Morning Oregonian., October 16, 1908, Page 13, Image 13

THE MORNING OREGONTAX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1903.
POLITICAL CAMPS
MENACED BT LAW
Drastic Clauses of Corrupt
Practices Act Subject of
Many Violations.
LETTERS MUST BE SIGNED
Anonymous Political Circular Are
Forbidden, but Loophole Is Found
to ProTlaion Limiting
Campaign Expenses.
Iw enforcement, if directed mlitit
violator of the corrupt practices act
pusea Dy me people Jn the June elec
tion would work dismay in the several
political campa that are atrlvinsr for
election or their respective candidates
lor Presidential electors. For circulat
ing; an anonymous circular after Bnver-
ldge's speech Democrats would be liable
to a fine of between J10 and tiono. For
exceeding; the JllO limit on election ex
penses of each candidate for Presidential
elector, the candidates and their, party
officers would be liable to similar pun
ishments. Other m and a tee of the law
are:
Account must be kppt of aU money
received and disbursed.
The chairman and the treasurer of
each political committee or organization
shall have access to the accounts of each
rival committee or organization "at all
reasonable office hours."
Treating Is 1'ndcr Ban.
No person shall "treat" with liquor or
. tobacco or "other entertainment" for the
purpose of Influencing; votes.
No minister, preacher or priest nor any
church officer shall use bis Influence to
make votes, "otherwise than by public
speech or print.
No person holding; an appointive office
shall contribute to campaign funds.
Ko person shall persuade another, as
to votina-. on election day.
No person shall wear any election
badge or political insignia on election
day.
No nominee snail have his name on
the election ballot unlers he has filed
with the Secretary of State a statement
of his nomination expenses.
1 No person shall ask a candidate for
a contribution to any club or enter
tainment or to buy space in any pub
lication and no candidate shall make
such contribution with intent to influence
votes.
Brimful of such startling provisions,
the new law has caus.xj political man
agers to sit up and take notice. They
almost forgot the existence of the new
law until Democrats last week Issued an
anonymous circular, answering Bever
Idqe's speech. The law declares that all
political circulars shall bear the names
and addresses of the author and the
printer. The penalty for violation of
this part of the act is a fine, amounting
to between tlO and J1000. This circular
was lsssued in large numbers from the
Democratic stnte headquarters, but
. copies of It have now disappeared and
the state committee denies responsibility
for Its publication.
The total sum exponded for election
of each Presidential elector, by himself
and by others In his behalf, shall not
exreed Jl'JO. This provision startled each
political headquarters when the law was
examined.
Party Exp"9 Over Limit.
The Republican State Central Commit
tee will have spent In this campaign sev
eral thousand dollars and the Democratic
State Committee expenses will amount to
between Juno and The Socialists
paid to Debs on the occasion of his visit,
the sum of J1000. As the total money al
lowed for campaign expenses of the four
nominees on each ticket Is but MOO, It
will be seen that enforcement of the law
would make heaps of trouble for some-
body.
Candidates and party managers, after
learning the scare provisions of the law,
et about finding protection under some
' one or other of the provisions. They
found the following, in section 10:
None of the provisions of this act shaJl be
construed &a relating1 to the rendering of
srvlcs by ereakcra. writer publishers, or
; there, for which no compensation Is a."ked
or given: nor to prohibit expenditures by com
mittees of political partis or organizations for
public speakers, music, halls, lights, literature,
advertising, offlca rent, printing, pneiage,
clerk hire, challengers or watchers nt th. polls,
traveling expenses, telegraphing or telephon
ing, or the maklnf of poll llsi.
This section would seem to afford a
loophole for all kinds of campaign ex
penses, that other sections of the law
limit in the aggregate, to J100 for each
candidate for Presidential elector. The
law says "No sums of money shall be
paid and no expenses authorized or In
curred by or on behalf of any candidate,
who has received the nomination to any
public office or position in this state,
except for cost of pamphlets printed for
him by the Secretary of State, in excess
of 10 per 'cent of one year's salary or com
pensation of the office for which he is
nominated; provided, that no candidate
hall be restricted to less than 1100."
The words "by or on behalf of,'' in this
section and elsewhere wou seem to mean
money spent for a candidate both by him
self and by any political party or organi
sation or group of friends. But the
frame rs of the act. after imposing this
hardship on candidates, stuck in the
clause above quoted, removing all these
limitations. The purpose of the law was
to stop extravagance of political cam
paigns. But the quoted clause seems to
open the way as wide as before.
Xo Limit, Says U'Jlen.
Such, In fact. Is the purport of W. S.
U Ren's interpretation of the law the
man who as chief of the People's Power
Xjeague, that sought enactment of the bill,
did as much as anybody to have it put
on the statute books. Mr. U'Ren said
yesterday that he thinks the law puts no
limit on money that a campaign commit
tee may spend for a party ticket, as sev
eral campaign organizations are now do
ing for the several party tickets.
As to other matters, there is no doubt,
however, about the application bf the
law, and should it be enforced by Dis
trict Attorneys, whom it charges with
that duty, much trouble would ensue.
Whenever a dollar of campaign money is
received or expended, a statement there
of must be given, within 14 days there
after, to the candidate affected and to
the treasurer of nls party or organization.
During a political campaign, the account
books of every treasurer shall be open to
Inspection at all reasonable office hours,
to the treasurer and chairman of any
rival party or committee, "and this right
of Inspection may be enforced by writ of
mandamus by any court of competent
Jurisdiction."
BIG CROWDS AT THE GRAND
Isaac Svrett, Member of Executive
Board, Thinks Limit Stretched.
t
. During meeting of the temporary
: (ix GSiuuxditA ot Ui imc xuuUv
Board yesterday afternoon, Isaac Swett,
one of the new members, declared that
the Grand Theater allows more than
the legal number of patrons to at
tend, and that it violates the law In
this respect. He said he was among
those present one night recently, and
became greatly alarmed at the Im
mense throng, which, he said, filled up
the house so that, had there been a
fire, many would have perished. An
investigation was ordered by Mayor
Lane.
The matter came up in regular or
der when Clerk Weidler read the re
ports of Fire Chief Campbell and his
assistants on investigations of conditions-in
the Bungalow and Baker Thea
ters, in which it was said that both
were found to be in good condition, .
but that the committee deplored the
faot that there is no law in Portland
forbidding the production of plays In j
xrame ouiiamgs. (
.11 r sveii asKea 11 we wrwiu
been Inspected of late, and when in
formed that it had been reported on
as to its general safety and that It had
been approved, said that he wished to
inquire as to whose duty it is to en
force the law relative to the number
of persons to be allowed at the per
formances.
"The reason I ask this question, ex
plained Mr. Swett, "Is that I attended
a play there one night recently, and
there were so many people present
that, had there been a fire, many would
have perished, as there were so many
standing up back of the seats ana in
th aisles, that the people could no
have gotten out. It Is a condition
which ought never to be tolerated, and
must be investigated."
Fire Chief Campbell replied that the
Cltv Attorney has ruled it to be the
dutv of the police to enforce the laws
regulating the attendance at theaters
and public buildings, and Mayor Lane
instructed Mr. Swett to write mm
communication, setting forth the facts,
and that the Mayor will Investigate
and instruct the police aa to their duty
in the matter.
HEAD CUT B' FRUIT CAN
MRS.
J. S. SLEIGHT SERIOUSLY
LNJCRED BY FALL.
Woman Slips at Head of Stairs and
Receives Gashes That May
Cost Her Life.
Falling down the steps and striking
her head upon a fruitcan was the pecu
liar manner In which Mrs. J. S. Sleight,
448 Kearney street, suffered injuries
yesterday forenooin that may result
seriously and perhaps fatally.
Mrs. Sleight Is at St. Vincent's bos
pttal. where her condition Is regarded
as precarious. She suffered a frightful
wound at the base of her skull and
portion of ber ear was severed by the
sharp end of the can.
Mrs. Sleight is a large woman, weigh
ng perhaps 175 pounds. In descending
from the second floor to the hall yes
terday afternoon she slipped at the
head of the stairs and fell headlong.
In her band 'she carried a fruitcan
which dropped as she fell.
The can evidently fell directly be
neath Mrs. Sleight's head, for her head
struck the sharp end and a deep gash
was cut. In striking against it again
in her fall her ear was severed.
The woman was unconscious when
found, and Officer Ben Peterson, who
arrived almost Immediately, summoned
an ambulance at once. Sho was re
moved to St. Vincent's, where surgical
aid was rendered. . .
Only Wanted Fare to
New York
Major Keamedy. Chairman Connty
Central Committee. Meeta Maa Who
AVould Convert All Eastern Dem-orratM.
rvURING his participation in Multno-
J mah County politics. Major J. P,
Kennedy, chairman of the Republican
County Central Committee, has had ail
sorts of experiences but he declares that
he went up against the first real crank
yesterday he ever had met. During the
afternoon a well-dressed stranger, appa
rently of foreign extraction, entered the
private office of the County Chairman in
the Marquam building.
T am pleased finally to locate you,
announced the speaker by way of Intro
duction after he had first satisfied him
self that he was addressing the chairman
of the County Central Committee. "In
politics I always have been a "Republics'
and I am particularly desirous of render
ing my party some service during the
pending campaign. Now all I want the
committee to do is to advance me suffi
cient funds to pay the cost of a half
dozen telegrams to Chicago, also rail
road fare to Chicago and New York. I
ask this because I am possessed of the
necessary campaign arguments to turn
the Democrats of Illinois and New York
upside down and Insure those two doubt
ful states for Taft and Sherman.
I do not ask anything for my services
for I am moved through loyalty to the
party to make this sacrifice of my time
if I can be assured that my actual ex
penses will be assured. I am confident of
my ability to rout the Democrats In those
two states with the campaign dope I
have and all I ask Is an expense ac
count," confidently exclaimed the viaitor
In conclusion.
Major Kennedy pleaded a shortage of
campaign funds with the state and county
committees but assured the stranger that
he would take the matter up immediately
with the National Committee, believing
that the services of so valuable a cam
paigner should not be rejected. This as
surance apparently satisfied the eccentric
visitor, who retired without divulging the
secret of his campaign methods, at the
same time promising that he would re
turn In a few days. Since yesterday
Major Kennedy has not been a constant
Inhabitant of his office in the Marquam
building but is devoting his attention
with renewed vigor towards directing the
campaign in this county from the party's
state and National headquarters in the
Chamber of Commerce building where he
will be located until the campaign closes.
EXCURSION TO HOOD RIVER
If you really want to see fruit as it Is
raised in Oregon. Join the O. R. & N.
excursion to the "Portland Day" exercises
at the Hood River Fruit Fair next Satur
day. -
Special train will leave Portland at
A. M.; returning, leave Hood River at 4
P. M- Excursion tickets will also be
honored for return on train No. 1 leaving
Hood River at :18 P. M. same day.
Round trip LM. Tickets at Third and
Washington.
Advance Hereford Interest.
KANSAS C1TT, Oct 16. Fifty thou
sand dollars were appropriated here to
day by the American Hereford Cattle
Breeders' Association to advance the In
terest of that particular breed of animals
In the United States and a board con
sisting of three members was named to
expend this sum in whatever manner
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Some
Facts for
You to
Consider
The average man wants to know a
little about the record of ine tailor
shop that makes his clothes. Our
record is an open book, built upon
the principle of "satisfaction
guaranteed."
Note 1
The Columbia Woolen Mills Co. is
the largest buyer of woolens in
the Northwest; few houses west of
the Mississippi buy in as large
quantities as we do.
It is our tremendous buying power
that enables us to secure woolens
at a price to sell suits to you at
$17.60 that we regularly charge
$35.00 for. These are the greatest
suit values ever offered inythe City
of Portland.
Note 2
Let it be distinctly understood
that there is not a suit in this sale
that can be duplicated in any shop
in Portland for less than $10, and
at that price the suit iB- a splendid
value.
Note 3
Every suit we sell is hand tailored
throughout in the most skilled
manner and made in Portland in
our own workshop. The Columbia
Woolen Mills Co. is the only tailor
ing house in Portland that owns
and operates its own workshop.
Note 4
Columbia tailored clothes are guar
anteed for quality, style, fit and
workmanship. A record of many
years in Portland is back of every
suit.
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We bought from one of the best woolen mills in the
country a line of suit patterns (in full bolts) at a tre
mendously low figure. They're new this season
popular weaves, Cheviots, Cashmeres and Tweeds,
also Serges, Thibets and Black Worsteds, Reg. $35 val
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NUT
BE INELIGIBLE
Democratic Elector Said to Be
on Ticket Irregularly.
MIGHT COST BRYAN VOTE
Executive Committee Said to Have
Ksmed Angnst Huckeirsteln When
riess Than Quorum Was in
Attendance at Meeting.
Democrats are concerned by the
charge that one of their fonr candi
dates for Presidential electors August
Huckestein, of Marlon County was not
nominated in the regular manner and
has no right to a place on the ticket.
This means that tf elected, and If the
charge should hold, Huckestein could
not serve as Presidential elector. In
case of a close finish between Taft and
Bryan this might have Important bear
ing on the election of President.
Huckestein was put on the ticket by
the executive committee of the State
Central Committee to fill the place of
Dr. Bernard Daly, of Lakevlew, who Is
ineligible to be Presidential elector, be
cause holding the office of County
Judge of Lake County. The state con
vention authorized the executive com
mittee to fill any vacancies on the
ticke.t.
So far so good. But it is asserted
that the executive committee, at the
meeting when Huckestein was chosen
to take Daly s place, lacked a quorum,
and that although a number of Demo
crats were present, only two of them
were members of the executive commit
tee. Those two were Alex Sweek,
chairman, and Samuel Garland, of Leb
anon. Other Democrats at the con
ference were Milton A. Miller, National
committeeman; Colonel Bob Miller,
John B. Ryan, secretary of the state
committee; Richard Montague, o. P.
Coshow, of Roseburg E. S. J. McAllis
ter. The absent members of the com
mittee were John Montag, of Portland;
W. H. Wehrung, of Hillsboro; and Lark
Bilyeu, of Eugene.
An Oregon law provides tnat snouia
any Presidential elector fail to quali
fy or should there be any vacancy, the
other electors shall choose the person
to take his place. This was done in
1ST6. in the close race between Hayes
and Tilden. when John Watts, of Yam
hill County, though elected Presiden
tial elector, was ineligible, because of
beine- a- Postmaster. Th. two other
Republican to take Watts' place, and
thus kept for Hayes Oregon's third
vote. The Vote In the Electoral Col
lege was Hayes 185, Tilden 184.
Should Bryan win Oregon and should
Huckestein be ineligible, the three
other Democratic electors would name
a Democrat to take his place.
Amusements
WhU tbe Pre Areatt 8a
Tonight and Twice Tomorrow.
The attraction et the HelHg Theater,
Fourteenth end Washington streets, tonight
and tomorrow night will be the Interesting
dram. "The CU-nsmaii.' A special mati
nee will be given tomorrow afternoon. Seats
are now gelling at theater box office.
Only Three) More Time.
There will be but three more perform
ances of "The Girl of the Golden West" at
the Bungalow, and the record-breaking run
of three weeks will be at an end. People
will talk about this magnificent production
as given by the Baker Stock Company for
many months to come, and those who havs
let the opportunity go by to see it will
regret it.
Minstrels 8 till Draw.
The Baker Theater ia the scene of much
merriment this week for the famous Rich
ards Pringles colored minstrels are the
attraction. Tonight, tomorrow matinee an
night will end the engagement here. Thq
Jokes are new and all the songs ar hlub
"Tbe Rocky Mountain Express."
The latest melodrama with a Western
flavoring is the play called "The Rocky
Mountain Express," which has been highly
successful since Its production. The prin
cipal scenes are laid in the vicinity of the
great divide. "The Rocky Mountain Ex
press" is the attraction at tha Star Theater
this week.
"Young Mrs. Wlnthrop" Tonight.
Tonight the Bunkall company, at the Lyric,
will again present Its splendid success,
"Young Mrs. Wlnthrop," which 1 rated aa
one of the best of present day American dra
mas. The company Is giving a great per
formance of the piece and the production Is
fully up to the etandard of the highest
priced traveling attractions.
COMTXG ATTRACTIONS.
Seat Belling for "Checkers."
- Beats are now selling at box office the
Helllsr Theater for the famous character
pomedr. "Checkers, which will be the at
traction at the- above theater for three
nights, beginning next Sunday, October IB.
Hans Roberts wm oe seen as unec-ters.
at the Orpheura this week, are Gue Pixly.
as Weary Walker; Sam Dody, as Dago Dan;
William C. Gordon, a Handem Conne, and
Tommy Van as Bad Mike. The other parts
are all played by capable comedians.
"At Cripple Creek" Coming.
Walter Arlngton's great melodramatic
success, "At . Cripple Creek,' will be the
offering at the Star Theater, week begin
ning Sunday matinee, October This
great play and company tomes direct from
a season of four years' unbroken success in
the large Eastern cities, and is en route for
a tour of the Pacific Coast. A high class
metropolitan production Is promised.
Enigma rclle Coming-.
For next week Sullivan A Consldine are
sending Bnlgmarelle as the feature to the
Grand. This is an electric man which was
the marvel of Europe. There ia scarcely
a scientist in the old continent who did not
make a personal inspection of Enigmarelle.
As a vaudeville attraction it is a great draw
Ing card, while from a scientific and educa-
tlonal point it Is equally absorbing. Bnlg
marelle will head a bill of superior Quality.
"Stricken Blind" Bun day.
The bin at the Lyric for the week com
mencing Sunday afternoon will be that pen
Rat tonal melodramatic puccem. "Stricken
Blind."- ThiB great play represents the beat
type of English melodrama, which has always
been a favorite with American audiences. It
will certainly appeal to you a a show that
you will like.
MUk Can Mystery.
Hardeen, the king of handcuff kings, who
will introduce his own original death-defying
milk can mystery at Pantages Theater
next week, is one of the greatest headline
attractions In advanced vaudeville. Next
Monday at noon he will jump from the Burn-side-street
bridge, ban cuffed and shackled,
and will release himBelf under the water.
AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS.
Sidney C. Gibson at Orpheum.
Sidney C. Gibson, who If featured with the
DeJlaven .Sexunt one of the niany bit?
hits at the Orpheum this week. Ho is pos
seaed of a full, rich voice, which he uses
to the best advantage when elnging. and his
dancing is exceedingly clever.
Hear Harry Thornton.
Harry Thornton, the celebrated pianist, !
one of the many good features on the pro
gramme at the Grand this week Mr.
Thornton comes from th Academy of Music,
London, and hia little concert ln vaudeville
is something out of the ordinary. Mr.
Thornton not only renders selections from
tbe masters, but Introduces several catchy
numbers.
Good Bill at Fantagea.
The following advanced vaudeville acts are
appearing nt Pontages Theater this week:
Eight Ziiuraria singers, presenting the spec
tacular operatic production, "Gypsy Life";
Thomas and Payne, expert wooden ahoe and
roller skato dancers: little All Right. Jap
anese wonder; Tanner and Gilbert, present
ing "How to Make Love"; Muaical Heuhn,
no v Ity rmi?Val at.
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Prominent among the comedians who are
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"Brown of Harvard" Opens Sunday.
The Baker Stock Company will be seen in
another big Eastern winner next week,
when the famous college play, "Brown of
Harvard," goes on. It will open Sunday
matinee and continue all week, end has been
under rehearsal for three weeks now. so
the company will give an unusually perfect
performance.
"The Honeyinoonen" Next Week.
A real George M. Cohan attraction la
"The Honeymooners," which, with Willie
Dun lay in the Cohan role, will make Its
flmt Portland appearance at the Baker next
Sunday night. Much regret has been ex-
pressed that the company will not arrive
in time for the matinee. "The Honeymoon
ers" ran all Summer at the Amsterdam
Theater, New York.
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