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.
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Complaints of His
Management.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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