Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — Page 4

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DEPARTMENTAL SECRECY.

Indianapolis News (Rep.). That we are to be subject to some inconveniences in electing to the presidency a member of the present administration is already sufficiently clear. No one Imagines, that the country will get the truth as to the $28,000,000 canal deal. It was charged openly during the campaign that $28,000,000 of the $40,000,000 given for the rights and property of the French company was paid to certain American citlsens who bought up the old securities. The charge was never denied, except in so far as Charles P. Taft denied that he got any of the money. But even he carefully refrained from appealing to the records, all of which are in the departments at Washington. Douglas Robinson, a brother-in-law of the President, whose name was mentioned in connection with the scandal, maintained a strict silence. No word was beard from William Nelson Cromwell, who was intimately related both to the canal deal and also to Mr. Taft, when he was Secretary of War. Mr. Cromwell has refused to throw any light on the subject. That some one got the money is practically certain. Who got it the country is not likely to know, unless, perchance, Congress is able to drag the facts to light. In The News of yesterday was printed a Washington dispatch to the New York Sun in which it was said that the whole story of the relations of the President and the late Secretary Hitchcock to the granting of a franchise to the Prairie Oil and Gas Company of Oklahoma, a subsidiary company of the Standard, was buried in the Department of Justice, a fact which is taken to indicate that Mr. Hitchcock intended to proceed criminally against certain men in high places. It is believed that the President overruled Mr. Hitchcock in this matter, and that the action was taken solely on the direction of the President, and over the protest of the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Hitchcock. The Sun says that the application of certain politicians of national prominence for a pipeline, which had been so stoutly resisted by Hitchcock, "came along at the time when Mr. Roosevelt was seeking nomination and election to the presidency.” It was in the campaign of 1!)04 that the Standard •Oil Company was solicited to make a big contribution to the Republican campaign fund. A little later, namely in March, 1904, Congress passed a bill directing the Secretary or the Interior to make regulations for permits for pipelines, but these were too rigid to suit the oil people, and then it was that Governor Higgins, of New York, wrote a letter to the President in the interest of D. N. Barnsdall, Pittsburg agent of the Standard, asking the President to order Mr. Hitchcock to grant the permit. This the President, so the Sun says, did, and Mr. HRchcock very reluctantly yielded. Now we quote from the Sun's story:

A few mouths later Mr. llithcock printed a volume of the private hearings held before his department on the applications for pipeline permits. In the document he gave a copy of Governor Higgins's letter. When the volume appeared it created some excitement. It was during the Hughes-Hearst gubernatorial campaign. The President was indignant at Mr. Hitchcock for giving out the Higgins letter, declaring that it was the property of the President himself. He ordered the copies of Secretary Hitchcock’s printed document to be called in and Bhipped to Oyster Bay, where Mr. Roosevelt was then staying. There was some excitement over the order, and agents from the interior Department were busy visiting newspaper bureaus and law offices iu Washington in quest of the objectionable document. No copies of it can now be had. The Standard Oil contribution of $ 100,000 to the Republican national campaign fund was paid in 1904 Just after the President had overruled Secretary Hitchcock and granted the Standard's application for a pipeline. We do not know why the Higgins latter should have bean regarded as the President’* personal property, as it was an official communication, •ad the basis for official action. Kor can we understand why any newspaper or combination of newspapers should have surrendered the document. But pursuing the inquiry still further, we find that the

regulations made by Mr. Hitchcock In December, 1906, following the favors shown to the Standard by the President, were more drastic still—so obstinate was this brave and sturdy man. In the congressional campaign of that year, Mr. Roosevelt again, according to the Sun. promised a Western Senator, who had a grievance against Mr. Hitchcock, that the Secretary should be removed the day after election. Then follows this: On Wednesday, the day after election, the President Issued a bulletin from the White House in which he virtually fulfilled - hip promise to the Western Benator by announcing the forthcoming retire-' ment of Mr. Hitchcock, but explaining that the Secretary was going out of his own volition and much against the President's wishes. The regulations of December, 1906, were promulgated on the eve of Secretary Hitchcock’s retirement from office. The Standard Oil Company defied the Interior Department and refused to apply for permits under the regulations of 1906. The company announced that it was acting upon the advice of ’ its counsel In refusing to avow itself a common carrier, as required by the Hitchcock regulations of 1906. In April, 1908, Secretary Garfield sent for President O’Neill, of the Prairie Oil and Gas Company, and agreed to waive the common carrier requirement of the regulations of 1906 to which the Standard Oil Company objected. Here, as in the canal case, the people are justified in believing the worst. For the records are in control of the accused men. A man of national reputation is quoted by the Sun as saying: “Yes, the report is there, but President Roosevelt dare not let its contents be known.” Perhaps Congress can find a way to get at the truth. These two matters should be made the subject of a thorough congressional investigation, an investigation in which forSecretary Hitchcock should be the leading witness. Really is it any wonder that Mr. Rockefeller supported Mr. Taft? Is it any wonder that the Standard thought it wise to give, through its officers, SIOO,000 to Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign fund? It is well that the people should realize that the departments at Washington belong to them, that their records are public records. This business of smothering things has gone quite too far. It is high time to turn on the light. At least we ought to know who got the canal money, and just what was the arrangement made by the President with the Standard, and what were the objections of Mr. Hitchcock to it.

TAFT AND TARIFF REVISION

Want* Con){rm(|r){*niird So It Will Bf Thorough and in Good Faith. Hos Springs. Vn., Nor. 20.—That President-elect Tuft entertains a vigorous determination that the fnrthcnminjc revision of the tariff shall be thorough, made In good faith, and In accordance with the pledge of the party, is daily evidenced in the earnestness with which Judge Taft talks of this subject with his political cullers, it Is necessary for him as the head of the party and responsible for the carrying out of its promises to begin his work at,once by insuring. If possible, such an organization of the next bonse a* shall' make It possible for the legislative and executive branches to work In complete harmony. * This is which the presi-dent-elect admits Is just now uppermost in his mind and upon which he Is seeking light Judge Taft was In conference on this matter with Representative Burton, of Ohio, and the speakership was discussed, but the results of the discussion were not made public.

CHOKER GREETED WITH CHEERS

Ilia New York Friends Meet Him Down the Bay on His Arrival Today. New York. Nov. 20.—The news that the Lusitania, with Richard Croker rtboard, was sighted down the bay early today was the signal for the Tammany braves to get busy with their welcome for their former chieftain. A large excursion steamer , Lad been chartered to meet the incoming liner. The Tammany vessel was crowded tpr the rails with politicians of high and low degree, who shivered In the keen November wind that blew in from the Narrows. Despite the chi llness, much enthusiasm was manifested.

Contributing Aid to Strikers.

Vancouver, B. C., Nov. 20.—Members of the Canadian Pacific railway -mechanical unions have decided to extend financial assistance to the union men on the eastern division who haTe not been taken back to their former employment following the machinists' strike. Every union man in the local •hops gave a dollar this week as the nucleus of a fund to be contributed to needy workers.

The Democrat for Sale Bills.

TOM JOHNSON BROKE

Mayor of Cloveland Announces That He Has Lost Pretty Much All He Had. MUST 00 AND LIVE IN A COTTAGE Giving Up His Fine Residues on Euclid Avenue Declare* He Worked for Happiness and Has a Grip Thereon, in Spite of Hi* Financial Trouble*. Cleveland, Nov. 20.—Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who for years has been credited with possession of a very large fortune, announces that he has lost everything and will be compelled to give up hi* beautiful home on Euclid avenue and move into smaller and less expensive quarters. The mayor also stated that he would give up Us automobile and other luxuries because he

TOM L. JOHNSON.

could no longer afford to keep them His fortune was wrecked, the mayor declared, by his devotion to the affairs of the estate of bis dead brother Albert. who was heavily Interested in traction properties in the east. After Albert’s death a question was put up to him whether he should resign his office as mayor and take up the management of Albert’s estate. Wanted Happiness and Got It. “I decided that I would not. I had entered the fight in this city with certain ideals before me. I wanted to fight privilege mid special interest, and I had already decided to give up working for dollars. So I concluded to stay right here and do what I could to help my brother's children at long distance. Why did I choose the coume I did? I’ll tell you. It’s not because I'm a philanthropist, for I’m not. I acted from a purely serflsh motive. 1 wanted happiness, and nothing else, when I closed tip my business affairs and took up civic activity. And I’ve been happy, too. The past seven years have been the best of my life, leaving out of consideration the loss of my brother. Haippy in Spite of Enemies. “I’m going to be happy yet, too. We may have to go back to a cottage, but that’s the way we started, and we e» look upon life Just as Joyfully there as we did in the big house on Euclid avenue. They tell me my enemies are planning to bring nancial trouble upon me. I’ve been expecting it There’s one mistake I haven’t made—that of failing to foresee'the efforts of those who would like to destroy me if opportunity presented. My enemies are capable of doing that. One may expect nothing else from special privilege. However. 1 realize that any other set of men in the same circumstances would act the same.”

NOT A PURSUER OF DOLLARS Nor of the People’s Gratitude, Which Is “Mighty Onsartin.” Declaring for his enemies’ l>enoflt that he had "a thousand fights loft iff me,” that he would have saved his fortune if he had been a coward; that the “pursuit of dollars does not interest me”; that he could probably make money on Wall street, but would not try; that he had not worked as mayor for the gratitude of the people—“one cannot count on that,” but that he had worked for the “pleasure of doing work that I like:,” he continued: “I have never made a single penny ont of the street railways since I became mayor. Npbody else has worked ag hard as I, and I haven’t drawn a cent of pay from the Municipal Traction company as treasurer. I don’t propose to ask a cent for my work in helping the receivers. I have never spent money In polities. In no campaign have I ever paid more than my assessment, SOOO on the SO,OOO salary of mayor, • • • When I gave up active business affairs I did if because the requirements of my work did not •quare with my principles. * • * My only recreation has been automoblllng. I’d like to keep one of my automobiles, but I’m afraid I can’t. “Back in my prosperous days I gavs the home on Euclid avenue to my wife. It Is her’s yet, and she’ll own it stllll even though we can’t afford to live In it I don’t feel discouraged. r ra a free man, and that means a great deal tome. And I have my friends, too.

warn ■ ■ ■ ■ it,.: Thanksgiving Sale The Qreat Pure Food Market for the Best of Everything dt Lower Prices than anywhere else THE CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE * Gathered from all Parts of the Globe, such Tempting Edibles no Store in the City has ever shown before. Car of New York Fancy Apples . At $3.50 barrel of 13 pecks; is 50c barrel less than on South Water St., Chicago, for same apples. Peck, 30c to 40c. ~■: • r. 1 V '• '•• . , • \ . • • ' Fanciest Best Flour Made Cranberries *l-25, $1.40, and si.so per You ever saw, with grocery order, saok for Gold Meda1 ’ the World ’ s per quart 9 cents ® est our Made. , <£s i , t White Clover Honey . Fancy Lettuce Pound 15c Pound / ' • All kinds of Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Nut Meats, Candies, and all the Delicacies of the Season at Lowest Prices in town. % Remember the Great Cut-Price Clothing Sale and Special Sate Ladies’ Cloaks and Suits,

Don’t you suppose it will be worth something to me to have my friend* realize that I entered the mayor’s office rich and left it poor? The realization of what all that means is worth more to me than the money I’ve* lost. I’m going to keep on just as I’ve started. I’m going to be a candidate for mayor again when this term is over.” Financial troubles have followed Mayor Johnson rapidly of late. The Municipal Traction company, of which Mayor Johnson was treasurer, passed Into the hands of receivers in the federal court several days ago. Following this came the transfer to two local banks of the Deposits Savings and Trust company, of which the mayor was president. It is said that this action was precipitated By the threats of Johnson’s individual creditors to Ate suits to obtain payment on notes endorsed by the mayor. It is said Johnson has recently lost approximately $400,000 in collection with bis interests at Lorain, O.

MITCHELL ALSO TO JAIL

Will Go There Before He Will Pay a Fine for Contempt of Court, He Declares. Denver, Colo., Nov. 20.—The entire session of the Federation of Labor convention was given over to consideration of the report of the'committee on thp president’s report. Two sections' caused a prolonged debate and a vote was reached on only one, that referring to “litigation harassing labor.” The report of the committee recommending that injunctions be disregarded was defeated, and a modification of the report adopted. The rest of the session was taken up In discussing the section of the reiwrt referring to the political action of the Federation leaders, but no action was taken. In discussing the report on Injunctions John Mitchell said: “Within a few days the court will decide whether our president, secretary and myself shall go to jail. I do not want to go to Jail. But I shall accept that judgment and I shall pay no fine.” This declaration brought (beers from the delegates. Mitchell moved that the report should read as follows; “Whenever the courts Issue an Injunction to regulate our personal relations we declare we will exercise all the rights and privileges guaranteed by the constitution and laws of our country, and insist that It is our duty to defend ourselves at all hazards, and recommend that such be our action, taking whatever results may follow." This was the way the report was finally adopted by a vote of three to one.

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GOOD NEWS FOR THE ‘DRYS"

Two Hundred and Eighty-Eight Million Drinks Have Been Burned in Kentucky. Louisville. K.v.. Nov. 20.*—Distillery fires within tire past fhßee weeks have destroyed millions of dollars worth of property in Kentucky, the loss of 15,000 barrels In the Tom Moore fire at Bardstown. Wednesday night bringing the total number of barrei* of fine Kentucky whisky that have fed the flames recently up to 72.U00. It detail this means that the visible supply of whisky has decreased 3.800,000 gallons, or more deiliiiteiy Speaking 288,000,000 drinks. « At an average .of $2T> per barrel, which is considered a reasonable figure, the loss to the distiller is. $1,800.* 000. The United States government, however, comes in for a still heavier loss, although an indirect one. This Is the tax that would be paid on the whisky, The tax ts at least twice the of the whisky which would make the loss to the government between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000.

Ridgeiy Quits tlie Kansas City Bank. Kansas City, Nov. 20.—At the close of business yesterday William Barrett Ridgeiy, president: George T. Cutts, vice president, and Edward Ridgeiy. cashier, presented thelr#resignations to the board of directors of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, and they were accepted. Ridgeiy resigned the office of comptroller of the currency t© take hold of the bank, which failed In November, 1907, and tlie institution is in first-class condition now. But Ridgeiy preferred to resign to engage in a fight for Its control. lie will remain here.

Navy Deserter Hard Hit.

Washington, Nov. 20.—The prisoner having been adjudged guilty, of desertion from the navy by a cjmrt martial at Philadelphia, Secretary Metcalf has approved the sentence in the case of Charles J. Hartlove, musician, firstclass, alias C. J. Magness, who left the service to marry the daughter of the late Senator Arthitr P. Gorman, of Maryland. The punishment is imprisonment for one year and dishonorable discharge.

Deal for Tobacco Is Closed.

Louisville, Nov. 20.—The big between tlx* American Tobacco company and the Burley Tobacco eomfor the 1000 and part of the 1907 crops of tobacco, which has been hanging fire for several weeks has been closed here. The price is 20.5 cento for the 1006 crop and 17 .for the 1007, and tbe amount bought is nearly 80,000,000 ponnds. It Is believed that the deal will -I -.i*. raw,.-

THE MARKETS

Chicago Grain. Chicago, Nor. 19. Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade "today. Wheat — Open. High. Low. Close. Dec. (n) fl.orf% $1.04% $1j06%. $1.09% May ... 1.08% 1.08% 1.07% 1.07% July n. 1.02%, 1.02% 1.02% 1.02% Corn— Dec. .... .03% 63% .63% .63% May ... .63% .63% .63 .63% July ... .62% .02% .62% .62% Oats — Dec. .... .40%. .49% .49% .49% May ... .51% .51% .51 .51% July ... .46% .40% .46%,* .46% Tork— Jan. . .10.15 16.27% 16.12% 16.12% May .. .10.37%, 16.42% 16.27% 16.30 Lard — N0v.?... OgO 9.30 927% 9.27% Jan. Vi. 9.27% 0.32% 9.25 9.30 May ... 9.40 9.45 9-37% 9.40 Life Stock, Poultry and Hay. Hogs—Receipts 30,000. Sales ranged at [email protected] for choice hetvry shipping. *5.40(35.65 light mixed, $5.75® 5.95 heavy packing, $4. 75 @6.35 good to choice pigs. Cattle—Receipts 8,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for prime fat steers. $6.50(3 6.00 good to choice steers, $3.85® 5.25 good to choice cows, $7.00(3 7.50 good to choice calves, $4.25 @4.85 selected feeders, [email protected] fair good stockers. Sheep—Receipts 20,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for good to choice wethers, [email protected] good to choice yearlings, [email protected] choice ewes, [email protected] -fair to choice spring lambs. Live Poultry—Turkeys, per lb, 15c; chickens, fowls, B%c; springs, 11c; roosters, 7c; geese, [email protected]; ducks,10c. Hay—Choice timothy, $13.00® 13.50; No. 1 timothy, $11.50@12J50; No. 2 timothy and No., 1 mixed, slo.oo® 11.00; No. 3 timothy and No. 2 mixed, $.8,00® 9.50. Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin feeding prairie, [email protected]; Illinois. Indiana and Wisconsin packing hay, $4.00®5.00. Fast Buffalo Live Stock. **East Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 19. Dunning & Stevens. Live Stpck Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle—Receipts Jf> cars; market slow. Hogs— Receipts 40 cars; market strong; heavy, $0.00®6.10; Yorkers, $5.50® 5.80; pigs, $4.60. Sheep asd Lambs— Receipts 30 cars; market slow; best lambs, $5.75; yearlings, $4.25©4-50; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, $4.00®4J8. Calves—Best, s4Jio@B£s. 05 }Esn<k: Mother says there’s only one “best flour.” Gold Medal Flour. Jomt.