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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- (
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;! i f '7S/ mto i? no?) |
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C xj 7
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=/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.