THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. AUGUST 14. 1909. CLARK IS AFTEB CHANGE TO DIG Democratic Leader Would Manipulate Congress to Get Campaign Material. HE HOPES TO BE SPEAKER Quality of "Cornfield Lawyer's" Leadership Questioned, HoweTer, and Party May Turn to Fitz gerald, of New Tork. OREGONIAN NEW9 BUREAU. Wash liiSton, Aug. li If the Democrats gain control of the next House of Representa tives they will use it to the best of their ; .ability In the preparation of campaign ls ; eues and campaign material for the Na tional campaign In 1912. They can do nothing of a partisan nature in the way of legislation, for the Senate will still be etrongly Republican. But they can, to a greater or less extent, arouse public sentl. tnent. manufacture endless campaign lit erature In the form of Democratic speeches, and conduct congressional in vestigations Intended to embarrass the Jtopublican Administration. So confident are the Democratic lead ers they will control the next House that already they are speculates on what snail be done with the House when they ixet it. The probabilities are that Champ , Clark will be chosen Speaker, for he is .the present party leader, and perhaps as "sirons as any other Democratic member. It Is not certain, however, that Clark could be elected to the Speakership even If the House went Democratic. As party (leader Clark has been a great fizzle, 'though many of his followers fail to re alize it There are others who have their eyes opes, and these men. disap ' pointed and disgusted with Clark, are casting about for some other man. The best and the etroneest man who could be run against him Is Representative Fitz gerald, of New Tork. whom Clark tried to read out of the party. Fitzgerald Better Than Clark. That Fitzgerald, instead of Clark, might ce elected Speaker is possible, though hardly probable. He would make a bet ter Speaker than Clark, and would be a far more Intelligent party leader. Fitz gerald is a student;, he is a parliamen tarian, and he has a quick, active brain. 1ark Is what Senator Tillman terms a cornfield lawyer" slow, sluggish and tirutal, and he is no parliamentarian, nor Js he a natural leader of men. though he thinks he is. and his friends believed he ...... 1 ,, nYinm V. ' ... for 1 H H TV If Clark should be made Speaker, as suming the next House to be Democratic, the probabilities are little valuable cam pawn material will be turned out. for Clark is one of the Democratic leaders who can be counted on to do the wronfc thing every time. He would blunder along and get nowhere. If Fitzgerald should be made Speaker he probably would conduct the affairs of the House in a way that would help the party in the following campaign. He makes few errors, and his keen Judgment usually carries him In the right direction. Democrats Anxious to Dig. Democrats are anxious to get control of the House, for they feel that once in jvower there they can appoint committees that will have authority to probe into the conduct of the various departments of the Government. They have a suspicion much unfavorable to the Republican Ad ministration can be unearthed, and cer tain it is that unfavorable reports would ; be made. They would dig into the De- partment of Justice and report that It had not made diligent efforts Impartially to enforce the anti-trust laws; they would dig into the War and Navy departments, and report all manner of extravagance, :s they would in other branches of the service as well; everywhere they would 'find evidences of lax administration. I waste of money, inefficiency on the part if high officials, and more or less cor ruption. All these findings, of course, would be made public, printed as docu ' merits and circulated throughout the 1 country. . While these Investigations would pro duce little in the way of immediate re sults, they would tend to prejudice the public mind against the Republican Ad ministration, and that Is all they would ?te intended to accomplish. COYOTE BILL IS PRISONER Must Do Time for Selling Firewater to Indians. " PENDLETON. Or.. Aug. IS. (Spe cial.) Quick Justice was meted out to ; William Btevens. better known as Coy ote Bill, yesterday morning. He was 'arrested by Chief of Police Gurdane on 'the charge of selling liquor to Indians. ,A few minutes later he was arraigned by City Attorney Raley on two 'charges, found guilty by Police Judge ! Fitzgerald on both counts, and sen tenced to pay a tine of $25 and serve 20 days in Jail. As he has no money, he will be com pelled to serve out the tine as well as the Jail sentence. This sentence was on the first count only, the Judsre an nouncing that he would pronounce sen tence for the second offense at the ex piration of the present one. The con victed man Is an old offender. ROCK THROWERS ARRESTED Two Park place Boys Break Window and Hit Woman. ORF.GON CITT. Or.. Aug. IS. (Special.) Beanshooters and a spirit of mlschiev ousness was the cause of the arrest of two boys late this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Baker and Constable Miles. Tonus Ladd and Hughes, of Park Place, were the offenders, and when a Portland car passed they threw rocks at the win dows, breaking the glass and striking a woman In the head. Headquarters were notified by the Tnntorman. who In turn called up the of ficials here and requested the arrest of the boys. The hearing was held before Judge Dimick and the boys were allowed to go until tomorrow, when the case will be again taken up. JAMES BARRETT IS DEAD Veil-Known Contractor Passes Sud denly or Heart Trouble. James Barrett, a resident of Portland . for the past !5 years, died suddenly at i his home. S45 Seventh street, yesterday, i His death came after an Illness of two j days. f:om an ailment of the heart. ! During the past decade Mr. Barrett C aras actively tagaei in a general con tracting business in this city. Aside from his supervision in the construction of the recently completed addition to St. Vincent's Hospital, here, he super intended the construction of Trinity Church. Nineteenth and Everett streets; St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Savier and Nineteenth streets, and the major part of the buildings of the Mount An gel monastery. The Gearin building, Fourteenth and Washington, and the Healey building. East Morrison and Grand avenue, were also built under his direction. Mr. Barrett was born In Odorney, County Kerry, Ireland. 54 years ago. At an early age he Immigrated to Amer ica with his parents and settled at Fall River. Mass. Accompanied by his brother Edward, who died two months ago in this city, he came West. The brothers e-entually came to Portland, where they continued their residence until their recent deaths. Mr. Barrett was affiliated with a number of fraternal orders, some of which are the Woodmen of the World. Maccabees, Women of Woodcraft, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Of this latter he has been a member for the past 27 years. Besides six unmarried children, Thomas, Laura. Edward. Robert Mary A. and Katherine. he Is Burvlved by three sisters. Mrs. Edward Lawler, Miss Mae Barrett,- 535 Couch street, and Miss Ella Barrett, of Mount Tabor, this city. The funeral, which will be held from St. Lawrence's Catholic Church, Third and Sherman streets, with Interment at Calvary Cemetery, has been deferred until advice Is received from Edward, a son, who Is now on his ranch in the eastern part of the state. 27 HADE ALLEGED LAND FRAUDS UNCOV ERED AT LA GRANDE. Charges of Conspiracy Are Made Against Prominent Eastern Ore gon Business Men. LA GRANDE. Or.. Aug. 13. tSpecial.) The charges of conspiracy to defraud the government out of valuable timber lands in Umatilla County, made several months ago against J. W. Scrlber and Asa Thomson, have Been eniargea io Include 27 men prominent in the North Ti..i, h a r- tr.'m hflfa been made nncniv hv finwmnTit Rttornevs and over 100 notices of charges have Just been sent out by registered letters irom ine local land office. These people, John Mills, Oscar F. Neil, Manira A. Meadows. W. E. Pruyns, Henry rtumpnreys, jonn uwjru, -v,-j t. iv.c Pmn.u f Fuller William a ..a., iiion w Rnllinc Edward Brown. Martha B. Scrlvner. O. S. Andrews, John Kirk, George Tillard. Naomie uarner, Landsay. William P. Scrivner, Cecil T. Humphreys, Thomas J. Humphreys. Ma bel America Leezer. George Whltier, Henry B. Warren, cnaries w. tuner. Anna F. Spenser. S. W. Spenser and Ti-(lli-n- r T jib oHntit (t VMni A BTo" made application for timber and stone proofs at the La Grande land office on land lying near Ukiah, and the local land office issued certificates, which In variably go to the department for ap proval. Patents were not issued, and this week sensational charges are made by the Government against tnese appli cants and others. Dolph. Mallory. Simon & Gearin, a Portland law Arm. has been retained as counsel for the defendants. RIDER PLUNGES TO DEATH Loose' Plank on Bridge Frightens Horse and Both Drop to River. TILLAMOOK, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.) A loose plank on the bridge across the Wilson River, near here, flew up today as Alfred Wyss. a young dairyman, was riding across, and frightened his horse. The animal reared and plunged back ward from the bridge, falling into the river below. Wyss was instantly killed. His brother was with him at the time of the accident, and witnessed the tragedy. Astoria Marine Notes. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.) The last one of the Hammond Rafting Company's piling rafts to leave for San Francisco tills season will be ready to go to sea on Sunday. It will be towed down the coast by the steamer George W. Fenwlrk, which is now loading lumber at the Hammond mill. The American ship William H. Mack has practically completed loading a cargo of lumber at the Hammond mill for Natal, oouth Africa. She was in spected today by Captain Crowe, sur veyor for the San Francisco Lumber men's Association. The British steamer M. S. Dollar ar rived this afternoon from Swansons Bay, B. C. where she discharged 1000 tons of sulphur and. after discharging 1200 tons of sulphur at Portland, will load lumber at Linnton for China. The Dollar was brought in by Captain Leighton. the independent bar pilot, who boarded her at the British Colum bia port. Land Company Incorporates. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.) Among the new articles of incorporation filed in the office of the Secretary of State, are papers for the Umatilla Irri gated Land Company. Incorporators J. S. Green. P. C. Holland, G. J. Kaufman. Capital stock 120.000. The Dufur Valley Fruit Growers Union has been incorpor ated also. Capital stock S1000. Incor porators M. M. Burtner. E. J. Collins. C. P. Balch. W. G. Faust. P. W. Knowles. Experiment Station Talked Of. CHKHALIS. Wash., Aug. 13. (Special.) H. W. Sparks, of the state farm demon stration work department, was in Che halis yesterday and the subject of estab lishing an experimental demonstration farm near here was up for discussion with Secretary Merrill of the Citizens- Club. It is proposed to see if an arrangement can not be made to do this work In connection with the State Training SchooL Calls Dry Fanning Congress. BILLINGS. Mont.. Aug. 13. Secretary John T. Burns has issued the official call for the fourth annual session of the Dry Farming Congress, to be held at Billings, Mont.. October 26. 27 and 28. 1309. In connection with the congress will be held the second international Dry Farm ing Exposition. October 25-29. Ties Placed on Right of Way. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. IS. (Spe cial.) Ties and rails for the Twin City electric line that Is to connect this city with Chehalis are being strung along the right of way. Some work is being commenced at Chehalis. COOLING ASA SURF BATH That is what tired shoppers say of Pearce's special fountain drinks. Purest ingredients skillfully blended. Royal Bakery. Wa&Magtaa and J? ark. HOT FAIR TO WEST Cannon's Irrigation Committee Oddly Composed. EASTERNERS MAJORITY 3Ien Who Must Pass Upon New Leg islation Are Mostly Unfamiliar With Reclamation Serv ice Work. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, 'Wash ington, Aug. 13. The new House com mittee on irrigation, as reorganized by Speaker Cannon, will be dominated by Eastern men. There are few members on the committee who have a compre hensive idea of what the Government is doing In the way of reclaiming arid lands; few men who would have gone on the committee by choice, or because of their special aptitude for its work. Only six of the 13 members are from states In which Government work has been undertaken, and only two of the Blx are from states In which any great amount of Government irrigation will ever be attempted. As now constituted the committee is as follows: Reeder, Kansas (chairman): Cole, Ohio; Kinkald, Nebraska: Engelbrlght, California: Greene, Massachusetts; An- drus. New Tork; Palmer, Pennsylvania;! Good, Iowa; Smith, Texas: Rainey, Illi nois: Hitchcock, Nebraska; Bartlett, Nevada; Thomas, Kentucky. There is one Government project in Kansas, one in Nebraska and one in Texas. Four of the Western members hail from these three states. Engel brlght of California and Bartlett of Ne vada are the two members in whose states much remains to be done by the Federal Reclamation Service. All the others are from states where irrigation has never been practiced, and probably never will be. Thus the majority of the committee are not equipped from ex perience to deal with Irrigation prob lems, and in passing upon legislation must do so from a theoretical rather than a practical standpoint. Which is probably Just what the Speaker in tended. Situation Is Unfortunate. From the standpoint of the West it is decidedly unfortunate that the Speaker should have framed up such an irriga tion committee at this particular time. The Senate irrigation committee, indi vidually and collectively, will gather Information during the recess with a view to making modifications in the re clamation law next session. Other members and Senators, not necessarily on the committee. Intend to Introduce bills making changes which will not be for the good of the service. All this legislation, good and bad, practical and impractical, will be re ferred to this House committee sooner or later, and it will be within the power of the uninformed Eastern members to report that which should not be report ed and to suppress that which ought to go through. With this situation confronting them. Western delegations in Congress will encounter unusual difficulties at the coming session of Congress. Their fights, instead of being shaped in com mittee, will have to be made on the floor of the House, and against tremen dous odds. Numerically the West is particularly weak in the Senate. If this Eastern Irrigation committee gets set on making undesirable changes In the reclamation law, and reports bills of that character. Eastern men not on the committee will be inclined to accept the Judgment of their Eastern col leagues on the committee, and then trouble will begin. West Must Keep Watoh. The appointment of this peculiar committee on irrigation will entail un usual vigilance on the part of Western Senators. If freak legislation is at tempted by the House, it will have to be Corrected In the Senate. On the other hand, needed legislation originat ing in the Senato may experience dinV culty in getting past Speaker Cannon's committee on Irrigation. All of which will tend to delay and to other embar rassments. Just what object the Speaker had In mind In framing up his Irrigation com mittee is not yet apparent. That he had some object in view is not to be doubted. Most Western men sought places on the irrigation committee, and he was not obliged to fill it up with Easterners. -Nor was it mere coinci dence that the majority of the commit tee should be Eastern men. It was all done with some studied purpose in view, and that purpose may not be laid bare until Congress gets down to work next December. Chairman Reeder knows a great deal about irrigation matters; so does Mr. Bartlett of Nevada and Mr. Smith of Texas. Representative Engelbrlght of California comes from a widely-irrigated district. But Engelbrlght is one of the avowed enemies of the Reclamation Service, and the author of a number of hills aimed at the disorganization of that service. Messrs. Kinkald and Hitchcock, of Nebraska, are reasonably well informed on the subject of irriga tion, but take comparatively little in terest in it. To ail the other members It Is a subject as foreign as is the ship subsidy question to an Iowa farmer. The notable thing about the make-up of the irrigation committee is that no Congressman from Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Colorado, Montana, Utah or the other big states where much irrigation work Is In progress, and will continue for years, was appointed to member ship. This leads to the conclusion that the Speaker held a "Joker" up his sleeve when he formed this committee. He certainly did not give the West a square deal. ROAD TO ENTER SPOKANE Milwaukee Prepares to Make Exten sion From Whitman County. OLTMPrA. Wash.. Aug. IS. (Special.) The Milwaukee road will build into Spokane. Today the Chicago, Milwau kee & Puget Sound sent by mail for filing with the Secretary of State a copy of a resolution adopted by the trustees at Chicago, July 31, 1909. This resolution is short and simply author izes the construction of a branch "be ginning at Melden, a station or point on the present line of railroad in the County of Whitman, thence in a gen erally northerly direction through the said County of Whitman to and Into the City of Spokane." The estimated length of the branch is 35 miles. No map or other data was filed. Cockerline Laid to Rest. WESTON. Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.) The funeral services of the late Matthew J. Cockerline were conducted Wednesday by Rev. Carson Shaw, rector of St. Paul's Church, Walla Walla. Weston Lodge. Nd. 68, L O. O. F., took charge of the services at the grave. Mr. Cockerline conducted the City drug store at Weston. He was born at Brad ford. Oolnia. lu 18 69, and caoaa to Ore- We make it our business to see that the right hat and the right man get together. $7 Panamas, now $3.45 $5 Panamas, now..:. $2.35 $3 Straws, now 151.50 $2 Straws, now $1.00 These prices should make it possible for every man to wear a new hat. LION CLOTHIERS 166-170 THIRD ST. gon in 1876, locating at Silverton. He Is survived by a widow, one daughter, two sons, his mother and two brothers, the latter being A. T. Cockerline, of Eu gene, Or., and H. N. Cockerline, of Al bany, Or. GIRL BEATEN TO PULP MOTORMAN MURDERS PRETTY LAUXDRYWORKER. Later Shoots Self J.O Escape Arrest. Man Was ex-Convict Out on Parole. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 13. Agnes Brascesso, a comely young laundry-worker, lies in the morgue in this city today, with her throat cut and her head beaten into a pulp, while George Curry, whose Jealous rage led him first to murder and then to self-destruction, is dead In Oak land with a revolver bullet in his heart. The girl's body was found In Curry's room today, and the police had hardly begun their search for the man before word of his suicide was received. He was an ex-convict, who was sentenced in 1906 to ten years in San Quentln for the murder of his wife. Since his parole last July, he worked as a motorman. The dead girl, it ie reported, was en gaged to marry Frank Kennedy, of this city, and it was the discovery of this fact which led Curry to take her life. The body of the murdered girl was found by L. D. Proesner, Curry's room mate. A note, apparently written by Cur ry, was discovered, which disclosed his probable Intention of taking his own life. The note said: "Poor Luclle, kid. We die together. This is a warning for all men In love. Notify J. B. Ronstadt, 134 Turk street. "C." SCHEME TO SAVE PENSION Woman Who Asks Divorce Wants Marriage Declared Invalid. SALEM, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.) Mrs. S. S. Martin, who sues her husband for divorce after having been married but 12 hours, will make an effort to have the marriage declared null and void on the alleged ground of fraud. The object of this is to save the wom an's pension of $12 a month, which stops as soon as the widow of a soldier re marries. If the marriage stands the di vorcee will be deprived of her pension. Little Girl Has Close Call. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) While playing about an empty buggy at Proebstel today, little Cristel Carrigan. 8 years old, slipped and fell. Her feet caught in the buggy top and the child hung head downward, unable to cry for assistance. Her mother saw her in time to rescue her. and so saved the child from slow strangulation. Fagan's Injuries Serious. MONTESANO, Wash., Aug. 13. 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