The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 18, 1913, Image 1
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VOL. 8, NO. 83, SEMI-W
TILLMAN AGAIN WR4THY
HE SAYS III.EASE IS WRONG.
Henior senator Wroth at Statement
Governor Made at Hendersonville?Criticises
Governor.
Washington Special to Charleston
News and Courier, July 17.?Referring
to affairs in South Carolina, !
Senator Tillman said yesterday: "I
notice that Governor Blease has
broken loose again. He makes a
misstatement, to speak mildly, and
I feel compelled to correct him. He
went to Hendersonville the other
day and in a telegram to The Colum- ,
bia Record he is made to say:
" 'Senator Tillman ruined himself
with the people of South Carolina in
just the same manner when he went
about lecturing instead of remaining
in Washington and attending to the (
business in the senate.'
"I have lectured very extensively
throughout the eonntrv hut T novnr
neglected any senatorial work to do
It, as The Record will show. 1 do not I
recall ever having left Washington
while the senate was In session exceeding
half a dozen times to deliver
lectures. Then I went to nearby I
points which I could reach after the 1
senate adjourned for the day, deliver
the lecture that night and return to
Washington the next morning. I
have received offers time and again
to lecture while Congress was in session,
but I always declined. I could
have made tens of thousands of dollars
had I believed it right to do so.
SUBTLE AND CUNNING.
"Governor Blease has recently
done two things about which I want
to say something. I have been
amused at the subtleness and cunning
he has shown in getting out of
the militia muddle. He doublesomersaulted
instantly, and was so
anxious to comply with the requirements
of the war department that he
1 1 ?
iciestjiputfti wis acqui?srenrp 10 tne
the secretary's demands. The mail
was too slow for him.
"Another thing the governor has
done recently is the letter he wrote
to the supervisors of registration ordering
them peremptorily to register
all white men. His exact words are:
'Let no white man be refused.'
"I have examined the law carefully
to see Just how the supervisors
ought to go. and I take the liberty
of advising them to obey the law, the
strict letter of the law, and register
only men qualified under the law
who will take the oath required.
That oath is as follows:
" 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I am a male citizen of this state
and of the United States; that 1 am
21 years of age or more, that I have
resided in this state for two years,
and in this county for one year, and
in the polling precinct in which I apply
to be registered and in which I
will offer to vote if registered for
four months, and that I have not
been convicted of burglary, arson,
obtaining goods or money under false
pretense, perjury, forpery, robbery,
bribery, adultery, bigamy, wifebcatlnp,
housebreaking, receiving
stolen goods, breach of trust with
faudulent intent, fornication, sodomy,
Incest, assault with Intent to
ravish, miscegenation, larceny or
, crimes against the election laws.'
MIGHT CAUSE ILLEGAL VOTING.
"I am very anxious to have all
white men who can take the above
oath register, and thus be able to
fulfill their duties as citizens. But
It will be a fearful blunder and
crime for anybody in South Carolina
to lay the foundation or give excuse
for the house of representatives or
the senate of the United States to
throw out a senator or congressman
eiecien rrom woutn Carolina because
of Illegal registration. The Republicans
are not now in power, and the
danger is not as great as it once was.
But even a Democratic senate and a
Democratic house cannot afTord to
tolerate anything smacking of illegality
or fraud.
"The law as it stands now requires
the people to elect senators by direct
vote, and I do not want to see South
Carolina Jerked up for illegal voting.
Until we get our primary law amended
by the legislature so as to remove
all possibility of the charges of
fraud and bribery in the primary,
we cannot afford to take any chances.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BLGASE.
"If Governor Blease will exert
himself to see that the legislature at
Its next session passes a reasonable
and Just law to insure honest and
fairness In our primary, all will be
well. I want to emphasize this, and
I say It with all due solemnity.
"If money buys the next senatorship
In South Carolina, as it may do,
and as it is charged it has done in
the recent congressional race in the
first district, I will feel compelled to
object to the seating of any man sent
here with a tainted title.
"I Join with Governor Blease in
urging our people to register. While
. it may be straining a construction of
the law in any other than a genernl
election year for supervisors to go to
places away from the court house in
each county, I can see no harm in
that. They are permitted and can
go to any place they see fit for the
meagre salaries they receive. But
every good citizen ought to see to it
that no illegal registration is permitted,
because as things are now in
South Carolina illegality, dishonesty
or fraud, either in the primary or in
ire Kcnerai ejection, win prove very
dangerous. Every fairminded man
wants honesty and fair play, and
| every patriot will abide the result of
an election bo conducted whether his
Bide loses or wins."
EEKLY.
CHARLESTON BOY'S BRAVE ACT. |
James l^ary Attempts to Save Ufe
of Fellow Seaman on Nebraska. A
Charlestown, Mass., Special to
Charleston News and Courier. July 1
16.?First Class Electrician Jaipes
Eeary, of Charleston, S. C., on the
battleship Nebraska, at present at
the Charlestown navy yard, was
frightfully burned today while at- i<
tempting to save the life of Seaman n
Henry Azena, of the same ship, b
Azena was scalded to death. A valve g
flew out in the dynamo room en- <
veloping Azena in steam. Eeary q
rushed to his aid and pulled him out b
into the open, but before he had done 0
so was terribly scalded himself.
The accident was caused by exces- c
sive pressure in the pipes, and a j,
court of the ship's officers will sit to 0
probe the matter and find out who is ^
to blame for the mishaD. Learv is ?
the hero of the battleship tonight,
where he lies In the hospital room ' 0
swathed in bandages and under the v
care of ship surgeons. He will re- ,
cover. |
BOOSTERS' TRIP TO
THE MIDDLE WEST !
!B
c
Committeeman I>o/.ier Says There
Has Already Ileen Much Com <
ment on Advertising Trip.
: t
Columbia Record, July 17th. 't
"The proposed 'Boosters" train. 1
which the real estate exchange is J
planning to operate through the mid- 1
die West in conjunction with commer 1
mercial bodies of the other cities of f
the state has already come in for con- a
siderable inquiry and discussion on t
the part of business men of other t
communities." This was the state- J
ment L. B. Dozier made this morning, j
He with Walter T. Love and Edwin r
P. Bookter is in charge of the de- c
tals of the trip as well as the matter
of arousing interest in oter cities of r
the state so that the train will bear t
advertising literature and personal j.
boosters for other places in the state, s
it heimr the desir nf the eveh:unxe tr. t
make the tour ont of state-wide proportions
and not for the benent of
any one part or for the expoiting of
any particular resources.
A register wil be maintained by the
boosters and the names of all persons
met in the West will be entered
for the future. From these names
it is expected that many concerns
will be able to get good business, especially
.because many persons whose
names appear will have heard with
their own ears about the opportunities
that are offered in South Carolina.
There are thousands of persons
crossing the line into Canada and it
is believed by those who have studied
the matter that the tide of emigration
will change from the North
to the South if the resources of the
section are sufficiently laid before
those who are about to move.
RUSSIA PRESENTS
EXTREME DEMANDS
.
Calls For IndP|H'ndenre of Outer i
Mongolia?Submission of Sub- '
stltute Stirs the Chinese. <
I ;
Peking, '"hln.t. July 16.?llesjia 1
yesterday suddenly presented to the
Chinese go/.):*nn;ent new demands re
quiring recognition of the full au- (
tonomy of Outer Mongolia declaring (
China to be suzerain onlv, tdnding ,
China to accept Russian intermedia- (
tion and recognising all the rights 1
conceded to "Russia by the agreement ,
and protocol signed at Vga. the cap- .
ital of Mongolia, on November 3,
1912. I,
I These four new demands are sub- \
mited by Russia in substitution for
the recently proposed agreement
which has not yet been signed and ,
which Russia announced she has decided
to annul. 1
| Both houses of the Chinese parliament
have been hastely summoned to
consider the demands. Strong opposition
to them is voiced by both :
Chinese and foreigners and great ex- 1
citement prevails at the unexpected
turn of events.
The agreement, signed at Uga in
November was as follows: "Ry an
agreement signed on November 3.
Russia undertakes to aid Mongolia
and to maintain the autonomous government
which she has established.
She will support her right to maintain
a national army and include
both the presence of Chinese troops
and the colonization of her territory
by the Chinese."
The recently proposed agreement
declared that Russia acknowledged
Outer Mongolia as Chinese territory,
while China agreed that Mongolia
was .<> have autonomy. The Peking
government agreed not to send soldiers
into Outer Mongolia, which was
to have its own army and police.
Russia agreed not to send soldiers
Intn MnnoAllo ? /? >> ? ' ?
?.?/ mwu^uiin r AV-r CIO UUII9UIHT
guards in accordance with the terms
of previous treaties. 8he further l
agreed not to send colonies into
Mongolia, but retained the extensive .
commercial privileges accorded in
treaties with the head lama of *
Mongolia.
C
Shortage in the Cotton Crop Certain, j
Mayesville Special to Columbia r
Record, July 17.?The condition of t
all crops is satisfactory considering
the dry, hot weather, but cotton is a
badly off on account of the poor I
stands and there will be a short crop ?
at least in thlH section. Some of the t
smaller farmers are badly In 11< c
grass and have poor prospects. f
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LANCASTER, S. C., FR
JRYAN DELIVERS REPLYj
lxswfk to .Japanese notes.
tejoinder is S? Framed as to Ke- |
mire neuiijf All Ikmh-s to Questions
For Courts.
Washington, July 17.?The Amer- !
ran reply to the last two Japanese
otes on the California anti-alien
and law was delivered yesterday by I
lecretary Bryan to Ambassador
'hinda who at once cabled it to
"okio. As in the case of the precedng
notes, the contents of the latest
ne were withheld from publication, i
There is some expectation in offlial
circles that the delivery of this
lote will conclude the negotiations
m this subject between the two counries,
for the present, at least, if not
ltogether. It is declared that the
American reply to the various points
if objection to the California lcgisation
has been made so complete as 1
o remove most of them from the
leld of discussion. Even in cases
k'here the Japanese contentions have
lot been manifestly completely negtived
the expert diplomatists are
alrl tn V. ? -?
vv Iia?r nu UUUICU rt*"
ponses as to reduce the pointa to
lear iaauea which probably can be
idjusted only on the baaia of judiial
decialona.
The reault baa been reached
hrougli the exchange of five notes,
he negotiations beginning May 8
ast with the original protest by
apan againat the projected alien
and owning act by the California
eglalature. This elicited a reply
rom Secretary Bryan on May 10 or)
is soon aa he had been advised of ,
he actual signature of the Webb act
>v Governor Johnson. On June 4 the
apanese government filed its reoinder
and on July J this was supdemented
by an elaborate expansion
f the arguments.
Unless the Japanese foreign office
oncludes that there la something in
he American note delivered yesterlay
requiring Immediate attention
md reply, probably there will be no
urtber diplomatic exchanges for at
east another month. At the expiraion
of that time the Webb alien
and owning act will become effeclve
and the way will be opened for a
udicial test of its constitutionality.
The state department is looking to
he Japanese government at least to
nke the Initiative in securing a judicial
determination of the question as
o whether this act is in conflict with
existing treaties of whether it vioated
nrivilee'es to whli>h tho Tnnnn
>se are entitled under the broad principles
of International law. While
he Japanese negotiations have unofficially
expressed the opinion that
t was the duty of the American government
to make this test, following
i precedent established during the
Roosevelt administration in connerion
with the exclusion of Japanese
oupils from the American public
'chools the state department has declined
to accept this view.
Officials suggested that the Japanese
government would be in a better
josition to resume the consideration
of its grievances by diplomatic means
n the event of an unsuccessful litigation
if the test were initiated and
prosecuted by a Japanese resident of
California in a private capacity, even
:hough actually financially supported
py the Japanese government.
Some apprehension has been expressed
by the Japanese over the
lifficultv of securing an early judicial
decision on constitutionality of
the California legislation. The state
lepartment officials, however, say
hey are prepared in good faith to
'acilitate the proceeding by every
proper means, even to the extent of
:a?ising the attorney general to seek
in advancement on the docket of the
uipreme court of such a case.
S. C. POSTMASTERS TO MEET.
%nnual Convention at Oleen Springs
July 22 and 23.
Summerton Special to Charleston
""Jews and Courier, July 17.?Postmaster
Ellison Capers, president of
he South Carolina Association of
Postmasters, returned yesterday
rom a conference with Thomas P.
WcEeod, postmaster at Hartsville,
,vho Is secretary of the association,
ooklng to perfecting the plans for
he coming meeting of the assoclaion,
which will be held at Olenn
Springs, July 22 and 22. The meetng
this year promises to be of great
nterest and benefit to the service In
his state and will present several
lew features. The management condders
the association fortunate in
laving gotten the consent of the
Ion. Hartwell Ayer of Florence, to
nake an address on "The Relation
?f the Postal Service to the Press,"
ilso in being favored with the pres>nce
of the Hon. E. W. Conner, of
^ock Hill, president of the South
^arollna Rural Carriers' Association.
vho will address thn mpptinir
louinantnnN ('apturn Cable Station.
Sofia, Bulgaria. July 17.?The
Roumanians today took possession of
he cable station at Varna on the
Hack sea and thus control communlAtlon
with Schastapol. As the railway
between the coast and Sofia haR
ieen cut Bulgaria cannot communlate
with the outRlde world except
hrough Servla and Roumanla.
By forced marches the Turkish
irmy is approaching the town of
<1rk KUisseh. taken by the Bulrarlans
after heavv fltrhMnf at iiin
leginnlnf? of the ttalkan war. Many
if the population are reported to be
teeing.
1DAY, JULY 18, 1913.
THE CLIMAX IN MEXICO
Se<
HUBBY CALL FOB AMBASSADOR.';
Henry Lane Wilson Ordered tojju
Washington limned lately on I 14
United States Battleship.
Washington, July 16.?President | clr
Wllcnn -"
< ..kvii luuuj, nin-r an eariy conrerence
with Secretary Bryan over the >l.v
latest aspects of the Mexican situa- Us
tion, presented by the inquiries of SP(
foreign powers as to the attitude of Tli
the United States, ordered Ambnssa- of
dor Henry Lane Wilson at Mexico soi
City to proceed to Washington ini- of
mediately for a conference. Ambas- ju
sador Wilson will hurry north on tib
either the battleship Michigan or th<
Louisiana from Vera Crtiz, if any delay
would be entailed by waiting for ha
a commercial steamer. Officials here to
believe that the almost total inter- ha
ruption of traffic between Mexico do
City and the United States will force all
the ambassador to make his trip by so
water. He is not expected here be- CO
fore July 2 J. at the earliest. | be
It is believed in official and diplo- ph
matic circles that an important an- I
nouncement of the attitude of the
United States in the pending situa- A
tion will follow the ambassador's
conference with the President and
Secretary Bryan. The President's
action today, following closely the \\*
unofficial announcement that some of (
the foreign powers which already
have recognized the Huerta govern- ;
ment were pressing for some, indica- j
tion of this government's attitude
toward the continued disorders in f
Mexico, leads to that belief. ..
r, th
faces what I think of you. It would hi
really not be interesting on the print- w
ed page, and if you turn out in suffl- ei
cient numbers I might change my g<
mind, for you know "discretion is the di
better part of valor." ca
This call is to all the farmers of w
the state, for most of you have heen $1
or ought to be members of the union, cr
And the "have beens' and "ought- m
to-bes" are the worst fault-finders $;
we have. Put yourselves in good cc
standing and may be instead of the y<
"lambasting" I am laying out to give te
you, your fellow members will be so 0<
pleased at your coming that you will
be elected to high office in the union. ||
Seriously this is the last call from
tliic nffioa Wo Kotfo ?? --
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bill of faro for the meeting: and the
loss will be yours. If you fail to attend
and appropriate your share. In
addition to the prominent speakers er
we have put on the program others m
Just as able will be there. H
From Saluda county union will is
come a suggestion of great impor- re
tance about Clemson College scholar- W
ships that ought to be carefully con- di
sidered and I am sure there are de
other matters of equal importance
that will come up that need the best m
thought of the state that they may a
be disposed of wisely. sa
Yours for the cause. K<
E. W. DARBS, bt
President S. C. State Farmers' Union, di
MavoHvllle, S C., July 16, 1913. re
Al
Mr. ami Mrs. C. B. Skipper and th
family and Mrs. Jenntnps of Oastonia fr<
motored do wnfrom Charlotte to tU
Kpend today in Lapeaater. eo
i
TKAfvEOV UNEXPLAINED. |y
i <>u<i investigation of the Jacobs i
Tragetl.v Ends. ( S
Peak Speacial to Columbia State, |
ly 17.?With the dismissal of the '
members of the coroner's jury i
bject to the call the second hear- |
5 of the inquest to ascertain what 1
cumstances or hand caused the
ath of John D. Jacobs and his fam- ir
ended yesterday without estab- i m
hing a cause. The verdict of the t(
"ond hearing is that of the first. f(
ie verdict says: "During the night
June 2 7 the said deceased per- ei
lis came to their death at the hands d
a party or parties unknown to this fo
ry." The jury spent some 20 min- a
es in deliberation before returning a
e verdict. d
This inquiry, occupying two days, g(
s brought little new testimony in- t<
the case. The officers of the law t,
ve been active and some half i,
zen men have occupied themselves f,
T,<>st constantly in an effort to find f
me clue on which an investigation n
uld be conducted hut nothing has e
en found that will lead to the p
icing of a charge against any man. q
U- . irwuv i>i vitu positively necnn- tn
ed to add any Information to his
brief announcement of Ambassador U
Wilson's call to Washington.
However, it is assumed that the
administration desires to learn from ' 5
the ambassador directly what in flu- ^
ences actuated the foreign dlplomatic
representatives tn Mexico, Tr
when they jointly agreed to address 10
their governments with what J"'
amounted to a formal complaint
against the attitude of the United \
States in its relations with the .
Huerta regime. President Wilson . 1
has kept an open mind oh the sub- ,.e
ject and is thought to feel himself ,
hound to adhere to the policy be an- s :
nounced early in his administration J"
?ii lenuinp moral encouragement only
to such governments In Latin Amorioa
as were, founded upon constitutional
law and Justice. ^
Tloowever. it is understood he is ?
ready to give due weight to any rep- 1)1
resentations Ambassador Wilson may .
care to make. *
The President has had the benefit
of private reports from several of his 1
personal friends who have travelled ?
in Mexico recently, but those were
unofficial and not sufficient to form T
the basis of formal attitude if there
were to he any change in policy.
Secretary Tfryan was asked if the
coming of Ambassador Wilson to
Washington would change his projected
lecture tour. Tie replied:
I nr new npapci IUKI1 IUIglll nflVP
assumed that my lecture dates would
not Interfere with business, instead ?
of assuming that they would. All j
my lecture dates were made subject Jv
to cancellation." J'j
MUCH INTEREST IN
FARMERS' MEETING '
of
To l>e Held at the Isle of Palms hi
July 2.1-21?Saluda County Has P(
Matters of S|>ecial Interest. ^
To the Members of the Farmers' aj
Union: 4'
just a wppk rrom me meeting of
the State Farmers' Union. For two fi<
months at the risk of being tire- h!
some I have been calling upon you to tt
get ready for the annual meeting m
and have given you some of the rea- es
sons why you should attend and be
properly represented. Now you r?
chronic kickers and fault-flndeing $
critics, I Just want you to go to the T
meeting July 23-24 on the Isle of w
Palms so that I can sav to vnnr ti
ll
URKEY GETS BUSY ?
IN THE BALKANS "
n
ill Pu?li Ottoman Troops to Adria- tl
nopl?>?Hold Action Taken a
For Sake of Moral.
h
Constantinople, July 1G.?The ?
vernment is determined to push 1<
rward Ottoman troops as far as 1
e stronghold of Adrianople, cap- a
red by the Bulgarian troops after 11
prolonged seige during the recent P
dkan war.
Although official circles in Con- b
intinople are reticent on the sub- a
?t, it is understood such n forward t<
?p is the deliberate plan of the gov- h
nment. It intends to take this T
Id action not only because of the u
aterial advantages to be gained, u
it because of the moral influence it c
11 have on Turkey's Internal situa- b
>n. It is expected by this means ii
e position of the government will c<
strengthened and consolidated and c
is felt that even if the powers in- b
?t on bringing pressure to bear to li
mpel the maintenance of the fu- t
re frontier line between Turkey t
ul Bulgaria from Knos on thn ?
agean sea to Midia on the Black
a. Turkey will yet be In a position T
enforce the autononmy of the s
ovince of Thrace. I
Thus far, however, the powers t
ive not addressed any communlcn- \
an to the Turkish government on /
ie subject of the advance of the c
toman troops toward the north. &
I
REASURY HANDLES \
SEVEN BILLIONS j
i
amps tlie Federal Treasury as j
Greatest Banking Institution 1
in tlie World. 1*
Washington, July 16.?The United
ates treasury handled in actual cash t
iring the fiscal year ended June 30 ?
ie stupendous sum of $7,071,520,- 1
)0, breaking all previous records c
id stamping the federal treasury, 1
ficialfl declared today, as the great- c
it banking institution in the world, i
Reflecting the tremendous growth r
' the government's business, this i
Igh record, including income, out- t
j, and operations within the treas- <
ry, exceed the cash transactions of l
ic (Jirtnius .yrm uy ytnit,! BS.UIH) f
id those of three years ago by $1,- $
78,826,000. f
The figures show that treasury of- t
:?ials during the year just closed
indled in actual cash nearly twice
le amount of the total stock of
oney in the United States, which is
itimated at $8,720,000,000. 1
Including bonds, checks and warmts,
the treasury handled over
10.000,000,000 during the. year,
his vast aggregation of wealth
hich does not' include the transacons
of the sub-treasuries, was
indled, it was pointed out today,
ithout the loss of a cent to the gov nment.
The receiving teller of the
ivernment took in over $7 5,358,000
uring the year; the paying teller
ished $118,177,000 in checks and t
arrants; the shipping toller sent t
384.518,000 to various parts of the j
untry and the "change teller" i
ade "small change" for more than ]
,0.000.000. The government re- i
dved for redemption during the
>ar $006,660,000 in time-worn Uni- t
d States currency and $675,889.- .
10 in national bank notes. i
tlSHM.W WINS HIS FREEDOM. ]
f
red Kelly llis Own Lawyer in York- (
ville Court. t
Yorkville, July 16.?Court of genal
sesions convened here Monday '
orning with Special Judge W. A. R
olman of Charleston presiding. It c
expected that the court will be 1
ady for adjournment by Friday. ?
itli two exceptions no cases will be 1
spoRed of at this term where the J
ifendants are out on bond. '
One case that created considerable
errlment was that of Fred Kellv. t
typical Irishman, charged with as- f
ult and battery with Intent to kill t
elly did not employ pn attorney, tl
it conducted his own defense, and 1
d It so successfully that the jury 0
turned a verdict of "not guilty." s
'ter the'verdict was announced and t
e prisoner informed that he was t
ee, he arose, thanked the court and o
e jury, and Immediately left the p
art room. h
I&
$1.50 PER YEAR.
JAMES OF Blfi MEN GIVEN
TRAIN TEI.iL.ING ON MULHALL.
iteresting Interview Between Roosevelt
and Ex-Congressman Watson
is Described.
Washington, July 16.?Plans to
lake the National Association of
ianufactureers the controlling fac
jr in campaigns for congress to deiat
legislation in Washington its
lembers did not approve, to get the
ars of men who were running presiential
booms and to land a memer
of association in the cabinet of
president were laid before the sente
lobby investigation committee toay.
Martin M. Mulhall, self-confessd
lobbyist for the association, swore
> the authenticity of nearly 4 00 letjrs
which told of these plas and
rought in the means of such men as
armer Presidents "Roosevelt and
'aft, the late Vice-President Shertan,
former Speeker Cannon, formr
Senators Aldrich. Hemenway,
'oraker and others, Arthur L. Vories
ihio manager of the Taft campaign
i 1908, and Frank H. Hitchcock,
ne-time chairman of the Republian
national committee and Repubcan
national committee and posttaster
general In Mr. Taft's cabinet.
Mulhall testified, too. that the Na
ional Council for industrial Defense,
n organization allied to the Naional
Association of Manufacturers,
ad raised between $500,000 and
700,000 a year to used in opposing
?gislation its members did not like,
re said this information came from
collector of personal knowledge of
t expect, that he had been paid for
olitical work from such a fund.
Mulhall showed the train he has
een under for four days during the
fternoon session, and the committee
->ok him from the stand for a half
our and listened to testimony by J.
'. Byrd, general manager of the Man
facturers' Association, and treasrer
of the Industrial Defense coun11.
Byrd brought half a carload of
ooks and papers with him to Washfigton
and turned them over to the
smmittee. He refused to say who had
ontributed to the fund or the council
ut he will be examined at length
at<or and the committee will underake
to make him tell what manufa<
urers contributed and what amounts
hey gave .
Anong with the information that
lyrd had a half carload of data to
ubmit the committee heard that
\ C. Schwedtman of St. Louis, secreary
to the late James W. Van Clea'e,
once president of the National
issociation of Manufacturers, had abnit
130,000 letters bearing on the
issociation's work.
The committee was greatly inter sted
in a letter which Mulliall swore
le wrote to Schwedtman, April 16,
.908. It told of a conversation Mulnall
had in Washington with former
Representative Watson, of Indiana,
n which the letter described a two
lour interview at the White House
>etween Mr. Roosvelt and himself.
In part the letter read:
'He (Watson) said he was invited
o the White House at 9:30 p. m.,
ind was with the President until
11:30. The President wished him to
all so they could go over the legisativc
program for the balance of
>f this season, the president knowng
that he represented Speaker Canion
had the other leaders of the
louse and senate. He stated that the
he main reason of the call was that
Speaker Cannon, Vice president
'" airbanks and several others wanted
to find out how the president
nuuu in reunion 10 a iniro lerin. ne
itated that there were four things
he president wished. First, that contress
woud stay in session until the
15th of May to meet governors of the
lifferent states coming to Washingon
on that day. Second, to amend the
Sherman law. Third, to have contress
vote four battleships. Fourth,
0 pass the child labor law for the
District of Columbia, which would be
1 model law for the states in general.
"Mr. Watson said he told the presilent
that it was impossible for him
o get through this congress would
>nly vote fro two battlesips. Second
hat Congress would not amend the
Sherman law. The president wanted
o know why Mr. Watson told him
hat almost the entire manufacturing
nterests of the country were against
t. The President wished to know if
dr. Watson knew or had met Mr.
/an Cleave.
"Mr. Watson told him he had. and
hat he knew Mr. Van Cleave well,
ind other leaders in touch with Mr.
/an Cleave, and that Mr. Van Cleave
vas a splended fellow. He talked
ilong these lines with the president
ind finally the president did not press
o have the Sherman bill passed at
his session of congress.
"Ho then stated that they passed
o the child labor law and Mr. Wation
asked the president who would
Iraw this model bill. The president
eplied that he would have his labor
lommissioner. Mr. Neill, draw it, the
'resident explaining that he merely /
vished this bill to be an academic bill
or the states "
The letter closed with a reference
o Mr. Watson's account of his eforts
to draw Mr. Roosvelt out on
he question of a third term. SchweItman
told Mulhall In a letter early
n 1008, "It Is really a pity that we
an not get you to congress or to the
enate right away. You ought to be
here. Each day teaches us how to do
hings better, and Just another year
f this harmonious co-operation will
>ut us in a shape where nobody can
eat us."