POKTLAXD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1910.
VOL. L. "0. 13,530.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CENSUS REPORTS
IN CASE"
BRIDE AND MONEY
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LOVE LIKENED TO
STORM ONPINCHOT
BREAKS IN FORCE
LB.
AGAIN EXPERTED
ARE SOON. PARTED
APPETITE FOR BEEF
WORRY TO WHITE
WILL BE REDUCED
CONVENTION FLOOR
DURAND SENDS MEN TO PACIFIC
MEXDELS' AVIFE SAYS HER
PROFESSOR WILDE COMMENTS
COAST TO SEEK PADDING.
RICHES INSPIRED HIS LOVE,
OX "BOB" CHAXLER.
MARGIN
HOUS
TRIUMPHS ON
WOMAN
Ex-President Is Elected
TemporaryChairman.
OLD GUARD IS PUT TO ROUT
ScJonel in His Element, Recalls
"Frazzle" Prediction.
SRUBER GRILLS ROOSEVELT
Aoodruff Make Plea for Selection
of Vice-President Sherman.
I jitter Smilingly Congratulates
Strenuous Victor in Race.
;io i TO ; A V. v Sent. ST. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt rode today on the
Ion ware of victory, defratlng Vlce-Pres-
ld.-nt Sherman for temporary chairman of
the RpDuMlran state convention and
- ti.. . ,,. ih mrd In the first
naacement of a probable series of con-
giCts
Colonel Roosevelt was In his element.
Aftr he h.rf named the members of the
three Important committees and the con
vention had adjourned to meet tomorrow.
the Colonel turned to the newspapermen
and remarked:
"I said rfaxxle you may recall. Tou
may quote me on that."
"Fraxile" Is Recalled.
At Troy yesterday, the ex-President
aid he would beat his opponents to a
t raxxle.
There were 1011 votes cast In the con
vention, of which Colonel Roosevelt re
ceived SS and Vice-President Sherman
received 44X giving the leader of the
progressives a majority of 123.
Colonel Roosevelt did not vote. Mr.
Sherman voted for "John Doe." and two
of the New York County delegates did
cot respond when their namea were
railed. The vote as officially announced
at the convention gave Roosevelt 667 and
Sherman 415. btu an error In the count
was discovered tonight.
Taft Is Indorsed.
In his speech as temporary chairman.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke feelingly of what
President Taft had accomplished in his
Administration. "It represents an earn
est of the achievement of what Is yet
to come: and the beneflcience and far
reaching Importance of this work done
for the whole people measure the credit
which Is rightly due to the Congresa and
to our able, upright and distinguished
President. William Howard Taft." he
eaid.
Colonel Roosevelt bitterly assailed
bosses, declaring that the difference be
tween a bosa and a leader la that th
leader leads and the boss drives.
Difference Is Defined.
-The difference." he said, "i that the
leader hold his place by firing the
conscience and appealing to the reason
of hla followers, and the boss holds his
place by crooked and underhand manip
ulation."
Thunders of applause greeted the
Colonel as he was escorted to the
speaker' stand by VU-e-President Slier
man and Cornelius V. Collins.
It was a day of oratory. It waa a
iy of bitter and acrimonious speech.
With the opening of the convention
State Chairman Woodruff defined the I
position or tlie old guard and an
nounced that Vice-President Sherman
had been selected for temporary chair
man by the state committee. And then
the real fight waa on.
timber Old Guard Talker.
Colonel Abraham Gruber. of New
York, had been selected to fire the
verbal hot shot for the old guard, and
hi speech attacking the ex-President i
was often broken and drowned by
hisses and Jeers. Once the pandemon
ium became ao great that Colonel
Roosevelt leaped to his feet and asked
tor a full hearing for the speaker.
. Controller Prendergast. of New York
City, waa the champion of the "pro
gressives' and made a reply to the
old guard onslaught.
Talk of Gubernatorial candidates waa
submerged during the day by the con
test over the temporary chairmanship.
but tonirht friend of Representative !
Bennett, of New Tork; Frederick G I
Stevens. State Superintendent of Public I
Works: Henry L. Stlmson. ex-l'nlted I
States District Attorney In New York,
were out scouting to secure votes for
their candidates.
Meeting Called to Order.
Chairman Woodruff called the con
vention to order at 12:05. and the con
vention took up the regular order of
business.
When the roll call had been com
pleted. Chairman Woodruff announced:
"The next order of business Is the
election of a temporary chairman."
There was an Instant hush, then a
ripple of uncertain applause, after
which Chairman Woodruff addressed
the convention. He said:
"President Taft deeply desire that
his party here In convention assembled,
representing the largest and most po
tent Republican constituency of the
United States, should unequivocally In
dorse his administration. This. I know
from personal knowledge as the result
of a visit made two week before the
Publication of F I (turps Delayed in
Order to Allow Rechccklng.
May Be Withheld Month.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. (Special.)
The probability la that the censu re
turn of every city of any consequence
on the Pacific Coast will unoergo a.
thorough Investigation before the figure
are given out. Three expert from the
bureau here are on the Coast already
and the sending of several more men to
assist them la contemplated.
Director Durand continued to apply
the soft pedal In speaking of the sus
picions of padding.
It haa been confidently expected that
the totals for San Francisco would be
given out thl week, but It seems that
some suxordlnatea in the bureau had
I Ml ml new tiuie ni uniun j
remit the report for the city Is again
held indefinitely.
Mr. Durand declares emphatically
that the probability of a sweeping In
vestigation dots not mean that all the
Pacific Coast" Is under suspicion of pad
ding. It would seem that his prlnclpls
of operation la that If one city If found
to have padded reports then all Coast
cities are to be mistrusted. Several
months have elapsed since the enumera
tion, the work of going over the reports
I Is difficult and tedious, and xouay me
time within which publlcty of Pucinc
I Coast totals might be expected Is n an
offhand way extended to "a month or
I more.
I Hawaii alone la above suspicion. The
I count was under the direction of an ex
I pert sent directly from Washington. The
I totals have been sent to Hawaii s Oov-
ernor that he might Incorporate them m
his annual report, but are being with
held here until a segregation of the
races can be made.
'57 FOREST FIRE RECALLED
Forest Service to Replant Acreage
Burned 53 Years Ago.
With the coming of the rainy season
in Oregon, the Forest Service has
planned the seeding of between $000
and C000 acres of burned-over lands
at a, cost of approximately $20,000. 700
acres being situated at the Bull Run
watershed.-as an auxiliary to the Port
land water supply.
The largest amount of planting is
to be done In the ML Hebo district.
south of Tillamook, and adjacent to the
dairying district. The district was
turned over in 1857 and has never be
come reforested. It Is now a mat-of
ferns and underbrush. On most of the
area Eastern hardwoods will be plant
ed, hickory, white oak and chestnut be
ing the favorites. Most of these species
are now being grown in the front yards
of the ranchers in that section, which
gives the Federal officers encourage
ment in the belief that they will thrive.
The ferns and underbrush will be
cleared away with mattocks so that
seed may be given a chance to grow.
FISHERMAN LANDS BIRDS
Sellwond Resident, Whipping for
Trout, Catches Pheasants.
Fishing for trout waa a most usual
experience for James Roberta, of Sell-
wood, but catching two beautiful
pheasants, as he was casting for fish
was a new and most novel Incident in
the life of this modern Isaac Walton.
It all happened at North Beach a few
days ago, when Roberta was on hi va-
vation. fie was fishing for trout on
a small stream, and Just as he was
whipping far, his dog, running about
the vicinity, scared up the two pheas-
ints. which flew in direct line with
the fishhooks, only to be pierced by
the sharp rrongs In the neck and the
ing. as they made their flight to
hoped-for freedom.
Roberts was a little startled and
at first thought the hooks had caught
In the brush, but soon realized that he
had caught two birds when he pulled
the two fluttering pheasant to the
ground.
GRADING WORK CONTINUES
Astoria Road Contract Is Done De
spite Quashing Injunction.
ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 27 (Special.)
While the temporary injunction In the
case of S. A. Cobb against Wilson, Rec
tor and Daley waa dissolved by Judge
Campbell, of the Circuit Court, a few
day ago, no step have been taken
by the defendants to take charge of
th grading for the Astoria Southern
Railway Company new road, other
th,n niake a demand on the plaintiff
th th" work be turned over to them, a
request that was refused.
The construction work Is now being
carried n by Mr. Cobb, who has a large
force of men employed. Should the
pleasant weather continue, there is
good reason to believe that' the greater
portion of th contract will be com
pleted this Fall.
MAIL RECORD IS BROKEN
Correspondence Sent From London
to Vancouver in Nine Dajs.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 27. (Spe
cial.) Mailed on the morning of Sep
tember 17. In London. England, a post
card waa received here Monday morn
ing. September 26. the trip consuming
exactly nine days. The card was sent
to Mr. J. H. Heasley by Mrs. Martin
Rehfuss. who Is traveling In Europe.
This is said to be the fastest time
ever made between London and Van
couver. The recent record of 10 days
wa considered remarkable, but this
has been reduced by one whole day. I
Illinois Bribery Tale
Grows Exciting.
HEARSAY EVIDENCE BARRED
Several " Jesses Expected to
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LETTERS PLA, "-BIG ROLE
In October White Wrote Browne,
'Go-Between." Not to Be Sur
prised at Any Action He, White.
Might Take in Future.
CHICAGO. Sept. 27. With a most
emphatic denial made on the stand to
day that he had ever told a St. Louis
woman he was writing- a hook which
would worry the "Lorlmer bunch." di
rect and cross-examination of State
Representative C. A. White, principal
witness In support of charges that the
election of Senator William Lorlmer
waa nrn,.iitAH Vi - .A.nmt'matliiul, .r.a
completed today before the Senatorial
invest'gatlng committee.
In the session. Mr. Burrows, of Mich.,
chairman of the committee, barred
hearsay evidence from the testimony.
It was specifically upon the right of
Representative White to relate conver
sations which he declared he had with
Renrejientaf Ive Jnapnh S rInrlr nf
i-.-ii i .kik K-v.it. ...i j i.
admitted he. too. was offered a bribe
to vote for Lorlmer.
Later the same ruling wVs Invoked
to bar the manuscript story of White's
alleged experiences In the 46th general
Assembly, which detailed his . asser
tions of the bribery of himself and
other Legislators in the Lorlmer elec
tlon which was published in the Chi
cago Tribune.
Many Letters in Evidence.
The cross-examination dealt pri
marily with letters, messages and con
versation of White. A number of let
ters to Minority Leader Brown from
White and missive of the witness to
Lorlmer were read into evidence.
The latter part of the cross-examina
tion waa devoted to an analysis of tes
timony of White In the two trials of
Democratic Leader Browne, on the
charge of bribery, in an effort to estab
lish ground for Impeaching the present
testimony of White by witnesses who
testified in the other trials. This ex
amination was objected to repeatedly
by Attorney Austrian. The witness re
peatedly declared that he could not re
member Just what questions were
asked him or what answers he made.
It I expected that Representative
H. J. C. Beckemeyer, who has also de
clared that he was bribed in the Sena
torial election, will be the first wit
ness tomorrow.
Confessed Senator to Talk.
Beckemeyer Is to be followed on the
witness stand by State Senator Hoist
law, of Luka. who is credited with hav-
ing confessed to the Sangamon County I
grand Jury that he waa paid $2500 for
voting for Senator Lorlmer.
Representative White admitted on
cross-examination that he was now and
IQonriudad on Puse 2-
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He Took Her Cash, Squandered Her
Fortune and Sold Her Pres
ents, She Tells Court.
RENO, Nev.. Seut. 27. (Special.) To
have her father-in-law give her a wed
dins' present of two $1000 checks, which
her husband tore up as they wer tak
ing the carriage a half hour after the
ceremony for ther Honeymoon trip,
telling her the checks were worthless
and only given to make a show, and
then to have her husband ask her in
the carriage how much money she had
and right there take from her $500 to
pay the expense of the trip, was the
experience of Emma Wright Mendela
on her wedlng day, as told by the
Detlte. a-lrllsh young woman In the
trial of her dlvlrce suit today against
James F. Mendels. whose questionable
financial transactions In connection
with New Yorkers, whose names are
conspicuous In police annals. Is prom
inent in recent press notices.
The husband is a son of E. H. Men-
dels, dean of the curb In Wall Street,
and he Is a granddaughter of the late
Edward Kearney, founder of tRe firm
of Vantassell & Kearney, and inherited
a fortune. The testimony brought
forth a long story of a husband's In
trigue to secure money from her. Ac
cording to her, this was his ony pur
pose in marriage.
Within a week he had Induced the
Innocent girl-wife to deed away $30,
000 In property at Saratoga Springs,
she says. She lost all her wedding pre
sents and Jewels, $20,000 worth.
through hla borrowing money to squan
dcr in his high living, she also con
tends.
HOLDUP MAN IS IDENTIFIED
Dalles Thief Is Captured as He Tries
to Escape In Launch.
THE DALLES. Or... Sept. 27. (Spe
clal.) Two men were arrested here
last evening as participants in the
holdup at The Dalles laundry Satur-
day evening, ana one man. u. a. r leio.
nas Deen positively laeumieu uj a-
Mac. luster and W. C. Adams as one
of the men who relieved them of about
$160 In cash and a gold watch belong
ing to Adams, in the office of the
laundry concern Saturday evening.
Yesterday afternoon Field tooic a
gasoline launch belonging to Henry
Laurentsen. a local man, and attempted
to get away with it. He was fol
lowed by the owner, who boarded the
launch and with the help of a friend
held the man until officers arrived.
He was taken to the City Jail and, his
description tallying with one of the
robbers, the laundrym.n were tele
phoned tor and were positive in their
assertion that he was one or the men.
A friend of the suspected man was
also arrested on suspicion and the pre
liminary hearing of both, was held
this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The trial
has been continued until tomorrow at
9:30. The men were both workers
about town, but not well known.
LOCKOUT STRIKES 10,000
All Bricklaying Stops for Week on
New York Construction.
NEW YORK, Sept. 27. Not a brick
will be laid during the coming week on
any of the important building opera
tions under way in New York City. A
lockout of 10.000 bricklayers for al
leged violations of their agreement in
ordering strikes against a member of
a Builders' Association went into effect
at daybreak today. The employers will
not try to fill the places of the men
for a week, and during that time build
ing operations will cease, so far as
bricklayers' work is concerned.
If. at the end of that period, the
situation remains the same bricklay
ers will be brought here from all parts
of the country. The pay Is an attractive
inducement as bricklayers are paid 70
cents an hour by the members of the
Builders' Association, for ordinary
work with many opportunities for ex.
I tra pay.
WILLING WORKER AND STRONG.
RepublicansAdmitLoss
of Membership.
DEMOCRATS MAY CONTROL
Leaders of Both Parties Claim
Sixty-Second Congress.
INSURGENCY BIG FACTOR
Success of "Progressive" Element Ir
West Causes Regulars to Direct
Attention to East Change Is
Expected in the South.
OR EGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. 9ept. 27. Barring a landslide, the
nevt House of Representatives will prob
ably be controlled, one way or the other,
by a small margin. This is the best
Judgment of the campaign managers on
both sides, each of course claiming that
his own party will be victorious in No
vember, though at the present moment
there Is more optimism in Democratic
circles than is found around Republican
headquarters. Publicly, the Democratic
campaign managers are declaring they
will control the next House by from 50
to 100 members. No specific figures are
given out at Republican headquarters,
where It Is frankly admitted that the
party is facing a harder struggle than
It has had on Its hands in a congress
ional year in a very long time. Never
theless, Republican leaders entertain a
belief, strongly akin to a hope, that the
next House will be Republican. They
are willing to concede the majority will
be less than in the present House.
East Presents Hardest Problem.
Strange ao It may seem, the Republi
cans are more fearful of losing ground
in the big and Important states of the
East than they are in the insurgent
West. Three months ago, before the
primaries and nominating conventions
had been held, these same Republican
managers feared the West would prove
their weakest point. But at that time
they expected to renominate many reg
ular members of he present House, and
nticipatd that these regulars would be
nifed at the polls by Insurgents. It
as transpired in states where insur
gency Is strong that Insurgents have
been nominated in place of regulars, and
late reports from the West convey the
Impression that the Insurgent nominees
will be generally supported by both
Ings of the party, the voters, as a rule
being willing to abide by the result of
primaries or conventions. '
In California and J In Washington this
is not reported to be particularly true,
but the normal Republican majority in
those states is so large that the cam
paign managers have hopes .that all Re-
publican nominees will be elected. It
la merely a hope, however.
New England Causes Worry.
Following the Democratic victory in
Maine, the Republican Congressional
campaign managers have become very
uneasy about New England and New
York. Reports from Massachusetts are
decidedly alarming, and there appears to
be prospects that the Democrats may
capture three or four Congressional dis
tricts in that state that are now repre
sented by Republicans. There may bo
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Some Men Prefer Delicacies, Ex
plains Savant, While Others
Quantity Rather Than Quality.
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Sept 27. (Special.)
Declaring that the extravagant ac
tions of "Bob" Chanler, in his efforts
to prove his love for Lina Cavalierl
to be nothing more than the expression
of an animal instinct that cannot be
controlled by Chanler's common sense.
Professor Norman Wilde, Ph. D., "pro
fessor of philosophy and psychology, at
tne university oi Minnesota, aeiends
the New York ex-Sheriff and says he
Is not to be blamed.
"Love is instinct Just as appetite for
food Is. It has the same range of
strength. For Instance, some men will
satisfy their hunger by a small well
prepared steak, other men with larger
appetites will sit down at a table and
eat an enormous steak that has been
prepared by a careless cook and Is
burned In some places, raw In others
and covered -with ashes and cinders.
His appetite does not fail him, owing
to the appearance or preparation of
the food.
"A strong man is capable of a strong
love. A man like Chanler loves with
all the force In his body."
He was reminded of the many flout-
ings given the young New Yorker f.y
the singer, including her open prefer
ence for a bewhlskered toothless Rus
sian Prince.
"The 'Bob' Chanler the world knows
is partially unbalanced," said the pro
fessor. "The real man Is only In the
grip of an instinct that is stronger
than the hold conventionally has upon
him."
ROOSEVELT ISSUE DODGED
Archbishop Glennon Very Diplomatic
When Questioned.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. 27. (Special.)
His Grace, Archbishop John J. Glen
non, of St. Louis, who "found It Im
possible to attend" a banquet given
by the Knights of Columbus of Peoria,
111., at which Colonel Theodore Roose
velt would be the honored guest, was
most diplomatic when interviewed in
the Peoria Sun. He was all smiles
and made the calm dignity that Is char
acteristic of him.
When asked if he had refused to at
tend the banquet at Peoria, his Grace
appeared thoughtful for a moment, and
"Why, I believe I did have an invi
tation from the Knights at Peoria
which I declined." "I also have several
invitations from other places to attend
similar affairs," continued the Arch
bishop.
"Would the fact that Colonel Roose
velt is to be at the banquet influence
your Grace to decline?" the Archbishop
was asked.
"Now really, I could not say anything
about that," smiled the Archbishop. He
was then asked If he thought that the
threatened refusal of the priests of Pe
oria and Rockport dioceses was because
Colonel Roosevelt would be at the ban
quet. In reply he declared fie knew
not what prompted the clergy's action.
A similar situation will arise upon
the occasion of Colonel Roosevelt's" visit
to St. Louis, October 11. The invita
tions to the breakfast to be given to
Colonel Roosevelt by the Business Mens
League on the morning of October 11
are being prepared by Secretary W. F.
Saunders, who stated that one would
be sent to Archbishop Glennon.
BORROWERS TO BE LISTED
Credit Bureau Decided On to Stop
Over-Zealous Debtors.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. In order to
prevent corporations, firms and Indi
viduals from borrowing to the extent of
their credit in, their own cities, then ne
gotiating elsewhere and doing the same.
Controller of the Currency Murray has
decided upon the establishment of a cen
tral credit bureau in Washington, In
which will be recorded all such borrow
ings from National banks.
The credit bureau- will be located in
the office of the Controller. The neces
sity for its establishment arises from
the fact that very often the local bor
rowings of institutions are to the extent
of their ability to pay, and if obligations
of which the National Bank Examiners
have no knowledge exist in other dis
tricts, the effect is to impair the solvency
of the National bajiks, holding the paper.
Many examiners already have organ
ized Individual bureaus, which show the
borrowings of firms or individuals in his
own district. They have been very use
ful In assisting the examiners to deter
mine the value of commercial paper and
other1 obligations held by the National
banks. Controller Murray Is expanding
this system Into a National one, by
which private Information of the re
Eources and borrowings of every firm,
partnership or corporation will be . ord
ed in Washington and confidentially ex
changed between the examiners.
MME. SEMBRICH INJURED
Famous Singer Rushes to Aid Friend
Attacked by Thief.
LAUSANNE. Switzerland, Sept. 27.
Madame Marcella Sembrlch narrowly
escaped death at her villa here Sunday
night, when a mar., who had presum
ably entered for the purpose of rob
bery, attacked her companion, Frau
lein Berta Mielke, known in America
as Miss Frieda, In the grounds sur
rounding the house. The prima donna
rushed to her friend's assistance and
was herself injured in driving off her
assailant.
Vancouver Is Marriage Mart.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 27. (Spe
cial.) John Edward Lang and Hattie
May Plymale were married here today.
They live In Portland. S. W. Rose
brook, of Portland, and Mae Kennedy,
of Seattle, were also married. .
ining Congress Calls
Ex-Official Socialist.
ATTACKS CHEERED TO ECH8
"Dreamer," "Honest but Im
practical," Applied to Him. .
LONE DEFENDER FAILURE
. C. Graham, California Oil Opera
tor, Hurries to Pint-hot's Rescue
Only to Meet With Silence as
He Emits Burst of Oratory.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 27. (Special.)
The long expected storm against Pln
chot and his policy of conservation
broke in full force today at the session
of the American Mining Congress. '
"Socialist." "Dreamer," "Honest, but
Impractical," were some of the terms
hurled at the head of the deposed for
ester.
The lone defender of Pinchot, S. C.
Graham, a local oil operator, delivered
his defense in absolute silence and
when he finished with a perfervid
burst of oratory there was not a sound
of applause.
Coloradoan Starts Ball Rolling.
Ed. F. Browne, of Aspen, Colo.,
started the expression of disfavor to
Pinchot by presenting a resolution, de
claring that the withdrawal of all coal
lands from entry In the Western states
and "an ill-considered law attempting
to segregate the coal beneath from
the surface rights" would destroy the
great mining Interests of the country
and the proposition to lease the min
eral lands "Is rank socialism adopted
from the laws of New Zealand and
Australia and this man who advocates
the action Is a Socialist."
Representative Smith, of Bakersfield,
fiercely attacked "Over-lordlsm by the
Federal Government as to natural re
sources. He was cheered to tne ecno.
Ex-Representative C. A. Barlow, of
Bakersfield, attacked Pinchot and his
policies.
"Pinchot is a good man but thorough
ly Impractical as to oil," he declared.
The delegates shouted applause. Bar
low said Pinchot's ideas led to the
United States fixing the price of oil and
would abrogate the laws of demand
and supply and would end our govern
ment. Pinchot Is Misgdluctl.
T. A. O'Donnell. a Los Angeles oil
operator, declared himself anti-Plnchot.
"Pinchot Is honest but misguided, he
said. "I favor the oil men's associat
ing with the Congress and the passing
of some resolution of natural resources
and conservation as applied to the oil
business here. But i am forever
against the drifting of the Government
toward a bureaucratic supervision of
Western mining and forest industries." .
That the shouts and cheers which
greeted Pinchot's speech last night,
were tributes to the man personally
rather than to the theories and ideals
of conservation which he enunciated,
was Indicated today by the introduc
tion of resolutions which denounced the
land withdrawal plans of the conserva
tionists as "mere sham and pretense, '
and condemned proposed conservation
legislation, "which tends to make min
ing men and other citizens of the United
States lesseees of, or tribute payers to.
the National Government."
Change Sought by Miners.
Furthermore, another resolution de
mands that the forestry bureau be de
barred hereafter from becoming a party
to protest against mine claims, and that
It no longer proceed on the assumption
that a miner who has located a claim in
good faith within a forest reserve Is a
timber thelf In disguise.
And accompanying these, came
speecljes from Congressmen S. C. Smith,
of California, and Frank E. Short, of
Fresno, , in which both denounced the
idea of substituting what was termed
"a percentage or mere tenancy basis"
for absolute ownership of oil and
metaliferous lands.
Thomas E. Gibbon, defending, said
the Government would be faithless to a
trust If it did not grant patents to the
oil men who had entered upon and are
developing lands which since have
been withdrawn. ;;ut he declared In
favor of the Government stepping in
and withholding ai the resources that
are left until they are needed, and
then to lease them to locators on a
nominal basis, simply, he said, to pre
vent them falling into monopolistic
hands.
The real test between the conserva
tionists and anti-conservationists, how
ever, will come tomorrow or Thursday,
when the resolutions denouncing the
convention plans and declaring for free
right of mineral entry on Government
lands, without lease or tax. will come
before the convention as a whole. The
resolutions comm'ttee is not likely to
pass upon them. The probabilities are
that it will report the resolutions
"without recommendation." and let the
members of the Congress fight it out
themselves.
'Secretary Ballinger Gives Views.
A letter from Secretary Ballinger t
the Congress was read, in which, after
expressing his regret that official dutlei
prevented his presence In Los Angeles
he reviews the recommendations made it
his annual report of 1909 regarding thf
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