Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 63, 10 January 1910 — Page 2

THE RICIOIOXD PALLADIUM AND SUX-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, JANUARY lO. 1910.

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SENATE MUST HOT BUTT INTO HOUSE AFFAIRS HE SAY

Democrat Who Voted With the Regular Republicans, Resents Upper Branch's Attempt to Be Dictator. PINCHOT DISMISSAL IS AN EYE-OPENER And Republican Chiefs Will Sit Up and Take Notice Before Party Is Plunged in Civil Strife. '- Washington, January 10 Representative Fitzgerald, of New York, the only Democratic member of the House Who, on Friday, voted against the Democrats and "insurgents" in the fight which resulted in taking away from Speaker Cannon the power to appoint the House members of the joint committee which will investigate the Department of the Interior and the Forestry Service, declared yesterday that should the Senate return the Joint resolution amended so as to provide for the apportionment by the Speaker of members of the committee he will offer a resolution to return it, "on the ground that its action is an Invasion of the Constitutional prerogatives of the House." "Personally,"-he added, "I favor the appointment of all committees by the Speaker. In this instance, however, the House, in the exercise of its unquestioned right, has decided that its members of the joint Committee of Investigation shall be elected by the House and not appointed by the Speaker. "For the Senate to attempt to dictate the manner in which the House shall select its committees would be Dot only an invasion of the prerogative of the House, but an inexcusable impertinence to be resented In a dignified and orderly way." Caused a Halt. i The present week probably will decide whether there will be a prolonged conflict, involving the President of the United States within the ranks of the Republican party In Congress. Conditions have been tending in' that direction for some time, but Instead of adding to the. impulse the dismissal of Mr. Pinchot apparently has had the effect of causing a halt. ' It has prompted Senators and members to consider the possibility of a continuation of the controversy, and present indications are of a more specific tendency than were those of a week ago. 1 There is no denying that In some respects the situation remains critical. Mr. Pinchot has a large number of personal friends and admirers in both! Houses of Congress who would be in- J clined to take up his cause if favorable opportunity should present itself and If they could do so without endangering the peace of the party and their own political welfare. On the other hand, many are saying that the personal fortunes of Messrs. Ballinger and Pinchot are of little importance compared with the great question of preservation of party harmony, and those who take this view are urging the necessity of preventing any sharp conflict between the Secretary of the Interior and the former Chief of the Forestry Service. Whether or not the conservative council of this element shall prevail will depend upon the course of events in Congress during the next few days. "May Narrow Inquiry. 'There is no doubt that the investigation of the Interior Department and of the Forestry Service will proceed along the lines indicated by the JonesHumphrey resolution, but it will be competent for the investigating committee either to broaden or narrow the inquiry. If the advice of many of the leaders is followed, however, this Inquiry will be restricted as much as possible, especially now that as an official factor, Mr. Pinchot is eliminated from the dispute. The question will receive next attention on the floor of the Senate. The present situation is this: The House has adopted the resolution providing for the appointment of its members of the committee by the House itself, rather than by the Speaker, as was originally provided. Without awaiting the oficial notific tion as to the action of the House, the Committee on Public Lands has decided to report the resolution in such a form as to authorize the selection of the House members by the Speaker. Unquestionably this action was taken with the intention of complimenting the Speaker, and it will be reported to the Senate. The Speaker's Attitude. Speaker Cannon, it is said, feels that It would be impolite for him to take advantage of this condition and override the expressed order of a majority of the House. It is now said that the speaker himself would prefer that the House Bhould select the committee. The Senate Committee on Public Lands will report Its resolution tomorrow and it is probable that discussion of the question will begin not later than Tuesday. The Hafc Of The Body. The orrii around which all tb other orgta rwrolTa, and upon which they are largely dependent for their welfare. 1a the stomach. When the functions of the stomach become impaired, the bowels and liver also become deranged. To core a disease of the stomach, liver or bowels set a SO cent or II bottle of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at yonr druggist's. It is the prompt eat relief for constipation and dyspepsia ever compounded.

Steamer Umbria Has Resumed Duty

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The big Cunard line steamship Umbria. recently sent from Liverpool to New York, after a year "off duty." She was built in 1SS4 and last year it was thought she had outlived her usefulness. She was stripped of her fittings and laid up ready to be sold as soon as the Cunard line"s new steamer now building was ready. The burning of the Cucauia and the laying up of the Campania made it necessary to use the old veteran again in order that the weekly sailings under the British contract might be maintained.

LAVISH BANQUETS NJURE THE POOR Rev. Huntington Says It Cultivates in Them Taste For Luxuries. POOR CHARITY IS DEFINED THAT KIND WHICH ENCOURAGES THE POOR TO LIVE IN AN EX- , PENSIVE MANNER IS REGARDED AS INJURIOUS. Contending that the large dinners given to the poor of the city by the : different charitable organizations is destructive charity, because these din- j ners cultivate an expensive taste for dainties, which the poor people can not afford, the Rev. D. C. Huntington, ! pastor of the St. Paul's Episcopal church, declared himself in a very forcible sermon on "Constructive and Destructive Charity," delivered at the church yesterday morning. The Rev. Mr. Huntington based his contention on the fact that such dinners encouraged the extravagant living among the poorer classes, by giving them luxuries, to which they were unaccustomed, when economy should be the watchword. He cited several instances to prove his allegation where grocery bills had been incurred by the poor peoe after these dinners, almost double the amount before. Measured Living Cost. The increased cost of living within the past few years and the lack of a corresponding raise in wages, was one of the principal reasons assigned by the speaker for more economic living among the poor, who should realize the importance of living within their means. The Rev. Mr. Huntington advocated the restablishment of the whipping post as a means of punishment tor all petty crimes. He stated that it satisfied the conscience of the criminal and was excellent to keep tramps away being a strong rival to the "bath cure'" in that regard. Alleging that the indescriminate giving to beggars on the street tended to pauperize them and to cause the poor farms and other charitable institutions to grow, the speaker said it was a bad practice. He held unstinted praise for the Associated Charities, declaring that money should be given to it for distribution among the poor as they have a systematic way of giving, which does not tend to pauperize THIS WEEK MARKS START OP ft LONG ELECTION BATTLE (Continued on Page Seven.) German "war scare." have been pre sented to the electors. The latter argument has been put forward in a series of articles by the socialist editor, Blatchford, which have appeared in a leading Conservative paper. In these articles the Unionists attempt to show how England's supremacy of the sea has been usurped by Ger- ,' many as a result of the Liberal gov- ; ernment, and the Kaiser is pictured as a roaring lion, ready to walk in and ' gobble up England at a moment's noj tice. There has also been a humorous j side to the campaign Old, decrepit been spending i their lives in ease and luxury on their

I estates, and who have never made a j As explained, the lords are an hespeech In their lives excepting it be reditary body, and not answerable to a toast at a wine dinner have been j the people. They may originate legl routed out of their homes and com- islative matter of all kinds, except pelled to take the stump and makes money bills; which are drafted in th" j feeble attempt to present the argu- lower odj; and it is not necessary

ment of a case, about which they know nothing. Cause Was Injured. This in several instances has resulted rather disastrously for thfir '-awse. One notable case is that of Lord Kestven, who, when supposed to make a strong speech in favor of protection, got mixed and described to his delighted audience all the blessings that were to result from free tnido. But the Liberal !?ader have not been idle, and while supporting the budget in their speeches, they have gone a step fartbr and some of the more radical have den:inlpd 'he abolition of the House of Louis as a hereditary body. They urge that the members of the upper house shouM be elected instead of inheriting their seats, as in this w:n' ihev. could be held responsible for their actions by their constituents. Lloyd-George a Leader. The Liberal campaign has been headed by such able men as David Lloyd George, chaneeiloi o the Ex-

chequer and author of th-j tm-jget: Winston Spencer Churchill author and statesman: Premi?r Asauith: John Burns, the noted strike leader and cabinet minister, and a host of others too numerous to mention. These speakers have taken the acceptance of the Buiigc. by the people as an assured fact, and have directed their five against the house of lords. In a characteristic speech, Lloyd George said: "There is just one dominating question to be submitted to the people the House of Lord?. And what a body! Their so'? qualifications. speaking In the main, is that they were the first born of persons who had just as little qualifications as themselves. Held as an Insult. "To invite this imperial race, th-? irrMtMr fnmmprpinl Tint ion In the o oh that im tniiirM the world the principles of self governmen and liberty, to sign the decree declaring itself unfit to govern itself is an insult which I hop will be flung back with indignation." Carlyle once said, "It is wonderful how long a rotten institution will hang together so long as it is not roughly handled." ' Apart frora a few in the House of Lords, the rest ara of no more use than broken bottles stuck in a park wall to keep off poachers and that is what they are there for to keep off radical poachers from the lordly preserves." The budget was not thrown out by the wise and reflecting men of the Unionist party, but by its mad Mullahs Both sides claim the victory, but the Liberals are the more confident, anu from the character of the demonstrations during the campaign, they have a right to this confidence. In many of the northern sections of the country the lords who addressed meetings were greeted with hissings and booings; in some places more drastic treatment was resorted to, and dignified peers were showered with over-ripe fruit and stale eggs. Aside from the question of the rejection or the acceptance of the budget by the people, it is obvious that if the Liberals are returned to power, the House of Lords will undergo a radical change. It is even admitted by some of the leading members of that aristocratic body that the present house is too unwieldy for an effective second chamber. Hereditary Right. They all, however, object to an electiv nHncinle .and adhere to the hered tary right. But feeling runs high at the present time, and if the policies advocated by some of the more radical leaders are carried out, it would mean the abolishment of the oldest body in the English government, which dates from the days of the Norman kings. This body is composed of the whole peerage of England and of the United Kingdom, and of certain representatives of the peerages of Scotland and Ireland. At present it consists of two princes, the blood royal, two archbishops. 22 dukes, 23 Marquises, 124 earls, 1 40 viscounts, 24 bishops, 235 barons, 10 Scottish representatives peers elected 1 for life making 617 members in ail.

for a specified number to be present to pass on any legislation.

For this reason, the upper chamber j has been vacant most of the time, ex-1 cept for the attendance oi a lew regu-, lars, until the present crisis, when they turned out from every sectien of the country to fight the budget. LEAGUE WORKERS ASK ASSISTANCE Anti-Saloon Men Want to Be Reimbursed for Their -Big Expenses. LOCAL MINISTERS HELP AT MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION THIS MORNING, OFFICERS FOR SIX MONTHS WERE ELECTED. In the exploition of the Anti-Saloon work, its superintendents, and particularly the Rev. E. S. Sbumaker and the Rev. E. M. Barney have spent hundreds and. in some instances, thousands of dollars of their own mojney, and now an appeal is being made to all the Ministerial associations and other organizations which have been in sympathy with the movement, to take up a collection to reimburse these ! men financially, This morning, an appeal addressed to the Ministerial association was j rea(i) in which it was asked that the i association pledge $100. However, as 'this is against the by-laws of the association, the members could not con- j sent and instead made individual pledges. About ?30 was raised in SUch manner. If the fund can not be ; increased by contributions from indi viduals in- sympathy with the move - ment, the money will be sent to the j league officials and apportioned out among the officials who have been at an individual expense. What it Cost Them. The Rev. Shumaker, who has been snent in the neichborhood of $3,000 in the last few years, while the Rev Barney's expense in the league work which has been borne by himself, amounts to approximately $1,000, it ; ja gaj(j Officers of the Ministerial associaHnn nura olcwtori tnilav Tho offirors include; Rev. H. R. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist church, president; Rev. R. J. Wade, pastor First M. E., vice president; Rev. Aaron Napier, pastor of Whitewater Friends church, secretary and treasurer. The officers will serve for the next six months. The Rev. Allen Jay spoke of the laymen's missionary movements which have been so universally successful 1n the East and which will be held in the Middle West this winter. In thei next few weeks, Dayton will have such meetings and later Indianapolis will make the experiment. An effort will f to m a H a nil m i - 1 etare c ? - ti -v trtterest in the movement aid send large delegations to both the Dayton and In dianapolis meetings. IS GIVEN SENTENCE Niagara Falls, OnL, Jan. 8. We Dobson. the former Canadian express company cashier, who confessed to having taken part In the $14,000 express robbery on the Canadian side on Nov. 4, has been sentenced to four years at hard labor in the Kingston, Ont., penitentiary. Paul S. Whistler of this city, who was also implicated in the crime, was sentenced to throe years at hard labor at Kingston.

ANOTHER WEATHER

RECORD WAS MADE Early This Morning Mercury Slid Down Tube to Eleven Below Zero. FIFTEEN ABOVE AT N00M WEATHER OF LAST WEEK HAD A DECIDED RANGE, DROPPING FROM 45 ABOVE, SUNDAY, TO 7 BELOW, FRIDAY. Zero weather is becoming to be such a common occurrence in this vicinity that but little attention L paid to the matter now and such an eveat is scarcely worth more than a mere passing comment. However, the way the silver liquid slid down the little c!ass tube last night was ieally startling in view of the fact that all records for the winter are smashed. Apparently growing tired of lingering in the vi cinity of the nothing mark, last even ing the mercury took a running broad jum about midnight awi slid down the incline with such marakable rapidity that at 2 o'clock this morning it embraced the 11 below mark, one de gree colder than any point yet reached this winter. This record breaking temperature was recorded by the ther mometer at the water works puiupin station. At the Natural Gas station on the west side th liquid only drop ped to S degrees below the zero mark Took Sudden Change. It took a sudden change for tu' warmer this morning and at noon the mercury indicated 1," degrees above Tne weather last week had a decided range. From 45 dgre?s above on Sun day. when everyone was feeling com fortable and life wa3 made more pleas ant, the weather man again turned on the cold ozone and the thermometers registered 7 degrees below on Friday, the 7th. Saturday was also cold, but the best the mercury could do was zero, which was amply sufficient, however. During the week 6.6 inches of snow fell. On Wednesday and Thursday the snow clouds broke loose for over five inches of "the beautiful" and the second heavy fall of the winter was recorded. The sun ventured a peep at the world on Friday but hid bis face on every other dsv during the week. The daily temperature was a3 follows : High Sunday 45 Monday 30 Tuesday 23 Wednesday 37 Thursday 31 Friday 13 Saturday "JO Low. 33 0 11 7 INSURGENTS HOLD STRONG POSITION Enemies of Cannon Now Possess a Cudgel That Is Of Some Use. SMALL BUT STRONG BAND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE BUT 26 1 REAL REPUBLICAN INSURG ENTS THEY PROBABLY CAN NAME THE COMMITTEE. Washington. .Tan 1A 3fntA 5toatr ! 1 Cannon has announced that it is hi purpose to abide by the result of the insurgent victory on Friday, when the alliance between the bolting republi cans and the democrats gave the house the power of electing the committee which is to co-operate with a similar ' c.ommj"fe of 4Ae 6enate to investigate the Ballinger-Pinchot affair, interest is now focused upon the republican caucus, which must be held to carry out the innovation. The date of this caucus will be contingent upon the time the senate sends the investigation resolution I back the house but 11 eht to be early this week The plan of the house organization is to put up a slate which it will ask the republican caucus to indorse. The insurgents, being republicans, will attend the caucus, especially since this method of selecting the committee is their own. Insurgents Can Dictate. Although there were but 6 insurgents on Friday when the Speaker's j " y f ffff !re in a 8t,ro" 'Potion to diecommittee. Very likely they will not ! bf, seYs enouh i lnsIst on -electing an ui lucui, uui uiey are sun Eirong enough to make another alliance with the democrats and knock out the committee that is named by the republican caucus. While the material result of the insurgent victory on Friday is not great, the moral ettect cannot be minimized. It really marks the beginning of a change in the manner in which the house is organized and controlled. One of the principal contentions of the insurgents is that the power of ap pointing committees should be taken from the Speaker and exercised by the House. The committees for the Sixty-first congress are all selected , now and if there Is any change in the method that has been in vogue so long, it cannot come until the Sixty-second congress, which is to be elected next fall is organized. This will be In the winter of 1911, unless there should be a special session early fix the year.

COMPROMISE A CASE

American Sugar Refining Company Makes Settlement of $750,000. LAWYERS GET BIG SHARE (American News Service) Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan. 10. The big suit against the American ousar fining company was compromised today by a setlement, approved by courts of eeven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which $o2.000 is for Gustave Kissell and 1150.000 for the New York attorneys who took part in the Earle suit. FOUR ARE SENTENCED. New York, Jan. 10. Pour employes of the American Sugar Refining com pany, convicted of a conspiracy to de fraud the government by false weigh ing of ini!Krts. were today sentenced to a year's Imprisonment on lilackwelU Island. They were Thomas Kehoe. John A. Coyle, Edward Boyle and Patrick J. Hennesy. all former weighers. ITALIAN ENVUY TO LEAVE FOR TURKEY Baron Des Planches Has Been Transferred to Constantinople . Post. REGARDED AS A PROMOTION ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES HAS FOR SOME TIME DESIRED SOME MISSION IN EUROPE. American News Service) Rome, Jan. 1. The reported trans fer of Ambassador Baron Mayer des Planches from Washington to Con stantinople is taken here in semi-offi cial circles as a proof of his stand ing in the diplomatic corns. It is known that for some time that he has desired a European post. That his real object is the arrangement of the dissolution of the tripple alliance was the tenor of a report circulated today in authorative circles. The change, cantrary to rumor, is not due to his conduct during the tariff fight In the United States. DesFIanches displeased former Premier Sonnlno and was retained at Washington, al though he desired to move, it Is understood. He is in good standing, however, with the new ministry. Credence to eRport. The selection of Constantinople as his next post gives credence to the report of the dissolution of the tripple alliance, which has been current since the Czar's recent visit to King Victor Emmanuel. Italy and Russia conferred to thwart Austria's policy in the Balkans. Constantinople is the best important diplomatic possible position from which to watch the near eastern situation. COAL HOW RUSHED THBOOCHJHE CITY One-third of Cars Passing Through Richmond Are . Carrying Fuel. CHICAGO FACES A FAMINE WHILE CITfES IN NORTHERN PART OF INDIANA REPORT A SHORTAGE THE COAL SUPPLY HERE IS QUITE LARGE. The Pennsylvania railroad company is devoting its energies to the transportation of fuel, and about one-third of the total number of freight cars which passed through this city last week were loaded with coal or coke, it is stated. The destination of the majority of the cars was in Northern Jndiana where a coal shortage is feared. Chicago also is feeling the effect of a scarcity of coal. The railroad companies are transporting it as rapidly as possible to the communities in which the demand is the heaviest, but are somewhat handicapped as the demand came all at once and found the companies handicapped in that they could not get the necessary coal cars, these being distributed at different points along their lines. In this city, the shortage has assumed no such portions as to cause the coal merchants or the citizens alarm. This city is fairly close to the coal fields and the dealers say that they have a generous stock on hand.

REFORE THE COURT HE PRUVES SANITY

And as a Result Rufus Crist Is Liberated from the County Jail. HE WAS A GRIPPE VICTIM WAS ADJUDGED IN JUSTICE OF PEACE COURT. SENT TO REID HOSPITAL. AND LATER TO THE JAIL. Rufus Crist, who recently was adjudged insane and placed in the county jail was successful this morning in the habeas corpus proceedings which he instituted against Sheriff Meredith, to obtain his release from custody. Judga Fox ruled that as Crist had recovered .he would dismiss him from the jail, but that he did not have th. power to annul insanity proceedings'. that being within the power of Dr. S. E. Smith, superintendent at the East ern Indiana Hospital. Result of tha Crippa. Crist had the grip last winter and until recently he has been mentally unbalanced at times. Last fall, steps were taken in the Justice of peace court to have him adjudged insane. The inquest determined this point and he was taken to Reid Memorial Hospital. According to evidence in tho case, this morning, the hospital authorities had him removed because hi was annoying the other patients and because the institution had need for the room in which he was confined. Although never at any time, according to the testimony this morning, was Mr. Crist dangerous, nevertheless, on the affidavit filed with the county clerk, it stated that he was. The inquest was held in Justice Beyerle's court. Only in cases where thoeo adjudged insane are dangerous, ran they be placed in the county jail for eafe keeping. PANAMA DITCH TO BE COSTLY THING Congressman Langley Returns And Places Final Cost $500,000,000. PROGRESS OF WORK GOOD BUT THE KENTUCKY STATESMAN DOUBT8 IF THE CANAL WILL BE FINISHED IN 1915 AS IS NOW THOUGHT. New York, Jan. lO. Among the passengers who arrival n the steamer Colon from Cbrlstobal were: J. W. Langley, congrcssmrn from Kentucky: Cant. G. A. Porter, chief of the canal cone police; Dr. J. Perry, quarantine officer; Rev. H. B. Bryan, archdeacon of Panama and Miss A. Gorgas, daughter of the chief sanitary officer. The tank steamer Deutschland. which arrived from Hamburg, reported rough weather all the trip. On January 4 it passed through a terrible snowstorm of blizzard force. Th? steamer presented the appearance of an Iceberg after the storm abated. Views of Langley. The estimated final cost of the Panama canal was set ahead to sriOO.OOO.000 by Congressman John W. Langley of Pikeville, Kentucky, when he arrived on the steamer Colon from the Canal zone. He has be?n visiting the canal with Mrs. Laogiey. "The progress on the work since my first visit In March. V.w7.- he said." Is wonderful, but I doubt If it will be finished by January 1, :91.". as 1 expected. The work will cost fsilly 0jO.Or or $5 a head for every man. worn anand child in the United State LAVSOU III A DEAL (American News Service) Lexington. Ky.. Jan. 10. According to reports received here. Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, is going to buy the entire pooled crop of the Burley tobacco society for thirty-two million dollars, providing he can secure a guarantee against the threatened suit against the society on the ground of monopoly, by the federal government. MeSWEENEY SILENT. Boston. Jan. 10. Private Secretary McSweeney declined to confirm the report that Lawson bad bid for the entire crop of the Burley tobacco society. Lawson is absent from the city. Mother aay -the-v can't ear anyttits see good about Gold Medal Flour." Caum.

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