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Mil T AFT BEGINS
SPEAKING TOUR
ODRESSES IN CHICAGO
AND AT ADE S FARM.
Enthusiastic Reception — Not Un
friendly to Labor, as Shown by
His Record on the Bench.
IBy -•->CTar>h to The Tribune
Chicago, Sept. 23.— The first real speaking trip
c Mr. fait began to-day under entirely favor
able circirrstanccs. and the enthusiasm of the
receptions a « -corded the candidate augurs well
fcr the entire tour. At Chicago this evening
Mr. Taft spoke on the subject of labor to an in
telligent audioiree. consisting chiefly of union
trainmen and their friends, and his forceful and
lucid explanations of his own record as a judge
on •}-.. bench and of the Republican platform
and his analysis of the Democratic platform
planks aroused great enthusiasm, the applause
cf his auditors being frequent and hearty.
With great clarity and detail he described the
three casos— the rhrlan case, the Toledo & Ann
Arbor Railway ease and the secondary boycott
case — which he decided, and in every instance
]iis ho&rcrs manifested their approval of the
position outlined by the candidate, who con
cluded this portion of his speech with a declara
tion that he was not apologizing lor having
done his duty as a judge, but merely asking an
Impartial Judgment baaed on facts, not misrep
resentation.
Mr. Taft gave a particularly lucid explanation
.lied anti-injunction planks in the
msi, tiim mil slim, to the r.ppiirorniy
Eactssn of his audience the advisa
bfllty of tte Republican proposition and the
: which the Democratic scheme would
■te tn the judiciary. The candidate also
Btrated the falsity of Mr. Bryan's claim
HBOerattC proposition had once been
■ed by a Republican Senate.
AT THE ADE FARM.
At IfasrMrn Farm, the homo of George Ade.
bear Brook. Ind . Mr. Taft addressed an audi
r from UMMO
»m. chiefly farmers, who had come from
rts of the state, this being the Drst time
that a Presidential candidate bad ever been the
■ f Th.- Barmen of the Booster State. Mr.
Taft began his address with a humorous refer
ence to "The Sultan e-f Bom" and a compliment
h.. vitality of Mr. Ade. the author-poli
tician, to Whom he referred as 'The Bultan of
Indiana." In the coarse of his remarks Mr.
Taft dealt with the Philippines and the tariff
qU est: r«ly, and made some reference
to the -variegatod vagaries" of the Democratic
candidate. He was cheered at the beginning
and at the end of bis remarks, which were fre
quently punctuated with applause and cries of
■No, ro!" when be asked his auditors
: to intrust the ship of state to the er
ratic and inexperienced pilot nominated by the
Sir. Taft spoke in part as follows:
I was told if I came here I should have the
privilege of meeting the good farmers of the
slate Of Harrison and Morton, and 1 seized the
opportunity to break my journey to Chicago in
order to look into your faces and to ask you
The Question whether your experience as farmers
with Mr Bryan and your recollection of his
course since ISS2 Is such as to commend him to
you a« the person into whose bands you wish
to put the executive power over the destinies
of this nation for four years. .„, „
You began your acquaintance with Mr. hsr>an
In 18S3 He was then a member of the House of
Representatives and of the Ways and Means
Committee of that body. As such he was very
active in formulating and pressing the Wilson
tariff bill, and when it was returned from the
■senate with six hundred amendments as the
Gorman-Wilson tariff bill, he was one of the
foremost in seeking an application of the rules
cf the House to prevent a discussion of any of
the six hundred amendments made to the nil!
by the Senate. The rules of the House, which
permitted the passage of these amendments
\viihout discussion, were those the use of which
in the present House of Representatives he and
bis rtv so much deplore as an evidence that
the people do not role. Whether the people
ruled cr not when this bill was passed, it is cer
tain that the effect of the six hundred amend
ments was such as to make Mr. Cleveland pro
noance the bill a perfidy and a dishonor. This
fact however, did not prevent Mr. Bryan from
great jubilation when the bill passed. The cer
tainty that the bill was going to pass, after
Democratic success In November, precipitated
a panic out of a dear sky. and the subsequent
passage of the bill prostrated a",: Industrie and
brought about four years memorable in the
history of this country as the worst financial
disaster it has ever seen.
What did Mr. Bryan propose as a remedy for
thif *» He urged the farmers of the count. -y. who
v*r* groaning under a very heavy weigh*, of ob
ligation that the way out to produce prosperity.
the way to do justice, was to adopt the free
coinage of silver.
BRYAN* PREDICTION* UNVERIFIED.
So in }S&6 he traversed this country, tempt
ing its voters to ally the honor of the nation and
pay off half their obligations by legislative flat.
He professed that unless this was done. wheat
woald go below 50 cents, and that the condition
cf the farmer would grow worse instead of bet
ter 'He was defeated. The_honor of the coun
try was red. and every year of the twelve
which have succeeded that campaign has pro
dur-d to the {aimer Irrefutable evidence of Mr.
Bryan's failure as a political and economic
but a short time after the establishment
Of the gold standard by the election and the
passagetof the ningley bill in substitution of
the Gorman-Wilson bill, that farm prices grad
•obViv bettered, and the condition of the farmer
began to improve, so that 'during the last Two
Presidential terms the class in the community
that has enjoyed prosperity is those who devote
their attention to agriculture. It has been con
piF:«ntly claimed by th< Democratic party that
the protective tariff has worked a hardship upon
the farmer. The Republican party does not
have to make arguments upon this point it
merely refers you to your experience of the last
twelve years under the 1 >ingley bill, and asks
you what you have to fay upon that lame.
I submit to you gentlemen that till the soil;
I Babmtt to you. who through th.- rural delivery
reed re tho newspapers and magazines with
Which; to follow current events and lake the
measure of public men. whether the experience
of the ntry in the economic theories of Mr
Bryan 5« BUCU as to warrant the belief that If
h* is elected '.-, November be will restore the
necmary confidence and 1-rkur out the capital.
U» delay In the coming of which, makes our
business future hang in the balance.
The Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill. of Mew York.
Who Is travelling with the candidate; made ■
'irtef address aft»-r Mr. 7;i't concluded, and de-
Uphterl hip auditors with bis droll stories and
vehement oratory.
The gathering of so large a riiim'i.'-r of farin
as In a X'lace so limited In transportation facili
ties would nave been Impossible a few years
figo, but the pr«-at assemblage of automobiles
iwt only explained how this was now possible,
b"Jt jtres<^nted a remarkable testimonial to the
I>tv.s ■■■■'. the Cumins community. It was
declared tijr some o{ those present that over
tour fc-indred automobiles were r.arked in the
Maple fields of the Ado farm Several thousand
V»-I.'!.s were wrought '•• ':•'■ town of Srook on
Coa'.luucl aa ihU,l pup*.
To-day, cloudy.
To-morrow, cloudy: variable wind*.
SHEARS FOR GOVERNOR.
Independence Party Will Give Him
Nomination To-night.
Clarence J. Shearn for Governor on the state
ticket of the Independence party was the tip
given out last night by the Hearst men. The
only other name discussed for the place was
that of Reuben Ro-ble Lyon, of Bath. Henry A.
Powell stated yesterday that he would accept
the nomination for Governor if it was tendered
to him.
The state convention of the Independence
party will meet to-night in Cooper Union to
name a full state ticket. The party managers
Confidently expect that the ticket will poll fully
I<hmmx) votes.
The sensational campaign speeches by Mr.
Hearst in the West have greatly stimulated in
terest in the state ticket and campaign of the
Independence party. Last year the Hearst can
didates for the Court of Appeals polled about
120.000 vrtes. The Democratic managers assert
that since then the Hearst organization has lost
heavily by Democrats swinging back into line.
The Hearst men say that they are as strong as
ever, and that with Shearn at the head of the
ticket they Will cut heavily Into the* labor vote.
William R. Hearst will address the state con
vention to-night, and it is understood that he
will present another instalment of letters and
documents involving Haskell. The Hearst men
said last night that Mr. Hearst "had some
thing" on William J. Bryan, and that he would
sprlner it to-night.
HILL BACK ON THE JOB.
Former Governor to Boss Democratic
State Campaign.
Unwillingly, but because of pressure brought
to bear upon him by Democratic national leaders
and particularly because of an appeal by Mr.
Bryan to his party loyalty. It now seems cer
tain that David B. Hill will return to active
political iife through becoming chairman of the
Democratic state advisory committee, soon to be
named by Chairman Conners. This would mean.
It was said last night, that the former Governor
would run the state campaign.
Mr. Hill came here yesterday from his home
in Albany and had a long conference with
Murphy and Conners. While Mr. Murphy said
last night that no decision had been reached
as to the chairmanship of the advisory commit
tee, it was understood that when Mr. Hill left
here for his home at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon he haJ practically agreed to take the place.
The only other man who was talked of for it
was Thomas M. Osborne. of Auburn, and he
only in the now improbable event of Mr. Hill's
declination.
Bryan visited Wolferfs Roost on Sunday for
the express purpose of getting Mr. Hill to act as
chairman of the advisory committee. Mr. Hill,
it is understood, at first declined absolutely to
consider such a proposition. He told Mr. Bryan
in effect that he was through with politics, had
rc-Tir>-!i and "wanted to stay retired. "
Then it v.as that the Peerless One played his
trump card. He made a strong appeal to Mr.
Hl!l on the grounds of party loyalty. He told
the former Governor that he was the only man
in the Democratic party in this state who could
harmonize "the warring elements" of the party.
He pointed out to him the vital necessity of
carrying the state this fall. The Democratic
Pref-identirtl nominee clinched his arguments
with the statement that Hill owed it to his
party to take the place.
It was then that Mr. Hill made a quasi
promise, it is understood, to accept the chair
manship and. following this promise, came the
conference with Murphy and Conners here yes
terday.
It is also said that it is Mr. Bryan's idea not
only to have Mr. Hill in charge of the state cam
paign, but to have him play an important part
in the national campaign as well.
LA FOLLETTE DEFEATED.
Senator Stephenson Controls Wis
consin Republican Convention.
[By Tel^^raph to The Tribune/)
Madison. Wis.. Pept. 23— E. A. Edmonds was
to-day elected state Republican chairman. The
convention approved the Chicago convention
tarifT plank and rejected the platform offered by
Senator La Follette.
Tlii? Ulls the story of the overthrow of Sena
tor La Follette as the wlrlder of supreme polit
ical potrer in "Badgerdom" for the last eight
yr-ars. Mr. La Foliate has been in control of
the state, but now Senator Stephenson. who was
formerly his financial backer, has taken the
reins, and by clever political work has obtained
firm hold of the party in the state. Mr. Ed
monds was his Fenatorshlp campaign manager.
Governor Davidson, formerly a La Follette man,
is now aligned with Stephenson.
Mr Edmonds was elected on the third ballot,
receiving 68 votes, to 4*> for A. C. Backus 'La
Follette) and 8 for ex-Chairman W. D. Connor.
Following the announcement of the vote, the
ejection was made unanimous.
The administration of President Roosevelt,
the national Republican platform adopted at
Chicago, the sentiments expressed In the letter
of acceptance of William H. Taft and the Re
publican nominees, William H. Taft and James
S. Sherman, are indorsed in the platform.
URNED DOWN.
GILCHRLST
Vote on Gambling Bills His Death —
May Run Independently.
The feature of the Republican Senatorial con
ventions in Kings County last night was the dis
appearance of Alfred J. Gilchrlst from the lime
light. Gilohrist was the only Republican Sen
ator of Kings who voted against the Agnew-
Hart anti-gambling bill, and he did so in spite
of the protests of his constituents, Ills name
was not <• in considered for renomlnatlon last
night. Ex-Alderman Charles Alt was named,
Tills w.i in strong contrast to the treatment
accorded Senator Otto <;. Foelker on Tuesday
night, when he was nominated for Congress he
cause of his stand In favor of the anti-gambling
bills.
It i.- understood that Gilchrlst will try run
ning independently. lie believes that the gam
bling element; if united, is strong enough to
keep him in " m * "• His law partner, ex-Justice.
Jacob N<-u, sent a letter to Jacob Brenner, chair
man of the Kings County executive committee
in which be denounced both the President an 1 ?
the Governor and refused to take the stump fur
the Republicans in the fall campaign. This la
taken as evidence of the stand of Gilchrlst and
his friends
The RM:esh.ng Day Line Trip, present the Hud
son and the Auiuinn at tßcbr U'*U— Advu
NEW-YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. -TWELVE PAGES.
SWEPT FROM HIS DECK
CAPTAIN DIES IX STORM.
Hurricane Gives Fruit Steamer Ter
rible Battle.
The little fruit steamer Senator, from Port
Antonio, which had a terrific fight for four days
with the recent West Indian hurricane, arrived
here last night in command of her chief officer.
Captain Aarsbold, her master, having been
washed into the sea by a comber that broke
over the bow.
The little steamer had fair weather when she
cleared Port Antonio, but when two days out the
barometer dropped suddenly and Captain Aars
bold ordered the crew to prepare for a storm.
He was anxious to make port as quickly as he
could, because of the perishable cargo of fruit
he hnd taken on at Jamaica. When coming up
from the West Indie? all fruit steamerr: leave
their hatches open to give sufficient ventilation
and coolness to their fruit cargoes.
Captain Aarsbold saw that a big storm was
coming up and battened his hatches. The work
was hardly done when the hurricane kicked up
a tremendous pea. Tons of water pounried on
the deck and slopped with terrific force against
the house. "Within half an hour after the gale
beeran it increased to a velocity of eighty miles
an hour, and the Senator could hardly keep on
her course.
The captain remained on the bridge through
out the first day and night of the blow. The
steamer swung aroun.l into the trough of the sea
and was tossed furiously about from right to
left. Mountains of water crashed over the
hatches and a great flood poured into the hold
The pumps, however, which were in good con
dition, were able to c ipe -with the flood, and kept
the sea water from putting out the fires. Cap
tain Aarsbold got his little craft out of the
trough and hoisted a head sail to steady her as
fehe rode over the heavy seas.
When off Watling Island, the Bahamas, the
storm threatened to carry away the sail, and
Captain Aarsbold went forward to superintend
the work of securing it. A high rolling sea
curled over the bow and swept the captain over
board.
The comber came so quickly and swept aft
with such forcethat the unfortunate skipper had
no opportunity to save himself. When the flood
cleared from the deck the captain was missing,
and it was impossible to bring the steamer about
to get him. The sea was like a seething caldron,
and if the steamer had stopped instantly the
captain would have been dashed against its
sides. The officers on many of the steamers
which arrived here after weathering the hurri
cane reported that no one could have lived five
minutes in the heavy seas.
The Senator continued on her course to New
York in command of her chief officer. After
losing her captain she was pounded unmerci
fully, and two of her lifeboats were smashed
into kindling wood. Eight of her vents were
also broken. Her cargo of fruit will most likely
be a total loss, because of the great amount of
water she shipped in the hurricane.
YANKEE HARD AND FAST.
Washington Fears Total Loss Un
less She Is Floated Soon.
Newport. R. 1.. Sept. 23.— The United States
cruiser Yankee, which struck on Spindle Rock, near
the western entrance to Buzzard's Bay, during a
fog to-day, breaking several holes in her hull on
the port side, was still hard and fast to-night.
Several tups attempted to release the cruiser this
afternoon, but without success, and additional help
was? sent for tn-nisht. The naval collier Lebanon,
a wrecking outfit and two tuers have been started
from the New York Navy Yard to the Yankee's as
sistance, and the naval collier Nero, which is on
her way to Boston, will also be asked to come to
the aid of the Yankee as soon as she can be picked
up by the wireless telegraph at the Charlestown
Navy Yard. A naval constructor will accompany
the wrecking fleet from New York.
The Cog was still thick in Buzzard's P.r.y to
night, but the sea was smooth, and the Yankee was
apparently in no immediate danger. Commander
Marsh of the cruiser has received orders from the
Navy I>ep-irtment at Washington to call for any as
sistance that he may need in floating the vessel nnrl
to report progress to the department. In addition
to the wrecking outfit ordered from New York, the
Boston Wrecking Company has started two tugs
and a wrecker to the scene. It is expected that the
Yankee will go to New York for repairs if she is
released from the ledge.
Washington. Sept. 23.-T^ate dispatches received at
the Navy Department to-day show that the cruiser
Yankee, which went ashore at the entrance of Buz
zard's Bay, is seriously injured, and it is feared
that unless she is floated before heavy weather sets
In she. may prove a total loss. There are a number
of punctures in the bottom of the vessel, some of
the frame? are bent, and A 2 forward compartment
is full of water.
The Yankee's armament Is made up principally
of 3-inch guns, of which there are about a dozen.
The cruiser is a product of the Spanish-American
War, when she was purchased from one of the
coastwise lines at a price approximating 5G50.000.
During that war she had aboard the New York
naval militia, in command of Rear Admiral (then
Captain) W. H. Brownson.
A board of inquiry will be appointed to determine
the responsibility and cause of the accident, and
upon its findings will depend the question whether
one or more of the officers will be court martialled.
BIG ORDERS FOR STEEL.
Pittsburg Mills to Resume on Full
Time to Supply Demand.
The United States Steel Corporation has re
ceived an order for 20,000 tons of tube, which
is said to be only one of a number of large
orders booked in the la.^t ton days.
It is learned that l»efore the close of the pres
ent we.k the United States Realty and Im
provement Company will award a contract for
upward of 2o.ix«> tons of structural steel, to be
US ed In building operations In this city.
A dispatch from Pittsburg told yesterday of
a record order for steel plate* Just booked by
the Carnegie Steel Company, a subsidiary com
pany of the United States Steel Corporation.
The order, which calls for Kn.dou tons of steel
plates - r "r the construction of ore carrying ves
sels, wa* given i>y tlie Pittsburg Steamship
Company, which has Its head offices In Cleve
land. The plate arvl structural mills of the
company will resume work at full time as a re
sult ef this Flngle order.
SARASATE'S BEQUEST OF VIOLIN.
San Sebastian. Sept. 23— Pablo Saraeate. the vio
linist, who died on September 20 at Biarritz, be
queathed his famous Stradivarius to the Paris Con
servatory.
DE\A/EY'S blackberry BRANDY is PURE,
Safest Rttd best for bowel troubles.
II T. Dewey & Eons Co., 138 Fulton St.. Ntw York.
—Advt.
PLUNGES TO HIS DEATH
FALL KILLS DR. HEGEMAN.
Probably Suffered Attack of Dizzi
ness While Standing by Window.
Dr. John A. Herman, a member of the real
estate firm of Adrian G. Hegeman & Co.. of No.
170 Broadway, and brother of the founder of the
Hegeman Drug Company, fell from a window In
his apartment on the fourth floor of the Monti
cello, No. 400 to 4136 West End avenue, last
evening, into the courtyard. The thud of the
body striking the concrete pavement was heard
by W. G. Gilchrlst. the engineer of the apart
ment house, who carried Dr. liegeman to the
engine room.
When Dr. Richard J. E. Scott arrived he pro
nounced Dr. Hegeman dead, and Coroner Acri
telli after an investigation said that it was his
opinion that the fall had been due to an acci
dent. An electric desk lamp was firmly held in
Dr. Hegeman's hand, and in his apartment the
dangling ends of insulated wire were found.
Dr. Hegeman arrived at the Monticello at
about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. His two
daughters, Lucy M. Heg-man. twenty-two years
old, and Aletta, twenty-three years old. were
away, the. former in Blairstown. N. J-. and the
latter at Hyannis, on Cape Cod. They left the
city yesterday morning. Dr. Hegeman was a
widower. Katie McDermott, a maid, was in the
apartment when Dr. Hegeman arrived, and he
told her that he intended to take a bath.
It is believed that he was dressing near the
window of his bedroom, when, attacked by diz
ziness, to which he was subject, he stumbled
against the sill, which is eighteen inches high,
and grabbed at the electric desk lamp to save
himself. This broke the wires from their fast
enings and ho plunged to the courtyard sepa
rating the Monticello from an adjoining apart
ment house. He was clad only in a suit of
underwear and hose. In the room were a pair
of shoes, one apparently thrown aside as he
stumbled.
Coroner Acrltelll examined the maid regard
ing her employer's actions after he returned
home yesterday. She said that immediately
upon his arrival he went to his room for a short
rest, as was his custom. At 5 o'clock she
knocked at the door and told him that she was
going on an errand. He answered her cheer
fully.
The engineer and the staff in the apartment
house told the coroner that Dr. Hegeman did not
at any time seem to be depressed. The fact
that the fatal fall occurred while his daughters
were away was not regarded by the coroner as
especially significant.
Dr. Hegeman was a graduate of Princeton
and of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He had practised medicine in Passaic, N. J.
His wife died there three years ago, while Dr.
Hegeman was in the real estate business at No.
1321 Broadway, and soon afterward he came to
this city with his daughters to live. He was a
member of the University, Union League and
Princeton clubs."
In real estate circles Dr. Hegeman was widely
known. He had for several years been asso
ciated with his brother, Adrian G. Hegeman.
who is in Europe. He was a short, stockily built
man, and those who knew him well said that he
complained often of fits of dizziness, but that
otherwise he seemed to be in good health. Not
one of his friends believed that his fall was due
to anything except accident. Messengers were
sent to his daughters iast evening and to his
brother.
His sister, Mrs. Katherin.? Lillibridge, the only
other relative who survives, lives at No. 425
West End avenue. Mrs. Lillibridge said that
there could be no cause for suicide. Her broth
er had no reason for anxiety, she said, as his
affairs were in good condition in every way.
SUICIDE OF PROFESSOR DAY.
Unusually Jovial on Evening Before Ending
His Life.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Philadelphia. Sept. 23.— Grieving ever since the
death of a brother several months ago until at
times he suffered from melancholia. Joseph Ria
Day, sixty-si:: years old, organizer of the Sketch
Club and professor of art at the Spring Garden
Institute for over a score of years, committed sui
cide by inhaling gas early this morning.
Professor Day's niece, with whom he lived at
No. 988 Highland avenue, and the neighbors, re
member him last evening as being more than
usually jovia!. In fact, he stood on the steps of
the bouse an.l called to passing neighbors In the
most friendly spirit. To one he said that he
would be glad when school opened so that he
would have something to occupy his mind. He
retired about the fame time as did the other mem
bers of the family, and he was not heard to get
up again.
A COMPLAINT FROM R. CROKER.
Protests Against Published Reports of the
Condition of Rhodora.
Dublin, Sept. 23.— Richard Croker has sent a let
ter to a sporting paper of London, complaining
of the treatment which the paper is according htm
in racing matters. He points out that since the
appearance of his racehorse Rhodora paragraphs
have frequently been Inserted in this paper giving
unfavorable accounts of her condition. The inac
curacy of the reports, says the letter, is shown in
the fact that the mare has won more than $35,000
In stakes.
Mr. Croker also protests against the publication
of a telegram alleged to have come from his
trainer, which, he says, was forged, in which it
was said that Rhodora wnuld probably not run
in the Cambridgeshire Stakes.
AMERICAN CHARGE ASSAULTED.
J. Cornell Tarler Attacked at a Restaurant
in Havana.
Havana. Sept. 23.— Cornell Tarler. charge d'af
faires of the American Legation in the absence of
Minister Edwin V. Morgan, was assaulted by a
Cuban In this city last night.
Mr. Tarler was sitting with Captain 'Granvllle
Fort, sen.' in a well known resturant located next
to the Hotel Inglaterm. Captain Fortescue was
formerly In the American army, but be Is now
on the staff of Major Slocum, supervisor of the
rural guard. The assault was unprovoked, and
several Cubans were concerned in it. One of them,
without giving Mr. Tarler a chance to rise from
his seat, struck him heavily in the face, cutting
him severely over the right eye.
Th- man who struck Mr. Tarler. a Cuban named
Yarlni, was arrested to-day. He has ■ long police
record and is now under indictment for assaulting
a policeman.
The hearing in the case was postponed because
the American diplomat, it was said, was too seri
ously hurt to appear in court. The assault upon
the charge was due to a remark made by For
tescue, Mr. Tarler's companion, which was mis
understood by the Cuban.
$6000 TO DENVER AND RETURN
September 24 to 20. Pennsylvania Railroad. Same
r-ae to Colorado Springs or Pueblo. Tickets good
to return until Octuber 6. See ticket agents.— Advt
MILD REBUKE, WEST SAYS.
Democratic Official of Oklahoma
Telia Some Haskell History.
Guthrie, Okla.. Sept. 23— "President Roose
velt's statement concerning Governor Haskell's
alleged Standard Oil connection seems to me a
very mild rebuke." declared Charles West. Dem
ocratic Attorney General of Oklahoma, when
shown the President's letter io William J Bryan
to-night. Mr. West issued a statement as fol
lows :
The President's statement as to the Prairie
Oil and Gas Company suit is less than the »-hole
matter in its whole iniquity, because on April
23 I had informed the Governor that th» action
taken by the Prairie company was illegal and
should be enjoined, and that I had an open in
junction suit At that time. April 23 the Gov
ernor agreed with me as to the illegality of the
action and approved the bringing of the injunc
tion. The same day th- Governor left the stite
to so to Denver th« Prairie company started its
trespass This I believe, was prearranged be
tween the Governor and the Prairie company as
the Prairie company rushed the laying of its
pipe line during the absence of the Governor
from the state. -. -
I wired the Governor on July 1. asking
whether he had given the Prairie OH Com
pany permission to build Its line. His repl}
evaded my sole question, and. Instead of an
swering it. he said that he was satisfied that the
Prairie company would not violate the law_
Between April 22 and July 2 Governor Has
kell received no advice from me. as his legal
adviser, as to the matter, and if he had l re
ceived advice from his Assistant Attorney Gen
eral, he did not do me the honor of submitting
the same to me. „ .._
When he heard of the bringing of the suit, he
directed the Acting Governor to order me to
dismiss the suit and Indulged In language to the
effect that he would not tolerate any proceed
ing by me except at his direction. The use of
this Insulting language regarding me. together
with his sudden change of heart between April
and July, evidences that some very deep and
controlling motive of a personal nature was
back of his action. „
The only person that the Prohibitionists could
help was 'the Standard Oil Company, and that
he hazarded as much as he did for them after
his sudden change of heart supplies the nec
essary factor for any intelligent man to
reckon whether the Governor of Oklahoma has
a leaning toward the Standard OH Cn^^
and therefore the President's statement seems
to me a very mild rebuke.
TO OVERTHROW COLOMBIA
Expedition of 600 Was to Leave
Boston, It Is Said.
Boston, Sept. 23— "The Post" will publish to
morrow the disclosure of an alleged filibustering
expedition which intended to start from this
city on October 1. composed of six hundred men
fully armed and equipped, for the overthrow of
the United States of Colombia.
Attention was first called to the proposed ex
pedition by advertisements in local papers sev
eral months ago calling for recruits, graduates
of the United States navy and army preferred.
The advertisements were signed merely "W. A.
B." A reporter of the paper In question says
he enlisted as a recruit and secured the informa
tion of the expedition.
The recruiting. It is alleged, was under the
direction of A. W. Blanchard. a mining engineer,
with offices in New York. The arms, with other
equipment, it is said, had already been pur
chased from Bliss & Or and Frair-ls I. Banner
man, of Xo. 501 Broadway. New York.
A British tramp steamer had been secured. It
Is asserted, to transport the troops and arms to
South America.
It is declared that the expedition was hatched
in Colombia late last year, and arose through
the jealousy of former members of the Cabinet
of President Rafael Reyes. Having overthrown
the government, it was believe.d the army could
readily be won over and a new government in
stalled. It was even proposed that Colombia
might be merged with Ecuador and possibly
Venezuela.
BOY ADMITS BIG THEFT.
Took Securities Representing $44,
879 and Destroyed Them.
Boston. Sept. 23.— The mystery surrounding
the theft of securities representing ?44.570 from
the office of Walstein R. Chester, a Doane street
lumber dealer, on August 2O last, was cleared
up to-day when Alfred J. McGuinness. sixteen
years old. of Roxbury, was arrested and made a
confession.
The papers were mostly notes from various
lumber concerns, and were practically all non
npfr^tiable. The boy tn>ld the police that he
locked in at the door of Mr. Chester's office and
saw the Mfc open and a big wallet lying in it.
Thinking that the wallet contained money, the
boy says he went in and took it without being
detected by any of the clerks who were in the
office at the time. He said that he later divided
the contents ivith another boy. and that when
they found that the papers were worthless to
them they destroyed them.
HELD FOR STAMP THEFT.
Young Man Arrested on Can plaint
of 11 . B. Claflin <$ Co.
Daniel F. Daly, twenty-five years old, who T&ld
he was an alumnus of Yale University, w&j
locked up at Police Headquarters last night,
charged with the theft of $12<> worth of sta.nps
from H. B. Claflin & Co. He lives at Bretton,
Hall. 87th street and Broadway.
It is the custom of the firm, at stated inter
vals during the year, to send circulars to cus
tomers. Many complained shortly after the first
of the year that they had not received the cir
culars. Daly, who had charge of sending them
out. when informed of the complaints, declared
that the mailing had been done as usual.
When it came time to mail the fall circulars,
several days ago, the firm asked Police Head
quarters for the services of a detective. Detec
tives Finn and KHly were assigned to the case,
the former obtaining employment with the firm,
to assist Daly.
Shortly before closing time yesterday. Finn
pays, he saw Daly go to the stamp drawer, and.
after taking ■ package, place it in his pocket.
Then Finn followed Daly to the street and
placed him under arrest. A package containing
six thousand two-cent stamps was found in* his
pocket, the detective says.
Daly confessed to the police, they say. and saM
he had taken large quantities of stamps. The
firm reports the loss of about $2,800 worth dur
ing the year.
ROCKEFELLER GIVES LAND.
John D. Rockefeller conveyed yesterday a plot of
ground MM by IST." feet, at the northwest corner of
65th and Exterior streets, to the Rockefeller Insti
tute for Medical Research. The consideration was
given as $1.
It was reported that the new hospital buildings
given by Mr. Rockefeller to the Institute needed
more ground to ..protect them from encroachment.
Exterior street extend* from tilth »lr*et and luut
Rive* M» .East Klet street.
PRICK THREE CENTS.
PRESIDENT ANSWERS
BRYAN'S CHALLENGE
HASKELL .i\n ST.ISn.tRD
OIL IS OKLAHOMA
1
Contrast in Action of Rival Presi
dential Candidates— T aft' s Deeds
Against Bryan's Words.
Washington. Sept. 23.— President Roosevelt
to-night, after a prolonged conference with
members of the Cabinet at the Wnlt* House,
gave out his reply to William J. Bryan, rela
tive to William R. Hearst's charges that Gov
ernor Haskell. treasurer of the Democratic ?«a
tional Committee, had represented Standard
Oil interests both In Ohio and Oklahoma. Mr.
Bryan had demanded proof of the charges,
promising that in the event of their substantia
tion Governor Haskell would be eliminated from
the campaign.
Dismissing the Ohio case, which Involved an
allegation of attempted bribery, with . the ex
planation that he had made no direct charge
against Governor Haskell as regards that par
ticular Instance, President Roosevelt takes tip the
matter of the Prairie State Oil and Gas Com
pany and argues that Governor Haskell's. action
in stopping legal proceedings begun by the At
torney Genera! of Oklahoma demonstrates con
clusively that he was controlled by the great
corporation to which the Oklahoma company
was subsidiary.
After contrasting Mr. Bryan"s defence of Got
ernor Haskell with Mr. Taffs repudiation of
Forak^r in connection with the Hearst charges
against the Ohio Senator, the Pr<^ident pro
ce p f l s to declare that Governor Hask*»H'9 "utter
unfltness for association with any man anxious
to appeal to the American people on a moral
issue" has been abundantly shown by other
acts of his as Governor of Oklahoma. The
President condemns Governor Haskell's conduct
In connection with various matters as disgrace
ful and scandalous, and calls special attention
to what he describes as "prostituting to base
purposes the state university" This fresh
charge against the Governor r*sts on an article
in "The Outlook."' from which the President
quotes, and whl~h he says forms the conclusion
that Governor Haskell Is unworthy of any posi
tion In public life.
The latter portion of Mr. Roosevelt's state
ment Is devoted to criticism of Mr Bryan's plan
for regulating the trusts, which he characterizes
as a measure that sounds more radical than
any advocated by the Republicans, but which In
practice would not work. Concluding. Mr.
Roosevelt declares that no law defying corpo
ration has anything to fear from Mr. Bryan
"save what it would suffer from the general
paralysis of business" which would follow
Democratic success.
Shortly after reaching his office the President
telephoned to W. C Haskell. Sealer of Weights
and Measures of the District of Columbia, for
merly United States Marsha! for the Northern,
District of Ohio, and recently declared by Gov
ernor C. X Haskell, of Oklahoma, to be the
person charged by Hearst with having offered
a bribe to former Attorney General Monnett of
Ohio. Mr. Haskell promptly went to the White
House and assured the President that he was
not the Haskell referred to, as he had already
stated In the newspapers, and that he did not
know what Haskell Mr. Hearst had reference to.
The President spent almost the entire day In
getting the letter in form. An hour was given
this morning to making a rough draft of it.
which was submitted to Secretary Garfleld and
Postmaster General Meyer, both of whom made
suggestions as to porMons of the communication.
About 3 o'clock this afternoon all of the mem
bers of the cabinet now in the city. Secretaries
Wilson. Straus. Wright. MeVH and Garfleld.
and Postmaster-General Meyer met with the
President in the Cabinet room at the executive
offices for a conference on the subject, which
lasted until after 9 o'clock. Two hours more
was required to make certain minor changes
before Secretary Loeb gave the statement to
the pres*.
Doming the reply too long to be sent by
wire, the method of communication Mr. Bryaa
had employed in his challenge to the President.
it was forwarded by mail to the Democratic
candidate at Lincoln. Neb.
THE PRESIDENT'S REPLT.
President Roosevelt, in his reply W Mr. Bryan,
says:
The Whit* House.
Washington. September 23. 1903.'
Dear Sir — In your telegram you speak of so
much of the charge against Governor Haskell
as dealt with his relations, while in Ohl#. with,
the Standard Oil Company. You omit the
charge as to his relations with the Standard
Oil interests, as shown by his action while Gov
ernor of Oklahoma, this very summer, this action
being in part taken while he was at Denver,
where, as you state, he was by your wish made
chairman of the committee which drafted th»
platform upon which you are standing. In my
statement I purposely made no specific allusion
to the Ohio matter, and shall at this time make
none in spite of its significance and In spite of
the further fact that Governor Haskell's close
relations with the Standard Oil Interests while
he was in Ohio was a matter of common noto
riety. In ' Oklahoma it is a matter of court
record.
By this court record it appears that the At
torney General of the state, elected by the peo
ple, obtained an injunction to prevent th» Prairie
Oil and Gas Company from building a pipe line,
and that Governor Haskell found this out while
he was at Denver, as appears by the represen
tations for the dissolution of the injunction,
made in his name on behalf of the state before
a court of superior Jurisdiction to that which Is
sued the- injunction. In this the Governor states
that the Acting Governor. In his absence, had
asked that the hearing be postponed until he.
the Governor, might return and have an op
portunity to investigate the controversy. The
Governor sets forth in his petition that he Is the
sole authority to determine such matters, and
that the Attorney General and the judge of the
lower court hn«l no right In the matter, and that
the action of the Judge of the lower court repre
sented "an encroachment by the Judiciary.
PROTECTED STANDARD OIL.
The Attorney General opposed the dissolution
of the injunction, stating that th* Prairie Oil
and Gas Company was a foreign corporation,
which had not accepted the provision* of the
Constitution applicable to such corporations, and
that without authority of law It was employing
a great force of men and teams to dig up. across
and Int... various highways of the state for th«
purpose of laying its pipe tines The Governor
prevailed, the injunction was suspended, and
the pipe line was permitted to continue Its
work, to use the words of the Attorney General.
••without any color of law." I call your atten
tion to the fact that the question Is not whether
i or not the Judge erred, or whether the Injunc
tion was proper. The point is that the Governor
was alert to take out of the hands of the At-
I torney General what the Attorney General felt
was his sworn duty to prevent— alleged in
stance of the breaking of the laws by this) par
ticular great corporation. !
As far as I have seen Governor Haskell has
i not even attempted anything which can be called
a defence of this action of his. It thus appears
I that his action was as inexcusable as It was
' wanton. exceot on the theory that la deflanc*