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■wreii^-t o: the United Slates over ray humble
;^cu*'de^.%"ihat is all bo aid on lia floor, of
to-day, bo apparently was unaware
Sit there was documentary evWcr.ce in es
sLS^SaJSStbal be was en object U eus
pSS wTS^leal I of the Present's rail
"StlTu^t to say that Mr Bailey deeerved
the suspicion, but that bis motives and his acts
(nth. Democratic conferences. In the Demo
cratic"caucus, on the floor of the Senate and in
conference between Tillman and' Moody and
thrush Mr. Chandler with the President, gave
rise to the suspicion that he was not true to
ST principle of railroad rat* regulation. Is clear
awn the record Itself and cannot be successfully
de Mr ed Eailey may be as Innocent as a babe un
born* and he says he Is, but the suspicions did
exist' they have existed for weeks, they have
been' tails of In the cloakrooms of the Senate,
on the streets, at the White House and else
where They have been mentioned in many
newspapers, end if they have not been justified
Mr Bailey Is unfortunate and his character
should be relieved from aspersion.
First or all, let me quote William 13. Chandler,
formerly a Senator from New Hampshire, now
the president of the Spanish Claims Commission.
He is the personal friend of Senator TUlman.
Ho was the intermediary between Tillman and
the President. Whichever of the two originated
the negotiations. Chandler certainly conducted
them It was his evidence which has twice been
cited by Mr. Tillman on the floor of the Senate,
and it is Chandler who. in effect, has given the
lie direct to the President. h
In the dispatch sent by me on Monday to
The Tribune, which aroused such a tempest
In the Senate this afternoon and which provoked
Senator Bailey to declare It to be ft malicious
lie and to Insinuate it was directly Inspired by
the President himself, I stated facts on the
authority ef Chandler himself. It was h» who
conveyed to the White House the intimation
that Bailey was a traitor, and if the Texas Sen
- ator has any one to blame it must be Tillman
friend, William E. Chandler.
In the very outset of the negotiations he was
conducting: Chandler prepared and left at the
White House a written memorandum for the
benefit of the President. I have not the text of
that memorandum teeters me. but quoting from
i memory it says: The railroad Senators want
the Bailey amendment, but Tll!man is for the
i President's court review amendment and will
block their came." : ~; r:
This is nearly a literal quotation, but no one
could have the text, probably, without the per
mission of the President.
The dispatch I sent to "The Tribune" was
telegraphed on my own authority, and with
out the knowledge or consent of the Presi
dent, against whom Bailey trained his batteries
to-day, and not against me. I have not seen
the President since the dispatch was written.
and I have not asked him for the test of this
memorandum of William K. Chandler, because
the text could at best add only & few words to
the quotation I have given. I know I am cor
rect in the statement that during' the course of
the negotiations William S3. Chandler, who since
has accused the President of falsehood, made
an oral report either to the President himself
or to some one representing him,' which was
much more specific. During this talk Chandler.
In explaining the difficulties in securing united
action by the Democrats, stated In so many
words that he and Tillman were suspicious of
Bailey, believing he was In an alliance with Al
3rleh and associating with the Standard Oil and
railroad crowd in the Senate, but that Tillman
was watching his manoeuvres and expected to
be able to prevent any evil effects.
These were the suspicions to which I alluded in
the previous dispatch as having constantly ex
•fisted, and as having Influenced the administra
tion beyond all doubt in dropping the negotia
tions with Tillman through Chandler, and re
newing the efforts to unite the Republicans on
a. reasonable basis of compromise.
STORM SUCCEEDS CALM.
Angry Speeches of Bailey and Till
man — Mr. Chandler's Letter.
[By The Associated Press.]
Washington. May 16.— The calm of the Senate's
discussion of the rate bill wa6 disturbed to-day by
6enaior Bailey, who rose to a question of personal
privilege to reply to a charge made in "The Chicago
Tribune" yesterday by a Washington correspondent
to the effect that Mr. Bailey had been responsible
for the failure of the agreement between the Presi
dent ar.d Senator Tillman. Ex-Senator Chandler waa
gives as authority for the statement that Mr. Till
man had been suspicious of Bailey, who, it was
also said, was really opposed to rate legislation,
and was also in constant conference with Senator
Aldrleh with the purpose of defeating the Rate bill.
After this statement had been read. Mr. Bailey took
% the floor and said deliberately :
I have taken no part in the question of veracity
between the President and Mr. Chandler, and I
had not even given any public expression on the
question of good faith because I knew nothing
about either question. I had never conferred with
the President directly, nor with Mr. Chandler. It
Was therefore a matter of great surprise to me
when a Senator called my attention to the extract
which I have had read. That correspondence, it
was understood, was sent by a correspondent who
Is very close to the White House, and is presumed
to epeak with some degree of authority concerning
transactions there. I do not know as to the truth
of that, and I do not charge that his statement was
made with authority, but I denounce the publica
tion as an unqualified, deliberate and malicious lie
I denounce that correspondent as an unqualified'
deliberate and malicious liar. I denounce the man
who inspired the statement as an unqualified de
lloerate and malicious Her. whoever he may be' and
however high the office he holds.
TIL.LMAX SUPPORTS BAILEY. i
The statement was received with absolute silence,
which continued until Senator Tillman obtained the
floor, also on a question of personal privilege, be
cause the article quoted ha* said that he had been
suspicious of Mr. Bailey. He had read the parts of
the correspondents letter which Mr. Bailey had
omitted, and then proceeded with his statement
saying:
£Th!s correspondence is undoubtedly a muck rake
&M.T» ? Se OUf ? the handle K° es or hand
was it I will not attempt to say.
He said he counted eight distinct falsehoods in
the article, but he desired to address himself first
to a denial that he had ever been suspicious of
Senator Bailey. He declared his great esteem and
admiration for the Texas Senator, and said their
cordial relations had always existed. Articles of
this character were being sent broadcast over the
country, Bald Senator Tillman. at the instance of
the Republican machine, to "befuddle the situa
tion." A* to the statement br Attorney General
Moody that he could see no hope for an agreement
on any amendment unless it were drawn by the
Senators themselves. Senator Tillman Mid that was
an adroit effort to give color to the President's re
trent behind the Allison amendment.
"I do not care to pursue this subject further."
Said Senator Tillman. "but that future historians
may be able to get at the truth as to who lied I
ehall make another contribution."
MB. CHANDLER REPEATS HIS CHARGE.
H« then had read the following letter sent to him
to-day by ex-Senator Chandler in response to Sen
ator Lodge's denial for the President or Mr. Chand
ler's former statement:
Mv near Mr. Tillman: As the telephonic denial
by President Roosevelt sent to the Senate through
Senator I^odee remains in "The Congressional
record" of May 12. it seems to me that I should
take gome notice of it, which I do now by reaffirm
ing the essential truth of the statement which I
made to you and which you repeated in the Sen
ate. Much an ! regret that the hasty action of Sen
ator Lodge and the President has forced an issue
between the President and myself, the extrem*
Uir.guago he used makes such Issue unavoidable
and I cannot shrink from or evade it. although I
cannot us" toward the Chief Fxe~utive of the na
tion language , like hi« own. Upon our respective
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statements I submit the controversy with confi
dence to the Judgment of those who knew me.
FOr those who do not know lac. there Is fortu
nately circumstantial evidence •cT a high order
Which shows that tho President could not havo
omitted to make in substance ihe statement which
he denies. Nor could In have then made Jhe whole
statement which he now substitutes. His impul
siveness has led him into a serious error upon a
point of no Importance In Itself, but only as af
fecting- his attack upon me. 1 give, to you a fur
ther (statement as follows:
Prior to March 31 1 had not seen the President for
a long time. I did not go to the White House
as x representative of Senator Tillman. . but
solely because the President summoned me
there by the letter from Mr. Loeb. and I waited for
him to express his object. It was unmistakably
stated to be communication with Mr. TlUmaa, who
had the Rate hill in chars*, and other Democrats
of the Senate, for the purpose of securing the adop
tion in the Railroad Rate- bill of a court review
Clause limiting the- inquiry to the question whether
the commission had exceeded its authority or had
violated the constitutional rights of the carrier.
I knew and he knew that It was impossible, for
him to open conferences with Mr. Tillman unless
he was fully satisfied that the President had abso
lutely given up all Intention of coming to an agree
ment with the Senators who had been making the
contest for an unlimited court review, and in stat
ing his object he said that he had parted from
them finally, naming Senators Knox. Foraker and
Cpooner as" the Senators who had made the argu
ments In the Senate to sustain that view, and -he
used, as nearly as I can recollect, the language
given in my statement, repeated by Mr. Tillman.
The • conversation Included the understanding
which he had that day reached with Senators Long
and Allison, the fact that not more than one-third
of the Republican Senators could be relied on to
vote for the limited court review, and that It was
vital that the support of nearly all the Democrats
should be obtained. •
When, an hour later. I visited Mr. TUlman and
told him my mission from the President I found
him distrustful and suspicious. He questioned me
closely as to what the President had said, and I
related to him as accurately as I could the state
ment made by the President to me, and I convinced
him that the President had ceased to hope for
compromise with the Senators named and the other
advocates of an unlimited court review. When sat
isfied that this was the case he readily consented
to co-operate with the President, and said that he
would see Senator Bailey and report to me the re
sult, which he did. saying there would be perfect
accord upon the limitation of the light of review If
carried forward In connection with a limitation or
the right to Issue ex parte Injunctions.
The conferences thus begun were on the 15th. at
my suggestion, transferred to Attorney General
Moody, and at once resulted In an understanding
that the effort should be made to limit the right of
court review, as stated in the Long amendment
and In th« paper drawn up on April" IS by Mr.
Moody and later perfected by Messrs. Moody. Till
man and Bailey. Was It not natural and essential
that the President should have satisfied me thst
he had finally separated upon the question of court
review from the Senators who were the principal
opponents of any limitation of that review, which
they believed would be unconstitutional, and that I
should have repeated his statements to Mr. Till
man? lilt possible that I went directly that night
to Senator Tillman. at the Colonial Hotel, and
poured Into hie ears a deliberate and unqualified
falsehood *
Consider next the statement which the President
says he thinks he made. Instead of the one narrated
by me. Senator Foraker. he says, was not men
tioned. I am sure he Is mistaken. Senators
ICnox and Spooner. he says, were mentioned,
but that all that was said about them was.
as to Senator Knox. that the President did
not agree with a portion of his proposed amend
ment, ' but that he thought he had made a strong
argument for asserting affirmatively the jurisdiction
or authority of the court, and. as to Senator
Spooner. that his name was mentioned by him only
to express a cordial approval of Senator Spooner's
amendment. • _ . __
This Spooner amendment was not offered In the
Senate until May 10. but I learn that it had been In
existence and shown to the President, whether as
early as March 31 does not appear. But this Is
certain— that if the President had on that night told
me that he cordially approved of It, and I had so
reported to Mr. Tillman. there would have ensued
no conferences looking to co-operation: therefore,
the President as to that amendment, had In mina
a conversation at some other time or with some
other person.
It should also be borne in mind that the report I
made to Mr. Tillman of the President's conversa
tion Is comparatively harmless and Inoffensive.
Here it is: "He said that he had been much
troubled by the advocacy of an unlimited court
review by some of the lawyers of the Senate, nam
ing Senators Knox. Spooner and Foraker, as try
ing to injure or defeat the bill by ingenious con
stitutional arguments, but that he had come to a
complete disagreement with them."
What is there In the above words that la untrue
or should give grave offence to the. Senators named?
They were the great constitutional lawyers of the.
Senate, making Ingenious arguments against any
limitation of court review, and they were trouble
some and likely to be troublesome in any attempt
to carry the Long-Moody limitation through the
Senate by the votes of twenty-five or more Demo
crats and twenty or less Republican Senators.
What harm was there in the President's saying
that he had come to a final disagreement with
them on the day when he had held a White House
conference with a view to uniting Democratic and
Republican forces In carrying a limitation of court
review then and there agreed upon? He. could say
it In or out of their presence without giving of
fence to them. Nor was it a very strong expres
sion to say that they were trying to injure or de
feat the bill by ingenious constitutional arguments.
It did not mean that they were trying to defeat
the bill if it could be amended to meet their views.
Mr. Knox had declared it to be unconstitutional
unless amended, and that was the general position
of the opponents of limited court review which led
the President on that day to conclude It would be
best to expressly grant the Jurisdiction to review,
but to rigidly limit It to the two objects named.
The only harm that I can see that has come In
the whole business was the abandonment of any
attempt to carry that limitation of the review
without any previous notice to Senators Tillman
end Bailey.
On the whole, perhaps I ought to consider my
self fortunate. If the old imperialist days had been
fully revived at the White House, one whom I
considered the best of friends, Senator Lodge, upon
demand, would have cut off my head and taken It
to President Roosevelt on a charger, and I should
have spoken no more. Now, at least, I have left
to me the power of speech. But I shall never use
it again as a missionary from President Roosevelt
to the Democratic party. Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM E. CHANDLER.
"CUCKOOS" OF THE PRESS GALLERY.
Senator Bailey then took the floor again and said
that his attention had been called to another article
printed in "The New-York Tribune" of to-day.
He said it was of the same character as that
printed by "The Chicago Tribune" and that evi
dently they had been timed to bring them both to
Washington at the same time. Pointing to the
press gallery, he said:
I intend to put in the "Record." upon the state
ment of more than one reputable newspaper corre
spondent In that gallery, and, as a rule, they are
as honorable as Senators on this floor; on their
authority l state that the two chief cuckoos of
this administration are the correspondents of "The
New-York Tribune" and "The Chicago Tribune."
And. therefore, it seems to me conclusive that this
Blander proceeds from the White House. I hope,
for the honor of my country, that It does not pro
ceed from the President himself. But if he be a
man of high sense of honor he will see to it that
Senators are not slandered by his subordinates,
and the miserable wretch who communicated to
these newspapers and who sought through them to
communicate to the country a slander on me which
people might discuss rather than these issues that !
have been raised, he is unfit for his high office, and
the man who perpetrated that Infamy will pay
for It with his position; and If the man continues
to hold his office it Is to be assumed that what he
has done has been with the approval of his chief.
No reply was made and this closed the incident.
WORK ON THE RATE BILL.
On convening to-day the Senate promptly took up
the rate bill, the anti-pass amendment being the
immediate subject of consideration.
Senator Culberson presented a substitute for the
provision adopted earlier in the session. The sub
stitute so modified the provision as to permit mem
bers of the families of railroad employes, bona fide
attorneys for railroads, whether constantly em
ployed or not. and the caretakers of livestock, to
accept free transportation.
Senator McCumber chlded the Senate for fickle
ness, saying that after taking action on the pass
question a few days ago the Senators had been
sent tumbling over one another by the receipt of
a few telegrams In opposition to tho amendment.
He contended that the Incident illustrated the in
fluence of the railroads and the bad effect of too
much paternalism.
Senators Bacon and Clay advocated the limita
tion of the inhibition against passes to officers of
the government and federal Judges, contending that
Congress could not exercise authority over the
granting of such favors to private Individuals.
Senator Culbcrson said his purpose In presenting
SS^W*YORIC DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. MAY _I7. 19Q&.
the amendment had teen to get rid of a vexations
practices la the Southern States.
Senator Daniel cough t to have, the provision, so
amended as to Include the families or attorneys
amons those who may receive passes, and Senator
TilUnan eald that Mr. Daniel's amendment would
make the provision a laughing stock, and BU^s^sted
that Mr. Daniel should withdraw his amendment,
bo that "we can get to something else."
The Virginia Senator did not accept this charac
terization* of his amendment witti favor. "I don't
Intend to sit still and listen to the misrepresenta
tion of my amendment In your unjust and passion
ate manner," he said.
He had Interrupted Mr. TUlman to make this
statement, and notwithstanding he spoke In evi
dent anger the South Carolina Senator apparently
did not resent what was said. He replied by calling
attention to the fact that^his antagonist was pro
ceeding In his time, and adding. "I propose to re
tain the floor, and also to retain my temper."
Mr. Daniel did not, however, take the hint to sur
render the floor, and continued his remarks, saying:
"Tour manner Is rough and insulting to gentlemen
with whom you are debating."
Mr. Tlllman still kept his temper, and. yielded the
floor to the Virginian In order that the latter might
continue his speech.
The Culberson amendment was extended so as to
except so many persons and classes that when read
It aroused general merriment on the floor of the
Senate.
A provision relating to ex-Confederate soldier:
was Inserted at the suggestion of Mr. Bacon, and
when Mr. Spooner asked if the exception was In
tended to apply to ex-Confederate soldiers in Con
gress, he replied In the negative, but said: "If 11
did. there are so few of us that It would not mat
ter."
A motion by Senator Galllnger to lay the amend
ment on the table was lost. 23 to SO. as follows:
AYES.
Alar. Cnllotn, tttllarfl.
Allee, Dick. Kelson.
Ankeny. Dllllnghara. Flatt.
BeverMg*. Dn-den. Scott.
Burnbam, aelUager, Smoet,
Carter.. Keen. Epocner,
Clark fWjtk) Klttredge. Sutherland.
Crane. Usage,
NOUS.
Bacon. Feraker. Martin.
Bailey. Fester. Norlands.
Berry. Frasler, Nixon.
Blackburn, Fry*. Overman.
Brandegea* Fulton. Venires,
Burkett, Gamble, Perkins,
Burrows, Hansbrough, Pottus,
Carmack. Hopkins, Piles.
Clam, Knoz, Rayaer,
Clark (Mont). La Foil* tie, Simmons,
Clarke (Ark.). Latlmer. Stone,
C"ay, long. TWlafarro,
Culberson, McCreary. Teller.
Daniel. McCumber. Tlllman.
Dolllrer. McEnery. Warner,
Elktna. McLAurin. Wetmore.
Flint. Mallory.
A substitute authorizing one railroad company
to Issue passes to the employes and officers of
another road, offered by Senator Beverldge, was
voted down.
Senator Gallinger moved to amend the provision
as It then stood by adding to the exception "fami
lies of attorneys, their sisters and their cousins
and their aunts." ,
Senator Culberson promptly moved to lay the
amendment on the table, saying that the New
Hampshire Senator could not kill the amendment
by his effort to reduce it to ridicule, "offensive aa
It in."
Mr. Gallinger withdrew h!e amendment He
paid: "if anything could make the amendment
more grotesque than it is, I am lncapa&le of fram
ing it." He thought the present law sufficiently
covered the situation.
ANTI-PASS AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
After several other efforts to secure the adoption
of substitutes, the Culberson amendment as
amended was agreed to. 60 to 16. The negative
votes were cast by Messrs. Algtr, Allee, Ankeny,
Bulkeley. Clark (Wyo.). Crane, Dick, Galllnger,
Hale. Kean. Lodge. McLaurln, Piles. Smoot,
Sutherland and Wetmore.
Following is the proposition as agreed upon:
That no carrier engaged in Interstate commerce
shall hereafter directly or Indirectly issue or give
any Interstate free ticket, free pass or tree trans
portation for passengers, except to Its officers,
agents and employes and members of their imme
diate families, to its actual and bona ftdt attorneys
and physicians and surgeons and their immediate
families and female nurses that served du-tng tha
Civil War, to ministers of religion and lnnxtes of
hospitals and eleemosynary and charitable institu
tions, and to indigent, destitute and homeles* per
sons, or destitute and homeless persons tran-i
ported by charitable societies or hospitals, ar
the necessary agents employed in such transpc
tatlon and to Inmates of the national homes
state homes for disabled volunteer soldier." or «
Confederate soldiers. ex-Union soldiers and sail
and Inmates of soldiers' and sailors' homes. I
eluding those about to enter and those return'
home after discharge, under arrangements v>
the boards of managers of said homes.
Any carrier violating this provision shall i
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall *
each offence pay to the United States a pens*
of not less than $100 nor more than 12.000: F
vided. that this provision shall not be const
to prohibit the Issue or interchange of passes r
officers or to agents and employes and memts
of their immediate families, nor to owners d
caretakers of livestock when travelling with so
stock or when going to point of shipment or -
turning from point of delivery, nor shall anyth?
In this provision be deemed to prohibit any carx
from carrying passengers free on account of clr
lty from and to places visited by general epidec
or pestilence, or wholly or largely destroyed .v
fire, water, earthquakes, or other calamitous ci
tations, with the object of providing succor, retf
and other assistance to the inhabitants; Provide
further, that nothing herein contained shall p»
vent such carrier from giving free or redud
transportation to laborers transported to any plat
for the purpose of supplying any demand for lair
at such place. Jurisdiction of offences under tt
provision shall be the same as that provided r
offences in an act entitled "An Act to further ref
late commerce with foreign nations and among 6
states," approved February 19, 1903, and ar
amendment thereof.
Senator McLaurin presented an amendment p
hibittng greater charges for short than for lot
hauls and Senator Daniel moved a substitute to
cover tHe situation In Virginia. Both Senators
spoke In support of their provisions and Mr. Mo-
J^aurln made a general criticism of the President's
course in connection with the Rate bill.
He declared that the President had entirety
changed his position and predicted the production
of a new song to be known as "Roosevelt's Sur
render," and to be sung to the tune of "Bona
parte's Retreat." True, he said, the President is
a fighter; nor did he quit fighting after his sur
render. On the contrary, he continued the conflict
after going over to the enemy.
Mr. Daniel's substitute was then voted down and
the McLaurln provision immediately met the sam«
fate.
An amendment by Mr. McLaurin prohibiting
the running of trains on the Sabbath also waa
summarily voted down. In support of this pro
vision the Mississippi Senator read the Scriptural
commandment, "Remember the Sabbath Day to
keep it holy." He expressed the opinion that the
Republican Senate would vote down the Liord's
Prayer, but did not accept the suggestion made by
several Senators about him to "offer It."
Up to this point the Senate had heen consider
ing the bill in committee of the whole, but it was
then, at 4:40 p. in., reported to the Senate, and
Senator Hopkins renewed his motion to have the
pipe line provision amended by striking out the
extension of the provision to the Panama Canal
zone. Mr. Hopklns's motion was In the Interest of
the Union Oil Company, which has obtained a per
mit to construct a pipe line across the Isthmus
of Panama. It was discussed by the Illinois Sena
tor and Senator Spooner In support and by Sena
tor Morgan in opposition. Mr. Morgan contended
that the grant was made without authority and
Mr. Spooner said that the President had a right
to do whatever may ,*>© necessary in the construe*
tion of the Isthmian canal. The motion prevailed,
43 to 25.
No further progress was made on the Rate bill,
as the Senate went Into exeeutlvo session and
adjourned at 6:28 until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
HOT TO REMOVE MR. CHANDLER.
Life of Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Extended Until September 2.
■''•-:: [From The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. May 10. — view of the recent
statements of William E. Chandler, chairman
of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, a
number of President Roosevelt's friends have
asked him If he does not contemplate making a
change In the office which th« ex-Senator occu
pies. In response to these queries. It Is under
stood, the President has merely laughed good
natu redly and ignored them. Save for the good
nature of the President. Mr. Chandler would
have lost his place at the head of the commis
sion on March 2, when the life of the commis
sion expired by limitation. There waa a provis
ion in the law creating the commission, how
ever, that allowed the President, la his dteore
tloa. to extend tho life of the board. This the
President dIA on Mr. Chandler's solicitation,
making" Scpteralier - th- closing day o£ tha
commission's career, and. of course, allowing
Mr. Chandler and hie fellow commit toner* to.
draw pay a© nracli longer.
It has been the opinion of many people her*
for some time that the Spanish Treaty Claims
Commission was an ornamental and expensive
luxury and that Us work could have beoa per
formed* by the Court of Claims with little or no
extra cost. Estimates have been made that for
every dollar the commission saved the United
States in the way of claims against the Spanish
government (which were assumed by this «ov*
eminent at the close of the war), at least $100
was expended by the commission for salaries,
travelling expenses and the employment of spe
cial attorneys. A few days before the time
limit expired Mr. Chandler called at the White
House armed with document! and arguments
for presentation to the President to influence
him in continuing the life of the commission a
f«w months longer. After listening to the fig
ures presented by Mr. Chandler the President
gave the commission an extension of six months
In which to complete its work.
B'AVOE SEA LEVEL CAiYA I
Deadlock in Scaato Committee.
E SEA LIYEL CAIII
m Seiate Commit tt-c
Broken by Mr. Carmach's Vote.
Washington. May It.— The decision of the
Senate Committee on tnteroceanlo Canals is In
favor of a sea level canal across the Isthmus
of Panama. Senator Carmack's return from
Tennessee gave the sea level advocates a ma
jority of one vote. And consequently Chairman
Mlllard was the orly one of the minority who
attended the neettog. The committee remained
In session onl' lor? enough to authorise Senator
Xlttredge to nate the report to be presented to
the Senate at s»on as the minority may have
an opportunty to prepare their views for a,
lock canal. XT* two reports will be made at
the same tiro.
The vote t-day was on a resolution presented
by Senator Kittredge. declaring It to be the
sense of th committee that the construction of
a sea leveicanal be recommended. On the mo
tion the alrmatlve votes were cast by Messrs.
Platt, Klttedge. Ankeny, Morgan. Cannack and
Tallaferro The chairman. Mr. Mlllard. voted
In the neAtlve. Senators Knox, Hopkins. Sim
mons anoDryden were not present. All of these
are supprters of the lock type.
CAMPAIGN GIFTS UPHELD.
Senair Bulkeley Defends Insurance
Contributions in 1896.
Watlngten. May 16.— Senator Bulkeley. of
Conntticut, was heard by the House Commit
tee oithe Judiciary to-day In refutation of the
stalest made yesterday before the committee
by Wes M. Dawson, of New York, actuary for
the rmstrong Insurance committee, that not
one f the American flre Insurance companies
kne* to-day whether they would or would not
be lvent when they paid their San Francisco
too*
»re was, said Senator Bulkeley, absolutely
nomndatlon for such a statement. Mr. Bulke
lejls president of the iistna Fire Insurance
Ccpany. He said further that he knew of no
African company that did not know just where
lttood financially. There were only two or
the companies which could not pay their losses
01 of their surplus and still live. There were
t» or three companies which had Increased
tlr capital stock to meet this demand.
Senator Bulkeley continued his discussion of
« insurance questions confronting the country
the afternoon session of the committee, and
•me of his remarks and conclusions created
ome degree of sensation in the roomful of
jemmitteemen and insurance representatives.
Discussing the Armstrong Investigation and the
Irregularities brought out by it. he said they
did not arise from the internal mismanagement
of the companies or from the personal or of
ficial dishonesty of the officers of the companies,
but wholly from the jealousy of financiers to get
control of the vast funds of these Institutions.
The Investigation and the legislation which has
grown out of it, instead of bettering conditions,
hi said, would produce a contrary effect, as pro
ntunced as jumping from the frying pan Into the
fin. Instead of having several great institutions,
as before, controlled by a divided responsibility,
the? had put the entire business into the hands
of cie man.
"Yno is that man?" asked Representative De
Armnd. Senator Bulkeley did not reply. There
was silence in the room; then a general sup
pressd laugh. In the official record of the hear- j
ing n answer to this question will appear.
WIXi CONTROL, WORLD'S FINANCES.
"Twnty years from now," went on Senator
Bulkely, after the tension of this Incident had
passed, "these great insurance corporations ex
isting t»-day will own the major portion of the
Investment securities of the country. They will
control absolutely the finances of the United
States aid of the world."
Senator Bulkeley, who Is president of the
yistna Hre Insurance Company, frankly admit
ted, In ;nswer to a question by Representative
E>e Arrrond. that he had contributed $5,000 of
me rums of this company to the McKinley
l campaign of 189«. He added that it Sit as
'VSiSV* b «? 20 - 000 . that he would tavVbaS.
lU fled in giving this amount, which was not
.1 flea site- to what he gave personally.
1 contend that every custodian of fund* of
jetton of Mr. Bryan would havTbeen a^aVm!
Mr. De Armond expressed a curlositv ♦« in
ate: 25552?b55.t5
stlfy such a course, which brough» from £*r>
or Bulkeley a reiteration of h? 8 juMinckJiS,
Did you contribute to the Democratic nar'tv
Mr - i2Xaa:
.u?ht?-° U thlnk the e!eCtlon «' 18»« was
"I do not."
Mr. De Armond then turned his questions to
certain what had been done with the -■«!?
l£d ?£\ Ch v th Re ub » c »n committee had
. 2 k » ye * r> and Senator Bulkeley replied
at he believed it had been legitimately SDcnt
This contribution of ISOO he placed on the
n . 1 . e «£ ro nd of P ubHc <»P«llency in which he
B t£ e 8 hl V Ontributlon of *r,.O«H> to the relief
the San Francisco suffejers. He said he did
t fear criticism from his polirvholders for
g h« n £ MtX L Whlch h ° thoufiht' proper a nd
?A g £\l h ? h ™l7 ln thC P-form P ance of
•This is m new philosophy of Insurance of
11 h i ??^f lad to hear commented Mr De
. . . T ere ar<> Rome people who get so
HrerfOl In the financial world that they do no?
re to «* M ln *»"W«y whe»e others would not
If .. you gentlemen of the House of Repre
tatives." replied M - Bulklley. "who dlsbSrse
lions of the people's money disburse It as
lastly as money is handled by the Insurance
lpanles of the country, you need have no fear
going before your constituents."
NAVAL MILITIA CRUISE*
ashJngton. May I«.— The Navy Denartm«nt >•.
ine#d to-day the tentative programme fUr ?hl
I^B to be made by th* naval TO mtl™orSnlsa^
is of the states named and for 'the M?l«fls
sn as follows: Pennsylvania. June 23 to aP n2w
sey. 2d nattallon. July 7 to &• Nw Y»t i«
.8; Rhode Island. Auguat 15 to September §T*L",
k. 2d Battalion. July 28 to August Connect
. August 26 to September 2; New 'Jersey lit
tallon. July 7to 15; Maine. July ato Si *
BROCHURE ON THE TYROL,
he Austrian Exhibits Exhibition recently ooanari
EBrl L".. Court London. Is attracting much atuS
1. while the illustrated matter supplied fr«« to
tors Is easerly sou B ht after. The little brochure
ed A u^a. well known Hotel Tyrol, of Inn..
3k. Austria, la most picturesque, rmd may i**
by '"Sack 1 A* tho manager »* tfi* U-tii
01. innsSruck, AuatrU
PThz character- of a horse is, to "a certain
; degree, indicated by the shape of his hoofs.
- The character of a vehicle is .definitely de
> termined by the maker's name/
' " -• v* -* - i '
on Dm nan- plate means correctness in every -
detail of construction, and pleasure and satis
faction in using: • ' ~ t~—
\ The wagonette shown here has great strength!
durability and large carrying capacity without the
X- usual ungainly appearance of large vehicles. Ex
quisitely finished in the well-known Studebaker
I fashion. Made in several
sizes — four to sixteen
I passengers, for a single,'
horse or for a pair. '
' HARNESS^
The Studebftker harness^
store is complete in every
detail. The largest as
sortment of harness and
torse goods in the east.
STUDEBAKER.
. ' Broadway and 75h Aye., at 48th Street, New York
Mjifr , \f Aut-^ncbilei.
1. Allmau $c da.
Uicdain^ Statlcniay,
ORDERS RECEIVED FOR THE ENGRAVING OF WED.
DING INVITATIONS. MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CHURCH AND RECEPTION CARDS.
for which specimens of the faaUonable lettering* are
submitted. .............
Gifts Tor June Okddlnqs.
OBJECTS OF ART AND BRIC-A-BRAC SUITABLE FOR
WEDDING GIFTS AND ANNIVERSARY TOKENS:
Bronze and Enamel Clocks and Clock Sett Eledrofien m
Urge and miniature sizes; Cabinet). Pedestals and Fancy
Tables; Bronze Groups and Figures; Decorated Porcelains
from Dresden, Sevres and Vienna; Porcelain, Ivory and
Limoges Enamel Miniatures; Jeweled Photograph Frames,
and a variety of piece* of Cut, Engraved. Decorated and
Mounted Glass. (Third FW)
nineteenth Street and Sixth Emit, Pew York.
Men's Shoes
BLACK. TAN OR WHITE.
Why not select from the roost varied stock of
tine shoes in the city — . . . $3 to $9
NO BRANCH STORE.
15 Minutes from Cortlandt St. via 6th Aye, Elevated.
Sixth Aye., N B. Ctor. 19th St.
Alexander
CARHBGJE HERO AVAR US
Coatlaeea from ftret page.
Pleasant, Perm.. a silver medal and death ben
efits amounting to $600. Gismondl lost his life
while trying to rescue a fourteen-year-oid boy
who was overcome by gas in an unfinished well
In September, 1905.
A silver medal and (1.200 to liquidate Indebt
edness on his property to William Watklns, a
coal miner, of Edwardsville. Perm.. for rescu
ing three miners from death by gas in an ex
plosion In the Kingston Coal Company's mines
in September. lUO4.
A medal and a like sum for the same purpose
to Timothy E. Heagerty, a lake pilot of Ash
tabula. Ohio, who in April. 1905. rescued the
captain and crew of the schooner Yukon In a
gale on Lake Erie. A bronze medal and |500
each were given to Robert W. Simpson, the en
gineer of the tug of which Heagerty waa pilot,
and Michael Sasso, the fireman, both of Ashta
bula.
George B. Williams, of Elizabeth. Perm.. In Oc
tober. IWH. lost hl3 life in trying to rescue a
man from electric cables which were burning
him to death. Williams was knocked from a
bridge and fractured his skull. A silver medal
is awarded his sinter.
A silver medal is given to Waiter H. Murbach.
of Elyrla. Ohio, for the rescue of a thirteen
year-old schoolboy from drowning.
A bronxe medal and $1,000 death benefits are
awarded to the widow of Henry Stuchal. of
Unity Township. West Mnreland County. Perm..
who lost his life In an attempt to rescue two la
borers from drowning In June. 1904.
James W. Gtlmer. of Charlerol. Perm.. was
drowned while trying to rescue a companion on
a tugboat In the Monongahela River, and a
bronze medal, with $24)0 death benefits? are
awarded to his father.
Harry* E. Moore, a railroad conductor, of Alli
ance. Ohio, lost part of his arm In trying to
rescue a man who had fallen asleep on the track,
and he received a bronze medal and disable
ment benefits of $300.
John Delo. of Oil City. Perm.. received a
brdnse medal and disablement benefits of $500.
He suffered a fractured skull In January. 1008,
by a fall from an electric light pole which he
had climbed to rescue a fellow workman who
had come In contact with a live wire.
A bronze medal and $500 are awarded to
Richard X. Hughes, of Bangor. Perm.. for rescu
ing a fellow workman whose clothing had caught
fire In an explosion.
'Edward 11. Campbell, of Buena Vista. Perm..
rescued' two young men from drowning In Au
gust. 1904. and receives a bronze medal"
William J. Wild, of No, 8855 West 23th street,
Cleveland. Ohio, gets a bronze medal for the
rescue of several men from a burning car In a
wreck at Clifton Station In March. 1905. "
A bronze medal la awarded to Edward Murray.
yard conductor, of Ptttsburg, who rescued two
cMtoren fronvs. from o: a locomotive. In Jan
uary, lOOd.
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Telephones „, »■ mAa ""Sirf A l/
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T, M. STEWART
MR. WILLCOX IH WASHIBwTOy.
(From Th* Tribune Bureau ]
Washington. May 18.— Postmaster Wfflcos el »>^
York spent to-day in Washington, confwr*sgua»
Postofflc* Department officials and with nuirtiSßSS
the New Tor* delegation about local postal •«•»
Mr. Wlllcox was assured that the bill InUunwni
by Representative Parsons, providing for repa.ri a - -
Improvements to the New York City Posto--
would be favorably acted on by the House Co«sns>
tee on Appropriations and the amount n«cjssarF<g
make these repairs provided in the Sundry Ag£
bill. This will permit the installation of « at-"
tional elevator in the building. Mr. W"f°*js^S
with the department officials about the »•••»■■"
concerning the Pennsylvania terminal site, sui i- •»
said that no agreement has been reaches.
An Important Question.
How to invest with absolute safety
and at a reasonable profit h a matte*
•I great moment to thousands ■»*•••*
■tie funds.
The guaranteed gates en
New York City real estate furnished
by this company represent the high
est type of conservative investment
They are safe and sure and pay good
returns.
investor ha% ever lost « &£&•
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