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COLERON HEARST PLANS. )]'ILL ORGANIZF STATE. Believed to Indicate AAtempt to Captttre Democratic Convention. Ex-Controller B'rd S. Coler. elected Borough President of Brookiyn on the Hearst ticket, told a Tribune rcnorter yesterday that the Hearst -r will within the next year extend thelr organization throughout the State. Ir. politicai cir.les this ls interpreted as mean? ing that the Hearst men will try to capture the r.ext Democratic State convention. If they do th<s Mr. Coler wlll probably be the candidate for Governor. as he wa* in 1902. ?lien he re? ceived a plurality of more than 125,000 in the citv of New York. Only the tremendous plu ralitv rolled up by the Republicans above The Bronx puiled the Republican ticket through. Mr. coler is the Hearst leader. in Kings county. and is in n position to speak authorita tlvelv of the plans of the Hearst men. In a th?;.cornered flght he beat Senator McCarren. ^-egarded as the most pow?rftd individual Dem? ocratic leader in thc State. When he accepted the nomination he was laughed at by the Mc? Carren men. Now the laugh is on McCarren and Murphy. and Coler is on top. His an nouncement yesterday that the Hearst men wlll organlze the State as they did the city means that the friends of Mr. Hearst are de termlned not to relinquish the advantage that thev gained in the recent election. While Mr coler would not admlt that the Hearst men had pianned to ,>ame the n*xt Democratic candi? date for Governor. it is a loglcal deduction that if the Hearst men organlze the State they will do lt becnuse they mean to name the ticket This will be a shock to the Murohy men and Hill men. but it will bC hailed with joy by th* radical Democrats up the State. especially if Mr. Hearst will provide a campaign fund com mensurate wlih his ambitions. -Tt is a fact." said Mr. Coler yesterday at his cedar-si. offlce*. "that the Hearst men will organlze the State. Of course the first thing to do is to dispose of the contest of Mr. Hearst. There is no doubt whatever that if he gets his rights he wlll be installed as the next Mayor of New-York. We must rely on the courts for an honest adjudication ot the matter. ?*The friends of Mr. Hearst are fighting for certain politicai principles." Mr. ^~%*~? ?These were pretty well discussed by the Munici? pal league people in the recent campaign. They include th- public control <* franchises whlch flrure as publio utilitie,. publicity *? ?f" ence to election contributlons and expendltures. d,rect primary nominations of candidates. and unremitting hnstility to polltieal bosses and cliqu-. These principles *re Just as desirable 5r. other ritle- of the State as they are here in Vew-Yor*. Tbat thev are close to the hearts Ot the people of this clty was shown by the re i?nt vote -We purpose to go ahead with organizlng the vnterc up the State who think as we thlnk down v,?re Uke caus^s rroduce like effects. If Dem orrats and Republicans in this city were ready To vote for freedom from domlnation by pollticll bosses. the up-State voters wil^ be found to be ln a similar frame of mind. Now the progressive Democrats of the State xUli De i- hand ln prevailing numbers. HEARST RECOUNT ODDS 1 TO 3. Wall Street Still Gambling on Recent Elec? tion? Bets Still Held Up. Odds of I to I VbMi Iie.-:-=t wlll be tbe next Mayor I prevalled in Wall Street ypsterday. A bet of $300 to $1 'fto was reported made by A. H. Romberg and F ft Oow on the curb market. William Bagley offered tS bet $8.0<X) to %O.W on Hearsi So far waRstreet has paid no b-fs on the recent elec tiof SAYS "AUT0S" SPREAD GYPSY MOTHS Statement Made Before National Grange? Indorsement for the President. IR\ Telecraph to The Trih.ire.] Ulantte Clty. n. J . Nov. M.?AJ the meeting or the National Grangers here to-day. th? Btartllng Hiatement was made that automobiles were instril taZtttal in ^preading the destructfve Brown and Gypsy motha whi.-h nre eating the fohage frnm tnr_ ga over Hew-Enftaad. The etatementwas made h> C K. MercbMt, of the Rhode Island fSlsolutlons were adopted tpproVinf the campaign of president Roosevelt against fraud and "grart. nn<i offerhur support in his investigations. Re?olutlon? were also adopted favoring lo. a! ODtion ref-ommmidirg the retnoval <>f intemal rev enie t'a% from alcohol rendered unfit for a bever ag**_ ALARM FOR PRINCETON STUDENT. Police of Whole Country Asked to Help Search for Kuttroff. After a search of more than six weeks for Percy Krfttroff. of Xo. B Kast *SSth-st., a student of Princeton t'nlverslty. who has disappearod. the Plnkertons in whose hands the csse has been plaoed jesfrday appealed to the poliee to send out s general alarm for the nn\ Notlee wlll be sent also to all the large rltles of th* country. while crcuiars will be eent broadeast. the world over. The disappearance of Kuttroff. who is nlneteen years old. was said by hia friends last night to be due to brooding over his mother's death, which occurred a few months ago. He was last seen in the Orand Central Statlon, carrying a yellow leather suit case, bearing the lnitlals, "P. K.. X. y. " The young man. who ls described as 5 feet 10 inches in height. of stocky bulld. with light complexion and hair, wore on the day or his dis? appearance a llght gray suit and a dark gray raln coat. ?-? A RATE DECISION FOR RAILROADS. Chicago, Nov. 20.?Judge Bethea, ln the Pniied States Clrcult Court, to-day decided that the order issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission directlng that the railroad rates on liveetock be? tween the Missourl River end Chicago be lowered. ln conformity wlth the rates on dressed beef. waa Tne Chicago Great "Western and seventeen other railroad corpormtlona were the defendants in two suits brought by the Interstate Commerce Commls? sion. If vcu ax in tbe habit ot smoking ?whlie Jwsiftig, you will appreciate thc COAT SHIRT "On and ofT like a Coat." No tugging and polling over the head; no break'ng cf bosom. $1,50 and up at the best storet wluM and fancv fabries. cirrrr. kumt t ct., Tr?y. I. f. HEARST GAINS SLIGHT. ONLY HOPE IN RECOUNT. Fraud Revcaled hy Canvass W>!1 Nevcrtheless Be Prosecuted. Interest in the canvass of votes at the City Hall began to wane perceptibly yesterday, al? though the comparison of tally sheets with re? turns and the examination of all "void"' and ?protested'" ballots went on as usual. The law? yers representing William R. Hearst have been unable to flnd enough errors in the returns thus far to give room for the belief that the offlcial canvass will greatly decrease Mayor McCIellan's plurality. The net gain for Mr. Hearst in the flrst eight Assembly distric.s. in which the com parlsons of tally sheets with returns have been completed, ls less than 20ft votes, and these are Tammany districts. in whlch frauds in counting were to be expected. Mr. Hearst's counsel are beginning to feel that the only hope of demonstrating his elec? tion lles in an application for opening the ballot boxes for a recount. They may make such an application to the courts to-day. The lawyer-. however, have declared that they will inform Attorney General Mayer of any frauds discov ered in the count that can be brought to the attention of the grand jury. They say they want to have violators of the law punished, even ?f votes enough to elect Mayor MeCiellan must be counted. Clarence J. Shearn last evening announced that Mr. Hearst had retalned ex-Governor Frank S. Black to conduct an investigation of frauds diBCOvered in the count of votes. Mr. Black, it is said, will seek to have persons im pllcated ln the frauds prosecuted in the criminal courts. Justice Giegerich. presiding yesterday at the opening of envelopes containlng "voiA" and "prote6ted" ballots. gave a decision that a bal? lot on which a splash of ink appeared could not be counted. He said: The primary objeet of the election law is to preserve the secrecy of the ballot, and any mark that would serve to distinguish a ballot. no mat? ter hCw small. serves to vitlate it. The ballot is void and should not be counted unless there is proof that the marking was accidental. In the comparison of returns with tally sheets ye. terday fewer errors were found than on previous days. Some of the errors, whlle amus ing. dld not change the vote for Mr. Hearst. The return of the vote in the Sth Election Dls? trict of the 8th Assembly District was missing when the envelope was opened, but it was found later in the envelope containlng "void" ballots. On the return of the lst Election District of the 9th Assembly Distrlct. the total of ballots east was written $2 92, instead of 292. Chairman Bovhan, reading one of the returns from the ,th Assembly Distrlct. startled the Hearst Itiwyers by calling off "twenty-two void ballots. "It ain't twentv-two void ballots." said a man looking over his shoulder. "Them ire ditto marks." The chairman took a secoiid look and an? nounced that there were no void ballots. The Board of Canvassers for Queens Borough found vesterdav no errors tliat would affect the Mavora.lt v result. There were many clertcal errors and errors of judgment shown, and in some instances astonishing ignorance on the part of inspectors was brought out. t> or ln? stance, a whole batch of spoiled ballots, with holes pushed by the type during the printing process. were thrown among the void ballots. There was absolutely no mark on them. l he list of void and protested ballots. however was found to be much greater than the orlginal counting. The board worked late last night, be? cause many of the members are engaged during the day and cannot get off. At the evening session of the board Jotin i-. Cloonan. who represented ex-Judge Parker. Mavor McCIellan's counsel. raised an objeetion to the use of tallv sheets for comparison with the returns in envelopes. Mr. Whitney. attorney for the Municipal Ownership League, attempt - ed to use them. Justice Giegerich ruled that the tally sheets had no offlcial right before the court. but were there for the convenlence of the counsel. -??? ? MANY DISHONEST DEALS. "The World'' Finds No "Reliable" Proof of Fraud Ballots. "The Xew-York World'' yesterday made public t_e results of an investigation which It carrled on with a score of its own reporters, aided by detec? tives in the employ of William T\ Hazen. to ascer taln the extent of the frauds in the recent election. Foliowlng are some of the conclusion. reached in the investigation whlch is said to have cc.ered flfteen districts in the city: That there is no reliable proof ot the ballots be? ing tampered with after the poll;! had ciosed. That whatever frauds were committcd, it was in the lllegal registration of persons not entitled to vote th? voting of men upon the names of persons properlv registered, the lntimldation of persons by watcher. and workers, and ln the possible invali datlng the b;illot<- through either criminal intent or Ignorance >>t' inspectors and ballot and poll .-Wk. . in eneouraglng the unconstitutional marking of ballots or in throwing out of ballots that should have b-en counted. That there was more lllegal registration and -io lations of the laws relating to the right of fran chise than ln manv vears; possibly more than ever before in the history of Xew-York '"ity. That th" Republlcan organization not only de Fert^d its own candldates to support the Tammany candlde.es as In the eaee of the 29th Dlstrict. but alSO toaned the Municipal Ownersnlp party thou? sands of voters in aceordanee with a deal arranged hotween dlstrict leaders. as was done ln tlie 2d. ftth. isth. 34th and -loth Assembly Districts of Man? hattan. ,_ . ,, , Some of the Tammany leaders sacrtficed llvMr citv ticket to sav? th-Mr local and borough can? dldates. as was done in the 19th. 21st, 34th and 35th Assemblv Districts In Manhattan: tn the 2d. 6th and 14th" in Brooklyn; in the Coney Island distrlct and In Richmo-id Borough. ______,, . , ... _, That Tammany Ball expe-nded $.. ln each elecJon dl.-trtct In Manhattan and the Bronx: the Municipal Ownership l-W'gtic $20 in each distrlct. and the Re? publican... on the average, less than ?1" Tliat the "floater" populatlon took the Tammany monev and voted for candldates of other . arties That the presenc* of Jerome watchers probably prevented a great deal of lllegal voting and mad . absolutelv impossible the manipulation Of the bal? lots aftef the vote had been east. That owing to the parttclpatlon of so many par? ties in the contest. the usual opportunit es for tam pering with the ballots were not taken advan tfThatfa recount of the ballots ^ the event of the opening of the ballot boxes used In the 1,948 elec? tion districts of the city would not reveat lllegal manipulation._ KRUP CASE UP TO-DAY. Alleged Floater's Whereabouts and Bail Furnisher Still Unknown. The grand Jury did not examine any witnesses yesterday in the investigation of the circumstanees surroundlng the escape of John Krup. the alleged Tammany "flo&ter." who was to have been tried last Tuesday ta the Criminal Branch of the Su? preme Court. Attorney General Mayer was ln the Criminal Courts Bulldlng in the morning, but ha.l an engagement which is said to have kept hlm from going Into the grand Jury room. It was said ln the afternoon that wltnesses ln tha Krup case woulo probablv be examined to-day. and would Include Alderman Gaffney end Charles P. Dillon. Mr Mayer would net admit tliat he had Informa? tion as to the identity of the man wlio furnished the $5,000 cash ball for Krup. A volunteer witness told Mr Maver the name of a well known Tam? many offlcehblder who drew J50.000 in cash from a bank Just before election. No progress was made yesterday in the search for the missing Krup and other "floaters who tumped their ball. Xo new indjetments of persons a'leied to have been concerned in election frauds were announced in the Criminal < ourts Building In the Yorkville Court. yesterday. Maglstrate ?Rreen held I.aurle W. Reynolds, a young man llv taJet Vo 240 West- 4_th-st.. in $1,000 bali for trial on the charge of accept Ing $2 for hls vote for the Tammanv ticket on Election Day. Aceording to the-evidence in court. Reynolds received th* money from a Tammany worker at thepolls ln sight, of B-_-Jamln McCoy. of N? ??_W^"__d-e__. and navius S. Scott. of Xo. 834 JV est __d-st The prisoner admitted that he had taken the monev from the Tammany man. and said he had held his ballot partly unfolded when he ?>"the voting both. so that a watcher coulo see that he bad marked lo the circle tinder the star After tretting the caah. however. he had explained that U had marked ilso in the space before Distrlct Attorney J.roiti-'s name. thus dodgmg a vote, for 0.bor..e" The Tammany man then demanded the return of the money. but Reynolds refused to give ttItw? said in court that the Tammany man who naid the money was well known in the election aistrict. He will probably be arrested to-day. ????? TO -TRE I < Oin IS OME DAY T?ke LAXATIVE BRJ^MO Qulnln. Tablet.. Dru_.gi_t_ - money lf lt __.:_ to _?? ______ >b. e=.ch box. J** AFTER ELECTION BOARDS Grand Jury WiU Consider Citizent Union's Fraud Evidence. As a result of a long conference betweer Julius Henry Cohen, representing the Cltizens Union; James S. Lehmaler, who has been ap pointed a special Deputy Attorney General tc assist in the prosecutlon of election fraud cases and representatives from Mr. Jerome's office the grand Jury will to-day be asked to indict a number of election boards. For several weeks the Cltizens Union has been gathering ma terial for 6uch action. From its Electlon Daj watehers it has received more than six hun dred?reports. a large number of which relate tc the wilful and criminal neglect of the electior law by election lnspectors. This evidence has been carefully arranged, and the first actior will be taken to-day. Many other indictments will be sought later in similar cases. The evidence shows that in a number ol cases, such as the Krup incldent. for whicr an election board "in Charles F. Murphy's homf district has already been indicted, 'floaters were deliberately permitted to vote regardless ol Ihe protests of the Citizens Union and Jerome watehers. In other cases offlcials wllfully re fused to count valid ballots for entl-Tammany candidates. A number of good cases of thest vlolatlons of the law have been selected foi presentation to the grand jury. Detectives have been put to work also to throw still more lighi an these irregularities. . As a result the Cltizens Union's attorney is now in possessipn of im? portant data for prosecution. and the conference yesterday was for the purpose of acqualnting the District Attorney and the Attorney Genera; with the charaeter of this material. The position taken by the Citizens Union. as was learned yesterday, is that. irrespective ol nny partisan issue, it is essential that there should be an honest count of votes legally cast To this end they retained Mr. Cohen directlj after the election to investigate the charges oi fraud and asslst as the representatlve of the Citizens Union in any prosecutions that mighl naturally follow his investigation. The firsl point of attack, indicated by the evidence of thc Citizens' Union workers. was against the dis honest lnspectors who connlved at the irregu? larities that marked the offleial count. It is the opinion of those who knew of the evidence lhat has been collected that sevcral convic tions wlll result. This. however. is only the flrst step in thc Cltizens Union programme. Evidence is almost piling up against men much higher in Tammany Hall eircles, and several prominent offlcehold ers may be netted. The cases to-day. however, ivill be those of inspectors. FOR GREATER PUBLIC ITY, Meeting Favors Compclling State? ment of Campaign Money Sources. A meeting was held yesterlay afternoon at the \stor lifuise to eulist all those interested in the sns'npe of a measure rompelling all nominees fot uili]!'- office to state. not only lhe expenses of theli ampalgns, hut the sources from which the money s (letived. J.?hn Fox. the president of the Democratic Club, ?alled the me?--ting. which was entirely non-part1 ;an. to order. and Perry Belmont was elected per -nanent chalrman. Mr. Belmont, on assuming his luues. said in part: New-York. first among the States, hy n law cn acted in 1890 required puWication by candidates >nlv of their campaign expenses. That law is oh vlouslv Inadequate and ineffective. Since then many other States have enacted laws requlrln? such publication. not only by candidates, but bj polltieal committees. and. especially in Massa ehusetts and Missourl. such legislatlon has provec benoflchil. There is no discrcdit necessarily to'a campalgr contributlon. There is. however. no inherent righi to secrecy. nnd the pollcy of the proposed law is U treal campaign money us public money. Judg< Qray, of Delaware, has written to me on thls sub Ject, -tnd has thls to pay: "Corrupt practlceS acts have been largely un availing, and, seemingly, incapable of being en forced. Compell^d publlcity as to contiibutioni and campaign expenses will be more efflclent thar all of them put together toward supprcsslng th< evil nf electoral corruption." At the concluslon of Mr. Belmont's speech. i resolution, offered hy Conlroller-cleet Herman A Metz that the legislative committee be enlargec was adopted. Senator Saxe's motion that n< member of the legislature should be on the com mlttee also passed. Chbirman Belmont emphasized the fact that tlu main object ln view was to have such a law passe, ss prevails at present In Massachusetts. when Bvery candidate is obliged to furnish a detaile< itccount of hls expenses and the sources of hlt contributlons. Among those nt the meeting were Edward M :;rout. Herman V ftfetz, Edward Mitchell. An >-uptiis Van Wyck. Perry Belmont, John N. Bogart tdwtrd Feeney, Martin Saxe, Wllllam Hoge, Johr Fox and Charles V. Fornes. WANT FJXPENSES FILED. Association Favors Massachusetts Election Law, with Additions. The aub-commlttee of the executive committee ol the Association to Prevent <*orrupt Practices at Elections, which is charged with the preparation of a hill to that effect. met yesterday afternoon at the Bar Association <*lul>house. There were present ex-Mayor I#o-^-. who preslded; D. Cady Tlerrick. William Williams. Charles H. Young. Oherard Dsvis ,'ind William C Osborn. who is secretary of the committee. There also were present three representatives of the Brookiyn Dem ocratic Club?Professor Carmody and Messrs. Mc Ivoughlin and Van Ness. After the meeting, Secretary Osborn said that thn session had been deVOted to a consideration of thr framework of the proposed statute as to the mat ler of expendltures in campaigns and elections. Thc especlal points declded upon were: First?That all expenses for elections and cam? paigns should he made public. instead of having only the candidate file his individual and personal campaign cosis. Second?To require- an itemized statement of such expenses and contributlons, instead of the present method of furnlshing Simply the total amounts. Third?That violation of such foregoing pro vlslons shall be punlshable as a misdemeanor. Fourth?That provision shall he made so thal any cittzen may he able to institute a judicial in (juiry into the expendltures. lt was also the sentiment of the committee that all corporatlons should be absolutely prohilritet] from making any contributions for campaign pur? poses. ? COMMITTEE OF NINE APPOINTED. Republican Club Will Investigate Dired Nominations?Ivins Elected Member. At the monthly mectir.fr of the Republican Chlt last night conslderable time was taken up dia cussing the proposltion as to whetlur the cl'.it should he committed to the matter of direct nomi? nations. Many of the members thought that the club should take a decisive gtep in the matter, while others thought that a committee should bc appolnted to look into it. This lattet opinion finally prevailed. ana the matter was re ferred to the following committee, whlch will bc known as th? committee of nine: James W. Hawes, Charles H. Denison. Edward H. Fallows. John A Dutton. A. S. Gllbert, Benjamln E. Hall, Alfrec R. Conklln. Robert N. Kenjon and Alfred E. um men. Resolutions were adopted on lhe death of Lvmar E. Blonmingdale. and the foilowing were elected resldent nvmhers- Williiim M Ivin*. Beninmln F Felner. Edward H. Healy. I,e Baron M. Hunting ton. K. I>. Watermrm, Henry White and Albert A. Wray WILL REFUSE DRIVERS' DEMANDS. A sp<cial tneetlng of the Uvery Stable Keepers* Association was held last evening in the Ashland House, at whlch lt was decided to grant no advance to the drivers who have demanded an increase ln The offlcers of the union sald the demand for a 50 rent Increase was not a hluff. and that there wfll be trouble if lt is not granted. A conference be? tween both sides wlll be held to-morrow or Thurs flay m A GCABAMT1 KI> Ct*RE Kok PUJU Iti-hlng. Bllnd. fUredinir or Protrudlng: Plle? Vnur lruggllt ?IM rrfi : .! tnuney if 1M2U OINTMENT falli >uu iii ti to i* il-i* SOr, fOlSDED IS40 "FUVT QULiTY' FlintsFineFurniture FLINT FACILJT1ES C| In the selection of Furniture or Decora tions, good taste and simplicity go hand in hand with common sense. CJ Our aim, in designing furniture, is the blending of general artistic merit with sim? plicity and comfort. Cj Our display of BRONZES, Colonial FURNITURE, raie Oriental RUGS and DRAPERIES has never before been more compiete?ready for immediate delivery. EO C F*-I*IT CO WEST 2 3rd STREET ^ VOTE TO BAR UN1TAB1ANS. CLERGY IN LIVELY TILT. Justice Brewer in Favor of United Church Action. The sessions of the Interchurch Coftference on Federatlon ended yesterday with some sharp words. Leading dergymen, conservative m views on federatlon. had looked for opposition. and were not surprised when Professor 0. Q. Dealev, of Brown Cniversity, president of the Rhode island Federatlon of Churches. stoutly opposed the proposition to bar the Cnitarians from the Federal Council. which was proposed in the forenoon and adopted in the afternoon. The Rhode Island Federatlon admits both I'nl versalists and I'nitarians. Professor Dealey told his friends afterward that Rhode Island bars no Godfearing Chris tiana. When the proposition to establish a fed? eral council of representatlves of thirty denomi nations came up Professor Dealey jumped to his feet: "I want to know." he said. "what authority a convention such as this has to decide such an Important question without first consulting with the laity?" The protest went unheeded. and an amend? ment. offered by Professor Dealey earlier in the day was also shelved. The amendment pro? posed broadening the scope of the federatlon by taking in every Christian sect. Professor Dealey proposes to bring his amendment up again be? fore the convention closes. Justice David J. Brewer. of the Cnited States Supreme Court. roused the night session to the highest pitch of enthusiasm by hls eulogy of the federation movement, but made it quite plain that his idea of church federation was a federa? tlon of all Christlans. I'nitarians. I'niversalists and Catholics. He said: I look and hope for .1 federai iott eloeer than that adopted by tbe conference. Pterhapa n was oet ter to t.'ike a ShOJI way than to nsk failure b\ golng too far. The man. however who .-annot work with Everett Tlale and Cardinal f.ihbons has no clear conceptlon ot the goodness of God. In the next sentence he struck the conference a direct blow for its exclusion of the I'nitarians. He said: I sav that if all cannot admit the divinityOt Christ they are vet all followers of his leadership. Provided thev are working for Christ the rest does not matter. lf I had been voting in New-T?* in the last elecUon 1 would have worked with any one who fought for William Travers Jerome. [ speak onlv as a lavnian and a lawyer and with the utroost deference to the cleijy. but I must say that 1 care more for religion than for theoIOgy. The strength or our country comes from tne strength of the union. and the strength of tbe union from the strength of the States. So a fed? eration of the churches ta oo way taterfering with the individual action of the unit will result in a M?KlVwi\.f the denominations will redooe tlw differences between them and will bring them t<> getlier Every Cltlsen is bound to pros-rve and support instice. Uw and justice should comcK.e unfortunat--!v thev do not. Every step towartl making them perfectly synonoraotts ls a step on ward 5ndl upward. lf 'his were brought about there would be no need of supervision o, banks or fns ,ran-e ' o?n>anies. The church would he a sort of mutual lusiiran.-e companv. whose salariea and policles would only he payable by the casWer OP vonder There would be no "talnted money . the law of "injunctlon would drop Into harmless desue tu.le- the Chinaman would learn n new idea pf American justice. What greater power is there to accomplisfa this than a federated church. Let us turn to municipal corruption. The cry is "Turn the rascals out'" which often means turn out the nartv to which the rascals beiong. Ktcr n vigilance' is not only the price of liberty. but ofpam purity. Purlty must he preferred to party and efforts must be continuous ____ _ jl = In one part of the city a httle nnnd does its best against the s'.ums; in another part anothcr little band does ItS best. What better arm could be brought against the slums than ji united church" Such a. body ould reform New-Tork. make Philadelphla good and Chicago clean. The declaration of John Hav that diplomacy is founded on the Golden Rule lifted this country higher than Manlla or Santiago. ^ et there are some to whom a large navy appeals. Against Bucb T invok.- the voice of the Master I invoke the united church against the conttaoance of war and the getting ready for war. Henry Wade Rogers. 1*1* I).. dean of Yale"s law department. followed Justice Brewer. Dr. Roger? belleves government by thc people has failed "conspicuously" in this country. He told the big audience as much. He paid a tribute to Jerome. liking him to the monk reformer. Savonarola. Justice Grosscup. of Chicago. also spoke. Many of the leading Episcopal clergy talked favorably of Professor Dealey's* amendment. Followlng the shelving of the amendment. the. Rev. Dr. Niccolls made a flery speech in favor of interpolating in the sentence "as their Lord and Saviour." This was adopted. It was a dig the articles of federation. the word "Divine," making the sentence read, "as their Divine Lord ar.d Saviour. This was adopted. It was a dlg at the Unitarians, who do not believe in the divinity <>f Christ. The conference then adopted articles of federation. Following this. papers were read on 'What Practical Results May Be Expected from Thls Conference." by the Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dickey. the Rev. E. D. Power. the Rev. Frank Mason, the Rev. A. H. Bradford and the Rev. D. S. Stephens. Resolutions deploring the "cornmer cial and politicai impropriety**. of tlie age were offered by the Rev. Dr. George Wenner. of this city. and shelved. The principal speeches at the evening session were made by Justice Peter B. Grosscup. of f'hlcago. and Henry Wade Rogers. dean of the Tale Law S<hool. Mr. Rogers spoke on * Gov? ernment by the People." He sald: If the purpose which brought us here ls re alized, we shall have strengthened the founda lions upon whlch government by the people for ever dependa Let us federato the churches that we may have a more effective agency for the preveniioii of that corruption whlch ull history teachei * tho ovarthrow of iho libertie* Just a Few Steps Take You Around the World at an exhibition gieaned frnm around the world. .!??. elry, works of art. totally dlfT-.-rent from what jou have seen before, A showlng Ot CHRISTMAS GiFTS FROM 25c. TO $25,000 Why not DOD>? tO-WOITO*? Too I -naed not even price?just come ln and view the coflectlan Tlrngs from everywhere?from London t? Tokio. tro_ 1'ekin to New Tork. preetona dietal ta marbia, _ Diamond*. *?rl bronze. ent glas MERMOD, JAGGARO 2 KING JEWELRY CO. . Established lttl "Grandeat Jewelry Hoate in Ameriea." 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His deeth followed eleven op 1 nrations. w-hlch began with an ogatauoa for ap ! iiendicitis. a ? : FALL FROM BARREL KILIS BAKEB. ! Two Serious Drops Previously Left Him with Only Feelings Hurt. William Ailam. twenty jreari Old, ot N' i Varick-ft.. a baker. employe.i iirie* 1 *? fell from a barrei in tne bakery yesterday af j ternoon. vtruck his bMd oa a aUmo and troevntt hta skull Me was dead when Ambulance Surgeon i Devanney. ot St. Ytecont'i Hoapital reached Wa j commented feeiingly on Um hatrbatat ot the pav^ I '"The bart?l from which he fell yesterday waa onlv four feet high. Before the co!d weather sets in Get a Residence Telephone It saves expo5 It saves doctor's bil?s. It means converuence and economy. Rates are la " KEW YORK TCL?PyCK? CO 1 ?, 'Jv_; Street Manufacturing Jewelers Importcra of Precious Sroncs and Pearls Establishtd 1840 Chester Billings & Son Succ::s?rs to Randeh Baremore & Billings Billings Court, Fifth Ave. at Thirty-fourth St. ; PLEADS FOR PHILIPPINES MR. TAFT AT KANSAS CIT1 Urges Tariff Reduction on Sugo and Tobacco for Islands. \ Kansas City. Mo.. Xov. %).?William H. Tat Secretary of War, the guest nf honor to-nlght ; the aqpual dinner of the Commercia! Club, in r spondlng to the toast. "'The Philippines." sa that "the Phillpplne Islands niust be ours for mo than a generatlon." and that probably those calh on to act as leglslators would not llve to see ti day "when separation consistent with the weifa: of the Philippinep can be made." The occasion of the dinner was the anniversai of the signing of the John Jay commercial treat Senator '\\ arner was toastmaster. Mr. Taft deseribed' the Filipinos as a gentl gracefui. artistic, domestic. courteous, ciulet, loni suffering and llkeable people. with a capaclty f< education and manual training. He then went c to tell what this country had done and ls doin for the people of the archipelago. He told of tl economlc hlstory of the islands in recent years ar of the great disasters which liave befallen thei since 1896. There is. naturaily, considerable feelir against this government. Mr. Taft said. A serioi attempt at revolution was not feared, hoWeve He continued: The Phillpplne Islands are ours, and must t ours for more than a generatlon. It Is quite prol able that those callea upon to act as leglslatm will not live to see the aay when separation cot slstent with the welfare of the Filipinos can l made. For practical purposes, then. the Phlllpptn, are part of lhe United States. Rv a most fortunal decision of the Supreme Court, they are not mac a part of the territory of the Cnited States. b. cause constltntional restrictions and lnhlbitior would have very seriousiy Interfered with wis government. adapted to those islands. but in a others than a tcchnical sense they are America territory. and lf we are sincere. if we are consciet tlous, if.we desire to be regarded as realiy altn istic ln our po.dtlon toward the Phillppines antl tl Filipinos. then we have no right to deny them tl beneflt which commercial assoclation and freedoi of trade as a part of our eivillzation will glve theri A Filiplno may well question the good faith < our declarations that we are there f<>r their goc when we decline to open our ports to- their pro< ucts and refuse to give them the beneflt of tl markets of this great count rv for tbe things whic they have to sell. In all the legislation for whir J'ongress is responsible affectlng the Philippine Ia ands there are but two acts which can be crit cised as having a seltlsh motive. One is what w mlght call the Coastwise act. the effect of which to require that after Julv 1. 1906. all freight froi the Philippine Islands to the Cnited States and tl reverse shall be earried in American bottoms. Ar the other is the law bv which there is imposed c products of the Philippine Islands coming into tl United States 75 per cent of the Dingley rates. The Coastwise act Is supposed to be in the Ir terest of the Amerlcan Merchant Marlne. As matter of fact. It would never prove to be so, bt realiy it can have no other motive. lf the Coas wise act is permitted to come into effect. and tt tax upon the Philippine products ls not remove. we have Congress assumlng the utterly indefei sible position that for the purpose of the sale < the Filiplno products by the Filipinos. the Phill] pines shall be regarded and treated as a foreig country, while for the purpose of furnishing bus ness to the American merchant marlne they sha be treated as a domestic country. and shall t made to pay the higher rate of freight whic such a coastwise provislon necessarny entails ar implies. The objeet of my coming to Kansas City. m fellow citizens. is to enlist your sympathy ln a effort so to amend the legislation on our statu books that we shall be consistent in our condm of the Phillppines, and shall repeal ' laws whic wlll give the He to every assertlon of dislnteres edness and good faith in our dealing with 01 wards Ciit the Pacific. The ,'.'-.trislation proposed for the relief of tl PhllipplgffS ls an act postponlng the application 1 the coa; wise trading laws to the trade hetwer the Philippine Islands and the Cnited States unl 1909. the reduction of tbe tarifT on sugar and t bacco from 75 per cent to 25 per cent of the Dingh rates and on other products of the Phillppines, fn trade until 1909. when there shall be complete fn trade in the products of elther. The two interests in this country that ar. a rayed in oppo.sitioti to free trade with the Phili plne Islands are the sugar Interest and the tobac. interest. It wlll be found. when the facts are ful analyzed, that these eomplainlng interests are n< objecting to this measure of justice to the Philii plnes because it is going to cause them immedia loss. but because they suppose that In years come. with the encouragement thnt the Ameriei. market will give to the production of tobacco ar sugar in the Phllipplr.es. th?re may come a tin when the tobacco and sugar of the Philippines w: enter into competition with that which they pr duce In this country. The attitude of these me who reallv know the facts. cannot be deseribed i other than the quintessence of selflshness in oppo ing the gradual betterment of the production 1 sugar and tobacco in the Philippines bv openlr the American market. when their fear of injurv founded on presumptions most fmprobable. Mr. Taft follows up his argutnent with many fii ures and statistics to prove his point, showing thi there was no danger from Philippine competitio He added: It is argued that America ls under 110 obligatic to give. the Philippines any better market tha thev had before. and that. as they did not hat the American market before. thei-e is no reasc | for them now to complaln that they do not have i ' This argument is as unfounded as the rest When w? pass from sugar to tobacco, we find : lively im-:gination equally necessary to nnderstar : why the tobacco men and the cigarmak->rs shou' ? be 'anxious to prevent this measure of justice < : the Philippines. Secretary Taft said in closlng: The great future of the Philipntr.e Islands. i my judgment, lies ln the extended production 1 ' that of which the islands have a complete monoj ; oly of tlie world?Manila hemp. The productio I of this. with maehinery adapted to Its cheapt preparation for the market. which Iankee ii : genuitv is certaln to Invent. will absorb the lab. i j and the capltal of the lslan.is to such an exter : that sugar and tobacco wlll remain as they no , ar?>. bnt secondary in importance in the agricu ! ture of the islands. w hy I am chiefly interested in having the prc i posed legislation ehacted at this session ls to cor ?vince the Filipinos that the American governmer ' is anxious to do what it can to stlinulate the: l > prosperlty, and that no such ohlmcrical injurv t : particular interests in thfs country will prever i us from doing justice to them and giving thei ' | the beneflt of our market whlle they are pract cally part 01 our country. Governor Hocb of Kansas responded to the toas "Nothlng the Matter wi-th Kansas." D. R. Franci formerly Governor of Missouri. and John S. Wis of New-York. formerly Governor of Virginia, als so.ik^. Bccretary Taft to-night declined to say to I. portera whether he favored a sea lev%I or a loc canal on the Isthmtis of Panama. "I can't answer a categorical question,"' he saii "The matter wlll eome before me for review, ar to dlscuss the two plans at present would be a improprietv. If I said what I think personally, should have to say why. and I do not think thf an advisable thing to do Just yet. ' BURTON AGAIN ON TRIAL Counsel Contcnds Rialto Payment Were in Another Case. St, I.ouis. Nov. 20.?For the second time withi two years United States Senator J. Ralph Burtoi of Kansas. was called on to defend himself ln tt United States Circult Court. The indictmei charges that he, while a Senator, accepted compei sation from the Rialto Graln and Securities Con pany. of St. I.ouis. now defunct, for using his ii fluence In behalf of that concern in certaln aftali pending before the Postoffice Department. Counsel for Senator Burton admitted that tl Senator had been employed by the Rialto Grain an Securitles Company. but laid stress on the fa< that the president of the company. Major Hugh t Dennis, now dead. was at that time under indic ment and contended that the principal reason f. Senator Burton's employment was that he waa ei nected to assist at Dennls's trlal. He contendf that the vi.sits Senator Burton paid to the Pos off .*? Department offieers were not to lnfluen* j a.tion ln regard to tlie Riulto company, but to ii v-etigate the case against Major Dennis. "The lawver admitted the paym-nt to 8enator Bui ton of tS00~in the offlces of the Rialto company ln S I l_o_ts on March 26, 19(8. but declared that it ws elmnlv the last of the monthly payments agreed o wlienSenator Burton was engaged as counsel. ln regard to the charges thut Senator Burton ha ' used his influence to prevent the Postofflce Depar < m'ert from Issulng a fraud order against the Rlalt ? i-ompanv counsel said tbe report <>f inspectors t the chief postofflce Inspector at Washington en bodied u recommendatlon from United States DIi I trtct \tt..n. v I'ytrthat a fraud order be not Issue ?hat thi? was approved by Asslst anl Attorna ral Robb,