XlIK unnGOXIAX. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1910.
PORKBARRELWIUST
.60.TAFT DEGLARES
President Will Sign No More
Bills Designed for Mere
ly Local Benefit.
WATERWAYS HIS SUBJECT
Railways Have Advance of Boin
Able- to Transfer Freight More
Eallj Terminal Facilities
. Are Eswntlal Factors.
CINCINNATI. Sent. II. President
Taft had a thoroughly enjoyable Mm
(mliv anionic his "home folk" of Cln
rlnnatt. He visited the Ohio Valley
Vtno.itlon. made an address In Music
Hall on waterway Improvement,
iiMk an automobile ride In the after
noon, dined at the Business Men's Clu
tonlffht and later attended a perform
ance of the opera. 'Taoletk." composed
by a local musician, and given largely
by- local talent.
Everywhere he went Mr. Taft was
creeted with cheers. The Immense aud
ience In Music Hall aave the Preslden
a remarkable demonstration when he
appeared on the platform. The cheer
Inar was renewed with Increased vlifo
when Mr. Taft announced that after
his tenure had enplred In Washington
he proposed to return to Cincinnati
and spend the rest of his life In this
:!ty.
Political Topics Avoided.
The President's day was free from pol
itics. He did not comment In any way
on the New York primaries, nor would
he av anything regarding Colonel
- Roosevelt's statement to the effect th
he had not sought the conference at New
Haven. Mr. Taft did not Initiate the con
ference and he apparently Is Indifferent
whether It was arranged by Colonel
Roosevelt or Lloyd C. Grlscom, who has
been acting; for Colonel Roosevelt in the
New York fiBht.
Tomorrow, however. President Taft Is
to receive several Ohio folate leaders.
Thev are anxious to consult with him
reaardlna- the" situation in thte Kate.
In his speech today celebrating the
completion of the Ohio River !m in
this city. President Taft announced that
so far as his Administration l concerned
. the "pork barrel"- method of making ap
propriations for river and harhor worn
19 at an end. He declared that he would
veto any bill In the future that appro
priated money merely for the benefit of
Its local expenditure.
"Pork Barrel" Denounced.
A to the "pork barrel" the President
aid:
"The days of the pork barrel should
be numbered. The country Is roused
against corporate or corYupt control of
legislative agencies, but It Is doubtful
whether the constituencies are yet able
to preserve the higher obligations on
the part of themselves under their rep
resentatives not to use their votes In
common to appropriate to the part that
which belongs to the whole.
"In aignlng the last river and harbor
bill, which had many of the character
istics of previous bills. I Indicated to
Congress that the prospect of anothe-
bill of that character would merit a
reto."
Waterway Have Drawbacks.
The President began 'his address by
reviewing the work already done on the
Ohio River. Then, speaking on the gen
era! topic of water transportation as
compared with that by rail, ha went on
"In a most Instructive report the I'nlted
3tates Waterways Corrrrnlaslon. headed by
tur Senator Burton has pointed out the
difficulties' that are Innerent In river
transportation In this country and have
hown with great cleamesa the advan
tage that railroad transportation has
over river transportation for constant
business use. The chief difficulty la the
cost of terminal or transfer charges
wherever the destination of the freight
requires the use of bftth river' and rail
road. "in their Investigations abroad, the
commission found that a great deal of
money and time had been spent In per
fecting the terminals for river transpor
tation, and they deplore the entire ab
sence of such terminals on many of the
navigable rivers of this country.
"What I think it have reason to ex
pect Is that, with the Improvement of
the Ohio River, according to the plan
proposed and the possibility of Its con
tinuous use from one year's end to the
other, with the development of an up
stream trade by reason of the slack
water, there will be a study of econom
ical terminal facilities and a profitable
Investment therein.
Handling of Freight Important.
"The Waterwajs Commission points out
that in localities where wateiborne
traffic has Increased, as on the Great
Lakes, careful and elaborate provisions
have been made for the handling of
freight In the most economical manner.
The equipment for the loading and un-
adfna- of freight at lake terminals Is
mora advanced than anywhere else In
the world. One of the advantages that
the railroads have over the river arises
from the readier transfer of traffic from
one railway to another as compared with
the transfer from water to land or land
to water, and this affects not only the
physical transfer of traffic but the
through haul of cars without break of
bulk.
"One of the great reasons for the
decrease of river transportation has
been the competition of railways whoso
physical advantages have already been
referred to. More than these, traffic
managers of railway have lowered
their own traffic rates where there i
water competition, until the river busi
ness has been entirely discouraged, and
then raised the rates when the river
business has been thus suppressed.
"Provision has been made in the
railway act passed' In the last session
of Congress which will prevent rall
waya from destroying this river com
petition. The truth is that with the
new development of river business, it
will be possible to give power to our
Interstate Commerce Commission :o
make regulations for the Joint . traffic
between rivers and railways that will
greatly encourage growth of the river
business, for. if we would use our
waterways in the most economical
manner, there must be a friendly co
operation, as the Waterways Commis
sion points out between those engageJ
In transportation on the water and
those by rail."
Army Engineers are authorised to
make such survey. When the survey
Is completed, a Board of Engineer Of
ficers reports on the cost, feasibility
and usefulness of the improvement, and
after this report has been made, a board
of review of other Army Engineers
passes upon a report and approves or
disapproves Its recommendation. The
report Is then transmitted to Congrest.
Neither the Hoard of Army Engineer,
nor the Chief Engineer, nor the Sec
retary of War. is authorised to pass
upon the comparative merits of all the
projects under survey and report until
each project comes before Congress,
and -is either rejected or approved and
It la left to the committer to rletermln
which of those approved shall be taken I
and which shall be passed by or de-
laved. It Is a rule fairly well observe !
by the Committee on Rivers and liar- 1
bors that no project which has not re- I
reived the approval of both of tin '
boards shall be appropriated for and
adopted. ,
Piecemeal Policy" Condemned.
"As these waterway Improvements
are to be carried on in upwards of two
thirds ot the Congressional districts. It
can be readily understood that the
pressure Is from their representatives
In Congress to have every project that
Is approved appropriated for. Tho
total cost of the projects sur
veyed and estimated for is far in ex
cess of anything that Congress coull
appropriate for the general purpose
lrom the revenues of the Government
lui i'iid j cai m w 11 . r n 1 1. 1 lie
consequence is that in the desire to sat
isfy the claims of all. the amount 'which
Is available from the current revenue Is
divided up and apportioned between all
the various enterprises that have thus
far received the approval of the engi
neers. This Is done with very little
progresses
CON FIG
T
Colorado Insurgents Prevent
Condemnation of Initia
tive and Referendum.
STEPHEN IS NOMINATED
Editor Chosen Nominee for Gover
nor National Administration '
and Payne-Aldrlch Tariff
Bill Are Indorsed.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Sept. 21.
"Progressive" Republicans won a sub
stantial victory In the Republican state
convention, which concluded Its sessions
here tonight by the selection of a full
state ticket In one of the sharpest fights
In the history of the party In this state,
they prevented the adoption of a resolu
tion condemning the initiative and refer-
resard to the comparative merits or the endum. secured Instead a plank favor-
ainereni improvements, ana tt nas a i ing Its submission to the people and com
tendency to delay every improvement
number of years beyond the time when
It might be made profitable by early
completions. This Is what has been
called the 'Piecemeal' policy and la
very unsatisfactory."
M'ARTHVR FLAYS BOCRXE PLAX.
Vigorous Speeclies Made by Assembly
Candidates at Meeting.
C. N. McArthur. candidate for Stale
Senator. last night addressed a meeting
at Twenty-seventh and Clinton streets.
Mr. McArthur presented a fair argu
ment In favor of the assembly method
of recommending candidates to the Re
publics party and drew a sharp com
parison between that procedure and the
method adopted by Bourne and Thomas
McCueker. whom he charged with hold
ing caucuses in the Chamber of Com
merce building and the Portland Hotel
for the relectlon of candidates. He ex
plained the method by which-.candidates
were secured on the anti-assembly tick
et; how they were sent for and induced
to circulate petitions under promises of
support from the mslier-ups of thaf
movement, and were then sent out as the
simon-pure representatives of popular
governmnt.
Mr. McArthur clored his speech with a
pledice to support every candidate who
shall be "nominated on the Republican
ticket, regardlesa of whether he shall
be aeaembly or anti-assembly, and called
particular attention to the attitude of
Senator Bourne and h followers, who
have announced that they will vote the
Democratic ticket In case assemblymen
are successful. He also vigorously at
tacked the records' of Dan J. Malarkey
and George W. Joseph.
Dr. Emmett Drake addressed the au
dience at enme length, and was followed
by John C. McCue.
Attention wan called to the alate pub
lished in an evening paper In which a
list of candidates for the Legislature was
named holding th proper persons to
be nominated on Saturday, and distinct
attention was Invited to the entire pro
cedure of the "antl" crowd In shaping
their campaign. It was urged that the
assembly candidates were men of affairs
and could be safely trusted with the af
fairs of the staje. Contrast of the rec
ord! ' Dr. Drake, and his opponent, Dan
J. Malarkey. were drawn, showing that
Dr. Drake had devoted much of his time
to the advancement of Portland as pres
ident of the Rose Festival Society, and
home secretary of the Portland Fair and
Livestock Association.
Mr. Malarkey was Invited to show
what he had done for the city In comparison.
Aftr the meeting the speakers were
warmly congratulated.
OLD CHARGES RENEWED
trontlnued Fmm First Pare)
Present System Cumbersome.
Mr. Taft said that the Importance of
the Ohio River Improvement was suffi
cient to Justify the contemplated ex
penditure of Jk3.000.000 and he hoped
that provision might be made for the
completion of the work in six years In
stead of 12.' aa now provided. He con
tinued: "Under tha present law it ia neces
sary for Congress ta order the survey of
a projected Improvement before tha
er 23. 1909, was written to Mrs. Storer
part as follows:
I was in Washington last week
nd, of course, saw the President. I
poke with him of Paris and removed
from his mind all suspicion that a
catholic would be there a persona non
grata as Ambassador. He promised me
hat- the next Ambassador to Paris
would be Mr. Storer and furthermore
xpressed the belief that General Porter
ould soon retire. The President also
told ine that he had commissioned Mr.
Storer to speak for him viva voce at
the Vatican.. He seemed rather proud
of having done so."
On February 2. 1904. tha archbishop
wrote to Mr. Storer:
"Your two letters were read and
burned; however, you need have no
anxiety whatever about the whole af
fair, which was the chief subject-matter
or those letters. The President hail
no occasion to feel ruffled In the least,
but you know his Impulsiveness.
When I saw him he, of his own ac
cord, told me of his writing to you and
asked me how publicity was given to
the matter. I said the Scripps-McRae
agency had merely made a guess (as
to Mr. Storer's coming to Rome),, and
that the few unfavorable comments
that followed amounted to really
nothing. He calmed down completely,
remarked tnat he had every confidence
In you and hoped that the outcome of
your mission would be what all de
sired." A month later Archbishop Ireland
wrote another latter In which he
quoted the exact words of the Presi
dent as to Mr. Storer going to Rome
as follows:
"The President said to me: "Mr.
Storer has told you what' I said . to
him about you. archbishop."
"'Well' I replied. 'I do not remem
ber about his going to Rome.'
mending the action of Republican leglsla
tors who voted for such submission, and
thus paved the way for the nomination
for Governor of State Senator Stephen,
a stanch adherent and supporter of the
measure.
Administration Is Indorsed.
The National Administration was lh
dorsed: Senator Guggenheim was com
mended for his work in Congress react
ing ta the upbuilding of the state, and
the Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill was ac
cepted as a- fulfillment of the pledge of
the National Republican platform for re
vision downward.
The extreme "prograsslve" wing of the
party, under the leadership of Merle D.
Vincent, who is credited - with the In
dorsement of Theodore Roosevelt, offered
a minority report striking out the in
dorsement of Guegenehim. commending
Senators La Follette. Dolliver, Bristow
and Beverldge for their attitude in Na
tional affairs welcoming ex-President
Roosevelt's return to the Held of political
discussion and strongly Indorsing the
Initiative and referendum, but this mi
nority report was tabled, and the milder
one dealing only with the initative and
referendum was adopted.
Vincent's Campaign Fails.
Vincent's independent campaign for the
gubernatorial nomination also failed, the
vote being for Stephen. 931; for Vincent,
36; for John W. Springer (not nominated)
5. Isaac N. Stevens, editor of the Pueblo
Chieftain, was among those who, from
the first, opposed condemnation of the
initiative and referendum. He was nomi
nated unanimously to be Representatlve-at-Large.
t
The complete ticket is as follows:
" Governor, John B. Stephen; Lieutenant-Governor,
James H. Paynter; Sec
retary of State, John A. Ramer; Attorney-General.
Benjamin Griffith; Aud
itor, Thomas L. Jameson; Treasurer,
James E. Collier: Justice of the Su
preme Court. James D. Garrlgues;
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Mrs. Helen M. Wlxon; Railroad Com
missioner. Sherman E. Kendall;
Regents of the State University, Miss
Anna A.- Wolcott, W. J. King; Rep-resentatlve-at-Large.
I. N. Stevens.
MIfs Wolcott Is the sister of a for
mer Senator.
McDonald Is Chairman.
Ex-Governor McDonald was chosen
atate chairman.
The tariff was referred to in the
resolution adopted as follows:
. "We reaffirm our adherence to the
principle of a protective tariff as de
clared in the Republican National plat
form of 1908. We point to our present
tariff law as a substantial step In the
direction of downward revision to
which the Republican party Is un
qualifiedly committed.- As a revenue
measure It has proved an entire suc
cess. Inequalities will be found in any
tariff law. and other reductions will be
necessary. These changes should be
made as speedily as possible, and In
such manner as to avoid the disturb
ance and derangement of business In
evitably attending what is known as a
general revision. This Is made possible
by the establishment of a permanent
tariff board.
"No President who has ever been
called upon to deal with this (tariff)
trying question has grasped It in so
broad, so sane and so effective a man
ner as has president Taft."
PRICE WILL BE RAISED
Memory Is Clear.
"'Well,' he said. 'I told him I would
not write a letter to the Pope asking
for honors for you. but I said he could
go to Rome and say viva voce to the
Pope how much I wish you to be car
dinal, and how grateful I personally
would be "to him. for granting that
honor."
"I a mmoet clear In my memory as to
every word.
"I will write about American politics
to Bellamy.
"With most affectionate regard to
him and to yourself. I am slncerelv.
. "JOHN IRELAND."
Seamen's Sot-lety Plans Concert.
The fllowlng programme haa been ar
ranged by Miss Eva Wells for the con
cert this evening at the Seamen's Friend
Society, corner of Third and Flanders
streets: Soprano solo. Mrs. Rassmus
sen; piano solo. Miss Foster: bass solo,
Mr. Rassmussen; .contralto solo. . Mrs.
Hammond: tenor solo. Mr. Boniface; so
prano solo. Miss Ferguson: accompanist.
Miss Foster. There will also be vocal
and Instrumental music by sailors In
port. ,
CAREY HEADS WYOMING TICKET."
Platform Adopted at Convention In
dorses Oregon Primary Law.
SHERIDAN, Wyo Sept. 21. The
Democratic State Convention, after an
executive session lasting until 2 o'clock
this morning, met again today and car
ried out the programme then agreed
upon. The ticket agreed on is as fol
lows:
Joseph M, Carey, of Cheyenne, for
Governor; F. L. Houx, of Cody, for
Secretary of " State: W. B. Ross, of
Cheyenne, for member of Congress; G.
C. Forsythe, of Lusk, Auditor; H. A.
Coffeen. of Sheridan, for Superintend
ent of Public Instruction,
The candidate for Governor, nom
inated on the Democratic ticket, has
always been a Republican, but Is op
posed to the present Republican or
ganization of Wyoming. The platform
adopted favors Hie Initiative, referen
dum, recall, the Oregon direct primary
law, the corrupt practices act. restor
ing the Australian headless ballot sys
tem: publicity of corporation affairs,
and the commission form of govern
ment for municipalities.
The platform was constructed to
meet the approval of Mr. Carey.
MANNING OCT AT'IITH HOUR
Ex-Dislrlet Attorney Announces Can
didacy for Congress.
John Manning. ex-District Attorney,
announced yesterday his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for Repre
sentative In Congress, from the Second
District. In a circular letter sent out
by his associates. Democrats through
out the district are asked to write-In
his name on the official ballot at the
nominating election Saturday.
Mr. Manning's belated announcement
Is the result of pressure brought to
bear on htm from many sources. It Is
explained, following the recent Maine
victories by Democrats and the general
situation In the Second Congressional
District with the Republicans divided
against themselves. He was originally
urged to become a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for ' Governor,
but declined unless given a clear field
by Messrs. Myers and West, who al
ready were In trie race. There is now
one Democratic candidate out. J. N.
Teal, whose name appears on the slate
put out by the Kentucky Klick. Mr.
Manning's friends aver, however, that
they will easily secure the nomination
October 1st
Reservation May Be Had at the Present Price Between Now and That Date
by Making Your Selection and Paying a Deposit
HARTMAN & THOMPSON gSs;
for their man and In substantiation of
that view show voluminous correspon
dence from Democrats throughout the
district, urging Mr. Manning's candi
dacy. Mr. Manning's formal announcement,
as sent out over his signature yester
day, is as follows:
To the nemocratle voters of the Second
Congressional District of Oregon For sev
eral months many frlsnds residing In all
parts of the district have urged me to sub
mit my name to the Democratic party for
the nomination as Representative to Con
gress, subject to our party primary, next
Saturday afternoon.
Business engagements were such that I
could not in Justice to mv clients deote the
time necessary to repare petitions and thus
have my name printed upon the Democratic
official ballot. I have now fulfilled my
obligations to those who have Intrcsted their
legal business to my care and have decided
to become a candidate. I wtll esteem it a
high honor to become the candidate of my
party for such an exalted' position of trust
where I will ba snabled to labor for the
welfare, development and upbuilding of our
great state. Consequently I ask my friends
to write my name apon their ballot with
the X mark preceding. If nominated. I
promise a vigorous corppalgn. not only for
my own success, but for the success of the
entire Democratic ticket. Respectfully.
JOHN MANNING.
HOAX NEARLY BECOMES FACT
Joe Schlumpf's Friends Vote for
Him in North Yakima.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Sept. 21.
(Special.) The official returns of the
recent direct primaries election, which
have just been completed, show that
Joe Schlumpf, a prominent politician
of Seattle, came within a very few
votes of being elected committeeman
from the First Precinct of the Sixth
Ward of this city. There was much
confusion in regard to the working of
the primary law in relation to commit
teemen, it being required to write the
name of a candidate on the blank bal
lot. Joe Schlumpf's friends evidently
sought to play a Joke on him, but a few
more votes would have elected him to
the office.
Finest in the.world for Men and "bung Men I
I Sold exclusively by 1
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I Leading Clothier
PALI SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER IS, 1910.
Grand Trunk Pacific Steamships
"PRINCE RtTFRT" AXD "PRINCE GEORGE " LEAVB SEATTLE
THURSDAYS AXD SUNDAYS AT 2r00 P. M.
Arrive Victoria Sundays and Thursdays at ...7r00 P. M.
Arrive Vancouver Monday and Fridays at . .. ..TrOO A. M.
Arrive Prince Rupert Wednesdays and Sundays at 1 1 (30 A. M.
Connertinar at "Prince Rupert" with S.'S. "Prince Albert" tor Stewart
and Queen charlotte Islands
Rates north ot Vancouver Include 'meals and berth.
For tickets and reservations apply to loeal railway ticket Barents or
J. H. BCRGIS, General A great.
First Avenue and Vealer Way, Seattle, Wash.
BEST GRADE LUMP COAL
$5.50 Per Ton
DELIVERED TO YOUR ADDRESS IN PORTLAND
A few days ago the Pacific Coal & Gas Company advertised that
they would sell 900 tons of their BEST GRADE LUMP COAL AT
$5.50 PER TON, DELIVERED IN PORTLAND, FOR ADVERTIS
ING PURPOSES ONLY, stating alsa that a check or cash must
accompany each order, and that ONLY TWO TONS WOULD BE
SOLD TO EACH CUSTOMER AT THAT PRICE. We now wish to
announce that we have sold 810 tons out of the 900 we agreed to sell
at that price., We are making: our deliveries to those who have or
dered the coal, and a great many of them have voluntarily called
at this office, or telephoned us, that they were exoeedingly well
pleased with the quality of the coal. v
If you wish to take advantage of two tons of the remaining
amount, you will, naturally, have to act at once, and please remember
that we will only sell two tons to each customer, and that the CHECK
OR CASH MUST INVARIABLY ACCOMPANY EACH ORDER,
for the reason that we are selling this coal at what it costs us to
mine and deliver it to you..
We have our own mines and are merely advertising with this
lot of 900 tons that we may very quickly get 450 coal users in Port
land. We know that when once you use this coal you will continue
to do so, .and please remember that we will always be under the
other fellow's price on the best grade lump coal.
If you will call at our -offices we shall be glad to show you
samples of the coal, together with some letters from those who are
now using our coal in Portland.
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Pacific Coal & Gas Company
Room 218 Commercial Club Building.
Phone, Marshall 2581.
Portland, Oregon.