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Wx?$\mt$ ^BBSfr Ifc patch SS .-"a^?^,? WHOLE NUMBER, 10 24?. RICHMOND. VA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, UH.T_ti, n?th? w-f..,. PRICE TWO CENTS. LONDON PARLEY BROKEN AT LAST Peace Negotiations Ended by Note From Balkan Allies. TURKEY HOLDING POWERS TO BLAME Porte Thinks Nations Have Been Unfair, and Have En? couraged Its Enemies. Some Optimists Still Be? lieve War Will Not Be Resumed. London January ? ?The pe?. e negotiations, win. h reached a dead !<,< k .>vcr the ? '?*?!<.11 of Adnanople on ? ' iinnry ?>. were atkaltj broken by a note w tili h the plenlpof entiar les Of the Balkan aHleti presented to Roi hard Pasha head of the Tuikish delegation N'otwitbe'andlng this rupture, triers ?tili are optimist* In the diplomatic world who hope a resumption of the war may vet he avoided, either through fresh proposals that Turkey is re? ported to he including in the note ehe will deliver 'o the power? 'o-mor row or to the fall of Adrianople before sMltlTflsOS ran be begun again at the 'I ? hataija lines. A majority of th*> Halkan delegates rcfu?e to admit the likelihood of either < ontlngency. s ieving that the life of 'he Young 'lurk government depends i.pon the resumption of war. even if the allies were willing to postpone the (??Ski They are. of the opinion tha' It (.-?->'.? ' ;r? dtplonr.a- ? ie a* the worst, only an interlude, however, for they will l?avc four representa iivw in London to undertake th?? set? tlement anew. Blames the Power*. rie? had Pasha after receiving ihe r ote, said ? "The consequences may he of the Kra^eot nature. The responsibility lie* riot alone with tb? allies, but wi!h ? he powers, who encouraged the Balkan Mates and have shown no fairness to? ward Turkey .-.l'hougri before the war they had solemnly proclaimed the principle on the un-hangeabili'f of 'he ; he etat ue quo. The plan of the allied governments, so far as th? plenipotentiaries are in? formed. i? to concentrate their force* on Adrianople immediately after the expiration of the pres< ribed four <lays. ?f the surreiiiier of 'hat fortress rjoao i.o' occur In the meantime They believe that ? few days bombardment by the big siege batteries which now surround Adnanople will I,ring about its capitulation The Balkan represent*' im declare that all reports that Rumania would ^>d Bulgaria against Turkey are un ?"?indad and they added that if Hu? mana should take arfvan'age Of tin opportunity to gain her territorial claim* by tore-* while the Bulgarian araiv is engaged at Turkey. Bulgaria would let her occupy the territory she d? n.and* But as soon as the Bulgariar. army disposed of the Turks "he Bul? garians would turn their attention to the Roumanian.* and a'tcrnpt to Bastke ttiern pay dearly for this racial dis? loyalty, whic hthe Bulgarians consider would be treason. The allies fi|n>r; that a [iloHaaioaJj treaty of pea, e will be signed in Adria- ' nopie by the victorious Bulgarian and DM>a?B generals and this will be em? bodied in the treaty wri'-h will be con ? id?d in London, for whl-h each dele gst'.or is leaymg one representative in London to await the reopening of tfco conference. They will be Kor Bul? garia Michael Mad.iaroff. minister at London, for Greece Stephanos, for Montenegro, M. Popovi'ch. formerly minister at Constantinople, and for Servia Dr. M. R. Vesnitcli. minister to t -anoe. Most of the other delegates will lea--e ' here before Monday. The Oreek Premier. Eleutheroe Venrelos. will ? Vienna. Belgrade. Sofia and Salon? iki on his homeward journev and this considered tangible proof that the a'liea are preserving that unity which ???onisned Luropc at the beginning of the war AgTeed on All Questions. The Balkan delegates reiter-te t ha? th* allies are agreed on all questions r-eing fully cognizant of the fa,.t that their power lies in maintaining and strengthening their compact Thus it has been arranged in genera! tern I e that Saloniki shall be under the co-d^mtr.i.m Of Bulgaria Servia and Oreece. and that if difference arise between mem? bers of the aliiar.ee. which can not be w ranged amicably, the contending Partie? must refer to arbitration. I)r DanetT head of the Bulgarian delegation, and M MUM, 'lie Ru? manian minister to Oreat Britain signed a protocol to-day emnodying :he views of both nations on the Ru? manian claims for territory which would g:re her Silistria The pro'o. ..1 will furnish the basis for the negotiations Rumania bases her demand* "ti trie argument tha' the mar has caused su- h changes in the poli'I? al equilibrium that guarantee* for the future friend ship of the two nations have become ssMsWy, The Bulgarians dc. tar, 'ha' Rumania has increase*! f,?.- demands since a renewal of the war has been threatened, and assert that no Bulgar? ian government could grant the cession of t~ Mory Rumania asks to War Party in Saddle. St Petersburg. January 2? ?The ?? ??? of affairs he ? we? r I.'.-- ? \ i??';a is regarded here as delicate in the extreme The war partr is now it, the saddle in Austria and Russia has l.Ow.aw men serving with the BOfOtl Th? trouble i? iv. rr the boundaries ef Albania. As explained by a high diplomntf offl' ial In the Bourse Oa yette to da' llu??'a has re* ogrusted in an agreemenf ?Ith Aus'ria that ' he 1 urkisb ? ..... ,?f Scutari and tanina t?slon? fo the future Aibamor nation The ?ondl'lon Is to be Imposed gnu ever, th.i' the military and economic interests of the adjacent Montenegrin and Oreek populations be suitably guaranteed rt is though* that this ran be acco r?hshe<i by dismant'lng the fortifica? tions of the t? ? ,?ties and allowing ? h. free t>HS<asr* of good" Busvla on the other hand the dipl" ?sfM de.-l?eed. reCards Prien nd t a kos a and |pt>k as beton gl ne to Srrtu The posi'lon thus t?Ven by Russia will SnnrtnnutlT liiTstr* the difTtrul ? e. f the Kuaatan r "reign OfTV.-e n ? 'ontlnued on Secoi?d Pag* rim c?.MtM?N-? 4?n <'>Mro?T vm r. * o. ristaeen Rlrtiatoad aod >nrf'>lW UnuN? trae%. saaoa PsaAaat Mraat ear* take ??wj u% i s> **> S'stloe witOoat traasfai. Tea ? are lasdad rs t*s k<??n of fs? etrr of N< Three fast trains dstly^?as* Wilson Is Still Trying to Keep His Mind Open. SUGGESTIONS NOW ARE "DRIZZLING" IN President Elect Ends Confer ences With Democrats "About Men and Policies." and Until March 4 Will Devote All His Time to Duties as Governor. Trenton. N' l . January M. Pi?? dant-Klee'. Wilson announced to-n.ght that hi* i onferen'.* with pioii,inen: DooaOOTgitg general!;.- "about men and j policies." whn-li have been in progress : ever since he returned from Bermuda now were at an end Henceforth. unt1! j March 4. he will devote practically his j entire time to hie duties M OOfOIBOTI of New Jersey. I The President-c|e< t paid he did BO) plan 'o sec anv members of i 'ongicsfi between now and the end Of his term as fio.ernor. but that, of course, he would : receive those who sought hi rn on ques i ttons that mich*, tome, up in the inter? val The Oovernor sstaternen' was prompt ! ed by the inquiry at 0 whether he had ? made up his mind on 'he personnel of > the Cabinet. "Of course thcr>. ar.- no fixtures yet he said "I'm s'lll Tying to keep rny . mind open Asked if Cabinet sugges- , tione were still 'pouring in' he replied : ' I "They are not pouring in. they're ! Juat drizzling now " Incidentally. Mr Wilson rOVOOJod that he was looking over the field to pick a man as secretary of the proposed department of labor ' Everybody seems to be agreed that the bill now pending Itefore Congress creating a department of labor wjll pass " said the c.overnor Sits with Legislature. For the first time in the history of the State, the (Jovernor of the State 'o-day with th?- Legislature Mr Wilson washed the Legislature elect William Hughes to the I'nred States Senate "I never ?aw a I'nited S'ates Sena? tor elected. he said, afterward* H> extended his congratulations in pwooa to flDIIOlm tlx 11 Hughes arid sen' the following telegram to ano'her ft loud, Wi.'lard Salisbury vho was oloctod : nitod State- Sena'or to-day from Delaware after a long deadlock "My heartiest congratulations. I am delighted that we ore to be ?nti mately assona'ed The outcome seems it. ?ser>- war admirable.'' ?lames H Patten, of the Farmers' t'nion of America. to-<lay urged the President.ele. ? t.. appoint C. S Bar? rett, of Oc.rgia president Of f ha? or? ganization as QmiMilaiJ of Agriculture \tr. Wilson said to-night that he had ac< epted no invita' ion* to speak ln''i??n Mar h * and the following autumn He has had many offere- of summer homes in other States. He said to nigh' that the lease on the house m which he lives at Princeton would expire soon and he w?.u!d give it up. but that he would r**ain his legal resi- . dence In N>? .Jersey IS TRUST IN CONTEMPT? Investigation of Charges Against standard Oil Now Coder Wa>. *v\ ashing*on January 19?-The ques? tion whether there has been violation of the decree dissolving the Standard Oil Company, in accordance with the ' mandate of the Supreme Court, was ' considered to-day at a conference at the Hepartmen' of Justice by lames A Fowler, aseis'atit to the AttOVTMjr* Oer.eral : Charles H. Morrison, special assistant, and Oliver ? Pagan, an at? torney of the department Messrs Morrison and Pagan ir lmmedia' i harge of the government 's oil investi? gation, have .:ust returned from PHtO bargfc, 'vhere they inquired in:o the operations of the former subsidiaries of *hc "trust." No conclusion *aa rca> hed as to whe*h?r the situation warranted the institution of contempt proceedings The qijffinn will be settled, however, before the expiration Of A *torn*y Oeneral Wickersham'* term of offi'-e March 4 The situation in Texas. wh<r<> John D. Archhold. IL C. Kogler. Jr . and W C. Teagle ..f the Standard Oil. and o'hers have been indicted for the' alleged vtola'iun of the Sherman law. . also was discussed. In connection with a report from I'nited State* Attorney Afweli. ..f Dallas, making suggestions and recommendations aa to the result of a re'-?nt supplemental in vest iga* ion of the condition* Cnder orders of the A"orney-Oeneral. beiauee he believed the evidence was insufficient to sustain ?he indictments, the warran'* for *h< arrest of Me-srs Archhold. I ogjcr and Teagle have been heid up tij<jjj<? Meek of Pallas a few days ago is.-ued a new ' ?e ? of warrants Before making nry further movement, the Attortiey-Oen eral will thoroughly digest Mr Atwell's report. JOHN C. GARNER DEAD < lalmed to Have Planted llr?i lo|. eral Flag In Richmond. ;?pc i?! to The TimesDispatch I p..ttsvilie. Pa . January i?.? John C. Oarner a pioneer cPi7.cn died in dav He was born in Pottsville in lv*C and achieved distinction in the Cnion Arm> When H" hmond fell he wa? on the gunhoa* Lila?-, and claimed 'he honor of ha-. Ing planted the first Cnion flag in ?he < onfederate city He was S one of 'he organt~er? of the Ashland Iron Works Mr Oarn?r had a most enviable record in boih army and navy branches 1 of the Federal service To the time of his death he was prominent In -h? j Orand Armv of the RcpaMa and a i charter member of the I O O F ar..l I I and ^ M havin* held offices In thoae orders h< \ arious times during h ? l..r?g snd t..;?. lire Final Action 4 nines T .<-u, . Vtashingp-n ;?nuarv 1* ? mal ir. Unn on the resolution proponing a sHx rear presidential tsrtr to be sub mil fad aa a c -oner i' u I ? otasJ amoodmcrrt to the Stale* will he Iahen rn the Mena'e before adi >urnment to morrow T?i' Works resolution which ha* hern pending for ?everal month* was made a *p"< ial otder ..f bu*ir>ens It i? hniiercd the mwM'ire will hare a slr-.n* majority in it* favor Th* amendment. If ratified by lw? ?f thn Plat** vou!4 bec-errra too. WOMEN RIOTERS ARE SENT TO JAIL i - Suffragettes, Imprisoned, Now Threaten to Start "Hunger Strike." LEADERS SAY IT IS WAR TO KNIFE Prisoners Refuse Option of Pay? ing Fines or Going to Jail, and All Come to Court Prepared for Their Fourteen Days' Sojourn Behind Bars. London JanuaryM, ?' General ' Mr?. Drummorid and thirty other militant suffrage! t?-n will spend the nejtt fourteen davs m jail be< auf" of their determina? tion to force Dur id Lloyd-George, chancellor of she exchequer, to receive then- a? a deputation in the i',,u>.e,,t Commons la** evening. All the pi pod ere declared in court after they were sentenced that thcv would immediately star' a "hunger strike. ' Mrs. Drummond complained that the police handled her roughly when she was arrested She declared the patrolmen had thrown her in the mud It is now war to the knife she told the magistra'e, and continued : "You and Mr Lloyd George have a lot of trouble ahead of you. You will have to do the diry work, and you will have plenty of M " Prefer to Go to Jail. The women ali refused the option which was offered them of paying a , fine instead of going to Bflaoa Mow Street Pottoo Court looked like a busy railroad station when the suffragettes were arraigned Mos- of the women had made preparations to go prison They carried boxes, bags, blankets and fur-lined coats. Fourteen days' imprisonment was the sentence pronounced on most of the suffragettes brought up to-day at the various police courts in London The accused women included window smash? ers and 1< tfer-box dameg-rs as well as the raiders of the House of t'ornmons under the leadership of Mrs. L?rum mond. Some of the women who had shat? tered valuable plate glass shop windows were comrf.it'ed for trial at the old Bailey sessions Mrs. Denpard. a leader of the mili? tant suffragettes, who. with two women companions, was OMstO&COd yesterday to fourteen days' imprisonment on the charge tif resis'ing the poiice. was re? leased this evening some unknown person paying hei fine of ti Mrs. IJespard. who is a sister of General Sir John French, had refused to accept the option offered by the magistrate of paying a fine und was sent to jail. On bemi: notified of her release -o ti i?f hat the ?uffragetti? leader said Whoever paid that fine was no friend of mme. flu" I am going to fight again " Rioting Resumed. The suffragettes resumed their win- , dow breaking and post box outrages on, a smail scale to-night, but their en- \ deavors were sufficient to maintain a j state of nervous apprehension an.ong the shopkeepers and the large bodies of police and private watchmen guarding tjie streeis and buildings The windows in some of the govern? ment (ft es and in the office of the Hamburg- American Packe- Conipany were broken A few arres's were made. PROBE OF 1912 CAMPAIGN Senate Committee Will Go Into Post Office Department's AitlGtle*. Washington January JS ?Investiga? tion of alleged activity of the Post Office Department in connection with President Tap s ? ampaign is forecasted as one of the first developments before the Senate Campaign Kxpcnditures Commit'ec as the result of the Senate's to-day extending the committee's au? thority to cover the campaign ending November 3. 19IJ The resolution passed the Senate without opposition It is understood that Senator Clapp. chairman of the investigating committee, contempUitee calling Post mast er-General Hitchcoc k. < harlcs I> Hilles Republican national chairman and others connected with the Republican campaign as the firs; witnesses Representatives of the other political parties also will he summoned to tell of receipts, expenditures and political activities between the nominating con? ventions and the election HEIKE LEARNS HIS FATE. He 1> In Surh < ondltlon That Nothing Matters Murh to Him. Jersty City. N I . January J*.? Knends broke r.. Charles R HoitM to-day 'he news that the Crtited SU'n Supreme < ouf had affirmed the ci.p ri'tion of implication m the weighing frauds of the American Sugar Refining Company, of which he was se?retary. and that he must s-rve his s*-nten- e of eight months imprisonment and pav a ? of $',.??! Mr Heike has been ill with hesjrt disease and the dea-ision was ?irbhe'd fron, him until wha* ?eenied to he a propitioii? moment His illness began soon after the dca'h of his daughter last srping Mr Heike 's in such a condition physt?allv and mentally from the shock <>r his daughters sudden dea-h and other calamities." said a men-it?r . f the fanulv to da-. that nothing can matter much to him. Wedotibt if favor able i onsiderat|on in his rssr by -he court, would have helped him It was r< ported to-day that a physt < ian represef'ng -h? t-,d--ral 'curt hi which Mr Heike is under bond, will examine him and that if he finds the patient ?anno- be removed withou danger t? hts health his arre?f will t.e deferred PARCEL POST COSTLY Railroads Ma? l^?se AT Per < rat nf Klare?? Kr? r Rae?. Washington January jp ?Ralph Peters presides- ,.f -he |x>ng Island Railroad to-day told the lotnt congres atonal .ommittee investigating rail rood mad com petition, that New r.ntrtand railroads were heavy lowers on their tsilwav m* ?? - W. W Baldwin. Ww peoatdent of the Rurllngton Railroad declared that with the growth of :br p.,., rtawttWi'tli sould lose K per real In t ho reveauea from expreaa < orapante* W. W Safford of the 11ahaprtl Atr Line, was examined estimatod ?not of the ENGLAND'S MILITANT SUFFRAGETTE LEADERS FAM N Services to Nation Must Not lie Used to Cloak Crime. ANSWER TO MRS. LONGSTREET I Attorney-General Carmody Tells Her That Sympathy and Criticism Are Misdirected. EOF SOLDIER RO FCTION j Albany. N". Y.. January 29.?The ? fame i?f General Daniel K. Sickles as , a soldier should not deter New York - ? .? :?. M ? Kflton ? i "??# t ? ?? s^: !'? unaccounted for By the general a* ' hairman of the New York Monuments ' Commission. This s the new ad? vanced by AttOrBCy-OnwraJ Cani.ody ' in a letter to-day to Mrs. Helen D. ' Lor.gstree!. of Gainesville Ga . widow of the Confederate General. ; In a telegram to Attorney-General Carmody Mrs. Longstreet offered to ! raise f?H.47i from the ragged and maimed ! followers of Lee." A'torney-General Carmody s letter ' says : "Your sympathetic and patriotic expressions do justice to your heart, but they do violence to tbe facts in this < ase. General Sickles is bemg prosecuted by the State of New York for converting ??> his own use the sum of This money came into his hands as chairman of the State Monument? Commission, to M used, among other purposes for the erection of monuments to mark th? resting places on the field of Gettysburg of the brave soldiers who fell in defense of their country and to provide for a celebration upon the field i'f C'ttysburg in which those living might participate a: the State'* expense ir. a fitting manner "Genera! SPkles appropriated this amount la his own use. This he has n<> attempted to justify or to defend, ad mi'Mng that he took the S'atc s money for private use without authority of law. an ac* which, under our laws and under the laws of all civilized govern? ments, means stealing He was give n his own time to repay this amount and that tlnn- wasex-ended a* his suggestion, wi'hou- any desire to embarrass hin: and wrh -he fuil appreciation of the claim which hi has upon this nation for the greaT *OTtOM he rendered in tfea ; rebellion T hcev *ervt? cs cann<<: M over-estimated, hu* even the fame of ? he ?i.Idler must not be used as a cldak I or protection for the commission of i. rime, and M is nothing less than mis i fprei >ed sympathy to undi r'ake to so . or fuse the questions Involved in which ? to make an ordinary prosecution for a Cime seem like persecution and to 'elevate as a martvr a person who < on kjJM hia dereliction New York State appreciates her : heror- and fee's humiliated a' the spec ! taele which thin case presents. New i % ork sta'e ilsi respe. tj her laws and I seeks to enforce them in a spirit of cqualit y to all. "I trust this brief s'atemei.* of the fac's will ?how you how crron?-ou? have r.ccn ymj' views, how mi?pla< cd \<<u: sympathy and how miedirc '??<! roar . rit h i?m Devote His Earnings to Christianity ?Haara. ???.. Janaar> T!l- M. /. 'Hike, of Pallas. Texas, former!, of I.cords. know a throughout the Wotithwest a* the "Flte-tent store Klag." ba* saved op saore than ? i no.noo from hi* business, and hereafter win devote the earnings of hi* lnentT-or>e ?torrs la (hrtn* tlnalt). Mr. Pake, who la visit Ing relative* here, stated lodii tkal he and hi* ntfe rerentl) decided that lhe> had eaoagh s?oae> and covenanted ?Ith Ihelr ronselenre* to rnwtiihute ihe halanre nf their earning* to ? hrlsttan work. The; made the covenant effective Jan njary I last Wince ?tartlng In hw*lnr??. Mr Pake sajs, he alwa, ? ha* giren a tenth nf M? earning* to the rfenrek. and he attrlbate* hta naeress tbl* near flee. **!???? year f asnde sawethinc oter ?? I. own." said hfr. Dane, "and I I think hr Increasing Ike nnmher nf SSI staves I ran lri<Tca?e the earn? ing, la IM.MO. abtrb shall he ased a? I bars agreed." kMr*. Paukhurst Is directing the nrw oiChrrak of violence, following the de fra of thr suffrage bill in parliament. Mfu Pankhurst was arrested for re? fusing to leave the. house oi ronimitus while trying to Interview Chancellor Us>] d-Ceorge. Mrs. Despard was sen? tenced to two weeks' imprisonment for participating in Monday night's disturbances. TAFT VIGOROUS IN HIS REMARKS He Attacks Bill Proposing Independence for Philippines. PREDICTS HUMILIATION Confident That People of Islands Are Not Ready for Self-Government. \\ ashing'on. January 2??President Taft in his farewell speech to the Ohio Society of Washington, to-night, vigor? ously attacked th<- hiil now pending in Congress proposing autonomy and inde? pendence hi eight years for the Philippines "Is it possible " asked th- President, "that the Democratic party is going to .-ersc the policy that has vindicated itself by ten years' experience merely for the purpose of conforming to the cobwehbed planks of forgotten plat forms'' Will they not. before they take such an irretrievable step, obtain re? liable information as to the conditions tha' obtain in the islands' This issue has beep relegated to the Itmho of free silver and the narrow doc'rine of States' rtatwta' Those who continue to gr.-.- gajl their l:i< ub'a'ions on the Philippines are now bjgg than those who cxpe. t 'o a'-t? nd the inaugural ball " < lark l>erllnes Debate. Sneaker Clark, followed the Presi der- de. hned *o debate wuh Ma on 'he Pfiocrmtb polfty of indepen? dence for tb" PhilliDines I am not going to debate ; ha cj'.cst.on ?.' Philippine independence with President Taft, said Mr Clark. I hii-i- no inclination to make a Philippine speech, and I'm not going : to either. I wish We ware out of there in as go"d shape as we were when we got it In ;o , ordan-e with the Democrati< platform I did no' make it--we are comm111e?| to a policy I bi M.-vi tha' when a man gcf? office an a plalforin !>?? should religkmslyl p -? aw '?? th" plank* tha' are in that plat tot* i President Taft began his address with an ? -.;-ig- ..f Presplcn- M Kinlry. t-ron> aewkva of McKinley he turned to the Philippines and Saul in par' ' Af'er three admintslta'ions and more have passed, and after two su< ? es?i ????? :<??? :? I.' : ll ? .ttt paigns Wl'h silence on "h<- Philippines as the issue ? h? nun'' - asked '?. n..i'. e a ? bangt We mt. ?sei ?.. me?t -, re. rude*, rn. . of opposition '.. our Philippine polk .. ?b* threat a m ba I 'he hands af lime to reverse the verdict of a dead, and to gi-e up all our achievements for a nrs experiment ah ich can only re suit In confusion and humiliation and Involve U?. in mternaf inoal com pet i tion* and bring i?* again with damaged ' preatige to an abandonment of thai aostry People >?! K . << ontintwd ?Mk ??oottd Pagcj PARTY WILL NOT PLAY FAVORITES Pledges Will Be Carried Out in Matter of Tariff Revision. MANY PROTESTS ARE MADE Boot and Shoe Dealers Plead for Retention of Present Duties. Washington January 29?An un I US. OS?fill flgh: 10 havo the Houso Com? mittee on Ways and Means retain the prOawnt tariff of 10 and 15 per cent ad valorem on boote and shoes occupied most of to-day's session. Chairman t'ndrrwooa. of the committee, flatly told the gathering of representatives of the wholesale and retail shoe industries of the country that the tariff was now prohibitive, that there was no revenue and that retention of the present rates was impossible. (Questions of the committee indicated a sentiment favor? able to a big drop in those rates. Numerous spokesmen appeared for the various branches of the shoe busi? ness, national associations of the manu? facturers, wholesalers and retailers, and of the labor unions, all favoring the present duties M l'nderwood said rh* Democrats did not propose to play favorites as between industries in the work of carrying out tho party oledge for revision downward . that he hoped there never would be a Dem? ocratic tariff so below the rea?onably ' competitive basis as to close down any factory in the country, he and others of the committee wanted to write such rates as would stimulate a reasonable competition He strggestr-d that the final arbiter, the American people, at the last election, had rendered a verdict for "tariff for revenue ' instead of "fori protection." and that you cannot ex pect us to write a prote. five 'n-iff inn I if only .' per < en' Predicts Wage Reduction*. This foreshadowing of the I uiocra - j tic policy of the coming ejtr.i session of Congress came abou' in the examina? tion of J Krankiin \l< Klwain. of Boston ?on. head of a large shoe manufactur? ing company Mr. McKlwain pro? te?* ed that a drop to .' per cen* ad valorem would mean NM .tholution of the manufa< timers profits, and that putting shoes on the free list gradually1 would resui' in w;tge reou. 'mn' The ultimate consumer. " he agreed. ' would benefit by free shoes, but it would strike a Mow at an immense industry Are you willing as a witness under o.ih. insisted Mr. l'nderwood. 'to ? fate thosi if we put shoes on the free Hftl 11 is going to wipe out American tin petition with foreign sh>?cs ' Mr McEIwain hesitated, and finally said No n ldi'ig however that workmen Woul I he forced to accept less wages The committee was curious to know why tariff was necessary when the American manufacturers were seilmg sho<?. in eighty-seven countries in one Instance at the Tery "door of |x tit*on " I Mr MrKIwain said ftp..:-. ?-?? -v. < riterion of competitive conditions, and "that you ran sell a go|>l In. k m m. .' country. It s the salesman that, turns the tri. k There were numerous other witnesses today and to-night, covering ntanv subje,.ts from asbestos to aigr< "es and from diamonds to ? ranety of w...-; jewlery 'nnkct. What tnderaood's Hat < n?t. While James Marshal', representing 'he fur felt hat Indus" , was again?l the duty on raw Pia'crial u?ed in t?e fur felt hat ndu-ir-. M at? tendant pU> e,| h, i fei? hat It was Mr I nd> ? ???>.. i ? jM the chairman asked the of ptwAtaoMtfl that hat In Italy, where rt ??< made. Mr Marsha'l said 'he hat cooM ho | manufoctured in I' ' ' about *? ? enta. and tha' un "untsd the selling prl. e of N the retailer - - lute .,.? as abs. rt?od by Victory in Delaware Makes Plain Sailing for Democrats. THREE CONTESTS IN LEGISLATURES Victory in One of These Doubt? ful States Would Entirely Re? move Any Element of Uncer? tainty?Election of Sauls bury Gives Party Leaden Safe Margin. Washington, -January 29.?With the election to-day of Willard Saulsbury a? United States S< nator from Delaware the Democratic strength in tho next Senat" swung from the precarious fig? ure of forty-eight, or exactly one-half of the Senate, to the total of forty nine, majority of two. Mr. Saulsbury's election added ha the victory recently secured in Tenneas see, assures the Democratic party abso? lute control of the Senate after March 4 The vot<- of Vice-President Marshall would have been the deciding factor in any event, but the addition of an other Democratic vote to the column gives the party leaders what they believe be u saf<- margin for tariff and leg? islative uc-tion Contests still exist in the Legisla? tures of New Hampshire. West Vir? ginia and Illinois with a total of four Senators to be elected about whose po? litical affiliations doubt now exista. A victory in any one of these S'atcs would so materially strengthen the Demo? cratic party that the Senate would be completely removed from the element of uncertainty. The attitude of the Progressives and 'he progressive Republicans upon tariff matters is as yet unknown, but the margin of strength promised to the Democrats makes it unnecessary. It is believed, to count upon any combina? tions with the Progressives. Of the entire membership of ninety six Senators, sixty-three will hold over beyond March 4. Of these thirty-two are Republicans and thirty-one Demo? crats. The terms of thirty-two Sena? tors expire in March and there is. In addition, one vacancy in Illinois Thus far seventeen Democratic Sen? ators have been elected and the elec? tion of Senator Daoon. in Ocorgia. is certain, making eighteen Democrats ba take the oa'h of offlce March 4 The opposition forces, including both the Republicans and the 1'rogrpseives. have elected eleven new Senators. The Senate after March 4 will stand as fol? lows, if the deadlocks are not broken in Illinois, New Hampshire and West Virginia : Democrats, forty-nine: Republicans. forty-three : vacancies, four. Election Is Ratified. Cheyenne. Wyo , January 2?.?The , WjTW?Ing Legislature ;o-day ratified the election of Francis E. Warren to i succeed himself in the United State? r Senate. Only Three Votes Against Him. Santa Fe. N M . January 2!) ?The State Legislature to-day rutifled the j election of Senator A. B lall Detno i erats voted with the Republicans and i only three negative votes were recorded. Robinson Elected. Little Rock. Ark.. January 3*.? ; toseph T Robinson. Democrat, was ' to-day elected I'nited States Senator, to succeed the late Jeff Davis, by the Arkansas Legislature in joint session. Governor Robinson s election to the Senator?hip is for the long term begin? ning March 4 His election will neces? sitate a special election for Governor. Governor Robm?on has served -everal terms in Congress, resigning his seat i few ok- .??:?-, "?? o. j.iiif . f.,r s nator. Thompson Succeeds CUrtl> Topeka. Kan-?., ianuary 29?William II. Thompson, a Democrat, was elected United States Senator to auceeed Cha-les Curtis by the Kansas Legisla? ture in joint session to-day. Saulsbury Win* In Delaware. Dover. Dei . January 29. ? Willard Saulsbury. Democrat, was to-day elect ed_ Cnited States Senator from Dela? ware to succeed Senator Harry Rich? ardson. Republican. Deadlock Continues. Concord. N II January J*.?Ten Democrats broke away from the party candidate. Henry P. Hollis. and voted f,,r !!..t.cr; f Rase. Progressive when to-day s ballot for Cmted State. Sena? tor was taken in the Legislature Hollis s total fell to ls7; Edward X. Pearson. Republican, received IJT votes, and Base 31 Twenty-nine vo'es were scattered. The deadlock continue* HOBOES IN SESSION ~? Sensation 4 rested When Delegate "t omes from Heaven." New o ianuary J??The ron ?? say on* si - oted i-tng