland.
SEA GIRT, N. J., Aug. 2.-Fornial an
nouncement was made today by Governor
Wilson that he would not resign the gov
ernorship of New Jersey during his cam
paign for the presidency.
The governor had kept his mind open
on the question of resigning ever since
the Baltimore convention. Leading dem
ocrats In the state, .however, have urged
him to follow the precedent of Grover
Cleveland, who was nominated for the
presidency, but continued in the office
as governor of New York.
Governor Wilson is interested in pros
pective reports from committees investi
gating the tax problem and the efficiency
of state affairs in New Jersey, and promi
nent democrats have asked him not to
forsake his office unless called to a
higher one.
Bney With Correspondence.
Through stacks of back correspondence
Governor Wilson picked his way cheer
fully today, facing constant interruptions
from callers.
"I feel about my correspondence,", he
laid with a smile, "very much Ilk the
frog that tried to get out of a . well
Every time 4ia Jumped up two ieet he
fell back one."
Notwithstanding his strenuous days
Governor Wilson says he is in excellent
health. His recent yachting trip had a
beneficial effect, even though he admiu
he is not accustomed to sailing.
Joseph E. Davies, secretary of the na
tional committee, who was in conference
with the governor early today, suggested
another sea trip soon, but Governor Wil
son answered by quoting this limerick;
I wish that my room had a floor;
I don't bo much care for a door;
But this walking around,
Without touching the ground.
Is getting to be such a bore.
Three visitors from Washington were
scheduled to talk with Governor Wilson
today Senators Hoke Smith of Georgia
and Culberson of Texas and Representa
tive Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, chair
man of the house judiciary committee.
Governor Wilson spent fully an hour
today writing his own name as swiftly
as he could, while a negro stood by blot
ting a stream of letters. No more rubber
stamp signatures will go forth from the
summer capltol.
Passengers on Train
See Man End Life
MARSH ALLTOWN, la., Aug. -(Spe
cial Telegram.) While passengers on a
Northwestern train looked on today, Earl
McNalr, aged 22, living near Montour.
committed suicide in a pasture near the
railroad right-of-way. As the train sped
by passengers saw him place the revolver
to his head, saw the flash of the explosion
and the smoke and saw him tall. Montour
officers were notified when the train
reached there and they identified the man
as the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lester Mc
Nalr, who live a short distance from the
scene of the tragedy. A letter In Mc
Nair's pocket said he planned the deed.
Eloping Couple
Detained at St. Joe
MARSHALLTOWN, la.. Aug. 2.-(Spe-clal
Telegram.)-Pursued by telegraph
front this city to Clcurmont, Maryvillo j
i and St Joseph, Lynn Graff, aged 19, and '
pearfsr'aS
here Wednesday mi
IK. who eloned from
morning, were detained
at the latter city.
The girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Dunlap, have gone to St. Joseph to get
their dalghter. The chase by telegraph
prevented the couple from getting a li
cense at Maryvllle, but did not result in
their detention until they later went to
St. Joseph.
ADVENTUROUS GIRL IS
TAKEN H0M BY MOTHER
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. A strenuous three
days during which Ramonla French, 14
years old, figured as the heroine of a
kidnaping adventure and the "borrower"
of a valuable diamond ring and had
sought to drown herself in a police sta
tion bath tub, ended today when the girl
was turned over to her mother, Mrs. J.
A. French of Qulncy, III. She will be
taken home. She confessed her startling
kidnaping tale was not true. She re
turned a diamond ring claimed by a
neighbor of her aunt in Chicago and
when detained by the police tvi to
drown herself In the police station. When
her mother arrived Ramonla promised to
be good.
Well Separated
The National Capital
Friday, August 2, 1912.
The Senate.
The senate met at 11 a. m.
Magdalen Bay resolution considered in
executive session.
Military affairs committee reported
army appropriation bill.
Attorney General Wickersluun before
interstate eommerco committee favored
greater right of appeal for shippers from
decisions of Interstate Commerce com
mission. The Rouse.
The house met at 11 a. m.
Majority Stanley steel report pre
sented. Leader Underwood agreed with senate
democrats on compromise wool bill
Cotton tariff bill called up.
Trying to Help Every
Little Cheese Have
Channels of Its Own
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2,-What makes
the holes in cheese, and other problems,
such as what Is whisky, what is beer,
over which the government's learned
scientists have argued and almost fought,
have been laid aside for research into
the causes of the little winding tunnels
that penetrate a Swiss cheese.
The holes in cheese, say the men of
science, are dollars and cents to the
merchant, for they Indicate a grade and
value. So they propose to learn how
they may be (encouraged. I
Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogpu-and j
some of the other imps ot chemistry have
to do with making the holes arid the
professors with the reports and bloiv
pipes hope to find a way so every Utile
cheese may have some ohannels all its
own.
Secret File Kept
by Sugar Company
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Aug. 2.-A
secret file kept by the Western Sugar
Refining company was the subject of the
Interrogation of William H. Hannan, sec
retary of that company, at the hearing
here today of the government's suit
against the American Sugar Refining
company.
Hunnan, who was called by the govern
ment In an attempt to prove an alliance
between the American and the Call- ;
fornla companies admitted that a secret
file was kept by the company, to keep !
certain Information from clerks ami j
bookkeepers, but said he had withheld
none of the correspondence sought ly !
tlio government.
He was questioned closely as to the
absence of letters and telegrams which '
the government attorneys believed t.i j
exist, but replied that he had prodix e,l i
ull the correspondents he could lino, i
after a thorough search. i
Estate of Washburn
Clnao fn fhn WiI S
UUUO bU UUU fYJLUUW !
.
M1N.VF.APOLIS. Aug. '-.Wording to
W. I). Washburn, jr., the will of the
late A . I). Washburn, former senator m;d
railway builder, which now in jn tlie
hands of John Crosby, executor, leaves
the. entire estate to Mrs Washburn. "Fair i
Oaks" is to be retained by Mrs. Wash- LONrON, Aug. 2.-"Kid" McCoy, the
burn during her lifetime and then will go I Amor,can Prize fighter, charged with lar
to the city, which recently purchased it. ' cony' halti to httV been committed at
The value of the estate, It Is said, haw OMni- wa released on ball today, pend
not been ascertained. i lnK the arrival of papers from Belgium,
To succeed Mr. Washburn as a member I when n,s PaBe bo brought up in the"
of the board of directory of the Sou line j Bow 8trcrt Pul,e court.
Charles S. Plllsbury of Minneapolis today j McCo-V H attorney argued that the only
was elected. ( charge against his client was an uncor-
. ! Crated statement by a woman who had
ALLEGED MURDERER OF i bee'1 am'st('tl a the accomplice of the
! THAER ACQUITTED
CAIRO. 111., Aug. .-.-Thomas H. r
idan, former state's attorney of Johnson
county, was acquitted of the charge of 1
the murder of Harry Thacker by a jury I
at Vienna, 111., this afternoon. Thacker I
was killed as a result of a political fight !
.... viui"vii ure i
divided Into two faction,. FHends of the j
Thaeker faction are bitter over the Jury's :
action.
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CARMEN VOTING ON STRIKE
Thirteen Thousand Employes of Chi
cago Lines Demand More Pay.
POLLS TO CLOSE ON SATURDAY
Companies Are Given Wnk to Make
, Final Answer and Negotiations
Will Be Contlnned In the
Meantime,
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Employes on the
street railway line in Chicago began
voting at 4 a. m. today on whether a
strike is to be declared. The polls are
to close at 4 a. m. tomorrow, and a few
hours later the result will be known.
The threatened strike Involves 3,1K0 men
on the south side surface lines, 6,700 men
on the north and west sldo surface lines
and 1700 men on the elevated linos. The
men are demanding more waata. They
contend their average wage is less than
J800 a year, whereas the cost uf living
tor an average family is J1.20Q a year.
Even If a strike is voted for, both sides
say the tietng up of Chicago's transpor
tation facilities may be av'olded. Another
conference between the officials of the
union und the railways Is to be held and
the date for the companies' unswor to
the demands has been set for August 10.
W. D. Mahon, president of the Amalga
mated Association of Electric and Street
liailuay Employes has announced that
the wage stale must be decided for both
the surface and the elevated employes.
Ten Men Are Killed .
Collapse of Big
Power Station
NUREMBURG, Bavaria, Aug. 2.-Ton
v. nrkmen were killed, thirty-five seriously
Injured and five are missing as a result
of the collapse today of an Immense
power station under construction here.
The entire cdifioo crumpled and fell,
burying seventy-two laborers.
Conference Agrees on
Wool Tariff Bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. -Senator Siin-
I mons. representing tin; democraMiisur-
fifiit hIIIbiilc in the senate, and Hepre
M'Ut.itivp l'mli ru-oud, democratic leader
of Hie house, today reached an agreement
to frame a compromise wool bill similar
to that President Taft vetoed last sum
mi r. A meeting of the wool tarltf con
ferees will he held tonight.
Conferees on the Iron and steel bill,
which Is expected to pass both houses be
fore night, proceed o(iay , accordance
citli tlie prearranged program. They
"greed to all the tnifite amendments to
the hou.se hill .XCppt that for repealing
I he Oaiiudiuii reciprocity ae(.
J-'enutor .Slinnmos win ,, ,,... ,j.,
the
nenate nDnmlon
th;' reelnrocltv
',?nw,,t an'1 Hi" "PPort of
'""""craw and progress!'
tion.
fsi In that
ac-
Kid McCoy Given
Freedom on Bail
wM were in t
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liirtlAM riiT .
INUIAN AGENT ON BAD RIVER
RPSFRVflTlfl tSnCDCHinrn
ASHLAND. Wis., Auk 2-T r
ray
a 8Unervlnrr nf j .
ment. arrived at Ashland today to Take
charge of the Indian office of the md
pi..- i ,
r. ,vrn,aiiun, v-urnmissioner Valen
tine 1ms notified Major Campbell of his
Fiirponslon pending the answer to certain
charges against him. A faction of Indinn.
I ..oo L.... I1 ttgainsi ampoeu ror a year and
i the present suspension is the result of
i recent charges. Campbell's followers have
! no fear of the outcome.
GIRL IS SHOT THROUGH
i HEART BY HER BROTHER
ST. JOSPEH. Aug. 2.-Roy Cos, 15 years
old, son of a railroad man, killed his sis
ter. Melba, 9 years old, at Gentry, Mo.,
today. The boy was playing with a rifle
and did not know it was loaded. He
rmllAft - tha trlfcrof n nA - k..!f. .
r. " uunch WClll
through his sister's heart.
R0DEN8URG STATES
CASE CLEARLY TO
THE BULL
Illinois Congressman Does Not'
Mince Words ia Answering
McCormick's Question.
CHICAGO MAN TOLD SOME THINGS
Informed that Inquiry is Imperti
nent and Out of Place.
OTHER MEMBERS MAKE ANSWER
Seeking t Find Out How They
Stand on Colonel's Candidacy.
REPLIES NOT ALL SATISFACTORY
Copley Only Man on Delegation Who
Cornea Oat and Admits that Ha la .
for Roosevelt aad His Ideas
and Mtthoda. ,' , j
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.-Questioned by j
Medtll McCormlck of Chicago, one of i
the managers of Colonel Roosevelt I
presidential campaign, as to their attitude ;
toward the colonel's candidacy, repubii. I
can members of the Illinois delegation
in the house today engaged either in con
sultation among themselves or in making
reply.
Representative Rodenberg answered as
follows:
Medlll McCormlck: I regard your in
quiry aa impertinent as I absolutely deny
your right to Interrogate any republican
candidate as to his attitude.
W. A. RODENBERG.
Others commented as follows:
Representative Jamta R. Mann-I have
nothing to say,
Representative George E. Foss-I have
n.ade no reply to Mr. McCormlck.
Copley la a Mooaer.
Representative Ira (s Copley sent th
following message to Mr. McCormlck:
"I was nominated for congress on a
progressive republican platform in 1910
and again on the very same platform
this year. I sought the nomination on
the republican ticket. I feel that I am in
honor bound to support all candidates
honeRtly nominated on the same ticket so
long as 1 remain on that ticket. I do
not accept the action of the republican
national convention as binding on my
conscience. Before going further I must
await the action of the national progres
sive (or by whatever name it may be
designated) convention, both as to its
candidate and platform. I send this an
swer to you direct that you may make
such disposition of it as seems best."
"Representative Charles K. Fuller: .
"I am n republican and shall support
the entire republican ticket, state and na
tional. , . - . - - . .
Representative Jarrtefr ElftTfflhTiey. -
"I am not a candidate for re-election.
I will not reply to Mr. McCormick's tele
gram." Prince is Regular.
Reprouentatlve George W. Prince re
plied: "1 was regularly nominated at a pri
mary election as a republican candidate
for congress; as such nominee I deem it
my duty to support the republican ticket.
In that regard I stand exactly where
Governor Denecn stands."
Representative John A. Sterling said:
"I did not reply to the McCormlck tele
gram. I am for Taft everybody know
that."
Former Speaker Joseph O. Cannon:
"I have nothing to say about Mr. Mc
Cormlck or his telegram for publication."
Representative William B. McKtnley:
"Mr. McCormlck did not honor me with
one of hie mesages." .
i Want'a White Man's Party.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2. Supporters of
Colonel Roosevelt met here today for
mally to organize the progressive party
in Louisiana and to name delegates to
the Chicago convention.
Among those who are certain to be
elected delegates are John M. Parker,
who declared last night before leaving;
for Chicago that he would fight for
"white man's party," and Pearl Wight,
formerly national committeeman of
Louisiana.
Mr. Parker's statement that he would
urge the adoption ot a plank in the plat
form making It "strictly a white man's
party," is the only public declaration so
far as to how the Louisiana progressive
view the negro.
No attempt is being made, so It is
understood, to put forth any state ticket.
JEFFERSON C1TV, Mo., Aug. 2.-Mem-bers
of the progressive party in Missouri
began to plan today to get the names of
the proposed state candidates of the third
party on the official ballot. The secretary
of state has ruled that he will not order
the third party candidates put on the
ballot, as the law provides that all can
didates for offices shall be nominated at
a primary election. The law does not
inclue tbe electoral ticket which can be
nominated by petition.
An appeal to the court Is threatened
by the third party leaders.
Say Taft Speech la Negative.
OYSTER BAT, N. Y.. Aug. 2.-President
Taft did not meet the live Issues in hi
speech accepting the republican nomina
tion, said Colonel Roosevelt today. The
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