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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1901. BRIGHTFORGORBETT The Situation at Salem Ap pears to Favor Him. WEAKNESS OF THE OPPOSITION The Chances of Holding: a Caucus What Will Democrats DoT Mc Bride Says He Will Stay to the Finish. SALEM, Or., Jan. 27. Just what Is go ing to happen during the present week in the Senatorial fight cannot be accurately outlined. Indeed, no one thing can he Indicated as probable at this or at any other time, except that Mr Corbetfs elec tion seems to be more likely than any thing else. The situation now is that Mr. Corbett has 29 members who are really for him and want him elected; Mr. McBride has 19 votes that are ready at any time most of them to go to some one else. Mr. Mitchell's obligations to Mr. Mc Bride are so strong and so openly and ireely admitted that it will not be easy lor him to enter the race until McBride 6ays so; and notwithstanding many ru mors to that effect, the facts doubtless are that the Senator is not ready to re tire. The one positive and united force for McBride is the Federal push. It is likely to remain loyal to the last, for the suffi cient reason that no other candidate can be found who can afford to assume the care and guardianship of that thrifty body; and it is therefore McBride or noth ing with them. A story has fcund circulation that Sen ator McBride keenly realizes his unfor tunate position and that he rents bit terly the purposes of the Co ,ett oppo sition to make a buffer of .m in order that it may do somethl- xor somebody else later on. "I sha' .ay in this light as long as I have a sli.l vote loft," the Senator is reported to hav said. "I have no second choice. I am for McBride first, last and all the time, as will be found out before many days." Gossip that McBride would tlrop out about Tuesday in favor of Mitchell has no evident loundatlon in fact, and no Important movement from any quarter 1 eo goon to be expected. Mr. Mitchell has made two Journeys to Salem since the opening day, and has remained a Bhort time. Each time he has set the tongues a-wagging. and, despite his assertions taat he wants to see his friend Mr Mc Bride elected, he has been watched closely on all slds on the theory that he was about to get into the game. If he had any such plan in mind when he came It did not develop. One ardent politician no less astute a manipulator than John P. Ward Is said to have declared that Mltohcll's appearance at Salem was a mistake, and that he should have waited until he was wanted. But whether the mistake was to be accounted against Mitchfll or McBride It Is not easy to say, and Mr. Ward has not so far taken the public Into his confidence as to tell. -- week ago there was much open gos elp that Mr. Fulton was the bright par ticular star .in the opposition firmament, and that the anti-MoBride forces would eoon hitch their wagon to him. But it must be said that just now thero Is les anticipation than heretofore that the As toria man would be taken up. The fact thnt the Fulton talk has diminished may be due to the deep religious calm that pervade the Salem atmosphere during legislative recesses; or it may b due to the growing uncertainty among the anti Corbett forces as to what they are go ing to do; or It may be due to the bet ter prospects of a caucus; or it may be due to the sudden realization that the Portland delegation would not support a man from Astoria, :.nd that suoh Influ ences as the powerful business Inter-sts of that city would bring to bear would diubtless be against him. There are three Senators and one Representative from Multnomah County who have been acting wRh the Fulton people with a very os tentatious display of zeal, but it trans pires that they have no Idea of support ing him, and the discovery has not con duced to the entire harmouy of feeling among them. Now, it is a violent as sumption that the Corbett people will be at any time for rulton, and as It now appears, it is an equally violent assumn- tlon that they will be at any time for anyoooy out Corbett. So It Is hard to ee Just how the candidate from As toria Is going to ge in. First, he has got to Indorse McBrid who, though he may d a Daa naer, win probaMv stick on longor than many people think; and then lv has got to get the Renubllcan H.aJorlty to come around to his way of tMiiaktg In the prosont state of tho rmo, th tail would thus be wagging the dog. And as It happens that Mr Fulton has been the chief Instrument In defeat ing a caucus. . .t Republican majority die not look upon his supposed aspira tions with any particular degree of favor. Mr. Fulton's only chance would seem to be a spontaneon nd overwhelming de mand for a Senator of his character, qualities and name, petting aside present leading oandldatM, overcoming local Portland prJudie. and "entering upon Mm because he appears to be th most attractive solutler of a troublecHno emergency. The mjhh .vnditlcns might elect Blr.ger Hermann, or anv one of th- half dozen or more dark horses wlx art prancing oround th Capitol in i erson or by proxy. Mr. Hermann has some followers in the. Legislature -who would hk" very mucn to pen him electee" But as yet ther- 1b no opening for him. an in sentteert, ac tive r dominant, tlt sems likely now or in the end it, be of benefit to him. RouUiweatcm Or-gvn wruld b pleased to have a man from that Important section in the United Sate Senate; but South western Oregon can doubtless be recon ciled to thft ini"ible Just as -aslly as It has been in the past. "What of a caucus' If the Corbett forces were able, or were disposed, to give the opposition any assurance that Mr. "Vr bett would not be nominated thM "would be no trouble about Republicans settling this matter among themselves. Of course, Mr. Corbotr's friendo win not give' his assurance, because they think they should not. In the first place they took the ground that no caucus could be effective unless there w-re 46. When they failed to get that number they expressed them selves as wlHIng that it should take S3 votes to nominate. Still the opposition held out. They had always been clam orous for a viva voce vote, and, when the majority called upon them to make their professions good and come into the caucus with the understanding that the ballot should be by open roll call, they till held out, saying it was too late. The facts are that the opposition leaders are and have ben for no caucus from the first, and their various excuses about "viva voce vote." "a majority of all Re publicans to elect," "45 or no caucus," have been put forward to hold In line those members who have been friendly to thorn, but who have nevertheless thought that a Republican caucus was the proper place to determine Republican differences. Whether these Rpubllcans will be able to resist the firm and consistent attitude of the Republican majority, or to with stand the great cutslde Republican senti ment for a caucus, remains to be seen. If any inference is conveyed in preced ing paragraphs that Mr. Corbett will not be elected, it should be corrected. This analysis is made on the sound premises that no man is elected until he is elect ed. And it Is never safe, where there is variety of opinion and a conflict of purpose, in any Senatorial or other polit ical fight to assum that anything will happen until it does happen. When all Is said and done, Mr. Corbett controls the situation. The opposition started out to block his plans; but as it appears he has blocked theirs, or will do It. The opposi tion has greatly deceived Itself as to the solidity, tenacity and loyalty of the Cor bett following. It appears to be entirely true that Mr. Ocrbett is ready for a short fight or a long fight. Manifestly no one can be elected unless It Is Mr. Corbett, or some one named In part at least by the Corbett members. There is and has been a vast amount of gabble about the Demo crats voting for Mitchell or Corbett or McBride pretty much in a body. But they are not going for anybody as a whole, and If there is ever a Republican caucus wnlch is Just as likely as not, sooner or later It makes no difference to any body what they v any cf them do. The Republican majority believes-its position is correct, and It has been supported throughout by Mr. Corbett In that at titude. The several conferences It has held have done much to promote unity of spirit and harmony cf action, and, aside from any purpose or desire among them to elect any particular person, the ten dency among them is to hold together. As for Mr. Corbett's supporters, they want him elected, and there is a very strong purpose ameng them to stay with him. They have nc second choice; nor has Mr. Corbett. He has said that he is in this fight to the finish, and all who know his firm will and great determina tion know that he will fulfill that prom ise to the very letter. He is the one aggressive positive force In the situation, and he has pursued an affirmative, sys tematic policy throughout. The opposi tion has not, and therein lies Its serious weakness. Mr. Corbett's prospects of election are good. ILLEGAL LIQUOR. SELLING. Washington Offender Fined $100 and Costs Ends Notable Case. COLFAX, Wash., Jan. 27. In the Su perior Court yesterday afternoon J. W. Clark appeared before the court and asked that sentence be pronounced on him for selling liquor without a license, an offenss of which he was found guilty nearly two months ago. Judge Chadwick fined Clark $100 and costs, which was paid. This marks the end of a case that has attracted considerable attention. Clark, who was conducting a livery stable in Guy, was charged with celling liquor without a license, and on trial was found guilty, but gave notice of an In tention to appeal to tho Supreme Court, and wae permitted to be at large, under bonds. He Immediately moved to Mos cow, In Idaho, and when the date for hearing his motion .for a new trial came, did not present himself. Soon afterward J. E. Jacobson, a prominent business man of Moscow, came to Colfax and had an interview with Judge McDonald, when, according to the latter, Jacobson offered the Judge a bribe of $50 if he would let Clark off Vth a light fine. Ja cobson was committed, to Jail for 90 days for contempt of court, and served two weeks before securing his release on a writ of habeas corpus. VANCOUVER VICTORIOUS. Defeated Mnltnomah Basket-Ball Team by 1C to 5. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 27. The basket-ball game between the Multnomah Club, of Portland, and Vancouver Ama teur Athletic Club, at the gymnasium, last evenfng, resulted In a victory for Vancouver. The score was 16 to 5. This being the deciding game of the series be tween the two teams, makes Vancouver the winner. Following were the players: Vancouver Kane, center; E. DuBois, McMaster, guards; W. DuBois, Norton, forwards. Multnomah York, center; Knight, Ly ons, guards; Wlckersham, Brlgham, for wards. ORDERS FOR SALMON CANS. Astoria Fnctory to Supply Alaska Canneries With 5,000,000. ASTORIA, Jan. 27. The Pacific Sheet Metal Works has received orders from three Alaska canneries for 5,000.000 sal mon cans, sufficient for 100,000 cases. The cans are to be shipped during, the month of March, and will go on vessels direct from here. Insnne Men Taken to Snlem. Charles Sackett and Benjamin Holman, who were recently adjudged Insane, were taken to Salem by Sheriff Llnvllle this evening. Washington Notes. The Mayor of New Whatcom has closed gambling-houses. Work on the new Seattle Labor Temple will begin within 60 days. It Is announced that a foundry and machine shop to cost $50,000 will be es tablished at Everett. George Pangburn, a pioneer of Wash ington, droped dead from heart failure at Bndicott, 20 miles west of Colfax Satur day. He was 66 years old. Wednesday evening W. P. Damon was knocked down In front of his residence at Arlington by a tough, who struck him on his head with a club, rendering him In sensible. Men engaged In working on the T. J. Hawley road, south of Kent, Friday dis covered a vein of coal while blasting on the side of Crow hill. It Is about four inches in diameter. Negotiations for construction of a light steamer for the Alaskan trade are now pending at Everett. The boat Is to be 110 feet long and will be taken north to White Horse In sections, if built. The Falrhaven Canning Co. has receiv ed plans and specifications for a new warehouse that will be built Immediately. The building when completed will cost $SO00 and will be superior to other can nery warehouses on Puget Sound. The Hoquiam Commercial Club at its last meeting appointed a committee to take up the matter of opening the Quln nalt reservation and the matter of elimin ating the agricultural lands from the south and west sides of the Olympic forest reserve. Willard Geer has been bound over at New Whatcom In $500 bonds on a charge of falsely assuming to be a federal post office Inspector. It is alleged that Mr. Geer went to the postmaster at Van Zandt and accused him of Infraction of postal laws and demanded $250 as a pen alty. At a council meeting at Port Angeles heM Wednesday night the promoters of the Port Angeles Eastern railroad asked for an extension of time in their several franchises. After considerable debate the railroad was given until May 1 to show that work on the road would be pushed through. j It Is reported at Hoquiam that the crew of the two-masted schooner Fawn, which was recently wrecked on North Beach, have been drowned. No life boats were on the vessel when she wenf ashore. The schooner was loaded with cordwood from Santa Barbara, Cal., and was bound for Gray's Harbor. The horses stolen Wednesday night from Peter Ager at North Yakima were found near Snipe's Mountain, in the east ern part of the county. The three men who robbed the Shardlow saloon left the team and crossed by the Alfalfa Ferry to the north side cf the Yakima River. It is supposed they then climbed aboard -a freight or passenger train. Grandma Poison, 95 years old, who lives one mile west of Waitsburg, nearly lost her life by fire Tuesday morning. Arising early before any one was astir she built a fire, which, owing to a defective flue, set fire to the roof of her house. The fire was well under way when the train- hands on the O. R. & N. morning freight, which passes 250 feet from her door, noticed the blaze. They stopped the train., rescued the old lady, and then by hard work ex tinguished the flames before they gained entrance to the lower port of the house. LOOKS MUCH LIKE GRAFT HOUSE BILL TO SETTLE OREGON LAND BOARD LITIGATION. It Provides For Purchase of Land Already Owned by State by Virtue of a Foreclosure Suit. SALBM, Jan. 27. The first attempt In this Legislature to make a raid upon the common school funds Is disclosed by the provisions, of House bill 185, Intro duced by Representative Pearce, of Mar Ion, by request. That Mr, Pearce would knowingly be a party to such a deal, no one who knows him would believe. In quiry of him brings the Information that he Introduced the bill at the request of a friend, and was misinformed as to Its true import. The bill is as follows: A bill for an act to settle the litigation pending between the State Land Board of the State of Oregon and Ellen Savage, "and also for other purposes connected herewith. Whereas, The Board of School Land Commissioners many years ago loaned to the said Ellen Savage a sum. of money amounting in the aggregate at the time of said loan to the sum of $5000, upon certain lands hereinafter designated and referred to; and Whereas, The State Land Board, as it is now called, subsequently foreclosed the said mortgage and caused the said lands to be sold at public auction; and Whereas, The same was bid In by the State Land Board for the amount of the said mortgage deed, together with the ex penses incurred in foreclosing the same; and Whereas, The said Ellen Savage ap peared before the Circuit Court of Marion County, Oregon, wherein the decree of foreclosure aforesaid was had, and of fered objections to the confirmation there of upon various legal grounds, and also upon the further ground that the lands so sold under the said decree of fore closure were worth In the market much more than had been realized for the same; and Whereas. The said objections were over ruled, from which ruling and Judgment of tho court In confirming the sale of the said lands the said Ellen Savage has ap pealed to the Supreme Court of tho State of Oregon, which said appeal Is now pend ing In the said Supreme Court; and Whereas, The principal contention be tween the said Ellen Savage and the said Land Board is as to the value of the properties mentioned In the said fore closure proceeding; and Whereas, About 70 acres of the said land lies abutting upon the state lands next to the State Penitentiary; and "Whereas, The said lands are desirable as property of the state for penitentiary purposes, and not for the purposes of the common schools, to which fund the pro ceeds of the said sale properly belong; now, therefore. In order to settle the controversy, and In order that the state may acquire a speedy and perfect title to the said lands for penitentiary purposes; Be it enacted by the Legislative Assem bly of the State of Oregon: Section 1. That, a board of commission ers is hereby authorized to be appointed in manner following: One to be selected by tne said State Land Board, one by Ellen Savage, and In the event of a disagreement between them respecting the rights of the respective par ties and the value of the land aforesaid, the two so selected may choose a third man to act as umpire to settle the mat ters hereby proposed to be referred. The said board to be so selected are hereby empowered to appraise the different tracts of land upon which the said foreclosure proceedings were had. Sec. 2. Nothing in this act herein con tained is to be binding upon the State of Oregon until the said Eilen Savage shall have withdrawn her objections to the con firmation o- the said sale now pending In the Supreme Court as aforesaid. .ec. 3. In the event the said Ellen Sav age does withdraw her said appeal and dismiss the same, the said board Is au thorized to adjust the diuerences exist ing respecting the value of the said prop erty and to appraise the true value of the said lands. Sec. 4. In the event that It Is deter mined by the said commission so to be appointed that the 70 acres of land ad joining the penitentiary lands should bo o greater value man the amount of the Judgment obtained in the foreclosure pro ceedings aforesaid, then the State of Oregon, upon the dismissal of the said ap peal, shall pay to the said Ellen Savage or her assigns the amount of money ao estimated over and above the amount of money obtained for the entire tracts In cluded in said foreclosure, and restore to the said Ellen Savage or her assigns the additional tracts of land sold under the said foreclosure, proceeding. Sec. 5. It Is further herein enacted that In the event of the consummation of this act and of a favorable report by the com mission to be organized as herein pro vided, that the 70 acres aforesaid shall become indefeasibly the property of the State of Oregon, for. the use of the Peni tentiary; and further provided that the common school fund shall be reimbursed by the State of Oregon for the amount of money and expenses Incurred In the said foreclosure proceeding out of the general iund. Sec 6. Inasmuch as it is very desirable tha the C& acres of land above referred to should become the property of the state for Penitentiary purposes, and that pub lic good requires it, this act shall be In force from and after its passage. Mr. Pearce says that he was given to understand that the puropse of the bill wa3 to prevent the state from taking a deficiency Judgment against Mrs. Sav age, and that, as he thought a deficiency judgment would be of no value, he could see no harm In the bill. It readily ap pears that the bill has nothing to do with a deficiency Judgment. Secretary of State Dunbar, a member of the State Land Board, states that the board has not at tempted to take a deficiency Judgment; that by bidding in the land at the amount of the Judgment the whole Judgment be came satisfied and no deficiency could exist. State Treasurer Moore, who has direct charge of the securities given for school fund loans, was asked regarding the mer its o this bill. He said that the state has absolutely nothing to arbitrate In this matter, and can have nothing. Theatate bid in the mortgaged property in this case at the amount of the Judgment, Just as it does in all cases. If Mrs. Savage thinks the land Is worth more than it cost the state, she has the right to re deem It, and if she cannot do so herself she ran permit sonie one else to do it for her All the State Land Board wants 13 tr-o amount of money it has put Into the land and no less. There Is no more reason for arbitration in this case than in eery other case the Land Board fore closes. The procedure has been the same. If the difference betwen the value of the land and the amount of the state's claim is so great as represented, surely some one w'ill be ready to make a good in vestment by putting up the money for re demption. The land was sold at auction twice; the first time in one block, and the second time by parcels. At both sales tho state had to bid In the land at the amount of its claim. Secretary of State Dunbar says that to pay any money as proposed in this bill would be to make a gift of the amount, as there Is no merit in the assertion that the state has been tne gainer. He Joins with Treasurer Moore In saying that the state has noth ing"1 to arbitrate. Governor Geer, the chairman of the State Land Board, takes the same vieiw, and can see nothing in the situation to warrant the Intervention Qf the Legisla ture. To those who view the matter from the outside, tha provisions of the bill appear absurd. Since the State Land Board can have no Interest in doing an injustice, there is no foundation for the belief that an injustice has beeen done. The mem bers of the board are honorable aud rea sonable men, and if the state has gained an advantage which It should release, it would appear that the board, or some member thereof, is just as competent to represent the stato as would be some arbitrator to be appointed In pursuance of a law such as is proposed. The case was tried before Circuit Judge Boise. Mrs. Savage was represented by able counsel, who looked well after her Inter ests. The attorney for the state had no reason to be oppressive or to do an In justice of any kind. Mrs. Savage has taken an appeal to the Supreme Court, and if she has suffered any wrong, she will there find her remedy. Every person who has taken the care to look Into the matter characterizes the measure proposed as a plain attempt at a graft, which should be exposed and flat ly rebuked by the Legislature; A little more than one-third of the time of the present Legislative session has passed, and but few bills have been Anally disposed of. The few bills that have been passed are such as met no opposition and required but little of the Legisla ture's time. By far tne greater part of the work remains to be done. In the House 223 bills have been introduced, and but half of this number have been read the second time and referred to commit tees. Of those that have been referred, only about a half-dozen have been con sidered and reported back. Practically all the House bills, therefore, have yet to be considered before the various committees and receive the attention of both houses. In the Senate 133 bills have been Intro duced, and far less than half have got into the hands of committees. A few of the bills of minor Importance have been reported back favorably or with amend ments. As there are several bills on near ly all the Important subjects, the com mittees have no end of work before them, and It will be only by almost constant ses sions that they will be able to dispose of the bills. If the committees hold the necessary sessions, the two houses must hold sessions correspondingly short, and the work there will be slow accordingly. Most of the Important bills will meet strong opposition, and will occupy much time for debate in both houses. Each house will offer amendments to the bills originating in tho other branch of the Legislature, thus requiring a second con sideration in both houses. So far as de liberation upon needed legislation is con cerned, the lawmakers have scarcely got under way. And then the Senatorial question Is still on hand. Thus for the fig'ht has been mainly passive, so fat ns the members aro concerned, but, unless indications are deceptive, from this time on the Legislat ors must give no small amount of atten tion to the Senatorial issue. The .selec tion of the best man for Senator is as much a duty as the enactment of the best laws, and the members cannot perform this duty by letting the candidates do all the work. The election of a Senator will take no small amount of the time of the members of the Legislature,- and will les sen to that extent tne amount of time to be given to legislation. From the present outlook It appears that when the last day of the session arrives, there will be a large number of bills on the calendar undisposed of. It has been the custom at -some previous session, to proceed under such circumstances by per mitting each member to call up one bill for final vote. In this manner debate Is practically shut off and occasionally an unmeritorlous measure will slip through unnoticed. Throwing this large amount of half-prepared legislation Into tho hands of the Governor on tho last day of the session forces him to let some of the measures become laws without his signa ture, or. tolpass. upon them without giving them the attention he otherwise would. On the whole, the outlook is not pleasant for tho Xeglslator who prefers to pass laws only after due consideration given tho subjects to which they relate. The new Marion County salary bill, in troduced in the House by Representative Pearce, raises the salaries of Marion County officials as follows: County Judge, from $900 to $1200; Recorder, from $1000 to $1200; Treasurer, from $S00 to $1200; Superintendent of Schools, from $1000 to $1200. By an emergency clause, it is pro vided that the law shall go Into effect as soon as signed by the Governor. The House has under consideration two library bills, the first, by Barrett, for public libraries, and the second, by Stew art, for district school libraries. Barrett's bill .provides that the City Council of any incorporated city shall have power to establish a public library and to levy an annual tax of not to ex ceed 1-5 of a mill for maintenance. The Council may, if it deems best, use the money raised by this tax to seouro to all the inhabitants of the city tho free uso of an: insectarlan library that may have been . -ady established in the city. The government of public libraries is vested in a board of nine directors, appointed by the Mayor and Council, except that in cities of less than 3000 inhabitants, the board shall consist of six members. Do nations of money or property may be re. celved by the board, and shall be held by them as trustees. Stewart's bill requires the County Courts of the several counties to levy a school library tax that will produce an amount aggregating 10 cents per capita for each child In the county between 4 and 20 years of age. This fund Is to be apportioned among tho districts according to school population. The books purchased by school districts for their libraries are to be selected from a list prepared by the State Board of Education from lists sub mitted by the presidents of the State University, Agricultural College and nor mal schools. The School Clerk Is made librarian, but during the school term the teacher shall have charge of tho books. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ackerman has prepared figures showing how this law would affect the state at larger There are 133,181 children between the ages of 4 and 20 years, so that the counties would raise annually for library purposes not less than $13,318. As the total valuation of property in the state is $117,804,874, this would require a levy of about 1-10 of a mill on tho dollar. At this rate a man whose assessment is $1000 would pay 10 cents per year for ,llbrary purposes, and the man whose assessment is $10,-000 would pay $1 per year. The creation of an Irreducible county school fund for Douglas County is the purpose 6f a bill Introduced In the House by Representative Mattoon. The measure is known as House bill No. 10, and pro poses a plan of management for such funds very similar to tne plan followed In the management of the state school funds. It Is provided that all gifts, de vises and bequests made to Douglas County for common school purposes shall be set apart as an Irreducible .fund, the interest of which shall be exclusively ap plied to the support and maintenance of common schools in each district of said county. The County Treasurer is made the custodian of the fund, and Is required to loan it at not less than 6 per cent, the Interest to be apportioned -as are other school moneys. All applications for loans must be approved by the County Judge, Clerk and Treasurer before the loan Is made, and no officer shall receive any pay for his services in this behalf, except for the necessary traveling expenses In ex amining the land offered as security. The School Fund Commissioners are author ized to sell any real property that may be given to the county for school pur pases and Invest the proceeds as above indicated. The Masonic fraternity at Arlington may build a halL NOWTHE RAILROADS' MOVE NEW PLAY ON THE WASHINGTON CHESSBOARD. Corn-well Rate Bill to Be Put Up as Offset to the Preston Commission. OLYMPTA, Wash., Jan. 37. Rumors of a new movement on the part of the friends of the Preston railway commission bill are In circulation tonight. It is said that the railway committee of the senate, of which Mr. Preston absolutely dominates, will report favorably the bill introduced by Senator Cornwell, of Walla Walla, fix ing a maximum freight rate of $3 75 per ton. This bill was introduced Friday. Briefly stated, the situation in relation to the Cornwell bill Is this: Cornwell has been accounted an opponent of the Pres ton bill, and It was believed that at the time he Introduced his rate bill, he did so to complicate the railroad situation. In the meantime the attitude of the railroads has angered the Preston combination, and they have now determined -to take Mr. Cornwell at his word, and test his sincer ity" while at the same time they will punish the roads for their exceedingly act ive opposition to the commission bill. It is said that the report on the Cornwell bill will force Senator Crow, of Whitman, Into lino also. He has been against the Preston bill, but it is claimed he cannot oppose a rate bill. In view not only of the wishes of his constituents, but of his recent expressions as well. Crow is a Democrat, and Cornwell is a Republican, but both of them have been lined up against the Preston bill. The railroad lobby has been resting con tent during the past few days, believing that its' labors were practically ended for tho time being, and that its efforts would not have to be exerted until within a few days of the time set for the consid eration of the commission bill. Now, however, this new attitude of the Pres ton people will probably again stir the lobby Into activity. The Preston follow ing Is trying to keep its new plan a se cret, but it leaked out today. In the meantime the attempt to pass the Preston bill will not be abandoned, and a vigorous fight will be made for it on Feb ruary 7, the day set for its consideration. REAPPORTIONMENT FIGHT. Brief Outline of the Stand Which. Pierce County Will Take. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 27. The legisla tive reapportionment fight is beginning to take shape. In a general way, It has been understood ever since the Legislature met that Pierce County would oppose the WU fihire bill, which, in addition to its numer ous other provisions relative to change In the appointment, would reduce the rep resentation In Pierce County in both branches, while increasing that of King County. It has not been known until re cently, however. Just what ground Pierce would assume, nor what sort of appor tionment it would favor. Senator Hamilton, the leader of the Pierce County delegation, however, gave a brief outline of his plan to The Ore gonlan correspondent today. He said: "We have not come down to an accurate basis of figures as yet, but In a general way we will favor this sort of a bill: Wo will work for an apportionment giving each county one representative for, say, every 6000 inhabitants, or major fraction, up to 60,000; then we would double tho ratio, and give one Representative for every 12,000 inhabitants above 60,000. "This plan will leave Pierce County's representation at Its present figure, while it will Increase King County's, though not to the extent provided for In the Wilshire bill. We concede the right of King Coun ty to increased representation, but we do not believe It should gain it at the ex pense of other counties. Our plan will also increase Spokane's representation to a number equal with that of Pierce Coun ty. We will also oppose any bill that does not give each county in the state however small or short In population individual representation In the lower house." United States Marshal C. W. Ide, who will be superseded at the expiration of his present term by State Senator Herbert Baker, of Klickitat County, Is a candi date for Collector of Customs, and Is seek ing to secure Senator Foster's indorse ment. Mr. Ide Is a Wilson man, pure and simple, but he Is one of the few personally popular men whom John L. Wilson put into Federal office In this state. Ide Is very popular all over the state, and al though his support of Mr. Wilson has been loyal and unwavering, he has, nev ertheless, retained the friendship of men in the opposing faction, many of whom are supporting him In his present canvass. Mr. Ide has been in Olympla during the past week, circulating in the lobbies and shaking hands with old-time friends. He was a member of the state Senate during the sessions of 1S93 and 1895. During the first session he supported George Turner in the bitter fight which that gentleman made against Senator John B. Allen. In the next session Ide was a stanch sup porter of Mr. Wilson, who was elected, and who rewarded him two years later by making him United States Marshal. George Turner Is now a Democratic Sen ator of the United States, and although the changing conditions of politics have forced him and Mr. Ide apart. It Is well known that he would join with pleasure In Mr. Foster's indorsement of Ide for the Collectorship. It Is said that Representative Ulmer, of Clallam County, will, before the Legisla ture adjourns, introduce a bill which, in effect, will take the patronage of the state Institutions away from Governor Rogers and place It in the hands of a board created by the Legislature. An ef fort will be made, It Is said, to Induce a Republican caucus of both houses to ac cept this bill and pass it. Mr. Ulmer ab solutely refuses at this time to discuss his bill, and It Is Impossible to learn anything concerning lt3 details now. Governor Rogers, when questioned about the matter, declined to discuss It. He, however, pointed to the following provi sion In the state constitution, viz., article xlll, section 1: "Educational, reformatory and penal In stitutions; those for the benefit of the blind, deaf, dumb or otherwise defective youth; for the Insane or idiotic; and such other Institutions as the public good may require, shall be fostered and supported by the state, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law. The regents, trustees or commissioners of all institu tions existing at the time of the adoption of this constitution, and of such as shall thereafter be established by law, shall be appointed by the Governors by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and upon all nominations made by the Gov ernor, the question shall be taken by the ayes and noes, and entered upon the jour nal." To a layman, this apparently plain pro vision of the constitution would settle the question, and Mr. Ulmer Is not a lawyer. However, he may have evolved some ex tremely technical plan by which he hopes to evade this section of the organic law of the state. The Congressional reapportionment com mittees of neither house have held a meeting as yet, and probably will not do so until the recently passed Burleigh bill Is acted upon by the United States Sen ate. NORTHWEST DEAD. Mrs. Margaret Grubbs, of Forest Grove. FOREST GROVE, Or.. Jan. 27. Mrs. Margaret Grubbs, aged 81 years died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. I. A. Ma crum, here today. She was born in Bea- ver County, Pennsylvania, and had been a resident cf Oregon 30 years, the last 20 years having lived at this place. Her otner children are: Henry W. Grubbs. of Chicago; Charles J. Irwin, of San Fran cisco; Lewis J. Grubbs, of Oakland, Cal.: and Mrs. Llda E. Redmon, of Portland. Interment will be in the Buxton Cemetery Tuesday. George Punicburn, Washington Pio neer. COLFAX, Wash., Jan. 27. George Pangburn, a pioneer of Whitman County, diopped dead at the Hooks Hotel, at En dlcott, 20 miles west of here, yesterday. Heart disease Is given as the cause of death. Pangburn had just eaten a hearty dinner, and rose from the table, when he sank to the floor and expired. He was a bachelor, and 66 years old. No Trace of Allesed Forger. COLFAX, Wash.. Jan. 27. Sheriff Mackay reports that he has secured no trace of George C. Wagner, who is wanted on a charge of having forged the deed to 240 acres of fine farm land, the property of HIte Hoagland, and after placing the forged deed on record, bor rowing $1600 on the land from Balfour, Guthrie & Co., of Portland, giving a mortgage on the land In security. Oregon Notes. Canyon City has a new flrebell. Jefferson will levy no tax for the year 1901. Tho Toledo tax levy has been fixed at 5 mills. The Medford Council has elected J. Brandenburg Street Commissioner. The receipts of the Canyon City postof flce last year amounted to $27,181 99. Receipts last year of the City of To ledo were $7724, and expedltures $471 93. James Yates has sold his farm of SO acres, near Irving, to Mr. Hurd, late of Iowa, for about $3500. The old cannery building In East As toria, which now belongs to W. H. Bar ker, has been torn down. An entertainment will bo given at the Salem Opera-House Monday evening for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A. fund. The 9-year-old son of H. S. Filton, of Lost Valloy, was killed Thursday by a falling tree, says a Eugene paper. An effort Is being made to have the mall route changed between Long Creek and Pendleton so that the route will go over the Yellow Jacket road from Pen dleton to Ukiah and via tho lower gulch road from Uklah to Long Creek and sup ply Rltter from Long Creek. Owing to the recent high water on Coast Fork, which caused the loss of many thousand feet of logs, Messrs. Geer- and Rouse, the saw mill men at Amos, are arranging to erect a temporary saw mill at Cottage Grove, and will drlvo the logs there. The boilers and engines of the new light plant may be used. OUR AGRICULTURAL TRADE Depnrtment's Review for lOOO Ex ports Equaled but Once Before. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Frank H. Hitchcock, chief of the section of for egln markets of the Agricultural Depart ment, in his annual review of the trade of the United States in agricultural pro ducts, says: "Tho fiscal year 1900 brought to a close a century of marvelous development In tho history of United States commerce. In 1800, a century afo, the total value of the merchandise imported and exported in our trade with foreign countries was consid erably less than a quarter of a billion dollars. Tho value of the eoods exchanged during the past fiscal year reached nearly two and a quarter billions, far exceeding all previous records. Since the opening of the century our commerce with the rest of the world has Increased more than twelve-fold. "It was chiefly in the export trade that the enormous growth of the century oc curred. Our domestic exports during 1900, with a value of $1,370,763,571, were over 40 times as large as In 1800. The total Im ports for 1900, on tho other hand, amount ing In value to $349,941,184, were less than 10 times as large as in 1S0O. Compared with the value of our Imports for 1900, that of our domestic exports showed an ex cess Of $520,822,387. "Of the merchandise Imported from for eign countries during the fiscal year 1900, about 49 per cent consisted of agricultural products. These products had an aggre gate value of $420,136,381, exceeding by almost $63,000,000 the record of the year before. Hides, silk and wool were the leading factors in the growth, although vegetables fibers, sugar and tobacco also showed Important gains. The six items mentioned contributed nearly $60,000,000 to the Increase In value. "Products of United States agriculture were marketed abroad In the fiscal year 1900 to the value of $844,616,530, forming about 62 per cent of the total domestic exports. With the single exception of 1803, the past year witnessed the largest annual export trade In farm products on record. The value attained came within $15,000,000 of the phenomenal figures for 1898, and surp'assed those for 1899 by more than $50, 000,000. A considerable portion of the In crease over 1899 was accounted for by the higher price of cotton. The exports of this staple, although smaller in quantity than during the preceding year, ex hibited an advance of nearly $33,000,000 In value. "A comparison of the value of our agri cultural exports for 1900 with that of our agricultural imports shows the former ex ceeds the latter by $424,480,149. The ex port value was slightly more than double the amount of the import value. 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"In detail, the principal items of our imports make tho following showing, the figures given being for 1900 and the com parison of gain or loss being with tho fiscal year 1S99: "Sugar. 4.01S.OS6.530 pounds; gain, 37,835, 961 pounds; total gain in value of these Imports, $5,2S6,854. "Hides and skins, $345,945,77S pounds; gain. 73.84S.02S pounds; value of gain, $15, 947.655. "Coffee, 787.991.9U pounds; loss, $43,835,152; value of less, $2,807527. "Silk, 13,073,71S pounds: gain, 1.823,335 pounds; valuo of gain, $12,S50,133. "Vegetable fibers, chiefly sisal grass, cot ton and manlla hemp, $34,334,750; gain, $9. 021,311. "Wool, 155,928,455 pounds: gain, 79,194,246 pounds (or over 100 per cent); valuo of gain, $11,938,089. "Fruits and nuts, $19,263,592; gain, $349, 3S6. "Ten. 84,845,107 pounds; gain, 10755,203; value of gain, $SS3.029. "Wines, $7,421,495; gain, $$31,293. "Cocoa, 47,479,240 pounds: gain, 6,320,657 pounds; value of gain, $610,728. "The value changes were In part caused by an average rise in valuo dur ing the year of 1-10 of 1 cent a pound In sugar, 1 cent a pound in hides and skins. 1-10 of 1 cent In coffee, 58 cents a pound in silk, $25 05 a ton in sisal grass, 1.8 cent a pound In cotton; $51 50 a ton in manlla hemp, 2.2 cents a pound In wool; a loss of 7-10 of 1 cent a pound in tea, and 7-10 of 1 cent a pound In cocoa. "Breadstuffs, cotton and meat products, with live animals, tobacco, oil cake, vege table oil cake, vegetable oils, fruits and nuts, dairy products and seeds comprised over 93 per cent of our total exports of farm products during 1900. "Our exports of breadstuffs during 1900, although far exceeding in value the aver age for preceding years, show a slight falling off when compared with the ex ceptionally heavy shipments of 1S98 and 1S99. This decline is traceable chiefly to a falling off In the shipments of wheat. Ac companying tho dvscllno In wheat ship ments, there was a further manccd in crease In tho exports of corn, and for the first time In the history of the trade, tho total export yaluo of corn exceeded that of wheat. "In both quantity and value, our ex ports of Indian corn for 1900 were tho largest ever made, amounting to 209,438, 284 bushels, worth $85,206,400, being greater in quantity by 35,250,190 bushels, and in value by $16,228,952 than In 1S99. The aver age annual export price per bushel for 1900 was 40.7 cents, against 39.6 cents for 1899. "The amount of American cotton sup plied to foreign countries during 1900 was somewhat less than In the preceding year, tho export record being 3,126,225.583 pounds, or a falling off of 661,693,534 pounds from 1899. Owing to an advance in tho average yearly export price from 5.5 cents per pound to 7.8 cents per pound, however, the total value of the shipments showed an increase from $210,0S9,57G in 1899, to $242, 9SS.978 In 1900." a Death Due to Heart Disease CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 27. The au topsy on tho body of Curtis L. Crane, who died while boxing with George Ainsworth, at Harvard University, yesterday, showa that Crane died from heart disease. Derangement of the liver, with constipa tion. Injures the complexion, induces pim ples, sallow skin. Carter's Little Liver Fills remove ine cauae. Old, Read This J. Henri Kessler, M. Manager. hP1 il . D.,