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1 THE MORNING OKEGONAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1905. SLAIN ON CROSS Jayne Bill Crucified, Say Liquor Men. MACHINE DEAL FAILED Support of Four Bills Created Enemies. SENATE VOTES WEANED AWAY Becoming Entangled With Cascade County, Port of Portland, Astoria Charter, and Hot Lake Meas ures Caused Defeat. There is wailing and gnashing of teeth in the camp of the liquor people, whoso bill to amend the local option law was killed in the Senate last Friday. Crucified by the Republican "machine" of Multnomah on a cross consisting of Cascade County, Port of Portland, As ,torfa charter and Hot Lake County, liq uor Interests say was their fate. But anti-saloon elements take a con trary view and say: Crucified on the machine cross, -was the fate of certain members of the Legisla ture who were forced by politics Into vot ing t or the Jayne bill. And each side declares Itself cocksure It is right. Uquor people are .very "sore" at the "machine," and mutterlngs from their quarter have been heard of a probable divorce of interests. They are understood to have made a deal with the machine Ihrough P. ("Jack") Matthews where by the Jayne bill was to be put through tho Legislature in return for liquor sup port for the Republican city ticket, next June. But tho bill was not put through, and the cause thereof is alleged to be stupidity of machine leaders in engender ing anti-machine antagonisms whose heat malted away the Jayne bill's support as ice beneath tho midday sun. Machine Goes to Var. For example, the machine supported Cascade County with all its might and main, and the foes of the new county, chief of them Senator Whealdon, turned in and fought the Jayne bill, whose spon sor. Representative Jayne. of Hood River, introduced the bill for Cascade. Again, th'o machine pulled with all Its force for Hot Lake County, -saose enemies. Sena tors Pierce and McDonald, got even by fighting the Jayne bill. Furthermore, the machine fought so fiercely to pass the As toria charter and the Port of Portland bills over the Governor's veto, and whet tod the enmities of Insurgent Republicans so sharp that they craved revenge -whenever they could find it. And among the Senators thirsty for revenge were Haines of Washington, Nottingham, of Multno jnah, Howe of Yamhill, Carter of Jackson and Laycock of Grant. They were so highly gratified at their success that they (slapped their knees and vented themselves in highly belligerent utterances. When it is remembered that the Jayne bill lacked only one vote of passing the Senate, the gratification of the anti-machine patriots over defeat of the measure may reasonably be taken H3 an explana tion of the Jayne bill fiasco: indeed, all the Senators named above as foes of the Multnomah regime regarded the present law as unfair, and as needing amend ment, and said so repeatedly, and still are of that opinion. But the enemies of sa loons declare that, for every man -who loft the Jayne bill on account of hostility to the machine, another was coerced into voting for the measure, and that, if there .had been a -free field, without coercion of that kind, more Senators would have voted "on tho side of decency." This is the opinion of Dr. J. R. "Wilson, president of the Oregon Anti-Saloon League. "Therefore," say anti-saloon workers, "members of the Legislature who voted for the Jayne bill were crucified on the machine cross." Over-Confident of Victory. The machine is understood to have con tracted to deliver the Senate if the liquor people by themselves could win the 'House. The liquor forces, led by the "Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association of Portland appear to have carried out their Dart of the agrement for they won the lower chamber by 34 votes to 23. So confident were the Multnomah leaders of their ability to handle the Senate that they instructed the liquor people to stay away from the oapitoL But things went to th6 bad, say the liquor forces, the Jayne bill's support melted -away; And was restored to 35 yotes only by the most strenuous labor. But machine ohlefs aver that defeat came from the presence at Salem of rep resentatives of the wholesale Uquor deal ers of Portland, who should not have in jected their personality Into the fight. Itall roads are said to have the same .grievance against the Multnomah "organ ization," for it failed to make good its promise to ward off bills hostile to their interests. Representative Klllingsworth's bill to compel railroads to exchange freight cars passed both houses against the opposition of every Multnomah man in the House, except KlUIngsworth, and of every Multnomah man In the Senate, oxcept Malarkey, who insisted on its passage, and Nottingham. Malarkey's In dependent course saved the bill from death in the Senate railroad committee, which had planned to hold It back, for he 3iad it called out of the committee and jmssed. The Multnomah "organization" Isad promised the railroads that the bill would not be passed and to take home tholr lobbyists and be easy, for there was no danger. Malarkey Refused to Line Up. As a result, machine leaders are ag grieved at Malarkey. But that was not the only case In which he asserted Inde pendence of the "organization." for he opposed the creation of Cascade County, in spite of all the "organization" could do to line him up. His support of the Jayne bill was due, as he declared him self on the floor of the Senate, to his be lief that the local option law ought to be amended after manner proposed in tho bill, and to his conviction that a large majority of the people of Multnomah County demanded it. TELLS OF THE REAL ISSUE Troubio Explained Between Local Option ists and Jayne Bill Men. PORTLAND, Feb. 20. (To the Editor.) Yeu will kindly allow me to correct some statements made in your recent issues. One of your staff writes, "The clean-cut issue lay betwoen precinct option and county op tion." While it is true that tho local op Tlonlsts advocate county option, yet they are Just as strong advocates of precinct option. On tho other hand, the promoters of the .Jayne bill were not in favor of any effective Jocal-option law at alL Tho real issue was whether the people's law should have a fair t feist of two years before any amendments were made, or whether it should be prac tloally rpcalfld by the Legislature. The orig inal Jayne bill and the amended form which fT&s&cd the House would not have been worth the paper upon which they were writ ten for the purposes of saloon suppression in any part of the state. They were not pre pared with that object in view. In the amendments flnallr submitted by the Sen ate Judiciary committee when they were driven to the wall and proposed by Dr. Coe, who had an honest desire to secure an ef fective measure, there was a semblance of local prohibition, but It was built upon a sandy, foundation. So we boldly aasert that the leading promulgators of the Jayne bill were dead set against any form of effective local-option, whether by precincts or coun ties. There is not a precinct in the stAte that would have secured prohibition under their original bill, and but very few under the amended form. So wc object to the state ment that the issue was between county and precinct option on the part of the two con tending parties. The charge Is made that the local option Ists were afraid to go before the people with a referendum vote. Our simple reply Is that we were not afraid of tho people when left to act freely, but we did not care to run up against a $140,000 campaign fund which might be used for questionable purposes. In yesterday's issue you mention the policy of the Anti-Saloon League relative to future elections. In the main It is correct, but one statement n liable to misunderstanding. You make us to say that the league will not favor any elections till "after 1900." Our real position is that wo shall not' advocate calling any extra elections for local-option purposes in 1005. This would preclude any county- elections this year and any precinct elections . except where there is a regular municipal election on the first Monday in June. It was claimed that tho Jayne bill was an exact copy of tho Ohio local-option law. But there is no more resemblance between them than there Is between the originators of this bill and the Goddess of Justice. G. L. TUFTS. STOLEN PE0PERTY IS P0TTNI) Wife Accused of Larceny While Hus band Is Held for Robbing Bank. Mrs. EH Dunn, the wife of Eli Dunn, the Lebanon bankrobbei1 suspect, was brought before Justice Rcld yesterday to answer to a charge of stealing a pair of earrings with amethyst settings, and a brooch with a diamond setting from Mrs,. James Robb. The jewelry was found In the Dunn resi dence on Second street, when the place was searched recently by the Sheriff, and has been Identified by Mrs. Robb. She says her pocket was picked on January 31, while she attended a sale at Wilson's auction-house. Her pocketbook was tak en and the earrings and brooch were con tained In the pocketbook. Mrs. Robb val ues tho brooch highly because It has been In her family for 300 years. A bronze clock found in the Dunn house hold has been identified by H. E. Ed wards as his property. Sheriff "Word Is looking for owners of three watches and several purses. Mrs. Dunn was originally held as a wit ness, but now will have to face a criminal charge in the upper court. Additional evidence against her is coming to light daily. The attorneys for Dunn and Reynolds are active. They have threatened habeas corpus proceedings, on the ground that" the Recorder in Albany before whom the preliminary examination was held, and who held the accused to answer, had no jurisdiction. To avoid any possibility of tho release of the men upon any such pretext. Sheriff Word has secured addi tional warrants, which will bo used if necessary. Charges may be filed against Dunn and Reynolds for participation in the O. R. & X. train robbery on the Bast Side a month ago. A Pullman car por ter has positively Identified Dunn as one of the robbers. Testerday morning Lloyd Dunn, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Dunn, who has been In the custody of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, was delivered to his grandfather, Mr. Hondryx. jNEW bate hade on lumber Markets of East and Middle West Drawing on Oregon Forests. The O. R. & N. has announced a new rate which went Into effect on February 34. The new provision puts a tariff of 40 cent? a hundred on fir lumber from Portland to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Min nesota Transfer, Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth. The routing will be over tho O. R. & X. to Spokane and from that point to the eastern destination by way of the Great Northern. This Is a new rate, there having been no rate on such a commodity in. tho past as tho shipments were not of suf flcent moment to Justify rating over the route which is now commencing to haul the product. The establishment of such a rate shows more clearly than anything else the growing importance of the Eastern mark ets as- an outlet for the lumber products of the Northwest Tho big forests which at one time supplied the states of the East and Middle "West with what timber was needed are now exhausted and the timber supply Is not sufficient to meet the demands made by tho building opera tions which call for lumber. For this reason the Eastern states are turning to the "West for their lumber, and Ore gon is beginning to build up a large trade with that section. The rate Is an evi dence of the growth of the eastern de mand for lumber. GERL OBJECTS TO THE STUDY Physiology Said to Cause Nervous ness Among School Pupils. The study of their "innards" Is too much for many young girls in the public schools of Portland. Tho sight of the charts and maps In. colors showing" tho details of the heart, stomach and lungs so affect their nervous organisms that they arc rendered ill and are forced to drop that subject from their course. Such is ah established fact with the City School Superintendent. Mr. RIgler very frequently grants perroanent ex cuses to girls whose parents say their continuous attacks of nervousness have "been caused by the study of physiology. Yesterday afternoon his telephone rang, and tho common request was repeated. This time It was two little girls attending the Ladd school whoso mother declared that physiology was too strenuous for her daughters. "It seemg that many girls can't bear to study about their own bodies. They get nervous and the parents ask that they be excused. It's hard to ex plain, but It seems to be true. I have excused a great many girls from that study. I notice In the HIch school, too, where the studies are somewhat elect five that .many girls dodge the study of physiology." PREPARING FOR TEE OPENING Chamber of Commerce Arranging Programme for Wednesday. J. F. Batchelder, chairman of the com mittee on entertainment for the Chamber of Commerce Isa busy man these days getting the new quarters of the organiza tion ready for the opening which will be given next Wednesday evening. It has been arranged that a buffet lunch will be served to those attending the reception and house-warming in the evening. A large number of Invitations have been sent out and many answers are being received showing that there will be a largo attendance. The exhibits have been provided for by the construction of tables and cases for their accommodation, the offices nave been arranged and the furniture put In place and all will be ready for the formal opening of "Wednesday. TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY. T&t Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ATI crusrtsts refund the money If It falls to cure E. W. Grove's algnatur is on each box. He Tho Denver & Rio Grande scenery la even more beautiful la Winter than Sum raor. Travel East via that line and spend a day in Salt Lake City. CustomShade and Drapery Work Our Specialty - Best Materials and Workmanship - Lowest Pri$ Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications March Delineator on Sale The Meier Frank Store Established Nearly Half a Century 1905 Baby Carriages, Go-Car ts and English Perambulators Beautiful Models Third Floor Artistic Picture Framing to Your "Order New Mouldings in Big Variety Lowest Prices 1 Sole Agents for the Fams ! Ostermoor Patent Elastic Felt Mattress e Third Floor 500,000 Yards of Beautiful New Wash Materials A half million yards of new Wash Fabrics included in the immense stock we ha gathered for this initial Spring and Summer display An international expositic' of the newest and prettiest materials England, France, Germany, Scotlanc Switzerland and Japan, as well as our own United States, will be found repre sented A magnificent showing that will compare favorably with any madeidj America It comprises the best product of almost every reputable foreign as well as domestic manufacturer No store in Portland none on the Coast attempts to equal our Wash-Goods Display The Meier &. Frank Store has for years been recognized as Headquarters for everything in the Wash Goods and Domestic Line a reputation secured through buying in great quantities direct from the mill enables us to offer at all times the best qualities at the very lowest prices We ask the pleasure of showing you the new 1905 materials today The wise women will prepare now for July and August There'll be little time for dressmaking during the "Fair" days Novelty "Wash Materials, Chiffon de Soie and Knotted Pongees, new est Shirtwaist Suitings, in silk effects; all the leading shades, tans, blues, browns, blacks, pinks, lavender,, etc.; grand values at, yard New Mercerized Taffeta Ginghams, in checks; a pretty and service able Shirtwaist Suiting, in pink and white, blue, tan, black, 1 f royal blue, grays, greens, etc.; yard 3JL New .Flowered "Dolly Varden" Yoiles; pretty and dainty effects for evening gowns and street wear; great variety; trt 3'ard JJis New Embroidered Shirtwaist Patterns, in white and gray embroidered effects; linens, Persian lawns, linons, madras, ete.; (f a pattern, $2.50 up to wJ.UU Portland's greatest display of White Goods; plain and fancy ef fects, in every new style and design; all grades. New Prints, Percales, Ginghams, Cretonnes, etc., etc. New plain Colored Popolines, at, yard ' 25p to 75 New "Faconne" Pancy Linen Suitings, at, yard 50 New Venetian Veiling Voiles, in mixtures; yard 25 30-inch Imperial Chambray Ginghams, in new linen finish ef- 1 f - fects; beautiful fabrics; yard 1 I Jv New Dress Ginghams; immense line of patterns; yard. . . .10 -to 50 New Brilliantine Voiles; wool effects; one of the season's pret- ft tiest Shirtwaist Suitings; yard wC New Checked Voiles; worsted effects, pretty patterns f mag- Cf nifieent line at, yard, 15 to JvC New Linens, plain and fancy; all the newest and prettiest 9 shades, at, yard, 25 to C JC J apanese Linen, in four grades, for waists, suits, etc. i "Moneybak" Guaranteed Silks Sole Portland agents for the .famous "Moneybak" guaranteed Black the finest, strongest, best-wearing Black Silks manufactured m the world. Silks, Guar anteed not to fade, cut or prove defective in any way ; styles-include Taffetas, Mes- salines, Peau de Cygne and Louisine. The trademark "Moneybak" woven on the skirts, selvage of every yard. The most satisfactory silk for shirtwaist suits, waists, petticoats, trimming, 3 etc. Four grades, marked at $1.00 the Yard $ 1 .25 the Yard $ 1 .50 the Yard $2.00 the Yard Washington's Birthday Party Supplies Dennison's fancy decorated Crepe P,aper in flag designs; 20c value; on sale at this low price 3J2 fold. Plain red, white and blue Crepe Paper, today 7d roll. Paper Garlands, tri-colors, 12. George "Washington Hatchets, X5. Paper 2 ixapiuus, xiajj uesigjus, Htt uozeu, jdoi? uuiiureu. inuy aim lucmi iurus, j-iag auu. g cherry designs, 19 to S9 dozen. Large assortment of Paper Doilies. 5p, 87, 10 and 15 dozen. Ice Cups in all colors, special, 16, 10 and 23 dozen. Favors Rose Candle-Holders, 4 and Papier Mache Favors, Fruits, Vegetables, Crawfish, Frogs, Hams, etc. George "Washington Hatchets, 20, 25p. Women's $3 Shoes $ 1 .98 Pr. Today 500 pairs women's Patent Leather, Kid and Velour Calf Shoes Lace Styles Johnson Brothers' Best $3.00 Footwear on Sale today and tomorrow at the exceptionally low price of $ 1 .98 pr. All sizes and Widths 500 pairs Misses' Kid and Box: Calf Lace Shoes, all sizes ; best $2.00 values ; on sale Sizes 8Y2 to II; best $1.50 values, for, pair..$1.22 400 pairs "Women's Storm Rubbers, on sale today and tomorrow at the low price of, 48c 500 pairs Men's Storm Rubbers, pair 64 Men's $3.5o-$4 Shoes $2.92 J 1000 pairs Men's Patent Leather, Yici Kid and Box rt IT Cll "I j 1 x - tt .i - . aix onoes; very Desc lasis in ail mis season s styles all sizes and widths; regular $3.50 ,and $4.00 values; on sale today and to- morrow at this low price, pair The new Spring and Summer footwear is ready for your choosing; both black and tan shoes for women, men and children; all grades; newest styles. February Carpet Sale Third Floor Our Great February Carpet Sale is of interest to housekeepers, hotel and boardinghouse proprietors Carpets of the best style and grade are being: f offered at a saving you are bound to appreciate All orders promptly executed $1.10 Hotel Brussels 96c 200 rolls of Hotel Brussels Carpets, in Oriental, floral, Empire designs, bedroom and parlor effects ; a carpet of unusual merit; regular $1.10 yard; QC ": yard ZfOQ dainty effects in greens, Orientals, tans and reds; big assortment of patterns to select from; sale price in cludes sewing, laying and lining; 1.20 srus-g j sels: yard ?lIO High-class Axminster Carpets, in two-toned greens, Per sian colorings and designs and Orientals; the greatest variety in the city to choose from; yard, $1.50 $1.60, $1.7o and Magnificent "Wilton Carpets, in Oriental and self-colored effects, greens and tans; grand values at, yard Melrose Ingrains, in handsome designs ; yard . . . Extra Super Two-Ply Ingrains ; yard Three-Ply Brussels designs ; yard $2.10 - -'lis a a' grass jottpvn. n i ! mm m i b w yamm $.8& ...50 90 c S1.15 New Corset Cover Embroideries 49c-64c Yd- Two great lots of handsome new Corset Cover -Embroideries ; thousands of yards in the most -desirable patterns; Swiss and Nainsooks; dainty designs; exceptional values at the special low price of, yard Novelties in Linen Hand-Embroidered Robes just received. The new Laces are here. The complete Spring display ready. 49c 64c 75c-85c Wool Waistings 49c Yard 2000 yards of the choicest "Wool "Waistings, in plaids, dots, basket-weave, mercer ized materials, in stripes, checks, plain colors and figures, desirable colorings; the best 75c and 85c values; on sale for a few days at the' low price of, q Beds, Bedding, Springs, Mattresses, Pillows, Blankets, Comforters, etc., at the lowest prices. Third Floor. New Suits, .Coats, Shirtwaist Suits, Etc., Etc "Women s new Spring Suits in Eton; Norfolk, jacket and blouge styles, with fancy vest, , self-strap trimming, blouse silk or braid trimmed, leg-o '-mutton or new full sleeves, plaited or new flounce skirt; Cheviots, Coverts and mixtures, at the following prices: $18, $22.50, $24 and $25 Superb display-of new. Shirtwaist Suits in Silks, Al pacas and Serges; fancy or plain tailored effects; white, black, tan, green, blue, brown or fancy mixtures ; skirts seven and nine-gore, kilted effects ; very handsome styles magnificent showing at Prices Range From $9 to $48 "Women's Tan Covert Jackets, the largest showing in the city; every new,prett3r effect; all grades, from $8.50 tip to $35.00; all sizes; styles to please everyone. Second Floor. New Black Dress Skirts ; handsome new Walking Skirts. Women's and Misses' "White Lawn and Organdy Dresses, also Nets and Mulls, lace and embroidery trimmed, $9.00 to 35,00. New "White Linen "Waists in elegant assortment, $4.50 to 35.00. it Lindsay" Incandescent Gas Light 79c and 99c Complete The "Lindsay" 300 Candle Power Incandescent Gas Light will be found the best all-around, mean descent Gas Light on the market the most eco nomical gas consumer because the mantle is of practical size and air is added to the gas before the flame is reached The adjustment patent is the handiest to be found on any light In the-market The flame envelopes the entire mantle No part is left unheated All the mantle gives out light Also the mantle is made of heavier thread than usual A special chemical treatment makes it light up more brightly than mantles of other incandescent gas burners Demonstration in the Basement Also special sale at 79c and 99c complete. The Above Light With By-Pass 99c Complete W THIS LIGHT I COMPL'TE I 79 J (jT Q Jl) 1