VOL. XLVI. XO. 14,225.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PORTLAND, OREfcON, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1906.
LIFE QUICKENS
IN THE BAY CITY
Business Very Brisk
Amid the Ruins.
SHOWN BY BANK CLEARINGS
Record of Corresponding Week
A Year Ago Is Exceeded.
BUILDING BOOM BEGINS
When the Insurance Companies Pay
Up What They Owe, the Recon
struction of Metropolis Will Be
Carried Along With a Rush.
RISING FROM ASHES.
BANK CLEARINGS Last wk the
clearings were $33, 000,000. as com
pared with $30,400,000 in the cor
responding week a year ago. The fig
ures are authentic.
BUILDING PERMITS With th
building laws In a state of chaos dur
ing the month of June permits were
Issued to the value of $1,600,000.
Plans are being drawn for a dozen
tall buildings to be erected In the
heart of the burned district.
INSURANCE Only $13,000,000 has
teen paid out on Insurance claims.
"When the companies settle the city
will ae an enormous building boom.
RAILWAYS Business of the South
ern Pacific Is assuming greater pro
portlms day by day. Millions are
to be spent In bridging the bay from
the Oakland shore 20 miles below
San I'ranclsco. Freight trains can
thus he brought directly Into the
city; the Ocean Shore Railroad Is
rushing a short line to Santa Crux.
Larger crews have been put at work
on the Western Pacific.
TRADE Oakland and Berkeley un
able to hold the wholesale and retail
business temporarily diverted. One
of the largnst department stores rtt
San Francisco Is now doing business
at the rate of $1,750,000 a year.
BT P. A. SINSHEIMER.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 9. (Special
Correspondence.) Ten weeks ago, if
anyone had ventured the prediction
that the week of July i would see San
Francisco doing as great a volume of
business as ever, he would have been
ridiculed, but nevertheless the fact has
come to pass.
Ban Francisco, amidst her ruins dur
ing the past week, has eclipsed her rec
ord ot last year for the same time. The
bank clearings in the like week a year
ago amounted to $30,400,000, while this
year they amounted to $33,909,000. So
unexpected was this achievement that
several of the commercial agencies re
fused to record it, alleging that a mis
take must have been made. An inquiry
Into the official ligures, however, shows
that there is no error.
Of course, a portion of this amount Is
accounted for by the insurance pay
ments, but 93 per cent of the total rep
resents the regular course of business.
The clearings have shown a large in
crease each week, but no one was quite
prepared for the sudden spurt of last
week.
The expansion of business was, coin
cident with the adoption of a building
ordinance. Naturally capital was kept
more or less In reserve until the ad
justment of the building problem.
Building Is Very Active.
Although the city's building laws
were in a chaotic state during the
month of June, building permits were
Issued to the value of fl.COO.OOO, and
In this sum are not included those one
story temporary structures which may
be erected for a time without special
permit. Now that the building law has
been promulgated, reconstruction will
take Its real start. It is hampered sole
ly by the slowness of the insurance
companies.
Up to the present time but $15,003,000
has been paid out in Insurance. Were
the various companies to loosen their
purse strings as the situation demands,
San Francisco would at once enter
upon a building boom such as has never
been known before. As it is. plans at
this transitory stage are being drawn
for a dngen tall buildings to be erected
In the heart of the burned district.
One of the best indications of the re
turning prosperity is reflected in the
figures ot the Southern Pacific Com
pany. The company reports that the
travel, which after the disaster fell off
to practically nil, has been resumed
and is dally assuming larger propor
tions. Travel back and forth across the
, bay to Oakland and Berkeley Is greater
than ever before In the history of the
city.
GreM Ru.-h at Ferries.
Last Sunday 100.000 persons crossed
the bay on the Southern Pacific ferry
boats. The Southern Puclflc is only one
of a half a dogen companies operating
trans-bay boats. There was no unusual
occasion for travel, and the figures
how only the slle of the Summer
credos.
Of course a large part of the travel
across the bay Is due to the fact that
many Snn Franciscans who were '.lurned
out are now residing in Oakland and
Berkeley. This has made boom '.tanM
for these cities. There has been some
little apprehension lest Oakland cap
ture a great portion of San Francisco's
business, but fears on this score are
gradually being dispelled.
Unable to find accommodations on
this side, many of the wholesalers
moved their establishments to Oakland,
but during the last month almost all
of them have returned. Something of
an effort was made by Oakland to hold
the retail trade which crossed the bay
on tne days immediately following the
fire, but in this Oakland has failed. The
writer was enabled to observe a good
instance of this during the last few
days.
Oakland Merchant Frightened.
An Oakland department store, ob
serving that it was unable. to meet its
augmented trade by the small order
system, determined to place an order
for a trainload of goods in the East.
A few days before the goods arrived
the proprietor of the Oakland store be
came alarmed, fearing he had placed
an order beyond his capacity to handle.
He telephoned to a large department
store in San Francisco asking to be re
lieved of half of the consignment. The
San Francisco firm consented.
When the goods arrived, the San
Franciscan disposed of them before he
had fairly placed the goods on the
shelves, telephoned to his Oakland
friend, purchased the rest of the con
signment and disposed of it with the
same alacrity as he had the first part.
This simply Illustrates that San Fran
cisco is not to be displaced as the main
trade center. . .
The activity continues in all retail
lines here. It must be remembered that
scores of the smaller stores have not
yet resumed business and the trade of
the city is concentrated in those large
establishments which had the surplus
funds to rebuild and resume without
waiting for their insurance money. The
incident described above will be better
understood in this light. One of the
largest department stores in San Fran
cisco is doing business today at the
rate of $1,750,000 a year. Of course this
is not equal to its business before the
fire, but "it is certainly going some"
for a town which is supposed to be
down and out.
Trains Running Into the City.
Regular passenger trains, which for
some weeks have been switched to the
Oakland shore, are once again running
into San Francisco. The lack of adequate
hotel accommodations, while still a check
on travel, is gradually being remedied.
New hotels are being built and those
which escaped the fire are being enlarged.
The hotel district is now on Van Ness
avenue and Sutter street. The fire has
disrupted the usual city arrangements
for the jail is in the same district.
The railroads will encourage travel to
the city as soon as conditions warrant.
They have already offered inducements
to people of the state by reducing all of
the passenger rates In California 10 per
cent or more. In addition Sunday excur
sions are run every Sunday to San Fran
cisco from points not far distant. Sev
eral thousand people take advantage of
the low rate every week.
The city on such days takes on as much
of a holiday appearance as is possible
with its tattered garb. People with cam
eras slung over their shoulders leisurely
tour the burned section, snapping the In
teresting ruins and stopping to spread
luncheon wherever they may happen to
be at noon hour.
The bunko man has not been slow to
realize his opportunity. He sets up his
little game in some corner of the devas
tated district and parts the countryman
from his gold. A thorough policing of the
area is impossible on Sunday, when the
greater part of the tforce Is required at
the park, beach and other localities where
the crowds gather. So it often happens
that a bunko man may go the day
through unmolested.
Harvest for Bunco Man.
The crudest games in the business are
used. One wily individual picked up sev
eral hundred dollars last Sunday with the
old "fish pond." Whenever the dealer
loses the pot is doubled, but when the
dealer wins he pockets the pot. A small
bunch of "cappers" always helps along,
it Is the nearest to the old country fair
that San Francisco has come.
The amount of work, independent of ac
tual reconstruction, planned In the vicin
ity of San Francisco is greater than the
city has known before, in the first place
the Southern Pacific Company is to spend
millions to bridge the bay from the Oak
land shore some 20 miles below San Fran
cisco. This is made necessary by the
congestion of transcontinental freight.
This freight is all landed at Oakland and
then brought across the bay to San Fran
cisco by boat. The cars are ferried across,
but the system is too slow and cumber
some, and the freight continues to pile
up on the other shore.
Bridging of the Bay.
The bridging of the bay, which was a
pet scheme of some of the earlier railroad
magnates, Is now to be put through. Pres
ident Harrlman has ordered that work
begin immediately. By this Improvement
freight will not be brought across by
boat from Oakland, but all freight trains
can be deflected south around the loop
and brought direct into San Francisco.
In connection with this work the railroad
is also building a cut-off Into San Fran
cisco for its Coast trains.
The Ocean Shore railroad Is now work
ing a fvw miles outside of San Francisco
rushing to completion a new line to con
nect this city with Santa Cruz by a rapid
route along the ocean. The Western Pa
cific has increased its force and is heading
with all speed for this city. The Guggen-
helms have begun work on their gigantic
smelters. A big London corporation Is
negotiating for ypace to handle the pro
duct of Its oil refinery which is now being
erected on the southern coast.
All of these are indicative of the large
industrial operations in this vicinity. AH
of these enterprises find the lack of labor
the chief obstacle to their progress.
Cleveland Has Recovered.
NEW YORK, July 11. Grover Cleve
land passed through this city yester
day on the way to his Summer home at
Tamwortr.. N. H. Mr. Cleveland was
accompanied by Dr. J. DC Bryant, his
personal frU-nd and physician. It was
said that Mr. Cleveland had quite re
'ovrod his health and that Dr. Bryant
was with him only as a guest. Mr.
Cleveland expects to be at Tamworth
the rest of the Summer, and is count
ing on some good fishing.
JOINT GRAIN RATE
WITHIN TEN DAIS
Railroads Will Offer
No Objection.
LOOK FOR BOOMERANG EFFECT
Results Will Be Disappointing
. to the Growers.
COMMISSION WILL SUFFER
Natural Movement of Business, It Is
Believed, Will Disclose the Fal
lacy of the Position Taken
by the Board.
BY E. W. WRIGHT.
SEATTLE), July 11. (Staff correspond
encesThe Washington Railroad Com
mission will order in the Joint rate on
wheat some time within the next ten
days, and unless there is a change in the
situation in the meantime the order of
the commission will be obeyed with be
coming meekness by the railroads.
This, it will be noted, is a radical de
parture from the threatened programme
of a few weeks, or even a few days ago.
The law was so clearly unconstitutional
that the railroads made no attempt to de
fend it in the Legislature, and at neither
of the Colfax hearings nor at Walla Walla
was any evidence introduced by the rail
roads to combat the Munchausen-llke tes
timony of some of the witnesses put on by
the commission.
The reason given for this attitude of in
difference was that the matter would be
taken into the courts and the testimony
would then be Introduced where it would
count for something.
Brick Was Only Glided.
But the Colfax meeting and the Walla
Walla meeting revealed a changing senti
ment on the part of the farmers regard
ing the commission. The men who were
largely responsible for the passage of the
Railroad Commission bill have at last dis
covered that they secured a gold brick,
and they have lost confidence in the com
mission. It is with a view of still further dis
crediting the commission that the rail
roads have at last decided to make no
fight against the joint-rate order. The
railroad contention Is that the victory
which they would gain in the courts would
only serve to make martyrs of the com
mission and enable it to go before the
Legislature next Winter .and ask the en
actment of a law that would "hold wa
ter." By obeying the joint-rate order at
this time the railroads expect. In the nat
ural movement of business, to expose the
fallacy of the claims and the general
worthlessness of the commission.
All Competition Removed.
The granting of a joint rate, as has pre
viously been stated, will result In the elim
ination of all competition. The farmer In
noncompetitive Great Northern territory
who in the past has at times enjoyed high
er prices for his wheat than the Palouse
farmer was receiving will no longer enjoy
the advantage which his close proximity
to the Puget Sound markets gives him.
Prices will be the same throughout the
Pacific Northwest, and there will, accord
ingly, be unsurpassed opportunities for
buyers' combines at both Portland and
Puget Sound, all of which will be laid at
the door of the commission by the disap
pointed farmers.
Aside from the biased and misleading
testimony of some of the Railroad Com
mission's witnesses at the Colfax hearing,
there is no evidence to support the claim
that wheat is higher on Puget Sound than
at Portland. There Is. however, abun
dant evidence that whatever variation
there may be, it is as often in Portland's
favor as it is in favor of Puget Sound.
Lower Price for Basis.
There will, of course, be no variation
in prices when the Joint rate goes in and
eliminates competition, but unless both
Portland and Puget Sound dealers change
their angelic nature and sprout a new set
of wings, it will be the lower and not the
higher price that will form the base from
which buying will be done. When the
deluded farmer awakens to this full real
ization of the effect of the $75,000 com
mission, it Is believed that he will speed
ily Join hands with his former enemy the
railroad and substitute the present law,
which legalizes the confiscation of prop
erty, with a more reasonable but less ex
pensive one.
It is understood that the O. R. & N. Co.,
on which the Railroad Commission bat
teries were directly trained, will, in case
it now consents to the experiment with
Joint rates, reserve the right to test the
constitutionality of the law, should it
desire to do so a few months later. If
the joint rate was to work out in accord
ance with the theory and desires of the
Commission, it would work considerable
harm on Portland, for the O. R. & N., be
ing an interstate line, could not demand
the right to make the Northern Pacific
and the Great Northern feeders for its
line, as it must now become, if it obeys
the Commission order, a feeder to the
other lines.
Hill Lines Act on Principle.
In view of the fact that it was clearly
the intention of the Commission to di
vert everything possible from Portland
to Puget Sound, the attitude of the Hill
lines in Joining the O. R. & N. in fighting
the joint rate has caused some comment.
This, it is explained, was not due to the
fear of any loss on Immediate business
through the proposed radical change, but
because the basic principle was wrong
and unjust, and the precedent established
one that in the future might cause no
end of trouble.
Grainmen In this city and in Tacoma, of
course, expect the equalization, when any
equalization is necessary, will be brought
about by a lowering Instead of an ad
vancing of prices. Many of them freely
admit that the order of the Commission
will have an effect contrary to that which
is expected.
The O. R. N. Co. has better ware
houses and more of them than the Hill
lines, all through Eastern Washington,
and in spite of the hue and cry raised
in an effort to divert wheat from the
lines, It has always secured the lion's
share, even at competitive points, where
both lines met on even terms.
If there has been any wheat diverted
from O. R. & N. lines by means of this
long-drawn out howl about higher prices
on Puget Sound, the diversion will now
be checked and more wheat than ever
stored in the O. R. & N. houses, from
which under the joint rate it could be
moved with equal advantage to either
Portland or Puget Sound.
It Is said to be a very rare occurrence
for wheat In a warehouse on one line
to be routed out over a competing line,
and It is generally believed that very
little of the wheat stored In O. R. & N.
(Concluded on Page 2.)
UNEASY LIES THE HEAD-"
BOOM FOR GANNON
READY TO LAUNCH
Held in Reserve Till
Campaign Opens.
FIRST GUN IN HIS DISTRICT
Will Be Declared the Choice of
Illinois for President.
ALL NORTH MAY BE FOR HIM
Convention Which Renominates the
Speaker for Congress Will Boom
Him for President State Con
vention Will Follow.
CHICAGO, July 11 (Special.) Republi
can politics fairly sizzled today with the
arrival In the city of "Uncle Joe" Can
non's Presidential boom and the two Sen
atorial candidates, Richard Yates and
Senator Cullom. The Cannon boom was
brought to town by State Treasurer Len
Small and State Senator E. C. Curtis, but
they did not launch it today, because it is
planned to have the first shot fired in
"Uncle Joe's" own district.
Speaker Cannon's candidacy for the
Presidential nomination will be released
officially at a roundup of Republican
leaders of the Eighteenth Congressional
District to be held In the near future.
August 12 the district convention will re
nominate Mr. Cannon for Congress and
resolutions will be adopted at that time
naming him as "Illinois' choice" for first
place on the National ticket of 1908. Nine
days later August 21 the Republican
state convention will be held in Spring
field, and "Uncle Joe" will be Indorsed
there, according to present plans. It
also is intimated that Mr. Cannon will
make a public address In Chicago within
the next two weeks.
Boom Ready to Launch.
With these plane rapidly forming. It Is
declared the Cannon boom will get a good
start. All it needs is to have somebody
touch a match to the fuse, it is said,
and there will be an explosion of Cannon
enthusiasm which will be heard all over
the country. For courtesy's sake, how
ever, the Cannon district will be given
the privilege of igniting the red fire.
"The Cannon boom is nearly ready for
the launching," said Mr. Small. "His
district Is with him to a man. Demo
crats and Republicans alike, and I think
there is no doubt about the state con
vention declaring for him. Mr. Cannon is
at Danville now, but has said nothing
definite about being a candidate. His
friends will attend to all that."
Claims All Northern States.
"Illinois, of course, will be for Speaker
Cannon," said Senator Curtis. "What Is
more, every Northern State, with the
possible exception of Iowa, will be for
Mr. Cannon. It Is my belief that 'Uncle
Joe' will loom up as the leading Republi
can candidate within the next few
months. The trouble now is to hold his
friends in check until the right moment
arrives to spring his candidacy."
The Federal faction in Illinois is for
Mr. Cannon and it is considered unlikely
that Governor Deneen will throw any
obstacles in the way. The Yates camp
is the only uncertain factor in the party
In this state.
FIGHT AMONG THE FACTIONS
Evans Will Probably Be Tennessee's
Republican Nominee for Governor.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. July 11. The Re
publican State Convention, which meets
here tomorrow, has been looked for
ward to as a turbulent affair. The
struggle for control between tactions
adhering respectively to the leadership
of H'. Clay Evans and Walter P. Brown
low, Congressman from the First Dis
trict, has been an Interesting one and
until today there has been every indi
cation of a stubborn fight in the con
vention. Harmony, however, now seems
to prevail, as results of today's confer
ence among the leaders.
The programme, as it appears tonight,
is for the nomination of Evans for Gov
ernor, while Brownlow, who is now
chairman of the state committee, will
retain that position. Congressman Na
than W. Hale, of the Second District,
will be permanent chairman of the con
vention if present plans are carried out.
The fight over the chairmanship also
means a fight in the credentials com
mittee, where probably a dozen contests
are to be considered and a nomination
will hardly come before Saturday.
Late tonight it was announced that
Brownlow will himself be a candidate
for the permanent chairmanship of the
convention. This materially changes the
aspect of affairs. The Evans men will
support Hale's candidacy and a warm
campaign will result, the outcome be
ing in doubt tonight.
Clark's Prediction on Candidates.
SANTA BARBARA. Cal.. July 11.
United States Senator Clark, of Montana,
In an interview here tonight, predicted
that the next Presidential campaign will
find Bryan the candidate of the Demo
cratic party and Roosevelt of the Repub
lican. Although President Roosevelt la
not seeking the nomination, the Senator
believed that it would be forced upon him.
Senator Clark is returning from Gold
field, where he inspected the railway now
being constructed for him from Las Vegas
to Tonopah.
Cut Off Woodbury's Head.
NEW YORK. July 11. The Board of Al
dermen yesterday adopted the report of
two members of the committee supporting
Counsel William M. Ivins' recommenda
tion that the Commissioner of Street
Cleaning John M. Woodbury be dismissed.
ALASKA GOLD IS STOLEN
Shipment of $100,000 Missing From
Yukon Steamer.
SEATTLE, July 12. Over $100,000 con
signed to the Alaska Pacific Express
Company here has been stolen from
aboard the steamer Ida May and no
clew has been obtained to the robbers.
The shipment was sent from Fralr
banks and was transferred at Nenana.
The Ida May was to transfer It to the
6arah at Fort Gibbon and it was there
ithat the loss was discovered.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 88
deg. ; minimum. 66.
TODAY'S Fair and continued warm.
Northwest winds.
Foreign.
Naval policy splits British Cabinet. Page 4.
American grain exporters denounced by Ger
man buyers. Page 2.
Empress Eugenie's parting visit to Francis
Joseph. Page 3.
Native revolt In Transvaal expected. Page 5.
Decision in Dreyfus case today. Page S.
National.
Payment of Colville Indian money to But
ler enjoined. Page 4.
Guatemala and Salvador ask United States
to mediate between them. Page S.
Army brigade to be stationed at American
Lake. Page 4.
Politics.
Cannon's boom for President to be started
in Illinois. Page 1.
Republican factions quarrel in Tennessee.
Page 1.
Patterson leads Democratic bolt in Colo
rado. Page 3.
Parker criticises Taft's speech on trust
prosecutions. Page 1.
La Follette will expose Senate on lecture
platform. Page 3.
Domestic.
Thaw reiterates rejection of Insanity plea.
Page 3.
Iceman of Kansas City tells how he got rich.
Page 3.
Standard Oil witness comes from hiding
Page i.
Curtis Jett tells new story of Marcum mur
der. Page 2.
Denver corporations try to block grand Jury
Inquiry. Page 3.
Harriman and Northwestern officials confer
on new rate law. Page 14.
More revelations about raw material of
potted ham. Page 4.
Fairbanks runs down man with automobile.
Page 3.
Portland Sunday school men arrested while
slumming in Denver. Page 6.
Steamer wrecked and burned on Mississippi
River. Page 2.
Russia..
Admiral Chouknln mortally wounded by
vengeful sailor. Page 2.
Plans for suppression of revolt published by
revolutionists. Page 2.
Tambov mutineers surrender. Page 2.
Sport.
Great golfing at Englewood tournament.
Page 7.
Mopsa wins yacht race. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
San Francisco is doing a remarkable amount
of business amid its ruins. Page 1.
Joint rate on grain ordered by the Wash
ington Railroad Commission is soon to go
into effect. Page 1
Masked men rob travelers on Montana
freight train. Page 6.
Esther Mitchell sticks to Mrs. Creffleld and
wlli have nothing to do with father.
Page 6.
Chautauqua assembly opens at Ashland.
- Page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Contractors on high service main blamed
for East Side water shortage. Page 7.
Hot fight on between Hodson and Malarkey
for Senate leadership. Page 10.
Judge Hunt sets 21 "land-fraud cases for
trial. Page 10.
Colonel J. F. Huston, formerly of Van
couver, causes superiors in Philippines
much worry. Page 14.
Chamber of Commerce holds semi-annual
meeting at The Oaks. Page 9.
Portland naturalists succeed fn photograph
ing California condors In their cave.
Page 10.
Bigamist Dane shams insanity to gain free
dom. Page 11 .
Beavers defeat S!wanhes In ball game en
livened by two fights. Page 7.
Chinese bunco Krebs Bros, in hop deal.
Page 10.
Portland Railway Company's construction
laborers go cn strike. Page 11.
Mazam&g start for Mt. Baker July 20
Page i
ii
HOLD YOU SO"
Rebate Convictions Not
Under New Law.
ASKS WHY LONG DELAY?
Says Plenty of Law for Prose
cuting Trusts.
HE JOINS ISSUE WITH TAFT
Defeated Candidate Emerges From
Snowslide Long Enough to Ask
Why Roosevelt Did Not
Prosecute Trusts Sooner.
NEW YORK, July 11. Ex-Judge Alton
B. Parker, hi a statement given out to
day, took issue with some of the utter
ances of Secretary of "War Taft In the
speech delivered at Greensboro, N. C, by
Mr. Taft last Monday. Judge Parker de
clares that the Secretary In his speech
sought to have the public draw the in
ference that the recent prosecutions of
alleged illegal combinations are due to
new statutes. To this Judge Parker takes
exception, and to support his contention
he quotes from his letter of acceptance
and a speech subsequently delivered dur
ing the last Presidential campaign. In
both the speech and the letter Judge Par
ker Is quoted as saying that the laws
then on the statute books were entirely
adequate If enforced. Judge Parker In
his statement says:
Could Have Done It Before.
The inference that Secretary Taft would
have the public draw from his utterance
is that these things are due to new statutes;
that the vindication which the law Is now
receiving Is due to Congressional action since
1904. But that Is not so. Not one of the
successful prosecutions for which the exist
ing Administration Is now entitled to credit
is based on any new statute. Every single
one of them down to this date rests solely
UDon the law as It stood in 1904, and it
should not be ost sight of by a discriminat
ing public ttiat the law could have been en
forced in 1904, and In 1903. and In 1902.
just as well as today. Had It been, the
wrongs from which the people have suffered
would not have so multiplied.
Secretary Taft's speech at Greensboro, N.
C, was Interesting throughout, but It cannot
be said that It was accurate throughout. I
shall only refer to the statement in which he
alluded to the position taken by me In the
campaign of 1904, in substance and effect
that we have law enough to stop every cor
porate abuse; that all that Is lacking Is an
administration disposed to enforce the law.
'I Told You So" Quotations.
I said in the "letter of acceptance," under
the title of "Trust Remedies': "I pointed out
in my earlier response the remedy which in
my Judgment can effectually be applied
against monopolies and the assurance was
given that. If existing laws. Including both
statute and common law, proved Inadequate,
contrary to my expectations, I favor such
further legislation with constitutional limita
tions as will beat promote and, safeguard the
interests of all the people." I emphazlsed
the same thought on other occasions In public
speeches. I reiterated it in a speech on Jeffer
son day, 1909, in which I said:
"The plain truth is that there has been
no time during the past eight years, since
the abuses alleged became flagrant, when they
could not have been eliminated. Nothing has
been so much needed as a rigid, honest, un
yielding enforcement of the law, both civil
and criminal. But instead of going on with
the enforcement of the law against rebates
by puttmg the railroad officials responsible
for them behind prison bare, precisely as we
do other malefactors, the misconduct Is made
an excuse for further concentration of power
In the Federal Government.
It is expected by the administration and
the railroad officials who openly consent to
the movement, as well as by those who are
ostensibly opposed to it, that the people in
their just Indignation at the wrongs done io
the many for the benefit of the few will lose
sight of the danger of so vast a centraliza
tion of power until it Is too late to check It.
But we should never forget that the safety
of our Institutions is Involved in every such
meanure, and instead of submitting to it
should Insist that when a trust or a railroad
has violated the criminal law the place for
the guilty official Is In Jail or the penitentiary,
not in the Cabinet or In the .board rooms of
great corporations. We do not defend or ex
cuse any wrong, but we must insist upon
the truth of the maxim that 'two wrongs
do not make a right."
Only After Parker Told How.
Until after this last utterance no visible
action had been taken by an administration
that had been in power about four years to
check corporate and trust abuses by an ap
peal to the criminal courts. After that steps
were taken, and I submit that the result
proves the truthfulness of the assertions often
made by me, that we have an abundance of
law to put an end to all offenses against the
public by the officers of the trusts and great
corporations of the country.
The administration has now discovered not
only that there Is enforclble law against the
giving of rebates and law adequate to check
Illegal combinations, but that the persons en
gaged in Us violation can be punished for it.
The recent decisions of the courts, the large
fines imposed in many cases of conviction,
the threatened proceedings In every section
of the country, all demonstrate that the law
Is and long has been adequate to stop offenses
against the public.
The decisions of the United States courts,
both civil and criminal, during the past year
are appealed to as decisive of the question
as to whether Secretary Taft or myself is
right.
Northwest Postal Affairs.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 11. Marion A. Sample has
been appointed regular and Edward C.
Hlller substitute, rural carriers, route 2,
at Walla Walla. Wash. Braton L. Mc
Kee has been appointed Postmaster at
Anlauf, Or., vice Sallie A. Hill, re
signed. Peasants to Die for Killing Turks.
SAIjOKICA, July 11. The trial of 35
peasants implicated in the murder of 2tf
Turks a year ago ended today. Of the
accused 21 were sentenced to death and
14 were acquitted.
SHOUTS
PARKER