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PORTLAND LABOR 5 PR ESS unanim ity in su p p o rt of the pro p o si tion th at the writ of habeas corpus (Continued from Page 1) could only be suspended by the legis lative d ep artm en t of the governm ent. T h e question n ex t came before the in the U nited S tates, w hom he says Suprem e C ourt o f Idaho, in 1899, and were patriots, have advised the P re si is rep o rted in th e case of ex parte What the Union Men or Port dent th at he had the pow er, and, while Boyle, 57 Pac. 706. T h e gov ern o r of Judge M arshall and Judge S torey land Are Doing. the S tate of Idaho issued a p roclam a and o th ers had decided to th e co n t i o n d eclaring S hoshone County in a trary , he felt it p ro p er to give the state of insurrection and rebellion. P resident the pow er. It is w orth y of A w rit of habeas corpus was applied A GOOD SHOWING IN ALL TRADES note here, th at during the entire war. A V E N A H I U S C A R B O L E N IU M for in the Suprem e C ourt by a County when the question came repeatedly C om m issioner of S hoshone C ounty, before the courts, th is was the only W ill Destroy Chicken Lice, Ants, Roaches, Bed Bugs and w ho had been a rrested on suspicion of A C o m p en d iu m o f th e V arloun L ocal Or- judge in all the land w ho had attem p t All Insect Life Permanently. having been in sc me way im plicated gauixationrt in th e C ity — A ll iu a ed in the slig h test to justify the action H e a lth y C o n d itio n and in som e crim -. T h e Suprem e C ourt the P resident. It is w o rth y of note G ro w in g . if Idaho denied his application fo r a th at the same opinion w hich this w rit of habeas corpus, and held th at 11111 n n i n n 11 l-i-i-1 h - m - h - i - h t 11111 i-i-i t i n n i i i - m - i - f ; judge speaks of as having been given the G overnor o f the S tate of Idaho, or to the P resident th a t he had such pow FEDERATED TRADES COUNCIL. any m ilitary officer, had the rig h t to er, came before o th e r courts rep eated uspem i the w iit of habeas corpus. P o rtlan d , O r., Feb. 19, 190 4 ly, and th a t each and every co u rt in T his, too, in the face of the fact th at M eeting called to order at 8 o clock, the land placed its stam p of condem the fram ers of the Id ah o constitution V ice-P resid en t Duke in the chair. nation upon these opinions, and said had expressly settled the question, M inutes of previous m eeting read and th a t they did n ot contain good law. and left no room for co n stru ctio n by approved. T h e question next arose in the case declaring in th eir co n stitu tio n n ot DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN C redentials—Cooks and W aiters, of in re Kemp, 16 W is. 382, decided only th a t the w rit of habeas corpus PRINTER. F re d S m ith; C oopers, C. E. Allen, in D ecem ber, 1862. G eneral E lliot, could n o t be suspended except in E dw ard L am b, one of th e m ost Jo sep h B ushm an, F lo ran Pfluger, Jr.; com m anding the m ilitary dep artm en t, cases of rebellion or invasion, w hen widely and favorably know n p rin ters L ath ers, F. R ichardson, J. S. T ro w answ ered that th e P resid en t had sus the public safety dem anded it, but had b rid g e; P lasterers, —. —. B essit; T a il on the Pacific Coast, died at his home pended the w rit. T h e th ree judges added also the follow ing w ords: “And in Salem, on F eb ru ary 18, of dropsy o rs, G eorge M iller; C arp en ters and of the Suprem e C ourt of W isconsin, Jo in e rs, O. N. Pierce, P e rry S tew art, of th e heart. H e had been practically after a learned discussion on th e su b then cn iy in til - m an n er provided by law.” Y et, in spite of th is c o n stitu confined to th e house for several Jo h n C hristie. ject, decided th a t th e P resid en t had tional provision, w hich em phatically m onths, but n o t bedfast until a few C om m unications—P rin tin g P re ss 110 such pow er; th a t the rig h t to su s declares th a t the L eg islatu re m ust act, m en 's U nion, relative to the com m u days prio r to his death. pend a w rit of habeas corpus w as the S uprem e C ourt of Id ah o had the i Mr. L am b w as born in M anchester, n icatio n of last week; referre d to A l vested solely in the legislative body, h ard ih o o d and au d acity to say th a t N. H , in 1855, and cam e to O regon lied P rin tin g T ra d es Council. F rom in C ongress. T h e sam e decision was M etal P o lish e rs’, B uffers’ and P la te rs’ w ith his p aren ts in 1859. W h ile a boy, ren d ered in B ritain vs. W ilcox, 21 the co n stitu tio n could “cut no figure. ’ T h at it w as a question of self-defense U nion, of N ew B utan, Conn., sta tin g he learned the p rin te r’s trad e on the Ind. 370, decided early in 1863. of the state, and th a t th e G overnor, or Catholic S entinel and th e O regonian, th a t to o ls m anufactured by the S tan In M arch, 1863, C ongress passed the m ilitary com m ander, had the rig h t and w orkeu as a co m p o sito r on the ley Rule & Level Co. are unfair, re la tte r paper un til 1892, w hen he w ent an act upon the subject, which is g e n to act in self-defense for th e state, ferred to C a rp e n te rs’ U nion. F rom to W ash in g to n , D. C., and served erally spoken of as having au thorized the sam e as an individual would have W ichita, K an., C entral L ab o r U nion, three years in the g o v ern m en t print the P resid en t of th e U nited S tates th e rig h t to act in his own self-de acknow ledging receipt of m oney sent ing office. F ro m 1895 to 1898 he trav to suspend the w rit of habeas corpus. fense. from this C ouncil; filed. F ro m W aco, eled all over th e U n ited S tates, w ork . ne details of th is act are seldom T h is sam e view had been urged T ex as, C entral L ab o r U nion, ac ing in n early all th e la rg e r offices. spoken of, and I believe are n ot very upon the courts d u rin g the tim e of the k now ledging receipt of $5 donated by fam iliar to the people. It w as claim ed th is Council; filed. F ro m L os A n In 1898 he w ent to Salem, and entered in C ongress th a t, inasm uch as the Civil W ar, and in every o th e r case the state p rin tin g office, w here he has w hich arose, and had alw ays been geles L abor Council, sta tin g that the since been em ployed. H e w as a first- co u n try was in alm ost a death s tru g repudiated and declared to be u n te n M aier P acking Com pany, H auser class w orkm an, faithful to his em gle, th a t the P resid en t of th e U nited able by all the o th e r courts. T h e P ack in g C om pany and C udahy P ack ployer, and universally liked by his S tates should be unham pered in the sam e arg u m en t w as used to support $.1..1„1 1 1 11-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1"I-1 1 d-l-l-l-l-l-H-l-l-l-l ■1-H-H-l-l-H-l-H-l-l-l-H-l-H-l. ing Com pany have adjusted their diffi associates. H e was a ch a rter mem adm inistration of all g o v ernm ental the ty ran n y of th e crow n in E ngland cu lty w ith the B utchers’ U nion of that her of M ultnom ah T y p o g rap h ical Un m atters, and th a t an act should be in the early days. E v ery o th e r' case, • • • • • • city ; filed. F rom S tatio n ary F ire ion. U pon g oing to Salem he tra n s passed allow ing him to suspend the even including th e decision of Judge m en ’s delegate, asking th a t Council ferred his m em bership to Capital w rit of habeas corpus, acco rd in g to Sm alley, in V erm o n t, had held th a t reco n sid er action taken tw o weeks T y pograp h ical U nion, of w hich or his own judgm ent, and for such len g th th e question m ust be decided by co n ago, which prohibits sm oking during ganization he served tw o term s as of tim e as lie th o u g h t proper, and in stru in g th e co n stitu tio n , and th a t no m eetings of C ouncil; laid over until president and tw o term s as secretary. such cases as he th o u g h t proper. T h e one, G overnor o r anyone else, had head of new business is reached. H e was a m em ber and p ast m aster C ongress, com posed of em inent law any pow ers, except such as w ere given Q u a rte rly rep o rt of secreta ry -trea s yers and p atrio ts, em phatically rep u by th e co n stitu tio n ; but the Idaho of the local lodge of A rtisans. u re r of S tate F ederation of L abor was Mr. L am b was m arried last O cto b er diated th is claim , and said th a t not co u rt says th a t th e co n stitu tio n does read and filed. T he bill of Glass & to Miss E lizabeth W hitlock, of Silver- even the great L incoln should have n ot co n tro l; so th a t in the Id ah o de P rudhom m e Co., for $3.25 for 1000 ton. Besides his wife, he left a such a dang ero u s power.- T h e act e x cision it is laid dow n as the law that envelopes, w as ordered paid. m other, M rs. Jam es Lam b, of P o rt pressly provides th a t w herever, in any th e m ere will of p erhaps a half-drunk R eports of C om m ittees— H all com m i)itary officcr c o n tro is w here he land, and five sisters, M rs. N ew ton of th e states, except w here actual w ar m ittee rep o rts th a t Council can rent safc(y of T hom pso n , M rs. J. H. L an g w o rth y was in p rogress, a man w as a rrested of (hc the state is at A rtisan s’ H all, in A bington Building, and Mrs. A rth u r L eighton, of A sto by m ilitary au th o rity , his nam e should issue. o n W ednesday evenings, for $20 per ria; Mrs. E. J. B. C lossett and Miss be furnished to th e courts, and th at, I t is w o rth y of note th a t the Idaho m o n th . M otion th a t m eeting night be if that m an was n ot indicted “ a -n fu p . M ollie L am b, of P o rtlan d . changed and A rtisan s’ H all be accept < { R js w o fth y q{ T h e funeral w as conducted from the n ext-term of the g ran d jury, he sh o u ld , e d ; lost. C om m ittee appointed sev of residence on H ign street, n o rth of be released w ithin 20 days, and he P eral w eeks ago to visit unions not rep < f cQ nstitution w hich ju s. C enter, at 1:30 p. m., S aturday, un act required th e co u rts to release ‘h e , rese n ted in Council re p o rt th a t they no sec. der the auspices of the T y p o g rap h ical p riso n ers upon failure ot th e g rand 714 C h a m b e r of C o m m erce have visited all unions th a t are not juries to diet, and ex p ressly p r o - , co n stitu tio „ or statu te Union. affiliated w ith Council, and recom &uch a ho, ding T he boys will m iss Ed. L am b as v ided th at any creditable citizen m .gh, , m end that a letter, w hich they have . hc |a n J cverv they did Cass H u m p h rey and “ Dode com pel the release of such p r is o n e r s ,^ d rafted, be sent to each union th a t has tc x t book, w ritten on the subject of B aker w hen th e Grim R eaper called and com m anded the m ,*,ta ry and furnish the money. Repay in instalments n o t already retu rn ed to Council. M o - - “3o" o n them m any years ago. Mr. ties to obey all such o rd ers of release co n stitu tio n al law , ag ain st the - Idaho tion th a t rep o rt be adopted: carried. a little more than rent. I.am b belonged to the sam e school of g ran ted by th e courts. holding. At this tim e B ro th er C. II. Gram It will be seen th a t this act justified p rin ters and w as equally as popular as T h e Suprem e C ourt of Idaho fur asked for and was g ran ted the privi they. T h ey all took aw ay w ith them the statem en ts of B lackstone and thc th e r declares, in effect, th a t th e p eti lege of the floor. H e sta te d that rep a clean record and a paid-up card, and o th er great te x t book w riters and tio n e r is a self-confessed m alefactor, T H E 8 1 P P I .Ï H O tS E O E T H E resentative's of a carnival com pany there can n o th in g be said b etter of judges, who have rendered opinions, and th a t lie has und ertak en to flee to w ere in w aiting and desired to be ad th at the w rit could not be suspended a p rin ter th an this. th e co u rts as a refuge from crim es m itted to Council. M otion th a t they except w here lim itations an d regula- ,,, , • r 1 for w'hich p u nishm ent is ju stly due, be adm itted and allow ed 10 m inutes -ions could be m ade ,n reference to its , by co u ft B A K E R S ’ U N IO N . to present a proposition to the Coun suspension, w hich w ould prev en t it cil; carried. Messrs. Hutchinson and to prejudice the public or the law yers T ilt reg u lar m eeting of. th e B ak being made an in stru m en t for ty ra n w ho n ig h t read the decision, against A rnold w ere then adm itted. T hey ers' U nion w as held last S aturday C A R R IE 8 E V E R Y T H IN G N EC ESSA R Y FOR T H E __ IN ST A L L A T IO N , OPERATIO N A N D MA IN T A IN A N C E OF th e p etitioner, 011 th is ground. This T h e business tran sacted nical and a rb itra ry purposes. sta te d th a t the a ttractio n s w hich they evening. T his is the act v n d er w hich Lincoln is a deliberate d isto rtio n of the record rep resen t will be in this city during was m ostly routine. Several w ith acted during th e war. H e sim ply in th c Id ah o case. A certified copy th e la tte r p art of June and first part draw al cards w ere g ran ted , one to had the rig h t to suspend th e w rit of of th e petition, filed by thc prisoner, of July. T h ey ask th a t organized la Jo h n A rnold, fo rm erly serg ean t-at- habeas corpus for a lim ited perio d of TH E ONLY FULLY BQ U IPPED SUPPLY HOUSE IN TH E show s th a t he did n ot confess th a t he bo r take the m a tte r up and advertise arm s of th e union, w ho is bound for PACIFIC NORTHW EST. tim e, until the g ran d ju ries could de was guilty of any crim e, but expressly th e a ttra c tio n s as an organized labor th e P hilippine Islands. H e left for term ine w hether o r n ot th e p riso n er stated th a t he w as innocent and had San F ran cisco S atu rd ay n ig h t, and enterprise, the carnival company was guilty of an offence ag ain st the had no com plicity of any kind with agreeing to guaran tee th a t th e re will from th e re will take passage on a laws of th e U n ited S tates. It em Manila liner. M r A rnold learned his any offense; yet th c court, for th e p u r be no financial loss to th e unions. phatically ex alted the civil pow er pose of try in g to m ake som eone O w ing to th e sh o rt space of tim e al trade in P o rtlan d , but has decided to above th a t of th e m ilitary. Y et, in PORTLAND, ORE. thinl: it was ren d erin g a wise o r ju st lo tted to th e gentlem en, they asked seek new fields of labor. 1903, Jam es H . P eabody issues a p ro decision, brands the p etitio n er as a Andrew an d K arl B astarsch atso th a t a com m ittee be appointed to m eet clam ation th a t th e w rit of habeas c o r self-confessed crim inal. T he Idaho w ith them and talk th e plan over. took w ithdraw al cards, an d will go into business for them selves. T h ey pus is suspended by M E. decision winds up w ith the statem ent T h ey then retired. In 1867 the question as to th e effect th a t th e co u rt’s opinion as to the law U nfinished B usiness—C onstitution took charge of the N ew Y o rk bakery of the P re sid en t’s proclam ation of thc this week, located on G rand and H aw is based upon th e co u rt's co nstruction and by-law s w ere taken up. M otion suspension of th e w rit of habeas c o r th o rn e Avenues. th a t rule req u irin g the second read T he u nion’s new bill of prices for pus, prior to the passage of th e act of th e co n stitu tio n and sta tu te s of Idaho. T his is a m ost rem arkable ing be suspended and th a t we proceed thc ensuing year is now in the hands of C ongress of M arch 3, 1863, came statem en t, b earin g in m ind th e fact to adopt this evening; carried. In if thc in tern atio n al, b ut is expected fifi before the C ircuit C ourt of the U nited th a t its opinion begins by saying th a t o rd er th a t delegates m ay have time here soon. T h ere is no difficulty an ticipated in g ettin g th e b o sses’ ap S tates for th e D istrict of C alifornia the co n stitu tio n cuts no figure, and to prepare am endm ents to co n stitu proval. as th ey are ab o u t th e same in the case of McCall vs. C anning et th a t th e question w as one of self-de tion the fu rth e r consideration of same as last year. T h ere are som e m inor al., Fed. Case 8673. and Ju d g e D early, fense by the state. It m ight be added w as laid over until heading of new changes, b u t th e hours and im p o rtan t in delivering the opinion of the court, features have n ot been changed. th a t th e Idaho co u rt overlooked the Highest Quality + + + G reatest V alue business. say s: “ I do n ot propose to argue the fact th a t a m an w ho acts in self-de New B usiness—T he follow ing reso question. T h ere are some th in g s too fense can alw ays put his finger on the lution was read: “ R esolved, T h a t the CABINET MAKERS ORGANIZE. plain for arg u m en t, and one of these IBT C O B PO R A T E D F ederated T rad es Council refuses to W hile in th e city, H en rcich Neid is th a t by the co n stitu tio n of the law w hich au th o rizes this act, and th a t if a state, n atio n o r com m unity com place on the unfair list any em ployer linger, special o rg an izer for the Amal W H O L E S A L E D IS T R IB U T O R S U nited States the P resid en t has not m its an act w hich is alleged to be in w ho is dictated to as to the prices ganiated W o o d w o rk ers, succeeded in the pow er to suspend the privilege of he shall m ake to the public. M otion organizin g a flourishing yo u n g union self-defense, th e re m ust be som e law the writ, and th a t C ongress h as.” to lay on tab le; carried. M otion th a t of cabinet m akers. S eventeen of these T h e question n ex t aro se in N o rth show n ju stify in g th e act. Y our O w n S atisfaction, a com m ittee of five be appointed to m echanics signed for a ch arter, and T h e tru th is th a t thc Id ah o decision ow ners, w ho desire to cru sh o u t a Carolina, in the reco n stru ctio n days of union th a t has th e hard ih o o d to de- A n y th in g in the line of m en ’s and m eet w ith the rep resen tativ es of the paid in th e ir fees. T h e c h a rte r will is a plain o u trag e upon the co n stitu 1870. T he case is “ E x p arte M oore m and th a t the co n stitu tio n al provision , boys' suits, ov erco ats, p an ts, bats, carnival com pany; carried. Chair ap be here in ab o u t tw o weeks. T em et al., 64 N. C. 802.” T h e G overnor tion of th at state, and is a disgrace to pointed B ro th ers Brock, G urr, Reed, p o rary officers w ere elected, and the in C olorado p ro v id in g eig h t hours sh irts, underw ear, w ith a com plete th e judiciary an d can and will n c \c r union sta rts off u n d er th e m ost of the state attem p ted to suspend th c Gill and M cD onald. C om m ittee in new be follow ed. T o cite it as an au th o rity shall co n stitu te a day shall be com line of ladies', m en's and ch ild ren ’s favorable conditions. T h e union was w rit of habeas corpus, and declared shoes; also a full sto ck of trunks, stru cted to rep o rt at n ex t m eeting form ed on th c evening of F eb ru ary th a t the safety of the sta te w as at is an in su lt to a court. plied w ith. valises, blan k ets and co m fo rters. A num ber of am endm ents to the con I t is upon th is Id ah o decision th a t A no th er m eeting w as held F eb ru ary stake. T he Suprem e C o u rt declared G o v ern o r P eab o d y bases his action W hen you com pare thc difference of stitu tio n relative to th e building trades at w hich tim e five m ore m echan th a t no such pow er existed, an d th a t h ig h -ren t sto re s’ prices to Jo h n Del- w ere offered. M otion th a t th e y be 24, ics in this h an d icraft appeared and the state could only m aintain its su T h e re is n e t a law yer of stan d in g in QUESTION—W hy ii it Staples lar's, co rn er F irst and Y am hill, it will referred to com m ittee from building declared th e ir in ten tio n s of becom ing th e sta te th a t will advise him o r any prem acy by lawful m eans, and th a t trades. M otion th a t m a tte r be laid m em bers. By th e tim e th e ch a rter one else th a t th e law in the S tate of the Jeweler, is doing a good busi be fo r y o u r own satisfaction. lawful m eans w ere am ply sufficient arrives it is expected th a t double the C olorado justifies th e suspension of ness? on table; carried. M otion th a t sec for th a t purpose. tion 1 of article 1 o f by-law a be m em bership will have been secured. ANSWER—Because he sells It is said th at 50 per cent of E n g T he new union is com posed of a U p to thia tim e it will be seen th a t th e w rit of hab eas corpus, and his am ended by strik in g out F rid ay eve fine body of m en and skilled m echan w ith th e exception of one judge, w ho con d u ct in a ttem p tin g to suspend it is goods at a reasonable profit and his lish em ployers ab so lu tely favor union ning, leaving the space blaftk; car ics. T h ere are few of them less than ism. rendered his cp in io n in tim es of a d eliberate su rre n d e r of the rig h ts work Is well done. ried. M otion th a t section w hich pro 30 y ears of age, w ell dressed, and stottny war, there was an absolnte of the people to a coterie of mine- m ostly m en w ith families. hlbiti smoking during meeting* of the AROUND TOWN Council be strick en o u t; lost. M o tion to reconsider vote by w hich we decided to adopt co n stitu tio n to n ig h t; carried. S u b stitu te m otion th a t adop tion be m ade a special o rd er of busi ness for 10 o'clock F rid ay evening, March 4; carried. Musicians report th a t a num ber of places of am use m ent in the city are em ploying n o n union m usicians. U nion m en are re quested to look for th e M usicians’ U nion house card when v isitin g th e a ters or o th e r places of am usem ent w here m usicians are em ployed. L a bor C om m issioner O. P. H off was preserft and delivered a sh o rt address to the Council. R eceipts—P rin te rs, $3; B arbers, $3; S tereotyp ers, $1.50; B ookbinders, $1.10; B arten d ers, $9; M usicians, $3; L aundry W o rk ers, $12. T o ta l, $32.60. D isbursem ents, $3.25. M eeting adjourned. G R A N T M c D o n a l d , Sec. HABEAS CORPUS Goto fisher, Jhorsen & Go. W /û K .jd L OttA. tf* ove l»ä fiW/US D ul / m »/ta o. m. smiTH O lill B uild You a H ouse ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND POWER PLANTS Portland General Electric Co. A sk Your Grocer For DIAMOND “W ” and W ADCO” Canned Fruits and Vegetables