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CRY Of THEFT JUSTLY
RAISED, SAYS COLONEL
Whole Fabric Of Our Govern
ment in Danger, He
Believes.
ISSUE: VOTES VS.. FRAUD
In the "Outlook," the Con-
tributing Editor Again Talks
of the Convention.

The American people arc entitled
to know that the charge Of stealing the
Chicago convention Of 1912 is moro than
campaign recrimination.' says Col
Roosevelt in an editorial called Thou
Shalt Not Steal in the current issue Of
the Outlook. and he proceeds to tell them
Just how mucn more It is. Says the
Colonel:
Seriously and literally. President Taft's
denomination was stolen for him from the
American people and the ratification or re-
lection OF that nominate tion raises the critical
issue whether votes or fraud shall determine
the selection OF American Presidents.
There may have been loose or arbitrary
decisions Of indiv idual contests before, but
this ia the first time 1t must be the last
that a National Committee by conscious
and intentional fraud deliberately trans
forms the minority Of national convention
into majority and thereby substitutes tho
brute mower of n committee OF professional
political bosses for the expressed will OF the
pcople a. a whole
These statements are capable OF mathe.
matical demonstration. More than enough
delegates to make up Mr.. Taft's majority IN
the convention were seated there by con-
tests 40 transparently fraudulent that honest
doubt could not and did not exist in regard
/ 10 them President Taft was renominated
hy a majority of barely twenty -one votes.
and two of these were publicly raped at the
| ,ast moment from Massachusetts. If.there-
fore moro than nineteen or twenty -one OF
his votes were demonstrably fraudulent.
all claim to an honest majority disappears
| The demonstrat ion can he made as TO many
more than this number without touching
on a single honestly dcbatable case
He then considers the cases OF Cali
fornia. Arizona, Washington and Texas.
which he says give him enough votes
! TO wine ont any margin. Three OF these
cases he says, California. Arizona ana
/ Washington, are attacks upon the direct
urinary, since in California the delegates
were elected by direct vote at preferft'al
pr,n,aries and in Arizona and washington
Inc control of the State delegation de-
u,ndad upon which of two rival dele
rut ions were seated from certain count 'es.
SIN. one act elected 10y the Republican
voters at primaries regularly called ana
the other set arbitrarily appointed ny
/ bolting n inoritics of county committees.
"The state committees IN cach case,
hc says, seated the appointed delegates
and The National Committee approved
that action
When he comes to Texas ne says that
the committee reversed lts own ruling.
.In the ito be sure improtRble) event
or Texas going Repuh'ican, m SAYS
tho ano,nalo,s condt, ion will hc pi"senteo
OF ,hr Republican caniida'e tor f"si!ieh,
receiving the votes Of electors whose
credentials had hecn disc~ui"d ny Inc
Republican National committee,
MIR. Roose eyelt says that the change Of
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Of one week ago. to do exactly az tho
Governor desires and many are anxious
to do IL first.
MIR. Ling Of Arizona brought Francis L.
Shine who was a delegate at Baltimore
ard is member Of the notification com
j. McCue of Colorado and MIR. McGraw Of
West Virginia came In the afternoon
Both had long conversations with the
nominee.
II told him that he is sure to carry
Colorado by a fairly comfortable majority;
said Mr.. McCne; there will be no trouble
about that. and furthermore we will elect
a Democratic Legislature. which will
Senators. Mr.. Mc(S,e was strongly in
favor OF having the Western headquarters
established at Denver. which IL hiA home
city. but he said that he would he too
busy TO take active charge, He thought
there was no doubt of William +. Nc
Coinbss election to the chairmanship.
Mr.. Mc(iraw. who also believed that it
would be Mc(ombs, said that II the cleo
ton were held tomorrow West Virginia
Mr.. Goltra from Missouri brought former
Governor David r.. Francis. who was
Champ t'lark's field marshal at Bati-
more. Mr.. Francis went over to Spring
Lake for the night and il is believed that
he will be around tomorrow morning
again.
A visitor of the afternoon was Joseph
r. Gufrey of Pennsylvania. nephew Of Col.
James NJ. Guffey. but his political enemy.
He has defeated his uncle In recent fights.
He said he believed Wilson would carry
Pennsylvania this fall.
John II. McCooey. the Democratic
boss Of Kings county; Congressman John
J. Fitzgerald. Herman A. Metz. Secretary
Of State Edward 1.azansky. James J.
Byrne. George Is. Gallagher. ex-SheriR
p II. Quinn and Spencer Smith came as
the Brooklyn delegation. and they had
a half hall hours inning about bout 2;so & o'GloSk .S.
Governor shook hands very vigorously
and the Brooklyn men congratulated
the nominee with some fervOr Mr.
McCooey declared the nomination had
harmonized all Brooklyn factions. He
said the proper thing TO do was for the
Governor to start Off the national and
State campnign by n rousing speech at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
THE idea seemed 10 please him." eaid
Mr.. McCooey afterwards: he did not
accept in 80 many words. but he thought
it might be good idea" The delegation
departed highly pleased and most enthu-
| siastic.
Major. G. v. Menzics Of Mount Vernon.
Ind. delegate AT large. who put Thomas
Marshall in nomination for the Vice
Presidency. brought Mayor ". NJ. Will
iaMs OF Hlgh Bridge. \. j.. VINO IL an
| old Indiana man. Col. John ]. Martin.
sergeant at -arms Of the National Com
mittee. on his way to Chicago stopped
OIL train long enough to present to the
Governor the gavel he used at baltimore
Col. Martin always does this to a Presi-
dental nominee. MIR. Bryan has received
three and Judge Parker one. W. l..
Wilson and Raleigh Thomas of Baltimore
came to invite the Governor TO stump
Maryland. but got no definite answer
The briefest visit OF the day was made
by Bishop Walters of the African Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. Il just came to
tell you ! am going to support you." he
! said: IL don't want anything and am on
my way out now" He went.
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AMERICANS WERE CELEBRATING.
InvestiGators Make Preliminary Re-
port on Panama Shooting.

WASHINGTON. July li.--Col. Greene
and other officers investigating the cir
cums.ances surrounding the wounding
OF Americans marines and soldiers and
the killing Of ono civilian by Panama
police in a brawl on the night OF July 4.
are still Of the opinion that the police used
their firearms more freely than the sit
uation warranted.
Col. Greene has transmitted to the War
Department preliminary report which
makes it clear that the trouble arose out
Of holiday celebrations on the part Of the
soldiers and marines. He and other
officers with United States Minister Dodge
vii investigate further the question a.
TO whether the use Of flrearms by the
Panama police was justifable.
n. as now seems likely. tho inves H.
gators decide that tho police were not
justifi ed In firing so freely on the Amer
icans. 1t 10 certain Panama will be askecl
to make reparation for tbs icon duct OF
the police. The fact that the Americana
oidiers. marines and civilians alike in.
vo lved in the fight were all unarned
while the Panama police we're all heavily
armed. Ia emphasized in the Washington
view OF the affair "a indicating that lack
Of justification of the free use OF firearms
by the police.
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the thirty votes in the States he me mt oned
two from California. six from ArzOna.
fourteen from Washington and eight from
Texas at large. would have defeated Taft.
They would have reversed all the i'm
portant action of the convention. =" he says
Numerous other cases-as clearly shown
by the minority Of the National Committee
and by the minority of the credentials
committee of the convent ion--were just
as bad. Az ! have said. one Louisiana
case was worse"
The EXPIRES dcnt concludes:
No free people can AFFORD to submit TO
government by theft. II the American peo-
pie are really At for disagreement they
will instantly take up the challenge which
knot OF political conspirators have so In
solently thrown down. Nom resistance to
such treason against popular government
would he almost as reprehensiblc as active
ticipation therein.
Both great moral issue and fundamcn-
tai principle OF self lfgOvernmenta are involved
In the action of the so-called Republican
convention at Chicago: and we cannot sub
init to q at action without being false both
to tho bas" principles of American de-
mocracy and TO that spirit OF righteousness
and honesty which must underlie every
form OF successful government.
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MILITIA PAY BILL REPORTED.
~ Passed u VIII Cost the Govern-
ment About 10000. 1000 a Year.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-The Ilous"
Military Affairs Committee to-day fayora-
hly reported tho militia Pay bill. which is
designed to incrcas" III" efficiency of the
National Guard by compromising the
officers and enlisted men
II il, estimated that the bill will entail
an expenditure Of approximately 81 0oo
OWO n year on the Federal Government
| ni"r its terms enlisted mon "ili ro"ciy"
about So and captains about $500 year.
Th" bin authorizes IN" Secretary of War
to Tx enlistment requirements
The Iav oi IN" guarCisln"n i' hHscd on u
perC"niag" oi IN" sum nov paid To Officers
and enlisted men IN IL" regular army
Ia" maximum pay to enlisted ln"n j. ~ lr
- per cent of the salary al pri>atos in the
regular army and enlisted men are re-
uuircd 10 attend al least twenty drllls u
year.
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Mems Bathing Suits
regularly So and 81
today at $1.85 %",

744 worsted bathing suits, unshrinkable in
quality, though they have shrunk in price.
g Bought Wednesday. Delivered Thursday. On
sale today to reute the tradition that Friday is un
lucky The maker offered them to us at bargain
for other bathing SUITS doubtless the theory that
one GOOD turn deserves another. As bathing suits,
they are premier productions in the three and four
dollar class, and at the remarkable price Of 1885,
they have equal in the archipelago Of good values
g Made Of fine worsted. Correct in cut, capable in
STYLE Quarter sleeves or sleeveless. Plain navy and
black with red or white borders Oxford or light
Sray with plain fancy borders. All Sizes up
to the Pckwickian so. And all bargains measured
by the yardstck Of price and quality.
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FAIR PLAY FOR C. B. Pitt, JR.
Never In Pay Of Police, hut Was at
Raid to Get News.

Charles b. Pitt. Jr.. who recently was
acquitted in the Court OF General Sessions
on a charge of shooting 4 negro NJ a police
raid says he has been injured by reports
that h: was acting as stool pigeon Ior
tho police.
Lieut., Charles Recker. who was in charge
OF the police raiders. says Pitt never was
thnt he attended the raid to obtain infor-
nation 70 bc sold to newspapers and maga-
zines. Mr.. Pitt Is connected with local
news agency and makes n business OF
selling news suggestions 10 newspapers. I.
His tria ON the charge of homicide was u
vindication of his conduct in connection
with the police raid
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HOUSE PASSES CLAYTON BILL.
II Provides Jury Trials In Contempt
Cases-VOte 233 to IL.

WAsHiSGToN. July 1.-THE House to day
passed the Clayton bill. providing jury
trials in contempt cases where the offence
Is not committed in the presence Of the
ourt.
The vote was caa nyes to ~ noes. Minor
ity loader Mann has opposed tho bill vigor-
ously AM, by nlibustering tactics has della yed
a vote. lie hnally yielded to the over
whcming majority to-day and tn" measur"
was passed without debate.
Ibis contempt bill has been urged by
union labor for several years. ndcr IL
Sninucl tiomprrs and other labor leaders,
now under prison s"nicnce for contcn,pt
of court, would br entitled to "A Jury trial.
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T. R. FIGHT IN TAFT'S STATE.
n Roosevelt Electors 20 he Named,
CarAeld Says.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. July li-James R.
Garfield. returning from New York. where
he conferred with Co. Roosevelt. an
to-day that n full list OF Roose-
welt candidates for electors would be put
up in Ohio. y He intimated it was unlikely
that a Roosevelt state or county tickets
would be placed in the field.
Ohio's representation at the convention
OF progressives in Chicago. August s.
will he purely voluntary No steps have
been taken. it is said. to select these dele
gates officially.
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Shop Girls
Need a Rest

What the A. l. G. p. did for one is typical
OF what you can help il do for hundreds Of
others,
u orry over her sick mother and ovrrwork
ns cashier in a restaurant brought this Rirl
to the verge OF nervous proSiration, when
the hot weather came sii" had To unit work
Tho Association sent her to Sea Hrpcze for
two weeks She il now healthy and happy
and again helping to support her widowed
mother home.
The needs OF hundreds Of other. arc Just
NJ
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HARMONY

There is not a richer word In
the English language than Har-
mony--nor a condition more to
be desired In all walks Of life,
social and commercial.
Between men, between com.
muni:ics, between a business
and its clients, harmonious re.
lations constitute the solidest
foundation for mutual coed.
And to those who are not
unfamiliar with the friction
which, too often attends the
conduc; Of building operation
it should be Of interest to know
that, with forty million dollars
worth Of work now under our
control, not a single discordant
note mars the harmonious rcla-
ticns between the Architects,
the Owners and ourselves.
THOMPSON-STARRETT
COMPANY
Building Constructioo
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TAFT TO VETO METAL BILL.
VIII XIII Measure Revising sched-
ule n 1t Comes to Hin.

WASHINGTON, July li,-President Taft
said to-day that he would veto the bill
revising the metalSschedule now pending
in conference committee OF Congress
IL II came to him.
He gave these assurances to certain
callers who had expressed to him some
alarm lest the bill might become a law.
He told them he doubted very much
whether il would ever come out Of con-
ference. but that II it did and came to him
for his signature he would certainly veto it.
The President explained that he had
stated to opponents Of the measure that
he would veto it and there was not the
slightest possibility that anything would
arise to change his expressed disapproval
of it,
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The Hot Wave Is Causing
Much Suffering Among the
Tenement Mothers and t;abics

We appeal for your aid To send th"-"
dW,ilprs of rear tenement, attic ana base
mrnt the sich, the oVrIwork"d, the huTmir
to the scashorr or country tor dav. a
week end "A MccE or a. lUng as their physical
condition d"nnnd-
'ihc co,i Is 80 snail in comparison with
their benefits and your pleasures Will YOU
hrlp now
SIND contributions To Robert Shaw Min :.
turn, Treasurer. Room .li, loi tast END
street.
Assses,isA tK Improving The csadliIsa d tho Pssr
U. ru.toa Cstttng. Pgcsidest.
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andrews SurccssOr IN Tr~nsury be-
pNrtMrnt.

WAsUiNGTON Julv II Secretary
MacNrlgi of tho Treasury issr~d an order
to-day placing the financial bureau. of the
Department lnirr the iur,sdi"t ion oI ASsi i,l -
ant Secretary Robert - lailev,
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the day. He eaid he personally had no
knowledge OF the contributions made to
the Roosevelt fund by tho life insurance
companies. Ghese contributions were
brought out In the life insurance investi.
CATION and included about s5O,oOO from
the New York Life and large contribu-
tions also from the Equitable and the
Mutual.
II never heard Of any insurance con-
tribution Of any sort during the cam
paign." said Mr. Corteyou
Nothing From Morgan.
Mr.. Corte'you testified also that he
knew Of no contribution having been
made directly Ivy J. =. Morgan or any
one In his behalf. He knew nothing of
any contribution having been made by
George ". Perkins. Mr. Perkins ia sup
posed to have made the contribution
for the New York Life in that campaign.
MIR Cortelyou had not heard of any
contribution nv II II Rogers in the 100,
campaign
After the campaign" testified Mr..
Cor clyou. Il heard that Mr. Rogers had
made some contribution How much
to not know"
q. How long after the campaign did you
hear Of the Rogers contribution? A. Oh.
several months cannot say just how long.
Y. Had you ever heard Of contribution
by John ID. Archbo!d? A. No. sir.
The witness testified also that he had
no knowledge Of cont ntributions having been
made by William Rockefeller or Speyer &
Co. Mr.. Cortelyou added that il was
possible that some Of these gentlemen
might have made contributions. but he
was not in a position to recall anything
in part ocular about them
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WAsuiNGro>. July n Ra,ifca,.r,u nj
nov extradition treaty betY:en the pucd
been exchanged ~ the Depart mont vi
state.
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Declares Charges False.

Mr. Cortelyou said he did no. believe
there was word of truth in the report
that sli.IoD.oo0 had becn expended in
clecting Roosevelt in loDi. He knew that
the statement was absolutely false 80 far
a. the National Committee was concerned.
Wore any books and records kept dur
ing that campaign" asked Senator Lea,
a Democrat
-The treasurer kept the ordinary books
OF account said Mr.. Corte,you The
two headquarters also kept whatever
books were necessary. We p-ided our
selves on the system Of accounting
But where ara the evidences of that
business system al this tiIne?' asked
Senator Lea.
MIR. Bliss. the treasurer said the wit
ness. died in the fall OF last year think.
He retired as treasurer Of the committee
shortly before the last national campaign.
He had been treasurer of the committee
for number Of years, Bat the time
he retired ha collected whatever docu-
ments and data and records that had
accumulated during his long series Of
years and IA he informed me destroyed
them.
All the records. vouchers and books
of the campaign of 1904 have been de-
stroyed according to your best informa-
ton and belief" asked Senator Lea.
Yes. sir; think so, replied Mr. Cor.
telyou.
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Tho witness could not recall that tho
steel trust ,or anybody representing il
made any contribution Although he had
no definite knowledge Of any large con-
trihution he acknow lodged that he had
known at the time in n general way that
there were contributions from individuals
ranging from 81 600 to $4,000. Several
Of these contributions as high as $io,000
were from women.
ono OF the committeeman wanted to
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Ia TOuch With Finances

.Rut wouldn't the Chairman Eeep IN
touch with the finances in order to know
the extent TO which he might outline the
campaign" asked one of the committee
men.
"Yes. that is true" said Mr. Cortelyou,
"but that was done by simply knowing
frvm day to day whether tire finances
would warrant any particular action"
Mr.. Cortelyou had never heard Of any
contribution by the beef trust. the coal
trust, the sugar trust or the tobacco
trust The witness did recall an incident
in connect ion with an effort by the tobacco
trust to make a contribution. Mr.. Cor
telyou said that he had issued instruction
that no contribution of any sort should
be received from any tobacco concern
This order had been issued because the
Treasury Department had just made
an important ruling in regard to certain
brands Of Cuban tobacco.
Il believe" said Mr.. Cortelyou. that
some Of the tobacco people came in with
a contribution. and il came to my notice
and | said did not propose to have the
committee in the position OF having
accepted contributions Of any sort from
them"
He thought the amount which the
tobacco people had ohered to contribute
was between $40. 600 and $40, 900.
"Was il returned?" asked Senator Lea.
ut was returned on the spot" said
Mr.. Cortelyou.
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Heard Of Contributions.

q Did YOU subsequently learn that any
of thn'e par,ic, III idc contributions? A.
Yes sir. in tho case of the insurance com
panic' it developed in the Insurance in
ves ,iga,ion thu. certain companies had
contributed have never prr'endci -
understand fully the matter Of tnr so-rolle |
Hartman fund. Whatever happened in
tha; raSe hapnc"ei while ! wd~ in Chicago
at the very cad of the campaign closing
ny the affairs Of The Chicago has 4 iiurrtcrs
The New York state committee. think.
had applied for funds and had declined
To give any more. feeling tha, what had
already becn allotted was am?l". Further
more. did not wish TO give any funds
To State committees "A, the very end of tn"
campaign. which rule W. absolutely i"cl
up to-
on my return from Chicago. and think
shortly after the end ot IN" campaign.
heard some rumors as To n fund having been
raised for use in New ork state but |
was NOT only very busy closin. up cam
pai.:n matters but also was thoroughly
tired. and shortly after that | came 20 Wash
ington and recall having heard nothing
further of It,
As to the individuals YOU speak of. the
several names there am merely of course
giving my recollection. do not recall
the individual names OF contributors.
Mr.. Cortelvou doubted whether he had
known at anv time more than twelve or
fifteen contributors to the fund. There
was lis, of 400 known contributors
and probably 900 or H. .0'n contributors
altogether. many having sent in money
anonymously.
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Describes Methods.

He described in detail the Republican
method of collecting a campaign fund
The money was gathered. he said. by a
force of from 100 10 500 persons. Bureaus
were maintained n New York. Boston,
Philadelphia. Chicago. Pittsburg, San
Francisco and other points The work
of this entire organization was under
direction of Mr Bliss. treasurer Of the
National Committee. Subscription books
were issued TO the solicitors in the different
cities At the beginning NJ. Corte!you
said. they had laid down certain rules
for financing the campaign No contri-
buttons werr to be received which cntailed
any pledge or promise. In the different
cities the work of obtaining contributions
was entrusted to respectable, high class
business men No special instruct ions
were given them. as II was assumed that
their characters alone would inslr" "a
decent, stra ghtforward. honest conduct.
Mr. Cortelyou could not recall dny ": the
large contributions.
Il had practically nothing 10 do. sad
he, with the matter of collecting. That
was entirely und,,' III" supervision OF ~"
treasurer of the committee. ! know that
the popular idea il that tho chairman of
the committee spent his time running
around and collecting funds, hn, that
was not so.
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Helped state Com mittees.

Mr.. Cortelyou testified that the National
Committee gave the State committees
funds in States whore the fight was IN .
hottest. Between se0o.oo1 and 500. .G1
was advanced to- State committees. About
500. .oN was spen: for literary work and
advertising. $3.50 on account of the
speakers bureau, Sl0). 40 for litnographs
and $4,000 for maintaining h"adl luar
tors.
Inc only contribution solicited by
Chairman Cortelyou personally was from
| Andrew Carnegie who Responded with
$1,000.
"Mr Carnegie" said MIR Cortelyou.
wrote me that We were conducting the
| campaign on n high plane and that Wa
would have difficulty in securing funds.
| and as he had retired from active bust
ness and | was interested in the success
of the Republican ticket ! told him We
! would bc glad to receive contributions
1 in such cases because they brought no
sort Of embarrassment or obligation.
Mr.. Cortelyou could not recall that
| Thomas r. Ryan. Judge Gary, W. f..
Corey or others connected with large
| industrial enterprises had contributed.
One of the Democrats on the committee
| wanted to>know if there had been any
trouble III financing the Roosevelt cam
paign. Mr.. Cortelyou said that toward
| the middle OF tho campaign funds came in
| a little slowly, but he couldn't say there
was ANY material trouble" MIR. Cor
| telyou gave his former chief, Col. Roose-
welt. clean bill Of health.
Every statement that he has made
regard ing the conduct Of that campaign
is absolut ely true" said MIR Cortelyou.