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TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOMAW, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, lUUO.
BOB UP" SERENELY
TWO YEARS HENCE
Hearst Keeps in Politi
cal Limelight.
FOR GOVERNOR OR PRESIDENT
Depends on Whether Hughes
Makes Good in Office.
FACTOR AMONG DEMOCRATS
Whether He Postpones Aspirations
for 'White Hotise or Xot, National
Convention Must Reckon
With Him.
ORROONIAN NETPS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Nov. 18. William R. Hearst will
keep himself In the political limelight un
til he is elected Governor of New York
or President of the United States, unless
in the scramble for ono or the other of
these offices he shall be so overwhelm
ingly defeated that even he can no longer
remain Insensible to the tremendous Ben
tlment against him.
Hearst was not disheartened by his re
cent defeat. It was disappointing, of
course, for Hearst folt sure he would win
by a handsome majority. Hut the fact Is.
Hearst actually derived satisfaction from
jhe vote he polled in Greater New York,
where only a year ago he was defeated in
the race for mayor by George B. McCIel
lan. His gain there was the more gratify
ing to him in view of the fact that he
was opposed by every reputable newspa
per In Greater New York. The fact that
he' has gained in the city where all these
papers are published is evidence enough
that Hearst's own newspapers are invalu
able political assets, for it Is almost en
tirely through the American and the
Journal that Hearst has made himself a
power in the bis American metropolis.
DcTeat Not Fully Decisive.
Had Hughes been elected by a plurality
of .200,000 or 300,000, Hearst would have
dropped from sight; he would no longer
be reckoned a factor on the political
checkerboard. But a plurality of 60.000 or
thereabouts is not. under the circumstan
ces, suflieiently decisive to eliminate
Hearst.
It Is true that Roosevelt was elected
Governor of New York by 17,000. and Odell
lr. 1902 had a plurality of only SOOO, but
in those campaigns the parties were lined
up against each other; each had its organ
zation and each stood on Its own ground.
in the recent campaign party lines were
obliterated, and Hearst cut as deeply into
the Republican ranks as Hughes cut into
the regular Democratic allignment. The
Hughes victory was in no wise decisive,
as far as Hearst's future is concerned.
It is up to Governor Hughes to de
termine whether Hearst shall be wiped
off the political map or whether, two
years hence, he shall renew his fight along
the lines laid down in the recent con
test. Hughes and Hearst were both ad
vocates of reform. Of course Hearst prom
ised reforms he could never have brought
shout had he been elected Governor.
Hughes, on the other hand, promised only
what he can fulfill, but, having promised,
he must make good or else he will be
turned down and Hearst will be elected
two years hence without the slightest dif
ficulty. If Hughes does make good his
promises, he will rob Hearst of much of
his ammunition, and Hearst, by the time
th next campaign rolls around, will be
heavily handicapped.
Governor or President, Which?
Just what Hearst's course is to be no
one seems to know. He may decide to try
for the Governorship again in 1908 or he
may conclude, in view of the showing he
made, that he will be Justified fn entering
the National arena two years hence. Long
before the National conventions are called
together in 1908 Hearst will have decided
which rac he will make that year. If his
decision is to seek the Presidential nomi
nation Heanst newspapers will be estab
lished In various parts of the country and
the tactics resorted to in New York this
Fall will be duplicated In all parts of the
United States. The public In every state
will have Hearstism dished up editorially
and through cartoons, just as it has been
handed out to the New York voters for
the past 12 months. On the other hand,
if Hearst decides to make another attempt
at the Governorship, postponing his Pres
idential aspirations until 1912, Hearst
journalism is not likely to spread very far
outside of New York ana those few cities
where Hearst papers are already pub
lished. Because of the showing he made in New
York this Fall, Hearst Is certain to be
reckoned with in the next Democratic Na
tional Convention If he cares to have his
name considered. He will not be as sure
of nomination as ho would have been had
he been elected Governor and had a suc
cessful administration at Albany. At the
same time he will be better off than if he
had been elected Governor and had fallen
down on the multitude of promises he
made. His followers still believe that he
would have wrought wonders had be been
elected, and two years, more of Hearst
doctrine and a renewal of old promises Is
not likely to shake their faith.
If Hughes makes good at Albany, it will
materially reduce Hearst's chances of
election as Governor; but Hearst, after
all, aspires to the Presidency, and, if Al
bany is beyond his reach, he Is bound to
turn his attention to Washington. In
every sense of the word Hearst is a Dem
ocratic Presidential possibility, and will
continue so Indefinitely, unless he is
elected or meets with some awful calam
ity. On the other hand. Hughes is now listed
as Presidential timber. Whether he will
be sufficiently seasoned, timber by 1908
remains to be developed. While Hughes
possesses many of the quail rtcatlons for
President, the mere fact that he was
elected by 60,000 over Hearst would not
make him a formidable candidate against
Taft, Root and some of the others who
have been mentioned for months. Had
Hughes defeated Hearst by 200,000 or 300,
000 plurality, he would easily be in the
front rank of possibilities and the favorite
sons of other states might prcfperly be
come uneasy. It is not improbable that
Hughes' name will be presented to the
Republican convention, and the reception
accorded it will depend very largely on
the record which Hughes makes at Al
bany. If he carries out as Governor the
good work he did as insurance and gas
Investigator, the old-line Republican Pres
idential candidates may well become un
easy, for the Governorship of New York
has more than once been a stepping-stone
to the Presidency.
As Hearst promises to be a thorn In
the side of Democratic politicians, so
Hughes will worry the old machine
Republicans of New Y'ork State. Hearst
does not know when he is defeated; he
has vast wealth to sustain him in his
prolonged fight, and he has endurance
to an extreme degree. His sticktoltlve
nesa bothers old Democratic leaders,
for they realize that just now Hearst
has the uper hand in Democratic cir
cles in New York and they find that he
Is going to keep up his harangue just
as if election was six months In the
future. They can't get rid of him. And
Democrats in other states, National
figures in fact, are living in deadly
fear that Hearstism is going to spread.
The causes that made it spread In New
York will work with equal effect In
other states, and once It starts, nobody
knows where it will wind up.
Consternation Among Bosses.
Hughes has caused just as much con
sternation among the old Republican
bosses in New York. His election was
not due in the slightest degree to their
support. Indeed they did their utmost
to prevent his nomination. It was
President Roosevelt who made possible
the nomination of Hughes and it was
the foresight of the President that pre
vented the election of Hearst. Had the
Republican bosses had their way Hlg
glns or Black would have been nomi
nated, and either one would have fallen
easy prey to Hearst.
Now that Hughes, with the backing of
the President, has come out on top, he
Is in a position to complete the demolition
of the old Odell machine, and in doing
this he will reorganize the party on new
lines which will be absolutely distasteful
to tho former bosses. Hughes need not
give consideration to Odell. Piatt or De
pew: he owes them nothing; he will ask
nothing of them. But If he lives up to
expectations', he will bring about a new
organization that is dominated by the
President and one that knows not graft
nor corruption.
Incidentally, Hughes, in carrying out
his election promises, will be compelled
to tread on the toes of very intimate
friends of the old bosses, If, indeed, he
does not trample on the corns o Piatt,
Odell and Depew. His friende believe
that he will work for reform just as dili
gently as Governor as he did as prose
cutor of the insurance Investigations, and,
If he ' does, he will hit Republicans as
well as Democrats. There if this about
it, however. Hughes gave fair warning
during the campaign of what he would do
if elected. Republican corporation men
who are liable to prosecution or expo
sure, had their opportunity at the polls.
If they failed there, they can not cry out
that Hughes is turning traitor to his
party. Hughes owes his election to no
party. His election was not a Republican
victory. Had it not been for tue support
he received from Democrats and inde
pendent voters, he would never have been
elected. That is ano her reason he feels1
at liberty to fulfil! his pledges, irrespec
tive of who is hit.
END TO GH1LB LABOR
HEARST HAS HAD EXOl'GH
Declares He Will Never Again Be a
Candidate.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. IS. W. R.
Hearst, recently candidate for Governor
of New York, was here at noon today
for a few minutes on his way to Mon
terey, where he has mining interests.
He is accompanied by the members. of
his family. In discussing his future
course in reference to politics in New
Y'ork he said;
"I shall never again be a candidate.
However. I shall continue to reside in
New York and advocate and support
the principles of reform which I have
always stood for. but these principles
are now sufficiently understood by the
general public for it to be no longer
necessary for me to be a candidate.
"You probably know it Is by no
means pleasant to be a candidate. I
am glad in the future it is to be my
privilege to stand for the principles
of government which I have always
advocated without heing a candidate
for office and on that account attacked
with bitterness."
Alexander Troup Calls on Bryan.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 18. Alexander
Troup, of View Haven, Conn., who was
prominent at the recent meeting of the
New Kngland Democratic Progressive
League at Boston, at which Democratic
Presidential possibilities were dis
cussed, arrived in Lincoln today to tell
W. J. Bryan about that meeting. Neith
er Mr. Troup nor Mr. Bryan would say
the Boston gathering had any partic
ular candidate in view and Mr. Bryan
said tonight that he had not yet dis
cussed the objects of the Progressive
League, of which Mr. Troup is presi
dent. He said the visit was a social
one.
THEANO LOST OH LUKES
CANADIAN STEAMER STRIKES
ROCK DURING GREAT GALE.
Crew Take to the Lifeboats Just Be
fore the Boilecs Explode
In the Wreck.
FORT WILLIAMS. Ont., Nov. IS.
In the terrific gale which has raged on
Lake Superior for two days, the Cana
dian steamer Theano, Captain George
Pearson, struck a rock four miles east
of Thunder Cape, and was . totally
wrecked. The American steamer Phil
ip Minch and the Canadian steamer
Strathcone .were also blown ashore
during the storm and the former may
be a total loss. The crews of all three
steamers are safe
When the Theano struck, the wind
was blowing 50 miles an hour, and the
blinding snow storm caused the ship
to run north of the entrance to Thun
der Bay. The steamer struck bow-on,
and the stern swung around against
the rocks, crushing in the steel sides
of the ship like paper. The crey,
numbering 20, remained on the vessel
for two hours after she Btruck, but
were compelled to take to the lifeboats
for safety.
A few moments after the crew had
abandoned the wreck the boilers ex
ploded and the shattered hull slid off
the rock into deep water. Almost over
come by ' exposure, ten of. the crew
reached Port Arthur today, after being
buffeted about by the storm for half a
day in an open boat. The lifeboat in
which the remaining half of the crew
had sought safety was picked up by
the steamer Iroquois, which brought
the men here.
The Theano was a fine steel steamer
of 16,456 tons, and was valued at $80.
000. It was owned by the Algona
Central Railroad Company, and was
bound for Kort William with a cargo
of steel rails.
Senator Beveridge Also Has
Meat Inspection Measure.
TO PRESENT TO CONGRESS
Mil waukie Country Club.
Eastern and California races. Take Sell
wood or Oregon City car. starting from
First fuai. Aider sweets.
Carriers of Interstate Commerce to
Be Forbidden to Transport Prod
ucts of Factories or Mines
Ruining Future Citizens.
RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 18. At a meet
ing here today of representatives of the
Young Men's Christian Association of
Indiana and Ohio, Senator Altert J. Bev
eridge stated that on the opening day
of ..ie coming session of Congress he in
tended to introduce a bill prohibiting the
labor of children throughout the country
anu a bill to make more rigid the pres
ent meat inspection law. He said the
child labor bill will provide that no rail
road, steamboat or other, carrier of inter
state commerce should transport or ac
cept for transportation the product of
any factory or mine that employed child-
ren under 14 years of age.
The bill, he said, 'would provide that
every carrier of interstate commerce
should require an affidavit from every
factory or mineowner shipping Its prod
ducts that It did not employ children
under 14 years of age. the form of the
affidavit to be prescribed by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor or the In
terstate Commerce Commission. vuu
heavy penalties, both civil aud criminal,
for violation of the law. The bill, if it
becomes a law, he believes, will stop the
practice of ruining future citizenship by
working children of tender age in fac
tories arfd mines.
There is no other way, said the Senator,
to reach this growing evil. A Federal
statute cannot be passed directly con
trolling the factories and mines in the
states. That Is the province of the states.
But Congress has absolute power over
the railroads, boats, ships and other
agencies of interstate commerce, and un
limited power under the Constitution to
provide that they shall not carry tho
products of factories an- mines that em
ploy children.
The bill to amend tho meat inspection
law will require the putting of the date
of inspection on every can of meat pro
duced and the packers to pay tho cost of
inspection. These two provisions, he
said, are demanded by the people, and
agitation for them will not cease until
these provisions become a part o- the
law.
EXPLODED IN ST. PETERS
(Continued from Ffrst Pnge. )
though nothing could obviate a grave
disaster. The vast size of the church,
however, gave room for the crowd to
scatter, and at the end of a few moments
the people were surging towards the
doors, excited and nervous, but orderly.
As soon as the smoke cleared away a
hasty examination showed that nobody
had been hurt in the crush, and, further
more, that no one had been wounded by
the explosion. Calm was gradually re
stored and some of the people returned to
view the extent of the damage.
It was discovered that the bomb had
been placed under a scaffolding that had
been erected to facilitate repairs to the
roof, exactly over the celebrated tomb
of Clement XIII by Canovac, which con
sists of a figure of the pope and two
lions, and which is the most remarkable
piece of sculpture in the basilica. This
tomb ranks among the finest efforts of
modern sculpture, and by its execution
Canovac established his reputation.
No Damage Done by Bomb.
When the first gendarmes reached the
spot the scaffolding was found to be
smoldering, but this fire was easily ex
tinguished. The tomb was found to be
uninjured, and even the pavement showed
scarcely any signs of the explosion. An
examination of the remains of the bomb
leads to the supposition, unless It was
crudely prepared on purpose to mislead,
that it was manufactured in the country
and brought Into Rome.
It Is believed the bomb had a very
long fuse in order to enable the criminal
to gain the exit. It Is impossible to trace
him, and no one has any recollection of
seeing a man who, by- his movements,
might have aroused suspicion.
The pope was engaged In his regular
noon-hour devotions when the bomb went
off. He heard a muffled sound which
surprised but did not alarm him. Jlon
gignor MIsciatelli, sub-prefect of the
apostolic palace, and Monslgnor BJsleti,
major domo of the Vatican, at once hur
riedly went to the pontiff's chamber.
They were so pale that the pope immedi
ately asked:
"What has happened?"
"Do not be alarmed, holy father," was
the answer. "A bomb has exploded in
the basilica, but fortunately there are
no deaths to deplore, and no one has been
wounded."
Pope Is Moved, but Calm.
The pontiff asked anxiously if the
church had been damaged. Upon being
reassured, he fell upon his knees, saying
he must implore mercy for the misguided
perpetrator of the deed.
Soon after this announcement was made
to him the pope went to the throne room,
where he admitted to private audience
Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the Ameri
can college, who presented to his holi
ness Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. McCloskey,
of Philadelphia, and Paul S. King, of New
York, who noticed that the pope was
pale and labored under some ' emotion.
After this reception, the pope proceeded
toNthe Hall of the Consistory, where he
received about 200 persons, including 25
students of the South American College,
to whom he delivered va short address.
None of the persons knew anything about
the explosion.
Signor Vasslminl, Italian Minister of
Finance, was eating lunch at the Cafe
Aragno when he heard the news. He
immediately took a cab and drove to St.
Peter's, where he' net a number of
the papal authorities, including Count
Camlllo Peccl, a nephew of Leo XIII
and commandant of the Palatine Guard.
Mistaken for Noon Gun.
The explosion produced no alarm out
side the basilica, the sound being taken
by everyone for the noonday gun, but by
afternoon the news was known all over
the city and a stream of people went
through the church to view the result of
the explosion.
There Is a certain nervousness In the
city, and people are apt to magnify
the events. This was exemplified this
afternoon when the explosion of a fire
cracker in the new tunnel above which
stands the Qfirna' caused considerable
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excitement and alarm, people fearing an
other bomb outrage. It was soon dis
covered, however, that the cracker bad
been set off by a boy as a joke.
Every piece of the bomb that could be
found was gathered up by the police and
carefully examined. The bomb evidently
consisted of a large tin box, bound tight
ly together with wire of two sizes. It
must have contained more than two
pounds of gunpowder and three pounds
of nails. The nails were of three sizes,
some seven inches long and so heavy
that the force of the explosion threw
them only a short distance. The nails
were enveloped in newspapers dated No
vember 16 and 17, proving that the bomb
was prepared either yesterday or today.
Pope Was Expected at Tomb.
Cardinal Merry delVal, the papal sec
retary of state, was in the Borgia apart
ment busily at work with his private
secretary at noon, and did not hear the
explosion.
The rumor having spread abroad that
the pope Intended to visit St. Peter's
today to pray before the tomb where the
outrage was committed, drew an excep
tionally large crowd to the basilica. This
rumor was unfounded, for only Cardinal
Rampolla entered with the procession.
A three days' prayer will be cele
brated in all the churches in expiation
of this offense to religion.
This bomb explosion makes the third
anarchist outrage in Italy in four days,
the other two being the murder of
Professor Rossi, in Naples yesterday,'
and the explosion of a bomb in front
of the Cafe Aragno, in this city, No
vember 14. The attempt of today has
caused deep-seated and universal hor
ror and indignation on account of the
locality selected by the miscreants, and
the resentment of the people is very
great.
Greatest Basilica on Earth.
St- Peter's is the greatest basilica
in Christendom. It took 360 years to
make the building what it is today,
and is a result of the efforts of 43
popes and the genius of Michael An
gelo, Bramante and Rafael. Tha com
mission of such an outrage in such a
place has called forth unlimited con
demnation, and is characterized as
proving that the perpetrators of the
crime were actuated by feelings worse
than those which moved the Vandals
and the Saracens.
The theory is held that this attempt
was not directed against the papacy,
but rather a challenge to society in
general by attacking religion, the most
sacred institution of the people.
ASSASSIN SENDS THREATS.
At Funeral of Professor Rossi He
Will Show Wliat He Can Do.
NAPLES, Nov. IS. Saverlo Lagana,
who stabbed and killed the famous,
zoologist, Giovanni Rossi, of the Uni
versity of Naples, In this city last
night. Is from Reggio, Calabria. The
first report of Lagana's arrest was er
roneous. The police have not yet suc
ceeded in taking him into custody. He
has been in communication with the
police by letter.
. In a communication to the chief of
police and certain colleagues of Pro
fessor Rossi, Lagana declares with un
concealed rage that on the occasion of
the funeral of his victim, which Is set
for next Tuesday, he will give an even
more disastrous evidence of what he
can do. He writes of committing fur
ther crimes, for he says:
"I will not give myself up to justice
before I have killed another professor
and a Socialist, for I know the Social
ists accuse me of being a spy In the
service of the police."
In view of this warning It has been
decided to allot a police1 escort to each
professor in Naples, and Signor Rossi's
funeral procession will pass between
cordons of troops.
BODY PICKED UP WARM.
Young Mexican Woman Assaulted
and Murdered at El Paso.
BL PASO, Tex., Nov. 18. Her lifeless
body, still warm, Felipa Guerrera, a
young Mexican woman, was found In her
room on South Oregon street today. She
had been criminally assaulted and then
beaten to death with a piece of Iron pipe.
After a short Investigation and a hot
chase, Santiago Blanco was arrested and
is in Jail, charged with the crime.
SHAKEN BY SEA CURRENTS
Captain of Bark Crandlet Reports
Strange Occurrence Off Blanco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. The bark
Crandlet, from Puget Sound, experi
enced a strange action of the sea cur
rents whfle off Cape Blanco on No
vember 10, and Captain Doyle, her
master, is unable to explain the cause
of the singular Incident. The vessel
was proceeding down the coast in a
fair wind, and on the evening of No
vember 13 labored in a heavy storm.
Ir. was in this rough weather that
Captain Doyle was startled in his room
by a hard trembling of the vessel,
which fairly wrenched it from end to
end. He says it seemed as if there
were a. school of whales frolicking un
der the vessel, but he later ascertained
that the currents were responsible for
the shake. He believes that the re
cent floods In the Puget Sound coun
try were responsible for the change in
the currents.
The Crandlet sustained no damage,
but was shaken from her course slight
ly through the action of the currents
upon the ship's compass.
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