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VOTE 10 REPORT
PRIM Bill
Judiciary Committee of the
Senate Is True to Its
Agreement.
PHILLIPS MEASURE CHANGED
Machine's Proposition Brought
Nearer to Governors Plan-Dis
agreement Among Anti-y
Hughes Men.
aj] T«l«prsph tr> Tin* Tribunal
Albany. May ?.— According to Bgr«>*m«-nt.
«i-e ajeaaVH Judiciary Committee to-night
•> oT*r) to report for tli«> consideration of the.
ST.ste the Hinmaji-%f*r direct primary
bul. favored by Governor Hughes, the Re
■pjMicsn machine's primary Ml and th*
Fo-can<~d direct primary measure of the
pemorratio league. These measures will
tn nn tho cjeacral ovdere calendar, far.down
in th* list.
Thus tare Governor's primary reform
r'opoMtiOTi in both, house? has been started
on •• •«■«> to thai fair, square vote which
V«> b»'.i>A-es It thi** only thin*: which will
••■atisfy the people of the state on this issue.
Apparently actlori T»iii }■*> taken in the As-,
♦"inbly ■•-•. »« •aaiiy n«~xt week the thrco
primary bills will come up there "for dis
r':rfi"n.
Mr. Phinipss bflV t»r*d by the R»>pub
]i'-n:i machine,, vaj reported by rial As-
I'tnHy Judiciary Committee to-day for
Kmendmect sad rrcomm:tt<d. The amend
b'cnt* made considers bl»- improvement in
:)•<■ measure. They substituted for th*
form of primary ballot provided for in the
r-irinal bill a much stapler and better
►- !i«-m«>. Thr> noT nfßcial baHat provides
r party PaKaaajn for'tn<» delesates to th**
■v -.rjo'j? conventions. Tnese det^gates. ati
.' •• h iiph- vtsloai of the bill, may be
r'simat«»d •-■ •!'. party committ*»*>«. much
:■ th<^ fashion V»f oamssftt«e designations
in Th«- Gov*>rno?"s primary schema. Any
'lament in ile party or»no>^d to the ma
,-hinc delegates may havr il>l>g.ai»i for arty
91 all convention^ plao"d on th<> ballot in
m^'hrr column •on petition of 2 per c«"nt
»t !h«^ party voters. "Th* "rf-gular" Udwi
->v th*- "opposition" tirk<"t may be voted
■■•■trtdgM" by a cross in a circlr at the top
Of the list.
Election Day Ballot Followed.
Thus far th«> <'fn< lal priir.ary ballot M
k>ws t!u srh^ino <■>:" tli«? regular Election
D«y ballot. Fut fv>r th*> election of state
i "7umitt*>eman «n«3 county ronimittrrman
nrJ-'s'* 1 w in New York 'if. the executive
rr-mbor or Assembly Disfrii't leader an
rmircly difT«rent .trbrm* has been devised.
Srrarat*-d from tlio ■ ■■'-. ballot by
bea^-y lluu mri\l be places for (be candi
.-istes for th«>sp party ■ me. These can
'"'dat^s' names will >-•<• arranged, in the
nrtler of fiiing. acraai the ballot: first, the
f rsra nization Da ■:'■'..•'- for «tatc lOMlUllt
"'■oman: n*-\t. th*> first candidate'^ name
' '•"<■] by petition: n^xt the nam*- Of the per
rn«i oppoFition candidate, and so on. tii*>
Maw schejne will be foito* ed for country
Timniueeman or executive m"mb<-r in
■ •--■ York. Th« voter will have to us^
what amounts to the Massachusetts &>■<»-
I'm for thos^ two offices, marking nts
< boic for each with h ere i
Thi* pebetae is beli«v«>d by |t* aaasuasra,
■;. — -■• JeFse Phillips. Ray Smith.
« ]«=rV of 'V ( Assembly: Speaker Wads
wwth and one cr two others to embody all
th*t Gor>ernor Hugh*»= is striving for m
principle. It offers, !h»' fay. the oppor
tunity for thr saaua to make party or
tanizat.iori truly arid «xart]y r*-pres*>nta
tlt«, ir 1 that •-«=- ha\e a nance directly -.->
,-cr, ,i- two l«ad rF. tbe state oommittee
r»-^n and th*» ry>unty or assembly district
hjse from - list which may b«- made to
•'rT»t»nt erery shad*' of pontimrnt in the
V^rty.
another point of mufti llllp«»l IBHOf Is
<arrj*.d in the amended bill This is th»
PTODorition that a riire. t primary rosy b°
"brained in eny political unit oa vot« of
the party organization in that unit. Thus.
F«y th? supporters of this r^a^ur*>: all
Jhat will b«= necessary for t'# ■voters in
sny district to do will be to eject for their
Mat* committeerr.an and county oommit
""•nian tp.*yi known to favor the direct
rnnmry. ■' the-.- -want, that system of maK
in* nomination!*.
Have Net Wiprd Out Converge".
■' c think in th» bill «-- amended we
have provided for every improvement In
rnncipie sou?ht by Governor Hughes." said
Mi Fhlllipp to-night. "We have riot wiped
*>•;» the convention, be can •«•«■ don't be
■ i"« It ought to be wiped out. but we have
>ft a way so it can be abolished la any
r;r"trict any than th»; party voters in that
r:'?tri<"t want to take that step."
Presentation of this report brought m a
trief, though sharp debate. Mr. Bennett,
i f Sew York, -wanted to know why the
roTumlttee was making amendments at thai
">»te date, when it bad had the bin for two
month*. Hr Ward wanted to debate the
i DBsents on one or two points, but
i nally the report was adopted, with only
■ '< Bafaeatfaaj: votes.
r:ire.,t primary advocates agree that this
sni bill si the machine come? rmii:!i Bearer
•o the Governor' 6 recommendation than the
• ioaa edition o* the machine's ideas.
The Senate, if It follows Senator Cobb In
*.;r porting his "compromise," will enact a
Mil providing for a direct primary, some
• ase, Dor Senators and Assemblymen. That
• oi'.rse would array the. two house? against
' . cii other, and there i? no great amount of
'. «ye losi bcrween ti.em now. The direct
;-.-.mary people say that .he most encour-
BraQi mri they have seen Is the way the
©}<:>oneijt6 of the Governor's bill fail to
»*:ree among Ui«Tnsolv**.
rp. DIARY MEASURE ADVANCED
Direct Nominations Long Seep Nearer
in Massachusetts.
Boetor., '■'.* !>.— a long step toward di
' .: nominations was taken by thfi Senate
aa-aaq ha parsing •■■■ a third reading the
\f.) -which ina&«s dais provision for mem
»<•*« of th« Leelslature, provided it is ac
<»pt«2 by the saaaanj at the next election.
S Agitation for direct nominations of po
; !lcnl candidate, lias b*-en in progress for
t-ome > •*!« and within the last ten years
• *ik bfen mad*> as apply to Ecjiate and
] .'ousts of Representative candidates la Ba>v
to*i ■sal si 'rai aHaer districts. • *f
The bill, which the Senate ecfd on to
<'*y by a vote of ■ to 10, \\fi(- Srswn by
♦■ BBSBI Walk*r of DDK UOSSSB, and becomes
spesatffwe in th* fall of mi It lias yet to
n?. •!-• dM appro* at of the House.
to test OHIO PRIMARY LAW
fi-it to Keep Senator Dick« Name
from Republican Ballot.
Cleveland, Ms-- s.— To ssat Iks) cons'!
tatkiaalftjr of the Ohio primary law. IT. B.
Mattl;»wfc, formerly County Oaaasßtasiaacr.
f.!*d I jit here to day to restrain :h<» Boar**
«if EJ*«ctlon from j.l&.'-i!i£ th«« name of
nUai Mates. Se:.a?o«- r»rjr upon llw Re
yw'cliran ka!lof. Ff-nator Dirk 1? th«» only
KcaasUaoatai who circulated ■ petjtjaa to
fcfcv* his nam*- vot**<S upon .
FOWLER TO RUN AGAIN.
IP- Daajpaaa: to Th* Manas ]
riainfi«-i<3 N. | . May E.— Representative
i 2'!«* N. Fowier irJU be a candidate for
•••romlnatlor by the Republicans of the
T,>:t Ktm Jersey District the. coming' fall,
uncording to a Setter *ent by him to Mayor
CxAt.tb 3. fitk ci tios dljr, which KM
mad* public to-day. Mr. j Fowler's letter
was in answer to a communication from
Mayor Fisk in which th»» latter asked for
some definite information as to whether
ho would again seek to represent the dis
trict.
RAPID TRANSIT AMENDMENT
jP. S. Commission's Jurisdiction
Extended by Signing of Bill.
Important amendments to the rapid
transit act affecting the jurisdiction of the
Public Service Commission became law yes
terday when Governor Hushes signed the.
hill prepared by the Public Service. Com
mission and adopted by th* Legislature.
The most important amendment is that
with regard to Investments of trust funds
in real estate. The law prohibits these In
vestments when there ,c an encumbrance
on the property. The Public Service Com
mission in the construction of the Centre
street subway loop had to buy real estate,
along the line for the Canal street station
and for the turn from Centre street into
Walker and Pelanrey streets. This prop
erty la now offered for Bate, and is valued
at more than a million dollars, as th* sub
way la fin built that the roof provides
foundations for ten story buildings.
The prohibition of the law, however,
would have prevented the hip mortgage
companies from advancing money on this
property on account of the easement for
subways. The amendment just adopted
provides that » rapid transit easement
shall not be deemed an encumbrance
against investment? in mortgages by trust
funds, but that the easement shall be taken
into consideration iii determining the value
of the property on which the mortgage is
to be placed.
Other amendments allow future subways
to be equipped with moving platforms as
deemed advisable. am; also permit the pur
chase of electricity by the operator of a
subway instead 'of forcing such operator to
build separate power houses for the vari
ous lines.
BILLS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Canal Terminal Commission Gets An
other Year — Trip Abroad Assured.
Albany. May -Governor Hughes to-d^y
signed the bill of Senator Allen extending
for a year the life of the commission ap
pointed a year ago to investigate the ques
tion of providing canal terminal facilities
Mid authorizing an inspection of water
terminals abroad. The commission receives
an additional HMM for the continuance of
its work.
The (governor alto signed these bills:
Senator Hill, appropriating $*i 000.«'«*) for
the year beginning October 1 next, for the
construction and improvement of high
ways.
Mr. Oliver, providing for the sale of per
sonal nrooerty to satisfy the liens- of keep
ers of hotels, apartment hotels, inns, board-
Ing and lodsring houses, and for the. sale at
public Auction after six months of un
claimed articles revered by lien?.
"HOSPITAL ANGEL" IN WANT
Government Won't Help Her, So
Senators Raise $1,050.
Washington, May s.— Her Uncle Bam will
not reimburse Eliza Hoakina Farris, "the
pnsrel of the hospital." for self-sacrificing
devotion to the Union cause, ev<>n though
«■ eighty-four years of age she ip in want.
Nevertheless. Senator Bradley, her life-long
friend, has now in hand $I.'W>. which he
will pend to her Immediately.
It 's ■ pretty human interest story. dram
atised to-day amid the grind of the Ben
ate machinery. Senator Bradley had a bill
to appropriate |tjOM for her. It wnt to
th« Committee on Claims, from which few
bills return! He told that leather-hearted
committee this Btory:
Miss Eliza, as she was then, no? the
daughter of a Kentucky slaveholder who
was ■rilling to sacrifice his property rather
than have the Union disrupted. Camp Dick
Robinson, ■ Union recruiting camp, was
near his pla<-e. His son became a colonel
in the Northern army, and his daughter
was permitted to turn .their home into a
hospital for Union soldiers. In addition to
furnish!] ie supplies to the hospital. Miss
Eliza was. in constant attendance on the
wounded She became known as the
''angel of the hospital."
Ml Eliza married H«r husband died,
and. through fire and other misfortunes.
her entire estate "a? dissipated As Mrs
Eliza Koskin? Karris she now lives at
Lancaster. Ky.. alone and failing rapidly.
Mr Bradley told the story eloquently, but
the committee would not favor the bill. It
would pel a bad precedent
Senator Smoot Is a member of the com
mittee. He did not vote for the bill, but
after the meeting he thought a lot about
the poor old woman Finally, he went, to
Mr. Bradley and said
"Say. why n't we go into ,our jeans
for that ».O0O? I II give H09."
On the back of an envelope Mr. Bradley
put down: "Smoot, 0;" then he wrote his
own name and the same figures. It wa.s
only a few minutes before others came
around, and soon the envelope also bore
hundred dollar subscriptions from Senators
Guggenheim, Elkinp. Bourne, dv Pont, De
pew. Smith, of Michigan, and Oliver, and
$T' ft subscriptions from Carter, Bulkeiey and
Brings.
The "angel of the hospital" will get the,
deserved relief, and no bad precedent will
be established to haunt the Senate.
AMOTHER ATTACK ON VAIL
Hotchkiss Says He Intended to
Mislead Department-Denial.
Poughkeepsie, x. y., May 6.—Superin
tendf-nt Hotchkirs of the State In^iiran^e
Department in a letter written to the oi
rectera of th« Dutciie.-* Fire Inaurance
Company, made public to-day, ag^iin crit-
Presidant Lewis EL Vail wboae re
moval the Su^-erinte^^ent has recommend
ed < »ne of ;he charyjes made by the Su
perintendent in bis letter to »he directors
18.
On December .-. . .:■»('. in response to a
request by i>;r department that it be fur
nished information as to the assets of . i«
old company— to the end that In
quiries from California claimants might
be ex-President Vail wrote, the
present superintendent : "I can assure you
thai there la very little left, probably "not
rriore than enough to take care of out-
Mai ding claims and a fair compensation
for the services and cxj>en?<;fi of liquidat
ing and winding up the affairs of the old
company.- when the facts were, a.- then
.known to him. that, though the outstand
ing claim? did not amount to more than
(4.00Q, there »a* upward .if tin.GOij of es-
BeU unquestionably vested In the old com
pany, •• say nothing of outstanding -and
collectible claims in Its favor against the
'■>■••' company to the amount of $15,4061, and
upward of $$0,000 in secuiitiea held by
Frank B. U»n and belonging either to
the#<.|d company or to Its stockholders. In
the judgment of the department, the state
mai of President Vail wa- intended by
him to mislead the department In Mien
representations as '.' would make to per
sons Inquiring of it coneemins; the con
dition of th« old company.
The Superintendent makes fourteen «=pe
rific chargrh, and !n closing bis letter be
&p ys : %
'' he above doe* not by any meant- include
all of the transactions or President Vail
which subject him to criticism. Those
given ar*. however. In the judgment of
the- department, sufficient to warrant th«
statement that h<- has been guilty of many
practices which m:)k« it impossible that
he be lonsei Intrusted with the executive
management of your company This is em
phatlral)* so arben it If recalled that he
excused many of these irregularities by the
statement 1 list other company officer* have
done the same thing, and that, anyway, no
loss has resulted to any one.
For the above reason* Mr. VaH*a useful
ness as the executive, of your company Is
at an end. and !t» further continuance in
business with him as its head if, in the
judgment of the department, out of the
question.
President Lewis 11. Vail said to-night
that he would make, a full answer to each
and avery one of .Mr. Hotchkiss'n spael.
Heationi '!■ denounced the Superintend
en', letter at full of nUaTaplCMBtAtiOMl
NEW-YORK IMILY TRIBUNE. FRlditT. MAY 6, 19io
AGAINST THIRD DEGREE
State Senate Approves the
Hubbs Measure.
BUSY DAY IN UPPER HOU
Playgrounds. and Saratoga, Bills
Passed — Fight Over Public
Service Measure. •
[By T»graph to The Tribun-.l
Albany. May — The Senate to-day passed
Senator Hubbs's bill designed to abolish
the "third degree." It prohibits- the use
by a prosecuting oflfiecr of a confession
made by a prisoner unless that confession
were made in the presence of his counsel.
Senator Hinman fought it hard, maintain
ing that it would be a great hardship to
prosecution officers, who had trouble
enough to obtain convictions without hav
ing additional bars put in their way. Sen
ator Bracket t argued for it.
Assemblyman McKeon's bill giving to
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
in New York , City power to acquire land
for playgrounds was passed- So was As
semblyman Whitney's measure increasing
the appropriation for purchasing the. min
eral springs at Saratoga- Springs for a
state reservation to $1,000,000. Senator
Hubbs amended Mr. Merritfs bill author
izing the prison site commission to select
a substitute for the Bear Mountain site so
that the new prison to replace Sing Sing
may not be placed on Long Island.
Senator Wainwrlght, of Westchester.
sought to amend Mr. Parker's measure
making general amendments to the Public
Service commissions law so that the com
missions would have a right to fix commu
tation rates and mileage. Senator Grady
stopped the amendment by showing that
this could be done only when the hill 'was
reached in general orders.
Senator Wagner to-day served notice that
he would move to suspend the rules to take
up his Coney Island f-cent fare measure
to pass it out of its regular ortl. r.
After a hot discussion the Senate, com
mittee of the whole, by a vote of 25 to S.
amended A. F. Allen's bill, favored by the
Insurance Department, relative to standard
provisions for accident and health policies.
The casualty companies have been fighting
desperately for a clause permitting a court
review of the decisions of the Insurance
Superintendent relative to the form of poli
cies. They won their battle when amend
ment? offered by Senator' Holden were
adopted. Senator Grady fouszht for the
amendments. He served notice that he was
"appearing for all the insurance compa
nies.** His brief. he said, "was not accom
panied by a retainer, to my regret.'" Sen
ator Grattan. chairman of the Insurance
Committee, argued for the bill by saying
that Governor Hughes, in speaking for the
Public Service commissions bill, ha.] taken
a stand against a court review of the acts
of administrative, officers. His pointing an
argument by praisinc the rtandiof the Gov
ernor awoke ironical laughter from all
parts of the Senate Chamber.
Senator Cobb's bill making a misde
meanor the tire of weights or measures
which have not been inspected by a sealer
of weights and measures within one year,
or the retention of such weights or meas
ure?, was also passed.
Other measures that passed were Mr.
Fowler's limiting the right of application
to the courts for release, of persons in con
finement who appear to be Insane This
is known as the "Harry Thaw bill."
The four Conklin bills diverting fines im
posed in New York City for ill-treatment
of children and animals and violations of
the pharmacy act from societies for the
prevention of cruelty to animals and sim
ilar organization? to the city were passed,
DELVING INTO COTTON POOL
Grand Jury Subpoenas Served on
Speculators in Staple.
The Investigation beerun two weeks ago by
the grand jury into the alleged pool in May
cotton took an active turn yesterday, when
many hundred? of subpoenas were served
en broker* and dealers wbo had accepted
May cotton. The <I<-ferdants In the pro
ceedings are Frank B. Hayne. W. P. Brown
and other?, it Is believed that James A.
Patten, the cotton manipulator, i? at the
bead of the alleged pool.
The subpoerae in the n" or supplement
»rj proceedings require thr presence of
those served before the United States
erand .iur- . which convenes on May 9. »in
Thr (-3?e of the United Stated aC ». .Tamer
A. Fatten and others."
The subpoenas are made out on a special
form of four printed paces, and it la said
that practically every broker and dealer
who is believed to have accepted May cot
ton has been thus served. Th" subpoenas
command tho-. fe served to bring all papers
relating to transactions in raw cotton.
showing the asrgregaf> number of bales sold
but not delivered at the close of business
on April 30 last; the aggregate number of
bales in the possession of such broker or
dealer, and all transactions involving the
Felling or holding of cotton.
Bach of these subdivisions as to the. ag
gregate number of bales of cotton closes
with these words: "For the account of
C. W. Johnson, of Charlotte, N. C, or any
firm, .corporation, copartnership, pool, syn
dicate or association, of any nature what
soever, in which C. W. Johnson is a mem
ber, officer or director, or acts as agent
for." .
It is conjectured that C. W. Johnson is
the agent of the Southern spinners, and
acts as the intermediary between those In
terests and Inmes A. Patten.
CHILD WELFARE DINNER
Committees in Charge of Fall Exhibit
in Conference at Harvard Club.
The general committee in charge of the
Child Welfare Exhibit gave a dinner, fol
lowed by a conference, last night at the
Harvard Club, at which many men promi
nent in sociological work in this city were
present. The Child Welfare Exhibit, which
will be held in November at the 71st Regi
ment Armory, is expected to give a vivid
and comprehensive picture of child life in
the city of Mew York.
The, New York Child Welfare Committee
has been incorporated to study the subject,
and fix committees are now actively en
gaged in gathering data. George B. Ide
.„,[,,„) or the dinner last night, and ad
aTsaaeawere made by Dr. Walter I* Har
vey Professor K. R. A. Seligman. Pro
fe=sor Charles R. Richards. Professor Al
brrt Coe and Roy Smith Wallace.
PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD WINS
Roads Must Get Consent to km
Equipment Trust Certificates.
Albany May s.— Railroad corporations
cannot tow** equipment trust certificates
without the approval of the Public Service
Commission, according to a decision of tho
Appellate Division. 3d Department. Th«
ea«« decided was thai begun by the
Public Service Commission, M District,
against tie Nets York Central lines, for
Ifsuing po.«op/«0 of thf>fir> certificates with
rut securing the approval of the commls.
Mon The company contended that the
cartincatoa were not the obligation* of th«
railroad company. »« «re stocks, bonds or
ether evidence" of indebted within the
terms of Section U> of th* Public Service
Commission law- inasmuch as they were
issued by the Guaranty Trust Company.
-ird not hv the railroad company.
This decision will not affect th« validity
r.f the e.-iuipinent trust certificates, but will
make, it clear that the statute applies to
r«ehs««COrlti«B and' fettles a controversy
woicb existed tinea December, 1903.
FEUDS IN LEGISLATURE
Senators and Assemblymen
Losing Their Temper,
NCWCOMB MEASURE KILLED
Burlingame Legislation Marked
for — Brackett
in the Fray.
[By Tflesr»rh to The Tribune.! •
Albany. May 5.— The strain of th« long
legislative session and the many untoward
events of this year are telling on the legis
lative mind, and more particularly legis
lative temper. Peace, harmony and cour
tesy, which usually ooze from every legis
lator until the atmosphere drips with a
saccharine vapor, have been blown out of
the Capitol. There is a very fair prospect,
if affairs go or. as they are at present, that
in a week or so the Senate and Assembly
will be at each other's throat, while in
dividuals in each House will be revelling in
feuds enviable to a Kentucky.mountaineer.
In the Assembly the fight to-day was
turned on Senator Newcomb. His bill de
signed *to assess on New York City at large
the, cost of an extension of Riverside Drive
awoke the slumbering dog* of war.
Messrs. Brennan and Wilsnack led the
fight. Attacks were made on the unfortu
nate Senator as well as on his bill. Hig
gins, Conklin and Murray rallied to the
support of the unlucky measure, but the
House. was in a killing humor. It slaugh
tered the bill, voting 60 to 16 to strike out
the enacting clause. .
Senator Burlinganie"s legislation is also
scheduled for slaughter, because Westches
ter and Erie County Assemblymen think
lie If holding up some of their local bills.
Incidentally, he ip doing whatever he can
to wage war on Senator Wainwright'P leg
islation, and apparently he went out of his
way to-day to be discourteous to Senator
Braokett. Tie refused to move a couple of
hia bills, anil when Brackett paid they were
very Important arid asked why he .lid not
wish action taken on them, he virtually
told Brarkctt to mind his own business.
Brackett isn't averse to m goor) fight, so in
teresting developments are expected.
Bra'-.kett himself managed to step on
Senator Newcomb'fl corns to-day. The lat
ter asked a question, breaking into the mid
dle of one of Hra^kett's arguments. He
didn't get the answer he wanted. I,ater
he rebuked Brackett for discourtesy, which
caused the Saratogan to apologize in a
speech in which be said hitherto he and
Xewromb always had hitched because h©
supposed they were "the worst "-ranks 1n
the Senate."
MIX-UP ON INCOME TAX
Assembly Rejects Inquiry Reso
lution-On Table, Says Speaker.
[By T« l l«'irraph to The Tribune. I
Albany. May .'.-By a vote of 56 to hi the
Assembly rejected to-day the resolution
reported by the Rules Committee providing
for a legislative commission to inquire into
the advisability of a graduated income tax
in this state. Much chagrined at this ac
tion Speaker Wads-north ruled that this
rejection of the Rules Committee's report
merely laid it on the table, whence it could
be taken at any time. His ruling was greet
ad by a storm of howl? .and protests from
the Democrats and some Republicans, who
had voted against this on the around that
it was backhanded blow at the federal
income tax proposition.
When Speaker Wad-worth handed down
the resolution, the** was a long wrangle
about procedure, which ended only when
he. ruled that it was before the House for
action. Then Assemblyman. Parker, of
Washington County, presented an amend
ment to it to restore it to its original form.
As presented by him It had declared that
the legislature "favors a graduated ta\
upon income*, the proceeds of which shall
be applied to the payment of the expenses
of the state."
This amendment t>^<- beaten. «<* to 52 Mr.
Frisbie, minority leader, then moved that
the report of the Rules Committee be re
\e>r-\t>{\. This stirred up a hot debate on
the line- of previous argument? on the
merits of the federal income tax. Mr.
Chenl^r declared he was in favor of any
kind of an Income tax, with proper re
strictions, and maintained that he <*t^ the
only Assemblyman who had paid an in
come tax in a foreign country Mr. Mer
ritt. majority leader, said the state didn't
need to impose an income tax now. but
might in the future, and the question was
well worth looking into.
When It <-qme to voting, the House itself
got tied into a hard knot in its own red
tape The report of the Rules Committee
was rejected. Then the Speaker declared
the resolution before the House, and de
spite objections hi? ruling stood. Next a
motion to recommit the resolution was
made, and declared lost. After that a mo
tion to reconsider the vote by which it
was lost was carried, the vote reconsid
ered, and finally, with due ceremony, the
resolution replanted In Rules Committee
"by unanimous consent."
In the Senate Senator Hamilton succeed
ed in introducing his resolution for the
state Income tax It was referred to the
Finance «'ommiitce
The Senate Judiciary Committee to r>ight
decided to report Senator Darei#3i*t*s reso
lution providing for the ratification of the
federal Income tax proposition, it is the
general belief that the Senate will kill the
resolution as the Assembly did.
INCOME TAX MEN HOPEFUL
Senate Must Still Vote on Resolution
in Massachusetts.
Boston. May ."..-Advocates of the income
lax have not yet given up hope of plac
ing JUassachusetts on the affirmative side
of the question, despite the adverse action
of the lower branch of the Legislature yes- 1
tcrday.'l'nder the rules of the Legislature
the Senate also must act on the report
of the Joint committee on federal relations
whose de.-ision against the tax was rati
fied in the House yesterday by a vote of
I?* m MM, out of h total membership of
If the Senate differs from the House and
substitutes the resolution favoring a tax
on incomes for the adverse report, find
then adopts the resolution, the House must j
again act on the Question.
The majority against the resolution in
the Flnuse yesterday was so decisive that
no attempt was made to-day to obtain re
consideration. but the Income tax support
ers insisted that they had not given up the
fight
MASONS' NEW GRAND MASTER
Visit of Orphans Brings Contributions
of $16,000 for Utica Home.
Robert Judson Kenwnrthy. of this city,
was duly Installed grand master of Masons
for the State of New York in the grnnd
lodge, room of the Masonic Temple yester
day afternoon. Thl«» ceremony, including
the installation of the other officers, was
performed m the presence of masters •■(
lodges from cities in almost every county
lit the stfite. Justice s.. Nelson Sawyer, the
retiring grand master, was th« Installing
officer.
A.l a direct result of the visit to the grand
lodge on Wednesday of the ninety-two "1
phan children from the Masonic Home \i
Utica. affording the assembled Masons a
practical demonstration of the work being
don* up there, J1 6,000 was contributed yea
terday for the home at Utica.
Resolutions were adopted authorising th«
trustees of the, Masonic Temple to improve
the ?3d r*ef corner by razing the pr»s*"
huildingand erecting -upon • the' ground an
other Masonic structure.
NEW GRAFT CONFESSION
White's Story Corroborated,
I Says Chicago Prosecutor.
Qilcsso. May 5. — After th» grand jury,
which is investigating Senator Lorimpr
election, adjourned to-day State's Attorney
Wayman declared he had obtained a con
fession from a member of the state Legis
lature who, Wayman says, admitted re
ceiving: $1,000 for his vote for Senator Lorl
mer. This man's story, which is alleged la
confirm Representative Charles A. White's
charges of bribery, was related to the crand
jury to 7 day. Wayman paid.
Summoned to appear before the grand
jury. Representatives H. J. C. Beekmeyer
and Henry A. Shephard called at Mr. Way
man's office to-day. Harry Aekerman, a
merdchant of r*>ntralia. 111., also appeared.
In addition to those named, the State's At
torney declared that Representatives Micn
ael S. Link and Joseph S. Clark would be
•witnesses. . ■ 7%'S;
Link. Clark and Phephard are alleged by
Reprepentativi* White, according tr> his con
fession as printed in "The Chicago Trib
une." to have been at St. Louis Last rum
mer when the legislative "Jackpot was dis
tributed. Great secrecy as to the testimony
of the witnesses is being maintained.
Springfield. Til.. May s.— That the clash
of authority between State Attorneys Way
man of Cook County and Burke of San
gamon County over jurisdiction in the in
vestigation of alleged legislative bribery
might interfere with Justice, is the opin
ion expressed to-day by Attorney General
William H Stead in a letter.
"I* appear? from public statements."
says the letter, "that promises and pay
ments were made both in Springfield and
Chicago
"I think the inv^ptiga'.ion should be pros
e<'.ut«»d vigorously in both places and the
authorities should work in harmony, so
that the "harges may be thoroughly sifted,
to the end that h!1 innocent persons may
be, vindicated and the guilty person.'', if
any. promptly and vigorously prosecuted. '
FIGHT OVER NAME AT TUFTS
Students and Graduates Don't
Like "Jackson College."
Boston. May 5.— A sum approximating
$500,00n. which has been left to Tufts Col
lepe. will b«» devoted." to the founding of
Jackson College to accommodate the wom
en students of Tufts, v. ho ar«» to be segre
gated next fall. President F. W. Hamilton
in maklne this announcement last nieht
said that the new Jackson College would
have the same president and trustees as
Tufts, and there will.be an exchange of
faculties. Jackson College will, however,
have a woman for dean. It will have Its
own gymnasium and its own chapel At
the present time there arc eighty-two wom
m students in Tufts.
The plan to name the institution Jackson
<""oil"e«> in honor of Mrs. Cornelia Jackson,
of New York. City, has stirred up a
vigorous opposition among the srraduates
and undergraduates, and a determined
movement is on foot to Influence the trus
t<s*.s to choose another name. The name
was s^lFrted as a means of shotvinsr ap
preciation of the large sums given by Mrs.
Jackson. * ,
As one of their principal objections many
prominent nlumni are pointing to a possi
bin confusion with Jackson College, of
Jackson; Miss., which is an institution for
negroes of both sexes Under Mrs. Jack
son's will Tufts has already benefited to
th»' amount of about 150,000, and ultimately
this amount is r\-p«..-tr.i to reach 1509.090.
Th« Tuft? trustees voted on April 12 to
abolish education and to establish a
college for women to bear the same re
lation to Tufts asjßadcliffe do«s to Har
vard. This was done In order to set the
remainder of th<» 1360.009.
The full details of th» plan cam* out
when President Hamilton answered sixty
questions submitted by the alumni.
MORE TETLOW "WIVES." 111 1
Pitisburg Police Think He May
Have Forty.
[3y T«:^r,irh to The Trlbun* ]
Fittsburg, May h.— lnterest in the case of
Colonel" James T. Tetlow, who has gone
to New York with eighteen-year-old Ethel
Jordan, and who has been sued on a
bigamy charge by her sister, who believed
herself to be his wife, Increased here to
day when wife No. 4- came forward from
West Virginia, and wife No. 5 was placed
by rumor In South Dakota. In the mean
time wife No. 1, who appeared yesterday
in the person of Anna Kohl Tetlow, of th»
North Side, produced data to show that
she had been at one time publicly ac
knowledged by the "colonel" as Mrs. Tet
low ' : "-
The police pay that if half th« tales told
by the wives already found are true. Tet
cw has probably forty different women
calling him husband in different parts of
the United States Tetlow and Ethel Jor
dan, his companion, wrote a Joint letter
to a Pittsburf: paper from New York yes
erday denying that he had married Clara
Jordan, who Is suing him here.
• In the same mail, sent from the Grand
Central Station, New York, Tetlow writes
o wife No. '. addressing her a? "Mi?
"t»ra Tetlow." saying: "What's the use it
aching? • We're both happy " The letter
is signed "James."
Anna Pohl. wiii appeared yesterday as
vn. i. turned over h<T marriage cer
iflcate and some data to the police to-day
fine postal -~ard sent her in Tetlow'a hand
vriting recently Is addressed to "Mrs.
Anna Teresa Tetlow," and reads: "We will
always be sweethearts, won't we? Don'l
yon love your hubby, Anna? I'll bet you
do. And I tove you, too." This Is signed
•Vol."
Edith lEbling, of Leatherwood, vv. \'a.. as
serted to-day that she was 'narricd to Tet
ow in Wheeling, on July 13. 19»>;. and
ive.i with him in Plttsburg more than a
year. "He *>ew when F showed him a
letter from another wife j: Sioux Falls,"
;."id MISS Kbiii-K
LUCIANO CONTERNO DEAD
Well Known Bandmaster, Who Served
Under Commodore Perry.
Luciano Conterno. the bandmaster, died
on Wednesday night at t.he home of his
con. No. MS Wesi 145 th street, after an
Illness of more than two months, follow
ing .i stroke of apoplexy.
Luciano Conterno was born in Clennoni
Fersnte, France, ''on September 5, I?R9.
When only nine years old he entered the
United States navy as a cabin boy and
drummer. He served durins the entire
period of the Japanese expedition under
Commodore Perry.
In IMB Mr. Conterno enlisted in the :tn
Regiment and wenl lo the front on tbe
iir-t call ol President Lincoln On his re
turn from tl c wai Mr. <"i>nterrn> «,i.-- a. ■
pointed bandmaster "f the SM Regiment.
From 1813 until lIM he waa bandmaster at
Hie Brooklyn navy yard.
Mr. Conterno l-a\e.- four sona and one
daughter. The funeral will be beM to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock in the
Church of Oui Lad} "of Lourdes, in Weal
;,.'.] street The burial win ba in Holy
Cross ' 'enietery.
THE BiSLE & FRUIT MISSION
TO THE
Public Hospitals of New York City
In alrtHton to th* work the Blbl« and Fruit
Mission !« doing In th« public hospital*. i? r .. a i
lz»s ttM necessity or i temporary home for aps
rial ,i<fr Of ronv»l .- ■• run ilisrharg*rl from th*
hospitals, who are without mon»y or <ri»;i : ana
are to> -weak 10 work. Th* Society appeal* to
the public for annual snb.«rrlrtlon» t v th*
amount of threa thousand dollars for three irsan
to ran* for »u<"h ca»?t. until rifty or sixty thou
sand dollar* shall be secured and a permanent
home •stabllslied. ' Contributions may bi r>-nt
to the treasurer. Bin .1 FREDERICK TAL-
C-OTT. 60 \\>»J. MIS itrMl
EVELINA T HAMILTON.
tsrmai >
PRAISES PRIMARY [AW
Senator Bourne Tells of Results
in Oregon.
ELECTION OF CHAMBERLAIN
Interference by Republican Cora
mittee Official Alleged — Dis
cussion of Patronage.
, 44.,,. . v -'-'.> - > ..- ,: ■- — -r .* .■"' ■
■ " [Ft cm Th« Tr'b'ir'" Buroau.l
Washington. . May —A speech by Sen- '
ator Bourne, of Oregon, this afternoon,
praising the election law of his grate, j
I brought on a general debate on the ques
tion of representative government. which ,
dealt especially with the effect on the ■
| Southern States of the present system of '■
selecting federal officials for that part of;
the country. Mr. Bourne defended the
primary system of Oregon, and referred to
an alleged effort on the part of certain
officers of the Republican National Com
[ mittee to defeat the election of Governor '
i Chamberlain to the' Senate after he had
■ carried the primary. He said j that one of
! Mr. Hitchcock's assistants had promised ,
federal appointments to certain members of |
the Legislature if they would disregard j
their pledges to the electorate. This refer
ence to the Postmaster. General started a
discussion regarding federal patronage. !
| Senator Bacon complained; of the referee j
I system, in vogue in .the Booth! while Sen
j ator Carter made - some suggestions for!
i eliminating politics from the Po?tofflce De
! partment and appointing all postmasters on
j merit. .'.'
1 Mr. Bourne declared that his state has
; evolved '"the best form of popular govern- i
i ment that exists in the world to-day." He
■ defended the election by the Oregon legis
: lature of his Democratic colleague. Senator
Chamberlain, characterizing it 'as "the
highest kind'of evidence of the efficacy ol
i the law." Mr. Bourne said:
At the general election in June Senator
i Chamberlain defeated Mr. Cake, notwtth- 1
standing the state was overwhelmingly Re
publican, thereby developing from the
Democratic- candidate into the people
choice for United States Senator. The nor
mal Republican majority in Oregon, I
think, is rom , 15,00«> to 30.000. With full
recognition' of Governor Chamberlain's abil- ;
ity and fitness for the office, the fact that
for nearly six years he made the best Gov
ernor Oregon ever had. and considering
that undoubtedly he is the most popular
: man in our state. I deem It but just to
the law and a proper answer to the criti-
I cism of enemies of the law that it ' de
i stroys part-.- lines and integrity to state
i that In my opinion Senator Chamberlain I
I received the votes of several thousand Re- ;
1 publican enemies of the law. who believed i
' that in selecting Governor Chamberlain, a
I Democrat, they would prevent a Republi
can Legislature- from ratifying the people's
Selection, obeying the people's instructions
! and electing as United States Senator the ;
: individual, regardless of party, that the i
people might select for that office. Thus 1
they hoped to make the primary law and •
statement No. 1 odious and sought Ito ere- .
ate what they thought would be an impos
sible condition by forcing upon a Republi
can Legislature for confirmation the popu
larly designated Democratic candidate for [
United States Senator.
The People's Choice.
They fail*.! to realize that greater than
party* and infinitely greater than any in
dividual, the people"? ohofce" becomes a
representative of the principle and of the
law; that the Intelligence and Integrity of
the whole electorate of the state, as well
as the integrity and loyalty of the mem
ber!! of th? Legislature, were at *<*ke. and
from any honorable viewpoint the mere,
Intimation of the possibility of the Legis
lature, or any member of the Legislature,
failing conscientiously to fulfil his pledge
or loyally obey the instruction of the peo
pi would not only be an insult to the In
telligence. independence and patriotism of
the Oregon electorate, but they would not
permit such action to go unnoticed or with
out, holding the culprit to a rigid responsi
bility for- hi? treason.
Stating that there were no penalties at
tached fo the law. Mr.' Bourne said that
during the session of the Legislature at
which* Mr. Chamberlain had been elected ■
former government official and assistant to
the chairman of the Republican National
Committee had appeared in Oregon . and
promised federal appointments to members
of the Legislature if they would disregard
their pledges to the electorate.
"The effort wa.s made by th» enemies of
the law." be said, "to create the impression
that, by reason of this persons relations
with the chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee during the national cam
paign he would be »We to deliver these
promised federal appoint in case
statement No. 1 subscribers sold their honor
and betrayed their trust."
Primary Better Than Convention.
He declared th*. primary system to- be.
preferable, to the old convention plan, large
ly because it protected the people against
boss rule Mr. • Bourne also found matter
for praise in the initiative and referendum
law. and. in fact, in all the laws composing
the system.
•■Results attained undo? direct legislation
in Oregon." he said. "compare so favorably
with the work of i legislative assembly
thai an effort to repeal the initiative and
referendum would be overwhelmingly de-
The f< Rlue List" of The Evening Mail.
NO. 4.
The Celluloid Company, of 30 to 36 Washington
place, New York, used the Blue List of The Evening
Mail to get two of its type of employes.
The advertisement cost $7.
Here is the result :
THE CELLULOID rOMPAXT.
30 to 36 Washington Place.
nBCETP/I OFFICES
• N'w Tor^:. -
Tht Evening Mail:
Dear Sirs — The result of the advertisement placed m
rour "Blue List" «M most satisfactory. A number of re-
P plies were received within FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, and
from them we obtained the two men wanted. Men of a
superior class and who have so far proved entirely com
Yon may remember that I told you that I would try this
"high class" advertising as an experiment, as all other ad
vertising which we had done had only resulted in having
applications from apparently all the riff raff In town, and
I say frankly that I did not expect much better results from
the "Blue List.'i I will say now with equal frankness that
the money was well invested, and I shall certainly use the
List again when necessity arises. Yours very truly.
F. B. LEFFERTS. Treasurer.
The Blue List's permanent success has been built
upon just such satisfaction as that derived by The CeJ*
luloid Company, which, as you know,- is one of the most
highly keyed organizations in the world.
take this home to your business.
Don't you need high-class help?
Aren't you disgusted trying to get it by ordinary
advertising mediums?
Why not, then, pattern after The Celluloid Com
pany and try the extraordinary medium the Blue
List of The Evening Mail, the medium that produces
results that fully satisfy.
One trial will get you in the Blue List habit as a
means to obtain the finest grade of employes, because
the answers you will get will open your eyes as to qual
ity, and you will not have to waste a lot of valuable
time wading through replies that you couldn't for an
instant consider. «
Call "Cortlandt 92,"
Or "Madison -6540."
Anrl the Blue List will send a representative to
talk it over with you.
No. 5 to-moHow.
THE UNDERWRITERS'
BUILDING
Located at 123 William Street,
has been erected by us from
the plans of Messrs. Clinton &
Russell, Architects.
Not until December 6th last
ff-K the erection of steel started.
May Ist wa< the completion
date-
But history is comparatively
easy to write.
The Roman Empire took
centuries in the making, but
you can read all about it in a
week.
The William Street building
taxed brain and brawn for five
superhuman months.
But unless you are familiar
with recent building conditions
and recall the seventy of the
past winter, you can never
know just what the following
tit-bu of history means:
The Underwriters' Building
was finished on time.
It i- a 12-stcrv office struc
ture, fireproof throughout, and
modern as money can make it
Half the entire space it
leased, and Monday of this
week tenants were doing busi
ness there.
The New York Beard of Fire
Underwriters has taken the 1 Ith
and 1 2th floors, and insurance
brokers who appreciate the ad
vantages of proximity between
related interests, will lose no
time in getting in touch with
Messrs. Ewing, Bacon fir Henry,
of 30 Church Street.
Incidentally, the building was
erected on the Cost Insurance
plan, and it cost the Owners
considerably less than they
figured I
Obviously — but no, a great
man has said that the surest
way to be dull is to say it all !
THOMPSON-STARRETT
COMPANY
Building Construction
Fifty-One Wall Street
felted. No effort has been attempted."
In conclusion Mr. Bourne said:
Plainly stated, the aim and purpose of
the law »re to destroy the Irresponsible
political machine and put alt elective of
fices in the state in direct touch with th<*
people, as the real source of authority; in
short, to BjTC direct and full force -to
the ballot of every individual elector in,
Oregon and to eliminate dominance of cor
porate and corrupt influences in the ad
ministration of public affair?.
The Oreeon laws mark the rours<» that
must ho pursued before r » wrongful us**
of corporate powers can be dethroned, th*
people restored to rower and lasting re
form secured. They insure absolute gov
,ynment by the people.
When Mr. Bourn* concluded Senator
Brown, of Nebraska, asked general con
sent that fifty thousand copies of th*
ppe«w;h be printed- by the gUH IIIBBSBI for
general circulation, but Mr. Oallineer ob
jected. Mr. Brown spoke of the speech as
"a remarkable one" and ?a!d If had demon
strated th^t the Oregon =■ stsai was n-»
longer an experiment.
Mr. Carter found "■ the postal commt?*-
Fion's» proposed change of the pastal 'a* 1 ■
a panacea for all the nis eoraplalnjd of.
Under thai system, he said, the postal ser
vice WOaM be put on » b'lslnes? basis an<f
an employe rewarded for merit. and by
eliminating the flfty-nin- thousand post
masters in the country from politics all the
difficulties wiggesled by Mr. Ba»-on wonld
he nT-erenme
The Carter schem* did not appeal *<> Mr.
a ],. tie denounced it a? a, plan for t*«
obliteration of all - a'= Haas and th*
usurpation of po-^er by th e fed>ra' govern
men»
ADOPTS DAUCrHTER AT 7« YEAFS
"Child" Is 40 Years Old and Assumes
Rights of Heir.
Fitt=bnrg. May s.— Judge John D. H?r
maker entered an adoption order »- an
unusual rase to-day which mak»« Id^
?elma Light, forty years old. the da.a?ht«r
of Mary 1,. Mclntosh. who is sev»nty-sr*.
Neither woman has ever married 1 anS
neither has heir».
The order of court gives the adopt« 4
woman th* rights of eMM and haw and
direct? that she shall b<* subject M h «
duties of such child.
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