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rORTLAXi), FRIDAY, MAY 15,
1908.
KALEIDOSCOPIC.
Should Mr. Chamberlain receive the
majority or plurality of the popular
vote In June, of course he will be
elected Senator in January. The Leg
lslature will be Republican, but it will
elect him. It will matter not that he
is a Democrat, and a Bryan Democrat
He will be elected. That Is, the Re
publican party, through the illusion
and folly of Statement No. 1, will
have committed suicide. Lawgiver
U'Ken, and Senator Bourne, standing
as intellectual obelisks In the midst
of the ruins, will be a reminder of
Macaulay's New Zealander, sitting on
one of the ruined arches of London
Bridge.
But there will be hard times in Ore
gon for ' Statement No. 1, after that.
Mr. U'Ren and Mr. Bourne also will
disappear. And yet perhaps their fame
may be secure. The ambitious youth
who fired the Epheslan dome outlives
in fame the pious fool who reared It
The name of Dr. Guillotin. says Gar
ble, is likely to outlast Caesar's. Oh,
brethren of the Holy Statement, you
need your medicine! There Is much
probability you will get it.
Since this system abolishes distinc
tions of party, and since It Is the law
of the land, to be strengthened fur
ther by an amendment of the consti
tution, or by a new statute, to compel
the member of the Legislature to vote
for his political opponent for the
United States Senate, let us not be
startled by, or start back from, the
logical result.
Only, let us perfectly understand
what we are doing; and when we walk
over the edge of the precipice, after
we have seen it, let us not attribute
our misfortune to bad luck or to Di
vine Providence.
Yet everything, calamity included, is
greater or less, by comparison. The
plunge to the bottom of the precipice
might not be the worst of all possible
things. How edifying it would be, in
deed, and how full of inspiration for
the future, to see a Republican Legis
lature electing a Democratic Senator!
No party" is the popular cry In Ore
. gon. because one of the parties is no
parly. The fox that had lost his' tail
argued with all the rest of the foxes
that they should rid themselves of that
useless and burdensome appendage.
We don't read that the foxes did it,
for the. fox is a very sagacious animal.
But the Republican party has done the
like. Walk right up. brethren, and
take the medicine that lias been brew
ing and stewing in the kettle, under
the magic art of Dr. Bourne and Dr.
TJ'Ron.
HE.NJTANT MONEY.
In the great financial centers there
is actual congestion of money. It is
apparent in London and Paris as in
New York. Proof of it is seen both lu
the eagerness with which first-class
bonds are taken at low rates of inter
est, and in the decline of stocks of the
highest class. Any great enterprise.
well established and of assured earn
ing power, can get money simply by
asking for It; but new undertakings
tall 1n vain, or got little response;
while proposals for Investments look
ing to the creation of new properties
are scarcely heeded at all.
It means that Investors who, for sev
eral years and down to last year, had
been going very far afield, were thor
oughly scared a while ago, and more
over that many suffered losses, more
or less. As might be expected, the
swing of the pendulum Is now pretty
far the other way. Investors who, a
year or two ago, would snap at almost
anything, now neglect opportunities
that certainly are good, and will prove
go hereafter to those who have the
faith to undertake them.
There will not be another money
panic for a while, perhaps not for
years. The tendency to conservatism
will prevent it. But the East ought
to know that there yet remains in the
West as good opportunity for invest
ment as ever heretofore; and the East
has made its great money by invest
ment in the West.
The congestion of money and the re
sultant stagnation can't last very long.
The country is yet too full of unap
propriated opportunities. In our Pa
cific States alone these opportunities
are but Just beginning to appear: since
It Is apparent that In them there Is
room for thirty millions of people
where now there is scarcely more than
one-tenth of the number. All that Is
necessary is judgment in the invest
ment, and Intelligent and energetic
management of the undertakings.
There Is a freeze at present of Eastern
money; but the thaw will be due again
in no long time. It is not possible
that, with opportunities before it, the
Investment market should long remain
stagnant. It will take a while, of
course, to catch up with the expecta
tions of former Investment, but not so
long either, in a country which every
where invites Intelligent energy. The
West, Indeed, is doing well, as it is.
It is not affected in itself by any re
verse, but only as it reels, tnrougn
sympathy, the arrest of activity in the
East; for nothing can materially hurt
the West, with its natural products.
great crops and good prices.
LIGHT FROM NEW ZEALAND.
The secretary of the Oregon . Tax
Reform Association, Mr. A. D. Cridge,
contributes to The Oregonian today
another specimen of the peculiar tlogic
of his tribe. He brings from remote
New Zealand the information that the
rebuilding of Wellington in that
blessed isle is largely attributed to the
single tax. Very well. Following out
his logic, we must, of course, attrib
ute the rebuilding of San Francisco to
the fact that it has not the single tax.
If it is the method of taxation that
constructs cities, then each must have
due praise for its own.
Wo learn also from Mr. Cridge that
the single tax has compelled property
owners in New Zealand cities to build
upon their land. But property-ownersl
In Portland have also been building
on their land, erecting structures as
substantial, we dare say, as any to be
found in New Zealand. If New Zea
land's improvements are caused by the
single tax, then ours must be caused
by the kind of tax we have.' If it is
our taxes which produce our blessings.
let us ascribe to each its proper por
tion of gratitude and not commit the
gross error of glorifying one method
and damning another for precisely the
same things.
We do not believe that the happi
ness of life and the prosperity of na
tions depend ' upon their particular
form of taxation in arty such measure
as the slngle-taxers claim. So long
as taxes fall short of absolute confisca
tion communities will thrive under al
most any system. It Is blank folly to
ascribe the prosperity of New Zealand
to the single tax. If Mr. Cridge's rea
soning were sound, then the prosperity
of his model nation could be destroyed
by abolishing taxes entirely, which is
manifestly absurd. No tax produces
prosperity, though some may hinder It.
The only equitable tax is one that falls
heaviest on the shoulders best able to
bear it, and in exact proportion to that
ability. This rule exempts no species
of property as such, though it would
exempt all property in the hands of
men of very small means because to
such men the burden of a one dollar
tax exceeds by many times that of a
thousand dellars to a man of wealth.
Moreover, taxes ought to be appor
tioned with some reference to the de
mands which property-owners make
upon society for protection. The sin
gle tax would exempt the fortunes of
non-landholdlng millionaires and cor
porations, although they" are continu
ally calling upon the state for military
and police protection and taking up
the time of the courts with their liti
gation. The truth of the matter Is
that the single tax will not bear inves
tigation. It is one of those delusive
dreams which seem delightful in the
darkness of one's bedchamber but
which show all sorts of absurdities In
the light of open day.
OPENS THE WAY TO FRAUD.
In a decision in Clatsop County, Cir
cuit Judge T. A. McBrlde has held, so
the news dispatches inform us, that
signers of a local option petition may
withdraw their names after a petition
has been filed and thus the petition be
made Insufficient because of the lack
of the required number of names.
It must be apparent to every one
that law of this kind not only permits
but invites deception and fraud. A
brief illustration will show the effect
of such a ruling. Let it be supposed
that In a certain county or district
1000 signatures are necessary on a pe
tition for the submission of the liquor
question. Under the law as declared
by Judge McBride, any number of
enemies of the movement may sign
the petition, aiding In making up the
required number. Then when the
friends of the movement, finding that
they have signatures enough, and to
spare, file the petition in the County
Court, those who have signed it with
fraudulent intent may have their
names stricken off and thus may ren
der the petition null and void.
The injustice and viciousness of
such a proceeding are readily appar
ent. When men sign a petition,
whether for a vote upon the liquor
question or for any other purpose,
there is an Implied agreement that
each who has written his name upon
the document has in good faith asked
that the object expressed therein be
ottairued. Each signer has a right to
the aid of every other signature legally
placed thereon. To permit a petitioner
to withdraw his name, after a petition
has been filed and after It has become
too late to add new signatures. Is like
permitting a member of the Legisla
ture to change his vote on a bill after
It has been passed by the Legislature
and the Legislature has adjourned.
Every man who signs a petition or
any other document must be presumed
to know what he is signing and to
intend the legal effect of his act. If
he is to be permitted to .withdraw his
name at all, that withdrawal should
take place before" the time has expired
for the adding of new names. The
forms of legal procedure are made
snares and pitfalls when one may use
them for fraudulent purposes and with
the approval of law. The methods of
the liquor element have always been
those of deception and trickery. By
such methods they have brought
themselves Into disrepute. Though
they may have gained for themselves
a temporary advantage from lime to
time, they have been making more j
certain the ultimate abolition of their '
business. When the day shall come
upon which the last of their doors has
been closed, they may turn to useful
and honorable occupations with the
knowledge that neither preacher nor
reformer wrought their downfall, but
that their own vicious conduct forced
upon a long-suffering people the ex
treme remedy of prohibiting that
which will not submit to regulation.
MR. ROOT'S IDEA.
In the course of his speech on the
first day of the conference of Govern
ors at Washington, Mr. Root uttered
an original Idea, or one which we may
call original after the loose manner of
ordinary speech. At any rate, nobody
ever said exactly the same thing be
fore, although it was a natural out
growth of the conditions we live in.
I regard this meeting as marking a new
departure the beginning of on era In which
the states of the Union will exercise their
reserved powers upon a higher plane of
patriotism and love of country than has
ever existed before.
Taken with what precedes it, his re
mark signifies that Mr. Root expects
to see the states of the Union take part
through their delegates in many con
ferences of the kind now assembled in
Washington. Perhaps he may hope
to see these gatherings become annual
events, like the conferences of Mayors,
charity workers, teachers,and so forth.
Why not? Why should not the states
meet regularly in their sovereign ca
pacity, by delegates, and deliberate
upon 'matters which concern the wel
fare of the whole country? Certainly
that would be more dignified and more
profitable than the scramble for public
buildings", postofflces, and other bless
ings which now occupies the states
through their representatives in Con
gress. Congress was originally intended to
be a conference of the states. They
were to be doubly represented there,
in the Senate as corporate bodies, in
the House as popular constituencies.
But Congress has become largely a fu
tility. It can no longer- accomplish
much. It is fettered by divers Influ
ences," bound down by idle traditions.
It has tied its own hands with rules,
precedents, forms and ceremonies. It
has ceased to respond to the 'will of
the people. It does not even try to
attend to the needs of the country. It
only acts when it is driven either by
the. orders of its bosses or by an ener
getic executive, like Mr. Roosevelt. In
the former case It acts with docility,
as if it loved the lash. In the latter it
whines like a whipped cur, but it
usually obeys. Still, now that Mr. j
Roosevelt must soon go out of office.
Congress snaps its teeth at him and
growls as it would never have dared
to do a year or two ago.
The meetings of states which Mr.
Root proposes would be outside the
law, though not unlawful. The states
are forbidden by the Constitution to
make agreements with each other un
less Congress consents. Futile and
cowardly' as Congress has become, it
would scarcely venture to forbid the
states to agree upon matters which
plainly promoted the welfare of the
country. If it did, Its successor would
be wiser. But no permission is needed
for the states to send their Governors
and distinguished citizens to meet and
discuss great public questions. Vari
ous conferences extraneous to the law
liave initiated pretty nearly every pro
gressive measure we have known for
the last quarter of a century. Very
few such measures have originated
either in Congress or the State Legis
latures. Those bodies seem to have
lost the power of intelligent thought.
City governments have been reformed,
forest reserves planned, the reclama
tion work projected, the ballot puri
fied, through the influence of meetings
of one sort and another which the law
does not recognize. All that our leg
islative bodies have done is to give re
luctant legal assent to what voluntary
associations have accomplished.
Mr. Root's idea is therefore entirely
in harmony with the custom -which
has grown up in the United States of
permitting the machinery of govern
ment to stand idle or grind out folly
while the genuine business of the
country is done by extra-legal assem
blies. "" If Congress were a body capa
ble of doing its duty, the conference
upon natural resources In Washington
would be unnecessary. The constitu
tional representatives of the people
would long ago have taken thought
upon these matters and acted for the
public good. But they have taken no
thought, and even after others have
done the thinking it is doubtful
whether they will act. But the con
servation of natural resources is only
one of the many questions which the
states might take up with profit. How
to get some necessary amendments
into the Federal Constitution is an
other. That several such amendments
ought to be made pretty nearly every
body agrees. That it is impossible to
make them is also conceded. But if
there were an annual conference of
the states, how long would it take to
formulate an amendment giving the
election of Senators to the people, for
example? Once fojmulated by their
representatives, the states would adopt
it unanimously, and then Congress
would be compelled to submit it to a
National referendum. One can easily
think of many desirable things which
Mr. Root's proposed conferences might
accomplish. His idea is likely to
prove fruitful.
THE LAW'S DELAYS.
'the manner In which proceedings
for the removal of judges of the courts
for cause drag their slow length along
and thus destroy the moral force and
effect of the final decision is cited by
the New York Commercial in the case
of Justice Deuel, of the Court of Spe
cial Sessions, who was impeached for
malfeasance in office many months
ago, on the ground of his business
connection with "Town Topics" and
"Fads and Fancies." The charges
created a great sensation at the time.
Everybody was talking about the case,
and caustic criticism of the judge was
general, both in and out of profes
sional circles. The press gave col
umns of space to it and it was con
ceded that the New York Bar Associ
ation had made out a strong case
against the alleged delinquent. The
matter dragged along for weeks, and
finally, so far as the public was con
cerned, was dropped and practically
forgotten.
Almost like a voice from the tomb,
therefore, came the announcement a
few days ago that the Justices
of the appellate division of the Su
preme Court of New York have just
been hearing arguments on a motion
to confirm the. report of the referee
against the removal of Justice Deuel
from office. Even lawyers had to rack
their'memories and refer to records In
order to establish in their own minds
the status of the case, and the general
public in a dazed, half-hearted way
attempted to recall the salient features
of the case and to realize what, if
anything, had happened to the delin
quent jurist. '
After this brief and sudden awaken
ing the case Is likely to lapse further
into a somnolent state covering many
weeks of inactivity:, since the court has
yet to pass upon the referee's report.
Even then, as pointed out by the jour
nal quoted. If it should turn the re
port down and order Justice Deuel to
quit the bench, all the life and force
and moral effect of such an order as
a deterrent influence would have been
eliminated from it.
For this the public conscience Is not
to blame. It is simply impossible to
keep public interest at white heat
while courts dally for weeks with jus
tice and lawyers industriously weave
networks of technicality around the
alleged rights of criminals.
The Oregonian mention the programme for
the maneuvers of the fleet ofT the mouth of
the Columbia on May -10, but fails to tell
anything about the fleet at Yaauina, which
will undoubtedly be the loth, the day before.
Why la The Oregonian so silent on the Bay
maneuvers? Albany Democrat.
Why, Indeed, should The Oregonian
be silent about th'is or any other mat
ter of public interest? But it has not
been. It has had abundant news no
tice of the efforts to get the fleet to
stop off Yaquina Bay, and also specific
announcement that they had been suc
cessful. All this antedated the order
for the fleet to stop off the Columbia
River. Why should The Oregonian
drag in Yaquina Bay, or Coos Bay, or
Magdalena Bay, or any other bay,
when the Columbia River is under dis
cussion? Where, by the way, did the
Democrat get its Information that the
fleet is to stop off Yaquina? From
the same source, of course, that it gets
everything else that it learns and re
prints about the events of the world at
large The Oregonian.
There is as much truth as brevity
in the assertion that the man who does
net want to work always has it in for
the man who does not have to. And
yet it must not be assumed that all
men who have it in for those who
don't have to work are men who don't
want to work. , There is a whole lot of
people who like to work and who do
work, but who entertain a feeling of
resentment if they don't get a fair
share of the returns from their labor.
Quite naturally their resentment is di
rected against those men who don't
nave to work Because they get an un
earned portion of the product of those
who do. The great majority of peo
ple, rich and poor, like to work, but
they also like to see results. The idle
rich and the idle poor hate each other
and both are detested by the industri
ous rich and the industrious poor.
tlndoubtedly the conference of Gov
ernors will become one of the most
valuable of the permanent civic or
ganizations in the country. The body
will be a representative one, and Its
members will speak with an authority
not possessed by men who attend the
various congresses and conventions
that are held from time to time. The
action taken by the conference of Gov
ernors at this and future meetings will
have no small influence upon the
United States Senate and House of
Representatives. -
The attempt by the City Council to
put out of business clairvoyants and
other "mystics," who, for pay, take a
peep into the future for all who apply,
will probably fail. Human nature
loves to be humbugged, and why
should it not pay for the luxury? This
instinct can be driven to cover, but not
eliminated. Hence the "mystics" and
their followers will find a way to cir
cumvent any law for their extirpation
which they cannot openly defy.
Now if Senator Bourne should sol
emnly declare that he would not be a
candidate for a second elective term
and as a further evidence of his good
faith should be urging another for the
position, would he relish iq if some one
should call his good faith and sincer
ity in question, by declaring he must
take it anyhow? Senator Bourne
might yield, indeed; but that supplies
no reason to believe that President
Roosevelt would.
Many of the delegates to the state
convention had not been in Portland
for two or three years. They were as
tonished to see the large number of
new business blocks that have gone up
since they were here last. The con
vention was worth while even if it had
served no other purpose than to give
the delegates from distant parts of the
state an opportunity to watch Portland
grow.
There has been gross, abuse of the
initiative and referendum power. By
voting down all the unwise and un
necessary measures, the people will
discourage this sort of thing. When
faddists and self-seekers learn that
t"hey cannot work their schemes upon
the people they will quit trying.
Now, Indeed, supose we had had
Lawgiver tTRen's recall in full opera
tion when the late State Republican
Convention met here in Portland with
such amiable and benevolent purposes
toward Senator Bourne. It would
have "started something" mighty In
teresting to Senator Bourne, sure.
In the news reports of today it will
be noticed that Senator Bourne sent a
telegraphic dispatch, to bo read at the
Republican State Convention. He
seems to haveTnade the mistake of
supposing that his news would be of
interest to a Republican convention.
Oregon's population is steadily and
rapidly increasing. This is a good
time for school districts to ascertain
whether their schoolrooms are crowd
ed, and if so to make early arrange
ments for more room by the time
school opens in September. 1
Sheriff Stevens certainly has "made
good" in his office. Neither himself
nor his friends are claiming for him in
that regard more than his due. But
Word, his opponent, was a good
Sheriff also. The contest rests on per
sonal and party choice.
The French court holds that the un
speakable McKees were unfit for each
other and should be divorced. If unfit
for each other, they are unfit for any
others, and therefore only fit for each
other. AVhy should they not be made
to live together?
It was harmony with a large H-
SINGLE TAX l. NEW ZEALAND
AH the Blrasinga of Prosperity Due to
It, Saya Mr. Crldare.
PORTLAND. Or., May 14. (To the
Editor.) In The Oregonian, May 12, i.
J. Fording turns loose a mass of ignor
ance and suspicions concerning the Sin
gle Tax Amendment that ill-fit an edu
cated man, such as he evidently is. His
whole contentions are refuted in a few
words by the Tax Commissioner of New
Zealand in his official report, which was
sent by special request to the British :
Parliament. By the further fact that,
after two years' careful investigation and
consideration of the experience of New
Zealand for over 14 years by the near-by
Australian state of New South Wales,
the latter state has followed the former
by a more sweeping law that was almost
immediately put into effect by a vote of
the people in over 42 cities and towns.
Says the Tax Commissioner of New
Zealand:
The rebuilding of this city (Welling
ton, a city of 58.000) which for some
years past has been rapidly going on, is
largely attributable to the taxation of
land values, so that the supply of build
ing materials could not at times keep
pace with the demand."
Wellington has the single tax In opera
tion, as .have many other cities in that
state. None of the evils assumed by
Fording have been manifest there. "The
proof of the pudding is in the eating."
New Zealand has been eating it and calls
for more. No community there has ever
gone back to the old after trying the
new. The same authority says further:
The effect (of the single tax more
sweeping than is proposed lr Oregon) is
very marked. It has compelled owners
of these urban and suburban lands to
build or sell to those who would. It has
thus caused a great Impetus to the build
ing trade. An owner of land occupied
by buildings of little value finding that
he has to pay the same taxes as an
owner having his land occupied by a
valuable block of buildings must see that
his interests lay in putting his land to
its best use."
Thin Is the exrjerience invariably in
New Zealand and everywhere else wher
ever the principle has been appllert ana
to the degree that it has Dcen put. m
force.
Aeain ouotinsr the New Zealand report.
which may be real news to the readers
of The Oregonian:
The effect of this (the local applica
tion of the Single Tax) tends to reduce
rents and values of residential sites by
h lor-o-o increase of these made avail
able. The form of speculation in land
unused and held for a prospective incre-
in rnrP V met W 1 1 R 111 fBL-fUL vuaio.
Where this system has oeen on inai
fnr mnnv vears It cannot oe oiscarui-u
As well talk to the New Zealand towns
titles where It is In operation 01 giv
ing up their free institutions and asking
China to send a Mandarin to rule over
, II ..1
Read up. Read the amendment and do
not De airaia.
A. D. CRIDGE.
Secretary Oregon Tax Reform Associa
tlon.
POLITICAL CONFUSION.
Beat Described by the Term 'ConfualOM
Worae Confounded.
cwimtv Observer.
Th Orrenn Observer Is a Republican
newspaper. It was founded some 16 years
ago as a Republican newspaper, and is
maintained by the present owner and
editor as a Republican, newspaper on me
.tn nnvlntinn that the Republican
party has in the past been of Incalculable
value to the American Republic, and that
the principles that party represents are
necessary to the stability and prosperity
of this great free people.
Nevertheless the Observer has no word
to say to its readers in regard to the
state election campaign now in progress
,,t n-hirh "will end at the polls June 1.
The primary nominating law - provides
opening for great political trickery, and
this opening was taken bold advantage of
by the Democratic opponents ui mo re
publican party. A political game was put
up by the minority party and successfully
worked out in the primaries. It has de
moralized the political situation In Ore
gon. This Democratic game has yet to
be worked to a conclusion on June 1, and
the Observer feels that- In the Interest of
the Republican party it is well that our
Democratic friends should play their
whole hand on this occasion, and ac
complish all they can. Then Republi
cans who are sincere may govern them
selves accordingly.
Moreover. In the political confusion now
existing, the Observer does not see that
its advocacy in the present campaign
could be of a particle of service either to
the Republican party as a whole or to
the Republican candidates who are -now
before the people. It feels that the best
thing to do in the interest of the cause is
to await the developments of the next
few weeks.
A Principle In Imminent Danger.
PORTLAND. May 13. (To the Edi
tor.) I sometimes wonder whether the
enthusiastic friends of the initiative
and referendum principle in state gov
ernment appreciate how much the fate
of that principle may depend upon the
success or defeat of the appropriation
for the University of Oregon. The en
emies of the principle will undoubtedly
rejoice In the defeat of the appropria
tion not because "they are opposed to
it, but because they realize the im
portance of defeat as discrediting the
principle. Personally, I have always
ti.micht thorp was much .in the refer
endum principle to merit Its fair trial,
and there are many of us who are thus
frlendlv. If, however. It shall become
a means of relegating the University
of Oregon to the ecrap heap, the friends
of the principle must not be surprised
If our faith In It shall be so shaken
that we become Its opponents instead
of its tentative friends. Do the enthu
siasts prefer to convert us as open ad
herents to the principle or make us
avowed enemies? We shall see. Who
shall say that the fate of the principle
of the referendum does not hang upon
the result as to the University?
ZERA SNOW.
- The American I'rewt of Today.
G. D. C. in the Providence (R. I.) Journal
Let us not deplore the passing of the
personal in American journalism if
newspaper men merely cloak their
names behind a mask that gives them
greater power. In spite of all its
freaky and yellow examples, the Amer
ican preB of today is of greater influ
ence than ever, because there are more
good papers than there used to he.
more able editors than there used to he.
and more general adherence to the
public welfare, upon which confidence
III A lUiWrfUpti Imibt aiWU.VS tir UkjrU.
The passing of the party organ, more
than any othsr Influence, has contrib
uted to the increasing power- of the
really good newspapers. Those who
criticise newspapers most generally
draw their impressions from the yellow
journals.
Great Preacher.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Roosevelt is therefore one of the re
markable phenomena of the age. He
often errs, he Is not Infallible as a
leader, nor what could be truthfully
called a safe statesman, nor a seasoned,
sure thinker; but as a popular teacher
and preacher for the United States he
enjoys a position of immense authority
and a place of the highest value, for
he is unequivocally, apart from his
statesmanlike abilities or pursuits, one
of the Influences which "warns with a
loud voice and rules with a strong arm.
and carries order and discipline into a
world" which, but for restraining in
fluence, would be a "wild waste of
passions", and greed.
GUILTV OF STKALIXG KORSES
Jury Convicts Promptly When One
of Gang Confesses.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., May 14.
(Special.) Testimony of one of the gang
who turned state's evidence today re
sulted in the conviction of John A. Mc
Intyre on the charge of horse stealing.
Mclntyre was supposed to be a member
of a gang that last Fall shipped two
carloads of horses out of ' Wallula
country. Paul Kruger, his accomplice,
told of the crimes on the witness-stand
and it took the jury 20 minutes to reach
verdict. Two more members of this
alleged gang. John Tycke, Jr., and
Richard Tycke, aged 14 and 16 years,
Rre on trial for horse-stealing and when
their case is completed tomorrow their
father, John Tycke, will be tried.
BLAMES HIS WIFE'S MOTHER
Wealthy Alaskan Thus Answers Suit
for Separation.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 14. (Special.)
That he and his wife could get along
splendidly were it not for his virago of
a mother-in-law, and that the latter
and his sister-in-law influenced his
wife and made her a party to a con
spiracy to -get possession of his prop
erty was the answer made today by
Frank Becker, a wealthy and well-
known Alaskan, to the divorce action
of his wife. The court took the woman's
application for a separation under ad
visement. In her complaint Mrs. Becker
says that her husband is a habitual
drunkard and she fears to live with
him.
ONLY ONE OBSEHVES LAW
Salem Saloonkeepers Retain Closed
Fronts to Shops. .
SALEM. Or., May 14. (Special.) Mayor
Rodgers and the members of the license
committee of the City Council made a
tour of the Salem saloons today and
found that only one proprietor had fully
complied with the ordinance requiring
that fronts shall be thrown open and
boxes removed. The liquor-dealers were
given three days In which to comply with
the law.
Challenge Liquor Men to Dehale.
OREGON CITY. May 14. (Special.)
While comparatively little interest is
being tiken tn the country districts in
the attempt to make a dry county out
of Clackamas at the coming June elec
tion, the fight Is getting warm In Ore
gon City and the small towns of the
county where the Prohibition element
Is letting no chance go by to play a
winning card. This is especially true
In Oregon City, where the ministers
have banded together in an association
to drive the saloons out of business.
Tomorrow night at the Shively theater,
J. D. Matlock. Mayor of Eugene, will
talk at a Prohibition mass meeting, ex
plaining how Eugene manages to get
along without the revenue derived from
the saloon licenses.
The committee In charge of the cam
paign to abolish the saloons In Clack
amas County has challenged the Retail
Liquor Dealers' Association of Oregon
City to a Joint debate.
Want Roessler Retained.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 1 4. (Special.)
At a meeting of the Astoria Chamber
of Commerce on April 27, resolutions
were unanimously adopted commend
ing Colonel Roessler. United States En
gineer, for the excellent work he had
been doing on the extension of the
jetty and asking that he be retained
in his present position. A copy of
these resolutions was sent to Brigadier
General A. Mackenzie, Chief of Engi
neers, United States Army, and this
afternoon a communication was" re
ceived from him, in which he declared
that whenever it became necessary to
assign Roessler to other duties, his
successor here will resume the Gov
ernment work with no halt.
Astoria's Festival Float.
ASTORIA. Or., May 14. (Special.)
The Astoria float for the parade at
the Portland Rose. Festival will be
"manned" by two people, a girl and a
boy, one representing a nymph, sitting
at the feet of a figure of Neptune, and
the other a yachtsman. Miss Louise
Wise, daughter of Mayor Wise, has
been selected as the nymph, while Carl
Thomas, a member of the High School
Debating Team, will take the place of
the yachtsman.
Wireless Service for Alaska.
SEATTLE, May 14. Plans for extension
of the Alaska service of the United
States Army Signal Corps call for the in
stallation of new wireless stations at
Nome, Fort Gibbon, Fort Egbert, Wran-
gel and Petersburg Cannery. The pro
posed wireless stations in Alaska will
save many miles of land wires which
need constant repairs.
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
Mrs. H. L. Nave.
COTAGE GROVE. Or.. May 14. (Spe
cial.) The funeral of Mrs. H. L. Nave,
wife of Dr. H. I Nave, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of this city, was
held here this afternoon. Dr. and Mrs.
Nave came here from Indiana seven
months ago, the doctor having accepted
the Western appointment with the view
of benefiting Mrs. Nave's health. A
week ago today, she suffered a stroke of
paralysis, dyins Wednesday night. A
husband and three sons survive her. One
son lives in Seattle, the other in New
York.
GOULDS TO ISSUE MOKE BONDS
Want S 150,000, ((00 to KciuihI Debt
and Develop Koads. .
NEW YORK, May 14. The Tribune
tomorrow will say:
An important further step was re
ported today in the working out of the
plans for financing the roads of the
Gould system. The Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad Company, it is learned
from trustworthy sources, is about to
create a mortgage securing an issue of
150.000,000 bonds, authorization for
which will be asked from the stock
holders at a special meeting to be held
within a few weeks.
The bonds are expected to be 5 per
cent and will run 50 years. Of the
proposed $150,000,000 there will be re
served $90,000,000 for refunding the
outstanding bonded obligations of the
company, the remaining $60,009,000 be
ing available for future use in the de
velopment of the property and for other
purposes.
ANNOUNCE
NEW POLICY
Government to Build Separate Post
offices for Large Cilles.
WASHINGTON. May 14. The omni
bus public . building bill 'carrying au
thorizations of $20,963,000 for new con
tracts, and $2,1G5,000 for continuing Aid
contracts, a total of $23,128,000 was to
day reported to the House by Chair
man Bartholdt of the committee on
public buildings and grounds.
There is enunciated in the provisions
of the bill a new policy determined
upon by the committee, namely, to
erect separate and special buildings for
postofflces in the larger cities of the
country.
DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS
Republicans Who Sat as Delegates or
Who Held Proxies.
Delegates In the three conventions
and their proxies were as follows:
Baker (State and Congressional! A. V.
Swift. William Tollman. W. J. Patterson.
J. N. Hart. W. O. Ayre. B. K. Kennedy. V.
G. Drowly. by W. J. Patterwon. proxy; K. P.
Voruz. by Jlruce Dennis, proxy; James Chan-noi-k.
Benton (StRtel J. R. Smith. George W.
Denman. Ed. Williams. C. V. Johnson, A.
J. Johnson.
Clackamas (Slate and Congressional) T.
G. Huntley. James I'. Campbell, Thomas F.
Kvan, Chauncey K. Ramsby. Charles A.
Miller. G. VV. l'rosser. J. W. Reed. o. L.
Clyde, C. M. Lake. John Gibson. G. W.
Clark, T. S. Stippe. by G. W. Prosser. proxy.
Clatsop (State and Congressional G. C.
Fulton, F. I. Dunbar. Robert Abbott. J. W.
Welch, W. F. McGregor, F. J. Carney,
Charles Gulllume. by J. C. McCue.
Columbia tState Warren Quick. T. C
Wales, John Southworth. Albert Freeman.
J. B. Doane, G. D. Sutherland. (Congres
sional) K. H. Flagg. Edin Ross. Harry
West. Kasper Libel. Tom Morris.
Coos (State and Congressional!" C. A.
Pehlbrede. C. R. Barrow, by C. A. Sehl
brede, Pete Loggle. J. W. Clinton, F.. A.
Anderson, by C. A. Sohlbrede; R. H. Rosa,
by F. K. Gettlnits. proxy.
Crook Not represented.
Curry Not represented.
Douglas (State and Congressional A. C.
Marsters. K. L. Miller. William Emery. F.
H. Conn. John E. Love, Hiram Gallup, James
Batty, by J. O. Newland, proxy; Frank
Alley. H. G. Sonnemann.
Gilliam (State and Congressional ) R. R.
Butler. C. A. Danneman, George Ferry, by
J. B. Goff.
Giant (State and Congressional) Otis
Patterson. Sam R. stott. by M. S. Montelth.
proxy; H. E. Hendryx, by M. S. Montelth;
George H. Cattenach. by M. S. Montelth.
Harney (State and Congressional! Frank
Davey. Willtam Hanley and William Miller,
by Frank Davey. proxy.
Jackson (State and Congressional! J. I.
Pendleton, by Ed Bartlett; I. L. Hamilton,
by Frank Pinnott: J. D. Hurd. by John '.
younjr; C. W. Levar. by F. W. Hollls; J. W.
Staples, by E. D. Brlggs; J. M. Wagner, by
E. D. Brings; J. w. Bollinger, by F. W.
Hollls; F. W. Hollis.
Josephine (State and Congressional) A.
C. Hough and four proxies for J. C. Camo
bell. L. L. Jewell. W. C. Hale. George S.
Calhoun.
Klamath (State and .Congressional! L.
F. Willlts. E. F.. Titch, by c. N. McAvthur
and George Noble. Sr.. by Frank Ira White.
Lane (State) S. M. yoran. I., ti. Potter,
H. Vandberg, J. I. Jones, W. Kuykendall. W.
G. Gllrtray. I. N: Edwards. J. II. Bell. S.
rl. ITlendly. D. A. Paine. C. Cole. (Congres
sional) H. W. Thompson. W. S. Moon, T.
Wneler. s. B. Eaxln. F. J. Head. ij. I
Monrhead. W. F. Walker. G. H. Kelly. W.
G. Griffin. A. L. Brlggs. J. E. Martin.
Lake (State and Congressional) P. F.
Light, S. H. Ahlstrom, H. A. Hrat:am, by
A. F. Clark.
Linn iState and Congressional) F. J. Mil
ler. E. D. Cusick. V. L. Marks. P. II.
rv..!!ne. J. P. Carter. R. E. Warner. ('. H.
Davidson. N. M. Newport. G. H. Handle.
Malheur (State and Congretiotiai) 1. W.
Hope, G. L. King. C. K. BeMlr.g. by G. 1
Kllg; G. A. Hurley, by I. W. Hope, proxy.
Lincoln (Ftate and Cnngrr slonali li. A.
Hen.'ll. F. A. Godwin. Frank K Kuke:-.
Marlon (State) F. B. .Southv. Irk. John
Knight. J. T. Valkenberg. W. .1. Clarke, w.
H. Eldrrdgc. W. A. Taylor. ,T. W. McKlnnf,
Fred Drager by C. B. Moores. D. H. Lnnne),
H. A. Johnson, J. X. Smith. J. M. Poor
man. H. A. Snyder by Alrx Lafollett; (Con
gressional) G. B. Hicks. J. T. Hunt. J. V.
Anderson. Charles Platts. 1.. T. Reynolds.
Torn Kav, W. C Winslow, J. 1). Slnim-Mi?,
B. F. Robertson.
Multnomah (State and C.-r.gre.i!oria!) C
W. Sherman. H. W. Cr.e, W. W. nenk. Frank
F. Freeman, c. E. Lookwood. George Otten.
Ben Selling. M.-Klnley Mitchell. A. V. Oi -ton.
F. E. Reaen. C c. Newcastle. C M.
Idlewan, Charles B. Sawyer. .1. W. Sher
wood, J. F. Kertchem. E. A. Austin. A.' C.
Cooke, Phil Metchan. Jr., W. E. William
son, George K. McCord, D. J. tjulmliy.- II. M.
Tilttle. John Miller. C. V. Hoivar.l. D. F.
Hardman by L. W. Harriman, Thad Vree
land. R. E. Menefee. H. S. Rot e. A. P.
MHnley. J. H. Kelley, W. C. North. C. V.
I'atton, S. C. Beach, J. J. Noonan, Sr.. E.
L. Shaffer bv C. W. Hndpon. H. K. Collier.
. K. Marshall, E. L. Raybum. E. C. Lind
say. Tom Corder. H. T. Page Pr. Eminett
Drake. E. B. ("olwell, T. Morris Dunne by
Charles T. Early. S. C. Spencer by Thomcs
McCueker. R. E. Sewell, Gcorce H. Wlltlanis.
Polk (State R. E. Williams, r. S.
I. aughary. G. L. Hawkina. G. I.. Kelty. R.
H. Knox, J. C. Talbot; (Congi-tslonal) I.
F. Yoakum, A. J. Baxter, Morris Fowle. p.
E. Paddock. William Cadle. H. B. B.-ophy.
Sherman (State and Congressional) L.
Barnuin, J. J. Wiley, Ed Mrb.ee by K. V.
Llttlerteld, proxy.
Tillamook (State and Congressional) H.
T. Botte. F. Severance, Carl Haberlarh by
G. H. Lamb, i.roxy.
Umatilla (State and Congressional) A. B.
Montgomery by T. G. Montpomeiy. proxy: L.
W. McComas. E. J. Sr.mervllle. Gus Winkler.
A. B. Thompson. W. J. Furnish. F. S. Ou'-l.
Herbert Boynton.
I'nlon (State and Congressional.) John H.
Ptare L. A. Wright. F. S. Hramwell. D. A.
Barnes. W. .1. Snorigra.-s. C. A. lloyle by
.1. H. 1'eare. J. D. Casey, Hairy Cook by
L. A. Wright. '
Wallowa (State) F. P. M.-Cully, John
McDonald bv F. P. McCnlly. F. A. Clnrk
bv George Hlatt. .1. O. Kiddle by George
lilatt; (Congressional) W. K. Holmes.
Charles McDaiiicls and John McDonald by
George Hlatt.
Wasco (Slate and Congressional! M. A.
Moody, N. Whealdon. .1. F. Hendricks. G. B
Wood, Dr. E. E. Ferguson, H. C. Rooper,
C. L. Phillips, Alex Stewart.
Washington (State and Congressional) B.
F Purdy, J. W. Hughe. Medford Laugh
lln. John Ireland. A. N. Pavls. Kenton Bow
man Charles Tlgard. William Butler. Herman
Collier. , , .
Wheeler (State and Congressional) John
H. Putnam. Albion Kablcr J. 1. Barnhouse
by W. H. Rarsc'.ale.
Yamhill l State and Congressional! M. A.
Baker. B. H. Evans. J. II. Rtese. John ftort
man. Clarence Butt. G. M. Allen, J. I.
Nichols. Lee 1-aughlin.
SAILORS VISIT 17NIVEUSITT!
Medals and Cups Tor Winners ol
Sports Gift to California.
SAN FRANCISCO, May H.-Tlie center
of interest of the fleet festivities was
transferred today to Berkeley, the site of
tlie University of California. Athletic
sports, including contests between college
champions, attracted thousands. Medals
weso given to the first, second and third
men in each event, and silver loving cups
to the ships represented by winning
tearr.V
In tliis city the prosramme included au
tomobile rides for the bluejackets, street
car excursions, balloon ascensions and
vaudeville entertainments.
A beautiful onyx and gold service whs
presented to the cruiser California. Vliis.
tlio second valuable gift to the cruiser,
was subscribed for by citizens of this city,
and consists of a massive punclihnwl with
21 punch "glasses," all carved from the
purest California onyx and ornamented
with California gold, the lettering being
raised in solid metal. A handsome onyx
stand accompanied the punch set. At tlio
same time a beautiful onyx and gold
lamp. Given by the. citizens of San Diego,
was presented to the California.
A luncheon to the chaplains attached to
the fleet was given at the Falrmount Ho
tel. During the afternoon baseball (tames
between teams from tile Army and Navy
were played on the Presidio grounds. An
nil-night bull and entertainment wei o
Kiv-en by the Gaelic Club at the spacious
auditorium.
IXSTHICT, DEMANDS BKYAV
Rays Delegates Should Not Be Sent
Without Order.
LINCOLN. Neb.. May 14. In the Com
moner tomorrow William J. Bryan, under
a glaring caption, will urge the instruc
tion of delegates to the Democratic Na
tional Convention. He says:
"Instructions to delegates nre the order
of the day. Nearly all the states which
have held Dernooratic conventions so far
have instructed. This Is as it should be;
Instructions are democratic. The people,
speak througli instructions: they cannot
speak in any other way.
A failure to instruct turns the dele
gates over to party bosses."
Blackmail, Says Elder Fullerton.
ST. LOUIS. May 14. S. H. Kullerton.
the father of Robert W. Fullerton. who
Is held in San Francisco on charges
preferred agalnet him by Miss Gladys
Hobart, of New York, stated last night
that if his son is not released on the
writ of habeas corpus he will probnbly
go to San Francisco and accompany Ilia
son to New York to meet the charges.
Mr. Fullerton insists that his con is
not guilty of wrongdoing, but is the
victim of a blackmailing scheme.