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VOLUME XLV.-NO. 74
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1910. —SIXTEEN PAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1865
CALL SHE OF
SPLIT WITH THE RAILROADS BE-
COMES BREACH A>;i) MIGHTY
STRUGGLE IS NEAR.
ILL FIX THE HOUR T
Every Member of the Order on Lines
Between Chicago and the Pacific
Coast Will Be Told by Wire
When to Leave Their
Engines.
texas railroads affectk1).
Special Telegram 10 The Express.
CHICAGO, March 14.—Following are
the railroads Involved in the strike
ordered by the firemen, and It is said
that many others will be drawn speed-
ily in the conflict:
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Coast
lines); Atchison, Topeka & Santa S'e
proper.
Canadian Northern; Chicago &
Northwestern; Chicago & Alton; Chi-
cago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago
Great Western; Chicago Junction
Railroad; Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul; Chicago, Rock lslRnd & Pa-
cific; Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis
& Omaha; Chicago Terminal Transfer
Company; Chicago & Western Indi-
ana and the Belt Railway of Chi-
cago; Colorado & Southern.
Davenport, Hock iBlnud & North-
western; Duluth, South Shore & Atlan-
tic and Mineral llange.
El Paso & Southwestern; Eastern
Railway of New Mexico and Southern
Kansas Railway of Texas.
Fort Worth & Denver City; Great
Northern; Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe.
Houston & Texas Central and Hous-
ton East & West Texas; Illinois Cen-
tral Railroad; Indianapolis Southern.
International & Great Northern ; Kan-
sas City; Mexico & Orient; Kansas Clly
Southern.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas; Mis-
souri Pacific; Iron Mountain system;
Minneapolis. St. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie; Minnesota Transfer Company;
Northern Pacific; Oregon Short Line;
Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Company; Peoria & Pekin Union; San
Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake; St.
Joseph & Grand Island; St. Joseph
Terminal Railroad; Quincy, Omaha &
Kansas City; St. Louis & San Fran-
cisco; Spokane, Portland & Seattle.
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico.
Southern Pacific (Atlantic system),
Southern Pacific (Pacific system).
San Antonio & Aransas Pass; Texas
& Pacific; Trinity & Brazos Valley;
Union Pacific Railroad, Wichita Val-
ley Railway.
• HICAGO, March 14.—At midnight to-
night W. S. Carter, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Knginemen, announced that a strike of
25,000 firemen on practically all the West-
ern railroads had been called.
Mr. Carter said the decision to strike
had been reached at a meeting of forty-
Ihree members of the Western Federated
Board of the Brotherhood, each member
representing a Western railroad.
The exact hour at which the men are
to walk out, he said, would be decided
upon tomorrow and every member of the
union between Chicago and the Pacific
Coast would then be Informed by tele-
graph when to quit work.
MAY APPEAL TO WASHINGTON.
The railroads issued a statement de-
claring to prevent a strike they would,
if necessary, appeal to the authorities at
Washington.
"The strike has been called; that much
Is certain," said Mr. carter. "It means
that not only 25,000 firemen, members of
our union, will go out, but perhaps that
many more employes will be thrown out
In consequence. We gave our ultimatum
to the railroads that the men had voted
to strike and we were now prepared to
call one unless we were granted arbitra-
tion of all questions In dispute. The rail-
roads refused to arbitrate anything but
the wage question.
"At midnight tonight we decided it
was useless to further parley with the
railroad managers. We adopted a resolu-
tion calling a strike. Owing to the la|e
ness of the hour, and In order that the
men would not go out In confusion and
not knowing the true state of affairs, we
agreed to watt until tomorrow before
'.elegraphlng the order."
"Will the men quit work tomorrow?"
Mr. Carter was asked.
"The men will quit work within twenty-
four hours after the order Is Issued," he
replied.
The controversy, which has been un-
der discussion for more than six weeks,
involves forty-seven railroads operating
west, northwest and southwest of Chi-
cago, and emhraees about 150,000 miles
of railroads.
It. has previously been stated by both
sides that if a strike was called It would
tie up practically every freight and pas-
senger train between Chicago and the
Pacific Coast.
POINTS IN DISPUTE.
Points in dispute are:
Increase in wages demanded, which the
union officials say would amount to
about 12V4 per cent, but which the rail-
roads assert would amount to 22% per
cent.
The right of the union in questions of
Continued on Page Two,
He Will Command at
New York Navy Yard
REAR ADMIRAL K. II. C. LEUTZE.
Rear Admiral Leutze has been trans-
ferred from' the Washington Navy Yard
to be commandant at the New York Navy
Yard, relieving Hear Admiral Joseph H.
Mu r dock.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
WASHINGTON, I>. C., March II.—
Weather forecast:
Ea&t Texan: Generally fair Tuesday nn«l
Wednesday, ll^ht to moderate east shift-
ing to south winds.
West Texas:
Wednesday fair.
Tartly cloudy Tuesday;
LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST.
Antonio and vicinity: l'alr
For San
Tuesday.
SAN ANTONIO.
City officials have taken no steps to-
ward Improvements which would lower
key insurance rate for the city.
Homeseekers' trains starting from North
and East bringing very large number of
prospective net tiers to view Texas lands.
I niied States immigration office 1*
agaiu established in San Antonio, 1 rank It.
Stono being named us Inspector in charge.
Naval recruiting officer here receive*
copy of order reducing Sunday work on
board naval boats to a minimum
Bank clearings in January, 1010, show
100 per cent inrrease oter January, 1!)05.
Force of men start at work opening
Travis Street.
Hank of San Antonio IlUer being im-
proved with terraces.
MaJ. F. A. Kendall, retired army officer,
predict* that Southwest Texas will in a
few years lead California and Florida a*
producer of citrus fruits.
City Council orders more sidewalks In
the city paved.
Lieutenaut Foulois remaius in the air in
his aeroplane for 33V6 minutes, making
very successful flight.
Thomas F. Walsh continues to regain his
strength.
State Senator Feeler laughs at Gov-
ernor's threat to call a special session of
the Legislature.
Rev. Hugh Mc Lei Ian of Kentucky has
accepted pastorate of Central Christian
Church.
Three new San Antonio school trustees
soon to be elected.
Scottish Rite Masons will observe Holy
Maundy on Thursday, March 34.
City Council receive* petition of prop-
erty owners for bond Issue election to
widen Commerce Street.
STATE.
Governor Campbell and R. V. Davidson
grilled by speakers at opening of Live
Stock Show at Fort Worth.
Key rates for many Texas towns are re-
ceived by State Fife Rating Hoard.
Islunds In Sabine RUer are declared to
be Texas property by Federal Land Office.
International & Great Northern revalua-
tion case may get Into Supreme Court.
Governor Campbell issues proclamation
encouraging Hoys' Corn Growers' Clubs,
II. ( lay Tierce is expeetcd In Austin to-
day, presumably on business connected
with reorganization of old Waters-l'ierce
Oil Company.
DOMESTIC.
■ 'resident Taft issues a proclamation
urging everybody to answer promptly, ac-
curately and completely all questions put
to them by the census enumerators.
Firemen's strike waits, the managers de-
claring the danger point Is passed and the
men's leaders saying the railroads are
endeavoring to minimize the Importance of
the movement.
Mahray has an inning in famous alleged
swindling syndicate trial at Council illuffs.
Standard Oil makes its last desperate
stand In Cnited States Supreme Court.
Rift comes In the clouds for the Repub-
lican party in New York.
Fresldent of Fblladelphia Traction Com-
pany meets representative of his employes
and discusses a settlement of the strike.
Strike of 35,000 men on practically all
of the Western roads is called.
Hint comes from Washington that Fost-
master Stevens of San Antonio may not be
reappointed.
FOREIGN.
Roosevelt, the picture of health, arrives
at Khartoum and Is received with cheers.
s posts,
Five veterans of the Detroit club arrive
In the temporarily vacated training camp.
Hronchos are to meet cadet baseball team
this afternoon and are putting in some
hard work otherwise. •
Folo team from Fort Sam Houston de-
feats Midland quartet at Fort Worth In
excellent game, 4 to 1%.
righting Dick llyland and Matty Bald-
win fight ten rounds to a draw at Kansas
City.
Tiger Cubs wallop Fort Worth baseball
team by the score of 10 to 0 In the open-
ing game of the series.
Missions spring surprise in City Nlnepln
League by twice beating Uie Owls and
changing entire aspect of the race.
Local automobile engineers organize an
association and elect officers.
STANDARD OIL
Figures in Standard Oil's Desperate Fight
For Life in the Highest Court of the Land
FINAL BATTLE IS ON IN HIGH
COURT UNDER THE ANTI-
TRUST LAW.
FIDES FIRS? GUN
Lays Foundation for • That Which Is
to Come and Members of Congress
Forsake Their Posts in Order
to Hear What He Has
to Say.
American Railroad Man Is Jailed.
EL PASO, Tex., March 14.—-Charles
Rebstock, an American railroad man.
was sentenced to nine years In prison
at San Ygnado, State of Slnaloa, Mex-
ico, for manslaughter, It was learned
today. Rebstock Is accused of firing a
revolver Into a crowd, killing one native
and wounding another. He whs held hi
Jail for more than a vear before his
case came to trial.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14.—The
final fight for the dissolution of the
Standard Oil began this afternoon before
the Supreme Court of the United States,
when John G. Milburn of New York
spoke for three hours in its defense. He
will conclude tomorrow.
1 he remainder of tomorrow's hearing
will be devoted to the second step in the
great contest, the reply of Frank B. Kel-
logg on the part of the Government.
The hearing of the suit against the
Standard Oil attracted to the courtroom
lawyers and spectators from all sections
of the country. Members of both houses
of Congress forsook their respective cham-
bers to hear what was to be said In the
review of the decree of the Circuit of the
United States for the Eastern District of
Missouri, dissolving the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey as a conspiracy
in restraint of trade and as a monopoly
in violation of the Sherman antitrust act.
The greater part of Mr. Milburn's ad-
dress to the court consisted of a review
of the growth of the Standard Oil, with
the object of laying the foundation for
the claim that the corporations entering
Into the reorganization of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey in 1*99 were
noncompetitive, because for many years
they had been under a so-called common
ownership.
ATTACKS COURT.
Ills first atteck was on the jurisdiction
of the Circuit Court. Despite the fact, as
he claimed, that the Standard Oil Com-
pany of New Jersey, with al! Its great
properties, was located in New Jersey
and that all the individual defendants
were residents of New York except one,
"who is largely in Florida,'' Mr. Milburn
said the action was begun "away out in
Missouri,'' where only one subsidiary
marketing company was resident and all
the other defendants required to go there
for trial.'1
He told of the tremendous size of §
business of the Standard OH and ex-
plained how it had grown, according to
his conception. He said large factors In
the growth were the building of pipe lines,
"which anybody had a right to build,"
as he described it; the building of refin-
eries and the extending of the marketing
facilities throughout ths country and the
entire world.
^ "We compete abroad with great cor-
porations," he said, "that are protected
and shielded by their governments and
compelled to combine, that they may be
powerful. We have been able to meet
thern because of our strength.''
DISCUSSES SHERMAN LAW,
Toward the close of the day ho entered
upon a discussion of the Sherman anti-
trust act. He said inasmuch as the Cir-
cuit Court had held that the mere method
of organization was a conspiracy to
monopllze and had not considered the al-
leged monopolistic conduct, he felt an em-
barrassment about discussing whether
they violated the law
"You discuss them In your brief, do you
not?" queried one of the Justices.
"Oh. yes," was the response.
After a discussion of the general mean-
ing of a monopoly, he reverted to the al-
leged monopolistic conduct of the Stand-
ard Oil.
Mr Milburn snld he did not believe the
corporation was in restraint of trade in
view of the "common ownership"; had
lever restrained the liberty or capital of
any one who lias entered to it, nor any
one who was Its competitor. He asserted
Instead of leirg n monopoly, it was Bug-
getsed that the amount of business It was
doing was decreasing
HARLAN ASKS QUESTION.
Jrstlee Harlan asked Mr. Milburn if he
wruld call an organization of men who
slu uld buy all the coal lands in Penn-
sylvania a conspiracy in restraint of trade
a monopoly.
"The question you put i.i one difficult
of solution," responded the counsel.
He explained to the court that he wan
ieally "getting oi!t, of his line of bus!-
ness" in discussing monopolies.
"I think you are In your line," said Jus-
tice White.
"Well, the Sherman law is very inter-
esting," observed Mr. Milburn. "Napoleon
complained that the laws did not lend
themselves to the Imagination, but he had
never read the Sherman antitrust act."
Finally Mr. Milburn took up the
dw;rges of monopolistic conduct as al-
leged to have been shown by transporta-
tion discrimination. He 'declared the Idea
ti nt the railroads throughout the country
wculd discriminate in favor of a .business
that afforded only half of 1 per cent of
the total traffic was preposterous.
"No Independent refiner since 1887," he
ndf.eri. "when the Interstate commerce act
wns pMsred hns complained to the Inter-
stule C.unincrce Commission of discrim-
inations."
He spoke of the alleged unfair eompe-
tlllon.
"Competition does not breed th« rlr-
Continned on Page Three.
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I HANK D. KKLLO(i(i.
OH II GRILL
POLITICIANS HAND OUT SUGGES-
TIONS OF WHAT MIGHT
HAVE HAPPENED.
CGLOUITT ESCAPES ROUST
Opening of National Feeders* and
Breeders' Show at Fort Worth Be-
comes a Political (iahfest for
Candidates for Governorship.
Campbell Is Not Present.
\1 KLVILLE WESTON FI LLER.
JOHN I). ROCKEFELLER.
the antitrust laws the Standard Oil Com-
pany is waging the mightiest fight in cor-
poration history. Mr. Kellogg is one of
the Government's attorneys who will speak the case and Mr. Rockefeller is the head
next in the legal battle. Mr. Fuller is of the concern on which the Govern meat's
In a last desperate stand against the ac
tion of the Government to dissolve it under chief justice of the court which Is hearing guns are trained.
FRAUD NET SEEKS IRE
FRENCH DEFENDANT MAY SPRING
A SENSATION.
Cipher List Is Found of Persons to
Whom Chief Defendant Is Said to
Have Paid Hush Money in Church
Liquidation Scandal.
PARIS, March 14.—A cipher list of per-
sons who M. Deuse, the embezzling liqui-
dator of the properties of the religious
orders, declares received hush money
from him promises to play in the present
scandal a part similar to that of tho
famous checkbook of M. Errheit, which
served to compromise so many French
politicians In the Panama Canal affair.
None of the namep l .'Wi this code list
has yet been published.
The Dense interpellation was resumed
in the Chamber of Deputies today and
M. MHlerand. Minister of Public Works,
Post and Telegraphs, took the tribune
to defend himself against certain Insinu-
ations. He characterized as fables the
rumors that lie had received $1 £0,000 in
fees from Deuse and that he had ac-
cepted $2000 hush money.
M. Barthou, Minister of Justice, who
followed *.*. Millerand on the platform,
declared It was proposed to conceal noth-
ing. He then explained that Deuse had
been appointed on the urgent recommen-
dation of M. Imbert, and that M. le
Coutourier and M. Anage, the two other
chief liquidators, had had the endorse-
ment of the public prosecutor at the for-
mal sgugestion of the chancery. The
latter statement created a sensation in
the chamber.
Amidst violent and frequent interrup-
tions the Minister of Justice reviewed the
Chartreuse affair, assuring that the fa-
vorite was powerless, as the court had
rejected the hypothesis of collusion
among Le Coutourier, Cusenier and Deuse
and had condemned M. Marnier, the head
of the rival concern, to pay Le Coutourier
$400,000 damages. He said that the case
against I>j Coutourier had not yet en-
tered a criminal phase.
In conclusion he announced that the
government proposed to recognize the
corporation and that the official receiv-
ers who now enjoy n monopoly would
Introduce the most rigorous inspection
and make the corporation cllectively re-
sponsible for Individual defalcations
HANGS HIMSELF IN TEXAS JAIL
Man AdmitH Hp Was Wanted in St.
Louis for a Killing.
Special Telegram to The Express.
ROGERS, Tex., March 14.—After ad-
mitting he was Steve Pognac, wanted in
f?t. Louis on charges of killing his wife
and throe children, and for whom there
was a reward of $500 offered, Pognac
entered a cell In the jail at Cyclone, near
here, yesterday to await information
from St. liouis.
In the morning when the keeper went
to his cell with his breakfast the man
was found strangled to death, a cord be-
ing used, which was tied to a bar and
knotted around his neck. Ho was hang-
ing In a half sitting posture, his feet
lying on the floor. F|o had been dead
several hours.
HOT SPRINGS GETS A BOOST
Government Will Make It First Resort
on the Continent.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., March 14.—For
the purpose of making Hot Springs a
resort which will pnlo Into secondary
consideration the established resorts of
the old world And glvn It recognition
ns the first health and recreative re-
sort of the globe, Secretary Balllnger, or
the Interior Department, has today Is-
sued an order to Superintendent Harry
H. Meyers of the Government reservation
here to visit Baden-Baden, Carlsbad, and
nil other old world resorts and return,
advising the United States Government
what 1* necessary to carry out the plan.
Chief Clerk Clement 8. Ucker of the
Interior Department, now hero, has been
ordered to go with Superintendent Myers
«M tltey will leave within thirty j'-js.
IS in
ALASKAN COAL LAND
TANGLES WITNESS.
CASE
He Admits in Hearing That He Did
Not Stick to the Literal Letter of
the Law in Previous
Testimony.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Match 14.-For the
sreond time during the inquiry Into the
Alaskan coal claims which has been con-
ducted here, Clarence Cunningham, by
whose name the claims are known, was
forced today by the Federal authorities
to admit that he had made Incorrect
statements in documents which he had
signed.
The first occasion occurred earlier In
the hearing, when Mr. Cunningham ad-
mit ted that an affidavit which he had
sworn to In* regard to the interests of the
Guggcnheims in the claims was Incor-
rect.
This morning at the final session of the
| hearing he was shown a copy of a letter
written by him to tho United States Land
Agent at Juneau. Alaska, asking for maps
i of the district In which the coal claims
1 lay, and which were required before
patents would be issued. In the letter
■ Mr. Cunningham said he had seen the
I Land Commissioner for the district and
I that everything in connection with the
1 claims was in order and correct.
! Under cross-examination he admitted
, that this was not an exact statement of
' the facts, ami at that time he did not
i know the exact status of the situation.
CITY WILL NOT IMPROVE
INSURANCE KEY RATE CARRIES
NO TERRORS FOR ALDERMEN.
Only a Fire Chief's Motor Wagon Is
to He Added to Department—Water-
works Company May Make
Some Improvements.
No steps have yet been taken by the
city or the Water Supply Company to
make the Improvements recommended by
the State fire Insurance actuary In or-
der that this city may secure a lower
key rate and thereby save thousands of
dollars annually In insurance premiums.
Dallas has been busy making these im-
provements and as a result the key rate
haii been reduced 'rogri .'<3 cents to 27 cent
making an estimated annual saving to
the premium pavers of $30,000 annually.
The only improvement contempleted by
the city, according to Alderman John
Wickeland, chairman of the Fire and Fire
IJmlts Committee, Is the purchase of a
combination motor chemical and fire
chief wagon. These wagons are now In
use in many of the cities. It Is. In fart,
a fire automobile In w hich the chief rides.
FIRE SWEEPS JAMESTOWN, N. Y.
IAMKstoWN. N V . March 14. A
l/;ige square in the center of Jamestown
business district Is a mas of smolder-
ing ruins this morning ns a result of the
irost serious lire in the history of the
city.
The fire was got under control st 1
o'i lock this morning. The loss will reach
I nimbly half a million dollars.
The lire originally broke out in the
(■' Key building Saturday and was sup-
r< f « dly put well under control early Sim-
ony, with the loss of two lives and
^loo.GOO property.
Rut shortly ;ifier midnight tonight i
M.iih wind kindled the embers of the oh!
fire Into fresh flames. What was left,
of tie' (jokey building went like tinder,
mid almost before the firemen reached the
s< ene the Duffy building adjacent win
beyond hope.
Tfie rising wind made the firemen well-
nigb helpless and sent the blaze across
the street to the Sherman House, one of
the I in est hotels In Western New York.
'.•here weie ljfi guests in the hotel, but
al! escaped unhurt and most of their per-
sonal property was saved.
EXPLAINS SLUMP IN BUTTER
Overloaded Market Causes Drop in
Elftin (Quotations.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 14.—The
unusual drop of tj cents In the price of
butter controlled by the Elgln Board of
Trade last January was due to the strain-
ing of the market, to the highest point and
the consequent large purchase by con-
sumers of the cheaper storage butter, ac-
cording to James F. Oyster, a Washing-
ton butter dealer, who testified today be-
fore the select Senate committee on tho
high cost of living. He told the commit-
tee that he had figured On a gross profit
on butter of from 1?V4 to 15 per cent.
\\ llllam Poulton, another witness said
the groeery and meat hill of a family of
five ranged from $28 to $40 monthly and
esiimated that this represented an In-
cres,,f nbout X or 10 per cent during Hie
past live yenrs.
CALLS ELGIN PRICES BOGUS
Witness Makes Startling Statement in
Ohio Investigation.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 14.—"The
prlee of butter Is fixed without reference
to supply and demand. Elgin (III) quo-
tations, as given out on the local product
field are bogus."
This was among the startling features
of the testimony given today before the
special committee of tile Ohio legisla-
ture which is In session in this city In-
vestigating the subpect of high cost of
living.
The legislative Investigation was In ses-
sion during the greater part of the da.v
anil witnesses representing wholesalers,
retailers and commission houses were
among those who testified.
Admissions were also made bv wit-
nesses as to tho existence of a local milk
combine.
nnd which Is also supplied with chemical
apparatus. Such a wago.i would probably
give the city a credit of 2 cents on the
key rate, saving $M,000 a year to the
premium payers.
FIRE MARSHAL NOT CONSIDERED
Alderman \\ ickeland savs that his com-
mittee has not considered seriously the
Large Square in the Center of the City ""P'oyroent of a fire marshal, although
Is ill Ruins salary would he saved many times
over as a result of the reduction In the
key rate. He also says that the improve-
ments In the fire department will nave to
go over until next year. This Is true, he
says, despite the fact that the increase
of I cents In the general fund tax rate
will provide more than 5l20,0fio for the
general fund over what It was last year.
C. II. Surkamp Jr.. vice president and
general manager of the Water Supply
Company, says that his company will
make some of tho Improvements sug-
gested. but that no aetlon will be taken
until after the report of the engineers of
the National Fire I'nderwrlters Associa-
tion, now working In Snn Antonio, Is
made public. The reason for this delay
Is that the company desires to see what
the National hoard will suggest, having
more confidence in the ability of tliose
engineers than the engineers who made
the survey for the State.
There Is no question but that the Na-
tional board will recommend many
changes which will cost large sums of
money. Just how many of the recom-
mendations In the report the company
will comply with Mr. Surkamp Is unable
to say until he sees It. He says that
he Is sure that his company will make
extensive Improvements
DOCTORS SHUN THE HYDE CASE
Men Who Made Poison Analysis Refuse
to Testify.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 14.-An-
nouncement made today by attorneys for
Dr. B. C. Hyde that they would attempt
to get an agreement from attorneys (or
the Swope estate to permit the three
scientists who made the Swope analysis
to testify In Chicago March 21 brought
the reply that the physicians would re-
sist every effort to take their depositions
In the case.
A report was current today that ty-
phoid fever had appeared again In tho
Swope home. Physicians say Miss Hazel
Kirk of Kirksville, Mo., a visitor, is ill
with pleurisy only
Sister Will Not Contest Will.
ASHVIT/LE, Tenn., March 14. Coun-
sel for Mrs. Jane Plunket of this city
said today that she would not. eontest
the will of the lnte Thomas H. Swope,
the K.msas Clly millionaire. Mrs. IMun-
ket 1m the wife of a prominent physician
hire and is a sister of Mr. Swope.
Haskell Votes for Prohibition.
Special Telegrnm to The Express.
HASKELL, Tex., March 14.—Ten boxes
out of a total of eighteen in Haskell
voted for prohibition today. The tniiin-oj,-
for prohibition will be nearly tiuo, /
'Fly George Waver!cv !li iggs )
fort WORTH. Tex.. March H.-Qov
ernor Campbell and former Attorney
General Davidson were special targets at
which oratorical barbs were hurled dur
lng the opening ceremonies of the Na-
tional Feeders and Breeders' Show held
In the Coliseum today, and supplied ths
principal texts of political discourses
which the occasion Inspired.
Criticism of the Governor emanated
originally from the city's displeasure at
his absence.
A Mexican and a white man had a
fight down in Southwest Texas some-
where," said Mayor W D Davis In his
welcoming address "with the usual re-
sult. The white man lives and the Mex-
icans have been to a funeral, hut the
Governor of our great state has been
detained In order that he might piek out
a few rangers and go down and meet
some Justice of the Peace who has writ-
ten him. and we will have ten days' ex-
citement." The mavor expressed grati-
fication In referring to Governor Shal-
lenberger of Nebraska, that "we have
round one Governor who could find Mm*
to come," snd provoked a laugh hy the
terse explanation that the session of ths
Legislature had prevented the eomlng of
another expected guest. Governor Has-
kell, of Oklahoma.
WORT!fAM IS OIIFJERFITTj.
Addressing the assembled candidates
for the Governorship, Louis j. Wort ham
Representative fWVi Tarrant Cn.ntv d
dared that out of I he entries the citi-
zenship hns an infinite variety of choice.
"I think," he said, "that we will at
least ho able to make a man Governor
who will appreciate the importance of
such Institutions as these. This Is no
longer an age when a man can represent
mere factions. Rack to the farm,' that
Is the voice of nature, of government and.
In tho last analysis, of God."
He denounced the false economy that
sacrifices the advancement of two great
State Institutions to the reduction of an
ad valorem tax rate, and scored vigor-
ously other errors of the current admin-
istration. Mr. Wortham's caustic refer-
ences to present public policies acquired
a tinge of genuine htimor. Inasmuch as
his address was the substitute for the
numbers of the program which Govern-
ors Campbell and Haskell were desig-
nated to fill.
POINDEXTKR LANDS ON' CAMPIIEIJ,.
By Indirection, Mr. Polndexter waged
repeated asaults upon tho Campbell ad-
ministration. Outlining his position with
reference to development of the common
school system, he took his stand for the
selection hy a well qualified book board
of the best text-books available .or
youthful Instruction, and vehemently pro-
nounced in favor of such selection "freo
of political influences." While students
of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
lege are living In tents for lack of ade-
quate accommodation at that Institution,
he remarked with emphasis, "hundreds
of thousands of dollars of the people's
money Is lost In attempts to build rati-
roads, to run iron works and to manage
a penal department.' He Inveighed
against tho making of erroneous entries
and balances on books of the peniten-
tiary system to conceal losses which in-
vestigation has disclosed, and promised
If elected Governor there would be less
"peanut politics in public offices."
Mr. Polndexter criticised adversely the
Government s attitude toward tb« De-
partment of Agriculture and pledged him-
self to build up the State and its Insti-
tutions, and not to hold them down iu
the vise of prejudice."
CUNYUS ASKS "WHY?"
Mr. CunyilB, in pleading ins candidacy
for tho Oovurnot'Miip, vsus more specific
than Mr. Polndexter. Uhy are not th<2
UoM'i'tior anil tho ex-Attorney General
hei• ■ lie shou11't (A voicei lJ1 \'c enj
hell, i
We ought to be ashamed of the Gov-
ernor s absence, it is not singinar that
Davidson is not here, because it 1 had
acted toward capital us lie hus 1 would
tee! tii.it I was beneath the notice ot
capitalists. II, pictures himself as an
old coon hunter mid displays the trophies
of his chase upon this caul, which 1 hold
In my hand. There is tho coon skin
marked VVaters-Piei ce Oil Company fine.
Gentlemen. I contend that ..very dollur
of that Waters-Pierce penalty was blood
money, and Its colic, tion Is a shame to
tile State of Texas. '
Mr. Cunyus favors the repeal of the
antitrust laws, asserting that their oper-
ation has retarded the growth of tho
State. "We need more railroads more
I titerpriscs and fewer politicians," h.
cried, and brought a shout of laughtci
by vociferating hi* desire to "trade off
the politicians for peanut stands at the
ratio of 100 to 1." To show the fallacy
of antitrust prosecution, he averred that
•lnce utter of the International ii
vester Company farmers are paying «'
more for harvesting machines than t! >
did wherr the concern operated under \
Texas permit.
Mr. Polndexter, too, essayed to p-ihn
a bar sinister across the antitrust record
of Air. Davidson. "I believe," said he,
"In the enforcement of law, l would im-
prove any Just suit, but I would r.<
age none to levy tribute. If we would
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