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HIGH BIOS FOR
. FBONT STflEET
Traction Lines Meet in
Keen Competition.
FRANCHISE UP AT AUCTION
Willamette Valley Co. Will Build
Line Free and Pay $50,000.
LEASE AT BIG REVENUE
In Twenty-five Years City Would lie
ccivc About $500,000 United
Railways Co. Offers $150,000
Cash During 2 o-Year Term.
WHAT THE RIVAL TRACTION
COMPANIES OFFER.
Willamette Valley TrarJIon Company.
Te build standard-gauge electric
Hne on Front street from Jefferson
street l thc Union Dopot and give
It to the city outright. The cost of
construction is estimated at 500,000.
To pay into the city treasury $50,
000 during 2." years' life of franchise.
To loate line from city and pay city
SI far each car hauled over it, pro
vided the city will allow charge of
5-.S0 a car for cars of othor com
panies. This. It is estimated, would
yield the city ?lS,J."0 a year, or
JK.Gjrvo net Income during term of
franchlt-e.
Total return to city. $3tf(i,S0.
I United Railway Conipnny.
I To pay Sir.0.000 Into the city' trcas-
ry during the next - yoara. pay-
merits to be made as rotjuired by the
J Uxocutlvc Board.
It will build the line ' down ' Front
i street and will allow other companies
4 equal rights thereon.
JJngtea! 00111. fixing -of rates.-for.
i Uie use of the tracks by othor com-
pciHsK by arbitration at first 1
xfyrposcd. the United Railway la
4 wtlling to have all companies de
i Hring entrance to the- city by that
line use the road . and . paj: pro rata
T Mamonte to keep the. line, in repair.
making the road common property so
far sk operation is concerned.
Counter propositions, each offering:
greater inducements than the previous
ono. to secure the . favor of thc street
commlttoc. with the United Railways
Company and the Willamette Valley.
Traction Company bidding against
each other for thc Front-stroot fran
chise, were s-o numerous at yesterday
Afternoon's session of the street com
mittee that the Council chamber re
sembled an auction room, with Chair
man Vaughn as the auctioneer. From
the Los Angeles capitalists, seated on
one njde. would come arguments and
propositions, to which thc Willamette
Traction people replied with other
equally as alluring promises.
Hidden somcwhorc In a weary waste
of words lies thc decision of the street
committee on thc vexed question of
the Front-stroot franchise The mat
ter was talked ovor all yesterday af
ternoon and consideration was con
tinued until Friday. Thc members of
the street committee arc apparently
no nearer a solution of the problem
than three months ago. when thc fran
chise down Front street was first
awkod.
Mako Counter Proposition.
At the session yesterday the ordi
nance proposed by the Willamette
Valley Traction Company was reau in
detail and further explained by Attor
ney W. 1C. Thomas, counsel for the
Willamette Traction. The United Rail
ways Company, through W. T. Muir.
counsel for the Los Angolcs capital
ist., couutorod with thc proposition
that it would pay to thc city during
the SO years of thc life of the fran
chise. Jir.Q.OOO, which they allege is
J40.O0O better In cash than thc Wil-
a motto Company proposes.
To meet this, the Willamette Trac
tion mad? a verbal agreement with
the street committee to lease the
Front-stroot line, after building it and
giving it outright to thc city, paying
to thc municipality Jl for each car
iiaulcd over the line, provided thc city
would allow the "Willamette Traction
Company to charge J2.50 a car for thc
Korvice, which Is thc sum named by
the United Railways Company for
hauling cars of other companies over
the line. This is estimated to jield an
annual revenue of $18,150, or $456,250 during
the 23 years' life of thc franchise.
After threshing thc matter out for
threo hours yesterday, thc street com
mittee had not determined which com
pany promised thc city thc best re
turns for thc franchise. Each side is
showing impatience over the long-delayed
verdict, as both companies real
ize that on account of tho early Spring
much construction can be accomplished
beforo the acute scarcity of laborers,
which .is expected when Summer opens.
Tho Willamette Traction expects to
Fpan thc lWiIlamcttc during the Sum
mer, and In order to complete Its
bridge must accomplish the work dur
ing low water. Preparations should
bo well under way already to succeed
this Summer.
At, the session yesterday thc United
Railway representatives occupied seats
on one side of the Council chamber.
while on the opposite 'aide of the
horseshoe sat the Willamette Traction
iupportcrs. Between the two factions
were neutral Interests, among other
lines represented in this group being:
F. I. Fuller, president of the "Portland
Railway Company: W. D. Fcnton.
counsel for the Southern. Pacific and
O. F. Paxton. counsel for thc Portland
Ra71wffy Company.
A remonstrance of IS property-owners
on Flanders street, representing
about 1700 feet along that thorough
fare, protesting against the issuance
of a franchise to the -Willamette Val
ley Traction Company, was presented
and filed.
W. E. Tliomas Explains.
W. E. Thomas was called upon by the
committee to explain tnc proposition
of his client, thc Willamette Traction,
and said it was the purpose of that
company that thc line down Front
street should becomo thc , iwopwvy of
the city absolutely." Thc'chartor pro
vides for such procedure," he ssaid.
'and thc city may lease the line to any'
company it wishes. Wc agree to haul
the cars' of other companies at the
actual cost of such service, plus 10 per
cent, with no switching charges. If
thc city would build the line and do it
as quickly as our company will do it.
we would be quite willing to save our
$50,300, but wc know If thc city under
takes 'the matter it will probably take
live years to construct thc line"
O. F. Paxton introduced an amend
ment to the ordinance providing the
laying of a third rail in case It be
came necessary to do so to accommo
date cxtrs of x different gauge than
standard. This suggestion was taken
under advisement by thc committee
.Makes New Proposition.
William T. Muir, attorney for tho
United Railways Company, made a
new proposition to thc street commit
tee to strike out thc provision in thc
United Railways ordinance providing
that other companies might use Its
tracks on Front street at rates to be
fixed by arbitration, and to substitute
therefor a stipulation that the line
should be common property as far as
trackage rights go, and each company
using them should contribute a pro
;ata amount to keep the road in con
dition. "The proposition Is always at
tractive in itself when someone says
to you. '1 am going to give you some
thing, " said Mr. Muir. "but the United
Railways Company will make a better
proposition than thc Willamette Trac
tion. That organization agrees to build
a line at thc cost of $63,000 and give
it to the municipality, and in addition
pay $30,000 to the city during thc 23
yeurs of the franchise Wc will agree
to pay to thc city, in such sums
afc trfuiil. be -determined by the Execu
tive Board $ J 30,000 in 25 years. This
is $40,000 more money to thc city than
thc opposition offers, and it is all in
money.
Springs a New Surprise.
Thc Council men on the street com
mittee sat hugging themselves as they
thought of thc money thc city was to
realize on its franchise, but more was
to follow. After a short speech by
President J. Whytc Eans. of the Unit
ed "Railways Company, and B. L Cohen,
who represented the Real Estate Ex
change and doubted if thc city was
roady to undertake municipal owner
ship. William S. Barstow. of thc Wil
lamette Traction, rose and sprang a
new sonsatlon that caused the Coun
cilmcn to stare more than ever.
"After giving this line to th-vCity or
Portland." said he "we will agree to
lease it from the city to operate and
to pay into thc municipal treasury 11
for every car hauled over thc track,
providing we may charge $2.50 a car
for this service which is thc sum
named for thc haul in thc ordinance
submitted by thc United Railways
Company. Estimating f0 cars a day
arc taken ovor the line, this will mean
an income of,?lS,2:0 a year, and for
thc 25 years will mean an enormous
sum. This will be realized by the city
without a cent Invested."
Defers Action Till Friday.
This was like thc dropping of a bomb
shell in thc camp of thc opposition and it
Is likely they would have come back with
some other proposition, but it was get
ting late and a resolution was read from
thc trustees of the Chamber of Commerce
(Concluded on Page 10.)
.MISSING MIX INSURANCE- MAN
IS roiNM.
Thoma D. Jordan.
Thomas D. Jordan, formerly comp
troller of thc Equitable Life Assur
ance Society, who was wanted dur
ing thc recent Inrurance Investiga
tion In New TorJc, is at present
stopping with hla wife at a hotel In
Hot Springs. Ark.
Mr. Jordan did not care to malic
any statement to theprnss. coacern
lngJila absence from New .Tork.but
his wife .said: '
"I am ' sbrry wc have been found -here.'
It-will cause too much need
lee publicity- r
s
BY SMALL MARGIN
Heart-Breaking Finish in Race
With Moore, Fusion Can
didate at Seattle.
ALL REPUBLICANS ELECTED
Combination of Labor Union and
, lrlcnds of Municipal Ownership
Makes a Very Strong Show-
ing at thc Polls,
SsEATTl.B, March 7. (2:S A. M.)
Report from 84 precinct a. complete,
srlvc RIpllBger (ltcp.) 14 plarallty ever
Meerc (M. O.).
SEATLE. Wash.. March 6.-SpecIal.)
John RIplinger has been elected Mayor
of Seattle but he slips through with a
WIN
WHAT THE GIFT OF THE FRONTTREET LINE
TO THE CITY WOULD MEAN
In order that there may be no question as to the value of the gift of the
Front-street line (when constructed) from the Willamette Valley Traction Com
pany to thc city. W. S. Barstow. secretary of that company, has made the fol
lowing statement:
"In event of the City of Portland-granting the ordinance now pending in the
name of the Willamette Valley Traction Company, the latter will agree to
lease from the city for a term of S3 year, or the term of the franohlie. the
belt line on Front street given to the city, paying In consideration therefor the
im of one dollar per car for each and every car hauled over "the Front-street
line. relie'lng the city ef all maintenance and repairs.
This lease, on the basis of CO car per day. will bring a rercnue Into the
city treaury of per year at the present time, or SIS&SSO net Income to
the city during the terra of the franchise. There is no question hut that dur
ing the last years of the franchise the number of cars will exceed DO per day,
o that It is perfectly safe to prophesy that the Willamette Valley Traction
Company under Its lease will pay Into the city treasury during the M years
K 00.000 without expente to the city for management or maintenance. The only
stipulation the Willamette Valley Traction Company will make will be that
It be allowed to charge the rame rate per car as provided for In the United
Hallways ordinance now pending, namely. per car. This by aa means lim
its the possibilities f the Front-street gift, aa the city will own this line In
perpetuity, the Willamette Valley Traction Company merely leasing it. At the
end of the 25-year franchise of thc Willamette Valley Traction Company er on
the expiration of the lease the city will still receive an Income, so that there
la no reason why. If this property Is properly bandied by the city, a yoarly net
Income of at least $20,000 for all time could not be secured.
"This offer of leasing from the city does not In any way affect the pro
visions In the ordinance now before the Council.
"First That the Willamette Valley Traction Company give the Front-street
line to the city outright.
"Scond-rThat they pay Into the city JreaJryiSfeoO daring the 23 years .
as .provided for In the ordinance. - j?l . - f
"Third That they deposit $50,000 In cash or 'bond that they will complete
the road Co Salem In two yrarr.
"Fourth--That all railways oQcring business or wishing to connect will have
equal rightr.
"It la hoped that the committee and Council will consider the question of
the Front-street franchlre at as early a date aa possible so that work en
the Willamette Biver bridge can be started during the coming Summer at low
lvatcr. Unless this franchise matter la settled very' shortly the advantago of
the low water period this year will probably be lost and the question ef com
pleting the road will be a serious one."
plurality over Moore the Municipal
Ownership-Labor Union candidate, so
small that it pains one's eyes to look for
his margin. The returns, practically com
plete from all wards. Indicate the entire
Republican ticket has been successful.
At Republican headquarters thc defeat
of George W. Hill, Councilman candidate
from thc Eleventh Ward, Is conceded, but
tills attitude is not borne out by the
returns. Hill is running ahead of James
Kelso, the Labor Union candidate sent
against him In -the Municipal Ownership
fusion.
Frank P. Mullen. Republican candidate
for Councllman-at-large has been cut
unmercifully. He has been in thc Coun
cil so long that he has collected a scries
of enemies who made a bitter tight
against him today. Mullen, was a mem
ber of the corporations committee mat
handled thc application of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Su Paul application for a
franchise here Ho demanded concessions
from thc road that made him a target for
those voters who bellex'Cd thc system was
being held up by thc Councllmcn. In ad
dition he was a member of the streets
committee and responsible for most'of thc
big Improvements ordered in Seattle re
cently. Out of all of these grew enemies
for Mullen.
Contractor Dow Huns Strong.
Matthrw Dow. the contractor whom thc
labor unions supported for thc Mayoralty
nomination, ran well up with Moore thc
Municipal Ownership candidate for Mayor.
He had thc labor union support practi
cally solid and thc Indorsement of those
opposed to other candidates for Councllman-at-large
The surprise of the election, leaving the
Mayoralty aside, was thc showing of tho
fusion between tho Union Labor and Mu
nicipal Ownership faction. All over the
city thc fusion ticket showed unexpected
strength and made an election count that
Is alarming to thc financial Interests
which have fought the labor unions .and
the municipal ownership Issue
Were Mooro alone strong It could
be shown his personal popularity
pulled him up. but the strength of thc
entire ticket shows a, remarkable fol
lowing' of thc unions and municipal
ownership advocates.
Union JJcn Put Up Good Fight.
Thc organization of the labor unions,
extending to thcSncn In charge of each
factory, was thc most complete ever
attempted here Union men accepted
assessments for campaign purposes
without question and then voluntarily
did duty In bringing out thc vote on
election day.
Thc First "Ward saved RIplinger.
This Is the district that heretofore has
been strenuous In Its support of the
wide-open- .policy. RIplinger declared,
and probably will carry ouLa clocd
"town doctrine but the First "Ward
voted for him enthusiastically.
Though returns arc Incomplete, thc fa
sten jMUMgcmeat Inferential!' concedes
4eat la Its treatment of tac First Ward
vote It was authoritatively announced
tonight by S. W. Harmon, chairman of
thc fusion committee, that he would de
zaand a recount of the First Ward vote
Fraud Alleged in First Ward.
Without particularizing, Harmon claims,
the ward officers stuffed the ballot-box
and committed other election crimes. There
was no evidence of this that casual elec
ton day visitors could And, but thc dec
laration Indicates an intention on the part
of the Moore managers to contest the
election.
"RIplinger was cut desperately in the
"Hlir districts. In these precincts no
Intimation of a tight had been given, but
the election returns show that Moore had
a working organization that was remark
ably successful. In thc suburban districts
thc municipal ownership vote was held
down unexpectedly. This accounts for the
Republican success.
Fine Election Weather.
Thc election itself was uneventful. Thc
weather conditions were unusually favor
able All day the sun shone brightly, and
thc early morning poll boat all previous
records. During thc afternoon thc labor
vote was cast, many of thc unions de
manding a portion of thc day as a holiday.
Thc Republicans had a large number of
carriages out, but thc municipal owner
ship and labor union supporters walked.
In thc First Ward there was some trou
ble over an attempt to bar challengers
from thc polling places, but this did not
last long. One case was reported to the
police where a man voted on another's
name
Republican campaign workers had signs
tacked on all the telegraph polos In town
this morning urging a vote for RIplinger.
Mayor Ballinscr discovered the -circumstance
early this morning and compelled
the committee to take down tho banners.
The city ordinances were violated In their
display.
Thc bill board company that has made
Rlpllngcr's campaign of publicity had a
force of men at work this morning putting
up the banners between midnight and
daylight. The police' department Ignored
their activity.
SOX OF ITALIAN" BANKER KID
N'APD IX DAYLIGHT.
Captors Demand $00,000 for He
turning Boy Unhurt to Home
In Xcw York City.
NEW YORK. March 6. Antonio Bo
2ufll. thc Tl-ycar-fold son of John Bo
zuffi. a leading Italian bankor. whose
place of businoss is at Sixty-third
street and Flrs,t avenue, has been kid
naped and is being held, for $20,030
ransom.
Thc kidnaping occurred last Sun
day, on which day thc bank is kept
open during the afternoon. Tho boy.
who was acting as a clerk, was sent
out to purchase $10 worth of stamps,
and did not return. Inquiry proved
that he made thc purchase Yester
day the first letter came from the boy.
Today came a second letter and with
It a letter from thc abductors. The
latter was well written In Italian.
The boy's llrst letter said he was
held captive In Brooklyn. After ask
ing that the money bo paid the note
concluded:
"Do not advise the police under any
circumstances, because If you do, my
life will leave this world.
One of thc letters from the boy's
captors contained this sentence:
"Our scope, Signor. is not vlndlctive
ness. It is solely thc extreme neces
sity which exists for thc possession of
the sum. indicated. Upon your con
signment of tho money all at once,
without default, your son will be set
free and safe
March S Is thc day set for the pay
ment of the ransom.
Heller for Tahitian Sarrcrers.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6. A. fund
for the relief , of thc victims of the
Tahiti storm has been started In this
city, it Ik In charge of the French
American .Bank aad already amounts
to several hundred dollars. . It Is ex
pected that a large turn' will be raised
before' the sailisg ef the next steamer
for Papeete- .
E HOME
TO FACE MUSIC
Andrew Hamilton Returns Re
gardless of Bad
Health.
CHALLENGES HIS ACCUSERS
Insurance Lobbyist Says He Re
turned Because He Heard of Crim
inal Charge Talks or .Men
In Glass Houses.
NEW TORK, March 6.-Andrew
Hamilton returned to New York today
on thc steamer Deutschland, on which
he was registered under the name W.
Milton. Mr. Hamilton was at thc
head of thc legislative bureau of the
New York Life Insurance Company and
had charge of thc legislative work of
several of the large companies. Ex
plaining the cause for his return to
thc United States, Mr. Hamilton said
today:
"I heard something about criminal
proceedings and here I am."
Gave McCall Vouchers Xor All.
Mr. Hamilton's connection with the
New York Life was mentioned at
length In a recent report of the Fowler
committee, and It was urged that he
return to New York. John A. McCall.
shortly before his death, sold his Long
Branch home in order to return to the
New York Life money which It Is al
loged he advanced to Hamilton without
proper vouchers. Mr. McCall maintained
both during thc insurance investiga
tion and after he resigned the presi
dency of the company, that he would
trust Andrew Hamilton with every
penny he had.
Commenting today upon Mr. McCall's
death. Mr. Hamilton said that he gave
the former president of the NewYork
Life vouchers for all expenditures, and
that to any and all of these vouchers
Mr. McCall would have given a certifi
cate of indisputable character. He said
that he registered under an assumed
name on thc Deutschland in order to
have his return voyage free from an
noyance. T have something to "ay he says,
"but not' much. I know pfacllcally
nothing as to the nature of thc Fowler
report. It will be time enough for me
to talk about It when I have become
familiar with It.
Back to Face Music.
"What I suppose you want to know
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Tlie Weather.
TESTERDAVS Maximum temperature. 6
deg.; minimum. -It. Precipitation, none.
TODATS Fair. Easterly winds.
Foreign
Deadlock at Algeclrax continues and pow
ers look to America to break It, Page
Czar proclaims powers of National Assem
bly, which are restricted. Page 4.
President of Uruguay tells how he headed
off revolt. Page
Brltish Liberals disappoint nation with
army budget. Pnge 1.
Natloaal.
Democrats open fire on standpatters in
House. Page I.
Senators criticise general staff of Army.
Page 8.
Aldrloh fallen from position as Senate lead
er. Page 1.
Misunderstanding la regard to Bristol
charge?. Page -.
Private enterprise may take up Malheur
Irrigation project. Page S.
Shonts explains relation to Canal and Clovet
Leaf Railroad. Page 3.
Haw Chinese boycott has affected commerce.
Tage 3.
rolitlc.
Conference on primary election rrform and
publicity ef campaign funds. Page 4.
Cent me tst ef Philadelphia grafters can
celled. Page I.
PometIr.
Andrew Hamilton returns ready to face
music Page 1.
Bertha Clalche pl'-icl guilty In manslaugh
ter and will turn state's evidence against
New Trk police. Page H.
Sen ef Italian banker kidnaped in New.
York. Page I.
Forgers ef paychecks captured in Chicago
and con fey. Page t.
Pacific Coat.
Seattle Republican committee claims elec
tion ef RIplinger fer Mayor. Page I.
All the Fcderatlonlsts under arrest at
Boise arc Indicted except St. John.
Fa go -
Canyon City saloonkeeper kills sheephcrder
who attempts to hold him up. Page 10.
Willamette Valley counties to be assessed
at full value. Page 5.
Angry Bo I iK! Judge fines prominent lawyer
fer contempt of court. Page C.
Sport.
Brown defeats McConnell In third round at
Vancouver with terrific blow over heart.
Page U.
Commercial aad Marine.
Eastern orders for hops received. Page 15.
Boston wool market In good position.
Page 15.
Oranges Improve at San Francisco. Page 15.
Free buying of wheat causes recovery.
Page IS.
Irregular upward movement in stock mar
ket. Page 13.
Good showing made by Canadian banks.
Page 15.
Coast traffic Is Increasing rapidly. Page 10.
Lighthouse department will sue Port of
Portland for damages. Page 10.
rertlaad aad VIcialty.
Willamette Valley Traction Company and
United Hallways bid against each other
. for privilege of running cara on Front
street. Pago 1. ,
Facts disprove clergyman's statement of
pettiness of fines Imposed In Municipal
Court on saloonkeepers. Page 11.
Bast Side Improvement Association passes
resolution denouncing further delay In
admitting Bill roads Into Port land.
Page 10.
Chinese boy crushed to death under wheels
of street-car. Page 0.
Proprietors of Milwaukle Club can be tried
bere for violating poolroeBX measures.
rules 'Judge Kraaer. Page 11.
Independents will be la control ef Columbia
Theater, formerly the Bebuco. Page 11.
Republicans and Democrats axe see w lag .
great activity la advaaee ef the primary.
Page 1.
Is why I have returned. "Well, I heard
something about criminal proceedings
and here t am. This signifies that,
though my health is far from re-established.
I am ready to accept any
challenge implied by such proceedings.
"As to my health, let me add that
there is no necessity for any resort to
fiction. I am fortunate to be alive
after all that has happened.
"Btrt I am not so fortunate otherwise.
) I am especially unfortunate In the
aeatn of Mr. Mccau and I might, say
almost as much concerning the recent
removal of Lyman Short, chief counsel
of the Mutual, to say nothing of the
incapacitating of Mr. Alexander. To
some who have gone I would have
looked' .with no misgivings as to what
thejr .would say pr do.
"As to what others have said and
done, during my absence and I might
allude to those who live In glass houses
I will say 'nothing."
"Ypu have come back to face the
xnusJc?" he was asked.
-"Yes, discordant or otherwise."
GRAND JUKY HAS EVIDENCE
Ask Judge Whether Giving Cam
paign Funds Was Crime.
NEW YORK. March 6. Thc New
York County grand jury made a pre
sentment reciting that the grand jury
had been informed by thc District At
torney that there Is reasonable ground
to believe that within thc statute of
limitations officers or trustees of large
corporations have contributed money
to political campaign funds. The jury
asks advice of- Justice O'SuIllvan, of
the Cottrt of General Sessions, to whom
the presentment was made, as to the
course to be pursued by the Jury. The
presentment Is accompanied by a long
statement of facts setting forth that
It can, be shown by lawful evidence,
beyond a reasonable doubt, that such
payments of money have been made.
The grand Jury finds Itself In doubt
as to whether thc making of these
payments constitutes a crlm e, and It is
upon this point especially that the ad
vice of Justice O'SuIllvan is asked, the
grand jury not being willing to give
further time to Investigation along
these lines unless the acts can be
proved to have been committed against
the law.
Justice O'SuIllvan, after hearing the
presentment, replied that he would ad
vise the grand jury upon the questions
asked In a few days.
2iOT INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
House Committee Decides Against
Federal Control of Insurance.
CHICAGO, March 6. X dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington, D; C,
says: Neither fire insurance nor life
Insurance business Is interstate com
merce, within the meaning of tho con
stitution. This is the view of an over
whelming majority of the Judiciary
commtteo-of the House, to which the
question was referred as to the power
of Congress to regulate thc insurance
companies. A report to this effect
will be prepared soon.
An Informal canvass of the commit
tee has shown that practically all the
members. Republicans and Democrats,
are Inclined to thc belief that under
the decisions of thc Supremo Court of
the United States, the business of life
Insurance cannot be considered In the
light of actual commerce between the
states.
This means that Congress has no
'specific power to regulate Insurance
companies, and thc campaign in that
direction will have to be "dropped, be
cause the House of Representatives
scarcely would pass a bill which its
own committee on judiciary, thc high
est legal authority it can appeal to,
has pronounced In advance to be un
constitutional. Trust Is After Tin Works.
STEUBENVILLE. O.. March 6. The ef
forts of the steel trust to secure the Pope
Tin Works here, through the Labcllc Iron
Works, developed today at a directors
meeting of thc latter company. About
tt.000.0CO is involved in the deal. It be
came known that the steel trust has se
cured directors In thc Labelic plant, but
the independents were powerful enough
at thc preliminary meeting to block thc
deal for the tin works.
IIANDSOJIBST 3IAN IN CONGBESS
INDICTED BY FEDERAL JCBY.
Edaiead Spencer Blackburn.
Congressman E. Spencer Black
burn, indicted by Federal grand jury
In North Carolina for violating laws
of tho United States In practicing
before the Treasury Department at
Washington. Is serving his second
term In Congress. He baa been
called "the handsomest man In Con
gress." Blackburn was a member
oC the North Carolina Legislature four
years, and was Assistant United
States District Attorney for several
years. He was a dclegate-at-large
for North Carolina, to the Republican
National Convention la Chicago In
1004.
AS
SENATE LEADER
Action on Rate Bill Is
Political Suicide.
NEW MAN WILL TAKE REINS
Spooner Most Likely If He
Starts Right.
FIVE VERY SAD SENATORS
Champions of Railroad Cause Dis
credited Jn All Quarters Till
man Coming to Front as
Democratic Leader.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 6. Important changes in
the management of the United States
Senate are expected to result from the
fight which Is destined to end In the
passage of the railroad rate bill:
changes that will affect both parties
and which will develop new leaders to
replace the men who have held the
reins for a long time on either side
of the party aisle. Such a result was
not expected when thc rate fight be
gan; Indeed the old leaders had such a
firm hold on their respective parties in
past struggles that it was believed
they would manage to retain control.
But this Is not thc case.
For a decade Senator Aldrich, of
Rhode Island, has been thc recognized
Republican boss, and "he has had pretty
much his own way in the control of
legislation in which he was interested.
He' cracked the whip; the small co
terie of trusted Senators who stood
with him passed thc word along and
his dictates were carried out to the
letter. But Mr. Aldrich Is a politician
of the scheming sort; his strength lay
in his ability to plan and to connive
and to Intrigue. He was not a leader
in the accepted sense of the word; he
did not carry his fights Into the Senate,
openly espouse the cause he cham
pioned and lead his party on to victory.
His work was on the quiet; he left the
actual show leadership to other Sena
tors whom he could trust.
Leader of Corporation Forces.
But through all his career a3 party
leader. Mr. Aldrich has worn thc brand
of corporate interests; he has been looked
upon in the Senate and by the entire
country as a "corporation Senator," and
the people were suspicious. His leader
ship did not benefit the party; It did not
elevate the Republican majority of the
Scnato In the estimation of thc people.
The very fact that thc Senate followed
Aldrich is responsible, more than any
thing else, for thc widespread denuncia
tion ot the Senate as a tool in thc hands
of the trusts. A vast majority of the Sen
ators are not trust men; a great many
are falsely accused, as a matter of fact,
but. when they submitted to the dictation
of Mr. Aldrich. they laid themselves bare
to this criticism, for they were indirectly
instruments in the power of corporations,
and the Senate itself, now suffers from III
repute that has swept thc entire country.
But this order of things is at an end,
and all because of a bad break made by
Mr. Aldrich in forcing Senator Tillman to
report the railroad rate bill to thc Sen
ate. Mr. Aldrich himself is now aware
that he made a serious blunder; he knows
that his rashness, due to temporary loss
of self-control. Is costing him his leader
ship and, to his intense chagrin, he sce3
President Roosevcl.t and his .friends tak
ing up" the reins and driving thc Republi
can organization in a way that will meet
the approval of the people. Nothing
could humiliate Mr. Aldrich more than
to submit to defeat at the hands of Mr.
Roosevelt and his friends, for of all Re-
publicans, none hates Mr. Roosevelt more
intensely than Mr. Aldrich.
Spooncr Likely Successor.
Who will succeed Aldrich remains to
be seen. The new party leader on the'
Republican side must be developed, and he
will be developed by the railroad, rate
fight. The most likely and the best
equipped man is Senator Spooncr, of Wis
consin. A born fighter, an able leader of
men, a man tenacious of purpose, and one
who does not know defeat, Mr. Spooner
possesses all the qualifications .for party
leadership, and if he takes the right po
sition on thc rate bill and espouses the
people's cau3o as the people see it, he Is
very apt to succeed Mr. Aldrich. If not
Mr. Spooner, it may be any one of a dozen
men. There is good material In the Scn
ate, but from many points of view Mr.
Spooner has the advantage over other pos-
sibiliticsw
Tillman Coming to Front.
On the Democratic side Senator Gorman,
of Maryland, has been thc recognized
party leader up to a short time ago, but
gradually Senator Bailey,, of Texas, has
been forging to the front and is today
conceded to be the actual leader of the
minority. The rate fight has not been re
sponsible for this, but it will strengthen
Mr. Bailey and will make him the undis
puted leader, with Mr. Tillman as his
right-hand man. By placing the rate IU
In the hands of Mr. Tillman the Republi
can leaders thought to make light of a
serious piece of legislation. But they
made a grievous error. Mr. Tillman, with
all his faults. Is an absolutely honest man
and a fighter who. knows no fear. And
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