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■Mai to efficiently esereaw all Its powers, and
•no additional powers are necensary to the
TT"p«-r supervision and regulation of every mat
' ter that is the legitimate subject of legislation.
THE TARIFF AND CITIZENSHIP.
I note «Ipo that the committees refer to the
republican policy of a protective tariff and to
the enforcement of the laws for the protection
of all the rights of citizenship. At another time
I may take occasion to speak on these subjects
at some length, but it is sufficient for present
purpose" to remark that, with our surplus reve
nue* diminishing and our enormous expendi
tures increasing. It would be like adding the last
pram of sand 1 to undertake to tinker with the
tariff. Under the present tariff laws we have
J.al the greatest prosperity any country has
ever enjoyed, and it has been because of the
strength thus given us that we have stood up
■a well as we have under the decline in values
amounting to billions of dollars, that has at last
brought business depression to employers and
idleness to thousands of employes. It is to the
beneficent results of that policy an expressed in
the Dingley law that we must look for one of
The necessary factors in the work of restoring
prosperity. There will doubtless come a time
when changes in that law can be made to ad
vantage, but that time Is not now.
So far as the protection of the equal rights of
rittzenshfp is concerned, my views are well
known. When the Republican party falters in
that high duty it will fail and go out of power,
mid it will deserve defeat. What Lincoln and
Grant and the great men of their day did was
not don*» in vain. Their achievements will en
dure, and every Republican who honors their
memory and glories in their deeds should be
proud to uphold their work.
When the national committee shall have
Issued the call for the next National Republican
Convention I shall, a? heretofore announced,
formally request the State Central Committee
to embody in its call for the next state conven
tion a requirement that all delegates to that
convention shall be chosen by a direct vote of
the. Republican elector* of the state at duly
authorized primary elections, held in accordance
•with the statutes applicable thereto.
Very truly yours. -1. , J. B. FORAKER.
FORAKER MEN AT WORK.
1
Headquarters Opened in Columbus,
with Kurt- in Charge.
IBy T»i»«raph to The Tribune. 1
Columbus. Ohio, Nov. St — Headquarters from
v hlch Senator Joseph B. Koraker is to wage
'national and i=tate campaigns for the Presidency
■were opened here, startling the Taft managers,
•whose headquarters are In this city. Charles 1...
'Kurtz, long a power in Ohio politics and ac
•tH'ely identified with national politics until his
clash with Senator Han- a. is in charge. He
' turn* d here from New York at the call of
. Senator Foraker, and will make the fight for
: Southern anil Western delegates.
John R Malloy, secretary of the Republican
• Ftate executive "committee, is in command at
etate headquarters. He will wag« the tight
(for delegates in Ohio In the campaign designed
'V>y the Foraker men to ppllt that delegation.
The F»rak«>r leaders insist they will have at
least fix districts of the, twenty-one. The first
.battle, will be in Franklin County, in February.
; Taft men declare they will name the two dele
•^atep. Malloy Is as confident.
: Malloy will represent }-\>rak«T in the national
/committee meeting In Washington next week, and
.Arthur I. Vory«i, the Taft manager, will be there
carlnjr for the War -Secretary's interests.
RIDICULES FORAEER I^ r I)ORSEMENT.
Charles P. Taft's Paper Says It Was Given
by One Man.
[By Telepraph to Trie Tribune.]
Cincinnati. Nov. 20.— "The Times-Star," owned
End edited by Charles P. Taft, brother of Sec
retary Taft, in its local columns to-day com
ments on Senator Foraker's candidacy for Pres
ident as follows:
Senator Foraker is a candidate for President.
Neither startling nor new. but it had to bo said
Beam time, t>o now as well .-is any other time.
The Senator has, according to Information r<*r«>ive<l
\. several of his Cincinnati followers, decided to
l>r»ak the news to an expectant world nn Saturday
morning. It would have oom»* sooner, but for some
very stubborn people who could not he convinced
that ley ought to ask the Senator to make the
preat parrifice. In fact, there was danger of the
Jark of .-alls upon the Senator to make the race
Incoming embarrassing to. •*• certain United States
f>enat«r.
Alter what the descriptive writers call a painful
ri!<*nce there came a welcome break in the shape
€>f * rersonalty conducted Indorsement and call
upon Mr. KorHker. Th« "executive committee of
the Ohio League of Republican Clubs". appeared as
1 he welcome Interloper In the hall of vast silence.
To be sure, this rather vague quantity did not
make much of a noiee. hut It was pome noise, any
•way, and opened the way.
Now. according to the tldines F^nt to Cincin
nati, the Senator 1c about to take, off h!« .-na'. and
harg •• on that "indorsement." He la polng to
declare himself, and presuma.bly he will a?k hl<=
native, state. Oh to second hi« motion that b«
t-ucceed Roosevelt. It Is reliably reported that
there- are. two or three people in Ohio who believe
the state will do that. Among the 6* Is believed to
r-e Mr H. V. Speelman, who Is paid to be th'
"executive committee of the Ohio Ivague of Re.
publican Clubs." but who Is. known to be a cl»rk
in the government service and a Forak*r ap
pointee."
TALK OF "HUGHES AND DENEEN. %
Illinois Executive as Running Mate with
New Yorker on Presidential Ticket.
[By Telejrroph to Th« Tribune. |
Ch:rairrt. No\«. 29.— Governor Deaeen of Illinois a«
a running mate for Governor Hughes on the Re
publican National ticket in 2908 was the surprise
■sprung on local politicians to-day by Eugene K.
Trussing, a Republican worker, who returned from
„\lhany, where he had a long talk with the New
"York Governor. Mr. Trussing '<« a r|o<.o friend of
: Governor Uereen. The tnov« to put Dorieen on tho
j rational ticket is read by the politically wipe as a
.play in the game against Spanker Cannon, who Is
.[working to eecure the Illinois delegation in th«
next convention for himself.
"SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER" NO OFFENCE.
I Ri-hm^r.d. Va., Nov. 29.— The .Supreme 'Court of
j Appeals decided to-day that a maa could not re
:held by th« police as a suspicious character; that
•there must he a specific charge! against him. Th"
i case grew out of the custom of arresting suspected
j persons and draining them while working up the
•case. *
The Pianola in the
Legal Profession
An Antidote for
Everyday Worries
One of New York's most celebrated lawyers, who *
called at Aeolian Hall to leave aa order for tuning his
piano, remarked:
** Very much against uiv better judgment 1 have got
to go into court with two case* that i am almost cer
tain to lose. 1 am doing it simply to oblige my clients,
and the only thing that keeps me from haying ner
vous prostration is my Pianola Piano, That, at least,
gives me my evenings free from worry."
A judge of one of the higher courts is another Pianola •
devotee. His music-roll orders show a taste for the
higher classics and he is fond of ordering pieces that
Pevcn professional musicians are unacquainted with. He
recently explained hi« somewhat unusual selec ions by
saying that studying out unfamiliar compositions by
great masters gave him a kind of mental relaxation that
he could not obtain in any other way.
«Ijc Pfcnola $215 and MOO \ Purchasable broods-
Ihe Pianola Piano fs*>o np. J rate ---! -
I/i* Aeolian Ct\ Aeolian Hal!, 352 sin ay
A £I*. f 'IlCfll V/U«a near 34th St., New York
ALL ALLOTMENTS MADE
CERTIFICATES TO BANKS.
Issue Not Likely To Be Much Above
$25000,000.
Washington, Nov. 29.— final closing of al
lotments of the 3 per cent one year Treasury
certificates was announced by Secretary Cortel
you to-day. He declared that no allotments had
been made or would be made after his an
nouncement of Wednesday night that no further
subscriptions would be considered. Applica
tions for certificates accompanied by the cur
rency received after the Secretary's statement
-ill bo returned to the senders. Practically all
the allotments are to national banks which have
agreed to take out circulation and in the ma
jority of cases have indicated willingness to sur
render the certificates before maturity on pay
ment of interest to the date of redemption. The
amount of allotments was not made public, but
pitch information as can be obtained Indicates
that the total will not materially exceed $26.
000.000. If this proves to he the case, and a
considerable portion of the certificates are de
livered on the condition that they shall be sur
rendered In six months, with interest to that
time or even for a shorter period, it becomes
possible to calculate roughly the co>»t of the Is
sue In interest. There appears to be no doubt
that by far the larger part of the amount al
lotted, probably at least three-fifths, is subject
to redemption within three months. On tjie
basis of an Issue of $23,000,000 this would
amount to the redemption of $1^.000.000 with
interest at l l i per cent, which would require
1228,000. If $10,000,000 of the certificates ran
the full period of one year, the interest at 3
per cent would be $300,000. Those two sums,
therefore, making: a total of $525,000, would rep
resent the entire cost of the issue of certificates
to the Treasury, besides trifling incidental ex
penses. This would be at the rate of about two
thirds of a cent per capita for the population of
the United States.
The offers for Panama 2 per cent bonds are
still reaching tho Treasury in large numbers.
They will be opened until to-morrow afternoon,
hen the receipt of subscription closes. The
number of bids closely approximates tho^e re
ceived for tho loan of July 20, 1006. when an
offer of $30,000,000 was subscribed for to the
amount of $440,000,000. or about fifteen times
the amount offered. Nothing Is known yet in
regard to the amount of the bids, which may
differ greatly from the amount in 1900. as the
result of a greater or less number of large syn
dicate bids. It is hardly expected that the price
obtained will equal that of 1006, which was
104.096. but in view of the value of the bond.*
as security for circulation It Is believed that a
fair premium will be paid.
The limitation of the issue of certificates to
$25,000,000 or less i? regarded by bankers aa a
wise step in view of Its influence in preventing
an unnecessary expansion of banknote circula
tion. The maximum expansion on the nejv ls>
sues will stand at $7">,00O.000. instead of ?ir»o,
000,000, as would have been possible if the en
tire, amount first suggested had been allotted,
and it is not believed that anything- like this
maximum will be reached. If $20,000,000 in
new banknote circulation is secured by certifi
cates, subject to call next spring", this amount
can easily be. retired.
-The Treasury working balance will be in
creased about $11,250,000 when all the new se
curities are delivered. The balance to-day was
reduced to less than $5,500,000. Internal revenue
receipts have fallen off this month, as compared
with the same month a year ago, by about $4.
065,000. and customs receipts by about $3,000,000.
A part of this decrease Is due to the difficulty
of obtaining currency for making payments,
but It is believed th«t a considerable part Is
due to actual decline In business.
Secretary Cortelyou continues to listen atten
tively to representations in regard to currency
measures, but does not commit himself beyond
cognizing the necessity for Intelligent legisla
tion. The project of a central bank of issue
seems to have many support among bankers
and members of Congress, and several compre
hensive bills on the subject will be introduced.
One will probably embody the views of George,
E. Roberts, president of the Commercial Na
tional Bank of Chicago, who, with Controller
Ridgely, is among those who have recently be
come convinced that such a measure Is the best
cure for monetary difficulties.
A report reached the Treasury Department
to-day that the. Chicago banks would resume
currency payment next Monday. In commenting
on this report Secretary Cortelyou said that his
Information was that the New York banks were
daily Increasing thoir cash payments and that
the banks in nil the great money centres were
gradually getting back to normal conditions as
to currency. In nearly all parts of the country
reserve banks wer* meeting draft? sent by their
interior correspondents on account of Internal
revenue and other government receipts, evidence
of which is given in to-day's Treasury iitate
ment, which shows customs receipts to have
been $1,336,459 and internal revenue receipts
$1,657,251, larger amounts than even under nor
mal conditions.
The Boston banks were, Mr Cortelyou said,
materially assisting in this movement It is the
opinion of Treasury officials that conditions are
SEW-YORK DAILY TafcCSfTNTS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1007-
END'S 'FRUIT SALT'
A HOUSEHOLD REMEDY FOR
All Functional Derangements of the Liver, Tempo
rary Congestion arising from Alcoholic Beverages,
Errors in Diet (Eating or Drinking), Biliousness,
Sick Headache, Giddiness, Vomiting, Heartburn,
Sourness of the Stomach, or Constipation. It is
a Refreshing and Invigorating Beverage, most
Invaluable to Travellers, Emigrants, Sailors, and
Residents in Tropical Climates.
CAUTlON.— Examine tkt Capri!* and %it that it i* marked EX&S 'FRCIT SALT.'
otf>ervlu you have the tincerrtt form of flattery ~ lit
Prepared only by J. C. ENO. Ltd.. • FRUIT SALT' WORKS London,
6.E.. En* . by J. C. END'S Patent.
Wholesale of Messr*. E. FotTOERA 4 Co.. 26,28, * »0, North William Street. New York
And of
Ues«r«. James Baii.T 4 Son, Wholesale Druggist*. Hanover Street. Baltimore. >M
rapidly approaching normal and that the crit
ical ?>ta«f In 'he situation everywhere seems to
have been passed.
CVRREXCY MAY BE FIRST.
Talk of Legislation Originating in
iiw Sclfate.
Washington, Nov. :!> -Aa the flay for the
opening or the noth Congress approaches it ne
coraea more evident that the financial question
Will receive first consideration at the hands of
that body. The members of both bouses who
have already arrived In the city concede thai
tUe problosji Is difficult, and th-»rc has been little
crystallisation of thought. Many inform."! con
ferences have been held, and there will be more
before anything like a programme chu be an
nounced. Senator Aldrich. chairman of the
Committee on Finance, which will have to deal
with the question in tho Senate. j«. expected here
to-morrow t,> confer v. i;h some r»f the leaders,
including senator Allison and Speaker Cannon.
There Is a tendency to have the legislation orip
inate In the senate, because timt body is organ
ised and the House is not, but if'ls too early to
say definitely what may be done
PREMIUM NEAR AN END.
Money Down to One-half Per Cent
Yesterday.
The premium on currency Is steadily diminishing,
and before the end of another work will probably
bo a thing of the pact. Purchasers of currency
from the money brokers paid as high as V.i p«r
cent premium yesterday morning, but later In th«
day th«» rate broke to »i per cnt. the lowest since
tho money stringency nrose, and nt the close of
business tli<* quotations woro ', per cent offered to
sellers of cash and \ per com n?kM from pur
chasers.
Strength and activity sqaln characterised the
trading In the stock market, which was much
larger in volume than for .«nme time preceding
Favorably factors were th* weakness In the cur
rency market, the probability of a pood bank state
ment to-day, the news of the resumption of opera
tions by Mine industrial concern*, the announce
ment that the. Secretary of the. Treasury would
issu* only SK,OOO,OM of the "■ per cent certificate! of
Indebtedness and the indications of Increasing '3 5 »>
In time money.
The rail money rate ran up to 14 per cent In the
afternoon, the flurry being ascribed to th» <-«Illnsc
of loans In preparation for the December 1 interest
and dividend disbursements, but during the greater
part of th^ day It ruled at 6 per cent. Handsome
net Rains were recorded for most of th* active
Issues, among them being Hi points in Tuion
Pacific, 2* in i . hern Farinv and Atchleon. 35i3 5 i
In Heading. Z% In St. Paul. 1 points in T'nlted States
Pteol preferred, I In American Smelting and n*tin-
Ins and .v-- t in Canadian ParihV.
Missouri Pacific Hud Western Union w»re excep
tions t.i th« general tendency of the market, both
touching new low levels for the year. th« former
at -«ii and the latter at "■■ l Missouri Pacific
closed at 4«. ■ net pain of i point, and Western
Union at !>*. a net loss of I point There was a
revival of the rumor that the Missouri Pacific divi
dend would b« reduced, and it was reported that
the. Western Union dividend mipht be paayeri.
Transactions in the bond department were ex
tremely heavy, aggregating more than 15. 300, "■"
par value. The largest dealings were In United
States Steel stoking fund So, Chicago, Rocs Island
It Pacific collateral trust 4.-", Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit **, Interborough- Metropolitan collateral trust
I'-zs and Canada Southern first Be, all of which
closed at net advances.
FRANK A. VANDERLIP ON CURRENCY.
Chicago. Nov. 2- Frank A. VaaderUp, vice
president of the National City Bank of New York,
who Is visiting his mother here, predicted ■■ ier
day that the, currency situation will get back to
normal ns soon as th*. December payrolls are. met.
H« Paid:
Interior nenks »re undoubtedly hoarding money;
that "is. they arc running their reserves up to ab
normal point. There Is an entirely adequate sup
ply of currency at the present time. ah thai i
needed to unlock the currency situation In more
confidence, and there Is evidence of a returning of
that confidence. Some currency ii lieinß ."hir»pe<i
to New York from interior ;>r>tni. In my opin
ion a few days more will end th<» premium in
currency.
There Is :t fair probability of currency lezi.«la
tlon at the coming; session of Congress. Senti
ment on the subject of currency legislation i.,
still uacrystsUlsed In New York For my part,
I believe the Ideal solution lies In the direction
of a central bank that, will have the power to Is
sue and take on the fiscal duties of the Treasury
Department. The effectiveness of cooperation
through the clearing houses during tho present
crisis has emphasised the Important part clearing
houses may be made to play in our financial sys
tem. It is possible the legislation will now «iv
enlarged Dowers to the Treasury, to b« used in
conjunction with the clearing houses.
»
CLEARING HOUSE INCORPORATION.
Upon the convening of Congress Senator Plat',
will Introduce in the Senate a bill providing for
the Incorporation of clearing houses, to me. of
•which In each state nhail be given the power to
issue clearing bouse currency to Its members. This
bill, or one in substance similar, was first intro
duced in 1850. failing of passage at that time, as
it did again In IJWi The suggeHtlons embodied !ri
the bill were the work of Theodore Oilman, who
drew up the measure soon to be introduced.
The bill follows In many respects the language
of the national banking laws and the banking laws
of many states, and provides thai all members of
such clearing houses shall maintain a reserve equal
to that required of national banks, it la pointed
out by the advocates of the bill that many < tear
Ing bouses, ICast ami West, have in the last few
weeks resorted to the Issue of clearing house cer
tificates, secured by plentiful assets* and that tne
embarrassment consequent upon a shortage of cur
rency had hern reli* by this mesna It Is d«*
rirad that this practice shall be recognized by Cob
ure*«.
HUMOROUS CLEARING HOUSE CHECKS.
Chicago, Nov. Upon recommendation of the
Clearing Rouse Association. Mayor Hush« took
iteps to-day to suppress a vicious form of bur
l^sque currency that I* being circulated in imita
lion of Cleaving House checks. While not coun
terfeits or fvrKeries, the checks bear a close re
semblance to the Clearing House checks, and In
a number of instances persons who failed to ex
amlne the paper slips closely have accepted them
as money.
Members of -the Clearing House committee have
been Investigating these alleged humorous checks
for several days. One banker found a tobacconist
who was willing to accept on* of them In payment
Jor .1 cigar, and who was tendering. the change
when th« banker pointed out the deception. ■
The headings of three of the checks selected at
random ar<- _ ■•National Cleaning House Associa
tion." "Banker? Dream Association" and "Ameri
can iMnon House Association.'.' One style is
printed in colon closely n»a?mbUnsr the true cer
tificates. with the E(juar« box at the left contain
ing- such phrases is "Fres pass, good at any do
pot to watch the trains pull out.'" "In God wg
trust in banks we bust." "This aheok U>»oc^<o^.
?1,000 in yeur imagination." ' v>i i£sl
GOWS DEALS HIDDEN.
Continued from flrM pmtr
gestion, and for which thai company never paid a
cent.
The delivery of these securities to the trust com
pany. Mr. Hasbrouck will report, was made without
the knowledge of the stockholders, although the
board of directors voted on October 11 to merge the
bank with the International Trust Company.
William Gow. stockholder and organiser of the
International Trust Company, is Indebted to tne
Brooklyn bank to the extent of $118,000. This is so
cured by collateral on which the receiver will re
port "much of it is questionable."
Mr. Hasbrouck has found that many unlisted
corporations owe the bank money, and also other
corporations that have gone into the hands of re
ceivers. He will report thai John 8. Jenkins, a
director of the bank, overdrew his account on
July 11 and let it remain overdrawn until Au
gust -TV
Mr. Hasbreuck will recommend the appointment
of a permanent receiver, as the bank needs $300,000
in cash to reopen, and lie does not believe its con
dition warrants reopening.
Counsel for the directors of all the banks for
which the Attorney General has appointed tem
porary receivers will be In Albany to-day to . rgus
against making the temporary receivers perma
nent. Tljf receivers will file their reports with
Justice Hefts.
RECEIVERS AT ALBANY TO-DAY.
Counsel for Banks and Trust Companies Will
Present Plans for Reopening.
I*bh! representatives of the Brooklyn and Bor
ousjti banks and of the Wll'.iamsburg. International
and Jenkins Trust companies will be In Albany to
day to .how cause why the temporary receivers
appointed for these Institutions should not be mad*
permanent.
The receivers will al»o be en hard to present
their reports, and th« Attorney General's office will
be represented by Deputy Attorney General Molt.
if Is understood that counsel for the depositors of
the various banking companies represented will
n»k for an adjournment. They will represent to
Justin Belts that plans are under way «»:«
Ing and will ask for more time to complete them
Sfore the motion is argued. The Attorney Gen
eral, it is thought, will not oppose an adjournment
Counsel for in- Borough Bank will ask that
Charles '; Behnav*. Howard *"> ] * and John ,H, H
ORdurk* be appointed receiver, if the court^raje.
that the •tveranlp he made permanent. I*ese
three men have agreed to act ss receivers with
out pay.
RIPLEY EXPLAINS ALLEGED REBATES.
Says Santa Fe Road Was Fined $330,000 on
a Mere Technicality.
;By MM t« The TrtKur.. 1
Chiraico Nov. r>-Fre ? ldent & P. Wplty »^J
P «p t. X- Rsllroad. in a ,l«ned statement n <Th*
S«v Age, to-day explains the alleged rtbat,
•JSSS wEch his company recantly ™, nn*d
v ording to Mr ntpley the Grand Canon Line
and cem-nt Company during MM shlped it. product
from Nelson, Ariz., to I/« Annies In carlots of
IAOOO I nds. minimum weight a car. Th« a .i
rtM the sighing, but at the destination the cus
tomers found the billing was incorrect and refuel
to nay for more lime than was delivered. Out of
four hundred ears so shipped. ev»nty-elglit were
under weight. So the clerk "> whom the complaint
was referred agreed thai the freight should b*
reckoned on th« number of pounds actually de
livered The amount deducted on th« whole four
hundred cars was only $400
"Judge Welbora refuged to submit to the
*a> -i Mr. Rlpley, "any evidence showing trtat th>
remission of small parts ef the freight was made
in carrying out s compromise when»by the shipper
!,. stand the low «f the time and rairn •■
;it;r. .■.) t,. walvn the freight."
President Ripley contend* that th« clerk had no
Intention <if violating the law, and thai the cam
pany should not be mulcted of $3-¥>.OQO on a mere
technicality. i
FATAL DAY AT RIVER FRONT.
Three Deaths and a Seriou3 Accident on
White Star and Cunard Piers.
Three deaths and one serious nccldent to fir«*
men and longshoremen occurred yesterday on
piers of the White Star and Cunard Unas.
Early yesterday morning two firemen of the
new Cunarder Mauretanla who had shore leave
for a few hours returned to the steamer intoxi
cate. I and Insisted on walking ac ipr tho string
piece. On» fireman lost his balan -t. and, clutch
ing at. his companion's coatslcov*, pulled him
with him into the North Rlv^r.
"Hal" Kelly, a firanan, dived for the men, but
could not get them. Ho remained In the water
twenty minutes, diving frequently to recover
the bodies of the two firemen and was nearly
drowned himself. Isaac Gesjcombe and David
McNab, both of Liverpool, are believed to be
the men drowned.
While checking merchandise on the White
Star pier, where the steamer Adriatic was dis
charging her cargo. Frank Zanone of No 74
Morton street, was struck on the bead and
killed. An hour later John O'Neill, fifty years
old, of No. -1.-.' Washington street, was struck
by a case of goods and removed in a serious
condition to St. Vincent's Hospital.
HORSE GUEST OF HONOR AT DINNER.
[By Tetagsapk tv ThoTULune. i
l . 11 "' 11 Neck, Lous Island. Nov. 21 Willi.,
Price, one of the best known nuvhor.-es of th«
country club events held on Lonj," Island was
the guest of honor last night ut v S an,i
dunce on the estate of W. R Grace Vv "i I >- t ht
employes of Mr. Grace. The b k llrn w «
turned over to the s*rvr t nt.«. and the loroimh
bredja Ma " was placed near the h.-a oTIcI c
INDEPENDENCE LFAGUE MASS. PARTY
Boston. Nov. 2V.-A „ litlon for the dissolution of
the Independence L* t ..u* of Mas.sa. busetts, Which
was Incorporated u:.d« Massnchn- etts laws on
August l vjdfi. was •>.' with th. Secretary of
Stnte to-riay. Th- tM,.)ii giv. n for tiio dissolution
is th* fa<t thnt the htague, having polled uior« thnr
the required I pfr rent vote is now a recognized
political party in the Male, which makes . »or«
porate body unnecessary.
COURT CLERKSHIP FOR SUTHERLAND.
Kenneth F. Sutherland, formerly one of the rieht
hand men of John Y. McKann and now on" of the
chief Democratic fl?ure» In the ISth Assembly Dis
trict, of which Magistrate Voorhees is leader, has
been appointed clerk of the Coney Island police
court. For several years Sutherland has conducted
» ea'.oon on. the Island. He 13 a friend of Senator
P H. M;Caxr«n. - \
For an overcoat less Sunday —
Frock coats, with waistcoats,
$20.50 to .$45.
Cutaway coats, with waistcoats,
$21 to $32.
Striped trousers. S.> to $12.
Silk hats, $6 and $8.
A fancy waistcoat lends freshness
and variety to the most sober suit,
whether frock or sack.
Patterns suitable to all occasions,
from a wedding to a Horse Show.
s.) to $10.
Rogers, Peet & Company.
Three Broadway Stores.
258 842 1280
opposite near • opposite
City Hali. Union Square. Greeley Squars.
BRYAN ON PLATFORMS.
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Speaks to Art*.' Haven Democrats —
Bennett Fountain Exercises.
New Haven. Nov. 29.— William J. Bryan came
here to-day on a double mission, to hand over to
the city a marble fountain erected through a be
quest In the will of his friend, Philo S. Bennett,
and to address the New Kndand Progressive
DefdAcratlo I>ajcu« at its annual dinner. In ad
dressing the lcagu« at Its business meeting. Mr.
Bryan * xprcss»d his appreciation of its work, and
said ho believed that the time was not far away
when they would meet to rejoice over a victory.
Mr. Bryan said that the league's name was a
Rood on», as It stood for action, In th» Repub
lican party, he saM, there were the standpatters
and the reformers. The former element was
arainst progress. Th« reform element was «he life
of the organiisatlor. and he said he had no doubt
that the reform element would win within the
party Just i>» It had won In the Democratic party,
Of the reform In the Democratic party. Mr. Bryan
■aid th.it it was growing. Policies which hereto
fore were called radical and dangerous were now
indorsed by those who formerly opposed them.
The President was in part responsible for this.
Mr. Bryan n M He stood for the great reform
element in his own party
In the next campaign. Mr. Bryan said, the Demo
cratic platform would he. promvsslve. definite posi
tive, and on^ th^ people would be able to read and
understand.
*hlch read one way baDsrs election and another
way after election. The P «op!, were betray-d.
Now there Is an awakening of conscience We
have not got to Invent principle!.. Every situation
can be met by the old principles. Everything the
party stood for has be-n vindicated. Our prin
ciples as ■ party have been vindicated In a negative
way at keasl by the party In power. The signs all
point to a great support of th-se principles -
Mr Bryan's speaeb at the fountain exercises was
entirely eulo S istlc Of the donor. Mayor Studley ae
cy~« the gift on behalf of the city, after which
th« M were concluded. In a carriage near
by mi Mr Bennett, widow of th« doner. and two
t«i-ees. l|r Bryan shook hands with Mrs Ben
nett befor- leaving for the Ora'«u*tes*.Club for a
luncheon given by Ma>or Studley.
Thla evening Mr. Bryan held a r-cepticn at m
dinner, leaving this to address th« Tale Law
School Political Club, at H-ndrie Hall. where Dean
Henry Wade Rogers of th» Law School prestd-d
and upon concluding this returned to the banquet
Many pro m i n , nt Democrats of .Ve v England came
to see Mr Hryan. Among other speakers before
the Progressive League were Raymond Robbing of
Chicago: ex-«overnor L K. C. Garvln of Rhod*
Island. Congressman William Huphes. of Fateraon
N. J.. and Mr Troup. the latter speaking on "ioaa. >:
TAMMANY HUMORISTS.
"Jimmie" Ilagan and Murphy Qual
ify for Vaudeville Stage.
'•Jlmmifll' Hagan. the Tammany district 1-ader
Who went to the Bryan dinner in Washington this
week and told Mr Bryan that Tammany was bis
for the asking, and that If be didn't want to take
th* trouble to ask he would nave Tammany, sup .
port anyway, now says that ha does not remember
what h< said at the dinner.
'Ton know." h« mm. "when you pet in in front
of a lot of Senators at a dinner and make, a speech
3ou can't always remember what you M ld If It
was my intention to pl«dge Tammany to Bryan
you can bet your life I did it. because T always do
v. Hal i intend to da i can't just remember whether
or not i Intended at the Mm to pledge the organ
ization to Bryan. I have lost my notes."
This ranee looks as if Mr. Hagan was setting
up In business aa .i humorist. When Charles W
Murphy was asked about the. Incident yesterday he
mid:
: l don't think Mr. Hagan pledged Tammany to
Bryan. Of course, he only had authority to speak
for himself. I don't think Mr. Ha— n win he dis
turbed us district leader. He Is a good district
leader."
When asked yesterday what was going on in city
politics Mr. Murphy turned over the silver dollar
kept on his Inkstand to remind him of. what Tamm
any is in politics for and said:
"I am out of city politics."
This looks as if Mr. Murphy also was on the
point of setting up In business as a humorist. It Is
generally conceded that Mr. Murphy and Mr.
Hagan could do a "turn" with the foregolnß re
narks at any Broadway vaudeville house and get
a good price for ii tor at least one hundred nights.
WAINWRIGHT FAVORS BAXTER.
Senators Cassidy and Hooker and. Assemblymen
Walnwrlgkt and Parker were In town yesterday'
calling 011 friends and looking over the local politi
cal situation. Senator Hooker's district takes in
Livingston County, the kerne of Speaker Wads
worth. Assemblyman Waiawrlghi said yesterday
that Vtr was m favor of Baxter for clerk.
"I believe the real sentiment of the Assembly i.-<
for the colonel." sal. l Mr. Walnwright. "He is an
old soldier, with a tint) record. That has some
thing to do with my sympathy for him. I have al
ways admired bis policy of having nothing to do
with legislation^'
Senators llookor and Casatdy called at state
headquarters, but did not see State chairman
Woodruff, who was busy all day with Provident
Savings Life affairs.
BAY STATE ELECTION EXPENSES.
Boston, Nov. la— The Republican Club of Massa
chusetts spent $34,221 in the last state campaign,
according to a statement tiled to-day by Its treas
urer with the Secretary of State. The club re
ceived contributions amounting to $35.;8J, the prin
cipal gifts belnp; $I«V*Y; from Lieutenant Governor
Draper, $:.<**> fn ii Senator Crane, the same amount
from Curtis Guild, father of Governor Guild: $t,«vi
from Governor Guild and >*.V> from Senator l/>dce
Only One "BROMO QUININE," that is *
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For an overcoat for Sunday —
Winter weights now.
While the regular knee length re
mains the coat for most men, the
longer Traveling Coats of rough
cheviots in light grays and browns are
an attractive novelty.
Winter overcoats, $18 to $70.
Knapp Felt De Luxe for those
who want the richest Derby. $6.
Knapp Felt for those who want a
little less rich a Derby. $4.
Rogers, P£et & Company,
- Three Broadway Stores.
158 542 1239
at at «t
Warren it. 13th st. 32nd si
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A BLOW AT WILLIAMS.
May Take Committee Assignments
Awatt from Democratic Leader.
Washington. New. 2?.— At. the caucus of th*
Democratic members of th* House scheduled
for to-morrow at 2 p. in Representative Jones,
of Virginia, will introduce a resolution to this
effect: "That It Is th» sense of th« Democratic
members that all appointment." to committees
should be made by the Speaker."
The purpose underlying this seemingly com
monplace resolution Is to taka the naming of
Democratic members of House committees out *
of Urn hands of John Sharp Williams.
'"Speaker Cannon," said Mr. Jones to-night,
"ever since he has been the ruler of the House
has turned over all minority committee assign
ments to Mr. Williams, thereby providing a
source of unpleasantness and squabbles between
such of the minority as were not pleased with
all of Mr. Wllliams'3 selections. This has al
ways been a shrewd move on thft Speaker's
part to disrupt the Democratic side cf the House.
If he can repeat it this year tho results are apt
to b« specially disastrous to the Democratic
party. If th« Democrats, however, hold bsjMV
together during this session I belteve tt«» fray* 3
splendid chance for a Democratic House In th«
next Congress. Further, the approach «*f a
Presidential year and the certainty of financial
considerations to come before th« present Con
gress call on their o.vn account for absolute
harmony of the minority.
"In Introducing a resolution fcr the naming of
all committees In their entirety by the Speaker
I must not be misunderstood as aiming to dis
credit the leader of the minority. To the con
trary, Mr. Williams and I have always been good
friends. I told him some time ago of my inten
tion to Introduce such a resolution. He neither
said that he would uphold or oppose It."
The Increased number of Democratic members
of the House Inclines the minority leaders to
believe that there should be seven Democrats
on committees which last session had six, and It
ha-< been announced that a resolution embody
ing that sentiment will be adopted at to-mor
row's caucus and sent to the Speaker.
FIGHT AGAINST TAGGART.
I By Talcgnph to The Tribune.]
Indianapolis. Nov. 29.— Democratic State
Central Committee met here to-day and fixed Jan
uary 8 as the date for electing a campaign chair
man and secretary. Tlie. district conventions for
the election of new members were called* for Jan
uary 2 and the county conventions for Decem
ber 28.
James Kirby Risk will be th« candidate o: the
anti-Taggart men for stale chairman, and th«
T^ggart men probably will concentrate en GUbsrt
Hendren as their candidate.
It is planned to carry the. fight against Taggart
Into the county primaries, and Risk and his sup
porters feel confident of ele-Miiui a majority 01
th* new commltteemen and reorganising the eata
mltt<-.«> In their own way.