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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09

the California Petroleum company,
George G. Henry of Solomon & Co,
New York bankers, was certified to
the speaker of the house today for
contempt. The full banking and cur
rency committee voted unanimously
for that action.
Speaker Clark will review the case
and determine whether he will certi-
fy the record to the district attorney
inal prosecution.
The case threatens to involve the
ultimate question of the money trust
committees authority to inquire into
the affairs of national banks. which
probably will be taken to the su-
preme court. Opinions on the sub
jec., among the governments legal ex-
perts and the department of justice,
differ.
BANK GROWS RAPIDLY.
George F. Baker of the First Ma
tional bank, New York, testified be-
fore the money trust committee today.
He presented a calm and dignified ap-
pearance and ruddy face and white
side whiskers, a type OF the old-fasn-
iOned business man. He testified in
1874 the capital of the First National
was 100000, and was increased in
1901 TO 10,O00, 900 by dividend Of
Ss,500,000. A surplus Of SI1.5O0. .OOG
was left after that dividend lie went
Of er the yearly dividends since then
showing they ranged from 20 10 l2f
per cent. The last four years digi
dends Of 226 per cent bad been paid
In 1908, beside the regular dividend oi
81 per cent, an extra dividend Of i0C
per cent was declared for organizing
the First Security company to do bust
ness not authorized By the nationa
bank act He said the COMPANY diC
I little business in stocks.
I Baker, who was referred to as the
''bigges, man in Wall street sincs
Z Morgan retired from active business.
I told the committee that the First Sc
curities company, which hods stocks
/ in various banks in the coun r., wa,
( organized to do business which the
I federal bank act forbade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
FEDERAL OFFICIALS FOR
RESTORING OF CANTEEN

Washington, Jan. 9.-Favoring res
toration Of the army canteen, Secre-
tary Stimson, Surgeon General Torn
ey, Brigadier General witherspoon and
Representative Bartholdt appeared to-
day before the house military affairs
committee TO urge Bsrtholdt's bill for
that purpose. Stimson said without
the canteen conditions were worse
than when the sale Of beer and light
wines was allowed at army posts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
CONGRESS- CLERK
DEATHAM!YSTERY

New York, Jan. &C. L. Swords,
folding clerk in the house of represen-
tatives at Washington, missing since
Dec. 81, was found dead at midnight
in a squalid room of lodging house.
He was dressed ~ good clothes and
was sitting upright in a chair when
found by an employe. A physician re-
ported death probably due to heart
failure" but the police will investi-
gate. He was 40 and was born at
Vicksburg, Miss. He leaves a widow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
S24O, 900 BONDS FOR TWO
CONSPlRATORS RAISED

San Francisco. Jan. 9.--Bail bonds
in the sum of $4,000 for the release
OF TvietmOe and Clsacy. convicted
dynamite conspirators, was accepted
today.
The bonds will be forwarded TO
Leavenworth. where they will be
signed by Tyietmoe and Clancy before
they are submitted TO Judge Ander.
son, who tried the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Ask s6e 600. 600 for Rivers.

New Orleans, Jan. Am annual
congressional appropriation of $685.
100000 for a period OF 10 years, or a
total of S69O.OOO,OO0, was argued by
resolutions adopted here yesterday at
the national flood prevention and riv-
er regulation conference" Resolutions
adopted before the close of the final
session yesterday ihdorsed the New
lands-Bartholdt river regulation bill
now pending in congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Three Die of Cold.

Denver, Jan. 9.-Three deaths in
Colorado are attributed directly or in
directly to the recent cold wave. Mrs.
Mary Dingley, aged rs, was found froz-
en- in her bed at Georgetown. Mrs.
Clara A. Greed, aged 72, of Fort Col
Iins, died from a stroke of apoplexy
brought on by suffering from the in
tense cold. George Rule, a farmer,
south of Pueblo, was frozen after be-
ing rendered helpless by having his
legs broken in a fall from a bridge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
NUMBER REFORMS URGED
BY WISCONSIN GOVERNOR

Madison, Wis, Jan. 9.-The message
to the legislature today of Governor
McGovern recommended simplifica-
ton of the income tax, a more tiexi-
BILE woman's and children's labor law,
taxation of mineral deposits under
ground, mothers pensions, minimum
wage for women, blue sky law, 'vot-
ing by mall for citizens out of home
precincts, and approval of a state bud
get, the first in Wisconsin's history.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Wants Reed smoot Elected.

New York, Jan. 9.-The executive
board of the National Congress OF
Mothers decided yesterday to ask the
United States senate to reopen the in,
vestigation of the right of Senator
Reed Smoot of Utah TO his seat in that
body. The congress Of mothers, with
the Women's Christian Temperance
uiiion, was largely instrumental in
bringing about the Smoot inquiry star,
eI in 1906.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
ERDMAN ACT FOR
FIREMEN DISPUTE

New York, Jan 9.-Firemen On so
eastern railroads agreed with the rail-
road managers today to ask Judge
Martin Knapp of the United S ates
court of commerce and United States
Commissioner of Labor Neil TO med
late under the Erdman act their con
-roversy over wages and working con-
ditions. The agreement was suggest
ed by the railroad companies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
KIRBY AND WIFE
ORDERED TO JAIL

Chicago, Jan. 9.-Dr William Kirby,
president of the defunct Kirby Saw
Tags bank, and his wife were ordered
to jail today on contempt charges by
Federal Judge Landis until they turn
over $4,000 missing funds. Fraud
and frameup" was the term Lands
applied to the participants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
chzmpa,on Men Are Accused.

Champaign, H., Jan. 9.-Former
city officials OF Champaign owe the
city s2,19s.75, according to report
made b. an auditing company. which
aays they took fees illegally. Slipshod
methods OF bookkeeping. gross negli-
gence and a general confusion in rec
ords are charged. The auditors allege
the books were in such bad shape
that they lost money on the Job.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
WOMAN OPIUM FlEND is
SENT TO DEATH IN CHINA

Shanghai, China, Jan. 9.-Death as
punishment for opium smoking was
meted out today 10 a woman in this
city who persisted in using the drug
despite a stringent manifesto by the
government The woman was taken
to a public place and shot in the pres
enCe Of a large number Of spectators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
HUMAN ASHESGO
BY PARCEL POST

st. Louis, Jan. 9.-The ashes Of
the body of Frederick Naumann, who
died in Edwardsville, H., Saturday,
will be sent by parcel post today to
Edwardsville to be buried in the grave.
The body was brought here for crema-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
ROYAL ARCANUM CASE is
TOGO TO SUPREME COURT

Washington, Jan. 9.-The so-called
Green case, brought in the New York
state court to contest the increased
insurance rates imposed by the Royal
Arcanum, will be brought to the SUI
preme court of the United States upon
a writ of error granted by Associate
Justice Hughes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
.DETROIT'S MERCANTILE
DISTRICT HIT BY A FIRE

Detroit. Mich. Jan. 9.-The plant Of
tho Houghton-Jacobson Printing COM
pany, in the heart of the mercantile
district, was practically destroyed and
adjoining buildings damaged by fire
early today. The loss is 100000. The
flames ragged several hours, Zero
weather caused many spectacular in
cidents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Dixon Out of Race,

Des Moines, Jan. 9.-Representative
Dixon today withdrew from the speak
ership contest in the lower house of
the legislature, which convenes Mon
day, and announced he would support
Gerrit Klay of Sioux county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Drives Horse TO Death.

Springfield, Ill, Jah 9.-Judge
Creighton fined Dan Mulvey $3.50 az
ter the latter had been found guilty
Of malicious mischief Mulvey was
sen. to jail for 80 days. lie was pGn-
ished for driving a iiycryinau horse
70 dee b.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Money Trust Committee
Strikes Snag in a Goth
am Witness.
CASE is UP TO SPEAKER
Latter May Certify Record to
the District Attorney for
Prosecution.

Washington, Jan. because he re-
fused to give the house money trust
committee the names of "a national
bank officers who profited in a syndi-
cate formed TO market the stock of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Contest Two Seats in Congress.

Washington, Jan. 9.-The seats of
Representatives John NJ. G. Smith and
II. Olin Young of the Third and
Twelfth congressional districts OF
Michigan, respectively, were contested
in petitions filed yesterday with the
clerk of the house Both are republi-
cans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Famous Composer pead.

Los Angeles, Cab, Jan. 9.-Richard
Watson SeageT, a musical composer
OF note, died here yesterday. He was
81 years of age. Among his COM
positions he cantata Queen Esther"
probably was the most popular.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
RESTRAINS
LUMBER COMBINE

New York, Jan. s.-The govern
ment's petition for a permanent in
junction against the Eastern States
Retail Lumber Dealers association. an
alleged combination in restraint Of
trade, was granted today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
William WinkIer, Negro
Messenger, is Arrested
in Chicago.
CALLED AS A WITNESS
Claims to Have Been Let in
When He Discovers Plot of
Oil Office Boy.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-William Wink
field, a negro messenger, who is said
TO have taken the famous "Archbold
letters from the Standard Oil COM
pany filed in New York and sold them,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Duchess Comfortable.

Montreal, Jan. 9.-The duchess CT
Connsught, wife of the governor-gen-
eral OF Canada, and, by marriage,
aunt OF King George, passed a com
Portable night She was brought here
yes 'erday from Ottawa, suffering with
peritonitis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
Nonoaenarian Dies at Morrison.

Sterling, H., Jan. 9.-Mrs. William
Fraser, the oldest resident of White
side county, died yesterday at her
home in Morrison, aged SO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
WOMEN OFFER TO
finance 4 CLUB

Keokuk, Iowa, Jan. 9-The Young
WomeH's Christian association WON
en- have agreed to finance the local
club IL the Central association, pro
yiding the baseball enthusiasts Of the
city viii agree TO dispense with SUD
day games.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
The Weather

Forecast Till p. m. Tomorrow ter
Rock island, Davenport, Moline,
and Vicinity.
Unsettled weather tonight and Friu-
day, warmer tonight with the lowest
temperature about 20 degrees.
Temperature at Z a. m, 16. Highest
yesterday 19. lowest last night 10.
Velocity OF wind at a. N. IL miles
per hour.
Precipitation none.
Relative humidity at p m. 80, al
a. m. 9S.
Stage of water % no change in
last "a hours.
JIM. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

From noon today TO noon tomorrOw)
Sun sets 4:51. rises 7:24. Evening
stars: Venus, Saturn. Morning stars;
Mars, Mercury, Jupiter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-09

Associated Press
Exclusive Wire
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11
ANOTHER WRECK
ON THE NEW HAVEN
One Killed and Several Injured in Col
lisior Between Steam Train and
Trolley Car.

WESTFIELD, Conn, Oct. lin a
headon collision of trolley ear and
a steam train on the Berlin branch of
the New Haven read here shortly after
o'clock last night one person was
Killed and several injured. The front
of the trolley was smashed like an egg
she'll. The steam and trolley cars use
the track jointly. 1t is claimed that
a misunderstanding about orders caused
the wreck.
Ralph A. BIydenburg, city editor of
the Middletown, Conn, Press, was
killed instantly.
1t is believed that three were fatally
injured, as follows: Max Glass, Hol-
yoke, Mass, fractured skull; Otis St
| Arnold, Meridcn, fractured jaw and
! leg, internal injuries: Miss Frances
/ Florian,s Rock Fall, fractured skull
! Eight others were more or less seriously
injured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11
CHURCH NOTICES.

Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church.
Services at 1890 a. M. and p. m;
Sunday school l1.50.
Unitarian church, Rev. +. O. s. Os-
good, pastor. Service Sunday morning
at 1890, subject, Messengers of
Change. Sunday school at lI.i5. All
are welcome.
First Church of Christ. Scientist.
Sunday morning services 1915, sub
iect. Are Sin. Disease and Death Real?
Sunday school at y. Wednesday, even
ing testimonial meeting at 7.45. Read
ing room open daily from ; to > p. m.
An are welcome Emerson building,
Elliot street.
Baptist church. Next Sunday will
be rally day for all the services. The
subject for the morning service is
The Dreamer. Bible school, 1l.i5, spe-
cial exercises in keeping with Rally
day. Evening service at !, subject,
Busy Here and There. \ chorus choir
will assist in the singing. All seats
free
Methodist church, Rev. Thomas w.
Owens, pastor. Sunday morning ser
| vice at 1890, followed by communion
| Sunday school at 11.45. This is to be
| the annual rally day of the school and
! a large attendance is desired. Every
member is urged to bring at least one
Iperson and thus help in bringing the
attendance well over the 200-mark
| Epworth league at 6 clock, followed
at clock by preaching service by
the pastor. Glass meeting Tuesday eve
ming at $50 and church prayer meet
ing Friday evening at 80.
Universalist church, Rev. D. F.
Trout minister Divine worship 1896
a. m, with sermon, 'sThe peaceful
settlement between Abraham and Lot
and some modern applications - Mrs
Lamar Costello will sing a solo
Sunday school at 11.45; Y. p c. L
devotional service at p. M, conducted
by Miss Alta Eames, subject The
Birds, Our Neighbors. a cordial wei
come to all. Meeting in Guilford Cen
ter at , p. IN. The Mission circle will
meet in the church parlor Thursday
Oct. Is. Quilting at , p. m. devotiona
and business meeting at a p.-ffi.-
Centre Congregational church. Rev
Roy NJ. Houghton, minister. Sunda,
services: 1870 a. NJ, divine WORSHIP
with sermon by the pastor, subject
The True Citizen of Zion, Psalm Is
11.45 a. m, session of the Sunda7
school and meeting of thes pastor
| Bible class, to which all not member
of other classes are cordially invited
F, IL p. m, Christian Endeavor meetin
) in the chapel subject, Favorite Verse
} in the Epistles, l Cor. BIB, leader
E Miss Emma J. Gregg, Reports of tn
3 state convention will be given by Mis-
: Evelyn Emerson and Miss Harriet Me
. len. Next Friday evening devotiona
| service in the chapel, led by the pa,
tor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11

the big ditch, submerging railroad
tracks and steam shovels, delaying the
completion of the cut for an indefinite
period and entailing enormous add
tional expense.
The destruction of the dixie will
permit the waters of Gatun lake to
flow freely into the Cnlebra cut, which
after nine years of the greatest dig
ging the world has ever seen is now
almost complete. In preparation for
the admission of water to the cut by
the blowing out of the Gamboa dixie
all steam shovel work in the cut ceased
last month. Since then all the tracks
and steam shovels have been removed
and there will be practically no more
dry excavation on the Parma canal
proper. The dirt which must be taken
out of the cut to the amount of about
six million cubic yards will be re-
moved by dredges.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11
TO TEST HEAVY SCALES.
Government Car Arrives at Bellows
Falls Ready for Business.

BELLOWS FALLS, Act. 1.-THE
first ear of its kind ever constructed for
the United States government has ar
rived on its maiden trip. 1t is g In
spection Car, No. l, Bureau of Stand
ards, Department of Commerce, and
IS designed especially to test heavy
scales. This state is the first to be
visited by the car and it was through
the efforts of the commissioners of
weights and measures, Hugh Fl. Henry
of Chester, that it came into Vermont.
The car is in charge of Assistant
Physicist G. A. Briggs and two assist
ants, F. w. Schlinth and n. Z. Thorn
as.
The car weighs, loaded, 1870
pounds, and is equipped with a truck
and 100000 pounds of loose weights.
The truck is lifted to the scales by
means of an electric crane.
The car was designed by Mr.. Briggs
and Elliot Fisher, United States com
missioner of weights and measures, and
is euipped with a two-cylinder gas en-
CINE, dynamos, motors and storage bat
terics.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11
JAMAICA.

Reuben Circuit carried another lot Of
honey to Brattleboro this week.
Ben Stark cut his leg seriously
Monday with an AK, severing three
arteries.
Mrs Beatrice Remis, Miss Alice
King and Miss Rcna Allen were Ia
BrattIeboro Thursday
Or. and Mrs. 4. W. Thomas went
Saturday to Salem. y. Y, to see Mrs.
Thomas 5 mother, who is i'll.
}, 5. Buchanan and &. IL. Hollen-
beck returned Saturday night from "A
business trip to Lisbon, y. u.
Mr.. aud Mrs. J. s. Preston of South
iIadley, Mass, are visiting few days
at n. II. and o. \. johnson 5.
Mr. and Mrs Ha-ws and son aud
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Dart Of New Lon
don, Conn, are visiting at Austin
Lackey 5.
Mrs. Shirley Basset came Thursday
to visit her parents and attend the
farce, \ Modern Sewing Society, Fri
day night.
Mrs. Charles Collev and son, Law
renee, went to Brattleboro Thursday
to meet her husbands mother, Mrs.
| Amanda Cooley of Granville Mass,
who is here to visit them n few days.
Mr. tand Mrs i. w. Prouty and
daughter, Alta, attended the funeral
of Mrs. Rose d. Fletcher in South
Londonderry Thursday. While there
| Mrs. Prouty learned Of the sudden
death Of her grandmother, Mrs. Mead
| of Willsboro, y. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11
POULTRY IN MAILS.

Rooster and Hens Eluded Vigilance of
Postmaster.
HAVERHILL, Mass, Oct. 11.-Barn-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11
VERDICT OF S421.46.
Damages Awarded in Case of White
more VS.. Boston & Maine Railroad.

more VS.. Boston & Maine Railroad.
KEENE, \. H., Oct 1.-THE evi-
denee in the suit of Ausel J. White
more was completed shortly before noon
yesterday, and the case was given to the
jury, They returned verdict for the
plaintiff of $421.46
The case opened Thursday afternoon
and consumed less than one day, as the
only question of damages was tried
the supreme court maintaining that the
plaintiff was wrongfully elected from
the train. Mr. Whittemorc in his writ
asked for $4,000 from the defendant
company, claiming that he was unlaw-
fully put off the train at Hinsdalc. An
excursion ticket which had expired was
accepted by the conductor Of the Cen
| trail Vermont railroad, for Mr.. White
more : fare between Brattieboro and
South Vernon. The conductor ON the
| Boston & Maine train refused it and
asked for the fare to West Swauzev,
which was 80 cents, Mr. Whittemorc
had only 50 cents and the conductor told
him to leave the train at Hinsdalc.
While the stop was made in Hinsdalc,
Mr.. Whittemore bought ticket to
West Swanzey for 80 cents and resumed
his seat on the train. The conductor
refused to let him ride until his passage
between South Vernon and Hinsdalc
was paid. Mr.. Whittomore returned his
ticket and his money was refunded, he
bought Il dinner and started to walk
to his home in West Swauzey The
walk is alleged to have brought on an
laggravatiOn of an illness which has
caused him to undergo an operation
about every two months
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11
We Advertise

because we have the goods to advertise
II we had nothing we would say moth
ing.
we nave all the latest improved special
machines for laundering shirts and col.
lars, which not only prolongs the life OF
your linen, but gives ease and comfort
To the wearer. Our New Prosperity Col
lar Moulder is giving great satisfaction
and our customers are beginning to tell
their friends about it,
DO not wait to be told but try It out
and see what 1t does, as no one can ar
ford to have their collars Iaundered in
any other way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11
BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS.
Burlington Firm and Putney Farmer
File Papers.

RUTLAND, Oct. 1.-Two petitions
in bankruptcy have just been filed with
Clerk F. s Platt, of the United States
court. Margaret L. Hassam and
Florence NJ. Borah of Burlington, do
ing business under the firm name of
Hassam & Borah. claim to nave liza
bihties of 81 .l05.65 and assets of 81 ,230
with $1os claimed exempt. They have
conducted grocery store at 80 La
fountain street, Burlington.
Henry Crawford of Putney, a farm
err gives his liabilities as sf3,5l0OS
and his assets as 1885, of which $500
is exempt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11

The vigilance Of q New Hampshire
postmaster AMI the package came
through the mails to IIavcrhill. II was
two days before the addressec. living
five miles out OF the city. received his
package.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11

yard voices have astonished many per-
sons entering the Postofficc in this city
this week. The regulations of the par
eel post forbidding the shipping of live
stock, but box containing 4 bantam
rooster and four hens somehow Guided
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11

The most disappointed chap in the
world is he whoI expects plum pudding
every day and }oesn t get it.
What luck some people are in in
that they can be all the time riding
around in automobiles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-11
BUILDING
is APPROVED
Congregational Society Takes
Favorable Action on
Committee Report
ENLARGED CHAPEL
LIKELY TO RESULT


Effort to be Made Forthwith to Pro
vide Better Facilities for Carrying
on Work of Sunday Estimat-
ed Cost $4,000.
In special meeting of the Congrega-
tional society, held in the Centre
church last night at which. $50 or
more members of the parish were pres
ent, the society voted to approve and
adopt the reports of the special build
ing committee and subcommittee APP
pointed Nov. l, 1911, to determine how
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-09-24
BATTING BRYAN AN INDUSTRY.

THE New York World says that
 the batting of Secretary of
 State William J. Bryan has ceased to be pastime and become an industry. Seemingly those that have been disappointed, because of their failure tO prevent the administration from carrying out the prediction promise 10 revise the tariff downward, and those that feel that they have been injured by the abandonment of dollar diplomacy have decided that the best manner 10 discredit the ad- minisJratiou before the people is by turning their guns on the man that they thrice defeated for President However, those whose corns have not been trampled on by the President and Congress Ill connection with the tar In legislation and the inauguration of the new diplomacy seem to be very well satisfied with the progress of leg station and the conduct of the coun- try's foreign affairs. and they are in a decided majority.