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TIIE MO"RIXG. OREGONIAN, MOXDAT, JfOTEMBER 2. I90S. E MARGIN OF 54,134 Conceding Opponents Scat tering Vote, Rolls. Give Party 44,616 Lead. 133,178 VOTERS IN STATE Retnrr.s From All Counties Encour aging to Taft' Followers, 11 Registration Shows S,614 Majority. OREGON'S REGISTRATION. ItOS. p.pubiiran rmoer' , fit Prohibitionists 2-1 J RcM-l.l'ats '4vi Populists Indopecdcats. Xon-partlns or rsfuMd to deslgnat party.... S-Tim. Totml ...1M.1T9 Total Juns r"-l-rtrtlon Total Fall registration 1J.S83 laeomplste. Returns from many counties Included voters registering nnd.r these two parties under head of "Miscellaneous." In the fors oM( summary many Socialists and Prohibitionists are Included In the total of S.TS. Fall Resjistratioo, I90S. ft.publlcans IXmoer.-. ?' " Ecmu.rlns "' Total ' insure comoll-d by The Oregonlan how a total registration of 133.178 m Oregon for the Presidential election. Of . that number M.3M are registered as Re publicans and S2.361 as Democrats. There are 21S4 registered Prohibitionists. . 3wl (Socialists. 49 Populists and T5 scattering. Deducting from thie total the registration of last June, amounting to 120.7S5. leaves 1J.JS8 which represents the registration m the state for the Presidential election during the 30 days ending October 20 last, or an Increase of about 10 per cent over tne juni ri-i- In the absence of official figures, the total registration for the counties of Baker, curry. Harney. Klamath. Lke and Malheur Is estimated on the basis of the Spring registrations, but it la not believed that the actual registration In those counties will materially affect the total as It haa been computed. It haa been difficult, however, to obtain the correct Fall registration by political par tlea from a number of the counties, for the reaeon that numeroua County Clerks In registering voters for the Presidential election did not require electors to des ignate their party affiliation. Computed on Fall Ratio. That wa the case In Coos. Gilliam. Lincoln. Umatilla. wasmngton nu Wheeler Counties. In each Instance the total registration for those counties Is correct as given, but In distributing the total Fall registration In thoae counties among the. different political parties. The Oregonlan made the apportionment on the basis of the Fall registration by par ties In the counties from which official figures were received. Those figures showed a fraction more than two Repub licans to one Democrat and that ratio was followed tn distributing among po litical parties the registration In those counties where the political affiliations of the electors was not recorded. It is for the foregoing reason that the figures as to the registered Prohibition hit and Social vote In the state la In complete. In a great many of the coun ties electors registering under those par ty affiliations, particularly for the Pres idential election, were classified as scat tering or miscellaneous, and there la therefore no means of ascertaining the true voting strength of either of those parties. Four years ago the Prohibition ists In this state cast a total of N votes, while Debs received a vote ot 7651 from, the Socialists. By reaaon of the local option activity In the state during the last two years. It la expected the cold water forces will poll about 5000 votes Tuesday, while the Socialists probably will Increase their vote to 10.000 in the state. Republicans Have Great Lead. The total registration figures for thla state, however, show a Republican plu rality of 44.134. while the combined plu rality of Congressmen Hawley and Kills in the June election waa only about 3S.00O. Conceding to the Democrats the full strength of the independent or scatter ing vote, amounting to 8731. the Republi cans would still have a plurality of 44.61ft. exclusive of the Prohibitionists, Social ists and 49 lonesome Populists. In other words, according to the registration fig ures as they are presented, the Republi cans have a majority of 39.614 of the to tal registered vole of the state. It is very generally regarded In political cir cles that the Democrats will receive prob ably M per cent of the so-called inde pendent or nonpartisan vote. Including those declining to designate the party to which they belonged, and numbering S756. The registration of votera throughout the state for the 30 days ending October 20 shows a total of 11393. and consists of: Republicans. sil: Democrats, 3165; scattering. StiR. This Is a ratio of more than two Republicans to one Democrat, and Is regarded as reasonably Indicative of what the vote for President in this slate may be expected to be. It Is fig ured that there were no local considera tions which could possibly have Influ enced the Fall registration, which con sisted exclusively of voters desirtng to qualify for the National election. Thought to Indicate Vote. With a President to be elected. It Is In sisted there waa no other circumstance to govern the elector fn expressing his political affiliation. At the 'same time it la urged by Republicans that these elec tors not only will vote as they have reg istered, but that their expression of po litical preference at this time fairly ac curately reflects the sentiment of the registered electors of the state when the election of a President is Involved. When apprised yesterday of the polit ical complexion of the state as shown by the registration. Secretary McArthur. of the Republican organisation, said his pre dicted plurality of 22.f"5 for Taft in this state waa assured. In view of the fig ures on registration, the Republicans re gard aa a real joke the position of the Democrats In presuming to claim the srste for Bryan by 2C6A or any other plu rality. Weather conditions being normal, both parties expect to see about W per pent of the registered vote polled in this state In tomorrow's election. The registration by counties Is shown IT an accompanying table. . Close Campaign at Bridal Veil. , Attorney John H. Stevenson clos.-d the Democratic campaign In Eastern RE in Multnomah County at Bridal Veil Satur day night. He addressed a large crowd of voter at the srhoolhouse there and a (treat deal of enthusiasm ru aroused. It was the only political gathering of the campaign at Bridal Veil. Mr. Stevenson haa taken an active part in presenting Bryan's candidacy in this state. TAG-SELrLEK . IOYAL, TO TAFT Bryan 'Man ' Fails to Influence Staunch Republican Miss. While selling Bahy Home tags on one of the principal business streets satur day. one young girl had an opportunity to assert her unwavering Republicanism when others of more mature years might have yielded to the temptation that was presented. "I will give you a dollar for one tag If you will wear a Bryan button."' pro posed a supporter of the t-eeriess one, accosting the youthful ' cnaruy worker, whose family happen to be staunch Re publicans. 'No. sir," waa the prompt reply of the young girl: "I cannot accept the ofTer. "Well. then. I will give you a dollar for every tag you have If you will con sent to wear a button of the Demo cratic nomrnee." pensisted the stranger. who could not divorce politics from a charitable mission. Neither shall I accept that offer," re sponded the youthful tag agent. "I would not consent to wear a Bryan but ton for all the money you might decide to offer me for even a single tag." Having delivered this ultimatum, the loyal young Republican turned ber at tention to the sale of tags to others who exhibited erreater willingness to buy without resorting to bribery. LABOR INDORSES BRYAN GEXERAL CONFERENCE ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS. Meeting Held in Bartenders' Hall and Worklngmen Urged to Vote for Own Interests. Resolutions addressed to the work lngmen of the state, exhorting: .them to vote for their own interests tomorrow, were adopted at a general conference of organized labor, held in the Bar tenders' Hall on First street, yesterday afternoon. While the resolutions do not formally indorse Bryan, that is the effect of the declaration. The adoption of the resolutions, which were drafted by a committee consisting of J. L. Ledwidge and W, H. Fitzgerald, president and secretary, respectively, of the Centra! Labor Council; J. D. M. Crock we 11 and Charles Grassman, was preceded by a general discussion of the political sit uation as It appeared to the labor unions. Committees were appointed, it was explained, for the purpose of treating with any llth-hour reports that might be circulated which In any way might have the effect of disorgan izing organized labor here In its deter mination to vote solidly In tomorrow's election. The following are the resolutions that were adopted: AVhfreaa. We. the work Ins people of the City of Portland. State of Oregon. In meet inn MwmbW, have considered tr situa tion In which the tollers of our country And themselves by fleriaiona of the court and the failure of Conffrese to afford the necea aa.ry raltef, an4 Whereas, We have appealM to the Re publican Conirresa In vain to afford the neceaeary relief for tha protection, re at ora tion and defense of the natural an-i Inherent rltcMa of the workics people and all our people, and Whereaa. We appealed In vain to tha Re publican party convention for the nece ary restoration of the right to which the toilers are entitled, ritrhi which have been ahorn from our people by "the decision of t he Supreme Court, which ha decided that the voluntary organization of the workers are Illegal combinations in rertraint of trfule and come under the bherman am (-trust law, and that tha Republican party rejected and repudiated labor' a urgent need and Insultfd the rank and file cf the toilers of our coun try, and. Whereas. The ram demands were pre sented to the Democratic party at Its con vention and that that party embodied in Its platform the demand which labor presented and made labor's contentions lta own, and, Whereaa. The Republican nominee, Mr. Taft. ha In hie letter of acceptance and in his speeches accentuated his Injunction rec ord, and tha Democratic nomine. Mr. Prywn. ha absolutely and unfalteringly pledged himself. If elected, to secure the rights of the toller and to which they are so Justly entitled: therefore, be it Received. That we. the laboring men of Portland. In a special meeting of the Cen tral I-abor Council, reiterate our declara tion that, although as organised workers we are neither Democratic nor Republican, and do not owe allegiance to any political party whatsoever, we reaffirm and declare It to be our duty and the duly of all workers and friends of " human liberty to "stand faith fuly by our friemle and elect thm; oppose our enemies and defeat them, whether they bs candidates for Preeident. for Congress or other offices, executive. legislative or Ju dicial. " and pledge outelves and call upon the common people of our city and etate to help carry out the laudable and ennobling purposes for which the toilers struggle and aspire. Bids for Hay Rejected. WASHINGTON". Nov. 1. Recent con tracts awarded by the Quartermaster General's office Include 90ft0 tons of oats to be furnished by Seattle and St. Paul firms. Bids received this week for 10.000 tone of hay for the Philippines have been rejected, because of high prices and Ir regularity. OREGON'S REGISTRATION FOR 2. s e- s c 2o 3C 3 3 3 3 3 2? p p r 5P 3" 3 J ? 7 " IB IB I 5" 1 a a " : -f o c o c c n s - 3 COUNTY. :g 33 m mTjP-s 3 3. o z . -a -r 2 3 r 3 . S - w ? I ? i f li i r i, :, :j - i . . as ; r s i i i 1 i i Bakr 1 5.0181 J.46fl 2.24S IS 162 . . 13:' 4.3 395127 247 21 Benton J. OSS 1.172 3 73 4S . . 109 1,933 1S2 70 53 29 Clackamas .. 5 749! 4.052 1.340 Bo 16.1 3 1.11 5.447 302 200 100 2 Clatsop 3.221! 2.34F. 314 17 8H . . 459 3.057 164 72 34 57 Columbia ... 2.2S9 1.597 299' 38 14J.. 210 2 167 122 82 25 15 Coos 3.9391 1.932 1,332 200 400 . . 75 3.544 3M5 '200 100 95 Crook 1.827 1.10S 565 20 7i.. 56 1.788 39 17 16 Curry 5S2 S7S "160 ; 11 .. 30 543 39 19 9 '11 Pous-las 4 651 I.RSOl 1.237 S7 138 3 386 4.246' 405 202 70 133 rmiam 944! -5 Sl 230 5 8.. 118 S9S 46 18 14 14 Orant 1.41 11 9321 402 2 35 .. 40 1.389 22 16 4 2 Harnev 96l! 4S2I 385 4 20 .. 70 933 28 13 7 8 Hood River.. 1.556 1.009 299 BR 1 2.. 178 1.261 295 223 49 23 Jackson 6.523i 2.872i 1,227 4 159.. 1201 4.503 1.020 187 63 780 losphlne ... 2.1911 1.255! 523 19 147 2 245 2.029 162 46 64 52 Klamath 1.7391 950 S50;.... 119 1.678 61 '38 '18 5 Ijike 1.0111 "BSSl 'SiSI 21 15 4 32 879 32 1S 8 ljine S.439I 3.9751 1.714 1191 252 7 372 5.929 510 299 101 110 Lincoln 1.2451 857 253 8! 79.. 48 1.173 72 32 27 13 I.inn 4.8501 2.472 1.743 155 22SI 4 283 ' 4.557 293 160 75 5S Malheur .... 1.578i 893l 573 2o 38.. 52 rS40 35 12 7 19 Marlon 7.541 4.790 1.697 2231 145ll2 74 6.792 749 415 145 189 Morrow 1.274! 874 2391 311 RSI. . 42 1.248 26 IS 6 2 Multnomah .. 38.4251 29.106) 7.053 S76 3S. .J1504 33.265 5.16013249 14791 432 Polk 3.2281 1.7S.M 989; 9S icTj s 211 2.935 2931 150 5S 85 Sherman 1.0161 715 ' 200! 45l 13.. '43 923 93 451 37 11 Tillamook ... 1.1421 8011 ISSj'iSi 39 1.056 86 63! 22 1 Vmatllla 4.7041 -2.61 9 1.112 -901 69i.. 814 4.477 227 140 76 11 Cnion 3S1S! J. 1951 1.2Bl I 172j.. 197 3.464 . 351 178 91 82 Wallowa 1.883! 1.0971 648! 291 Bit.. 58 1.85S 25 10 7 8 Wasco 2.6411 1.8.3 543 39! 67!.. 1091 2.469 172 95 3 39 Washing-ton . 4.22 '3.968' 73iU7 52 7 3381 3.914 306 22" 6fl 2 Wheeler 709! -SI 51 176! I I.. 18 682 27 1S 6I 3 Tamhill 3.771 2.23SI 924 1881 76! 2 843! - S.4S5 286 168 751 43 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 Totals 1S3.178I 86.396! 3S.26i:21 543h61 !49'S756;i 20.7851 12.3936S21 !31692403 Estimated. In these counties, electors rerister1n(r for November election were not required to designate the parties to which they belonged. The total Fall regristratlon in these counties has been distributed among the different political parties on the basis ot the registration in counties from which party afflllatlons were das! fro a ted, and which showed a ratio of a fraction more than two Republicans to one Democrat, with only a few exceptions. MANY THUS ARE UNLAVVFULTUESDAY Huntley Corrupt Practices Act . Prohibits Time-Worn Cus toms of Election. POLL WORKERS FORBIDDEN Neither Can Any One Wear Cam paign Button Near Election Booths Electioneering Under -Ban as Well as Carriages. WHAT IS rKLAWlTI. TCESDAY. Candidates (Presidential electors) cannot bet on result of Tuesday's election or furnish any other person money or anything of pecuniary value with which to bet. Political parties cannot employ pre cinct workers at polls or use car riages or automobiles. Political badges, buttons or other lnrtgnla cannot be worn In th vi cinity of voting booths. It is unlawful for any person at any place on election day to ask. solicit or try to induce any voter to vote for or refrain from voting for any candidate or ticket. Printing and circulating anony mous letters, circulars, posters or placards relating to any election or to any candidate is unlawful. If such anonymous literature malicious ly reflects on the character, morality or Integrity of a candidate, the author is liable to Imprisonment in penitentiary . for from one to three years. In tomorrow's election the voters of this state will have their first taste of the corrupt practices act they en acted at the general election last June, The provisions of this law are numer ous and, should they be enforced, the Presidential election would be about as exciting as the average district school board meeting. However, there Is no disposition on the part of either the Republican or the Democratic or ganizations to demand the literal en forcement of this statute and the probability is that there will be- the usual amount of buttonholing and electioneering Tuesday. One exception will be the few carriages and automo biles that will be employed by either party to get the voters to the polls. Lack of available campaign funds, however, is as much responsible for this sacrifice as a desire to comply with the Huntley bill, with which both parties are disappointed even before It has been given a practical test. Many Things Unlawful. There are more "Thou shalt nots In the corrupt practices act, as It was en acted by the people last June, than can be found in the rules and regula tions of a military academy. Betting on the election by candidates and nom inees f q$ Presidential electors come under the designation of "candidates" s prohibited. Neither can a candi date furnish to any other person money or other article of pecuniary value with which to make a wager on .the result of the election. The selling or giving away of badges or other insig nia on election day comes under the ban of this popular legislation. Elec tioneering in any form with a view to Infuenclng an electaor tn casting his vote is strictly prohibited and the cir culation of anonymous circulars, re flecting on a party or its candidates. during the campaign is made punish able by fine an dlroprisonment in the penitentiary. The employment by any political party of precinct workers on election day or the ue of carriages and other vehicles with which to take voters to the poll i is not permitted under the corrupt pratlccs act which was sub mitted to the electors of the state un der a caption which Included amoong other things the information that it was designed to "secure and protect the purity of the ballot." Restrictions on Candidates. The -foregoing restrictions apply principally to the general conduct of elections on the day of election, but the law contains a score of other in junctions which apply to the candi date from the time he becomes a can didate until the election is over. The law imposes an endless amount of clerical work on the office of the Sec retary of State and there is some doubt among those who have inquired into the measure and what it requires of that officer if sufficient time is allowed 1908, CLASSIFIED BY PARTIES hira in which to perform the duties as signed to him In the matter of pre paring: the literature relating to tho candidacy of aspirants for political of fice and In distributing it among the electors of the state. On the subject of betting on the re sult of in election, one of the penal ties o fwhtch is that the candidate assumes the risk of losing his right to vote. Section 29 of the law'provldes as follows: Candidate Must Not Bet. Any cardldate who. before or durtr.-- any election campaliCT. makes any bet or wayer of anything- of pecuniary value, or In .iy manner becomes a party to any such bet or waaer on the rcmlt of the election In Ms electoral district, or In any part thereof, or on any event or contlnitency relating- to any pending- election, or who provides money or ohter valuable to be ued by any person in betting or wagering upon the results of any impending election, shall be guilty of a corrupt practice. Any person, who. for the purpose of Influencclng the result of any eleiulon makes any bet or wager of any thing of pecuniary .value on the result of siioh election in his electoral district or any part thereof, or of any pending election, or on any event or contingency relating there to, rhall be guilty of a corrupt practice act. and In aodit'.on thereto any such act shall be a ground of challenge againet his' right to vote. Regarding the wearing of campign buttons on eiection day, another sec tion of the law says: No person shall buy. sell, give or provide any political badge, button or other Insignia to be worn at or about the polls on 'the day of any election, and no such political badge, button or other insignia shall be worn at or about the poll, on any, election day. The law is especially sweeping in its FORBIDS MANY TIME.WORS ELECTION CUSTOMS, Clyde G. Hnntley. of Oregon City. Author of Corrupt Prac tices Act. restrictions as to electioneering on election day. On this subject. Section 81 of the law says: . It shall be unlawful for any pernon at any place on the day of any election to ask, so licit or In any manner try to Induce or per suade any voter on such election day to vote for or refrain from voting for any candi date, or the candidates or ticket of any po litical party or organization, or any measure ubmitted to the people, and upon .convic tion thereof he ehall be- punished by fine of not le9 than fo nor more than $100 for the first ofTene, and for the eeoond and each pubpfquent offer occurrinif on the same or different election dayst he shall be puni5hed by fine as aforesaid, or by Im prisonment In the County Jail for not less than five nor more than. HO dayw or by both uch fine and imprisonment. . No Anonymous Letters. During the campaign which will close with tomorrow's election, anony mous circulars were .printer, and dis tributed at several meetings v where Senator Fulton was the speaker. - Such tactics are expressly prohibited by Section 35 of the corrupt practices jict, which, says; It Bhall be unlawful to write, print or circulate tnrough the mails or otherwise any letter, circular, bill, placard or poster relating to any election or to any candidate at any election, unless the same shall bear on Its face the name and address of the author, and of the printer and publisher thereof; and any person writing, printing, publlithing, circulating, posting or causing to be written, printed, circulated, poeted or published any such letter, bill, placard, cir cular or poster aa aforesaid, which fail t bear on Its face the name and address of the author and of the printer or publisher, shall be 'guilty of an illegal practice, and .nail, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine rf not less than $10 nor more than $1-o. Tf any letter, circular, poster, bill, publication or placard shall contain any false statement or charges reflecting on any candidal' character, morality or integrity, the autnor thereof and every person print ing or knowingly assisting in the circulation thereof Fhall be guilty of political criminal libel and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by lmprlionment In the Peniten tiary for not leas than one nor more than three years. If the person charged wtht such crime shall prove on his trial that he had reason able ground to believe euch charge was true and did believe it was true, and that he wae not actuated by malice in making such publication, it shall be a sufficient de fense to such charge. But in that event, and as a part of such defense the author and the printer or the published or the other per son charged with such crime ahail also prove that, at least 1ft days before such letter, circular, poeier, bill or placard con taining such fa! statement or statements was printed or circulated he or they caused to be served personally and in person upon the candidate to whom it relates a copy thereof In writing, and calling his atten tion particularly to the charges contained therein, and that before printing, publish ing or Circulating suc charges he received and read any denial, defense or explanation, if any, made or offered to him In writing by the accured candidate within ten days after the service of such charge upon the accueed person. VISITORS WARMLY WTELCOMKD Japan Gives-Pacific Coast Business Men Cordial Reception. KOBE, Japan, Nov. 1. The reception which was accorded the visiting busi ness men from the Pacific Coast of the United States today on their ar rival here was of a most enthusiastic nature and attended by scenes of pop ular demonstration such as have not been observed here since the exciting days of the Japanese-Russian war. Today the Americans," accompanied by the Governor of this Province and many high municipal and provincial officials, were entertained on a trip about the beautiful inland sea of Japan, the excursion being made in a steamer especially chartered for the occasion. Returning the party visited the" dock yards and many large Industrial plants near the city. Tonight the feature of the enter tainment was a huge torchlight pro cession. The Americans have been greatly Impressed not only with what they have seen of the modern life of Japan but with the cordiality of their recep tion as well. READY TO ACT WITH PORTE Bulgarian Delegates Arrive at Con stantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 1. The Bul garian delegates. M. Liaptcheff. Minister of Commerce, and M. Miltcheflf,' one of the department chiefs of the foreign of fice, arrived here today. They are em powered to complete the arrangement with the Porte which will include a pe cuniary compensation for Turkey for the abdication of Turkish rights in Eastern Rumella. M. Liaptcheff was the minister respon sible for the seizure cf the Rumelian sec tion of ths Oriental Railway. V t' OFFICER'S VICTIM PERHAPS SLAYER Police Try to Show That J. V. De Laney- Killed H. T. Butterworth. CARRIED 32 -CALIBER GUN Other Circumstances Also Tend to Incriminate Man Shot by Patrol man Stahl, and Who Prob ably Planned Car Holdup. Detectives are attempting to Implicate J. V. De Laney, who waa shot and killed Saturday night by Patrolman R. H. Stahl near the Sast Ankeny car barns, with the murder of Harry T. Butter worth, the St. John jeweler, the mys tery of whose killing- has battled the of ficers for two weeks. Butterworth was killed with a 32-call-ber bullet near his home at St. John two weeks ago. A valuable diamond ring is supposed to have been taken from his finger by the murderer. Detectives of the city force have strongly contended that robbery waa the motive, thouph the Jeweler's watch and a small amount of cash were found upon his person. Facts Cited by Officers. In thir attempts to connect De Laney with the crime, they point out that he was armed with a 32-callber automatic revolver when he met his death Satur day night. They declare that he is the first supposed hold-up man they have ever encountered who was armed with so small a weapon as a 32 revolver. However, the fact of De Laney 's being a highwayman has not been established, though many circumstances are cited by the officers in justification of their contention.- Butterworth was killed Tuesday night, October 20, almost two weeks ago. De Laney, according to hte dying statement, arrived in Portland 15 days ago, and this fact is also used by the officers in ad vancing their theory. Most important and sensational of all the detectives' clews, however, was the finding of a flashy ring among the effects of the dead man yesterday. Detectives Hellyer and iMaloney made the find but the big supposed diamorfd was ' pro nounced by Chief Gritzmacher to be glass. Detectives Hellyer and Maloney broke open the dead man's trunk and discovered the ring. It was set with a big sparkling gem that answered the de scription of the ring stolen from the murdered Jeweler, and the officers guard ed the fact of their discovery with the most discreet silence until the chiefs examination of the gem. Since then De tectives Hellyer and Maloney have not been especially -interested in the cast. Officer Stahl Is Justified. Investigation by Chief Gritzmacher into the circumstances surrounding" the kill ing of J. V. De Laney by Patrolman Stahl resulted, in the complete justifica tion of the officer by the Chief. The head of the department declared him self to be firmly convinced that the dead man brought death upon himself, for it was only after he had refused to permit the. officer to search him, and in run ning away drew his own revolver that -the patrolman fired. "It was the last car on the Monta vllla run," said Officer Stahl last night In giving the details of the killing. "I frequently ride, to the end of the line with "the crew of the last car, for It Is a part of my beat. It was about 1:30 o'clock, and the car. after going to the end of the line, returns only as far as the car barns at East Ankeny and East Twenty-eighth streets, where it is put up for the night. "As we returned, a man boarded the car at West avenue. I was the only oc cupant of the car besides the motorman and conductor at that time. I was in side the car, and as the man, tn enter ing; saw me, he hesitated and acted queerly. He placed his hand on his hip pocket, which I thought strange. Then I noticed a dark handkerchief tied around his neck from behind, as if it had been or was to be used as a mask. Both the motorman and conductor noticed his pe culiar actions and attire also, for the conductor walked close to me and said, 'What do you think of him?' Kept Hand on Pocket. "I kept watching the man;' he held his hand on his hip pocket as he seated him self near the door and kept it there. I was in full uniform with my cape on. I kept close watch on him, though I tried not to let him know I was doing so. As the car neared the barn I went to the rear door and stood there until it stopped. Still with my eye on the man. I stepped off backwards when the car stopped and the man also started out. I firmly be lieved that he had planned to hold up the crew, as did" both the motorman and conductor. 'Young man, I want you I said, as he started out, and I put my left hand on his shoulder. He pulled away -from me and said, 'No. you don't, I'm all right. But still trying to keep hold of him with my left hand, I felt his hip pocket and felt a gun. The moment I did so he tried to pull the sun, but I seized his hand. I ordered him to throw up his hands then, but he dashed away and around the car. "I ordered him to halt and fired at the ground near his feet. He -paid no atten tion, but ran directly towards a man who was standing on the corner. As ha turned the corner be pulled the gun and turned, and then I fired again. This time I struck him. for he staggered slightly, but instead of shooting he dashed down the street and I fired again. I fired three times, but the men in the barn tell une that there were four shots. I don't know whether or not he fired. Groans I,ead to Victim. " "We could hear him running through the darkness, and we followed. We ran for three blocks and overtook- him after he had fallen. We were attracted to the place by his groans. I asked him if he was hurt and he told me yes, and wanted a doctor. I stood behind a. telegraph pole, for I knew he had a revolver and asked him where it was. He said he did not have one'. Finally he said he had thrown it away and we hurried after a doctor. He told us where-he had thrown away his gun and we also found one of the latest and most modern dark lanterns that he also threw away in his flight. We couldn't get a doctor until the am bulance arrived. "A number of men had gathered by that time and one took notes of what he said. He said he bad been here 15 Jays and told the men that he advised them to behave themselves, for. he sa-d. If he had done so he would never have .gotten into trouble. - He ea.id many other things that convinced us that he had been up to some crime, though I was sure of 'it when he refused to submit to arrest to an officer in full uniform. On the man's person was found a watch with a K. P. fob. $16 in money and a number of papers. One of the papers bore the address of 410 East Everett street and that - address was found by ; Officer Bales. Mrs. Horton, who lives at ; that address, aaya the man rented a room j The old sl-rn of the Zo diac for November should be changed to suit modern ideas, to the Turkey. Our stock has feathered out in fine shape, and a fine shape is here for man and boy. , . Men's Suits $12 to $35. Youths' $10 to $25. Every day in November our advertisements will score a point. It may interest, and it will certainly profit you to watch 'em. 16fi-170 Third Street. there Friday, but had not been at the house since. He was well dressed when he applied to her for a room, but was shabbily attired when he boarded the car at West avenue. Papers found on him showed him to be a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in good standing. The man's widow and other relative at Tacoma were notified Immediately of hia death and are expected to arrive here at any time. Thomas Griffin, who was held up and robbed on the Burnslde-etreet bridge Sat urday night, called at the morgue yes terday and identified the dead man as one of two who committed the deed. However, the Coroner la not satisfied with the Identification. FOR TAFT 30l BRYAN 147 (Continued Fron-- First Page. ) toward Bryan, no man was so Influ ential as President Roosevelt, and much of the credit for the Republican victory this year will be due to him. New York on Republican Side. Of the states once doubtful, but now safely Republican. New York i's far and away the most important. New York will give Taft a gratifying plurality, simply and solely because the Republi can plurality "up state" will complete ly overshadow the Democratic plurali ty in Greater New York New York City. This ' will happen, President Roosevelt says so, both privately and publicly: and there is no man better competent than he to size up the sit uation in New York, his own state True. Taft will not get such plurali ties in New York as were given Mc Klnley and Roosevelt. In 1896 New York gave M-.Kinley 268.469, and in 1900 Its plurality against Bryan was 143,606. Four years ago Roosevelt's plurality was 175,552. If Taft gets half that plurality he will be well pleased, but he may get as high as 100,000. He will get this plurality be cause New York is normally a Repub lican state; because New York, with Its vast ldustries, is still afraid of Bryan and Bryanlsm, and also because Hearst with his Independence Ieague, and Debs and his Socialist campaign, have captured thousands of labor votes chat would have doubtless gone to Bryan had there been but two tickets In the field. New York's farmer vote is as strong ly Republican as ever; the manufactu rers are very generally for Taft, and in financial circles Bryan is as great a bugbear as he was when espousing the cause of free silver.. It is the labor vote that will reduce the Republican plurality In New York that, and that alone. The Rockefeller Incident, so noisily exploited by the Democrats in the closing days of the campaign, will not hurt much, if at all. In New York. Ohio Safe Now. Had the election been held two or three weeks ago. Ohio might have gone Democratic. At that time Mr. Taft "was very, uneasy, and so was the President. There were more disturbing elements at work In Ohio than in any other-big state, and all were operating to the disadvantage of the Republican ticket. But Taft has given much of his own time to Ohio, and some of the best men in the Republican party have been at work tn that state, with the re sult that many laboring me,i, espe cially railway employes, have turned back from Bryan and are now sup porting Taft. The same change has been wrought among the Independent voters. The labor ing men have become convinced that employment and good wages under a Re publican administration are preferabl-3 to idleness, and promised betterment un der Bryan. Close In Indiana. Indiana is going to be an unsually close state this year. For Its sise. it has always been reasonably close, until 1904, when it gave Roosevelt' 93.944 plurality. There, as elsewhere, the Republican vote has been largely reduced by the swit:a of laboring men to Bryan. But much of the trouble in Indiana, as In Ohio, Is over the state ticket, and there, as also in Ohio, the Democrats stand a splendid chance of electing the Governor and the Legisla ture. Illinois long since passed out of the doubtful column. It will give Taft 100,000 plurality or more. This is not the plural ity that it gave McKinley or Roosevelt, but considering conditions as they exist in that state today, it is a far bigger plur ality than the Republican leaders ex pected a month ago. There has never been a time when Iowa was really doubtful, yet the state was re peatedly claimed by the Democrats be cause of the Senatorial fight among the Republicans. But both Republican fac tions are unreservedly supporting Taft, and no state with Iowa's overwhelming farmer vote is Jn danser. The farmers have always made Iowa a strong Republi can state; they will do the same this year. Nebraska ?ot for Bryan. Bryan deemed Jt necessary to make 50 odd speeches in his own state In the hope of reclaiming Nebraska from the Republi cans. But Nebraska Is more likely to give her eight electoral votes to Taft than to Bryan. 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