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Appear at Hot Springs Today
to Take Samuel Schepps
. to the Metrop-lis.
PRISONER HESITATES
TO ACCOMPANY THEM
He Wants Definite Proof They
Are from Prosecutor's
Office Before He Is
Given up.
Hot Springs, Aug. 14. Assistant
District Atorney Rubin, with a detec
tive from New York, arrived today to
take into custody Sam Schepps, alleg
ed paymaster of the gunman who
killed Herman Rosenthal, the gambler,
and started an Investigation of the
police scandal. Rubin at once visited
Acting Mayor Pettlt, and went into a
secret conference concerning the case.
So far as known, no police agents
are here. Bernard Sandler, Schepps'
attorney, is expectcu later today.
Hchepp's declares when he talked
with Rubin that, he wanted definite
proor of Rubin's Identity before go
ing back to New York with him.
Rabin has no letter from Whitman.
Mot Springs, Ark., Aug. 14. Sam
Schepps, held here as a material wit
ness in the Rosenthal murder case,
has been hidden by federal officers to
whom he was given into custody last
evening. After holding him three
days, the time limit of the law, the
police turned him over to Fred John
son, postmaster, and Deputy United
States marshal, and Johnson declines
to say where Schepps has been taken.
officers here are anxious to turn
Schepps over to representatives of the
New York district attorney's office, but
owing to the peculiar status of the
ease they fear possession of him
might be obtained through court tech
nicalities by other officers.
A local newspaper published an nr
mie, stating that representative of
the New York police department had
secretly come here, but this could noi
be confirmed'. Schepps has said sev
eral times he was willing to go back to
New York with representatives of tht.
district atorney's office, but that ho
iliil nut want to be taken by the police
department.
HO FUNDS III THE HANDS
OF
Bureau Facing the Greatest
Financial Crisis in Its
History.
Washington, Aug. 14. The pension
bureau today faces the greatest llnan
eial crisis In its history as the result
of lack of funds to pay pensions
caused by the delay a congress. The
San Francisco agenc y has a balance
of 70 cents and the Detroit agency of
only four cents. Other agencies re
port similar conditions.
STEEL BILL VETOED
Kxperletl, President Returns tlw
Measure to Congress without
Ills Approval.
Washington, Aug. 14. The presi
dent today vetoed the steel bill. In a
message the president said he disap
proved the measure because it pro
vided for revenue only and took no
account of the protection of American
Industries. He condemned the ways
and means committee for refusing
public hearings on the bill. The veto
as expected.
The president also said the bill af
fected not only the Iron and steel In
dustry but !i aided Industries, which
lie said were worth a separate classl
"cation. He aaldhe was not prepared
1,1 say there were no Items In the steel
schedules which might not be well re
'luced, but he pointed out that Its ad
valorem rate duty wa an apparent
reduction of 10 per cent from the du
ties of the Wilson law.
ASTOR'S HEIR A BOY
Widow of Titanic Hero Give Birth
lo Child Who Will Inherit
$8,000,000.
New York, Aug. 14 Mrs. Made
line I'orcc Alitor, survivor of the Ti
tanic dlsaatei In which her huabartn.
Colonel John Jacob Aator perished,
ve birth to a son , at :U 01 ! k
Jhls morning. The . new arrival hoa
'"en named John Jacob Aator after
"l father and becomes the direct
"'r to three millions xt the Astor
fortune.
Vice Consul Nliot and Killed.
Washington, Aug. 14. William
Utile M MasUr, American vice oon
""I at I'atatsna, Columbia, ha been
""t and killed. Dispatches to tha
ii (.i rtment do nut ia whether
Will Open Speaking Cam
paign at State Grange
Picnic.
Sea Girt, Aug. 14. Governor Wil
son will open his speaking campaign
in Pennsylvania according to pres
ent plans. The governor today accept
ed an Invitation to speak at the state
grange picnic within two weeks, the
location and probable dote to be an
nounced later. The governor also ex
pects to be able to announce today
whether he will attend the cere
monies at Indianapolis on August 21,
notifying Governor Marshall of his
nomination for the vice presidency.
Wilson had accepted an invitation
to a rally of New Jersey democrats at
Trenton on the same date, but it Is
expected the Jerseymen will postpone
the rally of the governor so desires.
As to the Veto.
"I'm heartily In favor of the wool
bill. I think yesterday's action of the
house entirely justifiable in passing
the bill over the president's veto,"
said Governor Wilson today. "I sup
pose the bill has little chance In the
senate." Pending public questions,
affecting the welfare of the farmer,
the tariff and agricultural interests of
the country, the governor said, would
be discussed in a speech before the
farmers of. Pennsylvania, Delaware
and New Jersey at the farmers' day
celebration at Gloucester tomorrow.
PLOT TO CAPTURE
CZAR IS REVEALED
Ten Men Doomed to Death for
Planning Seizure of His
Yacht.
London, Aug. 14. A dispatch to the
Daily News und Leader from Odessa
tells of a recent revolutionary plot on
board the battleship Ivan Zlatoust at
Scbastopol, for which ten men were
sentenced to death.
The revolutionists had the daring
object of seizing the Imperial yacht
Standart while the czar and his family
were on board voyaging from Malta to
Sebasitopol. The czar was to have
been compelled to abdicate his throne
or abrogate his powers and proclaim
a limited monarchy.
The seizure of the Imperial yacht
was to haw.- been the signal for a
general mutiny of the crews of the
Baltic squadron, Who were to arrest
or murder all the officers and attack
Cronstadt and St. Petersburg simulta
neously. Rigid censorship exercised over the
press has prevented any reference to
this incident or the recent symptoms
of grave dissatisfaction among the
rank and file of the army and navy,
and the officers of all grades have been
compelled to sign an agreement not to
discuss any phase of the discontent.
HEAR HjniLLE
Kimzey Stepp Kills Govan
Stepp with a Pistol, and
Is Held in Jail.
Correspondence of The Gazette-News.
i HendersonvlUe, Aug. J 3. Yester
day afternoon near HendersonvlUe,
Govan Stepps and hi brother, Klm
ey Stepps, had a family quarrel.
Govan was drinking, It Is said, and
became Infuriated, saying that he
would kill everybody In the neighbor
hood. With a pistol and a rasor he
tried to carry out his threat. His
brother to disarm him thought if ho
hot him In the arm the stun would
iMilai him. It Is said. But all too soon
he realized that he had misseu nis
Intention and his brother was dead
from his oversight
As soon a he reullied what had
happened Kimzey came at once to
the officer her never apeaklng a
word to any one, but praying and
crying thnt he had killed his brother.
He Is In Jail awaiting trial. Both men
were married.
ROY L. LEINSTER
Adjutant-General of the North Caro
lina National (iuard Dies at
Wilmington.
Oasette-New Rureau,
The Hotel Raleigh.
Raleigh, Aug. 14.
Adlutant-General Hoy L Lelnater
of the North Carolina National guaro
died at Wilmington today. He began
i,i , 'ui-.ni as a drummer boy at
HtMtenvllle In 1893, at the age of IB
vears. He rose succeasfully through
his company to regimental positions
und was commissioned aiijutani gn
Ml in November. 110. He wa born
on April 7, 77. The funeral will be
held at Htateavllle, with military non
am He la survived by a widow
mnilicr several brother and sisters
Bankers' Aid Proves of Great
Value in Police Graft
Inquiry.
New York, Aug. 14.- In the hunt
for evidence to convict the murderers
of Rosenthal the state's atorney and
grand jury have unearthed a wealth of
information showing that gamblers
and keepers of disorderly houses paid
sums aggregating hundreds of thou
sands of dollars yearly for police pro
tection. With the co-operation of the bank
ers of the. city Whitman has been able
to secure the names of four police in
spectors whose bank, accounts run
Into several hundreds of thousands.
One Inspector is said to have accumu
lated a million dollars.
Powerful banking interests, acting
through the New York clearing house
committee, came to the aid of District
Attorney Whitman yesterday in his
efforts to lay bare the alleged corrupt
alliance between the police and the
gambling fraternity, founded on graft
and blackmail.
As a result, records showing that
within the last eight hionths Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker, charged
with the murder or Herman Rosen
thal and accused of gambling graft,
has made bank deposits of $58,845 in
his own name or that of his wife,
were placed in the hands of the pub
lic prosecutor.
These deposits, the records show,
were first made In November, 1911,
shortly after Becker became head of
the strong arm squad of gambling
raiders, and continued during the time
that Jack Rose says he was collecting
graft for Becker and until after his
rrest. The table of deposits as pre
sented to the district attorney was as
follows: s
Corn Exchange bank, November 21,
1911, to August 1, 1912, $29,C15.
Corn Exchange bank (branch).
May, 1912, 4330.
Corn Exchange bank (branch),
April, 1912, $6000.
Corn Exchange bank (branch),
July, 1912, $10,000.
Empire Savings bank, April, 1912,
3500.
West Side Savings bank, May, 1912,
$30011.
Lincoln Trust company, April, 1012,
Mr.oo.
Total, $58,8411.
The district attorney has been
romlsed records of Backer's deposits
l four other banks, which did not
have time to go over their accounts
ind be has also discovered that Meek
er has an unknown amount of stocks,
bonds and other securities locked up
n two separate safe deposit vaults.
That the total value of the police
lieutenant's assets will be found to
ipproxlrunte $200,000 would be no
surprise to the district attorney.
Becker's salary as a police lieuten
ant was $2250 a year.
THREE INSURANCE COS.
TO EFFECT II MERCER
Security Life, Jefferson Stand
ard and Greensboro Life
to Combine.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Dally News Building,
Greensboro, Aug. 14.
Lust night at a meeting of the trus
tees of the Security Life and Annuity
company and of the board of directors
of the Jefferson Standard Life lnsur
ance company resolutions were passed
to consolidate the two companies. A
committee of six with three members
from each company was appointed to
meet as soon as possible and work out
the details of the consolidation. The
name of the new company will be de
rided at that time, along yith the
numerous other matters that will have
to be worked out to effect the legal
combination of the two.
Within a few weeks, it was stated
last night, the Greensboro Life Insur
ance company will be taken Into this
new organization which will make the
largest life insurance company in the
south, having an Insurance In force
aggregating $:i9,000.000. The nearest
company In size will lack $6,000,000 of
having this aggregate.
The announcement that the Security
Life and Annuity company was to be
concerned In the merger with the
Jefferson Standard, came last night
as a surprise, although It had been
evident throughout the day and espec
ially throughout the evening that both
.ompunleB were especially busy in
meetings. The Jefferson Standard
people were In session of the directors'
ro. mi of tlic Greensboro Ioan and
Trust company and the Security Life
and Annuity trustees were meeting In
their room In the Dixie bulldmg. It
was nearly midnight before the in
surance people were ready to Issue a
statement to the press.
NO STRIKE
Ilralnerd, Minn., Aug. 14. A stale
ment Issued here regarding the secret
vote taken by the federation of rail
way hop' employes of the roads west
of Chicago declare ther will be no
strike called In sympathy with the
Harrlman lino employe, now on
strike, i
1 The vote on strike lost by 164 vote.
Forty per cent of the members did
National Committeeman Gives
Reasons for Opposing
Candidacy of Taft.
THERE ARE 72 OF THEM;
HE ENUMERATES FOUR
President "Appropriated" by Inde
fensible Methods Sufficient Votes
to Give Majority.
Rdltor of The Gazett-News:
I feel it to be a duty which I owe
lo my fellow .republicans and to the
trust with which they Jiave honored
me, to state the reasons which oblige
me to oppose the candidacy of Mr.
Taft. There are 72 reasons which
determine my action, but I shall
enumerate now only four which I be
lieve will be found sufficient to justi
fy the course which I have taken and
intend to tako. 1 have agreed to
abide by the action of the primaries
about to be held and by the decision
of a duly constituted state convention
based upon the will of the people
fairly expressed In such primaries.
This fact obliges me to give candidly
the motives which goven my conduct
nd which I believe should govern the
conduct of all honorable and fair-
minded . republicans throughout the
United States. My language shall be
is temperate and respectful as the
exigencies of truth will permit. 1 shall
ot use the words "fraud," "theft,"
robbery," etc., but shall undertake
prove in the briefest space pos
sible that Mr. Taft "appropriated" by
ndefensible methods delegates dulv
hosen for Mr. Roosevelt sufficient in
umber to defeat the will of the oon-
ention and to give to Mr. Taft the
lender majority which he claims.
The California Cases.
The facts which invalidate Mr.
Taft's nomination:
First. By the last census three ad
ditional congressmen were given to
the state of California. The state had
not been redistricteil. it was agreed
etween the Taft and Roosevelt mana
gers that all of the delegates to the
Chicago convention should be elected
by the state at targe. In order to
make this agieemejkt between the po
litical managers absolutely binding.
William Howard Taft personally tele
graphed his assent and agreement to
the terms of the primaries. These
irlmarles gave Theodore Roosevelt
7,000 majority. Mr. Taft did not im
mediately violate his ;roniise and
ontest the result, but when he as
certained that his need of delegates
was painfully exigent, his managers
were Instructed to start a contest
laiming the two delegates from the
fourth district of California. The secr
etary of state certified under the
great seal of the state of California
that no one could determine how
many votes were cast for the repre
sentative candidates In the fourth dls-
rlct for the reason that 12 or more
precincts overlapped into the fourth
and fifth districts, but It was ascer
tained and undisputed that 14 candi
dates for delegates to Chicago rc-
eivea more votes in this indefinite
and non-dellmlted territory than the
wo delegates who were seated for
Mr. Taft. Here we have
1. Mr. Taft's violation of his plight
ed faith.
Arrant defiances of the will of
the people of California.
3. The insolent overruling of the
secretary of state, attested by the
great seal of his office.
No candid man will claim upon this
state of facts that Mr. RooBevelt was
not entitled to theta delegates, and
no earthly honor, not even 10 presl
dencleB should count In the scale
scale against Mr. Taft's repudiation
of his personal honor.
The 1-exan Cases.
Second. The republicans of Texas
were almost us strong for Roosevelt
as the republicans of North Carolina,
and It should be remarked thut these
two states alone held primary elec
tions In the vast stretch of country
from the Potomac to the Rio Grande,
and 1 venture to assert that If the
other southern states had allowed ttu
people to express their will in any
lnd of prlmuries, Roosevelt would
have had an overwhelming majority
because the people showed In every
state In the union where there was a
primary, an overwhelming preference
for Mr. Roosevelt as against Mr. Taft
Texas was entitled to 40 delegates, and
of this number the primaries showed
unmistakably that Mr. Roosevelt was
entitled to 34. The state convention
In Texas elected fairly and regularly
eight delegates at large Instructed for
Mr. Roosevelt, hut the Taft adherents
bolted, held a rump convention and
threw out exactly ninety and nln
counties which had Instructed for
Roosevelt. The reason assigned for
this high-handed proceeding was that
the republicans were not sufficiently
numerous (?) In these 99 counties to
be entitled to representation. Please
note this fact, that the counties ex
Hndcd were not excluded en blov In
the panhandle and prairie dog sec
tlon, but they were thrown out care
fully .and judiciously wherever Mr
Taft' Interests required, this work
disfranchisement. Compare thl with
lh conduct of the Taft men In the
states of South Carolina, Mississippi
and Louisiana where 100 counties, by
Actual and careful count, showed that
not one of the counties in the
state were eliminated, and yet not
one of the hundred had cast more
than 60 votes for Mr.' Taft In 1908
Any honest man on earth Is obliged
to conclude tbat the counties In Texas
were disfranchised because they were
for lloosevi It nnd the counties In th
three other states were permitted to
(Continued sag I)
Does Not Think Anyone
Knows Where Roosevelt
Stands on Negro Issue.
Chicago, Aug. 14. "We regard our
enemy in this campaign as the ancient
nemy, the democratic party," de-
lares Chairman Hilles of the republi
can national committee. "And we re
gard Wilson as the man we'll have to
efeat to re-elect Taft president.
"My friends think th etarlff will be
the Issue in this campaign. Wilson
emphasized the tariff question
nd I'm Inclined to think the light for
residency will center about that is-
ue.
Asked about the idea of Roosevelt's
attitude on the negro question Hilles
eplled that he did not know what
Roosevelt's ideas were and did not
hink"but few others did."
NOT GIGAHETTE SMOKER
SITS WIFE OF WILSON
She Indignantly Denies
as
"Pure Invention" Alleg
ed Newspaper Interview.
Sea Girt, N. J., Aug. 14. A news
paper syndicate story to the effect that
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson not only favor
ed the smoking of cigarettes by women
nt even had three cigarette boxes
lose at hand when the interviewer
uestioned her on her opinion of the
lews expressed by Gertrude Atherton
has made the wife of the presidential
ominee most Indignant. Mm Wilson
oes not smoke. Her daughters do not
smoke. She; Intensely dislikes the
moke habit in women, which may be
a tip to Washington society women.
Mrs. Wilson did not know anything
DOUt the interview until newspaper
clippings began to come In to Sea Girt
ontalnlng the story and editorial
comments thereon. She stood- It until
the editor of the Ohio State Journal
sent a clipping and an editorial, and
hen Mrs. Wilson's patience gave way.
She wrote the following letter and she
breaks her usual rule by hoping that
t obtains general circulation. It Is a?
follows:
Dear Sir 1 have just received a
copy of the Journal with your edlto-
ial entitled "Smoking Women," and I
leg leave to indignantly deny the
statement that I approve of women
smoking cigarettes.
The Interview upon which your edi
torial was based is a pure invention.
intensely dislike the cigarette smok-
ng habit for women. In fact so
strong is my feeling on the subject
that my real danger lies In being un
ust and unkind In my judgment of
those who differ with me In this re
spect.
Bui certainly no woman In our
household ever has or ever will smok.
Quite apart from the bad ta.te ,of It I
believe with you that It has an ex
tremely Injurious effect on the nerves
Yours very sincerely.
ELLEN A. WllSON.
Editor State Journal, Columbus, Ohio
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
line section of the alleged Interview
read as follows:
She smilingly exhibited three cigar
ette boxes In the corner of her desk
all but empty. "Why should not
woman smoke If she enjoys It?" she
queries. "Why hasn't she Just as
much right to a cigarette as a man
ertiilnly I agree with Mrs. Atherton
that any existing prejudice against
women smoking Is to the last silly
and absurd. Smoking cigarettes Is a
uestlon of manners, not morals."
There was much more to the same
effect.
Hack of the Interview and the sub
Ject of It lies a little mystery which
Gov. Wilson himself and other mem
hers of bis family believe may be
lue to a confusion of names.
There Is a Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
also there Is a Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
The one is the wife of the presidential
nominee, and the other la a very well
known wTlter. Mrs. Wilson und Mrs.
Woodrow were once relative, for the
writer was married to a cousin oi
the governor. Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
according to all reports by the persons
who have been Investigating in
source of the Interview, does smoke
and of course does not care who
knows It,
Naturally she would coincide witn
the views of Mrs. Atherton and would
not hesitate to suy so.
The, explanation Is thut ome editor
or some interviewer got tne two wom
en mixed and sent out Mrs. Wilson
Woodrow' views as those of Mrs
Woodrow Wilson.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
TRACED TO HOUSE OAT
Snrlngrteld, Mass., Aug. 14. Offl
clals of the local health depurtmen
believe they have traced the source of
Infantile paralysis to the house cat
huvlng discovered several well-ilevel
oped case In cats and ent them to
Boston for observation.
Four Americans Beaten.
Four American officer of a Paclfl
mall company' hlp now In Panama
harbor today repoi v. that they wer
assaulted and severely beaten by th
local chief of notice.
Representative have been made t
the Hate department and an Inveitl
gallon 1 being made.
Says Harriman Paid National l
i
Committee After Talk
With Roosevelt.
Washington, Aug. 14. Theodore
Roosevelt in 1604 invited Edward
Harrlman to the white house for a
talk about the political campaign
und and a few days later the railway
nancier raised $240,000 and turned
over to the republican national
ommittee, according to declarations
made today to the special senate in-
ulry committee by Benjamin B.
Well, former governor of New York.
Bliss Might Have Told "White Lies."
Odell'8 story is so different from
that told by George Sheldon about the
larriman contribution that the com
mittee asked for an explanation.
Udell replied that Cornelius N. Bliss.
republican treasurer in 1904,
might have told some "white lies'' to
Sheldon, with whom he was officially
ssoclated. Sheldon was treasurer of
1908 campaign. He had testilied
hat Bliss and Harrlman arranged for
contribution and that Roosevelt
Id not know about it until after the
lection. Ddell testified that the Har
rlman contributions was used in the
New York campaign.
M'INTYRE IS TRICED
TO HIMLEUll LOST
Police of Many States Seek
Man Accused of Sending
Bomh.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Daily News Buiidii-.g,
Greensboro, Aug. 14.
A day fraught with false hopes and
efforts to follow up cold trails closed
Officers say they are i 'ose on the
track of Ed. R. Mclntyre. wanted on
the charge of sending an Infernal ma-
hlne to Miss Ollie Hoover of High
Point nnd they appear confident that
le will soon he apprehended. The
xpress agent and assistant, injured
y the exploding package, are recover
ing.
ast night with the admission from
Jnlef of Police Ridge, of High Point,
that in so far as he could tell Ed R.
Mclntyre may have been swallowed up
by the earth. Vague reports and tele
grams came to the chief from all parts
of the country, officers in distant states
wiring for more precise descriptions
r marks of Identification, but few of
fering any hope of an arrest. At mid
night last night a long distance tele-
Jhone call from a point several hun
dred miles from High Point und along
he route Mclntyre vis believed to have
taken furnished a new hope, but only
the coming of morning can tell wheth
er or not the suspicion of the officer at
he other end of the line was of value
Phis officer had read in his morning
japer a description of Mclntyre and
had the right man spotted. He
said that his suspect came Into hi
own on un early morning train. The
thcer was given a full description of
Mclntyre and asked to communicate
mmedlntely with Chief Ridge if he
found any grounds for this suspicion.
Mclntyre is wanted on a warrant
barging the Bending of an infernal
muehine to Miss Ollle Hoover, a pretty
oung stenographer, the package be-
ng mlssent by an express clerk and
xploding last Saturduy In the High
Point express office, seriously injuring
Munager Iiusbee and Cashier Morton
How the package remained In the ex
press office for elsht months, with
Mclntyre making no effort to remedy
his act and how finally It exploded
In the hands of Munager Busbee Is
familiar to people throughout the
state. The work of Chief Ridge, too,
n fastening the crime on Mclntyre Is
familiar.
But once yesterday did the "human
hounds" strike anything which resem-
led a warm trail. This led from finr-
ber Junction, where Mvlntyre was lost
Monday morning, to Hamlet and there
ended as abruptly as It had on the
preceding day at Barber Junction. It
was considered rather Important, how
ever, that the long distance message
late last night came from the direc
tion which Mclntyre Is believed to
huve taken from Hamlet. Chief Hldge
declined tn reveal the source of this
message.
WANT UNION LABEL
ON SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
Resolution to That End lrobnhly Will
He Adopted by tin- Typo
graphical I'nlon.
Cleveland, Auk A resolution au
thorizing an Investigation of public
school textbook and the adoption of
textbook manufactured by employer
of union labor I expected at thl
morning's session of the Internation
al Typographical union convention.
The report of the committee on laws
Is also scheduled.
Denies Sugar Agreement.
Denver, -Aug. 14. Thomas Duke,
former ecretary of the Wholesale
Grocers club, fesumed the witness
stand today In a federal Inquiry Into
tl . operation of the so calb-d sugar
trut. Duke who w secretary of the
Wholesale Grocer association In
mil said he never had In hi posse -lon
an agreement of grocers to ad
vance the price of sugar In the state
m.d didn't know any wus in exlston
House Passes the Wool Bill
over President's Nega
tive by Margin of
Five Votes.
PROBABLY IT WON'T
GO THROUGH SENATE
Defection of Many House Re
publicans Take Leaders"
by Surprsie Want
Cotton Measure.
Washington, Aug. 14. By the nar
row margin of five votes, the house
yesterday passed the. wool tariff revi
sion bill over President Taft's veto.
The vote, 174 to 80. was made pos
sible only by the defection of 21 re
publicans who voted with the demo
crats. The announcement of demo
cratic success created a wild scene in
the house and amid great confusion
the republican leaders protested that
Speaker Clark must count as voting
10 members who answered "present"
to their names, a ruling which would
have defeated the democratic program
by overwhelming the five vote margin
and making impossible the recording
of the necessary two-thirds vote of
the house. This the speaker declined
to do.
Less than an hour after the wool
bill had been repassed in the house,
the conferees on the Bugar tariff bill
met and disagreed. They determined
to report to the house and senate
that it had been found impossible to
reach a compromise between the Un
derwdbd and Lodge-Bristow bills.
This action Is expected to mark the
end of sugar tariff consideration In
the present session, and the excise tax
bill, which was framed to make up
revenues that would have been lost
by the reduction of the sugar tariff,
also probably will remain in confer
ence when congress adjourns.
While democratic and progressive
leaders of the senate do not believe
the wool bill can be passed In that
body over the president's veto, they
will continue the demand for action
on the cotton tariff measure.
Republican Leader- Surprised.
The vote on the wool bill came as
a surprise to the republican leaders of
the house. When they discovered that
defection from their ranks was to be
expected It was too late to prevent It.
As a result the following republicans
went over to the democratic camp and,
with their votes made victory possible
or the majority:
Representatives Akin, New York;
Anderson, Davis, Lindbergh, Miller,
Steenerson and Stevens, Minnesota;
nthony, Rees and Young, Kansas;
Cooper and Moose, Wisconsin; Hau
;en and 'Woods, Iowa; Helgeson,
Vorth Dakota; Kent, California; Laf
ferty, Oregon; LaFollette and War
burton, Washington; Norris and
iloan, Nebraska.
Not In the memory of the oldest
member of the house has a tariff
measure ever been passed over tho
president's veto by the lower branch
of congress. Neither Speaker Clark
or Majority Leader Underwood could
recollect such an occurrence.
When Speaker Clark announced the
vote and declared the bill again had
been passed, "the president's veto to
the contrary notwithstanding," there
was a wild outburst of applause from
the democratic side. The tumult was
Increased by the statements of a half
dozen republicans that the ruling was
unconstitutional. When semblance of
order was restored Representative
Gardner of Massachusetts insisted
that the constitution provided that a
two-thirds vole of the house was
necessary and that the 10 members
voting "present" should be counted,
for they had recorded their presence
In the house. Representative Olm
sted of Pennsylvania, one of the fore
most parliamentarians In congress,
supported the contention.
"These 10 members who voted
present," ruled the speaker after a
lengthy examination of precedents,
"are recognised as being present only
to constitute a quorum. The consti
tution, as Interpreted In the past,
clearly provided that all decisions
must rest on a yea and nay vote."
Representative Fitzgerald of New
York, democrat, supported Mr. Olm
sted and Mr. Gardner In their con
tentions, while Minority Leader Mann
supported the speaker's position. The
speaker, when the debate broke out
with renewed vigor, quickly put a
damper on It.
"You may talk all you want," he
Hild, "but the chair has no Intention
now or later ot changing Its ruling."
SEAT SALE HEAVY
New York and Chicago Nationals to
Begin Tlirce-Gamr Relies In
Windy City.
Chicago, Aug. 14. The advance
sale of seat la heavy for the series of
three games between New York and
Chicago, National league leaders, the
first of which will lie played tomor
row. The victorious invasion of th
east by the cub has given renewed
hope to follower of the wast sld
team. Twelve cam behind the lead
ers when th-y left (or the Mat, th
Cubs return tonight only six games
behind, having won 1
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