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TITE MORNING OREGOMAN, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1910. 2 TUFT FOR SYSTEM HARBOR IK President in Accord With River and Harbor Congress on General Policy. MO PIECEMEAL DRIBBLING Warning Given Committees That If More Care Not Taken Next Bill Will Be Vetoed Engineers to Select Worthy Projects. WASHINGTON, July 6. (Special.) The Kational Rivers and Harbors Congress never had stronger indorsement In its campaign for a comprehensive waterway policy. In its opposition to piece-meal appropriations for the improvement of the rivers and harbors of the United States, than was given it indirectly by President Taft in his reasons for attach ing his signature to the river and harbor appropriation bill. The President, in his special message to Congress, did not mince his words, when he served notice on the Senate and House committees that a veto faces the next waterway bill unless more care Is taken in the selection of projects for development and disposition shown to complete projects as quickly as is con sistent with good business judgment Speaking of the rivers and harbors bill, Representative Alexander, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee, when asked if it was seriously in danger of a veto, said: Dribbling System to Be Stopped. "1 did not hear the slightest rumor of a veto until Thursday. We knew the President wag studying the bill like a great lawyer, and for two hours on Fri day afternoon Senator Nelson and myself went over It with him, answering every objection which had been raised against it. He quickly yielded on everything ex cept the so-called 'dribbling or piece meal' policy which we had inherited from former bills. We showed him that 60 of the Items in the act of 1899 made in Bufllcient appropriations to complete: that the act of 1S02 contained 64 per cent; that the act of 19U5 contained 37 per cent; that the act of WOT carrying js6.000.000 con tained 44 per cent and that, had we in creased the bill of 1910 to $S6,000,000. the showing would have been much better than the act of 1907. We declined to do that, however, because a bill aggregating IS6.0O0.O0O would have destroyed our chance for establishing annual bills, which, after our long experience, we knew was the only way to reform the existing 'dribbling system. Taft and Committees Agree. "That the President was satisfied that we were working along lines which he desired is manifest by his approval of tiie bill. His message makes clear that lie wants to cut loose from the old method, a reform in which Senator Nelson and myself are in hearty accord. "It has been apparent to me for sev eral years that only -moderate annual bills could bring about such a reform, and the act of 1910 opens the way for such bills, which will fix a time limit on all improvements; begin the work of abandoning unworthy projects, long ago or never approved by the engineers: re quire that estimates of engineers shall be accurate Instead of guess work, and leave largely to the engineers the selec tion of the projects for improvement. Let Engineers Seleet. "The President's objection to the old method of making river and harbor bills simply goes to the selection of projects. After the Board of Engineers has ap proved projects, some important, others indifferent, Congressmen have heretofore made the selections. The President wants competent engineer to indicate by rec ommended appropriations what projects shall be taken up and when they shall be completed. If no appropriation Is recommended, the project, even if pre viously approved by the Board of Engi neers, has no standing for that bill. Thus toy the recommendation of appropriations the Board of Engineers can guide Con gress in the formulation of annual bills which will satisfy the country and the great majority of Congress. "There is no reform in a bill which simply completes improvements. A meas ure of J90.000.000 or 90.000.000 which com pletes most of the new projects adopted in the bill may be a retrograde move ment, since It may complete unimportant as well as desirable Improvements. What is needed is a preference of projects and their systematic completion within a reasonable fixed period. An annual bill makes such a reform possible." BALLINGER CAN'T HOLD UP .. (Continued From Firt Page.') A. W. Lafferty last night. "I am at a loss to understand why or through what manner of reasoning any such decision ever was banded down. In the first place no question arose as to the validity of the claims within the time limit, up held in the decision quoted in the Grand Rapids cases. The only point then in volved was as to the work done on the claims. .The Government asserts that a sufficient amount of work was not dona to establish the sincerity of the settlers. That would be impossible in the specific eases. The timber is very heavy and though they reclassed as homesteads they are nothing less than timber claims. "Take old man Holverson for instance. He is an old eoldier and has no means of livelihood excepting his pension. He went out and stayed the full time on his claim and is now deprived of his patent. It is worth $10,000. In the case of the Grand Rapids Timber Company all of their claims were originally taken by speculators, who commuted Instead of staying the full time. And yet their claims are upheld. There is the rank injustice of our laws." erning parties Is larger than the par ticular bill. We hold that the right of popular self-government is incomplete unless it Includes the right of the vot ers not merely to choose between can didates when they have been nominated, but also the right to determine who these candidates shall be. TTnder our system of party government, there fore, the voters should be guaranteed the right to determine within the ranks of their respective organizations who the candidates of the parties will be, no less than the right to choose be tween the candidates when the candi dates are presented to them. "There is no desire to break down the responsibility of party organiza tion under duly constituted party lead ership, but there is a desire to make this responsibility real and to give the members of the party the right to say whom they desire to execute this lead ership. In New York State no small part of the strength of the movement has come from the.popular conviction that many of the men most prominent in party leadership tend at times to for get that In a democracy this function of political leader must be normally to lead, not drive. Leaders Reminded of Duty. "V"e, the men who compose the great bulk of the community, wish to govern ourselves. We welcome leadership, but we wish our leaders to understand that t.ey derive their strength from us and that, although we look to them for guidance, we expect this guidance to be in accordance with our interests and our ideals. ' "I believe that the people of New Tork State will in the end insist on taking a more direct part in the nom ination of candidates because I believe they will grow more and more to In sist on just the kind of guidance and leadership that I have mentioned." BONDS GONE, IS REPORT GRAND JURY SEEKS WHERE ABOUTS OF $4 00,000 BLOCK. Officials of Carnegie Trust Com pany, Which Held Security, Xot Held to Be Culpable. NEW TORK. July 6. Following a conference or District' Attorney Whit man and ex-Justtce Kenner, counsel for the Carnegie Trust Company, it was reported, today that the grand jury waa investigating the alleged disap pearance of $400,000 worth of bonds deposited with the company as security for a loan. While District Attorney Whitman ad mitted that an investigation was in progress, Moses H. Grossman, counsel for the Carnegie Company, said that the story was untrue. Mr. Grossman said : "The bonds are here, and all the col lateral, and when the loan we made is paid we will turn them over." District Attorney Whitman said to night: "There is no evidence in the pos session of this office which reflects in any way on the financial responsibil ity or management of the Carnegie Trust Company, or upon any of its offi cers or the body of directors." TAFT'S MAIL IS SHUT OFF President Takes First Day or Real Vacation. " - BEVERLY, July 6. President Taft, spending the first day of his "real" vacation, got lonely down at Burgess Point about here this afternoon and telephoned into the Executive Offices to find out why there had been no mes senger at the cottage bearing the of ficial mail. "Sorry, Mr. President," said Rudolph Korster, assistant secretary, who an swered the telephone, "but you are not to have any mail for a few days." If the President does not enjoy a sure enough freedom from official wor ries for the next few days it will not be the fault of the Executive staff. Secretary MacVeagh, on his way to his Summer home In New Hampshire. Is expected at Beverly within two or three days. If he happens to bring an official-looking, portforlio with him he will be politely but firmly requested to check it at the gate and not to take it near the President. The President played golf this morn ing at Myopia, dozed on the cottage veranda in the early afternoon and with Mrs. Taft and a party of neigh bors had a sail on the Sylph this evening. CROPS WITHE RUNDER SUN ROOSEVELT FOR HUGHES f Continued From First Page.) of the Republican members of each House supported the bill, whereas three-fourths or over of the Democrats opposed it. This is one of the cases where it Is easier to apportion individ ual than party responsibility. "Those who believe that by their ac tion they have definitely checked the movement for direct popular primaries are. In my Judgment, mistaken. In its essence this is a movement to make the Government more democratic, more re sponsive to the needs and wishes of the people as a whole. With our politi cal machinery it is essential to have an efficient party, but the machinery ought to be suited to democratic and not oligarchic customs and habits. Voters Must Choose Leaders. -"The question whether in a self-gov-arolng Republic we shall have self-gov- Grain in Unirrigated Portions of Montana and aDkota Dried Up. WASHINGTON, July 6., The grain crops in Montana and the Western por tion of the Dakotas, which are not re ceiving irrigation water, are literally dried up and shrivelling in the fields, according to a statement issued by the Reclamation Service today.' Continuous hot winds with the mer cury near the lt)0 mark are proving ex tremely disastrous, it is said. By way of a contrast, the statement added that the engineers in charge of the Reclama tion projects reported that the settlers upon the irrigated lands were receiving a plentiful supply of water and their crops were in excellent shape. ITRUST NOT IN. PHILIPPINES Sugar King Says No Investment In Islands Contemplated. NEW YORK, July 6. President W. B. Thomas, of the American Sugar Re fining Company, today denied that the company ever had any Interests in any lands in the Philippines and said the company, did not contemplate any in vestment there. Mr. Thomas said: "In reference to the statement of Congressman Martin, published here in regard to the alleged interference of the American Sugar Refining Company in the Philippines, Congressman Mar tin must have been misinformed." THE 0REG0NIAN. The new Great Northern train to Spokane, St. Paul. Minneapolis, Chi cago and all points East and South from Hoyt-street station dally 11 A. M. Tickets and berths at city ticket office, 122 Third street, and depot. Eleventh and Hoyt streets. Electric lighted. Tou'll like our dining-car service. Government Wants Help. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, July 6. The United States Board of Labor Employment will hold an ex amination in Portland July 13, to fill vacancies in the grade of four, line team sters, at J40 month and rations, male un skilled laborers at J50 per month, and char-woman nt J25 per month. All apll cants must be citizens between 20 and S3 years old. Gray s Great & Now on. Wonderful Value-Giving Is the Order. All Fancy Suits Included in This Sale CHESTERFIELD $20.00 SUITS $22.50 $25.00 $30.00 $35.00 $40.00 $50.00 SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS; $15.00 $16.50 $ 19.00 $23.50 $26.50 $29.50 $39.50 FINE TROUSERS $ $ $ $ $ 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 $10.00 $12.00 $14.00 TROUSERS $4.00 TROUSERS $4.50 TROUSERS $5.00 TROUSERS $6.00 TROUSERS $6.50 TROUSERS $7.00 TROUSERS $8.00 TROUSERS $9.00 A Great Opportunity to Secure at Small Cost the Finest Clothes Made. Come in Today 273-275 MORRISON AT FOURTH iTW Ivllo WHITE FLOUR TABOO Government Wins in Prosecu tiorf of Millers. PURE-FOOD LAW UPHELD Jury Returns Verdict -That Bleaching Process Is Adulteration Com pany Guilty of Misbrand ing Product. - KANSAS CITY. July 6. "We, the jury,. And that the flour seized was adulterated." "We, the jury, find that the flour seized was misbranded." These two verdicts were returned to the Federal Court here today by the jury that for more than five weeks has, listened to arguments for and against the charge by the Government that the 625 sacks of flour, bleached and sold by the Lexington Mill & Elevator Com pany of Lexington, Neb., and seized by te Government while in the pos session of the purchaser, a grocer at Sable. Mo., were adulterated and mis branded. The verdict, returned after seven hours of deliberation, was a complete victory for the Government, which prosecuted the suit under the National pure food and drugs act. The Government charged that the flour was adulterated in that it was bleached by the Alsop process, which makes use of nitrogen peroxide in bleaching flour. Misbranding waa charged in that the flour seized was labeled fancy patent, which the Gov ernment contended It was not, because it was not made from a first grade hard Winter wheat. Miller's Counsel Disappointed. Bruce Elliott, chief counsel for the millers, made the following statement after the Jury had reported: "This case was not one that should have Jeen tried by a jury. I called personally upon President Taft and as sured him all the millers desired was a fair test case. "The President assured me the mill ers would not be harried and that a fair test should be had. Immediately thereafter, under instructions of the Attorney-General, the seizures Jtegan in different parts of the country. We started out to defend the cases on the assumption that the Government would permit them to be tried, before a ref eree. "President Roosevelt appointed a tioard of scientific men for just such purpose and the board has settled many cases that came up under the pure food law, such, for instance, as the benzoate of soda case.. But when this case came to trial the Attorney-General refused to let this board act and Insisted on a Jury trial." New Trial Is Demanded. Attorneys for the millers will file a motion for a new trial within 20 days. Arguments will be heard by Judge McPherson about September 1. Millers say that the bleached flour decision will handicap the farmers of the South west to the extent of $15,000,000 to $18,000,000 a year. They say the old differential of 5 cents a bushel in vogue in Chicago and St. Louis mar kets, will soon reappear. The millers say that farmers of Mis souri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska will lose 5 cents a bushel on their present crop and that the hard Winter wheat soon will be selling at 25 cents a bushel less than at present. Already millers are considering the establish ment of bleaching stations in states where the use of bleached flour Is not prohibited. Thus they say they may avoid the interstate commerce law. bribery scandal arose today when State's Attorney Wayman announced that an indictment had been voted charging John A. Maloy, a grocer, with attempting to corrupt Oscar T. Morford, a juror in the recent trial of Lee O'Nell . Browne. Morford, his wife and his father tnrough Morford, testified before the grand jury. Mrs. Morford testitied that shortly after the Browne jury had been sworn, she went to Maloy's grocery, which is in the neighborhood in which the Morfortia lived. Maloy, she said, gave her two cigars which he asked her to give to her hus band, who had been accepted on the Jury.. According to State's Attorney Wayman, Mrs. Morford testified that Maloy asked her to use her influence to persuade her husband to vote for the acquittal of Browne, holding out as a reward for so voting that Morford "would not have to work for a railroad no more," .as he "would get a lump of money." Morford Is a switchman and his father a railroad gateman. He voted consist ently for the conviction of the defendant. Though Morford is said to have testified that the grower made a similar proposal to him. urging him to influence the juror to hold out for Browne, the offer was not communicated to the juror and he heard of it first after the jury had been dis charged. Maloy, when seen, denied that he had sought to influence Morford. "Morford has been on my books for years," said the grocer. "He's on them now. I got film a job when he was down and out and this is what I get for it It's all a lie." CLERK'S ACTION QUEER MAN' SPTTRXS WIFE HE REMAR RIED AND' LEAVES TOWN. ROUGH ELEMENT FEARED WALL..V WALLA SWARMS WITH INDUSTRIAL WORKERS. JURY TAMPERING CHARGED Indictment of Grocer Grows Out of Illinois Scandal. CHICAGO. July 6. A fresh sensation in connection with the legislative Note to Employer Says Writer Will Meet Him In Next World. Accounts Are Straight. CHICO, Cal.. July 6. (Special.) Frank E. Ryder, day clerk of the Dia mond Hotel and widely known, left town yesterday under mysterious cir cumstances. He asked another em ploye of the hotel to look after the of fice a while during the afternoon and has not been seen since. In his room at the Auditorium Hotel, he had changed his business suit for a pair of overalls, old coat and hat, and Is supposed to' have gone toward the hills east of town. On the bureau, he left a note addressed to his em ployer, J. R. Adler, reading: "Dear Jack I am sorry I had to do this, but I have been driven to it. Maybe you will look upon me wrong, but that Is all right, as I am done with this world and hope to meet you in the next. There is only one knowns about this your friend. Tou will find everything O. K. Jn regards the money." ' Three weeks ago, Ryder went to Portland and a week later remarried the wife from whom he had been divorced. He returned alone Wednes day of last week and she reached here Friday, coming unexpectedly. Ryder refused to recognize her. She now says he gave her his watch before leaving, saying he was going to end it all. She says he has left her seven times and believes he will return. , 17 WHISKIESKILL MAN Tannery Worker Takes Drinks, Wins $1 on Bet, and Collapses. NEW YOItK. July 6. Peter Smith, a husky young tannery worker In Newark, N. J., drank J7 jiggers of whisky in suc cession today, thereby winning a bet of fl. As he pocketed the money, he fell to the floor inconscious and died soon after in a hospital. Waldeck-Rousseau Has Monument. PARIS, July 6. A colossal monument to Waldeck-Rousseau. ex-Premier of France, erected in the Tulleries Gardens by public subscriptions, was unveiled with imposing ceremonies today. Presi dent Fallieres, Premier Briand and Min ister of Public Works Millerand made speeches. George T. Lynch, a 16-year-old Balti more bank messenger, drowned himself be cause he had got In debt to fellow employes for a total of less than J25.- Farmers Must Pay $3 a Day for Ranch Hands Is Edict Issued by Organization., WALLA WALLA. Wash.. July 6. (Spe cial.) Tonight the downtown streets of Walla Walla swarmed with men and the police are fearful lest they will be called upon to clash with and disperse "free speech" meetings, which the Industrial Workers of the World insist on holding. Chief of Police Davis has issued orders to arrest anyone who tries to excite a riot, and most of the .city police have been detailed to the saloon section of the city between Third and Fourth streets on Main. It is estimated there are 300 of the I. W. W. men in the city, each wearing a little Bcarlet ribbon. The crowd is composed mostly of the rougher element of the organization which recently terrorized Spokane. They I have moved their headquarters to Walla Walla and declare they will make farm ers pay 3 a day for ranch hands this Summer. Two organizers were up in Police Court today and on each a heavy fine waa imposed. One of the orators before he was ar rested declared, "We did as we pleased in Spokane, and they won't stop us from making speeches here." What Ails You? 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