TFTK MORMXCJ-ORECOMAX. MONDAY. ArJtIT 1.1. 1908.
BROTHER
SHOOTS
Hi KILLS SISTER
Little Lucile Durst the Victim
of Mistake by Boy
With Gun.
BULLET THROUGH HEART
Think I nr Wrapon I Not IvOarlcd,
Rodney PitrM Snap Ifamnicr
and I Horrified to See the
hlld T'nll Dead.
l.tiril Purt. thr r-yor-nin tin light r
flf Mr. and Mm. J. Frunk PurM. of
WoodMnrk. VHP ihot through Ihe hrnrt.
anil instantly ktllrrt at V:4& rt'clnrk yen
trniay afternoon, hy a biillit from n
fRllbrr rtrtV In th3 hnnils of hor brother,
Ftrtilnpy. Hit)! 16.
Th fhooHnir wfln purely acvMontnl anil
wrum thrt boy realized what h hd 1orm
"h was heart-broken. Rodney had, but
I few momrnid brfore the ahootlnsr. awked
TiermtuMnn of hi mother to ncrnmpnny
snnir boy a on n t hoot in Trip In the
wood a hnek of Wood took, but hia rr -ouest
ws refused. The boy t hereupon
went to a tent In the rear of thr pnrat
home nnd proceeded to unload thr magii
slne of t ho weapon. A ft er fondling thr
Van for a few minute ho threw thr lever,
olefin g the niagaaln-r. ami believing thr
weapon to he empty, pit lied t he trigger.
The lad fatltit in not tee the entrance of
hla younger jdMer, who stopped between
the entrance flnpa of the tent Jnt a the
rtfle containing the overlooked deadly
missile win dimhnrged
Rodney looked up a nd aa w hi a' slater
fall, and. Mill unaware of the terrible a'
oldenf. believing that Iho girl had merely
Mumbled on entering the tent, he dropped
the mm and hastened to pick her up.
Thlnktnir ahe waa merely at tinned by the
fall he earned her Into tho houae. aevernl
rod a away, and while ao doing1 Itaeovered
that ahe waa wounded and Wording.
Ilaattly plaeing the rhtld In the hands
of her mother, the boy rushed to aeeure
the aid of a physician, who Uvea aevernl
hlor-ka away, but on the arrival of the
rnrritral man the child waa dead, and It i
prefiimed that nhe died limtantly. na the
bullet entered the left aide and pierced
the heart.
The boy waa grlef-atriokon on learning
of the death of his little sinter, and
while relating hla atory to Poputy Cor
oner Baldwin, who waa sent to the aoene
by Coroner Ftnley. he sobbed pitifully.
According to the boy a story, after be
ing refuse! permission to go hunting with
hoy friends, ho went to hla tent In the
rear of hia homo and proceeded to un
load hla (run. which la a new 22--nlibre
rifle with n magaxlne for 1 ahells. Be
lievlng -that he had extracted nil the
aticlla. he pulled the trigger Instead of
releasing the cocked hammer by the
usual means, and nt the same time failed
to notice the entrance of r turtle. Simul
taneous with the report of the gun. ho.
noticed the girl fnll to thr floor of the
tent, hut believed aho had merely Mum
bled. The body of the child was removed to
the undertaking parlors of J. p. Finley
Son. hut. aa the shooting was purely
accidental, no Inquest will be held.
.T. Frank Durst, father of the dead girl,
moved to Portland with his family from
Minnesota about one year ago. A grown
son. Edward Durst, la a druggist em
ployed by the Plummer Drug Company.
REPLY Iff C. B.
KAII.KOAD COMMISSIONER AN
SWERS C A M PAKi N CH ARGES.
Say He Hnd No Hand in Control of
Title Bank and lld No "Se
cret" Lonbyinf?.
rOKTl.A X T. Or . A prtl It. (Td the Fd
itor ) Inasmuch as the matter has been
jrivwi citnafderable prominence by interested
rrtlrs. and th.To arema t be conftislon In
the mtmls of ume. t may 'be permltled to
atatr briefly the nature of my former con
nection with the Ttile Guarantee & Trust
fVmpany, of this city. The ftuta may be
wnflrd by any en wh. t so inclined.
I hav nrr ben either .jUv'kJioMer. ttt-r--otr.
or executive officer of that company.
Nor had I been in It employ or connected
with it since about the. middle of February.
VM7. many months before the failure, ex
cept a a customer and dep-itor. Since that
date, the work of the State Railroad Com-mlflv-n
haa occupied all my time and thought.
l'rler to that dat X waa on of the at
torney for the company, awdffnM to the
triwr. department. That department was en
tlr!y parte and ckfttwt front the bank
and from all other deparlipents of the com
pany. The affair of the trust department,
an far as I have heard since the failure, have
been found to be in poxt condition, and I
underhand are being settled without loaa to
the pairen of that department or delay.
With the banking department I had no con
nection, except as depositor. I had no rtpht
to know Its affair, nor did I in fact know
anythfna about tt rllcy. Its dpivlta or in
vent menus. Many of the depositors ef the
bank have looked into this phase of th aub
.tecn. anvt are today among my warmest
frtenda and uiporter. They krhv I bad
nothtr.ir n do with rinrtTic about their mia
fortuneo. J. O B cobey. the president of the execu
tte commiixee of the Depositor' Aaatviatton,
write me ttuday:
"I take p!isur in sarin that neither in
my dealings wtith the TftJe Ouarante A Tnwt
Com'pany aa a customer, nor in my aubae
quem invtpa4lon of it affairs, made while
rrec: lent of the executive- committee of tha
rr-itora AeaorfatJon. did I find anything
w hich w.uld. in mr Jurmer.t. fnuiriously
reflect upon your charA.-ter or' Impair your
efr.iency a a puhlic official. Th condition
of the bank as aprr-nt 'y not due in any
dfT whatever to anything done' or omitted
by ymi; in fact, yoxi appear to hav had
rvhirg to do with Hie nankin; department
or the general policy of the company."
Hon . A . M . Craw ford, A 1 1 orney -enral of
the $iate, conducted an- investigation of h:a
own. of reveral weeks' duration. He has
written me ro the earn ftWt as Mr. Scobey.
Mention haa ben made i to my connection
with certain suhidiary corrroanle. W hile one
of the o-mpany'a attorney. 4 1 dnsw a num
br of article of incorpratic-n both for the
company and for other cheaits- In some
cases I a.ied aa secretary arwi director of
auch corporations. xactiy,'a evey other law
yer in the city d-s. in order thar the minute
and corporate recor.Je might be kfrt in proper
form, license fee and tax looked after,
etc. In ro caee whatever did I have any
financial or pe r-vr. a l interest tn arp of tha
con-.pn4e mcntionrd. Aa i ueual in uch
cses a air.gle hare of utock w a ptaoed in
irr name, but waa immediately indofe-J back
In blank ard kept by the Title Oitpany.
Similar dutlf were perfrrnte,i br Ktb my
prdeveeaor and my wuicessor and are an
ordinary orcurrem-e in every law office in '
town. PtKcrr after t left ihe com pa W y
1 aekel one ef It offWrs to r to my er
lira relea from va thia aipmlnal ceunee-
Hon. and omit the faihir brought It to mind
1 g va.. tl no trior t bought .
aratamema that I waa a'"-crt" or other
lobby tat for tha Title Company are Jnor-riM-i
. I dtd other prorsainnal work than
for that company, Kor more than a year.
tJnne, lirifl, to Jtily, lflna,), I asslstM th
Stat Ta tVmmtasinnra In thatr Invrstiga
tlona and tn drafting th new tax cod for
th state. N.ne of th member of th Oom
mtslon eould attend th servton of itie I-g-UiMtur
to rxplnln the vnhitntnnua nw tn
to the Senate and Itou oommlttffS on ansepa
nnt and tniatlorj. Henoe the ehalrnan of
th eommlMer named akd ma to onme t"
!lm for that purpose. I did v I do not
rmenihr being; tn Salem on any occasion
whn my prrnn waa not diia to a rd11"1
from etthar fhatmian NwH or thalrman
Mlngftam. The Tltia 4'brapany dtl not send
me there.
At this time 1 wa an attorn for ih
company, and waa not in the srr u e of ttla
state. LHacoverln certain Hon bill,
which. In my opinion, waa intnnnrd to pro
long certain Important mtgation. shortly be
foro deolrtrd tn favor of the eopipny. hy th
regon atipreme 'onrt, and which. If enaetrd,
would hav uneettied all. real est at tltlea
when jellied by decree of th Sin pr TO Court,
1 did what any attorney photild have don
1 rVpeirted It tn th Title ompny ainl called
it to th attention of the proper .committee
t.r the Senate. The Mil mentioned did not
rrelv a slnrle affirmative vote whn It rain
tip in the f-tm!.
As to the atat fnnda dposlt'ry bill. T
had no concern. 1 never pok to any menibr
or attempted to atiggwwt any action on th
original bill or the auhstlttitc I had no more
than a very general . knowledge of Its pro
vision. As to the hill to regulate banks, f ap
peared piihltrly, not secretly. In an open ses
sion of ttie Joint commute on banking, and
pn.d up for consideration an amendment
providing the banking and othr rteportnif nta
of a trust . oompany ahotiid b kept distinct.
Thtu waa essential to th rrotectJon of the
Inicreata of the customers of th truat da
psrtmenrta of uch lnatiiutiona. and tha com
mit lee. adopted tho amendment promptly.
Some on who do not know tha facta
hna addart to thin catalogue, (he ehare that
I waa a lobby (at tn behalf of the I 'Art land
Johbrr or "a eomtntttee of the Chamber of
Commerce, for th passnge of the Railronl
t'ommlaslon bill. This is not true. My r
tninrr and contpensatlon eead when Ihe draft
f the bill was completed, and my only In
terest In the passage of the bill thereafter
was as nn of t h many private clllzn. who
believed thoroughly In the necessity for reg
ulation of otir railroad systems by the pub1
lie. Th bill passed the House and Senate
finally with hut one dissenting vote.
"tMirlng the wnem nt th Ijcglalat ure."
writes Senator .tohn S. Coke. "! wss with
Mr. At1chtstn a grent deal and knew him
quite Intimately, and If he was guilty of
any Improper conduct while attending th
eewston, f am wholly unaware of It. Tf he
1 to b condemned for having taken an
Interest In thene matters and for having been
prearnt at the aejion of the legislature. It
would seem a great number of our heat citt
rna have been guilty of Improper conduct,
for the reason that people from alt over tha
state and representing all 'leases of men,
profennlona and occupations attended th leg
islature in the sm capacity In which Mr.
Altchlaon did. t waa chairman of tho ?enat
banking committee and am atire f that Mr.
Altchlson never attempted at any time, or
suggested that any Improper action he taken
In relation thereto."
No of fleer of the Title Company knew T
was being considered for appointment to the
Commission until I had been recnm mended
hy a nmnher of prominent .shipper, their
recommendation favorably aoted upon., and
th appointment announced. Then they, at
tempted to dluade ma from accepting th
appointment. My leaving the company with
no one at hand to take up the trnst depart
ment's work waa reHlly a aourc of some
little rmharrament to the Institution, and
certainly my appointment cannot be conceived
as a favor conferred upon the company or
any of It officers.
Whlln acting as Railroad Commissioner . I
have given my whole time and attention to
my official duilea and nothing else. I have
i Von my wivrk conservatively and fearlessly,
without any thought of favoring any par
ticular locality, class, or Individual, but with
the sol intent of best servtna; the general
good of the stata. I feel that during the
five active years spent in Oregon I have
done good service, to the state. If nominated
and re-elected I will continue ihe same of
ficial course as In the past: The liberal ad
ministration of the railroad lawa of the state
wtth a view to the public welfare, efficient
transportation facilities, and substantial Jus
tice between the railroad and the public.
CIYDF) P. ATTCIHSOSf.
ASK VOTES FOR BRONAUGH
Ministers Bespeak Support Because
.of His Stand. n Prohibition. ,
At t.hr mornlnK service yesterday in
the First Presbyterian Church, in mak
ing: his regular announccmeSitas Pr.
William Hiram Fonlkcs said several
members or the Presbyterian Minis
terial Association had been lntrmed
that an effort was being made by a
certain element In the- community to
defeat Judfre R. C. BronaiiKh for re
nomination at the comtnw primaries,
because of his stand on the Prohibition
question.
While It was not the desire of the
members of the Ministerial Association
to dictate to their congregations with
regard to political matters, neverthe
less, Dr. Foulkes said, they believed
that the beter element In the com
munity should support Judite Bronaueh.
A similar announcement was made in
nearly all the Presbyterian pulpits yes
terday morning.
Chinese Are Detained.
TAOOMA. Wash.. April 12. (Special.)
Four Chinese who arrived last niffht on
the American steamer Tremont were sent
to the detention" house at Seattle today
for examination. They are" t nlted States
residents returnlYiK from a visit to their
native land. Four Japanese men and
two women (ire befns held for further
examination.
SITE
OFFICIAL DIAGRAM OF TRACT CO.NTAIXIXG 300 ACRES, SHOWING LOCATION OF INDtSTRIES AXD
TOWXSITE. v
Thej above map shows, inside the heavy line, the holdings of the Kenwoorl Land Company, which is -the
corporation In whose name the lands, of Swift & Co. are held. The first purchase made by the company,
waa that portion lying: between Columbia and Oregon sloughs through to the river at the northeast, and
from Smith iAke on the west to and including most of Switzler's Lake on the east.
Through the purchase executed Saturday, the platted tract of Graybrook and th pieces adjoining on
the west and north, give the company nbout ."'0 at-rea additional, through which .will pass the O. R. ft,
N. Troutdale branch east and west, and a proroed electric line, extending to the packing plant, north and
south. Columbia . boulevard,' also, will be exterfded through the middle of the new townsite. - 1
GREA
PROBLEMS
CONFRONT NATION
Dr. Benjamin Young Makes a
, Strong Plea for Better
Citizenship.
PREFERS CLEAN OFFICIALS
Stiffrnfto I a Duty and Ind.f forence
nnd Irrovcrcnce Arc KyIIa That
Threaten the Very Fabric .
of iovcrnrm?nt.
Tn hla aermon nn "Phrlattan Citizen
ship." delivered nt the Taylor-atreet Mth
ot1Jt Church Inat nltht. Pr. Benjamin
Younic atronicly advocated the placing; of
clonn men in office. Ha rcalated thn
temptation to nnmn certain Candida tea
whom h renrded aa clean, aa tie did not
wlah to be partlaan, and considered thia
to be ontalda hla province. Dr. Young
took fnr hla text the worda of Solomnn,
"rtlKhteotianeaa csalteth a nation," found
In Trnverha, xlv:34. He aald In part
To nitempt te- divorce.- pdltiral vlw from
re Dai mm eon vl Hon in w ron a. To miy that
religion mean hut an acatatle experience la
noi the whole truth. Reiiclon alma, of
eourA. to get men Into hven, hut It mijat
alio aim to get mm" of heaven Inio hiadan
environment. Jt hna nometlmea hen charged
agnlnat the rhurch that U ha put Ihe aide
utre a upon future mattera and haa paid
no attention to present aurroundiraa. Ad
mitting that the rrlt ieUrn la iiit mnl
of ia heif-e that thia hat coma through
a mlaeoneept Ion of the aplrlt of our reli
gion and a misunderstanding of 'the tcope
of the kingdom of the Manter.
Indolent on the part of ilmn, who profepa
tht fhrlatlan nme hna nomntlmes brought
thn eh lire h Into contempt. Tha eilgenelea
of modern life have forced certain great
quenttnna to ihe. front. To aay that we
ar not concerned la folly. A wrong solu
tion of anme of our problem, an nnrhrietlan
a'ljuaiment. will bring- dteaater to or
brethren and will not he without Ita danger
lo our free tnatltutlona nnd to government.
Illy t'hrlatlnn profenidon obllgatea me to the
htffheMi In all llnea. There la a moral order
tn the world. To gt away from U will be
dungeroua and may be fatal. A cltlaen ef
heaven. I am yet a cltlnen of earth, Inter
ettd In evt-ry advnca aip made by truth
and purity.
Huffrng-e mtalla Duty.
Washington flolden ahowa that thera la
a areat leal ofptfctlcal athelam In th pra
vnlllng mneepUona of the American people
reKpt-rtlng ihdr political aflfnira, flrt. In tho
emphaMfi placed upon auffrage and vltlgen
ahlp aa a right, raiher than a duty. TMi
ta to he condemned. Kuffrage la a prlvlleife.
bit a duty I Involved In It. Plvorre ob
ligation from euffraire and you open the
door wide for the entrance of the corruption
nnd hrlbery which haa co vitiated our mu-nit-lpHi
life. If tho auffrage la mine I can
do aa t plea with It, and It la but a atep
from thia to tha reasoning, "If the office la
mine t can do what I may with It." and ao
a puhile truat nacomea a private graft.
The auffi-Hge la sacred, and I mut uae it
with respect to others. God la In the world.
1 cannot got away from the operation of
moral law tn nodal and In political life.
I am reepomtihle to od for tho exercise of
atifTrage. My cltlrenahlp cannot be nvered
from I ha principle of rlghteouaneae. Be
cause 1 pray the. Iord'a prayer I am to
exhlhlt active luttret In all the sphere
of Ilf and along all line of effort by which
the Ideal of the kingdom my be advanced
on earth. At all time. In a free country
governed by the people, political Indiffer
ence on the part of the educated, or the
nvora' morally Intelligent memaera of tha
commirjilty. Is a source of danarer and detri
ment fo tha Nation. Tha worst enemies
of free Instlttitlona may not be tha corrupt
or Insectivorous politicians who swarm
around t he spoiia of office, but rather the
lndifferent..ones. who do .not care what hap
pens In the poltttca-f hive so loag; as their
own private Interests are not disturbed.
Another evidence of practical atheism is
found in the growing; lack of respect for
law. Tills is one of the moat dangerous
tendencies of American society. Officers
are elected and sworn to do their duty and
In many Instances It Is the last thing
thought of. Another Indfeatlon la found in
the violence and the recklessness of par-
tlsanshlp, and tha tendency to set at naught
the fundamental principles ot our democ
racy by permitting the strong to oppress the
weak. Thle'la fatal to that A-hlch la funda
mental lnjellgion and fo deny the operation
of the truths which grow out of Christ's
teaching- with respect to man will be to
take on hoard that which Ineome political
atorm will wreck the ship of state.
As a Christian cltlien -I must take an
Intelligent Interest In public affairs. I must
be watchful and thoughtful and careful. I
must uj my own head. It waa placed
there for that purpose. I must not be a
bitter partisan. To belong- to a party Is
very good. People ought to know where we
stand but the reckless partisanship which
sees nothing; hut evil In others Is to be
deprecated. t must come to conclusions
without the aid of brass bands and torch
light processions and spread-eaglelsrn. ever
remembering my responsibility to the
church 1 honor and the God I "love.
Hljrh Ideals Needed. .
I must be Interested in the right solution
of the problems which municipal life pre
sents to me. I am not going- to present
statistics to throw liffht on conditions, but
there are questions arising out of jhe
growth and development f the American
Liiy which can only be satisfactorily an
wcred by men who Jiave the noblest ideals
of civic life, who appreciate the g-Iorlous
privileges of the republic and who must feel
ihelr responsibility to the hlifheat.
There are the unchurched maaees of the
city to be reached. Somehow the Christian
idea) must, touch these lives. Asa Chris
tian citizen nfy voice must be raised against
the anonymousneas of modern Industrial
life. The crushing- of personaliUv Is one of
the terrible facts of present -day Industry.
Tn the Roman empire, when personality was
OF S-yVIFT & CO S PACKING,
lest (n th mass, reHsMnn praid tha dig
nity of the unit. Th value waleh .fesus
Christ placrd upon the soul was one of the
greatest mnl ribut inn to aoeial prorr fha
world hna eer known This soul value as1
taught by tho "Waaler made mtr civilisation
pomiihle lti!giun speaks for the value of
very man,
Tha workman In many Insiancea la spoken
of aa n "hand." Ha Is trented as a thing.
1T is thought of aa a p.irt of Industrial
machinery. Mnnhond Is lost In the material.
In the hum of the Implement la voice is
irond. The golden nd Is treated, as tfis
product of a dreamy ideal It rather than
as the AWlaratlon of th fton of God.' The
Christian must aland out viaroueiy agsfnV
thia. in tha dat ruction of personality there
Is generated that which la danarous to
national lire Kah, man must cmnt for
ens Th dignity of th Individual muat be
preserved at all hasard.
There la nervousnesa about tha American
Ufa which was nver refor known among
us f Men are intoxicated by htr aceumuta-
t Inna . Th ami rtt t crlt Irlam la atirowd
Ram of thia haa bn Imported, some ofl
It is native icorrociasta ara arroan
Tha spirit of reverence In som quarters
ems to have fled. Mi aay that ths Con
stitution is a fetich, nn1 soma are even err
ln to abolish the Supreme iiourt. Into tn
Vry warp and woof of our cmintTya his
tory the spirit of reverence entered. The
Declaration of Independence- and the Cnnstt
tutlon were formulated in thia atmosphere.
tVe' have rertaln tradltlone, certain prlm-l-pts.
wh!cn are fundamental to our strength
and perpetuity, and woe be tous when the
trreverenl aplrlt shall have destroyed our
respect for these things.
FHvnrcei Metnacea Gallon.
Th spirit of Irreverence mnsea f h
American home. in om places , tha mar
riage bond la a loose kind of affair. The
court records have an "ominous mnge. A
lax view of marriage meana a corrupt so
clty. tf means motherhood Hsm-tVy regarded.
The foundation of tha home removed, the
slumbering- volcanoes of hall will awake, to
hurl desolation upon the Republic. The
virtues cultivated In the family circle ara
an absolute nfceswlty for the staio. If
there he not enough moral principle fo
hind the family together, there will not be
enoug-h pffniral principle to keep the mate
together.
Aa a Christian cittjjen I must ha on the
alert airnint. tha ravagoa of the rum traffic.
It la ths foe of good grovemment. St Is the
freateat factor for corruption tn American
life", it t the nctApua whose hideous tenis
rl poison and crush on every hand. Th
enemy of government, the fo nf the church,
the breeder of crime and debauchery. It Is
the anomalous horror of moitern clvlllra
l inn. Its iit rettchment In socle t v la hard
on optimistic rhetoric. The snap of Its lash
Is heard cf ten over the press end above
political assemblies It la fat and flourish
ing, well organised, seinah and unscrupu
lous. It con l rols some legislative lobbies
unrt . is respectfully heard In all. ' In the
hlRhrst ei;lslailve councils of th Nation
Ita dtatorlal votes ta frequently heard
yf course, w resolve periodically, but tha
liquor traffic continues. Our resolutions will
"hava to h followed up by some st rslght
talking- and some vigorous toll and soms
ready skt flees hefore any great Inroad li
made on this hellish hualnsss.
SWIFT SECURES MORE LAND
Jifnwnoil Lfmrl Company Takes
Over Mowt f Graybrook.
Th traniRction through whloh th Ken
wood FjAnd Company acquired not only
tho Clraybronk tract but cnn".lrt-rahln
nrijolninar lanilH waa flnnlly clov Satur
dy. the prevlona rnpnrt of the trana
artion belnff erroneous ao far aa finality
la concerned. A full statement of the
company' Intonttona appeared In The
Sundiiy Oreftonlan.
In the last Hat of tranafera appears
that of frraybrook addition, with the ex
ception of some .K lota, from Henry If.
GHfry to the Kenwood Iand ompany.
This publicallon is the first authentic
Information yet (riven, and la part of a
transaction of (Treat Importance In con
nection with ,the nlauialtlon of nds by
the packlnn-finuse people. it
The Kenwood I-and Company Is the
holding; company for the Swift A Co.
lands., the titles to the packlnk-houae
and stockyard tract bcln In the oumn
of tho Kenwood Company, the controlling
Interest In whose- capital stock in owned
by Bwift ft Co.
The triK't Immediately adjoining Gray
brook on the wesr ami all the lands be
tween Graybrook and the slough are In
cluded In the transaction closed Satur
day. This purchase will give the land
company some SOO acres In the vicinity
of the plant, which la to be platted to
correspond with the Graybrook plat, and
will be offered to purchasers who desire
to build In the vicinity of the big pack
ing plant.
The pieces formerly owned by R. M.
Sehmeer, cashier of tho United States
National Bank, and A. M. "Wright, con
sisting of 40 acres, were taken over at
11000 an acre; the portions owned by J.
C. .Atnsworth. Donald McDonald and
Hnry IT. Gllfry, consisting of 88 acres,
brought Ptt.m I
.One or two of the former owners lived
In Eastern cities and the delay In clos
ing the deal was caused by the difficulty
In having the proper papers drawn and
executed with some of the parties of In
terest away from the county.
- Judge Carey Is Interested In a tract
north of the new townsite. known as
Electric addition, and Is closing up the
deal for his holdings In the tract Just
referred to. Mr. Schmcer secured Wl
lots in the Electjic tract.
HIS NERVES BROKEN DOWN
Telegrapher who Worked 50 Hours
After Earthquake' a Suicide.
KANSAS CITT, April 12. Suffering from
nervousness, which haa followed him
since he worked at his telegraph key In
the Western Union office for SO consecu
tive hours after the earthquake in San
Francisco, Jay A. Gamage today commit
ted suicide by shooting. He was So yeara
old. unmarried and was employed at a
suburban station by the Chicago, Mil
waukee St. Paul Railroad.
3 4 Kofter B. Sinnott,
For District Attorney.'
PLANT
SYSTEM ALL WRONG
W. C. Bristol Says' LaW En
forcement Is Difficult.
TOO MANY POLITICIANS
Tl'MI Tnlld Str Attorney,
flrler Tell Perrplr-'ri Forum Ho
Hfl tn f1tht."oTrrimcnt Bu
rcatis lo Do HI Ditty.
"Two yar and Ave- montha iro I
atood in In a courtroom and took an
oath binding myaHf fcarlcaaiy to "nforc
thn lawa of tha United Htatra. After two
ycara and four morttha of It I think I
did. 1 want to tell you fluht her that It
waa tho hardoat flrlit I ever had In my
life. I had to fl(tht tha whola 'caboodle'
of them, from the Government down. In
cluding Waanlnirtnn. That exprenaea to
ipu tfie official atatua of your offlcera."
Thia" lamruafre waa uaed laat night by
W. . Brlntol, ex-United fttatea Attorney,
In an address on "The Trend of American
Polttlca and the Queatloni Before Ibo
People," befor the Peoplira forum. In
the aclllnn-Klrach blilldimr. Mr. Brlnlol
waa dlacuaalnjt tho hon-enforcement of
law generally and contended , that thia
condition la tho fault, not of the la.w or
public officials, but of the ayate-n of ov
ernmont aa It la administered by poll
tlclana. "tinder cxlatlnc "condltlona," continued
Mr. Bristol. "th political atatua of of
flclala la the -only consideration and qual
ification required and If the puhlic servant
does not measure up to that requirement,
he la deposed and another put In hla place
Wo now have a centralization of arovern
m5nt at Washington and it la frpm tliera
that the laws are administered. Twenty
years ago aurh a thing as a bureau was
not known. Today we have M of them,
and. the principal excuse for their creation
Is to afford a further distribution of pat
ronage hy politicians. Under the .control
nf the Department of Justice, nearly Is.ono
men and women are employed, giving that
official a tremendous Influence with Sena
torial delegatlona and with Congress It
self. Your public official must bow to thn
dictates of the party bosses or he does
not hold his Job. He might lust as well
resign, for h will not be permitted to en
force the laws. That is where your laws
lend you to. but It Is the system, not tha
las, that Is to blame.
"The trend of American politics Is to
the disruption of party contror and party
organization. The people are becoming
restive of mind and deliberative of pur
pose and ara beginning to assert their
rights. Political parties stand for no
principles, hut rather a scramble for of
fice and for the spoils. Party organlza
tlona have no principle. They stand for
power, ambition and money and the old
saying that 'every man haa his price- Is
only too true.
"My Idea of a politician was a man who
waa Interested In the science of govefn
ment and In securing the greatest good
to the greatest number. But the diction
aries have a different definition. They
all agree In dermln a politician as a
'trickster, wirepuller; an artful and crafty
person; one guilty of cunning dishonesty."
The trouble la we have too much politics
by politicians and not enough politics by
those Interested In the science of gov
ernment. While there are too many laws,
the difficulty la that the laws are all
right, hut the method of procedure is at
fault."
The evils of class legislation were dis
cussed at considerable length, the speaker
fearing that 'the remedy for this evil
was not to be found in the initiative and
referendum. Men of avarice- and self-in
lerest. he thought, might reaort to that
Instrument, making the people their
agency for getting what thev are now
obtaining through class legislation, Re
ferring to the various measures to be
voted on hy the people In the June elec
tion, Mr. Bristol advised against seeking
at rnis time to adopt any amendments
that would tend to change economic con
ditions, although admitting that the. state
constitution Is antiquated. He said it
probably would be well 'to pas's those
amendments that would aid In the better
administration of the state government.
Among those he specifically suggested the
amendments increasing the membership of
the State Supreme Court, restoring the
grand Jury system and providing for the
recall of unfaithful -nubile officials..
BOOSTING YOUNG M Ft. COLE
Why Dors Democratic Paper Take
Part In Republican Primary?
PORTU.ND, Or.. April 12 (To the Edi
tor.) The writer of thin letter l an ardent
advocfttn of the direct prlmarji lew, thourh
h hy no means believes it is perfect. TIn
Oreaonien ha repeatedly called attention
to th excellencies of this law, as well aa
pointed out ita imperfectione'that the people
might Imm the e.me and ask. the Teglnla
ture to corrart thgm. Your pfcpor hae
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pointer out as one of le most irlnf a
frt thai, tt now etamis, th Jaw per
mit thtme not of the Rpuhtlran paf'X
Interfere with and take a hand In the flir
tation of nrpubltsn principle ml aiet
In the Helton of , rtepuhllran rand Hla tea.
Heretofore. rtld tint plar pmrh etek In
this ida, hut t he mit.-rpiken and persist e$t
advorary nf tfr f'nlr's pursuit fr the Re
puMlran nt'mrn.tlon of rnstrlt Atrney on
th part of th lorat rtetrt'.-rat ti dally papr
shows that The orcsronian was correct in
this stand.
I annot rail t'r mind a sinsri Inst an f
wners Th orrrirtipvn hss e"noisd th
rftusa of any Individual rHlrisr a nomlna-
imn on mo itepunnn ticket, hut, Sfler tha
tlrket haa hen alitd hy the nnnle It
h supported the same. This is tho only
proper etnnn io iK on th part of a 1sre
dally paper, and If smears to tn to h ths
helrnt of tmpudenrs, if not. "unadulterated
an, for a nrmorratlr papr to dictate to
Republicans whom, w stiall nominal .This
paper's pernenaj antipathy toward Mr
Manning- should not r auss It to outrsa pub-lie-
dnry by dirt at ins to t he ftepuriian
party whom if should nomlnats x numhes'
of worthy aeplrants ara srnklns; this nom
ination at tJie hands of the Republican
party. Tha Tlpu hJlran hav sn flt to
ptac Jtidye t'TT'n 'n a try Ins pool t inn
for a number f terms, and ha Has flHd
th earn with credit lo himself; Oun Mosr
Is wall known, a staunch Kepubliran. and
n old ttmr resident of this staiet nnd Is
entitled to ask for this nomination at th
hsnd of hi fallow Republicans; ftoirr
ainnott ts a wll kno-n and cphl attnr
nyi and a rood sp-imen of the younaor
stot'V of th Republican party.
W hel1v that If any of th". Republican
candidates for nomination fr this office.
outside of Mr. f'ole. should reu-e the aa-
istan' th lemooratlc daily Is g-lvlna him,
n woijia request this tpr 0 confine Its
support to th candidate pf It own party,
and if It ihn persisted, h would drop out
of the race (f courwe, it Is jtjst possible
tnat tno ijmooratic paper I r"a(r anxious
fop Mr. Mnnninar election, and If an. It l
playing a wis name, fnr.1t most eertnlnlv
know that the Rpuh)1ran voters would
muh rather vot for an out - end-nut rimo-
crUt than a Republican who Is carry In;
watsr on ht'h shuiidra. it-is ro b hoped
that Th Orrnontsn will itlva It spar to
this and other dofct of th primary lavw
fa the erhd that, th peopl may learrt them
and, demand their correction at the hands of
the Iserlstatiire.
POLICEMAN IS MURDERED
Ghastly Work of - Aannrtftfrt on
Mounted Officer In Albert.
HPOKANra, Wah., April 12. -(HpedaU
With tlia henl nearly aovorerl from hi
body, tho a;hnfly wound havlnir been In
fllrlerf hy an ax or other ahnrp, henvy
weapon, and hi nock broken, th body of
Northwest Mounted Policeman Mnran waa
found at Frank, Alherln, about 7 o'clock
thin morntnst, at the renr of th ImDerlal
Hotel. The alarm wna riflsod by ona of
the aTi""t-a of the hotl. who sumtl'd on
tha nory ftnVl Immediately after br-ak-
faftf.
Moran waa transferred to Frank from
Marfy-ori, nnd was detailed to watch tha
aafnple-room of the hotel In plain clothes,
an attempt nt "burglary liAvlnjc hoem made,
but a ow ntjrht previous. Tho closlnr
down of tho f-Vank minea has thrown
many men out of rrnploymr nt. Some are
fttmoat deatltuto and It hb thoutrht that
the sTullty culprit would return to the
arena of the attempted thof.
. - i Rojrer li. Sinnott,
For Diatrlct Attorney.
Indon htcrntea are happy In th flndlnic
of Spencer's own ropy of "Th. Kulrle
Queen." or so they think. It hears cn tho
tltl In Orek rha rasters the words.
"Pros autnn," which Israel (Jollana Intr
prtw "FTnm the niithor to hlmwlf."
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