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VOL.. XXV-XO. 19.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 13, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VEHTTHEIRSPLEEN
Of ROOSEVELT
Democrats Raise Cry
of Bad Faith.
"MAN OF CLAY," SAYS BAILEY
Mortified by Republican Agree
ment on Rate Bill. .
TILLMAN TELLS OF DEAL
aj- Roosevelt Arranged to Carrj
Bill With Democratic Aid, but
Surrendered to .Aldrlch.
.Roosevelt Denies Story.
ROW ABOUT KATE BII.U
Tillman TtooaeveH and Moody nefo- .
tlated through Chandl.r to carry bill
through gan&te with Long' a limited
court review amendment by aid of
Democrats, but Roosevelt chanced front
and agreed wltb Republican on Alli
son amendment, thua aurrenderlnc to
Aid rich. - Chandler quoted Rooaevelt
aa flaying ha ivaa at out with Sena
torial lawyers Knox, Spooner and
Foraker.
Lrfxis Telephoned Rooaevelt and he
ayi statement attributed to Chandler
that he had come to complete disagree
ment with Senatorial lawyers was "de
liberate and unqualified falsehood."
Carter Defends Rooevelt and at
tack Bailey and Rayner,
Baily Accuaea President of having
abandoned tariff revision at behest of
Republican leaders; of having deferred
raising rat tasua until arter 'his elec
tion, lt it should afTect campaign
contributions, and of finally surrend
ering to. the railroad Senator ' "
tolllvr and C1apj Deny Tnrrender
to Railroad Senators.
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A WASHINGTON, May 12. In one of the
hltttrest attacks that have benn made
upon -resident Rooevelt during the de
bate 1n the Senate on the railroad rate
bill, Bailey charged that the executive had
mill-rendered his position advocating "an
effective measure" and had abandoned his
demands for tariff revision. The Texas
Senator charged that the President's ar
raignment of trusts had been made after
his election and that before that time he
had been as "silent as the grave" on the
subject of regulating the railroads. The
Penator closed with this statement:
"But let us have no more talk In the
Penate and talk In the country about this
Iron man. He Is clay, and very common
clay at that."
Carter Stirred lp Bailey.
The speech was In reply to Carter, who
had defended the President against criti
cisms, saying that no one could charge
him with cowardice. In the course of his
remarks, Carter referred to the Demo
cratic party aa a party of negation and
nothing more. He declared that the party
hd been frightened into a chill at the
prospect of action. He charged that
neither Bailey nor Rayner had done any
thing to secure effective railroad rate leg
islation. When Bailey gained the floor he charged
that the Montana Senator's ebullitions
were due to the fact that he had not been
mentioned by Rayner In his speech aa one
of the President s special ambassadors. He
defended his own record on the ground
that during his Congressional service his
party had been In power only the first
four yeans. If, during the time the Demo
crats were In the minority, he had intro
duced a bill to regulate the railroads, the
Senator said he would have been per
forming an act of buncombe. He repeated
charges of inconsistency on the part of
the President in the legislative pro
gramme, saying that the "absolute rate"
first contended for had been abandoned
for the "maximum rate," and that the
President had changed his position on the
subject of suspension of rates pending a
reversal by the courts.
Bailey's Assault on Roosevelt,
Taking up a statement made by Carter
that the President had, during his cam
paign for the Presidency, displayed match
less courage in opposing the railroad trust.
Mr. Bailey said, In that respect:
"Has the' Senator from Montana ex
amined the record on that question, as
he did the record of the Senator from
Maryland and myself? "What will the Sen
ate say when I tell the Senator from Mon
tana that In his messages in 1902 and 1903
the President was as silent aa the grave
upon the question of regulating the rail
roads; that standing In the presence of
the American people, pending the great
contest of 1904, he spoke never a word in
Its favor either In his letter of acceptance
or In his speech of acceptance.
"Only after his election In 190 did he
challenge the railroad powers 1n mortal
combat. Did the Senator from Montana
know that when he declared that the
President has exhibited marvelous cour
age in defying the railroads prior to bla
election V
Carter replied that in a public address
delivered in the City of Minneapolis be
fore his nomination the President had in
clear, distinct and unequivocal terms de
fined, his position upon the subject and
likewise upon necessary anti-trust prose
cutions and legislation.
In reply Ralley said he did not know
the President had discussed the railroad
question In his speech In Minneapolis,
feutia bai axA-nlaed. it FrtsldcaCa-ub.
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11c messages prior to the election and had
found nothing of that character in them.
Bailey said that the President's sec
retary had written to the editor of a pub
lication known as "Freight" In the Sum
mer of 1904, declaring that in his letter
of acceptance the President would speak
out on the, railroad question. ' He said
the President's promise had not been re
deemed. Continuing, he said:
"I do not say the -President put It In his
letter and then, when hi astute politics
advisers told him that the' railroads
would not contribute, that he cut It out.
I will not say that, although there are
many men uncharitable enough to say
it. I only put before the Senate and the
country the fact that his secretary said
the President would speak of it and he
did not speak of It.
Perhaps these insurance companies
which were contributing the funds of
widows and orphans to insure his elec
tion owned so many of these railroad
bonds that they deterred not only the
President but the President's advisers
from Incorporating In bla letter a mes
sage of hostility against .the railroads
preceding the election.
Says Roosevelt Lacks Endurance.
"Mr. President, I love a brave man; I
love a fighter, and the President of the
United States Is both on occasions, but
he can give up with as much alacrity as
any man who ever went to battle, either
civic or ' political. He fights furiously
when It is a physical contest, I grant
you, because that is a question of cour
age as well as endurance, but he seems
to have no endurance in the political
contests here. Why? He was going to
revise the tariff and his friends called
him off. and then that great voice that
was filling the air with a demand for
tariff revision suddenly sank Into the
gentleness and weakness of a whisper.
"Then he was going to have the rail
roads regulated and It was announced
that Congress would be convened In ex
traordinary session to deal with It, but
the great leaders assembled with the
President, prayed with him a little while
and no call was Issued for an extraor
dinary session of Congress. He waited
until the regular session and five months
of that has elapsed and still no legisla
tion. And when we do get a bill, God
save the country from such a bill as It
will be. .
"What Should Have Been Done.
"If the President had been the heroic
fighter that the Senator from Montana
would have us believe he was, you know
what he would have done. He would
have summoned the Republican leaders
to a conference from the Senate and
House arid he would have said to them:
" 'Gentlemen, I am not talking to yon
aa the President of the United States; I
am talking to you as Theodore Roose
velt, the Republican; I am talking to
you as a Republican; I waiuf to tell you
that I liftppen to have learned that un
less you pass a good bill the President of
thf United States Intend to veto it.
And then they would have passed a
bill fulfilling In some degree the laudable
expectations of this people. If Congress
had failed to do it and he had vetoed the
bill they passed and then convened them
In extraordinary session to pass a good
one, he would have written his name side
by side with the names of Jefferson.
Jackson and Linpoln and others among
his Illustrious predecessors.
Tillman Tells of Negotiations.
Tillman, in a lengthy statement, ac
cused the President of wavering on the
rate bill. He referred specifically to the
Long amendment, saying he did so with
the purpose of making an explanation.
He said the Senators would be surprised
to know he had been in conference with
the President.
On March 31. said Tillman. Chandler
told Tillman that the President desired
to get ' In communication with Tillman
for the purpose of getting sufficient
Democrats lined up together to defeat
obnoxious amendments to the railroad
rate bill. Chandler quoted the President
as being entirely at outs with the Sena
torial lawyers, including Knox, as well
as Spooner and Foraker, and that the
Chief Executive deliberately and with
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FIREWORKS ON
ALLISON'S PLAN
GOES THROUGH
Senate Adopts Court Review
Amendments to the
Rate Bill.
REPUBLICANS ALMOST UNIT
Circuit Courts Given Jurisdiction,
but Must Give Notice of Injunc- .
tion Suits Appeals Prompt,
Only to Supreme Court.
PROVISIONS OF AI.IJSON AMEND
MENTS. Appeals from orders of Interstate
Commerce Commission only to Circuit
Court In district where railroad has
principal operating office.
Law expediting trials of rebate and
trust cases applied to rate bill.
No injunction against enforcement of
Commission's .order to be granted, ex
cept on hearing after five days' no
tice. Appeals only to United States 8u- .
preme Court, must be taken within 30
days and. take precedence over all ex
cept like cases and criminal cases.
WASHINGTON", May 12. The Senate
proceedings today were devoted exclusive
ly to the. consideration of the railroad
rate bill, and they included many Inter
esting and some sensational features.
The actual accomplishments of the day
consisted in the completion of the con
sideration of the Allison amendments, cov
ering the question of review by courts of
the orders of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
There were several of these provisions
and all were accepted as presented or sug
gested by the Iowa Senator, showing an
almost perfect agreement among Repub
lican Senators. Indeed, one of the note
worthy features of the day was the prac
tical unanimity of the Republicans. They
not only voted almost solidly for the Al
lison amendments, but were Just aa near
ly united against opposing propositions.
When an adjournment was reached, there
was still prospect of the-contlnuance of
the debate for next iveek.
Resents Reflection on Judges.
An amendment was suggested by La
Follette prohibiting Federal Judges who
bold railroad stocks or bonds, or who
use or solicit passes from . presiding in
cases arising under the proposed law.
"I have some respect for the Judiciary,"
said Hale, and moved to lay the amend
ment on the table. The motion prevailed,
40 to 27, Galllnger, La Follette and Mc
Cumber voting with the Democrats.
An amendment was offered by McLaren
prohibiting Judges holding railroad stock
from sitting In railroad cases, and Hale
gave notice of a motion to lay on the
table. Hale declared that the "proposi
tion that a Federal Judge would sit In a
case when he Is a partner in Interest with
one of the litigants is monstrous." He
added: "Any Judge so doing Is subject to
Impeachment," and then he moved to lay
the amendment on the table, which car
ried, 49 to 23.
The Allison amendment was then adopt
ed without division as amended. The
provision reads :
The venue of suits brought In any of the
JUNE 4; THE LIST OF CASUALTIES WILL BE PRINTED THE MORNING AFTER
Circuit Courta of the United States to en
Join, set aalde. annul or suspend any order
or requirement of the Commission ahall be
In the district where the carrier against
whom such order or requirement may have
been made has. Its principal operating office
and may be brought at any time after suck
order Is promulgated; and. If the order or
requirement should be made against two or
more carriers, then in the district where
any one- of said carriers has its principal
operating office; and. If the carrier has its
principal operating office -in the District of
Columbia, then -the -venue shall be in the
district where aald carrier has Its principal
office, and Jurisdiction to bear and deter
mine such suits' la hereby vested in auch
courta.
Bacon's court review amendment and
his Impounding provision were offered
and disagreed to. The Allison amendment
extending the expediting act to hearings
on applications for a preliminary injunc
tion was adopted.
Limit on Injunctions.
Next was offered the Allison provision
to the court review amendment, which
had been adopted. To this Overman of
fered as a substitute bis amendment pro
viding for notice to the adverse party in
an application for Injunction, but it was
disagreed to. . " -
Bailey spoke on the Allison proviso,
which he declared was a recognition at
last by the Republican party that' courts
can be enjoined from issuance of induc
tions under certain conditions for five
days at least. He demanded the roll call
on the proviso.' It was adopted, ayes 73,
noes 3. The three negative votes were
Clarke (Ark.), Morgan and Pettus. The
proviso aa adopted follows:
Provided that no injunction, interlocutory
order or decree suspending or restraining the
enforcement of an order, of the Commission
shall be granted except on hearing after not
less than five days notice to the Commission
An appeal may be taken from any inter
locutory order or decree granting or continu
ing an Injunction In any suit, but shall He
only to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Provided further that the appeaf must be
taken within 30 days from the entry of such
order and decree, and it shall be given
precedence in the Appellate Court over all
other cases except causes of like character
and criminal causes. '
The final Allison amendment, which
struck out a few lines at the end of the
section1 and was purely formal, was agreed
to. This completed the adoption of- the
compromise proposition submitted by Al
lison relating solely to the court, features
of the bill.
Time for Filing Complaints.
Culberson moved to amend section 5 of
the bill, extending the time for the filing
of complaints for overcharges from two
to three years. At the suggestion of
Dolliver he changed the amendment so
that accrued claims may be brought
within three years. The amendment was
then adopted. s
Daniel then offered an amendment re
quiring that the courts be supplied with
the records of cases taken up from the
Interstate Commerce Commission, and
this was the pending amendment when
the Senate adjourned.
Tillman moved that, when' the Senate
adjourned, It be until 10 o'clock on Mon
day. He said he Intended to follow that
with a motion to vote on the bill before
the adjournment on Monday.
Hale objected on the ground that such
an agreement might preclude considera
tion of section 8, which creates the tri
bunal that is to administer the provisions
of the bill. He said he desired to pro
vide for a well-paid. Intelligent commis
sion and would consent to no agreement
to vote until section 8 had been debated.
Nelson moved to change the time to
11 o'clock Monday, and In this form the
motion carried.
Farm Laborers Strike for Advance.
VIENNA, May 12. (Special.) The
strike of agricultural laborers Is spread
ing throughout the Province of Gallcla.
Laborers are demanding better pay. The
wages paid on the estate of Count Po
tockl. which may be regarded as about
the average pay of laborers In the prov
ince. Is 10 cents a day for men and 7
cents for women. The strikers demand
four times as .much. In some localities
disorders have occurred and there have
been several collisions between strikers
and the military.
PEOPLE UNITED
IT
Democrats Joined by Peasants
in Russia's First
Parliament.
AMNESTY THEIR DEMAND
Hope for Peace From Czar's Concil
iatory Mood, but Ready to Strike.
Peasants' Eloquent and
Earnest Orders.
ST.. PETERSBURG, May 12. With the
new. Parliament finally under way, there
Is a distinct relief from the tremendous
Btrain of the past few months. But both
sides anticipate a great struggle between
the crown and the people they realize
that the real issue will not be Joined until
the answer of the lower house to tbe
speech from thf. throne at ths opening of
Parliament is presented. Then the Em
peror must choose between war and
peace.
The Constitutional Democrats have ef
fected a combine with the peasants and
feel that they have behind them a four
fifths majority. Their tactics are to avoid
a conflict at the outset. In order to get
through their agrarian bill as a practical
measure, to win and hold the support of
the peasants. Then, if the government
Is not ready to yield, they will draw the
sword, and there are many possible com
plications of deadfalls ahead.
Czar Is Conciliatory.
The prospects of a pacific solution, how
ever, are certainly brighter. The Emperor
appears to be well disposed. The words
of his speech at the Winter Palace, which
are now known to have been by his own
hand after rejectln- all the drafts sub
mitted by his advisers, indicate that he
Is sincerely desirous of a rapprochement
with Parliament, and what he said to
Professor Mouromtseff, President of the
House, yesterday, is distinctly In line with
a wish to meet the good-will of the peo
ple. Nevertheless words no longer suffice.
The leaders of the Constitutional Demo
crats, while they have displayed consum
mate ability in restraining the hotspurs,
are strong and resolute in their determi
nation to secure full parliamentary rights
with a responsible ministry chosen from
the majority under a constitutional mon
archy. .
Peasants Join Democrats.
With the exception of 40 members, the
entire peasant contingent Joined the Con
stitutional Democrats, and In a test vote
this afternoon for vice-presidents polled
361 out of 428 votes. The radical tendency
of the peasants constitutes the greatest
surprise of the week. One hundred and
twenty-two of them voted not to attend
the banquet given by the City Council to
night in honor of the Parliament, because
they could not countenance the expendi
ture of J3500, while the people of the Na
tion are on the verge of starvation, and
because they would not attend a funotion
In which members of the Council of the
Empire, who are under boycott, partici
pated. General Trepoff, commandant of the pal
ace. Is now generally recognized as a se
cret and dangerous influence at court, and
S
TMfJfli
the Liberal newspapers have opened a
systematic campaign against him.
Strike if Driven to Extremes.
Should the Emperor eventually elect to
wage war by declining to yield further,
the proletariat organisations will again
come tov the front, as they constitute the
only militant force capable of fighting the
Government by means of a strike aa a
weapon. Until the final decision of the
Emperor comes, the Social Democrats
have declared a truce with the majority.
A meeting of the secret congress of the
party met here today and decided tem
porarily to suspend the boycott of the
Parliament and give no further encour
agement to tactics of terrorism.
DEMANDS AMNESTY FOR ALL
Dounia Acts Promptly, Peasants
Joining; Force With Democrats.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 12. Without
a dissenting voice and with evidences of
the deepest feeling, the Parliament at
the evening session adopted a resolution
Instructing the committee which will
draft the reply to the speech from the
throne to Include In It a request for full
amnesty for political, agrarian and mili
tary crimes and a recommendation for
the Immediate abandonment of the death
penalty for all offenses, criminal as well
as political. Tbe committee, which is
composed of 11 members, - Constitutional
Democrats, peasants, Nationalists
(Poles), Letts, Tartars, etc., was not
hampered with further instructions, but
was asked if possible to submit a report
at the opening of the session at 2 o'clock
tomorrow.
Tbe debate on the resolution, which
followed a long day of routine business,
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 61
deg. ; minimum, 48. Precipitation, trace.
TODAT'S Probably fair, warmer. North
westerly wind,
Ruislan Parliament demands amneaty for
prisoner! and will try to conciliate Czax.
Page 1.
Sultan yields absolutely to Britain. Pace 4.
Natal troops defeat Zulu rebels and scatter
them. Page it.
Natlonal.
Bailey and Tillman make violent attarka on
Roosevelt in regard, to rate bill. Page 1.
Roosevelt accuses Chandler of falsehood In
statement about negotiations with Demo
crats. Page 1.
Senate passes Allison amendments. Page 1.
Pelrce answers charges of McWade, Page 4.
Majority of Senate committee favors sea
level canal. Page 4.
Aldrlch trying to kill free alcohol bill.
Page S.
PelH.es.
Senator Gearin coming home to campaign for
election. Page 2.
Taylor defeats earmark in Tennessee cam
paign for Senator. Page 2,
- Domestle.
Carl Bchura slightly better. Page 4-
Senator Heyburn's condition not Improved.
Page 5.
Greek children held in slavery In America.
Page 2.
More trick- of Standard Oil Company ax
posed. Page 2.
San Francisco,
Looters forced to work on streets. ' Page 8.
Proposed increase in saloon license. Page 8.
Methodists will raise 11,000,000 to rebuild
churches. Page 3.
Refugees to be concentrated in two great
camps. Page 3.
Sport.
Hoppe- wins billiard match, B loo son second.
Page 17.
Tale wins track meet with Princeton.
Page K.
Fitzslmmons and McCoy in burlesque prize
fight. Page 17.
Travis wins President's golf cup. Page lfl.
Tale wins college shooting contest. Page 16.
Seals defeat the Beavers in ball game.
Page IB.
Winged M wins on the diamond. Page
University of Oregon defeated by Washing
ton State College, 3 to 1. Page 17.
Oregon Agricultural College wins nearly all
points In track meet with Willamette
University. Page 17.
PaclAc Coast.
Three men caught in British Columbia be
lieved to be Canadian Pacific trainrob
bers. Page 14.
Move for uniform irrigation laws la started
by Umatilla Development League. Page 14.
Reports from the Inland Empire show great
need of rain. Page 14.
Hill needs 30 miles of right of way on the
north bank of the Columbia. age 15.
Clackamas County miser has been posing as
a pauper. Page 14.
Cloudburst near Welser, Idaho, doea great
damage. Page 14.
Well-attended Republican rally held at Al
bany. Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Government to collect hop statsitlcs. Page 85.
What weakened at Chicago by selling press
ure. Page 35.
Financial situation cleared by recent liquida
tion. . Page 35.
New York banks surplus still grows.
Page 35.
Steamer Costa Rica reports evidence of dere
lict log raft having broken up. Page 15.
British steamship Kilburn arrives from
Orient. Page 15.
Three sailing vessels reach Columbia River.
Page 15.
Portland merchants will encourage Hawaiian
steamship line. Page 15 .
Portland and Vicinity.
Letter comes from White House denouncing
as campaign falsehood Democratic publi
cation that Roosevelt favora re-election of
Chamberlain. Page 1.
Chile is burned to death in a barn at Alblna.
Page 10.
German composer writes march for "Made
In Oregon" Exposition Page 9-
Tone to realty which was impaired by San
Francisco catastrophe. Is completely re-
stored. Page 30.
The Dalles shows Its civic spirit by having
a cleaning-up day. Page 30.
Witnesses testify for Ladd in the suit of the
heirs of the Johnson estate. Page 30.
Coos Bav will have a big Industrial meeting
at North Bend. Page &
Preparationa made for the "Made in Oregon"
Fair. Page 8.
Bruin criticised by court in the McGlnnlss
trial for Interfering with a witness
Page 11.
Fund for stricken San Francisco passes a
quarter of a million dollars. Page 10.
Governor Pardee pralnes Orgon for Its gen
erous help to San Francisco. Page 24.
Sensation sprung In Water Board when It Is
learned that employe Is interested with
bidder on Irvlngton contract. Pag 10.
Initiative One Hundred plsns to make Port
land a spotless town. Page 24.
Feature and D peart merits.
Editorial. Page 6.
Church announcements. Page 32.
Classified advertisements. Pages 18-23.
Possibilities "of "Free" alcohol. Page 48.
Oregon's finest military organization.
Page 38.
Elisabeth in her Oregon home. Page 40.
Glimpses of Japan's big cities. Page 40.
George Ade in pastures new. Page 41.
Wheat gambling and the price of the loaf.
Page 30.
The divine and the human, by Leo Tolstoi.
Page 43.
Recollections of Judge Williams. Page 33.
Susan Clegg and her friend Mrs. Lathrop.
Page 3a.
Dr. HI His sermon. Page 37.
The Roosevelt Bears. Page 46.
Book reviews. Page 34.
Social. Pages 2-27.
Dramatic. Page 28.
Musical. Page 29.
Household and fashions. Page 42
JComU'a dejgrtnaectfc. Page 47 '
DENOUNCES THE
DEMOCRATIC LIE
President Roosevelt
Not for. Chamberlain.
WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
Secretary Loeb Shatters the
Campaign Falsehood.
IS WITHOUT FOUNDATION
Statement Published in Partisan I'a.
pers Quoting Nation's Execu
tive as Favoring Democratic
Governor Is Untrue.
i DENIAL FROM THE WHITE HOCKE
THE WHITE HOUSEJ. Washington,
May T. 1906. My Dear Sir: I am in
receiDt of your letter of the 1st in
stant Inclosing clipping from the Reg
ister, published In your county, con
taining the following statement al
leged to have been made by the Pres
ident: "I have no very exalted opinion of
the Oregon wing of the Republican
party. I believe the t re-election of
Oregon's present Governor will be - a
good thing for the people of your
state, and that eventuaJly it will not
injure the Republican party in Ore
gon." You are authorised to say that this
statement is an unqualified falsehood.
without any foundation whatever in
fact. The President has not been
asked to express and has not ex
pressed any opinion of any kind or
sort about the Gubernatorial election
In Oregon. Thanking you for calling
the matter to, my attention, I am.
sincerely yours. WM. LOEB, JR.,
Secretary to the President.
Mr. E. H. Flagg, editor Oregon Mist,
St. Helens, Or..
Direct from the Whit House at Wash
ington comes a plain, flat, complete denial
of the claim of Democratic campaign man
agers that President Roosevelt deRires the
re-election of a Democratic Governor in
Oregon.
The assertion that the President desired
such a result was made in a campaign
document issued from the Democratic
headquarters and published In nearly all
the Democratic newspapers in Oregon.
Lie Is Shattered.
From this publication a great many
people gained the Impression that the
President might possibly have expressed
an opinion such aa that attributed to him.
Confident that there must be a mistake
or misrepresention somewhere, Mr. E. H.
Flasg. editor of the Oregon Mist, at 9t.
Helens, wrote to the President, enclosing
a clipping showing what the Democratic
campaign managers have been claiming.
Yesterday he received a letter from Wil
liam Loeb, private secretary to the Pres
ident, a letter of denial which appears at
the head of tills article.
Campaign Fake Purposeless.
This letter, destroying the principal cam
paign material the Democrats have been
using, and. in fact, exposing their attempt
at deception, Is considered by Oregon poli
ticians as the death blow to Democratic
hopes. No longer can they make their
boasted claim to being the supporters and
political friends of the President. This
rebuke to their presumption is expected
to put an end to this feature of the cam
paign and compel the Democratic candi
dates to come out in the open and run .
as Democrats upon Democratio principles
and policies.
MRS. DAVIS IS SINKING
Widow of President of Confederacy
Xear Death in New York.
NEW YORK, May 12. Mrs. Jefferson '
Davis, who has Been seriously ill at
the Hotel Gerard in this city for sev
eral days was reported tonight as be
ing in a sinking condition, and fears
for the worst are felt by the watchers
at her bedside.
The latest reports from Mrs. Davis'
bedside tonight were to the effect that
she was 'resting somewhat more com
fortably." Mrs. Hayes, a daughter of
Mrs. Davis, is expected from Colorado :
Springs tomorrow.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
Baron Currie, British Diplomat.
LONDON. May 12. Baron Currie.
(Philip Henry Wodehouse), formerly
British Ambassador at Constantinople .
and later Ambassador at Rome, died at
his residence. Hawley, Blackwater.
Hampshire, after a long illness. He
was born in 1834, and was private sec
retary to Lord Salisbury when the lat- .
ter, In 1878-80. was Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
Captain A. Lyons, Grand Junction.
GRAND JUNCTION. Colo., May 12.
Captain James A. Lyons, drygoods and
clothing merchant, died of apoplexy to
day at bis home in this city at the age of
6. Captain Lyons was State Auditor of
Iowa from )S88 to 1S94, and was once a
candidate for Governor of Iowa.
Hamburg Seamen Continue Strike.
HAMBURG. May 12. At a large meet-,
Ing of striking sramen at Altona to1y.
It was unanimously decided, to con-Uuue,
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