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W vol. LXXVII, NO. 53, weather today Fair; warmer. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY MORNING-, JUNE, 6, 1908. 14 PAGES FIVE CENTS. 9
1 HfUTECOIFUCT
1 WITH BIG FLOODS
Situation in Montana Has Grown
So Serious as to Cause
" Great Danger.
aRMY IS BATTLING TO,
, SAVE BAILROAD TRACKS
I ' -
Cities of Butte and Missoula
I Suffer Along With Valley
i Farmers.
Km.' .A telephone, message received -h
If tonight from Hut Ic, Mont., gives v
Bqv a gloomy picture of (ho flood 1
If situation in central and southern !
H?4 Montana. No trains, no tele- J
?a graph vires, no electric lights, IJ
H4 nn street car service nnd con- 'b
tinually fulling ruin is the sub- 4
ptanco of (lie report. The rcsi- r
Ht? deuces mid offices tonight arc r
Ht-i- tightcU by candles. Three feet
Hit of water in the lower part of v
fr the city has forced the furnaces j
Htf at thc 'Butte Reduction works to 4"
M. draw their fires. The rail lino !
Tv to Anaconda is out of oommis- r
mtr Eton r'
r Since (5 o'clock tonight; the r
Bfr sole telegraph wire available
Mfcf during the da' has been down, -!
Hf? and the onlv connecting link
H) with the ouiside world is the J
K'v copper thread of the telephone
Kf company For a few minutes in r
Ihc afternoon telephone com- -r
muiiication was open to Helena. !
It was then reported that thou- v
'v sands of dollars worth of damage -r
H'f liad been occasioned in that im---r1
mediate vicinity within the- last
ft-.r twenty four, hours. In the Gal- !-
'4- latin valley two-thirds of tho 4
7 crops, it was declared, are, r
Pr ruined. Thc, Fust Helena smelt-
H t r er stands in .water three feet r
H :r deep nnd has been forced to sn.s- r
H nr pend opcrationH. Kailroad traf- J
H "4 fie is at a standstill.
H r Interruption of all forms of I-
H (t communication has prevented the r
H r situation at other .Montana -I
H r points from being learned. Thero r
H '5' arc rumors of stalled trains in -
every direction, and if. is re- v
H ported that the last few hours of
"s' rain have added enormously to -
k the damage already sustained 1)3 !
H r tlio railroads and other indus- !
1 ' t trial interests. -r
:,t
H! BUTTE, June .5. Overhead power
wt$ are so badly lauglad. with light
virti that Maj'or Corby will allow
', itlier street car nor light power to bo
on tonight, bonce the citi' "will
'.kark again and the street cars maj
"n-mn tomorrow.
,vfie,roiort from Missoula that Hie
. floqlton dam, above Butto, hud burst,
m. Jnofotindod. The dam is in no danger,
wpite the great amount of rain, and
tt! damage has been very slight.
' uRhti niches of snow on tho level,
lj&t& into slush by a driving rain that
wn m at daylight, cut "Butto off from
P outside world today. Telegraphic
jwununicatioii was not restored until
IB There are no telephone lines,
Bwtet cars or power lines working, and
fjj1? of tho mines were closed, having
Hrv- c'ectrical power.
HV' heavy damage is reported, how
HWfy,j Trains east and west of here
fl ip.rpported stalled, but owing to the
H' 'WJition of the wires it is difficult to
-Wfirni these roports.
Btroams at Danger Point.
Atnoou the flood situation in western
uVana ,R ,nor serious thnt it linjp
t any time since the thirty-da v
H beenu. The rainfall for the past
1' 3 fv ,10urs h,,B lj0'-n liL'aviest
mouth, and the streams arc at
."i.wngor point.
1 ii i rav,'tty situation east of Mis
Is sorions. The Northern Pacific
1 3 1? i ovc,(l " irnui between Missoula
SHoIena or Butte since Monday, and
Hgrooably will be weeks before the
B!fFc 1 tno track cau bo fullv re
Kflf'n Ille3 o 11,0 11 ew roadbed of
K!:.1' p'i"l road cast of hero have been
HTSn aV''' aiul 51 'K estimated that
Hfcr VICqjUlre morfi t,mn a ontl to re
W tne damage from this source.
U'e.nig Blackfoot river, 100 miles
HKiiff1S at flood stage, and there is
HL1", ?f tno destruction of tho big
KTu! the Blackfoot Milling company
H12lli,V:r,J w,licl1 contains about sixty
fl 'r 'ct of logs.
2u"aFon "ridges all along the' rivers
f1''" swept nwav.
aC;" tcr Root fiver is becoming
llinp nnd t"o railroad bridges
H"5p 8 8lrt'!l"i are unsafe.
TbouBands Fighting Flood.
llL r"1"11 Pacific has assemplt-d
i 3i . VlB1?n a oC the ilu drivers
f ij'hc iwl" 1,5 ,own western divisions
B? ft l "?11 fro nthor roads. Tho
I'hv for thc w;itpra cing carried
I'ftinJnV .0U9?.llci mon- 1)1,1 tho wnter
bK w ?,t0.a(,,1.' tho rain con-H-
ffix?,5all,,n torrents.
Hw ifciPfeMTi81 nv.Pr a soula is but
"AterS A"' ,,,e h,Ph,,st n,ark "vor
in rho pensive city'bridges
1 L,sl thoirL51"'1 'Y11 iarflc(I Pre-
N'UrcIl ' K0 ,luiIKero"s are they
BKhL0!'811,111 tho Northern Pa
'JfcWrn ?,? tr0,!blc 1? -vot- Th- rat
KfE!?as 1 vcflcrn Montana is said to
BWfe. M,c8hri,,0.,as is lhc 2sTrthorn
1, tbo cJ'fSB0-,l,n ',as 'ad no trains
Bffr thopi5,incc snly; tho service
fearn inn h"S not bpt'n intorruptil.
gf. ue1 Between washouts east of
f HA ENTIRELY OUT
H. Jt, OFF FROM WORLD
'v' 2 SnonftLU.le ood situation in
ch mln, to V" more seri
1 tbo oi S' J1?1"03, cut off
t l81d Worll; she without
GREAT VICTORY OF
TAFTDELEGATES
Republican National Committee
Decides Contests From Ala
bama and Arkansas.
TAFT MANAGERS ARE
ALLOWED TO BE JUDGES
Hold Proxies of Absent Commit
tee Members; Strong Pro
test Made in Vain.
CHICAGO, Juno 5. Without roll
calls, the Republican Xational commit
tee today decided the contests from Ala
bama and Arkansas, involving twonty
four seats in tho Republican National
'convention, in favor of thc delegates
instructed for Secretary Taft. The vic
tory for thc Taft forces was sweeping,
not even a division being required to
determine iho will of thc committee.
Contests from Florida, Georgia and
Kentucky -will be heard tomorrow, tho
total number of scats affected being
thirty-four.
The proceedings today would have
been devoid of interest had it not been
for an eff6rt to prevent Frank Jf.
Hitchcock, the Taft manager; Arthur
V- Statter, former assistant secretary
of the treasury, and Charles G. Phelps,
of Washington, both assistants to Mr.
Hitchcock, from sitting in .-judgment on
the contests. These men held proxies
of tho members of the National com
mittee from New Mexico, Alaska and
North Dakota, respectively.
Their entrance into the executive
session of the National committee pro
voked .loscph B. Kealing, United States
attorney for Lho "District of Indiana,
manager for Vice-President Fairbanks,
and Representative Jumcs Francis
Burke, of Pennsylvania, who acts for
Senator Knox', to make vehement pro
tests from tho outside.
Make Written Protest.
After a hurried conference between
representatives of all the anti-Taft
forces, it was decided to reduce the pro
test to writing and have it presented
to the committee before the contests
were taken up. Vheu this had been
done, tho protest was sent to YV. F.
Aid rich, formerly n member of Congress
from Alabama, and one of tho contest
ing delegates at large from tho Scott
Davidson anti-Taft delegation from
that State. It recited tho fact that
Mr. Hitchcock is directly interested, in
thc management of one of tho candi
dates directly involved in tho case, and
"therefore disqualified to sit in .-judgment"
upon it. 7t also declares that
Mr. Hitchcock did not reside and is
not a qualified voter in the territory he
claims to represent, und is not a regu
larly or proporly chosen National com
mitteeman from the territory. Tho same
representations were made in regard to
Messrs. Statter and Phelps, except that
tlicy were termed "employees" instead
of a "manager" for one of the candi
dates. Vigorous Objection
Mr. Aldrich presented thc protest to
the committee, and in connection stated
that ho did not regard it proper that
they should bo compelled to present
their arguments to members who had
no "interest" in the outcome, and ho
called attention to tho preamble of the
protest, which was as follows:
"We formallj' protest against being
compelled to submit the merits of our
contest to the Republican National com
mittee as at present constituted in this
meeting."
Then followed the argument: against
Messrs. Hitchcock, Statter and Phelps
being permitted to retain seats in thc
committee.
"All 1 care to say in reply," said
0. D. Street, "United States attorney
for the northern district of Alabama
and tho chief local counsel for tho
Thompson faction, instructed for Taft,
"is that Charles IT. Scott, the mem
ber of the committee front Alubama,
is sitting as a judge in this case, and
it appears t'o me that he is interested
in the outcome."
Mr, Scott is one of the delegates at
large elected by the Scott-Davidson
faction, which was supposed to be anti
Taft. Deba-to Shut Off.
Debate on tho question was shut off
by A. M. Stevenson, member from Colo
rado, who promptly moved to lay tho
protest on tho table. The motion was
carried. Mr. Scott; of Alabama being
the only member who opposed it on
the viva voce vote which was taken.
Thc Alabama contests, affecting the
four delegates at large and tho two
delegates from each of tho congressional
districts, twenty-two in all, were then
taken up,
Tho committee did not meet today un
til 11 o'clock, yet. practically all of the
members wore present more than an
hour before that time.
The. visiting between members of tho
committee, the attorneys representing
the contestants, and others engaged in
tho lobby outside tho national commit
tee's headquarters iu the Colisoum an
nex, was brought to a close shortly after
11 o'clock by William I. Stone, sci'-gcanl-at-arinsr
who loudly announced
that members of the commit toe wore
expected to meet "now." He threw
tremendous lung power into that last
word, and within two minutes the meet
ing was on behind closed doors. The
first hour was devoted to thc adoption
of rules of procedure.
Rules of Procedure.
Jt was decided that all sessions of
the committee shall bo executive, bo
ginning at 10 o'clock and continuing
without luncheon until adjournment; for
the day, which is expected to be about
G p. m. Jn the cuse of contests in
volving the delegates at. large, thirty
minutes for each side will be allowed i
for thc presentation of arguments nnd
fifteen minutes will bo allowed oach
sido in district contests. Provision was
made, however, for consolidation of
Continued on Pagc Twb. .
9 '
HELPING TOWARD PROSPERITY
SALT LAKE HEADS THE "PAY ROLL LIST:'
Index to Today's Tribune
. , '
Departments. Page
I Soclotv 5 v
-I .Editorial , 0
r Klines 8
'Markets 0
r Intermounlaln 10
-I "Locair v
Senator Georpc Sutherland rc-
4 turns from Washington 1
I- Nells J. liHrsen makes charges -I
J- against former Deputy County !
j Clerk Glbbs 14 -J.
! Contract Is let for water main
4- extension It -I
! To build live town at Alkln
I- Siding 12 -J.
! Irregularities In aiain street aa- J
sessments 14
4- Records broken on local stock j
exchange M
-I Domestic. v
4 Eight killed and score Injured in ;
4 wreck on electric line near An-
j. napolls 1 1
; Explosion of boiler tube on board y
J- armored cruiser Tennessee
-r kills four seamen and fatally
I scalds others .'. 1 4"
4- Flood situation In Montana is r
f hourly growing more serious.. 1 -J.
4- Taft delegations from Alabama .J-
and Arkansas win right to j.
Jr scats In convention 1
J. Actor Raymond Hitchcock com-
'I- milled to Tombs without bail.. 10 -J
J. New . Yorker shoots wife, tries p
to murder sons, and commits J
4 suicide- 2 v
J- I-atest developments in political .J.
t elro,ca " t
1 T .
J. Sporting News. f
f. Slgnorinetta wins "Thc Ladles
Derby" 11 !
J. Cold weather keeps away crowd
! from bicycle races U
4- Workman and Wykcrt win Den- -J-
- ver endurance horse race II !
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REVENUE DEPARTMENT
PLANS PROSECUTIONS
WASHINGTON. June fi. Tho inter
nal revenue department has planned a
scries of prosecutions for alleged in
fractions of the internal revenue laws
nil over the United States. Officers of
that department made seizures yester
dav at two local drug stores on tho
ground that they wero .soiling cigars in
contravention of the internal revenue
lnws. Tho tops of boxes to which the
majority of tho stamps were affixed
have been removed, thereby leaving tho
packages unprotected by proper stamps.
The government contends this is prima
facie evidence of tho nonpayment of
the taxes, and cigars not protected by
stamps must bo declared forfoitod to
the United States.
BISHOP OF PHILIPPINES
DECLINES NEW POSITION
WASHINGTON". .Tune 5. Charles
Henry Brent, bishop of tho Philippines,
in a cablegram received hero today, de
clined to accept tho post of Bishon of
Washington, iu succession to I'iuhop
Honry V. Snttorloc. to which office
Bishop Hrcnt was elected last month.
Tho declination is made iu response to
his notification, as follows:
"Must decline. T would have gone,
but God bids mo stay. John o:30.
'I BRENT."
The action will necessitate tho re
convening of a special session of tlio
diocesan convention to elect a bishop.
Pay Pino of 561,000.
KANSAS CITY. Juno G. Thrco pack
ing companies and ono railroad company,
convicted in 19015 of rebating and sen
tenced to pay lines aggregating ffil.000.
today handed to this elrk of the United
States court a check for tho total amount
of their llnof:, plus costs. Each of tho
linos was for Sin, 000. These paid: Ar
mour Tacking company, Cudnhy Hacking
company;' Swift & .'o and thc Chicago,
JJurllnglon & Qulncy railroad.
EIGHT PERISH II
ANNAPOLIS WRECK
.1
Two Special Electric Cars Crash
. Together at High Rate ol'
Speed.
SCORE OF PERSONS HURT,
SOME OF THEM FATALLY
Disaster Due to Confusion of
Orders Resulting From Run
ning of Extras.
ANNAPOLTS, Md., June 5. In . a
head-on collision between two special
cars on the Washington, Baltimore &
Annapolis electric railroad, shortly bc
foro S o'clock tonight, eight persons
were killed outright and a scoro of
others wero seriously injured, somo of
them perhaps falall Tho collision
was due to a confusion of orders, as
thc line has been running two cars ex
tra each day in connection with the
commencement festivities at the navnl
academy, ouc of them bound from Bal
timore to Annapolis, tho other running
from hero to Washington.
The Dead.
RICHARD MARTIN, 25 years old,
Baltimore.
A. II. SCHULTZ, -10 years old, Bal
timore. POLICE PATROLMAN SHRI3I BFSK,
40 years old, employed by thc railway
company at Academy Junction.
AN UNIDJiNTIPIRD WHITE
WOMAN, apparently about 25 yoars
old, said to be from Baltimoro, and
dressed in ball costume.
SEACIl O'NEILL, 25 years old. New
York, motormau of one of tho wrecked
cars.
RUTH SLAUGHTER, six years old,
daughter of General Traffic Manager
Wiluani E. Slaughter of the road.
J. S. M 'DAN I EL. Baltimore.
UEORGE WHITE. Baltimore.
Both, Oars Wrecked.
The disaster occurred just bo3ond
Camp Parole, which is tho first station
after leaving this city. Both tho
wrecked cars were specials, ono of thorn
bound from Baltimore for Annapolis,
the other running from here, bound for
Baltimore. The latter carried fow pas
sengers, while tho other was well filled.
Thc impact was terrific and both cars
wero wrecked, that bound for this city
being thrown from tho rails. As quick
ly as possible aid was sent from hero
and tho dead and injured wero brought
to this cilv. Of the injured, General
Traffic Manager William E. Slaughter
of tho Washington. Baltimoro & An
napolis, was in tho worst condition, and
his death at. any moment would not
cause tho physicians surprise.
Tlio others more or Joss seriously in
jured are: Thomas Williams, B,
Williams, Harry Jacobsou, Mrs, A. H.
SchnlU. Mrs. McDanicls. State Sena
tor Peter J, Campbell, his daughter,
Miss Miguon Campbell. W. W. Whito
and Mrs. White, Fred Schlens and J. If,
Dennis (colored), all of Baltimore;
Judge James II. Brash ours, Thomas
Wilson and William Kino, of this citv;
Miss Van Meter, of Murtinsburg, W.
Ya., and Motorman Wadswortli,
Tho unidentified woman who was
killed is Imliovod to be a Miss Harris,
of Philadelphia, She and several of
those injured were on their wav to this
city to attend the graduation" ball at
the naval academy
The J
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GILLETTE VERDICT IS
SET ASIDE BY COURT
NEW YORK, June 5. The verdict
against Walter-. Gillette, former vico
prcsidont of tho Mutual Life Insnrauco
company, who has been convicted of
perjury in connection with the life in
surance investigation, was sot aside to
day by the appellate division of tho
supremo court. Mr. Gillette had been
Bontcncod to six months in prison.
Dr. Gillctto was indiclod on chnrges
of forgery and perjury. Ho was ac
cused of making false entries in tho
books of the Mutual Lifo Insuranco
company to conceal diversion of funds
and fafsely swearing before a grand
jury that an account deposited in a
bank at Dobbs Ferry was his personal
fund. It was charged that this money
was placed in that bank subject to the
ordar of legislative agents of the Mutual
Lifo Insuranco Compaq-, thc New York
Lifo Insurance .company and tho Equit
able Life Assurance society. Dr. Gil
lette was tried on tho perjury case
only.
Before tho sentence was imposed up
on Dr. Gillette iu tho lower court, a
physician testified that Dr. Gillette
was suffering from heart disease and
that his imprisonment might cause his
death.
NEW REVELATION IN
THE STE1NHEIL MURDER
PARIS, June 5. Mum. Stoinheil,
whoBo husband and mother wore mur
dered in their residence last Sunday,
was today subjected to a fresh inter
rogatory. It: is declared that she re
vealed, in answer to questions, the fact
that hor husband had had relations
with ii woman of questionable ante
cedents, and suspicion hns therefore
turned in this direction.
FOUR KILLED Ai
IE1 JWll HURT
Explosion of Boiler Tube on
Board Armored Cruiser Ten- i
nessee Works Havoc.
L
MANY OF THE INJURED
WILL PROBABLY SUCCUMB
Battleship Was Proceeding
From Santa Barbara to Los
Angeles at the Time.
SAN PEDRO, Cab, .Tunc 5. A terri
ble accident, occurred on board tho Uni
ted States armored cruiser Tennessee at
11:00 o'clock this morning while the
ship was steaming at nineteen knots
on a speed trial off Point Huencnc,
Cab. when a steam pipe iu the star
board engino room bursted under thirty
five pound pressure,, killing four men
and injuring ten others all of thc men
in the' compartment at the time. Thc
explosion, tho cause of which is un
known, occurred only a few minutes af
ter Admiral Ureil Scbrce. captain
V. B. Howard, and Chief Engineer Ro
bertson had lofc tho engine room on a
tour of inspection. Four of thc men
were killed instantly and two more can
live only a few hours.
Dead.
GEORGE WOOD, water tender,
Scranton, Pa.
E. O. BOGGS, second-class fireman,
Woodlawn, Ala.
A. REINIIOLD, machinist's mate,
SCCOim-OiaMS, ucrmun.).
GEORGE W. MEEK, fireman, first
class, Skidrnoro, Kan.
Fatally Injured.
S. Stemattis, first-class firoman, Nor
folk, Ya.
F. S. Maxficld, second-class fircmau,
Chester county, Pa.
Seriously Injured.
F. J. Burns, coal passer, New York.
Walter S. Burns, coal pnsser, Brook
lyn, N. Y.
J. P. A. Carroll, foreman, second-class,
East St. "Louis. HI.
R. F. Rutledgc, coal passer, Athens,
a. M. Corns, lireman, second-class,
Iron ton, Ohio.
A. Hayes, water tender, Brooklyn, N.
'lL Fitzpatrick, fireman, first-class,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Fourteen Victims.
There wero fourteen men in the .fire
room when tho tubo, which is four
inches in diameter and inclosed with
water inside the boiler, blew out, driv
ing a torrent of scalding steam, coal
dust, cinders and hot ashes through the
ash pit and showered the half-naked
men.
A blast of white steam from tho ven
tilators told those on deck of tho ac
cident, and Lieutenant Commander S.
S. Robinson, the navigator, instantly
sounded a general alarm, and dropping
twenty lines of hoso read.y for instant
uso in case of fire. Within the doomed
firo room, number P., amidship, on tho
starboard side, which is one of the six
teen inclosed fire compartments, the sur
viving seamen woro fighting for life.
Reiuhold and Meek were stricken dead
at their posts. Boggs and Wood
crawled or dragged into the adjoining
fire room, number 11, and died almost
immodiatedlv. The surviving seamen,
all of whom received some injuries,
ncted with tho greatest heroism in aid
ing their unfortunate mates.
CIobo Call for Admiral.
Rear Admiral Sebroo himself escaped
death or serious injury iu tho fated fire
pit by a mere moment's time. He had
left iho room where tho explosion oc
curred not fifty seconds beforo thc fa
tal blast. Tho admiral stood in the
engine room adjoining thc firo room
with Chief Engineer Robertson and
Captain Howard. His first intimation
of tho tragedy was as he mounted tho
ladder and a half-naked fireman leaped
past him suffering from severe scalds.
The ship was undergoing inspection
bv the commander of the second di
vision and had been under way for over
two hours, tho engines, boilers and all
machinery working perfectly, fully
equal to the acceptance trial.
The Teuuossoe, flagship of tho sec
ond division of life Pacific fleet, left
Santa Barbara at 10 o'clock this morn
ing with the cruisers Pennsylvania,
Washington. Colorudo and West Vir
ginia in her wake, on the semi annual
official speed trial provided for bv
naval regulations. Admiral Sebrec had
ordered tho cruisors to full speed, and
tho Tennessee had just completed a
series of ovolutions and started straight
away at a speed of between IS and 1!)
knots. Thc admiral in thc engine room
had just taken note that tlio dial re
corded a steam pressure of 235 pounds
whon tho explosion occurred. Less than
fifteen minutes earlier tho lubes had
endured a pressure of 2G5 pounds,
thirty pounds greater. An official in- ,
vestignliou of tho accident has been or
dered,
J Men Cooked Alivo.
There was no wreckage, but thc ex
plosion was described by the survivors
as frightful. So great was the blast of
soot and steam that every man in tho
room was blackened from "head to foot,
while those closest to the break wero
literally cooked alive. There arc six
teen similar firo rooms, but; each sepa
rated by steel doors, and tho men in
adjoining compartments did not foci
the explosion. When tho first outside
rescuers entered tho firo room it was
in utter darkness, the steam and spot
covering lhc electric lights and ceiling
and walls with a thick coat. The men'
ih this firo pit worked in nakedness ex
.eopt for short trousers and slippers, uud
'the dead and injured were blackened al
most beyond recognition.
"It was u hell hole," said ono of
the surviving seamen. 'Everything
seemed all right, when, without warn
ing, tho shower of hot cinders, steam
and ashes burst out of the fire hole. Tho
boys dropped all over tho room uud
none of us knew whut had happened.
Thoso of us who were able to scramble
to our foot opened tho door when tho
compartment cleared, and wo begau
dragging tho boys out."
Tho impression among tho officers
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IS SUTHERLAND i ll
MliSUIOT? II
Junior Senator Will Neither r ' ' ' ; W
Affirm Nor Deny His Posi- j fl
lion in Matter. . . 1 i
HAS DISCUSSED SUBJECT Jl I
WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE - W I
When Time Comes Will Do J. -I
What He Thinks Is Right . J M
About 11. j yj: '; I
it ;-
At the Alta club Frida3 night, ,-pist J
after his return from Washington, D. '
C, Sonator George Sutherland would . Ijil' ji
neither deny or affirm whether ho was jfl' j
opposed to tho re-election of Apostlo i J
Smoot as United Slates Senator, be- J r-
cause of thc latter 's hio-h ecclesiastical 1 ! t
position in the Mormon church. ; ; h J
Whon the question was put to him j H
if, as reported in the New York Indc- ,' !j '
pendent some time ago and also in dis- :
patches from Washington that ho would. y (
oppose a second term to thc apostlo- 1 j
senator, thc junior senator replied: , i j
"I never have given any interview ' J '!
to any paper on that subject. When- , .! j t
ever tho time comes I shall do what I ' k it
think is right about it, and in tho b 1 '
meantime I. have not given any inter- ' 5-
viows on the subject, and I do not jU S
intend to. rfx ''
Has Discussed the Mattor. ( lijjt
"I may have talked with somebody :
connected with that paper (meaning . jfAi
the Independent) about thc renomina- n.1
tion of Senator Smoot. I havo dis- j ,
cursed tho subject with different peo- M I
pic, but I have not given any interview ,1! ' ' ;
on tho subject and I don't intend to ijj i
at present." j
"Who is your first choice for preoi i )
dent, Senator?" was asked. jjp(.
"My first and personal choico for 1 lb '.
president is Taft." camo thc reply. It l;
Whon the plank in tho-platform of y V
tho recent Snioot-Rcpublioau conycii- fj i
tion, declaring for .Roosovelt as first j W ;
choice for tho presidency was called i P y
to his attontion, he replied: "I am w
for Taft. because President Roosovelt 'vj'
has declared himself. out of the run- It
uing, and I take liim at his word." w i
The conversation then drifted to tho i if .
possible nomineo of tho Smoot Repub- li j
iicans for governor. Senator Suther- J"
land was asked as to his choice between I ' '
Cutler and Ed. Loose for the guberua- I
torial nomination, and ho replied: "I t 1
have no opinion in tho matter. I havo
been away for some months and what. X I ;
have loafnod in the matter has simply J'
been from tho homo papers." i i
"But of the two. who would bo -our 1
choice'?" '
"I have givon tho matter no thought j
and I don't caro at the present moment - ! ;
to express a preference. Tho matter
of Mr. Taft T have given thought and L ;
know how I feci about it." I
Thc reporter then mentioned to tho ' ft
senator that former, Governor Wells : '
was spoken of as successor to Apostlo " 'i
Smoot.
Nothing to Say About Wells. , !
"1 had not heard that Mr. Wells was . ' i
mentioned as successor to Senator , I,
Smoot." averred tho senator, and then' .1 : j,
ho added: "Well, when 1 say I had il l
heard nothing about it, I have read it y ,
in tho homo papers." j '
"Iu the cvenn of Sonator Smoot be- y
ing out of the race, how would you look , i I
upon the candidacy of Mr. Wells?" if f ;
queried thc intcrviowur. ! 3 j '
"I am not oxprcssing any opinion. ' i '
I don't caro to in a matter of that i
kind. T havo not given, thought to it." I Ml j- 1
Coming to consideration of tho work j jf .,
of congress. Senator Sutherland said: tij .
"I think then; was a great deal of ; V
good work done at tho last sesBton of . 'if -
congress. It is somewhat bard to par- ,
ticularize. We passed tho government I, :
liability bill, under tho terms of which ' r
artisans, luborors and employes en ed
in hazardous service who uro iujurod r !
during their em--niont, and tho in- jl V
jury continues for moro than fifteen j!
days, thev are entitled to receive an If 1
amount equal to. their Avages during tho. j
period of disability not to exceed a jj
year and if they die, a year's salary y
goes to tho family. It is a newdopari- ' r
ure in legislation in this country. It is i n
estimated that the expenditures undor J
that bill and under existing conditions , j
will reach $150,000 annually. n. I -
Currency and Other Moasuros.
"Then wo passed the emergency cur- ' ( jj
roncy bill, which is. of course, upon its j
face, temporary in character, limilod to t ! . t
six 3'oars. Then there is tho pension '
bill, increasing the amount allowed to I ' ; ;
widows from .-pS to $1". A bill was
passed providing for an investigation. "t
of the tariff, preliminary to a revision. J '
Provision was also made for the fortifi
cation of Pearl harbor. Another good , I j
piece of legislation was a bill compoll- ,1 '
ing railroads to adopt an ashpau under
their engines of such a character that ' i
will not necessitate the employes go
ing underneath the engines, and thus . i
provent injuries incurred in that way. 2
There was also tho increase in pay to , I.
officers and men in the army and " j I ,
navy. Tho increase to tho officers is j 3 :
about $500 per annum and to lho men ; i .
about 40 per cent." ' ' ,
"You mav ay, " continued the sona- . J:
lor, "that I havo the positive promiso i 1
of the quarterniaster-goneral, tho , t
chief of staff and thc secretary of v , I i
war, Mr. Taft, that during the tiscal ( )
vear onding June :i0. PJU9. iklGS.700 will I I
bo expended at Ft. Douglas iu buildiug ' k j
and equipping a new barracks and band I j
quarters, and J have no doubt that Ft, f g
Douglas will be permanently a regi- I 1
mental post1 . 1
and crew is that Reiuhold and Meek jf , 'jl
wero martyrs to duty, for thoy wero ill tm
found dead whore others escaped and I ifl
stayed at their posts to tho last. Tho If U
acc'idont served to demonstrate tlio 1 'M
complete efficiency of the naval firo j 'M
drill. Thero was no' confusion, IB
j" j 'M