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Atlas Gasoline Engines
All Sizes in Stock
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VOLUME XLV.—. .0. 87
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 28. 1910. —TWELVE PAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1865
IS EXPECTED 10
EVEN MORE STARTLING DISCLO-
SURES THAN THE OTHERS
ARE SCHEDULED.
CHURCHES I IN CLEAN-UP
In Hundreds of Churches a Circular
Letter Is Read Urging Attendance
at a Huge Indignation Meeting
to Be Held Some Time
This Week.
riTTSBtiKG, Pa.. Mnreli 27.—The Lenten
•season which ended today lins been too
«hort a season for penitence for Pittsburg
ond It will be continued with promise of
e\eu more startling confessions and dis-
closures of graft this week.
ID several hundred churches today an
unusual feature of the Easter service was
Ihe reading of a circular letter issued by
« civic committee yesterday urging the
cembers of every congregation to attend
% huge Indignation mass meeting to be
held some day this week.
Sermons, too, were designed to arouse
.'public condemnation of such practices as
'jiave been revealed, and on such a text
as "Truth Crucified Will Rise Transfig-
ured," lessons in civic cleanliness, were
Jrawn by many pastors.
NET TO BE DRAWN TIGHTER.
It having been pretty thoroughly es-
tablished, according to District Attorney
William A. Blakel.r's claim, how at least
102,500 was used In influencing legisla-
tion, the source of the money and the
dispensers of it are to be the focus of
<bo grand Jury's attention when that body
resumes tomorrow morning after a two
Says' recess.
A considerable portion of the big bribe
luud Is charged to certain bunks which
Bought to get the city deposits. Thev
succeeded, but it is the desire of the grand
|ury, as pronounced In fts report of Fri-
day last that the bank deposit ordinance
*>e rescinded and the banks, if found
jullty, be deprived of tlie use of the city
money. It is known that some represent,i-
ilves of the banks are to he called tomor-
row to testify.
banks ark under ban.
The six banks which have been named
by the grand Jury as Involved in the
Ki-.ndai are the Columbia National, the
3erman National of Pittsburg, the Farm-
trc National Deposit Bank, the Second
National Bank, the German National Bank
of Allegheny and the Workingmen's Sav-
ings and Trust Comp.uiy. The directorate
of the Farmers National has announced
that it will comply with the District At-
torney's call for information, and »h-»
Second National has prepared a certified
statement which is to be presented to the
grand Jury tomorrow. The other banks
have tnken no action.
It was still unlearned tonight whether
Charles Stewart yesterday, In his talk
with District Attorney Blakely, trjd all
tliat he is believed to know about the men
higher up. Stewart Is a former select
councilman, who was declared by the
grand Jury in Its presentment Saturday
to have been the man to whom $45,000 of
bribe-tainted money was given at the Ha-
tel Imperial in New York.
The city's legislative councils meet to
morrow night. Twenty of the present
nr.embers of the councils nre under lndlct-
ucnt in connection with these graft cases,
(t is expected that some will protest their
Innocence, but the majority are expected
to hand in resignations quite as meekly
as they confessed last week.
SIDE FEATURES.
While the big show continues there la a
lively side feature in the crusade against
ai: varieties of graft and wrongdoing in
Pittsburg. Disorderly houses are being
llcsed up and every njght lately has seen
1 round-up of women In the tenderloin
district.
At a meeting of ell liens In the Fort Pitt
Hotel yesterday, at which a committee
was formed to further the mass meetiug
plan, it was openly charged that the graft
In -the red light district of the city
amounted to $1,000,000 a year.
John F. Klein, whose confession and
exposure of others has netted such a
scandal, has been musiled and'is now
kept In a room at the Fort Pitt Hotel,
pending disposition of his case. He is
under sentence of three and a half years,
tut he came out yesterday In an emo-
tlcnal postcard appeal for clemency aud
aid lor his family. Th'i authorities have
forbidden hlin to give out further public
atatemen ts.
MAYOR PUTS LID ON-ELKHART
Shows People What the Sunday'Blue
Laws Really Are.
ELKHART, Ind.. Masch 27.—Just to
show the public what the Sunday blue
law Is if strictly enforced. Mayor Chester
today closed drug stores, tobacco, fruit
tnd refreshments stands and all manner
of business. He Intended retalihtlon
tgalnst the Ministerial Association,
which had accused him of Insincerity lit
the prosecution of managers of cheap
theaters that have operated on Sunday.
Milk and Ice were delivered today only
In 'cases of absolute necessity. I.lvery
stables and automobile garages were
locked tight and electric, cars to ,nearby
olties were crowded with people seek-
ing amusement.
Mann Refuses to Quit
as Railroad Bill Pilot
CONGRESSMAN .JAMES K. MANN.
As chairman of the committee which has
boon considering the Administration rail -
rond bill, Congressman Mmin of Illinois is
entitled to the honor of piloting it through
the lower branch of CongYess. A consid-
erable number of his contemporaries nre
opposed to that program because of Mr.
Mann's opposition to some features of the
bill, but Mr. Maun stands on his rights,
and friends of the measure see some peril
for it in that attitude.
Mrs. R oosevelt and Daughter Create j(
Pleasant Stir in the Egyptian Capital j|
UNCONFIRMED RUMOR REACHES,
MANILA OF A TRAGEDY ON
BOARD CHARLESTON.
OFFICIALS NOT INFORMED
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
WASHINGTON, I). C., March 37.—
Wfftthfr forecast:
Went Texas: Generally fair Monday and
Tuesday; cooler Tuesday.
East Texas: Fair Monday; Tuesday
fair, cooler in northwest portion; moderate
south winds.
SAN ANTONIO.
Admiral RobIVy D. Evans will be In San
/*ntonln April 8, with the Arthur E Stll-
well party.
Knight* Templars listen to Eanfer ser-
mon by the Rev. J. I>. Yeung at Laurel
Heights Methodist Church.
Mrs. Josephine Rankin falls in aUle of
Travis Park Methodist Church and sus-
tains probably fatal injuries.
Labor unions will send representative
delegation to annual meeting of State Fed-
eration of Labor.
R*v. E. I>. Mounon preaehes an eloquent
sitmon at the Travis Park Methodist
Church.
Many eloquent and timely Easter ser-
mons are delivered In the San Antonio
(hurcbe*.
TEXAS.
Misapprehension In regard to the State
Fire Rating Board is cleared up, that
body being governed solely by law and Is
without power to fix basis for insurance
cxeept upon complaint.
Lumber rate bearing is enfnished, yet
Texas dealers make no move toward push-
ing It to a conclusion.
Electrical engineering department of
State Fnlverslty Is scanned by a <»en«*ral
Fhctrle Company man and is commendeil.
Some doubt exists as to whether the
State Health Hoard will adopt the pro-
posed new code at its meeting today.
Story of building nctivlty In Texas con-
tinues and shows that progress is being
made.
DOMESTIC.
Congressman Townsend will not engi-
neer the Taft railroad bill through the
House, because Chairman Mann want**
that honor, and as he Ik entitled to it
there Is no way of selecting any other
leader.
War between powerful American cotton
hidls and a combination of British spin-
ners begins afresh today.
New York youth charged with murder of
stenographer 13 years old. ntlcks to story
that he Is not concerned in the affair.
Senatorial Jury which will vote on the
bribery charges against Senator Allds in
New York will take first ballot Monday.
Fresh graft stories are due thl» week,
and It is expected Fittshurg will be
«hake,n.
Insurance scandal In New York Is ex-
pected to develop Interesting situation this
wtck.
FOREIGN.
Quantity of lava from Mount Etna de-
creases and prediction is made It will
either burst forth with renewed fury or an
(arthqnake will result.
Official denial Is made flint Frince
fieurge and Crown Prince Alexander of
S« r% la are coming to the t niteil States in
search of a rich American bride.
Rich find In ftonora mining diftrict Is
confirmed.
Cairo eagerly awaits ex-President Roose-
velt's speech this week. In the belief It
will be Impertant from a national stand-
point.
Rumor reaches Manila that eight men
on the United States cruiser Charleston
aie either dead or Injured as toe result of
a gun on the warship bursting while at
target practice.
SPORTS.
Betrolts plaster San Antonio with an-
other large-alied defeat, the score being
12 to 5.
Local amateur and Independent baseball
teams have a gooel Sunday with general |
Improvement In form.
Turners appoint eight captains to head
teams In coming ninepln bowling series
In eighteen days the barrier will go up
on the racing game at Aqueduct, to con-
tinue until tile snow files.
DR. COOK RUN TO EARTH?
Rumor Says Polar Explorer Is at Sis-
ter's House.
NEW YORK, March 27.—Dr. Frederick i
A. Cook, who has been reported about
everywhere of late or "en route t.. New
York." Is. according to the latest rumor,
at the home of his wife's sister, Mrs.
Henry Harvey, at ^feensauken, Cnmden
County, N. J.
Friends of the doctor declined to com-
mit themselves tonight as to his where-
abouts.
Sister Is Not Hla Hostess.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. March 2T.-In-
qulry at the Harvey home at Pensauken, |
N. J., today brought f.ie reply thai I)r. !
Cook was not there and not expected It
was said that Dr. Cook's whereabouts arc
unknown.
He May Land at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, March 27.—It was ru-
mored here tonight that Dr. Frederick A.
Cook Is one Of the passengers on the
steamship AbHngsre*, which is expected
to arrive here early tomorrow from
Coign. No confirmation could be had.
Rear Admiral Mason, Chief of Ord-
nance, Believes, if the Story Is
True, That the Damage Is
in One of the Six-inch
Turrets.
MANILA, March 27.—A report reached
here today that a gun on the United
States cruiser Charleston exploded during
target practice and that eight men 0vere
killed or wounded. The Charleston is re-
turning to Manila from Olongapo.
No details'of the reported accident have
been received here. The United States
cruiser Charleston is the flagship of
Hear Admiral John Hubbard, comman-
der-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet. Her
commanding officer is Commander John
II. Gibbons. The Charleston is a protect-
ed cruiser of 9700 tons and carries* four-
teen guns.
Washington Has No Information.
WASHINGTON, D. O., March 27.-Of-
ficlals of the Navy Department up to
midnight had received no word of the
accident on board the cruiser Charleston,
In which eight men were reported either
to have been killed or injured by the
bursting of a gun. Rear Admiral N. E.
Mason, chief of ordnance, believes that
if the report Is confirmed 11 Ait it will be
found that the damage was done In one
of the six-inch turrets. Steps have been
taken by the department to learn the ex-
tent of the accident.
SHACKELTON GETS GLAD HAND
British South Pole Explorer Enjoys
Himself in New York.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 2T.-Sir
Ernest Shackleton. tive Knglish Antarctic
explorer, who came to the National cap-
ital to receive at the hands of President
Taft the gold medal voted him by the
National Geographic Society, spent a busy
dav Sunday here and left at midnight
with l>ady Shackleton for New York.
After luncheon with Gilbert H. Gros-
venor, secretary of the National Geo-
graphic Society, Sir Ernest went to the
National Press Club, where he shook
hands with the newspaper men of the
capital with true Hoosevoltitjn enthusi-
asm, told them some of the humorous in-
cidents of his Antarctic experience. Sir
Ernst also related seriously some of the
hardships which he and his men had suf-
fered, declaring they only showed what
men could endure when the "grim shadow
of death was ever stalking close l*?Jiind
them."
The French ambassador and Mme. Jus-
serand tonight entertained at dinner Sir
Ernest and Lady Shackleton and the
British ambassador and Mrs. Hryce. The
latter gave a luncheon today at the em-
bassy to Ladv Shackleton. The explorer
and his wife left tonight, declaring they
had enjoyed themselves immensely in
Washington.
FOREST FIRE SWEEPS ORCHARDS
Missouri Suffers From Uncontrolled
Blaze in the Woods.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 27.—Forest
fires In Webster County, thirty miles
east of here, are doing great damage to
timber and farms nearly. Thousands of
trees In the orchards of that vicinity are
said to have been killed by the flames.
The fire has been raging between the
Arkansas line and Hatesvllle, Ark., ^dis-
tance of nearly 200 miles, but is said to
be under control. Valuable pine foia<ts
are reported to have suffered heavily in
tills district.
Forest Fires Ahe Controlled.
PITTSBl'RG, Pa., March 27.—Forest
fires, which have caused considerable
damage In Western Pennsylvania. North-
ern West Virginia and Eastern Ohio,
were brought practicably under control
tonight by volunteer fighters who had
turned out In great numbers today and
were aided by a perfect calm. I»Bges are
reported of probably $100,0>M). The fires
which threatened suburuan property In
this vicinity were completely extinguish-
ed today.
TARIFF PEACE BRINGS JOY
Canada, However, Makes No Great
Sacrifice to Washington.
OTTAWA, March 27.—The news of the
tariff agreement at Washington was re-
ceived In governmental circles here with
satisfaction, which Is not lessened by the
fact that such an outcome had been con-
fidently looked for ever since the con-
fereni c at Albany between President Taft
and .Minister Fielding.
It Is understood the dispatches sent
ifom Washington credit Mr. Fielding
with having made rather more extensive
concessions than have been given When
the official announcemeht Is made, It
will be found that the list of Items In
which Canada will make tariff reductions
will not Include half of the first treaty
list, it Is also understood that any
changes which have been made In the
Canadian tariff as a result of the ne-
fotlatlon." will not he confined tu the
'lilted state* or even to the countries
which now have the most favored nation
arrangement with Canada. In fact, any
changes In the Canadian tariff as the re-
sult ,of the negotiations will he made
general by Canada and will apply to
good* from all countries.
The net result of the negotiation*, there-
fore, will be that Ihe Canadian tariff
will he slightly reduced on a small num-
ber of articles and 'bat Canada will get
the benefit of the United Slate* minimum
tariff.
S 5
INSTEAD CHAIRMAN MANN SEEKS
HONOR—THERE IS NO WAY
OF TAKING IT FROM HIM.
DISAPPOINTMENT IS GREAT
Illinois Man Is Opposed to Some
Features of the Measure and
Therein Some Friends of
the Bill Profess to
See Peril.
WASHINGTON Ii
March
The
llltS. KOKSI VKI.T ANII lll>> KT1IKI. IN ( Villi).
Photo by Paul Thompson.
After traveling thousands of miles to meet their husbaud and father. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Miss Ethel
are in Cairo, Egypt, where they are the center'' of interested kindly curiosity on the part of the natives Mrs Roosc-
velt. has been received by the khedlvuh. aud was the subject of distinguished consideration at the hands of "flic first lady
of Egypt."
HE DENIES GIRL'S MURDER i MORE SCANDAL TO COMEiPfflKTS OF FARM SOAR
NEW YORK VOl TH IS UNSHAKEN
IN FACE OF Pc LICE GRILL.
ONLY SURFACE IS SCRATCHED IN
INSURANCE INVESTIGATION.
FOREIGN COUNTRIES PAY MORE
THAN A YEAR AGO.
Remains Steadfast In Story That He Justice Edward McCall of New York | Bureau of Statistics of the Department
Did Not Know Ruth Wheeler,
Whose Body Was Found
or. Fire Escape.
NEW YORK, March 27.—Albert Wol-
ter, the youth in the fireplace of whose
rooms was found yesterday portions of
the burned body of Ruth Wheeler, the
young stenographer who had been missing
since last Thursday morning, was com-
mitted to the Torrtbs without bail today,
charged with the girl's murder
At a continuance of the police inquisi-
tion to which he was subjected last night
he persisted today in his denials that he
had ever seen the girl, ever had written
to her or knew how her body came to
be on the fire escape outside his win-
dow or why fragments of human feet,
hands and arms were found in the ashes
of his fireplace.
Katie Miller, or Kathen TVIaeller, the
girl with whom he lived, was arrested
today as she approached the house where
the murder was committed. She m s
reading the details in a German news-
paper as she walked, and smiled as she
read.
During a long cross-examination by the
police she held sturdily to a consistent
story that she knew nothing of the crime
until she read of it in the papers.
OIHL DKNIES KNOWLEDGE.
Thursday night, when she returned
from work at the laundry where she
earned $6—and gave it all to Wbltec—
she said she noticed that the stove In
front of the fireplace had been moved,
the firebonru newly painted and a col-
ored lithograph pasted over the hole
where the stovepipe formerly entered.
When she asked Wolter why he had
done this, he had answered that summer
was coming, and they would not need
the stove. She had not even known Wol-
ter hwd received a visitor, she says, until
Pearl Wheeler, the dead girl's elder sis-
ter, had called Friday morning to ask if
Ruth had oeen there. Wplter had denied
it. The Miller, or Mueller, girl says he
was uneasy after the interview and that
sho became Jealous and accused him of
harboring another woman in the flat.
Again lie denied it. Friday morning she
went to work again and that afternpon
WOiter was arrested. The girl was com-
mitted to the, House of Detention as a
material witness. %
Ah autopsy today showed that Ruth
Wheeler had been killed in the manner
Indicated by the first superficial exam-
ination. First she had been strangled
with a rope, and then the hones of the
arms and legs were broken to admit the
body more readily to the narrow throat
of the chimney Why the cuts on the
body were made does, not appear.
When she was shrfwn the night shirt in
which part of the charred body had been
wrapped, the girl positively identified
the garment as Wolter's.
"That letter 'W,' " said the girl, "is
an initial worked on the shirt by Albert's
mother."
She also Identified the gunny sack in
which ihe head and trunk of the vlctJln
had been placed as having been used b>
her and Wolter to hold kindling wood.
CHINA SEEKS U. S. ALLIANCE
In Case of War Washington Is to Fight
Oriental Sea (fettles.
ST PETERSBURG, March 2?.-Th<>
Rech today prints a story concerning a
proposed treaty between the x Tnited
States and China which Wu Ting-Fang,
the retiring Chinese minister at Wash-
ington .will endeavor to arrange. The
treaty, according to the Rech. will provide
thai the I'nlted States shall help China
with her fleet in case of China being at-
tacked.
May Be Given an Opportunity to
Explain How His Name
Came on Check.
NEW YORK. March 27.-The fire in-
surance investigation into legislative
scandals. Involving the expenditure of far
greater sums than any named in the
Allds-Conger bribery case, will be con-
tinued here tomorrow.
"I have only scratched the surface thus
far," said Superintendent Hotchktas when
tile hearings were adjourned last Thurs-
day. "There are other letters to be read,
and they are more interesting than any
| that have been produced yet."
Thus far tlie gold mine of evidence has
'been the letter files and books of the .late
George P. Sheldon, president of the Phoe-
i nix Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
.Sheldon for years was in charge of the
' legislative Interests of the New York
j companies, and his correspondence with !
his Albany agent, William H. Buckley, j
was both voluminous and precise. Buck- j
ley's own opinion of his ability to smother j
legislation and to gain advance informa- \
tlon of court decisions has been very '
modest in his testimony, but in the let-
ters to Sheldon he put a better estimate
on the value of his service. It is ex-
pected that his memory will be still fur-
ther refreshed lf^T* is called tomorrow.
There is also a possibility that Justice
Edward McCall of the Supreme Court
bench of the State, a brother of the late
John' A. McCall, president of the New-
York Life Insurance Company, may vol-
unteer to explain how his name came to
be on the back of a $35,000 check issued
by the I hoenix Fire Insurance Company
to Buckley's order. According to the ex- j
hlblt, the justice signed Buckley's name !
and his own under it. without Indicating,
however, l^.it ho had power of attorney.
DENIES COLQUITT STATEMENT 1
K. V. Davidson Says He Made No Pro
Declaration. .
Doily Expross Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN; Tex., March 21.-R. V. David-
son today gave out the following:
"O. R. Colquitt is reported in the papers
as saying in his Brenham speech 'David-
son has promised to sign any bill which
the prohibitionists send him if thev will i
el»»ct him. I get this from Sterling P.
Strong.'
"1 made no such promise to Strong or
anv one. else, and the whole thing is
false from start to finish."
POINDEXTER FRIENDS CONFER
Evidently Prepare for Rally Next Fri-
day at Gainesville.
i Spf-lnl Teh-gram to Th» Express.
DALLAS. Tex., March 27.—A confur-
! ence of political friends of William
I Poindcxjer was held In Dallas last nignt
and today'. Among those participating
! were T. N. Jones of Tyler, A. H. Hon-
eycutt of Cleburne, members of the
Stat'- Democratic Kxecutlve Committee;
Jesse E Murrell of Gainesville also a
member tf the committee; Stat. Senator
Cofek 01 Gainesville, Judge Nelson Phil-
lips of Dallas and others.
Mr. Murrell said after the conference
that the Poindexter rally at Gainesville
next Friday would be one of the largeet
political meetings ever held in Norrh
Texas.
of Commerce and Labor Prepares
Figures Showing Rise in Price
of Foodstuffs.
WASHINGTON. D. C. March CT.-Ex-
ported farm products of the I'nlted States
are steadily rising in value, while in
many cases the exports of manufactures
show a decline in the same comparative
period. Foreign countries were willing
to pay higher prices in every Instance for
farm products during February this ye ;r
than they were In February a year ago.
The export price table issued bv the
Bureau of Statistics of the Department
of Commerce, and I#ahor shows a long lino
of Increases ranging from 110 per cent up-
waid. The prices given there are exclu-
sive of freights and represent merely the
price at the time of xportatlon.
Taken in comparison with those figures
which are quoted In explanation of the
higher cost of living this newest table
makes It apparent that exported food-
stuffs have advanced abroad as well as
at home.
Salted and fresh beef exported alone
show slight decrease in prices for Feb-
ruary as compared with the same period
a year ago.
WOULD WED IN JAIL'S SHADOW
Kansas City Cirl Does Not Falter
When l^over Is Accused.
CAMBRIDGE* Mass., March 27— Mys-
tery stljl envelopes the relations of
George W. Coleman, the former *!2-a-
week bookkeeper of the National City
Hank, who Is under heavy bond on ac-
count of a quarter-milllon-dollar shortage
of the bank, and Miss Mamie Hightower
of Kansas City, who came East a fort-
night ago to marry him. If the marriage
has tnken place It Is being kept a pro-
found secret.
Coleman took out a marriage license a
week ago and Miss Hightower was quot-
ed as saying the ceremony would be per-
formed yesterday, but when Coleman's
father heard of the plan, he announced
that the marriage would positively not
take place. The elder Coleman is the
principal bondsman for his son in the
case pending against the young man in
the Federal Court, and said toniwht be
believed he would be able to exert enough
influence to stop the marriage, although
the young man was more than 21 years
old.
Young Coleman declined today to say
whether or not the marriage had been
performed.
Girl's Father Hasn't Heard.
KANSAS CITV.'Mo. March 27 -Wheth-
er Miss Mamie Hightower has been mar-
ried to George F. Coleman, the Boston
bank clerk, could not be learned tonight
at the home of the girl's parents Mr.
Hightower said he had heard nothing
from his daughter within the last few
days.
Sapulpa Has $50,000 Fire l.oss.
8APUUPA. OklB.. March 27 - A fire Hint
for a time threatened the business dis-
trict of this place destroyed property
valued at $60,000 this afternoon.
Village Is Wiped Out.
CHARLOTTE. N. C., Manii r.-The
village of Lllesville, Anson County, forty-
five miles east of here was practically
wiped out by a fire this morning. The
loss is about $250,000.
POOR GIRL BANQUETS HOBOES
She Gives i*rifioners in Chicago Jail
an Eaater Dinner.
CHICAGO, March 27.—A working girl
with a salary of~$12 a week today served
an Easter dinner to sixty prisoners at
the Harrison Street police station, the
repast being paid out of n fund she had
accumulated by saving .V> cents a week.
The girl Is Miss Julia Gleason, a clerk i
In a downtown store, who for her work
among the women prisoners has become
known as the ' angel ' of the station.
A dozen policemen were placed at her
disposal when the dinner was ready.
After the dinner Miss Gleason made a
speech to the prisoners, admonishing
them to avoid doing things fchlch would
get them into prison. j
>
; ambition of Representative Townsend of
I Mh hlgan to assume . h.irge of the admin-
istration railroad bill on the floor of the
House will not he gratified, the honor
going to Chairman Mann of the Committee
en Interstate and Foreign Commerce. This
fact developed today and supporters of
the bill. In the form in which it was orig-
inally Introduced by Representative
Townsend and as it now is pending iti
the Senate, are greatly disappointed.
It had been thought the intense opposi-
tion of Mr. Mann to certain features of the
bill, as drafted by Attorney General Wick-
ersham, would make him disinclined to
J « hanipion It. His sin cess in incorporating
i many of his own ideas into the measure,
however, made Mr. Mann willing to ns-
snme the sponsorship. As amended by
the committee all Republican members
i voted for It and there was no way in
i whieh the chairman could he denied the
management of the measure on the floor.
WHAT WILL MANN* DO?
Mr. Maun was particularly opposed to
the proposition for the creation of a courl
I of commerce, and this was retained only
b\ the personal efforts of the President.
Whether Mr. Mann will seek to eliminate
this provision oil the floor is not known.
He is said to be as strongly opposed to
It nM e\er. hut his objections are confined
to his belief that the establishment o»
th*» new -court. iuv-4>Ke>, unnecessary <?\-
pense. In view of the fact that President
Tnft Is hi firmly In favor of the court*
k Is not thought Mr. Mann will make
! an.v move for its elimination from the
I bill.
j The administration Ik looking to the Sen-
ate to save the principal features of the
J f riginal Mil. Supporting the President
ill this matter are Senators Eiklns, Aid-
( r ch, Kean. Crane. Cullom and Nixon of
I the Committee on Interstate Commerce, as
veil as many other Republican leaders.
> igorous assaults upon the measure
: h; ve been made by senators Cummins
; and Clrpp. and it is known they will hare
; the support of m mv others of the insur*
j gent Republicans, as well as a large nuin-
( her of the Democratic Senators.
That the coalition tf Insurgent Republi-
cans and Democrats is formidable is a i
in it ted I y the friends of the bill, and thev
; are now ghlng their •it.entlon to the for-
mulation of amendments which they hope
will harmonize some of the differences.
Mi Wicke^shaui has me: with the friends
of the bill oil several occasions and has
given them his assistance in framing
amendments
ABANDON ELK INS' PLAN.
At one time It v.is planned to have these
amendments drafted and then presented by
Chairman KIkins. That plan his been
abandoned and it i* now expected the
amendments will be parceled out among
cthtr Senators, so that a number may
share the credit of making the new law.
Ti ls scheme even includes the acceptance
of one or two of the amendments favord
by the Insurgents.
Not the slightest consideration is beln£
given by the Senate to the attack of the
Hctifce on the bill The chances are that
when a conference is held the two mas-
ures as passed u 11 resemble each other
very little That being the cast, the a.^t
will have to be made In conference. In
view of the fact that the Senate lias kepi
| In touch with the desires of the adminis-
tration, it is clear that the Senate con-
feree* will he strengthened by the Influ-
ence of the White House.
More force Is being exerted by Seuite
leaders to carry out President faffs vle-sr
on the ral'road bill than on any other
administration bills. It would surprise no
one If the ronservaiion measures should
go over until another session. It Is alia
certain that there Is a hard road ahead
of the Statehood bill, although the Demo-
crat h Senators have given some Indica-
tions of demanding an r.gr»ement that %
vote be had on the Statehood hill, as th#
price of giving an open road to the rail*
rtftd measure.
.RETRENCHMENT CONTINT ES
Appropriation bills are being passed by
the Senate about as rapidly ns they .ire
received from the Howe. The spirit of
retrenchment, which has a firm hold m
the Senate committee, precludes the en-
largement of the bills to any extent, and
therefore there have been no coutesi*
whatever over the measures.
'I he general appropriation bill Is before
the House now and there is in prospect
a sharp question over whether there shall
be constructed two big battleships, or
only one. as the minority of the commit
tee favors. A similar fight will be msde
lu the Senate, where many favor cutting
down the appropriations for the navy and
a i my.
The postal savings bank bill is expected
to come out of the House committee with-
in a few weeks. There is considerable
sentiment in favor of amending It so as
to Insure the keeping of funds lu baului
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