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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1906.'
PRICE FTVE CENTS.
TRY TO WIN
AGAIN
BY SAME TACTICS
Hearst Plans to Get
1908 Nomination.
LEAGUE SPREADS EVERYWHERE
Mse Independent Ticket to
Sandbag Democracy.
JS A STRONG ARGUMENT
Organizing In Every Northern Slate
to Force Democratic Convention
to Yield Opportunity of
Election as President.
NEW TOT? K. Oct 22. ("Special.) A sig
nificant remark was made by William
Randolph Hearst in the course of his
last up-state tour. None of the " news
papers have paid it any attention further
than to publish it in the proper place in
the speech, but it has cheered up the
Giisey House clique wonderfully. Here is
what he said:
"We are fighting for principles, not
pelf, and the fight will go on. If we axe
defeated now. wo will keep up the right
two years from now. and continue it until
we are successful."
Hearst has been greatly encouraged by
his success in sandbagging the local
Democratic party. He believes that, two
years from now, he will be able to chlo
roform the National organization just as
successfully.
The Hearst system here was marvelotis
in its simplicity. The territory aboVe the
Bronx has been without patronage for
years. Democratic leaders were hungry
and disheartened. Hearst came along,
offered them not a loaf, but a slice, and
they fell in line for him. Murphy realized
that, if he turned down Hearst, it would
badly damage his local ticket, and. per
haps, cause Its defeat. Murphy played
politics for Tammany, or rather thought
he was doing so.
Same Tactics as at Buffalo.
The point that was brought home at
Buffalo was that, while Hearst might win,
ho Democratic candidate could be named
who would have a ghost of a chance.
The convention sacrificed principle for
advantage, and now the men who were
delegates are bitterly regretting it.
Hearst figures on the Democratic nom
ination for President by following pre
cisely the same tactics that he did here,
and argues that conditions are much the
a me.
The Solid South represents Tammany
Hall. It controls the offices, has done
so for years, and will keep on doing so.
The territory north of Mason and Dixon's
line bears a striking resemblance, on a
large scale, to up-state New York. It
has a. shattered, disorganiied Democracy
and is practically barred from office
holding.
Hearst formed the nucleus of an or
ganization here by his Independence
League clubs. The membership, in the
main, was made up of disheartened
Democrats and Republicans anxious for
office but unable to obtain recognition in
their own parties. Through them he
reached out and gobbled tap the regular
Democratic machinery- Independence
League organizations are now springing
up all over the Northern states. You
don't hear much of them In the Hearst
papers, because the time is not ripe yet,
but they are on deck, all right.
Leagues in Many States.
In Massachusetts the Independence
League forced the nomination of District
Attorney John 15 Moran for Governor,
forced his indorsement by the Democratic
convention and Incidentally gobbled up
the organization. The Independence
League is running a county ticket in
Chicago and is opposing the regular
Democratic nominee for Governor in
California. Joseph R. Buchanan has or
ganised Independence League clubs in
every county of New Jersey, although
the members, as members, are not tak
ing part in the present election.
Here is an Interesting dispatch which
appeared in the papers the other day
dated Indianapolis:
W. R. Hearst has begun quiet efforts to
rapture Indiana. His chief lieutenant here
in Richard Sherwood, of Delphi, who -will
open headquarters soon. Sherwood says:
"We are laying the foundation for the nr.
FantE&tton of a branch league in every
county in the state. Some of them have al
ready reported as high as o'"Ht charter mem
ber. I have sent out about circular
letters and 300 personal letters, and in the
main I have received encouraging replt-s.
The Independence League of Indiana Is
beinfc organized under the direction ct the
New York League and by Its full knowledge,
consent and dictation. One object of our or
ganization is to put the bosses of all par
ties out of business. In Indiana the Demo
cratic party Is tho most vulnerable, because
it la the most toss-ridden. Under its pres
ent leadership the party has been bound and
3ged by trickery and snap conventions."
Representatives of Hearst are now
working in the following states, ia
addition to those already named: Con
necticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Penn
sylvania, Ohio. Delaware. Michigan
and New Hampshire. After election
day the force of field marshals which
is directing the New York campaign
will be scattered all over the Northern
States and efforts made to organize
voters for the cause of the people.
There is no present intention to invade
the South, further than to form a
-keleton organization, for Hearst real
izes that an independent party could
cot drive the regulars out in that sec
tion. How to Sandbag the South.
The Democratic National convention
will be held in 190S, probably in June
or July. ' It is intended to hold an In
dependence League National convention
from three to six months prior to that
time. The leaguers, of course, -will
name Hearst for President, just as the
Carnegie Hall Democrats named him
for Governor.
In the Democratic National conven
tion Hearst will undoubtedly control
the delegates from a number of the
Northern States where Democrats are
few and disorganized. Then the situ
ation will be put right up to the men
from the South, in about these words:
"You may be able to defeat Mr.
Hearst for the nomination, but you
cannot elect anybody else. He will
run as an independent candidate and
we have enough votes to prevent you
from carrying a Northern State. What
is the good of accepting sure defeat,
when you are almost certain to win a
victory?"
It is expected that this proposition
will appeal to the South. They will
be told that there is a good deal of
patronage and of course their leaders
will have all that is coming to the
South. Concisely, it is a choice be
tween a chance of getting something,
and a certainty of getting nothing.
And Hearst means to press this plan
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Senator from Texas.
through, whether he wins or loses. If
he is defeated by a narrow margin it
will be almost as good as a victory,
for he can cry fraud, as he did during
the Mayoralty, campaign, a year ago.
Defeat by a couple of hundred thou
sands might change him, but it is
doubtful, for he is determined to carry
his point.
"The poor will be poorer and more
discontented two years from now than
they are today," is the theory of the
Giisey house clique.
Voice Cries in Wilderness.
The only party organ that Yias real
ized the plight of the unhappy Demo
cratic organization is the New York
Times, and that has only a mere ink
ling of the . conditions that are con
templated. In answering an editorial
in the Charleston News and Courier,
the -writer of which could not see that
the election of Hearst would be a "dis
aster." the Times replies, also editorially-South
Carolina, we bs to remind our
Charleston contemporary, has never elected
to the Governorship a man of this type,
whose shadow stretched from Boston to San
Francisco. The disgrace of Mr. Hearst's
election would be felt most keenly here in
New York, where we know him, where we
have some pride and some stake in the safe
and honorable administration of our public
affairs. But the disaster of his election would
be visited upon the whole Union. It would
instantly be felt wherever men are already
taking thought about 1908.
Mr. Hearst Is preparing his Presidential
candidacy. He has practically at his com
mand an immense fortune, sometimes esti
mated at $40,000,000. He has about ' him
men skilled In turning to his account every
phae of discontent, every available class In
terest, every movement of political upheaval,
disintegration and overthrow. He is the
most dangerous demagogue with which the
country has had to deal in recent years. If
It were possible for him to secure an elec
tion to the Governorship in New York the'
country would be startled by the probability
that he might win the Presidency in 190S.
These axe some of the reasons why we
think the election of Mr. Hearst would be
a disaster.
And in the meantime the Indepen
dence League is quietly organizing, or
ganizing all over the North.
It looks very blue for William Jen
nings Bryan, of Nebraska, who. by the
way, has not yet made that promised
speech in New York.
TROOPS GOAFTER REBELS
Bandits Ravage Puerto Principe.
Yellow Fever Stamped Out.
HAVANA. Oct. 22 Because of the un
settled conditions which still prevail in
Puerto Principe Province, where armed
rebels are. still hovering on the outskirts
of the capital and committing depreda
tions. 300 men of the Seventeenth Infantry,
under command of John T. Van Orsdale,
will be ordered to Puerto Principe tomor
row. Under-Secretary Gaston Mora and Gen
eral Rafael Montalvo. warden of the peni
tentiary, tendered their resignations this
afternoon, giving as their reasons that
they had decided not to hinder Governor
Magoon in his reorganization of the gov
ernment. These resignations have not yet
been accepted.
Yellow fever has been stamped out at
Cruces, which has hitherto been regarded
as the most daneerous center of the in
fection. Can't Tell How Many Perished.
9T. PETERSBURG, Oct. 22. Neither the
exact number of the victims of the disas
ter to the steamer Variagin, which struck
a floating mine in Kangoase Bay yester
day and sank in 20 minutes, nor their
nationality, has yet been ascertained. The
Governor-General of Vladivostok has
given orders for the immediate suspen
sion of navigation in Kangoose Bay,
WILL EXTEND LINE
SOUTH TOYAOUINA
Astoria & Columbia River Rail
road Not to Stop at
Tillamook.
WILL TAP RICH VALLEYS
Construction of Feeders Up Both
Forks of Xehalem Authorized by
Directors and Stockholders
at Meeting Yesterday.
Not only is tho Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad going to extend its
main line from Seaside to Tillamook,
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but a number of feeders are to be
built into the coast country that -will
develop the fertile valleys of that re
gion that are now shut off from the
outside -world because of the complete
lack Of transportation.
At meetings of stockholders and di
rectors of the Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad yesterday at the Port
land offices, the building of a number
of extensions was authorized in addi
tion to the mileage announced some
time ago by President Hammond him
self. These feeder lines will total not
less than 150 miles.
From the main line to Tillamook,
branches will be built up both forks
of the Nehalem River to their sources.
This was definitely determined at the
meetings .yesterday, and the officials
of the road voted to proceed with the
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construction of these branches as soon
as deemed advisable.
The continuation of the main line
from Tillamook to Newport was also
authorized. This line has been con
templated for some time, and has been
predicted since President Hammond an
nounced his intention to build down the
coast from Seaside to Tillamook. It
seemed the natural inference that the
gap between Tillamook and Yaquina
Bay would be closed up to connect the
Astoria & Columbia River Railroad
with the Corvallis & Eastern, the other
Hammond road. With the action taken
yesterday, there is no longer any doubt
about the building of the connection
with the C. & E.
Meetings of both stockholders and
directors were necessary yesterday to
amend the charter of the Astoria &
Columbia River Railroad, so as to per
mit the building of the additional mile
age. The original charter contemplat
ed the extension of the Astoria & Co
lumbia River Railroad to Tillamook,
and no additional authority was neces
sary to permit this construction. How
ever, this was not the case with the
branches up the Nehalem, nor with the
building of a line to Yaquina.
The construction of these branches
will mean the development of a coun
try that has long been isolated. The
Nehalem Valley is known to be one of
the most fertile districts in the state,
and all it needs is rail transportation.
E. T. DONNE,
Mayor of Chicago.
Other branches to tap the long-neglected
coast country will follow these
already ordered.
The fact that a special meeting was
railed . to authorize the necessary
changes in the charter to permit of
the construction of this mileage i
proof that active steps are to be taken
toward building the new lines at once.
Rose Must Pay His Fine.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. The Su
preme Court of the United States today
refused to assume jurisdiction in the
case of Mayor Rose, of Kansas City,
Ka.n. A fine of $1000 was imposed
against Rose by the Supreme Court of
Kansas for assuming office after he
had been deposed on the charge that
he failed to enforce the state liquor
law. The Supreme Court's action will
be to leave tho sentence of the state
court in effect.
JEROME
FACTO
STORMS THE FORT
Bolting Democrats Capture
New York State Demo
cratic Headquarters.
USE THEM TO FIGHT HEARST
Albany Conference Crowd In Full
Possession and Independents Meet
in Hurried Conference Hearst
Bitterly Attacks Editors.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22 William J. Con
ner?; Democratic state chairman, on in
formation received from Patrick E. Mo
TO WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
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J. W. FOLK,
Governor of Missouri.
Cabe, Democratic state committeeman of
Albany County, announced tonigHt that
Democratic headquarters at Albany had
been seized this afternoon by certain dis
satisfied Democrats of the state, headed
by .ex-Mayor Thomas M. Osborne, of Au
burn. The information of the alleged seizure
of the headquarters was brought to this
city tonight by Mr. McCabe, who commu
nicated it to W. R. Hearst. A hurried
conference was called, which included
Messrs. Hearst, Conners, McCabe and
Ihmsen.
An active anti-Hearst campaign is to be
made throughout the state by the dissat
isfied Democrats. Bx-Mayor Osborne was
one of those who, with District Attorney
Jerome and other Democrats, met in con
ference at Albany before the Buffalo con
vention. The conferees were opposed to
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the indorsement of Hearst by the State
Democratic Convention.
HEARST FLAGS THE EDITORS
Compares Them to Dogs Baying at
Moon Defends His Sincerity.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22. The announce
ment that William R. Hearst, who heads
the Independence League and Democratic
state tickets, as well as other candidates,
would address a meeting held under the
auspices of the Independence League to
night served to draw a crowd that put a
premium on standing room in Madison
Square Garden. Hearst made the princi
pal speech In the garden. , His arrival and
his appearance upon the platform were
signals for enthusiastic demonstrations,
and the applause and cheering was re
newed frequently.
Hearst had much to say concerning
corporations and something to say about
his opponent on the Republican ticket
He believed, he said, that he would be
elected Governor by a majority of 150.000.
Hearst told how he had fought the trusts
in the interests of the people. He fished
out and killed the gas and fuel trust
and next tackled the ice trust and put
the ice trust Mayor out of business. He
then made war on the beef trust and
the rebating system.
"You have been told," said Hearst,
"that I have made corrupt political deals,
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Of New York.
and I have made no deals at all. I have
made no more deals with Murphy than
I have with McCarren.-
'If the lying newspaper proprietors and
editors of this town were all put on oath
before the grand Jury there is hardly a
political statement they have made dur
ing the campaign that they would not
be compelled to retract and admit falsa
in every particular.
"There has never been a more disgracer
ful spectacle in American-journalism than
this long line of envious editors viciously
howling their lies to heaven ilka dogs
baying at the moon.
"There has never been a more pitiful
sight than the crowd of New York news
paper proprietors, degenerate exponents
of commercialism rather than journalism.
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TEETERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 62
degrees; minimum. 39. -TODAY'S
Fair; southeasterly winds.
Politic.
Hearst extending; his League into other
states to capture Presidential nomination.
Page 1.
Jerome Democrats seize state headquarters
in New York and start anti-Hearst cam
paign. Page 1.
Hearst makes violent speech against New
York editors. Page 1.
Hughes welcomes support of cockroaches
and croton bugs. Page 1.
National.
Secretary Shaw stops deposits to Induce gold
Imports. Page 3.
Preparations for Roosevelt's trip to Pan
ama, Page 3.
Domestic.
Wisconsin remits state taxes owing to in
creased income from railroads. Page 3.
Automobiles reach desert mines of Nevada.
Page 4.
Negroes threaten riot In Philadelphia
against Dixon's "Clansman." Page 4.
Balloon voyage over New England. Page 5.
Great storm in prairies and Rocky Moun
tains. Page 4..
Ex-Senator Burton goes to JalL Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Upward tendency apparent in hop market.
Page 15.
Violent rebound In stock price. Page 15.
Chicago wheat market closes weak and
lower. Page 15.
Steamer Wyneric is libelled. Page 7.
Barracouta arrives with full cargo of freight
from San Francisco. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Enabling act necessary for counties to initi
ate local laws. Page 6.
James Dorris shoots Scotty Sims at Enter
prise, Or.. In argument over dance
music- Page 6.
Mrs. B. F- Zell tells of murder of husband
at trial of Fred Shepherd at Prineville.
Page 14.
Elmer E. Wagstaff on trial at Albany for
alleged attempt to poison wife. Page 14.
Committee at Salem wrestles with introduc
tion to new irrigation code. Page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mass d( new legislation to come before State
Legislature at session next Winr.
Page 1.
Astoria & Columbia River Railroad to be
extended south from Seaside to Yaquina
Bay; feeders will be built in rich Coast
valleys. Page 1.
Mrs. A. M. Snyder maintains silence: Dis
trict Attorney Allen still lacks evidence.
Page 10.
Oregon Coast t Eastern Railway shows
signs of weakness. Page 10.
Exporters and grainhandlers may settle dif
ferences today. Page 11.
Haines gains strength in campaign for Pres
ident of the Senate. Page 16.
Heney and Eurns to do ream work in at
tempt to catch San Francisco grafters.
Page 14.
Cathedral parish of Catholir Church to build
girls' orphanage on Willamette, opposite
Oswego. Page 10.
Mayor Lane advocate tunnels under river
to supersede brtdgps. Page 7.
City Engineer will examine Burnside-street
hridg. Page 7.
Portland Chinese to celebrate Feast of Spir
its tonight. Page 9.
LEGISLATURE WILL
HAVE HANDS FULL
Session Promises to
Be Busy One.
MANY BILLS BEING PREPARED
Fight Expected on Measure to.
Reapportion State.
SENATORS TO BE CHOSEN?
Chief Interest Centers In This Duty
of Lawmakers. Although Election
Promises to Be Perfunctory
Because of Xew Law,
Numerous matters of legislation will
come before the Oregon lawmakers
next January and February. .Already
they loom up so abundantly that the
session beginning January 14 gives
promise of brisk activity.
After election of United States Sen
ator an office that apparently will go
to Jonathan Bourne, Jr., for the long
term, beginning March 4, 1907, and to
F. W. Mulkey, for the short term, end
ing on that date the next matter of
political interest will be a bill for re
apportionment of Legislative members,
on the basis of the state census of
1905. This Is likely to stir deeply the
delegations from the various counties,
whose members may not think they are
receiving sufflcent representation.
For example, under the new apportion
ment. Multnomah County will be entitled
to seven or eight Senators, In place of
five as now; Baker will be entitled to one,
in place of one Joint with Malheur and .
Harney: and Benton will be entitled only
to a joint Senator in place of its present
member. The ratio of apportionment will
be one Senator for every 15,434 Inhabi
tants. Multnomah County, by the last
state census had 139,116 inhabitants. Mult
nomah now has twelve representatives
and will be entitled to fifteen or sixteen,
on an apportionment of one for every
7,717 inhabitants. Baker will be entitled
to one more representative and Marlon to
one less.
Other Important Legislation.
Other important subjects will be:
Water rights, for irrigation and manu
facture, defining the uses to which water
of state streams may be put.
Regulation of state banks, through an
examiner, requiring frequent reports, llnti
iting loans, fixing cash reserve, etc.
Railroad Commission, to compel rail
roads to supply cars and to enforce re
ciprocal demurrage.
Prohibition of railroad passes, on plan
of initiated bill enacted at the polls last
June, but defective for want of enacting:
clause.
Better regulation of salmon industry)
and re-enactment of cannery license law,:
declared unconstitutional by Judge Hun.
llton.
One Board of Regents for all Normal
Schools.
Re-enactment of law for taxation of
migratory stock declared unconstitu
tional by Judge Ellis.
Appropriations for rivers and har
bors, including $50,300 for extension of?
Celilo portage railway to The Dalles.
Establishment of Jute mills at Sa
lem for manufacture of grain bags b
convict labor.
Diversion of interest perquisite of
State Treasurer to State Treasury andi
placing State Printer on flat salary.
Free text books in public schools,
advocated by Representative Beveridge,
of Multnomah, and General Miller, of
Linn.
Creation of Board of Immigration,
with appropriation of $100,000, advocat
ed by Representative Chapln, of Mult
nomah. Amendment of local option law, o
as to declare law not a criminal act,
and to eliminate option by counties and
groups of precincts.
New tax code, as recommended byj
State Tax Commission.
. Taxation of franchises. .y
Law Regulating Labor.
New labor laws, limiting workday of
women to 10 hours, raising age limit
of child workers from 14 to 16, limiting
all labor to 8 hours, limiting hours of
trainmen, making arbitration, of labor
disputes compulsory, regulating boiler
inspection, etc.
General act to regulate method of
amending charters under home rule for
municipalities. Amendment to Constitu
tion. Use of voting machines.
Better protection of forests from fire.
Improvement of streams for logging
and regulation thereof.
Promotion of good roads.
Amendment of gross earnings tax laws,
applying to telephone, telegraph, express,
sleeping-car and oil companies, so as to
reduce tax.
Creation of State Board of Control foe
state institutions
Appropriation of money for Jamestown
and Seattle Fairs. ,
Amendment of game laws and possible
repeal of hunters' license.
Creation of Cascade County, with Hood
River for the county seat, (defeated la
last Legislature).
Establishment of school for feeble
minded. A number of hills involving the inter
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