Morning Oregonian., April 17, 1912, Page 12, Image 12

TITE MORXIXG OKEGOyiAN. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 17. 1912.
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HOT SHOT FIRED AT
CAPITAL'S COMBINE
WISCONSIN SENATOR. " CANDIDATE FOB PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION, WHO SPOKE HERE LAST NIGHT.
ROOSEVELT CAMP
Few Pointed Questions for
Manager of the Claimant's
Multnomah Campaign.
La Follette Tells of Danger as
He Sees It and Shows
Remedies for All.
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WHICH REAL PROGRESSIVE?
MAAIY ARE SHUT FROM HALL
COUNTRY'S MENAGE
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For Two and One-Hair Hours Candi
date for rr1drncjr GWc HI
Views and Tell of Itemr
die He Would Vrgf.
rontlTu"l from Ftr.t rat.
man anti-trust law; jiml
TlH-oiiore
Roosevelt, whrn lie N-cirao I'rmident.
r, w them out In the flrld of Industry
and rommtrrf, layliiK tlielr Iron hands
on the markets of the people. ftxInR
frires according to their convenience
and profit and ianorlnp the rlchts of
tiie people, subjecting the people to
commercial and industrial tyranny.
iv?at ought he to hare done? Why,
by thin iplrndld weapon forced by
John Fherman. with the Damascus
blade rusting away In Its sheath!
"What an opportunity for the Presl
nt of the l"nltej states to have
drawn It and to have c-ine out against
thec Inlnultiuus organisations and
slanhed them away and have It all
over because of the strength of the
President of the I'nlted Stale, with
iO.eno.OO of free-born American cltl
aena back of Mm! What did he do?
Jle pulled out that blade. lie pricked
the slUes. the flanka of these Its fel
lows. He prosecuted an average of
seven a year! Hut the bred faster
t,'in he prosecuted them, for at the
ad of the seven years of bla adminis
tration when he turned the Govern
ment over to his successor there were
1D.0I0 of I hem. ,
"When he took charge there were
11 of these writhing; serpents and
whrn he turned It over seven years
later there were lO.OJO of them, with
a total capitalisation of over 130.000.
000.094. Walt a minute. The total cap
italization was over $30,000,000,000, but
only 30 per cent of It was money. The
haUnre of It waa water, and It has
ln retting worse every moment of
in. time alnce.
Koaaevelt Did thln.
"Now. I want to sire Koosevelt
credit for the great work he did. Theo
dore Koosevelt for gven years
prarhel against this thing, but he
rlUIn't do anything. (Laughter.) Well,
now. don't you laugh at Mm. ron't
ilcrkle him. He did what was In him.
Hod made him an agitator not a con
structive statesman. He touched the
conscience of the American people as
no man has in a generation of time.
Kor that, all honor, all glory. That
ii his place in history."
"Near the conclusion of Ma seven
cars' service as President. It was not
unusual for Senators and Congressmen,
upon being Introduced to the President,
to Mr:
"'We hope that you will be a can
didate again.'
JXDEPEXPKXCE HEARS OK.VTOR
Large Andlence Greets I -a Kollette
Wk Speaks Ajaln-t Tru.t.
INDEPENDENCE. Or.. April 1
' Imperial.)- Senator La Kollette spoke
to a large audience at the Opera-House
l.ere this morning.
The public schools were dismissed to
permit the children to attend. The
speaker made special reference to the
larsre number of children present and
devoted a portion of his attention to
the tern tiers and pupils.
Mr. I -a FoMette spoke of equal suf
frage and predicted Its early adoption
In Oregon. The keynote of his :o
minute address waa '"Commercial Ty
rannv," which, he said, was brought
about by the trusts. He said. "The
cost of living has practically doubled
in the last dozen years. This period
rorresponds to the time during which
most of the great trusts have apdung
up. The remedy is to be found In
prosecuting the trusts out of exist
ence." The speaker also called attention to
Ma own state. Wisconsin, which now
has scientific legislation controlling
steam railways, electric lines. light
and water companies and the Ilka In
the Interests of the people. All this
legislation, he said, has mine about
tlirough the insurgent. He thought
.'I'll legislation should be made Na
tional and it was for that he Is mak
ing his fight. '
X KW BF-Rfi RESIDENTS I.1STKX
l a Knlletie Speaks 13 Minnies He
fore Large Crowd.
XKWBERCf. Or. April . (Special
Kfore a large crom-d here today non
et t I -a Follette. Republican candidate
for the Presidential nomination, spoke
for 1& minutes. Mayor Cordon presided
t the meeting. La Follette's remarks
were heartily applauded.
In making an attack upon Roosevelt,
lie said that at the time Mr. Roosevelt
first became President there were but
IH nnlawful corporations or trusts In
thl. eo'intrv. with a capitalisation of
4.000.0'0. He said that when Taft
t""k up the resigns of government
mere were 10.0IO of these unlawful
' orporatlons. with a capital of ill.nno.
"oo. TO per rent of which wag watered
End 3 per cent cash. He attack Roose.
ve't for not enforcing the Sherman
mtl-trust act and said that had he
h.ca President at the time Rimaevelt
erved he would have, within five mln
it. after having been sworn In. given
n order to every I'nited States Dis-l-lrt
Attorney and to the Attornev-
;-neral aid his staff to meet with him
within a week and that at that time
would have pointed out the act and
nformed them to prosecute diligently
'l violations of the same, or else h
would see that they were removed.
Me railed attention to the howl Roose
v.lt waa making concerning the al
leged method in which Taft was op
erating the so-called "steam roller."
tpil ridicule,! It. saying that Roose
velt taught It to Taft four years ago.
He said that a vote for Taft or Roose
,elt meant the same thing.
M'MINNVILIi SEES SENATOR
j Kollette Pine and Make Address
lo nig Crowd.
M MINNVILLK. Or.. April IC .pe
rtal. Senator I -a Follette. of Wiscon
sin. Presidential aspirant, spoke to more
.hsn SO persona here today at the City
w. ..
ROBERT M. I.A
Auditorium. The Senator attacked the
stand the present Administration has
taken upon the tariff question, dwell
upon the power of the trusts and said
that these trusts and the high tariff are
the main causes of the high cost of liv
ing. ' ,,
He pictured the tariff laws as a wall
of mountains siifundlng the United
states throusJi wl.leh no outside com
petition could penetrate, and therefore
the home manufacturers had combined
that they might sell their goods as high
as they pleased.
Senator La Follette atrlved with his
party at 1:1a P. M., coming from Amity,
where he delivered an address. A stand
had been erected on Main street near
the Elberton Hotel, where he and Ms
party took dinner," but. owing to the
rain, the meeting was held In the City
Auditorium. Many women heard the
Senator speak, and Thomas McCusker.
who Introduced La Follette as the next
President, prophesied that his majority
for re-election would he doubled, owing
to the expected vote of women In 11.
The Senator was serenaded by the Mc
Minnville fife and drum corps during
the dinner hour, while hundreds of per
sons blocked the streets near the hotel
while the rain was pouring down.
Accompanying the Senator were Mr.
MrCu.ker. his manager. Mr. Sawyer,
and tJrant Thomas, all of Portland. Im
mediately after the meeting the party
left In automobiles for Portland. Sena
tor I -a Follette was well received In
McMlnnvllle. which is considered to be
a Taft stronghold, and there Is no doubt
that the Senator will cut Into the
Roosevelt following.
HALI.AS HEARS LA FOLLETTE
Senator Speaks to 1S00 Persons at
Courtliouc.
DALLAS. Or.. April 1. (Special.)
P.obert M. La Follette made an address
here today in the courthouse assembly
room. He arrived at 11 o'clock from
Independence. Nearly 1300 persons were
waiting In front of the courthouse for
him. as he had been advertised to speak
from the courthouse steps. Owing to
hoarseness he decided to speak from
the inside and there was a scramble for
seats. About ')0 persona managed to
crowd Into the courtroom.
Kev. C P. Gates, pastor of the Evan
gelical Church, of this city. Introduced
la Follette. Mr. La Follette stood
on a table, in plain view of all. and for
SO minutes addressed the audience
upon the Issues of the day.
He snld the combinations of rail
roads, manufacturers, mining corpora
tions, etc., were controlling the coun
try. He std: "You cennot have po
litical freedom after surrendlng your
Industrial and commercial freedom."
He bitterly attacked the over-capitalisations
of corporations, asserting that
this Increased the cost of living more
than anything else.
ris-her Should H" Our Nest Sheriff.
The man who stands before the pub
lic and most emphatically promises to
"make good" Is the fellow who In all
logical sequence should win out. It
Is refreshing to note that a good
resolution sometimes Is a prime fac
tor In leading to success, and In Willis
Fisher, the candidate for Sheriff, we
see this fact Illustrated. He la going
to "win out." His whole platform In
brief savs: "If elected I am . going to
make good." It also stands for a strict
enforcement of the law. without fear
or favor. To the honest this must
sound good, but to the corrupt and the
grafter, bad. To quote the language of
Mr. Fisher: "Every man will get a
square deal." If the people are de
sirous of putting a business man In of
fice and one who will guard the best
interests of the taxpayers and give
a. business administration, they should
elect Mr. Fisher. He has never held
office before, is not a professional poli
tician, and was born and rained In
Portland. The worklnginan will have
a friend, and the public a Sheriff who
will look after lis best welfare. Mr.
Fisher Is secretary of the firm of Hex
tPr Companv. wholesale hardware,
and president of the King-Fisher Mat
tress Company. 4TS Alblna avenue.
(Paid Adv.)
Father Get Girl's IC-lnlr.
William M'irphr. of Shelburn. Or,
father of Marie Murp'.iy. whose sudden
death among strangers In Denver
caused much lnteret In November. 191')
has received 154.SS. three diamond
rings ana a imni -, ....... .... .
of things, with a freight bill of 9 J
against It. as the remnant of Miss Mur-
phv's estate. The estate was appraised j
at $1070 cash, three diamond ring. ,
two trunks and a suitcase. r. jic
Manmln. of Denver, and Charles T.
Mahoney. an attorney of Denver, were
the executors. Murphy charges them
with withholding the money and will
make a fight to regain what he says
is his.
Mount Vernon Bank Closet.
MOCNT VERNOR. Wash April 1.
The private bank of W. PC. Schricker
Co.. of La Conner, closed Its loors today
and announced It Insolvency. Deposits
amount to IJIS.OOO. Failure of private
Investments to make desired returns Is
given aa the cause. The bar k waa one
of the oldest In tiie Pacific Northwest.
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BLAKCHARD GOES UP
NORTHERN PACIFIC MAKES AN
NOVNCEMEXT OF CHANGES.
Minneapolis Mun Is Appointed to B
General Manager of Lines West
of Paradise, Mont.
sT. PAUL, Minn., April' 1. (Special.)
Edwin C. Blanchard. of Minneapolis.
general superintendent of the North
ern Pacific lines cast of Mandan, N. D..
with offices at Pf. Paul, was appointed
today general manager In charge of
maintenance and operation of the lines
west of paradise. Mont. This appoint
ment is considered a promotion and
carries with It the title of fourth vice
president of the Northern Pacific lines.
Harry C. Nutt. recently fourth vice
president, resigned to take a similar
position with the San Pedro road at
Los Angeles. Mr. Blanchard Is well
known in railroad circles here, having
begun his early career In 1882 and since
. . v. ftn-.i mam- Imnnrtant DOsi-
lliril iimm ' .
Hons In the operating department of
the Northern Paciric.
C. U Nichols, now general superin
tendent at Livingston. Mont has been
promoted to fill Mr. Blanchard's place
here in St. Paul. J. M. Rapelje. now
superintendent at Spokane, will suc
ceed Mr. Nichols at Livingston. The
successor to Mr. Rapelje. has not been
announced yet by President Elliott.
These changes become effective at
once.
KING EXPRESSES HORROR
Queen Mary and Alexandra. Join In
Messages of Sympathy.
LONDON. April 1. King George has
sent the following message to the
W hite Star Company:
"The Queen and I are horrified at the
appalling disaster whlc hhas happened
to the Titanic, and at the terrible loss
of life. We deeply sympathise with the
bereaved relatives and feel for them In
their great sorrow with all our hearts."
The Queen Mother. Alexandra, has
sent a message of sympathy to the
company. In which she says:
"It is with feelings of deepest sor
row that 1 hear of the terrible disaster
of the Titanic, and of the awful loss
of life. My heart is full of grief and
sympathy for the bereaved families of
those who have perished."
PORTLAND ORGA.MZATIOXS
1 DO II SB AfiPIRANT KOR
STATE SENATOR.
Ilylaad.
With strong Indorsements by
the Portland Kealty Board, the
Ad Club and various civic organi
sations with which he Is Identi
fied, the prospects for victory In
the primaries next Friday are de
clared bright for George M. Hy
land. who Is In the race to cap
ture one of the five Republican
nominations for State Senator.
There are 13 aspirants for the five
nominations. A hard fight is be
ing made by all of the candidates
for the position and a close vote
Is expected. Hyland has 25 yesrs
of residence In the state to his
benefit, which, with his Identifi
cation with progressive leglela
latlon and his wide acquaintance
as a result of Ms activity along
civic Improvement and develop
ment lines. Is admitted to be a
strong factor In swinging the
maJoritr vote his way.
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President Taft's Clean Record Com
pared With His Predecessor's.
Neither a DenhagoRue Nor a
Brawler, Is Declared.
PORTLAND. April 15. (To the Edi
tor.) I have a postal card from a man
who signs himself "Secretary Roose
velt Committee of Multnomah County."
asking: "Are you a progressive Repub
lican? Do you favor nomination of
Roosevelt as tho candidate of the Re
publican party for President?"
May I have a little space to ask him
a few questions? Is he a progressive
Republican, and If so can he favor
Roosevelt as against Taft? How does
Koosevelt stand on the tariff? Did he
In seven and one-half years as Presi
dent ever recommend its revision?
Doesn't his whole tariff record for
the last 15 years consist solely of one
speech made in September. 1910. de
claring the' Payne-Aldrlch law was an
Improvement on the McKlnley law and
the Dlngley law? Does he believe in
a non-partisan Tariff Board to take
the tariff out of pontics? If so. does
he thing It pstrlotlo to discredit that
Board by joining with the Democrats
in passing a lot of popgun tariff bills
and Ignoring the work of the Board?
v Tr.fi imA v.iamI the Pavne-Ald-
rlch bill, could we have got any other
tarirr legislation irom uioluhj.ii.
Senate of nearly 100 members and a
House of 400 members? Was it not a
distinct advance to get on the statute
books a law providing for a corpora
tion tax and a non-partisan Tariff
Board, and would not Taft have been
false to his pledges if he had vetoed a
bill containing those provisions?
Haven't all real progressives long
demanded that the tariff be taken out
of politics and favored a non-partisan
Tariff Board. Is not this the proper
method?
Hove Aehlevesaeats Compare.
This state has been flooded with an
article that Munsey hired Judson C.
Welllver to write to discredit Taft and
exalt Roosevelt. This article gives a
list of the achievements of Roosevelt
during his two terms, the same list
that is published in the daily papers
and In the people's pamphlet.
Have you compared this list of
r ..hL.vmeTits in seven and
one-half years, a large part of which
should be credited to xaiis as3iinu,
with the list of what Taft has accom
plished In only two years and 11
months? How do they compare? How
much had Roosevelt accomplished in
his first three years? Have you no
ticed that of all the leading measures
accomplished by Roosevelt which
Welllver considers important enough
to discuss in that article not one was
accomplished until after he had been
In the White House more than four
years and that most of them were
not accomplished until near the close
of his second term?
Is Welllver's statement that "with
Roosevelt's retirement the constructive
progressive movement waned and ac
complishment has since been con flned
to execution of some of the policies
which Roosevelt's initiative and en
ergy gave so much momentum" the
truth, or is it a barefaced lie?
Do you know that Roosevelt, dur
ing his whole seven and one-half
vears. brought only 18 civil suits and
25 criminal suits against the trusts,
and that Taft, in only two years and
11 months, has brought 22 civil suits
and 40 criminal suits against them.
Score Favors Taft, 4 to 1.
Do you know that, reckoning the
number of suits brought and the time
Involved, the score is in favor of Taft
by a ratio of 4 to 1? In tho face of
this record hasn't the "Secretary of
the Roosevelt Committee" an awful lot
of nerve even to suggest that Roose
velt Is more progressive than Taft and
that Taft la the representative of "the
Interests" and of "big business"?
Has Roosevelt In his recent cam
paign really discussed any issue that
is involved in It? Haa any President
since the days of poor old Andy John
son ever descended to so low a cam
paign and so nearly approached the
standard of the purely political
brawler?
What excuse can he effer for trying
to Identify Taft with Lorimer and Pen
rose and Guggenheim, when his own
campaign Is being managed by Ward,
"the Westchester boss," and Bill
Flvnn the old Pittsburg boss, and
Dan 11 anna, the Ohio boss, and Pler
pont Morgan's old partner, George W.
Perkins?
Why has he studiously avoided all
- .n th. fact that amonir the
most active and earnest workers for
President Taft are JJr. uey. m greai
d Senator Root.
whom he once extrsvagantly declared
to be "the greatest statesman In the
worl," and Harvey L. Stlmson, whom
he himself selected as the fittest man
. v. . nv.r.nrihla of Nw York.
and Walter L Fisher, who attracted
the attention of the entire Nation by
his work as a progressive reformer in
the Cltv of Chicago years before he
was cslled to the Secretaryship of the
Interior? . 0 j
All Are Real Pregveealvea.
WA(, anst . n v hlirher tvoes of
progressive statesmanship than you
find In Root and Wiley and Btimson
and Fisher, and can you find any men
who have enjoyed more Jtimate rela
tionship with the President and who
better know whether Taft Is a pro
gressive doer OI reiorm or lut-rr-u
progressive talker of reform making a
great noise?
Did Tart ever get a zou,uvu cam
paign subscription from Harrlman?
Did he ever write to Harrlman to
come down to Washington to assist
him on certain features of his mes
sage? Did he ever consent to such
a deal as the absorption by the steel
trust of the Tennessee Coal Iron
Company? Did he ever Interpose to
protect from prosecution a member of
his Cabinet for rebating? Was he
ever accuserd of a want of loyalty to
his friends or his convictions? Stop,
and think a moment. Has any
one ever charge the taint of political
corruption upon Taft? Has he ever
been called a demagogue?
Or has h ever gone around over the
countrv trying to make people believe
that his chief opponent was In league
with discredited politicians for cor
rupt purposes?
Taft Appeals to Reason.
Has he always discussed principles
and appealed to your reason rather
than to your passion? Haa he ever
torn from their context parts of hia
rivals' speeches to distort them for his
C W i that yoj sometimes detect in "03
I keer in Kgnt Lotties. H3
r,,,1ft ii 1 taSte 1S Tn2 rCSU1T- OI
' wood ul. Perfectly aged,
' to prevent Liliousness.
Every Loftle is Pasteurized. Wnen it
readies you in lie Brown Boftle it is fure
i ii
and wnolesome.
See that crown or cork
is branded '"ScMtz."
own political gain? Has Taft ever at
any time, under any circumstances,
given utterance to anything to Justify
. . . . DnnDUVnlt that "hfl
ine Bisieini'iu vj . ..... .....
does not think the people are fit to
govern themselves, in mci no mum-a
they do not even have sense enough
t nominate the right men for officer'
Is such a statement as that decent
and progressive politics? Is not Taft's
declaration In favor of properly regu
lated Presidential primaries and his
statement that "the voice of the people
is nearer the voice of God than any
other human decision." a sufficient
answer to that kind of campaigning?
When the "Secretary' of the Roose-
... ... 1 ....... 1. rmmtv fnmnaiirn
veil luiiiiuni." --
Committee" answers these questions
squarely not to spean m ii.o
many more that might be asked along
the same lines he will be entirely
cured of the habit of sending out
. 1 , 1 . ... if Ihitv
cards to people asnmij
do not think Roosevelt Is more pro
gressive tnan an.
MAN FROM MISSOURI.
BRIDE CHARGES HYPNOTISM
Spokane Woman's Suit for Divorce
From Spouse of Week Begins.
LOS AXOEL-KS. April IS. (Spe-
I. N. DAY
REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE
FOR
STATE
SENATOR
Dredge Columbia
Slough.
Good roads, eco
nomically built under
competent supervi
sion. Cheaper School
Books.
(Paid Advertisement.)
That Made MilwauKe
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Tkat taste is tne result of
exposing Leer to
Scnlitz is Lrewed in tne
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Portland, Ore.
clal.) The annulment suit of Margaret
Armstrong Howell, of Spokane Is be
ing heard in Department Six of the Su
perior Court by Judge Monroe. Mrs.
H'well was married to George Howell
at San Diego and left him a week after
the ceremony waa performed. She al
leges that they were never man and
wife.
In her complaint, Mrs. Howell re
peats the allegation made some time
ago In Judge Rives Court when she
asked to have a gardian appointed for
her. that Howell exerted an evil and
sinister influence over her. It also
mentions his "evil eyes."
The case was continued until to
morrow after the preliminary court
action today.
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