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PITTSTON, THURSDAY. SEPT. 6, 1906. TWO CKNTS A COPY. FOUTX CKNTS A MONTH.

8 PAGES. DAUiT KST. TUBO. HAOT 1882. SjtAs fit 1 1 Mi Am if a jly .7 iz a.j fsiCj fn nana to ty'Vt' U7STERI0U8 UURDER CANNON'S SPEECH OPPOSED DOSSES SEGAL GOT IT ALL Last Message of Dead Bank New, York Democrats Con i fer in Albany.

ADDRESS BY JERQUE Says Real Leadership is No where in Sight. Albany, N. Sept. Two events Importance In preparation for the Democratic state campaign took place I yJ'h'k fa? 1 I I XI' lJt 7 1 yr k'tk here, hud the city In now buzzing with political Interest. Flt st and seemingly Slipro important wiw tho conference of Democrats from mauy counties of the State culled to discuss the situation In tho party.

The central figure of the conference wan District Attorney Jo tome of New York. A NEW PICTURE OF QUEEN WILHELMINA. Queen Wilhelmlna, whose failure to provide an heir to the throne of nol and has spread gloom throughout the Netherlands, has lost neither her good looks nor her remarkable popularity since her marriage. If she should die 'While most of those responsible for calling the meeting disclaimed Its be lag In the Interest of or opposed to particular candidate for the Dem ocratic nomination for governor, it was privately conceded on all hands Hint It was aimed chiefly to prevent If po alble the nomination 6r Indorsement by the state convention at Buffalo of William It. Hearst.

Several allusions In the speeches were Interpreted as bavlug no other possible meaning. Sutler Named For Governor. The other Incident was a conference representatives of several radical Democratic organisations from which emanated a statement criticising Mr. Hearst and declaring in favor of the nomination of Congressman William Hulser of New York. The conference was presided over by Edward M.

Shepard of Brooklyn and was addressed by Mr. Jerome, ex Mayor Thomas M. Osborne of Anburn and Mr. Carlisle. Adjournment was taken to Sept.

25 at Buffalo, tho day and place of the state convention, and resolutions were adopted setting forth the views of the conference and pro viding for the appointment of a com tnlttee to lay before the Democrats of the state the principles voiced by the conference. These resolutions are In part as follows: i "Resolved. That Democrats should recognize and repudiate boss rule In every form nnd especially efforts from nr to olUilii control of the party organization by purchase, by In timination or try hired agents. Socialism Opposed. them a bunds theli "ls.

Hen. Good men art driven from tho public service. "Young men of character will not cu ter It or cannot. The people have prac tlcally no choice In the selection of candidates for offlco and at the poll have only a choice between men whom thoy too often consider as unfit for th office for which tbey are ruunlng." Prohibitionists Not For Hearst. Blnghamton, N.

Sept 0. Contrnrj to expectations, the name of William It. Hearst was not presented to the Prohibition state convention. Captalii Henry M. Itamlall of Port Jefferson was nominated for governor.

The plat form advocates government ownership of railroads and municipal ownership of public utilities and a national sys tern of marriage and divorce THE GITY ASSESSMENT Assessors Make Preparation For Triennial Report. Every Property In tho City Will be Visited and New Valuation, If XoeesMtry, Mode Work Already Begun City Engineer Assisting Re" port May be Pub lisbed. City Assessors McHale, Lyons and Berry have started work on their tri en la I assessment, and It Is promised to be the most thorough as to Invest! gation that has been made in more than a decade. Accompanied by tho city engineer, the assessors arc to visit every house and property within the city limits and estimate its vaiu atlon Independent of any assessment previously made. Tho report does not have to be In before 1907, and the assessors have plenty of time to go over their work carefully.

This is what they purpose to do. Past assessments of tho city, ac cording to what councllmen havo re marked at recent meetings, have been very carelessly made, consisting, so it Is alleged, of copying tho old books, with few changes except thoso neces sitated by building and, to a large extent, without regard for changes of valuation in certain sections. Coun cllnian McNcvln has been after the assessors for some time past, demand ing that notice be taken of changes in valuation. The assessors are now working In the First ward antr they win move down town from ward to ward. In spectlng cvery'property.

The city en glnccr's services will be used when ever necessary, and the Intention ts to have the most auultablc assessment since the city was Incorporated. Ac cording to some of the councllmen the assessment irenerally is 'too low. and tho new report of the assessors Is ex pected to bo a means of largely In creasing the city's revenue. That the assessors In some sections of the city have been more or less negligent Is certain. A Xafus street woman was heard to remark in tho city treasurer's office, yesterday, that she had been a property owner for 13 years past and had never seen an assessor.

It Is reported unofficially that Coun cilman McNcvln will Introduce an ordinance when the proper time comes to have tho entire assessment list published. A strong agitation for this has been going on In Wllkcsbnrro for some time past and It seems very likely to come here. Heidelberg lOe cigar, at Gillespie's OBITUARY. Mrs. Eliza Maclirlsnd.

Mrs. ISIIsa MacFarland. widow of James MacFarland, died this morning at five o'clock at tho homo of her laughter, Mrs. Mary Lnncc. In Wll kesbarrc, nged 77 years.

Mrs. Mac Farland had been III for two weeks. The deceased was a former resident of this city, her husband having been ono of tho pioneer coal operators of this vicinity. During their residence here the family occupied the house on William street now occupied by M. W.

Morris and family. From Plttston the family moved to Ply mouth, where Mr. MacFarland died. Mrs. MacFarland afterward lived In hlladelnhln nnd of late had made her homo with her daughter In Wil kesbarre.

Besides Mrs. Lance, two sons survive David MacFarland, of Buffalo, and William MacFarland, of New York City. Mrs. MacFarlnnd was a sister of Mrs. Daniel O.

Ilossard, of this city. The funeral will take place on Hnturdny afternoon ut three o'clock from tho home of Mrs. Lnncc, in Wllkesbnrrv. Interment In Forty Fort Cemetery. Henry Iliiddlcson.

Duryea 1ot one of Its oldest and best known residents last night, when Henry Huddlcson passed away after a few days' Illness. Mr. Huddlcson had been a resident of Duryea for tho past 30 years and he was held In high esteem by all who knew him. He Is survived by his wife and the following sons and dauglttcr: James. Beuben, Fred, and Frank Huddlcson, all of Duryea, and Mrs.

John Wells, of ltummcrfleld, Bradford county. Clo to Messlck's for the best oysters. Mrs. Cliarlcs Schwab III. New Tork, Sept.

6. Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, wife tf the millionaire steel magnate, Is III In the Schwab mansion on Riverside Drive. Mr.

Schwab Is at his wife's bedside nnd goes from the house but little. Mrs. Schwab Is suffering from a severe congestion in the hoad and throat Call for Bank Statement. Washington, Sept. 6.

Tho comptroller of the currency has Issued a rail for a statement of the condition of national banks at the close of business Tuesday, Sept. 4. Oysters received dally at Messlck's. Jamestown, N. Sept.

8. The body of E. B. Wile, living in Ripley village, a few miles from Eric, Pa, was found last night under the floor of the woodshod "of his home. His head had been crushed with an axe, It was undoubtedly a brutal murder, The authorities i bnwo no cluo to the motive.

Little was known of Wile, ex cept that he came to Ripley from Erie several weeks ago, accompanied by woman. They were married In Rip ley. The wife left last Sunday for Erie, Her mother came yesterday to 'visit the family, but could not get in the house. Sho peeped in at the window and saw bloodstalnsjon the floor. She notified the neighbors, who broke In the door and found a pool of blood on the sitting room floor and a trail of blood loading to the place whero tho body was discovered.

Smoke Prince Otto lo cigar, Gillespie, VALUABLE PROPERTY. Edward Morgan Building Sold to A. B. Brown. The Price Paid Was $18,000, Proba bly tlic Highest Ever Paid in the City Per Square Fool Mr.

Brown Will Now Have the Most Desirable Business Property lu City. One of the most valuable pieces of business property In the central part of the city changed hands this morn Ing. when the lot and three story brick building at the upper corner of North Main and William streets, known as the EdWariL Morgan build ing, was sold to A B. Rrown. The price paid for the property was $18, 000, being the highest that has cvor been paid, probably, for Plttston city property of similar size.

The lot on which the building stands has frontage of 25 feet and a depth of 60 feet, containing 1,500 square feet, which makes the price per square foot 312. It Is generally regarded, how ever, that Mr. Brown was fortunato in securing the property, and ho has been receiving conKratulallons from his friends today over the purchase. owing to the fact that It will enablo him In the course of time to make complete his fine business block which surrounds the Morgan building on two sides. The Brown building has en trances on Main and William streets, on each side of the Morgan building.

and it will be possible now for Mr. Brown to remodel tho buildings and transform them Into one magnificent structure occupying tho whole corner It will give to Mr. Brown what will undoubtedly be the most valuable business location In the city, and will enable the firm of Brown Co. to keep pace In their equipment with the growing needs of their business. The property whose ownership changed hands today was In the hands of Edward Morgan, a well known Plttston real estate owner, for many years, and on Ms death passed to the hands of his daughter, Mrs.

S. D. Stroh, by whom It was sold to Mr. Brown. Thero wee several parties desirous of securing tho property, but Mr.

Brown was successful In adding It to his real estate holdings, and the transfer was one that will not only mean big things" for Mr. Brown, but also for the city, since It Is quite certain that the present building on the corner will eventually be removed and a new structure erected to correspond In design with the Brown building. thus making what will be the largest store building In the city. The trans fer of tho property was effected throuKh the real estate agency of Armstrong Sanders. Novelty stoves and ranees.

Ash's. ANOTHER "TOUCHED." Ex Mayor E. E. Hendricks, of Car bondale, was a victim of pickpockets on Tuesday last. While watching tho naradc.

In company with other gen tlemen, a pickpocket took a diamond stud valued at 31.C00 from his shirt front. Mr. Hendricks was unawaro of his loss until after the parade, and then it was too late to look about for suspicious characters. The theft evidently took place on Main street, where thousands of people were watching tho parade. No clue has been discovered which might lead to their apprehension, but evidently a professional gathering of the light fingered have taken Cnrhnndnlc as the scene of their operations, ns great number of people havo been victims.

BALTIMORE WILL PLAY SCRANT0N Much Interest has been occasioned among base bajl fans In tho vicinity of Scranton, by the announcement of Manager Ashenbaek. of the Scranton base ball club, that the Baltimore team of the Eastern league, will cross bats with the Scranton team on Sept. 34 This date has been fixed upon as field day for benefit of the Scranton players and, besides this most Interesting fvent. there will be others of much interest. Tho Scranton fans arc anticipating a great treat when the leaders of tho York Stato league cross bats with Baltimore.

The Scranton Liverymen and Un dertakers' association held an outing at the Speedway hotel along the Elm hurst boulevard yesterday and they hod as their guests the members af the Plttston association. A clam bako as enjoyed, after which the guests were driven about tho largo reservoir along the speedway. Among those from this vicinity who were present were: C. H. Culler.

T. J. Murray, C. Donnelly, Joseph McNomara, Thomas Delaney, A. Kresge, W.

II. Rosen erance, Charles Murns. Peter Lncutn. Michael Fabian. T.

J. O'Maltey, W. W. Stocker. Mark Hllbcrt, F.

B. Dills. William J. Williamson. William Sites, Joseph Klsla.

Scathing Arraignment of v. Oompers. J. CALLS HIII NEW CZAR Reviews the Labor Leader's Grievances. Lewlstown, Sept.

6. Speaker Joseph O. Cannon of the national house of representatives, In an address before a large audience at City hall here criticised Samuel Gompcrs, president of the American Federation of Labor. The speaker was Introduced by Senator William F. Frye.

Mr. Cannon said: "Samuel Gompers has come Into your district and demanded the defeat of Charles E. Llttleflcld, your representative In congress, not because Mr. Llttlcfleld' has failed properly to represent the people of this district or even of the worklngmen Here, but because he has failed to comply with tho demands of Mr. Gompers who claims to ibe a citizen of New York and a resident of Washington.

Mr. Gompers has Introduced a new clement into American politics. He does not exercise the right of petition; he de mands that Congress enact Into law his will. He does not appeal to you; ho commands you If you are a member of the federation to go to the polls and vote as he would vote. He does not come here to argue; he publishes a decree In the name of labor that the public official who refused to obey his commands shall bo retired from public life.

"On what meat does this new csar feed to make him different from other political bosses In this day of tho decadence of bossism? He is president of the Federation of Labor, an honorable organization, which has accomplished much for the wage earner and is capable of accomplishing much more when properly directed by those who exercise the functions for which they were elected to offlco in tho union. I have nn prejudice against the Federation of Labor. My sympathies are with it In all efforts and struggles to Improve the material condition and secure a larger share of the profits of production for the wago earners. I do not, however, believe In proscription In politics. It is foreign to our Institutions, foreign to a government of the, people.

.1 am, apposed to Mr. Gompers' political methods of blacklisting men who vote as their conscience and Judgment and the welfare of their constituents dic tate. "It Is reported that Mr. Gompers has made an assessment on the members of the Federation of Labor to secure money for use In this campaign. A member of the Federation may bo a Republican In favor' of Republican policies, but he Is assessed to make a campaign against his own Interests ns he sees them because Mr.

Gompers Is opposed. Such methods In politics have never succeeded In this country and they never will. The old Know Nothing parly tried this method of blacklisting all who were not native born. It would have blacklisted Mr. Gompers and other federation lenders as not qua 1 1 fled to hold public office.

"Such efforts will always fall be cause every man Is here a co sovereign nnd he exercises his Inalienable right to unite with his fellows, be they far mers or factory employes, railroad men, doctors or lawyers, ana agree upon policies which they believe to bo for the best Interests of the wholo people. "Mr. Gompers has grievance against your representative, as ho has aaalnst President Roosevelt, my self and 40 or GO other men In public life. We refused to disregard our oaths of office and enact legislation which Mr. Gompers demands.

He Is aggrieved because Congress suspended the eight hour law on the Panama canal sone, as It applied to alien labor, not American labor. He ts aggrieved because the President has authorized the employment of Chlneso labor In digging the canal because American labor cannot and will not go there. He Is aggrieved because Conarress would not enact an antl ln Junctlon law which he approved and declared constitutional." 75 Cenis Per Pair Usually SoM At $1, $1.25 and $1.50 Boston Shoe Snme iiiEisei PILE WHITE '6ANVA8 SKSM SUPPERS FOB LADIES President. CHURCH FUND MISSING Bonds Pledged Below Face Value For Loan. Philadelphia, Sent.

0. "I havo been fooled. Segal got nil the money. There Is no one to blame but myself. This Inst message of Frank K.

nipple will be presented, an accusing voice from the grave, against Adolph Segal financial hypnotist, when he Is ar raigned for wrecking the Real Estate Trust company. The promoter was arrested with the treasurer of the ruined bank, William North, and his assistant, Marshall S. Colllngwood. It, was the last inessugc of the sui ctde president which cuused John II Converse, hard headed business man and even tempered exponent of unl versa! charity, to cry out passionately, "Segal hypnotized Frank Hippie, turned him from right to evil and made of him thief." The message was found In Hippie's room the moral ng he was found stretched dead In the bathroom. F.

Wharton Hippie, his son, found It. Message Blotted by Tear. Tho message was a mere scrawl, It was written In Ink on the back of au envelope. Near the end of the last sentence the Ink spread out Into pule blot, caused quite probably by the splash of a tear. Examination of the box of the gener al assembly of the Presbyterian church In the vaults of the Real Estate Trust company found the gross amount cor rect, but three bonds had been sub stituted for two others of equal value.

Search for the missing bonds discov ered them lu another bnuk In this city, wliere Frank IC Hippie had hypothe cated them for a loan amounting to about less than their face value. They were worth something over $20, 000. The assumption Is that Hippie had taken so much money from his own in stltutlon that he feared to get any more and had therefore started to dip Into tile funds of the church. It Is cer tain that he did so within the lust two months, for previous to the last meet Ing of the general assembly In May auditors bad examined the accounts and certlfliHl to tlielr correctness. Speaking of the failure, District At torncy Bell said, "I am following an accumulation of evidence that hull cntcs a wid.e circle of graft In this fall ure nnd am learning something new every day." Segal Relied on Hippie.

Segal to carry on his tunny wild ad ventures borrowed for which he gave to President Hippie, the only man In the Isink he dealt with, aectirl ties that are believed to have been In sullicient. It was nt first believed that Hippie did not benellt by his dealings with Segal, but later developments showed that he was deep in the schemes of Segal. Segal since the failure has repented ly declared all his transactions were regular, that he had not committed an unlawful act and that he was able to repay the trust company all the money he had borrowed. After attending a mcetlug of the lionrd of directors of the trust company today John II. Converse, one of the directors, expressed the opinion that depositors will lie paid lu full.

He said a plan of reorganisation Is being seriously considered. This plan calls for the Issuance to the largest depositors of blocks of pre ferred stock, thereby permitting the director to have the use of part of their, deposits in liquidating smaller lalms. The plan also provides that the directors advance $3,000,000 In cash. This turn In the affairs of the com pany is only one of the mauy sensations expected to develop in connec tion with the failure, which, It is estimated, will exceed $10,000,000. HUGHES TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR New York.

Sept. 6, Despite a positive disinclination to enter the political list It seems certain Charles 13. Hughes, Insurance Inquisitor, will make the race for governor on the Republican ticket. President Roosevelt believes that Hughes Is tho man to bring victory to tho Republican camp and will ask him to make tho race. Mr.

Hughes declines to discuss the efforts to make him a candidate. Information that Mr. Hughes would be asked to run for governor by President Roosevelt was had today In well Informed circles and It was said that Hughes would consent to tho President's bidding. This turn of affairs means that Governor Hlgglns is to be shunted on tho sidetrack and that when the time comes Hughes will coma forward with his consent to run. Smoko Prince Otto 5c cigar, aillesple.

Theodore Cook, a brother of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn, Is building three motor cars at his home, Callcoon, for the use of the Hnuth Pole expedition, which will start In 1007. Bevan, the Tailor, Will be found In Room No. I.

Over Antrlm'a dry goods store. "That the principles of the party re quire unflinching opposition to protec tionism, socialism mid lniNrlallsin We recognise tlic right nnd the iihillt of the people to regulate and control public Interests In the state, but we resent any effort to commit the party to a socialistic position or to dictate the policy of the Democratic In his address Mr. Osborne asserted that the ageuts of certain "multl millionaire" bad been engaged In de luuichlng the party In their efforts to capture the delegates to the state con ventlon at Buffalo from county conventions. He declared that these agents had stopied at nothing to gain their end. They had used money, influence, chicanery and criminal practices In or.

der to comNl delegates to pin their al 1 3 grave danger of absorption by Germany, Duke of Snxe Wcltnar, a German of the In the existing extradition between America and France for the surrender of persons guilty of embexzleuient, the technical offclisc charged against Steiis laud. The Moorish authorities will lu terimse no objection to the removal to America of Stciwinnd. Thaw Trial Delayed. New York, Sept. ft Harry Thaw was greatly annoyed when he leurned that District Attorney Jerome would not fix a date for his trial for the killing of Stanford White until after election.

The young prisoner ut once urged Clif ford W. Hartrldgc, his lawyer, to find some legal way to compel the prosecutor to give him a speedy hearing. Tho supreme conrt, criminal branch, In which Thaw will be tried, may not bo convened until October. It Is not unlikely that the trial will go over until January. EXPLOSION AT NO.

14. Three Men Painfully Burned This Afternoon. The Men Were Working In Gaseous Tunnel at llic Foot of a Xcw Air Shaft and the IOxploslon Was Caused by One of the Men Striking Mutch to Light Ills Pipe. Shortly after noon today nn explosion of gas occurred In No. 14 colliery, of the Pennsylvania Coal nt Port Blanchnrd.

Three men were painfully burned, but It is believed that they will recover. The explosion occurred In an air shaft at the drifts. An air shaft hns been driven to a depth of 40 feet from tho surface, and rock tunnel Is now being dirven for a distance of 80 feet to tho Marcy vein. The tunnel Is now In from the shaft a distance of only 12 feet. The place Is very gaseous and strict orders havo been Issued to the rockmcn concerning tho use of lamps and matches.

No lights of any kind have been permitted, there being enough natural light from the surface to enable the men to do their work. The men have also been forbidden to use matches. At the time of the explosion three men were In the tunnel, two other members of the shift being on the surface at" the time. The bucket had Just been hoisted up the shaft, when one of the workmen the tunnel, said to be Joo Yanshu. struck a match to light his pipe.

An explosion of gas Immediate ly followed. Yanshu was nearer the opening that the other two men. and escaped with slight burns on the face and back. Yanshu lives In Plttston township and Is 26 years old. He was taken to the hospital.

Tho other two men burned were Henry Jenkins, aged 29. of Wyoming, and James McNulty, of Port (irlillth. Jenkins was pain ful'y bunted about the face, arms and hands, and It is feared that he also Inhaled some of the flames. His burns wero dressed at the hospital, after which he went to his home. Br.

Moon Back to the Old Mand. Former office newly fitted In Levy over O. P. A C. O.

shoe store. Oyster stews at Harter's. Itmran tttm Ta Will be found In Room No. over Antrim's dnr roods store. IF YOU TRY I'ATIIMt WILLIAM'S fJmiAIf IIKHIt TKA, or IIHIIIt TAtlLKTS, and do not find them the best medicine you ever used for CONSTtPA TiON.

TOtll'Ill L1VFU. SICK K1D NRYS. HOUlt STOMACH. SICK IIKADACIIR. NRtTRALGIA.

DYS PKPSIA. INDIGESTION. niLLlOUS NtiH. MALARIA, HIKZINKHH and HAD HllKATir. we will refund the money: They work day, and night nnd you get up In the morning feeling like new person.

Try them: 2S cents, Tea or Tablets. H. 11. Tinker, 4 North Main street. Without Issue, Holland would be In slneo the present heir apparent Is tho most enthusiastically patriotic type.

BALLOONIST EL Alleges That a Rope Was Cut. THE MAN HAY DIE Negroes Tampered With tha Airship. i Lcwlston, Sept. a Victim in midair of a cowardly attempt nt mur der, ns the police assert it to Ih, Carl Smith, nn aeronaut, fell from a bal loon when the roie of bin tniHr.e broke and he was hurt beyond possibility of recovery. He struck full In the mid die of the state fair grounds while frightened spectators were fleeing from the spot where they expected him to land.

His hips, arms nnd his breast Iknic wen broken, and be was dashed Into uiicouscIouhiicss. Miss Ida Merrill of Boston made the ascension with Smith nnd narrowly es cuiied his fate. She returned to earth safely by means of her pnrai luite, however, only to ollnpKc on learning how terribly her companion was Injured. Recovering, she told the police Of two negroes she hnil seen near the hnlloon a moment or two tieforc tin big ball sprang skyward. It Is believed one of the black men cut the trnx'ze roN nnd that he was paid to do so by a rival of Smith's.

Trapeze Rope Parts. Smith, whose home is In Brooklyn, nnd Miss Merrill, who is known lu aero nautic circles ns Mine. a Hue, were to have made twin descents from the hnlloon. They were seated on adjoining trniiexes. Whether tho man who cut the roK if that was done, knew which traMze Smith would use nnd intended to kill him or supimsod the woman would swing from it and marked her as his victim en only lie conjectured.

The balloon was l'J." feet In the air, with a good sized crowd watching It from the fair grounds, when together the aeronauts swung from tlielr Ira lien's to seise their piirachutc. Miss Merrill caught hers, hut Smith's tmier.c rojie parted before he could reach the parachute, ami with cry that seemed to echo against the sky he swoosl toward the place where the sightseers were groiUMMl. Spectators Fly From Danger, llcullsliig the danger to themselves, the onlookers Ncattcrcd none too non.n the doomed niiin struck on ssit when the throng luiil been thickest. Dnxciis of men rushed buck and lifted him from the ground. A glance stilllced to show how severely he was hurt.

lie was hurried to the Central Maine hos pital. In addition to the fractures he suffered, there were frightful Internal Injuries. Miss Merrill floated to a clump of woods half mite from the grounds and descended without a scratch. IV liccuicu who bad followed her told her Smith was hurt mortally and asked what she knew of the circumstances. Her suspicions at om turned to the two negroes, nnd she gave gotst description of them.

The police say they are imsltlve there wan a delllierate attempt to do murder In a terrible way, though they do not undertake to guess which of the nerotinnts was to have lieen tho victim. A vigorous effort will made to ascertain if any aeronaut was nn enemy to Smith or Miss Merrill. May Iring Stensland Home. Washington, Sept. 0.

It Is now said at the state department that there will be no warship required nnd nodlltli nlty exiierleneeil In fetching Paul O. Stens land, president of the wrecked Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chicago, away from Morocco nn any merchant easel, provided tin ship does not touch at a French lort. There Is no provision 4 legiance to their employer. 'The chief feature of the early session of the conference was the speech by District Attorney Jerome of New York, who denounced bosses and what be called the socialistic trend of the Democratic Mr. Jerome mentioned no names In his address.

He began by declaring It as Ids understanding that the conference was In tho Interest of no particular candidacy, "least of all to dictate to, or threaten the convention of our party soon to assemble nt Buffalo." "Real leadership Is nowhere in sight" said be, "and what passes for leader ship seems to consist of demagogic do nunclation of existing conditions nnd the advancing of vaguo schemes of socialism and paternalism which arc essentially revolutionary In character. Methods of Past Adequate. 'Wo arc not tm tho threshold of the greatest political Awakening this nation has ever marking 'the be ginning of a now age, but we me, I believe, about to return to our senses and to earnestly address ourselves to the solution of the dlfllcult problems confronting us by the methods which the past has shown to he entirely adequate to meet the greatest emergencies. "Our elections where national polHi cal parties are Involved have liecomc little more than Ignoble scramble for office, in which each candidate declares how good he will be If elected to olllce and vies with his opponents In claiming trust busting and autlcorporatlou virtues, not forgetting to emphasise now warmly his heart beats for organised labor. "In tho midst of all this the plain people go about their business.

Holier and sensible, Industrious and prosper one, honest and patriotic, they do their thinking quietly and are neither alarmed nor greatly misled by the loud outcries of the politicians. i eeeas Only "Hired Men." "The leader has disappeared. The boss who baa succeeded him Is only apparently a boss and In reality Is but Ihe hired man of tho capitalist whose sinister Influence lies imek of party machinery, and controls It for his own selfish and corrupt ends. 'Tubllc servants no longer feel a full measure of reaponslWllty to' the iicople ho tCrt them. They must stand uat.