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CLEAN PAPER
FOR THE HOME
VOL. 1—No. 156. THE WEATHER—Cloudy; Showers.
RICHMOND, V A., W E D N E 8 I) A Y, A U GUST
3, 1910.
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POPE IN DANGER
Portugal May Unite With
Spain Throwing Off Yoke
of Vatican
ALFONSO WANTS
ENGLISH ADVICE
Plans Visit to British Cousin
Though Court Etiquette
* iMust Be Trampled
* Upon.
LISBON, August 3.—Indications to
day axe that Portugal will soon follow
the example oT Spain tfl severing dip
lomatic relations with the Vatican
and will Inaugurate an active am
palgn to divorce state affairs from
domination by the Catholic church.
Portuguese officialdom has been
complaining for months of what it
considers the undue influence of the
Vatican In Portugal’s Internal affairs,
while the Vatican Is said to have con
sidered that, for a country as strongly
Catholic as Portugal, the government
was behaving toward it In a curious
ly unfriendly manner. The Spanish
rupture has brought the Portuguese
situation much more to the fore.
The local tension culminated re
recently wh£n the Pope, disapproving
of the tone of the Portuguese Fran
ciscan paper, “The Voice of St. An
thony." directed Cardinal Merry L>el
Val to order the Bishop of Braga to
suppress the Journal. The paper sus
pended publication. The Portuguese
government promptly issued a royal
decree strongly ensuring the whole
proceeding, on the ground that the
Vatican had infringed upon royal
prerogative by failing to submit the
papal order to the King fo. approval.
It Is significant that the Pope, since
this Incident, has rejected. In succes
sion. the Portuguese government's
nomination of two distinguished poli
tician* as sucessors to Renor Antas.
who recently died, as ambassador to
the Vatican, No successor has yet
been chosen, and the opinion is be
coming general that the post will
never again be filled.
The friction between Lisbon and
Home Is believed to be due in large
part to the Influence of Spain
Nerd* Advice.
I«ON’I>O.V, August 3.—Members of
the British foreign office practically
admitted to-day that King Alfonso's
trip to England at this time is not a
pleasure trip, as announced, but is
seeking advice regarding the departur
seeking advice regarding the desper
ate politial situation that has arisen
In Spain as the result of the rupture
letween the government and the Vat
ican
King George owes a visit to Al
fonso. and it is highly improbable
that the Spanish ruler would break
the iron-clad royal etiquette and tislt
a foreign ruler "out of turn" unless
the situation were urgent. It Is con
sidered highly Improbable that, even
were Alfonso's trip to England In
order from the standpoint of eti
quette. he would not t»ave during such
it crisis as now confronts him. Queen
<• Vtctojfa, It is said, is accompanying
Alfonso In order to help out the ap
pearance that the trip is for pleasure.
New standard of IMplnniacjr.
PARTS. August 3.—King Alfonso
and Premier Canaleja*. of Spain, are
setting a new standard of Spanish
diplomacy In the row between the
government and the Vatican. In the
opinion to-day of Krench government
officials. The real power in the con
troversy Is believed to be Canalejas,
but Alfonso is working with him in
such a way as to cloak the inner
movements of the government and at
the same appear himself as the cen
tral figure.
It Is declared here to be a case of
Madrid outgeneraling Rome. Alfon
so’s visit to France, where separation
of church and state has been accom
plished, and to antl-Catholic England
and Scotland is counted a fine bit
of diplomacy.
But the big thing, It Is conceded,
was Alfonao's departure from Spain
at this time. Had he remained in his
capital. It Is believed that the Pope
would have brought such powerful in
fluences to bear that he would have
been forced to yield and dismiss Ca
nal ejaa.
This was what the Vatican wanted
above all else, as the premier is de
cidedly anti-clerical, but with the
Cortes tjot in session the only way to
reach Canalejas was through Alfon
so. The latter avoided embarrassing
interviews by departing from Spain.
Alfonso’s interviews with Premier
Briand and Foreign Minister Pichon,
relative to the quarrel with the Vati
can. bring smiles to those French
statesmen who know how- familiar
Canalejas is with the entire church
situation In Spain and with the
French separation law. The premier,
it la said, does not need advice from
any source and Is really pulling the
strings.
All of Alfonso’s interviewing of for
eign officials, however, is done with
the utmost secrey, as he does not wish
It to appear that he is In the least
alarmed, and is only engaging in a
pleasure trip, according to his ver
sion. The King and Queen are stop
ping at the Hotel Meurlce In this
city. They will go on to England this
evening.
To Prevent Disturbance.
SAN SEBASTIAN, August
Twenty thousand “ soldiers are' ‘being
quietly mobilised tn this city to pre
vent any disturbance at the big Catho
lic demonstration planned for next
Sunday. It is expected that at least
150,000 Catholics will take part in the
protest against the government*!
action toward the Vatican.
The demonstration was originally
planned as a direct protest to Kina
Alfonso, who has been spending the
summer here. Had the king remain
ed here and received the visiting dele
gations It is probable that the demon
stration would have passed off quietly.
But the king’s departure from Spain
has Incensed the Catholic population
and he is being accused of cowardly
avoiding a meeting with ‘the Catho
lics.
It is feared that this new turn may
cause the protesting Catholics to en
gage in violence and the government
Is determined to prevent this at any
jr
MEDICAL BOARD
FOR DR. AUSTIN
Accused Physician Will Be Ex
amined as to His Mental
Condition.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
ROANOKE. August 3.-—In the Cor
poration Court to-day Judge Staples
appointed the following medical board
to examine the mental condition of
J»r. S. A. Austin, Indicted for murder
and criminal malpractice: Dr*. A. J.
Black. W. H. Saunders and Joseph
A. dale. It is claimed that Austin Is
affected by an Injury received In fall
ing from a train several years ago.
GIRL CAUGHT IN
ACT OF STEALING
I Grav< Charge Against Ethel
Payne, But Fourteen Years
Old.
TAE AXYT11ING IN BEACH
|
Alleged to Have Picked Up Purse*
and Other Things Left in
Beach of Door.
Caught in the act of stealing from
I one residence and suspected of having
i stolen money and valuables trom
I homes In different parts of the city,
a fourteen-year-old girl, who gave
her name as Ethel Payne and her
I residence as &20 South Fine street,
, was detained Wednesday morning by
Mr. R. W. Jones until the arrival of
a policeman who preferred charges
against the child, taking her first to
the woman'e compartment In the First
Police Station and afterwards aend
ing her to the Associated Charities
where Dr. Buchanan will care for her
I until Thursday.
The girl, a pretty little blonde, who
■ does not appear to be more than four
i teen, the age she gave. Is alleged to
have gone Into many homes and to
have stolen from almost every one. It
I Is alleged that she wuold ask for em
! ployment and while the servant went
for the mi*tre8a or some one else the
| child—for she Is scarcely more than
; a child—would pick up any article she
' thought was valuable, secret It about
her person, and leave the home when
she was told there was no employ
ment for her.
said have been Ethel went to the
home of Mr*. Slaughter, 30* South
Laurel street, where she stole $1. This
I was reported to several In the nelgh
torhood and the police had been told
1 that a white girl was entering homes
In the West End. Policeman Belton
, was assigned to this beat. He dis
covered that a girl had entered sev
! eral homes In Harvle street and In
j one or two Instances picked up purses.
; He continued his search until Wed
! nesday morning.
A telephone call to the Second
station at »:30 Wednesday said that
Mr. Jones was holding a little girl
at his home. No. 6 Harvle street,
i Officer Belton went to the number at
! once and brought the girl to the Sec
| ond station There Is no place In the
1 upper district for the accommodation
j of women and the youthful criminal
I was sent to the First Station, where
she was detained for only an hour or
| so. Dr. Buchanan, of the Associated
Charities, was sent for and took the
girl with him. He will be responsible
I for her until she appears In police
court. Only one charge Is against
her at this time. That alleges that
she stole 37 cents and sixteen two cent
postage stamps.
Under the recent aot of the legls
; lature the girl cannot be prosecuted
i nor can she be confined in a cell. She
i will likely be sent to the Home for
! Olrls at Bon Air.
After being arrested by Policeman
| Belton the girl claimed her name was
| Ethel Brown. She maintained this
i until she reached the station house
I when she said her last name was
Payne and that she lived at the above
! number In Pine street. A patrolman
j was sent to the number to inform
the mother of the child of the arrest.
UNDER AIR-SHIP
Loses Control and [Machine Goes
Over Backwards—Man Will
Hardly Recover.
NEW YORK. Aug. 3.—Crushed In
the wreck of his monoplane that he
was trying out preparatory to a flight
at Mlneola, L. I., to-day Dr. Charles
Walden was critically Injured. It was
necessary to saw the frame of the
machine apart before the unconscious
aviator could be taken from the deb
ris.
Walden In a monoplane, designed
and built by himself, was rounding
the aviation field at a speed of about
30 miles an hour, getting headway to
! raise his plane In the air. The wheels
struck a rut In the track, and the Jolt
fore the steering levers from Walden's
hands. The machine turned a com
plete somersault backward. burying
the aviator In the wreckage.
GIVEN TEN’ YEARS
FDR TAKING ITCH
Samuel Owens Convicted of
House Breakinf and Given
Long Sentence.
Convicted of breaking Into the home
of Wiliam Turner, a negro, and steal
ing a gold watch. 8am Owena, anoth
er negro, was given a ten year jail
sentence by Judge Ingram, sitting for
Judge Witt in the Huatlng court Wed
nesday. The negro attempts to prove
an alibi but the Jury refused to be
lieve hie story.
BELIEVE CHIPPED
CONFESSED CRIME
Inspector Intimates as Much
in Brief Interview But
Won’t Tell
ATTORNEY OFFERS
TO DEFEND HIM
Friends Put Up Money and Em
ploy Counsel to Look After
Interest of Dentist—Told
to ISay Nothing.
(jl'KBEC, August 3.—lisiixi
tor Drw granted a brief Inter
view this afternoon to the new »
|kai>er men, In which lie inti •
mated that Dr. Crippen hail
made a full confession to him <>!'
tile murder of Ids wife tn lam
don. Dew declined to go Into do
tails.
MONTRK.U., Ql'E., August 3.
—A special dls|u>teh from Que
bec nvvluvl hem this afternoon
stated that Dr. t'ripprn has made
a complete confession of ills part
in live death of Ills wife. Hello M
more, to Inspector Dew. Xo de
tails of the alleged confession
we f made public, and tlie report
is discredited her*', owing to tlie
fact tiuu It Is known tliat tlie
Scotland Yard man lias made
little attempt to •‘sweat" Ids pris
oner. and because of the furtlier
fact tliat Crippen tuts engaged
counsel.
LONDON, August 3.—"There is lit
tle doubt that we will be able to iden
tify the body as that of Mrs. Crippen
when the Inquest Is resumed." This
statement was made to-day by an
official of the criminal Investigating
department of Scotland Yard. He de
clared that the proof would satisfy
any court or Jury. Only a few days
ago the authorities had seemingly de
spaired of proving the identity of the
body but evidence has been found of
late that apparently removes this fear.
Scotland Yard denies any knowl
edge of a reported confession by Dr.
Crippen. now In jail In Quebec. Owing
to the well-known secrecy of Scotland
Yard, the denial Is received as a mat
ter of course.
Arthur Newton, a criminal lawyer
of London, whose offer of legal ser
vices Crippen Is reported to have ac
cepted yesterday, is already at work
on the case. He denies that there Is
the slightest proof that the body found
tn the cellar of the Crippen home Is
the American dentist's wife.
Awaiting Developments.
QUEBEC. Aug 3.—With a bibtc and
| half a score other books to keep him
f company. Dr. H. H. Crippen to-day
settled down to await further devel
i opponents inhts case, confident that his
! friends In England and I-awyer New
ton who has been retained by them
! would take care of his interests. The
' London dentist is closely following the
; Instructions cabled by Newton that he
refuse to discuss the case with any
• one. and as a consequence Inspector
j Dew, of Scotland Yard, w ho has been
I hoping to obtain a confession from his
1 prisoner from the physical collapse
that followed their arrest on the liner
Montrose. The girl is more lightheart
! ed and happy to-day. She was much
j encouraged when she received a cable
, gram from London telling her that
her parents had engaged counsel for
her.
, -
I
CHARLTON MAY
NEVER BETRIED
Though a Confessed Wife Mur
derer He Will Probably Go
Free or to Asylum.
NEW YORK. Auk. J.~- Although a
confessed wife murderer. Porter Charl
ton will probably never be tried for
the crime. The forty day time limit
in which Charlton might be extradited
has expired and Italy has made no
! request for hia custody. The decision
! of the State Department that such
time of the 40 days as was covered by
Charlton's requested postponements
should be eliminated and that he is
still extraditable, could not have been
■ known to Italy, which probably still
! believes that the time has expired.
If this Is true, there Is believed to
; be little chance that Italy will put In
j a formal claim for the prisoner.
, When Charlton was ln^t In court.
I both sides agreed that no action would
I be taken looking to his release before
; September 20. It is probable there
i fore, that Charlton will remain in Jail
until that date and that Insanity pro
ceedings will then be instituted by hla
father.
EMPLOYES PLEASED
Will THE TERMS
Tt Will Bp Sent Homo and
.(st ion of Freight Will
"Be Relieved.
BUFFALO. N. Y„ Aug. S.—Striking
employes of the Grand Trunk Rail
way at Fort Erie and Brldgeburg to
day expressed themselves as well sat
isfied with the terms of the settlement
arranged by their representatives at
Ottawa
The troops are still on guard, but an
order is expected to-day returning
them to their barracks. There are 2,
000 cars of freight at this end of the
line -awaiting shipment into Canada
Will Build Garaga
A permit was issued by the Build
ing Inspector Wednesday to E. H.
Ounst. to build a two story brick
garage tn the rear of 2001 Monument
•venue to cost U.200.
OUST BALLINGER
TO JVE ™
Insurgent Victories Said to
Have Convinced Taft That
Secretary Must Go
RECLAMATION OFFICER
CHORTLES IN HIS JOY
But Richard Achilles I sos Short
I’glv Words When Ask
ed About His
Resignation.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Aug. 3.—
"It'* all damned nonunw." In this
way does Richard A. Ballinger, sec
retary of the interior characterise the
Beverly story to the effect that Sena
tor Murray Crane, of Massachusetts,
had asked him to resign at their Min
neapolis meeting at the West hotel
Monday. Ballinger passed through
Minneapolis to-day on his way west,
j In the smoking room on the Great
i Northern coast train hr said: .
‘‘You can deny that most emphat
ically. It’s a mean contemptible lie,
without a grain of truth.”
Then Ballinger told about that
mysterious Minneapolis meeting with
; C'rane.
“1 want u» say hum! einpluUieaJly,"
lit* shouted, "tliat not a single word
Iw.>sed the Ii|>s of either Mr. Crane
or myself relative to myself or ntjf per
sona la ft airs. We discussed the poli
tical situation in tlu- west and affairs
In general.”
Ballinger says he is on his way to
Seattle but will stop over at Glaeler
National Bark.
Party at State.
WASHINGTON. Aug 3 —The news
of the sweeping victory for the In
surgents In Kansas added to-day to
the general credence given here to the
announcement that President Taft has
decided that Secretary of Interior Bal
linger must resign to save the reg
ular Republicans from general de
feat.
Dispatches from Beverly telling of
Senator Crane’s mission, received here
yesterday, attracted much attention
and were reiterated and amplified that
there is no doubt that Crane Inform
ed Ballinger at Minneapolis tnat he
would have to resign before October
! 1. explaining that political exigen
cies required it.
It was learned here that Ballinger
ha* been definitely Informed that Sen
ator Nelson's Investigating committee
-by a majority of seven "regulars" to
five “Insurgent*" and Democrats—will
give him a complete exoneration of
the charges brought by U. R. Glavls
and Gifford Plnchot. There will be
two minority reports, but the admin
istration has pointed out to Ballinger
that the majority report will be the
j official cfge, having a majority of the
entire committee as Its sponsors.
“Snakes” Gone.
At the Interior department there
is a varied situation. Ballinger has
succeeded in removing most of the so
called "snakes" who were known to
be loyal to the Garfield regime, but
among the lesser clerks and stenogra
phers a change of administration Is
awaited with pleasure.
The officials, however, are mostly
j Ballinger men, and they discredit the
! story that Taft ha* decided to let Bal
■ Unger go.
| The resignation of Ballinger would
! mean a general re-organliatlon of the
i department and would have far-reach -
! ing effects In other ways, for Ballinger
1 as advisor to Taft has succeeded In
establishing many of his followers In
: office.
Perhaps nowhere was the Beverly
report received with more pleasure
I than at the reclamation service, at the
I head of which is F. H. Newell, whom
! Ballinger has long classed as a “snake."
but whom he has not yet been able to
remove. No statement or comment
whatever could be obtained from any
official of the service, but the attitude
of Ballinger toward Newell is well
known, and Is a matter of public rec
ord.
George Otis Smith, head of the Geo
logical servey and acting cwi.r of the
bureau of mines. 1* a strong Ballinger
supporter. It was charged that Bal
linger objected to the much urged ap
pointment of Prof. Holmes, of Pitts
burg, a* head of the mines bureau be
cause Holmes was a Garfield sympa
thlxer. At Ballinger’s suggestion, Taft
consequently put Smith in temporary
charge of the new bureau.
THREE MEN CONVICTEO
OF ATTACKINS SAUNDERS
Two Made to Pay $25 and Cos)
and One Find $5—Result of
Denunciations from Pulpit.
ELIZABETH CITT, N. C., Augus
3.—Convicted of taking part in tht
attack upon W. O. Saunders Sundkj
night after the editor hat been de
nounced twice from the pulpit of ‘hi
Blackwell Memorial church, O. K
Gilbert and A. F. Toxey were finer
$25 and costs and J. H. Fastortleic
was made to pay $5 and a share oi
the costs by Judge Sawyer. Pbilti
Sawyer, accused ’with the trio, wm
acquitted.
Attorneys Leigh, Thompson, Eh
ringhaus and Aydlett, representlni
the defendants, argued that Saunderi
provoked the trouble by Bring his pis
tol into the crowd which had follow
ed him to his home and that the mcl
was Justified in returning the fire
State’s Attorney I. 14. Meekins in
slsted that Saunders did not shoo
until after the mob began tiring. an<
that If he did shoot Brat, he had i
right to do so if he feared bodl);
harm al the hands of the crowd.
Great Interest was manifested ii
the trial of the accused. The atmo
sphere was permeated with tenslt:
and further trouble was feared, tu
did not materialise.
Saunders will be tried for catryini
• dangerous weapon.
I MAY JOIN DOWN AND OUTS I'
SeereVary of Interior,
Pine hot.
Richard Achillea Ballinger.
whoee healsaeons to have been punctured by Parle
SWANSON RETURNS
JO CHATHAM HOME
New Senator Takes Dinner at
Westmoreland Club and
Chats With Friends
—
BEN OWEN WRITES
| IMPRESSIONISTIC STORY
| _
Gonial Secretary to Governor
| Wield* Facile and Graceful Pen
| After Presenting Commission
to His Former “Boss''.
Senator Swanson was In Richmond
again Tuesday night, taking dinner
here and transferring to the South
ern train going to Chatham.
The new Senator chatted with
friends an hour or more at the West
moreland Club, but declared he had
j nothing to say for publication at this
I time. He left Richmond for Chat
I ham shortly after 9 o'clock.
■ Mr. Swanson received his commis
: slon as I’nlted States Senator from
| the hands of Ben P. Owen, secretary
! to Governor Mann, and who served
I in a similar capacity while Mr. Swan
1 son wae chief executive. The story
( of the presentation of the commls
! sion Is best told:
By Ben P. Owen.
• ■•t’U .. T '>14. j
! from Virginia wu In Petersburg Tues
! day morning, on his way to Surry
Courthouse, where he had an ap
pointment to deliver an address at
the unveiling of a Confederate monu
] ment. He had come from Chatham
1 by the way of Lynchburg, having only
a few hour* before leaving home re
I ceivcd a telegram from Governor
I Mann announcing ,that the successor
to John Warwick Daniel would be
j Claude Augustus Swanson, ex-member
of Congress from the Fifth district,
and ex-Governor of Virginia.
“The junior I'nited States Senator
was in fine feather. In fact, this is
, his character!* uniform, and this Is
one of his assets that has given him
such a successful public career.
"It was no new thing for me to see
him in fine trim, and ready to en
rapture and to charm a concourse of
Vlrginlnlans upon & venerable court
green, for I had known him before
he was a United States Senator, before
he wga a Governor of Virginia, be
fore he ever served in Congress, and
when_he was a college youth at old
Randolph-Macon. Therefore having
this acquaintance, 1 determined to
make a special study of his features
when I handed him the high commis
sion just entrusted to his keeping by
Governor William Hodges Mann.
Informal Occttskm.
1 The occasion was not a formal
I one, but, on the contrary, exceed
' lngly informal. I had for four years
| daily handed him commissions to sign
I appointing other men to positions, or
i correspondence for his signature to be
attached thereto, but this was the
; first document of another kind. There
were a few of his warm personal
friends around him when 1 said: 'Sen
ator, I am instructed by Governor
‘ 1 Mann to deliver to you personally
j .this very htgh commission, which
makes, you a United States Senator.'
1 Then that smiling face, beaming with
j an admiring friendship, and fairly
1 bristling with almost boyish glee, un
* der a recital of gubernatorial experi
ences, gave a sudden relaxation, and
’ then I saw him as I was wont to see
J him In his more solemn and serious
moments. The expression had chang
ed. Joviality passed from his features.
' not like the slow passing of a sum
mer cloud, but rather quickly—like a
' lightning flash. Whoever saw those
. bright, those dauntless eyes, of Claude
■ Swanson when in the presence of a
' listening crowd can picture In Imagi
. nation how they looked when they
scanned those confiding words in the
, commission he, himself, formally cre
ated when he sat in the Governor’*
'f chair three years ago.
Grave and Solemn Vein.
“I watched his expression closely.
KANSAS BY STORM
Heads of Stand-Patters Fall
by Wayside—New Men
Going In
MISSOURI IN LINE
WITH CHAMP CLARK
Returns Tea Democratic Con
gressmen, Among Them Champ
Clarke—Taft Much Out
Done.
TOPE1CA, KAS., August 3.—An in
surgent landslide struck Kansas In the
primary elections held yesterday and
returns to-day show that Governor M.
R. Stubbs, insurgent, was swept Into
the renomination for governor, while
six of the eight republlacn congress
men nominated are insurgents. R. J.
Hopkins, the insurgent candidate for
lieutenant-governor, is running well,
and his nomination Is predicted.
Only two congressional districts are
in doubt. They are the first and third,
the strongest stand-pat districts in
the State. Both factions claim vic
tories in these districts.
The congressional nomination re
sults so far are:
First district—In doubt.
Second district—Alexander Mitchell,
progressive, defeats Congressman C. F.
Scott, stand-patter.
Third district—in doubt.
Fourth district—Fred Jackson,
progressive, defeats Congressman J.
Miller, stand-patter.
Fifth district-—R. R. Rees, progres
sive. defeats Congressman W. A.'-Cal
derhead. stand-patter.
Sixth district—I. IJ. Young, progres
sive. defeats Congressman Reeder.
Seventh district—E. H. Madison, in
surgent. returns uncontested.
Eighth district—Victor Murdock,
insurgent, returns uncontested.
The insurgents still believe they
have a chance to defeat the incum
bents In the First and Third districts.
Anthony and Campbell, with McNeill
and Crandstone.
Governor Stubbs was nominated by
an overwhelming majority over
Thomas Wagstaff. the stand-pat can
didate.
Against Cannon.
WICHITA. KAS, August 3.—Vic
tor Murdock, insurgent house leader,
renominated for congress in the
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
ASKS ALL ABOUT
i TOE BLACK HAND
Col Roosevelt Deeply Interested
in Workings of The
Mafia.
j, WIKKS-BARRE, PA.. Aug 3.—The
Black Hand, the Mafia and "Undeslr
able" citizens generally among the
foreign element of Northeastern Penn
sylvania were Investigated to-day by
ex-Presldent Roosevelt.
The colonel was astir early, accom
panied by Father Curran, John Mitch
ell, Lawrence Abbott and a party of
newspaper men, who trailed him In
automobiles, journeyed to Plttston,
arriving there, the party allowed the
colonel to go on ahead, and he at
once plunged Into the Italian settle
ment, which has often been the scene
1 of murders and “ other Black Hand
j outrages. He evinced keen Interest
| In the Mafia, the death dealing Italian
i society, and wanted to know all about
; rite Black Hand.
The party then mad ea tour of In
spection of the entire valley, going
through coal breakers, foreign settle
ments, miners' homes and factories.
Following luncheon at the home ol
Father Curran and another tour ol
Inspection, the party will be enter
tained at 4he home of Albert I^ewis,
the millionaire lumber king, at Beat
Creek, at dinner to-night.
Roosevelt will leave for New Tork
U I 4. M.
BROKEN PLEDGES
DISGRACE PARTT
Iowa Insurgents Refusing to
Endorse Taft or His
Administration
IS GIVEN HOT SHOT
BY SENATOR CUMMINS
Declares That -Repudiation of
Promises and Moneyed Alliances
Have Corrupted Republican*
ism Into LTnworthiness. 3
l»ES MOIM.S, I .A., Aug. 3.—With
an open, ret .collation of tkm
Payne-Aldrich tariff law, Senator A.
H. Cummins, leader of the Senate tat*
siirgcnts, to-day Hounded the battle
cry of insurgency a* temporary chalr
man of Lite Iona State Republican
convention, Cummins not only did
not apologise for, but glorified In, Ml
vote against the tariff bill.
"If tlu-re had been an lioneat at
tcni|it to lix duties according to *1m»
oust of production, I might hare
yielded to my clew on the question
of fact," Mild the Senator In defend*
Ing his ow n Republicanism, "but tbett
was no such attempt, and I, for OOC,
refused to follow, and would rvftlSQ
again to follow Aldrich, Payne, Hslb,
lodge, Cannon and I>alxeU into a
Hneerlng, contemptuous, open repudia*
tion of my jiari-j platform."
Administration on Trial.
For the first time In the history ot
the republican party In Iowa, a State
convention Is In session to-day, wltlt
the endorsement of a Republican pros*
Sclent and a Republican congress M
the only Issue.
erg in Congress, in opposition to ths
measures of President Taft.
The district caucuses were held
early this morning, resulting in the
selection of a resolutions committee
composed of six progressives and live
standpatters. The majority platform
will endorse Taft for "good Inten
tion*'' only, and then laud to the
skies the Insurgent senators and con*
gressmen from Iowa.
The minority of the resolutions
committee will have •a .report to pre
sent to the onventlon which will en
dorse Taft and his administration and
the republican leaders of the nation*
endorse the administration of Gover
nor Carroll, of Iowa by name; en
dorse the Payne-Aldrlch tariff bfll
and endorse the Iowa senators la so
far as they have aided Taft
The minority report will probably
be killed after a hot debate by *
majority of at least 200, for the pro
gressives are in the saddle. All the
State officers except a justice of tha
Supreme Court and a superintendent
of public instructed were selected at
the June primaries, and the nomlna
i tlon of these officials is overshadow
ed in the Taft and anti-Taft light
Denounces Regulars.
I The key-note speech, bitterly de
! nounctng the "regulars" for1 violating
; party pledges, charging them with ap!
Liance with selfleh Wall etreet Inter
ests and upholding insurgency In nit
Its points of contests, was delivered
by Senator Cummins, temporary
r>hulrtrtar> V.i __ I—___s.it.._
chairman, being In part as follows:
This convention, although compos- ‘fi
i ed wholly of Republicans, is the otrt
| come of a political struggle carried
: on with exceeding earnestness In ev
ery county of the State. There iffy-4
| be a few delegates who are hereby”!
, accident, but substantially all of yon
; are here by design. A conscious ptav®
I pose is behind you and a clear ohlfrsS
gatlon is before ydu.
1 do not pretend to be able to look
far through the mists and uncertain
ties of the future and mark with pre« >
cislon the path in which the party /f
will walk; but remembering that fra|
came Into existence as a protest|
against the Inaction of the whlgs
the mediaeval tendencies of the Dew- *
ocrats. and remembering, too, that
for more than a half century It has I
been the progressive party of the '
Union, I cannot permit myself to
doubt that the party of Uncoin, ot :
Grant, of Blaine, of Garfield, of Me-..
Klnley and of Roosevelt will rise tri
jumphantly above the clouds of It* - j
! civil war and be in the future, as -fin®
"imi more, tne insurgents, led ,
by Senators Jonathan H. JDotliver and
Albert B. Cummins, will, unless alt v
signs fall, withhold this endorsement |
from the administration and approve i
of the Insurgency of the State’s lead