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TTTK MOKTTIXG, OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY. AUGUST 6, 1912. BEVERiDGE TELLS PARTY HOPES Modern American Business Laws One Aim, Says Key note Speaker. BOSS SYSTEM IS LASHED Child Labor, Equal Suffrage, Tariff Revision and States' Rights Big Factors in Purposes of Bull Moose Organization. CHICAGO. 111.. Augr. 5. Declaring that parties exist for the people and not people for the parties and assailing the Democratic party as too neutral, ci Penator Alfred J. Beveridge sounded the keynote of the new Bull Moose party here today In his opening address as tenjporary chairman of the Progressive National convention. The "boss sys tem" of politics he said Is unknown and Impossible under any other free gov ernment In the world. He paid tribute to the progressive instincts of the South and declared that through the two old parties the tragedy of the Na tion Is continuing. The uncertainty of American business he touched upon and said the new party would try to rem edy the prevailing Ills. In part Mr. Beveridge said: "We stand for a nobler America. We stand for an undivided nation. We stand for a broader liberty, a fuller Justice. We stand for social brother hood as against savage Individualism. We stand for an intelligent co-operation instead of a reckless competition. We stand for mutual helpfulness. In stead of mutual hatred. We stand for 'equal rights' as a fact of life Instead of a catch-word of politics. We stand for the rule of the people as a political truth, instead of a meaningless pre tense. We stand for a representative government that represents the peo ple. We battle for the actual rights of man. Programme Ik Plain. 'To carry out our principles we have a plain programme of constructive re form. We mean to tear down only that which is wrong and out of date; and where we tear down we mean to build what is right and fitted to the times. "We hearken to the call of the present. AVe mean to make laws fit conditions as they are and meet the needs of the people who are on earth today. That we may ' do this, we found a party through which all who believe with us can work with us; or rather we declare our allegiance to the party which the people themselves have founded." "The root of the wrongs,"' continued the speaker, "which hurt the people is the fact that the people's Govern ment has been taken away from them. Their Government must be given back to the people. And so the first purpose of the Progressive party Is to make sure the rule of the people. The rule of the people means that the people themselvs shall nominat as well as elect, all candidates for office. Includ ing Senators and .Presidents of the United States. "What then must we do to make American business better? We must do what other nations have done. We must end the abuses of business by striking down those abuses instead of strlki.ig down business itself. We must try to make little business big and air business honest Instead of striving to make big business little and yet letting it remain dishonest. Aa the Sherman law no stands, no two business men en arrange their mutual affairs and be sure that they are not lay breakers. Under the decrees of the courts, the oil and tobacco trusts still can raise prices unjustly and already have done so. ew Bualnesa Lawi Planned. "We mean to put new business laws on our statute books which will tell American business men what they can do and what they cannot do. The next great business reform we must have to steadily increase American prosperity Is to change the method of building our tariffs. The tariff must be taken out of politics and treated as a busi ness question Instead of as a political question. The greatest need of busi ness is certain but the only thing cer . tain about our tariff is uncertainty. , "A tariff high enough to give Amer ican producers the American market when they make honest goods and sell them at honest prices but low enough so when they sell dishonest goods and at dishonest prices foreign competition can correct both evils; a tariff high enough to enable American producers to pay our worklngmen American wages and so arranged that the work lngmen will get such wages; a busi ness tariff whose changes will be so made as to reassure business Instead of disturbing it this Is the tariff and the methods of its making in which. the Progressive party believes. "The Payne-Aldrlch law must be re vised Immediately, in addition to these principles." Abolition of child labor in factories, mines and sweatshops and a plan for old-age pensions were included in the progressive platform by the speaker, who Incidentally favored woman suff rage. Equal Suffrage Indorsed. "Modern Industrialism has changed the status of women." he said. "Wom en now are wage-earners In factories, stores, and other places of toll. In hours of labor and all the physical con ditions of Industrial effort they must compete with men. And they must do it at lower wages than men receive wages which, in most cases, are. not enough for these women workers to live on. "Toward women the Progressive party proclaims the chivalry of the state. We propose to protect women wage-earners by suitable laws, an ex ample of which Is the minimum wage for women workers a wage which shall be high enough to at least buy clothing, food and shelter for the worn an toiler. "The care of the aged is one of the most perplexing problems of modern life. How is the worklngman with less than $500 a year and with earning power waning as his own years aa vance. to provide for aged parents or other relatives in addition to furnish ing food, shelter and clothing for his wife and children? "The Progressive party is the help ing hand to those whom a vicious in dustrialism has maimed and crippled. We are for the conservation of our natural resources, but even more we are for the conservation of human life. Our forests, water power and minerals nre valuable and must be saved from the spoilers, but men. women end chil dren are more vaiuaoie, ana iney, wo, must be saved from the spoilers. "Because women, as much as men, are a part of our economic and social life, women, as much aa men, should have the voting power to solve all eco nomic and social problems. Votes for women are theirs as a matter of natural right alone: votes for women should be theirs as a matter 01 political wisaom also. States' Blglt firauted. "The Progressive party asserts anew the vitality of the Constitution. Wt NEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEN WHOSE NAMES ARE INVOLVED IN MURDER OF NEW YORK GAMBLER, AND HOME OF POLICE LIEUTENANT, UHJJliifc ahiilbi. l ly j d. - 'i.HntnWj,, " " - " ' -- - it ' - i V 4 JW FUND FOR BECKER WILL BE $50,000 So-Called Police "Sytem" Collecting Money for Accused's Defense. Is Abn, Upper Left. "Brldiry" Webber, Gambler Who Told of Plot Against Rosenthal; Right, Louie Ronenberg, AUaa "I.efty Louie," Wanted for Mur der of ItoHenthalt Harry Ilorowlts, Alias "Gyp the Blood," Wanted for the IHurdrr of Rosenthal: IJago Frank Clrof lei, Alleged to Have Been One of be Men Who Klred on Rosenthal, Xow In Custody Below, Frank Muller, 411ns "Whltle I.e-wls," Wanted for Murder of Rosenthal; Xew SOOO Home of Lieutenant Becker, 32:fl OlInvHIe Avenue, Bronx, N. Y. "Brldgy" Web ber Photo by Bnln: All Others by American Press Association. believe in the true doctrine of states' rights, which forbids the Nation from Interfering with states' affairs, and also forbids the states from interr ing with National artairs. "C. An i.nrt. In ' BUnrfHO WA h Pfl T preachments about the danger of our reforms to American institutions. What Is the purpose of American institutions? Why was this RtpuDllc estaonsnea ; What does the flag stand for? What do these things mean? They mean tnat me people sna.ii us free to correct 'human abuses. They . v. , awtA hflriren mrttn iiiai iiicii nui6 ...... shall not be denied the opportunity to grow stronger ana nuuiei. that the- people shall have the power to make our land each day a better place to live in. They mean the reali ties of liberty and not tne acanemics of theory. They mean the actual prog ress of the race in tangible items of daily living and not the theoretics of barren disputation. If they do not mean these things they are as a sounding brass and tinkling cymDai. Boss System Assailed. "r Km.,, B.rctam f- imlrrmwrt nn rt Im possible under any other free govern ment in the world. In its very nature It is hostile to the general welfare. Yet It has grown until It now Is a control lng influence in American public af fairs. At the present moment notori- us bosses are In the saddle of both old parties in various important states which must be carried to elect a Presi dent. HIT .1.1. Tnaa B.-otam Tin matter U1IUCI tills uuoo aja.tiii which party wins, the people seldom win; but tne Dosses umusi win. "These special interests which suck the people's substance are bipartisan. They use both parties. They are the Invisible government behind our visible i .............. namnrrntl unH Renubll- UUCIUUICi... . . . can bosses alike are brother officers of this hidden power. "It is this invisible government which Is the real danger to American institu tions. Its crude work at Chicago in r -..hint. I. ruinnla WUfA able tO JUUC " " " " . ' " y - - see. was no more wicked than Its skill ful work everywnere ana mn " the people are not able to see. "We have more than enough to sup ply every human being beneath the flag. There ought not to oe in mm Republic a single day of bad business. single unemployed worKinRnmu, ngle unfed child. American business len should never know an hour of un certainty, discouragement or tear. American worklngmen never a aay i , ii.Tioc, nT want. Hunger IUW WOftCO, . v. - ... should never walk In these thinly peo pled gardens of plenty. "And yet In spite oi an iico fhich providence has showered upon s, the living of the people is the prob lem of the hour. Hundreds or tnou- sands of hard-working Americans un it difficult to get enough to live on. The average income of an American laborer is less than 500 a year. With this he must furnish food, shelter and clothing for a family. "We mean to remedy tnese w'- We mean not only to make prospeni. steady but to give to the many wno earn it a Just share of that prosperity instead of helping the few who do not earn it to take an unjust share. The progressive motto is 'Pass prosperity around.' "What, then. Is the progressive an swer to these questions? We are able to give it specifically and concretely. The first work before us is the revival of honest business. For business is nothing but the industrial and trade ac tivities of all the people. Men grow the products of the field, cut ripe tim ber from the forest, dig metal from the mine, fashion all for human use. carry them to the market place and exchange them according to their mutual needs and this Is business." man of Salem, candidate for Repre sentative in Congress from the First Oregon District, on the Prohibition ticket, concluded their first day's tour of the principal towns of Washington County by a well attended meeting here tonlgnt. At eacn ui towns visited respectful attention was given the speakers. proDaoiy me muat un.toaiui i i . utorost wn- that which I II K 111 H"1"1- wi ' " - " inaugurated the campaign at Sher- . . 1 nAalA,. H-.FO wood tnis morning, uir introduced by J. E. Morbank, leading merchant of the town and Prohibition ii i - . n .v. T Airlnln rure A CP OTT1 - panted by O. E. Shepherd, editor of the Sherwood jMews-sneei uu muu.u-.-for County Recorder, Paget and SUIT man traveled in an auto to Tualatin, where they addressea a large -uieu in front of the postofflce. They spoke also at Tlgard and Bea- . .ti AMninn. anH at RAerivUle.- verion una uiuihuib, - . , Cornelius, Hillsboro and Orenco this afternoon. A clear presentation of the principles or tne rnwiuiuun pi -j " 1 . v. niaF.a Paiflt nointed maae t eu-i-i, J o . --- out that the Prohibitionists were the first to favor women s suiiraso nu said the perplexity of the Democratic and Republican parties is indicative of popular unrest. Their tour tomorrow will end at For est Grove. PROHIBITIONISTS ON TOUR Campaign Opened With Speeches In Towns of Washington County. OREXCO. Or.. Aug. 6. (Special.) B. Lee Paget, of Portland, candidate for United States Senator, and O. A. Still- . NT FLEES RECONCILIATION SOUGHT BY HUSBAND NOT DESIRED. Wealthy Woman En Route to Cali fornia to Avoid Meeting and Protect Her Interests. NEW YORK, Aug. 5. (Special.) Al though Nicholas J. McNamara and his daughter. Miss Gladys, aro expected to reach this city tonight or tomorrow, after a hurried Journey from San Fran cisco In an endeavor to effect a re conciliation with Mrs. Margaret I. Mc Namara, they will be disappointed, for, according to Mrs. McNamara's attorney, John J. McCauley, she left early today for California. "Mrs. McNamara does not want a re conciliation with her husband," said Attorney McCauley this . afternoon. "She has gone to her . home In San Mateo, Cal., to avoid meeting him., and also to protect her own Interests there. During her stay here she was at the Knickerbocker Hotel, but we permitted no one to see her. "Mrs. McNamara has been advised that an effort is to be made to have her adjudged incompetent to manage her own affairs, and she wants to fight that proceeding. She is accompanied on her trip homeward by her two sons and a nurse, who has been with her constantly since Mrs. Perkins was torn from her." Mrs. Perkins and Walsh, are sttl In custody, having been unable to get bail, and their case was adjourned today until Thursday, when It said officials will arrive from San Francisco with an extradition warrant to take them there. Victim's Money Missing. Disappearance of ?80 or more, sup posed to have been in the pockets of Maurice N. Costello at the time when he was run down and killed by the po lice automobile Thursday night. Is be ing made the subject of an investiga tion by his friends. The supposition of the loss rests upon the fact that Cos tello telephoned to his wife before starting home, that he would bring the money, while the cash found upon him at the hospital amounted to less than 1. HANFORD Ml OUT Taft Accepts Seattle Jurist's Resignation From Bench. PROCEEDINGS ARE DROPPED President Acts Upon Recommenda tion of Committee Which Was Slaking Investigation of Judge's Conduct. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. President Taft today accepted the resignation of Federal Judge Hanford of Seattle, ten dered while Judge Hanford's conduct on the bench was being investigated by a Congressional committee. The committee advised acceptance of the resignation and the dropping of Impeachment proceedings. HANFORD GIVES . HIS OPINION Judge Calls Attention to 85 Wit- nesses Testifying for Him. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 5. (Special.) Judge Hanford, this morning follow ing the receipt of the President' action, discussed for the first time the evidence, which was Introduced against him at the trial and his own future intentions. He said he took satisfac tion in knowing that he had incurred the ill-will of disappointed litigants and others, who care nothing for the principles of right and Justice. Judge Hanford said: "In his testimony before the subcom mtttee. Judge Thomas Burke answering a gross slander, said:' 'I have seen mm during my residence here weekly and almost dally, and I never saw him under the influence of liquor of any kind In any way. The 150 volumes of the Federal Reporter Issued since be became Judge contain the conclusive proof of the enormous amount of work he has done. In quality and quantity I believe that volume of work has not been surpassed by any Federal, Dis trict or Circuit Judge in the United States in any period of our history.' "Eighty-live other witnesses testified In my favor including lawyers and business men of Seattle, Tacoma. Spo kane, Bellingham and other localities, giving me as clear a vindication as pos sible in a proceeding declared to be for the purpose of securing incrimi nating evidence. "My chief compensation for the serv ice rendered is in the consciousness that my work has been well done and that those best able to Judge of its merit approve it. The pecuniary re ward which I have received has been lnadeauate. "I have a right to feel that I have rendered my share of service to the public and to reserve some of my energy for the benefit of myself and my family. I am not broken down nor Incapacitated for work. Tne Dest years of my life are still aneaa or me. Negro Now Jew Convert. NEW YORK. Aug. 5. Rufus L. Perry, a negro lawyer of Brooklyn, has embraced and been formally re ceived Into the Jewish faith. It is said that Perry Is the first negro to accept the. Jewish faith In 20 years. Perrv was appointed Assistant Dis trict Attorney in 1895, and in 1911 was mentioned as a candidate for Justice of the State Supreme Court. INDICTMENT IS ATTACKED Lieutenant Withdraws Plea, of Not Guilty to Offer Motions for In validating Charges Trio of Lawyers Helping. tt - vniM" Atitr R A n1le fund of $50,000 is being raised for the de fense of Charles uecKer. tne ponce lieutenant charged with instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal, accord ing to Information in the hands of Dis trict Attorney Whitman. ' The money is being collected, it Is said, by the so-called "system," which is to be investigated by the District Attorney, who believes that between the "system" and the "gamonng fraternity" there is a corrupt alliance founded on graft and blackmail. Information of the $50,000 fund came to the prosecutor in connection with the arraignment today of Becker to tnlatment flfrn.fnst htm. In the legal proceedings, which included the withdrawal by Becker ot nis pie of "not guilty" to offer motions to in-..(,11.4.,- ti.a. inintment the nrlsoner was represented by three lawyers, one of whom mysteriously witnurew, w.mc the others seemed doubtful of their etota when the nroceedings were over. It was said the lawyers were not satisfied with the collectors oi the defense fund.' Move to Dismiss .Made. t.i. w Hurt -hn conducted to day's proceedings, moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that It was irregular. Me aiso moveu iu .Flaw vA vmnii 1urv minutes and to take evidence to show whether the ground for the indictment was suffi cient. Judge Mulqueen set the case over until Wednesday. The fact that Becker was to appear a ala-nmant ntlFIPt fir, immense ... Amr.no. them were many gamblers and characters of the under world. The crowi Decame bo ow .v.-, via trinr were cleared and uiak ."c ........ niv ner.nns having business were ad mitted to the courtroom. While the police are searcnins tne Catskills for "Gyp the Blood" and (it t ..ii. ' n'r nf thA nllecred mur- ueiiy ww ii i v. , . - ' derers of Rosenthal, private detectives employed Dy tne jjistrict auuiucj i i.i a- t,am in RnHtnn. The Dis trict Attorney heard today a voluntary witness who accused two policemen oi failing to arrest the missing men when . .1 aa he nninted them OUt tO the officers In West Forty-second street. The man said he knew them both, but the police refused to leave their fixed posts to arrest them. Both policemen admitted that the witness had pointed out two men as n v,a TinniV' and "Lefty Louie, but said they did not desire to leave their fixed posts lor iear oi ucm6 fined. . . Police to Be Investigated. n,,-- o... nt Aldermen adooted a x lie du, . i . t ,hi. ofiArnnnTi nrovtding for rcBumiiuit an investigation of the police depart ment. 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