Morris tribune., 1905-11-25

to the f1ttest candidate such an organ
ization could compel the regular par
ties to nominate their best men and
/ that it would make dictation by igno-
rant political bosses impossible Mr..
| Clemens suggested that some one of
! great executive ability is the type Of
man to lead this great third party men
tioning John Wanamaker.
Rate Opposing Employees Answered.
A delegation of nineteen railway en-
ployees called at the White House to
make formal protest against the presi-
dents purpose of railwaysrate legisla-
| ton. The men are actively employed
ON various railroads and are members
| Of the various unions, but are not the
executive heads of their organizations.
! The spokesman, a Lake Shore conduct
or named George Huntley, told the
president that the conductors, engi-
neers, f1remen, trainmen and switch
men, whose organizations number
more than 250O00, with 100000 labor
ers hack Of them, were Of the opinion
that rate legislation for the railroads
would hurt the employees. Their po-
sition was summed up in the sentence,
Rate regulation means rate reduction,
and rate reduction means reduction Of
pay" They wanted to know further
why some commission was not to be
authorized to Ak prices on beef, pork,
oil, clothing, eggs, etc.-in fact, every
thing which one has to buy every day
In reply, President Roosevelt said
that most of the complaints had been
against improper discrimination in
rates rather than against high rates, In
some cases being against unduly low
rates. He said he would like to see
authority exercised against overcapi-
talization, believing that the wages
fictitious capital upon which dividends
had to be paid. He intimated that
labor had been misled in its fear of
wage reduction as a result of the rate
regulation. ~
Governor Pennypacker's Afterthoueht.
The calling Of an extra session Of the
Pennsylvania legislature by Governor
Pennypacker four days after the cleo
ton, in which the sovereign people had
repudiated the policies Of the dominant
party machine, for the purpose of ef-
fecting personal registration, treasury
reform, reapportionment, repeal Of
ripper bills, ETC., was generally under
stood to mean the passing Of the old
Quay machine to the junk heap and
the entrance Of Pennypacker into the
reform fold
Petition Against Hide Duties.
A delegation of prominent shoe and
leather manufacturers of Massachu-
setts, headed by Governor Douglas,
called on President Roosevelt to urge
that the duties on hides should be re-
moved. The governor told the presi-
dent that the margin Of profit on
shoes was only or cents per pair
and that unless the cost of materials
could be reduced shoes must soon sell
at much higher prices. The president |
said the petition would receive his care
full consideration, but avoided a gen
eral discussion Of the subject In this |
connection he referred to his informal |
talk with another Massachusetts com
mtttee headed by Henry Whitney and |
denounced Whitney for his pretended |
quotations of the presidents language
In the recent campaign.
Hearst Scores In Contest.
Following the fling of additional
election fraud indictments by the
grand jury at New York the counsel
For Hearst in the contested mayoralty
election scored victory when Justice
Amend ordered the county clerk to
produce the tally sheets before the
board of county canvassers, the, depu-
y clerk having refused to produce
them. Later Hearst's lawyers pre-
pared to make demand for the opening