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VOLUME XLVII—NO. 229.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1912.-FOURTEEN PAGES.
EST/
1853.
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CENTER OF THE CAMPAIGN TO ELECT
WILSON PRESIDENT OF UNITED ST A TES
REBELS BEHEAD
HOUSE FAILS IB
GOVERNOR MAKES VIGOROUS THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY' AD-
ATTACK ON OLD DOCTRINE
OF PROTECTION.
DITIONAL MARINES LAND AT
CORINTO, NICARAGUA.
Democratic Candidate Delivers His
First Real Campaign Utterance
on Revenue to Thousands of
Planters at Gloucester,
New Jersey.
State Department at Washington, Im-
patient at Manner of Conducting
Rebellion, Takes a Positive
Stand for Nicaraguan
Government.
GUJUOKSTKK, N. J., Aug. 15.—Under
the glare of a hot sun, tliousands o"
farmers massed about Governor "Woodrow
Wilson hsl'e today and heard him make
his first campaign speech since he was
officially notified a week ago of his nom-
ination to the presidency.
The Governor spoke extemporaneously
at Washington fark, where the farmers
of New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsyl-
vania were participating in a celebration.
The candidate extended himself on the
protective tariff, which he called "the
restrictive tariff" attacked Senator Aid-
rich and his tariff-making associates,
pointed out the benefits of a merchant
marine in connection with the Panama:
Cannl and blamed the influence of ex-
press companies in halting parcels post
legislation.
The Governor frequently was inter-
rupted by applause and cheers. When
he finished speaking many of the farm-
ers wanted to Fhake hands. The Gov-
ernor was at the park about two hours,
returning to Seagirt e.i-:ly tonight.
Governor Wilson said in part:
"i am interested in politics, not as a
search for office, but as a great con-
test devoted to something very definite
and practical indeed. Politics ought not
to be considered as a mere occasion for
oratory.
POLITICS MATTER OP BUSINESS.
"Politics ought to be considered as a
blanch of tbo National business, and a
mm who talks pSIitles ought to toll his
fellow citizens very distinctly what he
thinks abo'-'t their affairs and what his
own attitude towards them is.
"Here we are at a farmers' picnic Mil
on Ihis day I suppose we might say that
the farmers occupy the center of the
ftage. When did the farmers ever oc-
cupy the center of the stage in our poli-
tics? I don't remember any time,
htve seen the interests of a great many
classes specially regarded In legislation,
but I must frankly say that I have sel
dom seen the farmers' interests regarded
WASHINGTON,
collier Justin, tht
learned today,
yesterday with
command of Maj. Smedley
who reported, at once to
D. C., Aug. l.i.—The
iStute Department lias
arrived at Corinto
350 marines under
Butler,
Captain
Continued on Page Two.
INDEX OF THE NEWS
WEATHER CONDITIONS
San Anlotiio and vicinity: Generally fulr
today and Saturday.
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The San Antonio Express Is the only
paper In Southwest Texas carrying the
foil day oud flight wire service of the
Associated Tress, everywhere recog-
nized as the greatest news-gathering
organization In the world.
PAGE 1—Rebels behead Rowan Ay res,
American engineer, fyi Mexico.
Zapata rebels routed.
Nat Goodwin fatally injured when boat
capsizes in rough sea among rocks.
Governor Wilson make* hit at farmers'
picnic in Gloucester, N". ,1.
Federal pension bill carrying $l»Hi,000,-
(too passes both houses.
PAGE '!—Harrow trial closes today.
PAGE 3—News of Austin.
TAGH 4—Editorial.
PAGE ft-—More shooting reported on
Mexican border.
Weather and crop conditions.
PAGK o—Women and society.
PAGE 7—Colquitt against plank covering
itock transactions.
News of Texas in brief.
citizens' League celebrates election
victory.
PAGE 8—Houston makes it two straight.
Bronchos play below form.
City League holds important meeting.
Last game will l»e played with Hous-
ton today. Umpire day Saturday.
Andrews injures thumb in boxing ex-
hibition with Hairy Howard.
PAGE li—San Antonio wholesale and
live stock markets.
PAGE 13—Stocks, bonds, cotton and grain
markets.
I'ACiE 14—Medina Irrig.iiion Company suit
is transferrer! to Federal Courl.
Romantic courtship ends by wedding
In San Antonio.
city Bacteriologist 'ompletes report on
dairies.
Commissioner Henderson ^f Dallas d.«s-
cusses commission form of goverumen
Terhune, commanding the gunboat Ann-
apolis, who has been given full authority
to deal with the military situation in
Nicaragua as it affects American inter-
ests. it is believed this marine force
was at once dispatched to IVlanagua, a
s-ix-hour railroad run from Corinto.
Mow this force will he used depends
entirely upon the will of American .Min-
ister Weitzel. He has already protested
to the rebels against bombatding Man-
agua, filled, as it is, with women and
children and noncom'iatanU If his force
is riot sufficient to stop the bombardment
officials feel assured that he will hold
the city until reinforcements from Pan-
ama or the bluejackets of the Denver,
now en route to Corinto, can be placed at.
his disposal.
The State Department has let. it be un-
derstood that It does not propose to tol-
erate this lawless shelling and killing of
helpless women and children and endan-
gering American lives and seizing and de-
stroying American property.
MENA'S CONDUCT CENSURED.
Officials are quite emphatic In point-
ing out that General Mena, the head of
the revolution, has completely alienated
the sympathies of this Government by his
conduct of the rebellion.
Belated cablegrams received at the State
Department from American Minister
Weitzel give a vivid picture of the con-
flict at Managua, which began last Sun-
day morning, when General Zeledon, in
command of the rebels, opened fire on
tiie city from the vicinity of Momolombo.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon insurgent
officers, General Murlllo and Colonel
Rostran, attacked the penitentiary with
infantry and rapid fire guns in an at-
tempt to liberate the prisoners, and at S
o'clock 100 men under cover of artillery
fire, attempted to enter the city from
the lake, but were repulsed and twenty-
five of them captured. Throughout the
night firing continued at intervals. Of
the rebels Zeledon had 600, Thomas 600
and Murlllo 500, while the government
force under Gen. Kmlliano < 'hamorro was
about. 3,500. The government firing line
under command of Gen. Frutos Belanco
faced /.eledon's division and received the
brunt of the filing.
FIRES ON PRESIDENT'S PALACE.
At G o'clock Monday morning Zeledon
renewed the attack, firing shell and solid
shot from a three-inch rifle into the eitv
at the rate of twenty an hour, directed
principally towards the President's pal-
ace. Only one projectile reached the
executive mansion. The President and
his Cabinet continued to pet form their
official duties. The Chilean consulate and
the house of Mr. llamm, the American
collector general of customs, were hit
and the residence of the German consul
si I'fered severely.
During the bombardment General
Thomas attempted to take the govern-
ment position at La Toma by assault
from the southeast, to which the govern-
ment vigorously replied with cannon and
the fire from the men In the trenches.
After two hours' fighting the rebels
withdrew. Later they resumed filing on
th" city and the government forces plant-
ed field pieces 1,000 yards east of th?
American legation, w ftiie two of th-' gov-
ernment boats protected the lake front
until evening, when they began dropping
shells into the city. They continued this
during the nlgnt.
CASUALTIES RUN HIGH.
The casualties are reported heavy, par-
ticularly among the rebels. The govern-
ment captured 25,QW rounds of ammuni-
tion and two rafild fire guns, disabling
two more.
Colonel Rostran was killed. General
Thomas U said to be seriously wounded,
while Oapt. Manuel Chamorro of the gov-
«unnent fort es was mortally wounded.
The American foreman of the electric
light plant, upon which the rebel fire
was concentrated, was wounded.
While Managua was under bombard-
ment Sunday the rebels were defer-ted at
the town of Nandalme, General Mena's
place of residence, by the government
forces under General Masls,
i
Scms or activity in mtional
democratic headquarter!
ACTOR MAY DIE FROM HI RTS
(.OT WHILE DOING I AVOR
FOR PRETTY WOMAN.
A BUSY •
com*, OP
THfc MAIN
officii
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OF IK CIVIL BILL
I ROWAN
AY RES. \\ ENGINEER, LEGISLATIVE. EXECUTIVE AND
CAPTl.'RED AM! EXEC I TEl).
NO KNOWN CAUSE.
JUDICIAL APPROPRIATION
IS KILLED.
STATE IGTION IS TAKEN NEW MEASURE IS FRAMED
Henry Line Wilson Receives Official
Report From Mexican Minister of
War After Searching Part>
Finds Headless Corpse
Near Moreiia.
/CITY or MUX ICO, Aug Kxeouted
by rebels after the> had carried him
away as a captive from a point near
' Moreiia, capital of the State of Michoa-
can, Is the fate of Rowan Ay res, an
American civil engineer, according to
official apports rendered tod; :\ b\ the
Minister of War to the Amercan am-
bassador, Henry Lane Wilson.
Some days ago the capture of8 Ayres
was reported to the emlia^v and Mr-
Wilson requested the War Department
to send out a searching party. A de-
tachment of troops was ordered out. but
word was received from Moreiia that a
searching force had discovered Ayres'
headless bod>.
President's Disapproval Is Exercised
Against Abolition of Commerce
Court and Seven->ear Term
for Civil Service Em-
ployes. •
\\ \S1I IN c, TON, n. C , Aug 1 . HouSb
democratic leader; failed today in their
third successive effort to override thu
President when they sought to pass the
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill over Mr. Taft's veto. Th®
vote, 1-Y» to 107. was twenty short of the
required two-thirds of those voting. As
a result, the bill will be taken in hand
tomorrow morning, shorn of the provision
to which the President objected, fixing a
seven-year tenure for Government em-
the civil sendee, and send
ploy*
it on
: undei
its wa
The other
I dent objecte<
merce Court,
but the tempc
programme is
mature
the
Will I:
• to
tbolit
■ left
the
i» be
vhlch the Predi-
on of the Com*
in the measure,
Senate on this
ascertained it
•nds of the ( ap-
LOS AN<il'Ll0S, Cal, Aug. 15.—i\ut O.
Goodwin, the actor, was seriously/ f«nd
probabiv fatally injured about noon to-
day a Rocky Point, twelve miles south
of Hi'.encme, by first being thrown from
a, skiff on the rocks by the brckern
and then being struck by the boat itself
i.s jt was dashed ashore.
Goodwill and a woman of his company
engaged the launch Nora, Captain Albert
Hydcr, to mke a trip up the coast to-
day with f. view of locating >some land
whi h, Goodwin said, he wished to buy
and convert into a summer resort.
The woman had a note which she told
Captain Hy;ler was for an Indian who
lived near Hueueme, and when a tfnot
twelve miles s< uth of that plait had
been reached, she espied an Indian's hut
and demanded that Captain Ityder take
her note ashore and give it to the In-
dian. hyder refused beta tse of the
strong tide and rough breakers. Good-
win, taking off his coat, and vest, grab-
bed the note and jumped into a rowboat.
As the boat reached the breakers line
it was overturned. Goodwin was thrown
upon the «hore and stunned. With the.
nex' roll of breakers the 1 oat was thrown
upon Goodwin.
Mydei got Goodwin Into the launch and
hurried rim to Santa Monica, whereat he
actor was placed in a hospital.
A pir ulcian said tonight that
tient's condition was critical.
One of the b-niest lip slit*** offices- In New York Citv now is the Wilson workshop,
in which the Pembcratie National Committee has undertaken the task of electing
Woodrow Wilson to the presidency. The committee now o-eiipies one tin I f of the fifth
floor of the Fifth Avenue btiSldinir, at 'JjWehty-third-Street ami Filth Avenue. and *
considerable portion of the fourth floor. .I'p to the present time the committee and Its
staff of workers occupy J 500 fe(!twof floor space, and the committee has reserved the
right for further expansion. In <;ne\la>ge • room, measuring :x 1 <>') feet, thlrl.v-flve
desks are located. This room Is to be 'subdivided so that the busy bees will be installed
in compartments of about 33x50 feet each. LV.ht looms, each having a floor space of
7-5 feel, are occupied by members of the commit tee and their seirctarics Senator
Gore of Oklahoma, who is looking after ih-* organization work, bus a dozen clerks
assisting him
T
MEASURE WILL PROBABLY
SIGNED TODAY—RELAY
HAS BEEN LONG.
BE
II
)[PI
TWENTY-SEVEN KILLED WEDNES-
DAY BY GOVERNMENT TROOPS
NEAR TRIENi'A.
f
l lie pn-
WASUIXUTOX,. Aug. 1,1. Willi In the
ivei'L lUousands <>[ vptermis who Jinv.i iv-
ci'lved no pensions since the beginning ><f
the present fibril yfjtr, Jul
their Government warrants
I HI ERTA, WITH 7,000 TROOPS,
ONLY SIXTY MILKS AWAY
FROM OROZCO.
.It'ARICZ, Mexico, \ug. 15.-Prepara-
tlons for tiie evacuation of Juarez were
being made tonight and a train dis-
patched over the Mexican Central for
the south. The last train was expected to
leave at midnight, depleting Juarez of
.rebel soldiers. The citizens vigilance
committee Is ready-to take charge until
the arrive. 1 of federal troops.
The last train will carry General Oroz-
co and staff officers. It was said at
Orozco's headquarters late tonight that
an attempt would be made to enter So-
nora by a flank movement behind the
rdvan -ing federals, who are said to num-
ber 7,000. and who today reached (iuz-
inan. only sixtv miles southwest of Jua-
, rez.
The evacuation wa. orderly, I'earing
a repetition of looting, merchants closed
their shops.
The rebels late tonight began burning
v* 11at railway equipment the> c tnnot use
In their movc.nent to the touch.
The rebel garrison here was increased
to I.U00 men today l» the ar-
rival of ;100 from Guadalupe. At
General Drozco's headciuarters it was
said i,r>00 rebels arr» staiioned at Villa
AhuiniKla and 1,000 near I'alomas, opposite
Columbus, ,\, M.. Io which point I nited
si.i!:«s iroops are heiug hurried from Fort
Sam lloiision. it was smM ihn rebels
would await ilie Hpproach <»f the federals,
whose strength is estimated at about ."»,imki.
CI'KRNA VAC A, Mexico. Aug.
rv.'enty-severf partisans of '-iupata v
\iiled yesterday in a fight with a
J. will get i t&ehment of federals < uni.u.tnded by
Moth House Jimines (';;slro at Tri
rnta, twenty-five
\'icloria Citizens I'nveil Shaft in Mis-
sissippi Commemorating (Jal-
lant Southerner.
CORINTH, Miss., Aug. 15.- A monu-
ment to the bravery of Col. William P.
Rogers of the Second Texas Infantry
was unveiled here today by a committee
of citizens of Victoria, Tex., assisted by
the Corinth 1 "nited Daughters of the
Confederacy. Colonel Rogers was killed
while leading a charge at Fort Kobinett
ai the battle of Corinth, October •(, lid-.
II" was buried v*lth military honors . y
Federal General Rosoerans, who ;-a1d:
"Rogers was one of the bravest men
who ever led a charge."
Colonel Rogers was a native of Ala-
bama and during the Mexican war lie
was captain of a Mississippi company, un-
der Col. Jefferson Davlv. He was first
to mount the walls of Monterey. After
tiie war lie was Unite 1 Slates consul to
the City of Mexico. He signed tiie ordi-
nance of cession in Texas, February.
1861.
and Senate today agreed, to tht
bill, which has been thrown like a shuttle
'M'twccn the two houses sliuc iasi Fen.al-
ary The measure carries $100,01)0.000.
The President probably will sign the
lill tomorrow it mi by Saturday the pen-
sion bureau wlil mail out checks. Many
11f t he checks already have been prepared
. ikI are waiting at the pension ag^ncie. io
he mailed.
The provision placed in lb - pension bill
as originally missed by the llouse
Ishlug the eighteen pension .agencies
throughout the country caused the delay.
The Senate objected to ellmiuallng the
agencies and a deadlock ensued. The Sea-
ate finally agreed to a provision win h
will eliminate the agencies .Unuary :jl,
19i:>
i la. elitoiiialion of the agencies \>;h
f •!''• some UOO clerks employed in n u
either to move to Washington'or to l«Nve
the service.
pensions ntile;' south oi ijcre
TEXAS CADETS ARE AITOINTED
Two Youths Selected for Annapolis
Naval Academy.
Staff SpiH'lal lo 'J'he Bxprests,
WASHINGTON, I), C., Aup. 15. Ucprp-
auifative Willinm Kobert Suiilli today nn-
nciuuced his nppoiateeg for the Annapolis
entran.* Mamirnitioon as follows:
Principals, ' 'n r I \V Brewington anil
.Tames A. Oaiflwell of ('Ism, Walter i:<!-
«nru .lenklns of Ml Paso was naun>il ;is
firsl nllemale - Hrewiiirfton .mil ,Irid
ulh'i'tiate to ('aiilwoil,
Two li inc« are also nhon WiM.i.n
l),ivli Jones .lr, of Sun An^oln.
iriiieil as first alteruetp lo (.'aldwefl and
third alternate lo Hrewington.
The Keeond alternate to rtrewlnpton
,7ohn M. Prof-tor of Snn Anpclo; second
alK-rnHle to Caldwell, John E. Ueiiror of
EI Paso
ARREST FOLLOWS MARRIAGE
i While Man Languishes in Jail Girl
Wife Speeds to His Home.
Bpa-i/il Telegram to The Express.
WACO, Tex., Aug. Jo. Ku/e Stephens,
21 years old. is in jail and hi* pretty little
wife, whom he married yestesday, in speed-
ing to Crockett to liN parents.
Stephens and Miss Ruby Cain of Adlna,
I,ee County, cfline to Waco yesterday ana
were married by Justice of the Peace II.
M. Kiehey. It is a lit. god ftKe sUteuients
were made to obtain license to marry.
The glrl'H relatives followed from <Hd-
dltigs. ami locating the couple at a hotel
last night. Stephens was arrested.
His wife ac. oiupanied him (•> Jail and
spumed offer- of her kinsmen to fake her
hack home. She declared she would re-
main with her husband. When told tjiat
was Impossible she bade him a tearful
gooy-by, and taking, $00 gCvefivher by
Stephens, boarded a train this moruiuy'for
Crockett. Stephens is a farmer,
t " • •
The federals dispelled the rebels, ac-
cording to reports. Two of the federal
sol diet.- were wounded.
A troop train, from the sc"ne. carrying
150 federal soldiers, doub^-d back to Cuer-
rmvaca. escorting twelve cars of ammu-
nition and two rapid-fire Held gims in-
tended by tin government for 'he South-
ern campaign agaluM the rebels.
ELECTRIC LINE IS OPPOSED
T<uii)iicOi Citizens Aroused by Course
Taken by National Railroad.
Francisco and Manuel tlulierrez Shot
at El Alamita Ranch — Alon/.o
Allee, lessee, Surrenders.
Special Telegram to Tbe Kxpress.
LA I! K DO. Tex., Aug. 15. The Sheriff*
department received a telephone message
from Knclnal late last nl^ht anuouu"!n;;
that at El Alamita ranch, forty-five miles
from" ivaredo, in the northeast extreme <>f
the county. Francisco Outlerrez and ills
son, .Manuel (iutierrez, had been killed
The elder Outlerrez was also mayor of
the town of Ouerrero. Mexico, and ownet*
of the ranch, arid was at the ranch on a
visit with his son: officers from hen*
ieft last night at 10 o'clock, accompanied
by relatives of the dead nieu.
in the meantiiue Alonzo Allee. lessee of
the much, went' to Webb and surren-
dered to DejitUy Sheriff Mill and was
brought here on the noon train today and
Pi Med in jail. The bodies of the dead
men also arrived here, ibis afternoon.
Only one witness testified at the In
He said that, while tie was in an
ndjuining routu he beard teen «jiiarrcliug,
then a jdstol shot rnog .oni aa'l the wit-
ness ran away I w'» other shot* were
alsrt fired.
The elder Cutierre/ had his heart almost
cut in two. while his unn was shot once
in the back and once through the heart'
with a-forty-five caliber pistol
Special Telegram to The Expr»sn.
TAMPlCO. Alexico, Aug. I{real in-
dliXnation has been arousc i i pon ail aides
by the determined opposition offered by
the National Uuilroad Company to ti m
proposed ektc1 ric li ic to La Liaira. As
Soon .'iS the j"'0 le were given to uud< -
stand that ii v; > proposed to run up
electric li-te to La Harra, lo i * was gen-
orally expressed "at • •■■th li to, as t nrom-
ised relief, and nffeied much for tin*
extension of the city. Now that '.he op-
position lias been entered, the people a,<
indignant.
Tne tenuis tournament Is drawing great
nuinbein to Tin Vrolantln. as the several
matches are closely played and are very
interesting. Messrs. lox and Philips
a:e in the lend, with the ladies a close*
set one.
Dr. T. i«". Martin, who had been lorn;
and favorably known in Tatnpieo. and
who- v/as a member of tiie international
club sii Han Antonio, diet! Friday and
\\\ s !afd to rest on Snturday morning
His i'asnll;., who arc for 11..• greater pan
in Chicago, have notified.
Thomas S. Ithode ias arrived in Tatn-
piro fioivi the North. Mr Hhodes is
looking: for :i source of a i.rc.jer suppiy
of the weed "caodelill:i." (.ittle candle),
which it I c*1 a source for making
an »ieotileal insula'i;;^ wax, which is
:•«.Id to give ijpttcr result, than paraMm-,
'i'he, greater part of this wax Is shipped
to Germany.
A number of bolia wit'eU were be;i,g
driven ti-Vougii the city l-'oke loot-e on
the Cla/.a tie I," Liber!;..,1 and : or? <
began to inal:e C.lngs li 11» The dan>
ages are • ,-reri ! i • t» • •!,• „ i
! broke1 * iecirle 11 >tt 1 ;>< *. r. »>, . |
I Si ru Ion of fiOw er " .I' : .
of the loiil'.g' I . (i.s ... ( ! i,j<,
not donti rlinnln^' yet.- j
An overheated c;rov. n ■ ■ : rintl nr. in-!
opporaine supply <»f criicl water was t'ie
cause of a boilei explosion at Topi la
and*th$ death from scalding of Luis Cm-
vante'j ou Saturday lasL
Healthy Chihuahuan linited b\ Mex-
ico to Counsel Kebei
Leader.
CITY OF MEXICO. Aug i:.. (Jen.
Luis Terrazas, the wealthy land owner
of Chihuahua, now in Los Angeles, has
been asked by Kafael Hernandez, Minis-
ter of Fomento, to use his influence in
inducing Orozco to agree to some terms
of p^ace which the Mexican government
can accept, according to private dis-
patches received here today.
Official confirmation of the report
could not be sr-cured.
Hernandez i.s tiie man who recently
represented the government at Kl I'aso
Iri the peace conference with Orozco.
-Oy
(-I N MAN (iETS $3,000
Train Robber Alone Makes Express
Messenger Give l'|) Money.
ASII I'A IJjI.K, N. t',, Aug. 15. — A lone
train robber boarded Southern Railwav
train No. 1.1. Spartanburg to Ashevllle,
ui io;:;o tonight as it was leaving I3ilt-
more, three miles from this city and,
< overinjg the express messenger, R. 1«".
Carr of Marion, with a revolver, se-
cured a package containing $3,000 in bills.
The robber then commanded Carr to K«'t
in the chest which he had Just rifled and
locked him In it It. is presumed that
the robber left the train as it slowed
up Tor the Ashevllle yards,
When tbe train arrived at the Ashevllle
station, express officials found Carr
locked in the chest. When released the
express messenger was unable to give
n description of his assailant, saying
the latter was completely masked
The train was an hour late at HiH-
more, n fact which the local police de-
partment say the robber was aware of.
Messenger Carr says he had just fin-
ished arranging his packages prepara-
tory to leaving tiie train at Ashevllle
when he was confronted by n masked
stranger with a loaded revolver, who
demanded his money. Carr stales that
the robber then bound bin hands and
forced him (Carr) to into the cheat,
which he locked.
The alarm was rjulckl; given at Aslie-
ville nnd several policemen were sent
toward Blltmoi«. on a special train
Other members of tiie force boarded
train No. which leaves Ashevllle at
!0:4.*>. h was thought the robber might
attempt to escape on this train. At
midnight the polh e and express offi-
cials are still without a clew.
is acknowledged at boti
itol that there is a strong sentiment
against tiie continuance of the court, and
objection by tlie Senate for this reason
Is not expected. So strong is tlie senti-
ment against the tribunal that leaders
of both the Senate and House believe if
the President vetoes the bill as changed
it can be passed over his objection.
In the vote in the House there were
many peculiar changes of front by Dem-
ocrats and "Insurgent" Republicans, the
hitter's vote having been the deciding
factors In passing the wool and steel
tariff revision bills over the President's
veto.
DEMOCRATS QC1T PARTY VOTiC.
Kightten Democrats deserted their par-
ty, while thirteen insurgent Republicans
voted with-the majority. The Democrat*
were; <
Alien, Sharp, Whitacre, Ohio; Brant-
ley, Georgia; Curle.v, Murray, Peters and
Thayer, Massachusetts; Donohoe, Penn-
sylvania; Hamlll, Kinkead, McCoy, N< w
Jersey; Ja-vy, Sulzer, Talcott, New York;
Lobeck, Nebraska; O'Siiaughnessy, Khodu
island; Rellly Connecticut.
Representative Johnson, a member of
the Appropriations Committee, led tiie
fight to pass the bill over the veto. u«
laid stress on tbo necessity lor engraft-
ing tiie seven-year tenure reform on the
civil service in order, as he contended,
to increase the efficiency of the Gov-
ernment service. No competent clerks
would suffer in any wa; , lie insisted, but
it would give heads of departments pow-
er and opportunity to drop incompetents
from the pay roll. ■
Pleading for the Government clerk, for-
mer Speaker Cannon twitted the Demo-
crats with attempting a bogus reform on
defense!. emplt>\ es in order to strength-
en their political fences. He charged
tbeni witii cowardice for such action.
t'NCLK JOE CONFESSES.
"I am subject to the same cowardice,"
Mr Cannon admitted, "And I am criti-
cising myself as much as any other fhern-
her. There ha vbeen times when i was
tempted to sing that old hymn, not 'On-
ward, Christian Soldiers,' but 'Renew 'ly
Courage, Lord. "
Minority Leader Mann defended the
Commerce Court an 1 termed "ridiculous"
tiie action of one Congress creating such
a tribunal only to knock it down at a
succeeding Congress be Tore the system
bad been tried out.
Representative Fitzgerald of New' York
retorted that tiie court; was "the single
pet idea of the cnief executive of the
Cnited State. ' He added that, the Presi-
dent's critb is in of the House for put-
ting general legislation on an appropria-
tion btll "came lose to Impertinence.''
Hulldoy Enfranchised
to ( ant a Uallot for
i\egro Republican
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 15.—A pedi-
greed bulldog has voted in place of a
negro voter iji the election of Represen-
tative James A. Hughes, Republican, of
West Virginia, according to the report
of the House committee investigating
Hughes' election. The report will ar-
raign lr. nehi: c conditions in Hughes' dis-
trict- Reports of Representative Craig,
Republican, of Pennsylvania, and Rcpre-
spntatfve Wilson, Republican, of Illinois,
will be sustained In their right to seats.
HIE MORNING NEWSPAPER
The intending buyer of a
suit of clothes, a piece of fur-
niture. or ;iny other article of
merchandise, reads the ads.
wit li I lie wisely-selfish purpose
of saving money—if it can he
done. And I lie ads. in the
morning newspaper always
carry money - saving oppor-
tunities for the people who
plan to buy things that (fay!
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