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4 THE MOTtXIXG. OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1903.
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NEW YORK FOR
TAFT BY 50,
000
Mack's Lieutenant Admits De
feat and Democrats Fight
ing Hard on Defensive.
HUGHES MAKES BIG GAIN
Xebrasksn's Supporters In I'.nipirc
Mate F'rol All It Over Fxrejit
Counting Governor Gain
ing (ironnd Itapidly.
BT V.1.0TD T IjNERGAN.
NEW TORK. Oct. 2S.-"Tft will carry
Tork by SO.O." .
TM5 Is not a statement aut honied by
Chairman Hitchcock. It is an admission
of one of Norman E. Mack's chief lieu
tenants, made as hi own personal, pri
vate opinion of the situation.
The tide has set against us since the
first of the month," he said. "We are
righting- on the defensive now. but It looks
to me as If the battle Is pretty well over.
Taft will be our next President."
Of course Chairman Ma.-k will not ad
mit the correctness of this view, ilack
Issues almost daily predictions to prove
that Brvan will triumph. He has nut
elaJmed Vermont or Pennsylvania as yet.
but nearlv ev-erv other state has figured
In the Democratic -column'' as he com
pile!! It. This is the same Mack, by the
way. who predicted Bryan'e election In
! Bronx. With Taft'a election seeming-- J
ly "cinched.- a better feeling; Is being
! exhibited toward Hughes by the rank
and file. Various leaders have re
ceived quiet Intimations that a heavy
anti-Hughes vote will call for explan
ations from the men who direct the
party machine. By appearing on the
same platform wim the Governor.
Judge Taft expects to publicly demon
strate his approval of the man who
heads the state ticket.
Cabinet Place Open.
"If Hughes Is defeated he will be
offered a place in the cabinet, probably
that of Attorney-fieneral." declared a
well-posted Republican today. "And
the men responsible for his defeat. If
he Is defeated, will be properly disci
plined. They know It too, and this
may explain why Woodruff sent a
teles-ram of approval to the Governor
on the progress of the campaign, why
Parsons is working day and night, and
why Barnes, of Albanr. declares that
'much of the disaffection In Albany
County. has been smoothed over."
"These chaps know that If they ex
pect recognition In the future, they
mut make good next month. And I
believe they have finally decided to
'.Make good.' If they do it means many
thousand votes for Hughes."
In the last few days of the cam
paign, the one best bet, as viewed
from New York, seems to be. "Taft to
win In a walk." But there will be a
good deal more oratory cast to the
winds before this result Is reached.
Did Not Attempt to Buy Gov
ernment Timber Land in
New Mexico.
NEVER PROMOTED ANY BILL
BIG CROWDS CHEER TAFT
(Continued from First Paso.)
one year is not exceptional in Bryan's
career."
Going to New Haven. Mr. Taft spoke to
crowds In the rain at Stanford, South
Norwalk and Bridgeport, all stops not
contemplated In his schedule. His very
first utterance of the day was that Bryan
had aided prosperity in no other way
than to be defeated.
Jewish Audience Applauds.
When the Taft special reached New
York on its return at 4:30 o'clock., the
candidate was taken to the Montauk
ub. Brooklyn, accompanied by Mr.
1W and 1IW. and provea u u '"';-' I Woodruff, where he was the guest of
Mark always has reveled In nsures- 1 n I honor at a dinner participated In by 100
trouble has always been that ins ngures
and those that the voters prepare on elec
tion day havo never aureed.
"Democracy Disgusted.
It Is a sad. disgusted outfit at Demo
cratic National headquarters these days.
The experienced politicians who gather
there, a minority of the attendance. It Is
true, admit that the bottom has fallen
out of the campaign. They are glad the
agony is nearly over, and are already
speculating as to who will be given the
task of reorganixirg the Democratlo
party.
The reason for the change In the out
look can be given in a. few- words real
campaigning, and an actual Interest.
among merchants and manufacturers as
to the result at the polls. Six weeks ago
I you could walk through Wall street or
the wholesale dtygoods district and not
hear a word about politics; nobody seemed
to know who was running, or to care
very much how the election resulted.
"Oh, Taft has a walkover," was the
word heard on every side. "Anyway,
what does It matter who wins? Bryan
couldn't do any harm. He will have the
Senate against him. no matter how the
cat jumps."
But within the past few days there has
been a keen Interest on all sides. Busi
ness men's Taft clubs have been formed,
and a business men's Taft parade will
wind -up the campaign here. You meet
men everyw-here who had been lukewarm
but ate now actively interested. Every
canvas that is made shows an improve
ment In the situation. Republican Chair
man Hitchcock has earned a reputation
- for silence. Therefore, when he says of
Hughes. "The Governor Is a wonderful
'com pa inner," the tribute means some
thing. Hughes Gains Steadily.
- That Hughes Is gaining votes every day
is admitted on all side. Bven Demo
crats will concede this. They figure, how
ever, that when he took the stump here
he was 2m0.iX behind, and that it will be
.Impossible for him to overcome the han
dicap. Hughes is forcing the fighting. He has
.""Lleutenant-Oovernor Chanler on the run,
nd it would seem Impossible that the
Democratic candidate can continue his
campaign of glittering generalities much
longer. Chanter's campaign plans have
been outlined by his cloe adviser and
confidant. "Fingy" Conners. Hughes is
his own lawyer, and made a wise choice.
"Stand on your own record." said Con
fers, "and do not answer any of that
guy's questions. He ha his nerve to
ask them."
Whereupon Chanler "stood on his rec
ord" as Lieutenant-Governor. In this
stale, as' it probably is in others, tl-.e
IJeiiterant-Governor is a highly orna
mental, unimportant personage. Kvery
Uieutenant-Governor has "made a good
record " The only w ay to make a bad
record would be to be drunk and disor
derly. Hughe asked Chanler some per
fectly pertinent questions. Among them
were: "Are you in favor of repealing the
anti-hetting later' and "Do you favor the
repeal of the Public Service Commission
law?'' Chanler. after several days of
shuffling announced that he "favored en
forcing the laws." To this Hughes re
riid that of course lie did, and no can
didate would dare to say that he did not
intend to enforce the laws. "And now."
Mr. Hughes continued. "I will repeat my
questions." and he did.
Chanler "Refuse Answer.
Chanler refused to reply to these
questions hut made the mistake of
propounding a list of his own. "Iet
Governor Hughes answer my ques
tions." he said, confident that he had
scored a point on- his rival. The Gov
ernor's prompt renly to each and every
query has put a I'.id crimp In Chanler.
I'p at Tammany Hall they say their
candidate is badly advised and it Is
about time he changed his tactics.
""Chanler made a fatal mistake when
he replied to ttue-tlons with ques
tions." declared: one district leader.
"Murphy was wild when he read about
H. and he at once predicted what the
result would be. It gives Hughes a
chance to say. 'I have replied to your
questions without any hesitation or
delay, now It is up to you to answer
tne.' Chanler Is put in a bad position
and we thoroughly realize it. hut we
hope the attacks of Hughes have been
made too late.
"harles Mahoney. the bookmaker
who handled most of the Gubernator
ial money has placed what he could at
10 to S on Chanler. Now he has shift
ed to even money. Since Chanler's
"fool break" ivmwrats have declined
absolutely to concede odds.
Conners Hurls Ticket.
- "All I know about It." said Mahoney
today, "is that my clients do not care
to concede odds. Probably they figure
that the fight is more even than it
looked a few weeks ago. I don't know
what the reason is. for I am only an
agent you know."
Report have reached New York that
the activity of "r"ingy" Connors has
badly hurt the Democratic state ticket.
Connors has announced his candidacy
for the United States Senate anil the
fear of this appalling disgrace has
arouse many hitherto indifferent
voters. .
Bulletins from up-state are that
both Taft and Hughes are running
String and the erToris of the Bryan
orators have had little effect. l-'roro
present Indications a tremendous ma
jority will be rolled up above - the
prominent Republicans of tlmt city. It
required an automobile ride of an hour
In a heavy downpour of rain for Mr. Taft
to reach the Montauk Club. He arrived
there at 7 o'clock. A five-mile automobile
ride brought Mr. Taft to his first meet
ing. The streets were crowded. The
auditorium In Metropolitan Sanger Hall
was tilled with a Jewish audience and
after five minutes of cheers had been
given for Taft the assemblage paid a
hearty tribute to Oscar Straus, Secretary
of Commerce and Labor. Mr. Straus in
Introducing Mr. Taft said that he wanted
to leave no doubt that the election of
Mr. Taft would work the greatest benefit
to the country.
"Nowhere in America." said Mr. Taft.
"is there a greater spirit of freedom and
love of country than right here among
the people who owe so much to our im
migration laws.
Force Good Treatment Abroad.
The one thought he wished to impress,
he said, was that by the increase of the
Navy and Army President Roosevelt had
been enabled to exercise a greater Influ
ence for peace than any world ruler here
tofore. "Therefore.' he continued, "we should
progress to that point where no matter In
what part of the world the American
citizen shall be found, his certificate of
citizenship shall be all that U required
to Insure him respect and good treat
ment. Nothing, if I am elected, Presi
dent, will give me greater pleasure than
to devise ways and means to make the
American passport respected the ' world
over."
At Congress Hall, the next meeting,
the audience was of the same charac
ter. Mr. Taft launched into a speech
to show why there was no good reason
for changing the policy of the admin
istration. "How about the panic, Billy?" came
a voice.
Mr. Taft answered by showing that
Theodore Roosevelt had awakened the
business moral conscience of the coun
try, and then brought out that the ex
position of this moial awakening in
New York today was Governor Hughes.
As to the panic, he said, it came a
year ago In October. Prosperity so
great resulted In wildcat schemes and
consequently loss of confidence, and
then the panic. This, he said, was not
widespread, and was now rapidly dis
appearing, and with Republican success
would speedily disappear altogether.
Such would not be the case with Dem
ocratic success, he said.
Good Work, of Germany.
At Arion Hall the candidate found an
Immense audience awaiting him. It was
composed largely of Germans. Mr. Taft
declared that to the German-Americans
belonged great credit for defeat of the
free sliver heresy In 1SSB. Mr. Bryan,
he sa'd. could, if elected, put the country
on a silver basis by executive order.
Thirty-two blocks of a parade, which
divided on each side of the street and
through which Mr. Taft passed, was the
big feature of the evening.
When the candidate reached the Cler
mont rink he reviewed the Issues to an
immense audience and did the same at
the new Academy of Music.
Biggest Meeting of Xlght.
The meeting at the Clermont rink
proved to be the biggest of the night, the
building being filled to the doors, while
many were turned away. This meeting
continued so late that the reception at
the I'nlon league Club was abandoned
and Mr. Taft went from the rink to his
brother's home In Manhattan, arriving
there soon after midnight. At the Cler
mont rink meeting. Senator Dolliver. of
Iowa, and Senator Depew. of New York,
spoke before Mr. Taft was introduced.
Mr. Taft's remarks were along the lines
of his recent speeches, nothing especially
now being introduced. At each gathering
he devoted considerable time to the labor
question, emphasising the necessity to the
laboring men of the continuation of the
Republican policies that had proven of
benefit to the working classes. The dem
onstrations of approval by the audience
were frequent and pronounced.
Candidate Says He Joined Others in
Investigating Kntcrprise and lie
jecied It Burke Tried to
See Him in Chicago.
GOMl'ERS' EFFORT FALLrS FLAT
Ohio Safe, Says Hitchcock Labor
Leader Falls to Swing Vote.
NEW YORK. Oct. 26. Frank Hitch
cock, chairman of the Republican Na
:lonal Committee, returned from Chi
cago to this c'ty today, declaring that
he w.is much pieased with the political
situation throughout .the West. Ohio,
he said, he' believed would' give Mr.
Taft a decisive plurality, and he had
received word that the Republicans
had a fighting chance in Oklahoma.
While in Chicago. Mr. Hitchcock said
he had met the chairmen of the Repub
lican state committees from li differ
ent states, and all assured him that
Mr. Taft would win. Mr. Hitchcock said
that Mr. Taft expressed himself as en
tirely satisfied with the situation
throughout the country.
Among the callers at National Repub
lican headquarters today was Wade H.
Kllis. National committeeman, from Ohio.
"The most 8:niflennt thing in the eam
pa;,Tn." said Mr. Ellis, "is the failure of
Samuel Gomp?rs. of the American Fed
eration of Labor, to carry any large
number of union labor votes with him to
Bryan's forces. This is evident on every
t.ide. Even his fellow officials have de-bei-ied
him.
LTICA. N. T.. Oct. M. Before leaving
here this afternoon to resume his speak
ing tour throughout the state, James S.
Sherman." Republican Vice-Presidential
candidate, gave out a statement dealing
with the charges made Dublin today to
the effect that Mr. Sherman had been
involved' In an attemptea deal In Gov
ernment timber land In New Mexico with
Edmund Burke and others, the company
which "they had formed seeking to ob
tain possession through sharp practice at
a low figure of millions of acres of val
uable timber.-- Mr. Sherman's statement
follows: :. ... ,.. ' .... . .. ... ,
Investigated and Rejected Scheme.
"My attention has been called to a sen
sational article in today's New. York
World making charges against me in con
nection with the New Mexico Timber &
Development- Company. a corporation
which has not been in "existence for years.
A careful reading shows that the charges,
so far as I am concerned, have no sub
stance whatever, and as to my connec
tion with the enterprise, the fullest pos
sible investigation and publicity are
courted.
The fact about it briefly Is that some
years since Mr. . Burke presented a prop
osition involving the purchase of timber
land in New Mexico, which was not
United States property, and the con
struction of a railroad. There were ten
gentlemen, I think, who gave $600 each
to form a company and investigate the
project. Experts were employed to in
spect the property. Some of us investigated-the
lands, so there was no secret
about it, and, on the other hand, the
local papers had much to say of it at the
time.
Promised Xo Bill In Congress.
"After looking Into the matter care
fully and at length, we decided the lands
available would not yield a profit on the
railroad construction and dropped it. The
plan was abandoned, the company dis
solved, about half the sum Invested was
paid back to each of us, and our pros
pective connection with the enterprise
was ended.
"Not one foot or one dollar's worth of
United States property was concerned
with it in any way. There was no se
crecy about It, and no need for any. I
never urged the passage of any such bill
as is referred to, and the World article
does not say that I did. What Mr. Burke
or any one else did before or after our
investigation of the proposition I do not
know," and if he or anybody else attempt
ed any bribery business, it was without
the knowledge, consent or approval of
myself -or any of my associates tn tne
investigation.
'My secretary acknowledged the re
ceipt of Mr. Burke's letter of August D,
signing my name, as he had the right to
do in my absence. He showed me Mr.
Burke's letter on my return, and, know
ing there was nothing in the transaction
on my part to apologize for, I paid no
attention to it.
"The whole affair was purely a legiti
mate private enterprise which, us busi
ness men, we investigated and turned
down half a dozen years ago.
Burke Wanted to "See" Sherman.
"It may be of interest In this connec
tion to say that later Burke wroto me
saying he was being pressed to make
statements which would be calculated to
injure me. and asked me to see him in
Chicago on a date when I was billed to
speak there. That letter was not even
acknowledged, because I had nothing to
pay or promise to prevent the disclosure
of any public or private act of mine. If
he has found a market for the wares, the
.incident must go along with what I sup
pose is to be expected in the last week
of the campaign."
SHERMAN "JOSHES" BRYAN
Hopes He Will Long Prosper, Run
ning for Office.
ROCHESTER. N. Y., Oct. 26. The last
week's campaigning of the Republican
Vice-Presidential nominee, James S.
Sherman, was begun here tonight amid
much enthusiasm. After a reception at
the Hotel Rochester. Mr. Sherman re-,
viewed a large torchlight parade.-After
this he went to Convention Hail, where
a large crowd gave him welcome.
"I am not here to abuse Mr. Bryan,"
said Mr. Sherman in his speech. "If I
did I ought to be arrested for cruelty to
children. Ho will get all that's coming
to him November 3. I like Mr. Bryan
and I hope he will live long and prosper
in his calling that of running for office.
There is a lot of satisfaction in having
Bryan run for the Presidency, because
we always know exactly what will happen."
NAME NEW CARDINALS
Special Consistory to Nominate
Three for I'nlted States.
LONDON. Oct. 26. A dispatch from
Rome to a news agency says the Pope
has decided that a special consistory
shall be held for the nomination of new
American cardinals after the reorganiza
tion of the American diocese and that
the United States shall have three cardinals.
Work of License Committee.
The general license committee of the
City Council, at Its session yesterday af
ternoon, voted a recommendation to the
Council which Is calculated to keep ped
dlers off downtown streets. Similar rec
ommendation has been made before, but
the Council, because of a division of
opinion on the subject, failed to ratify
it. Councilman Beldlng voted against
the proposed ordinance yesterday and
will fight it in the council session tomor
row. The committee also recommended
that the Council pass an ordinance fixing
the rate of license for a Winter zoo at
S2S a quarter. Al. G. Barnes, who has a
small band of wild animals, is going to
keep them in a building on the Lewis
and Clark Fair site next Winter. Tha
collection is now at Lowiston, Idaho.
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UNIONS HORB1DEX TO ENFORCE
STRIKE ORDER.
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Grants Permanent Order Against
Bricklayers' Union.
BOSTON. Oct. 26. The Supreme Ju
dicial Court of Massachusetts, making
a permanent Injunction against several
labor unions today, ruled that labor
unions cannot Impose fines on their
members in order to force them to go
out on a strike.
The decision was rendered on a pe
tition brought by L. D. Wilcutt Sons &
Company, of this city, asking for an
injunction against the Bricklayers' and
Stone Masons' Benevolent Unions, re
straining them from imposing a fine
of $100 each on two members of the
union who had refused to go out on
strike.
The unions in the Spring of 1906
issued a new set of rules for members
employed by contractors, and sent the
rules to a large number of firms in
this city. The Wlllcutt Company, fear
ing, as it alleged, that loss of money
would follow Its failure to complete
certain work under these rules, closed
part of Its establishment and dis
charged a number of men. The unions
then declared a strike on other work
In which the company was engagid.
Later two labor leaders found two
union men still working. The labor
leaders ordered (hem to cease, under
penalty of being fined $100 each. The
Wlllcutt Company obtained a tempo
rary Injunction against the unions to
prevent the fines being Imposed, and
the decree makes the injunction permanent.
"RINGING" TALK WINS BELL
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C. T. McPherson before the regular
weekly session of the Portland Meth
odist Episcopal Ministerial Association,
yesterday morning in Taylor-street
Church, resulted in a collection which
netted sufficient money to buy a fine
bell for the new house of worship at
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This short talk resulted In contri
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The session was one of the best re
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clergymen, one of the chief features
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