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I 13 TBj3 MORNING OJIEGONIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1905. money not that he had taken from the Government not that he has taken for anything that he -would not have done If he had not got the money. Now, I am talking about their charge because there la nobody can doubt that it Tanner had never had any employment by Kribs. Senator Mitchell would have done every thing he has done In this matter; he did it for anybody else "without pay and without charge. So It amounts to this: Mitchell got from Kribs. of Kribs money. In four years. COOT that he ought not to have taken? No; it is not that, because of that J2W0. you can't doubt, gentle men, that the greater part of it -was for work that Tanner had a perfect right to do and take pay for and carry it over to Mitchell, so that you .have got to divide that by two and more, and you have got less than 51000 in four years of Kribs money that they say Senator Mitchell ought not to have taken. Now, gentlemen. I submit that, if this is true, it would be a trivial charge. If it is true, but suppose that it isn't true; sup pose that, as a matter of fact, there was absolutely no intention, as we have shown to be the fact, to violate the law; sup pose that it was at most an oversight, and I submit to you that no fair man can claim that it was more than that; here was Senator Mitchell, by some over sight having got a few hundred dollars wftlcn he ought not to have taken, not that it would have made any difference In his work, because he was ready to do the same for everybody. Paltry sum! Now. then, gentlemen, of course, if he Is guilty it don't make any difference how little it is; and if this was an ordinary case it would not make any difference; if it was only IS or J10; hut. gentlemen, is that such an offense as a fair-minded man. a roan who wants to enforce the law, will use all sorts of desperate ex pedients to reach? Is it such an offense that everything else Is to be condoned in order to reach it; that men who have committed great frauds are to bo turned loose If they will help to fasten this little paltry matter upon Senator Mitch ell? That the bars are to be turned down In order to reach him? Is tliore anything fair about that? Now, I want i to read to you. gentlemen, what this In- j dictment says about Kribs. If there was anybody that was wrong in this matter, if there was anybody who was defraud- ! Ing the Government, Kribs was at the ! bottom of it; he was the man who was j profiting by It; thess other parties were : innocent parties who were dragged into j it without knowing or supposing that , there was anything wrong about It- Sen- ator Mitchell certainly knew nothing ; about it, because he got his Information i inrougn ir. ranner; jie naa no cnanee to get any other information, and Tanner told him repeatedly that the matters were entirely straight. Reads From Indictment, According to this Indictment, Kribs was engaged In defrauding the Government of these lands on a large scale; he was en gaged, according to the findings of the grand Jury that indicted Senator Mitchell, in a system of defieudlng the Govern ment, in the course of which It was his business and practice to get persons to go before the land office and swear to lie after He In relation to the matter. And. gentlemen, according to the findings of this grand Jury, they had the evidence there before them; they knew that this was so; they knew that Kribs had done this thing; and here, in this tract of land, to say nothing of anything else he may have been engaged in. was more than 20,000 acres of land; more than 38.0C acres of land, which, at a fair valuation, was more than half a million dollars worth of land of which he had defrauded the Government; and the grand Jury knew It and they had evidence before them; and on that evidence, did they Indict Mr. Kribs lor nis gross xraua ana larceny ana suo ornation of perjury? No. they turned him loose. Why? They turned film loose if he would testify to the smallest fact against Senator Mitchell on u charge of getting $300 a year, not fraudulently or with any intent to do any wrong to the Government, but accldentlly. so far as any violation of the law. if there was any at all. In order to got the man who had com- I mitted a trivial offense, that they wanted to say to you that the court might not send him to the penitentiary for; they j wanted to say to you that it might be an ' offense that would mean a mere tine: and to get Senator Mitchell on that offense. ( although they had the evidence right there j by them, they were ready to turn loose J the great chief highbinder who was at the bottom of the whole thing; who bad prof- itea oy u; tney were reaay to turn mm loose, and say. "Go. thou, and enjoy the spoils if you will help us to saddle a tech nical offense upon an old, gray-haired man, whose worst crime was that he had worked loyally and faithfully for the state in which he lived. Now, I submit this, gentlemen, it don't make any difference how fair the exterior may be. you need not expect that a man that is as clever as Mr. Heney is, is going to come rl-ht in here, when he heard my opening state -ment in which I charged him with titer things, and show by his actions before you his obvious unfairness; he is too smart and clever a man for that. Now. I say to you. gentlemen of the Jury, that you know how grand Juries are. and you know how entirely they depend upon the District Attorney; why, he will say, "Tan ner, I hold this grand Jury in my hands" I am not saying in words, bat virtually that "I hold this grand Jury in my hands, and If you will testify against this defend ant In this case. I will see that they don't indict your son: your son will not be in dicted. He was not. Cells Kribs a Thlcr. Why. gentlemen, don't you suppose It was because of some action upon his part that Mr. Kribs. with this evkience of his gross fraud before the grand Jury, was not Indicted? Who was it that is respon sible for the fact that Kribs. who was the great thief of this whole transaction, according to their own showing was not indicted, while Senator Mitchell, against whom they had nothing but a doubtful technical charge, was Indicted and is dragged here before you to be prosecuted? Now, gentlemen, take this all into consid eration, and see whether vou are going to let that sort of thing 6c gotten away with; say whether you are going to say this is right: whether you are Kolng to say, let all these big thieves go; let tnem go and enjoy their ill-gotten spoils, be cause by letting them go. it enables us to get the big game that we want: not big In crime, but big in standing that they have before the community and before the world. Why. it is a wnole lot more to the credit of Mr. Honey if he can con vict this utd man. this old United States Senator, who has been "W years In the I'nlted States Senate, wno has been a figure in National poMtlcs it is a whole lot more credit to convict him. even if he be poor, than it would be to convict Kribs if ho were rich. There may be other rea sons You have seen enough of the cor respondence to know that senator Mitch, ell thinks there are other reasons. He thinks that Hitchcock is after him: I don t know whether that Is so or hot; upon that I have not a word to say, but 1 do say to you that somebody is after him. gentlemen, and they are trying to ruin him. Of course, they say to you this is because he occupies a position of trust; he occupies a position or trust and there fore we are after all these fellows who break their trust. And do you think, gen tlemen of the Jury, that this is the reason why they are letting this king-thief. Kribs go. and whv they are after Sena tor Mitchell on a technical charge? Net at all; there is something more and some thing different behind that. Now. gentle men, when they come here with a charge of this kind, under all these circum stances, with everything damning and blackening in their own record behind them, then I say to you that the old rule ought to apply. Heney ought not to b going around seeing if he can find some thing outside of the case upon which he can convict this defendnnt. Way Duck in the old days, when the famous Jew got the bond of the good citizen and he got it for a pound of flesh, nearest his heart, and he pressed it in court; pressed it to tthe bitter end; his money was offered him back; "Take thrice the money; tear tho bond!" "No. I demand my bond!" and finally it was adjudged that he should have the bond. "Take thou thy bond, hut If in taking it thou do spill but so much as one Jot of Cnristian blood, or if it be lighter or heavier than a just pound even in a feather's weight, thou diest, and aU thy goods be confiscate." We can't carry the judgment that far; under our system of laws, however much a prosecution may be a persecution, a man has no redress except & verdict of a Jury of his neighbors acquitting him of the charge. Sometimes it seems to me we ought to have, but we have not. and these people who are behind this prosecution go scot free; but, gen tlemen, that is no reason why you should not enforce the other part of it. In which you .say, when you people are attempting to prosecute on this technical offense, re member that you are cutting your pound of flesh and you nave to stand by that: "take thou not one drop more; make it not heavier or lighter, not so much as a feather," but prove your allegation Just exactly as you have made It In your in dictment, or don't ask the Jury to help you do your work. When they prove be yond a reasonable doubt, gentlemen, to your mind, that any fee that Senator Mitchell ever took in the Kribs matter .was for Ed-vices performed by him as Sen ator at Washington, then find him guilty, but not until they have proven that be yond a reasonable docbt. Pleads His Years. Gentlemen of the Jury. Senator Mitchell Is an old man. Threescore years and ten are the allotted days of man: but If. per chance, by greater strength nd vigor they may reach fourscore Senator Mitch ell has passed the allotted days: he is an old man. not only in years, but he is an old man In other ways. Gentlemen, some of you arc getting along in years, and you know that when a man is young and strong end rigorous he may be sick and go down to death's door, and down to death's door again and get up and pre serve his strength of body and recover until he is as perfect a mas as he was before, but you men who are getting along in- years toward the shady side of life yoursoir. know that when a man is TO years old; when within four years he has been twice down to death's door, he is never going to recover again his wonted vigor. It Is his warning, as It were. Some men live many years ocyond what be Is, but he. with his sickness behind him. with his broken condition, and with his years, has only got a few more years to live at the best; now. then, gentlemen of the Jury, he bad hoped that when his Senatorial term was out. which Is In about a year and a half, that he might lay it down with honor and live the rest of his years among the people with whom he has lived for the past 2 years, enjoy ing the honors that were Justly his. And now. they are asking you. gentlemen, to deny him that privilege; they arc asking you that you strip from the brow of this old statesman the laurels that have been won by years and years of efforts for his country and his state. They are asking you that you etrip these laurels from the old statesman's brow and weave them Into a scalp lock and girdle for these de tectives and these District Attorneys, while the old man's enemies dance in ghoulish gloe a war dance around his fall and his disgrace; so that those men can go back wearing the girdle woven from his laurels, to their home In California and tell their friends In the dubs and everywhere what a victory they won out here In Oregon; how they made a Jury of Oregon's best citizens say that their fa vorite Senator, who had been their Sen ator for yars and years and years, was guilty of a crime bring upon him ever lasting disgrace and disqualify him from ever holding any office and disgrace him before the people of this state and the people of the world for all time. They are asking you to do that so that they can say that, though they did not have any case, though tneir own witnesses swore that the old man was not guilty, yet by their arguments and their cunning and their pleading, and by going Into side matters that were unfortunate, and drag ging them In. and abusing the defendant in relation to them. "they swept the Jury off their feet and got a verdict at their hands, Mitchell's Service to Oregon. Gentlemen. In other states and in other countries they aro building monuments for the men who have doae far less fer their state and country than Senator Mitchell has done. Why. there is not a harbor along the coast from Coos Bay to the mouth of the Columbia River In Ore gon that does not bear the marks of his statesmanship and his ability and his In fluence in the halls of Congress. They are ' building, in other states, monuments of marble for men that have done less than he, and here he Is battling, gentlemen of the Jury, the battle of bis life not that he may have a monument he may have hoped for that once, but that is passed but that he may live the few remaining years of his life in peace and honor, and that. Anally, be it a few months or a few years yet, when In the course of na ture he goes to his lost rest beneath the f?" J."!lf.ViaLhJli,:e Y:"' i phaned. perhaps, hv this prosecution, may have the poor privilege of writing on his epitaph. "Here lies an honest man." Gentlemen, we are celebrating here to day in this city a world's fair in com memoration of the dleeovery of this country, in commcmoratioR of the pro gress of this state; when that matter was before Congress and when it we mod hopelep Senator Mitchell went into the fray and got for the State of Oregon an appropriation of nearly half a million dollars that thai) tKji t thine Twvtcihla oumw iur)un. w tki. .nuuytt.ii .. ! Senator Mitchell had set much store by , that fAiobratLnn m wa luttuui that k. ' might come out here and spend his vaca- ) tlon here and be a ngure in the exorcises and spend his sex-entleth birthday help ing io celebrate the progress of the slate wmcn tie naa done so much to build. God pity him. gentlemen; It is a different kind of a way In which he is celebrating that birthday. Politics Rrought In. Gentlemen. I don't know whether I ought to allude to politico m this) matter nJiL' frJ faction you belonged to; whether It was ! forala. represented the National Council Senator Mitchell's faction or the faction j of Women, which Is com posed of 19 na that was opposed to htm. nor I don't i tional organizations, and which, by the care. because I don't believe that there is a man of you that is mean enough to carry trach a matter as that into poli tics or such a matter as that into a trial of this kind, and make you wrong this old man who is standing here, al most In his last days. And some of you. no doubt, are Democrats, aad you know, gentlemen, that I am a Democrat ray self and I have helped to carry the ban ner of Democracy, minority though it was. through the mire and tho heat many and many a time and I exnect to do It many and many a time again; but. gentlemen. If I thought that a "Democrat j was mean enough to carry a matter of that kind Into a matter of this kind I would feel, for the first time In my life, ashamed of my party. I ask you. gen tlemen. In the name of right and In the name oi jusuce. in view ot an tae cir cumstances that are around each and every one of you. all of you. and each and every one of you. to stand here like .I1?,., ."IMVlcre I into duk at'your if need be. be- fa, J"" JLT " fore you permit the great wrong to be Mve continued. Those who have done that they arc trying to do this old gone away from them still talk about the roan. And I hope aad trust, gentlemen. old wooden bucket and the great family that If you have to retire to your Jury- fireplace, hut you never hoar city folks f.. aILln.lni5 matifrU U w,lla-?Jr referring to childhood days and yearning woV'wsiVSre fetuL that Oregon will asrfst the vindication I Th Nattenal W C, T. U. was repro of Justice but that It won't assist in ted ' Mrs. lda Faxon Add it on; the persecution, and that you will ftnd a National Federation of Labor by Mrs. F. verdict that shall lighten the burdens 1 upon this old man's head aad let the j brightness1 la upon him. even as the sun ' sometimes, upon a dark, gloomy day. ! breaks through the bank of clouds at the I western horizon and sheds for a few me- i menu Its bright light, softer and brighter and rosier even than at noonday, and then sts for that day forever. Gentlemen. I thank After the court had again admonished the Jury, an adjournment was taken until M o dock Friday morning. CRANK VISITS THE MAYOR Announces Ho Is President and De mands Money From City. A crank succeeded in ratiatair admUston to Mayor Williams presence yesterday ' how to do It. afternoon without the usual formalities. ' After the recent spectacle of the Na aad after announcing that he was i tional Good Roads Congress in this town. President ef the I'nlted Elates, proceeded . St Is restful to while away an innocent to issue aa executive edict ordaining that lvrc hours at the meeting of pesltlve the Mayer should straightway make an 1 minded ladles now progressing here. appropriation for his benefit out of the municipal exchequer. Visions of tho wrath of Auditor DevHn on account of presumed unavailable funds floated before His Honor, and ha lost no time in vetoing the Injunction. The crank thereupon became demon- j seem to be prerequisite to a male political stratlve. in a way. but upon aa exhibition ' orgy that I felt like abandoning myself of g facial authority by Special Officer and giving the Chautauqua, salute when I Caswell, cooled down perceptibly, and aw those banks of sweet peas and roses, withdrew before he could be taken lato There wore rather more flags than neces custody, the sight of the star accelerat- ary. but happily we were spared cheese ing his speed to such an extent that he doth bunting. hit only the high places In his flight. One had but to glance about the room An alarm was turned ia to Police Head- ' and comprehend the sartorial ornamenta. quarters, and about 9 o'clock last night i tien to realize that the day of the alpaca he was arrested at the Union Depot by 1 gowned and poke-bonneted woman's Patrolmen Border and Thompson. He rights reformer has passed, for a better gave the name of Orvakto Casino, and is dressed assemblage of women It would be well known to the police, having been Hf3cult to find. frequently la Jail during the past six I They now patronize the best modistes months oa minor charges. He is a native i and pay heed to their back hair. I saw of Italy. He was observed around the but one among them who wore her City Hall several hours before calling on the Mayor SEWING MACHETES FOR RENT By week or month, at low rates. The Singer is acknowledged . the lightest-running and most convenient ef any. Try one and be convinced. Only at the Singer Mercs. Look for the red S. 361 Marrisoa sU. 432 Washington sU f49 Williams ave Portland. Oregon. Mala St Oregon City, Or. MI GATHER FOR OIL SUFFRAGE Susan B. Anthony Astonishes Hearers by Remarkable Address. DR. ANNA SHAW PRESIDES Great Convention of Notable Women, Among Which Arc Many Resi dents of Oregon, to Discuss Right of Ballot. A band of notable women, grown in I two score years and ten from a trio to many thousands In number, the National I Woman Suffrage Association, met In Its j was settled about like Oregon Is now. and twenty-seventh annual convention y eater- j there I found only an occasional woman day in the First Congregational Church, who sympathized with the suffrage cause. One of that trio who took up the fight and she was always considered a won for women's equality a half century ago. der. When I came here In 1S71 and trav Busan B. Anthony, was present, and her j eled over Oregon with Mrs. Dunlway. 1 appearance on the platform was the slg- considered I had made a very successful nal for a wild ovation. The large audi- : campaign, for I earned ay, first money eace rose io us xeei ana eneerea tne pioneer, who has done so much for the cause of equal suffrage and who Is still the life of a great work. At the close of the session men aad women rushed forward, eager to clasp her honored hand and pay homage to her. There are many famous delegates prefent at this conven tion, women whose aamss are known in every ctvlHzed nation en the globe, but none shine with the luster which sur rounds Susan B. Anthony. Calls Convention to Order. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the national association, called the con vention to order at 2 o'clock, and after remarks appropriate to the occasion made a happy little speech in apprecia tion of a gavel which the president of the Lewis and Clark Oregon State Com mission had presented for the purpose of opening the session. Dr. Shaw had the large body of delegates well in hand by the time the programme began. She adroitly called attention to the fact that mere waa juki equality in ints conven tion, and said that parliamentary usages were all right so long as they were not used to block the progress of work. She is a woman of wonderful magnetism and has a rare voice of round, rich tones and groat carrying capacity. An unusual combination of great dignity and wit Is hers and many brilHant remarks lntrtnrttM thu nnmnirf ab f oa nm. gramme, keeping the audience In fine humor and interest, it was Dr. Shaw who made the now famous statement. "Men have yet to learn that In the compass of the Divine voice there Is a soprano as well as a bass. and It looks as if that soprano Is going to be hoard in alt Its power during the life of this convention. . Prayer by Dr. IIousc. Prayer by Rev. E. I. House, pastor of the church in which the convention .mw, canrre-atloital i striae- of . noK5' anQ congregational singing oi ' , ' -LTTSL & V ' of Spokane, preceded the greetings from various national organizations. Mrs. Henry Waldo Cee. president of the Ore gon Equal Suffrage Association, was first to speak and used the Ave minutes allotted her to great advantage, paying ! graceful tributes to the visitors, to Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway. the pioneer of the suffrage movement on the Pacific Coast, and welcoming the convention in the name of the city and all its resl- Mrs. Mary Wood Swift, of Call- f unanimous vote or all these, mat year opened aa equal suffrage department. I T C tt-4 1 1 .Aftrnul to tlu mum.rial ta I Sacajawea. the woman who led the steps of civilization to this ooaot. aad 'said that the presence of the convention here at this time was moot attlng. National Grange Represented. The National' Grange has an able repre sentative in Mrs. Clara H. Waldo, aad her greetings teemed with pithy myhtgs. "The basic principle upon which the National Grande t4ands." she said, "is equal rights to men and women, and we practice what we preach." She referred to the fact that man and woman always looked back to the old home on the farm with pleasure and regret, and that the Nation has called upon the farms each generation for the Wdrrs among both men and women. EXCEL THE MEN IN MANAGING CONVENTION By A. A. G. One is first of all impressed with the , Sampler Sewers Sorority, It was Impos businessMke manner ia which the suffrage ' sible in avoid the free distribution nf J convention does things. It organized yes- terday afternoon, and when it proceeded M nrortxvded To be rr tfenre wan ruth- er mere oral trade-lasting than a man convention Indulges la, but there was also leas Jockeying. The "also present" delegates seem won derfully tractable, and the "machine" seems to know what it wants to do and la the first place. It is being held in a church, and the decorations are floral rather than pictorial. I'm so very tired of a stage adorned with impossible chro mes of cold-storage vice-presidents and ! frightened-looking party heroes they tresses shorn. These women who are sow planning In Pertlasd also know how to dispatch business, as has been Inti mated. Temerday afternoon when the sesHon opened the Rev. Anna Shaw started things going without unnecessary prelim inaries and presided well enough to shame John M. Thurston, nan master among his sex, at that sort ot employment. True, there was mere speech-making than seemed really necessary, hut as every variety ot women's orgnnlxatlos Rosa; the Ladies of the Maccabees by Mr. Nell! H. Lambsoa; the National Federa tion of Women's Clubs by Mrs. S. A. Ev ans; the National Conference of Charities and Corrections by Mrs. Millie Trumbull, and the Women's Henry George league by Dr. Mary H. Thompson. These speak ers were all Oregon women. Response by Miss Anthony. The response of. Miss Anthony, the event on the programme which the big church fuM of people waited for, was a pleasant surprise. Reports have circulated around the co entry that Aunt Susan was feeble and no longer able to take an active part in suffrage affairs, but when she spoke her first words an astonished silence fell upon the house. Her voice Is more vigor ous than many women half her age. and she speaks with fluency and ease. She said: "I am delighted to see and hear la this church today the women representatives of the several organizations, and It is in a measure compensation for the half-century of toll which It has been my duty and privilege to gve to this common cause. The sessions of this organization wlM be treated by the press of America today exactly as they would treat any Na tional gathering that was representative in character and had an objective worthy of serious attention. The day of universal scorn for equal suffrage has passed, and today we have gallant and courageous champions among the sex the members of which SO years ago regarded our proposals &s but a TtfLTt at that fnrstem of !nno- cJasm which threatened the very fouada- tlon of the social fabric. "When I first toured New Tork State It here. Recalls Elizabeth Cady Stanton. "Fifty years ago Elizabeth Cady Stan ton and I made the fight for recognition of the right of women to speak In public and maintain organizations among themselves for the advancement of the sex and their training to enable their proper discharge of the duties that per tain to womanhood. You who are younger cannot realize the Intensity of the opposition which we encountered. In order to maintain our position, we were compelled to do violence to the deep-seated and Ingrained prejudices bred into the very nature: of the men. and to some of them we were actually committing a' sin against God and vio lating His laws. Gradually, however, the opposition has leswned. until today we meet less hostility to equal suffrage than then was manifest toward giving women the right of speaking in public aad organizing for mutual advantage." Centennial Ode Read. An address by Dr. T. L. Eliot and the reading of Mrs. Dunlway's Centennial Ode by Mrs. Sylvia McGdire preceded tae appointment of committees and reports of national officers. Miss Kate Gordon, corresponding secretary, read one of the finest reports ever heard before a con- venuon. wnicn finuouira letters irora tne Governors of Utah. Colorado. Wyoming and Idaho, each heartily endorsing equal suffrage and commending Its adoption to other states as a method of purifying politics and sOte government. Miss Gor don is of the opinion that the protest of the arBOckttion to the Congressional Com mittee against women being classed with Idiots and criminals In the recent state hood bills has done much to advance the cause of equal mffragc. adding "once we were In with Idiots and criminals, but now we are out with them." The re port of headquarters secretary. Miss Eliz abeth Houser. was full and comprehen sive, rhawlng an immense amount of work to have been accomplished during the year. These wero Interesting facts cited by her: "Nineteen state associations have adop- ted woman suffrage resolutions, eighteen others nave received fraternal delegates from woman suffrage ijcletles. six ter ritorial associations have given woman suffrage a hearing. In all. 339 associa tions have given attention to the woman euffrage question. Headquarters were maintained at St. Louis during the Ex position. Hearings were granted before the platform committees of both the Re publican and Democratic nominating con ventions. More than 2C0 new woman suffrage societies have been organized and In 22 states hut Winter woman suf frage bills of some character received at tention. The question was never a more live one that It is today." 311ss Anthony Presides. Susan B. Anthony presided at the even ing senakm of the National Woman. Suffrage Convention, and a rare pieture be made In the high-backed oa! en chair, her snowy hair puffed over the ears In okl-tirae fashion, and the collar of rose point lace which ptms to belong to dig nified old age. forming a frame for her gentle but determined face. When she rose to call the meeting to order she was deluged with many beautiful floral trib utes, and drolly peering over the heap of flowers she said: "Well, this In rather different from tho receptions I uced to get 50 years ago. They threw thing? at rac then but they were not roses. They were mostly eggs. And there were not epithets enough In Webster's Unabridged to fit the case. But matters are different now and I got these beautiful roses instead of eggs and epithets. I am thankful far this ehange was represented save and excepting the i greetings from each of them. To the i crMlt of the orators, be It said, they were l u"cl " meir remaras. The evening session was even: more In teresting. On the rostrum, flanked by many women, sat three lonesome men. George Chamberlain, Jeff Myers and Tom Devlin. In uncomfortable-looking black clothes with their hair pasted down slick. If they were unhappy they tried not to show it- Each addressed the meeting plenty long enough. The two former came out fiat-footed for the enfranchise ment ot women and seemed relieved to go on record, even knowing, as they must, that they will bo called upon later to perform their premises. The City Audi tor, who represented Mayor WllUame. dealt la glittering generalities with snow on the mountain and bloom on the busa. He got away without committing himself to the cause. Then some of the brightest women In the United States took up the thread and talked all around the men. Frankness compels the -statement that these partic ular public women. Susan B. Anthony. President Anna Shaw and Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway. are in no respect weaker vessels at the game of speechmaklng. Few men in this country excel them la point, pith or wit of utterance. It Is such women as theee who have forced respect and consideration for the cause which they represent. Miss Anthony, to whom the cause la a religion, who has devoted the many years of her long life to It, presided last sight and seemed as keen in the. crusade as ever she baa been. Her voice was reso nant and her direction of affairs forcible. "Aunt Susan" will not see the fruition of her hopes, but It must be a great satis faction to her to retain In her old age an active Interest and a firm band In the movement to which she long ago conse crated herself. The suffrage convention Is not uninter esting, and It is significant when one con siders the kind ot women who devote themselves to its deliberations, of spirit Trhich has eosce orer the iresaaa of the American people. Chamberlain Favors Sun rage. The finrt evening session of the con vention was a signal success for the women who hare fought so long and valiantly for the cause of suffrage. Tho Governor of the State of Oregon. George E. Chamberlain, greeted the assembly la the name of the state and openly de clared himself as an advocate of equal suffrage for women. "It la a strange thing that the mother who Is capable ot caring for the welfare of a child In the home cannot do so In public." he said. "If she is- fit to make laws for him one place she should be capable of doing so everywhere." Governor Chamberizta went on to say that while Oregon had not extended the privilege of the ballot to women It had given women mors rights in other public matters than any other state. He humorously referred to the recently enacted whlpplng-post law. claiming that men bad no recourse when the tables were turned. His greeting waa cordial. T. C. Devlin acted as proxy for Mayor Williams and. made a brief talk. The address of Jefferson Myersv president of the State Commission of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, warmly advocated the question at Issue before the convection. He said: "After all the arguments for and against it, it hardly seems possible that one who is entitled to the privilege which you request can afford to deny the same to his mother. When your cause is placed before the voters of this commonwealth with a reasonable argu ment In its favor, there is no doubt Jn my mind of its success." Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, In an able response to these greetings, re ferred to the Governor as "one of our soldiers." which brought forth much applause from the house. In fact every speaker during the evening took a Ut ile turn at Mr. Chamberlain one might say they had fun with him, but he took, all raillery good naturedly and seemed to enjoy It as much as the audience. Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway's talk will be remembered as one of the best of the session. She said she bad been elec trified by the Governor's speech aad her own fairly scintillated with the result of the shock. Ker anecdotes were good and her reminiscences of the cabbage and rotten-egg days convulsed the house. The music of the evening- was furnished by Earl and Wayne Coe, and Stuart McGulre sang a baritone sole. Dr. Shaw's Address. The annual address ot the president. Rev. Anna H. Shaw, did not disappoint tae large audience, which packed the church In anticipation of hearing this famous speaker. An unusual press of business made it necessary for her to read her address, which slightly de tracted from her usual charm of de livery, but what she had to say was clear and to the point, and time and again she bad to wait for too applause of the enthusiastic audience to sub side. Dr. Shaw touched oa many sub jects In this address and handled each cleverly. The progress of the suffrage movement la its ST years of existence was reviewed; the resubjectlon of women was an able answer to Lucas Malet's articles on the retrograde move ment against the progressive develop ment of women: the segregation ot vice was an arraignment of corrupt public officials. The problem ot divorce she said would be settled "when mar riage becomes a spiritual and human Institution In which men and women attain the fullest development and meet la perfect equality en the only plane where intelligent human beings can And perfectly satisfying personal, relations." On race decadence Dr. Shaw sold: ."It is Infinitely more Important that a child shall be well born and well reared than that more children shall be born. That which Is desirable Is net that the greatest possible number of children snail be born into the world the need Is fer more Intelligent mother hood and fatherhood and fer better born and better educated children. The Real Problem. "The question which confronts the modern woman Is net what were the qualities which best fitted Eve, fer the Garden of Eden, but wat are the require ments of a woman tc meet and solve the problems of the 20th century- The presumption is always against the pres ent fitness of the type which was per fectly adapted to the coadltlens which are obselete or passing. Therefore. It is not by discussing the problem of whether women are fair or unfair In judgment; whether politics are pure or impure; whether women In the past were or were not satisfied with thir position which will settle the question ef woman's right to perfect equality la a representa tive government. The question is. 'Dees freedom tend to develop fairness; does It make humanity more Just; does It de velop character: dees it give a larger. broader, saner view of life; does responsl- control, self-respect and a higher sense of Justice in dealing with ethers? " Kcceptloh to Suffragist?. Susan B. Anthony and the other promi nent women who are In Portland attend ing the convention of the National Wom an Suffrage Association, will be given a reception in the Oregon building this afternoon by Mrs. Jefferson Myers, wife of the president of the Oregon State Com mission. The reception will be held be- j tween the hours of - and 1 o'clock. The invitation to attend the reception Is gen eraL Complains of Anto-Drlver. Complaint has been made by W. P. SeawelU of Kansas City, and Abraham Troutman. of San Francisco, against tho actions of an automobile man. who. they allege, mistreated their party, yesterday afternoon. They did net know the name ef the offending driver, but said he bad a bugle tnd lots ot hot air. with which he was very generous. With his time, they declare, he was not so free. "We were going to view the city on the observation-car." said Mr. Seawell. "and when about to board It, this automobile man Invited as to ride with him. saying he would give us mora views, run us about for one aad one-half hours and charge us W cents each the tome as we would have to pay on the car. We accepted. He merely rode us to the Fair grounds and back, by the same route. We were not gone aa hour, but he refused even to take us to a hoteL We were grossly mistreat ed, and think this a poor way to treat strangers. There were 2S in our party." Itabbl Illrseh In Portland. Dr. Eml! G. HIrsch. of Chicago, who Is the foremost preacher ot the present day. and visits the Pacific Coast ex pressly to deliver a sermon at the Audi torium. Lewis and Clark Exposition, Sun day afternoon, arrived in Portland at o'clock last night. Dr. HIrsch Is r rabbi of the Slnal congregation. Chicago. -and is a member of the faculty of the . University of Chicago. Among positions t membership on tho State Board of Char ities, president of Chicago Civil Service Commission, and editor of the Reform Advocate. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Adolph Wolfe met the distinguished orator, econ omist and leader, and he was escorted to the Wolfe residence. 1S3 King- street, where he will be a guest during bis stay In Portland. Having traveled West over the Canadian Pacific be will return home ward via one of the Southern routes. scsixxss mots. ir Bear I Cnttlax Teeth. B xr sse nam mat ei art waH-trl rnw7 Xrm. trtulaw's Seetabur Srran. w eSUeraa tMtMac. It etiwe t& eatla. aofta tbe rmy TS RHL SESSION Executive Board Concludes lis : Labors. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Compromise Is Reached With the Portland General Electric Com pany Orer DedHctlons JIade by City for Lights Oat. Every member ef the retiring Executive Board was In Rla seat yesterday afternoon when tho body assembled for Its final ses sion. It was the ist organic ralfty ef the present administration, and those gath ered around the lea'g. mahogany tab kt the executive chamber plainly felt she In fluence of the situation. The proceedings opened with a good natured discussion between: the members ef the board and H. W. Goodc. represent ing the General Electric Company, con cerning certain deductions that had been made by the city relative to the Mghtins contracts, but. contrary to general expec tation, the matter was arranged amieaMy . and everybody appeared satisfied with, the result of negotiations. The difficulty arose over the Interpreta tion ef the contract by the City Engineer as to the amounts to be deducted from the electric company's bills en account of failure- ta maintain an all-night service with somtt ef the lights. There Is a pro vision in the contract re na Using the cor poration to the exteat ef 50 cents for eaoh failure la this respect, with the result that during the past four months sums varying from 0 to JutO have been with held from, the bins of the electric com pany by direction ef CKy Engineer Waa ler, who seems to be imbued wkh the eM fashkmed Idea ef making a. big concern livo up to its promises. Mr. Geode thought the city was hehttng out too much, and undertook to show that tho company was aot entirely to Mame la the matter. contcncHng that the spates of notifying It ef the extioguleameat ef lights wa& at fault. He contended that the contract provided for patrolmen to notify the central police office waeae-rer a light went out. aad that It thereupon became incumbent upon the city to notify the electric company, which would Imme diately send out a man to repair the dam age so as to permit the service to con tinue. Under present conditions, the elec tric company is net notified until next day. bsc there la no opportunity for the eerporatlen to maintain the service the same night, and a 50-cent flae la the re sult. Altogether, the Hghting company has been mulcted to the extent ef &t-t2 by this process, and after the subject hod received attention from every point of view. It was Anally resolved to return one-third of this ameuat. and adept the fellowm? recommendation from City At torney McXary: laasmectt as the contract contains a bto vlslen that were Is H bt w dedectlea w&ere tstr is no BfEhsert r carvlessocas en t&e part ef the Portteac Geaeral Etecttte Ceat pnjr. nor tiutt ther l t be say d4actJc rsr the fttllurv C the Mgnt was ay rrajran ef an set e Gd er et&e'r causes aazacd. it Is agreed that tb patrolmen en ta beat iaH each aiskt ea seekix a Hst C im medlatcly report U aam to tia Central PoHee SUttea. the person to charge tbere to repert tmmedtaictr tv the eStce et the Pert Und General ESectrle OKssaar. aad ea th next rnerntet aa employ e ef tae electric cee: pany U to call at tk ette? ef tbe CKjr Kb glneer aad an agreement reaehed. as to tht ntonber of rights eot and tee eajr. ami wlure it appears that a Mgnt has teen re ported eet aad net repaired wHbta a rwasea aMe time. coaaWertsg the dlstaaee trea tfc Cie of tke cefeeaar. a eeeuettes abett ee raaile of 33 eeafcs; etherwtee ae dectjea to be. made. The following streets were accepted East Water, from Hawthorne avenue to East Oak street; Buehtel avenue, from East Stark to the north Has of Mayor Gates Addition; East Second, from Hoi laday avenue to "Weldler street; Grever from Front to Water street; Aakeny, from Seventh to Park; Hooker, from tho east line of Third to the west terminus of Hooker. A resolution railing attention to the con dition of Nineteenth street, between Mor rison and Washington, was placed on file. An onMnaaee passed by the City Council authorizing the Oregon. & CaHfornhr. Rail way Company to construct a sidetrack ea East First street is returned to the Council without action. RATIONAL TREATMENT or Stomach Diseases MEANS : Discard Injxiriovrs Drags S A Harmless ?owerfnl Cenakide Enderud fcy Lsadisz Pkjrsiaani. Send twenty-five cents to pay postage on Frtt Tnst BotiU. Sold by Ieadtej drugjists. mot aznutHC wrrweur kt xmnxrusc: 2H FRlJtcr ST.. NCW Yen. Wen re Ftx oo'C.rr en ntc.TroT I r & cumi sopir tfsa lusm. !ocr3C ao etfcrr.tet mml tiaars tor Ulnntad. (Mok aInt. It art ton pructerc a ttrma ta. n&b to Ul. 5f ARVU, CI x. ana stm szw yukx. Wemltrd. Clara Jk C Tertiaail. Crecen. aexst! jumfi bodSy vijpr acod rtinii-i Sktervlz sc aafQie'j ffraaC waaj i t;tt . V iq front tfe an i: iaa Madeaa staac Saad&r easier. Slrcozon I" - I i tssx &vtry Woman i F ATcTV,v. la re'ertft! snrt rtjcald raorr t IPnMnA MARVEL sorting 5ry VSanW. cat Jtott CotjToaJect. JfrAWnfrBUjaeam UOaaata Immtfrtj ALL MEN AND WPMtH WHY THEY AflE HAPPT rwo Joiiia hgotxuk mc "Xt strsasti fcad rriadl4 re tint X cocMat i-rnij- s-fself ay Infineon Trisi arrjr saap IraS -tea tired ssd Hardens Etia txc." seidXr. GcX-rtex. " I trsaSTo bad ccaaplately nniTg7sj tay cay's wari. ad Trhan I got tsp tiss xcrziz I dida't feI r$ed a tit. I fcad awfd iaadrtciea toe, astdniyiii &eys got eat of erdsr nrd csssed st to harts scTsre paisa ia tie taci. As oca tiaolbacasza sa feobla thaS I could no sdrisora bed faz thrss xroelaJ 3r. Goldstein is & jazsg rsaa asd fcad then bus racecily established a fcos of bis crs. His amis ties irtr increased by the fact thas his Trifs xraa far frcrx bdsg rotrsst. Mrs. Goldstem says: "Par rrroysars I had been 21 cross oi tfca tise. Sorggrtrnes X tras cosiissd ta bedfor weeis in. recoesaien. turderapfcy-. Tfteisrt's. cars. I had haadaches, iidney trouble, pain abotiS tba hears aad raaxy mors TiscoTsfcrisblo sysiptszts cok Bcctsd "wish tfcas ireakssss to which, say ki is pocaEarly subject Troubla had ia-raded this household aad settled la it in. jsst the twits tkal oaghstobc thsTery happiest. Pfcysxcisa ceroid not tell thera hovr to gasxidoiiL. "I yrzs TAterlydiscorzT2--ad,enId2r. Goldstein. "Then tho grgeacy of soma irieads led zee to try a blood aad serra reexedytvhich vras said to ba ironderw felly saccessfsii. "Witfcia. a sioatb. tfcert wera naatistakabla signs of iraproTeraeat ia sty condition, aad Triihia a year I was completely rnSL Thronga. the ns cf Dr. Tm1i:t:ttV Pink Pills I ha-ro now as good health, as I exer had ia my life. Jirs. Goldateia adds r " Tiesrcaderfal effect; thasDr. Williams Pink pais had in tho case of axy husband led raa to try them and they helped ma area, aora qaickly than they did fcira. Ons- box made mo dttddedly better aad a fair months treataect cared me.' Dr. TTffiiaria Pink Pills are tha best tonic aad regnlator. they make pore, rich blocd aad when, there is gesezai weakness and disorder that is what tha system needs. Ulr. an d jIts. H. Goldateia lira at 36 Got- street. East Boston, Vurr Dr. "Williams Pink Pills are sold by drcsxists CTeryvrhere. Get Up Ia the morning- tired, languid, and frequently- with a. headache that is almost unbearable. You have been nervous, restless and sleepless night after night, and gloomy and irritable during the day. This nervous exhaus tion affects the heart, lungs and other organs that depend upon the nerves for motive power Then the stomach fails to di gest the food; the heart action is weak, and circulation poor, and the kidneys and liver in active. What you need is not a stom ach, head, kidney or liver med icine, but Dr. Miles Nervine to soothe and feed the nerves and build nerve tissue. Ofy wtfo was subject to seveie men tal strain, which, resulted bx nerrous prostration. Tho first symptoms were uncontrottablo exytnc aad melancholy spells, -which Increased to su;h an ex tent that for over a year she wocl. have a spell every day of from four to six hours durarlcn. She required the constant attention of her physic ian and attendants. She sufferec great pain aid anguish. The best physicians attendtrut her ou!d gtr no relief, and she finally became almost of unsound mind. As a lat rcaoit I Dsaa grrlnc her Dr. Miles Xenrine. aad Tonic, aad noticed that her spe!a next day were not so severe. ard they gradually- dis appeared altogether. Sirs has had n recurrence ot the spells, and is gain In? in health and strength. J. P. OTEKHOLSEB. Sterling EL Or. Miles Nervine la sold by your druggist, vtho will guarantee that the first sett's vHI UcneJVt. If tt falls he villi refund your money. Miles Medical Ccx, Elkhart. Ind ITOM.-M1D? Tins tiny CjmJ are : TO Of UCfWCZ. mm TnranTin'iaacB- i 1 Patience . 1 and ' if Perseverance m havs wrought out tha purity aad psriscaaa of i u ! 1 b Hunter j Sola as ta 4r-a esfra aart y InMrnL. 1 TTX. LfcMKO a05.3abt2zoro.jfc- mV tMrhnf m k vtenntf