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4 v"? MflRMNG OREGOMAX. FRIDAY. MARCH 20. 1D0S. READY TO PROVE CAUSE OF PIC La Follette Reiterates Charge Against the High Financiers. of 1S9 and 1 to nic. just as it is un fair in ignoring the still worse defeat of 13M, when the New York World was again the party's adviser. I especially appreciate the generous support that has come to me from the Southern States. If its Democratic voters believe that T can assist the party by being a candi date, why should I refuse? And why should I take the advice of a few edi tors who have never been friendly, rath er'than the advice of millions of Demo crats who have been co-laborers with me for more than a decade?" DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT Ciore Condemns Roosevelt for Con trntnlatina Morgan, but La Toi lette Sajs lie Did His Best Vndcr Critical Conditions. . WASHINGTON. March IS. -Resuming in the Senate today his unfinished speech on the Aldrlrh currency bill. JLa Follette directed himself to the charge made in his remarks on Tuesday that the recent financial stringency was started by great bankers and financiers, declaring that since he spoke on Tuesday, he had se cured additional Information proving that his charges were correct. Gore, of Oklahoma, interrupted to ask whether, in view of the charge made by the Senator from Wisconsin, the Presi dent was justified in congratulating the Tnen who brought on the panic. "Does the Senator think," he said; "that President Roosevelt and Secretary Cor tclyou were not star actors in that per formance, or at least that they congrat ulated the chief actors when it was over?' He quoted from a letter sent by the President to Mr. Cortelyou. Roosevelt Put Out the Fire. l.a Follette deprecated the idea of bring ing partisan politics Into the. discussion, and said he did not purpose to be drawn Into criticism of the President, who had done the best ho could to relieve the sit uation and had not thought It wise at that critical moment to attempt the punish ment of the Incendiaries who had started the conflagration the President sought to put out. "Whatever the agencies back of that ranlc." said the Senator, "whatever the purposes were behind it, the ' President and his Secretary of the Treasury were ronfrortted with a condition. The panic was on." declared the Senator in tragic tones that rang through the chamber. "The panic was on. I do not know how the President regarded it. He was sitting there in the White House. He was a man who had faced all manner of dan gers without flinching, but he was con fronted with a situation, and the panic was on. He saw that legitimate business was put In peril and the responsibility tame to him as the head of the Govern ment, and to liis Secretary, the head of . the Treasury Department. Where else could the money have been sent to stop the panic, no matter what influence might Jiave been behind this bill?" No. Congratulation to Incendiaries. Gore said that lie justified the President-"in standing and delivering to those pirates and depositing with them the peo ple's money when their dagger was at hi throat. But I cannot, he said, c cum- him for congratulating the pirates s puhlle spirited benefactors. I excuse the President rfnr helping the incendiaries who kindled the fire, but 1 can hardly go no far as to approve his proclamation of I hem as the deliverers of tlie country. Gore stated that he heartily agreed iih the Senator from Wisconsin, "that Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Morgan brought on this nanic. which had ripened to the point of falling, but he did not think they ihmild he hailed as benefactors afterward." Referring to the bill as originally re tiorled. La Follette declared with a sufr scMlon of a sneer that the railroad bonds h.nl been "wh aked out ot tne measure. "We are not through with that proposi tion." he added, "it will appear again ami acaiu until finally it is overwhelm Ingly beaten or unexpectedly worked in and ernfted upon the currency system of this country." Itebukea the Interrupters. He then discussed at some length his resolution for the valuation of railway property which, he said, had been sent to the committee on interstate coi mrree. hut was not acted upon. There was quite a large attendance of Democratic. Senators In their places, out comnaratively few Republicans. urea tonally conversations between Senators on the Republican side caused the Sena tor to discontinue the reading of his remarks. On one occasion he remarked. if there are any comments on. my- re marks. I would be glad to have them made so audibly that I can hear them." "This is not the first time in tne His tory ot legislation." he said, "that the chairman of the committee on finance has brought in propositions, by executive decree, to work railroad bonds Into tne Treasury lrpartment. as bearing upon the financial operations ofthe great de partment of the Government." After speaking for more than two hours and a half. ai Follette yielded the. floor with the statement that he would resume his speech Monday next. OHIO SENDS I'KEX GOOD NEWS Legislature Votes to Submit Initia tive and Referendum. COI.L'MBL'S, O.. March 19. The House tonight by a vote of ICO to IS adopted the Atwell Senate joint resolution pro viding for submission to a vote ot the people of an amendment to the consti tution establishing the initiative and referendum in state legislation. Instructs Delegates Tor Tafl. I.OGAX. O.. March 19. The Kleventh District Congressional Republican con vention today renominated Albert Douglas for Congress. ' C. -L.. Poston and and Zane Burley were chosen delegates to the National convention and ' in structed to vote for Secretary Taft for the Presidential , nomination. ROOSEVELT TALKS OF HIS MOTIVES Enemy of Socialism and Anar chy, He Declares to For eign Correspondent. PUTS TRUST IN THE PEOPLE W alker's Extradition Allowed. WASHINGTON. March 19. The State Department was today informed that the Mexican Government lias granted the extradition of Willia-n F. Walker, the Connecticut banker who absconded sev eral months ago and, was located in Lower California by Pinkerton detectives. Name Fairbanks Delegates. PRINCETON.. Ind., March ' 19. Re publicans of the First District, in con vention this afternoon, renominated John H. Foster, of Evansville. for Con gress and Indorsed Charles W. Fair banks for President. Indorse Roosevelt and Taft. MANCHESTER. Vt.. March 19. The Third District Republican convention today nominated John C. Luce for Congress. Resolutions were adopted unanimously indorsing the administra tion of President Roosevelt and in structing the delegates to vote for Taft. Taft Indorsed in Wjoininj. CHBVKNNB, Wyo.. March 19. The Re publican state committee today called the Mate convention at Lander. May 7, to se lect delegates to the National convention and indorsed the candidacy of Secretary Taft for President. Indorse Roosevelt's Policies. CAPK CHARLKS. Va March 19. The First Congressional district Republican convention here today elected W. O. Hopkins, of Newport News, and C. H. Smithers delegates to the National con- BREWER SUED FOR DIVORCE CHARGE FILED AGAINST WIL LIAM LEMP, JR. Wife Declares He Allowed Young Son to See Live Birds Fed to .Monkeys. ST. LOUIS. March 19. Suit for di vorce was filed here today -by Mrs. Lillian Handlan Lemp againat William J. Lemp, Jr.. president of the Lemp Brewing Company. She asks the cus tody of their 7-year-old son. William J. Lemp. III. and a gross sum of alimony to be fixed by the court. The couple separated in September, 1906. Mri. Lemp charges that her hus band tried to prevent the religious training of their son. and that lie per mitted the child to associate with stablemen, who taught him profanity and cruelty. Once, she charged, live birds were fed to monkeys during a visit which little William made to the Lemp stable In his father's company. Says Fleet's Voyage Was Ordered to Show Americans and Foreign Nations This Country's Naval Power. PARIS, March 19. The Temps today published an article on President Roose velt from the pen of Andre Tardieu, its foreign representative, who has just re turned from America. After picturing the President's youthful vigor and Ms Icve for the struggles against wrong, M. Tardieu quotes from the President's ut terances to him, especially in connection with his crusade. The President declares his struggle against plutocracy was be cause he was an enemy of socialism and anarchy. Stands as Conservative. '.'I am. after my fashion, a conserva tive," Mr. Tardieu quotes Mr.' Roosevelt as saying, "and .for this I combat the abuses of plutocracy. I know the people in Wall street denounce me as Judas Iscariot. but it is because I speak the language of truth to the American peo ple that I think I am a good patriot, I am not a sentimentalist. Let them at tack me: I will defend myself by ap pealing -to- the spirit of justice in the country. I will not return the blows." Continuing. Mr. Roosevelt said lie thought that what the United States lacks, most was comprehension of the fact 'that she has Interests throughout the world. "I wish all Americans." the President said, "would feel that American politics are world politics; that we are and will be concerned in oil the great questions." Object of Fleet's Cruise. Mr. Roosevelt then spoke with enthusi asm of the battleship fleet. He had or ganized the fleet to make this voyage, first, because he wished to demonstrate to the American people that the Navy was effective and important, that they should be interested and proud of it, and sec ondly, because he desired to show to the other powers the Naval force of the United States. The President declared that without doubt the United States would eventually have two fleets, but in the meantime the present one never would be divided. "We say." M. Tardieu quotes Mr. Roosevelt as remarking, "speak softly and carry the 'big stick'; this is a good policy in international troubles and it is good, also in foreign pontics. ENGINEERS REFUSE TERMS Will Probably Soon Reach Agree ment With Owners. SAX FRANCISCO. March 19. At a spe cial meeting of the marine Engineers Association today, attended by over 200 members, a compromise msasure proposed by the Shipowners' Association last Wed nesday was refused unanimously and It was voted to stand by the original de mand for three men to man ships in the engine-room on long runs. The shipowners have said, however, that they wish to meet the engineers half way and it is thought that a compromise will be effected this week to commission again the fleet of steam schooners that has been tied up for the past two months awaiting the outcome of the dispute. THOMAS B REED COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT In 1902 lie wrote, "How" it "can be the subject of dis cussion and debate in . this country at this time passes all understanding." Per haps he meant his under standing. It passes some people s understanding why it hasn 't been discussed more. It forms the leading article in this week's issue of The Saturday Evening Post, and is called "The Un discussed Issue. ' ' Are you reading Senator William M. Stewart's remin iscences! He tells, in this week's issue, of some con versations he had with Pres ident Grant regarding the Fifteenth Amendment. He also discloses a trick he played on the road-agents in Nevada. Says he, "After that they gave it up, and while Ave were loading five of the silver cannon-balls on an immense freight-wagon, they sat around disconsolate and solemn." At The News-stand. 5 cents. $1.30 the year by mail. THE CURTIS PUBLISHING 'CO PHILADELPHIA Our Boys Are Everywhere Copies will be delivered to any ad dress by James jc. Havely, Jr., 715 East Eleventh Street, Portland. on strike at the shops of the Union Pacific and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroads. Railroadmen Laid Off. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 19. Five hundred men who were employed in the locomotive department of the Nash ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway shops here have been laid off. in the last few days on account of decrease in business. F YOU GOME in here and buy a HART, SGHAFFNER & MARX SPRING SUIT, consider all the results of the transaction to you. Leave us out 01 1C Assume that we make a fair profit we do. But you make a better profit than we do you get the clothes: ;You get absolutely honest, all wool fabrics clothes you can respect. Long, satisfying service shape keeping service. Tailor ing that fits your ideas and shape style that's distinctive. Spring Suits $18 to $40 Tuxedo' Suits $35 Full Dress Suits $40 Copyright 1908 bf Hat Schaffner & Marx am 1 R osen blatt 8 .Co. THE HOME OF HART, SCHAFFNER 8 MARX CLOTHES CORNER THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS GREAT LOSS IT PITTSBURG THOUSANDS OP HOMES AND FAC TORIES FLOODED. BRUTAL OFFICER PUNISHED German Corporal to Be Degraded "and Imprisoned for Cruelty. POSEX. March 19. Corporal Otto Fischer of the Forty-Seventh Infantry, was today sentenced by court-martial to two months imprisonment and to he degraded from his rank after being found guilty on charges of brutality against soldiers under his charge. t was recited before the court tnat on several occasions the Corporal had ordered certain men to strip to the waist. while 12 of their comrades vubbed them on the back with rough brushes and sand for a Quarter of an hour. Fischer pre viously served three months. imprison ment on charges of a similar nature. BIND TO NO CANDIDATE tontmu From Kir"t Pace.) .-vernmrnt that was conceived In the mind of man. It is not perfect, for when the TVmocrats are in power you can prove that the government is not per fect by all the Republicans, and when hc Republican are in power no proof. is necessary to show that it is not per feot." Mr. Bryan was a?ked whether he had any comment to make on the action of the New York Democratic state com mittee. and replied: None whatever. I thank you for the information, but 1 have absolutely noth ing to say with reference to it." lUOSKXTS STIGMA OF DEFEAT Hrynn sj U Hioiilrt U Be t Jiarsrd to Him. f'ULl'MBlA. S C. March 19. William J. Bryan in a letter to William E. Gon ial, editor of the Stale, says ttiat it is not for him to discus the question t a-ivuiabtlftv of candidates. His availabil ity as a candidate is not a question upon which his judjjmcnt should be ventured or accepted. ' "I have simply stated that it is a ques tion for the voters of the party to deter mine. As a Democrat I have resented tha claim that a few editors should de cide this question for the people. I am a believer in free speech and in a free press and I recognise the right of any voter, whether he is large or small to state his opinion and his reason for It. but those ho read his opinion have a riRht to give It such weight as they think it deserves." Continuing. Mr. Bryan says: lt is deliberately unfair in ignoring this question and charging the defeats EMPEROR NOT QUITE WELL Car Needed to Save Francis Josrph Irom Bronchitis. VITTXXA, March 19. The slight fever- ishness accompanying the cold from which Emperor Francis Joseph has been suffering for the past few days has not entirely disappeared. The Emperor s sleep lust night was practically undisturbed. The general condition of His Majesty is satisfactory, but the cold and wet weather at this season of the year make the greatest caution necessary, last there should he a recurrence of the feverish bronchitis from which the Emperor suf. fered a few months ago. Students Test Cement Bricks. UNIVERSITY OF ORRJOON. Eugene, Or.. March 19. (Special.) The senior en gineers are making practical experiments to test the permeability of concrete work made of hvdralic cement mixed wltn van ous other constituents. The engineering world has long wanted a concrete work which will bo absolutely imperishable in contact with water, and it is known that .nme concrete is mucn more so uiau others, the difference being caused, in ." lar.se dt-ree, by the use of different pro portions of clay or alum or other con stituents. The senior engineering class is composed of J. A. McArthur. Roy Zacha- rias and Walter J. Moore, and with Carl A. MeClain as instructor and fellow worker, will make 300 brick and submit them to severe tests. This work will take the place of the regular written thesis. New Battleship in Commission. PHILADELPHIA. March 19. The new battleship New Hampshire, with Cap tain Cameron McK. Winslow in com mand. was placed in commission at the League Island Navy-yard today. The warship will be ready for sea in about a month. Spectacles $l.t at Metxgera. COUNT TOLSTOI IMPROVES Illness Brought On by Exposure in Severe Snow Storm. ST. PETERSBURG, March IS. A message received from Moscow tonight from Tolstoi's son confirms reports of improvements in the Count's condition. Count "Tolstoi has been in the habit of taking daily rides on horseback. He persisted in this In the face of blind ing: storms, and twice recently lost his way several miles from his home. On the second occasion, about a week ago, he fell into a snow drift, but was able to extricate himself and came home afoot exhausted. In spite of the remonstrances of his family he re turned to the scene of the accident to save his horses. , MIXERS ADOPT WAGE SCALE Ask Operator!" of EAch District to Renew Present Kates. INDIANAPOLIS, March 19. The Na tional convention of the Lnited Mine workers' of America spent the entire day discussing the report of the scale com mittee, adopting all tne sections con sidered without amendments. All propo sitions to change the report were defeated hvr decisive votes. The last seven sec tions w II! be discussea tomorrow mormus, when the convention will adjourn. They arc of minor importance. The runort of the committee was de fended by President Mitchell. Vice-Presi dent Lewis, Secretary Wilson and Chair man Walker, of the scale committee. Uii- forts to fix a minimum day wage scale for outside and inside labor, to adjust differences in Illinois, to make settle ments biennially: to insist upon the re habilitation of the interstate agreement received little encouragement. Under the report, which seems sure of adoption without change, miners will present the existing wage scale and pres ent conditions to the operator of each district as their minimum demands, and in districts where an agreement is not reached the miners will be allowed to sign with operators Individually and hy the consent of the International execu tive board. In answer to a question as to the pur pose of the proposed assessment of 50 cents per month, Mr. Wilson said it was to take care of those miners who might not be able to get contracts and would be forced to idleness. The argument over the relative merits of the policies of signing by,districts or rehabilitating the interstate' agreement brought to the surface the difference be tween President Mitchell and Vice President and President-elect Lewis. "In this, my valedictory," said Mr. Mitchell. "I want to say there are no serious differences in this organization. I urgently ask you to ratify this report. We may have to fight, but we have fought before. I ask you to adopt this policy and ratify the report. It may not be satisfactory to you all or to the miners at home. We believe it is for the best interests of this organization. In closing I ask you not to defeat any part of this report." Warships Arrive at Hayti. PORT AU PRINCE), March 19. The sit uation here today continues tranquil. Three other warships have arrived in port, the American cruiser De Moines, the American gunboat Paducah and the Eng lish cruiser Creasy. 'Conditions Not So Serious as Feared, but 25,000 Men Are Out of AVork. PITTSBURG. March 19. A feeling of relief swept over Pittsburg' and vicinity early tonight when officials of the United States Weather Bureau announced that conditions had suddenly changed and that the flood which came upon the city with unusual suddenness this morning would not be so serious as they had expected early in the morning and until after noon. Although the flood will not be as ser ious as feared, it will be attended by enor mous loss, much of which has already been Inflicted. Thousands of cellars and the tirst floors of hundreds of homes in the lowlands are flooded. Muddy water is flowing - through scores of industrial plants and It is estimated that at least 25.000 employes will be -unable to work tomorrow. Railroads are delayed and crippled and are heavy losers of prop erty. In numerous up-river towns busi ness is at a standstill and transportation agencies have practically suspended. Karly today a sand dredge belonging to the Pittsburg: Plate Glass Company broke from its moorings at Tarantum, above this city, and started down the Allegheny River. The boat went over the Government dam at Springdale, and it is not known whether the crew, com posed of five men, succeeded in es caping. Nothing- has smce been heard of the men. The Pittsburg. Virginia &. Charleston Railroad between this city and California, Pa.f is crippled. Seven landslides have occurred and the . tracks are burled under tons of earth. Other railroads have their sched ules badly disarranged on account of the high water and heavy landslide. AVH'EELIXG FACES BAD FLOOD Greater Part or City Will Be Inun dated Today. WHEELING. W. Va.. March 19. By tomorrow night. Wheeling will be in the grasp of the second flood of. the season. Forty-five feet Is expected here. This will Inundate the greater part of the city, and will throw thou sands of men out of employment. The water will reach all the manufacturing plants. DENIES HE SOLICITED FEE Attorney-General Jackson. ot York, Makes Statement. New NEW TORK, ' March 19. The in quiry into the conduct of Attorney General Jackson in connection with the recent banking cases by the county grand jury was continued this after noon. Mr. Jackson issued a statement to day, in which he denied a published allegation that Frank WHlta nd been solicited by him for a portion ot White's receivership fees. The receivers of the Oriental Bank who were dismissed by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Conrt, turned the assets of the bank over to the State Superintendent of Banks Clark Williams today. Frank White gave out a statement in which lie denied positively that any part o his receivership fees went to any one else in the sense of a divi sion. Mr. White said ' Mr. Jackson has never been to my office so far as 1 know. My bank ac counta are open and they will show that I never paid the Attorney-General any money. Every cent that I received as renelvershin fees can be traced. I think, and none of It, nor any other funds of mine can be shown to have gone to the Attorney-General. No part of my fee went to any one else in the Attorney-General . Jackson took an other step today to prevent liquida tion of the bank's affairs by sending a letter to Clark Williams requesting Mr. Williams to withhold the assets from the bank until tne court of Ap peals has given a decision on Mr. Jack son's appeal of the receivership case. Mr. Jackson declared that the bankins Isw requires Mr. Williams to continue to hold the assets, and that the plan by which the Metropolitan Trust Com pany was to take the Oriental Bank assets and pay off its depositors was illegal. Saciam-nlo. George Sontas. one of the Fresno bandit!" who was sfnt'-nccd to Fol som Stat" Prison for a llc term and who turned state's evidence affainst Chris F,van', was pardoned by Acting Governor 1'ortcr. Perfect fitting glasses si at Metzger's. SENDING IN" STRIKEBREAKERS Uio Grande Road Supplanting Its Striking Shopmen. DENVER, March 19. 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