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ERUN, Jan. 18. Among the curious
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WIRELESS CHESS GAME.
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NEW YORK. Jan. 18. A chess match
by wireless telegraphy served to lighten
the voyage of the American liner Phila
delphia and the Cunarder Lucania, which
arrived here today. The two vessels got
into wireless communication on Friday,
when a suggestion for a chess match was
lashed from the Lucania and eagerly
accepted by the Philadelphia. On the
latter vessel a team was selected con
sisting of W. B. Wheelan, of Philadelphia,
Frank Cauldwell, of Chicago, and Wal de
mar Weiss, of New York. The Lucania
chamnlons were: E. Marshall Fox and
E. Horace Mundy, of London. R. W. Mil
bank, of Liverpool, and Captain H. R.
Campbell and William Evans. The Phila
delphia team was victorious, their oppon
ents resigning after twelve moves.
Colonel Morrison Improving.
WATERLOO, I1L, Jan. 18. Colonel Will
iam R. Morrison is improving- rapidly, and
hip physician has hopes o his ultimate r-v-
CAN HE MAKE IT?
It's Mr. Fulton Against
the Field.
WANTS PORTLAND VOTES
If Delegation Spjits, He Has
the Best Chance.
IF NOT, HE HAY BE DEFEATED
Flrat Ballot for United States Sen
ator Xext Tuesday Contest to
Be Fonghi Out In Open '
Legislature.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. IS. (Staff Corre
spondence.) When the first ballot for
United States Senator occurs next Tues
day, it will be found that Mr. Fulton has
In the neighborhood of 30 votes perhaps
one or two more and ex-Governor Geer
about 20 votes. Some unknown candi
date whose Identity is yet to be disclosed
will, perhaps, receive the support of the
19 votes from Multnomah County, and C.
E. S.'Wood, who was not elected in the
great contest with Governor Geer for the
popular suffrage last June, will find the
Democrats standing solidly behind him.
The qualifying "perhaps" must be used
In discussing the plans of the Multnomah
members, for no policy of campaign
eeems so far to have been outlined by
them nor for them, for they listen to the
dictates of no boss and will determine
for themselves what they are going to
do. They will have a meeting Monday
evening and determine on a course to be
pursued at the real opening of the great
'Senatorial campaign the following day. It
Is safe for the present to prophesy only
that they are not for Geer, and that they
are not for Fulton. Perhaps they, or
some of them, will eventually be for one
or the other of the leading candidates.
At present the most microscopical exam
ination will not reveal any decided lean
ing toward the ex-Governor, and the In-,
ference is fair that the- delegation does
not consider that the electors, last June
settled the vexatious problem for them, or
even pointed the way toward a solution.
As to Fulton. It Is a little different There
are known to be several members from
Multnomah who have a strong Inclination
toward the man from Astoria. They
number two or three. The friends- of Ful
ton are apparently better counters than
others who do not desire his election,
and say that Anally geographical con
siderations "prejudice," they call it will
have no weight, and they will get as
many as five or six, or even more from
Portland. It may as well be admitted In
the beginning that. If Fulton gets a half
dozen votes from Portland, he will be
dangerously near an election. At this
time he has not got them, and It does
not seem at all likely that he will get
them this week. To divide the votes
from Multnomah is his plan, however,
and he will no doubt, by the first days
of next week, make a determined effort
to break lnta Multnomah. The battle
royal is not atie till then. To state the
situation briefly. If Multnomah stands
pat against the Astoria Senator he will
not be elected. If it does not, and if It
goes to pleces, he will be elected. Mult
nomah may, of course, lose one or two
men to Fulton and yet be safe In Its
campaign against him. It will still be
practically solid.
Mr. Fulton does not understand why
Portla'nd should be against him. If it
were based on the ground, his friends
say, that he Is not fit Senatorial timber,
or that the personal or political allegi
ance of the Multnomah members were to
some other, they might have no com
plaint to make. But they declare that an
unreasonable sentiment has been worked
up against him in Portland that has no
higher Inspiration than "geography" or
"locality," and they point out that he
has always atood for an open river, and
declare that he always will. The local
Interests of Portland, they think, will be
Just as fully and carefully safeguarded
by him as United States Senator as if
he were a resident of Portland. They
argue further that Senator Fulton has
long -been Identified with the particular
Republican faction which has the bulk
of the Portland Representatives In the
Legislature, and he has many deserts
from them. They say, too, that because
Portland has for many years had two
United States Senators is not sufficient"
reason why It should always have them.
To this reply Is made' that Mr. Fulton
is not acceptable to the vast majority of
people from Multnomah County, and
nothing remains for any loyal Multno
mah man but to endeavor to secure some
Senator other than an Astoria man. Nor
Is the argument conceded that, with mere
questions' of locality eliminated, Mr. Ful
ton Is the best man for the place. Nor
has Mr. Fulton, or anybody else, any
right to find fault with them, they say,
if they should take the position that a
Senator from Portland will serve the In
terests of the whole state better than he
can. There Is abundant suitable Sena
torial material in Portland In fact, they
are more likely to be embarrassed by an
abundance of riches than by poverty of
candidates, any one of whom would. If
elected, be satisfactory to the whole
State of Oregon. If the friends of Mr.
Fulton profess themselves as grieved
that the tactics of Multnomah seem to
be "anything to beat Fulton," the answer
Is ready that the Astoria Senator himself
set a very good example along that line
when in 1S93 it was with him "anything
to beat Dolph," and In 1S9S and ISO it
-was "anything to beat Corbett."
And thus the contention runs. The key
of the situation Is In the hands of Mult
nomah. It can, and probably will, defeat
the Astoria candidate if it holds out to
the end against him. It will elect him,
or, rather, permit his election, If It di
vides. The only avowed candidate from Mult
nomah is Jonathan Bourne. Mr. Bourne
took a very active and influential part in
the campaign for organization of the Leg
islature. He supported Brownell with
fine ardor and successful result. Of
course, no one claims that Mr. Bourne
himself elected Brownell for president of
the Senate. It was done by a combina
tion of the most diverse interests that
were ever assembled for any common po
litical purpose. Brownell had behind him
Senator Mitchell, Mr. Fulton, Mr. Bourne
and himself, and It Is suspected that Sen
ator Simon inclined his ear graciously to
his appeal for favorable consideration.
Governor Geer, too, is thought not to have
given Senator Brownell a stone H'hen he
asked for bread; but it must be said, in
justice to the Governor, that. If he had
anything to do with the election of Pres
ident Brownell, no one claims to have any
evidence of It; and It Is doubtless true
that he merely said nothing and sawed
wood. Why should he mix up In a trivial
contest for the Senate organization? A
casual glance at the vote last June will
disclose that the ex-Governor was then
elected United States Senator.
So It Is perhaps not strange that Brown
ell won his fight. But, now that he is in
the saddle, whom is he likely most to
favor in the naming of the Senate com
mittees? The Fulton people profess to be
satisfied with the outlook, and Mr. Bourne
smiles and smiles and keeps his own
counsel. Mr. Brownell has not hesitated
to 3ay that he intends to vote for Fulton.
Mr. Bourne saj's that that Is all right.
Others of his friends are going to vote
for Fulton. At the proper time, etc, etc.
Meanwhile there has been a very lively
fight over the organization of the Senate
ways and means committee. Mr. Bourne
has been .pressing Senator Howe, of Yam
hill, for the place, and Mr. Fulton wants
Senator Kuyker.dall to have It. Senator
Kuykendall is a tried and trusty friend of
the Astoria Senator, and he can be relied
upon to do his utmost to see that the op
ponents of Mr. Fulton do not get through
any Improper legislation. By this it is
not meant to imply that he would favor
improper legislation in the Interest of Mr.
Fulton, for Senator Kuykendall is a leg
islator of such standing that his motives
are not likely to be impeached by any one.
But, anyway, Senator Fulton will feel
better about the welfare of the statlf
his friends, and not Jonathan Bourne's
friends, are in the majority on the Senate
ways and means committee. And Mr.
Bourne will Insist, and no one has yet
arisen who will say that he has not the
right to Insist, that the state will be quite
as well off with Senator Howe at the head
of the ways and means .committee as with
Senator Kuykendall. As It looks now.
Senator Kuykendall will probably defeat
Senator Howe, though the reservation
should be made to this prophecy that he
will get It if Howe doesn't. This Is just
a trifle Delphic, but It is accurate. If
Howe lands, It will probably be discovered
that Mr. Fulton has a few friends on the
committee, and If Kuykendall is success
ful, Mr. Bourne will not go unrepresented.
When the names are divulged tomorrow.
It will. Just as likely as not, be found that
the committee is very nicely balanced be
tween the partisans of the two gentle
men. s
The ways and means committee, how
ever, does not control the Senate. There
are others who expect to have something
to say. The other day, when Senator Mc
Ginn introduced an Innocent-looking res
olution providing that each Senator have
a clerk, he had no great trouble In put
ting to rout the forces which two years
ago absolutely dominated the Senate
namely, Messrs. Fulton, Booth, Kuyken
dall and Brownell and which, until that
moment, had been popularly supposed to
have just as firm a grip at this session.
The famous Kuykendall law was torn to
tatters, despite the formidable protest of
Its framer, and the persuasive eloquence
of the Senator from Clatsop, who Jumped
Into the forensic fray with a promptness
and good will that might have Indicated
that he thought he had something at
stake. The chances are, however, that
Mr. Fulton didn't think anything of the
kind. The Kuykendall law and its au
thor were flying the signals of distress.
The ship of state was In peril and the
Fulton tug got up steam and hurried to
the rescue. Mr. Fulton has been a con
sistent champion of the Kuykendall act,
and it went hard with him to see a suc
cessful uprising against it. The ruling of
the president that the McGinn resolution
was out of order was reversed with an
ease and celerity that must have been a
more or less painful surprise to Senator
Kuykendall and his comrades. It was all
done by an Impromptu combination of the
Multnomah and Marlon Senators, and a
few scattering Republicans and Demo
crats. If the Incident had any real sig
nificance, it is yet to be demonstrated.
It showed for one thing that the Booth-Kuykendall-Fulton
combination can be
beaten when there arc votes enough to
do it. Whether the same forces can be
mustered In the future, or whether there
will be occasion to muster them, remains
to be 3een. It Is possible, when the com
mittee appointments are announced, that
enough of the opposition will have se
cured good places to establish a com
munity of Interest between them, and
they will hesitate to embark on any en
terprise that Involves so serious a thing
as taking control of the Senate away from
Its presiding officer. On the other hand,
a tacit working understanding appears to
have been effected between the Marlon
and Multnomah delegations, and enough
votes may hereafter be mustered from the
politically unattached Senators and the
Democrats to take things In their own
hands. If the Issue ever arises between
the Fulton and the anti-Fulton forces in
the Senate, the Astoria Senator will In all
probability get the worst of It. The Ful
ton votes there number 10 or 11 now.
Maybe he will have more later. Maybe
not.
It will take 45 votes to elect a United
States Senator. Representative Adams, of
Umatilla, Is not here, and will not be, be
cause of serious and protracted Illness.
Representative Hume, who- has been sick
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OREGON'S TEARS
Entire State Attends! H.
Tongue's Funeral.
VAST THRONGS AT CRAVE
High Tribute Paid to Memory
of Dead Statesman.
DISTINGUISHED) MEN PRESENT
Societies to Which lie BelonKed Tnlce
Part in Last IUtcs Hillsboro Al
most Too Small to Hold All
"Who Attend the Obsequies.
Thomas H. Tongue went to his grave
yesterday with all the honor that his
state could give him. Nearly all Oregon
attended his funeral at Hillsboro, and at
the last Impressive services, the preacher
said most fittingly: "It is Oregon that is
mourning today, for It Is Oregon that has
lost a son." A committee from Con
gress, made up of meii who represented
every part of the Nation, was present,
but the funeral ceremony was Oregon's
own tribute to the dead.
Hillsboro was not big enough to hold
In comfort all who wanted to attend Mr.
Tongue's obsequies. A special train from
this city carried down a multitude, and
hundreds poured Into the town from all
parts of the state. Nearly all the state of
ficials were present, and so was a major
ity of the Legislature. And from others
who could not attend, came a wealth of
floral offerings that were piled mountain
high over the altar of the little Hillsboro
Methodist Church. The coffin was fairly
buried In flowers, and they, too, came from
Jill parts of Oregon.
The body was accompanied to Hillsboro
by the relatives of the deceased, among
whom were Miss Bertha Tongue, Miss
Mary Tongue, E. B. Tongue, Thomas H.
Tongue, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Free
man, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Reams, and
Mr. and Mrs, E. A. Hunter. Committees
representing the various societies to
which Mr. Tongue belonged, were at the
depot to meet the party, and they acted
as an escort when the remains were taken
to the Court House at Hillsboro. A touch
ing tribute to the dead man. not thought
a, by his friends, who had charge of, the
funeral arrangements, was the presence
oZ .hundreds of his neighbors, who were
silent spectators when the body was taken
out of the special car, which had brought
it from Washington.
At the Court House, which had been
draped In mourning from tower to base
ment, the coffin was placed In the main
corridor, and all yesterday morning a line
of people with uncovered hefds passed by
It. This, too, was wholly 'Informal, and
had nothing to dd with the funeral ar
rangements, for It was not Intended that
the body should He In state until the fu
neral party from Portland arrived. But
Mr. Tongue's old neighbors wanted to
take one last look at him in the fashion
that Oregon neighbors have, and their will
overrode that of the committee on ar
rangements, without Interfering, however,
with the day's programme.
The special train from Portland reached
Hillsboro at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. It
brought the committee of Congressmen
appointed by Speaker Henderson to attend
the funeral, and this Included: Malcolm
A. Moody, of Oregon; J. H. Davidson and
James EL Colenso, of Wisconsin; J. E.
Ransdell, of Louisiana; R. P. Bishop, of
Michigan; J. D. Bellamy, of North Caro
lina; J. C. Needham, of California, and
James E. Howard, of Georgia. Six cars
were needed to contain the others who
went down from Portland on the same
mission.
The guests were received by 50 mem
bers of the Knights of Pythias In full uni
form, commanded by Major L. W. Hoyt.
The Knights formed a line with drawn
swords, through which the visitors passed
from the street Into the Court House, and
acted as ushers during the ceremonies
there. They were In charge of Mr.
Tongue's body while it lay In state, and
they mounted a strict military guard
which contributed much to the lmpres
slveness of the day's services.
They surrendered the body to the Odd
Fellows, who took It to HIHsboro's little
Methodist Church, where Mr. Tongue and
his family have worshipped for years.
The acting pallbearers, all Odd Fellows
and all friends and neighbors of the de
ceased, were: D. M. C. Gault, Charles F.
Taggart, James H. Sewell, J. C. Lamkln.
G. N. Hale and N. P. Ackerman. The
honorary pallbearers Included: State
Senators R. A. Booth and C. W. Fulton,
Judges Cnarles E. Wolverton and R. S.
Bean, Representative-elect J. N. William
son, Harvey W. Scott. General Summers,
Chief Justice F. A. Moore, of the Su
preme Court, Judge W. D. Fenton, ex
Governor Geer, Governor Chamberlain, F.
I. Dunbar, Secretary of State, and State
Treasurer Moore.
The distinguished assemblage simply
packed the church auditorium until It was
impossible for anybody In the audience
to listen to the ceremonies in comfort.
The escort of Knights kept the aisles open
until the Odd Fellows carried the coffin in,
but after that every man struggled for
the best place he could get. Most of the
honorary pallbearers were called to fill
seats beside the Congressional commit
tee back of the altar, and Messrs. Geer,
Fulton and Chamberlain were close neigh
bors for more than an hour. Others who
shared honors with them were ex-United
States Senator George W. McBride, ex
Representative W. R. Ellis. John F. Ca
ples, ex-United States Minister to Chile.
Judge M. C. George, who once represented
Oregon In Congress, and the members of
the Supreme Court.
Others present included George W.
Bibee, S. B. Houston. Dr. A. C. Pantonj
F. A. Bancroft, the newly-appointed post
master of Portland; United States District-Attorney.
John Hall. D. M. Dunne.
Collector of Internal Revenue W. F.
Butcher, Dean Ferrln, of the Pacific Uni
versity: E. D. Ressler, president of the
State Normal School; P. L. Campbell,
president of the University of Oregon;
Claude Gatch. of Salem :WiIUam Galloway,
of Oregon City; Mayor G. R. Chrlstman,
of Eugene, and T. H. Friendly, of the
same city; R. T. Grler, George Taylor,
Ira Smith, of Ontario; T. A. Wood, Otis
Patterson, Receiver of the land office at
The Dalles; J. C. Veazle, ex-Secretary of
State; H. R. Klncald. Judge A. H. Tan
ner, Sam Connell, L. P. W. Qulmby,
State Game and Forestry Warden; W. J.
Clark, editor of the Gervais Star,
Deputy United States District-Attorney
Edwin Mays, Theodore Cameron, of Jack
son County; Benton Killin. Phil Metschan,
J. H. Ackerman. Judge Hare, of McMinn
ville. Colonel John McCraken, Dr. James
Withycombe. C. N. McArthur, Dr.
W. T. Williamson, of Salem; H. V. Gates,
J. F. Robinson and William W. M. Kill-,
lngsworth.
The State Legislature was well repre
sented, and there were present In addi
tion to those already mentioned: Speaker
L. T. Harris, of the House of Represen
tatives; Dr. W. Tyler Smith, of Yamhill;
Senator Carter, of Jackson. Frank Davey
and Squire Farrar, of Marlon; Robert A.
Booth, of Lane; Walter M. Pierce, of
Umatilla; Henry E. McGinn. Aleck Sweek
and W. W. Banks, of Multnomah: J. M.
Shelley, of Lane; Charles E. Galloway,
of Yamhill, and B. L. Eddy' of Tillamook.
Also a delegation of Indian war veterans,
among whom were J. H. McMillen. A. B.
Stuart, Samuel Wishard. Howard M.
Boynton and P. F. Castleman.
The services in the church, were short.
The pastor Introduced Dr. C. E. Kline
to make the opening prayer, and there
were many damp eyes in the audience
when Dr. Kline concluded. He was for a
great many years the pastor of the con
gregation to which Representative Tongue
belonged, and his prayer took a wider
range than is usual because of this. His
eloquent appeal was. perhaps, the best
verbal tribute paid to Mr. Tongue during
the day. Then a passage of scripture was
read by Rev. R. H. Kennedy, of the Hills
boro Congregational Church, and Rev. Dr.
L. E. Rockwell, presiding elder of the
Methodist Church in Northern Oregon,
then preached the funeral sermon.
Dr. Rockwell paid a feeling eulogy to
the memory of the deceased. In part he
said:
"We are here In the shadow of all that
Is mortal of one Justly respected, highly
honored and greatly beloved. We meet
as citizens, as patriots and as friends.
It Is a common sorrow. The Nation's
representatives are here and those of
our own commonwealth. The multitudes
also, with bared heads, stand around
the eacred inner circle of these mourning
ones, and, so far as possible, make this
great affliction theirs. If there can be
compensation it must be found In help
ful memories. His sterling manhood, his
splendid achievements and hl3 unsullied
patriotism these yet dwell here, and will
live to reproduce themselves In ether
lines. The record a man makes may be
his life's history. But It is not that
alone. It is more, much more. It Is the
man himself. It is that which lives after
him and does not die.
"Thomas II. Tongue was a manly man.
He was not faultless, but he had high
ideals. He was not spotless, but he had
respect for an ethical code that has truth
and honor as foundation stones. He
might not be perfect, but he could not
betray a friend. He might not pose as
simply good, but he could not be un
fair even to an enemy. So far as he
had opportunity, he exhibited almost a
"genius for doing the right thing In the
right way at the right time. That may
be called statesmanship. His views were
broad and sagacious, and he exhibited
more than ordinary strength In dealing
with questions pertaining to the public
weal. Nor was he wanting In that gen
erous impulse exhibiting Itself In love of
country, and. that, too, wherever the
flag waves. He was the true friend of
the soldier In whatever way he faithfully
fought the battles of the countrv. Hi3
acknowledged abllltyr-hlstlreleiss indus
try, his abounding tact and skill enter
into the record that he made. That rec
ord Is more than the history of a life.
It Is the life, for It Is the man.
"It was hard thinking and resourceful
statesmanship In which he took part that
helped so much at an opportune time to
make possible the opening of the Colum
bia to the shipping of the world. His
last great work was Interrupted. He was
working on the problem how to make the
deserts bloom as the rose. It was a hard
subject, but he was making commendable
progress. The time had come, however,
to rest from his labors. The olock had
struck the hour. Then 'God's linger
touched him and he slept.' It wjis on
Goths day the day of days the time for
rest, when 'the weary wheels of life
stood still.' It Is now the other rest day,
the rest that follows when, amid famil
iar scenes of his boyhood and maturer
years, with multitudes to do him honor,
we lay his weary body down to rest, to
await the resurrection of the just."
During the services the Portland Quar
tet, in which airs. Walter Reed. Mrs. Shel
don, Messrs. Dom Zan . and Harry W.
.Hogue sound so well, sang a number of
hymns, and were heard to special advan
tage in the beautiful "Lead, Kindly
Light." When the church ceremonies
were concluded the body war turned over
to the Hillsboro Masonic body, which es
corted It to the cemetery and interred? It
with their own picturesque ritual. Wor
shipful Grand Master W. F. Butcher con
ducting the services. Over the grave Mr
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CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Foreiprn.
German cruiser Panther, shelled fort at en
trance to Lake Maracalbo. but was forced to
withdraw. Pago 2.
Chamberlain goes somewhat Into detail in his
explanation of revenue measures for South
Africa; ,Lcndon papers mildly approve.
Pase 2.
Memorial arch for Von Kctteler Is Impresslvely
dedlcated In Pekln. Page 2.
North German Lloyd steamer Lahn, with 800
passengers on board, la ashore near Gibraltar.
Pace 2.
Domestic.
High-tariff advocates do much squirming In at
tempting to sheld their pet from unwelcome
light. Page 1.
Representative Jones, of "Washington, submits
minority report against bill for exchanging
sections In land grants. Page 2.
President Mitchell, of United MIneworkers. get3
cordial reception at Indianapolis where an
nual convention will begin today. Pago 2.
Interest in Colorado Senatorial light centers In
report"' of House elections committee, whleh
Is to be made today. Page 2.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt, of New York City, is dead,
aged 81. Page 2.
Editor Gonzales, victim of Tillman's bullet. Is
dying. Page 2.
Northwest Legislatures.
Aspects of the Oregon Senatorial situation at
Salem. Page 1. ,
Washington Senatorial canvass Is much mixed.
Page 2.
Provisions of corporation tax bill for the Ore
gon Legislature. Page 10.
Pacific Coast.
Five men were injured In a row Setween union
and nonunion sailors at Aberdeen, AVaah.
Page 4.
To avoid going to Jail a Spokane Junkman
jumped to death. 'Page 3.
Four men were burned In British Columbia
hotel Are and Ave others are missing.
Page 3.
Fatal war breaks out in San Francisco's Chi
natown. Page 3.
Portland nnd Vicinity.
New city charter must be re-enacted by Legis
lature. Paze S.
Funeral of Representative Thomas H. Tongue
attended by sreat throngs. Page 1.
British police officer, who came from Hong
Kong for prisoner, finds papers vitally de
fective. Page 12.
Committee of Pacific Athletic Association will
send team to Olympian games at St. Louis
Fair. Page 5.
TW HIT
Protectionists Having a
Nervous Time.
EVERYTHING AGAiNSTTHEM
Light Continually Breaks In
Where None Is Wanted.
STEEL TRUST GETS A THRUST
Committee Hastily Adjourns Hearing
Because Important Disclosures
Led Up to the Tariff, Which It
Wishes to Keep Untouched.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Jan. IS. High protectionists are
very much disturbed over recent happen
ings about the tariff. The Senators who
shrieked so loudly about the outrage dona
to the dead Dingley by repeating his al
leged statements about rates of the Ding
ley bill being placed high for trading pur
poses seem to have made themselves
ridiculous. Republicans like Dolllver and
Republican protectionist papers are say
ing that the rates were put high for the
purpose of making treaties. It Is pointed
out that McKlnley understood this and
negotiated the treaties accordingly. Aid
rich and Hale, who made It appear that a
crime had been committed against the
dead, talked very impressively. All they
did, however, was to create the Impres
sion that they would for all time resent
any changco In the tariff schedules. Alli
son Is to talk on the Vest resolution and
considerable interest is manifested In
what he may say. He Is not likely to bo
as radical as Dolllver, but owins to the
sentiment in Iowa, It Is believed he will
Indicate his belief that some tariff changes
are necessary.
It has already been demonstrated that
tariff change by treaty Is out of he ques
tion. Even the Cuban treaty is danger
ous, and If It were not for the McKlnley
promise to Cubans and the Insistence of
Roosevelt that the pledge should be car
ried out, there would not be the slightest
hope for the Cuban treaty. Every tariff
treaty antagonizes too many Interests and
nothing but a general revision seems
practicable in legislation.
Another matter which disturbed the high
protectionists during the week was the
hearing granted to men who pointed out
that the steel trust makes it impossible
for small manufacturers to get along.
These hearings were abruptly closed by
the managers, who did not want any more,
of that kind of talk. The chairman sat
and grinned at the men, who showed what
extortion was being practiced. He is ab
solutely oblivious to the importance of
statements of this kind, and id likewise
too dull to appreciate the effect upon the
country. Western members of the com
mittee squirmed when the statements
were made for they know what Is going on
In the Mississippi Valley.
The removal of the coal duty was in re
sponse to a demand from the East. Tho
New England and other Atlantic states
were making It too hot for their Senators
and Representatives longer to resist the
pressure- and the sluggish men on the
ways and means committee were forced
to act. Their great fear now Is that when
the price of coal is reduced the abolition
of the duty will be given as a cause for.
such reduction.
The ways and means committee denied
a hearing to the Publishers' Association,
which wanted a reduction on wood pulp,
for the alleged reason that there was not
time. This Is not true, for the commit
tee has all the time It needs. Its members
are not burdened with other work, and
the excuse Is so thin that It will not be
accepted.
Upon the whole, the tariff men are not
in a pleasant frame of mind. Even those
who Insist that no changes are necessary
fear that agitation -will force changes in
spite of their resistance.
MAY YET BE KILLED.
Proposed New Department of Com
merce nnd Labor.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Jan. 18. The opposition which
the Department of Commerce bill
encountered In the House may mean Its
death blow when it comes to the Senate.
If the sentiment which actuated the
House Democrats to oppose the bill should
be found In the Senate the bill could be
easily defeated. The secret of the opposi
tion cannot be traced, though the fight
was apparently made In the Interest oC
labor. Of course labor interests, sq far a3
Federal control goes, will be as well cared
for by a bureau in the Department of
Commerce as they are now or could be In
a separate department. All that a bureau
can do Is to gather statistics, for It can
have no supervision over laborers or em
ployers. In naming the new department
"Commerce and Labor," a bit of dema
goguery Is practiced, as the "and Labor"
is simply a sop to the worklngmen, who
figure prominently at the elections.
TO BE 39 TRUE. BILLS.
Report of the Special Chicago Grand
Jury.
CHICAGO, Jan. IS. When the grand
Jury especially convened to Investigate
the coal famine shall make Its report to
morrow. It is expected that there will be
S9 true bills returned againat coal dealers.
The Indictments, it Is said, will charge
the coal dealers with violations of tho
anti-trust laws and with blacklisting.
The charge of blacklisting Is made
against retailers and especially. It Is said,
against the Retail Dealers' Association of
Illinois and Wisconsin.
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