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
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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
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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.
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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. It is the predominating farmer
vote that is depended on to hold Nebraska
in the Republican column, and though the
plurality will be comparatively small, be-
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