promt. VOL. XLIIL XO. 13,152. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. wet RUBBER BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING, ETC, BELTING, PACKING, HOSE Goodyear Rubber Company It. ir. PEASE. PreMdent. Public Demonstration Today -OP KODAK DEVELOPING MACHINE In our New Quarters, Corner Fourth and Alder Sts. OUR PHOTO DEPT. IS ON THE GROUND FLOOR BIumauer-Frank Drug Company SHAW'S PURE SHAW3 BLUMAUER & HOCH 10S and 110 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon and Washington. J. F. DAVIES. Pre. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON European Plan Rooms 50c to $1.50 First-Class Restaurant In Connection HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets EUROPEAN PLAN Flrat-CIosa Cae-elc Restaurant Connected With Hotel. WILLAMETTE THE MARK OF QUALITY WE CAST IT' ON OUR PRODUCTS AND STAND BEHIND IT WILLAMETTE IRON & STEEL WORKS PORTLAND, OREQON, U. S. A. PORTLAND SAFE & LOCK CO. herrincll-marvinYafe CO. SUCCESSORS HALL SAFE & LOCK CO. STANDARD FIREand BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES 76 FIRST STREET, Corner Oak WIRE BANK AND OFFICE RAILINGS BIBBED WIRE. W1KE KD UWH f EHCIBS. Portland Wire & Iron Works MANUFACTURERS. 147 FRONT ST WANTS DAMAGES. Says Malchlesa Mine TVn Fraudu lently Sold Under Execution. DENVER. Feb. 4. A suit for $3,200,000 damages has been filed in the District Court by Elizabeth B. Tabor, the widow of ex-Senator Tabor, agilnst James W. Newell. Warren F. Page and the Ransom leasing Company. The damage which Mrs. Tabor alleges to have incurred -resulted from a sile on an execution of the Matchless mine, near Leadvllle. which' belonged to the Tabor Mines & Aiming Company. This mine was sold In, 1S99 for little more than $12,000 to satisfy Judgment which the defendants and William H. Harp are said to hive held against Ta bor. Fralid Is alleged againsC the de fendants for the manner In which they secured possession of the mine. LADRONES GIVE BATTLE. Four Hundred Defeat 30 Constable, but Flee Bcfore More. MANILA, Feb. 4. Scattered bands of la dMnesIn Cavlte, Rlsal and Bulacan Prov inces who had formed a junction near Polo, Bulacan. to the number of 400, at tacked and defeated 30 of the constabu lary last Monday. The constables retreat ed, and afterward returned reinforced, whereupon the ladrones fled. Xo More Cholera In Manila. MANILA, Feb. 4 The -United States quarantine officials have declared Manila to be free from cholera, thus ending the quarantine, which has lasted nearly a year. Though, cholera has disappeared from Manila, It Is still epidemic In parts of the Islands. 73-735 First St.. Porllnnd. Or. THE - America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT J. TV. BLAIN. See. and Treaj. PORTLAND, OREGON Rooms-Slngl ........... ..73n to CLBO per 7 Room DoufcU ......... .tl.00 to 12.00 per day Booms Family tl.60 to U.00 per ur TME ESMOND HOTEL OSCAR AHCEBSOH. Muijer. Front and Morrison Streets, PORTLAND OREQON FREE 'BUS TO AND FROM ALL. TRAINS. Kates European plan. Kte. Sc. U.00. J1.S0. 32.00 per day. Sample rooms In connection. Poultry Netting WHOLESALE . EET1IL . AND IRON FENCING ARIZONA ENTERS PROTEST i "Wonld Rather Remain a Territory Titan Be Joined to Xtw Mexico. PHOENIX. ArtxFeb. 4. Although the admission of Arizona and New Mexico aa one state has been frequently suggested. It was never given serious consideration here until the presentation today of dis patches announcing that friends of the omnibus bill were favoring such a com promise. The news created consterna tion here, and the protest Is almost uni versal. Upon the assembling of the Leg islature today, a telegram was read from I Delegate Smith reciting the conditions and stating ne. was opposing me compromise. If his attitude was not In accord with the people, he wanted to know it, so he could inform Congress. A resolution was passed opposing the compromise. The opinion of all those interviewed, both in official and commercial life. Is that It must either be statehood for Arizona or a continuance of the present status of the territory. There is no feeling against New 'Mexico, but Arlzonans claim there Is noth ing In common with' her racially, com mercially, politically or otherwise, and that the union of the two would bring confusion In the adjustment of public debts, government, laws, and everything else. . Inquiry Into Coal Famine. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 4. The Legislative committee to Investigate the cause for the coal famine held Its first meeting here tills afternoon. Fourteen witnesses were summoned, and every effort was made to get at the facts. It Is announced that the Investigation will continue as long as necessary. It being the purpose to prevent a possible recurrence, .of the coal famine, rather, than relieve the present condition. TO BUILD JETTIES Plan to Deepen Mouth of the Columbia. BOARD OF ENGINEERS' YIEW8 Complete and Extend South Jetty Two and a Half Miles. THEN BUILD A NORTH JETTY If South Jetty Does ot Give a Forty Foot Channel, North Jetty Cer tainly Will Whole Cost Xenrly Four Millions. The 'board of engineer officer has reported on the Improvement on the mouth of the Columbia River, and rec ommends The extension of the south jetty 2J4 miles west. It this falls to Inserts a. 40-foot chan nel across tbe bar, build & north' Jetty miles from Cape Disappointment towards the south Jetty. This, says the board, will without doubt attain the desired depth of water. The cost of the Jetties and the con version of the Grant Into a dredge will be 5.713.000. Towards the beginning- of this work J1.5O0.0O0 will be available on July 1. more than can be expended In the suc ceeding year. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 4. The Board of Engineer Officers that has for six months past been considering the project of the perma nent Improvement of the mouth of the Columbia River reported to General Gil lespie today, recommending the exten sion of the present, or south. Jetty due west for two and a hilf miles, or so much of this distance as tho depth of water will - permit-. T"ji -'boa ml, jntortalns. some doubt whether this single Jetty will pro duce and .maintain .a permanent, chan- nrt' 40 feet deep, and to insure such a channel; If the extended Jetty falls short of "that accomplishment. It recommends the construction of a north Jetty two and a half miles long, designed to project from Cape. Disappointment towards the south Jetty and operating with the Ut ter to force through an opening two miles in width tho full volume of the Columbia River. If this Is done, the board says, there Is no doubt about the permanent mainten ance of the desired channel across the bar. Tho board Is not sure that a north Jetty Is needed as long as projected, and If a shorter one will accomplish the pur pose, it can be stopped short at the proper point. The board estimates the proposed ex tension of the south Jetty will cost 12, JGO.OOO, and the construction of the north Jetty tl.205,000, to which 3230.000 Is added, being the cost of operating the dredge Grant, making the total coit of the pro posed Improvement $3,715,000. Build South Jetty First. The board says the work of extending tbe south Jetty should be pressed sea ward as speedily as possible, with the use at first cf only so much stone as may be necessary to secure the construction tres tle against destruction by the sea. T,he Jetty should subsequently bo 'brought to the level of mem low water throughout, and ultimately the old and new portions of the Jetty "should be raised to midtlde level. The board sees no necessity for railing tho Jetty tp or above the level of high water, as this could not be done ex cept ot enormous expense, by surfacing with heavycement blocks, although It is admitted that a higher Jety would tend to produce a greater accumulation of sanfl, and thereby afford more protection to the wprk Itself. The board does recom mend the construction of groins to old In the accumulation of sand along the jetty thereby Increasing Its security. Method of Construction. The board Is by no means srre the south Jetty, when complete, will afford a -10-foot channel;, nevertheless. It recommends that this Jetty be completed before any other work is undertaken. If then It Is found lhe desired depth has not been gained a jetty Is to be constructed extending southwesterly from a point on Cape Dis appointment across Peacock slip to a point two miles north of the end of the proposed Jetty extension. Tho outer end or the north Jetty la to be kept In rear of the outer end of the south Jetty. To obtain the 10-foot channel across the bar it Is self-evident that tbe flow of the river must be concentrated within one channel of moderate width and dis ctarge a "unit to tho sea. The volume of witer must be held together until It has passed entirely over the bar. so that no dispersion may take place until after Its work Is done. The board believes the south Jetty cx- - tension alone will produce a channel depth on tne Dar mucn in excess of the SO feet temporarily resulting from the old work, but greater concentration may be neces sary, such as would be afforded hy the construction of the northern Jetty confin ing to a single outlet the full discharge of the river. The board believes that a low or midtlde Jetty, built upon the line recommended, can be maintained under the protection of the sand that' will be held byjt, but that the maintenance of a high-tide Jetty Is uncertain and very doubtful unless the method of costly construction with a userstructure of heavy concrete blocks be employed. Such expensive construc tion is not Justifiable when the desired results can be better and more economi cally secured by another method. The construction of a north Jetty, should the south Jetty alone fail to secure the pro jected channel depth of 40 feet, will un doubtedly give better results than the raising of the south Jetty from midtlde to high tide, and at a cost less than that ot a concrete superstructure for the latter. With the extension of the south jetty the sand deposit upon Clatsop spit will also be extended seaward, and the sand cplts lying against either side of the Jetty will be the actual directing and controll ing banks of the channel. It Is not ex pected or desired that the jetties them celvcs shall act as training walls, and with the shifting character of the sands of this entrance it is doubtful if they could be compelled to do so, were the attempt made, subjected as they are to tho leveling Influences-of the heavy seas. The sta bility of Jetties ol moderate height is only too precarious under most favorable con ditions, and additional risk of undermin ing would follow frcm their use as retain ins wnlls. The safety of the Jetties against under mining requires that the distance between the north and south Jetties shall be con siderably In excess of the effective width of channel. The approved plan, while concentrating the flow Into one channel, which was at its best In 1S33, will also permit It to flow to the southwest across tbe bar. In accordance with the well defined set of the currents. The board admits that tho "advance of the bar at this point will follow the con struction of the Jetties and the removal of the large quantity of sand necessary to secure a 10-foot channel. The bar ad vance, however, will be a minimum, as the waves and strong lattoral currents have a maximum effect, herein retarding a counteracting bar advance, and unless the story of the last 60 years la mislead ing that advance will be speedily checked and probably rehearsed with a return of the outer bar slope toward Its present lo cation. The two Jetties proposed are to be built on the banks least likely to be moved, and where they will be least sub jected to violent wave actions. Plenty of Money Available. The plan submitted by the board will undoubtedly be aproved by the Chief of Engineers, so that contracts) may be let during the coming Summer. On July 1 there will be 11,500,000 available more than can be expended during the coming year. The Jetties prbposed are to be ot random stone and built after the same fashion as the old Jetty, although the sea ends will be of heavier cross section to meet the greater exposure. In conclusion the board says: "The board, although aware that the total estimated cost of the two Jetties rec ommended for. the ultimate Improvement, of this entrance isMn excess of the limits pVscriDel b-tbe'lsstriVi;-andtharfeocjaRU. tdels that the Importance! of this entrance justifies the plan herein recommended, for Its complete and permanent Improvement, and that, while partial Improvement may be obtained at a less cost, no less exten sive a project "will assuredly secure and permanently maintain a channel 40 feet deep and ot suitable width. The Columbia River entrance is the only deep-water port In the 709 miles of stormy coast between San Francisco and the Straits of Fuca, and. If suitably Improved, will be an In valuable harbor of refuge. Its value as a commercial port is well known, as la fur ther evidenced by the fact that the people of the largest port within the entrance. Portland, have spent about 1,000,000 of their own money In the betterment of the channel leading to their harbor. "The board's plan Is such as to permit of the carrying forward of the project within the UmltH prescribed by the act of June 13, 1902. After providing for the conver sion of tho Grant into a seagoing dredge, and for its operation for a temporary deepening of the bar channel, there re main available sufficient funds for vthe completion of the south Jetty and its Z'A mlle extension. This work should be pushed as rapidly as funds will permit, subject only to tho limitations, with regard to Impracticable depths, and in the opin ion of the board it alone will secure a bar channel ot greater depth than has ever existed heretofore. Provision should, however, be made for the construction of the north Jetty, bo that the work may be prosecuted under the most advantageous conditions, and whenever it la necessary for securing a channel of the full dimen sions prescribed, there is every assurance that, when additional money Is needed for constructing the north jetty. It will be promptly authorized b Congress." The board reports adversely on the Haupt reaction Jetty plan as Impracticable In ways and amounting In effect to a mere extension of the old Jetty. ALASKA COAL LA!D SURVEYS. Bill Favorably Reported Attempt -to Revive Checkerboard Bill, OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 1. The land committee today favorably reported a bill permitting en tries on surveyed coal lands In Alaska, after the lands have been privately sur veyed under direction of the Surveyor General of Alaska, all entries to be rec tangular and. embracing 40, SO or 160 acres each, and tot be distinctly marked on the ground. The publlc.'lands committee reported an amendment to the "Checkerboard" land exchange bill, recently voted down In tho House, limiting exchanges to townships. Instead of counties, so that when lands are relinquished to the .Government, the lands taken in exchange must be within the same township as those surrendered. The exchange Is made to meet the charge that the bill would permit corrallng; of large tracts by single owners, hut it will probably not rehabilitate the bill. By Polaon and Diphtheria. DAUPHIN. Manitoba. Feb. 4. Three children have mysteriously died - In one family at 'Laurler. Whether death was caused by accidental poisoning or diphthe ria has not yet been ascertained, but an investigation Is being asked for by citi zens of the town. Children Cremated In Their Home. ORLANDO, Okla.. Feb. 4. Fire - today destroyed .the home of A ,B. Deselms. and Mrs., Deselms and her two children, aged 1 and, 4 years respectively, were burned to death, their bodies-being burned beyond recognition. ' ' NOT FULTON Representative Hume Resents'the Idea. CASTS VOTE FOR HARRIS His Arrival Makes Situation More Complicated. HERMANN IS EXPECTED TODAY Question of TonRue's Successor May Cut Some Figure In Senatorial Contest Clatsop Mun Expect ed Coup Xot Vet at Hand. Fulton ... Geer , Wood Mills Scattering Abstnt ... 3 -18 , IT i- 0 SALEM, Or., Feb. 4. (Staff corres pondence.) Representative Hume arrived from San Francisco today and before he was sworn testily Inquired of the news. paper representatives why they had as signed him to the Fulton .column. "Becauso the Fulton people have claimed you, and nobody had authority to say anything to the contrary," was the reply. "Well, that la scarcely reason enough, he rejoined. "I do not belong there. I have told no one that I would vote for Mr. Fulton." "Whom will you vote for?" "Walt till noon and you will see," he said, and the Legislature and the crowd at 1:20 o'clock saw that Mr. Hume had so high a regard for his young friend Speak er Harris that he voted for him for United States Senator. "I have come from San Francisco to help elect a Senator," eaid Mr. Hume to tbe reporters. "I was In, a hospital there TT3r ftmeTflme ana I hoped togeT"bacIc before I did. The trip has done me no good,, for I 'have been able to get no sleep and I have been Jolted up a great deal. We need a young and able man for Sen ator and when we get him we should keep him there, eo that In time he would be able to be of great value to the state." IlarrI as Congressional Possibility. Speaker Harris comes up to the required ments fixed by Mr. Hume, for he us young, active and able. Whether the Curry Cdunty representative will persist In an effort to start a boom for the bright Lane County Legislator remains to be seen. He might have better success If he were to endeavor to land Mr. Harris In the lower house of Congress, for sen timent Is by.no means confined to Mr. Harris' immediate constituency that he Is a growing man and he is justified In an ambition, if he has any, to represent the state at Washington. Mr. Harris has powerful allies In Mr. Hume, Mr. Booth and Mr. Kuykendall and they are likely to prove strong factors In the district con vention to name Mr. Tongue's successor. But Mr. Hume may determine that Din ger Hermann is the man for that place. He has been a very Influential supporter of Mr. Hermann In the past, but It would by no means appear to follow because he? Is Interested favorably in Mr. Hermann's political welfare, that he is by the same token also bound to help Mr. Fulton In his campaign. That is what Mr. .Her mann's friends here seemed to think, but just there is where Mr. Hume did not agree with them. He is a man of indepen dent thought and habit, as today's events disclosed, and he does not always do what somebody has asked or expected him to do. It should be added that Mr. Fulton has at no time personally claimed that Mr. Hume would be for him nor did he take the trouble to dispel the common notion so lndu&rloualy cultivated among and by his friends that the Curry County man would fall In line and he delivered to him along with others of the Hermann following. It Is said that Mr. Hermann himself will be here tomorrow or. next day. It will be Interesting to ascertain whether he will And it to his Interest to do personally what he can for Mr. Fulton. Still Eleven Short. This was the day generally looked for ward to as the high water mark of Mr. Fulton's efforts for the present week. It has passed without a break In the oppo sition and without an accession to bis strength. The arrival of Mr. Hume has on the contrary strengthened the opposi tion by one and has left Fulton Just 11 votes short of an election. With Mr. Adams absent. It will take 43 to elect and Mr. Fulton now has 34. If he decides that It will b-j proper to go In and record his vote for himself, he will need ten. It looks now as if all sides think there will be no Issue to the contest until the end of the session, more than two weeks dis tant. Mr. Fulton will, of course, not remit his efforts, to bring matters to a climax before then, but his tactics now are de voted in part to inspiring a sentiment among his followers that If they hold to gether the minority is bound In 'the end to come to them. Not the Majority Candidate. It Is scarcely correct to spaak of Mr. Fulton as the majority candidate, be cause he has not In his camp a majority of all Republicans. They number 72 and the combined opposition Is 37. He has more than twice as many votes as his nearest Republican competitor. Fulton men say that they are well equipped for a prolonged struggle and have no fear that they will1 suffer any- losses. It la well known, however that the Fulton men are not easy about the Clackamas County delegation and they are not unprepared for defections there. The memory of the Paulsen incident continues fresh in their minds. The Geer supporters In the Marion County delegation had a meeting tonight and decided to continue Indefinitely In their present course. Mr. Fulton has within the past few days interviewed personally every member from Marlon County and has presented arguments why they should settle the question now by coming to him. But they have not come. E. B. P. HUME VOTES FOR L. T. HARRIS. Delayed Representative I Xot for Mr. Falton. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Repre sentative .Hume was on hand today. He had been supposed to be lined up with Mr. Fulton, but friends who talked with him before the noon hour learned that he was not a supporter of the Clatsop states man. He would not say for whom he would vote: and, naturally, there was great interest in his attitude. When his name "was called on rollcail he responded with "L. T. Harris." Speaker Harris blushed with pleasure, and the crowd with whom the Speaker is quite popular got noisy with satisfaction. There was no other incident except that Senator Stelwer created a slight ripple of amusement by answering "Hermann" Instead of "Geer." He quickly corrected himself. The vote resulted: For C. W. Fulton Booth. Both, Brown ell, Carnahan, Carter, Cornett, Dlmmlck. Eddy, Edwards. Emmltt, Farrar. Gault, G!nn, Hahn. Hale, Hansbrough. Harris. Hawkins. Hermann. HInes. Huntley, Kuykendall. LaFollett, Marsters, Miles Paulsen, Phelps. Purdy, Rand, Riddle, Shelley, Smith of Yamhill, Webster, Will iamson 34. For T. T. Geer Burgess, Crolsan. Daly, Danneman, Davey, Hayden. Hobson, Kowe, Johnson of Grant. Johnston of Wasco. Judd, Kay, Mulkey, Simmons. Stciwer, Whenldon 16. .For C. E. S. Wood-BIlyeu, Blakley. Burleigh. Cantrall. Claypool, Galloway, Kramer, Miller, Murphy, Olwell. Pierce, Bobbins, Smith of Umatilla. Sweek. Test, Wade, Wehrung 17. For A. L. Mills Bailey. Cobb. Hodson, Holman, Hudson. Hutchinson, Jones of Multnomah, Malarkey. Mays, McGinn, Myers, Reed 12. For George H. Williams Banks, Orton 2. For W. D. tlngham 3. Fenton Fisher, GUI, Not- For M. C. George Hunt. Smith of Mult nomah 2. For BInger Hermann Jones of Lincoln. For L. T. Harris Hume. Absent Adams, Fulton 2. REJECT HALF A LOAF. Trainmen of One Railroad Send Back Offer With ' Ultimatum. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 4.-Committccs repre senting the trainmen and conductors ot the Missouri. Kamtas & Texas Railroad Company received notice today of a raise In wages of approximately- II per cent, xj a reply to the demand for a 20 per cent In crease; The orderasrsaaedlateljrcot-T. ed end counter proportions made to the officials, of the road, with an ultimatum tnat it must be answered by tomorrow. P. H. Morrissey. grand master of the uruer of Railway Trainmen, said tonight that a new proposition had been received from the Missouri Pacific officials, but had not been acted upon. The propositions from the St. Louis & San Francisco and thp Cotton Belt railroads are being voted on by the employes, he said, and it is ex pected that the result of the vote will be announced Saturday. Want Wind River Reservation Open. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 4. The Wyo ming Industrial Convention today adopted resolutions that a strong memorial be sent to the proper departments of the general Government for the allotment in severalty of lands included in the Wind River or Shoshone reservation In Wyoming. The rtscrvatlon comprises 2,808,000 acres, and there are on it 1G00 Indians. Thirteen Bnllots, Xo Choice. DOVER, Del.. Feb. 4. The 13th ballot for United States Senator taken today was without definite result. CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Xntlonnl. Statehood bill affords opportunity for Senators ' to bandy epithets.' Page 2. Tariff debate springs up In the Rouse. Page 2. , , Domentlc. William Hooper Young' has become a physical wreck in Jail. Page C Fierc blizzard sweeps over Middle West and cuts off Chicago from the world. Page 3. Pay-day passes in almost perfect peace at Wa terbury. soldiers guarding cars. Page 7. Foreinn. Bowen aciees to give allies' claim priority for a short period. Page 3. Reported death of the Empress Dowasjer of China. Page 7. Crushing defeat of the pretender In Morocco: he barely escapes capture. Page 7. Xorthvreat Leclsln t urrs. McBrlde commission bill will go to its death earlier than was expected. Page 1. Representative Hume's opposition to Fulton upsets calculations somewhat. Page 1. Two attempts at constitutional amendments are turned down at Salem. Page 4. Malsrkfy'x Inheritance tax bill gojs through the Senate. Page 4. Bankers meet and discuss proposed banking hill at Olympla. rage 3. Nottingham has bill to protect birds. Page 5. Vancouver railroad la to connect with Wash ington and Oregon; will lay 12 mltas ot new rails. Page C Ifnclflc Const. About 4500 scuare miles of forest land Is to be added to reserves in Washington. Page C Plan of board of engineers for deepening wa ter on Columbia River bar. Page 1. Sports. Student at Washington Agricultural College quarrel over election. Page 10. Al Nelll arrives from San Francisco ready to meet Rellly. Page 10. University cf Oregon freshmen sill wear class caps. Page 10. Commercial and Marine. Weekly review of the local wholesale and pro duce markets. Page 15. Strength ot Reading the feature of stock trad ing at New York. Page IS. Wheat advance' at Chicago on strong cables. Page 13. More inquiry for prunes from exportera. Page 15. Another veseel la tow collide, with Morrison- street bridge Page 11. Portland and Vicinity. Council nasses Increased wage scale for city employes after long debate. Page 10. Fruitgrowers form a combine to establish mar ket place in Portland. Page 14. Forty-five students win High School dfblomaa. Page Hi t Three .disinterested men to Inspect East Burn- side improvement. Page 14. County School Superintendent Robinson favors bill for consolidation of school dl.trlcts. ae 14. 11 McBride's Pet Measure Soon to Be Slain. - WILL NOT CO INTO HOUSE Senate Committee Will Put It Out of Sight. M'BRIDE IS NOT TO fiETALIATE Railroad CommUxlon BUI, Which Threatened TJInruptlon of the Re- publican Party In Washing ton, -la Doomed. Unless a change ot programme occurs, the McBrlde railroad commission bill will be Indefinitely postponed today by the Senate committee. The measure Is now practically dead, and It only remains to decide the courtesies and formalities of its funeral services. It had been rumored that Governor McBrlde woald get back at the enemies ot the bill by vetoing appropriation measures, but this fear was put at rest yesterday by Senator Hamilton, who held a conference with the Chief Ex ecutive, The Legislature may pass the hill ap propriating 110,000 for expenses in fighting .the merger case. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 4. (Staff cor respondence.) The railroad commlrslon bill, thit burning Issue that has shared honors with the Senatorial flpht, not only, for the past month, but since ktst Spring, when Governor McBrlde Issued his femous manifesto, is nearing the day ot ttr, execution much more, rapidly than has previously been expected. The project of bringing It up in tbe House, where It would stand perhips an even show for Us life, has been abandoned, and unless. there la a change ot programme In tbo- meanflmet If raa'r come up In the Senate tomorrow; ' The railroad committee of the Senitei will hold a meeting tomorrow morning, before the Senate convenes, and may put the big Issue of the last campaign before the Senate as soon as It convenes. It tta,s the intention until todiy to have the matter come up In the Senate and bo made a special order for some day next week, but tonight It Is reported, that tho Senate will send It to a speedy death by the Indefinite-postponement route as soon as It Is reported by the committee to morrow morning. A Mere Mutter of Obaequles. Except for the formalities, the bill la dead already, and the only hitch In the programme at the present time Is over the manner In which the obsequies are to be conducted. If , It is not given a rpeedy shove Into oblivion tomorrow. It will be due to tho tact that Senatoriil courtesy will permit some of its .friends to preach a farewell sermon over its remains. Incidentally a few who are not friends ot the measure which has brought about so much strife in the Re publican party may wish to make a few farewell remarks on the matter. That It will be called up from the com mittee in the morning is a certainty, and It definite action Is not taken then, a date for the execution will be set early next week. The meisure Is known as the Tolman bill In the Senate end as. -the Dlx bill in the House. If the Senate makes a speedy! disposition of it tomorrow, the Dlx bill may be called up in the House on Fri day. As previously stated, the fight In tho House Is much closer thin In the Senate, and the views of ' the opposition forces will probably be thoroughly aired before It Is finally killed or pissed. If It should succeed in getting past the House by a majority, which cannot well be otherwise than small, the Senate will hive another chance at it- Mcnrlde Will Xot Retaliate. Governor McBrlde has for some 'time realized that there was no hope for his pet measure, and there have' been numer ous rumor that he would retaliate by vetoing appropriation bills which the commission members would like .to have pissed. Today It is stated that there la but a faint possibility of anything ot this kind- happening. Senator Ed 'Hamilton, who Is .one of the principal leaders ot the railroad forces, had a conference witn the Governor, today, and the chief ex ecutive assured him that the appropria tion bills would be considered strictly on their merits, and no fight would be made on any appropriation bill that was de serving. This position of the Governor will expedite matters groitly, and but little trouble Is anticipated in this direc tion, as a result of the very fierce fight that has raged between the commission and anti-commission forces. It Is also reported that tbe rallroid forces In the Senate will permit .the pass age of the bill appropriating $10,000 for the expense- of fighting the merger case. This bill could be killed as easily as the commission bill, but there seems to be a disposition among the Governor's oppo nents to let It become a law. Whether this is due to their belief that McBrlde will loso the merger fight and thus bo left in an awkward position, or whether it is because they have a sincere desire to help him In this last move, is un known, but he could never get tht meas ure through both Houses without the aid of the men whom he bis been fighting on the Senatorial and railroad commission! issues. E. W. W. t A