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TIIE MORNING OREGON IAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH , J912. COLONEL'S LETTER TO INSET IS OUT but on thinking 1; over T became con j THom la Onty Orr tinent tht If 1 uetl Kurh language! It would Inevitably be taken aa an an nouncement that I would be a candi '3romo- date for another term tn 1 1 . and this In eplte of the fart tnat. of count, the mrs mum i ni i u iuniinuL.ii SCORES ON DIXON Just 2 Days More of My Advance of Season Sale MCOME IN TODAY, This is aemaav the season's only opportunity sJL t purchase a nobby tailor mado at such prices. lanvuiae. If taken literally. would 99 only hare referred to 10 and. hare had no more bearlnr on lull than lIt or IMS." mat Is Roosevelt Shows Missive of January 16 Showing He Would Not Refuse. DIXOX issces CHALI-KNtiE LANGUAGE IS MISTRUSTED J i-Prrlrtent Pwlar, In Xole. He a Not tomldcrln(r Taft's In terest, or I.a J'ollrue'm or HI. hat People's. XKW YOIIK. March 5. To clear up conflicting- atatenient aa to what he had aid In the past regarding; th I'reatden tial nomination. Theodore Itooeevelt marift public today a letter which he wrote, Ian January to Frank A. Manseo'. t-ie publisher. Honevelt'a object In firing out the rnmmuntcatlon. he aald, waa to refute the charge that he waa breaking a promlne In agreeing- to accept t)ve nom ination If It were offered lilm. Ha called particular attention to & passage In the letter which, while declaring- he won lil not be a candidate said he would not go on record as being- unwilling: to accept the nomination. The letter to -Mr. Munsey wlilcli Colonel Iloevelt gave out. rend In part: "January !. 112. My (var Mr. Munsey: I have received your long and cor.lial letter, together with the etll torinl. t'ermtt mew In tho first place, to tannic you very warmly for the edi torial. It xem. to me that tn the editorial yon liMVe stated the rase ex rt': so exactly-, my drar Mr. Munsey. tint, to mr mind. It In Itself furnishes tie an.ower to the request you make, that 1 should openly announce that. If nominated. I would not refuse the nom- ( nation, tour great Kindness and tne disinterested friendliness of your ac tion entitle you to receive from me In full, a statement of the reasons why I do not feel that at the present time it would be wise or proper for me to mke anv such statement. What the needs of the future may demand. I can not tell. . Slleae la Mlerepreeealed- My dear sir, I entirely agree wfth uu as to the fat ts that my alienee la uV!lberaty misrepresented by my ene mies with the purpose, of confusing p.,o l people and getting them to take a wrong view: and, moreover. I en tirely agree with you that this pur pone In at least partly achieved. The trouble Is that, as often happens, tills is a case where any course pursued would lead to Just such misrepresen tation. Just such misjudgmenl. Just j-rt puzzling of the minds of good peo. .le. "What I have said to you. and am ii bout to say to you. I have, for In Men. e. said not only to other friends i ho think I ought to be nominated. but to friends (and even foes who j tiiink I ought not to be nominated, provided only I could trust their sin cerity, intelligence and truthfulness. For instance. I have said the same thing to Secretary Stlmson. Secretary Meyer and Congressman I.on i? wort h, l'i" are supporting Taft; to Mr. Hln- hot and to Congressmen Ienroot and Kent. ho Rre supporting Ia Kollette, I have that to editors Mr. Nelson. .Mr. Van Valkenburg and Mr. Wright: I practically said that to the entire Al.line Club iN-mocrats. Itepuhllcans, fi cry one. Otflee eagkl. "I am not and shall not be a candi date. I shall not seek the nomination nor would I accept It If It came to me a tne result of an Intrigue. But I will not tie mv hanls by a atatement which would make It difficult or Im possible for me to serve the public by undertaking a great task If the people, as a whole, seemed definitely to come Test br Primaries" In Kxery btate In Vnlon Demanded. WASHINGTON". March t. A letter challenging the Taft campaign forces to "a test by means of primaries' waa sent to Manager MrKlnley, of the Taft campaign committee, late today by Senator Dixon. Roosevelt's executive chairman. The latter beglna: "For the purpose of determining definitely whether the Republican voters of the country deelre Colonel Theodore Roosevelt or President Taft as their candidate In the approaching Presidential campaign. 1 hereby chal lenge you to a teul by means of prl- nitrif- in every state In the Irion. Senator Dixon says that the ob vious purpose of both the Republican campaign committees Is to elect a Re publican next Fail: tnat both are In terested primarily In the succeas of the party and that the first requisite to Montana Man's Authority Act for Colonel Roosevelt Demanded. to ISSUE BECOMES PERSONAL e-e-e-e-e'e- eseeaesaee i: "V. J H ' - -I I ; t- II V i v - I secure his renomlnatlon X. - I If term. He demanded bef f ' ; - j 'he challenge to know w V ' I lij J Dixon waa acting a ch .. V M committee, either by sel ,. .1 ..... A, V -. - , thorlty of Colonel R. Kaaeee K. aebaslts. Ki-t1,iH of Kraaetsee, V ke Wn aaltted leaterday ef "MrmtX" t hargea. Chairman of Roosevelt Committee Leaves Wide Opening When He Declares Ills Chief Is Only "Hecrptive Candidate." WASHINGTON. March i. (Special.) An exchange of courtesies between Senator Dixon, chairman of the Na tional Roosevelt executive committee, and Representative McKlnley. director of the National Taft bureau, marked the opening? of the Roosevelt headquar ters for real business today. For the purpose of determining; whether the Republican voters desire Colonel Roosevelt or President Taft as their candidate In the approaching; campaign. Senator Dixon challenged Mr. McKlaley to a primary test In every state In the Union. Dlsea Promptly Answered Immediately after receiving Senator Dixon's letter tonight Mr. McKlnley dispatched a letter to the rival man ager, saying that he (McKlnley) had beon asked by President Taft to act director of a bureau organised to for a second before answering nether Senator chairman of his lection or au thority of Colonel Roosevelt. and whether the challenge had been Issued by authority of Colonel Roosevelt "whose nomination for a third term as President I understand you and your organization are attempting to secure." Thus the preconvention campaign that promises to be the most sensa- such success Is to choose the candidate tional in the history of the country re- wlth the rreateat popular strength. Senator Dixon says that the National committee waa not Justified In leaving the primary qurs.lon to the action of the states. "In every state and district In the I'nlon proper arrangements can be made and effectively carried out," hi says, "for securing a free and volun tary expression of the will of the Re ceives another dash of ginger. ( bailees Artful la Purpose. It was hardly with the expectation of obtaining anion looking to a coun try-wide preference primary that Chair man Dixon lasued bis challenge. That question waa settled so far as the reg ulars are concerned when the National publican voters. If It cannot be done I committee recognised the primary as to the conclusion that 1 ought to do that task. In other words, aa far as tn me lies, I am endeavoring to look at this mutter purely from the standpoint of the public interest, of the Interest of tho pennle as a whole, and not In the least from my own standpoint. "It I should consult only my own .l-.-.nr.- and Interests. I should most e iiphutit-Mllv and immediately an notinre that I wouM. under no cir cumstances, run. I have had all the honor that unv man can have from holding the office of President. From every personal standpoint, there Is nothing for me to gain, either in run tuns for the office, or In holding the office onre more, and there is very niui h to lose. I'eeele'a latere.! Ktrat. "1'ndcr such circumstances, if I con sulted only my own Interest, the ob vious thing tn do would be to an nounce that I would not obey any popular mandate; thut I would not run If nominated. I shall not follow tnts cmirso. because I am sincerely en-i-avorlni; to look at the matter only rrom the standpoint of the popular titcreM. If at this psrtlcular crisis, villi the particular problems ahead of n. at this particular time, the people t 1 that I am the one man tn sight t i.i the Job. then I should regard tot s If as shirking a plain duty if I l-tl-d to lo It. "W h:il I am interested In. remember. I- not In the leant holding the ofnee, b-it doing a Job that is actually worth 1olnK: this Is the position that, to the I . l of my belief. I have always taken, mioI itlaas shall take. If the people should f.-cl that I was the Instrument to te ued at this time. I should accept. -ett thoutrh I knew that I should be l.rohon and ca-t aside In the using. "In short. I am not concerned with the wrlfere of any one man In this mat-t-r. not mttti Mr. Taft a . welfare, nor Mr. I. Follette a. and leaat of all my own. I ant concerned only with the I Mclraro ef the people of the United Matf. by a statewide primary, which would be preferable. It can bo arranged for districts. tauiler the supervision of proper committees." The letter calls attention to the va rloua states where arrangements have been or are being made for primaries. and adds: "Let roe call your attention again to the fact thaj. Colonel Roosevelt has declared repeatedly that he la not an active candidate for the nomination, but will accept If it comes to him as the demand for the voters of the party. Ills letter to Mr. Moore, of Pittsburg, sent out by your headquarters last night and published in the newspapers tills morning, la an additional proof of this attitude and of the fact that In now saying he will accept the nomina tion under the conditions specified he is merely responding to a popular demand. The voters of the country have the unquestionable right to express their desire and I sincerely trust you will accept this challenge and prepare to co-operate with me In the arrange ment of such primaries. t.om missioned officers are neces sary to direct an army, but it is the rank and file that win the victories." OWN PRKFKKKXCK NOT ASKED I a Manager McKlnley Replies to Fed eral Activlly Story. WASHINGTON". March 5. President Taft's msnsger. Representative Mc Klnley. made the 'ollowlng statement regarding the alleged activity among rederal employes: "Under the recent ruling of the Civil tservlce Commission the managers of the campaign of any Presidential can didate may Inquire of any Federal of ficeholder aa to political conditions In his vicinity and may even ask his own political preferences, which I dis tinctly did not do In my letter of the Kth. "I might suggest that Mr. Roose velt's managers are as free as 1 am to write any officeholder In the United States at any time, and. what Is more to the point, they are doing It. The friends of Mr, Roosevelt, amon? whom Senator Wlvon has always been con spicuous, did not hesitate to follow a similar line of action four years ago. and properly, too. because only In that way could they have secured any re liable information on which to map out tneir campaign. 3-YEAR BILL MODIFIED M HCO.M.MITTKE DRAFTS SEW HOMKSTKAD PROVISIONS. l.niMgr la Keered. at this time 1 would accept. If "If i:inintfiL it would be blasoned abroad ly .,11 my enemies and ultimately be IWed by a large portion even of my good friends and well wtsbers. that 1 had. in my own interest, announced mr candidacy: that 1 was an active can didate: that I was striving by every ivrans to secure the nomination for President. At this time whstevermsy be the case In the future I do not see that any other outcome could be ex pected. It Is simply a case where the Isnauage would not be accepted at its exat-t face value, and would inevitably t" s'vrn a false construction, and this twin eo. it S'-rm to be wise not to use lar- k uak'. "1-1 me illustrate what T mean by trf-rring yott to the language by win. n. afier the election of lttt. I an nounced that I would not be a candi date f'r re-nomlnation. At the time somI friends of mine suggested thst I si.ould use some much formula aa stat in; tat I would not be a candidate In 1(', because of the custom that I ad crown up not to elect a man aa j-rl;crt fvr a third consecutive term. "Settler or Family" Required to Live on Land, Instead of Giving I-eate of Absence. OUKOONIAN NKWB BUREAU. Wash ington. March The subcommittee f the public lands committee having In charge the Borah-Jones three-year homestead bill hss agreed tentatively to several amendments which will be laid before full committee for adoption. Instead of granting six months' leave of atsence. the bill will provide that the "settler or his fsmlly" shall re side upon the land at least seven months in each year, and before final proof Is made will require that a habitable house shall be erected upon the land, aa evidence of Intention to make It a home. No provision has yet been adopted requiring any specific amount of cul tivation, this subject being still open, but an amendment ' has been agreed upon making the bill applicable to all pending unperfected homestead entries, so that, if it is passeil. homeeteadera now striving to comply with the law mar secure title after three instead of five rears' residence. The amendments adopted will not meet the opposition raised bv the In terior Department and further protest from thst q'irter is expected. an operative Institution in those states which have provided legal machinery for It. but the matter of choosing be tween the old convention method and the primary system even In such states was left to the discretion of the Re publican state committees. It Is the contentlonof the Roosevelt leaders that he, and only he, can lead the party to victory In November. It Is held that there is no use in forcing the nomination of a -candidate to no better purpose than having the party retired from control of the Government by the popular vote In the Fall. The prime political strategy In the chal lenge from the Roosevelt side lies in the subsequent possibility of making It appear that the Taft forces are afraid to have a popular expression on the candidate. Dlaoa Leaves Opening. Chairman Dixon, however, in connec tion with his strategic action, left an opening along another line, which the Taft managers selxed with avidity. He called special attention to Colonel Roosevelt's declaration that he was not candidate for the nomination but that he could accept If tendered to him. The ex-President Insists, there is a marked distinction between "being a candidate" and "accepting a nomina tion." Senator Dixon is chairman of a committee that has begun a systematic campaign to capture Roosevelt dele gates to the Chicago convention. Now the Taft leaders assail the Roosevelt contention that he waa merelya "receptive candidate." They have set about doing this r showing. If possible, that Senator Dixon was named to conduct the fight for Roose velt's nomination by Roosevelt him self or as the result of conferences in which the ex-President was an active figure. They believe Colonel Roose velt has "laid himself wide open" by his explanations and statements fol lowing this publication of the letters that have excited the country the past few days. Profeesloas Regarded aa Pretenae. Senator Dixon's selection as chair man of the Roosevelt executive com mittee, press dispatches announced, followed an' all-day conference In New Tork between Colonel Roosevelt and several friends. The theory Is that a man cannot select a manager of a tight for nomination and not be a can didate In every sense of the term. To show the alleged Inconsistency of Colonel Rooaevelt'a position to prove that he has equivocated and that he has misled friends of his own and friends of President Taft are the pur poses of the Taft leaders in a cam paign that rapidly Is assuming; per sonal features of the. bitterest char acter. JOHNSON FOLLOWERS DESERT 'Progressives" In State Election Organize to Support Taft. SAN FRANCISCO. March S. Progres sive Republicans of this state who sup ported Gevernor Johnson In the cam paign for Governor, but who do not agree with him In his Indorsement of Theodore Roosevelt, met today and or ganised the Taft League of Progressive Republicans. The organization is dis tinct from the Taft Republicans of California, organized yesterday, but the trend of the speeches at the conference Indicated that there would be little friction betweem the two factions, and astute politicians predicted today that a merger of the two was probable. The olive branch was evrtended to the progressives vesterdsy by the Taft Re. publicans snd the token of peace was 1 not unkindly receives. Ex-State Senator Relshaw, of Con tra Costa County, was elected president of the leasrue. and Joseph E. Cut ton. of San Francisco. secretary. Marshall Hale and A. I. Shinn. prominently ideu- (W Thm Mfor-M Ov re Ocaea Oold to Ores Oo Always remember thefah naoiev Ajoos tot this auroaiure en avers bos no. PRINTING - Ruling. Minding and Blank Book Making. Phones Mala 6201. A zzDl. Portland Printing House Co. J. I.. Wright. Pres. and Oen. Ytiuinv. Book. Catalogue and 4'ommerrlaL Tenth and Taylor tits.. Portland. Oregon. tlfled with the Lincoln - Roosevelt League, were named as vice-presidents. ARMY STAFF IS REVISED TWENTY CHANGES ARE MADE IN PERSONNEL. Officers Who Have Served Four Years Replaced by Men Fresh From Active Set-vice. WASHINGTON. March ". Carrying out the theory upon which it was founded, that the general staff of the Army shall be kept supplied with new blood by continually displacing the of ficers who have seen four years' serv ice by men called In from the field, nearly two dozen changes in that body was announced today. Four Lieutenant-Colonels were added as follows: Charles R. Noyes. Twenty first Infantry; Harry C. Benson, Fifth Cavalry: William G. Haan, Coast Ar tillery, and Frederick S. Foltz. Fif teenth Cavalry. Four Majors were added as follows: Daniel W. Ketcham. Coast Artillery: Frank E. Harris, Coast Artillery; Ar thur S. Conklln, Coast Artillery, snd Benjamin A. Poore, Twenty-second In fantry. Twelve Captains were added. They were: William Mitchell. SlRnal Corps; S. J. Bayard Schlndel, Sixth Infantry; James T. Moore. Twenty-seventh In fantry: William T. Merry. Ninth In fantry; Halstead Dorey. Fourth In fantry; John W. Wright, Seventh In fantry; William J. Glassrow, Eighteenth Infantry; George C. Barnhardt. Fif teenth Cavalry: Melvin W. Rowell, Eleventh Cavalry: Harrison Hall. J. P. Robinson and William H. Raymond. Coast Artillery. Pi to tfl Y - - .-4 $26.00 for my regular $32.50 Suits $30.00 for my regular $37.50 Suits S36.00 for my regular $45.00 Suits $40.00 for my regular $50.00 Suits My new WEST OF ENG LAND BLUE SERGES included in this sale. YOU WANT A NIFTY TAILORED SUIT sometime this Spring get.it now and save. My stocks are tremendous and of the handsomest patterns I have ever seen. It will do you good just to conie in and have a look at them. f I positively guarantee the material, the fit, the work-jj-a. 1 i manship of every suit I build. I have been making (YY TYl Ml "I luality clothes for Portland men for years. I want A,-',c'' I you to make my establishment your permanent tailor- insj home. MAXWELL, THE TAILOR 246 Washington St., Between 2d and Third. Opposite Merchants National Bank. PULLHAH QUINTET QUITS hCMVKRSITr OP ORF.GOV FIVE LEADS, 19 TO 7. STIMSON PRAISES TAFT Ifontfnued from Kint rni;r) has proved effective In one place, as the necessary test of sincere and Intel ligent reform in another," lie said. "It is even more erroneous to make ndel- ty to one of theFC schemes of local government In one of the common wealths a test for what Is proper and appropriate in the government of the Nation at large." Mr. Stlmsnn said that the referendum apparently had worked well in Oregon. but that in a 60-year trial in New York. as applied to Constitutional questions, it had heen a failure. "Should the National Republican lives in New York be read out of this par ty?" he asked, "because he declined to accept the referendum as the best rem edy to cure the abuses of popular gov ernment In his own state?" The Secretary of War drew attention to the Investigation that have been made under President Taft into prob lems that had been the subject of seri ous controversy for years. The work of the tariff board, the Ifadley rail way securities commission and the Hughes commission on second-class matter, were typical, he said, of the methods cought by Mr. Taft to ascer tain facts. Vital Issues Invrslicateri. "I doubt of there ever hasbeen an Administration where so many vital questions of progress were under care ful, scieentiflc Investigation and scruti ny by commissions of competent ex perts." he said. "There is nothing dra matic about such a method: but a re form accomplished in the light of such carefully accredited facts Is more like ly to he permanent. This Is the very essence of Mr. Taft's method as a re "President Taft has been most falsely vllllfied and abused In connection with the tariff." said Mr. Stimson. "and has. In fact, taken the Republican party out of the gtrasp .pf the special inter ests benefitted by the tariff and has made a part of the Republican progres sive policy the downward revision or the tariff law schedule by schedule." Secretary Stimson reviewed the Ad ministration and its achievements. He said that the President had outlined the svstem of trust reform which, if adopted, would put the country "in a fair way of solving our trust problem find solving it right"; that in the cor poration tax the President had "turned the flank of one of the most stubborn fortresses of reaction." Through his activity in behalf of the arbitration treaties, his efforts for adequate work men's compensation and effective em ployers' liability laws, uni his sug gestion for an industrial commission, his Interest in human welfare had been evidenced. Washington Stale College Men Al lege Kougu Tactics and Leave Floor Xear End of Game. UNIVERSITY OF ORI2GON, Eugene, .March 5. (Special.) Alleging rough playing on the part of the University of Oregon team. Coach Dalqulst. of Washington State College, tonight called his men off of the floor in the second half, with five more minutes to play, forfeiting the game to Oregon. At the time of this move the score stood IS to 7 in favor of Oregon. The first half was close, Oregon leading by a scant point, the score then being 6 to 5. In the second half the Oregon team ran away from the visitors, Bradahaw, Oregon's guard, scoring four field goals in quick succession. Bradshaw and Jamison starred lor Oregon. The game up to the time of the un expected interruption was clean, al though hard-fought. Three fouls were called on Pullman and one on Oregon. A fast preliminary was played be tween the freshman team of the Uni versity of Oregon and the Eugene liigh School quintet with the freshmen on the long end of an 18-to-b score. Lap tain Boylen and Parsons, guards. starred for the freshmen, noylen scor Ins 13 points. Rader, formerly a mem ber of the university tirst team, who has entered Eugene High School, ex celled. Early of Oregon was referee. C'entralia Mill Starts Vp. CENTRALIA, Wash., March 5. (Spe cial.) The H. II. 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