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Complete Cotton Gin Outfits
THE CONTINENTAL LINE
I'SAN ANTONIO CO.
8AN ANTONIO OORPT8 CHRI8T1
VOLUME XLVIII—NO. 358.
| Barb Wire Field Fencing
POULTRY NETTING, WIRE NA1LR
Our Stock' Complete.
F. \V. HEITMANN CO.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1913. -HXTfcEN PAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
Tabor and the Groives
President's Wife
Exhibits Paintings
«i A'eit lark shou jfo.e Held for Robbery
NEW YORK, Dee. 23
j ings In the winter
National Academy of I
-T\v
I,.' pawn
Mbltlon of tti
in, which opeue
STREET PROJECT
To Make This Possible Coun-
cil Requested to Pledge
Additional $135,000.
IDE CITIZENS 1 UNITED
at the Fine Arts building recently, are the i
wc-rk Mrs. Woodrow Wilton. The fact j
v as called to .it
Mrs. Wilson.
The pictures. I
same size, in
1 ri ace tor, N. .1
it her Ik
tke today by a fit
sd
►ot h lands
win siilt
"Au
apes.
Nearly 200 Property Owners Urge
Carrying Out of Opening and
Widening Plans in All Parts of
San Antonio — Administration
to Act Soon.
ire of the
S. "Near i
title «»f one. while j
H«l Wagou Road, j
hey have j
Representing probably half of the
assessed valuation of the city, nearly
200 citizens, including men in almost
every walk of life, and representing
every section of the city, gathered at
the City Hall yesterday afternoon to
place before the administration their
reasons for urging the various street! i«n- William Iteeriug, tlmt he had provided
. . , ! sufficient I v for charitable purposes dur-
widening and opening project, now i bls llfetlme 1(,.,,)rdln/10' „
torneys
pending. Through it all a spirit of
f®"jwho prepared the digest,
B» inv smaller than the a vela y:
been hung In the upper row.
H. W. WaIrons, secretary of the academy. |
sj.Id tonUht that the pictures went through |
tlie ordiuary routine required by the exhi-
bition rub s, no emphasis being laid on the j
fret that 'hey were by the wife of the
resident Some of the jury, in fact, did
rot recognize the first lady of the land In
"Ellon V. Wilson. Washington," who
ofleied the paintings for exhibition.
This i< the fiist exhibition of any aise |
in which Mrs. Wilsor. has participated,
H ough she had several plctuies in an exhi- j
bit ion of women's art here this fall.
The I rlruet »n scene shows n clump of
tries on a knoll to the left of the pleturt
fiom which meadow land slopes away to-
ward a line of blue hils in the distance.
Tin "Old Wagon Koad" runs over a hill
through a cut. on I he left of which Is s
spreading tree, while on the right the laud
slope* upward to a grove in the middle
distance.
Charity Gets bone
of A. Man t gamer y
Ward's $5,000,000 Estate |
CHICAGO. Dec. -o. All of the estate of
the late A. Montgomery Ward, estimated
at more than $o,(KM),0tK». will be kept In
his familv, according to the terms of his
will, a digest of which was given out to-
night. None of the property is left to
charity. Mr. Ward having held, as did the
llf J. CROWE and wife and E. P. Tabor, the Southern Pacific bandit,
V ▼ *all of whom are under arrest at New Orleans in connection with an
express car robbery in Louisiana on the night of December 13 last, are
widely known in San Antonio. Crowe's second romance begun here. He
formerly was assistant superintendent of transportation for the San An-
tonio & Aransas Pass Railway at Yoakum. Tabor was arrested here after
he hid robbed an express messenger of $14,000 some years ago. He
was convicted in Bowie County and sent from there to the penitentiary
for life, but nade his escape atout a year ago
The upper picture is that of Mrs. Growe. Tabor is shown in the bot-
tom picture at the left and Growe on the right.
CURRENCY
' BILL NOW
IS A LAW
Detachment Under Salazar ! President Wilson Signs Money Reform
Sweeps into Constitution- Measure in Presence of Cabinet Mem-
ahst Territory. bers and Democratic Leaders.
markable harmony was shown and no
speaker and no citizens' committee at-
lempted to take advantage of the other
fellow's project and compare his with
theirs. Every project proposed was
endorsed unqualifiedly and the Council
was urged to carry out every improve-
ment.
To do this and to provide the neces-
sary funds a way was suggested. P.
H. Swearingen, acting as general
chairman for all of the committees
recommended that the City Council
pass a resolution pledging itself to ap-
propriate $135,000 from the general
revenues of the city to make up the
deficit necessary to meet all of the Im-
provements. He suggested a form of
resolution to be passed by the Council
appropriating half of this sum in 1914
and the remaining half in 1915.
Alderman Albert Steves, chairman of the
Finance Committee of the City Council, and
one of the men whose word is weighty In
the formulating of the city's financial pro-
gram, took kindly to the suggestion. He
< ontlnned on Page Four
^
ilviDiiX Oi- TH£. NEWS)
Various relatives are to receive a total
of $1*40,000. Five nephews received con-
siderable blocks of stock in the business
built up by Mr. Ward. Two-thirds of the
residue is willed to the widow and the
other third to the widow In trust for the
only child, Miss Marjorle Ward The
lucome from the proceeds of all Mr. Ward's
insurance policies also was left to Miss
Ward.
The only charity mentioned in the will
Is that, should Marjorle Ward die with-
out child and without having prepared a
will, her third of the estate is to be used
to establish and maintain a home for
worthy working girls.
The widow, Mrs. Elizabeth ,1. Ward, was
made sole executrix without boud.
The bequests provided were: Mrs. Han
uan M. Keyser, Philadelphia, a sister. $.V»,-
000: Mrs. Cora Ward Hammond, Nlles,
Mich., a sister. In trust, $40,000; Mrs. L.
F. Brown, Nlles. Mich., a sister, In trust,
ISO,600; S. I. Ward. Northvllle, Mich., a
brother, In trust, f'io.ouo; Mrs. Nancy A.
lluiis. South I tend, Ind., a sister, In trust.
rnOoo.
Twelve nephews and pieces arc given
various amounts from shares In the Busi-
ness to $5,000 euch.
Miss Eleanor Wilson
Plays Santa Claus to
Half-Hundred Children
WRATHER CONDITIONS
Sau Antonio and vicinity: Probably
showers today; Christmas fair and tolder.
THE TEMPER AT I' It Erf.
0 a. m
C00l£>
a. m
I- IIOUO
The Ban Antonio Kiprea. la th» only
paper ta Southwest Teias carrying tho
(ell day anil night wire aervlce of the
AMociated Preaa. .verywhara recog-
nised as the greatest news-gathering
organisation In the world.
PACK 1—president Wilson signs currency
bill.
Federal* adopt guerrlla taetlca In Con-
•titutionalist territory.
City Council la asked to endorse every
street widening and opening plan.
PAOIt f—Mra. Roy L. Olover wanted to
testify in lie Vllliers killing case.
News of Mexico.
J'AOK 4—Newt of Austin and I be depart-
ments,
l'AOB (—Representative Adsmson pro-
pome to suspend free passage of Ameri-
can ships through Panama ( anal.
I'ACiK •—Editorial*.
FAUH J—Benefit matinee to net Christinas
• 'liter Committee $!**> or more; may end
delivery of Christmas baskets today.
Program of exercises al community
Christmas tree on Alamo Plur.a tonight
arranged by Rotary Club.
PAtiE I—Jjocal society and woman's page.
I'AtiB »—Happenings In the club,.
PAflK 10—Exceptional boxing card lias
been arranged for Army Post January 'J.
Cine point gives Y, M. C. A. decision
over St. Mark's In City Basket ball
League Tf*inp-
PAGE 11—nkalls of passing and signing
of the eurafcey bill.
PAGE i!—Blgrknd deal closed at Snn
Marcos.
PAGE It—Local Wholesale markets.
PAGE 15—General market*.
PAGE Id—OaJg that flooded Nan Antonio
with spurious gold t'erllficateH be-
lieved to he same that fobbed I'oteet
bank. '
One delivery of malls wl|ll be liad to-
morrow uud uludowa to be open one
hour.
F v , ..•••. •-- j* 'MP*-. /'•
{IH
! General Villa at Chihuahua Is Cut
Off From His Base at Juarez
but the Former Is Said Not to
Be in the Least Alarmed by the
New Movement.
A OT EFFECTIVE FOR SOME TIME
New System Must First Be Organized by Commit-
tee of Government Officials Designated in the)
Bill and Office of Comptroller of Currency,
One of the Officials Named, Is Now Vacant.
JUAREZ, Mexico, Dec. 23.-A fly-
t ing wedge of Federal troops swept in-
to Constitutional territory today, and.
adopting the tactics of guerrilla war-
fare, began a campaign to destroy rail-
road bridges and :elegraph linos, ac-
cording to Constitutionalist reports.
Their first act was to cut off com-
munication between General Francisco
Villa's 6,000 troops at Chihuahua and j
the base at Juarez. By pulling down
telegraph'wires south of Juarez the
Federals temporarily isolated Villa in
Chihuahua, so' far as direct communi-1
cation was concerned. The small Fed-
eral band went out from Ojinaga, on
the border, and wis believed to have
been commanded by General Ynez
Salazar, who is well seasoned in
guerrilla warfare.
The Federal plan us understood by the
Constitutionalist chiefs, is to operate ex
tensively over Northern Mexico and by
working In circles tt» destroy all propert
~zr~\
ignature
t become
' of GOT-
r of the
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 23.—With President Wilson's Mgrwlnre
tonight the currency bill became law, although it actually will not
effective until the new system has been organized by a committee i
eminent officials designated by the measure. The Comptroller
Currency is one of these. That office in now vacant and one of the firat |
steps in putting the new a)stem into force will be the appointment of •
Comptroller. President Wilson is expected to select a man soon.
A bill for the guarantee of bank deposits, a feature eliminated from |
the bill, was introduced immediately after the passage of the currency
bill by Senator William (Dem.) and was sent to the Banking Committee,
where it will be taken up after the holiday recess.
Immediately after the final passage of the currency bill the Senate
adopted the resolution for recess until January 12, thus clearing the *>1 |
for the Christ mas holiday adjournment of both houses.
At :t:l 1 o'clock the House adjourned nntll noon Monday, January 12,
and its members scattered. Many will go home for the holidays and
others will remain in Washington, ^
ICS tl _
if use to the Constitution
engaging tU»* latter In
WASHINGTON. 1). O., Pec. i!3.—Miss
Eleanor Wilson, youngest daughter of the
President, played "Santa Claus" to a half
hundred little children today. With
Christinas greetings from the President,
she took an automobile load of toys to n
settlement on the-Virginia side of the
Potomac, turough which her father rides
on hi.* way to golf.
Miss Wilson visited about fifteen fam-
ilies. "There hasn't ever been such a time
before In Virginia," commented one used
woman us the automobile stopped at her
house.
"We haven't seen the President come
bv." chimed in one of the children, "where
is ho?"
"He luis been ill," said Miss Wilson.
There was a general Inquiry as to his
health from the assembled people and Miss
Wilson said her father sent Ids love and
best wishes and was now going to Missis-
sippi for a vacation.
Each of the White House employes,
about ISO of them, received 11 fifteen-pound
turkey today with Christmas greetings
from the President and Mrs. Wilson. The
President has been too busy to dot any
Christinas shopping, but his wife' and
daughter have been seen frequently during
the past few weeks in the crowds throng
ing the stoics.
- -v> ■ ■ ■ ■
Uncle Sam's Warships)
Will Be Turned Into
Floating Colleges
WASHINGTON, 1>. C, Dec. 23.—Every
American warship will be a school ship
with the ndvent of the New Year. Secre-
ts ry Daniels today promulgated an order
putting Into effect his new educational sys-
tem iu the navy. On January 1 and there-
after for an hour and a quarter each aft-
ernoon every enlisted man on the warships
will be engaged in sell' improved under
the watchful eyes of his commanding of
fleer. Commissioned, warrant and petty
officers will be designed to act as peda-
gogues.
Enlisted men mow taking correspondence
cources with outside institutions will re
ceive assistance and eucouragement and
those chieiipetty officer# (who are seeking
promotion to warrant rank and the war-
rant officers who are trying for commis-
sions will be formed into classes for spe-
cial Instruction to encourage those who are
ambitious.
Every detail of this plan has been
worked out and the order expresses the
hope that the men will fully appreciate
the sealous interest of their officers so
that there will be increased efficiency in i
all practical directions. ......
The navy's needs have not been lost manifested uo emotion when the "verdict
sight of in this attempt to give the men
that might be
alists without
fight.
According to report Sulazar's men were
headed for the Casus Orandes district,
west of the fsjlroad running from Juarez,
and were intending to burn houses and
other property. In this district ar«# loomed
c^mpurativaly rich agricultural and graz
Ing fields, cultivated by Mormon colonies, j
Most of the Mormons nave left.
The Constitutionalists believe the Fed-
erals will form nothing more than ;i fugi- !
tive band, destroying what property they
< an reach ami disappearing before they !
can be overtaken.
Extensive destruction of railroads and
telegraph lines would handicap the <'on-
stltUtlonaUsts, but SO far no serious dam-
age has been done as the wires between
.Juarer. and Chihuahua soon can be re-
paired.
Constitutionalist headquarters held to
the belief that Salarar took only a small
i»art of the Federal army from ojinaga.
it also was said that Salazar. after ••toss- I
Ing the C«»ustltutlonalist line of communi ;
cation and temporarily crippling It might j
never again be heard from Salar.ar had ;
only what are known as Federal volunteers (
who might return to civilian life.
INVAfilON INSlU.\ 11 ICA NT.
An attempted Invasion by the Federals ]
of Constitutionalist territory was expected
and It was said Villa regarded it as iu I
significant. The total Fedora! strength '* j
about 4,000 soldiers, the bulk of whom are
| at ojinaga, while with mop- than 10,000 j
men Villa controls almost till the whole of I
the country north of Torreon and west >f >
Monterey.
The last report from Villa was thai he
was sending men and supplies toward To;
reon and had not oposed the ad van c. ;
General Villa's plan was to implant his
men strongly and In numbers near mat j
city before attacking if. A train which
left Chihuahua Just b»*foru the telegraph ;
was interrupted had i it reported here to-
night, although It u.i- believed the rail I
road had not been Impaired.
TROOP 101 QUITE!)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23.—President Wilson signed the Glase
Owen currency bill at 6:01 o'clock tonight in the presence of members o!
his Cabinet, the Congressional Commitees on Banking and Currency ant
Democratic leaders in Congress generally.
With a few strokes of the pen the President converted Into law th
measure known as the Federal reserve act, reorganizing the Nation's bant
ing and currency system and furnishing, in the words of the President, "th
machinery for free and elastic and uncontrolled credits, put at the disposal
of the merchants and manufacturers of this country for the first time in fifl]
yeiri* "
Enthusiastic applause ran through the cereuiony, not only as the PresU
dent affixed his signature, but as he delivered an extemporaneous speech
characterizing the desire of the Administration to take counsel with th
business men of the country and the Utter efforts to meet the Government'!
advances, as "the constitution of peace."
close of a da
1
oe at the close of s dayi
the National Capital, foij
•cessed for two weeks fon
nee it convened last April.'
McADOO AND HOUSTON WILL NOT
WAIT FOR APPOINTMENT OF
COMPTROLLER.
IS
,!T
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Hee. 2». • Organ-
; iitatlon of the new ImukiBK system will ae
1 undertaken immediately by Secretary Me-
MRS. ELLEN ETHER1DGE CON
VICTED OF FOUR MURDERS
AND ONE ATTEMPT.
KILLS HER STEPCHILDREN
FORMER BAS CRIMINAL CAREER
AND UTTER ONCE AN OF-
FICIAL OF SAP.
'nipt
aeadenile Instruetion, for the order (fives
attention to every possible del nil to the
training of the enlisted men In mutters
which will render them more efficient In
the mllltury direction.
<5,
Spotted in Shopping
Crowd, Alleged Train
Robber h Arrested
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. J».~Jacque»
Boatick was arrested here loilny charged
villi having robbed a Southern Purine
paecsonger train noar HI Mont*. December
1, and having murdered Jnnte* Montague,
a iiaseeugtr agent, who reiilstod him. The
polio* took from Bostiek the watch of the
train flagman and a poeaet full of pawn
tickets.
Arthur Colen, who was a passenger on
the t.rnIn, saw llosllrk In llje shopping
crowds today and followed htm until he
uiet a policeman, who made tile arrest.
MBB1DIAN, Tex., Deo. 24,-Mrs. Kllen
Walter Ktheridge will found guilty today
for the murder of four of her step-chil-
dreti and of on attempt to murder the
fifth. The Jury that tried her for life oil
four Indictments reached the verdict nfier
hour's deliberating. The trial was con-
ducted In the Eighteenth District Court,
"udge l>. U Loe*hart presiding. She
ilfested
was read.
The Jury's verrtlel carried In each ease
of murder a penalty of life Imprisonment,
in the case or attempted murder Mrs. Kth-
eridge win given nv# years. The total
punishment thus prescribed was four life
terms in the penitentiary and five years
added.
The womim was first tried for the
murder of five-year-old Oscar, whom she
poisoned with arsenic in October at the
same time poison was admlnletered to
three of tue step-children. Oaear and
Richard died, but the girl. Pearl, recovered.
Ill two other separate Indictments she was
charged wilh the murder of the two chil-
dren who tiled from the effects of con-
centrated lye administered In June.
Mrs. Ktheridge is the wife of u stock-
man, whom she married last Msrch. She
said that Inst June she gave lieulnh. oged
two, n can of concentrated lye, holding It
to thi' child's Hps until she had swallowed
It, because she that morning "got up
pun.v and fretful." In mid-summer she
gave lye to Harrison because he annoyed
her. Ou October 'J she gate arsenic to
Oscar, Dick and Pearl because, she salil,
they looked like they were going to he
sick from exposure to the bail weather, and
1 thought lliey would be butter off dead
thun' nlivt,"
ROMANCE IN 1 ANTONIO
Constitutionalists (iet as Far South as
Chareos—H uerta Celebrates
Birthday.
CITY OK MEXICO, Doc. -3. Unaware
of tlie presence of northern Constitution-
alists at a point so far south, a train
carrying detachment of government troops
on a tour of exploration ran over a dyna-
mite mine bear Cluireos today and was
practically destroyed. A majority of tbe
Federals who escaped death in the explo-
sion were killed afterwards by the enemy.
Charcoa, which In now occupied by the
Constitutionalists, Is Just north of Sau
Luis I'otosi and Is tlie farthest point south
to which the uurtuern Constitutionalists
have advanced.
J'resldeut If uerta today revived the old
custom of celebrating at the National Pal
ace with great formality the anniversary
of the birth of'the chief executive. He
was bom on December 2:\ 'S:>4. These
birthday celebrations were an annual af-
fair during the regime of l'orflrio Ding.
Before daylight this morning, military
bands from the regiments which have their
i Adoo of the Treasury Department'and se
j retary Houston of tbe Agricultural IV
partnient, two of the three members of the
committee charged with the ta«li by law.
The Comptroller of tbe Currency is
named as the third member, but this oi
fice is now vacant and cannot be filled un-
til the President sends a nomination to the
Senate upon his return to Washington
after the holidays. It is agreed in of-
ficial circles, however, tha' a majority is
authorized to act, no the two Cabinet of
fleers are preparing ro proceed without
waiting for a fnTl committee.
Treasury Department authorities decided
that the Deputy Comptroller, temporarily
Railroad detectives and plalu clothes men
who have been oh the trail of "Frank
Pierce" of Chicago since the arrest of
Philip Klmcr Tabor, the Southern Pacific ' headquarters in the federal capital,
'onnec- i niiircued up and down In front of the
bandit, YV. J. Growe and others in
tlon with an express car robbery December
palace and serenaded the provisional pres-
' ident. During the forenoqn, Hucrta re-
13, had not been found tip to last night, j eelved the congratulations of committees
Dispatches from New Orleans say, how-
ever, that officers there do not put a
great deal of credence in Tabor's statement,
that It was Pierce who slugged Messenger
Lord in the car on the night of the rob-
bery.
San Antonlana have more than passing
interest iti this last, robbery In which
Tabor admits his complicity for the reason
that he was arrested here for a previous
robbery and then sent to the State peulten-
tlary for life.
The W. J. Growe is noue other than the
former assistant superintendent of trans-
portation of the San Antonio •& Aransas
Pass Hallway. Growe for n number of
years was a conductor on the Sap and
made his headquarters here and then when
promoted to assistant superintendent was
transferred to Yoakum. Whllo there he
married a young Woman from Halletts-
Contlnued from Page Thro#
representing all departments of the gov
eminent. The final event was a reception
of the diplomatic corps, at which all tbe
foreign representatives were present. The
Hpanlsh minister, Kaelnto de Colognan y
Cologuau, dean of the diplomatic corps,
delivered an addresa of congratulation.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, American charge
d'affaires, Joined the ather foreign diplo-
mat! when they went to congratulate
Proviaional President. Huerta on tbe an-
niversary of his birthday.
Heavier depositors of ilie Hank of Lon-
don and Mexico are placing thfir accounts
with various banks for collection as was
anticipated by bankers here. Most of
these forming the line at tbe doors of tie
bank are small depositors.
All the bands In the capital opened tiio r
doors today In accordance with the agr< •
ment made with the clearing house last
ulght. Only limited amounts were paid
ioatl*u*d on l*»ge Tn»
In charge of the office, could not serve on
the organisation committee because thin
duty would be In the ex-officio class.
<0.
President Wilson
and Party Leave for
Pass Christian
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28.—Presl
dent Wilson, with Mrs. Wilson, their two
daughters. Misses Margaret and Eleanor;
Miss Helen Wood row Bones and Dr. Cary
Grftyson, naval aide, left Washington to-
night at 10:4 Bo'clock for Pass Christian,
Miss., to spend Christmas.
The President eluded the crowd which
had gathered at the depot to see him de-
part dv boarding his private car an hour
before the scheduled time for its depart-
ure. He will return to Washington In
time for the diplomatic reception, Janu-
ary lit.
Joseph Tumulty, the President s secre-
tary, will remain at the White House dur-
ing the holidays and keep Iu touch with
the President by telegraph.
New York Brakes Most Not "Screech."
NEW YORK, Dec. 28— A Christmas gift
to the noise-racked people of the city was
made by the Public Service Commission
today In the form of a notice to all local
tar companies to equip their brake shoes
with a lubricant device to avoid "screech-
ing" of the wheels. By March 1, itilii, cars
throughout tbe greater city must have the
device atta«ah*d
The event came at the
of rejoicing iu the
Congress had rec
the first time since it convened last April.'
LEADERS ARB JUBILANT.
The Democratic leaders were Jubilant b#«
cause they had completed two big pieces ol
legislation the tariff ami tbe currency
reform In nine months, a performance
which hey considered unprecedented In
the !'.story of the country.
"I need not tell you," said the President
to the assembled group as he took up hla
pen, 'that 1 feci a very deep gratifica-
tion i' being able to sign this bill and 1
'•el tlat I ought to express very heartily
i '«- a> inlrratlon I have for the men who
:a\e nade It. possible for me to sign tbli
l-ill. There uave been currents and counter
currents hut tbe stream has moved for-
ward. I think we owe special admiration
to the patience and the leadership and skill
and the force of the chairman of the two
committees; and behind them have stood
the committees themselves, exercising a
degree of scrutiny and of careful thought
In this matter which undoubtedly has re-
dounded t<» the benefit of the bill Itself.
"Theu there lias grown, as we have ad-
vanced with this business and the great
piece of buslnena which preceded it.
evidences of team work that to my mind
have been very notable Indeed. Only con-
structive action, only the action which ac-
complishes something fills men with ths
enthusiasm of co-operation and I tblnk
that at this session of Congress we bavs
witnessed an accumulating pleasure and
enthusiasm on the part of the membership
of both houses in seeing substantial and
lasting things accomplished.
PLEASED BY REPUBLICAN VOTES
"It is a matter of real gratification t«
me that In the case of this bill there
should have been so considerable a number
of Republican votes cast for it.. All greal
measures under our system of Government
of necessity arc party measures, for thl
I party of the majority la responsible fop
their origin and their passage, but this
cannot be called a partisan measure. It
has been relieved of all Intimation of th.a
sort by the eorillil co-operation oi' mer1
on the other aide of thi' I no house, wh
hmv> Beted with u« and tmve (riven ver
hnliitiintIn 1 reasons and very intelligent
reasons for acting with iih. So that I
think we enn no home with the feellni
thai we ore in belter xpiritK for pubit
nervlee than we were even when he cob
vened In April.
"Ah for tin- bill Itself, I feel that
can say that It Ik the firm ol a *erle*
constructive measures by which the Den
oeratle party will show tbut It knows ho*
to nerve the country. ..v^
"In calling It the first of a series ot
constructive measures 1 ueed not si
1 am not casting an.v reflections
great tariff bill which preceded II
tariff bill was meant to remove those
pediments to American Industry and
•perity which had so long stood In i
way. It was a great piece of preparatio
for the achievement! <>r American com-l
meree and American Industry which arej
certain to follow, Then there came upon
I he heels of It this bill, w hich furntshe
the machinery for free and elastic aB% .1
uncontrolled credits, put al the dlapoaaa
of the merchants and manufacturers of|
this country for the first time in fifty
years.
FIRST IN FIFTY YKAKS.
"I was refreshing my memory ou tli.
passage of a National bank act willed
came In two pieces, as you know. In Keb-i
ruary of and in June of 1HM, it !■
Just fifty years ago since that measure!
suitable for that time, was passed and in
had taken us more than a generation audi
a half to come to an understanding a. t«]
the readjustments which were ueeesaarj
for our own time. Ilut we have reache
those readjustments. I myself have al-j
waj < felt when the Democratic party waq
crltlclaed as not knowing how to serve
business Interests of the country
there was no use In replying to that
words. The only satisfactory reply wfc
In action. We have written the first chap*'
ter of that replv. ,
"We are greatly favored by the eir-
cuuislances of our time We come at tIM
end of a day of contest, at tbe end at ■
C.sttBMd M I'M* IIM^
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San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 358, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1913, newspaper, December 24, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth432515/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.