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\ RUSSIAN MINE
KILLS RUSSIANS
officer AND TWENTY MEN
,OSL> THEIR LIVES WHILE LAYING
PORT ARTHUR MINES.
I
- Vloxieff Make, a Report to
th( . oar Upon he Disaster—lt
shoW , That tl.e Russians Have
AgHln Been the Victim* of Their
own Carelessness— Under the Stern
f one ot the Launches the Mine
Biplode#.
IN THE FAR EAST.
Russian lieutenant and twenty
men were killed at Port Arthur by
one of the Russian mines. They
were placing mines when one ex
ploded prematurely beneath the
ptern of their launch. At St. Pe
tersburg the accident is deplored
as another piece of carelessness.
Japanese submarine craft are re
ported to be hovering upon the
eastern coast of Sweden. It is
feared that they have designs
against the Baltic fleet of the Rus
sians.
Reconnaissances on the Yalu re
sult in a fight in which the Rus
sians have three men killed and
two officers and fifteen men
wounded.
It is reported that the Japanese
are concentrated in force at Wiju.
An early attempt to force a pas
sage of the Yalu river may be
looked for.
St. Petersburg. April 22.—The Em
peror has received the following tele
gram from Viceroy Alexieff bearing
to-days’ date:
"I respectfully report to your majes
ty that to-day, during the placing of
mines by some steam launches, Lieut.
Pell and twenty men were killed
through a mine exploding prematurely
under the stern of one of the
launches.”
RUSSIANS ARE PAYING
PRICE OF CARELESSNESS.
St. Petersburg, April 22. —Viceroy
Alexieff's announcement of the de
struction of a launch and the loss of
twenty-one men by the explosion of
a Russian mine at Port Arthur has
added to the gloom which has pre
vailed since the disaster to the Petro
pavlovsk.
“We are paying the price of careless
ness," said a member of the admiralty,
“and previous disasters seem to teach
nothing.”
The war commission suppressed part
of the Viceroy’s dispatch, which show
ed where the mines were being laid.
It is believed that as launches were
employed they were mining the en
trance to the harbor in order to pre
vent the Japanese from forcing an en
trance and attempting to destroy ’the
remaining ships.
It is evident from the closing of the
entrance that Viceroy Alexieff has no
Intention of letting his ships go to sea
again, even against an inferior force,
though this may not be the policy of
Vice Admiral Skrydloff, who will de
termine on a plan of operations when
he assumes command.
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
JAPANESE SUBMARINES.
Chicago, April 22.—A cable to the
Daily News frorp Stockholm says:
“It is reported in responsible quar
ters that certain strange craft, sup
posed to be Japanese submarines, are
hovering on the east coast of Sweden.
They were last seen off the fortified
harbor of Farosound in the island of
Gotland in the center of the Baltic
sea.
“It is reported that the St. Peters
burg authorities have been advised of
the matter and are alarmed for the
safety of the Baltic fleet."
RUSSIANS SUFFER IN
ENGAGEMENT ON LAND.
St. Petersburg. April 22.—An official
telegram received here says the Rus
sian scouting parties report that the
Japanese are concentrated in consid
erable force, with war material and
pontoons, at and around WIJu.
Shots were exchanged south of the
rivfi Pomakua, where a Russian de
hment of two officers and thirty
two men lost three killed and two offl
cer* and thirteen men wounded.
he Russian force regained the Rus
*a . side of the river under the pro
tects of two guns.
ALEXIEFF REPORTS ON
movements ON THE YALU.
lowL P rr BbUr *- April 22 --The fol
hav ’ e * ,am fr om Viceroy Alexieff
On , ’ eCeiVed by the Emperor:
carried out T'Tn ° f reconnalsßance *.
that the lan Ya ' U ' have shown
consuierabt e 6 are concen fr a t‘ns in
that , h : b ‘: force - It is believed
tbe north of ;;x° ne divislon to
, n )u ’ They are also be
from whi-h ? ntm * troops ln WlJu '
the Korea- P ace ,hey have moved
"Info P°Pu!ation.
quant Uie^'i° n ha * reached me that
*° f mat erial apparently parts
Jiatetmal) iittornintj iXdus.
NUMBER 17.638.
of pontoon bridges, are being collected
opposite the Island of Mabikhe.
"Our scouts have killed two Japa
nese scouts, one of whom appeared to
be an officer.
"On our right flank our scouts ex
ecuted daring reconnaissances, extend
ing over several days, on the left bank
of the Yalu, as the result of which it
has been ascertained that there are
only a few troops south of the river
Pomakua, but that the Japanese there
are occupied in preparing boats. A
Russian detachment of two officers and
thirty-two men proceeded thither in
three boats. The detachment, how
ever, was discovered by the enemy and
shots were exchanged, three of our
riflemen being killed. Staff Captain
Smeizin and eleven riflemen were se
verely and Lieut. Pushkin and four
men slightly wounded.
“The detachment returned to our
bank of the river under cover of two
of our guns.”
SAYS JAPANESE COLUMN
WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.
London, April 22, 7:20 p. m.—A dis
patch to the Central News from Port
Arthur say 9 news has been received
there of the complete destruction of
a Japanese column on the Yalu river.
No details, it is added, were obtain
able.
IN THREE DIVISIONS JAPS
WILL RUSH THE YALU.
Seoul, April 19, via. Shanghai, April
22.—The belief is' general here that no
attempt will be made to cross the Yalu
river before the end of this week, by
which time the arrangements for a
concerted Japanese movement, a simul
taneous rush toward the river from
three distant points, will have been
perfected.
The second Japanese army is sup
posed to have left Japan on April 16;
it probably will attempt to land near
Port Arthur, while other forces will
try to land on the Manchurian coast,
near Takushan.
Part of the general advance will be
toward Liao Yang, and a division of
guards, 16,000 strong, under Maj. Gen.
Inouye, will be the first troops sent
against the Russians at Chiu Tien
Cheng, which is opposite Wiju on the
Manchurian side of the Yalu.
Maj. Gen. Inouye won his laurels
in the fighting at Chong Ju, on March
28.
The artillery and the cavalry consti
tute the weak point in the Japanese
army. The horses are not well train
ed, nor are they strong, and although
the Japanese cavalry behaved
splendidly in recent skirmishes with
superior numbers of Cossacks, it is
probably that when the first lot of
trained horses is exhausted the em
ployment of a second consignment of
raw animals will hamper their move
ments.
The howitzers, which are now be
ing embarked at Chinnampo, are evi
dently intended for use in the move
ments against Port Arthur.
RUMORS OfTiGHTING
ON THE YALU RIVER.
London, April 23.—Rumors of severe
fighting on the Yalu river are reported
in various forms and from various
points. For instance, the Shanghai
correspondent of the Morning Post says
he hears that the first Japanese army
has crossed the Yalu almost without
opposition, and the Daily Chronicle’s
correspondent at Seoul says that heavy
fighting occurred, but that for strategic
reasons it is impossible to send par
ticulars. No authentic news, however,
has reached London showing that any
thing has happened beyond skirmish
ing.
According to the Daily Telegraph's
St. Petersburg correspondent, the Rus
sian strategists are reluctantly arriv
ing at the conviction that Gen. Ku
roki is engaged in the adventurous
plan of advancing along the middle
reaches of the Yalu river, via Kang-Je,
and despite enormous difficulties is
moving his army over the mountain
paths, his purpose being to outflank
the Russian position on the right bank
of the Yalu.
New ClomiiK Not Hombnrdrd.
St. Petersburg, April 22, 4:38 p. m.—
The Associated Press is authorized to
announce that the government at this
hour has received nothing to confirm
Continued on Fifth Page.
JAPANESE 1
S 77ZAM5PORi;5
MAP SHOWING PRISCIPAG POINTS OF RISHIAN ACTIVITY.
Tin- "A” Indicated In tbr map ihimi the probable point at which the Japanese attempted to elleet a
lauding, bnt were driven back br the lire from Russian shore batteries.
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VESSEL BURNING IN PORT ARTHI H. j
TITLE TO CANAL
IN UNITED STATES
♦
CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED.
STOCKHOLDERS OF COMPANY WILL
RATIFY IT TO-DAY.
C'ontrnry to Expectations, Executive
Officers of the New Panama Canal
Company Signed the Contract Be
fore lostead of Waiting Until Af
ter the Meeting of the Stockhold
er*—The Tra’nsfer Is Complete.
Paris, April 22.—The Associated Press
is authorized to announce that the
contract by which the ownership of
the Panama canal passes to the United
St‘ates is signed, sealed, delivered and
complete.
The title to the canal route is now
vested in the government of the United
States.
The document by which this trans
action is consummated, bears the sig
natures of President Bo and Director
Richman, of the Panama Canal Com
pany, who signed for the company as
its responsible officials.
The transfer is complete and with
out reservation and the United States
secure a perfect title.
Was Not Expected.
This result has been accomplished
quietly and most unexpectedly, as the
public had been given to understand
that the contract would not be execut
ed until after the meeting of the stock
holders of the Panama Canal Com
pany to-morrow, at which the question
of ratification would be presented. As
■a matter o£ fact, however, when the
meeting takes place to-morrow, Pres
ident Bo will announce that the sale
has been completed, and instead of ask
ing authority to execute a future con
tract, it will only remain to ratify the
contract of sale, which the officers
of the company have already formally
completed.
It is confidently believed that the
completion of the sale before the meet
ing will increase the vote for ratifica
tion, as it will be recognized that noth
ing more remains but .to acquiesce in
the action taken by the highest officers
of the company.
Unencumbered Title.
When W. A. Day and Charles Rus
sell, the United States assistant at
torneys general, who are in Paris to
assist in the transfer of the property,
were seen to-night by the Associated
Press they reluctantly admitted that
the transfer had been consummated
and in order to avoid misunderstand
ings regarding the transaction of this
magnitude they furnished the follow
ing official statement in writing:
‘‘‘The papers transferring the rights
and property by the new Panama Cai-
Continued on Fifth Page.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. APRIL 23. 1904.
COWLES REPORTS UPON
MANY ACTS OF HEROISM.
C'nptain of tile Missouri Tells of tilt*
Explosion in the Turret.
Washington, April 22.—Capt. W. S.’
Cowles, commander of the battleship
Missouri, in his report on the disaster
which occurred on his ship, made pub
lic at the Navy Department to-day,
tells of deeds of personal bravery.
Capt. Cowles says:
"Sounding fire and collision quarters,
I directed Lieutenant Commander F.
K. Hill to take her into shoal water.
He afterwards anchored her in five and
one-half fathoms.
"I believed the shio to be in immi
nent danger and went quickly to the
fire, found the turret impossible to en
ter; streams of water were already di
rected in it. All entrances were bar
red with the dead and dying; two on
top of turret, one calling for help, and
every one trying to reach him.
“Passing around the turret, I saw
Father Gleeson, who ottered to send a
wireleps for me to the admiral, and I
went below, reached the , berth and
splinter deck and found Lieutenant
Commander J. M. Orchard directing
streams of water below into the upper,
and thence overflowing into the lower
handling room, in addition to those di
rected below trom the turret by Lieut.
W. R. White. Met Gunner Cox. who
said: ‘Magazines all Hooded, lire not
yet under control.’
."Then Lieut. C. Davis, coming up the
ladder, said: 'There is a man at the
foot of this ladder who is alive and
helpless.' I went down and felt about
found J. T. J. Donnelly, ordinary sea
man, and brought him up, being as
sisted by Chief Machinist G. Crofton,
a man on the sick list, who had thrown
away a crutch. Mr. Davis mentions
this man especially.
“I afterwards returned and pulled out
three more, whom I could not recog
nize, and finally ordered up Midship
man A. G. Caffee, who heroically per
sisted in remaining in the lower han
dling room up to his neck in water
and much overcome by the fumes. He
had to be led out. He afterwards re
sumed his place on deck and assisted
the navigator in a very poor condi
tion.
“Lieut. William P. Scott was first in
the turret, followed by Lieut. R. E.
Earle, Lieut. Marshall and Paymaster
Dyer remaining oil top to help get out
wounded who came from the turret.
Father Gleeson was everywhere, as
sisting every one. Ensign Hamner,
spotter and volunteer, hard at work.
Dr. Urle and his corps, all looking
after t-he wounded and dying. Lieut.
Crank and Midshipman Halsey helped
him all night.
“Surgeon Urie fell down the hold and
hurt himself badly, and no one was
the wiser until ail was over. Midship
man Barnette, Midshipman Bagley and
Midshipman Rodgers were all busy at
their posts. Every one, officers and
men, were cool and collected, and ev
ery one helped intelligently.”
Michael Elected President.
Roanoke, Va., April 22. —At a meet
ing of the board of directors of the
Virginia Bridge and Iron Company
to-day C. E. Michael was elected pres
ident, vice W. E. Robinson, resigned.
Mr. Michael has been general manag3r
of the company for several years.
CAR BARN BANDITS
HANGED IN CHICAGO
DEATH PENALTY WAS PAID
FOR ONE OF MANY CAPITAL
CRIMES THEY COMMITTED.
How tlic Three Desperadoes Met
Their Fate—Seideriucyer, Hennrd
ed h the Most Desperate, Met
Dentil With Less Fortitude Tlinn
Marx and Van Dine Closing
Scenes In the Terrible I,lves ot
the Young Criminal*—Van nine's
Mother Plead With Governor.
Chicago, April 22.—Atheist to the
last, but seeming to be unnerved com
pletely, Peter Neidermeyer, the leader
of the car barn bandits, was hanged
to-day from a chair, contrasted with
I his companions in crime, Gustav Marx
j and Harvey Van Dine, who, standing
erect, kissed an image of Christ and
died without a tremor.
The three executions were separate,
twenty minutes apart, the same scaf
fold being used for ail. Only once
before in the large number of execu
tions that have taken place at the
jail in this city has it been necessary
to carry a condemned man to the gal
lows as Neidermeyer was to-day.
The crime for which the three bandits
paid the penalty was one of many
murders which the three men are
known to have committed —that of
Francis W. Stewart, a clerk in the
car barns of the Chicago City Rail
way.
Neidermeyer had boasted continually
of his courage, but as the last mo
ments approached he collapsed and
was unable to take three consecutive
steps of a march to the gallows.
* Neidermeyer had gone only two steps
from his cell when he sank, and it
w-as found it would be necessary to
lift him to the scaffold. Immediately
Neidermeyer’s feet were strapped to
gether. He was handcuffed, placed
upon a hospital truck and wheeled to
the end of a tier of cells. Then three
deputies carried him down a flight of
stairs.
Entirely contrary to general expecta
tions Neidermeyer made no effort at
resistance. Saying nothing, and ap
pearing almost in a daze, he was seat
ed upon a chair, placed over the trap
of the scaffold. No minister or priest
accompanied Neidermeyer, he having
finally said When offered a' last op
portunity before leaving his cell, he
would die as he had lived, an atheist.
Dieil Convulsively.
On the scaffold, Jailer Whitman dis
regarded the custom of asking whether
the condemned wian wished to say
anything. The shroud and hood were
quickly adjusted. The bandit instinc
tively moved his head that the rope
might more easily be arranged and
took a last glance at the spectators.
He appeared as if in a stupor. A mo
ment later, at 10:35 o’clock, the trap
fell, the chair being* quickly moved
from behind as the body shot down
ward. The shroud became partly dis
arranged and fearful muscular strug
gles of the dying man continued for
fifteen minutes In view of the witnesses
of the execution.
The conclusive movements of Neid
ermeyer’s body while he was suspend
ed at the rope’s end, led the physicians
at first to believe that he had horribly
strangled to death. After an official
examination, however, it was said his
neck had been broken.
Shortly before the hanging, Neider
meyer's mother had asked to be ad
mitted to the Jail, but her request was
refused.
The only requests that the other
bandits, Mark and Van Dine, made,
were that they We allowed to bid each
other good bye, which was granted
They counselled each other to be brave
and joined in hoping they would meet
again. The men had been bitter ene
mies until a few days before the execu
tion.
Kiwi of Mnrx and Van Dine.
Marx walked slowly to the scaffold
with several priests, after having con
fessed, repented and received the last
sacraments, as did Van Dine, both rhen
having been converted to the Roman
Catholic faith following the death sen
tence. Marx, like Van Dine, was neat
ly in black, and ln the coat
lapel of each was a white rose. Neider
ineyer, unlike his comrades, wore a
rose of dark red.
Marx showed no emotion while on
the scaffold and in a steady voice re
peated a litany after the priests. He
fervently kissed the crucifix, and at
11:17 o'clock was hanged. His neck
was broken.
She execution of Harvey; yan Dine
was varied by a curious incident.
While he stood on the drop, praying
and waiting for his arms to be pin
ioned and his legs secured, the noose
fell from the cross piece of the gal
lows and dangled before his eyes. Dis
regarding the noose, the bandit con
tinued praying steadily to the end.
Death in his case, as in that of Marx,
was Immediately evident as not being
due to strangulation, but to the fall.
Mrs. Van Dine, the mother of the
last of the bandits, was at Buda. 111.,
pleading with Gov. Yates almost up to
the time of the execution. She sought
to delay the execution in the case of
her son on the ground that he was an
epileptic. however, said
he saw no reason why he should in
terfere with the sentence of the court.
Their Record of Crime-
Following are the names of persons
the criminals were known to have mur
dered:
Bauder, Otto, in saloon of Ernest
Spires, July 9, 1903.
LaGross. Benjamin C., in his Saloon,
Aug. 1.
Johnson, Adolph, in saloon of Benja
min C. LaGross. Aug. 1.
Johnson, J. 8., motorman, in the
robbery of the Chicago City Railway
car barns. Aug. 30.
Stewart, Frank, clerk, in the robbery
of (he Chicago City Railway barns,
Aug. 30.
Quinn, John, detective, while trying
to arrest Marx, Nov. 21.
Driscoll, J. D., detective, wounded
by Neidermyer in a fight at “Dugout,"
Nov. 27; died Deb. 1.
Sovla, John, brakeman, when bandits
stole a train in Indiana, Nov. 27.
SLIGHT TO MORGAN.
Alnhiinia Ncnntor Was Humiliated
by (he Chairman.
Washington, April 22.—The general
deficiency appropriation bill occupied
the major portion of the Senate's time
to-day, but before it was taken up Mr.
Gallinger spoke at some length on the
tariff policy of the Republican party,
saying the tariff would be-an issue in
1904.
While the reading of the deficiency
bill was In progress Mr. Cullom deliv
ered a speech on the House Chinese
exclusion rider. He expressed the
opinion that there should be explicit
legislation re-enacting existing exclu
sion laws.
During the day the attention of the
Senate was brought to the amendment
of the House to the bill for the gov
ernment of the canal zone, and some
embarrasment was created by naming
Mr. Gorman as Democratic conferee
on behalf of the Senate ln place of
Mr. Morgan, who is the senior Demo
cratic member of the Committee on
Interoceanic Canals, with the result
that both senators declined to serve.
Mr. Gorman, in declining to serve,
asked that Mr. Morgan be named in
ills place. #
Mr. Morgan was on his feet at once.
“I respectfully decline to serve on that
conference committee,” he began. “I
bow with deep humility to the breach
of the rule and accept the discourtesy
Shown to me. 1 certainly will not
consent to serve on the conference
committee under the circumstances.”
Senator Frye, In the chair, said he
followed the usual custom of appoint
ing the conferees recommended by the
senator In charge of the bill. The Sen
ate* adjourned until to-morrow.
AGAINST IIEISK TRUST.
Gullies Wmils to Know Why Knox
Hasn't Moved.
Washington, April 22. —Representa-
tive Gaines of Tennessee to-day in
troduced a resolution calling on the
Attorney General to inform "at this
session” why he has not moved to
advance the "beef trust” case in the
Supreme Court of the United States,
"as one of recognized public impor
tance,” the same as the merger case
was advanced, and why he has not
Instituted criminal proceedings against
the defendants in the “beef trust”
cases.
The merger case, Mr. Gaines de
clares, was ”a battle between million
aires chiefly,” while the “beef trust”
case “is just the cry of poor people for
cheaper food.” The resolution was re
ferred to the Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce.
Si ll IDE AT HOT SPRINGS.
Hank President Made Hl Will After
SliootiiiH Himself.
Little Rock, Ark., April 22.—A special
to the Arkansas Gazette from Hot
Springs, Ark., says:
C. V. Taylor, president of the Mor
ristown (Tenn.) National Bank, com
mitted suicide here early to-might .by
shooting himself through the breast.
He lived long enough after the fatal
shot was fired to make his will, dis
posing of a large estate. He had been
in the city several weeks. The remains
will be shipped to his former home
to-naorrow.
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WEEKLY 2-TIMB9-A-WEEK.JI AYEAR
KITCHEN ROAST
FOR ROOSEVELT
THE PRESIDENT IS SCORED
BY CONGRESSMAN, WHO RAKED
OVER THE ASHES OK THE PAST.
North C nrollnn Member MemlnHert
Grosvenor, Who So Warmly Sui>-
pnrts Roosevelt Now. of the Differ
ent Attitude He Took Four Year*
Ago—Klteliln Show* That Roose
velt Expounded Lynching; Doc
trine— Advocated Lynch Law.
Washington, April 22.—President
Roosevelt was bitterly assailed in the
House to-day by Claude Kitchin of
North Carolina, who included in his
castigation Gen. Grosvenor, whom he
charged with having humiliated Theo
dore Roosevelt, the vice presidential
candidate, whom, in a recent speech in
the House, he had glorified as the
worthy successor of McKinley, forget
ting that during McKinley's last cam
paign, as a contributor to the New
York Journal, in signed articles, he
(Grosvenor) had referred to the Pres
ident, then Governor of New York, ‘‘as
a. brilliant, erratic and curious sort of
a man."
Mr. Kitchin charged that Mr. Roose
velt as candidate for Vice President
was distasteful to Mr. McKinley, and
challenged Mr. Grosvernor to deny it,
as well as the statement that Mr.
Roosevelt as Vice President .was hu
miliated by the friends of McKinley,
including Gen. Grosvenor himself.
“And yet," he said, "you men sit here
and gulp down everything Roosevelt
says and not one of you dares raise
his hand in memory of William Mc-
Kinley. McKinley had a right to
think that Roosevelt would be dis
tasteful to him.
"Contemplate," he said, "the amaz
ing spectacle of any Republican in the
United States being humiliated by
Gen. Grosvenor and contemplate this
same man marshalling under his ban
ner the hosts of Republicans with
Grosvenor the chief bugle blower.”
To say that Roosevelt filled McKin
ley's place, he declared, was a dese
cration of McKinley's name. It was,
he said, a case of the ant hill taking
the place of the mountain; the owl's
screech taking the place of the tomb's
syphonies; the minnow taking the
place of the whale.”
An Advocate of Lynching.
The people of the South, he said,
knew that twenty-five years after Ap
pomattox Roosevelt, in one of his pub
lications, had declared that until out
of the dictionary was stricken the word
trenson, Jefferson Davis would be an
arch traitor. That, he said, was a
strike at the whole South and the Con
federate soldiers.
He also referred to another publi
cation of Mr. Roosevelt in which he is
quoted as saying that throughout
Southern character there ran a streak
of coarse and brutal barbarism. He
compared "the kind loving w.ords of
McKinley" in an address to Confed
erate Veterans to "the Insulting words
of Roosevelt."
He said that in one of his books
President Roosevelt ’’deliberately
teaches and advocates Iynchings for
the stealing of a rag tail Texas pony."
He asked if that book did not have
something to do w*th stimulating "the
great people of the North to lawless
ness.” The people of the South, he
said, condemn lynching for all crimes,
because the hand of civilization and
Christianity had been lifted against-.
No man the civilized world over, how
ever, he said, would condone outrages
against women, “and yet we don't
preach lynching or teach it, but know
ing the weakness of human nature,
mobs cannot be controlled In sparsely
settled communities where we cannot
get sufficient police force on the spot
at once.”
He believed that every Democrat and
Republican in the country would pause
in shame that the President of the
United States had scattered books ifd
vocating lynch law.
I'omrress n Henl of C’stfle.
Reading from a speech made by Mr.
Roosevelt. Governor of New York, he
declared’ Mr. Roosevelt had character
ized the Congress of the United States
as a “herd of cattle. Laughter on
the Democratic side followed. "The
humiliating spectacle,” he continued,
“Is that since he has been President
of the United States he has treated
this Republican House as a herd of
cattle, and the most humiliating thing
about it was that the Republicans al
low the President to treat them as
cattle and laid down before him in his
green pastures.”
He provoked laughter when he said
the President looked upon Congress as
”his great ranch,” with the Republi
cans as his "round ups.”. Speaking
deliberately, he declared that any man
who had such profound contempt for
the legislative branch of the govern
ment was unfit to be Its executive
head and was a dangerous man.
He closed by quoting from "Ameri
can Ideals,” in which Mr. Roosevelt,
he alleged, had denounced Oen. Gros
venor by name "as a champion of foul
governipent and dishonest politics.
Then, turning to Gen. Grosvenor, he
added:
"Read that and then read your re
cent speech defending the President
and tell the House that you feel like
thirty cents.”
Sayn He Has Improved.
Gen. Grosvenor admitted that four
years ago he opposed the nomination
of Mr. Roosevelt for Vice President,
but sahl Mr. Roosevelt during the cam
paign had conducted himself In a dig
nities manner and* had won the confi
dence and esteem of the people by his
acts from the time he was elected to
preside over the Senate, and that he
reached the supreme hlghts when he
declared at Buffalo that he would car
ry out the policies of McKinley. Since
then the President had grown to be
one of the great men of the country.
The President, he said, was more
dangerous to the Democratic party
than any other man to-day. The Dem
ocrats in New York, he said. had
launched a candidate for President
who did not know where he stood, on
his head or his heels.
Preceding this episode, the House
debated the bill to create a commission
to investigate the merchant marine,
but took no action on it.
The House adjourned until to-mor
row.