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VOL. XVIII, NO. 137.
ASHEVILLE, N. Ci MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1913.
ilJIIlMlte:
MEXICO
MYSTEBY IN DISPATCH
TO STATEDEPARTrJlENT
Coming Fortnight Expected to
J ' Be of Immense Importance
' .to Maintenance of. the
Huerta Rule.
NO MILITARY PLANS
ARE OBSERVABLE HERE
President Anxiously Awaiting
Recalled Envoy in Hope of
Getting Basis for De
finite Policy.
I' . By Associated Press.
Washington, July 21. Alarming re
DUEL'S SPEECH
CAUSEDJE RIOT
Radical Branch of Socialists
Assert This in Memorial
to President.
HflJUBB-
FOREIGN LOBBY
Republican Senator Alleges
: Democrats Gave These In
terests "Even More
than They Asked."
ME1T1 BOARD
HAS BEGUN WORK
REPUBLICAN PAINTS
It Is Believed Railroads Will
Withdraw 4 Their Griev
ances for Time Being.
ports of an approaching crisis In Mex
ico have been received here by high
government officials. It was author!
, tatively. stated today upon unlmpeach
able authority that the developments
. of the coming two weeks are regarded
" as freight with tremendous import
ance to the Huerta government..
So delicate is the information they
contain that an intimation of the- ad
vices became known today only with
:-- the stipulation that It was unofficial
and that It should not be represented
as boing the view of any .official of
the United States government.
Authoritative publication of the na:
ture of the advices, it was said, prob-
. ably would precipitate the very crisis
he dlsDatches forecast. . Tho means
by which the predicted, events were to
' bo brought , to pass or' what was to
follow were not hinted at in the re
.". porta, 'which so f ir have found jio re
flection in mllita.y or naval prepara
. tlons by the United States. i: ,
. " Meanwhile the administration Is
marking- time on the Mexican problem
pending the arrival of Ambassndo!
Wilson from Mexico City, which Is ex-
pected by Thursday or Friday.
President Wilson finds himself in
the same state of doubt as to actual
conditions in the rebellion torn, re
public, as he did when In the hope of
getting at the facts he summoned tho
American ambasfador to the capital.
He realizes that even the Americans
' scattered throughout Mexico Individ
ually are unable to get a comprehen
sive view of the situation in the whole
' country, their Judgment being affected
by purely local events. From the Mex
ican capital come reports that have
turned every engagement to a federal
victory and so far the administration
has heard absolutely nothlnm except
through the press reports from the
constitutional side of the case.
This has led to Intimation that In
formation of a reliable character from
that source would be welcome by the
administration.
At the request of Secretary Bryan,
Burgeon General Blue of the public
health service, has ordered quarantine
nfflran at Havana and Key West to
' expedite the passage of Ambassador
Wilson.
By Associated Press.
Seattle, July 21. Responsibility for
the riots Friday night in which the
headquarters of the socialists and In
dustrial Workers of the World were
sacked and the furniture burned in
the streets by mobs of civilians led
bv sailors from the Pacific reserve
fleet, was placed on Secretary of the
Navy Daniels in a memorial to prest
dent Wilson, adopted by the radical
wing of the socialist party yesterday.
The headquarters of this branch of
the socialists was one of the places
wrecked by the mob.
The- memorial denounces Secretary
Daniels for his speech at the Rainier
club Thursday night, in which he
made a brief reference to patriotism
and denounced the red flag and Its j
supporters.. . -
The memorial sets forth tnat
By Associated Press.
New York, July 21. The confer
ence committee of railroad managers
held their first meeting today with
' PTPTTTR'F (IV UTTTN members of the board of mediation
i , 'and conciliation who are trying to
- ' mediate In the dispute between the
l 'a'' n eastern railroads and their trainmen
Asserts that Competition of . ,,.,, Tho m(mhPrB n, thi
RFSI1MFS WW'.PROTECT ORATE
I I mm W W I I M mm mm
DELEFT DFFj
Mulhall Tells Committee How
He Hectored One "Pin
head Politician," Loun- -denslager
of Jersey.
GETS SUPPORT
BURTON
ATTACKS
UNDERWOOD BILL
Byan's Scheme for Rehabili
tating Nicaragua Finances
Will Receive Indorse
ment by Majority.
and conductors.
Orient Is More to Be Feared b0"d -JudJe niam chambers,
, Martin A. Knapp, and G. W. Whanger
than That of Europe.
By Associated Press,
desired first to hear- the position- of
the railroads atul later to receive the
representatives o the employes.
W. G. Lee, president of the Brother-
CHARGE OF FORGERY -
RETRACTED BY GIBSON
Says Every Interest Except TQ Buy CANal ROUTE
Letter From Union Pacific
Counsel Explains Discre-
' pancy which Led to La
mar's Alligations.
21. Asserting hood of Railway -Trainmen, and A. B.
l UMllIUKlUll. dUiy iUMCiuiir, .
that a foreign "lobby" had Influenced jGarretson, head or tne oroer 01 Kan
the democrats in the framing of the W Conductors, waited at their head
unfl.m-ffimmnn, tariff bill. Sena- Quarters in a downtown Aotel
tor. Smoot, republican .member of the "Pected an opportunity .to appear
,-ered ft tore me., ieuei.ii pvm mm unci n
vigorous attack, on the measure. He
painted a picture of mills shut-down,
workmen unemployed, investors ruin
ed and an era of general financial and
thn : iiwliiotflo! Honi-Aminnn na the: result of
socialist party has never advocated jne levelling of tariff walls. European
violence and .has never advocated, I ,winred. were not so much
feJSr - JT of cS'to j to be feared as competitors as were j mediaUon and Uatunder the
They
be-
afternoon
I . . .... .
as soon as tne commissioners nnisneu
their conference! with the railroad
managers. '
':, New' York, July 21. Judge William
L. Chambers, and G. W. Whanger, who
were- appointed by President Wilson
on Saturday as commissioner and as
sistant commissioner of the board of
llie Hag Ul ma Wi":u amir, v
emblem or Insignia thereof.";
"Moreover," continues the memo
rial,' "we submit that the chief Way
in which the national emblem Is be
ing desecrated in this and other
cities of the Union today Is by the
bloaking or rascality and tyrannical
abuses of the aspiring poor within
Its folds; In short, making a He of its
symbolism. We call attention, Mr.
President, to the saying of Dr. John
son: 'Patriotism is the last refuge of
the scoundrel.' We have, on the con
trary, steadfastly and consistently In
sisted that the Issue toward which
our activities- and our - propaganda
were directed was not one or nags,
but of bread." - s ,
Concerning the visit of Secretary
Daniels and his speech at the Rainier
club.-Thursday night, the -mnmorlal
says:-. .- -, '" - '' - . -:
"Our propaganda and our educa
tional efforts have prospered under
the dally fire of abuse and mlsrepre
sentatlon until the coming to this city
of Josephus Daniels, secretary or tne
navy, who on Thursday evening, July
17, delivered his illy-corfsldered ad
dress which, considering the presence
In port of tho Pacific fieet of the navy
under hai ranking control, with men
and officers on shore under the artifi
cial psychology of hatred and bitter
ness toward us, amounted to a most
Incendiary utterance.
the nations of the orient.
"There" has been' a lobby here In
behalf of foreign manufacturers", he
charged, ."such as was never before
witnessed in this history of the na
witnessed in the history of this
nation, and they have' gotten even
more than they asked for. The
Italian chambei of commerce of New
York asked for certain reductions, and
tht democrats in nearly every case
have given them more than they
asked.':
that of the Consumer Has
. Been Ignored.
Bv Associated Press.
Washington, July 21. Denunciation
of free trade as a timely policy for
the United States, . a prediction of
failure in Its purpose for the Underwood-Simmons
tariff bill and an at
tack on an advalorem tariff system
were voiced by Senator Burton of Ohio
today when tariff discussion was 're
sumed in the senate. .
the tariff "rather with the conviction
that whenever there shall be an era
of amity and mutual concession in
trade among nations, and our country
shall have reached a point when Its
terms of the Newlands amendment to
the Erdman act, today established
headquarters here for an attempt to
mediate the differences existing be
tween the eastern railroads and their
80,000 or more trainmen and conduc
tors. The task they faced was that
of getting the parties to the contro
versy to agree upon steps for arbitra
tion under the federal boards' aus
pices. The hitch in the situation came
last week with the eleventh-iour pro
posal of the railroad managers' con
ference committee that grievances
which the railroad companies had
The senate assailed the increase In! should be-submitted to arbitration at
the free list, especially with reference
to sugar, wool, pig Iron and textiles.
He charges that the sugar industry of
Hawaii and Porto Rico would be ru
ined, with consequent benefits to tho
so-eallcd sugar J'trust" and that China
With Its great steel plants, would cap
ture the steel business of the western
hemisphere, i
Referring to the Walker traffic bill
of 1860 on which he contended the
present bill' was largely modelled, Mr.
Smoot said the- Walker law provided
for the admission fee of only about !
per cent, of imports, while the Underwood-Simmons
measure allows 55 per
cent, of the greatly increased volume
of incoming trade to -enter untaxed.
Under" the Walker law, he added,
the average rate of duty on all Im
ports was 23.16 while under the pro
uosed new law the rate would be
the same time as the employes de
mands are considered. The union
leaders protest against the injection of,
the railroad companies' grievances in j
this sudden and unexpected manner.
The federal coirtmiueioners arranged
for their first business today to meet
Elisha Lee, chairman of the railroad
managers', conference committee, to
learn the railroads' side of the dis
pute. A provailing belief was that the
railroads would consent to a compro
mise by withdrawing their grievances
for the time being, with the' under
standing that they will bo taken up
as soon as the-' employes' demands
have been arbitrated. It was said nana, inciuu.i., ju
,,.i.i .t senator Bevenage. a nine iiubc
i-ne memorm, l ' merely a trifle over 18 per cent
secondary cause was the attack made, ' . , . , w.
on their soldiers by a crowd about a
street speaker on Washington street,
Thursday night, which was not con
nected with tho socialist party. Con
cluding, the memorial says:
"We, theroforo, after due delibera
tion, plHce responsibility upon the
secretary of the navy, Mr. Josephus
Daniels, who Is already making efforts
lo explain, but we submit, Mr. Presi
dent, that na amount of explanlng can
restore to us our estate in both moral
and physical particulars held by us
prior to disasters resulting from his
remarks. . i
YOUTH CONFESSES
TO SM THEFT
Seventeen Years Old Boy Rob
: bed Express Office at Lake
Charles.
First Payment on the Million
for Vanderbilt University
Is Made.
By Associated Press.
Lake Charles, La., July II. A 17
years old express wagon driver, Her-
chel Pierce, confessed today that he
stole 122,000 In currency from the
Wells-Fargo company last November,
according to ths police. Hs gnlned
access to the company' money chest
' t the railroad iiatlon by ft key h had
ecretly obultvd nd after extracting
the psc-ksge of bills, which wss con
signed to ft bank, substituted ft psck-
c contAlnlng only paper.
riercs led officers to ft chicken
houMe at his home where thoy un
earthed l76 In crnth and 12000 was
. found In the rge of Pierces uncle,
A. K. Amy, t KiinU-e, I- Amy m
-rusted wturdsy and today, accord
ing to thn police, confessed he whs
liiillly of the hnrge of having re
relved tl-n money. The mony found
tndny snd ,rlerly of Amy s Hi-wil,
lrlnic the amount recovered to about
114.(00.
I-li n e mid. according to the police,
ttu.t h hint no MMHlMlance In the rli
1.. rv eiihi-r In lh planning or the e
.. ntii.n, l.u t viilin i n I Iv illvlil. il -lih
..v IMir... nl- c linn Ix-i-n IhkIiIV
s , ! . .. 11.. I i
Fy Associated Presft. .
Nashville. Tenn.. July II. Chsncel
lor J. H. Klrkland announced today
that ft check for $200,000 of Andrew
Crnegie' million dollar gift to the
Vanderbilt university medical depart
ment had been received. This sum Is
for the erection of laboratories. The
interest on ths remainder Is being
held by th Onrnegie corporation mr
the benefit of the medical school. The
announcement la made that so far as
the nresent board of trust Is concerned
the episode of the bishops' veto of the
Carnegie gift Is at n end.
The governing board of the medical
school, appointed recently by th Uni
versity board of trust, will meet In
October.
All tho world knows how tnis
country suffered as a result of the
Wilson tariff law Is 1896," he contin
ued, "but the average rate of duty
now is over two per cent, lower than
was the case under the last democratic
tariff, when the business of the nation
was paralyzed and three million per
sona thrown out of employment."
Senator Smoot charged the demo
crats with Inconsistency In the fram
ing of the measure. Calling attention
to the fact that wheat, flour, corn and
cornmeal, potatoes and virtually evey
form of meats go on the free list,
certain food products peculiar to the
south remained under a tariff tax.
"Rice, peanuts and bananas, grown
in the south," he charged "are on the
dutiable list. They re used by poor
people generally. In Porto Rico rice
is consumed to the extent ol luu
pounds per capita. It can be used In
stead of horn and wheat But corn,
wheat, potatoes and other such prod
ucts go on the free list wntte rise is
made dutiable."
The senator then launched into ft
detailed comparison of the' cost of
jiroductlon and the wages paid In th
United States and aDroaa, ana asserieu
the removal of dutlos was an open In
vitation to foreigners to use the United
States as a "dumping"' ground for
their surplus products.
China and Japan, he said, with their
vr-lncreaslng mills, would prove dis
astrous competitors In the homa mar
ket, especially In the steel Industry.
Ha concluded by declaring that "tin?
Question of the future will be thnt of
competition with the stravatlon wagi
of Asia Instead of with the low rates
of rSurope.'
' , ' ' Bv Associated Press.
Washington, July 21. Refreshed by
a two-day rest, Martin M. Mulhall,
former lobbyist for the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, continued his
story today before the senate Investi
gating committee.
A letter from Thomas Gibson, a
New York financial writer, frorn whom
David Lamar testified he got informa
. i . . i ..v. .. nr ceo Ann -
HOn LU Ilia CUmsc wi a. - , i j
000 forgery on the books of the Union productive capac ty had been fully de
Pacific railroad, was put In the record.
Gibson wrote he did not know La
mar; did not now believe there was a
forgery, and was sending out a retrac
tion to his subscribers. Paul D. Cra-
vath, counsel for the railroad, put In
a letter from a firm of public account
ants explaining the apparent discrep
ancies upon which Lamar based his
sensational charge.
The late Representative Henry C.
Loudenslager of New Jersey, who was
secretary of the republican congres
sional committee in 1908, seemed to
have Incurred the enmity of Mulhall
in October of that year. Mulhall
wrote to Secretary Schwedtman of the
manufacturers: "I told this gentle
man that the manufacturers of this
country were tired of 'plnhead politics
and Dlnhead politicians.' When I was
through. Mr. Loudenslager offered an
anoloev. claiming that he would be
good from this time
gave him to-
comes up for
hear from our people."
Mulhall did not fully explain why
he had fallen out with Loudenslager.
Schwedtman wrote to Mulhall In Oc
tober: "I do hope that when James
E. Watson (of Indiana) gets in the
governor's chair he will lay a half
dozen of his good friends (?) over his
knee and spank them to beat the
AND A NAVAL BASE
United States Assumes No
Obligation for Payment of
Latin Republic's
Debts, 'Tis Said. V
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 21. Now that
Secretary Bryan's proposal for a vlr-
Senator Burton declared he was nojt(jal protect0rate over Nicaragua has
worshipper of protection as a "fetish", I become pubHc. state department offi
but that he approached the subject of ' c(als are expecting inquiries from the
European powers respecting its de
tails.. Most of the diplomatic repre
sentatives of the powers are absent
from Washington at the summer em
bassies and legations in the north;
veloped, free trade might be optional consequently no view, from that quar-
nolicv" Such, he said, was noi mu . m .,. v..
ca e he disposition "to restrict trade . The '"Xfi, h ter!
among nations and to grant access t-.'plan be extended to cover all the ter.
Lmo.,"fLn nHl,r concessions rltory near the Panama canal one has
aroused the keenest Interest in Latin-
ln reiurjj ueuns . ,.v. . hM. f
Averring that a free traoe policy American tm.-. -
only is applicable on the theory that opposition. Salvador recently made
U universally can be applied, the Ohio some objections to the Nicaraguan
senator declared: treaty in its original, form, and Cos a
"The attempt on the part of a free1 Rica more recently objected to certain
trade nation to apply the theory in propositions relating to thecanal
Dractice without the concert of other, route; but the latter were based sole
nations reveals the serious dlsadvan-'ly upon a claim for consideration in
tage of such a position. ..; Even if the-! connection with the use of the San
oreticaliy in the most correct situa- Juan river, which Costa Rica claims
v. t i 4t,A wnrtu nnaition to aa her territory.
nun. Hue m " v.... ..v. - - -
. , cho mnv hnv-A re-1 tfnronean Interest, however, is
enioiue urn
She may have re
course to means of protecting her in
terests except to persuade the states
men of other countries that they, to
gether with herself, would be better
i ....Aor a reelme of freedom m
i
European interest, however,
chiefly in the investments of her citl
ens In enterprises and securities of
Latin America. An association repre
senting those interests has recently
been supported by the British, Frencn
while they, on the other and German governments and very .re-
navai
iii commerce; wnue mey, on v..... hum ucimai,
lis time on, but I plainly bargain between themselves cently Great Britain mada . a
understaniKthat when he better" advantage and at 'the same demonstration against Guater
r renomlnatioiT he would , .. , hB- nDBI1 mr-i fn navment of interest on
that the union
firm against the arbitration of the two
controversies at 4he same time but
were willing to agree to the separate
hearings.
SUFFRAGETTES ON
TO
ISHINb
T
time profit by 'access to her open raar
kfciS." '- '
senator Burton further declared
that the democrats had framed a bill
which literally tears to pieces the fis
n.i nniicv of the nation in order to
satisfy the craving ror lowering i"
Guatemala to
force payment of interest on bonds.
The object of European representa
tions will be to see that provision for
guaranteeing such obligations Is made
in any treaties such aa that proposed
with Nicaragua,
Secretary Bryan will confer again
Scores of Automobiles Bearing
Women to Storm House
and Senate.
CONGRESS ASKS AS TO
PERRY DECORATION
Bv Associated Press.
Washington, July 21. Congress has
been called upon by President Wilson
fur Us formal derlalon whether Rear
i.imiri.1 It E. Peary. U. 8. N., retired.
may accept the decoration of Grand
nHlciT of lh I-rlnn of Honor con
ferred unon hlrn liy ITrnliient P"ln
cure of Trance In recognition of his
rctlc explorations.
Ailmlrul Peary, a a naval officer.
cannut crept ft Klft or drcnrallnn
in.m fun-Inn naMim without con
nal perinli.iliin. AccordlnKW the
poiailiiti n" lurried over to Myron
T. Mrrl-l.. A nierl. r a indnvaadiir I
, .,,.,.. I f..i in i. I II tn relur
HQLIETOFftYETTEVlLLE
Town which Offered Site and
$3000 Gets Building Home
Chairman. .
Hpeclnl to The (Insette-Newi.
Ilahlgh. July II. Kayettevllle to
day was selected for the sits of th
confederate women's home, for which
110,000 ha been appropriated by th
1-ri.l.iur.i. tiisether with 15000 for
maintenance. Fayelt.-vllla olTerd on
i,f threa sites end UnoO. Aahte;
lit, i n waa elwted chairman of th
Imllilliiff rmnrtilttee, hu h will empl
:i u in. I.llert and prore
, -I ... f t'.e iMiil-tltig
ll
Hh tli
By Associated Press.
Washington. July 21. Scores of
suffraglsl-laden automobllea are hast-
nlna- toward Washington bearing pe
tltlona to congress for a constitution
al amendment granting universal uf
rraa-e. and by the end of this week
leaders of the National Women Suf-
fraira association said today these au
tomoblles would b numbered by the
hundreds. The senate and house are
to be stormed by the motoring women
ulv 11.
Already a number of state parties
of women are on their way awheel.
An official statement says that dele
gates are now on the road from Mon
tana, Tennessee, Virginia. New York,
M.auchnaetta. Pennsylvania. New
Jersey and several other state These
early starter sre speaxing ror m
"cause" ftlona; the way na swelling
their llsta of signatures to the peti
tion to congress.
Extended preparation are Deing
n.ia tnr th ceneral reception at
Hyattsvllle, Md.. to the women pil
grims. II. Mnrtln Williams, reamna
clerk of the house, na voiumeereu
to act as announcer aa the several
stats delegations rrlvs In their cars.
A large number of senstors and rep
resentatives have promised to serve
on the reception commltta. provided
public business will permit, and mere
Is to be mnalc and other featuses.
Intfrrwtlng Dun-ovrry.
not framed to. encourage capna-i io
enter new fields pf industry or to ex
tend those already established: it was
not devised for the purpose or invit
ing our farmers to' reclaim new acres
for cultivation; it is certainly not cal
culated to enlarge the opportunities
for labor to find profitable employ
ment. Its sole Justification Is a re
duced cost of living. If it fails in this
it falls utterly."
The belief of many persons Is a de
lusion, the senator said, tnat protec-
. i .nMir I Monflhclhla fnr tho tlieh
,..A- ,!,. UVC lllllll .Co,..-....- -
enure v . . ,u,, ..... ... , f ,
n he rinisnes nis term as cna.r- r,,,..,.- . .dvalorem stem
adopted in the bill as a substitute for
aneclflc duties. Senator Burton ae
ild
T)y Aslated Pre.
phtl.d.Johla. July II. What la
to bo an ftrchaeologlral discovery of
ur.nl Interest to scholars the World
over. Is announced by the museum of
ths University of Pennsylvania. It Is
shattered tablet upon particles of
which nleced together, ftre Inscribed
many missing laws from the cods of
Klna- Hamurnhl. who rulefl uanyionia
at a period estimated about 1100 to
IJO0 11. C.
Mo of the laws, as deciphered, re-
'. r In financial tranaactlona. and one
,-i.nliilnii the germ from which, per
hapa, sprang Ml biiiikriipt laws of th
tnat 4IH)0 yenr. It was found
friends more than I do the worst
enemies."
Mulhall said all his accounts were
kept by an expert who accompanied
him on his trips, evidently his wife.
"She was drove crazy in the sixth
New Jersey campaign," said he. -"She
kept all my accounts and she was the
best politician I ever knew
A Mulhall expense account, dated
October 81, 1908, showed an Item of
1300 "paid to William M. Walsh, of
the executive board In the . tenth,
eleventh and fifteenth congressional
districts of Pennsylvania t odo gen
eral campaign worn."
I think we made a good friend of
Senator Dolliver and he made me
promise to call on him when we come
to Washington," Schwedtman wrote
Mr. Mulhall December 1, 1908.
Mulhall wrote Schwedtman:
"We have secured In the person of
George R. Malby. a representative
from New York, a man who fills the '
hill
whe
man of the Judiciary committee. This
has been entirely satisfactory to Mr.
Emery and I think It is a splendid
move." It developed, however, Malby
did not get the place.
Congressional lllu k Llxt.
A long "black list" of congressmen,
republicans and democrats who had
Incurred theennuty of National sss'n.
of Manufacturers and welt to be
opposed when they came up for re
election, wa presented by Mulhall.
William Hughes, New Jersey, now
senator; William R. Wilson, of Penn
avlvania. now secretary of labor;
Thomas D. Nichols, of the tenth
Pennsylvania: George A. Pearre, of
the sixth Maryland, and John L. Bsr
nctt. of the seventh Alabama, were
described by Mulhall as being "on
the permanent blacklist," "because
they were always In favor of labor
legislation. Against all tnesa men we
mads every effort to drive them from
public life," said he.
On another list, Irvine l umrooi
and Henry A. Cooper, of Wisconsin;
Auaustus P. Gardner. Massachusetts;
Herbert Parsons. New xorg; n-
Ham 8. Greene, Massachusettes; Vic
tor Murdock. Kansas: James T.
McDermott. Illinois; , Champ Clark,
Missouri, and Ollhert N. Haugen, of
Iowa, were described aa "Cannon
Hat" and were In dlafavor with the
nraanlzatlon. Mulhall swore, because
of their opposition to Speaker Can
non. On another Hat were mo
and Nelson," Wisconsin; Harry U
Mavnard, of Virginia nd Louuensie-
er. of New Jersey. Mulhall swore
ths list had been furnished by Con
rreaaman Watson or "by Mr. t niios.
. i.rk tn the house committee on
mttr elnlma In 1110.
November I. 10, two days before
lection. Mulhall wrote Hchwedt
man:
"KVillowIng It a Hat of congressmen,
would advlaa having Mr. Van Cleave
send telegramir to, who I feel sure
will ! elected ami who hsvs been our
frlemU In the past
The Hat Included Pherman. Cannon,
(Continued on pat t)
cost of living and to justify the declar- on the project with the senate foreign
tion of their party platform tnat tne relations committee next oaiuraay.
hlef cause of the high cost of living; His plan is said to have the support
of President Wilson.
Assistant Secretary Osborne's recent
visit to Santo Domingo and Haiti has
. .. . -I Pf -n
was "tne existing proictuvo . ...
acted by the republican party."
This." said Senator Burton, -was
your campaign argument; this was the brought up the suggestion that the
promise on which you regarded your- system of American supervision of
selevs as delegated to tear to pieces customs collection which has been In
the fiscal policy which has been the force for some time In Santo Domingo
sheet anchor of nearly two decades of might be extended to Haiti If that re
unprecedented prosperity and which public Is responsive to overtures.
Is the only guaranty of Its contlnu-1 Washington, July 21. A new policy
ance. You have erected a tariff poll- toward Nicaragua, Involving the vlr
cy, blind to every consideration except tual control of the affairs of that re
the consumer. The bill was frankly j public by the United States through
protectorate similar to that exer
cised over Cuba, has been outlined by
Secretary Bryan, at a private confer
ence with members of the Benate for
eign relations committee.
Mr. Bryan's proposal, coming as a
complete surprise to most of the mem
bers of the committee, has been taken
by many senators as the first pro
nouncement of a general policy on the
part of the administration to extend
American control over the countries
surrounding the Panama canal, and
to assure that stability of Central
American republics and the domina
tion by the United 8tates of their re
lations with other great powers.
Secretary Bryan went before a com-
clared that It was objectionable ne-1 mittee witn a-revisea qrait or tno pro-
cause It means a heavier burden upon posed Nicaraguan treaty, negotiated
the ronsumer during periods when nrst in tne Tart aaministration, uy
prices are highest and a smaller bur
den when prices are low; that it af
fords temptation for undervaluation
and fraud, and that It works to the
disadvantage of the American manu
facturers w,ho must buy raw material
abroad.
T
JUSTICE'S CANDIDACY
atorial Situation," He
Tells Correspondent.
which the United States would se
sure exclusive canal rights across
Nicaragua and a new naval base In
exchange for a $3,000,000 gold pay
ment. As a new feature of the treaty, how
ever, the secretary of state proposed
that language similar If not Identical
with the so-called "Piatt amend
ment,' relating to Cuba, be Injected
in the treaty, giving the United State
sweeping control of Nicaraguan af
fairs and the power to regulate her
foreign relations and her finance,
The Plan.
Under the proposed plan, Nicaragua
would agree In substance:
' I That war should not be declared
TOO Busy tO DisCUSS the Sen- without the consent of the United
' States.
I That no treatle would b made
wun roreign governments mar jouw
lend to destroy her Independence, or
thnt would give Ihosc governments a
foothold In the republic.
That no public debt would bs con-
traded beyond the ordinary resources
of the government a Indicated by the
I ordinary revenue.
That the United States should havs
the right to Intervene nt any time to
preserve Nicaraguan Independence, or
to protect life or property.
That the United 8tst?s hnuld have
the exclusive right to build a canal
arroas Nicaragua and should have a
-year lease to a naval baa In the
Bay of Foneaca and to the Great
Corn and Utile Corn Islands In the
Carrlliean, with the privilege of re
newing the lease.
The United States In return would
pay Nicaragua U. 000. 000 to b used In
public works and education.
It I understood the Nlcarnminn
government Is willing to enter Inln the
propoaed trpaly becnuwe of the p'-i-blllty
It would Klve tn the pr. nt T '
(Cnnllniird nn pn- " 2 I
Gajtette-News Bureau,
Wyatt Building..
Washington, July 21.
"I am too busy with my duties here
to enter Into or discuss thn senatorial
campaign now," said Senator Over
man when asked about the announce
ment made Saturday by E. J. Justice
of Oreensboro that he would oppose
the Junior senator for re-elw-tlon.
Senator Overman said he would be a
candidate to succeed himself In the
senate, but further than that would
not discuss the matter.
Mr. Overman Is now chairman of
th committee on rules and lobby, and
is ranking member on spproprlatlons
and Judiciary. Senator Culberson,
who Is chairman of the Judiciary com
mittee. Is aerlouai." Ill and should the
senior Texas enat"r rtlre. Senator
Overman undoubtedly would bs made
chairman of the JallcUry committee.