TIIE MORMXG OREGOXIAN. MONDAY, JUXE 5. 1911. tative should be as nearly uniform JUSTICETDSILL BOSS-RULED COURT STIRS NEW YORK POLITICIAN WHOSE ELEVATTOW TO SUPREME BENCH STIES NEW YORK. STATES PROPOSED Si w v-; Elevation of Dan Cohalan to Supreme Bench Threatens Trouble for Murphy. PEOPLE PLAN VENGEANCE Tammany Control of Cownmr and Domination of ApprlUl PItI- to A pparrnl "Snap" Aignfi to yr-m Man. NEW TOKK. Juna 4. ("racial. p ration ef DB Cohalan to the Huprvm Court bsach baa rausd all aorta ef tronbl t-r Oarlaa K. Murphy. ladsr of Tammany HalL AlraaJy It la claar that tha laja thl Fall will Cohalaa anil Cohalanlsm. ao4 th Ra publican county pral4nt. Samuel S. Konlfc la quit ccarl up our tha yraapaet. Whaa It cornea down to tha matter or an laaua. thr la nothln that ao aransss tha poopla of New Tork aa one that affect a tha judiciary. Prove to thaoa that a Jn.1ce la belna; ranrod betaoae of tha peraonaJ frlend ohip of erme rM. and ther ara likely to ft out and make all klnda of trouble. IVopl' Tcmprr Mx n. It an Issti- of thla kind that thrw the Iwrnocraii out of power ba-k In !- I-ariJ H. Hill, then 1-atnorratie teader. waa under obllaa tlotta t a lawyer named Mavnard. who had helped tha party to ateal tha atata Senate that year. And Mavnard re ward waa t'a nomination for Jastt' of the Court of Appeals. When tha votes ware rounted It waa found that ha had carried tha entire ticket down to cruehinc defeat by unheard-of pluralities. Mayor l-ow waa elected principally became Richard Croker turned down Justice Paly for renomlnatlon. becauaa of a personal srudgs. Mill, when yon think of It. neither of theea raaea waa aa flaarant aa tha preaant one. Cohalan. aa a lawyer, doea not rank In tha flret class. H:a to Ire la eeldom heard In tha court, but hla slightest whisper "oea In Tammany Hall. And It waa because of that that ha now weara tha black allk robe of a Supreme Court Juetlce, Choice Ftorcrd by Murphy. Cohalaa waa appointed to till tha vacancy due to tba retirement of t'nlted Statea Senator O Gorman. Gov ernor rlx made the appointment, and. to Ma credit. It muet be aald that ha fouaht Ticnrously aaralnst dotnic ao. Put the lovernor. althouali peraonally ona of tha most amiable of men. haa no backbone. And when Murphy In formed fctra that unless Cohalan waa named appotntmenta of tha Governor to other poattiona would not bo con firmed by tha Senate. Dls wilted, and ent In tha name of tha (rand aaobem of Tammany Hall. It haa been the unwritten law In the elate that a Juetlce. appointed to fill a vacancy, recelvea tha nomination of hla partv for tha full term when the votera are called upon to fill tha place at tha ensulna" election. Where fore the general public la expecting that It will bava a chance to take a whack at Cohalan thla KalL Put a Tammany man. enough of an Insider to make his view Important, mid ma the other day that Cohalaa wl'.l not be on tha bench after Decem ber II next. Trk-k on Voters Planned. "Cohalaa knowa that If be went be fore the voters he would be slaughtered. No man llvlna- could make a worse ran. unless, perhaps. It nilcht be Mur phy. ?o Cohalan doea not Intend to sacrifice htmself thla Fall. Inatead he plana a trick which both ha aad Murphy think will redound to tha rood of tie orcantiatlon. "Cohalan haa always wanted to have tha title of Ju.lse- That la why ha In aisied upon taking tha place at tha present time. Hut be haa neither de aire nor Intention of remaining on tha bench. Otherwise I am convinced that Murphy would never have allowed him to go there. For Murphy understanda aentiment la the city, even If ha Is a poor fudft of atata wide or National conditions. "Murphy and Cohalan know that there lil be a area! outcry against the new Juiltre. and that alres.lv aev- ral newspapera and varlouo clvle or ganisations ara gathering material to be nerd la the coming campaign. Of courae the crusaa mill not begin In eerneet until the Kali, but the ammu nition will be rea'ty. And CVhaiao haa figured out how ha ran make hla ene mies unhappy. "He win not. for the present, aay anything that would Indicate an Inten tion to retire from public life. Things will drag along, with the fire directed acmst htm. until the eve of the con vention. Then it la his Intention to announce hla retirement. In tha Inter est of harmony.' The newsoapera will be satisfied, because they can claim a victory. Coht'an will be aatisflrd. be cause he will have served 11 long on the bench as he desires. And Murphy will be satisfied. f-r he can contend that the orcamaatlon has listened to puMc cplnlt'n. and t:icrfvre should bo ophe'd by the voters." Stuvrwor Already Choeen. Thsa same Tammtny man telle me that Cohalan'a succeesor hss already been plcke.l out. The Judge-expectant Is i'ectard to be Archibald Vatsn. .Mayor t;aynors friend and nrpcratlon Counsel. Watson. al though not heretof -re ranked as a strict organltatlon man. la la hlgti favor with Murprv. because he haa been one of the department heads who cou'd alwaya be relied upon to do the "right thing for the boa" Cohalan baa been on tha bench only a few weeks now. but already tha criticisms have grown louJer. Now the Appel'sje i'lvlslon hvs been draggeu Into the rase, and tha digni fied Judaea who comprise that court ara beginning to realua bow unpopular they are. Justices of the 9upreme Court ro tate around among the different parts, the assignments being mils by tha Arre;late iMvtslon. AnJ when Co halaa went ea the bench It waa Decea se rv to detail Mm to work. The two prise parte of court ara tha peclai terms, parts ona and two. Tha Judge tn those terms haa tha appoint ment of all referees, recelrera and commissioners of various klnda. Thla patronage la valued at mora than JI.sao.on a year, and Cohalaa etarta right la dealing It out. Hiving Cohalan the "snipe" it. thl utaet waa unprecedented. In e try t f. V v i r V- T K i V; ' i V " v I iff- . t . " Tsy . , SC' it ' ' y- - "k a 4 sat n DIMEL r. COHALAN. put on the ordinary trial terms for at least a year. Tha theory la that they nerd experience before taking up the most Important of tha work, and it must be admitted that It aounds rea sonable. But. ordinary cttlxena ask. If this la so, why was an exception made In the case of Cohalan? He never pre sided over a court In hla Ufa. while numerous of hla colleagues hare bean promoted from tha minor tribunals. Court Ruled From Outside. To tha man outside It looks very much aa though Dlz appointed Cohalan because Murphy demanded It. and that tha Appellate Ilrlslon gave him tha choice details for tha same reason. All In all. It la what might be called "pretty raw work." Murphy, of courae. has nothing to ay at present. He haa troubles of hla own, for. In addition to tha Cohalaa mtxup. there Is a lively little revolu tion pending up In the Bronx. Tha district leaders there have mutinied and left tha organization. And It la all over a matter of patronage. There ara many hungry Democrats In the Bronx these dnya. Tha Borough president la an antl - Tammany man who hands out his placea to Independ ents. And Mayor Oaynor haa been a disappointment. o the district leaders had a bright Idea. They decided that tha Borough of Bronx waa big enough to bo a county by Itself, and begaa to agitata for lu" Adoption of the plan would mean Judges, a Sheriff. County Clerk and other officers which the organisa tion could ose In tta buslnaaa. It was really a blight schema. But Murphy put hla foot down and would have none of It. Hla public reason waa that It would ba aa un necessary exponas, but privately ha aaw that Bronx County would ba harmful politically. Freed of tha domination of tha or ganisation, tha Bronx man would bo more than likely to enter comblna tlona that would upaet Tammany's control. Owing to Murphy's objections tha bill was kilted. Then tha leaders re signed, but they expect to keep up tha tight this FalL And It ss a naaty mess and Is giving Murphy much concern All In all tba boaa la not happy, and ha expect a to bava a buay Summer mending his various political fences. GARY'S TALK OUT Steel Magnate Urges Co-operation and Stability. WAGE-CUTTING IS FEARED ALASKAN MINES SOLD LOXUOX TKAKSOX SYXDICATK PIAXS IEVEIXrMEXT. McKlnley Lake IMstrk-t to Be Made Second Treadwcll Half Hun dred Claim Secured. CORDOVA. Alaska. June 4. Repre sentatives of the London Fxploraiion Company, tba Pearson Syndicate), are here closing a deal lor ins purciiase oi mora than i gold Quarts clatma In tha Mcbllnlry lake district near this city. The purchase price Is approximately 0.0tf . llcnry Bratnober. J. IL Lubach and C H. Tearce. repreeentlng the rearson Interests, have been examining tha properties several days and ara con ducting the negotiations for the trans fer of.clnlma. The experts, who have Investigated the claims. report Im mense bodies of Mgh-clase low-grade ore. which they report will exceed In extent and value the famous Treadwell gold minee on Douglas Island. South eastern Alaska. Included In tha half hundred claim tha London Kxploratlon Company I preparing to take over are tha claims of tha McKlnley Lake Mining Com pany, the Lucky Strike Mining Com pany, the Whtttemore and Thlatla claims and many other Individual hold ings. The rlaima are altuatad il mile from Cordova and only three mllea from the mala Una of tha Copper River and Northwestern Railway. Tha prop erty contains a good water supply and Is heavily timbered so that ther will be no difficulty In obtaining construc tion material. Mr. Bratnober-said to night that tha Copper River Company has sgreed to build a branch to tha properly where the London Company will build a lee-etamp mill. 1 Acre Near Elgin Platted. BLOIN. Or.. June . Snec!aX) The Twin Buttea Orchard Company la to plat U acres of orchard land aix miles south east of Elgin on Ind'an Creek Into lo sers tracts. Clauds Huffman, until re cently a realty dealer of Elgin. Is the chief owner and promoter of tha enterprise. Address to Manufacturers Show Apparent Wishes Are Overruled by Difficulty In Meeting Redaction of Rival. NEW TORK. June 4. The argument with which Hbert IL Gary, chairman of tha directors of the United States Steel Corporation, addressed Iron and steel manufacturer who .were hi guests at a recent luncheon to discuss tha In dependent action of the Republic Iron at Bteel Company In reducing price, were made public by htm today. They threw added light on what occurred behind tha cloaed doors at the Metropolitan Club, where tha conference waa held. Mr. Gary argued for continuing co operation among tha ateel makers and for stability In prices, but his apparent withe on the price question were over ruled by a general difficulty to meet the cut of tha Republic Company. In his remarks. Mr. Gary touched upon the pos sibility of wago reduction, the value of fair dealing and frankness by great corporations In view of ti. recent Su preme Court decision In tha Stsndard OH case. Stability Is Creed. "I had advocated and shall alway ad vocate, so long aa I believe I have a right to do ao." aald Mr. Gary, "the stability of prices, tha regularity of buslnesa conduet on tha part of all cal culated to recognise and advance the Interests of others. "I hsve urged you to remember, and 1 again call attention to tha fact, that when you make substsntiul reductions In your prices you face the possible necessity of reducing the cost of pro duction. Including the wages you are paying to the men In your employ. "Do not forget that tha laboring men the employes of the corporations have mora at risk than the employers. You have no right to run the risk of being compelled to put their wages below what they ought to ba unless you sre driven to it. snd I hope that whatever may be dona you will not reduce the wages until you fesl It la aa absolute neces sity." Rombflicll Referred To. Referring to the bombshell which tha Republic Company threw. Into tha ateel market by reducing prices. Mr. Gary -.4. "TV - mrm nnnfrontcd with a Very serious and dlsagreeaMe problem. It la not for ina to crltlclae men nor .o ! pass Judgment on their motives. 'On thing we know, that Is a leading Iron and steel company hitherto In our councils, has suddenly, for reasons con sidered good by those In chsrge. given notice that, for the present at least. It la not desirable to co-operate with us. "I would not expect or ask anyone to do anything he believed wrong, legally or morally, but on the other hand If anyone who ha been co-operating In a lawful way suddenly change hi opinion and believe It 1 for hi pe cuniary Interest for the time being to withdraw, then I do not hesitate to say. that so far as I am concerned. I am perfectly willing to let him stand outside and If I have sufficient influ ence It shall not In tha leaat affect the relations of the rest. In discussing at the outset of hi address the Standard Oil decision. Mr. Gary aald be disagreed with the state menta of some persons that the Su preme Court had modified tha Sherman law and had read Into that act tha word "unreasonable." He aald ha wsa Inclined to think that If that wera true "tha adoption of that view and conduct based upon It might result In very great barm to the business interests of tha country generally." "If the business Interest of thl country generally should reach the con. elusion by resson of the ruling In the Standard Olt case, that tha Sherman act. so-called, has been overthrown we hall find that result and tn the long run we will suffer by reason of such an attitude. Census Expert Would Improve Method of Apportioning Members of House. FRACTIONS MAKE TROUBLE Pr. Hill Lay Down Principle That . Ratio of Representatives to In habitants Should Be as Close as Possible. WASHINGTON. Jon . (Special.) An entirely satisfactory method of ap portioning members of tha House of Representatives among the several states, after each decennial census, never ha been carried Into effect, and the question alwaya comes up for dis cussion by the House committee on the census when preparing an apportion ment bllL Dr. Joseph A. Hill, chief statistician of the Division of Revi sion and Results of the Census, has sub mitted to Chairman fTuuston, of the Housa census committee, a statement explaining a method of apportionment which promises to bring much more aatlsfactory results than the methods hitherto employed. - Tha Constitution provides that Repre sentative ahall be apportioned among the aeveral states according to popu lation, with the further provision that every state shall receive at least one Representative, regardless of Its pop ulation. Tha trouble in complying with the constitutional requirement, with mathematical exactness, grows out of the fact that the exact quota to which any state Is entitled on the basis of population Invariably Includes a -fractional part of a Representative. Rule CnJuat to Small States. The census act of 1850 prescribed the rule Is first to decide upon the total number of Representatives to be ap portioned, then ascertain tha exact ma thematical quotas fo which the states are severally entitled on the basis of population, and next add up the whole numbers In these quotas. Tha difference between the total thus ob tained and tha total number of Rep resentatives to be apportioned Is the number of Representative to be as signed for fractions, and these are al lotted to tha states In the order of the sixe of the fractional remainder. The defect in tha rule of 1850 lies In the fact that gives the same fraction tha same weight without regard to whether It occur In the quota of a mall or a large state. Under this rule a large state whose quota, say, was 37.62, would take precedence over a small state whose quota was 1.61, and the result may be that the fraction of a large state la counted, that state re ceiving 88 Representatives, while the fraction of the small state is disre garded, that state receiving only one Representative. Tet the fraction In the case of tha smaller state constitutes more than one-third of the exact quota or representation to which that state Is entitled on the basis of its population, while in case of the large state It con stitutes less than one-seventb of the exact quota. Another method of apportionment which has been used has been designated as the method of major frac tions. A ratio or divisor Is selected, which Is divided Into the population of the several states, and an additional Representative la assigned for every major fraction appearing In the quoti ents, while every minor fraction Is disregarded. It may happen that a major fraction appearing in the exact quota to which the state Is entitled Is converted Into a minor fraction in the application of the method of major fractions, or that a minor fraction Is converted Into a ma jor fraction. For Instance. In the ap portionment of 427 -Representatives, Pennsylvania's exact quota, 36.66 In volves a large major fraction, but In the application of the method of major fractions this becomes converted Into a minor fraction, the result of the, divi sion In the case of this method being for the State of Pennsylvania, although entitled to 35.(6 of Representatives, would receive, under the rule of major fractions, only 35 Representatives. Remedy Is Suggested. If two states, A and B. have, respec tively, a population of 160,000 snd 480,- 1 000. and the number of Representatives to be apportioned gives one Representa tive to every 100,000 population. A would be entitled to 1.60 Representa tives and B to 4.80, If the quotas could be made exact. If only one Represen tative remains to be assigned for a frac tion, under the 1850 Rule that Represen tative would be assigned to B because of its larger fraction, which would give it five Representstlves to one for A. That makes the Inequality tn represen tation unnecessarily great. If repre sentation could be eact, B should have three time as many members as A, but under thla method It secures five times as many. Dr. Hill's alternative Is to give A two Representatives and B four, thereby making B'a number of Representatives twice as great aa A'. That conforms mora nearly to tha relative population than by giving B five times aa many Representatives as .A. The ratio of 2 to 1 comes nearer to the correct ratio I of 3 to 1 than tha ratio 6 to 1 does. Dr. Hill goes on to say that the prln ; clple followed Is that the ratios of the . number of inhabitants per Represen possible This new rule of apportionment does away with the Injustice to he small states, as compared with the large states, which waa found to result from the rule of 1850. WOMEN TO MEET JUNE 27 Washington. Club Federation Will Hold Convention at Olympla. OLTMPIA. Wash., June 4. (Special.) Miss Janet Moore, of Olympla, presi dent of the State Federation of Wom en' Clubs, announces that plana are almost completed for the annual con vention of that body, which Is to meet In this city June 27. IS and 29. This will be the first gathering of the clubwomen of the state since wom en were granted the right to vote In Washington and some interesting reso lutions are expected to be brought for ward. The women named by President Moore to preside over the various ses sions are Mrs. E. O. McClaughlln. of Hoqutam: Mrs. R. C. McCredle. of Sun nyslde; Mrs. J. a Thomas, of Tacoma. and Mrs. A. E. Goldsmith, of Puyallup. One of the features of the convention will be the speech to be delivered by Mrs. Blanche M. Mason, deputy state labor commissioner, on "Industrial Con ditions Among the Women, and Chil dren of the State." There will be a great number of fine musical pro grammes, as the musical club leaders have consented to take charge of that feature. The convention will be brought to a close with a big clam bake at Priest Point Park, when the women will be the guests of the Olym pla Chamber of Commmerce. TAFT VISITS RELATIVES Slster-ln-Law In Pittsburg Recelvea President En Route Home. PITTSBURG, Pa., June 4. President Taft arrived here at 9:10 tonight and waa immediately driven In an automo bile to the residence of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Laughlin, where he remained until time ato take his train at 11:18. The train is due In Washington at 8:45 tomorrow morning. Friends of the President ' who came east with him were greatly pleased with the way in which his speech In behalf of Canadian reciprocity before the West ern Economic Society In Chicago has been received. The President will get into the fight again tomorrow to have the bill re ported out unamended to the Senate by the finance committee and It is certain hla 2000-mile trip to make one speech for reciprocity has strengthened his conviction that much of :hi country looks upon It with favorable eyes. TWO HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Improperly Filled Balloon Endan gers Lives of Occupants. FRESNO, Cal., June 4. Charles Brown. a professional parachute jumper, and Charles FrledelL of this city, were saved this afternoon 'by a tree and Irrigation ditch. Soon after the balloon left the ground at a local park, it was discovered that it had been Improperly filled. It tilted and began to descend rapidly. Brown Jumped into a ditch filled with water. "Friedell's hands were lashed to the bar of the trapeze and he was unable to free himself. After falling some dis tance, he was dragged into the top of a tree and hung there until rescued. The balloon escaped and Is lost. Frie dell waa only slightly hurt. FOUR DROWN AT ST. LOUIS Launch Capsizes In Mississippi and Bodies Are Lost. ST. LOUIS, June 4. Four men were drowned and three rescued from a sim ilar fate at noon today, when a gasoline launch capsized In the Mississippi River here. The Identified dead: John A. Dietrich, 16 years old, a clerk. August Masterbrook, 85, grocer. Charles Totsch, 42, butcher. The name of the fourth man drowned has not been learned and the bodies of the dead are unrecovered. The accident is attrlblted to over crowding the launch. BOATING TRIP IS FATAL (Continued From First Pe.- who had finally succeeded in laying hold of the upturned uamee, ana went to their rescne as rapidly as possible. They- succeeded In saving 10 persons who had been in tha water an hour and a half. All of those rescued were In bad shape when, they were finally taken off the wreck. They were chilled through by the cold water and nearly exhausted from calling for aid, and their struggles to hold to the boat which was being whipped about by the wind. Those rescued are: Miss M. E. Covey, Captain Brown, Ivey Jfaylor, Vollia Naylor, Mr. McMil lan, Mr. Rodwell. Helen Moreton. Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Clarke, Miss Catherine Behan. Captain Brown had 20 years experi ence aa a sailor before coming to Utah and was considered a competent man at handling a sailboat. VOTE SEWERCOMPETITION Taxpayer want sewers to cost less. Vote Yes on sewer amendment. Pd.Adv. R OS6 S fiow AT THE Armory, June 6 and 7 CONCERTS BY RUSSI'S BAND Tickets Now on Sale at Sherman -Clay's, Sixth and Morrison Streets. THE BEST ECONOMY IN PIANO BUYING (J Let others buy the cheap pianos. For your in strument choose one which will give you years of service after the inferior ones have outlived the little usefulness they ever may have had. (J Of course, you will have to pay more for a g'ood piano but is it not economy to do so and assure yourself of permanent satisfaction? Q Dependable pianos are not sold at the ridicu lously low figures quoted by houses which abuse the public confidence by sensational statements in their advertising. The piano offered as "Was $550, now $115," or "Was $600, now $98," is merely a bait to catch the unwary and unsuspecting buyer. (J Beware the lure of unreasonably low price. Rest your decision on the value offered, and re member that the very cheap piano means cheap construction, inferior tone and only temporary usefulness. 5 Do not permit yourself to indulg'e in the ex travagance of "saving"' a few dollars now to taKe the chance of dissatisfaction after you have spent your money. J You can g'et an idea of what piano value means by inspecting' our collection. You can buy an in strument here at a price as low as a g'ood one can be sold for. Furthermore, you will find that we have g'raded our prices consistently with the rela tive worth of our pianos. Therefore you can maKe your selection to the very best advantage, whatever sum of money you may wish to invest Easy pay f saw -r - - - ' - J sT us il isa 1 1 204 OaK Street Between 5th and 6th. 33 Commencing Today: A Festival of Bargains ' Dozens of Articles Usually Sold Everywhere at 40c, 45c, 50c, 75c, 85c and up at the uniform price of See the Splendid List in Sunday Papers Woodard, Clarke & Co. Washington and Fourth Streets Rest Room and Correspondence Desk ad joining the Prescription Section, main floor. Mammoth "stamp-vending machine adjoining elevator, main floor. Public tele phones adjoining elevator, fourth floor. . Free weighing machine at both entrances. Largest display of pictures and oil paint ings in the city, entire fourth floor. Citi zens of Portland and visitors to the Rose Festival are cordially invited to avail themselves of our many conveniences.