Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - January 14, 1905, Washington, District Of Columbia PAGES 13 TO 16. 16. WASHED 14, POLYGAMY IS WANING Witnesses So Assure Senate Elections THE EFFECT OF Women Children Are the Chief According to the Testimony andi for that Reason There Has Been an Unwillingness to Proceed Against the Male Offenders in Three witnesses for the defense in the Smoot case yesterday testified that amy is dying out in Utah so rapidly that there Is no need of It was declared that the younger Mormons are all opposed to polygamy if they thought it was being taught there would be a revolution in the It was ad- mitted that Senator Smoot had to get the consent of the church to become a for but only in the form of a leave of absence from his church it was declared that he could have been nominated and elected out it. J. N. an attorney of the sole witness at the forenoon cession of the was closely ex- and One of the witnesses at the afternoon Ar- thur warden ot the Utah and a son of Orson who an authority on church was called to the He testified that he never had been a member of the Mormon He declared that from 1S75, when he arrested George and down lo 1890, he had arrested more Mormons on charges of cohabitation than any other Possessed of Accurate Mr. Pratt said the arrests entailed a great deal of suffering among the Mormon and that it was the women and who got the worst of the He added that there could be no question as to the decrease of polygamy since 1890 and that as supervisor of the census he was in a to have the best information that Mr. Pratt testified that he had served six years as chief of police at Salt and under the Territorial government he been United States marshal and uty United States He asserted that the Mormon people were Angus M. the witness had a bad reputation and his word could not be A colloquy between counsel the fact thab the attack on was made to discredit the mony of E. B. of Salt who was charged by Mr. Van Cott with having sent Cannon here as a witness before the Mr. Pratt denied that at the time the politics of Utah were divided along party lines some Mormons had been set apart to be Republican and some to be In answer to Chairman Mr. Pratt said that In the three years Joseph F. been president the church had been kept out of but before that it had been a Testimony of Attorney H. E. of Salt a mon proved an interesting He went to Utah from Iowa in 1885, and has been active in the politics of his He asserted that the Mormon as a did not interfere in political but that Individuals took an interest in politics in the same way that other citizens He said he be- the Mormon people were as true to their political convictions as any people In the and he gave a number of instances of popular church members be- ing defeated by candidates who had been responsible for On the subject of Mormons obtaining consent to run for political Mr. understanding was that all tles were on a salary to serve the church and had duties to perform and owed something to the He said he be- the church opposed the election of Moses Thatcher for and he was glad of because Thatcher was a The witness said it was his ment that President Joseph F. Smith had kept the church out of As to polygamy the witness believe is as dead as Ninety-eight per of the Mormons themselves are opposed to plural He said that prominent a number of them were his close Not Inclined to Mr. Booth testified that the sympathy was with the women who were married in and that there was a to prosecute the for chat He said he thought amy would die out soon of and that It was better to permit this rather than to prosecute husbands and leave their plural wives as He said his tion wag that there had been no plural marriages with the sanction of the chu the case of On this subject he said he was He asserted there would be an im- mediate revolution in the church if the president of it should sanction plural and that polygamy would die out very rapidly without regard to the Mr. Booth said Mr. Smoot had been so prominent a Republican since the people Utah divided on party lines that he could have been elected to any office from until he was elected United States The witness said that Senator Smoot's candidates for the legislature would have been defeated had it not been for the and that there had been no church Church Consented to He said there was no question but that Mr. received church consent to run for but he believed Mr. Smoot have nominated and elected had that consent been He thought If conditions were allowed to go on as they were In a few years would be heard of the Mormon A number of instances were given by Mr. Booth where a of defeated a number of persons for On Judge Tayler called attention to the fact that H. Roberts and Thomas both had been Mr. Booth Insisted that he had been a consistent op- ponent of polygamy all through his dence in but that conditions could not changed any more rapidly than they were Concerning non- Mr. Booth admitted on cross-examination that on Fides of his home President Smith maintained houses for his but that until the Smoot hearing he had never heard that polygamous cohabitation was practiced since the Senator Dubols asked the witness was the legal status of children born in believe every legislature since hood has legitimatized was the he expressed for the children born In this Hardships Plural your sympathy great enough to put a stop to bringing them Into the the Senator if a stop could be put It out vesting penalties and hardships those women who bring them Wto tjio saying polygamy should be re- If you can suggest a. way to there not an apostle who I will adopt it and this Chairman Burrows asked it an amendment the Constitution of United States prohibiting polygamy Would be and received the that it was not The Witness that he thought It would put an end to think that Utah Is unable to put a stop to the The witness said he condemned added that polygamists should not be prosecuted because of the dis- grace to their He said he had been a candidate for public and that had never made a move to mine whether he would get church though he that some did go to the On cross-examination Mr. Mr. Booth admitted that the of some Mormons was by many members of the church as badge of testimony in a line of cross-examination was in defense of the Mormons and against prosecutions as a means of prohibiting polygamous Gentiles Important Attorney Whitecotton testified that tiles in Utah always held the most important and that Gentile judges who had been active in sentencing Mormons for cohabitation received as large vote as other candidates when they came up for think the decided sentiment ot the mon people in Utah is hostile to said Mr. A great deal had been eaid about an understanding that there should be no prosecutions for but he had never heard of such a thing and did not believe it he I believe the people generally don't want to stir this thing up and start it smelling has not Women went into they plural marriages a religious The church prescribes that if a plural wife gets a divorce she be to another and the people realize that if she Is cut off by prosecutions from her only she and her children are in a precarious The sympathy of Gentiles and young Mormons opposed to polygamy is all for the I never heard of any sympathy for a male and don't believe there ever has been such sympathy for a he should to be married to three or four No Difference in His would be the socially and on an official instituted proceedings In prosecution of a asked Attorney Van Cott for Senator would make no difference In his standing In the would be the effect came up for probably would help him in his It would be felt that he was a man of courage and nerve to go ahead and do his replied Mr. Chairman Burrows asked why It re- quired for an official to do his and the witness explained this by giving the condition in which such cutions would leave and Innocent is the sentiment in regard to the polygamous asked the it is an awful One that wish we were out and we don't know how Mr. Mr. Van Colt asked when Senal first took an active part ha politick .in was In politics when I went to He was In the People's the division what part did he Smoot and Republican he had some Republican heresies and he joined that He was in the woolen mill said the the line of Mr. Smoot's early did he oppose ed Mr. Van he was looked upon as the young man in Utah to In regard the political aspirations and the attitude of the both mons and Mr. Whitecotton said that years ago Mr. Smoot was ed of for and when he the race for that office It was un- that he had his eye on the He was the logical In my the Inevitable Be- fore he became an apostle he was talked of as a candidate for After he was elected an apostle and he became a candidate for Senator a campaign was in the issue was or not you think his apostleship assisted or hurt him in his canvass for the asked Mr. Van don't to that I know there are a great many Mormons who opposed him because he was an official of the and I suppose there are a great many who did not take his position Into consideration at Then there may have been some who worked for his tion because he was an as a Judge counsel for the Mr. The witness was asked if he knew dent Joseph F. Smith had said that If he observed the custom which prevails on subject of marriage tions would be eternally Mr. said he had heard that but It would not surprise because he was of the opinion that Smith is a Judge Tayler referred Indirectly to the case of Apostle Is the band of several performing the ceremony uniting his to a plural The witness said that act met with his hearty and that the outfit ought to be Attention of the witness was called also to the marriage of Apostle Cannon to Lillian and he said he had no doubt of and that the con- waged was there had been such a but who formed the said that If eleven of the twelve apostles should perform plural marriage ceremonies on the highways or in out-of-the-way and that Mr. the other did It would not involve him to or any other sort of He he understood that Presidents Woodruff and Snow continued to live in polygamous habitation after 1890, and that the basis of the plea for amnesty was a promise not to In mous He gave the opinion that Mormons were responsible for the and that If It not been Issued there would have been a that If the apostolate should bring out a Old Overboil is just the absolutely pure stimulant that old folks No better in the full Bottled in Aak your or order A. could by his BY 1BGISLATOES. Idaho Lawmakers Protest Against the Charges Maffle by Jan. statements made by McConnell at Washington the Senate committee investigation of the case of Senator a. stir statement relating to the of members ot the legislature being specially To-day the was adopted by both of the State That the of the eighth Idaho now In regardless ot political belief or religious denounce statements as in 'the press of W. J. before the Senate Investigating com- on morals of tbe Idaho lature as and That a of this resolution tiei to tbe chairman of said and Elections Committee at THE BEST Mr. of Suggests to Cure the Janitor Is the and Feeding Fire Slowly tKe Not Fight District A resident of Pittsburgh sometimes called the who Is also er of one of the largest apartment houses In has taken up the cudgel In behalf of the smoke He is Mr. James B. He is the owner of the Oliver Iron and Steel of and also of the apartment house in this He has written a ter to his agent in this Mr. J. forbidding the use of his Influence in fighting the smoke The text of Mr. Oliver's letter is as not fight that smoke law with my Although I live in what is con- the smokiest city in the yet TOY company has spent and thousands of dollars to so construct their plants as to avoid burn the softest kind of soft can never see the slightest smoke coming from our This is because we fire by Jackson Is your and Is It lust as our chinery does feeding freeM coal over the hot cinders ating thorough they break down this In the District of will be as bad as and delphia should be the cleanest city in United as they have the cheapest but it Is about as dirty as The Jackson referred to Is the Janitor at the MRS. New Not Mrs. Halle who has been re- moved as a rural free delivery carrier at arid who exploit her grievance to the office went back to her home yesterday She was In anything a docile tlon when she visited the department building yesterday She wanted to see Fourth Assistant Postmaster eral but was unable to do cause of the fact that he was Chief Clerk Conrad with the Wore a cap and the gray uniform that Is used In the insist that I have been 111 Mrs. Linch said when she entered the of- fice of the chief clerk of Fourth is a shame a woman should be treated so shamefully as I have and ask the department to come to my 1 Mr. Conrad told her that the matter was beyond that Gen. Bristow had acted upon the recommendation in- had been detailed on the and that it was useless for to press her Then It was that Mrs. Linch gave up the fight and took the next train To newspaper men and others were In the corridor of the department she gave her as only a can of the administration in general and the Department hi TRYING TO SAVE China Urged Not to Cancel Railroad Giant to Sir the Chinese has been Informed that J. pont Morgan and the other Americans in- lii the Railway have in the and the Minister has advised his ment of the tion that the franchise be- not The Chinese populace in the section through which the railroad runs became greatly aroused at the passing of the stock from American to other and what they feared would prove less friendly con- and were bringing pressure to bear upon the government to cancel the The American ers upon hearing that the franchise would be canceled if they disposed of a majority of the reconsidered their decision and have again possession Of greater part of the The Chinese Minister in Washington Is using his influence his government to prevent the cancellation of the He said yesterday that he had re- no inquiry from Chinese vice- roy on the of he has no power to cancel the even if lie were requested to do as has been Postmasters fourth-class postmasters were appointed J. A. New John D. George be R. O. Ida EL Robert H. Allen B. Miles O. William 6. Horace West M- Santa Fe Hearing The Interstate Commerce Commission has the arrangements for a the case of the Colorado Fuel and involving charges that the company was given rebates by the Topeka and Santa Fe accordance with the withdrawal by of the off his request for a ing pf the Smallpox Of of smallpox at one of the cases being on the Indian IB re- ported to the Indian Bureau la a tele- gram yesterday from of the Indian school The health officer ordered at all on the RUSSIA'S HIGH TARIFF 1 Industrial Development Dates Its GROWTH OP De Witte the Chief Advocate of tion and Constantly Urges Increase in Import Advance in and BY JOHN CATiAN Industrial has found the war a disturbing element in its Factories Iri in. the mir and In the Donetz Valley have been to shut down or tall There is aA unsettled state of an unwillingness to ex- even a disposition to which is but to 'the which has so strenuously to make Russia less dependent industrial was to be the Would after we are passing through an When we return peace our tries will up again their forward It has been the of the Emperor foster this icy will certainly continue after the Industrial Russia is still an infant in swaddling and its tbe Is watching It and It with care and the economic interests of the While the Industries of trace their origin back to reign of Peter de- velopment began less than a quarter century when the empire comprehensive protective Such tion was the country in the same way that it was pressed upon the United Like the American re- Russia possesses inexhaustible natural It has been famous for centuries for its iron has an unlimited supply of its soil duces and in there are few raw materials re- quired by a manufacturing which cannot be the Muscovite em- Inauguration of Prior to 1877 all tured goods In Russia Im- In that year the policy of tion was positively Other ures in accord with this policy were sub- put in so that there a strong foundation for the high tariff wall which was erected along ail frontiers in 1891. The government before it inaugurated this policy how costly it would With eighths of the people employed in cultural It was to their present Interest to enjoy free the thinking only of the arid not educated to consume ern determined the general welfare required emancipation from the industrial yoke of foreign Enough capital could not be at and foreign enterprise was to establish itself in In every possible way the creation of tries was and many plants were erected solely In the expectation of re- and have supported The effect when a comparison is made the past and The of coal creased from tons in 000 1903, and its total consumption f rohi tons Tbe con- sumption of pig Iron has from tons to The of manufactures in 1890 A year ago it was more than In 1890 a of persons were engaged in Just before the war more than 100.000 Were The extent of Russia's principal tries is shoWn by the following Textile Foodstuff Leather Wood Chemical 769 30.670.82S Piper 632 De Witte for a High Compared with the gigantic strides which the Industries of other and especially have the steps taken by Russia seem painfully M. de who Was from the office of minister of finance to the presidency of the council of con- tinges to talk Is not fled even with the present radical There should be greater in his tiff the iron He the showing that Russia imports froin to of machinery and agricultural and he can find no reason why most of should not be made In M. de Witte knows that wizard does not exist who can transform the country In a But he feels that it should make greater especially In iron In spite of the fact that this production has been more than quadrupled .In twenty Germany's iron four times greater than that of and the output of the United 0tateS is almost seven times If M. .de Witte be asked how he to Increase Russia's industrial he Awill the t Before the broke out Russia was rest of from ah industrial as a result of which closed The iron works bard though the orders of which the greatest con- of railroads in have averaged about the iame year after The ministry of finance Is to Induce works tot extend activities to tne and forty need of ft accept a government contract for tons of but the strongest client is Mr. The Cotton In teen the cotton dustry has made considerable More than 40 per of- tion is about 36 of the output the The ton factories of Russia are in of at St. and in It estimated that there all about mort are In other There are some Which employ and even The in has grown from a its present lation of as a result of the and development et the industry there principally by German Belgian The finer grades of goods continue tff be 3V there has been an ln exports to Asia a result of. tMe drawback tem observed by the to the exporter estimated value df toe raw cotton which ths goods The sugar has made so In that the since 1896, found It to production and maximum price to be The is raised in the southwestern and central The area under cultivation which produce There 278 which the out tons of and silk Industries have made considerable development in re- me value ot output of being about and linen industry these Hour thousand tons of fiber are produced in the of which snipped The peasants use tons at and the is made into goods by the This Industry Is worth Land Free of far as the mere enactment of laws Is the Russian laborer is ably better protected than the workman of any other He hasr against which to tions are riot the hafe authorized arrangements be- tween like in order to stop ruinous Difficulty has been experienced in forming an industrial in the first the people are in the they tied to their am from a In St. Petersburg I must pay tay taxes as a member of the com- Many hands obtain employment to tories and mills and to their farms during the The gross result of their labor hardly to enable them to and the hard work in the fields is. not calculated to fit the workmen to handle delicate thread and The salaries paid vary because conditions and cost of living in the numerous economic the which jhe empire is In the factories at Moscow an adult male workman receives per adult female and boys and The natural question How can. these people such I found the answer I the squalid quarters In which many hands called their little Into many of which were four I have seen advertisements of for and when I made an investigation found that a had been separated by curtains into four that I might have one of these tions If I paid the Some mill owners have erected clean are occupied by the workmen and Others mit the sleep alongside their The on the health of the employes may be Rarely do the hands eat They cannot buy therefore they have to be content with rye bread and cabbage times strikes are precipitated by the ships which but as demonstrations or character are con- are suppressed the and the agitators and very occasionally the are One fact which impresses one who has anything to do with the factory hands Is The Improvement m their tion consequent employment in the mills Is so great that they waint to tact their of leal to a development which makes the sodden routine the It is through this Industrial class Russia will surely 190S. John Callan Curious Specimens of Finny Tribe from Dr. curator of ichthyology of the decided some time ago to install two exhibits of the curious and little of marine region's the hall to fishes now well under way The exhibit of deep-sea fishes is about com- plete and set up in Uts Incomplete stage the collection 1? at- a deal of the flaming colors of. the and other West Indian fishes standing but In ed contrast to the more sober livery of denizens of other waters in the rounding neighboring in arranging these Beane will be guided strictly by his ideas relative to such and the when the work Is will be many curious fish far escaped tee notice arid those who write for it. The group of Bahaman as It now includes a specimen of curious so named on account of the filaments extending dorsal and ventral fins backward for three times the the an orange file a giant with Its crimson a flute and Surmounting the case these remarkable fish Is a While hot a salt water deserves a near the Bahama group to Its gorgeous The arapaima Is a British arid and Is for being the largest of fresh Water weighing 400 and pounds be- ing by no means Their scales and color are of such character to ble mosaic The head and are bright yellowish-green by into grass ald olive blue blue steel and silver gray on the making a most and peculiar looking This specimen is a at the Poisons at The Affairs has order to Indian agencies to Immediately of all poisons on hand at action lows a here re- garding an occurrence where Thomas Eagle died and several other became seriously 111 as the result of drinking a pail of in which they had placed considerable New Counterfeit Silver Chief States Secret announced the appearance of a new counterfeit lar silver The note Is the series of 1899, The face of note is than but e note Is excellent and de- V Jan. commanding the United States Pacific now at held a to-day board the flagship for which EOO invitations sent Spirit presence J. shine and es the many hi and somei ftig twists twinges becomes more symptoms of are developed and There is not much poetry la and it is a wonder that more people don't get of these The medicine that ob- and thereof abundant its cures are anid t Tac in land and SEVER SEVERE HEBE Limited by Law in Most States Prior to the Extreme in England in Early Years of Last from Cooper's History of tile The movement to revive the whipping post in the District is of interest to all classes of Many see Iri It a return to a step in the direction of while others feel assured that it is the only possible remedy for certain and that it entitled to a fair trial at question whether or npt whipping is an evil or a like many other te in a state of Prior to the civil war nearly every slave State had laws defining the extent to might-be carried on tations in the case of or willfully whipping a the State of Louisiana Imposed a fine of and the number of those punished tor abusing the right of the master to his slave were relatively few and far On the other in the Northern andi Middle States whipping never at any time into the common in England during the early part of the nineteenth Early Days in In England whipping or flogging a one of the ments of the fighting spirit of the early nineteenth of rapidly became an In 1825, according to Rev. William dier at one of the English barracks was for insubordination and sentenced to lashes with the cat of a brutal instrument of nine knotted quite different from the more humane Such sentences were by no means rare in that and as late as 1829 the British courts-martial were forbidden to give more than 330 which Indicates that a greater number than 300 had been the custom In 1832 the restricted to 200 The 1ft 1836, at of a marine after undergoing 134 together with other led to an outburst of public and the rapid decline and final abolition of ping in at a time when the lash was very far from being unpopular on this aide of the thanks to a more con- servative administration of the Thus Cooper states from 1821 to 1823, of those tried by one out of every two was 1829 to the number to one out of 18fB one out of and In 1865 one out of On the other as a. of our tion of the it was observed that in those In which secured the of for reason than that it was relic the police and lost a valuable corrective and and that that time a class of petty that had been held in check by the whipping tended How It Feels to Be A great deal has been written about the whipping post by people who have never felt the but there is still ex- tant the recital of a man who was ped during the palmy days of Hogging in and wno describes Ills sensa- tions while under the Somerville was a private in the Scots and was tried 1S32. for a of insubordination and ly sentenced to receive 200 lashes with He thus describes the When the commanding officer gave the you will do the so states the the cat as at I be- lieve J did not see but I felt an astounding sensation between the shoulders under my which went to my toe nails in one finger nails in and to the heart as though a knife had gone through my major called In a loud and I felt as if it would be kind of Simpson not to strike me in the same He came on a second a few inches and then I thought the former stroke was sweet and agreeable when compared with that The sergeant major The cat was swung twice around the head and he came on where about the right shoulder and the loud voice of The shoulder blade was as as any other part of the and when he came again on the left and the voice cried I felt my flesh quiver -in every from the scalp of ray to too The time between each stroke seemed so long as to be and yet the next came too lower and felt to The word made betake .to mental thought only the fortieth of what t am SJx followed on to sergeant major then said at and a young who had not flogged took his cat He gave me some dreadful about the first on one side on the Some bade him higher I do not know He then gave them on the arid swollen son had been pain In my lungs Was now I If I Jn I -like and prevent iny and bit It most in from my which T had also and from my I almost became Simpson's second been and the since they like 6n to describe bis the stroke was when having on his ordered Simpson to He a wet towel aid he was led the hospital between a dipped in Was placed on the and the patient laid on his His so stiff that It was Im- to and tions were changed he be His health and constitution were ly affected by William who has gathered together interesting tacts in regard to whippings and whipping laws Jn hte History ot the elves some curious written In ost the This by George being of a delight Is. to switch laid across his right knee and held fn place with the knee and with the right hand free to exercise the But for years my chief delight has been obnoxious stripling of Horsed nice angle on tne sturdy back Ot one aid I never My with Ills grip and grin enjoys The bounds aad at rebellions Some masters lore the wooden that holds The fast bound Victim in Ms leathery But Why this which affrights Ridiculous parents In their sleep o' Each fancying in his dreams bis naughty whelp There strapped and and yelling out for r Nor do 1 like the never feels The proper smart who unharnessed other lads must hold him It makes a. scandal In the neighboring Stick to the living horse the Flogging Behind tbe A good deal of discussion is going on In Washington as to 'the location of the whipping and the manner of Some wags have suggested that Inasmuch as there is thing of a reaction in favor of a return to sundry old English It would be more In keeping with Anglo-Saxon traditions to have the wife-beating or fering rogue whipped through the streets at the cart as master thus describes the function as taking place in days of good Time the philanthropic When Jails resounded with the hearty When any morning some known rogue you'd meet At the sent yelling through the While the delighted with Jovial Urged on the boisterous DEFENDS TROLLEY Colvin Replies to tbe Com- plaints of Declares Mount Vernon Company Not to Blame for ing New The District Commissioners received a letter yesterday froni Supt. J. of the Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway In which he makes his report upon a letter recently referred to him by the The letter so referred was the of the Washington and dria com- of the alleged filthy condition of the Washington station of the railway and of the as he that passengers make a practice of entering and leaving the cars of the com- pany by means of the it was were frequently Mr. Colvin among other that the station is not kept clean and that the windows are The text of his letter In wish to state that is kept in as good condition now as it has been during the last eight and that it will compare favorably with the average of maintained fur the accommodation of the suburban travel by the other street railways of the The building we now occupy Is not well adapted to the needs of a we are endeavoring to Improve these conditions in the now preparing at Twelfth street Pennsylvania waich We expect to occupy breaking of red we had two of acter in the last few and our own special as well as the policemen on this have been to put a stop to it. The officers under Lieut. Amiss have always been ready to give us assistance when is true that in case of delay In the arrival of which sometimes results in two or three arriving at the same we are very much especially if such a condition occurs between 4 and S o'clock p. but this station is not the only point in the or in other large where such and it is largely to the desire of every one to take the first to the race men and Mount Vernon referred tov this travel occurs at a time of day when the com- muters are not and even if it this railway a common and cannot limit its patronage to the Protective Association of Alexandria and NEW OFFICERS Virginia Alumni Association to Attend President was an enthusiastic special ing at the Ebbitt House of the local sociation of the Alumni of the University of Thursday The meeting was called to order by the ex- Senator C. J. The following gentlemen were elected Charles James Robert vice E. William H. executive com- G. J. G. J. M. C. H. and Dr. cis The following were elected a committee to bring to the attention of the local alumni the movement to establish the Thomas Jefferson endowment and to solicit subscriptions to the Rev. Randolph H. Dr. Monte Maj. Jefferson Randolph Pred Benjamin Admiral P. M. W. H. and Agnew it was decided that Instead of having the annual an excursion to the university would and all of the of the university are urged to aTtend the inauguration of President It is of the eral Alumni Association to make this event the greatest in- the history of the It -is proposed to run special trains from New and Washington to the alumni associations of those elites to the University of Virginia on fallowing committee was chosen to arrangements for this occasion and to collect doe the general tion to defray expenses to Miller Dr. Dr. G. T. Prof. L. M. Julian M. and J. George Corps Elects The Second Army Corps at their annual meeting last evening at B1 elected the following Charles first vice De Witt C. second vice O. D. third vice Nathaniel secretary and H. C. James William P. Hemy new constitution anB which among other for the membership of members of Army The annual banquet on the of. We organization of the Treasury Receipts and National bank yesterday for government re- ARCHITECTS IN UPROAR Excitement Alter ds of SNAP NOMINATIONS ALLEGED Mr. of Arrives Late and Demands His but Candidates Named by Him Are and of There was anything but unanimity of feeling in the election of officers for the coming year at the session of the annual meeting of the American Institute of Architects at the Arlington Hotel The nominating committee re- nominated Mr. W. of St. for and Mr. Alfred of R. for vice The was presented to the convention soon after the organization got down to business at the morning tions were thereafter declared Washington of who was late in learned that nations were and he proceeded at once to let the convention know that he objected to the way things were being Mr. Hull Starts was generally he de- the convention would not be called to order until 11 and that no effort to elect officers would be made until there was a representative gathering of the members of the I protest that it is wrong for the Chair to decide that nominations are Mr. with considerable display of moved a reconsideration of the vote closing the on the motion Mr. Henry Clay of New nominated Mr. Robert S. of for and Mr. Hull placed in tion Mr. S. S. of for vice and Mr. A. O. of as a member of the board of The other nominations on the ticket presented by Mr. Hull were the same as the regular There was all kinds of excitement when Mr. Hull broki into what was considered by many to be -a Mr. of jumped to his feet and wanted to know what right the gates had to take such He was given sharp answers by Mr. Hull and Mr Mr. Kimball's Vote A fifteen recess was taken for a and things went along all right until Mr. Thomas R. of tried to vote as a Mr. Hull challenged his Mr. Kimball re- sides in but is a member of the Washington There is no ter in A row was on at The discussion as to Mr. Kimball's eligibility to vole threatened to throw the convention into a. chaotic A few of the moro conservative members finally succeeded In tbe into a. better frame Mr. Kimball was allowed to Mr. Coolidge declared emphatically that the Boston chapter would not support the nomination of Mr. Mr. Peter B. of explained that the nomination of Mr. Beman for first vice president had been made without the con- sent or knowledge of the Chicago chapter and that was assured that Mr. Beman would not accept the Mr. Hull was on his feet in an His eyes flashed as he indignantly denied that the nomination had been suggested without the knowledge of the members of the Chicago Denied with know as well as do he aa he brandished his the Chicago delegation was well aware of the posed presentation of Mr. and you well know that Mr. Beman con- sented to When quiet had been restored the con- vention took up unfinished Mr. Joseph C. of this pre- sented the name of the following Spanish architects for honorary membership and the convention acted favorably Richardo y Jose Urioste ay Enrique y and Luis Cabello y Pierce Honon Heart and Baston were also elected honorary Tbe Officers The of as reported by the as W. S. of St. Alfred of R. first rice president I Cass of St. second vice Glenn of this secretary and Frank Miles of J. M. of and W. A. of New Robert this and James G. of this nor Henry F. Alfred Irving K. and C. B. J. MR. WARNER Secures Donations of Valuable Additions to Special to The Washington Jan. evening wag at the sington An interesting literary and musical programme was and upon its conclusion President ridge the donation of 837 bringing the total books In the library up to nearly Of the tions announced Wednesday the Evening Star contributed 685 The Washington 57; the ton the others by residents of different sections of the and Washington Mr. B. H. Warner was given a vote of thanks for his efforts in securing and the donors were also thanked by a vote of the possesses a public library of which the citizens are In 1890 Mr. H. Warner erected a ing and donated it. Mr. Crosby S. of the Evening con- a large number of books of and works of and also a generous In tion of the generosity of Mr. Noyes the library was named the Public The of directors is com- posed of the W. W. vice J. Philip L. W. J. W. Frank T. Marshall B. and Northeast Citizens to Have A received by the District Com- missioners Mr. S. men of the committee on and of the Northeast ington states that of narrowing the streets in the northeast was discussed tbe last meeting of the and the policy ot the engineering department In mending the of unanimously The tee a hearing upon the tbe Commissioners wilt
