LINCOLN STEFFENS
PICTURES U'KEN
(Contlnuud from rage Ono.)
out after It for McKlnloy and gold.
Homo of hlN lieutenants left him,
anionic thmii Jonathan Hoiirno, Jr., a
man wo miiMt know. Ho In now the Ju
nior Unltnd BtntoN Senator from Oro
Kii. You have hoard of black sheep?
Wi'll, Joniithnn llourno wn tho black
rum of t rich Now Kngliind fumlly.
Aflor a wild tlini) at Harvard Unlvi-r-ally
mid a wilder tlmn "about town,"
tin wont West and had tho wildest
iimo of nil. I think U'Ren will not
barg" him up to conditions; I'vh
beard him say llourno wim Improved
by ago. II" learned this game from
Mitchell, who learned hlH from Quay
in rwiiiayivniiia, whenco Mitchell
came (aftur a cIiiiiiko of namo), and
tlio lesson of tho Quay school of poll
ties wa not to organize lllio Tammnny
for tho year around, hut to "lot her
rip" till JiiMt hiifnro a campulKn, than
make a new "combine, "
ton ordurud him to his seat. Smith
lauKhod.
"Whyl Aren't you going In?" laid
Fulton. And whoa Smith laid ho
wasn't, Pulton flow Into a rage,
"Didn't you tuko our uionoy aud prom
Iso to go In?"
mi, sam Bmun, "i took your
MINORITY VOTE FAVORS
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iun compiled, but not before Mr.
Hehuobel callod Adolph Aschoff to the
chair and talked In a lively void. He
showed
that the
dialogue , The Republican! believe In the ad-
U'Ren Joint Bourne.
wnen Mitchell maun his gold com
blim" Hourno mudo hla now sliver
"combine" and U'Ren Joined llourno
U'ld'ii found that IiIh delegation wan
hoIIiI, and ready to trade. All they
wanted wiih () the Initiative and ror
eremlum, (2) a good registration luw
(ICd Illnicliiim'H), and (3) Top Judges
and clerka of elections, Hourwt want
ed to bn speaker. Ho wim wllllriK to
awing hla delegation to the Pop bllla
In return for their votes for hla apeak
crahlp, Thin settled the bouse; they
looked to the a'tmto. The president
Joe Blmon, waa tho man who boat the
constitutional convention with a wink
No matter. U'Ren wasn't punlHhlng
num. Ho called on Rlmon. He knew
Hlmon wanted to go to tho United
States Senate, Hlmon didn't aay ao,
No Simon's conversation HiiKK'ted
that I'realdeht Corbott of the First
National bank would bake a good
Senator, but the politicians understood
that Corbett waa "only Simon's rich
sucker." And o It turned out, for
whim, later. Hlmon did control a legls
lature for Corbett, Blmon, not Corbett,
waa elected to tho United Btatea Sen
ate. Hut U'Ron wasn't Interested In
Hmiatorahlp, He believed that 81
nion would go Into a atrong combine
to beat Mitchell. And he waa right.
Blnco tho terms U'Ren "fool" legls'
lutlon and Hourne'a spcakerablp
were satisfactory, Blmon delivered the
Ben ate.
Does It boKln to appear now how
U'Ken got hU good lawa In tbo bad
atate of Oregon? I)o you begin to un
dorstand why It waa that "leading clt
lxena" and "corrupt polltlclana," the
very men who are agalnat reform oIho-
where, "painted all those reform meaa
urea ancrlbed to U'llen?" Moat of
thoao men didn't know what they wero
doing .and they didn't care. They
wanted aomcthlng for the people. On
that baala, William U'llen went Into
every political deul that be could get
Into.
Beat Mitchell To It
And that he waa a factor to bo reck
oned with, ho proved right away.
Quick, quiet, IndiiHtrlotia, he had hla
"combine" organized before Mitchell
woke up. Tho 8lmonIIourneI'op
crowd captured the temporary orgaU'
Ixatlon of the hoiiao. Thla they did by
a anap. They weren't ready to elect
a United Stated Senator, and alnce tho
election miiHt bo held, by law, on the
aocond Tuosday after the permanent
organization waa affected, their play
waa to put off the election of a apeak
er. U'Ken hlmaelf made that play.
There waa a content over ono Boat
In the houae. U'llen waa on the com
mittee and ho controlled three of tho
five votes. Ho wouldn't report. The
minority, aoelng the game, ruahod
back and, reporting a row In the com
mitteo, caused a row In the houae.
And a mad acene It waa. The Mitchell
men roao In a rage and, all on their
feet, were crying "fraud" and demand
ing "actlou." Whim U'Ken arrived,
hla aide, uninformed and without a
leader, waa In a atate of confusion.
They greeted him with a cheer and he
took tho floor. . Quietly, with great
courteay and unexpected ability, .ho
met tho attack. Everybody oIko was
excited. U'Ken alone waa cool and, aa
man after man arose, to nccutio him,
ho, with the papers they wanted In bla
pocket, answered with reason and with
tact And hla Helf-posseHHlon noon
poHHOBHod tho house. "It la wonder
ful," a woman apectator exclolmed.
"Whenever that man sppaks, you can
feel a Reuse, of quiet aettle upon the
whole houae," Little known In the
atnte and known to the pollticlana aa
"tho dreamer," U'Ken'a debate that
night made blm a reputation. Tho rec
ollection of everybody preaent waa
vivid 10 years aftorwardB, whon I In
quired, but when I mentioned It to
U'Ken, ho Bmllod; he nover fools hlm
aelf. "It Is easy to make a reputation as
a parliamentarian," he said, " when
you have tho chairman on your aide."
Ho won out; that In what he recalls.
He beat permanent organization thut
Monday night and thus put oft the Sen
atorial vote for two weeks. And then
followed, not two weeks, but a ses
alon, of bribery, drunkenncsH, hate and
deadlock. Men were bought, sold and
bought back again. Doth sides used
money, fiercely; and since there wa
no appropriation um, me niomuer got
from tho state no salary, no mileage,
nothing; they had to have money.
Well, they got It. llourno set up a
prlvato house, aomewhnt like tho
"Houso of Mirth" at Albany, N. Y.,
where he "kept" men on his side,
Mltcholl ran the prlco of votes tip to
thousands of dollars, and he and his
lieutenant, Charlie Fulton (now senior
United States Senator from Oregon),
paid out tho money In cash. Tho
I'ops caught them at It.
8enator Fulton Enters.
Johnson Smith, assistant warden of
the penitentiary, then a Pop astern
blyrnan, proposed to go to Mitchell and
take some of his money for evidence.
"Go ahead," said U'Ren. "We'll
vouch for your purpose In doing it."
So Smith got from Mitchell and Ful
ton $1000 as for hlmseir, and $250 as
for tho go-between. The next day,
when the Mitchell men were trying to
gather a quorum. Smith stood outside
In the lobby. Rushing up to him, Fut-
swearing that when Smith was under
coiialilerutlon for appointment to the
penitentiary, Fulton protested on tho
ground, not that Smith had taken
Mitchell's money, but that, having
taken It, be had not atayod bought!
Charles w. Fulton la fundamentally
corrupt. a
"No," aaya U'Ron. "That was In
war times, and wo mustn't Judge men
In the heat of buttle by tho atandards
or cold blood." Hut U'Ken Is excus
ing tho bribery of 181)7; tho Honator'a
protest to Governor Chamberlain was
In 1903 In cold blood. Hut never mind
Fulton. How about U'Ken? That
deadlock, which be helped to manage,
lasted to the end. Nothing wiu ac
complished; no Senator was elected,
no legislation patmed, and everybody
concerned waa under suspicion. U'Ren
hlmaelf had chargea to answer. He
was accused of taking money from
Hourno, and calling together tho Pop
committee, ho admitted that ho had
borrowed $80. Ho bad to, bo pleaded,
He bad opened a law office In Oregon
City, but a "country lawyer" In poli
tics earns very little, aud since there
was no appropriation bill, he got no
pay. lie earned none, ho admitted
and bo abided by that. For when the
next legislature voted full salaries and
mileage to Its predecessors, U'Ren
and one other member, George Ogle,
sent back ilieir warrants. So be
nover did got any money for that
time, and, to exist, he had to borrow
from llourno. Itut tho IV) waa
loan, not a bribe; te has long since
paiu it back and Blnco he suggested
mo wnoio deal, tho money did not af
fect his conduct Hla committee ex
onerated U'Ken, but the transaction
hurt him, and so did some letters of
hla which, published later, showed how
no traded with tho powers of evil: as
no aiu and as be wont on doing
deliberately, In cold blood, aa George
ugie knows.
U'Ran Makei a Vow.
Cntorgo Oglo. farmer and Pomillst
is notoriously honeat. He waa U'Ken'a
best friend, and when In tho fall of
1908 Ogle'a mother died, he asked
U Ren to deliver tho funeral addrCKS
Tho next day Oglo mounted his horse
and rodo back to town with U'Ren
It was a cold rldo In the rain throiiRh
slush, but they bad a warm talk, those
two. U'Ken had run for tho aenato
that summer against Georgo C. Brow
noli, tho senator from Clackamas, who,
as chairman of the committee on rail
roada, had rcpreaented for years the
corrupt system of Oregon In tho Sen
ato. He beat U'Ken, who turnod right
around and mado a deal with him.
u Ken promised to help elect Brow
nell to any offlco ho might cbooso to
run for next time, If the senator would
work In good faith for tho lntlatlve
and referendum. Ogle knew thla bo-
cause bo was one of the Pops U'Ron
tiad asked to Join In the bargain. And
Ogle had been thinking It over ever
since, and now, out there In the mud
and aleet of that country road, he
asked U'Ren what the fight was to
cost him, U'Ren.
U'Ren understood, and he answered.
'I am going to ret the Initiative and
referendum, In Oregon," ho said, "If It
costs me my soul. I'll do nothlne self
ish, dishonest or dishonorable, but I'll
trade off parties, offices, bills any
thing for that"
ugie oojeciea. "uood ininga are
not worth that price," he said, i
They quarreled over It,, these two
good friends. It was a quiet quarrel,
and It la being made up now, but they
parted then for many years. Oglo re
turning to bis farm, U'Ren to the
lobby at Salem.
The lobbyist Wins.
And U'Ren used tho lobbyist's
moans to get his end.
ve neiped tnrougn measures we
didn't believe In," U'Ron eays In his
plain way, "to get help for our meaa
ures from members who didn't bellevo
In them. That's corruption, yes;, that's
a kind of corruption, but our measures
were to make corruption Impossible In
the end."
The Initiative and referendum
passed In 1899, 44 to 8 In the house,
'I to 6 In tho Senate. And U'Ron went
on working. The moment the session
closed the Direct Legislation League
(W. S. U'Ren, secretary) set about
making it impossible for Brownell's
friends to "beat It next time." U'Ron
Instructed the voters. Tho propagan
da was systematic, thorough, com
plete, and the politicians knew It.
And the politicians knew now that
URens word was good and his sup
port worth having. So In 1901, when
the measure came up for second pas
sage, U'Reu, from tho lobby and after
more dickering, saw It go through
unanimously. And at the next general
election (1902) tho people approved
It, 11 to 1.
money You were ao damn fresh and sold that Mr. Gibson's w'sltlon
reo with It, I thought I'd take a piece, , him to bo Democrat and ,
Hu ll , you that', sold, not mo." . j ,,e,oCratlc party l a" nogaUv
'I hero was moro to this dlaloituo. . T, n.,.,i.ii 1 i...n.....
J" t0.llla. !.w"" u." . ! ' r P"ed by tlio people has been
mmii. niv. i uiiiu oioi con- j ror tnelr own Interest
Btora.. Governor Chamberlain, of Or- 'The pooplo of this State have lonir
ogon, made an artldavlt for Honey to been fighting for the direct orimar5
Hood to the President, deposing and law." ex'clalme T he iZlVT.Z
but they never got It until thoy se
cured tho Initiative, tl is absurd to
ay that the Republicans of this State
with a majority of 40,000, will elect a
Uomoeratlc Senator."
Mr. Gibson's Ire was plainly aroused.
( Gibson Promotes Harmony.
'It was my wish to avoid personali
ties," ho said; "but my Republicanism
has been questioned, I have always
been a Republican, and I nover waa
elected Juatlco of tho Peace on the
Popullat ticket. However, In the In
terest of party harmony, I will with
draw the resolution."
An adjournment was taken until
the afternoon. Tho attendance was
""Kiiuy increased over the morning
esalon, and Mr. Schuebel again start
ed tho fireworks by presenting a sug
gestion from O. A. Westgato, chair-
u . .7 100 Biate tral Committee,
that the Republicans of every county
of tho State request the County Clerk
to leave a blank apace on the primary
...vi., uj perinn me voters to Indl
catet heir choice for
In this manner the delegates to the
Stale convention might gain some In
night into the sentiment of tho Re-
iumiil-u voters or tho State.
Schuebel favored tho auggestlon.
i move that we disregard the rec
ommendation," said Mr. Gibson,
promptly, but Mr. Schuebel declarod
the motion lost, and then Mr. Glbaon
explained that he was not opposed to
tho mothod of obtaining an exprea
alon, but doubted Its political expedi
ency H. e. Cross said tbat the aug
gef.tlon should have xrae from the
wii-iio oiaie committee and also should
have been presented to th .mint.
commltteo In writing; and then Soc-
rvmry aupp loo th floor.
"Mr. Westgate," he reasoned, "Is the
present Surveyor-General
There are aeveral candldatea for Prea-Ident-Taft,
Hughes and a number of
mvoriio sons. The federal office-holders
aro working in Taffa Interests,
and some or them are working for
Rooaevelt, although he has repeatedly
said he Is not a candidate for re-elec-Hon.,
For tho reason that there would
bo a great deal more activity for Taft
and Hughea. would we reaJIv rain .
rafr expression or opinion by placing
this on the primary ballot Bealdes,
tho law doeB not provide for It"
Law Makes No Provlalon.
A motion to adont tha recommnnrla.
turn of Mr. Weatgate was declared car-
neu oy tno chairman, but it will have
Jio rorce whatever, as there is noth
ing in the election law that
the County Clerk If) nlfiPA atlnh n
thing on the ballot, and Mr. Greenman
states that ho will do nothing outside
mo paie or me law.
The committee settled down to busi
ness and fixed Saturday, April 25, aa
tho date of the Dreclnct nrimnri...
select dolegatea to the county conven
tlon. In the country precincts the prl
marlea will bo held at 1 o'clock, and
in Oregon City from 1 to 7 p. m. The
date for the county convention will
be determined by the new county cen
tral committee, which will be elected
at the primary election on Friday,
April 17. The apportionment of deln!
galea from the various precincts to
me county convention Is based on the
vote cast for Supreme Judge two vear
ago, and each precinct will be allowed
ono delegate at large and one for every
30 votes or major fraction . thereor.
ine apportionment rollowa:
LITTLE ONES
TELL TALES
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BURN8 IS NEW CHIEF.
Firemen's Election Creates Very Little
Interest Thla Year.
Interest wits lackhft In the annual
election of tho volunteer fire depart
ment held here Monday and with 196
members of tho department, only 119
votes were cast. Charles E. Burns,
Jr., of Columbia Hook & Ladder Co.,
being elected chief of the department,
receiving 68 votes, to 48 for Clarence
Bruner, o! Hill Hose Co., No. 3. Al
Cani-.on, of Fountain Hose Co., was
elected assistant chief a majority
t chree votes over I! Sward Rechner,
of Cataract Hose Co. Thurn wero four
nominees for commissioner, three "re
ceiving the highest vote being elected;
John Gleason, Columbia Hook and
Laddor Co., 102; Henry W. Stratton,
Cataract Hose Co., 80; David Williams
Hill Hose Co. No. 3, 63; G. M. Cald
well, Green Point Hose Co., 47.
Abernethy S
Barlow 3
Beaver Creek. .. 4
Boring 2
Mllwaukle 3
Marquam 3
Maple Lane... 3
Milk Creek.... 2
Bullrun 2New Era....'.!! 3
3
3
hearing was the questioning of the
noy, waiter, by his father, who forced
tho boy to admit that he had been
whipped for stealing. Cross examl
nation, however, developed tho fact
that tha boy had been hungry and bis
thieving had be.cn only of food from
the houso. Elsie had a Bear under her
eye, and stated tbat fK'r stepmother
had cut her there with a hazel, and
then had whipped her Into submission
and forced her to tell her father that
she had scratched herself with a nail.
Mra. Hickman testified tbat two
years ago, when the eldest boy was
12 years of age, and the youngest
child only 6, she had seen all four of
tho children on the roof of the house
scrapping off the moss. This was in
the winter time, when a bitter cold
northeast wind was blowing, and the
children were prevented from falling
from the steep roof by ropes tied
around their wMnts and fastened to
tho chimney. Such atate of parental
Inhumanity has not been heard of In
a court In Oregon City ror a long while
and tbe officials are to be commended
ror putting a stop to such methods or
treatment or little children.
0. D. ROBBINS HAS
NEW AND NOVEL PLAN
BR0ACHE8 8CHEME THAT WOULD
PLUNGE THE VOTER8 INTO
DIRE CONFU8ION.
Canyon Creek.. 2INeedv.
Clackamas 4 Oak Grove
Uherryvlllo 2 Oregon City
Canemah.. . .
Canby
Cascade
Damascus. . .
Eagle Creek.
Kstacada. . . .
No. 1..
No. 2
No. 3
Oswego
Pleasant Hill..
Soda Springs..
Ooorge 2SDrinewater
warning 3 Tualatin 3
Harmony 2 Union 2
Highland 2Vlola 2
Klllln 2
Macksburg 3
Molalla 3
W. Oregon City 4
Total 123
Dixon Fires Bombshell.
ine cnairman was authorized to
fill all existing vacancies on the com
mittee, and all business havinir been
disposed of, there' was a movement
for adjournment, when Mr. Dixon ex
ploded his bombshell, with the nre9ent-
ation or the following resolution:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of
the Clackamas County Reniihllrun
Central Committee. In convention as
sembled, that they are In favor of
electing United States Senators by the
people, as embodied in Statement No.
Most of the members were thunder
struck, and looked to Mr. Schuebel to
further promote harmony by request
ing Mr. Dixon to withdraw the resolu
tion.. Dead silence prevailed for a few
seconds, and then C. A. Miller, of West
Oregon City, asked that the resolu
tion be tablod. and the vote for and
against the motion was so close that
the members were In doubt, but Mr;
Schuebel stated that the motion was
lost and the committee was conrront
ed with tho motion to adopt the reso
lution.
John C. Bradley, former State cen
tral committeeman, counsoled peace
in Republican ranks, and advised that
the committee take no action, This
was also the suggestion of C. A. Miller,
but Mr. Schuebel thought otherwise,
and, descending from the chair and
taking the floor, he made a speech in
ravor or the resolution, and on a rla
ing vote there were tea members vot
ing, and the division was equal.
"There are five proxies," said Schue-!
bel, "and the resolution Is adopted."
The meeting was then adjourned.
O. D. Robblns, a well-known Demo
crat or Logan, has a precious plan to
remove obJectlonB to Statement No. 1
and ir anything more is needed to
oonruse the average voter, Mr. Rob
blns certainly has pushed it forward.
In a letter to W. 8. U'Ren, the follow
ing proposal la made by Mr. Robblns:
"Because or tbe leading part you
have taken in direct legislation, direct
primaries and Statement No. 1, I be
lieve you will be much interested in
anything Intended to make those meas
ures more effective or to remove ob
jections to them. The great objection
urged against Statement No. 1 is tbat
It gives a plurality and not a majority
candidate. Of course, In same cases,
the great objection behind that Is to
'government of, by and for the peo
ple,' but ir tbe honeBt objection can
be removed the others will be driven
Into tbe open or forced to keep quiet
From reading editorials on tbe sub
ject In tbe Journal, I have been led
to consider the matter and have
evolved a plan tbat seems just the
thing to me from tbe limited time I
have taken to consider it. It may have
been considered before, but I have not
heard of it, and offer it for whatever
it Is worth ror your consideration.
"My plan Involves but very little
change In the tickets at the primaries
and but little effort on the part or the
average voter to understand and ap
ply It All that would be required
would be tbat where there is more
than two candidates ror any office or
either party, there shall be a space be
fore or after the name of each candl
date where tbe voter can express his
choice by numbers; thus, if there were
four candidates, A, B, C and D, he
would place the figure 1 for his first
choice, 2 for second, 3 for third and
4 for last. That would be the voter's
part of it and It Is certainly simple
and plain. Now ,on the tally sheets
every candidate would be paired off
with every other candidate, and if
there waa three candldatea there
would be three pairs, A-B, A-C and
B-C. ir there should be four there
would be six pairs, etc. When the
voter's ticket is counted, bis first
choice, or No. 1 A, ror Instance is
counted one vote In each pair in which
the name appears. His second choice,
or No. 2 B, ror lnstance la counted
one vote In each pair with every name
except A. His third choice, or No. 3
C, tor instance la counted one vote
in all the pairs except with A and B,
which, ir there was but four names,
would be the last, we will call D, who
receives no vote. Thus the voter's
first choice Is counted one vote against
each other candidate; his second
choice is counted one vote against all
but the first; his third choice is count
ed against all but the first and second,
etc. , , ,
"Now, Is It not plain that when the
votes In each pair are counted that
some one candidate will have received
m6re votes than any candidate paired
with him, and Is thus the' logical ma
jority candidate, or tbat there is one
or more ties? I do not know how a
tie would be decided under the present
law, or how it should be under the
proposed plan. It should not matter
much to the voters who have failed to
decide.
"It seems to me that this would not
be hard for a competent election board
to apply. It would take more space
on tally sheets and returns and more
time of election boards, but would not
the results be worth the extra time
and trouble? Pass It around for com
ment and let me know what you think
of It. I am, and have been rroni the
start, an ardent friend of the initiative
and referendum, of direct primaries
and of Stntement No. 1 as they are,
but It seems to me this plan would
perfect the two latter, as It would give
every voter a chance to vote his pref
erence at the primary, between any
two candidates, for any office, Includ
ing United States Senators, under
Statement No. 1."
ONLY REAL BAD BOY
TELLS AN OPEN LIE
8CHOOL SUPERINTENDENT GARY
AND REV. R. C. BLACKWELL
TALK ON PUBLIC 8CHOOL8.
People crowded the Methodist Epis
copal Church Sunday night to listen to
talks on methods of conducting the
public schools, and the relation or
such schools to the community. Many
school officers and teachers were pre
sent and while several of tbe scheduled
talks were omitted because or Illness,
the remarks of County 8chool 8uper
Intedent T. J. Gary and Rev. R. C.
Blackwell, pastor of the church, creat
ed much Interest. The former refer
red particularly to the duties of par
ents to the teachers, and urged par
ents to be loyal to teachers and assist
them In governing pupils. He talked
of the so-called bad boys and stated
In his long experience In educational
work, he had not found many bad boys
who were beyond control.
"The only real bad boy," said Mr.
Gary, "Is the boy who will look you
straight in the face and tell you a lie."
Mr. Blackwell discussed the school
problem at some length. He said that
teachers or tbe public schools or tbe
country were not paid an adequate
salary and probably never could be,
and that good teachem ' ere Invaluable.
"It Is the duty of parents to sustain
teachers," said Mr. Blackwell, "and
It is a very Important matter for the
parents of this city to look after their
girls. Keep a careful watch over
them, for there are many things tbat
tbey do not know and often their ig
norance Istaken advantage of."
Tbe minister made an extended re
ference to discipline in the schools,
and said it should show no laxity, and
punlhsment should be Inflicted as a
basis for respect for law and order,
with tbe object of inculcating In the
minds of the children a wholesome re
spect for authority and to make them
law abiding citizens. He Bald tbat
corporal punishment should not
abolished altogether and very often it
was better than a tongue-lashing and
more effective.
OUT FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
C. N. McArthur Candidate From the
Seventeenth District.
C. N. McArthur, a young attorney of
Portland, announced his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for Repre
sentative from tbe Seventeenth Dis
trict, consisting of Clackamas and
Multnomah Counties. He pledges him
self to work faithfully and Industrious
ly ror the people or his district and to
oppose all extravagant legislation,
graft, humbug and demagoglsm. He
believes in an economical administra
tion of public affairs and asserts that
he will take dictation from no man or
aet of men.
In the matter of the election of a
United States Senator, Mr. McArthur
agrees to vote for the man who re
ceives the highest number or the peo
ple's votes, provided he be a Republi
can. Mr. McArthur was a candidate for
the Legislature two years ago, but waa
defeated in the primaries because of
the alphabetical arrangement of the
ballot. He waa then, as he Is at pres
ent, opposed to Statement No. 1.
. Dr. W. C. Belt, of Sellwood, Is also
a candidate for the position to which
Mr. McArthur aspires and is running
on a Statement No. 1 platform. Inas
much as Clackamas County had the
joint representative two years ago,
there will probably be no candldatea
from there thla year, so Multnomah
County will be permitted to fill the of
fice. It is said that there will be no
other candidates ror tbe Republican
nomination besides Dr. Belt and Mr.
McArthur. In that event, the princi
pal issue between these men will, no
doubt, be Statement No. 1.
Nearly three hundred New York
clergymen have petitioned Congress
not to increase the Navy, arguing that
the United States now pays 65 per
cent or 1U revenues for Its military
establishment And yet, there are
those who believe tbat at least a com
petent military establishment is tbe
surest preventive of war. The Presi
dent Is one of these, and Secretary
be Taft is another.
i Frank Bosch!
Hbusefurnisher
OUR prices on furniture and
Carpets are always lower
than Portland closing out sale
prices, No rent to pay that's
why we cannot be undersold.
Strong
Hatting
15c
per yard
6 Foot
Extension
Table
$4.50
'Phone 22
Res. 'Phone 2633
GEO. W. BRADLEY
Successor to C N. Greenman.
Pioneer Transfer and Express
SAND AND GRAVEL
Office: Pottofflce Bldg., Main St., Oregon City, Ore.
Humane Society Meet.
The quarterly meeting of the Clac-
kamaa County Humane Society was
held Monday night in the parlors of
the Bank of Oregon City, and reports
were heard. Several cases or cruelty
to animals were reported, but these
have, heen attended to , by Humane
Officer Darwin Bradley. The local or
ganization will affiliate and keep In
touch with the American Humane So
ciety, which is the national body.
51.00
Sl.00
A WEEK $
WILL DO
Diamonds, Watches Jewelry
and Silverware
SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS
AND YOU WEAR THE GOODS
WHILE PAYING FOR THEM
EVERY ARTICLE GUARANTEED
STANDARD JEWELRY STORE
189 THIRD STREET BETWEEN YAMHILL AND TAYLOR
PORTLAND. OREGON
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