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ELECTORS TO RESIGN
iilies Writes to -State Chair
man to Spur Disloyal
Republicans.
3LAMES WILLIAM FLINN
t-ead of National Committee
Say8 He Is Delaying in Or?
der to Injure Taft Cam
paign Plans.
Chfllrm*" Hllles of the Ttepublican Na?
tlonal Committee took up tbe Pennsyl
-rtnlfl dtuadOB yesterday by wrltlng a
lonf letter to Henry G. Wasso.i, chalr
mia of the Republlcan, State Committee
pft>i* Keyatone State. ln whlch. after ct
nialnlng hlfl view on the matter, he re
oafgted Mr. Wasaoti lo telegraph *a--h
of the electora who will not support Pres
Ident Taft to forward his reslgnation
irlthout delay ln order that the Republi?
can dckel may be completed.
After polntlng out that the campaign
|n each state revolved around th* elcc
torsl tirket and that it aas of thn utinost
Important-" to have an effective organlza
tlon ln the fleld at tbe earllest pomlblfl
mom*nt. Mr. HMea said that the Repub
If-ans cf Pennaylvanla had no elcctoral
tlcket around 44 hich t.> rally because
through the se.es. ion of a portlon of tl.e
ReptjMK-aii rartv under the lcadership of
Colonel Hoo>.e4flt tlie eleetoial tlcket had
_*ceine dlaorganlsed. A majority of the
thlrtv-eicht electora named at the conven?
tion r*l ised tO rleclarc tbelr purpose, lf
flected next Novcmber. to vote for I'reM
<)*nt Taft. Mr. Millcs wrote. addlng!
Their repudiatlon of the nomince of th*
Bepuhliean Natlonal I'onv.ntlon ida-'cs
them outslrie the pal.:- of the Republlcan
part} Meing reaolved ta vote for h man
Vho' 1'as formally ann??un.-^d that bc ls
no longr-r a Republican, they bave for
f-lted the right to h posltion on the Ke
pul.ilcan ticket. It is tbelr plaln duty 1?>
reelgr.- Mor.over. they ahould re. Ign at
onre. ?n that their p'a-es may bc fllled |
bv Repul-lican* who can be r.-lie.i upon .
to vof for Mr. Taft in tbe Kl. ctorai 4ol- J
let'
Thls would leave onl> two monthfl for
Oi* Republlcant. to make their campalgn
-s perioil obviuiisj> too brlef ln whieh to
leeomplish th* beai reaulta- Krom ihe
itandpoim of decency, honor and morai
lt>.. tn. Rooaevell electora ahould nol de
fe'r their retlreinetit irom tiie Repuhlban
tlcket another duy. They should not force
the Republlcan manHgerx. to apn.-al to Ibe
court- to rontpel them 10 wlthdraw.
Quotes Colonel Roosevelt.
Mr. Hilles then quoted abstra.ts from
the speech of Colonel Roosevelt. made In
Chlcago on August f>. in which the *x
Pre.i.l.nt declared that a stralght third
partv tlcket should be run Ifl Rennsvi
Taplfl and that be would not con.<nt to
batlng Republlcan electors who had .ome
ou: for him ro on both tlckets, and said:
Protn tlme tO time you have assured
ni. that tbe former Republicans now on
th. electoral ticket would reaign. but no
?octi actlon has yet been taken. Re*
tl roughout the state of Penn
made r?-peated demands
apon th. stat* committee to reniove from
t . (el the anti-Rcpu-'llcan electora
, aggressive campalgn may be
? .] As the day of th* election
approach-**. the n*ce*i.ity of ptirglntf th'
Bt-kt t Leromes more and mor* ltnpera
1 . Th* state .?omrnittc. has the pow.-r
to aut'stitute loval Republicans for dls
tb-publlcans. lt would be better
fnr thi future of tbe party If recourse ,
? ? r <ourts were rot taken. Inasmuoh
fn Invarlably engend. rs bittcr
n?ss and rareor.
H ninn tbe head of the Repub
Bapi ? ???s.|ontats In Rennx-ylvanla, Is ad
nfluerj.-e _h'ch ba? pre
?mted ? - eiimlnallon from th* Repub
Hcan f ket r.f thr Roosovell elecior*.
Hr. 1 n is no >ng ? RepubHVan. y< t
h- presume-a to dictat* t<> the Republl
can S:.j.<- rnrumittee ij. thls matter It
- is his deslgn to .|ef. 1 the retlrement of
t-,? Rooaevell electors, aii of whom a<
tn p. x ibaerv|*nt to hta w Hl. utitll -o lnf I
a dat' ...- 10 make 1 difflcult, If not Im
tl*xati\'.?. for ti" Ra-publk-atia t'> ronducl
an effective .-atiipaigii In tlu bitereat ><t
Prmlden! Taft lil- motivea ar< as ap
parrr' as they are vj.:011s 11* wtohea
ihe Rej ubll. an party ta the
natio-i. but at tht sam. tlrrM to sandbag
th* Republicans ef Pennaylvanla Into
f tr|| . _ nui '???; tltloua deelgn i"
break Into the ijiltr-.-. ^tate? genate.
TsXi-ig up ti . . nnoui ? ment ..t.''
Vr. Fllni tlat Im WOUld not r?i n tl.e
r,.0. .... th<- RepuMlean
tlrk't -.-?? 1 the Wa*hintrton tlcket was
-Mr.l-.ated h; petition. Mr. Hllles said
that Mr ."linn's purpos.- seem?*d to b<- to
<l?lay the fltlng of the petition until 8*p
U-mh*r f>, nnd thr.t it was doubtful
*?_*th*. Mr, Kllnn would earrv ont his
ut.certa;- promlae of retlrlng those elec
tors from the Republl.-hii ticket afiOUld
tkflTVaahlngton ti.k*t not receive a pla,
on ihe offlclal b-illot. Aad htr. Hille*
fl.de.) ii, rloalng his VtftAtr:
Immediate Action Vital,
U ,- a matt*i of vltal ImportaaKJe that
t ru.toral t-k-i ih .-.;;
pU-t'd in th. shortesi ,?,.?-. i'.ie tlme. I"
H-itar.d iv ..f the Immediate - ib
(Itutloii "f getniln* Repubik'ana for the
t_x.s*v^;t electora ta peMdloUB and dlfl
l,ot sunb-ietil assuran.-e
te ia; that this vill b- done "in a very
It must I- don<- ii'.ix
? ? . fore a-k vou to teletrrapli eaclt
of the eW-tors who will nol aupport ""?
Preaidenl to rorward his realgnatloa
?Rliliout furihei delav, In order ihat tlie
R4.pubi1.-an tlckel in... be cotnplatco.
?flenatr, "f I'r-nnsyl
vanla. had * long conference yesterdai
sit|. Cbalnnaa Hllles and B/llllam
Barnea. jr. on the cl-.toral Bitoetton m
bln atate. Neae ..t IheaVi woaM dtscuaa
ihe re-iiit. reached At tha uoBference,
Sflnato- Pen roa. fleBMd. however, tbat
ke bad been quoted eorrectly in a recent
Merview from PbHsdelphia, -4 hich made
blm say that .ourt proceedings ware tO
t* eaauBeaced within forty-abght hours
atfllnet th?- Rooaev__t electorp.
Annoiincement was made by Mr. Hllles
t'.at th* forrnal openlag of the national
caa.pa.gn tvould take pleee 00 S'-ptember
-1. at Columbus, Ohlo
? iferrisbiiip, Penn., flept j- vVhen
*h??n ihe iitirr of Chahmaa Hlllea ie
ta.<_.ng the electoral situation ln I'enn
?vhanig ?.,;,,, Cbelrman Wasson to
?Bht Mld:
"' have just seen th* nr w*paper copy
01 Br. Bltlae.e lattm of 8cptem_-?er 4, re
!'a**d for pubUeaBlea t.--nlght. The let- ;
'*r itself was no gouht acnt to Pblladel
P^'Ib and wlll r<acl. tne when I return to
Hhhbergb la the morning. I shail reply
" vr.".. 1 i,g.. r no comment to make
f*t th* preser.t, beyond saying that the
BBa_ do.-sn't cont iln anything whb'h
waan't fmijr ?iis<-u*?-rd 8nd understood ln
th* Cor_r*r*nce ln .\ew York between Mr
?^wb. William T. Tllden. president of
|*?a laion League of Philadelphia. Mar
"? E Olmsted. William Rattie*. Jr., and
^aelf on the 27th day of Auguat."
*
MONTANA SENATOR NOMINATED.
O'aat Falls, Mont , Bept. 6.--H. C. Bmlth,
rl*ltn*., was nomlnated for 1 nn.-.t
?tfltes Benator by the Republlcan Btate
c?nveiit!on hero to-day.
*
lUNDAY't NEW-YORK TRIBUNE
Mfliled anywhere in the United
**m* tor 12 50 a vear.
HILLES ASSAILS JOHNSON
Republican Ohairmah Points to
California Situation.
The fallure of Oovernor John*on of Cali?
fornia to aurrender the affalrn of the Re
PUbHoaa party ln hla state to the Re?
publlcan* after he accepled the nomlna?
tlon for th* office of Vice-Presldent on
the third party ticket was severely crlti
cised yeaterday Jn a statement Issued by
^halrman HUea of tlie Republlcan Na?
tional Committee.
Mr. Hlllea said that the rjuestion of d?
cency and honor dld not appeal to (jov
ernor Johnson, who, wlth the purpoae of
securlng electors for Mr. Rooaevelt an.l
hlm*elf, organlzed the primary campaign
and serured the nomlnatlon under the
name of RepublicaiiH of the men who
arera worklng to defeat thc Republlcan
candldat**. Thi* compelled the Republl?
can party to name, it* electors by petltlon,
Mr. Hlllea explained.
Ue aald in hla statement:
No one can properly chn.r?cterl_e tlu*
plecc of polltlcal aapravtty. p-r-oimi cow
anilce and treachery. lt 1*. plain Bteaitng,
a ple.-e of trlckcr> to Whlctl no honoralle
man would descend. Johnson was noml
iiated. a mlnority candidate. by the Re*
publlcan* of t alliornia. and recelved from
them hifl tlrst polltlcal honor aml prefcr
ment. He has rcclprorate.l by abamlon
I -k the party, glvlng al.l and comforl io
lt* eneniy, and be Wlndfl up by otealiug
tlie part>'s orjranttation. Ita emb1?m, an.l
by nraud and ehlcanery trie* to i-ecuie
for hlmself and hla party votes that ar.
intende.1 for the Republlcan candidate.
Tl..- party of th" third term candidate
prafeaaea through Its leader many "r*r*
11888, Imt the leader nnd tno party openly
eondone ateallng nnd ehoatlng and aiabe
a vlrtue of actions that are g Btenci* ln
th. nostrlls of honest men. Platform
l laiitudes cannot -ffret pciaonal >.cN>,n-.
and Theodore Roosevelt and Hlram John?
son have nhown themselves capable of
di*honea4 aml dlMionorablo metbocw 18
tnls California matter. Le* the publlc
Jndpc th.-m bv their actions. and app >
to them thc same test that they -?oul.l
applv ..rdlnarllv to anv man who vlolat.'.J
nol merel) plain etbtca but ..-onventionai
deeeney, heneaty and honor
Republlc*n* throughout the ro'intry,
right thlnklng Htir.eiu. and fair nilndal
m-.|i should r*Hli*.e the situation ln v.*ah
f.-rnla. Mr. HII1?*s added._
TOO MANY T. R. "IV
Third Termer Disgusted Ver?
mont Farmers, Says Ullary.
Thom*s Taggart. of Indiana. paid a
brlef ? lelt yrj-terd-iy to Licnu.cratlc na?
tional headuuarterr., hrmging wlth blaa
optlmlstic pre.lictlons oaref th-- situation
In his own statr. flrartC- he :Jald would bc
easily carrir*.! bj thfl Democrat* In Nv>
vflnaibar,
Ja.-oii Q. l*Ba*7, chairman of thp
D'niocratic State Conmilttee of Ver
mont. brought per*on_lly hl* view* .<p
th. electlon ln bj* own state. lle rx
prrsK^d thc opinion thnt. arhflfl Mr.
ROOOerell tOAbUO r? tour of Vermont hiin
self. be reaily brought harm to hl* <-a'i*-"
ln VOflne l8*ata8Ct*4. 88 ?< BM of f.-.-iners be
oame disguste.1 when in aaaa of his
aprCiChaa ''olonH Roosevelt talked forty
minutes and us. .1 thc personal pronoun
I or "me M tln.e*.
?lf the Deilinrrata *;m only let Mr.
Roosevelt keep on wlth hl* 'IV and 'irn*'
bfl >*. 111 Bo down to an ov.-rwhelmlnK 84
feat." Mr 1'llary -aid "RooBevelt's
ticket was led by a good man. and whlle
he had been unh?ar<) of before to any
great extont..he wa* a good talk.r. and
more than hslf ef the vote was a IlOCnpil
ment t<> btta rather than to tbe Third |
Term party."
OHIO 3D. TICKET NAMED
Oarford Put Up for Oovernor by
the Prqgressives.
Co1umr.ua. Ohlo. Sert ri Th- Progre-s-I
*lve partv.bejpn to-day Ha actlve flght;
M- the r-ontrol ef Ohlo, Pre*ld.-ut T*ft ?
home atate In Btate .-onvmion h're a'
.-m. modelled on the national plnt
rorra. was adopted and ? faW "'^ tMtoi ,
waj< neenlnated
\rti.ur I- ...arford. of K! .Tla, W88
; for G^-rarrior, Mr. Oarford w*? a |
eandldata for ihai >f*V*a !n tba R>l
-an Btate eeaveBtle-a, bul aa* defeal id.
Oth<r candidate* are;
r. j lab-.r. l-leuteranl Qpvornor;
ChUtiom l. Aiicr. Audltor: John I* Bul!l
v?n. Beerelary of BtMe: l1"?".^ '
1, i. Treaaurer; Itoberl lt Nevin. *i?
Oeneral; Randolpt. W. ttali *..
Kepr? - ntatlvi .at-I-ara*: '- '- '? ",* ,
,,,,..., ..,,?., ;?,,. ,i .-.,. imlBeloner; E h Rr
gkin? Bnd r m wanamaker, Mgaa of
ii., gupreme < '?*ii I
Governor Johnson of Calil'Tnla. thfl i
D4tB party _ candldat* for VKe-Pnuldenf.
ad,ir'es?ed the convention. crltlclKlnit: both
188 Republlcan and Demoeratie parile*
nnd aajrlng:
arhea I r<*^ * iteenl etateiaeat af
..o-ernor iVI't-on on our minimum w^g" |
i.iaiiV. ' wondered lf tht- gpeaker arM
_, klng In IntelMK-l or ...heart 1 knear
hc ,.as la.-kh.g ln knowle.iKi- T_H hirn
chooai tia. sid'- 0f ihe flght if ba arlll.
W?J villl^ake the Qtjier_
THIRD TERMERS IN ROW
Hadley and Ellis Clasb 011
Withdrawal Talk.
,l?ff . .\1r,, Sept. rV QOVOtltO*
Hadley deeilad io-is> that he told t,. \
RIllB of Kanaaa CHr, oafer the telephooe
yeaterday thal tf the Rapiihllean |adld4l
randtdatefl weee noa4daa8et] by tbe Pr*>
Kr.,4jv. partg they would althdraiv fro.n
tnc Republlce-ri llekel if roojutroi Ut ?""?
up for President Tal1. Uovcrnor Hadley
?tated:
ua ira Mr KI"* what information 1
had aa to th? aitit.Kie of the Ropubllcan
ludlrlal candldatea, bul dld not make tb.
atatemenl that Mr. Rllta was ouoted .r,
haviaa made, and i am mform.,1 br con
ventlon delegates thgi Mr Rlflfl dld not
mak. thc Btatatnant at.ni.uted to blm.
Mr. Blllfl *u\'l to-dav :
_..?. tt-Hlev nv?r tlie t?lepl'one as
-,r.'d nertS, Bepubllcaa ludiclai eandl
Saita wVre Progreaslve-. and when 1
d*i i Mm lf the? would wlthdraw from
a,"kf'nJ, 1.li -.11 ticket If asked tO pledce
,;? Repiibllcan n T(tf hr c.afd
rda'nt^-^b W"l,M WUh"
dravv eaaaai th. Taft ticket
MAY BAR THIRD PARTY
Some Jersey Lawyers Thus In
terpret Oeran Law.
ra, Te.rrTT^ph tO The Trlhun.
Tr*nton N- J- ?>Pt. 6-" <he construc
t,oTnrwiunh some of the ^omh.ent lawyer.
here place on the .law provldlng or he
.electlon of Prealdentlal electora 1* 888
S the name* of Roosevelt ,..*ct?ra
wlll not appear on the ba.Iota that WfiH
be uaed lt. the coinlng eledlon.
AccordinK to thi* *<t. ?h?ch wa*
mmm^Sl w.nter. Pre.ldentlal eleetor?
nTu.tbecho.en at the regular convent onj J
of th* partle*. which under the O. ran (
,aw are ci.mpoaed of the conAtdoltotor
hl liglfll-ture nominated at the pr.ma
rle. and the holdover Benator*.
No "rovLlor, ?* made ln the aet f. r
'tho-e partle* not tahlna, part ln tM
thlnaa art- worTderlng ?,ml ""* .
iiiing* ?rc wo contei.tlon
?^S??.-*_rras
oy
BUSY MINNESOTA DAY
Postpones Automobile Ride to
Take 20 Minutes' Nap?
Greeted by 100,000.
MAKES REPLY TO WILSON
Says Democrats' Tariff Plan
Would Plunge the Country
Into Worst Panic Seen
in a Lifetime.
[rrom ? S.afT Orreapondent of The Tnbune. 1
St. Paui. Sept. :,. Hlllcd as the head
llner at the Mlnnesota State Falr at St.
Paul. Theodore Rooaevell had an tXOtt
Ing and nerve rgeklng tlme ln the Twin
t'ltles to-dav. So fatign*.) was the Rull
Mrx.se b.v mid-afternoon tliat he |ost
poned an automobile ride iti order to
eatob a tweaty mlnutea* nap. if the
colonel makm a dtary aa he taavea here
to-night for North DakotB it wlll read
BPBBBthlBg lllte this:
"Awakened at 7:30 by a band and .rv
eral hundred Hull MOOOera, who swannrd
about the special a- It pullcd ln: break
fasted wllh Ihe state Progresslve c.mi
mlttee; noke to twenty-flve thooaand
pseeona at the fair ground*: revlved a
veteran wbo fahlted on the platform: afl
a horse run sniucl. in the CTOWd and in
Jute nlne persons: bOWed and grlnned to
a htinored thOUSand Mlnnr.otans. who
llnrd the streets of MlniyapnMw and St.
PSUl; delivered BBOtheT ,p*eoh before
se4 en hundred Bull Moosers at Minne
apalla banquet; (led fr..m a handBhaklng
h*e thal tiireat?ne. to i*s? _ii afternoofl
an.i w re, k the hot?l f urnlf nre | wrote
Mr*.. Ftoo.*.*it: i-onferrr.l *g..ni wllh
xtat*. iiuii Maoaera. about t.ir.' party
tleket: took ? nap: took o*t automoMla
rid* over the (wo rtHtO', hn I 'arm dlnner
with siate fair managem ??? the gr.eitids:
i left at Mfil p. m. f..r N'ort:, Dakota."
Hn.-h was the cx-I'reMdent'. day. ln ad
d'llon to a few routllM slde BtuntB, Bfl of
xvli'.-h had suft|e|en? actlon ln them to
I'lease any mr.4lng pieture maa. Muine
sota gave th* , oio'i... h warm weleome.
Explaina Reciprocity Change.
At thr state Kalr Colonel Rooaevell
made the longOSt vl" "'h Of ti.ea pr< aetit
trip. and under dlB_culUea Tha eroard
r\tend*d on bath sldee of the platform. a
xtlff hre.r... was blowit.f. and lt was im
pi.ssll.le for th* COlenel to sp'ak to both
wlngs of the gatbering at the s.iii). tim.-.
Ceneequently, h* pranced ap *"d down
tbe Btand, apeaklng IIti mlnutea t.
side and hv* mlnutea to anetbet n
colonel aaal he w..uld hav. lo be a stai
flsh tO aallsfy ;.ll se. tlons of the ? r..wd
Realizing tiia' Csnsd-BH r?>?Ipr.?-Hv M
an Issue ln Mlnnesota. thfl CBflO-Ml nia-l*
br>f n_tnl-_a ol hla ehaage ..f view* aa
reclproelty
"At first," he said. "many of us and I
wae among tbe number?thought reclproe?
lty would be a good thlng, blll we to-.k lt
for granted th* hill would b* drawn rlght
l.ater v?e found '".I that lt wa- a Jug
handled propealtlea aod lh.it > ou farm- I ?
wouid pay the frei^hi in onr platfaam,
we rlee.nr* for tii* repej.1 of metpi '"lt f
We aPpOOa both parti** ot. the tariff. the
W?publle_n* ar? fOT a tariff for prlvRegt
and the Damoerata a tanff for deetrti.
tlon. w* favor a tariff eouamlaatoa, n"t
a little dlt'kev board I ?ur pMBagBl ls a
tariff for labor
"If vou elt-et tjovernor Wilson j ou
fartners wlll get a great deal w.irs* than
reelpraeltir. i.-i wm hav* letlpaucfty
and worm if ibe Deaaacrarts m*an what
Ihe] ae. If thej dua'l mean what they
aa)', i'"' Bre ti't te ba tru?t*d. any way."
.'oione! Uooa-v.lt replbd io ijo.en.or
WUson'fl sp..eii ou th* tariff in Haa
forb >? ate .!--.-. mi ing.
If Ibe tariff plank of the Peiuoteatfl I
n.t telllni 1(1 truth, of courae l n-*d not
dtacusi > va 111, them U h i lelllng thi
tr'iih ... d should ie put Into effeet, it
would plunge iblB countrv Into -. perlod ol
commercia i - tat. ra au. I ai ?? have nol
.<??., ln a lifetime
Favors Danish Market Plan.
Tlu- cx-1 r.s.ii.tit Bpake at l.ngth ln la
vor of ihe marketlng -vst.-m of Deamarfc,
dflarlng tbat his hagfl wa. to brtng
about dire.t marketlng eommentcattoa ln
thls country lw1w*?n the farm?r and tlM
consumer.
t'olonel "Roosevelt *ald In bls spee.lj at
Minneapolls:
I am :n thls movement beeguae lt
t-prlngs, aa every .r>at movemenl must,
fr,,n. ttie con." L-rre of Hk people. . h*
polltlelana have been bllnd at.d .haf. be
., , . thej' ha'.e lEliored Ihe faCt that lil
th* last fea reara thara baa been a eteedj
rrowth of dlacontenl adlh thi Bllpatwd
in. m- len. \- ln .i.-aiing with ti" greal eco
noi.it., i iduatrtal and poUUcal problema
of Un da .
li i i,- v< rendered i ? i ??n " ha
baea t., i.rin.- ab rui <;" roov.>ni b
inti* qulcke/ than H aould otherwtae
, on*. I don't thlnk ? ?iht "ur i
Iltical eapreaalon baa repreeented Ihe
beai 'hat is h, ua wt havi bdan loo
h... ,., xi. ? . w ith c! "" Ism ? "i i nptlon ln
?ojjlr life Instead ?' feellni more
?booked than we would at rorruptlon ln
prlvate nfe When v\e _.-et ne proper
HtHtidard.x H wlll I" itoi'"--ihl' to hav. u
I. i.eiitioii <>f auch thefi aa naa pra -'i.-.-.i
at chleago. When wi nn the proper
standards we will se.- II <t at. mon who
proflt* by aueh thefi oi condones lt .:<
iinwnrthy of public ronfldi nci
.-oionri Roo*-\eii, BBylng th*. Obvomor
Wilson had aald that tha Etaaaat-ratlc
piatfoini wns noi ;, prngranum. aaked
Ti.en whal la "" The mlnute am men
announo- lhal their platform doea not lc-II
tie- truth thay onll eondemn themaeh'ea
fur puttlm H forth, atul il.ej eondemn the
man U'ho i'; unfortunately coi.ij..-ii.'.i ...
Bfand oo it.
Wemen Demanda Aid.
A ti.ntributlng cause to th* .olonela
?treaueeo day was th* d*man<1 of a
woman who bru?hed paat all guards at
the f*ir grounds admlnlstratlon bulldlng
?Bd demanded that the colonel aid her
ln reeoverlng $300 which she said had t>*en
lost ln the posloflice her*. "I would be
glad to take up the matter at another
time," said the colonel. "but I'vo got a
thousand other thlng* to do here to-day."
The woman departed after cousln
G.-orge Roosevelt had used his persuajilv..
powera.
Whlle the crowd awalted tlie arrlval of
the colonel at the falr grounds a girl ln
blue mountisl the platform and sang a
Bong, tbe chorus ef whleh began.
"I'm afrald, Ini afrald, "I'm afrald" ?
?Who's afrald, ,.f what?" sang the
nvmiM-r-M of the hand In concert.
"I'm afrald of the blg Bull Moose,'
warbled tbe girl. ,
The throng _ell*d and laughed, and Just'
at thal monient there was a mlghty com
motloii up near the entrancc of the park.
"Ilcre's tbe bull moose now!" shouted a
hundred volces, and the colonel Jumped
Into the rlng.
"Here, take my bat." he said to his
H.cretary. as he opened up.
?TII crush 11 otherwtae. Ita still in the
rlng." I
Oovernor Kberhart, who is not a bull
moose. met th* colonel at the atatlon thlfl
mornlng- r'1* (iovejnor also waa on th*
platform ?l lnc luncheon when the ex
President said no public offlcia! had a rlght
to condone the manner ln whlch the Taft
nomination was obtained at t'hlcago. The
Governor sat va Ith Immohtle face.
During the day tolon*l Roosevelt spent
an hour with Mlnnesota Progresslvc lead
ers, who were anxious for bls advlce as
to whether a Progresslve state tlcket
should be named. He expressed the
oplnlon that the Progresalves should
name their own tlcket "atralght down th*
llne." although lf the "Progresslve Re
publloans'" should w ln at Ihe Republlcan
prlmarleslhls month, he thought such a
Btep might not be necessary He ta will
Ing to ahan.lon Ihe Progresslve state
tlcket. he toid the Mlnnesota leaders.
only lf It'ls posslble to take over the
Republlcan organlxation bodily. It ls
understood that declslon will be poat?
poned until after the prlmaries.
It was learned here to-nlght tbat a
ehccUfl of 1.000 women would gre.-t t'oloncl
Roosevelt in Denver.
SEE8 ROOSEVELT SLUMP
J. Adam Bedc Says TaftB Strength
Will Orow.
.By * fliag Oerreflpaadeal M Tbe Tnbune.i
St Paul, Sept ''. A^scrtlng thal the
Rull Moose movcnient is aiready failing
and that lf I'olonel Roosevelt should
jump Into the lake tbere would be no Pro
greesfve party," aa-BapraaantatlTe i
Adam Bede, of MlBBngOtB. dropped into
St. Paul to-day during tbe Roosevelt fes
tlvltles.
"The Roosevelt rnnvement ls aiready
failing." he said. "It is a one-tnan affaii.
pure and slmple. If Roosevelt should
iump into the lak* there would bc no
I'rogr.sslve party. That kind af game
doe. not arork. Roosevelt wlll not carry
half a dOBBH stntcs. Taft wlll grow ln
strength. I think his rhances good for
earrylng Not* York and aii ihe New
Bngland States. Roosexelt'a featment of
Taft haa been eutragoeUB. Tbe people
are not going to l>* fllm-fiammcd into
el?rting .. man President who aoes about
Bhrlektng 'Uarr *t everybody who do*s
?MM agi re w ith blm.''
PERKINS QUOTES WILSON
Comments on His Criticism of
Business Men.
l.eorge V.'. PerktlM made a few *are_,s
t|e comments yesterd-4 on the sp?eeh
whlch Hovernor Wilson delivered B/edBflB
da\ night at th'- .lollar dinner of vvork
i biganea. Mr, Perktne -*i>i be wanted to
? all the attentlon of tne hu?ine*s men
of this countr.. aepetlBll. those arbo bax.
been buUdtag up foreign eommereai b>
tha IMIewtng paragrapb from fieveraer
WUeon *a ape41 h.
I d.. not iik?- to my lt, bnt l barra b*en
impre.ee,i aometimea with the very
l niatked .Ifferenee between Amerlcan
' bualneae men whom I have taiked with
I and foreign bnatneea men. I am BOt
1 xpeaklng of t!'? rank and fll* r>f buaineaa
1 -iien at all; 1 atn Bpeaklng >'f some of the
j men who -land hlgheel ln the manage
? ment of American buaineaa. Thej aagm
to be verltaMe provlnelsle, ignorant .-f
I the t-arkets of the '.-.rM Igix-rant of th?>
1 coureefl ar.) roulee af rommerce, ignnmnr
,.i ihe banking pmreaaea even by wt-.ieti
_;.s w ra eschengod
"< Hir buslne-> rtien.'- Mr T'erkina aald.
"wlll prol.al'4 be glad to bttow that, in
.;..4ernor Wllson's oplnlon. ln the matt*r
of foreign -Oantaerea the. ?re ignoraai
provlne-eJa and that lf the- bed been as
broad minded ind inteillg.'iit as the for
. Un l.u*in?-s men with w-hom cjovernor
| Wilson hav ta'ke.l th*y eould hav*
ia.-hie.ed far geeater mgaltB Ibe our coun?
try."_
EUROPE WANTS TAFT
Oolonel Oolt, on Olympic, 8ays
Financiers Favor President.
Th* ron. *rvatlv* p*op|* of thls *oun
try and of Kurnp* are anxl.ni* for th* re
alCCtleai ?>f President Taft. aeeording to
tb* 4i?w* on th* peBBeal aBaaMea *_>
praaaed yeoterday by Colonel Baaauel p.
t'olt president of the rnlted States Rib
1.... t"oni|>any. who arrived on the White
Star llner Olymgle from Southampton
"i have talkad with the blg finan- lai
m-n of liurop.-," said CotOBSl t'olt. "and
all of them hav* .|i.lt.' forgotten to *'-ar
federal Ic-gkdattea la this aaaatry in re?
gard to the large oorporattoae They be
lleVI Uml V4 e \. III h..x ti-.:. BtaMfl ,on
ditlons ben If we do not chang. tl.e
Preaidenl this fall"
Although abpoad fat pleeeure, Colonel
Coll gave niti.-ii BttenjUon to the pians for
llstlng 81?? O.?..<?-0 ln preferred Stne|< on the
PaHa BoUfBe. He waa i.e. ..mpanh-d bS
his son Meearetl C CaH, and the istters
brlde, who was Ml*s l??rothy Chlpman
FranV a. Maaaey, whe aad baaa reettag
m Rehenda. ?** a paaeaagsr. n? *i
pressed satlsfactlon over th* vot* In V*r
mont and declared that h* would now
settie down and work for Ih* Progresslve
party Mr. Munsey said he wa* not at all
afrald Of Thfl and was not partlcularl/
dlaturbed ovi r wiNon.
tmeaag otben ..n the otymafc araaa
Jamea a Pattea. Oeorgi -da, "'ari
|-aemmle. Mr. and Mra R L C. Bmlth,
Mr. and Mra Henry C Phlgge and fum
,i?. K.iiii.th n Behley, Joha H. Taibot,
Mr and Mrs William B Thompson. _F.
W Van Al.n and Mra. J?m*? ? Taylor.
calls Them tammany men
Empire Democracy Turns Down
Five Oommitteemcn.
on the ground that they were cntrolled
bv Tammany Hall. flve men provlslonally
named from this county >* coanmltteeaBea
for the lanpire state Pemocracy. falled
?f appeoval by n.e eaacatlva nnaaaalllea
and were lr.fo.med yesterday that they
w..il.l nol bB permltted ta partl.lpate In
the control of tb* stat* and county man
Bgamettl of tbe Kmplre iJemocracy.
The name* of the ttve men were glven
xesterday by Robert A. Wldenmann, sec
retary, as ThomaB I* Reynolds. Kdwartl
J. Plunkett. Jnhn H. Peters, Robert Ma<
k*y and Hugo Rankert. The m*n wer*
not approved. Mr. Wldenmann said. be
eaUSB Informallon had reached th<> eom?
mlttee that they were Tanjniany hench
m*n.
?Jt was all a put-up nam*." Mr. Wlden?
mann' explalned. "Mack .>f the game was
Tammany Ra" and *ni* T,m' wuiiivan.
1-leHsc make It plaln that the Kmplre
Ktate l.emoeraey was formed to over- |
throw the iKiwer of the#lK>sses an.i tl.e
machine. with espvclal referenc* to Tam?
many Hall. Wb want to obllterate Mtlr- j
phylsm. We are here to ataj ln the llght.
from year to yeur. and for that reason
will not take In any p*r?ons wbo bave
-itringa or collarfl of Tammany Hall at
ta.hed to them. We are ahsolutely op
posed to Murphy and boas rule, and we
are ln the flght to stay"
NEOROES TO HEAK BARNES
William Barncfl, Jr.. chalrman of the
Republlcan State i ommittee, wlll speak
to-nlght at the BMjBB meeting of tlie
Oeloeed Republicans of the County an.i
?'ltv of New York. to be held at . oung s
faslno 131th Mre.-t an.i Park avenue.
Mr Harnes wlll Wak on "lndlvldual
R(_harles W Anderson will preelde at
the meeting. and the liat of speakera In
Hudes William 8. Benne former Con
a-res*inan and now candldat* for tjov
STt.or tillclirlst Btswart and Fred R.
MVwMak
I. TAFT HE AN HOUR
Boards Yacrit Mayflowcr and
Starts for New London.
STILL USES WHEEL CHAIR
President Joined at Navy Yard
by Mrs. Taft, His Brother
and Party Leaders.
Pr**i.Ient Tafl paid the metropoli* a
rtatt lastlng a little more than nn hour
yeaterday afternoo.i. He arrived at the
j Pennsylvania atation at 3:28, r.nd then
spcd acroas the city in an automobile to
! the Brooklyn Navy Yard. whi>re he Joined
Mr*. Taft on thc yacht Mayflower. At
j 4:4: the yacht sfarted up the Sound. bound
I for New l.ondon. thr- plan heln_ to have
i the President make nn address th. re Ba*
I fore the Atlantic Deep W'aterways < 'un
I veritiOP.
| Hr. Taft has been suffering con.idei able
pain from a sprained ankle for the last
few daya, and Mr. Bgan, st.uion maatar
at the Pennsylvania atation, recelved
worrl early ln th.- afternoon to pro* fltfl a
roiiing ebalr for th.- Pi*ealdent*a use on
his arrival. The Bjeed for the chair was
apparent, as Mr. Taft, leanlng heavily on
the arin of Major Uhoads. . limbe.l down
the Btepa of his private car to the train
platform. Hc dropped into the chair wlth
a slgli of retaflf and waa tollud to an ele?
vator. from which bfl was tak. n to the
automobile waltlng for hlm.
M hen he rcache-d the automobile. how*
ever, the I'resldcnt made up his mlnd lo
"arln and b.-s.r lt,'- and. pushlng OttuO
those who tried to steady hlm. walhfld the
few gtepa neceeoary to reaeb the oaa, and
even made Mfl vva> to th.- s>-at wlth pT8*>
tlcalty no asslstan-c. II. then waved hl*
hand at the Btaafl eroott abovi bha aad
a hs a hlsked aua;.
At th* station t-> n.eet the President
wer* . !e..rge r, BtaeMaa, iroaanmr of tha
RepuMlcin National Commltt.-. I harl.-s
D. Hllles, chairnian of the . ommlttee,
Btid Mr. Taft's brother. Charlea P. ThU.
They also got Into tha automobil?< and
accompanled th.j I'rcsldent tfl Mrooklyn.
Mr. Taft'a party arriv.d at the navy
yard abortty ..ft.-r 4 o*clecb, and was aaat
at th* fc'ate by captain a. k. Olearea aad
his ataff. The guard was at MBOfl turn.d
out and the 1'rcsldentinl salute of tvvenl> -
on*. gaae Irad. The Ma> flower was lylag
at tferth . hii,I the President was taken
under racarl tO that plei. The New Vork
air. It aould appaar, had beuetltcl hlm.
for he aalked ahuard the >a>-ht with only
a alight llmp.
Mra Talt wa* there lo greet him She
had re*.-he<| the na > : ard *art] in the
morning on board the Mav flower, and ha<!
had time to make a rathee BBteatded shop
plng trip before the Pr< sldent * arrival.
Tbe faei that tbe Prealdi al ? baggage
was dclayed held up the Mayfh-arar, bat
ahe finally got aaray, Ball about lifte.ri
mlnuieB baMnd tbe -..-hcduled t-flfle f.,r
salllng. aj| h.p ahe atart.-d <>ut of the | ard
tha bettteehlpa North Dtakata. Alahaaai
and MlchU-in (088*4*J in flrll.g the salute
of taenty-ons g*8B8 t
Ai Mr. Illlles. Mr. Slieldon and tha
Piaflflflieat * brotbac araaa aa tha Hai -
?oarea, it wa* cxpectcd that an Imporfaat
roiiii--*! eonfaraaara -\?>'iid take paice be*
fore th? va.ht hi it H at New Ir.n.loil. It
wa* annoiiic.-d. tOO that Mr. Illlles and
I C laff. und pC-aatW) Mr. Mheldon,
would go .... lo BeveHy vylth the l'resl
daat
COURT ASSAILS LEVY LAW
Upholds Progressives' Oonten
tion Regarding Petitions.
IFv T*l-*raph lo Tl," Trlt.iir,.. |
Nvfl.k. N. V, S4?pt. .V- Juatl.e Toiii|>
kln-, In fhe Supreme < ourt. to-day hand
..] down a declalon on a motlon rerently
brought by Wllllatit, H Hotchkls* Bnd
HarBlltOB l-'l*h. Jr.. agalnst John Smith
.n,i j..111rn ? I'own.i'. jr, naaatltutlng the
Baard of K.li-. tlons of I'utnam County.
uphobling the contintion that the Levy
,-l..-tlon law ls unreasonable. Thi* mo
iion wa* brought Bfl tlie Inter.-st of the
National Pr<>gre**lv <? party. and was for
B peri-tnptory maii.lamiiM re.juirlng sajd
baard ta d_fl**eaard certala provision* of
tlu- ir"v> electlea law relatlng ta the anm*
bar and qjiaallflarationfl of tbe rtlgiiera of
Indepenflent noniliiailng c*.rtlfl.-at?*. Oft thc
groiind that such prov ttlona are uncon
*tltuf|oiinl and rald.
Th* most lmporl_opt provision of the
?tectlon law attacked ls that laflflfllrlllg
l.MiO slgnature* to *n Tndependent nom
Inatlng petltlon for rounty offlcers *nd
sno aignaturea to nomlnate an Asseinbly
ni*n Juetlce Tompklna belleve* that 8
percentage basl* would b? th* falrest
nietho.) of regnl.itipg thc number of slgn
... . f laidependenl rertlaVatea iiegis'a
tlon and regulationo. to b* valld. he say*,
must bfl irafllhlBblli and UtA Impose tbt
ii.-uit and unl.. ? *omn raatralata or de?
..rhe Indapflflfll III bodlea of loter* of
.-ijuallty of opp< rtunlty wlth all other
bo.lle* and partie- Ile end* hl* opinion
a* follows :
"My roncluslcn therefore. is reBpecting
th< number of Btgneta requlred for Inde
icndent nomlnatlon.-, of county offlcers
th;.t the preaent '..w ir unreasonable anl
unjaatly dfaerhadiiattre aad y oi.i. and i re
fiise to flnd that the .fatute gf IfM wu*
unreasonable ln Its pra* Islon*."
The l-tmplrc State Demociacy and Citl
zens I'moii pai ii.rlpated ln this pro.-eeding
with the lrt*ogreaal*rea.
LOGAN CLUB OOINO ADRIFT
Organization Takes Step to leave Re?
publican Party.
The I.ogan Republlcan Club of Brook?
lyn took the lirst ?tep la*t nlght to
wlthdraw fn.m the Republlcan party.
wlth which ll has always been ldentlfled.
Thi* end ls to h. achieved by aniendlng
th?- pr.ambl.' of the coiislltution, which
now flllfllarja that tba organization shall
coiiduct itself ln such manner a* to OOO*
*er\e tha Inlaiaata of th* Republlcan
party.
1-'. c. Itrink.-rhoff, an ex-presldent,
offered an amendinint ut a meeting last
lllgbt. which will strlk.' out the word*
'?Republlcan party" from the preamblc.
and put ln thclr place the word* "the
peo|,lc." Th* aui.n.lint-nt aas ri-f.-rred
to the ex.autlve commlfte of thc 888*88884*
tion. which will pass upon It and refer
lt back lo th< members for flnal pction.
Its adoptlon ls-conceded. This will make
tbe club Independcnt in ita polltlcs. Kor
the tlme b.-liu-. ita aentiment Is almost
entirely ProgreaBlve.
The meeting accepted the reaignatlon
of Frank N. Hruner from the piesldency,
and hl* icslgnatlon from the club waa
referred. In the uaual course, to the ex?
ecutive .ommlttee for a.-tlon along wlth
tboafl of Internal Revenuc Collector Will?
lam J. Maxwell, ex-Alderman John Gun
theff, Arthur H. Kelly, John Cooper and
Mlchael Furst, all well known Republl?
can* who ar.- not In aympathy wltn the
Roosevelt *entlm*nt ln the club. Arthur
Raymond. the vice-preeldent. ha* malled
his reslgnatlon. Among the others who
are expected to aet <"t for the same. r?a
?un i* Conareaaa.aii IViilUaa M. C-aJ-*-*.
Mrs. Harriman and Miss Hill at
Terrace Garden.
SCOTCH ON THE SIDE
Music of the Pipes and Highland
Flings to Capture
Audience.
"It's much better to have things out
slde of you than inslde of you. Peopla
irho flO around with tbelr thoughts -hut
inslde of them are like 4-olcanoes, liable
to explode at the wrong time."
That's what Mrs. J. Honlcn Harriman.
chalrman of the organization committee
I of th" Women's Natlonal Wilson and
; Marshall organl_atlon, toid the audience
'? at the Democratic meeting at Terrace
, Garden, at Ne 145 F_ast 68th street, over
, which she preslded last night. and judg
, ing from the cnthuslasm with which they
i reeetvdd ber apeeeh, they eamaMerad that
I she was exploding at the right time.
uut of compllmeat to Qovarnor wu
: Bon'a Beoteb aaeeetry on hta B_a_her*e
i si.ie, s.iotcii sougs. muslc by a Beoteb
piper and danclng by girls in Highlan.I
kiits wen- intorBpereed arlth the apeoehea.
Mrs. Iiarriman -aid the vaudevlllc pro
I gramme remlnded her of the oceuaten
when she was asked lo make a noontime
Bgeeeh on miik statlons at the budget ex
hlblt.
"I toid tliem." she said. "tbat I didn't
l.r-licvc a hus.v crowd coming in there at
the luaehceu hour would stop to'ttatan
to a talk on a dry ..ubjoct like mllk.
'Uh.' they said. 'wo've thought of that.
Wc've arrangedflto entlm the pc..pic la
44 ith ntevtng plctures, and then we'ii abut
the dOOn and not let them out until
>on'w- spoken.' I rancy the prople who
arranged this programme felt the same
x?a.x- about o'jr speeelir. ."
Mta, Harriman Ititrod.ie.d Mt?* AlbertO
I Hill and other speakers, but she didn't
have any one to iiitro.lu.-c her when she
spokc, so she lntro.lu.ed hcr.elf. She won
lha audience dlrcetly hy telling them tbat
most of them knew a loi more about poli
ths than she did.
The Heart in Politica.
"All I know is what I fcel In my heart.'
she said. "that Governor Wilson ls a
?aad man and will make a good Presi
ilellt Put xx hen I get up io talk I feet
like the old ladv who went to a fair.
and her husband took her to a sid* snow
When there was a seer. 'Maria,' h<- said,
thlx- man eaa see through a stonc wall '
Uood graetOttS, .l<>hn.' she toid him, 'tak.
me avvav; I've got my thinnest under
vxe;.r ea.'
'ito I ani alvvaxs afrald when I get up
lo apeab that the aud-oaco win aoe
through me. Bul I know enough to know
that Qovarnor RWaoo is B man who will
try, If he is ele.ted President. to tind out
what the people want and then glve lt
to them. The Hull Moose platform Is full
ot flne things. things many of ua believe
in and want but BBOOl of th?m the fed?
eral government couldn t give us: tbat
platform can only insplrc the states.
"Oovernor Wilson is practleal. He's
what lic has .all. d himself, a 'stand
petter' "Ith a niove on no, 'a conserva
tlve with a move on." ls what h? chlled
himself. That is what he is. and he gave
NoW .lers*-- the first law It gyer pas?ed
for tl.e prote.-tion of women the slxty
liour law."
Theri Mrs Harriman talked about the
aoflal eentre mo-remeat, in which Oover?
nor whsou i*> iBtereated?the movement to
have schoolhouses open at nlght as nelgh
boiuood flatheiiag piaeaa,
".Tnst thlnk what it would mean." abe
.-..Id, "ln a clty where you hardly know
vmir next d"or nelgbbor. t>. hav* a place
where you could all go and sav Juat what
you llked."
Mtaa Hill made a hlt by declaring that
the more she read about the tariff the
less she new about It.
Tariff Not tha laaue.
"Rut the men don't know much more."
she said. "They Just slt stlll and look
wlse and smoke. Hut the tariff doesn't
seeia to m* tbe r*ai laaue ln thls cam
palga The rea| Is-ue is tbat w e shall
.?le. t a man hke Wil-.-i,. W * women know
Inatinctlvelj ihat he is Ihe rlght man.
And that is w hx we are banding tog*th.-r
to ask men to vot* for Wilson. becanse if
v..u want a thlng done you have got to
get a man to do It."
Th*re wer* two m*n sp*ak?rs, I.vn-an
W. Reddlngton, of Vermont, and Thomas
.lamleson, of Nebraska. Mr. JanileM.n,
who Is qulte young. declared that "he
would never stop slnging a song ln pralse
of Wilson until tho ldes of November
next."
H* forgot some of th* words of his song
laal nlght. and there were sudden pauses
iunng Whlch hc tapped his brow and th.
audience held Its breath. Hut, on the
whole. be delivered some Impresslve sen
tences about "that great Intellectual
gladlator Wilson" and "the nienace of tbe
hordes ef so.lalism that had come shrlek
Ing and shoutlng from the polsoned womb
ef Repub'icanlsm."
He made nothing like the hlt, though.
that was made by Mrs. Harriman ln ber
blue suit and huge ploture hat and Miss
Hill ln her floM colored Greek gown and
goM rolored shoes.
*
PRESS CLUB SPEECH READY
Wilson Has to Explain Immi?
gration Views Again.
fBv Telegraph to Th* Trlbun*.]
Rea (lirt. N. J.. Sept. f>.?Governor Wil?
son got home from New York at 1 o'clock
thls afternoon, feeling as chlpper aa a
lark. because, safely tSCked away in hta
inslde pocket, waa a copy of the speech
he Is going 1o dellver at the N.w York
Presa Club on Monday nlght.
The QOTernor hates to prepare a speech
In advance, because, he says. he finds it
dlfflcult to memorlze It. Rut he assured
the newflpaper men to-nlght tbat, beeauhe
of the linportan.-e of bls address on Mon?
day nlght. he waa going to make another
try. He said, however, that be fclt nretty
certaln he would follow his prepered
specch--ln substanee. at leaet.
Governor Wilson In this speech wlll
analyze the platforms and the alms of
tho three partles and endenvor to prove
thal the Democratic party ta the only on*
deserving of support.
Th* ilovernor kept on explalnlng hta
view* on immigration to-day, wh*n two
delegatlons of Itallans called on him after
luncheon to ask him how he felt toward
the questlon. ThU has beeome some what
of a feature of the llfe at the Uttle Sum?
mer Capltal. Hardly a week goea by
without Governor Wilson belng called on
to dlscuss the Immigration yucstlon with
.onw delegatlon or other. and In spltc of
tbe fact that his ape.cli.a are prlntcd llb
crally. they apparently have prov^d un
satlsfactory to a good many polltlctana
who are looklng for some excuse to come
here atid unburden themsfllvea of a flow
cry oratlon.
. 8LATCH SAYS T. R.
HAS FAILED THE CAUSE
Ohio Defeat, Linked with Gar
field's Antagonism, Proves
It, Avers Suffragist.
STONE INSTEAD OF BREAD
Lady Spellbinder Home with
Poor Opinion of "Olitter
ing Generalities" as
Promises.
"The Piogr-"ssive party has had Ita
triai and it has failed us. There wa* If*
platform wlth the suffrage plank In lt;
there was the suffrage campaign In Ohio,
and the Ohlo Progresaives did nothing for
ub?not a thing. Janies R. Garflcld,
Roosevelt'* right hand man in Ohio, was
openly ajjalnst us. There was their
chance to give us practlcal help, and they
withheld It. Could they have a better
test?"
So *ays Mrs. Harrlot Stanton Rl.itoh,
president of the Women's Polltical Unlon.
who l? Just back from a strenuous two
week*' campalgning in Ohio. which ended
only with the defeat of Amcndment 23 at
the poll*.
Mrs. RIatch dld not really Intend to go
to Ohlo, berause she needed rest, but
Mr*. Jullus S. Stone. of Columbu*. ehalr
man o." th* committee in i-harge of the
parade that took place there on Au*-u*,t
"7, sent her a hurry call to come and get
a? guide, philosopher and friend. Mr*.
RIatch being an expert on parade* For
she went. llelng there .sbe got into the
thick of tlie flght. and came away wlth
stronc opiniof.s about "political partle
that put Eliltering geprralitlrs aheut suf?
frage in their pliitforms."
"T w?nt to Ohlo." she aaid yesterd*' .
?'expectlng that the PregreaetTB party
would do everythlncr for u?."
"Dld you really and truly?" asked the
reporter.
"Well.'' said Mr'. RIatch. aith a
twlnkle in her eye, "T went there with
hm open mind toward all partles. inclu-1
| Ing the Progresslves.
"Deceivflr* Ever."
"After our experlenee with the Utter l
came away *ad at heart. saylng to my?
self, 'Men are decelvers ever.' T came
out of that campaign more than ever de
terniined -a-e all came out of it deter
mlned-to depend on no polltical party
compo-ied of men."
Not onl'.-. Mrs. Rlat.-h sav*. ia Mr. Gar
fleld oppo.ed to woman sufTrage. bal Mrs.
Oarfleld. his wife. a few wcks ago
Joined the anti-suffrage organization.
"Sli>- refused to accept oftVe ln tii* or?
ganization. saying that. 'in view of the
platform adopted at. 'hlcago, lt would
not b* wlse.' Rut sh* joined the antl
euffragl?t?." said Mrs RIatch.
"We wrote to Walt?r K. Rrown. chair
man of the ?tate cornmltie* of the Pro
greaslve party. Invltlng him to rlde ln
our Columbu. p*r*de or to sif on the re
viewlng stand. He dld not even give u*
tha rourfe.y of a raplv. Governor Har
tnon waa there and aat on the atand.
"Why. Roosevelt w*s asked to MV
somethlng about Buffr?K? w lieu he apoK*
before the eon*tltutlonal convention. *nd
he was iti'im on th* aubjeet. He skfrted
all through Ohlo, and he never spoke of
suffrage.
"Oh, it;. eaay to put glittering g?ner
a'lfles ln a polltlcal plfltform. genarall
iie. planned to attract the *elf-racrlflc|ng
spirit of women. and some of them fail
to lt and work hard, and what good d<v*a
It do them?
"IVhat will the Progr?sslvo party hav*
fer the women next year, when-havlng.
a. lt undoubtedly will, e*U4t ten thouagnd
vote. for a candidate for Governor-it be
884888 a full lledged party and can no
longer legally admlt women to Its con
ventlona?"
Modicum for Republican*.
Mrs. RIatch says that "even thfl Rfl
i publlcan part; dld flflOTfll fOT the suffrns
' ists than the progre-4-.ives AUA." They
had two Tetefl for women" pennant* dl8
I \,\n\ rt\ in thfl wlndow of tlie state liead
nuarters. right under the picture of Pr*?l
dent Taft.
"B?ea tl.e Socialists pla-ed us fai**-."
*ha said "They prouiiaed to aend ua som*
of their women to help watch out?lde tho
poll. on Kl?ct1on I>*y, and ln several dls
trlcts f*lled us flt the la?t minute."
Like the other sufTraglsts who worked
In Ohlo, Mr*. Blatch put. the defeat rf
I Amendment 23 down to the oppo?ltlen of
| varloua large lnteresta, ehtefly the llquor
lntcrest.
"The Bankera' Assoclation was a*aln?t
1 ub," she said. "It clrculated dodgers with
the word. 'Vote agalnst Amendment B*T
The aecretary of the assoclation. like a
| well tralned servant, declared that he
did this on his own re.ponalblllty. but
ef course lt was tlie work of th* a?so
clatlon. The Cathollc Church wa*
against ua aa a bedy, though I know of
lndlvldual prlesta who voted for the
amendment.
"Most underhanded thlngs were done
by th* llquor men. There was even en
attempt made to get some of th* no
torloua women of Columbu* ln our pfl
rade. It was di*covered. becau** *ome of
the8? women came to our headquartera to
get banner*. and we put the pollce, who
were to b* *tationed along our route, on
their guard."
Their Path Thomy.
All kinda of diffleultle* were put ln th*
way of the parade, Mr*. RIatch a*ld.
"Flrat we were told that w* mlght
match Augu.t 30 in th* afternoon. end
then *iiddenly the tlme wa* switched to
August 27 at 11 o'eloi-k In the morning.
They thought they could dlscourage th*
women by glvlng u* that early hour, but
we were all there, though some who Hv*d
at a 8-Btaa8B had to get up at 2 o'cloek:
ln the morning to b* on tlme.
"The parade started on the tick of 11
o'cloek, and It waa a wonderfully beautl
ftal one?much more beautlful and artlatle
than the parade ln New York 1a?t May.
And It made a rreat many vote* for our
amendment. Columbus. you know, gave
us a good majority. whll* Toledo and
other clilea dld Just the reverae."
Mr*. Blatch *ay? the Ohlo women will
keep up their organization* and go right
to work to get .uffrage under the Initia?
tive an.l referendum. She spoke enthuai
asttcally of the work done for Amendment
28 by Mayor Whltlock of Toledo and
Mayor Baker of Cleveland.
"I havet:'*, a doubt." flhe went on, "thal
the activlty of women ln the Progreaelv*
paurty her* and ln Chicago frtghtaned
away *ome vote* from our amendmsnt.
Politlclana tell me that the average man
In polltlcs 1* dreadfully afrald that thfl
women will want too much if they not
in?lde the fence, and they ?ay there arcn'l
enough officea to go around among th*
men. Of courfle, events tn the atatea
where women vote prove thia fear ground
lcflfl?women aren ?. kaen for ofl.ee,