THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, SEFTE3IBER 24, 1903.
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ROOSEVELT AGAIN
FLAYS HASKELL
Shows Him as Friend of Stan
dard Oil Who Abused His
Power in Oklahoma.
DISSECTS BRYAN'S POLICY
Vivid Contrast Between Democratic
Leader's Words and Taft's Deeds.
Law - Defying Corporations
"Want Bryan as President.
(Continued From First Page.)
day in getting the letter in shape. An
hour was given this morning to making
a rough draft of it, which was submit
ted to Secretary Garfield and Postmaster
General Meyer, both of whom made sug
gestions as to portions of the communi
cation. About 3 o'clock this afternoon
all of the members of the Cabinet now
In the city. Secretaries Wilson, Straus,
Wright, Met calf and Garfield and Postmaster-General
Meyer, met with the
President in the Cabinet room' at the
executive office for a conference on the
subject. which lasted until after 5
o'clock. Two hours more were required
to make certain changes before Secre
tary Loeb gave it to the press.
Deeming the reply too long to be sent
by wire, the method of communication
Mr. Bryan had employed In his chal
lenge to the President, Mr. Roosevelt
forwarded it by mall to the Democratic
candidate at Lincoln, Neb. The letter is
a follows:
HMkeU Champion of Standard.
Dear Sir In your telegram you apeak of
o much of the charge against Governor
Haskell aa dealt with his relations, while in
Ohio, with the Standard Oil Company. You
omit the charge aa to his relation! with the
Standard Oil Company Interests, aa shown
bjr his action while Governor of Oklahoma,
this very Summer, this action being in part
taken while he was at Denver, where, aa you
state, he waa by your wiah made chairman
of the committee which drafted the plat
form upon which you are atanding. In my
statement I purposely made no specific al
lusion to the Ohio matter, and shall at this
time make none. In spite of Its signlncance
and In spite of the further fact that Gov
ernor Haskell's close relation with the Stan
dard Oil interests while he was In Ohio was
a matter of common notoriety.
In Oklahoma It is a matter of court rec
ord. By this court record it appears that
the Attornoy-Oeneral of the state, elected
by the people, obtained an injunction to
prevent the Prairie Oil & Gas Company
from building a pipeline, and that Governor
Haskell found this out while he was at
Denver, aa appears by the representations
fur the dissolution of the injunction made
In his name on behalf of the atate before a
court of superior jurisdiction to that which
Issued the injunction. In this the Governor
states that th-a acting Governor, in his ab
sence, had asked that the hearing be post
poned until he, the Governor, might return
and have an opportunity to investigate the
controversy.
The Governor set forth In his petition that
he is the sole authority to determine auch
matters and that the Attorney-General and
the Judge of the lower court had no right In
the case and that the action of the judge of
the lower court represented "an encroach
ment by the Judiciary."
Blocked Law Enforcement.
The Attorney-General opposed the disso
lution of the injunction, stating that the
1'rairie Oil A Gas Company was a foreign
corporation, which had not accepted the
provisions of the constitution applicable to
such corporations, and that without author
ity of law it was employing a great force
of men and teams to dig up, across and Into
various highways of the stabe for the pur
pose of laying Its pipelines. The Governor
prevailed, the Injunction was suspended and
the pipeline was permitted to continue Ita
work, to use the words of the Attorney
General, without any color of law. I call
your attention to the fact that the question
was not whether or not the Judge erred or
whether the Injunction was proper. The
point is that the Governor was alert to take
out of the hands of the Attorney-General
what the Attorney-General felt was hla
sworn duty, and prevent an alleged Instance
of breaking of the laws by this particular
great corporation.
standard Admits Control.
As far as I have seen. Governor Haskell
has not even attempted anything which can
b- called a defense of this action of hla It
thus appears that his action waa as inex
cusable as It was wanton, except on the
theory that. In defiance of the Attorney
General of the state and at all hazards, he
Intended for some reason - of his own. to
protect the Interests of a great corporation
against the law. It has been suggested on
hla behalf that, after all. be did, not favor
the Standard Oil Company, but merely the
Prairie Oil Company. This claim Is dis
posed of by the testimony of the Standard
Oil Company Itself, taken In the latter part
of 1907. In the suit now pending bo fore the
I'nlted States Court at St. Louis against the
Standard Oil Company. In this testimony
the Standard Oil Company, upon being re
quired by the Government to put In a list
of all companies In which it held stock or
In which Its subsidiary companies held stock,
reported among the others the Prairie OH
A Gas Company, total capital. $10,000,000.
of which the National Transit Company's
proportion was 19.999.600. and furthermore.
It appears that the National Transit Com
pany bad a capital stock of $25,466,200, of
which the Standard Oil Company owned
f2S.451.6oO. In other words, the Prairie Oil
A Gaa Company was owned, all except $500
by the National Transit Company and the
National Transit Company was owned, all
except about- $3,650, by the Standard OH
Company.
Taft Ferns Vivid Contrast.
Now contrast your action In this case of
Governor Haskell with Mr. Taffs action as
regards Senator Foraker, as set forth In hla
letter of July 20. 19-?T.. which I quoted In
bit statement. It was a matter of common
notoriety about Senator Foraker, aa It lias
long been a matter of common notoriety
about Governor Haxkell. that he waa the de
fender and supporter of certain great cor
porate Interests and therefore hostile to the
policies for which the administration has
stood. There waa no such convincing proof
against Senator Foraker at that time, how
ever, as there was against Governor Haskell
when, as you eay. be was with your approval
made treasurer of rhe campaign committee.
But Mr. Taft refued to be a party to the
r nomination of Senator Foraker. even though
It was represented that only thus could he
advance his own Interests, showing by actual
deed that his words were true when he
said:
"I do not care for the Presidency if it has
to come by compromise with any one on a
metier of principle.
AVtth hundred-fc!d clearer evidence before
you a to the connection of Governor Haskell
with the Standard Oil than Mr. Taft then
had a to the connection of Senator Foraker
with any corporation, you nevertheless have
secured Governor Haskell aa chairman of the
committee to writ the platform on which
you stand and put him In as treasurer of your
campaign committee.
HaskeU Vtterly Unfit.
Let me add that Governor Haskell's utter
anAtnees for any public puHtlon of trust or
for association with any man anxious to make
an appeal on a moral Issue to the American
people baa been abundantly shown, wholly
Irrespective of this action of bis in connec
tion with Standard Oil interests. As an
American cltlaen who prizes his Americanism
and his cltlxenhip far above any question
of partisanship, I regard It aa a scandal and
disgrace that Governor HaskeU ahould be
connected with the management of any Na- ,
tlonal campaign. I have not space In this
letter to dlscusa Governor Haskell's conduct. I
for instance In vetoing the child labor bill, or j
the fact that his name appears as one of ;
the defendants In various suits brought by
the Government to prevent the Creek In
dians from having a certain amount of their
lands fraudulently taken, or hle connection
with various other matters of the kind; but
let me call your attention to his conduct In
prostituting to base purposes the State Uni
versity, as set forth in an article In the Out
look of September 5 last, under the heading,
"Shall the People Rule in Oklahoma T In
this article you will se that Governor Has
kell was given full opportunity to make every
explanation and that he made none. After
setting forth the facts aa to Governor Has
kell's conduct, the Outlook article concludes
as follows:
Perverts State University.
"On this state of affairs we have two com
ments to make and two questions to ask..
The people of Oklahoma are taxed to sup
port their educational Institutions from the
primary school to the university. They pay
their money to have their children educated.
When the politicians use this money to pro
mote the Interests of a political machine or
a church sect, they are guilty of a breach
of trust. What do the taxpayers of Okla
homa think of the use which their public
servants are making of the public fundef
What do they think about this financial policy
the taking of the money due their sons and
daughters and diverting it for the benefit of
politicians, ecclesiastical and civil?
Governor Hackell was one of Mr. Brysn's
right-hand men in the Democratic conven
tion and at Mr. Bryan ' s In stan ce has been
made treasurer of the Democratic National
committee. It Is appalling to think what
would be the reeult In the educational sys
tems of the Philippines and Porto Rico, tn
the digging of the Panama Canal, in the
work of irrigation and reforestation, in the
administration of the PostofTice. Interior
and Agricultural departments, in the appoint
ment of foreign ministers and consuls. If the
spirit which has actuated the Democratic au
thorities In the State of Oklahoma should be
permitted to take control of the Federal Gov
ernment at Washington. Governor Haekell,
by actions which speak louder than words,
has declared bis disbelief in G rover Cleve
land's motto, "A public office is a public
trust," and Mr. Haskell is a representative
leader In the Bryan Democracy. What does
Mr. Bryan think of Mr. Cleveland's principle?
What do the American people think of Mr.
Haskell's contemptuous revereel of- ltf
Has Shown Haskell In worthy.
Tou close your telegram by saying that you
expect and will demand fair and honorable
treatment from those who are in charge of
the Republican campaign. I am not In charge
of the campaign, but am greatly Interested In
It. I have shown you above fairly and honor
ably that Governor Haskell Is a man who, on
every account I have named, is unworthy ot
any position in our public life. Xo further
Investigation of these facts Is required. They
are spread on the record before you, and they
were available before Mr. Haskell was chosen
for his position as treasurer.
Tou also say that you will not permit any
responsible member of the Republican organi
zation to mlwepresent the attitude of your
party in the present campaign. Tou win
have no difficulty in getting me to represent
It aright, for my sole anxiety is that the
people of the country shall know this atti
tude clearly and then shall condemn It as It
should be condemned.
Tou say you have advocated more radi
cal measures against private monopolies
than either I or my party associates have
been willing to undertake. Tou have Indeed
advocated measures that sound more radi
cal, but they have the prime defect that in
practice they would not work. I should not
In this letter to you discuss your attitude
on this question if you did not yourself
bring It -up; but, as you havo brought it
up. I answer you that in my judgment the
measures you advocate would be wholly in
effective In curing a single evil, and, so far
as they had any effect at all would merely
throw the entire business of the country
into hopeless and utter confusion.
Toft's Deeds Against Bryan's Words,
I put Mr. Taft's deeds against your
words. I ask that Mr.' Taft be judged by
all his deeds, for he wishes none of them
forgotten. I' ask that you be Judged both
by the words you wish remembered and by
the words that seemingly you and your
party now desire to have forgotten. I ask
that your present plana for regulating the
trusts be Judged in connection with your
past utterances that you did not believe in
their regulation but In their destruction;
and again, in .connection with your past ut
terances to the effect that only Government
ownership -by a complicated National and
state system of railroads would avail; and
again by your past utterances, when you
proposed to remedy ail the sufferings of
our people by a depreciated currency.
Natural Trusts Want Jtryiin.
For several years now I have been stead
fastly fighting to secure thorough-going and
far-reaching control in the Interest of the
public over the business combinations which
do an interstate business. In this effort I
have been as much hampered by the ex
tremists, well meaning or otherwise, who de
manded visionary and Impracticable radi
calism, as by those other extremists, no
less dangerous, who stand for the reaction
ary refusal to remedy any grievance. One
side, the side on mhich I am obliged to say
you have placed yourself, has shown Itself
to be just as much the enemy of progress
as the other. I hold it entirely natural for
any great law-defying corporation to wish
to see you placed in the Presidency, rather
than Mr. Taft. Tour plans to put a stop
to abuses of this character are wholly
chimerical ; how chimerical your last plan
is. you will yourself see, if you read Gov
ernor Hughes' speech at Toungstown, O. To
recall to your mind what Governor Hughes
said 1 quote as follows:
Bryan's Iridescent Dreams.
"When we consider those proposed)
remedies (of Mr. Bryan against the trusts)
we find ourselves journeying in a land of
dreama Again the magician of IHDtt waves
his wand. At a stroke difficulties disap
pear and the complex problems of modern
business are forgotten In the fascination of
the simple panacea. The most Important
proposal of Mr. Bryan is that any manu
facturer or trading corporation engaged in
Interstate commerce shall be. required to
take out a Federal license before it shall be
permitted to control as much as 23 per cent
of the product in which It deals, 'and no
corporation shall be permitted to control
more than 50 per cent of the total amount
of any product consumed in the United
States. It might be interesting to inquire
what la the meaning of: 'Any product con
sumed In the United States'? Does it refer
to a class of commodities? And if so. how
shall the classes be defined? Or does It
refer to each separate article of commerce?
And if so what account does this proposal
take of the skill and Initiative of. manufac
turers who have built up a more or less ex
clusive trade In particular articles often
protected by trademark although in most
active competition with other articles de
signed for the same general purpose and
seeking the same market? In a desire to
correct the evils of business, are we to
place an embargo upon honest endeavor
whose activities present none of the abuses
reouirtng remedies? Ana ir not, wn statu
tory definition shall be found to be adequate
and Just if we lay down our prohibition In
terms of volume or ratio of business and
not in terms of right and wrong? If we
adopt Mr. Brysn's proposal, to what period
of production Is the prohibition to apply?
is the excess for a day or for a month to
be considered? Or is the average produc
tion for a year to be taken? And what
s,"em shaliybe devised by which suitable
information may be furnished so hat h
manufacturer may know when he is about
to exceed the prescribed ratio? He may
" A TMui'ed to govern his own con
duct but h?w shaU hebe apprised of the
conduct of others, upon which 1. to depend
bis guilt or innocence?" . .
Let us repeat that no 1 "
poratlon has anything to fear from you
save what it will suffer in the general
paralysis of business which any attempt on
your part to reduce to practice what you
have advocated would bring. This paralysis
would affect the wage-worker, the farmer,
the small business man, more than It would
affect the great business man. But it would
affect the latter, too.
Therefore. I hope and believe that all
far-sighted citizens who wish to see this
country prosper In material things will
support Mr. Taft. But above all 1 ask for
support for him because he stands for the
moral uplift of the Nation, because his
deeds have made good his words and be
cause the policies to which he is com
mitted are of immeasurable consequence
alike to the honor and the Interests of the
whole American people.
Very truly yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan. Lincoln.
Neb.
Camel Is Prohibition Emblem.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23. The Prohibition
party hat adopted the camel as an offi
cial emblem to be printed at the head
or lti ticket on the official ballot.
TAFT MAKES TALK
TO
Opens Speaking Tour in Chi
cago and Discusses La
bor Problems.
NOT ASHAMED OF RECORD
Explains His Injunction Decisions
and Says They Were Based on
Ample Precedent Asks Fair
Play for Railroads.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23. William H. Taft,
Republican candidate for President, In
two addresses here tonight opened what
hla leaders declared will be from now
on an aggressive campaign. Speaking
before the Railway Men's Independent
Taft Club, Mr. Taft paid his respects to
union labor, dealing particularly with
decisions In labor cases rendered by him
when judge.
Arriving in Chicago from Cincinnati,
after having stopped at George Ade's
farm at Brook. Ind.. the Republican
candidate went Immediately to the Audi
torium Annex and had a short conference
with Chairman Hitchcock. After the
conference he was taken to Republican
headquarters In the Harvester building.
The headquarters force was just com
pleting the day's work and Mr. Taft ex
pressed the desire to meet all of the men
and shake hands with them. They lined
up In the long passageway and Mr. Taft
passed down the line and met each one,'
shaking hands and exchanging pleasant
greetings with each.
Meets Telephone Girl.
After this incident Mr. Taft noticed
Miss Rochelle, the telephone operator,
who was busy handling calls, and re
marked that he had not met her. Chair
man Hitchcock sent a relief to the
switchboard and Miss Rochelle was
brought forward and blushlngly met the
candidate.
Dinner was served for Mr. Taft in Mr.
Hitchcock's rooms, where they finished
their conference. There were no others
present at the dinner.
Holds Overflow Sleeting.
After dinner Mr. Taft, drove in an auto
mobile to Orchestra Hall on the lake
front. A large crowd, forming an over
flow meeting, surrounded him and stand
ing In his automobile Mr. Taft delivered
an Informal address. He said he believed
that no Judge had ever hed the interest of
the laboring man at heart more than he
had now. and had had when judge. He
was proud to say that he frequently had
been called In consultation with President
Roosevelt on labor matters and that his
own and the President's views were In
accord.
He referred to Mr. Bryan ' and Samuel
Gompers as among those people who are
always full of enthusiasm for union labor
when they are running for office.
"But." Mr. Taft continued, "you've got
to get men like Theodore Roosevelt when
you want them to do things."
Stands His Trip Well.
I
That Mr. Taft fcad not suffered from
the fatigues of the day was shown when,
after entering the halL and beinar intro
duced by Frank Larrabee, chairman of
the meeting-, he announced his willingness
to shake hands after the speechmaking
with each of 3000 people. Most of his
auditors were railway men. Among them
was James Lennon, an engineer on the
Lake Shore Road, who suffered a jail
sentence during the American Hallway
Union troubles In 1893.
Mr. Taft began talking without any pre
liminaries. In part Mr. Taft said:
Opponents Are Xot Fair.
I am glad to meet so many members of
organ lzed ra I Iroad labor. I have accepted
this opportunity to address an audience of
members of the brotherhoods in order that
I may take up a question which has been
given great prominence in this campaign and
In which I must say that every effort has
been made unj ust 1 y to arouse the pre J ud 1 ce
of organized labor against the Republican
party and Its candidate.
In the first place, I wish to affirm, with
out fear of contradiction, that the Repub
lican party has done vastly more than the
Democratic party, both In state and Na
tional legislation, for the protection of and
In the interest of labor. It passed tn Gen
eral Harrison's administration the eight-hour
law for Government workmen and gave an
Impetus to a reduction of hours in other
employments. The safety appliance act by
which the railroads engaged In Interstate
commerce were required to make proi Is Ions
for the safety of their employes and thus to
reduce the shocking loss of life and limb of
railroad employes was passed in the same
administration.
As to Safety Appliances,
Amendments to this act making more de
tailed specifications for improvements in safe
ty appl lance?, including especially the fire
pan, have been passed Is the present admin
istration. An act for the promotion of arbi
tration between the railroads and their em
ployes In interstate commerce is also one
of those acts ot beneficence to both the em
ployer and employe. The last Congress en
acted a law which was declared unconstitu
tional and then in Us second . session re
enacted the law to avoid the constitutional
objections. By this act railway employes
who bring suit for damages against the
company cannot now be defeated on the
ground that the negligence was the negli
gence of a fellow servant. If he is shown
to be guilty of negligence himself in a slight
degree, he does not forfeit his right of
action but It Is left to the Jury to appor
tion the damages and reduce them as equity
shall justify.
Views on Injunction.
In addition to this, a law limiting the
hours of labor for interstate railway employes
has been passed. A bill was also paaeed by
the last seseelon of Congress providing for
compensation to Government employes for
Injuries received In the Government employ.
It Is an inadequate law and will doubt lew be
improved by coming Congresses. An issue,
however, has arisen as to the attitude of the
two parties, the subject of Injunctions In
labor disputes.
Judge Taft then gave a detailed his
tory of the labor Injunction cases that
came before him while he was cn the
bench. Justifying his decisions. Then he
continued:
Mr. Bryan says I am the father of Injunctions
in industrial cases. This is not true. The
use of injunction was in accordance with
precedent in a number of cases which I
cited, both In the Arthur case and the Phe
lan case. I am not apologising for what I
did in these cases, for they were in accord
ance with my duty as a Judge.
Upheld Right to Strike.
Another point which I distinctly decided In
theee cases was that no temporary restrain
ing order or injunction could issue to pre
vent a man's leaving the employ of the
railroad and therefore that no injunction
could issue to restra in men from acting in
concert and going on a strike.
Objection Is made to the. use of th in
junction In such disputes. All I have to
say on that point Is that precedent Justifies
It and that the man whose business Is in
jured by unlawful action of former employes
frequently has no otner remedy which is at
all adequate. The owner of a business,
whether railroad business or any other, is
entitled to be protected In his pursuit of it
and to immunity from unlawful injury to It.
To taks away from him the remedy by in
junction which has always been his remedy
because it sometimes leads to the punish
ment of those who violate Injunction with
trial by Jury, is to introduce into the law
class legislation in favor of employes and
labor men is to take them out of the ordi
nary operation of the civil remedies because
thev are laborers. I say that that kind of class
legislation is pernicious.
Refers to Rate Problem.
We are interested that legislation against j
RAILROAD
MEN
the railroads should be Just 'and only prop
erly restrictive. We are interested that
there should not be unjust and drastic leg
islation preventing their earning proper in
come. We are all interested, of course,
that they should charge only proper rates,
but we are also interested that they shomd
not be made to do business on lees than Jut
rates.
I have noticed that the railroad laboring
men are beginning to realize that the prop-,
erty of the railroads is as much In their
Interest as it is in the interest of the stock
holders and the officers of the road and that
they propose hereafter to be heard upon the
political issue as to the character of the
legislation that shall fce passed with refer
ence to the regulation of the railroads.
With this direct interest that railroad la
boring men have in the prosperity of rail
reads, can they not see that it is of the
utmost importance to prevent election of the
man whose record will make returning con
fidence and prosperity Impossible ?
The 'whole country is dependent upon the
prosperity of the railroads. The truth lo
that the railroads are the greatest single
market we have for manufactured products.
We are all Interested, therefore, that the
credit of the railroads should be such as to
enable them to borrow money with which
to carry on constructive work. Is it not
apparent to you. therefore, that the election
of Mr. Bryan to the- powerful office of Presi
dent, with his unstable financial theories and
his uncertain economic propositions, will con
vince every one having capital to Invest that
the buslneps future of the country Is uncer
tain and that it Is safer to withhold their
money ?
I submit to those most Interested in this
intelligent audience that this Is the Issue
of the full dinner-pail that ought to make
them for a t h Ird ti me reject Mr. Bryan s
claim to be elected to the Presidency as a
helpful friend of the workingman.
Party Leaves for West.
Mr. Taft and his party before midnight
left over the Chicago & Northwestern
Road for the continuation of his tour
through the Southwest and West. He
will go as far West as Denver, where
he is due on October 2, and will return
via St. Louis to Chicago where he Is
scheduled to arrive October 7. Tomor
row's programme includes short stops at
various points In Wisconsin and an even
ing meeting In Milwaukee.
PIjAX EXERGETIC CAMPAIGN'
National League of Republican Clubs
Holds Called Meeting.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 23. Plans for en
tering upon an energetic campaign in sup
port of the party nominees were consid
ered today at a called meeting of the new
officers and executive committee of the
National League of Republican Clubs.
President Hammond called the meeting,
saying that he desired to apportion the
work among the newly, chosen officials,
having the four vice-presidents act as
chief organizers In their respective sec
tions and to arouse the Republican Clubs
of every state to do the greatest share In
the campaign that has ever fallen to their
lot.
GOMPERS WILL ANSWER
DECIDES TO REPLY TO QUES
TIONS IXDER PROTEST.
Labor Leader on Witness Stand
Charges Van Cleave With Em
ploying Private Detectives.
WASHINGTON, Sept.. 23. That he
would reply to the questions certified
to the Supreme Court or the District
of Columbia in connection with the
contempt proceedings against Presi
dent Gompers and other Federation of
Labor officials before the Examiner,
as directed yesterday by Chief Justice
Clalburne, was announced by President
Gompers on resuming the witness
stand today. . .
"I will answer the questions," he
said, "but I will answer them under
protest."
The objectionable questions were not
presented Immediately, but Mr. Daven
port, attorney for the Buck Company,
asked regarding the publications con
cerning the company in labor papers.
Mr. Gompers sought to curtail the In
quiry by accepting responsibility for
many of the utterances copied Into
those papers.
Upon the reading of one of the news
paper clippings, Mr. Gompers reiterated
the charge that President Van Cleave
of the Buck Stove Company and of the
National Association of Manufacturers
is employing detectives In connection
with the contest with the Federation.
Mr. Davenport protested against the
charge, but Mr. Gompers persisted, de
claring with emphasis that it was
true.
CALLS IT COXFIDEXCE GAME
Van Cleave Says Federation Officials
Deceived Party Leaders.
ST. LOUIS,' Mo.! Sept. 23. J. W. Van
Cleave, president of the National Manu
facturers' Association, In a speech last
night ' at the banquet of the Missouri
Manufacturers' Association, at the South
ern Hotel, said that the American Fed
eration of Labor played a confidence
game on President Roosevelt and other
party leaders at Washington last- Winter.
"We saw in Washington." said Mr.
Van Cleave, "party leaders and civic
bodies Invite representatives of the Fed
eration of Labor into their councils and
ask them what legislation they wanted.
We saw the President of the United
States make treaties with those labor of
ficials with almost as much formality as
he would with diplomatic representatives
of Great Britain, Germany or any other
great power. What enabled the Federa
tion to play this confidence game on the
party leaders and the President? Organ
ization." Mr. Van Cleave urged that employers
organize, saying:
"In all our factories we must Insist
upon the open shop. Th& labor societies
have made union among us Imperative,
and at the same time have shown us
what union can accomplish. We must
get together so that we can wield an In
fluence to elect- courageous and public
spirited men to office, and we must aid
them while in office in enforcing the
statutes and the ordinances against law
breaking of all sorts.
"Socialism is absorbing unionism. The
drift of most of the unions Is strongly
toward the Debs and Haywood follies.
Some of the unions have embraced those
follies already. Every year the Socialists
make a strong fight to control the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. They are by
far the best educated, the most aggres
sive and the most resourceful of its mem
bers. The blundering of the ignorant
and arrogant persons who are at the head
of the Federation renders it inevitable
that the Socialists will get control of that
league in the end."
Convention Mast Choose.
BOSTON, - Sept. 23. Revised return's
made today of the Republican primary
yesterday from practically every city
and town in the state showed that
neither Louis A. Frothingham of Bos
ton, John N. Cole of Andover, nor Rob
ert Luce of Somerville secured a suffi
cient number of pledged delegates to
insure the nomination for Lieutenant
Governor at the Republican State Con
vention, which will be held in this city
on October 3.
Veteran Express Employe.
CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 23. Robert Da
vis Hughes, general superintendent of
the American Express Company, . died
here yesterday of pneumonia, aged 70
years. In a service which lacked but
a few months of 50 years with the Amer
ican Express Company, Mr. Hughes rose
from a porter to general superintendent.
BALLINGER WILL
LINE UP OREGON
Hitchcock Worried About Dis
organization Due to Di
rect Primary.
EXPECTS REDUCED VOTE
Roosevelt Consults Ballinger and
Sends Him to Inspire Party Spirit
Into Warring Factions Dis
gust at Headquarters.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, D. C, Sept. 23. The political
situation in Oregon is far from satis
factory to the managers of the Repub
lican National campaign. Indeed it Is
not going too far to say that consid
erable concern Is felt over the possibil
ity that Oregon will this year cast her
electoral vote for W. J. Bryan. Though
they will not publicly admit It, It is
known Chairman HltchcocK and his
advisers today look upon Oregon as a
doubtful state and attribute this condi
tion to the workings of Oregon's prim
ary law. They have learned that in
Oregon there Is no longer any Republican
organization. There is no organized effort
to carry the state for W. H. Taft. There
is bitter dissension among Republicans
growing out of the Senatorial fight and
up to the present time there is no sign
of reconciliation.
Ballinger Coming to Oregon.
So grave is this condition that Judge
R. A. Ballinger, of Seattle, a member of
the Republican advisory committee, after
a conference In New York tomorrow with
Mr. Hitchcock, will go to Oregon for
further investigation in the hope of devel
oping some plan whereby Oregon can be
brought Into the Republican column.
During a conference with President
Roosevelt today Judge Ballinger ex
plained the situation in Oregon as he un
derstood it and, while he does not ad
mit that the condition Is hopeless or even
critical, he discusses it In a way that in
dicates he is well aware that Republicans
are going to have their hands full hold
ing Oregon in line in November.
Uphill Work to Carry State.
Publicity Judge Ballinger goes no fur
ther than to confess his belief that the
Oregon Republican majority will be re
duced this year. Mr. Hitchcock, who has
been thoroughly apprised of conditions In
Oregon, is aware that it will be uphill
work carrying the state for Mr. Taft, be
cause there is no effective party organiza
tion, no real party leader, no party spirit.
Notwithstanding that the deplorable sit
uation In Oregon is attributed solely to
the ridiculous primary law which threat
ens to send a Democrat to the Senate,
the Republican National campaign man
agers will take no hand in Oregon's sena
torial row. There is division of opinion
as to what the Legislature should do.
Were it not for the fact that Oregon's
electoral vote might be very essential,
there would be a disposition to cast off
the state entirely and let It work out Its
own salvation. But this policy cannot be
pursued, so Judge Ballinger will go to
Oregon to see what can be done to bet
ter the situation.
CRUISER YANKEE ASHORE
Strikes on Spindle Rock Near New
port in Fog.
NEWPORT. R. I., Sept. 23. The
cruiser Yankee, while bound from Cutty
hunk for Newport for coal early today, In
a thick fog ran aground on Spindle
Rock. She is reported to have made
some water in one of her compartments,
but the sea is calm and she is resting
easily. The submarine tender Nina, sta
tioned at New Bedford, has been ordered
to her assistance and the naval tug
Chickasaw and the torpedo-boat Morris
are being held in readiness at the torpedo-boat
station here to give further aid
if needed. It is believed that the Yankco
can be floated with little damage.
A wireless dispatch received at noon
from the Yankee states that there are
several holes on the port side of the
vessel forward and that nine frames are
broken, all In one compartment. The
damaged section Is about eight feet up
from the keel and about 36 feet In length.
There are also several holes In the bot
tom. .
The cruiser's steam pumps, however,
are reported to be keeping her compara
tively free from water.
W. D. MACK MADE BAILIFF
Portland Man Assigned to Duty at
Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or.. Sept. 23. (Special.)
Ole J. Settem, who has been water
bailiff for the State Fisheries Depart
ment in the Lower Columbia River dis
trict for a number of years, has tend
ered his resignation to take effect on
October 1. Master Fish Warden McAl
lister has named W. D. Mack, of Port
land, to fill the vacancy. Mack will be
stationed in this city where a branch
office Is to be opened for the purpose
of collecting licenses.
After Illegal Traffic.
ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. 23. (Spe
cial.) A warrant was issued today for
the arrest of Cad Harmen, proprietor
of one of Roseburgs soft drink estab-
Rheumatism
Is one of the constitutional diseases. It
manifests itself In local aches and pains.
inflamed Joints and stiff muscles, but it
cannot be cured by local applications.
It requires constitutional treatment, and
the best is a course of the great blood puri
fying and tonic medicine
Hood's Sarsaparilla
which neutralizes the acidity of the blood
and builds up the whole system.
In usual liquid form or in chocolated
tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $L
WEDDING
AND VISITING CARDS.
VV. G. SMITH 8 CO.
WASHINGTON BCILDIKO,
Car. Fourth and Wuklacica Sta.
Store
Closed
Saturday
All Day
Latest Models in Tailored, juits
The large variety of models we are showing insures the
selection of a suit becoming to any type. Vyomen of taste and
refinement desiring exclusive styles will find our line of plainly
tailored suits for street use and the more elaborate models we
are showing for afternoon wear especially worthy of their at
tention. They come in the new suitings, serges and cheviots,
the wide wale stripes and broadcloths. Many models are ex
tremely plain, depending for their cachet upon their cut and
finish, while others are attractively trimmed in satin, buttons,
braiding, fancy waistcoats, eac. Both classes of suits are in
cluded in our extensive lines at $30, Sj540, $50 and $60.
Sale and Display of New Laces
- Visiting dressmakers will find our display of nets, laces,
embroidered bands, fringes, ornaments and trimmings of all
kinds of especial interest, as many entirely new ideas are
shown that will be greatly in vogue the coming season. A
number of special values in laces and nets are also offered.
(lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Dress Goods Specials
New Bordered Suitings
New Combination Suitings
New Chiffon Broadcloths
Novelty Broadcloths
New Stripe Worsteds
46-in. all-wool herringbone stripe
Serges; unequalled for school
wear; in navy, electric blue, wine,
brown and green ; at, the 7Qr
yard ' J7C
54-inch all-wool English Tailor
Suiting; new stripe effects; all
the leading colors; at, QQ-
Ihe yard iUW-
4G-inch novelty stripe Cheviots
and Worsted Suitings; in the lat
est colors, smoke, taupe, olive,
electric navy, brown, IJ "I O C
etc; yard tyl.OiJ
52-ineh Chiffon Broadcloths, the
$2 kind; all leading fljl
Fall colors, at, yard. .V
Pellard Tailored Suits
For Women of Fashion, $50.00 to $275.00
Lipman, Wolfe & Co., are the sole Portland representatives
of this famous make of women's tailored gowns.
llshments, on the charge of violating
the local option law. A search of the
premises by the authorities brought to
light a large quantity of forbidden
goods. It has been a noticeable fact
that since Roseburg went dry at the
last election the number of drunk men
to be seen on the streets has not de
creased, In fact, there seems to be more
drunkenness since July 1 than there
was before. The authorities have been
on a still hunt for "blind pigs" for
some weeks, but the above is the first
warrant to be issued.
Wright Still Improving.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. Orvllle
Wright, the aeroplanlst, who has been
at the Fort Myer Hospital since the
aeroplane accident. In whlch he was
Injured and Lieutenant Selfridge killed,
continues to Improve..
Famous Polish Poetess.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 23. Hedwig
G. P. RUMMEL1N & SONS
Established 1870.
Store
Closed
Saturday
All Day
New Herringbone Suitings
New Velveteens, Corduroys
Imitation Furs and Cloakings
New Tailor Stripes, Plaids
New Black Dress Goods
54-inch imported French Chiffon
Broadcloth, sponged and shrunk;
guaranteed not to spot; full line
of 50 new Fall colors, for street
and evening wear; QC
reg. $3.50 quality Pei70
50-in. new-stripe Venetian Broad
cloths, one of the richest fabrics
of the season; all fljl QO
colors; yard !..P'0
Louis Chiffon Cotele and plain
Chiffon Velveteens, fashion's fa
vorite for coats and costumes;
at, the yard,85c, $1 jJl50
Portland agents for Velutina;
ask to see the1 new colors.
Lussczewska, a noted Polish poetess, bet
ter known under her pseudonym of De-
vylva, is dead at Warsaw, aged 60 years.
Xew Postmaster at Enterprise.
mir.nV'UK TfPTws BUREAU. Wash
ington, Sept. 23. Ben Weathers has .
been appointed Postmaster at Enter- (
prise, Or., to succeed W. T. Bell, re-;
sierned. This is a Presidential ornce.
TODAY
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