The times dispatch. [volume], November 16, 1911, Image 1

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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WOJDHOWWILSON
IS FIRST CHOICE
OF CONVENTION
Preferential System of
VotingPuts HimAhead
on Test.
JUSTICE HUGHES
CLOSE SECOND
Municipal League Gets Explana?
tion of Plan by Which So
called Primary Evils Are
Eliminate d?Dr. Levy
Talks on Local Health
Problems.
Woodrow Wilson received a major?
ity of the votes cast yesterday after?
noon when the National Municipal
League resolved itself r.ro tempore j
Into a political convention for the pur- i
pose of making practical application 1
of the preferential system of voting i
advocated l.y the first speaker of the '
afternoon si salon Reginald Mott Hull, j
secretary of (he Cambridge Taxpayers*
Association, in his address on "Prefer?
ential Voting."
The ballot handed to the delegates
contained the names of the thirteen
men In the country most frequently
mentioned ss presidential possibilities,
and Included such heavyweights as
Charles K Hughe.-. Champ Clark, Jo?
seph W. Folk, Robert M. La Follette.
Woodrow Wilson, wiiiiam Jennings
Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt. Presi?
dent Taft wa.- not on the-slip. The
delegates were asked to pick their
favorite for some high administrative
office, and to Indicate their second and
third choice, a.-, provided for by the I
specific form of ballot under discus?
sion.
Wilson Ural? the Field.
The result was the election of the
New Jersey candidate, who received
almost three times as many llrst
choices as his nearest competitor, Su?
preme Court Justice Hughes. La Toi?
lette finished a close third, with Roose?
velt safely ensconced In fourth place.
Champ Clark and Joseph W. Polk fin- j
Iched lamely In fifth and sixth place,
respectively, with William Jennings
Bryan enjoying u strangle hohl on the j
teven|h corner In the hearts of his
countrymen.
That the slate of thirteen did not j
entirely provide for the catholicity of
last? In the convention was evidenced
by the fact thit two lonesome votes
were registered for Debs, who was not
one of the candidates. Whatever sig?
nificance the election may have had In
the way of showing the political com
pll \!o;i of the convention. It was an
admirable experiment with the prefer?
ential ballot, and convinced the voters
of Us practical usefulness.
ICIIinlnntra Primary System.
This system, tirst advocated and put
Into practice by Senator James W. I
T'uokltn. of Grand Junction. Col., and
since adopted by Spokane, Wash., and '
Pueblo. Col., Mr. Hull urged, eliminates
the primary election, with all its ac- |
conipanying evils, and enables the vot- ]
rrR automatically to get behind an ac?
ceptable candidate without compli?
cated machinery.
"It enables the voters," explained
Mr. Hull, "to arrive at a majority
choice Irrespective of the number of
candidates, provided there is any one
in the list of candidates acceptable on
any terms to a majority. If there Is
none such In the list, it Is obviously
not the fault of the preferential bal?
lot. Resides, we get the next best
thing, and the only thing possible with
that list of nominees, a legitimate plu?
rality election?1. e.. a plurality elec?
tion based on a full and free expres?
s-Ion of choice by the vote In place of
the customary one in which a voter
with only one choice must vote against
nil -the candidates hut one. although
thorc muv he several excellent names
in the list."
The speaker presented statistical
tables of the Spokane election under
this system, showing that it is en?
tirely practicable In large centres ot
population. The address made a deep
Impression, and was freely discussed
by the delegates.
Municipal Health.
Municipal finances and health formed
the general topic of discussion at the
?"morning session of the league yester?
day. Which convened at 9:30 ./clock,
with William Dudley Foulke presiding.
Business began with the. reading of
the report of the committee on city
finances und budgets, by George Burn
ham, Jr., of Philadelphia. He was fol?
lowed by Dr. W. \V. Wllloughby, of
the President's Commission on Econ?
omy ami Efficiency, who presented the
report of tho committee on a program
for the Improvement of methods of
municipal administration. Both re?
ports, as well ns tho addresses on kin?
dred topics which followed, were part
of a series of papers designed by the
league to give tho Interested public
nnd the cities of the country a compre?
hensive statement of what has .been
done and what is being done In the way
of establishing municipal finances ol
the city upon n firm and easily under?
stood basis.
The other papers of the morning ses?
sion were "The Results of the Require?
ments of Uniform Reports. With Spe
clnl Reforcncc to Municipal Indebted?
ness." by Charles F. Oottemy. director
of the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor;
"The Duties of ft Controller. With Spc
dm Reference to independent inspec?
tion of Municipal Work." by John M.
Walton. Controller of Philadelphia,
snd "Economy and Efficiency in Muni?
cipal Health Administration Work.'
read by M. N. Baker, of New York, In
tho absence of its author, Sclskar M.
Gttnn, assistant professor of sanitary
(Continued on Soventh Pago.)
City to Entertain Presi?
dent at Jefferson Hotel
on Monday.
HENRY ANDERSON
TOASTMASTER
Distinguished Guests Will Motor
in Afternoon to Seve.. Pines.
Address at Road Congress in
Morning and Speech to
University Alumni
at Night.
j Pleas for the entertainment o!
President William H. Taft o;> the oc?
casion of his visit to Richmond next
Monday wen- perfected last night at
a Joint ?meeting of the special Council
committee "n the subject, und of a
committee composed ?.r a number of :
citizens. The President will arrive in j
Richmond at 10:45 A M from Wash
I Ington; will address the Good Roads!
Congress at 11:30 A. M.. and will be'
the guest of the city of Richmond and '
a number of citizens at luncheon at {
' the Jefferson Hotel at 1 P. M. An ;
afternoon motor trip to the battlefield
of Soven Pines has been arranged at ,
the special request of the President.!
At 7 o'clock the President will attend
the annual bunquct and reunion of !
the University of Virginia alumni at j
the Commonwealth Club, returning to
Washington later that night.
Spends Afternoon Here.
Arrangements for the stay of the
i President In Richmond partake some
[ what of an emergency character.
:-ln'e from preliminary unnouncomt-iita I
j It bad been understood that the Presl- I
I dent would be here only long enough
to address the Good Roads Congress. I
Ills acceptance of an Invitation to!
speak that night before the University
of Virginia u-lumni implied his spend- ;
Ing the afternoon In Richmond, and
both the Citizens generally and the |
City Council took action in the mat?
ter- When the special committee of
the City Council, consisting of II. it.
Pollard, Jr., chairman; President Pe?
ters, of the Common Council; Council?
man F. M. Read?.. President W bittet,
i.f the Board of Aldermen; Aldermen
W. J. Gtlman and Mayor Richardson,
met last night. Business Manager
Dabney. of the Chamber of Commerce.
I and Henry W. And et.son presented
tentative plans for the entertainment
I ot the President, the citizens' commit
j tec having tHken up the matter as an
I emergency measure while waiting for
I the Council to act.
Wants to Sec BnttlrHelds.
Anticipating the co-operation of the
! City Council In the matter. Mr. Dabney
went to Washington several days ugo
|and consulted the Prr-.-.ldent as to his
j wishes In the matter. Mr. Taft was
given his choice of n quiet afternoon ?
I of golf at the Country Club or u lunch- J
eon. at which many of the pssimlrtent
I men of Richmond will be present.
Reminding Mr. Dabney of former
! occasions when he had been pleui
antly entertained in Richmond, the
President chose the latter and Indi?
cated that If It were possible he would
desire to visit one of the battlefields
near the city. A'hen here last year bo
was taken over the Held of Vellof/ Tav
[ crn, expressing the greatest interest,
and in view of Its proximity, it was
agreed that he should visit the Hold
of Soven Pines.
Luncheon Limited to 300.
Tho matter of the luncheon, In view
1 of the short time for Its arrangement,
presented the greatest problem, and the
plan presented by the citizens' commlt
! tec was enthusiastically approved.
Many well-known citizens have been
Invited to take part In u subscription
luncheon lendorod to the President, and
about ISO have so far accepted. The
Jefferson Hotel dining-room will seat
i 300, which is the limit placed by the
committee. The Council committe?
agreed that the city will provide seatJ
for the. sixty-five members of tho City '
Council as the hosts of tilt occasion,
for the fourteen immediate members of
tho President's party, for the Mayor
nnd certain general officers of the city,
the Governor of Virginia and for the
judges of the various Kederal, State nnd
municipal courts in Richmond, for the j
Richmond delegation In Congress and
in the General Assembly, and for
twenty tickets to be delivered to Pres?
ident Log^n Waller Page, of the High-i
way Association, to bo distributed as !
he deems best among the officers and ,
distinguished guests of tho Good Roads
Association. Altogether the city as?
sumed 110 of the 300 seats, but tho spc-j
elal committee and the Chamber of '
Commerce, which launched the citizens' f
committee, both avoid the embarrass?
ment of former occasions by issuing no
general Invitations other than lo those
who pay for their seats.
Committee of Safety.
1'or the safety of the President while
In the city, the committee appointed
as a special committee on safety Chief
of Police Werner nnd Police CommlS
| sioneri. Gordon and Roykln, who will
Iri requested to accompany the Presi?
dent wherever he muy go during the
day, not only to tho good roads con?
vention and luncheon, but to the alumni
j reception at night and on the motor
trip to the battlefields. Captain Wright,
of the secret service of Washington, has
Indicated bis intention of visiting Rich?
mond Saturday or Sunday, to go en?
tirely over the route and arrange w'th
Chief of Police Werner for full detu'ls
of mounted, blcyclo and foot police to
guard every point during the Presi?
dent's stay In Richmond.
Anderson In Tonnt master.
Tho plan formulutd by the cltzehs'
committee having- been- upproved by
tho commfttee of tho City Council, and
the two bocjios practically amalgamated
for further action, tho invitations au?
thorized to Counciltncn, judges and
city offlcluls were mailed last night.
^(Continued on Ttr.rd Page.)
FELON'S STRIPES
INSTEAD OF FINES
Drastic Punishment is.
Proposed for' Trust
Criminals.''
BILL DRAFTED BY
HENRY, OF TEXAS
He Proposes That Congress
Shall Legislate Out of Sherman
Law Supreme Court's "Rule
of Reason," and Make It
Dangerous to Restrain
Trade.
I Washington, D. C. November 1",.?
"Felon's stripes'' as a punishment for]
"trust criminals" In the United States '
to end "commercial piracy under be.
nnvolcnt rules of reason" are proposed
In a bill amending the Sherman anti?
trust law. drafted by Representative
Henry, ot Texas, to be' introduced In
the House upon the opening of Con?
gress noxt month. Its introduction
probably will mean Its passage in ttio j
House.
The bill specifically dcllncs Just !
what constitutes a trust, legislates
front the present statute the "rule of
reason'' as Interpreted by the Supreme
Court !n the Standard Oil and To- j
haccu cases, and provides as punish- |
ment for violation of the law linprls
vnmcnt from two to ten years in the
penitentiary. It will be referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
; Representative Henry, who has been
conferring with Representative Clay?
ton, chairman of the committee, and
other Democratic leaders, completed
the draft of the proposed changes in
the nmch-dlscussed statute to-.lay. j
In explaining his hill. Represents-1
live Henry declared that actual Im-j
prisonment of great Industrial offend?
ers was essential to a cure for the 1
trust evil, and that a law to be rigid
must of necessity define a trust to
leave no room for controversy.
No More "Itule of IleuKon."
"My bill." said Mr. Henry, "nullllles
the alterations which were not In the
Sherman antitrust law unt'l tho docl-i
slon In the Standard Oil and Tobacco,
< ases of last spring. That Is. the bill
legislates the "rule of reason' out of
the law. and it dellnes specifically
what a trust is. so that there can be
no room for controversy. It makes
I the violation of this law a felony with
Imprisonment for not itra than two
years nor more than ten years'.
"Fines nnd dissolutions seem to be.
child's play for the trust magnutes.
Felon's stripes, where the violation is
knowingly or wilfully done, will prove
a potential remedy for those llagrant
acts ? ! commercial outlaws. The Chi?
nese antitrust law provided: 'Those
who Interrupt commerce are to be be?
headed." To behead such offenders in
our country would be entirely too ex?
treme, but to compromise with a pen
Itcutlary sentence and a felon's .
stripes as a punishment Is mild and !
should be administered to trust crlm- I
Inal*- in the United States. My bill I
justly exempts member of organlza- I
Hons <>r associations not for profit j
and without capital stock, and ulso ag?
ricultural products or live stock In
the hands of the producers or raiser.
The first exemption as to labor was
intended in the original change, and
the second as to iicricultural products
and live stock Is found In some State
laws. These exemptions are right and
should be made."
A Trust Uenned.
The proposed bill amends the first
three sections of the Sherman act,
leaving as they are sections four and
seven inclusive, and adding two new
sections. Section one is amended to de?
fine specifically a trust and reads as
follows:
"Every contract combination in the
form of a trust or otherwise, or con?
spiracy, in restraint of trade or com
nrerce among the several States, or
with foreign nations. Is hereby de?
clared to be Illegal: nnd that a trust
Is a contract, or conspiracy, or agree?
ment of whatever character, by com?
bination against trade or commerce,
or aids to commerce, of capital, skill,
or acts by two or more persons, firms,
corporations. Officers of corporations,
or associations of persons, or either
two or more of them, for either any.
or all of the following purposes:
"First, to create or cany out re?
strictions In trade or commerce or
aids to commerce, or to crente or carry
out restrictions In the full and free
and full pursuit of any business au
thor'aed or permitted by the laws
of the United States of America.
"Second, to Increase or reduce the
price of merchandise, produce or com?
modities.
"Third, to prevent competition in
manufacture, making, transportation,
sale or purchase of merchandise, pro?
duce, or commodities or to prevent
competition In aids to commerce,
"Fourth, to fix at nny standard or
figure whereby Its price to the public
shall bo in any manner controlled or
established any article or commodity
of merchandise, produce or commerce
intended for sale, use or consumption
In the United States of America.
' Oin hl in. t Int. m Forbidden.
"Fifth, to make, or enter into, or
execute, or carry out any contract,
obligation or agreement of nny kind
or description by which they shall bind
or have bound themselves not to sell,
dispose of, or transport nny article
or commodity, or article 'of trade, use,
merchandise, commerce or consumption
below a common standard figure, or by
?vhlch they shall agree in any manner
to keep the price of such article, com?
modity or transportation at a llxcd
or graded figure, or by wh ch they
shall In any manner establish or set?
tle the price of any article, or com?
modity, or- transportation between
them or themselves and others to pro
1~ (Continued on Eighth Rage.)
ACCEPTS BURDEN
OF SAVING CHINA
Yuan-Shi-Kai Will Take
Up Premiership
To-Day.
HOPES TO CREATE
ORDER FROM CHAOS
Will Allow Revolutionary Prov-|
inches to Keep Their Independ?
ence Until They Can Be
Won Back to the Throne
Peacefully?Rebels Again
Demand Abdication.
Peking; Novombor is (1:38 A. M.)?
Yunn-.Shl-Kul haa accepted tho pre?
miership und will assume office prob-!
ably to-day (Thursday). Yesterday's j
official gazette contained an expres- |
slon of thanks from Vuan-Shl-Kal to j
the throne for hie appointment, but i
the truth Is that he did not undertake
the task without receiving guarantees
that he would have practically a free
hand in conducting affairs while he '
retained his official position.
The new premier yesterday received
several foreign ministers. Including
the United States Minister to China,
William J. Calhoun, who only re
i cently returned here. In conversation
I with a foreigner, Yuan-.Sht-Kal said
? he intended to form a Cabinet 'mme
i dtately and endeavor to carry on the
? government by gaining the support of
j as many provinces us possible, allow
j irig the remainder to retain their in?
dependence for the tltue being. It
would be hiH endeavor also finally to
win buck their allegiance to the
throne.
May Itrtlre to .Irhot.
Another important development in
tho capital was the issuance of an
edict yesterday ordering Hel-Llang.
formerly Viceroy of Manchuria, to as?
sume command at Jehol, where the
summer residence of the Emperor is
situated. In placo of Hu-TIng, the Tar?
tar general. This appointment has led
Id the belief In certain quarters that
the court may retire to Jehol. leaving
Yuan Shi Ka| ns chief executive until
the opportunity arrives for the court
to roassume a measure of authority.
San Pao Chi. the Viceroy of Shantung,
has been elected president of the re?
public which has been claimed in that
province. Ills acceptance of this office
is In accordance w'th the govern?
ment's advice, und ?everal other vice?
roys have gone with the people In
the hope of Influencing the provinces
later to renew their allegiance. The
provincial assembly of Chl-LI has
adopted a memorial to the throne In
favor of the establishment of a re?
public, with Yuan-Shi-Kai as presi?
dent.
Wu Ting Fang, secretary of foreign
affairs In the provincial government
of Shanghai, und other noted reform?
ers have sent a telegram to the Amer?
ican charge d'affaires here, asking
the goc 1 offices of the United States
in connection with the delivery of a
demand for abdication.
t ree Ills Abdication.
The telegram, dated November 11,
reads: "Kindly deliver personally the
following to His Highness, the regent,
Informing him that further conflicts
between the Imperials and the people
will cause needless b'.oodshed. If His
Majesty abdicates we shall endeavor
to afford safety to the court and pro?
tection to their property.
"'To the- Ilegent: Your manifesto,
acknowledging guilt has been pub?
lished, but the murder of the people
continues more widespread than ever,
which Is contrary to the mind of the
nation as one. Opinions of intelligent
foreigners agree that the constitu?
tional government Inaugurated by the
sovereign Is not suitable for tho pres?
ent day China. You should follow the
example of Yao and Shun. If you Im?
mediately assist to harmpntzc the
people and treat them on the princi?
ples of wisdom. Justice and clemency, i
the people will secure to the imperial |
family peace and riches, honor nnd
glory and not merely give peace to
the Manchus. Otherwise the war will
be prolonged and troubles will accu?
mulate. The northern army Is cruel
and Inhuman. How can the throne
Stand alone? We utter this last loyal
warning.' "
This telegram Is signed by Wu Tins
Fang, Tnng Wen-Chl, of Klang-Su,
former vice-president of the Board of
Commerce. Chang Chi 'En, former nd
vlser to the Board of Commerce, and
Wen-Tsung-Yon. former assistant Im?
perial resident at l.h.i.ssa and now as?
sistant foreign secretary.
MitNNURe Not Acknowledged.
The legation mudo no acknowledg?
ment of the receipt of the telegram,
and did not deliver It to the regent,
but unofficially permitted Yuan Shi
Kai to peruse it.
Advices from Lanehau any that a
telegram has been received from tho
rebel leader. General I.I Yuen-Heng,
in response to a message from Chgng
Shao-Taen, commander of the I.auchnu
troops, requesting a cessation of hos?
tilities and outlining proposals for a
monarchical constitution. General 1,1
says that the terrible condition pre?
vailing is due to the corrupt govern- J
ment, which (hero Is no hope of re
(Continued on Eighth I'agc-.)
Now returns the din?
ner-giving season at our
nation's capital. Read
about some of the fam?
ous feasts of ^winters
past in next Sunday's
Times-Dispatch.
BEATTIE REFUSED RESPITE;
GOVERNOR SAYS HE MUST DIE
GOVERNOR BELIEVES
BEATTIE IS GUILTY
Uovcmor \\ ni. II. Staun.
While I sympathize very profoundly nit fa tin- fmhcr of II. C. llenttlc,
Jr., and vtould be glud t<> help him If l could d<> no with proper reward for
the !? 111.if,- Interests, 1 onniml, ttitb any consideration for these Interests,
Interfere with the due execution of the Sentence of the court In the llenttlc
en nr. I followed that en.-r during the triul, and,
hn It- horrible facts were developed, regretted
thnt n crime no cruel und malicious rttiould
fanvc occurred vtllhln Hie confines of tili? State.
In the dcclnlon of every question which nan prc
Ht-Dlril t? the able und Impartial Juduc ?ho pro
sided at the trial he ??? careful to nlvc lite
benellt of every rcnHonnhlc doubt to the prisoner!
bin Instructions were iih favorable iin the coun?
sel for the primmer could hnve expected| thnt
Bp?/-. .^HpMB^r 1 I IC did iml err In (In- n il in I - - in n ill cxclllnloil
?t tvldence or In hin Instructions given to the jury
In Bbuim In the refunnl of the Supreme Court
of Appeal*, to errant u vtrll of error.
There In no question of the honesty and vnlr
iie-M of the l'ir"ri trying the case, nor Is there
any question thin the defense, made fay lawyers
of vhurnctrr und afallity, ofatulned for II. C. Ment
tle, Jr., every mlinntiiKe guaranteed fay law to
persons charged with crime.
That Ucattlc In guilty of the wilful, deliberate
und cruel murder of liU voting ttlfc I bnVc not
the sllKlitcnt doubt, nor is It InMMcd tbilt there
nhnll 1*0 ntiy urenler relief offered than the com?
mutation of his ncntence to Imprisonment for lite. In the iiduilnlMtriittou of
the duties of my olllcc I nm not required to consider the wisdom of legis.
Intlvr enactments, but nm required to see to It thnt the criminal InWS nrc
executed, unlnn there Nhnll be some facts or circumstances nrinlni; Mince
the iit-tii n of the court, or some Impnrtnnt evidence cxlsllnc but not pre?
sented to the court, tending to create tu the mind of a rrnNonable mim u
substnnt'.nl doubt iin to the Kiillt of the prisoner. I do not think the it 111
dnvltn cf I'aiil llenttlc, printed In the pnPcrK, or nnjr other evidence or con?
sideration brought to my iittcutlnu, Hufllclurt for that purpose. .Nor do I
question the vtlsdom?I minht odd, the necessity?of cniiltnl punlNliment In
ennen where bumiiii life Iiiin been wickedly and deliberately taken. On the
.tniri. I believe that thin punishment In accessary for Ihr protection of
society, und If ou n jut) would not hesitate In u proper roue to ngrcc to n
verdict requiring life for life.
I hnvc given 'thlN expression of my Views In order thnt the people of
VlrKlnln may linderst und that I s\ III uof Interfere vtltb the verdicts of
JurlcN mid Judgments of courts puulshlng criminals unless It shall plainly
nPpcar to me tbut itrcnt Injusllcc ?ili in- done fay the execution of the
Judgments,
I hnvc been iiNkcd to respite the prisoner nud to nlloiv bint thirty days
nt least from the declNlou of tfac Supreme Court. Ill-, appcnl to the court
linn his own net, liiken to avoid the judgment of Che court of his own
county, fanned on the verdict of his fellow citizens constituting the jury,
und, I must think, with the purpose. If posNlblc, of nvoldlng the conse?
quences of a crime of which he knows he Is guilt}'. Although counsel for
the convicted innn have exercised all diligence, to ernni u respite In no
plain n ease would he to set n prerrdent which I would Im- cnllcil upon
to follovt, vtotild he to temporise vtltb the law nud to cncouriiKc nppculn to
the Supreme Court ?Ith the sole purpose of gaining time.
I believe the best way to prevent such crimes an this In to punish them
ndequntely, certainly, speedily. Therefore the Judgment of the Circuit
Court Of Chestcrlleld will fac carried Into effect vtltliout Interference from
me. tSicned) WILLI A 31 HODGES MANN,
Governor,
KILGO PRESIDING
OVER CONFERENCE
Under His Guidance Methodists
Transact Great ?m?'?iVt
of Business.
APPOINTMENTS DISCUSSED1
-? i
Dr. Latham, of Centenary
Church, Is Slated for Lynch
burg Pastorate.
[Special to The Times- D is pa tch. 1
Salisbury, Md., November 15.?Thai
one hundred and twenty-ninth annual
cession of the Virginia Conference of I
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
opened here to-day. with about 600
delegates in attendance. Bishop John i
C. Kllgo, of Durham, N. C, presided,
liev. S. S. Lambeth was re-elected sec?
retary, and Revs. B. P. Llpscomh anil
Frank L. Wells were re-elected assist?
ants.
Iteports of the presiding elders
showed that during the past year
there had been twenty-tour persons
on an average converted for every
members of the conference.
Soon after the tap of the gavel at
9:30 o'clock called the conference to
order, .'it was demonstrated that a
master's band was In charge, more
business being transacted at the llrst
session than perhaps at any previ?
ous single llrst session In the history
of the conference.
After the appointment of the nec?
essary committees, Bishop Kilgo asked
the twenty-second question, "Are all
the preachers blameless in their lifo
and otliclal administration?" and tho
characters of the members of the con?
ference were passed.
The report asked for from tho pre?
siding elders was different from tho
old-time rcAltlne way In Which it Is
usuiully made, stressing the fact that
a presiding elder has something more
than routine work due to do, and that
he should have tho spirit of an evan?
gelist, and oven the business meeting
of the church should witness conver?
sions
The conference unanimously passed
n resolution asking the publishing
agents to locate the proposed branch
publishing house for the Eastern
States at Richmond, and It js believed
by many that tills will be done, since
in accessibility and shipping con?
veniences Richmond offers many ad?
vantages.
Dr. George Sexton reported that
$207,000 now Is in hand for the pur?
pose of erecting a great Southorn
Methodist Church In Washington, and
that tho building would be begun
when $27.*>,uoO has been secured. The
conference pledged Itself for Slo.OOO.
The first session of Uic cabinet was
held at 3 o'clock, and tho appoint?
ments are being canvassed for the
necessary ehnnges. It is almost cor
taln that Dr. J. N. Latham, who has
Just completed his four years at Cen?
tenary Church, In Richmond, will go
(Continued on Eighth Rage.)
Will BATTLE HARD
AGAINST PACKERS
Government Hopes to Defeat
Them in Latest Legal
Move.
HEARING COMES TO-DAY
- j
Whatever Decision of Judge
Kohlsaat, Appeal Will i>c
Made to .Supreme Court.
Washington, November 15.?Tho
government win strenuously oppose
any effort to postpone the trial of the
Chicago meat packers indicted under
the Sherman antitrust law. This was
made known by Attorney-General
Wlckersham tO-^i.y. He telegraphed
Instructions to District Attorney Wil
kerson. at Chicago, in regard to the
conduct of tho government's case at
the hearing to-morrow before Judge
Kohlsaat on the habtns corpus pro?
ceedings InstitutOd'by the packers. Tho]
application for a writ of habeas cor?
pus is bused on tho contention that
the Sherman act is unconstitutional.
l*repitrc for .Next Move.
Chicago. November 15.?Attorneys
for tho indicted meat packers were
busy to-day preparing for the next
move In their latest action to obtain
a ruling by the United Slates Supreme
Court Invalidating the Sherman anti?
trust law, which they contend is not
now K positive law, because the
"reasonable restraint" ruling makes it
impossible to determine beforehand
whether an act is legal.
The hearing on the habeas corpus
writsr. granted by United States Circuit
Judge Kohlsaat, will come up to-mor?
row.
Whichever wuy he decides the case,
win at once be apcalcd to the United
States Supreme Court, It Is said.
Meantime the. criminal cases against]
the ten packers will be halted, because
the case Is now out of the Jurisdiction
of 1'edcral Judge Carpenter, the pack;
ors having surrendered themselves in
Judge Kohlsuat's court yes lord ty.
Attorneys who to-day studied the
legal phases of the latest notion Of the
packers, to-night said that the decision
of the Supreme Court in the present
cause probably would be of great In?
terest to all business combinations in
the country.
Act Nullified.
The main contention raised by tho
pnkers Is this: When tho Supreme
Court held that the reasonableness of
the restraint of trade must be deter?
mined in each Individual case the
packers contend the high court nulli?
fied the Sherman uct, because, they say.
It took from the oitlzon or corpora?
tion tho power of knowing whothcr
what ho did was criminal before his
base had been passed on by a court
nnd Jury, and that precedent was of
no value, slnco the "whlrns. prejudices
or judgments" of Juries might differ.
This question couTd not be raised by
(Continued on Eighth 1'age.l
Condemned Man Will be
Executed on Friday,
November 24.
NEWS CONVEYED
BY MINISTER
Rev. Benjamin Dennis Telia
Beattie of Governor's Decision.
Executive Convinced Appeal
Was Taken Merely to Post?
pone Judgment?Declines
to Set Precedent.
No earthly hope remains to Henry
Clay 1-Scattlc. Jr. He will be token to
the death chamber in tho Star Peni?
tentiary early in tho morning of Fri?
day. November 21, and will there pay
the extreme penalty of tho law which
, he has outraged. For him there ia
i only tho prayer of Judge Walter A.
Watson: "May the Lord have tncrcy
upon your soul."
No statement could be more posltlvo
nnd unequivocal than that Issued by
Governor Mann yesterday morning. Not
only dlil he decline In tho most ab?
solute terms to grant oven a rcsplto
but he expressed himself In such lan?
guage as to shut off any further np
' peals for mercy. Analysis of the de?
cision reached by him shows that It
would be an affront to the Governor
to present to him an additional plea, un?
less based on evidence which Is un?
known at this time. He leaves no
loophole, evidently being determined
to avoid demands upon his time and
his sympathies in the face of his con?
victions, and of his Immutable decision
not to Interfere with the due and or?
derly execution of the mandates of
that law which lie la in office to cn
I force. ?
Familiar With Case. \
I The .state's chief executive has fully
informed himself of all the cssentlttl
facts in tho case. He has carefully
followed the trial, and has weighed
for himself the evidence adduced at that
lime. He lias noted tho points raised
In the bills of exceptions and haa
rend the arguments of counsel for tho
defense In tho petition for a writ cf
error. He has noted the prompt and
positive denial of an error writ by
the Supreme Court of Appeals of Vir?
ginia.
Besides, he has seen the Paul Beattlo
affidavit, secured from somebody In
Washlngtou?. He has read this p&wor
curefully, ana has deliberately made
up lifs mind that It is unworthy oC
consideration in connect Ion with an,
uppcitl for clemency.
The attorneys who have fought so
vigorously and so faithfully for the,
lifo of their client can do nothing
more, save only In the exceedingly re?
mote possibility of the production ot
new and tnuterlul evidence. They havp
exhausted every' trtbunuJ, Judicial and
executive. They have mado every
point which their knowledge of tho
law and which the decisions and pre?
cedents of Virginia pleadings .and
practice have .lugse-sicd. There is
nothing more to do.
"Known He In Utility."
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.. took hla
appeal to the Supreme Court, tho Gov?
ernor js convinced, "with the purpose.
If possible, of avoiding the conse?
quences of a crime of which he knows
he Is guilty." Nothing could bo more
expressive of the attitude of Governor
Mann In tho case. The verdict of tho
Jury, to his mind, was unquestionably
I correct. He has seen or heard noth?
ing since the day when the fateful
I word "Guilty" fell from the lips oC
I the clerk in the little courthouse of
ehestertleld county to modify his con
i vlctiun. To interfere, then, would bo
to "temporize with the law." Agulu,
i from his own pen comes the comment
that executive clemency In the form
j of respite would be "to encourage ap?
peals to the .jupretuo Court with tho
: sole purpose of cuining time."
j Dismissing the Paul Beattlu affidavit
i with u slnsle clause, the Governor
j says that, it Is not sufllclcnl to create
in the mind of a reasonable man a
substantial doubt of the guilt of tho
prisoner.
Aflldovitn l.nek Force.
Not In connection with this case, tho
Governor has frequently, as a matter
of interest to him as a lawyer, comment?
ed on the Insufficiency of affidavits as
evidence. He has no Information as to
the one In question, and throws no
doubts upon it, i'tit he has often said
that they are exceedingly unsatisfac?
tory papers. They stand In the form
of depositions taken in the absence of
the attorneys for the opposite litigant,
with no opportunity for cross-exami?
nation. 110 chance to observe the de?
meanor of the witness on tho stund.
There is no way to shake the cvidenco
by questionings.
It Is hardly to he wondered at, then,
argue those who discussed the action
Of yesterday, that he prefers to con?
sider the testimony of Paul DougH/a
Beattie on tho stand at the trial as
approximating tho truth. This, of
course, IS presuming that he consider*
this man's evid0j.ee us 1. atcrial to tho
case.
Judge Wntson Coin Jicnilcd,
It may be further noted that tho
Govi rnor paid especial attention to tho
rulings of Judge Watson, for he takes
occasion to comment on the fact that
tho presiding Judge was careful to
g\ o Hie belief)! of every reasonable
doubt to the prisoner: that his in?
struction) were as favorable as tho
counsel for the d< fonso could have ex?
pected, and thai the' refusal by tho
court of lust resort to Und error In
1 the record shows that he did not err
in the admission or exclusion of evi?
dence or in instructing the Jury,
In view, probably, of statement*
that have bee.n made to the effect that
arguments against capital punishment
I would bo prosonted to hint in Beattle.'a
behalf, the Governor says that he docs
' not question Its necessity. He himscU
would not hesitate t<? vote as a Jury
I ~~ (tv.ntmncd on Third I'Jge.)
First American Roads Congress November 20-23,
Richmond, Va.