The San Francisco call. [volume], December 01, 1902, Image 1

About The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
HOUSE WILL BE THE BATTLEGROUND
IN THE WARFARE AGAINST TRUSTS
HEAD OF WAR DEPARTEMENT
AGAIN URGES ABANDONMENT
OF THE TRANSPORT SERVICE
:^JL71TH the opening of the iihal session of Hhe Fifty-seven^ tnisi^andunlazi. if id combinations of capital wUl r beginw^ will be the battleground.
Yty It'is expected? that 'as soon: as the] law-mtikinginachinery is of .bills -dealing ,with -this; question 1 [in all of r j its phases. Republican leaders have as yet formulated
no measure, and the recommendations contained [in tlie^ interest that will receive attention will be the proposed
admission of Oklahoma, New ;Me.iico and Arizona to Statehood. yWhctherpiese T ; \
PROBABLE: SPEAKER* OF THE HOUSE OF. REPRESENTATIVES AND PRESIDENT PRO .TEMPORE OF THE
SENATE ,- WHO ARE OPPOSED TO ANT, ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE EXISTING . TARJFF LAWS AT THE
PRESENT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL LAW-MAKING BODY., ._
There is.no definite information as to
what .the committee's decision will be,
but at the last session all of " the Re-
I'Ublican members 'of the - committee ex
cept Senator Quay voted to defer con-
QTJAY FAVOBS STATEHOOD.
; '.It 'is ¦ the current expectation that this
programme will be carried out, whether
the committee's report be favorable or
unfavorable, as the agreement contem
plated consideration regardless of the
character of the report.
"After the omnibus territorial bill passed
the House last session its friends In the
Senate were so insistent - on action by
the Senate and so strong in point of num
bers that in the interest of other pending
legislation a unanimous agreement was
leached that in consideration of abate
ment by the friends of the measure dur
ing the last session, the Committee on
Territories would report on - the blH on
next .Wednesday; December 3, and that a
week later the bill should become the un
finished -business in the Senate, .which
means that unless the measure shall be
displaced by vote or by unanimous con
sent it will occupy the first place of th»
Senate calendar until disposed of.
TT "W jrASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—
H JB / The admission of the Ter
1/1/ ritorles of Oklahoma, New
Sr laf Mexico and Arizona as
» r States of the "Union prob-'
ably will be the first sub
. inportance to receive the
attention of the Senate which begins at
noon to-morrow, f
CALL BUREAU, 1406 . G
STREET X. W\. TVASHIXG
TOX, Sot. 3O. - — Senator
:v-">1 Frre of .Maine, president
pro tenipore of the Senate,
said to-dnyj '
"The country Is In the midst
of the grreatest prosperity.
"Why should we endanger this
by attempting - to . change the
tariff laws -which made this
prosperity possible 7 It is
equally absurd to attempt to
regulate the trusts by reTlslns;
the ta«lff. In the matter ot
trust legislation, I agrree with'
Attorney- General Knox that
the Sherman law should ' be
broadened and strengthened.
Something: can be done along
this line, but not by constitu
tional amendment. I am more
than ever in favor of ship sub
sidles." .
Special Dispatch to The Call.
properly should go to the Commerce Com
mittee, and if. the t taxing power of the
Government, to the "Ways and Means
.'But, to. obtain uniformity, all
bills dealing with the subject have gone
heretofore J to the Judiciary Committee,'
and this practice will be followed unless a
fight for. jurisdiction be made. ' •- .
The. leaders' already have resolved to ex- :
pedlte the appropriation bills a3 much as
'possible, -in order,, to allow the largest
margin of time for other questions. Can-**
nori; chairman of the Appropriations Com
mittee, believes, the -.legislative," executive
and judicial and the pension appropria
! tiori bills can be • disposed - of before the
holidays. His coriimlttee will go to work
at- once; and prepare 1 the supply bills as
rapidly as possible. . The legislative and
pension bills probably will be read before
the end of j the week. .^'.;> !¦> f
•STEIKE - C0MMISSI01TS FUND.
X One of the first things the Appropriations
¦Committee will be called on to do, how
ever,' is to prepare a bill to provide for the
coal* strike commission. Judge Gray,
chairman . of v the commission, has written
a. letter to Cannon asking for an appro
priation of $50,000 to defray the. expenses
of the coinmissiori,. to pay its clerical
force,, and to give such - compensation to
its -members as the ' President may fix.
.The Appropriations : Committee will meet
to-morrow ,toj prepare a bill, which, it is
believed, will be presented arid passed this
week. No opposition to it from the minor
ity is expected.
The ., session of the . House to-morrow
will be brief. ¦ The roll will^be. called and
announcement made of .the deaths that
have "occurred. during, the recess. The
House will adjourn until Tuesday, when
the President's message will be. read.
There'isjio' programme for the remainder
of .the week, beyond the bill to defray
the expenses of the a coal strike commls
sionV If the regular "order be demanded,
the London dock : charge bill Is the unfin
ished business. ' V
FRYE WOULD
NOT CHANGE
THE TARIFF
Continued on Page 3, Column 3.
"The" appropriation bills,"
said' Speaker -Henderson, "will
necessarily 'occupy- mo.it of the
time . of the jieaalon. . The
President,"' however, "will- have
the 7 first Innings" ¦¦ ". ;
GALL BUREAU, 140G G
STREET: X. W., WASH1XG
v :TOX, Kot. . 3O.^— Speaker
1 .Henderson is among? those
TTho believe there nlll be no
tinkering? -with . the ..tariff - at
this'' session. '•¦,;¦:•¦ - .-. --.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
HENDERSON'S
VIEW AS TO
LEGISLATION
'¦.¦ Lieutenant Commander; J. J. Kn'ap'p'/iui,"
S. N.j^who has been [ in ! Manila for se yera i
ycars'as head of the ; nautical school, 'was
especially) anndyed at ithe \ slow: voyage ;6f
.the* 'United 'r. States" transport
He 'was 'desirous of reaching Sa"n' Francis
co I as . ' soon '[asr possible jto'^; see' hia
who i recently^ met .with a. serious "accident."'
lieutenant .'.Commander . Knaipp'" .believes
SaiirFrancisco is \ the .only ; point suitable
fcrv thef transportation of : troops to" aiid
from ' the? Philippines \ and ,-g hencef brtht he
may be: relied upon 'as a'champipn'oltri»it
ci ty ' as the ' point of ' departure - and ' arrival
of troops:-:, • /•;•: , «¦}
. ."The transport McClellan reached New
York ¦ on "* Saturday 'with | fifty dead sol
diers in • her hold.' The trip from 'Manila
occupied- nfty r eight days and the j bodies
were In terrible condition when : they were
landed. ! The trip \ to , San Francisco ? could
have ! been made in three, weeks.';'. :-.• '_'."
•'Let* the Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco ; memorialize Congress,: through
its! delegation in 'Congress, urging' both
business . and j sentimental reasons and ' the
too. ambitious; Nor them rivals may yet be
beaten." ' ' . -' . '."./'''¦ ;
VICTORIA, B.' C, Nov. 30—The Crown
Prince of Siam;arid party arrived to-night
.by the'steamer Charmer and will remain
here until, sailing for Yokohama on' the
aieamer Empress of China early Tuesday
morning. The; party" was met by;. the
Lieutenant .Governor, who will entertain
the party Vat "dinner; to-morrow. :¦•-' ¦ '• • >.
hospital . ships, especially , fitted, out for
the' purpose by; the Government. And
there are, of course," obvious reasons why
the dead- soldiers'; remains should be ship
ped to the nearest' and" quickest 'military
depot. • ¦ , ;•;.>-¦•'.';¦-¦•'•.- ..,- .^,
Slam's- Crown Prince at Victoria.
. Hepburn of Iowa, : chairman -. of the " In
terstate arid Foreign Commerce Comittee,
is one of ! those . who ' the' Sherman
law, ' if enforced; is sufficient to > meet the
situation, and to-morrow he w .will Introduce
a bill appropriating, $500,000 , to be used Iby
trie Department of Justice In prosecutions
: under. -the ; ; present law.^ ¦ It is not 'improb
able, .'when; the leaders exactly
¦What? can; be .'done,'; that a caucus of ; Re
publicans;, will' be"; called, to ; ; agree*'- on a
me'asure.-.- ; '-y '-¥¦ /¦ '<¦¦'. ¦¦''¦ '•V-.''..' ¦¦. \Y\J:
V Meantime h the V. trust- , bills ;¦ ; introduc«"d
probably .will ;be Vef erred ' : to the ; Judiciary
Committee.^ There Is some question of. Ju
risdiction.^' If a bill lnvbke^the". Intersta'te
commerce; clause ' of 'the constitution 'it
' • deluge of: bills dealing
with the trust ' question " in ' all Ita phases
will be thrown into the I egislative-hopper.
It j is 'admitted "on all/ hands" that ' this .'.will
be the most important topic of discussion;
indeed, .the leaders^ incline to the. belief
that j beyond | the • appropriation " bills ¦ and
routine legislation 'it;, will be the only'gen
eral subject'' on which ; there is : a • chance
for action at theshort. session. .As yet' the
leaders have formulated no measure, and
there should be a pretty , wide divergence
of opinion of what can ofjhould ,be' done.;
The President's recommendations "on the
subject are' a. waited j with , interest. 8 The
most conservative opinion among the Re
publican; leaders: seems to,fav(or: an/ap
propriation for)j the., enforcement ; of v the
Sherman ' anti-trust law. ' Such an appro
priation, it, is pointed out, could be 'placed
on brie ¦ of I the . regular; appropriation': bills
arid put* through both houseswithoutdiffl^
'cul ty, whereas- any amendment to I the law
itself, no matter how ;> conservative/ would
likely meet opposition. ¦ ; ' . ',..';.
; BEPUBLicANs; may catjctjs:-:
~g> -raw- w- ASHINGTON, ,. Nov. 30.—
' :^B ''.',/: -.TKhen , the \House cpn-
H/h/ venesto-morrowjto enter
!^M .. on the final session of the
-' r ;r . .Fifty-seventh Congress .'a
GALL BUREAU. ' : .1408 . G
STREE5T N. : W., WASHISG :
TON', • ¦Sot.' 3O.-^-R«?pre*«ien
tatt^e i Cannon : of y Illinois,
•who; probaoly-; VflU^e Spealcer
of the next : House," :U";kriown
to be opposed jto, any. attempt
this V vrintep; to change the.
tariff i 1 u w. . Wheii ; aslted -. as ; to
other le-Vlslatlon. lie had only
thl*toii«y s ,/ , -. ¦ '/ ... ( ¦ ; ;
?•If ' Conarresii, in short »e«
slon, should •doji nothing more"
than passTthV aiinnai 'bills. Its
time 1 would 'be 'Well •occupied."'
;¦• Special Dispatch to The Call.
REVISION
IS OPPOSED
BY CANNON
Leaving the bank .'the robbers escaped
in ' a stolen - rig j and- ' were tracked I six
miles southward," at which; -j place the
horse ahd buggy were abandoned: ,
The murder of the bank clerk created
Intense excitement, and should' the- rob
bers, be ! captured j and brought ; back . to
the scene "of 'the crime, lynching .would
be almost certain. A reward of $1000 has
been for their capture. Several
posses are scouring. the country, in every
direction, and unless the men have es
caped on a train they will probably bo
apprehended.'" ¦ ; _ ¦ >
From the appearance ot the bank the
robbers never got more than fifteen ,fcet
from the window. At least two of them
must" have been inside, tfor the indications
are that while one was engaging, the at
tention of' the clerk from a point tenfeet
in front; of the window another, had cir
cled around to the left and had there
flred at the boy. . Between the . supposed
position of the robbers and where young
Reynolds' body, was found were ; two taf
bles, on which' were | piled overcoat3 . and
boxes of underwear. From a crouching
posture behind; the piles of clothing Rey
nolds, who ; was armed with -three revol
vers, 'evidently had done his nring.^and
riot , until he had emptied one. revolver
was he ' shot down.
After. receiving the. fatal shot the young
man had fallen at the side of his bunk,
in which position the . body was found
this moriing, more than, four hours after
the attempted robbery and murder.
;The ¦ robber's^. hads evidently ; abandoned
their ; intention \ol ;lQotfhg ;the, safe after
Reynolds^.had. ! fa]lenj* dead, • and/ escaped
by'a^wlnd^'-throuih^ii^^h^t^y^totered.
It - they battle ' at '.ieast/twenty shots had
been fired.', the walls of the bank b^ng
riddled with: bullets. ., Reynolds' empty, re-;
volver was found near his' body, ; showing
that he had'done his best to kill the rob
bers, and^the trail 9f blood left by them
shows that sqine'of hi3 shots were effec
tive.'- [-'-: ;¦¦¦/¦¦ ¦' "".} i -'¦"•¦'¦ \ r ;X: - '¦'.'¦'. { .'/ : .
."T/APORTE, IndJ.^Nif^:. 30.— Wesley Rey
nolds, aged. 16, years7?S./*clerk Kin a bank
at Westville, _ this"' county, who sleeps' In
in the institution, heroically defended the
property submitted .itdJt^S care in a battle
with robbers at an' e'iJriy hour: this morn
ing, giving up v 'his : ;ftfe. His body was
found at 6 o'clock '': near his ' bed In" the
rear of the bank,' ' a -bullet having pierced
his. heart. ' •',.'* r/-'."?^'. .•'. , c >' '", :¦',:':- :
Special Dispatch^to The. Call.
Enraged CitizensTRace After
Fugitives raSSLyncli
ing;May|Result. s
Walls -of tKe Infetitu
| tion Riddled With
; -U*; \ Lead; : r
YouthM Guardian
i
V byBilet.
BOY FIGHTS
WITH BANDITS
IN A BANK
r 'Notwithstanding 'the' adverse reports
of the Secretary', of War, and "the" special
army board Congress might be induced
to- especially provide : for the 1 .'continuance
of the Philippine ; transport - service , from
San Franclscol ' : The \ average . member, of
Congress J Is naturally; averse to granting
any special privileges to Pacific railroad
corporations. Besides, there ' Is a senti
mental as\well: as a business side to'"-' be
urged... Soldiers who brave the ."perils' of
war ' and : fever -in .the ; tropics : should be
transported by Government vessels" wher
ever .practicable and not shipped' ilke?ca U'
tie at Cso j much ' per head. , Then? ? too; the
sick," injured fand -dead are .tblbe, consid
ered.*; The>: sick and ,; Injured "'{ certainly
should .be -transported to the nearest and
"quickest s Ameficaii ; port In ¦ comfortable
"The failure of San Francisco steamship
lines to bid for the Philippine business Is
Bcarcely'understood here. Due notice was
given months, ago ¦; and ;. an -'advertise
ment for bids' was duly published in the
daily newspapers. '¦'¦ f :¦-¦¦'
NO SAN FRANCISCO . BIDS.
"I understand 7 that Secretary '/Root,
Quartermaster. General Luddington and
Adjutant General Corbin are now consid
ering the bld.of the Hill steamship lines
and the Norjiiern Pacific Railroad for this
business. The Representatives in. Con
gress, from '.Washington State are alive
to "the. situation and: will work, industri
ously- for ; ¦ HIll'sMnterests and "Seattle's
Chamber of • Commerce undoubtedly will
make v representations . endeavoring . to
show that troops can; be,, transported from
their, city by private steamship lines more
economically;; than from San Francisco
by Government transports. %
immediate action and compile facts and
figures showing, if possible, that' it Ms to
the 'Government's advantage to' transport
troops and supplies from. the most natural
depot and the most advantageous point,
viz.: San Francisco. -Armed with a strong,
memorial from the Chamber of Com
mtrce, the California 'delegation may be
able to thwart the; plans of Seattle. But
San Francisco must be up and doing. This
Congress lasts: only three months. .., .
Besides Secretary j Roofs : recommenda
tion there is on file in the congressional
archives a report made by a special com
mission ,' of . army . officers declaring^ that
the transport service from San : Francisco
as administered Jby the Government^, has
been very extravagant. " . , ' V. ;
; : . In th< ? v f ace of these adverse 7 reports',
together with the powerful influence < that
James J. : Hill of the Northern Pacific' may
bring .to. bear. : it. would not be • surprising
If Congress at , this . session ' be induced- to
Insert in i. the army appropriation • bill' a
clause empowering; and directing" the ..War
Department to transport troops arid;sup
plies by "private contract. , A* member ; of
Congress' from i California' said'; to-day: :
"It would seem • that the very; first ' thing'
for. San Francisco ¦ people^ to : do7 would ". be
to have tte/Chamber of Commerce take
CALIFORNIA : MUST "ACT.
commercial ', lines for transportation of
passengers and freight for the army.be
tween [ San Francisco, ' Portland, j Seattle,!
Tacoma and Manila, : until . June; 30, ¦ 190S.
A number of '.bids . have ".been* received,
but the comparative advantage of oper
ating under them has " not yet 'been
worked out, and no contract has been
swarded! As rapidly as it becomes ap
parent that the Government' business
can be done more economicaly in! any
part,' or as a whole, . by. this method. It
the purpose of the department* to follow
the same course which has been followed
upon * the . Atlantic , in .discontinuing } the
use of Government transports, and to put
the business In the hand.* of commercial
lines on the basis of : ope:, competition."
"I am satisfied that.it:is practicable for
private shippers to do all ordinary" busi
ness much cheaper^ than it Is possible 'for
the Government to do it, : under the lim
itations which rest"upon~Government-ac
tion, and that they can-, afford to do -the
business for less than it costs ' the i Gov-f
eminent and still make a profit.. At/ the
same time by following this' method "the
Government will be aiding : to build up
regular commercial lines between the Pa T
cific Coast and Manila, which is much to
be desired." .'-" : -'•-¦ ¦ ;-¦', ."-.-. :.>"¦•
HEAD OF. THE, WAR DEPARTMENT, WHOSE RECOMMENDATION
¦ THAT THE GOVERNMENT. GO OUT: OF THE TRANSPORT BUSI
NESS IS A BLOW AT SAN FRANCISCO'S COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.
"The reduction of the force ii» the
Philippines has made possible a 'large
reduction of the transport service oa the
Pacific The regular, service between\San
Francisco and Manila h&s been reduced
from, bimonthly . to " monthly 'sailings.
Marked economies have been effected in
the conduct of the business in San Fran
cisco. Several ships have been sold, al
though after most extensive and pains
taking advertising very inadequate prices
have been realized. Three ships, the
Hancock, Relief and Lawton. have been
turned ; over to- the Navy Department,
which could make profitable use of them
and one, the Grant, has been turned over
to. the Engineer Corps,' which, can save a
hundred thousand ¦ and odd dollars ' more
than the ehip could be sold for by. using
her in river and harbor work. I ask that
authority be given for charging; the fair
value of these chips to' the naval and
river harbor appropriations, respectively,
and crediting them to tht appropriation
tor transportation '. of the army against
which they now stand charged. . . /
"In October . bids ' were Invited \ from
Secretary Root in his annual report
made public to-night renews bis. recom
mendation that the transport service oa
the Pacific be abolished. " He says:
It has been known in San Francisco
for years that that city might lose the
Philippine transport business, for in his
last annual report Sectary of- War Root
gtrongly recommended that the transport
service be abandoned and the business of
transporting troops and freight turned
over to private steamship lines, as has
been done on the Atlantic.
In the face of this recommendation San
Franciscans seem to have done little or
nothing to keep for their city the trans
port business that for a period of three
years after the commencement of -the
Spanish-American war causes to be ex-
I ended there nearly $25,000,000 per yeai.
SECRETARY BOOT'S STAND.
v made publl- to-night, there isj
as reported, real danger of San Francisco
losing the army transport business to and
from the Philippines and that San Fran
ciscans are beginning to realize the dan
ger is evident from the telegrams received
by California Senators and Representa
tives.
"¦¦* "Y EW YORK. Nov. 30.— Infor :
/^^ / mation from "Washington
/ Yk.1 Enows *h at . by reason of the
J ' tHT J report and recommendation
<A • of Secretary of War Root
Special Dispatch to The CaJL
c>an tr anas co
Menaced in
Report.
Root in Favor
of Private \ !
Leaders of Majority
Discuss Plans of
Action.
Statehood Bill Most
Important Measure
in Senate.
Anth Combine Fight
to Begin in House
The San Francisco Call.
I XGHL-^y 6. 1.
s&isr VrR^asreisco; ;;m0dm, December ri r i9()2.
•PBICE FIVE CENTS.