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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1907."
VOIi. XLVI. NO. 14,383.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WANTS NO
INQUIRY
E
Colorado Legislature
Resents Move.
VOTES DOWN THE RESOLUTION
pemocrat Accuses Him of
Buying Majority.
GIFTS OF SMELTER STOCK
Republican Spokesman Declares
Charges Ttot- and Senate Tables
Tlicm and Expunges Them
From . the Record.
. r"FTTV' Kt Oolo.. Jan.
11. (Special.)
In the State Eenate today Senator Crow.
ley. Democrat Introduced a resolution
calllnjr for the Investlsatlon of Simon
Guggenheim's alleged purchase of the
United States Sonatorship from Colorado.
It created a. tramendoun Bnsatlon and
an outburst of oratory. The Senator al-
luM to tho reports In circulation eon-
cemlnK the buying of the Legislature and
emphatically declared that for the good
name of the State of Colorado action must
be taken.
"Thin Is not a Democratic party meas
ure." declared Mr. Crowley, "and X wish
to declare unit j tiave no p?raonal pre-
judtce against Mr. Guggenheim, either
Personally. politically. rellRlously or
otherwise, but I do not want to be char-
ncterlzed as having been a member of a
Ivegialature that had been bought.
Paid Expenses,- Gave Away Stock.
Mr. Crowley called attention to the avli-
cle recently printed In Rldgevay'a Maga.
ztne. purport in a- to be an interview, in
which Mr. Guggenheim admits that lie
practically bought the Senatorshlp by
paying: the rrnnpalgn expenses of the
members of the present Assembly.
Sir. O'OR'ley dwrlRted that wbs re
ported that Mr. Gnprirenhelrn Mpd money
to secure the Senatorshlp prior . to the
gathering of the Fifteenth General As
sembly and that during the Peaboity con
test it was reported that he spent a larg-e
sum of money to further his interest,
as much as fcO.OAO.
"It is further reported." he said, "that
Mr. Gug-Kenlielrri paid the expenses of
many oi the present members ot the As-
Bcmbly and that he had given smelter
tot-K to them, their wives, fathers and
other members of their families-. It Is
further charged that Mr. Guggenheim has
been and is even now violating, -the laws
relating to rebates, and this. too. should
be investigated, for all his actions, now
that these charges are m&ue. irky be con-
otruetl to reflect on the members of this
I?glHlature.
RojuiMlean Calk It Hot.
Senator Mil ton Anfngr opened the
battle for the opposition and the support-
crs ot Mr, Gu&gcnneim, Dy declaring that
this resolution was all rot and rubbish
and that, if ladles were not present, he
would characterize it as something- worse.
A stormy debate followed.
On motion of Mr. Anfenger the resolu
tion was tabled by a vote of IS .Republi
cans to 11 lemocrats, a strict party llne-
up.
Senator Parks then moved that the mat
ter be expunged from the records and
this carried by a viva voce vote.
Legislators Afraid to Revolt.
The Colorado Springs Gazette, the lead-
ins Republican paper ot the state outside
of renver. .says:
"flut the
few members of the
majority of the Legislature Who TranKly
admit that Gugfrenhim m not the people's
choice, lhat he Im unfit for the place and
that his methods are reprehensible. The
niy wuse tor jomtnt In the caucus
which Indorsed him Is their own helple-
rt ens. Th ey are a fral d to start an Insur
rection, because they know the chances Of
SUCCESS are against them and thenafter
defeat, woifld oome punishment at the
lind. or th. pty bosses."
AGAIN DEMAND INVESTIGATION
Texas Ivt-glslators More New RCSOlU
tlon on Bailey's Record.
ACSTIX. T.X.. Jsn. 1 1- Fourtevn mem
bers or the Legislature signed a resolu
tion today demanding an Investigation
of Senator Bailey and Attorney -General
Davidson In connection with the read-
miwion or the Waters-Fierce Oil Com-
pany to Texas. The resolution will be
debated next Kfonday. when It Is ex
pected both Bailey and Davidson will be
present. The House set ss i special or.
Her for tomorrow morn Ins- consideration
or a like resolution. Early today the
House refused to consider the matter In
any form, but later the social order
was obtained.
Kftlley'e supporters tonlfrtit prepared a
resolution which will be offered tomorrow
as a substitute for the one now before
the body. The substitute seeks to offset
the charres made against Bailey In the
first resolution, stating that he has ad
mitted n'l hla connections with Pierce,
Kirby and the Tennessee Coal Company
and successfully resisted the charges.
The Bailey resolution suggests that the
Speaker appoint a committee of seven
member?, who shall pass upon the Bailey-
Waters-Pierce oil cases. If they decide
there Is foundation for the oharsres they
shall report to Uie legislature, which
INTO
GUI
can then decide as to the charges to be
preferred.
Both, factions are active tonight In pre
paring for tomorrow's contest.
NAME CURTIS FOR SENATOR
Kansas Republicans Give Bare Ma
jority ou Fourth Ballot.
TOPEKA, Ivan., Jan. 11. Congreas-
man Charles Curtis, of the First Kan-
sas Tlstrlct, was nominated for United
States Senator to succeed Senator Al
fred W. Benson, on the fourth ballot
by the Republican members of tha
Kansas Loglnla ture In caucus tonlgrht
The action of the caucu Is equivalent
to an election, the Republican ma-
jority la overwhelming.
On the first ballot Mr. Curtis received
S4 votes. This number was Increased
on each succeeding ballot until the
fourth, when Mr. Curtis received 61
votes, UK being necessary to nominate.
Simon Uua-arennelin. Whose ttla
oda of Hecrtar-ans; Hcnatorlal Kona
lnation Caused Row In Colorado
LeKHlature.
Five men who had voted for Congress
man F. F- ("Hmpbell Immediately aros2
and chana-el their votes from Campbell
to CTurtis. giving the Topeka man a
bar majority.
Mr. Curtis Is a n attorney. 47 years
of aare. and is eervlng his seventh term
in Congress.
MOVE TO INVESTIGATE BltOVVN
Nebraska eanfliilate lor Senator In.
der ChareeH of tension! ts.
ITN'OOLIV, Jan. 11. Representative Van
Housen, Fusionist. today presented a
resolution asking for a legislative Investi
gation of Jorrl Brown. ex-Attorney-General
and Republlran nominee for United
States Senator,.. Tbe resolution went-over
until Monday under the rulrs.
It recites arguments used by the Demo
crats lo. the last campaign, alleging1 that
Mr. Brdwn entered into an asreement
with representatives of the grain trust
and a printing - company not to ' press
suits brought by the state, extending un-
lawful clemency.
In a statement issued tonight Mr.
Brown flatly denies these chances, and
Chairman Hose of the state Republican
committee sayS the move is hacked by
railroad Interests.
MCST HETAIX BALLOT BOXES
Hearst Wlntt Appeal In Ma jorally
Flglit IVItb McCIellan.
NEW YORK. Jan. 11. The appellate
division of the Supreme Court today
idad down fc de
-ialon m i-iti In f,
order of Justice McLean denying a q
tlon to vacate the latter's order dl-
rectlnisr the t the bal lot boxes of the
last Mayoralty election bo preserved.
The ease came before the court on
an appeal taken by the Corporation
counsel on behalf of Mayor MoClellan.
The decision favors Mr, Hearst by
continuing in effect the order requlr-
lng preservation ot the ballot boxes.
NEW OUT FOR FAIRBANKS
SAYS INDIANA WILL BE UVAXI-
MOUS FOR TALL I A T
Denies National Republicsn Com wn 1 1-
te win Meet Before December
to Elect Chairman.
VA8HKGT0S. Jan. 1L-X conferenes
over Republican National committee af
fairs was held tonlnht. Those participat
ing were rostmaater-General Cortelyouf
retiring chairman of . the . committee:
Harry S. New. of Indianapolis, actlna
chairman. and Elmer Dover, secretary.
Later Mr, New gaid;
"If Vice-President Fairbanks allows his
name to be presented to the next Re
publican National Convention as a can-
dictate tor Fresiflent-anfl I taKo It lor
granted that he will he will receive the
hearty .and unanimous support of tit
Indiana delegation."
When asKed it a special meeting of the
National Committee would be called to
accept Mr. Cortelypu's resignation, the
acting; chairman replied;
4,Thft next meeting of the Republican
National Committee will be held In Wash
ItiKton next Zecember, at which time
Mr, Cortelyou'a successor wtll ue Chosen
and the time and place of holding the
n.xt National ConTentlon will b decided
upon.'
Sheldon Defeats Warner Miller.
NEW YORK. Jan. 11. Georsre R.
Sheldon was elected president of the
Union League Club last night, to suc
ceed ex-Secretary Cornelius IX Bliss,
who retired, having Oiled the office
Bince 1902. Mr. Sheldon defeated ex
Senator Warner Miller after one of
the most active campaigns the club
has known tor a long time. More than
00 members attended the meeting.
The nominating: committee tried to get
J. Plerpont Morgan to stand for the
presidency, but he declined, as did
Henry C. Frlck. Mr. Sheldon was then
decided, upon. Many of the older mem
bers nominated Mr. &illler on an Inde
pendent ticket.
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I IwiHIIMilfiHt jmw.v. ti II. llF1'ft?filll.fi13 I
POPE ADDRESSES
FRENCH PEOPLE
Says the Church Law
Means Spoliation.
PRIESTS SUBJECT TO STATE
Denounces New Law as Or-
ganizing Anarchy.
PREDICTS FINAL VICTORY
Encyclical Declares French Govern
ment Aims to Destroy Church and
Dc-Christlanize Prance Com
parison Wit li German Law.
ROME, Jan. 11. The Oeaervatore Ro-
mano. the organ of the Vatican, today
pllshed the text of an encyclical ad
dressed by the Pope to "our venerable
brotners, the cardinals, bishops ana
clergy, and the Frpnch people." In this
document the pontiff said bis chief object
in addressing the faithful In France was
to comfort them In their sufferings, which
he felt deeply- There was. bowever. great
consolation in the fact that the Catholics
of France were united. The French gov
ernment's declaration of war was not
only against the Christian faith. but
agalnnt all spiritual Ideas. The French
Catholics must be prepared for all sorts of
trials, but they were certain of final
victory.
Contrary to statements on the subject.
the church did not desire a religious war
involving: violent persecutions. Being: a
missionary of peace and carrying: out her
mission loyally, the church did not will
ingly expose herself to war and persecu
tions.' as she did not desire to see her
children suffering:. Regarding the ecclesl-
astical properties, the encyclical said the
Pope had not abandoned them. '
Why Separation Law Is Rejected.
The French governmeat had imposed oi
French Catholics an" organization which
the church was absolutely unable to ac
cept without imperiling her existence as
a divine institution. The church could
not prevent the unjust spoliation in pro
gress. As for the proposed cultural asso-
clations, they are contrary to the ecclesl-
astical authority given to the church by
the divine founder himself, and the Pope
condemned them on account or the ma
terial Injuries involved at the hands of
the government. Besides the law confers
on these associations attributes regarding
bom trie exercise of wshlp and posses
sion and administration of church proper
ty, which appertain alone to ecclesiastical
authority. Finally the associations are
not only withdrawn from ecclesiastical
jurisdiction, but are placed under civil
authority. Continuing, the Pape said:
France ana Germany UnllkCi
fviaed to
ipprov In. Fra
ice what, we
already approved in Germany. But this re
proach Ir unjust and unfounded, for. while
the German law is condemnablp on many
point h and. was officially accepted tn order
to avoid greater evils, the situations are
very liferent. The German law explicitly
reccirnlzea the Catholic hierarchy, while the
French does "not.
An to the declaration required for public
worahip, it did not offer the leai guaranty
that the church had the right to expect
Nevertheless, to obviate worse evils, the
rh urch might have tolerated maklnc declar
ations, but laying down that the clergy shall
te only occupants of the churchei without
any logal status, and without the right to
perform any ndmlnlstratlve act In ih ex
ercise of their ministry placed them lit such
a vagup ana humiliating poFitlon that the
making of declarations could not be ac
cepted. Taw of Spoliation.
It rmalni to examine the. law recently
of spoliation
nd confiscation
tnd has con-
Buraraa'ecl the pillage or the cnurcti,
Although her divine founder was born poor
In a stable and died poor on tha cross, and
lthotiRh nhe knows poverty from the cradle.
the property she was possessed of neverthe
less belonged to her and no one had the
rlftht to deprive her of it. This ownership.
Indisputably possible" -from - ry point of
view, lias been officially sanctioned by the
state,
The statement that the government din
posed of the "bandoned" property or the
cnuT-ches ts addlnc derlPlon to spoliation.
From the point of view of the exercise ot
religion the new law hai organized an.
archy. It Installs a rejrlme of uncertainty
and arbitrariness. . There In uncertainly a.s
to whether the o h urchrs. which are always
liable to disaffection, shall or shall not In
the meanwhile he at the disposal ot the
clernry and falthfuf. In each parish the
priest will be in the power of the munici
pality,' with the consequent possibility of
conflicts In all narti of the country. In ad-
ditlon. the clergy are under an obllaatlon
to meet the heaviest expenses, while their
sources ot revenue are subjected to the
strictest limitations.
Xew Law Aggravates Old.
lna- church and state. We can only condemn
it with precision and without ambiguity.
Certain articles of the law throw new light
France without attracting too closely the
attention of the people. If their course was
really popular, as they pretend' It is. they
would pursue it openly and take all the re
sponsibility. Instead, against the rising tide
of popular reprobation the government at
tempts to throw the responsibilities on the
church. Its victim, but the object will not
succeed.
An for us, we have done our duty as any
other Roman pontiff would have done. The
hifth offices with which heaven Invested us,
as well as our faith in Christ, determined
our lino of conduct, and we could not have
acted otherwise without betray in our con
science or breaking the oath we took when
we mounted the throne of St. Peter.
Therefore, we await earnestly the verdict
cf history, which must be that, with our
eyes fixed unceasingly on the transcendsnt
rights of God. we did not intend to hu
miliate the civil power nor combat a form
of government, but only to safeguard the
spiritual temple of Christ. - All we demanded
and demand for the church, of which Prance
is the eldest daughter, is respect for her
hierarchy, the Inviolability ot her property
and liberty. If that had been granted the
religious peace would not have been dis
turbed, and tha day our demand Is heeded
the longed-for peace will be restored.
Assured in advance of your magnanimous
generosity, we did not hesitate to tell you
that the hour for sacrifice had struck and
to recall to the world In the name of the
master of all things that man here below
must nave a goal above the perishable mines
of earth and that God. honored, served and
loved, despite all.. Is snpreme Joy.
Blesses the People.
The encyclical concludes as follows:
In full confidence that the vlrsrla lmmsc
ulate. daughter of our Father, mother of the
word, spouse or the Holy Ghost, will obtain
for yon from the moat holy and adorable
Trinity better days, front the bottom of
Pope Pitas 2C. Who Denounce! Fraach
thurtu liBfl- - In Enrfcllnil to
French Clermry and People,
our heart we .give you, venerable brethren
and the whole people, our apostolic bene
diction. EXPECT AVOTUER MAVU'ESTO
Paris rapcrs Say Encyclical Leaves
Orders to Church Incomplete.
PARIS, Jajn. 11. Tha newspapers thl.
morning comment at length on the Pope's
encyclical. Most of them agree that tt
shows there ts a. neceaatty for nesyotla.
tlons. but the Olerloal and antl-CTlerlcal
organs disagree regarding who sbould be
gin them.
The Figaro considers the document In
Complete, vand foresees the publl('on ot
k'notlver giving "Ins'-ructlon Jo V sVaii-
lsatlon of wortrhlii .. -:
The Steele declares" the encycllcfil is rich
In condolences, but says it doeV not rem
edy the situation. -
The Gaulols and . Sollel. Olerical. con
sider the document a dean exposition of
the doctrine of leaving a solution of the
difficulties to the Onrtstlan faithful.
The view of the Boctaliats and. Free
thinkers Is expressed by the Humantte,
which d&lares that the Pope's sole desire
is to sustain the Roman hierarchy' a b
olutlam and autocracy before every other
consideration.
COCEVX AGGRAVATE BITTERNESS
French See Storm Signal In Eneyell.
cal Government "Wilt Reply.
PARIS, Jan. li The Pope's unreserved
condemnation of the m separation law.
while expected, can only Vesult in further
embittering the contest between church
and state, as the French bishops, who are
about to assemble, rauut follow the orders
of Rome, regardless of their Individual
ideas.
As an ( 1 1 ufrt rt im of what the Temps
terms speciousness ot the -.papal argu
ments, the Tempe says the statement that
a priest cannot be a Judicial occupant of
a church Is no longer true under the new
law, and that the disaffection of churches,
which the Pope says va9 never admlssl-
ble, was a possibility even under the Con
cordat. It Is expected the government will soon
ropy to the encyclical, either In the form
of a communique or by
Parliament.
declaration in
BIshopg Must Resist. Law.
PARIS, January 3 1. The eaa-erly
awaited papal encyclical was published
here this afternoon.-; Tills formally
places the seal of official condemnation
on the amended church and state Sena
ration law and will constrain the Blah-
ops at ttielr meeting to be held here
January lo . to arraign themselves
agalnat the Jaw on alt points.
Episcopalians Fray lor France!
PORTLAND, Ma.. Jan. 11. The bishop
of the KpiflCojml Church, Robert Codma n,
has authorized the churches in his diocese
to offer a" special prayer In behalf of the
Catholic Church in France.
MAKING OREGON KNOWN
Bourne Dlstribntea Lnscions Applea
Among Nation's Rulers,
ORHGONIAN ICEWS BXTREIAXT. Wash
ington, Jan. n. About . 10 days ago
Jonathan Bourne telegraphed one of the
foremost orchardists of Oregon to select,
peclally pacic and expree lO boxes of the
best obtainable Oregon apples. The ap-
pies arrived today and the Senator sent
a box each to -the President, VIce-Prei-
and three boxes to the Senate press sral-
lery, dlstributins the rest among his
friends In Congress. These courtesies
not only heir to make -Mr. Bourne friends,
but have been very effective in advertis
ing' the resources ot Oregon.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.)
The Davidson Kruit Company today ship
ped 10 boxes of Hood River's finest ap
ples, which were purchased for Jonathan
Bourne, to his address in Washington,
D. C. The fruit was consigned to Jona
than Bourne, Shoreham Hotel. Washing
ton, and the expressage on It was $34.
Will 'ot Marry This Trip.
PARIS. Jan. 11. William K. Corey
authorised The Associated Press to
state he wtll not marry during his
present European trip. .,
LEAGUE IS LIKE A
TWO
HEADED
DO
IndependentsSnarl and
Denounce. -
DRISGOLL A TROUBLE-MAKER
Kaleidoscopic Chanrjes in the
County Committee.
IHMSEN AGAIN AT HELM
Reinstates Own Officers and Throws
Out "Bolters" Municipal League
Now Anti-Hearst Contest Re
vives Hopes of Office.
new tork, Jan. 11. (Special. The
party of the "common people'is be
coming badly snarled up. Already It ts
split .Into a Municipal Ownership League,
claiming to be the real simon pure article
that fls-ured In the mayoralty election of
1905. and two separate and distinct Xnde-
penflence Leagues, each with a slate
chairman and a county chairman in New
York County.
wnuam Randolph Hearat announced In
ft Speech at the Gilsey House recently that
"I will never again be a candidate for
office." and thiv made some misguided
peoPiv believe mat ne ra tnrou&n win
the political same. However, they en
tirely overlooked the fact that last Sum
mer Mr. Hearst stated, "X- am not a
candidate for the Demo cratlc nomination
for Governor,
he got it.
and everybody knows that
politician! "in tne know" place a great
deal more strews on the speech of Clar
ence J. Sheerin, Mr. Hearst's attorney.
tv ho said:
"I believe the Independence League will
go steadily onward, enlarging- Us useful
ness, in the city, in the state and in
the Nation." ...
But :before Its usefulness can be g-reatly
enlarged it will he necessary for the
Leaeuers to '"get together." And they
are very far apart at the present time.
Drlseoll Starts Trouble.
All the trouble was started by Timothy
Drlscoll. who. ever since the organization
of the Ieagrue. has been chairman of the
county committee at a weekly salary oT
JUo, paid out of the war chest. Di-lscoll
was one of the men who took the Inde
pendence League seriously and headed
the committee, whicii, during; tUC cam-
paijrn. personally protested to Mr. Hearst
about the folly of indorsing; the Tammany
candidates - for Supreme Court Justices.
Drlscoll by his action only succeeded
in getting himself disliked, and he added
to this fee Una- when he circulated -the
petitions of all kinds of men Tor all
Kinds of 'offices. The bulk of these pe
titions were thrown out by the Board
of Elections, arid after the ballots were
counted, Mr, DriscQirs pay ceased and
he was thrown out of office by the
county committee. This county committee
consists of the Thirty-fifth Assembly Dls-
trlct leaders. When they were called to-
gether and asked to oust IDriscoll, 'they
did so by a unanimous vote.
Then Priscoll jot busy, He circulated
among: the district leaders and finally
rounded up 23 of them. more than
. majority. They held a meeting, rescinded
all they had done, and installed Drlscojl
In charge. But the average Independence
eader is the most accommoda
ing man In the world. He is willing to
oblige anybody. Ex-Congressman Shober.
who was In charge of the machinery of
the party, called 22 leaders into regular
meeting and they gravely decided that
the original action putting Xriscoll out
side the breant works was perfevctly lefral-
Whereupon 24 of the 3d district leaders
gathered and adopted resolutions euloglz-
' lna- Drlcol 1 and 23. met the next day and
denounced him.
All They M h Hall-Kent
The fact that each faction always had
a majority is easily explained. The com-
mlttee Is rouriily divided Into ten Drls.
coll men and) ten loyal Hearst adherents,
with IS others who could not resist the
tempiation to meet and orate, and who
cheerfully "eulogized" themselves on
Monday and -as cheerfully denounced
themselves on Tuesday. Wherefore the
deduction can be made that anybody who
has tVie price to hire a hall can control
the Independence Leafue County Oom-
mittee until the- next man with hall
rent come along.
Bncouraed by his frequent successes,
-the ambitious Driscoll cast his greedy
eyes-upon the State Committee, A sec
tion in the leairue -bylaws provides that
"on the first Tuesday In January. the
State Committee shall meet to organise.
Forty members shall constitute
a quorum. Charles Ihmsen, chairman
of the State " Committee, was on the
ocean, homeward bound, on New Year's
day. Nobody else thought ot the bylaw
except Driscoll. The State Committee Is
composed of 350 members, and it was trie
easiest thing In the world to get 40 of
them to join In- a revolt. Driscoll had 49.
He could probably have landed 99, had he
desired.
This - body of unterrifled politicians
descended upon the Gtlsey house, tut was
refused admission to the Independence
League headquarters. Consequently they
held a. meeting In the corridors, much to
-the discomfort" or grueeta. and elected
Ex-Assemblyman Thomas F. Long chair
man of the Stale Committee with a full
staff of .-subordinate officers. Then after
"denouncing Hearst, Ihmsen and all the
other friends of : the people they could
think of, they adjourned.
lhnisfn Ousts Bolters.
Ihmsen of course promptly called &
meeting of the State Committee, and had
himself re-elected. The bolters were de
nounced as traitors and their political
heads lopped off. ' A similar penalty was
fnflfceted upon the County committeemen
who had acted with Driscoll and about
half of the men who impartially par
ticipated in the oratorical festivities of
both factions.
The result is that the In-
dependence League Is now harmonious.
both in the -state ana County Committees.
But the Driscoll crowd Is preparing to
a-o to law- if it is refused Its "rlghta."
It claims that It Is legally in charge of
the machinery of th? party, and lawyers
who have been consulted take the same
Senator A. 9. Hopkins, of Indiana
Who OppOfteft Expulsion of Smoot.
view of the ewe. The result Is that a
very pretty court tight is in prospect.
t7o Ijongrer Tjove Hearst.
Thfl "Mimical Ownership hum?
composed of former adherents of William
Randolph Hearst, 'who now lie awake
nights hatlnjj him, is now practically
confined to Brooklyn. They declare they
will never, never afraln have anything to
do with Hearst, and that he will not be
heard of again In politics. Most of their
members voted for Munrhes last year, and
the Republican state committee made a
largs cash contribution to their organi
zation last Fall.
The 'Irlscoir Independence Ieague Is
sajd to be backed by Xayor McClellan.
anu I)ri?,ooll has' announced that he will
som have some patronage to give out.
The matter of patronage, by the way,
has done much to split the original
league. Fix-Congressman Shober headed
a committee, which visited 'the various
Democratic state officials and demanded
"in the name of the Lincoln Republi
cans and the Jefferson Democrats. a
share in -the spoils. As a result of this
appeal, these jobs were awarded to the
Independence Ieague. the salaries being
respectively J4000. S3500 and X2000.
To prevent any hard feelings Shober
took the $1000 place himself. The &00
position went to "William A. DeFord. a
hanscer-on at the G-llney House and a
cousin of Shober, while the minor Job
was given to Michael Fitzgerald, who
resigned as a letter-carrier to .mak the,
race for ConRress in Brooklyn.
In consequence the air has been . fliied
Coneludd on Page 3.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather'.
TBPTERDArs Maximum temperature, -0
degrees; minimum. 2ti.
TODAY'S Rain or mow; westerly winds.
Pope tmtaues encyr Ileal denouncing French
church laws. Page 1.
German Foreign Minister explains colonial
- policy. Page 3.
More details of. Chinese famine. Peare 2.
National.
Senator Hopkins defends Senator Smoot.
Pane 2.
Sena.t. p..... .rx-tce tn.ln bill. P .
Freld.nt and uriKi... 1 11 y rlaoh on. .us.
pension of land patents. Page 4.
Politics.
Mo to InvextlKHte Ou(tenhelm' purch
or Senatonbip iquelcbed by Colorado
Legislature. Page 1.
Another move to Investigate Bailey. Tw 1.
Curtis nominated for Senator by Kansas
Rapubllcsnn. Pase 1 -T7w
Indlann will be for Falrbankw-Cor
, President. Fa go 1.
Internal dUsnslons In Inur-pendence League.
Page 1-
Cushman nnyf he 1 not candidate for Sen
ator. Pga i.
pomcatlct
Union Pacific will probably be ordered to sell
rtt -W of other road n. Pane 1.
Railrrtarlii on r"ln. ot arenient with ea
glneera. I'm. s o 3.
Sport
Wretl-.ra change bout Into slusalng match.
Pas &-
Commercial and Marine.
Demand for hops Increase!. Pane 15.
Easy tone in Eastern wheat markets,
i-as-e i ."i-
Stock rrrlet ahockPd y n -w of new Penn
sylvania lstiue. Page 13.
General trade report! satisfactory. Vm 13.
Iverna clears with most valuable carge of
the year. Pane 2.4.
Ice nt 1 1 1 blockades the Columbia - River.
Page 14.
racifle Const.
Seattle Is covered with ten Inches of snow.
Pd se -
Bloodhoundu unable to plclc up trace of
"Kid" Barker. Page .
Hamburg' cnurU decld Influmnoe companta
must pay Are losses in Han Franciaco.
Pa S.
Portland and Vicinity.
Lonfiy Chinaman beaten and robbed by
thuKa. Page 1ft.
Republican Club lays drafts of four hills be
fore Multnomah delenatlon. Faite B.
AiB'snori close their convention ; indorse
State Tax Commission. Page 11,
Calsnon dUea attacks Portland A. Seattle
bridge-builders. Page 4.
Hot fight on for clerkships in Legislature.
Page 11. .
Trio of burglars bind inmates and pllla-ge
home. Page 10.
Local fuel situation grows more serious.
Paga 5.
Five thousand cnt-les of the New Tear's Or.
egonian. donated for that purpone, to be
nt East by Commercial Club In to
night's mall. Pcge JO.
Labor unions have prepared Mil making
giving, and taking- of passes a crime.
Paiee 7.
Woman'i drees oatrhes Are from stove and
alie suffers probably fatal burns. Page 5.
Haines practlrally certain lo be made Pres
ident of Senate. Page S.
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ORDER
HAKiilMAN
TO BREAK MtnGEn
Probable Action of In
teKtate Bu'ari
SELL STOCK OF RIVAL LINES
Bitter Legal Fight in Courts
Would Result.
MAY PROPOSE NEW LAW
Limit on Powers of Railroad to Buy
One Another's Stock The Order
Would Mean Break-Vp of
tlie Bis Systems.
NEW YORK, Jf n, u. (Special.) - The
Wall Street Journal tomorrow will say:
Tt Is generally believed in well-informed
quarters that one of t he resuts of the
investigation of tne Union I'aclflc nncl
Southern Pacific by the Interstate Com
merce ConimlBnlon and their attorneys
will be an order from the commission to
tha Union Faoiflo to soli Its Southern Fa-
clfic stock. Tn fact, as a reult it is pos
sible that the Union Paclflc will be oi
dered by tho commission to sell it Atch
Uon. St. Paul, Chicago 4 N'orth west era
and perhaps even C?hieajro fc Alton Mocks,
In addition to Its Southern Pacific stock.
May rroposo ivciv Law,
"This would have no material
upon the Union
clflc policy. The Vnlort
Faclfl-c ownership or tnese etocKfl to chief
ly of an Investment nature, and will be &
small matter, as it could invest In other
securities paying an equally good return.
"Asida from these issues, tho chances
are that the Interstate Commerce Com
mission will recommend further Icr Illa
tion governing- railroad corporations, at
tempting probably to define the soowe of
their financial operations and the power
which may do vested in any one official.
"If the commls.s.un orders the , Union
Pacific to sell It Southern Pacific stock,
there is little doubt that the order will
be contestedto the lat ditch by the Har-
riman people. Just aa the) Northern Se
curities case was contested in the courts
for several years."
Would Dissolve Many Mergers.
An eminent railroad lawyer aaye ; "If
the Union Pacific Is ordered to sell it
Southern Pacific itoek. there i no rcn-
eon in the world why most of the big
railroads in the land should not be com
pelled, to take similar steps in connection
with stocks In subsidiary lines. The al
of this stock would, of course. In many
caeeii dissolve the entire system. Tt ap
pears to be a question ot only mailing
the investigation and then applying the
principle which the Supreme Court may
la.y down."
PAYS FREIGHTTO GET CAM
Uarrlman'fl Desperate Expedient. Co
I'elleve Coal famine.
CHICAGO. Jan. 11. The Record-Herald
today says: The management ot the Har-
riman lines is paying &tm "freight" on
cars in order to get them from the East
Into ther coal fields of Illinois, where they
can be loaded with coal for tha. West.
This extreme and unusual method was
adopted by the officials here after a wira
consultation with K. H. Harriman, who
(avfs his consent to the expenditure neces
sary to relieve the coal shortage in sev-
eral portions of the West, especially tn
Kansas and Nebraska. Added to the loss
In paying the freight on the cars, the Har-
rtman lines will lose at least $6W0 rev-
enUc-posslbly throe times that amount-
which they would have obtained had they
permitted their cars to be loaded in ths
Kast with, merchandise or coaJ Xor tho ter
ritory about Chicago.
As a res til t - of this
T. OOO tons o r coal soo
along the lines of th
As a res til t - of this sacrifice of revenue.
60.OOO tons of coal soon will be distributed
along the lines of the Jnion Pacific road
In Kansas and Nebraska. More than 2i0
carloads are on their way there now. and
the remainder. 1300 cars, will be forwarded,
at the rate of 15 or SO dally. The quca-
tion arose how to est the cars to tha
mines without having a road steal them,
for temporary use en route. The manage
ment anally decided to ship them aa
Ireigiu and prepay fS lor tlw floUvery ot
each car. .
SAYS. "MVErr RAILROADS ALONE
Ripley SuffReftts Remedy for Cal
Shortage No lcgirla tion .
TOPEKA. Kan.. Jan! U.-E. P. Ripley,
president of the Santa Fe Railway Com
pany. in a statement Issued today rKard-
lng the car shortage situation, said:
"The best remedy I can mwrt. Is t lei
the railroads alone. If they are not ham
pered by restrictive legislation. If they
can maintain their credit so as to obtain
the necessary funds, they vlll pooj gel
their heads above water and be abl to
t a Ice ca re of their business."
Mr. Ripley declared the railroads have
done their utmost to provide adequate
facilities and. If they have not succeeded.
it is not their fault. Every locomotlvs
and carshop. he said, has been worked tn
its full capacity for at least two years
paHt.
Argue Packers Rebaw Appeal.
ST. UDUIS, Jan. It-Argument In ths
case of tour packlni? companies, convict
ed of accepting rebates in the. United
States District Court of Kansas City, were
argued on appeal .yesterday before the
Vnlted States Court with Judges Sanborn.
Hook and Adams on the bench. Tha
action of the packing companies In carry
ing the case to the Circuit Court Is re-
gardad as a precedent, and the outcom.
Is awaited with Interest by legal, rail-
road and industrial authorities throughout
the country.