Morning Oregonian., January 29, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORXLNG
OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1908
thto republic to wre whether or not we are
ufTictentJy intelligent to govern ourselves.
"We think we are; but occasionally we get
a good bump that sets us thinking and we
And that we are not quite as smart as we
thought we were. For instance, we went
along, permitting men to buy men to vote at
the hallot box, to come up holding a colored
ballot In his handn so that you could see
whether the man who had your $2 put the
rishi ballot In the- box. We went on for
years with that sort of nonsense and where
did we get the information as- to how to
cure that evil? We had to go to New
Zealand, away down near the South Pole
to gt the Information from another branch
of the Kngljsh people, there we got the
Australian ballot.
Benefits of Australian Ballot.
The Idea Is that the man when he goes
In to vote should be so absolutely alone that
the corrupter might be out his money
without getting the vote, Jt has worked
well. It has not cured every evil that ex
isted, but it is such an advancement in a
republic to have the votes secret that we
wonder we did not think of it in 17bl. We
talk about the Filipino not being able to
govern himself yet. he knows better than
that; we are not so great as a self-governing
people after all.
We started with more wealth belonging to
ourselves than any Nation that ever started
on the face of the earth. Within the limits
of the I'nited States there were vturt coal
fields, Hst Iron fields, vast forests and vast
oil fields beneath the surface and water power
that is unlimited all energies furnished by
nature. Did we conserve them as a think
ing, self-governing people ought to do, or did
we wapte them like the prodigal son? Did
we even make euro that they would be dis
tributed among the people so that enough of
that wealth would not get into single hands
to become a menace to liberty? No. Profes
sor Brooks told me that only some six months
ago he talked with a Prime Minister of New
Zealand, who was here, and he said: "What
policies have you adopted in New Zealand
that you are urging now?" "Well. says the
1'iime Minister, "our principal policy is to
avoid doing the things that you people in the
United States have done." (Laughter and
applause.) Ho asked "What are bo mo of
those things?" "We provide in our constitu
tion that the federal government should not
have power to tax commerce between the
mint et. We were afraid to trust our own
federal government with the power to tax
commerce between the states." Railroads
were unknown at that time, undreamed cf,
tut the railroad grew up and what did we
do? During the Civil War we were so
anxious to have the railroad built at once
that instead of building It, we exchanged
bonds with the men who were willing to
build It; we gave them grants of land that
are empires in extent; we gave thorn the
money with which to build it by exchanging
bonds with them, millions of dollars, and
w hen they had been built we let them
charge any price they pleased.
Railroad Companies' power.
The railroad companies are doing all
Jtinds of business. They are in the mining
business; they own coal mines. They have
gone into the oil business; they own oil
lands In large tracts. They have gone Into
the lumber business. They have gone into
manufacturing enterprises. Sugar is on the
Ilrtt; they have practically gone into the
cattle business, and are furnishing the meat
to the people of this country. They have
gone into the Pullman car business,, charg
ing for your berth and charging you what
they please.
Wraith Among a Few.
They have killed competition; they have
arranged things so that in a short time, so
niuch of the wealth of this Country will be
in a few hands, that half a dozen men will
be more powerful than the Nation. In fact,
we have about reached that point now. You
can take Rogers. Rockefeller, Morgan and
a few others. Frlk. half a dozen men who
are worth 50n.ooo.rtrt0 apice. they win
average that, la.ow.ooo.ooo among the half
Don't you realize that any one of those
half doen men can in the course of six
months or a year quietly gather $150,000,000
or i.nited States bonds and cash and lock
them up in a vault, and a panic is brought
upon this country? Jreat applause)
Don't you realize that If these men want
to destroy Theodore Roosevelt by making the
people of this country dissatisfied, all , that
Morgan had to do was to dispose of his hold
ings and get them into cash and United
States bonds, and lock them up for a' while?
Ki-nator Spooner, who retired because La Fol
lette made it uncomfortable for him. knew
that if he did not get out one way
he would the other. At a banquet the
other night in New York City he re
ferred to Plerpont Morgan as the uncrowned
King of finance. I want to tell you. my fel
low Americans, that there Is no room in this
country for kings, either crowned or un
crowned (great applause); but the laws un
der which we are operating are building up
a class of aristocracy of wealth that in the
end must eventually destroy that for which
our forefather fought in the Revolution: de
stroy that for which fortunes and lives were
risked and thrown away In the Civil War. de
stroying the results of hundreds of years of
flwhting on the part of the English-speaking
people for liberty and for equal opportunities.
For God's sake, can't you see and realize
that if thi goes on your children will have
no opportunity to be the equal of those who
are born the children of those multi-millionaires
who practically own all the great
wealth of this country, that formerly belonged
to us and that we have thrown away? (Great
applause.)
Whom Does Fulton Represent?
Right today right today, Roosevelt lm try
ing to preserve the forests. Fulton, Hep
burn and others who have, friends in the lum
ber business are opposed to this forestry pol
icy. Opposed to It. why? A. B. Hammond
wants more timber land, and he don"t want
it locked up in forest reserve. Did you send
Fulton to the United States Senate to repre
sent A. B. Hammond, or did you send him
there to represent the people of Oregon?
RooHcvelt wants the railroads regulated. When
that bill was before Congress La Follette of
fered an amendment to it, which provided
that no railroads should be permitted to en
ease In any manutacturlng business or In
any mining business. When the vote came
)P on that. Senator AldriL-h, who represents
the wealthy millionaires of Wall street and
the fcast, voted first against it. and when
they reached the Oregon Senator he also
voted against it. Was he representing the
people or the State of Oregon In that vote
or waa he representing the interest of the
railroad?
Now I am getting away off. I have got
awny off front where I started, which was,
what is shown up by the corruption in San
Franclei-o. Now what is shown by the cor
ruption in Sun Francisco is common to every
large city in the United titates. Aye, I may
h to every city Jn the United States, be
cause I have found1 it to exist in the sma.ll
on. aa well as in the large ones, and what
Is It? The exposes there show thle. and show
it so that no man caa doubt it, that in every
vlty the real root of evil, tlie cause of cor
ruption, lies in special privilege, just as it
dues in the Nation just as it doea in State
Legislature. In the city the most desirable
special privilege Is that of the public service
c-M puratlon.
Speciut Privileges Root of Kvll.
First, the street railroad; eecond, water.
You have your own here; and that is right;
ou at least have no water company doing
duty politk-s, corrupting your public rv
antw. Gas, electricity, telephones, every pub
lic service le in politics, in corrupt politics
bvausc they want &iclal privileges to which
they are not entitled, and because they want
pci-nilsklon to charge rates which they should
not bi: iurmiltt-d to charge. (Applause.)
And hi in San Francisco we find that the
ga company had bribed tne Supervisors in
hxlug the iuus on gas. Twenty thousand
dultam was paid Rm-f to Tlx the rates on ga
at n cuts instead of 73 cents, which the
Bard waa pledgt-d to. u.t did that mean?
The gas company is capitalized for $30.LHiu.0OO
there. Ten cents difference In the rates made
a difference of '. ito in the income in the
year; X.oo in the year is interest at 6 per
vent per annum on a capital of $U.WK,0H);
so the reduction in the- market price of 10
cents' meant reduction of credit to the ex
tent of 10.tHrt.i leas than they had had,
or woold have made th.m that. Would that
have been an injustice to the company? No,
because the system could have been dupli
cated at any time for ss.Orto.ooo, all told; it
was capitalized at io.oio.oo0, and people are
compiled to pay u(.n the J0.Xi3.tW have
been. .
Corrupt tn ttulnea. Too,
Is It any wonder that the president of
the gas company, a large stockholder, who
was In a position where tt was uj to him
to borrow from the banks and upon the
bonds, wanted to get in touch with rundt
tloiis; ts It any wonder that he was tempte
to pay $:iUK ii paHry C'O.imu H urop n
the bucket, out of iHmmmm. ,,ne year8 in.
route, to Hncf. for an assurance of $riwi.oo0
moro Income than they would have other
wise had .hat one year? I tt any wonder
that when we commenced u prosecute
nit: tti t'MUtui ui iiib company, evij
bank in town, nearly, that had a director
on the gas company's board to look after
the loans that bank had made to the gas
company, becomes interested: in the cry.
"The prosecutions are hurting business?"
Is it any wonder that large merchants,
and capitalists who own the bonds and
stock, when they fear these prosecutions
are going to expose the true condition of
affairs, become Interested and say "These
prosecutions should stop, they are hurting
business ?" Is It any wonder that when
the telephone company was exposed and
it was shown that the Pacific Slates Tele
phone Company spent or gave $-"U00 to 11
Supervisors In order to get them to keep
out the competing system, the Home, which
was trying to get in there, and that the
Home hMd paid $3500 apiece to these same
Supervisors and all the rest of them in
order to get in is it any wonder that the
banks that had been aiding the Home and
the banks which held the securities of the
Pacific States became interested in the pros
ecution and thought they were hurting
business? And so it goes..
lluefs rat tiraft.
Those exposes showed that the telephone
companies both of them the gas company,
the United Railroads, were all corrupting
our publie servants, not once why, they
showed that from the time that- Schmitx
was elected in HUM), Ruef was employed by
the United Railroads on a salary, and while
the labor unions, the employes, were bav
in? their strikes with the railroad and the
Labor Union Party was being dominated
by Ruef as Its political boss. Ruef was
drawing a salary with his ,hand behind his
back from the United Railroads and the
labor fellows didn't know ' it; and so from
the gas company he was upon a salary of
I oon a month and so with the Pacific States
Company at $1200 a moith. and he sold
them out and took UJ0.000 cash from the
Home Telephone Company to put through
that franchise
Now. what besides the public-service cor
porations' officials are interested in bad
government? And sthey are not interested
in bad govern ment because they are bad
men. but because it has something they
want. If you owned the gas company and
should be deprived of 4600.000 a year, don't
you think that you would take some in
terest in the election of the Board of
Supervisors? Of course you would, and if
you -owned the telephone, company, and
knew that your rate could be changed so as
to make a difference of 9300,000 or $1,000,
000 a year in income., wouldn't you take
an interest? And If you owned the United,
Railroads, and you wanted some additional
franchises, or wanted to change from the
underground cable to the overhead elec
tric, which Is far cheaper to construct
and maintain and to operate, so that your
Income would be much larger than it was.
and your stock of thirty yea. It is $90.
01X1,000 the railroad cost $18,000,000 in
San Francisco at first, and one fellow sold
them out for :H),O00.0O0. and that fellow
sold them for $60,000,000. and he increased
it to $!lO,000,000. He didn't do anything to
it but just issued some more paper (laugh
ter); and they collected from the peopie
upon it. If you owned it you would take
an Interest in the election of the officials
because you could get the additional fran
chises and you could get the changes made,
and because you could charge what rate
you pleased you would take an interest.
'and would take an interest to the exteut
that you would put up money, put up
money to the Democratic boss to make sure
that they put in a Democratic Board of
Supervisors nominated. which waa all
right: you would put up the money to the
Republican boss in order to be sure of
having a Republican Board of Supervisors
elected, all right; and you would put up
Tnoney to the l-abor Union boss for the
purpose of getting a Labor Union ticket
nominated which, when elected, would be
all right, and then you would have what
Boss Tweed calls an absolute cinch; you
know, he said "The people can vote as
they please. If they will Just let me do
the nominating."
Did He Know Matthews?
Now. under the old system that is all
thev had to do in the city get control
of the political parties, have the political
boss friendly to the railroad. I suppose
that the head of the street railroad in
Portland never got acquainted with Jack
Matthews when he was your political boss
(much laughter), and I don't suppose there
is anything doing here now. (More slaugh
ter. )
But I am sure of one thing. "That is. If
each Individual citizen would take as much
interest In seeing to It at the primaries,
not at the general election anybody can
onri elect them no man ought to be
permitted to vote at an election who don't
vote at the primaries wuy, mo
done at the primaries. as .boss iweeu
said, when the nominating Us done it Is
all over.
You can vote for whichever one of the
set of Supervisors you please. As was said
by a well-known politician. "In thtf Demo
cratic states we put up w
ntt oamnnicn fund, and in the Repub-
Jican states to the Republican campaign
fund, and in oouduui Biases wo vux.
money for both." That is what is done in
every municipality. Now a great many
of you people think that the most import
ant thing in the city is to get control of
vice; to stop that. It is very important,
but it won't atop your corrupt government
until you get the public-service corpora
tions by the throat, and make them keep
out of politics. Until then you will, not
stop your corrupt government. (Great ap
plause.) Corporations Allied With Vice.
In San Francisco we found that there was
an unnoiy amanco utsiwci . h
service corporation vu iu
vice on the other, and that Is true every
where in the United States you will And
and why? The same motive exactly! The
public-service corporation wants special
privileges, and vice wants special privileges.
Your houses of ill-fame want privileges and
police protection. They do not want to be
interfered with. The dive saloons whose ex
istence ought to be wiped out, want privi
leges; they d"on't want to be interfered
wwh The liauor interests, generally, you
find get behind the corrupt boss, the cor
rupt political boss, and behind the back of
the corrupt political boas vice is Joined
bands with the public-service corporation in
a corrupt friendship, and the men who fre
quent your clubs and your churches and
who control your banks and your business,
are interested on account of the special
privileges, t,he privilege of exploiting the
people, the ' privilege of taking from them
more than they are entitled to take, they
are joined in this unholy alliance with vice,
practically in every city of any size in the
whole of the United States. That Is what
we have shown, and we have shown it
absolutely
You will find that the prizefight pro
moters, and Ruef and Schmits, are inter
ested in the houses of prostitution, interest
ed in fighting professionally, prizefighting,
interested in the dive saloons, and not only
that, but you find your dive saloons, the
worst of them, owned by the largest whole
sale liquor houses. I found to my amaze
ment, that the Thalma, one of the worst
dives In San Francisco, was owned by the
San Francisco Breweries. Ltd., a London,
England, corporation, which had come there
and bought out all the breweries in San
Francisco. I found that other dives of the
same character were owned by the same
corporation, and" were being conducted by
men of the proper disreputable character to
run such places; that they were owned by
these big wealthy corporations, and prac
tically all the bad saloons which were very ,
profitable are owned in the same way; and
what is the result, when politics seem to be
bad, and we have had a bad administration,
under this old system, they get up a non
partisan ticket, and it is gotten up by
whom? A committee frhn the Chamber of
Commerce, the Board of Trade, etc., and as
president of the Board of Trade, we find,
perhaps, the president of one of these big
liquor houses. Listen, now! What is he
doing in this nonpartisan movement? Wny.
he Is in there to see that there is no
change made In the Chief of Police, so that
th officers assigned to the district where
his dirty dive saloon is won't be changed;
they know how much he expects to be paid
each week, and he is paid it. and they
don't want any change; and who suspects
him in this nonpartisan convention 7 No
one! He talks high principle, be appears to
be a man who wants good government; he
says ne does. . His friends there
who have known him a long time,
and know he Is a decent man in
every way in his private life, and
know he keeps his word in business, they
don't doubt him ; they don't know the in
terest that he has back here in this dirty
saloon; and so, there is another class, an
other class which comes from your best
club: I don't mean in Portland (laughter).
Portland is an exception to the rule.
"Best Citizens" Are to Blame.
I Jfriean in San Francisco, where I meet
them and put my feet under the same table
with them, so that 1 know that it is true
There is a claws who are always referred to
as our oest citizens. That means that they
have got hold of and still hold onto the
wealth of the community, and- those men are
directors and presidents of banks, and those
banks bold bondn of these public service
corporations, and they are interested. But
nobody suspects them, and the president of
such a bank, a National bank, is on thfs non
pa rt isan com m I ttee that la for good govern
ment. Well. It is a little different govern
ment; it to a good rovernment in one 6ne:
they give you clean streets, that kind of gov
ernment; they clean the streets up and don't
ask the boss for any money, but they will
keep the price of gas up without having paid
for it directly; they own stocks and bonds
and get a little interest on them, but they
owned them before they went in.
Bio; Merchants Xiet Rebates.
, There is etlll another class of big mer
chants, and these nobody suspects at all until
Frank Lane comes along and he holds) an in
vestigation as Railroad Commissioner, and
you suddenly discover these non-partisan rep-r
resentatives, who could not have wanted any
thing but good government, have been draw
ing down anywhere from $30,000 to $250,000 a
year and rebates from he railroad? and then
you commence, to see where Mr. Herrln is
wise as a political boss. He does not de
pend on a Ruef controlling the Republican
party and someone else controlling the Demo
cratic party or on his many Ruef controlling
tha- Labor Union party; not alone tm putting
up men who are alt right in the parties, but
alshe reaches out and gets the non-partisan
nommatlons. and tihose men are on there and
they would not dream that they were cor
cupt; they would not dream that when Mr.
Herrin suggests to them how this man would
make a good Supervisor that Herrin has any
ulterior motive in it. You could not make
them believe that Mr. Herrin named those
men because the Southern Pacific Railroad
wants some special privileges in dhe way of
spur tracks around the harbor front. They
would not want to admit it to -themselves;
and that Is the way in which we intelligent
American citizens govern ourselves, or think
we do, and under that system we elect a
Mayor named for us by the' interests who are
bleeding us and then a public meeting is
called, and the Mayor walks on' the stage,
and you applaud him far more uproariously
than you applauded me when I came in here
tonig-ht. as -"our Mayor." : Why. he isn't
your Mayor at all. He Is a public service
corporation's Mayor, and a few others, but
you think he is yours, and bo you have gone
on for years doing these things, doing them
In your state government as well; but Ore
gon haa taken a step forward; she is ahead
of most of the states of the Union, and don't
let anybody take it away from you until you
have tried it out at any rate. (Great ap
plause.) Favors Direct Primary.
Now I will close in Just a minute. Don't
let anybody take the direct primary away
from you. It has Its imperfections, the di
rect primary law, but I think the time will
come when you will have to remodel your
state government, and not have so many
officers to nominate. I am not saying so.
but I am thinking you would have a better
government if you would model its form on
that of the National Government instead of
nominating a Governor, a Lieutenant-Governor,
a Secretary of State, an Attorney-General
and Treasurer, and several others whom
you don't know anything about, you would
say we will elect a Governor whom we know,
and let the- Governor appoint as his staff
his Attorney-General, his Secretary of State,
his Treasurer, so and so. whom he pleases
why shouldn't he do tt the same as a Presi
dent does it? and then you know whom to
hold responsible, and you will know one man
well enough to nominate the right man for
Governor, and elect him and keep on doing
it. You are concentrating your 'city govern
ment in the same way, and after a while the
system will work out some way, anyhow.
Down "With the Political Boss.
There is one thing which must be said
about it, let be ever so bad, it cannot be
quite as bad as having "politics and a condi
tion where one man 'is known to all the peo
ple as being a' political boss. A boss of the
American people! You are willing to stand
for that knowingly and have every young man
who grows up in the community and has any
ambition to go into public life realize that
the first thing he must do in order to have
any success politically or even receive a nomi
nation. Is to surrender bis manhood and be
come a slave, the political slave of a crook,
who is in politics for money only.
Now I have kept you too long already.
(Voices Go ahead. Go ahead.) No. it Is
too late. I have talked too long, and I am
getting almost as bad as La Follette. Be
promises his wife he won't talk over three
hours and then he makes It four. Now I
thank you very much for being here tonight.
It has been a privilege that I have long de
sired, to talk to the people of Oregon, and I
hope I will have the pleasure of meeting you
many times in the future. (Great applause.)
JAPAN THINKS ALL RIGHT
Negotiations With Canada Settled,
With America Satisfactory.
TOKIO, Jan. 28. Replying to inter
pellations In the lower house of the
Diet this evening?. Foreign Minister
Viscount .Hayashl spoke at length on
the foreign policy of the government,
including the negotiations with Ameri
ca and Canada.
He announced that the Canadian
question" had been definitely settled and
read the correspondence with Rodolphe
Lemieux, the Canadian Minister of La
bor, wherein Japan has agreed to re
strict emigration to Canada within rea
sonable limits. He said that a memor
andum attached thereto denned what
were considered reasonable limits, but
insisted that Japan had not conceded
any of her treaty rights.
He said the negotiations with America
were continuing, and he was unable to
give any details, hut was able to an
nounce that a satisfactory settlement
was within sight.
Viscount Hayashl said further that
certain negotiations with China were un
settled, pertaining to the Hsinmuntun
Fakumen Railroad regarding which a
protest had been presented by China.
Regarding the Katao boundary dispute
In Corea, he said that Japan occupied the
position of arbitrator and would decide
according to the merits of the evidence.
Viscount Hayashl, continuing, said It
was the duty of the central govern
ment to conserve the interests of Jap
anese subjects resident in other coun
tries by preventing a further exodus
of their Countrymen, which might be
prejudicial to those already residing
abroad, and the restrictions, therefore,
would be extremely rigid.
One speaker in reply said that if
China refused to listen to reason Japan
should send a military force and com
pel her to do so. '
Viscount Hayashl laughingly turned
the tables upon the speaker by asking
him if he would volunteer.
Good humored throughout, Viscount
Hayashl raised considerable laughter
by his ready responses to the opposi
tion, which did not develop any epecial
antagonism to the government's policy
concerning emigration.
THIRD RECEIVER IS ASKED
Troubles of Electric Road Multiply.
Protest From Dawes.
CHICAGO. Jan. 28. A new complica
tion entered into the receivership pro
ceedings against the Chicago & Milwau
kee Eldctric Railroad Company and
against A. C. Frost ac Co., late this aft
ernoon, when a third receivership was
asked for by the railroad company for
tlie Republic Construction Company, of
Chicago. The. hearing on this petition
was" continued by Judge Grosscup until
January. SI. The Republic Construction
Company began the construction of a
road from Lake Bluffs. III., to Milwau
kee In 1899. It admita a debt of $300,000.
The petition of the railroad companv
sets forth that an issue of bonds
amountirffc to J10.000.0u0. turned over to
the construction company to defray the
cost of completing the road to Milwau
kee, is in that company a control or has
been disposed of by the company. - The
assets of the construction company are
alleged to be worth not more than
5,00.
An emphatic protest against the re
ceivership was made during the day by
Charles G. Da we In a telegram from
Washington to Judge Grosscup. Mr.
Bawes was made arbitrator in the dis
pute over the road's hnances which re
sulted in the first receivership proceed
ings, on New Tear's eve.
Spain is gpcndln? $40,000,000 on new bat
tleships and lockyard construction.
WILL BUILD ECHO GUT-OFF!
CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION
SAID TO HAVE BEES IET.
Editor Brown, of Echo Register,
Has Inside Information as to In
tention of Harriman Officials.
PEXDLETON, Or., Jan. 28. (Spe
cial.) According to Editor E. H.
Brown, of the Echo Register, who is
now in Pendleton on business. Harri
man officials In Oregon have finally de
cided to build the much-tallted-of Coyote-Echo
cut-off on the O. R. & N.
Brown says a surveying crew Is In the
field going over the proposed route for
about the fifth time, that the Pacific
Coast Construction Company has been
awarded the contract for building 25
miles of road, and that the company
now has 150 head of horses in a pas
ture near Echo, which are to be used
on the work. .
The proposed route ctits oft 13 jniles
between the stations of Coyote and
Echo, reducing the distance to 25
miles, avoids a heavy grade between
Umatilla and Echo, and leaves on the
side line the towns of Fosters, Hermls
ton, Umatilla and Irrigon.
Brown says his information concern
ing the awarding of the contract is
authentic.
BEST IN SIX-ROUND GO
Packy McFarland Conceded Better
Than Young Loughrey. .
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28. Packy Mc
Farland, of Chicago, and Young Loughrey,
of this city, fought six rounds before the
National Athletic Club tonight. McFar
land had the advantage throughout, both
men being tired at the finish. Loughrey
was put' down in the second round for the
count of seven and in the third for the
count of nine.
ACQUATIC MEET AT Y. M. C. A.
Exhibition of Swimming, Diving and
Llfcsaving Is Given.
The swimming tank at the Portland
Y. M. C. A. last night was the scene
of an interesting exhibition of swim
ming, diving and lifesaving methods.
All the events of the acquatic meet
were highly Interesting. The 20-yard
swim, once around the tank, was won
by W. Ross in 13 seconds; O. Skedmo
was second and L. Rader third. Rader
won the high dive, setting a mark of
7 feet, while M. Jones made 6 feet 10
Inches. Ross, Skedmo and Dietz-ranked
in the order - named in the 60-yard
swim.
In the lifesaving contest. Profes
sor Myers, swimming instructor of the
association, dived to the bottom of te
tank and was. brought to the surface
in 8 seconds, by Ross. Jones performed
the feat in 8 2-5 seconds, while Dietz
was third in 8 4-5 seconds.
E. Hilton and W. L. Murray, Jr., of
the Multnomah Club, gave exhibitions
in various strokes and swimming
styles. Professor W. L. Murray, Sr., of
the Multnomah Club, acted as referee
in the various events.
CASH OFFERED MITCHELL
Mineowners Vote Six Months' Pay
With Medical Attendance. .
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28. The conven
tion of the United Mtneworkers of Amer
ica today unanimously voted President
Mitchell six months pay with all ex
penses, including medical attention.
Mr. Mitchell has announced that he In
tends to take a long vacation to endeavor
to recover his health. r
Resolutions presented by the Socialists
were promptly voted down today. They
were similar to those presented to the
convention each year.
A resolution to give the "Western Fed
eration of Miners Jurisdiction over all
metalliferous mines and the United Mine
workers jurisdiction over all coal miners
was favorably commented upon and re
ferred to a commission to be named later
to bring the matter tefore the National
convention of the Western Federation.
A "resolution opposing "government by
injunction" was discussed by Secretary
Wilson and several Socialist delegates. .
The convention this afternoon in
dorsed the employers' liability act and
urged its delegates to the American
Federation of Labor convention to ad
vocate a universal union label and
memorialized Congress to create a
bureau of mines and mining.
COLD WAVE ON PRAIRIES
Temperature 13 to 20 Below Zero
in North Dakota.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 28. Minnesota and
North Dakota are In the grip of a cold
wave tonight, the official temperatures at
8 o'clock sinking from 5 degrees below
zero at St, Paul to 20 below at Moorehead
and 24 below at Devils Lake, N. D. At
Duluth the temperature Is 12 below.
' Tryouts for Olympic Games.
CHICAGO. Jan. 28. The Olympia games
Committee will hold tryouts at Chicago,
New York and San Francisco In wrestling
for the purpose of picking the American
team.
Co-operation of athletic organizations
is asked, as well as their views, in re
gard to America's representation in fenc
ing, golf, tennis, cycling, archery and
automoblling. There will be five weights
as follows:
Bantam, to 119 pounds: feather, to 133
pounds; light, to 147 pounds; middle, to
161 pounds, and heavy, over 161 pounds.
The American Committee, arcordine to
No man can be at his best
with a poor digestion.
If you have lost appetite
and can't digest what you
-do eat, drop the usual heavy
meats and gravies, puddings "
and pies, and live for a time
principally on Grape-Nuts
and cream.
If you've never tried it,
there's a real treat in store
for you.
Grape-Nuts can be easily
digested by the weakest
stomach and soon strength
ens the digestive organs so
that a "variety" of food can
be eaten with comfort. Be
sensible. Don't put off the
test. "There's a reason.".
Bead "The Road to Well
ville" in pkgs. .
MAIL ORDERS
PROMPTLY
FILLED
OUR ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE
TWO EXTRA SPECIALS OF INTEREST
$20.00
A special offer for Wednesday of Ladies' Long Coats in wool mixtures; only a few, which we will close
out at the low price of only (values to $20) $8.75
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS BARGAIN
$S0 Ladies' Evening Wraps, $17.50
A sale of Ladies' high-grade Evening or Afternoon Coats, in broadcloth, with braided yokes, lined through
. out with heavy satin colors; red, gray, tan, brown and black; values to $30.00 for only $17.50
HIGH -GRADE FURS
At Clearance Prices
The reliability of our Furs is exemplified in the satisfactory service given the wearer. To be able to
purchase such superior Furs at the prices at which they are now marked is an opportunity that comes but
once yearly.
BUY NOW ALL WHO NEED EURS
Every garment, without a single exception, has been radically reduced. It's true economy to pur
chase Fnrs of such a-high standard of value, at prices that scarcely pay for the actual value of the mate
rial, added to the cost of manufacturing. We have absolutely the largest collection in the West for you to
choose from. - . ' .
Highest Prices Paid for Raw Furs By Selling to Manufacturers Such as the Silrerfield Company
Too Save the Middlemen's Profit. Send for New Price List.
, REMODELING AND REPAIRING OF FURS AT GREAT REDUCTIONS.
the notice, has decided not to hold a
preliminary Marathon run.-A 15-mlle run
will be held at the track and field tryouts
at Marshall Field in June, and also in
New York and San Francisco, and the
committee will pick the Marathon con
tenders from the contestants in thU
event.
$500,000 INDIANAPOLIS FIRE
Ooburn Warehouse in That City Is
Totally Destroyed.
' INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28. Fire tonight
in the large Coburn warehouse. 213-223
West Georgia street, destroyed the build
ing. The loss is estimated at $600,000.
PANTS, PANTS, PANTS.
$1.50 for Each Leg The Seats Are
Free.
The Brownsville Woolen Mill Store is
today the scene of the big pants sale and
before 10 oclock tomorrow men will be
standing tn line waiting their turn to. be
waited upon. The inducements are sev
eral thousand pair of extra fine pants re
tail values up to t7, they all go in at the
same price and J3 takes a pair good
enough for any man to wear.
Waiter Attempts to Use Knife.,
Harry Richmond, a waiter who was
discharged yesterday Irom tne rortiana
Restaurant, raised a disturbance there
last night and escaped before the police
could be notified. Richmond, declaring
another waiter was responsible for his
loss of position, drew a knife and at
tempted to use it. When he was disarmed
he went away threatening to get a gun
and shoot the waiter who had caused him
the trouble. .
' i ' '
Burglars Enter Market.
Burglars made an attempt to enter the
butcher shop at 173 North Twenty-first
street, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, but
were frightened away without having
secured any loot. They effected a. en
trance through one of the rear windows.
Wlnben New Legislation for Salmon.
PORTLAND, Jan. 28. (To the Editor.)
As a member of the lower house of the
Washington State Legislature In 1901, I
Introduced a bill to abolish ftsh traps and
wheels in the Columbia River. Of course
the bill was killed in the committee on
fisheries. I believed at the time, as I
believe now, that the bill should have
become a law if we are to protect the
salmon Industries of the Columbia River.
Sunday closing does no good, becauBe if
IT'S
Does your back ache? Do you get
up lame in the morning? Do you feel
dull and tired Does it hurt you to
bend over, to lift anything, to get up
from a chair Do you have sudden
"catches," or stitches of pain in the
back? Does a dull, throbbing ache
settle in the small of your back and
bother you day and night? Do you
sometimes feel that you simply cannot
straighten up? .
If you do have backache, be careful
not to make the very common mistake
of treating it as a muscular trouble.
Do not rub the sore place with lini
ment, nor put on plasters, for the seat
of the troubles Is inside in the kid
neys, which lie just beneath ,the small
of the back, on either aide of the spine.
A cold, a chill, a fever, overwork,
overeating or overdrinking may start
a slight congestion or inflammation
In the kidneys that will at once inter
rupt the kidneys' work of filtering the
Mood. It is this condition that sets
up the aching, and makes your back
so bad. '
You cannot make any mistake by
treating the kidneys at once, for it is
these small troubles that lead to
dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease.
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the salmon do happen to get past the
traps in Bakers Bay. they are sure to
be picked up by the fish wheels at the
Cascades, on some week day following.
It Is plainly the duty of the Legislatures
of Oregon and Washington to pass such
a bill at the coming 'sessions, if there are
to be any salmon left for the future.
' J. M. P. CHALMERS, M. D.'
Initiative and Referendum Nuisance.
Albany Evening Herald.
At present the nuisance of the referen
dum petition circulator is once more af
flicting the people of Oregon, now that
the June election time is approaching,
and bardly a day passes but that some
person from some remote section of the
state is not seen endeavoring to secure
signatures tc' some petition to change
something or'other in another portion of
the state. It la easy to obtain signatures
to these petitions because the average
person would rather sign the petition
and be rid of the tormenter than to wait
while the one circulating the petition por
trays a long llBt of alleged reasons why
Havoc Wrought by Plague
Almost
The casual observer does not know
of the havoc wrought by the white
plague In the homes of this city. Its
work is quiet, but none the less ter
rible. The public should awaken to the
demand upon it for sympathy and sup
port. There Is no doubt that consump
tion can be eliminated if the people
will Join In the efforts of the anti
tuberculosis societies. Much has been
accomplished and complete success is
certain if the people themselves will
help.
The first duty of mankind to itself
Is to guard In every way possible
against the deadly germ. Neglect of
even an ordinary cough or cold .is
dangerous, as the resulting irritation
of the lungs renders them sore and
especially receptive to the tubercular
germ.
To break up a cold, quickly and cure
any cough that is curable, there Is
nothing so effective as a mixture of
two ounces of glycerine, a half ounce
Virgin Oil of Pine and eight ounces of
good whisky. Mix thoroughly and take
a teaspoonful every four hours. Five
ounces of tincture of Cinchona com
YOUR KIDNEYS.
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the petition is a meritorious one It
would seem that a means might be "found
whereby the people residing in the district
affected by the proposed change would
be given the opportunity to decide the
question among themselves solelv and
not require the entire population "of the
state to decide the question for them, the
greater portion of whom will not have
the remotest idea regarding the respective
merit of the proposed measure.
Too Much Jor Kills Forgiven Son.
New York World.
Joy proved too potent an emotion U
Charles Lugcr, a law clerk of 61 High
street, Brooklyn, and killed him. Recon-.
ciliation with his parents and sisters after
18 years' separation so thrilled him as to
bring death. Yet the certificate of the
physician- says tersely "heart failure.'1
Luger began to tell his sister the story ol
his reception by his parents, . his eye
brimming with tears as he told of th
affection lavished on him. . In the mldsi
of his narrative he clapped his hands to
his heart and fell.
Inconceivable
pound can be used instead of the .whis
ky with the same effect.
' The Ingredients are inexpensive ani
can be purchased without trouble at
any good drug store. To avoid substi
tution of some inferior pina product
for the Virgin Oil of Pine, it is better
to purchase each separately and mix
them at home.
The genuine Virgin Oil of Pine is
put up for dispensing only in -c.unce
vials, each vial securely sealed In a
round wooden case with an engraved
wrapper showing plainly the name
Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure,
guaranteed under the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906, Serial No. 451,
prepared only by Leach Chemical Co.,
Cincinnati. Ohio. Be sure to get the
genuine, as the oil sold in bulk and
cheap imitations put out to resemble
Virgin oil of Pine in name and style
of package are ineffective, being large
ly composed of a distillation of pine
needles, or leaves, instead of from the
pine tree proper.
These pine needle oils are not in
tended for Internal use, and when
taken" internally usually cause nausea.
Their use is mainly confined to the
manufacture of soap and similar pur
poses. If there is any doubt In your mind
that the kidneys are affected, notice
the urine for a few days. If passages
are irregular, painful or too scanty,
discolored, or full of sediment, the
kidneys need help right "away, and
there Is no other medicine more help
ful than Doan's Kidney Pills, a simple
remedy for the kidneys, yet so power
ful that it quickly cures the cause and
so ends all the painful and annoying
tymptoms. Home testimony proves
the unfailing merit of Doan's Kidney
Pills.s
PORTLAND TESTIMONY.
Mrs. A. M. Hollabaugh, 328 Grant St.,
Portland, Oregon, says: "For two or
three years my kidneys were disordered
and caused me much annoyance. Un
like most people. I did . not suffer a
great deal from backache, being both
ered principally by the action of the
kidney secretions. They were also at
tended with pain during passage
Learning about Doan's Kidney Pills. 1.
procured a supply at the Laue-Davip
Drug Co. I soon felt their beneficial
effects and when I had finished taking
the contents of one box, my condition
was improved In every way. I have
a very high opinion of Doan's Kidney
i Pills and cheerfully recommend them."