I * >- \ TIic McHcnry Plalndealcr PMbltehed^F^aWHREINeili iilcHENRT, ILLINOIS. LABOF. LEADERS HIT OOMPERS. MITCHELL AND MORRI SON ARE HELD GUILTY OF CONTEMPT. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT n SENTENCED TO JAIL TERMS Men Given One Year, Nine and Six Months Respectively -- Federation of Labor Head Attacks Decision of the Court. Washington, June 26.--Held guilty of contempt of court by the supreme court of the District of Columbia in connection with a court's injunction in the Buck's Stove and Range boy cott case Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison and John Mitchell, chief of ficers of the American Federation- of Labor, were sentenced on Monday to one year, nine and six months in jail respectively. They will attempt to appeal again to the Supreme court of the United States, which reversed their form<f conviction. Justice Daniel Thew Wright ar nounced the decis ion of the cour t , f t covered seventy-two closely typewrit ten pages and took about two hours to read. Bondsmen were on hand and attor neys for the labor men gave notice of an Intention to file an appeal to have the Suprefne court review the judg ment. In its previous review of the case the Supreme court reversed the conviction on the ground that the con tempt proceedings had been improper ly instituted. New proceedings were at once begun. The sentences under • the first conviction were Gompers one iyear, Morrison nine months, Mitchell j six months. | After Gompers had been sentenced. . be attacked the decision, declaring Greatest Battle in History of American Politics Results in that while "Justice Wright lives in ouj time, his decision and sentences dis close a mental concept of more than two centuries ago, when the workman •was either a slave or a serf. BY REPUBLICAN CONVENTION Victory for President--Wins on First Ballot with 561 Votes--Roosevelt Men Refuse to Vote. NIAGARA GIVES UP ITS DEAFL Seventeen Bodies Found Who Were Victim* of Dock Crash at Eagle Park. For President. WILLIAM H. TAFT. For Vice-President. JAMES 8. SHERMAN. Chicago, June 24.--These are the BufTalo, N. Y., June 26.--Every honr t standard-bearers selected by the Re- Monday added to the toll of dead in 1 publican national convention to lead j man winning on the first ballot. The j Other candidates presented to the j convention in brief speeches were Senator Borah, C. E. Merriam, Gil lette, Senator Beveridge and Govern or Hadley. Sherman Is Winner. The roll call was rushed through with the greatest expedition, Sher- fhinday night's accident at Eagle park. I the presidential campaign of 1912. Grand island, when fifty feet of an ex-1 After five days and nights of the cursion dock collapsed and dropped | bitterest fighting in the history of 100 persons Into the Niagara river ' American politics, in which the great- Up to nightfall seventeen bodies had est masters of political strategy in been recovered and identified, and i the ranks of the party were pitted there was a list of eleven more who ! against each other and every trick were known to have been at the park and maneuver known to the game and had not yet been accounted for. j were resorted to in an endeavor to The identified dead are: j wrest a victory from their opponents, Mrs. Arthur Mayer, Mrs. John Hayes, I it all ended In the choice of the men Mrs. Lillie Kellogg, Cella Kelly, nine j who led the party in the last na- years old; Mrs. Agnes S. Gallagher, | tlonal campaign and who are now oc- Mlss Catherine Wolff. Miss Irene ; cupying the highest offices in the land Thomas, Miss Alice Griffis, Flora A ' as the choice of a majority of the Helstrom, five years; Miss Georgia Seeds. Alfred Finn. Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Sn^ler, Miss May Gretch, Clara Schultz, Miss Annie Fremeng, Mrs. August Helstrom and Norman Rich nieyer. 6 HURT, 1 DYING IN RI01 Guards Open Fire on Strikers Who Seek to Attack Workmen at Hastinga-on-Hudson. * Hastings on the Hudson. N. Y . June 28.--One man 1b dying and five other persons, including a woman, lie seri t Ously injured In the Dobbs Ferry bos j pital, victims of renewed hostilities i Monday in the strike declared about ten days ago at the plant of the Na tional Conduit and Cable company. The trouble took place after the Company announced that it would take back those of the men who wished tc resume work at the old wage scale. About 600 accepted the offer and took their places Monday morning. Mon day afternoon on their return from lunch they were attacked by a mob. COOL BANDIT ROBS TRAIN Covers Clerk With His Guna, Steala Pouch and Jumps From Car Without Stopping. Longvlew, Tex.. June 26.--A bandit anade his way into the mail car of a train on the International & Great Northern railroad Monday, covered three clerks with his guns, carefully selected one mail pouch out of a pile of several, kicked it from the car, then alighted while the train continued at full speed. The hold-up occurred near Port Bolivar. What was in the pouch *.a not known apparently, except to the robber. A posse is after him. !,t.' 's * * £ • & ' 1 v "> 1'^ Mob Threatens Bankers. New York, June 26.--Mob violence by several thousand excited foreigners was narrowly averted Monday by a squad of reserve police when the pri vate bank of Auerbnch & Goldberg, on the Bast side, closed its doors. John D. Cuts Off Auto. Columbus, O., June 26 --John D. Rockefeller has cut down the number of his automobiles since the govern ment ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil company. Before then he had five, now he has four. American people, to go before the public as candidates for a second term. Taft's Name Presented. President Taft's name was pre sented to the convention by Harding of Ohio, and the nomination was sec onded by John Wanamaker of Phila delphia and Nicholas Murray Butler of New York. LaFollette was the only other can didate presented to the convention, Colonel Roosevel early in the after noon expressing the desire that his name be not presented in the conven tion, and asking his friends to re frain from voting In the convention. The convention sat in comparative quiet through the nominating speeches. The vigorous efforts of en thusiasts to start demonstrations for their favorites met with only mod erate success. The galleries were shouted out and the delegates werc tired and wanted to get home. Th< result was foregone. , Cheering Is 8tarted. When the roll call started with Ala bama and it threw its strength to Taft a burst of cheering started. It was settled that the Taft forces would stand firm, just as they had stood from the time they selected Senator Root as temporary chairman through the bitter days of the convention un der the assaults of the Roosevelt forces. The Taft forces had all their old strength and a few band wagon climbers made it even larger. Pandemonium broke loose when the result was announced. The galleries rocked back and forth as if they would swell over and engulf the dele gates on the floor. The band went through the motions of playing, but no one could he - it. Finally it sub sided and the thousands started to crowd out of the building. The calling t ' the roll was filled with exciting incidents. Vice-President Next. After the tumult that followed the nomination of Taft had worn Itself out. Chairman Root announced that nominations for vice-president were In order. J. V. Olcott of New York was recognized and in a short speech presented the name of James S. Sher man to succeed himself. The nomin ation was seconded by representa tives from several states. Boies Penrose' name was next pre sented by a delegate from Pennsyl vania, but received no second, nor did Per rose receive any rotes. vote: Sherman 697 Borah 21 Merriam 20 Gillette 1 Beveridge 2 Hadley 14 Absent 71 Not voting 352 Thus ended a convention that will go down in history as the most re markable in history. The weary dele gates, exhausted with long hours of strain and excitement, thankful that at last it was all over, broke into adopted bydhalraan Blibu Root The vote stood: Not voting 84S Agains t « • • • • • •» • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •» • 51 Absent 16 For 666 The La Follette platform had previ ously been tabled. * There was an outburst of cheering when the total Roosevelt strength was announced as 343, the number of delegates not voting, but a greater outburst followed the announcement of 666 votes yea. The nays were 68, and 16 were absent. No Nomination for Cummins. Immediately Chairman Root an nounced a call of the roll of the states for nominations. Alabama was passed, Arizona was silent. Down the list silence followed the calling of each state until Ohio was reached. A cheer greeted the stat$ and Warren G. Hard ing arose to place President Taft in nomination. Then it was discovered Iowa had forgotten to nominate Cummins, and Root ordered that the state be called again. Silence greeted the second call, for the Iowans had decided not to nominate Cummins, but to vote for him. cx Thee Ohio was called again, and Harding took the platform, gfbeted by scattered, cheers, to nominate Taft Day of Battle*. Friday was a day of excitement and constant fighting between ahe Taft and Roosevelt forces on the floor of the Republican convention. A partial report from th® committee on creden tials was the cause of the sanguinary conflict. During the day four roll calls were taken which furnished some little gleam of hope for both sides. On one ballot the" Taft men polled the highest vote yet recorded for them, 605. A little later whatever significance might have been attached to that vote was somewhat discounted when the Roosevelt adherents mustered a strength of 529, which was the high mark so far for the colonel's side. The Roll Calls. The roll calls were occasioned by majority and minority reports from the credentials committee on the seat ing of contested delegates in the Ninth Alabama district. The roll call was on a motion to table Governor Had- ley's resolution that contested dele gates be not allowed to vote on the reports. This carried by a vote of $69 to 499--10 not voting.,, A motion made at once following, to substitute the minority report seating the Roosevelt men, as against the ma jority's steam roller candidates was lost by a vote of 464 to 606. In the second vote eight Idaho and twenty- five Wisconsin votes went with the Taft men. These states explained that as members of their delegations were on the credentials committee they desired to support that commit tee. They denied they had bolted to the Taft side on any other issue. The third ballot was on the Arizona contest case. The result was 664 to 497.' The fourth vote was on the Califor nia case. This resulted 542 to 529, the highest vote yet mustered by the Roosevelt men uovernor Hereert S. Hadley of M'ssouri swept the Republican con- ,M PLATJ0BM11R BRIEF Reaffirms party's principles. Demands untrammeled and In dependent judiciary. To continue constructive legis lation. Demands laws to safeo"*1* public health. Promisee workmen's compen sation laws. Favors legislation to facilitate court procedure. Declares recall of Judges un necessary, but favors legislation to simplify removal of derelict Judges. Deolares against special priv ilege and monopoly, and favors changes In anti-trust laws. Recommends federal trade commission. Reaffirms belief In protective tariff and recommends reduction of some of present duties. Campaign contributions by cor porations should be prohibited. Conservation approved. Favors parcels post. Declares for adequate navy and urges revival of merchant marine. Favors aid In Improvement of Mississippi river. Asks more generous laws for settlers. Favors more liberal and sys tematic river and harbor Im provements. Safeguarding of life at sea. Lauds Republican accomplish ments and Republican rule un der McKlnley, Roosevelt and Taft. vention off its feet Wednesday afternoon and, without having ut tered a word, became the hero of a demonstration which will hold a per manent place among the spectacular events In the history of the nation. This and a test vote which showed that the Taft following Is holding Its own were the two great features of the second day's session. When Governor Hadley appeared on the floor to close the debate on his resolution to seat the Roosevelt dele gates who had been unseated by the national committee the demonstration unexpectedly broke loose. It was nearly an hour from the time the demonstration started before the tumult had sufficiently subsided to enable tbe convention to resume buai- ness. Root Named Chairman. Senator Ellbu Root of New York was elected temporary chairman of the- Republican convention Tuesday afternoon apid scenes of great dis order, thus scoring an Important vlo- tory for the Taft forces. The Roosevelt men voted for Ootr. Francis E. McGovern of Wlsoonsln. With the completion of the long roll call, practically every minute of which bad been strenuously contested by the Roosevelt people, led by Governor Hadley, Senator Fllnn and Mr. Heney. Senator Root was given an ovation in which tbe Roosevelt delegates took no part At 6:30 he began tbe delivery of bis speech, and continued until seven o'clock. VOTE THAT GAVE TAFT THE VICTORY. s;f • Finland Is at Antwerp. Antwerp, June 26.--The steamer Finland, bringing the athletes who are !to represent the United States at the jOIynipic games at Stockholm, arrived Jhere Monday. Most of tht? athletes are to feood condition. Suffragettes Leave Jail. London, June 26.--Mrs. Pankburst, leader of the British suffragettes, and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, prominent so ciety woman and suffragist lieutenant, were released from Holloway Jail on Account of illness. James 8. Shei'man. wild cheers and the convention wound up amid scenes of great excitement and confusion. Quelled by Police. Roosevelt delegates rioted for near ly a half hour in the Republican na tional convention as the temporary or ganization controlled by the Taft ma chine was made the permanent or- ganlzatou. Their riotous demonstra tions, quelled by the police, but served to delay the prepared action of the Bteam roller. The reports, majority and minority, of the rules committee were tabled and the convention proceeded under the old rules. Henry J. Allen, Kansas progressive, read Colonel Roosevelt's two con demnatory statements of the day, elic iting Bome by play and a few cheers from the floor. A Then Charles Warren Fairbanks be gan the reading of the report of the resolutions committee, the platform, a Taft platform. Argument at con siderable length on the platform fol lowed. Wisconsin and North Dakota mem bers of the resolutions committee, rep resenting Senator La Follette, offered a minority report, almost as long as the one read by Mr. Fairbanks, which Incorporated the views of the Wis consin senator on public questions. At 5:30 the platform was declared mistakes or overcharges it Invariably will be laid at your door. On the oth er hand, if the woman is competent and valuable you will lose her serv ices. There never is a case when kind- ne»« is so mistaken as this. There al- Never send your maid or laundress ways is gossip, and then you lose your or seamstress to a friend," advised tbi^ friend, in fact, when you put yourself woman who had been stung. "No out to manage affairs for friends which matter how badly the work may be they actually should look out for needed or how the friend may be suf- themselves, you are bound to get Into fering for want of help, it is the most hot water, no matter how kindly your dangerous thing in the world to do. intentions may be. Give all the ad- In the first place, if the worker Bakes vice you can, but don't set out and Number La States. of Roose Fol Cum Not Ab- votes. Taft. velt. lette. mins. voting, sent Alabama 24 22 2 Arizona 6 6 Arkansas 18 17 i California 26 2 24 Colorado 12 12 Connecticut 14 14 6 6 12 12 28 28 Idaho 8 1 7 Illinois 58 2 53 i Indiana 30 20 3 *7 26 16 , 10 Kansas 20 2 , t 18 Kentucky 26 24 2 . . Louisiana 20 20 . Maine 12 12 Maryland 16 i 9 . , 5 i Massachusetts 36 20 16 30 20 9 • •• # # 1 Minnesota 24 . . 24 Mississippi 20 17 • • . . 3 36 16 • « . . 20 8 8 # , # 9 16 2 14 6 6 . . . 9 9 New Hampshire. 8 8 • . . New Jersey 28 2 • . . 26 , t New Mexico 8 7 1 , . # New York 90 76 8 , 5 North Carolina 24 1 1 * * ( 22 North Dakota 10 . . 10 48 14 . , . . . 34 Oklahoma 20 4 1 . . 15 . , 10 8 e 2 . . Pennsylvania 76 9 2 62 I Rhode Island 10 10 • . South Carolina 18 16 . . . 1 i South Dakota 10 5 5 . . - . . . 24 23 1 40 31 8 l 8 8 8 6 . . 2 Virginia 24 22 1 l Washington 14 14 16 West Virginia 16 26 16 26 26 6 6 e e • e 2 2 • • . . e • Dist. of Columbia 2 2 Hawaii 6 6 • e .. e e . . Philippine Islands 2 2 2 2 • • Totals .1078 561 107 41 17 344 6 Hughes, 2. MEAN END OF FRIENDSHIPS Numerous Snags, Small In Them selves, but Extremely Powerful In Their Effecta. lease apartments, engage hotel rooms, select wall papers and rugs. "These are snags that ruin friend ships between women. And it all comes from good-heartedness and a de sire to serve. Is there a woman alive who has not learned the bitter lesson of what it means to recommend a dressmaker?" Physical Impossibility. A young Englishman came to Wash ington and devoted his days and nights to an earnest endeavor U> drink all the Scotch whisky then* was. He couldn't do it, and presently he went to a doctor complaining of a disor dered stomach. "Quit drinking," or dered the doctor. "But, my dear sir, I cawn't. I get BO thirsty." "Well," said the doctor, "whenever you ar# thirsty, eat an apple instead of tak ing a drink." The Englishman paid his fee and left. He met a friend to whom he told his experience. "Bally rot," he protested. "Fawncy eating 40 apples a day."--Saturday Evening Post COURTS MUSI ' BE T RapubNcan Platform Demand* Freedom of judiciary. RECALL STRONGLY OPPOSED Changes In Antf-Trust Laws Framed Protective Tariff Approved and Mod ifications Suggested--Lauds Pres ent and Pfst Administrations. Chicago.--The following is the plat form adopted by the Republican na tional convention on Saturday after noon: "The Republican party, assembled by Its representatives in national conven tion, declares its unchanging faith in government of the people, by the peo ple, for the people. We renew our al legiance to the principles of the Re publican institutions established by the fathers. "We believe in our self-controlled representative democracy which is a government of laws, not of men, and in which order is the prerequisite of progress. The Republican party will strive, not only in the nation, but in the several states, to enact the nec essary legislation to safeguard the public health; to limit effectively the labor of women and children and to wage-earners engaged iff dan gerous occupations; to enact compre hensive and generous workman's com pensation laws in place of the present wasteful and unjust system pf employ ers' liability; and in all possible ways to satisfy the just demand of the people for the study and solution of the complex and constantly changing problems of social welfare. "The Republican party reaffirms Its Intention to uphold at all times the authority and integrity of the courts, both state and federal, and it will ever insist that their powers to enforce their process and protect life, liberty and property shall be preserved In violate. "That the courts, both federal and state, may bear the heavy burden laid upon them to the complete satisfac tion of public opinion we favor legis lation to prevent long delays and the. tedious and costly appeals which have so often amounted to a denial of jus tice in civil cases and to a failure to protect the public at large In criminal cases. "Since the responsibility of the ju diciary is so great, the standards of judicial action must be always and everywhere above suspicion and re proach. While we regard the recall of judges as unnecessary and unwise, we favor such action as may be neces sary to simplify the process by which any judge who Is found to be derelict In his duty may be removed from of- five. 'Together with peaceful and order ly development at home, the Republi can party earnestly favors all meas ures for the establishment and pro tection of the peace of the world, and for the development of closer relations between the various nations of the earth. "It believes most earnestly in the peaceful settlement of international disputes and In the reference of all Justiciable controversies between na tions to an international court of jus tice. "The Republican party favors the enactment of legislation supplement ary to the existing anti-trust act, which will define as criminal offenses those specific acts that uniformly mark attempts to restrain and to monopolize trade, to the end that those who honestly intend to obey the law may have a guide for their ac tion and that those who aim to vio late the law may the more surely be unished. "In the enforcement and adminis tration of federal laws governing in terstate commerec and enterprises Impressed with a public use engaged therein, there is much that may be committed to a federal trade commis sion, thuB placing in the hands of an administrative board many of the functions now necessarily exercised by the courts. "We reaffirm our belief In a protec tive tariff. The protective tariff is so woven into the fabric of our Industrial and agricultural life that to substitute for it a tariff for revenue only would destroy many Industries and throw millions of our people out of employ ment. The products of the farms and of the mine should receive the same measure of protection as other prod ucts of American labor. "We hold that the import duties should be high enough while yielding a sufficient revenue to protect ade quately American industries and wages. Some of the existing Import duties are too high and should be re- duced. Readjustment should be made from time to time to conform to chang ing conditions and to reduce exoeasive rates, but without Injury to any Amer ican industry. To accomplish this cor rect information is Indispensable. This information can best be obtained by an expert commission, an the large volume of useful facts contained in the recent reports of the tariff board has demonstrated. "The pronounced feature of modern Industrial life is its enough diversifi cation. To apply tariff rates Justly to these changing conditions requires closer study and Biore scientific meth ods than ever before. The Republican party has shown by its creation of a tariff board, its recognition of this sit uation, and its determination to be Home Gambling. A man may gamble at home with Impunity, according to the unanimous ruling of the appellate division of the New York supreme court. He may engage in any game of chance, and money may change hands, but it must be at home. The case which evoked the court's decision grew out of the arrest of a man who was caught In the act, with four-others. In the po lice court he was held for the grand jury on the charge of being a common gambler. The county court sustained •anal to it. We oondejnn the Demoif cratic party for its failure either tft provide funds for the continuance of . this board or to make some other pro* vision for securing the Information requisite for intelligent tariff legisla^ tion. We protest against the Demo^ cratic method of legislating on these •1 tally important subjects without careful investigation. "We condemn the Democratic tariff bills passed by the house of repre sentatives of th© sixty-second congress as sectional, as injurious to tba publUn credit and as destructive of business enterprise. "The Republican party will support a prompt scientific inquiry Into tbe causes which are operative, both in the United States and elsewhere, to in crease the cost of living. When the. exact facts are known, it will take the necessary steps to remove any abuses that may be found to exist, In order that the cost of the food, cloth ing and shelter of the people may in no way be unduly or artificially In creased. "Our banking arrangements today need further revision to meet the re quirements • of new conditions. We need measures which will prevent the recurrence of money panics and finan cial disturbances and which will pro* mote the prosperity of business an<L the welfare of labor by producing con stant employment. We need better currency facilities for the movement of crops in the west and south. We need banking arrangements under American auspices for the encourage ment and better conduct of our for-, eign trade. In attaining these ends the independence of Individual banks, whether organized under national or state charters, must be carefully pro* tected and our banking and currency, system must be safeguarded from any possibility of domination by sectionaL financial or political Interests. "We recommend and urge* an au thoritative investigation of agricul tural credit societies and corporations in other countries and the passage of state and federal laws for the estab lishment and capable supervision of organizations having for their purpose the loaning of funds to farmers. "We reaffirm our adherence to the principle of appointment to public of£ flee based on proved fitness and tenure during good behavior and efficiency. The Republican party stands commit ted to the maintenance, extension and enforcement of the civil service law and it favors the passage of legisla tion empowering the president to ex tend the competitive service so far as practicable. "We favor the amendment of the federal liability law BO as to extend its provisions to all government employes as well to employ a more liberal scale of compensation for injury and death. "We favor such additional legislation as may be necessary more effectually to prohibit corporations from contrib uting funds, directly or Indirectly, to campaigns for the nomination or elec tion of the president, vice-president, senators and representatives In con gress. "We heartily approve the recent act of congress requiring the fullest pub licity in regard to all campaign con tributions. "We rejoice In the sucoess of the distinctive Republican policy of con servation of the natural resources for their use by the public without waste and monopoly. We pledge ourselves to a continuance of such a policy. Parcels Post. "In the Interest of the general pub lic and particularly of the agricultu ral or rural communities, we favor legislation looking to establishment, under proper regulations, of a parcels post, the postal rates to be graduated under a zone system in proportion to tbe length of the carriage. "We approve the action taken by the president and the congress to se cure with Russia as with other coun tries a treaty that will recognize the absolute rest of expatriation and that will prevent all discrimination of whatever kind between American cit izens. "We believe in the maintenance of an adequate navy for the national de fease and we condemn the action of the Democratic house of representa tives in refusing to authorize the con struction of additional ships. "We believe that one of the coun try's n»06t urgent needs is a revived merchant marine. The Mississippi riv#r Is the nation's drainage ditch. Hence we believe the federal govern ment should assume a fair proportion of the burden of its control so as to prevent the disasters from recurring floods. "We favor a liberal and systematlo policy for the improvement of our riv ers and harbors. Such improvements should be made upon expert informa tion and after a careful comparison of cost and prospective benefits. ' Immigration Laws. "We pledge the Republican party to the enactment of appropriate laws to give relief from the constantly grow ing evil of induoed or undesirable im migration, which is Inimical to the progress and welfare of the people of the United States. "We favor the speedy enactment of laws to provide that seamen shall not be compelled to endure Involuntary servitude and that life and property at sea shall be safeguarded by the ample equipment of vessels with life- saving appliances and with full com plements of skilled, able-bodied sea men to operate them. "We commend the earnest effort of the Republican administration to se cure greater economy and Increased efficiency in the conduct of govern ment. *We call upon the public to quicken their Interest in public affairs, to con demn and punish lynchlngB and other forms of lawlessness and to strength en In all possible ways a respect tor law and the observance of it." the charge, and the defendant's at torney carried the case to the appel late dlTic'os. If the defendant had been caught gambling away from home his offense would have been a crime. The identical act committed within his own four walls Is not a crime, for a man's home Is his "castle." even If it is only a flat. Pre sumably the four other persons pres ent at the game also lived at the same place, otherwise they would have been offenders against the Isvr* Boston Globe.