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THE YALE EXPOSITOR, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1913. mum u mum mm r nM Current Events Related in Paragraphs Washington Justice James W. Gerard of the New York etate supreme court has been selected by President Wilson to be ambassador to Germany. Representative A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania startled the senate lobby Investigating committee at Washington by testifying that efforts had been made by some person whose name he did not give to create the Impression In high financial circles in New York that he, Clark, Underwood and other prominent Democrats could be Influenced In legislative matters In a way that would please these inter ests. Free sugar In 1916 and free raw wool are established in the tariff re vision bill, having been approved by the Democratic caucus of the senate after a two days' fight. Clayton Herrington, federal Investi gator of white slave cases for the United States department of Justice at San Francisco, who gathered the evidence In the Dlggs-Camlnettl cases, and who called upon President Wil son to remove Attorney General Mc Reynolds from office for his action In delaying the trials, was suspended from office on an order from Washing ton. Radical changes In the Income tax plan of the Underwood tariff bill were agreed upon in a tentative way by the Democratic members of the senate finance committee. Under the new plan the income tax would apply to In dividual Incomes of more than $3,000, but would make Important exemptions for Individuals, municipalities, civio bodies and mutual insurance compa nies under certain restrictions. President Wilson telegraphed Uni ted States District Attorney John L. McNab of San Francisco acceptance of the latter ! resignation, the form of which the president characterized "an Inexcusable Intimation of injustice and wrongdoing'' on the part of Attorney General McReynolds. Meredith Nicholson, Indiana editor and novelist, declined the post of min ister to Portugal, and an hour or so later the White House received the declination of James D. Phelan, former mayor of San Francisco, to accept the Austrian-Hungary ambassadorship. President Wilson signed the sundry civil appropratlon bill, vetoed by President Taft and the appropriation of $116,000,000 carried In the meas ure was legalized, subject to the rider which says that none of the funds shall be used for the prosecution of labor unions or farmers' organiza tions. Twenty-eight years ago Woodrow Wilson married Miss Ellie Lou Axson of Savannah, Ga. The anniversary was celebrated in the White House with an Informal tea to thMr intimate friends in the afternoon, and a family dinner was held at night. Domestic Enraged to frenzied Jealousy by the alleged attentions paid by another man to his wife, William F. Bryne, papermaker cf MIddletown, Ohio, shot and killed her. The fifth bullet he fired took effect. Three small chll dhen of Mrs. Bryne by a former hus band witnessed the tragedy. T i No heeding the warnings of the Irldgetender, it is alleged Harry Darn UU, aged fifty-four, wealthy banker and business man of Upper Sandusky, O., drove his automobile through an open bridge at Port Clinton, and was drowned In twenty feet of water. With 11,000 union garment workers and Icemen on strike and 5,000 depart ment store clerks threatening to strike If they are not given shorter hours, an Increace in wages, and better working conditions, Cincinnati Is In as bad a condition as It was in the recent street car men's strike. Reports from Cabin Creek, W. Va announce that about a thousand mi ners are cn strike. No disorder hss been reported. Practicably complete returns from the Democratic primary election In Ar kansas give Judge George W. Hays a majority of 705 votes over former Congressman Stephen Brundlge hi the contest for the nomination for gov ernor. Jack Johnson, the negro prizefight er who was sentenced to a year's Im prisonment in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., for violation of the Mann act, has fled to Montreal Canada, with his white wife. Fifty men are fighting a forest Art in the Medicine Bow forest, rear Cen tennlal, Wyo. The fire was ttnrted, I Is believed, by sparks from a passin engine. A special train of fire fighter was hurried from Centennial. Charges that he fastened a chain around the neck of his fiftoen-year-old daughter, suspended her from n meat hook in his butcher fchop and then beat her with the butt end of a whip until the blood flowed from her wounds, were made against J. J. John son in the recorder's court at Augus ta, G a. Although the thermometer regis tered 80 degrees in the shade at Wal tham, Mass., snow fell for a minute and Moody street was sifted over. Ernesto Madero, former secretary of the treasury of Mexico, and his brother, Salvador Madero, have or ganized a'corporation under thf laws of the state of New York, under tho name of Madero Brothers, Incorporat ed, general commission merchants. The firm was Incorporated at Albany with a capital of $1,000,000. Ulys&es S. Grant, whose father was twice president, admitted at San Diego, Cal., he 'was engaged to Mrs. A. L. Wills, a wealthy widow, formerly of Marshalltown, la. The wedding probably will be July 15. Mrs. Wills is thirty-five years old. Mr. Grant has passed sixty. Railroads in Missouri affected by the recent decision of the United States Supreme court upholding the Missouri two-cent passenger and maximum freight rate laws will, without waiting for the mandate of the Supreme court, put the new rates in force at the earliest practical date. Personal Miss Delia Farley Dana, grand daughter of the poet, Longfellow, was married in the open air by a justice of the peace to Robert H. Hutchinson of Pennsylvania at Danabeach, the Dana summer home at Manchester by the Sea. Besides being an ethical mar riage, for which the Dana family is famous, It was the first eugenic mar riage in the state. As a result of heavy losses sustained through the March flood, Joseph E. Blmm, rated as one of the wealthiest men In Dayton. O., committed suicide by firing a bullet Into his brain. Mr. Bimm was a director of the City Na tional bank and a heavy stockholder In several other local concerns. Philip Kahn, the music publisher, who was found guilty of criminally libeling Henry Russell, director of the Boston opera house, was sentenced to imprisonment in the house of cor rection for one year. Curtis Guild, the American ambas sador at St. Petersburg, was robbed of $1,000 in cash and two letters of credit for $50,000 in Paris. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will be asked to servo as president' of the reorgan ized congressional section of the Woman's Welfare department. Walter nines Page, United States ambassador at London, was the guest at a luncheon of the American Busi ness Men's club. The attendance was the largest in the history of the club. Henry Norman, a merchant of Mar lon, 111., shot and killed Oscar McEl roy, one of his customers, during a dispute over an account. Norman al leged self-defense. Lee Demmes, Frank Weigand and Alles Durch of Chippewa Falls, Wis.. were drowned in Dead lake, near Du rand, while in swimming, all being seized by cramps at the same time. Lawrence Yerger, defaulting secre tary of the prison board of trustees of Mississippi, entered a plea of guilty in the circuit court at Jackson and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for 15 years. Foreign The eighty-two-year-old Duke.Lud ig of Bavaria entered suit for divorce against his second morganatic wife, a former ballet girl of the Bavarian court opera, who is Just forty years younger than her husband. He mar ried her in 1892. Cromartle Sutherland-Leveson-Gow-er, fourth duke of Sutherland, Is dead In London. The Bulgarians have been defeated at Zletovo. An official report says that the Servians went Into action only when heavy forces of Bulgarians began to cross the river. The Bulgar ians lost LOO men. "Alexandra Day" in Great Britain was celebrated with a "battle of flow ers" In London and many other cities, the women of the nobility selling blos soms and the receipts going to char ity. Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, renowned as a surgeon and specialist in treat ment for leprosy, Is desd . st Hasle mere, Surrey. In a test case brought in the king's bencli division, London, by Thomas Ryan, a farmer of Cork, Ireland, against the White 8tar Steamship company, to recover damage for the loss of his son in the Tltsnic disaster of April, 1912, the Jury handed down a verdict In favor of the company. A riot occurred in London when spectators watching for President Polncare of France to drive by on his way from Guild hall to York house, at tacked a suffragette procession. Three women were badly hurt. STATUE OF ZACH. OrautlH IS uctEILEB Second Contribution of Michigan to the Valhalla of the National Capitol CAREER OF STATESMAN In Days of Civil War and Fcr Fifteen Years Chandler Was Powerful Figure In Politics of Nation, On Monday, June 30th, at 11 a. m. In the Hall of Fame In the national capltol at Washington, occurred the unveiling of the statue of Zacharlah Chandler. In the presence of a corn any composed of many prominent cit izens of Michigan and national ofli cials the marble likeness of "Old Zach" was formally presented by the state to the nation. The statue was unveiled by Chand ler Hale, son of ex-Senator Hale and grandson of Chandler's. Uulted States Senator William Alden Smith presided at the ceremonies. Tha in vocation was pronounced by Itev. Henry Couden, blind chaplain of the hcuse of representatives, formerly of Port Huron. Arthur 11. Vandenburg, publisher of the Grand Raplda Herald and Chair man of the Commission, presented the statue on behalf of the commis sion with a few well chosen words. It was accepted for the state and in turn presented to the nation by Lieutenant Governor John Q. Boss. The statue was accepted on behalf of the nation by Hon. Henry B. Brown, of Washington, Justice of the United States Supreme Court, retired. Judge Brown's homewas formerly in Detroit and he was one of Chandler's inti mates. His address was rich with reminiscence of tho days of the re construction when Chandler was at the height of his career. In the afternoon of the same day, there were special Chandler mernor ia' service in the Senate. United tates Senator Charles 10. Townsend of Michigan took general charge of this piogram, by invitation of the Com mission. At the same time there were memorial service in the House under the auspices of the Michigan delegation. The Michigan Society at Washing ton attended the ceremonies in a body. . Stands Beside Lewis Cass The statue of Chandler Is Michigan's second contribution the national Val halla, and stands beside that of Lewis Cass, who was also a senator from the Wolverine state. Cass was a Democrat and Chand ler a Republican, but they were men of very much the same type, and It Is regarded as fitting that they should be companions In the Hall of Fame, because Chandler came on the scene as Cass was leaving It, and, together, they made the name of Michigan noted in historical and political annals. Cass was a New Hampshire man, born in revolution ary times 1782. His father, in early life, was a blacksmith, who served with distinction under Wash ington In many famous battles, and who, after retiring to peaceful pur suits, was commissioned for service In the then new northwest. That is how Iewis Cass happened to be in Ohio in 1812, when the war broke Senator Smith. out and how he happened to lead a march Into Michigan by Ohio militia men and United States regulars, and how he came to settle In Detroit after several years of legal and political campaigning In the Buckeye state. Cass was Jeffersonian Democrat He was eduoated In Exeter acad emy, and all his political influences In the early days were those of the Federalist party. Yet he was during all his manhood, a Jeffersonian Dem ocrat, a representative of the people and an expounder and defender of slavery, as a general proposition, and a bitter foe of intemperance. Cess was first elected United States senator from Michigan In 1845, and re signed on being nominated as the Democratic candidate for president of the United States In 1848. He was defeated by the Whig candidate, Gen eral Zachary Taylor. The coming of the Civil war found him a member of the Buchanan cabinet, from which be retired to plead the cause of the Union oa the buttings. life! mm; .-" ' I t. s e- I i lV A" I. a it i tf ft 1i -rTi-ilt mi iViT-ftiiir Marble Statue of Zachariah Chandler Lewis Cass died in 1S6C, and Zac hariah Chandler came to the front. Chandler takes his place in history as as a politician , rather than a statesman, and yet "Old Zach" had many of the characteristics which go to make up an American statesman. Chandler Opposed to Cass "Zach" Chandler's first political speech was In Detroit in 1848, when mounted on a dry goods box set up on a street corner he advocated the election of "Old Zach" Taylor to the presidency as against Lewis Cass. Zachariah Chandler was a New Kng lander, also, and was born at New Bedford, N. H., In 1813. He declined the offer of a Puritan father to give him a colloge education, and deter mined to be a merchant, struck out for the wildeiTtwss of the northwest, arriving at Detroit to begin his com mercial life about the time Lewis Cass was at the beginning of his pub lic career. Chandler's last speech was made In McCormick hall In Chicago, one night In November, 1879, before one of the largest political au diences ever gathered In that great city. He was never more virile, more direct, powerful and convincing in his public utterances than on that night, and his speech was at once a defense and a eulogy of the Republican party. Before morning he was dead, passing away peacefully and alone in his bed chamber, when the applause of his hearers bad hardly died away. Chandler. although of rough man ner and speech, was a student of history and a man of deep conviction, he was one of the founders of the Re publican party, when elected to the senate was a man of wealth and in fluence. Within one week after tak ing his seat be had turned over his vast Interests to others, leaving him self Vfree to act on public questions with an eye solely to the public good. His political adversaries derided his political ambitions, but he took front rank In Washington as a man of con victions and honor.. The war clouds had already gathered and he took the oath of office with men who a few years later were seceders and battling to destroy the union. One of the men who stood side by side with Zachariah Chandler to take the oath as senator was Jefferson Davis. More than 20 years later at a night session of the United States senate, when a bill granting amnesty to southern men who 'had .been sol diers In the Mexican war was under discussion, Lucius Quintlus Lamar, senator from Mississippi, delivered a fervent eulogy upon Davis, and as the j echoes of his eloquence were dying j out of the chamber a note fluttered down from the gallery near tlie desk , of "Old Zach" Chandler. Was Bitter Against South. It wa writtea bj William E. CU&4- y vtv. it I v ' i f M r t I k i A .! V:. - ml ' 5 ' y i rr. i ' in Statuary Hall in National Capitol. ler of New Hampshire, and the late Uriah Painter of Washington, and was to the effect that it was a pity there was no man in the senate fearless enough and able enough to reply to that speech. "Old Zach" read the note, looked up at the gallery and winked, pushed his habitual quid back into his cheek, arose and made a speech that is a classic. It held the senate literally spellbound, and no' man esseyed to make reply. Chand ler recited the occasion of his stand ing with Davis and other southern men before the presiding officer and swearing to support a government that "they were then plotting to over throw," recounted heart-rending war scenes that he, as a leader of war sentiment in congress, and as a mem ber of the war investigating com- Senator Townsend. mttee, witnessed on the fields of bat tle; referred to maimed and wound ed thousands whose tortures "made humanity shudder," and then, pound ing his desk in emphasis, he denounced Jefferson Davis as one whom "Every man, woman and child in the north believed to be a double-dyed traitor to his country." Zachariah Chandler served three consecutive terms as United States senator and was defeated In the wave of 1876 that sent the Logans, the Cam erons, the Carpenters and the other stalwarts into private life. He was appointed secretary of the interior in the cabinet of President Grant. In the political campaign of 1&76 he was chairman of the Republican national committee, and In the crisis and sus pense as to whether Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio or Samuel J. Tllden of New York had been elected president he sent broadcast to the world the famous laconic message which he would never withdraw, alter or amend. "Hayes bas 18 votes and Is elected." LETTER FROM THE STATE CAPITOL SECRETARY OF STATE ISSUES STATEMENT ON NEW PRI MARY LAW. FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE VOTER. Provisions of Amended Statute Are Radically Different From Old ' Law- -All Parties Are to Appear On the Same Ballot. By Gurd M. Hayes. During the past session of the leg islature many radical changes were made in the primary election laws. The party enrollment was abolished and so many new features were added that Secretary of State Martindale's office has been . flooded by inquiries concerning the amended statute. In order that the people might know the changes that have been made and just what their duties will be at the next primary election, Secretary Martin dale prepared the following state ment: By the enactment of Act No. 118 of the Public Acts of 191.1, the party enrollment of electors will no longer be necessary. The qualification for an elector to participate in a primary election will only he to have his name properly registered, as is required for other elections. A qualified elector may be registered and eligible to vote at any primary election, if he shall appear in person before the city or township clerk, or other officers in charge of the registration book ,and take the oath required as to qualifications for registration. A qualified elector may also be registered by the election in spectors on any primary day, by mak ing oath or affirmation that he is a qualified elector in the particular pre cinct, and any person registering on any primary day shall be entitled to vote at the registering on any pri mary day shall be entitled to vote at the succeeding election without other registration. There shall be no regis tration day or days for primary, gen eral or city elections, except as pre scribed by the general election laws. ' In previous primary elections a sep arate ballot has been necessary for each political party, and the ballot given an elector corresponded with the political party with which he was Identified, as shown by the enrollment book. The ballot to be used In fu ture primary elections will be one and the same, containing the names of candidates of different political par ties in separate columns. At the head of each column shall be indicated the political party and directly under such bead a circle one-half inch in diameter. Under this head shall ap pear the names of the candidates seeking nomination in the particular party. In voting the ballot the voter shall make a cross (X) in the circle beneath the heading of the party col umn cf the ticket which he desires to vote, and then make a cross (X) in the square at the left of the names of such candidates in his party column as he may desire to vote for. The voter may vote for any person whose name is not printed in such party col umn by inserting any name in such manner as will make it a substitute for any name which is printed there in or where no candidate's name ap pears In such column. The voter should in all' cases make a cross (X) in the circle beneath the heading of the. party column and a cross (X) at the left of the names of all candi dates for which he desires to vote. If the voter fails to place a cross (X) in the circle at the head of the party Dlumn, the votes for all candidates Indicated by the (X) at the left of the names of such candidates shall be counted, provided such voter does not vote for other candidates In any other party column. If the voter does not place the cross (X) in the circle at the head of the party column and votes for candidates in more than one column by placing a cross (X) at the left of the names of the candidates, the entire ballot shall be void. If the voter places a cross (X) at the left of the candidate's name, the ballot shall be void and rejected as to all names appearing for that office. The order of the party tickets on the ballot shall be determined by the party having the greatest number of votes In the state at the last preceding general election, as shown by the vote cast for secretary for state; the posi tion of the other party tickets to be governed respectively by the same rul ing. The order of the party tickets on the ballot at the general primary election to be held In 1914 will be Republican first, National Progres sive second, Democrat third. Social ist fourth and Prohibition fifth. The number of petitioners required by any candidate remains the same as under the existing primary, I. e., two per cent and not more than four per cent of the number of votes such party cast for secretary of state at the last preceding November election In the state, district, county, etc., as the case may be. The old law provides that party candidates of a new party for a state office may obtain the printing of the I names upon the ballot by filing a e tition signed by three hundred quail lied electors, while the ammdment requires nomination petitions signed by at least three thousand qualified voters. The prevailing opinion appears to be that by doing away with the party enrollment and providing for one pri mary ballot on which is placed the tickets of all political parties, party lines, so far as the primary la con cerned, have been eliminated. This In effect is not the case and, strictly speaking, party lines by the amend ment will be drawn tighter. It is true that under the new law any elector may vote for candidates of any politi cal party he may choose, but in do ing so he cannot vote for candidates of more than one political party. For instance, if a republican choose to fa vor a candidate for nomination of the democrat party, he can vote for such candidate, but if he does so vote he is precluded from voting for any of his republican friends. In such a case the republican in order to have bis vote counted indicates in the circle at the bead of the party ticket his preference as a democrat, and if be makes a cross at the left of the names of any candidate of any of the other political parties, his vote for candi dates for such offices is void on all tickets and will not be counted. In another case, if he does not Indicate his party choice by placing a cross a in the circle at the head of the ticket, and votes for candidates on more than one ticket by placing a cross (X) at the left of the name of the candidate, bis ballot is void and cannot be counted for candidates for any office. The "fifteen per cent clause," which prohibited political parties from hav ing the names of any candidates print ed upon the election ballot unless such political party cast at the primary election at least fifteen per cent of the vote cast by such political party for secretary of state at the last preced ing November election, has been elim inated. Secretary Martindale says that by doing away with the party enrollment, a saving of several thousands of dol lars will be made to the state each year'. The cost of printing and bind ing enrollment books, the postage nec essary to make returns to the secre tary of state and county clerks, and the necessary extra clerical assist ance required in checking petitions of candidates, amounted to no small sum. Rep. J. M. McBride, the bull moose leader form Shiawassee county intro duced a bill during the last session which was calculated to reduce the high cost of living. The bill passed the house and went to the senate but the members of the upper house did not believe that McBride's measure which was aimed to prevent unlawful discrimination in the purchase of poul try, butter, milk and eggs was consti tutional and another measure was sub stituted which passed both houses and will become a law August 15. A joker was Inserted which makes the substitute bill of little value. The substitute bill is as follows: "Any person, firm or corporation en gaged in the business of buying poul try, eggs, milk, cream or butter-fat for the purpose of manufacture, who shall 'with the intention of creating a monopoly or destroying the business of a competitor, discriminate between different sections, localities or com munities or cities of this state by pur chasing such commodity at a higher price or rate in qjie locality than is paid for the same commodity by said person, firm co-partnership or corpor ation in any other locality, after mak ing due allowance for the difference, if any, in the actual cost of transpor tation from the locality of purchase to the locality of manufacture, shall be deemed guilty of unfair discrimi nation, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not ex ceeding $500 or by imprisonment In the county jail not to exceed six months." It is pointed out that the bill says "for the purpose of manufacture," which would not injure the business of concerns who purchased the pro ducts mentioned In the act for the purpose of placing them In cold stor age or offering them for sale. It is claimed that as the bill stands it Is absolutely worthless. Rev. Ingvald Hustvedt, of Minneap olis, Minn., has accepted a call from the Norwegian Lutheran church, at Alpena and the missions of Leer and Spruce. The board of state auditors has granted the State Bar association the right to use the senate chamber for the annual convention of the associa tion here, July 1617. Boys of the Biltmore forestry school, North Carolina, arrived at Cadillac and will go Into camp in one of the Cumraer-Dlgglns logging camps. After a stay of six weeks they will leave for the Pacific coast The city commission of Port Huron hss elected Fred J. Dixon, commis sioner of finance and public accounts, major, to succeed John J. Bell, wno resigned to become collector of cus toms of this port. The resignation of A. H. stone man, paator of the First Congregation al church, of St. Joseph, has been an nounced. It becomes effective July 1, when he will become state superin tendent of the Michigan Children' Home society institution, which caret for Michigan's orphans and foundlings.