VOL. XLV1XO- 14,581.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
1907.
PRICE
CENTS.
TELLS
OP OREGON TRIP
Deeply Impressed by
Beaver State.
IS RETICENT AS TO NEW LINES
Asks Time to Digest the In
formation. TIGHT MONEY A HANDICAP
Will Build Two New Steamers for
Coast Service Has Faith in
Schwerin Leaves for the
South Tonight.
BY E. W. WRIGHT.
Edward H. Harrlman, small In stature,
delightfully unconventional, but easily
the most colloesal figure in the railroad
world today, arrived In Portland at 11
'clock last night.
If there la anyone within the borders
of the state, or for that matter within
the boundary lines of the United States
and Canada, who does not know where
Mr. Harrlman came from and how long
he was on the way they are careless
readers of the newspapers. For while
Mr. Harrlman admits that he purposely
lost hlmrelf "In the continuous woods
where rolls the Oregon." or at least In
that vicinity, the rest of the United States
from Wall street west, north and south,
has kept fairly close tabs on his move
ments. As was told In yesterday's Oregonlan,
Mr. Harriman's proposed trip over Mlnto
trail and the Corvallis & Eastern was
abandoned when the party reached Prlne
ville. The railroad king had found so
many attractive side-trips along the way
that he had shortened up his time until
It became necessary to move faster, and
accompanied by General Manager O'Brien
and Fred Stanley, of this city, he left
Prlneville at 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. A burstei tire on the automobile
delayed the party several hours, but they
reached Shanlko In time to get down to
Biggs and connect with delayed No. 1 and
Btiil reach Portland only H hours from
the Crook County metropolis.
Has Praise for Oregon.
Notwithstanding his hard trip and the
late hour of arrival Mr. Harrlman was
In excellent spirits and no more enthusi
astic praise for the scenic beauties of
ntral Oregon ever appeared In boom
literature than was uttered by he rail
road king.
"Oregon will some day be the pleasure
ground of America," said he. "The cli
mate is simply delightful, and with good
roads through the country there would
be plenty of tourists from all over the
United States."
The subject of roads quite naturally
brought up those In which the people of
Oregon are most interested and he was
asked regarding the prospect for rail
transportation out of the country.
"On that particular subject said he,
"I am somewhat overfed, and must have
a little time to digest what I have ab
sorbed. You know I have traveled a
good many miles and have seen much
which has a bearing on the construction
of a road into that part of the country.
There seems to be wonderful possibilities
for irrigation in some portions of the
state, and there are also numerous areas
which p omlse well without irrigation.
Some of the Drawbacks.
"One of the drawbacks from a railroad
standpoint, is that the traffic producing
areas are separated by considerable dis
tances from which no business can be
drawn. Another point which must be con
sidered is the most feasible route for
getting in and out of the country. The
grain traffic would, oi course, all be
handled in three or four months, but the
road would necessarily l.ave to be operat
ed throughout the : jar, and economies
In construction with a view, to economy
In operation naturally become necessary.
"The Indian reservation and the for
est reserve take up a large portion of
the best lands along the route we fol
lowed, and other large areas of land
are held by the owners of wagon-road
grants. ' These lands are much less at
tractive to settlers than they would be
If they were available without the re
strictions which are made, and I think
good results would follow if some of
these restrictions could be removed.
"There are a number of bodies of
good timber, but the area is small In
comparison with that of the forests
farther west and north, and as Is the
case with the agricultural lands, they
are not continuous, but it is a great
country, and is susceptible to develop
ment on an extensive scale. There are
a great many things to be considered
before we could definitely announce
any plans for building a railroad Into
that part of the country."
Decision Can't Be Hurried.
"Our surveyors are working on sev
eral different routes, and the results
of their surveys must be thoroughly
gone over and compared .before anj'
thing can be determined as to the
best route. When we build a new road
we always build the best that can be
constructed, and decisions on matters
of this kind cannot be hurried. Just at
the present time one of the greatest
drawbacks Is the scarcity of money,
Building railroads with .1 per cent
MAN
money is not a very attractive propo
sition, even where the country Is de
veloped and ready to supply traffic
from the start. However, as I stated
before, I am in no position to announce
any plans at this time."
Mr. Harrlman spoke most apologeti
cally of the steamship service between
Portland and San Francisco, but ex
plained that an unusual run of hard
luck had much to do with the existing
condition. He was unwlll'ng that Mr.
Schwerin should bear all of the blame
for the bad service. on the route. He
said that plans had been drawn and
arrangements nearly completed for the
building of two fine passenger steam
ers for the Portland and San Francisco
route, and said that they would have
been under construction long ago, had
It-not been for the fact that he had
fully expected to secure two fine
steamers already built, but which were
taken In by the Morse steamship com
bine on the Atlantic
Talks of Steamer Lines.
He spoke with pardonable pride of
his magnificent trans-Pacific liners
which ply out of San Francisco, and
Tire-President Charles Warren Fair
banks, In Attendance at the Fif
teenth Session of the Irrigation
Congress at Sacramento.
said that It would be Impossible to
keep them under the American flay,
without they were operated as part of
the transcontinental railroad. He inti
mated quite strongly that If he were
permitted to go Into .the foreign mar
kets and buy ships as cheaply as they
could be bought by "his competitors
on the high seas, the Stars and
Stripes and the Harrlman house flag
would fly over a much larger coast
wise and foreign fleet than is now In
evidence.
His attention was called to the protest
of Portland business Interests against the
Harrlman xtnslh Puget Sound,
while tVniral Oregon t&A neglected, and
n explanation said that tne line to Puget
Sound was being built Into a timber
country of great richness for the purpose
of bringing out lumber' which now found
Its way to market by way of Puget
Sound. In his opinion Portland would
not be losing anything by having this
traffic hauled through this city.
While he did not express himself
clearly on the matter, he Intimated
that had the Puget Sound ex
tension not been planned and r.tarted
before the present financial stringency
becamo apparent, it, as well as some
other much-needed extensions, might
have been obliged to wait.
Mr. Harrlman was not inclined to
discuss ' financial matters, but there
Is nothing In his bearing that Indicated
any uneasiness. He said that the coun
try wag passing through a period of
distrust, which retarded Investment,
but which would be remedied by time.
He spoke quite feelingly at times
regarding unfavorable comment which
had been made about matters which he
thought were entitled to praise Instead
of blame, but if any one thinks that
this Jovial, sunburned financial magi
cian who controls more miles of rail
road than any other individual on
earth, has been, cowed or tamed by the
continuous "hammering" he . has been
subjected to, a few minutes conversa
tion will change that view.
One Day in Portland.
Portland will be the Western ter
minus of Mr. Harriman's trip, and he
will leave for the South this evening.
He came In from Shanlko In Mr.
O'Brien's car,- and as soon as the train
pulled into the yards, stepped across a
track and entered his private car
Arden, which arrived from Albany
about 1 o'clock yesterday morning. At
Ashland he will be joined by his two
sons, who came West with the avowed
purpose of killing a bear. They left
Mr. Harrlman at Bend, and when last
heard from were at Lake Odell. If the
boys are one-half as enthusiastic over
the trip as their father is, they must
be glad they came.
Yesterday was moving day at the
Harrlman offices In this city and the
railroad king will today for the first
time inspect the new home of his Ore
gon forces. He expressed a wish to
stay longer In Portland, but Is anxious
to attend the irrigation congress at
Sacramento this week. . He will re
main there for a day or two and then
go direct to New York.
Notwithstanding Mr. Harriman's
reticence regarding his plans for Cen
tral Oregon, his general discussion of
the topic clearly Indicates an interest
in she matter that cannot fail to
eventually redound to Oregon's benefit.
HAS HIS EYE OS HARRIMAN
Roo9evelt Will Look Into Question of
Prosecution.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. (Special.)
President Roosevelt, upon his return to
Washington In October will, according to
present plana, confer 'with other high offi
cials and decide whether E. H. Harrlman
and the Union Pacific Railroad Company
Bhall be prosecuted for violating the Sher
man act by the purchase and control of
(Concluded on Pas 4.)
ARE GATHERING
AT
Irrigation Congress
Opens Today.
FAIRBANKS AN HONORED GUEST
When Vice-President Arrives,
200 Guns Boom Salute.
SIX GOVERNORS TO ATTEND
Chamberlain, of Oregon, President
of Assembly The Mormon Choir
From Ogden Tabernacle Will
Furnish Special Music.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. l.-Thls
city today extended a hearty welcome to
VIoe-Presldent of the United States
Charles W. Fairbanks; Governor Albert
T. Mead, of Washington; Governor J. C.
Cutler, of Utah, and hundreds of dele
gates to the fifteenth National Irrigation
Congress. Elaborate preparations -were
made to receive the distinguished visitors
and provide for their comfort during their
stay here.
Interest centered principally in the ar
rival of Vice-President Fairbanks, who
came from Stockton, reaching here at 7
o'clock this evening. He was accom
panied by Governor J. N. Gillett and a
committee that went to Stockton to meet
him. A salute of 19 guns was fired when
his train arrived.
Utah There 200 Strong.
Utah is represented by about 200 dele
gates. The Ogden Tabernacle choir,
which will be a big feature of the con
gress, arrived at 3 o'clock in the after
noon, and this evening rehearsed for the
"Irrigation Ode," which will mark the
opening of the congres tomorrow. Many
of the singers are delegates.
Governor Mead arrived early this morn
ing, accompanied by the , Washington
delegation from Olympla and other cities.
Early tomorrow marnlng Governor Cham
berlain, of Oregon, president of the Irri
gation Congress, will arrive, and later
Governor Klbbey, of Arizona, will be
here. Governor Sparks, of Nevada, sent
word that he will arrive from Palo Alto
within a day or so. Including Gillett,
there will be six state chief executives on
hand.
Plnchot Represents Roosevelt.
Tomorrow will be a gala occasion in
this city, as It will be marked by Labor
day celebration and opening of the Irri
gation Congress, the Interstate Exposi
tion of Irrigated Land and Forest Prod
ucts and the State Fair.
Gifford Plnchot, Government forester,
was among the arrivals today. He will
deliver the message of President Roose
velt to the congress.
FAIRBANKS' DAY IX STOCKTON
Vice-President Goes to Church and
Delivers Short Address.
STOCKTON, Cal., Sept. 1. VlCe
Presldent Fairbanks was the guest of
Stockton today. This morning he at
tended divine service at the Central
Methodist Church and this afternoon
was present at union services held In
the same church by all the local pro
testant churches. Mr. Fairbanks de
livered a short address. This evening
he and his party departed for Sacra
mento, escorted by a delegation of the
Republican League Club of that city.
SPANKS A DYNAMITE CAP
Boy Will Die and His Mother Loses
Part, of Hand.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis., Sept. 1. Mrs.
Fred Williams, living at Bear Point, on
Crooked Lake, near this city, was se
verely Injured and her 7-year-old son
was fatally hurt when a dynamite cap in
the boy's hip pdeket exploded while his
mother was spanking him. The boy had
been watching his father using dynamite
In blowing up stumps and had slipped one
of the caps in his pocket. Mrs. Williams
used a shingle. The first blow exploded
the cap and tore a large hole in the boy's
side. The mother Jost two fingers and
sustained other wounds.
CAUGHT ON BULL'S HORNS
Matador Mangled In Presence of
Thousands of Spectators.
EL PASO. Tex., Sept. 1. Morento
Chlco. matador, was caught on the horns
of a bull In the Juarez naza del Toros
this afternoon and was horribly mangled
In the presence of thousands of specta
tors. It is believed his Injuries will prove
fatal.
FIRST TEST IN NEBRASKA
Direct Primary Will Be Used Tues
day to Name State Ticket.
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 1. Nebraska, on
Tuesday, will have its urst trial of the
direct primary method of nominating
state and county officers. The law en
acted by the last Legislature does away
with all nominating conventions for city,
county and state, and the state-wide pri-
SACRAMENTO
E VENTS OF COMING WEEK
Events scheduled for the week In
clude action to dissolve the Standard
Oil Trust. Although the United
States Government suits to dissolve
the oil company were filed In St.
Louis, ths testimony in the case will
. be taken in th Federal Building; In
New " York. beginning Tuesday.
Ex-Judge Franklyn Ferris, of St.
Louis, will hear the evidence as spe
cial examiner. The Government will
- be ' represented by Frank B. Kellogg,
of Bt. Paul, and C. B. Morrison, of
Chicago.
Alton's Trial Set.
The grand jury's Indictment on
charges of rebating against the -Chicago
& Alton was placed by Judge
Landls. of Chicago, on the calendar
for September 3-
The Irrigation Congress.
The question of how far the Gov
ernment should go into Its Investiga
tion of public lands Is to be the sub
ject of lively debates at the conven
tion of the National Irrigation Con
gress, which ' is to be held at Sacra
mento September 5. The manage
ment has practically challenged the
supporters and opponents of the Ad
ministration's policies with reference
to public lands to defend their posi
tions in 'the congress. Gifford Pln
chot. Vnlted ' States Forester, Is ex
pected to be one of the foremost de
fenders of the Government's posltloj
mary is to have its initial test. Nebraska
this Fall elects an Associate Jvstlce of
the Supreme Court, a Railroad Commis
sioner and two Regents of the State Uni
versity. M SACKS PRINCE'S SHIP
MAD SCRAMBLE OF VISITORS TO
GET SOUVENIRS.
Engineer Believes Engines Are In
tact, but Relic-Hunters Get
Everything Lying Loose. .
NEW YORK, Sept. 1. Prince Wil
helm, of Sweden, put In his customary
busy day In New York, in spite of the
fact that It was Sunday. He attended
religious services on board the Swed
ish cruiser Fylgia, entertained a
small party of friends at luncheon on
board the ship, was almost mobbed by
the crowd when he came ashore;
motored through Central Park, and
this evening gave a small dinner at
the Hotel Astor. The Fylgia will sail
for Boston tomorrow afternoon, unless
the machinery is defective. ,
Today was reception day aboard the
cruiser, and, following the custom es
tablished when the puke-of Abruzzl.
Italian," visited New V)rk, it seemed as
if every visitor wanted to carry away
a souvenir. Glasses, dishes, sailors'
caps and officers' swords, scabbards,
in fact practically everything lying
loose was taken.
One enthusiastic hunter even carried
away the breechblock latch of the big
gun In the forward barbette. It is
estimated that 10,000 people visited the
cruiser yesterday and today, and
while the chief engineer believes his
engines are still Intact, the weight of
articles taken by relic hunters waa al
most great enough to make a change
In the registered displacement of the
ship.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
Dr. John Matthews.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. l.-Dr. John Mat
thews, the oldest minister in point of ser
vice m the Methodist Episcopal Church,
died today, aged 81.
Samuel Marshall.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Sept. l.-amuel
Marshall, the oldest banker in Milwaukee,
died today, aged 87 years.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TKSTERDAT'9 Maximum temperature, Tl
degrees; minimum, ho.
TODAY'S Probably showers; southwest
wind.
Foreign.
Csar Nicholas sneaks Into St. Petersburg.
Page 2.
Complications likely to arise between China
and Japan. Page 2.
National.
Roosevelt will aim next blow at Lumber
Trust.' Page 1.
President Roosevelt writing speeches for
delivery on trip through Middle West.
Page 1.
Republican leaders prefer not to tinker
with tariff till after 1908 election.
Page 1.
Transportation companies Interested in ruling
of Interstate Commerce Commission;
roads are ooen to rate attack. Page. 2.
romestlo. . .
Telegraphers make increased demands on
the companies. Page 2.
Begging letters make life miserable for Mrs.
Sage. Page 3.
Politics.
Anti-Administration forces counting on
Hughes as club for Roosevelt. Page S
Hearst continues to worry Democrats In
New York. Page 1.
Pacific Coast.
National Irrigation Congress convenes at
Sacramento today. Page 1.
Rumored that H. I.. McCormlck. Weyer
haeuser man, 1 -utCCVI
Page 4.
Rain In Palouse threws farmers Into gloom.
Page 4.
Sport.
Portland wins one game and ties for an
other. Page 5.
Gans Is favorite in coming fight with Brttt.
Page S.
Sports.
Frakes team beats Kelso Tigers 3-2 in 12-
inning game. Page 5.
Portland and Vicinity.
Harrlman arrives In Portland; tells of Ore
gon trip. Page 1.
Father Thompson preaches !n defense of
parochial schools. Page 13.
Printers' Union espouses cause of striking
telegraphers. Page S.
Rev J- Whltcomb Brougher delivers Labor
day sermon. Page 13.
Celebration of Labor day will outdo any
similar occasion ever held In Portland.
Page 14. '
Greek laborer stabs comrade in quarrel.
Page 14.
Federal officials fumigate vessels In local
harbor. Page 0.
BIG, STICK
AIMED
AT
LUMBER TRUST
Next Foe Roosevelt Will
Tackle.
GARFIELD TELLS OF PLANS
Suits Will Follow in Effort to
Break Monopoly.
HILL'S NAME' MENTIONED
Weyerhaeusers Also Slated for Inves
tigation of Manner In Which,
They Acquired Their Vast
Timber Holdings.
CLEVELAND, O., Sept 1. (Special.)
Secretary of the Interior Garfield, in
an Interview in his Mentor home on his
return from a conference with Presi
dent Roosevelt, outlined the adminis
tration's next great claBh with the
trusts.
"The lumber trust Is to be the next
foe with which the Roosevelt admin
istration will measure swords," said
Mr. Garfield, who talked freely of the
Intention to wage a campaign to pre
vent combinations in restraint of
trade In the lumber Industry, Intimating-
that prosecutions would follow In
the effort to preserve the forests and
tc abolish monopoly.
Burton to Take Hand.
Mr. Garfield said he would be ac
tively interested in the campaign, al
though the real battle would be waged
by the Bureau of Corporations of the
Department of Commerce and Labor
and by the Inland Waterways Com
mission, headed by Representative
Burton, of this city.
"Our Investigation," said Mr. Gar
field, "has brought to light the fact
that there is a lumber trust. Although
I cannot say when the first action will
be commenced, I presume it will take
the form ; of an inquiry before the
Interstate Commerce Commission. The
lumber business Is a National Institu
tion, and one interest now controls the
entire business."
"Who Is that?" was asked.
Who the Big Ones Are.
Mr. Garfield only smiled when
James J. Hill was mentioned, but he
remarked: "I will say that the Weyer
haeusers, who formerly openly con
trolled the market, are not out of It.
The Weyerhaeusers are a type among
the lumber holders and stm are per
haps the largest owners. '
"It is for the Government to correct
Illegal combinations of lumbermen
who have Joined together In any way
to restrain trade. The Government
will not be lenient where any crir
inality is apparent.
WILIi NOT MOLEST THE TARIFF
Party Leader Says Payne to Wait
Till After Presidential Election.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept L Representative Payne, of
New York, Republican floor leader In
the House of Representatives and chair
man of the committee on wavs and
means, when in Washington recently, de
clared that there wbuld be no tariff re
vision In the coming CongTess. The opin
ion oi Mr. i-ayne on tnis point Is worth
a great deal, for as chairman of the wavs
and means committee, Payne can do
more than any man in Congress, except
the Speaker, to prevent tariff revision.
However, Payne does not Intimate that
revision must wait because of his Der-
sonal objection, but rather because It has
been decided by the party leaders to
take no action until after the Preslden
tlal election.
Not only does Payne look for no tariff
legislation, but he believes there will be
very little tariff agitation at the coming
session. In my opinion," said he. "there
is a tacit agreement among the Republl
cans that It Is unwise to agitate revision
of the tariff on the eve of a Presidential
election. If there is to be any revision
of tariff, a point on which I do not care
to commit myself. It will be done after
the election; certainly not before It.
"The whole question will be Droadly de
termined by the Republican National
Convention," continued Mr. Payne. "I
have great confidence in the- Republican
Convention, and more in a Republican
Congress, and I, for one, am willing to
abide by the decision of the Republican
party upon any question relating to tariff
policies."'
The amusing part of Mr. Payne's state
ment is his refusal to commit himself
as to whether or not there is to be any
revision of the tariff. Everybody knows
that there will be no revision if Payne
can prevent It. He Is lined up with Hal
sell, the high priest of Dingleylsm. and
ever watchful friend of that "Infant in
dustry," the Steel Trust. Payne would
give his right hand to prevent a revision
of the tariff, but he is awakening to the
fact that sentiment In favor of reviwlon
is spreading to all parts of the country,
and he must see that If the Republicans,
after the next election, do not revise the
tariff, the time will come when the Re
publican party will be retired, and the
opposition party will be given control cf
the Government, if for no other purpose
than to see that the tariff Is readjusted.
Payne is not going to ueclare that there
will be revision, for he hopes there will
not: neither 'will he declare that there
will be no revision, for he fears that he
and his friends will not be able to stem
the tide If the new Preclnent calls an
extra session in March, 1909. Payne's
position is well known; his sympathies
are understood, and he will l.ght re
vision as long as he can be victorious.
When he sees his follow:rs deserting
him, Payne will turn Into an advocate of
revision, but will do his utmost to favor
those Interests that have been good to
him; he will make the readjustment as
slight as possible. That Is Payne's policy.
HAS WHOLE LOT MORE TO SAY
Roosevelt Puts In Evenings Writing
Half a Dozen Speeches.
OYSTER BAY. Sept. L To prepare a
half dozen addresses, each to be read
generally by a nation of about 80.000,000
people, to be delivered from September S
to October 3, is the task to which the
President is now devoting several hours
of his time at night from 8 o'clock until
bedtime. Beside the half dozen speeches,
he will be called on for as many more
extemporaneous talks.
The President Is to terminate his vaca
tion with a dash through the Middle
West and South. He will appear first at
Canton, O., September 30. At Keokuk. Ia.,
Mr. Roosevelt will speak again, and while
no Intimation has been made as to the
character of this address, it is thought It
will deal with problems of the day.
At this place the President will begin
his cruise of the Mississippi aboard a
steamer bearing the river's name. Steam-
toveraor George E. Chamberlain, of
Oregon, President of National Ir
gatlon Congress, Which Opens at
Sacramento Today,
boat travel gives no opportunity for plat
form talks and handshakes with eager
people, but It has been Indicated that
many persons will line river banks Just
for a glimpse of the President as he floats
by. The river trip will be punctuated with
functions at St. Louis, where another
speech will be delivered, and at Cairo and
at Memphis, where the cruise will end.
On the way by train back to Washing
ton there are indications that the Presi
dent will yield to importunities which are
coming to him for more talks and that
he will speak to the people of Nashville
end Chattanooga, or some other selected
point.
STILIj IX PRESIDENT'S FAVOR
Public Printer Stllllngs Is Doing
Splendid Work," Says Loeb.
OYSTER BAY, Sept. 1. Recent pub
lished rumors that Public Printer
Stllllngs has displeased the President
and was to be supplanted, wy the oc
casion today of the issuance of a state
ment complimentary to Mr. Stllllngs
by Secretary Loeb.
"The President has not the faintest
idea of displacing Mr. Stllllngs," runs
the statement. "It follows as a mat
ter of course, that In bringing order
out of the utter chaos that had ex
isted in the Government prlntery, a
certain amount of 111 feeling would be
aroused on the part of the disgruntled
employes. The President feels that
Mr. Stllllngs has discharged his duty
with courage, efficiency and honesty,
and that he has put the office now on
a thoroughly businesslike and econ
omical basis. Instead of being criti
cized, Mr. Stllllngs is entitled to great
credit for what he has accomplished,
and ho continues to have the Presi
dent's entire confidence."
FUNERAL SERVICE SIMPLE
No Address at the Obsequies of
Richard Mansfield.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 1. AH day
Sunday the body of Richard Mansfield lay
in a coffin In the room in which the actor
died. Tomorrow the funeral services will
'be held at 13 o'clock. The Rev. Alfred
Poole Grant, of St. James' Episcopal
Church, will conduct the services by re
quest. There will De no address, me
choir of St. James' Church will sing the
hvmn "Lead. Kindly Light." Following
a brief period, during which the features
of the dead actor will be revlewea. a
funeral procession will be formed for the
burial place in Gardner Cemetery, which
is across the street from the Mansfield
home. The honorary pall-bearers will be
Commander John Parker, U. S. N., Web
ster Jewett, Robert Appleton, B. D.
Stevens. Paul Wllstach, Colonel A. C.
Tyler. Roland P. Masby and William P.
Appleton.
PLAN TO RESEED RANGES
Government Will Make Experiments
In Cultivation of New Grasses.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. (Special.)
About one-third of the entire area of the
United States is grazing land, and the
Government is Impressed with the im
portance of making these vast ranges
productive of sufficient forage to meet
all demands of the great livestock in
dustry. There' are now over 400,000,000
acres useful for pasturing, but unless
some plan of reseeding is devised, cattle
raising will not long be profitable. The
Department of Agriculture has started a
series of experiments with cultivated
grasses, and will make studies of range
improvement and ascertain how cattle
and sheep can be handled so as to reduce
the waste due to herding and trampling.
Washouts Tie Up Traffic.
EL PASO. Tex.. Sept. 1. Traffic on
the Galveston. Harrisburg & San An
tonia Railway (Southern Pacific) is tied
up tonight by washouts on the El Paso
division. Two freight trains and a wreck
ing train are in the ditch. The derail
ment of the wrecking train caused the
Injury of four men, one being fatally
hurt.
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THE DEMOCRATS
Rule or Ruin Policy in
New York.
ANXIOUS TO SHOW POWER
Aims to Force Old Party Or
ganization Into His Camp.
WOULD HELP HIM-IN 1903
With Democracy of Empire State In
His Control He Can Causa Wil
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Awake o'nlghts,
NEW YORK, Sept. L (Special.) Ths .
Independence League will stand up to be
counted this year, purely for the effect
that It expects to make upon the Demo
cratic party.
This will furnish the only interest to
an off-year compalgn, which the big party
leaders had planned should not be a
campaign at all.
The only state officers to be elected are
two Judges of the Court of Appeals to
succeed Edward T. Bartlett, (Dem.) and
Wlllard Bartlett (Rep.). It had been,
agreed that the names of these two men
should be placed on both tickets, which
would give them a practical walkover.
Now the Independence League shies its
castor Into the ring, and there Is a pos
sibility that the present programme may
be materially changed.
Issue Convention Call.
The executive committee of the lig-ue
has formally called a state convention, to
meet in this city on September 28. This
convention will name two candidates for
Judicial honors. One will be from New
York City and the other from upstate.
Both will be new men.
The league has also called primaries ia
New York City and Buffalo on September
24, and In other sections on September 17.
It Is provided In the call that delegates
shall be elected "to assembly district con
ventions, and to such other local con
ventions as may be necessary to nomi
nate a full and complete Independence
League ticket, nominating candidates for
all offices to be filled at the ensuing local
election."
Up at the Gilsey House they will tell
you that there is absolutely no chance or
desire of any fusion.
"The time has come for a line-up of the
people as against . the corporations," is
the favorite expression of the sanguine
leaders.
Old-line politicians, however, are a unit
In saying that the Hearst men are simply
working to create an Impression upon
the next Democratic National Conven
tion. Scheme to Spilt Democrats.
The Leaguers have absolutely no chance
of electing a Judge, and they know it.
All they are playing for Is to poll a good,
round vote for their ticket. Then they
expect to' convince the Democratic .man
agers that they hold the balance of power.
Republicans are happy over the outlook.
They hope that Hearst will poll a good
vote for his Judiciary ticket. In fact, it
is a safe bet that in case a Union ticket
is put In the field several thousands of
Republicans will support the Hearst
ticket, simply to make him appear
stronger than he really is.
The danger that may arise from present
conditions is fully realized by the few
men who are now bossing the Democratic
party. State Chairman "Fingy" Conners
is particularly upset. He traveled to Chi
cago to see Hearst when the latter passed
through the city recently, and urged him
to stay within the regular ranks.
"The League can't help anybody by
going alone," was the burden of Conners
argument. "We've been good to you.
Keep with us and your time will come.
As for the League, forget it."
But to the deep and profound grief of
the Honorable Mr. Conners, William
Randolph Hearst declined to "forget it."
Will Hurt Tammunv.
Charles F. Murphy and Patrick H. lie.
Carren, Democratic leaders respectli-ely
of New York and Kings County, are also
Interested In the Intention of the Inde
pendence League to "go it alone." They
expect it will cost them a number of
Assemblymen, and, what is far more im
portant, the control of the Board of Al
dermen. Over in Brooklyn. McCarren and Tim
othy L. Woodruff, the Republican leaders,
had planned a union county ticket. So
much Indignation was aroused, however,
that the scheme was abandoned, and
they have decided to fight out the cam
paign on straight party lines.
Among other officers to be chosen in
Brooklyn this Fall are successors to
Sheriff Flaherty, County Clerk Hartz
heim and Register Boulton. all of whom '
were elected as Independence League men
when Hearst ran for Mayor.
It is an interesting fact that these three
men have gone their separate ways, po
litically. Hartzheim nas returned to the
Republican fold. Flaherty Is a Democrat
in good standing, while Boulton Is singing
lonesomely for the Independence League.
Boulton is the only one who will be re
nominated by his old supporters, and he
Is not excited over tne prospect of his
re-election.
The campaign promises to develop a
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