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EDITION FOR SUNDAY.
SUNDAY MORNING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, OCTOBER 8, 1905.
SUNDAY- MORNING.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GORTELYOU STAYS
Had Fully Intended to Retire
From National Committee
Until the Life Insurance Reve
lations Were Made.
ROOSEVELT'S WISH
He Will Soon Succeed Shaw in
the Treasury.
Will Not Return a Cent of Cam
paign Contribution.
Washington, Oct. 7. George B.
Cortelyou, chairman of the Republican
national committee, will not resign the
chairmanship and this statement may
he made today finally and definitely,
with truth as its backing.
The reason for the determination of
the postmaster general to hold on to
George B. Cortelyou, Postmaster (General, Who la Slated to Succeed Leslie
M. Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury.
his place as head of the party cam
paign body is not far to seek. Theo
dore Roosevelt does not wish Mr.
Cortelyou to retire from the position
while there is even a suspicion of the
smoke of fire in the air, and the
chairman himself holds the same
view of his duty in the matter. If
John A. McCall, president of the New
York Life Insurance company, had
not testified that he had turned over
many thousands of dollars of the com
pany's money to the Republican na
tional committee during the last cam
paign. Mr. Cortelyou by this time
would have handed in his resignation
as chairman and would have insisted
upon its acceptance.
Mr. Cortelyou said plainly today that
matters had come up that required his
personal attention as national chair
man, but he declined to state what
those matters were. It did not require
an explicit statement from him to
make the public know what the mat
ters are that are holding him in his
position as committee chairman. They
are the matters pertaining to the pay
ment of money by the New York Life
Insurance company to help along the
Republican campaign committee in its
campaign of last year.
There was practical admission some
time ago from Mr. Cortelyou of his
intention to resign the chairmanship
and to turn over the conduct of its af
fairs to Harry S. New of Indianapolis.
It is known that nothing has happened
in the meantime, save the McCat'
revelation, of importance enough to
make the postmaster general change
his mind about the matter of his
resignation.
Since the country learned of the in
surance company contribution to the
campaign fund there has been confer
ence after conference among the prom
inent Republican leaders who have hap
pened to be in Washington.
It is held by many people that 111
return of the money to the coffers of
the New York Life Insurance company
would te a rareicai procedure and would
tend only to bring ridicule upon th
committee and upon the party leaders
who were responsible for the advice
that the money be raised and turned
back into the McCall treasury.
It is declared here freely that the
bravest way is the" best way and that
it were far better to tell what the Ke
publicans believe to be the truth, and
that is that the money was expended
for legitimate campaign purposes and
was used to aid in the election of a I
president and of a congress that would
pass and carry out legislation that I
would work for the financial interests of
the people of the whole country the
policyholders of the New York Life In- I
surance company included.
Mr. Cortelvou unquestionably is to
succeed Mr. Shaw as secretary of the
treasury and that he will 'take office
before long is practically assured. Pres
ident Roosevelt believes in the chair
man of the national committee and he
is perfectly satisfied in his own mind
there was nothing personally reprehen
sible in Mr. Cortelyou's conduct in the
matter of receiving campaign contribu
tions. By insisting that the present
postmaster general continue to hold the
committee chairmanship Mr. Roosevelt
is only emphasizing his belief in the in
tegrity and right conduct of his cabinet
officer.
DOWIE HAS RECOVERED
Chicago, Oct.
today's Leave?
ander Dowie. h
olic Apostolic c
. In a letter printed
f Healing, Joseph Al
d of the Christian Ca
jrch of Zlon. declare
has rec
nis recent attack ot
partial paralysis and has again started on
ma invasion oi aiexico.
WRECK, ON THE "Q."
Engine Jumped the Track and Rolls
Down a Bank.
Chicago, Oct. 7. A freight train on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
was wrecked and the engineer and fireman
badly injured at Riverside late today. The
engine broke away from the train of 50
cats, jumped the track and rolled down
the embankment into the ditch.
None of the irelght cars left the track.
PANAMA PERKS.
Invited by the Czar to Be at
Peace Congress.
Proud of the Notice and Will
Be on Hand.
na, Oct. S. The newest of the
republics, as well as of the
of the western world, is proving
is possessed of a spirit of prog
thii
ress and a desire to make itself known
in the domain of world events that is
worthy of emulation by some of its sis
ter states. Little Panama, which will
not celebrate its second birthday until
next month with its army of 350 men
and a history as a. nation that is hardly
worthy of mention, is preparing to let
the great powers know of its existence
and its desire to participate in all that
tends to advance the best interests of
civilization.
Panama will make her first appear
ance on the international stage at the
next peace congress which the czar has
suggested shall be held at The Hague,
as soon as arrangements for the gather
ing of the reports of the various gov
ernments can be completed.
In the invitation extended by the czar
which includes many of the Central and
South American countries Panama was
recognized. The fact that the little na
tion has an important canal now in
course o construction to its credit in
its list of assets may account for the
invitation extended to Panama. Be the
cause whatever it is, Panama is glorify
ing in the fact that this recognition has
come to it so soon and is determined
to make the most of its opportunity.
President Amador is disposed to accept
the invitation and while the question
has not been definitely settled, there is
little doubt that when the congress as
sembles, a representative of the republic
of Panama will answer to the roll call
of the nations.
MAY PULL UP STAKES.
Standard Threatens to Abandon the
Sugar Creek Refinery.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 7. Because J
of the hostility shown by Kansas and j
Missouri to the Standard Oil com- i
pany. the company threatens to aban
don the Sugar creek refinery here, the
largest in the country. The refinery I
operates exclusively on Kansas and
Territory oil, and the Kansas trouble !
is familiar to everybody. Missouri is
the' Su'n" to oust tne company from
inipany had intended the i
Sugar creek
plant to be the largest
d much material for
was on the ground,
i already been taken
it has already cost
an attorney here, re
ss at the main offices
in Cleveland, and he
over $1,000 0
E. C. Wr'ig
cently had bi
of the Standi
was told of
intention
idon the plant.
WIFLEY IN DENVER.
Says He Will Give Bond and Return
to Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 7. Charles
B. Wifley. the former Denver bank
president, charged by a grand jury in
that city with the illegal disposal of
securities of the Denver Savings bank,
ti
Of
dav bv a depu
not manacled,
se surveillance.
he will return
n as he gives
Mr. Wifley says t
to Kansas City as
bond.
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Ml
HOGH A POOR HAND
Makes a Failure at Using a
Trowel.
Workman Helps Out in Spread
ing Mortar.
Y. M.C, A. STARTS RIGHT
Immense Throng Present at
Laying of Corner Stone.
J. B. Larimer Tells of Work of
Association.
The corner-stone to "Topeka's
Christian lighthouse," as Dr. J. Wil
bur Chapman denominated the mag
nificent $75,000 Young Men's Chris
tian association building at the corner
of Ninth and Quincy streets, now In
the course of erection, was laid on
Saturday afternoon just a few mo
ments before 5 o'clock.
Governor E. W. Hoeh. arrayed
faultlessly in a gray business man's
suit, with a dotted crash vest and a
large Lawson carnation in his but
tonhole, handled the trowel. He
made a fifteen minute speech. He
stepped forward, took hold of the
bricklayers' chief weapon of offense
just as if he had been born to it, un
mindful as he advanced that he dug
the toe of his highly polished shoes
into the cake of mortar in front of
him, and said: "I am ready."
Slowly the large wheel on the crane
began to revolve under the stren
uously working biceps of three men,
and the large Silver Dale block of
limestone from Cowley county, two
feet five inches in height and of the
same dimension in thickness, and
weighing 3,800 pounds, began to
ascend.
"I'm getting to be quite a rrtason."
shouted the governor to the laughter
of the crowd. He had just told the
audience that he had laid a corner
stone to an educational building of
the state at Hays City the day before.
"Usually there are six bosses to one
workman." he continued. "Here there
are thousands." This was a reference
to the concourse of people who
blocked the corners of Ninth and
Quincy streets, almost three thousand
in number.
Slowly the stone came to its place,
about twelve feet above the ground.
Two men were ready to swing it into
line.
"Spread on the mortar, governor,"
said one of the workmen.
shows the (Governor How.
The state's chief executive dug his
trowel into the mixture of lime and
sand. He splattered great gobs of it.
onto the foundation stone. He kept
up his splattering until the space was
covered. Then he began some fancy
movements with his trowel in the
mortar, after the order of a woman
fixing up a lemon pie.
"Tell me when I have enough," he
said to one of the workmen.
"You are spreading on the mortar,"
was the quick reply. This was the
first joke on the governor in the pro
ceedings, but a better one came a few
minutes later.
Hoch stopped, dropped his trowel,
and straightened up his big broad
shoulders. "Now if there is anyone
here who can do a better a job than
that." he said, "let him come and
do it." .
Scarcely had he finished his words
than one of the workmen picked up
the trowel, threw on a few lusty
chunks of mortar and straightened out
the heap in an expert, proper man
ner. It didn't take the big crowd
a minute to catch onto the joke. It
roared and whooped with merriment.
The mortar was quickly smoothed
by the man who was doing it and knew
how, and the cornerstone swung into
place. It settled down easily without,
a hitch or mishap. The use of a level
soon put it in line with the founda
tion, and a few quick strokes with the
trowel along the edges did away with
the surplus mortar which oozed out.
Dr. Chapman stepped forward and
with uplifted hands quieted the crowd
Then he spoke in feeling words the
benediction and the ceremony was
over.
The crowd was a notable one. It
numbered not less than 3,000. As
many of the subscribers to the build
ing as came were accommodated with
seats on an improvised platform jus
hack of the cornerstone. The large
heaps of lumber on the sidewalk fur
nished resting places for many more.
Hundreds stood in the street and on
the neighboring lawns.
Vehicles loaded with people stood
considerably north of the building on
Quincy street, west of the building on
Ninth street, and east of Quincy
street on Ninth street. It was such
an audience as one seldom sees in con
gregation. Men from all walks of life
were there, business men, bankers,
merchants, lawyers, doctors, preachers.
Almost one-half of the audience was
composed of women. Prominent
among the latter was the aged Mrs.
Jane C. Stormont, who gave the last
$2,000 to the building fund. Promi
nent among the men was Judge Julius
T. Clark, who made the first contribu
tion property at 922 Kansas avenue,
valued at $5,000, and C. W. Clark of
Chicago, secretary of the International
Y. M. C. A. Judge Selden Spencer of
St. Louis was unable to attend.
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
New Y. M.
IT IS THEJORST.
Office of Circuit Attorney in St.
Louis Unequaled.
For Crookedness Says Sager, the
Present Incumbent.
SO FOR TWENTY YEARS
Makes No Exception of Governor
Folk's Administration.
Subornation of Perjury Has Be
come a Custom.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 7. "For the
last twenty years the offices of the
circuit attorney of St. Ivouls have been
the erookedest, the loosest run and
worst managed of any prosecuting at
torney's office I ever visited or heard
of in the United States. I do not ex
cept the term of office served by Gov
ernor Folk or a single one of my pre
decessors. I succeeded Folk." "
This was the direct statement made
by Arthur Sager. circuit attorney of
St. Louis, this evening. Mr. Sager
and his first assistant. Col. Dick John
son, are now in Kansas City to consult
with the prosecuting attorney, and to
study the methods in force in his office
and says he is going to make a clean
sweep of the methods now used in the
St. Louis office.
"Understand me. I am not making
charges of graft or crookedness
against any of the men who preceded
me in office. I am simply stating a
condition a condition that is known
to every one who knows the methods
used.
"The circuit attorney's office is lim
ited to felony prosecutions. We have
a grand jury in session all the time,
and this gives unlimited opportunity
for malpractice.
"In this way practically our entire
case is known to the defense before
the case comes to trial and a defense
is prepared that could not be beaten
down with an ax. Subornation of
perjury is not a crime in St. Louis.
It is a custom. Xeaiiy every inter
ested party does it, and they think
nothing of it.
"There are attorneys in St. Louis
who employ a regular staff of wit
nesses. Theyv testify to anything they
are asked to. The officials stand by
them, and the police help them pre
pare their defense. And the conse
quence is that it is almost impossible
for us to do anything."
KEPfSECRET
FORTYYEARS,
Woman Poses as a Man With
Remarkable Success.
Discovery of Deception Is Made
in a Hospital.
Pueblo, Col., Oct. 7. One of the
most remarkable cases of hidden
identity of sex ever discovered in this
state was brought to light at Trinidad.
Col., today. After posing as a man
for forty years Charles S. Baubagh
has been found to be a woman. The
discovery was made at the county hos
pital today. During the forty years he
or she, has been clerk, laborer and
sheep herder. Now at 84 years her
marvelous constitution broke down
and she went to the county hospital
as a county charge.
Her refusal to take a bath first at
tracted attention and when told that
she must bathe she made a request
that it be without attendance. Today
Dr. C. Gorman, county doctor, had oc
casion to examine her for a cold, and
her secret which she had guarded for
nearly half a century was revealed.
The story told by her is a remark
able one. She was borne in France of
well to do parents and was given a
liberal education. She writes and
speaks six different languages as well
as her native tongue. When 2 3 years
old she came to this country. Failing
to obtain employment in any position
as a woman she determined to pose as
a man and in this disguise went to
Hannibal, Mo. She worked there six
years as a dry goods clerk, then be
came cashier of a bank and held the
position for eight years. The presi
dent of the bank then died, causing
the institution to be closed. Stil1
maintaining her masculine garb she
drifted from place to place, and 23
years ago came to Colorado and se
cured a place as sheep herder. She
was held in high regard by those who
knew her.
Cntil last Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Brown, with whom the woman lived,
still regarded her as a man. She
positively refused to tell her real
name.
Weather for Sunday and Monday.
Forecast for Kansas: Fair Sunday;
Monday partly cloudy and cooler.
O. A. Home of Which Corner Stone Was
E. WILOERJO QUIT
Will Resign Treasurersbip of
Santa Fe Railway.
Ill Health Is Cause of His
Retirement.
LONG TERM OF SERVICE
Has Been Treasurer of Com
pany Since 1876.
One of Controlling Spirits in
Topeka Enterprises.
Edward Wilder, treasurer of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
and Railway company the old and
new name continuously since 1876,
will resign and quit the service this
month, sending in his resignation to
the directors when the board and the
stockholders hold the annual meeting
Kdward Wilder, Who Will Resign
in Topeka October 26. Ill health is
the cause. He has been a sick man
for more than a year and his condi
tion is now such that he finds it im
possible to continue his lifetime work
to which he has been as devoted as a
student tb his books, or a child to his
play. He was assistant treasurer for
five years prior to 1S76.
Mr. Wilder's illness is such that he
is confined to his home, although he
sits on his porch daily and meets his
friends from time to time, oftn
lunching or taking tea in the open air.
When the stockholders and the direc
tors of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railway company hold their annual
meetings here on October 26, the direc
tors will receive the resignation of Kd
ward Wilder of Topeka as secretary
and treasurer of the company. Mr.
Wilder has held this position since May
12, 1876.
There are three men in the financial
departments of the road, who are lo
cated here, that have been talked of as
possible successors to Mr. Wilder. They
are E. L. Copeland, the cashier of the
company; James Moore, the .paymaster,
and Augustus O. Wellman, the head
bookkeeper. All three of these men
have excellent records and have been
In the service of the Santa Fe for some
lime, but the impression seems to pre
vail that the position will be given to
Mr. Copeland. The board of directors
will elect the successor to Mr. Wilder
and it will probably be done at the
same meeting at which the resigna
tion is received, for it is understood that
Mr. Wilder has made known his inten
tion of resigning to some of the higher
officials in the company and they will
have had an opportunity to canvass the
field and pick out the man they think
best qualified for the place.
Mr. Wilder's Long Service.
Probably there are few men in To
peka who are so well known and who
have been identified so prominently
with those affairs that have tended to
build up the city and make it a good
place to live In than Mr. Wilder. In
the railroad world throughout the
country his name is a by word for in
tegrity and faithfulness. His service
with the Santa Fe is one long record
of achievement and he has had as
much to do, as any other man in the
company, with placing the road where
it is today. During the troublesomrt
financial times that the Santa Fe ex
perienced Mr. Wilder has stood at the
fiscal helm and so guided affairs that
the great property has been held to
gether. Regret is expressed on all sides
that Mr. Wilder has found it neces
sary to resign because of his health
It was more than a year ago that a
constitutional trouble developed into
Laid Saturday.
an evident pulmonary affection, that
became serious. Mr. Wilder toqk an
extended trip to Arizona and was
benefited by It but since his return to
the city early in the summer his
health has failed rapidly until about
a month ago, when it began to im
prove some. The improvement was
incident to Mr. WUder's beginning to
take regular medical treatment. For
a time after this treatment was started
Mr. Wilder was sanguine that he
would sufficiently recover his health
to resume active work in his offices
again.
Has Done Much for Topeka.
Mr. Wilder's good works in Topeka
have been legion. His charity, has
been as unbounded as it has been un
ostentatious. He organized the To
peka public library thirty-two years
ago and has been president of it for
many years. It was under his direc
tion that the Kansas State Art asso
ciation was organized, and he was
president of It during its existence.
He was the first president of the To
peka board of park commissioners
and served ,on that board for a num
ber of years, and he was also presi
dent of the local school board for
many years and only recently resigned
as a member of that body.
Mr. Wilder was born in Bostort,
Mass., September 4, 1843, and began
work when he was fourteen years old
in the offices of the Cunard Steamship
company at Boston. Between the
years 180 and 1870 he served as
Treasurers! Ux of the Santa Fe.
clerk, paymaster and auditor of the
Boston & Worcester railroad company
at its offices in Boston, and then took
the position of land commissioner for
the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad
company, with offices at Hannibal,
Mo. He was married in 1868 to Miss
Mary C. Scott, of Philadelphia. He
only stayed with the Hannibal com
pany for a year and then came to To
peka in 1871 as the assistant treas
urer of the Santa Fe. Five years
later he was made the secretary and
treasurer of the company. During his
connection with the Santa Fe he has
been either secretary or treasurer or
both -of the one hundred and twenty
five auxiliary and subsidiary com
panies of that system, and It un
doubtedly was his close and confining
work looking after the multitudinous
affairs of these companies that shat
tered his health. He worked early
and late for year after year, and in
sisted on giving his attention to de
tails that could properly be handled
by subordinates. He did not seem to
know the meaning of the word rest
until his health failed him, and even
during his illness he has given a good
deal of attention to the affairs of his
office.
Mr. Wilder has been connected
with many of the industrial ventures
in Topeka and in other parts of the
state and country. He has been one
of the directing forces in the Edison
Electric Illuminating company and
the Missouri and Kansas Telephone
company, and vice president of the
State Savings bank and auditor of the
Shawnee Fire Insurance company.
CLASH IN MOSCOW
Soldiers and Citizens Battle In
the Streets.
Many Persons Seriously Wound
ed During the Encounter.
Moscow, Oct. 8. A serious conflict
between troops and great crowds of
people, growing out of the strike of
printers and bakers, occurred here
last night, and as a result many peo
ple were severely injured. The clash
occurred in the center of the city near
the Kikitskai gate. A large crowd
had assembled there for the purpose
of holding a demonstration meeting.
Trouble was caused by persons firing
revolvers on Cossacks who had been
assigned to preserve order.
When the shots were fired the
tioops and police immediately began
to clear the streets and disperse the
crowd. The people, including many
strikers, objected to having the meet
ing interrupted and offered resistance
to the soldiers. A general fight fol
lowed. The troops showed little dis
crimination in attacking anyone who
made the least show of resistance to
their efforts to clear the streets.
Many persons were Injured during
the melee, many of them being seri
ously wounded.
Civil Service Examinations.
Civil service examinations for the fol
lowing positions will be held in Topeka
at the federal building on the dates
mentioned: October 25, laboratory as
sistant; November 1. monotype ma
chinist: Syrian interpreter; topographic
draftsman; supervisor of Indian music;
Roumanian, Polish, Lithuanian, Rus
sian, German and Magyar Interpreter;
November t, railway mall clerk.
MORE MUTE.
Contraction at the Money Cen
ters Is Intensified.
American Financiers Appear to
Be Undisturbed.
WITHOUT PARALLEL.
Display of Composure in Face
of World Wide Stringency.
Bank of England Reserve the
Lowest Since 1891.
New York, Oct. 7. Another week In
which contraction at the money centers
has grown steadily more acute, has left
our local security market still unruffled.
Such a display of composure Is, one
may now venture to say, without par
allel in our financial history. Will It
last? Will the encouragements that
lie in the general industrial position of
the country continue to prevail over the
influence of tight money now existing
in all the markets of the world, or will
the exigencies of the money market
finally lead to a general liquidation de
spite the confidence felt in security val
ues? These are the questions agitat
ing financial circles at the close of the
week. The present strength in the var
ious money markets is something out
of the ordinary. The Bank of England
is down to the lowest proportion of re
serve to liabilities since 1891. The Bank
of France has yielded so far to the ur
gency of the situation as to release a
few millions of its jealously hoarded
gold. It has been suggested that more
relief will come from the same quarter
If the need becomes more critical. This,
however, is at the best doubtful de
pendence. Our market Is at the moment the most
active bidder for Europe's gold sup
plies. It is the American withdrawals
that are chiefly responsible for the de
cline in British bank holdings during
the last fortnight. We are using to the
utmost the advantage of a strong po
sition in the foreign trade, forcing set
tlement of commercial credits In gold
from reluctant foreign balikers. Ty
thought naturally occurs that our own
needs must be very great when our
claims must he pressed in the face of
such powerful restrictions upon the
gold movement and this being true, the
question arises whether our market
would not be seriously embarrassed if
the foreign banks were to carry their
obstructive measures further. This in
quity involves the main perplexity of
our present financial position. Is It
one that is perfectly natural and sound,
the money stringency not being due to
overstrain of credit, but to the real re
quirements of business and crop hand
ling? Or are the markets of the world
being squeezed to support a precarious
home speculation?
THEYliGHT
LIKE FIENDS.
Band of Four Robbers Resisted
Thirty-five Pursuers
Until Three of Them Fell and
Ammunition Gave Out.
Wild Rose. Wis., Oct 7. Not until
one was dead, one fatally wounded and
one seriously hurt, did the band of four
robbers that looted the costofflcs and
attempted to wreck the vault In the
State bank here last night surrender to
the posse late this afternoon. Fighting
like fiends, dragging the body of their
dead comrade through the woods, over
meadows and streams, they held out
against the odds of 35 to 4, until their
ammunition was exhausted and two of q,
their number fell to the earth, fainting'''
from their wounds.
Firing bullet after bullet at the un
seen foe, among the trees' that was
fast closing in about them, they re
treated to a hill in the woods about
seven miles from this village and there
fell after a most desperate battle.
The robbers were well armed and it
was not until several hours of the bat
tle had passed that the only bandit left
standing gave up, faUing fainting into
the arms ot his pursuers.
As soon as it was discovered that the
postoffice had been looted and that the
outside door of the vault In the' State
bank had been dynamited, a party of
three, Dr. Wilcox, a local physician;
John Burns, cashier of the bank, and
the city marshal, went out with the
hope of getting track of the bandits.
They tracked the gang to a woods seven
miles from town and returned for help.
A nondescript mob of 35, all the able
bodied men in the village at the time, join
ed. The robbers had camped for the night.
The town marshal approached first. Two
men with Winchesters had been instructed
I to fire at the robbers at the first hostile
movement.
When the marshal ordered the men to
surrender they opened fire. The Winches
ters cracked at the same time and one of
the robbers fell dead, pierced through the
forehead and through the heart. A des
perate battle then followed. Few of the
posse had weapons of any worth and the
sharpshooters and the Winchesters were
in the rear and could not fire for fear of
shooting their own friends. A running
fight that lasted over an hour followed,
during which over 20 shots were ex
changed. It was after dark when the posse and
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is believed they are members of the fa
mous Eddie Fay gang. The fatally
wounded robber can not live 24 hours.
FOLK CAN'T ACCEPT.
Feels Compelled to Decline Mr. Law
son's Invitation.
Jefferson City, Mo.. Oct 7. Governor
Folk says he can not accept Lawson's
Invitation to serve on the committaa of
governors in the lssurance disclosures.
The governor wired Mr. Lawson saying
he appreciated the invitation, but his
official duties would not permit him to
engage actively on such a committee
and that he could not accept without
knowing more about what was to be
done and what other governors would
be on the committee.