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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
Tuesday, July 16,1907*
ONLY THE LAW PREVENTED E. H. HARRIMAN GREAT SUMMER EXODUS PROHIBITION PASSED IN
CONCENTRATING ALL ROADS IN HIS HANDS BEGINS FROM NEW YORK
INTERSTATE
MISSION GIVES
COMMERCE
HISTORY
SAYS HE WILL ANSWER IT.
WASHINGTON, Julj
ras made public today by the Inter-
tate Commerce Commission of its in-
wltb the following printed In bold type
at the head:
“ •Confidential. To all Newspapers
This report is released for publica
tion on Sunday morning, July 14, 1907,
and not before.’
"It is deemed good politics to attack
me. But I can stand it much better
than the people of this country can
stand that sort of procedure on the
part of Government tribunals charged
with the duty of impartially adminis
tering the laws.
“I shal study it carefully and have
something to say about it later. But
COM-
| The San Pedro line, running from
OF 1 Salt Lake City, through Los Angeles,
j to San Pedro Harbor, on the Pacific
HARRIMAN’S POLICY AN DOPER- j coast, projected and begun by Senator
'Clark as na independent line, which
ATIONS—HE DENOUNCES IT AS Hardman stopped and absorbed.
POLITICAL. DOCUMENT ANdL,„^ c ^'VL!^/"uo^;
FULL OF MlSSTATEMENTS-HEjlncM'Pir^^ pac ,„ c
Route.” running by two routes from
San Francisco to Los Angeles, and
j3. a report! thence through Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas and Louisiana to New Orleans,
with many extensive branches.
The Centra! Pacific “Ogden Route,” I from what I am told it is full of
qulry Into the railroad operations of running from Ogden to San Francisco strange misstatements of fact. For
Edward H. Harrlman and of the oper- an d f r0 m Roseville (near Sacramento) example, in reference to the Chicago-
ations of the so-(}alled Harrlman lines j to the Oregon State line, with several Alotn. it says that I caused about $12,-
of railway, which has been in progress branches. 000,000 to be credited to construction
for several months. The report, which > The Oregon and California Railroad, expenditures, in order to find an ex-
was written by Commissioner Frank- | running from Portland to the Califor-icuse for borrowing money to pay divi-
lin K. Lane, Is the unanimous expres- i nla State line, which, with the Central dends. As a matter of fact, that was
sion of the commission on the subject. 1 pacific’s "Shasta Route.” connects a written recommendation made by
Copies of the report have been trar»e- j Portland with San Francisco. President Felton, when I was in
mitted to President Roosevelt and to j jn addition, the Union Pacific con-
the department of Justice. It Is ex- I trols every*regular line of trans-Pacific
pected by the commission that it will: steamships operated out of the Pacific
be determined by the President and coast ports south of Puget Sound: also
Attorney General Bonaparte, from the the Pacific Mali Line, plying between
ement of facts set -out in the re- san Francisco and Panama; and the
Morgan line of freight and passenger
carriers, operated between New York
city, Habana, New Orleans, and Gal
veston.
Mr. Harrlman may Journey by
steamship from New York to New Or
leans, thence by rail to San Francisco,
across the Pacific Ocean to China, and,
returning by another route to the
United States, may go to Ogden by
port, whether the Government will In
stitute any sort of proceedings against
Mr. Harrlman or the “corporations in
volved in the inquiry. No recommen
dations arc made by the commission
that either criminal or civil prosecu
tions be Instituted.
Exhaustive Summary.
The report Is an exhaustive sum-
try of" the evidence adduced at the
several hearings held by the commit- : any one of three rail lines, and thence
sion Jn the course of Its inquiry. It to Kansas City or Omaha, without
enters fully Into a discussion of the 1 leaving the deck or platform of a car-
pollcy pursued by Mr. Harrlman In j rier which he controls, and without
obtaining and maintaining control of I duplicating any part of his journey,
the various line* of railway in the j He har further what appears to be
Harrlman system and presents a fairly | a dominating control in the Illinois
complete history of the operations of I Central Railroad, running directly
the various lines. Excerpts from the [north from the Gulf of Mexico to the
verbatim testimony Harrlman are'Great Lakos. paralleling the Missis-
Riven to show, as stated in the re- 'sippi river: and 2,000 miles west of the
It;
port:
“That It Is only the law which pre
vents the concentration into Mr. Har-
Tlmnn’s hands of every railroad line
plying between Canada and Mexico, is
the frank admission Mr. Harriman
himself madp at the hearing. To gatli
er under one head all existing trans
continental lines or as many as possi
ble, and to exclude the incoming of all
competitors, became manifestly the
Harrlman policy; which was Inaugu
rated In 1901 by the Inssuance of $100.-
000.000 of ronvertable bonds by the
Union Pacific."
Fostered Union Pacific.
’ Mr. Hyrlman’s eventual control of
many of the competing trans-conti
nental lines was prevented, it is stat
ed, by the Supreme court’s decision in
Northern Securities case. It is shown
by the commission that it ha* been
no part of the Harrlman policy to per
mit the properties brought under Union
Pacific control to decline, as in every
case they are better today than they
were when Mr. Harriman acquired
them.
Particular stress Is laid by the com
mission on the elimination of competi
tion In trans-continental business
among the American lines and the
comml8ison indicates that that is the
--latter 'of large significance developed
- ’nquiry.
Telt] reference Is made to the deal
sanl‘r iIr ' Harriman secured con-
’ KJ San Pedro road and to the
hysteron of the Chicago and Al-
“H fry careful synopsis of the
. , ‘‘Perations In both instances
cistern The repor t j n part fo |_
tht
The Harriman Policy.
\’ln three years after the recog
en of the Union Pacific Railroad
co'iny in 1897 Mr. Edward H. Har-
i became the dominating spirit
r int corporation. As chairman of
1 executive committee he exercises
powers that are well-night absolute.
The directors have delegated their
power "to manage and direct all .the
husiness and affairs of the company”
to an executive committee of five
members, who shall act "in such man
ner as such committee shall deem best
for the company’s Interest in all cases
in which specific directions shall not
have been given by the board.” and in
turn the chairman of the executive
committee is authorized to represent
that body when it Is not in session.
Accordingly we find that in 1902 Mr.
Harriman was "authorized to borrow
such sums of money as may be re
quired for the uses of this company,
a tv! to execute in the name and on be-
this company a note or notes
w*" amounts so borrowed.” The
•wia/ation showed that in practi-
the gre-t transactions of this
ot V Mr Harriman, as chairman
prejtt&er i\> committee, asted upon”
than a riat i v e. and his acts were
1” iy ratified and approved by
thesa.ttive committee. It may
tortuou tberef.iri-. that ;h" uol-
. purpose* "f I'io Union IV'-
| . tiiave been those of- Mr. Harri-
t.an.
| When the Union Pacific was recog
nized it owned 1 822.5# miles of rail
road. extending from Council Bluffs,
Iowa, to Ogden, Utah, from Julesburg
to Denver, from Denver to Cheyenne,
from Kansas City to Denver (formerly
known
various
territory on each of th
Previous
Illinois Central he controls the only
line of railroad paralleling the Pacific
Coast and running from the Columbia
river to the Mexican border.
Within a year his sphere of influ
ence has extended eastward: the Union
Pacific and Oregon Snort Line have
acquired 18.62 per cent of the stock
of the Baltimore and Ohio, at a cost
of $45,466,960. and have invested $19,-
634.324.93 in New York Central and
Hudson River stock
That it is only the law which pre
vents the concentration-Into Mr. Har-
riman’s hands of every railroad line
lying between Canada and Mexico is
the frank admission of Mr. Harriman
himself made at the hearing. Question
ed by the commission as to where his
policy of acquisition was to stop, Mr.
Harriman said:
A. I would go on with it. If I
thought we could realize something
more than we have got from these in
vestments I would go on and buy some
more things.
Q. Supposing that you got the
Santa Fe?
A. You would not let us get it.
Q. How could we help it?
A. How could you help it? I think
you would bring out your power to
enforce the conditions of the Sherman
anti-trust act pretty quick. If you
will let us. I will go and thke the
Santa Fe tomorrow.
Q. You would take It tomorrow?
A. Why, certainly I would: I would
not have any hesitation; it is a pretti j
good property.
Q. Then it is only the restriction of
the law that keeps you from taking it?
A. I would go on as long as I live.
Q. Then after you had gotten
through with the Santa Fe and had
taken it, you would also take the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern,
If you could get them?
A. If you would let me.
Q. And your power, which you
have, would gradually increase as you
took one road after another, so that
you might spread not only over the
Pacific coast, but spread out over the
Atlantic coast?
A. Yes.
To gather under one head ail exist
ing trans-continental lines, or as many
as possible, and to exclude the incom
ing of all competitors, became mani
festly the Harriman policy, which was
Inaugurated in 1901 'by the issuance of
$100,000,000 of convertible bonds by
the Union Pacific. With the proceeds
of these bonds the Union Pacific pur
chased control of the Southern Pacific
Alaska and it was adopted by the
board of directors at a meeting
which I was not present. Again it is
said that a certain method of ac
counting that wa carried would have
the effect of covering up the payment
of the special dividend, thereby inti
mating some wrongful concealment.
This is a most extraordinary state
ment for the writer of the report to
make when it is considered that the
stockholders necessarily knew of the
dividend because every one received
his share and when it was published
in every financial journal at the time
and was reported to the stock ex
change and shown on its printed lists
The suggestion, therefore, of any rea
son or desire for concealment is most
unfair. ,
“I am informed by those who have
examined it more carefully that the
article is full of errors as glaring and
inexcusable as these."
COTTON INTERESTS TO
GATHER IN ATLANTA
Company, and a majority of the out
standing 'stock of the Northern Pacific
Railway Company, which latter In
cidentally carried with it control of
one-half of the stock of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railway Com
pany. the .stock of which had been pur
chased jointly by the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern companies and
their collateral trust bonds issued
therefor. Possession of these lines
would have given to the Union
Pacific absolutely mastery over every
avenue leading to the Pacific coast
within the United States save that
afforded by the Great Northern rail
road on the northern border of the
Fe upon the southern. This plan, if
country, and that offered by the Santa
executed.
. would have subjected to a common
the Kansas Pacific), and ; will and policy nearlv one-half of the
branches extending into the | territory of the United States—a com-
main lines, i paratively undeveloped, rapidly grow-
to reorganization the old i | n g, and extremely rich territory, into
company had control, through stock which must necessarily extend the
ownership, of the Oregon Short Line popu i a tion and business of the East-
ami Utah Northern Railway and the er „ states
^ ROn ^K ilr ° ad and -'/"’Ration Com- It hns been, however, no part of the
pan>. Three companies were also I jiarriman policy to permit the proper-
after the | ties which were brought under the
Thee
reorganized.
and shortl>
more
ample equipment than they were when
they came under that control. Large
sums have been generously expended
in the carrying on oij engineering
works and betterments which make
for the improvement of the service
and the permanent value of the prop
erty.
The control of the Northern Pacific
and the Burlington by the Union Pa
cific
stantiallv all their stock. The Oregon
Short Line owns the lines of railway
from Granger. Wyo.. on the Union Pa
cific, to Huntington, Org., and from
Salt Lake City to Butte. Mont. The
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Com
pany owns the linos from Hunting-
ton. Ore. to Portland. Ore., together
with a number of important branch
lines in the States of Washington,
Idaho, and Oregon. Prior to the ac
quisition of the control of the South- ... - , _ _ , , — — — — — —
rnr Pacific by the Union Pacific, the "P 0 , 151 *?"-, 0 * 1 , OI 'freme Court of the the State presidents and the members
ATLANTA, July 13.—Preparations
have been made by the city and the
State of Georgia for the entertainment
next fall of perhaps the largest gath
ering of cotton growers, spinners and
men interested directly or indirectly
in cotton the world has ever seen.
The delegates who will be present at
the International Cotton Convention
will be royally entertained by the city
and State officials.
There will be rrom fifty to one hun
dred foreign spinners at the conven
tion. These spinners will represent
the cotton mill interests of Great Brit
ain and the continent, and the domes
tic spinners of New England and the
South will.also attend. There will be
besides representatives of all the cot
ton exchangees, American and foreign,
and delegates from the Southern Cot
ton exchanges, American and foreign,
Union, as well as from the marine In
snrance companies.
A specie! train of the. Southern
Railway will bring the delegates from
New York to the South. The conven
tion will be held here October, 7. 8 and
9. After the convention is concluded
(be delegates will be taken through
the cotton belt on a special train, and
they will be shown cotton in every
stage, from the field and gin to the
mills.
The convention is part of a general
tendency to bring all cotton interests
together for mutual understanding. At
the Vienna conference the foreign
spinners were invited to come to At
lanta. The Atlanta gathering will be
greater and more varied in the inter
ests it represents even than the Eu
ropean conference.
Problems of baling, transportation
and marketing of cotton will be dis
cussed at the convention from every
■viewpoint. The visit to the South will
be a revelation to the European spin
ners. many of whom have never seen
the South, the production of its great
staple, and the operation of its cotton
mills.
Apropos of cotton production, Pres
ident Harvie Jordan, of the Southern
Association, announced today that on
his tour of the cotton belt, which will
begin next week, he will urge reforms
in the methods of baling, handling
and marketing cotton, so as to place
it on a parity with foreign cotton.
He has photographs showing the
immaculate condition in which Egypt
ian and other foreign cotton reaches
the spinner. The foreign growers use
canvas instead of jute bagging,
"I favor the use of cotton bagging
on the part of Southern farmers.” said
Mr. Jordan, discussing this phase of
cotton. ’ ’ “Cotton bagging not only
holds the marks better, being more
closely woven than the jute, but it
opens a new demand for cotton.”
Mr. Jordan says he expects that cot
ton next fall will bring the highest
price in twenty years, and he will urge
the farmers in his speeches to keep to
as slow a movement of. the crop as
possible to maintain good prices. He
will also comment on what he saw in
Europe, where he not only attended
the spinners’ conference at Vienna,
but also visited the large mill centers.
Mr. Jordan will open his campaign
in North and South Carolina. On July
19 he will speak at Garner, N. C., and
at Raleigh on July 20.—He will speak
also at Union, S. C., on July 29, at
Spartanburg on July 30 and at Gaff
ney on July 31.
Leaving those States, President Jor
dan will address meetings in two of
the largest concentrating points in
Texas. Then he will go to Arkansas,
thence to Louisiana, then to Missis
sippi and Alabama and will finish his
tour in Georgia in the latter part of
August.
President Jordan said that he ex
pected good crowds at the meetings.
He will be accompanied by General
Organizer E. D. Smith, of South Car-
Visitors Replace 250,000 Departing Residents—Fund for
Industrial Peace—$1,000,000 Spent at Coney Island
on Fourth of July—Two Pillion Pounds of Fish a
Year-Campaign Money to Reform Rad Roys-War
of Signs
NEW YORK, July 13.—'During the
past ten days the great summer eflux
from New York has been taking place.
The first of July marks the real be
ginning of the foot weather hegira,
and it is estimated that since that
date a quarter of a million persons
have left the city for vacation jaunts
of long or short duration. Europe
captured a good proportion of these—
as many as the ocean liners leaving
the port could carry. Four-fifths of
the total, however, has been divided
about equally between the seashore,
the mountains and the “folks back
home.” Rows upon rows of the houses
on upper Fifth avenue and the fash
ionable side streets have been boarded
up for the summer, but still the city
is not deserted, for almost every de
parting vacationist has been replaced
by a visitor from the West or South
or from southern countries who wisely
chooses this season to visit Manhat
tan Island. While the crowd In the
street assumes a different character
the streets are still crowded, the “rub
berneck wagons” roll merrily on their
way and the hotel and theatrical roof
gardens offer coolness combined with
not too heavy mental pabulum to un
diminished crowds. At no other sea
son does New York so thoroughly
justify its title of “the City of
Strangers.”
cepted heavenly attire. Apparently
believing that the title of their play
was about to be realized, the angels
fled in every direction, but, with poetic
justice, the mule’s neck foad been
broken.
wa? prevented eventually by the I olina. and he has the co-operation of
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Com
pany also owned and operated a line
of steamers from Portland to San
Francisco and a line of steamers from
Portland to Japanese and Chin- .••»
ports. The Union Pacific also owned
•no-half tin' stock of the Occidental &
Oriental Steamship Company, which
owned and operated a line of steam
ers' plcing between Sr.nFrancisco and
Oriental ports.
Expansion of Union Pacific Control.
With these properties as a nucleus,
ind with the credit based on thes<
assets, the Union Pacific has in the
past six vtiers *o grown in power and
Influence that at this time it controls
every line of railroad reaching the Pa
cific coast between Portland on jhe
n - 'rth and the Mexican border on the
south—a distance as great as that
from Maine to Florida—excepting
alone the Santa Fe line, in which it
has li largo stock interest: and of his
ability to “taWe'* this road at nnv time
the law will permit Mr. Harriman ex
presses no doubt. Among the lines
thus brought under the same control.
In addition to the Union Pacific Ore-
Railrend and Navigation Com-
'• the Oregon Short Line, are
United States in the case of Harriman I 0 f the executive committee of the as-
v. Northern Securities Company, in; sociation.
‘ which that court held that it would be ! -
| in violation of the Sherman act for the
lE'; CONDUCTOR MASON ■
The Southern Pacific remains within
I the control of the Union Pacific.
Continued on Pgge 7.
'HARRIMAN’S COMMENT
ON COMMISSION’S REPORT
KILLED BY A NEGRO
While Andrew Carnegie is trying to
convince Emperor William of the de
sirability of putting an end to wars
between nations, President Van Cleave
of the National Association of Manu
facturers is following up vigorously
his plan for the creation of a fund of
$500,000 a year for th% next three
years to be used in bringing about
conditions of more permanent indus
trial peace. Mr. Van Cleave emphat
ically denies the report published in
several newspapers that a concerted
war on union labor is contemplated,
but says that abuses of unionism will
come in for attack from his associa
tion. In the platform just announced
foe includes seven plank? coming with
in this category for which is associa
tion will contend. These are: The
open shop; no restrictions as to the
use of tools, machinery or materials,
except as to such as are unsafe; no
limitation of output; no restriction as
to the number of apprentices and
helpers when of proper age; no boy
cott ; no sympathetic strike: no sacri
fice of the Independent workingman to
the labor union; no compulsory use
of the union label. Among other ob
jects for .which the proposed organi
zation is to labor are the promotion
of industrial education; the organiza
tion of labor bureaus for the u-e of
members: defense of employers fight
ing in support of any of the principles
advocated by the association, arid op
position to unfair legislation. The dif
ficulty in securing a supply of labor
and the decrease in the efficiency of
the labor obtained are given as among
the reasons that have moved employ
ers to take this step.
In connection with the recent de
cision of Judge Swan in the case of
the so-called “fish trust” of Chicago,
some interesting information has been
compiled in reference to the national
consumption of sea food. It is shown
that the annual product of American
waters, leaving out of account the
seal and salmon fisheries of the
Northwest, amounts to $50,000,000
year. Of this great amount nearly
one quarter is represented by the
oysters and clams of the New York
market. The Great Lakes are another
important source of- supply, ^‘producing
about $3,000,000 worth a year. Of the
total annual fish consumption of
nearly 2,000,000,000 pounds, the
amount handled by the “fish trust”
during the year concerned in the liti
gation was less than 50,000,000
pounds, nine-tenths of which was pur
chased in the open market. A “trust”
that controls only one-foortieth of the
business in an industry and only one-
five-hundredth "of the production is
not likely to be regarded as 'a serious
menace.
GEORGIA SENATE 34 TO 7
Rill Goes to House, Which
Will Act on It This
Week
With Only 130 fires and 500 casual
ties reported to the authorities, New
York had a quiet Fourth of July-
With every year It is more and more
the tendency of residents to get out
side the city on that day. As usual
Coney Island captured the largest con
tingent of the pleasure-seeking crowd
this year, hospitably welcoming 400.000
visitors and the $1,000,000 that they
spent in their holidaying. In all this
vast gathering there were no serious
accidents and scracely a case of in
toxication, a remarkable showing, as
those who remember the old Coney
will admit. The greatest excitement
of the day was afforded -by a mule
that acts as understudy to one of the
equine parts in the “Fea-'t of Bel
shazzar." The mule was called upon
to carry King Cyrus into the Baby
lonian throne room, but after seeing
the' handwriting on the wall he kicked
in three of Belshazzar’s ribs, laid low
five Coney' Island Medes and Persians
and finally leaped through partition
into the dressing rooms of a ne’ghbor-
ing Show, “The End of the World.”
He fell among a large group of young
women who take the part of angels
in the_ performance and who happened
at the moment to be preparing to go
the stage and thus to be in ac-
When William Travers Jerome made
his spectacular campaign for re-elec
tion to hi? present office in 1905. run
ning independently in open defiance
of both the established parties, ad
mirers of ’fois pluck in all parts of the
country sent in contributions to his
campaign fund. There were said to
be nearly a hundred thousand con
tributors altogether, many of them
anonymous. When the election was
over and the public prosecutor had
been , triumphantly returned to office,
there remained on hand $4,551.66. A
regular political party would simply
have carried over tfoe balance to the
next campaign, but this Mr. Jerome
could not do. Neither could he return
the money to the donors, since, with
few exceptions, he did not know from
whom it came. For the past eighteen
months, therefore, the district attor
ney foas put in some of his odd mo
ments wondering what he should do
with this money. This week he
finally decided to carry out in a gen
eral way one of the objects of the
donors—a wise and fair application of
the criminal law to the. young. To
this end he has divided t’foe fund
equally between the New York Juve
nile Asylum and two sectarian insti
tutions which have followed the exam
ple of the Juvenile Association in
adopting the cottage colony plan for
caring for the young; offenders placed
in their charge. Thus the money will
go to the work of making bad boys
into good citizens, which most persons
will consider as good a use of it as
that for which it was subscribed orig
inally—the punishment of bad citizens
for breaking the laws.
One of the peculiarities of New York
which surprises visitors from other
Dlaces is the localization of particular
industries—the. fact that most of the
big department stores are cheek by
jowl along one avenue, the piano
warerooms filling several successive
blocks of another, and so on through
the whole roll of businesses. Ordina
rily these competitors dwell together
in peace and harmony, but occasion
ally a trade war breaks out among
them. What is more unusual is i
war between neighboring shops in dif.
ferent lines of businesses, but such a
struggle has afforded entertainment,
for pedestrians on one of the down
town streets this week. A cigar dealer
fell out with the proprietor of a foun
tain pen store next to him and
started the trouble by announcing on
a huge placard:
“Free! A $1 Gold Pen Free With
Three Cigars.”
The pen man came back with a sign
that read:
“One Million Dollars’ Reward
Anyone Who Gets Anything for
Nothing.”
Since then the daily war of signs
has continued to grow in fierceness,
but the question of whether the pen
is mightier than the stogie is still un
settled. LONG ACRE.
"CALHOUNISM” IN
The hundred and thirty-fist anni
versary of the day celebrated by the
Declaration of Independence of the
British Crown by the colonists of
America finds the people or the United
States, a government established un
der that Declaration, engaged in a de
bate, one side of which takes issue
with the fundamental principle of the
organic law framed after a successful
revolution, to meet the needs of a more
perfect union, to-wit, that ours is a
systen\ of limited powers, “the powers
not. delegated to the United States by
the Constitution, nor prohibited by it
to the States ”, being in explicit terms
“reserved to the State respectively, or
to the people.”
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, the leader
of one “party, and Mr. William Jen
nings Bryan, the leader of the other
patv, to all intents and purposes, pro
pose the abrogation of this great prin
ciple; one through the assertion of a
centralized ■ paternalism, . the other
through the operations of the prole
tariate.
Secession went down in blood and
flame as the result of a war of sec
tions. Jackson scotched nullification
for the time being. But. in Mr. Roose
velt and Mr. Bryan, Calhoun and Cal-
hounism live again, their’ theory, like
that of the great South Carolinian, be
ing that the government is an experi
ment and the Constitution a rope- of
sand, neither to be respected beyond
the exidencies of the occasion and the
passion, caprice, whim or interest of
the people, the people heintrjnerely an
other name for the party readers.
Thus are we brought face to face
with the old-world problem of the few
against the many—the few skilfully
organized and audaciously led, the
j many undisciplined, and, till too late,
SANDERSYIL'DE. Ga, July 13.—An j unadvised-—all sorts of demagogueries
unknown negro killed Conductor J. M. I and socialistic schemes “for the bet-
ROOSEVELT? i many of the clearest-sighted men in
.. _ . ~—' , *the public service today when I say
(From the Louisville Courier-Journal.) that we are unconsciously drifting to-
lL * ’ I ’ I * * ' ~ ’ 'ward a highly organized*, bureaucratic
NEW YORK. July 13.—Mr. Harrl
man, speaking by telephone tonight,
said:
Mason, of the Augusta Southern rail- ‘ terment of the people,” loosening the
road, near here about 7:30 this even- [force and fabric of precedent and tend
ing. The conductor put the negro off ! in S toward political chaos and the
for non-payment of fare when the lat- • one-man power, or, what is as bad, the
ter drew a pistol and fired three times i one-party- power.
"From what I am tohi the report Is I on £he conductor. The shots were re- | To call a halt upon the leaders, rush-
, noTiticnt dn 'nment T r^r ! turned but it is not known whether or : ing . pell-mell upon socialism and
a pohti .,1 document and part of a per j not any were effective. Conductor Ma- anarchy, to recall the people to their
sonai pursuit of me. The tone of the son’s body was taken to Tennille. A danger and their duty, is the purpose,
report and the method of its promul- | sheriff’s posse is in pursuit of the ne- and the sole purpose, of the Courier-
1 Journal’s appeal, “Back to the Con-
gation
how tr
Imagine
mrt or gro.
iny judicial
lecisions ar
publishers
pledge to i
body sending copies of its
Hind secretly to newspaper
days In advance under
ublish it simultaneously
stitution.”
‘‘Whither are we going in this cen-
the
Sunday morning. That is what
commission did. Their opinion was
put in type several days ago and sen:
to newspapers throughout the country
Dr. Rowland's Habeas Corpus Case.
RALEIGH. N. C.. July 13.—Judge ; trallzation of-power and mutilation of
Cooke, of Frankllnton. today agreed to,] oca i self-government?” said Tawney,
Mre r n S ha Rowland indi-tld SmMn jail! of Minnesota an able Congressman
for th ’ murde of Charles R. Strange ar) d a good Republican, the othe r day
then Mrs. Rowland's husband, on' Friday at Gettysburg, and quickly adding:
next. ' "i lay no claim to prophetic powers.
CONDUCTOR C. D. BELLITTE hut I bring to yo.u the thought Of
form of Federal Government, such as
has become the bane of most of the
Old World Governments of Europe."
That is the simple truth. Mr. Bryan
refuses to see it. Mr. Roosevelt re
fuses to see it. Each Is pursuing his
own interest and bent. All the same,
they are Socialists, who build them
selves upon the Calhoun doctrine of
nullification, and are jointly playing
into the hands of Debs, Hearst & Co.
EIGHT THOUSAND WORKMEN
PARADED AT TOULON, FRANCE
TOULON. France, July 13.—Eight
thousand workmen, Including a num
ber of Anarchists, paraded today and
demonstrated against the Govern
ment. Towards midnight a violent
collision occurred between the police
and workmen. * Several persons were
wounded on both sides and a large
number of arrests were made. The
paraders were struggling for positions
at a public concert when the police
charged them. Later it was necessary
to call upon the soldiers to aid the
police.
Among those arrested were several
seamen and a number of dock work
men. The crowd threw fireworks
under the troopers horses causing a
panic. Eventually all the thorough
fares were cleared by the soldiers.
ATLANTA. July 13.—At just 11:20
o'clock this morning the State prohi
bition bill was declared passed by
President Akin, of the Senate, by a
vote of 34 to 7. The predictions of the
prohibitionists as to their strength in
the Senate came true, their claim hav
ing been 32 votes, and perhaps more.
It was with the greatest difficulty
President Akin repressed cheering and
applause in the Senate gallery as an
nouncement of the result was made.
The galleries were crowded, many
ladies being present, and enthusiasm,
especially that of the white ribbon
sort, ran high.
The vote on the bill stood as fol
lows:
For the Hardmen State Prohibition
bill:
Senators Born, of the 34th; Boyd,
of the 32nd; Brantly, of the lth6;
Bush, of the Sth: Camp, of the 31st;
Cowart, of the 9th; Crittenden, of the
11th; Deen, of the 5th: Dobbs, of the
35th, representing Fulton County;
Farner, of the 29th; Felts, of the 19th;
Hardman, of the 33d, author of the
bill; Hawes, of the 30th; Hayes, of The
13th; Henderson, of the 15th, Hender
son, of the 39th; Howard, of the 2Qth;
Hudson, of the 25th; Hughes, of the
2nd; Knight, of the. 6th; Lashley, of
the 40th; Martin, of the 43d; Over-
street, of the 17th; Peacock, of the
14th; Stapleton, of the 12th; Steed, of
the 37th; Sikes, of the 10th: Taylor,
of the 36th; Turner, of the 27th; Wal
den, of the 18th; Walker, of the 38th;
Whaley, of the 3d; Wilkes, of the 7th:
and Williford, of the 28th.
Those voting aaginst the bill were:
Senators Brock, of the 44th: Felder,
of the 22nd; Gordy, of the 24th; Grif
fin, of the 21st; Johnson, of the 23d;
Mattox, of the* 4th, and Stephens, of
the 1st.
Senator Flynt. of the 26th. and
Weaver, of the 41st, were absent, and
President Akin did not vote, as the
presiding officer does not vote except
in cases of a tie or to decide a major
ity.
The 'bill was put right through the
Senate without any debate. Senator
T. S. Felder offered a resolution to
postpone consideration of the bill un
til Tuesday, providing that the pre
vious question be considered called at.
1 o’clock, but this resolution was lost
by a vote of 30 to 11. It is understood
that Senator Felder stated in the event
of the passage of his resolution, he
would not speak against the bill.
Senator Knight, chairman of the
temperance committee, by which the
bill was reported, wanted twenty min
utes in which to let loose some oratory,
and agreed that he opponents of the
bill should have the same amount of
time.
Senator Hardman, author of the foilL
thought that was wholly unnecessary
as every member of the Senate knew
exactly how he was going to vote. The
Senate agreed with him and the speech
making was cut out.
The bill then went to a vote, one or
two minor amendments being adopted
one of which was that bacteriologists
shall be allowed to purchase grain al
cohol for scientific purposes.
When the pame of Senator Felder
was called, he asked for the privilege
of explaining his ballot, and said: “On
yesterday I was not making the dila
tory play for the purpose of delaying
action, but in order to get certain
facts from my home town. This bill
takes away from me and my county
the rights which are justly ours.” He
said that he was not in favor of the
liquor traffic in Georgia, but simply
desired that his county have the same
right as other counties, and “I simply
have done my duty in voting for local
option.”
Practically all other amendments
were killed, including one which pro
vided that if the bill were ever repeal
ed the 'State should go back to local
option as at present.
Following the declaration of the pas
sage of the measure the Senate ad
journed until 11 o'clock Monday morn
ing.
Ellis
House
Workmen Sang Anarchistic Airs.
MONTPELLIER, France, July 13.—
Marching workmen and their' sym
pathizers. singing anarchistic airs,
stopped tonight in fronj of the bar
racks and acclaimed the soldiers, j hibit
whom they invited to join in the pro- j said, on the distillation of illicit whis-
cession and demonstration. The j ky. United States census statistics
and Wimberly Before
Committee.
ATLANTA, . July 13.—The House
committee on temperance will con
clude the work of hearing from the ad
vocates and opponents of the State
prohibition bill on Mondav afternoon,
beginning at 2:30 p. m. At that time
the Atlanta delegation for and against
the measure, will be heard. At that
time each side of the question Is to be
gii’en one hour.
The Monday session of the commit
tee will be continued from that held
this morning at which various delega
tions were heard on both sides of the
question.
Macon opponents of the measure
were given their inning before the
House committee this morning, its ad
vocates from that city having been
heard yesterday afternoon. It was at
that session that Hon. DuPont Guerry,
president of Wesleyan Female Col
lege, made an urgent speech for the
bill.
Upon the reassembling of the com
mittee this morning Roland Ellis and
Minter Wimberly, of Macon, spoke for
an hour against the measure. Both
held that the Covington anti-jug bill
would entirely solve the problem now
confronting the people of the State.
The committee was deeply interested
In the address of Mr. Wimberly, and
twice when he had reached the time
limit, he was requested to continue his
argument. The address of Mr. Ellis
was published in pamphlet form and
distributed among the members of
the committee.
Mr. Ellis replied to Hon. DuPont
Guerry, holding that the e was nothing
to warrant declaring c ntraband and
confiscating the prope ty of people
without the vote of the vhole people.
He declared Mr. Guerry’: race for Gov
ernor was an evidence o.' the fact that
the people are not in s: mpathy with
the State prohibition m< vement. While
prohibition may prohibit inter-county
judg trade he said it would not pro
hibit Interstate jug trade.
Mr. Wimberly, city attorney of Ma
con, followed in a strong arguemnt,
showing that prohibitio t in the cities
of prohibition States had failed to pro-
It would put a premium, he
Before taking up loca! bills the
House reconsidered its action ta^wn
Friday in accepting an invitation • ®
attend the laving of tlie corner sto'A
of the Ninth District Agricultural
School at Clarksville next Thursday.
This was done on motion of Mr. Slade,
of Muscogee, and several speeches fol
lowed. It was argued that the House
with much Important business before
it. could not afford to lose a day for
any purpose. So it was decided not to
make the trip, but a resolution by Mr.
Lumsden, of White, excusing any
members who desired to attend the
corner stone laying on that date, was
passed.
Among tho interesting bills intro
duced was one by Mr. Brown, of Ogle
thorpe, designed to protect land own
ers against tenants who neglect their
crops. In such cases of neglect this
bill provides that the land owner shall
have the right to remove the tenant
and take charge of the crop.
Representative Claude Smith, of
Campbell, introduced his bill providing
for an increase from $2,000 to $3,000
in the salary of the Adjutant General.
Much interest was manifested in the
House over the report of the commit
tee on railroads on the anti-free pass
bill, a substitute for the bill by Mr.
Hall, of Bibb, being reported. The
eight members of the committee who
voted with Mr. Hall on his bill, have
served notice that they would file a
minority report in favor of the Hall
meas&re. Mr. Hail will have a strong
following when the question comes up
for action by the House.
Among the new bills introduced
were the following;
By Mr. Odum, of Baker—To exempt
from jury duty all rural free delivery
carriers.
Among the local bills passed by the
House were the following:
By Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond—To
amend the charter of the city of Au
gusta.
By Mr. Barrow, of Chatham—To
protect the public bridges, roads and
culverts in Chatham County.
By Mr. Barrow, of Chatham—To au
thorize the Mayor and Aldermen of
Savannah to close up certain streets.
By Messrs. Martin and Adams, of
Elbert—To incorporate the city of
Bowman.
Mr. Mr. Davison of Greene—To cre
ate a board of commissioners of roads
and revenues for Gieon county.
By 'Mr. Dunbar of Richmond—To
regulate the traffic in seed cotton in
the county of Richmond.
By Mr. Clifton of Toombs—To pro
vide a charter for the city of Lyons.
By Messrs. Holder and Flanigan of
Jackson—To incorporate the town of
Nicholson.
By Messrs. Wooten and Barkesdale
of Wjlkes—To incorporate the town of
Tignafl.
By Mr. Bowen of Tift—To create a
board of commissioners for Tift coun
ty.
Park Woodward Wants Investigation.
ATLANTA. Ga„ July 13.—General
Manager Park Woodward of the At
lanta waterworks system, who has
been severely criticised on account of
the muddy water from which the city
has been suffering for the last week,
tqdav stated that he was ready and
anxious for the appointment of an ex
pert hydraulic engineer to make a
thorough investigation of the whole
situation. General Manager Wood
ward states that if such engineer says
he has been wrong in his contentions,
he will resign his. position at once,
and if not that he'will ask for com
plete vindication.
Under the extra pressure put on
the pumps at the river the water in
the main reservoir has risen to 22
feet. One more foot which is expect
ed by Monday morning, will enable it
to run through the filters again, and
then it will be "23” to the mud. By
Wednesday it is practically certain
that Atlanta will have clear water
again.
Governor Reticent on Immigration.
ATLANTA. Ga.. July 13.—It is learn
ed that Governor Smith has, through
mutual friends, sent a request to Rep
resentative Tift of Dougherty to with
draw the resolution which Mr. Tift of
fered in the house on Thursday, invit
ing- the Governor to address the Gen
eral Assembly upon the subject of im
migration particularly along the line
of his studies of the subject on tho
occasion of his recent trip to Europe.
Among others Governor Smith con
ferred with Representative Martin, of
Elbert, and through him also requested
that the 'resolution be withdrawn.
The resolution, under the rules of
the House, had to lie over one day,
but it was not called up either Fri
day or today, and it is understood that
Hr. Tift will, in accordance with tho
Governor’s wishes withdraw it from
the consideration of the House on
Monday.
The resolution, it is stated, grew
out of the fact that the immigration
question has recently been widely
agitated throughout the State, and as
the Governor did not touch upon the
subject'in his inaugural address, some
of the members thought they would
like to hear his views regarding it.
There is little doubt that they are tho
same as expressed in the interview
which he gave out upon his return
from Europe in which he expressed
himself in favor of bringing to Geor
gia a limited number of high class im
migrants.
Continued on Page 7.
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The indictment follows the charge of
Judge Long, who urged this course. The
enforcement of the rate on the Southern
and Atlantic Coast Line has been en
joined by Judge Pritchard, in the Federal
Court, and a clash between the State and
Federal Courts seems likely. Further in-
diertnents are expected.
restraining order was issued here
today by Judge Pritchard, of the United
States Court, directed to J. A. Spence,
lawyer, who has brought suit for 17
troops were confined, however, and | were cited to show that prohibition , ti^qng or beghm/ng fr ? m con-
SOUTHERN’S TICKET
I IS I
RALEIGH. N. C.. July 13.—The grand
jury of 8Vake County today returned three
true bills of indictment against T. E.
Green, the city ticket agent of the South
ern Railway, for selling railway tickets
at more than the two-and-a-quarter cents
rate prescribed by the last Legislature.
The warrants will be served Monday.
Violation of the law is made a misde
meanor, punishable by fine and impris
onment in the discretion of tne court.
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A
were not allowed to_mingIe with th 1
celebators who, as far as has been re
ported. were not disorderly. At a mass
meeting the workmen condemned the
Government and expressed sympathy
with the south of France.
Cotton Crop Good.
VALDOSTA, July 13.—The cotton
crop througfoout this immediate sec
tion is better than in any other section
of the State, according to those who
have traveled over the various sec
tions. The seasons here have been
admirable and cotton and corn have
developed phenomenally for the
past two months. The result is that
does not prohibit In the prohibition
States. He appealed tc the committee
not to let loose the unlicensed and the
unmanagable blind tigers. “If this bill
passes, he said, it would be necessary
to double the Macon police force to
preserve law and order. It would cut
of the living, he said, of 7,000 people
who are dependent directly or indi
rectly upon the business legislated
against.
At the conclusion of Mr. Wimberly’s
address the committee adjourned until
Monday, as stated.
House Passed Thirty Local Bills.
ATLANTA, July 13.—The House
the outlook was never brighter at this passed thirty local bill3 todav, trans-
Cfioenn r, — ..... • * ..J _ . 1 . . - . -
season of the year. Of course, it Is j acted some other business, and then
not too late for a. backset, but the adjourned in time to get over to the
farmers are rejoicing over “the pros- Senate and witness the .vote on the
pects -at tho present time. gtate prohibition bill, '
„ _ . _ civil suits for dam
ans of $500 each, or from instituting:
criminal proceedings against any ag;ent
or employe of the Southern Railway.
Beckwith had commenced the suits for
the penalty of .$500 each for his clients,
who were charged over two-and-a*giiatv r
ter cents railway fare by the 5?out» 1.,
The hearing Is set for Friday, Augut ^ ;
at Asheville, N. C.
WAS KILLED IN SAVAty^H*' j
SAVANNAH. Ga.. July 13.—C.' "
Bellotte. a yard conductor of thi
tral railway, ’was decapitate?
morning by his engine runnirg
him. Bellotte was standing on r’ ]
running board of the engine ftdn • ■,
tempted to examine his foot wFert if,
slipped and fell. s
Bellotte has bee*i in Savannah j.1 • £'■
a week, coming from Greenville fi ,L
.where he leaves a family, ?
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