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VOL. XIX. NO. 36.
WILMINGTON. N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1906.
FIVE CENTS
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NOT IN GOOD FAITH
President's Attitude Toward
' Rate Legislation!
T!LLMfiN MAKES A SPEECH
Charges Against the Railroads to
Be Investigated
Inter-State Commerce Commission Di
rected to Investigate Charges of Dis
crimination and Combination in
Restraint of Trade Present Pro
ceeding in Congress, He Declares a
Stupendous Farce Mr. Lodge Fa
vors Governmental Regulation of
Rates, but Advises Against Radical
Action Reference to the Compari
son of Roosevelt and Andrew Jack
son. - "v t
Washington, February lThe Sen
ate today adopted a joint resolution
reported by Mr. Tillman from the Sen
ate committee on Interstate commerce,
which directs the interstate commerce
commission to investigate the charge
of discrimination and combination in
restraint of trade made against the
railroads. The adoption of the resolu
tion was preceded by a speech by Mr.
Tillman, in ! -which he practically
charged that the administration was
not proceeding in good raitn .o secure
ranroaa legislation. Decause he was
not satisfied .with, the President's ad
visers. Among these he mentioned
Secretary Hoot and Senator Knox, the
former of whom he said was an ad
viser of the ''magnates responsible for
the devilment" and the latter of whom
had been for years attorney for the
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Lodge' also spoke at length on
the railroad question. He delivered a
carefully prepared speech, in which he
took a position for governmental reg
ulation of rates, but advised the ut
most caution against too radical ac
tion. He expressed the opinion thac
the giving of rebates was practically
the only evil existing in connection
with the railroad systems of the coun
try. - I
Mr. Tillman giving the reasons for
the inquiry proposed in his resolution,
said that he is convinced that evil3
exist In connection with the .railroad
system of the country. He said that he
had no desire to do injustice to rail
roads, and he believed they should
tave a fair return on the money in
vested. "We find, however, a system
of combination instead of the old sys
tem of competition, resulting in trusts
which are j grinding the people to
death." He! believed there should be
a remedy, but added that the present
proceeding in Congress is a stupen
dous farce. ; "Every paper you read."
he said, ."brings assurance that the
President has won his fight and yet
when you examine further you fina
that the President's two -principal ad
visers are Elihu Root, who has been
the closest adviser of the railway mag
nates of New York, who are at the
root of alii the devilment, and Mr. i
Knox, the junior Senator from Penn
sylvania, who has been for I don't
know how many years in the employ !
of the Pennsylvania railroad and its
closest friend ar-d counsellor.
"When you look furtliar, you find the ;
Pennsylvania railroad at the head of ;
the list of the oppressors cf the peo
ple." Hence he contended that the
people were being 'bamboozled'' by
the talk of protecting the masses
against the classes. He confessed that
"with such icooks he was inclined to
6niff at the dish that is set before us.
There was, he declared, much evidence ,
iuai muse cuargcu " "
of the laws were not sincere because
he said they had long (been aware of f
the evasion' of these laws. ;
Mr. Knox was not in the Senate
chamber when reference was made to
him, but he caiae in before the South
Carolina Senator had proceeded far.
He immediately interrupted Mr. Till-
man to say' do him that he had been
entirely mistaken in saying he had
been attorney for the Pennsylvania
railroad. "I never sustained that rela
tionship either permanently or tempo
rarily, diectly or indirectly, at any
time during my career." he said. He
added that he would not consider such
connection at all improper.
Mr. Tillman expressed satisfaction
over'thft denial, saying to Mr. Knox
that he would respect him more for
the balance of his Hie.
Continuing the South Carolina Sena-
tor said that the three principal line3
of road south of the Potomac were in
a merger which was controlled by the
Pennsylvania and the New York Cen-
tral.
He then spoke of the conditions In
West Virginia, and said that notwith-
standing Governor Dawson's predeces-
sor had called attention to the yiola-
tion of the law in that state, the attor
ney general had done nothing about It.
The people were, however, becoming
aroused.
"Even the poor, besotted Pennsylva
nia and the Reading, had shown signs
of life by adopting a resolution as to
the control of the coal output by the
railroads as if everybody did not know
that the anthracite output Is and has
been for years controlled both as to
quantity and price." He declared the
Pennsylvania road to be "the ; head
devil in. the whole policy of monopo
ly," and referring to the Baltimore
and Ohio's policy in West Virginia,
he said that road had practically told
the public that it might "be damned."
Hfe declared that a very strenuous
effort had een'brought to bear on the
President to grant to the railroads the
privilege of appeal to the courts where
the orders of the interstate commerce
commission go into effect. He had even
heard that threats .were being made
that the President must" yield. "If he
stands firm and does not yield, then I
will have more confidence," lie added.
Mr. Foraker asked Mr. Tillman if he
did not believe there should be provi
sion for review by the courts and Mr.
Tillman replied that he believed in it
if properly provided for. "Otherwise,"
he said, "the poor devil of a com
plainant will be bullyragged and drag
ged from one court to another until
he Is forced into bankruptcy."
Mr. Tillman confessed that he was
not entirely satisfied with the Hepburn
bill, and drew from Mr. Foraker the
statement that he would not vota for
it.
The South Carolina Senator then
went on to say that the Senate was
under a cloud and should take steps
to clear its good name. "The news
paper press associations, however con
trolled, and I have my 'suspicions on
that point," he said, "have educat
ed the people to believe that Theodore
Roosevelt is their only friend here,
and the Senate is. the supple tool of the
corporations unless it takes their
ipse dixit." He then told how the Hep
burn bill had been gotten through, say
lng that the President had said to
the representative whose name the bill
bears: "Here, Pete, take it and get it
through," -and that the latter waddling
about through the words of the bill
had sworn that there were things in
it which are not, and that there are
not things in it which are there."
Why shouldn't he be suspicious?"
he asked. He decrvtred that the bill
had a loophole in it that a freight
train might te driven through, and
added: "You'll never stop the devil
ment till you put some millionaire in
prison and put the stripes on him."
He said that he had asked the in
terstate commerce commission to make
the inquiry called for by his resolu
tion because, for one reason, the Sen
ate has not the time and because "we
know better how not to do it than any
body on God's green earth."
He then proceeded to give reasons
why he thought the President could
not be depended upon to serve the
interests of the people. In that connec
tion he 'referred to former Attorney
General Griggs, saying that immediate
ly after retiring from office he had
taken the merger case of the Northern
Securities Company against the attor
ney general.
Speaking of Paul Morton, Mr. Till
man said that he had resigned from
the navy "with the concession of re
bate on him, made by his own mouth
and the proof hanging over him."
"He is promoted," Mr. Tillman con
tinued, "and made head of the great
insurance organization In New 5fork
which has been made the stamping
ground lor as dirty a lot of thieves as
ever walked God's green earth. And
they sent a man with this clean rec
ord and put him in charge of these
scores of hundreds of millions which
are the savings, so to speak, of widows
and orphans who Cave policies in that
company.''
"Yet, here we go,"" he went on, "the
White House is immaculate. I do not
doubt Theodore Roosevelt's integrity
and patriotism. As I stated the other
day he is monstrously persuaded by
some people who 'get around him and
'honeyfuggle' him with flattery. What
ever their methods may be, he stands
by his friends. He gave Morton a
certificate of government character."
Mr. Tillman then referred to a din-
I nr rfioentlv at the White House, to the
executive committee of the Republican
national committee and said:
"The President has been elected
nearly a year and a half and never has
it been found necessary or desirable
to bring these friends of his, these
true and tried lieutenants and counsel
lors in his last race for the Presidency
to dine with him. The inevitable con-
clusion in at least lt OUJ?ht
to be if it is not. is that these people
were bnyught together to confer how
tfae money rajsed to heJp
pQQT old McCall out of the into
wnjch he has sunk amd refund $148,000
which he stole from "the policyholders
Qf e insurance company and contrib-
uted to the campaign funds of the
national Republican committee. For
snrPiv this man McCall is not eoinsr to
be left in the lurch and run the visk
of bankruptcy or of being sent to the
penitentiary because of the fact that
his love for the Republican party got
him into this trouble.'"" He closed as
follows:
JThe other day somebody here made
an allusion to the comparison between
Andrew Jackson and President Roose -
velt. Let us took at it. Andrew
Jackson never put Nicholas Biddle In
his cabinet. In Ills fight against the.
m0ney power he fought to the bitter
end, He used no blandishments, Le
,Jsed no bludgeon. The President had
no need for any campaign fund, but
his lieutenants did. Mr. Bliss collect-
ed it. Mr. Cortelyou spent, Mr. Cor-
telyou is In the cabinet and, as I said,
toe trusted friend and attorney of the
money power In New York. Mr. Elihu
Root I acknowledge, he" Is a very
HOUSE
Measure Effectively Disposed of
by Vote of 153 to GO.
ITS DISCUSSION CAUSES MIRTH
AH the Speeches in Opposition to the
i
Bill "Partook of Levity Amend
ments Offered by Mr. Bartholdt Re
ceived With Hilarity Parker Bill,
Requiring the Return of Freight Re
bates, Was Passed.
Washington, February 12. The
house today had sport with the; bill to
establish a whipping post for wife
beaters in the District of Columbia,
and then laid it on the table, effective
ly) disposing of it by a vote of
153 to
60.)
Among those who voted
against
laying the Adams whipping post bill
on the table were:
Harriett (Ga.); Brantley (Ga
Bell
(Ga.); Gaines (Tenn.); Houston (Tenn);
Howard (Ga.); Jones (Va.);Lamb; (Va);
Lee (Ga.); Livingston (Ga.); Pou (X,
C); Rixey fV'al); Small (X. C).
The most impassioned speech for
the measure was delivered b Mr.
Hepburn (Iowa) who depicted the
brutality of the man who would! beat
his wife, and declared that to be whip
der was hardly adequate punishment.
Mr. Adams opened the' discussion with
a serious speech in favor of the; bill.
All of the opposing speeches partook
of levity, and Mr. Adams received
more than one fling because he is a
bachelor.
Mr. Sims (Tenm) opposing the bill
predicted that 4t would get one vote
only in the House. While the 'Presi
dent, he said, had advocated increased
punishment for wife beaters a year
ago, he is a year older now, and his
last message said nothing about itj He
made further point hat the report of
the local chief of police indicated that
"common law wives and other fe
males" received most of the beatings.
"Some one has suggested we amend
the bill to apply to wife chasers,'f he
declared further. "I don't know who
that would hit." (Laughter).
For five minutes Mr. Stanley, (Ky.)
made fun of the bill and incidently
took Mr. Adams to task for never
marrying. It was, he ssTd a "brutal
measure for brutalizing a brute." I
All the arguments in defense of i the
instruments of torture buried one
hundred years ago with barbarism, he
said, would apply to this bill.
Mr. Gaines, (Tenn.) asked what (the
gentlemen would do if he were to wit
ness a husband beating his wife, j
"It would depend," replied Mr. Stan
ley, "on the husband and on the wife;
if he was red headed, even my south
ern chivalry would not tempt me to in
terfere." (Laughter). j
Mr. Bartholdt (Mo.) offered several
amendments. One to put on the rack
a man guilty of non-support of his
family; one that a wife deserter should
be pinched with red hot tongues; an
other penalizes every man over 25
years of age who refuses to wife and
provides that he shall stand- in the
pillory, .and after six months, if he
still refuses, he shall be burnt at the
stake. These amendments were re
ceived with hilarity.
The Parker bill requiring the return
of freight rebates was passed, also a.
measure relating to court proceedure.
The rebate bill provides that when, a
rebate has been received with guilty
knowledge it is a violation of law and
double the amount is to be returned
by the recipient, and half of this
amount is to go to the informant. The
bill was favored by Mr. Clayton (Ala.)
and Mr. Brantley (Ga.) j
The House adjourned until tomor
row!.
bright and great man and I admire
him. But Andrew Jackson never would
have taken as a cabinet officer a man
so closely allied with Nicholas Biddle
in the national banks.
"So we have a condition in this
country today which should make ete
ry thoughtful man pause to see wheth
er or not it is possible that the mem
bers of the Senate have the saving
grace and patriotism and regard ,for
their obligations of office, the oaths
they took, to take up all these ques
tions relating to- the, public welfare,
this railway rate business, this rail
way discrimination business, this rail
way monopoly business, this destruc
tion of private property without due
process of law, simply denying the
right to ship coal and all that kind
of thing." . j
. Mr. Tillman suggested an amend
ment to prevent public carriers from
owning any product or any coal which
is to be shipped over their line, "thus
relieving us from this infernal monop
oly which, now oppresses the life blood
of Pennsylvania in the anthracite re
gion and is feeding upon the bitumin
ous region of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia and the Atlantic seaboard
generally, by which the people ai-e
held up and men compelled to pay
from one to two dollars a ton or more
than is just compensation for their
coal in order to put more millions and
stolen millions in the pockets of Cai
satt and his allies."
1 Mr. Tillman's resolution was adopted
without division or opposing vote.
The Senate adjourned until tomor-;
row.
WHIPPING POST BILL IN
AriXlOUS THAT CONFERENCE FAIL
No likelihood of Agreement Be
tween France and Germany
OX THE AFFAIRS OF
MOROCCO
Germany is Given Credit for the Fail
ure Great Britain Maintains Her
Position of Supporting the iTrencii
Demands France Will Continue the
Policy of Policing the Algerian Fron-
tier.
London, February 12.
-While the
British government ha3 hot relaxed
its efforts to bring aboutj an agree
ment between France and Germany
on the question of the Moroccan police,
it has given up hope of an amicable
settleinent. tl is expected in official
circles that the Algecirasj' conference
will break up possibly during the
present week, leaving the Moroccan
situation where it was before the con
ference was called. Germany is given
the credit for the failure, iln fact, it
f is believed here that Emperor William,
realizing that there is no hope of Ger
many's demands being endorsed by the
powers, is now anxious that the con
ference shall fail. Great Britain
maintains her position, supporting the
French demands in regard o the po
lice and cannot see any reason for a
compromise. Should the conference
break up it is understood that France
will continue her policy of policing the
Algerian frontier, and should serious
trjoulble break out within the Sulran's
domains, France will undertake to sup
press them, notifying the powers that
she cannot allow the disordei- to con
tinue as it threatens the peace of her
colony. Germany then will be in the
position it is pointed out of having
either to concede the right of France
td police Morocco or issue ah ultima
tum to the effect that France must
not mterrere
cchintry.
in the affairs
of that
READY TO MEET OPERATORS
Miners Have About Perfected the
Propositions to be Made to the Coal
Owners Xo Inkling of Their Nature
Made Public.
New York, Feb. 12 President John
Mitchell, of the United Mine Work
ers of America, who arrived here Sun
day, night to prepare for the confer
nece on Thursday between the 'mine
workers of the anthracite union and
thei remployers, spent a busy day at
the headquarters in the j Ashland
house, arranging his programme for
the meeting. Mr. Mitchell declined to
discuss the anthracite coal situation,
so
far as it related to the miners
union, in advance
of the
meeting
with the operators. Neither would he
talk of the conditions in the i West.
Mr. Mitchell was in conference to
night with the presidents of the three
anthracite districts, Messrs. J T. D1.
Nicholls, William H. Dettrey, and
John Faher, who will take up! most of
his time between now and Thursday
in the work of perfecting the jiemands
or propositions to be laid before the
coal filds at a series of meetings
these demands were drafted) by the
three executive boards of the hard
coad fields at a series of meetings
held last week at Wilkesbarre.. No
inklincr of the exact nature of the de-
mands has leader out-
President George FC Baer,
of the
PhiladelDhia ' and Reading Coal and
Iro nCompany, will be here tomorroWi
It is understood that iwhile here Mr1.
Baer will meet some of the officers of
the other coal carrying railroads.
Mr. Mitchell declined to be drawn
into a controversy with District Pres
ident Patrick Dolan, but said he would
make answer at the proper time.
PENNYPACKER CONFERENCE
Governor Glenn Appoints Delegates to
Meet in Washington Condition of
Douglas Olds.
(Special to The Messengeri.)
Raleigh, N. CL, Feb. 12. Governor
Glenn has appointed George Rountree
of Wilmington, D. B. Winborn of
Murfreesboro, J. Cf. Buxton of Win
ston, J. C. ' Biggs of Durham, A. B.
.Andrews, Jr., and F. H Busbee o,
Raleigh, delegates to the Pennypacker
conference at Washington, D. C, Feb.
19th. The special purpose of the con
ference is in regard to the establish
ment of more uniform state laws re
garding divorce and extradition mat
ters.. ; ; - j
News from Col. Fred'. A. Olds, at
Waco, Texas, is to the effect that
his young son, Douglas Olds, suf
fers greatly with his rangs. He will
be taken by CoL Olds to a ranch in
west Texas, near the Mexican line.
Hunter Brothers and Drewry Co.,
at Raleigh, were incorporated for the
conduct of department store,! with
shoes and dry goods as specialties.
Fifteen thousand dollars are, paid in
with authorized capital stock of $50,
000. G. B. and W. R. Hunter and
three others are incorporators.
$75,000 Fire at Texarkana.
Texarkana, Tex., Feb. 12 Fire de-
stroyed half of a city block today,
entailing a loss of about $75,000.
The
fire originated in the Covington
hotel.
Bagraiser's saloon, the Pullman build-
lng and Ingram blocks suffered
from
the flames.
INVESTIGATION OF RAILROADS
Terms of the Joint Resolution Which
Passed the Senate Yesterday.
Washington, February 12. The joint
resolution passed by the Senate today
for the investigation of railroads in
structs the interstate commerce com
mission to inquire :
Eirst, whether any common carriers
by railroads, subject to the interstate
commerce act, own or have any inter
est in, by means of stock ownership in
other oorporations, or otherwise, any
OH coal or other products which they
or any of them, directly or through
other companies, which they control,
or m which they have an interest, car
ry over their or any of their lines as
common carriers.
Second,- whether the officers of any
of the carriers aforesaid, or any per
son or persons, charged with the duty
of distributingxcars or furnishing facil
ities to shippers are interested; either
directly or indirectly, by means of
stock pwenrship or otherwise, in cor
porations or companies owning, oper
ating, leasing or otherwise interested
In any coal mines, coal properties or
any other traffic over the railroads
with which they or any of them are
connected or by which they or any of
them are employed.
Third, whether there is any contract
combination in the form of trust or
otherwise, or conspiracy in restrain of
trade or commerce among the several
states, in which any common carrier
engaged in the transportation of bit
uminous coal or other products is in
terested, or to which it is a party; and
whether any such common carrier
monopolizes or, attempts to monopo
lize or combines or conspires with any
other carrier, company or companies
person or persons to monopolize any
prt of the trad or commerce in bit
uminous coal, or thetraffic among the
several states or with foreign nations,
and whether or not, and if so, to what
extent such carriers or any of them
limit and control directly or indirectly
the output of coal mines or the price
of coal.
Fourth, if the interstate commerce
commission shall find that the facts
set forth in the three paragraphs above
do exist, then that it be further re
quired to report as to their effect upon
the sreneral nublic as consumers of
such coal and other products.
Fifth, that said commission be also
required to investigate and report the
svstem of oar distribution in sffect
upon the sever-vl railway lines engag
ed in the transportation ot bitumin
Jus coal or other products as aforesaid,
and whether said systems are faid
and equitaible, and whether the same
are carried out fairly and properly:
nnrt whether said systems are fair
discriminate against shippers, 'or .par
ties wishing to become shippers over
their several lines; either in the mat
ter of distribution of cars or in fur
nishing of facilities or instrumentali
ties connect with the. receiving, ror-
warding, or carrying of coal as atore
said.
The commission Is also requested to
report remedies for the evils if they ex
iat n rftnort. anv nertinent fact or
conclusions and to make the investi
gation at Its earliest convenience.
READY TO DEAL WITH CHINA
Secretary Root Has Outlined Plan to
Protect American Life and Prop
erty.
Washington. Feb. 12. While not
regarding an anti-foreign uprising in
China as exactly imminent, Secretary
Root is convinced that it is his duty
to pursue the course he has already
outlined for the protection of Ameri
can life and property in China. He
has not hesitated to express this view
to his congressional callers. Advices
from the Orient are disquieting from
this fact: that it is clearly established
that the Chinese government, while
not perhaps actually aiding the devel
opment of this anti-foreign sentiment,
has not exerted itself to prevent the
spread of the anti-American boycott,
notwithstanding the publication of
numerous proclamations by the vice
roys. So Mr. Root will continue to
urge upon Secretary Taft the adoption
of proper military occasions to meet
this policy of preparation for any
emergency that may arise.
The troops which jwere ordered to
the Philippines for the purpose of
strengthening the forces there in or
der that this government might be
prepared for any eventuality in China
which might demand American troops,
are now enroute to the islands, and it
was stated at the war department to
day that the department would be able
to take care of them and would have
sufficient funds to provide for the in
creased force in the Philippines.
FOUR LOSE LIVES IN FIRE
Swept Busy Commercial District of
Portland Eleven Persons Seriously
Injured. :
Portland, Ore., February 12. At
least four persons lost their lives in
a fire that swept a besy commercial
district at the east end of the Morri
son street bridge, spanning the Willa
mette river early today. Eleven per
sons were seriously injured.
The fire started in the Mount Hood
saloon, and consumed that place and
the lodging house above it, In which a
majority of those killed and Injured
were sleeping. Twenty two horses,
property of the East Side Transfer,
Company, were destroyed. j
Watchman Nathaniel P. Young met
death in a heroic effort to save tne
horses. He made several trips into
the transfer company's stables and
was finally cut off by the flames. Look
ing from an upper window, he waved
his hands to xne crowd Deiow ana
S is time nd he SlbaS into ?he
names.
The loss Is $50,000.
GILLETTE Oil STUD
May Require Several Days to
Give Testimony
CBEEMl TRIAL
Tells of His Connection with Work
in Savannah District
3Iajor Gillette Cros6-Hsamwecl by.
Counsel for the Defense He Will be
Recalled by the "Prosecution to Give
Evidence Along Different Lines.
Judge Speer Declares That Strict
Adherence Will be Paid Rules Laid
Down by Supreme Court for the Ex
amination of Witnesses.
Savannah, Ga., February 12: A
stage of the Greene and Gaynor trial
was reached today that proved replete
with interest. It was the cross exami
nation of Major Cassius E. Gllette, who
for the last two days had been occupy
ing the stand for the government, and
had given much testimony relating to
his connection with the river and har
bor work of this district as done by
Greene and Gaynor, the contractors
under charges of defrauding the gov
ernment out of about $2,000,000.
' Major Gillette was cross examined:
for half an hour by Mr. Osborne, for
the defense, and tomorrow will con
tinue upon the stand. In fact several
days may be required for the com
pletion of his testimony, as the prose
cution has indicated that he will be
recalled for further evidence along dif
ferent lines.
Judge Speer, in order to facilitate
the progress of the case, declared that
strict adherence would be paid rules
laid down in one of the supreme court
reports for the examination of witness
es. This, he thought, would reduce
the time required as witnesses would
not be so frequently recalled.
. Major Gillette said on direct exami
nation that up to the time the Edward
H. Gaynor contract at Cumberland
Sound was let, the submission of three
designs of mattresses by thevildders at
the same price with the' selecting of
the kind left to the discretion of the
engineer office had never been heard
of. Heretofore the plan had been to
bid on three designs at one price, with
the selection of the kind to be used
at the contractor's option. The change
from contractors options to engineers
opition was a radical one," resulting
in a great disadvantage to those con
tractors who did not know what the
engineer would choose, and a corre
sponding advantage to those contrac
tors who did know, the device practi
cally cutting off competition. ;
"Following these -changes in the
specifications," said Major Gillette af
ter examining several contracts, "the
price jumped from $1.40 per square
yard to $3.80 per square yard. The
price of long mattresses more than,
double at Cumberland Sound and each
cubic yard of fascine cost the gov
ernment $4.40, whereas about the
same character of work was let at $1,
10 under Major Gilmore." -
On cross examination Mr. Osborne
asked Major Gillette if he ever knew
of any contract specifications under
which an engineer officer If he were
corrupt and so desired, could not im
pose upon a contractor and cause him
embarrassment. The witness answered
that he thought he had drawn such
specifications. "I am not referring to
your specifications. Major, but am
leaving Major Gillette out of it," said
Mr. Osborne. "Have yon ever known of
such specifications drawn by others?"
'I have not," answered Major Gil
lette. -
Adjournment was taken until to
morrow.
BOSS SYSTEM IS ON THE WANE
Secretary Cortelyou Addresses Ban
quet of Lincoln . and X0unflT Men's
Republican Clubs.
Grand Rapids, Mich., February 12.
At the fourteenth annual banquet of
the Lincoln and Ycung Men's Repub
lican Clubs held tonight, the speakers
were Postmaster General Cortelyou,
Ambassador Nabuco, of Brazil, Minis
ters Corea, of Nicaragua, Walker-Martinez,
of Chile, and Quesada, of Cuba,
and Congressman J. Adam Bede. of
Minnesota. .
Congressman William. Alden Smith
read a greeting from President Roose
velt which was enthusiastically cheer
ed, the point that received most cheers
being the assertion that the American
public wanted leaders, not bosses.
Postmaster General Cortelyou de
clared that the day of the boss in
American politics is on the wane, ex
pressed his (belief in rewarding party
service and In opening the door of
opportunity to every worthy aspirant
for public station and said:
"Our political campaign must be
conducted upon thehigh plane of prln-
of Politics shall - be encouraged, in
.which misrepresentation and abuses
of opponents have no part.'