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WHOLE NUMBER 18,993, RICHMOND, YA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 1912.
TUB WEVTHEU TO-DAY?FAIR.
PRICE TWO CENTS*
BYB? IS BEEUSEB
RECOGNITION BY
PUBTY LUDERS
Not Slightest Chance for
Any Sort of Wilson
Instructions.
BOTH SENATORS
ARE AGAINST HIM
Delegation From Virginia to Bal?
timore Convention Certain to
Be Uninstructcd?Support?
ers of New Jersey Gov?
ernor Will Wage T7ight
Against Machine.
BY AMiXA.VDKR FORWARD.
Norfolk. Va.. May 21.?There la not
the slightest chance for any sort of
Woodrow Wilson instructions, or of
resolutions declaring him to ho the
first choico of the Democrat's of Vjr
gin'a, according to those party leud
ers already hero to attend the state
Democrat c Convention. An unhmtruct
erl delegation to the Haiti more meet?
ing, with the usual appllc-itJon of the
unit rule, will almost certainly ho tho
I esult.
For six teen years Richard Evelyn
Hyrd has met the enemies of Senator
Thomas Slaplen Martin at th" castle
Kate, an! hasn't waited for them to
attack the. stronghold Itself. |n sea?
t-on and out of season he has champ?
ioned the cause of the senior Senator
to a degree that has not only resulted
In Identifying him In the public mind
n? a leader in Hie councils of the
machine, but has in addition placed
him <-lose to the throttle, of the
aforesaid mechanism as nun of tho
nig Four." Vet when the time l.asj
come for Speaker Hyrd to claim some?
thing as a result of his leadership of
a eaut-e, ho In denied the privilege of
achievement, lie has undertaken to
secure a WoOdroW Wilson delegation
to tin- National Democratic Convention
from Hie State of the New Jersey Gov?
ernor^ birth and he won't get tt.
II? rd Ik DUnpixilntrd.
Mr. Byrd doesn't like this. Me feels
that he is entitled to recognition at
tills time to the extent of permission
to put Iiis plans across. He believes
that tin- majority of the Democrats
of Virginia favpr the nomination . of
Governor Wilson, and ne has said that
'':?:? is no valid reason i- this June
lur< why the majority should not be
allowed to instruct the votes of this
State In the national party councils
in any way It sees fit.
Senator Martin and Senator Swan
SOn are sort*')' that the Speakers has
sssumc/d a position wherein, he does
not work in harmony wish their own
views. But their grief la not suffi?
ciently Intense to permit of agreement
with Kit mood.
Kcpreseutatlve C. C. Carlln early in
the present year started a boom for
a delegation from Virginia Instructed
for Senator Martin himself. Mr. Car?
ito looked upon it as a gamble, with
n lighting chance for any eligible
parly man who had some delegates
t>t back hlth. it .- altogether probable
ii..it Senatoi Martin, like anybody else,
would accept the presidential nomina?
tion If tendered him. but recently lie
has discouraged tho proposition to in?
struct for him and will be aatlstled
with a resolution indorsing his course
in Congress.
The argument Is that n delegation
bound to no man might be able to
control the nomination of a President
In the Baltimore convention, where a
two-thirds vote la necessary. Thus the
party leaders in Virginia might de?
liver the vole of the State to an>"
candidate whose manage] s saw lit to
promise something in case of his nom?
ination and election.
in vain has Speaker Byrd protested
against the propostton of putting into
the hands of three or four men tile
\ ote of Vlrgilna Democrats to he de?
livered a* they see ill. lie haa Bald
that there Is no reason why the dele?
gation should not be Instructed for
Wilson, fr at least be given a remnd
er by resolution that the tlrst choise
of the Democrats of Virginia is for
him. Naturally, th's would have the
force and effect of an Instruction, since
no delegate Is likely to overlook such
an expression of opinion from his State
i (invention as long as Governor Wil?
son's name is befofo the meeting.
Wherefore the parly leaders don't
want ft resolution.
Ulli Contlmi" fight.
Wilson men already here say that
the cause will not be abandoned with?
out a tight. They say that speeches
will be made, in the convention which
opens on Thursday which will rattle
tho dry bones In Virginia politics. They
say that the machine is drunk with
power and success, and seeks to take ai
btep which will mean Its disintegra?
tion. They say that the overturning
of Speaker Byrd'S plans will mean a
parting of the: ways let ween the dis?
tinguished Winchester man and the
political friends to whom ho has been
so long united. They say that a
breach will even be made, politically
speaking, between Mr. Byrd and his
brother-in-law, licpresontatlve Ii. D.
Flood;
But when all Is said and done, an
unlhstrueted delegation will be efectcd
to the 'Baltimore convention without
any expression of Wilson sentiment.
And If Speaker Byrd does not like It,
he can put his pride and his opinions
In his pocket, or In hl3 pipe.
The deleKates-at-lartv to the Bait
more meeting, according to the slate,
will be Senators Martin and Swanson,
Governor Mann and Iteprcsentatlvu
riood. J. Taylor Ellyson will be re
elected State chairman for a term of
four years, probably w'thout opposi?
tion.
There will be strong fights among
delegations for district delegates. In
some cases, however, these have prac?
tically been settled. For Instance, it
seeniB to be understood that If. M.
?mlth, dr., of Richmond, and C. B.
(Continued on second pVgcT
WARNING TO PLANTERS
Invasion of Cottou Belt hy CntcrpUlnr
Is 1'rcdlctcd.
Washington, May 21.?An invasion
of Ihe cotton belt by the cotton worm
or caterpillar, Incorrectly called tho!
army worm, may be expected this
season In the opinion of W, D. Hunter,
In Charge of tho Southern (leid crop
Investigations of tho Department of
Agriculture at Dallas. Tex., who ex?
pressed himself by way of warning
rulher than predict on. He advises
Plattlern to make the necessary prep?
arations for lighting tiio worm and
begin operations at the earliest pos?
sible mpment. The Invasion last sea?
son extended as far north as Canada
and did considerable damage, not only
to cotton, but to fru'ts in the North.
Investigation baa developed that all
tho cotton worm moths In Ihe TJnlted
States were destroyed by the. abnormal
cold la?t winter.
"Our conclusion," says Or.. Hunter.
"Is that the only fear of an out?
break Is In a r<-lnvaslon from Central
and South America. There 'a one fa':i
which seems to Indicate that ther?
may possibly he such a relnvaalon.
The chronology of the outbreak shows
a distinct tendency t/.ward the re
CUrroncO of a series of two or three
seasons of nbundar.ee. Apparently the
species reaches great numbers In South
America, and remains abundant for
several years, thus giving rise to the
Consecutive swarma which have In?
vaded the r-.ltivi Stntes."
'?'or tho control of tho cotton worm.
I).- Hunter advises the use of pow?
dered arsenkte of lead, mixed with
nnv other material, at the rate of tWO
pounds per acre.
LORIMER CASE UP AGAIN
Majority nnd Minority Ileportu Are
Piled In Srn-ite.
Washington! May 21.?Tho second
struggle over the retention of WUllaai
Lortmer, of Illinois. In tho United
Btatea Senate may be precipitated at
any time from nejw on until final ad
iournment. The issues were drawn
yesterday In the ma Jo-Uy and minority,
teportn of Ihe special Investigating
eommlttre. Senator Lea, for the mi?
nority. Introduced a resolution, declar?
ing that corrupt practices were ein-j
ployed In Lorlroer's election and that
his election, therefore, was luval'd.
Thla resolution will be tailed up
later, when Senator Kern, of Indiana,
probably will <.>pe:i the debate for th"
minority. Senators Kcnyon, of Iowa,
and I.ea. of Tennessee, the other two
minority members of the committee,!
will speak.
The resolution followed the submis?
sion yesterday of the two reports. The
uiiijority. headed by Senator billing
ham, of Mqrmont. chairman it the
committee, stood, by the .Senate's pre?
vious judgment In favor of I>orlmer,
declaring that no vote had been se?
cured for him by bribery. The minority
contended that at least ten votes for
him In the Illinois Legislature were
corrupt, scored Edward nines, of >.'ni
cago, and attacked the majority's sup?
port of the plea of res adjudlcata, say?
ing that it was inconceivable that the
majority members, -all of them dis?
tinguished lawyers.'' would have pro?
ceeded with the Investigation without
right of jurisdiction.''
NEGRO UPRISING SERIOUS
Troops Held Id Itciiillncaa at llnvnuu
to I/e DKpntchcil to Any Point.
Havana. May 21.?It la admitted that
the negio uprising. Which nrst reared
it-, head last Saturday, is serious, al?
though the government claims to have
i the matter well In hand Several reg'
I ments of troops In addition to the
battalions already sent out, arc being
held In readiness in this city to be
dispatched to any point from which
may come a call for help. The he*
? groes are said to be Well supplied with
arm? and ammunition of modern make.
It Is reported In corta'n circles that
the money for the uprising le being
supplied bv Interests having connec?
tions :ri the United States
Colonel Azocona, the leader of the
insurgents In Havana Province, has
been placed under" arrest.
Tlfe English and American families
omployed in the Immense sugar mills
I In Santa Clara province are seeking
refuge in the towns, fearing thai m,.
I rebels will burn the property of for-1
[ elgn Interests.
The local newspapers claim that the
government Is suppressing all press!
dispatches from the disturbed regions.!
DECLINES TO INTERFERE
Governor Brown Seeks Illbllcnl Coru
miBilsient In Considering Appeals.
Atlanta, Ga.. May 21.?Governor
.Brown to-day turned to ihe uld Tes?
tament Injunction to justify his action
In. refusing to stay execution in thv
live murder enses appealed to him
during Iiis present term of ofllce.
"Moreover, yc shall tako no satis?
faction for the life of a murderer,
which is guilty of death, but he shall
surely be put to death. Whoso kilieth
any person,* the murderer shall be
put to death by the mouth of wit?
nesses."? Numbers XXXV. 30. 31.
The Governor made known the f*ct
that he had sought biblical command
! meat to help him reach u conclusion
after the Prison Commission had given
lout the information that there bad
been a falling off of appeals for clem?
ency since ti.e Governor's firm stand
in two cases recently.
BIG FEE FOR LAWYERS
Counsel Who Aided Morse In Securing
Freedom to Ort 1100.000.
Atlanta. Ga.. May 21?Charles W.
Morse will pay $100,000 to the lawyers
who were instrumental In securing Iiis
freedom, according to a story printed
here to-day in an aflcinoon paper.
1 Attorney Thomas B. Felder, of the
law Arm of Anderson, Felder, Roun
I tree & Wilson, who acted In the case
In conjunction with a Columbus, Ohio,
! iirm. said, after reading the story,
i that the arrangement bis linn had
I with Mr. Mono was confidential, ana
I that ho did not care to discuss it.
HOUSE ACCEPTS AMENDMENT
i ot ton Verenge Bill lines to President
for Iii? Signature.
Washington, May 21.?Agreement
to-day by the House to the Senate's
amendment of the cotton acreage
bin, which eliminated a section to
abolish cotton condition reports In
June ami .inly, placed the bill before
tho President for signature. The hill
would defer tho cotton acreage report
of the Department of Agriculture from
June to July of each year. Condi
[ tion reports will be made beginning I
[ In' June, ns heretofore.
! HALDANE GOES TO BERLIN j
Will Continue F.fTortn nt Limitation of
Armament* Among Orent Powers.
Ixmdon. May 21.?Viscount Haldane
British Secretary of War. left for He-,
lln to-night to continue his efforts
at the limitation of armaments among
the great European powers. He ex?
pects to stay nt least ten days in
tho Gorman capital. General conVci ?
satlons will bo held with the leading
statesmen und prominent persons in
Germany In-order to prepare the way
for n definite niovo later.
REPORT REFERRED
FO PRESBYTERIES
Substitute for' 'Elect In?
fant Clause" Is
Adopted.
MATTER CAUSES
SPIRITED DEBATE
Argument Is Made for State?
ment Which Will Reveal
Teaching Church Without
Necessity for Explanation.
Decision Be Made at
Next Assembly.
[Special to The Times.Dispatch. J J
r.rlstol, May 21.?After upending
more than two hours of the morning !
session and one hour of the afternoon
j In the discussion ?I the "elect Infant
I cause" of the Confession . r 1-alth. the
General Assembly of the Southern
I Presbyterian Church by a, decided
j majority vote, adopted the amended re?
port of the committee on bills and
overtures, reference to the over?
tures touching that clause. The clause
known as the "elect Infant clause"
j as It now reads In the Confession of
! Faith Is as follows: "Klect infants
I dying In infancy are regenerated and
?aved by ?'brist through the Spirit, who
workcth when and where and how He
pi ease th. .So also are all other elect
persons who are Incapable of being
outwardly called by the ministry of
the word."?Chapter x. Section 3.
The recommendation of the commit?
tee as to this clause would make It
road. "'Being elect. Infants dying In
Infancy are regenerated and saved by
Christ through the Spirit's," etc.
The am< ndment- to the recommenda?
tion of the report provided for the In?
sertion of the word "all" between
j the words "elect" and infants." raus
I ing this section to read as follows:
"Being elect, all Infants dying In
i infancy are regenerated and saved by
Christ through the Spirit, who workcth
when and where an*d how He pleascth.
So also are all other elect persons who
are Incapable of being outwardly
called by the ministry of the word."
lleport Is 'taken Up.
The report of the committee on bills
and overtures was taken up this
morning under the head of unfinished
business. When he had read the re?
commendation of the report concerning
the elect infant clause. Rev. U. A.
Webb, chairman of the committee, an
noum ed that this recommendation wus I
intended to convey the assurance that
infants are saved because they are the
objects of God's elective love, because j
they are objects of Christ's atoning
love, and because they are objects of '
the Spirit's regenerating power: that |
bahles are beneficiaries of the love of i
the Father; of the atonement ot Jesus,
and of the regeneration of the Spirit.
The minority report submitted by
Rev. I. s. MclSlroy did not differ from
the statement now In the Confession
of Faith, except that it contained this
explanatory note:
"But this statement Is not Intended
to teach that Infants or any others
Incapable of being outwardly moved
are lost."
When the vote was taken on the
minority report It was lost. Several
substitutes for the original report were
offered and were lost.
Rev. B. M. Munroe argued for a
statement In this connection whicti
would reveal the teaching of the church
without necessity for explanation.
Rev. S. F. Tenney said that the pres?
ent expression In the Confession of
Faith would be a horrible doctrine If
the church believed It. but that the
church does not believe. It.
Rev. J. J. Chisholm used- a black?
board Illustration to show the distinc?
tion between elect and nonelect adults
and between lect and nonelect in?
fants. In this connection he said:
"All who *re saved were elected to
be saved. No man can he elect who
was not an elect Infant. All Infants
who arc saved must he elect Infants.
No elect infant can pass Into manhood
and not be saved."
Opposed to Change.
Rev. R. C. Reed said t ?at he was
opposed to tho proposed change in the
article under consideration, because he
was unwilling to surrender his con
vlctlons of Prestoyterlanlsttv He said
further, "I wish the Westminster as?
semble had said nothing about elect
Infants. I don't believe th? Word ot
Go/1 says anything about It. However,
the fathers did not find anything to
warrant them In saying all infants
are saved, and I am opposed to a
change in bur creed."
Rev. ,T. J. Gray said he was not
ashamed and not afraid of the doctrines
of the Presbyterian Church. Rev. F.
M. Woods opposed the proposed change
and said he did not want the assembly
to "show the white feather" In tills
I matter, and that he believed in the sal
i vatlon of infants and believed God's
word warranted It.
Dr. Reed made a suggestion that the
whole matter be referred to the com?
mittee appointed to write the popular
statement of the doctrine , of tin
church.
It. v. .1. I. Vance said: "This matter
would be a comedy if II were nbl such
a tragedy." Ha then proposed the in
; sertlon of the word "all" between the
I words "elect" and "Infants" in the
I recommendation of the committee in
i the majority report. Datei- this SUg
i gisllon of Dr. Vance vv:iS offered by
I Rev. E. T. Wollford In the form of an
I amendment, and the report as amended
was adopted.
I This report will be ?-ein down to the
presbyteries for advice and con?.;it.
i snd It will reeiulre the consent of three
fourths of the presbyteries for tho
change to become effective. The an?
swer of the presbyteries will be sent
to the assembly of n*vxt year.
Another Important recommendation
of the committee on bills and overtures
was that which says that the duty of
I the permanent committee of systematic
I bonef|cence shall be- to plan and stimu?
late the benevolence of the church, but
hereafter it shall not be the preroga?
tive of the committee to nominale scc
j retarles and members of the executive1
' (Continued on Ninth Page.)
Probable Winners in Ohio Primary Yesterday
COLONEL KOOSEVEI.T.
fiovisn-von harmotv.
REQUIRED PANEL
MOT YET SECURED
Two Vacancies Remain to Be
Filled From Third
Venire.
FOURTEEN SO FAR ACCEPTED
First Witnesses in Trial of
Claude Swanson Allen May
K-c Examined To-Day.
(By Staff Correspondent.)
Wythevllle, Va.. May 21.?Witnessed]
for the Commonwealth, summoned to
appear hi:. to-mor.c v, in tht. ;rlal ofj
Claude Swanson Allen for the murtlesi
of Judge Thornton U. Massie, In H?ls- |
vllle. March U last, will have to waifj
until two more venlremen are accepted
and four stricken off of the panel of
sixteen before they can be called to I
testify.
When the full quota of sixteen tales- |
men had been secured at 11:15 o'clock]
this morning. It seemed certain that]
by the convening of court In thy. after?
noon the defense would have deter?
mined upon the four to be stricken ]
from the panel. But delay was caused \
when counsel for both sides closeted |
themselves with Judge Waller K. Sta?
ples and examined In chambers two ot
the chosen sixteen?John W; Martin]
and A. M. Copenhaver, both of whom
were socun d yesterday.
Two Talesmen ISxcased.
At .1:30 o'clock, after the conference.
Talesmen Martin and J. A. Crockett,
secured this morning, were excused.
Copenhaver had passed satisfactorily,
but examination of the record in
Crockett's case proved sufficient cau.-c
to have ?'him excused.
'"he examination of the remainder of
tho venire facias was then undertaken. I
but when it was exhausted at 4 O'clock I
not another talesman had been accept-i
ed, thus leaving the two vacancies to
be filled to-morrow from a third VMilre.
consisting of thirty men, summoned
lo-nlght by Sheriff Tom Davidson.
The panel of fourteen men so far ac?
cepted is as follows: 11. IC. Nixon, mil?
ler. J. B. Williams, farmer: Charles C
Neff. mason. M. 1". Utz. farmer: Wil?
liam Z. Jonas, farmer: A. M. Copen?
haver. farmer, A. Y. DlxOn. farmer.
It. C. Huddle, merchant; S. O. Fish r
farmer; C. C. Crockett, miner; B. fl.
Vaughn, sawmill operator; M. D Und- ;
sey. farmer and undertaker: W. ?.
Neff. farmer: John Baugh, farmer. I
?Of the vcnlremen excused to-day i
upon examination, fifteen had Used j
opinions as to the guilt or Innocence
of Claude Allen, which they said could
not be shaken by evidence; one was'
opposed to capital punishment, and o,,>. I
was too deaf to be available. The six j
who were accepted temporarily mad,. |
twenty-three to be examined during'
the day. j
itiilluu of Judge Staples,
Judge staples has made it a rule in
the examination of venlremen In
Claude's trial thai a ilxed opinion, one
way or Ilia other, ns to the guilt of
Floyd Allen or as to the verdict
thai trial i:; sufficient to render a tabs
man incompetent to serve on a Jury tc
try Claude, for the reason that the
cases nrc linked by evidence and cir?
cumstances m> closely.
Judge l> W. Bolen", Clerk Dexter
Coat! and Deputy Clerk W. C. Outsell
berry probably will he the first wit
noses for tlu Commonwealth, in the
order named, t i-morrow, If the J ivy
Is, sworn and th< opening addresses
completed before the end of the day
Forty witness-s altogether have been
summoned by the State.
Claude Allen evinced only a deaull
orj c irloslty In the proceedings to-day
In court. He was escorted to and
from Hie jail by four Bald win-Felt ?
detectives, nnd was handcuffed until
he was seated in bis chair at the coun?
sel table. Hi* stalwart figure aiiC
rather healthy color .-trongly contrast?
ed with his father's appearance during
his trial.
REW.IRDS CVCHFASF.n.
Additional Price Pol on Head* ,,f Sldnn
Yllrn nnd W esley KdwariU.
[Speciul to The Tlmes-Dlspatoh.l
lloonokc, Vs., May 21.?To-night W.
O. Baldwin, of Hi- Bald win-Fe 11 s De?
tective Agency, which haa hud In
(Continued on Second J?age7>
Will Not Be Removed to Boy?
hood Home in Virginia
for Burial.
STATEMENT BY MINISTER
Explains Reasons for Questions
Asked Condemned Man in
Death Chamber.
Boston. May 21,?Tha body o' Clar?
ence V. T. Rlcheson, who was iXtcutied
early to-day fur the mnrd-r of Avis
j inr.t-11. :a> ?i t!>r N.-to Qrove Street
Morgue to-nisht. Earlier In the day
Dr. i.ieorijo U. McQrtath, medical ex?
aminer <?( Suffolk county, performed
the autopsy required by law, and de?
clares tnat P.lcheson's brain was nor?
mal. Douglas niche3on, of Chicago,
brother of th- dead man, was unde?
cided regarding the disposition of the
remains, and thi matter probaibiy will
be settled to-morrow, it was the un?
derstanding previous to the execution
that tile body would i>e taken to Rich.
son's boyhood home in Virginia :or
burial, hut circumstances arose to-day'
which prevented the plan from being
carried out.
T-hij Ki.v. Herbert S. Johnson, who us
spiritual adviser accompanied illchtson
to the electric ohalr. Issued a statement
to-day sxplaining that certain ques?
tions w? r3 asked the > ondemr.ed mau
as he was being strapped in p?e chair
for the purpose of tak'ng Rtcheson's
mind off his ordeal and to meet Rieh e -
son's wish to leave some religious tes?
timony for the tvltnesses.
Stntemrnt of Minister.
Mr. Johnson's statement, In par:, was
as follows:
"The warden said that ho wished I
could maks the man talk from the
death ohalr, as that would take his
thoughts off himself and his passing
could occur without a period of dis?
tressing suspense. The warden ex?
plained to in- how he would give the
signal for the a;>pllca,tion of the cur
? r : whe n the rrwn'n. hn ath was ex?
haled.
"He also requested me, so far as pos?
sible, before the execution to keep
Rlchcson from talking about it. and
to keep his mind engasred with other
things.
? ? ? Chaplain Stebbllis und I thro
agreed that we should IndttCo Rlcllo
son to leave sonic kind of a religious
testimony for the witnesses to the ox
eeutlon. and this plan appealed to
Rlchcson. He had wished that he
might do some good before he died,
lie hud lulled in his. ministry, and he
thought that his testimony at his ex?
ecution might lead to a religious life
any witnesses who might not bo
Christian men.
? ? 1 "Wurden Brldpes s:ld that he.
would give the signal to the electrician
while RlchCSOn was making his reply.
"\Vo thought that probably he could
be stlUppod in the chair so quickly
that only two or three questions would
ibe necessary. Although the work of
placing the man in the chair was done
speedily, >et It look longer than I had
anticipated, and consequently I hud to
ask more questions. Th.-se questions'
were extemporaneous.
? ? ? "finally came the question:
?Are you willing to live oi to die for
Jesus' sake,' anil h's answer: I am
willing to live or to die.' wen the last
words that he spoke ns the sign I Wtis
given and his life passed out
??Why did I put that particular
question? H came naturally out of
my conversation with him that after?
noon, in a conversation with him
forty-eight hours before his death. I
s.night in vain to bring him to the
point where he WOllld rather die thun
spend a life considering bis sin. Two
houis und ii half before Ills execution
he saw our point * * * an I R'che- '
son went to his <leath as a bravo ^
Christian gentleman."
t.eft No V DI.
Rlcheson left no will, hut in con?
versation with Mr. Johnson and WIN;
II.mi A. .Morse, bis legal counsel, dur?
ing the hours preceding his (loath.
(Continued on Ninth Rage.)
DRMflCRATIC CONVENTION. NORFOLK? j
fee ?'. * O, Fast Trains -Leave rtichmond
SiflO A. M. and i f? V. M. ?S.IS round trip,
special coaches for dcletates May JJ,
WORLD OUTSIDE
LOOKS ON AGHAST
Senator Stone Decries Bitter
Campaign Now Being
Waged.
"PICKPOCKETS' ABUSE" USED |
"Back Chapter of American,
History" Will End at
Chicago.
?Washington. May HI.?Senator Stone,
of Missouri, to-day carried out his
purpose of .-tddrcsbing the Senate, on
"Thb Modern Damon and Pythlasand
Correlated subjects Pertaining to Cur
rent Politics."
".Mr. President." he Bald, "any man
having even' a meagre knowledge of
ancient lore will recall tho story of
Damon and Pythloa and the story of
David and Jonahau. .\ few years ago
tho American people ind the civilized
world were given to understand that
here in our own dear country we had
a reproduction of these glorious tradi?
tions of the. far distant past. We
were, led to believe that the combined
and consolidated spirit of Damon and
Jonathan hud come out of their haven
of rest and taken refuge in the corpus
of Theodore Roosovel:. and that tho
combined spirits of David and i'ythlas
had in like manner onto to rest on
I the amide bosom of W illiam lioward
i'Hft. Thus in happy conjunction, both
of these old stories of am lent lore and
love were reproduced here in this new
world of ours for the edification nnd
uplifting of the human race."
j Senator Stone, amid laughter, sold
it had been the case until the slimy
nnd poisonous serpent of ambition
crawled across the path they were
walking and divided them. Both had
tasted the bluer sweel of power nnd
liked it overmuch. Both were templ?
ed and both fell.
"So, Instead of peace, w? have had
war." the Sonator continued: "war
win.-i knives, and knives to the |illt.
r a consequence of this ferocious con?
test the country and tha world havj
?been treated to a series of spectacular
vaudeville stunts in politics without a
parallel |n the histvy o.- our country.
'and which 1 devoutly hope will not 'ov
i again repeated."
World tonka On tRhnst.
Senator Stop? referred to Senator
j Ij\ Poilette's participation in the cam
|palgn, and continued:
j "Passing over the personal and party
aspect of this miserable gquaAVbU, is It
j not truly a sad spectacle we are Wll
i nessing?
"These world-famed republican l>ad-i
i ers hav.j been for months circling the!
j country, running from ocean to ocean!
I appealing to their party friends. State;
I.by State, for support for their resp?c-i
I tlve candidacies, and In transit day \
after day. many times repeated, ab.ua
? ing each other lik? pickpockets In Ian
guage akin to the Vernacular of n fish
? market 01 even something worse.
"The world outside looks on nghast.
I nnd !h > press and the readlnc public
I of Europe and of all enllslil-tied na-i
! Hons everywhere criticize, c.irtnon.'
jlouc- and taunt. If. Indeed, the!
sainted d.-td nre p.-t ini11.<<i to look i
|down and view t h ? IranSllorv scenes'
,0' th's world in which t'ney wer.? I
j trjlghfyj actors, what do you think
[ W?.?hlne*te't?, JeftVrson, Lincoln and I
,othe- (rrrol Presidents of the past !
[would think of the things ?ielr nston-I
' Bb.-d eves behold?
i "f..) ...i [m^lne Georg.? Washing- ]
j ton. Thomas Jiffersoh or Abraham 1,1 n- '
I coin garlding about the country run-!
. rintr i campaign fo- the presidency of
the United suites .n n candidate' for'
: oonstoS:. mlKht run his eamo.ilgn In
an* of t*ie red light dlstrlots of a sre.it
j city? w*e Jiave tward many harsh
'nnd sometimes thoughtless and unjust1
!lh:n.a:s sa'.d about the S?r.ate and th.i
House of Representatives,
j "But may not Senators and Rnpre
I (ienMltyts now well ask th.Mr eA11Sor. ;
:'oii? >onrtltuencle's to look upon the!
jr.cene? h--inar daily portrayed in the i
course of this curious persona) and
party conflict, conscious always that!
Ihe world Is lonkinrt Jut, ?nd when
thev em almost hear the gibes and
j Jeers trial come from every laud and
Fay for whio department of th,. erov
' (Continued on Ninth Page.)
EARLY RETURNS
SHOW COLONEL
AND HARMON IN
LEAD IN ORIO
Fight SoClose That
Final Count May
Change Results.
WILSON RUNNING
CLuSE SECOND
In Governor's Home City New
Jersey Executive Is Less Than
Fifty Votes Behind His Op?
ponent?Vote by Districts Is
Such That Former President
Probably Will Not Have More
Than Twenty-Two of the
Forty-Two Delegates to Na?
tional Convention at Chicago.
Senator La Follette Receives
Considerable Support. and
Bryan and Speaker Clark Are
Given Scattering Vote.
Columbus, O., Mey 22.?With little
more -Vhan oue-thlrd til the total nun
In the. State counted at 1 o'clock thla
miirnluK, Colonel Roosevelt's dele?
gate* on the Itepubllenn ticket, nnd
Governor Harmon, on the Democratic
preference linl'ot. led Ohio's first pres
idcntlul preference primary. The Unis?
on both ticket* was ao clone, however,
(tint complete return* may change
flnnl results.
Complete return* from KllRhtly lea*
than 2,000 precincts of 3,1P2 lu the
State showed that Colonel ItooacveltTM
dcleRRtc* liod a lead of more than 15,
000 vote*.
Governor Harmon's lend over Wood
I row Wilson was considerably less than
! thin. The closeness of his race with
j Wilson was Indicated by late report*
I from Cincinnati, Governor Harmon-"
j home city. Here the Ohio Governor.
! who hnd been well In the trad In the
; enrly return*, wait abonn to have 1,110,1
, votes ?Uli Wilson 1.0 04, In 120 precincts
! out of n totul of 301.
Peculiar Situation.
A peculiar situation developed in
the compilation of the results. This
1 showed that while Colonel Roosevelt
. had a lead of 15,000 in the total num?
ber of votes cast for delegates pledged
to him, the vole by districts would be
s-urh that he probably would not have
i more than,twenty-two of the forty-two
delegates to tho national convention
I at Chicago.
But while In the Democratic presi?
dential votu the result could not bo
foretold, t he Indications were that Gov?
ernor Harmon would have at least
twenty-two or twenty-four of the dele?
ge Ms to the Baltimore convention.
The privilege of naming the six dele
gates-at-large, however, 's carried by
[ the winner of the pres'Uentlnl prefer
i once vote.
of the congressional districts, Col
1 onol Roosevelt, apparently, has won
' the delegates in the Fourth. Sixth,
i Ninth. Tenth. Eleventh, Twelfth. Four
] tecilth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, eigh?
teenth, Nineteenth. Twentieth auU
j T? ent> -first Districts.
President Tuft practically has been
I granted the First, Second. Third.
probably the Fifth. Seventh, Eighth
j und Thirteenth Districts.
I Tho Sixteenth District remains In
j doubt, although both tides claimed it.
Rooseve.lt supporters also claim two
j or three of the districts listed for Mr.
I Taft last .light.
Support for I.a Follette.
Despite the close llglit between the
iT.ift and Roosevelt forces on the Re
Ipublican ticket, Unlaid States Senator
: Ljn Follitt?, ?f Wisconsin, received
; considerable support, particularly in
Cleveland and Toledo precincts, where
he was credited with several thousand
v.-i.s. In Wood county, u:ar Toledo,
Senator Da Follette ran seoond to Col?
on'! Roosevelt,
i Mr. Bryan and Speaker Champ '"lark,
although their names were not on the
I Democratic oallot. received a scatter
! Ing Vota through many precincts In
Itho State
I Cincinnati. Cleveland. Toledo, Colum
l tins and Dayton, and a dor.cn mot'> of
[the larger cities In the State, furnished
' the greatei portion of to-night's re?
turns. Because of the rompl> xity ot
! the primary ballot, the count in rural
[districts was unusually slow.
Return* Incomplete,
j Out of tw.Mity-one congressional dl?
triefs In .the State, totals computed at
a lime when fewer than half tho pre?
cincts were counted Indicated that
i Roosevelt will have twenty of tho
forty-two district d legates and that
Taft will have fourteen, whllo the re?
turns are so incomplete that eight del?
egates at present cannot be counted
by either side.
I Apparently Mr. Taft has the First.
Second. Sixth. Seventh, Eighth, Thlr
-teenth and Fifteenth Mr. Roosevelt is
believed t" have won the delegates In
I the Fourth. Fifth, Tenth. Eleventh,
, Twelfth. Fourteenth, Seventeenth,
i Nineteenth. Twentieth and Twenty
; llrst. The vote in the Third is very
; close, as It Is In the Ninth and Six
i teent'h.
Friends of President Taft declare he
j has carried the Eighteenth, hut Rooje,
! velt supporters will not concede this.
1 The Eighteenth Is on Hie eastern bor
i der of the State, and returns have bjen
I very slow.
I Apparently Governor Harmon has
I carried twelve out of the twenty.one
I districts, giving hlni twenty-four ot
the forty-two delegates to the Rational
convention. ,
If thin proves truo, it a!.-o will giv?
i him tlu six delcgates-at-lsrge front
(l.ontliiuta or." Eighth Page.).