THE aiOBXCTO OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1910.
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BOURNE
picksmen
FOB LEGISLATURE
Aides Cautiously Exercising
Censorship of Anti-Assembly
Candidates.
SENATOR NOT YET CHOSEN
A. H. Devers. Man Most Desired,
Dora Sot Show Anxiety Impor
tance of Selecting Member
Who Holds Over Recognized.
Although working with the utmost
caution, the hand of Senator Jonathan
Bourne has ahown Itaelf plainly In the
bringing oat of a legislative ticket to
be pitted aa-air.st the regular Repub
lican candidates. At least two of those
now out as antl-aasembly candidates
for the Legislature have admitted that
they were visited by a Bourne lieuten
ant previous to their announcements,
and that ample encouragement was of
fered them to run.
Others on the Incomplete ticket are
not Inclined to discuss thst phase of
their candidacy, while still others deny
that Bourne or his lieutenants had
anything; to do with their lately mani
fested affection for Statement No. 1.
by which Bourne must sink or swim
In the nest Senatorial contest.
Bourne's trusted aides are watching
the situation acutely, not only In Mult
nomah County, but elsewhere. Thomas
McCusker. while denying that he Is to
take any active part In the campaign,
nevertheless has taken occasion to edit
the list of anti-assembly Republicans
so that, as the situation now stands,
all who have declared themselves are
advocates of Statement No. 1. Mr.
McCuaker. one of Bourne's main
agents. Is known to have sent
emissaries to two of the candidates
now out The two have admitted It.
asking at the same time that their
namea be withheld from publication
for the time being.
In the selection of a candidate for
State Senator the Bourne agents are
having no end of difficulty and the
question had not yet been aettled yes
terday afternoon. A. H. Devers Is the
man they want, but he baa not shown
any great willingness to enter the
race. Three men. George W. Joseph.
John F. Logan and C. M. Idleman. form
the second line of defense. Each has
been called upon, but no one of them
jumped at the bait. So the matter la
dragging along and valuable time Is
being wasted that might be used for
campaign purposes. However, In the
selection of a Senator greatest cau
tion must be exercised, for the Senator
selected this year will be a hold-over
In the Legislature that determines
Bourne's fate.
The anti-assembly ticket, as It now
stands. Is made up of Dan J. Malarkey.
for Joint Senator: James M. Ambrose.
James Cole. James J. Flynn. Dr. T. L.
Perkins. J. D. Abbott and W. H. Chat
ten for Representatives.
BIG MEETING TO BE HELD
Republicans to Open Campaign In
Portland September 6.
At a meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Republican Club lest night It
was decided to hold a big Republican
nreetlng September 1 to which all Re
publican candidatea as well as the gen
eral public are to be Invited.
Appointment of a committee waa au
thorized to work out the details of the
meeting. It will be held In the Armory
If arrangementa can be made for the
Armory drill hall. Otherwise the meet
ing may be held In the open air In one
of the park blocks. Every regular Re
publican candidate for office will have
an opportunity of addressing the gather
ing The event will mark the opening of the
pro-assemMy campaign by the club and
will be followed by other meetings of a
similar order to be arranged for at a
later date.
STREET NUMBERS OMITTED
Neglect of Business Houses Costs
Postofflce $300 a Month.
Computation at the Portland Postofflce
yesterday revealed the fact that KOO busi
ness houses of the city mall their corre
spondence In envelopes which do not
carry the street address of the senders.
Many of the firms are so well known In
the city that undelivered mail matter may
be returned to them without trouble, and
while the remainder are of equal Im
portance to the trade la their particular
lines, they are not so well known to
the ordinary public. As a consequence.
It Is costing the Postofflce department
some S3t a month. It Is said, for time
spent In thumbing city directories to as
certain on what mail route auch business
bouses are situated.
Postmaster Merrick will request that all
mall matter sent out carry the street
addresses of the firms on the envelopes
and letters or statements contained. In
that case It Is believed that responses
will produce like results.
A plumbing company yesterday regis
tered a complaint because several letters
addressed to It had been delayed In de
livery. None of them bore the street
number, but the fact that the firm had
been In business In Portland 19 years
and had moved several times should have
been known to the distributers, the plum
bers said.
Postal superintendents call attention to
the Impossibility of distributers memoris
ing all the addresses of the business
houses of Portland and the necessity that
all mail matter should carry that Infor
mation. NO. HE'S NOT FOR BOURNE
Vet Mr. Ajer Supports the Bourne
Game in Oregon Politics.
PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 4. To the Ed
itor. Referring to your leading editorial
In The Oregonian today, wherein yon de
clare 'The Issue of the forthcoming Re
publican primary campaign is not to be
the 'assembly.' It Is going to be Bourne
and Bournelsm." Thia noisy and Insin
cere howl about the assembly is manu
factured to d'sgulse the designs of
Bourre, etc.
KJndlv permit me to enter my objec
tion to the above on the ground that I
am an opponent of both the assembly
and of Senator Bourne, and. while I
cannot speak for others, I believe that
the majority of the people of this state
occupy a similar position.
It makes no difference what argumenta
or sophistry may be Indulged In. the fact
remains that the people of the state In
tended to do away with party conventions
when they enacted the primary law, and
the assembly just held differed In no re
spect or degree from the convention," In
that the majority of delegates were se
lected to do the will of the few who
selected them.
If It la the wish of the people of this
state to have party conventions precede
the primaries, why do not the advocates
of such a course present a measure at
the coming Fall election, re-enacting the
old law which was repealed when the
direct primary law was enacted? The old
law provided a legal and fair way for
the election of delegates to such conven
tions. Until this is done there will re
main in the minds of the people the con
viction that an attempt la being made to
nullify the primary law.
There Is an honest, settled conviction
on the part of many of our dtlsene that
tie direct primary law aa It stands on
the statute books la. all things consid
ered, the best means of securing true and
Independent party nominations, and until
the law haa been accepted In Its Integrity
it creates an Issue within the Republican
party that should not exist.
I opposed the candidacy of Mr. Bourne
four years ago on the general grounds
of him unfitness for the position of United
States Senator. His success waa due In
a large measure to the ardent support of
The Oregonian. His three years in of
fice have In no wlae changed my opinion
and I still regard him as an unsuitable
representative of this state, but I am
convinced that the opponents of the di
rect primary law are creating for him
the only teeue by which he can be re
elected. By making htm the champion
of the people's laws they are playing his
game.
In my Judgment, the coming primary
election is the time to put an end to
conventions, assemblies and all other at
tacks on the Integrity of the laws aa they
exist: and. If changes are considered ad
visable, let them be made fairly and
openly and submitted to the voters of the
state. At the coming primary election
every voter who values the privilege he
now enjoys of having a voice In the se
lection of party nominations should cast
his ballot for the anti-assembly candidate,
providing always that that candidate Is
equal In Integrity, ability and fitness to
his opponent. W. B. AYER.
Here and there can be found a citizen
who haa persuaded himself that the
way -to defeat Bourne Is to support the
Bourne game. Mr. Ayer Is one of them.
His way of defeating Bourne is to ally
himself In politics with the men who are
for him. and make war on all Repub
licans who are against him.
The Oregonian supported Bourne In
IX because he was the Republican nomi
nee for Senator. It had no other reason
and gave no other. If It will comfort
Mr. Ayer or any others. It will say that
It will not do It again for that or any
other reason. Finally, it may be re
marked that The Oregonian la not much
Impressed by the criticism of the old con
vention system made by one of the chief
supporters of and actors in machine poli
tics and boss methods In the old days.
But we have In Portland a lot of vehe
ment "friends of the people" who are
graduates of the old school and past
masters In the art of practical politics.
They are all very much alarmed for fear
that there will be a return to the old
ways.
IRRIGATION HAS INTEREST
Delegates to National Congress to
Be Appointed at Once.
Oregon will be well represented at
the annual session of the National Irri
gation Congress to be held at Pueblo.
Colo, September it to SO. Nearly
every city In the state will send a full
complement of delegates and a repre
sentation of patriotic Oregonlans, to
be appointed by Acting Governor
Bowerman will look after the Interests
of the state at large.
As evidence of the deep Interest
which the people of this state are tak
ing In matters to come before the con
gress, the Portland Chamber of Com
merce and kindred organizations
throughout the state are making every
effort to have men appointed on the
delegations who will be sure to serve.
It Is also understood that the Gov
ernor's office will soon be actively en
gaged not only In selecting the best
men available to act as delegates, but
In earnestly urging their attendance.
TheCommerclalClub haa taken up with
the authorities the question of secur
ing for Oregon, because of Its Impor
tance In the Irrigation service, proper
representation on the programme.
From assurances already received by
the Acting Governor from various
points In the state It Is evident that a
deep interest In the work of the Irriga
tion congress has been awakened in
Oregon, and that this interest Is con
stantly growing In Intensity by reason
of Its close relation to the subject of
conservation, which residents of this
state believe to be the greatest of any
single subject affecting the people of
the Pacific Northwest.
Acting President Knapp. of the
Chamber of Commerce, has been em
powered to appoint three delegates
to represent Portland at the meeting.
Others will be named by the Commer
cial Club, the Mayor and other organisations.
HOQUIAM TRADE WANTED
Portland Delegation to Attend De
velopment Meeting.
A full score of Portland business
men will journey to Hoqulam this
afternoon to attend the second annual
convention of the Southwest Washing
ton Development Association. The
local men will be joined at Hoquiam
by other Portland men who are already
In that vicinity. They will participate
In all of the proceedings of the organi
sation and will be entertained at a
banquet Saturday evening.
It Is understood that Tacoma and
Seattle will be represented . at the
meeting by more than 100 business
men who are making a determined
effort to secure trade In the territory
represented by the members of the
association.
The aim of the local men who make
the trip will be to bid for business.
They hope to overcome with argument
what they lack In numbers the persua
sions of the northern cities.
AUTO CANNOTJE STOPPED
Driver Contests Right of Arrest for
Disregarding Signals.
For the third time In recent days. J. H.
Williams, secretary of an automobile
company, disregarded the signsls of
Patrolman Leavens at Second and Burn
aide streets Wednesday and waa placed
under arrest for violating the traffic or
dinance. Leavens was struggling with
the usual congestion of transportation at
the busy corner and signalled Williams
to stop his automobile. The driver kept
on coming and shouted to the officer that
he could not ston the machine. As the
car passed. Leavens leaped to the seat
beside Williams and rode half a block
before the car was brought to a stop.
He then placed Williams under arrest.
The accused man appeared In -court
vesterday morning and asked for a con
tinuance. Intimating that be would con
test the officer's right to make tha ar
rest.
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Today's. "JLu&cl&y Bay
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Women's $50.00 Suits on Sale for $19.55 Reg, $10 Linen Coats on Sale for $4.55 Each
$25.00 Linen Suits Reduced to $8.95 Each Bathing Suits on Sale for One-Half Price
Women's $10.00 Waists for Only $4.39 Each $6.50 Linen Coats Reduced to $3 45 Each
$22.50 Willow Plumes for Only $19.95 Each $2.50 Long Kimonos on Sale for 98c Each
$19.00 Willow Plumes on Sale for $12 95 Ea. $10 Wash Suits Reduced to Only $4.45 Each
$13.50 Willow Plumes on Sale for $7.95 Each All 40c Pure Coffee on Sale at 31c a Pound
$10.00 Willow Plumes Reduced to $5.95 Each All 35c Pure Coffee on Sale at 27c Pound
$17.50 French Plumes Reduced to $12.95 Ea. All 30c Pure Coffee on Sale at 23c Pound
$16.50 French Plumes Reduced to $9.95 Each All 25c Pure Coffee on Sale at 19c Pound
Celebrated Knox Hats From $10 to $30 Each All 60c Pure Teas on Sale for 46c a Pound
$6.00 Street Dresses on Sale for $2 59 Each All 50c Pure Teas on Sale for 42c a Pound
$20.00 Long Pants Suits Reduced to $12.85 Each Regular 50c Lisle Hosiery on Sale for 39c a Pair
$25 00 Long Pants Suits Reduced to $15.35 Each Boys' 25c Hosiery-on Sale for Only 14c a Pair
$5.00 Knickerbocker Suits on Sale for $3 69 Each Men's Regular $3 00 Oxfords on Sale for $2.00
Boys' $3 00 Wash Suits Reduced to $1.49 Elch Men's Fine Oxfords on Sale for One-Third Off
Boys' 35c Blouses Reduced to Low Price of 23c .Women's Regular $5 00 Oxfords for $2.98 Pair
$125 Persian Silks on Sale for $100 Per Yard Regular $4.00 Oxfords on Sale for Only 89c Pr.
$125 Taffeta Silks on Sale for 93c Per Yard Regular 50c Sleeveless Vests Reduced to 27c
$150 Fancy Neckwear Reduced to 79c Each Regular 65c Union Suits Reduced to 39c Each
Regular 75c Fancy Neckwear Reduced to 39c Regular 35c Umbrella Pants for 21c Per .Pair
Regular $1.00 Veiling on Sale for 39c Per Yard Sale of Enameled Sauce Pans for Only 17c Ea.
Regular 35c Embroideries on Sale for 17c a Yard" Sale of Enameled Sink Drainers for 23c Each
Regular $1.50 Flouncings on Sale for Only 75c YdT Sale of Gray Enameled Collenders for 25c Each
35c and 50c Aprons on Sale for Low Price of 19c Sale of Enameled Muffin Pans for Only 24c Ea.
Regular $7.50 Handbags on Sale for $5.69 Each Gray Enameled Tea Pots on Sale for 32c Each
Regular $5.00 Handbags on Sale for $3 39 Each Gray Enameled Measures on Sale for 23c Each
Regular 40c Taffeta Ribbon on Sale for 25c Yd. See Our Birthday Cake in Tenth Street Window
Regular 20c Taffeta Ribbon on Sale for 15c Yard Westphalia Hams on Sale in the Grocery Dept
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NEW SUITS ABIE
Oregon National Guard Will
Wear Regulation Uniform.
DISTRIBUTION THIS WEEK
Both Reeiments in Olive Drab of
Regulars to Leave for American
a
Lake Monday Harmony Is
Apparent In Ranks.
New olive drab uniforms will be Is
sued to the entire Oregon National
Guard today. The troops will. thus be
enabled to attend tha maneuvers at
American Lake In the regulation serv
ice uniform. They are Identical with
those used by tha Regular Army and
are furnished to the Oregon troops by
the War Department.
Adjutant-General Flnser received no
tice yesterday afternoon of the ar
rival at the depot of SO cases of uni
forms and he at once arranged for their
distribution among the various or
ganizations. The whole shipment will
be in the hands of the various com
pany Quartermaster Sergeants by Sat
urday and will be Issued to the en
listed men at once.
Final arrangements are being com
pleted for the entraining of the Third
and Fourth regiments Monday morn
ing. It Is known that tha turnout Is
to be one of the largest on record and
never haa so much Interest been shown
by officers and men.
Recent differences over the appoint
ment of a Junior captain. F. W, Bettle
mier. to tha grade of Major, seem to
have disappeared. Captain Bettlemier
surprised the examining board by pass
ing one of the htgh"est examinations
possible, his average being 81 per cent.
That confirms his appointment and the
Incident is officially closed.
Every effort Is being put forth by
the officers to re-establish complete
harmony. These efforts are already
bearing fruit. When the officers saw
the demoralising effect that followed
the rumpus over Captain 6ettlemler"s
promotion, they decided to put aside
personal grievances for all time and
pull together In the Interest of the reg
iment. The old esprit de corps Is mani
festing Itself and there Is every pros
pect that the Third will add to its
reputation as a crack regiment during
the maneuvering with Regular Army
troops. -
It became known yesterday that
Colonel T. N. Dunbar will not be able
to attend the maneuvers on account of
personal duties. This fact Is generally
regretted In the command. Lleutenant
Colorfel John M. Poorman will be the
commanding officer with Major John
L. May second In command.
Bishop Out for Legislature.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Aug. 4- (Spe
cial.) B. St. George Bishop has an
nounced his candidacy for the State Leg
islature from Klamath and Crook coun
ties on the Democratic ticket. He was
first Mayor of Klamath Falls. He will
probably be opposed by Lair W. Thomp
son, of Lakevlew, who was recommended
by the State Republican Assembly at
Portland recently.
Y. M. C. A. PITCHES TENTS
Association Will Be Active at
American Lake Encampment.
Through the efforts of the Oregon-Idaho
division of the Toung Men's Christian
Association, of which I. B. Rhodes, of
Portland, Is secretary, entertainment and
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tressing ills peculiar to their sex Ehould
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conveniences are being provided for the
soldiers In camp at American Lake,
Washington. The T. M. C. A. already
has its headquarters establishe'd at
American Lake, where troops of the
Regular Army are now encamped. When
the Oregon National Guard goes there
for Its annual field drill. W. C. Moore,
assistant religious and social work di
rector of the local association, will ac
company them and have charge of the
Y. M. C. A. work.
The T. M. C. A. will occupy two tents
during the O. N. G. encampment. In one
of these will oe writing maiormi, is.
sineu, books and local papers from the
home towns of the various companies.
The other tent will be for assemblies and
religious meetings or some form of en
tertainment will be in progress there
every night.
Klamath Falls to Get Better Phones.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug. 4.
(Special.) The City Council last night
I granted a 25-year franchise to the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany, and the company, which took
over the plant from the Midway Com
pany. Monday, will soon have engin
eers working out the plans for the
proposed improvements.
Rear-Aflmlral Bacon, of the British navy,
believes that the race between th sun and
the armor of a battleship, which has ben
soinc on for over half a century, has been
decided, for the moment. In favor of the
gnu. ;
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