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MAYOR APPROVES
FRANCHISE GRANT
Signs Ordinance Which
City Attorney Holds
to Be Valid.
LONG FIGHT IS
ENDED AT LAST
.Virginia Railway and Power
Company Expected to Seek
Aid of Court in Resisting
Application of Richmond
and Henrico to Sell
Light and Power.
Following an extended conference!
With City Attorney Pollard. Mayor,
JTVichardson yesterday signed the ordin
?u.'-e providing lor advertisement and
Bale of the light and power franchise,
requested by the Richmond and Menrlco
Railway Company. Just after the pa
pt r was returned to C'ty Clerk August
the Mayo: irs.ued tho following state*
mi nt, giving his rcaso.is for approv?
ing the Iran. Mm-.
"I approved tho ordinance because t
could not consent to create, or protect
c. monopoly, and tl.iir, securo to one
l'i or persons special privileges which
would have been denied to others. The
J. gal questions involved were submit
ti j by me to the City Attorney for
1. :> opinion, and he thinks that the,
ordinance Is valid."
City \u<.rn.j Improves it.
During ti.e afternoon City Attorney
Pollard delivered to the Mayor an ex?
tended written opinion covering the
various law points which have been
raised, dealing at great length with
the right of the Council to delegate
certain power's to the Commit too on
Streets, leading up to Hie. conclusion
tx:ut in ylcw of past acts of the Coun?
cil. Including the franchise under
which tho existing company is now
operating, there Is in the pending cr
nlnance no unique delegation of pow
? i which would render the ordinance
Invalid or Illegal. The Virginia Hall?
way and Power Company has given
notice of its Intention of contesting the.
vulldlty of the ordinance in the courts.
The ordinance nx.-s the terms on
. . h th ? liy will sell to some party
yet to he named a rignt to sell and
?1 etribute through the tt reels and al-i
:? - '. th-.- city electric light and pow-j
e. f'i; a peiiod of fifteen yciri. and
directs the advertisement of the urdln-l
j, ucr once a week for four weckt, af
t.t which the Council ?will receive bldsj
for the right in the manner prescrlb-j
?
l.mU Long und Bitter licht
: i.. action of Mayo; Ktchafds.'-r* 'si'
approving tie- ordinance puts an. end j
t< a light which has been in progress]
for tuontns. a r.d which became acut
nnd bitter a? the time approached ror
the Council to pass finally upon it. Af-,
t. i the Board of Aldermen concurred
with tho lower branch It was the gen?
et al opinion of everybody who had |
followed the progreis of the ordinance!
that t:i.- Mayor would r.ot veto It. In-J
deed, if !.< had. It would have prot>
tlbiy been passed over liili veto, unless!
li< could present valid reasons for Its i
defeat.
It ir. also the general opinion and be
llef bf lawyers that the V'rglnla Hall-'
way and Power Company will lmmed-|
lately prepare to take the matter toi
Die Court of Appeals. Henry W. An-j
dcrson, vice-president nnd general,
? untie] for the Virginia Hallway and
Power Company, was out of the city!
yesterday and no statement could be
? t-talned In his absence as to what
t:- company might do. On the other
hand, it is stated that the Richmond
nnd Henrico Ry. Co. Is getting things
In shape to begin work just as so~n
OS the franchise formalities have been
concluded. Hut unless It should be
held up and halted by court proceed?
ings, It is expected that the work will
l e under way In a very short while.
Han, Predict Consolidation.
The Virginia Railway and rower
Company, which formerly had the con?
ti net with the city to li'.-ht the streets,
lost it when the city established and
opened its municipal lighting plant.
The city is also arranging to light
ail of Its own biddings, but it is not
ci mpetlng with the corporation which
now furnishes all of this '.;ght and pow?
er for public consumption.
Officers of the Richmond and Henri?
co Railway were very much elated!
last night when they heard that the
Mayor had put the seal of approval on
n measure for which they had fought
for more than a year. Citizens who
have watched the light have predict-j
ed that eventually there will be a
consolidation, although this statement.!
made, of course, without authority. Is
bitterly resented and denied by of
ficers of both companies.
LIE PASSED IN HOUSE
Mann's Verucltj Attacked, hut He
Makes \? Reply.
Washington, July 10.?The He was
passed without bloodshed ir. the House
io-day. Representative Buchanan, of
Illinois. Democrat'! criticized Minority
l eader Mann sharply for his alleged
hostility to labor legislation, adding
that Mr. Mann had resorted to fili?
bustering and other methods to block
the appointment of a commission to
investigate the Taylor system of sci?
entific shop management. Mr. Mann
r.-torted that he had fottgbi ft only
because Mr. Buchanan sought the
creation of a "packed" commit;*Ion. tho
leadership of which he was seeking
himself. Mr. Buchanan made no im?
mediate reply, but later rose to a
question of personal prlvllage.
"The charge is untrue." he said
"If mV colleague docs not wish to
correct it. he will show u desire to
separate himself from tlie truth, which
he frequently does on llie floor of this
There were cries of "no. no." and
Severn) hisses from both sides of the
House Mr Mann declined even to
Mock In Mr. Buchanan's direct! >n.
Error in New Railroad
Tax Law Makes it
Null and Void.
MEANS $100,000
TO RICHMOND
George Wayne Anderson Finds
That Act Fails to State How
Tax Is to Be Levied?Para?
graph Omitted, but
Blame Is Difficult
to Place.
In the light of a discovery m-nle
yesterday by Assistant City Attorney
George Wayne Anderson. '.Isclosing
the omission of an Important clause
In the Holt-Williams rolling stock
hill passed by the last General As?
sembly, It seems hardly likely that the
measure, wll ever s.ucceod In effect'
Ing the tax division desired by Its
framers. The discovery was made by
Colonel Anderson while examining for
the first time .i hound cplumc of the
Acts of 1912, and was as much a sur?
prise to hlni as It w ll be to the en?
tire state.
Shorn of the Involved verbiage
which a legal explanation of the- omis
tion would demand, the fatal failing
of the act as passed, according to Col?
onel Anderson, is contained in the
Mrs! clause of tho law, wi.lch. while
directing that the. old form of 'rolling
stock taxation shall no longer be In
force, falls to designate the authori?
ty which shall levy the fax according
to the new arrangement.
\ Ital t lailSC I.okI In SbuOle.
The vital clause which alone; In ths
1 opinion of Colonel Anderson, can give
1 the act the character of law, was In
some manner omitted from the final
I draft Of the act a? sent t?s the en
I rolling room. The importance of tho
! missing paragraph may be gauged
from an examination of -Ctton l ot
the Holt-Williams rolling stock law,
as submitted to a Joint conference
committee of both houses.
In the following reprint of Section
1, the words In black type represent
the passage omitted in the law ?s
hhalty enrolled and printed:
"Be It enacted by the tleneral As?
sembly of Virginia, That tuch of the
rolling stock of the various railroad
corporations doing business In Vir?
ginia, except electric railways', as I?
i taxable in this State, shad nut be
' assessed for the purpose of local taxa
I tlon by the counties, cities, town and
' school districts, dt the princlpul of
j rtccs of the respective corporations,
I but for the purpose of ucrlvlng taxes
i from such rolling stock for the var
! lous counties, cities, town and school
districts In this State, In atui through
which said railroad companies oper?
ate anil pun*, for local purpose*] there
stall be levied annually, by the State.
< nrporatioa < ommlsslon, on the ag?
gregate >uiue of ?uci> <>f the rolling
Mock of each euca railroad corpor?
ations, . xcept 1 Ii ctrlc railways, as Is
i taxable In this State (whether such
I railroads be operated by steam or
other motive power), as ascertained
I and assessed for the purpose of State
taxation, u lux Lbhed on the rut* of
taxation Imposed on the propei-ty of
I natural persons for local purposes by
I the county, city or town In which
\ the principal oflice of any such rail
; road corporation is located in this
i State, which taxes so levied shall be
; distributed among the various cotln
; tleB, cities, town ar.d school districts
j In this State. In and through which
such railroad companies respectively
i operate and pass. In the following
[ manner and proportion' :
j Tho next section describes the
I method of apportionment. According
to the law. 25 per cent, of the rolling
! stock taxes is to go to the cities in
which the railroads maintain their
, homes ofilces? while \he remaining
76 per cent, of the tax is to
1 be divided among tho cities and
> counties In proportion to the miles
j of track which lie within their bor?
ders.
I Soya Omission Nullifies I.uw.
In the Judgment of Colonel Ander?
son, the omission of the enabling
' passage robs the law of Its last re
i malntng shred of power, since it has
I been his opinion from the beginning
' that when carried to an issue tho
: measure would fall on constitutional
grounds.
?While I am confident ihre' the
omission will stand in the way of en?
forcing the levying of a rolling slock
tax In accordance with the provisions
contained in the paragraphs which
are. Intact." paid ?Colone! Anderson, "l
am not at all sure just what effect
this omission will have on Hie act ?s
a whole. I do not even see how the
omitted passage gfc h be read into
tho net by Inference.
"As Section 1 now reads. It abro?
gates the old form of rolling stock
taxation, but falls absolutely eithei to
('escribe the method of making :i new
levy, or to designate the authority
which shall act as agent. It Is true
that succeeding sections, In directing
tho manner of distribution of the roll?
ing stock tax. point back to some pro
i vision for levying such a tax. but thoy
remain Impotent because of tha <le
fect In the. enabling clause."
"Any on* who will take the trouble
to read Section l. of tho act as passed,
will agree with me that it is absolutely
without meaning. Put gramatlcally, it
is nothing more, than that enoniolou.*
thing?a sentence without a predicate-.
Tho verb, the vital empowering pas
rage, is absent." *
Explanation of Mistake.
I A number of explanations may be
I offered to account for the omission of
j tho Important passage. The most
I probable theory. It seems, Is the one
h. 1<1 by Colonel Anderson. In his
opinion the error originated In the
Joint conference, which was held by
committees from the Senate and House
ol Delegates for the purpose of effect?
ing a compromise between the Sen
i fCnntlYiUnd on l-'UUi "raan.l
Illinois Senator May]
Know Fate Within
48 Hours.
STRONG PLEAS
IN HIS BEHALF
Senator Johnston, Democrat,
Refuses to Save Himself From
Popular Wrath at Sacrifice
of His Honor?Dillingham
Willing to Lose
His Seat.
Washington, July 10.?The right of
William Lorlmer to his seat In tho
j United States Senate will he decided
'within "the next forty-eight hours.
! This much seemed certain, after tne
seven hourB' session of the Senate.
I when speeches by Senators Johnston.
'I of Alabama, and Jones, of Washing
'on. were delivered for the pro-Lorl
mer forces. Besides the closing jUe?
of Mr. l.orlm.:.-, the program still in
i eludes speech-making by Senators
j Lea, of Tennessee, am! Thornton, of
I Louisiana; and possibly a further gen
i era! Jincusslon of the leg'?l points In
| volved. The Lea and Thornton
[speeches are expected to be brief
Senator Lorlmer. who occupied scv
[ eral days In his self-defense in the
last Congress, rV?>' conclude ill o:ie>
session, but any general discussion is
; likely to postpone action U'.tll Fri?
day.
I Senator Johnston, o? Alabama, a
i Democrat, who supported Mr Lorl
j mer at the first trial, opened to-day's
session with a spirited speech In his
behalf. He conceded * popular de
; mnnd for Lorimer's unseating, and
' said he knew he would be on the
unpopular side, but declared:
' "I refuse to save myself at the sac
! rlflce of my honor.''
Sen ilur Johnston declared that tr.e
: number of printeft copies of the Lorl
I mer hearings taken from tne Senate
j document room Indicated that less
than half the S-nators had read the
t evidence In the case. He. condemned
: as "un-Ohris:l.-?n and tin-American"
j Colonel Roosevelt's course In declining
I to sit with Senator i.orlmer at the
i Hamilton Club's dinner at Chicago.
Jours for l.orlrorr.
I Senator Jonas, of Washington, who
' ioppoked Lorimer at the first trial,
but who supports him now. spoke af
I ter Senator Johnston.
Senator Johnston depleted in strong
terms of admiration the personal ami
I .domestic character of Mr. Lorlmer.
i He declared that he had won the es?
teem of all who knew him well as a
j private citizen and a member of the
House of Representatives.
Mr. Lorlmer had been attacked
! principally, said Senator Johnston, be
i cause he had received the support of
Democratic members of Illinois
i Legislature.
"If we are to make that a test, our
i friend Senator Page, of Vermont.
I would be Ineligible to a scat here."
i he said. Senator Johnston contended
that the case was res adjudicate.
I "If a Senator may be tried over and
j over and over again, any one under
I accusation would retain his seat here
hubjeet only to the whtm of tne ma?
jority," he salt.
Has .Not Been Influenced.
Mr Johnston declared that' he haO
not been Influenced to his course by
any predilections In favor of Mr. Lorl?
mer.
"If convinced that a single fraudu?
lent vote had been cast for Mr. Lorl?
mer, I should oppose his retention of
his seat," he said. "He Is a Republl
; can und I am d Democrat and I would
not go out of the way to hold him
in his seat If not convinced that he
! was entitled to retain it."
Senator Jones began his address
shortly after 11 o'clock. He an?
nounced that he would not speak at
length; that he would not have oc?
cupied any of the Senate's time, but
for the fact that he ha?-i changed his
attitude since the case was lirst pass?
ed on.
The change in his convictions, paid
i Senator Jones, had been due to the op
' portunlty he had hud o? listening to
the witnesses against Lotlmer. He com
1 plained of tho public clamor in the
Lorlmer case and charged that It was
' having too much iulluetice In deter?
mining tho votes of the Senators.
Smith Is Aroused.
This statement aroused Senator Wll
i Ham Alden Smith, of Michigan. With
1 evident feeling he confessed to "lr
; illation" ov,;r what he characterized
j as "covert and insinuating Intlma
1 lions In the speeches in support of
j Mr. Lorlmer that those In opposition
i lack honesty and courage and are
j stihject to Influence by public clamor "
"This intimation is i"lse," said
I Senator Smith, "and I resent It botn
for myself and for my colleague. Sen
l ator Townsend. who. like myself, has
i reached the c onclusion that the 1111- 1
j uois election was talnteu with fraud
and corruption."
Senator Jones retorted that "those
w ho are supporting Mr. Lorlmer s
right to a seat here are Just as much
the foer. of corruption and bribery ns :
'are those who are trying to unseat!
I him." He denied any intention ,,f
j criticizing tho attitude o father Sen?
ators, but he asserted tit?t there had
; been too much effort to control pub?
lic sentiment in opposition to Lorl
\ mer.
Referring to a charge made by Mi.
I Smith that there had been perjury in
the case. Senator Jones exclaimed:
"Perjury! Yes, there has been per?
jury, perjury, perjury, but It has been
on the pan of those Who attack the
seal of the Senator from Illinois."
II, admitted that there also had
been perjury on the other side.
Hurls I harm s .it Link.
Mr. Smith charged, thai Link,'the Il?
linois legislator, had been nhown to bo
guilty of perjury, but Mr. Jones con?
tended that the money paid to Link
(Continued on Second Page.)
DR. PAUL B. BARRINGER TENDERS
RESIGNATION AS HEAD OF V. P. I.
Board Accepts It, But'
Asks Him to Remain
One Year Longer.
HIS ACTION ENDS
BITTER FIGHT
Determined Effort Had Been
Made to Oust Him From In?
stitute, but Until Few Days
Ago It Was Believed His
Friends Were in Con?
trol of Board.
Ilonnoke. V?., July lo.? \t a mrrt
Ing here to-day of ihr board of visi?
tors <>f Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
ni Ulacksliurs, the resignation ?f Or.
Paul U. Ilnrrlnser, president of the
school, tendered in become elTecttvc at
once, ?mir accepted, but Ibe honrd re?
quested him to continue on bend of
tlit- inntltuilon tor one >enr more. Or.
barrlnger tins not yet Intimated bis
plana tor the future.
A strong faction of tl-.e institute
alumni has wageri a fl-'nt agulnst Dr.
Barrlnger ever since his election as
president about six years ago. Twice
the bourd has tried tho president on
<.-. ?rg?-s of Incompetence, each trial
res niing in exoneration. The charges
Were presented by two members of
! the board of visitors and two mem?
ber.-' of the alumni, and went into
much detail. They alleged misman?
agement of che business affairs of
the institution, failure to enforce dis?
cipline and failure to protect the In?
terests of the institution before the
legislature. Speaker Ml hard K. Byrd
appeared at the first trial as counsel
' for the complainants, but the board
decided not to allow legal represents-:
! tlon to either side. Both hearings
.were long and at tlir.es acrimonious,
, but the beiard. by decisive majorities,
decided fr-r the pres.dent on each oc
'. caslon. j
The official action of the boird on
the resignation fellows:
"The resignation of nr. liiu-rluuer u?
ptesfdcul of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute having been presented uod
considered by this board, on uioip.n
the same is hereby accepted. In ue
cepttng this resignation, the board de?
sires lo place on record Its apprecia?
tion, of the able sen Ices of Or. liar
iiutrvr during bis Incumbency us pres?
ident of this Institution, ond to ex?
press a high pe "nnl rcgnrd lu vtbbb
be la held hv cue*, aietnbes of this
bCard. Despite the fuel that President
BarrlngerNi administration bua been
conducted under peculiarly harassing
difficulties, tin- Institute hue made de?
cided progress In many Hues of eu
dcavor and the financial mataajretnenl Is
particularly to be coranaended.
??'I but. us the selection of a successor
to Dr. llnrrln^er I? a in.Itter deserving
mature consideration bj this board,
liy unanimous vote of tbe board lie Is
tiirneatly requested i" remulu us pres?
ident until July l. 1013."
lir. Barrlnger has given no lntlma
. tlon as to his future plans. The board
i organized with the election of John
? Thompson Brown, of Bedford, as rec?
iter, to succeed L K- Johnson, who re-j
' fused reappolntment. Those present
were:
B. F. Kllpatrlck, Lyr.chburg; J; r>
I Eggleston, Jr., Richmond; W. A. War-!
ris, Spotsylvanla count> ?. Berkeley D.
j Adams. Charlotte county; Dr. Jos. A.
Turner. Hollins. .Senator J. B. Watkir.s.
CheslerrU-ld county; H. M Smith. Jr..
I Richmond, and '"has. I. Wade, Blicks-1
! burg, secretary
The determination of Dr. Barrlnger
to resign from the head of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute ends a bitter
fight which dates back to the time bt
bis election to succeed Dr. McBrlde.
Hll election, or rather the contest lead?
ing up to It. created great dissension'
In the faculty and resulted In openi
warfare on him. led by Lawrence Prld
dy. of New York, president of the
General Alumni Association. A short t
i while after he to.-.k charge there were
: reports that he would retire. These
rep'orti have i,.-. n persistent ever since.
Investigations failed to bring out any
facts which would force his dismissal
by thi board, although the tight on!
'him practically demoralized discipline [
int the Institution and had an univhole
; some effect.
I Within the past few days, when the
talk became current that the meet?
ing yesterday would settle the matter
for all time, it was reported that .1. 1'.
Fggleston, Jr. Stats Superintendent of
Public instruction, was being groomed
as his successor. Mr- Eggle'slon's
friends, or man* of them, at least,
had expected him to fall heir to Ibe
honor when a sudden change in the
rcrsonnol of the board early In June
made it appear tint the elimination
of Leslie D. Kline, of Henrico. and
Robert .1. Noell; of Bast Rndford. Mt.
Porringer's personal enemies, would
leave the president free from distur?
bance for some years to come. On
May 3 clovernoi Matin reap pointed L
K. Johnson, president of the Norfolk
end Western Railway, the new mem?
bers on that date being M. M. smith.
Jr., of Richmond. Thompson Brown,
of Bedford, and Senate/ John B Wal?
king, of Chesterfield Dr. \V. A Hu ?
lls, of Spotsylvanla was appointed lo
serve the UhCXpired term of IvOSC-Well
Page, while J. Gullen Carrington. of
Charlotte, retirrd to make way for
Berkeley D. Adam* who became a
member esrofflch by reason of h's
election as i?resl . nl of the State Board
of Agriculture. As Mr. Carrington and
Mr. Adams come front the. same coun?
try. It was not regarded as wise -o
have two members from Charlotte.
\Vtl~y xllNe-M'. a XIV Hb r fhrd sh
A Sim Somewhere.
When the new board,was announce,i
It was practical' accepted a* certain
that friends of Dr. Barrlnger were in
control and that lie would remain. Ten
days later, a report was published to
the effect that Dr Barrlnger had
agreed to retire if the Governor would
remove those members who had en?
deavored to remove him, hiit that there
had l.e.-n a sll|.v.. where. Dr. Bar?
rlnger remained .\ week or two later
great surprise was expressed when Mr.
(Cor.tinucJ on Third Pago.)
SCHOOL TEACHERS
ARE ACRIMONIOUS
Bitter Struggle Precipitate'!
Over Election of President
of Association.
MISS STRACHAN IS DEFEATED
Topeka Man Wins Honor Over
Famous Woman Educator
of New York.
'"l-iicogo, July 1?.?As'ric from elect
in t as president T. Falrchlld. of
Topeka, Kansas, after .1 heated contest
III which Chicago teachers were se?
ver tly criticized by New York mem?
bers for ''behind the curtain tactics,"
the National Education Association,
representing more than 15,000 educa?
te rs-. went on record favoring!
Womans Suffrage, "because women
teachers realize the responsibility of
training youth for citizenship."
Promoting International peace.
An Investigation of teachers' salaries
throughout the country'with reference
to the hlcih cost of living.
a uniform federal law for marriage
and divorce.
The promotion Of plains for a na?
tional university.
The extension by Congress of plans
ioi training In agriculture, domestic
economy and other industrial work
i.- various Institutions.
Greater attention In the public
schools to the health of pupils.
The extension by Congress of the
work of the National Bureau of Edu?
cation so r.s "to embody a group or
cpmpi tent men and women to ktudy
thoroughly the problem of rural edu?
cation, city school administration,
vocational education, sanitation ana
hygiene and higher education, includ?
ing tho training of teacher.-.
More attention ny teachers to tn
liidivi.lu.il n< cesslt'es oi pupils for n
training that will lit them for a ae
nnite occupation for IT-.
That school playgrounds provide at
least One square yard for each pupil.
That a greater spirit of altruism bo 'n
splrod In school work.
The a asocial t?n condemned compul?
sory military training '.n schools not
espei lolly designated as military
schools.
Fight im er Presidency.
Tlie condldac) of Miss Grace <".
Strachau, district superintendent or
schools in Brooklyn, New York roi
piesldent In opposition to Mr Fair
chlld brought on the hght of the day.
After the nominating committee had
reported In favor of Mr. Fdlrcl)Hd,
Mit-s Strachau'* friends openly charged
ho had been selected .\l a caucus to
tyh'ch the New York riicjnbera had not
beert Invited. Miss Katherlm i>.
Id.ike. mil .Malhilda Coffin Fdrd, of
N.-w York, accused the CHIiiiago teach?
ers, of conducting their campaign "be
hind the curtain'1 of the auditorium
where the convention >v in held.
They asserted 6 delegation from the
Chicago Principals' Cltib had gone to
New York U> Induce Miss Strachau to
withdraw, Although M;s> Strnchan two
\r.ir;i ago at Boston had support ..I
Mrr. Rlla Flagg You:...', of Chi. age.
for president.
Miss Strachau herself took the Hour
and charged the Chicago teachers had
attcmptod to make capital out of the
fact that she brought a letter Of In?
troduction from Mayor Ortynor, of New
Y. rk. to.Mayor Harrison, of Chlcag .
'I am sorry to say i would have
thought ii great dcnl more 6t Chicago
people and Chicago lacllCs had I re?
mained away." said Ml s Strachau.
The Statements canned Miss Mar?
garet a. Ilnley. of tho Chicago Teach
. is' Federation, to circulate .in nf
nditVll In which :'he gave he I version
Of the Chicago teachers meeting in
New York with Mi*s Slrachan. She
{Continued on Third Paaa.l
ALREADY ENOUGH
WHISKEY PARTIES
Democrats and Republicans De
nounced for Attitude Toward
Liquor Traffic.
SENTIMENT APPLAUDED
As Refult of Speech "Little
Giant" Howard Now Ha?
Loom for Presidency.
Atlantic City. N. J., July 10?Tho
eleventh National Prohibition Conven?
tion got tin der way hero to-day. but
progressed little beyond the prelim?
inary of organization. There were de?
velopments enough, however, to In?
dicate a strong undercurrent of "in?
surgency" In the party and to fore?
cast n il?ht by sonic of the delegates
j for a more progressive and aggrcs
I sive attitude in the coming campaign.
I The feature of the day we* the ail
? ir.-s.- of the temporary chairman of
' the convention. Clinton N. Howard,
of Rochester, N. Y., known as ? Tne
I Little Giant." Mr. Howard aroused
', til. thousand or more Olegates to a
i hlgii pitch of enthusiasm by roundly
1 denouncing President Taptj Colonel
Theodor. Roosevelt and the 11? pub
I llcan and Democratic parties in gen
era.l. Ho claimed that the Prohibl
? tiohlsts wer.- tin rial progressives VI
politics, und decried aay attempt to
throw their votes into other chati ?
; nets.
? \\'e already have two whiskey par?
ties ami don't need another." he
? shouted. The delegates caught up and
cheered the sentiment, When lie
characterized President Taft as a "wet
.inns, to the saloons,' there Were
shouts of "Anten" from all crjiners of
th.- convention hall. \\ lien he de
1 nounced Colonel Roosevelt us tho
.'least desirable of all th.- candidates,"
the.-, was a prolonged demonstration
? i ipproyul. Governor Wddd't w Wll
ron he disposed of with teils taint
praise: "A good man. perhaps, but
we have had good men In tne White
House before, and they ha v.- con.- out
with the country more Saturate*! with
rum than It was when they went in.'
"Now you ure talking truth." -ail?
ed a delegate amid general locla-.in
So enthusiastic were the delegates
ov. r ChairmHii Howard's .- Idas, tli.lt
they ordered it printed is , .-arn
paign text book and started a genuine
boom for Mr. Howard for PrcsCleut,
Hi-, candidacy locked large to-night
and as the Held Is decldi a|y an open
one. he Is regarded as Ohe of the P ">
tential' factors h, the rat .
T^erei was Insurgency to-di..- in the
Vtcnnsyl vanla delegation tvl -i > \
Stevens was ousted from the. pi-idn i
committee1 nnd Johti I". Olli choseii In
his place D. B. McCalmnnt, the :.ee -
prtd member of the rommirro.u i; iiri
Rcnnsylviinlfi, was re-elect ? 1. iS.teb.
State hr.s two members in tile national
e.nmrhJtte\ Friends of Mr. Stevens
declare the Pennsylvania caucus was
premature and threaten id take an
app.nl to tlie convejitlon.
I^ilto to-day Southern delegates to
the convention proposed as a candi?
date for the presidential nomination
And row Jackson Houston, of Beau?
mont. Texas, Houston is a son of
General Suhl Houston. He |s a lawyer
and a staunch sunnftrtcr of the Pro?
hibition tpirty The Southern lead?
ers hive begun an active campaign
In his behalf.
Th.nventloh to-night chose Dr.
Charley II Monde, of New Jersey, per
i.i.,u. tit chairman, and Mrs. Prances
Ii. am h?mo, of Kentucky, permanent
secret:! r> ?
.1. I> I.e.'id. of Kentii.-ky, presented
tCoatlnued" on Third race.)
FOURTEEN VOTES
AGAINST CORLEY
Scratched on Roll Call
Although He Had
No Opposition.
PRICE DEFEATS
DR. MOSES H?GE
Fight in Joint Session Over
Election of School Trustees
Results in Ballot?Attack on
Corley?Refused to Defer
.Vote After Sharp
Debate.
Deciding by a narrow vote not to
await the report of the long-drawn
out Investigation of the public schools,
the City Council In Joint session last
night went Into e.lecclon of three
?school trustees. William H. Owens,
of South Richmond, was re-elected
without opposition; Dr. Lawrence T.
Price was elected a member of tha
board over Dr. M. D. H?ge, tho In?
cumbent. Although -there -was no
nominee, against John G. Corley, four?
teen members of tho two branches
voted "no" when his namo was called.
The special committee ensue In for
some criticism for Its dilatory wan?
dering through a maze of evidence.
Members of tho committee ware <lls
posedl to place the blame on --o news?
papers, holding that thoy had not
had fair reports. The ?nswor was
prompt that the newspapers ar? hun?
ters for something sensational, and
'had the committee ttnenrthed any?
thing startling, It would have boon
published afar.
Debate Sprang; Suddenly,
The debate came at the end of a
long-drawn out session, when a largo
number of city olHctrs had boon re
elected for two-year torms witOout
opposition. At the April meeting of
the joint session notice hari boon giv?
en that the terms of Messrs. Corloy,
H?ge and Owens had expired. At
that time the Investigation had not
long begun, and there was still some
hope that It might lead somewhere,
and for that reason Mr. Pollard moved
to defer the election, ai-owlng tho
three members to serve until their
successors are appointed and qualify.
Last night he started Uio commotion
by moving to go Into tho election of
school trustees. Mr. Pollard -was
promptly on hla feet In opposition.
The election had not been expected,
and as chairman of the investigation
committee, he urged the Council to
await Its report.
Had Found NothJojr StaxlHng.
Mr. Pollard replied jnat If that
'committed watt ever going to gel
through It would havo shown somn
sign of it before this. So far as h?
could see, though the committee had
sat for months, it had foufrfl nothing
startling. The trubtecs, ho thought,
should cither .o re-elected or turned
oat. Mr. Mitchell, of tho committee,
said its report would be forthcom?
ing in due season, and asserted that
It would be discourteous to the com?
mittee to go into the re-election of
these trustees while tho lf.ntter was
pending. Mr. Gunst, also a member
of the Investigating body, admitted
that it had been a long-draWn out
affair. There were no charges against
any of the trustees, and no favored
.going into the election. Mr. Jones
thought It unfair to holu up three
members of the board to public ridi?
cule, when thero -were no charges
pending, or even suggested.
I mlauf Attacks Newspapers.
Mr. Umlauf, of the committee, said
that if the members depended on
newspaper reports for the work of
the investigation, they would bo con?
vinced there was something wrong,
as the press had rushed to the defense
before, the Investigation began. TUa
committee, he thought, n,vl been un?
duly criticized In some of tho reports
of its sessions. The committee might
report that it would be better were a
new board .elected, or that the num?
ber be reduced. The members did not
know themselves as yet what, steps
they would recommend, but they would
not sit nigh, after night hearing evi?
dence if they did not feel that there
was something that heeded a report
to tho Council.
"If any member of that committee,
which his sat for so many months."
said Mr. Pollard, "will tell me that ho
knows of anything that reflects on
cither member of the School Board, or
! Ii there Is one iota of evidence 'n all
1 that has been heard reflecting on any
? m mbor, then I win withdraw my
i motion."
.No t barges, Says Pollock.
"\Ve make no charge," said Chair?
man Pollock, "but we believe that we
> Mill present a report that will Int?
ro vi conditions In the schools. It may
oven be necessary to make some
changes In the make :,i of the board.
I believe the personnel of the board
can be improved to the groat benefit
ol ihe community, though my remarks
ib not specially apply to the throe
whose names are up to-night."
In answer to a question. Mr. Pollard
stated that an opinion had been rend?
ered by former Attorney-General An?
net-son to the effect that if SOhOOl Irus
io's were not elected within thirty
days after their terms ended, the"
would hold over for another term.
Mr Pollock and Mr. Umlauf camn
i here from the Ordinance Committee."
sud Mr. Pollard, "and Hjld this Inves?
tigation would do great good. They
have been fooling with it for months,
ar.d have not produced cne scintilla of
evidence reflecting on .ny member of
the School Board. If there had been
any such evidence It would have ho>n
mad? public1--the newspapers are lock
Ihp for such things.'*
t'mlauf Snjrs llicj \rr Not Fooling.
Mr. Umlauf objected thi asser?
tion that live cninnilttee nud been "tool?
ing" during the month/ It has labor
iously ial through the views of a srrat
number ot untrained young school
teachers ?>n how the schools should
be run Mr. Adams thought the de?
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