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VOL. XLVI. NO. 14,391. POICTLA TN I. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 83, 1907. PRICE rrvE CENTS. TILLMAN " VENTS II 1 05 Unbridled Tongue Staggers Senate. APOLOGIZES FOR HIS ABUSE Executive Session Calms Wrath of Men Assailed. COMPROMISE IS REACHED Pouth Oaroltnlati Attacks All His Opponents Spooner Replies Oool !', Carmack Savagely and Tcace Returns, WASHINGTON. Jan. 2L-A spectacu- lar speech by Senator Tillman was the chief feature of an exciting: day In the Senate. The South Carolina Senator's effort was a reply to the recent criti cism of himself by Spooner. He began with a satirical picture of the Senate as a minstrel show, whlclvTillman later said was his first and last attempt to be "funny," an attempt which at its conclusion brought a tinging: denun ciation from Carmaclc in resentment of allusions to him. This was preceded by a serious reply from Spooner' on the attitude taken by Tillman on the race problem, all finally resulting in a session of nearly two hours behind closed doors. The secret session was followed by a brief open one, in which Tillman made a profuse apology to Carmack, to all Senators whom he had brought into his "flrt essay tn the line of humor." and finally to the entire Senate. "I very much regret that I ever under- took to be funny, and I will never do so any more." Tillman then withdrew all he had said In his "funny essay," and said it would not appear In the record. This apology wm at once accepted by Carruack, who regretted he bad questioned the motives of his friend, and he, too. withdrew words he had uttered in protest. - - Compromise Agreed Upon. The Brownsville affair was the tub J"-ct of controversy, and the day began with the announcement of m. com pro mlse resolution, which brought Repub lican and Democratic Senators together on the basis of ordering an investiga tion of the facts of the affray without bringing into question the authority of the President to dismiss the negro troops. The resolution was submitted to and approved by the President at a conference yesterday, After the speeches and mutual apolo gies had been' made, Poraker attempted to get a vote on his resolution. Ob- Jcctlon was made and tne matter will be taken up tomorrow. TM trhfork lien's Simile. Tillman took the floor at the conclu sion of the morning business. He said th preis liacl denominated HI in "the burnt-cork artist or the Senate," and added that if he were entitled to this appellation, or that of "Pitchfork Sen," at one end of the minstrel line, certalniy "Fire Alarm Joe" (Foraker) ought not to be ignored at the other, Culberson was designated as perform ing a solo on the "bones' In praise of the President; Daniel was called "the brilliant and courtly Senator from Ylr Kinia," whose specialty la oratory and who work s his rhetoric overtime. "Next," said Tillman, "we nave the dying Swan, Smiling Tom . of Colo- rado, the state recently bousrht at auc tion by one Ousarnbetm, and the swan song is a dirge for the dying pemoc- racy of the North, stabbed in Its vitals toy Ben's pftchforlc. His act la '-very pathetic and always brlnsrs tears t-Q the eyes ot the audience. Knight With Broken Ijince. Wext we nave the redoubtable Ten neaseean, : who was once a knight, a very Hotspur 4n the lists, whose spear has run through and clear upon the visor of the usurper at the White House, and who has made the sparks fly In many an on9t. but his spear- head la broken off. he has been un horsed, but before retiring; he seizes a garland of flowers, and, placing it on his headless weapon (now, alas, no longer of any use he lays It at the feet of the victorious Roosevelt as a peace ottering-, and Joins the minstrels to sins: a last song to the victor of Brownsville, who whistles to the Dem ocrats to come to the White House and lick the hand which has so often smote them. His specialty is a sons. 'Renominate Our Idea, or Give Us Baclc Our Platform.' "Next, as the negro preacher and the telephone artist in the show, who on some occasions gets into communication with the White House over the wire and acts as a receiver and repeater, a verl- table chameleon In his accuracy In re- producing" White Mouse colors, we have the Senator from Massachu setts, the home of the sacred cod, where the Adamses' vote for Douglas, and Lodge walks with the Almig-hty. "As the middle man we have the pom padour artist from Georgia, whose spe- clalty Is never to answer any quc'stlons, and who depends on his voice to carry conviction to his audience. Thoa comes the star of Che tro-ape, Oumsho Rill from old Missouri. He can dance the Xisrbland Fllns: on the top of a 10-rall fence and never touch the ground, hut his greatest feat Is walking on eggfi without breaking- the sheila "Last, we have - the artist from the top of the Badger State, an acrobat and jug gler of international, reputation. He is supple, sly and foxy, and having- once been a lawyer. Is noted for his ability to get on either side of any question and maintain the negative or affirmative in any argument with great: force. Spooner s ACaXiclous Enmity. At this point Tillman turned his at- tentlon to Spooner's recent attack: upon him. He had not Intended to speak: again on Brownsville, but the "unprece dentel actions and utterances" of the Wisconsin Senator had made it neces sary. He said: It seems that after 10 years of service to gether we have hoth misunderstood dne another. We have had many clashes In drbate. Sometlma these were sharp, cbus lng znonentary anger, first on one aide. then on the other, But with, roe that feel- LvESaL Senator Ben R. Tillman, of South Carolina Who Compares the beo- atc to a Minstrel Show. lny has always passed away at once, leav ing no trace of bitterness, and I had supposed- It was the same with the Senator from Wisconsin until last week. I have been reluctantly forced to- feel that I have, without knowing how or when,- earned the malicious enmity or that Senator, and while I still bear him no malice, self-respect com pels me to comment upon his latest utter ances. During- my 12 years of service here I have borne malice towards no man, and I am sorry to find that, without provocation that I am aware of, I nave excited it in a man whom until now I thought to be my friend. It la hut my nature to be blunt and out spoken, and I have never taught my tongue the art of double-dealing, and, if there ia any vice in men I abhor more than another, it Is hypocrisy, and I am too old to prac tice It now. Calls Spooner VJriah Heep. Tillman declared that in Spooner's re- cent speech, "his manner was as insult ing as It Is possible for a Senator to as sume." and "that the attack was unpar- allciefl, Intentional and in cold Wood, It was acting- worthy of Uriah Heep." Tillman asked: "Since when did Senator Spooner become the censor of Senators?" Spooner took copious notes as Tillman proceeded. EfccplaJnlny the conditions in hls state during- tho "carpet-bag government" in Justifying riot ana ballot-stuffing, Tillman said: "We have not shot any negroes In South Carolina on account of politics since '76 we haven't found it necessary." He said he would not call the negro a baboon, adding: "I believe they are men, yet they are so akin to monfceys that scientists are look In? for the missing- link yet." Ho pro- ceeded: Upholds Lynch Iaw. Hav6 l ever advocated lynch law at any time or place? I answer on my honor, "never." I have justified It for one crime, and one only, and I -nav consistently main tamed that attitude for the last 14 years. A Governor or Souta Carolina, I pro claimed that I would lead a mob to lynch any man, blaclc or white, who bad ravished any woman, blacic or white. Thla 1. my attitude, c&lroly and deliberately taken, and justified, by my conscience jn tJl9 . God. , ... Tillman declared that, though he had Justified lyn-.htnK for rape, he had dep recated and denoyiced burning at tie slake for this crime. 1111ina.il eaid the . South lied nothing -to 'ear from en lnvesugauon of the whole race question la the South. He contin ued: i Tf the Filipino wu unfit .fox- suffrage, how could the nesro he lit rot- it? The South la ottering anywhere from four to 100 maldena and matrons to. this modern heast annually. Tho North today has a. billion dollars ot capital Invested in the South, ana flt-lnterest makes It the duty of the North to move, to do something- to relieve the situation." Tillman reviewed Che progress of Spoon. er-s speech, quoting the colloquy when h had tried to interrupt him. He said: When I uked tho question: "Why did not toe President approve ALaJor Penrose's Bastions and employ a detective?" Mr Spooner adroitly dodged It by following the old rule of strengthening your case by abua- lns: the attorney on the other side. Three Champions Dodge Issue. I call attention, by the way, to the fact that each of the three champions on that aide who have been most vociferous in ap plauding the President's course and defending- his conduct dodged this same Question My bluff and earnest friend from Georgia, Senator Cl&y, dodged It The Impetuous and brilliant friend from Tennessee dodged it- the ly and slippery Senator from Wisconsin dodged it. If there had been a single sensi ble effort made to detect the , murderers In this case. I fall to find a record of It. Re liance upon the inquiry set on foot among- the soldiers by Major Blockson and Oeneral trariington as the sole means of detection Is. to my mind, nothing- lens than idiotic The whole procedure has the appearance of a Well-laid plan to shield and protect the real criminals in the most effective manner possi ble and to hurry the expulsion of innocent and guilty men alike from the army so as to put it out of the power ot. anybody at any Urns to ever prove no the guilty men were ana met out adequate punishment to them. fdrolt for the Senator to shift the minds of his auditors and the readers of the record from Uie President's eurageous dis crimination airalnst the black soldiers and fa- vorlng the white ones to my own utterances and attitude toward the negro rapists. The rST?n"f" "d ""onesty or the argument and the Indecency of the attack was empha sised when the Senator from Wisconsin pro ceeded to quote trom a former speech ot mine In whloh I said: "We shot them, we killed them, and we will do It again." is-ow. hat about thom word rf mine. "We ..Conclude! oq Pa. s. T 'HELP Cabinet Disavows Swettenham's Acts, HALDANE SENDS CABLEGRAM Roosevelt Replies Offering More Aid, If Necessary. BRITAIN WILL INVESTIGATE Official -Inquiry Into Churlish Con duct of Governor Red Cross Ma-y Divert Itelief Supplies tx Cbinede Famine Victims, "WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, Dispatches exchanged today between the British Secretary of State for War and the State Department, made public here tonight, wholly Ignoring the letters which passed between Admiral Davis and Governor Swettenham at XCln&Tston, have had the effect of relieving- the tensity of feeling which had existed since It became known that Admiral Xavta returned yesterday to Guanta namo from Kingston with his ships, which had gone to aid the stricken people of Jamaica. The naessasre from London "is inter preted here as meaning- that the Brit- ish government and people disavow tho action of the Governor of Jamaica In requesting: Admiral Davis to re embark nla men. The text of the dls- pat-hes referred to follows: Gratitude of British Cabinet. Ellhu toot. Secretary of State, WanhlnK- ton; Have read In newspapers this morn- ing what turporta to be a letter from Gov ernor of Jamaica. Can only say that on materials before ra Z entertain, as respon sible for troops In island, reel In re of deep gratitude to American Admiral for generous assistance tendered at moat critical time, (Signed.) HALDANE, Secretary State for War. London. To ttle the following reply was sent: Haldane. Secretary ot State for "War, Ixn- don: The President' greatly appreciates your cordial telegram and la glad that the prox imity of tbls country ham made -ft possible to be of the sllsrhtest assistance to the stricken people of Jamaica In this crisis. If, because or this proximity and pending the arrival of your own warships and trans ports, -we can render any further aid what ever, the President earnestly hopes you will call on him without hlstation. We know fcow cheerfully you would render such aid to us, were the circumstances reversed. Slsmed. BACON. Actlnr Secretary or St,te. Awaits Davis' Report, Meantime Admiral ravis. who has arrived at- Ouan-taoamo from KlrtKstou with the battleships Missouri and. In- diaria and the cruiser Yankton, is pre- paring a report which will be forward ed to Washington by mail. The sub ject -was regarded as one of such deli T hanks m run THE FOQLKILLER "I GUESS I'D BETTER 0ET BUSY" :: ' a........... . s . . Aa.s, a. . s...aA.,. . . . sjs, cacy that it was deemed advisable to send it In this manner, rather than by wireless telegraphy. But it has al- ready been anticipated here by the publication today of the correspondence between Admiral Davis and Governor Swettenham. While the general sentiment here was one of extreme resentment at the treatment of Admiral Davl a. there -was no official who would venture to ex- press himself In criticism for publica tion. Acting Secretary of State 15 aeon was. an "early caller at the White House. where he was In conference with the President, and later it developed that the President took; the position that there was nothing" in the episode which would warrant the slightest represen tations by this Government on ' the subject and no representations will be made. ' At the State Department tonight it was stated that, so far as this Govern ment Is concerned, the matter will he allowed to drop. Officiate of the Red Cross Society In 1 ' - .3 V ' t ii Senator K. W. Carmack, of Tennes see, Whom Senator Tillman Calls Knight With Broken Spear. this city do not believe the Jamaican authorities -will refuse to accept the supplies which have been sent by the society for the relief ot the sufferers. At least, no such Intimation has thus far been griven. the society. In case the Red Cross supplies are declined, however, it is more than probable that they will be diverted to the famine- stricken people of China. Miss Mabel Boardman, of the Red Cross executive committee, says' no further steps will be taken at present In the Jamaican relief matter. Make Snre IeUjcr Is Authentic. Mr. Esme-Howard, Charge d'Affalres at the British Embassy, tonight called on Xdr. Bacon and presented a letter from Earl Grey. Secretary- of State for Great Britain, regarding the Davis- Swettenham Incident In his message Karl Grey says that he Is causing- an official Inquiry to be made to deter mine the authenticity of the letter pur- porting to have been written by Gov ernor Swettenham to Rear-Admiral Davis. WANT GOVERNOR RECALLED People or Kingston Indignant at Swcttenham'B Conduct, KINGSTON. Jan. 21. The indignation of the residents of Jamaica, both onricia.1 (Concluded on Pass 4.) f n i m-rife iri r iniiiiii i i" TKilGSIN HEARST'S CIRCUS ayoralty Contest Gives-Diversion; THREE COURTS KEPT BUSY McClellan Relies on Constitu tion and Lawyers. PEOPLE WILL PAY PIPER Flgtit for Spoils In New York May Cost Them $400,000, Rivals lor Mayor Will Expend only Brain-Sweat. NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (Special.) Mayor McClellan and his friends are boasting that, no matter what William Randolph Hearst may do, tho "Little Mayor" will retain his seat In the City Hall until the expiration of his term on December 31, 1909. Already a per. pect flood of court orders has been issued, and the real Issue completely involved, while the Mayor's legal tal ent Is preparing to excel Itself In case a recount hill Is passed, "which seems more than likely. McClellan Is not one hit afraid of QUO warranto proceedings. I io clearly realizes how they can be dragged out to the limit, but a recount would be an entirely different matter. The flgrht for a recount, like a certain famous - circus, now boasts of three rings and a stage, with something go- ing on simultaneously everywhere and no end to me performance in alght. Here Is the way the performance la proceeding up to date; Shows in Three Rinsra. Ring No. 1 (Quo Warranto Special. ty) Attorney-General Jackson asks Hearst to apply for a writ Hearst complies. McClellan secures a writ of prohibition. Jackson abandons orig inal proceeding's and begins a case on his own hook. McClellan demands that Jackson be punished for contempt. Performance still running: alons. - Ft Ins No, 2 The laughable sketch, "Two Kinds of Seals, or Who Has the Ballot Soxes?" In the opening scene they are in possession of McClellan'si Board of Elections, and he vociferously calls on the courts to permit the votes to be destroyed. Justice Hendricks Is sues an, order tornlnc tho boxes over to Attorney-General - Jackson. who promptly ornaments them with his seal. Board of Elections hides some of -the boxes. Jackson has members cited for contempt. Justice Hendricks' order to that effect Is stayed by an 'order of Justice Amend, who" refers the matter to Justice Leventxltt. He takes it under advisement. Justice Gaynor Issues another order,' prevent- nST Jac)cson from, removing; th Brook lyn ballot boxes. Performance grows more Interesting dally. The ballot boxes, ornamented with two kinds of seals, and protected by three sets of watchers (Board of Elections, Hearst and Jackson), occupy the center of the stage. " Xof-y TumbUng mX Albany. Ring No. 3-Grand and lofty turn- bllnfir, participated in by members of the Albany Legislature. Hurhes asks the Xeglslature to support the recount bill. Murphy orders the Tammany men to do likewise. McCarren, who is chairman of the Democratic caucus committee in the Senate, lines up his men for McClellan. Many of the mem bers who work with Odell threaten to do likewise. Stage Vocal selections and sidewalk conversations. Hearst proclaims that McClellan Is a crook and Jackson an Senator J. 0. Spooner, of Wlw-onsln, Called by Tillman, "subtle. Sly and honest man. McClellan declares Jack son stands for "riot and rottenness." and sbould be Impeached, while Hearst Is "a firebrand." Jackson calls Mc- Clellan -a scoundrel, and In his m oh -sagre abstains from callns him Mayor, Invariably addressing his letters to "George B. McClellan, Mayor's Office." This is a synopsis of the show up to date, but new features will prob ably be added at almost any moment. McClellan Trusts in Constitution. McClellan and his advisers are thor oughly convinced that the recount bill is bound to pass, probably within a month or. six weeks. And its soon as it does they Intend to hit up ajx xtr4Vfce - The main feature of their argument will be that a measure such as is proposed is an ex post facto law, Inasmuch as It pro- vldee for a new method of counting the votes of an election that Is already 'oast and gone. To uphold their position they quote from the United States Constitu- tlon, article 1,. section 9 and subdivision 3. which says: "No bill of attainder or ex post facto C Concluded on Page 3. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER TESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 60 degrees: minimum, 40. TODAY'! Pair; easterly winds. .British government disavows Swettenham action. Page 1. " Jamaicans denounce Swettenham and de mand his recall. Pags 1. Xavls' action In North Sea arbitration earned hUn British gratitude. Page 4. London papers condemn Swettenham almost , unanimously. Page 4. 4 Nsvtlonsa. Tillman makes extraordinary speech In- Sen- ate on Brownsville riot. Spooner and Carmack reply and Tillman .apologizes after secret session. Page 1. ComnromlM - reached. on BrownavlUft In quiry, rage i. House passes bill forbidding ' corporation campaign donations. Page 2. Senate subcommittee reports agaltut Bria--tol'a contlrmatlon. Page 4, rolitica. Humorous features of Hearst-McClellan contest. Page 1. Texas to vote on Senator today. - Pac 3. Iomestlc. tfaskln writes on the telephone. Page 1. Death o Jostah Flint Wlllard, tramp au- tlior, Page 2. Flood receding . at Cincinnati. . rising - at IjoutsvlUe. , Page s. PsclflO COMt. - Harrlman's merger tn Oregon -enuti out competition. Paee 7. Seattle's request tor SeoO.OOO for exposition recelvea coot . reception at Olympta, Page 5. "Wcnatchee farmer has uolutlon for servant girl problem. Page 7. Sport. Lucaw confldent he can gain Seattle without JU fight. Page 7. Oregon Ilature. Jonathan Bourn and F. W. Mulkey will be elected to United. States Senate to day. Page S. Haines and aey announce standing com mittees; reward their mends. Page 6. House passes fertilizer bill over Governor's veto. , Page O- Bins-ham of Lan proposes constitutional amendment reorganizing Judicial system. Page 6. Fight on normal schools waxes warm. Page e. Portland and VielzUty. .AvCtlng Chief of Police Grl tzmacher an- nounces that he will retire from the de partment not later than July 1, next Page XO. Uultnomah Bar Association prepares hills for consideration of legislature. Page 5. Indications strong' that W. B. Glafke will be Commercial Club's next president. Page 14. "William Edgar Oell declares tales of Congo horrors are true and disagrees strongly with Professor Starr. Page 11. City employes In several departments get raise in wages in new appropriation. Page IO. Prorninent local railroad men su opened for interstate Commerce hearlny beginning Thursday. Page 11. 7 William J. Bryan's arrival delayed until this morning at T o'cloclc Psge IO. Second Oregon Regiment members join movement for back travel pay. Pag 11. Coinmevclal and Marine. k Eaitarn orders for hops cease. Page IS. - Chicago wheat market strong and higher. Page 1& Conditions Confused In NW York stock market. Page 15. iiiyWI,iia.i) J.amiWliSIIW V ' Steamer Columbia ica Aragonla is prison e fago. ! TELEPHONE liftS IDE REVOLUTION Enters I nto Every Phase of Modern Life, D1STANCE-AT GREAT DISCOUNT Jokes Told Across Continent Over the Wire. AMERICAN IN ESSENCE Vast Sums Invested and Great For tunes Made-Automatic Driving Out "Hell Girl" Pliono- grapbOIay Be Attached. BY FREDERIC J, HASKIN. Washington. Jan. 1 6. (special Correspondence.) When America's clock stops, America g-oes to tho tele- phone and asks "Central" what time It Is. When America is 111, America sroes to the telephone and asks the doctor what to do about It. When America has unexpected company to dinner, America g-oes to the telephone and Implores the grocer to come to the rescue. And when America Is lone ly, America goes to the telephone and visits the neighbors. Some enterpris ing: statistician has made the calcula tlon that there are enough telephone wires in the United States to loop the earth and the moon In a skein of SO strands, and. make a net big; enough to eaten, a comet In. When the telephone was first In vented, it was considered that city people would be the first to benefit by Its facilities, but country dwellers do things with It that city residents know not of. In New York It costs a dime to talk, over the wire, and requires several minutes to get a connection. There, as In other large cities, t!)e 'phone is used mainly for business pur poses or to make engagements. In the country- It costs as little as a dollar a month to have a telephone with un limited service, and so It has come to pass that the - -party line" Is Indeed an Institution. When Caleb rlnsrs up Mehltabel In the northern part ot the county to taik over the quilting bee of next week, they are Doth uncom mon wary as to the nature of their remarks, In the lull knowledge that the entire Jenkins family of fire is listening; to every word they are say in sr. Great Is the Hello Girl. Aside from Its practical use, the most notable production of the tele phone era In America is the "hella girl," at the central office!. She has been the theme of sons: and story and the butt of comic papers. She ft-ets Christmas remembrances from grate- ful subscribers one day in the year and "cuaalngs" the other 364. In ths city sne Is a machine. Under the all- seeing- eye of the chief operator, she pulls plugs, makes connections, snap "busy now," or Queries "waiting- ? Just as a machine might do. But is the country she chews gum and trim her bangs and looks out of the window all she wants to. She is a bureau of Information and. a repository of family secrets. She Is "next" to all the neigh b or hood gossip, and has everybody In the community at her mercy. It is astonishing: how the telephone. really annihilates distance. Out In Kansas & couple of ingenious farmer have been doing: some tinkering:, and now they are able to talk to each. Other over the top strand of a barb wire fence that connects their two farms. A. lawyer in an Illinois town called up the house of client ten miles In the country and asked, "Js Mr. Jones In? He was told that the man be wanted was on the way to town. Just then a voice broke In on the wire and said: . "Mr. Jones Juat went by our house and. he will soon pass 3rs. Blank's, down the road. Shall I have her call him for your And in ft few minutes Jones, only three miles away, was "helloing:' from Mrs. Biank'n. Pleads Guilty by Hionc. ' While waiting- at the exchange for a call 'In Louisville one day, I told the Ions: distance operator a new joke which I had heard at the theater the night before.- "That's pretty good, I must tell Will." she said. Will was In New Or loans at the Cresent City toll-board. X busy famer in Indiana was accused of a small misdemeanor. The nearest Justice of Peace called htm over the telephone. "Guilty or not guilty?" was asked. "X guess I'm guilty," was the response. "All right then, I fine you five dollars. Hrlng It In next time you come to town." Thus the majesty of the law took its way over the talking wire. The telephone Is no respecter of pea, sons. We say "hello" to chums or strangers or servants or dlgnltariea of the highest rank. And the tinkling of the little bell is an Insistent summons that none can deny. We call the busy man or lordly official over the tele phone and get him without a minute's delay, , when that same busy man or lordly official might refuse to be talked with at all if the call were made in person. Ourloslty plays a larse part in the game. When the bell rings it la human nature to want to know what It Is about. Probably the only Individuals who may be said to be exempt from such