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I THE MORNING OREGONXAN. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1904. POLITICS IN KINO Strang e Combinations of Men of Different Factions, TRUST. PLACED IN DR. SMITH Given Free Rein In South District by the Very Men Who Forced Him to Retire as a Candi date for Governor. SEATTLE, Wash., April 10. (Special.) The vote of the hold-over Senators is bo badly split up that politicians have not given much attention to the detail of harmonizing the men -with votes in the next legislature -with those who expect to be nominated. Three of the hold-overs are pronounced "Wilson men. Two of the others have flirted with Wilson, while the sixth gave a half-pledge to Piles months ago that Jias since developed Into nn active parti cipation in his campaign. The seventh has been an in-and-out Wilson supporter. If Wilson insists upon their support and will star with them in any assault mods upon them. Senators R. M. Klnnear, E. B. Palmer and Andrew Hemrich will sup port him. Senator A. T. Van de Vanter was a Wilson man a short time ago, but he weakened In the municipal campaign and is now a Furth advocate. Senators W. G. Potts and J. J. Smith .have -been close to the Wilson camp, and have given strong intimations that they would sup port him. Smith is not certain now, and Potts Is less so. Potts, however, hrs refused to accept Piles orders to throw George W. Jeffries overboard and insists he will give Jeffries his iome precinct. O. A.v Tucker Is a member of the Piles executive com mittee'. Tucker Is the one member of the Senate delegation from this county who gave Piles an early pledge of sup port and he hedged away when the hold overs at a banquet last Summer refused to Indorse Piles. The eighth member of the King County Senate delegation is W. H. Moore, a Dem ocrat, who voted for Preston two years ego. He may insist upon voting for a Republican Senatorial candidate from this county, and at ttie coming session. Moore's connections are with the Pacific Coast Company and he would favor Piles unless reassurances from Jacob Furth kept him away. The hold-over Senators do not like the Piles movement, nor have they ever, as a rule, been friendly. They were not con sulted before Piles announced his candi dacy, and they believed that they were entitled to a voice. Moreover, in the early stages, the hold-overs owed an ob ligation to Wilson, slight, but sufficient to hold them aloof. Smith's friends on the delegation have resented his enforced re tirement from the Gubernatorial fight, and this feeling does not help Piles. But there is no member of the Senate dele- gatlon strong enough to hold aloof if the County Convention should Instruct for Piles. It Is a rather significant fact that though the Piles committee Insisted Smith and his following were playing Into Fos ter's hands through "his candidacy, the south district fight has been given over to Smith and his friends to manage. The peculiar situation is presented that Smith as a Gubernatorial candidate was not safe to trust, but as a man forced out of the light he can be given control of his own district by the men who made him quit But that is only one of the peculiar phases of the King County fight. For instance, In the Seventh Ward, C. C. Dal ton. Assistant Attorney-General, and one of the most prominent McBfldo men in the state, has joined with B. Helster Guie to carry the ward against W. H. Xewis, who was a McBrlde leader In the last Legislature. Dalton is a candidate for County Attorney and Guie wants to go back to the House, after an absence of four years. REPUBLICANS ARE CONFIDENT Expect to Elect Entire Ticket In Mar- ion County Without Difficulty. SALEM, Or,. April 10. (Special.) Now that the Congressional contest In the First District seems to be settled in fa vor of Hermann, attention is being turned to political matters of more local lmpor. tance and to the probable action of the Democrats. While the friends of Harris do not expressly admit that their favor ite is defeated, they show that they have little hopes of his success. It is claimed for him that he will break Into some of the delegations that are counted solid for Hermann, but there Is little if any ex pectation that he can secure votes enough to win out in that manner Wednesday. One of the most interesting contests In the State Convention will be the selection of two candidates for Circuit Judge and one for District Attorney In the Third Judicial District, composed of Marion, Linn, Polk, Yamhill and Tillamook Coun ties. The candidates for Circuit Judge are: George H. Burnett and L. K. Adams, of Marlon; J. R, Wyatt, of Linn; James McCain, of Yamhill, and B. L. Eddy, of Tillamook. No one of theBe seems cer tain of nomination, and unless some com binations aj-e effected before the con vention meets, it will be everybody's fight "until the vote is counted. There are two candidates for District Attorney, J. N Hart, of Polk, and J. H. McNary, of Mar lon. , The Democrats seem to have little hope of electing a candidate to any county of fice In Marion County, except, possibly, one or two Representatives In the Legis lature. The plan of the Democrats is to nominate only one or two men for the five places In the Legislature, hoping thuB to secure the advantage of whatever scratches there may be on the Republican legislative ticket. They count on nom inating men who are widely known and who are personally popular. They figure that whenever one man on the. Republican ticket is scratched for personal reasons the Democratic candi date will receleve the benefit of it, and since all the opponents of five Republicans will be centering their support of one or two Democrats, it is hoped this advan tage will accomplish the defeat of the low man on the Republican ticket. The plan may not be adopted, but Is being favorably discussed In Democratic cir cles. The outlook for Republican suc cess is so good that B. B. Colbath. who was elected Sheriff on the Democratic ticket two years ago, has announced that ho will not be a candidate for renomln ation. The Third Judicial District Is not so strongly Republican as Marlon County, and the Democrats may make a special effort to elect a Circuit Judge or a Dis trict Attorney. The Democrats have filled the office of District Attorney two terms out of the last three, and have had one of tha Circuit Judges for the last six years. William Galloway, of Yam ihill, and L. Bilyeu, of Linn, are talked of as possible nominees on the Democratic ticket for the Circuit Judgeship. No names are yet mentioned in connection with the District Attorneyship. INSTRUCTED FOR DAVIS. Grant and Harney Delegations Will Vote for Him for. Judge. CANYON -CITY, Or.. April 10. (Spe cial.) Tho Harney Republican delegation Is here on its way to the State Convention at Portland. It includes W. Clevengert Chauncey Cummins and Newt Hoover, with Dave Miller's proxy, instructed for George E. Davis for Judge. The Grant Republican delegation .leaves tomorrow, Davis accompanying them. Ed Callen, now at Portland with the Harney delega tion, makes 11 of the 16 votes instructed. for Davis. The Malheur delegation is instructed for ex-Representatlvo J. W. McCullocft for Attorney. Harney Is instructed for William Miller. Grant Is unlnstructed, and probably favors McCullock. Democratic Ticket of Clackamas. OREGON CITY, Or., April 10. (Special.) At the Clackamas County Democratic Convention yesterday delegates to the State and Congressional Conventions were named as follows: E. D. Kelly, J. P. Lovett, E. G. Caufleld, Dr. M. C. Strick land, O. D. -Eby, R. A. Miller, C. N. Walt, O. D. Bobbins, J. A. Ridings, W. H. Vaughan and T. R. A. Sellwood. Representatives C. W. Evans, of Ore gon City; Steve Hutchinson. ' of Highland; John W. Loder. of Oregon Clty.- Sherlff Charles Ely. Oregon City. Clerk M. Criswell. Wllsonville. Recorder, W. H. Lang, Boring. Treasurer, N. F. Nelson, Harding. Assessor T. R. A. Sellwood, Mllwaukie. Commissioner, James H. Kilchlng, Eagle Creek. Superintendent of Schools H. G. Stark weather, Mllwaukie. No nominations were made for Coroner and Surveyor and these vacancies will be filled by the County Central Committee, of which O D. Eby, of Oregon City, was elected chairman'. Clackamas Socialist Ticket. OREGON CITY. Or.. April 10. (Spe cial.) At a convention of the Socialists of Clackamas County, held in this city yesterday, the following legislative and county ticket was named: For Representatives W. D. Hill, Scheu bel; A. Luelllng. Oregon City; A. J. Men del. Oregon City. Sheriff, P. M. Graves, Macksburg; Clerk. C. S. Howard, Mullno; Recorder, C. E. Hilton, Needy; Commis sioner, M V. Thomas, Sandy; Treasurer, G. R. H. Miller, Oregon City; School Su perintendent. Robert Ginther, Needy; As sessor, William Beard. Ely. The nomination of Coroner and Sur veyor will be made by the County Central- Committee. William Beard was elected chairman of the county organization, with C. S. Spence as secretary. A resolution was passed instructing the candidates to refrain from all personal abuse while on the canvass. Two Candidates for District Attorney. LA GRANDE, Or., April 10. (Special.) Democratic primaries were held in La Grande Saturday night to elect delegates to the County Convention, which will be held April 14 at Elgin. Therewas ap parently no contest except possibly the' Interest taken by the friends of J. D. Slater and Turner Oliver, who are can didates for District Attorney. Slater's friends say that he has carried the city, and the friends of both say they will come out all right In the convention. The following from La Grande are dele gates to the convention. , OLD FOLKS IN A RUNAWAY. Jesse Falling and Wife Severely In jured at Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or., April 10. (Special.) Insa runaway accident early this even ing Jesse Failing and wife were both seriously injured. Mr. Falling was thrown heavily to the ground, sustaining a frac ture of the thigh and serious Internal In juries. Mrs. Falling escaped with a sprained wrist. x Mr. Falling is one of the pioneer resi dents and merchants of this city and conducted the first undertaking estab lishment in Eastern Oregon! He is nearly SO years old. Attending physicians en tertain little hope for his recovery. BURIED AT A CENT APIECE. Undertaker War at North Yakima for County Poor Fjjnerals. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., April 10. (Special.) Yakima is the place to get a cheap burial now, providing a planting is desired in the potter's field. The Com missioners today let the contract for burying the county poor at 1 cent a body. This Is the result of rivalry between the two undertaking rooms of the city. E. L. Sessions, the other undertaker, putyln a bid of $2.64. NORTHWEST DEAD. Mrs. Elizabeth Sommerville. ALBANY. Or., April 10. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth Sommerville. a pioneer of 1853, died last evening at her home after a month's Illness with bronchial pneumo nia. Her age was 78 years. Mrs. Sommerville married Alexander Sommerville In Illinois In 1S45, and with him crossed the plains in 1S53, settling near Harrisburg, where her husband died in 1SS2. Fourteen years ago she moved to Albany, where she has since resided. She left four children John Sommerville, Edmonton, Can.; E. J. Sommerville, Pen dleton, Or.; Mrs. N. A. Blodgett, Albany, and Mrs. Frances A. Miller, Vallejo, Cal. All were at her bedside when the end came. Mrs. John Hug. LA GRANDE, Or., April 10. (Special.) Near Elgin, Friday morning, Mrs." Ollna Hug, wife of John Hug. died after along Illness. Mrs. Hug was born In Germany, April 20, 1831 The deceased has lived In Grand Ronde Valley for a number of years, and leaves a husband and three children. Herman Dethlesf. FOREST GROVE, Or., April 10. (Spe ciaL) Herman Dethlesf, 19 years old, the son of John Dethlesf, of Dllley, died this afternoon at the family home. He was one of the best krfown young men of the neighborhood. - Columbia Jetty to Be Extended. ASTORIA. Or., April 10. (Special.) Assistant Engineer Hegardt stated today that the replacing of the portion of the jetty trestle, which was carried away by storms last Winter, has been com pleted and work on the Jetty extension will be resumed on April 20. One thou sand tons of rock will then be received daily from the Bugby quarry, but no rock will be received -by water from the Colum bia Contract Company's quarry for some time, as the receiving wharves at Fort Stevens have been delayed in construc tion. Greeks Strike After One Day. FOREST GROVE, Or., April 10. (Spe cial.) After working one day on the Southern Pacific for 5LC0 a day, 10 cents more .than was formerly paid, SO Greek woodhandlers struck for $2 a day on Fri day. As the Portland office could not -be reached, the Greeks left Immediately for Portland, paying their own fares. O. R. & N. Officials at Astoria. . ASTORIA, Or., April 10. (Special.) General Manager Calvin and Chief En gineer Kennedy, of the O. R. & N. Com pany, arrived down on the steamer Has salo this morning, and left immediately for Rwaco to Inspect the Ilwaco Railway Navigation Company's line. Kalama Bookkeeper Arrested. KALAMA, Wash., April 10. (Special.? Thomas Warde, meatcutter and book keeper for J. A. Carter, was arrested late Saturday night orfa warrant sworn out by his employer charging embezzlement by making false records on the cash reg- lstor and false entries on tho ledger. SCRAMBLE FOR OYSTERS WILLAPA BAY STATE BEDS THROWN OPEN TODAY. Drains on Native Stock Have Nearly Ruined the Business and Seed Is In Great Demand. v ILWACO. Wash., April 10. (Special.) Not since protective oyster legislation was enacted someten years ago has there been as wild a scramble for the native seed as will probably occur when the state reserves In Willapa Bay are opened for the annual season Monday morning. All state beds, comprising S0OO acres, will be thrown open for seven weeks, and It is believed that fully 35.000 sacks will be tonged. The fact that the. majority of the oyster beds on the bay have,, been over worked, and nearly ruined as the result, has created an Imperative demand for seed. The increasing demand for the na tive product and the high prices which they bring in the market has caused producers to work their beds to a point where they are no longer self-maintaining,- with the result that a new start must be secured, either with the natlvo seed, or seed of the Eastern oyster. The oyster Industry on Shoalwater Bay George P. Wright. has assumed such proportions that many producers are no longer depending en tirely on the native product, "While not abandoning the home oyster entirely, they have found It profitable to ship in the seed of the Eastern oyster and sup ply both markets. Five or six of the large companies "have experimented with the Eastern variety, and have found that as good or even better oysters can be grown on the Western coast by trans planting the seed. Over GO carloads have been shipped in during the past four years, but this year the .industry will be entered into on a larger scale and nearly 100 cars will be planted, provided that amount is to be secured in the Eastern market. An oyster famine is In effect, as far as the local beds are concerned, due principally to unfavorable weather con ditions. "With the exception of two months during .the dull season, an aver age output of 100 sacks per day Is main tained throughout the .year, from the beds of "Wlllapa Bay. During the last several weeks, however. It Is doubtful if that amount was gathered In a week. Considerable revenue will be obtained by the state from the seed which is gath ered off Its beds. A charge of 10 cents per sack is maintained, and each pro ducer who plants the seed is subject to a license of $5. From the oysters alone 53500 will be collected, and the total will amount to between $4000 and $5000. Since the first oyster laws were passed ten years ago there has been more or less of a scramble for the seed which grows on the beds of the state, but each succeeding year It has become more sought. In earlier days small sailboats were operated, but these have given away to the small gasoline launch, which cov ers the surface much more rapidly. Every available laborer Is being pressed Into the service, regardless of previous experi ence, and wages nearly double of what has been paid In previous years Is being offered. EPWORTH LEAGUE ELECTION Annual Convention of Salem District , in Session. SALEM. Or., April 10. (Special.) The annual convention of the Epworth League of the Salem District was held at "Wood burn Friday, -Saturday and" Sunday, with ILWACO DOCTOR TO ILWACO, "Wash., April 10. (Spe cial.) Dr. Edmoad Klamke, a prac ticing physician and surgeon, has received an appointment to the hos pital and surgeon service by the Kusrtan government, and haa start ed for the Orient. He will take passage on the Empress of Japan, which salta from Victoria on Mon day for Shanghai. There he will receive his commission and proceed to army headquarters In Manchuria, probably Harbin or Mukden. He will reach China by the last? of the month, and two weeks later expects to be actively engaged In the serv ice. Mrs. Klamke will not accom pany her husband to the front, but will return to her home in Copen hagen. Dr. Klamke, who Is of Daalsh birth, has a trace of Russian blood In his veins, and sympathizes with the people of the Czar Ih their con flict with Japarr. He is going to the front, not entirely from sympa thetic actuations, however, but also from the experience he- expects to derive in active field service. Ho . speaks English and German fluently, and hae a smattering of French. Dr. Klamke Is a comparatively young man. Having not yet reacnea nw SOlh year. He does not know to which branch of the service he will be assigned. Before sailing. Dr.' Klamke, provided himself with a passport from the Danish Consul In Portland, and another from the Russian Consul in Seattle. about 200 delegates and visitors in at tendance. The district comprises parts of Marion, Clackamas, Multnomah, Polk, Yamhill and Washington Counties. Tho exercises Friday evening consisted of an address of welcome and response, after which Rev. W. H. Heppe, of Salem, de livered an address upon "Character and Faith." , An informal reception was tendered the visitors after tho services closed. At 'the business session on Saturday morning Hlllsboro was chosen as tho place for holding the convention In 1905, and the following officers were elected: i President, Jt J. Patton, Forest Grove; vice-president. Miss Lena Still well. Day ton; second vice-president, F. S. Gilbert, Salem; third vice-president, Mrs. Can-rd" Young, Woodburn; fourth vice-president, Frank Peters, Hlllsboro; corresponding secretary His. A. M, Benyz Sllverton; recording secretary. A. A. Klrkwood, Forest Grove; treasurer, Clare O'Flyng, Salem. Saturday afternoon was given to the reading and discussion of papers. Mrs. ,S. H. Greenlee spoke of the woYk of the Woman's Homo Missionary Society, Mrs. M. C. Wire- represented the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. Mrs.E. C Cornelius iiwItp tinnn methods of mission study and J. J. Patton discussed methods and purposes of Bible study. In the evening evangelistic services were con ducted by Rev. J. Henry Wood, of Ore gon City. On Sunday morning a convention love feast and communion service was led by Presiding Elder D. A. Watters. In the afternoon a special service was held In memory of the late Miss Agnes Kurtz, of Salem, who was a loyal and effective worker In the Epworth League. The me morial address wa3 read by Miss Jeanette Meredith, of Salem. Sunday evening Epworth League devotional exercises were conducted, and the closing address was delivered by Professor C. A. Daw son, of Salem. One of the Important acts of the con vention was the adoption of a resolution Indorsing the local option law. TO TAP TIMBER BELTS. Oregon & Southeastern to Resums Construction. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. April 10. (SpeciaL) That the Oregoir & South- 7 MAYOR-ELECT OF , TACOMA Georfje P. "Wright, who has Just been elected by the Democrats aa Mayor of Tacoma. cause to "Wash- Inston In 1SSC, at that time 20 years old. He landed in Spokane and be gun trork teaching' school, and after wards purchased land near Dayton and carried on farming for 10 years. Mr. Wright is a. married man and has a family of five children. In 1S00 he was appointed State Grain Inspector by the late Governor Rog ers, which position required his re siding In Tacoma. and which he resigned to Governor McBride after Governor 'Rogers death, and has resided there since. In 1S0O he be came a stockholder in the wholesale grocery bouse of Love-Johnson Com pany, and Is at present secretary of. said company. He is also jowner of a large Area of real property, and has shown his faith in the future of the city by building on and improv ing a portion of the came. -. eastern Railroad may pe extended Into virgin timber lands, construction work will be renewed tomorrow after an In terval of four months. A grading gang will start at once and a tracklaylng gang will follow in a few days. G. B. Hcngen, of New York, man ager of the road, says the line will be extended this season to Warehouse, ten miles from here. Two miles of grade are now almost ready for the track. Manager Hengen declares that the de pressed lumber situation will not long continue, and wishes to have the railroad extended Into new timber belts to take advantage of a livelier market. The new electric plant of the Oregon Securities Company will bo commenced next week. Manager Hengen says. A gang Is now connecting the machine drills in the long tunnel. The company ex pects to strike the Champion ore chute in about 30 days from this tunnel, which will be used later for an electric road from tho Champion to the Mustek mine. AUTO GOES OVER HIGH BANK Young Woman Is Very Badly Bruised Others Escape. "WALLA WALLA. Wash., April 10. (SpeciaL) An unruly automobile belong ing to M. D. Wardlow, and carrying. Wardlow and Misses Bessie York and Jen nie McKInney, all of Walla Walla, ran over a 50-foot embankment 13 miles above here this afternoon, rolled Into Mill Creek and Injured Miss York. Miss McKInney and Wardlow escaped. The machine rolled over Miss York once and bruised her badly. Sh was unconscious for an hour. The automobile is a wreck. Wardlow dismounted to fix the vehicle on a steep grade, and It became unman ageable after starting. FIVE SHOTS AT CLOSE RANGE But Charles Shank, of Vancouver, Escapes Woman's Bullets. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 10. (Spe cial.) From a hack standing at the City Park, Grace Tlckett, said to bo a wo- --f BE RUSSIAN SURGEON Dr. Edmond Klamke. man of the underworld, fired five shots early this evening at Charles Shank, who was on the curb, without Injuring him in the least. The woman had previously quarreled with Shank, and in a rage drew a revol ver when she saw him on tho sldowalk and fired point blank. That nono of the shots took effect was simply due to her poor markmanship, as Shank had no op portunity to escape. The shooting occurred atr 6:15, when numbers of people were on the streets. With tho woman in the hack was a sa loonkeeper and two other women. It Is said that all had been drinking. The woman was arrested by Officers BIssener and Tellely and locked In jail, ball being refused. "I thought Henpeck's doctor said he would have to stop smoking or It would kill him?" "He did; but you know bla wife Is saving 1iUru$- vR f ?i 'JmSm cigar coupons to vuy a piano." juase, P idaho for roosevelt! NOPOSSIBILITY OF A CONTEST THERE. Factional Lines Will Appear in Statol Nominating Convention Over the Choice for Head of Ticket. BOISE. Idaho, April 10. (Special.) The State convention for the selection of delegates to the National Republican Convention will meet la Pocatello on May 18. The state is unanimously for Roosevelt, so there is no possibility of a contest on that point, but it is not Impossible that some contests will oc cur over the election of delegates. There are six judicial districts In the state and it is assumed that one dele gate will be apportioned to each of those districts to be nominated by the delegates from the district. In tho First district, comprising: Sho shone and Kootenai Counties, there will be no opposition to the selection of Senator Heyburn. The places will be accorded to him by his district and by tho convention without objection. In the Second, which embraces Nez Perce, Latah and Idaho Counties, there are two candidates so far. These aro G. W. Thompson, of Lewiston. and Judge Warren Trultt, of Moscow. The County Committee o Nez Perce named the dele gation to the State Convention and In structed them to support Mr. Thompson. This Is considered somewhat informal, but as there Is no other candidate from that county, it is assumed that a County Con vention would have selected a Thompson delegation. Judge Trultt Is a strong man; he and-Mr. Thompson were both active supporters of Senator Heyburn, and the contest Is likely to be Interesting. The result will depend on Idaho County,. Mr. Thompson Is said to have a good follow ing In the latter county, but the friends of the Judge think he will at least break even there. Inthe Third Qlstrict, which is composed of Ada, Boise, Washington, Canyon and Owyhee Counties, there does not seem to be an active candidate. Ex-Senator Shoup, Judge J. H. Richards, W. E. Bo rah, Joseph Perrault and perhaps some others aro talked of. Hon. Frank R. Goodihg, of the Fourth district, chairman of the State Commit tee, has announced himself as a candi date. His district has four counties. Cas sia, Lincoln, Blaine and Elmore. Whether there will be a candidate against him is not known, but If one appears there is likely to be a lively fight, as there are some elements of the party that would be willing to assist In defeating Mr. Gooding. Judge D. W. Standrod, National Com mitteeman, is understood to be willing: to represent the Fifth District, com prising; Bannock, Bear Lake and Oneida Counties, but It is not repre sented that he is an active candidate. F. S. Dietrich Is also spoken of for tho place. In the Sixth District there Is no can didate, so far as known, but lenders here are talking of such men as Judge J. M. Stevens and Hon. John W. Hart as likely men. The district has four counties, Bingham, Fremont, Lemhi and Custer. Owing: to the fact that the National Convention seems likely to be a mere ratification meeting:, there seems but little disposition to make any contest for the places none on factional lines unless It bo in the Fourth. Factional lines will appear later, however, in the state nominating: con vention, which will meet at Moscow In August. State Chairman Gooding- is opposed to the renomlnation of Gov ernor Morrison. He opposed him. two years ago, but afterward served as chairman. Thnt was only a truce, how ever, and tho fight Is now being re newed. Mr. Gooding Is credited, with being himself a candidate for the place, but If that Is true, the fact has not been made known officially. Ho Is said to be working for Judgo Richards in Southern Idaho while putting up N. M. Ruick in the north. His opponents charge he is using' both for his own ends. Judge Richards is not an active candidate, nor Is Mr. Ruick, so far as known. Hgn. Francis Jenkins, of Mos cow, seems to be a candidate, though he has declined to admit or deny It so far. Ho was floor Reader of the major ity during the last session of the Legis lature and proved himself a very astute politician. E. H. Dewey, of Nampa, is talked of considerably- as one likely to be In tho flold, but his intentions have not yet been made known. There Is much talk against Governor Morrison In sonio quarters, but it is yet too early to determine what weight it may carry. His friends, however, believe 'the opposition will die away and that he will not have serious opposition in me convention. They point to his record as Governor, which has unquestionably been excellent, and give It as their opinion that It will bring about his nomination over any opposition that his personal oppo nents may seek to organize. So far as can be determined; that seems to bo the trend of conservative sentiment. There is one element of the situation that Is not yet fully placed in the public mind that Is the position of Hon. W. E. Borah in the contest. Governor Morrison was nom inated two years ago through the active support of Mr. Borah. The latter is now maintaining a passive attitude. Whether he will again make Morrison's fight his own, none knows. He has friends In both camps, but In a broad way the opposition to Morrison is antagonistic to him. This Is especially true of Mr. Gooding, and if the latter becomes prominent as a leader of the opposition to Morrison, It may.be that Mr. Borah will thereby be thrown into the Morrison camp as an active sup porter of the Governor. It Is the opinion of most of the best Informed political ob servers that Mr. Borah's support would make Morrison's nomination certain and that he could probably defeat him If he should take up the cause of some other candidate. The other contest developing Is for th"a nomination for Representative In Con gress. Hon. Burton L. French, now In Congress, is a candidate for re-election and stands In a strong positlo one very powerful Influence being the feeling that a man who has done well 13 entitled to a renomlnation. Mr. French Is opposed by C. W. Real, of Wallace, a man of much ability and pleasing personality. Mr. Beal was a candidate two years ago, but he withdrew at the last moment. His friends believe he would have been nominated If he had remained in. the flold. The pros pective candidacy of Mr. Jenkins for the Governorship Is a dangerous element In the situation for Mr. Francis, as they both hall from the same county, Latah, and It seems Inevitable that they will antago nize each other if Mr. Jenkins enters the field. The Annual Tree Butchery. Park and Landscapo Gardening. We are close upon the time for the an nual tree-trimming campaign, days when tree lovers, and those who appreciate beautiful streets and avenues,- are incensed beyond measure at tho ruthless- and un necessary abuse to which city trees are subjected at the hands of Incompetent laborers. Everyone who has any desire to see the trees protected from this annual 'destruction should make every effort to oppose this system, and call upon his local papers to utter a vigorous protest against the employment of incompetent men to do such work. Systematic and In telligent prunnlng, that Is, pruning at proper times and in detail as absolutely required Is good for trees; It promotes health, strength and beauty; It helps the tree to do its best under the adverse and -unnatural conditions of its city existence. Tree-trimming has no rules, beyond the few general suggestions on the subject that will apply to all trCcs in common. j Every, tree ia every class ol tress is an THERE IS NQ SUBSTITUTE FOR If :r V feAKlflG '. POWDER Absolutely Pure IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH individual and develops an individuality which In some particular requires a spe cial treatment. How is It possible, then, that common labor can be trusted with work necessitating a student's Intelli gence? The beauty and usefulness of tree life demands the best efforts of the com munity for their care and protection. AMERICA GAINING TRADE. Amount of Its Exports to the Prin "" clpal Countries of the World. WASHINGTON, April 5. Some interest ing figures regarding tho commerce of tho United States with the various coun tries of the world are presented In the usual -monthly statemenf issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor through its Bureau of Statistics. The statement covers the eight months end ing with February, 1901, and compares conditions In those eight months with corresponding periods of earlier years. The total exports from the United States to all parts of the world during the eight months ending with February, 1904, were valued at J1.01S.000.000, against $95si 000,000 In the corresponding months of last year, and the Imports were 5S54.000.COO In value, against 5681,000,000 in the corre sponding months "of last year. To Europe the exports from the United States were 5755,000,000, against 572S.0OO.006 In the corresponding months of last year, and the Imports wero 5341,000,000 In value, against 5371,000,000 In the corresponding months of last year. Thus the exports to Europe show an Increase of 5o.000.000 and the Imports from Europe a decrease of 540,000,000 In the eight months' period un der consideration. To North America, other than the United States, our ex ports were 5150,000.000, against 5136,000.000 in the corresponding montfts of last year, an Increase of 515,000.000. and from North America, other than the United States, our imports were 5113.000,000. against 5116, 000,000. a decrease of 53,000.000. To South America our exports were 535.000,000, against 527.000,000 last year, and from South America our Imports wero 5S3.000, 000, against 56S.00O.OO0 In the corresponding months of last year. To Asia our ex ports were 539.000.000, against 541.000.000 In the eight months of last year, and our Imports from Asia were 537,000,000, against 5104,000,000 In the corresponding months of last year. To Oceania our exports were 523,000,000, against 526,000,000 in the cor responding months of last year, and our Imports from Oceania were 514,000,000. against 514.000,000 In the same, months of the preceding year. To Africa our ex ports were 517,000,000, against 525.000.000 in the corresponding months of last year, and from Africa 'bur imports were 56.0CO, 000, against 59.000,000 in the same months of tho preceding fiscal year. Thus, the Increase in exports is exclusively to Eu rope, North and South America, while Asia, Oceania and Africa show, In each case, a decrease. To Asia the reduction Is presumably due In part to the existing hostilities which unsettled trade, and In part to the very high prices of cotton, which reduced the exports of cotton to Japan from 70, 000,000 pounds in the eight months ending with February, 1S03, to 20.000,000 pounds In the eight months ending with Febru ary, 1904, making the reduction In value of raw cotton exported to Japan alone about 54.500.0CO. To Oceania the reduction occurs in the exports to British Austral asia. This decrease occurred chiefly dur ing thq months of January and Febru ary, and i3 apparently due in a large de gree to the adoption of a preferential tariff In New Zealand, the details of whlqh were so little known in the latter part of tho year as to cause a suspension of ex ports to New Zealand pending more defi nite Inf6rmatIon as to tho exact rnte3 which the new tariff places upon merchan dise from the United States In compari son with like products from the United Kingdom. Similar conditions In British South Af rica are apparently the chief cause In the reduction of exports to Africa, which fell, as already noted, from 525,000.000 In tho eight months ending with February, 1903, to 517,000,000 In the corresponding months ending In February. 1S04. All of tho British territories in South Africa are Included In the African Customs Union, and the preferential tariff adopted by that customs union gives to the prod ucts of the United Kingdom materially lower tariff rates than on those from other countries, the reduction In tariff ranging from 5 to 25 per cent. While tariff reductions of this character when ap plied In Canada have not apparently re sulted In reduction of exports from the United States to that country after the details were understood by our manufac turers, the uncertainty as to the details, article by article, which existed In the early application of the preferential tariff rates In New Zealand and South Africa is believed to be the chief cauge of the temporary check apparent In the exports to those countries. To Canada, where the preferential tar iff has been sufficiently long In operation for Ms details to be thoroughly under stood, exports, from the United States show a steady growth, the total for the eight months ending with February, 1904, being 531.560,462, against 575.170,150 In the corresponding months of the preceding year, and 570.774.602 In the same months of the fiscal year 1902. The effect of reciprocity with Cuba be gins to make itself apparent In tho fig ures of our commerce with that Island. Exports from the United States to Cuba during February. 1904. were 52,152,328, against 51,455,978 in February last -year, and for the eight months ending with February. 1904. were 516.S9S.S84, against 514.066.51S in the corresponding months of the preceding year. Our imports from Cuba In February. 1904, were 57.711.701 against 54.013,453 In February. 1903, and our total Imports from that Island In the eight months ending with February 1904 were 535,228.760. against 53,506.901 in the corresponding months of last year. 'To China exports from the United States continue to show- a marked reduction as compared with the preceding two years Our total exports to the Chinese Empire for the eight months ending with Febru ary. 1901. were 58,174.556. against 512.440 331 In the corresponding months of last year, and 515,468,220 in the same months of the fiscal year 1902. For the month of February, 1901, our exports to China were 5l,S94.423. against S2JQ22.5I5 la February, 1903. This reduction 13 apparently duo In part to the hostilities in Northern China, which have had a very general effect upon trade conditions In that empire, in, part to the invasion of the markets of China by cotton cloths from Japan, and In part to the growing manufacturo cf cotton cloth produced largely from, yarns Imported from Japan and Imlia, con sumed in part in the cotton factories re cently established in China and lirgely distributed for use In household weaving of cotton cloths for domestic requirements. Still another important cause Is. as al ready noted, the great Increase In prizes of cotton cloths due to tho high prle- cf cotton during the last year. The reduc tion In exportations of cotton cloths from the United States to China was from 51 004.S3G In the eight months ending with February. 1902, to 52,762.078 In the eight months ending with February of this year. To other sections of the Orient our ex ports show an increase, the total to Asia In the eight months ending with Febru ary being 53S.966.741, against 541.314viSC In tho same months of last year, a reduction, of 52.347,741, whllo In the exports to China alone the reduction is 54,265,775, thus Indi cating an Increase to Asia other than China. To Russia, both, in Europe and Asia, tha exports from the United States contlnuo to show an Increase. To Asiatic Russia, Including Port Arthur and the immediate ly adjacent territory, which is under leaso from China, our total exports In the eight months ending with February, were 5771,, 1S0. against 5763.719 in the same months cf last year; to Russia on the Black Scz. 52.355.S04. against 51.SSS.43S In the sarj months of last year; and to Russia en tho Baltic and White Seas. 511.361.5:4. against 58,542.477 In the corresoonJIrs months of last year. Thus the total ex ports to all Russia in the eight mo-tr ending with February. 1904. were 514.4 S9S, against 511,194.634 In the correspor.: lng months of last year, an Increase c Z 53.126,984. For the month of Febru-.r: alone our exports to Russia were 52.0" r " against 52,327.244. One especially interesting feature of tr" statement of our commerce with the va rious countries Is that of trade with tlr- new Republic of Panama. The statemcri shows the exports to and Imports from the Republic of Panama for the months of January and February. Our total ex ports to that Republic In the two monU.s named were J311.0S7 and our total Im ports from that country. 5153.S94. F r February alone our expqrts to Par. in: i wero 5158,197, and our Imports from Pan ama, 5S0.670. Thus the trade with th new Republic in the first two months i Z its record runs at the rate of nearly 53,000,000 per annum. ONE DEMOCRATIC JUDGE. A Good Way to Satisfy Members of the Minority Party. PORTLAND. Or.. April 10. The th? Editor.) Anent the filling of the two va cancies In the Circuit Judgeships at tha coming election atld the scvoral state ments appearing lately In the press that these Judgshlps should be non-partisan and free from politics, permit me to re mark that such a course is commenJatla and in keeping with the tendency of t" times, the dignity and purity of the ad ministration of justice and the practice In the older states, as well as In Multnomah County in former years. Witness for example, the days of Judga Stearns (Republican) and Judgo Shat tuck (Democrat). No man, especially a Judge should bo nominated or elected to office because of the political opinions that he entertains, any more than that the question of h!s religion should be a test of tho measure of his Judicial qualifications. In other com munities we. find Republican and Demo cratic Judges presiding over courts where the political complexion of tho majority ts diametrically opposed to the polltlc.il views entertained by said Judges. Courca of Justice should ever be treated as an Impersonal Institution. Much has been said and is now beirg said about showing the minority consll eratlon. The stronger never lose any thing by being generous with the weaker. Magnanimity and generosity has its own reward. The Democratic party has thou sands of adherents In the county and is the minority party. The majority party has an excellent op portunity at this time of uti'.iz'rg t" non-partisan and non-political, wholescrra and ethical idea by permitting each party to nominate and vote for without errr sltlon. one of tho two exudates to b nominated at the coming conventions. In advocating the foregoing. I dt c:t wish to be understood as casting any re flections whatever upon any of the prerr-t Incumbents, all of whom are exc.-IIrr.c gentlemen and able jurists, but mcn..y call attention to the the practice so sa". Isfactorlly observed In the past an J t- what has been advocated by all of the "- : associations In this country, as W..II rt voters generally, namely, to remove . z far as possible, the judiciary from pcllt! and I repeat, how can It be said that a judiciary Is non-partisan and rcn' . 1 from politics, when one party or cor-- -tion insists on nominating all of th-- ci -dldates. which candidates, as a cor." " -i precedent, must be of the same pvl:I - faith as the party nominating them At present the Circuit Court of this cr-ty consists of four Judges, all belonging ts the same political party. We have recentlx enacted a law mks our city or municipal elections a separate affair, to get It away from politl-a. It the latter Is good policy as to murlrirl affairs, how much more so Is it as ta judicial officer. Yours respectful! CHARLES J. SCHNABEL. Asks Divorce for Stump Grubbing. OREGON CITY, Or.. April 1. (Sperlol Because her husband compelled her t" work on the farm as a day laborer, gru. -blng stumps. Elizabeth Avery has brcugKt suit for divorce from John Avery, wh-m she married at Kalama, Wash.. less th:n a year ago. The woman asks the c-c:;rt for a legal separation and 520 per menth "as alimony. GRAXUIiATED EYELIDS. Ariirfno Evn 'R-.tyipj-Iv pnrot th! nrul ntTSfn 9 troubles, make, weal; eyej strong