VOL. XLVIII. "0. 14,8;
PORTLAND. OREGOX, THURSDAY. JULY 9, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MEANING BEHIND
CHEERS AT DENIER
Americans Are Race of
Hero-Worshipers.
BRYAN HERO OF RADICALISM
Idol of Those Who Seek to
Raise Under-Dog.
PUT MAN ABOVE DOLLARS
Wellman Sees in Great Pemonstra.
tion American Pursuit of Idea of
Equal Rights Triumphant
Over Privilege.
DENVER, Colo.. July 8. (Special.)
"The blind shall lead the blind." What
Is the meaning of this mighty demon
stration for Bryan? What does it sig
nify? How shall it be correctly inter
preted? For, of course. It has a mean
ing. It signifies something as to our
National life and thought and movement
and future. It is a contribution to his
tory. It is something more than hys
teria. It lies deeper than mere super
ficial emotionalism. It is an expression
of the feeling of a large part of the
American people how large a part the
future must determine, because the pres
ent cannot.
It means, of course. Idolatry for a man.
It means devotion to a leader. It means
that somehow, and by some means, by
?ome legerdemain or art or trick William
J. Bryan Is a hero In the eyes of a con
siderable part of the people of this coun
try. Ours are a people who are known
throughout the world for their practica
bility, for their, hard-headedness, for their
devotion to business, to the material af
fairs of life. But we who know our coun
trymen better, know that sentiment, after
Bll, rules us.
Americans Worship Heroes.
Yearning for something higher, for an
uplift, for a reform, searching for or fol
lowing an Ideal, is the dominant note of
American character. We are a race of
hero worshippers. We have worshiped
military and naval heroes when the times
were propitious, therefore, now we are
worshiping heroes among out publicists.
The cataclysm of emotionalism and admi
ration and faith and exaltation mean?
that Bryan Is the Idol of the Democratic
masses. It Is Idle for anyone to say
otherwise.
It is useless to point out that many
nf the delegates who are here to vote
for him and make up the two-thirds
of all required for his nomination are
Instructed, or apathetic, or at heart
preferring another man and another
policy. Virtually the whole delegate
body prostrated Itself in ecstatic eager
ness at the altar where gathered the
emblems of the states. When the his
torian of the future sits down calmly
and leisurely to analyze this outburst
of American aspiration and individual
worship, he will. If I mistake not, find
one salient, dominant fact underlying
It all.
Put Men Above Dollars.
That Is the feeling of many Ameri
cana whether a majority or not, no
one knows that in some way, under
some leadership, by some party, this
must be done: The Influence in gov
ernment of the man of much money
must not be greater than the Influence
of the man of little money. This Is a
government of men, not of dollars.
This is the land of equal rights and no
special privilege.
Upon this generalization the Demo'
:ratlc party is built. It may claim to
ret Its inspiration from Jefferson; it
:nay try to make itself believe its
::oots go back to the fathers; but tem
peramentally, psychologically. Inevitably
it. Is nothing less than the protest of the
moderately successful or not successful at
all against the favored few of fortune,
of the tolling millions against the upper
crust not to break them down, not to
have revolution in violence or confisca
tion, but restraining, regulation, check
mating, delimitation.
Voice of Radicalism.
In other words, it is the voice of radi
calism we have heard today in the
Denver auditorium, the cry of radi
calism and of the mass against the rule
of conservatism; the eternal struggle of
those below against those above, the
BtrugRle that has been going on ever since
organized society was evolved from chaos,
and which must go on till the end of
time.
COAST WILL DEMAND VOICE
Intends to Be Heard When Tariff
Is Revised.
SAX FRANCISCO, July 8. At, a
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
of this city, presided over by Governor
Glllett. the groundwork for tariff leg
islation favorable to California and
the other Pacific states was laid out
yesterday. It was resolved to invite
the co-operation of all organizations
on the Pacific Interested in tariff leg
islation n preparing a report and in
appointing members of a general com
mittee to be sent to Washington next
Autumn to furnish all information to
the representatives in Congress of the
Pacific states. The Governors of the
Pacific are also to be communicated
with, with the object of laying; plans
and securing their co-operation in the
endeavor to secure the enactment of
legislation for tariff revision
DIRTY LINEN WILL
NOT BE CLEANSED
CIRZOX-LEITKH AFFAIRS KEPT
OUT OF CRABBE TRIAL.
Chicago Court Refuses to Admit Tes
timony Concerning; Spicy
Family Quarrels.
'CHICAGO, July 8. (Special.) What
ever dissensions may have arisen from
time to time between the bland and
imperturbable Lord Curzon, of Kedel
stone, and his American kinsman, Jo
seph Letter, it became sufficiently plain
today that they will not be aired in
the hearing of the suit instituted by
Hugh Crabbe, former land steward for
the Letter estate. It is true that the
knowledge of a lively family drama
going on all the while behind the
scenes lends a piquancy to the hearing,
but most of the subject matter has
been ueclared foreign by Judge Heap
and will be excluded from the Jury.
Nevertheless, the auditor with a lit
tle imagination can paint a picture of
the Impeccable Englishman with his
precise accent congealing the young
plunger In wheat with his icy repar
tee. . .
Among the evidence which will .not
go before the. jury was a query put to
Joseph Leiter before he left on his
marriage tour relative to alleged at
tempts to bring about a marked con
traction of taxable property about as
sessment time each year. This insinua
tion Mr. Leiter naturally resented.
Crabbe is anxious to get before the
public an account of how Lord Curzon
came forward and forced Joe Leiter to
a settlement, after snubbing- him ter
ribly. He is also eager to relate the
details of the disastrous Leiter wheat
deal, which he insists cost the elder
Leiter about ?9, 000,000, but the court
ruled out this part of the testimony.
LIKE PROPHETS OF OLD
Minister Hails Roosevelt as World's
Greatest Preacher.
EDINBURGH, July 8. At today's ses
sion of the International Congregational
Convention, Dr. Mills, of Chicago, speak
ing on the bearing of New Testament
ethics on the family and economic rela
tions, referred to what he designated as
the "work of America's greatest preacher,
who for several years has used the White
House in the spirit of the old time
prophets to apply the moral law to the
great American corporations." The prac
tical result of this teaching Is a . revival
of the sense of the ethical responsibility.
The speaker declared that neither of
the great political parties dares to- nomi
nate a man to the Presidency who was
not known to be a teacher of righteous
ness. During a discussion that followed. Dr.
Brown, of California, declared that in
cidentally he had seen more drunkenness
in Edinburgh in a single day than in a
whole month in "wicked San Francisco."
GUILTY OF DESECRATION
Man Who Put Red Flag Above Stars
and Stripes Fined $50.
TILLAMOOK, Or., July 8. (Special.)
William Wolf, the anarchist who flaunted
a red flag above the stars and stripes
over his business house here July 4, was
tried today on a charge of desecration
of the flag, found guilty and fined J50,
which he paid.
Wolf's trial was held before a jury,
and the verdict was reached almost im
mediately. Cast-Off Son Will Contest.
NEW YORK, July 8. William M. In
gram. Jr.. of Waverly, N. Y.. has in
structed his attorney to begin contest
of the will of his father, a lawyer of
Brooklyn, who died June 7. leaving an
estate of more than J2, 000.000, but be
queathing his son only J1000. Mr. In
gram Is 48 years old. During the last 30
years he has been estranged from his
father.
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC LEADER AROUND
WHOM STORM RAGES IN CONVENTION.
COLOSEL JAMES
GUFFEY BEATEN
IN FINAL ROUND
Convention Refuses to
Seat His Men.
ANTIS RALLY THEIR FORCES
Can Only Secure 387 Against
615 Bryanites.
H0BS0N HAS HOT TIME
Predicts War With Japan Amid
Jeers and Interruptions From
Delegates Impatient to Dis
pose of Pennsylvania- Contest.
CONVENTION HALL. Denver. Jnlv It
(11:36 P. M.) The majority report of
the credentials committee was adopted
without roll call, after the minority report
was defeated by a vote of 387 to 615. This
finally defeats Guffey.
At 11:36 P. M. the convention adjourned
till 11 A. M. tomorrow.
CONVENTION HALL, Denver, July
8. The galleries were well filled long
before the first of the delegates and
alternates to the National Democratic
Convention began to make their .ap
pearance. A great crowd of sightseers
was gathered outside the Auditorium
In the hall the Cowboy Band, unfa
tigued by Its strenuous afternoon's
work, entertained the assembling dele
gates and spectators with a long pro
gramme of popular selections.
Under the glow of thousands of elec
trie bulbs, the convention hall showed
to the best advantage. With the vast
audience In its place the night scene
was a brilliant one. The always dili
gent band -in the gallery was In evl
dence early in the evening, and worked
away for the pleasure of the galleries,
which were almost . filled before 8
o'clock arrived. Apparently It was the
opinion of many of the visitors that
the night session was to reveal a re
production of the spectacular scenes
enacted during the day. The delegates
were, however, of another mind,, and.
having wearied themselves by their en
thusiasm earlier in the day, did not
pour into the hall with the same alac
rity as was shown by the public.
Cannot Find Report.
The officers of the convention and the
members of the credentials committee
were in a panic as the time' approached
for opening the convention, because the
majority report of the committee was
missing. The precious document was in
the possession of the stenographer, and
he could not be found. The same indi
vidual was also In possession of a speech
to be delivered by Representative Ollie
James, of Kentucky, who was also in
mental distress in consequence. The last
seen of the stenographer was at 1 o'clock,
when he went away with the report un
der strict injunctions to write it an.d re
turn it as soon as possible. Chairman
Callahan, of the credentials committee;
with a flushed and perturbed face, was
rushing hither and thither about the hall.
frantically sending messengers and work
ing the telephone to every spot where
his imagination allowed him to suspect
that the missing stenographer might be
in retirement.
Mr. Callahan Anally went to Chair-
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M. GUFFEY.
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
AT GLANCE.
Great demonstration for Bryan oc
cupies nearly whole morn ins session.
The credentials committee decides
against Guffey and McCarren delega
tions, in favor of 'the Dubola delega
tion. ,
Guffey denounce action of commit
tee and rallies anti-Bryanites or fight
tn convention.
Convention at nipht session seats
antl-Guffey delegates.
Subcommittee on, platform adopts
planks6n tariff. Income tax and other
topic, but will not complete work
till Thursday.
Inman, of Oregon, offers planks for
Japanese exclusion and to keep fleet
In Pacific Ocean.
Bryan's suggestions for platform laid
before committee.
Wellman reads meaning behind great
Bryan demonstration.
ALL IS WELL WITH FLEET
Wireless Message From the Con
t necticut Reports Fine Weather.
ON BOARD U. S. S. CONNECTICUT
AT SEA. July S. 9:30 A. M. (by wireless
to Mare Island Navy-Yard, Cal.) The
Atlantic fleet is steaming this morning
in squadron formation at ten knots, 1S5
miles out from San Francisco. Weather
clear and calm.
Sperry Answers Roosevelt.
OYSTER BAY, July 8. President
Roosevelt this morning received a tel
egram from Rear-Admiral Sperry, in
response to the message he sent yes
terday conveying .his good wishes to
the officers and men of the world
glrdllng battleship fleet.
, The Rear-Admiral's dispatch follows :
"San Francisco,- July 7. To the Pres
ident, Oyster Bay: The Commander-in-Chief
and officers and men highly
appreciate the President's good wishes,
and fully recognize the honor, privi
lege and responsibility of their charge.
"SPERRY."
FIGHT NOT ABANDONED
Printers Stand Firm for 8-Hour Day
in All Cities.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., July 8.
James Lynch, president of the Inter
national Typographical Union, said to
day there 'is no intention of calling off
the -strike In Hartford, Conn., or in
any other city. The strike benefits
that have been held because of the
strike Inaugurated throughout the
country In Sepembter, 1905, commonly
known as the "eight-hour strike," will
be discontinued July. IS, he ' said,- on
the theory that the men who received
benefits would have had ample time
to secure: positions either in their own
or other cities, and because many of
those who are drawing these . benefits
are men who -will participate in the
old-age pension which will go into
effect the first of next month. .
Fltty Men Still In Mine.
YUZOVO, Russia, July 8. It Is now six
days since the gas explosion in the coal
mine here that resulted in over 300 miners
losing their lives, and it is believed there
are still 50 men in the mine. A man was
rescued today from the eastern side of
the shaft. After coming to his senses he
reported the presence of a squad of men
in the eastern section of the mine at the
time of the explosion and said he had
heard continual groans from his impris
oned comrades. This story is corroborat
ed by the fact that over &0 men are still
unaccounted for.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
. The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 90
dgrers; minimum. 62 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and cooler; westerly winds.
Democratic Convention.
Guffey delegation unseated after brief de
bate In convention, page l.
Great demonstration for Bryon started by
Senator Gore, page- 3.
Guffey and MaCarren defeated by cre
dentials committee, page 4.
Platform committee adopts principle planks.
Page 1.
Wellman reads meaning: of Bryon enthus
iasm, page 1.
National.
Oregon land grant not to be added to
forest reserves. Page 3.
Ic?metitfe.
Family secrets of Lester family exposed,
page 1.
Chicago woman recovers property of which
she was cheated 40 years ago. pake 1.
Boston and Albany docks at Boston burnt,
page 3.
Politics.
Hitchcock ohoeen for Republican chairman,
Sheldon for treasurer. Funds to be pub
lished, page 1.
Preston declines Socialist Labor nomina
tion, page 1.
Foreign.
Sensational evidence at Zu Eulenberg,
page 1.
Sensational evidence at Zu Eulenberg's
trial, page 3.
Pacific Cotwft.
Commissioner West says Legislature gave
away tide lands without power, page 7.
Music features at Chautauqua please audi
ence, page -7.
Seattle exclusive set plans town of Its
own on the Sound, page 7.
Sports.
San Francisco defeats Portland, 6 to 3.
Page 1.
Commercial and Marine,
Many new members taken Into Board of
Trade. Page 17.
Stock prices advancing at New Tork
Pare 17.
Government report sends wheat prices m
Page 17. .
Ponk succeeds Werllcb as lighthouse in
spector. Page 12.
Portland nd Vicinity.
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company at
tacked by Council, page 10.
Philo Holbrook, well-known Portland pio
neer, dies. Page IS.
Federal official denies that Hermann esse
. will be dropped. Page 12.
Order . Issued directing mobilisation of O. N".
u. tor American Lake .. maneuvers.
Page 1ft.
Council -sustains Building Inspector Iobson
in fight with State Senator Nottingham.
Page 16. - -
Chauffeur Rlckards flies eharges against
Patrolman Mat Murphy, page 12.
Fl Delta Koppa taboos use of liquor and
tooaeco by stnaent members.
Forecaster Beals predicts cooler weather for
toaay. page 1 1.
Council akeBaftl1 toward building new
ABOLISH DUTY DN
FOREST PRODUCTS
Radical Plank Favored
by Democrats.
PRESENT TARIFF INIQUITOUS
Places Premium on Destruc
tion of Timber at Home.
WORK ON THE PLATFORM
Subcommittee Draws Liberally on
Nebraska Declaration of Princi
ples for Inspiration Parker
Overruled on All -Points.
DENVER. July 8. After being In ses
sion most of last night, the sub-committee
of the committee on resolutions of the
Democratic National Convention resumed
Its sittings at an early hour today; but
at 7 P. M. took a recess until 9 o'clock.
It was reported that the members of the
committee had received intimation that
they would be needed in convention hall.
It had been the expectation of the sub
committee that it would be prepared to
report to the full committee at 5 o'clock
this afternoon, but when that hour ar
rived the work of the sub-committee was
still so Incomplete that it was necessary
for the full committee to take an adjourn
ment until 10 o'clock tonight ' with the
prospect that upon meeting at that hour
it would be necessary again to adjourn
until tomorrow morning.
Divides Its "Work.
. The sub-committee spent the first half
of the day in discussing suggestions
made by Mr. Bryan and others relative
to planks in the platform, but shortly
after, noon decided that in order to make
progress it would be necessary to subdi
vide the work and consequently sub-committees
of the sub-committee were ap
pointed on various subjects, including in
junctions, trusts, railroads, resources , of
the country, tariff, etc. These minor
sub-committees consisted in all cases of
three members and the remainder of the
day was spent ' largely in consultations
over the various subjects under consider
ation. There were, however, some questions
upon which the full sub-committee found
it possible to pass, and these included
the publicity' of campaign contributions,
relative to which a strong plank was
adopted. The committee also accepted
various other suggestions, among them
being planks demanding the enactment of
an income tax law, providing for the re
striction of Oriental immigration, de
nouncing what the" committee' termed
President Roosevelt's "perpetuation of
his dynasty," etc. 1
Careful About injunctions.
The injunction sub-committee was the
first to be appointed and its members
were busily occupied during the day. This
sub-committee consisted of Messrs. Will
iams of Massachusetts, Parker of New
Tork, and Sullivan of Iowa. Its dellb-
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IS RESTORED TO HER.
Mrs. Eliza Jackson Raised From
" Grinding Poverty to Possession
of $175,000.
CHICAGO. July 8. (Speclai.) From
poverty to wealth from penury and
grinding economy to the possession of a
fortune, this is the fate that has befallen
Mrs. Eliza Kane Jackson, of Oak Park,
a woman of 60 years. By a strange acci
dent It was discovered that Mrs. Jackson
was cheated out of real estate on West
Randolph street 41' years ago. Now the
land and buildings are worth J22.000 and
full rent ard interest must be paid Mrs.
Jackson for the 41 years during which
she was deprived of the property. The
accrued "values amount to $175,000, and
Judge Chytraus decided every point in
the aged woman's favor today, giving her
title to all this unexpected wealth.
This strange romance of the courts
came to light through -a condemnation
suit of the Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way. The Daniel Booth estate was made
a defendant to the suit, but through a
letter of Attorney David Ball, counsel for
the estate. Attorney S. H. Trude obtained
a hint which led him to look up the title
to the land, of which he found Mrs. Jack
son to be the rightful owner.
ASSISTS HER NEIGHBOR
Nicaragua Sends Troops to Fight for
Honduras.
WASHINGTON. July 8. Nicaragua
has taken up arms in support of Hon
duras, which has a revolutionary move
ment on its hands, according to a dis
patch received at the State Department
today. This dispatch says that an
army is being recruited by Nicaragua
and that troops are being hurried for
ward with Maxim batteries in aid of
Honduras.
Another dispatch, however, received
at the Department from the American
representative at the capital of Salva
dor indicates that the movement
aga'lnst Honduras has failed.
Thinks Revolution Will Win.
PANAMA, July 8. A prominent Central
American who is now here, said today
that he believed the revolution against
President Davila, of Honduras, would be
successful. The plan of the revolution
ists is to have in Honoduras an allied
government in which Guatemala and Sal
vador will take part. After this govern
ment is established the present plan pro
vides for an attack upon President Ze
laya, of Nicaragua, who is considered to
be the worst enemy of President Cabrera.
The critical condition of the internal af
fairs in Nicaragua, he continued, is pro
pltlons for such a movement.
PRESTON WILL NOT. RUN
Declines Socialist Labor Xomlnatfon
by Lawyer's Advice.
CARSON, Nev., July 8. M. R. Pres
ton, who is in the State Prison for
murder, and who was nominated for the
Presidency by the Socialist Labor par
ty, has declined the nomination. It is
thought that he acted on the advice of
his attorney, as he was willing to be a
candidate and stated that he fully ex
pected to receive the nomination.
Watch Balloting In Panama.
PANAMA, July 8. During the present
week between 180 and 200 Americans will
leave this city for all parts of the re
public to Watch the casting of votes in
the elections, next Sunday of Presidential
Electors. Quiet prevails through the en
tire republic.
HITCHCOCK.
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HITCHCOCK
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CAMPAIGN CHIEF
Republican Committee
Makes Choice. '
FUNDS WILL BE PUBLISHED
Sheldon Is Made Treasurei
Under New York Law.
RECOMMENDED BY BLISS
As Treasurer of Hughes' Campaign
He Published Donations Vorys
to Manage Campaign in
Ohio at Cincinnati.
HOT SPRINGS. Va., July 8. Frank
H. Hitchcock, former First Assistant
Postmaster-General, one of the man
agers for William H. Taft in the cam
paign for the nomination for the Pres
idency by the Republican party, was
today unanimously chosen chairman of
the Republican National Committee.
Tne announcement was made shortly
after U30 o'clock this afternoon, fol
lowing a conference between Judge
Taft and the members of the executive
committee of the National Republican
Committee.
The committee also chose George Rum
sey Sheldon, New York, to be treasurer
of the National committee; designated
Arthur I. Vorys as a member of the Re
publican National committee, to have
charge of the campaign in Ohio, and
chose Cincinnati as the headquarters of
the Republican National committee for
Ohio.
Fund AVUI Be Pnbllnhed.
The executive committee Issued the fol
lowing statement:
Mr. George Sheldon is elected on the
recommendation of Mr. Bliss of New
York, former Treasurer, who declined t
accept re-election. Mr. Sheldon Is th
president of the Union League Club of
Now York and was treasurer of the Re
publican state committee during the cam
paign of Mr. Hughes for Governor of
New York and rendered a complete state
ment under the publicity law of thai
state of the receipts and expenditures oi
the campaign. This was one of the rea
sons, in addition to the recommendation
of Mr. Bliss and the standing of Mr. Shel
don, that has Induced his election, as the
law of New York requiring publicity will
apply to his action as treasurer of the
National committee." t
The committee was in session an
hour and a half when the announce
ments were made. The executive com
mittee ordered that the chairman, secretary-treasurer
and sergeant-at-armi
of the National Committee all occupy
similar positions on the executive com
mittee, and the secretary-treasurer will
be ex-officio member of the executive
committee.
Sherman May Retain Office.
No action was taken by the executive
commute on the matter of Representa
tive Sherman's retaining the chairman
ship of the Congressional committee
while a Vice-Presidential candidate. It
is understood the committee is not in
clined to Interfere with the Congres
sional committee. It is said here that
Representative McKlnley, of Illinois,
will probably be appointed by Mr.
Sherman as assistant treasurer, with
headquarters at Chicago, but no au
thoritative statement to that effect was
made.
The meeting was held in the private
office of William H. Taft, Republican
candidate for President.
William Nelson Cromwell, of New
York, arrived here today, after having
telegraphed ahead to ask that no de
cision be made aa to the treasurership
of the National Committee until he had
an opportunity to suggest a name for
the place. It was planned that in the
event of the selection of Mr. McKlnley
for that office, he should keep the
treasurership of the Republican Con
gressional Committee as well.
ARRAXGE TO NOTIFY TAF1
Committees will Call on Republican
Nominee July 2 8.
CINCINNATI. July 8. Details ' of the
programme for the celebration of notifi
cation day will be settled upon Thursday
at- Hot Springs, Va., where a conference
will be held with Judge Taft by the mem
bers of the conference committee of the
citizen's committee of Cincinnati, Includ
ing John R. Malloy. representing Sena
tor William W. Warner, chairman of ths
notification committee. The committee
will leave tonight for Hot Springs.
It is practically decided that the formal
notification shall take place on the Taft
grounds. It is proposed that a large
stand shall be erected on which will be
seated Mr. Taft, the members of the
notification committee, the members of
the local citizens committee and distin
guished invited guests. The notification
will take place at noon, July 28.
TAFT BAXXER CAUSES TROUBLE
Citizens of Lincoln May Unite In
Asking Its Removal.
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 8. The Taft .
banner across O street, whjch has been
the source of considerable annoyance to
local Democrats, was still In place this
morning and Chairman Hayward, of the
Republican State Central Committee, said
the committee bad no intention of re
moving it.
One Lincoln Republican paper has made
a vigorous crusade against the action of
the committee and other party organs
are only lukewarm toward It. The first
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