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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1903. RUMOR GETS BUSY SCENES ON W. H. TAFT'S WESTERN TOUR LARGEST AND LEADING FUR MANTTFACTUEEES OF THE WEST EXCLUSIVE OUTFITTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN HIM NEEDED Says Root Went to Investigate Republican Management of Campaign May Bring About Taft's Defeat. fff mi Complaints of His Management. j:rrrtv ROOT.AND ROOSEVELT TALK Cor. 4th and Morrison Sts. POLITICIANS ARE WRATHY ANOTHER IRK mm WITH H1TGHGDGK i riJ; r" 'j v m I .'dM - CS '" . r :,. - w ' r , I ... I r I I - mi I 4 1 r" . -r- sr. -i j , tar Majority of 1S04 Is Counted On and That Proper Efforts Are Not Put Forth to Keep the forces In Line. CHICAGO. Oct. I. Special. If 'Wil liam H. Taft Is defeated for the Presi dency h can rightfully attribute his miff- fortune In no small deirree to the man ner In which his campaign nan been and still Is being managed. Should anyone doubt the Justice of a criticism of the present management let him talk with some of the old-line lieutenanta of tha late Mark Hanna. who helped him wage the successful campaigns of 1K6 and 1&. and get a comparison of the methods In vogue then and now. The one crying need of the Republican organization to day is for another Mark Hanna. The present dav lady-like methods of con ducting a campaign may be all right from an ethical standpoint, but they are not getting very far as a means of cor ralling the necessary votes to Insure the election of Mr. Taft. Practically every Hanna lieutenant has been relegated to the ranks and their places tilled by an aggregation of poli tical novices who might create a great flutter at a pink tea. but who are way back In the woods when It comes arousing any enthusiasm or Interest in the Republican canvass. The last con tinuous member of tlie Hanna organisa tion went when Secretary Elmer Dover was deposed and In his place was In- stalled Mr. Hay ward, author and in ventor of the card index system. Card Index System Xo Good. The card index system might have been all right In the present campaign had it been started a little while after the Civil War and kept up to date, but today it Is about as useless as a popgun would have been at the Battle of Oettys burg. The old campaigners, who know what real fighting is. would like to pitch It out of tlie sixth-story window of the Harvester building and install In its place a night school of practical politics. They have raised their voices in protest again, and again but all to no avail. If Mark .Hanna or another of his kind were In charge today, they say. there would be no reason for the Republican scare which now exists. Compared to his organlxa 'tion. the one today la notably weak and Ineffective. He waa able to get both the men and the money to do his work. Jn both of these essentials to success the present management Is lacking. Cne great cause for complaint is the fact that the Republican managers are relying too much upon the majorities of iwi. and blindly believe that it is Im possible to overcome them, and that therefore they can take things easy, sit bnrk In their cushioned-chairs, flit from Chicago to New York on fast trains, end wait for the voters to elect Taft. The complaint which the practical poli ticians make Is that these managers for get the fact that Theodore Roosevelt is rot the Republican candidate and Alton B. Parker Is not the Democratic nomi nee. As a matter of fact, the figures of four years ago are no criterion to . 1.' When one looks at the vote in ! which affords the far better basis for compariion and calculation, in the HkM of the present situation, it Is not siii l-a difficult matter to see how Bryan might win. Illinois Not So Certain. Take Illinois, for Instance, which Republicans regard as absolutely safe, and which, as a matter of fact, should be safe. Two years ago. in the Con gressional elections, the Republican majority outside uf Cook County was approximately ."0.000. In Cook County it was about the same. It Is quite within- the range of possibilities that with the ii.imcnse labor vote In Chi cago and the factional strife between the Republicans on the state and coun ty ticket, this 50.000 might be changed Into a majority of 50.000 for Bryan, and thus the down-state lead would be en tirely wiped out. Practically nothing has been done to offset the trend of the labor vote toward Bryan except an ex pression of the sentiment that they have faith in the intelligence of the laboring man to do his own thinking and to refuse to be "delivered" by any one. Organized labor In Chicago as a body today stands committed to the Gom pers programme, and the Republicans sat by and allowed this work to go on without lifting a hand to prevent It. Then. In addition to that, they pulled off a grand fiasco. when Taft came to Chicago to deliver an address to labor ing men. If organised labor carries Chicago for Biyan. Republicans can have their own stupidity and Inaction to thank for It. Politicians Are Ilcu.stcd. Not long ago tha headquarters here seut for a leading Fairbanks partisan to come to Chicago. He arrived on time and repaired to the Harvest Build ing, where he was met by a messenger who showed him to a seat "outside the rail" bejlde several negroes and small politicians from all over. His name was taken in and word came out that he would be accorded admittance "pres ently." He waited for an hour and fin ally left In disgust. Subsequently couriers were sent out to round htm up In the hotel corridors and to offer an apology. They found him. but he re fused to return and left that nlffht for his home in Indiana, about as disgusted as a man could well be. It Is instances 16' this one that is making the old leaders sore, and they do not hesitate to express themselves. Senator Dick, of Ohio, waj In Chicago for four days while Chairman Hitchcock was here lust week. He did not go near the Re publican headquarters until after the chairman had left for New York. Then he called to puy his respects and re mained ten minutes. He was more for tunate in gaining admittance quickly. .m it Is that there is a great deal of dissatisfaction with the management of the Republican campaign. It may be ur.just. but it exists nevertheless. Re publicans who want to See Taft win are fearful that he will suffer by reason of the linproptr conduct of Ms campaign as they see it. - t kere Bullets Krew. I'svld Parker, of Fayette. N. T.. a vcieren of the 1 ivll War, who lost a foot at Gettysburg, says: "The good Klectrle Hitters have done is worth more than l.."0 to me. I spent much money doctoring for a bad case of stomach trouble, to little purpose. I then tried Electric' TUUers. and they cured me. I now take them as a tonic and thy k.-ep nie strong and well, i 60c at Woo'iard, clarka 4 Co. drug- a turn. 7-r xjyWA tt M5rr in r.wrvo-1 o 7 rvr HAS IDAHO TICKET! - v l i Hearst's Managers Capture Troy Convention; MAY NOT GET ON BALLOT Secretary of State Declares Names Offered for Filing Too Late. Campaign. In Gem State Prom ises to Prove Exciting. BOISE. Idaho. Oct. 2. (Special.) It has developed within the past 2 hours that the co-called Independence ticket, nomi nated at a special anti-Republican con vention held at Troy, Idaho, on Septem ber 23. Is a genuine Hearst movement, backed by the managers of the Hearst Independence campaign and the ticket nominated is a Hearst ticket from top to bottom. The Hearst leaders attempted to file their ticket with Secretary of State Lansdon yesterday, but that state officer refused to accept It on tha grounds that It has been filed too late. An alterna te writ-f mandate was Issued otjt of the Supreme Court immediately after ward directed to the Secretary of State, commanding him immediately to accept the Independence party state ticket for filing or show cause to the court why he should not do so. The personnel of the Hearst state ticket Is as follows: Presidential electors. Thomas R. Dun son, St. Maries: Benjamin Mairo, DeLa mar; H. James Irving. Twin Palls. Con gressman, Ernest C. Grant, Harrison: Governor. Edward TV. Johnson. Boise: Secretary of State, Nils Sundquest, Troy; Attorney-General. Thomas J. Jones, Boise. The petition for the writ was made by the counsel for Ernest C. Grant, Con gressional nominee. The Democratic contest case having been settled, there are at present three state tickets In the field Republican, Democratic and Prohibition. If the filing of the Hearst ticket is allowed. Idaho voters will have four tickets to -vote upon. The Hearst followers did not nom inate the entire state ticket. Both the Republican and Democratic campaigns are on in full swing and with the Pro hibition and Hearst tickets in the field, the election this Fall will be a strenuous one. TAFT'S DENVER SPEECH (Continued from First Pase.) against me. But what I complain of Is this wlndjamming and misrepresenta tion of u man who claims to control 1 n h... in nriier to defeat a man who is In favor of labor." piret-tly Contradicts Bryan. The foregoing are excerpts from the nu merous speeches Mr. Taft delivered to day on his trip from Omaha to Denver by way of Cheyenne. Wyo. His general topics Included the tariff and the neces sity for maintaining the protective prin ciple. He made his views on the labor ouesnoa known, at nearly every stop. But it was at North Platte, Cheyenne and Denver that this subject received the most extended consideration. In his speech" at Cheyenne Mr. Taft made a most emphatic denial of Mr. Bryan's as sertion that Republican voters helped to pass through the Senate ten years ago the bill requiring Jury trial between the Judgment of a court and the enforcement of its final decree. "Mr. Bryan says that Republican Sen ators voted for that bill." said Judge Taft. "I deny it. The record does not show It and he cannot prove It." Haskell a Lawbreaker. Speaking of the labor plank In the Dem ocratic platform In his argument against Intervening Jury trials, Mr. Taft paid hto respecta to Governor Haskell. He said: Ths man who penned that very resolution in the platform at Denver, Governor Has kell of Oklahoma, has been ten or twelve times a defendant In prosecutions of that eort with reference to violations of th orders of the court, and he had to pay $22,000 In tha State of New York In the Federal Court to purge himself of that very contempt, and If you are going to Introduce a Jury trial every time, you will weaken the power of the courts so that they will be a laughing stock. At Greeley, on the route from Chey enne to Denver, an Immense crowd lad assembled, and here Mr. Taft varied his usual line of argument to place himself on record regarding the beet sugar in dustry which thrives around Greeley. Ha said: Bryan and Sugar Tariff. I understand you are interested here a great deal In beet sugar, and I also under stand that some people have intimated that I was against beet sugar. I deny it. I would not do anything that would injure the beet industry in any way, and the Repubti caa platform pledges the Republican party to take no action which will not leave ade quate protection for the beet sugar interests. But I call your attention to the fact that sugar la a trust-made product and that, if Mr. Bryan becomes President and has con trol of legislation, he proposes to put susar on the free list, because it is a trust-made product. Now that la the character of remedy that he proposes to do to the trusts. We say to regulate the trusts, to stamp out their evil, but not to punish the Innocent with the guilty not. in order to bring the sugar trust within the law, to destroy the farmers who raise beets, the men who work In the beet sugar factories and the innocent beet sugar producers. - After the Denver meetinK Mr. Taft Immediately, took un bis Journey cast.-. ward. With an allnlght run he will be able to keep an engagement at Dodge City, Kan., tomorrow morning and carry out an itinerary of speech-making through that state all day, reaching To peka tomorrow night. BLAME ONJTUG CAPTAINS Star of Bengal Officers Testify Re garding Wreck..' SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2. Captain Wagner, of the bark Star of Bengal, which was wrecked on Coronation Island, Mate Johnson and five of the crew testified today before Inspectors Bulger and Bolles explaining the causes of the wreck. The testimony of the re maining members of the crew will be heard tomorrow. Responsibility for the loss of 111 lives as placed by Captain Wagner upon Captain F. Farrar and Captain P. Hamil ton of the steamers Kayak and Hattle Gage, which were towing the Star of Bengal. Mate Johnson and the members of the crew testified to the same effect that the tug captains could have passed a line to the bark and taken every one off. Portland Presbytery to Meet. Portland Presbytery will hold its Fall meeting in the Marshall-street Presby terian Church beginning Monday night. October 5. A number of important mat ters are coming up, and several minis terial changes are to be made. Rev. TV7 T. Scott, who had been pastor of the Smith Memorial Presbyterian Church at Fairriew for the p-.rt 17 years, has re signed, to accept a caJ to Sodaville. Rev. A. D. Soper has resigned from the Mil-lard-avenue Church, on the Mount Scott railway, to take charge of the Western Division Presbyterian Church, of Chicago, leaving Rev. DonaW McGreggor as a sup ply. Rev. Charles E. Hurd comes to the' Anabet Church, and Rev. Mr. McKenxle comes to the Fourth Church. Rev. Harry Leeds, of Payette. Idaho, has enteted on bin work at Mizoah Church. All these changes require action by the Portland Presbvtery. Sessions of the Oregon ynod will follow at Ashland. October 8. Secretary ' Denies Having Blamed Sheldon for Lagging . of Cam palgn Politicians All a-Flut-ter in Sew York. NEW YORK, Oct. 2. When It was re ported here today that Secretary of State Root had visited Republican National . r-r loo. WdnA9ilnv and made inquiries regarding the working of the various departments unaer me Ac tional committee, a flutter of excitement ..n I... j in Ttnitticnl circles. The re port went forth that Mr. Root had been sent by President Kooseveit Decause xne President was. not satisfied with the manner in which the campaign was be ing conductea. Mr. Root was credited with having re turned to Washington and there ex- tha conclusion that National Treasurer Sheldon was to blame for the lagging In the campaign, he having left to Chairman Hitchcock much of the busi ness that should have been disposed of by the treasurers aepanmein. Sheldon was not at his' office this" af ternoon, but his assistant, George Terry, said that the treasurer's department had no reply to make to the reports. No confirmation of the reported pur pose of Mr. Roofs visit to National t .nM h nhtained. Wade iIt5tMlllMW LCI O Ellis, of Ohio, was a visitor at National headquarters today. Me saia ne naa re cently talked with the President and that the President had expressed great satisfaction with the work accomplished by Mr. Hitchcock. SAID NOTHING OF SHELDON Hoot Denies Humor After Confer ence With Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Secretary Root was at the White House tonight, where he was in conference with President Roosevelt until nearly midnight. After reading the statement in New York dis patches to the effect that he was In New York on Wednesday, iq iou. uiu state of affairs at Republican headquar ters, he said that on the way to Wash ington he had -merely paid an Informal visit to Chairman Hitchcock. a ..i. whatiiAp th renort was true that he had said Mr. Sheldon was responsible for the way the campaign waa i&sBints. Mr. Root said he had made no such statement to any one. No significance attaches to his visit to the White House tonight, he said. CAMPAIGN FUND RUNS SHORT Treasurer Sheldon Has Great Diffi culty Slaking Collections. NEW YORK, Oct. 2 That President Roosevelt sent Secretary Root to this city to look into the management of the National Republican cajnpaign, and Mr. Root, reported that the difficulty lay In the collection of campaign funds by Treasurer George R. Sheldon, was the statement published here today as coming from a "high authority." It was also stated that the President and Mr. Taft had objected to the col lection of campaign funds from some of the corporations with which Mr. Sheldon is Intimately associated. From others. It is said, Mr. Sheldon experi enced difficulty in securing contribu tions. . Mr. Root is said to have reported that Chairman Hitchcock was not re sponsible for any of the .conditions which had aroused criticisms of the campaign, but was doing the best he could with his part of the work. Mr. Root was said also to have re ported to the President that there was not enough money on hand to run the campaign and that speakers have been cut off the programmes for that reason. HITCHCOCK IS ENCOURAGED Says Ontlook Is Good n.nd National Committee Can Get Help. NEW YORK, Oct. 2. Chairman Hitchcock of the National Republican Committee did not go to Washington to meet President Roosevelt. Instead the chairman was In conference with several prominent Republicans. After the conference Mr. Hltchock said the outlook was encouraging, and that subcommittees were now at work on the details of a plan which will be satisfactory. It being understood that the various states which hitherto have looked to the National Committee for assistance would now render assistance to the National committee. He added that he expected to go to Washington at an early date on mat ters purely personal. George A. Knight, known in the West as the "California Orator," telegraphed Mr. Hitchcock today that he would be here to speak at the Taft meeting Oc tober ?8. Taft Talks to Workmen. JUL.HSBURG, Colo., Oct. 2. The labor speech which Mr. Taft made at North Platte was well received by an audience largely composed of workingmen. Mr. Taft went after Mr. Gompere in rough shape, saying that the labor leader was responsible for the circulation of lies about himself. At Ogallala Mr. Taft was presented with a watermelon by a man who de clared himself to be a Democrat. "I thank you." said the candidate, "particularly that it is a melon and not a lemon." This was received -with much laughter. Fire Starts Under Saloon. A pile of rubblsH in the basemetn of the Merchants Exchange saloon, at 295 Alder street, caught fire last night, smoked out the patrons of the saloon, as well as the lodgers in the rooming-house on the floor above, caused a few dollars' damage and called out the fire depart ment. The blaze originated from on known causes and had acquired a good start when Qhief Campbell and his men arrived on the scene. Because of the large number of fires recently originat ing in basements where rubbish has been permitted to accumulate. Chief Camp bell said last night that he felt inclined to recommend an inspection of basements in the city's business district. 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