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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.