THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, 3IARCH 14, 1906.
5
ISE MORAL ISSUE
Parker Furnishes Democrats!
- With New Slogan.
CONVICT ALL -CRIMINALS
Defeated Candidate Tells Alabamans
Political Corruption Dales From
Protective Tariff Publicity
Ills Cure for Ills.
JACKSON, Miss.. March 13. Judge Al
ton B. Parker, of New York, dolivcred a
speech on "Democracy" before a Joint
fosslon of the Mississippi. Legislature at
the Century Theater today. An audlcnco
of about Mu was assembled. Judge Park
er said:
Nothlns: can convince n and nothing should
twrvc u from our Inf-ralned oonlctlon that
an tradnnltc extension of the powcre of gov
ernment, cither at home or abroad, la nolth
?r American nor safe; that, the levy or any
rae-noy for taxrs. which cannot Jc collected
without fear or favor, or without conferring
undue privilege upon person or interests, or
that Is not needed for purely public purposes,
can bo anything but perilous; or that the
failure rigorously to enforce the criminal
laws by the punishment of all guilty men,
whatever their offence or their nominal ftand
tfi In the community, can be other than
fatal to Justice and violative of all preceptf,
whether divine or human.
"While thepe ihrce primary questions are
closely connected, there has been manifest,
of jHte years, a strange tendency to over
look the intimate relation which the. two
laEt named mutt bear to each other. Every
erious evil with which our society is now
cither afflicted or threatened has grown out
of the abuse of the taxing power of the Gov
ernment. It is nearly half a century flnco
sve finally consented to levy Federal taxes
fr a purpose other than that of meeting the
real needs of Government. During all tho
recoding pertodB of our history this policy
had been concealed behind the plea of In
fant industries, or appeals for independence
of mric vague but shrewdly chosen enemy.
A purely protective duty was not advocated
as good, or even right, in and of Itself, or
even mentioned without apology. It was de
fn4d only a an expedient, never as a pojlcy
to be adopted or applied permanently.
All Due to Protection.
Judge Parker said the people became
busy with the development of the coun
try's resources, and continued:
This left them little time to watch tho
prwth of taxation, levied not for Its own
ke. but a nyptem which poured (1 into the
pockets of special Interests and individuals,
while leaving $1 for the Government.
Almost silently there accumulated In our
communities the wealth that came from abil
ity and enterprise, and from the quick appre
hension of opportunities. To thlf our people
have . always been accustomed, and lta pos
session accounts for comfortable and even
luHrinw homos, a hlch standard of com
fort, artistic tastes, and the general diffusion
f education and culture. This wealth came
lowly and mirely. as the natural reward of
industry, and brought with It multiplied
blessings, and no social or political perils.
AH at once, with a growth like Jonah's
pourd. there 'came to our people the knowl
edge of a new kind of wealth. Individual
fortunes, amounting to hundreds of millions
of dollars, were even to be the product of
a few years devotion to a single Industry,
in which, by Its laws, tho Government had
doubled or trebled the value of the wares
Wore they reached the consumer. Without
doubt, great organizing genius, with the gift
of oweatlng both human brains and human
bodies, had been applied to the work of mak
ing three gains, but. In spite of this, there
emerged from the American teel and iron
industry, no Bessemer or Siemens, no great
original master process, which, bringing Its
duo and proper reward to the inventor or the
discoverer, makes the whole world better as
well as richer. Under our system. Govern
ment subsidies took from the American con
sumer the fruits of the ability and the In
genuity of these great men. and enabled a
chosen few to pocket most of the profits for
themselves.
Lobbying and Corruption.
He attributed the growth of lobbying
and political corruption to the monopolies
which, he said, were bred by protection,
and proceeded!
In this progress of privilege, almost Im
perial In it rapidity and the methods em
ployed, the time came when the opportunities
conferred by the Federal Government were not
xufllclcnt to satisfy the growing cohorts of
monopoly. Then the powers of the states
wore invoked. Although they could not, to
the same uxtent ac the Federal Government,
create values by taxation, they could con
fer powers and authority upon railroads, street
railways and corporate bodies, often organ
ised by an abue of the general laws, though
deviled for the encouragement and promo
tion of honcet enterprise, and they could sanc
tion the combination which Federal exactions
bad made desirable to those who would stifle
home competition. Fo every mate Legislature
lxtrame first the retort of a lobby, and. when
this became too exicnslve, the method was
changed and the boss came to his own. Here,
again, not only was the system which had
lwn so effective in Federal politics relentless
ly applied, but Its power was added to the
forces already In existence, so that the briber
va able to draw upon new resource, from
a field greatly widened, and' thus to ley
blaekmnll from an enlarged constituency of
victims.
Grabbing of Franchises.
Still privilege grew by what it fed on:
still, with the daughters of the horseleech, it
tsrled: "Give!" "Give!" In almost every city
and local community of Importance there were
public franchises and rights. So theso were
'lther given away or sold at prices ridicu
lously low. nearly always without those wise
restrictions which provided for the payment
of taxes1, or for renewal on new and more
favorable terms, fair alike to public and to
private interests. It was not long until the
holJers of those franchises formed alliance
with those above them in rank. From this
new ource there trickled down added rlvu
lots of bribe money, and other legislative
bodies were opened to manipulation by the
bo ps. "When the vicious circle was complete,
the greater so Included the less that the so
called organisation of the Republican party
hud at Its command every capacious and
well-filled reservoir of political corruption,
with eupply pipes draining from them into
every camp where its favorites were found.
It is one of the natural, but Interesting
and often overlooked, facts of political his
tory, that, with all the development of
bosses" throughout the country, during the
past generation, there is no Instance where,
in any state, a Democrat has come to the
front with the will and the opportunity to use
public power or revenues to enrich himself,
ur his henchmen, or his followers. It 16 also
true that, - In no mors than three or four
ciUcs, has this rank and foul excrescence been
able to gain a hold, to grow and to flourish
for any considerable time in the Demo
cratic party.
Cause of Democratic Virtue. ,
He attributed this alleged fact not to
party virtue, but to the fact that the
Democratic party had no favors to sell.
He referred with merciless Invective to
the recent revelations of breach f trust
by insurance financiers, and went on:
But why should there have been any cause
for wonder? When, for nearly hair a cen
tury, we have been binding our manufactur
ers as apprentices to monopoly, why should
we be surprised that a few of our "financiers,
or a bare handful of our merchants and law
yers, not only learned the trade, but bettered
the instructions of their teacher? Having,
ourselve?. created the forces which thus
threaten to break up the fountains of the
great deep of morals, why should we gruffible.
or fume, or reetac? Shrraklsg back at tho.
sight of our owb hldea6 BMter, wfey-afeovld
we take eowoot of despair?
He reaseur4 hte hearers with the '..' t-
ment that the revelation of half a dozen
offenders among Insurance or railroad
men did not justify nuepldon against all
others, for the majority were honest and
able.
Convict Criminals, Rich or Poor.
Judge Parker urged the punishment
broadcloth or fustian, adding:
of all criminals, whether they wore
The way to convict la to convict. There
are today within the State of New Tork a
few men who. Involved in insurance frauds,
have themselves furnished evidence, fairly
corroborated cn the witness stand, of their
own venality. I do not believe It would be
possible, in that greaA metropolitan olty.
to draw a grand -Jury, which would not In
dict format least two. and perhaps three, of
the mort serious crimes known to the law
Still farther, it would not be possible, by
any change of venue, for any one of the
men so. indicted. If fairly proven guilty, to
escape conviction before a trial Jury In any
one or the other 00 counties of the great
State of New York.
This does not mean that the taw Is seek
ing to take vengeance, orf that its repre
sentatives should enter upon a reckless
crusade. Dut it does mean that in New
York, even In greater measure. If pos
sible, thaa in Missouri. Its Instruments
recognise the existence and the Influence of
a moral movement. They will Indict and
convict, not because one thief has expo-d
another, or the newspapers have published
charges, but for. the reason that the law
has; been outraged, that trusts have been be
Irayed, and that palpable, demonstrated
wrongs, have been dono not only to Individ
uals, but to society itself.
Publicity .tbc Best Remedy.
"When this has been done, attention
ought to be turned to all movo
rnonts which can Insure proper publicity
In business, as recommended nearly 25 years
go by Governor Cleveland. Especially should
the libel laws be strengthened, by amendment.
If necessary, to that publicity shall 'become a
real, and not a sham, thing. David B. Hill,
when Governor of New York, in 1SS0, insisted
in his annual message to the Legislature,
that the securities of corporations should
represent and reflect real values; investment,
not prospects: the actual condition of proper
ties, rather than remote possibilities. It was
Ignored then, but it Is not too late, even now,
to take his advice.
At 'the satno time, nothing Is more In
cumbent upon our people" than lecocnltlon
of the fact that few new enactment are
needed for the correction of these giant
evils. A single Infraction of the law by
a railroad official, uncot'cred. and relentless
ly punUhed. through authority already clear
ly denned, would have been of more real
value than runny months or agitation for
new powers. What has been lacking, of late.
Is the disposition to enforce the criminal law
against corporate law violators. And tho
underlying reason has been corporate political
contributions or other service.
Beware of Demagogues.
Judge Parker warned his hoarers
against condemning rich men, whose
success i.s due to great ability, com
bined with lofty character, because
few rich men have strained the moral j
or violated the criminal law. He said:
Above and beyond all thing, wc must
avoid the demagogue like the pestilence
which walketh in darknww. For the first
time In our history, we ie reflected upon
the :reen of the future the shadow of this
baleful, minster figure. Hitherto, both In
our National life, and in our Important
states, even the suggestion of his presence
ban been resented. Now there are signs
that the profession of attachment to one
good thing may mean tho practice of an
other wholly bad; that so-called independence
may be used to cover the most i elfish par
tisanship, and that humbug may lead u into
untried and dangerous paths.
He defined conservatism as "at
tacnpd" to that which has Justified Its
existence by its uscfulnoss" but .15. hav
ing "a strong, unwavering enmity to
old things that are dangerous." He
concluded:
Moral Issue for Democrats.
As Democrats we have much work to do
of a scrlouB kind. Wc have only the
smallest responsibility for the fundamental
evils which have put into pril the great
moral heritage of our people We have never
bought or sold options in tho market of priv
ilege or monopoly. We cannot gain or re
gain power by fiubterfuges, and we ought not
to do so. If we have no principles fixed
immutably upon ideas, and genuine attach
ments to the public interest", we shall then
be without hppe. If we cannot now ee how
vital a moral issue may be made on the side
of both policy and righteousness, then we
may as well abandon the field, and let either
the corruptlonlst and the monopolist, or the
radical, the destructive and the anarcbUt,
have their way.
II
COMBINATION DAXDS PORTLAND
DRCMMEIt IX JAIJD.
Wanted in Canton, Ohio, C. B. Rob
inson Is Arrested in Toledo.
Female Drummer to Retcuc.
TOLEDO. O- March 13. (Special.)
C- B. Robinson, a traveling man of
Canton, whose homo Is In Portland;
Or., was arrested here tonight on tele
phonic orders of Chief of Police Mc
Cloud. of Canton, for embezzlement.
The charge against him Is the out
growth of the Investigation of his
books, which, according to tho Ameri
can Specialty Company, his employers,
show a shortage aggregating almost
51000.
Ho was taken here at tho Dcvcaux
Hotel protesting his innocence. Ho Is
35 years of age and married. A woman
named Bessie Wentz Is connected with
the case through his sending for her
to take charge of his personal effects.
She came to the station and talked to
him. She claims to be a drummer and
to have met Robinson on the road, be
ing merely a friend.
TELLS OF TAHITIAN STORM
Steamer Brings Details of Disaster
in South Pacific.
AUCKLAND. N. Z.. March 13.-The
steamer Tavlnul. from the Samoan Isl
ands, has arrived here bringing addition
al details of the storm which swept over
the Society, Tuamotir and Cook's Islands
on February 7 and . The first indica
tions of the tempest discerned at Papeete
ere the falling of the barometer on Feb
ruary C and the Increasing sea on Febru
ary 7. the breaking of the waves on the
foreshore caused the natives to evacuate
the houses.
The morning of February 8 the seas
increased, and many houses were shat
tered to pieces. At 8 o'clock the trees
were leveled by the tornado. At noon
the worst of the storm had passed. -
The only white person known to have
perished was a man named Lcbolach, a
carc-lakcr, who was drowned.
The damage to the harbor at Papctec Is
estimated at JC00.CO0. and on tho whole
Island of Tahiti. $900,000. It, Is believed
that three schooners were lost at sea.
The warship Zelee reports that Tuamo
tu. a low archipelago, suffered severely.
The small Islands of Vaero and Hukueru
arc said to have disappeared. Heavy seas
swept ovr many Islands, the natives feck
lng refuge by climbing cocoa palms.
Six lives were lost on the Island of Ta
hiti, Including Father Paul, a Catholic
mlssionaryt who. after having sought
safety In a tree for several hours, fell. Into
the waves. Twenty-five persons were
drowned on Anae Island, on which the
once bcauUful district of Tulrare was re
duced to a bare coral strand. There- were
six deaths on the Island of Motiitonga.
where native divers saved the Jives of
many people who had been in the water
12 hours.
It will prafeftWr le seat time before the
Aaro&gft to UM TuuMtu Imi is kaowa.
THINGS IN GENERAL
House
Hears Strictures
Civil Service.
on
LITTAUER GROWS CAUSTIC
Death Only Way to Get Rid of Aged
and Incompetent Xcw Tiork
and Kentucky as Produc
ers of Ideals.
WASHINGTON", March 13. The
House devoted Itself to general debate
on tho legislative appropriation bllL
First there was discussed tho question
of eliminating aged clorks from the
employ of the Governmont; then came
discussion of free alcohol for the arts,
the restriction of Japanese immigration
and finally a defense of New York City.
Llttauer, of New York, and Livingston,
of Georgia, representing tho Republi
can and Democratic views, concurred
on the question that something must
be done In the way of reorganizing the
Government service. Marshall, of Nortn
Dakota, gave his voice to the proposi
tion for free alcohol: Hays, of Cali
fornia snnkA In behalf of restricting
Japanese and Corcan immigration and
Bennett, of New York, defended his
city in rolatlon to the clnss of foreign
ers who make New York City their
home. . , .
The bill carries a total appropriation
of 529.134.1S1.
Civil Service Home for Aged.
In explaining the bill, Llttauer (Rep..
N Y.) said it provided the salaries for
1M05 public servants, ombracing the en
tire service. He at once proceeded with
an elaborate critical explanation of the
increasing power of tho Governmont
bureau chief and helpless condition of
committees in controlling the expendi
ture of appropriations.
A classification of salaries of Govern
ment clerks Is, he said, a crying neces
sity. Men doing exactly the same work
now receive some J1S00, some JIGfO. some
51400 and others 51000. All this tends to
domorallze the service. He suggested a
commission to ko into the question. If
something Is not done, he predicted the
condition win grow worse.
The service of the Government, If busi
ness methods should bo applied, Llttauer
maintained, could be conducted with half
the money It now costs and with three
fourths the number of clerks. The door
of the entrance to this service Is wide
open, but once In It opens only wide
enough to let a coffin out. It is a life
tenure.
Grosvenor asked If there was no way
to get rid of an Incompetent clerk.
"There Is. "but It Is not lived up to."
answered Llttauer, who continued by
declaring that this Gox-crnment should
not be made a, charitable Institution and
its service a home for the aged and In
firm. Hays, of California, spoke at length
In favor of extending the Chinese ex
clusion act to. the Japanese and Co
roans. A eulogy of New York City by Ben
nett, of that city, occupied the last
hour of the session. Some time ago.
In- a .carefully-prepared speech on the
Immigration question, Hopkins, of
Kontucky, made the statement that
twc-thlrds of the Italians coming to
this country were anarchists. Taking
. v. l. r.. 1,1. invt ..ml tVio fnrfhnr 1 n tf-
m(.nt ,yr Honklna that he would not '
iro to Xew York for his Ideals. Bennett
.compared the illiteracy of the County
of Sew York with that of Floyd Coun-
tv. Kentucky, of which Hopkins was
one time School Commisslonor. greatly (
to tho advantage of New York and tho ,
amusement of members of the House.
MUST XOT BETRAY SECRETS
Senate Passes Bill Against Prema
ture Divulging or Crop Reports.
WASHINGTON. March 13,-Before tak
ing up the railroad question today, tho
Senate passed a number of bills, somo
senate paoscu .i . . . I
of which were of considerable Import
ance. One of them provides for the pun
ishment of Government officials for the
nrematurc dlvulgcnco of secret Informa
tion of Government bureaus In such mat-
. n r. v. c- nnnttiAl tl I nt I
lors as 111c i hji 1-, D . ....
Executive authority In the matter of
construction of bridges over navigable
streams, and still another gives Congres
sional sanction to tho effort on the part
of Delaware and New Jersey to adjust
their long-pending boundary dispute
Simmons made the speech of the
day on the railroad rate question. He
announced his support of the House
measure, but said he would not oppose
reasonable modifications. Tillman
an-
noun cod that after tomorrow he would
seek to have the rate bill taken up for
consideration each day Immediately after
disposing of routine business, instead of
waiting until - o clock. Scott presented
an amendment to the railroad rate bill
requiring railroads to make connection
with Intersecting lines, with proper fa
cilities for transfer of business and tho
exchange of cars. The following bills
were passed:
Authorizing the erection of a public
building at Denver, Colo., at a cost of
Regulating the use of reservoir sites on
the public lands.
Authorizing the Secretary of War to
donate to the State of Idaho two Knipp
guns captured by Idaho troops In tho
Philippines.
Providing for the disposal of isolated
tracts of public land.
Providing for the establishment of
townsltes on the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache Indian reservations In Oklahoma.
Authorizing the erection of a monu
ment at Washington to the memory of
John Paul Jones at a cost of 330.COX
Prescribing general regulations for the
construction of bridges over navigable
waters.
Authorizing the erection of a public
building at Eureka, CaL. at a cost of
J175.O00.
Amending the law relative to the bonds
of shipping commissioners.
Providing for the punishment of offi
cers or employes of the United States
who prematurely divulge Information se
cured by reason of such, employment, and
prohibiting such officers from speculat
ing In articles with which their respec
tive offices deal especially. This House
bill is fntended to cover such cases as
that which arose last Summer In the
Bureau of Statistics of the Department of
Agriculture.
MINERS HOPE FOR PEACE
Advance Guard of Convention Be
lieves Increase "Will Be? Gained.
INDIANAPOLIS. March lXAt the spe
cial National convention of the United
Mlncworkcrs of America, called by Presi
dent John Mitchell, in response to the,
request of President Roosevelt to make
efforts to avert a striko of all coal min
ers In the United States, the business of
the first session, which will open Thurs
day morning In this city, will be & dls
cwMtien of 4.im for a Joint conference
wit a ta M luminous operators la Iedlaa-
apolls next week. Most of tho officials
are here, and the remainder will arrive
tomorrow.
While all of. tho locals In the union will
be represented, the numerical strength In
the gathering will not equal that in Janu
ary, as many of the smaller locals are
sending their proxies by representatives of
other locals. Instead of by special dele
gates. There Is a glimmer of satisfaction on
the faces of the members of the miners
National executive board which indicates
that they believe there is yet hope for a
settlement with their employers, and that
at least part of their demand which
relates to a substantial Increase In wages
will be granted.
Open Shop for Edison Company.
CHICAGO. March 13. Employers scored
the first "open shop" victory of the year
against a labor union yesterday when ICO
strikers returned to work for the Chi
cago Edison Company. The men, who
were employed on outside line work,
walked out early in December, when the
company refused to agree to employ
union electricians. The Edison Company
for years has employed union and non
union men Indiscriminately. Tho union
called strikes on all buildings whore
nonunion men were working. Interfering
seriously with the completion of large
building contracts in the downtown dis
trict, Xo Child Iabor in Iowa.
DES MOINES. Ia.. March 11 With the
passage by the Senate today of the
child labor bill, the measure will become
a law. as Governor Cummins will sign It.
The new law prohibits the employment
of children under IS year old In any
occupation Injurious to health.
CONVINCED MINERS LIVE
ENGINEER SAYS ALTj ARE NOT
DEAD AT COCRRIERES.
Funerals In Hundreds Line Roads
Near Mine High Praise for
German Rescuers.
PARIS. March 14. A mining cnginoer
namc-d Francis Laur, whose dispatch,
however, has not been confirmed, tele
graphs today's Issue of the Journal from
Lens his absolute conviction that a num
ber of miners arc still, alive In distant
parts of pit No. 1 at Courricres. Cavings
ln on the pit hinder operations. If alive,
the dispatch says, the men may bo abla
to live for three days.
Hundreds of funerals were held today
In the towns surrounding Couniores. Snow
has fallen, but lines of mourners tilled
every road. In many, cases the mourners
carried caskets where hearses wore not
obtainable.
At BUHn-Montlgny, a rough altar was
erected In the open air. and funeral serv
ices were conducted over 0) bodies. An
other and similar ceremony occurred at
Mericourt over the unidentified dead.
The company's latest figures show that
there were 1212 victims of the. explosion.
Mining Director Mcyor. of Hcrine.
Prussia, with his rcscuo corps of Wost
phalians. recovered 26 more bodies thlc
morning. The heroic efforts of the Ger
mans arc exciting admiration and praise.
SQUEEZING DOWN VALUE
Supreme Court Decision Causes a
Panic in Chicago Traction Stocks.
CHICAGO. March 13. Prices of the Chi-
cago traction stocks suffered severely to
day on both the Xow York and Chicago
stock exchanges. In New York, the price
0f Union Traction common broke almost
in half. droDDlnc from llTi to 74. The
preferred stock, which closed last night
at jg declined to 30. West Chicago showed
a decline of 13 points from a close of 5
last night, and North Chicago was down
55 points. Tncre were no sales of the
stock of the Chicago City Railway Com
pany yesterday, and the last quotation
prior to the opening of the stock ex
changes today was 1934. It changed own
ership at 179.
It Is estimated by local financiers thax
the decision of the Supreme Court 1ms
wiped out franchises belonging to the
,.nin,, Tmrilnn Pnmranv valued at anv-
wherc from $W.(O),0 to JSS.OW.Oj).
EXPERTS IN BARBARITY
Corcans Torture and Roast Fcllow
Countrynian. Accused of Theft.
HONOLULU. March 15. Five Corcans
on the Island of Hawaii have been ac
cused of a murder of unusual atrocity.
The alleged victim was a fcllow-coun-trvman
susnectcd of stealing J36. They
ro raid in hve Kolzed him in a canotleld
and then held an Inquisition.
I it i allcced that he was beaten and
I cut. and. when ho fnlnted. his captors
revlvcd him with wine, of which they
partook themeolvcs, resuming the tor
tures when he was strong enough. To
add to his sufferings, salt Is said to have
been placed In his open wounds. He died
when a lire was kindled under a portion
of bis body.
Besides the five men indicted, four oth
ers arc In custody In connection with the
affair.
BELIEVES IN MODERN WAYS
Chinese Prince Says Old Empire
Should Adopt Them.
NEW YORK, March IX Wh.on Prince
Tsat Tse, first cousin to the Emperor of
China, visited Chinatown tonight he was
given a royal welcome. He was accom
panied by the Imperial Commissioners.
Shang Chi Hcng and LI Shong. The
Prince was entertained at the Hotel
Savoy. Joseph Singleton, president of
the Chinese Reform Association, made
a speech of welcome, to which the Prince
responded.
He said he believed In European ways,
and thought it was about time that China
should adopt them. The American peo
ple, he said, were most interesting, and
he was much Impressed with everything
that he had looked at In the way of me
chanical improvements- He believed that
before long China and the American peo
ple will be on more friendly relations.
UNDERTAKER IN SCHEME
Insurance Swindler Confesses, Ex
oncrating His Own Relatives.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.. March 13.
John J. McEachern, convicted of conspir
acy to defraud the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company, confessed today.
Implicating George R. Hall, an undertak
er. Luke Kellogg and John varley In an
alleged plot to swindle the above com
pany and several fraternal societies.
The confession exonerates McEachcrn's
wife and his brother-in-law, Frank Mava-
lin. and wife Hall had not been pre
viously accused.
At his own request Xr. Hall was placed
uscr arrest.
'TWILL BE A SQUARE DEAL
A PERSONAL LETTER FROM
OF THE HOUSE.
All Awards Will Possess Real Value All Contestants Assured That the Big
Word Contest of Eilers Piano House Will Be Honestly Conducted.
Adv. Dept.,
Dear Mr. Schell:
Complaints are pouring into this office as to the very questionable manner in
which certain word contest awards, or prize certificates, are being honored (?) by a
"copy-cat" concern that has been advertising an "original" word contest, with a soli
tary piano as the prize. These complaints are very significant. We may have some
more to say about them. They show conclusively that it is nothing less than com
mercial suicide for any firm to deal with the public on any other than a basis of hon
esty and strict integrity.
Our "publicity contest" involves the biggest appropriation we have ever made.
It ends tomorrow. Spare no expense and employ every safeguard to have the lists
checked correctly. The awards must go to whoever is entitled to them, rich or poor.
We want this appropriation to secure for Eilers Piano House all the benefits
that we have in view. The record must remain untarnished our reputation above
everything else.
You have authority to engage the best corps of examiners for this purpose.
You will be held personally responsible for the correct conduct of the contest.
Let everybody understand, too, that every prize certificate which may be issued
by Eilers Piano House will mean just that much in actual money toward payment
of a piano. There will be no "Hundred-Dollar-Certificates-good-for-only-Fifty-Dol-lars-if-piano-costs-less-than-Five-Hundred."
There will be no raising of prices.
You might go a step further and ask any contestant to look at our pianos now;
to investigate the prize instruments, to get our prices and to compare them with what
their neighbors have paid for the same instruments. In other words, this "publicity
contest" of Eilers Piano House must be, and will be, in every respect a "square deal."
Signed, HY EILERS,
President.
TANNER TO TIM
Grand Army Chief Condemns
Proposed Oslerism.
CHAMPIONS HIS COMRADES
Scheme to Bcdncc Aged Civil Serv
ants Pay Considered Blow Aimed
at the Veterans and Called
Monstrous Law.
WASHINGTON. March 13. Corporal
m int,ir f n x
1 .Wilier. cuiHiKattuvi -ii-;im ui. i
R.. has written a letter to Jame3 A. J
Tawney. of Minnesota, chairman of the
Kouf-e committee on appropriations, pro
testing vigorously against the action of ,
jlr. Tawney s conimuiee in recumiueiiuuis
the enactment of a law reducing the com
pensation of Government clerks after they
liave attained the age of years. Cor
poral Tanner writes particularly in be
half of his comrades of the Civil War.
many of whom, now employed In tho
Government service, would be affected
seriously by tho proposed reduction in
compensation. The letter in part follows:
Calls It Penalty or Loyalty.
TM epenttkHi of the proposal ponalty for
loyal and faithful swrvke- would fall jh hfavlly
MfMn the who ttore tse tranln of th battle
in tlte Unlen Army that I mint treat it as
If their wert the note t;nflciarles. It Is for
them, my eomra4. I speak. They rtood with
me when to rtam! meant victory then that
Ihr Ceagre Of th Called States should
meet ever Mnre. and now In Washington
Instead of Richmond: that the Stars and
Suiocet rhowM noat forever and a day over
alt. emMwnatlc of a united, prosperous, happy
country. I venture to my that you won't
And a Confederate soWIer behind your bill.
Only this moment I Indorsed on eurneit re
quest to our seMler PrreWent to bener a
Confederate brigadier whom your proposed
)im!iation" would remove from the watting
lUt, becaww. when, having the power to re-
JlKn n tarn, ntlfnhf at ItlV
comrade. h placed hi relKnatlon a the
kanda of hfe w perl or If a cdegle one of them
was to be disturbed. They are holding down
the nnw desk today with exceptional ability,
too.
Rattle Rones over atones.
that the almobetue alone shall
be the veterans- refuge In life, and perhaps
fter you have kicked him out. "to rattle nis
k.KM aver th tones." will deny him burial
In coKtifcrated ground and close against him
the gatea of Arlington.
yam mir najw the cruel, anient, monstrouj
law. while the stars remain In the nag and
the memorlea of mon and women are not
.,v.n irfth narIs. but before you do. I
hope you'll hear Whltcemb Riley recite "Good
bye. Jim; Take Keer oc leuneii. uur
comrades la the Government service are. by
the elreurotKaaceo of their poaitten powers
Um to defend themielve. 1 bes you to
peak for. Instead oi against. If you cannot
leave them aione.
SAFE FROM CZAR'S POLICE
Galdsls Admitted to America, and
Cnn ov Knjoy Freedom.
NEW YORK, March 13. Felix Galdsis,
the Russian who was arrested at the
request of the secret police of Su Pcters
hnro ntwin his landinsr hero recently, was
today set free and allowed to enter the
United States. He was charged by the
Russian authorities with embezzlement.
Galdsis, howevor, claimed that he was
really wanted as a political prisoner.
His case was first passed upon by tho
Immigration authorities, who refused to
send him back to Russia and released
him. The St. Petersburg police then
caused his rearrest and took the case to
the United States courts.
Bnnkwrcckcrs Go to Prison-
DENVER. March 13. Leonard B. Im
boden and James A. Hill, convicted of
conspiracy to wreck the Denver Savings
Bank, were taken to the state peniten
tiary at Canyon City today to serve their
sentences of nine and ten years, respec
tively. AT THE HOTELS.
Tho FortlHd A. S. Watrous, Flint.
Mich.: C P. ilokelson. Muon. Mich.; W. C
Brown and wife. Lansing. Mich.: C B
Rhodes. Salem. Or.: E. G. Dewaid. Saa Fran
cisco; A. Klngier, Chicago; H. J. Ottenhelm
er. J. H. Merrill. San Francisco; S. T. Lofti
and wife. S. J. Shcrer, Chicago; C P. Cham
berlain. J. D. Farrcll. Seattle; J. Craig. Sll
verton; R. A. Plnkerton. New York: C N".
Cotton. New Mexico; It. Smith. Spokane: E.
ur. Grand Itacldi. Mich.: J. A. Macaaler.
( Boston i IU N. Riblet. Spokane; VT. G. Davis,
Seattle; E. P. Charlton. San Francisco; E. B.
Orelman. Chicago: G. E. Morley. Seattle: A.
Goldman. Chicago: G. E. Youle. Seattle: G.
Umax and wife. Chicago; Mrs. L. Wiley.
Seattle; F. Nase. St. Louis; J. II. Hughe.
Fairbanks. Alaska; G. H. Plummer. Tacoma;
J. A. Soderberp. Seattle; M. Stlefcl. Chicago;
C. U Hover. San Francisco; J. B. Sharper
and wife, J. Kroitenberg. Xew York; H. L.
Vanderhorst and wife. KaianAzoo. Mich.: I.
G. Connell and wife, rittsburg; C. J. O'Deli.
Savannah. Ga.; J. F. Stark. Nashua. X. If.;
W. A. Dwlght. San Francisco: J. W. LIHlng
water. B. H. Jarjssen. New York: G. Phlpps.
St. Paul; T. C Cameron. City: L. L. Reenan.
G. W. Gaines. Philadelphia; John Lewis. Salt
Lake: N. Prelw. New York; W. G. Swaney,
Pittsburg; A. L. Cochrane. Denver: M. P.
Martin. Tacoma; C. A. Rand. San Francisco;
J. A. Sullivan. New York: H. M. Adams
and wife, G. Stewart. Seattle; H. S. Selby
and wife. Guthers Center. Ia.; J. H. Mor
rison, Jr., New York.
The Oregon J. R. Adams and wife. New
York; R. Mackenzie. Tumwater; James Ma
glnnls. Chicago; R. H. Goddard. Chicago:
A. W. Gans. W. A. Foster. San Francisco:
Peter Calhoun. George Calhoun. New York;
Frank Gray. San Francisco; 11. Jacobson,
San Francisco; G. F. Thorndyke. H. Watson.
Seattle; Grant Smith. Chicago; George Paul
son. Fred Lilyman. W. T. May. Seattle: Mrs.
Barlow. Sumpter. Or.; G. F. Connell. Min
neapolis; A. W. Kugler. Denver: Louis Loeb,
Chicago: F. F. Rogers. Canuda: George Lem
ke. H. H. Standard. Los Angeles: D. Thomas
Davis and wife. Seattle: E. O. Jasmer. Chi
cago; L. G Rowcll. San Francisco: E. L.
Gandette, BcIIIngham: Charles Beck. Toke
land. Wash.; W. C Yeoman. Pe Ell. Wash.:
B. M. Giuk. Cleveland. O.; R. B. Wray.
Woodburn. Or.; A. B. Vanderwleler. Au
burn. Wash.: J. A. Storey, Monahan; E. C.
Hales. New York.
The rerklns S. Mettller, George E. Mal
hom, Tacoma: J. W. Leanell. San Fran
cisco; E. E. Espy. Castle Rock; Jennie Fra
iler. Aberdeen: Bruce Wallace and wife.
Athena. Or.: John Bernice. Alphlan: S. Ber
telson. Frank Albert. H. Fowler and family.
Tacoma: G. R. Clark. Seattle.; John F. Uhl
horn. Salem: J. M. Nell. Boise; L. S. Thomp
son and wife. Fred W. Jackson. Eureka; M.
L. Reby. S. M. English. San Francisco: J.
Glover and wire. Spokane; Quintella M..
Desher. Grand Island. Neb.; J. Miller and
wife. Eureka. Cal.; J. P. Rudolph and wife.
Mayvllte. Or.: Ezra P. Munson. Hood River;
Mrs. F. h. Arnsnerger. iiiss laau. atocKion.
Cal.; William E. Bassett, Provo. Utah: Mr.
M. T. Nolan. B. W. Coiner. A- L. Flynn. The
Dalles; John HInier. Atplin: Frank Albert.
Tacoma; W. Witzgman. Cathrine M- Ln
Terell. Seattle, J. C. Hayncs and wife. J. K.
Henkle and wife. Minneapolis: Charles
Thomas. Henpner. Or.; James Maine and
wife. Ds Moines; E. McLennan. Shanlko.
Or.: V. W. Wade. Memphis. Tcnn.; E. K.
McLaran. Portland: Miss Bagnelt. Mrs. Love
lace. Lucy Jones. Chemawa. Or.: Harriett
Jones. Chemawa. Or.; Mrs. J. W. Phillips.
Kenneth. Cat.: A. O. Kyelland. Valley City,
N. D. ; F. F. Post. Salem; F. Kennedy. Ska
mokawa: F. Hurley. Wasco. Or.; S. B. Wells.
Pittsburg; J. A. Byrne. Arlington. Or.: John
McCarthy. Eugene; Sot Shyman. Seattle: E.
Rollck. Crookston. Minn.; W. R. Wither.
Pendleton. Or.: L. A. Loomls. Itivaco. Or.;
R. F. Owrey. The Dalles; J. W. Cole. Oregon
City; J. Lorter and wife. Chris Shepherd.
Tacoma.
The Imperial John Cashner and wife: A.
F Toner. Dallas. Or.; E. M. Rands. Van
couver. Wash.; Ike Rosenblatt. San Fran
cIjco; O. P. Aman. Sidney. O-: M. Hawthorn.
Astoria: R. A- Young. Aberdeen. Wash.; F.
M. Scott and wife, Seattle: L. Blumentbut
and wife. North Yakima. Wash.; C. T- Pit
son. Seattle: S. S. Strain. Kelso: Mrs. Marie
Redkopp. Mrs. Nettle Redkopp. Salem; W.
N.- Meserne. Gray's River. Wash.: Dean
Blanchard. Rainier; A. McDonald. Centralla.
Wash.; E. Devoto. San Francisco; James
Crawford and wife. Maud Crawford. Pen
dleton; C. M. Wilson and wife. Salem: Mrs.
C. Alsted. Harrisburg; G. R. Cumming. Mrs.
Cralc and family. Glens Ferry; Henry D.
ThelUon and wire. Salem; C. A. Frear and
wlfr Seattle; C. L. Hawkins and wire. As
toria; Miss Belle Colilver. Heppner; Miss
Ada Byers. Independence; W. J. Jawney,
Union; C D. Putnam. W. J. Furnish. S. A.
Watson. Pendleton: O. E. Bodmer and wife.
Paradise: A. Bodmer. Baker City; W. C.
Christy. Kansas City; A. E. Roe. San Fran
cisco; A. G. Simmons. Baker City; Mrs. Hat
tie Longmllier. Eugene.
The St. Charles H. Berg; C. S. Howard.
Oregon City: W. H. King; H. O. Howard,
Rainier; W. J. Miller. LInnton: W. B. Mitch,
ell. C H. Hartzeli. Kelso: Mr. and Mrs.
Bakscy; B. Lam. Carroliton; P. W, Bowers,
..I.-. cr LouUo IVmbrerht SfAkan- n-
MOTHER
AND CHILD.
Let the mother take
Scott's Emulsion for the
two; it never fails to
benefit them both. One
can eat for two, but nour
ishing two is a different
thing. It calls for a de
gree of internal strength
that the average woman
lacks. People of luxury
are not very strong by
habit; overworked people
are weak in some func
tions from exhaustion or
their surroundings. Scott's
Emulsion can be depend
ed upon to overcome such
conditions. It is a won
derful food for a mother
and child.
SCOTT & BOWNE, 49 Fexrl Street. New Yerk.
THE
HEAD
Bressli and family. Eureka. Cal.; J. Farr.
Goble; W. A. Ward. Bench Prairie: J. Malov.
Wallace. Idaho: A. Leland and wife. HurJ
burt: J. P. Egan and wife. White Salmon;
F. Kelley. Seattle; G. F. Mason. Salem: C
Morrls. Columbia City; C. Rlgdon. Dayton:
G. Rlgdon. Dayton: R. S. Brown. Manor: J
Studer: T. McNlsh. Kalama; O. H. Belknap.
Chinook: A. L. Bozarth. Woodland: W. W.
Nlckell. McMlnnrille: Rev. B. Felne. Klam
ath Falls; A. Eskman. Overton: T. W. Sink
and wife; I. D. Burneson. B. Dyson. Bakr
City: S. C. Strong and wife. Lewis River:
E. J. Gordon. San Francisco: W. J. Miller.
LInnton: G. Waliman; Mr. and Mrs. Calt
beck. Portland; Bessie Englert. Woodland:
J. F. Short. Monitor: i C. Brown and wire.
W. R. Wiley.
Hotel Donnelly. Iacoma. Washington
European plan. Rates. 75 cent to 5'J.38
pr dav Fre 'bun.
! COLUMBIA LIFE & j
I TRUST COMPANY!
Portland, Or.
Is often brought Into service by
older penons to frighten children
Into obedience. The agents of
many life insurance companies
adopt the same tactics to cause
their policy-holders to be good and
to frighten those whom they have
reason to believe contemplate in
surance In some company other
than the one they represent.
We
Have a
Proposition
Which never falls to commend
Itself to a careful thinker. It Is a
combination of life insurance
policy and an investment bond,
whereby the insured for the same
payment made to other companies
leaves his estate more In event ot
his death and gots more cash If he
lives. Our competitors, having less,
desirable forms of contracts for
Mile, seek to frighten our Insurers
by trotting out all sorts of Bogle
Men.
Don't
Be Scared
By the stories of our competitors;
It Is easy to understand tho cause
of their alarm. Let us reason with
you and show you the facts -on
which our system is founded. Our
policies provide absolute protection
for life and arc free of many re
strictions. If you are interested in
the subject of life insurance, if
you desire additional protection, or
If you are carrying an expensive
form of policy, it will be greatly to
your interest to investigate our
plan.
Phone Main 1573 and a gentle
manly representative will call.
I COLUMBIA LIFE & :
I TRUST COMPANY j
W. M. LADD, President. 9
T. B. WILCOX, Vice-President.
EDWARD COOKINGHAM,
Second Vice-President.
Temporary Offices. Sixth Floor, J
J Concord Building. m
Every Woman
t In tTMtid and should knoxr
ft bo at the -wondirfHl
MARVEL Whirling Spray
new TuiaU SjriM. selec
tion and tfurrton. Ilea t Sail
et Mon conTonient.
HC!uftItinU7a
1j toot drnrxUt tar Si.
If hn cannot sepply the
giAHVKiit aeeept ao
tvjtsr. but tend itarati tc r
nimirxted boot . It rive
fall cartteslart and dfrxttona ta-
yateable to !. M.RVKIj ..,
44 K. 3S4 ST., 51 W TORK.
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