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2 WINN URGES THAT BUILDINGDEPT. BEDIM Engineers to Plan Street Work and Executive Forces Do It. His Aim. The campaign to better Atlanta ? bau I »trei-t conditions took new impetus to i (Jay with the declaration of Mayo- j Winn that the chief of construction * I department should be divided Into two j departments—an engineering depart-! * monl and a construction department. ■ "The department is too big for on. I man." said the mayor. “An engineer- I ing corps to plan the work and an ex- : ecuttve department to do it would be more systematic and would give better results I think it was a mistake that j the departments were over consoli dated." As a -esult of The Georgian's publi- , , ration of the terrible street condition? , and the city-wide demand for better- ' ment. the meeting of council will b» adjourned until Thursday afternoon, when charter amendments reorganiz ing the system of improvements are IBv expected to be introduced Immediate Action Urged in Council. Leading metpbers of council are agreed that action should h< taken at once In order to get the charter amend ments through this session of ihe leg islature. Among them is being uiged the plan of separating the departments. Some want the construction officials elected by council instead of by the people Councilmen Charles W. Smith. Clar ence HaVerty and others are advocat ing a $2,000,000 bond issue for street Improvements. A special committee will recommend an election for the bond issue at the meeting of council this afternoon. Streets of Other Cities Shame Atlanta’s. A striking view of Atlanta's streets wgs given in an interview to The Geor gian today by Chafes .1 Haden, promi nent real estate developer and lawyer. "1 have lust returned from a visit to Cleveland. St Louis and Chicago, and In comparison with the streets of those cities the condition of Atlanta's is shameful." he said. 1 had the pleasure of going over large sections of these cities and I could not help but think of our streets as a blot on our city. ‘The Georgian has taken up a grea l campaign In urging that the streets be made better. "The greatest cause of the trouble here seems to me to be that our side streets are so poorly paved that the traffic is forced *00(0 Peachtree and Whitehall streets. The traffic is theie- I fore so heavy on these streets that no sort of pavement could last long unde, it. Traffic avoids the rough blocks and our side streets are left idle while the principal thoroughfare is congested " Complaints Made Os Sidewalk Inactivity. Dr. Horace Grant communicated to The Georgian today a complaint that is general. No sidewalks were put down when curbing was recently laid on Park and Atwood streets In West End. Nearlj all the curbing is now washed down. Dr. Grant also said that pri ■ • vate property had been encroached upon tn the grading work Al the meeting of council this aftcr , noon a resolution will be Introduced b' the streets committee authorizing rhe construction department to hire free labor and to let contracts to catch up with the sidewalk grading work. The city convicts have been depended upon for this work. Not a single tile has been laid on the 30 miles of side walks which council authorized this yea r. Only a Third of Street Fund Spent The amazing information was se cured from the city comptroller’s office today that, despite the city-wide pro | ’e«s against the awful condition of At- lanta's streets, not as much as one third of the council's appropriation for 5 street improvements in 1912 has been , spent by the streets committee and the construction department so far this year—more than six months The comptroller's books show that $38.945; expended, *17.212.63 balance. $31,732.37 Marietta street widening Appor ■ioned, $25,00(1; expended. $17,029 59, balance. $7,970.69. While the amount provides for the smaller part of the proposed street Im provements this year, the larger part to come from assessments on property owners, the street railway company and work done by the county convicts, it Is a true Index to the proportion of work done. With increasing complaints coming from itizens that it is impossible > ’ravel in any direction In the city for any distance without encountering ter rible streets, here is an itemized state ment from the comptrollers office of the small amount of relief work done; Work Done and Funds Available. t’hert and stone fund: Apportioned. $:">.000; expended. $17,029.59; balance, $7,970.59. Marietta street paving Apportioned. $59,506.57. nothing expended. EL Cher repairs: Apportioned $8,000; ' " $2,729.89; balance $6,270.11. ||Mk& 3 pp.c ti.ow .! J];; street widening Ap- A PETITION If you are desirous of bettering the condition of Atlanta s streets, cut out this coupon, fill out the blanks and send it to the councilman who represents the ward in which you live), To Councilman -* . < ity Hall. Atlanta. Ga. Realizing the disgraceful condition of Atlanta's streets. I ask von to use every effort in your power to bring about better conditions. Name >' Address HEIRESS BRIDE'S EIFE THREATENED Miss Jennie Crocker, to Wed Tomorrow. Stations Police Guard About Estate. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. Alarmed b» anonymous letters threatening her life on the eye of her marriage to Malcolm Whitman. .Miss Jennie Crocker, Califor nia's richest heiress, today placed her Hillsboro estate under police surveillance Detectives are on guard at all the gates which mark entrances to tne grounds Even tradesmen -re not allowed to enter, but leave their wares at the gates, to be carried a half irfle to the Crocker mansion by it listed employees. Miss Crocker's $60,060 wedding takes , plate tomorrow. Meanwhile the voung heiress Is accompanied wherever she goes by plain clothes men. \ number of these will be icatterei hrough the fash ionable llpiscocill 'hitVvh in Sin Maieo, when Bishop it jiliaio Ford Nichols per forms b< ceremo',l ha I will unite Miss Crocker and Mil'-’lm Whitman portioned, $5,000; expended. $2,325; bal ance. $2,675. West End and Grant park boulevard: Apportioned sß.<'oo, expended. $4,572; balance. $3,428. Spring street improvements; Appor tioned, $5,000; expended, $2,898.67. Pryor street repairing: Apportioned, $5,000, expended, $113.22. East Mitchell street paving Appor tioned. $5,000: nothing expended. Fair and Hunter streets repairing: Apportioned, $3,000; nothing expended. South Boulevajd repairing: Appor tioned. $3,000; nothing expended. Ivy street improvement: Apportioned, $5,000; nothing expended. Highland avenue repaving. Appor tioned. $7,000; nothing expended. James street repaving: Apportioned, $1,000; nothing expended. Flat Shoals road paving: Appor tioned. $1,800; nothing expended. Whitefoord avenue underpass; Ap portioned, $2,000; nothing expended. DeKalb avenue paving: Apportioned. $2,000; nothing expended. North Boulevard paving: Appor tioned. $10,000; nothing expended. North avenue paving: Apportioned. $4,807; nothing expended. Grading and repaving West Hunter street and the regrading of South For syth street: Apportioned, $12,100; nothing expended. St. Charles avenue paving: Appor tioned; $2,500; nothing expended. St. Charles avenue paving (another section): Apportioned, $2,000. expend ed. $140.82; balance. $1,859.18. Streets ordinary: Apportioned. $30.- 000; expended, $24,631: balance, $5,378. On some of these improvements work has begun, but vouchers for expendi tures have not yet reached the comp troller's office The city engineers de clare that this Is the worst year in his tory for street work on account of the Incessant rains. They say a great part of the work done has been repairs of washouts and the like, citing as evi dence that lie streets ordinary fund, the fund for such repairs, is nearly ex hausted. Work by county convicts is one of the lilg items this year. But all work done in the city is under the direction of council's streets committee and the city construction department. Here is an outline of the system by which county work is done. Whenevei the city officials desire work done by the county they make a request The county commissioners or der it done or not, as they see fit. Citizens desiring any big improve ments appeal to both the streets com mittee of council and the county com mission But the county officials do no work in the city without the ap proval of the city officials. However, this eo-operat9ve system was adopted just the first of the year All County Work Done by Convicts. The county does all work with its convicts and without assessments. But under tiie plan adopted the first of the year the city assesses property owners and the street railway company for I work done by the county just as for work done h; the city. It Is said that in this way much more work can be done. Most of the work done by the county forces is grading. No assessment is ever made for grading work. The city furnishes all material tot work done by the county. It is probable that reforms of the city construction department and the whole street improvement system will be considered at the meeting of coun cil tills afternoon. If the matter is not taken up then, council wilt be adjourn ed until Thursday afternoon to con sider some sweeping proposals for changes which can oply be brought about by action of the state legisla t u re. Many members of council favor post poning action until Thursday in order that a caucus may oe held end united action agreed upon informally. But they realize that tlje.. must act at once to get the desired legislation through 'i,.. t ssinn of the general assembly THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. JULY 15. 1912. JEALDUSWDMAN SAVES REPUBLIC ’V Discarded Sweetheart of the Leader of Portuguese Mon archists Bares Plot. LISBON, July 15.—ft jealousy mad dened woman brought the latest and most promising attempt of the Portu guese royalists to the verge of ruin with heavy* loss of life and treasure. A beautiful girl of noble family here en amoured of t'aptain Couciri, the roy alist leader, recently received informa tion that he was false to her, It became known today, and in a frenzy, went to the government officials and revealed the monarchist plot, every detail, of which Is said to have been given to he”. It was then that the republican lead ers learned that seven regiments in this city were in constant communica tion with Coucjri and had completed all plans to revolt and seize the capital for the loyalists as soon as the latter reached the border Measures we e taken to nullify this plan and when Couciri crossed the frontier from Spain at the head of lhe strongest army the revolutionists have been able so muster he found the government forces wait ing for him in overwhelming numbers and his command was dispersed with heavy loss in killed and injured. The republicans also suffered se verely and royalist agents are declaring that their setback to the cause was but temporary. ’lhe government, how ever, is confident that with the ex haustive Information placed In Its hands by Coucirl's discarded sweetheart there is nothing left for the royalist leader to do but surrender o' tight. RE LEASING BOARD VOTED BY SENATE; SALARIES DODGED Altered so that the constitutional ob jection. which caused former Governor Holte Smith to veto a similar measure, had been removed, the Harris resolution providing a standing commission to re lease the Western and Atlantic railroad was adopted by (lie senate today without opposition. The resolution stipulates that three sen ators and five representatives, appointed from the present legislature, be named tc constitute a’commission which shall hold office until all the leases of the Western and Atlantic railroad shall have been consummated As the present leases of the Western and Atlantic do not terminate until 1919 this commission, should it be authorized ny the bouse, will be tn existence for seve., years. Provision of a similar act vetoed by- Governor Smith gave members of the com mission legislative per diem while in ses sion. Governor Smith held this to be an action of the legislators to create salaried offices for themselves. The pres ent measure gets around this objection by allowing members of the commission $7 a day for expenses MAN LOST IN SWAMP IS CRAZED BY MOSQUITOES EGG HARBOR CITY. N J„ July 15. Residents of Cologne, a little village a few miles from hero, heard numerous of “Help, for God's sake, help!" from deep in the Mankiller swamp. As , the swamp is a thick and dangerous one no one answered the calls until 3 o’clock in the morning, when several men started a search. After several house they came upon a half-naked man, dressed only in a shirt. He was terribly bitten bv mosquitoes and was demented During spells he seemed to be normal and gave his name as Joseph Holz worth, of Camden He said that he 1 had escaped from Blackwell's Island, ' New York, and with a ft lend was on ills way’ to Atlantic City, when his friend attacked him, beating hint sense ' less and took his money and clothe? aw ay. TOO LAZY TO ESCAPE FIVE YEARS IN PRISON ‘ COLUMBIA. • MO., July 15.—George I Smith, a negro, has just been sent to the state penitentiary because, after being paroled when convicted of forg ing a check 'or $2. he refused to report to the circuit court here to give proof t of his good behavior. Unless Governor Hadley pardons him. Smith will have to serve five ■ years. It is said that Smith could ’ easily have proved that he had be t haved himself, but was top lazy to do > S' The sheriff warned him repeatedly, i but Smith would not go to the trouble t• > walk a few blocks to the court house BLEASE ACCUSED Os CRIME HERE Felder Declares South Carolina Governor Will Be Indicted in This State. Continued From Page One. some he had already' pardoned before. But I have evidence that Blease of fered pardons to men behind the bars if they would kill me. That's another of the crimes I can prove against the degenerate who i£ still legally entitled to call himself the chief executive of a great Southern state. "Detective Reed and 1 are awaiting further summons from the investigat ing committee at Augusta. Reed has a telegram from Nichols, with whom he bargained for a pardon for the yegg man Dentley. which shows us that Blease accepted the $15,000 bribe the Burns detective pretended to offer him while the dictagraph caught their bar gain in the Washington hotel. Awaiting Further Summons. “That telegram tells Reed (known by Nichols as Attorney Porter, of Chi cago) to hurry on South and wind up the deal, and pay his money and get his pardon, just as Nichols said he would fix the governor’ when they' made the contract. That ought to prove to any commission what sort of man Biease is. "Reed and I are awaiting that com mittee’s further summons. When the committee gets through, when the peo ple of South Carolina know the. truth about the man who has swindled them out of a governorship and when they have turned him out as they surely will when his term expires If they do not do it before—then we will begin our crim inal prosecutions. I will not detail now lhe crimes we will prove against this plan because it would forewarn him and his clique, but if Justice is done in South Carolina and here, as it surely will, Blease will go behind the bars for all the years be lives. And that sen tence will be no more than he de serves. “When Blease came to Atlanta for that commercial congress," continued Mr. Felder "1 had him shadowed every moment of his stay. And my. detec tives saw the felony he committed. That can be proved and if I live I'm going to prove it, and if 1 don’t live there still will be witnesses who will be able tn convict him of that crime." ,'eed Not Through Yet. As Felder talked Detective Reed, the Burns sleuth of the dictagraph, came into the interview. Reed looks for all the world the double of the late Paul Morton, secretary' of the navy under Roosevelt, railroad magnate and Insur ance chief. Reed opened the dictagraph, which had received the conversation binding the alleged pardon sale in Washington "That’s the same little machine that trapped the McNamaras in the dyna mite plot." he said, "it's the same one I used to convict the grafting council men at Atlantic City and the legisla tors at Columbus. It's been a pretty loyal machine to the Burns detective agency and it may do some more work to undo Blease. I'm not through with the case yet. I'm going to be here for several days, waiting upon the call of the. committee. We had proof even while the committee was in session that Nichols was coming along nicely in his negotiations with the governor to sell us Dentley "s pardon. Os course the telegram telling me to come and wind it up meant that the governor had ac cepted $5,000 for the pardon and was ready to Issue it. But the dictagraph may do still more clever work in this ease if it's needed any more." Nichols to Tell Os Pardon Deal SPARTANBURG. S. C„ July 15.—At the request of Samuel J. Nichols, the Spartanburg attorney trapped by E. S. Reed, the Burns detective, into talk ing about Governor Blease and a cer tain pardon. State Senator Howard B. Carlisle, chairman, will call a meeting of the dispensary Investigating com mittee to be held in Columbia next Thursday at noon, at which time Mr. Nichols will appear and tell his side of the alleged conversations. Today Mr. Nichols said: "It would be useless for me to make a statement at this time, as it could only amount to a statement. What I have to say 1 want to say on the wit ness stand and have it put into official tet ords. Until that time 1 have nothing whatever to say of the matter." Mr. Nichols returned from Columbia today . He was at the governor's man sion when the Sunday morning papers came out and from these he learned for the first time that a detective had been on his path. Mr Nichols and Mr. Carlisle held a conference here today, and it was decided to hold the next meeting of the committee in Columbia on Thursday to hear Nichols’ testi mony Blease Refuses to Talk of Dictagraph COLUMBIA, S July 15. Denying that Samuel J. Nichols, of Spartanburg, askyd him to pardon Gus Dfford, and refusing at this time to reply to the charges of Thomas B. Felder, of Atlanta, that he had been guilty of an aet of degeneracy while in Atlanta in March, 1911. and that he would be indicted by an Atlanta grand jury for his alleged misconduct in the Georgia city. Governor Col? L. Blease today said that in the near future he would answer this and HOMES BURN WITHIN SIGHT OF FIREHOUSE; BAD STREET BLAMED To the Editor of The Georgian : Won't yon help us before it is too late” Our homes, though humble, are going, one by one, being burned to the ground in sight of a fire house ! Three homes burned to the ground in less than two months. Why? Because the city will not pave one of the most important streets in this section (South Moreland avenue). The city offi cers will tell you that they are waiting to put in a sewer. Why don't they pul in a sewer and run the house connections to the curb, and not let the people connect until the lower end of the sewer is finished? Then the city can pave the street. Wednes day night the best fire engine in the city was compelled to spend nine hours in the street, because it could not move, on ac count of the street. EAST ATLANTA IMPROVEMENT CU B. .Atlanta. Ga.. Julv 15. 1912. GEORGIAN FALLS TOURISTS HONE Newspaper’s Guests Loud in Praise of Railway Companies Which Handled Special. The Georgian s 50 guests who journeyed on the outing to Cincinnati. Niagara Falls. Toronto and Detroit returned to Atlanta last night. All of them declared the trip was the pleasantest of their lives. « The railroad officials throughout the length of the route vied in courtesies to the party and ever, J. F. McFarland, who has done world tours as manager of such excursions for many years, says he never went upon a finer one and doesn’t think "a finer one can he made." When The Georgian special arrived ex actly on schedule time at the Louisville and Nashville station the excursionists streamed from the Pullmans. gretted their hundreds of friends who had gobe to the station to welcome them back, and then held an impromptu meeting, at which they passed unanimously this reso lution: Resolved. That at an informal meet ing of the Tourists of The Georgian special train returning front Niagara Falls and Canada, on July 14. 1912. we do uninimously extend most sin cere thanks to The Atlanta Georgian and News.. Mr. J. F. McFarland, man ager of the tour, and Mr, F. J. Par malee, T. P. A. of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad, for a most pleasant and profitable tour. We also wish to extend our thanks to the Louisville and Nashville, Cin cinnati. Hamilton and Dayton and Grand Trunk railroad companies, to the Niagara Navigation Company. . and Gorge Route, and to the Detroit and Cleveland Steamship Company, for most efficient service and courte ous treatment. The resolution was offered on the spot by every one of the tourists. other charges'made against him by Fel der In written statements. But the governor did dictate a briet statement today in which he character ized Felder as a "cowardly character, Ijlief and debauchee," and ctilled William .1. Burns, the detective employed by Mr. Felder, a "cheap hireling unworthy of belief." Blease denied that Nichols had sought the pardon for Gus Deford, as indicated iln dictagraph testimony presented the dispensary investigating committee at Augusta late Saturday afternoon by De tective E. S. Reed, of the Burns agency. The governor’s dictated statement fol lows: "The entire transactions as brotfght out in Augusta have been done at this time in the campaign for the purpose of in juring me. thinking, as we had passed over a half of the state, that it would be impossible for me to reach the people again. That whole thing is a tissue of misrepresentations and willful lies, whicli 1 will show the people of the state at the proper time with the proofs. 1 have received numbers of telegrams, letters and telephone messages from my friends throughout the state and from parties who have heretofore never been my friends, in which they denounce the com mittee for the action it has taken and assuring me of their undivided support. I am satisfied they have done me no in jury, but have materially strengthened me with my’friends and all other South t 'aro linans, who love their state and who will resent the manner in which this cowardly character, thief and debauchee has at tempted to injure the chief magistrate of this state with the assistance of this committee." Referring to W J. Burns, the detective, the governor said; “in my opinion Burns proved himself unworthy of belief and a cheap hireling, as be has in other of his transactions." The governor said he did not care to make any mention of the incident of yesterday wnen he ordered J. N. King and O W. Watson out of his residence. He quoted one of these men as using in his home words of very “ungentlemanly character.’’ Attornev Nichols, who was connected with the alleged pardon bribery scheme as related by Detective Reed. left yester day afternoon for his home in Spartan burg Governor Blease said today: “Nichols never mentioned anything to me about a pardon for Gus Deford, and no such pardon has been issued.” Nichols and other friends of Governor Blease were in conference at the execu tive mansion several hours yesterday A CORRECTION. Jp a letter to The Georgian, the Rev Hugli S. Wallace corrects the statement made in this paper that the Baptist min isters of Atlants' had at one time de clined to ordain him because of his views on immersion Immersion was not the point of faith on which Mr. Wallace and the other ministers differed. FARMERS RALLY IN LOWNDES. VALDOSTA. GA . July 15. Tn Lowndes County Farmers union is pie paring for a big rally in this city on July 26. W. T. Carter, president of the Mississippi Farmers union, will be the principal speaker. He will speak on "The Marketing of espe cially cotton. SUNDAY DANCING GOES UNDER BAN Effort of Grant Park Revelers to Tilt the Lid Is Checked by Policeman. Sunday dancing In Atlanta was shoved under the ban good and hard today by Recorder Broyles. An effort to tilt Atlanta's lid just a wee bit was made yesterday afternoon by a merry party of boys and girls, who went out to Grant park, and. in the pres ence of a crowd of recreation seekers. Waltzed and two-stepped to the strains of an electric piano in a iiall over the refreshment stand. The startled specta tors looked on in amazement, wondering what had happened to Atlanta. Public dancing in the park on Sunday afternoon -the idea was almost inconceivable. But it was all over In a little while, for when Policeman Norman appeared the dancers deserted the waltz and scampered away. Two young men. Barney Waldrop, 247 South Moreland avenue, and Walter Strickland, 338 Woodward avenue, were a bit braver than the other dancers, and sought to waltz together. They were spied by Officer Norman, who made cases against both of them. In police court today. Strickland told Recorder Broyles he had been informed that the police had no objection to the dancing. He was fined $1.75. Waldrop failed to appear, and wtas ordered in con tempt of court. "Sunday dancing certainly will pot be tolerated," said Judge Broyles. “Atlanta has not reached ihe’Sunday dancmg stage yet." COUNCIL EXPECTED TO ADOPT NEW CITY PLANT PLAN TODAY It was said today by prominent mem bers of the council that the contract of the New York Destructor Company to build a garbage disposal plant for $276.- 000 would be adopted by council this aft ernoon. li will be recommended by Mayor Winn and the finance committee The company offers to give bond to build a SIOO,OOO electric power plant in conjunction with the crematory if the council will finance such a proposition. Otherwise the bond provides that the electric plant can'be built on the same terms of credit as the garbage plant with in one year after the garbage plant is completed. The Trust Company of Georgia has un derwritten the destructor company’s con tract to build the garbage plant. MACON MAN ACCUSES HIS WIFE OF LARCENY Macon raatrmionial trouoies were placed before Sheriff C. W. Mangum, in At’arda, today. The official received a letter from W. A. Hooks, -,f West 'iftipb"l| avenue. Macon, asking that his wifa, ln> is in Atlanta, be arrested on two charges if larceny. He asserts that she ran away from Weir heme several -eeks ago. taking' the family finances, consisting of several hundred dollars, and has not been heard from since. He offers <25 lor informal lon leading to her arrest and return to him. JOHN MITCHELL TO BE SENTENCED WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON. July 15,-John Mitchell, vice president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, adjudged in contempt, will be sentenced by Justice Wright on Wednesday. Through his attorney. Mitchell today agreed to waive his right to be in the court when sentence is passed, and the penalty will be imposed in his absence. BROTHER SLAYS BROTHER IN A BUSINESS QUARREL MONTGOMERY, ALA.. Idly 15.—News has just reached here of a tragedy at Prattville. Autauga county, last night, Peevy Bridges, a well known citizen being dead, while his brother, Mack Bridges, is under arrest charged with tne ki-.-.lng The slaying took place at the home of Mack Bridges, where the brothers were discussing Business when they fell nut. The dead man was shot with a revolver. CAMP MEETING NEXT MONTH. JAUKSoN, GA.. July 15.—Prepara tions are under way for the annual ten. day meeting of the Indian Spring holi ness camp meeting, which will be held August 8 to 18. The preachers are Rev. \\ . Ruth, of Indianapolis, and Rev. C. H. Babcock, of Portsmouth. Va. Charlie D. Tillman, of Atlanta, will have charge of the music. PREACHER HEADS SCOUTS. JACKSON. GA., July 15.—The Boy Scouts of Jgekspn left today for a week's camping trip on the Towaliga river. The boys will be in charge of Rex Robert VanDeventer. pastor of the First Baptist church of this city. LOIWTOKEEP OF SENATE FIGHT May Ask Voters of State for Vindication, or May Ask the Senate to Reopen Case. M ASHINGTON. July 15.—Wil! ~ Lorimer, who on Saturday was ur ed as United States senator from l nois, will keep up his senate figtp. but will go back to his fiome*in fhieju and go to work for the present He will probably re-enter politi,, an ,| seek a vindication at the han< s of Illinois electorate; but that ias r , been decided. Mr. Lorimer js far from being : carewpljp and crushed man he tnig ;; imagined. Since the fight for hi- -• became most active, Mr. Lorinv been laying at a downtown hotel. : ldi . ing given up his quarters in the Y - Men's Christian association. H. remain there until probably the ci.o , the week, when he will leave so- i cago. Lorimer takes the view that h< ; < ask to have his case reopened on ■!.■ ground of newly evidence at any time he wishes. He feels that th» senate in reopening his case aft. r < had once declared his title valid lished a precedent it can not iguor- Since he walked out of the chamber Saturday he has barely n tioned his case. Lorimer Tale One of Bossism and Trusts There Is a significant coinciden. the fact that the expulsion of I from the senate came on the fv •ihe victory for popular election ' •United States senators, sot which tin •Hearst newspapers have batti •through almost a score of year?. \\ the people selecting their own -rvi ’tors. Lorimer cases will he lmpo?sii> ! It is the general belief that the !."■ 'mer scandal, and the use which t Hearst newspapers have made of i point to the necessity of popular . . - lions, were most powerful facto.- ; . assuring the success of the propo constitutional amendment. AU of inordinate ambition, crlrnu.. ' greed, reckless wealth and drunk ■ power are iJlusDated in the- Lo i shame. It is the perfect embodim. nt of bossism. Betrayal Begins It. It began in a betrayal of rhe ex pressed wishes of the people lilin Republicans, at the primary of 19i'-. explicitly declared a preference for A - Hopkins to succeed himself in th” 'senate. When the legislature tor; vened the mandate was disregard' deadlock ensued, and afte; sevi t months of fruitless balloting l.o'im ' was suddenly elected to succ< ed Ho - kins, largely through Democratb \ ••; The explosion came when sot n: Representative Charles T. W'nfb •’( the Illinois legislature, confess'd ' s' he had been paid SI,OOO to volt so Lorimer, and gave the names of ot:> - that had received similar vmnpfn ■>- tion. Lorimer at first tried io ignore ■ issue. But at length a demand made in the Senate for .an investor .- tion. A committee was appointed a an exhaustive investigation was in;,' - But powerful influences were work. Edward Hines, one of the in tent factors of the lumber trust. - busy, as did the agents of big busin - The senate committee reported In f vor of Lorimer. By such methods Lorimer's door fall was temporarily staved off B' scant eight votes Lorimer wa s whit- - washed. But the blow was only temporari!' stayed. The popular storm increase ' in fury. The election of 1919 < > along and the Republican party, wi'i had made Lorimer's cause its own. • < buried beneath an avalanche of bai ■ - Aldrich was forced to quit: Hale ! lowed, and half a dozen more—all 1 imer men —went down to defeat. Illinois legislature began an inv> i gation of the charges against 1.0 1 • Funk Accuses Hines. Clarence S. Funk, general mattag' of the International Harvester 1 • pany. swore that Edward Hines “ approached him. and with lhe renn’’ that he “had put Lorimer over. tho;ig> it cost $100,000." requested Funk help make up that sum from th<- f' 1 of the Harvester Company. Edward Tilden, pfesident of the > . tional Packing Company—beef tm who was said to have acted a? " ' urer of the SIOO,OOO fund, refused produce his books before the jlDn • legislature, and was upheld in ' stand by the courts. After a sharp fight the‘senate n dered another investigation. Hine? peared. but pply to make a dec' • while Tilden declared that he m kept any memorandum of his i-xi •■' tures outside of his business blocked the effort to get at the • b" that he had acted a? treasure! •( 'bribery fund. Hines let loose the fact that A rand Taft both favored Lorimer. < iLorimer himself again entered » -: r ' ■oral denial. Theie Uas a mas-s of ■ tdepce tendic" to corroborate l ur story, and the other testimony 1 had been iptioduced at the firs' h ing. Hut again the senate committee cided in favor of Lorimer. This v the final effort of the machine. ever. A change has come over aft In the serrate. It had been detr tstrated conclusively that this time ' 'whitewashing committee would no' '• 'upheld. Wherefore. Vice Presm •Sherman, turning the gavel of th? ate over to another, rushed mad'y Chicago recently to break the tie" - 'Lorimer and beg him to resign. I- Lorimer would not quit, and so car hi. ejection bj the senate.