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4 President Makes Public Letters Explainins Depe w-H yde Affair Continued from Page 1» *\u25a0'. Th« President does not deny that th« 1200,000 -wras paid to the Republican ' managers, and so there, is no conflict on that point, but still everybody would like to see the checks. If Harriman can produce them he may escape the danger of being made a. life member of the Ananias Club." The belief here is universal that those \rho are fighting the President are responsible for the Harriman- TVebster letter getting in-to the papers. Plainly Jt has been floating' around since last falL At least the sentiments expressed came to the President's at tention about ' then, and the answer made then is considered to be sufficient now. JOURNALS' LAST RESORT The opinion here is that the news papers were used as a last resort to fire a ehot at Roosevelt. The inquiry often heard today is whether other' letters of the came kind from the same and other sources are to come. • It is quite plain here tba't those who are resorting to this method of war fare hare been thinking of doing It for months. There Is now and. will be in the future dispute over the truth or •Incidental statement*. • There are accusations against Depew, Root. OdelL' Hyde and. others. The President accuses Harriman of falser hood.' The fighters doubtless know that the racket will bring out many un pleasant things. Apparently they, are ready to stand for these If they can accomplish one thing; they want to dig into the Republican campaign fund of 3904. / • • < .. j • The opposition to President Roose velt and Secretary Cortelyou has been driving away.at. at this for a. long time. The "purpose is t© force Cortelyou to give names of big contributors to the: campaign fund.' That 1s one of the things thece Roosevelt lighters' want. Probably many of them have personal knowledge of some subscriptions. .If they cannot make Cortelyou -tell they will try. to find oot other ways to. get the Information to public. Harriman has told of his contribu tions." He may have told a lot of other -things, but this was in the bunch. He says there were others, but gave no names. Without a doubt the men. who are fighting Roosevejt want to go along on this line. :, - • They are hoping to find other ways of letting the public know who! gave money for the Republican campaign in l? 04. Ix-rf:^: ;-:*'. , • . .-\u25a0/• \u25a0:.-\u25a0-- litters Written to Sherman Throw. Light on Controversy President Roosevelt Makes Stren uous Denial of \u25a0 Harriman's ; Campalgn : Fund Statement WASHINGTON, April 2.— The text of the first letter sent by President Roose velt to Representative • Sherman _ and which the latter was directed- to ma>ke public today as' the President's "answer to the statements .of -E. . H. Harriman ' regarding the" campaign fund, Is as f olio ws :/;.' '-J.vj'v; '• • October 8, 180 C. —My bear Sherman: Steee you left this morning I succeeded- In getting hold of the letters to which I referred and I sent yrtu a copy of Governor Odell's letter to me of De cember 10. 1904': • ' . • . As I aa entirely willing that you show .his letter to Mr. Harrimaa. 1 shall begia by .repeat ing what yon-told -me he.s&Jd to you on the oc casion last week when you went to ask. him for a contribution to the campaign. Yon informed tne that he then -expressed great dissatisfaction with, me and eaid, ia -effect, that so' loiig as I was at the head, of the B«publ lean party, or as' • it is dominated by. the policies which I advocate and represent, he would not support. It and was quite indifferent whether Hearst "Beat Hughes ot not, whether the Democrats carried Congress or not. . . • . . . \u25a0 Hie gave as-a reason foe bis personal dislike of me partly my determination to" have the railroads supervised and partly the alleged fact that after promising him to appoint' Depew as Embassador to France. I failed to do It. and I understood you to 6ay that be alleged that I made this promise «t a time when be liad comfc down to. see me in Washington,, when. I requested, him 'to raise $250. 000 for the Republican • \u25a0Presidential- campaign, which was 'then on. ... So much for what Mr. Harriman said about me personally. • . • • ' \u25a0 The President regards the' remarks which Sherman said Harriman maae to. him", when he 'asked him if he thought it was well. to see "Hearstlsm and the like-" triumphant . over the Republican • party .as- far "more important. The • President continued: \u25a0 - Too Informed me that be told you that he did not c»re In the- leant because "-those- people were orooVn aD<f he could buy them." and. made other «in?tlar rf-rnarks. This was doubtless partly in boastful cynicism, and. partly in a bnrst of bad temper, but "It showed .cynicism "and deep seated \u25a0. corruption.. The second letter to .Sherman simply contains an addendum to the. first: Any euch Statement" Is -a deliberate and willful . .. cntruth — by rights it should be characterised Pi nn ev^n shert»>r and more ugly word. I never re . • quested Mr. Barrlman to raise a dollar for the Presidential campaign of 1904. ' On .the contrary, our commuslcatltm "as regards the campaign re lated exclusively to the fight being, made against Mr. Hlgglns.for Governor of >'ew York. Mr. Har , riaan being immensely interested in the success \u25a0 cf VMr. Hlggins because be frega,rded the attack nn as being really an attack on him (Mr. v Harrimant qnd on h]e friend. Governor Odell, an 4 x he was eoncernrd oaly-ln. getting me to tell Mr. Cortelyou to aid Mr. Higgias so far as be'could, which I gladly jlld. • . SPEAKS FOR DEPEW He also, (I think .more than once) urged me to \u25a0 promise to make Senator Depew Embassador to ' Kranf'e, giving me in detail the reasons why this . would help Governor Odefl, by pleasing certain big financial Interests. " , " ' I informed him that I did not believe that It •» would Be possible for me. to appoint Mr. Depew , and furthermore that tn«>n representing the flnan 2 clal interests of New York had 'written to toe I asking that* the nine place be given to Mr. Hyde, \u25a0 ' and. as a matter of fact, while. I was not pre -T>«red to make *ny declokm. L doubted whether 4 I <viuld appoint Mr. Defew or Mr. Hyde I to the plac^ il As coon ax Mr. Harriman beard that Mr. Hyde wss a candidate, and had asked the nsmer. of his liackere. he hastily said that he did Dot wish to he understood as antagonizing Mr. Hyde, and would be quite . willing to . support him. and, though I understand- that he preferred Mr. "De pew, he left me -strongly under the Impression that he would 'be almost as well satisfied with Mr. Hyde, and was much discontented at my la forming him so positively, not once, but repeat • I edly. that I did oot tbisk I- would be able to ap point either. t On his return from spending the summer In | Europe, on September 20,- he wrot« m« stating j ! that If I thought It desirable be would come to« i see me at any time, either then or later. I On September 23 I answered his letter, saying: ("At present there is nothing for me to ccc yon i about, though there were or* or two point* In < my. letter of acceptance which I should . have I rlied to discuss with you before putting It out." , - On October 1 I wrote him: 1 "In view of the trouble over the State ticket • in New York:. I should IDee to have a few words < with you. Do you think you cam get down here ', within a few days end take either lunch or f dinner with meT" • • The trouble I: spoke of b&d reference to the • bolt against Hlggins— that i«, in reality against i Mr. Barrlman. and Mr.^Harriman'a friend, Gov • error OdeU. ' -- _ -.- \u25a0•. V ( A reference to . the fileg of -the New York paper* at that time will show that it waa a very extensive bolt against Mr. Hlggins on the ground that Governor Odell had nominated him i acd be had In some matter* favored Mr. Htrrl maji over much — Delther ground. In my \u25a0 Judg ment, being tenable. Mr. . Harnman't backing of Governor OdeU .and- the extreme willingness that be showed by •ecuring Hlggtna' election waa a matter cf common notoriety and men tioned In til the papers, notably ia the New Jf York Suo. Ob October 12 Mr. Harrimaa wrote | "I am rtrlnir a Terr large part of my time .to correcting the trouble .here • aad ' Intend -to ? do «o If. toy eSort on my -part can accomplish Mt. I wIU take occasion th*. first of next week \u25a0 to run down to Bee yen, and think by -that time ; condition* will have . Improved. " • f V 4 .. . PHBSIDEXT'S AJTSTVEr' I wrotm Mr. Earrlman th* following letter, • which I fire tn full: -v \u25a0 .\u25a0- ...-. •-. '.. \u25a0 i "October. 1. 1904. ; - "ilj Dear Mr. Harrlmtn: A suggestion has | come to me In a roundabout way \u25a0 that , jaa \do not think It wlee to come on to see me in I tfeeae closing week* of tie campaign, but. that you are reluctant to refuse, inasmuch as . I have asked you. ., Now," my dear »lr,' you "and .1 are practical men and you are upon the ground and know the conditions better than I. do. "If you think .there Is any danger of < your visit to me causing trouble, or if you think there is nothing special I should be Informed about, or no matter in which I could give -aid, why, of course, give up the visit for the time being j and then. . a -few weeks hence, - before I write. my message, I shall get you to come down to discuss certain Government matters not con nected with the combination." . \u25a0 You will see that. thin letter wu absolutely incompatible with , any theory that I was ask ing Mr. Harriman to oume down to see me in my own interest, or Intended to make another request of any kind for help from him. On the contrary,, all I was concerned with in see ing him waa to know if I could be of help in securing the election of Mr. Higgius— a man for wbom I had had the highest respect, and who, I belirred. would be. as, in fact, he has been, a most admirable Governor. -—- < - Moreover, the following tetter will show that Mr. Harriman did not have In his mind any idea of my asking him to collect money, and that, on the contrary, what he wis concerned with in connection with my letter to him was | the allusion I made to the fact "that: I "would I ( lik« to see him before -I wrote my message 'to discuss certain Government I matters . not con nected with the campaign. • ..-'*•''' /..His letter, .which Is «f November 4, runs: "Dear Mr. President: I have had a telephone talk wltt Mr. Loeb, and requested him to give you a message from me. I drew his attention to the last paragraph of your" letter to me of October 14 ; last, and explained that, of course, I. did not vrant ,to make a trip to Washington unless it should be necessary: that the only matter I knew regarding which 'l had any ap prehension and which might be ! referred •to in your coming message to Congress is that xe gardlng - interstate commerce and what -the. at titucjo of the railroads should be toward it. "I have communications from many'conserva tive people In the West asking me to take the matter up, they having Information -as to what you propose to say in your message on . that subject, and I am very apprehensive about' it. . "Mr. Loeb stated that that part of the mes sage could be sent to me, and I hope he will do so. I sincerely believe It would be best for all Interests that no reference be made to the subject, ..and In any event, if referred to, in such a way as not to bring about increased agi tation. |t Is, at yon well know, the conserva tive element, and the one on which we all rely, which is the most eeldonY heard from quarter." HARRMIAX MISTAKEN ' • Thia letter was crossed by one t ram me, which reads as follows: "Strictly personal.— November 30..- 1904.— My Dear Mr. Harriman: Mr 7 Loeb tells me that you called, me today on the telephone and re called my letter 1 to you of October 14, In which 1 spoke to you of a desire to see you before sending In my message, as I wanted to go over with you certain matters, and yon added that you heard that I had referred to the Interstate ™?D? D £ r( i?,, CO rtB!?Is8lon;r tB !? Is8lon; that - you regretted this and wlabed I had left it out. tn.'tl«~ Wrltlnßr i t ? Ron r had to Tiew certain matters connected with currency legislation and \u2666 £ £?!•. ""'^K' 1 * o« discussing railroad mat ter* with you. < However, if It had occurred to me, I should, have been delighted to do so, but v you remember, when you were down here both you and I were bo Interested in certain of the i» » m Political developments that I hardly, .*. aU> "rocbed on governmental matters «>vJv -'^tß**t B **^ 8 * whtt l *>ad said in my message about- the Interstate Commerce Commission TvVrV^Jfh ShOU t d $*** been de »S h te<l to go' m,? Ji * y J u i l . also raust ' ra nkly say that my mind was definitely made up ' •«.«if^ la re 7 ela _ tlons connected with the in vestigation of the beef trust caused me to write the paragraph in question. I went with e J^ m< ; care oTer " the information in possession l ox the Interstate Commerce Commission. I then £fJL 2*^ S e wrlttea Paragraph again and again with Paul Morton, who Is, of all- my Cabinet, the man most familiar with railroad matters, of course, and with Hoot. Knox. Taft and Moody *« is a matter which should be carefully con eiaered for two years, and I gradually come to the conclusion that it was unwise and unsafe for me- to leave the question of rebates where Itls Just now and to fall to give the Interstate Commerce Commission additional power of an effective kind in regulating those rates. . "Let me repeat that I did not have this ques tion in mind when J asked you to come down, but that I should Cnost gladly have talked It over with' you if it had occurred to me to do so but as a matter of fact, • when yon did come down to 6"cc me, you and I were both so engaged in- the New York political situation that we talked of little else, and finally, that the posi tion I have taken has. not been taken" lightly, but after thinking over the matter and looking at .it from different standpoints for at least two years, and after the most careful -consulta tion with Morton, Taft. Moody. ICnoc and Root as to the. exact. phraseology 1 should use. • "I do not- send you a copy* simply because I have given no one a copy,- not « even the men above mentioned. It Is impossible. If I ,'gjve oat copies of any portion of my message, to pre vent the. message being known in advance,. and the three press associations who have now the message are under a heavy penalty not to dis close a word of it before thejippolnted time." HARRIMAX'S s DESIRES Q'a December 2 he wrote • me \ the following (letter on the '.same subject:' r. December 2, 1904. My Dear Mr. President — Thank you for your favor of the 30th. It was not natural* for me to' suppose that railroad matters would be included in any dis cussion you and I might have before writing .your message. I am of the opinion that • an effective Interstate Commerce Commission could regalate the matter of rebates and absolutely prevent the same. without\any additional power ' of any kind, and as you say. Paul Morton - U more familiar with such matters than- any of the other members of your cabinet and I be- Ueve he will agree with me in this. I fear there has been a lack of co-operation. During the enormous development of the last four years the railroads have found it very hard to keep pace with the requirements im posed upon them, and the so-called surplus earn ings/ as well as additional capital, have been devoted to ' providing additional facilities and the bettering and enlarging of their properties so as to give the increased and better . service required of them. .V This work of bptterment and enlarging must go on and is all-Important for the: proper'de velopment of all sections of the country. There Is little doubt; that during the -next decade every single-track railroad In the country Will have to be double-tracked and provide for enlarged terminals and other, facilities, and any move that would tend to cripple them financially would be detrimental to all Interests over the whole country. I beg til at you will pardon my not signing this personally, as I have to catch my train . for Arden and have asked my secretary to .utgn It for me. Yours sincerely. I was unable to agree with Mr. narriman's views, of the matter and left my message un changed as regards the Interstate commerce law. The rou^h draft of this portion of the message was completed In October, before the elpctlon. I had always dlscus&d with freedom all my proposed moves In the trust and labor matter's with the representatives of the big combinations or big railroads an well as . with the leaders of the- labor men, 'of the farmers' organizations, the shippers' organization and the Jlke — that is, I had as freely seen and . commnnlcated with Mr. Harriman. Mr. Morgan, Mr. Hill and 'other railroad men as I had seen and communicated with Mx. Gompers, Mr. Keefe, Mr. Morrissey and other labor leaders. Mr. Harriman. like most of-tb« big railroad men, always has written me very strongly protesting against my proposed course as re gards the supervision and control over big com binations and especially over the big -railroads— In a letter of bis of Augnst 19, 1902; , for in stance, .be expressed the- fear that a • panic would follow my .proposed action.' . i It will be seen, that the above correspondence Is entirely incompatible with what Mr. Harrl man now. as you inform me, alleges as to my having asked him to secure money or to subscribe money for the Presidential ' campaign. . . A« for .the Depew matter, he professed throughout to I* acting In the Interest of Gov To Nature ? s Masterpiece, ..:. OPENS APRIL 3rd \\ Big Tree ' Grove, and Pine For- V ests passed en route. . y" v - r \u25a0\u25a0 Ask Information Bureau, Sputhern jPaipif ic - : Buildihg, San -Francisco. IHHBBHBHHBS^T-- ""-'•'.\u25a0 * v ."v-f "*' \u25a0\u25a0 •"\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 • \u25a0 > \u25a0\u25a0'" - \u25a0\u25a0"* .-- - "-.». - THJJ}^ jSAN -v^VJjiJJJSJ^JJA-yiv^-J^JtlU;: X, /ixui. ernor OdeU, and though \ Governor Odell bad been anxiona .that Mr. Dcpew should be nomi nated, as Embaesador to France- at a tline when he was . Bnpportinu Governor Black for Senator he had changed his mind' shortly, after the lust letter to me. above ? quoted, from ; Mr. _ «*'«• man. an<J on December 10 he wrote me the-iet ter I inclose, which reads in part as lollows: ODEIX INDORSES HYDE * "My Dear President: A : great many of .yotir t rlonds here \ln New York would be very r much delighted and pleased if you could find it pos sible to appoint Mr.Jamfes H/ Hyde as Minister to France. /' , '- 'V -..\u25a0,\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 "Lartre business Interests . have given to mm splendid executive abilities, and his association with so many prominent business men would be flttinjr - recognition of .* the effective I work ; done by them In the .- last campaign. ./ ' "\u25a0\u25a0"". '-\u25a0\u25a0•~A -L \u25a0: -^ "In addition to this be has behind him, I am sure, the approval of Senator Platt and Senator Pepew. and, so far v I can speak • for the or ganization, I believe his appointment would be, without Question, more f satisfactory than . any that could be made from New York at the present. time.' : •\u25a0 . ." - "Personally. I should appreciate your favor- I able consideration of this suggestion almost be- | I yond anything \u25a0 else you could ido for - me. >< If : you sq desire. I shall be glad to come to Wash ington and talk with you about it, but I be-] rtieve there are others who are close to you and; who feel just .as I do, «•»<! I \u25a0 thought therefore : that this letter would be sufficient as showing | the attitude of • the organizations ' and my*elf personally upon this Important appointment.". As you know, I was obliged to refuse the re quest of the Xew York financiers and of the I Jcpu bl ican organizers of ! the j State and of the city, not deeming It proper to'appoint Mr. Hyde to .the position he sought. . . ; \u25a0\u25a0•';: \u25a0\u25a0•'•'\u25a0\u25a0 a So . much for ' what" Mr. Harrlman < said about me personally. Far more important are the .additional .remarks be made to you, ; as yon in form me, when you asked him if he thought it was well to see Hearstlsm nnd the like j trium phant over the Republican party. • • / jS You inform me that he , told you that be did not care In the least, because those people were crooks and he could buy* them: 'that whenever he wanted legislation from a State legislature he could buy it; that he could "buy Congress" and that he could "buy the judiciary." i This was doubtless said partly In boastful cynicism and partly in ' a /burst of bad temper of his objection to the Interstate Commerce law and fny actions as President. But it shows a cynicism and a deep-seated corruption • which make the man uttering such sentiments and boasting at least as undesirable a citizen* as l>ebs. or Moyer or Hay wood. . : . ' -It is becßuse we have capitalists capable of uttering such sentlrcents and capable of acting on them that - there Is strength behind sinister agitators of the Hearst type. The wealthy corruptionist and the demagogue •who excites, in the press or upon the stump, In office or out of office, ' class against ' class, and appeals- to the ' basest . passions , of S the human soul, ' are fundamentally alike and are equally enemies of the republic. . ' - I was horrified, as was Root, when . you told us today what Harriman bad said to you. .As I say, if you meet him, yon are entirely, w'el com» to show him this letter, although it must not /be made public unless requested - by 7 . some reason of public policy, and then oply after my consent has first been obtained. ' Sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. , To Hon. J. S. Sherman, St. James building, New' York.' l' - " •.'-'. The second letter, to 'Sherman is aa follows: \ '.The White House, Washington. October 19, 1906. — My Dear Mr. Sherman: I would like to make an addendum to my letter to you of the other day. Both Mr. Cortelyou and Mr. Bliss, as soon as they heard that Hyde's '\u25a0 name had been suggested for Erabassador. protested to me against the appointment. Sincerely yours, '-\u25a0> THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Hairunan Replies^With More \ . : Quotations From Letters Issues Statement in Answer to That Made by^President and !. Supplies .Omitted Parts | NEW YORK, April 2.—8. H. Hard man late' tonight: gave out the follow ing, statement in response to that made public byPresident Roosevelt at Wash ington today: , ._. -..'[ '.. . •:,\u25a0 '} ', . For .many Tears I. have maintained an Inti mate confidential correspondence with my friend Sydney Webster. What 1 1 wrote him and . what he wrote me was, of course. Intended for our eyes alone. .' .' . « .: In the course of a letter which he wrote me -In December, 1905, he ' warned ' me against being drawn into politics and questioned whether I had any palltica.l or party instinct.. This drew from me the reply to , Mr. \u25a0 Webster's Inquiry, which, In a substantially correct form, 'had been stolen and published. This letter was written on Janu ary-2, "1908," at a time when 'no one could doubt Jlie cordiality of my relations with the Presi dent. . ' • \u25a0 • \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0-\u25a0 . .\u25a0\u25a0... .-.. I h^ve read the president's statement. I am most anxious '-to treat \u25a0 him and ' his utterances with" the i consideration due to the: hieh office which", he .holds. Nevertheless, ; I feel bound to call -auction, to things in regard to which helloes me an Injustice. . ,\u25a0\u25a0; .• In; hfe letter to Mr. Sherman he clearly seeks to <6nvey-the Impression that the personal Inter view with' him in the fall 0f '1904 was of my seeking and not his. \ BE - / Let me-" present the facts. On June . 29, 1004,' the President- wrote me the following ; letter, ; which he' does not Include in the correspondence published today. :It reached me in Europe: \ . "My Dear Mr. Harriman: - 1 thank yoii .for your letter. As soon as you come home I will want to see you. \u0084T he flgbtfwill doubtless be hot then.t It has been < a real pleasure to see ' yoa this year." I \u0084:\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 In .reply to this I wrote . him on \u25a0 my . return from Europe the letter of September 20, the opening sentences of which he eliminated in his publication:. . • \u25a0 : - '\u25a0 . -• \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0,-- "My Dear Mr. '\u25a0 President: -I was glad* to re ceive your . note of June ' 29 last while I was' ln Europe. I am now. getting .", matters that ac- ' cumulated during my • absence ; somewhat \u25a0 cleared up. and if you think it desirable \u25a0 will go to see you at any time, either now or-later. 1 It seemf to me that the situation could not be in: better shape." \u25a0 . ... •'-'. .- .-•...- \u25a0 . . - : "-* •. • • Then - followed a series \u25a0of invitations . from the White House, both from the President and bis secretary, urging me -to go to Washington. On October 10 the President, wrote: -.--' .-, \u25a0\u25a0.-\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 "In vfew. of "trouble, 1 over the \u25a0 State ticket in Xcw York, I. should much like to have a- few ..worda- with- you. . Do yon .think* you can get ; down here within a few days or . take either lunch or.' dinner, with; me?" \u25a0••\u25a0-: ''. ; On October 14 he wrote:' / : -'-".'. .. "My Dear- Harriman: 1 *A, suggestion "has come to -• me In a roundabout way , that you don't think" lt wise to' come' to see me" in these closing weeki of | the campaign, but " thrft • yon j are & re luctant to refuse inasmuch as I have asked you.'-' \u25a0- A .funeral In \u25a0my family, prevented 'a - prompt reply to the President's repeateou invitations, but #nally, -about . October 20. ,' I* was ' able to po to Washington and see him.'; /There is 'some difference ? of recollection " as •to \u25a0 what transpired at ' that Interview. - , ; . . ' \u25a0 : - Whether I "was seeking his aid to 'secure the adherence, of- the State . of : New York ' to? ; the State ticket, : or "he \u25a0 was - seeking '. mine,*, is proved j»r disproved by: this correspondence, and I cheerfully . submit . to the \u25a0 public ; whether < the inference ; clearly ; sugcestcd . by i the : President Is the proper one. I; did not so ! take it ' from the Invitation; nor from the - Interview. v .- ; ' : . . .-• The President \u25a0 dwells \u25a0 at ' length ' on ; the . asser- ' tlon that he. . did : not | a.ek . me ' to>Veontrlbute for the political campaign," nor; for -his. "personal benefit." I do not deny this statement, ' nor Is it at all Inconsistent with 1 the assertions I made •In the Webster letter respecting the Interview, j ELECTRIC PLANT FIRE LEAVES CITY IN DARK Central ' Station of/ Lighting I Company Destroyed in \ Costly Fire ONE LOSS OF LIFE Fireman Killed and Others >: Hurt by Collapse /of Roof Continued From Pace t, Column 8 r.ii-+.r .ii-+. .;> i -.^- \u25a0\u25a0:. .-\u25a0-- .\u25a0\u25a0.,.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.-•---\u25a0 former/will ; probably idle, hisiback be ing-badly' wrenched and he is also.in ternally injured.' • Cauley - was/ badly bruised about the body and sustained several deep cuts in his scalp. In i res cuing them Lieutenant Joseph Hayden and Hoseman J. de Meyer of engine 17 and truck 7, respectively, were slightly hurt. \ All the injured men were' taken to the Potrero Hospital, where they . were treated by. Drs. Buell and Stone, rowing to the lack of electricity the work of treating^them wm carried on by candle llgiit, 'Captain Murphy, after he had been revived and his; head had been bandaged up, pluckily returned to his post and remained at the fire until his company had been called in. ."' a half dozen tanks of crude oil built close to the light plant did not exjlpde. because of the fact that the fire was" al most entirely confined to the interior. The fire burned unabatedly' from 6:30 to 8:30. and not until 9:30 was it tapped out." . - ' The plant was a mere shell of four walls and roof, ,with milltons>of dol lars' worth of : machinery within. .The greater part of this was only recently installed.^ The offices of the company were in a separate structure and were not destroyed. . v • -Considerable dlfflculty was experi enced by the flre engines In reaching the scene, because of the . darkness and bad'-roadsX No fresh water. 'could, be had, and it was necessary to run." a line of hoso from the bay. .' President Brltton of the' San Fran cisco, Gas ( and Electric Company stated last night -that the entire plant was valued at : $7,500,000 and that the. losk incurred was fully $2,500,000, partially covered by insurance. . "The central station," he said, "which was de stroyed, supplies all the substations throughout the city with electricity, and through these branch stations dis tributes power for all of San Francisco. The - generating plant, which has been ruined, was supported by auxiliary en ergy ; brought from Tuba and Sacra mento, which was added to at the cen^ tral station to the volume of power generated there. • . . , \u0084 "It will be this auxiliary power on which we- must rely until the burned machinery has been replaced. This will take much time, for part of the gener ating machinery was made' expressly for this plant and will have* to be du plicated to , order. . The connections ;with"the imported current will be made, iin part, by - Wednesday night and we : will supply as many sections of the city with light as possible. : By Thurs day or Friday, if all goes well, we should be an illuminated city again. "v"A : force '"of over 100 "men -is now .'at work making connections with; the .'im ported ptywer and more'then willbeput on -tomorrow. Meantime we will order new machinery at once.". ' ' : . /. - /The Orpheum and the/r Novelty theaters were, able to proceed— with their performances,^in spite of the ex tinguishing of the electric lights. The Van Ness, Alcazar.vAmerlcan and Cen tral theaters were in darkness, how ever. Most, if not all, of the theaters announced they would be running, to night, whether electric - power was turned on or not. , The Van Ness The ater had nearly completed its pipe sys tem for gas,' and an' extra force of men will rush the work to to day, so that gas, if not electricity, will supply Illumination light. '. Jhe per formance at the American Theater, which had to be omitted last* night, will be given, the management an nounces, without, fail 'toniight. The damage and "discomfiture will be widespread ;if > the San Francisco Gas and Electric '^Company "is , unable to" secure power r today. Many ; of 7 the tall office buildings .not only, get their lighting energy from the company, but also power to,; operate their elevators. The Central police station was left in utter darkness. 'There' was no gas\ to burn in lieu ; of electric lights. Candles flickered and did their; best, but only "emphasized the blackness of the cor ridors,;. the .various offices* and the Jail. An extra, force of .patrolmen was de tailed for service InjHhe prison, and orders were' passed not .to let any malefactor Inf:or out ..Bailing out of prisoners was suspended, -and ; \the steel-barred doors were ' neither opened nor shut during;the entire night. /.'Bond and Warrant ; Clerk McCarthy sat in\'the darkness- of 'his office with a sack containing v over'" $600. With ' a guard beside; hlmjMcCarthyspent 1 ; the night :\u25a0 informing^applicants^ ,at > the of fice that there :- would be " no ball money accepted ' untlli it was light to do business. " , _- 951 VanNessAve. , See the glass record rooms at tfre v new store on Van Ness avenue^ corner o>'Farrell' street!- THe finest' j: talking machine i store west : of New York; ; goods sold :at Eastern prices.^ ; See -our special; outfit, $56.ia Company 951 Van Ness Ave.r Con o'Farrell St. BUSSE ELECTED MAYOR; CITY OWNERSHIP LOSES Chicago's- Postmaster Wins Hard-Bought Contwt by 13,121 Plurality [LOSS BY -SOCIALISTS \ Streetcar^ Ordinances Are I Carried by Majority j of 33,126 Votes j CHICAGO, April 2.— Chicago's Post | master, Frederick A. Busse,, the Re < publican nominee, vmst elected Mayor of the cltytoday by a plurality of 13,121 votes; over Mayor Edward F. Dunne, Democrat )\ The total number of votes | cast for Bum was: 184,830 and for ! Dunne 151,718.. .The Prohibition noiri j inee polled* 68 ?5 votes and the Social ist candidate /T5,459. Two years ago. when \u25a0 Dunne was : elected to office, he polled 188,109 votes, and John M. Har lan; the Republican candidate, 138,671. The Socialist vote the «ame | year was over 40,000, and today's vote was a great ; disappointment to the leaders of that -party. , . ' /The new Mayor will have the City Co-uncll with him. The makeup of this 'body will show 75 Republicans. 34 Democrats" and. 1 Independent Dem— oorat. \u25a0\u25a0 ;; /•# .\u25a0 . \u25a0; ;_;\u25a0;; /• . -. \u25a0 . The ordinances settlingr the street car question were carried by a grood majority. ..The total vote on this ques tion was 165,846 for and 132,720 against. According:' to the -latest returns lat midnigrht, the i only Democrat elected outside of ; the Democratic Aldermen chosen was John /E. Traeger, Demo cratic .candidate' for City Treasurer. /The: campaign -was the most 'intense Chicagtffhad experienced in many years. The issues were based largely on the local fraction system. Both parties were agreed that the. present condi tions were intolerable, but differed as .to. the.' best methods to be employed In' revising; them/The Democratic party,; headed by Mayor Dunne, stood for municipal ownership through con demnation.of the streetcar properties if 'the result'could not be obtained in' any other; way.-- The Republican party favored ? ordinances - which were passed recently ; by •a" Democratic Council over the veto of Mayor. Dunne. \u0084 ' • .These ordinances provided for twen ty-year • franchises for the -streetcar companies,- the city retaining the right topurchase the systems for $30,000,000, plus the amount tobe spent for Imme diate -rehabilitation .of the' lines, six months' /notice 'being necessary /for the- city's /intention 'to; acquire the properties.''' The .ordinances also pro vide for. universal transfers through out "the :city, "a 5-cent fare and 65: per cent ' of i the net revenue ? of the com panies to be paid, to the city. The fight for and against the : aaoption 'of these 'ordinances has been exceedingly bitter. They were carried today by a majority of about 40,000 votes.'- / The vote showed a, decided reversal of public opinion on the question of municipal . ownership § compared with the last mayoralty campaign, two years' ago>; The prohibition vote ran slightly, above that. of two years ago, while tho Socialist : vote fell off heavily|L During the campaign charges and '> countercharges were hurled back and forth, the persona.l, lives of the candi dates were . held up to . the public^ and speakers on both sides indulged night after night in tirades filled with invfce tiveand abuse. This disagreeable fea ture, of "the campaign -wa.3 commenced \u25a0when Mayor Dunne* circulated a peti tion - : for a referendum' yoto on the traction; proposition at, the present electlon.V: ; He .^and' his* followers an nounced that; they, had secured 151,000 signatures to thia petition, 80.000 being necessary to place .the . matter before the voters. "Charges r-ere'made by the Republicans that thousands /.of these names had been forged and that the list had been padded in every conceiv able fashion. The assertions were de nied vehemently by the Democrat 3 and the followers of Mayor Dunne, and from, this time- until the end" of the campaign the warfare waa intensely bitter.. . • * GAIJVS PORREPDBLICAXS ''GUTHRIE. Okla.. April 2.— Returns from I Oklahoma and Indian Territory indicate sweeping gains for the Repub licans. In Guthrie the entire Republi can'city ticket was . elected by small' majorities.- CORNELL ELECTED MAYOR KANSAS CITY,- April 2.— D. E. Cor nell \u25a0 (R.) ; was; elected Mayor of Kansas City, - Kan s., t today . over . W. W. Rose (D.) and John Gray (Socialist) by a plurality of about 1000 in a total, of is,ooo.l^f^^^^^^^g^s -;\u25a0-'/'\u25a0 LANDSLIDE IX 3IONTAXA HELENA, : Mont., April 2.—Yester day's : municipal ~ elections ; In- Montana resulted in a Republican landslide, only two cities^ ln" the r State electing | Demo cratic Mayors. / As a rule "party lines isHiiSiiii. . The daily record of fires and emphasizes the risk of 'keeping -important papers I V or valuable personal property" ; in the office or home. Bet- ter^ far to place them in one of bur fire-proof and buir^. - glar-proof safe deposit boxes ;or ; vaults, .where they will be absolutely safe and read- ily accessible at your con- venience.^ . \u25a0 '\u25a0""\u25a0 . _-.. '\u25a0'\u25a0'"\u25a0 v \ * - A - \u25a0 Rates are very reasonable California Safe De- posit and Trust Co. California and Montgomery Streets West End Branch -'; 'ijv -' f 1153 \, Devisadefo Mission Branch; - 2572 MiwionV nr. 22d Uptown Branch -- " 1 740 Fillroore, nr. SutterJ johnjdeaSe . KOTAHY •' PUBLIC Special Care Takes With Depoaltlo&i . and All Lesal Documents. '\u25a0 \u25a0' - ' K»TtixTttut : corner of I Su tter and : •\u25a0 \u25a0;.;;\u25a0 ;V;:'^*>::-;;^tetoerrBtreeta. : ;:.-" vv> ; . HARTiuixD CAaiTAX/rr^ irJo. '• of - Baiti- V mor c— H. B.^WINDSOR 3 & t CO.t"- veni v-;; rngta^r Mutual ; Say.i Bk. .bldg.Temprgjai O. JrAWIJU*E:Y{*; CO^Carrlaiei; 6ual4* Porto Rico in Quality as well as in Name There are plenty of so-called Porto Rican WmsoM dg*™' many of them made of tobacco ||p|||i| grown in' the United States; these brands §||§|p|H v will likely multiply in number since the re- p^||3pM cent increased cost of Porto Rican leafl §ijol^jM That's why smokers everywhere should be 8tp&ll more particular than ever to get the genuine iiililiiiSr *^ I^ s * s one rigz? y ou can c sure is V^^^^^S P° rt P.Ri can m quality as well as in name, plliteiii ma<^ e in.- Porto Rico, exclusively of Porto ||§f|f|§JB The £1 Toros now on the market are finer in quality than ever, because of the f^fliyjPPl unusual excellence of this year's crop in Porto Rico, only the best selections of l£pffili| which are used to make the. El Toro. W&wMM Made in a thoroughly modern factory, I|||||||f with facilities and methods unequalled by N l||||||||r any other manufacturer, El Toro cigars are unquestionably the finest- 5-cent cigars y&lffi Porto Rico has ever produced, Every El Toro cigar is now' banded I so you can be sure you get the genuine. ** costs y° u *only five cents, as always. {ExZTsiuT^ The El Toro is superior to any other cigar shape) sold at 5 cents. : ' ." Ahomadcin pp O rto Rican^Axncrican tobacco /Company Panctdaand . " .' _-*v. • '_. . . „ . , c . Sl«anfactnr«T, Saa Jnaa. Port* • Rle« -• . faneUla *inas g. BACHMA.V A CO- lac, DUtrlbator*. 1 ; : — * • SAW FRAJJCISCO, CAU > - were " closely drawn and a . heavy . vote was polled.- DE3IOCRATS VICTORS IX PUEBLO PUEBLO. Colo., April 2.— Mayor John T. West and 1 tie' entire. Democratic ticket probably «\va3 elected at today's election. ; I REPUBLICANS WIN MAYORALTY TOPEKA, Kans., April -2. — Wlllkim Green (it.) was 'elected Mayor of To peka. today by. a • plurality of about 1500. One Yea* After ' The story of San Francisco's wonder ful progress since the disaster of April 18, 1906, •ia graphically told by text and photograph in the April number of. Sunset Magazlfie. . There- are sixteen beautiful full-page double-tinted pict ures and numerous other Illustrations. It is a great number, and should be read by every, one and sent to Eastern friends. \ .-. • ANOTHER STORM IN NORTH REDDING, April .2.-— Rain began' fall ing again this morning and the down pour continues tonight. The storm la general throughout the north. Warm weather —and .the rain will' melt the snow in the mountains rapidly. I Finest Quality Materials In Women's Regals j 1 THe first reason why Women's Regals preserve • I their true* stylish appearance and correct shape as \u25a0 , long as you wear them is because they are made of 1 the fihest v materials that' can be procured. • I » And when you consider the amount of I Ss&£ hand-workmanship that goes into them— § /&IBmi^ it's no wonder that ..Women's Regals I iBWBBni^ '" 'are perfect in contour. . I - lawfel^^^^^y Quarter-sizes— thai means is as smooth and comfort' iSlif^ nSBB^M able as any custom boot- k $ 4 - 00 ] _. Send for Style Book ; .newest -custom style • "'^^^^^fefc^S^ '• Mail Orders ' \u25a0 fo/ women. Made of finest s^s2^^l -Promptly Filled I Quarter-Slzest \u25a0 STiA $4.00 ,f . ' The large* t retail shoe business In the world. ' J ' ' , 5 . - Stores la the x>riacip*l cities from London to Saa Francisco • . ' * \u25a0-' I, ' t ME.VS STORES CiV FRIVCISCfi WOME.VS STORES | Phelan Building JAn.rKAnVIJVW Phdaa BnQdinE \u25a0> 1 - TBO MARKET ST. \u0084 . TBO MARKET ST:'* •f, 1400 Van Seam Are., c«r. Bosh St. 1400 Van Sc»% At*., cor. Btwh it. • « OAKLAND STORE — 23. Saa Pabfo Ay% 121T Broad Way. . * g — 4 -*---\u25a0 „• — " % *m ISAAC UPHAM CO- / EVERYTHINQ FOR YOUR OFFICE. STApONERS PRINTERS BOOKBINDERS . NOVV PERMANENTLY LOCATED ' • UPHAM BUILDING . 104 BATTERY STREET COR. PINE iBRANCH-COR. POLK AND SUTTER STREETS | LANE DEFENDS PRESIDENT Railroad Men Could Not Have Ex pected to Change His Attitude '\u25a0 \u25a0 WASHINGTON. April 'k— "What did they expect of the President?" inquired \u25a0„ Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce . Commfsslon. when' asked \u25a0 about the statement of the President as to his attitude on railroad legislation. "Did they expect that .he would stultify himself by completely changing his po sition at their behest?, I do n.ot belfeva that- a single railroad president in the country asked or expected anything of the kin<k" " .. . \u25a0 • Lane Is one of the- men on the -Inter state Commerce Commission who are trusted to the fullest' extent by the" President. He' called at. the White; House this morning and had a-. brief talk with the chief executive. : : . \u25a0 ' .Senator Flint called upon the Presi dent today to urge the appointment of • \u25a0W. C. Van-* Fleet of Saa Francisco-, to be Judge, of the Northern District of California. . > .' from the United Stattes to the Republic of Panama In 1906 aggre gated nearly $14,000,-00, as against 33. 000,000 for the preceding year. l • .