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VOLUME XLV.--NO. 94.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1910.
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ESTABLISHED 1865
Id THE ENEMY
ADMINISTRATION DECIDES UPON
VIGOROUS AGGRESSIVE
POLICY.
DEFEND THE TARIFF BILL
Changes May Be Expectrd in the Cab-
inet—Speaker Cannon, It Is Be-
lieved, Will Resign—Hughes
May Get Brewer's
Place.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 3.—The
Taft Administration is about to defend
itself aggressively before the people of
the United States. Convinced that the
public mind has been Impressed by at-
tacks of various kinds upon the Adminis-
tration in many parts of the country,
and that the criticisms can not he per-
mitted to pass unanswered without In-
jury to Republican prestige, the party
leaders have decided to "carry the war
Into the enemy's country."
President Taft Is now declared to be
wtlline and anxious to assume the of-
fensive.
OPENING GUNS FIRED SATURDAY.
The opening guns will be fired next
faturdiy in Washington by the Pr»«'«lent
In person and in Chicago by Attorney
General Wichersham.
Mr. Taft will speak in this city on the
subject of organization, and he will be
supported by other powerful orators of
the party. Attorney General Wicker-
sham's subject will be the policies of
the Administration The speeches by the
President In Washington, Senator Lodge.
Representative McKtnley of Illinois;
John Hays Hammond, president of the
National league of Republican Clubs;
J. A. Stewart of the New York League
and John G. Capers, National committee-
man from South Carolina, at the same
gathering and that of Mr. Wickersham at
Chicago, are expected to broach themes
for other prominent Republicans.
Nothing has created so much Interest
among the Republican leaders In Wash-
ington since the Inauguration of Mr. Taft
as the plans now formulating to defend
the Administration. Some facts will be
brought out about the operation of the
Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill, and the enemies
of that legislation will be called upon to
answer the friends of the Administration
with concrete evidence if the subject Is
to continue as an Issue within the party.
The party, it Is said, expects confidently
to close the session of Congress with
Interstate commerce, Statehood, postal
savings, anti-injunction and conservation
legislation to Its credit. In addition. It Is
hoped that a statement may be Issued
showing a very great saving has been
made In the expense of carrying on the
governmental business.
Little Is being said by the party leaders
about the Issue of "Cannonism," beyond
the statement that this question will be
taken care of at the right time. The
only explanation vouchsafed for this com
ment is that Speaker Cannon is expected
to resign the Speakership at the close
of the present session of Congress.
Should the Speaker thus resign at the
close of the present session, at a time
when there would be no opportunity to
rhoole his successor before next winter,
il is argued that several members of the
present House would benefit by Im-
mediately announcing themselves as
indidatea.
Xo official statement On this subject Is
.xpected from the Speaker. His friends
oelleve It would ba Inadvlsablo for him
•,o weaken the organization of the House
at this time by disclosing his intentions.
They argue that In view of the recent
aattle In the House all the force that was
retained by the Republican majority is
•seeded If the Administration program as
'.o legislation is to succeed.
CHANGES IN THE CABINET.
There are rumors circulated with con-
siderable freedom about the capltol that
»efore the congressional election some
jhanges may be expected In the Presl-
3ent's Cabinet, but none of these can be
;onflrmed. In fact, no one professes to
lave any first-hand Information. At the
same time the general impression seems
o be that an effort will be made to
strengthen the Cat Inet In a nolltlcal way.
\mong the retirements oftenest men-
tioned as possible are those of Secretary
Dickinson of the War Department and
Postmaser General Hitchcock. Also it Is
stated that Mr. Balltnger may resign
from the Interior Department at the close
!)f the present Investigation If the change
an be made without subjecting himself
to the charge of "retiring under fire."
Some of tno party leaders are urging
apon the President tho desirability of
appointing to the Treasury some man
ivho has been affiliated with the party.
There Is no dissatisfaction with the Ad-
rInlrtratlon «.< Secretary MaoVeagh, but
Mine polltlclm* argue that the Presi-
dent should not hesitate to use every
rvvrage to advance the Administration
pniitlcully.
II two o» more changes should be made,
II I ■ stated with some show of authority,
that one of the places would go to Wll-
II'jiii J. Loeb Jr., former secretary to Mr.
Roosevelt and now collector of customs
In New York.
HUGHES MAY GET BREWER S PLACE
, No one In the confidence of President
Taft, It Is said, would be surprised if
Coattnned on P»»e Two.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
WASHINGTON, 1). C., April 8.—Wcatb-
I er forecast:
West Texas: Cooler and fair Monday.
! except showers in northwest portion j Tues-
i day fair.
| East Texas: Showers Monday, with
I brisk to high north winds; cooler in north-
; west; Tuesday cooler and lair, except
i showers near coast.
SAN ANTONIO.
President A. E. Stllwell and party of
sto< ivuolders of the Orient line* spend
| short time in the city en route to Kansas
City.
Hear Admiral Kobley i>. Evans, U. S.
retired, und C. C. Glover, president of
Kigtf* National Bank, Washington, quit
Stllwell party here, spend several hour*
in city and leave via New Orleans for
Washington.
Committee will leave tonight for various
Texas points to study and compare com-
mission form of government.
Elouuent sermons are heard in San An-
tonio churches.
l'rof. J. C. Monaghan of Notre Dame
I'nlierslty, Indiana, speuks under auspices
of Knights of Columbus on "The llag,
America and Its Possibilities."
Albert Sidney Johnston ('amp, C. C. V*.,
fixes niton April 17 for Decoration Day
and selects delegates to attend reunion.
Texas Abstractors' Association executive
committee will meet in San Antonio on
April iil to fix date for next annual eon-
mention and select place of next meeting.
Large delegation from North Texas ex-
pected to attend Texas Industrial conven-
tion. which will open here April IS.
Many lumbermen have made hotel reser-
vations and will attend lumbermen's con-
vention, which opens here on April 12.
New terms of two District Courts begin
today and grand jury of Thirty-seventh
District < ourt meets to resume work.
TEXAS.
Managers of the Confederate Home at
Austin explain their position.
State Railroad Commission discovered
ten years ago that cotton shipments were
underhllled.
Industrial activity over the State con-
tinues.
Isaac II. Julian, noted journalist, dies
suddenly at San Marcos.
Commissioner of General I.and Office
makes suggestions for a general policy of
conservation In the State.
Bailey's letter read at Polndexter meet-
ing makes n problem for Colquitt.
DOMESTIC.
Taft Administration will adopt vigorous
offensive policy toward Its critics.
President Taft addresses trainmen's
brotherhood In session nt Worcester, Mass.
Tariff, It Is feared, may divide Indiana
Republican convention.
Convention will shortly be held at Wash-
ington or Ottawa to draft reciprocity treaty
with Ct\nada.
FOREIGN.
President Roosevelt ends negotiations for
auriienee with the Pope because of condi-
tions Imposed.
Mad Mnllah Is again creating consterna-
tion by his raids In Somallland.
Panfilo Torres Is sentenced to twelve
years In court at Guerrerro. Mexico, for the
killing of Sam N. Deduck March 4, 1009.
Three men lose lives when German bal-
loon meets disaster In Baltic Sea.
MARKETS.
Texas weather will engross the attention
of operators In cotton market.
Congestion In new capital Issnes make
dull securities market.
Cotton goods market strikes bottom.
SPORTS.
San Antonio defeats Beeville In game of
Interleague baseball by the score of 10 to 3.
San AntoiHo Automobile Club run to New
Braunfels proves a most successful one.
Local independent and amateur baseball
team** have a good day, despite threatening
weather.
BAILEY LETTER
POLNDEXTER NATURALLY FELT
HE SHOULD HAVE SUPPORT
OF BAILEY'S FRIENDS.
As Result of Colquitt's Bid for Bailey
Votes in Gainesville Speech Poin-
dexter Shows the Letter and
Now It Is Colquitt's
Move.
(By George Waverley Brlggs.)
FORT WORTH, Tex., April 3.—If the
Bailey question should develop Into cue
determining factor of the campaign for
the Governorship, as the significant drift
of the situation toward partisan align-
ment with respect to that Interparty dis-
pute would indicate, the person to be
held chiefly responsible for the change
of Issues would be Railroad Commissioner
Colquitt. He has apparently forced the
contest on that ground, relying upon the
plausible assumption that the support of
leading Bailey adherents would Induce
the rank and file of Bailey sympathizers j friends, who had been with him in Egypt,
ROOSEVELT WILL
HAVE NO AUDIENCE
WITH THE POPE
FORMER PRESIDENT REFUSES TO
ACCEPT THE CONDITIONS IM-
POSED BY TIIE VATICAN.
Roosevelt's Way to Pope iVFTFRANS
Blocked By Merry del Val
Roosevelt Cables to America Asking
That the Affair Be Allowed to
Create No Rancor or Bitter-
ness—Creates a Sensa-
tion in Rome.
ROME, April 3.—The .miience which it
was believed ex-President Roosevelt
would have with the 1'ope on Tuesday
next, will not take place, owing to condi-
tions which the Vatican lias imposed and
which Mr. Roosevelt refuses to accept.
Although tile definlt- negotiations rel-
ative to the audience ended before Mr.
Roosevelt left Kpypt, the announcement
was withheld until after Mr. Roosevelt
reached Rome tonight at the solicitation
of his American Catholic friends here,
who believed that In the meantime the
Vatican might change its attitude. One
of the former President's American
TARIFF MAY SPLIT INDIANIANS
Republican Leaders Sec Danger Ahead
in State Convention.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 3—To pre-
vent a contest on the floor of the In-
diana Republican convention which Is to
be held In this city next Tuesday over
the adoption of a plank In the platform
endorsing the Pnyne-Aldrlch tariff law,
conferences were held here today by the
leaders of the party.
United States Senator Albert J. Bevcr-
Idgc, who voted against the tariff meas-
ure and who is a candidate for re-election
next year, Is opposed, It is said, to the
convention endorsing the law, but he and
his supporters are In favor of passing
resolutions declaring In favor of the
principle of protection, that being as fur
as they care to go.
It is authoritatively stated that they
will carry Into the convention If neces-
sary their fight against a resolution en-
dorsing the Payne-Aldrlch measure. To
prevent such an exposure of a facttpnal
division In the party, which, It Is feared,
would have an 111 effect upon the fortunes
of tho candidates In the State election
next November, the Republican leaders
generally are disposed to avoid In the
convention any discussion of the Payne-
Aldrtch law.
Vet there are several Influential lead-
e-s who not only believe that President
Toffs administration should be endorse!
but that the Payne-Aldrlch bill should
be also commended as a step toward ful-
fillment of the pledge In the platform
i *"e. 'aB* National Republican conven-
tion that there should he a downward
revision of the tariff schedules
INQUIRY WILL BE BEGUN TODAY
Alleged Ship Subsidy Lobby Will Be
Subiect of Investigation.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ April 3—An In-
quiry Into the activity of an alleged ship
subsidy lobby will be begun tomorrow
by a committee of five members of the
appointed by Speaker Cannon and
he.ided by Representative Olcott. Repub-
llran, of New York. The committee Is
expected to go Into all of the charges
that have been made along this line and
ascertain to what extent Intimidation of
members of Congress has been attempted.
I ho investigation was ordered by the
II""*'; Judiciary Committee, following
the tiling of charges by Representative
Steenerson and Representatives l,enrnot
nrnl Kustermnn of Wisconsin, ail Repnb-
llt'ans. These members all detail how
M newspaper and letter campaign has
been conducted with the apparent pur-
pose <>{ forcing them Into supporting a
Ship subsidy bill. Representatives Stee-
nerson and Kustermnn complained that
they were accused by this alleged lobby
of working In the Interest of the foreign
ship lines
The Merchant Marine l,eague of Cleve-
land, Ohio, was the chief object of ac-
cusation by these Congressmen. Sev-
eral men of National prominence are of-
ficers of the above league, including John
Hays Hammond and ex-Gov»rnor Her-
rick of Ohio. These gentlemen may be
fummoned by the Investigating commit-
tee to relate what they may know of
the activities of the league.
to Ignore the more substantial
and yield their combtnei^frfflTpncG to
him
While the opening guns of the cam-
paign had frequently awakened echoes
of Bailey's name, the propneuc mutter-
ings, like distant thunder, had reverber-
ated portents of a coming clash, as an
element of the campaign, tangibility had
not been conferred upon the Bailey ques-
tion until Mr. Colquitt visited Gaines-
ville.
Not unnaturally did Mr. Polndexter,
•who had performed valiant service and
rendered timely aid in Senator Bailey's
behalf, perhaps assume exclusive ellgi
yesterday without, how-
ever, any authorization from Mr. Roose-
velt, and Interceded with Cardinal Merry
del Val, the Papal secretary, In an en-
deavor to avoid a situation which, as It
now stands, has caused a real sensation
In Rome, although it was not entirely un-
expected. But his efforts were unavail-
ing.
REFUSES TO BE LIMITED.
While at Gondokoro in February last,
Mr. Roosevelt wrote to Ambassador
Lelshman, saying he would be glad of the
honor of an audience with King Victor
Emmanuel und the 1'ope The audience
with the king wis promptly arranged
bility to the privilege of Bailey s blessing \ Before an arrangement could be reached
In the event the concrete formation of the : relative to an audience with the Pope,
[•HEY SEEK ONLY TO PROVIDE
FOR CONFEDERATES WHO ARE
IN DIRE NEED.
INMATES ARE EXAMINED
Twenty-three Are Found in I.iir
Health anr* May He Asked to .Make
Room for the Aged
and Decrepit
Soldiers.
POPE PItS X.
Although the negotiations for former
I resident Roosevelt's audleuce with Pope
Plus, which are now broken because of
conditions Mr. Roosevelt would not ac-
cept, were specifically between United
states Ambassador Lelshman at Rome and
Monelgnor Kennedy. It la well-known that
the latter was acting under instructions
.if Cardinal Merry del Val. the papal sec-
retary of state. Great surprise is ex-
prosed at the Vatican that news of the
brol en nc.'i tiations has reached the world.
several telegrams were passed and the
negotiations were ended by Mr. Roosevelt
refusing in any way to be limited as to
his conduct, and announcing that an au-
dience with the Pope under the circum-
stances was now Impossible
As a matter of fact, Mr. Roosevelt,
while declining to accept any conditions
In connection with his audience with the
Pope, had neither directly nor Indirectly,
before, during or after the negotiations,
made or considered anj' engagements in
Rome except those of an official charac-
ter, and he actually entered Koine to-
night with but two definite engagements,
the audience with the king and the din-
ner to be given in his honor by the mu-
nicipality
The history of the negotiations la about
as follows:
While at Cairo Mr. Roosevelt received
the following telegram from Ambassador
Lelshman, dated March 23:
"Monslgnor Kennedy, rector of the
American Catholic College, in reply to
an Inquiry which I caused to be made,
requests that the following communica-
tion be transmitted to you:
" 'The Holy Father will be delighted to
grant an audience to Mr. Roosevelt on
April 5 and hopes that nothing will arise
to prevent it, such as the much regretted
incident which made the reception of Mr.
Fairbanks impossible.' "
Replying by c.ible to Ambassador Lelsh-
man on March 25, Mr. Roosevelt said:
ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS.
"Please present the following to Mon-
signor Kennedy: 'It would be a real
pleasure to me to be presented to the
| Holy Father, for whom I entertain high
respect both personally and as the head
gubernatorial contest should crystallize
around the Bailey question.
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
Opposing him were Davidson, by whose
official disclosures Bailey's political pres-
tige was placed in jeopardy; Johnson,
who had led the battle that menaced
Bailey's standing as a representative of
the State in the National Congress, and
Colquitt, who had differed politically
from Bailey, who held Bailey accountable
for his defeat and the consequent nomi-
nation of Campbell, and who, smarting
under a presumptive injustice personally
ascribed to Bailey's interference, not only
declined to come to Bailey's relief at the
crisis of his career, hut, oi. the contrary,
was suspected of rendering counsel con-
cerning opportunity and procedure most
propitious to Bailey's ultimate discom-
fiture.
Hence, regarding his opponents through
a perspective disclosing complications
manifestly adverse to Bailey, Poindex-
ter's surprise, if not chagrin, is immedi-
ately understood when he heard, rising
from the precincts of Bailey's own home,
a pointed appeal from Colquitt for the
influence of the Bailey strength.
"There was a strife," cried Colquitt,
"between Bailey and me; that strife is
dead," and if he had sought to complete
by expression the readily inferred analogy
to Orady's immortal apostrophe to the
New South, he might have added, "There
is* a friendship of union and confidence;
that friendship, thank God, is living,
breathing every hour." But he did not i
undertake to make the Inference so pat-
ent, contenting himself with the effect
of the implied confession of confidence
that he knew whereof he spoke suggested j of a great church. I fully"recognize" Ills
by his curt prediction that Bailey and > entire right to receive or not to receive
his followers will be In my bandwapon . whomsoever he chooses, for any reason
before the termination of the campaign." ! t^at seems good to him, and If he does
He gave body and materiality to a cam- j not receive me I shall not for a moment
palgn element that had previously exist- j question the propriety of his action. I.
ed merely as a vague and vaporous In- j |r. my turn, must decline to make any
fluence. With his Gainesville speech he ! stipulations or submit to any conditions
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT HAS
HELPED THAT CITY.
E. I'. Maddox, Originator of the Move
There, Tells of the Benefits Which
Have Been Derived—Schools
Are Out of Politics.
[RIDE TREATY 10 BE MADE
CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN
WASHINGTON OH OTTAWA.
Task of Forming a Reciprocity Agree-
ment With Canada Will Be Difficult
Bccause of the German and
French Tariff Pacts.
defined the paramount issue and tossed
the gage of battle at Polndexter's fe^t
POINDEXTER PRODUCES? LETTER
Polndexter's dispute of Colquitt e right
to the Bailey vote was the inevitable con-
sequence of the Commissioner's aggress-
ive advance. He went to Gainesville and
proclaimed his own and exclusive eligi-
bility to the enjoyment cf Ba'ley's favor,
not through utterances of h!s own. but
through the potential medium of a word
from Washington, susceptible, it is true,
of no specific interpretation, hut signifi-
cant of tacit endorsement, nevertheless,
and through the more directly committal
construction of the message expressed by
one of Bailey's conspicuous advocates,
polndexter did not personally advance
the legitimacy of his claim to Bailey's
support; he allowed it to he done. Mr.
Dougherty averred with emphasis that
If Bailey were not for Polndexter neither
his friends nor his enemies would respect
him. By pursuing modest tac tics, poln-
dexter scored one. He adroitly creates
the Impression tfcat Bailey's support is
coming to him unsolicited, whereas Col-
quitt exhibited enough audlcity to bid
for It.
which In any way would limit my free-
dom of conduct I trust that on April
o he will find it convenient to receive
me.' "
On March 2* Mr Roosevelt at Cairo
received a cablegram from Ambassador
Irishman giving a message from Mgr.
Kennedy which concluded by saying.
"The audience can not take place except
on the understanding expressed In the
former message "
The following day Mr Roosevelt sent j
another message to the American am- !
bassador, saying
"The proposed presentation is, of ;
course, now impossible "
Mr. Roosevelt particularly desires the
incident shall he rerarded by his friends,
both Catholic and Protestant, in America. !
as personal, and that It shall not give j
rise to an acrimonious controversy. With ;
this end in view he cabled today the tot- j
lowing statement to the Rev. Lyman Ab- |
bott. editor of The Outlook, at New York: J
ROOSEVELT CABLES STATEMENT. !
"Through the Outlook I wish to make a
statement to my fellow Americans re- <
garding what lias occurred in connection t
with the Vatican. I am sure the great
majority of my fellow citizens, Catholics |
Senator Bailey's letter did not commit quite as much as Protestants, will feel
Bailey to Polndexter; it was merely ^at I acted in the only way possible for 1
laudatory of Polndexter's qualifications 1 an American to act. and because of thia !
for the office to which he aspires, and very fact, I most earnestly hope that the
regretful of Bailey's Inability to partici-
pate in a fitting reception to the Cle-
Contlnued oi Page Thre*
incident will be treated in a manner, of
course, nn merely personal, and above
Continued on Pa*e Two.
F. P Maddox, a member of the school
hoard of Fort Worth, and one of the
originators of the movement in that city
for the adoption of th» commission form
of government, is at the Gunter Hotel.
Mr. Maddox talked interestingly of the
achievements of Fort Worth under the
commission and compared old-time con-
ditions in that city with the present. He
said:
"Before we adopted tho commission
government and aldermen were elected
by wards, the city was at a standstill so
far as civic improvements w» re con-
cerned. Fort Worth had but two paved
streets. Main and Houston Streets, whlie
now the city has many miles of paved
streets and the contract has been let
for many more miles. Only last Monday
a contract was closed for the paving of
three miles on one street alone.
"I'nder the old form the aldermen were
elected by wards, and although the sal-
ary of an alderman was but JW a year,
members would spend many hundreds
of dollars to retain their seats. Why'.'
All an alderman wanted was to get some
thing done in his ward, and there would
be trading of votes in exchange for fa-
vors, without taking into consideration
the general benefit of the city
People began to get tired of paying
out money for taxes and deriving no
benefits. The agitation for a commission
forin of government was opened in the
city council by myself, when I was elect-
ed as a business man's candidate. When
the subject was first agitated it met with
opposition by the members of the old
council, except the mayor, who stood
for reform.
"The people of Fort Worth elected a
man to the Legislature who favored the
commission plan of municipal govern-
ment. The Senator from that district also
favored It The agitation was kept up
through the press <«f the city, all of the
papers favoring the change Finally a
committee was selected at a mass meet-
ing of the citisena he/d, to draft a new-
charter embracing the commission gov-
ernment. That committee was composed
of labor unionists, lawyers, doctors, mer-
chants and bankers and other business
men. During the time they were pre-
paring the charter the public was kept
informed, the various sections being pub-
lished Finally after the charter was
prepared an election was held and the
new charter carried by an overwhelming
vote This charter was adopted.
• After the charter was agreed upon
there was some opposition from the old-
timers and a fight was waged in the Leg-
lslsture, but the bill won out
"The next question was t6 g"t capable
men for commissioners, for without them
the change would have been a failure
A convention of representative business
men was held and partisan politics was
eliminated. The first board of commis-
sioners consisted of Sam Davidson, the
present supervisor of census for our
district, a wealthy cattleman; George
Mi.lkey, a representative business man
and one interested In the general wel-
fare of the city; George Colviti, presi-
dent of a national bank, and Lee Steph-
ens, a prominent labor union man. with
\V D. Harris as mayor.
"When the commission form of gov-
ernment was adopted the school b«»ard
was taken out of politics W nen the
new board took charge of the m I.owls
of Fort Worth they were In politics and
controlled by politicians. A represent •-
tlvtt board was selected composed of
bankers, lawyers and business men. j
When the new board took cnarge the
schools were 180,ooo In debt and after
two years this debt was wiped out. Three
new fireproof buildings have been con-
structed, In addition to an extra building
in one of the wards Now the board has
under construction a modern fireproof
building In a new addition to the city;
a $45,000 negro high school building, a
twelve-room building in one ward and
three ten-room buildings In other wards,
and plans accepted for the erection of a
$100,000 high school building
' The people of Fort Worth have confi-
dence In the system of city government
and can see where the money 1r being
fluent-"
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 3.—Within
I two months, according to the present
plans of the Administration, there will
•p
he a gathering In Washington or Ottawa,
j just which capital has not been yet de-
termined, of representatives of the Amer-
ican and Canadian Governments to ne-
gotiate a reciprocity and trade treaty be-
tween the two countries. The exchanges
between Secretary &nox and Minister
Fielding of Canada, which concluded the
lecent tariff agreement, contained an im-
plied promise that the effort would be
made to reach an understanding on broad
lines that might settle for all time the
various open Issues regarding the land
and water boundaries, the fisheries, the
preservation of the seals, and finally the
tariff relations.
Most of these matters are of concern
purely to the two principals, but the de-
velopments in the negotiations relative
to the tariff are awaited with the great-
est interest by nearly all of the Furopean
powers which may be depended upon to
make Instant demand for any concessions
of special value that may be made by
the I nlted States to Canada or vice
versa. As the extension of the conces-
sions to all Nations would result in
making them practically valueless to the
two countries involved In the ne«otln
tlons, It begins to appear that President
Taft and Sir Wilfred l^iurler will be re-
quired to devise some arguments on
which to base a refusal of the conct s-
s*ons to third parties
The task will he made the more diffi-
cult from the reason that the German
and French tariff arrangements contain
provisions that they shall be terminable
within periods of three months and that
they are based upon the understanding
that no other country shall be accorded
tariff rates lower than those set out in
the agreements Just how a reciprocity
treaty can be framed with Canada which
will avoid the objection that it does give
Canada preference is the problem the
tariff expert board will scon have to
lace
M WOR SAYS HK is PUZZLED
He Cannot Understand Why San An-
tonio Has High Key Rate.
"It is beyond my understanding," said
Mayor Caliaghan, discussing the key rate
fixed for San Antonio by the State Fire
Rating Board, "why the fire risk in Dal-
las and Fort Worth Is considered more
desirable than In San Antonio.
"It Is known that the water supply In
both those cities was almost exhausted
last summer, water was so scarce in
Dallas that people had to refrain from
bathing, and baths were almost as much
of a luxury In Fort Worth.
"In San Antonio the water supply is
practically inexhaustible and the fire
losses of the past few years have been
small
"I am awaiting the report of the Na-
tional Fire Underwriters before I make
any recommendations with reference to
the reforms necessary to reduce the key
rate But I shall be glad to have a con-
ference with the committee from the
Chamber of Commerce whenever the
committee wishes 1/
Dally Express A-i«tin Bore«u.
A l ST l lex, April 3—The board or
managers and Superintendent R. M.
\\ ynne of the Confederate Home today
gave out the following statement relative
to conditions at the Confederate Homo
and the recent agitation there concerning
the proposed dismissal of several of tho
\eterans to make room for their mora
indigent comrades:
"hearing that the statements and erro-
re >us conclusions being published in the
rewgpapers ml>;ht cause a false impres-
sion of the true far'; touching the man-
agement of the Confederate Home, wa
have concluded to make a plain state-
ment of the facts that every one may
form a conclusion based upon the truth.
We do this to the end that no Inconsid-
erate and ill-advised action be taken.
CAN MAINTAIN 340 INMATES
"First, it should bo known that tho
appropriation made by the Thirty-first
Legislature for tbe support of the horai
N only sufficient to maintain three hun-
dred and forty inmates and no more, and
that we have that number constantly in
the home, because as soon as a vacancy
occurs the place is filled. Notwithstand-
I lng that we admit approved applicants as
tast as there occurs a vacancy, there are
an average of more than seventy appli-
cants whose applications have been ap-
proved who cannot be admitted for want
of sufllcient funds to take care of them,
j "Some of these are very old. feeble
men, one 9tf, three more than SO and four-
teen more than 74 years of age. Some
or them are almost blind, one of them
one-armed, one of them with both feet
cut off, and most of them destitute,
helpless and living upon public charity,
sick and needing medical attention, which
they cannot procure for want of means.
These old men. as well as many others,
are constantly appealing to the hornet
tor admittance I'nder these painful con-
ditions the management and officers of
the home, counseling together, conclude^
ti at they should make some effort to re-
lieve these old man, if possible, and in
order to make place for the oldest and
most destitute we determined that tho
best we could do was to have such In-
mates of the home as appeared to us to
have fully recovered their health, and
who were not too old, examined by a.
board of competent physicians, as pro-
vided by article 173 of the Revised Stat-
utes of the State of Texas, and if wo
found any In the home able to support
themselves we would discharge such un-
til more funds are appropriated, to make
room tor some of these destitute and
sulterlng old men, suffering for need of
the home and its hospital and Its medi-
cal treatment.
i\\ £N'l 1 -THREE IN FAIR HEALTH.
"The board appointed a hoard of emi-
nent physicians, one of whom was tho
physician of the home, who examined
some torty-slx inmates of the home and
reported eighteen of them in good health
and condition and five of them in fair
health and condition.
"It should be understood that it does
not follow as conclusive that the report
of the physicians will result In tho re-
moval of all of those reported as above,
but the board of managers will hear
these men at their next regular meeting
as to 'Why, now being well, they should
not give p.ace to those who are sick,
old and helpless. They will be given a
full and complete hearing.
We are more pained to send any man
from the home than one of those who
reem so ready to blame our action, be-
cause these old men. with few exceptions,
are good and law-abiding inmates and
give us no trouble, and we naturally feel
most kindly toward them, whereas, wo
don't know personally the poor old sol-
diers who are pleading for admission to
the home W'e only know that they are
old and suffering Confederate soldiers,
pleading tor protection and help In their
extreme old age and destitution, and we
cannot shut our ears to their cries and
treat them with Indifference. The condi-
tion with us is that we love all brave old
soldiers, those outside the home who
have continued to battle with fate t«»r
bread until old age and disease has at
Inst prostrated them, as well as those
inside the home. We are only trying to,
do Justice to all as God has given us to
see it, with hearts full of love for all
Confederates.
"We do not believe that the inmates of
the home who have had the good for-
tune to he admitted and cured of all their
diseases have any mor^ right to the bene-
fits of the home than these old men
whose condition compels them to seek
its protection. It Is a question with us
of conditions, and we are trying as best
we can. in Justice to all concerned, to
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