THE HORNING- OREGOKIXN; KRIDAY, PEBRTJARX 2T, 190G. iLEY FLRRES IIP. Veteran .Keystone jraibr,Cori demns Rate Bill. STEP TOWARD: BRYAN1SM Says All Anarchists Supjiort "It and Suggests Brief Substltute-Shack-leford Wants Law Applied to Express Companies. WASHINGTON", Feb. X The discussion of the railroad rate'blll -was taken up and prosecuted ivith -vigor throughout the day. : So many speakers tiave come to the front on this measure that the House agreed to meet at 11 o'clock her6ater until the de bate Is ended. The feature of the debate was the lengthy speech of Sibley of Penn sylvania, -who arraigned the legislation with arguments of varied character, all of which tended to give his reasons for icing unalterably opposed to the Tim. When he charged that the legislation was Socialistic In Its nature, and was a sup toward Gdv'errinient ownership and the dream of Bryan and Hearst, James of Kentucky asked what the- reason was for the right-about-face of the Jtepublican party In the direction of the Bryan lead ership. "I will gracefully place the responsibil ity on my colleagues of broader shoul ders," -retortediSlbley. Sibley said he would advocate larger salaries .for the-Tnembers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and would content himself with voting against the. bill. Knapp (New Tork) spoke for the meas ure, and Shackleford (Missouri), who ad vocated the ' Hearst measure last year, gave his reasons for supporting the pres ent bill. A speech by Hefiln (Alabama), also favoring the bill, concluded the day's debate. Knapp of New Tork opened the discus sion, speaking for "the bill. Wants Jurisdiction Broader. Support to the bill was pledged by Shackleford. 'who united with Iamar of Florida last -session In a report n the Hearst bill. However. Shackleford will, at the proper time, move to Include in the bill control of express companies -and Ju risdiction to regulate long and short hauls. Contending that the Commission sought authority over the long-and-short-haul problem, Shackleford threw in the parenthesis: ''I want to say this about the Commis sion. It has rendered five decisions against the people for every one against the railroads, and, when it gets increased power, I am fearful -what the result will be." Shackleford preceded his speech with a political review of the question., in which lie recounted three defeats for the Demo cratic party as -a result of the contribu tions against it by the "McCalls, Me Curdy and Hydes." and others of their class." He justified his support of the Hearst bill as being his duty to his con stituents, and denied positively that In do ing so he had violated a party caucus. Sibley's Strong Philippic. When Shackleford concluded the floor, was yielded to Sibley, who, taking a positive stand against the bill, de clared that, paraphrasing Horace Gree ly, he would not say all men are so cialists and anarchists who support it. "None the less it can be truthfully said that every socialist and anarchist in dorses this measure." Characterizing the new policy being inaugurated as "political rate-making and business .by lawsuit," Sibley .said it had -received the high official In dorsement of Bryan and Hearst as a distinct advance toward Government ownership. Why should not the Gov ernment also fix the xprice of bread, he asked. In Washington, he said, we are not without a striking example of a Gov enrment engaged in manufacturing and business. In the Government Printing Office the prices -average from "two to three times higher than the same work done by individuals, firms or corpora tions. At -our navy; yards the cost of building vessels had been greatly in creased, and the product was of a greatly inferior character, compared with that 61 cohtract work. Takes Shot at Canal Board. "It would seem," said Mr. Sibley, "we have at present in the Panama Canal an object lesson of sufficient magni tude to afford cause for deliberation." Gleaned from conversation with mem bers, he asserted, it was the settled be lief that the canal must be built by private contract. Reverting -to the rate question, he granted there were abuses to bo cor rected, but asked how men could be held to stricter accountability than un der the Elklns bill against rebates. "If there is dereliction, at present," he said, "how' will this measure pre vent or cure evasion "of duty in the fu ture?" His Remedy for Jtcbatcs. At this pplnt Sibley dictated a meas ure whichtie; 'suggested could In ten lines cure the rebate evil. He "would strike out ..aUat ter the enacting clause in the Heprn.bill and "insert: That any- coraorjatlon which shall slve a secret ra.t'e of rebate to any individual. Arm Or 'corporation rendering to "felfB or them a sen-Ice on 'different terms or -conditions than rendered to any.ther shlppervunder eltnll&r conditions, constitute a" Crime? arid that any official or employe who has. guilty knowledge of such, preference given to any shipper shall be rezarded as a party to the' crime, and for such violation -of . Katutes there shall be a fine of sot Jess than. 510,000 nor more than $100,000. arid not less than two years In the Ienltentlary nor more than ten, and that any firm or Individual, firm or corporation or any officer, employe or Individual receiving such rebate or preferential terms, or bavins: knowl edge thereof, ahftll be equally guilty and pun ishable by the Infliction of the same penalty; and that one-half the line exacted by the Government shall go to the Informer. Sowing of Dragon's Teeth. The proposed legislation, he said, was the appje of discord thrown among the sister states. "This. ' he continued, "Is the opening of Pandora's box. the som ing of the dragon's tenh. This Is the breaking of the union and ties of inter dependence, and the arrayal of section against .section, state against state, city against city, town against town, and, in place of the people cemented and bound together as a concrete whole by the tie which come through the close exchange of property, we will have rankling fes ters in all portions of the body politic." Sibley did not regard the bill as a worse measure than the -Esch-Townsend bill. "That would be impossible,"' he added. "The one objectionable feature to me is the -granting of power to fix prices to a political commission rather than a Judi cial determination by established courts of law." He gave notice that he would offer an amendment Increasing the com pensation of the president of the Com mission to 535,000 and of the Commission ers to $15,000 a year. He hoped this would bo adopted, "so that the President may have it within his power to select from among the highest and truest types of American citizens those qualified by ex perience and wisdom and iategrity to discharge the burdensome duties.' French (Idaho) pronounced himself In favor., of the bill, and gained privilege to" extend his views in the record. A' resolution, was agreed to at the in stance of -Chairman Tawney, of the ap propriation committee, calling on the -Secretary of the Treasury for informa tion as (to the number of permanent an nual appropriations which have been made-during the past two years. It is -stated that there were 230 such appropria tions. Tawney has a bill pending to abolish all of themexcept such as are -necessary because of existing trusts. 'Preserve Niagara Falls. The resolution of Burton, of Ohio, look ing t the preservation of Niagara Falls, was agreed to without discussion. The resolution calls for Information from the International Commission on that sub--iecL The rcnort says the American mem- 'bers of this Commission are to be di- Tccted it exert all possible efforts, in conjunction with the members of tho Commission representing the Dominion of Canada, for the preservation of the falls in their natural condition. The re port expresses confidence that the Cana dian Commissioners will co-operate in recommending necessary measures. The House passed the Sims resolution instructing the Director of the Census to make public the figures on unginned cot ton as shown by the data that he has col lected for tho pcri&d ended Januans' 1 1906. PROMOTIONS IX THE ATOCY Bates LIcutcnant-Gcncral and Oth ers Advanced a Step. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Presi dent today nominated Major-General John C. Bates, at present Chief of Staff, to "be lieutenant-General, to succeed Major-General Adna B. Chaffee, re tired. He also nominated urigaajer-r General A W. Greely, Chief Signal Of ficer, to bo Major-General of the line to succeed General Bates as Major General; alRo Colonel James Allen, to be presiding officer of the Signal Corps to -succeed General Grecly. It was .further announced that Brigadier- General J. Franklin Ben. now in com mand of the Infantry and cavalry school at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., would be appointed Chief of Staff, to succeed General Bates upon his retire ment, next AnrlL Lieutenant-General ChafTce was at the War Department today for the last timo before his retirement, saying rare well to his friends. He is going to "West Point to see his son, -who is a cadet there, before leaving New York next Saturday for Santiago, Cuba, to assist In the location of battle monu ments there. In connection with General Bell's ap pointmcnt it -was announced that no would becomo a Major-General upon the assumption of his new duties as chief cf staff. General Bell is a native of Kentucky and is a West Pointer, having entered tho academy in 1S74. He was SO years old last month. When he went to the Philippines he -was Captain of the Sev enth Cavalry -and was made chief offi cer soon after his arrival at Manila. In 1902 General Bell was made a Brlga-dler-Gcneral In the regular establish ment. "Jumping" an unprecedented number of his senior officers. He has been, since his return to the United States, stationed at Fort LcavcnwfPth. General Bell's appointment as Chief of Staff, of course, makes it impossible for General MacArthur to fill that place, but it does not interfere with the ex ecution of plans for the promotion of General MacArthur to Lleutenant-Gen-eral in due course of time, whtyi Lieu-tenant-General Bates retires, April It next. Major-General Corbin, who ' to day relinquished the command of the Division of the Philippines and -who will arrive in San Francisco March 2, will succeed to the rank of Lieu tenant General. Ho -will proceed at onco to St. Louis to take command - Of the Northern Department. BILXS FOR THE PACIFIC COAST Senate Passes Many of Hicm and Debates Ship Subsidies. "WASHINGTON, Feb. L The Senate to day passed 30 or 40 miscellaneous bills and gave several hours to the considera tion of tho shipping bill. Among the bills passed was one providing for a Delegate in Congress from Alaska and a number providing for lighthouses, revenue cutters and fish-culture stations. The greater part of the timo devoted to the shipping bill was consumed by Penrose in a speech in support of the measure. Bills wero passed as follows: Ratifying the treaty with the Lower Brule Sioux Indians of South Dakota. Establishing a fog signal station at Edlz Hook light station, Washington. Establishing a lighthouse and fog signal station on Red Rock, San Francisco Bay. Establishing a light and fog signal on Carqulnez Strait, California. Establishing a light and fog signal sta tion near Point Cadclio, California, and providing for a keeper's dwelling at Point Bonlta. Authorizing the construction of a tender for the lighthouse service in Hawaii. Granting to the State of California 5 per cent of the net proceeds of the sale of- public lands in that state. Repealing tho law limiting to 1680 the timo for the presentation of claims for additional bounties granted to soldiers by the act of July 2S, 18DS. Authorizing the erection of a monument in "Washington to the memory of Commo dore John Barry. Authorizing the construction of one more fish-cultural station on Puget Sound. Establishing a fog signal at the en trance of Humboldt Bay, California. Prohibiting -vessels from anchoring so as to obstruct the range of lights es tablished by the Lighthouse Board. At 2 oiclock the ship subsidy bill -was taken up. Bacon said that he would be Inclined to support the bill if its opera tions were confined to granting aid in the way of liberal mall subsidies to steam ship lines between ports of the United States and other ports with which there is now no direct communication, such, for instance, as the ports of South America, Spooner suggested that the bill would afford -encouragement to only large con cerns, for the reason that under its terms vessels would receive subsidy for only ten years. Such vessels would then come into competition with unsubeidized ships, with the inevitable result, as he thought; of forcing their sale to the larger companies operating subsidized vessels. Gallinger acknowledged the force of the suggestion and intimated a willingness to amend the bill so as to meet the objec tion. Penrose made a. speech in support of the bill. Carter Interrupted Penrose with a brief speech in which he expressed strong support of the bill, expressing the opinion that it would be indorsed by the entire Rocky Mountain region. Penrose con cluded at 4:0G P. M.. and the Senate went Into executive session, and at 4:15 ad journed. CAUCUS OX DOJITXICAX TREATY Democratic Senate Leaders Want to Enforce Party TJalty. WASHINGTON. Feb. L A call for a caucus of Democratic Senators, to be held Saturday morning, was issued today. The chief subject to be considered is the Santo Domingo treaty. A resolution adopted by the minority a lew sessions ago, which empowers two-thirds of their number to bind the whole to united action, is held by party leaders to be in effect at the present time. This contention is denied by sev eral Senators, including some who are opposed to the Santo Domlngto treaty, but it la agreed, that a majority of tae I Democrats could put such a rule Info j effect at any time In that event, n turrt-thlrrig are found to oppose the treaty, as appears to be likely from the estimates zas.de by those who are re sponsible for the call of- a caucus, any Democrat votlntr for the treaty -would be classed as an "insurgent" by his fellow minority members. IUVAIi TO HEYBURN'S Blili Money Offers Xcw 3Icasttre to Pre vent Food Adulteration. WASHINGTON". Feb. 1. Senator Money today introduced a substitute for the Heyburn pure food Din, wnicn na been favorably reported to the Senate from committee. The Money bill, it is said, embraces the Ideas of the National Food Manufacturers Association on tho I question of pure food legislation ana harmonizes conflicting State laws. 3t takes from the Bureau of Chemistry or the Department of Agriculture the duty of fixing food standards, and places it under the Department of Commerce and Labor. The bill makes it unlawful to do any Interstate commerce business in adul terated or mlsbrandcd goods or drugs. to shlD or deliver for shipment saui terated food or drugs as articles of in- terstate commerce, or to introduce any Stat Commissioners' Conference on un adulterated goods Into the United form legislation and representatives of States. This bill permits, when neces- sary. the use of preservatives in foods, .... tt,t. -n-lll f rrirt to I prevent ptomaine and other poisonings, SENATORS MAX Vlbll' wuau Committee Is Anxious to Reconcile Conflict of Evidence. WASHINGTON, Feb. L (Special.) I A sub-committee of tho Senate com- i mlttee on inter-oceanic canals may I visit the Isthmus of Panama in March. I Much dissatisfaction has been, expressed I by the members of the committee wltn the progress made thus far in canal at- fairs. The chairman has become con- vlnced that those called to testify are tr of the Ltxttature of thfe State of New careful Of the evidence they give. The I York, which ctearlr demonstrated the urs- storles vary so much that room for ; doubt as to the accuracy of certain statements exists. The personnel of the committee to visit the Isthmus has not as yet been Wtnit uflon. It is understood that it will bo made up of an equal number I of each party, probably four in alL DEFICIT XEARIiY "WIPED OUT it CCiUCCCl lO $s,uu,uuu anu nm -" I Extinct Xcxt Slontli. WASHINGTON. Feb. L Tho monthly statement of tho Government receipts and expenditures Issued today shows a condition of the treasury wnicn is cmi rentlv satisfactory to the authorities. One year ago today there was a deficit of over J2S.KO.0CO. which has now been reduced to less than J3.400.W0. with the prospect that this amount will be entirely wipea oi within the next 30 days. This Im proved condition Is due almost entirely to a large increase in customs ana in ternal revenue receipts. Increased Bank Clrcalation. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The monthly circulation bulletin Issued by the Con troller of the Currency shows that at the close of business January 3L 1505, the total circulation of National bank notes was J543.230.090. which is an increase for the vea-r of S7S.S07.2J7. an Increase over the I.... tni:" TVnk tnlol circulation based on United States bonds was 150665,743. an increase for the year of J70,K7.E43, and an increase for the montn of SL52S.426. The amount of circulation secured by lawful money was S35.S64.S3l. an Increase for the year of S3.243.375 and an increase for the month of S723.297. The amount of bonds on deposit to secure cir culating notes was S509,JOl,0, and to se cure public deposits fcr4.E2.W0. Will Adopt Plan of Defense. WASHINGTON, Feb. L The joint Army and Navy Board, of which Secretary Taf t Is the head, and which was created to re vise the plans projected by the Endlcotl Board for National Coast Defense, met today to consider a final report. Upon creation of the Board it was divided into sub-committees, each taking up a partic ular branch of the work, ana tnese vari ous committees have been at work ever since Inspecting, investigating and study- inr the defenses as they now exist in or der that a. detailed report might be made uDon each. The results of the observa tions of the subcommittees, together with recommendations, arc embraced in one re port, a draft of which was prepared for consideration at todays meeting. Imports DoHblo in Seven Years. WASHINGTON. Feb. L The imports Into the United States have practically miMM in in the l.rst itev&n rears. according to a bulletin issued by the Bu- reau of Statistics In the Department or tt,. on Tvbor. in the calendar year IK the Imports aggregated In value Jl.lTS.OM.oO, as against jC35.TO3.wo m cal endar year The Increase in impor tation? is distributed through all classes. and practically all articles of merchan dise. irilitary Tteserves In Hawaii. WASHINGTON. Feb. L The President OY prociaroauoJi nan i -c.uuu land at or near Diamond Head and at Kuplklplkio and at Punchbowl Hill, In the Territory or riawaii. ior munary pur- poses, until It can he determined by actual survey what porUons of the land de- SCriOCU will iro iCMuuiru iui jiuium military reservations. There is, however. no thought of establishing any consider able force of troops in tne islands. Decrease In Pablic Debt. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The monthly statement of the public debt issued to day shows that tho debt less cash in the Treasury amounts to $9S1,E4.645. which Is a decrease for tho month of J2,35,072. Roosevelt's Reception to Congress.. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. President and Mrs, Boosevelfs reception in honor of Congress was largely attended, there being a continuous line passing before the receiving party ror more than an hour and a half. Call for Bank Statement. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Con troller of the currency issued today a call for the condition of National banks at the close of business on Mon day, January 29. cw Postmaster at Monmouth. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The President today nominated the following postmas ters: Idaho, .Francis ja. winter, iont- peller: Oregon, O. A. Wolverton, Mon mouth. Confirms Oregon. Postmaster. WASHINGTON, Feb. The Senate in executive session today confirmed the nomination of Merrltt A. Baker, as Post master at u eston. Or. TOTTER IN S IK VI CX. 4ere ef Klrer Beats Is Xew as tfca Astoria EaJev a triB to Astoria tae Pat tar. Tea will always remember It- Laavac A&.ztreet deck every meat at o'atMk. except 8t&ay. (Satardav sight. It P. K.) KstiBd trip, . Particulars at TMr jai wataugtoa litreets. rartuuae. "The best pill I ever used." is the fre oueat remark ot Tsurch&aers of Carter's Little Liver Pilte. When yeu try thea yen wm say tae sc- QNElNSURKttGE LAW Aim of Convention From Thir ty-Two States. PROPOSED BY ROOSEVELT Uniform Action of All State Legisla- tures Doalrcd to Protect Insured. Mayer Advises Awaiting Armstrong Report. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Four Governors, rep resentatives of 52 states, members of the me auesai unrcrwriiers nTTV were recognised as duly accredited dcle- Kaiea io uie .tauaai iiuiiniucs wuaiwi- lion, called by Insurance Oswmlssloncr 1UUBHU r XJi .fcC. Al UIB 1UIUUIW J the banquet hall of the Palmer House here today. Discussion of the deferred cupIcd tho attention of the delegates. and at the close of tho afternoon ses sion that tODlc. with a number of others. tocome before the body, was re- zcrred to a committee. Thomas E. Drake. Insurance Commls loner of the District of Columbia, called the convention te order. His remarks tvere as follows: Ths exwure of seese : the wthodi of h n? ismrar romuniM hr th cosssalt- est necfrMltr for better laurnc In through out the coMtry, was the principal reason tor ralllar toreUwsr tk GTrno.-s, Attorneya-Gen- erai Iftmraac Cannlcteoera and others of to mxEx spates sue ie-rrKnt. ice rocciias. however, T the 4treel relt ei corrindenc beun run last Sor tber y Gere re or Johnson, of Minnesota, Htii the rrctMect of thfcvUnlteJ State. x It was felt that the xtseral preralllnr excitement and oep reUBff aaaonc poncj coders ana tse p-JDite is reeeru mere ,uout to convene might 4eT ilrasUo meas ure, which weaU eel aly he areaonblr burdensome and haraafai to lranc.copan- lex. bet also inturlOM to BoHcr-hoIdtr. After fall consideration, tile foJUrrl&r plan irxs axreed upoa sad has the approval of the President and the Commissioners of the- District of Columbia, and with the necessary changes In form to make It applicable- may be enacted by the states and territories, thus maxlns a uniform regulation of Insurance and avolilnc the vexatious and costly burden Incident to differing and often confllctlnc local legislation. This raeetlne; Is considered one oC the room Important that has ever taken place- in the Interests of Insurance. Let us therefore be exceedingly careful In the preparation of the proposed uniform hill to administer justice and fairness to the companies and at the same time erect endunnr satecvarcs tor ice poucy-noiQ' era. Committee to Draw BUI. The convention elected Governor Jphn yon of Minnesota chairman and Frederick II. Nash of Massachusetts, secretary. The report of the committee on perma nent organization recommended that committee of 15 be appointed by the chair man of the committee to formulate a bill or bills with a view to establishing a unl form system of statutory regulation of legal reserve life insurance in the sev eral states. A motion by S. B. Davis. Insurance Commissioner of Nevada, that a commit tee on credentials be appointed by the chairman, brought out a demand from C. W. Scovllle of Pittsburg, president of the National Association of Life Under writers, for a voice in the affairs of the convention. Mr. Davis declared that he desired to limit the voting powers to the State Insurance Commissioners and At torney-GeneraL Suggestions by Mayer. Attorney-General Mayer of New Tork offered the following suggestion: First That official action by other states should await the coming In of the Armstron: report. Second That the insurance corporations and their directors have the power to bring every action to recover wasted funds which the peo ple of the State of New Tork. through the Attomev-General. could- trier. Third That such actions as mar be neces sary rhould be hrought by the directors and their respooetblllty should not be shitted. Fourth That. If such a course Is sincerely and thoroughly pursued, the state may be de pended on to act. A committee on resolutions, with Governor Cummins, of Iowa, as chalr- I hian. was appointed. The entire pro- I gramme rcicrrcu iu m tuim- I tee on resolutions with Instructions to report at 10 o'clock tomorrow. INSURES ITS EMPLOYES Fit EE 3Iorton Considers Justice of Per- quJsUcGIven by Equitable. Tr vnUV TVh 1 Th -taut thrft ,, h (kA fAu. ntnrn frp tne ,lvca of lt8 SOo crnpioyes for J1000 eacn becaroe known today. Since the I f tur. rr inmmnxo imn acvcnteen deaths have occurred among tne cmpioyes, And the society has in consequence paid out iit.ooo. iaui Morton. President of the Equitable. In speaking of the matter today, said: TVhea I entered the rtw or ins KoulUEIe and learned about tMa ratem, the propriety ot cosllnulnx It occurred to me, and at a toeetlnr oZ tbe board of directors the whole Qoettion waa brosxht up. It was decided to refer the natt?r to in- cesismee on pen sions and it is Kill In their bands. "Whether the system trantcre" any law. I am not prepared to say. That la a Qsestlon for tha lawyers to answer. It is a cotnsjon cractlco of all larre corporation nowadays to carry Insurance utoo tse Urea of all their cm- plorea. Vice-President Gage E. Tarbell. who Is said to have originated the system I in the Equitable, declared that, when I an employe died, it did away with the I necessity f his fellow-employes con trlbutlng to a fund for his widow or other dependent relatives. It also, he said, induced an employe to continue in the service of tbe Equitable, as the In surance ceased the moment he severed bis connection with the society. The premiums were paid. Mr. Tarbell said. in lieu of a slightly higher salary. The average cost of the insurance to the Equitable was 313 a year per employe. BRITONS WANT A DIRECTOR Demands to Mutual LifeMay Ap peal to Parliament. LONDON. Feb. L A meeting of the holders of policies In the Mutual Life In surance Company or ?ew lone, repre senting policies amounting to iMS,iC0. was held today In the office of Lord Northclifle (formerly Sir Alfred Harms- worth). Resolutions were passed, copies I waicn wui tc lorwwatB io .cw decsaaalag representation of the British Uev holders in the home board of the company and that the company deposit in Great Britain securities equal to tne value of its liabilities in this country. failing a s&usractory repiy to uice ac- mands, the meeting pledged itself to have the matter raised in Parliament. The representative of a firm of London accountants, wno s now in im ti- ami nine the securities of the company, has caMed for lt assistance of aa 'ac tuary. Prices SAM'L ROSENBLATT & CO. SWIFT UNDER FIRE Morrison Rains Questions on Chicago Packer. BARGAIN WITH' GARFIELD Government Offers to Prove He Showed Packers His Report In Advance, and They Were . Satisfied With It. CHICAGO. Feb. 1. The crosa-examlna tlon of Edward F. Swift occupied most of the day In the packers' trial. District At torncy Morrison delivered his questions with the speed of a rapld-flre gun. but did not succeed at any time in embarrass ing the witness, who considered his re plies carefully before making them. The witness declared positively that Commis sioner Garfield was given all the Informa tion he asked for. but several times ad mitted that he could not tell whether cer tain specific Information had been given to the Government agents or not. Mr. Swift testified that he did not know whether or not he was a stockholder in 1 the Kenwood Company, one of the con cerns which the Government declares was formed by the packers to enable them to control the output of by-products. Other witnesses were: Louis F. Swift, president of Swift & Co., and Jesse P. Lyman, of Boston, ex-president of the National Packing Company. The testi mony of both was unimportant. Mr. Ly man was still on the stand when court adjourned for the day. What Swirt & Co. Told Garfield. Mr. Morrison, by tedious processes, brought out the following facts from Ed ward F. Swift: That Government representatives made an Investigation of the Swift books and papers and that the Swift Company fur nished Information concerning private cars owned by the National Packing Com pany. Mr. Swift told Mr. Durand the number of cars the Swift Company ran. Witness referred .Mr. Durand to Mr. Swift's counsel for further information at that time. . Mr. Morrison presented one of the Gar field requisitions and asked Mr. Swift if it was not the substance ot an agreement between Mr. Durand and Swift Sz Co. The witness said: "I never made an agreement with Mr. Durand. We yielded everything he want ed." "Did you furnish the Information about the National Packing Company?" "I am not an officer of the National Packing Company. It can tako care of Itself." "Did you ever give Mr. Durand any in formation about your holdings in the National Packing Company?" "I would not say I did or did not." Did Report Please Packers? The District Attorney asked: "Now. Mr. Swift, honor bright, did not Mr. Garfield submit the proofs of his re port to you to see It you were satisfied?" Mr. Haynes objected, and Mr. Morrison said: "Tho theory of the Government Is that there was an understanding that the mat ter should not be published unless the packers were satisfied with tho report. We will show that Mr. Garfield came back with a typewritten copy of his re port which had not yet been printed and that the packers were ready and anxious to have this report go to the publishers, The District Attorney then asked the witness if he was satisfied with the Gar field report and Mr. Swift said he was not. James II. Eckels, president ot the Com mercial National Bank of this city and ex-Controller of the Treasury, followed Mr Swift on the stand. He said that he foriheBabf Have you ever used Mellins Food? If not, drop us a line asking about it. 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A full page of story and pictures in The Oregonian next Sunday. Place your order today im SUNDAY (ORDER made arrangements for Mr. Garfield to meet some of the men prominent in the packing industry at his office. He was then excused. Edward F. Swift again took the stand and Mr. Brown commenced to read to the court the requisitions made by Mr. Gar field upon the packers for their books. Louis F. 8wlft was tho next witness, but his evidence developed nothing. He was followed on the stand by Mr. Lyman, out Mr. Morrison objected to Mr.. Lyman's beinjr allowed to testify, because ho was not a party defendant in tne case. a. long argument between the attorneys followed, and the court announced that h would decide In the morning as to whether or not Mr. Lyman was a competent witness. Work on Troutdalc Branch. GRESHAM. Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) Work on the O. W. P. branch line from Ccdarvllle to Troutdale has begun In earnest. 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