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HIICKK NAMED
IN PINCHOT INQURV
Brandeis Seeks to Connect Post
master Genera! with A!ask2n
Coal Cases.
COMMITTEE BARS POLITICS
Ballinger Defies Critics to Show
Any Infraction of Duty —
President's View of
Pinchot.
: TAFT S OPINION OF PINCHOT
i Beverly. Mass-. September 13, 1909.
My Dear Mr. Secretary:
I s^nd you in letter form my con
clusions in re Glavis's charges and
Ather mailers. I have studiously re
frained from mentioning Pinchot's
n»me in the matter because 1 do not
wish to maVe it impossible for him to
remain in the service. I value him
highly as a public servant and believe
him capable of further great useful
ness. His wealcnsss lit* been an in
fhiiity to credit high and honorable
fv>e»tic** to these who differ with him
as +«■> his -nrcthod of do ; ng things when
he Is pursuing a worthy object with
Ail «hr snthuslasm of his nature. I
know him weH and am very fend of
him personally, and mean, if possible,
in spite of this defect, to preserve his
great ability, valuable experience and
his patriotic, disinterested zeal for the
benefit ef the public service. Please,
therefore, advise your subordinates
to be very particular not to involve
Mr. Pinchot in this matter, and to
rest silent ' n view rf the complete
acquittal they receive from my letter.
Should it be necessary* 2S is not
unlikely, to submit all this record and
evidsnee to Congrot-s. I shall be glad
to have your authority and that of
your subordinates to leave out of your
answers any references to Pint-hot or
the part be lock in bringing Glavis's
repert fee my attention.
I hpve every confidence In both you
find Pinchcti 1 know you are both
ratrtctir and sincere, and both favor
generally the same result as to con
servation, but that you are a lawyer
like me and insist on the legal ■way.
while Pinchot is impatient of such re-
Uraint. I wUh t» secure the high
valus Bf the services of you both -for
lhe S»"est werk before us.
Sincerely yours.
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Hen. R. A. Bsllinger,
Secretary of the Interior
Washington. D. C.
P. S. — You are at liberty to publish
the main letter enclosed as soon as
y«H «e«iee. On second thought, per
haps it would have more weight if I
gave it out after I have given time
enough for you to receive it. In other
• wait, I shall give it out Wednesday
nlsht •>■- Thursday morning's papers^
IFrptn The Tribune Bureau ]
Washington; Mbj- S — At the ! '.!'-. = '■•!■
rm< hct hc-arlng 10-flay the political came
i »>Sr:p playr-d 5n the r.anie «f confierVation
ns.s BMrty dUiscfcved It aws Bl»o*n to hp
So lor.p^r a mere attack on . retary Bal
lir.g^r md his as-forir.up in the Interior DppircraeßtDp
pircraeßt whn roTusPd 10 toon* to urn Forget
Sfriice. It nrra Jipppars to be ins purpopp
nf tbe pn-rallrd critics to lay a broad foun
dation for a s~n«rel «tt.T-k on th« Taft a<l
miniptratlon. A f*>w vp?kf ago the nflm<» 6(
Attortev General lYick€rphj»m mmm brought
Into the inv*-Kti£ation in a •ray intended to
<••• • on him an<? his department. Thc
-rft oupflion as^k^iJ or Secretary Baninset
r<n crt>F£-ex«ir.inßtinn To-rtay vac pollt) f :al
in its nature. «nd wa.« intrnded to ronvey
to th* country a euspiftion C V"( the
w»th«fic f'l another member the Tafi
•"ahlnet, namely. Postmaster General
Hhrheock.
tr^uif J>. Brsßin<leis>, rounjel for Glavis.
touched Mi: the high piaoea in hi? crofs-
E?UJnination. and most of his questions had
■ aatttJcal trend. Mr. T randeta directed at
lentiOn to a letter written by Secretary
BaUlli*er on July IS. l&J?. to Mr. Bcfawafts,
4 .n which thft Secretary paid h» had Just
1-een fe4«laai of an increase of ten men in
th« number of ppecial agerttg of the except
r<s <"la*f. Mr. d>THI>H I rr.ntir^.l: "I ''<.'
»■-«> That you. in making: any of these ap
rolhtracrits. in adflltion to the rr<>pid«=nt be
trt ron«ulte«J. Portni«rter <ieneral Hitch
rock he alrA rAWsultefl. provided the ap
pointee* are. no* flire^tly MafVMMd bf the
President.'*
On fhift r»c Mr Brandcl? Hun? his first
«iu<-ftion. He v. -••-;■<:.-" to kno-n- win Mr.
Httchrock •»«-)•?: wj h» ronsylt»<V Mr. Bai
ifnrcir replied that if »m tpfUlea^ti mm
*aiia2ly qTMliflefl h«» desired Mr. Hitch
rock** opinion a? to who should *>*> ap
pointed. He denied that h»? contomplat^a
th« a;.-"- Ttm»r.» DC the special l#enta
merely for aolittcal reisons. Mr. BnaMefi
JnsiFtefl .- havinc Mt. BalTinger pay why
Mr. Jiitrh^ofk wa? to he oonpultpd. "i" iI '
T-iaHine^r paid h<= had c! v «>t> all th<» r^as^ns
Y-f purpos-fd to clv* unless otherwise di
r*rted Hy th«= rommlttp*"." Mr. pT>n<ian
made an axgntnent in wh!ch h/* o6fttenfled
that it waF of th«> greatest importance to
the OOontry to know .-,-■■. special
acntu •"era h-Hng appointed merely bf>catjip«
of the?r polltirsl actj-ity. He ref*>rr<"l to
th» r*!atir>T)B befw«x s n- Mr. Hitchcock and
Mr. BB]!injr>»r In tfi*> last r-ampa!srn, and
wanted Th<* committee M direct the $ec
r*tary to produce, any letter* or other
romtrmnicanons which passed between
Mm and Mr. Hitchcock prfff-dinc he
nomination or Mr. Taft for Pr**ident.
Thip request was net pre^sfd when Etep
r*»s<»n?ativ*' Dcnby objected i-iii th» srround
that this was private forrftppondence ba
twt»en two Mao ii^Owi of whrtrn at that
tinif wa? In th* • ■'•■■ '■- ferric^. Mr. Deaajy
thoupht thit Mi. Bslh'njrer had fully an
f-wcred ih*> <ju«*stion of Mr. Brandels. In
«inn;jr-h as n6 rrijicr- hafl li*-e«i mA^ that
the m?n :irpoint<vl as epecial ssents w*r«»
iir.r.r for the public service. Representative
Grahato'K motion that. Mr. Hallirtg^r M
req««ste3 ti-> giv* any r^afn farther than
the or." li? ■-*. riven for ..«k'ne Mr.
Schwarrr; to cotttolt with Mr Hitchcock
wj:t defeated. -5 to 5. Representatives M>*
<^i<il and Madison v>rlnjr •»vir t i th<= r»«»mo
crat«. •
Mr, Bailtftpjer Anqressive.
Tli» direct ... Af Sfrrctary Bal
linger v.-cs not linUhed ynUl late in the
fiftTiioon. 'Apparently Mr. .BaHing^r was
*T;i'.-t:ng third •I'sr't? ta.nlca on the part
rf Mr. •Irand'-i*- v.hen the )ntt#»r began his
Tf'SS-^-arntniiUin. i HIS answers . were
:h".rp ar.l lo the po;n». and he did not p*-r
?-;l his- Sr<<julslior 10 dru-jr «-*)nrluslons <%r
make infcf"-r,<-<*s which he <sid net /'Kara
rrarrant*d"'by his ansm-rs. Th* agcres
rivc manner of Mr. Ballinger enlivened tne
7'focf";-<3ir^:?. :irid it F'^nis certain th»>re
•Kill \.*s m.my T'laihcs bef<Te tiie oruss-cx
ii'ijinti'ion, 1>« ronrtiidod.
Th«> clorfnc^ fcours of Mr. J'ailins'^'s
•sJr*<:t examination uerc replete with strlk
ine featuresL Pr»bal»l> the moel noi:it»)^
Tvas ■ !ii« pr'jductiou 'if a personal letter
written to him by President Tafi on gup
tcjrbcr 13. x:» 03. advising bin of the Ui;
mis«al of the <3 la vis charge?. In 'hi? let
ter Mr. Taft nxprrssed his hish regard for
Mr. Plnchot tmd' asked Mr. Ballinger not
to Involve the formpr Chief Fnrestcf in the
Gluvls matter.
' Before reading this letter Mr Ballin£<?r
arms asli^d why he had not replied to the
many attack? on him. Ho fa! 3 that If he
had acted according to hi? natural lirtpjilses
he would let the public know all the Tacts
of the conspiracy against him. in rcmaln
iOC silent he was obeying the directions of
his superior oinor. tha rresldent at the
United State."*. He Bupposed that "trier?'
having th«» asm; hl^h obligation to the ad
ministration would remain eil^nt also. -On
receipt of the President's letter, he had di
rected all his aabordlnatea to jrive no in
terviews criticising th» Forest S^rvlcp. and
not to make public information that might
be construed as an attack on Mr. Pinchot.
Two months later there appeared the
"scurrilous screed" of Glavls in * maga
zine. Mr. Balllnper BaM i 1"i 1 " did not reply
even to this ajlack. "I've not only bad my
hands up. but I've had th«»m tied," he said,
with vehemence. He added that h» In
tended no reflection on the President, "to
whom I an devoted and for whom I would
make any sacrifice."
Tells of Alleged Conspiracy.
In support <.f his allegation that there
was a conspiracy to force him from the
public >.(»rvic*> mid that Mr. Pinchnt did
rot follow the irfahea of tiio President' to
stop the trouble, Mr. Ballincer offered In
c-vidence a largo number of letters and tele
trams exchanged by Mr. Pinchot with <?x-
P^crflary Garrleld and ofncial? of the For
est £>i-vice. He mentioned a conference
held at Mr. Qarfleura hoibe, in Ohio, in
furtherance nf the alleged conspiracy, anil
brought out the fact that seme of the corn
ir.unications exchanged by the alleged con
epiratore re4ated to what appeared t" be
a publicity campaign sgaiiiet th" Interior
Depaftinpnt. On*> of th<-se communications
contained the statement that "the Truckee
matter is= ■ cinch." A?k«?d to explain what
this meant. Mr. Ballinger said he had no
doubt it referred to the I>.ikP Tahoe con
troversy, which, he said, had been stirred
up by th*> Forest Service. He had no doubt,
ho rrrpialnrd. that Oils controversy was
stimulated by Mr. Pinchot, and wan meant
lo reflect on the Interior Department. An
other letter, written by Assistant Forester
Price- on September •"•. 1999, to a magazine
editor in Xew York, said that one of the
questions in the BalHncPi-I'inchot rmv wag
whether the Interior Department was
beim: corruptly administered by Secretary
Bamnser. Mr. Price offered to give ruli
Information to a representative of The map
rzih- if he would call at the Forest Service
offiops In "Washington.
"Is this Price the samp member of the
outfit who on September IS. 1593, told
Director Smith of the Geological Survey
that If they didn't get you in one way they
would in another?" adeed Judge Certrees
"Up ip the same member of the outfit,"
was the reply.
Anothpr feature of Mr Ballinncr's tpstl
mony was hi.- charge that in the adminis
tration of timber operations or the M<?nom
[nee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, the
Forest Service had "recklessly and - wan
tonly waeied JT^/kW" of money and prop
erty belonging to the Indian?. This was
shown. Mr. Ballinger paid, by the reports;
of Samuel Coulter, a special agent of the
Interior Department, and .1. 11. Farr. super
intendent of Inking 00 Indian reservations.
Mr. Balllnper said there had been a de
■cid^wi change in th«» administration of the
national forests since the dismissal of Mr.
Pinchot. He said the forest law is admira
ble, but Its administration resulted in great
oppression to the people of the United States
and retarded the development of th 0 West
esn bstea. The policy now being pursued
by the Department of Agriculture was a
vindication of his views' regarding the
proper administration of the Forest Service,
Mr Ballinger continued. He paid he he
lieved that lands in national forests, strict
ly agricultural In character, should be
opened to., settlers with. as K*r restrictions
aspoffible. Mr. Ballinger- said he agreed
with Secretary WIISOO that th* new policy
of administering th& forest ieeerve.C would
prevent a preat many Americans from en.
ing* to Panada to reek hnmfF.
P.pferrine <a *> ptatm^nt of Mr. Oarfield
that Ih* OonwnlttM 60 Irrigaticn of the
Senatio had approved (Via "'lar^<--M cur
rprry." Mr. Ballinger offered In evidence
a certificate from the clerk of that com
mittee, who said be had carefully exam
ined the committee records since IXO and
found bo ref*renre i • action on this sub
jeot.
Mr. Bftilmg?r • denied that he had ever
F:jc2c«te<i Id -Director Newell or anybody
sUe thet lands withdrawn by Mr. Gnrfleld
be restored flowb", in order not to attract
attention. As a matter of fact, the res
torations were not made slowly. ■ !
Mr. P.allinjrer spid he did everythinar h"
could do. consistent With hl^ duty ai a
public officer, to avoid any reflection r.n the
farmer administration. Asked as to the
lawful right of 'he Secretary of the In
terior to withdraw public lands from entry
and attll*anriil. Mr. Ballinger paid that
the present withdrawals ate under no bet
ter lagal authority than the Gartleld with
drawals. Th* Only difference is that the
land? now withdrawn comprise an area
reasonably necessary to protect water
power sites, and the question as to whether
they shall remain withdrawn has. been put
up to CoAgras* in a direct and positive
way and without subterfuge.
BaHingor Defies His Critics.
After so— further questions Mr. Bal
linger made the following statement to the
committee:
"Every act that has been performed by
me as a public, official, either as Commis
sioner of the L.and Office or Secretary of
the Interior, has been performed with the
sole ide* of fulfilling' my trust under my
oath and a^cordine to what I believed my
duty to be to this government. In every
ruapeci I believe I have Jived up to It. and
if stateinaßt has been made here to the
contrary I want to deny it 1 defy any one
to put his finger on anything that I have
done whIM in the public service which was
not in line with my duty and in" accordance,
with my trust/ , . .
"When yon returned to Washington ia.*t
rammer from th« V.'ejtt, I' believe you 2T.»
out a newspaper interview in which you
said: I rldentaily. r propose to kill a few
snakef?" Mr. Biandela /iFked.
A flicker of a smile crossed the witness's
face.
- T made that remark, but not
for puMhaulon
Ask*d as to when he first learned of
Glavis'* charges against him. Mr. Ballinger
replied: "From the President's letter."
"BnT you •-.-■.• out to kill the snake
Gtavis .-,...- (1 .-_•. didn't you?'
?.Ir. Brand*ip then be^nn a?k!n« Mr B»l
injer at-out ».hat ii" d d whenhe returned
from xhc West last rummer. 11" showed
surprising familiarity with the Secretary's
movements trom the time he arrived here
until he reached Beverly, where- he went
10 sre 1 lie President* fvn giving the ntimep
<->f those, who met him. Ihe hour of arrival.
• ■■.- hour of departure :in<i the hotel at
v» liirh he stopped In Beverly.
"I'm a liltl<* cin-Jous to know if you had
a dr-u-rtive nfadowlng Mr. Ballinser." in
ter!'UK>t*d Senator Root, addressing Glavii*«
*>itrjrt\*y. ■ -
">•"•».'■ quickly replied Mr. RrflndeiF. H»
adde.? 1 hi li<- ■■■„'. >■• ■'-! ! to tell Mr.
Root latftr how he happened to be so v.el
posted, but the F^nator saM h<» was quits
sa*i*f;«d.
The c<Tntnitt«e theti adjourned until to
morrow.
FOLLOWS DEPORTED FAMILY.
Albeit ltut«er»*. « Dutch •fcialaact. of
Brocklm, who came to this country about
f.io vt-ars ;i«o frtim Rotterdam on one of
the steamers of the Russian Volunteer fleet,
yeslcrday was ordered deported on the
Mrarjjshiu SirlMjn I'rlncc. of th<* Northwest
Tranßiwt Ltoe which H| tail on Satur
day.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1910.
THE 7>A y /A WASHING TOM
[From The Trlbun- Bureau.]
Washington. May 5
COLD COMFORT.— Theodore Roosevelt's
statement before the French Academy that
"In a republic, to he successful, we must
learn to combine intensity of ron\;lctlon
with a broad tolerance or dtffertnce of con
viction, " makes decidedly uncomfortable
reading for some people— especially when
read in th« light of Prpi-M<rii Taffs frank
and straightforward letter to ex-Secretary
Garni Id, printed in The Tribune of last
Sunday.
LEGISLATIVE SITUATTON.-The 1<?S;1p-
Intiv* situation In the two BJHBMs of con
gress remains practically unchanged, and
there Is little, probability of any material
developments until th« President returns
and Indicates the course he WUtltei his pup
porters to follow. As hap been told in these
dispatches, there are two views held by
men whose loyalty to the administration
cannot be questioned. One Is that it would
be wise to abandon the President's legisla
tive programme, pass the few remaining
appropriation bills and adjourn, and in the
coming campaign to appeal to the voters to
support regular nominees for Congress and
to Indorse President Taft and his efforts to
clinch the Roosevelt policies. The other
view Is that it w6ulcl be wiser to accept
such aC interstate commerce bill as can be
passed by the Senate. the President to join
tvith the regular leaders to bring a suf
ficient number of irisVlr&tnts into line to
pass a reasonable measure, although Ohe
shorn of the merger and the traffic agree
ment provisions. It is, perhaps, unsafe to
make a definite prediction, but it eeemi
probable thnt Mr. Taft will choose 'the lat
m alternative, and will pot hi* shoulder to
the wheel to gave everything possible of hie
leafldlatlve programme.
THK SINEWS OF WAR.-When the
sundry civil appropriation bill is reported
to the House to-morrow It will carry an
appropriation of $50,006 to enable the Attor
ney General to make continuous the inquiry
into the customs frauds, and especially the
sugar case?. When he was before the com
mittee Mr. Wickersham pointed out that
the government had already received up
ward of &400.000 in customs out of which
the government had been defrauded, and
exprepsed the opinion that the government
had been defrauded of much more, which
could be recovered by legal prosecutions, to
which end he asked for the appropriation
the bill will carry. "The purpose of this
appropriation." said the Attorney General,
"is to make the inquiry continuous, nnd. of
course, that Involves a very considerable
eNPT--'-
MR. MEYER'S ULTIMATUM.-Secretary
Meyer appeared before the Senate < "oni
mittee on Naval Affairs to-day and re
peated in substance what be recently told
the House committee, namely, that unless
he obtained authority to expend th" several
' appropriations through such bureaus of the.
Navy Department as ma .ludpm-r,. dictated
he would feel constrained to abandon his
scheme of naval reorganization and to ask
the President to appoint an officer ** chief
of the Bureau of Equipment and to restore
to that bureau th* duty of purchasing coal
for the navy. It will he recalled that the
House committee adopted this provision;
that it went out of the bill in the House on
a point of order, and that since the bill
passed the House committee authorized Its
chairman. Mr. Fcss. to go to the Senate
committee and urge on it the advisability
of restoring the provision. Mr. Meyer also
urged the committee to provide $90,000, with
which to establish a water system at
Guantanamo. telling: th» committee this was
a most valuable station for the training of
naval crews and marines, but at present it
was necessary to haul all water there by
rail over a road which enjoys a monopoly
I and charges accordingly.
DENBY- AND HARRISON-- 'The only
purpose that can be served by this reso
lution la 10 BhOW that the Attorney General
lied that the president of the United State*
Ited or that tho Ballinger-Pinehot investi
gating committee ptandr- discredited before
the country." This Statement was made
by Representative Denby to-day to tne
Committee on Judiciary, when the resolu
tion of Representative Harrison, calling: for
the papers which the investigating commit
tee denied to Lout* D. Brandeif, was under
consideration. This resolution was de
scribed in thip column at the time under
th" head of "Democratic Cunning." Mr.
Harrison appeared before the Committee to
urge the adoption of his resolution, which
was Vigorously opposed by Mr. Denby, him
erif a member of the investigating com
mittee. Mr. Denby further explained that
the. papers demanded by Brand*ls were
imesujYi means JJlfl '?..T| si (TVS^P W
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wholly Irrelevant to the investigation, that
they had no place in the inquiry, and that
Brandcis's only nufhet* in demanding. tht"l
was for one, perhaps all. of th" reasons he
had nameo". The committee took no action
on the resolution.
FATTEN WHEAT CORNKR.-The House
Committee on Judiciary rtport«d favomhl.v
a resolution to-day which calls on the At
torney General for Fuch information as he
may have regarding: the Patten wheat cor
ner. This resolution Was intrOdiioo.l by
Representative Craijr. of Alabama, who is
Incensed because of the prosecution of the
cotton pool. Mr. Craig believes this prose
cution was incited by gamblers who were
about to 'suffer heavy losses, and thai It
has interfered with the normal increase in
the. nrioe of cotton, which otherwise would
have followed the recent remarkable
weather conditions in the cotton belt. Mr.
Craip says that if the mwnhers of the cot
ton pool have actually violated the law he
ha? no doubt the House will approve the
prosecution, but if th<» prosecution is mere
ly in the interest of the bear? who were
about to be squeezed it should b« brought
to a sudden end.
THE DICJ DIG ARRIVES. th« Smith
sonian institution lias received the dig diff
killed by ex-President Roosevelt, to the.
great gratification of Director YValcott. It
came by Express. Dr. \S'al-ott pays many
other specimens have arrived, but he seems
to bo especially pleased with the dig dip,
which lie Intimates is a fascinating little
creature, although he exhibited such ret
icence when members of Congress asKed
him what the dig dig looked like that some
of them suspected it had not. been un
packed and thai the director was as much
in the dark regarding the personal appear
ance of the interesting specimen, as they
were. Director TValcott said It was not the
purpose of the institution to exhibit the
many specimens furnished by Mr. Roose
velt as the trophies of an individual or an
expedition, but to add them to the many
groups which without these trophies of.
lie Roosevelt hunt are far from complete.
The director . says that twelve thousand,
specimens have been or will be received
from Africa, but even that number con
stitute? a small portio/i of the whole exhibit
of the National Museum.
OLEO A CRIMINAL.. — Representative
Tawnpy has succeeded in securing the
adoption of a provision his committee has
inserted in the sundry civil hill by which
tho c; a ie of oleomargarine colored to resem
ble butter will be made a penal offence. It
was supposed by the authors of the. law
■which requires that revenue stamps* be af
fixed to nil oleomargarine that i&SlofcjEl to
rPi=»mnlP. buttPr paying a much Higher tax.
that (he statute made it n penal offence in
sell oleomargarine colored r^ butter, out,
according to the Internal Rev^nu" Commis
sioner. Royal ii. r*ahell. «ho courts have bo
construed the law as to eliminate the crimi
nality, and as a result the manufacturers
of oleomargarine affix the. necessary stamps
And pell to the retailers uncolored oleomar
garine, and those In turn color the product
and ?^ll •♦ as butter, and thP present law is
inadeauate to reach such violations of the
spirit of th" statute. G- <■• li<
TO ASK ABOUT COTTON POOL
House Judiciary Committee Favors Call
on Attorney General.
Washington, May —The House Judiciary
Committee to-day reported favorably a
resolution offered by Representative Craig,
of Alabama, calling on the Attorney Gen
eral for information concerning the prose
cution by the Department of Justice of the
alleged bull nool in cdtton. The resolution
also asks if anybody Is being prosecuted
for attempting to depress the price of cot
ton. \ •
The. resolution wants the Attorney Gen-,
erai to inform the House of all facts in
connection with the investigation of the
acts of Frank B. Hayne. William P.
Brown, James A. Patten and Bugene
Bra las "in forming an aliened- combination
for the purpose of advancinc the price of,
cotton." which is beins conducted in Nftv,
york and New Orleans. Mr. Crate's resolu
tion included an Inquiry as to .whether
Janwß A. Patten had ever been presented
for "conspiring; to' advance th« price of
wheat in the year 1909," but this part was
stricken out by the committee.
POLICEMAN WHO SHOT MAN FREE. |
A coroners jury in Brooklyn, acquitted ■
Detective Robert Ferris, of the Gates aVe- 1
nu« station, of Manr- la*t night for the ■
death ;• of -William BretWifield. who was
.-hot ny Ferris on Tuesday .afternoon in |
Kostraiid avenue, near Halsey street, while
BroVrnfleM was rfdifig off on n DWycT«"he
had stolen. ■ ;
MR. TAFT LOSING PATIENCE
His Action Will Depend on How
He Finds the Situation.
Cincinnati, May —President Taft passed
.through, her? this afternoon on his way
back to Washington, Me has indicated hi*
purpose of devotinc Friday and Saturday
to important conferences regarding the
railroad bill.
That Mr. Tftft has heen In touch with the
situation to the limited extent or telfgrapn
and long distance telephone communication
and that he is heartily in sympathy with
the aggressive attitude or the resu' r*
publicans in the Senate in casting aside ail
further attempts to win back to the party
measure lh« purport of th* more radical
insurgents cannot be doubted.
The President may adopt the policy an
nounced at the Senate conference preside"
over by Mr. Aldrloh yesterday. In fact, na
hi said to feel that he has been patient long
enough In listening to promises of insurgent
support in the Senate only to find * ™ in
surgents' knife ouf for much of the legis
lation ho has proposed as a compliance with
party platform pledges.
Mr. Toft fa eOBt«n*l»t»« maklns a
speech at Passat.-. N. J.. next Monday
» -venini? -if he And* the situation In «as ;
ihgton what he thinks it to be-that will
disclose to the country « number 01 tacts
and incidents he has heretofore kept to
himself. The President has repeatedly ex
pressed himself as being willing to stand
criticism for apparent inaction and lack of
vigorous methods in dealing with Congress
so long.fts IV? felt this policy would accom
plish some good in the end. 60. if he finds
as a result of his conferences In Washing^
ton that there is Still a fair prospect .ot
obtaining soms progressive legislation in
the railroad bill, he may not adopt the
weapon of publicity so effectively used by
Mr. Roosevelt.
On. the Other hand, If th- President finds
that the attitude of the insurgents in such
that the whole railroad bill ie likely td fail
or to be rut up to him in such a form that
a veto will be the only action he can take
on it, he undoubtedly will take advantage
of tho opportunity at Passaic to let the
country know just bow matters stand.
INSURGENTS STAND FIRM
Not To Be Swerved by Regulars'
Tactics, Says Cummins.
Washington. May 6.-^lnsurg£nt • Senators
say they do not intend to be swerved
from their course on the railroad bill, no
matter what tactics are pursued by the
regular Republicans. Announcement of
this stand was made at the close of an In
surgent conference to-night by/ Senator
Cummins, of lowa.
"What will be the effect on your organi
zation, now that President Taft has made
it clear that he Is depending on th«; link
up of regular Republicans for th* carry
ing out of his programme?" was asked.
Spnator Clapp hastened to answer.
"He says h*> wants a good railroad bill,
doesn't he? Well, that is what we are
trying to give him.'
Senator Cummins added that th» pro
gressives will continue to offer amend
ments which they think would Improve
the proposed legislation. He was not ready
to pay whether he would vote ultimately
for or apainst th» railroad bill.
"If I think it contains legislation which
would he of benefit to shippers and the
people generally. I will vote for it. of
course, even though it does not carry pro
visions which I had thought should he
carried. If it contain? provisions which,
in my judgment, would weaken the regula
tion the federal government now is per
mitted to exercise over railroads, why then
I would vote against it. That is all I can
say."
It was reported to-day that forty-five Re
publican Senators had pledged themselves
10 Fiand tiy tne rresiaent.
TO BENEFIT LIFESAVERS
Secretary MacVeagh for Pension and
Retirement- System.
Washington, May •' — Hearty mdonO
r««nt hap b*«n' fc!v*n - by Secretary Ma^-
V^agh to a niAap.lr* Ksf^re th<» B*nAt* C«tv\
mprrc ( V.mmittro provfdinff « retirempnt
and pension feature In the laws govern
the lifesavteg service and for longevity
increase of pay for employe?. The former,
according to the hill submitted to the Sec
retary, would cost th» government 1175.0 M
a year, while th* longevity feature would
entail art Additional exp^npe .if $243,700.
The total, the Secretary said, was Inronsi'l
eraole In comparison with the savins of life
and property.
Mr. MacVeach favors a definite increase
in pay of llfesivers nt the end of five
years' service.
AMENDING RAILROAD BILL
House Takes Action Favorable
to Carriers by Water.
CONSIDERED RADICAL STEP
0
Many Changes in Merger Section
Proposed— May Vote To-day
— Senate Marking Time.
rFfrtn TTio Trlburt* eureatt.l
\Vaablhgt6n, Slay s.— An amendment pro
viding that when a railroad lowers a rate
In order to m«et water competition that
rate shall not be incredaed until th* Inter
stats Commerce Commission Sanction* * n
Increase on account of changed ronrtlr!«ns
was added to the administration Interstate
commerce bill in the House to-day By a
vote of IC6 to 77. Th» amendment was of
fer«a b» Representative ga<jnm»ft •■ <'alt-
Jorr.ia. a member of th- Interstate Com
merce Committee. In the opinion of some
reeular Republicans ar.l of many Insur
gents this 13 an extremely radical st»>p. Mit
it will *« recalled that such a provision was
carnestlv recommend* 1 toy the "VVafrways
Ccmmksicn on the ground that It tvas the
custom of railroads la destroy -water com
petition by temporarily reducing rates to
a ruinous- scale and then increasing tii»~n
after their water competitors had been
driven from business, representative Fish.
of New York, and Csoper, <»f "Wisconsin,
vot^d for th<» amendment, profcatly aeaavaat
of the recommendation M the Waterways
Commission, but the other votes asa it warm
rast by regular Republican and Demo
crats. Chairman Mann and other members
of the committee opposed tin amendment,
maintaining that It was unconstitutional.
When Section 12. the merger section, yrfis
reached, numerous amendments v.-ere of
fered. Representative Mann presented hH
amendment, which provided Hart when ■
common Carrier desires to acquire interest
in the capital stock M another carrier it
mHPt flfst A6oly to the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Instead of the Commerce
Court, as provided in the original bill. The
amendment also provides that no such ap
plication shall he acted on favorably by the
commission in violation of the Sherman
Store Ready at 8:15 A. M. Eight Car Line 3
Directly on the Interborougb Subway. Each Way to Stor&
/£. A/" CONCERT IN.
At ipw xtt
• J New York, May 6. S9lO —
A Delightful View of New York from th
| Wanamaker Restaurant, and Today this Special !
Luncheon:
Clam Chowder or Consomme Cucumbers
P!anked Shad Roe S>auce
Potato Balls Stewed Tomatoes
Strawberry Short Cake Coffee
Eighth Gallery, .Seventy-five Cents
New Building. .^
If We Could Catalogue All the
Furniture in This Special Event
It would crowd a page of any newspaper.
I? would show all sorts of furniture, fredroom furniture,
dining-room furniture, parlor, library and living-room fur
niture suites, single pieces, small chairs, rockers, brass bed
steads—something of everything.
The Changes in Our Organization
Which Made This Sale Essential
touch cverv branch of our furniture business.
The Opportunities that are presented arc such as to appeal to
every thrifty. householder.
You will filler some 3.000 pieces of furniture bearing special
price-tags on the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Galleries of the
New Building.
Many Splendid Linens Are Priced
Below Market Valuations
We note among them:
72-in. bleached Irish damask table linens. 75c. I yard.
This selling price is less than wholesale. Pillow cases, hand
embroidered in Ireland. 221/0x36 in.. $1.3.5 pair, easily worth
a third more. Hemstitched huckaback or bird's-eye damask
towels, 23x42 inches. $4.50 a. dozen. This is the quality that
usually sells for much more.
Hemmed huckaback towels, damask borders, 23 x 44
inches, $3 a dozen; hemstitched. 21 x 42 inches, at the same
price. These are of very unusual quality at the price. Nap
kins of Scotch dama*fc. 20 and 22-nich, $1.50 and $2 a
dozen. Better quality than the money will buy elsewhere.
And through the entire Linen Store are similar items.
There are table cloths, napkins, towels, toweling, pillow casss,
linens of sturdy German weaves. Irish linens, and a particularly
good collection of French Cluny-trimmed pieces that are suitable
for wedding gifts. First floor. Old B!ds. "
JUST UNPACKED
4,000 of the Finest
Summer Shirts for Men
That Ever Sold for <{»1
As Little as Vl
Some 4,000 shirts in the lot.
Beautiful in patterns, careful in every detail of work
manship — splendid shirts every one of them- Of
woven madras in a series of white and colored stripes
on dark grounds, light ground madras Hid fine per
cales with neat printed stripes of Mack and fancy
colors.
" Some of the shirts arc plaited bosoms, others are
plain; some havc^attached cuffs, others have sep
arate cuffs.
Most elaborate choice of patterns and all regular
styles.
Heady when the store opens at 8:15 this morning.
Main floor. New Building. -
A. T. Stewart Co. VU \/y^jHili / i V Vf VC? Eighth to Tenth Sti
anti-trust la^. mpttWWMII flrinharrf. n .*
lowa, immediately. offered an amsndm«M>
th* Mann amendment striking f>nt alljjE^
e*t>t that portion which prohibit.? one d^Jn
mon carrier from aoquirins; an Interest In
another. Revr***nt*H Washburn. or
Massachuaetts. cfferetl a fObsOtate ifestigg
jtilthr.rltv to »anction mersera In th« Cnm-
m »rf Court. Rcpresentattvc AfJamson sava
notice that h» wo'ild m*>v*» to utrikr out th 4
entire section.
It was Agreed that th<=- vAfA «n tne ameftrj
ment3 should he taken after an fis>.:r»"<f«
bate eVraottotx. pr<MfW*d th» nrivar* cat
r>n<lar. arMel ■ trie mrnlar crfler, is ffia
poK"d of \n timp.
The Senate was ant of w^rK to-cay, owing:
to t'n«» **n*ral umlerstanfllrts? that r.n vote
would be taken en th» railraa-1 MI? arccfir!
there was a short colloquy bot-ar«"?n Sena
tor* Dlxon and Klkln.J a^ to whether a..
Senators who want tr> amwt th« Mil snail
M classed as insurgents. Mr.' Dixort TCjei
part of th» tim* with the nyptfanuind par?
witb the Insurgents. ll* wa.« with th» regu
lars all thro-jsh the tariff flgbf. At present
he Is "off the reservation" because *" is
leantnc the flarht for a Ion? and ?hort haul
imeiSnent.
In ofT«rin2 a compromise lone and stinrz
haul amendment to-day Mr. Dtxoft depre
cated the. tendency of certain S^n^tora -to
class as iViurjtents n<tar-JRS'«rßfnt* all
Kepubiicarn -oho dcrlin?<i \9 accept the r*
port of a cos; ir. it tee as «• float test of panfjr
regularity. Ha intimated that even ITf. £!
kins had be* r» co-operating with. th» Dezy
erats. Mr. Elktn? said he vrus r«<jtss no
boflv out of th" party. , On thf contrary, h*
wanted all Senators tn tfie party, and 1*
Mr. Dtxon. Mr. Cummin* or any orh«r Ben
atir MKjttd *» a R<vj»nM!>**n •eogitt 11 l»av«>
tae party He for on». wnuiit stand In tfc«
door and try r> block tSeir ejtlt.
PRESIDENT'S TRAVELS COSTLY
Secret Senrice Spends Tvtcs LssS
Year's Amount for Protsctin* Hira.
Washinrton. May s.— "Th* PresbSeat has
travelled ?^> m's^h I6srt °"jr "^pors^s for «tr
months arp almost »n'ial *o th« »xp»n.w»
fnr It fulf ------!: y#ar," sairt Tht»?
WWW* of IB* perref Sfrrfrf tn-day in rils
cusplnß th^ estimates for th^ protection *o?
th*» Pr»sl6>nt before the H<-»^s« Onmtnlt:o«
on Appropriaflnn?. H* ?aifl Tia *rtimat«»ri
that such profctl^n v,-9ui(t cost a' lea?:
$l<\.<r-0 more than last jr<*^r's anpropriation.