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A C7 ; ;.(gg9 VOL. XLVI SO. J4476. PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, HI AY 16, 1006. PRICE I'lVE CENTS. RIGHTS ASKED By RUSSIAN NAT DN Parliament's Reply to Czar's Speech. AMNESTY ITS FIRST DEMAND Constitutional Monarchy Must Be Created. ABOLISH UPPER HOUSE Debate Opens With Radical Attacks. Conservatives In Vain Ask for Hearing Cabinet Decides to ' Grant Amnesty Too Late. PARIJAMT5XTS DEMANDS OF CZAR Vnlvsrsal suffrage. R.pral of exceptional law; Reconstruction of administration. Ministry responsible to Parliament. Abolition of Council of Empire. Liberty of person, conscience, pres.. apeech, association, gatherings and strikes. Abolition of death penalty. Equality of all citizens before the law. Compulsory expropriation of crown, monastic and nobles' land for division among peasants. Rqual rights for peasants. Freedom of worklngmen to organise and strike. Popular education. Recognition of Individuality of each nationality. Amnesty for political prisoners above all and first of all. ST. PETERSBURG, May 15. After n afternoon spent in discussion of rules of order, the lower house of Par liament this evening; began the debate on the address In reply to the speech tiom the throne, adjourning at mid night after speeches by Jl. Roditchefi, end a toren orators of lesser' caliber. The discussion, which will be re sumed at 11 o'clock tomorrow, showed" that. t .innlit wtii'-k on the address will le' delivered from the left. Th leaders of Parliament have more to fear from the radicals than from the conservatives. The evening's debate was tame. Even the periods of M. Roditrheff, the best orator among: the Constitutional Democrats, explaining; the address, brought only a faint rip ple of applause. The only scene of real enthusiasm was due to a. refer ence to the absence from the address of a plank on the subject of woman auffrage. which brought half the mem bers of the house to their feet cheer ing. Conservatives Get Xo Hearing. Other radical members demanded a .paragraph asking for' the punishment ef officials guilty of excesses in past. irls of repression, and a fuller and plainer statement of the demand for a const ittitional order. Seven Conservative members es sayed to speak, but the House was in io mood to listen to them. Prince Vol 'konsky, a leading Octoberlst, refused to continue his speech and left the 'rostrum with a bitter fling at denial of the right of free speech. Two features of the session devel oped outside the debate. The first was the adoption of a rule relative to the ' previous question, under "which 50 member may prevent the stoppage of a debate, opening the door to success ful filibustering by a determined ml .jiorlty. or one-tenth of the members of the House. feasants Support Government. The other feature was the appearance -of a conservative peasant group among the supporters of the government. 44 peas ant members signing a motion for post ponement of the debate. The meaning of the maneuver mui at first not eompre ; hended by the members of the House, but when In reading the list of supporters of the motion the name of Yerogln, a gov ernment deputy and organizer of the scheme to provide for peasant deputies in lodging-houses, was reached, a low whistle of surprise and comprehension ran around the benches. Count Heyden and other members of the right supported the motion, but It was overwhelmingly defeated. In anticipation of an exciting session, every member of the lower house was In his place when President Mouromtseff called the House to order this afternoon. Cabinet Deckles on Amnesty. Before the House convened, the Cabinet virtually had decided on amnesty for po litical prisoners with the exception of those charged with murder, attempted murder or robbery. While partial amnesty might have made a deep Impression Thursday, had the Em peror signalised the occasion of the as sembling of Parliament by such an act of grace. Its favorable effect will be largely destroyed when thus forced from his bands. There was a long wrangle at the open ing of the session over questions of Par liamentary procedure, etc.. no rules to govern the House having been adopted. PARI.IAMKXT ADDRESSES CZAR J.lberty and Seir-Governmcnt Essen tial Needs of Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, May 15. The draft of the address to the throne, in reply to the Emperor's speech at the opening of Parliament, was s'ubmltted to the lower House of Parliament today by the com mittee. The following is the text of the address: Tt has pleased ycrur majesty in your speech addressed to the people s representatives to express your determination unshakably to preserve the Instructions whereby the people have been called on to exercise legislative power in conjunction with their monarch. The Parliament regards the monarch's for mal promise to the people as a sure pledge ot that consolidation and of th further de velopment or--legislation in accordance with a strictly constitutional basis. The House will for Its part make every effort to perfect t',e principle of popular rep resentation and to submit for your ma jesty's assent a bill relating to such repre sentation, basing It. In accordance with the unanimously expressed will of the people, on universal suffrage. Tour majesty's appeal for common work for the good of the Fatherland finds a lively echo in the hearts of the members of Parliament. In the constitution of which rep resentatives of all classes and nationalities are united In an ardent effort to regenerate Russia and create a state of order on the basts of all living in peace with one another and oil the firm pillars of civic freedom. Curb Power of Officials. The Parliament holds It to be Its duty to point out that the conditions under which the country lives render really fruitful work for the renovation of the best powers of the nation Impossible. The country has per ceived that the sorest spot on our national life is the ambitious power trf the officials., who separate the Emperor from his people, and has declared clearly and unanimously that the renovation of public life Is only possible on the principles of freedom with the spontaneous participation of the people in legislative power and in the control of legislation through the legislative authori ties. Your majesty was pleased in your mani festo of October 30 to announce your firm resolution to build upon these principles as the basis for the further development of Russia, and the whole Russian people wel comed your message with an Impassioned cry. But the first days of liberty were dark ened by heavy afflictions laid on the land by .-h still obstruct the advance of the ' people to their Emperor and trample the principles of the manifesto of October .0 under foot: by those wno cover m ..j. with suffering, with executions without Judi cial sentence, with violent outbreaks, with shooting and imprisonment. Sole Means of Pacification. The scars of mlsgovernment on the part of the administration of the last few months have sunk so deep into the souls of the peo ple that pacification Is impossible so long as the people are not clearly satisfied that In the future acts of violence, which In your majesty's name are now employed as a cover, are forbidden to the authorities; so long as the ministers are not responsible to the representatives ot the people, and so long as the whole system of administration Is not reconstructed. Only when the ministers are made responsible to the people can the idea of the absolute Irresponsibility of the mon arch take root In the hearts of his subjects. Only a ministry enjoying the confidence of Parliament can strengthen confidence in the government and the existence of such con fidence alone can make tranquil and regular labors of Parliament possible. Cabinet Responsible to Don ma Above all. It is first necessary In Russia to repeal the exceptional laws, the laws of Increased protection and the state of siege, under cover of which the arbitrariness and 1rrearnsibillty of officials appear and de velop. ' f ' . Ati the sama time the principles of the responsibility of the administration to the representatives of the Nation must be adopted. . " - Further, for fruitful labor on the part of the Parliament there must be introduced the principle ot true popular representation, which consists In tha recognition that the union of the monarch and the people is the only source of legislative power. Every barrier between the Emperor and the people must be removed. Further, there must be no domain of legislation which would always be closed to free revision by representatives of the people in conjunction with the monarch. Parliament holds that It la its duty to declare to your majesty In the name of the people that the whole nation will carry out the creative work of renewing Its life with all Its power and energy, with a firm belief In the Imminent elevation of the fatherland, if between tt and the throne there does not stand an Imperial Council composed of ap pointed dignitaries and persons elected by the highest classes of the population and if the legislative powers of the people's rep resentatives are not limited by special laws. Liberty First Step In Reform. In the domain of the legialative work before It. Parliament regards as an absolute neces sity for the country a precise law assuring Inviolability of the person, liberty of con science, speech and the press, association, gatherings and strikes. Without these funda mental principles, which were laid down by the Imperial manifesto of October 30, no re form of the social condition Is imaginable. Parliament is actuated by the unshakable conviction that neither liberty nor crder can be assured without the equality of all citizens being established before the law. Therefore Parliament Is preparing a bill establishing the equality of all cltlsens. and simultaneously by removing all class, national or religious privileges an effort will be made to free the country from administrative tutelage. While leaving the limitation of civic rights to the law courts. Parliament considers that the death sentence is not admissible as a basis for judicial eentence. Parliament feela justi fied In dc:arlng that it will be the Interpreter of the unanimous views of the whole nation on the day of the restoration of the law abol ishing the death penalty. Give .Land to Peasama. Careful examination of the neeO of the peas antry and the measures called for by them will form Parliament's next laak. The rural population Is impatiently awaiting the satis faction of agrarian needs. Parlalment would not he doing Its duty if It did not make a law for the satisfaction of these needs by the aid of the crown domains, monastic lands and the compulsory expropriation of land belong ing to the owners of estates. Parliament also holds that it Is necessary to pass a law confirming the peasants in their enjoyment of equal rights and freeing them from oppression by arbitrary' authority and from tutelage. Parliament holds that aatlsfactlon of the needs of the working classes Is equally in capable of being deferred. The first step in thla direction must be recognition of the free dom of organisation for workmen and their right to take Independent action for the ele vation of their material and moral welfare. Popular education is another task that lies before Parliament. Rights of Nationalities. Parliament further holds that It la neces sary to include among the tasks the fulfillment of one which cannot be deferred the ques tion of the satisfaction of the long-deferred demands of the various nationalities. Russia affords the example of a state peopled by many races and rationalities. Union In spirit of all of these is only possible through the satisfaction of the needs of eath by which the Individuality of the divers sides of their lives will be preserved and developed. Parliament will give careful heed to the task of giving wide satisfaction to those just demands. Amnesty Most Pressing Need. Tour Majesty, on the threshold of our labors one question agitates the souls of the whote Russian people and prevents us as their rep resentatives from calmly entering upon our legislative work. The first word pronounced in Parliament was amnesty. It was met with cries of sympathy. The country Is thirsting for It. It Is a demand of the people's con-s-iencs which it is impossible to refuse or dalay. Sire, the ParltaVnent awaits full political amnesty as the first pledge of a mutual un derstanding In the future and of evneord be- jjtween the ftaperor aud U people. LOSES HER FIRST OWNERSHIP FIGHT Denver Beaten by Blunders and Treachery of Two Leaders. SCARE FOR CORPORATIONS First Election on Franchises Causes f' Them to Offer .'Many Conces sions Attacks oiiVMof fatt. Exposure of Jtnsh. . DENVER. May 13 (Special.) The first great battle for municipal ownership in Denver has been fought and lost. Defeat is directly chargeable to United States Senator Patterson and his chief lieuten ant, John A. Rush, president of the 'Mu nicipal Ownership League, but the battle was against the combined public utilities of Denver, and the weakness and unsa vory records of the leaders of the Mu nicipal Ownership movement, with the lavish use of money by their opponents, made defeat inevitable. It will not be possible to give the result In figures tonight. The count is slow, owing to the length of the ticket and the heavy scratching, but at midnight enough straight votes had been counted to assure the carrying of the new tramway, gas and electric, Moffatr terminal and Union Pa cific franchises and the election of a Re publican majority m the City Council and Board of Supervisors. Blunders and Treachery. Senator Patterson came back from Washington two weeks ago, and has since led the campaign for municipal ownership. He made a fatal mistake by attacking bitterly the personal character of D. H. Moffat, who Is interested in the tramway, but was asking for his new railroad a franchise enabling It to enter the city on the same terms as the other railroad' have been granted. A few days after Pat terson's return, his chief lieutenant. Rush, was proved a traitor to municipal owner ship by the publication of a letter he had written a Chicago bank, asking It to finance the campaign and the Municipal Traction Company, organized by Rush and others, the bank to share, in the. profits of sale of the traction franchise," when ob tained, to the present tiarViwayHionipanj Stampede to Corporations. There had been a fair prospect of the success of the municipal ownership tick et and defeat of the new utility '-franchise before Patterson's return, but his violent attacks upon Moffat, who Is the most pop ular man In the state, and the revelation about Rush disgusted the people, the re sult being that they literally stampeded to the corporations. The News and Times, owned by Patter son, and the Evening Post were ar rayed for Municipal Ownership, but the WHAT IS WANTED j 1 , . -fSKtX fc-ikCAAr?D ALL J. j : . j Post was directly interested in tht Muni cipal Traction Company, which proposed to build a rival street railway system.pay the city well for the franchise and event ually turn it over to the city at a fair prH-e. When Rush offered to turn it over to a bank and divide the profits of its sale to the Tramway Company, the voters decided that no franchise would be grant ed for that use. Corporations Badly Scared. Thai the utility corporations were thor oughly scared was evidenced early in the campaign, when they began offering con cessions to the city for nw franchises. The Tramway Company led by promising numbers of extensions, the pale of half fare tickets for children by conductors and the payment to the city of $Jft.nu0 per year for 30 years. The Gas & Elecirlc Company offered to reduce gas to and electric lights-fa tmnt.25 per i-ea,-t&y the city eWI.OOO per year for -i-?vars. give it arc street lights at $60 Instead of JM per annum and make an aar.al reduction on gas until It was owi:W 75 cents.. The Union Pacific offered tis.000 per annum for a franchise for new tracks for M blocks on a lower town ptrcet. Even the water company, which had no direct' in terest at stake, ordered a reduction in rates for certain classes of dwellings. A ntw electric company, which plans to connect Denver with all the principal towns of Northern Colorado and with Cheyenne, t yo., sought a franchise for entrance to and terminals In the city, but the combined opposition of the tramway and the Colorado & Southern Railway has probably defeated it. Patterson Charges Fraud. That the victory of the corpora tions has been obtained by gross frauds and the corrupt use of money is charged by Patterson and the Munici pal Ownership leaders, and they prom ise to reveal crookedness which will send many men to the penitentiary. They even claim to havp evidence which will vitiate therflection "tn" case they are defeated, wTiicii they do not admit, asserting thfrt final returns will show that they have been victorious. Every auto, hack and carriage that could be hired was engaged long ago by the corporations and the Municipal Ownership voters who were too proud to ride in -vehicles rented by the oppo sition had to walk to the polls. The day was brilliant and the vote polled was enormous, the women taking an active interest and voting early as a rule. A District Court Judge took It upon him self to follow the example of the Su preme Court at the November election and appoint watchers, so that with the judges, clerks, challengers, watchers and ward workers, probably 15,000 men were employed in active campaign la bor for wages today. Some Franchises Defeated. At 1 A. M. the count had progressed far enough to Indicate that the Moffat. Tramway and Gas & Electric franchises have carried, and the Denver Terminal. Electric end Mmiirip-j 'Travel or. fr;vt chlses are certainly and the Union Pa cific franchise Is probably 'defeated. The count will probably not be finished under 12 or IS hours. Mining: Camp in New York. NEW YORK. May 15. A mining camp attired in the clothes of conventional civ ilization had a session last night in the East Myrtle room of the Waldorf-Astoria, end in eloquence and vaudeville rang the praises of Nevada. . Nearly every man present was a native of a state beyond the Rockies. IN THE SENATE: A DEMOCRAT STARVING NEAR HECETA HEAD Five Women Followers of the 'Notorious Creffield in a Pitiable Plight. SUBSIST ON SHELL FISH AVere Told to Stay Till He Returned, and Are Afraid to Disobey the "Second Messiah," Whom They Believe JLivlnx. Five women and a tiny little baby, ema ciated, worn out and haggard, and with hardly enough clothing to cover them selves, were discovered last Saturday on the beach In the vicinity of Heceta Head by George Hodges, a timber-cruiser, of Salado, this state, who was forcing, his way through the rough country to inspect some timber. The women had subsisted on crabs and mussels for days and were In a pitiful plight. Mr. Hodges supplied them with some sea biscuits and con densed milk and had to make his way to the nearest settlement without a bit of food. The women told Hodges that they had been sent out in the wilderness by "Sec ond Messiah" Creffield, and while they had heard that he had been killed in Seattle, they said they knew that such was not the case, for no one but the Lord could have the power to take his life. Tells of Their Delusion. Mr. Hodges arrived in Portland yester day, and he believes something; should be done to rescue the fanatic women whose minds have been turned by the hypnotic influence of the man' who a few days ago was shot down like a dog by young Mitchell, whose sisters Creffield had suc ceeded into bringing into disgrace. "These women will starve to death or expire from exposure," said Mr. Hodges. I found them in a most inaccessible spot on the beach, and they had nothing to eat but a few mussels gathered on the beach. They had two tents, and had pre pared as best they could to await the re turn of Creffield. who they said had gone to Queen Charlotte's Sound to select a location for a colony on one of the many islands there. ' I? " 'Crefileld is the Second Messiah,' they told me, and they would rather starve tij death than disobey his instructions. ie had told them to remain where they were until his return, and they refused every offer that I made to see them safely back to civilization. Four of the women hall from - Corvallls, for I have seen them there, but I cannot recall their names, al though I think Frank Hurt's wife Is one of them. "I was cruiBing timber In the vicinity when the women came and asked me to help them raise their tents, which had OR A REPUBLICAN ? been torn down by the otronff wind? that sweep in from the ocean. They told me they had lived in the isolated spot for threft weeks.' "Creffleld certainly knew where he was going when h took those women into the wilderness, for a more secluded place could not be selected. It is four miles by the roughest trail imaginable from the nearest settlement, and about 14 miles from Waldport. the nearest town. The peopli? of Waldport refuse) to assist the unfortunate) women, and I can see no other fate for them than starvation unless they are rescued before many days." Mr. Hodges expects to return to Wald port in a coupl of days. MAY RENEW LAKE TIE-UP Wage Conference Breaks l"p When Marine Firenieu Leave. CLEVELAND, May 13. The conference between marine firemen and representa tives of the Lake Carriers' Association, which has been on for two days consid ering the question of wage, ended ab ruptly late this afternoon, the marine fire men leaving the conference and refusing to accept the proposed wage scale. As the longshoremen, tugmen. oilers, grainscoopers and water-tenders are affil iated. It is believed the break in negotia tions will carry out all of these elements and throw the lake-carrying situation back to where It was previous to last week. President Livingstone, of the Lake Carriers Association, said he was con fident firemen could be secured to operate the boats, and that another tie-up of, lake traffic would not necessarily follow. CRIME AGAIXST THE YOUXG Manufacturers Denounce Union Op position to Industrial Schools. NEW YORK. May 35. A criticism of the attitude of labor unions toward In dustrial schools was embodied in the re port of the committee on industrial edu cation to the National Association of Manufacturers today. The report de clared that labor unions have made ef forts to hinder the perpetuation of trade schools. "Their efforts," said, the re port, "are nothing short of a crime against all those young men who desire to learn a trade, and are the cause, in a considerable measure, of the lack of skilled labor in the United States." The tariff and reciprocity committee reported a need for some reciprocity ar rangement for trade with Canada. The secretary's preliminary report was adopted. It stated that "an anti-Injunction bill of almost any kind was desired by the labor lobby" at Washington dur ing the present session of Congress. At the evening session George Beabury, chairman of the merchant marine, was vigorously applauded when he asserted that after a thorough study of the situa tion he was satisfied that exports from the United States would be more than doubled when his country "has an ade quate merchant marine like that of Great Britain or Germany." It was de cided to serd a committee to Washing ton Thursday to attend a hearing on the ship subsidy bill to be given by Presi dent Roosevelt. HEYBURN LOSES GROUND Temperature Rises and Relatives Are Much " Alarmed. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 15. Senator Heyburn'a tem perature took another rise today, while his general condition otherwise remains unchanged. His relatives are much alarmed over his failure to improve. He appears to be losing strength. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 53; minimum temperature. 43. Precipitation, .SO inch. TODAY'S Rhowers, followed by fair, warm er. Westerly winds. Foreign, Russian Parliament prepare demands to Czar for liberty. Page 1. Radicals want demands on Csar increased. Page 1. Great review in Japan celebrates victory over Russia. Page 5. How Turkey escaped war with Britain. Page S. National. President has secured stronger rate bill from Senate and Iemocrats are angry because he did it without their aid. Page 1. Tillman replies to Roosevelt and renews charge of bad. faith. Page 2. Senate completes amendments to rate bill and may pajss it today. Page S. Tawney fails to restrict power of Navy De partment. Page 2. Taft declares again for buying canal supplies In cheapest market. Page 4. Churches. Episcopal Church court condemns Crapsey. Page 4. Burning issues to nm before Presbyterian General Assembly. Page 4. Methodist Church South In general confer ence. Page 4. Politic. Municipal Ownership In Denver beaten by blunders and treachery. Page 1. ' Domestic. Maniac commits murder and wholesale shootings and then commits suicide. Page 2. Scientist plans to predict earthquakes and eruptions. Page 4. Great Northern and Burlington to run through trains, Portland to Chicago. Page 5. Aeronauts have narrow escape from drown ing. Page 5. Great floods In Southwest. Pags 2. Sport. Pacific Coast Baseball League will continue. Page 7. Pacific Coast. Linn County hermit fatally burned when cabin is destroyed. Page 6. BUI Miner is Identified as leader of tha Canadian Pacific trainrobbers. Page 6 Dr. Hugh France, of Wardner, has his eye on the Idaho Gubernatorial seat. Page 6. Mrs. Botkln, the California candy poisoner. Is finally sent to the penitentiary for life. Page Demand for lumber is booming the price of logs in Washington. Page 6. Commercial and Marine, Sharp decline in Coast sugar prices. Page 15. Mors activity In Boston wool market. Pare 15. Wheat loses half a cent at Chicago. Page 15. Stocks heavy and dull. Page 15- Russian ship Fennia chartered to load 'for Portland. Page 34. Lumber droghers coming for cargoes. Page 14. ' Portland and Vicinity. Five deluded women followers of the no torious Creffield found In starving condi tion near Heceta Head. Page 1. Portland has sent many trainloads of pro visions to stricken San Francisco. Page 10. Doctors of State Medical Association dis cuss tuberculosis and typhoid. Psge 10. Council committees refer to Executive Board Mc .'usher and Pague gas fran chises. Page 10. Test and Engel. arrested by Bruin as pick pockets, declared innocent and released by Judge Cameron. Page 16. Railroads and sawmills cannot secure enough labor. Page 14. Napoleon Davis makes strong protest against un-Americsn campaign remocrats are waging ax a lust -WiUiycomba. Fas 10. PRESIDENT HAS SECURED RESULT Rate Bill Improved by Senate's Changes. DUE TO ROOSEVELT'S WORK Democrats Pretended Ulancg for Party's Gain. NOW THEY DENOUNCE HIM Lucid Explanation of Frenzy of Till, man and Bailey Is Failed In Effort to Steal Cam paign Thunder. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 15. Apparently there will be no revival In the Senate of the not able incidents of last week. The President was accused of having sought the help of Democrats of the Senate for the railroad rate bill and then of having deserted them. The simple fact Is the President wanted a railroad regulation bill. A small sec tion of the Senate, under the lead of Aldrich, wished to-obstruct It. An other, section of the Senate sincerely questioned the constitutionality of some features of the House bill. The Aldrich interest, representing the first part, was not strong. The Spooner-Knox in terest, representing the second part, was strong in argument and In num bers. These Senators wanted a bill that would stand the Judicial test. Roosevelt Desired Resnlt. The President, who sincerely desires the enaetment of an effective bill, talked freely with all Senators whom he met. Republicans and Democrats alike. He desired the result. lie was not striving for party triumph. This is the true explanation of his Inter course with Senators of both parties to this Important ti-temlon. It Is proba-bi.s' that the freedom of his communication with lemocratlc Senators on this sub- "j Ject .JiTouih a conside ruble body of Re publicans to the support of the prin ciples for which he contended. It was not party advantage that the President sought, but the result through a rate regulation bill. Senate Strengthens BUI. As a result of his work during the last two months, the amended bill will go from the Senate back to the House very much improved over the original bill as, it came from the House. The Senate amendments are all in the interest of the people at large as against railroad com binations. The House bill did not deal with the vital questions of rebate nor did It provide penalties for abuses of which the people generally complain. In these particulars the Senate amendments go far beyond the provisions of the House bill. Further, as to court jurisdiction, over which there had been so much discussion, the Senate's amendments simply make clear definitions of what was implred in the House bill furthermore defining and limiting the Jurisdiction of the courts, which the House bill had left open and vague. Contrary to what waa expected, the Senate amendments have made the bill more stringent and precise. The amended bill lays down closer rules than those of the House bill, and has provided modes of procedure unknown to the House bill and strict, exact and heavy penalties for every infraction of the law. This Is the present status of the bill in the Sen ate. The fcill is substantially perfected and it will pass. The Senate has much improved it. Democrats Played for Points. It has simply been the object of the President to get results. To this end he has conferred with almost all Senators of either party. Of course, there has been a natural thought on the part of the Democratic Senators that some advantage for their party might be obtained out of this situation. If their party could get before the country in the coming elec tions with a well-founded claim that the President, in order to carry mi plans for regulation and control of railroads, could not get the support of bis own party, but was compelled to turn to Democrats for support and success, it would have been a great card for them in their appeal to the people. Their play has been a very natural and even a proper one for a mi nority party playing for an advantage. But through the course the President has taken the Republicans of the Senate have been brought to substantial support of a proper and effective bill. Court re view of the proceedings of the Interstate. Commission could not In any event be de nied. Under the Constitution, railways have the right, but the amendments de fine the purposes and limits of review, and thereby prevent railroads from setting up a claim at the beginning of every case that the whole procedure is extreme and unconstitutional. No More Roosevelt Democrats. There was said to be an alliance between the President and the Democrats in Con gress. This notion had been sedulously propagated throughout the country. It was an effort of the Democrats to gain advantage for their party. But it Is all over. On the part of the Democrats there Is now general denunciation of Roosevelt. There are no more Roosevelt Democrats In Washington. On then- part It is futile dalliance. Citizens of Oregon In Washington today remarked that in the coming election in Oregon it would not be necessary to vote the Democratic ticket next month In order to uphold President Roosevelt. Demo crats in Congress were playing for party advantage, and now the chasm between them and the Administration is wider than ever. It Is a common Democratic expression here that "ttoogevelt is a cheat Jand a liar." H, y. 8,