VOL.. XL.VIII. NO. 14,728.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FORAKER RENEWS
FIAGE
Insists President Is
Abusing Power.
BUT ADMITS HE GAVE IN ONCE
Bryson in Bad Odor Because
He Opposed Taft.
WON BY HIS MANLY LETTER
Refusal to Appoint Him Postmaster
Reconsidered and Appointment
Given Hundred ase9 of
Coercion, Says Foraker.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 10. Rising to a
question of personal privilege. Senator
Foraker today replied in the Senate to
the denial of President Roosevelt of
charges that he had used Federal patron
age for the purpose of Influencing the
Republican National contest. The Sena
tor predicated his argument on a refer
ence to the Ohio situation in the letter of
President Rooseve(t to William Dudley
Foulke, ex-Civil Service Commissioner,
which was published today. He pro
duced correspondence relating to the ap
pointment of Charles- H. Bryson, whose
nomination as postmaster at Athens, O.,
wai withheld temporarily for the alleged
reason that Mr. Bryson had given an in
terview while in Washington expressing
the opinion that Secretary Taft was los
ing ground in the Ohio contest. The
correspondence showed that Mr. Bryson
had stood his ground and his declaration
of political independence had resulted In
another order from the White House
making the appointment.
The communications on the subject
were between Representative Douglass,
of Ohio, and Mr. Bryson. In a very
temperate manner ' Foraker commented
on the case, but Insisted that the records
clearly showed an attempt to "coerce"
Mr, Bryson, and that his fearless stand
had been responsible for his retention by
the President. The Senatqr said that It
was no exaggeration to gay that there
are a hundred cases in Ohio where the
appointments had been made for political
purposes only, but there are "few where
documentary evidence can be produced.
Why Senators Killed Appointments.
Foraker opened his remarks by saying
that on January 14, I90S, the Senate, In
executive session, at the Instance of "the
two Senators from Ohio, refused to con
firm certain postoflice appointments
which had been made by the President.
'Urged by our friends of the press as
to the reasons why we had taken such
action,'! said Foraker, "I made a state
ment in about these words: 'That the
action taken meant that there would not
he in Ohio any further prostitution of
patronage for political purposes without
being resented.' "
That, the Senator said, seemed to be
enough, and it was announced that ' the
President would make a full and detailed
answer to all the charges of. that kind.
Foraker referred to the President's state
ment published in this morning's papers,
and said he did not propose to go into
details In his reply to that statement be
cause the appointment of a postmaster
outside the community in which he lived
Is not of interest to the public. He read
a part of the President's statement in
which the latter declared that no Presi
dential candidate had . been favored In
any appointments. Ho continued:
Evidence of Coercion.
Thes ttncral propositions are important.
TVhlle the people of the country are not in
torrtcd In specific details of appointments,
they ere Interested In the general propositions
enunciated by the President; they are inter
ested In knowing that the appointments are
made with an eye single to the good of the
pubjio service. The President, by lila state
ment, recognizee the importance of observing
the propositions.
It la difficult to prove, cases of this character
because ordinarily there la no evidence re
duced to writing bearing on them. But for
tunately we have one case In Ohio where there
i written testimony. I don't charge any
body with bad faith. 1 supposed all the while
that tho President was acting upon recom
mcndatlone made to him without knowledge
of the basis of fact upon which these recom
mendations rested.
' Bryson Criticised Tart.
He referred to the recent appointment
of Mr. Bryson, who, ho said, was ap
pointed without his solicitation upon rec
ommendation of Douglass. He then read
from a local paper an interview with Mr.
Bryson in which he stated that Mr. Taft
had lost his following in Ohio and For
aker had greatly grown in strength. At
the conclusion of the reading of the in
terview Foraker observed that there was
nothing In It hostile 'to Mr. Taft, but
that It expressed an honest difference of
opinion on a 6ubject entirely within his
rights of Individual opinion.
Mr. Bryson returned to Athens, said
Mr. Foraker, entirely unconscious that
lie had made any trouble until a few
days later, when he received a letter
from Mr. Douglass telling of a talk ho
had had with Postmaster-General Meyer
on the subject of the appointment. Ac
cording to this letter, Mr. Douglass had
been sent for to be Id that Hie Presi
dent had decided not to appoint Mr.
Bryson after all. Douglass said that ule
Postmaster-General was nice about It,
but determined, and evidently was carry
ing out the President's orders.
From the Postoftlce Department Doug
lass went to the Whito House, where he
took us the matter with, Mr. Loeb, tho
TO
President's secretary, who said the Pres
ident could see "no reason for appoint
ing men to office who were not in har
mony With hia policies." Mr. Loeb. ac
cording to Douglass' letter, said the Pres
ident was determined that Douglass
should recommend another appointment.
Foraker said that Douglass had told
Mr. Bryson that It would be advisable
for him to come to Washington and take
tho matter up himself. After receiving a
reply dated December 9, In which Mr.
Bryson said ho would be in Washington
within a day or two, Douglass saw the
President. The story of the conference
at the White House was told In a letter
which Douglass immediately sent to Mr.
Bryson himself, saying: .
"The President bluntly told me that'I
would have to recommend another man."
Douglass said that he urged the Presi
dent to reconsider, but that he was In
sistent. Foraker said he did not want to com
ment upon the correspondence beyond
showing the pressure that had been
brought to bear on any man who had
expressed his personal views on a mat
ter on which he had a right to express
them, to "coerce," as the President had
said in his letter.
Bryson Declares Independence.
Mr. Bryson then sent a letter to Doug
lass, said Foraker, in which he gave his
view of the situation. He said that in
his Interview he had said that Mr. Taft
was losing and Foraker gaining in Ohio
and that Mr. Taft, if nominated,- could
not carry his -state. Mr. Bryson reit
erated this and declared that it was true.
He said that he had always been in fa
vor of the President's policies and that
nothing had ever appeared In his paper
in opposition to the Administration. He
reviewed some of the things he had
printed, however, including the state
ment that the President would be com
pelled to take another nomination, be
cause, with Mr. Taft as a candidate, the
labor, capital and negro vote will be elim
inated. He asserted that the President's
statement of his (Bryson'.s) activities, as
reported to Douglass, was entirely wrong,
and in conclusion Mr. Bryson said:
"I favor the President, but not his
candidate, and I shall not, so long as I
think Bryan can beat him at the polls."
The letter contained a declaration of
political independence, so far as express
ing preference for candidates is con
cerned, and Mr. Bryson announced that,
while he would like to continue in of
fice, he would not do so by tho sacrifice
of his Independence, and the President
could have the office for some one who
was willing to carry out his wishes In
all matters. Foraker characterized the
letter by Mr. Bryson as "an able, frank,
candid statement, with no beating about
the bush in it."
Hundred Similar Cases.
He said that he supposed Douglass had
laid it before the President and that the
President decided to send' In the nomi
nation. Foraker gave the President en
tire credit for seeing the justice of such
a course, in view of the manly reply
made by Mr. Bryson to the criticism
that the President had made -of him.
Foraker asserted be would establish
to the entire satisfaction of any unbiased
mind that there are a hundred such
cases in Ohio. He said that the estimate
was no exaggeration, although the Pres
ident's hand could not be traced to all
of them. He said they had been engi
neered by men who represented the Pres
ident, i
During his statement the Senator was
compelled to suspend in order that the
Senate might receive a message from the
President. The appearance of the White
House messenger at this juncture pro
voked much merriment.
No reply was made to Foraker'a re
marks. Douglass Defends Roosevelt.
The reading of the above correspond
ence caused Douglass,- on the floor of
the House of. Representatives, to read
another letter of his to Mr. Bryson,
which he said Foraker had failed to
read. Douglass said he was unable . to
(Concluded on Page 2.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Minimum temperature, S5
degrees; maximum. 41) degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Crowd to see King Carlos end Crown Prince
breaks through - guard. Pago 3.
National.
Post Office Commission favors radical re
organization of department. Page &
Foraker renews charge that Roosevelt plays
politics with patronage. Pa'fee 1.
House committee hears plea for Seattle Ex
position appropriation. Page 2-
Naval appropriation cut to two battleships
by House committee. Page 2.
Democratic Congressman attacks Bryan In
House. Page 2.
Heney and Bourne believed to have com
bined against Cleeton. Page i.
Navy Department conceals route for return
of fleet, lest it revive anti-Japanese feel
ing. Page 4.
Politics.
Taft makes great speech at Kansas City.
Page 1.
Williams defeated in election of chairman of
Democratic Campaign Committee. Page
2.
Domestic.
Two Indictments against Morse for grand
larceny. Page 1.
Gompera denounces as brutal interview
which Morgan, repudiates. Page 1.
Sports,
Burns knocks out palmer easily in four
rounds. Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Another skeleton dug up at Rim hurst re
veals series of murders. Page 4.
Ruef tights Heney with legal technfcall-
ties. Page 8
Boy accuses mother of Incendiarism and
threatened murder. Page 36.
Lid goes on with a bang at Baker City.
Page 6.
Congressman Hawley returns ' t Salem to
register for June election. . Page 6-
Commercial and Marine. - f
American hop surplus steadily ' Increas
ing, rage 15.
Bearish statistics weaken Eastern wheat
market Page 15- .-
Stock market under selling pressure. Page
15. ,
Nicomedia clears for Oriental porta. Page
14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Conference today between Hill and Harrl
man railroad officials regarding local
terminal dispute. Page 7.
John H. Hall requests Dr. C. T. "Wilson to
explain sermon on recent trial. ,Page 14.
Organized labor preparing again to take ac
tive part in politics. Page 11.
A. E. Kessler aids policeman In making ar
rest and is himself arrested. Page 10.
Swift's will have $10,000,000 pay roll during
next year. Page lO.
O'Brien recommends that work begin on
Harrlman line ta Bound. Page 10.
Oregon Trust merger tomorrow; directorate
announced. Page lO.
Judge Cameron bars Captain Bruin from
Municipal Court until he apologizes for
remark. Page 6. '
Contracts let fnr three new school build
ings. Page 7.
Sports.
Rivalry In election at Multnomah. Club to
night. Paxe &
TUFT ACCLAIMED
AT KANSAS CITY
Declares Issues of
Coming Campaign.
MORAL AWAKENING OF PEOPLE
Roosevelt's War on Pluto
crats and Socialists.
PARTY FOLLOWS HIS LEAD
Amid Salvos of Cheers, War Sec
retary Describes Message as
Bugle-Call Hadley Booms
Taft for President
KANSAS CITT, Feb. .10. William H.
Taft, Secretary of "War, was given a
memorable ovation by 15.000 people In
Convention Hall tonight, when he was
the guest of honor and principal speaker
at the most elaborate banquet ever at
tempted In this city, given by the -Association
of Young Republicans of Missouri
and attended by 1200 persons, many of
whom came from Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma and distant Missouri cities.
The demonstration accorded Mr. Taft
when he entered the great banquet hall
and again -when he rose to speak has
never been surpassed by the welcome
given any public man In the history of
this city. Each of the 1200 banqueters
paid $2.50 for the privilege of attending,
but the balconies were free to the pub
lic, and long before the speaking began
standing room, in the hall was at a' pre
mium. . Mr. Taft's speech was a general' de
fense of the Republican party and ea
pecially of the policies brought to the
fore by the administration of Theodore
Roosevelt. Speaking of the recent panic
and of the President's late special mes
sage to Congress, the Secretary said:
Message a Bug-Ie-Call.
The mesuage contains an answer to the
charges made that the administration Is re
sponsible for the financial depression and the
Bh'arpneas and emphasis with which hls un
founded attack Is met. have heartened the
great body of the people as a bugle-call to
renewed support pf he policies of the ad
ministration. We are passing into a Regime of an irre
sponsible plutocracy. During the last four
years there has been a great moral awaken
ing to this danger amonc the people and a
popular demand that the lawbreakers, no mat
ter how wealthy or how high or powerful their
positions, shall be made to suffer. Under the
leadership of Theodore Roosevelt the Repub
lican party has not faltered In Its determina
tion to meet the requirements of this situa
tion and to enact auch legislation as may be
necessary to bring to a close this period of
illegitimate corporate immunity.
War on Plutocracy and Socialism.
In concluding Mr. Taft 'said:
Vigorous action and measures to stamp out
existing abuses and effect reforms are neces
sary to vindicate society as at present con
stituted. - Otherwise we must yield to those
who seek to introduce a new order of things
on a socialistic basis. The Republican party
follows the Administration on this social and
moral reform, approves Its attitude in favor
of vested rights, of maintaining the power
of the courts, of rendering more equal by
legislation the basis of dealing between em
ployer and employe, of strengthening the reg
ulative power over railroads and other Inter
state -corporations ar.d of prosecuting those
lawbreakers who continue to defj' public
opinion.
Rooiye!t . leeSa his party as Lincoln led
bis, as Mckinley led his, to meet , the new
issues presented, to arm our present -civilisation
and lit It with a bold front to resist the
attacks of socialism, and to transmit to ' the
coming generations unharmed the great in
stitutions of civil liberty Inherited fromour.
fathers.
Hadley Raises Taft Banner.
Herbert S. Hadley. Attorney-rGeneral of
Missouri, responded to the toast "We
Have Put Our Hand to the Plow." Mr.
Hadley said In the greatest crisis of
American history there had been found
a man equal to the demand of the occa
sion andi the necessities of the work.. He
proceeded:
"Never before In the history of tho
world has on man so Impressed the
force of his personality and the force of
his principles' upon the life and' thought
of a great people as has this modern
apostle and prophet of righteousness.'
"'And, now that he has blazed the path
way along which we must travel, we
need a leader who will continue his work
because his heart Is in the work; who
L
William Dudley Foulke. Whose Let
ter Called Forth Roosevelt's Denial
That He Has Used Patronage to
Boom Taft.
will have the courage to do right- when
It Is popular to be wrong: who is brave
enough and strong enough to refuse to
make terms with, the politicians, even to
be President. Such a man and such a
leader the Republicans of Missouri be
lieveand, believing, they should not
hesitate so to say the American people
will rind in the trusted friend of Will
lam MeKniley and Theodore Roosevelt,
the Secretary of War and also the Sec
retary of Peace, our honored guest to
night, William H. Taft, of Ohio." .
Mr. Taft arrived here early this morn
ing from Washington -and almost imme
diately entered into a round of confer
ences, receptions and other forms of en
tertainment. He was accompanied from
St. Louis by half a hundred prominent
Missouri Republicans. Breakfas-t was
served at the Midland Hotel. Then began
a set of conferences with Republican
committeemen from several near-by
states, who had) come here to talk over
with the Secretary party conditions In
their district. Victor Rosewater, edl
tor of the Omaha Bee, and William Hay
ward, chairman of the Nebraska State
Central Committee, were among the first
to be closeted with Mr. Taft. Later he
received delegations from Kansas, Okla
homa anij Texas. Following these con
ferences, to which three hours were set
aside, there was a reception at the Mis
souri' Republican Club's headquarters.
Mr. Taft took luncheon at 1 o'clock at
the Midland Hotel, with members of the
entertainment committee, and at 2:30 he
was the guest of the Yale Alumni As
sociation at a smoker at the University
Club.
Mr. Taft will depart for Grand Rapids,
Mich., Tuesday morning, over the Santa
Fe going Bast by way of Chicago. On
Wednesday he will, deliver a speech at a
banquet at Grand Rapids In celebration
of Uncoln's birthday.
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GOMPERSANSWERS
PIERP01MT MORGAN
Calls Reputed Senti
ments Inhuman. ,
MORGAN DENIES INTERVIEW
But Gompers Says Sentiments
Are in Men's Minds.
URGES LABOR TO RESIST
With Thousands Unemployed and
Children Fainting From Hunger.
Suggestion, of Putting Screws
' on Labor Coldly Brutal.
WASHINGTON, Fet. 10. The purported
interview With J, Pierpont Morgan, pub
lished on Sunday morning, in which ho
wa quoted as saying that workingmen
wIlL. have to submit or starve and as ex
pressing other opinions to the same effect
called forth a. vigorous rejoinder from
Samuer Gompers,' president of American
Federation of Labor; although Mr. Mor
gan lias repudiated the interview. The
reply was made in an address of welcome
to 75 delegates who assembled here today
for the purpose of organizing a depart
ment of building trades in the federation
Ifi accordance with a resolution adopted
at the last annual' convention. Mr. Gom
pers among other tilings said:
3Iorgans Purported Opinions.
Yesterday there appeared in the news
papers an interview with J. Pierpont Mor
gan, greatest financier of the country. The
interview was published in two newspaper.
One of them sent me a. telegram- asking for
an answer to Mr. Morgan's statements. I
shall read the telegram that gives the sub
stance of the interview, and I shall want to
say a word or two in re par d to It.
"In an interview published today, J. pier
pont Morgan declares labor must learn that
It cannot control Intiustry. Renewals of
employment are not wanted now. He de
clares Federation will be powerless to pre
vent wage reduction, because work is partly
stopped. Workingmen cannot strike, be
cause they have got no Jobs now. 'There
are no stock on hand, you know,' eay
Morgan, 'and -we do not want to take up
work now. So what can they do? They
will have to submit or they will starve. The
question is to be settled. They are to learn
that they cannot control Industry. "
This morning I saw published Mr. Mor
gan's repudiation of that interview. Not
withstanding Mr. Morgan may not have said
what ts attributed to him, I know that that
thoug-ht has been in the minds of a large
number of employres for a considerable
time, and that is the thing.
Calls Such Talk Treason.
In the same paper in which that inter
view is published is a statement that In New
York City thousands of children go hungry
to school, and as a result are not only in
capable of learning the lessons satisfac
torily, but that they cry for food and some
times faint at their benches because of
hunger.
In the newspapers is a statement of an In
terview with a gentleman who Nhas made
a study of conditions in New York, In which
he says that one out of every three men in
New York City is idle. Idle for what? The
material is there, the machinery is there,
the brain is there, the brawn is there, and
the hands of intelligence are there, and
needs of the people are there, and yet men
are Idle and children In the schools cry
for food. It Is not only inhuman and bru
tal, but it is treason to our country apd to
the human race for anyone to think, much
less give expression to the Idea that the
working pople must submit further or
starve.
The American workingmen have come to
the conclusion, if I have any conception of
their thoughts, their hopes and their ex
pressions, that the condition that obtains
Iti other countries, where there are large
armies of the unemployed, will not ohtatn
In tho United States; It will not be tolerated.
If we permit It, tt will be our own fault
and we will have failed In our duty to each
other, to our fellow-citUens of today - and
the days to come. .
appeal to yoi and all' labor, as we build
up our unions, to .'build up a sentiment of
fraternity and solidarity in the hearts of
the men of labor. I believe that the work
ingmen have come to the conclusion that
they will not submit to any reduction in
their wages there Is no necessity for it,
there ts no excuse for It. , It is not help
ful; on the contrary. It Is harmful, lnjurl-'
ous and destructive.
DECISION CONFIRMS THEORY
Railroads Must Have Care for Safe-
. ty of Employes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. Again the
theory of law that a railroad company
must use reasonable diligence In securing
the safety of Its employes.-was enun
ciated by the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals today, with Circuit Judges
Gilbert, Roes and Morrow on the bench.
. The case was that of George Sonnen
berg, Jr., whose attorney appealed from
the decision of the trial court, which held
that the Southern Pacific Company was
not responsible for the bank of an ex
cavation caving In and breaking Sonnen
berg's leg; Judge Morrow wrote the
opinion of the Appellate Court and re
versed the judgment of the Circuit Court
with instructions to granf a new trial.
PROPOSE VXIOX LABOR TICKET
New York tabor Xeaders Ask Gom
pera to Call Convention.
NEW YORK. Feb. 10. At a meeting of
the Central Federated Union, held yes
terday. President Samuel Gompers, of
the American Federation of Labor, was
requested by resolution to call a conven
tion of labor union representatives from
all over the country for the purpose of
nominating candidates for President and
Vice-President of the United States, and
adopting a platform for a National labor
party. The recent decisions of the Su
preme Court in which, labor laws were
declared unconstitutional, were criticised
and it was declared that laboring men
throughout the country must combine to
change the Constitution. Judge?, it was
said, owed their appointments to men op
posed to labor, and must be superseded
before labor would receive the Justice to
which it Is entitled.
Illinois Steel Mills Resume.
CHICAGO. Feb. 10. -The plate, slab and
structural mills of the Illinois Steel Com
pany, in South Chicago, which has been
temporarily shut down for several weeks,
reopened today, giving employment to 2000
men. The end of the week will gee 6000
more men put to work.
Tube. Works Again Busy.
CLKVELAND, Feb. 10. Between 5000
and 6000 men returned to work at the
Lorain plant of tho National Tube Com
pany today. TUe plant had been closed
down for Eeveral months. Under normal
conditions about 80U0 men are employed.
It Is understood to be the present inten
tion of the company to re-employ a full
quota of men within a very liort time.
Gorliam Company on Full Time.
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Feb. 10. The
one thousand employes of the Gorham
Manufacturing Company, who have
been working' on short time since
Thanksgiving, were notified that be
ginning today the full schedule would
be in operation.
Ohio Plants Resume.
ZANESVILLE. O.. Feb. 10. The tube
plant of the Mark Manufacturing Com
pany, employing 700 men, resumed
work today, and the Roseville Pqttery,
employing 300, resumed on half time.
Cotton Mill on Full Time.
BIDDEFORD, Me.. Feb. 10. The
Peppersell Manufacturing Company will
resume full time at the local cotton
mills next Monday. About 4000 opera
tives are affected.
TWICE INDICTS MORSE
GRAND JURY ACCUSES ICE KING
OF GRAND LARCENY..
Jerome Suppresses Details, but Ad
mits Bankrupt Financier
Is Man Accused.
'NEW "YORK. Feb. 10. The grand
.1ury for New York County, which has
been Investigating certain business
transactions involving some of the
banks with which Charles W. Morse,
organizer of the American Ice Com
pany and the Consolidated Steamship
Company, Until recently was identi
fied, today returned five indictments.
Three of these indictments had to do
with liquor tax cases and two charged
larceny.
' The Indictments were not made pub
lic, but in asking, that a good-sized
ball bond be required District Attor
ney Jerome stated to the court that
two charges of , grand , larceny were
laid against "a man now on his way
over here" from Europe. .Following
the court proceedings,- it was stated
authoritatively that the man referred
to by Mr. Jerome was Charles W.
Morse, who sailed for Liverpool a
week ago Saturday on the Campania,
but is now returning upon the advice
of his counsel.
ONE" DEPOSITOR SAVES IT
Mackenzie Will Reorganize State
Bank of Carson.
CARSOX, Nev., Feb. 10. A new phase
In the Nevada banking situation took
place this afternoon, when W. D. Mackenzie-
tne heaviest Individual depositor
In the suspended Stat Bank & Trust
Company, agreed' to re-finance the insti
tution and become one of its members.
Mr, Mackenzie, who recently had an at
tachment issued against the bank, t.oday
receiied the report' of the committee in
vestigating the bank's securities, and he
agreed to withdraw the attachment and
help reorganize the bank.
Mr. Mackenzie agrees to furnish J140.000.
This with fhe $90,000 on hand will give a
working capital sufficient for Immediate
needs. Mr. Mackenzie has J300.000 in de
posits, but cannot secure more than any
other depositor. He will become a di
rector. It Is proposed to pay depositors
In installments spread over one year.
Nearly every depositor has signed . this
agreement. ,
T. B. Rickey, former president, has as
signed his stock, and is out. The branches
at Goldtleld, Tonopah, Blair and Manhat
tan are not in the deal. r
POSSIBLY PLAN TO
DEFEAT CLEETON
Townsend May Be
District Attorney.
BY APPOINTMENT OF COURT
Heney and Bourne Leagued
Against Fulton a Possibility.
SLIP SCHUEBEL INTO JOB
North Dakotan Would Surely Be Tie
jected by Senate Bristol Holds
Key to Situation I'ntU
Congress Adjourns. .'."
' -'mi,
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 10. If Government agents in
Portland have made objection to the ap
pointment of Thomas J. Cleeton as Dis
trict Attorney for Oregon, that fact la
either unknown to the Department of
Justice or the Department Is purposely
concealing, the information. It Is also
Impossible to obtain the slightest official,
confirmation of the report that F. J.
Heney and T. C. Becker have recom
mended the appointment of B. D. Town
send to serve as District Attorney ad
interim. Mr. Fulton has heard nothing
of this new move and Senator Bourne
can not be found.
. There is only one way in which Mr.
Townsend who is now Assistant District
Attorney for North Dakota, could be tem
porarily appointed District Attorney for,
Oregon; that is, by Judge Wolverton, but 1
Judge Wolverton cannot act until the of
fice of District Attorney becomes vacant.
It, therefore, looks as though W. C. Bris
tol holds the key to the situation and as
long as he remains District Attorney, even
though not ax;tive In Chat -position, no tem
porary appointment can be made.
How to Make Room for Townsend.
If Mr. Bristol is compelled to resign
the President can create a vacancy by ac
cepting his resignation, or the President
can summarily remove him from office,
thus making possible the appointment of
Mr. Townsend. But the President, could
not, himself, give Mr. Townsend a tem
porary appointment. The only way in
which he could appoint while Congress is
in session Is by regularly sending tho
nomination to the Senate and his ap
pointee in that event, could not assume'of
flce until confirmed. It is perfectly safe
to predict that the Senate would never
consent to the confirmation of a North
Dakota man as District Attorney for Ore
gon, for Mr. Fulton would object and. his
objection on such a ground would be am
ple Justification for the Senate, to reject
Mr. Townsend's nomination.
Heney and Bourne in League.
The line Italian hand of Mr. Heney Is
readily discernible In this latest move;
which is the only one that can now be
made to checkmate Mr. Fulton and pre
vent tho appointment of any man in
dorsed by him. That Mr. Heney has been
in conjmunication with Mr. Bourne is
strongly suspected, for Mr. Bourne was
not enthusiastic over his Indorsement of
Mr. Cleeton and would have preferred
other men. There is every reason "to sus
pect that Mr. Bourne has joined hands
with Mr. Heney to annihilate Mr. Fulton,
if possible, and this latest move is only
part of the game.
If, as suggested, the President cre
ates a vacancy in the District Attorney's
office by removing or accepting the
forced resignation of Mr. Bristol, Judge
Wolverton, if so disposed, can, under
section 763 of the Revised Statutes, tem
porarily appoint Mr. Townsend, who can
serve until the President makes a per
manent appointment. . Assuming that
Mr. Bourne is a party to this scheme,
he will probably not object to the ap
pointment of Mr. Townsend, but, as soon
as Congress adjourns, will aaTi the Pres
ident to reappoint Chris Schuebel. Mr.
Schuebel, if given a recess appointment,
could be retained In office lndeftnitclj;
unless the Senate at the ensuing session
should reject his nomination.
Schuebel Would Iteign Briefly.
In the event that Mr. Honey's recom
mendation is carried out and Mr. Schue
bel is later given a recess appointment,
he would have to be renominated next
December. Mr. Fulton would then have
the same advantage over Mr. Bourne
that he enjoys in the Senate today, and
could secure Mr. Schuebel's rejection,
but there is no way in which Mr. Ful
ton cpuld prevent Mr. Schuebel's up-
pointment after Congress adjoarns, pro
vided Mr. Bristol is dlspofed of in tin.
meantime, and Townsend is appointed
by the court, to serve ad interim.
CHARGES NOT MADE PUBLIC
Cleeton Says He Will Answer Any
Accusations.
Just what is the opposition to the ap
pointment of T. J. Cleeton as United
States Attorney for Oregon ' cannot be
learned here. Tracy C. Becker, special
assistant to the Attorney-General, and T.
B. Neuhausen, special inspector to the
Interior Department, who are investigat
ing the qualifications of Mr. Cleeton for
the office, decline to tffecuf.s the nature of
the charges If any have been preferred.
However, It is the purpose of Mr. Cleeton
to call at the Federal building today and
ascertain the .character of the charges
that may have been preferred against him
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