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DIAZ, A CZAR
WITH NO LINE
OF SUCCESSION
Reyes, Mexico's Next Strongest
Man, Is Kept in Back
ground
President Plays Politics With
out Preparing for Nation's
Future Needs
Chaos May Follow Death in
Rise Against American
Influence
After Diaz what? He has surrounded
himself with able men — but not too
able men. He is as quick to retire an
ambitious partner as Andrew Carnegie
or Marshall Field was. This partially
explains his success) and why there is
no one to take his place.
The oldest member of his official
family is his minister of foreign af
fairs, who also served in the cabinet
of Juarez, the father of modern Mex
ico. Don Ignacio Martscal is perfectly
safe. He has never coveted the presi
dency. It is worth going to Mexico
to meet this charming old gentleman, a
.picture out of early Victorian days,
with his hair done over his ears in a
roll. Disraeli fashion.
. . "Yes, I've been with General Diaz
.SO years," he says, "but then we knew
each other pretty well in the days
when. we were having so much trouble
with those Frenchmen who wanted our
"country, but not as much, they found,
•as we wanted it ourselves — so -ivre
kept it.
"Every time the general is re-elected
I go to him and say: 'Excellency, it is
quite scandalous. I'm a regular old
fossil. Think how mean it is of me
.never to give any of those young men
\u25a0 a chance. I am going to retire.' But
. the general says: 'We old fellows will
.ask those young fellows to wait a lit-
Ue longer. I can't get along without
.• you.' So I remain and feel much
ashamed of my selfishness. Yes, Gen
eral Diaz and I have been in harness a
long time, and since Mr. Fish and I
used to exchange dispatches you have
had a greafc many secretaries of state
In your country."
• MAIUSCAL A DIPLOMAT
. Some of our secretaries may think
•they have scored a point on him, but
I refuse to believe that they haye — a
• single one. When Don Porfirio Diaz
J and Don Igr.aclo Mariscal put their
heads together there is not much that
.Ihe youngsters of 50 and 60 years
.teach that venerable pair.
• -'-Don Igrnacio has, kept relations run
,.ning smoothly with the northern
neighbor and made the approved Cas
-.tilfan bows to the other nations. He
can be so candid without saying any
thing that you think he has given you
the key to the archives. Oh, he was so
sorry that Mexico could not allow us
; a" coaling station at Magdalena bay,
bat that wa s against the constitution —
'the serviceable constitution which Don
Porfirio discards at will. And Don
Ignacio was equally sorry not to per
mit any small arms practice ashore —
but .there, again, was mat bothersome
•constitution. We couldn't break our
•constitution, could we, Mr. Root?
.Hardly.
Diplomacy, winning the favor of for
:,eigr. nations for the discredited Mex
.ico of 30 years ago. has been the ally
of Jose Yves Limantour, the master
.mind of financial Mexico. Of course he
•has been called the greatest finance
minister in the world." Certainly no
\u25a0 one. unless it was De Witte for a short
time, has enjoyed anything like the
'..power which has been his for 15 years.
lie would be impossible in any other
country. How long, for example,
\u25a0would the businessman of the states
"or of •western Europe endure a system
• of Etarnp taxes according to the amount
of" business done, -operAng his books to
government agents, while' land never
paid a penny? One-third of the rev
enue comes from stamps, of which for
eign capital pays a heavy share. Li
mantour still works with an outrage
ous and archaic system of taxation, al
though he has a free nand.
• Congress does not bother him with
.questions. He need not fear public
criticism. Eighty per cent of the Mex
icans are too unintelligent to under
stand or consider such a thing as a
fiscal policy. Without even the inter
ference 0/ a board of directors, he is
responsible only to Diaz, whose wisdom
says "Steady." and- "Go Ahead." He
could undertake a policy in the cer
tainty that be could see It carried
through, rather than with the expecta
tion that a successor might reverse
It inside of six months or a year.
OWES LIMAXTOTO MUCH
It is the sum of what has been done
in bis long service that pays a tribute
to the man rather than t6 the nation.
He has put Mexico on a gold basis and
her bonds at a premium. He has spent
out of the money he has borrowed from
abroad over $30,000,000 in improving
and building harbor works at Vera
Cruz, Salina Cruz, Manzanlllo and Tain
pico and $8,000,000 on the drainage of
the valley of Mexico. In five years
the government receipts increased from
543,000.000 to $55,000,000. while the ex
penditures only increased from $38,
000.000 to $49,000,000. His balance for
1-907-1908, the panic year, is $14,000,000.
He can.say to his fellow countrymen,
as Warren Hastings said to parliament;
that he is amazed at his modesty when
he considers his opportunities. A rich
man when he took office, he will be
much richer when he retires.^ It would
be expecting too much' that "he should
not have a busy brother or father in
\u25a0law. Relatives are indispensable In
Mexico, as they are in Central America;
Brother Julio is in on the ground floor
of many corporations, and so is the
son and other relatives of General Diaz.
It was for -Diaz to say who should
build and who should own the 15,000
miles of railway; to permit the estab
lishment of banks; to make the grants
\u25a0 of hundreds of thousands of acres in
single tracts; to give the rights to
vast mineral wealth and the use of
water power. Limantour is his right
hand man in dealing with* foreign cor
porations; and every governor of a
state where a concession is can lay
•some tribute, in his turn. _
Of course, Diaz himself, has a great
fortune. But he lives simply; his taste
is for power, not for extravagance.
And he has set a limit to official com
missions. They must not be rapacious.
Unlike Central American dictators, who
'-•\u25a0'go for the carving knife If there' is a
\u25a0 'speck of gilt on the eggshell. Diaz
' .nurses the goose, and even - feeds her
- a little .gold dust by way of - encour
" agement.
• a third member of the cabinet Is
MEXICO'S RULER DURING SWAY OF POWER MAKES
NO PREVISIONS FOR NEEDS BEYOND OWN LIFE TIME
Ramon Corral, who*- Is; Important , be-'|
cause he Is vice president rather than J
as minister of . the interior. ;H( ii .the*;
agreeable good . fellow, one of tnany. '
men of a type of negative ability, in
Mexico, whom Don: Porflrio 'was sup
posed to be training, to. take his place
at the end of the present term. The
nature of the training, is • somewhat
obscure.
3131 E. DIAZ A FACTOR • - ' '
There is an ex-officio member, of the
cabinet, perhaps the most important of.
all. The gosip of the capital' always
speaks of Mme. Diaz as "Carmelita,"
"What is' Carmelita's -view?" ask the
courtiers. She is -the young ; wife,
daughter of ~an old Spanish family, ',
some 30 years the president's junior,
of quite a different type from the first
Mme. Diaz.
But for her training they say, that
the uncouth captain' of militia would
never have developed the grand dignity
and fine manners which are essential
in a Spanish speaking country. ..The
softening of Don Porfirio's attitude
toward the church is due to madarne, I
am told. She is a devout, church
woman. If a raid of any new brother
hood or sisterhood is planned the
monks or the nuus" concerned usually
receive warning in time to depart.
When Don Porfirio proposed to re
tire five years ago Mme. Llrnantour was
confident enough of- her husband's
chances to tell some friends one after
noon that soon they j should have tea
•with her at Chapultepec. Some busy
tongue carrlea"- tbe' news to "Carme
lita," who sent for. one of, the presi
dent's oldest friends, a"' general who
had fought by his side, and . said:
"Don't let up on Porflrio until he
promises to stay." -, « - «<-, , . •
That at least is the story.. Don Por
firio has been about to retire almost
as many times as \Bernhardt. In 1904
the_ length of the president's term was
changed' to six years and this pres
ent one, ending November 30, 1910, was
to be quite his la6t. , The > far " seeing
well wishers for Mexico- hoped that it
would be in fact. They wanted to see
a successor established 'under a wing
of his prestige while his advice was
within call. ;
But the men who' desire~this' would
never say so to his face or publicly.
No newspaper advocates the idea. From
the country rises the call for him to re
main in office," voiced by all the foreign
capitalists, by his office holders and by
business and political . optimism. So
history repeats itself even to the part
he plays, for he does not silence the
speakers. In 'answer to his country's
demand, just as he did on other occa
sions, he has decided to reconsider and
accept a re-election.' .
DIAZ HIS OWX CRITIC
No statesman in the world has re
ceived so < much . flattery. The only
criticism he knows Is that of- self. No
country has , had busier press agents
than this, where foreign capital has
so much at stake. Favors as well as
•pay await the writer who comes to
boom Mexico. On 'my way down I
bought a book called "Mexico of. -the
Twentieth Century," and In it: I read
that, although Diaz, had often been
compared to- Washington and Lincoln,
he was undoubtedly greater;' than
either.
The author's eulogies know no limit.
He is a type;of the- "paid "write, up"
English journalist, . and , the mining
companies did; exceedingly well by him.
The day after I arrived I found, in -m^
box at the hotel an' lnspired, biography,
of Diaz, containing a list with, photo
graphs of all the decorations ; ; he; has
received from foreign nations: \u0084 This
was not the custom of .Washington and
Lincoln. ' c . '-,'\u25a0•'"• S f&Jr'sV;
It would be>surprislng if the*presi-.
dent's vanity. 1 <Hd not .'increase .with
age. Once. you have been; to Chap'ulte-^
pec it is easy to. understand 'why* Don?
Porfirio can not bring hlms i elf-at-78-t6;
leave the castle he has occupied 'tor
nearly 30 years.* Of jail' official ; resi
dences in either it; Is the
most picturesquely situated. ' " ;•\u25a0 • "
The location 1 ' must *glv.e an' occupant
the Intoxication of*, power. \". It r towers,
over its surroundings' 'as' Dlazstowers
over all the other -. statesmen \u25a0 of ; Hex-
Ico. On that' rock . where-Montezuma.
ruled, -which Scott's veterans stormed,'
are the president's* summer residence
and the' Mexican WesfPoint-^-the maW
and the' arms. From the long colon
nade you- look -across 'the "ilty,:» well
paved, .well policed," made : modern .'in
Diaz' time, * toward ; Popocatepetl in. Its
splendor and •majesty.; . -- I \u25a0•;* *<. ;^v*;;-' ;
HAS TIME FOR. VISITORS
In the well" arranged day 'of ; the
president there' is always time' for for
eign visitors. Men are- the documents
of .administration, in ihis; personal^ rule.
If you wish , a quoted -.with
him you must 'submit your, list of ques
tions to: the foreign^office,? and when
he and Senor Mariscal are ..through with
them there is a lot of commonplace an
swers which throw no 'new flight- on
his administration; or on the eternal
question of what will happen after his
death. %S&3Sf3£&3Bg£l '\u25a0 \u25a0
Mr. Roosevelt or Mr.v Taft .would: re
ceive a score of callers while , Diaz is
receiving one." Spanish' formality has
developed Into ,e-custom which 1 ? is not
royal but > is much nearer if* than that
of the White House, "where you go
into the president's v offlce ' by ' appoint
ment or take .youriturn ln^line'ln'. the
cabinet room. " At Chapultepec you .wait
In a Maximilian chair In *a Maximilian
antechamber, while you chat .with, the
pattern plate "young, aid, whoUsi suave
politeness and, I fear,' In thejfit ;of -his
uniform makes : our White- liouse aids
appear -frowsy and; abrupt. .^ : For r he, 'is
European— Spanish courtesy {plus ' Ge
rman training. ,; * \u25a0 •\u25a0 ; '\u25ba .
When your turn comes he, heads the
way, to 1 the big salon, a door, opens and
the most absolute = ruler/ in Christendom
comes forward with \u25a0 a. step as light as
Admiral Dewey's.." He' Is ."as; erect fa's
one of : his cadets, : - his \ head • borne ; well
back, '. with that, leonine^ expression*^ "of
the portrait s which ,-; is ;the \ favorite 'i of
his; people. ;• Don ' Porfirio '; Is '? about -the
height , of theVadmlraL'^withr the same
sweeping^ white mustache and a" dignity
which'- Is -something- more^than Cas
tilian — possibly, Indian. L> ; i ;
L 'lThere?is"nonelof:that;dis"aPDointment'
ITHEgSAN yRXNUiSCav GAIaL; THURSDAY;>EEBRIJAR^ 25; 1909.
Leading Candidates. for the: succession to the Mexican presidency and
:.. . : , -\u25a0- the- "ex-officio. member of the cabinet."
\u25a0 Of the men who today are looked upon as the most probable successors
to Diaz, Limantour, for; 15 years .minister of finance, wields more' in/tuence
in Mexico than any other. man except the president, his strongest opponent
being General "Reyes; now governor of Nuevo Leon, who is popular with the
army.,- Marisca},- Mexico's veteran diplomatist, has been assooiated with
President Diaz from the outset of. the latter's career. Vice. President Corral,
whom the. president was supposed to have trained to be his successor, is
now;put: of • the running. Mme. Diaz, known as "Carmelita," exercises, so
powerful an Influence. over her husband that she is recognized as the "ex
offlcio member of the cabinet." - \u25a0
so usual* when -prestige and position
have buildup a; figure .only to dwindle
to an ordinary Jooklng man on close
observation: After what" you have seen
of Mexico, Diaz is vrp—to expectations.
The sense \u25a0\u25a0 of ; power and command of
men. is there, inherent and impressive
at the first glance... ' ./
If : you -\u25a0 saw - Porfirio Diaz in the
street or in a car you would remark
him'ais' a. man- who,* if he' had' not al
ready; fought his way to a place in the
world, must "have ; the 'capacity for "it.
Break out of the commonplaces of such
interviews with some vital question
that arouses ' him, and that carved
square 'jaw rises and ' the black eyes
burnln'a way that suggests the Indian
flerceness**of his. solaler days. -
He'grows proud of his years." When
I remarked that he - was 77, he . inter
rupted me \ promptly \ with "Seventy
eight on > my. next which is
day after tomorrow." He owes his good
health 'io: his Indian "constitution and
simple, living. His? routine of' life Is
as- severe \u25a0as a monk's, his-. food most
frugal! - Formerly he took a horseback
ride 1 every- day;! but,' convinced of the
danger/of'a fall," he gave it up.
He is an old'man^— a very old man—
who "'will/ remain;- in* the saddle to, the
last -'nibment,. because -\u25a0power ' is - his
breath of life. "But he is far too good a
Mexican ever' to have had any thought
of /"after me the'drt'uge." "He' ; is "pa
triotic, ;n6ti erotic ' like "the -hacienda
owners— a man {of - tlie . soil.'.' 'He * has
taught '. his, array— howj \u25a0 successfully
none tJ cah*. tell-^that 'its loyalty :is .not
to a'persohbut' to the constituted head
of the state; 'he-hasi'sdught ,to
nation' of Mexico, so ingrained wjth na
ttpnallsm that^ 1 1 .would not b« dlsmem-;
beredr.to-hold = the- friendship 'of .the
United 1 , Statek arid '.Vet! ' build" uj> : an
aTrriy .which ; would any - attack a
forbidding ,' task: ( - 'r ' :.. " • , - -
MBXICOjSTILIi'-A'CHILD. ._ . " ,
Wherever' he t is . accused, of -subyertr,
ting' the* constitution': his answer.is;al
ways 'ihe. same : •/ t ','Suppose | you - had j^a
son ! of l lo . and the insisted -on
giving -Vhim'v a man's suit; of./ clothes/
Would 'j you y 4 let '.Him':.. wear Uhem?; v'Or ;
would>*you . put > the; suit «away, ; telling
him that' he could haye^itwhen'he was
growri'?7.K.' , \u25a0•\u25a0 » ' \u25a0,' . J
American critics of; one. man, power
in Mexico \u25a0 forget th^t""" they, T come -f rpm
a country ,where>e^f r government has
become second through \cen-;
turles: <5f training \u25a0* to^a r country- where
paternalism.h as been .second nature
equally'long. 'Americans and' Mexicans
whb"^go ! north across -the 'yKfo , Grande
alwTiys • speak \u25a0 of <go!ng,-frb"m- the: "re
public. to the "states," asl if the states
were^-noti b.9 republic,^-,.; .No-" American
ever^makes a correctioniby, saying: that
both 'countries; are: republics, t I/asked
lnivainWfbr \u25a0, an "explanation | the dis
tinction. - : Its ; orlgl nv.may; ; be \ satirical.
In« all his • talks in later years ' Don
Porfirio 'does • not to } say; that
the constitution" has beens observed only,
in form: .It< is evidently, clear ).to him
that 'the \u25a0 boy is ? n6wise l ; ready . f or , that
suit £of ? man's 7; clothes: iXlndeed, :i,th.e
slowness : of. the ; boy;s growth 'is prpb*
ably the cross of 'his career. * Sixty,; per
cent xof^his -people Jare jstlir;unable : to
read i and wrl te. IV i ' : - 1 ,\u25a0 '
The state;of Diaz's health is a: thing
to «be quoted ,in..the/streets. the /streets'. like: the
price 1 of; stocks.'! "Give 'us- fourf'or/ five
years » more -of him,", "as' one American
V'and I hope to s.beVout/ofi Mexico
with! my ". fortuned". .This \ 'generally
speaks the 5 hope of everybody "who Is
willing "i- to' leave^ the- bridge crossing
till he -comes r tor it. f r -\\: i, ','., '.; '-;, -\. '\u25a0'•\u25a0; \u25a0
ii'IMANTOUR'.' JEIEADS iCANDIDATES
Can:,' Mexico v exist one > man
power?" Few thlnlc'soi^ls'anyToneiraan
i n - si ght ! ' equal'?; to t the*? job? >t* Has •; any,
other? the^ genius v and .balance! of tDon
Pornr,io? -. r . Has -j Llmantour ? '/*•\u25a0{ Probably
he "comes! the . nearest/to* being l an f all
roundf;statesman; ; -4HO i Is; agreeable j to'
the 'great "financial' interests.],'. His":^star
is \u25a0 ati present ; i h\the j ascendant.":. He "no
longer • < ;misundersta*nds~^ the \u25a0? nature i s ; of
Don , P.orflrio's^retirements. : r ?Hef wajts.
~ls - ItCof nil? i A-weak;man; all agree;
"a ?: perf ectly -isaf c ; one .' to f^pU t » in y."traln-"
ing.'vVt{ls : it^Enfiqufs*Creel,>la.tei am--'
bassadorj to * and-} gbvefrior
of vChihuahua,^an|attractiye > "personal
ity," broad Vmi nded jVn'd'; progress! veV- and
an.- l exceUentp"dJplomatist,':. r cWhOv;*was*
withdrawn from j,Washingt6n-;r.shortly.
after some fool friends started a presi
dential boom? But none has any real
political following in a country without
personal followings, as it is without
parties. . \u25a0 . '
Limantour is the : son of a French
man; Corral a creature of politics in
the capital; and \u25a0 Creel \u25a0is half gringo
and-lives on the border, says the peon
on the trail. In y any reckoning you
may not leave out; that great mass of
Indians who, have been .used so long- to
a ruler with: native blood in his veins,
one who is almost a god to them. They
may be ignorant, but that only makes
their prejudice the easier for agitators
to play. on.
Another man is General Bernardo
Reyes, \who was" once :mlhister of s,war.
He failed. to see how gently Caesar put
aside that crown' and had ambitions, of
his 'own. .So .he" was sent out- to. the
cacti as governor of . Nuevo Leon, one
of those northern states far away from
.the rheart, of -things at the' capital and
near to that, hated borderland, "which
makes it easy to say he-is under gringo
influence. Reyes learned his lesson.
His; voice was one of the loudest this
time in calling, for Don Porfirio to take
an eighth term. With a gallant career
as a soldier to his credit, strong and
fearless, r Reyes is popular with- the
army. He>has. a little Indian blood—
and the strain might' grow for the
peons'^ sake- — and he,- too, j waits. -
, Though lacking the .wisdom of Diaz
and" his gift for placating all interests,
a fairly clever statesman, -with the suc
cession assured to him, ought to- hold
his' posltidn. vAt his- command are a
well equipped little army- and. the'ef
ficient \u25a0 rurales (constabulary) \and the
network- of- railroads and telegraphs,
which Diaz .did -not welcome' for their
industrial ' value- alone. They make
autocracy easy." The wire: instantly
brings word of riot orirevolt;: the' rail
hurries.the medicine to the .spot.
RIVALS; MAY* FORCE COMBAT
Wlthtth© same Instruments a legatee
would .conduct 'his own election. . The
use of v the>ballot,as a means to their
end, 'lsT unappreciated by. the people.
But what if : the';arm^; and the rurales
fail' to; respond \u25a0to the man at Chapul
tepec; I f/a^, LI man tour; at; Chapultepec
should^ find- that Reyes had the itroops
with him; ;if began : in all
parts ,of .the country? . Thestake is a
kingdom with \*an ; income which only
the;; king's ' moderation -names. .These
rivals, rimy; each i.try. their /strength till
one; is found .strongest— till .one has a
following/- sufficient • to ' keep him in
place. ; ' , * . :/•' -.' - ! . : "•\u25a0.'. ' /:
; Orthas Don-PorfirJo made a political
will 'i which i Mariscal will produce and
in which all v is arranged?,; Perhaps. 'But
the power ot \u25a0> Diaz's - word when he is
dead;may. not;be that of Diaz living.
One; 6f r the,critical* moments of modern
histbry.willibe here whehthe flag is at
half /mast .on- Chapultepec ; and one' of
the>mbst ofjgreati govern
mental r and-^humanv problems' will - be
ready for; solution: 'And Mexico is ; bur
neighbor-r-arfact ;whfch,^ more .than.a ny
other, ';will;l make J the .Mexican' pause
andtthlnk:beforo-he-;riots.- ~
BANK'SvDEPOSITORS WILIK
RECEIVE FULL AMOUNT
Officials Will- Liquidate Without
Sacrificing /Securities
; ;\TONOPAH, Ney.% v Feb. »24.—Develop
ments \u25a0" today : point /toward depositors ;in
the Nye : Ormsby_ county bank - receiving
dollar for' dollar. ; : Large depositors 'are
satisfied % that \u25a0•.?. the* bank- 1 ? officials &'will
liquidate ywithout" sacrificing
or, embarrassing 'debtors* and ?are will
ing ; to- 4 give-: the bank & plenty , of;' time.'
Small , depositors, - con trary.;to? the ? usual
custom, Tare? not ? howling, over j misman
agements of j the"bank's . affairs, -but^ex- 5
press' faith ons the 1 part 1 of, Hhe t bankersr
Vice J.;J. McQuillan stated
today v that Sr every i stock -holder :-'of.", the
institution, . /would -;i receive -Mback'^the
original amount paid t for, the stock: and
then^there; would >be alarge-surplusiin
the ; treasury X andlr that :.thia f would? be
done-; without,ciembarrassmentv to; any
one/;.'.* \u25a0"-">' \u25a0'.\u25a0"/ \u25a0;' "V-VJ : '' .' .'"\u25a0" ' • 5--~ ; -'V' :>\u25a0-->
MINE t PLANTERS i AT.. CALLAO— CaIIao, Feb /
24. — Tho iUnlted « States i mine i plan ters !,Klnit)?o]<J
und which ' are j proceedlnu * from '-New
Yorkito San ' Francisco, has 'arrived at Callao. ,
PRESIDENT'S PAY
IS NOT DOUBLED
With Party, Lines Obliterated^
Several Aniendments Are
'./•.'.'. Rejected
Feb. 24. — With- its
war' paint on, the - house,: of representa
tives today defied the senate _by re
jecting ,its amendments to the legisla
tive : ; appropriation bill providing for
salary increases for the president, the
vice i president, - the speaker, the r: judi
ciary," and for the creation of the offices
of under secretary and fourth" assistant
secretary of .state.' Party lines were
obliterated - completely.
Not before during the" present con
gress : has the speaker been' compelled
to: wield his^ gavel with such- force -to
bring : about order as today. Of parlia
mentary tangles there many, but
the veteran presiding officer emerged
with his r decisions undisputed^ . '
NIGHT SESSION HELD
After • six hours', discussion the bill
was* sent back to. conference. So much
time wd? consumed that a night session
was made necessary for the discussion
of the sundry / civil J appropriation bill.
After the amendment allow
ing the president^sloo,ooo had been re
jected,, an unusual . scene., resulted.
Members scrambled ; for recognition \u0084to
make various motioqs. .The speaker,
unruffled by his besiegers, held that a
m .tlon by Watson (Indiana) to \u25a0" re
cede from the amendment- and amend
it so as to make; the salary $75,000 was
preferential.': The amendment was car
ried, 163 to 149, amid, republican ap
iPlause.^. ' '\u25a0;;." v;::'v ;::' ' ,-v \u0084,,'C V.; '
The amendment will make the presi
dent's salary equivaent to the present
salary,, plus the $25,000 heretofore al
lowed him for traveling expenses, the
latter appropriation being stricken out.
CREATING , TWO OFFICES \u25a0.! .:'•\u25a0
" A long debate was precipitated by
Blngham - offerfng an amendment to
the : senate amendment' designating the
proposed hew official of the state de
partment as "vice" secretary Instead of
"under" \u25a0 secretary and - reducing the
salary from $10,000 to $7,500. Strenu
ous objection and ridicule' came from
all sides. /- \
The charge was made that the United
States was trying to ape foreign pow
ers. The amendment was. vigorously
supported ." \ by Watson (Indiana),
whie Mann. (Illinois), in opposing
the creation of, the offices , of under
secretary and ; fourth asistant secretary,
maintained that it was simply another
way of giving office. to two more men.
The ; house rejected the whole-amend
ment arid all remaining; senate amend
ments pertaining to the state depart
ment.
The next battle was .waged on the
senate amendment increasing the . sal
aries of federal judges. -Finding them
selves in "a helpless minority, the con
ference committee moved a nonconcur
rence in air the amendments. 'This
action was taken and the bill- sent
back to conference.
RENO ASSEMBLY PASSES
ANTI-GAMBLING LAW
Bill Prohibiting Gaming in Ne
vada Carries by Large Vote
CARSON CITY, Feb. 24.— The much
talked over and argued anti-gambling
law passed the assembly this afternoon
by a vote of «27 to 20. At the conclusion
of the vote andbetore it had been an
nounced. Dodge ' or Washoe, who ,has
been fighting for the bill, and Raycroft
of Armsby changed their votes in order
to give notice of reconsideration. This
made the final vote 29t0 15. «.
, The first fight on the bill was in the
shape', of amendments. Folsom and
Dodge offered a number of amendments
—one > i^iat the time be extended to De
cember 31/1910. This was defeated by
a vote 'of 25 "to 21.: From that time on
the fate of the bill was known. Dodge.
Folsom, 'Small. Neill' and Brooks spoke
against the measure, while Berry, Al
len and Lunsford spoke for it. •.
There- was" considerable, contention
when the bill was considered engrossed,
the speaker ruling" that it only took a
majority Instead of ,a ; two-thirds: vote
to carry. The bill as passed carries the
amendment offered by the majority of
the public morals committee, which ex
tends the time of operation from Sep
tember, 1909, to January 1 of the com
ing year. --.' .. ' .-
The friends of the bill claim 14 votes
for thenieasure- in the senate. As it
requires only 10 < votes in that -house
it seems certain that the bill will be
come a law and Nevada go on .the list
to abolish gambling.
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BIG ATLANTIC LINER
AGROUN D M AN Y HOURS
Kaiser Wilhelm II Stuck in Mud
in Gedney Channel
; NEW YORK, Feb. • 24.— While ; trying
to grope her way into .'New York har
bor? through a blinding fog today, the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm 11, from Bre
men, ran' aground on the edge "of .Ged
ney channel 1 and was stuck fast for
several hours. - There -were nearly 1,000
passengers on board. . ..; As the, bottom
of the .bay was either mud! or sand, it
isv believed ythe steamer, suffered no
damage. 'The accident was reported by
wireless.- The steamer was floated soon
after \u25a0 noon : and an attempt was made
to take her out 'through the \ channel,
where she might anchor in open water
until-: the fog lifted.
DRUGGISTS KNOW -
BEST COLD CURES
THEY USE THE MOST SXTO^
OESSFUL THEMSELVES.
Many Druggists Use Chamber*.
lain's Cough Remedy in Their
/ Own Families.;
'Everyone resit realize the dangers ftttend"
ing a severe "cold/and that it is always pru-
dent to remain in doors until the danger is
past.'; \u25a0 Many,' fewever,; do faot' feel able to
lose the time and will be interested in know-
ing the quickest way to break up a cold and
to avoid ; the dange rous consequences which
60 1 often^follow^Druggista 1 who 'handle" all
kinds ? of medicines and are familiar • with
prescriptions 'of 4 the ? best rphysicians,^ know
which medicines are the naost successful, and
when : in need of. a j medicine for: their own
use wilFoffa>urse'chooße^the one which' ia
likely to be the moat "prompt . and most ef-
fectual. It j has ,been r observed .that" many
druggists 1 use Chamberlain's Cough "Remedy
themselves and !in "their families, and \take
Pleasure in " testifying" to its gSod qualities."
Mr. :E."iM.. Lyons,' the heading [druggist of
Uroadhead, Wis, says: t"l ' have sold Cham-
berlain's 'i Congh \Remedy for tha! past ifive
years and ; have yet to hear of the first'ease
it has not relieved.^ I would not be witfiout
it ia taj own home."- " •
BEN TEAL'S WIFE
COMMITTED TO JAIL
Woman Suborner p! Perjury in
Gould Divorce Case Sent
v to the Tombs
• \u25a0-\u25a0 ... . .-?\u25a0.
: NEW. YORK, Febi 24.— Mrs. Margaret
Teal, charged with attempted suborna
tion of perjury in the Frank J. Gould
divorce suit, was ' committed to the
Tombs prison today by Judge^Foeter,
She has heretofore been out under
$5,000 bail.
\u25a0-\u25a0 The witnesses Include Mrs. Julie
Fleming McCabe, who Was indicted
with Mrs. Teal, and Detective Mousley;
Blanche Hale, a manicurist, who said
she was asked by Mrs. McCabe to' sign
a false affidavit in the case, and Mrs.
Margaret Falk, a dress maker, who
testified that she was approached with
a similar! proposition..
Was Wife of W. J. Toomey
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Feb. 24.— Mrs. Teal,
when she lived in St. Paul-about three
years ago, was Mrs. Toomey, v wlf c of
W. J. Toomey, then private secretary
to J. J. Hill. Toomey was divorced from
his wife, and then left the employ of
Hill.
Mrs.. Toomey later "brought a breach
of promise suit against a prominent
St. Paul physician.
The Brass Bowl
CA- By Louis Joseph Vance. The original cdi- PA.
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Boys' Smart New Blouses
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Collapsible Leather Go-Carts
To Sell Specially Priced
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< this; coming 'season^ -Grocery Department.
FALL FROM SHAFT
FATAL TO WORKER
Cement ; Finisher Plunges Head
Foremost Down Seven
Stories to Basement . rxA
A misstep ; while Intent on his worlc
at the tup of an elevator shaft in the
Doe building: yesterday sent John Nel
son, a cement finisher, plunging to an
awful death- seven, stories below.' He
landed on his head in the cement base
ment.'- \
The Do? building is located In
Kearny street near Post.- Nelson and
two ot!ier3 were working at the top. of
the "sh^ft. but his companions knew
nothing* of the_aecldent until a shriek
from the failing nan warned them of
his horrible fate. /-An emergency'am
bulance was summoned, but Nelson was
beyond all lielp and died on the way
to the hospital..
He' was 45 years old and lived at
1923" Herman street. South Berkeley,
with his wife and young daughter.
He wa3 formerly employed at the
Berkeley boiler works.
Nelson's foot evidently caught In
something. when h3 fell and this turned
him upside down. ' His body remained
rigid and he plunged like a swimmer,
missing obstructions on the side as well
as boards that covered half ot the
shaft on the main floor as he fell.
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