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ESOOBT ACCOMPANYING BODY FRO\T THE BATTERY.
HONOR FIRST GOVER.VOB
MULTITUDES PASS BIER.
Pause While George Clint on' Body
Is Escorted, Through City.
Tfce body of George Clinton, first Governor of
Kaw York State and for two terms Vice-Presi
<s»nt of th<» Republic, returned to New York
City y«st«Tday. It was ninety- six years aco
that he Mad and was buried in the Congressional
Cemetery a' Washington, but If his spirit still
?s.kes Interest In earthly matters he was aware
yesterday that, despite the length of time since
he worked for his country, even the busy finan
cial district has time to pause and show respect
and admiration for an ante. conscientious man.
The downtown section, in fact, was attuned
to 8 funeral measure from the time the body
•"•a* brought to Manhattan Island, in the morn
■-c- until Ehortly after 4 o'clock In the after
noon. The booming of minute guns out on the
s:ver, rncreeded by the strains of <"hopin"s
funeral march as the parade of five thousand
rain marched through the usually bustling
mart, -was a prelude to th« tolling of the bells
of old Trinity £J!d of St. Paul's Chapel.
Then, while the coffin containing the body
3ar in state in the Governor's Room of City Hall,
there was every evidence of interest and Folici
tud« on the part of the crouds. Fully forty
thousand persons filed through the police lines
to view fhe long narrow coffin of «>bony. draped
by the national flag ax?d bearine on it wreaths
anal by President Roosevelt. Governor Stuart
af Pennsylvania and Governor Fort of New Jer
sey. On the coffin also lay the ■word that Gen
eral Clinton bore In the Continental Army dur
isg the Revolution.
It was about this simple bier that yesterday's
observance turned. And the thousands who to
th* call of "Step lively!" from the police hurried
Through the room seemed to be impressed by
the occasion.
There -were, -to be sure, time? when a man
standing 1 with bared head before the coffin
would turn to Ma neighbor and ask meekly,
'Kin t« a? Governor Clinton?"
The body, which bad been brought from
"Washing-ton by nil, was removed from a private
■-- at Jersey City shortly after ? o'clock yester
day morning. Eight railroad men bore it to the
-•-'■• I. S. Fowler, col
lator ■' customs, was on board as a representa
tive of Secretary Cortelyou. and there was be
f lies a detachment of coast artillerymen under
First Lieutenant H. P. Bnoiajeon. Also on the
cutter was a committee of well known men from
Kir.g-Eton. where the body wilJ be finally buried.
A"'--z these were ex-Judge Clearwater, Major
CbarJes H. Everett, Herbert Call. B. D. Cowken
6c^'. D. 31. Brink and D. J. Atkin*.
CROSSING THE RIVER.
The HTaap lay off the pier at Jersey City, and
*■ the Manhattan with Ha solemn burden forged
through the golden haze of the early morning a
if. ,-f of nineteen guns — honors due a Vice-
Pr»-FJdent — sounded. There were Ptill more for-
SEalities due, for as the cutter drew up to Pier
A the bra=s buttoned crew of the Police De
partment boat Patrol manned the Fides, and at
the *■■-" time the artillery corps lined up on the
•c* »£.. . and. commanded by Sergeant Zocker
■aa. fired another satate of nineteen guns.
The news of the impressive transfer of the
Baty of Governor Clinton had evidently attract
*=■; a respectable percentage of New York's pop
aftji -- to the lower waterfront. ?nd the progress
of the cutter was watched from every vantage
• pcint along- the river. Meanwhile the military
eorr.par.ses had been (fathering; about Battery
• Fark. Major General Frederick D. Grant was the
rrar.d marshal, and a- the parade finally formed
be led the group of his aids at the bead of the
regulars, a battalion of artillery from Fort
Tompkins and Fort Wadsworth. In the lead
»6- a platoon of mounted police, under eom
isaaad of Lieutenant G. B. HaSTeron. and traffic
Hiu*<J men .... all along the route to City Hall.
The Fifth Coast Artillr-ry band was ready
to aC<J 'as mournful music fO th* pageant, and
'A* Marine Band banded a battalion of marines
from The Brooklyn navy yard and a company
<Z nSxsr* from th« battleship Sew H«tni»
ehir- j.-;-g»ii!oTi» from various patriotic so
cieties w-re Sn line. a* w-il as the Old Guard
*nd I lai !<■!!■ i a of Hie rational — — *- Con
qflOMnia among Uteaa wad the Veteran Corps
m AitElery. constituting the Society of the War
" lEI 2. This body, under Adjutant Howland
*Vl, ruarJod the d!?t!nguSslu*d dead in this
S*V. for the corps was formed under the author
ization of Governor Clinton hi 1790. betas mad.
of vet*>rari« of the Revolution.
V.h-n the coffin wa* removed from the boat to
»*««■ r a |.«on th- 'rowd that v.as *** back by
■aj police lines flood uncovered, and as the
rim a£ jon darted to the alow music it Mined
ffti M ****** ceremonial. On each side of
the v taTy . Ooßon marched aa«-ooB«B>haloned
aateen af the cnMt ertHl-ry. «nd a* paHheawra
a*r* marched forty .nembar. of the Society of
•-. Cincinnati.
«SOGBESB OF THE PARADE
fc 9» p»r«d. ear* M«w McClellan Con-
Mhr Met? B >.d many other reoresentativ^ of
'CcztirueJ on !• •■' s2 ° r ■** '
Tom^w^-.^^^t .m a . YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1908. -TWELVE PAGES.— «?gSSSiS.S-r
SCEXES AT THE RECEPTIOX OF. GOVERNOR CLIXTOX'S BODY IX THIS CITY.
THE CORNERS IN GRAIN.
Armour Boosts Wheat to $1 Of) 3-4-
Patten Still Forces Up Corn.
t Pv "IVleir-aP'i to Tk* Tribun* i
Chicago. May 28L — J. Ogden Armour to-day
Phoved May -wheat up to $1 09%. forced the clos
ing of many flour mills owing to the high price,
and ended a ppectacular day in the pit by forc
ing a threat of shorts to default in settlements
with him.
"With May wheat at SI <«« 4 and June wheat
next Monday's sales— at only 94 cents, the shorts
declared that Armour had violated a distinct
rule of the board, that grain may not be driven
to a price in excess of its worth. They prepared
to-day to default on their deals, have the whole
matter thrown before the Board of Trade for
adjudication, or make Armour take the matter
before the courts in settlement of claims.
Armour Is not only threatened with the de
falcations on May wheat, but he is said to be
facing a heavy loss on cash wheat. The price
has reached such a figure that the millers will
not buy. Advices from all parts of the country
show that the small mills are closed everywhere
and that the. large Minneapolis mills are work
ing only half time. The price of grain has
reached such a figure that It is impossible to
grind flour at a figure that would warrant buy
ers in taking it.
May corn, in which Patten has a corner and
which he is trying to keep under control. closed
at S2*i cents to-day. Patten, however, was at
tempting to keep the price from reaching too
high a figure, and was making adjustments with
all who wished, in direct contrast to the Armour
bouse, which refused to take any grain that was
not bought in the pit.
Private settlements were continued with Pat
ten in his corn line. Shorts realized that the
time had passed for the delivery of grain, and
that to attempt to buy in the market would
force the prices even higher than at present.
PITTSBCRG BROKERS FAIL
Formerly Did a Large Business with
T. A. M el nt re § Co.
[By T^legrarh to Th Tribunal
Pittsburgh May 28.— brokerage firm of
George W. MacMullen & Co., members of the
Pittsburg Stock Exchange and the Chicago
Board of Trade, went Into bankruptcy to-day
on application of three creditors, the members
of the firm signing the application also. Mac-
Mullen and Sanford Evans compose the firm.
Their liabilities are $1,800,000, while their as
•et- are given as 1350.000 less than the liabil
ities, although they are believed to be more
than that sum.
The failure, it is said, was brought about
partly by the failure of T. A. Mclntyre & Co.. of
New York, about a month ago. The local
brokers did a large amount of busings with the
New York firm. «;,-
Judge Young appoint^ the Guarantee Title
and Trust Company receiver, and fixed the bond
at $100 000. The firm has been the largest buyer
of Ohio Fuel stock, and. it is said, was the
wrongest supporter of that stock. At present It
holds seven thousand shares.
TORNADO INJURES 23.
One Hainan Killed and Seven Prob
ably Fatally Hurt.
Topeka. Kan.. May 25.-A terrific windstorm
paled over the southern part of Jewell County
fast nigh, killing George Hahn and Injuring
twenty-two persons, seven probably fatally.
The storm travelled from the southwest and
Js one hundred and fifty yards wide. It razed
in It. path and scattered houses
barns and small buildings over the prairie. The
' r «v damage will amount to thousand, of
dollars and the damage to the growing crops hi
The home of Frank Crltes was blown to pieces
and CHtes was carr»,d a Quarter of a mile and
dropped in a cemetery.
, rtt-in M % —Tornadoes swept over
Guthrle, OKI. .. W
(;iiilin ; r1;r 1 ;; hf ;,M,,i., In,ssv1 n,ssv «dc«hon
u,-day «d wrought * « Mev^ ni ny( s weM
bum V*°V"**'_ « meagre. A cloud-
CS%£ £%>■■ :': ' ■■' "■ -
afternoon.
FULL T.ME IN COTTON MILLS.
u..«L— The B. B. • li Knight Com-
J . r ovid-,H*. a^- - |n us cotton mills In
,«,»>■ po«t.-d "l \^ Riv^-polnt. Arctic. Natick
U»« city- Woow^gJl^ wll!l , Hock ar.d Jack
U " pi "' Ta^at "leblviile. podiftrini Read,
son, n. 1.. an Mass ., announcing that fuil
ffl "iduS SS be resumed on Monday. The
.v employs six thousand persona.
C ° T ; rnZ on Company-, cotton nI!iN M Cromp
uhlf'i have been running four days a week.
S^VSSckrSlh of Central; and the Warren
! oUanv * of \Varren. have al«, adopted full Urn.
echedules. _^
THE ELTON. WATER6URY. CT. ; r*
. tVtwJfr* motorist* via Boston Pest Road, r»
terntoK^a DaXry «d WWti Plams.-Ad»»,
LYING IN T STATE IN THE CITY HALT*
COLIN BREAKS DOWN
HIS RACING DAYS OVER.
James R. Keene's Unbeaten Colt
Will Never Start Again.
COLIN'S WINNING RECORD ON THE
TURF.
Hate. IPOT. Rare. IVeicht. Am* Won.
May — Orw-nlirht rare. Bel- ......
Mont Park ' ItO $940 no
June — National Stallion. Bel- mmm
mont Park 123 9,662 50
JU p:rk~ ErH . PS .° -t«i .... Bflmont «5 8.135 00
Park 125 8.35 00
JU 29 ~ rir ' at Triß '- Sh r. P9hWld «9 19.550 00
JulT -' — Brl«bt«n Junior. Brlgh
ton Beach., 12* 11.. 50 00
Aiiß-iist — Sn.ru'oen Pperlal.
Saratoga 122 12.0C0 00
A S. l4 : firand . l ; nlon :. Ban- 127 «. 2S ooo
AM at-rmnritT. c . heep!t . head m . vo . ? no
Sentember I—Flatbu«h1 — Flatbu«h Stakes.
Shr*-p«head Bay 120 8.420 00
September SO — Brighton Produce.
Brighton Beach 125 9,874 75
October 7 — Matron Stakes. Bel
mont Park .- . 12» 9.355 00
October Hi — Chrvmpajrne Stake*. •
Belmont Park . 122 6,775 00
1908.
Ma.v — The Withers. Belmont
Fark 126 12.290 00
Total $142,677 28
Colin v ill never race again. James R. Keene's
great colt broke down after a fast -workout at
Sheepshead Bay yesterday morning, and his
case is hopeless He bowed a tendon in each
foreleg, a, disability . which ■will prevent his
ever being trained again. He, will be shipped
to Mr. Keene's Castleton Farm, in Kentucky, as
soon as possible, where he. will take his place
at the head of the, stud left vacant by the death,
of his sire. Commando. The passing of Colin
from the racing world at the very height of a
brilliant career was a hard blow to James R.
Keene and to Jimmy Rowe, his trainer, and a
distinct loss to the turf. Both owner and
trainer have the unbounded sympathy of every
lover of the. thoroughbred, for Colin had come to
be a turf idol.
Colin has been pronounced by the most con
servative Judpes to be the greatest horse ever
bred and developed in this country, if not in
the world. He was unbeaten in thirteen starts
and won a total of $142,677 25. He is a brown
colt by Commando — Pastorella, and approarh^d
so closely in looks and conformation to the per
fect type of the thoroughbred that even the most
captious critic could not find the slightest fault.
He won twelve races last year as a two-year
old, including the Futurity and the Flatbush,
two of the most coveted fixtures of the turf,
and followed this up by winning the rich and
historic Withers last Saturday in the most com
manding and impressive style, on his first ap
pearance «-« a three-year-old.
The loss to Mr. Keene this year is almost in
calculable, but it can be safely estimated some
where between $100,000 and $200,000, as, so far
as could be judged. Colin had most of the rich,
three-year-old fixtures at his mercy, including
the Belmont Stakes, of $25,000, which will be
run to-morrow- and for which he was getting
his final preparation when he broke down. Be
yond the fact that Mr. Keene would not have,
sold him at any price, he was -worth aJI of
$150,000 as a racing machine alone, to say noth
ing of his value for breeding purpose*.
Colin broke down after a sensational work of
a mile and a quarter in 2:05 2-5. Jimmy Rowe
■v as anxious to give him a last strong gallop be
fore, the Belmont Stakes, and sent him along
yesterda.v morning with Marshall, his exercise
boy, up, and with Transvaal as a running mate.
The fractional times of the trial were as fol
lows: 0:24. 0:353-5, 0:481-6, 1:01, 1:132-5,
1:254-5. 1:352-5. 1:512-5 and 2:05 2-5. At the
six furlong pole he had Transvaal driving, some
two lengths away, and at the mils mark he had
begun to loaf along, and still finished out the.
mile and a quarter in time faster than most
races at this distance are run in. As Marshall
eased him up Jimmy Rowe's keen eye noted
trouble, but the full realization of what was to
him a calamity did not dawn on him for several
minutes. Tlien the shock was almost more than
lie could bear.
When the doleful news reached James R.
Keene he was stunm-d for a few minutes, and
could hardly believe that his great colt would
never be able to face the starter again. He ac
cepted the blow, however, in his usual quiet
way, and thought only of seeing that the h'>rs«
had every care.
11. De Coufcey Forbes, the manager of Mr.
Keene's racing stable, was affected quite a.s
much as Mr. Keene and Jimmy Howe. He was
authority for the Htutfim-nt at Kelmont Park
yesterday that Colin would never race again.
Both he and Jimmy Rowe could hardly restrain
tears when their many friends hurried to the
paddock to offer sympathy. Mr. Forbes ex
plained that the trouble came like a bolt of
lightning out of a clear sky, as there never had
been any Indication of weakness. On the con
trary. Colin had been of the hardy, wear-and
tear port, which seemed to preclude his breaking
down under Hie constant care with which he
was worked and raced.
James R. Keene has been peculiarly unfortu
«?*»»Umed on fifth p*»«.
READY TO TEST BRIDGE
TO BEGIN WORK MONDAY.
Special Staff Will Investigate with
■ All Possible Speed.
The charges mad* in Th«» Tribune that th«
Blackwell's Island Bridge was being dangerous
ly overloaded are to be Investigated at once.
Controller Metz announced on Wednesday af
ternoon, as told in The Tribun* yesterday, that
he had decided after a consultation with Bridge
Commissioner Stevenson, to appoint Boiler &
Hodge, of No. l Nassau street, the well known
firm of consulting bridge engineers, to make the
investigation. Official notice was sent at once
to the firm, and Henry W. Hodge had a short
conference with the Controller yesterday after
noon. The details will be arranged to-day, and
work will be begun immediately.
"We are ready to begin work upon the Black
well's Island Bridge on Monday next." said Mr.
Hodge to a Tribune reporter after his interview
with Controller Metz, "and a special staff will
be engaged to carry on the work with all pos
sible speed. Everything will be done under my
personal supervision, and I hope to be able to
present a report upon the safety of the bridge
in the course of three months. I have received
no Instructions beyond the request to ascertain
within the shortest time whether there is any
thing in the charges made that the bridge is
unsafe.
"Controller Metz impressed me as being thor
oughly in earnest and anxious to have a con
vincing report as soon as possible. One of the
first things he aske^i rri» was wh-ther I could
demonstrate to the public, beyond any doubt
whether the bridge was safe. I told him that
the investigation we purposed to make would
establish a definite fact and not an expert en
gineering opinion or hypothesis. He at on^e
replied that that was the very thing he wanted.
The. details In connection with the work prob
ably will be arranged to-morrow, and we will
be ready to begin work on Monday next."
The selection of the firm of Boiler & Hodge to
make the investigation wa« well received by the
engineering- profession, generally when the an
nouncement was made yesterday in The Trib
une. Both members of the firm are practical
bridge engineers of wide knowledge and experi
ence. They have constructed many large and
important bridges throughout the United States,
including the Monongahela cantilever bridge.
They are also consulting engineers for the
Vnited States government for all the bridges
erected In the Philippines, and for the govern
ment of Mexico, which erects all bridges in that
country.
"The Tribune has done a grent public service
In obtaining this Investigation," said a well
known bridge engineer yesterday, "and no bet
ter firm could have been chosen to make the in
vestigation and actual, teats of the bridge mem
bers than Boiler & Hodge. The uncontradicted
facts published in The Tribune since this ques
tion came up were convincing evidence to any
engineer that an Immediate and thorough In
vestigation was absolutely necessary. The gen
eral public may have been slow in appreciating
the significance of the farts given in The Trib
une stories, because of their more or less tech
nical character. Those acquainted with bridge
construction, however, could not fail to realize
that there was every possibility of a serious
mistake having been made by the engineers of
the Bridge Department.
"There is no doubt that 51.110,000 worth of
steel In excess of the amount called for in the
contract has been put Into the structure already.
The floor system has not yet been laid upon the
bridge, and that will take fully 80 per cent of
the $1,200,000 which has been authorized and
not yet spent. This means a 40 per cent in
crease in the original contract price for the
superstructure alone. These figures are stag
gering to any bridge engineer. So much money
put Into steel in excess of what was intended
when the contract was awarded means an enor
mous increase in the dead weight the structure
will have to carry when completed.
"The Bridge Department engineers may be.
quite sure the. bridge is absolutely safe, but no
other authority can be found to express any such
opinion. The disaster at Quebec has compelled
engineer* to exercise- more caution in figuring
upon high unit stresses than ever before. It is
important to remember that the strain sheets for
the Blackwell's Island Bridge were prepared be
fore the disaster at Quebec. More than that.
most of the main compression members haJ
then bet-n manufactured.
"These facts alone warrant a complete an<l
Thorough Investigation with actual tests of the
main compression members by engineer.* not In
any way connected with the city Bridge Depart
ment. This Is what The Tribune has been able,
to obtain, find the newspaper deserves the thanks
of the community for having taken steps in tim?
to mak" a repetition of the disaster at Quebec
impossible here in New Tnrk."
EUROPEAN TOURS FOR ART STUDENTS.
Philadelphia. May 2S.— With th» closing for th«
jre v of the schools of the. Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine. Arts. th« eldest art school in America.
th« announcement was made of . the. award to
eighteen of Its students of scholarships of J.VO each
for four months" travel and study in Europe Ths
awards are known as the William Emlen i reason
tnemorial scholarships.
LANDTN'ff AT TTTF! , HATTERT.
SCHOOLGIRL ROBBED.
Diamond Earrings and Necklace
Torn from Her in Street.
Kate Coleneates, the ten -year-oM daughter of
Christopher Coleneate«. of No. lr>2 East 32d
street, was robbed yesterday near 27th street
and Lexington avenue of a pair of diamond ear-
Tings, which were torn from her ears, and a
gold chain. The girl was on her wav home after
the close of the morning session In Public School
14. in East 27fh street.
The thief told her that her father had re
quested him to take the earrings and neck chain
to his jewelry store to clean them. The girl re
plied that she could not give up her jewelry
without her mother ■ permission. The police say
the man then grabbed the girl, tore the ear
rings and necklace from her and ran.
A number of robberies of similar character
have h*>en reported recently to the police of th»
East 3oth street station, and they believe a gang
of young men are plundering the school children
at every opportunity. The child's ears were so
badly torn that she was treated by a physician.
TWO WOMEN DELEGATES.
Plan to Send Mrs. Leavtti and Mrs.
Hayes to Denver.
Colorado Springs. Col.. May 2S-— Colorado IBM
emphasize its sentiment regarding the franchise
for women by Fending two HOT? ..Jp!«rat*s
to the Democratic National Convention. In Den
ver, in July.
Following- th» movement on . foot in Denver
to seat Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt. th« daughter
of VT. J. Bryan, there is a strong undercurrent
among the Democrat? of El Paso County to
tender the honor of delegate to the convention
to Mrs. Margaret Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes,
of this city, the only living daughter of Jefferson
Davis.
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SHOT.
Attacked, at Night in Teheran —
Satisfaction Demanded.
Pt Petersburg. May 23 — Disparrh^s from
Teheran received at the Foreign OftV* ro-rjay
cay that three armed men entered rh° ofleM
residence in that city of thfl Russian ftnanci-il
agent, M. OstrogradaM, at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning and encountering M. < toUogfadakj
fired a number of shots at him, on» of the but
lets striking him In the loin. Though danger
ously wounded. M. Ostrogradskl managed to
right off his assailants, -who then made a pre
tence to search for valuable- 3. but fled a! th<j first
approach of help.
In the exchange of shots one of M. f »stros:ra.l
skis assistants, whose name at present hi not
known, was shot dead.
The killing and wounding of Russian repre
sentatives in the dead of night in Teheran has
had the very worst effect on the temper of the
Russian government, which has made the most
stringent representations to Persia for satisfac
tion for this last outrage. Coming so close to
the killing of Captain Dvoeglazoff and a num
ber of Russian soldiers by Persian brigands
near the frontier at Belesuvar in April, the. af
fair has dissipated official optimism with re
gard to the Persian situation.
The "Novoe Vremya" recalls numerous mur
ders of Russian diplomats In Turkey in recent
years and refer* particularly to the killing of
Minister Oribayedoff at Teheran and expresses
the opinion that retribution in blood will be
necessary to save Russian prestige in the Orient.
EXPECT TO SINK THE FLORIDA.
Washington. May Si -The not of the destructive
tests to be made on the monitor Florida Is fixed
for June 10. On that date the Florida will be
brought from the Norfolk Navy Yard to a suit
able spot in Hampton Roads, where the depth of
water probably will not exceed twenty or twenty
five feet, and will be attacked by an American
Whiteheid torpedo, which will be directed against
a spot on the hull »ix or el^ht feet b«-low th»
water line, Inside of which will be a speeiul form
of bulkhead probably filled with water. The tor
pedo will carry a bursting charge of two hundred
pounds of. gun cotton, and Is expected to ulnk lac
Florida at the first attempt. Th* vessel will easily
be raised, owing to the shallow drptli <■; water.
GENERAL MACEO'S SON TO WED.
Syracuse May 2S-— Joseph Antonio Maceo, a
Cuban student at Syracuse University, and Alice
Isabel Mackley procured a niarnoKe Hanaa hero
to-day. The briuegroom-ti>-bti gave hi* blrthpluce
as Jamaica, West Indies. He says that he Is the
Ron of the Cuban Insurgent general, Antonio Maceo.
and that the Cuban government Is defraying Mi
college expenses. The family of Miss Mackley
strongly oppose the marriage. The young p^oplo
are both Catholics and expect to be married in th»
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception here.
RABIES FEARED. MYOPIA DOG,S KILLED.
[By Tel^rraph to Th« Tribune]
Boston. May 28.-To suppress any outbreak of
rabies among the doss belonging to members of
the Myopia Hunt Club, every one of the fifty-two
in the club's famous pack of hounds is being killed.
Twenty-nine, were asphyxiated to-day by Dr. I* C.
Clayton, a New York expert, and he will kill the
others to-morrow. Forest Kins, the leader, con
tracted rabies three weeks ago. So far no other
cases have appeared.
PRICE THREE CENTS,
CUKREXf'V BILI, TO
BE PASSED TO-DAY
CONGMESS EXPECTED TO
ADJOVRS SATURDAY.
Efforts tn ' Kill 'Aldrirli-Vrceland
}f ensure />'/ Fihhusier in
Senate Fail.
[From Th« Trit>tin« Bur»%u T
Washington. May 2S.— The Aldrich-Vrse.land
bill will b» passed by th» Senate to-morrow.
The acceptance by the House of the conference
reports on the public buildings bill and the gen
eral deficiency bill and by the Senate, of the lat
ter will quickly follow, and then a joint resolu
tion fixing the hour of final adjournment for
some time on Saturday will b<» adopted. This is
the, expectation of the Republican leaders to
niKhf. and only some unforeseen circumstance
can upset their programme.
All efforts to kill the financial bill by filibus
tering appear to have failed, and the prospects
are that It will be pass<?.l by the Senate by an
even larger vote than wag th« orijrinal Aldr'
bill. The Democrats held a. conference thl3
morning, at vhi^h it «M decided that it wnlsl~
be unwise for them to undertake a filibuster, an
were panic to occur next fall they would be
blamed for it. and they regarded it as better i >l
itics to permit the bill to be passed and then to
use it as campaign material to arrack the Re
publican?. One Senator as?erte,l In the con
ference th.it it would be easy to tell the people
that it was ■ measure favored by Wall Street
and enacted in the interest of the speculative
elements of New York and make a few in
definite remarks about railroad bonds, etc.. and
as the majority of the voters understood so lit
tle of the subject they would assume that it was
'•a legislative iniquity which deserved rebuke."
As this view was gen-rally held, the minority
«l«»clde<i merely to speak asainst the measure.
and that briefly.
Senator I.a Follette industriously sought th«
assistance of some Democrat to help him con
duct a filibuster, but was urable to obtain a
single ally. Later in fhe day he intimated that
he would merely make a brief speech, devoted
chiefly to denunciation <•( the Democrats as
"white livered cowards" because they would not
assist him.
THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE.
Senator Aidrich made a brief explanation of
the compromise measure as soon as the Senate
convened. Most of the bill had been already
passed upon. Democratic Senators showed some
anxiety regarding the Vreeland section, and ex
pressed the fear that currency was to be issued
on insufficient security, but Mr. Aldrich de
clared that the integrity of the emergency cur
rency had been adequately guarded. Senator
Teller made a speech. in which he Insisted that
this was merely the first step toward asset cur
rency, to which he was irrevocably opposed.
When Mr. Teller finished there was a lull in
the Senate. No one rose to speak. Senator Dil- *
lingham. who was In the chair, put the question
of the approval of the conference report.
A chorus of "ayes" responded, but before the
negative vote was called for Mr. Owen was on.
his feet. Mr. Teller said he understood there
would be no vote to-day, but Mr. Aidrich de
clared that he knew of no such understanding.
"I hope." he said, "it will be possible to take the
vote to-day."
Mr. Teller said other Senators desired to speak:
on the report, but Mr. Aidrich. not noticing the.
Senator from Oklahoma, suggested that the vote
be taken. Mr. Owen, however, held the floor
and Mr. Teller called for a quorum.
Senator Owen spoke briefly, saying- that he
would support the bill rather than run the risk,
of another financial stringency, but that 83
there were ample votes to pass it without his ha
should vote Baa* it.
Mr. Rowlands, of Nevada, followed briefly, but
the expected Intense interest in. the currency
measure was not evident. Senators fled from
the heat of the chamber, and the exodus became
50 general that Mr. Owen demanded the pres
ence of a quorum, whereupon Senators canw
Jnti> the chamber long enough, to answer the
rollcall.
It was with difficulty that the forty-seventh
Senator necessary to make the quorum could b<»
.found. He wan found at last, however, and Mr.
lands proceeded. He criticised the ma
jority because of its failure ti> provide hi tl>e
bill for an Increase of bank reserves. Mr.
Aidrich replied that a commission to deal with
banking would be created and that It would con
sider the question of bank reserves.
So greatly did the .dobate lag that Immedi
ately following Mr. Nfwhinds's speech Mr.
Aidrich suggested that in accordance with the
wish of come Senators he saw no reason why
the currency report should not be disposed of.
Before that time he hr.'l obtained an agreement
for the Senate to meet at 11 o'clock to- morrow
Mr. Aidrich said he hoped for a vote on tha
currency bill early to-morrow. "If this Is ob-
GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
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