itepntrh
THH TIMBH FOWNDKD 1889
l'MSJ DISPATCII FOUMDBD 18(0.
WHOLE NUMBER 17,553.
RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, JUNE 14,1908.
PRICE MVE CENTS,
HDWiTZER 5 OFF
Cheered by Large Crowd,
Soldiers Leave by Rait
for Staunton.
TRIP DOWN VALLEY
WILL BEGIN TO-DAY
Government, Much Interestcd,
Scnrls Officer of Regular Army
to Accoinpany Battery?ROutc
Lies Through Historic Bat
tleficlds, Wliere Stone?
wall Jackson Led Men.
F _"[_-_ oqulppcrl for tho long march
down tlio Valley of Vlrglnla, the
Itlchmond ilowltzers left the
Chesap.ake nnd Ohlo depot on
thelr apeclal train last nlght at
10:10 o'clock, bound for Staunton, from
whlch placo the Journey afoot begln.
Crowils of people illlled thc stallon and
pushed to tho very doors of thc train,
clieerlng and wavlng handkcrchlefs un
til tlie rear llghts ot tho I'ullinan dls?
appeared around thn curve. .Save for
tlie absence of nrms. the cannoncers
presented a most warllkc appearanee,
being dressed m Iho roariilatlon khaki,
and carrylng. each man, hls n. n tent
attd knnpsack. There were present
also several "war correupondents" to
rhronlcl. th<> peaeeful invasfon of thc
country whlch more thnn forty years
nt-n wns the scene of a serles of bloody
battlee.
Kollo ..nl hy Cro.vd.
The hattery had orders to present lt
self nl thn armory nt & o'clock sharp
last nlght. .Several minutes before
that tlme ftviery man was (here, and
ready to fall ln. The lnevitable crowd
liad also gathered. nnd ehoked the iloor
ivayn for sonie timo before tho battery
mado Its appearanee. A short prellm
inary drlll was Indulged in before thc
rnen were. tnken otit to tlie street. Thn
tramp of many feet on. tlie floor of the
drtll room waa a siitnai to the walting
Crowd, whlcli yelled and called the
llO.VH Ollt.
Promptly at 9 o'clock thc battery
was formed ln front of Uie armory.
and the trip wa_ begun. The llne of
inarch to th?m dopot lay along Kighth
Street to Broad, down Broad to Nlnth
nnd to Main. thence to the depot. At
every cross street the cheerlng crowd
increased and fell in behlnd tho sol?
dlers. U'ht-ii the battery croaaed
"Broad, tho mass of people waa so
den'se that f->r a few mltiuteii all the
i'ars and wn_roii!> had to stop. motor
men and drlvers walting patiently and
good-nuturedly until they could move
aiiead without runnlng over someone.
The only halt on the wny to the de?
pot was at tho store of Mr. T. C. Sub
let, at Thlrteenth and Main Streets,
?where, at hls rcfiuest. Captaln Myers
i.topped tho battery and sectlon by _ec
ilon marched tho men ln. Each got a
cool Ing drink nnd a good clgar. SIr.
Sublctt ls one of the most. enthnsiastlc
friends of the battery ln the clty. Hls
brother ls now a member of the Howlt
zors, and many of hls people, fought
wlth thu hlstorlc command durlng tho'
war. lils courtesy was much appre
clatod by the men who gavo hlm three
rouslng cheers as they marched away
down tho street.
Scene nt the Depot.
At tne depot ranks wero again
broken, and tlie ninety or moro uni
formed men were engulfetl ln tho army
of clvlllmis, -whlch was too large to
be' let Into the sheds. The favored
fow?close friends and relatives of the
soldiers?were enough to make walk
ing along the platform a. rather diffi?
cult matter.
About flve minutes was -spent here In
good-bys, whlch, however, bore but
sllght resemblunce to the proverbial
"Soidler's Farewell.',' Every one was
laughlng and cheerlng with the same
breath. Then come the buglo call, and
a second afterward the men tumbled
Into tho coaches and tlie train moved
out ot the sheds. This was where tho
crowd broke looso and cheered again
and again as the sound of the buglo
partly drowned the roar of tho train
dwindling away in the distance.
/The train consisted of three day
coaches for the men. to tho rear of
whlch was attached the Pullman "Am
bassador," for the offlcers and visitors.
Next to the englne was a flat car con?
talnlng tho provlslon wagons and two
wagonottos for the visitors. Behlnd
thls were two cars carrylng the horses
s.nd mulos.
Last nlght, was spent on the cars.
Early this mornlng tho march of 159
miles, along tho route of Oeneral Jack?
son in the Glvll'War will ho com
mencod from Staunton. This section,
whlch ls now ono of the most beautl?
ful and productlvo parts of the State,
?vas, during the war, tho scene of some
of tho liardest flghting. The Uno of
marcli lies down tho Valley, through
the mountain gaps to Alexandria. The
Howltzers expect to reaoh thelr. des?
tlnatlon a week from Tuesday, it all
goes well,
Government Interrstetl.
The trip has croatod much Interest,
r.ot only throughout Virginia, but in
other States. The "War Department
was quleic to reoognlzo Its value, micl
has sent Captain ICIlrain, of tho regu?
lar army, who ls statloned al Nowport
News, to accompany the battery. He
arrlved in tho city yesterday ut noon,
and was flttod v.p at once wlth a How
Itzer uniform. In a reeent letter to
Captaln Myers concernlng tho trip,
Captain Kllrain compllmented him on
his plan, nnd said lhat if all tho vol
unteer mllltary orgaiiizations of the
country would adopt the idea It would
mean that tho volunteors would equal
for dlsclpllno tho men of tho regular
urmy.
Tho Stonewall Camp, Confederate
"Veterans, wlll tentler a receptlon to
the battery soon nftor Its arrival. Sev
?rSI hours wlll ho spont iu viewlng
tho places of historlo ' interest In the
clty. Tho chaplaln of the battery, the
Rev, Pr. JatiiOB Power fimith, wlio wlll
accompany lt along tho entlre inarch,
Wlll preach to tlie men ln tho hlstorlc
Old Stono Church, Thls ls about eight
mlles from Staunton, and it la thought
that tho battery will nrrlve thero abotit
dinner tlme.
BprIiIok Pr. Smith, a number of "war
tlme" HbV.lts-ers wlll oocupy* the
wagons along with thn invjtod guests
nnd newspaper correspomleutp, Others
'Contlnuec. ?TrTl___Tor_a~Pak_0~
CONVENTION CITY
Chicago Ablaze With Light
and Buzzing With ;
Excitement.
RIVAL FACTIONS SEEK
TOOUTDO ONE ANOTHER
Republicans of National Promi
nencc Lcading Dclcgations iri
March to the West?Ques?
tion of Vicc-Prcsidency
Most Important issue.
Quay Kcsolution.
CHICAGO, June 13.?The tramp of
conventlon hosts is now falrly
under way, and to-nlght Chl?
cago la Ijeginnliig to thrnb
wlth tho confuslon and exelto
n.cnt of arrlvlng throngs, some wlth
banners and bands nnd gally-unlform
ed inarchers, others mado up of State
delcgatlons wlth thelr consplcuous
lendera nnd their cohorts of strong
lunged foiiowcrs and shoutors, others
of the friends and admlrera of tlie va?
rious presldentlal candldates. and otill
othcra and again others of tho curlous
onlookers drawn from every sectlon
of th'e country, includlng many of the
roprcsontatlvoH of fop-lgn poverntnents
wlio have come to wltness thls national
spoctaclc.
Thousnnda i'nurlng In.
All day special and regular tralns
havo rmptled thousands of strangers
Into this presldentlal Mccca. The ef?
fect of the Inllux ls seen to-night In
thn Hui-jrinK stree-t crowds. the grow?
lng anlmation of the choked and
smoky hotel lobbl??s. the slralns of mu?
slc and the swell oratory from some
of the headquarters of candldates. and
the bounteous hospltallty whlch these
hcad(|tiarters aro beglnnlng to dls
pense. And yet thls foregatherlng of
the Chicago Conventlon of 100S has
already establlshed a record for ini
usual i.-alm and tranqulllity. for. meas
ured by the. dln and turmoll, tlie scenes
of delirlous excitement and the spirit
of dlo-in-tlie-InHt-ditch whlch has
marked sotne hlstorlc gatherlngs nf
the past, thls Invading army of deU
gates and spectators la u most stald
and unemotlonal body.
But lt ls nono th? less an army. wlth
new coliitntis rnmlng to tlie front hour
ly. and wlth the prospect of plenty of
hurrah and llreworka ahead to animate
tlie leaders and stir tho blood of the
onlookers.
A drizzllng raln to-nlght, after a hot,
muggy day, tended to restraln the out
bursta of enthusiasm, but there is a.
prornise of good conventlon weather
ahead.
On tho Ground.
The centros of lnterest to-day have
been the arrlvlng delegatlons, wlth
many of the leaders of national prom
Inenco, and the headquarters of the
various presldentlal candldates.. Among
the notable conventlon figures to ar?
rive were Don Cameron, former Unlted
States Senator from Pennsylvanla, who
has not attended a national conven?
tlon since the meeting of ISSO, when
he stood with Roscoe Conkllng and
John A. Logan as tho leaders of the
thlrd term movement ln the Interest of
General Grant; Henry Taft. brother of
the secretj.ry: Senator Chauncey Depew,
who elght year3 ago electrifled tbe
Phlladelphla conventlon wlth hls speech
seconding the nomlnation of Roosevelt
for Vlce-PreSldont: Representatlve Sc
reno E. Payne, of New Vork, chalrman
of the Ways and Means Commlttee of
tho House of Representatives, who bears
on hls amplc shoulders a good deal of
the hurden of future tariff revlslon;
Unlted States Senator Long, of Kansas,
who Is sald to have the Dolllver vlco
presldentlal boom In cold storage:
James A. Sherman and TImothy L.
Wnodruff, of New "York. both receptlve.
vlce-presldentlal posslbllltles: ex-Gov?
ernor Yates, of Illinois, who ls wllling
to conslder his return to the guberna?
torlal chalr, and a host of others no?
table In tho polltlcal world.
Tho rank and fllo of the Stato dele?
gatlons aro rather late ln coming and
organizing as compared wlth previous
conventions, but most ot the States
have thelr advance guards here. New
York's delegation arrived by speclal
traln at noon; a conslderable part of
the Pennsylvanla delegation was added
to that already here, and other State
contlngents straggled ln durlng the af?
ternoon and evening, Tho Amorlcus
Club, of Pittsburg, a Knox organizatlon
wlth handsome unlforms and gay col?
ored umbrellas, marOhed through the
st-eets nnd gave a foretaste of the
6cenes to come.
Scenes nt "HeaAquartcra.
Tho Taft headquarters "are divldcd
between threo of tho large hotels, but
the storm contre of Taft actlvlty is at
the Auditorium Annox. Hero a serles
of parlors has boen mado gorgeous wlth
banners and bunting and electrlc llghts,
whlle tho gonlal face of tho Secretary
of War smlles down from every wall,
As yet, however, the Taft headquarters
havo not been formally opened to the
publlc, and tho Taft movement has its
ehlof Impulslon ln tho qulet counclls ln
an upper chamber of the hotel, where
Arthur T. Vorys, ex-Governor Myron
T. Herrlek and Charles P. Taft, of
Clnclnnatl, another brother of the boc
rotary. hold thelr dellboratlons.
Tho Hughes headquarters took on an
added brllllancy at the Auditorium
after the New York delegation arrived
lo-day. A lutgo portralt of the Gov?
ernor waa mounted aloft In tho hotel
lobby, topped by a aunburst of rod,
whlte and blue, wlth "Hughes" ln eloc
trlo letters two foot hlgh Just below.
Tho Cannon men were aomewhat
onvlnus of these two-foot letters, and
to-nlght "Joo Cannon" Is blazlng forth
from tho front of the Auditorium in
lotters ten feot high. The Cannon
hoarlquarters present a plcturo of gon
ulno oonventlou onthuslasm to-nlght,
as tho doors hfivo been thrown open for
tlio recpptlou of the publlc, Tho muslc
of a brass band and a patrtotlo glee
club erhoes through tlie oorrldors, ora?
tors aro oxpoiindlng the vlrtues of
"Unclo .loo," and sumptuous good cheer
Is belng; passea around to ull who 'wUl
jiartake.
Tho Knox and Falrhanks hoadqunr
lers nre also oontrog of attentlon, oaoh
rcHplendont wlth color and electvt'olty;
but the roat enthusiasm anvalts the ar
(Contlnued on Slxth Fage.)
POWERS OUTAFTER
1DGJNI5II
Governor Willson Pardons
Him and Howard, Charged
With Goebel's Murder.
HALF MILLION SIGN
PETITION FOR PARDON
Kentucky Executive, in State?
ment Issued, Tclls of Pressure
Brought to Bear on Him.
End of One of Amc
rica's Famous
Cases.
FRANKFORT, KY? June 13.?By
announcliig to-day the pardor of
Citleb Pbwers and James lloward,
Governor Willson closed the last
chapter of one of Kentucky's
noted cases, In whlch the people of all
sections of the Unlted States liave for
mally oxpressed thelr lnterest by slgn
lng petltlons for clemehey.
Hlntory of Cnse.
In the closing days of January, eight
years ago, whlle the contest of Wllllam
CJoebcl for the gubernatorlal seat, oc
rupled by William K. Taylor, was belng
heard, Ooebel was shot, dylng later
from hls wounds. The shot was be?
lieved to have come from a half-opened
window of the Sebrelary of State's
ofllce, and as Caleb Powers was then
Secretary of State, suspioion fell on
hlm, and lils arrest followed. Four
tlmes has Powers been put on trlal
for hls llfe on the charge of compllc
Ity In the murder. three tralls resultlng
In convlction and sentenco, death be?
lng the penaltv In two. On the fourth
trlal, whlch came after the ease had
heen carrled to the Unlted States court.
and had flnally been appealed to the
Suprcme Court. whlch turned It back
to the State courts, the jury dlsagreed,
and thereupon the efforts for a pardon
for Powers. as well as for James How?
ard, who had been convlcted Borne years
ago on charges of complicity, were
renowed.
Many thousands of slgnaturcs of
peoplo of all partles and all sections
?were appended to the petltlons that
pour'.d In on Governor "Willson, who
for several weeks has been conslderlng
the case. Hls deelslon was made
known to-day Jn the shape of a for
mal statement of the pardon and hls
reasons therefor.
Mfiny Mcnrd lt.
After recltlng the fact that the ?PPH
catlon for pnirdon had been accompanled
t?- a petition from nearly 500.000 per?
sons, about 240,000 of whom are Ken
tuckians. Governor Willson. ln hls
statement. revlewed the hlstory of the
case, deplorlng the crlme, and then
sald:
"The sympathy whlch makes all the
world aUIn, of every good man and
woman, ls with the brothers, klnsmen
and friends of tho vlctim of the mur?
der. I have not heard nor consldered.
but havo refused to conBlder. any prl
vate or secret request or appeal ln
either of these cases, and have, wlth?
out exceptlon, requlrcd that all of the
proceedings should be heard publlcly,
ln the presence ot representatives of
both sldes, so that all should know
everythlng to whlch any welght was
glven for or agalnst the appllcatlons,
and that all the world should have a
chance to Judgo that the reasons for
the decislon wero Just and rlghteous."
Innocent, He Thlnk!*.
After detaillng the polltlcal condi?
tions whlch exlsted when the murder
was commltted, he contlnued:
"I have examlned the cases rcgard
less of my personal wlshes, sympathy
or flrst impresslons. and wholly in the
llght of truth and right. I nelther seek
to avold critlclsm nor wln pralse. I
am reverently thankful that I should
be the Instrument of Justice and mercy ;
as God has glven mo to see my duty
and know the rlght, and my falth Is
that good may come of lt, that peace
may end these troubles.
"I grant Caloh Powers a full and un
condltlonai pardon for tho offense
wlth whlch he stands accused; a restor
atlon to all hls rlghts pf citlzenshlp.
and order that he forthwlth bo released
from the Jall ln whlch he ls Incarce
rated. My reason for grantlng a par?
don is that I am flrmly convlnced that
he Is. beyond all reasonable doubt, ii\
nocent of the crlme charged agalnst
hlm ln Iho lndlctment, and that nny
further prosecutlon agalnst hlm for the
crime so charged would be a great
wrong and agalr.st the peace and well
belng of the Commonwealth.
Youtsey Flred Shot.
"In the trlal of Toutsey tho State
contended oarnestly for a verdict that
ho flred tho fatal shot. My readlng
of the tostlmony leaves no doubt that
thls charge -was concluslvely proved.
At thu end of his trlal Toutsey accepted
a lifo sentenco, and decided not to
appeal.
"There Is very little hope of. ever
havlng a Jury trlal of thls case ln Ken?
tucky wlthout polltlcal questlons up
permost ln the mlnds o fthe coutt, the
counsel and the jury. Becauso of thls,
and the unequal struggle of the de?
fendant, wlth no means oxcept those
glven hlm, against tlio whole power
of tho Commonwealth, I feel lt a plain
duty to end thls futlle struggle, the
anxloty, dlslress and wasto of tlme,
money and care, and to take away from
both partles the bono of contentlon and
do all I can to restore peace to the
State.
"For. these reasons I pardon Caleb
Powers and. order hls Immedlnte re
lease from the Scott county jall, at
Georgetown, thls Juno 13, 1008."
Hnvriird Pordoned.
Governor'Wlllson also grants a par?
don to James B. Howard upon the ln?
dlctment pondlng agalnst hlm ln tho
Franklin county court, chargtng auhor
natlon of perjury. Tho Governor's roa
son for tho pardon of James B. Howard
and tho restpratlqn pf-Howard to all
Iho rlghts of citlzenshlp. ls that a cate
ful examlnatlon" of all the evidence and
proceedings of the trlal satlsllod hlm
beyond all doubt that Howard had
nothlng whatever lo do wlth the mur?
der of Wllllam Goobel, but- that Henry
Youtsey, as getforth ln the reasona for
the Powers pardon, formed tho plan,
whlch was carrled out for the murder
of Goebol.
roneri'n I.ong Flght.
The campaign that ended ln the defeat
of Goehel at the polls, the struggle Incl
dent to hla legl.-latlvo contests whereby
he snatcned tho goveimorshtp from Taj'
"'(CoiTtinuod -on j Slxth Pago.),
ssutis
_G_IH VETDED
Mayor Disapproves Ordinance
Looking to Establishmerit
of Electric Light Plant.,
ACTION CAUSES
GREAT SURPRISE
Effort Will lic. Made to Pass
Measure Over Veto?Reasons
fbr Advcrsc Dccision Not
Made Publtc Yet.
Other Ordi
uaiicc_.
FOK n. second tlme the ordinance
authorlzlng tlie Ibsuo and pro?
vidlng for the redemptlon of
$350,000 in bond i for tlie estab
llsliment and equlpmept of an
electric llght nn.l power plant at the
Old Piimp-llouse nnd for Increasing
the pumping facllltiet* of tlre Water
Works, has pasaed both hrnnclies of
Councll, only to he vetocd by the
Mayor. Tlie measure wa. returned to
Clty Clerk Ben T, August yesterday
afternoon without the approval of the
executlve. As usual. tlie Mayor's rea?
sons for not passlng favorably upon
thn ordinance wero sealed, nnd wlll
not bo mad* known until after they
have been consldered by the Council.
t'ntiM.d Grrnt Surprl.e.
When the quegtiou was flrst nub
mltteti to the. Mayor some weeks ago,
the proposltlon was to allow tlie poo?
ple to vote oti tlie Issue. Among the
reasons lic gavo then was one
declaring that as ln such elec?
tlons the requireinents provlde that
the majorlty of all the quallfled
voters must bo In favor ot the
measure, pressure would probably be
brought to bear lo keep the voters
away from the polts. Kurtherniore, he
found defeets In the plan. The Coun?
cil. he sald. had the right to Issue the
bonds without holdlng an election.
Accordingrly the plan was redrafted
accordlng to the suggestions made by
the Mayor. but this has now also been
rejected b>- hlm.
Hls actlon in tho matter yesterday
was a great surprlse to overy one,
as It was thought that the measure
as hnnded hlm the second tlme wns
almost entirely in accordance with hls
vlews. That thn Councll wlll now try
to carry the ordinance over the Mayor's
veto ls almost certaln. Orlglnally lt
went through by a large majority, .ind
lf the same members stand by lt th->y
can pass it by a two-thirAs vote. Oth?
er* measures . veioed yesterday; were:
An ordinance to re-ordaln subsec
tion No. 2 of section No. 1 of the
ordinance approved Pecember 23. 1899.
to autliorlz? thn constructlon of cer?
taln street rallway lines within the
city llmits bytiie Itlchmond Passenger
and Power Company. The ordinance
hud reference to the chango of cer?
taln tracks.
An ordinance to grant to Messrs. C.
W. Antrim & Sons permlsslon to bulld
a twelve-room stable on tho south
slde of Green Street, between Ltnden
and Cherry Streets.
Resolutlon to establish the grades of
certaln streets ln the annexed terrl?
tory.
Ordlnances Approved.
The Mayor returned to Clerk August
the followlng ordlnances and resolu?
tions approved:
To aui._torl_o tho Commlttoe on
Streets to grant permlsslon for the
erectlon of slgns In the clty.
Grantlng" the use of tho sewer on
the Boulevard to Mr. C. H. Archer and
Pr. M. B. Hcge.
Fixing thc number and componsa
tion of the employes in the general
ofllce of th^ Water Pepartment.
Fixing *he salary of tho fumigator
of the Health Pepartment at $900 per
annurn.
Authorlzing a large number of lm
provomonts ln tlie annexed terrltory.
such as the constructlon of sewers and
the gradlng: of streets.
To appropriate the sum of $900 for
the purpo.e of nttlng up and equlp
plng of n court-room and oRlccs for
the new civil court.
Appropriating $1,600 for Kepairs to
the armory of the Seventletli Regl
ment.
Refundinfr taxes to the amount of
$461.33 to R. K. Leo Camp, Confed?
erate Veterans.
Authorizing tho payment of the clalm
agalnst tlie city of the Southern Stove
Works, amountlng to $744.1!...
To repeal tho resolutlon asslgnlng
room No. 16. on the fourth floor of tho
Clty Hall, to tho Richmond Bar Asso?
clatlon.
Asslgnlng1 rooms Nos. 14 and 16, on
tho fourth floor of the Clty Hall, for
the use of tho new clvll court.
Establish Ing Uie present building
line on the north side of Wllllams
burg Avenue, between Loulslana and
Orleans Streets. ?
JIMMY BARRY A BENEDICT
Xoted Football Player Snprl_._ Hls
Friends by Mnrrylng.
[Spcc-lal to The Tlmes-D lapateh.l
NORFOI-K. VA., .lune IH.?James Ed?
ward Barry, of Norfolk, the modest but
powerful and fleetfooted right end of
the Vlrglnla football team, who never
stopped flghting on tho grldiron until
tlie rcferee's whlstlo brought an end to
the game, has met hls Waterloo. and at
last Is captlve. Littlo Pan Cupld is
the caplor, nnd tlie urrow- wliich
brought Jlmmy Barry down wa.s shot
hy Miss Cecie Grlggs, of this city,
Tho culmlnatlon of the romance, of
which the varslty football star wns one
of tho prlncipals, occurred to-day, when
Mr. Barry and Miss Griggs wero mar?
ried by Father Pnughtery at the lattor's
rosldence. Only n tow friends know of
the plans ot tho wedding, and only
theso few wore proRont at tho cere?
mony. They wero Louls E. Grey, Coun?
cllman Marsden Barry, tho groom's
brother, and MIss Luclllo Childress.
The announuement ot the marrlage of
Mr. Barry and MIss Griggs will be a
surprlso in Norfolk to-morrow. Thoro
was not even a whisper of lt outslde
a fow intimato friends of tho brldo and
groom. Thoy only know tho plans, und
thoy wore pledgod to secroey.
Large rrovldcnce IMnnt Ilurns,
PROVIPENCE, It. I., June 13,-Tho ?x
tenslvo plant,of tho Amerlcan and Brltlsh
manufnoturlng company ln thls clty waa
destroyed. hy a tlre early to-day and
caused a loss estlmated at over $150,000.
The llre threw out of omploymont more
than flve hundred persons.
HOLE II HO IE,
BIT IBIETO FIGHT
Whitehead Torpedo Drivcn
Into Florida, But Pumps
Keep Her Afloat.
NAVAL OFFICIALS
THINK TEST SUCCESS
Admit Tliat Damage Is Very
Scrious, But Dcclarc Jt ls Not
Vital, and Tliat Cattlcship
With Similar Bulklieads
Could Kccp on
Figliting.
FORT MONROE, VA., June 13.?
Piefced wltli an American White
liead torpedo, carrylng a charge
of guncotton, whlch lore a blg
hole In her slde, the Unlted States
monltor Florlda now rests In the dry
dock at tho Norfolk Navy Yard, a vlc
tlm of a naval cxperlment to test the
vulneralilllty from torpedo attack of
water-tight hiilkheads, The water ln
tho vossel's hold gives her a llst of scv
cntren Inches to siarboard.
Tho test took place thls mornlng- off
Plne Beach, near thn .lamesLown Ex?
posltlon Grounds, where the monltor
wns anchored In lifteen feot of water.
The naval ofllclals, >yhi>q admlttlng the
damage done lo the vesscl ls vory se
rlous, declare that it is not' vital. and
say tliat the test Is satlsfactory. They
assert thnt a hattleshlp equlpped with
bulklieads similar to those tcstcd to
day could continue llghtlng, If InJured
to ihe same extent. unless several coin
pnltments on the same slde were slm
ilarly punctured, and the weather con?
ditions were bad.
Ofllclals Witnc-XH Tc?l.
Thorough oxamlnntion wlll ho neces?
sary before the real damage to the
bulkhead and collaterni Injtirlep suf?
fored can be nscrtalned. and tho ef?
fect of the torpedo charge properly
measured. The test wns wltnessed by
a number of ofllcials. Includlng Secre
tarles Metcalf and Taft. Postmaster
General Meyer and ordnance ofllcers of
the navy and army.
Tlie Cabinet offlcers went to the
Norfolk Navy Yi.rd after the test.
Messrs. Metcalf and Meyer made an in
spectlon of the yard and Secretary
Taft awalted them on the yacht May
flower. They left for Washington this
eveninc, and will arrive thero proba?
bly to-tnorrow morning.
The arrnngcrabnts for the test were
carrled nut ln detall wtlhout an ap
parent hltch. Admlral Mason and other
ofllclals from Washlngrton boarded the
Florlda before S o'clock and gave the
flnal orders for conductlng Iho test.
On board th'e float anchored SOO feet
away, from whlch the torpedo was dls
patohed, the crew were ready for thelr
work. DIrections to flre wero glven
from the monltor about twenty min?
utes after 8 o'clock, and, flve minutes
later I.letitennnt Babcock, aboard the
float, touched tho lever whlcli sent the
torpedo whlzzlng slx feet below the
water on Its misslon of destructlon.
A roar accompanled the exploslon.
I'rcncnlH Grnnd Speotiielc.
Tlio , spectacle whlch followed was
,graiid. The great inuss of water
*li.rown into tho alr cast shadows for
some dlstance around. The column
exceeded In hciglit the hlgh mast of
tho Florlda. Almost simultaneously
thero was a shower of pieces of steel
fragments of broken torpedo, accom?
panled by fine dust. whlch scattered
for fully a thlrd of a mlle around.
Thero was a scamper for sheltor b.v
persons on half a dozen vessels In tho
vlclnlty.
A dummy flguro of a man had been
erected on a brldgo of the Florlda, and
although It was fifty feet from tho
point of. torpedo impact, the shock
knocked lt over. The dozen or moro
ofllclals and crew Inslde tha superstruc.
turo of tho vessel walted for a few
moments beforo venturlng out on' the
deck to asccrtaln the damage. They
found that on and abovo the deck tho
damago was conflned to bendlng some
of tho frame work which supported tho
booins holdfng tho torpedo nets. the
cracklng' of several plates, tha break
Ing of Iron guy ropes, and breaklng
three booms'from thelr fastonings, let
tlng a not used for protecting the after
part of the hull drop Into tho sea.
I'cnctriuos Slx Feet,
When sho was struck the Florida had
about four feot of freeboard, and was
anchored in about tlfteen feet of water.
A collision mat put agalnst tho hole
mado by the torprdo kept the water
out whlle the pumps were working.
By dlrection of Secretary Metcalf, vis?
ltlng newspaper /men wero allowed
aboard the Florlda after tho test, and
were taken down ln tho bollor and en?
glne room just aft of tho conipurtment
Into which thn torpedo was sent. In
that portion of the ship (hore appeared
to be rro damage. The Injury done was
largely to the compartment flred tnto,
and also Just forward of that compart?
ment. It was estlmated that tlie charge
ponetrated slx or elght feot.
Durlng the test steam was kept <up
In one of the boilers on tho vessel, but
for precatitlonary reasons was-shut oft
ln tho pipes, Nono of the plpes, so
far as was apparent from hasty exatn
ination, suffored Injury.
The twelvo-Inch turret so badly shat
tered two weeks ago by a losting sliell
had boen covered wlth canvas to hlde
the damage then done.
Splendid weather nnd good sea con?
ditions favored tho test. There was
scarcely a rlpplo to dtsturb tho water.
Transformod from ,i seaworthy vosaol
to a holploss hulk, several months'
work wlll be necessary to ngaln per?
mlt Ihe Florlda to bo used.
Thn object sought In tho test was to
determlne whethor thls speclal form
of bulkhead wlth which, If formldablo,
oll moredn Amorlcan shlps of war
probably will be provided can success
fully wlthstand the force of the ex
ploslvo contalned ln tho torpedo, or ln
default of that, whether tho effect ot
the charge wlll bo Io scatter dostruo
tlon fnr and wide and poaslbly slnk
the ship.
To-day's test wlth tho Florlda was
tho flrst experlmont of tho kind ln the
Amorlcan navy.
TteHultH obtalned from to-day's ox
perlment wlll be a guide for construc?
tlon ofllclals In bullding water-tight
compartment bulklieads ot the now
Dreadnnughts, North "Duknta aud Dola
w'tire, now part|ally coinploled, and of
Bryan Loortiing Figure
in Chicago Convention
Which WillNameTaft
Democratic Leader More in the Consciousness
of Men Who Are Doing Things Than
Man Who Is to Be Nominated.
BATTLEGROUND OF CAMPAIGN
TO BE IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
There Taft Won His Nomination, and There Bryan Got
His Greatest Vote in 1896?Strong Effort to
Get Dolliver as the Secretary's
Running Mate.
BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
(Speclnl Corrcspnmilcnt of The Tlmcu-Dlspntcli. Copyrlght, 1008.)
CHICAGO, ILL_, Juno 13.?In' a convention whlch ln Its prollmlnary manoeu
vres seems to bo entirely without eplsode, tho looming llguro on tho
horlzon ls not tho prcsldcntlal candldate of tho party about to name ?
ticket, but Instead tlio looming figure Is Bryan. He Ia ln tho conscious?
ness of thc men who aro dolng thlngs here at Chlcago moro than Taft is. For
Taft ls a known rtuantlty. Bryan Is uncertaln, unmeasured In relatlon to thls
campaign, and omlnous. The platform eontest, whlch seems to be rather tame,
Is only of interest as It affects or Is affected by Bryan'.
Thc vlce-presldentlal eontest ls dlrcctly focuscd on Bryan, and the feeler,
whlch sems to have been sent out from Washlngton without Mr. Taft's consent,
thnt Cortolyou would please the ndinlnlslratlon, has been overcome by the fear
of Bryan. For as lt becomes certaln that Taft wlll bc the nomlnco, tho party
managers aro sq.un.roly face to faco wlth the fact that Taft and Bryan must
llght In tho same terrltory, The battleground of thls presldential eontest ob
vlously is in tho Mlssissippi Valley. There Taft won hls nomination. There
In 1896 Bryan polled hls greatest vote. A change of less than 500.000 votes
wlll take much of thls terrltory from the placo where McKlnloy found lt twolvo
jears ngo. nnd gave it to Bryan. Thls, of course, ls not flgurlng on the Roose?
velt majorlty, nor on the majorltles McKlnley won witli Roosevelt on tho tlckot.
but It is the situation that face6_ the party when the radlcal Bryan was defeated
by the conservatlve McKlnley.
BKYA-. I.OOMS L"_? BIG.
And to-day the candltlacy of Tnft ls not a rabble-rouslng cnndldacy. lt
ttppcals more to reason than cmotlon, and Rryan Is stlll a radlcal. Bryan" has
begun to loom big and slgnlilcant In thls convention. Tlie fear of hlm may
control moro votes In Chlcago than Bryan hlmself wlll control on thc Ilrst
ballot ln Penver. Those who know say that the arlministratlon has glven up
tho Cortelyou Idea for Vicc-Presidcnt. Certalnly, the Tafts?Henry W. Taft,
of New York, who came hero to-dny, nnd Charles I". Taft, who has been hero
for several days?do not glow when Cortelyou ls mentloned; aml it Is lik.-lyth.it
thero may be some truth In the rumor that Senator Borah, ot Idaho, who Is
btrong with the White Houso, has been sent on a mlsslon from Washlngton
to Fort Podgc, Iowa, to pcrsunde Senator Polliver to allow the use pf hia. name.
There is polltlca as woll as strong personal IncIInatlon in Senator Pt.I!iver's dts
Incllnation to run for the vice-presldoncy. In the Ilrst place, remove Polliver
from the Senate, and nothing could prevent Cummlngs from succeedlng Polli?
ver; nnd Aldrlch and the Senate control regard Cummlngs ns a Populist. More
ovor, wlth Cummlngs In tho Senate, antl Allison in his elghtles, Iowa would not
send another conservatlve Senator to Washington within a decade. And with
Iowa lined up wlth a progresslvo Senator from Nebraska and Wlscons'ln. and
the Nortli and Western States, the Senate might pass from New Knglan *i con?
trol. But without Dolllver or some Western mnn on the ticket, Bryan begins
to loom, and probably thn forces thnt control polltlrs from AVall Street would
rather have Cummins and a few Senators of his kind than men whom tho Pem
ocrats might send.
DEMOCATIC VICTORV TOO IM.MINl. NT.
And Piynocrntlc vlctory ln tho Mlssissippi Valley is too immlnent to he
ignorcd. Tho Democrats, for the Ilrst tlme ln a generatlon, are uslng sense Iu
tholr politlcs. They are gettlng together. ln" Missourl and Kentucky and tha
border States all factlonal dlfferences aro healed. ln New York tho 1. emocrats
mado lt posslble for Hughes to pass tho race-track gambllng bill. In a dozen
Mlddle States old Democratic quarrcls are settled. und tho Republiean leaders,
consulting here to-day, nre bringing dlsconcerting rumors 'ot unlversal Pem
ocratle harmony, So even tho allies aro mollowing, Tho obvious fact that Taft
aetually has the Southern delegates?had thom. honestly and on the merlts of
each case, and the contosts were trumped up ln the hope of controlling tho Na?
tlonal Commlttee and soatlng antl-Tnft men?has soaked deeply into the mlnds
of the delegates opposed to Taft. Therefore. to-dny thoy aro; merglng them?
selves into the whole Republiean program. It seems tinlikely that prcsldontlal
llnos wlll control the votlng on any importan project when the convention meots
Tho allles and tho Taft men wlll vote on the platform and on the matter of a.
A ice-Presldent as wisdom appeals to ench delegates. And the fear of Bryan ls
thc beglnnlng ot wisdom.
EVERYDECISION OF COMMITTEE
HAS BEEN ON ITS MERITS
BY XVllulAAM A1.1,1-1 .V "WIIITK.
[spe. Ia.1 toThoTimcs-Dlnpatoh.]
CHICAGO, ILI_, June 13.?The
commltteo worklng on the ere
dentials to tho natlonal con?
vention has not had a roll call,
The request to do away with
the roll call camo from the represonta
tlves of the allies, tho gentlemen op?
posing tho nomination of Taft. Yet
every case so far decided has been de?
cided entirely for Taft or has beon de?
cided for a compromiso giving him, at
loast, half the delegates.
lf thore is anythlng seriously wrong
wlth the declslons of tho committee
they would demand a roll call. But ln
the nature of thlngs thero ls nothing
seriously wrong. Men do not get Into
promlnenco onough at homo to bo made
national commltteemen who are not
essontially men, at bottom honest men,
accordlng to the llghts of their com
niiinitle.., and while one man here and
there may como Into a natlonal commlt?
teo who would st.al the tacks out of
the carpet under hlm juat to'keep hls
hand ln, he is nfter all an excoptlon,
and tlie average man sltttng ln a na?
tional commlttee ls pretty much llke
tho nverago man sitting ln u lodge
moetlng, or in a dlrector's meeting nt
a bnnk, soes tho merlts of It. Tho thlng
whlch tliose In the lobby of tho Coll
soum, whero tho natlonal commlttee slt,
cajl the steam roller of the. Taft ma
ililno Is really tho average judgment
of tlie averago American citizen upon
the facts presented.
Tliose ou ("oniiulltre.
On the ooninilttoe listening to tho
evldence are former Governor Warrlck,
of Ohlo; Frank B. Kellogg, of Mlnne?
sota: Senators Lodge and Orano, Jolui
F. Hlll. of Maino; E. I_. Ilnrt, of Iowa.
and P. "W". Mnlvn.no, of Kansas. lf any?
thing crooked wns going on in tliat
commltteo meotlng hearing they would
not only know ll, but thoy would not
pormlt It. They think more of tholr
own roputatlons than of Taft's nomina
tlon. So when day aftor day Taft wltis
Southern dologalos wlth tliose men as
judges of the evldence, thoro ls good
ronacin to supposa that the evldence of
regularlty ls wlth the Taft deiegations,
The facts aro that the allles In cor?
tain instances tohl mon ot Iho South
to brlng up uontostlng de-legattons oi\
tho thoory that tho natlonal commiUea
belng agalnst Taft would sout them.
.Well, the comnilUee muy, be a___inat
Taft. But it is oxpresslng tho com?
mon honesty of the average American,
and tho fact that Tufl wltis Indicates
that hn should wln. The steam roller
Is flred by the common senso and com?
mon honesty of the averago American
citlzen.
Glven a party. a sect. an ordor or an
assoclatlon gathered for a dofinlte pur-"
pose, and then add the time element,
and ono convention is llke ull conven?
tions of that particular clnn. So lt Is
not strange that this National Republl?
can Conventlon seems to be essentlally
typlcal of nll of Its kind. It Is now
twonty-elght years, barrlng the con?
ventlon of '88, slnce there has been any
great ,element of doubt as whom any
Ropublicnn National Conventlon would
nomlnato, "Republicans generally settle
thlngs before thelr conventions. Tlio
party comprlses the organlznbla
mombers of th<_ various communt
tles. It is pnrt of the typo of
mlnd whlch nittkes men Republicans
to be amonablo to orders to "tako pro?
gram," Just as It ls part. ot that critlcal .
und protestlng mlnd whlch makes a
Pemocrat, not to foltow tho establish
ed order, to glory in deflanco of organ?
izatlon. So Democratic conventions ara
full of flght.
Hntlflcntlon M.etl?Ks,
Republlcan Naitoiuu Conventions. for
the m.ist part aro ratlflcatlon meetlngs.
The conventlon wlll be a ratlCicatlon
meeting. It Is now elalmed In the |n
iiermost c-lrclos of tho Taft organlza?
tlons that he wlll hava 700 votes, and
lf ho desires them on thn flrst ballot
they wlll come. Of theso a working
majorlty of tho conventlon wlll come
frotn north ot Mason and Dlxon's Hns".
And the work that has boen done tlils
week to stralghton out tho Southern
contests, so fnr as affoctlng the actual
nomination of Taft Is concornad, ls
purely gratultous. Taft wlll bo noml
natod by the Mlsslsslppl Valley. From
tho AUeghanles to the Rockles?th*
core of thls continent?wlll como the
delegatos whlch wlll nomlnate Taft.
Now York and Pennsylvanla ?ro
hound boys at thls husklng. They ar?
not domlnant figures. Taft, ln thls
conventlon, Is tho candldate of tho
States that borrow capital, and not of
tlio Statos that lend lt. So typlcally hU
candldacy ln the Republlcan party It
that of those who ava earnlng and tavs
Ing; an,t the allles n.tvo thoir strenjth
amoug those coramunlUen ol thli n**