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BROOKLYN GIRL OF 6
ENTICED into CELLAR
POlcc i'm COhn Murder Now SuS-
poet Man Who Ma>Qucradcd
A. Woman.

Julia HaWKins. : wears old Of $50
Third avenue. Brooklyn, was entired
into a cellar ncar her home yesterday
evening by y strange man who told her
ne would give her some candy
Tho mans actions frightened the 1t
tic girl aud she screamed. Her hroth"r
ran 80 hcr aid, hut tn. man had fled,
leaving Julia unframed Tn" child de-
scribed him ~ about - wears bid. :
feet > inches in height and thin. As
far as Shs could remember he wore a
dark gray suit, black derby hat and
black shoes. she thought H. had pro-
trudlnc teeth.
The pole, have decided TO play A
waiting game for the capture VI the muir
Jerer Of tiNe-year -oid l.eonore ANNA
COIN. who WAS attacked, mutilsted and
left diving IN the hallway of her hom',
3D. Third avenue. last Friday evening.
So heavily does the evidence hear
against one man who knew tho little
| girl that almost every other line Of in
vastigation has been dropped. Among
IN. things that concentrate suspicion
| upon his man Is his habit OF maspuerad-
ing rs a woman. Another bit Of evil
denre that has been connected with him
- the finding In the house AZ 49, Third
avenue Of bloodstained clothing. an apron
| and "A piece Of woman's underwear, Roth
were much stained
When Alphonse q. Koelhle, who was
attorney for Hans Schmidt, slayer OF
Anna Aumuller, called 81 one Of the ".
mates Of the house last night news
paper men asked him about the visit,
Mr.. Eoelhlc eplird that he am purely
on a business errand and not as a law.
| Yer. He said he had not been retained
by any one in connection with Leonore
Cohn's murder.
Detectives questioned Yesterday James
Hoey, 70, Of 200 East Thirty-secou,
street, in whose pockets a hloodsttincC
handkerchief and TWO blnodstained nap
kins were found when he was ARRESTED
on Tuesday night on = charge of annoy
ing children In Second avenue. For thu
he is to br sentenced TODAY. They dis
missed him from consideration in thu
( tOhu case.
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.It h.hooves all members of our m
dustry. therefor. not TO lose eieh' "i
.be prca, need thai exists for restoring
sn,ciHc duties on silk merchandise.
bouhtlcss We are no., suffering as mucl
from European competition az IN" pres
on, time as We would be II French. Ger
man and Italian factories were running
10 their full capacities
''W-heu the war il oNer ana European
silk workers have returned 20 their or-
cun.,ions he ure thought in the mind
~ these nations viii he to recover tho
eround they have lost. To them y WY
h. a necessity to work long hours TO-
small plv. II ub,less our manufacturer
will And II difhcult 10 compe'", unless
,h.ir Interests are Conserved by proper
,ar,n legislation. which means specific
duties high enough to give sufficient pro
lection 10 realize a proper return on
their investment
The Imports ~ raw silk into this coun-
try for the year 1914 show a decrease
the figures being 25.s;o.3SS pounds. 's
compared with 27.a7s,soh pounds IN
lsiS. The value Of last years imports
was sa3.st5.5si. se compared With S9@'-
ata.53S for the previous year Japan
sent la.i.o.37I wounds OF last yea
supply. The total value Of SILK I'm
por,ed las, year was s3+,o2I,3bs when
is "A little more than q million '"s-
than for the previous year. az his
amount France sent silk worth W.
3o1,1Tn.
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EXPECT S75,OOO,OOO
FROM INCOME TAX
WASHINGTON Officials Say Re-
ports Indicate Big Growth
i'm Business.

WAsHiNGro>. March "a strong
current Of optimism Las developed in
Administration ciicles A. a result OF the
preliminary reports regarding the IL
come tan which Raw. reached the ITtaS'
ury Department These reports not only
lnsu're confidence that the collections
viii total 5.0uO.O 900. only s'.oOo,"'"
short, Of IN. amount which It had been
relied upon To- produce. but also max"
some officials feel that Nh" general III
dus,ri4l situation t. the Last year mas
been better than ha- h""n represented.
In other words. officials say that tho
returns 20 collectors ~ internal revenue
on March | show generally that thor"
has been no marked falling OFT IN IN
1 comes either of individuals or corpora
,ionS
R~opreseutatIvc Hui - Tennessee. tho
number ~ In. Ways and Means Com
mite. who wro,. the income ttN law.
conferred today with crWmiss.on"r os-
borne and Deputy Commission Spccr.
! IN charge ~ the iucume tax division, and
then made the confident prediction that
tn. collections for the fiscal year vii
r,nch s-5.ouu. o0O. lie pointed ont that
$40 OOo. 900 already has been paid into
the Treasury hy corporations which
have arranged their fiscal year 80 that
taxes are payable before tho limit fN"d
by the law.
Commissioned Osborne in his annual re
nor, estimate. that ia" income tax col
! Lotions for tho present fiscal wear would
reach sS0. oOO 1000 Sine" that report wls
published. however. there have been
many evidences Of business depression,
, which gave rs, 80 tho u, li'f that there
mad been a shr!nhag" TN both number
and siz, of taxable incomes and tnnt m"
T ,.F1.,,t.,S u,nfd rpp acpu,r'LS fail Ear
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DENIES ROCK ISLAND
$2OO,OOO,OOO PROFIT
VI. l.. Bell. Roads Solicitor. De-
tends Course Before Com
mercP Commission.

WAsHINGroS. March 2I-M l.. Bell,
general solicitor Of the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific Railway Company.
filed with the Interstate Commerce COM
mission to-day a statement in defence
of the promoters of the Rock Island CON
solidat.on and tho railway. The COM
mission has not yet completed its inves.
tiration into tho Rock island financing
and ii Is indicated that ii will he several
months hcfor. - report is formulated
In connection with this hearing there
Was talk Of profits of 5000, ooo. o0o to tho
individuals who were alleged tn have
engineered tho formation % to hold ug
companies says NJ. Bells statement.
Much Wa made even bi couu.c' for the
commission Of the fact that the nsgr"-
gate securities ~ the holding companies
We" s35o.ooo. 600
W" pass by as unworthy II further
comment tins attempt To- m,sirad th,
public. % obviously counter 10 the COM
missions practices aud instructions
Tie Investigators Or the commission
We're ~ work from JU,y. l@li. To- Feb
rUary, 1919. m" frr"Si access was
given to- them respecting books aud
records and correspondence ~ every
character
~ ~ uotcwurthy tina ~ tll thee
transactions involving u'.Hallt billions
~ dollars tn.rr - M ,N'Ienc" Wha;~p.
eyer Of participation iu sNudfc,t.S 10y
any directors cor stockholders. Of inv.
proper contracts with corporations hay
iuC cLumon directors with the Rock
Island companies or OF profit from mar
k"t operations. On the contrary -"
record plainly Indicates thtt the pur-
"hi~,s of Rock Island stock We" made
hN M"ssrs. Moor. Rod n Leeds and
ih.i" associate. ~ the highest figure -
which that ~',,rt ,'cr WIS quoted and
That iu al probability tho transactions
were NOT mad. profitable 90 Them
The statement criticisms A.
10 t." acquisition of railroads by tho
Rock Island IN which millions of dollars
wer, lost, such ts tho Alton-tluycr Leaf
transaction. th" Frisco and others and
IN" CARRYING on tn" hooks ts tSse's ui
IN" Rock Island now Of securities Nh'ci.
Tn" experts 81 tn" commission say err,
prIctra.lV worthless
Mr.. Bll takes ~" position the 'Iut
may prove that the securities, are vain.
ahl, n" defends the pas mou' cot ihoul
500. uu" to retiring officials. Included ir
b winch N.iS S23i .0uu 70 !. f. ToYra. who
let ia" Rock Island after less than 4
y"tr ~.rNic" Hr mad +, contract ~
i've wears and the 49, 900 Nas give.
10 him 'u consideration of th. canc"lliul
~ tho contract.
Mr. Bell SAYS the liu'k island Ran
way T. 70 .lty I'm hotter physical con
ditiou han eyer aud that . has , brich
ruturo.
At tho commission there was . dis
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800 TO BE GUESTS OF
Root to Talk on Work of the Constitutional Convention
at Big Luncheon at the Astor-
News of the Hotels.

The luncheon OF the Members Counci'
OF the Merchants Association AZ tn"
Hotel Astor to-day will he addressed
by former United States Senator Elihu
Root, and will he one of the largest
the association has ever held. More
than i.2o0 business men have already
asked for places. which indicates an at
tendance Of 1900 or more william
Fellowes Morgan and william g. Breed.
chairman of the Members Council, also
will speak.
Joseph ". Choate will be a guest o;
the council. MIR. choate was president
of the Constitutional Convention Of 1921
in which Mr.. Root vac leader Of the ma
jority. The subject of Nj Roots adj
dress will lie the work of the Consti-
tutional Convention which IL To meet
April =. and over which he will pre-
side.
Among the other guests of the council
will he Henry I. Stiinsou, ex-Secretary
of War; Marcus NJ. MARKS. Boroug l
President of Manhattan. Frederick g
Tanner. chairman of the Republican
State committee Louis Marshall and
DE Laucey Nicoll.. who took \ leading
part IN the convention Of 1924 George
W. Wickersham. Samuel W. FairChlld,
Henry X. Towne. Il. Fulton cutting,
ogden Mills. Francis Lynde Stetson. j
frederick Kernochan and Prof. Il. II" y
Seligman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter chandler. Jr.,
gave a dinner In a private dining room
of the Martinique last night for Mrs
Paul Sorg Easter favor and decora-
tons prevailed and there eas dancing
in the Oak Room of the banquet floor.
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Italian army. Home. Italy. Capt. and
Mrs. William X. Bartlett. United States
army. Fort Ethan Allen. Vt: Lieut.. Emil
\. Lichtcustein. United States navy,
Tuckerton Radio Station. y. J.
Biltmorc-.J i5evans Giles. Toronto;
Jose ionvalery Fernandez. Havana.
cuba. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Kellogg,
! Buffalo.
Prince George--E +. brewster. Chi
cage. Mrs. o. Schroll. Toledo. Ohio. W.
+. Sinclair. Otlcy. York. England.
Algonquin-M Mrs. l.. Il. Shipman, Cor
nish. y. H.; Mrs. George f.. Baylc. Jr.
Glens Falls. Miss VI W. Jordan. Berkley.
". Va.
McAlpin-O L. Shackleford. Norfolk.
Va. Wilfred T.. Vi.ra, 81. Kits. British
West Indies Mr.. and Mrs. !. \ Wool
ridge and the Misses Marion and \. VI.
Woolridge. Knoxville. Tenn.
knickerbockcr--Mr. and Mrs. :. ;.
-pcarborn, Nashua, y. " MIR. and Mrs.
J. A. Green. Boston. Mass :. H. Cald-
well. Chicago.
Waldorf J. Van Kirk Thompson.
tnioutoWn. Pa: d. LVrur McGibbou.
Montreal, Mrs. A. j. Hc,cridgc. India
n%apolis. Sir Trevor Dawson. London.
Manhattan Mrs. Charlcmagne Tower
and the Misses Tower Of Philadelphia.
81. Regis Mr.. and Mrs. Robert j.
cary. thtctgo: MIR and Mrs. II. Jansen,
I littshurg. Pa Mrs. Henry Usher Rob
Inns and Mrs. Harry whitney McNickar,
Tuxedo Park.
WoodStock-Dr and Mrs. e. :. Cav
erly, Rutland. VI. Mr.. and Mrs. W. Il
Du Muud. Newburgh. y Y.
Gotham-Mr and Mrs. Louis du Point
Irving, Irviugton un Hudson: Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. Deunisou. Will.austowu
Mass: Mrs. Bayard Henry. Philadelphia
AAt1.yLNFt q. IHIfT4.I EHFtar ns
tawa. Canada Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l.
TAYLOR OF Iittshurg, Mr.. and Mrs. :. V
Dickie Of Chicago
tollingwood-MrS +. ". Fisher, Mem
pht,. Tenn. Mrs. Merritt fIulluck. Glen.
Falls, y. Y, Mr.. II Mrs. \ H. Brown
Long Lake, y V, and Miss Catharin'
lTarr. Ithaca, y. Y.
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POLITICS IN MINOTT
MURDER DENIED
state Fails to Bring Out Any
Connection With Foley
RofranO Fcud.
SELF-DEFENCE Is PLEA

"
Evidence or pollt'al rN""S " ~"
second Assembly district crept into The
,.i., ~ ,,,ouio la Sale
r''"'" 81 u" .
Tor murder ~ tne nfN' d
Judge Grain. General Sessions. yesterday
7, ,,uc il, iii. evidence Of DANIEL :. sui
a., .ra ., ,b. poNntovn Tam
HN'"' N'"'" =.
many Gun, oi "h''u nou''S
the head. Robert H. tlier' 'oilSc, ~
la sale. wanted Z" hh"" from MN II uo
had heard that the N'''lm' James Nih"''
had been killed he'"uSe I" P"''''''
t!NalrN IN tho district Inc WINES" S'''
he had never heard y A..
Miuutt VS. Killed :" IN" Corhe' "a
Oliver and Madison streets "N -"
Years nisht More IMAM 4 dozen sho'S
We're exchanged ana IL i me 'p're!,'.o..
% Assistant District Attorney hrotnc,s
that tho iring was Opened ny I'd sur
and his brother Joseph, VINO l. Jo'ht'! VA
dict-d with him y snort t'hs "c'o''
the kilirg Joe had been slisneh '''o'S
the ft'" with a razor NY M'ro''-
sullivan swore mat he was ~ 'ue
clubhouse OF Ne" l'dr n'sn' "ne, ~
heard shooting. Nltocether ne Niu w
heard sixteen shots \ rev minute
later Niuott. badly "ounael u us
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-25
YAoUI CHEF 'HEEP BIG REBEL
Imprtsons Gov. Na,tor~ns shoots
Foes From Carriage.

FL PAso, March 9t.-Rioting in Her
mosillo between troops Of Gov. Mayto-
rena and Chief Uberlejo Of the faqui
Indians is reported by arrivals here from
the Sonora capital, 1t is said that May
torena is a prisoner in the Governors
pslace and tina, the Yaquis completely
dominate. the city, having appointed
their own mayor, chief of arms and
chief Of police. A number Of nights we're
auelled only after more than "A dozen
men were killed. Executions are ire
puent.
thief Uberlejo has assumed practira'
command of all forces In the southern
mart Of the State and IL condu'tllg
operations to suit himself.
The Yauui chief Was recently DRIVING
up one of the main streets of the city
when he saw an enemy and. rising III
his open carriage, he opened hre VIII
"A revolver.
Special taxes are being imposed by
the Yaquis aud collected under threa'
of conhscation, II IN said.
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Raloh viii present The Victim a
n't'let hy Ossip Dymow, at the Palace
7 "sir. next Monday. Nora Bayes win
also be a h-adliner . week, having
loft tho Winter Garden.
Violet IIeming will leave tho cast OF
The Lie Saturday night 10 assume the
leading female role In "tnder Cover AZ
ihe 'ort Theatre.
Tn" purchaser OF the first box for the
ha'l ~ the Allied Arts OF tho Theatre
nv tho benefit of the Actors Fund liz
Gerald NE Farrar. Mrs. George J Gould
ato has purchased a box.
Next week the Theatre Francois will
present pnude,'s "Sappl,o'' at the Cen
t4ry Lyceum, The two principals In the
fas' viii he Nine. Meurvllle and Marcel
Hermes.
Joseph BROOKS has renewed his rom
tr1rtt Hith William II Crane, Thomas
" Ross, Macfyn Arbuckle. Amelia Bing-
h'Iu and Mabel Taliaferro, who are APP
ne'-.ng iu Chicago in The New Hen
r'''a.
The ortlre company Of THE Peasant
Nhiah is playing at the Forty
i'..'h street Theatre. attended the mat
l.'' performance Yesterday Of ITO
rfIt, th, Sight at the Shubert The
o."
l'rlty children from Public School u
Wi o'eud Alice In Wonderland al
-. Booth Theatre ms. afternoon IN
If Vivian Tobiu, their twelve
'I rlassWats, who plays tho tltI'
r.,
Hi' Burke has become a producer
= ruall scale and II Interested In q
- .'' 'o he s.,,n AZ the Palace Theatre
l'N Nrrh
Sol Way burn, formerly more closely
h,"t.HeI with theatrical affairs rs 1
ti.. director. las actively entered th'
l- a~ q producer and announces tina
' N present THE summer an elaborate
guile ~ ~ryue 10 be known ~ "Ne'
W. Hu"n.S ro~n Topics" Before ma
u Nt' present a French farce calle'
lr Again" rclearsals for whici
n-r. yesterday.
i1' 10th performance Of "Inde'
'"'e'' an he given at the cort Theatre
s. RE.t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-25
CATHOLICS PLAN CLUBHOUSE.
brooklyn Cathedral tIub to Un>"
EIOO 900 Home.

A movement is under way in BrooklNn
for the erection of a new Catholic club
house. the site and building to cost about
100000. The project IL under the di-
recr.on of the Cathedral club and ten
,ative plans and drawings for the new
clubhouse have already been submitted,
tn. site will Ice on one Of the principal
thoroughfarcs
There will hc "A ballroom. six bowling
alleys, "A parlor and library, "A billiard
room. n gymnasium and a spacious res
taurant,
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SEEKS TO HALT "PAGLIACCI,'
e.. shirmcr. Inc. Applies for In
,urctiou Against English Version.

An effort to stop the production Of the
English version Of I@oncaNailor Pa
%clia.ci" at the Gotham Theatre, OIL oist
i23th street. was begun in the form ~
"A copyright injunction suit in she United
States District court Yesterday.
The plaintiff in the suit Is q. Shirmer'
Inc. OF 3 East Forty-third street, music
publisher. who holds the copyright on
the English version or The opera. q.
Shirm.r, Inc, IL seeking an injunction
and damages to the extent Of the box
office receipts for the production of the
opera, which, according to the complaint,
amount to more than $500.
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BERNHARDT COMING IN FALL,
Cables ~ American T""r
IN september.

Nine. sarah Rernhsrdt will begin her
American tour IN New York ia Septem-
her. according 10 a cable despatch 10 hep
American representative hecs y.st"r-
daN. ,,
Nine. R~ernhard''s first Offering Viii
he Tristan Rernard's PLAY Jeanne
pore." which met with great success m
Paris last season. Mime B"rnhardt WI
probably act I'm Paris during IN" lt'e
spring and summer
". f.. ,'ounor received the cable yes
,erday from tho ,ragedi"nne. II was
dated A~ndernos, Cirondc, France. ~her"
sh, has been resting since leaving ~"
hospital In RordeauN, ana merely l"ld
him TO arrange her tour in Soptenh"r'
40 details as to lts length have Yet he"u
arranged,
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VIRGINIA MAYER TO DANCE.
l.iri Artist Ia Appear at Mayors
Fund BeneHt.

virginia Mayer. the youthful dancer
whose talents have already been admired
on ,hc stage. viii appear a, the Band
box Theatre on Saturday afternoon. Miss
MAYER ~ only a child, but she does
'interprota,ire, classical and character
dancing with the best Of them, She il
Il pupil Of Louis rha'if.
The matinee viii he for the benefit
of Mayor Mitchcls Fund for the Tn
employed. Carlos Rasselbrlnk will have
charge of the music,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-25
WILSON PLAN
FOR PRIMARY
LEGAL FOOZLE
Constitution Against Fed
cral statute. Says Sena-
tor romcrrnc'> Report.
STATES SUPREME IN
NATIONAL ELECTION

w~,sHiNGroN. March 2t-President
wilson's plan for putting through a
reder,l Presidential primary election
salute next year in time for the cam
,,isn Of 1916 has struck a constitu-
,,on.l >uag. The President recon-
mon led this legislation a year ago. but
.,,orc opposition in his own party has
pr.yen,cd him from pushing it up to this
tine
senator romerene of ohio. one OF the
leading lawyers OF the Senate and a
r.mh.r uf the Senate Committee on
r-lvleges and Elections, has reported
10 the President hat such legislation
would he unconstitutional. Mr.. Pom
creme made an investigation of the sub.
,ec, ~ subcommittee OF the Senate
on Privileges and Elections
which was considering the legislation.
He has sent his unfavorable report to
the committee as we'll as TO the Presi-
cent
The report Of Senator Pomerene I'M
doub,edly will prevent any effort to pass
. primary election law at the next ses-
sion Of Congress. This will be "A dis
appointment not only to the President
but To many progressive Republicans
who haI been looking forward to legis-
la.ion which would put AN end to the
Old delegate system heretofore prevail
ing In most OF the States.
Undoubtedly some OF the states will
pass primary laws, Just as Indiana did
Al, the recent session of the Legislature.
but these laws will lack uniformity and
n some cases. such as Indiana. will be
simply advisory. and not binding on the
Ge.egltes to the national convention.
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THE SEAGOERS.

Sailing to-day hy tn" New York and
Cuba Mail Steamship company's 'tcalner
u A Allen. Fred T. Hawkes.
Miss Louise Gordcn. W " Robinson.
Mrs. A. e.. Huffman. Mr., and Mrs John H.
Mr.. and Mrs W. stamford.
Hobbs. Miss o Van Muster.
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SILK TRADE SHOWS
CONTINUED GAINS
Difficulties More Internal
Than External. Despite
European War.
ANNUAL MEETING HELD

The annual meeting OF the silk Asso-
citation Of America was held yesterday
In the rooms Of the association. 3of
Fourth avenue Eight members or the
board OF managers whose terms had ex-
pired were reelected. These were AL
her, Sims. United Piece Dye Works ;
Sidney Blumenthai, Sidney Blumenthal
& co. Fritz Hill. Empire SILK Com
pany Charles +. Lotto. National SILK
Dyeing Company Joseph A. skinner
william skinner & Sons Charles Sling
land Colonial Ribbon Company; Emu
J. S,ehli. Stehli SIN Corporation. and
Alexander II. Walker. Immediately atter
the annual meeting the board OF man
ayers met and reelected the ohcers
and appointed standing committees The
prcsldeu, is Charles Cheney. treasurer
of Cheney Bros. The vice-presldehts
are n. Schuicwind, Jr. president ana
treasurer of the Susduehanna SILK M'l'S
Louis StearnS. secretary treasurer
OF John y. Stesrns a ca, and NJ. W.
pippel, president of the National KID
bon Company. Ramsay Peugnet is the
treasurer and secretary.
The secretary's report read IN spite
OF the extraordinary conditions WIN
which the silk trade has had TO cope
since the outbreak uf the great Euro
pean war eight months < the trade
finds itself to-day In a condition mucn
better than many ~prophesied would De
the case and with a more hopeful out
look for business. which is ALREADY
gradually growing better.
I'm France Lyons and -. Etenn'
are not in the area of military opera
,iops which il also true Of the German
cities ,r Crefeld and Elberfeld. Mann
silk workers are now in the armies o.
thor respective nations. hut despite
these conditions manufacturing Is SUI
carried Oh. although greatly restricted
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Surrogate Robert l.. Fowler mas p''h
nm. HE TO attend court this week bc
cause of a recurrence ~ a cold from
which no suffered about three weeks
ago.
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Time an Important Factor.

The most that Congress can do in
view OF the report of Senator Fomerene
T. % pass a joint resolution proposing
a. amendment to the Federal Constitu-
ton tor Presidential primaries and sub
nit ~, matter to the several states for
ratification. hut this could not be eff
fectiye even II il succeeded in time to
afec, the election of delegates TO the
next national convention.
The pomerene report is somewhat en-
barrassing to the President as it leaves
him IN the position Of having seriously
and positively recommended legislation
which would be unconstitutional.
after a very careful investigation
AM with great regret | have come to
ihe conclusion that the Congress has
no power 10 provide for a Presidential
primary said Senator Pomerene.
The Twelfth Amendment Senator
Pomerene said. 'prescribes how the
Presidential electors shall perform their
duties and where and nov their votes
shall be counted and the subsequent pro-
c~eed'ncs by the House. not the Congress.
II the electors fail to elect "A President,
and by the Senate. not the Congress. II
the electors fail to elect a Nice-I'resi-
cent.
1T viii he noted that under these
Constitutional provisions each State APP
points the electors in such ~
the legislature thereof may direct no,
r. congress may direct. The only power
gwen 10 Congress is to fix the time OF
choosing the electors and the day or
which ,hey shall give their votes, which
must ne the same day throughout tbs
United States.
'CougreS, possesses only limited dele
gated powers Any power II may seel
20 exercise must find its source in the
Constitution. The manifest purpose oi
tie trainers OF the Constitution was Il
leave the selection NJ the electors wholly
with the states. They delegated n'
power or this subject to the congress
ftvs oul, 10 nN the time Of choosing th'
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