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The Atlanta constitution. VOL XXXIII. NO. 11. GOVERNOR TAYLOR AIDS FUGITIVES T 8 MAKE ESCAPE Alleged Assassins of Hon. W. E. Goebel Are Hid den in Kentucky State House BOTH FUGITIVES ARE IN JAIL AT LEXINGTON Wearing Uniforms. They March from the Mansion in Company Ranks and Are Put on a Train hearing the Capital City. Frankfort. K* March Secretary nf F"..»te p..w»r« and <’a|<ain Davl*. for whom warrants were Issued today - <inetx I after spending the day -n thr atatcbou*e. to whi« h the civil officers hrarinc the errant* were refuse 1 ad mittance bv thr soldier* on duly, tonizh’ left town !n disease. P w< r< and Davis wen <!>w I aboard a Chesapeake and Ohb. train at « o'clock and sp..d.d tn |xw?nct«"H A **( •'••tn** - c » m - •». k v rm t*« * Thr tdati of r<. ape was sn neatly laid and eaectr.-d that it took the police and hl« tone of deputy sheriffs appointed to guard the entrance the capit-d grounds »n<l prevent their »pc. .»ff their f« <** when they r» »liz. I what l ad wcurred. p •- l» >• -.’-'lo. k tin- mo*" 'ng a detail ,»r x-flu • vtra p- »n ~: i and depu te -lieriff* had st«"«d at each entrance l«» I war«». »r’«d ’hat even c.nrrin<<r i.«y jnr Powers Dm - .nd th- r« public tn out ft at thr j-tateh-use w-usld attempt to de-anip to Htniion. the dleged proposed of the r- pul I ••» sta'« governm. at i -ht a.l all pre. aulions were taken to inter- • pt P-.w- -- and D ni# in the event «f th< exodus, I’-.w.r-' ..nd Davis It was tlw build. g and thc*r plan* were laid for the cut. ton gtc. Th*- plan, it is getter. Sly und-rst.ed was that D«v!s and P--w. r -ho I m t ..It at L.-xlmjtoti ami ta\ <t S ithern train to S-.m- . there tn Rarh ■>.. rille, wh-rc th-'v w > id !>• under the pr-rteetmi; of . military • .mp.’o • '-mmat d- •! by J- hi 1,. Powers. th« brother of Caleb Pou r- and f-r whom a warrant of arrest lias also n i--u«d. and f*nm there to lauidoi; !»• ' tiling w uld b. easy. Wh. n th. «’h» at- ifc. and Oh' train started to icavi the station a soldi. r dashed from the corner «»ti she <q.,*.-it- side from she - station and j imp'ns upon ‘lie platform of the «r< ond car Jerked the bell cord ami the rain. wl. ■ h had only got to mor ng s’awly. • me ’•> a -top. Then uu < k a- a fla'h thirty --ids rs. w ith >%.w< s« M n.l Dai’s m their midst. » »« h In PCL'ii-n fi.'' dr. " -idform. rushed upon th ; -nt. ant I Morrow in -Ani’l i .g the matter?" Inquired the .i.ndiPtor. a !>■ p--.-r.-4 out and saw the blm • -ui piling on the train. •'No. i 'ln ■ the ni.itt- r unt. -s you de tain tht ’rain here." r.-MM>nied the sol dier. a I th. train w.-s off and th- m.m s|»ee.i ;i:t; •••war.i la'xiinffon as fast a* st. am ■ -aid « arrj- th. ni Wh.u the train prs- i.-i!l> d out. mc*t of th.- crowd, in cluding th.- jwdic... thinking that no • ffoyt v. I- ir.g made io take Pow.rs and .. u ..f t-.wn. turtw.l and started to !• a. •th tatioii. a-.-I it was s—v. r.il tnin u>. -s |„ . th.- truth of the . s<-;.|»- ,»f the n.-n was tit.it. ly known 1% rsons who .. and woo saw the saddbrs as they made thr rush upon it rco«nix.*l both Power* end |t|.vi< and in a few minute* th.- city w. ini’ m.'l with th*- information •Tn I <«t P di.. Williams iinm«.|latelv . * .ill slat? -ns al.-ng the road notifying «f --f|.-.-r the .-.-ape ami ordering them to be on th* I*r>k«mt. Th- train makes n • s’oj. -stw.en h.-re ami la xington. hut th» .- • w-re tuk.-n tn the event tliey ihould ..impel the train cr» w to stop the train lntwi.ii here and 111-re for ar- The situation reached a point of excitement duiing the cay almost approaching that of the stirring times immediately following the as sassination of Goebel. Th- reinstatement of the military power jn is,mpiete control *.t th-- state ex.-cutive buildii.g and the refusal of the military HUtla-riti. s to allow- ill. local oolice and civil officer* to enter th.- building for the I ir|~«'-- of arr-stiiig S«n-r«-tary of State <*abb l*«.i.-rs and t’aptaln J<d n W. Datis, . liarg.d wllh I- inc a.eessoriew to the Cm - liel as'.i'sin»lion.andthv probability of a conffb-t between th-civil and military au thoriti.- mad— th— siluutioii lm*k serious u .riiig m..sl of the «iay. This morning City Marshal Rich ardson applied at the executive build ing ani demanded to be admitted for the purpose of arresting Powers and Davis, but was turned back and the warrants were then turned over to Sheriff Suter. Th. -Iw-riff aleo prevented him? If at th— executive building and demanded ad mittance. He wa* referred by th- of- ti. r- in charge to Colonel Morrow, ami the hitler being found, said; -I am sorry. Mi. Sheriff, but it is against Governor Taylor’s orders to let any one into the building to day ’’ Sheriff Suter then held a consultation | 1 with County Attorney Polngrove, Com monwealth Attorney Franklin and olhei official!*. Meantime the. police force ha< • been doubled, anil a deltiil guarded encl at tba eatraac* ■to tbe atatelMMM graufldi i to prevent the men wanted from escap i Ing. At the conference lietween the official -1 it was d.-ci.l-<l that tim sheriff should t - imtn • ei ■ fol • to Ih. called Into u*e in the event it w*at ’ I to t by force to malto the arrests, and in pur. suance of thi« tho sheriff swore in fifty men who were stationed in the neigh le.rhood of the sheriff’s -ffi< •• during the •ifternoon. Sheriff Suter made another attempt to get an audience with Gov ernor Taylor tlii* afternoon but was un -1 suc-.-!»*fui. Tim streets w.-ro fairly b <>rk«-<i with |H-ople tn the vicinity of the etate h«.u— but there was no o|M>n demon stration. though it was evident tli.it th popula.-o was on the side of the Civil au ; rhoriti-*. At 3 o'clock Sheriff Suter, having failed to get any -ort of understanding with the ■ military authoritira as to th- arrest ot 1 tll« parties, submitted the question to D> m->.-r.ili-t Governor Ih-ckh un to dec.de ; to what extent tho civil offi.-ers should go to gain admittai: a to the building for I the puri».se of ni.iking th- arrests. It H -.lid late tonight vh it IVmo.-rat'c Governor Beckliam will not give an an- ■ swer to Sh-riff Suter's t-eipie-t f-.r !n --structiom* till next week, and sil the escape of Powers and Davis he may de cide that tiie .-hanged condition of affairs does not neee’slt ito giving of instruc tions on his part. The Tripl-ti resolution authorising the • xpendituri. of >l<C.<*d In a. ming and •-.pupping a state guard under Governor Beckham and Adjutant General Ca-tli - man w ill < -ma up in th- house Tuesday, and it said that early this i v. ning G -v■ • rnor Be. kh ini determined to wait till alter Iho passage of the tn- ariire. when. If men wan'-d by civil effl -ers w--ro still i>arric:id<‘d in the statehouse lio would can on Adjutan- General Castleman and au thorize him to muster in enough m-n to l iko the pris .tiers. Rin-w the cs. ai'w ot Powvm and Ikiv's. however, the condi tion* have changed, and what will lie d.oia now’ depends altogether as to ;h-tr future movements. Th- events of today serevil to show very forcibly that th stalo gtiard ns at pre« nt organ's d docs no* unanim >tis|y recognize Taylor ns gov ernor. I.i-utenant Sparks refused to mus- • r in th- leiti-loti c >m;<anv today in re sponsn to a telegram fr nn Governor Tay lor ordering him to bring tho company her-, and the l.<xi!igt->n companies also refill--1. Major Rolr-rt K-nnisiy. of one of the 1,-xingtnn companies, camo here tonight and personally tendered to Gov ernor It. k’niiii tho servi •••* of th- Third battalion o' tho Second r* g.nn lit. Ho .il.-'o statist that fifty men a-o tonight guarding the company's armory and wilt recognize only Beckham ns governor. Before leavi. g here i 'apt tin Davis, who had flowing bl.uk lieard. called in the service* if ba-ber. so that when tie b .*l-.; 'he *ri-n ' irigtit ’ .- w«- ant r.< - ognlleil at on.-, cv.-n by those who kn< w him. Both li- and Powers carried wllh them imnl.'i .* granted hy Governor Taylor. A train of lour <<>acli-s came in from l.exington and is now lying on the railr-ad tr;"'ks at tin- l.ouisville and Na-hvii’.- -tati-in. It is report.-I that this i- for the purjs. •• of carrying Governor Taylor and the militia from here to Lon don. Ky.. but this is not confirmed. It is now said that it the Triplett reso lution. carrying an appropritition of fl'r',- •»■• forth- purpose of -quipping Be. k ham's stat- guards, passes th. ..ouse Tuc-day. s.-v. i <1 n< w eompat.ies of militia ar.- to lie most.-red In next we. k and brought Iter.- for immediate avttun. Til- > .1 olli-. rs ar- taking pr— .utlons tonight to prevent any attempt to res cue tV. 11. I'onlton and llarl ind Whitta ker. the two suspects in jail here, and th. y will pr diabli ',<• reinov «i to some oth-r p a- « for safe k-epmg I'ow-rs and ' Davi«. n-t -.id of l>< Ing returned here, will probably lx- p a-.d in jail at i.ouis- Vilh- earlv 1 Xt Week. Tie officials iiere appn he wive that mo « of th* lr frl.-nd- might attempt '•» rescue tli-m S|»- tai tram- ar-- rep-.ited Io ix- on the way h- re to r* move thMier- on guard ti« i ■ Ix for.- daylight to Isondun. The reward of forth- arrest of Poa. rs and Davis was off. red by Jus tus G • -liel nd Arthur Goctx i. brothers of til - late X.illiam Gaebel. Who had t Il off r of the reward tel. plloi e,| to la-x --tngt m otli -rs as soon ns ft was learn- i that th- stat— officials hid es .-ped .n sol di r*' uniforms on the train. THEY ARE BOTH NOW IN JAIL Lexington. Ky.. March l'< A'most with out warning th- storm center of »-x< lie in. nt in the pr< sent guliernatorial strug gle shifted to 1.-xington tonight, and up until a lat- bout the town was in an up roar. Tin- >:l» t'hesnpcake and Ohio train from Frankfort brought with ft in on c..r th. ms. Iv-s Seeri-tr.rv of State I'aleb p..w- •>, <'ai>lain J--Im D.ivi-. capito* square policeman, and Lieutenant F. It. Peake, of Irvington Intelligence had pieeed.-d them that they were on their ; ua\ to laxingtmi and were trying to n ake their escape Wh.n the train pulled into the depot th. eniire jx.liee for. this city, under Chief John Mell Bose and Sheriff ll.nry Boxworth. with a largi force of di putt. s. boarded the train On entering the . ..a. Ii th- otli-'-rs found that it contain. .1 alx.ut twenty-live sol diers with P-.w-rs and Davis, th.- s<d- i ui.-r* le-iiig und. r command, apparently, of Li. utinant Peake. l ieutenant Peake sprang to his feet at on.-e and commanded the soldiers to clear the car. in an instant twenty re- j RESTS WITH LEGISLATURE ONLY, SAYS FIELD, THE KENTUCKY JUDGE Louisville. Ky., March 10.—A decision sustaining the contention of the democrats that the legislature is the tribunal designated by the constitution for the determination of contests for the office of governor and lieutenant governor was handed down in the circuit court this morning by Judge Fields. The republicans will appeal the case to the state court of appeals, and if the decision there is against them they will try to get a hearing before the United States supreme court. Judge Fields reviews the history of the case and declares that the line of authority to the effect that the courts cannot inquire into the motives which induced the action of the legislature is unbroken and must be taken as the law- ( <z ;! i f '7S/ mto i? no?) | • < ( C xj 7 -1 =/tz\ - I’’ I '-2 e - HE HEARS A NOISE .ON THE OUTSIDE! “Oh! that I had stood by my conviction; but, alas! tis too late. Methinks ; I’m in trouble. I , volvers w<-ro -Irawn by the officers and : tliey all leveled at I’cake. who gamely tried to pull his own revolver, but as he dt-w it from th-' scabbard a policeman smashed hint a tress the hand with Ills club ami prevented what undoubtedly T-.-t'.i line" r-stilted n * trrgi;-!'-. ’lnc sheriff commanded the conductor to cut off tlie tar. The conductor rcm<»nstrat-d. stating that th-- train carried I'nite-t States mail, ami tlie demand was then not pressed. A local attorney recognized I’ow-rs ami also point---1 out Davis. Th. y were s-iz.-d ami hurri--1 to the jail. As th-- proces sion 'Wept toward the jail some p«--q>|e started the r< port that there was to be a lynching, amt soon tlie streets were pa. ke<i with p.--p!--. an enormous crowd gath.-ring alx.ut tli-- jail. Davis, i’owet.s ami I'eake were hurried to the upper cells, but I’eake was lat. r released on IwMid --a a common warrant charge of re sisting arrest. he Asso-iat.-l Press correspondent saw Li. ut<mint P« ake in company with his attorney, but he refused absolutely to sav a Word Th- correspondent sought intervi -ws with Powers ami Davis, but i Hie oliicers icfused to permit anyone to I si- th. tn at that Him-. Davis and Powers w- re both disguised. Both wore th ■ regular soldier uniforms. < omp'a te, ev -ll as to leggings. Davis had shave-1 off his mustache and goat'--. H-- had fli’a in money on his i><rson, and a revolver. Thm* was found on Power* Ju tli- inside ixx'ket of each man was found a pardon from Governor V S. Taylor. . duly sign I ami - al.-d Attorm-y VV. G. I Dunlap. Postin.- ter t'lay Elkin and At torney It C. .'-'toll railed on Secretary of State I’ow- rs later :t id to the Ass-iciate-t Press cort-s|H»r.deiit th--y stated that Powers told mttlap substantially that h<- i was not H—-ing from attest. lie was 1 simply getting aw -y from l-'rankt -rt to avoid lying in jail as Whittaker had don-.; that h - ha I nothing to fear from 1 arrest as h>- was u -t guilty of the charge, and that lie was g-dnu to Barboursville, , 'in tlie eleventh <ongressl mal district. where Tayl -r's j.trlsdi-tion was fully re - ' ogniz.-d. t'lptain Davis had little to say ' to them ex. "«t that In- thought it- had ' mad.* a mistake In having liotm*; that he had nothing .o fear from a trial. Neither . xplain. -l his dl.-guis--. immediately after arriving at the jail | a r« p-.rt got out that a s|x-cial train went j I 1-a-k to Fr inktoll for the purpos- of bringing up men «o re- tn- the prisoners. | Sheriff Bosworth ipplied -it one. to the ' armory for a S|»ecial -I* tail of soldiers und-r I’aptain L-nstnand th- y r< - ' spi.nd.-'l. arriving at :he jail a few mo- 1 ments later. i>r- pared to resist the rti m-.r.‘-l prosp-- five attack Th.- sheriff th n designated a 1—- to supplement a squad ..f soldiers provided trouble might 1 come .uni declared tha' any ivttempt to ink.' eith. r of tin- i-ri'-mers from the jail would be i- sis'e-t to a tinish The ex- He lm nt Iw-gall to subsiiie bv II o clock. Ihe roads are closely wat- iied. however, and Continued on Second Page. ATLANTA,GA. t MONDAY, M Ala II 12, 1200. M'KINLEY'S CROWD II IS C T MTfO iu n« > . urn Lii ' ! J.t Republicans See Bad Blun der in the Porto Rican Tariff Bill IS BAD BREAK IN RANKS Administration Will Have To Back Water To Save the Party. Lively Fight Is Ahead in the Republican Ranks. I By Jos: Ohl. j Washington, March s—(Special.)- The ' indications point to another hard tight • nv.-r tlie Porto Rl.-an tariff question In I the senate and the possible capitulation ' of the re nihlieans from the position th. v have tali. n. That there will be a division and a fight is certain; whether the ro- ■ publiians will be forced to submit to the disgrace of capitulation Is not so e. rtain. I but In any <v. nt. tin result will add em phasis to tin- unjust and untenable pod , tien which tin- administration lias taken [ in this tn .tier The action of Senator Da- I vis of Miiimsola. In introducing a free trade amendment to the Porto Hico nill indicates that the pressure from western republicans is so great . that the senators from that see- | tion are preparing to light the tariff schedule which the house adopted and which the senate committee has repotted. The administration is in all kinds of ' hot water on account of the disgraceful i a.uion of the house majority backed, as | it was. b\ the president, all of them act- | I Ing al the dictation of the protective tariff ring. The leading republican news -1 papers of the west are arrayed as a unit against tlie administration ami the kiteh en cabinet over which Hanna pr. sides is badl\ seared. The defection of so emi nent a republican as Senator Davis bodes ill lor the interests back of the Porto I Rican perset union iniquity. If, as has i.e. n Intllt iteil, Spnntor Platt, id' Con necticut. ami some other ultra protec tionists insist upon the straight Dingley j ran s. ami Senator Aldrich and other I lea.lets join Davis in his light for free trade, all sorts of complications will re- Isult. I'ntiJ Senator Davis threw his free trad, bomb into the senate chamber to- I day, the administration politicians have 111.. .c; 111 (In \ would If able to pul the ; house idll through without a break iu the ranks, bat everything now points to tin liveliest kind of a tight. No Alms for Porto Ricans. • City of Mexico, March .’>. The press here. Itoth native ami loreign. condemns the policy of the lulled States congress toward Porto Rico. The papers printed in English are severe in their comments on the treatment of the annexed Island and predict trouble ahead. The Spanish colony's organ. Correo Kspanol, says: “McKinely. having taken pity on Porto Hico, has asked congress to authorize him to devote to the relief of the island which has oe. n converted by famine into a new British India a sum e.piival nt to the custom house duties paid by the met ■ eh.'indise of Porto Hico on Its introduc tion into the Cr.it. >1 States. It is said that half a loaf is better than no bread, but we are of the opinion that this meas l tire is worse than nothing. Instead of | converting the inhabitants of the Island I into net llcant they ought to he left free tn develop their natural resources ami sell their products, to which end, <-x- 1 I portati-.tix now in a state of stagnation, should I— facilitated bv means of free trade. What Porto Rico needs rather , than degrading alms, which Is insulting 1 t<> human dignltv. is tn be able to sell I I .. -a lot--. ■■ :..t ti.is v. -..1d t. > suit tin- American producers of tobm-eo j and sugar; it would run counter to lite protected int- r.sts which have great In fluence In tho fed.rdl congress, and Me- I Kinley, in order not to off-.nd those In- I ti-rested. has found away out of it by off- ring charity." Davis Is for Free Trade. • Washington. March 5.—5.-nator Davis. I <>f Mim.esota. t-.-lay offered an amend- j , m< tit to th-- Porto Rican bill in tlie sen ate. Its effii t is to have the tariff laws ! -f th-- I'nit -I Stat-s applied to Porto Rico up-n foreign imports, ami allow absolute free trade between the I’nitcii States and , Porto Rico. He also proposes a new sec tion as tollows: For tho purpose of this act the fol lowing pt-visions of tin- constitution of tit- I nit.-I States ar.- hereby extended ami n-.i-l'- applicable to Porto Rico: The congress shall have powrer to * lay ami collect taxes, duties, imports ami excises, to pay tlie debts and provi-l- sot tin- common defense and g. tti ral welfare of the i'nited States; , but all duties, imports ami excises shall be uniform throughout the i'nit- No capitation or other direct tax shall lx- laid, unless in proportion to tlie census <>r enumeration iu-reinbe j for., -lit- < t-'-l to t-e t ik- li. No tax or -Itlly shall be given by any I regulation --I ---mm.T.e or rev.-iine to - th- ports of one state over those of an- | .-th-r; nor shall v.ss-is bound to or i from on ■ sta*e l»i- oblim-d to enter, - I at --r pay vluties in an-dh -f. I Th-- am. tidineiit is as follows: Ami it is hereby enacted that all du- - ties, imports ami excises imposed or j 1-v ie-i. laid or collected, by < -.tigress ui Porto Rico or any products or ' l.usim ss thereof, or in relation to said i Porto Rico, shall b-- uniform with all I -luti- -. imports and excises lai-1 ami - coll. < t-'-l throughout the I'nited i States: i That no capitation or other direct I tax shall be laid hy ongress in or t I upon 1'- ft . Rico unless in proportion I to th-- < - nsus <>r enumeration directed ' to lx- tal-i n by the constitution. That m- tax or duty shall be lai<l on articl-' • xporte-l from Porto Rico. Tlt.i* n-i preference shall be given by any regulation of comm.-r--• or reve nue to th.- ]>orts of Porto Rico over those of ai_v state of the union, nor shall vessels bound to or from Porto Ri- -. be oblig- -I t-> ent- r, clear or pay duties in any state of tlie union. - Nor shall any preference be given by anv regulation of e-nnim-ree or r.-v ,-- mie to the ports of any stat.' of the union over those of Porto Rico, nor I -hall vessels bound to or 1 roin the i ports of any state of Die union be oblig.-d to enter, clear or pay duties | in any part of Porto Rico. Senator Davis says hi-- amendment 1 speaks for itself. It extends the consti tution owr P-’Ho Rico ami hy doing so J implies that it - imiot be extended to the Philippln -s or other territories except by j ' legislative action. Author of Porto Rican Bill. Washington. March 5 -The Post tomor row will print interviews with tlie repub- | COVERED WITH REVOLVERS THE TWO RUNAWAYS WERE CAPTURED Lexington. Ky.. March 10.—On the arrival of the Chesapeake and Ohio train from Frankfort at 8:40 tonight Secretary of State Pow ers and Capitol Policeman Davis and Lieutenant Peak were arrested by the Lexington police and the sheriff and deputies. There was a large force of officers awaiting them here. Powers and Davis still wore the uniforms of soldiers and Davis had on false whiskers. There was a wild scene when the officers broke into the car and revolvers were drawn by all. but the small squad of soldiers were greatly out numbered by the police force of this city and the large force of depu ties with the sheriff, and the arrest was effected without difficulty. liean ni’-mbers of the ways and means commi-ttee on the authorship of the Porto Rican tariff bill. Representative Tawney made the most j direct statement tha-t the bill was drafted ’ by Secretary- Root, but his colleagues on i the committee were more or less non , committal as to tne bill's authorship. ; Representative Payne, of New York. I chairman of the committee, said he 1 brought the bill to the committee on his I own responsiidlity. 1 "We became convinced."’ said Mr. Payne. | “that some revenue must lx- raised ;'or I the Island of Port-- Ri<-o.” ’ Repri sentatlve John Dalzell of P-tin sylvania. declined to discuss the bill or say whence its draft was received, as did Representatives Hopkins and Blunder May Lose the West. Chicago, ill.. March a.—(Special.) The indignation caused by the pas' iye of the Porto Rican tariff bill bv th- lower house of congress is possibly greater among th ■ republicans in the wes, ami northw.-'t than the democrats, and many of the former, among them the stanchest sup porters of President McKinley, do not hesitate to say that if something It not done t>> ren-edy tii- great wrong iloiie. tin . repul.'deans will surely lose Michigan. In diana. Illinois. lowa. Kansas, W.sconsin. I Minnesota in fact practically -very state in the west and northwest—tn November j next. Thi- democrats. knowing President M - - Khil.-y s shrewdness, adroiHess and adap- I lability, cannot understand how he < ame to consent to such a blunder, for it is gen erally b-lievi-d the bill would never have jxissed the lower house had not Mr. -Mc- Kinley personally requested several frit-mis to vote for It. Tlie sin ill majority it received has con demned it in the minds of thousand- of leading republicans in Illinois., and hey !do not conceal their feelings at ail. They l openly say that Bryan lias every chan I for eieclljii now. for he will not lx- stow j in taking advantage of st'ch an < pportu nity as this, it is akin to tile "Rum Ro manism and Rebelii -n’’ mistake ot Repilbtieiuis throutghotil l '• W'/'t Vni-I northwest cami'/t see any p-’litica. -x-'u--- for tlie I’i-rt.i Bi-an business. On th-- contrary, there is every r.-ason v. ay tl.-- bill should not have passed, in la-t, i should not have been presented \v hi n such t riends of the pi t H II Kohlsaat. editor ami prop’ietnr -t I The Times-Herald, a man who has r.- lii-ed to a-< cpt anything a the band. ot . the administration although he '>uld have had his choice of what Mr. McKin- I- y hull to give, come out ill such unquali fied condemnation as was expr---’-1 in The Times-Herald's editorial this morn ing. it is apparent that the president has few- supporters in his cottrsse in .uc w 1 Lew Wallace Blames Hanna. Indianapolis. Ind.. March 8.-General la-w Wallace, author of "Ben Hur,” gave I th > following interview at his home at i Crawfordsville Ind.; "When tin- president recommend d free -trade with Pinto Rico, tha’ was Wili am ■ M Kinley speaking from his heart; win n , in- urged congressmen to eat th- r Utt- r ' ances ami vote for a. du»y on tho indus i trio of the island, going -md coming, h--' was Mark ilmna, the great Ohio s i ' peet. "Either the Porto Ricans are follow ■ countrvnien or jwople in a .elation to ns not vet defined. If fellow countrymen. ! free trade should govern in all our deal- I logs with them, and their instittit .--n --' should have been Americanized, s.nm thing , imp.issible while under military eon-r -1. i if they are in relations unknown, and • mid- tined. ami poor, and helpless, th-n I charity, tlie essence of Christianity, should I have had the molding of our poiicic • It is idle talking abmit the island be ng ' outside the constitution. Is congress the ' creature of the constitution, or the . <»n stituUon a device ol congress? It it un : fortunate that nom- of tin- men who w- r invited to sei the president ami earn-- I aw.fv convi rteii has told ns of a won! i flropi e.f by rhe president in explanation of his own corners on, "It is not pleasant to think of the presi dent i x< rilng liitnseif to control th- action .O' an ii ri pend, in branch of the govern n i nt. What shall stop him next fr mi an , interferenc with th-- judges of tin- .-u- I pr. nie cmirt? "It is v- more unple isant to learn from their admission that t request from ihi ; president slvuild lie accepted by cungr- s-- ireu as an inijM-rlal -irder. before whi h I olijei ti-ins found, d in i-<msc.<nc. are ■ blown awi-.v like .-moke from a gun. "Tile Porto Rican affair is bad enough. I stIIL il not : ■ h ■ the Nicaraguan <-mal. Th- diff- n e is : Ix-'ween a statute that can I- rep- ah I l bv tin- next congress, and an internation al agreement, defiant of alteration or ; .iniendm.-nt. - ept bv th. consent of s-.v --; ereign pow*rs.'' McKINLEY'S VIEW IS UNIQUE. | Washington. March 6. Th > Post tomor | row will say; “President McKinley in a conversation with, callers at the whit. I house yesterday, reiterated his b. li.-f that i the p« ople of Porto Rico w.-n- entitled to .free trad- with the i'niled Staffs. 11. I made it clear that ids views had under gone no chai ge since he w rote his mess- He still adhered to the s--ntime.it th. re in expressed. At tlie same time he said he was unable to subscrti.e to the theory i that the constitution followed the flag'; • that the Porto Ricans must have free i trade as a ne.-essary legal right. When h<- found that th.- house d.-ern.-d it the | ’.art of wisdom, the president explained. I to impose a small tariff upon condition that tlie revenues so collected shall be I returned to the island. In- had been con strained to yield to the judgment of the bouse. i The tariff under such conditions would , be no hardshii. to the Porto Ricans: inore uu-r, lie believed it advisable at the ear liest moment to sectir- a division of the sitpretn*- << urt on the constitutional ques tion involved. ' Therefore in- had given his consent to the nominal tariff and agreed to sign such a bill, lie left no doubt in the minds ot bis callers whom he questioned clos.-ly re garding the drift <>f public sentiment, that congress, not the executive, was r.-- ■ sponsible for the change of policy. PUK E: FIVE ( ENTS. M'MILLIN ENTERS l . MCE FOR SENATE Tennessee Now Has a Very Interesting Three Cor nered Fight CONTEST MAY BE WARM Carmack, of Memphis, Snodgrass, of Chattanooga, and the Chief Executive of the State Are the Entries Up to Date. Nashville. Tenn . March s.—The zena O- - - ria. race In Tennessee now has three en ■ Ties. Governor Benton McMillin is an assured starter, the contest thus becom ing three-cornered. For some time Con gressman E. W. I'arm.t k. of the tenth district, and David Snodgrass, chief i justice of the supreme -ourt of Tennes - see. hat., been avow'd . indidates while. , with no expression from the governor. ' his friends have been a.civelv at work ■in his interest. Today the mat er was I I <•-riled by a spec h delivered by Governor Mt Mill n to a large gather! k I in CJih's eoiintv. I In substan-i Governor McMillin an ti-.times iiirns- If - I’ididate f<>- re-cle.-- . tion to a second t- rm as governor. I i | regard to th- senatorsliip. he frankly ; states that he 'a- ui ambition to serve I j the state a. Fmt-d S-.at.-s senator and ' practically plae. s himself in the attitud-j • of a candidate for thai; p .sition. 1 In tin-, it nt.li lx- said Mr. M- Millin Is i a .mdid.t'e so: g-.wrnor -ml for senator. '-‘u- situation ; • come as a - prise, but is an interesting one. Ea- i of the three gentlemen is now holding high office. Each has powerful for ■< > 1 a; work in fur'mranec of his senatorial aspiration and thcr. is but little d ff-r --- in the p--iitii.il creeds of the three. McMillin and i'.inn..< k are stout adv cates of cv.-ry proposition laid down i-y 1 Tie Hon. W. J. Bryan, while Judge rinod ' ; grass- only differs on the question of ex pat -iop. Along that line h< in har- n y with M Ki- Ivy P* : • ■ . So far it is “anybody's ra< < bu; ail op. ■ . • t * I ’ 'McMillan Has Cordial Reception. The reception accorded G i- rt t Mi - I ■ ■ hearers ueing liberal in < xpressioa of ,<|>- proval of his words. Tim governor's addr. ss is devoted large ly to an ac-'ount - • his olnniii tri ,-.t ! the cxi-. tKivc office mil th.- i-tiv. forms promoted during hi- im-un [ 11. calls attenti i to the improved .<• t ditinn of he -fate's iinam :.i cor. litton ami the ••ii’-i.-uragitig operation of the ;*) i er . -nt -inking th- iegisla ion for judicial reform, of th. sine- cure features of <■ »al oil Inspe ti n. the Ton-, tlie su ee-sful manag.-nient of . io penitcnti-iry syst. m, t!i<-advant .g--a. ru ing in th- matter -if executive < timm-y through a board -if pard-.ns an-i th- tax settlein. tv . tfei t. d with the raiir-ads. He refer- to the operation of tlie several <l. partitu-ir < -late and stout!, i.js.-ts ■ upon the b« n- ’i- : i -i.s in . .i.'t--.iional work ot the im-.forni t- xt book aw. Tha governor most s h rectme state at- , lairs v.itli r-f- <t < e to iiis v, : mes sage'. whiili were sustained in each in stall-i -by t i- gisiature. Alti<cii>i , the gove moi . wing 111 S itvllll 1 !l. ' I 7 'i i1 • >ll. The uov«rn««? tii»u • liters into a <ha he giv-s .- faun...tr reh.tsit of -Jte la ws he lias -*n a. is -lined to pre--nt, nt, ; adds -oni. .serration' on "imperialism nicer tin B f ail model of argument. II - tonde-mns |>r->t-• ; on and trusts ami fa vors an in-ome- tax. with ar, allusion t< his labor In -ongre-s for such a tax. not omit'ing to Ill'll tion in emphasized :,:t --rentbesis ;,t h. had a eolab -re- in M W. J. Bryan. Indeed, th.- gov.-rur pains to hav. it underst that he Is uiialt.-abl- ior Bryan and ‘he e’ht.ag* platform, w j.h - r< ss upon the free and unlimiteel e-oinag.. ol silver. Having d;s --i-uss -I state affairs and given his views <»n national political questions, th.- gov ernor '-'till s it he- close of his sp-e. a > the political point, which lias most infet ested ' , Üblie of the state in ills p- - viously proposed deliverance - that is his attitude in regard to the senatorial race, in that r< sp-a t h. says: He Is for Bryan. “it is known to you all that it has been my ainbkion to represent our magnifi cent state- in the t’nited States senate This t have 11. ve: concealed. I have hot twenty ye its exp.-riem e in congress, which I h.-li.-ve would give me a valuable equipment f, r the- senate. You know whether I dis. hurged my dti-'.y i i.t.ifully, patrioti-ally and < ttiei.-ntly. "For vweiry-six y.-, rs Tennessee de mocracy ha* never had a battle in whic i I did not participate with all mx en« rgv there Was no t-onlesi on In T« .- - ■ ■ have gone when -ailed. ;o other states to help p< rpetuate th- of our party M ami .uivamth- cause of go .1 government. Seven:.-.-a autumns .n tlm i-ast twenty-six years of my life have Inn thus spell . How efficient wet— those services I .ini cantent to leave to elem-K-ra- y ev- ry w here. "When by the narrowest po'sible ma jority I was defeated for the senate, i went forth again •-> do battle for mv party, proclaiming that I abided the di rection of the majority an.l that the goo J th- state was above ail personal am bition. Now he who -n •--edi-.i then d< , .'lines to stand for re-election. The office now. as then, is with the people to b-- s i.vv on whom th- > think can serve ;'m in most ably. If. in their wisdom, their ciiosch representatives see fit to elect me. I shall show my appreciation of the great honor by discharging to tlie uttnos* of my ability and with the greatest possi ble ti.l.-lity the h.gli trust In the fU- - Hire, as in the past, my services are at ■the command of mv party, for my coun try. Ami in the future, as in the past. i the will of tho party shall he the law of ; my conduct, ami tfce g-.0-l of my country my highest concern." McMillin Names Republicans. Nashville. Tenn.. March G.—(SpecialT Govcrnoi At,Millin lias announced that he has decided to appoint T. I*. Marshall police commissioner and Clement Wood worth to the board of public wonts Chattanooga. Both are republicans and succeed retiring republicans.
