Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1903 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1903.

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There are a few Democrats who, for the most part, have been voting against Mr. Bryan, who believe that Mr. Cleveland would be a strong candidate for the Democracy In 1504, but the greater part of the party is certain thst Mr. Cleveland could not carry a Northern State nor even Missouri. Still, Mr. Cleveland is a good deal of a Democrat in his way. SIgnor Marconi predicts a commercial revolution through wireless telegraphy. Two hundred" .words a minute at 1 cent a word and the general use of wireless telegi raphy Instead of th mails for a large pro portion of the personal correspondence that now passes between America and Europe are developments that he sees in the near future. Yet the laying of the Pacific submarine cable goes right on. It is stated on seemingly good authority that the Hoar anti-trust bill does not represent the views of the President nor of Attorney General Knox. It Is said they regard it as too sweeping and likely to have a paralyzing effect on business. It is believed the Hoar bill will have to be materially amended before it will receive the support of Senators Piatt. Spooner and other administration senators. Senor Sagasta, ex-premler of Spain, who has Just died at the age of seventy-five, was one of the foremost statesmen of Eu rope and one of the most liberal and pro gressive in his views. No other Spanish statesman ever held the responsible posi tion of prime minister during so many years or under as tping conditions as he did. His successor, rtenor Sllvela, who held office once before following Sagasta, Is a lawyer by profession, and is regarded as a man of great ability and uncommon gifts. While tho Republican members of the lower house of the Illinois Legislature ap pear to be divided into so bitter factions that they may not agree upon a candidate for speaker, the rtmost harmony prevails In the corresponding body In this State. This is due chiefly to the fact that neither United States senator. rerjresentAtivo In ' Congress or state officer interferes In In diana. The average Legislature in Indiana. Republican or Democratic, would resent the interference of outside parties In its organization. The popular idea that England lead's In the workTs shipping is not sustained by statistics. The Record of American and Foreign Shipping of 1303 shows that, including vessels of all kinds, the United States leads, witn oreat Britain a good second and other nations straggling along in the rear. Great Britain exceeds the United States in craft that cross the ocean, but coastwise trade counts also. The Record thows that in the number of shipyards this country is far .ahead of any other. Ferhaps we do not need a ship subsidy as badly as some people seem to think. The recommendation of State Superintendent Jones that some provision be made ty law to consolidate the small schools scattered over the State Into large schools, which can be better graded and have the advantage of better teachers, is sound. Jt is much cheaper to provide transportation than to operate schools having a dozen or twenty pupils, and much better for the scholars. Iowa and other States have already adopted a system of consolidation which includes the taking of the pupils to and from schools which are distant. It ought to b possible for some commission or committee to ascertain the responsibility for the holding back of coal in portions of the country which are not largely affected by anthracite shortage. The mine operators should be In a position to turn out more coal than ever before, and tho railroads should be In a position to haul It. Considerably more coal is needed this season than la;L This Is true of the gas belt, vhere people tried to get along with gas '"-.til the present seasou. Stil!, If coal is

being held back by any combination with a

view of securing exorbitant prices, a regularly constituted commission appointed by proper authority should be ablo to ascertain the facts. If the shortage is as notable in Indiana as elsewhere a Joint committee of the Legislature could investigate and ascertain the causes. TIIC ADMINISTRATION AND TI1G 310XROE DOCTHIXE. A Democratic paper says: "The reports of the assaults of the German press on the Monroe doctrine are indications that we may not yet be through with the awkward position in which we were put by consenting to the 'peaceful blockade proposition." This and other attempts to misrepresent the attitude of the administration in the Venezuelan affair show a desire to make party capital even at the expense of belittling the government in the eyes of its own people and of foreigners. It is insinuated that the administration has surrendered an essential part of the Monroe doctrine by consenting to the peaceful blockade proposition, thereby showing cowardice by abandonment of principle. This is not true. If the administration had denied the right of Great Britain and Germany to enforce their claims against Venezuela in any legitimate manner known among nations, short of the permanent occupation of territory, it would have gone further than any previous administration has done, further than tho text of the doctrine warrants, and would have assumed a position which the other powers would not have , admitted, and which could not have been maintained. The practice of peaceful blockade to redress grievances has been recognized by several Democratic administrations. In 183S, fifteen years after the declaration of the Monroe doctrine. Great Britain and France instituted a blockade of Vera Cruz and other Mexican ports without eliciting a word of protest from a Democratic administration. President Van Buren, in his annual'message of December, 183S, said: I regret to state that the blockade of ths principal ports on the eastern coast of Mexico, which, in consequence of differences between that republic and France, was instituted In May last, unfortunately .still continues, enforced by a competent French naval armament, and is necessarily embarrassing to our own trade in the gulf. In common with that of other nations. Every disposition, however, is believed to exist on the part of the French government to render tljis measure as little onerous as practicable to the Interests of the citizens of the United States, and to those of neu tral commerce, and it is to be hoped that an early settlement of the difficulties be tween t ranee and Mexico will soon reestab lish the harmonious relations formerly subsisting between them and again open the ports of that republic to the vessels of all friendly nations. This case Is of special interest because it occurred a few years after the promulgatlon of the Monroe doctrine and shows I how It was construed at the time by a Democratic administration. Other blockades of Central or South American ports by European powers have occurred at different times and have been recognized by the United States. One of the latest cases oc curred In 1S94 during the second administra tion of Mr, Cleveland, when Great Britain not only blockaded the port, but landed troops and took possession of the custon house and appointed a governor at Corinto, Nicaragua. Mr. Cleveland said in a recent interview: During my second presidential term there were two instances of forcible collection of debts in South America by England, one in Venezuela and one in Corinto, Nicaragua, but no action was taken by the American government, save that of watching the transactions and tendering our good offices in the direction of averting any warlike collision. In further illustration of his own views and explanation of his action, Mr. Cleveland said: 'To use the Monroe doctrine under any circumstances as a shield for debtor nations which happen to be in this hemisphere would be a use of It never intended nor foreseen by President Monroe." The Monroe doctrine has never been asserted by any administration against the forcible collection of debts by European powers nor against peaceable blockades as a means to that end. So far from the present administration having surrendered any part of the principle or taken any backward step on the subject, it has made the clearest definition and has secured the most distinct recognition of the Monroe doctrina of any administration In our history. PALLING OFF IX TRUST ORGANIZATION". The New York Journal of Commerce prints an extended article on Industrial consolidations, or trusts, and large new corporations formed during the year 1002. It shows that in comparison with previous years the Industrial consolidations or trusts have decreased while the forming of new companies increased. The figures of the Journal of Commerce show that the total stocks and bonds of consolidations was J2.S03.750.000 in 1S91; $1,112,203,200 in 1902; 12,663,443.000 in 1S99, and J943, 195,000 in 1900. The figures of 1901 were still less, outside of the United States Steel Corporation. The consolidations during 1902 were less than those erf any previous , year given above. The organization of new corpora tions to build new plants has Increased, the amount of capital of such In 1000 being $63,SOO,000; in 1901. $173,750,000; in 1902, EH.SOO.OOO. These are rivals of the trusts, and include twenty-four iron and steel companies with a capitalization ranging from $500,000 to $23.000,000. The capitalization of corporations with $1,000,000 or more in industrial fields outside of those occupied by trusts was $94S,S75,000 in 1900; $479.900,000 in 1901, and $1.292.011,530 in 1902. In other words, the capitalization of the rivals of trusts was almost as great as that of the consolidations. If the new corporations with a capital less than $1,000,000 were included, the capital In consolidations would be considerably less than that of independent and new corporations. To read the opinions of those who are suffering from their own imaginings regarding the spread of consolidations or trusts, it would be thought the trusts were crushing out all other industrial corporations. The figures of the Journal of Commerce do not warrant any such inference. In the first place, combinations or trusts must be formed out of existing corporations, but that field has been so extensively worked that little more can be done in that direction. In the second place, many combinations have practically failed. The promoters paid such large prices for the different plants and so overcapitalized the combinations that they cannot earn sufficient money as profits to pay interest and dividends. The stocks of most of them cannot be sold for 50 per cent, of par value. Even the shares of the United States Steel Corporation will not sell at par, while earning dividends. It may be added that many of the trusts whose formation is announced do not . materialize. Doubtless some of the new corporations have been formed to drive sharp bargains with the

trusts, but it Is fair to assume that the large profits which are now possible have led rnnitnHits to Invest In romnetitlve COn-

cerns. But the point which the Journal of Commerce would emphasize is that com-, binations really effected are growing fewer while the organization of new corporations is Increasing. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, an anti-Republican newspaper, favoring the nomination of ex-Secretary Olney by the Democrats for the presidency, gives the political history of Judge Parker, of New York, who is a favorite for the nomination by many Democrats. It shows that Judge Parker's active participation in politics ended In 1SS3, and that during the fierce storms of 1SD6 and 1900 "he was silent, snug and secure on the bench," and "supremely negative in his political record and personality" the man whom "Democrats want who desire a candidate who will sug gest nothing and really stand for nothing in particular." This seems a correct classl ficatlon of Judge Parker. The Coliseum Banquet. The Coliseum banquet last night was a highly successful affair.- Tho Idea of inaugurating large enterprises under the in spiration generated by the gathering of congenial spirits around a well-fllled board la approved by long experience. Many an enterprise of great pith and moment has had its origin at a dinner. It was a happy thought of the promoters of the Coliseum project to bring together as many as practicable of those who it was thought would favor the project, and to give their Individual opinions the weight of combination and the projectile force of hearty expres sion. The result was an indorsement of the project that almost insures its success from the start, and the Journal believes that when it is fairly understood it will be as cordially indorsed by the community at large as It was by those who came to gether to discuss it last night. A structure of the kind proposed will be a great thing for Indianapolis. With the wonderful advances the city has made during the4ast few years, and even during the last few months; with the greatest interurban rail way system in the country, the greatest traction terminal station, and with a national technical school and an army post assured, there is nothing else in sight that will contribute as much to the cosmo politan advantages of the city as a great building that will accommodate the largest conventions, the most spectacular shows and . the grandest expositions of all kinds. The number of such things is In creasing, and they are constantly seeking a suitable and convenient place to meet. Indianapolis possesses every advantage ex cept the essential one of a vast and com modious building. The one thing needful must be supplied, and a Coliseum will do it. It has proved a great thing for Kansas City, but it will prove a greater thing for this city because it is more centrally lo cated and more accessible from all parts of the country. As such a building will di rectly or Indirectly benefit all classes of citizens, all should be given a chance to assist in its construction, and every person a. cf,i, o,.m who takes a dollar's worth of stock should be permitted to feel that he has become a Joint proprietor in one of the city's most distinctive features. The movement that was so auspiciously and successfully launched last night should be taken up by the people and carried forward to a suc cess in which all may take equal pride THE HUMORISTS. Lookinfc Backward. Chicago Record-Herald. . "Pa, did you ever have any halcyon days?' VOh, yes; lots of them," Mr. Henpeck replied. looking cautiously around. "I didn't get mar ried until I was nearly thirty years old." As the Stork Sees It. Brooklyn Life. First Stork-I Just left a baby at that million aire's house. Second Stork Funny things these human beings. I've Juft delivered three to one woman In a tenement, and her husband's out of work and they haven't a cent. You Pronounce It "Skee." A ski runner running on skis Was suddenly tempted to snls. His head gave a jerk. Interrupting his work. And the tumble disjointed his knls. Minnesota Times. Inherited. The Schoolmaster. "And now," said Professor Longbunger, as he greeted Mr. Henry Feck, "what shall we make of your little boy a lecturer? He has a sincere taste for It." "I know he has," replied the male parent; "he Inherits it from his mother." Happy Day. Philadelphia Press. V "What are you writing?" asked the freshman. "Just dropping a line to my governor, wishing him many happy returns of the day," replied the sophomore. "Why, Is this his birthday?" "No; pay day. He aent me a check this morn ing." Scott's Failure. New York Sun. Scott was reading the rough draft of "Ivanhoe" to his friends. "Yes," they assented, "the writing may be fine, but before writing It did you work In a factory, tramp as a hobo or shovel coal?" Crushed by his negligence In rrocurine materiaj tne unhappy author hid himself behind the I noro de plume of Waverley. Mathematics of Love. Newark News. "Margaret," he began, "I have $3,730 in the bank. I own half Interest in a patent churn company that clears $1.700 a year. My salary is $20 a week, with prospects of a raise to $22 next April. I have an aunt who will leave me twen-ty-seven shares of a railway stock now quoted at 53. Tell me. Margaret, will you be mine?" "Wait." he rer-Iied. "till I get a pencil." For she bad never been good at mental arith metic SSHBBSSBSBBBBBBSSBHBlBBBSSBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBaBSBHSI Beyond Lorem's Help. John Swain. In McClure's Magazine. There were many touching scenes in this little antechamber. A worn little woman, thin, haggard, ragged, carried in her arms a crippled girl of three years. She found herself in the front rank, and timidly handed up the little girl to be examined. Hope lighted her face; anxiety and love were mingled with it. She watched the surgeon's countenance as he deftly felt the child's hip and knee. She read the unfavorable answer before he spoke it. The child was hopelessly paralyzed, and he could do nothing for her. The mother sank sobbing to the cement floor, the surgeon bowed, and, taking her hand, raised her up. Tears were in his own eyes at her grief. It was not like that of those who were stronger and tad other children. To tne little woman this child was all In the world. And Dr. Lorenz, bending, kissed her hand, as he restored the child, saying In German, which was her tongue. "Madam. I ennnot help you child. But God may heal her in Ills own time." Weather Bureau of tue. Philadelphia Inquirer. After all, It Is not wise to poke fun at the weather bureau because It sometimes makes mistakes. It is claimed that there were 11.000,000 saved by the warnings sent out of the recent cold wave. Perishable fruits and vegetables were not shipped as expected, and In Florida oranges were saved by timely precautions. This is a fair offset against a lot of humor that is ground out during the year with the weather men taking the brunt of it.

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IMPORTANT MILITARY MEASURE PASSED BY THE HOUSE, 153 TO 52. It Provides for a Staff Corps, and Clothes It with Vast Power Both In Peace and "War. UTTTCT TUT? TYTrPlICiTrc AND MOBILIZE THE ARMY IN TI.MES OF HOSTILITIES. Many Duties Now Devolving; on the Commanding General Transferred to the Chief of Staff. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The House to day passed th5 bill for the creation of a general staff for the army by a vote of 153 tö 52. By the terms of the bill it becomes the duty of the general staff to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the army in time of war. to investigate and report on. all questions affecting the efficiency of the service and to render profesional aid to the secretary of war and to general officers and other superior commanders. "The general staff corps is to consist of one chief of staff and two general officers, all to be detailed by the President from officers of the army at largo not below the grade of brigadier general, four colonels, eix lieutenant colonels and twelve majors, twenty captains to be detailed from officers of the grade of captain or first lieutenant, who, while so serv ing, shall have the rank, pay and allowance of captains mounted. All officers In the general staff shall be detailed therein for periods of four years. While serving in the general staff corps, officers may be assigned temporarily , to duty within any branch of the army. Upon being relieved they shall return to the branch of the army in which they held permanent com mission, and no officer, except a ueneral one. shall be eligible to a further detail In the general start corps until he shall have served two years with the branch of the army in which he was commissioned, except In case or emercencv in the time of war. The bill also provides that the chief of staff, under tne direction or tne resiaeni, shall have supervision of all troops of the line and of the adjutant generals, inspector generals. Judge advocates, quartermasters. subsistence, medical, pay ana oranance aepartments, the corps of engineers and the signal corps and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the President. Duties now prescribed by stat ute for the commanding general of the m M . s .1 army as a memoer or tne Doaru oi ordinance and fortifications and of the board of commissioners of the soldiers' home shall be performed by the chief of staff or other officers designated by the President. After the general staff bill had been disposed of six members in succession, Messrs. Cooper of Wisconsin, Lamb of Virginia. and Morrell. Burk, Cassel and Adams, all of Pennsylvania, arose and denied pub lished renorts that they had joined wun other members to "pool" their clerical work. A number, of bills or a minor character were passed, most important being one to increase the pension or soiaiers loiauy deaf from $30 to $40 per month. ARMY PR03IOTIONS. Lleut. Col. John A. Johnston to Be n Brigadier General. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The President has directed the appointment of Lieut. Col. John A. Jonhston, of the adjutant general's department, to be a brigadier . general, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Gen. H. C. Hasbrouck. General John ston resigned his commission in the army a few weeks ago in order to devote his entire time to the settlement of the large estate of his father-in-law, and his resigna tion was accepted to take place on the 1st proximo. His elevation to tne ranK or a ceneral officer is intended as a recognition of his excellent military service and carries with it no pay or emoluments, as his resignation will take effect Immediately on his confirmation by the Senate. Gen. Johnston i a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate of the Militay Academy of the class of 1S79. . First Lieut. Henry M. Morrow, or tne Ninth Cavalry, stationed at the Presidio, San Francisco, will be appointed a major in the Judge advocate generals depart ment on the retirement or aiaj. louis is. Lawton. of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, Just promoted. Major Morrow is a graduate of the law department of the University of Michigan. Orders have been issued by the ar DeDartment for all officers now in this coun try on leave of obsence belonging to the eight regiments in the Philippines which have been ordered home to report hy letter to the commander of the department In the United States to whom their regiments have been ordered to report for assignment to stations. The regiments in question are the First, Fifth and Sixth Cavalry and the First. Second, Fifth. Tenth and Twentysixth Infantry. The officers affected had been ordered to Join their regiments, and the orders Just issued are to provide that they shall so report In this country instead of the Phllirmines. The following, army orders have been issued: Second Lieut. James R. Moxley, Philippine Scouts, now at the General Hospital at Fort Bayard, N. M., has been honorably discharged to take effect Feb. 10 next. Leaves of absence have been granted as follows: First Lieut. L. J. Van Schaick, Twenty-seventh Infantrv, three months; First Lieut. Walter S. Grant, Third Cavalry, one month's extension; Second Lieut. E. H. Wagner, Seventeenth Infantry, one month's extension; Second Lieut. William E. Gillmore, Fifteenth Infantry, one month's extension; Second Lieut. Robert G. Caldwell. Thirteenth Infantry, one month's extension. Contract Surgeon Louis A. Thompson, at Fort Thomas, Ky has been ordered to his home at Dayton, O., for annulment of contract. Bids for Big Wnr Ships. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Bids for buildI IS $0,000,000" worth of warships were opened at the Navy Department to-day in the presence of the representatives of nearly every ship-building concern of note in the country together with a host of sub-contractors who supply structural material for the big ships. The bidding was close and exciting. A feature of the event was the submission of a proposition to supply the enormous horsepower required to drive. the Tennessee and Washington, the speediest ships of war the United States navy will carry on Its lists, with the new turbine motors, the latter to be supplied hy an American company. Another feature was the submission of a statement from one of tlje largest bidders to the effect that they had satisfied themselves that no less than 25,000 horse-power would be required to drive the big ships at the calculated speed, thus verifying the estimates of Engineer-in-Chief Melville. The bids range from H.Ouo.ünO for each ship up to 1.578,Oi0. (Jramp & Sons are the lowest bidders. No award has been made. Bill to Create Two Good Offices. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Representative Jenkins, chairman of the House Judiciary committee, introduced a bill to-day providing for the appointment by the President of two additional officers in the Department of Justice, one to be called assistant to the attorney general, at a salary of $7,ow a year, the other to be called assistant attorney general, at $5.0" ) a year. It is provided that the attorney general may delegate to the former the exercise of such of his functions and authority as he may see fit. and In the absence of the attorney general and solicitor general he is given power to exercise all the duties of the attorney general. Provision also Id made for the appointment by the attorney general of two additional confidential clerks without reference to civil-service laws. While the bill does not specify that these additional officers are provided to aid the attorney gen-

eral In the enforcement of anti-trust laws.

that la understood to be its purpose. Department of Commerce and Labor. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Representative Mann, of Illinois, to-day reported from the House committee on Interstate and foreign commerce a substitute for the Senate bill to establish a new Department of Com merce and Labor, the features of which have been announced. Relative to the proposed bureau of corporations the report says: "The creation of tnis oureau win make it the duty of an officer or the gov. ernment to deal with the matter of corporation Information and to acquire knowledge and report recommendations concern ing the manner and extent to which corporation transactions in. Interstate commerce shall be subjected to the Influence of national legislation. Your committee benot a mill una is a. laLiivai tunc-. the legitimate control or corporations engaged in commerce among the States." Cholera Statistics. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-What is prob ably the most interesting and exhaustive treatise on the Philippine Islands ever compiled was issued at the War Department to-day in the form of appendices to the report of the Philippine commission for the last fiscal year. Cholera statistics are given prominence. From the time of its first appearance in Malolos, liuiacan province, to Ser.t. 1. 1902. the total number of rfrftrtf rasp war ü2.Ü!6. of which 37.473 resulted iatanv. me mortality uciuk n . . . . . . . i . in t i "t per cent. Appointments by the President. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. The President to-day made the following nominations: Raymond R. Frazler, Wisconsin, consul to Copenhagen. Promotion, artillery corps:. Lieut. Col. William P. Vose to be colonel. Judge advocate general's department: Capt. Louis 13. Lawton, Twenty-sixth lnrantry, to be Judge advocate with rank of major. To be a second lieutenant of infantry: Lewis B. Mosely. at large. Also several minor promotions in the army. Land OSlce Employes Dismissed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Secretary Hitchcock has directed' the dismissal of Prof. Harry King, chief of the draughts men's division of the General Land Office, and Frederick P. Metzeer. assistant chief. Both were accused of neglect of duty in devoting a part of the working hours to private affairs and of conduct detrimental to government interests. M4J0R GLENN'S DEFENSE PRESENCE OF WITNESSES FROM AMERICA URGED AS NECESSARY. Counsel for the Major Still Anxious to Secure the Testimony of .Messrs. Chaffee, Smith and Coukliu. MANILA, Jan. 6. When the trial by court-martial of MaJ. Edwin F. Glenn, of the Fifth Infantry, on the formal charge of unlawfully and. wilfully killing seven prisoners of war, to the prejudice of gt)od order and military discipline and in viola lion of the sixty-second article of war, was resumed here to-day the defense renewed its request that Generals Chaffee and Smith and other witnesses be sum moned from the United States. The court refused this request for the present. The argument to-day developed certain sensational features. In opening, the de fense announced that It had declined to submit the interrogatories for depositions ordered by Secretary of War Root, on the ground that the question of summoning witnesses rested, with the court, and submitted a written argument urging the right and justice of having witnesses. It was charged by the defense that the rec ords of the Sixth Brigade, commanded by General Smith, had been tampered with and tnat important documents had been abstracted. The defense wished to examine General Smith as to the documents and certain written and verbal orders for the purpose of showing the character of the campaign General Smith desired to have wag-ed. General Chaffee was wanted as a witness for the purpose of obtaining cer tain orders and documents which were not recorded at division headquarters. It was also declared in the argument that Gen. Chaffee had sent a telegram to the De partment of Southern. Luzon where Ca balles's force was operating clad in Amerl can uniforms. The text of this telegram is given as ronows: "The division com mander directs that, no matter what measures be adopted, information as to the whereabouts of this force must be ob talned." The defense argued that this order was authority for the application of the water cure, and said that officers in the field so interpreted it. If this interpretation was proper, the defense said, General Chaffee was entitled to the opportunity to show why he had failed to interfere to prevent the courtmartiaung or omcers ror executing the order. The defense produced a copy of a telegram sent by Secretary Root to General Chaffee when the former thought . Major Glenn's trial for applying the water cure would take place in San Francisco and in which General Chaffee was directed to send to San Francisco any witnesses Major Glenn desired. The defense pointed out that when this message was sent war existed, but now peace prevails and asked why this policy had been changed, why it was incompatible with the public interest to send General Smith, now retired, and J. Roscoe Conklin, a civilian, to Manila. If witnesses were denied, the defense asked to have the documents enumerated in the witnesses' subpoenaes. It claimed it could not properly defend Major Glenn without witnesses and raised the question of the constitutional right to have them. J. Roscoe Conklin formerly was a reporter on the Indianapolis Journal staff. He is now in San Francisco. LAWS FOR TRUSTS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) bearing upon the organization and practices of concerns engaged In interstate and foreign commerce essential to a full understanding and to compel observation of the law. "I recommend a commission to aid In carrying out the act of July 2. 1SIK), which shall make an Investigation into the operations of corporations and combinations, with authority to make such inquiries and have power to require reports from them and their officers. No person should be excused from producing books, contracts, etc.. in courts." Continuing. Mr. Knox says: "Legislation to correct trust abuses should be developed with great care for it .is not nearly so important to act quickly as to act wisely." He recommends legislation to hurry final decision in cases now pending and which n:ay be raised under the anti-trust law. SPEECHES 11Y SEXATORS. Mr. Hoar on Regulation of Trusts and Sir. Vest on the Tariff. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The day in the Senate was eventful because of a notable speech by Senator Hoar on his bill regulating trusts, and an attack by Senator Vest on protected Industries through the operation of the Dlngley law. Senator Hoar's utterances were listened to with marked attention. He said that nearly all thoughtful men In this country are agreed that some legislation, state or national, ought to be had for the regulation and control of what are called "trusts," and of large masses of capital accumulated by corporations or artificial persons holding property and conducting business without individual liabil ity. There was, he said, a general feeling of insecurity and alarm about the matter and that we were dealing with a real peril and not with a fancy or imaginary danger. He argued that if his bill should become law and prove effective, no corporation eneae ing in the commerce which is within the Jurisdiction of Congress can keep its condi tion a secret. The bill he said depends for its validity on the constitutional power of Congress to regulate International and interstate commerce. ,Shoud the bill not prove effectual he contended that it would be easy to extend Its operations by impos ing a like personal liability on every stock holder. The chief evil of trusts, he contended, are: Destruction of competition: the manage ment of local Industries by absentees In the

interest of absentee canital: destruction of

local public spirit; fraudulent capitaliza tion; secrecy; management for tne private benefit of the officials; the power to corrupt elections, and in some cases to corrupt the courts; the want of personal responsibility to public sentiment: the absence of personal liability for contracts or wrong doing and the holding of vast nrooertles In mortmain in the "dead hand" if we may use the an cient phrase of the English law. But It has lire enough for all purposes of power to serve the will that wields it. It Is dead only to the influences of any nerve which comes irom tne Drain or heart of the people. DweUing especially on the want of com petition. Senator Hoar said: "There is one central power alone with which the skilled workman must deal and one dominant win to which he must submit. There may be a little help for him by Joining a labor union, where he gets the advantage of associated strength on his side, but the labor union knows no difference between excellence and the reverse. The Inefficient man and the lazy man and the dull man must stand on one dead level with the brightest and keenest and most ingenius of his comrades." Mr. Hoar said that many as were tne evils done bv the combinations of capital. some of them would be counterbalanced by corresponding advantages, and added: "I confess I like to see Pierpont Morgan ouying up great lines of ocean steamships. I like to hear of foreign potentates and principalities and powers bowing down when he visits the continent of Europe.' We need great strength. We need great lnaiviauai power If we are to rival foreign nations in the great matters which they also control by individual power. We must If we can look out in protecting ourselves not to destroy them nor to cramp them. We can give them a law which will not impair their strength and not check their natural and rightful growth, and that I hope Is all we mean to do. But it will be a bad bar gain If. we buy the dominion of the conti nent or the empire of the sea at the cost of American local public spirit." Senator Vest used as a text for his re marks his resolution Introduced yesterday. Instructing the committee on finance to pre pare and report a bill removing the duty on coal. Feeble In the extreme and sup porting himself on his desk, he called attention to the condition: of distress which had arisen as a result of the shortage in the coal supply. There was breathless silence in the chamber as he spoke and every senator on the floor turned in his direction in order to catch his words. He said that the question was no longer a partisan one, but one of humanity, and that we are not on the verge or a crisis, but actually In It. He charged the Republican senators with being silent and dumb to the state of affairs, having only in mind the party cry "Stand pat." He characterized the Dingley tariff act as a "sacred elephant with which nothing was to be done." He sar castically remarked that If the whole ques tion was one or raising money for the next presidential campaign that was the end of the discussion. Mr. Aldrlch took exception to some of Mr. Vest's statements, and at his request the resolution went over till to-morrow, when Mr. Aldrich will make reply. TKe statehood bill was discussed for a time. At 4:30 the Senate adjourned after a brief executive session. Senator Clay to-day Introduced a bill to proiMde for the free importation of commodities controlled by trusts. The bill empowers the President to Issue a proclamation suspending the collection of all customs duties on such articles brought from foreign countries. This privilege is, according to the terms of the bill, to be exercised whenever the President shall become satisfied that there is a combination Intended to create a monopoly by preventing full and free competition in the Importation, manufacture, transportation or sale of any commodity or article of merchandise or which Is intended to enhance the price of such articles. The suspension proposed is to continue as long as the abnormal conditions prevail. TOLD BV THE COMMODORE BIOXTGOMERIE'S STORY OF B03IBARD3IEXT OF PUERTO CABELLO. Venezuelan Soldiers "Fled Like Rats' When the Gans Opened on the Port Allies Reply to Castro. , LAGUATRA, Venezuela, Dec. 23, by Mall. The British Commodore Montgomerle, who directed the Anglo-German bombard ment of the fortifications at Puerto Cabello on Dec. 14, gives the following account of the operations. After- declaring that not a single person was killed or wounded in the bombardment, the commodore says: "Considerable misapprehension exists- as to the action of the Charybdis, of the royal navy, and the Vineta, of the imperial German navy, at Puerto Cabello. A British merchant ship, the Topaze, which was peacefully lying at anchor in the harbor. was boarded at night by Venezuelans, and the crew, in their nightshirts, were hurried ashore, marched through the streets and cast into a filthy prison, where they remained without food or water. Under a strong guard they were marched back to their ship next day and compelled to lower the colors flying at her stern. "When I arrived at Puerto Cabello I at once demanded an apology and assurances that the act would not be repeated and that British subjects and their Interests would not be maltreated or injured. In case the demands were not complied with, I an nounced that I should bombard the fort. a thick-walled structure within easy range of our guns, and another battery mount ing a few Krupp aruns some distance away In reply I was informed that a mob was responsible for. the outrage and that the matter would nave to be referred to higher authority. I replied that If a dog I owned bit another man I should certainly be morally obligated to give satisfaction. "Through the American consul I ar ranged to receive the reply to my com munication which had been telegraphed to Caracas. If he hoisted the American en sign I should know that the American de mand had been complied with. W hen the hour the ultimatum expired came I saw the ensign hoisted, but .lt was hauled down again, i waited seven minutes and then opened fire on the fort and the battery. Before opening fire I gave ample notice to the military authorities to remove the political prisoners and assured the inhabi tants of the town that no injury would be done them. "There was a feeble response to our fire from the battery, but none from the fort, the soldiers in which fled like rats. They left behind a general, twelve other officers and twenty soldiers and a number of criminal , prisoners. After bombarding nineteen minutes and making very good practice, we ceased firing and a guard was landed and took possession of the fort, receiving the surrender of the general and his men. They were Immediately paroled. The criminal prisoners were held and turned over to responsible authority. The occupation lasted but a short tlme.ind the party returned to the ships. The Vineta participated In the bombardment. Instead of a number of persons being killed, only two men were injured, and they broke their thigh bones in attempting to escape from the fort." PUERTO CABELLO, Jan. 6. The assertion that German marines landed Jan. 3 at this port and occupied the wharves for two hours and a half is proved by photographs which were taken of the marines while they were on shore. Acting United States Consul Volkmar, who has acted as intermediary between German naval officers and the Venezuelan authorities at Puerto Cabello. declares that Count Orlola, commander of the German cruiser Gazelle, has informed him as follows: "The artillery which was in the fort called La Vigia, commanding the harbor of Puerto Cabello, has been removed. It must be replaced immediately in said fort." Favorable to Arbitration. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Secretary Hayhas received the British and German answers to President Castro's last proposal relative to arbitration. The notes In substance state that if Venezuela wishes a conference with a view to submitting the differences between the two countries to arbitration Great Britain and Germany will accede. The conditions attached vary slightly from the original proposition, but in the Judgment of officials here the differences between the allies and Venezuela in respect to arbitration are much diminished and there is warrant for the expectation that the case will now surely go to The Hague. The next step will be a reply from President Castro. 0 Did the Allies Aid RebelnT CARACAS. Jan. 6.President Castro is elated to-day over the capture by his troops of all the ammunition destined for the Matos revolutlnolsts which. It Is alleged In certain quarters here, the allied powers permitted to reach the Venezuelan coast at Coro. It has been learned here that the allies have declared that the blockade of Coro will begin to-mcrrow, Jan. 7.

QUIZZED BY MITCHELL

MIXERS' PnESIUKXT IX TIIK ROLG OF STRIKERS' ATTORXEY. Sheriff of Lackawanna County Crot.4Exnnilned anil an Important Point Developed by the Inquisitor. OPERATORS PAID DEPUTIES IX ACCORDAXCi: "WITH THE STATUES OF Till: KKYSTOXE STATE, Chairman Gray, ot the Strike Cornmillion, Mach Surprised to Learn of Such an t'nnnterlcan Law. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 6. Twenty-two men, all but one of whom were employed In and about the coal mines, appeared before the anthracite coal strike commission at its first sessions in this city to-day anl recited the oft-told tales of persecution they and others underwent during the Jate coal strike because they chose to work rather than Join the strikers. The single exception was Charles II. Schade, of Scranton, the sheriff of Lackawanna county, and his presence On the stand under the cross-examina tion of President John Mitchell, of the Miners' Union, proved to be the principal feature of the day's proceedings. When the commission adjourned at Scran ton the Saturday before Christmas for th holidays, the attorneys for the nonunion, men, who are a party before the commission (they having asked for an Increase in wages and protection against discrimination by the union), were engaged in presenting witnesses to prove that a reign of terror existed in the coal regions during the period of the strike. Seventy-four witnesses had been called to prove this, and when the commission began its sessions in the United States Circuit Court room In the federal building here at 11 o'clock to-day. Attorneys Joseph O'Brien, of Scranton, and John T. Lenahan. of Wilkesbarre. representing the nonunion men; resumed the calling of their witnesses. Sheriff Schade was the second witness called. The sheriff, In directing examination, said, among other things, that he Issued a proclamation shortly after the strike was inaugurated calling upon all persons In the county to keep the peace; that it was difficult to get men to act as deputy sheriffs; that In most cases where there was trouble It was usually over when he or his men arrived; that he attempted to keep the peace in all localities, and that the disturbances became so numerous and serious that he had to call on the Governor for troops. He had appealed to Mr. Mitchell, whom he knew well, to assist in keeping ' the peace, and the miners president prom ised to do so, and in several Instances was of material help to the sheriff. Sheriff Schadt was then turned over to the miners for cross-examination. To the surprise of most persons Mr. Mitchell took up the examination. It is not known whether he decided to do it because his principal attorney, C. S. Darrow, of Chicago, had not arrived from the West, or whether it was because Mr. Mitchell was personally well acquainted with the sheriff. It was the first time that Mr. Mitchell had attempted cross-examination to any extent. In answer to questions of the mine workers' leader, the Lackawanna sheriff said he had employed about forty or fifty deputy sheriffs and admitted that they were paid by the coal companies. Led by Mr. Mitchell, he said he could not say that a general state of lawlessness existed In the county, but in answer to another query said there was a reign of terror in existence in some localities. Among other things he said that as a rule crowds dispersed when he ordered them to do so, and that striking mine workers whom he knew obeyed his orders the same as other persons. He also admitted that the second contingent of troops sent Into his county was ordered there without his request. This appeared to satisfy President Mitchell, and General Wilson took the witness in hand and asked him why the county did not pay the deputy sheriffs. The sheriff replied that the companies had made the request for protection, and counsel for the witness explained that it was the law in Pennsylvania that the company asking for protection was compelled to pay for it. This explanation rather surprised Chairman Gray, who, as he straightened himself up in his chair, said: "I am not familiar with such an un-American law. When the county or the state relinquishes th duty of maintaining and protecting life and property and keeping the peace, then they are open to criticism." GOVERXOn STOXE'S 3IESSAGE. Anthracite Strike and Arbitration Discussed Xevr Law Urjred. HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 6. In his messnirs to thA RffltA T.Hslntnr TrMh inn. vened to-day. Governor Stone devoted considerable space to the recent anthracite coal strike. He says the strike of the anthracite miners and their associate workmen was the most Important and farreaching event of its kind that ever occurred In the State, and that the expenses incurred by the State In connection with the disturbance caused by the strike will I exceed 11,000.000. The Governor urges the passage of a law to prevent future labor disturbances, as follows: "In my Judgment a compulsory arbitration law could and should be passed for the settlement of - difficulties between employer and employe. Such a law is entirely constitutional and feasible from a police standpoint, looking upon strikes as Injurious to the public, harmful to society and destructive to life and property. They are generally settled after all harm has been done. Why should they not be settled before the harm Is done -and before large losses occur to life and property? We should recognize strikes as existing evils and as danperous to the public good, and, while mindful of the rights of both employer and employe, adjust them from a higher standpoint, namely, for the good of society, the preservation of public peace and property. When & large strike Is settled we delude ourselves with the thought that no more will occur. We should contemplate them as likely to again occur, with the same results as in the past. Without criticising employers or employes, without blaming either, we should so legislate as to prevent the recurrence of these disturbances." Three Coal Companies Combine. BALTIMORE. Jan. 6. Three of the biggest coal companies in the United States to-day formed an alliance, which, for all practical purposes, will be a combination. The companies involved are the Consolidation Coal Company, of Maryland, the Fairmont Coal Company, of West Virginia, and the Somerset Coal Company, of Pennsylvania. The combined capital stock of the companies is U .750.U as follows: Consolidation, IIO.ZW.IM); Somerset, H.O00.0; Fairmont and its subsidiary companies, J17.500.0). The combined output of the three companies Is 8.500.1M) tons a year, as follows: Consolidation. 2.000,0u0; Somerset, 1.500.000; Fairmont. 5.m).0O). netallers Trnst Warned. CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 6. Official notice in writing was sent to each member of tha local coal dealers' association to-day by County Prosecutor Keeler stating that charges had been filed to the effect that the association is operating in violütlon of the Valentine anti-trust law and thdt the maintenance of a price agreement among the dealers must at once be abolished. The Valentine law provides that parties to a trust must be thus notified prior to their prosecution when charged with Its violation. The grand Jury Is expected to take the coal trust cases to-morrow.