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THE MORXTSG OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1913. V 2 COLONEL DEFENDS LEAVING OF PARTY TWO BE CENT SNAPSHOTS OF DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN ACTION "Only Way You Can Reform Some People Is With Club," Nebraskans Are Told. - ROSEWATER IS ATTACKED "Stole Democratic Platform? I Won Id Xot Have It as Gift," He Says in Reply to Bryan, and Criticises Wilson. OMAHA. Sept. 20. A defense of hla action in quitting the Republican party and taking the lead In the formation of a new party was made today by Colonel Roosevelt. He said he had been . Urged to remain In the Republican party, but "that the only way you can reform that kind of men Is with a club." In Justification of his action, he de clared that the Republican managers were now "behaving worse than they behaved before." Colonel Roosevelt spent the day in Nebraska. He made his first speech at Oxford, so early In the day that the strains of "Hall to the Chief," as it was played by the Oxford brass band, served the purpose of an alarm clock and got him out of bed. The Colonel traveled in a leisurely way across Ne braska, with a speech for every stop. At Lincoln he spent three hours, and lie put in the evening- in Omaha. The Omaha auditorium and the Lincoln auditorium were crowded. Victor Roaewater Attacked. It was at Lincoln that Colonel Roose velt spoke of his decision to leave the Republican party. He said that Victor Rosewater, of Omaha, ex-Republican National committeeman, "stole the Ne braska delegates to the Republican con vention Just as effectively as if the delegates had been thrown out." He attacked leaders of the Republican party, adding: "Imagine Abraham Lincoln in the company of Barnes and Penrose and the other minor people. "Look at what the Republican Na tlonal committee is doing at this mo ment. It is seating the men who were beaten at the primaries last Spring. In New Jersey we beat Franklin Murphy. The people put him out and the Na tional committee put him back. In Massachusetts we beat Crane for dele gate by 11,000 votes. The people threw him out. The National committee' put him back. In Kansas we carried the primaries with a sweep. We threw Mr. Mulvane out and the National commit tee put him back." Platform Refused as Gift. Colonel Roosevelt then turned to the Democratic party, speaking of William J. Bryan and criticising the position of Governor Wilson. "One of the prominent features of this campaign," he said, "had been that Mr. Bryan has said we have stolen our Issues from the Democratic platform, titole the Democratio platform. I would not have it as a gift. "Mr. Wilson talked rather gingerly when he spoke of the Democratic plat form. He said it was not a programme. If the men making it were honest, then it Is a programme." Colonel Roosevelt said that the Dem ocratic party was under the influence of the bosses. At Hastings, Neb., the Colonel said: "The bosses know that Mr. Taft is a dead cock in the pit and they are turn ing to Mr. Wilson. I will admit that the bosses don't like me. What's more, I will make them not like me some more before I am through. "We Progressives intend to see that in our party every promise made by a public man Is kept." At Sutton Colonel Roosevelt also made an attack on Colonel Rosewater. "If we are fit to rule our lives," he said, "we want to cast our own votes and not have Victor Rosewater cast them for us. I came out here in the primaries and, fought fair and square. We carried Nebraska and Victor Rose water cast the vote of Nebraska against us. In the Chicago convention Mr. Rosewater allowed the 90 contested delegates to vote on each other's right to seats. "How long would you have criminals left In a penitentiary if you allowed them to vote on each other's rights to go freeT' Roosevelt Man Quits as Klector. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Sept 20. John Al bus today withdrew from the Repub lican ticket as a Taft elector for the Fourth. Missouri District and an nounced himself for Roosevelt and the entire Roosevelt Progressive ticket. Al bus was surveyor of the port here dur ing the Roosevelt Administration. yv "-si AVIATOR'S FALL IS FATAL .. Kansas City Flyer Is Crashed Be . neath Engine of Machine. SHENANDOAH. Ia., Sept. 20. Avia tor Russell Blair, of Kansas City, while making an exhibition flight here this tlernoon, was killed in a fall from a height of 30 feet. Blair had Just made a successful flight and had landed some distance from the crowd. When hfc attempted to rise trom tne ground again his ma chine struck an air current and turned over. Blair was pinioned underneath the wreckage, and when aid reached blm he was dead. His head had been crushed under the engine of the ma chine. -mwr tsh -! I) I'M' ift 7 . iti It H ' -If lit BATTLE TO CENTER IN TV0 BIG STATES New York and Pennsylvania to Be Real Fighting Ground in Coming Campaign. HEARST UNCERTAIN FACTOR WOODROW WH.SON. LOWER PI CTIRB THOMAS R. MARSHALL, HIS Hl.N.VIXi MATE, STANDS BESIDE HIM. PLAN IS OPPOSED Harmon and State Leaders At tend Woodrow Wilson. HIGH PRICES DISCUSSED Government Regulation AVill Shield Monopoly as Well as Guide It, and Regulation Is Xot Free dom, Is Keynote. rContlnued From First Page.) WORK STOPS FOR ONE MAN Single Refusal to Join Union Makes Thousands Idle. . POTTSVILLE. PSept. 20. Because one man refused to join the union, sev eral thousand workmen are Idle at the collieries of the Lehigh Coal & Navi gation Company in the Panther Creek Valley, and only one mine and three washeries are working today. Officials of the United Mine Workers called the strike. Originally there were two men. brothers, who held out. but one left the region. The miners have referred the issue t John P. White, National presi dent of the union. MAN SLAIN FR?M AMBUSH Officer Is Killed While Destroying Liquor Which lie Had Seized. BARTLESVILUiTok.. Sept. 20. Lei Bowman, state enforcement officer, was shot and killed at Caney, Kan., early today, while destroying liquor he had seized when an attempt was made to bring it into Oklahoma. Two. spec tators were wounded. The shots were flred from ambush. A posse is searching for two men said to have owned the liquor. were Interested in. But the woolen men. If I may credit what I have read In their reports, are almost as much In terested in the chemical as in the woolen schedule. Bodies of experts to guide legislation have always been the machinery of one thing, and that is delay." Harmon Prealdea at Meeting. Governor Wilson tonight addressed a throng that filled Memorial Hall, the most spacious of the city's auditoriums. Governor Harmon presided. Outside there was an overflow meeting, where the Governor made another speech. In his Memorial Hall . speech Gov ernor Wilson said: "Leaders of the Republican party and of the third party have astonished the country by practically abandoning any serious attempt to-meet the main Issues of the campaign. The leaders of the third party at the outset declared that the real issue of the present'eon test was the high cost of living, but they have laid less and less emphasis upon that because they have seen they cannot seriously attack the question without attacking the question of the tariff and trusts in a very different way from that in which they, are ac tually approaching them. "Prices have risen all over the world, but much faster and very much higher in high-tariff countries, where monop oly was protected, than In low-tariff countries, where competition excluded monopoly. And the chief cause of high living in America is that the mar kets are controlled. "Regulation Ia Not Freedom.'' "No wonder, therefore, that the lead ers of the Republican and Progressive parties are saying less about Mgh prices. They dare not, or will not, go straight at the issue of high prices. Government regulation will shield mo nopoly as well as guide it and regu lation is not freedom. "The net result is that both these parties have, to all Intents and pur poses, abandoned the central issues of the campaign. The Democrats alone are bold enough and far-sighted enough to see that they must tackle frankly and directly this question. They see as clearly as anyone else trial business must in our day be done upon a great scale, but they know that there Is a size which is natural and a size which is unnatural in business. "Monopoly is always in the long run weak and inefficient and the leaders of the Democratic party know perfect ly well they are serving the business interests of the country better.. much more intelligently, than the leaders of either of tne other parties, because they mean so to regulate competition and free the conditions of business in this country as to substitute the effi cient for the merely powerful. It is futile to stand for the causes of our present wrongs and weakly propose to control and moderate the results, and yet that is all our opponents suggest. Amrrlca- Heme of Free Labor. "1 wonder what regulation is to ac complish for the workingmen through the instrumentality of those who have been their most successful opponents. For. after all. the attitude of the Gov ernment towards labor lies at the heart of almost everything that concerns us as a Nation. ' A nation may be said to consist of those who do Hs daily labor, and America has always boasted that she was the home of free labor, that ail were welcome to come to her shores and partake of her unbounded oppor tunities. Shall we substitute for this dream and ambition of ours a regime under which great 'regulated' monopo lies shall be forever the chief patrons of labor? Shall we not, on the con trary, assist to set the laboring men free by placing them in a field of va ried enterprise, controlled by no set of men, by no government, where they can look about for opportunity and find it, where an economic democracy will make them feel that they have a vital part In everything that affects the enterprise and the hope of the suc cess of the Nation?" WILSOX THAXKS SPRECKELS Candidate Agrees Progressive Forces Should Xot Be Divided. COLUMBUS, O.. Sept. 20.-Colncldent with the opening of the Democatlc campaign in Ohio today. Governor Wilson gave his hearty support to the formation in New York of the Wilson National Progressive Republic an League. The Governor and Ru dolph Spreckals, now in New York, in charge of the movement, exchanged telegrams, made public today. Spreck els, telegraphing on September 19, said: "Eastern headquarters of the Wilson National Progressive Republican League were today opened in the Met ropolitan building. New York, lour league was founded by progressive Re publicans who hope to save the pro gressive movement that was started some years ago in the Republican party, but which is now being betrayed by the organization of Colonel Roose velt's third-term party. "Under these conditions, you alone deserve the support of true progres sives who place principles above parti sanship. Our membership is wholly Re publican, but we feel justified in vot ing and working for your election since the candidate of the Republican party does , not represent the progres sive majority In that party and Roose velt's candidacy is hopeless and only serves to divide . our progressive forces." To which Governor Wilson replied: "Your telegram telling me of the- for. mation of the Wilson National Progres sive Republican League gave me the deepest gratification ana encourage ment. The- action you and your asso elates are taking seems to me truly patriotic. The progressive forces of the Nation ought not to De divided, imo mere attachment to- a party should now separate men whose purposes and con victions are united for a common od Ject. The formation of the league seems to me one of the most reassur ing indications of the temper of thoughtful men. May I not convey to you my congratulations on your own part in the movements EUROPE IS PG BARRETT SATS CAXAL IS CRE.iT- IXG STIR ABROAD. Bnsiness Schools Already Educating Men for Sew Field and Trade Scouts Are Kept Busy. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. In a report on the Panama Canal and Pan-American trade. John Barrett, Director-General of the Pan-American Union, who recently made a trip through Lurope to study what European governments and com mercial interests are doing to get ready for the opening? of the canal, declares that every important port of Great Britain, France. Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria and Belgium is "being improved to the highest degree of efficiency for over-sea commerce." Every European shipbuilding yard of recognized standing is busy to its ca pacity constructing ocean-going mer chant vessels, the report adds. Eu ropean governments are instructing their diplomatic and consular officers to study and report on every phase of trade opportunity expected to arise from the canal. Their Chambers of Commerce and other commercial organizations are co operating along the same lines and the business schools are educating trained men for the field. Agents and trade scouts are being sent to Latin-America and to all parts of the world affected by tne canal to investigate trade possi bilities. Interviews With Publisher Express ing Dissatisfaction With Wilson Lead to Fear He May Swing to Roosevelt. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, September 20. New York and Pennslyvanla will be 'the big battle ground In tnls year's campaign. That has developed from plans being made by the Republican, Democratic and Roosevelt Progressive managers, and It Is reasonable that It should be so In view of the fact that New York will have 45 votes in the electoral college and Pennsylvania 88, a total of 83. Par ticularly will all three parties concen trate on New York and Pennsylvania because of the muddled political situa tion in those states and the absolute uncertainty at this time as to how they will line up in November. ' ' New York is usually fighting ground. Up to this year Pennsylvania has never been in the doubtful column, but has been counted a certain Republican as set. The April primary, however, dem onstrated that Pennsylvania Is any body's state this year, and is as likely to go for one candidate as another. All are claiming it, but until the situation untangles it will be impossible to get a line on the true trend of sentiment among voters. Hearst Contributes to Uncertainty. Nothing so much contributes to un certainty In New York as the waver ing and puzzling course of William R Hearst, a Democrat, but also Incline'! to be Independent at times. Hearst was one of the staunchest supporters of Champ Clark in the pre-convention campaign and felt certain the Speaker would win the nomination at Balti more. When Wilson won. Hearst did not warm up to the party nominee, not withstanding that only a few months before he had announced his return to the Democratic party with every apparent intention of staying with it Hearst has worried the Wilson man agers greatly of late by his numer ous Interviews, in 'which -be has crit icised the attitude of Mr. Wilson on the tariff and other issues, and has in tlmated strongly that he Is not enthu siastic over the Democratic ticket. He has at no time declared that he would not support Wilson, but, for a man who intends to remain with the Demo cratlc party, has had many queer com ments to make. There Is a strong sup position that Hearst ultimately may line up with Roosevelt, notwithstand ing he has criticised the Colonel almost as severely as he has Wilson. On this, too, Hearst keeps his own counsel, and no one knows where he will stand in the end. Personal Following Considered. . It Is well recognized that Hearst has a large personal following in New York State the same sort of following that went with him when he organized the Independence League and drew heavily from the Democratic ranks, and also had some support from former Republicans. It is barely possible that that the Hearst, following may be able to swing New York this year for what ever candidate Hearst ultimately in dorses. Therefore, his Interviews are being regarded with deep concern, -for if he decides to abandon the Democrat ic party he may carry with him enough voters to make impossible a- Wilson I victory in New York. I The Roosevelt Progressives hav gained a distinct advantage in New York through the nomination of Oscar Straus, a man of higher standing than is usually selected for Governor of tne Empire State. In the three-cornered fight this Fall, the Roosevelt Progres sives will enjoy a distinct advantage because of the personality of their can didate for Governor, but It remains to be seen whether Straus can swing to Roosevelt all the votes he can get for himself. Roosevelt dr-i not show up creditably in New York two years ago, when he sought to force the election of Mr. Stlmson, and it remains to be seen whether he has regained any of his old strength. True, he will have much Wall street support, not only from the Perkins crowd, but from the Morgan Interests, "which have been so friend ly," and from other big interests In the street. Democrats Also Divided. Normally, it would seem that New York would go Democratic this year, with the Republicans divided between Roosevelt and. Taft and the state usu ally close; but. as pointed out. the un certainty of Hearst, and the further disruption In the Democratic ranks due to the strong desire to overthrow Tammany and Boss Murphy may di vide that party as badly as the Repub Ucan party Is divided, and the race ultimately may be between Taft and Roosevelt. Anti-Tammany sentiment was never so strong as now. and prac tically every Democratic paper in the state is crying out against Boss Mur phy and his machine, and warning Wil son and other Democrats to beware of the Tammany outfit. The change that has come . over Pennsylvania, first demonstrated last April, was so surprising as to- upset completely the calculations of all cam palgn managers. The trouble there grows out of the desire of the people to overthrow the old bosses and bust the old machine. In the April pri maries Roosevelt received 314,000 votes to 190.000 given to Taft. and there were 250,000 stay-at-home Republicans who did not participate. Four years ago the Republican vote for President was 750,000 and the Democratic vote 450,000. a majority of 300,000 on the Republican side. While the chances would seem to be against Democratic victory in Pennsylvania unless Taft and Roosevelt show almost equal strength, and both fail to draw a heavy vote, the Wilson managers are figuring on having more than an even chance of carrying Pennsylvania, and they intend to make a terrific attempt. FUnn Is Uncertain Quantity. In Pennsylvania the uncertain quan tity is Boss Flinn. of Pittsburg, a boss of the old school, but one who would not be recognized by Penrose and his gang, flinn has one paramount de sire to get rnto the United States Senate, and In politics he has the repu tation of being treacherous, being will ing to do anything and sacrifice any body to attain his own personal end. Flinn Is now a great Roosevelt man and was the wildest Roosevelt shouter at the Chicago convention. It Is still possible that Flinn will sell out Roose velt if he can make a bargain with the other side, and thinks that thereby he can win the Senatorship for himself. Flinn is the type of man that all poli ticians hate to deal with. They cannot count on him and, in spite of his repu tation and his past, he is today leader of the reform movement directed against the bosses. FHnni mav or -may not be able to swing Pennsylvania. He may or may not stay with Roosevelt until Novem ber 5. Whatever the facts, he enjoys in Pennsylvania much the same posi tion as does Hearst in New York, and he is likely to prove a big factor in November. According to Pennsylvania politicians, either side could have the support of Flinn by assuring bim an election to the United States Senate, and a man with that sort of reputation is likely to switch on a moment's notice. Pennsylvania Prospects Considered. The Taft management is much con cerned over Pennsylvania, .largely be cause nf-Jhe Roosevelt majority in the April primary. They ' recognize that sentiment is widespread in Fennsyi vania in. favor of overthrowing the old machine, which is on the Tart side. It would seem that there is good ground for the fear. The only thing the Taft managers are banking on is the possi bility that most ot the Kepu oilcans wno stayed at home in April win turn out for Taft In November, or that party loraltv will swing many of the Roose velt voters back Into, line, now ' that Roosevelt is running as the candidate of a third party. These are certainly slim nrosDects Democratic chances in Pennsylvania would seem to depend solely upon the possibility that Taft and Roosevelt will about evenly divide the Republican vote. If one or the other has a large majority, that candidate is likely to caDture the 38 electoral votes of the Keystone State. Be it remembered. Pennsylvania is. one state where the Roosevelt managers Intend to make a high bid for Democratic votes, and It is one Btate where the Wilson people are going to put forth every effort to hold their own party togetner. It Is a common saying that no man can be elected President unless he car ries New York. That may or may not be true this year. If one candidate carries both New York and Pennsyl vania he will be likely to have enough electoral votes to land him in the White House. STOCK VOTED IN BLOCK ADMISSION MADE BT STIPULA TION IX HARVESTER CASE. Perkins, MbCormick and Deering Joint Owners of All Except Few Nominal' Shares.' CHICAGO, Sept. 20. Taking of tes timony in the Government's suit for the dissolution of the International Harvester Company was postponed to day until October 2. Counsel for the defendants said that one of the com pany's attorneys was ill and another man was in California and It was im possible to secure new counsel famil iar with the case. After the harvester company pro duced under subpena the minutes of its stockholders' meetings from 1902, when the Government charges that the alleged trust was entered into, until 1912, Edwin P. Grosvenor, special as sistant Attorney-General, had read a stipulation. The stipulation said it was agreed that "during the period covered by the minutes George W. Per kins, Cyrus H. McCormlck and Charles Deering were Joint owners of all the shares of the capital stock of the In ternational Harvester company, ex cepting such few shares as were nec essarily held by the other 15 directors of the International Harvester Com pany in order to qualify them under the laws of the State of New Jersey to be directors, no director holding for subscription purposes at any time more than one or two shares." 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