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Says Promise to Independence
League Is More to Him than
Political Expediency.
NO LEGAL DIFFICULTIES
Oommittee of Lawyers Unani?
mous in Opinion Prog*ressive
Party Will Not Suffer by
Taking Outsidc Aid.
Oscar S. Straus. Progressive candldate
for Governor. accepted the lndorsement
of the Independence league yesterday.
It wa* learned by The Trlbune that Mr.
? gtraug accepted the lndorsement ln ?plte
of the faet that Colonel Roosevelt had
urged hlm to decllne.
Mr Straus gave hls reasons for ac
cepting the indoraement of the Indepon
oence League tn a "day letter" ?ent ly
txm to State Chalrman Hotchkiss and
made public in thi* city. The letter
foaowa:
1 have received your several communi
cations in regaia to my acceptance ot the
tn, orsiment of the Independence League.
Befor* replying to the recjuest of that
fcH-U- whether 1 would accept Its nomina
?i,,n if tendered on a plattorm eubatan
fflv he same as that of 1.10 1 conferred
wlth lou. and ln your letter of October 1
.oi atated that you had talked the mat
i*r over and advised me to reply in sub
i.tanc* that if ?ubstantlally sucn a plat
K a* that of 1?10 is adopted thls year
'l would not have much dlfflculty ln atand
ilng on that platform aa the nomlnee ol
the league, provlded, of courae. that legal
Slfncultles do not make such action In
auperable.
Lawyer*' Committaa Unanimoua.
Accordlngly. on the followlng day I an?
awered the telegrarns of Herbert R. Hm
0_rg sent me ln behalf of the ladapen
.enee League that 1 would accept lt*
Nomlnation if tendered on a P-at-orm aub
'itan*lallv the aame aa that of *-?*?"_
that 1 could aee no reason why 1 ahoukl
not welcome the nomination of the
t?_g e. provlded the legal dlfflcultles do
not make my acceptance insuperable. You
further atated you felt that we should
aubmlt to some hlgh clasa committee of
Uwvers to advlse us as to the legal
-tatus Thls submlsslon was accordlngl)
made bv your appolntlng Learned Hand.
Judge of the Clrcult Court of the l nlted
g_t-?, Robert H. Elder and B. F Eln
?t*ln. I have before me their unanimous
report. dated October 8. whlch atate* in
aubitance there is no such insuperable
Jegai objection and conclude* after re
riewlng the facts and the legal aspects as
. follows.
"We hold thls questlon, however, not
Crlctlv relevant to the acceptance by
r. Straua of the lndorsement of the In?
dependence League."
. In vlew of this decislon and since the
Independence League nominated me. I
feel bound ln good falth to my party and
to the Independence League to accept Ita
nomination. I have come to this conclu
aion after the most careful and dellberate
constderatlon of all the phases of the sub?
ject and I am sure I can do no greater
aervice to the cause of ProgreBsives than
to ablde ln letter and in splrlt by th*
promise I have made regardless of any
conslderatlon of political expediency. . .
A man prominent ln the thlrd party
aaid last nlght that not only dld Mr.
Roosevelt personally urge Mr. Straus to
decllne the offer of the Independence
Lea-ue. but he continued to plead wlth
the candidate to follow hls advlce through
Chalrm*n Hotchkiss.
Di*cus**d Subject at Oyster Bay.
The conference held at Oyster Bay on
Sunday between Mr. Roosevelt and *he
Progressive candidate for Governor was
arranged for the purpose of reachlng a
decislon on thi* very polnt. Mr Rooae?
velt polnted out that lt would not be
good politics for tht Progressive party to
tle up with the Independence League, as
he had repeatedly sald the movement was
the blrth of a new party and not afnli
ated wlth exlstlng partles. He also
polnted out that the Indor-iement lnclud.-d
?nly three members of the Progressive
atate Uckot
Mr. Straus replied that he had glven
hls word to Herbert R. Llmburg. of the
league. that he would accept the lndorse?
ment lf their platform was along the
lines of that adopted In 1910 and followed
the spirlt of the ProgreBsive platform.
The leagues conventlon. held on Octo?
ber 3, Indorsed Straus. and adopted a
platform slmilar in spirlt and ln *ub
Btancp to that of the Progressive party. A
Betermined flght was made ln the con?
vention to have Suiier lr.dorsed instead of
Btraug. and. in faet, the Democrat was
beaten by only a few votes Some of
those who worked for Sulser's nomlnation
Wer* close friends of Mr. Straus, and
were aeting on the tip that they could re
Meve hlm from an embarrasBing situation
lf they would BOB that aome one else was
Indorsed.
When Roosevelt returned from the West
one of the flrst thinga he did was to ar
rang* tht? conference wlth Mr. Straua.
Try us he would, the best he could get
from the Progressive candldate for Gov
emor waa the promise that he would
delav hi* answer to the league for a few
day* The declaratlon in hi* dispatch to
Chalrman Hotchkiss that hls word was
tnore to hlm than political expediency wa*
a referenoe to hls decislon not to accept
the advlce of Progressive leaders to de?
cllne the indoraement.
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LITTLE SLEEP FOR STRAUS
league lndorsement Problem
Robbed Him of Rest.
*-**-?? e Btaft C*orrr*pon<l?nt of The TrpMin.. ]
Nlagara Falla. K. V.. Oct. 11?In accept
tng the Independence League nomlnation
Oacar 8. Strau*. Progre?*lv_ candldate
for Oovernor, settled to-day a problem
Whlch had been worrylng hlm ever since
U?* beglnning of the present trlp. Hls de?
dalon came after hc had apent almost
the entire nlght followlng hla Rocheater
tneetlng ln dlscusslng the questlon. After
anly two hours" sleep he talked wlth State
Chalrman Hotchkiss on the telephone thls
teomlng. Then he announced that he had
Beelde. to accept the lndorsement.
The Indoraement problem cauaed Mr.
Straua to changes hla plan* for th? day.
Instead of contlnulng on hi* prlvate car
and apeaklng at Alblon. Medlria. Lock
port and North Tonawanda, he atayed ln
Rocheater and left the work of these
meetlng* to hla runnlng mate, Frederlck
M. Davenport. He caught an afternoon
train ln tlme to speak at an evening meet?
lng here.
After he arrived here Mr. Strau* decld
*d not to go to New York to register to
*""***rrow, but to contlnue the achedule
Wlgtnally mapped out. whlch wlll tak*
aim Into New Tork on Sunday. He wlll
flpaak to-morrow at Newark, Lyona and
-Bwego.
Th* meetlng ln Nlagar* Kall* attracted
*_?___-_?*]_ _?
DON'T OO TO PARIS
GO TO BUSTANOEtyS
NKW KKHTAI KA-NT.
110 WE5T 39TH STREET
\ ' Th. celjr en* wlth th*
Beat Vatitlnm Ataaiaafl****. ?
an audience of about elght hundred per?
sons. who recelved Mr. Straua in a very
frlendly mannen. He attaoked the Demo?
cratic party for Its record on atate roads.
saylng:
"We are building some hlghways in
thls state, and that ls a very Important
matter to the people of thls state. Now,
ln the flrst place, I propose that those
hlghways shall be run for the beneflt of
the people, and shall not be dlverted from
thelr proper dlrectlon ln order to reach
any prlvate house. I propose to abolish
any system that plaees three foremen
over one plckaxe. I wlU tell you why I
propose to do that. It ls because any ad?
ministration that I have a thing to 'do
wlth |a not golng to select Ita workmen
for the hlghways by uslng their voting
ca-paclty as a test; we" will slmply con
aider thelr plcklng capaclty. Now. that
may not be good polltlcs, but I am rather
too long on the planet already to begln
to try to learn new trlcks at thls stage
of the same.
"I do not know whether you have ever
heard of Tammany Hall up here. You
know lt ls a very benevolent organlza?
tlon. lt has a great history. It once
was a local organlzatlon, but now lt has
grown, llke a great many other commer?
clal enterprlses, lnto a state affair. It
even reaches way up to the White House.
Why, I understand that Mr. Sulzer has
promlsed hls wife that he expects to go
to the White House. Now, that ls where
he has an advantage over me. too. I
never expect to go there. I thlnk lt la
glory enough to manage the affairs of the
Emplre State, and ln managlng them I
am not golng *to squlnt at the White
House at all. I am Just golng to keep my
eyes on the people of thls state, and I
hope I may conduet myself so well that
they will never want me to leave It."
POSTED ON PENNSYLVANIA
Hilles Talks Politics with Lead?
ers in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Oct 11? Charles D. Hilles.
chairman of the Republican National
Commlttee, talked polltlcs here to-day
wlth Henry O. Wasson, Republican state
chairman, and aeveral Philadelphia lead?
ers. The meeting waa held at tbe head
juartere of the atate committee. Senator
Penrose waa lnvlted to attend, but wae
not present. The state committee la
-?ontrolled by thoae opposed to the lead?
ership of the Senator. Mr. Hilles and
Senator Penrose met later nt tho du!i
house of the t'nlon I-eague.
Among those who met Chairman Hill.a
it the state headquarters wero Represe.it
itlve Wllllam 8. Vare, Howard B.
Freneh and Wllllam T. Tllden. the latter
two representing the Taft commlttee of
the Union league. The meeting lasted
nearly two hours.
Mr. Hilles said he came to Philadelphia
to learn the exaet atatus of the electoral
?Jltuatlon ln Pennaylvanla. He expressvd
tilmself as satisfle-d and said that by the
atthdrawal yesterday of the electors on
the Republican tlcket who favored Col?
onel Roosevelt and the substltutlon of
raft followers ln thelr plaees the muddlu
tiad been clean-*d.
Mr. Hilles returned to New York thls
ifternoon.
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AGAIN OPEN O'NEAL CASE
Probe of Oibson's Oareer Takes
Investigators Over Old Ground.
As a result of their delvlng lnto the life
ind alleged crlmes of Burton W. Glbson.
?.sslstant Distrlct Attorneys Wasservogel
ind Murphy, who are conductlng the ln
,-estlgatlon. ln co-operatlon wlth Distrlct
\ttorney Rogers of Orange County. de
-lded yesterday to open up agaln the
nysterlous dlsappearance of John Klce
j'Neal. O'N'eal, who was one of Oibson's
'llents, dropped out of sight in May, 1911,
jnder clrcumstam es whlch soon after
vard led to the calllng of Glbson to Police
headquarters, vhere hc waB put through
lomethlng llke a "thlrd degree" by
PapUtJ 4""ommlssioner Dougherty.
A letter was recelved at the British
lonsulate yesterday from James Dun
e*vy, a lawyer, of Oreenbrldge. Mullln
rar Coui.ty, West Meath. Ireland. O'Nenls
iome, statlng that addltlonal Informatlon
iad been made known to hlm by the
nisslng man's relatlves showing Oibson's
ntlmaey with him and hls control of hls
noney matters.
It wus also called to Mr. WasservoRel's
?ttentlon that Herman K. Olsen. now llv
nj? at Central Park. I>onK Island, was
he mnn who Introduced O'Neal to 4',lh
son. and probably could tell more ahout
:h? mlsslng man up to the tlme of hls
llsappearance than any one else. Olsen
?vhs a manufacturer of wooden legs. and
nade a new llmb for O'Neal. O'Neal
iever called for the llmb. which ls stlll
?vaiting for hlm at I_awrence Rros., &
Vs, In the Blble House, Fourth avenue
ind Sth street.
o.N'.iil held a mortKage for t*,0<V> on
Msen's place at Central Park. Just be
'ore O'Neal dlsappeare-d Glbson boujcht
:he mortaas/e from him for I'O). It was
illeged that O'Neal had thls money ln
bto possesslon the last tlme he vlslted
Oibson's offlce, never to be seen after
rvard by any one who knew hlm. Mr.
-.Vasservogel sald yesterday that he
BBBM f-ret Into communicatlon wlth Olsen
:o flnd out all he knew about Glbson.
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PROSPERITY HELPING TAFT
Pittshurgh Business Man
Thinks President Is Oaining.
[By Te!e_raph to The Trlbune.]
Pittsburgh, Oct. 11.-Colonel Frank K.
Patterson, whose business haa taken
hlm durlna the last two weeks lnto al?
most every county ln the state west of
th-* Allegheny Mountalna, brouaht cheer
to the Taft forces to-day, when he de?
clared he aaw evidence of a growlng
Taft sentiment every where. He aald:
Taft ls much stronger In Pennaylvanla
than he was a month ago. I reached thls
concluslon by talking with men ln every
town I vlslted. There are two notable
factora ln the growth of sentiment for
the President. One ls the pronounced
Improvement ln business condltlons The
d isrntfled course that President Taft Jas
pursued since hls nomlnation has also
made a atrong lmpression.
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MARSHALL HAS A TRUST OURB
Reduction of Tariff, Oovernor Says,
Would Solve Problem.
Mattoon, UL, Oct. ll.-Oovernor Marshall
of Imi.ana ln an addreaa here to-day sald
that reduction of the tariff was the best
method of aolvlng the trust problem. The
indiana F.xecutlve a-aalled the manner ln
whlch the truat eyll was belng met by
the Republican and Progreasive Presiden?
tial candidates. He declared that ne ther
of theae partlea waa meeting thls Issue
"iovernor Marshall aald that problem of
tha truat waa not to be aolved by efforta
at thelr dlaaolutlon ln the federal Su?
preme Court. nor yet by the >***??
and Progreaalve proposals for reg4Jlation
and control. He aald the hlgh protectlve
tariff was responalble for the growth of
the truata, and ln the tariff coujd be
found the raaans of controlltng tbenj.
MD PARTY TO SPEND
Wilson's Only Hope Lies in Sup?
port of Reactionaries, Asserts
Progressive Candidate.
ANSWERS LA FOLLETTE
Time for Another Tariff Change
Did Not Ripen Until Olose
of His Administration,
He Declares.
O*hko*h. Wis., Oct 11.?A defence of
hls record on the tarlff questlon and an
attack on Governor Wilson's poaltlon w*re
mude In a speech her* to-nlght by Colonel
Roosevelt. Governor Wllaon. he aald, had
been the hope of the Progresslves, but had
changed hia attitude and "at present his
aole chance lies in the support of the re?
actionaries."
Colonel Rooaevelt apoke In a warehouae,
as avallable halls were amall. Here, In
Senator La Follette'* own atat*. the colo?
nel discussed for the flrst time ln hi* cam?
paign the Senator's oppo?ltlon to hlm. Ht
replied to Senator La Follette'a attack* by
taking up a number of polnta on whlch
the Senator hnd based hla critlclsm.
Colonel Roosevelt sald that the Progres
?Ive party'* campaign fund thls year
would be less than half the fund of either
the Democratlc or the Republican partv.
The ProgresBlves, he sald, were planning
on a basis that would Involve the expend
lture of about $360,000.
Answerlng the queation of some of hls
opponenta aa to why he dld not take up
the tarlff queation when he was President,
Colonel Roosevelt ssld :
When I became President business h*d
Just passed through two terrlble earth
quakes, there having been two complete
and sweeplng changes of the t?rlff ln the
precedlng elght years. It would havo
betn mere folly lmmediately to have
prepared for another change. The tlme
for such another change dld not rlpen
until the earth's hlstory changed the map
of the world, revoltitlonUed st lence. llfted
man to a higher plan* and puslied hlm
forward a grent atop In the march of
progress. It iwept away the ci_-webs of
the dark age*. dcstroved superstition. re
vlve.l harnlng, stlmulated lndlvldual tf
fort, opened tho doors ot <>pportunlty and
gave the old world a nrw w.irll.
The immedlate and nre-Hinic demand for
Important leglslatlon was for legiBlatl.ni
of a wholiy dlfferent klnd During the
tlme that 1 was President there was no
complalnt at all that I was not dolng
enough. The complalnt of all my ene
mles was that I was dolng too much.
The chief demand that the tarlff should
be taken up came from the great r.illway
and trust magnataa, who have alwaya
been anxlous to us<- the tarlff as a red
herrlng to be dragged acrons the trall
whenever action whlch thoy dlslike la
threatened. and Mr. Wilson ls obllglnly
trylng to play thelr game at thls mom.-nt.
Mr. Wilson, on thf tarlff, as on almoat
every other lsaue. either takea no deftnlte
poaltlon, or takea so many confllctlng po?
sltlon* that It Is dlfficult to know what
he means to do. Probaby Mr. Wilson haa
no clear idea of what he does Intend
to do.
In an Interview ln "Munsey's Magazlne"
for October. 1911. he complalns bitterly of
the methods of tarlff making. saylng that
clauses have be?-n Inserted In our tarlff
laws as "a matter >>f prlvate arrange
ment between th. re>,r*s>iitatlvcH of cer?
taln great buaineSM lntereBts and the
members of the Ways and Means t'oni
mlttee of the House and the Finance
Committee of the Senate." Thls Is en?
tirely true, and lt is to meet tnia vi-rv
objectlon that the Progreaslves have ad
voeated a sclentlflc. non-partlsan businesa
commission whlch ehould secure all ln?
formation about th* tarlfT and give the
frarn*-work for tariff leglslatlon to Con?
gress Yet Mr Wilson comes out against
such a commlaalon.
Mr. Wllaon keeps a.sertlng that tfl*
sbolltion of the orot.-ctlve tarlfT wlll help
us to grapple wlth our soclnl and Indna?
trial evils, and notably wtth the hlgh cost
of llvlna Mr Wilson. If Ilt to be Preal
dent. cannot be lgnnrant of th.- way th*>
tarlfT has worked In foreign counttles.
and unless he ls innorant he muat know
that hls statement ls without warrant In
fart ^ . ,
T^t hlm compare the courBe of economlc
historv ln Knjjlatid and Oermany for the
last fortv years Fngland has been under
a free trade svstem during that tlme
The cost of living has gone steadtly "P
and the condltlons of labor have become
so bad as to necessltate the most sweep?
lng efforts at reform.
"Hut th*; oxperlenoe r.f Germany Is even
more Impressive," said Mr Roosevelt.
"During these same forty years the
economlc condltlons In Oermany. and Bfl*
pedally tba economlc condltlons among
the German wage workers. have lmproved
by baps and hounds, as compared with
ahat ha* obtalned In free trade Kngland
during tii.' same tlme. No small part of
th.- Oerman succes* has been duo to the
faet that she has adopted the commission
system- the very system whlch Mr. Wil?
son ignorantly denounres."
Of Senator I>a Follette Colonel Pnose
7*lt sald: * TtM__?
It has heen a matter of regret to rn*
that Senator I.a Follette. who has done
so much for the I'roKrcsslve cause, ha*
felt that because of hls antagonlsm to
UM iie must range him*elf against the
Progressive movement ln thls campaign.
thereby giving hls oldtlme enemle*, the
reaetionarle*. a much needod support,
whlch they have acknowledged by the
first pralse they hav.- glven him ln twenty
years It has been as*erted that I dld not
take sld'-s wlth the I? Follette people ln
thoir eamP-lgfl in Wis onsln ln 1904. This
ls an error.
Colonel Roosevelt then read from a let?
ter he wrote to Oeorgo B. Cortelyou,.then
chalrman of the Rpubllcan Natlonal Com?
mittee, during the Wt campaign. in whlch
he sald that no favorltlsm mu*t be shown
to the "stalwarts" In Wisconsin. In hi*
apeeches and wrltlng* he sald that he
had pralsed Kenator Ia Follette's work.
and that until he becamo a candldate last
year the Senator had never apoken of him
publicly save ln terma of approval.
MAY VOTE FOR WILSON
California Republicans De
nounce State Progressives.
{Hv Telegr.ph to Th* Trlbune.)
laat Angelea. Oct. 11.?The Taft Repub?
lican Clty and County Central Committee
of Los Angeles to-day adopted resolutlon*
dcnouncliiK "the monstrous and wicked
consplracy to dlsfranchlse Republlcans
now being made under cover of law by
the Bull Moose fanatics here."
The action of "the renegade Republican
Roosevelt tricksters of the last California
Leglslature ln enactlng a compllcated
eli-ctlon law, suppl^mented by the bare
faced selsure by degenerate Progresslves
of the name and organlxatlon of the Re?
publican party. so a* to effectually ex
clude from the offlclal ballot the namea of
Taft and Sherman electors" was charac
terltad as vlllany.
Tha retsolutions rerimmend Repub
licana to wtite upon thelr ballot* th*
namea of the thlrteen electors who were
nominated by the Taft Republican con?
vention at 8a-ran*enl
One of the veM*x%t\onn dulares:
Whlla we *___rt *?**. Republican* who
ar* _!__ll__% ^tft ?r artterl^n.'n,h.
frorn anv _}*nrr f_m wrltlng the
na e. .f t___>dT'*?" +?*" t^or* *-*>on
Uielr b?ilojB%y totA theniselves fully
justifled tmJtoxTnt, '__,.he^N1,8on1eU,c
tors ln *_-*>' to d*#at i:.>.,s..v -u in
(?allford-Tand _hll**e do not recom
mend rt?_- th_t ?M^*'n?*S*}t' "'
sort t_T ne?*rthele?* i%ede that they
mav do ii, ln the AXlstlng emeigency
wlth-nt *er?i_rentJy '?**f.''1lr,*>? ?h*?r
loyalty at .H*)->gt,,Jpa*? or tbelr standlng
aa honeat elAnna..
ROOSEVELT Plffl) IN
IHEANANIAS CLUB
Harlan and Bede Declare Some
of Ex-President's Statements
Are Deliberately False.
SAY HE SANCTIONS THEFT
Taft "Truth Tellera" Also At?
tack Beveridge? Sentiment
Said To Be Strong for
Taft in Minnesota.
[By Telegraph to The Trlbune.]
Duluth, Mlnn.. OcL 11.-The truth la atlll
popular In Duluth. It waa demonatrated
fordbly to-nlght. when the Taft "truth
tellers," John Maynard Harlan and J.
Adam Bede, addressed a great audlence
at the Audltorlum. The great hall waa
crowded. and the telllng polnts of the
two speakcrs were roundly applauded.
Both Harlan and Btde dellvered strong
addreases. They refuted the Roosevelt
contentlons, and branded a score of hls
statements as utterly untrue, and ln some
lnstancea deliberately falae. Mr. Harlan
ln hla speech declared that Roosevelt had
no sense of politlcal morallty. He ex?
plalned how the colonel condoned the de
llberate stealln* of tbe Callfornia electors,
and gave hls audlence the facts ln the
Massachusetts and Maryland del.Rat.s*
votes at Chlcage.
Mr. Bede took the Roosevelt piatform
and showed that the promlses thereln
contalned were abeolutely Impossible of
fuiniment. Every tlme the President's
name was mentloned It was recelved wlth
applause.
Kx-8enator Beverldge. who spoke here
during the week. came'in for a severe
handllng by the Taft speakers. He was
accused of belng deliberately wilful In hi*
mtsrepresentatlon of facts.
The sweep of Taft sentiment In Mlnne
eota ls pronounced, and it ls surprlslng
both the Bull Moose and the Democratic
leaders.
Saya Colonel 8anctione Theft.
Mr. Harlan ln hls address said In part:
Hoosevelt has no moral perspe.tive.
He would llke to have us look at Oyster
Bay as a new Mount Blnai. He thun
ders forth across the continrnt. 'Th'.'i
shalt not steal, but he refuses tu rc
jsard the commandmcnt as one aililress-,1
to hlm. He reaerves to himself the prlvl
lego of tuklng anythlng In sight that be
wants. and he sanctlons steallng by oth?
ers for hls beneflt. He has remalned si
lent whlle hls runnlng mate, the (iov?
ernor of Callfornia, and hls benchmen
have deliberately stolen the name Repub?
lican and excluded from tba baliot tba
namea of the Republican eaadtdatea for
ITeatdent and Vlce-Presldent.
I'nder Johnson's leaders Callfornia
thlrd termers, whlle truly InsUtIiik tbal
they were not Republicans, yet fraudu
lently partlcipated ln the Republlcun i>rl
mary, captured the Republican State
Conventlon and named Koosiv.lt man t,.
run as electors In the RepubtloBn column
wlth Roosevelt's and Johnson'w names at
tba t<>i> Roose-velt thlnks It ls "bully."
for the Supreme I'ourt of Callfornia has
denouneed lt as baf-fSMM ri fraud und
tl.Uverv Roosevelt Is eagerly waltlng to
reoeiva the stolen electoral v-.te of t ali -
f,,rnla. but he will ?>e disappointed Call?
fornia Republicans would prefcr an hon
eat man. thoutfh a O. in... rnt. to a man
?al.o Kanctlons fraud. dl?hon?*sty und theft
when he may ka tba l?-nen, tar>.
Decrlaa Crazy Quilt Lagialation.
Mr Be-de spoke, In part, as follows:
The oueetlon upp?*rmo?t la thla cam?
paign ls. How can a hundred million
peool" fc;et alonK together and -.?our. the
hlKhest happlneaa? Surely not ba BT- ??
Uig hatred between elaaaca and dlacontent
among the masaea: 4iot t.y klnlllng the
flres of polltlf-al. raclal. sertlonal >r '
Ilglous prejudlce; not by crazy ijullt letas
latlon born of damaiBflral ambltlon aml
egotlarn. Not bv defamlng th-* 1'reslderit
,.f the l'nlted States and our 4'ongresa
leaders. tior yet by the apactOUl i.reten
-lur,*-< Ot our Colonel Roosevelt. and hls
understudy, Mr Heverldae, that th- I"-,l
tral government can perform every so< lal
service.
Most of the sUles have already secured
for themselves the very thlni/s of whlch
U>< pretetiders prate. Hevcridj-e ln hls
blll prohibltlng the rallroads from havlng
afiv frelaht Into the produ.tlon of whl.h
chlld labor harl entered ls a sample of the
legisiation these wlse ones would aeStOt
But how could the rallroads know the
facts, and why should the several states
lean on the federal government for iocal
lealslstlon. Carrled to thelr loglcal length
and strictly enforced, such lawa would
prevent rallroads from carrylng potatoes
or frults gathered by children. Better let
the lndlvldual. the communlty and state
look after local and lnternal affairs.
CAN'T TRACE^TRAW VOTE
Alleged Roosevelt Poll of Mich
igan County Called "Fake."
(By Telegraph to Th<- TTU.un-v !
Petrolt, Oct. 11.? AmonK the straw
votea recently aent out by the thlrd
party headquartera. in New York waa
one giving an alleged poll In OtseRo
County. Mlch., ahowlng 400 for Roosevelt,
85 for Wilson, and 7 for Taft.
A Detrolt newspaper, knowing that
sentiment In that county ts not for
Roosevelt, had Its correspondents Inves
tlgate. They report that the poll waa
an absolute fake. They went among
ITogresslvea asklng about the poll. and
not a man waa found In any part of
tho county who ever had heard of the
"straw." Farmera, too, were canvassed.
but denled havlna voted In a poll
Otsego County ls strongly for Tuft?
R.fli.t.rl Raaiatarll lt la tha duty
of every oood citizen to vote. Tha law
reauiree peraonai realatratlon for every
etection lf ><>?- d'd not ** on th#
bBBk lyeater/ay, do it to-day. Booth.
open fiom 7 a. m.^to 10 p. m.
CABUHIT TO AID TATT
Nagel, Stim-on, Knox and Perhaps
Wickersham to Sp-eak.
Washington, Oct U^-Several members
of the Cablnet will enter the politlcal cam?
paign wlth speeches In behalf BtWaaat*
d.*nt Taft ln the closing weeks of the con
test
ln addltlon to a week's tour In Mlssourl
Seeretary Nagel of the Department of
Cornmerce and Labor wlU sneak ln Penn
.vlv.nla on October 23 and 24 ; WOsm*
land, October 26; In Buffalo. October 2t:
ln Rocheater. October 28. and ln Syraeuae.
October 29 He will speak In Ohlo on
October 21 and 22.
If the arguments ln the Intermountaln
caaea ln the Bupreme Court, whlch begln
next week. are completed ln tlme Attor?
ney Oeneral Wlckeraham will make cam?
paign speeches. Seeretary Stlm.on will
speak ln New Tork and Seeretary Knox
on the Paclflc Coaat. Seeretary Mac*
Veagh may make one or two speeches.
a
TAFT MEN WILL APPEAL.
[By Teletrraph to The Trlbune 1
St Ixmia. Oct. ll.-An appeal from the
declalon of tha lower court whlch aranted
a place on the baliot to the Presidential
electors and the Btate tlcket of the Pro
greaslve party wlU be taken. Thls was
decided on at a meeting of Taft leadera
bara to-d_-v.
ANOTHER_VAN NESS SUIT
Nieces Would Set Aside Trans
fer of $375,000 Property.
A new attack wa* made yesterday by
heirs of Cornelius N. Van NeBS, of Corn
wall, N. Y., on the transfer of >-eal es?
tate and 3ecurltles whlch he made to hls
thlrd wife. Mrs. Alice Wood Van Ness.
The contest of the will of Mr. Van
Neas, who died on June 25, fmX leaving
an estate valued at nearly $1,000,000, wa*
heard by Surrogate Fowler, who reserved
decislon. Mrs. Alice Van Ness Parsons,
a daughter of Mr. Van Ness by a prlor
marrlage, wa* the contestant, and Mrs.
Van Nes3, who received nearly the en
tlre estate, dei'ended the will.
The *ult now brought ln th* Supreme
Court by Harriet B. Mor?e and Marie H.
H. Plerce, nieces of Mr. Van Nesa, la to
set aside the transfer of real eatate and
secuiittes made by the aged man to hls
young wlfe while he waa allve. The al?
legationa are made that Mrs. Van Ness,
who waa twenty-seven years old, forced
her attentlons on Mr. Van Ness, and
whlle she pretended to show affectlon for
hlm ln reallty was actuated only by
mercenary motlves, Mr. Van Ness at the
tlme being elghty-one years old and suf
ferlng from senlle dementla. Thls was be?
fore thelr marrlage and four montha after
the death of the old man's second wlfe.
Mr*. Van Ness ls now llvlng ln the Hotel
iAngiiara. The plalntiffs eay ln thelr suit
that at the time she met Mr. Van Nes*
her father had a subordlnat* Job In a
Port Jervl* ftah market. The amount of
property whese transfer ls now que*
tloned is $375,000.
Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Plerce are the
daughters of Mary lt. Harmon, a slster
of the second Mrs. Van Ness. The last
named left an estate of $849,000. Mrs. Van
Ness left no wlll, and tho plalntiffs say
that th.ir mother and Mr. Van Ness were
the only helr* at law of Mrs. Van Ness,
and they clalm the share that they allege
should have gone to thelr mother.
AGAIN ACCUSES COLONEL
La Follette Charges Roosevelt
with Double Dealing*.
Direct charges of double deallng by
Theodore Rooaevelt and hls friends are
made by Senator Robert M. La Follette
in hls second chapter of "The True Story
of the I'ampalgn," whlch appears in the1
forthcomlng number of "La Follette's
Ma*azlne." The Senator asserts, alao,
that Medill McCormick tampered wlth llt
erature that wa* to be sent out from the
I.a Follette headquart.-a, hut, wlth tl.e
ald of Mrs. l_> Follette. the plot of sub
stltutton was prevented
Senator La Follette declares that when
Koosevelt returned from hls 1911 tour he
promlsed to support the Benator and to
recommend hlm In "The outlook."
It Is stated that support was promlsed
to the Senator by Senator (*ummln?s an.l
Olfford I'ln.hot also assured hlm that
Uoosevelt would ald hlm. Then, throiiKh
tht- ilnanclal ald of ('. It (rane, William
Kent, GifTord and Amos I'lnchot ami
Alfred lt. Lak.-r, headfljttarters were
opened by Ui Follette Hut a eall to the
public announclng the candldacy was
never mdfl baoina C_nmlngB raf?aad to
sign.
Accordlng to Senator Lfl Follette. al?
though lie was Indorsed by Progresslves
from thirty states. James It. OarfloM put
on the damper. and a. algnillcant statem.-nt
that "The Outlook" was merelv recoin
mendinj* and not enmmitting the move?
ment to any one man followed. The rea?
son for thi* Btatemetit. the Senator de?
clarea. was the ronHuslon that Taft had
lost the West and that there a*B_ a flOfl
siblllty of BBfltt**- Taft. The Uoosevelt j
sentiment wa* then start.d.
Verbeck Appointment Disap*
proved by Military Paper.
ASKS OFFICER TO DECLINE
"The Army and Navy Journal"
Says Adjutant Oeneral Should
Explain Position to Oovernor.
The executlve order slgned by Oovernor
Dlx lncreasing the power of Adjutant
General William Verbeck by maklng hlm
chlef of staff. In addition to hls present
dutles, haa not yet been offtclally dts
tributed to the national guard. The
Trlbune to-day prlnts the full order, to?
gether wlth the flrst order issued by Oen?
eral Verbeck since lt was slgned.
The Issuo of "The Army and Navy
Journal.'' out to-day. critlclses the
change and seeks informatlon as to the
military law by whlch Governor Dlx made
the appointment. Tbe order follows:
Headquarters New York State Mllltia.
G. O. 60. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 3. 1912.
The following executlve order of the
Governor is published for the informatlon
of all concerned.
State of New York, Executlve Depart?
ment.
I.?In order to conform to tlie organlza?
tlon and government of the l'nlted States
army, there ahall be a chlef of staff of
the military forces of the state. whose
dutles shall be analogous to those of the
chlef of staff of the United States army,
whlch duties shall be dlscharged by the
idjutant general of the state.
Albany. Oct. 3, Mtt JOHN A. DIX.
Albany. Oct. 8. 1912.
II.?In order that the maxlmum amount
of tttne may be devoted to the practical
and theoretlcal lnstructlon of troops.
brlgade, reglmental and other command
era wlU reduce ofllclal corr<-*spondence at
thelr headquarters to the mlnlmum con
hlst.-nt wlth efflclent administration. To
thls end commanding offlcers will dlspose
ot mattera of routine as far aa pructl
cable by peraonai lntervlew wlth the ln
dlviduals concerned at such times and ln
?uch manner aa will least Interfere with
the lnstructlon of tbelr commands.
Ill.-In view of the fact that consld?
erable of the paper work ln the national
guard and naval milltla is due to ne-gll
gence and carelessness on the part of
offlcers charged with the preparation of
japers. rcsultlng In needleaa delay ln the
transactlon of public business, offlcers wiu
hereafter be held to a stticter account
abillty for the correctness and accuracy
of the papers they submit. to the end
that duplicatlon of work caused by neces
sary correctlon of errors may be reduced.
By command of the Governor
WILLIAM VERBECK.
The Adjutant General, Chlef of Staff.
The article In "The Army and Navy
Journal" begins by saylng:
The order Issued by the Governor of
New York, creatlng the dual offlce of
adjutant general and chlef of staff may
or mav not be in accordance wlth the law
of the State of New York, but lt certalnly
linds no Justlflcatlon ln the practice of
the ngular army. It ls true that the
forner adjutant general of the army
sought to make himself ln effect chlef of
staff as wtll as adjutant general. but as
the result hc was landed outslde the
breastworks The offlce of the adjutant
general ls an offlce of record, and Its
dutles are not comnatiblc with the dutles
of the chlef of staff as deflned in the law
creatlng tliat offlce ln the army of the
Unltad States.
The publl.-atlon says lt ls nol sufflclently
famillar wlth the law of this state to be
Bbla to find where the Governor gett au?
thority to create a chlef of staff wlth
dutles analogous to those of tJeneral
Wood. "especlally ln view of the fact
that dolng no assumea the existence of
a staff corps, of whlch the chlef ls to be
the head." The article proceeds:
Wa are informed that the plan to detail
General Verbeck as chlef of staff "did
not orlginate wlth either 4',overnor Dlx
ot Oeneral Verbeeb." This belng the
case, we do not doubt that Oeneral Ver?
beck wlll advise the Oovernor that hla
order doea not conform to the organlaa
tlon and government ot the Unlted Stat**
army and that lt I* entirely lmproper
to attempt to impose upon the adjutant
general duties "analogou* to thoae of th*
chief of staff of the Unlt-_ State* army"
It ts true that the adjutant general of
Pennsylvania la called "chief of ataff.'
but he has no such dutle* aa Oovernor
Dlx seeka to Impose upon the already
ovcrburdened shoulder* of hi* adjutant
g.-ne.ral Oeneral Verbeck I* too good a
soldler to object to any duty that hla
chief may requlre of hlm. but he mlght
quietly explain to hlm that the attempt
to comblne the dutle* of hls offlce of rec?
ord and lssue wlth those prescrlbed for
the chief of staff of the army can accom
pllsh no useful purpose and wlll brlng
him into unpleasant relatlons wlth the
entlre national guard of the ?tate, whose
offlcers vlew wlth aerlous alarm thia Im?
portant order. Issued without conaultlng
the mllltla council, whlch could hav*
properl> advlsed the Governor and whlch
was appolnted by law for Just such pur?
pose.
Accordlng to "The Army and Navy
Journal," a number of offlcers. including
gererals and colonels, met in thls clty
during the week, and after discussion de?
cided the Qovernor had been misled Into
signlng an order against the Interest* of
the national guard, and announced thelr
Intentlon to explain the situation to hlm
by some legltlmate means within the re
strlctlon of proper mllltary procedure.
The article continues on thls llne:
There Is one thlng to be borne In mlnd
in tiiis case: The adjutant general Ib not
requtred to be a soldler. and lt ls entirely
wlthln the authority of the Oovernor to
appoint a clvlllan wholiy unacquainted
wlth mllltary matter* to a povitlon whlch
wlll put hlm vlrtually ln control of the
natlonal guard of the atate. As Oeneral
Verbeck goe* out of offlce on January l
by process of law he 1* ln an excellent
posltlon to advlre the Oovernor ln thls
matter without prejudlce.
Frlctlon 1* certcln to result, "Tho Jour?
nal" declarea. It asks lf, a* the dutle*
are not deflned by law or deslgnated In
ordera, the adjutant general la expected
to declde for hlmself tbe llmitationa of
hi* authority.
Don't lo** your votol Thi* wlll b*
an important alaction. If you put off
regiatration you may fail to quahfy.,
Don't deiay. Regiater! Regiater to - .
day. Regiatration placaa ara printad
in th* nawapapora. ,
FIERCE $25,000 LOFT FIRE
Hour's Fight to Subdue Blaze at No.
149 to 155 West 24th Street.
Flre that dld damage to the extent of
t-5,000 was dlscovered laat night on th*
top floor of the six story loft building at
No. 149 to IU Weat Mth atreet, ln the loft
occupled by Lambert A Meyereon, deal?
er* in dress trimmlng*. The blaza had
made conslderable headway before per?
son* in the street saw the flame* ahootlng
from rear wlndow*, and the flre had burst
through the roof before the arrlval of
any flre apparatu*.
Deputy Chief Martln, who came on th*
flrst alarm, thought that the flro would
be a troublesome one to handle, and !
turned In a second alarm, which brought
Chief Kenlon. The flre was dlscovered
at a little after 8 o'clock, and In an hour
was under complete control. It was the
opinion of the tlremen that the flre atarted
aoon after the bulldlng had been cloaed
for the day at 5 o'clock, and that It had
been smoulderlng for several hours. There
was no clew to the orlgln of the blaz.-.
Conslderable water damage was suf
fered by llrms occupylng the lofts und?*
neath the one in which tba tl. BtaItO?
WON'T HELP A DEMOCRAT.
Wilmlngton. Del., Oct 11.-Colonel
John G. Townsend, jr.. has declined the
nomlnation of the Progressive party for
Congress on the ground that the uae of
hls name would Indireetly afcsiat tho
electlon of a Democrat instead of a Be
publicin Representatlve from thls st.it'
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