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.At? >F’ 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. l 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. i 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, ? i r,