THE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, OCTOBER 11, 1909.
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JNDIDATES NOMINATED BY VARIOUS PAETIES FOE MAYOR OF
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Majority Must Be Good Win
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in Popular Government.
LESSONS IN REVOLUTIONS
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Greeting to Executive Cosmopolitan
and Japanese in Fresno Give Ei
prelon to Friendly Feelings
Between the Two Nations
FRE3XO. Cal.. O-t. 10 From the snow
ranpd Sierras of yesterday. President
Tart plunged today into tiie Sammcr heat
of the Sun Joaquin Valley and arrived
here shortly after 3 P. M. with the ther
mometer revering about the nineties.
He was greeted by practically the en
tire population of the city and the sur
rounding country and after a short auto
mobile trip through the business section,
addressed a gathering of. many thousands
In the courthouse square. The Presi
dent's speech was in reality another Sun
day sermon, the third he has preached
since his trip bejran.
Text Is on Self-Control.
H'e t-xt. quot -d from ' memory, was,
He Who Connuereth Himself is Greater
than He who Taketh a City." and from
it the President drew the lesson that pop
ular government must always be a failure
'unless it is based upon common sense
and the seif-rt straint that goes to make
tiie good hvser. lie drew an analogy be
tween t he American people in this respect
and those peoples who in their attempt at
self-government follow an election wifh a
revolution.
On his way to this city President Taft
stopped at Merced for three hours and
attended morning service at the Presby
terian Church. I!is greeting at Fresno
came from probably the most cosmopoli
tan community he has met in all his
travel. In the thronss that lined the
sidewalks was a commingling of Chinese,
Japanese. Armenians. Portuguese and
dozen other nationalities. In fact the
President was told that in one of the
public schools of the city 2S nationalities
are represented. One-half or. toe Arnn?n
lane of the entire country are said to be
gathered here.
Japanese Present Greetings.
A feature of the President's visit to
Fresno was the presentation of an ad.
dress of good will from the Japanese
residents of the city. This address read:
".Mr. President:
"We, the Japanese residents of Fresno
city and surrounding county, have the
great honor to offer to you our sincere
and most friendly greetings, and to ac
cord you a most Joyous welcome to our
community. We hall you, sir, as the hon
ored chief of a great nation, which we
are glad to know Is on the friendliest
terms with ours; and we also rejoice
that our beloved country, Japan, has the
honor and great privilege of reciprocating
such fraternal regard.
The meeting held in the courthouse
sq'-iare was arranged by the Ministerial
Association of, Fresno, and nearly all the
churches of the city were represented.
The President spoke for the fipst time
since last Wednesday noon. He was
troduced by Mayor Rowell and said in
part:
Veterans an Inspiration.
fc It has- not been my part, until I bepan
this tr;p. In rellgioua exercises to do othr
than form one of ih audience; but I have
"found U Impossible, timter the friendly ur
icewy of ministers of the (Josnel, who oc-
c.-islonalir desire a lay substitute, to keep
from taking their places and attempting
to prea.jh a jtrraon.
1 want to Bay. first, with respect to this
audience, that the presence of the veterans
of the Civil War U always a great inspira
tion to hlnher thoUKhts. to hiRher moral
standards and to everything that goes to
make our country worth living for.
There Is a text, I don't know that I
can quote It exactly, but to these gentlemen
before me, who have taken part In the
battles of the war. It will come, by reason
of Its comparison, with great significance:
"He who conquereth himself is greater than
he who taketh a city."
Now, the home application to the Individ
ual of that text I need hardly point out.
There are so many instances in little things.
I like to dweli upon the importance of
little things in life, for life Is not mpde up
of one gleat series of grandstand plays, it
ts made up of little things that go either
to rr.ake others happy or to make them un
happy. Advice Given to Husbands.
Tt Is the conduct of the husband as he
comes home after a tired day. In restrain
ing himself when he Is met by his eager,
curious wife, who wants to know how he has
been living during the day and what has
har pened. Perhaps something ha3 happened
that does not please him. and he does not
like to refer to It. and he cuts her off with
a short answer. Oh. I know tt. and so do
you. You have done it. so have I. Now,
It Is the overcoming of that disposition, the
keeping constantly in your mind and heart
her happiness and not your comfort and
your disposlt.cn. That Is what makes you
truster than taking a city.
Popular government we all approve of.
though sometimes 1 don't think we know
exactly why we approve It. 1 think we mis
take frequently ends for means. We talk
about liberty as something to be accora
pl'ahed as an end. We think of popular
government ns something to be accomplished
as well. Neither Is true. Liberty is a
means In the pursuit of happiness. Popu
lar government we have be cause we believe
Jn the tnng run that It Is the best govern
ment, that It in the government that makes
most people happy.
Majority Must Control.
But you cannot run a popular govern
ment merely by calling it to. You havs got
to ha e some mans of determining what
shall direct the com se of government; w hut
shaii deride. That is the majority. I
don't knnw any other method In a popular
government. Wo do hav. checks. We do
huve indirect means of giving expression to
tha t vote of the majority, but when you
gt down to tae basts, U Is the control of
'the majority.
Now. you cannot have a decent popular
jrovernmnt unless that majority cp.d con
quer list; If ; that is. unless thttt majority
exercises the self-restraint that men with
g -eat power ought to exercise. And why?
I am not going into the arlou parts of the
world, but I csn call your attention If it
wasn't that I am In a responsible position
now with respe-t to foreign countries, end
I have got to speak with care X couid caU
your attention to a good many instances
where those who are in favor of popular
government and who. If I may use the ex
pression, pull the tail feathers out of the
eagle in di-fyiryr Ubertv and apostrophizing
everything that we think dear, v.-here. just
a soon as they become a minority, they
think tbat gives them the right to lontrol
the minority absolutely, and ll the minority
shews any disposition to question it. they
send them to jail.
M'hat is the effect of that? They say
this is a T""Pu'ar rule; that it is the rule
of -the majority. So what does the minor
ity do? Why. the minority says: W will
tke to the woods. and they do take to
the woods. And so we have that system
tnat alternates between an election and a
revolution and a revolution and an ejection,
and you call that popular government.
Now. why is It that that woiks thst way?
It Is because the majority and the minority
do not govern themselves and do not exer
cise that sif-reKtraInt without which dodii-
lar government is absolutely impossible. And
tnat is the application of the text that comes
home to me in thinking and dealing with
these countries that are syu.tf'lir.g for
popular government. A minority that is
beaten in the election cannot stand the defeat-
,It has to go to the woods. They are
not good losers and the majority are not
good winners.
i am peopiv ruie inre is no qoudi aooui
that bnt they rule according to law and
under the Constitution, and thfty voluntarily
and willingly placed that Constitution and
that form and method of expression upon
themselves Jn order ihat they might act
with deliberation and with the checks that
wer sure to secure moderate, clear-headed.
wcll-;hought-out policies, and. therefore,
when the American people voted that Con
stitution and now that they are maintaining
It end supporting It, as I hope they always
wili, they are povernins themselves and are
more to be credited than he that taketh a
city.
RAILROADS HIS IH
COMMISSIOXEU AITCIIISOX
SPEAREK IX CHt'RCH.
Official Addresses Civic Federation
StK'iety Antagonizing of Car
riers 'ot Body's Policy.
That it never has been and never will be
the policy of the Railroad Commission to
antagonize carriers was the statement of
State Railroad CommfFsionor Aitchison
last nljrht in an address before the Civic
Federation Society at the Norwegian-Danish
Methodist Church. He said in part:
We do not antagonize the carriers, but
at the same time we see to It that rates
are kept reasonable and fair to patrons. We
work with the Legislature and it is always
the policy of the Commission to carry out
the laws vested in it by the Legislature.
Two engineers are employed In ascertain
ing the value of railroad property on all the
roads In Oregon. We demand inventories
of equipment and work done from all the
roads. With these Inventories In hund. our
engineers go over the roads, making care
ful measurements and checking tho state
ments of the inventories.
We have considered about ."00 complaints
this year. We always develop all the
facts before rendering decisions. In cases
carried to the courts, yie derisions of the
Commission are nearly always sustained.
I doubt if there are any of the great
political or economic questions which a;Tect
all members of the body politic so generally
and immediately as questions which arise
out of transnortrtfon in Us various, forms.
Even taxation which apparently presses im
mediately on the pocket book, is not more
far-reaching In Its application than the
transportation charge. All of us do consume
goods and the charge we pr.y ran be directly
traced back to the transportation com
panies. The aggregate paid in transporta
tion charges pales into insignificance ail the
sums raised by taxation. National and state.
About one-seventh of our population
connected with the business ot carrying
other people's persons and goods by rail
and Hater.
Another meeting of the Federation So
ciety wiH be held some time next week,
when "Public-Service Corporations' will
be discussed.
GAYNOR DIGS INTO HEARST
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"the primaries of the Independence
League had been held, and It was found
decisive majority of the delegates
chosen were in my favor. Thereupon, Mr.
Hearst did not permit the convention to
be called to order. No other party boae
ever went as far as that. It Is said that
this may be an indictable offense, and it
is being looked into.
After the primaries, Mr. Hearst befan
to cry fraud as usual and that his ballot
boxes had been stuffed. No one could
vote at the League primaries except its
enrolled members, as everyone knows. In
fact, the enrollment was a mere skeleton.
most of the districts having only a few on
the roll and only a handful voted at the
great majority of the polls. And yet the
bold statement of Mr. Hearst that Charlea
F. Murphy, or Tammany, or someone
stole his primaries or stuffed his ballot
boxes seems to have been gulped down
by every partisan newspaper in the city.
Mr. Hearst now repudiates his League
party: will not permit the convention to
be called and Is having himself nomin
ated by petition against me. I am fully
conscious that his great estate of some
JF.0.000.OX) to Jta.000.000 gives him a huge
advantage over me In one respect, but I
am ready to meet him before the people
of New York. I suppose we will witness
again such a lavish use of money by a
candidate for office as was never before
witnessed in American polities, and
which. If continued, must in the end de
base and corrupt our politics and our
system of government. But it mav be
that with all his money and newspapers
and power, the people of New York may
not let him run over me so easily as he
thinks."
"Not So," Hearst Says.
Mr. Hearst gave out a statement an
swering Gay nor. in which he said:
"If Judge Gaynor has stated that I
promised to support him under any and
all circumstances and upon any and all
tickets, he states what is positively un
true. I will try to assume that he is hon
estly mistaken, but it is difficult for me
iu uo so, as me proposition is so unrea
sonable and impossible that it bears its'
refutation on its face.
"Judge Gaynor is not a lifelong friend
or a deeply loved brother, to whom help
might be due. He Is to me merely a rep
resentative of .certain Ideas, an exponent
of certain principles. 'While he was sup
porting those principles I supported him.
When he deserted those principles I part
ed from him."
Hearst declared that he invited Gaynor
to come to his house. Gaynor, ho said,
came to him. "humbly, as I have no doubt
he previously visited Murphy." He denies
with a sarcastic reference to' Block that
he ever told Block that he would support
Gaynor und"r any and all circumstances.
Balllngcr's Aid Assured.
SAN" FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. Secretary
of the Interior Balllnger. who arrived to
day, left for Yoticmite Valley tonight to
Inspect the Hetch-Hetchy site of San
Francisco's municipal water supply
scheme.
The Secretary said before his depart
ure that the policy of the Department
would be to protect the Hetch-Hetchy
reser-e until the Lake Elinor site owned
by the city had proved insufficient for
its want'
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TIGER IS KIDNAPER
Steals' Hearst Emblems, but
That Doesn't Phase Editor.
M'CARREN PULLS OFF COUP
While Hearst AVorHcrs Get Signa
tures for "Civic Alliance," Brook
lynite Is After Same Thing
and Wins liace to Board.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Already enliven
ed by two Tammany tickets and the re
entrance of William Randolph Hearst
as a candidate for Mayor, the local poli
tical campaign will be marked with a
crescendo this week, which will be. main
tained until the grand finale on election
day. November 22.
Speech making will become general to
morrow night, when Hearst will appear
before a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall
to accept formally the nomination of his
new party and to outline the platform
upon which he will make the race.
The latest "issue" of the campaign is
Tammany's kidnaping or attempted ab
duction, at least, of the title "Civic Alli
ance," ' and emblems thareof constituting
the new party designation under which
the Independents rallied to the support
of Hearst.
Democrats Have Many Emblems.
As a result of this move, the Demo
cratic ticket may appear under the em
blems of three different parties on the
official ballot Straight Democratic, Old
Independence League, recently captured
at the. primaries, and lastly the new
Civic Alliance. While Hearst may yet
qualify under an altogether new party
name, the coup, if successful, ultimately
will give Tammany a three-to-one advan
tage in the matter of publicity on the
ballot.
Tho final retention of the Civic Alli
ance as a Tammany title, nowever, is
a legal question that must be settled this
week.
For his latest plan to disconcert the
Hearst followers Charles F. Murphy,
Tammany leader, has no other than
State Senator Patrick H. McCarren, the
Democratic leader of Brooklyn. It was
while the promoters of Hearst's candi
dacy were getting signatures- to put their
ticket . in the field under the name of
'Civic Alliance" that the Brooklyn Sena
tor, according to reports, had his lieuten
ants at work on a similar document, ex
cept that candidates were substituted for
e. Hearst ticket.
Hearst Beaten 19 Minutes.
Senator McCarren't" men presented a
petition by "Independent voters." who
had adopted the name of "Civic Alli
ance." but who named the Democratic
candidates to the board of elections in
' New York Just 19 minutes before a
Heartt lieutenant also appeared with a
petition, name and emblem of the Civic
Alliance.
Since nel'her petition had more than
60 signatures, they were not complete,
for- the law requires 2U00 names. Should
both the McCarrenites and the Hearst
followers complete the list of names, it
will be a case for the Board of Elec
tions to decide.
Charles B. Gehring. who is Hearst's
political manager, said he was not at all
put out by the scheme.
Hearst's representatives will appear to
morrow before the Board of Klectlons to
protest formally, and it is said they
will carry the case to the courts if neces
sary. "Anyway," said Gohring, "it won't
make much difference. Mr. Hearst can
run under a straw hat if necessary."
Otto T. Bannard, Republican candidate
for Mayor, and John P. Mitchell, candi
date for. Controller, spoke tonight at tha
Manhattan Congregational Church. This
was the , ,only over-Sunday . political
speaking.
Justice AV. J. Gaynor, Democratic
nominee for Mayor, will make his first
speech in the campaign tomorrow night
In his home borough, Brooklyn.
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10TE TO BE LIGHT
People in Second District Are
Tired of Politics.
SMALL INTEREST SHOWN
Both Republican and Democratic
Candidates Open Headquarters in
Tacoma, Where Vote Might
Decide Result If Close.
OLYMPlA. Wash.. Oct. 10. (Special.)
Tuesday, November 2. voters of the Sec
ond Congressional District of Washing
ton will elect Judge W. W McCredie. of
Vancouver, to Congress to fill out the re
mainder of the term of the late irancis
W Cushman, of Tacoma. His election
will be by the least vote ever cast for a
....n,,.!, from this state. Such are
tha oredictions made today and it is not
exnected developments of the coming two
weeks will alter the results. However,
nothing is certain in politics, especially
in Washington pumn.o. .
The rival candidates have been nomi
nated from a week to ten days, yet little
work has been done in campaigning and
aside from a temporary enthusiasm
stirred in the press about convention
time few others than the candidate, and
their immediate friends have given the
contest attention.
Voters Tired of Politics.
It is not only an off year in politics but
also the people oi nasnmis"'"
worn out with politics and politicians
thii vear. with ns sib w w ....
.nri srjecial legislative sessions.
The treat mass of
voters refuse to be-
come enthusiastic.
As an indication of
th .mithv is the matter vi
t Tn,.r,mn with a new
charter election
the latter part of this month, followed by
the Congressional election and a munici
pal eloctlon. the registration is less than
half what It has been heretofore.
Olympia, with a city election at. hand,
has registered barely 45 per cent of those
who voted in the previous city election.
At Aberdeen. Centralia and Chehalls, reg
istration has fallen off heavily from
former years. Clark County, where the
local option fight has stirred up the
voters, is the only place in the district
where registration shows an increase.
In country precincts where no regis
tration is required, if the weather is at
all baft and roads are In poor condition,
it is expected, on election day, few
farmers will go to the trouble to vote,
especially in view of the generally ac
cepted fact that both McCredie and Lister
are clean and capable men and either
would ably represent the district in Con
gress. Normally Republicans have a majority
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of about 17.000 in the district. It is but
fair to assume that proportionately there
will be as many Democrats as Repub
licans among the stay-at-home voters.
Ernest Lister, the Democratic candi
date, is probably personally known to
more of the voters in the district than
is McCredie. He has many friends among
Republicans who recognize his ability and
the excellent services he rendered the
state the many years lie was the real
head of the State Board of Control, a
certain element also, especially in Pierce
County Republican ranks, seeks his elec
tion because he is a resident of Tacoma.
Against this, however, is the great Re
publican majority, the fact that a Demo
cratic Congressman will be a cipher in
a Republican Congress, and the further
fact that the Columbia River counties
and Grays Harbor district have served
notice upon Pierce County that any knlf-'
ing o the Republican candidate at this
special election will be met by reprisals
from the southern counties in future.
These seem to assure McCredie's election.
Tacoma Could Defeat McCredie.
The vote of Tacoma and Pierce County
will probably determine the election. A
landslide there and big Vote might elect
Lister if he draws many outside Repub
lican votes. The Republicans are taking
no chances on such a contingency and are
making their chief fight in that county.
Both McCredie and Lister have estab
lished headquarters at Tacoma and active
campaign work will be started this week.
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date for CoDiereas Prom the
Second Washington District.
Owing to the limited time before election
there will not be opportunity for the
rival candidates to make much of a tour
of the district, but it is expected ad
dresses will bs made in most of the larger
towns.
An interesting feature of the situation
is that nearly all the defeated candidates
for the nominations of each of the lead
ing parties are actively engaged in work
ing for the success of their party nominee.
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SCOURGE 111 SEOUL
Cholera Stalks in Corean.City
Among All Classes.
BETTER RESISTANCE MADE
Progress of Sanitation During Last
Two Years Has Rendered Un
cleanly Town Less Liable
to
Ravages Fight Is Strong
SEOUL, Oct. 10. Cholera threatens to
become a serious epidemic here. The
authorities are taking every precaution
but Seoul Is not a sanitary city and the
disease has spread rapidly. The palace
of the ex-Emperor has been invaded and
the home of the Resident-General has
not been Immune. Tiie schools are closed
regularly for fumigation. I
For a year the sanitary authorities ap
pointed by the Japanese Resident-General
have been cleaning up the city, but
only those who have gone into the alleys
and byways of Seoul can know of the
uncleanliness here. Two years ago
cholera would have swept Seoul, as the
city was then without drainage or sani
tation of any kind. The rain was the
only scavenger. Now there Is a reason
ably good water supply, and some kind
of open drains have boon made.
With the ufe of disinfectants there Is
reason to hope that the plague may be
checked. Physicians of tiie Dai-Han
Ho.-pital, which Prince Ito recently
opened, are doing tremendous work in
disinfection and are ably seconded by
medical missionaries.
CZECH HOSTILITY1 SHOWN
Gallery Starts Minor Demonstration
When "Daliber" Is Sung.
BERLIN, Oct. 10. Sir.etana's opera,
"Daliber." was sung for tiie first time
in Germany tonight at the Royal Opera
House. It approved a brilliant success,
but led to a minor anti-Czech demon
stration from the cheaper seats, which
are in the minority. The production was
due to the desire of Emmy Destinn. who
Is of Czech origin, to sing her country
men's music on the Berlin stage.
Protests appeared in the press against
the production on account of the Czech
hostility to Germans in Bohemia and
against extending, hospitality of royal
tljeaters to Czechist art.
Right to Lahm, Cup Denied.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10. August Post,
secretary of the Aero Club of America,
decided tonight that neither S. L. von
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HIS FUNERAL IMPRESSIVE
Ten Thousand People Follow Im
ber's Body to Grave,
NEW YORK. Oct. 10. Naphtali Herz
Imber, poet, author of the Zionist's Na
tional Hymn and translator of Omar
Khyaam into Hebrew, who died early
Friday, was buried today in Mount Sinai
Cemetery, with i:upresslve ceremony.
Although Imber died penniless, his
friends, anxious to do him honor, con
ducted the services today and lo.oOi) men,
women and children marched behind the
hearse to the cemetery.
50,000 DISCIPLES ATTEND
Huge Denominational Convention
Ready to Open.
PITTSBURG. Oct. 10. What is asserted
to be the largest religious celebration
and convention ever held in this country
will begin here tomorrow, when the in
ternational centennial celebration ani
convention of the Disciples of Christ
(.Christian denomination) convenes.
It is estimated that fully 30. dele
gates and visitors from all parts of tho
world will be In attendance.
THUG GRABS COIN BAGS
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the cords which hound his hands and feet
and removed the gg from his mouth.
The two men then g.-iv the alarm.
Upon entering tl-.f ofhV they found a
sack containing about W in silver,
which tliey think the robber could not
cany.
Big Sum Kept In Safe.
It h,s been the. custom to keep nil the
money receive'! from tiie transcontinental
trains in the safe from Saturday until
Monday and it Is believed that the rob
ber secured quite a lar.se sum.
To the police last night the two men
described tho robber as short and heavy
s?t, about 35 years of a;e.
Chief Clerk amonsnn had been In thl
employ of the Groat Northern Express
Company's King-street, station for some
time, but this wan White's third night.
Sergeant C'urr was the first officer to
arrive on the scene of the robbery and
at once made a complete investigation.
He found the K"K :ind cords which
bound the two men, and the telephone,
wires cut. The police are investigating.
"Al" Smith, Sporting Man, Dies.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. "Al" Smith, 'one
of the h!st-knovn sporting men in the
United States, died here today in his
rooms at the Gilsey House. Smith was
the backer of John Ij. Sullivan, Dan
O'Leary, T. Walker, and many other
pugilists and athletes