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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-09-22
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Opposition majority, 40.
A Covenant Of Treason,


Toronto, Ont, Sept. 22.-The Mail
and Empire .(Conservative) says to.
day: The Knox Fielding pact has re.
ceived Its quietus. That. menace to
Canada's Independence. that troubler
Of our politics for the last eight
months, has been dealt with by the
sovereign people in q fashion that
makes a man feel prouder than ever
To be a fellow citizen Of the great
majority. who yesterday tore into tat
ters the covenant OF treason our min
listers concluded with the President Of
the United States
Do Not Like Uncle Sam.
The Globe (Liberal) says: 1.-THE
government Of Sir Wilfrid Laurie,
goes out Of power on great issue. Be
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-09-22
THE CONVENTION.

I'VE SSNW 6N y tOBVs
For the Las Vegas conven-
ton to be held on the 2Sth day
of September A. D., 1911, the
railroads have announced a
rate of one fare and one fifth
for the round trip. The Den
yer & Rio Grande r. r. Co.
has announced q rate of one
fare for the round trip. The
agents are beginning to receive
their orders, Agent Lutv hav.
ing received his orders today.
II In any locality in New Mex
leo the agents are not aware Of
the rates and parties interested
will wire to the secretary Of the
Republican state committee
the matter win be taken up In
time to arrange rates for all 4
concerned. The return trip
Is being made October 5th.
: 5 s $ 5 SIS s S S S s s S
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-09-22
WALL STREET. HAS
EXCITING DAY
In Fact the Scene the First
Half Hour, Was Almost
Unprecedented.
UNLOADING STEEL STOCKS
Defeat of Reciprocity Hurt Mar
ket But Railroad List
Was Firm.

tBy Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
New York, Sept. PA scene un.
precedented on the stock exchange
since the famous Northern Pacific
corner was enacted during the first
thirty minutes of trading today.
U. s. Steel common dropped from
IS IL, the close last night to SO Ia,
the lowest in many years, under sales
aggregating 100000 shares. A single
transaction disposed of $4,000 shares
i'll a lump. The selling was the result
of continued fears that the reports
from Washington that the steel cor
poration could not continue in it's pres
ent form and would have to dissolve
were true. A recovery followed.
There was fairly heavy selling ir
steel preferred, 1000 shares being sold
at 103 1-2, loss of Q IL points.
Steel Officials Silent.
Representative of the United States
Steel Corporation continued silent, II
regard to the various reports Of vol
untary dissolution of the corporation
1t was the general belief, however
that the corporation had received in
timation from the federal government
that it could not continue in its pres
ent form.
Railroad List Firm.
Brokers on the stock exchange fool
said they could not recall more ex
traordinary market than that which
was witnessed in the first half hour
Under the tremendous pressure o1
steel, the railroad list held remark
ably firm. The railroad stocks mos
affected were those which had beer
purchased in anticipation of victory
for Canadian reciprocity.
New York, Sept. 22.-The marke
closed heavy.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-09-22
TAFT NAMES SUPREME
JUDGE OF PANAMA.

William H. Jackson, in Charge of a
Minor Court on Isthmus, Is
Given the Plum.
(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican
Peoria. ILL.,, Sept. 22.-From his pri.
vate car here, Taft today annAnced
the appointment of William H. Jack.
son, now Judge of minor court in the
Panama Canal Zone, to be Judge OF
the supreme court Of Panama.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-09-22
UMPIRE JACK SHERIDAN
GIVEN CUP ON Retirement.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican,
Chicago, ILL.,. Sept. 22.-Jack Shert
dan. dean OF the American League
umpiring staff, resigned today. He
was given medal Of honor by the
League.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-09-22
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MEETING OF THE STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

s. VeNIHAk COMMITTEES.
s A call for the meeting Of the
s members Of the State Central
S committee is hereby made to
s meet at Las Vegas, New Mexi-
s co, on Wednesday 9th at: 2
s p. M. at the Duncan Opera
S House to discuss such questions
S as may come before the said
S committee and make such rec
Seommendations to the state con.
s vention as may be deemed
S proper.
s II. o. BURSUM,
s JOSE D. sENA, President.
S Secretary.
3, s x,x s. s. So s SIS xxx 4
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-09-22

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BOY scouTs ATTENTION.
s Tomorrow forenoon ct ten
o'clock. an important business
5 meeting will be held at the
Boy Scouts rooms. After the !.
! transaction Of the business, 4
{ drill will be had. AL Boy
! Scouts are urged to attend.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
TWO JURORS ADDED
IN M'NAMARA CASE
Court Announces that Word
Hang" Is Objectionable.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. a.-Two pros
pective jurors were added to the seven
already waiting peremptory challenges in
the Mcnamara case to-day, one talesman
was examined. and decision on the de-
fense's challenge was reserved, a private
detective was called into the proceedings
as a witness, and a force of deputy
sheriffs was sent scurrying through the
county to bring In a new panel of forty
men. Although only half a days ses-
sion was held, things moved forward
with a rush.
Accusation on the part of the State that
the defense was trying to get outside the
merits Of the case and put unionism on
trial instead of the defendants called
forth a rebuke by Judge BordwelI.
The new men placed with other tenn
porary jurors are: Frank Frakes, farm
er, of Elizabeth Lake, passed by both
State and defense; George w. Johnson,
a retired molder and builder, OF North
Pasadena, challenged by the defense, was
retained by judicial order. and passed
by the State. During the examination of
Frakes District Attorney Horton at
tempting to md cause for challenge,
asked:
Would you hang a man on circum-
stantial evidence?'
In sustaining an objection by the de-
fense, Judge Bordwell suggested that
some phrase be substituted for hang"
IT don't like that word said the court
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
The Great Unknown.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The Vice President of the United
States walked through the lobby of the
Waldorf and only two persons recognized
him. One was a reporter who had seen
his picture in some newspaper, and the
other a Cleveland man, who wanted to
introduce his wife, but had forgotten
whether the Vice Presidents name was
James S. Fairbanks of Charles w. Sher-
man. He probably had an idea 1t might
be Adlai Stevenson or John A. Logan,
or perhaps Allen G. Morton or Levi
Thurman. After the campaign in which
his picture appears on the banners and
buttons, the Vice President lapses into
obscurity, only to emerge now and then
to lay a corner stone or drink buttermiIk
at a Hoosier picnic. He is a political
wrath, his ghostly presence ever near,
lowering over the White House, but in
visible to the public eye.
Yet an accident or a stroke of disease
might in a day raise this negligible Off
ciaI to the highest elective Office on
earth. This is one of the strangest things
in our political system-that we devote
so much attention to the choice of a
President and so little to the selection of
a Vice President, who stands next in sue
cesSiOn.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
Profit in the Postal Service.

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
every reason to be proud of the fact
that the postal service was operated al
a profit of more than 100000 during
the last fiscal year In two years a def
icit of SI7.ooo,ooo has been entirely
overcome. 1t is the first year since 1885
wherein the government has not ex-
berienced a loss in its operation of the
Post-office Department
The splendid showing which has beer
accomplished by businesslike conduct
of the department must pave the way
to larger advantages for the people
Penny postage and a parcel post are
now possible.
The country does not demand that
the postal service shall be a money
making branch of the government. 1t
merely asks that there shall be econom-
ical but effective administration, and
that every possible enlargement of bene-
, fits shall be accorded that is consistent
with wise expenditure
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
DEPLOREs CIVIC CONDITION.
Atlantic City Daily Makes Charges
Against Administration.

From the Atlantic City Review.
Atlantic City has been subjugated by
fear. She has been cowed by towards.
She has been coerced by thieves. She
has been shackled by crooks. She has
been dominated by thugs. She has been
ruled by graft. She has been governed
by misgovernment
Is it any wonder Atlantic City has been
afraid? Is it any wonder many of At
lantic City's best citizens have feared to
stand up and be brave, defy crookedness,
take the gaff, and fight?
And yet Atlantic City is not at fault.
First, it may be said with truth and
emphasis, the people of Atlantic City are
not to blame primarily for their misgov-
ernment theoretically, the municipality
has been conducted on democratic lines
In reality, however, it has been ruled by
a plutocracy in the interest of pelf and
self
Former Gov. John Franklin Fort once
said that the matter with Atlantic City
was that 1t encouraged conditions that
produced a "saturnalia OF crime" The
then governor was wrong. Other distin-
Guished civic experts have compared the
troubles of Atlantic City to those of
Philadelphia, and have attributed them
to the same cause-a city corrupt and
cOntented.' or, better STILL corrupt and
delighted" But 1t is not so. The matter
with Atlantic City is a deep-seated dis
ease, from which the body politic-the
PubliC-is suffering, not one which it has
willingly brought upon itself.
The people have begun to realize it to
the full. They want to be rid Of the pol
son and the poisoners. The antidote for
the poison, they know, Is at hand in the
ballot box. The prescription for taking
the medicine effectively has been pre-
pared by the legislative pharmacists un-
der the direction of DR.. Wilson. It will
prove effective if taken according to di-
rections.
And If the political poison becomes a
drug on the market, then the men who
deal in it must go out of business. Not
only that, but if justice is done they
will be placed behind the bars, where
they will be restrained from trying to
continue their nefarious practice, and
where they will be punished for their
past misdeeds.
Is it worth the price? Is the fight
worth engaging in? Should intimidation
ntimidation-make the
brave fearful of consequences? Shall the
guilty be made to pay the penalty for
their wrongdoing? Answer these inter
rogations right, and then, but not until
then, when the question is propounded,
What's the matter with Atlantic City?'
will it be possible to truthfully reply
with loud shouting, She's all right"
Think it over.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
international Agriculture.

From the New York Evening Post.
1t was reported a year ago that David
Lurbin, founder of the International In
stitute of Agriculture, of which Italy was
the initial patron, did not expect his span
of life to continue more than twelve
months longer, but now he is back in
Washington, following the international
conference with apparently none of his
natural enthusiasm or Yigor abated.
Forty-six nations now constitute its mem
bership. and 1t would seem as though
this was fruitage for the labor of twenty
years that ought to be reasonably salts
factory even to the father of the compre-
hensive enterprise. But he is still think
ing more of the few that ARE out on
the hills away than of the many safely
within the fold. He is now laboring to
bring into cooperation Russia and France
which have thus far continued offish to-
ward the American system Of reporting
growing crops by means Of "a single
numerical statement" on the basis of one
hundred.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01

In the presence of Representatives
Hamlin, of Missouri, and Dent, Of Ala
bama, members OF the House Subcom-
mittee on Expenditures in the State
Department, former Secretary of State
John w. Foster yesterday made a de-
tailed statement of his connection with
the payment by this government, out of
the Boxer indemnity fund, of S36S, 900,
in settlement OF an old claim presented
by the heirs of Gen. F. T. Ward.
Mr.. Foster was attorney for the
claimants. He admitted that he was the
only man that could have obtained the
settlement, but averred that the claim
was just and should have been paid long
ago. He succeeded, he said, through
the personal influence he was able to
exert at Pekin. For his services he re-
ceIved half Of the award.
After the former Secretary of State
had concluded his statement, Representa-
tive Dent remarked that so far as he was
concerned there was nothing more to
the investigation" Mr. Foster smiled
and replied that II Chairman Hamlin
had been IN possession of the facts "he
tion. But" Mr.. Foster added, some gen.
tlemen who thought they knew a great
deal about 1t seem to have had his ear.
And I am not entirely satisfied yet,
remarked Mr.. Hamlin-
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER /, 1911
Is Taft's Trip a Failure I?

1t is unfortunate for the President
that his speech at the luncheon of the
Hamilton Club, in Chicago, will be &C
cepted by many as an admission that his
party is on the verge of defeat. . He
hopes that the Democratic victory of
last year was only temporary chastise-
ment, but adds that if the people want
a change he will loyalty support the new
administration until the Republican party
is again placed in power.
Qualified as this outlook is by the
expression of increased faith in Repub-
lican principles, the impression is never
theless left upon the casual reader that
the President is entering upon the CAM
paign for his reelection with a feeling
of insecurity The speech illustrates his
temperament. He is more of a judge
than a politician. Such speech could
not have been uttered, for instance, by
Theodore Roosevelt He would have
faunted the banner of victory in the
face Of his foes, even if he knew that it
was soon to be trailing in the dust. He
would not have conceded for moment
that there was even a possibility Of
Democratic success He would have in
fused confidence throughout his party
by positive declaration and shouted de-
fance TO the last ditch
But Mr.. Taft, seeing a crisis, knowing
that there is large and influential de-
fection in his own party, and, above all,
having had occasion to judge the senti-
ment throughout the country during an
unusually lengthy trip, voices his fear
of defeat at the polls. 1t is character
iStically honest, but, from purely Re-
publican point of view, neither necessary
nor wise.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
HUNTING SEASON
OPENSEARLYTO-DAY
Police Will Strictly Enforce
Law in District.

At the Eleventh precinct, located IN the
center Of the Districts hunting grounds,
1t was reported that twelve ambitious
Nimrods had obtained permits to shoot
rabbits when the game season opens to-
day. Only these twelve, all of whom own
property in the District, will be allowed
to open the season to-day, though many
WashIngtonians will wander over tho
border line OF Maryland and Virginia and
bang away to thei- hearts content.
BY order Of Maj. Sylvester. the police
of WashIngton-and of the Eleventh pre-
cinCt in particular-will strictly enforce
the District laws anent hunting. The
opening OF the season to-day will mean
that every man found with a shotgun
and no license will have to do some rapid
explaining or 60 to the police station, ,
In the other precincts, notably the
Ninth, Tenth, Fifth, and Twelfth. it
was reported that there had been no
applications for licenses. In the four
precincts mentioned-all of which are
on the outskirts of the city-it was
stated that requests for licenses would
probably not come in rapidly before the
middle Of the month.
From the counties in Maryland and
Virginia, where the season opens to-
day, advance reports indicate that rab-
bits, squirrels, and quail are unusually
plentiful this year. Livery stable deal
ers said last night that they had re-
ceived large numbers Of advance or
ders for teams for early morning hunt
ing parties.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
China's New Constitution.

With simplicity that would be
humorous if it were not tragic, the boy
Emperor of China admits that he has
been the victim of his advisers. They
have taken the public money for them
selves; they have been embezzlers in
stead of reformers; they have done
nothing for the public good.
And so, with the stability of his throne
menaced by an advancing and victorious
army and with revolution rife in large
portion of his empire, the Emperor
humbly grants full constitutional gov
ernment to his subjects, and hopes that
the future, now so dark, will become
brighter. What will be the next step
is largely a matter of suppoSition. Dr.
Sun, the leader of the revolutionists and
a man who has had Occidental training,
has asserted that he will not demand
the complete overthrow of the dynasty
if the reforms which are so eagerly de-
sired can be secured. Many of his COL
leagues, however, do not share this
view, and are insistent upon a complete
republican form of government Much
will depend also upon the good faith
shown by the Manchu rulers in re-
deeming the promise which has been
made to the people.
1t does not require profound lnowl-
edge to realize that the Chinese people,
as whole, are not fitted for self-gov-
.ernmente AS it is safe to assume, how
lver, that the new system, whatever it
turn out to be, cannot be any worse
the stupid and corrupt one which
n replace, we may look with a
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
Chicneo,s Civic Federation.

From the Chicago Record-H Herald.
The thoughtful report just issued by
Chicago's Civic Federation, of which H.
NJ. Byllesby is president, merits the at
tention of all good citizens, and the
federation's plan for future activities
promises much in the way of general
betterment, The federation will keep up
its efforts for tax reform; it will start
work on a corrupt practices act; 1t will
take steps for the facilitation Of i'm
peachment proceedings, and it will urge
the elimination of the strain Of brutal
ity which has crept into the modern
struggle-whether 1t be the brutality Of
wealth" or the brutality of labor lead
ers, demagogues, and unprincipled poll
ticians." The need of an organization
like the Civic Federation grows with the
complexity and stress Of present-day life.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
Abolishing State Lines.

The decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the railroad safety
appliance case portends a curtailment of
the powers of State railroad commits
sions, if not their abolition. In this
case the Southern Railway failed to COM
ply with certain provisions of the law,
but claimed that it was not liable, mas
much as the statute is a Federal one,
and the faulty equipment which was
made the basis of litigation was oper-
ated between points within the boun-
daries of the State of Alabama
The Supreme Court, however, has
decided that this is not valid defense,
and makes the law applicable to any road
which extends from one State to an
other, even if the particular offense
occurs within State boundaries. This
means, if it means anything, that the
interstate commerce law is upheld in
its widest possible significance The
word interstate" is given a broad inter-
probation, which is certain to create
antagonism from time to time with State
authorities.
1t would not be surprising, in view of
this attitude of the court, if the Mime
sofa case, in which the jurisdiction of a
State commission is in conflict with
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
should be decided against the conten-
ton of the State, even though the gov
ernors file their threatened protest
against the enlargement of Federal
power.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
LOCATES NEW INDUSTRIES.
b. & o. Has Arranged for ga
New Concerns.


A notable feature Of the annual report
CT the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pasy, issued recently, has to do with the
location Of new industries along the lines
of the company. AS a result of the ef-
forts in this direction, 224 new industries,
manufacturing and commercial, were 10
Gated on or Immediately adjacent to the
lines during the year, from which 1t is
estimated that the company should ulti-
mately derive freight revenue of moro
than $1,OO00OO per annum. Side tracks
have been constructed to 135 Of these
plants. The latest results in scientific
agriculture have been presented to farm
ers on special educational trains by
demonstrators and lecturers from the
experiment stations Of the various States
served by system lines.
The report embodies a comprehensive
resume of the extensive betterments to
road undertaken and additional equip
ment acquired. In this connection the
president says:
In pursuance Of the purpose Of your
board, referred to in the last annual re-
port, in the issuance of $5O,O00,000 three
year gold secured notes, due June l, 1913,
to provide necessary facilities to meet
the demapds of general business, and
particularly the increasing Industrial de-
Yelopment upon your lines of railway,
large additions were made during the
year to your locomotive and car equip
ment, and the extensive addition and
betterment work undertaken at various
points was vigorously prosecuted"
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
EARNED BIG FEE THROUGH
HIS INFLUENCE AT PEKIN
Ex-Secretary Foster Explains His Connection with
PAYMENT of Ward Claim.

"I do not ask your opinion" Mr.. Foster
rejoined. $3.50 A. ,-,,.,.,-
cation because It appeared that after
the Chinese government had repeatedly
refused TO settle the claim which orig
mated upon the death in 1862 OF Gen.
F. T. Ward, an American, commanding
the lever victorious army Wnlch hau
been largely instrumental IN putting
down the Tai Ping rebellion, Secretary
Aay had authorized the payment OF
prIncipaI and interest out of the Boxer
Indemnity fund of 1900. 1t was ex-
blamed yesterday by Mr.. Foster that
1pon the request of the Chinese govern
nent, the protocol providing for the
nayrnent Of the Boxer indemnity had
been so amended as to cover the ward
claim as we'll. The former Secretary
of State laid before the committee all
the documents bearing on the case IN,
Guiding a letter to him from United
States Minister Conger at Peking.
Mr.. Foster acknowledged his indeot-
edness to LANG Cheng, a personal friend
and later Minister to the United States'
who urged upon Prince Ching favorable
action on the claim.
Then you are the only man VINO
could have secured the payment OF :h-s
claim?'' suggested Chairman Hamlin-
That has been said" Mr.. Foster re-
turned, but it is not for me TO say
IT.
Mr.. Foster denied there had been any
improperly in the whole matter.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01

degree of confidence into the future of
the new regime in China. The Chinese
are used to being minutely regulated
by their government, and, despite occa-
sional outbreaks, are of an orderly and
peaceful disposition. There is good rea-
son to believe that the new leaders will
be able to guide the masses safely
through the great change that is in
volved in the granting of the constitu-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-01
POLITICAL NEWS
AND COMMENT
To Fight Taft In Ohio

The dinner to Senator Clapp, of Min
nesota, next Friday will be the formal
opening Of the anti-Taft campaign of
the progressives in Ohio and the launch
ing Of the boom for La Toilette. Mr..
CiaPp has outlined why the radical Re-
puolicans of that State should organize
into an effective political party to de-
feat President Taft. He says that he
proposes to strike straight from the
shoulder so that there can be no mis-
understanding as to what he says. Mr.
Lenroot, Of Wisconsin, one of the lead
ing progressives in Congress, is to par
ticipate in organizing the State for La
Toilette