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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1910)
THE MOUSING OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, -1910. 5 K lit BATTLECBY SOUNDS IT mm MM Republcan Fight Opens as Soon as Roosevelt Returns From the South. MURPHY PUT ON DEFENSIVE Even With Hngbe on Bench, Re publican Orators Hue Better of Democrats Contest Will Be Bitter From Start to Finish. BT LLOTD F. lNEROAJ. XEW YORK. Oct. 14- Special. The Republicans plan a short, sharp and buy campaign In thla atate. There have been aome meetlnira up to date, but the heavy artillery will not be tired until Colonel Roosevelt returns rom hla present Southern trip. He la due back on October 15. and will Immediate ly proceed to "whoop things up." Thla will leave 23 days lor the cam paign. Including Sundays. And during that period Roosevelt expecta to apeak In at least 58 of the 1 counties of New York State. It would not surprise any one, however. If he took In the missing districts too. for Roosevelt enjoya a apeaklng campaign, and lnvltatlona are pouring In from every quarter. Republican Orators leading. So far as orators are concerned, the Republicans are In better shape than are the Democrata. First of all. there Is. of course. Roosevelt; Candidate for Governor Stlmson Is no slouch on the stump: Controller Prendergast demon strated at the recent Saratoga conven tion that he Is an effective speaker. . EMIHia T? iut ftllhQUEh HOt sensational. Is strong with certain clauses ot auaiences. The loss of Governor Hughes, who has been traplanted to Washington. 1a a aevcre blow to the Republican . k.iatiia natnnilT. he cannot take the stump. In years gone by he was generally admitted to be one oi uie ' . ..nnlnr talker that COUld be sent out. Straight-out party men did not like mm parucumnj. ui. wonderful grip on the Independent voters J up t Ice Hughes, however. Is thor- oughly satisfied with the nomination of Stlmson and has made that fact man ifest. The two are old personal friends, and the nomination was submitted to Hughes and his chief lieutenants before the boom was launched at Saratoga. Roosevelt Ready for Fray. Colonel Roosevelt has had confer ences with all the "big orators." and the plan of battle has been mapped out by him. The heavy fire will be reserved for Tammany, and the ex-Prealdent be lieves that It will prove to be a winning , PlT- . Just 11 years ago. Roosevelt returned from Cuba to find the Republican party split Into factions and smirched by scandals. Even with the popularity he had gained through his Rough Riders. It Is generally admitted that he would have been defeated had It not been for the fact that Tammany was made an Issue. The Democratic convention that year was the first one that Richard Croker ever controlled. He nominated Augus-x- ..-.. w fn fTninr. and he was a brother of Robert A. Van Wyck, Mayor of New Tork. At a conference after the nomina tions were made. Senator Piatt, then the Republican boss, received reports from lieutenants who had been can vassing the state. The consensus of opinion waa that the outlook was worse than dubious. I'p to that time, the campaign had been principally a glorifi cation of Roosevelt Then Piatt decid ed to play his final card. Gun Trained on Tammany. Every gun was trained on Tammany. Orators thundered and literature was sent broadcast through the malls. The burden of each communication was -Shall Tammany, Tammany of the fadots and the brass checks, rule the stare of New York?" "It was pretty close, anyhow." Sen ator Piatt admitted afterwards, "but that one card won for us. If we had been a little more polite to Tammany, Roosevelt would never have been Gov ernor. Tills year Roosevelt Is playing the same kind ot politics that he learned from the "Easy Bona" 12 years ago. And he thinks he has better ammuni tion. Croker never ran a state convention the way Murphy conducted the recent affair at Rochester. The spectacle of 450 delegates, supposedly representing a sreat party, sitting around helpless in a hall, not knowing for whom they were to vote, has not strengthened the ticket. And everybody knows that while the delegates wslted. Murphy In his hotel stttlng-room was prepsrtng the slate, and that every candidate on It had his personal O. K- Roosevelt bossed things at Saratoga, but he only did It after a fight, and a real hard battle, too. His platform and ticket represented the wishes of a ma jority of the delegates, and conaequently the minority have no right to repine. Thla la also the view taken by William Parties, of Albany, who certainly put up the battle of his life. He is now striv ing to elect the candidates he (ought on the floor of the convention, and his coun ty organization Is giving It loyal sup port. Dlx Is Murphy Figurehead. There Is no desire on the part of the Republican stump speakers to assail Dlx. Democratic candidate for Governor, per sonally. They are willing to admit that he has pleasant Qualities, but assert that he Is merely a "respectable figurehead" for Murphy. They are laying stress on the fact that he was discovered by Mur phy, two years ago, and made candidate for Lieutenant-Governor. Then, when Murphy and "Flngy" Corners came to the parting of the ways. Dix naturally gravitated Into the position of state chair-nan. and finally haa been selected by the same power. Murphy, to head the state ticket. A Tammany victory. It la pointed out. means that Murphy will be In a posi tion to laugh at Mayor Gaynor. For ex snpl.the members of the two Public Service Commissions are removable at the will of the Governor, and control of these organisations, outside of the patronage meana a lot of "graft." hon est and otherwise for contractors. And It might be sdded thst Murphy's wealth la said to havs been earned In the con tracting business, when his firm re ceived big contracts during the period that Mayor McClellan trained with the forcea of the "Boia." The Democratic nominee for State Engineer and Surveyor la John A. Ben eel, once the right hand of McClellan, hut now close to Murphy. Benael Is bead of the local Board of Water Supply at prevent, and receives a salary of f l.0i0 a year. He wants t- ' Blv uus up 10 Decerns .us Matsa fn-jh- glneer at a salary of $5000 a year. And naturally people want to know why. Of course. It Is easy to see why a man will make a financial sacrifice to be come Governor, United States Senator or to accept a high Judicial office, tor there Is honor Involved. ,But If there Is any nonor in Deing &tate x.nsm Surveyor It la not visible to the nn Dreiudiced observer. To a nratfoallv unknown engineer It may be a good "ad." But Bensel is- firmly established In his proression mi doea not need any advertising. Also he Is not a man of wealth, and can hardly afford to throw away $10,000 a year. However, the State Engineer and Sur veyor haa charge of the construction of the $100,000,000 barge canal, and there are many fat contracts still to be given out. Also he has the distribution of vast sums of money voted for Im proving the roads of the state. It la a Job where contractors will be needed, snd as has been said before. Murphy haa made much money out of the con tracting business. These are two of the arguments that are to be used against the Demo cratic stats ticket, by advice of Theo dore Roosevelt. They win be made from one end of the state to the other, and repeated day and night. Tammany Put on Defensive. Tammany is to be put on the defen sive from the start and Dlx Is to be Ignored. The burden of the campaign cry will be: "Do you want to present the state to Charles F. Murphy?" Before Roosevelt went to Saratoga he announced the majority that he ex pected to receive, and underestimated It. Regarding the election next month he Is very optimistic and will not con cede that there is any doubt as to Stlmson's election. And regardless of what people may say of Roosevelt or what they may think of him. every body will admit these facts. Roosevelt Is a shrewd Judge of po litical conditions, has a vast following, and knows how to stir them up. And he means to make the fight of his life to stir them up for Henry j-. Stlmson, and convince the voters of New York state that Stlmson is tha proper and logical successor of Charles Evans Hughes In the executive man sion at Albany. PfilNlG FUNDS WORRY DEFICIENCIES BARRED, WASH INGTON KEEPS CLOSE TAB. State Department Having Slight Sums on Hand View Half-Year Ahead Charily. OLTMPIA. Wash.. Oct. 14. (Special.) Many of the state departments have about exhausted their printing appro priations and some of them will have to do doae figuring to avoid deficien cies. But deficiencies "do not go" any more, as Governor Hay has announced that all state affairs must be conducted along business lines. There are six months to pass be fore more money will be available. The State Superintendent of Public In struction and the higher educations', institutions are in the worat shape of any, but they have their reports and bulletins out. so they will be able to worry along. Superintendent Dewey announces that his department has only about $600 left out of H)"0. but he has Issued his re port on the schools of the state. Two yeara ago he was allowed $10,000 out of the lump sum for printing, which was $60,000, and six years ago he re ceived $11,000. The University of Washington baa spent Its $3500: the State College at Pullman has $238 left out of $3500; the Adjutant-General haa apent hla $1000: the Grain Departmen. has nothing left of Its $-'50: the Belting, ham Normal has used $1120 out of Its $1500. while the Ellenaburg Norma ran spend $5.70 more with the State Printer before the $1000 allowed b,y the Legislature is exhausted. It Is announced by Frank M. Dallam, Jr.. secretary to Governor Hay. who. with George M. Allen, State Statisti cian, checks up the printing, that the method of the Legislature in allowing each department a specified sum Is su perior to making a lump appropriation and then dividing It up among the vari ous departments. RtgaJtt. Your Strength Anl Healtl Assist .nature xn convalescence Your recuperati vo ' 'powers aro not asi ' creatastheywerewhen I you were younger, and ' ' nature needs assistance in regaining the energy ' and vim lost in illness. Pafcst Esfcact I on account of its great IS nutritive and tissue build- f listless convalescence and Iff i i a i Jii? ..i ceipsyouiucimy iccuvciy. 13 g It combines in correct pro- f pi portions the "renewing" I and "constructing1 lities of choicest hops and j select barley malt. Be ing in prediges ted liquid jf.-Ss form, it is easily and gr1 CKir asbimuaicu "f.V- by the weakest Tv ni.j ... r if - F A I i : l i : m-a-j I ',m V' by the weakest ffi&in fc a fjttset a mm . XSr V fj 3 artoe ml mmmt. fcfirf' OrlsrtJoxn. Vj5W'-J Orttim frm " 3 YW kcml i ' J U u. Jnmgt ttf&M. til MAXWELL Now At lis a IMF New Store Sid 1 flit f F G With every suit to order during my' Grand Opening Week, commencing today at 8 A. M., I will give. Absolutely Free of Charge, an English Cravenette Uvercoat and positively charge you no more than my regular prices V A .-t -... MAXWELL, The Tailor IMPORTER OF FOREIGN WOOLENS 246 Washington Street Portland, Or., October 15, 1910 Mr. Maxwell, Carter and Maaaaer Dear Sir: I am taking the liberty to inform you that I am now in my new lo- , cation, No. 246 Washington St., between Second and Third St s., opposite the Merchants National Bank. You are no doubt aware of the fact that I have been established in the Merchant Tailoring business for a number of years in Portland, my last place of business being on the corner of 6th and Alder Sts. I was compelled to close my business June 1st, owing to the fact that the building has been torn down and another is being erected in its place. I have always carried a large stock of Imported Woolens, which I was compelled to buy through American representatives of the English Woolen Mills. Being out of a location and having secured another store, of which I could not take possession until this Fall, I therefore took a trip to England, where . I purchased for cash one of the largest and most magnificent stocks of Woolens ever brought to the City of Portland. Ow ing to the fact that the representative's profit-is cut out, and my buy ing the goods in large quantities direct from the mills, I was therefore able to buy my stock for nearly one-third less than I would have to pay if I bought through the American representative. Consequently I will be able to make" you from now on a Suit or Overcoat for the same price you have paid for the ordinary American goods. I am also gratified to state that I have also purchased a large stock of English Linings, including pure Mohair, Serge, Alpaca, Fine Satins, Irish Linen Canvas, and the finest of French hair cloth, which will be put in all garments. I am satisfied and I assure you that you will not be able to find such a display of goods in Portland and at the prices I will sell them. While in London I purchased over 80 Cravenette Overcoats of the finest rain-proof oloth that was ever put into a garment. Every garment is stamped and, made up with the Presto reversible collar. This garment, if purchased in America, would sell for $25 to $40. With every suit to order I will give absolutely free of charge one of these Cravenette Coats, and positively charge you no more than my regular price for suit. Trusting that you will favor me with a call and examine my large stock of Imported Woolens and trimmings and satisfy yourself before you buy elsewhere, I remain, Sincerely yours, MAXWELL, the Tailor and Woolen Merchant. MAXWELL, The Tailor IMPORTER OF FOREIGN WOOLENS 246 Washington Street Between Second and Third Opposite Merchants National Bank l: 108.0