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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
MITCHELL EXPLAINS.
Senator Tells Why He Wrote That Let-
 ter to Tanner.


 Washington, Feb. 1S.-Representa- tive John N. Williamson of Oregon. who on Saturday last was indicted by the Federal grand jury at Portland, Ore, for alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States of public lands. said today that he should not attend the session of the House of Representa- tives pending his trial of the offense with which he is charged. MT. Will Hanson said he had high ideas of what the House should be and believed 1t would be an affront to his fellow mem bers to appear on the floor while the cloud caused by the charges against him is hanging over him. He der clined to make any statement regard ing his indictment.
 Representative Binger Hermann, MT. Williamson's colleague from Ore gon, who also had been indicted bv the grand jury in connection with the land fraud causes, has been attending sessions of the House since his indict- ment.
 Senator Mitchell said today in refer ence to the published letter alleged to have been sent by the Senator 10 his law partner, Judge Tanner. by the hands of his secretary, II. C. Robert son, Yes, l sent the letter as pub- lished and for the reason I think in Palt "L A0aSI dppSdIS on US face. Af- ter l had been indicted Judge Tanner had been retained by me as my leading attorney for my defense and he had consented to act as such, as his letters in my possession would clearly show.
 Senator Fulton also has consented to act as his assistant in my defense. I was extremely anxious that Tanner should come here for a consultation with Senator Fulton and myself in re- gard to my defense and the purpose of my letter was, as will appear from she letter itself, to induce him to come and bring with him all of our firm books in order that we might be fully advised as to. precisely what entries had been made and by whom made. I supposed l was writing a confidential letter to my retained attorney urging an early consultation with me, his client, and with his associate attorney. Senator Fulton. And for reasons sat- sfactory to me when I wrote the let Ter and now I desired to avoid pub icity in regard to his coming, hence my statement In the letter that it should ne treated as confidential.
 Any other questions that may be iesired of me in reference to this let er or any other matter connected with my case I will be ready to promptly answer when my trial is called. The suggestion in the press dispatches that desired to talk with Tanner in re- gard to his testifying before the grand Jury Is preposterous, as it has been publicly known for some time that the grand jury would adjourn long before Tanner could reach this city"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
MATTER IS CONCLUDED
PRESIDENT REGARDS ARBITRATION
 TREATY AFFAIR CLOSED.
Secretary of state Hay Gives Out state meat that Roosevelt Recognizes Right of Senate to Reject
 Treaties.

Washington, Feb. 13.-President Roosevelt will not present the arbitra- ton treaties, as amended by the Sem ate, to the countries with which they were negotiated In reply to numerous inquiries by representatives of the press at the State Department today, secre- tary Hay made in substance the fol- lowing statement:
 The President regards the matter of the general arbitration treaties as concluded by the action of the Senate on Saturday. He recognizes the right of the Senate to reject a treaty either by a direct vote in that sense, or in- directly by changes which are incom- patible with its spirit and purpose. He considers that with the Senate amend ment the treaties not only cease to be a step forward in the cause of general arbitration. but are really step back ward. and, therefore, he Is unable to present them in this altered form to the countries with which we have been in negotiation
 The arbitration treaties which were amended and ratified by the Senate on today. Each treaty was accompanied by the usual resolution setting forth the action taken by the Senate.
 The vote of 50 to g in favor of the adoption of an amendment to the trea- ties does not give the full strength of the Senate on the question of insisting upon its prerogatives in treaty-making. There were five pairs recorded, but in each case 1t was stated by the Senator announcing his pair that he believed if his pair were present he would vote for the amendment
 There seemed to be lack of infor- nation as to whether general pairs covered the subject of amendment to treaties and on that account a number of Senators refrained from voting. Sem ator Alice. who was'recorded as voting for the amendment. was not present. His name was confused with that of Senator Alger. who was present and voted for the amendment. The pairs recorded were Depew and McEnery, Proctor and Mallory. Clark or Arkansas S1nd Willard, Pettus and Crane, and Simmons and Clapp. Record was made, however, as to the manner these Sem ators would have voted.
 The treaties were received at the White House today and following the usuel procedure. they will be recorded and forwarded to the State Department. They will be sent to the librarian, where, in accordance with the state- ment issued by Secretary Hay they will remain.
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the resolution adopted in the recent Republican conference, expressing practically the same idea. It is stated that this can readily be done. The next step will be the introduction oe the necessary rule in the form of re- solution which will provide that the statehood bill shall be taken from the Committee on Territories and sent di- rect to conference without action by the committe or opportunity for mo" tion to concur in the Senate amend- mentS.
 This activity on the part of those interested In getting the bill throu. Is taken to indicate confidence that the Senate ultimately will yield to the House provisions. In this connection it is understood that the House ia willing to accept the amendment of- fered in the Senate by Mir. Forakar which permits Arizona and New Nor leo to vote separately on the question of statehood. Should either of these territories reject the proposition the provision for one State out of the ter ritories of Arizona and New Mexico would fail, but the union and admis' sion of Oklahoma and the Indian Ter" ritory would be secured
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
STATEHOOD BILL.
Republican House Leaders Will Get It
 Into Conference,


 Into Conference.
 Washington, Feb. 13.-The Republi- can leaders of the House took the first steps today toward getting the state- hood bill into conference. In accord ance with the plan previously decided upon, Delegates Rodey and Mcclure of New Mexico and Oklahoma, respec- lively, began the circulation of a paper among the Republican members for signature. At the head of this paper is the following statement:
 Tn the endeavor of the House to secure the final passage of H. B. 14,- 749 and the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one State and the territories of New Mexico and Ari- zona as one State by conference be- tween the two houses or otherwise, the undersigned members of the House will support the parliamentary pro- cedure deemed necessary for that pur- pose by the Committee on Territories, the Committee on Rules or any Con" ference Committed"
 It Is deemed necessary to secure only the signatures of the thirty-threc Re- publican members who voted against
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
WANTED HER MONEY.
One of the Mesdames HOch Makes De-
 mand on Johann.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-Mrs. EmeIie Fisher Hoch, the latest wife of Johann Hoch, called upon him today to make a demand for her money.
 After Hoch had been brought from a cell into Police Inspector Shippy's off, flee, the wife said
 John. you have got my money and I want 1t. Give 1t back to me If you have any heart at all, for need every cent"
 Unmoved by the earnest plea, Hoch answered: Now. my dear, don't get excited. You will get all your money back and more if you will do the right thing. All of these stories about me are fakes. You leave me alone and you will come out all right. Wait, and we. will talk 1t over later
 The woman did not make any reply and the interview was at an end.
 A special detail of detectives has been set at work in an effort to locate the drug store at which Hoch is sup josed to have purchased the arsenic which the police will endeavor to prove was administered to Mrs. Marie Walker Hoch. The post mortem examination disclosed three grains of arsenic in the woman's stomach.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
sPOONER.s REPORT.
It Denies Presidents Right to Con-
 Strue a Recess.

It Denies Presidents Right to Con-
 Strue n Recess.
 Washington. Dec. 13.-Senator Spooner has prepared a report con" taining the views of the members Of the Senate Committee on the judiciary on the resolution introduced by Senator Tillman asking an opinion on the right of the President to make recess ap- pointments between the adjournment of one session of Congress and the converting of another when the two sessions are merged into each other. The report denies that the President has the right to construe a recess and suggests certain limitations upon the Presidents power to appoint men to office during recess of Congress whose nominations have been sent in and considered but not confirmed at a former session.
 It was the intention of Senator Spooner to submit the report to the Judiciary Committee today but he- cause of the absence of Chairman Platt 1t was not acted upon. The report will not be made public until identified by the Senate.
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when he was introduced. It was about 12:35 when he finished, and an infor- nal reception followed.
 President Roosevelt at the dinner said, In part:
 "As my friend Congressman Sulzer will tell you, in Washington and gen. erally elsewhere. in politics about 90 per cent of the really important worK has nothing political in it. That 30 per cent includes an immense amount of worrying problems of how to get middling decent government; and 1t IS
 part of the creed of all pub lie servants who aspire to be thought decent public servants that when 1t comes to a question of hones- ty there are no party lines. We can afford to differ widely among our selves on the question of the currency, of the tariff and many other subjects; we cannot afford to differ on the elemental question of getting honest and decent service for the public from no matter which party happens to be in power. In our internal affairs the major part of the problem after all is in seeing that the inefficient man Is kept out of ofice. but If he is put in his stay may be as brief as possible. and if he is crooked nothing shall avail. You see our internal policy as a nation is a perfectly simple policy. Now, as regards our external policy, I am glad to see that you have our good friend, the German Ambassador here tonight. l am glad that you invited the repre- sentatives of the various foreign coun- tries and I want to say just a word about the general attitude of our peo- pie in their foreign policy as to what it should be. Fundamentally 1t ought to be based on just about the principle that ought to govern each private, in- dividual citizen dealing with his fel- low on the principle of trying to act squarefy By other nations and of ex- acting square treatment in return.
 And there Is another point besides acting squarely-talk politely.
 A voice: How about the big stick?'')
 ''Yes. and have that too but don't brandish it. Tn private life not only do we object to being wronged but we object almost as much to being insult ed? Isn't that true? Exactly. Now let us apply 1t in public life in the same way. And this applies, gentle men. not only to public men, but to writers for the public press. I do wish that every public man and every public writer could realize the extreme desirability of speaking courteously anu CouSlu6Edlely OI all IOTeIBn na- tions, of all outside powers. To speak discourteously, insultingly, does not do them any harm; it may irritate them and therefore 1t may do us some harm. It Is the mark. or it should be the mark. of strong. self-respecting nation never wantonly to injure the feelings or to infringe upon the rights of any other people. In nation such as ours. a nation where the govern ment is literally a government of the whole people, that it can be carried out only when, as a people. on the stump and in the press we endeavor to speak moderately, fairly. pleasantly of other nations and at the same time remember to keep our navy built up and in good lighting trim"
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
SENATE INDEPENDENT.
DISREGARD OF ADMINISTRATION
 CAUSES MUCH COMMENT.
Runner Has ff That President Will Leave Foreign Policy Altogether In Hands of American
 House of Lords.
z Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building,
 NETa yz-t. a

Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building,
 Washington, Feb. IS.
 The parting of the ways between President Roosevelt and the Senate, marked in the vote on the arbitration treaties and undoubtedly led to the line by Senators Morgan and Money, primarily in behalf of the Southern States, has ever since been an absorb ing topic at the capitol.
 The general question has been what doestt mean when So many conspicu% ous Republican Senators vote against the President?" The common answer upon reflection has been that the Sem ate thus overwhelmingly gave Presi- dent Roosevelt notice that the limit of executive absolutism had been reached.
 The Senate. as heretofore will not stand for abrogation of It's constitu- tional rights as an irresponsible part of the treaty making power of the government Irritation of the majori- ty of Senators because of the admin fstration's action in the Santo Domin- go imbroglio is unmistakabIy plain.
 On the other hand, the administra- tion, accustomed as 1t has been to hav- ing its own way, is extremely pained, not to say a little bit confounded at
 
 in no small degree that it could rally only nine votes and supporters for its will and way.
 The administration, even Republican Senators, are complaining now. has proceeded little bit too independent ly of the Senate and has essayed to sail the ship of State in unknown for eign waters. too regardless of the safe guards which the constitution has made available and compulsory upon 1t in the Senate.
 All kinds of rumors were brought to Senators today from the White House vicinity. One more distinct than others was that the President would throw over all responsibility upon the Senate for. a foreign policy, that he would attempt no more to deal with foreign countries the substance of this is embodied in Secretary Hays state- ment today.
 Other rumors assumed the form of threats from the White House, mainly that the administration would kill the rivers and harbors bill, the public buildings bill and the Omnibus Claims bill unless his we'll understood desire for the naval appropriations bill as it Is shaped in the House is allowed to pass without any of the battleship provisions. R. H, Watkins.
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 out to every man is the ideal we should keep before us. It will be many a long day before we attain to it. and unless we show not only devotion to 1t, but also wisdom and self-re- straint in the exhibition of that devo- ton, we shall defer the time for It's realization still further. In striving Go attain to so muct of 1t as concerns dealing with men of different colors we must remember two things.
 Two Facts.
 Tn the first place, it is true of the colorsd man, as it is true of the white man. that in the long run his fate effort than upon the efforts of any out side friend. Every vicious, venal. or ignorant colored man is an even great CT foe to his own race than to the community as a whole. The colored mans self-respect entities him to do that share in. the political work of the individuai ability and integrity and the position he has won Tor himself; But the prime reaui7
 Laxfness and shiftlessness. these, and above all vice and criminality of every kind, are evils more potent for harm to the black race than all acts of opprss- colored man who fails to condemn crime in another colored man, who 1allS to cooperate Tn all laWtuI ways In bringing colored criminals to jus tice, is the worst enemy of his own people, as we'll as an enemy to all the people. Law-abiding black men should, for the sake of their race. be foremost in relentless and unceasing warfare against law-breaking black men, 1T the standards of private nor aiity and industrial efficiency can be raised. high enough among the black race. then it's future on this continent Is secure. The stability and purity of the home Is vital to the welfare of the black race. as 1t is to the welfare of every race.
 Tn the next place the white man, who, if only he is willing. can help the colOred man more than all other white men put together. is the white man who is his neighbor, North or South Each of us must do his whole duty without fiinching, and if that duty IS national it must bA done in accordance with the principles above laid down. But in endeavoring each to be his brothers keeper 1t is wise to remem- Der that each can normally do most For the brother who is his immediate neighbor. If We are sincere friends of the negro let us each in his own local lty show 1t by his action therein and let us each show it also by upholding she hands of the white man. in what tver locality, who is striving to do Justice to the poor and the helpless. to De shield to those whose need for such a shield is great.
 Where Honor is Due.
 The heartiest acknowledgements are Hue to the ministers, the judges and Jaw officers, the grand juries, the pub lie men, and the great daily newspa- pers In the South. who have recently lone such effective work in leading the crusade against lynching in the &ouths and l am glad to say that dur
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
ENGLAND DISAPPOINTED.
Britains Are Not Uneasy, However, Re-
 sardinm American Attitude.

London, Feb. 13.-The announcement of President Roosevelt's determination to proceed no further with the arbi- tration treaties in consequence of the Senates action in substituting the term treaty" for agreement" is re- ceived with some degree of surprise, but with no evidence of concern in of ficial circles in London.
 Disappointment was expressed at the foreign office today, but officials there said they were confident that a treaty upon which all parties could agree would be signed ultimately. While there is every evidence that officials regret this second failure to secure an arbitration treaty with the United States, the matter is not treated as cause for the slightest uneaslness.
 Great Britain Is on sufficiently good terms with America to dispense with treaty and settle any differences which may arise through the ordinary diplomatic channels until such time as they can mutually agree or President Roosevelt and the United States Sem ate can settle their differences with regard to the proper course of proce- dure." was the view expressed by a high official to the Associated Press today. It Is thoroughly understood that the entire question in dispute lies between President Roosevelt and the Senate and the Senate's disclaimer of unfriendliness toward any power has had a generally good effect.
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PreaIdentIaI NomInn+,or,

Washington. Feb. lS-The President today sent to the Senate the follow 'ng nominations:
 W. G. WhIpple attorney for the East ern District of Arkansas.
 oostmasters:
 Alabama-Lewts J. Lawson, Gree ns- boro.
 Georgia-Wm. H. Marston. Fitzgor- aid
 Kentucky-John H. Rowland. Clover port; Rezin B. Boulden, Millersburg. Louisiana-Henry E. Sweet, Derid- der
 Mississippi-L. Hilton Tubb. Amory; Wm. J Brigham, Tunica.
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DESERVING ADDIcKs.
Change in the Delaware Senatorial Sit
 nation.

Change in the Delaware Senatorial Site
 uataOm.
 Philadelphia. Feb. 13.-A special to The Evening Telegraph from Dover Del, says;
 The senatorial situation took a change late today when 1t was an- nounced on good authority that she eight of the Union Republican assem- blymen will leave J. Edward Addick this evening and cast their votes for T. Coleman Dupont of Wilmington. the millionaire President of the Dup mt Powder Company for Senator. This agreement was reached this morning This will he the outcome of the recent runners tn the subject of break and 1t Will mark the first desertion from the Addicks ranks since the session of 1895.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
Business, Says HOch.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-Johann Hoch made a statement today that his matrimonial ventures were not love affairs.
 T want to correct one impression of me given the public" he said. "All are led to believe that I am a regular Romeo. I am not. did not love any of my wives. I have no use for wo- men, It was purely a business propo- sition with me. When I found they had money then I went after them. When I got 1t I left them. They had no charms for me. I advertised for women over 45. I found they were easier to separate from their money. Flattery was my chief stock in trade. You can win a woman quicker that way than any other"
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lM m,.4a nenlea Renort

Paris, Feb. 1S-The Petit Parisi'nne's St, Petersburg correspondent says that in the course of an interview M . Witte, President of the Committee of Ministers. stated emphatically that he had net been charged with the mis- sion of drawing up a preliminary re- port regarding a convention of peace
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
TURKEY TO WARP

Sublime Porte Is Making Military Pre-
 pRratiOns.
 London, Feb. l4.-Telegrarhing from Sofia, the correspondent of The Times says:
 The rapid progress of Turkish mili- tary preparations attracts attention here. War material is being con- stant4y despatched from Constantino- pie to S%ioaica and Adrianople. Fifty quick fire guns recently arrived at MOnastir. Large supplies of uniforms have been ordered at reserves"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
MONUMENTs URGED.
Roosevelt Wants to Honor Memories
 of Jones and Barry.

of Jones and Barry.
 Washington, Feb. 13.-President Roosevelt, in transmitting to Congress the report of Ambassador Porter con- corning the efforts to locate the re- mains of John Paul Jones. has urged the erection of monuments for both Jones and John Barry. to emphasize the value set by our people on the achievements of the naval commanders in our war of independence.
 The President endorses the work of Ambassador Porter and asks Congress to appropriate the $S5,o0o needed to conduct the search for John Paul Jones's Lody in the abandoned ceme- tery of St. Louis in Paris, where it is believed to have been buried in 1792.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
Lee Magnua ReIennsd.

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 13.-Lee F, Magnus, the 14-year-old boy who re- gently shot and killed Wade B. Ing. a carpenter while the latter was at tempting to choke young Magnus's mother. was today released from the charge of murder on which he had been held on the ground that the killing had been justified.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
Passeh Eirht-Heur Low

Denver, Colo. Feb 1S.-The House in committee of the whole. today pass ed the eight hour bill as agreed upon by the Republican members in caucus. Its provisions apply only to labor em- ployed in actual mining or directly at tending blast furnaces, smelter fur naces, stamp mills and chlorination and cyanide processes, and not to all persons employed in mines. mills and smelters as provided in the original draft
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COLDEST FOR
 MANY YEARS
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the depth of about three inches.
 The river at this point has been rising for the past three days and nav igation is resumed, River men, how ever, thing the present freeze will check the rise.
 The blizzard appears to be general throughout this section of Tennessee and dispatches to The Banner say that there IS great suffering among live stock and the loss will be heavy.