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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, rOIlTLAXD. rEBUUAKY 4, lOlS. V HEW YORK OUTLOOK PLEASES I ftFT ME Belief Now Is "Hysteria" of Opposition Will Pass Be fore Convention. PARSONS AT WHITE HOUSE President Himself Emphasises Fact That Empire Slate I Showing Xo Signs of Heal Demand for Roosevelt. WABHIXOTOX. Feb. I. (Spec 11. Politics Main u foremost In Whit House councils today. President Tsft had a ions; conference with x-Repr-sentatlT Parsons, of New Tork. this afternoon, and at Its conclusion It was aald that the Empire State situation was most satisfactory from the Admin istration Tlew point. The White House ral'.ers today were fln to understand that It 1 the belief of President Taft and his managers that the "hysteria" now prevailing In opposition to his re nomlnatloa will pass away Ions; before the National convention. It was pointed out that Roosevelt boomers could not hope to win an lec tion without the electoral vote of New Tors: State, and that If there were any substantial feeling- amona- New Tork Republicans that Roosevelt's nomina tion was essential to secure the state's vote, matters would appear differently than they do now. President Taft himself Is understood to hsve emphasised the contention that New Tork politicians are not demanding- Roosevelt and to have mad much of this declared fact. Mr. Parsons, who has been at the head of the New Tork County organization, declares that the state convention cer tainly will adopt a resolution Indors ing; the renomlnatlon of the President. He pointed out that most of the Re publican leaders wbo now are pushing the Taft cause are men who have been working- with Roosevelt in local af fairs. Another significant thine he pointed out was that those of the small minority who voted against the Taft Indorsement resolution at recent organi sation meetings In New Tork County - and Brooklyn were Hughes supporters and not pro-Roosevelt men. It Is the belief of the Taft forces that more depends on the New Tork situa tion than any other, except Ohio, where interest centers tn the fact that It Is the horn state of the President. CORPORATION LAW WANTED Olcott Call Attention to Many Com panies Now Defunct bnt Listed. SALEM. Or.. Feb. I. (Ppeclal. "W are accumulating some first-class evi dence of the need of some kind of su pervision of Oregon corporations." said Secretary of State Olcott today. He continued: "For the past two months we have been sending; out notices call ins; attention to the delinquency of corporations In paying license fees and filtng the annual reports required by law. "Within a week of the time that the first of these notices went out we be gan to receive by telephone, by postal card, memoranda on the margin of the form letters we had mailed, and In other ways, notices that 'this corpora tion has been out of business for a year. In the bands ef a receiver,' 'bankrupt,' 'busted. "never organised and stockholders axe scattered so that we cannot bold a meeting to dissolve.' defunct,' and other melancholy com ment In relation to corporations that war organised on wind, capitalised on hop and starved to death for want of suckers. "Within the past 10 days w have re ceived probably not less than 100 notes and letters of the kind Indicated.' TRIVIAL CAUSES TABOO King; County Court Would Put Check on Divorce Evil. SEATTLE. Feb. . As a result of an agreement among the Judges of the Superior court bench of King County. Judge H. A. P. Myers yesterday an nounced from the bench that the clos est scrutiny would hereafter be given to all divorce cases presented, and that decrees for trivial causes would be absolutely barred. "There are too many decrees of di vorce grsnted for trivial causes." said the court. "The general Impression aeems to have spread that divorces are easily obtained and that a husband or a wife can step In and get on In five or ten minutes." Out of the cases heard by Judg Jfyers yesterday, flv decrees were denied. and th platform. But th platform In bo way compares with th press In Its power of continuous repeated Instruc tion. MoifT Power" Is Feared. -One would thlr.k that In a democ racy like ours seeking for Instruction, able to read and understand th press would be the eager and willing Instruc tor. Such was th press of Horace Greeley. Henry Raymond. Charles A. Dana, Joseph Medlll and Horac Rub lee. "But what do we And has occurred In the last few years? The money power has gained control of our Industry and government. It controls the news paper press. The people know this. Their confidence is weakened and de stroyed. No longer are the editorial columns of newspspers a potent forco In educating public opinion. -The newspapers, of course, are still patronised (or news. But even as to cews. th public Is fast coming to understand that wherever news Items bear in any way on th control of Government by business, th news Is colored; so confidence In th newspaper ee if L. 1 Herbert Parsons, New York Lead er Who Aorarea President New York Ceareatloa Will Certain ly laden Htm. as a newspsper la being undermined. "Cultured and able men are still to be found on th editorial staffs of all great dallies, but th public undei stands them to be hired men who bo longer express honest Judgments and sincere conviction; who writ what they are told to writ and whose judg ments are "salaried. "To the subserviency of the press to special interests In no small degree Is due the power and influence and prosperity of the weekly and monthly magazlnea A decade ago young. men trained In Journalism cam to see this control of the newspapers of th country. They saw this unoccupied field. And they went out and built up great periodicals and magazines. They were free." M'NARY NOT CANDIDATE SALEM MAX KEFTSES TO MAKE RACE FOR CONGRESS. CANDIDATE NEAR COLLAPSE (Continued From Flret Pass.) said when the Senator had finished, but I do remember declaring that th Senator had mad an unkind, unjust and willfully malicious attack on th nswspapers of th Nation, and If I bad more time I would have said something stronger on th subject. "Last night's dinner, during which w thought w would 'Josh' th states man, ended In a calamity. It was a tragedy for Senator La Follette's hopes. He has simply wiped himself off the map. Attack Sertoaa Mistake. "Undoubtedly he came to Philadel phia to make the address of his Ufa, and when1 It developed Into an Infamous slander of the newspapers and wallow ing, sycophantic praise of the msga sines. I realised that the man had over stepped the mark. -Previous to that, the Senator had talked for more than two hours, and when he concluded I certainly rebuked him. In my mind, the Senator, not knowing the relationship between th magas'.nes and th newspapers, cams to the dinner to attack th latter and to curry favor with the magasln pub lishers." The portion of La Follette's speech to which Selts took exception was as follows: "I have sketched th growth and power of the great Interests that to. day control our property and our Gov. ernmenta I have shown bow subtle and elusive, yet relentless, they are. Klslr.g up salnst them Is the confused j vole ot tne people. meir true, but their eyes don't yet see all I the Intricate sources of power. Wbo ! shall show them? There are only two agencies that In inr way can reach ' lit whole people. The are th press George F. Rodger, Capital City er Majror, Most Likely Timber to Oppose llawley. SALEM. Or, Feb. S. (Special.) Th political atmosphere tn th First Con gressional District was materially clar ified Thursday when Charles L McNare declared, positively and Irrevocably, that he 'will sot be a candidate for Representative tn Congress to succeed Representative Hawley, th Incumbent. Mr. McNary has been considered her as the strongest contender In the dis trict against Mr. Hawley and has been spoken of frequently In local news papers as well as In newspapers In Southern counties and In the northern part of th district as being probably the one man who would have a char. to to supersede In th Incumbency of Con gressman. "I have never been an aggressive, nor even a receptive candidate for this position." said Mr. McNary In an nouncing his Intentions. "The matter baa been discussed among my friends; baa been suggested to me frequently and bas been th subject of soma newspsper comment. George F. Rodgers. of this city, ex Mayor, member of th West Capitol Highway Commlsaion. member of the West Tuberculoals Board, and other wise actively engaged In politics, has given no Intimation so far as to whst position he will take in the race. It Is understood that be has seriously con sidered becoming a candidate, and that he still has strong Inclinations, al though so far he has withheld any pub lic statements as to bis intentions. Th attitude of Mr. Rodger, wben a member of the Legislature, when he renounced Bourn and refused to vote for him. It Is understood, haa caused the Bourn faction to be antagonists to him. and it la further understood that he bas received direct warnings from the senior Senator at Washing ton to remain out of the race. What effect these conditions will have In reference to his candidacy, of course, can be but problematical. It Is not known whether they will even have a bearing on whether hs will snter the race. ALASKAN BANKER INDICTED DEMOCRATS FIND OWN RULE IRKSOME 'Underwoodism' Proves to Be as Bad as "Cannonism" in Actual Operation. MEMBERS' VOICES STILL Fairbanks Man, Accused of Con verting Fund Improperly. FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Feb. L The grand Jury adjourned yesterday after having returned IT Indictments against Frank C Hawkins, who Is oharged. as cashier and later as receiver of th Wasblngton-Alaska Bank, which failed her a year ago. with having converted funds and securities of the bank to th us and benefit of those not entitled to them. Hawkins Is at liberty on 123.001 bonds. Several secret Indictments were re turned by the Jury which Investigated th failure of the bank. The fact that no arrests have been mad here leads to ti.e belief that these Indictments may Include men now In th States. Chafln Speaks at Albany. ALBANY. Or.. Feb. J. (Special.) Eugene W. Chafln. of Tucson. Arjs., prohibition candidate for President of the United States In th last election, gave two addresses In Albany today. He addressed a big audience at th United Presbyterian Church tonight and spoks before the Prohibition Coun ty Convention this afternoon at the Courthouse. Delegates were present from many parts of th county. Besides Mr. Chafln. the leading speakers were: E. E. Taylor, of Portland, secretary of I the Prohibition State Committee: W. P. Elmore, of Brownsville, chairman of th convention, and Profeesor O. V. White, of Albany, secretary of th convention. Effect of New "Gag Rule" Plainly Illustrated by Action on Steel Bill, Passed Cnder Lash, With Brief Debate. WASHTNGON, Feb. . A lively fight over th rules In ths House today re sulted In the adoption ot an amend ment offered by Representative Henry, of Texas, by a vote of ISO to 100. after heated comparisons of "Underwoodlsm" with "Cannonism" and "Reedlsm" had been passed between leaders on both sides. Th success of Republican Leader Mann In tying np th Democratic Hons through th manipulation of th new "discharge calendar." which was part of the reform programme adopted In th last Congress, resulted today In th presentation of an kmendment by Chairman Henry, of the rules commit tee. It proposed to change th ruls adopt ed last year. The present operation of th rule to discharge committees. In stead of operating to prevent the "kill ing" of bills In committee, has resulted In a congestion of business on th so called "discharge days." Cndcrwoodlsm" Is New Rule. "Gentlemen of th majority, you ar on the back track." replied Representa tive Dalsell. of Pennsylvania, a Repub lican. "Your reforms ar all shams and frauds. You have taken th power away from th Speaker, but you put It all In the bands of the chairman of the ways ill means committee. Instead of Can nor.'sm and Reedlsm and Crlsplem you have today Under woodlem, and the gen tleman from Alabama weara his crown and scepter Ilk on to th manner born." Other Republicans spoke to the same effect, while th Democrats contended that th change was necessary. Th Speaker, as such, has been robbed ot some of the authority he used to have In Cannon's day, but th power once exercised by the Speaker has been transferred to the chairman of the ways and means committee, wbo Is Democratic floor leader, and th Individual member Is worse off today than under the Republican rules that became a political Issue from one end of the country to the other. And this has been brought about by th men who were most persistent In denounc ing Cannon and the old Republican rules. Even the insurgent Republicans who voted with the Democrats to amend the rules are today victims of the even more drastic and rigid Dem ocratic rules. Gas; Rale" Illasrrated. As an Illustration of how the Demo cratic organisation is now running the House. take the steel and iron tariff bill that recently passed the House under "gsg rule." That bill was framed and reported by the Democratlo majority of the ways and means com mittee, without th calling ot a single wltnsss, without having any data from th tariff board, without any Informa tion other than what the Individual members of th committee could con tribute, and such Information as Is con tained In old hearings and other re ports. Th committee did not care tor advice. Then cam a gar rule from the committee on rules (Just such as they had In the Cannon days), limiting gen eral debate on this Important bill to flv hours. This was only carrying out a decree ot a Democratic caucus, which was called to outline the steel programme. But before the five hours' debate was consumed. Chairman Un derwood got tired of the talk and moved that general debate be closed. The Democratic House sustained him, and th House at once began to con aider the bill under th flve-mlnute rule, which permits flv minute speeches on any section under consid eration or on any amendment pro posed. Cssess Bars Asseadaieats. The Democratlo caucus referred to had decreed that th steel and Iron bill should be passed as reported by th ways and means committee and In con formity with this decision all amend ments were voted down. Ther were amendments offered by Democrats, soma by Insurgent Republicans and others by Regular Republicans, but all fared th same fate, and th bill went through as th committee reported it. so efficient was the gag rule as applied by Chairman Underwood. In effect, th House of Representa tives, so far as the tariff is concerned. Is allowing the Democratic members of th ways and means legislation to de termine exactly what kind of bills shall pass. The Individual member has no voice, for the Democratic caucus de clares that the committee bill must be passed, and the Democratlo majority, living up to the caucus agreement, votes a the committee directs. During all the years that Cannon was Speaker of the House, the Republicans of that body never held a caucus, save for th election of House officers. Whenever legislative procedure was to be mapped out. th Republicans held conferences, which differed from cau cuses In that their decision was not binding and any Republican member attending was at liberty to vote in th House according to his personal views. Groundhog; Finds No Shadow. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. S. (Special.) If any faith is to be given to the pre diction Of th groundhog. Hood River weather will immediately open sun shiny, for the sky has been heavily clouded the entire day and the proverb ial prognostlcator has been unable to see any sign of a shadow. The heavy snowfall has almost disappeared from th valley. Having melted slowly, the moisture haa sunk Into th fields and will be of great benefit toward supply ing th orchards with moisture during th Summer months. Bridegroom Drunk Is Charge. OREGON CITY. Feb. . (Special.) Declaring that her husband became In toxicated the day they were married and remained so for IS days, when she left him. Susie Bishop, of Portland, to day filed suit for divorce against C H. Bishop. They were married November S. 1111. In Portland. The plaintiff says iter husband cursed her and otherwise was cruel to her. She asks that her maiden name, Susie Toole, be restored. The suit was brought by Brownell St Stone. lip- GO OUT to the hills to day and see and hear the Heralds of Spring. Buds are swelling birds are chirping; soon on some southern slope or in some sheltered canyon you will find the timid blossoms Spring's first glad offering. Indoors, in our Ladies' Shop, Spring has blos somed in a day. Fresh from the looms fresh from the tailor's hands have come dozen's of handsome suits. First of all Spring's most modest garb, the always welcome blue serges, some showing only the fabric and the fine, even stitching, oth ers showing flashes of joyous color to delight the eye. Then come fan cv weaves in the beauti ful colors of Spring time ; delicate grays and dainty two-toned color effects all warm yet light. To see them is to desire them. Priced in becoming moderation $30, $32.50, $35, $40, $45, $50. Came the last of the week, . another express shipment of Spring Coats, just 90 hours from Broadway. Upon opening, we found that our buyer had sent to us a few of those stylish, fancy tweeds, with loose back, cut in fash ion's latest models. It will do you good to see them. You will also be interested in these cream serges. Some are in the plain color and some have a fine black stripe running through. Of course, we have the blue and the black tailored serges in the Spring weights and models. All of our Spring coats are modestly priced $15, $18, $20. LADIES' SHOP, THIRD FLOOR ELEVATOR SERVICE .Bxeim Salnimg Le&dlibg QoitMeir Morrison at Fourth Street 180 MEDFGRD1TES TOUR LOS . AXGELES VISITED BY BIG OREGON PARTY. J. A. Westcrland, of Rogue River Valley Metropolis, Extols Home Apple Industry. LOS ANGELES, Cat, Feb. . "When ISO persons from one town In a neigh boring state charter a special train and travel almost 1000 miles to visit your city, they must certainly have a liking for Los Angeles." said J. A. Westerland. of Medford, Or., who Is a visitor here, at th Baltimore Hotel. "Now that Is Just what we did In our city, and on the 29th day of De cember last we left home bound for Los Angeles with tickets good to carry us back home any time within 90 days. Some of us stopped on the way down and have Just arrived, but we are all here for the limit of the tickets. To make the trip the party Just put up 6300 biff round dollars. . w n , . . UMlfnnlf It l the metrOD- olls of the Rogue. River Valley, one of the greatest apple-growing regions in ed in orchards in the valley, specialties being made of Bpltzenberg and Yellow Newton nppina, one a origin reu auu the other, as Its name Indicates, yellow, ar nf thn hlzhast aualltv. highly attractive and long- keepers. The bulk of this crop goes to cngiana, cu rope.' Russia. South America and Aus tralia. We also specialise in pears of the Cornice variety. Hnk . r m ..a when T went tO Medford we had a population of 1500; h,v. 1E00O. Annies made it. Just as citrus fruits have erected com- "No. this Is not my nrsi visn m i Angeles. Twelve years o I was here and again three years ago. Not only hsve the changes between my first visit and this one been astonishing, but the change In three years has been marvelous. What has become of the landmarks? They have all disappeared. And these skyscrapers, there is no end to them and more building. And they are all full, too. . Where will you go to in the next three years? Everything Indicates that you will be the greatest city on the coast and one of the great est cities in the country. It is the push and progress you show that causes Rogue River. Valley people to come to see you and to make long visits. GUARDS OFF TO GET WELTY Convicted Banker, Losing Review of Case, Must Go to Prison. WALLA WALLA, Wash, Feb, 8. Two guards from the State Peniten tiary left today for Colfax to take charge of H. J. Weity. the convicted banker who was released through habeas corpus proceedings at Colfax while on his way to the prison. The Supreme Court, according to Olympia dispatches, has issued a writ of pro hibition enjoining the Whitman County Superior Court from reviewing Welty'a case. The order commands the Whitman County Court to surrender Welty at once to the Whatcom County Sheriff, and he will then be placed In custody of the prison officials, who will bring him here. He Is under sentence of from one to IS years. Federal Inspectors Visit Astoria. ASTORIA Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) Federal Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers Ames and Weldon are here today to in spect the steamers Julia B. Melville and Nahcotta. The steamer Myrtle was In the lower harbor searching for the missing anchor belonging to the bark entlne Charles F.' Crocker, but could find no trace of It. A new hook prob ably will have to be ordered from San Francisco. Three members of the crew of the barkentine have been released I and other men to take their places are by the cirptain on account of Illness, I expected to arrive from Portland. Eat Dinner Tonight With Henri (He's our chef.) DON'T STAY HOME We Serve a Table dHote Dinner TONIGHT, S1.00 Everything from soup to nuts; a full nine-course dinner. It's surely good, too it MUST please. You will be delighted with this excellent meal, attentive service and good music both vocal and instrumental, ALL AT $1.00 From 5 to 8:30 HOTEL CARLTON Restaurant and Grill Washington at 14th St. Where Popular Prices Prevail California Excursion A personally conducted special train excursion will leave Willamette Valley points via the For a tour of the most interesting points in Calif or- , nia ISflf SUNSET I lOODEHaSHASTAl I I I ROUTES I I NtC February 10 Train will consist of Pullman Standard Sleeping Cars, Ob servation Car, Diner, and Exclusive Baggage Car. Fare from Salem, Albany, Corvallis, Lebanon, Eugene and intermediate points for the round trip, $79.00, including sleeping car berth, all meals on going trip, numerous side trips, aiuto rides and entertainment, also rail ticket returning to starting point. Here is a chance to see California under the most favorable ciroumstances, at small expense, in. MIGHTY GOOD COM PANY, and under intelligent guidance. Some points of interest en route are: San Francisco, San Jose, Del Monte, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and the great orange belt of California. Tickets are good for return any time within 3 months, and allow stop-over. Ask the 8. P. agent for advance itinerary, sleeping car reservations,-tickets and all required information, or write to JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. 3S5 tfishiiiZtonJtt ' Ending? re S "A Leader Among Pianos of the First Class."