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WELLS, Northwest Agent for ths Aeolian Company Aeolian Hall, 353-355 Washington Street cor. Park. Portland, Or. " "We are Sole Agents for the Pianola; also for the Stelnway, Chase and Emerson Pianos. The Battle With Dewet. LONDON", Dec. 11. The Evening Stand ard says that the battle between General Knox and General Dewet continues, ana. that the forces exchanged ground inces santly. Lack of definite Information is said to be due to the absence of telegraph communication with the scene of action. "While the "War Ofllce Is most reticent on the subject, there are indications that the officials have received -news suggesting a considerable British, success jpinst Dewet. . . Purity . Mellowness! EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE J. G. Mack & Co. 88 Third St., Opposite Clumber el Commerce C. W. KNOWLES, Krr. STREETS. PORTLAND, OREG01 MANAGE3IEXT $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day .35$ Fourth and Alder Sts. Cameras X and Kodaks At Greatly Reduced Prices John Barrett Co. McKinley and Harrison Meet. "WASHINGTON, Dec. lL President Mc Kinley and ex-President Harrison met last night at a dinner given by Justice Harlan, of the Supreme Court. It was the first dinner that the President had taken in "Washington outside the "White House for some time. The fact of his accepting an Invitation where he would meet ex-President Harrison is taken to dispose effectively of the reports that the relations between the two had. been etraiaea ox j&ta. . . Kll tesHKsSJ.ii..iu AGAINST THE BILL Senator, Clay Opposed to a Ship Subsidy. MADE A STRONG ARGUMENT Principal Object of the Proposed Measnre Is to Draw Nine Million. Dollars Yearly From the ?- tiona.1 Treasury. "WASHINGTON. Dec 11. The first speech in opposition to the ship subsidy bill In the Senate was delivered today by Clay CDem. GaO, one of the minority members of the committee on commerce, which reported it to the Senate. Ha is recognized as one of the most vigorous opponents of the bill in the Senate, and during nearly two hours was accorded close attention by Senators on both sides of the chamber. Hanna (Rep. O.), who expects to reply to Clay's arguments, gave him a particularly attentive hearing. In the early part of the session a lively colloquy was precipitated over the ref erence to the committee of the oleomar garine bill, just passed by the House. It finally went to the committee on agricul ture. This was a victory for the friends of the bllL There also was a sharp de bate over the Montana Senatorshlp case, but no action was taken, the matter, by consent, going over temporarily. Tomor row no business session of the Senate will be held, as the time will be devoted to the celebration of the centennial of the establishment of the seat of govern ment in "Washington. An order presented by Cockrell CDem. Mo.) was ratified by the Senate, directing the vacancies on the committees of the District of Columbia, Geological Survey, Indian affairs, mines and mining. Pacific islands, territories and railroads be filled by the appointment of Towne (Pop. MlnnO. The resolution offered yesterday by Hanna for the appointment by the presi dent pro tern, of a committee of three Senators to make the necessary arrange ments for the inauguration for March 4, was adopted without debate. The Grout oleomargarine bill passed by the House was laid before the Senate, and President pro tem. Frye announced that he felt obliged, in view of previous action of the Senate on a similar measure, to refer the bill to the committee on agri culture. Aldrich (Hep. R. L), chairman of the committee on finance, said he would offer no objection to that reference, but Vest (Dem. Mo.), a member of the finance committee, contended vigorously that tho bill, being, to his mind, a revenue meas ure, ought to be referred to the committee on finance. He declared that if the bill were an honest measure. It was a revenue rtuH, nd-iflt-vreT6&pai5honeotmeaXdJf it was an enort to use ine taxing power of the Government as a police regulation. Proctor (Rep. Vt.) moved that the bill be referred to the committee on agricul ture. The auestlon was discussed briefly by Kyle (Rep. S. D.), Stewart (Rep. Nev.), Spooner (Rep. "Wis.), Allison (Rep. la.) and Money (Dem. Miss.;, the last named declaring that the Grout bill was a meas ure the primary object of which was to tax one industry at the expense of an other. An objection to the proposed ref erence by "Vest declared that it was pro posed in thi3 bill to turn Congress into a state legislature, and make it exercise purely police power In the various states. The motion to refer the bill to the com mittee on agriculture was agreed to. Carter (Rep. Mont.) called up his pend ing motion to refer the credentials of "William A. Clark and Martin McGInnis, appointed Senators from Montana, to the committee on privileges and elections, and after somedlscussion the motion prevailed without division. Chandler (Rep. N. H.), chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, asked that the resolution on the calendar that declared "William A. Clark was not duly and legally elected to a seat In the Senate of the United States by the Legis lature of Montana, be recommitted to the committee. Bacon (Dem. Ga.) inquired what tne object of the request was. Chandler replied that before the Senate had an op portunity to act upon the resolution the Senator from. Montana, Mr. Clark, "had gone through the form of resignation." "That changed the entire aspect of the situation," said Chandler, "and for a time forestalled and prevented discussion of the questions Involved." To be entirely frank with Bacon, he said, another reason why he desired a recommittal of the resolution was that the committee might desire to take some positive action upon the matter with which the resolution dealt. The whole case, he maintained, had not been dis posed of by the resignation and departure pf Clark. In tho course of a long reply, Bacon held that he could conceive of no legiti mate purpose in the desire for a recom mittal of a resolution which dealt with a question which practically was dead. He intimated that the chairman of the committee on privileges and elections might have some ulterior purpose in view which he could not at this time divine. After Chandler had retorted facetiously that the Georgia Senator was "too sus picious," especially of the chairman of the committee, the matter of recommittal by consent went over until Thursday. The Senate, then, in 30 minutes, passed 45 of the unobjected pension bills on the calendar. Pending the resumption of the discussion of the ship subsidy bill, an act providing that entrymen under the homestead laws who served in the United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps during1 the Spanish "War or the Philippine insurrection shall have certain service deducted from the time required to perfect title under home stead laws, was passed. Senator Clay's Speech. Clay then was recognized to deliver a speech upon the pending subsidy bill. Clay contended that the promotion of com merce and the increase of foreign trade of the United States, two of the most im portant objects of the pending measure, would not follow its enactment. The one definite thing known about the operation of the proposed legislation was that it would take from the Treasury of the United States J9.000.000 a year for 30 years and donate that vast sum to the ship owners carrying the foreign trade of this country. Clay said that under the bill, "the subsidy to be given vessels up to 12 knots, which arc really our great freight carriers, is only J cents per gross ton, while the subsidy given to a fast steamer, which carries. chiefly passengers and fine manufactured goods. Is 3.8 cents per ton lor a H-knot ship.' He elaborated Lsrkat lie deemed to be the 'InjusUca aadj the inequality of the measure in this re spect," presenting a comparison of car goes carried by the St. Paul, a swift steamer of the American line, and by the Manhattan, one of the great freighters of the Atlantic Transportation Company. The comparison showed that the Manhat tan, a 14-knot ship, carried Immense quan tities of agricultural and manufactured products, while the St. Paul carried prac tically no manufactures or agricultural products, yet the Manhattan will receive little more than one-third of the subsidy given the St. Paul. Clay contended that the greater part of the exports of the United States were carried In steamers of less than 11 knots' speed, and that it was not within the bounds of reason or jus tice that the fast vessels should receive the great hulk of subsidy. Clay main tained that the bill, as formulated by the committee, would not tend to Increase tho merchant marine of the United States. "If," said, he, "Senators will examine the testimony taken before the committee, the conclusion will be reached that the shipowners have a thorough organization to carry through this legislation. They are not seeking opportunities to build ships, but they are trying to secure legis lation that will enable them to go In the public Treasury and draw J9.00O.O0O an nually to divide among themselves. If those who favor this legislation are act- x - f . c VIEW OF THE CAPITAL CITT "WHEN IT BECAME THE SEAT OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. "WASHINGTON. Dec ll. The centennial celebration of the establishment of the seat of government in the District -of Columbia will begin at 10 o'clock tomorrow with, a reception by the President to the Governors o the states and territories at the Executive Mansion. rhi fnnfrUpnwlU be follqyed-byanxhlnltlon thsfe thes east'noomr 'in erclses by the siding. In tho evening a reception trill be Ing In good faith, why did they not pro vide that the subsidy shall be paid to those who will build ships hereafter?" Clay vigorously attacked the amend ments which had been made to the 'bill since the present session of Congress be gan, and presented a long technical argu ment In support of his assertion that they had been made in the interests of a fa- vored class of shipbuilders. He held that as only ships constructed within the time specified by the bill c6ul3 enjoy the subside- it would be impossible for capital ists to build new shlp3 after the lapse of the specified period to compete with the subsidized vessels. After discussing the facilities of the United States for ship building. Clay argued that there was no more reason for giving a subsidy to ship builders and owners than to the farmer who produces wheat or cotton or corn. If the shipowner Is entitled to a subsidy, he contended, the farmer is equally en titled to one. At the conclusion of Clay's speech, Han na, who in common with Senators on both sides of the chamber had given close at tention to the address, said he had ex pected to submit some remarks on the bill today, but owing to the lateness of the hour, would postpone the delivery of his address until Thursday. ae Senate then, at 4:20 P. M., on mo tion of Lodge (Rep. Mass.), went into executive session. At 5:45 P. M. the Sen ate adjourned. The Execntlve Session. There were no set speeches on the Hay Pauncefote treaty in the executive ses sion. Such discussion as there was con sisted of questions and answers directed toward clearing up doubt3 concerning tho effect of the treaty generally. This exer cise was opened by Beverldge (Rep. Ind.), who did no? announce his own views, but asked for Information as to the effect of the ratification of the pending agreement on three points. The first of these related to the provisions of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty relating to the acquisition of ter ritory. He wanted to know with refer ence to that article whether it still would be in effect, so far as it prohibits the United States from acquiring territory In Central America. Secondly, he desired information as to whether, in case the Hay-Pauncefote treaty should be ratified by the United States and then accepted by. say, 20 other nations, it could be modified without the consent of all the signatory powers. His third inquiry re lated to the right of hostile nations to station ships in the vicinity of the canal in case of its construction under the Hay Pauncefote treaty. In presenting his Inquiries, Beverldge referred to a portion of the second article of the Clayton-Bulwer agreement, basing his first question largely upon it. Refer ring to that article of the old treaty, he said that It not only appeared to guaran tee tho neutrality of the canal, but to prohibit fortification, and to stand in the way of either Great Britain or the United States acquiring territory In Central America. This clause had raised a doubt in his mind, as he believed it had in the minds of others, and he thought it should be cleared up. Replying to the first of these Inquiries, Lodge said frankly that, in his opinion, under the pending treaty, the United States would be stopped from extending Its domain Into Central American terri tory, as the new negotiation did not abro gate that portion of the old treaty. Foraker (Rep. O.) expressed the oppo site view, saying that unquestionably the United States could extend Its domain Into that region. If it so desired, just as England had done In taking possession of the Mosquito Coast. The Ohio Senator replied affirmatively to a question from Maso'n (Rep. HI.) as to whether the United States could acquire and annex a South American country, as we have an nexed Hawaii, with the complete assent of the country coming under our protec- (Cs&cla&edQa Seoaa&ajr&'l MU8TU8ETHEIMT Legislative Redisricting of Washington. EFFECT ON LARGER COUNTIES Etcb Under the Constitutional Lim itation of OO in Lower Honse and 40 in Senate, Some Comities Must Join Their Neighbors. SEATTLE, Dec. 11. The constitution of this state makes it the duty of the Leg islature to redlstrlct and reapportion tho various counties of the state into legis lative districts after each enumeration of the state's census by tho National Gov- WASHINGTON'S CENTENNIAL of tha tnodl and. drawings or theproposed given in honor of tie Governors at the Corcoran ernment. This is a duty which must be performed at the session immediately fol lowing such enumeration, and under those circumstances the Legislature which meets on tho coming January 14 is charged with the duty thus laid down In the constitution. The latter Instrument further provides that the membership of the lower house shall not at any time exceed 99, and that the Senate shall not be composed of less than one-third, nor more than one-half as many members as the lower house. Under these restrictions alone, therefore, the Legislature must work in redisrict ing the state. At present, the House is composed of 78 members and the Senate of 34. This ap portionment was made In 1S91. Immediate ly following the census of 1SS0, and has not been changed since that time. The population t of the state when the last ap portionment was made was 349,390. This gave one Senator to every 10,215 inhabit ants of the state, and one Representa tive to every 44S0. Under the conditions which existed at that time, however, it was possible to allow every county In the state to have at least one Individual representative in the lower house, although many of the counties did not come up to the standard of population required for one representa tive. The growth of the state In the past 10 years, however, has been so rapid that it now seems to be an utter Impossibility to give all of the smaller counties sepa rate representation in either house, and at the same time do justice to the larger counties. The late census showed the population of the state to be 518,103, an Increase of 48.2 per cent over 1S90. This increase Is so heavy that it tends to make the prob lem of reapportionment a perplexing one under the limitations prescribed by the constitution. State Senator "W. "W. "Wllshlre, of this city, has devoted much attention to the redlstrictlng scheme, and he favors tho Increasing of the membership of both houses to the full constitutional limit, or, in other words, making the membership of the House 99 and of the Senate 49. This plan, he points out, will come nearer pre serving individual representation for the counties than a less number of legislators could possibly do, although erven under his plan 13 counties will of necessity be deprived of separate representation, and will be forced to unite with nelghobring counties In the election of district repre sentatives. Under the plan as outlined by Mr. "Wll shlre, one representative would be elect ed for every 5233 inhabitants of the state, and one Senator for approximately every 10,575 Inhabitants. This Is the greatest possible representation under the consti tution. Even under It the folldwlng- coun ties will be deprived of individual repre sentation, namely: Adams, Asotin, Che lan, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Mason, Okanogan, San Juan, Skamania and "Wahkiakum. All of these counties have considerably less than 5233 population, and it Is clearly impossible to allow them one representative each and at the same time do justice to the more populous counties of the state. Should the present number of members in both houses 34 in the Senate and 73 In the House be retained, not only would the 13 counties mentioned be deprived cf individual representation, but four more counties would suffer In like manner. These are Clallam, Jefferson, Klickitat and Pacific The political rivalry between the three largest counties in the state King, Spo kane and Pierce Is very spirited, and is certain to enter Into the reapportionment matter to a greater or less degree. Un less both houses are Increased to their full constitutional limit. Pierce County williose in her representation In the lower house, while retaining her present status In the upper house. Spokane, under the same circumstances, would make no ma- Serial gsic. while she la entitled tot do sot owlng to her increase In population. King County, in any event, owing to her larger population. Is entitled to practically dou ble the representation of either Spokane or Pierce and to more than one-fifth of the total membership of the Legislature. Under the present plan. King County has six state Senators and 13 members of the lower house. Under the plan as outlined by Mr. "Wllshlre, she would be entitled to at least 10 members of the Senate and 21 members of the lower house. Pierce County now has five Sen ators and 10 Representatives. She would be entitled .to the same number in each house under Mr. "Wilshlre's plan. Spo kane now has four state Senators, and one small section of her territory is an nexed to Stevens County, forming a fifth district. She has nine members of the lower house. She would, under the new plan, be entitled to five state Senators and 10 Representatives. This would make her equal to Pierce County, although, she has a slightly larger population. Stevens County, which is now in a joint Senato rial district with a Spokane district, is entitled thus to a Senator of her own se lection. Mr. "Wllshlre has not yet fully commit ted himself to the plan as here outlined, but after an exhaustive study of the mat ter he says it is the best that has pre sented Itself to his mind. It would seem as if adequate representation could only enlarged Executive Maw'.on at 11 o "clock In SS-lmgHnqeHng affiKTPrfc ir.- Gallery of Art. be obtained by making the membership as large as possible, and even in that event, many of the counties will be re duced instead of being increased. The other larger counties In the state will gain to a certain extent by the plan. Snohomish County, which now has but one state Senator, will probably get two and an additional member of the lower ho'use. She now has four representatives in the lower house. "Whatcom County, which now has two Senators and four Representatives, will probably be given an additional member of the lower house, while retaining her present membership in the Senate. "Whitman and "Walla "Wal la Counties will likely make gains In the lower house, but none In the upper. Che halls. Lewis and Skagit will also make small gains. Ten years hence, If the state makes the phenomenal increase in population that It did in the last 10 years, the consti tution will have to be amended, or else the small counties of the state will almost disappear as entitles In' the state govern ment. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTIONS Temperance Victories In Municipal Contests. BOSTON, Dec 1L The temperance peo ple of Massachusetts have won a great victory In their crusade against liquor In the city elections of last Tuesday, and to day, out of 300 and more cities choosing municipal officers and expressing an opin ion, scarcely one shows a gain In the license vote, while the additions to the no license column are many. The Democrats won a decided victory in Boston by electing their candidate for Street Commissioner, Hon.-J.-A. Galllvan: seven of the 13 Aldermen, 44 of the 77 Coundlmen, a gain of two, and four of the eight members of the school com mittee, a gain of one. The city's major ity for license was reduced nearly 000 from last year. G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. Location "Will Be Decided nt a. Meet ing; in St. Lonls. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1L Captain W. H. Armstrong, of this- city, senior mem ber of the National executive committee of the Grand Army, today received from Commander-in-Chief Rassieur a call to come to St. Louis Monday to attend an important meeting of the National execu tive committee. The purpose of the meet ing 13 to decide whether next year's Grand Army encampment shall be taken away from Denver and held In some other city. Captain Armstrong is inclined to think the encampment will be taken from Denver, and if so, it will be the first In stance where a city has been deprived of an .encampment after having secured It by vote of the order. The final decision will be made Monday. - Home for Aged Ellfs. OMAHA, Dec 1L Jerome B. Fisher, grand exalted ruler of the Elks; J. T. Fanning and J. D. Oshea, grand trustees, and George P. Cronk, past exalted ruler, will leave for1 Colorado Springs tomor row to select a site for the contemplated home for aged and decriplt members of the order. "William S. Stratton, of Cripple Creek, has offered free a plot with a mag nificent new building and everything in tact at Colorado Springs. Daily Treasury Statement. "WASHINGTON, Dec 1L Today's state ment of the Treasury balances-in the gen eral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance $137,996,061 Gold ,...,....,, 83,361,053 HIS LAST HOPE GONE Kruger Gets No Consolation From the Netherlands. HOLLAND WILL NOT INTERVENE The Dutch Foreign Minister Tells the ex-President That the Role o His Government Must Be Passive. THE HAGUE, Dec. 11. The Dutch Government today finally and definitely refused to take the Initiative In behalf of arbitration between the Transvaal md Great Britain. The decision was com municated in an interview between Mr. Kruger and Dr. Leyds on one side and the Dutch Foreign Minister and Minister of Finance, N. B. Plerson. on the other. Mr. Kruger explained that the object of his journey was to disseminate the idea of arbitration, and the Dutch Minister replied that the role of the Netherlands must be passive. The Initiative belonged to the great powers, he added. "When the powers had reached a decision, the Dutch Government might see what it could do. "Vo Snnb Yet From Czar. THE HAGUE, Dec. 1L The Transvaal Legation says it Is authorized to contra dict the report that Emperor Nicholas has telegraphed to Mr. Kruger an Intimation that he will not receive him. THE TROUBLE OVER POTT. Explanation ly the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs. THE HAGUE, Dec. 1L Replying- In the Second Chamber today to the interpella tion of Count van Byla'ndt, on the sub ject of the tension between The Nether lands and Portugal, the Foreign Minis ter, Dr. "W. H. De Eeaufort, sketched the history of the misunderstanding, which hedeclared had been exaggerated. He said the Dutch Minister at Lisbon, Baron von Heekbran, announced Novem ber 17 that Portugal would withdraw the exequatur of Herr Pott as Consul of the Netherlands at Lourenco Marques un less the Government of The Netherlands would obviate the neceslty by dismissing or recalling Herr Pott. As The Nether lands Government "had no official infor mation that Herr Pott had permitted, as alleged, the importation of contraband of war, It could not accede to the demand for his recall without a fuller Inquiry, and It therefore instructed the Minister at Lisbon to cable to Herr Pott, asking him to clear- up the matter. Herr Pott then applied for leave to come to Europe, which was granted, and The Netherlands proposed to Portugal that an Investiga tion be made during the Consul's visit and that thri -months ta nllowert for of afeporE on the subject. The Government of The Netherlands sup posed Portugal approved of this proposal, and was surprised to learn shortly after ward that Portugal Insisted on withdraw ing the exequatur of Herr Pott. The Foreign Minister explained that he was not aware if fresh complaints against Herr Pott were the" cause of this, but a notification sent to The Netherlands' Min ister of the withdrawal of the exequatur would now illy accord with the very friendly relations between The Nether lands and Portugal. Immediately after the exequatur was withdrawn, however, the Dutch Minister was summoned to give information, and Herr Pott was expected at The Hague within, a month. After Count vanBylandt had expressed the hope that the difficulties would be speedily settled, the subject was droppe'd. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Congress. Senator Clay spoke against the ship subsidy bill. Paso 1. The Hay-Pauncefote treaty was again consid ered in executive session. Page 1. The debate on the -war-tax reduction bill be gan In the House. Page 2. A Congressional committee was appointed to investigate the Boos hazing. Page 2. Oregon delegation decides upon continuing con tract for Columbia River improvement. Page 4. China. Chaffee protested to Von "Waldersee against German looting. Pags 3. French troops have ceased looting Chinese ob servatories. Page 3. ., ..- Peace negotiations are about to begin. Page 3. LI Hung Chang claims to have absolute power to negotiate. Page 3. Philippines. The commission gave merchants a hearing on the tariff bill. Page 2. Affairs at Guam are in better shape. Page 2. Captain Shields relates his adventure is Mar- lnduque. Page 2. Foreism. Holland refuses to intervene in the Boer -war. Pagel. Lord Roberts leaves the Cape for England. Page 3 The House of Commons voted 10,000,000 ta carry on the Boer war. Page 3. Domestic. The Jury in tho Jessie Morrison case is still out. Paso 2. The Federation of Labor Is struggling with a mass of resolutions. Pase 5. Nine teams are still in the six-day race. Pacific Coast. In annual -report. Fish Commissioner Reid says value of fish output for Oregon is over 53.000.000. Page 10. State Superintendent Ackerman recommends that Oregon schools observe John Marshall day. Page 4. Oregon dairy interests reported upon by Dairy and Food Commissioner Bailey. Page 4. A $50,000 irrigation ditch -will ba- constructed at once in Moxee Valley, "Washington. Page-4. Oregon Board of Agriculture elects new officers and submits report for year Just closed. Page 4. Prisoner escaped from courtroom at Spokane unobserved by officers. Pace 4. Commercial and Marine. More strength in New Tork stock market. Page 1L French bark Cassard makes "a fast run from Antwerp. Page 5. Four grain ships finish loading yesterday. Page 5. Steamer Potter to be rebuilt- Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. Midnight mass will not be celebrated by Cath olics in Oregon. Page 8. County Commissioners oppose the bonding of county Indebtedness. Page 12. More burglaries added to TV". W. Scott's Ions list. Page 12. Business men on Union avenue Insist that the street must be improved. Page 8. The matter of developing Lower Nehalem coal is said to have been considered in Nff&C Joxk, Pag S