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THE WASHINGTON TDIES, SUNDAY, MAY 19, l'oiS.
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. ' SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1912.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S INCONSISTENCY,
President Taft grows 'more prolific and vehement
each day 'in his criticism of the Administration of
Roosevelt. Yet Mr. Taft was elected President upon
the record' 6T that Administration. For him to enter
a general repudiation of it at this time means that
either he was insincere in his campaign for election
when he promised to carry out the Roosevelt policies
and accepted the benefits of Roosevelt's Administra
tion under false pretenses or that he was puzzle
bitted in very fact to be associated in a confidential
capacity for four years with a man and an Adminis
tration that was as vicious as he now makes out, and
(he never to .have suspected it,
DOLLY MADISON BREAKFAST.
The Dolly Madison breakfast, which is to be a
feature of the Capital tomorrow, introduces a unique
and interesting factor into the relations of women
to politics. Among the four hundred who have ac
cepted invitations are the wives of practically all the
Democratic members pf Congress and of the pros
pective candidates for the Presidency.
That charming mistress of the White House
whose name has become a synonym of tact and
grace, dainty Dolly Madison, will give the keynote
to the occasion, but the toasts will wander more or
less far afield. And there, are to be toasts', and a
toastmistress, which is one of the unique features of
the occasion. It is to be for all the world just like
the banquets of which the men folks for so long a
time held a monopoly- Inevitably there will be a
touch of feminine delicacy running through the
speeches, like a pink ribbon through the meshes of
a lace yoke, but the subjects themselves are frankly
masculine.
The speakers at the banquet board are women
"Who have been brought up, to a certain extent, in a
political atmosphere. By assimilation, if not other
wise, they have acquired an intimate familiarity with
public affairs. Their postprandial efforts will be
well worth hearing, and many a suggestion, made
from their original point of view, will be well worth
.while.
Without-courting controversy by touching upon
any aspect of equal suffrage, it may be said that
ths sane and active interest in public affairs on the
part of the women of the country cannot fail to have
a beneficial effect. Even the most vigorous op
ponents of woman suffrage gladly subscribe to the
doctrine that a feminine influence in the molding of
our national life is altogether to the good. The Dolly
Madison breakfast breaks new ground. The public
inll await with interest the opinions which the gifted
i Breakers may have .0 express.
BASEBALL ROWDYISM.
Rowdyism, the only evil which has menaced base
ball, has been haled into the court of public opinion
by the "Ty" Cobb episode. The erratic, hot-headed
but popular and well-equipped ball player and the
obnoxious New York "fan" have now become mere
incidents. The issue now involves the future of the
greatest of American sports.
For a long time lovers of the game have recog
nized the danger of rowdyism injuring the game,
while those opposed to baseball upon certain days
and at certain places have based their positio- wholly
upon this one weakness.
.Neither players nor the bleachers are able to
point th'eir fingers at the other and make any accu
sations that do not apply with equal force to them
selves. All baseball enthusiasts are familiar with
that type of a player who gratuitously insults spec
tators who are partisans against his team, jus,t as
they are familiar with the abusive "fan" who should
be put off the grounds.
Baseball magnates, umpires and 'ground officials
have permitted the practice of "rag-chewing" and
"roasting" between players and audience to degener
ate into unlimited abuse and often unrestrained ob
scenity, apd they are now facing the fruits of their
lax policy,
Baseball was reformed recently by stringent ules
protecting umpires from abuse by players. The pub-
' He ..applauded. It is now up to those who dominate
the baseball situation to make and enforce rules that
will protect the players from abuse by spectators
and spectators from being insulted by players. The
baseball public will welcome the most stringent rul-
' inj to this end.
The controversy between "Ty" Cobb and the New
York fan can be decided upon its merits. Perhaps
Johnson was in error in suspending Cobb indefinitely
before he heard Cobb's story. Perhaps the Detroit
team was in error in striking before they had pre
sented Cobb's story and asked a hearing. Those
things are matters that cannot be settled in a news
paper to the satisfaction of partisans in this contro
, versy. '
But all lovers of baseball, irrespective of their
views upon this particular issue, will agree that it ,has
brought to a focus the subject of the bcseball r6wdy
ism, no matter by whom it is indulged, and that there
must be a cessation of it by both players and spec
tators if the game is to maintain Its popularity.
T THE COFFEE TRUST PROSECUTION.
the case of the Brazilian Coffee trust, whose
American end Is now being prosecuted, seems pecul
iarly to deserve consideration by people concerned
jto discourage 'extreme and dangerously radical pro
posals ih legislation and administration.
A powerful group of international moneyed in
terests loaned their support, invested thejr money
and extended the protecting wing of business pres
tige, to destroy the workingof economic law as to a
great world staple. A great national government is
leading partner in the project. It has made laws lim
iting the production of coffee, and surrendering con
trol of the whole marketing-situation to its financial
allies.
Coffee is held off the market in order to force
high prices; it is charged that the American factors
in the combination now hold well-nigh a million bags
in warehouse, to keep prices high. The actual re
sults of this gigantic combination arc attested by the
great rise in price in the last two years.
The United States is the chief victim of this mo-,
nopoly, because by far the greatest coffee user. Re
taliation is difficult if not impossible, because we
must take Brazil's coffee or go without. Europe is
being victimized in like fashion. When Congress
man Norris, nearly two years ago, introduced the
resolution that started investigation and prosecution,
German interests and sympathy were such that Mr.
Norris found himself in a cable correspondence with
German interests anxious to help his fight. (
A monopoly of international financial power, un
der the cover of a great country's sovereign right to
make its own policies, laws and economic arrange
ments, that thus subjugates a vast field of commerce
and industry, is an 'invitation to radicalism every
where. Such enterprises arouse the deep resentment
of the people. They provide point and justification
for the most extreme and bitter excoriations. The
structure of legitimate business' is threatened in the
general storm of protest against wrongs which are
undeniable, against the extortions of such a world-
I grasping power, against the cynical setting aside of
all economic law.
There are perfectly proper reasons for great ag
gregations of capital and enterprise. They are good
when the public benefits by the greater facility of
production which they make possible. But they
are altogether bad when, as in this case of the Coffee
trust, their purpose is entirely to restrict, not to in
crease, supplies; to raise, not to lower, prices; to ex
tort from, not to serve, the people.
It is blindness to plunge into such enterprises
without thought for the fact that at last the public
will not different. -te between useful and vicious ag
gregations, and will be tempted to turn and rend
them all.
The problem of securing even-handed justice,
of nicely discriminating, of regulating so as to pre
serve all legitimate interests, is hard enough without
getting it complicated with the animosities and
hatreds that such displays of reckless power must
arouse.
BABY WILEY AND THE CATNIP SCHOOL.
The general public has taken such a keen interest
in the affairs of Dr. Wiley foi4 so many years, even
when those affairs were most personal, that he will
have to pardon the effort, which is already apparent,
to help him raise the baby. According to a usage
long established, no new baby can come into the
community and be allowed to "just grow." Sugges
tions as to the best method of raising babies come
as naturally from all sorts and conditions of people
as do recipes for curing a cold. They are all differ
ent, but each is infallible.
According to all the laws of hygiene, the pure
food baby should have a model infancy. In his
capacity as head of the family the proud father is
already outlining the regimen which is to be pursued.
The young hopeful is not to be coddled too much or-
weaned too soon. It is to be taught self-reliance and
self-denial at a time of life when other infants are
indulged in vocal cravings for" the moon. It is to
lead a prophylactic existence in a sterilized medium
and thereby grow strong and prosper. It is not ven
turing too much to say that there are venerable
mothers of four girls and five or six boys or so, scat
tered throughout the country, who will hearv with
lofty scorn of the scientific by-laws by which Baby
Wiley is to be raised. Serene in the confidence
that a peck of dirt and an abundance of catnip tea
are sufficient to bring any baby to healthy maturity,
they will lopk down upon the theories borrowed from
the laboratory. A congress of experts could not per
suade them that chewing the paint off a tin rattle
and, later on, sneaking forbidden fruit from the green.
apple tree do not, on the whole, conduce to long life.,
That chartered wildhng, the barefoot boy with cheeks
of tan, still remains the ideal.
Of course, it isn't true, and the experts have al
lowed us now arid then to look-through the micro
scope and see that germs are the pestilence which
walketh in darkness and the destruction that wasteth
at noonday, but the tradition will survive. Let us
hope that Baby Wiley, in spite of his scientific rais
ing, will disappoint the prediction. of the catnip
school and grow up with nothing more than the
normal amount of aches in his turn-turn and the
pains of teething. Certainly a large circle of friends
look on with anxious interest and, sharing the com
mon admiration for "our little selves re-formed in
finer clay," wish the pure food baby a ripe old age.
Hd
EULOGIZES
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LATE CONGRESSMAN
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HEIR
BINGHAM
Former Pennsylvanian Call
ed "The Most Courteous
Man in the Body.' '
Eulogized as a modern Chevalier Bay
ard, brave and enduring In war, gentle
and courteous In peace, "the most cour
teous man known In the House." the
memory of tho late Gen. Henry Hani
son Bingham. Congressman from the
First Pennsylvania district for more
than thirty-three years, was the sub
ject of addresses In tho House today by
members wh6 knew and served with
him. Not only his personal qualities of
the "father of tho liouao" were praised,
but also his unflagging industry as a
member of committee, was the subject
of appreciative words.
General Bingham died March 23, at
the age of seventy-one. He was first
elected to Congress In 1878, and served
continuously up to tho time of his
death, He saw nearly four years'
service in the civil war, was wounded
three times, once captured, and breveted
many times for gallantry, so that in
four years he rose from the rank of
second lieutenant to brigadier general.
Congressman J. Hampton Moore ad
dressed himself to the formal resolu
tion of sorrow and eulogy moved bj
William S. Vare, General Bingham"
successor in Congress. Moore pictured
General Bingham as a young man rid
Ing beside General Hancock at Gettys
burg along the top of the shell-swept
ridge, up which Pickett made his
famous charge. Ho told of Bingham's
bravery there, and of his subsequent
disdain of peril despite the fact that he
was wounded at Gettysburg, Spottayl
vanla, and Farms vi He.
Congressman Crago reviewed the in
cidents of General Bingham's life, call
ing particular attention to his work In
organizing a company of volunteer sol
diers. Ho recalled the names of Bing
ham's colleagues at the beginning of his
service, and pointed out the extraordi
nary time that the "father of the
Houso" survived them.
Congressman John Fitzgerald, chair
man of the ADDroDrlatlon flnmmlii.A.
said: "General Ulngham was the most
courteous man I have ever known in the
House. His temper wan never ruffled,
and all who conversed with him never
met wim Drusque treatment."
William S. Vare, who succeeded Gen
eral Bingham in the House, said that
he bore from the people of his district
a tribute to the man In electing whom
for so many years they had honored
themselves.
In the gallery were Mrs. T. G. Hood,
a sister of tho late General Bingham;
Mrs. Samuel V. Hecdner, a niece, her
husband and daughter, and Gen. James
B. Coryell, all of Philadelphia, In addi
tion to William Russell, long General
Bingham's secretary, and several score
auditors.
Congressman CurUss Gregg presided,
John Dalzell being absent. Others who
addressed themselves to the memory of
General Bingham were Congressmen
Olmstead, Lamb and Baltes. Several
absent members will extend their re
marks in the Record.
TO HOLD MEETING
AGAIN NEXT YEAR
In the Mail Bag
Readers of The Time are invited to use this department as their
own to write freely and frankly with the assurance .that no letter
not objectionable In language will bo dented, publication. Letters nast
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BAG KD1TOB OV TUB TIMES.
Congress tho Ileal Delinquent In
the Matter of CItJI SerTlco Fen
bIoiis. To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In the name of abstract JusUce, not
to mention the demands of common hu
manity or Christian charity, why is
our class of .Government servitors con
demned to die unpcnsloned, and bear
ing the odium of "superannuation and
incompetence," while others are retired
on pensions at sixty-two and sixty-four
respectively, having received rations,
quarters, and enjoyed the benefits of a
commissary department all along the
line? The last and lowest class has
had none of those aids to living. On
the contrary. It has been compelled to
submit to reduced salaries and lower
hours for the last thirty years. It is
sad enough to gtow old under the most
iavoraDie conditions, without Being cen
Bured for It and demoted by way of re
ward for long service, as an expres
sion of the Congressional merit system.
But Just there is the point. Congress
Itself is the real dellnauent. When the
appropriation bills are annually before
the House, and members condemn tho
cierKs in unmeasured terms, tney are
unwlttlnRly denouncing themselves.
since there could be no such thing as
superannuation in the departments if
congress had done its whole duty, by
retiring ana pensioning tne cierKs, in
accord with years of faithful service, as
Is the custom with all other civilized
nations, thereby avoiding the disgrace
ful spectacle which is presented to tho
world by these United States today. And
by pension Ih not meant a niggardly
sum prepared from the meager salaries
of thn clerks bu,t an out and out,
straight, adequate, decent pension
such as Is demanded from any honor
able government, meriting the name.
j 1 we are bucji a poverty-tncKon
Government, as not to be able to treat
all equally well. In the name of our noble
forefathers who framed the best they
knew to the lines of a wonderful legis
lative dream, commence at the top,
the practice of that economy so loudly
demanded, where for the last forty
years there has been the greatest ex
pansion: not at the bottom, where.
already there has been too great repres
sion. Turn back those forty-two pros
pective members (singular Idea of
economy, that act!) and save approx
imately $1,000,000 annually. Take fifty
moro out of the House and save an
other million-Congressmen are too ex
pensive luxuries and so many are not
needful. C. E. MALNATEN.
Flea For Builders to Hare More Re
gard For Health, Comfort, and
Beauty.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The problem of housing the people of
Washington In a way that will allow
the original esthetic conception to con
tinually develop, Is one that to many
of Its citizens seems difficult of solu
tion; It Is a vital question Involving
health and comfort, as well as to pre
serve the accepted Idea that Washing
ton was to become the most beautiful cty
In America; Indeed, it Js believed by some
tnat we now nave gone so iar as to
be unable to retrieve the Ideal condition
which a few years ago was so glowingly
set forth to the world and the hope and
pride of all the country.
Washington City from the time It was
DIXON
DECLARES
planned and mapped by the famous
L'Enfant has been pointed to as the
embodiment of all that was desired for
the natural and Inevitable development
of beauty, luxury, refinement, and
health: noble and far-slchted men re
claimed the low ground, graded the hills,
and broadened tho streets; parks, trees,
and pavements have all been developed
with a critical eyo to the line of the
original grand conception.
But to what ideas of a beautiful city
is Washington drifting at the present
time? It is hard to contrast one lo
cality with another, in respect to many
unsightly and unsanitary houses that
are spoiling the 'beauty and Intrinsic
value of property and, as stated by Dr.
Wiley, undermining the health qf many
occupants of these places.' Especially
Is this the caso In almost every out
lying section where row after row of
deceptive two-storv houses can be seen
decorated with Spanish tile or some
other device to ward oft the view of the
low and slanting roof behind; to iay
nothing of the abbreviated back vard
.which Is often advertised In big blacKS
letters as "twenty feet iwidc." when, in
fact sixteen feet eight inches is nearer
the truth; three-fourths of the yard be
longs to these rows of dwellings.
Those of ub who have lived In larger
cities, like New York or Chicago, have
become accustomed to see these long
rows of tenement houses, each one a
duplicate of the other, for blockB and
blocks, with no front yard, or grass, or
flowers. They were erected solely to
make money for their owners; the com
forts of those who were to live there
was never, taken Into account; neither
was their life or death; but somehow
here In Washington, we, tho great ma
jority, look and hope for better things..
Have we not a right to expect better
things? Of what benefit is It to plant
and care for shrubs and flowers for
which so many are pleading? What Is
the use of Urging the cleaning of streets
and yards, and a thousand and qne
other labors that tend to elevate and
cultivate the mind and heart, when the
same are to bo offset by the unsightly
works of only mercenary motives?
These cheap and undesirable houses In
rows are not the only' source of detri
ment In thn buildlnc line to a beautiful
city cither, of which more can be said
In anotner article. ti. a. jr.
Says the Fcople Have Faith In
ItooscTelt Program.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:
I have read Mr. Taft's arraignment
of Mr. Roosevelt for the frequent use
of the pronoun I. The shaft rebounds
Into Mr. Taft's eye. The reference
marks tho difference. In tho case of T.
R the I stands for myself, uninflu
enced by any corrupt or boss power. In
the case of Mr. Taft. It Is the unfortu
nate and lamentable fact that In no
single instance he has emphasized the
I; his "self" has been obscured, obliter
ated, annihilated by the Aldrlch-Crane-Lorlmer-Penrose
corporation. No; there
can be no compromise at Chicago. The
I represents tho whole people, and needs
to be repeated whenever the people's In
trests are grappling with the special
Interests the vultures, the wolves. Hit
them hard. T. R. The people have faith
In your program. It lias never been
said that you have antedated public
documents for political expediency or
any other purpose.
THOMAS HARVEY. I
BALLOTS REVEAL
CHOICE OE PEOPLE
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fcites Figures to Show That
Voters Are for Roosevelt
Overwhelmingly.
PREACHERS' UNION
FINDS SCANT FAVOR
Riding- and Hunt Organization
Optimistic After Second
Day of Racing.
Washington Clergymen Ridicule
Chicago Bishop's Suggestion
of Uniform Scale.
NOT MADE TO ORDER.
"Have you any reference?" asked tho lady of the house.
"Yes, ma'am, a lot of 'era,"
"Why didn't you bring them with you?"
"They're Just like my photographs, ma'am. None of 'em
does me Justice," Detroit Free PrcsB,
TAKEN AT HIS WORD.
Mrs. Smart So these are the china bargains you ad
vertised? Clerk Yes. ma'am: and they're coin? for little or nnthlne.
Mrs. Smart All right! I'll take that blue-bordered dish Association of Police Chiefs aa the
for nothing. Catholic Standard and Times.' I guest of Major Sylvester,
Encouraged by the success of this
spring's meeting, members of the Wash
ington Riding and Hunt Club, which
conducted yesterday and Thursday's
racing at Bennlng, is already planning
to continue hunt racing in future years
on the famous old track. This year's
racts were largely experimental, and
the weather of tho first day made re
ceipts almost nil. Yesterday, however.
about 3,000 persons attended, so that the
Hiding and Hunt Club now views the
future with more equanimity.
The service test cup is reposing today
In the library of Major Henry T. Al
len s nome. Major Allen having won
this fourteen-mile event on Razzle Daz
zle II. Mariposa, ridden by Capt. V
LaS. Rockwell, one of the Fort Ogel
thorpe team at tho horse show, came In
second, and Col. E. F. Greble's Dan was
third. Colonel Greble's son, Lieut E.
St J. Greble, actually finished first, but
was marked down four points for dis
mounting at an obstacle. The Judges
had a long debate over this matter and
tho crowd which had applauded Lieu
tenant Greble on St. Angelo wondered
why all the delay.
It took the services of many Judges
In this contest Gen. S. B. Young, Col.
Alexander Rogers, and Perry Belmont
were staUoned at the finish. Secretary
SUmson, Capt. J. R. Lindsay, Frederick
Huldekoper, and Redmond Stewart were
me pairoi juages, ana eleven moro men
were stationed at the various Obstacles,
the list Including Capt C. W. Otwell,
Capt. George C. Barnhardt Major
Charles P. Summerall, Major D. W.
Connor. Major R. G. Paxton, Lieut Col.
D. S. Stanley, Col. John Blddle, Regin
ald Huldekoper, William C. Morrow, Dr.
Cary Langhorne, U. S.' N., and Roller
Dulany.
Spectators yesterday saw Ivan Fox's
Alfred Noblo annex another first prize,
there being no steeplechaser which
seems able to beat Mr. -Fox's horse.
Lieutenant Alexander, with Miss Hynes.
also achieved a little more glory, the
Henry of Nuvarre steeplechase being
won Dy mm.
Major Sylvester Sees
New York Police Parade
MaJ. Richard Sylvester, superinten
dent of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment, returned to Washington today
from New York city, where, together
with Col. A. R. Sherwood, police cqm
misaloncr of the- Dominion of Canada,
he was the geust of Commissioner
Waldo, of the New York department at
the annual review of that official's
ofrce.
"There were fourteen regiments of
bluecoats In the line of march," said
Major today. "In those there were 7,000
oollcemen. They are a fine looklmr lot
of men, those New York policemen, but
I don't think they are the equal of our
own Washington police."
Commissioner Waldo will attend the
next convention of the International
A preachers' union, for the establish
ment of a uniform wage scale through
out the United States, docs not -find
favor with Washington clergymen.
The Rev. John Van Schalck, Jr.. pas
tor of the Church of Our Father; the
Rev. Earle Wllfley, pastor of Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, and the Rev.
Charles Ernest Smith, rector of St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, all have ex
pressed themselves as opposed to tho
Idea. Other ministers here even ridi
cule It.
The preachers' union was proposed by
Bishop Charles P. Anderson, of Chicago.
CHARGE PERJURY IN
TRIAL OF PACKERS
Government Asks for Grand Jury
at Chicago to Review Re
cent Testimony.
CHICAGO, May 19, James H. Wllker
son, United States district attorney,
will make a request for a new grand
Jury next week to appear for service
during the first week in June with the
probable view of investigating the al
leged perjury of witnesses during the
recent criminal trial of the packers.
Judge George A. Carpenter will be
asked to issue an order Immediately for
a panel from which the grand Jury will
be selected.
The call for the new Jury follows the
investigation that is being mdde of the
testimony given during the beef trial
by Oliver E. Pagan, special assistant to
Attorney General Wickersham, who
Evening Services ip tbe Gburcbes
"THE APPEAL OF THE INFINITE" The Rev. Bernard G. Braskamp,
Church of the Covenant, 8 p. m.
"THE COMING KINGDOM" Tbe Seventh Day Adventist Church, mo
Twelfth street northwest, 7:45 p. m.
"MORTALS AND IMMORTALS" The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
8 p. m.
"RIGHT THOUGHT" The Rev. G.W. Kates, First Spiritualist Church,
Pythian Temple, 7:30 p. m.
PRAISE SERVICE Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, under the auspices of the
Young Women's Christian Association, St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
Eleventh and H streets northwest, 4 p. m.
"THE DIVINE PLAN OF THE AGES" H. Clay Rockwell, under the
auspices of the International Bible Students' Association, Old Ma
sonic, Temple, 3 p. m.
"THE SEA OF GLASS" The Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, 8 p. m.
"LIFE'S CONTRADICTIONS" The Rev. J. H. DePue, Fir.st Presbyterian
Church, 8 p. m.
"REJECTED DESTINY" The Rev. Joseph M. M. Gray, Hamline M. E.
Church, 8 p. m.
"LIFE'S TWO HARVESTS" The Rev. James Shera Montgomery, Metro
politan Memorial M. E. Church, 8 p. m.
"YOUR BURNING BUSH" The Rev. N. H. Holmes, Foundry ' M. E.
Church, 8 p. m.
"LOSING, BUT GAINING" The Rev. J. J. Muir, Temple Baptist Church,
7:45 p. m.
"DO WASHINGTON FOLKS COMPLAIN?" The Rev. E. Her Swem,
-Centennial Baptist Church, Eighth and I streets northeast, 8 p. m.
"AN EVENING WITH THE CHOIR" The First Congregational Church,
8 p. m.
"TRIED ARMOR" The Rev. Frank J. Goodwin, Mt. Pleasant Congrega
tional Church, 8 p. m.
"THE EAGLE'S NEST" The Rev. L. Morgan Chambers, McKendree M. E.
Church, 8 p. m.
"POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS IN CHINA" The Rev. S.
Harrington Little, Church of the Ascension, 8 p. m.
"WORDS THAT GIVE LIFE" The Rev. Merrill Edward Gates, Immanuel
Baptist Church, 8 p. m.
CINCINNATI, May 19,-Charglng that
the effort to renominate President Taft
has been attended bysthe greatest con
spiracy to keep the truth both from
the public and from President Taft
himself, Senator Dixon of Montana ad
dressed an enthusiastltc audience of
2,000 In Music Hall, In this city, last
night, urging that every person pres
ent go forth as an evangelist of tho
progressive movement to defeat Presi
dent Taft at the primary election next
Tuesday.
The sarcastic sallies of both Senator
Dixon and William Prendcgast, of New
York, brought forth continual laughter
and applause from the audience, and
there was a phenomenal burst of en
thusiasm when Senator Dixon said:
"It will not be necessary to follow
the established custom and place Mr.
Roosevelt's name In nomination at tho
Chicago convenUon.
Nominated By People.
"It has already been placed in nom
ination by the American people, who
did It with their ballots, the most elo
quent, of all speeches. One million and
seventy-five thousand of them have
asked that Roosevelt be nominated, and
only 499,000 have favored extending the
Presidential courtesies td President Taft
by giving him a second nomination with
out asking any questions about his lack
of success during tho four years he has
occupied the White House.
"Every place where the voters have
had a means of expressing their pref
erences directly they have overwhelm
ingly defeated Taft and asked lor tno
return of Roosevelt," he said. "I am
not here to abuse President Taft He Is
a most affable gentleman, but I tell you.
mv rellow citizens, it requires more man
affability to make a good President.
"President Taft. by training and tem
perament. Is out of sympathy with tho
people. He does not trust them. He
does not believe In your ability to gov
ern yourselves. His Cabinet is a hand
some array of silk stocking gentlemen
who would be an ornament to any
drawingroom, but not one of them ever
felt a heartbeat of sympathy with the
man who combats the elements and
labors for his bread.
"They would not know bow to act In
a precinct primary."
Senator Dixon closed by saying: "The
coldness of death has been settling upon
the Republican party during the past
four years. President Taft has raised
It out of all touch with the vitalizing
forces, which spring from tho people.
It has lost power and Is losing prestige,
and unless the people throw aside con
siderations of 'Presidential courtesy'
and vote for a man who can an will
bring the party back to a harmonious
co-operation with the people themselves,
it will most surely be defeated and
wiped out next November."
Both Senator Dixon and Mr. Prender
gast characterized Taft as a man who
cannot tolerate the truth when It "Is un
pleasant Ridiculous Claims.
Amid tumults of laughter Mr. Pren
dergast ridiculed Tafts claims to "pro
gresstvclsm." He told of the'progres
slve movement as exemplified by scores
of leading statesmen whom? he 'riarned
and then said:
And who are Taft's supporters at the
present timet Thev are the same ones
who told him pleasant things about
himself and made him smile, and the
ones who kept him from knowing that
Roosevelt's strength had long ago out
grown his. They are tho same who
now assure him that his unparalleled
abuse of Federal patronage has already
secured a majority of the national dele
gates for him, when in fact he is cer
tain of less votes than Mr. Roosevelt
"They are Senator Galllnger of New
Hampshire fame; Senator Penrose, well
known for his Pennsylvania machine,
which was swept out of existence by
Mr. Roosevelt; Senator Lorimer, of
unctlous, fragrant memory; Senator
Smoot, who represents Utah, the State
that Is owned by the clergy of tho
Mormon church, and so on. There Is.
not one progressive In the list
"These are the ones who counseled
him to chloroform the voters of Ohio
by denying them a preferential vote.
Even the Democrats have It here. They
can mark their choice for the Presi
dency definitely on a separate ballot,
but Mr. Taft feared you might make un
pleasant revelations to htm. so he
smiled and chloroformed the franchise
of tho citizens of his own State."
In closing, all the speakers urged the
audlenco to vote for Roosevelt- and
against Taft. saying: "If Taft Is beaten
in Ohio his boom collapses. He has no
further chance. You do not believe
In him nor he In you, and It would be
better to have a man you trust
Tndnv Rptmtor Dixon trave out the
following statement of tho popular vote
as thus far recorded, which figures he
said have not before been published:
Nine States have held Presidential pri
maries, and on the Republican side the
line-up between the conservative and
progressive factions as represented on
the one hand by the candidacy of Presi
dent Taft and on the other by the can
didacy of Colonel Roosevelt and Senator
La Follette has been as follows:
Roosevelt-
LaFollette
Vote.
66,000
13D.00O
260,000
2SO.000
73,000
16.000
1)0.000
25.000
150,000
State. Taft vote.
North Dakota .... 1.590
Wisconsin .T 75,000
Illinois 10.000
Pennsylvania 120,000
Massachusetts .... 7B.000
Oregon 000
Nebraska 40.000
Maryland 20.000
California 60.000
1,075,000
Totals 4M.600
President Weary
President Taft arrived ot the Grand
Central Stctlon at 12:1C o'clook this
morning, his special train coming in
over the Big Four railroad. He showed
the effects of the campaign through
which ho passed last week, his face
being slightly drawn and his every
movement Indicating extreme weari
ness. His step lacked Its customary
briskness as he walked from the train
to a limousine that was waiting to con
vey him to the home of his brother,
Charles P. Taft. , , ,
His military aid and others in his par
ty declined to permit htm to be inter
viewed. GoodTemplars to
Meet in Pennsylvania
WILMINGTON. Del., May 19.-Dele-gatfs
to the convention of the Grand
Lodge, I. O. G. T., have been selected
by the- district lodge of Delaware and
Chester county, Pa. The convention
will bo held at Rldgway, Pa., during the
last week of July. They are;
C. Wllmer King, Washington. D. C:
Rev. Edward W. White, Wilmington;
James I. Brown, of Newark, this State.
Mr. King Is a member of Newport
Lodge.