THE MORNIXG OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907. 3 TELLS T Fighting Evil More Destructive to Democracy Than Despotism. LEADERS NEVER FLINCHED San Francisco District Attorney Ad dresses New York Audience on Work Done by Himself and His Comrades for Honesty. NEW YORK, Doc. 11. William H. L-angdon, District Attorney of San Fran cisco, who. with Francis J. Heney, has directed the prosecution of municipal corruption In that city, addressed the t.lvlc Forum at Carnegie Hail tonight upon the "Struggle Between Graft and Democracy." After a brief review of the civic his tory of San Francisco, showing the con ditions which led to corruption, Mr. 1-fingdon described the incidents of the rule of the city by grafters and said: "What dops It mean? The graft which thus delivers government to its foes la treason to democracy. When men In of fice take a bribe and give away what does not belong to them It is more than the double crime of extorting and stealing It is treason! It Is a crime against govern ment Itself. It means the despotic usurpa tion of government by the forces of crime. Such deeds make a despotism of govern ment, as arbitrary as any we have known. Worse Than Despotism. The police and the supervisors no longer represent the people, they perform the bid ding of a selfish, vicious and dishonest minority, using thlr own power, regard less of constitutional obligations and re strictions. The government no longer fol lows the letter and spirit of the law as laid down by the majority vote in the charters, statutes and constitutions. It ab rogates the law which the criminal minor ity could not defeat in a fair vote. "The divine right of kings," or "the might which makes right," never yet raised a despot Ism like that of graft. There have been many virtuous kings, and many honest feudal lords, but there never can be one despotism of graft In government which could found Its rule upon a semblance of the moral law. Asking again, "What does graft mean?" he described how Ruef secured control of ail three parties and then gave Gov ernor Gillette and Boss Herrin a rap by saying: Hits Gillette Hard. What does It mean when the people elect as Governor of the State of California a man nominated by the railroad machine in a most shamefully controlled Republican convention, ai'ior the chief counsel for the Hnrriman railroads In California has paid fM.0(K to Boss Kuef to deliver his dele gates for' the nomination of Governor Gll ht ter ? It means the paralysis of the democratic will to resist Intrusion upon free government and the "lnaleniable rights of men." Then do men begin to express thMr political cynicism In such phrases as "No decent man can participate in pol-i:k-s." "There is one law for the rich and p.notlier for the poor," "Reform Is futile, it will lie as bad as ever In another term" Th'-n honest citizens will begin to say. "What's the use of resisting further ?" and they wlil fly from the political battlefields, milking a scattered retreat before the weli organlzed forces rf the political machine. "What's the use?" that is the deadly tkcptieal phrase that graft puts upon the lips of men. That is the disheartening sen timent w hlch Is killing our reverence for democratic government, a reverence which has been at tho bottom of every great achievement In our National life. Then he reviewed and mercilessly dis ported the various arguments used to head off the graft prosecution that cap ital could not do business with a munici pality without bribery; that the scandal of the prosecution hurt the business of the city; that a official who prose cuted another official of the same party was betraying his party; the appeal to personal friendship, referring to which he said: Khali It be said that these men of the better chances to be decent, may not only violate government, but corrupt tho agen cies of government, and still suffer less than the ordinary malefactor ? We must worship the present justice above our past personal epteems, put right above our sym pathies. When we have bravely done, it may then be said that democracy Is In deed "no respecter of persons." Men Who Never Flinched. Then he told of the need of leadership in the fight against graft, saying: The need Is always for a man who will pre ml up In the popular assemblies and point out the wrong. And having once stood, be strong enough to stand until the wrong. Is righted. Malice, and vice will abuse Mm; social ostracism and personal .solution will make him suffer; business ruin and even the loss of personal life will b threatened. But he must stand! It was by the leadership of such men stand In; in the face of all that San Francisco was redeemed. It will be by the force of others like them that every city, sooner or later, will become clean. When the rich and dishonest Patrick Calhoun. grandson of a distinguished American statesman, came to San Fran cisco w in ting a franchise, he found weak mn In office and with his fellows corrupt ed a whole government. When the rich and honest Rudolph Kpreckels sought a fran chise htt found- the same weak men, but he did Tot corrupt them. He gave over the chance of pi of it, drew upon his own bank account for $100,000 and said: "I will give this to make my native city clean." S said to him: "Will you stand firm, wher Ter it leads? and he replied: "Even If 1t enters my own family." And he has never f Hn 'hed. They heaped abuse upon htm; they questioned his motives; they snubbed him at the clubs; they tried to ostracize him from his own social st; they caused the withdrawal of deposits from the bank of which he was president. But he never flinched. When h tnest men were trying to get off juries and crocks were trying to steal on, there were H grand Jurymen, all men of bnslnesi, who gave without compensation for five hours a day through seven long months, their undllded service to tha Investigation of the city. Through vicious boycott and sacrificial neglect their ' busi ness affairs cost many of them heavy loss. Hut they never flinched. Wept, hut Indicted His Friend. ' One man on the frand Jury, tho splendid Sanborn, was the clos business associate and intimate friend of Tlrey Ford, the coun sel for the I'nlted Hallways. Sworn under oath of (.lod to do his duty by the state, be hard the damning testimony against his closest friend. Weeping, and with an guish in his heart, but unhesitatingly he votd to bring In. the indictment. The fine associations of a lifetime hnd to be sacri iicd. But he npver flinched. When the talented men of the bar from California and other states were scrambling fnr the large fes of the prnft defense, th most talented at iorney and trial lawyer at the, Ca'ifornta bar, Hiram Johnson, de clined to tnur as an attorney for the de fense, scornlrg to use his talents for such a cause, and Immediately offered his serv ices to the state. ' 1. cost him a great fee, It cost him many cases at the bar. But he never flinched. Help From Newspapers. lie declared it the glory of our form of government that there are such citi zens and said, when the public officer turns traitor, it is the duty of the private citizen to come to the defense of gov ernment. The strong and devoted would make their own public opinion. Then he gave the newspapers their share of the credit, saying: The public press, next to the actual con ingdon OF WAR duct of the prosecution itself. Is the best asset In the establishment of a supporting public opinion. Against the penny-a-llner In the weekly press and the petty corre spondents of the outside press, too fre quently purchased outright by the graft ers, the dally press of San Francisco, giv ing Information to the people twice a day, supported the graft prosecution loyally and made It possible for the people and the leaders to worlc together. In the moral upbuilding of a nation, a decent press sys tem Is as essential In carrying truth and Ideas from the sources of supply to tho remotest centers of distribution as is a system of railroads In the industrial de velopment of a country. He next told of the necessity of ex pert service in the prosecution to combat all the devices of the grafters to hamper it and then said: Praise for Heney and Burns. We confronted their detectives with Wil liam J. Burns, the greatest detective In tho Federal service. They set up their cross examiners and their jury pleaders In the courtroom and we combated them with the greatest prosecutor that ever appeared be fore a Jury, Francis J. Heney, a lawyer who could not be coaxed Into a dirty job by any promise of big profits. They or ganized a law office of a dozen expert of fice lawyers, and we outdid them with such legal experts as Hiram Johnson, J. J. Dwyer and Charles W. Cobb. We met the forces of graft with the best honorable and lawful weapons within our command, organizing the forces of resist ance as they had never been organized be fore. We were criticised, but we tried to be efficient. And so long as our Institu tions demand it, the same kind of a fight shall be made. The public duty must be done and it is our business to organize the means by which it shall be done, a right eous God and an honest people willing. Why Immunity Was Given. He then discussed the subject of im munity. Where the crime is secret, he said, evidence must be got from crimi nals. At the beginning an effort was made to get this evidence from the men of the public service corporations, but they denied any questionable transactions and kept up the denial for fve months. Falling there, the prosecution got the evidence from the bribe-takers and the whole story came out. He continued: We granted Immunity because this prose cution had a moral as well as a legal sig nificance. It was time to stop the cyni cism of common men when they viewed democracy and said it was only for the powerful and the rich; that the poor must go to Jail for the theft of bread and the rich escape for the theft of privileges, the purchase of men's souls and the degrada tion of government. It was time to stop the confident effrontery of the irresponsible and criminal rich who commit crime and rest back, thinking that they can buy Judges as they bought legislator and ex ecutives, and knowing that they can buy legal talent to interpose every technicality In every courtroom until Justice Is a hu man travesty tangled in its own web. After the Men Higher Up. We are after the "men higher up" be cause thy are the severest menace to our Institutions, the enduring factors that pro gramme and bribe each Board of Super visors as they come and go. We are after the "man higher up" so as to make crim inal acquisition unprofitable In terms of hu man desire. We are after the "man higher ip" so that young men and women grow ing up In this and other communities will once more believe with ardent fervor, not only that dishonesty does not pay, but that of all the goods on this earth the great est treasure Is a straightforward (Ife. In the struggle between graft and de mocracy let us see clearly that defeat means the ultimate death of free Institu tions. Above the misleading cries that emerge from our Imperfect social ethics let us have the courage to stand for high things. With leaders who are not afraid, with an honest people who are willing to support the truth, with expert service and an effective criminal procedure, democracy can be saved from its new-found weak nesses. It has been saved In San Fran cisco and It can be redeemed elsewhere. Every moral uplift In the community leaves its permanent contribution in this we must have deep faith. The following message, preiiously in dorsed by the board of trustees of the Civic Forum, was presented to the aud ience as a resolution and was unani mously adopted. It wis also voted that tills resolution be telegraphed to the people of San Francisco in care of the Mayor of that city: To the people of San Francisco, In care of Mayor Taylor: The Civic Forum, as sembled In Carnegie Hall, and representing the civic nterests of New York City, con gratulate the people of San Francisco upon the splendid devotion of its citizens In the restoration of efficient democratic govern ment in one of America's greatest cities. We are thankful that you have set an ex ample cf governmental probity which Is an encouragement to the whole Nation. HARRIMAN' NEGOTIATES FOR JMMUX1TY UNDER TiAW. Deal With Bonaparte Almost Com pleted for Reparation of Union and Southern Pacific. CHICAGO. Dec. 11. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: Negotiations are under way between the Attorney-General and E. H. Harriman looking to an agreement by which the Union Pacific will abandon all its direct control of the Southern Pacific, in re turn for which the Government will agree not to prosecute Mr. Harriman 'for violation of the anti-trust law and of the competitive clauses in the interstate com merce law. The negotiations have not actually been concluded, but they have reached a stage where It Is believed an agreement will be entered Into. The Southern Pacific Is to be organized as a separate corporation and the Union Pacific either will take over the old Cen tral Pacific line from Ogden to San Fran cisco or else will operate over It as a through line, as it Is permitted to do by law. The holding company organized by Mr. Harriman and his friends to take over the stock of the Santa Fe and Northern Pacific will probably continue, but the direct community of Interest between the Union Pacific and its competing lines will be stopped. Whether this agreement not to prose cute Mr. Harriman and Mr. Harlrman's agreement to keep up at least a sem blance of open competition between the transcontinental lines he controls will re sult In any benefit to the public is doubt ful, but technically the triumph of the Government is assured. DECLARE FOR OPEN SHOP Seattle Builders May Precipitate a Long and Bitter Fight. SEATTLB. Wash., Dec. 11. The Master Builders' Association last night declared for an open shop, thus renouncing an agreement entered Into with the Building Trades Council March 20. of this year, by which they agreed to employ only union labor until July, '1909. The master builders contend the unions violated the agreement when the strike on the Federal building was ordered, sev eral months ago. and deny that any agreement now exists. The action will probably result in a bitter fight between the builders and organized labor. Mall Pouch Hobbed. HONOLULU. Doc. 11. A registered pouch of United States mail, sent on the steamer Kinau on her last voy age to Hilo, was opened and $3000 was stolen. BLAST AT TRUSTS Davis of Arkansas Makes His Maiden Speech in Senate. HOW TO DESTROY THEM Says That Is Only Way to Kill the Power of Wealth Forfeit Their Charters and Put Officers In the Penitentiary. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Passionate or atory marked the proceedings of the Sen ate today. Senator Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas, who when elected declared that he would attack the trusts immedi ately after taking his seat, fulfilled his promise, although he was a few days late In doing so. The speech was filled with sensational declarations and was given with that vigor for which the Arkansas Senator Is famous In his own state. Quaint phrasing, pointed denunciations W. .1. Batnett. Director of California Safe Deponit Trust Company, Charged With Bank-Wrecking. and evidences of Intense emotion charac terized his remarks. He was given a careful hearing by Senators and the gal leries were well filled throughout the time he held the floor. Beginning shortly be fore 1 o'clock, he spoke for a little more than an hour. At the close of the speech the Senate went into executive session and at 2:10 o'clock adjourned. The House was not In session today. Forfeit Trust Charters. After declaring that his ijill, rigorously enforced, would kill the trusts, with dra matic effect Mr. Davis challenged any Senator to step forward and contest the issue with him. A domestic corporation found fixing the price of any article would by his bill have its charter forfeited, and a foreign corporation gvilty of such an act would not be allowed to do business In the United States. He spoke of the Sherman anti-trust law. "Has it proven effect ual?" he asked. "Has it destroyed a single trust? Under its operation have they not grown stronger, more defiant and arrogant? Almost for 17 years the Sherman anti-trust law has been upon our statute books, more than four times as long as it took the North to wear out the South upon the bloody flelds of bat tle. Nearly seven years of Mr. Roose velt's 'strenuous- term have passed, with all the machinery of the Government at his back, with the great power of the chief executive In his hands, yet, I ask, will some Republican Senator upon this floor tell me one trust that ever has been tamed, much less destroyed?" Mr. Davis recalled Mr. Havemeyer's statement before the Industrial Commis sion that "the tariff is the mother, of irusts." Great Power of Wealthy. "Under the operation of this sys tem," the Senator said, "51 men In the United States, multi-millionaires, if you please, have amassed total fortunes of J3.295.000, 000. Of this. John D. Rock efeller, the oil king of the world, leads with $600,000,000. Andrew Carnegie, the steel king of the world, follows with half this amount." The Secretary of Commerce and La bor has calculated, he said, that all the property owned by 89,000.000 Ameri can citizens is $107,000,000,000, ' so that these 61 citizens own one-thirty-flfth of the entire wealth of the Nation. "What an alarming concentration of wealth! What an alarming concen tration of power!" the Senator de clared. "How shall this condition be changed? How shall this Government be saved? One way, and one way only; that is, to kill, destroy, annihilate the source of all this evil the trusts. Treat Trust Kings as Felons. "What is needed today by the trust magnates of thi3 Union In order to make them reepect the law and obey its solemn mandates is that they be treated like ordinary felons; that the strong arm of the law be laid against them just as it would be against a horsethief or anyone else charged with crime. Land them in the pen! Place the felon's stripes the doxology . of a misspent ltfe-riipon them.' and you will nee a trust busted and the people will get relief!" Expense of President. Speaking of the great expense of the Government, Mr. Davis said: "Our President, and I speak of him in the most respectful terms, besides . his salary of $50,000 a year, and I say that Is not excessive. Is paid by this Congress v i WW r fefF pM Iff . f Im :: SPlffiiRH t $25,000 a year for traveling expenses, and approximately $113,000 annually for liv ing expenses. Ah. Mr. President! This Is enormous! This Is unreasonable! The President of the United States has five children, I believe. I believe they should live In accordance with the dignity of the President's position the highest place on earth but, Mr. President, I have Roosevelt 'skinned a city block" In the matter of family, and it does not take $113,000 for my living expenses. No, sir! The greatest President that ever lived on this earth, that was ever Inaugurated in this Capitol, in my Judgment, was 'Old Hickory' Jackson, who rode his horse to the White House, dressed In a suit of blue jeans." The Senator denounced stock-gambling, and said he would do away with gambling In cotton, grain and the necessities of life. Two Officials Appointed. WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. The President today nominated Thomas J. Altkins, of Missouri, to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States at St. Louis, and Wil liam S. Pope, of New Mexico, tl be As sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the territory of New Mexico. MRS. LONGWQRTH QUITE ILL SUFFERING AT WHITE HOUSE WITH APPENDICITIS. Noted Surgeon Is Summoned From Baltimore to Perform Operation Which Is to Be Done Today. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, wife, of Representative Long worth, of Ohio, a diughter of President Roosevelt, Is ill at the White House, suffering from appendicitis. It was stated tonight that Dr. Finney, of Johns Hop kins Hospital, Baltimore, will perform an operation probably tomorrow morning. ONE MINE STARTS WORK (Continued from First Page.) United States troops at the polls In the Southern states. That act, under heavy penalty, prohib ited the employment of any part of the Army of the United States as a posse comitatus, or otherwise for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said forces may be expressly authorized for the execution of such laws or by act of Congress. In passing upon the St. Louis case, Judge Advocate General Davis remarked upon the fact that "it is unfortunate that by reason of the skill shown in their (the troops') employment, no occasion has thus far arisen calling for an applica tion of the statute." In view of the fact that the regular troops have been employed since 1878 at many critical cases, and in cases where public passion was highly inflamed, not ably In the famous Coeur d'Alene mining troubles, which have been referred to as a precedent for governmental action in Goldfleld. officers of the regular Army are proud of the fact that not one of them has so far been legally declared guilty of an Infraction of the posse comitatus act. Hence their desire to make sure that the employment of the troops at Goldfleld, If desired, shall be entirely within the limits of the law. KOOSEVELT SENDS COMMISSION Wants to Ijearn Facts Troops Not to Take Sides. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Assistant Sec retary Murray, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, Commissioner Charles P. Nelll and Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner of Corporations, left Wash ington at 3 o'clock this afternoon for Goldfleld, Nev., to make a thorough In vestigation of the trouble between the miners and mine operators at that place. Mr. Murray and Mr. Smith made this an nouncement after a conference with Pres ident Roosevelt today. The President is anxious to ascertain the exact conditions at Goldfleld. He has given to the commission a letter of In structions broad in Its character, which will enable the commission to make any such investigation into affairs at Goldfleld as it may determine. The letter is brief, simply telling the commission to proceed to Goldfleld immediately and make an inquiry Into affairs as they actually exist there and report to him personally. The letter also directs all civil and mil itary authorities to furnish the commis sion with any information they may have. The President gave no Instructions be yond those contained In his letter, leav ing the method of the Inquiry to Its dis cretion. The following Instruction was sent to the commander of the troops at .Goldfleld today by order of the President: "The troops are not sent to take either side in purely an Industrial dispute, as long as it is kept within the bounds of law and order. They are to be neither for nor against the strikers or the em ployers. They are there to prevent riot, violence and disorder, under and in ac cordance with the Constitution and the laws of the land. No man is to be inter fered with as long as he conducts him self In a peaceful and orderly manner." A statement was made at the War De partment that there was no Intention of withdrawing the troops from Goldfleld, notwithstanding the dispatch of the com mission from Washington. The troops, according to the department, will be kept at Goldfleld so long as the commanding officer believes their presence' necessary for the maintenance of order. FUN'STON GOES TO GET FACTS Says He Is in Dark as to Goldfleld Situation. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Dec. ll.-General Funston said today: "I am going to Nevada simply to fa miliarize myself with the situation, so as to make a report as to the conditions there to the War Department at Wash ington. Up to the present time neither the department at Washington nor I my self have been able to get much Informa tion of a definite character as to what is going on there. I Intend to Interview the Governor of Nevada and get his views of the situation: I shall also interview lead ing citizens, mlneowners, and the miners themselves. When I return I will make a full report of the situation to the War Department. Up to the present we have been largely In the fog." General Funston said he would not tak command of the troops or engage In any of the movements. He could not say how long the troops would remain In Nevada, or what their movement would be with regard to the mines. These questions, he said, could' only be deter mined as the situation developed. General Funston was accompanied by his aide-de-camp, lLeutenant Hornsbji Evans, and Major Walter Bethel. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11. General Frederick Funston started for Goldfleld at 8 o'clock this morning. Federation Indorses Strike. DENVER. Dec. 11. Official indorsement of the miners' strike at Goldfleld was given yesterday by the executive board of the Western Federation of Miners. 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The company has $2,620,000 of un sold stock, and the dividend will be paid by issuance of this stock as required. The board adopted the foljowing resolution: "Resolved, That the appreciation of the board is due to Colonel Robert C. Clowry and the executive, officers of the com pany for the tact, discretion and pru dence with which they treated the situ ation arising from the strike of oper ators.' The report Bays : The net revenues for the quarter to end of December 31 are estimated at $1,000,000. This Is $4W0.000 lens than Is required to pay the Interest on the bonded debt .and the usual dividend of 1V4 per cent. A net de ficiency of $:tt 1.493 for the quarter ended September 30, 1907, also Is noted. After paying- interest on the bonded debt and the Is suance of the new Block for the dividend the surplus balance of the company Is placed at $14.27,112. This Is a decrease of $2.Hll.fl69 as compared with the surplus of July 1 last. On the subject of the strike of opera tors the report of President Clowry says: The strike extended to all parts of the country, the aim of the strikers being to force the company to recognize and deal with the Telegraphers' Union, maintain a closed shon and thus practically transfer the management of the business to the offi cers of the organization. For some time previous to the strike many of the operators in the company's employ ment deliberatly delayed the transmission of traffic, handling 25 to 40 per cent less business than now handled by loyal em ployes of the same ability on similar wire circuits. A sufficient number of loyal op erators remained in the service to move the decreased traffic and stood faithfully at their posts. The property of the company is in first class condition throughout the entire coun try, the present employes are faithful and efficient, and with the passing of the finan cial depression our revenues will rapidly In- SCEXIC PHOTOS FOR CHRISTMAS. 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Intense Interest has been aroused here by the statement, coming directly from Presi dent C. S. Mellen at Boston today, that negotiations were in progress for the sale to another railroad interest of 109.948 shares of the capital stock of the Boston & Maine Railroad, held by the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad, which practically controls the 'Boston & Maine, At first there was HVely speculation as to the Interests which were seeking con trol. The theory that it was the New York Central was rejected on the ground that It was only with that company's consent that Mr. Melien had recently se cured the Boston & Maine shares. As a result of various conjectures, the con clusion is that the interest seeking the Boston & Maine shares was the Canadian Pacllle. The .strong financial condition of that company, with its 9,000 miles of railroad and through continental lines, and Its con nection at several junction-points in the United States, gave plausibility to this belief. There Is high authority for stat ing, however, that before any sale could be made to the Canadian Pacific or any other company the New York. CN'ew' Haven & Hartford would feel compelled to offer the Boston & Maine iihares first to the New York Central. ESCAPES HEAVY FUSILLADE Alleged Cattle Thier Gets Away From Armed Posse. GRANITE, Colo., Dec. 11. James Bren nan, Buffalo Peak rancher, who is wanted at Cripple Creek for alleged cattle High Glass Jewelry The Most Welcome Christmas Gift For Men, Women, Girls and Boys ,. Everyone knows the house of Heitkcmper as the most sub stantial and reliable center for really high grade jewelry at reasonable prices in the entire West. For twenty years thia firm has supplied the most exacting demands of Portland's leading citizens, and has gained an enviable reputation for the highest grade goods, flawless jewels and honest repre sentations. 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By pretending to have been shot Brennan eluded the officers and during the night gained a lead of &0 miles. - BODIES ARE WASHED AWAY Flood In Susquehanna Prevents Re covery ol Bridge Victims. BIXXIMSBI.'RG. Pa., Deo. 11. Owing to . the high water in the Susquehanna River and tho terrific force, of the current, no attempt was made today to recover the bodies of the seven men drowned yes terday when the Mifflinsvllle bridge col lapsed. The water rose rapidly until noon, when it began to subside. With the flood as it Is at present any attempt to recover the bodies would be futile, and probably nothing can be done in that connection for several days. All of the 15 men who sustained serious Injuries ara expected to recover.