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VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,298. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 5, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. E OF Roosevelt's Remedyfor Trust Evils. GREAT SPEECH AT HARRISBURG Will Not Halt in Campaign to Curb Corporations. WORK FOR NATION Tp DO State Power Too Iiimited for Effi ciency and Federal Constitution Must Have Broad Construc tion to Accomplish End. HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 4. Presi dent Roosevelt made a flying trip to Harrisburg and York today, and in each city he made a speech in the rain, wearing a dark raincoat and light rubbers. The President left Washing ton in a special train this morning in company with United States Senators Penrose and Knox, of Pennsylvania, and returned to the National capital this evening. He enjoyed the trip im mensely and, except for a slight hoarseness, he did not suffer from the rain. At Harrisburg the President deliv ered the oration at the dedication of the beautiful new capitol, which has just been completed at a cost of $13, nno.OOl to take the place of the old state house destroyed by fire in 1S97. After his speech there the President and other distinguished guests were entertained by. Governor Pennypacker at luncheon at the executive man sion. Panic Scarcely Averted. The crowd surged dangerously about one rf the street corners, several thousand persons being Involved in the struggling mass. Matters assumed such a stage that Colonel Joseph B. Hutchinjonl.onyriajjr.. pf the Eighth Regiment! . G. P., and chief of Har risburg's police, rode Into the crowd and with the aid of a squad of guards men quieted the people and complete order was restored. Visits York County Fair. The President left the mansion shortly before 3 o-clock and was driven to the union station, where he boarded his special car for York. There he visited the county fair grounds as the guest of Congressman Lafean, of the York district, and was driven around the race track. Rain fell during the drive and the Presidents face was splattered with mud when he left his carriage and mounted a small plat form in tne grounds from which he made his second speech. The streets of York, over which the party passed, were crowded with peo ple and the President was given a continuous ovation. At the conclusion of his speech he was driven to a sta tion in the suburbs, at which ho boarded the train for Washington. Governor Pennypacker introduced . President Roosevelt. The President spoke as follows: Speech of the President. The study of the great deeds of th pst In of chief avail in so far as it Incites us to srapple resolutely and effectively with the problems of the present. We are. not now menaced by foreign war. Our Union Is firmly Fstablished. But earn generation has its spe cial and serious difficulties, and we of this generation hJiv to struggle with evils spring. Ing from the very material success of which we are so proud, from the very growth and prosperity of which, with Justice, we boast. gome of these evils can be grappled with by private effort only; tor we never can afford to lorget that in the last analysis the chief factor in personal success, and, indeed la Na tional greatness, must be the sturdy, self reliant character of the individual citizen. But many of these evils are of such a nature that do private effort can avail against them. These evils, therefore, must be grappled with by Governmental action. In some cases this Governmental action must be exercised by the several states Individually. In yet others It has. become increasingly evident that no effi cient state action is possible, and that we need through executive action, through legislation ind through Judicial Interpretation and con duction of law, to Increase the power of the Federal Government. Corporation Lawyers Obstruct Law. If we fall thus to increase It, we 6how our Impotence and leave ourselves at the mercy of those ingenious tegal advisers of the hold ers of vast corporate wealth, who. In the per formance of what they regard as their duty, and to serve the ends of their clients, invoke the law at one time for the confounding of their rivals, and at another time strive for the nullification of the law in order that they themselves may be left free to work their unbridled will on these same rivals, or on those who labor for them, or on the general public. In the exercise of their profession and in the service of their client these astute lawyers strive to prevent the passage of effi cient laws and strive to secure Judicial deter minations of those that pass which shall emasculate them. They do not invoke the Constitution In order to compel the due ob servance of law alike by rich and poor, by great and email: on the contrary, they are ceaselessly on the watch to. cry out that .the Constitution Is violated whenever any effort is made to invoke the aid of the National Gov ernment, whether for the effieient regulation of railroads, for the efficient supervision of great corporations, or for efficiently securing obedience to such a law as the Natvmal eight-, hour law and similar so-called ''labor stat ute. The doctrine they preach would make the Constitution merely the shield of incompetence and the excuse for Governmental paralysis; they treat it as a Justification for refusing to attempt the remedy of evil. Instead of as the source of vital power necessary for the ex istence of a mighty and ever-growing Nation. Strong; Nationalist though Z am, and firm E N LA R E POWER GOVERNMENT though my belief Is that (here must be a wide extension of the power of the National Gov ernment to deal with questions of this kind I f reeH- admit that ' as regards many matters of first-rate importance w must rely purely upon the states for the betterment of present conditions. The several states must do their duty or our citizenship can never be put on a proper plane. Therefore I most heartily con gratulate the people of the State of Penn sylvania on what its Legislature, upon what its government, has accomplished during this present year. It Is a remarkable record or achievement. Through your Legislature you have abol lshed passes; you have placed the offices of the Secretary of the commonwealth and the Insurance Commissioner upon an honorable and honest basis of salary only by abolish ing the fee system; you have passed a law compelling the officers and employes of great cities to attend to the duties for which they are paid by all the taxpayers, and to refrain from using the power con ferred by their offices to Influence political campaigns; you have prohibited the solicita tion or receiving of political assessments by city employes; you have by law protected the state treasury from depredation and conserved the public moneys for use only NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR YESTERDAY BY MASSACHU SETTS DEMOCRATS m .1 V 1 V IP a ' " John B. Moran. in the public interest; you have by a law for the protection of the elective franchise made tampering with the ballot-boxes' and the ctsting of- illegal votes so difficult as in all probability to be unprofitable, you "nave provided a primary election law which guar antees to the voters free expression in the selection of candidates for office; you have by law regulated and Improved the civil service system a of your greatest cities; ana. finally, you nave passed a law containing a provision which I most earnestly hope will in substance be embodied likewise in a law by the Congress at coming session a pro vision prohibiting the officers of any cor poration from making a contribution of the money of that corporation to -any candidate or any political committee for the payment of any election expenses whatever. Abolish Child Labor. It is surely not too much to say that this body of substantive legisl3.-:-" marks an epemi" w 'tvirmv of -ti.e practical bet terment of polltica.1 conditions, not merely for your state, but for all our states. I do not recall any other State Legislature which., in a similar length of time, has to its credit such a body of admirable legislation. Let me. however, most earnesly urge that your Legislature continue this record of public service by enacting one or two additional laws. One subject which every good citizen should have at heart above almost all others Is the matter of child labor. Every where the great growth of modern indus trialism has been accompanied by abuses in connection with the employment of labor which have necessitated a complete change in ten attitude of the state toward labor. This Is above all true in connection with the employment of child labor. In Pennsyl vania you have made a beginning, but only a beginning, in proper legislation and ad ministration on this subject; the law must if necessary be strengthened, and it must be rigorously enforced. The National Gov ernment can do but little in the matter of child labor, though I earnestly hope that that little will be permitted to be done by Congress. The great bulk of the work, how ever, must be left to the State Legislatures; and if our State Legislatures would act as drastically and yet as wisely on this sub ject of child labor as Pennsylvania has act ed within the present year as "regards the subjects I have enumerated above, the gain would be literally Incalculable; and one of the most vital needs of modern American life would at last be adequately met. Wilson's Theory of Government. So much for the state. Now for the Na tion; and here I cannot do better than base my theory of governmental action upon the words and deeds of one of Pennsylvania's greatest sons. Justice James Wilaon. Wilson's earrer has been singularly overlooked for many years, but I believe that more and more it is now being adequately appreciated ; and I congratulate your state upon the fact that Wilson's body is to be taken away from where it now rests and brought back to lie, as it should, in Pennsylvania soil. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence- He vvas one of the men who saw that the Revolution in which he had served as a soldier, -would be utterly fruitless unless it was followed by a close and permanent union of the states; and in the Constitutional convention and In. securing the adoption of the Constitution and expounding what it meant he rendered serv ices even greater than he rendered as a mem ber of the Continental Congress, which de clared our independence; for it was the suc cess of the makers and preservers of the. Union which justified our independence. He believed in the people with the faith of Abraham Lincoln; and coupled with his faith in the people he had what most of the men who in his generation believed in the people did not have; that is. the courage to recognize the fact that faith in the people amounted to nothing unless the representa tives of the people assembled together in the National Government were given full and com plete power to work on behalf of the peoole. He developed even before Marshall the doc trine (absolutely essential not merely to the efficiency, but to the existence of thia Nation) that an inherent power rested in the Nation, outside of the enumerated powers conferred upon it by the Constitution, in all cases where the object involved was beyond the power of the several states and was a power ordinar ily exercised by sovereign nations. Gaps in Constitution. In a remarkable letter in which he advo cated setting forth in early and clear fash ion the powers of the National Government, he laid down the proposition that it should be made clear that there were neither vacancies nor interferences between the limits of state and National jurisdiction, and that both juris dictions togerher composed only one uniform and comprehensive system of government and laws; that is. whenever the states cannot act, because the need to be met is not one of merely a single locality, then the National Government, representing all the people, should have complete power to art. it was in the spirit of Wilson that "Washington, and. Wash ington's Lieutenant. Hamilton, acted; and it was in the same spirit that Marshall con strued the law. It is only by acting in this spirit that the National Judge legislators and executives can give a satisfactory solution of the great ques- Concluded est fas 4LJ i ft. X T CAUSE STRUGGLE Bay State Democrats Indorse Both. CHEERS AND KISSES FOR THEM Moran Dominates Convention and Is Nominated. - OLD LEADERS ARE ROUTED District Attorney Xanied by Inde pendents and Prohis Also fails Only In Effort to Kill Bryan's Indorsement. MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Governor John B. Moran, Suffolk. Lieutenant-Governor E. G. Brown. Attorney-General John "W. Cura minffs. Fall River. Auditor T. 1.. Hlsgen. Sprlogfleld. Eecretary of State Charles E. Paine, Hyannls. Treasurer George M. Harrington. Lowell. BOSTON, Oct. 4. A new era for the Massachusetts Democracy was Inaugu rated today by the state convention of that party, when after a turbulent strug gle over endorsing William Jennings Bryan and William K. Hearst, John B. Moran, District Attorney for Suffolk County, who was already the nominee of the Prohibition party and the Independ ence League, was nominated for Governor by acclamation. Save in one possible particular. Moran dominated the conven tion completely. The old-time leaders. Josiah Quincy, Congressman ojhn A. Sullivan, Congressman William S. McNary and the element represented by such Democrats as Ex-Governor William L. Douglas and Henry M. Whitney were utterly powarlaas. . Two of the candidates beside Mr. Moran had been nominated by the Independence League, Brown for Lieutenant-Governor and Hisgen for Auditor. The entire ticket was nominated by acclamation. Platform Built for Moran. The platform adopted was prolific In demands for reform, and centered largely in the changes in the law which have been strongly favored by Moran during his service as District Attorney and in hjs declaration of principles when he an nounced his candidacy for Governor. The resolutions held that it was Democracy's SHADES OF THE OLD-TIME BRYAN AND HEARS duty "to wrest the government from the grasp of powerful hypocrites, who have posed as custodians of the National honor and who have drained mighty fortunes through the vile channels of theler mo nopoly, frauds, thefts, poisonings and violence." Finally, the platform endorses the lead ership and Democracy of both Bryan and Hearst. The endorsement of Hearst's Democracy and of his leadership in New York was the first rock on which the con vention split. Neither Bryn nor Hearst was supported for the next Presidential nomination in the platform, but both were praised. Hiss Hearst, Cheer Bryan. The Bryan paragraph was greeted with cheers and handclapping and a general demonstration which lasted more than a minute, but, when the first words of the Hearst tribute was reached, there were hisses and cries of "No, No," and "Bryan only!" Then the Hearst supporters, given new WILL BE NOMINATED FOR GOV ERNOR TODAY BY MASSA CHrSETTS REPUBLICANS. vigor by the memory that the Hearst In dependence League had endorsed Moran for Governor, almost drowned out the Bryan delegates. The voice vote on the question of adopt ing the platform as read was a roar rather than a chorus of ayes and noes. The vote was doubted and upon a rising vote being taken the chair declared the resolution adopted. Professor Clark, of Williams College, a delegate, protested against the Hearst plank and after many interruptions suc ceeded In moving that the resolutions be reconsidered. On the first test of strength over the Hearst plank, there was a defeat for the Hearst supporters. A motion to lay the motion n the table was defeated, though by a clofce margin. On the question of reconsideration there was a vigorous debate. Congressman Sullivan hoped that the convention would "strike from the platform a plank which never would be accepted by the Demo crats of Massachusetts as a true expres sion of their opinon." The chair declared that the motion to reconsider was lost, and ignored many protesting delegates who doubted the vote. The convention was disrupted a second time over the endorsement of Bryan for (Concluded on Page 4.) T v v . T I V ' I ? ' , k' 2 T t x jf i- t I fcri'TTtiiiir-wff-)iiir-rj-,jiiitfmMiirfir-'"- ttinnniiniiiij I I Curtis Guild, Jr. I 4 SENATORS "AND ONCE WE SAT IN THE U. S. SENATE" PALM IMPLORED US TO INTERVENE Action Taken After Re peated Appeals. LONG AGO READY TO RESIGN Cuban Correspondence Sheds Light on Affair. ACTION LONG STAVED OFF Bacon Insisted Cubans Must Try to Restore Peace' Before the United ' States Stepped in Fear of Massacre.. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. Important facts in connection with American in tervention in Cuba are brought to light through the correspondence leading up to that event between Consul-General Steinhart at Havana and Acting Secre tary Bacon, of the State Department, which was made public by Secretary Root today. The communications show that the Cubans asked for intervention as long ago as September 8, repeating their request several times, and that as long ago as September 14 President Palma had decided to resign as Presi dent of the republic. Instead of inter vention being thrust upon Cuba by President Roosevelt, it Is clearly dem onstrated that the Government con sented to act only after repeated re quests. In his dispatch of September 8, Con- sul-General Steinhart communicates the request of Senor Parma that two American vessels be sent at once to Cuba, as the Government was unable to quell the rebellion. It is added that the Cuban Congress wil be convened and ask intervention. The message was followed two days later by a dis patch expressing anxiety because no reply had been received- Bacon Staves Off Intervention. "President Palma should be In formed," wired Mr. Bacon in reply. that, in the public opinion here, it would have a most damaging effect for intervention to be undertaken until the Cuban government has exhausted every effort in a serious attempt to put down the insurrection and has made this fact known to the world." It Is added that, until every effort has been made In Cuba, the Government will not consider intervention at all, but that two vessels would be sent. The reply of the same day asks that the vessels be allowed to remain to give security to foreigners, and asserts that the Cuban Congress will suggest the kind of intervention desired. "Palma applies public funds in public works and public education, but not in the purchase of war material." he said. "Insurgents for a considerable time prepared for present conditions; hence the government's apparent weakness at the commencement." On September 11, the day the Des Moines was ordered to Cuba, a reply to Mr. Steinhart was sent by Mr. Bacon, a portion of which follows: The President believes actual intervention to be out of the question. We are considerinc, however, and would like your opinion as to whether or not to send a word of emphatic warning as to the certainty that Intervention will come in the end, unless the people of Cuba, for the sake of their country, find some wav to settle their difficulties. In a message of the following day. Mr. Stelnhardt says that "President Palma asks for American intervention and begs President Roosevelt to send to Havana MOVED INDORSEMENT OF BRY AN BY MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS. . - y" i i George Fred Williams. with the greatest secrecy and rapidity 2000 or 3000 men to avoid any catastrophe in the capital. The situation Is grave and any delay may produce a massacre of citizens in Havana." This message was received on the day that the Denver and Marietta were ordered to Cuba. Palma Resolves to Resign. On September 13 Mr. Bacon received a dispatch which told of the irrevocable intention of President Palma to resign and to turn over the government to an appointee of President Roosevelt In order to prevent complete anarchy. It is added that It may be necessary to land a forc-5 o protect American property This message was sent upon the day that American marines first landed la Cuba,, but were ordered back to the ves sels by Secretary Bonaparte. On the day following It was announced that Secre taries Taft and Bacon would be sent to Cuba, and' upon that same day a message was received saying that the Cuban Con gress could not meet for lack of a leader, neither the President nor Vice-President being willing to retain their office. XEWS AMAZING TO CUBANS. Palma's Early Request for Interven tion Surprises Them. HAVANA, Oct. 4 That ex-President Palma early In September asked for American Interference In the Interest of foreign lives and property is not con sidered surprising here. In view of his subsequent request to Mr. Sleeper, the American Charge, and Commander John C. Colwell, of the cruiser Denver. But that he suggested calling Congress to aak for American intervention as early as September 8 is considered surprising and that on September 13 he officially asked for intervention and had then Irre vocably decided to resign causes amaze ment. . The correspondence between the State Department and Consul-General 9teln hart in connection with Cuban Interven tion reveals the truth of the rumors current here at the time, which were persistently denied at the palace. Palma declining to speak of intervention. Had this correspondence not been pub lished, the Impression would have con tinued here that Senor Palma yielded to intervention only after Messrs. Taft and Baccn had found It impossible to recon cile the Cuban differences. Secretary Root's assertion about giving the repub lic another trial Is regarded, in view of the present outlook, as idealistic rather than practical. CUBANS TALK OF ANNEXATION Propose Plebiscite to Decide Fun- 6 ton Helps Disarmament. HAVANA, Oct. 4. Now that the dis armament of her revolutionists and the government volunteers is progress ing steadily, the thoughtful portions of thf public of all nationalities are animatedly discussing the possibilities of Cuba's future form of government. The desire for annexation, which has been carefully concealed for the past four years, is now voiced openly and the wish that the United States re tain actual control In Cuban affairs is heard more Insistently than ever. Representatives of leading elements, both Cuban and foreign, have been asked to attend a meeting to discuss the feasibility of holding, some sort of plebiscite by which all classes of the population would be able to ex press their ideas on what the future form of government should be. One plan suggested is the formation Into gToups of the various foreign ele ments, each' of which will formulate Its own project of government. The idea of holding the next elec tions in January has been entirely abandoned, Cubans generally appear ing to favor elections in June. The question of the status of Congress and whether Senators and Representatives .Concluded on Fags t-i HIS WIFE ARMIES IN HER EYE Piatt Barricades Him self in Office. GLERKS TO REPEL BOARDERS Angry Woman Fails in Design on Aged Husband. SON HIS CONSTANT GUARD Mrs. Piatt Vows Dispute Will Ee. Settled In Few Hours, but She Cannot Enter Senator's Portress. NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-(Speclal.V-'Thi! will be all settled within a very few hours." said Mrs. Thomas Piatt, with flashing eyes, as she landed from the Twenty-third street ferry. Mrs. Piatt had come to town apparent ly under great, though suppressed, ex citement, and it was evident that ehe hoped to bring to a crisis the develop ments of several weeks In her marital, troubles with New Tork's senior Sen ator. She returned to her country home, however, without seeing her husband. With her was her daughter, Mrs. Francis J. Carmedy, but, unlike Mrs. Piatt, she was calm and collected. Meantime Mr. Piatt was intrenched ia his offices. -SVith him was his lawyer son, Frank Piatt, who has been attend ing constantly at his side for several days. Employes of the company kept jealous guard at the approaches to the office and several had a watchful eye on the door leading to Mr. Piatt's private rooms. Although Mrs. Piatt had declined to say what her plan of attack would be, it looks as if the Senator and his office force were prepared to repel boarders. Mr. Plan on leaving the Hotel Gotham had seemed Irritable a.nd shook a walk ing stick at a camera man who snapped him as he entered his carriage leaning heavily on the arm of his son. He de clined to say a word about his reported estrangement from his wife. At the Gotham It was said that no arrangements had been made to receive Mrs. Piatt in the Senator's apartments but it was not known if she contem plated taking another suite in the hotel, Mrs. Piatt was careful to throw news paper men off the scent during her stay In town. It was learned, however, that she did not meet the Senator. Nineteen Mutineers Executed. CRONSTADT, Oct. 4.The 19' sailors sentenced to death for participation In the mutiny of last August have been executed. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TODAY'S Pair and armw; northerly winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 63 deerees; minimum, 43. Cuba. Official dlrratrhe how Palma lonjf aft-o askf intervention and eatd he would resign. . " . - General demand In Pate 1. Cuba for annexation. Funston smooths out difficulties of disarm-, ament. Pge 1. National. President speaks on control of corporation a. dedication of new Pennsylvania capitol Page 1. Foreign.. Many lives lost In shipwreck In China Sea. Pa:e 4. Czar returns to palace from yacht, but watched tor bombs. Pace 4. Politics. Massachusetts Demor-rats nominate Moran fop w.,vniji.r nun iiiuTtHj nryan ana Kearsn after turbulent scenes. Pagtj 1. Rockefeller argues against prosecution ot trusts. Page 5. Massachusetts Republicans will renominate Guild. Pasre 1. La Follette will expose railroad yellow-doa fund. Pace. 5. Domestic. Troop train collides with paAsenrer train in New York and kills five persons. Page 8. Mrs. Piatt goes to New York to settle wlthi Senator, but finds bim guarded against her. Paea 1. Nineteen bodies recovered from Pocahontas mine: rescuers lose lives. Fae 2. Texas mining man secretly weds Taoomai woman. Page 5. Earaged Russian pursues wife and. her com. panion around world. Page 8. Sports. Pacific Coart ficores: Los Angeles 10, Port land 0; Fresno S. San Francisco 7; Seattle 8, Oakland 4. Page 7. Jockey Miller killed by accident on LoulsvlUa track. Page 7. Pacific Coast. Columbia River salmon-packers pav license, despite recent court ruling. Page 6. Coroner's Jury flnds that Carey M. Snyder met death by blows on head. Page 6. RUTht of Oregon Legislature to adopt new water laws, rase o. Mrs. Addlton is re-elected president of the Oregon W. C. T. U. Pa.ee 16. Enemy puts giant powder in stove and Idaho prospector Is badly hurt. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Firmer feeling in prune market. Page 10. Chicago wheat closes lower. Page 15. Subsidence of speculation 1n stock market Page 15. Gay Lombard agrees to demand of striking grainhandlers for Irving dock. Page 14. Mayor Llndstxorfl, of Aberdeen, buys sawmill and will not remove plant. Page 14. Steamer Hilonian is due to arrive at dock this morning. Pafe 14. Portland and Vicinity. Portland Academy boys do hazing stunts Page 10. Tragic death of J. White ends divorce suit. Page 6. Businew less brisk before Equalization Board Page 10. Albina gang m battle with police. Page 16. Associations must abandon plan to rats 350,000 by Saturday night Page 7. S. Morton Cohn invesrs sus.ono in Tipper Washington-street property. Page 10. Elks hold big stag social. Page 5. Re". A. J. Montgomery liable to fine for marrying couple on Vancouver ferry. Paga 4 ' I. ,