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v"? MflRMNG OREGOMAX. FRIDAY. MARCH 20. 1D0S.
READY TO PROVE
CAUSE OF PIC
La Follette Reiterates Charge
Against the High Financiers.
of 1S9 and 1 to nic. just as it is un
fair in ignoring the still worse defeat
of 13M, when the New York World was
again the party's adviser. I especially
appreciate the generous support that has
come to me from the Southern States.
If its Democratic voters believe that T
can assist the party by being a candi
date, why should I refuse? And why
should I take the advice of a few edi
tors who have never been friendly, rath
er'than the advice of millions of Demo
crats who have been co-laborers with me
for more than a decade?"
DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT
Ciore Condemns Roosevelt for Con
trntnlatina Morgan, but La Toi
lette Sajs lie Did His Best
Vndcr Critical Conditions.
. WASHINGTON. March IS. -Resuming in
the Senate today his unfinished speech
on the Aldrlrh currency bill. JLa Follette
directed himself to the charge made in
his remarks on Tuesday that the recent
financial stringency was started by great
bankers and financiers, declaring that
since he spoke on Tuesday, he had se
cured additional Information proving that
his charges were correct.
Gore, of Oklahoma, interrupted to ask
whether, in view of the charge made by
the Senator from Wisconsin, the Presi
dent was justified in congratulating the
Tnen who brought on the panic.
"Does the Senator think," he said; "that
President Roosevelt and Secretary Cor
tclyou were not star actors in that per
formance, or at least that they congrat
ulated the chief actors when it was
over?'
He quoted from a letter sent by the
President to Mr. Cortelyou.
Roosevelt Put Out the Fire.
l.a Follette deprecated the idea of bring
ing partisan politics Into the. discussion,
and said he did not purpose to be drawn
Into criticism of the President, who had
done the best ho could to relieve the sit
uation and had not thought It wise at that
critical moment to attempt the punish
ment of the Incendiaries who had started
the conflagration the President sought to
put out.
"Whatever the agencies back of that
ranlc." said the Senator, "whatever the
purposes were behind it, the ' President
and his Secretary of the Treasury were
ronfrortted with a condition. The panic
was on." declared the Senator in tragic
tones that rang through the chamber.
"The panic was on. I do not know how
the President regarded it. He was sitting
there in the White House. He was a
man who had faced all manner of dan
gers without flinching, but he was con
fronted with a situation, and the panic
was on. He saw that legitimate business
was put In peril and the responsibility
tame to him as the head of the Govern
ment, and to liis Secretary, the head of
. the Treasury Department. Where else
could the money have been sent to stop
the panic, no matter what influence might
Jiave been behind this bill?"
No. Congratulation to Incendiaries.
Gore said that lie justified the President-"in
standing and delivering to those
pirates and depositing with them the peo
ple's money when their dagger was at
hi throat. But I cannot, he said, c
cum- him for congratulating the pirates
s puhlle spirited benefactors. I excuse
the President rfnr helping the incendiaries
who kindled the fire, but 1 can hardly go
no far as to approve his proclamation of
I hem as the deliverers of tlie country.
Gore stated that he heartily agreed
iih the Senator from Wisconsin, "that
Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Morgan brought
on this nanic. which had ripened to the
point of falling, but he did not think they
ihmild he hailed as benefactors afterward."
Referring to the bill as originally re
tiorled. La Follette declared with a sufr
scMlon of a sneer that the railroad bonds
h.nl been "wh aked out ot tne measure.
"We are not through with that proposi
tion." he added, "it will appear again
ami acaiu until finally it is overwhelm
Ingly beaten or unexpectedly worked in
and ernfted upon the currency system
of this country."
Itebukea the Interrupters.
He then discussed at some length his
resolution for the valuation of railway
property which, he said, had been sent
to the committee on interstate coi
mrree. hut was not acted upon.
There was quite a large attendance of
Democratic. Senators In their places, out
comnaratively few Republicans. urea
tonally conversations between Senators
on the Republican side caused the Sena
tor to discontinue the reading of his
remarks. On one occasion he remarked.
if there are any comments on. my- re
marks. I would be glad to have them
made so audibly that I can hear them."
"This is not the first time in tne His
tory ot legislation." he said, "that the
chairman of the committee on finance
has brought in propositions, by executive
decree, to work railroad bonds Into tne
Treasury lrpartment. as bearing upon
the financial operations ofthe great de
partment of the Government."
After speaking for more than two
hours and a half. ai Follette yielded the.
floor with the statement that he would
resume his speech Monday next.
OHIO SENDS I'KEX GOOD NEWS
Legislature Votes to Submit Initia
tive and Referendum.
COI.L'MBL'S, O.. March 19. The House
tonight by a vote of ICO to IS adopted
the Atwell Senate joint resolution pro
viding for submission to a vote ot the
people of an amendment to the consti
tution establishing the initiative and
referendum in state legislation.
Instructs Delegates Tor Tafl.
I.OGAX. O.. March 19. The Kleventh
District Congressional Republican con
vention today renominated Albert
Douglas for Congress. ' C. -L.. Poston and
and Zane Burley were chosen delegates
to the National convention and ' in
structed to vote for Secretary Taft for
the Presidential , nomination.
ROOSEVELT TALKS
OF HIS MOTIVES
Enemy of Socialism and Anar
chy, He Declares to For
eign Correspondent.
PUTS TRUST IN THE PEOPLE
W alker's Extradition Allowed.
WASHINGTON. March 19. The State
Department was today informed that the
Mexican Government lias granted the
extradition of Willia-n F. Walker, the
Connecticut banker who absconded sev
eral months ago and, was located in
Lower California by Pinkerton detectives.
Name Fairbanks Delegates.
PRINCETON.. Ind., March ' 19. Re
publicans of the First District, in con
vention this afternoon, renominated
John H. Foster, of Evansville. for Con
gress and Indorsed Charles W. Fair
banks for President.
Indorse Roosevelt and Taft.
MANCHESTER. Vt.. March 19. The
Third District Republican convention
today nominated John C. Luce for
Congress. Resolutions were adopted
unanimously indorsing the administra
tion of President Roosevelt and in
structing the delegates to vote for Taft.
Taft Indorsed in Wjoininj.
CHBVKNNB, Wyo.. March 19. The Re
publican state committee today called the
Mate convention at Lander. May 7, to se
lect delegates to the National convention
and indorsed the candidacy of Secretary
Taft for President.
Indorse Roosevelt's Policies.
CAPK CHARLKS. Va March 19. The
First Congressional district Republican
convention here today elected W. O.
Hopkins, of Newport News, and C. H.
Smithers delegates to the National con-
BREWER SUED FOR DIVORCE
CHARGE FILED AGAINST WIL
LIAM LEMP, JR.
Wife Declares He Allowed Young
Son to See Live Birds Fed
to .Monkeys.
ST. LOUIS. March 19. Suit for di
vorce was filed here today -by Mrs.
Lillian Handlan Lemp againat William
J. Lemp, Jr.. president of the Lemp
Brewing Company. She asks the cus
tody of their 7-year-old son. William J.
Lemp. III. and a gross sum of alimony
to be fixed by the court.
The couple separated in September,
1906. Mri. Lemp charges that her hus
band tried to prevent the religious
training of their son. and that lie per
mitted the child to associate with
stablemen, who taught him profanity
and cruelty.
Once, she charged, live birds were
fed to monkeys during a visit which
little William made to the Lemp stable
In his father's company.
Says Fleet's Voyage Was Ordered to
Show Americans and Foreign
Nations This Country's
Naval Power.
PARIS, March 19. The Temps today
published an article on President Roose
velt from the pen of Andre Tardieu, its
foreign representative, who has just re
turned from America. After picturing
the President's youthful vigor and Ms
Icve for the struggles against wrong, M.
Tardieu quotes from the President's ut
terances to him, especially in connection
with his crusade. The President declares
his struggle against plutocracy was be
cause he was an enemy of socialism and
anarchy.
Stands as Conservative.
'.'I am. after my fashion, a conserva
tive," Mr. Tardieu quotes Mr.' Roosevelt
as saying, "and .for this I combat the
abuses of plutocracy. I know the people
in Wall street denounce me as Judas
Iscariot. but it is because I speak the
language of truth to the American peo
ple that I think I am a good patriot, I
am not a sentimentalist. Let them at
tack me: I will defend myself by ap
pealing -to- the spirit of justice in the
country. I will not return the blows."
Continuing. Mr. Roosevelt said lie
thought that what the United States
lacks, most was comprehension of the
fact 'that she has Interests throughout
the world.
"I wish all Americans." the President
said, "would feel that American politics
are world politics; that we are and will
be concerned in oil the great questions."
Object of Fleet's Cruise.
Mr. Roosevelt then spoke with enthusi
asm of the battleship fleet. He had or
ganized the fleet to make this voyage,
first, because he wished to demonstrate
to the American people that the Navy was
effective and important, that they should
be interested and proud of it, and sec
ondly, because he desired to show to the
other powers the Naval force of the
United States. The President declared
that without doubt the United States
would eventually have two fleets, but
in the meantime the present one never
would be divided.
"We say." M. Tardieu quotes Mr.
Roosevelt as remarking, "speak softly
and carry the 'big stick'; this is a good
policy in international troubles and it is
good, also in foreign pontics.
ENGINEERS REFUSE TERMS
Will Probably Soon Reach Agree
ment With Owners.
SAX FRANCISCO. March 19. At a spe
cial meeting of the marine Engineers
Association today, attended by over 200
members, a compromise msasure proposed
by the Shipowners' Association last Wed
nesday was refused unanimously and It
was voted to stand by the original de
mand for three men to man ships in the
engine-room on long runs.
The shipowners have said, however,
that they wish to meet the engineers half
way and it is thought that a compromise
will be effected this week to commission
again the fleet of steam schooners that
has been tied up for the past two months
awaiting the outcome of the dispute.
THOMAS B REED
COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND IT
In 1902 lie wrote, "How"
it "can be the subject of dis
cussion and debate in . this
country at this time passes
all understanding." Per
haps he meant his under
standing. It passes some
people s understanding why
it hasn 't been discussed
more. It forms the leading
article in this week's issue
of The Saturday Evening
Post, and is called "The Un
discussed Issue. ' '
Are you reading Senator
William M. Stewart's remin
iscences! He tells, in this
week's issue, of some con
versations he had with Pres
ident Grant regarding the
Fifteenth Amendment. He
also discloses a trick he
played on the road-agents in
Nevada. Says he, "After
that they gave it up, and
while Ave were loading five
of the silver cannon-balls on
an immense freight-wagon,
they sat around disconsolate
and solemn."
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Railroadmen Laid Off.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 19. Five
hundred men who were employed in
the locomotive department of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
shops here have been laid off. in the
last few days on account of decrease in
business.
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BRUTAL OFFICER PUNISHED
German Corporal to Be Degraded
"and Imprisoned for Cruelty.
POSEX. March 19. Corporal Otto
Fischer of the Forty-Seventh Infantry,
was today sentenced by court-martial to
two months imprisonment and to he
degraded from his rank after being found
guilty on charges of brutality against
soldiers under his charge.
t was recited before the court tnat on
several occasions the Corporal had
ordered certain men to strip to the waist.
while 12 of their comrades vubbed them
on the back with rough brushes and sand
for a Quarter of an hour. Fischer pre
viously served three months. imprison
ment on charges of a similar nature.
BIND TO NO CANDIDATE
tontmu From Kir"t Pace.)
.-vernmrnt that was conceived In the
mind of man. It is not perfect, for when
the TVmocrats are in power you can
prove that the government is not per
fect by all the Republicans, and when
hc Republican are in power no proof.
is necessary to show that it is not per
feot." Mr. Bryan was a?ked whether he had
any comment to make on the action of
the New York Democratic state com
mittee. and replied:
None whatever. I thank you for the
information, but 1 have absolutely noth
ing to say with reference to it."
lUOSKXTS STIGMA OF DEFEAT
Hrynn sj U Hioiilrt U Be
t Jiarsrd to Him.
f'ULl'MBlA. S C. March 19. William
J. Bryan in a letter to William E. Gon
ial, editor of the Stale, says ttiat it is
not for him to discus the question t
a-ivuiabtlftv of candidates. His availabil
ity as a candidate is not a question upon
which his judjjmcnt should be ventured
or accepted.
' "I have simply stated that it is a ques
tion for the voters of the party to deter
mine. As a Democrat I have resented
tha claim that a few editors should de
cide this question for the people. I am
a believer in free speech and in a free
press and I recognise the right of any
voter, whether he is large or small to
state his opinion and his reason for It.
but those ho read his opinion have a
riRht to give It such weight as they
think it deserves."
Continuing. Mr. Bryan says:
lt is deliberately unfair in ignoring
this question and charging the defeats
EMPEROR NOT QUITE WELL
Car Needed to Save Francis Josrph
Irom Bronchitis.
VITTXXA, March 19. The slight fever-
ishness accompanying the cold from
which Emperor Francis Joseph has been
suffering for the past few days has not
entirely disappeared. The Emperor s sleep
lust night was practically undisturbed.
The general condition of His Majesty is
satisfactory, but the cold and wet
weather at this season of the year make
the greatest caution necessary, last there
should he a recurrence of the feverish
bronchitis from which the Emperor suf.
fered a few months ago.
Students Test Cement Bricks.
UNIVERSITY OF ORRJOON. Eugene,
Or.. March 19. (Special.) The senior en
gineers are making practical experiments
to test the permeability of concrete work
made of hvdralic cement mixed wltn van
ous other constituents. The engineering
world has long wanted a concrete work
which will bo absolutely imperishable in
contact with water, and it is known that
.nme concrete is mucn more so uiau
others, the difference being caused, in ."
lar.se dt-ree, by the use of different pro
portions of clay or alum or other con
stituents. The senior engineering class is
composed of J. A. McArthur. Roy Zacha-
rias and Walter J. Moore, and with Carl
A. MeClain as instructor and fellow
worker, will make 300 brick and submit
them to severe tests. This work will take
the place of the regular written thesis.
New Battleship in Commission.
PHILADELPHIA. March 19. The new
battleship New Hampshire, with Cap
tain Cameron McK. Winslow in com
mand. was placed in commission at the
League Island Navy-yard today. The
warship will be ready for sea in about
a month.
Spectacles $l.t at Metxgera.
COUNT TOLSTOI IMPROVES
Illness Brought On by Exposure in
Severe Snow Storm.
ST. PETERSBURG, March IS. A
message received from Moscow tonight
from Tolstoi's son confirms reports of
improvements in the Count's condition.
Count "Tolstoi has been in the habit
of taking daily rides on horseback. He
persisted in this In the face of blind
ing: storms, and twice recently lost his
way several miles from his home. On
the second occasion, about a week ago,
he fell into a snow drift, but was
able to extricate himself and came
home afoot exhausted. In spite of the
remonstrances of his family he re
turned to the scene of the accident to
save his horses. ,
MIXERS ADOPT WAGE SCALE
Ask Operator!" of EAch District to
Renew Present Kates.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 19. The Na
tional convention of the Lnited Mine
workers' of America spent the entire day
discussing the report of the scale com
mittee, adopting all tne sections con
sidered without amendments. All propo
sitions to change the report were defeated
hvr decisive votes. The last seven sec
tions w II! be discussea tomorrow mormus,
when the convention will adjourn. They
arc of minor importance.
The runort of the committee was de
fended by President Mitchell. Vice-Presi
dent Lewis, Secretary Wilson and Chair
man Walker, of the scale committee. Uii-
forts to fix a minimum day wage scale
for outside and inside labor, to adjust
differences in Illinois, to make settle
ments biennially: to insist upon the re
habilitation of the interstate agreement
received little encouragement.
Under the report, which seems sure
of adoption without change, miners will
present the existing wage scale and pres
ent conditions to the operator of each
district as their minimum demands, and
in districts where an agreement is not
reached the miners will be allowed to
sign with operators Individually and hy
the consent of the International execu
tive board.
In answer to a question as to the pur
pose of the proposed assessment of 50
cents per month, Mr. Wilson said it was
to take care of those miners who might
not be able to get contracts and would
be forced to idleness.
The argument over the relative merits
of the policies of signing by,districts or
rehabilitating the interstate' agreement
brought to the surface the difference be
tween President Mitchell and Vice
President and President-elect Lewis.
"In this, my valedictory," said Mr.
Mitchell. "I want to say there are no
serious differences in this organization.
I urgently ask you to ratify this report.
We may have to fight, but we have
fought before. I ask you to adopt this
policy and ratify the report. It may
not be satisfactory to you all or to the
miners at home. We believe it is for the
best interests of this organization. In
closing I ask you not to defeat any part
of this report."
Warships Arrive at Hayti.
PORT AU PRINCE), March 19. The sit
uation here today continues tranquil.
Three other warships have arrived in port,
the American cruiser De Moines, the
American gunboat Paducah and the Eng
lish cruiser Creasy.
'Conditions Not So Serious as Feared,
but 25,000 Men Are Out
of AVork.
PITTSBURG. March 19. A feeling of
relief swept over Pittsburg' and vicinity
early tonight when officials of the United
States Weather Bureau announced that
conditions had suddenly changed and that
the flood which came upon the city with
unusual suddenness this morning would
not be so serious as they had expected
early in the morning and until after
noon.
Although the flood will not be as ser
ious as feared, it will be attended by enor
mous loss, much of which has already
been Inflicted. Thousands of cellars and
the tirst floors of hundreds of homes in
the lowlands are flooded. Muddy water
is flowing - through scores of industrial
plants and It is estimated that at least
25.000 employes will be -unable to work
tomorrow. Railroads are delayed and
crippled and are heavy losers of prop
erty. In numerous up-river towns busi
ness is at a standstill and transportation
agencies have practically suspended.
Karly today a sand dredge belonging
to the Pittsburg: Plate Glass Company
broke from its moorings at Tarantum,
above this city, and started down the
Allegheny River. The boat went over
the Government dam at Springdale, and
it is not known whether the crew, com
posed of five men, succeeded in es
caping. Nothing- has smce been heard
of the men. The Pittsburg. Virginia
&. Charleston Railroad between this
city and California, Pa.f is crippled.
Seven landslides have occurred and
the . tracks are burled under tons of
earth. Other railroads have their sched
ules badly disarranged on account of
the high water and heavy landslide.
AVH'EELIXG FACES BAD FLOOD
Greater Part or City Will Be Inun
dated Today.
WHEELING. W. Va.. March 19. By
tomorrow night. Wheeling will be in
the grasp of the second flood of. the
season. Forty-five feet Is expected
here. This will Inundate the greater
part of the city, and will throw thou
sands of men out of employment. The
water will reach all the manufacturing
plants.
DENIES HE SOLICITED FEE
Attorney-General Jackson. ot
York, Makes Statement.
New
NEW TORK, ' March 19. The in
quiry into the conduct of Attorney
General Jackson in connection with
the recent banking cases by the county
grand jury was continued this after
noon. Mr. Jackson issued a statement to
day, in which he denied a published
allegation that Frank WHlta nd been
solicited by him for a portion ot
White's receivership fees.
The receivers of the Oriental Bank
who were dismissed by the Appellate
Division of the Supreme Conrt, turned
the assets of the bank over to the
State Superintendent of Banks Clark
Williams today.
Frank White gave out a statement
in which lie denied positively that any
part o his receivership fees went to
any one else in the sense of a divi
sion. Mr. White said
' Mr. Jackson has never been to my
office so far as 1 know. My bank ac
counta are open and they will show
that I never paid the Attorney-General
any money. Every cent that I received
as renelvershin fees can be traced. I
think, and none of It, nor any other
funds of mine can be shown to have
gone to the Attorney-General. No part
of my fee went to any one else in the
Attorney-General . Jackson took an
other step today to prevent liquida
tion of the bank's affairs by sending a
letter to Clark Williams requesting
Mr. Williams to withhold the assets
from the bank until tne court of Ap
peals has given a decision on Mr. Jack
son's appeal of the receivership case.
Mr. Jackson declared that the bankins
Isw requires Mr. Williams to continue
to hold the assets, and that the plan by
which the Metropolitan Trust Com
pany was to take the Oriental Bank
assets and pay off its depositors was
illegal.
Saciam-nlo. George Sontas. one of the
Fresno bandit!" who was sfnt'-nccd to Fol
som Stat" Prison for a llc term and who
turned state's evidence affainst Chris F,van',
was pardoned by Acting Governor 1'ortcr.
Perfect fitting glasses si at Metzger's.
SENDING IN" STRIKEBREAKERS
Uio Grande Road Supplanting Its
Striking Shopmen.
DENVER, March 19. One hundred
strikebreakers, employed to take the
places of the union boilermakers.
blacksmiths and machinists of the
Denver & Rio Grande Railway, who
are on strike, arrived this morning, and
were taken to the Burnham shops,
which are guarded by a large force of
special officers. Many more strike
breakers are said to be on the way
from the East.
CHICAGO. March IS. More than 300
strikebreakers left Chicago last night
for Denver, to take the places of union
boilermakers. machinists and helpers
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