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BABY STUART
THE STORM
BREAKERS
MOTHER AND CHILD
THE HOLY FAMILY
AN AMERICAN BEAUTY
PEACEFUL HOUR
Howard. "How did you manage to stay
in here and answer those signals?"
"I had to." replied Howard, hoarsely,
"That's what I'm here for."
When he saw that everything was all
right in the engine room. Howard went
out en the pier, and the crew got around
him and cheered him. When the re
porters found Captain Carman and asked
him how he managed to get the vessel
in so quickly, he paid: "I'm not to be
thanked for that. "Sam" Howard is the
man who deserves the credit for it all.
He Is a real hero if you're looking for
one."
Manager Grasps Hero's Arm.
"It was Providence and good luck that
paved us.*' paid Howard, when Frederick
A. BiFhop. the general manager of the
iine. slapped him on the back and
crapped his arm. "The boys stuck to
jrether: didn't lose their heads and the
"Id fire drill came in handy. • If you will
excuse me. I'll get back to the. engine
room, because I've got to take this boat
beck faß til* city."
I'nder th* circumstances and condi
tions that prevailed yesterday It "was
declared that the casualties would not
have been ereat if the Grand Republic
hs»d been filled with her average pas
senger complement, for assistance both
from the land and ?ea was plentiful.
The « ygn':s. of the Iron Steamboat
Company, hound up the bay. went along
f ide the Grand Republic when the flames
w*-re subdued, and later took some of
her passengers up to the city.
The Grand Republic vas literally
hemmed in by assisting craft, and there
were plenty of willing hands ready to
rare for the passengers if the occasion
required it. The big- tug Commander,
the launch VriM. the police boat Patrol,
the tusr Champion and the working tug
I. J. Merritt. of the -Chapman
Wrecking Company, surrounded her.
Captain Hamlet, senior officer of th*
Revenue Cutter Service at this port,
h«=ard of the fire shortly after it started,
?nrj he. immediately sent down the
anchorage cutter Guide, giving Captain
. ,• [gag instructions to save life and
do what he could for passengers who
might be in need. The Guide made an
unusually quick trip down the bay, and.
r?o]twithsiandinEr The quickness with
which the fire was extinguished, she got
fc there while the Grand Republic was still
| pmolderine. * \
Bootblack Causes Stir.
Th? <^nly semblance of panic occurred
•n hen Tony Arimot", a fourteen-year
oM Italian bootblack, pot ski a life pre
server. Four women on the after sec
tion of the promenade deck saw this and
became hysterical. Abraham Brown and
Max Cohen, who sell candy on board,
ohase/i Tony out of the way and led the
frightened women forward. The. candy
kids assured the women that there was
i „ danger, and order was restored.
The news of the fright of Tony soon
unread about the vessel, and, although
they bad their hands full, the crew, to
tip* 3 their own word?, "kidded" him for
his fear.
David Oopsey. a negro pantryman, is
perhaps the only man who could tell
how the fire started, but he declared it
■cap a mystery to him. He said he had
prepared a meal for the crew and the
few passengers who cared to cat. and
ihat the table bad been set twice. His
fires were banked and the Grand Re
public was steaming along peacefully.
There was a rumor that a can of
prrase had been left too close to the
Move. and. igniting, had set fire to the
wall: but the fire was too sudden to find
The origin, and the flames spread too
rapidly and covered too much surface
for any one to determine the starting
3>lace.
There ■■.'- more excitement on shore
yesterday than there was or; the Grand
TJepublic The news spread as rapidly
as the flames on hoard, and everywhere
plong the waterfront tugs and idle ex
cursion boats were ready t«» start for
Bay Ridge.
Automobiles in Rush to Beach.
Rumors gained currency that a thou- :
sand passengers were burning to death ;
on the Ms; exenrsksa boat, and that she
was a charred hulk, burned to the I
water's edge. There was grr-at alarm in
the Bay Ridge district, and before the |
burning vessel made fast to the pier the
beach was black with people. Auto- i
mobiles (locked to the scene, and as the |
| ■ : :aiik was hauled ashore Captain ■
David Evans, with th*- reserves? from the :
171 st Precinct, was on hand to take";
care of the crowds. '
Thf nkembers of th*- crescent Athletic
;>rnis<-<l much by every on«^ on
Swing Over
to the "want ad." columns and
iook at the offerings. You
v ill probably find hat you
want. If you don't, insert a
small "ad." telling just what
you want.
THE TRIBUNE,
154 Nassau St
Uptown,. 1364 Broadway.
board the Octal Republic. The officers
of the club and the members who hap
pened to be present p*w what was com
ing into their back yard, and they
(urned in alarms and telephoned for the
police. Not knowing how many pas
sengers there might be or how grent the
flro might become, they sent out all
available launches and skiffs to the < dgre
of the «=teamer The tugH on the pea
side of the vessel played tt reams on the
deck, and N was due to this help that
the fire which had jumped across the
deck to the forward part of the port
paddle box was kept in subjection.
The firebnats New Yorker. Zophar
Mills and Seth Low hurried to the dis-
Pbled steamboat and assisted with their
powerful streams. The government sup
ply Fhip Vestal also Joined the fleet of
firefighters
Csrrr.jp Gets Offer cf Help.
Th<» municipal ferryboat Manhattan,
on her way up to the Battery from St.
George, was the first craft to edge in
close to the Grand Republic. Her cap
tain shouted to Captain Carman and
asked if he should stand by, but when
the ekipper replied that he wouid be able
to make the pier without help the Man
hattan continued on her course.
James A. McConaghy. the purser of
the Grand Republic, said the crew had
no difficulty in getting down the hos*>.
and he laid stress upon the fact that It
was good hope. Tt was held up against.
th<= superstructure by thin strips of
cloth, and he explained that a child
could pull it down. The entire deck was
covered with life preservers, which, ac
eordine to th** steamboat inspectors.
were th^ b<=>st that are manufactured.
Captain Henry If. Seeley, inspector of
hulls, said the Grand Republic was in
fine condition In his report on the
Grand Republic. Captain Peeley said:
"She was in amply good condition to
rarry the 3,700 passengers allowed her
by law. She has more life buoys than
the law require?, besides eight metal
lifeboate. one wooden lifeboat and two
life raft?. £he was examined on May 20
and re-examined on June 28."
J. L. Crone, the inspector of boilers,
said the vessels boilers were in good
condition when last examined, and that
she had complied with the law in having
Weekly fire drill?.
Triumph for Discipline.
Fred A Bishop, secretary and acting
general manaerer of the Iron Steamboat.
Company, which operates the Grand Re
public, was bubbling over with delight
when he arrived on the Grand "Republic
at the Battery at 6 p. m. "It was a tri
umph for disciplin°." he said, "and I
am proud of every one of the forty men
of our crew-.
"Accidents will happen, of course, but
we have demonstrated that we are pre
pared to cope with any fire that may
start on board our steamships. We do
not know how the fire started, but we
know that within a minute the lines
were. Etretched and water was turned
on. and th flames were well under con
trol before any assistance came.
"I was In the office when the news
came to me. I went to the seventeenth
floor, where, with a glass, we could see
the steamship in a mass of smoke. When
I came down to the office again I was
told that the Merritt-Chapman Wreck
ing Company had a tug at my disposal,
and I rushed to the scene. Everything
was calm and orderly when I arrived
there, an-d I was delighted at every
thing I saw and heard of- the manner in
which the crew behaved.
"The Grand Republic was purchased
four years ago from the old Knicker
bocker Steamship Company, which
owned the ill fated General Slocum.
Repairs Cost $80,000.
"In the four years since we operated
the ship we have expended on her fully
£RO.OOO. for new boilers, now electric
light plant, enlarged Eea cocks and ex
tended fire lines, so that streams can be
played on any part of the boat, and we
replaced the old copac life preservers
with block cork, the best known life pre
server that ran be secured.
"The rules of the company require
that a fire drill be held each week, and
there is considerable rivalry among the
crews of the boats under our control.
The Grand Republic has established a
record by having the hose pouring water
over the side within forty-one seconds of
the alarm. All on board of the Grand
Republic agreed that within a minute
of the alarm streams were playing on the
fire. ■ "
"The Grand Republic was inspected a
short time ago and was found to be In
perfec* condition and perfectly equipped.
The damage may amount to between
S4,<v»o and (5,000, but we expect to have
her in commission within a week. She
has gone to our repair docks at the win
ter quarters, at Edgewater, N. J., near
the i:?Oth street ferry landing. To-day's
occurrence leaves our record untar
nished. We have carried 59,000,000 per
sons since we started business without
losing a life."
On Pier 1. at the Battery, the landing
place of the Grand Republic and the
Iron Steamboat Company's boats, there
i was a huge pile, which contained a baby
carriage, a number of valises, coats,
hats, wraps and other impedimenta left
!on board by passengers. Most of the
stuff, however, was checked, showing
I that it had been left on board by people
who had gone to Rockaway, expecting
to use the things on the way up in the
evening when it grew cooler.
The General Slocum Disaster.
The grewsome possibilities of the fire
on the Grand Republic recalls the fate
| of her sister ship, the General Slocum,
which burned to the water's edge, near
North Brother Island, on the morning
of June 15. IW4. with a loss of life of
more than a thousand- passengers. Most
of those who perished by drowning or
fire at that time were women and chil
dren who made up the larger part of a
merry Sunday school excursion from
St.. Mark's German Evangelical Luth
eran Church on tfth street.
The Slocum was the younger boat of
the two, and was considerably smaller.
The Slocum was built in 1891 by Devine
F. Burtis. and was a wooden hull
steamer of 1,284 gross tons. 256 feet in
length. She was licensed to carry 2,500
passengers. « The Grand Repubii 1 - was
built in 1878. and the speed of her con
struction was the marvel of shipping dr
< >p. She is wooden hulled, '282 feet
long. «nd licensed to carry 3,700 pas
f-'nper*. The Knickerbocker Steamboat
Company owned both boats in 1904. The
New Jereey Navigation Company, which
is under the same management as the
Iron Steamboat Company, operating a
line of boats to Coney Island, bought the
Grand Republic four years ago.
Repairs — Follow Inspection.
Following the Slocum disaster a rigid
inspection of the Grand Republic's lire
lighting apparatus was made, and it was
found then that the. persons in charge of
the boat were practically unacquainied
with the proper fire signals, and that her
DAILY TKIBUXK. TIIIHSDAY. .H'l.Y ", 1010-
fire equipment was useless. Many of her
Hfe preservers were found to be rotten
and the life rafts were found to have
false rivets in spots where real rivets
were indispensable. She was short some
two thousand life preservers. She was
overhauled, and the repairs ordered by
the government were made, and her fire
equipment was brought up to tIM re
quirements.
Durinp the inquest following the Slo
nim difaeter officers of the Knicker
bocker Steamboat Company testified that
Captain John Peace, who was then on
the Grand Republic, had charge of the
equipment of the General Slocum as •well
as his own boat.
The Grand Republic has had other ac
i cidents. A giant wave struck her in
' 1901, and injured a number of passen
j gers on the decks and swept a child
! overboard. For some time she was used
|in the service between this city and
Dreamland. Coney Island. Several years
ago she drifted about the waters near
NcvC' York as a floating vaudeville thea
tre, with shows on two decks. She was
decked out from stem to stern with hun
dreds of lanterns at that time, and fur
nished entertainment from S o'clock in
the evening until midnight.
The report of the fire on th- Grand
Republic went through the lower East
Side like a whirlwind. A party of
women and children went on an excur
sion up to City Island, under the au
spices of a Jewish society, on the steam
boat Sea. Gull, which towed a barge
alongside. There were about 300 women
and children on the steamboat and barge,
and although the afternoon newspapers
said that It was the Grand Republic that
was on fire, and that no lives had been
lost, few in the district could be per
suaded to believe it was the truth.
There were many in the district who
were positive that it was the Sea Gull
and her barge that had met with disas
ter. Crowds rushed to the pier, at 3d
street and the Bast River, from which the
Sea Gull departed, which is the pier the
General Slocum started from on her ex
cursion of death some six years ago.
Many persons in the throng had lost
relatives and friends in the Slocum dis
aster, and it was a hard mob to han&le.
Reserves were sent out from the Union
Market police station, In command of
Roundsman Flattery, but they were un
able, to cope with the excited crowd.
Sergeant Merritt. of the station in
Delancey street, came to their assistance,
and finally order was maintained. The
Sea Gull, which was dire at 6 p. m..
came in at 10 p. m with her excursion
party, and the police again had difficulty
in preserving order. There were frantic
kissing and embracing, and the East
Sid** went home with its relatives and
friend? believing, after all, that the
newspapers told the truth when they
said it was th.« Grand Republic that had
caught fire.
DISAPPEARS AFTER DIVE
Young Law Student, Drowns in
Hudson, Near Jersey Shore.
Fay C. Smith, a young law student,
who lived at No; 567 West 173 d street,
was drowned late, yesterday afternoon in
the Hudson River. He was bathing near
the Jersey shore, opposite West 183 d
street His death was reported to the
police of the West Ir«2d street station
by Donald Adams, of No. GOl West
184 th street, who was with Smith when
the latter lost his life
According to the story that A.dams
told the police, he. in company with
Smith and David Dooman, were swim
ming In the shallow water on the Man
hattan shore late y^pt^rday afternoon.
Smith proposed that the party get a
roWboal and proceed t>-> the Jersey side
of the river, •./■it Dooman said he would
wait until they returned.
Smith and Adams hir^d a boat and
rowed across the river. When they
■upre within fifty feet of the Jersey
shore Smith and Adams decided to race
in. and both .lumped into the water.
When Adams rose to the surface of the
riv^r Smith was missing
After remaining near the spot for some
time Adams finally gave up the search
and returned to the New York shore in
the rowboat At the landing he met
Dooman. and both went to* the station
house and reported the death.
WILL CARE FOR MRS. BURNS
Brother Reads Story of Attempt
at Suicide- — Visits Hospital.
Something of the life of Mrs. Nellie.
Burns, who attempted suicide early yester
day morning by cutting her throat with
a knife which she had borrowed from a
strange man at Broadway and 3<sth street,
was learned last evening from her brother.
Robert « *. Farley, at No. 4f>:> Court street,
Brooklyn. H.«? had just returned from see
ing her in Bellevue Hospital
"Nellie and another sister and T were
left orphan* at an early age." said the
brother. "The crirls were older than T and
I had to go 10 work They did, too. when
they were old enough. VTe manag pr i to get
along pretty -well, and fourteen years ago
Nellie became the wife of Thomas Burns,
who was in the shoe business in Brooklyn.
Twelve years ago Nellies child. Agnes
Mary, was born, and two years later her
father died. My sister had to go to work
again, and I noticed that she became sad
and weary
"She left Brooklyn seven years ago, and
only once in that* time have I met her.
She appeared very nervous and almost
melancholy. I did all I could to cheer her
up, but «I soon realized that my efforts
were useless. I heard nothing further of
her untH I saw The Tribune this morning.
"When I went to see her this morning: she
was unable to talk, owing to the wound in
her throat, but she was much better when I
called this evening. I learned that she had
been living for some time with st family at
No. 570 Tenth avenue, but that, for some
reason I couldn't learn, she left there, about
«ix months ago and went to board with
Mrs. MoNamara. a friend of hers, at No.
4H6 Seventh avenue. Mrs. McNamara told
me to-day that my lister had been very
down-hearted lately, but not unusually so
when she went out on Tuesday night. When
she has recovered I shall send her to the
country to recuperate, and my sister and I
shall look after her in the, future.
"So far as the- child. Agnes Mary, is con
cerned." continued the brother, "'she has
been In the care of the Gerry Society, I
learned to-day, for th«» last three- years. I
shall take letral M^ps to regain the cus
tody of mv niece, and f»be. too. will receive
our tender^.'t care. She will live with us
hereafter."
Th* brother wa? unabl* to say how the
child had «-ome to be in the soetfty? rare.
TWO DIE IN AUTO ACCIDENTS.
Chicago, July «.— John I. Pratt, of St.
Paul, an offlcjal of the Chicago Great
Western Railroad, whose automobile was
struck by a streetcar here last night, died
from his injuries to-day.
San Antonio. Tex., July »'>. -An automobile,
plunged sixteen feet from a bridge Into
San Pedro Creek here early to-day, killing
Miss Dot Miller and seriously injuring two
others.
MR. ROOSEVELT IN TOWN
Visits "Outlook" Office and Sees
Some Old Friends.
WILL SPEAK IN PITTSBURG
Ex-President Says He Has Not
Agreed to Support Poindex
ter for Senate.
Mr. " Roosevelt came to town yesterday
and t-pent the greater part of the day in
the office of "The Outlook" going over his
mail, sitting in at the editorial conference
ond receiving visitors. There was the, usual
excitement around the office thru interferes
with work when Mr. Roosevelt is on the
Scene, and in the afternoon the editorial
staff fv-ent over tc the Arts and Crafts So
ciety for luncheon.
Collector T»eb, District Attorney Whit
man. James B. Reynolds and ex-Governor
Post of Porlo Rico were waiting in the
outer office when the hour for luncheon ar
rived, while the editor was still in the
midst of dictation. Mr Loeb went on with
Mr. Howland to be a guest, at the luncheon,
while Mr. Post went away to come back
again at 3:3". and Mr. Whitman and Mr.
Reynolds waited for a few minutes' chat.
Mr. "Whitman said that his call was purely
personal.
Among others who called on Mr. Roose
velt yesterday were Senator Warren, of
Wyoming, and Representative Bennet, of
this city. An appointment was made with
Mr. Bennet for next Tuesday, at "The
Outlook" offices. Hamilton Fish came, in
and was Invited to Oyster Bay with the In
surgents to-day. Senators Beveridge. Dol
liver and Cummins are expected to be
among the other visitors at Sagamore Hill
to-day.
H. P. W. English, president of the Pitts
burg Civic Commission; David P. Black,
the vice-president; Allen T. Burns, general
secretary, and Chares F. Weller. a. mem
ber of the commission, got from Mr. Roose
velt a promise to speak before, the commis
sion in the fall.
Mr. Roosevelt received several dispatches
from the Northwest during the morning
concerning the report that he would sup
port Representative, Mile? Poindexter for
Senator from Washington to succeed Sena
tor Pile?. The dispatches led him to i^sne
the following rtatemert:
Mr. Roosevelt will see man-.- Senators,
Consrressmen, Assemblymen and other puo
lic officials representing every phase of po
litical opinion. He declines to be responsi
ble for any statements except those he
himself makes. He has paid nothing and
intends to say nothing as to any contest,
for a nomination. If he has anythin? to
say on such a subject it will be done over
his own signature.
All that was said between him and Mr.
Polndexter was that, he was pleased to find,
as he had expected from Mr. Poindexter's
past record, that Mr. Polndexter was heart
ily in sympathy with Mr. Roosevelt's views
on conservation and other similar subjects.
Mr. Roosevelt made no statement whatever
and expressed no opinions on the Senatorial
contest and Mr. Poindexier never asked
him to express such opinions. Mr Roose
velt believes that Mr. Poindexter is not re
sponsible for the statements that have ap
peared, certainly in so far as these state
ments have Quoted Mr. Roosevelt as above
indicated, arid he believes they have no
foundation whatever in fact.
■ [By T«lesrrs.r > to Th» Tribun- 3
Oyster Bay, July 6 — The announce
ment was made hers to-day that Governor
Hughes would pay his expected visit to
Theodore Roosevelt next Tuesday It had
been thought the Governor would reach
here this week, but owing to his having
gone to Chicago with the funeral party of
Chief Justice. Fuller his call en the ex-
President was delayed. %
New York state politicians are known to
be showing great Interest in this confer
ence. Members of the Republican old
guard have been declaring privately what
"William Barnes, jr, declared publicly, that
neither President, 'nor ex-President nor
Governor could "coerce" or "dragoon" the.
Republican party Into accepting a direct
nominations measure. At the same time,
there has been manifest in pome quarters
a dread lest, as a result of the Governor's
talk with Mr Roosevelt, a policy be
mapped out. that -would commit the. pro
gressive?, headed by the ex-President, to
an active fight for that reform.
Old guard Republicans do not relish any
prospect of such a fight. They feel it
would lead to a struggle to control th©
state convention, as indicated by recent
statements of Lloyd C. Griscom and Post
master Fred Greiner of Buffalo. F«me of
the old guardsmen just now are loud in
their calls for "harmony" in the approach
ing campaign, hoping thus, according to
progressive Republicans, to shove the di
rect nominations controversy into the
background.
Mr. Roosevelt's action in arranging- In
New York for a visit from Mr. Barnes and
Speaker Wa<lsworth. the. two leading op
ponents of direct nominations, makes It
certain that whatever action he may take
will be based on a study of both sides of
the question. These commanders of the old
guard wrote to Mr. Roosevelt for an ap
pointment. Mr. Barnes is expected to re
turn from his European trip about Au
gust 1. and some time thereafter he and
the Speaker are expected to make a pil
grimage to Sagamore Hill.
Two more insurgents are expected to call
on the ex-Pre?!dent to-morrow. They are
Senator Beveridge. of Indiana, and Rep
resentative Hamilton Fish, of New York.
Some time soon it is likely that Senators
Dolliver and Cummins, of lowa, will call on
Mr. Roosevelt.
The fx-Presldent and Kermit Roosevelt
returned by automobile from New York
this evening. Mr, Roosevelt had three
guests nt dinner, John Burroughs, the
naturalist; William Dudley Foulke, of Ind
iana, and a friend of Mr. Foulke/s.
ENGINEERS WANT INCREASE
Men on Forty-nine Western Railroads
Formulating Demands.
Chicago. July <>.— lt ua^> announced, to
day that twenty-five thousand locomotive
engineers, employed on forty-nine railroads
weft of Chicago, are formulating demands
for increased wages, to be presented to the
managers before August 1. The schedules,
s-> far as they have been prepared, call
for a complete readjustment of wages *for
all classes of engineers, the men on the
Far Western divisions demanding a higher
advance than is aske.l by the men running
into Chicago.
The locomotive firemen on the same line?
recently got an iucrea.se ranging from - J5
to 60 cents a day by the decision of an ar
bitration beard appointed under the Krd
man law.
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GETS INSURANCE EVIDENCE
, State Superintendent Sends Transcript
to District Attorney.
William H. Hotchkiss, State Superinten
dent of Insurance, turned over to District
Attorney Whitman yesterday a transcript
of the evidence »i his recent investigation
into the. affairs of the Phenix Fire Insur
ance Company. He requested that the
District Attorney make a further investiga
tion to learn if the. law had been violated
by officers of the, company.
Mr. Whitman assigned Assistant District
Attorneys De Ford and Deming to conduct
.the investigation. -:../..\. : .
AGED FARMER KILLS HIMSELF.
Butler. N. J-. Ju 'y •»•— Despondent be
cause- he and his wife, no longer capable
of conducting the farm for which they had
worked for almost half a century and
i: ..I sold, James Harrison Vreeland, aged
seventy-three years, killed himself this
morning by sending a bullet into his left
temple Vreeland's wife, who is past sev- ;
enty, Is prostrated, and it is feared the i
shock «ill prove fatal to her. ; J
ROOSEVaT SPEAKS OUT
Strong Editorial in Favor of
Direct Nominations.
BOUND TO WIN, HE SAYS
People Will, in the End, Insist on
a Larger Part in Naming
Candidates.
In a signed editorial In "The Outlook"
for July 9 ex-President Roosevelt, -writing
under the caption "Governor Hughes, the
Legislature and Primary Reform," gives
fully his reasons for supporting the Gov
ernor's direct primary position and predicts
confidently ultimate success for the move
ment in this state. The enemies of Gov
ernor Hughes and of direct nominations
will find nothing to comfort them in the ex-
President's words. He tells them frankly
that they are mistaken if they, believe
"that, by their action, they have, definitely
checked the movement for direct popular
primaries," and that "the people of New
York State will, in the end, insist on taking
a nior<? direct part in the nomination of
candidates." Mr. Roosevelt says:
"I believe that Governor Hughes has
been supported by tho bulk of the wisest
and most disinterested public opinion as
regards most of his measures and positions,
and I think that this has been markedly
the case as regards direct primary nomina
tions. I know that many honest and sin
cere men are. on principle, opposed to Gov
ernor Hughes on this point, and I know
also that the, proposed reform will very
possibly accomplish less than its extreme
advocates expect; while I am well aware,
as of course all thinking men must be, that
the worth of any such measure in the last
resort depends upon the character of the
voters, and that no" patent device will ever
secure good government unless the. people
themselves devote sufficient energy, time
and judgment to make the device work.
Finally, I freely admit that here and there,
■where the principle of direct nominations
has been applied in too crude shape or
■wrong-headedly. It ha?, while abolishing cer
tain evils, produced or accentuated others—
in certain cases, for instance, putting a
premium upon the. lavish expenditure of
money.
' "But while I freely admit all this. I nev
: ertheless feel, in the first place, that or. the
fundamental issue of direct primary nomi
nations the- Governor is right, and. in the
second place, that, as the measure finally
came up for action in the state Legislature,
It was welinigh free, from all objections
save those of the men who object to It be
cause they c.ro fundamental^ opposed to
cry change whatever in th» d-?lred direc
tion.
"The bill provided only for direct popular
action in the primaries in relatively small
geographical and political communities,
thereby making the experiment first where
there was least liability to serious objec
tion, and avoiding or deferring the task of
dealing with those big communities where
i the difficulties and dangers to be overcome
would be greatest. Moreover, while guar
anteeing full liberty of individual action, it
also provided for the easy maintenance or
I party organization, and thereby avoided
some very real dangers— among them that
of encouraging the use of masses of th*
minority part-.- in any given district to dic
tate the actions of the majority party. In
other words, the proposed bill, while M
marked a very real step In advance, was
tentatively and cautiously framed, and pro
vided all possible safeguards against abuses.
If in practice it had failed to work in any
particular, there would have been no possi
ble difficulty in making whatever amend
ments or changes were necessary
"The Republican party was in the major
ity in both houses of the Legislature which
refund to carry out the Republican Gov
ernor's recommendations: and although it
was only a minority of the Republican
members which brought about this refusal,
! the party cannot escape a measure of re
sponsibility for the failure; but it is on.lv
just to remember that a clear majority of
the Republican members of each house sup
ported the bill, whereas three-fourths Of
over of the Democrats opposed it. This is
one of the cases where it is easier to appor
tion Individual than party responsibility.
"Those who believe that by their action
they have definitely checked the movement
for' direct popular primaries are. in my
Judgment, mistaken, In its essence, this Is
a movement to make the government more
democratic, more responsive to the wishes
and needs of the people as a whole.
•With our political machinery It is es
sential to have an efficient party, but the
machinery ought to be suited to democratic
and not oligarchic customs and habits. The
question whether in a self-governing re
public we shall have pelf-governing parties
is larger than the particular Wll. We hold
that the right of popular self-government is
Incomplete unless it includes the right of
the voters not merely to choose between
candidates when they have been nominated,
but also the right to determine who these
candidates shall be.
"Under our system of party government,
therefore, the. voters should be guaranteed
the right tn determine within the ranks
of their respective organizations who the
candidates of the parties wfll be. no less
than the right to choose between the can
didates when the candidates are presented
them. There is no desire to break down
the. responsibility of party organization
under duly constituted party leadership, but
there is a desire to make th's responsibility
real and to give the members of the party
the right to say wliom they desire to exe
cute this leadership.
•'In New York State nn small part of
the strength of the movement haa come
from the popular conviction that many of
the men most prominent in party leader
ship tend at time.* to forget that in a
democracy the function of a political \y*
er must normally bo to lead not to drive
We the men who compose the gr*at bill*
of the community, wish to r-vern ourselves..
W welcome leadership, but we wish our
leaders to understand that they isfftfs their
strength from us, and that, although: we
look to them for guidance, we expect thi:
guidance to be in accordance with our In
terests and our ideals. *
••I believe, that the pr pi- of New YorK
State will in the end insjs,. on taking a
more direct part in the nomination of can
didates, because I believe that they will
grow more an<i more to insist on Just the
kind of guidance arid leadership that I have
mentioned."
BLACK STILL FIGHTS DALZBLL
Appeals from Refusal to Recount 30th
District Ballots.
Pittsburg. July Counsel for Dr. Robert
J. Black, former Mayor of McKeftsport,
who contests the rcnomination of Repre
sentative John Dalzell. in the SOth Congress
District, appealed in Common Pleas Court
to-day from the refusal of the county com
missioners to recount the ballots.
W. J. Brennan. representing Black, as
serts, among other things that fifteen pre
cincts lying between the Youghiogheny and
Monongahela rivers are in the 32d instead
of the SOth District, and that If th* vote In
these precincts were thrown out.it would
cut £5S frcm the Dalzel. majority, which
now stands at 197. It is also claimed that
fraud was committed in counting votes in
6*3 precincts and that a recount would give
Black a majority of 1,000.
CORPORATION MONEY BARRED
Indiana Republicans Will Practice
' 'Bare-legged and Shivering Economy."
Indianapolis. July 6.— The finance com
mittee, of the Republican State Committee I
at it? first campaign meeting has decided
not to accept contributions to the. Republi
can campaign fund from corporations,
"We realize," said State Chairman L"
"that the question of funds Is a serious '
one We do not expect to raise a large
fund. In fact, we do not believe It will j
take a large amount of money to run tie
campaign.
•The state, commltt-e started even this
year and it hopes by bare-legged and
.■ihiv^ring economy to break even at the
end."
HEARTY INDORSEMENT 0T TAFT
South Dakota Republicans Denounce
"Aldrich and Cannon. Policies."
Sioux Falls. S. D.. July The Republi
can state convention. In the section of the
platform adopted early to-day with ref- .
erence to the present administration, gave j
President Taft much heartier indorsement |
than was expected. The President was '
commended for his declaration of loyalty to j
what are known as the Roosevelt policies
and his administration was indorsed as *
having read many substantial measures of T
reform into the statute?.
The- convention, in all reference to the
so-called "Cannon and Aldrich policies.'*
declared aralnst them in strong language.
SOCIALIST TICKET IN WISCONSIN
Headed by Candidates for Governor
and United States Senator.
MttwaofeSSt, July 6.— The Social Demo
cratic referendum to nominate a state
ticket closed to-day and resulted in the
naming of W s A. Jacobs, of Racine, for
Governor, to head a state ticket. For
United States Senator. John C. Kleist, of
Milwaukee, was named.
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS.
Raleigh, N. C . - T ulv —Dr. John M
Faison, of Warsaw, was nominated for
Congress to-day by the Democratic con
venticn of the 3d North Carolina District.
Edward W. Pou, of Smithneld, was
unanimously renominated for Congress by
the Democratic convention of the 4th North
Carolina District.
John H. Small was unanimously renomi
nated as a candidate for Congress by the
Democratic convention of the Ist Nortn
Carolina. District
riCrHTING OVER BODY OF SON
De Festetics and His Wife in Conten
tion for Possession of the Dead
t Gyula de. Festetics and his wife, who 1
were separated in 1900. and who were al
most constantly fighting in the courts over
the custody of their son. Dwight, who died
last June, are now fighting out in th* New
Jersey Court of Chancery the question of
the right to the body of the boy, which hi
in a vault in Hillside Cemetery. Plainneld,
N. J. Mrs. de Festetics seeks to enjoin her
husband from taking the body from the
cemetery, and Vice-Chancellor Garrison has
signed a temporary order in her favor. He
also forbids the cemetery company Is per
mit, the removal of the body
De Festetics. who was a count but re
nounced his title, and his wife were mar
ried by Bishop Odenheimer at Ridgewood. j
N. J.. on June 7, IST6. Their separation fol- I
lowed h!s arrest in New York City, charged J
with wife beating , He was sentenced to I
serve a year in prison and to pay a $500
fine The wife secured a suspension of sen
tence. The articles of separation gave the
custody of the. hoy and a daughter. Elsie,
to the mother.
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ELLIS"S DISCHARGE OPPOSED.
Counsel for Samri Ellis, the clairvoyant,
who Is held in the Tombs in connection ,
with the death of Paul Hamburger, asked
Justice Glegerich, in the. Supreme Court, j
yesterday, to discharge Ellis on the ground
that the commitment of Coroner Holts- '
hauler was illegal, because the Coroner's
jury has decided that Hamburger was shot
by an unknown person.
Justice Giegerich put the case, off until
£|HSpP^CHURCH SERVICES"^%.
iKr At Half Moon Bay
Wf This picture illustrates the summer Sunday service* where
TM boats are pews, a stone the pulpit, the vaulted sky the roof ~and \
V v W^ re l he sermon 3 and h y mns a ™ accompanied by' the music of the \
J bads, the breezes and the rippling waters of the St. Lawrence Km 1
This is only one interesting feature of summer
In the Thousand Islands
■ superb river region, seventy miles in length and six or eight tniles «i*
wnhin which there are 1762 charted islands covered with foTiai aS"
i flowers -beautiful homes on many of them. It m *v- be S tbV t
place you want to go this summer. J i
3L Tickets and Sleeping-Car Accommodation* M
r '^^^^. can s^ r 'ire<l at Cif Ticket Offices ■< t,
' 5-^k 0 r*W»«- b y special repwsent*. ""
v-^^^ vho win furnish any ia£nrmati.->a <iesire4.
IJBV^!^^ A !-lr«ss K. J. O-HAYER A«nl
I /AzH*' ' V^^^^ General Eastern Pissirasfr \gent
Ljil//Y-£fc/j^^^ 1218 Broadway. New York
to-morrow to enable the graml Jury- *&*£■■
on the evidence to '<><» presented to lfto%l
according to ASS* District At!*,''
Turobull. who opposed the discharge,'
REFEREE IN" AUTO HEARER
Action Brought by Dealer Ci^;,
Conspiracy in Restraint of Trad*.
jus Me* Gl«e«rich yesterday appofc^,,
Georg«! K. BssaSi referee on th* appjj,,
tion of L*on I' K-)ii!Tman. presid-ru sf «_
Moto Bloc Import Company, to tak? a,
t^timony of Joseph M. Gllo«rt and L*»
Bennett, of th* Dealers' Fro- •. a«.^
.-i.- . -.•-., before the trial of a suit fsVtcj.'
spiraey In restraint of trade.
The plaintiff and defendants are •» ,*,
automobile supply business. The palnuf
alleges that th* defendants have orsanjzM
to keep the *ale of these foods \ a nt
hands of a few dealer*, and that th%? «^
actin«r In combination with manufacture-;
who produce more than ■*> per cent of th»
entire output. .
Or. Lyon's
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