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The big whaleback steamer Almond
Branch left the old Pennoyer mill at noon
yesterday, and about an hour later
brought up with a crash against the first
two piers of the Morrison-street bridge,
east of the draw. The bridge was dam
aged to Jhe extent of several thousand
dollars, and all traffic has been suspended
Indefinitely. The big steamer escaped com
paratively uninjured, the only damage be
ing a small hole knocked In her port bow
well abov the water line. The river
steamer Vulcan, which was used in tow
ing and steering the big craft through
the bridges, was caught between the
steamer and the stone pier of the bridge
and In the squeeze lost the greater part
of her bow and had the port side of her
house well stove In forward.
There was about a five-mile current in
the river yesterday, and It was a matter
of considerable surprise to many along
the water front when the big steamship
swung out into the stream above the Madison-street
bridge. The steamer was In
charge of Pilot Emken, and the towboat
Vulcan, which was to assist In steering
the vessel through the bridges, was In
command of Captain William Mitchell.
The flotilla started down stream stern
first and passed through the Madison
street brldce without mishap. The draws
of the two bridges are not in line, and
when the Almond Branch was clear of the
drawpler of the Madison-street bridge, she
was so far In shore that It required con
siderable maneuvering to work her far
enough over to bring her in position to. go
through the Morrison-street bridge draw.
Swans: Over by the Current.
The big whaleback and her stern-wheel
ally backed and filled for nearly an hour,
and at last dropped down alongside the
east side of the draw pier. The Vulcan
was made fast well aft on the port quar
ter, but her beam, with that of the whale
back alongside, nearly filled the entire
width of tho space between the draw
pler and tho bridge pier opposite. As they
dropped into the draw, the Vulcan drift
ed over toward the bridge pier, and Pilot
Emken. fearing that she was going to get
foul of It and cause trouble, ordered full
steam ahead. The engines responded, but
before the vessel had gained much head
way, the bow was caught by the heavy
current that splits on the pointed draw
pier and shot over toward the east sni--An
anchor -was hurriedly dropped irom.
the bow, but failed to hold, and the pon
derous craft swung round with a force
that frightened even the spectators, who
had been half expecting results of a sim
ilar nature.
Tow Served as a Fender.
The order "full steam ahead" had been
acted on sufficiently promptly enough to
pull the Vulcan out from between the
two piers Just far enough to enable her
bow to act as a kind of cork fender for
the Almond Branch, and when the latter
steamer settled down against her there
was a sharp cracking of timbers, and she
ground against the stone pier until her
port guard and stairway were ground into
kindling wood and the deck forward
turned up on edge and badly splintered.
She had a good stout hull, and the most
o the damage was above the water line,
so that she was leaking but slightly. The
stern of the Almond Branch accordingly,
brought up standing against the stone
pier, and the bow meanwhile came swing
ing down with the rollicking current with
the force of a catapult, the headway be
ing checked but slightly by the anchor,
which was dragging In the soft mud.
Knocked Pier 10 Feet Ont of Line.
It struck the concrete pier which sup
ports the east end of the first span east
of the draw and knocked it nearly 10
feet out of line. It seemed for a moment
that the big pier would surely give way,
but it held, and the Almond Branch was
anchored so securely that it is doubtful
if there are enough tugs on the river
to move her until the water subsides. The
steamer had aboard about 1.000,000 feet of
lumber which had been taken on at the
mills of Inman Paulson fc Co., and the
Portland Lumbering Company. As this
was only a third of her cargo, she was
standing pretty high out of water, but
was drawing about 15 feet. The steamer
Is about 8C0 feet long, so that the bridge
is supporting the heavy strain of a five
mile current pressing against a solid dam
3C0 feet long and 15 feet deep. No plan
has been decided on for relieving her
from her predicament last evening, but
she will probably be pulled away from
tho bridge as soon as the current In the
river becomes slower.
Tho Almond Branch is under a time
charter to the Pacific Export "Lumber
Company and was loading for Shanghai.
Sho Is practically uninjured and will suf
fer little or no delay after she Is re
leased from the bridge. The exact amount
of damage sustained by the bridge cannot
be ascertained, but it will be quite heavy
and will cause serious Inconvenience to
business men and others on both sides of
the river.
"Where the Blame Rests.
The blame for the disaster will not be
fixed without several Investigations. The
Almond Branch was In charge of Pilot
Emken. and he is under the jurisdiction
of the Board of Pilot Commissioners, who
will Investigate the matter. The steamer
Vulcan and her master are amenable to
the Local Inspectors of Steam Vessels,
who will also Investigate the collision.
The master of the Almond Branch will
also have an opportunity to tell his story
to representatives of the underwriters.
Pilot Emken, when Interviewed yester
day, stated that the Vulcan was not suf
ficiently powerful for the work she at
tempted, and while he censured himself
for starting with her. hewas afraid to
refuse for fear of being charged with cow
ardice or lackof skill. Like all the pilots
who have taken big steamers through the
upper bridges, he complained at the dif
ficulty In straightening up a vessel after
passing the Madison street bridge. There
Is a bend In the channel between the two
bridges and the distance is so short that
the work Is dangerous, even In still wa
ter. Captain Anderson of the Almond
Branch refused point blank to discuss the
accident. He even refused to be half
way amiable In refusing to discuss It.
t BIG CROWD WAS SCARED.
PassenKerii on the Bridge Fled, In
k Dancer of Their Lives.
As the draw had been open for some
while, the Vulcan wa maneuvering to
get through with the big ship, two street
cars filled with passengers stopped on
the span east of the draw. There were
also carriages and vehicles of various
kinds which had followed the cars close
ly. Probably 500 people were on the
bridge, and they were mostly watching
the movements of the tug and ship, with
no thought or suspicion of danger. In
the street cars some of the passengers
were reading, having come to the con
clusion that it would be some time before
the ship could be gotten through and
the draw closed. Some expressed impa
tience at the delay. The Vulcan backed
down toward the open draw The big
leviathan seemed hardly to move. Just
before her stern entered the draw open
ing the current caught her, and she be
gun slowly and steadily to sheer east
ward. ,
At first the people in the cars and on
the bridge watching the ship did not re
alize what It all meant, but finally it
could be seen that the ship would cer
tainly swing around against the first
span east of the draw. The danger alarm
was sounded. In an Instant all was con
fusion. The motormen on the cars rushed
to the back ends of their cars to get them
off the endangered span. The hack driv
ers turned their horses' heads eastward.
Then there came a rush for the east ap
proach to the bridge. Passengers in the
cars did not wait for the cars to move.
They pushed their way out and started
on a run for the east side. In less than
two minutes after tho alarm had bo
come general and the danger was un
derstood there was a grand rush to get
off the bridge in the shortest possible
time. It was everybody for himself or
herself.
In one of the cars a woman was so
excited that she could not find her way
out and had to be shown the door. It
was a sight to be remembered; white
faced men, women and children racing
for their lives, but all except one or two
got out of danger before the ship swung
against the bridge, expecting to see the
span go. Immediately the gate at the
east entrance was closed as people were
making their way out on the damaged
span.
The news of the accident soon spread,
and travel was at once defleeted across
Burnslde and Madison bridges. Street
car traffic, of course, was Interrupted.
Cars for Mount Tabor took their passen
gers mostly at the Intersection of Grand
avenue and East Morrison street, and for
Woodstock, at the Intersection of Grand
and Hawthorne avenues. By today ar
rangements will probably be made for
carrying passengers to the "West Side on
the other lines.
SAME OLD CHARTER
Portland Instrument Is to Be
New Only in Politics.
TAXPAYERS' LABORS IN VAIN
Fey or None of League's Recom
mendations Adopted Senate
Fnssed Bill for a Charter
Commission.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 19. The people of
Portland are not to get a new charter,
but they are going to get practically tho
same charter again, with new politics in
it. If the pending bill passes. The tre-
of this measure. Mr. Powderly had a long
conference with the council relative to the
alien contract labor law and the Chinese
Immigration law Mr. Powderly said that
the contract labor law had become very
largely Ineffective as a result of judicial
decision, and the federation appointed a
committee to Investigate and report a new
bill for Introduction In the next Congress.
The same course was pursued relative to
the Chinese exclusion act. the life of
which terminates in 1902.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CHOATE.
DUTY IS TO ELECT
The Legislature Should Not
Adjourn in a Deadlock.
England
Must Act at Once on the
Canal Matter.
NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-A dispatch to the
I-Journal and Advertiser from London
says:
Ambassador Choate has received in
structions from Washington to Impress
upon the British Government the neces
sity for immediate action upon the Hay
Pauncefote treaty. Mr. Choate will call
upon Lord Lansdowne and tell him tho
United States expects a decision on tho
treats before March 4. Mr. Choate has
been informed unofficially of the disposi
tion of tho United States Senate to repeal
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and pass the
Nicaragua Canal bill If the pending treaty
be not accepted. And he will tell the Sec-
STATE NEEDS fWO SENATORS
OREGON'S WAR SENATOR.
RUN ON A BANK.
Intense Excitement In Pittsburg
Nearly Canscd a Panic.
PITTSBURG. Feb. 13. Unfounded ru
mors caused a run of the German Na
tional Bank of Allegheny today, during
which $180,000 was paid out. The excite
ment at one time was Intense, causing
almost a panic and giving the police all
they could do to prevent an outbreak. In'
the crush around the door of the institu
tion, one lady, Mrs. Mary Fogal, was se
riously bruised
The bank is a state and National bank,
and one of the most reliable In the city.
Cashier Helms said tonight tl i, every de
mand would be met promptlv tomnrrow
or any day within an "Boar's notice, as, he
says, they have J2.O00.C00 on hand for pay-,
ment. He said most ot those drawing de-'
posits today were foreigners, who had'
somehow got the impression that because
of the fact that J. F. Hoffstett was pres
ident of the bank and also president of the
Pressed Steel Car Company, the car com-"
pany was receiving unwarranted favors.
On the contrary, he said, the car com
pany was one of the heaviest depositors,.
and had never negotiated or asKea tor a
loan.
Presidential Nomination.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The President
today nominated George D. Gear, of Ha
waii, to be Second Judge of the Circuit
Court of the First circuit of Hawaii.
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SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS
Conp-resi.
The Senate rejected the hazing provision of the
West Point bill. Tage 2.
Senator Deboo spoke for the Nicaragua. Canal.
Page 2.
The House spent the day on the sundry civil
bill. Page 2.
PhllipplncM.
Employes of two Manila companies have been
arrested for aiding the rebels. Page S.
The Belgian Consul, who was suspected, has
tily left for Europe. Page 3.
A rebel garrison was captured on the Cavlte
coast. Page 3.
Deported Filipinos were landed at Guam Jan
uary 12. Pace 3-
Chinn.
Conger has been Instructed to protest against
the proposed expedition. Page 3.
The foreign envoys gave China eight days In
which tc Issue satisfactory edicts. Page 3.
Von Waldersee a preparing to send out six
columns. Page 3. '
Forcipfn.
A Nationalist member of the House ot Com
mons attempted to deliver a speech In Irish.
Page 3.
Dewet has not been captured. Page 3.
Tho British Cabinet will discuss the Nica
ragua question Friday. Page 3.
Domestic.
A saloon raid at Millwood. Kan., resulted In
the killing of a woman. Page 2.
James Callahan was arrested as Pat Crowe's
accompllo . Page 10.
Northwest Legislatures.
Politics -Mil be practically the only new feat
ure in the Portland charter. Page 1.
Portland charter commission bill, with person
nel, passed the Senate. Page 1.
The Oregon Legislature will adjourn at mid
night Saturday. Page 4.
Multnomah votes will be practically all that
Mitchell will gain by his combination with
the Democrats. Page 4.
The Tolman Railway Commission bill was de
feated In the Washington Senate. Page 5.
Washington Republicans have settled the fight
over the reapportionment of the state.
Page 0.
Pacific Conit.
Seven bodies of the C5 entombed miners at
Union, B. C, have been taken out. Page 4.
All classes of business are likely to be li
censed at Astoria. Page 4.
Salem and Its outlying districts have a popu
lation of 10.000. Page 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Stock market still In professional hands.
Page 11.
Four grain ships sailed yesterday. Page 8.
Big fleet of Lake vessels sold. Pag4 8.
Overdue ships' reinsurance Is higher again.
Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Steamship Almond Branch collides with Morrison-street
bridge, seriously damaging the
structure. Page 1.
General Miles favors muster-out of volunteers
at Vancouver, Wash. Page 12.
Portland business men say the Legislature
should not adjourn without electing a Sen
ator. Page 1.
Water committee's engineer reports that drain
age tunnels have stopped lands from slid
ing. Page 12. .
Board of Public Works wrestllngytrlth street
rail problem. Page 12. $.''
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xnendous labors of the Taxpayers' League
have been In vain. Few or none of their
many recommendations have been adopt
ed. A number of minor changes are to
be made, mostly affecting salaries and
discontinuing the services of one or moru
Republican officials, like Assistant City
Attorrtey Davis. The Job as to the pow
ers of the city to build a lighting plant
has been unearthed, but the promise is
given that It will be rectified. The coun
clll will have no authority to levy an
occupation tax, and the proceeds from
the vehicle tax are to be devoted to the
street repair fund. Power Is given to
transfer from the general to special funds
and vice versa. The Board of Public
Works has the right to veto a council
ordinance relating to street repairs. "With
these exceptions, for the most part of
no great importance, it is the same old
document, with the names of home of
the important commissions changed to
suit the partisan Ideas of the Multnomah
delegation.
The names of none of these commission
ers, with the solitary exception of Will
iam. M. Ladd as Water Commissioner,
are at present inserted in the bill,
and members of the delegation say they
have not agreed upon them. The pres
ent Board of Public Works, they say,
will not be disturbed.
The charter bill went from the Senate
to the House today and Is locked up in
the clerk's desk. It will probably be re
ferred to the Multnomah delegation tomor
row and then when It is returned, either
Thursday or Friday, the fight over it will
begin.
The Senate today passed the Mays bill
providing for a charter commission. It's
provisions hod been changed so that all
members were named In the bill. They
are:
"Dr. Harry Lane. R. L. Gleason, Henry
Fries. W. E. Robertson, A. L. Mills. H.
W. Scott. Dr. A. J. Giesy, Dan J. Ma
larkey. Isam White. William M. Ladd.
Paul Wesslnger. Fred V. Holmnn. Tyler
Woodward. H. S. Rowe. T. C. Devlin. J.
A. Strowbridge. E. C. Bronaugh, C. E. S.
Wood. P. L. Willis. J. N. Teal. John F.
O'Shea, F. L. Zimmerman, John Mon
tag. "Sig Frank. Sol Hirsch. F. E.
Beach, Harry Hogue. W. J. Morgan. T.
D. Honeyman, W. F. Burrell, William
Killings-worth, R. W. Montague and Ned
E. Ayer.
The Multnomah delegation is consider
ing the advisability of making some
changes to the water committee of seven
members which they recently agreed up
on, but have not yet definitely decided
what they shall be. The committee may
be Increased or only changed. The name
of Cyrus A. Dolph is prominently mentioned.
t a ne luuiiiiuutuu ueietjuwun lumgiii, uy
a majority vote, agreed to a bill author
izing the Council to set aside the market
block for the uses of the Native Sons and
Oregon Historical Society.
The House today passed the road super
visor bill for the election of road super
visors in Multnomah County, as wellas
other counties In the state, but the sec
tion empowering the Mu,'nnmah County
Judge to use the ax and remove all tho
present road supervisors and appoint oth
ers was stricken out. They will be elected
In June, 1902. If the act becomes a law.
retary of State for Foreign Affairs just
what the situation In the Senate Is. He
has received no intimation of any sort
from the British Government as to what
its decision will be, but there is good rea
son for saying that England is Inclined to
temporize, feeling that by delay and per
haps by alternative suggestions she may
obtain some modification of the terms of
tho treaty Itself, or some set-off against
what she considers her concessions. Am
bassador Choate's instructions from
Washington are Imperative, and he will
make Lord Lansdowne realize that what
ever he Intends to do must be done
quickly.
Will Be Discussed Friday.
LONDON, Feb. 19. United States Am
bassador Choate saw the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, the Mar.juis of
Lansdowne. this afternoon, and discussed
the Chinese question and the Nicaragua
Canal matter. Mr. Choate was Informed
that both these features would be dis
cussed at a Cabinet meeting to be held
February 22. and Lord Lansdowne hoped
to be able to communicate to Mr. Choate
something more definite after the meet
Ing.
Lord Lansdowne's notification to Mr.
Choate may safely be taken as an Indica
tion that the British Government does not
desire to force the China and Nicaragua
questions to an issue any earlier than Is
absolutely necessary. It Is understood
that the United States Ambassador was
responsible for bringing up the Nicaragua
matter, pointing out how short a time
was left for an answer before the lapsing
of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The reply
of Lord Lansdowne did not by any means
positively pledge the British Cabinet to
make a decision, although it indicated
that the United States might expect that,
so far as the Nicaragua question was
concerned, any further consideration on
the part of the Cabinet would be merely
Informal, as the Foreign Office has known
the nature of the reply for some weeks,
which will not vary from the forecast al
ready made In these dispatches.
China, however. Is another matter. The
Foreign Office appears genuinely in the
dark as tc the real significance of Count
von Waldersee's latest orders. It is pro
posed that by Friday Information will be
forthcoming to enable Great Britain to
decide as to what is really going on in
the Far East. At present, she Is no more
anxious than the United States to take
part In an extended campaign Into the
Interior of China, but the reports from
the seat of action are so contradictory
that Lord Lansdowne refrains from send
ing mediatory dispatches or committing
himself to any definite line of interna
tional action. The American opposition
to Count von Waldersee's reported action
receives cordial sympathy from the Brit
ish authorities, though they are inclined
to doubt whether the right construction
is placed upon his motives. Lord Salis
bury has so often put England on record
as opposed to aggressive military opera
tions In China that officials here can
scarcely conceive that Count von Walder
see would issue orders so utterly at va
riance with the attitude of Great Britain
and the United States.
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Meeting; of the Executive Council at
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The Executive
Council of the American Federation of La
bor, in council here today, received rep
resentations from organized labor In Tex
as that efforts are making to force the
passage of a compulsory arbitration law
in the Legislature of that state. Prp-n-
Llnieed Oil Dividend.
OMAHA, Neb.. Feb. 19. The American
Linseed Oil Company has filed a $6,000,000
mortgage In the office of the Register of
Deeds. The mortgage covers 44 mills in
13 states, runs five years at a rate -of i
dent Gompere communicated with organ- per cent Interest, and Is In favor of the
ized labor of the state urging the defeat Martin Trust Company, of New York.
Exposition Will Open Sunday.
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Feb. 19. The Courier
says that It has been decided to open the
gates of the Pan-American Exposition
Sundays. According to the story the
management of the exposition will not
discuss the situation in any way, but the
gate3 will be open the first Sunday after
the opening of the exposition.
Projects of Vast Importance Would
Be Jeopardized by Ilnlf Rep
resentation In the Upper
Branch, of Congrcsi.
Portland's leading business men say tho
Legislature should not adjourn without
electing a United States Senator. Twenty-eight
who were interviewed yesterday
emphatically declared that the importance
of Oregon's Interests demands full rep
resentation In the United States Senate.
Twelve went a step further and said
that H. W. Corbett Is the best qualified
man for Oregon to elect at this critical
period in the business affairs of tho
Northwest. The big firms whose represen
tatives Indorse Mr. Corbett's candidacy
are:
Allen & Lewis, John Barrett Company,
Breyman Leather Company. Mason, Ehr
man &. Co.. Ainsworth National Bank, H.
C. Breeden Company, Everding & Far
rell. J. K. Gill Company, Eastern Lumber
Company. Western Lumber Company.
Wadhams & Kerr Bros., Gevurtz Furni
ture Company, Willamette Iron Sz. Steel
Works.
The firms whose representatives said lha
Legislature should not adjourn without
an election are:
United States National Bank, Portland
Flouring Mills Company, Wadhams & Co..
Portland Railway Company, Portland
Cordage Company, Stelnbach Clothing
Company, Morris & Whitehead, Closset
& Devers, Portland Iron Works, Parrlsh
& Watklns. W. J. Van Schuyver & Co.,
Wolff &. Zwlcker Iron Works. LIpman.
Wolfe & Co.. Glafko Commission Com
pany. Lang & Co.
Twenty other large firms were inter
viewed, but they declined to be quoted
on any subject connected with politics.
They said privately that it Is the duty of
the Legislature to elect a Senator at this
session, as otherwise. Oregon's vast in
terests would be jeopardized. In Port
land, as in every other great commercial
city, business men want to keep out ot
political discussions. That 12 large firms
should declare themselves, under the cir
cumstances, for Mr. Corbett may be taken
as a high compliment to that gentleman's
standing in the business community. A
glance at the names of the firms will con
vince any one that they are not estab
lishments that are likely to be Influenced
by purely political questions. When they
say Mr. Corbett is the best man, they take
the broad view of what Portland and
Oregon have at stake In being well and
fully represented In the upper branch of
Congress.
It Is not an exaggeration to eay that
If a complete canvass could be made of
the business firms of Portland, and If
every business man would speak his mind,
99 out of 100 would say that It would b
an outrage for the Legislature to adjourn
without electing a capable man to repre
sent Oregon In the Senate. The sentiment
of those who were Interviewed yesterday
was that Oregon should not only elect a
strong man to the Senate, but that ho
should be from Portland. Here are cen
tered Oregon's jobbing, financial and ship
ping Interests, and here the fight Is being
made for deep channels to the sea and
for the opening of the Columbia River as
far inland as engineering Ingenuity is ablo
to triumph over nature's obstructions.
The danger to Columbia River improve
ment through Inadequate representation
in the United States Senate was aptly il
lustrated by a Washington dispatch pub
lished In yesterday's Oregonlan. "When
the river and harbor bill left the Houso
it carried an appropriation of $400,000 to
complete the present Improvement project
at the mouth of the Columbia, with $1,500.
000 for continuous contracts. On Monday,
the commerce committee of the Senate re
duced the items to $225,000 and $1,000,000. re
spectively, a loss of $675,000 to Oregon at
one whack. Senator McBrlde, of Oregon,
is a member of the Senate committee on
commerce, but he did not attend any of
Its meetings while the river and harbor
bill was pending. He came home to put
up his fences for re-election, and when
he failed he remained here to throw his
Influence against the candidate who Is tho
choice of the majority of the Republican
members of the Legislature. When he ar
rived home he told an Oregonlan reporter
that if Oregon's interests demanded his
presence at Washington he would go thero
at once. He knew the river and harbor
bill was coming up for consideration, but
he has persistently remained In Oregon
to further the political ambition of himself
and others. Had Oregon two Senators in
Washington at this time, it Is likely that
thr. S675.000 which has been lost to tha
Columbia River might have been saved. It
may be that $675,000 is not a large sum. but
It would go a long way towards making
that 40-foot channel at the mouth of the
Columbia, which tho producers and ship
pers of Oregon are demanding. It Is near
ly as much as the Port of Portland has
spent in the past 10 years in deepening
the channels between Portland and the
mouth of the Columbia.
If the Legislature falls to elect this
time, Oregon will have only one member
ot the United States Senate until 1903, as
there is no certainty that Governor Geer
will add to the burden of the taxpayers
the expense of an extra session of tho
Legislature. A project of vast importance
to Portland which cannot wait two years
Is that of a canal and locks' between The
Dalles and Celllo, and the opening of tho
Columbia and its tributaries as far as
Lewlston, Idaho. The way to build up a
country Is to create highways for the
profitable marketing of its products. Tho
Columbia River Basin wants water con
nection with Portland, the principal mar
ket of the Northwest, and Portland want3
water transportation with the rapidly in
creasing population of the basin. It will
take the united efforts of the Congres
sional delegations of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho to get the improvement made.
If Oregon has but one Senator for the
next two years, It will not be able to give
much help to the project. That is why the
business men of Portland desire that the
state shall be fully represented In tho
United States Senate.
Opinions of Business Men.
Business and professional men wero
asked this question by Oregonlan report
ers yesterday: "Do the interests of Ore
gon demand the election of a United
States Senator by this session of the
Legislature?" It will be observed that the
question was not framed in the interest
of any candidate. The replies follow:
Frank A. Spencer, manager of Allen &
Lewis It would be better to leave the
state unrepresented than to elect men ot
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