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THE! MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1908. i MuItnomaK Fair Association IRVINQTON PARK X r . c t 8 RACES TO DAY SATURDAY Last Day of the Stock Exhibition Races Start at 1:30 P. M. Sharp y to?- -J' -1 -. , A - ADMISSION SO GRANDSTAND FREE Street-Cars From All Parts of the City. LUXURY TO NATION Dawes' Indian Commission Does Little Real Work. AFFORDS S0FTPLACES TO MANY -tCopgrrcsnmen Make Xo Objection to Libernl Appropriations If Their Henchmen Get Them Hitch cock May Change This. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington, Sept. 23. Representative Burton, of Ohio, who made a general assault on the Indian appropriation bill 'during the last session of Congress, brought to light Bome general facts which would seem to justify the opinion held by Secretary Hitchcock, that the Dawes Commission, now under fire in Indian Territory, is an expensive and unjustifiable luxury, which the Government can 111 afford. Represen tative Sherman, who had the bill in charge, had Just concluded an earnest plea for further appropriations for the Dawes Commission when Mr. Burton was recog nized. Among other things he said, refer ring to this commission: "The Government has been expending enormous sums, to be counted by millions, for allotments of the lands and settling the rights of the respective Indians. The total expense of the service for allotting,! appraising, dividing, acting as mediator and Judge In all the various classes of j aispui.es among me inuians is paid oy tne United States. In view of the immense value of these lands divided among them Cor their benefit, the very large expendi tures incurred prove that our country has teen more than fair to these tribes. In Proof ot Extravagance. "I think, further, that the expenditures of this commission are open to the accusa tion of extravagance. I find in the report of 1901 a list of the employes. There ap pear in that report 19 surveyors and 57 appraisers. It seems to me that propor tion of three to ' one is dangerously like that of three grown persona who have to escort one boy to the circus. It would took to an outsider as if there weire a tmrplus of appraisers. "On page 449 it will appear that there is ne clerk in charge of the land offices, and there are some 32 subordinates. One tlerk in charge at $150 a month; one clerk B-t ?125 a month; eight clerks at $100 a month; one contest clerk at $100 a month; tight clerks at $75 a month; two inter preters at $60 per month; five stenogra phers at 5100 per month; four stenogra phers at $75 a month; one marshal at $60 l month; and one messenger at $40 a month, two Janitors at $30 a month; and 9fHce rent, etc. If any committee of this Congress, or Congress itself, should sup ply itself as lavishly with subordinates f these various classes, it would certainly be criticised very severely." In his remarks which had gone before. Representative Sherman showed that the Dawes Commission had been more ex pensive than has been generally supposed. There was some dispute as to the aggre rate appropriation that should be made, tmendments having been offered materi ally to cut down the clerical force. In de tense of a liberal allowance, Mr. Sherman said: "We have expended a very large amount f money through the commission. The Item In the last bill was more than twice Ihe amount appropriated for the coming tear. This bill carries $115,090; last year's $324,000; the year before $524.000." He did not go beyond, but when questioned by Burton, as to whether the corps of em ployes were appointed, from, the civil serv ice, he replied: ' "No; all outside of the civil service. They are of a temporary nature." When further pressed to know how long the commission would require to complete the duties before It, Sherman said he would not be surprised If it took four or five years: three years at least. Patronage nt Bottom o It. These facts are doubly interesting, when considered in connection with a statement made by Clarence B. Douglas, editor of the Muscogee Phoenix, the man who is directly responsible for the present dis turbance and the resulting investigation. Douglas says that the present rottenness in Indian Territory is largely attributable to patronage, and In substantiation of this charge he says: ''The chief trouble we have encountered in trying to get a new order of things for Indian Territory Is the Indifference, or rather the selfish interests of members of Congress. Six times I have been elected by the people in Indian Territory to come to Washington and 'boost for them, as we style lta the Territory. We have no territorial form of government. The con ditions are most deplorable among men and women, numbering 000,000 whites and 80,000 negroes and Indians living In the heart of the country. "You must remember," added Mr. Doug las, earnestly, "that there is. an Indian committee, one for the Senate and one for the House of Representatives, also a com mittee on the Five Civilized Tribes. All of these in one way or another have to do with affairs in Indian Territory. I do not blams tern lor it, but these members of committees and their friends In Congress have all told about 1000 employes In Indian Territory, their strikers and hard workers, who are dumped upon us to be taken care of at public expense. Protect Their Henchmen.' "Thus," continued Mr. Douglas, "you can see that when one attempts to accom plish any change In our sad condition, even for the establishment of some sort of gov ernment that we deserve, these same Con gressmen are too busy with other affairs. They don't want their henchmen disturbed while holding fat offices in the Territory. That is the secret of the Indian Terri tory problem for years." Mr. Douglas, it should be explained, has resided in Indian Territory for 15 years. He says he cares nothing for the loss of his former Government position, but does care about his reputation, which has been assailed. After a conference with Secre tary Hitchcock, to whom he made a full statement of his case, he declared the Secretary to be an honest man, actuated by honest and straightforward motives, but he says the Secretary has been misin formed regarding conditions in Indian Ter ritory, and Is, to that extent, excusable for certain of his acts. Present indications point to a full Con gressional Investigation into the affairs of Indian Territory at the coming session of Congress, and a substantiation of asser tions made by Representative Burton, wnich can readily be made, will uriques tlonatly lead to the termination of the Dawes Commission, and will cut off from the public treasury four men who have been drawing $5000 a year for a slight and inconsequential service. DOLE WOULD HAVE TO GO GOVERNOR OF HAWAII SHOWS DIS CRETIOX IX ItETIRING. Funeral ot Bert MnscrK. SALEM. Sept. 25. (Special.) Bert Ma gers, who died in Portland last night, was a son of Mrs. Mary J. Magers, of this city. He was a brother of Judge J. E. Magefs, of Portland: A. E. Magers and Miss Minetta Magers, of Salem. The funeral will be conducted from the fam ily home on Twelfth street, in this city, tomorrow afternoon. Cutter for Pujret Sound. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. The new revenue cutter Areata, built by W. A. Boole & Son for the Government, will be towed to Puget Sound by the cutter Hugh McCulloch, leaving port next week. The Areata is to be used permanently on Puget Sound. Committee Headed by Senator Mitch ell, Made It Plain Another Man Could Do Better. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 25. Governor Dole is to be commendetl for the discretion he displayed In recently announcing he will not be a candidate for reappointment as Chief Ex ecutive of the Territory of Hawaii. Gov ernor Dole must recognize that he could not secure reappointment, even if he wants it. He is too strongly opposed by the peo ple of Hawaii, and furthermore, the ad ministration Is convinced that infusion of new blood will be desirable, if not' essen tial. There are many reasons to believe that some other man can administer the Governor's office in a more satisfactory manner than Dole. Senator Mitchell and his two colleagues who visited Hawaii a year ago, early came to this conclusion, and while their report to the Senate is not bluntly expressed, i their suggestions are very plain. These Senators, moreover, very carefully re viewed the Hawaiian situation with the President, and it Is known they then recommended that some man from the United States be appointed to succeed Dole when his term expires next May. In their report to the Senate, the Mitchell subcom mittee had this to say: "While Governor Dole is recognized by all as an honest, capable man, and has succeeded fairly well, considering the dif ficulties with which he has had to con tend, it is nevertheless a "fact that the present leaders in Hawaii are divided into two classes, those who helped to destroy the monarcy and those who stood by the monarchy to the last and opposed a change of government Her.ce. it is but natural that a person selected from either class for executive will find his way strewn more or less with obstacles which would not Intrude themselves in the path of an executive selected from the main land, who had no Dart either one" way or the other In bringing about the several j cuuiiKcs in government xnai nave occurred in uip lsiauas in tne last nine years." The committee called attention to the fact that the organic act provides that a person to be eligible for appointment as Governor of Hawaii must be at least 35 years of age and a citizen of that terri tory. The committee then very bluntly expresses the opinion that these limita tions are unwise and should be abolished. "In fact," says their report, "all things considered. If a limitation of any kind were Imposed, It should be the other way that the Governor should be selected from outside the territory. However, this the committee does not recommend." In assailing the restriction as to age, the committee has this to say: "This Is an age in which young men, vigorous and strong physically and Intellectually, are coming to the front." Attention Is directed to the early career of President Roosevelt, of Thomas Jefferson, William Pitt and other prominent statesmen, all of whom rendered sltrnal service hptwAon the aiaa ! of 21 and 30. As to the choice of good men from out side of Hawaii, the committee says: "If so admirable a selection as Judge Tat for Governor-General of the Philip pines can be made from Ohio, and Gen eral Luke Wright, an equally capable man, can be taken from Tennessee, and so good a man as Governor Hunt can be found outside of Porto Rico for Governor of that territory, it occurs to your com mittee that the President of. the United States ought to have the right to select a Governor "for Hawaii either from among the citlzenp of Hawaii or from among the 1 the local association it was decided to citizens of any of the states or territories on the mainland." TO ANNUL MARRIAGE. .Army Lieutenant Xamcn Filipino Woman as. Defendant. LEAVEN WORTH Kan., Sept 25. First Lieutenant Sidney S. Burbank, Sixth Infantry, stationed at Fort Leav enworth, filed suit in the District Court today to annul a pretended marriage with Mrs. Conception Vasquez, a Fili pino woman. The filing of this suit is tne outcome of a charge made by Mrs. Vasquez to the War Department last Spring that Lieu tenant Burbank had married her while in the Philippine Islands, and as she was his lawful wife she wanted him to sup port her. The first notice of this alleged marriage was made public after the an nouncement of the engagement of Lieu tenant Burbank .to a society girl of Leavenworth.' It Is said that Lieutenant Burbank's ex planation of the affair Is that a Justice of the Peace of the village where he commanded the troops was Imprisoned for six months for insubordination; that the Justice had charge of the records, and in his anger, and to get even with him, permitted the .woman to apply and make out a marriage certificate. His object in filing the suit here Is to clear up his record, Under the Kansas divorce laws the woman has 40 days to answer. She will not have time to do so, as it would require at least three months to prepare any defense and file It by a per son now in the Philippines. GOLD FROM THE NORTH. Three Steamers Brine ?1,250,000 to Seattle. SEATTLE, Sept. 25. Seattle's' gold re ceipts from the North today amounted to $1,250,000. This great treasure ship ment came from Nome and the British Yukon on the steamers Ohio, Senator and Dolphin. These three vessels brought 820 passengers. The Dolphin had the Klon dike, or British Yukon, shipment of $50D, 000. It came consigned to the Seattle As sasy Office and the Canadian Bank of Commerce of this city from the Dawson branch of the institution. Purser Robertson had in his charge on the voyage from the North the great I gold nugget taken from an Anvil Creek bench September 8. The exact value of this beautiful specimen Is $3255.90. play the Britishers- on October 17 and IS on the National baseball grounds. SACK HOUSE OF LANDLORD Frenchmen Slake Objection to His Eviction of a Poor Tenant. LILLE, France, Sept. 25. Extraordinary scenes were witnessed yesterday at Armen tieres. A landlord, having decided to evict a defaulting tenant, the father of 12 chil dren, a crowd of about 3000 persons organ ized a hostile demonstration before the landlord's house, which the police protect ed. During the evening a police magis trate attempted to arrest a demonstrator who had thrown a brick at him, where upon the mob burst through the police lines and entered and sacked the house, the Inmates of which hastily escaped by a back door. The rioters next attacked the Magistrate's hpuse. adjoining, and he and his wife and children were compelled to escape over the roofs. Reinforcements of gendarmes finally dispersed the mob, but the officers were unable to make any arrests. NO OFFER TO GROSSCUP. THE DEATH ROLL. Trainer of Klnf? Edward's Hqrses. DENVER. Sept 25. Richard S. Howse, formerly trainer of thoroughbreds In King; Edward's stables, was buried in this city today. He died at the age of 32 of con sumption, contracted In his efforts to re duce his weight to meet the requirements of his profession. The famous horses, Ormonde and Isomony, were trained by Howse. Prominent Attorney Found Dead. DENVER. Sept. 25. Allan B. Seaman, a prominent attorney, was found dead in hfd at his home this mornlnc frnm Yionrr ; disease, aged 42 years. Mr. Seaman, was a large practice. Corbln at Fort Iavr-ton. SEATTLE, Sept 25. Major-General Henry C. Corbln. of the regular Army, visited Fort Lawton near this city today in the course of his tour of inspection of construction work at Western Army posts. He arrived .at 1 P. M. In a spe cial car over the Northern Pacific, and will leave tomorrow, morning over the Canadian Pacific and proceed direct to Washington without stop. Will Play Lacrosse Champions. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 25. The cham pion Vancouver lacrosse team, will play two xra.mes in this city.. At .a. meeiliur cf Northern Securities Has Not Asked Judge to Become Its Counsel. ST. PAUL, Sept. 26. The Globe tomor row will say: "It was announced last night by a high official of the Northern Securi ties Company that no tender of the posi tion as counsel for the Northern Securities Company had been made to United States Judge Grosscup, of Chicago, and that such a tender is not and has not been con templated. This statement is made in jus tice to Judge Grosscup." The Pluce to Achieve Reform. Corvallls Gazette. The gambling graft seems to be the question of the hour In Portland. We aro inclined to think that -the stand taken by Mayor Williams Is the correct one. The question resolves Itself Into a choice of evils, whether It is better to have a cor rupted system of government with the gamblers' money going to corrupted of ficials, or a system under which the gamblers should pay their money into the city treasury- Earnest and honest efforts have been made by the city government to suppress gambling. Men have been ar rested, but every one of them acquitted. In fact not a single conviction was ob tained. Its only result was to drive gam bling behind closed doors, and to degen erate square games into a system of rob bing. If Dr. Hill and Dr. Hous,e, and the rest of their orcanization will reform their own followers to the extent of preventing them from the practice of playing- the slot machines when they buy their morn ing cigar, and from participating in stock gambling In their dally business, they will have done more to stop gambling than all the political combinations ever made. Why not begin at the bottom, brother reformers. Peckem So young Wllklns Is to be married next week, is he? Enpeck Yes; I'm sorry to say he Is. Peckem "Why are you sorry? En peck Because he's a good fellow, who never harmed any one. Chicago Dally News. Jl NeW Wrinkle, (No. 4.) Easy Vegetable Soup Two teaspoonfuis Armour's Extract of Beef, 2 quarts of vater 3 tablespoonfuls tomato H cup carrots Vx tcaspoonf Hi parsley 1 cup potatoes 2 tablespoonfuls butter Vt onion, chopped fine 14 bay leaf Yi cup celery H cup rice salt and pepper Chop Tecetables and add with rice- to water with salt; cook until tender (about 30 minutes) ; then add Extract of Beef, parsley, bay leaf and seasonings. Armour's Tomato Bouillon may be used in place of tomatoes one blespoonf ul of Tomato Bouillon to each quart of soud. I Above is taken from edition de luxe "Culinary Wrinkles" (just out) which will be sent postpaid to any address on receipt of a metal cap from jar of Armour's Extract of Beef. Armour & Company, Chicago. 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