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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1911.
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STANDARD OIL
DIE Ifl
Supreme
Court Orders Bis
Trust to Dissolve
as Unlawful.
JUDGES ARE OF ONE OPINION
Harlan Would Go Even Farther
Than Rest of Court in
Blocking Monopoly.
RULE OF REASON ADOPTED
Chief Justice White Puts Limi
tations on Sherman Law.
SCME RESTRAINTS LEGAL
(.mrrnmrni'j Attack on Oil Monop
oly tpheld on Every Point Pur
pose of Company Declared to
Be Trade Monopoly.
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STAXDAKD OIL HECIMOH STSC
M.IHY. The -uprme Court hoMa:
That ih titaadard Oil Company ta
a monopoly in restraint of trade.
That thi giant eorporation mast bo
d.asotted within at a month a.
Corpora I ion a whoa contracts are
"not unreasonably restrict Its of eom
petition" are not a ff ex: ted.
Othpp great corporations whose
a!a may ba called Into questtoa will
ba dealt with according to tha merits
of thtlr particular easea
Tha court wma unanimous aa to
th maJs features of tha dacialon.
Justice Hartao dissenting only as to
tha limitation for tha application of
tha Sherman anti-trust law.
Freaid-rnt Taft and Cabinet will
immediately conaider tha anttra truat
attuatloa and tha advtaabllity of
preaelng a Federal Incorporation act.
A decision la tha tobacco trust
raaa, which waa expected slum I- .
taneously. swaa not announced. anT"
may ba handed down May 39,
WASHINGTON. May IS. The Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey and lta
l subsidiary corporations were de
blared today by the Supreme Court of
the Inked States to be a conspiracy
and combination In restraint of trade.
It was otherwU held to be monopo
Using Interstate commerce In violation
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
The dissolution of the combination
was ordered to take place within i
months.
Thus ended the tremendoua struggle
on the part of the Government to put
down, by authority of law. a combina
tion wmca it neia to be a menace to
the industrial and economic advance
ment of the entire country. . ,
At the same time the court Inter-
prnea ine merman anil-trust iwl ao
as to limit Ita application to act of
"undue restraint of trade and not
"every" restraint of trade.
Harlan Sounds Discordant Note.
It was o this point that tha only
Iwcordant note was heard In the court.
Justice llrUn dissented, holding that
rases already decided by the court had
determined once for all that the
word -undue- or "unreasonable" or
atmilar words were not In the statute.
He declared that the reasoning of the
court In arriving at its finding was.
In effect, legislation which belonged in
every Instance to Congress and not to
the courts.
Ever since the decree In this case la
the lower court, the United States Cir
cuit court tor the eastern district of
Missouri, was announced, hope has
been expressed by the "business world"
ilul 'the law would be modified so as
not to Interfere with what was desig
nated as "honest business. Tonight
that section of the opinion calling for
t'.e use of the rule of reason-In apply
ing the law Is regarded in many quar
ters as an answer to the prayers of
the "business world."
The defendant; named besides the
Standard Oil and its subsidiary corpora
tions are: John D. Rockefeller. William
Rockefeller. Henry M. Flagler. John IX
Archboid. Oliver II. Payne. Henry H
Rogers and Charles M. Pratt. Rogers
has died since the suit waa begun.
Stockbrokers Disappointed.
Tha opinion of tha court was an
nounced by Chief Justice Whits. It
contained more than 20.000 words. For
nearly an hour the Chief Justice dis
cussed tha case from the bench, going
sver most of the points In the printed
Concluded, oa face a
HIST
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MILWAUKEE TO RUN
NEW COAST TRAINS
OLTMPLW TO START MAY 8
AXD COLCMBIAX MAY 29.
Cnion and Sonthcrn Pacific An
noance Cat In Running Time
From Chicago to San Francisco.
CHICAGO. May 15. (Special.) Ira
portent changes and additions relative
to passenger service on transconti
nental line will go into effect on May
18. a number of tha moat significant
beinv announced bv the Chicago, -Mil
waukee as St. Paul Railroad.
Tha company's new train, the Olym
Plan, will begin ita Initial trip to the
Pacillo Coast on the above date from
Chicago at 10:15 P. M. The Columbian,
another new train, will start on Its
maiden trio to the Coast at 10 o'clock
the following morning.
As a result ox" Improvements on the
Vnlon and Southern Pacific lines, which
have made possible very substantial
reductions in the running time between
Chicago and San Francisco, the ached
uie of the Overland will be cut three
and one-half hours eastward and four
and one-half -hours westward.
The Burlington will make an addition
to Its facilities, patting two more
trains in service betm'een Chicago and
Denver. On the same day the Rock
Island will put on an additional train
each way between Denver and Chicago.
BANKER'S SON IS FOUND
Heir to Millions, Reported Misslnj
Is Working on Alacka Steamer.
CORDOVA. Alaska. May 15. Tha
mystery surrounding the sudden dis
appearance from fortiana. ur., oi
George i Dryer, son of a millionaire
banker and real estate man of New
York, was cleared today when Dryer
made known his Identity to the offi
cers of the steamship Edith, on which
he Is working his way on a tour of
Alaska. -
Shortly after Dryer left Portland a
man resembling mm committee sui
cide In Lake Washington, at Seattle,
and for a time It was believed that the
dead man was the young New Torker.
Dryer read an account of the suicide
n the Seattle papers wnen ne arrivea
here and at once made himself known
to put an end to the worry of his
friends. He telegraphed his parents
today, telling them he was well and
would soon be home.
TRAMP PRINTER GRATEFUL
He Makes Fortune and Helps Man
Who Befriended Him.
LA REPORT. Cal, May 15. (Special.)
Otha L. Stanley, a well-known news
paper man who was connected with
several papers In Lake and Mendocino
counties, died here yesterday of con-
umptlon. aged 42 years. In late years.
nab'e to work steadily, he conducted
job printing office here.
When Stanley was at a low ebb of
health and finances about two years
go ha received a visit from a man
whom as a tramp printer he had be
friended while forman of a Vkiah paper.
The man had since made a fortune In
British Columbia and. on learning from
others of Stanley's condition, "handed
him a check for 1500 aa repayment for
the former kindness.
WHEELER GIVES UP TASKS
Vale Vnlvcrslly Corporation Defers
Action on Resignation.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, May 15. (Spe-
claL)"-At a meeting of the Yale Cor
poration today, the resignation of
Henry Lord Wheeler, professor of or
ganic chemistry in Sheffield Scientific
School, was presented. The corpora.
tlon voted, as usual in such cases, to
let tha resignation go over to the next
meeting, when action will ba taken
upon it-
According to the announcement of
Secretary Stokes tonight. Professor
Wheeler will not In the meantime exer
cise his functions as a professor at tha
University.
The wife of Professor Wheeler se
cured a divorce from him in the Su
perior Court In this city last Friday on
the grounds of intolerable cruelty, re
ceiving alimony amounting to $100,000.
KRUTTSCHNITT WOULD BUY
Vice-President Harrlman System
lay Purchase Oregon Acres.
MEDFOItP. Or.. May IS. '(Special.)
Julius' Kruttschnltt. vice-president of
the Harrlman system, may purchase an
orchard In the Rogue River Valley.
During his stay here today he asked
number of local real estate men to sub
mit to him details regarding different
orchard properties In the valley and if
he finds ons that suits him he will
Invest.
"When the time comes." said Mr.
Kruttschnltt. "for me to follow Mr.
Stubbs' example and retire from active
business In the East I want to come to
this valley and watch my own apples
and peara grow. Xi where do I know
of a more beautiful spot."
MRS. TAFT IS MUCH BETTER
President's Wife Villi Carry Out
Spring; Social Programme.
WASHINGTON. MaV 15. President
Taft received assurance from New Tork
this afternoon that the condition of
Mrs. Taft bad Improved so much that
she would be able to return to Wash
ington Tiuxuley,
JUL SENTENCE OF
LABOR MEN LIFTS
Supreme Court 'Frees
Gompers and Aides.
LOWER BENCH IS IN ERROR
Tribunal Had No Right to Im
pose Punishment,' Decision.
BOYCOTT CASE IS ENDED
National Jurists Declare Federation
Officials Might Have Been Fined
bnt Xot Imprisoned, Be
cause Action Is Clvik
CHRONOLOGY OF BOYCOTT CASE.
Pecember IS. 1007 Buck Stove
at Range, Company gels boycott In
junction against American Federa
tion of La or.
January L 190S Federation prints
"We don't patronise" list.
Januarr 23. 1008 Gorapera Ignores
injunction and criticises decision.
December 29. 1008 Federation
etops publication "We don't patron
ise" list.
July 21. 1908 Gompers and Mitch
ell cited for contempt. .'
December 11 .1908 Case argued In
Court of Appeals.
December . 2. IMS Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison held guilty
of contempt and sentenced to Jail.
December 27 1908 Roosevelt re
fusee to Interfere.
January 27, 1909 Defendants or
dered to par court costs.
November S, 1909 Court of Ap
peals upholds sentence.
November S3, 1909 Defendants ap
peal te Supreme Court.
Mar IS. 1911 Defendants freed by
Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, May IS. Samuel
Gompers. John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison, president, vice-president and
secretary of the American Federation
of Labor, respectively, stepped from
he shadow of the Jail today when the
Supreme Court "of the Up 1 ted States
set aalde their sentences of Imprison
ment for contempt growing out of the
litigation between the Buck Stove &
Range Company, of St. Loo Is, and the
Federation. -
The decision has left with the lower
court the power to reopen the con
tempt proceedings, but the proceeding
probably will be dropped.
In handing down its unanimous
opinion, read by Justice LaMar, the
court reviewed the suit brought by the
Buck Stove & Range Company against
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, seek
ing to enjoin them from placing the
company on Its "unfair" and "we don't
patronize" lists, published regularly In
the American Federattonlot, the offi
cial publication of the Federation. This
publication. It was contended, consti
tuted a boycott.
The court held that the only sen
tences that could be Imposed on the
labor leaders were fines. In so hold
ing, the Supreme Court of the United
States found that the Court of Appeals
of the District' of Columbia and the
Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia erred In treating the contempt
(Concluded on Pace S.)
INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
Tba Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 63
degrees; minimum. fiO degrees.
TODAY'S Showers, westerly winds.
Supreme Court.
Standard OH Company declared - monopoly
and ordered to dissolve. Pare l
Proceedinaa against labor federation of-
flclala re vl 3 wed. Page 5.
SalYty appliance laws for railroads upheld.
Page 5.
Supreme Court sets aside jail sentence Im
posed upon Gompers, Mitchell and Mor
rison. Page 1.
Foreign.
While Madero discuss a peace, army pre-
paree tor war. Pace 1.
Madero says peace la In eight. Page 2.
; National.
House Democrats at work . drafting wool
till. Page 3.
Domestic.
California clubwoman going- to war today
over suffrage question. Page 1.
Balloon runs amuck In wind; four have
narrow escape. Page 1.
Milwaukee Road to put on two new Coast
trains. Page 1.
Governor Wood row Wilson, of New Jersey,
addresses San Francisco University men
x on current politics. Pago .
Sports.
Northwestern League results yesterday
Portland T. Spokane 5; Vancouver 1 Se
attle O; Taocma 4, Victoria 0. Page 13.
Bud Anderson secures match at Vancou
ver. Page 13.
Partite Northwest.
Attorney-General Crawford and Secretary
-. Olcott In Hit over crusade to rout State
Printer from Capitol Page X.
Addtsun Bennett extols Harney County.
Page 7.
Government prepares to lnvestlgato Tacoma
aiiegoa .census frauds. Pae 7.
Small son of Ray Moorhead gives testimony
lavorm g tamer cnargea witn muraer.
Page a.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat trade drags In
Northwestern mar-
kata page ill.
Large world's shipments and rain weaken
wheat at" em cage. Page IS.
Stock trading nearly ceases, pending anti
trust caa decision. Page lv.
Repairs to steamer Yucatan to be made In
beatile despite low rates offered here.
Page 18.
Portland and Vlnlctty,
Mayor Simon expresses opinion that recall of
councilman lvilie cannot bo undertaken
legally by ciy until charter Is amended.
Oregon good roads enthusiasts form stata
association. Page 10.
Ex-Valde merchant discusses Alaska policy.
alg II.
Mayor of Baker says commission form of
government is success. Page IX
Louis W. Hill, president of Great Northern.
urges auditorium for Portland. Page 14.
Harrlman officials In Portland conduct East-
em men over uregua and Washington
neai estate swindle charred hv Kucet-na
jeweier against Marry vterlck. of Port-
ian. ana associate Page 20.
SHOTS FLY IN STRIKE RIOT
Grand Rapids Mob Has Deadly Bat
tle With Police.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 15. At
least a score of police and many mem
bers of a mob of 2000 striking furni
ture workers and sympathizers were
hurt in a riot at the plant of the Widdi-
comb Furniture Company tonight Sev
eral of the Injured may die. .
After a fight with revolvers, clubs
and stones, in -which the police were
badly beaten, a fire engine company at
tacked the mob with streams of water
and succeeded In quelling the disturb
ance. The trouble started when a mob of
about 300 men, women and boys st
acked an automobile driven by Ralph
Wlddlcomb, of the furniture company,
who was taking strikebreakers from
the factory:
LUTHERAN CHURCHES ONE
English Branch Is Absorbed by Ger
man Throughout Country.
ST. LOUIS, May 15. English Luther,
anism today lost Its identity as a dis
tinct denomination, when the 80 con
gregations comprising this branch of
the Missouri synod became merged
with the 3000 German congregations.
Henceforth the English churches will
comprise the first of 24 districts of the
Lutheran Church in the United States.
A DIRTY TRICK!"
REBELS READY TO
MARCH DTJ CAPITAL
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Army Prepares to In
vade South.
'ONTO MEXICO CITY" IS CRY
Peace Negotiations Forgotten
in Thirst for Battle.
MANY RECRUITS GAINED
Troops May Set Out From Juarez
Today, First to Capture Chihua-
.. hua and Then to Storm Mexi
co City Federals Alarmed.
JUAREZ. Mexico, May . 16. While
Madero is conducting peace negotia
tions with an envoy from the. Dias
government tonight, his army Is male
ing grim preparations for war, the slo
gan being "On to Mexico City."
Soldiers, arms, bit; guns will be dis
patched to the south tomorrow, accord
ing to, tentative plans tonight, the In
tention of the lnsurrectos being first
to capture the City of Chihuahua and
then take the capital of the republic
Itself.
Preparations for war are causing
great deal more of a stir among "the
lnsurrectos than the peace conference.
Flushed with their success In the cap
ture of Juarez, the rebels are thirsty
for more battle and feel confident that
they are now strong enough to snatch
the republic from the hands of the Diaz
administration with one blow.
Viljeou busy With Flans.
Goneral Viljeon. the veteran of the
Boer war, and other of Madero's gen
erals are busy with plans for the cam
paign against Mexico City. .
At almost every place where the
federals are not dominant recruits are
rallying to the lnsurrecto standard.
The Madero army in Juares Is now in
creased to 200 men and there are sev
eral large forces in the field. The
army In Juarez is preparing lor the
move south.
Telegrams received from General
Figueroa, commanding the rebel forces
around Mexico City and in Southern
Mexico, state the southern leader has
nearly 12.000 men In the field and that
he will co-operate to the last with
provisional President Madero.
Rabago Turns Back, Report.
A party of American mining men.
Including D. B. Gilles, arrived at the
border today from Chihuahua and as
serted that General Rabago's forces of
federals had turned back when they
received news of the fall of Juarez, and
now Is back In Chihuahua City. In
pite of this move, continued prepara
tions are being made for sending a
large force of lnsurrectos under Gen
eral Orozco southward to reinforce the
rebels who have been watching the
trails leading north.
The Americans also ' reported that
the whole country was ablaze with
revolutionary spirit and that the ln
surrectos in the field were rapidly in
creasing in numbers.
It Is planned to send large bodies of
lnsurrectos south by train as far, per
haps, as Ahumada, tomorrow.- The
captured rapid-tire guns and moun-
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BALLOON AMUCK IN
WIND;. 4 UNHURT
GREAT GAS BAG BUMPS INTO
STOCKTON" HOTElJ. .
Breathless Crowd Then Sees It Sail
Away Passengers' Alight Safely
After Going l"p 9000 Feet.
STOCKTON, Cal., May. 15. (Special.)
Thousands of people assembled
In the streets and park near where a
big captive balloon with four people
in it was to be released this morning.
In the party were Dr. B. F. Walker,
who has long wanted to make a balloon
ascension; Bernard Click, a newspaper
man; John Morrisey and Thomas Cook,
a professional aeronaut and owner of
the balloon.
Mr. Cook had Just given , orders to
release the guy ropes when a gust of
wind struclsthe big gas bag, tearing
it from its moorings and It was taken
at a rapid rate toward the upper story
of the Imperial Hotel. Dr Walker suc
ceeded in throwing out a large bag"-of
sand - which crashed through the Are
escape as the basket mounted high
enough to be dragged over the tin roof
of the building.
The crowd was breathless for several
seconds as no one could determine
whether or not the four men had been
thrown out but in a few seconds the
balloon could be seen shooting upward
and carried east at a ast rate. It
soon disappeared from sight here but
an automobile party followed, it to a
point between Bellota .and ' Linden,
where it landed, after going up about
9000 feet
In making the landing Morrisey, who
had hold of one of the valve ropes, was
dragged through a barley field and giv
en quite a bumping but all escaped
without any severe Injury. It was the
first time all but Mr. Cook had ever
been up in a balloon. -
COAL , ISSUE STIRS CITY
Seattle Business Men issue Call for
Mass Meeting.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 15. (Special.)
-To arouse the country t toe Impor-
the Alaskan coal land question, it was
voted today ;by the Joint Alaskan "com
mittees representing the Seattle Com
mercial. Club, the Rotary Club, the
Arctic Club, the Chamber of Commerce
and the -Washington chapter of the
American Mining Congress .to appoint
a committee to arrange for a monster
mass meeting, to be held at an early
date in Seattle.
Flans for this meeting will be sub
mitted at tomorrow' meeting of ths
Chamber of Commerce by a sub-com
mittee consisting of A. E Soelberg. C.
W. Corliss, F. J. Falkenburg and
Francis R. Singleton.
The meeting Is intended to exniess
the indignation Seattle; feels at -the
fallu.ro of the Federal Government' to
open the Alaska coal fields. ; '
MAN FLIES 100 MILES HOUR
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American Aviator Breaks Records
for Speed in Airship.
KHE1MS, May 15. Speed records,
wun ana witnout a passenger, were
twice beaten today in remarkable
monoplane flights. A speed of more
than 160 kilometers (99.5 miles) an
hour was attained in the first flight by
the American aviator, Henry E. Wey-
man. He started from Mourmelon
with Count Roblllard as a passenger.
A strong wind, almost amounting to a
gale, caused the machine to plunge in
a terrifying manner, with wild sweeps)
the height constantly varying from 30
to 300 feet-
Later Lieutenant f equant, in a new
monoplane. Lieutenant Bley acting as
observation officer, made a flight over
the same fcourse under the same con
ditions. " This flight was without in
terruption and the distance was com
pleted, in ' 10 minutes and 20. seconds.
speed of 102 kilometers (100.7 miles)
maintained.
VETO BILL UP TO LORDS
British Commons Finally Pass Meas
ure With Enthusiasm. '
LOXDON, May 15. The fight in the
Houso of Commons over the veto bill to
curtail the powers of the House of
Lords ended tonight- An amendment
to reject the whole bill was defeated-.
463 to 243, and the measure was car
ried on its third reading, 362 to 241.
Announcement of the vote was re
ceived with tremendous outbursts of
applause. , -
It is expected the bill will go to the
House of) Lords at an early date.
Debate in the House of Lords today
on the second reading of Lord Lans-
downe's bill for the reconstitution of
the the upper chamber Indicated that
the leader's orders will fail to coerce
many of the Unionist peers Into voting
for a measure Involving their own po
litical extinction.
TOWN SAVES TRAMP DOG
Mascot of Pacific Varsity Returns,
Sportsmen Pay License.
PACIFIC VXrVERSITY, Forest
Grove, Or., May 15. (Special.) Orphan
Boy. a yellow, bobtail dog. often at
home on the university campus and on
the streets of the town, has Just re
turned after several months' absence.
When the tramp dog was about to
be seized by the dogcatcher. several
sportsmen of the town contributed the
price of a license tag. which gives
Orphan Boy his freedom for another
year. .
Orphan Boy was a prominent figure
among the varsity boys last Winter.
He was mascot ic several football pa
rades. His favorite place is at the
back door of Herrick Hall..
CLUB WOMEN ARE'
IN BATTLE ARRAY
War Over Suffrage to
Tear Convention.
FRAY WILL 'BE ON TODAY
California Suffragists Better
Organized Than "Aitis."
EXCITEMENT IS INTENSE
Report of Resolutions Committee
Will Bring First Engagement
in Struggle to Secure In
' dorsement of Plea.
LONG BEACH, Cal., May 15 (Spe
cial.) It was "Just before the battle,
mother," today at the big state con-,
ventlon of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs, being held here. To
morrow is the date set for the attack
and the suffrage forces are prepared to
stdrin the citadel with arguments, reso
lutions, diplomacy, tact, cajolery and
every other kind of ordinance permissi
ble in great wirepulling contests.
The issue on one side Is to obtain the
Federation's Indorsement of the princi
ples of suffrage. The other side's cam
paign is to prevent clubwomen, as &
body, " from recognizing the suffrage
movement- x
The crisis will come'.when the reso
lutions committee . reports tomorrow
morning. Meantime, the generals of
each side are In much the same state of
mind as an Admiral who is prepared to
sail into the enemv's harhnr at Ha v
break. Tension, suppressed excitement
and a certain honeyed politeness that is
deadly- pervade the whole convention.
Suffragists Well Organized.
The suffragists, it is obvious to the lay
observers, have their forces the mora
thoroughly - trained. They are better
disciplined, and surer of their ground. ..
They are absolutely frank In their dec
larations of war to the death, while the
"an'tis" are more surreptitious in their
methods. The- "antl" takes more ta
guerrilla warfare. . '
The suffragists have cornered a por
tion of the veranda of the Hotel Vir
ginia, where the convention Is being;
held, and a great yellow banner bla
zoned In black with thev "votes for
women" motto is a guide for the hesi
tating ones. They hesitate, are lost
and thereby won to the cause of polit
ical equality. They go to "see what's to
be seen and leave with yellow suffrage
buttons upon their palpitating bosoma
i. e., the bosoms are palpitating wlthi
the ardor ef the cause and zeal for tha
fray.
Chairman Is Suffragist.
Mrs. W. W. Orcutt, chairman of tha
resolutions committee, is wearing a,
suffrage button. She conceals it under
her badge bearing the words "resolu
tions committee."
But the militants take It for an omen
of success. However, the convictions
of the committee will be of no avail If
the general body of the convention
votes against the suffrage resolution
when it is read. Hence the campaign
ing, in season and out. The Anti-Suffrage
Association of Los Angeles, which,
is not federated and therefore cannot
argue from the floor, has seen to it that
every writing desk in the great hotel la
laden with "antl" literature. ,
A wave of suffrage passed over thev
convection today but receded beforej
reaching a final issue and without pro
ducing other wreckage than strained
relations between opposing factions. , .
Committee Is Cautious. I
i
The wave was the result of a spasm.
of caution contracted by the resolutions
committee early in ' the day, which,
caused symptoms so alarming that tha
committee transferred all responsibility;
in the suffrage matter to the shoulders
of the state president, Mrs. Russell
Judson Waters, who is now presiding
over tiie convention. And so adroitly
was the burden borne that again tha
subject was consigned to its scheduled;
place on the programme, Tuesday
morning, the final day,of the convent
tion. '
The appeal of the resolutions 'com.
m'lttee to the state president, was mada
through their chairman, Mrs. W. W. Or.
cutt, who interrupted the peaceful pro-
ceedings of the morning session by ris
ing to say that she asked the privilege;
of the floor to present a matter ln
connection with the work of her com-4
mlttee. and" then boldly, without sub.
terfuge, metaphors or abstractions, she,
announced that the. resolutions com
mittee had received a resolution relat
ing to equal suffrage. Not a woman,
present would have risked losing some
thing by fainting, otherwise they would
have dropped off right and left. '
Question Is Explained.
In a tense silence, Mrs. Orcutt then)
proceeded to explain that a question
had arisen in the committee as ta
whether or not. In accordance with cer.
tain articles of the constitution of tha
federation, a resolution relat'ng to suf
frage could legally be presented to,
the convention. . . '
Mrs. Orcutt then made a motion that
at a certain time during the afternoon
session, the chair make a ruling upon
the constitutionality of -admitting tha
question of suffrage to the considers
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