TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, ArRIL 15, 1908.
SIX SENATORS ARE
BUSY EXPLAINING
Constituents of New York So
Ions Smell Boodle in Vote
on Racing Bills.
ONLY TWO RESTING EASY
AVemplc. Representing Saratoga
JXrtrlet, and (.rattnn, of Albany,
Owned by Boss, Obeyed Orders
In Voting With Democrats.
FY IJJD F. IONETHGAX.
NEW YORK. April 14 (Special.) The
aMifa of the racetrack Interests are be
ginning to rali the "victory" that they
won by a tie vote In tl;e State Senate
lp not a. complete victory after all.
When the legislative decision was an
nounced, several of the racetrack men
expressed the hope that "the Governor
would be a dead jrame sport," adding for
the Information of the non-elect that he
woud "accept the dead heat as proof
that he could not win the race."
To which the friends of Hughe
reply that the Governor does not know
what a dead heat Is and means to keep
tip the fight until he. wlna a victory. Ill
apeclal message, the day after defeat,
proved this. The etght Republican Sena
tors who voted with the bulk of the
Iemocrata to uphold racetrack gambling
are roundly censured by their con
stituents. And outside of the white
lights of Albany they do not feel any too
comfortable.
Now Busy Kxplatnlng.
The double ouartctte consisted' of Burr,
Cassldy, Everson. Ollchrlst, Grattan,
Knapp. Wilcox and Wemple. And Wem
ple and Grattan are the only onea who
are not troubled about their futures In
pellllcs. In the hope of averting the
wrath to come, they are busily engaged
, In making explanations. Wemple repre
sents the Saratoga district. His con
stituents do not want the racetracks an
noyed, as it would mean a death blow
to the Summer trtode of the big village.
Grattan, who comes from Albany, sim
ply obeyed tho orders of his boss, as he
had said that he would. William
Haines. Jr.. in his own newspaper, called
upon Grattan to Join tho standard raised
by "Pat" McCarren and Tammany Hall.
He expects to be renominated and relies
on Haines and the organization to see
that he Is re-elected.
One Blames Ills Wife.
The most peculiar excuse made by any
of the eight Is that volanteered by Sena
tor Ben Wilcox. He explains that his
wife urged him to vote against the re
form bill and that he could not with
stand her prayers. This statement, by
a legislator who has Toted for nearly
every grab In the last decade, has caused
much hilarity. But this time his con
stituents seem to be thoroughly aroused.
Even admitting the truth of his state
ment, they fall to see how it Is a proper
explanation. One ardent Hughes man
put the matter in these words:
"When a man Is elected to the State
Senate It Is supposed that he will go to
Albany and vote for the best Interests
of his constituents and the people of
New Tork State. Mrs. Wilcox Is no
doubt a most estimable woman, but she
is not the Senator from the Cayuga-Sen-eea-Tates
district. And her husband has
no right to blame her for the vote that
he cast In defiance of the wishes of the
people he is supposed to represent.
The Old, Old Story.
"It is the old case of Adam and Eve
over again. Adam blamed the woman
because he ate the apple, but the excuse
was a flat failure. And Wilcox will be
driven out of the Paradise of the State
Senate, where he haa been blissfully sun
ning himself for 13 years."
The only Republican member In the
Greater New York delegation who took
a stand with the racetrack forces was
Senator Gilchrist, of Brooklyn. Here
Is the grim message he has received from
a number of bis Influential constituents:
"Senator Gilchrist Is advised to make
all the money he cap this session, be
cause it is his last year in public of'
flee."
Another Senator who has been roundly
scored Is ("aril Burr, although nobody
claims that he received a cent from the
"gambling fund.". Burr is a breeder of
horses and Is naturally Interested In the
continuance of racing. His constituents,
however, object to his placing his per
sonal fortunes above the demands of the
voters who sent him to Albany.
Why Burr Wont Wrong.
The First Senatorial district, represent
ed by Burr, consists of the counties of
Nassau and Suffolk, or all of Long
Island, except that part which Is within
the boundaries or GrsUter New York.
Tresldent Roosevelt's home town. Oyster
Bay. is in this territory. Probably nine-
tenths of the Long Island farmers are,
opposed to gambling at the racetracks.
Despite this fact, which Is no secret, Mr.
Burr voted with the McCarren-Grady al
liance from start to finish. Already the
tide Is Tlslng against him In bis district,
and even his friends admit that he will
have hard work to secure a rcnomina
tion.
Cassidy, Knapp and Emerson all rep
resent rural constituencies. ' The first
two named were lined up with the friends
of the bill until the final test came. Then
they flopped. t7p to date they have failed
to explain what caused this sudden
change In their views. Naturally all
sorts of rumors are afloat, and the voters
who sent Cassidy and Knapp to Albany
are asking all sorts of embarrassing
questions.
From Democratic Viewpoint.
The New York World, which Is the
nearest approach to a metropolitan Dem
ocratic paper, although It probably mill
not support Bryan, regards the racetrrfck
victory as a sign that the Republicans
will triumph here this Fall. Here Is what
the World has to say on the subject:
To b on th rifht side of a moral Issue
is the bwt a;t any political party can
have. Th, defeat of Governor Hujhe
anti-racetrack rambling bills through Jlc-
f.-irrn snd Oredy's delivering 17 of the IB
Tvmoerattc Senators ttl enable the Re
state this Fall with a powerful argument
aralnst L-mocrat!e aacceas.
Both on the Kelaey matter and on tha
racetrack gambling bills the leadership ot
Orady and McCsrr.fi. with the arproval
of Murphy and Conner, haa branded their
political organisation with the stamp or in
surance corruption and of racetrack
gambling.
That certain ReDUbllean Senators fell by
the wayside, that State Raring Commission
er Sanford and Barnes, of Albany, were
able to deliver three of their practical
serfs, floes not commit tha Republican or
ganisation either to a violation of the re
form Insurance laws or to the repudiation
cf the constitutional prohibition against
bookmaktng and poolselllng.
The great mm ef the Democratic votere
of this stole, like the treat mass of the
Republican voter, are law-abiding, honest.
Industrious men, orposed to corruption In
any form, whether in life Insurance com
panies or In the State Senate, In favor ot
upholding the constitution both in Its man
dates and an Its prohibitions. To them the
Democratic party must mean something else
than Flnay conr.ers and Murphy. Pat Mc
Carren and Orady. if they are expected to
vote the ticket. '
Drag In Roosevelt.
' An attempt has been made by certain
Odell men to stir up feeling against
Roosevelt, because Burr and Grattan
voted against the reform bills. They
point out that Burr represents the
President's home district, while Grat
tan echoes the sentiments of Barnes,
one of Roosevelt's strongest support
ers. That this Is foolish talk Is shown
by the facts In the case. The Presi
dent had nothing whatever to do with
the nomination or the election of Burr,
who has been active In Suffolk County
politics for 20 years. Neither has the
President taken sides one way or the
other In the matter.
All the same, the majority of the so
called "Roosevelt Senators" lined up
with the friends of the bills. This in
cluded the men Parsons controls in
New York, the Kings County members
who owe allegiance to Woodruff (ex
cept Gilchrist); O'Nell, regarded as the
"original Roosevelt man," because he
served lnthe Assembly with the Presi
dent; John Raines, President pro tern,
of the Senate; and practically every
other big man.
Probing Ills Motives.
The ones who got away were men
who didn't take orders, but simply fol
lowed their personal Inclinations, for
reasons best known to themselves. It
might be added, however, that a strong
effort, determined although quiet, ia be
ing made to ascertain Just what these
reasons were, and how strong they are.
Nobody would be surprised if the race
track victory developed some startling
political sensations.
PLEA FOR STRONGER NAVY
tOontlnufd From First Fane)
amnriK thp rat nations. Puch a coursa
would be unwise for os if we fronted merely
on one ocean, and It Is doubly unwise for
us if we front on two oceans.
As Chief Executive of the Nation and
Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, a re
sponsibility Is Imposed upon me. the solemn
responsibility of advising the congress or
the measure vitally necessary to securs
the peace and welfare of the republic In
the event of international complications,
whtrh are even remotely possible.
His Solemn Responsibility.
Having In view this solemn responsibil
ity,. 1 earnestly advise that the Congress
now pYovlde four battleships of the most
advanced type. I cannot too emphatically
sny that this is a measure of peace and
not of war. I can conceive of no circum
stances under which this republic would
enter Into an aggressive war; most cer
tainly under no circumstances would it
enter Into an aggressive war to extend Us
territory or in any other manner seek ma
terial aggrandizement.
I advocate that the United States build a
Navy commensurate with Its powers and
Its needs, because I feel that such a Navy
will be surest guaranty and safeguard of
peace. We are not a military nation. Our
Army is so small as to present an almost
absurd contrast to our siie. It Is properly
treated as little more than a nucleus for
organization In case of serious war. Tet we
are a rich Nation and undefended wealth
invites aggression. The very liberty of In
dividual speech and action which we prise
and guard renders it possible that at times
unexpected causes of friction with foreign
powers msv suddenly develop.
Hat Special Function.
At this moment we are negotiating arbi
tration trestle with all the other powers
that are willing to enter into them. These
arbitration treaties have a special useful
ness because In the event of some sudden
disagreement they render it morally incum
bent upon both nations to seek first to reach
an agreement, through arbitration and at
least secure a breathing space during which
the cool Judgment of two nations may get
the upper hand over any momentary burst
of anger. These arbitration treaties are
not only for the purpose of ending wrong
doing by others against us, but also as a
proof that we have no intention of doing
wrong ourselves.
Yet it is Idle to assume and from the
standpoint of National interest and honor
It is mischievous folly for any stateman to
assume that this world has yet reached
the stage, or has come within measurable
distance of the stage when a proud nation.
jealous of Its honor and conscious of its
great mission in the world, can be content
to rely for peace upon the forbearance of
other powers, it would be equally foolish
to rely upon each of them possessing at all
times and under all circumstances and
provocations an altruistic regard for the
rights of others.
Blind to the Pat.
Those who hold this view are blind in
deed to all that has gone on .before their
eyes Jn the world at ItLrge. They are blind
to what has happened In China. In Tur
key, in the iSi.anlsb possessions, in C'entml
and South Africa during the last dozen
years- For centuries China haa cultivated
the very spirit whtvh our own peace-at-any
price men wish this country to adopt. For
centuries China has refused to provide mil
itary forces and haa treated the career of
the soldier as inferior In honor and regard
to the cancer of the merchant or man of
letter. There never haa been so large
an empire which far so long a time has
resolutely proceeded on the theory of doing
away with wtai is caned "militarism."
W hether the result has been harpy in in
ternal affairs. I need not discuss; all the ad
vanced reformers and far-sighted patriots in
the Chinese mystery are at present seeking
U may aaa, wun our nearly gooa mint lor a
ra thai and far-reaching reform In Internal
affair. in external affairs tha policy has
resulted In various other nations now holding
large portions of Chinese territory, while there
is a very acute rear in cnina lest the em Dire.
because of its defenseleesnessx exposed to
absolute dismemberment, and Ita well-wishers
are able to hold It only In a small meas
ure, because no nation can help at once un
less mat otner cs neip useix.
Weak Always Oppressed.
The State Department Is continually ap
pealed to to interfere on behalf of peoples
and nationalities who Insist .that they are
suffering from oppression now Jews In one
country, now ChrieHans in another, now black
men said to be oppressed by white men In
Africa, Armenians, Koreans. Finnst i'oles.
representatives of all, appeal at time to this
Government. All of this oppression Is al
leged to exist In time of peace and fre
ouentlv. although by no mean always. It Is
alleged to occur at the hands of people wt
are not very rorwiiaanie m a mil itary serjw.
In sm caes the accusations of oppression
ani wrongdoing are doubtless ill-founded. In
others they are well founded and In certain
casea the most appalling Iops of life U shown
to have occurred, accompanied by frightful
cruelty. It Is TKt our province to decide
which side has been right and which has bees
wror.g in all or In any or tnese controversies.
I am now referring to the loss of life. It is
probably a conservative statement to say that
within the last 13 years, at penoas or .pro
found peace and not as a result of war, mas
sacres and butcheries have occurred In which
more lives of men, women and children have
been lost than in any single great war since
the close of the Napoleonic struggle.
Mast Arm for Defease.
To any public man who knows the com'
ttlatnts continually made to the State Depart
ment there la an element of grim tragedy In
the claim that the time has gone by when
weak nations can be oppressed by those who
are stronger without arousing effective pro-
teat from otner at rone interest fcrven tnto.
ml'! fresh in rhe mlr.d of every thlmtlnr man.
shows that neither arbitration nor any other
device can as yet be invoked to prevent the
gravest and mow terrible wrongdoing to pco
n'e who are either few In numbers or who.
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pnrtant of national virtues the capacity for
elf-defense.
When a nation Is mo happily situated as
ours that Is. when It has no reason to fear
or to be feared by Its land neighbor the
neei ia an tne more accessary for the preser
vation of peace. Oreat Britain hai been
saved by Its fleet from the necessity of farina
one of the two alternatives of submission to
conquest by a foreign power or of itself be
coming a great military power. The United
States can hope for a permanent career of
peace on only one condition, and that Is on
condition of building and maintaining a flrst
class Navy; and the step to be taken towards
this end at this time is to provide for the
building of four additional battleships.
Pleads Tt'lth Congress.
I earnestly wish that the Congress would
pass the measures for which I have asked
for strengthening and rendering more effi
cient the Armv as well as the Navy: all of
these measures as affecting every branch and
detail ot both services are sorely needed and
It would be the part of far-sighted wisdom
to enact them Into laws, but the most vital
and Immediate need- is that of the four bat
tleships.
To carry out this policy is but to act in the
spirit of George Washington; is but to con
tinue to policies which he outlined when he
said:
"Ob.erve good faith and Justice toward all
nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with
all. . . . Nothing Is more essential than
that permanent, inveterate antipathies against
particular nations and passionate attachments
for orners should oe excluded and that in
place of them Just and amicable feelings to
ward al! should be cultivated. ... I can
not recommend to your notice measures for
the fulfillment of our duties to the rest of
the world without again pressing upon you the
necessity of placing ourselves in a condition
of complete defense -and' of exacting from
others the fulfillment of helr duties toward
us.
Words of Washington.
"The United States ought not to indulge a
persuasion that, contrary to the order of
human events, time will forever keep at a
distance those painful appeals to arms with
w hich the history of every other nation
abounds. There is rank due to the United
States among nations which will be withheld
If not lost by the reputation of weakness. If
we desire to avoid Insult, we must be able to
repel It. If we desire to secure peace, one
of the most powerful instruments of our ris
ing prosperity. It must be known that we aro
at all times ready for war."
THODOREJ ROOSEVELT.
The White House. April 14. 1f.
JAIL SENTENCES; NO FINES
Trouble Ahead for Seattle Autolsts
Who Cannot Control Cars.
SEATTLE. Wash., April 14.-(Spo-clal.)
As th result of the statement
of H. M. Fuller, an automobile demon
strator employe by a local agrency, to
the effect that no car Is under the
driver's control .when It Is groins faster
than 30 miles an hour, Justice John B.
Gordon this morning; served warning
that hereafter he would levy no more
fines on scorchers brought before him.
All drivers convicted of exceeding the
speed limit will be given jail sentences.
Fuller has been a demonstrator for
seven years and is an expert. He wrs
positive In his statement that even the
best drivers could not control a car
at hlRh speed. He was arrested on a
chargre of speeding ' and acknowledged
that he was groins too fast. As a re
ward for his frankness and his expert
testimony, Justice Gordon fined him
onlv 10. following his sentence with
the" statement that hereaftor he would
send every auto scorcher to jail.
Woman Walks After SO Tears.
Washington (Pa.) Dispatch to New
York Press.
Attributing her recovery to constant
prayer, Mis3 Lucy Mackey, of 24 East
Chestnut street, who for nearly 20
years had been confined to her bed with
her right arm and right leg complete
ly paralysed, is today able to walk
about the room apparently completely
well. Heretofore she had been com
pelled to He on her back in a perfectly
helpless state. In regard to her re
storation to health. Miss Mackey said:
"1 attribute my cure to prayer alone.
I have prayed almost constantly for the
last io years, and I have always felt
that God would In his own way help
me. This morning I was lying In bed
and praying. All at once something
seemed to pass through my body like
an electric shock. From that moment
I felt stronger. I knew that my arm
and leg had regained their strength.
I immediately got out or bea, but wntis
my arm and leg had been made whole.
T could hardly stand for dizziness. As
soon as I have clothes made, I will go
out and tell the people what the Lord
has done for me."
Ijincoln. ts. East Portland.
The Lincoln High School baseball
team, of Seattle, and the East Portland
High School team will play at . the
Vaughan-street grounds today as a
preliminary contest to the Columbia
I'nlversity-Portland Academy game.
The first game will be called at 1:30
oVlock, and the second will follow Im
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ROtiER B. 8ISNOTT S4.
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