THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 5J3, 1SHI6.
ELEVEN " SENATORS
WILL LOSE SEATS
Six Will Have a Hard
Fight to KeepThem.
BATTLE COMES IN JANUARY
Even Ctiance Texas May Turn
Down Bailey.
CLEVELAND A DARK HORSE
Disgruntled Republicans May Join
Democrats In Electing Him to
Dryden's Seat Dolllver Not
Sure of Election.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 22. (Special.)
The holiday time will be fighting time for
several United States Senators who wish
to succeed themselves In office. For oth
ers there is not even a fighting- chance.
Some of the members of the lower house
with upper-house hopes also will be on
the line of the Legislature battles dur
ing the session. With a feeling of se
curity created by the primaries. Senator
Cullom will not go back to Illinois. His
friends will look after all the working
details which may need attention.
Thirty Senators will go out of office
March 4. and of these It Is practically
certain that 11 will not be returned to
their seats. The eleven are: Republicans,
Alger of Michigan, Alleo of Delaware,
Benson of Kansas and Millard of Nebras
ka; Democrats, Berry of Arkansas,
Blackburn of Kentucky, Carmack of Ten
nessee, Clark of Montana, Dubois of Ida
ho, Gearln of Oregon and Patterson of
Colorado.
Six Have Shaky Seats.
January will be an anxious month for
six Senators, nearly every one of whom
thought until recently that his hold on
his office was not to be shaken. Texas
men In close communication with the
politicians at home, say that, notwith
standing Senator Bailey's recent poll of
the Legislature and his confident predic
tion that he had put his enemies to rout,
there seems to be at least an even chance
that he will meet defeat
Senator Dolllver of Iowa may not come
back to Washington after his present
term expires, though admittedly the op
position to him Is giving signs of disin
tegration. '
Cleveland May Be Elected.
Senator Dryden.- of Now Jersey, is in a
peculiarly "nervous" position politically.
He must obtain the support of only three
or four Republicans to make his election
certain, but the three or four are holding
out against him and may force the great
majority of their brethren to acoept a
compromise candidate and, failing in this,
may place their votes with those of the
Democrats and elect Grover Cleveland.
Until a few weeks ago, no polltlcfan
dreamed that a condition could arise to
make doubtful the 'return of Senator
Henry E. Burnham, of New Hampshire.
Now Mr. Burnham's chances are clouded.
It Is possible that his opponents may
force in caucus the naming of a party
man who has held aloof from machine
politics.
In South Dakota there Is a peculiar
situation. The Republican state conven
tion declared for the present Senator,
Robert J. Gamble, and many of the Re
publicans in the Legislature are Instruct
ed for him, but there is a chance that
the opposition will carry the day.
Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, is
not In as hearty a position of support of
his colleague, George F. Wetmore, as he
might be.
These Sure to Go Back.
Seven Democratic and Ave Republican
Senators are certain to be returned. The
Democrats who will hold their seats are
Bacon of Georgia, Foster of Louisiana,
McLaurln ' of Mississippi, Martin of Vir
ginia, Morgan of Alabama, Simmons of
North Carolina and Tillman of South
Carolina. The five Republicans are Crane
of Massachusetts, Cullom of Illinois, El
kins of West Virginia, Nelson of Minne
sota and Warren of Wyoming.
New Hampshire "Drys" Fall.
CONCORD. N. H., Dec 22. Eight votes
are lacking to place the Prohibition party
upon the regular ballot at the next state
election, as a result of the conclusion of
Inspection of ballots In the recent Guber
natorial contest. Rev. Edmund Tetley,
the Prohibition candldte, gained 171
votes as a result of the Inspection, but
this was not quite enough to give the
party the necessary 3 per cent of the
vote cast.
WIFE HELD AS A HOSTAGE
Alleged Embezzler From Chicago Is
Arrested Near Oakland.
OAKLAND, Deo. 22. Fred Taylor, of
Chicago, was arrested early this morning
by Detective O'Donnell. of Chicago, and
Detective Edward Gibbs, of San Fran
cisco, at a Western Paclfto Railroad con
struction camp near Altamont. 60 miles
from here. A night's ride from Oakland
to Altamont and the temporary arrest
of Taylor's wife preceded the alleged fu
gitive's capture. -
Taylor is wanted In Chicago, according
to the detectives, where it is alleged he
embezzled $31,000 from the Illinois Steel
Company while employed as a book
keeper. Taylor's arrest came about
through letters directed to his wife, who
has been living at Twelfth and Union
streets since the couple's arrival, about
three weeks ago.
Local detectives last night took Mrs.
Taylor to the police station to prevent
her Informing her husband of his Impend
ing arrest. Upon Taylor's arrival here
In custody of the officers the police re
leased his wife. Taylor declares that he
is Innocent. .
ASSETS ARE DUMMY NOTES
Atkinson's Wildcat Banking Methods
Exposed In Court.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Referee In Bank
ruptcy Wean today continued the In
vestigation of the affairs of the de
funct Lincoln Bank, of Morton Park,
owned by Willtam J. Atkinson. The
referee confined his efforts to discov
ering what had become of $63,000
which was on deposit In this bank at
the time its doors were closed.
John I. Mara, an attorney in Jersey
City, one witness- said, had signed a
number of blank notes which Atkinson
filled out at different times. One was
for $10,000 and another for $12,000.
Miss L. Armstrong, a stenographer In
Pittsburg, he said, also gave him blank
notes which he filled out. He de
clared he never realized any, cash on
these notes, but used them as fictitious
assets of the bank.
Atkinson afterwards admitted that
the Armstrong account was a dummy
through which he transacted his per
sonal business.
No More "Hugging" Dances.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. "Hugless" dancing
and "waterless" swimming are to be
taught in the Chicago public schools. The
220.000 pupils will balance forward and
backward, trip through the steps of the
stately mazurka, glide gracefully into
waltzes and two-steps, trip through pol
kas or dash over the floor in an old-fashioned
gallop. But they will trip, glide
and dash alone. No youthful arm will be
allowed to belt the girlish waist, and
they won't even know that they are danc
ing, because in the curriculum, the "hug
less" dancing Is catalogued as "fancy
steps."
As for the "swimming," the pupils will
be allowed to hang themselves from fly
ing hickory rings and go through the mo
tions of swimming In midair.
Beginning with the opening of the pub
lic schools for the Winter term on Janu
ary 2 the course of study Is to be enriched
by the introduction of the "hugless" danc
ing and the "waterless" swimming.
Favors Selling Coal Land.
ARDMORE, L T., Deo. 22. Governor
Johnston in his message to the Choc
taw Legislature, which is in special ses
sion to wind up tribal affairs, recommend
ed the sale of the Choctaw-Chickasaw
coal lands at the earliest possible time,
preferably to the new State of Oklahoma,
at a price agreed upon by the Government
and the Choctaw-Chickasaw Indians. It
agreed to the sale of the surface land
for agricultural purposes, for the fur
therance of which McAlester and other
towns of the coal belt have a lobby in
Washington.
Governor Johnston's objection to this
plan Is that it would Jeopardize the sale
of the mines.
Want to Evangelize World.
BOSTON, Dec. 22. A statement of the
evangelical forces now engaged In efforts
to evangelize the non-Christian world was
made public today by Editorial Secretary
Strong, D. D., of the American Board. It
shows a total of 29,386 stations and out
statlons; 6750 men' and 6039 women mls
slpnarles; 70,735 native laborers; 1,349,908
communicants, 1,120.802 under instruction,
and an Income of $18,665,748. These to
tals show an Increase over the reports of
last year.
Great Britain Is shown to have 3150 men
In the foreign field and 1990 women. The
total Income of the British societies Is
$962,224 below that of the American so
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SUBSIDY
GUNNING TRICK
Advocates Will Tack "Subven
tion" on Postal Appro
priation Bill.
SALVE WEAK CONSCIENCES
New Mexico Vainly Asks for State
. hood Again Piatt and Depew
' Forgiven by Senators Old
Lady's Rebuke to Senate.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 22. If all other schemes fall,
the advocates of a ship subsidy Intend to
resort to a bit of parliamentary trickery
in the hope, of getting some form of Gov
ernment aid for American steamships,
particularly those engaged In the South
American and Oriental trade. If It be
comes Impossible to secure the passage
of the subsidy bill as it came from the
Senate, or as amended by Representative
Grosvenor, It is the intention of the
friends of the measure to propose an
amendment to the postofflce appropriation
bill, providing for "subventions" to Amer
ican steamships which carry the malls
between the Pacific Coast and the Ori
ent, and between any American ports and
the ports of South America
There are a number of men in Congress,
particularly Republicans from the Middle
West, who declare that they would not
object to postal "subventions," provided
there is no cargo subsidy involved in the
legislation. But these men want it dis
tinctly understood that they will support
no amendment to the postofflce bill if It
contains the word "subsidy," or is so
framed that men who vote for It can. be
accused of befriending a subsidy scheme.
Take It With Another Name.
The "subvention" is a subsidy mas
querading under another name, but there
Is not the same dislike of the word "sub
vention" as has been manifested toward
the word "subsidy," and if the former
can be substituted for the latter, that
fact alone will ease the conscience of cer
tain Republican Congressmen who are
not now able to see their way clear to
vote for a ship subsidy bill.
Any postal subvention scheme that may
be proposed will not lead to the building
of new steamships or the establishment
of new lines between the Pacific Coast
and the Orient, but will place this rev
enue in the hands of the three American
lines now engaged In that trade, the Bos
ton Steamship Company and the Hill
lines from Puget Sound, and the Pacific
Mail from San Francisco. No new lines
would be established to procure this pos
tal subvention. That, at least. Is the
opinion of unbiased men from the Pacifio
Coast, those who oppose the. subsidy as
well as those who favor 1L
No Chance for New Mexico.
As was to have been expected, a bill
has been introduced proposing to ad
mit New Mexico Into the Union as a
single state, v Arizona, after rejecting
joint admission with New Mexico, has
held to its promise and dropped the
statehood question for the present.
Arizona Is pursuing the right course,
and the New Mexico bill will make no
progress whatever. Congress has had
enough statehood talk in the past four
years to give . ample satisfaction for
ten years to come, and there is no
prospect whatever of the early admis
sion of New Mexico or Arizona on any
condition. Arizona having shown very
plainly Its disapproval of a union with
Its neighbor. Congress will not force
the jointure of the two territories to
make a single state, and will not grant
admission to either territory singly.
Representative Smith, of Texas, Is
author of a bill Intended to cure one
phase of the car shortage, namely, the
shortage of cattle cars. - He has -Introduced
a bill requiring all railroads
engaged in Interstate commerce, upon
reasonable request by any shipper, to
promptly furnish transportation for
the- shipment of livestock. The bill
requires the railroads, upon due no
tice, to supply the necessary cars, and
when the stock has been loaded to
rush transportation as speedily as con
sistent, so as not to Infringe upon the
provisions of the Heyburn law of last
session. Penalties are provided In
case railroads fall to meet a reason
able demand for cars. The entire ef
fect of the Smith bill would be to re
quire interstate railroads to increase
their rolling stock so as to be able to
handle all legitimate cattle business
tributary to their lines.
Piatt and Depew Bob Up Again.
Just to put a quietus on that resignation
rumor. Senator Piatt, of New York, is
making it a point to attend each daily ses
sion of the Senate. That is more than he
did last session. There seems to be no
question that Piatt will serve out his
term. If he lives that long. He is In
much better health this Winter than he
was In the long session, and while he is a
long way from a sound man, he seems to
have as great tenacity of purpose as ever.
H.e Is bound he will not resign While poli
ticians and the papers are demanding his
resignation.
For three years Piatt has been unable to
walk alone. He still needs assistance,
but be shuffles about much more readily
now than be did a year ago. Sometimes
he takes a few steps by himself, especial
ly when entering or leaving the Senate
chamber.
It has been remarked many times that
a great many Senators shake bands with
Piatt as they pass his desk. They make
much more of him thls'sesslon than they
did last. It would seem to the casual ob.
server as If Piatt's domestic troubles had
only Increased bis popularity among the
Senators.
"Cheerful Chauncey," Piatt's colleague,
has again donned the "smile that once
came off." Like his feeble colleague, De
pew Is in better health than for several
years past, and to judge from bis looks
no one would Imagine he ever bad a care
in the world. He, too, seems to have re
gained the friendship of Senators who
shunned him last session, after the life
Insurance investigations in New York. De
pew could not stand the public gaze a year
ago, especially as, his wife had gone to
Europe, leaving him to-bear his shame
alone. Mrs. Depew has since returned
and is once more taking a prominent part
In Washington society. If Depew can
have his society and Mrs. Depew to share
it with him, he Is perfectly contented.
The Depew home has now opened Its
doors; Chauncey's jokes have once more
become a feature In the social life of the
National Capital, and the past has been
forgotten. Look down from the gallery
any day, and you will see Depew, like
Piatt, cordially received by the Senators
of either party. All of which goes to
show that the Senate soon forgets and
forgives.
Those Wicked Senators!
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of
the United States Senate, closes his In
vocation each morning with the Lord's
Prayer. He always invites the Senate to
repeat It with him, ' but seldom does be
get a response from the floor. Occa
sionally a few visitors in the gallery will
timidly chime In. as If half afraid they
are doing the wrong thing, but that is
the only response. Senator Depew at one
time never failed to repeat the Lord's
Prayer with the chaplain, but he has not
been observed to do So this session. An
elderly lady occupied a seat in the gal
lery one, morning as the Senate was
called to order, and was struck by the
fact that the Senate did not participate
in the prayer. When Dr. Hale had pro
nounced the final "Amen," this old lady
raised ber head and, turning to her hus
band, and heard to remark:
"I think them old Senators ought to be
ashamed of themselves for not saying the
Lord's Prayer with the preacher. May
be they don't know it; and if they don't,
their wives ought to tench It to 'em."
Klefer Hello of Old Times.
J. Warren Klefer, Congressman from
Ohio, and former Speaker, is a statesman
of the old school, as evidenced by his
dress. He is the only man In Congress
who wears an evening suit at all hours of
the day. He never wears anything else.
On this account he is a conspicuous figure
among the 300-odd members, and is al
ways pointed out as "the man with the
flowing white beard, the splketall coat
and the low-cut vest," Klefer, In this
garb, does not look unlike the marble
statue of Daniel Webster that stands in
Statuary Hail, near the House of Rep
resentatives, save for the beard. The ap
parel which General Klefer wears today
is a relic of the days of Webster and Cal
houn, and Kelfer looks very much like an
old-fashioned picture that has just
stepped out of Its frame.
Man Without a Party.
There will be a man without a party In
the next House of Representatives, to
wit. Peter A. Porter, of New York, who
defeated Representative Wadsworth on
the meat-inspection Issue. Porter as
sailed Wadsworth because the latter took
issue with the President in his effort to
secure a meat-inspection law, and the
people Bided with Porter. He was first
nominated by the Democrats and then in
dorsed by the Municipal Ownership
League and an Independent organization.
He now asks to be listed as a Republican,
as bis sympathies are all with the Repub
lican party. Elected as a Democrat, he
naturally belongs to the minority party
In the House, but John Sharp Williams,
the minority leader, wants none of him
because he has renounced the Democracy.
On the other hand. Speaker Cannon and
the Republican leaders cannot- well ad
mit Porter to the Republican caucus, be
cause of the manner in which he was
elected. Porter will probably find that
the Democrats will discard him, and the
Republicans will refuse to pick him up.
It is not difficult to see the legislative
finish of Mr. Peter Porter, the man with
out a party.
SANTA CLAUS SUPPLIED.
Old Santa has laid in a goodly supply
of membership tickets of the Boy's De
partment of the Young Men's Christian
Association. These will make excellent
Christmas presents for boys between the
ages of 10 and 16 and no doubt will find
their way into the stockings of some
happy boys on Christmas morning.
BAGS ANDJSUIT CASES.-
The largest variety of fitted bags and
suit cases at Harris Trunk Company,
Sixth street opposite Oregonlan.
Fatally Hurt In Auto Wreck. (
EL PASO. Tex., Deo. 22. Master Me
chanic Klpp. of the American Smelting &
Refining Company's smelter here and his
wife were 'found unconscious in the
wreck of their automobile beside the
Southern Pacific track early this morn
ing. It is supposed they were struck by
a train. Both were unconscious and are
believed to be fatally injured.
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JEWS THREATEN TO STRIKE
OBJECT TO CELEBRATION OP
CHRISTMAS IN SCHOOLS.
Insist They Will Withdraw AU the
Pupils of Their Race in Cass
Holiday Is Observed.
NEW YORK, Dec 22. Having failed
to persuade the Board of Education to
stop the celebration of Christmas in the
public schools. Rabbis and other Hebrews
have decided to call a strike of school
children of their race. If their plans are
successful Monday morning will see the
schools of the East Side depleted of a
large percentage of their usual attend
ance. Twenty-five Jews, representing both the
reformed and the Orthodox Synagogues,
went before the committee on elementary
schools on December 11 and presented
their side of the question. When the
Board of Education met last Wednesday
and took no action the Jews decided to
call a strike.- Their committee made
plans to appeal to Hebrew parents
through the Hebrew press to keep their
children away from school Monday, and
this has been done. The board does
not regard the agitation as serious.
are reported to have escaped. The loss
Is estimated at 250.000.
Fifty Polish societies held their meet
ings In the buildings. The fire Is said to
have been discovered In one of the rooms
occupied last night by one of these societies.
REPRIEVE FOR MRS. MYERS
Condemned Murderess Granted Writ
of Habeas Corpus.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Deo. 22. Judge
John Phllllpps, In the United States Dis
trict Court here this morning, granted a
writ of habeas corpus in the case of Mrs.
Agnes Myers, in Jail at Liberty, Mo., un
der sentence to be executed on January
10. for the murder of her husband.
' The Sheriff at Liberty was ordered to
produce Mrs. Myers in court at Kansas
City on December 31.
Governor Folk has been quoted as say
ing he would no longer Interfere with the
carrying out of the death penalty either
in the case of Mrs. Myers or Frank
Hottman, her accomplice in the crime,
who also is under sentence of death.
They already have been reprieved four
times.
Mrs. Myers" attorneys asked the writ
of habeas corpus, the granting of which
i means her temporary release, on the
. ground that the County Court In which
she was convicted had no jurisdiction.
Fire Destroys Chicago School.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Fire early today
practically destroyed the big St. Stanis
laus Parochial School at Noble and Brad
ley Btreets. The building was a seven
story brick structure, and was attended
by approximately 4000 day pupils, mostly
of Polish parentage. None of these chil
dren was In the building at the time of
the outbreak of the fir.
Nearly 100 Sisters In charge of the school
work under the direction of Sister Su
perior Rogeria, had apartments on the top
floor of the school building. All of them
Gives Museum to Indiana,
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Dec. 22.
The will- of the late William Bourden,
who died early this week, was pro
bated here this afternoon. His estate
Is said to approximate $5,000,00u. His
museum is one of the finest geological
collections In the country, and is left
to the people of Indiana, to be managed
by a board of trustees. The rest of the
estate goes to the widow.
- Carnegie Helps Athletes.
NEW "YORK. Dec. 22. Andrew Carnegie
sent tlOOO to the Publlo Schools Athletic
League of the city yesterday, through its
president. General G. W. Wingate. The
money is to be used for any purpose the
officials see fit. Mr. Carnegie, at the
same time, notified General Wingate that
he had been watching the development of
athletics In the publlo schools with in
terest, and was anxious to aid in what
he considered a good work.
London Suffers From Influenza.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. A dispatch to
the World from London reports that In
fluenza of a particularly virulent type is
raging there and as usual Its victims in
clude many prominent people. The Lord
Chancellor and the 'Archbishop of Can
terbury are barely convalescent, while
Arthur Balfour and Speaker Lowther are
both seriously ill.
The doctors recommend sun baths as
at once the best preventative and the best
cure, but London has enjoyed only 75
minutes' sunshine In S3 days.
Court Upholds Railroad Lease.
RALEIGH. N. C. Dec 22. The State
Supreme Court today sustained the
lease made by the state of the Atlan
tic & North Carolina Railroad, now a
part of the Norfolk & Southern.
Formerly the Atlantic & North Caro
lina was operated by the state.
ler fela "
Makes its presence known
by many signs, glandular
tumors, bunches in the neck,
cutaneous eruptions, in
flamed eyelids, sore ears,
catarrh and wasting diseases.
Hood'sSarsaparilla
Effects permanent cures.
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