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FHE RACE FOR M OIK DEN.
R I SSI ANS T\ iKE HE A RT.
All Official Kewt Withheld— Stores
Saved atJAao-Yang.
The milk of the Russian army is reported
near Moukdrn. and the officials at St. Peter.«
burg believe that the danger of loss of a part
of Kuropatkin's forces is past Xo dispatches
from the opposing commanders were made,
public cither si Tokio or St. Petersburg.
]>oth armies arc said to be exhausted.
Advices from Moukden said that the city
was in ■ tumult, !>eiiig crowded with troops,
guns and transports. Many families arc
fleeing to Harbin. The feeling among the.
( hinese against the Russians is growing with
the Japanese advance.
< rreat quantities of food and ammunition,
a dispatch from Tokio reported, had been
yn\cd from the flames at Liao-Yang. The
Japanese Emperor in a message of congratu
lation to the troops said th^t the end of the
v, ig eras far distant.
HIE RETREAT HAMITREi*.
Hulk of Baggage Said To Be Safe
-—Armies Exhausted.
fix. Petersburg. Sept. S. The general staff are
net displaying great anxiety over the sensational
imports that serai Kuropatkin is hi serious
danger of being- cut off. but if they had any in
formation from the front yesterday they have
not revealed it. *• ! i they also decline to say,
even If they know, whether iJeneral Kuropatkln
iutriids to take his army north of Moukden. An
vtricer of tho general staff t aid last night:
I believe it is pafe to say that General Kuro
; .Ukin's army is now out of danger. Our ad
vices since Monday indicate that the fighting is
it n.i insignificant character, and I do not believe
l*:at :he sired Japanese troops are capable of
Furiously thrsateiiins the line of retreat. The
greatest difficulty our army is now having to
contend with is the terrible road, owing to the
iaia of Monday anj Tuesday.
our Information is that the bulk of the bag
pupe has already passed through lioukden. This
Is the usua.l procedure in the case of any retreat.
Kuropatkin's movements must depend chiefly
on the tactics of the Japanese. If they continue
to press north In the hope of cutting: off the
jlussians and bring them to bay, Kuropatkin
vill be obliged, to move north to circumvent
them. Both armies already are terribly ex
hausted, and if they again so into action the
jesult will depend largely upon which of them
is a^le to throw the most fresh reserves into the
fsht. Th** authorities seem fairly well satisfied
vilh the situation and arc confident of a favor
-«hlc «*»tcome.
TUMULT IX MOUKDEN.
Solditrt Said Tn Be Cheerful —
Chinese Alarm Russians.
i rrespondc-nt has just
i -rived here, after a journey of 120 mileß from
ita'Tta, o;ist of Moukden, and says that
'luring tlie Ifitter part of his journey he could
the firing in dM light at Liao-Yang. The
■ "rroapoiident bays.
The whose country is aflame with the wildest
r.nd most contradictory rumors.
The principai interest is shown in the fact
that the Chinese population is becoming more
«nti-Ruasian with the advance of the Japanese
.^rn-.y.
Moukden itself is overcrowded, and It is al
incst impossible to get food or a place to sleep.
Everywhere there is the greatest uproar and
< onfusion and many families are leaving the city
in the direction of Harbin. The soldiers, how
net, are not at all disheartened at the result of
the I it, and they say that the Japanese losses
are so tremendous as to seriously weaken them.
They declare that they have made the Japanese
pay infinitely more for Liao-Yanj; than It was
worth.
I visited M. Kiriloff, one of The Associated
Press's Russian correspondents, who was shot
through the lungs In the attack on General
-c k'l'lberjr'h corps southwest of Lriao-Yang on
■August 30. He is in the Russo-Dutch Hospital,
and the doctors say that he is not yet out of
'larger. M. Kiriloff however declares be will
toon be back in harness.
MAXY WOUXDED DIE.
Eighty Carloads a Day at Moukden
Shrapnel's Damage.
lon. Sept. B.— "The Daily Mail" a" Kuaang
.t. u:;df-r date of SeptemV>e r 7,
ntyß:
Hail cars at the rate of eighty a day, loaded
vith wounded, are passing through the station
at Moukden. The shrapnel injuries are fright
ful, and a majority of the men succumb on the
.I"tirney to the hospital.
Correspondents arriving here keenly resent;
• heir treatment by the Japanese, and say that
*hey gee nothing of the war. They are treated
M though they are spies, while native corre
»-pon<lents ars permitted to see the fighting an i
i< >graph freely.
The Dally Mall's" Cbe-Foo correspondent
Rays that Rear Admiral IJriu has been ordered
'*• it-mail: outside of Shanghai with his squadron
sasl Port Arthur l alic
KUSSIAN SORTIES MADE.
Dctoih of Fighting at Port Arthur
hi End of August.
<"ie-Foo. Sept. 7.— Firing was heard hwe in
<2iKtinctly this evening. A steamship which
passed Port Arthur last night reports that r.he
) no firing from the Russian stronghold.
it is now apparent that the heavy, fight!: be
fore Port Arthur, reported by numerous Chi
nese refugees between August 'Si ami 31) took
Utee chiefly on the lirst two days mentioned,
the Japanese thereafter directing their efforts
almost entirely to holding the positions they had
obtained.
That these positions v. ur .- of considerable im
portance is shown by the fact that the Russians
J>ked th« lives of valuable- men in the open to
'''"lodge th* Japanese. As has been lonely
*«"porttdin the«« dispatches, the Japanese troops
mired' from nearly ait "points on the night of
Aug.j.. 3). J|gi
Th*-N*ovlkrar of August 31 devotes cnnitld
nsjMtoeaf •» third page.
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To-morrow, fair; Us*tS™trcmb south wind*.
GAIN MOKE DEMANDS.
HALF OF SUBWAY JOBS.
Elevated Men to Sign Three Year
Agreement To-day.
All chance of any strike trouble on the *»!»
vated railway over the three thousand new po
sitions in the subway parsed yesterday when
the organized labor leaders met the directing
officials of the Intprborough Company and drew
up articles of agreement which are to stand for
the next three years. The company made still
farther concessions to the men In priority and
seniority or service. Fifty per cent of the ele
vated force, if that number applies, will get
places In the subway. The men save in on the
question of a physical test, which is to remain
the standard railway test, it took more than
five hours for the leaders and the officials to
get together on these minor points, and until
the conference ended at 8 o'clock last night Far
ley's strike breakers were kept under orders to
be ready. The formal agreement will be signed
to-morrow afternoon at the oflu cs of the com
pany.
It is significant that at the regular weekly
meeting of the executive committee of the In
terborough Rapid Transit Company, held yes
terday morning at the office of August Belmont,
No. I'JO Broadway, the agreement between the
company and the men which was arrived at on
Tuesday evening was ratified. It was stated on
good authority that tl:o officials of thr» company
received full authority to Eign a Dual agreement.
When the leaden of the three organizations
involved met yesterday morning at the Broad
way Central Hotel all g^anner of rumors were
afloat as to further demandi Some of the men
believed that, as Mr. Belnioni had weakened on
wages, they could carry every demand they
had made la the beginning; They declared that
he .was afraid of the political situation and
would grant anything rather than have a strike.
Some of them favored Insisting on their original
demand of 9880 for a nine-hour day, as well
as the minor, points. These reports reached th...
officials of the Jnterborough. and for a time
caused considerable anxiety at No. 10 Dey-st.
John Farley, king of strike breakers, had be
gun paying oft the strike breakers he had sum
moned by telegraph from various points. He re
ceived an order to erase paying off ami to recall
the men who had already been paid. The com
pany was taking no chances of arbitrary de
wands on the part of the employes. Ail of
Farley's cohorts received order* to be on hanJ
at 4 o'clock. They filled Dey-st. a! that hour, a
noisy, trouble-ready crowd. The conference was
then in session. The strike breakers v. • told
to return at <; o'clock. By that time the final
conference had proceeded so far that there was
no danger of further complications.
"All those who must have money go In and
get paid off." was the announcement Farley
made. "The rest of you come back at i) o'clock
to-morrow morning."
It seems that the rational officials of the
brotherhoods and the Amalgamated knew when
they had pressed the company far enough. The
local leaders who favored further demands war*
admonished, and went into the final conference
with President Bryan and Genera! Super
intendent Hedley In a fairly subdued mood.
This conference was held In' an Inner room
at the Interborough company's office* In the
Western Union Building, at No. 11*3. Broadway.
It began at 2:30 and continued until nearly s
o'clock. The operating officials of the company
are both lighters, and every point was contest
ed. The men, encouraged by Tuesday*! conces
sions, were sticklers for minor points. At 7:43
o'clock the labor delegations tiled out.
"It is all settled." declared Vice-Grand Mas
ter Wilson of the firemen. "They have given us
nearly everything we want, and we are satis
fled. Mr. Bryan will give out a statement."
"Do the men get priority?" was asked.
"There has been a mutual agreement on th
question," he said. 'We are satisfied."
A few minutes later Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hrd
ley came out; and the former, In answering va
rious Questions, made this statement:
"All questions of dispute have been finally
settled and nothing remains but the final draw-
Ing up and signing of the three year agree
ment. We have given th elevated employes
until September 10 to die applications for posi
tions on the subway. All those who do so, up to
CO per cent of the elevated force, will get prior
ity over outsiders. They will have seniority of
service to the extent that they will have the
choice of runs.
"If a conductor on th' elevated, for Instance,
qualifies as motorman be will get the place tn
preference to an outsider."
"How about the physical examination?"
"The company insists on the standard railway
examination," he said, "and the men have agreed
to it. There will be no road examination. The
abuses of the present system of examination
were discussed and there may be some minor
changes."
He said further that the agreement with the
Amalgamated Association of Street and Elec
tric Railway Employes stood practically as de
cided a few days ago. That agreement assured
practically the same wage scale In the subway
as on the elevated for ticket choppers, train
men and gatemen. It also gave them priority of
service. ,
There are a few minor points Still to be Bat
tled, but nothing that will be likely to cause a
serious split. These are pay for overtime and
the method of dividing up the working hours so
that the men can get home to their meals.
GATES BLOCKS IIARRIMAX
Alton Deal Held Up — Hock Island
Parly Holds Balance of Forcer.
tllT I Ki.K'.K-.i'it TO THE TRIBUNE.!
Chicago. Sept. 7.— The sale of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad to the Union Pacific syndicate
was not announced at to-day's meeting of th»
Alton directors, for the reason that John W
Gates and Edwin Hawley have temporarily
blocked the deal. Aa the result, a bitter contest
will be waged between the Harriman forces on
one his and Gates and Hawley on the other,
with the group of financiers Interested in thi»
Rook Island system holding the balance of
power. In the mean time Harrimaa says the
STUM is his, and Gates and Hawley dispute the
claim. On September 28, the limit eet for the
deposit of the holdings of the shareholders who
are willing to let them go at the Harriman fig
ures of &ii) for the common and $!«> for the
preferred, the question may be answered and
an end put to the tugging and straining of the
combatants.
It has been ascertained that the Rock Island
party, which includes the Moore brothers, W. B.
I^eds and D. G. Reed, owns 40.000 common and
preferred shares of Alton which have not best)
deposited with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. representing
Harriman. for the purpose of transferring th«
road to the Union Pacific. This block of stock
Is said to represent the balance of power.
Charles <}. Gates, son of John W. Gates, M
In Chicago to-day and declared that his father
and Hawley would block Harriman and the
Union Pacific. -
TOUR TO OETTYSBURO AND WASHINGTON.
-Pennsylvania Railroad Personally Conducted Fall
Tour, -r>P»»mb«»r 24 in 2fl -• |22 covm all •Mary
oxpwnwn- from N>w .York City. Consult -Tourist
Ae*nt,:C3 Fifth Avenue. New York.— Atlvt. . „
j^EW-YORK. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1904. -FOURTEEN PAGES-
MOUNTED SQUAD READY TO LEAVE CITY HALT. TO REGULATE TRAFFTC TV LOWES BROADWAY.
CROKER-MDRPHY SCHEME.
BEST TO ENGINEER IT.
To Jam His Manhattan Bridge
Plans Through Art mission.
It was learned yestenlaj from members of the
Art Commission that Bridge Cornrnis* bijjt,
"hacked by powerful Interests in Tammany Hall,
is preparing to Jam through the Art Commlsston
meeting on Tuesday n resolution adopting his
plans for the Manhattan Bridge. It is alleged
by some of the members of the Art Commission
that this plan would cost (3.000,000 more than
that for .in eye-bar cable bridge prepared under
the direction of commissioner l.indenlhal, ap
proveS by a commission of engineering experts
jinn formally adopted by the Art Commission.
The scheme to i.i attempted next Tuesday is
Bald to have been devised by Frank Croker and
Charles F. Murphy. Its execution would give,
the Roebllns company a valuable contract for
the bridge; cables. Frank Croker and his father,
Richard <"roker. are said to be financially in
terested in the BoebUng company.
It is understood that Commissioner Best will
not invite bids for the eye-bar bridge. He
steadfastly declines ■■> show his plans to any
one > .• submit them to an impartial commission
of l>: !ge engineers.
: • .'.!
vlded
plans. Bm
■ :.h hoi.i t ild be iiu
milia.tii!,< for th>
plan alter adopting the EJndenthal plai \
Aux"' 1 . the Brooklyn ■ ' th •
Jf
: ' ■ h 1.i.
if i h
icts for r.
chorages within tn<- following Bvs daya
00,000, The
:p hrm will i"- sure of a profll ■
tract •
• wot k. \'
in the > ise of v.
ljuild!: . apmred to bid. An a
ire, to checkmate an] ,
bit,- Knap uiiion, papers are under preparation
in a t. to bring the subject rato
court for ventilation and adjudication.
it la now fully four years since thH work for
th«_- Manhattan Bridge was authorised. Appro
priation Bufflcienl only for the two pier la^n
was made, "ii these have been In position for
some U
The charter makes the expenditure of the city's
funds without the approval of the Art Commis
sion illegal in such eases as come within the
Jurisdiction of the commission. In "structures
costing $ 1 Mx * > or over" the approval of the
commission Is specifically required.
The approval of the commission to the eye
bar chain design of the Manhattan Bridge was
given on March 10, 1003, after It had been ap
proved by a board of expert engineers, and
Bridge Commissioner L-indenthal asked for an
appropriation of $7,500,000 to provide anchor
ages and superstructure complete. The request
reaching the Board of Aldermen, that body
withheld the appropriation asked for, and the
Low administration 1 went out or power, helpless
to put the bridge project under way through
lack of funds.
When Mayor McClullan took office an appro
priation of 110.000.0U0 was promptly placed at
the disposal of Commissioner Best for the com
pletion of the Manhattan Bridge. The plans al
reaay on file in his office needed only b call for
bids to put the work under way. II«> Ignored
them, and after several months submitted to the
Art Commissioner an entirely new design of
the familiar vir*- cable type-, as Illustrated in the
old Brooklyn and newer WilUamsburg bridge!
The Art Commission asked the Commissioner
of Bridges to give reasons for the rejection of
the plans approved by it and the substitution of
now ones therefor, ills reply dismissed the con
clusions of the former board of experts .is a
"mere expression of personal preference."
The Municipal Art Society baa warned the Art
Commission of the gross blunder, or wore.-,
which it in, iv be tricked Into permitting. The
Fine Arts Federation has likewise objected to
the Best plan.
it Is' suggested that a new commission of out
side engineers of the highest grade, be named by
the Mayor to advise him of the comparative
merits of tin- rival plans. »
The Merchants' Association directors at a
meeting yesterday adopted resolutions protest
ing against the adoption of changed plans for
the Manhattan Bridge until such plans shall
have been submitted to a board of Impartial
engineers for investigation and approval as to
their engineering .-its, and until a satisfactory
explanation is made of the proposed Increase •>!'
.. < > 4<X>,<XN) in cost on account of th'> changed
plans. A copy 6f the resolutions was sent to
the Mayor and the Art Commission.
THEODORE KOSEVELT PARKER.
A Californian by This Name Will Be As
signed to the Battleship Ohio.
Washington, Sept. '.. The Bureau of 'Navigation
to-day received a request from Representative
Hell, of the ltd Congress District of California, for
the enlistment in the navy and assignment to the
battleship Ohio of one of Ills constituents named
Theodore Rosevelt Parker. ., • .'. '
The records of -the marine corps disclose his en
listment unCer that name at Seattle. Whs!!.. July
12, "1901. Parker was born In San Francisco, and
was a machinist when he enlisted in the marine
corps. His father bore the same name. It la SSJd
that hl« family ia a branch of an old Pennsylvania
family of Ro?eveltß, not connected In any way
with that of President Roosevelt. Representative
Bell's ren.' 1 * 511 . w "' granted.
WHBN YOU ARR RICK ,i;SK '
!».«. Port "Win* and <»rnn<» .lul-'e. '
■ II -T ;De\Cey <fc- eons Co., 158 Kulum H1..-N. . V. T
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NEW MOUNTED POLICE.
McAdoo's Traffic. Cavalry Perform
First Day's Duty Successfully.
"Holly Gee! Bee der mounted cops. Der
meat 'strike's on again fer sure, *r else It's a
parade," and the saucy, barefooted •"newsy** who
made the remark hastily consulted the bulletins
"' his "-extries," but looked in vain for confirma
tion of either one of his surmises.
As the day wore on hundreds of business nvn
Jumped rashly to the same conclusions, for in
lower Broadway mounted patrolmen- for the
first time seemed to be here, there and every
where. Sin was the advent of Captain Stephen
•• Brim's "traffic cavalry" in the downtown dis
trict. . *
There v, ■ t^ only eight of them yesterday, un
der .Sergeant John Murphy and Roundsman Ed
ward J. Hearle. They made the first detach
ment. The men patrolled anywhere between
Union Square and Exchange Place and Park
Row and Chatham Square.
men only < ;nr.e o:i kite to-day." Captain
O'Brien, who is chief <>f Oeetssafesstaner M> Adeo*s
Btrw • TranV Regulation l?ur»-au. told a Tribuno
• r. •'hut. just the the street cars for
thi- Tirst tune in years made not only sohedMle
time, It.t didn't drop a trip.
"T .o mounted patrolmen ore to keep the
heavy vehicles off the car tracks and give pas
senger traffic the right Of way. They will also
keep Broadway open. They will help passen
gers cross the streets In safety as well, and In
case of fir© can much more easily than un
mounted men clear a wiiy for the engines."'
Cuptaln O'Brien said also that with the co
operation of the truck owners and teamsters
It was planned to have certain streets for truf-
Be gotng in -i certain direction. Northbound
trnfTl«\ for Irmtann-. In '-rrfnln districts Is to
use Grconwfrh-st.. and southbound Washln^ton
st. Although the patrolmen's horses yesterday
vtre "green" lo downtown duty, the work of
officers- and their mounts elicited much favora
ble comment from very quarter. Beginning
to-day, the mounted men will be on duty from
J> a. m. to 7 p. in.
ALMOST SWIMS ( IIAWEL.
Frenchman Gets Within Two Miles
in Remarkable Time.
Folkestone, Bng.. Sept. 7. Burgess, the
b swimming champion, who. accompanied
by the Engllsn kwlmmer, WeWwan. made an
attempt yesterday to swim the
Channel, started again at s o'clock thai mom-
Ing from v'.jp Point, just east of Folkea
He vas about four anil s half miles ■
Margaret's at 1:12 p. )"■. and gotauj well He
i. rt th<- water at^ 3:45 p. m.. when only two
miles from the French coast, thus failing In
his attempt to erosa the Channel, but eetabllah-
Ing a ti-inarkabie speed record.
wh'-n t"n< late Captain Matthew v\vbi< swam
across the Bngnsh channel uurty-tn* miles
after diving from the Admiralty Pter, Dover,
on August -1, 1875, he landed on the Bands
near Calais, Prance, after having been in the
water -1 hours and 45 minutes.
HOT FIGHT ON SMOOT
Splits from Both Parties in Utah to
Make Anti-Church Party.
I it v TCLEURArH TO TIIK TRIBUNE. I
Salt Lake City, Sept. Well known Gentiles
of Utah, representing both old parties, are form-
Ing an anti-Church party to fight the Influence
Of the Mormon Church in politics. The move
ment began Immediately after the Republican
State Convention two weeks ago. when a slate
prepared, by Senator Reed Smoot was nominated.
"The Salt Lake Tribune," formerly the Repub
lican organ, has bolted the State; ticket and be
gun to fight Smoot and the Church Influence.
The paper, which is controlled' by Senator
Kearna and his friends, still supports Roosevelt
and Fairbanks. At a meeting of the State com
mittee last night Kearns served notice that ha
vould not support the State ticket unless Smoot
were eliminated from Utah politics and a pledge
given by the Mormon authorities to keep their
hands oft political affairs In the future; The
committee made no promisee.
David Keith, a milUonnaire mining. man.' and
Frank Knox. president of the National Bank of
the Republic, both Gentiles, have declined to
serve on the state finance committee, which Is
controlled by men of Smoot's selection. ,
BAILEY ADMITS DEFEAT.
Texas Senator Drops a Most Sig
nificant He mark.
. ,BT ORjnira TO THE TIU3INE. 1
ualveston. Tex.. Sept, 7.— Senator Bailey and
Congressman Burgess, la recent addresses and
Interviews have practically conceded the defeat
of Parker and the election of Roosevelt. In
closing an address at Brown wood last night
Senator Bailey made the significant statement
that he was "confident the Democrats* would
win in 1908. the reason being that the people by
that time would be disgusted with Roosevelt."
The Texas Republicans construe this as an ad
mission that the Democrats have become dis
couraged. In an interview. Congressman Bur
gess said: ■
"Even though Parker will probably be de
feated, the platform will he perpetuated."
7 • ; . *■>
PARKKKM AVUAVKTOTALK
(\ i Ml\ I IGX SEEDS LIFE.
The Vermont Election Causes Con
sternation Among Democrats.
[FBOM THE TBTBUSE BT.REAr.I
Washington. Sept. 7.— Netwithstauding an
apathy as great as was ever known in that
Slate. Vermont rolled up such a trrmendoua
Republican majority that it has < irate. i as
great consternation among the Democrats as
it has been the source of encouragement and
gratification to their opponents. The Republi
cans do not fall to appreciate the significance
of so sweeping a victory, which they regard as
an indorsement of the administration of Presi
dent Roosevelt and as a surety, of the success
Of the Republican national ticket, this fall.
Th*» Democracy made Roosevelt the Issue, and
the Republicans of Vermont willingly accepted
the challenge. The result Indicates that the
nomfhee Is fully as strong as his party, and
that his Individual following compares favora
bly with that of any of his predecessors.
The Vermont victory is the one topic of dis
cussion in political circles here to-day, and the
Democrats are making all kinds of- excuses for
the decisive defeat of their party. They have
been unable, however, to give any reasonable
explanation, beyond conceding that it is ap
parently a Republican year, and that a vigor
ous and aggressive campaign must be waged
from now until Election Day m order to stamp
out the . "apathy" which has evidently been
transferred from the Republican parts* to th.-
I> mocracy. It Is declared here, in response to
Democratic inquiries as to jus' how M hap
y*>hed. th;U the people of Vermont had sloiply
made up their minds how th-y would vote, and
that they were either too busy with their
business affairs or did not care to spend time
listening to political discussions. They went
to the polls and voted in a way that Indicated
tluir desire for a continuance of present po
litical conditions. Their action can only be in
terpreted as a formal indorsement of Presi
dent Roosevelt's administration, for it was
upon that Issue that the fight was fought and
won.
Democratic leaders to-day were wondering
whether the apparent Indifference to the cam
paign that exists to some extent all over the
country has the same explanation that has been
demonstrated in Vermont. They are wondering
whether the entire country has made up its
mind how th ■ election hi to go. There Is no
doubt the result in Vermont la causing the Dem
ocrats some hard thinking.
It Is pointed out here that the extremely large
plurality that was given the Republican ticket
in Vermont can be realized only i.> a compari
son with the vote in the September elections of
other Presidential years since 1870. Only m
iy«; has the. plurality exceeded that given the
Republican candidate yesterday. In the Sep
tember election of that year it was 39.391. The
Republican pluralities In Vermont In September
elections of Presidential years have been as fol
lows: lS7i!. •_•::. 7:;.". IBN>, 'IW*K. 188* "--.7«>4;
ISSS 28.005: IN>2. 19.702; IWK>. 38.301; 1900.
::\ :H' average _7.:!4:>. The plurality for Presi
dent In 1000 was _*t».71'.».
The result in Vermont has caused leading
Democrats to question the advisability of Judge
Parker's determination not to make campaign
speeches. Many of them are now renewing their
suggestions that a considerable amount of per
sonal magnetism is needed to stir up the Demo
cratic voters. They are questioning whether the
loss of Bryan as the great attraction of the cam
paign Is being compensated for by the influence
of their present candidate, who is known to the
people merely by his photograph In a judicial
gown and the descriptions given by spellbinders
on the Stums or in newspapers and magazines.
These Democrats may again renew their demand
that their candidate set into the campaign.
ft . ■ »
BELLS PLURALITY •>'
Five Missing Vermont Town* Likely
to Increase It by 300.
White River Junction. Vt.l. Sept. ".—At latest
accounts all but rive of the 246 cities and tow
had. announced the result of the vote for Gov
ernor. The. returns as far as completed gave
Bell (Rep.) 47.711»: Porter (Dem.). If.. 420. This
■hows a Republican plurality of 31.2D0. Tho
five massing towns in l!) 00 gave a Republican
plurality of 204.
The missing towns are far from telegraph or
telephone offices, and reports from them must
1... brought to wire points by messengers in
teams and over mountain read*
Complete figures of the Congress vote will not
be known for some time, as the officials In a
number of towns counted the ballots for Gov
ernor first and let the Congress count wait until
to-day. . ' .
The rest of t"■ - I
,-ive candidates ran w>ll witli the
of the State ticket. The result I U sur
prise 10 the leaders of > oth parties, not having
\tefn claimed a* possible by the Republicans or
,ied to be within the bounds of possibility
by the Democrats. ____
VICTORY FORESHADOWED
President. of Republican League of Vermont
Writes About the Vote.
To the Editor of The Tribune:
Sir: The magnificent vote given Bell (Rep.)
for Governor yesterday shows that Vermont not
only believes In her Republican State ticket, but
' Cnntinnril on M>«-onil ruK<*-
!o on** GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD
i« be«t *e-n by taking the Pennsylvania Railroad
TY»ur*to Gettysburg and Washington. leaving Sep
■•Vnitwr'SJ.' *22'- round trip. <*ov<?rlng all necessary
ixnVn**-* from N»w York. On*- day nt Gettysburg
and' two d*ys in Washington.— Advt.
PRICE TBttEE CENTR
ATTACK THE PRESIDENT,
II. HE \() OTHER Is.sUE
Democratic Editors Dinc—Fassetl
To Be Temporary Chairman.
The Democratic editors, at'tcr a trip
through the subway a* the guests of August
Behcont, held a dinner" it the Waldorf
•VsL>ri.-», at which Henry Watterson, Cl.irk
novrell, Herman lliddcr.and others spoke.
To-day they wilt visit ex-Judge Parker at
Esojjus, confer and make speeches on the
btv.t while returning, and in the evening go
to Tire ualapd
Ex-Governor Bsarli yesterday declined to
bo leixiperarv. ch-iirmari »f [he Republican
Sl:te Convention. J. Sloat F«s*ett will take
the place.
The- Republicans will concentrate efforts on
the XIII th. XVth and X VI I th Congress Dis
tricts this fall.*
irATTERSON IS BITTER.
Talks on President's Record —
llozvcU's Play on Negro Question.
With much effort the committee in charge ©C
the dinner to Democratic editors at the "Wal
dorf-Astoria last nijrlit managed to instil soni**
small amount of Parker- Davis enthusiasm into
the assemblage. As one of the features of the
work of th* Democratic National Committee,
however, this dinner could hardly be called a
tremendous success. Like the mar. of Biblical
lore. they made a feast and invited the guests,
but the guests 1 came r.bt: wherefore they sent
out and gathered in who would come— not pi*
clsely the lame and the halt and the blind, but
assuredly many who were neither Democrat*
nor editors. ;-t i ".
And the assemblage waxed not enthusiastic.
Henry W.itterson poured out his eloquence in
personalities on President Roosevelt's charac
ter and Democratic views of his record, but
comparatively few of his phrases caught th-»
fancy of his hearers. Herman Ridder told why
the independents •would vote for Parker, but the
editors-there didn't seem to care. Clark Hoxveii.
who broke into the negro question, and the band,
which played "Dixie" and "The Good Old Sum
mer Time." awakened much more interest.
A few of the political lights which shine at
headquarters now were there, and a few, includ
ing August Belmont. were conspicuous because
of their absence. "Torn^* Taggart exhibited hia
smile, and William F. Sheehan watch it.
Delancey Nicoll. Urey "Woodson. Daniel J.
Campau. Norman E. Mark. George Foster Pea
body. John R. McLean, Josephus Daniels, R. M.
Johnson. General Alfred Orendorff. H. D. "Wln
ton. E. It Lawrence. John T. Winship. I* I-
Rallston. Congressman Cowherd, of Missouri:
James Creelman. Alexander S. . Troop an T
Charts W. Knapp en others at the speakets"
Colonel S-ylvanus K. Johnson. Wa3hingtrvi
correspondent of "The Cincinnati EnquiTT."
was ' toastnristey. Among oth*r annoum-«
ments. In 1 ,mv.- 'notice of the two attract ton :
for the editors to-day — a visit to the home of
the defender of the Constitution, the Sage of
Roseniount. " and a trip to- Dreamland.
The Democratic nominee was a man of ver
satility, saltl Colonel Johnson, 'an able lawyer.
a r profound judge, a student and expounder of
th" Constitution, a farmer, an all around man
of affairs, and one \vh>> should be welcome ih
the newspaper business, since he had showed
himself to be a handy man on the end of i
wire."
11KXRY WATTKBSMra SPKECH.
Mr. VVutterson was the flrjjt speaker, ii
said in pa.rt:
In the 3ve debatable States of New-York. New-
Jrrsey and Connecticut, in the East, Indiana and
Wisconsin. In the West, there are, on a rou»:. esti
mate, a million independent voters. Half a million
vi them are Germans. The other half are mug
wumps and floaters. For the life of me I cannot
see how any self-respecting: mugwump can vote for
Roosevelt, the recreant Civil Service reformer, nor
how any Intelligent German, much as the Prest
dent resembles the Kaiser, can be willing to tail*
even a lottery chance in a war with the mother
country, precipitated upon the drop of a bat. to
glorify the administration.
Parker, the jurist, means peace with all nations,
entangling alliance with none. Roosevelt, the war
lord, means complications abroad and corruption*
at home, designed to prolong a single party dynasty
and to perpetuate its favorites and! Affents in
power.
Inevitably the personality, the character and per
formances of Theodore Roosevelt occupy the fore
most place in the public mind. I would not. for my
part, utter an unkind or discourteous word. I ad
mit that he is as sweet a gentleman as ever scut
tled a ship or cut a throat. Indeed, very much
that kind of a. gentleman: for. hoisting the black
Sag over the South, has he not scuttled the ship
of Civil Service reform and cut the throat of reci
procity
Has he ever obeyed the law in case It stood in
tho way of his humor. from the time when, over
th.- acquitting report of his own commission, h*»
removed a State's attorney from the office to which
the people had elected him. here in the city and
county of New- York, to the time when by a scratch
i.t' his pen he usurped the power at Congress and
added many millions, of outlay to the pension roll."?
la he not responsible for the fly-by-night theatri
cal combination miscalled the Republic of Panama?
Was his treatment of Miles and Schley the act of*
■wise or considerate President? Was his promotion
of Wood Just, either to the army or the people?
Was hi* proceeding in the postal scandals not a
shuffle designed to suppress, while seeming: to ex-
V><>3e? Were his operations against the Northern
Securities not the merest play to the saßsJHae.
achieving, thus far. nothing beyond the .-.wir.jr
of a little dust Into the eves of unthinking people?
Do<?-* not his whole farcer, illustrated by his
writings, his sayings and his dolnss— bis heedless
iTlttctems. his spectacular exploitations, his broken
promises— reveal to us a willed adventurer upon
tho high seas of pub'i-" W<tf having no rodder «r
co::ipa<-s exr-^nt hU own ambition, no principle or
rule of conduct say*» that of deckinar the macnlna
with thf flounces and furbelow* of civii; righteous
ness, while violating the spirit and sacrlftclns th#
ictualitles of the- Civil Service by a line of par
tisan .ippolntments to office >iever surpassed durlns:
the worst times of tho spoils system he baa so sttx
m:ilizcd and exemplified? ,
\V.ia Joeksoni whose isnoranef* he mbuk**. mrffr
personal and autocratic than he la himself? Wai
Grant, whom. In lif». ho persistently antagonized,
tr.oiv Indifferent to th« admonition* of public sentl
ir- nr : And it we have .«e*:» such things. in the
KTcer. leaf, what may we exp^t to »*e m the
hrown II elected President in 1904. why not again
•!■ 1908? The tradition broken, wlmi -may not Be
the possibilities hi 1912?
Behind Theodore Roosevelt stand" a grour* of
radical Republican leader* rendv to do hla blddlnr-
If the predecessors of these radical leaders ■ had
been plven their way aft*-" th* war of section* ■■»
should at th.'s moment, ha^f in the. South another
Ireland, a second Poland. Wherever tney .have had
their way. r>OH old Ben Wade t-> Henry Cabot
Lodge nnd ■•dor» Roosevelt, we hay» seen
higher taxes, renewed sectional iilsturnancws. totnl
disregard of the written law, and the constant n: el
ace of force. . •'"-'-■. , - . L ' .
Nor ever could a change of parties be enacted
with so little danger to exlstlnc conditions. What
risks do even horest Republicans take in setting
Roosevelt and Fairbanks, aside, and in preferring
Parker nnd Davis? The money of the country J?
safe beyond human nsrency to disturb it. The
revenue laws are not likely to t-e adjusted to suft
me and men like me. uistif th« manufacturers!
„■,,., .... a« they surely will, that '...■ protective
titritT Is a hindrance «nd not a help to American
'"Forgone; 1 believe In the democracy of the
Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
ot the United States. I believe In expansion, but
in that ex:*in*ton which carries with Jt-th*
promises of the Declaration «f Independence .and the
principles of tho Constitution of tb* United states
?"Kvf »n the flag. but. beneath it ; ?«*;;?"?
ilwav" uniformity of laws: I believe in the tartrr.
bOtfto- tariff levied «o'«ly for the ™?P«»« I «f **:
government, economienllv administered, • t^.'f *
KIN BASS FtSHIN'G- .
l '\t the T>wu!>and 1. -la mi* on N'eViTork '■•>"»**'•
Fast trains from New York mommy and «v*nu«.—
Advt. '• •