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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12
JEROME IS BALkED.
He Is Not Permitted to Attack Truth
of Evelyn Thaw's Story.

New York. March 12-Police Captain
Hodgins. who was in command of the
precinct in which Madison Square
Garden is located. was called as a wit
ness in the Thaw case Monday after
noon.
In answer to Mr.. Caravans questions
he said he saw first Thaw at about II
O'Clock on the morning of June 26. He
went to Thaw's cell with several OH
GERS.
Il asked Thaw if he had any state
roent he wished to make but he did
not answer that heard. I asked him
if he had any lawyer or relatives he
wanted to send for. He said he would
like to send for Longfellow or Della
field or Hornblower. He said he did
not think Hornblower or Choate were
in town"
What other conversation did you
have with Thaw?" asked Mr.. Garvan.
He was in full evening dress and L
told him he was in no place for such
clothes and had better get others He
made no answer"
was Thaw rational or irrational?"
Captain Hodgins caused a decided
stir by his answer:
I'm his actions and answers he was
rational; in appearance he had a
stare and gaze such as he has now as
1 look at him.
On motion of Mr. Delmas the an
swer was stricken out. Mr.. Garvan re-
peated the question.
Il think he was very rational in some
ways" said Captain Hodgins. Again
the answer was stricken out and the
question repeated:
"Tn have to qualify my answers"
said the witness Il believe he was
more rational than irrational"
Once more Mr.. Garvan repeated the
question and Captain Hodgins repeat
ed his last answer.
Mr.. Delmas had no questions to ask
and the witness was excused.
Warren Paxton. superintendent of the
Madison Square Garden, who had tes-
tilted On the states direct case, was
recalled.
AT the time of the tragedy" asked
defendant rational or irrational?"
Rational"
on discrimination Mr.. Delmas
asked:
How long had you known Stanford
White?"
sixteen years"
How often did you see him at the
Three or four times year
Not oftener than that?'
No"
Henry s. Blaise said he thought
Thaw's action and manner on the night
of the shooting were rational. The light
he said ives rather dim and he could
not tell whether Thaw's face was pale
or red, whether his eyes were natural
or bullying.
Myer Cohen. who was also one of the
states witnesses was recalled and said
he thought Thaw's actions We're ra-
ticnal On cross-examination the wit
ness said the light on the garden roof
was very bright. Thaws face was more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12
NEW ORIENT LINE.
Oklahoma, Western VIII Likely Be-
come Part of StiIwen Road.

Lawton. Okla. March 12.-It is I'M
derstood that the surveying corps of
the st. Louis. Springfield & Oklahoma
western Railroad company, which was
recently chartered for SO, 700, 600, VIII
reach this city by the 18th of March
They will run their survey from this
CITY east to Scullin, 1. T. 1t is believed
that the line will be constructed along
the route mapped out by the Lawton,
and will likely be portion of the
"Orient' system. which is heading for
Iawton. Orient officers have already
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12

goods and load cars promptly, and IN
the rush of prosperous business the IN
ability of consignees to secure uIay S ?,
warehouses and to even handle goods
promptly when they arrive has caused
a great deal of the car shortage.
The result is seen in the records OF tne
average movement of cars Last year
the Southern Pacific's cars moved an
average of less than 80 miles per day
This was largely because of the time
the cars stood idle at stations waning
to be loaded or unloaded. The cars act
ualIy in train moved an average over
200 miles per day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12
What Holiday
Stands For:

Holidays official rec
ord has been against the
enforcement of law.
He has always upheld
the interests of the public
service CORPORATE n S
against the people.
He opposed the inves-
tigation of the Fifth ward
sewer.
He has no occupation
and has never been a pro
Queer.
Holiday has said in his
speeches, eff you can't
vote for me vote for
SwendsOn."
Swendson admits that
he can not be nominated.
It lies between Green
and Holiday.
A vote for Swendson is
is a half vote for Holiday.
A vote for Holiday is a
vote for a reckless admin
istration, high taxes and a
wide-open town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12

Of this city. who died in 1903. the or
phans' court has awarded these char
table requests: Protestant Episcopal
church OF the United State. $4,000;
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church of America, $4,000; Methodist
Episcopal church of the United States.
$4,000; Baptist church of the United
States, $4,000; Young Mems Chris
tan association, $4,000; American
Sunday School union, $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12

presented their proposition to the city
council and the chamber of commerce,
and all present indications point to the
building of the line east out of Lawton
into the coal fields of the Indian ter
ritory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12

A vote for Green is a
vote for law enforcement
and a clean, honest, bust
ness-like administration of
the city's affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12

He, today, owns and OPP
crates a large business
which he has built up by
his own industry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12
impartial IS to Churches.

Philadelphia. March I'm adj
Indicating the estate of z. P. Dwight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12
William Green for Mayor
What Green
Stands For:.

Green stands for law en-
forcement. This is proven
both by his public utter
ances and his official acts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12

He has upheld the in
terests of the people as
against corporate greed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-12

He demands a thorough
investigation of the Fifth
ward sewer.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01
MR.. BAILEY'S VINDIOATIoY.

The Hon. Joseph W. Bailey has been vindi-
Gated by the Legislature Of Texas That body
when confronted six weeks ago with the double
duty Of electing and generating the Junior Sen
atOr decided to elect him first and exonerate
him afterward. 1t need not be assumed that the
election prejudged and predetermined the exon
Grafton. But post hoe, prOpter hoo is q pretty
strong concatenation and the fact Of Mr. Bal
Iey's election worked or was worked to effect
more or less precipitate and offhand vindcation
The Junior Senator's new term begins on March
4, and when the Legislatures Investigation
threatened to run into and through March Mr.
Bailey's friends discovered that such a prolonga-
tion would have injurious and distressing conse-
quences. Who could say that President Roose-
welt would not call the Senate together in special
session? And what q plight would Texas and
her greatest living statesman be left in If such
n call were issued? Mr.. Bailey could not take
the oath Of office without a vote Of confidence
from the Legislature. The states representation
in the Senate would then be broken. Its inter
ests would be defended by only a single cham
pion. Its 'scutcheon would be disfigured as never
before in its history.
In great emergencies extraordinary remedies
are justified. The honor Of Texas had to be
saved. and the Legislature took a short cut to
save it, Although the resolution authorizing the
investigation provided that the joint committee
should report its findings and that its report
should ''be accompanied by a correct steno-
graphic report Of all the evidence secured, to-
'gether with the copy Of all documentary evil
"dence offered" the Senate and House, both by
safe maiorities, adopted resolutions ending the
inquiry, exculpating Mr.. Bailey and leaving the
evidence on which he was exculpated TO be pre-
pared and submitted at some more convenient
season.
Mr.. Bailey returns to the Senate, therefore,
with a vote of confidence from the Legislature
OF his state. He has saved his title. The
charges against him have not been substantiated
But does he return to Washington with credit
unimpaired and with fresh claims to recognl-
tion on the party in which he not long ago
seemed destined to become leader Of the first
rank9 Surely Mr.. Bailey's stanchest friends
viii hardly dispute the fact that in his struggle
for vindicatiOn he has failed TO show the quail
tiles Of balance moderation, fOrtltude and pa
thence on which successful leadership is based
He has been unable TO realize that the charges
brought against him were serious and had to be
treated seriously. From the first his attitude
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01
EYEGL1SsES ZOE PoOR PuPILs.

The preliminary discussion by the Board of
Education of Superintendent AIaxwells proposal
to furnish needy pupils with eyeglasses showed
a willingness on the part Of the elementary
schools committee to have the pupils provided
for somehow, but a rather curious unwillingness
to burden the board with the task. The argu-
ment advanced was that at is not advisable for
'the Board of Education to enter upon the elee-
''mOsynary work tending to bring the public
schools within the category Of charitable insti-
"tutiOns" Many board members were much i'm
pressed by the comparison of their department
with that of Public Charities and seemed TO
regard tho coTamittee's warning as we'll timed
and fOrceful.
AS a matter OF fact, the argument not only
OverlOOks some important facts but also avoids
the real issue. The chief fact to which it Is
blind is that of free textbooks. We lind 1t impOS-
sble to draw the distinction between nonchar-
liable appropriations for free books and char
table cash for free eyeglasses. Every argument
making the former a purely commercial trans
action applies with equal force to the latter. In
all our experience with printed things we have
felt that a good retlna and lens are quite as
| essential to reading as printers ink and paper !;
they ali integral parts of the reading process
and no one claim exclusive privileges of
patronage New York City spent In 1905 the
immodest sum of $3S7,G61 96 for free school
books; it has, we believe, no good excuse for
failing to expend few thousand dollars more in
order TO make these books readable TO many suf-
fering little children.
The most convincing demonstration of the
fallacy In the committees argument is to be
found in the generally recognized moral rule
that he who exercises compulslOn over another
thereby incurs responsibilities toward him.
Now, elementary education is obligatory poor
parents must send their children to the public
schools, because even the cheapest private In
struction is far beyond their means If, then,
the city compels their children to pore over
books is not the city responsible for the possible
injuries to eyesight resulting from such cOmpul-
sion? Wherever proof can be adduced that par
ents are unable to buy properly fitted glasses for
their children we conceive that the city Is NOR
alIy-nOt legally-bound to buy them.
The committees argument that the Board Of
Education ought not to undertake the work
strikes US as a side step. Infereptially, the
committee appears to cOnsign the labor TO the
Board OF Health or the Board Of Public Char
tiles. Is this not a technlcality, dragged in to
cover the one sound ObjectiOn-namely, the pow
erty of the Board Of Education? If funds are
dangerously low immediate adoption OF the pro-
posed policy may be inadvisable. But If, as Is
probably the case the board could bear the rela-
lively slight expenses involved, why make two
or three city departments mingle in the wOrk2
AS for the personal suggestion Of Chairman
Stern that "there is little doubt that means will
'be found Of raising the funds without appeal
"ing to the city," we fail to SEQ the losic OF re-
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington, Feb. 2S-President and Mrs Rooss-
welt gave dinner tonight in honor Of the retiring
members of the Cabinet. Secretary Shaw and Sec
retary Hitchcock. The dinner also marked the first
Bryce. Those present were the British Ambas-
sadoT and Mrs. Bryce, Justice and Mrs. McKenna,
the Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw the
Secretary Of the Interior and Mrs. Hitchcock,
Representative and Mrs Augustus Gardner, Rep
resentative and Mrs. LongwOrth. the COmmissary
General and Mrs. Sharpe. Count and Countess Won
Hatzfeldt- rachenbeTg Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nell
Page. Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt, NIr.
and Mrs. c. c. Glover. Miss Kean and Lieutenant
Cyrus r. Miller. Mrs. Roosevelt wore a gown Of
pale blue satin brocade with lace and jewels. The
table in the state dining room was decorated with
cinerarias and viOlets.
The President to-day announced the appointment
Of Amor Smith, jr.. to be surveyor Of customs at
Cincinnati, and thereby greatly relieved a number
of Ohio politicians The surveyOrship was one of
the places that it said might be filed by the
appointment of a Negro named Tyler. 1t is under
stood that post abroad will be given to Tyler.
Senator Hepburn, OF Idaho. called at the White
House to-day with the names of nine candidates
for a vacant 1udgeshp in his state. Il have been
requested by all of them TO present their claims.
said Mr.. Hepburn so TO please them all have
brought them in a bunch But l did not tell the
President that indorsed them aIl-not by a good
deal"
w w Wilson. member OF the Hamilton Club
Of Chicago. called on the President to-day 10 re-
quest that he designate either Secretary Root or
Secretary Taft as "a representative of the admin
istraton to attend the AppomattOx Day dinner the
organization Is to give April 49, The President
told Mr.. Wilson that in all probability both Cab
met officers would be too busy to attend.
Callers at the White House included Secretaries
Taft and Straus. Assistant Secretary Bacon OF the
State Department. Senators Lodge. Spooner. Du
Pont. Hopkins. Patterson. Dryden. Mulkey and
BulkeIey Representatives Kahn. Burton. Camp
bell Cocks Calder. Humphrey. Sperry, Dwight,
Granger. CARRIER. LOngworth, Pollard, Stafford and
Allen; Representatives-elec Denver and Ansberry
OF Ohio. and Dr. T. H. Morgan, OF GlamOrgan,
Wales. who introduced number Of Welsh school
teachers who are making a trip through the coun-
try.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01
REATING TIE DrTCH.

The mining craze reached its apOgee when
an unknown genius organized an army Of three
thousand heroes at Cape Town. with the inten
ton Of sailing to the East Indian isle of Cele
bes and beating the Dutch out of their mines
The South African Napoleon back Of this en-
terprise is evidently wiser than a good part
Of the mine-mad world, for he saw more profit
In selzing mining property than in swapping
mining stocks. In spite OF temporary failure,
be Will yet be rich.
The police Of Cape Town deserve censure for
the inartlstlc way in which they thwarted the
expedition. BY rushing into print prematurely
they have robbed tho world Of a romance be-
side which all the fiction Of our best blood-and-
thunderers would have been as dull as the die
tionary. The doughty three thousand should
have been allowed TO sail against the Indies
with skysals set and daggers drawn. High
diplomatic circles might have been Informed
of the adventure. The Dutch government
would then have had time to build grandstands
around the scene Of future battles. Moving
picture artists magazine writers and pleasure
seekers Of all nations could have assembled
quietly, and the world would have been hap
pier for the pleasant diversion
South Africa IS still primitive and has much
TO learn in the way - encouraging fine arts,
such as flllbustering. That country even falls
to see the cash value Of the art. Think what
the three thousand warriors would have been
worth In dollars and cents to the jamestown
ExDOstiOnl
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01
Abouf People and SoefaI I7cfdenfr

tonight and had additional guests for a raus,~,r
MI. and Mrs. Perry Belmont entertained 4bT.
guests at dinner tonight. and also had additI--S
guests for the music which followed
Mrs Richard Butler was another dinner bo,...
OF the evening. entertaining IN honor Of NIrs Ca
ret A. Hobart.
The Commissioner OF Patents and Mrs An.
were hosts at a dinner tonight IN honor oF ~
Alfred Z. Stearns. principal OF PhIlips-Andov.
Academy. DR.. Stearns dtned informally with ~,
Chinese Minister last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert HinckIey gave a uov.,
musical at their home tonight. The TnIsiciar,
were Count -WiIdenburg. of the Germa~
Embassy staff, who is an accomplished piani-s%
Nine de Blanpre, wife of the naval attaeba !,
the French Embassy. who sang several solos. NJ
de Thai. of the Russian Embassy who Fave -.
eral piano solos; Mrs. ?. Lee Phillips who san.
David kindleberser, a young pianist who say.s
several numbers. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell ana
Miss Harlan, daughter Of Justice Harlan, sau-
while Miss Remey, daughter OF Rear Ad-nrsg
Remey, played violin solos. and LIiss Putnam
daughter of the Librarian OF Congress- gave seysar
piano solos, The guests included the Minister fro,
the Netherlands and Nine. Van Swinderen Cor,
mander and Mime. Hebbinghaus, Mr.. Brun ~,
Danish Minister. and Commander and Mrs. Siun
son.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01
HIGH RATES FoR MONEY.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: High money rates IS a subject under dlss
cussion now. and our fnanciers are somewhat
troubled
We hear much about high rates IN Wan Street
Though during the years 1g01-0 03-'Oi and IS
cess rates were paid there for only 90 days OF
the 1s25. and then the majority OF the city banks
did not charge over, per cent?. but nothing Is
said OF tho ! and per cent prevailing far
years IN the new sections OF our country-Okla-
hOma. etc
When We remember that country has been
developed BY high rate money. should excess rates
be counted Unmixed evil?
A resolution has been offered in Congress direct
ing the Senate Finance Committee % i1vsstsate
and report what legislation is necessary TO pro-
vide a more elastic currency. 50 to prevent
abnormaly high rates OF interest.
II IS stated on good authority that less than
per cent OF our business IS handled by CarrenCy,
so II is rather difficult to how an elastic cur
rency can prevent high money rates.
supply and demand govern the rates tOr money
as absolutely as the price OF comm lities, and
every Kind or money In every part OF tA6 country
must be increased before the question Is fully
solved and IL Will take time 70 bring that condl-
t0n.
The volume Of business has fncreassd faster than
the various kinds OF money could be furnished,
tion, except in the way OF correcting the known
faults or our present financial nlet1odS IS neltEeF
wise necessary + i. LEEORD-
Waverly. y. Y. Feb. %. 1907
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01

lacked frankness. He was disposed to wave
away the transactions IN which he was said TO
have been involved as the slanderous inventions
Of enemies, whom he denounced as socialists and
anarchists, mere plotters against public virtue
and civil order. His explanations Of the trans
actions in question have been confused and he
has been driven from one embarrassing admis-
sion to another as fresh facts have come to
light. It may be conceded that no case of cor
ruption or misuse Of office has been made out
against him. But in view Of his past professions
Of extraordinary virtue and austerity in his
public character his poltico-legal activities have
certainly been marked by astonishing indiscre-
tiOnS
1t i'll becomes a man who has just passed
through the fires of public criticism as Mr.
Bailey has to assume the tone of an aggrieved
hero, who is now in position to mete out ven
geance to his political prosecutors. He talks at
Austin about driving out of public life every
Texas politician who has questioned or opposed
him. He will apply the law of leze-majesty
without mercy. IF l live no one of these men
shall ever hold office in Texas again" Mr.
Bailey is plainly suffering from brain storm. 1t
will do him good to get back TO Washington
where he will find that he stands in quite diff
ferent perspective. He has his "vindication,"
but 1t will be several years before he RECEIVERS
nationally from its after effects.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01

see no reason Tor making It less severe when ap-
piled to Mr. Stevens But every one Of these
reasons and explanations serves TO emphasize
the wisdom Of the recommendation which is said
70 have been made by one Of the shrewdest OBJ
servers, soundest advisers and most successful
administrators this government has ever had at
Panama, Judge Magoon, to the effect that the
work should be confded to the engineers Of the
United States ariny-precisey the course which
is nov being adopted. Their service, at any rate
will not be embarrassed or ended by any Of the
considerations which are said TO have been oper-
ative IN the case Of the late chief engineer.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01
4 MAGyIFICEYT B4TTLEsH!P.

The arrival of the Connecticut in New York
Harbor revealed the fact that the outbreak Of
typhoid fever on that ship had been exaggerated,
but afforded no sure clew to its origin. 1t is
suggested that the malady was contracted not
at any port visited within the last few weeks,
but where the ship was buit. II that hypothe-
sis should be sustained the government would
need TO undertake a reform of the sanitary con-
dltlons existing at the Brooklyn yard.
Through the battleship's unforeseen visit to
New York the public is enabled to learn more
about her fine qualities than would otherwise
have been possible at present. The tests of her
guns IN West Indian waters show that they
are perfect in mounting and equipment Her
engines, though still new, gave her a speed Of
seventeen knots for a continuous voyage of
two thousand miles-a truly notable run-and
brought her to Sandy Hook Mt least half Il day
earlier than had been expected. Finally the
injury received by the Connecticut In Target
Bay, Culebra, proves to have been slight, if not
trivial There Is no necessity for going into dry
dock for repairs. and the awaiting Of orders from
Washington and the business of taking on fresh
stores are apparently the only causes for delay
ing an immediate return to the West Indies.
Captain Swift believes the Connecticut to be
the finest ship in the American navy, and his
enthusiasm is shared by other competent judges.
Both he and the country are to be congratulated
upon the handsome manner in which the hopes
that she excited have been realized.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-01
The SENATE AND MR. sMooT.

To the Editor Of The Trfbuns
Sir; Referring to tho Senaiorial vots whereby
Mr.. Smoot has been carefuut kept IN his seat in
the United States Senate. tespite the clear evi-
deuce of his having taken an oath that IS dia-
metriCaIly opposed to one 10 took when qualify
ins for his seat. and that this must either make
the former perjury. else he viii on occa-
sion give his support ami allegiance against the
government. allow me &c express the opinion that
Will be shared in by Aiilious that witness TINS
lack OF loyalty the people Of their states on the
part OF those Senators who voted to keep Smoos
in to the effect that mis- Lack Of moral loyalty y
GIsO 10 the whole counry and is, In effect sustain
ing a man In taking oath against our govern
ment
\ Senator Is the representative Of the people OF
his state. and whea he sells out TO trusts. buys
his seat or has it bOgght for him on his agree-
ment to support Or protect the interests OF sale
buyer or votes O retain In the Senate man
who IS under solemn oath against the govern
ment ia species Of treasou), even II this man. =
exchange for TIE Senator's vote. agrees 70 49,
tain and proteC! certain monopolistle trusts, tSA
this Senator Is violating his oath OF once. ~
duty to his stap and his duty TO himself and y A'
It seems S,ste time that the Senators should
be elected by the people, for a. preSent ttsS
seem 10 be Increasingly voting against the -
terests OF the people OF their states ana ec~SlS'
To saw nothisg Of their sustaining trusts W.
Southport Conn. Feb. % 1907.