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THE MORNIXG OREGONIAJT, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1910. ACTION DEFERRED IN HOUSE BUTTLE Some Insurgents Vote With Regulars for Postponement of Issue. - COMPROMISE IS SOUGHT Speaker's Refusal to Bo Eliminated From Rules Committee Is Obs tacle to Agreement Demo- , cratic Line Unbroken. fContlnuefl From First Pajce.) Democrat? vote, would be more than a safe majority of the House. The Demo cratic leaders, so far, have held their forces strictly In hand. Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock- the regular and Insurgent leaders will meet In the ways and means committee room of the House to discuss a possible com promise. Both sides admitted tonight no tangible basis of compromise had been eugjjested. It was said today that the Attitude of Speaker Cannon himself is the greatest stumbling block in the way of a compromise. The Speaker declines to be eliminated from the rules commit tee. Ixine Republican Arrested. The night had passed with some hilar ity, but a good deal of seriousness. The sergeant-at-arms, who had been sent in pearch or absentees, returned early in the morning with a lone Republican, Hollingsworth of Ohio, who vast paired with a Democrat and who protested vol ubly against having been taken from his bed. The Democrats laughed and Joked him for halt an hour before he finally wins excused. The gravity of the situation was more apparent when, at 5:20 A. M., Norris proposed an adjournment until noon. The members had exemplified the principle lor which they contended, he said, and were wearing themselves out fruitlessly, while the men they were fighting were getting a good night's sleep. Mr. James, of Kentucky, made an elo quent protest against any concession to personal comfort which would tend to detract from the impressiveness of the object-lesson which they were giving to the public, of devotion to Ve public busi ness while the Republican regulars were deliberately absent in the pursuance of a conspiracy to prevent o. quorum. Tev Sergeanl-at-Aniis Demanded. About 6:30 A. M. there was a hot de bate about the possibility of appointing a new sergeant-at-arms or other officers, necessary to bring in the absent mem bers. It was the general opinion that the sergeant-at-arms and his dputU?s were making no sincere effort to find the missing Republicans. Mr. Dalzell, in the chair, ruled that the minority then pres ent was powerless to appoint any addi tional officers of the House. The Democrats contended Uiat tie ap pointment of additional officers necessary to secure a quorum was an essential part of the powers conferred upon "less than a quorum" by the Constitution of the United States and the rules of the House. There was a long wrangle about this and finally Representative Hardwlck (Dem., Ga.) moved the appointment of a temporary assistant sergeant-at-arms, with authority to employ additional as Fistance to bring in the missing Repre sentatives. The chair ruled the motion out of order, but on appeal was overruled with a shout. The same procedure was gone through with on a motion that the newly-appointed officers be equipped with new warrants. Then the new officers went out to look, for the missing Repub licans. This affair Jjook on a somewhat different aspect, however, when Speaker Cannon himself came on the scene. This was about 6 A. M. Mr. Burleson, of Texas, demanded of the Speaker whether lie had figned the new warrants "as ordered by this House." Uncle Joe's voice quivered with suppressed rage as he replied, with B. bang of the gavel : Cannon's Tone Defiant. "The chair declines to be catechised by the gentleman from Texas." This defiance by the Speaker struck . ipark9 all over the room. Mr. Burleson's face was very red and his voice, too, shook with passion as he said: "With all respect to the Speaker of the Housp. am I to understand that the Speaker declines to obey the mandate of this House? Have not these warrants been issued?" "Warrants were issued," shouted the Speaker, "under the rules, for the sum moning of each o the absentees." "I mean the warrants ordered by this House to be given to Joe Sinnoit. who was appointed by this House a special assistant sergeant-at-arms?" persisted Air. Burleson. "The chair has no knowledge of any Joe Sinnotr; whoever lie may be," re torted the Speaker with scornful deliber ation. ' There followed a debate over the power of a body without a quorum, which cooled after it had progressed some time. The roll call was not concluded until 8 o'clock. The House thinned down to 50 members or so and the restaurant was. filled with Representatives at breakfast. The Re publican whip. Dwight, sought a quiet corner and went to sleep. "The Speaker of this House Is main taining a state of anarchy here," shouted Representative Shackelford of Missouri, shortly before 13 o'clock. Mr. Moore of Pennsylvania was in the chair and had just rapped the House to order after members had been singing "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight." Non-Arrests Cliafe Members. "The sergeant-at-arms sits there," con tinued Mr. Shackelford, "and makes no effort to .perform his duty because the Speaker may have privately directed him to pursue the course of non-action. But the sergeant-at-arms is bound to arrest absentees and bring them in here. When be refuses to do so he. -is bringing an archy upon us. Because the Speaker finds that he is not able to dominate the majority of this House, he has re fused to have a quorum brought into this House." "Gentlemen on this floor were routed from their beds to come here," inter posed Mr. Coudrey of Missouri. "Why did the sergeant-at-arms come to my room and get me and leave undis turbed 20 or 30 other members who were living nearby?" inquired Mr. Shackel ' ford. He charged the Speaker with hav ing filibustered to the detriment of the House business. Hardwlck of Georgia moved to dispense with further procedure until the call of the House. At that moment Speaker Cannon appeared on the floor. Many members had come into the House dur ing the debate. Mr. Hardwick's motion being carried. Speaker Cannon resumed the chair. "Rule! rule! rule!" shouted a score of Democrats, as Mr. Cannon hammered his gavel for order. "The chair," the Speaker replied, "in the near future will rule," and. again he smiled as Democrats and insurgents laughed. The debate drifted along with small Interest on the part of the House. It was evident a quorum was present and it was known that a committee represent ing the insurgents was seeking repre sentatives of the regular Republicans lo confer on the situation and the debate was regarded as a means of permitting efforts toward some-agreement. The insurgents wbo voted today on the final roll call with the regulars for postponement of the business until to morrow were Parsons and Fish of New York, Davidson of Wisconsin, Woods, Good, Pickett arM Kendall of Iowa, Steenerson and Miller of Minnesota, Kin cald and Hinshaw of Nebraska. Hayes of California, and - Gardner of Massachu setts. Speaker Cannon, although 75 years old. looked fresh as a peony,, considering the tax on his strength. An hours nap In his office this morning constituted his entire rest. He showed little weariness at adjournment this evening. He and Miss. Cannon had a dinner engagement for tonight. When Mrss Cannon tele phoned to ask whether he felt able to keep the engagement, he responded en thusiastically that he certainly was go-. ing to that dinner. Mann Opposes Postponesment. Mr. Mann of Illinois, chairman of the committee on interstate commerce and close friend and supporter of Speaker Cannon, voted against his fellow regu lars on the postponement proposition. "Because the Speaker was prepared to rule, I was prepared to have him rule, and I was ready to support his ruling," he said. "I have a great deal of doubt about the desirability of taking a recess to effect something that does not seem likely to be effected. I am not willing to agree to any proposition that has been suggested by any of the so-called Insurgents and if they want to take the responsibility of disrupting the organisa tion of the House they have the right and have no criticism to make. If they win, they will have the responsibility of leg islation and I will have the fun of being in the minority." 'I still hope a satisfactory solution of the whole outcome will be reached," Rep resentative Olmstead said tonight. "I certainly hope there will be a harmo nious outcome." Mr. Olmstead Is one of the Speaker's lieutenants and mentioned conspicuously in the gossip as the next Speaker. . Full Vote Obtained. The entire membership of the House was present when the delay in the fight until tomorrow was voted, various- mo tions were made, some for the purpose of obtaining an immediate ruling . and others to postpone the ruling until to morrow. Finally the motion by Mr. Gaines of West Virginia that the ruling be postponed until 12:06 P. M. tomorrow was put to the House and the roll was called. The effect of this motion would be to carry the question into another legisla tive day, all previous motions being for a postponement to 11:5a o clock, wnicn would continue the present legislative day. By a vote of 164 to 150 the House agreed to defer the ruling until tomorrow. As soon as the result was announced, routine matters were taken from the Speaker's desk and proceeded with as though the House had not been in com bat for 28 hours. Several conference reports, among them the white slave bill, were agreed to by the House. Upon motion of Gaines of West Vir ginia, the House at 4:48 P. M. adjourned until noon tomorrow. NORTHWEST WITH REGULARS I'oindexter of Washington Alone Aligns Witli Insurgents. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 18. From the very be ginning of the fight on Speaker Cannon, which opened in the House of Represent atives yesterday. Representatives from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho,' with the single exception of Poindexter of Spo kane, stood staunchly by the regular Re publican organization and on every oc casion voted against combination of Dem ocrats and Insurgents. These North western members missed no single roll call and remained on the firing line un til 3 o'clock' this morning when word was quietly passed around that regular mem bers could safely go home and sleep un til 11 o'clock. In their absence nothing was accom plished by either side and all were on hand at the appointed hour this morn ing a little fagged by their trying exper ience of last night. Constituents Encourage Norris. LINCOLN, Neb., March 18. The fol lowing telegram was sent this evening to Representative Norris, member from the Fifth Nebraska district, who is leading the fight against Speaker Can non : "Congratulations to you. Fight on and win." The telegram is signed by about 20 state and county officials and business men. COMPANY WAGERS NATURE Gets logs' In Stream Hoping Kreshet Will Carry Them Down. SEASIDE, Or., March 18. (Special.) The Seaside Lumber & Manufacturing Company is risking several thousand dol-. lars that there is enough rain within the next month to cause a freshet on the Necanicum. e At Camp Two, about six miles above Seaside, 80,000 feet of timber a day are being dumped Into the river and at pres ent it is conjectured there are 2,000,000 feet of timber in the stream. This is being rafted so that the first - freshet will carry it down, but should there be no freshet the company will be out the interest on Its money as well as the pos sible deterioration of its logs until next Winter. Considerable speculation is rife as to whether the company will win out in its tilt against Dame Nature. C. S., SMITH RANCH SOLD Taooma Man Buys S26 0 Acres In Crook County for $55,000. PRINEVILtE, Or., March 18. (Spe cial.) One of the largest real estate transactions recorded in Crook County was completed today, when George H. Russel, of" Tacbma, bought the C. Sam Smith ranch, up the Ochoco, consisting of 3260 acres of deeded land, for $55, 000. Mr. Russel will turn It into a horse ranch. ST. THERESA'S OPEN-AIR SANATORIUM. Pine Station. Oak Grovef To the public: Call telephone No. Red 33, Oak Grove, and ascertain the name of per son to whom St. Theresa's Sanatorium will present an organ. This sanatorium takes care and gives all home com forts to tubercular patients. Watch and see the grain of mustard seed grow. The only place on the Oregon City carline from Portland to Oregon City .where it is lighted up with elec tric lights. SILETZ ENTRIES T TO LIFE Court Reinstates Injunction Against Cancellation by Land Office. STATUS QUO IS RESTORED I'brtland Officials Promptly Ordered to Reinstate 1 1 Cases and Court in District . of Columbia Will Hear Cses. OR EGONT AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 18. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia today Is sued an order on the motion of A. W. Lafferty, of Portland. reinstating on Its docket' eleven Siletz homestead cases that were dismissed on motion of the department March 7. .Mr. Lafferty bad Instituted Injunc tion proceedings to restrain the depart ment from cancelling these eleven en tries but through a blunder the injunc tion proceedings were dismissed. Following the court's order the In terior Department today directed the Portland office to reinstate the entries on its records and to cancej whatever filings may have been made on the same after receipt of the department's order of March 10, holding those en tries for cancellation. This procedure restores all these or iginal entries to their status quo and will insure patent to the respective settlers if Congress passes the pending Chamberlain-Hawley bill. The entries affected are those of Benjamin P, Courtney, William Coates, W. R. Ellis, Edith G. Southwick, Conrad W. Boes chen, A. M. Southwick, Joseph Koysbar, Harl -Hocum, Abljah Williams, Melia W agner and Ferris A. Lucas. COURT RULING IS IGNORED Forest Service Will Prosecute Viola tions of Its Regulations. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 18. The Forest Service announced today it would ignore the de cision of the Supreme Court last Monday in the California grazing case and con tinue to institute criminal prosecution of all persons who drive livestock oh the forest reserves without a permit. An official statement given out today by the Prest Service says: "The enforcement of grazing regula tions on natural forests is not affected by the recent decision of the Supreme Court. The decision being rendered by an evenly divided court merely means an affirmation of the decision of the lower court in these particular cases, without any binding? force in any subsequent cases that may arise from violation of regulations of the Secretary of Agricul ture governing grazing in natural for ests." The Chief Vorester Is Instructing the district foresters to "continue the en forcement of the law and regulations and to take the same action regarding any violations thereof as heretofore." It is the purpose again to appeal to the Supreme Court in the event the lower court again decrees against the Govern ment, in expectation that a majority of all the Supreme Bench will render an opinion sustaining the Forest Service. mill Employe drowns Boat Capsizes in Rapids, Three Men Reaching Shore Safely. CASTLE ROCK. Wash., March 18. (Special.) Sam Isaacson, a river driver in the employ OX shingle mill owners of this. city, was drowned late this after noon in the Touiet River by the swamp ing of a skiff In which he and three other men were shooting the Coal-Bank Rapids. Earlier In the day a boat had been overturned and the foreman of the crew had gone up the river for supplies. The men had finished their work at that point and conculded to go on down the river. In going through the rapids an oar broke and before another could be shipped the boat struck a rock and capsized, throw ing the four men into the water. All but Isaacson managed to reach shore. The body -has not yet been recovered. The dead man was married and leaves a wife and three children. HOCKING VALLEY IS SOLD Morgan Closes Deal for Chesapeake & Ohio and Lake Shore. NEW YORK, March IS. Announcement was made today of the sale of the Hock ing Valley Railroad and its subsidiary properties to the Chesapeake & Ohio and Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures All Spring Ailments. Mrs. Marlon Bruce, Cumberland. Mej writes: "I have taken Hood's Sarsa-' parilla for a great many years, and I think it the best blood medicine in the world. I take it both Spring and Tall. This last Winter and Spring I was In very poor health. I was weak, and had lost all my appetite and I was all run down. As soon as I began to take Hood's Sarsaparilla -my strength came baok and my appetite returned. I am now well, do my housework, and no longer have that tired feeling." Hood's Sarsaparilla restores the ap petite .and makes sleep sound and re freshing by building up the whole sys tem. It purifies the blood, strengthens the nerves, aids and perfects the diges tion. Take it this Spring. Get It today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sareatabs. Stop Cough Those hard night coughs of the chil dren ! What shall you give them? Just what your mother gave you, and just what her mother gave her! In some families, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has been the only cough medicine for seventy years. Once in the family, it stays. Keep it on band. Ash uour doctor if he endorses Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for the coughs and colds of O. JjTl BROUGH . : H:::::::: i:--H"::::H::: ::::::: mm . m When a McKibbin hat you look out from under You tell other Hatters to go straight to thunder I Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rail road Companies, closed by J. P. Morgan & Co. The transaction is said to have in volved a large cash outlay. The Hocking Valley Railroad is the successor of the old Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad, which was foreclosed in 1899. Directors of the Chesapeake & Ohio have juet authorized an issue of $31,390,000 m per cent convertible bonds. The pro ceeds presumably will be used in part to reimburse the company's treasury for Its Hocking Valley purchase. PIPELINE WORK BEGINS WORKMEN REPAIRING BRIDGES OX RIGHT OF WAY. Greshani to Be Center of Activity. Railway Company to Build Sid ing for Contractors. GRESHAM, Or., March 18. (Special.) First indications of the new Bull Run pipeline, to be laid the coming season, are manifest In the repairing of the nu merous small bridges which span the gulches along the right of way. From this place eastward as far as the headworks, there are bridges paral leling the water main across every ravine. These bridges were built in 1892, when the flrat pipe was laid, and are in fairly good condition. Lumber is being hauled to them for supports and new deckings. As these bridges are important features in con struction 'vork they are the first to re ceive attention. The pipeline road has been kept open at all times for ready service, although WHERE IS ALAMEDA PARK? ALAMEDA PARK FILLS A WANT. PRICES WILL ADVANCE SOON ALAMEDA PARK HAS COME IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG DEMAND FOR A RESIDENCE DISTRICT IDEALLY LOCAT ED, WITH BUILDING RE STRICTIONS AND UNIFORM ITY OF IMPROVEMENTS which insure a kind of residence district which realizes high ideals of beauty, comfort and convenience. ALAMEDA PARK FILLS THIS WANT. First, THE LOCATION IS SIGHTLY, and healthful, and convenient, consisting of an ele vated portion of ground (250 feet above the river) and in the heart of the East Side, within two miles of the center of the business por tion. Second. THE RESTRICTIONS are such as to exclude undesir able, inartistic homes. Thiru, Tim IMPROVEMENTS being installed are of the best, in cluding not only hard-surfaced paving, cement walks, broad parkings cement curbs, cement AKE CARACAS' SWEET CHOCOLATE The, Finest Eating Chocolate in the World Registered U. 8. BsX. 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The prices that we are now offering this acreage for is $20 TO $40 PER ACRE !r&S Taking into consideration the soil, location, transportation facilities and price, there is no better acreage proposition on the market today. You want to see this land. We are willing to show it to you any time. Call or write to our oifice and we will gladly give you full particulars. THIS IS THE TIME TO BUY THIS IS THE PLACE COLUMBIA COUNTY INVESTMENT CO. 214-215 Board of Trade Bldg., Portland, Or. Please send me further information in regard to your Columbia County acreage. Name.... . ....... Street .- State not in use by the general public except where It Is a part of a county road. As this place will be the leading ship ping point along the line, the Portland Railway, Light & Power- Company is making preparations for extra traffic and will lay trackB for a new siding exclu sively for the use of the contractors who will lay the new main. The present pipe runs directly through the center of Gresham and this place will be the center of bustling activity for sev eral months. . Famine Threatens 3Iany Chinese. VICTORIA. B. C March 18. (Spe cial.) Advices by the steamer Empress of India say Captain W. Smith, from Western China, reports that a severe famine Is anticipated toward the head waters of the Yangtse, Involving nearly a million people. gutters, water, sewers, gas and electricity, but wires are to be placed underground and orna mental shade trees and shrubbery are to be planted, besides cluster lamps on all streets. Plana nd specifications are now beina drawn for the proposed heating plant to furnish heat to all the homes in the Park. It is the ambition of the Ala meda Land Company to make this residence park not only one of the finest, but absolutely the fin est residence addition in the Northwest, a place which the of ficers of the company can indorse by building their own homes there. 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