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2 THE MORXING OREGOXIAX TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1006. RENEWS KTTIGK ON CANAL BOARD Gorman Insists Salaries" Are Too High and Power - Is Too Great. CONGRESS MAY EXAMINE Senate Debates Message on Canal. Itayncr Accuses Roosevelt o Sub stituting: New Doctrine -for.. -Monroe Doctrine. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The Senate today gave attention to the Panama Canal, the situation in Santo Domin go and the merchant marine shipping bill. The canal question came up in con nection -with a message from the Presi dent, in which, among other things, lie invited the closest scrutiny into all that had been done by the Gov ernment in the Isthmus of Panama. Gorman made that utterance the text for a speech, in -which he criticised the salaries paid for work in connec tion with the canal, and urged Con gressional inquiry. He aaid that the President vr&e not so much to- blame as Congress for his assumption of control on the isthmus, and that the chief mistake had been made when Congress released Its hold upon canal affairs. He agreed with Gorman in urging the rights of Congress in con nection with the canal, and said that, while Congress had delegated the mat ter to the President, the latter prac tically had. referred the whole matter back to Congress. Jtayner's Maiden Speech. The Dominican discussion arose upon Tillman's resolution marking inquiry of the President concerning the status of affairs in the island republic. The resolution was made the basis for a speech by Bayner, which was his Ini tial effort in the Senate. He made an argument for noninterference by the I'nited States in the affairs of other countries in the Western Hemisphere except in cases involving efforts to ap propriate territory, and closed with a plea for encouragement to the Russian Jews in the struggle for their rights in Russia. He had the closest attention from the floor and the galleries, and when 'ne closed was warmly congratu lated by many Senators of both par ties, his colleague, Gorman, being the first to offer his. Gallinger opened the debate on the merchant marine shipping bill, pre senting an extensive array of! figures in support of that" measure. He said that the entire amount of the proposed subsidy for .the ten years contemplated would be about $48,000,000. Gorman's Biting Sarcasm. After the reading of the President's message on the Panama Canal, Gorman said in part: t I think the country tOiouId bp highly pratl fled by the extraordinary statement the President make? In regard to this Kreat ork. It la true that Individual and the press have circulated criticlems or the extraordinary or ders and the work done, but the "resident lian Riven a certificate of perfect purity and great efficiency to all that have been connected with the canal construction. It Is true he Invited the closest scrutiny, and in Justice to him and to the employes to whom he has In trusted the work on the Isthmus1 that Invita tion should be accepted. The ConTts has placed in the hand of the President the re sponsibility for carrying on this great work, and I think this ought not to be done. Since the war with Spain Consrewi has got into the habit of placing In the hands of the Presi dent or the United States millions of dollars to be expended without any restriction what ever. Gorman condemned the manner of making appropriations for the various departments, and said that. Congress should review all these. Hale agreed that Congress has fallen into a bad habit of appropriating large sums- without closely regulating the manner of -expenditure, but he de clared that the President, in regard to the canal work, has followed the course prescribed by Congress in the Spooner act, and that he has not been at fault in any manner. The letter and reports were referred to the committee on ' interoceanic canals. When Tillman's resolution, in .relation to Santo Domingo . was read, -Lodge an nounced that he would ask to have it referred to the committee .on. foreign re lations and? that in the future he would object? to a discussion o treaties in the open Senate. Kayncr on Monroe Doctrine. Rayncr 'was given the floor. Although a frequent speaker when he was in the House, today's speech was his maiden effort as a Senator. He offered the fol lowing as an amendment to Tillman's resolution: Resolved, That, in the opinion of tho Sen ate, the United States ought not to assume any liability for the payment or any indebted ness of republics of Central or South Amer ica to European or other powers and ought not to interfere with foreign governments as serting aalKt these republics civil rightp lnv regard to tire principles and procedure or in ternational law, unlesa auch assertion amounts to an attempt permanently to oc cupy their territory or to change their forms of government or subvert their political Insti tutions; "and, - Resolved further.. That. the: United States ought net, by war or .the threat or menace or war, to enforce the performance of con tractual obligations entered into between Its own citizens and anyvot theses republics, but In ich cases should, .limit Us JnJejyosUlon toward obtaining relief for the claimants to the friendly office of the minister) or diplo matic agents of the United States. Rayner began by paying tribute to flic memory of the late Secretary Hay and by declaring his belief that President Roosevelt acts from the highest impulses. He expressed his belief in the genuine Monroe Doctrine, "the old text, and not the revised edition; the original docu ment, an not the counterfeit parch ment." Roosevelt Doctrine, Ho Calls It, He then declared that the men who originated that doctrine would never rec ognize it in its present deformed and dis torted shape. He said, "When the Presi dent issues a manifesto that is the prod uct, of his own genius, Jt ought to be cir culated under the name of its author." He then declared that the President was enforcing a new doctrine, maintaining that it was never intended that he should assume & protectorate', political or finan cial, over the Islands of the Caribbean or the i-atin-Amerlcan republics. He" asked whether the President con templated the bombardment of a Carib bean portto enforce payment of a debt. He called the present policy tho Roose velt doctrine, and defined it as follows: First, the only way except by actual war that one nation can forcibly collect a moiey claim against another is by blockade, bom bardment or the seizure of Its custom-houses, and under the accepted law of nations for eign governments are within their rights If they choose to exercise their prerogatives when j they actively Intervene in eupnort of the con- , tractual claims of their subjects. Second, the United, States theft becomes a party in interest, so far as American state j are concerned, because under the Monroe Dor- ' trine it could not see any European oower ; seize and occupy the territory of any of these i republics. 1 Only Debt-Collecting Business. j He proceeded to deny the right of any ' government to enforce the contractual claims of its citizens by active interven tion in another country, saying nearly every Secretary of State had denied: such a right. He denied the correctness of the President's assumption that the seiz ure of a custom-house or a blockade was equivalent to a seizure of territory- Hayner referred to the seizure of Corlnto, Nicaragua, by Great Britain, to compel payment of the debt which did not summon the specter of Monroe. "The new Monroe doctrine." he saiU, "is strict ly a financial doctrine. The theme is money, the legend is cash, and the foreign hordes who are advancing Into the State Department are a syndicate of relentless mercenaries and money-lenders who traf fic in calamity, look upon National mis fortunes as so much merchandise, and who for a venal profit would call a vendue and auction to the highest bidder for the liberties of mankind." Quoting from a speech of Secretary Taft, in which he said this Government Is to take temporary possession of Santo Do rttingo as a receiver. Mr.-Rayner declared he found no clause in the Constitution empowering the Government to act as a receiver, and continued: As Secretary of War. upoa freeucnt occa sions ox officio Secretary of State, oenetroctlvc Governor-General of the PhMntlaes. atx! In the absence of the President, acting President of I the United States, 1 am quite sure that Mr. j Taft has not the time te ad as roelvr for all the Impecunious people on this earth. We j will therefore evidently have to provide a new j portfolio, to be known as tlic Department of j Foreign Ttecalverehips, and a new Secretary, to i be known an the Secretary of Ferolgn Bank- j ruptcy. He urged that the President had made I a grave error in supposing he had a right ' to put In effect a treaty before- the , treaty itself is ratified. He concluded by saying: I would rather ee the Jtag lowered and trampled ujen thas used as a piratt's ensign and raised, not as an cm Worn or honor, but as an Instrument of terror and osprejwkm ' to the helpless and enfeebled raees of man- 1 kind. Rayner. during bis speech, branched off from the Santo Domingo question and denounced in emphatic terms the Jewish persecutions In Russia. He said the Jews would pubmit to every Indignity rather than abandon their creed. He ad- j" vocated a demand upon "this barbarous Prince" to grant the Jewish people their ! rights, or no longer be permitted to have j intercourse with foreign nations. GulIIngcr on Ship Subsidies. The Senate took up the merchant marine shipping bill and Gallinger spoke in support of that measure. Quoting the utterances of Presi dents McKinlcy and Roosevelt on the importance of building up the mer chant marine, he urged Congress to heed these admonitions by passing a law that would relieve the situation. He said: Today, alone of all the nations ambitious for mercantile cxpanolon. the United States neglects Its ocean shipping. Oar coast and lake fleets, protected by Federal statutes, arc the most prosperous and the greatest In the world. Taking the coawt, lake and river ships together, we have a merchant navy of S.SOO.000 tons, or Mx time the tze of the poor, shrunken fleet of SSS.OOO tons regfu tred for foreign cummnrs'. The gradual disappearance of our hlprard.. the bank ruptcy of our ship merchants, the Vow or our skilled mechanics and seamen, though a ca lamity and a great one, is far lees serious than the cramping ami withering effect of our lack of American ships In the export trade of the United States. William llcKInley p prophetic vision In that final address of his to his countrymen saw that without ships of our own to convey our goods to our customers, we should be more and more hopelessly handicapped against our maritime competitors .In the neutral markets of the world j What Other Nations Do. Gallinger outlined the various measures adopted by Great Britain, Germany and France for the strengthening of their shipping interests, he quoted figures to show that France and England each pay more in the way of subvention to a single line or steamers than this Government pays to our entire merchant marine, and adds: Britain, France. Germany, alt make gen erous provlrien by national mihventlon for conveying not only their malls. ht their merchandise under their national flags to the neutral distant market. Bven the smaller powers Spain. Italy. Austria, Portu gal, and last, but not least, Japan do the same thing. The United States alone leaves Its merchants, manufacturers, farmers, at the edge of the ocean to get Utrtr goods over seas ar, best they may by Mine act of trade or the grace of their foreign rivals. If we lag In the world's markets. If we fall behind even In th Philippines, our own pos sessions; If we see Germany striding ahead of us In the Orient, and all Europe grasplnr South America by commercial bonds stronger than the Monroe doctrine, the fault Is our own. and In our own hands lion the remedy. Regarding the contention that "'if for eigners .will do this work more cheaply than we can do" It ourselves, why not let thera?" Mr. Gallinger said that "this plea is nothing but the fundamental free trade argument In the most extreme form In which it Is possible to state It." What Subsidies Would Accomplish. The importance of a national shipping as a means of defense was urged, and af ter analyzing the measure, Mr. Gallinger summed up the probable results of its passage as follows: First A force of 10.000 naval volunteers. trained to the naval service. Second A new fleet of from 200,000 to 300.000 tons of steel mall steamers, a naval reserve of font transports, amtnunltlon-shlps, supply-ships, auxiliaries, etc.. In care of war. Third A new addltlon.of 1.500.000 tons of cargji vessels. Increasing fourfold the actual oceartshlpplng of the United States. Fourth The creation, of ten new and strengthened American (steamship lines to South America. Central America, Africa and Aria, supplemented by a. large and active 1 fleet or "tramp" or cargo veiuir, opening ( new markets and giving increased trade and 1 employment for the whole American people. ' impossible to ct down In specific figures, but fittyfold or. a hundredfold the entire cost of the National subvention. In closing tho Senator said: TVe have paltered and. proposed this ques tion of American ocean trade for 40 years. "We have seen our shipping and our seamen Danish, and every nation grasping the trad that should have been our own. It must be acknowledged that the steady decline of our own shipping since 1801 marks the ope great and humiliating failure of the Republican party. But the Republican .party has failed here because here alone it has not been true to the Republican principles. It has pro tected everything, else that 'felt the pressure of foreign competition, but it has left un protected the one industry that feels foreign competition most directly and . the most keenly. Gallinger estimated thnjt tbc aggre gate expense to the Government for the entire ten years., of ,-the proposed subsidies would be JiO.OOO.QOO, and that the amount being devoted to the en couragement of irrigation is many times larger. The Senato then, at .4:12. P. M- went into executive session, and at 4:20, ad- ' Jourad. ' j 1 ' r tn r f t-t iwTisrr 1 niii"i n rnrTr n ii irrr-T rrm :wi9sTOfisoffi ! U Store, Onrns t JQ J i fkfLtJT . ft I a r iiw wiiin nil nixuvniiinii Store Opens at 5 A. Ii. &-TIFTH; WASHINGTON SU Store Closes Daily at 6 P. M. 11 1 i A MAGNETIC MELANGE OF TUESDAY BARGAINS ! w.aiRD 1 1 Co hne Early for These SILKS! Extra Special This Morning Only STO 1 I A. M. ONLY 5 TO I I A. M. ONLY None After, at the Price! (Fifth-Street Annex, First Floor) 35c Silk Crepe de Chine 59c yard In order lo infuse a little more "ginger" into the earlier hours of the day, and induce heavier morning shopping, thus relieving somewhat the strain, and rush of afternoon throngs that surge thro the broad aisle in eager enjoyment of the Clearance Sale Bargains, we have decided to offer these remarkable inducements in the Silk Salons for three hours only this morning b to 11 ; 24-ineh, all pure silk Crepe de Chine, in black, white, cream, and all wanted evening and street shades our un equaled S5c value. Special for the hours named only, at Of' tlm vnrd " - tJjJ the yard And Superb, Dependable, Black Dress Fabrics 5 TO 1 1 A. M. TODAY ONLY ! A full thousand yards of handsome and ultra-fashionable silk and wool Novelty Black Dress Stuffs, in the very latest weaves for Spring wearing. Special as follows, but bear in mind today, this morning S to 11 only none after except Ug-P Dpif'lPT at regular prices IIQ1I r I 1LC $2.30 goods for, yard $1.25 .$2.25 goods for," yard $1.12Vs $2.00 goods for, yard $1.00 Come Today for Kimonos! OTHER SALES EMBRACE Women's Walking Skirts Velvet Suits, Shirtwaist Suits Short Coats The Tale Is Briefbut We're "Long" on Marvelous Values Today in the WOMEN'S TOGGERY SHOPS (Second Ploor) The Tale of the Kimonos, Off Take any in the bguse, long or short; take the Dressing Sacques, if you prcfvufypFSMfuid materials, bewitchingly pretty in their fetching OhSSSflff effect. Silks, blanket cloths, cashmeres, eider downs, outing and French flannels, etc. Long Kimonos, ranging in price up from $2.00 to $45.00. Short Kimonos and Dressing Sacques from 75c to $1S.50 all at one-fourth off the lowest regular prices ever quoted ou equal values in Portland. Superb Suits of Regal Velvet J Price! Swagger Velvet Suits, the very embodiment of rich grace and de lightful fashionableness models that are exact replicas of the most striking favorites of the season, imm'ense "hits" in New York and other Eastern fashion centers. Gowns that have been and still are among the best sellers of the reigning season among smartly-dressed women everywhere. Choose as you may from these handsome, regal Suits, from $35.00 to $175.00, for today at PRICE. Pedestrian Skirts Timely Bargains Values to $15 at $4.95 Smart new Walking Skirts, a mere handful, closed out at a maker's clearance sale, by our New York bujcr. Only 50 in the lot, but every skirt a rare bargain find. Materials inclullc cheviots, Pana mas, broadcloths, alpacas and chic tweedish mixtures, in blues, light to dark grays, tans and smartty pretty mixed effects. Skirts that women need for shopping and tramping now and all the year. "The short skirt's the thing," say sensible women aye, right! Hurrah for American Avomeu. These skirts today at an aver- CI ae third: Values to $15 at a choice for A Few Laggards for Today's Selling! Women's $20 to $60 Coats for $7.95 Those are all in box effects, tight-fitting and blouse st3'lcs. in plain and brocaded velvets, imitation Persian lamb, broadcloths, coverts and fancy mixed goods. None over 30 inches long, satin and taffeta lined, and trimmed in pretty, attractive styles, with velvets, braids, stitchings, silks and buttons. Coats that sold readily at original fair prices, ranging up from-$20.00 to $60.00. On db"7 sale today till closed at -W Extra Special! Handsome $3.00 Beaver Hats for $ 1 .00 Today only, a special lot of these popular Hals at a third their worth. Black, ' browns, navys, castors and cardinals; $3.00 I ff values at 25 of These Remained at 4 P. M. Yesterday PvSi2T' Shirtwaist Suits $12.50 to $35.00 VALUES FOR S6.98. Tasty, smart and dressy Suits but left-overs. You'll find these bet ter values than you expect. Materials are cheviots, serges, Pana mas and brilliantines, in navy, black, brown, green, etc., and a few mixtures that include neat checks and piquant plaids, trimmings of velvet, braid and buttons, ranging up from $12.50 to CJZ $35.00 iu value. Choice today, until sold, for pv-v0 Who Wants $2.50 Ostrich Plumes for 95c? Come today any time to the Annex Millinery Salons, Second Floor. A rare chance to select a" handsome plume at trifling cost. It seems as though every woniau in Portland who has the cash or the credit must get at least one. We're sure few can resist buying who see the plumes. Handsome, sweeping, magnificent Amazon beauties, full IS inches long, perfectly dyed, and -the grandest $2.50 values ever sold in a regular way by any store in America. To- O Jf day only The balance of our wire and buckram Frames at a choice for. . . .25 Today in Knit Underwear Shops Pirst Ploor. $1.48 FOR -WOMEN'S SILK AND LISLE VESTS WORTH $1.75. Women's Silk and Lisle Vests, in white, pink or blue, Swiss ribbed, long sleeves; our ,$1.75 value. Special sale price, g $2.42 FOR SILK VESTS WORTH $2.75. Women's White Silk Vests, with long sleeves, Swiss dO O ribbed; splendid $2.75 value. Special sale price, each. $2.64 FOR UNION SUITS WORTH $3.00. Women's Vega Silk Union Suits, long sleeves, ankle length, in Avhitc, pink or blue; our $3.00 value. Special salc'f-0 1 price, the suit , Cp.VJ $2.49 FOR UNION SUITS WORTH $3.50. Women's Silk and Wool Union Suits, Swiss ribbed, long sleeves, ankle length, in pink only; our $3.50 value; special salc0 X.Q price, each Zp.J WOMEN'S "STUTTGARTER" VESTS, PANTS AND UNION SUITS FINE IMPORTED ALL-WOOL OR PART WOOL GOODS ALL AT SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE PRICES. $3.50 WOOL SUITS FOR $2.25. Women's Munsiug" all-wool U.nion Suits, in silver gray, Winter weight, half-open front our $3.50 value. Extra spe- J O O IT cial sale price, the suit TODAY'S BARGAINS IN Linen and Domestic . - Aisles ))) " First JFloor. TEAOLOTHS AND TABLE TOPS. A line of" Richardson's Linen Teacloths and Table Tops, hand-embroidered and hemstitched exquisite patterns Regular $L50 value special, each.... $1.10 Regular $1.75 value Special, each.... $1.25 Regular $2.00 value special, each. .'$1.50 K Regular $2.25 value special, each. ...$1.65 all T?r.,io -to n ,.aiw ctvovt;.! -.-.-v. i cer Regular $2.90 value special, each.... $2.15 Regular $3.00 valuc special, each. ... $2.25 Regular $3.25 value special, each..'. .$2.45 Regular $3.50 value special, each $2.60 Regular,$3.90 value special, each.... $2.85 DAMASK TABLECLOTHS. . A lot of Damask Tablecloths, slightly soiled, and no napkins to match; extra fine grade, double damask. Regular $7.50 value special, each. . 6.60 Regular $8.25 value special, each. . 7.25 Regular $9.00 value special, each. . $7.95 Regular $10.00 value special, each. . $8.00 Regular $11.50 valuc special, each. . S8.50 Regular $13.50 value special, each.. 9.50 SHEETS 49c Heavy round-thread Sheets, size 72x90, fine wearing quality; special, each .49d PILLOW CASES. One thousand dozen Pillow Cases of stand ard sheeting, size 36x45, divided in four lots LOT 1 Special, each 9 LOT 2 Special, eacb .10 LOT 3 Special, each 12y2d LOT 4 Special, each 14 Petticoats Bustles Second Floor Annex. SPECIAL TODAY. 99c for Black Sateen Petticoats Worth $1.50 Women's black Mercerized Sateen Petticoats in many styles of flounces, including the deep sunburst flounce; our regular $1.50 value; special sale price, each 99 45c to 65c Bustles for 19c Women's Bustles in different sizes, with wire or hair filling; regular" 45c to 65c values. Special sale price, each j..: 19 25c, 30c AND 35c RIBBONS FOR 18c Today we offer a lot fine all-silk satin Taffeta and all-silk Taffeta Ribbons 4 to 5 inches wide; soft, pretty Ribbons in all the wanted shades and colors suitable for belts and gir dles, fancy bows, neckwear, etc; special sale price, the yard 18 TIMELY BARGAINS IN Women's and Children's Hosiery SPECIAL TODAY. 42c For Women's 50c Hose Women's fine l-ibbed black Cash mere Hose; splendid 50c value, special sale price, the pair 42 21c For Women's 25c Hose Women's plain black Worsted Hose, seamless; our 25c value, special sale price, pair 21p Women's 50c Hose For 35c A big lot of women's black and fancy Hose; our 50c value, spe cial sale price, pair 35p Children's 35c Hose. For 19c Children's black Cashmere Hose, seamless; our 35c value, special sale price, the pair 19 85c For Women's $1.00 Hose Women's fine black Cashmere Hose, full finished and shaped; our $1.00 value, special sale price, the pair 85 Women's 50c Hose For 42c Women's black Cashmere Hose, fine medium weight, finished foot, double sole; our 50c value, spe cial sale price, the pair. . . .42 Children's 40c to 48c Hose for 26c Children's black Cashmere Hose, seamless: our 40c to 4Sc values, special sale price, 26 Embroideries Special Today First Floor. We offer today thousands of yards of cambric, nainsook and Swiss embroideries" at about one half their actual value. The Spring of 1906 will he the greatest white season ever known. White embroideries will be used on everything. This is a chance you should not miss. 6V$-yard strips; price, 1.29 4J2-yard strips; price 89p Of Interest to Housekeepers Today's Bargains in "House keepers' Exchange." Third and Fourth Floors. THIRD FLOOR Lamps Reduced. Decorated Lamp and 7-inch shade; 90c value, special 59 Decorated Lamp and 7-inch shade; $1.25 value, special 78 Brass-footed Lamp and S-inch shade: $1.60 value, special 98 Brass-footed Lamp and decorated shade or globe to match, Roches ter burner; regular $2.75 value, special $1.75 $2.75 Umbrella Holders $1.75. A good assortment of full-glazed, large-size Umbrella Holders, shaded colors, $2.75 value; clear ance 1.75 Elegant French China Dinner Sets. 117-piece rich Decorated French China Dinner Sets, heavy etched gold band, gold centers; regular $235 value, special $149 117-piece set, preeian border, green and gold; $210 value, clear ance $133 117-piece set, white and gold lace pattern; $115 vol., clearance $73 Kitchen Furnishing Shops. Closing out dark blue, four coat, Enameled Cookingware One-Third Off Regular Prices. FOURTH FLOOR $24.90 Sewing Machines for $22 "Olds, Wortman & King" Sew ing Machines,, with swell-front oak cabinet, drop head, automat ic lift, high arm, ball-bearing, five drawers; our $24.90-val.; special . clearance sale price, each $22 Same as above, but hand-lift; our $24.90 value: special clearance sale price, each $22 Ruffled Net Lace Curtains With lace edge and insertion 7-inch ruffle $4.00 value: special price $2.75 $5.00 value; special price $3.25 $S.50 value; special price $5.00 $15.00 value; special price $8.50 $7.50 Couch Covers for $5.25 Heavy Tapestry Conch Covers, in Oriental .designs, fringed on four sides, 60 inches wide, very hand some; our $7.50 value, special clearance sale price, each $5.25 Heavy Applique and Bordered Portieres Our $16.50 value; special clear ance sale price, pair $10.25 Our $25.00 value special clear ance sale price, pair $16.25 Heavy Silk Portieres Cord edge, reversible; our $35.00 value, spe cial clearance sale price $22 $7.50 Navajo Blankets for $4.65 All-wool Navajo Blankets, gen uine Pendleton make; our $7.50 val. spec, clearance price $4.65 $3.50 Downaline Comforters for $2.75 Real Downaline Comfort ers, extra large size, covered with best quality silkoline, light, fluffy and warm ; our $3.50 value, special clearance sale price, each $2.75 $1.52 Downaline Batts for $1.05 Downaline Batts, just enough for one comforter in each roll; all in one piece; our $1.52 value, special clearance sale price, each $1.05 Special Clearance Sale reduc tions on all carpets, rugs, matting, linoleums, etc. H