Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-14

man House in New York last night. \
check for $4,000 was received from
Charles r. Murphy as Tammany Halls
contribution to the national campaign
fund. The check arrived late. in the aft
ernoon in the mail and was proudly
looked at by several OF the campaign
managers. The word had been sent ahead
that a check was coming from Mr.. Muir
ply. but no one had suspected il would
be for SO large 4 sum as $4,000.
EAST SIDE APPLAUDS DEBS-
Eugene V. Debs. socialist nominee for
President. made Wlirwind trip through
ernoon. in which he made two brief adj
dresses. one in Hamilton Fish Park and
the other in Rutgers Square.
The crowd which greeted the nominee
was progressively cumulative I'm Hamil-
ton Fish Park five thousand had gathered
when the speaker arrived. and during the
progress of the journey to Rutgers Square
the crowd Increased like a big snow ball
rolling down hill. until the outskirts OF
the throng were far beyond the range of
the speakers voice at the last stopping
place.
POTHIER FOR GOVERNOR
Aram j. Pothier of woonsocket was
finally decided upon as the republican
candidate for Governor of Rhode Island.
The executive committee of the repubh-
can state central committee decided upon
Arthur w. Dennis OF Providence for lieu
tenant governor.
The congressional candidates will be
Representative Adm B. Capron at the
second district convention and William T.
Sheffield of Newport ut the first district
convention. The platform which is under
consideration IS expected TO contain a
plank defending the dual constitutional
amendment which combines the PROPOSE
of veto and the division of the state into
one hundred assembly districts.
DEMOCRATS NEED MONEY
While the official announcement will be
made next Friday of the amount of the
campaign fund of the democratic con-
gressional committee. it was learned yes
terday that the fund Is about $4,000. the
smallest campaign fund that the demo-
Gratis have ever had for use in a con-
gressional election.
The congressional committee decided to
make the fund public in order to pre-
clude the charge that contributions were
being diverted from the democratic ma
tional committee to the congressional con-
mittee, thus to conceal amounts contrib
uted and their source. Only sums above
800 Will be made public.
BENNETT SUCCEEDS DU POINT
Chairman Hitchcock Of the republi-
can national committee announced that
Representative W. S. Bennett, member
of the lower house Of Congress from
one of the districts in New York city,
has been selected as chairman of the
speakers bureau in place of Mr.. du
Pont. who resigned recently.
SAY PRESIDENT OFFERED JOB
That President Roosevelt promised
to make Daniel J. Keefe. a prominent
labor leader. commissioner general of
immigration if he would desert Will
liam J. Bryan and come out in support
OF William II. Taft was the substance
OF an official statement issued yester-
day at the headquarters of the demo-
cratic national committee in New York.
TRENTON HEARS FAIRBANKS-
Charles W. Fairbanks. Vice Pesident
of the United States. was greeted by
a large and enthusiastic audience at
Taylor Opera House in Trenton, n. j.,
last night. when he spoke on the is
sues of the campaign. The meeting was
presided over by John a. Campbell
president of Trenton bank. Mr.. Fair
banksr arrived in the morning and during
his stay was entertained at the home of
United States Senator Briggs.
SHAW AIDS SLEMP-
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie NJ. Shaw invaded the ninth Vir-
ginia district in behalf Of Representa-
tive Slemp. speaking at Wytheville at
noon. Mr.. Shaw devoted most of his
time to a discussion of the tariff and
a defense OF. the record Of the republi-
can party.
HITS BANK GUARANTY
Il am most stfenuously opposed to
the government guarantee of bank de-
posits, as it is a measure unsound in
and fraught with great dan
ger both to the government and the
business of the country
So said Henry Clews of New York in
opening an address delivered last night
before the Baltimore Chapter of the
American Institute of Banking.