The times dispatch. [volume], February 14, 1911, Page 3, Image 3

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CASE DISMISSED
AGAINST 14 MEN
Six Now Held in Insurance Case
to Pay Fine of $500
Each.
(Special to The- Times-Dispatch.]
Newport News. Va., February 13.?
Fourteen of the twenty olllcers and
coinmi(tcofneii or the Southeastern Un?
derwriters' Association, who w?ro
found guilty Inm November of mall
tiously conspiring to increase Uro in
burn11(jo rates for thin city, and were
lined- $5<>e each, were discharged by
Iudgo Barnaul In the Corporation Court
to-day.
Tin: court set aside tho verdict an t'?
pll of tho defendants, except the six
members of the Virginia committee of
I he Underwriters' AsHoeiation, who ac?
tually were present when the inereuso
of 10 per cent, in local rates was? pro?
mulgated.
Counsel for the defendants now con?
tend that the court la obliged to dis?
miss the cuho ugdinst the remaining
Hix. and this point will bo argued later.
In the event the motion is overruled,
the six will take (heir cases to the
Court, of Appeals. The men against
whom the verdict stands are U It. War?
ren, of Richmond, chairman of the Vir?
ginia committee; A. H. Harris, of Rich?
mond, secretary of tin; Virginia com?
mittee; It. A. Uamliil, William it.
Robins, 15. R. Dowel and F.. II. Jones.
Those discharged arc- A. R. Andrews,
of Atlanta, Giu, general manager of
the association; W. It. Frescott, of At?
lanta, president: Dan R. Harris, R. T.
Co Id well, Guy Carpenter, K. T. Cald
weil. George II. Collins, A. I.. Brooks,.
K. >?'. HtiKhcH. Dana Bleckmar, .1. <'.
Hare. .1. s. Mlddlcton, Benjamin .1.
He-.Ith, H. M Tanner ami Frank .1.
. it t y.
< it the twenty-three Insurance men
arroHted at Hot Springs last summer,
George Goodrldge, II. v. Chattorly and
Jefferson Fearee were acquitted by
the Jury.
Held on CharKC of .Murder.
(Special to Tin- Timcii-Dispatch.]
Newport News. Va.. February 13.?
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Fifth and Qrace Streets.
Pr/c??, "Je. (fOc. andS/.oo
fnr tho grand Jury in tiie Police court
on tho charge of murdering Eliza Ella .
Davis, a slxtoen-yoar-old negro glrl,
Iiis former sweetheart. The girl died ;
yesterday afternoon from injuries al- ?
leged to have been sustained wlien
Page kicked her several days ago. |
AIIT CM!II OK It ICH MONI)
TO HOLD MF.ETIA'O TO-DAY I
The Art Club of Richmond will hold
its tjunrterly meetln? this afternoon at
4:30 o'clock at the clubhouse. 521 West
Grace Street. After IV: business ??et
in^r Airs. Norman V. Handeln1' will
address the club on the m?Mec
''The Plehmond of 1360-05 and
II' 11."
Mrs Itandolhh'sL comparison will be
especially Interesting to the club,
vvnicn suinUs ior in.r ait movement so
important in a modern city.
The club has proceeded in its work
so <iui<-tly that the community at
large docs not realize its influence on i
tin- city along artistic and educational '
llites, nor the tangible results it has '
effected in the training of the art:
Students^ who have found the club a j
; gateway to schools in larger cltb
Land who have thus become profc
siohals here and elsewhere.
SORG-MANN CONTEST
Mnv Hcsult In Deadlock Hot w een Coun?
cil and Hoard of Aldermen.
Former Alderman John Mann. Jr.,
seems to have somewhat tho best of
It in the Sofg-Mann contest for the
Board of Fire Commissioners; which is
to in- decided by ;l joint session ol
the Hoard <?( Aldermen and Common
Council at 7:30 o'clock to-night. Mr.
Mann has an ample majority pledged
to bis support in the Board of Alder?
men. It Is doubtful, however, whether
ho lias a majority of the lower branch,
and should Mr. Sorg, the nominee of a
majority of the ward delegation, carry '
the Cbpncll a deadlock may result,
which could onlv he broken by throw?
ing over both candidates, it is for just
stich a contingency that the friends of .
former Alderman N. Thomas Mosby are j
hoping,
Following the joint session. th'
Hoard of Aldermen will meet at S
o'clock with a Inn? docket m prospect. ?;
MAY ADD TO CITY HALL
ConnldcrliiK I'lnn to Ituu It ?p Tito or (
Threi' Storl?-n.
The subcommittee on buildings of
'.he Council Committee on Grounds and
Buildings met last night t<i consider
?lie advisability of adding two or three
?torles t<> the City Hall. Building In
?pector Beck was asked to make oomo
srellminary estimates of tiio probablo
tost, Mr. Beck said it would be impos
i sible to determine the matter until lie
j tad examined the original plans and
'ound the width and measurements
if the foundations. He will report back
>n February 27. Bcnlizing that any
..lan for enlarging the building or for
erecting a separate courts building
must be some years in the future, sev?
eral of those present suggested a gen
! err,l reorganization of the City Hail
otfie.s It is stated that some offices
Paving comparatively little business
and small force have largo rooms,
! ?vhllo other busy offices are much
overcrowded. There are a number of
i vacant rooms in the basement.
DESERTS HIS VICTIM
Mr*. Itrtwy hnnil, of flnltlmnrr, Hun
Down nnd I'nlnfiill.v Hurt.
While crossing Third at the inter?
section of Broad Street late yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Betsy Land, of Balti?
more, was run- down by a vehicle
driven by an unknown white man- One
of the wheels passed over her body,
and she was painfully Injured. Rh? j
was picked up by Policeman Clarkson j
and tnken into a nearby store to rest
until the arrival of a taxlcab, In which
f.he went' to the homo of Mrs. P. P. ;
Gilbert; 2101 Stuart Avenue.
Mrs. Band was just convalescing
from a recent injury to her hip, and ;
it was feared that tlie more recent In
jury might affect the former hurt.
The driver of the vehicle continued
on his way. without looking back to
see whom he lind hurt, and escaped.
Shocked; (iocs to Hospital.
I". A. McKinley, twenty-one years old. son
nf J. r. McKinley, of 2WW East Franklin
Street. is In the Virginia Hospital suffer?
ing from severe burns eaused by an elec?
tric shock sustained nt the Clay Street
plant of th" Virginia Hallway and Power
Company, where he was employed.
Th..- accident nrrurreo1 ln.v Paturdav. it
was raid lost niKht that the young man
will be able to leave the hospital this w*<ek.
Forecast: Vlrglnlii?- Increasing; eloud
IncsN, followed hj rnln l'nesdiiy after
noon or nl;;hi ; \Vedncndny rnJnt colder I
lit west portion, liicrvamingr "onthvrnrdH. |
North Carolina?IiiereunInK cloudi?
ness Tuesday, followed by rain In nf
ternoon or nicht; Wednesday rnlnj
light variable winds, liceomlng liriMk
Mouth.
CO NDITI OA'S V ESTER D A V.
Monday midnight thermometer. 5S
S A. M. temperature . 31
Humidity . 05
Wind, direction . S.
Wind, velocity . 4
Weather .Foggy
Rainfall . 0
12 noon temperature . 60
?", P. M. temperature . C>t
Maximum temperature up to 5
P. M. 61
Minimum temperature up to 5
P. M. 33
Mean temperature . 48
Normal temperature . 40
Excess in temperature yester?
day .:. 8
Accum, excess in temperature
since January 1 . 130
Accum, excess in rainfall since
January 1 . 1.0S
CONDITIONS I> IMPORTANT CITIES.
Place. Thor. H. T. Weather.
Abilene . 52 f.2 , Clear
Ashevltlc . 51 62 Clear
Augusta . 54 6S Clear
Atlanta . 56 5S Clear
Atlantic City .. 40 4 1 Cloudy
Boston . 20 28 .Snow
Buffalo . 36 40 Rain
Chicago . in 44 Cloudy
Charleston . 54 62 Clear
Denver . 48 50 Clear
Duluth . 30 32 Cloudy
Galveston . 70 72 Cloudy
Havre . 34 38' Cloudy
Huron _. 28 32 P. cloudy.]
Jacksonville .... 56 70 Clear
Jupiter. 72 SO P. cloudy
Konsns City .... 54 58 Rain
Knoxville . 52 54 Cloudy
Loulsvillo . 54 f>6 Cloudy
Memphis . 60 62 Clear
Mobilo .fiti 70 Cloudy
New Orleans ... 68 76 P. cloudy
New York. 42 42 Cloudy
North Platte ... 44 68 Clear
Oklahoma City . 56 60 Cloudy
I'lttsburg . 44 44 Cloudy
Raleigh . 5.6 64 Clear
Savannah . 54 6? Cloudy
Son Francisco .. 48 50 Clear
Spokane . 32 36 Snow
St. Paul . 36. 36 Cloudy
Washington .... 46 60 Clear
Wilmington _ 52 64 Clear
Wythevllle . 41 56 P. cloudy
Tn)E TABLE.
February 14, 1911.
Sun rises... .6:45 Morning ....4:30
Sun sots ?...5:15 Eveultpx .... .5:13
TABLET UNVEILED
Memory of "First, Last and
Only Grand Master" Honored
in Halifax.
Halifax. N. <?.. February 13.?The
tablet erected to the memory of Joseph
Mont ford, first, last and only grand
master of America, was unveiled at
Halifax to-day with impressive Ma?
sonic rites and ceremonies.
Not slnee the assembluge in April
1770, which event Is commemorated by
tho date on the North Carolina flag, has
such a distinguished body of men as?
sembled In the history of the town of
Halifax. The Grand Lodge of Masons,
the Governor of the State, \V. W.
Kitchiii, and many others have spent
to-day In this community. The law
making body of North Carolina once
met here to legislate for the people; j
John Paul, visitor at the home of Wll- >
lie .Jone?. In the banqueting hall of ]
"The Groves," assumed the name .lohn ;
I'aul Jones; here Lord Cornwallis had |
hia headquarters for a time, and Gen.
oral Lafayette was once a visitor, and ,
distinguished men have assembled lu te
in the years gone by.
Tin- Grand Lodge of Masons met !
her?- to-day with the Royal White Hart j
Lodge, Grand Master IJ. N. Hacket pre- j
siding. Tho lodge met in the Obi
Lodge room, that has been in use fot .
more than u hundred years, and aftei
the lodge was opened the members re- !
tired to tlie yard, where a tablet was I
unveiled to the memory of Joseph
Montfort, the first, last and only grand
master of America. At the grave Fast
Grand Master S. M. Gattls, on beball
of the Josoph Montfort Memorial A330- |
elation, presented tho memorial to thp
Grand Lodge, which was received by j
? irand Master Hackett. Past Grand
Master T. D. Winston, on behalf of the j
association, presented the memorial to'
the Royal White Lodge, It being re?
ceived ' by Worshipful Master J. L
Weiler.
The United States flag, covering the
tablet, was drawn aside by Miss Sallio
Welch Long, of Northampton county, j
grnnddauuhter or Captain T. W. Ma?
son and direct descendant of Joseph
Montfort.
Following Is tho inscription on the
tablet: :
'?Right Worshipful Jos. Montfort.
born In England 1724. died in Halifax,'
N C, March 25th, 1770.
"Appointed Provincial Grand Master]
for America January l Ith, 1771.,
by Duke of Beaufort, Grand Master ;
1 of Grand I/odg- England, A.. F. and
A. M. First cp-rk Halifax county: !
Treasurer of Province of North Caro- |
Una; Colonel Colonial Troops; member j
Provincial Connrens.
"Orator, Statesman. Patriot. Soldier.
Highest Masonic official ever residing j
on this continent; first, last and only ]
Grand Master."
After the ceremonies at the grave 1
the exercises wer" continued at the j
courthouse. Excellent High Priest R 1
C. Dunn, or En field Chapter, presided j
and Introduced the speakers.
C.rand Master W. H. McKoy. of Wil- |
mlngton, delivered a splendid historical
address. He was followed by Past
Grand Master F. D. Winston, who, after ,
paying tribute to Halifax people and
visiting Masons from Connecticut, read
a poem gUlng the history of Masonry.1
An address \va.s also made by Past !
Grand Master B. S. Roystor. who spoke
of the Masonic Orphanage at Oxford.
. Thrice Illustrious Master J. C. McPher
R?ri, Franklin Council. Norwich, Conn.,
was called upon, and brought greetings,
from members of the fraternity in that
State. Other representatives from Nor?
wich. Conn., wore J. I- Hubbard. F. L
Hutchings, E. D. Kinsman and Dr. II.
M. Loral. The Norwich Council estab?
lished the one here.
The last address of the afternoon
was made by Governor W. W. Kitcbin.
who spoke concerning some of tho
things for which Masonry stands. The
exercises were closed by sinking "The
Old North State." During the after?
noon '"God Save the King" was sung I
in honor of the Duke of Beaufort, who
appointed Grand Master Montfort. and
then "Dixie,*' in honor of the Connec?
ticut visitors.
To-night a banquet was given. R. C.
Dunn was toastmastor. and toasts wore
responded to by prominent Masons from
throughout the State.
P.oanoko Council was prcsr-nted a
loving cup by Franklin Council, Nor?
wich, Conn. Roanoke Council, of Hal?
ifax, was organised by a delegation
from Franklin Council ninety years
ago.
j The banquet was followed by n ball.
MYSTERY IS SOLVED
Chnrlos Trlgg und drnec Elonser Killed
by Coal (inn.
Cumberland, Md., February 13.?That
Charles E. Trlgg and Grace Elosser, the
voting couple found dead In the parlor
in the Eloaser home December 31 last,
on the eve of their wedding, came to
their end from carbon monoxide (coal
gasi poisoning was the conclusion of
tho Washington and Baltimore chemists
who tested the blood of the two vic?
tims. State's Attorney Robb an?
nounced the result of the chemists'
analysis to-day.
Heretofore the authorities liavo
maintained that the pair met their
death by cyanide of potassium, the cor?
oner's jury returning a verdict to that
effect.
Will entertain Rrynn.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.1
Bristol. Va., February 13.?Arrange?
ments have been perfected to give "an
elaborate banquet to Colonel William
Jennings Bryan when he comes to
Bristol next Thursday. The Y. M. C.
A auditorium will be used, and covers
will be laid for 200 guests. It is ex?
pected that a number of prominent
men from Southwest Virginia, and East
Tennessee will bo in attendance.
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I the drinker's knowledge, and against
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(Continued From First Page.) I
i nroclty he will call an extra session of
S Congress early in .March.
I'roHpoct of General Revision.
* It is known that In .such event the
l Democrats will not content themselves
I with acting upon reciprocity alone, but
I will also take up one of the schedules
of the tariff law, the woolen schedule,
probahly, and revise it, tacking the re
( vision onto the reciprocity hill. Onoo
started upon tho work of revision, no
I one can tell where the Democrats
1 would bait, and the standpatters aro
' confronted by the possibility of far
! reaching tariff reductions.
By allowing reciprocity witli Canada
i to ijo through now. it. is being rep
[ resented to them, there will be as
! KUred surcease from further tariff agi
I tation until next December.
! These arguments are appealing to
I tho hidebound standpatters very
j cogently, and to-day there were indi
i cations of weakening among some of
the forces that are lighting the legis?
lation.
Avvnltlng IIoiihc Action.
; It is admitted, however, that some
j thing will depend upon the progress
1 of tho bill In the House, and the
j amount of opposition to It developed
i there. The Senate Democrats are wait?
ing until the House has" acted before
determining their policy, although II
seems to be generally understood that
the Democrats of theScnate will in the
main support the legislation;
Tho MeCall bill, after It passes the
House, which will occur before the end
of this week, will be referred to the
Senate Committee on Finance. That
committee is believed to lie hostile to
the bill, if the prc-Ecnt attitude of all
the members is taken into account, but
a change is expected in sentiment in
the committee: before the week is over,
and there is renson to believe that
with tho aid of Democratic votes tho
bill ran bo reported out of committee,
although it will not be accompanied
by enthusiasm on the part of the
leading spirits among tho Hepubllcans.
liefer to Public Opinion.
Tho Senators are said to realize
that tho President is hacked by public
opinion in this legislation, and that
resistance to the will of the public
j may react upon the high tariff sched?
ules and do real harm to the protected j
i interests.
ATTACK RECIPROCITY
Mnstrr of National Orange Replies to
Secretary Wilson.
Concord, N. IT.. February 13.?The
proposed Canadian reciprocity agree?
ment Is attacked in a letter"sent to?
day to Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson by former Governor Nahum J.
Oachelder, of this city, national master
->f the National dr?nge, Patrons of
Husbandry, and chairman of the legis- ;
?atlve committee of that organization. I
1 ?he letter is a reply to the eommunl- |
Nation favoring the agreement sent by |
i Secretary Wilson to Mr. Baehelder on
February f?. Mr, Baehelder declares
that the agreement Is not fair to th<? S
'armors of the United States, "who ask
'or nothing but a square deal?equal
oroteetion for all classes and Interests j
?and they will take nothing less." The. I
/etter says in part:
"In reply to our statement that the
pending bill was one-sided and unfair
*.o the farmers, in that It makes no
itaterlal reduction in duties on manu- i
Jaeture-d articles used by them, yon I
attempted to defend tho continuance of j
a high tariff for manufacturers, along (
a-ith free trade for the farmers, by j
dalming that it is tho. protected work- !
t *rs who furnish the farmers with their I
I thief market. We would respectfully j
j submit thai you are simply repeating |
j 'he pet argument of the domestic man
I ifacturer, and that In asserting that |
Hie prosperity of the farmer depends
on the workers in protected Indus- \
tries, you are claiming what Is ex- '?
\ (icily the reverse of actual conditions. ;
[ We cannot understand how at this late
day yon should bo found repeating the i
&tfattti'e dtpJ&c?oti?
Atlantic ?\tp l&t?tvt?'
NEW JERSEY
Persons to whom the far South is enervating find the
tonic effect of the air most invigorating, while the well
equipped hotels provide every comfort to make a visit
to Atlantic City pleasant as well as beneficial, Leading
hotels always open.
Traymore
Galen Hall
Chalfonte
Haddon Hall
stale and exploded theory that the
termers exist hy trie grueo of protected !
fy-YnUfacturors or any one else on earth, j
_?e sole question before the American!
pvople Is whetliur wo shall have free
trade In all farm products ami high
protection for manufacturer. Wo un?
derstand that you aro a protectionist, j
What kind <?? protection is It that,
would compel the farmer to pay from ,
45 to f.O per cent, duties oh everything
|1C buys, and subject him to free trade
competition in farm products, which j
can be produced more cheaply in Can?
ada than In this country?
I.unit mill Lahor t'henper.
"Von know that the price of farm
land is much lower in Canada than in '
the Uhited States. You know that the
wages of Canadian farm labor ar? much
lower than we have to pay. You know
that the Canadian farmer buys his
manufactured articles cheaper, because
bis tariff duties on foreign goods aro ;
lower. You know that the farm lands
of Canada are mostly virgin soil, re?
quiring no fertilizers, while our lands,
have; been cropped so long that we.
must, use Immense quantities of ferti-l
lizors. And yet, knowing nil this, you
would strike down the very moderate
tariff, averaging about _'f> per cent.,
which, they now receive, without glv- j
lug them the benefit of any real reduc?
tion of duties on manufactured articles. !
We tan only conclude that you have,
been deceived by the Special interests.
? which have cunningly plotted to allay
I the country-wide eiamor for an honest
revision of the tariff by making the.
farmer the scapegoai for the sins of
the I igh protection system. Else you
would never be found making such a
statement as that 'free barbed wire
fencing will be n boon to our farthers.'
"Do you not know that the steel
trust, sold last year in Canada more
than 1'"). 000.000 pounds of wire, and
that we bought no wire from Canada' j
Do you not know that this barbed wire;
provision is an attempt to fool tho j
farmers by a transparent trick? D??
you not know tlial Canada produces
practically no wire, and that, with thcj
duty on Canadian wire abolished, we
I would not import one pound?
I "Will H help tho farming industry
to remoye the slight protection now
I given it and continue to nivo high
I protection to manufacturing industries?
j Surely you cannot believe for a mo
I ment thnt the way to encourage farm?
ing is to open our markets to the free.
I admission of cheaper farm products,
j "We beg to asstiro you that tho farm?
ers are not so easily deceived as mnny
(persons Imagine. They know that their
Income and tho value of their property
aro threatened by this legislation, and
they are determined to defeat it."
FAVORS PENSION BILL
Srnntp Committee Voten to Report
Sullowny Mensure.
j Washington. February 13. ? Ry a vote,
i of S to 3 the Senate Committee on Pen?
sions to-day agreed 1 to report to the
Senate the Sullowny general pension
; bill, which already has passed tho
House. it was amended so that tho
annual cost, in addition to the $153.
000.000 estimated for the ensuing vear.
Will bo about $45,000,000. As the hill
passed the House it would have cost
about $50,0oc,orio.
Senator McCumbor, chairman of the
committee, opposed the Stilloway bill
and endonvored to have the commit?
tee report a measure which would cost
for the first year about $8,300,000.
Ho was joined by Senators Gore and
?? Taliaferro in making up the minority
'. on the final vote.
As passed by the House the Sulloway
hill would increase tho monthly pen?
sion of veterans of sixty-two years
from $12 to $15; of sixty-five years
from $12 to $20; of seventy-five years
from $15 to $25. and of seventy or more
from $20 to $30.
Tho Senate committee, by a vote of
six to live, reduced the proposed maxi?
mum allowance from $36 to $30. As
there are estimated to hp 03.161 yet
I erans who would bo affected by this
1 amendment at the present time, tho
, change would decrease the annual coat
a little more than $4,500,000.
Cunt of the It 111.
i According to the statement made by
Secretary of the Interior Ralllnger. the
cost of the Stilloway bill, as passed by
j the House, would "bo $45,489,4BS, but
I the committee found that there would
have to be added to this amount about
$1.000,000. to which a limited number
of veterans would be entitled under
general laws, increasing the total to
about $50.000.000 a year,
j Its friends do not anticipate an easy
? time passing the measure through the
, Senate, especially ns it has been Inti?
mated that President Taft would veto
it If it were presented to him for his
signature. The very fact that some
Senators are confident that tho Presi?
dent would veto the measure Is said to
have Induced a withdrawal of cohsid
; erable opposition, but. on the other
! hand, there are Senators who feel that
tho responsibility of such action should
i not be placed upon the Executive.
DEFENDS L0RIMER
Senator Ilnlley Make? Powerful IMen
for IlllnniH Man.
I W ashington, D. C, February 13.?Do
1 fense of Senator Lorlmor, of Illinois,
was offered by Senator Bailey, of
! Texas, lb-day. In a speech so powerfu-'
that it was heard and applauded froir
time to lime by what was perhaps thi
largest attendance of members and
spectators that has been seen on the
tloor and In tho galleries of the Senate
Chamber during the present session of
. Congt ess. ,
His plea that the Senator from
Illinois he permitted to retain his seat
was of so elaborate a nature and deliv?
ered with such force and fervor that
it placed Mr. Bailey In the chief place
I among the defenders of Mr. Lprlmer
: From the legal and tho personal points
I of view. Mr. Bailey presented tho caSs
j of Mr. Lorirner.
I In the main the speech was a review
I of the law and the testimony by Mr.
' Railoy. and introduced many novel and
striking features, not the least start?
ling of which was the assertion that
! forgery had been resorted to to make a
! case against the Illinois Senator. This,
j he asserted, had been in connection
i with the effort to show that Senator
j Holtslaw, of the Illinois Legislature.,
had been bribed to veto for Mr. Berl?
iner.
i He pointed out that ITollslrfw's namr
had been Improperly spelled ort the de?
posit slip used when the money ho
was alleged to hnvo received had been
placed In bank. It developed that a
portion of this statement, had been
based on a brief in the case, but tho
Texas Senator did not retreat from tho
statement that Holtslaw ha 1 made the
deposit personally. Senator Cummins
presented the original slip, which ha
said was not in Mr. Iloltsiaw's hand?
writing, hut it was not accepted by
Mr. Bailey.
Mr. Bailey boldly charged that the
war on Mr. Lorirner had been un?
relenting and personal, and said that
the effort bad been not so much to
convict wrongdoers as to destroy Mr.
Lorlmor.
The llllnolsian was held up as a
man possessed of all the private vir?
tues, and the Texan declared that more
than the testimony of confessed bribe?
takers would be necessary to convince
him of wrong prnetiees on the part of
Mr. Lorlmer. In connection with his
presentation of the law features In the
case, Mr. Ralloy gave what he de?
clared to bo tho practice of the Sen?
ate In vacating sents, holding no Sen?
ator responsible for acts of corruption
in ?hls^. behalf when he bad not been
cognizant of them and requiring the
vitiation of enough votes to rob him
of his majority in. case of his lack of
acquaintance with the facts. On direct
summons. Senators Root, Cummins and
Borah, all opposed to Lorlmer, gavo
assent to the first proposition, and tho
two last named did so with reference to
the second. Many members of tho
House were in the Senate while tho
address was In process of delivery, and
Mr.' Lorlmer himself w.ns In his seat.
Mr. Bailey will continue his speech
to-morrow.
Stabbed In Head.
Oarfletd Banks, colored, was stahbed In
the head by an unknown neuro at Third
and FlaltT Streets last nlRht. He wan at
tended by Dr. Tun?", of I ho city ambulanc?
corps, and was taken home.
Our Political Postoffice
John Wananiaker was Postmaster-General; Sen?
ator Boies Penrose is chairman of the great Postoffice
Committee of the United States Senate; Thomas H.
Carter, Senator from Montana, has served many years
on that committee.
No three men in the United States are better
versed in postoffice affairs and needs than these.
On February 9, 1911, The Senate Postoffice Com?
mittee, under the leadership of Senators Penrose and
Carter, reported favorably to the Senate for action the
Postoffice Appropriation bill, containing a provision,
put in without allowing public hearing or open con?
sideration, but under political pressure from the White
House, that increases the postage rate on magazines
and periodicals to such an extent that it practically
absorbs all the profits of the publishing business of
the country and makes the further production of popu?
lar-priced magazines impossible. It imposes a tax
that is confiscatory.
Notwithstanding, within the year Senator Boies
Penrose said, referring to the Carter-Weeks bill:
"These arc some of the big features of the bill.
The whole intent is to systematize and to mod?
ernize the entire postal system. It is idle to take
up such questions as apportioning the cost for
carrying second-class mail matter or the proper
compensation of railroads for transporting the
I mails until we shall have established business
methods in postoffice affairs by a reorganization
of the whole postal system.
"The commission unanimously recommended
the passage of the projected bill. Personally 1
have been very much interested in all the details
and, of course, am heartily in favor of the changes
' to be made."
Senator Carter said last March:
"But 1 must forego further pursuit of details.
The bill was cordially approved by Postmaster
General Meyer and his assistants, and likewise
has the approval of Postmaster-General Hitch?
cock. It failed of passage during the last Con?
gress owing to lack of time for its proper considera?
tion, but I have reintroduced the bill, which is
now designated Senate 6287, Second Session, Sixty
first Congress. The Committee on Postoffices
and Postroads will favorably report the bill to the
Senate, and it should be enacted into law before
the close of this session. I believe not only that it
will increase efficiency, but that, after the expense
of installation is absorbed, it will result in such
economies in the administration of the department
and service as will ere long wipe out the deficiency.
In operating under it the department will be able
with almost unerring certaiifty to determine the
actual cost, of each service performed, thereby
reaching a sound basis for legislation such as is
neither available nor obtainable tinder the present
system.
"I deeply sympathize with the earnest desire
of the department officials to get rid of the de?
ficiency they are fated to encounter each year,
but I submit that the first real movement toward
that end must begin with the substitution of a
modern, up-to-date business organization for the
existing antiquated system, which rests upon a
few sections of law enacted in 1835, supplemented
by statutory fragments added from time to time
since that year."
John Wanamaker said recently:
"With Mr. Hitchcock's suggestion, however,
there will be no general agreement. The maga?
zines are supported, not by the price paid for the
magazine by the readers, but by the advertisers.
"In a sense magazines are private concerns;
but they have a public function to perform?an
educational function. To tax the advertisements
is to tax the quality of the educational matter
contained in the pages, for the advertisements en?
able the publishers to pay high prices for litera?
ture and educational articles. The price paid for a
magazine does not pay for the printing and the.
paper. If Mr. Hitchcock's suggestion should
become part of the President's plan it would mean
that the public would suffer in the loss of much
educational material that the publishers then
would be unable to buy."
We urge every friend of honest politics, economical
government and a free press to telegraph or write an
immediate protest to their Senators and Representa?
tives at Washington.
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Saturday Evening Post
The Ladies' Home Journal
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania