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VOL. Ill No. 148
OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1912.
Pee Week, 10 Cents
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COLONEL APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES
SHERMAN IS CHOSEN RUNNING
MATE OF PRESIDENT ROOSE
VELT MAKES MOST SCATH
INB ADDRESS
CONVENTION HALL, Chicago,
June 22 With 344 of the Roosevelt
delegates declining to vote, and hast
ening away at adjournment time to
tender to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
-the nomination of a new party, the
fifteenth Republican National Conven
tion at the end of a long and tumult
uous session tonight renominated
William H. Taft of Ohio, for Presi
dent, and James Schoolcraft Sherman
of New York, for Vice-President.
President Taft received 561 of the
1078 votes in the convention, or 21
more than a majority.
The result of the ballot was: Taft
561, Roosevelt 107; La Follette 41;
Cummins 17; Hughes 2; absent 6;
present but not voting 344.
The result of the ballot for Vice
President was: Sherman 597; Borah
21; Merriam 20; Hadley 14; Bever
idge 2; Gillett 1; absent 71; present,
but not voting 352.
Roosevelt was nominated for Pres
ident on an independent ticket. The
nomination was made during the dy
ing hours of the Republican Nation
al convention in which Mr. Roosevelt
met defeat.
The nominating resolutions in part
follow:
"We were delegated by a majority
of Republican voters of our respect
ive districts and states to nominate
Theodore Roosevelt in the Republican
National convention as the candidate
of our party for President and thereby
carry out the will of the voters as ex
pressed at the primaries. We have
earnestly and conscientiously striven
to execute the commission entrusted
to us by the party voters.
"For five days we have been denied
CONVENTION
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by Motfeti studio.
Latest Photograph of William Howard Taft, Who Has Been Nominated
for Reelection.
Justice in the National convention.
This result has been accomplished by
the action of the now defunct Na
tional committee in placing upon the
preliminary roll of the convention and
thereby seating upon the floor of the
convention a sufficient number of
fradulently elected delegates to con
trol the proceedings of the conven
tion. These fradulent delegates, once
'seated, have by concerted action with
one another, put themselves upon the
permanent roll, where they constitute
an influence sufficient to control the
convention and defeat the will of the
party as expressed at the primaries.
"We have exhausted- every known
means to hold off this conspiracy and
to prevent this fraud upon the popu
lar will, but without success.
"We were sent to this convention
bearing the most specific instructions
to place Theodore Roosevelt in nomi
nation as the candidate of our party
for President, and we therefore deem t
tt to be our duty to carry out these
instructions in the only practical and
feasible way remaining open o us.
"Therefore, be it resolved, That we
representing the majority of the vo
ters of the Republican party and of
the delegates and alternates legally
elected to the National Republican
convention in compliance with our In
structions from the party voters, here
by nominated Theodore Roosevelt as
the candidate of our party for the of
fice of President of the United States,
and we call upon him to accept such
nomination in compliance with the
will of party voters.
"And be it further resolved, That a
committee be appointed by the chair
in which to forthwitn notify Colonel
Roosevelt of the action here taken
and request him to appear before us
in this hall as soon as convenient."
The followers of Colonel Roosevelt
met in Orchestra Hall, less than a
mile from the Coliseum, and pledged
their support to the ex-President. In
accepting the nomination, Colonel
Roosevelt appealed to the people of
all sections, regardless of party affili
ations, to stand with the founders of
the new party, one of whose cardinal
principles he said, was to be "Thou
shalt not steal."
At a later time, probably in August,
a National convention will be held.
Colonel Roosevelt ,in accepting the
nomination said he did so with the
understanding that he would be will
ing to step aside if it should be the
desire of the new party when organ
ized to select another standard-bearer.
He said in part:
"Gentlemen, I thank you for your
nomination, and in you I recognize
the lawfully elected delegates to the
Republican convention, who represent
the overwhelming majority of the vo
ters who took part in the Republican
primaries prior to the convention and
who Tepresent the wish of the major
ity of the lawfully elected members of
the convention. I accept the nomina
tion subject to but one condition.
"I fell that the time has come when
not only all men who believe in pro
gressive principles, but all men who
believe in those elementary maxims
of public and private morality which
underlie every form of successful gov
ernment should join in one movement.
"If you wish me to make the fight
I will make it, even if only one state
should support .me. The only condi
tion I impose is that you shall be en
tirely free when you come together to
substitute any other man in my place
if you deem it better for the move
ment, and in such case I will give him
my heartiest support.
"It does not represent the masses of
the Republican party. It was organ
ized in cynical defiance of-their wish
es and it has served the purpose only
of a group of sinister political bosses
who have not one shadow of sympa
thy with the spirit and purpose of the
Republican party of 50 years ago and
many of whom have used the party
merely as an adjunct to money-mak
ing, either for themselves or for the
great crooked financial interests
which they serve."
"But we are more fortunate in one
respect than our predecessors, for we
who now stand for , the progressive
cause the progressive movement, have
done forever with all sectionalism and
we make our appeals equally to the
me wno fought under Grant and to
the sons of the men who fought under
Lee for the cause - we champion is
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as emphatically the cause of the South
as it is the cause of the North.
"I am in this fight for certain prin
ciples, and the first and most import
ant of these goes back to Sinai and
is embodied in the commandment,
'Thou shalt not steal a nomination,'
'Thou shalt neither steal in politics
nor in business,' 'Thou shalt not steal
from the people the birthright of the
people to rule themselves.'
"There is no use in holding primar
ies, no use in holding elections, if we
permit a small group of unscrupulous
politicians, some of whom are cer
tainly acting in the interests of big
crooked business to exercise the veto
power over these primaries and elec
tions by upsetting the results at their
own pleasure.
"The old National committee, chos
en by the politicians four years ago,
made up a temporary roll, including
some 90 fraudulent delegates who had
not been elected by the people, and
thereby they controlled a majority of
tne convention. This fraudulent tem
porary roll in turn chose a fraudulent
credentials committee, and all the
fraudulent delegates voting on one an
other's cases thereby made up the
permanent roll which constituted the
fraudulent convention.
"Then this fraudulent convention
chooses a new and not less fraudulent
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Today
The
Clayton
Sisters
Musical character change
artists.
CLASSY PICTURES
A Railroad Engineer
Egypt
Diamond Cut Diamond
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Clackamas County To Be Better Rep
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Grounds Put In Best
. ' Condition "
With a program easily the best ev
er arranged by the management, with
thousands of persons eager to take
advantage of an opportunity for an
outing such as the meeting will afford
there is reason to believe that the as
sembly of the Willamette Valley Chau
tauqua Association which will start at
Gladstone Park July 9 and continue
until July 22 will be the most success
ful from every standpoint in the hist
ory of the organization. The grounds
have been cleaned and made more
beautiful than ever before and other
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ROBERT GREEN TAKEN
FROM HOSPITAL HOME
Robert Green, son of S. R. Green,
who was accidentally shot by E. T.
Fields .several weeks ago, was remov
ed from the Oregon City Hospital Sat
urday to his home. The young man's
condition is much improved and Dr.
H .S. Mount, his physician, says there
is no question as to his recovery.
Young Green, who was graduated a
few weeks ago from the Eastham
School, had just got out of a boat on
the eastern bank of. the river near
Busch's store when he was felled by
a bullet which' entered just under hia
heart. Mr. Fields, who was on the
other side of the river, had fired at
a snag: and the bullet glanced on the
water? The lad is one of the best
athletes in the county and his superb
physical condition saved his life.
Ten members of the graduating
class "Of the Oregon City High School
became members of the alumni asso
ciation at a meeting held at the high
school .Saturday night. Miss Hazel
Tooze, president of the association,
welcomed the new class. A vocal
duet was rendered by Miss Cis Bar
clay Pratt and Joseph Sheahan. Pro
fessor A. O .Freel delivered an ad
"tfress and Miss Evadna Harrison gave
BANDS GOING
CHAUTAUQUA
a' recitation. Miss Florence Grace
gave a piano solo. Addresses also
were made by Dr. A. L. Beanie and
Misses Fannie and Kate Porter. A
resolution introduced hy Dr. Beatie
expressing the regret of the alumni
over the absence of the president,
Ray Scott, who is ill was adopted.
Officers were elected as follows: Miss
Hazel Tooze, president; Miss Verne
Roake, Vice-President; Miss Marion
Money, Secretary and Miss Evelyn
Harding Treasurer. The alumni will
give a banquet tp the new teachers of
the Oregon City Schools thf first Fri
day after school opens.
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Philip J. Weidner, a butcher of this
city, Saturday filed suit for a divorce
against Margaret Weidner, who was
formerly Mrs. Margaret Henrici. They
were married in this city November
26, 1893. The plaintiff, who is Eepre
sented by Brownell & Stone .alleges
that he has been neglected by his wife.
He avers she has not mended his
clothing, and otherwise has not been
a dutiful wife. He says that after an
illnes when she was in a hospital in
Portland she learned that he had ob
tained his meals at a neighbor's and
denounced him for doing so.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
TO HOLD MEETING
The Oregon City Christian Endeav
or Union will hold a devotional meet
ing at the Congregational .church on
the evening of July 7. The program
will start at 6:15 o'clock. "Honesty,
a Christian Virtue," will be the sub
ject. Miss Bess Mulkey, of Glad
stone will render several musical se
lections. CHESTER ELLIOTT'S AUTO
AND WAGON COLLIDE
Chester Elliott, while crossing the
suspension bridge Saturday afternoon
collided with a wagon driven by J.
Moline ,the dairyman. Mr. Moline's
horse was seriously hurt. A large
cijowd was attracted to the scene of
the acident
Dr. Paasche National Liberal Leader,
of Germany and First Vice-President
of the Reichstag.
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BRYAN
TO
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GOVERNOR BALDWIN TAKES IS
SUE WITH FORMER PRESI
DENTIAL CANDIDATE
FIGHT ON PARKER CALLED UNWISE
"Let Republicans Enjoy Monopoly Of
Pret-Convention Personalities,"
Says State Execu
tive -""
BALTIMORE, June 22. Judge Alton
Parker, named as temporary chair
man of the Democratic national con
vention of the sub-committee of the
national convention, will refuse to
step aside in order to placate Bryan.
A statement to this effect came today
from Norman E. Mack, chairman of
the national committee, through one
of his secretaries.
"Mr. Mack says that Judge Parker
is in the fight to stay, and will not
withdraw," said the secretary. '
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 22.
Governor Simeon E .Baldwin, today
sent the following telegram to William
J. Bryan at Chicago in answer to Bry
an's message concerning the selec
tion of Alton B. Parker as temporary
chairman of the Democratic national
convention at Baltimore:
"Replying to your telegram, it does
not seem to me that the course you
suggest would promote harmony at
Baltimore.
"The Republican party has been vis
ibly destroying itself at Chicago. The
storm center has been the action of
its national committee in planning for
the organization of its convention. I
should regard it as unwise to agitate
a similar cause of difference, respect
ing the action of the Democratic na
tional committee.
"The Democratic party of Connecti
cut stand for three things:
"First Opposition to grants of spe
cial privilege to special interests.
"Second Opposition to centraliza
tion of power at Washington by en
croachments on the rightful spheres
of the states.
"Third Economy in public expendi
tures. "All those who .believe that these
Governor Simeon E. Baldwin, of Con
necticut, Who Urges Bryan To Use
Caution in Democrtaic Convention
principles should be steadfastly main
tained belong to the Democratic par
ty. "No party can expect to deserve
success in the conduct of national af-
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URGED
AID HAR
ONY MOVE
it 'iif
The Neshville Students,
And
Jubilee Minstrels
Will commence a three days jengagement at
the
STAR THEATER
- TODAY
Singing, MuSic, Dancing, Coon Shouting in
the good old Southern style.
Free Band Concert in front of the theater every evening,
except Sunday evening.
There will also be some good pictures on the
program. '
The Vagabonds
' Selig
The Man Under the Bed
A comedy in which' thfee children take a part
Vitigraph
Ffom the Lawyer's Window
An interesting drama Pathe
After the Reward
Comedy 'by the Essaney Co. ,
Prices Children coder 12 years, JOc. Adults 20c
MILL TO PROVIDE
HONES FOR ' MEN
WILLAMETTE PULP & PAPER
COMPANY BUYS 56 ACRES
FOR LITTLE CITY
EMPLOYES MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS
Management Believes That At Least
200 Families Will Take Ad
vantage of Offer With
in Year
Employes of the Willamette Pulp &
Paper Company will som be living in
their own homes to be provided by
the company under a plan, of co-operation
unheard of in the history of Ore
gon industrial movements.
This company, which has already
started so many new plans for the aid
of their employes, and which will give
a Fourth of July celebration this year
has purchased 55.57 acres of land ad
joining the school house on the West
side, which land will be cleared im
mediately and platted this summer. It
is me company s pian as outlined py
B. T. McBain, mill manager, to artis
tically divide the land into one-fourth
acre lots 100x10 Oor 50x200 as best
suited to the topography of the tract
and to reserve one block for park
and playground purposes. Houses
will be built for employes of the com
pany at prices, to be agreed upon, and
to be paid for at a rate a month the
same as rent, with no taxes or inter
est on the selling price, the property
to be deeded to the purchaser without
incumbrance when all payments have
been made.
This method of home building and
buying should put within. the Teach
of every man a way of obtaining his
own home .even though a few years
may pass between date of purchase
and date of transfer of title. .There
will be sufficient to provide home for
200 families now forced to rent, mak
ing possible for 200 familes to own
their home on a rent paying basis.
The work of clearing and platting
will probable be completed by August
15 and it is thought that some homes
can be completed before winter. -
The houses will have five, six or sev
room and be of the latest design bung
alows, .plaster finish inside and the
lots be on a road connecting with sus
pension bridge. The lots will be fen
ced. ELECTRIC THEATER
The people of Oregon City have
been enjoying a treat during the past
few days in the shape of illustrated
lectures and recitations at the Elec
tric Theatre.. Mr. Samuel C. Benson
a graduate of Yale, and a lecturer and
reciter of the first water has 'been
performing there. Last night he re
cited "The Raven" to a large and en
thusiastic audience. Mr. Benson will
be at the ELECTRIC for a few days
this week. Today, Sunday, he will re
cite "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight"
and "Osier . Joe" both with beautiful
illustrations. Monday there will be a
lecture on "The White Slave Traffic"
exposing the methods by which inno
cent girls are deceived and degraded.
This lecture is EDUCATIONAL as
well as interesting and should be
heard by every man, woman and child
It is a strong moral lesson and is ap
proved by Minister and Churches uni
versally. There is absolutely nothing
indelicate or offensive. The regular
moving pictures will also be shown.