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WILSON CHOSEN
AT BALTIMORE
Governer Marshall of Indiana
is Selected as His Running
Mate.
“to rid th e dem ocratic party of the
Ryan-Belmont-M organ in terests’* de- !
layed the beginning of nom inating !
speeches at the night session Thurs- i
day from 8 o’clock until nearly 11.
D IR E C TO R Y
a resolution introduced by him. of
which was passed by a tw o-thirds ma- |
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n *
Portland m s i Leading
Business 1^*
Firms.
jority, declared the convention oppos- | ________________________________________________________________________
ed to the nom ination of any candidate
J. H. INDUSTRIAL
MORTON, ENGINEER.
M. E.
under obligation to J. P. Morgan, 0RRIN E. STANLEY
M. Am. Soc. C. E.
Thom as F. Ryan, A ugust Belmont, or
Complete Industrial Plants or any
any “privilege-seeking class.”
ENGINEERING ADVISER. DRAFTING Designs
component part, mechanical or structural.
Saturday, July 6, 1912
B altim ore.— W oodrow W ilson, of The convention was throw n into a
AND BLU E-PR IM IM .
Old
Plants Modernized. Drafting.
New Jersey, Tuesday was nom inated furore by the proposition, which as
Telephone
M
arshall
1554.
Phone Main 1622.
for the presidency by the dem ocratic originally introduced called for the
REGULATION IS NOT CONFISCATION,
8?4 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon. 924 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon.
w
ithdraw
al
of
Ryan
and
Belm
ont
national
convention
on
the
forty-sixth
Whenever publie regulation of corporation is proposed, there is ballot. The vote w as: Clark, 84; W il This p art of th e resolution w as re
an outcry to the effect that such regulation so interferes with the son,
sented as invading the rights of sov
990; H arm on, 12; absent, 2.
profits of the business as to hamper the corporation in the conduct W hen
ARTHUR D. MONTEITH
the convention assem bled 1 ereign states, and when its full im port C. J. WILSON
of its finances; and retards rather than aids communal development. Tuesday evening to com plete its work becarne known boos and catcalls, jeers
CIVIL AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEER.
and hisses w*re mingled with hand
General Surveying, Landscape Engineering,
Undoubtedly there are a great many people who believe all that to by nom inating a candidate for vice- clapping,
COMMERCIAL ARTIST AND
Construction Superintendence, Reports and
cheers and stam ping of feet
president and adopt a platform the
Estim ates on Projects, W ater Supply, Irri
CARTOONIST.
be true.
in the galleries and on the floor
gation, Sewerage.
sentim
ent
of
the
convention
was
Touching that matter it is interesting to take note of the opinion strongly in favor of giving th e speak
Nomination* are Made.
Main 5645. Res. Phone E 6185.
348 M arket Street,
Portland, Oregon. Phones: Lumber
Exchange Building.
of a Wisconsin capitalist, as it appears in a recently published New er the vice-presidency if he would ac O scar A. Underwood, of A labam a;
Clark, of M issouri; W oodrow
York interview. This man points out that no other state has gone so cept. Speaker Clark, however, sent W Champ
ilson of New York, and Simeon
from W ashington, declining the
far as Wisconsin in the matter of corporate regulation; that in no word ination,
Phone East 63.
statin g th at he preferred Baldwin, of C onnecticut, w ere Increase Your Business
other commonwealth has radicalism been so systematically enacted nom
placed in nom ination. Both the Un
to rem ain in his present position.
by placing your advertisement in
into law. The results have not been direful in Wisconsin. They G overnor Burke, of N orth Dakota, derwood and Clark nom inations called
U. S. LAUNDRY CO.
have not even been detrimental to investment or embarassing to the Governor M arshall of Indiana, S enator out Prol°nged dem onstrations am ong
THE TIMES.
180 GRAND AVE., COR. EAST YAMHILL,
C ham berlain, of Oregon, and a num th eir enthusiastic followers.
financial operations of the corporations affected.
W rite for our advertising rates.
Portland, Oregon.
The
result
of
the
first
ballot
w
as:
ber of others w ere placed in nom ina
(¿uite to the contrary, as this Wisconsin capitalist states, busi tion.
of New York 2, C lark 449H.
ness has grown in that state since the enactment of the railroad It w as ap p aren t th at the real fight W Sulzer
ilson 324, Underwood 117 Harm on
commission and publie utilities laws. Morevoer it is the common for the vice-presidency rested betw een 148, M arshall 31, Baldwin 22, Bryan 1.
business opinion in that state that tin- investor has a bettor chance, G overnor Burke and G overnor M ar A bsent 2. N ecessary for choice, 728.
Bryan Sw itches to W ilson.
of Indiana. The states second
dividends are sure and regular, securities are safe, new business con shall,
the nom inations of the two gov Saturday afternoon’s session was
cerns are coining in. railroads are extending their lines and all busi ing
w ere about equally divided. m arked by a dram atic outburst by Mr.
ness is increasing every year. Even the lower rates imposed by the ernors
W hen the D istrict of Columbia was Bryan. Claim ing the privilege of ex
Railroad Commission has increased business and profits.
reached, one of the delegates propos plaining why he and m ore than a
As supporting this opinion we may turn to the record in Texas, ed W illiam J. Bryan as a vice-presi dozen other delegates from N ebraska
w ere going to sw itch th eir votes from
candidate.
where the regulatory rein over the corporations, and especially over dential
Clark
W ilson, he declared th at so
A
ro
ar
sw
ept
the
hall
as
the
nam
e
tin- transportation corporations, is drawn more tightly than in any was m entioned. Bryan declined the long as to Champ
continued to ac-
other Southern state. Texas is unquestionably the most prosperous, honor and urged th e selection of either eePl the support Clark
of C harles F. M urphy
If we could take you through our modern
as well as the most progressive state id' the South; and it appeals to S enator C ham berlain or G overnor and Tam m any ilaii, he would not vote
plant,
flooded with sunshine and scrupulously
for him.
the common sense and the common experience of men that its greater Burke.
clean,
with
its immaculately dressed workers;
A
fter
26
ballots
had
been
taken
w
ith
T
he
first
ballot
on
the
vice-presiden
prosperity is due in a considerable measure to its more enlightened tial nom ination gave M arshall 389, G overnor W ilson saining on each bal
if
we
could
show
you how thoroughly each gar
policy concerning the control of its public utility corporations. The Burke 305 2-3, C ham berlain 157. The lot and Speaker C lark constantly los
ment
is
laundered
and inspectedour close atten
more we know of the actual facts the clearer does it become that rem ainder of the vote was scattered ing ground th e convention at 11:05
tion
to
the
small
details
that really make the
o'clock adjourned until Monday m orn
there is no just fear of depression in the square deal between the am ong native sous.
laundered
garment
and
some
of the refreshing
ing
at
11
o'clock.
corporations and the people.
ly white, snowy clothes that leave this laundry
T here w ere no overnight changes in
the situation when the convention as
—you would not hesitate long in sending your
sem bled Monday morning. W ilson
SUEZ AND PANAMA.
clothes here.
took the lead on the 30th ballot, get
The total receipts on the Suez canal (luring the fiscal year re
ting 460 votes to 455 for Clark. The
A single trial will prove a revelation in how
cently closed were $2(1.870.51 ti. produced by the passage through the
deadlock w as unbroken afte r hours of
clothes
really should be laundered.
canal during 1011 of 49t>9 vescls. with a tonnage of 18,424,794.
continuous balloting.
A phone call will bring our wagon the same
W ilson added to his vote during
These figures suggest some forecasts on the probable business of
M
onday's
session
and
afte
r
the
42d
day.
Panama when the traffic lias to some extent adjusted itself to new
ballot a recess was taken until noon
eondit ions.
..EAST 33—BOTH PHONES—B-6118.
Tuesday. On the first ballot Tuesday
The coast to coast shipments through the Panama canal are es
afternoon W ilson gained 108 votes and
‘‘You Can Depend On the Troy.’’
on th e 46th ballot he received suffici
timated at 4,200,000 tons in 1915, taking into account a normal in
ent
votes
to
nom
inate,
crease based on the progress of the last three years. Hut a still larger
ent votes to nom inate. The end cam e
increase may be expected, when the manufacturing and commercial
a t th e beginning of the 46th ballot,
centers of our eastern states are brought by the canal so much closer
when S enator Bankhead of Alabam a,
to tin* Pacific coast.
U nderw ood’s m anager, took the plat
form and announced the release of the
The saving in distance l>v Panama between New York and Cal
FEARLESS EXPONENT OF INDUSTRIAL PEACE
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—$2.50 per year, in advance.
ADVERTISING RATES made known upon application
\
% ,
Snowy White Dainty Clothes
Are Troy Laundered Clothes
bio, Honolulu, Yokohama and Shanghai over exitsing routes varies
from 7000 to 200 nautical miles. It may be reasonably assumed that
the very great percentage of the traffic between eastern American
cities and the Orient will adopt the new route. The distance from (?) 1911. bv American Press Association.
WOODROW WILSON.
European centers to the Orient by Panama is so nearly equal to that
by Suez that a division of that traffic also may be expected, if tin Governor of New Jersey, Nominated
rates through the two canals are equalized.
for President at Baltimore.
The increase of receipts by Suez for 1911 was reported as $844,- As the second ballot progressed
(¡5(5, although a reduction of ten cents a ton on tolls bad been put in M arshall gained steadily. Many of
force. Another reduction of ten cents a ton will go into effect on the so-called W ilson stn tts shifted to
support him. The result of the bnllot
January 1. 1914.
M arshall, 643ty;
The stockholders on the Suez canal are only entitled to 71 per was announced:
387v>; C ham berlain, 12'£.
cent of the net receipts, 15 per cent going to the Egyptian govern Burke,
tin the third ballot (he N orth Dako
ment. 1(1 per cent to the founders, two per cent to the administrative ta delegation withdrew the nam e of
officers. At Panama the American government, having provided the G overnor Burke and moved that the
nom ination of Marshal) be m ade un
entire cost, will receive the entire net returns.
anim ous.
1 i-.e convention w itnessed many ex
ITS BELT LINE.
citing incidents, and developed a dead
No eit.v Inis been wiser in its transportation arrangements than lock th at w as unequalled by any na
lias New Orleans. Notable in its plan is the city owned and city tional convention since the republican
THOMAS R. MARSHALL.
operated hi lt line railroad service to all business interests requir gathering at Chicago in 1880, when
G eneral G rant was a candidate for a Governor of Indiana, Nom inated for
ing it.
third term , and 306 delegates clung to
Vice President at Baltim ore.
It transfers ears from railroad to railroad, from railroads to his
to th e thirty-sixth and final
wharves, from wharves to railroads and from railoails to industries ballot banner
Underwood
delegates to vote for
Garfield was nom inated.
and the public delivery tracks, from industries to all tile transpor A rem when
arkable feature of the conven whom they saw fit. Alabam a, which
started every o th er call with 24
tation outlets of the city, and tiunly. it will make available to any tion was the dom inance of Bryan. De had
votes for Underwood, changed to W il
railroad or railroads that may hereafter desire an entrance into the feated for tem po rary ' chairm an by son,
and state after state followed
city all of the railroad wharf and individual switch connections at a Judge Alton It. Parker, who was put suit, and
the stam pede did not end
forw
ard
by
the
conservative
elem
ent,
tint rate of $2 per ear.
until 990 of the 1088 votes in the con
he
refused
to
subside,
and
m
aintained
The system is fairly profitable. The gross revenues last year were beligerent attitud e throughout the vention had been cast for the nominee.
>212.121, and the maintenance $184,571 The net revenue was $28.- convention,
and several tim es hurled S enator Stone, of M issouri, Clark’s
moved that the nom ination
549. For depreciation on locomotives, the sum of $44.44 was charged a thunderbolt which set the delegates m be anager,
unanim ous. The convention
off. leaving ii surplus applicable to payment of bond interest of $25.- anil spectators on edge. The specta then m ade
adjourned until 9 p. m.
was unique in American politics.
205. The total amount of bonds authorized is $2,000,000, according cle
In
no
national
convention
In
recent
to the Financial World.
has o e man by sheer force of
WILSON! RECEIVES NEW
The efficiency mil ccenomy id' the city owned belt line system,- years
his personality been able to upset the
placing all railroad lines on an equal footing, and opening the city plans of the leaders, overturn long es Governor Feels R esponsibility So
to any line desiring entrance, is approximate perfection in transpor tnblished precedent nnd force an in Keenly th at Honor Is Secondary.
tensely hostile opposition to adopt his Sen G irt. N. J.—W hen G overno-
tation arrangements. And it pays tiuaucuilly.
view s without a strenuous fight.
DEFENDING THE JOSSELYN PLAN
Naturally enough, a Socialist lias rushed to the defense of Mr.
Jossclvn \s plan of having Imt one power and light company, with
puldii regulation lb- attacks a Journal editorial, mid says if we are
to have two light anii'ower companies we should also have two poat-
ortice departments, two water works and two tire departments. His
defense id' Mr. Josselyn's idea bears out Tile Journal's statement
that "there is not a very wide difference between Mr. Josselyn's
plan and Mr Delis' plan."
Hut does the Portland Hailway. Eight \ Power Company hear
the same relation to Portland as do the postoffiee. the water works
and the tire department ' The Portland Hailway. Light \ Power en
terprise is a private monopoly, privately owned mid privately oper
ated for private profit.
The postoffiee. the water works and the tin* department are
public establishments, publicly financed and publicly conducted for
the benefit of the public.
Bryan repudiated the Murphy-Tag
gart Sullivan attem pt to mollify hint,
and refused election as chairm an of
the resolutions com m ittee
Bryan won another victory when he
forced the adoption of a resolution to
defer adoption ot' the platform until
after the nom inations w ere made.
Seat South Dakota W ilson Delegates
T he first real test of strength be
tw een the W ilson and Clark forees
cam e in a vote on the South Dakota
contest. Th* Wilson forces won, the
convention, by a vote of 639’, to 4371...
seating the It) South Dakota Wilson
delegates, thus upsetting the action of
the m ajority of the credentials com
rnlttee and sustaining its m inority re
port
W llson received word that the Demo
cratic convention had nom inated him
for president, he was laughing and
chatting with his wife and daughters.
"T he honor is as great as can come
tj any man by the nom ination of a
party," the nom inee said, "especially
in the circum stances, and I hope 1 ap
preciate It at its true value; but Just
at this m om ent I feel the trem endous
reeponslbili.y it involves even more
than I feel th e honor. 1 hope with
all my heart th e party will never
have reason to regret it."
P-yan is Pleased.
B "'tim ore.—W illiam J. Bryan. In a
.(¿ t.m c n t said that the nom ination
ot W oodrow W ilson on a progressive
platform m eant an overw helm ing vic
M o r g a n a n d R y a n A t t a c k e d b y B r y a n . tory for ILe Denux-'-atic ticket next
A filth: oy W illiam Jennings Bryan fall.
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