Alii; iijiviAti OiiiiuOJiiAX, WliUJSii&iJAl", 2G VII3Iiiit lilS. i ) i ri -w . i r- - 2 PATRONAGE POLICY YET UNDEVELOPED Washington Hears Rumor Sen ate Will Hold Up Taft's New Appointments. DEMOCRATS DESIRE JOBS President-elect lias Xot Declared Himself on Subject Primary for drooping Postmasters Suggested by Some. OREGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Nov. 26. There Is a great deal of uncertainty In the minds or Demo cratic Senators and Representatives as to the course Woodrow Wilson will follow with reference to patronage after he becomes President, and the first impression that every Federal office- not protected by civil service would be available for some Democrat March 4 Is far less prevalent than In the days Immediately following- the election. Mr. Wilson has not declared himself. In the days when Grover Cleveland entered the White House on two sep arate occasions, succeeding Repub lican Presidents, and when Republicans took possession of the White House . lie and they did not go through the whole list of Federal offices and sub stitute men of their own party for the incumbents of the opposite party, but after changing the more Important of fices, allowed others to serve out their four-year terms. This was particularly true of postmasters. In the end, each rartr had its full share of patronage, for where Democrats served through most of the Republican administration, Republicans in turn were allowed to serve their full- terms in tne same 01 fices through most of the Democratic administration and vice versa. Custom Generally Respected. For example, under both Cleveland administrations the city of Washing ton had Republican postmasters up to within a few months of Mr. Cleveland's retirement, and the Democratic post masters appointed by him served nearly four years under Republican Presidents. This was because post masters, as a rule, are appointed for four vears. and as Mr. Cleveland al lowed Republican postmasters in of fice when he first became President to serve out their appointed terms, his successor did the same. That custom has prevailed since with regard - to many appointments. Immediate changes are always made In the more important administrative offices of the Government, particularly at Washington. Not only do Cabinet officers retire with their President, but bureau heads as well. Then there Is another class of appointees not named for any particular period, who serve at the pleasure or tne resident, col lectors of Customs are of this class, for illustration. Offices like these are usually filled by a new President at the beginning of his term. Ana tnese offices, for a certainty, will all be filled by Democrats soon after March 4. 1913. No one knows now many oi flees will be made available for hungry Democratic Senators and Representa fives. It has recently been rumored, though the rumor is unconfirmed, that the Democrats of the Senate Intend to hold up all nominations made this Winter by President Taft, as this will In ef fect give the appointees temporary appointments which will expire on March 4 next. Nominations that are unconfirmed retain the appointee in office until the adjournment of the session of Congress during which he was appointed. By pursuing this course, the Democrats of the Senate could keep open several important ap . pointments, all of which would be at the disposal of President Wilson on March 4. Included in this list are several Im- nortant diplomatic offices, a chief chemist of the Department of Agri culture to succeed Dr. Wiley: members of the new industrial commission and a considerable number of postmasters, collectors of customs and internal revenue, district attorneys, marshals and even Federal judges. If the Senate adopts this policy the Federal service will not suffer,1 however, as there are ways of allowing assistants to conduct most of these offices, as in instances where an incumbent dies or resigns, nnd not a few are being temporarily filled at the present time. It would increase the amount of patronage at the disposal of Democratic leaders on March 4. There is no restraint upon the In coming President, if he is disposed to make a general cleaning out of Re publican officeholders, especially In the case of officials or employes appointed for a designated period. He can sug gest to incumbents that their resigna tions would be acceptable, and if resig nations were not tendered, he could nominate Democratic successors, the Democratic Senate would confirm them, and tho Incumbents would find them selves out in the cold. This could be dune even with postmasters appointed for four years, and considerable pres sure will be brought to bear on the President to persuade him to follow this rule, at least In cases where there Is crying demand among Democrats for particular offices usually those with the largest salaries attached. I'nstmaater Primary SutcurMrd. Democratic Representatives, to whom this patronage logically belongs, hav ing been without the power of ap pointment for the past 16 years, have boen disgruntled by the Taft order hrtngin all fourth-class postmasters under the civil service. Expecting that sooner or later these appointments would fall to their lot, they have been discussing means of selecting new postmasters as the offices become available. Representative Beall, of Texas, and Humphreys, of Mississippi, proposed that whenever a postmaster ship became vacant, the new post piaster be selected by popular vote of the Democratic patrons of the office a primary choice, to be respected by the Representative. This plan, they urged, would relieve the member of Bll responsibility and he would not Incur the enmity of all the disappointed candidates. The proposal had no sooner been nude than a protest went up, some of the most prominent Democrats in the House objecting. When we remember that some of these same Democrats had been staunch advocates of the pri mary system when the Democratic party was in the minority, their ob jection is amusing. Representative Henry, of Texas, for instance, is op posed to the primary Idea. "A pri mary to determine who would be post master would be unfair," said Mr. Henry, "because there Is no law nnder which it could be safeguarded. Re publicans could vote as well as Demo crats, and there would be no assur ance that the proper man would be elected. I prefer to take the respon sibility In my own district, and shall do so." Kails Being I.aWt Rapidly. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 26. (Special.)- Hails are being laid on the Willamette Pacific, the Southern Pacific line to the Coast, for a distance of three miles westward from Eugene, so as to pro vide an easy means of reaching mate rial yards for the Portland, Eugene & Eastern's line to Monroe and Corvallis. The Willamette-Pacific owns a tract of 40 acres at the point of Intersection of the two roads, and permission has been granted the allied line to use the ground. Until the present the Portland, Ii.u gene & Eastern has been storing rails and ties on its depot site In the center of the city, but as this necessitated the hauling of freight cars through the business streets and also leaving them on prominent streets while being un loaded, there was considerable objec tion on the part of citizena, and cher arrangements were made. Rails Intended for the lighter street railway work are being used, and will be replaced later when the 90-pound steel for the Willamette-Pacific arrives and the laying of the track to Noti tunnel is begun. The Willamette-Pacific has ties enough on hand now for the line to the tunnel, and the grade is completed for the greater portion of the distance, but the rails have not yet'arrlved. The Portland, Eugene & Eastern nas completed the reconstruction of prac tically all Its lines inside the city ex- mnt the second track on West Elevel.th street for a distance of a mile, and about the same of single track that Is to be replaced with heavier rails on South Willamette street. Material for this work Is now at hand. EXPENSE TOTALS FILED BEVERIDGE SCENTS NEW ORDER COMING 'Progressives" Will Abolish Line Between North and South, Is Promise. PARTY "ANSWER TO CRY" Ex-Senaor Says Solid. South Would Eagerly Accept Chance to Ex press Itself, and Would Forget Prejudice, OIIEGOX SENATORIAL CANDI DATES MAKE STATEMENTS. Harry Lane, Successful Aspirant, Reports Having Spent $10 79 During Campaign. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU! Wash ington, Nov. 26. Final election ac counts have been submitted . to the secretary of .the Senate by all Oregon Senatorial candidates except A. E. Clark. Senator Bourne's latest re turns bring his total personal expend itures up to $770. In the closing week of the campaign he reports an expend lture of $633, which included payment of $225 to the Oregon Journal, $30 to Henry Ford for campaigning and $15 to A. A. Muck and $50 to F. S. Bram well for distributing circulars. The Senator reports that further expendl tures were made in his Interest by the Bourne Popular Government Club, of which he has no Information. The club has not submitted its final re turns. Ben Selling's expenditures since his last report of October 24 amounted to $1119. The largest Items were $376 to the Dally News and $122 to Stephen A. Lowell for traveling expenses. Harry Lane, successful candidate, during the last week of the campaign received contributions amounting to $10 and spent $305, bringing his total expenditures to $1079. B. Lee Paget, Prohibition candidate. spent $268 in all. The clerk of the House received a statement from Rep resentative Hawley showing his total expenditure for nomination and elec tion was- $965. Also the following reports were re ceived from Washington candidates: Dan .Landon, Progressive, First Dis trict,' $823; W. E. Humphrey. Republi can. First District, $2072; Charles G. Helfner, Democrat, First District, $2686; R. M. Drumheller, Democrat, Third District, $124; William La Fol- lette. Republican. Third District, $1394. 300 TEACHERS CONVENE Clark and Skamania County Edu cators Hold Session. VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 26. (Spe cial.) The 29th annual Teachers' In stitute of Clark County, and the first with Skamania County holding a joint session. Is meeting In the Vancouver High School auditorium with approxi mately 300 teachers present Professor Hough, Deputy County Su perintendent, who organized the first county Institute 29 years ago, and who has taken part In every one since that time, spoke today on "The Influence of the Teacher." F. F. Nalder, who has charge of the educational work of the state reformatory at Monroe, spoke on, "Some Marks of Personal Effi ciency" In the morning and "High School English" In the afternoon. The rural department is In charge of Professor Severance, of the Western Washington Experiment Station, at Puyallup. He demonstrated to the teachers simple experiments to be made to show the children what the soil is and does. He will have a num ber of live cows in the athletic field and the class will go with him there and take Instruction on the essentials of a goad milk cow and a good beef cow. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 28. That the Progressive party Is the natural so lution of an .abnormal geographical di vision in American politics between the North and the South was the as sertion made here tonight by Albert J. Beverldge, former Senator from Indi ana, in an address at a "dollar dinner" given In Convention Hall under the auspices of the Jackson County Pro gressive Association. "The potential but latent nation is here, and it -cries aloud for expression," he said. "The Progressive party is the answer to the cry. "Of all the people of the earth," he added, "only In America does geog raphy settle political action; only In America are votes cast by physical location. The wrong that this does to every American man and woman, the shackles that it puts on normal thought and National improve ment, the drawback it Is to the gen eral welfare. Is plaiu to all of us and to the whole world. Bitter Memories Control. "In their hearts, all Americans want to get rid of this abnormal condition. Yet so long as the Democratic and Re publican parties live, everybody knows that we cannot get rid of it. It la asking too much of human nature. Southern men and women think just as Northern men and women do on all living subjects; they are as sincere progressives or reactionaries as are the men and women of any other section of the land. Yet because of a natural prejudice springing from bitter mem ories, these Southern men and women cannot and will not become Republi cans even though that party stood for the things they believe in now. "The potential but latent Nation is here and It cries aloud for expression The Progressive party Is the answer to the cry. The Southern men and women who believe in what the Progressive party stands for will gladly work and vote with us when they would not work and vote with the Republican party. "Even if by this abnormal, sectional solidarity the Democratic party some times wins, as for the moment it now has won, yet it will be found that many of those who man the fortress of priv ilege in Congress come from the solid South. They do not speak or vote for the men and women of the South on the questions of the hour but have their places In the National councils only be cause of this outgrown sectionalism which the two old parties support and keep alive. 'The Progressive party surely will break this sectional blockade of true Americanism. Southern men and women are even more eager than Northern men and women to express themselves po litically as they think. They beg the Nation to let them do so. They eager ly aocept the Progressive party as the channel through which they can do so. l.lnr Mast Be Drawn Openly, 'The time has come when there must be a frankly- progressive or liberal party in this country and a frankly reactionary or conservative party. The Republican .party cannot become either. We Progressives never again will vote the Republican ticket; and even if we did we are not strong enough to make the Republican party wholly and thor oughly progressive. Many of those who voted the Republican ticket at the last election are Progressives but they knowingly voted against their own con victlons because they hated to give up their party name. "So very soon the Progressives of all parties must come to the Prog-res sive party. They will have nowhere else to go. The conservatives of all parties soon must go to the Democratic party, because they will have nowhere else to go. ROYAL the most celebrated ot all the baking powders in the world celebrated tor its great leavening strength and purity It makes your cakes, biscuit, bread,tc, healthful, it insures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the low priced brands. AbsoIutelyPure Mother of King of Belgium Dead. BRUSSELS. Nov. 26. King Albert's mother, the Countess of Flanders, Princess Marie of Belgium, died today of pneumonia. She was in her 68th year. WILSON POLLS TOTAL POPULAR VOTE OF 6,161,479; ROOSE VELT 3,932,876; TATT 3,379,253. NEW YORK. Nov. 26. The popular vote for President in the election of 1812 shows that Wilson polled throughout the country a total of 6,161,479 votes, Roosevelt 3.032.875 and Taft 3.379,263. The Socialist vote for Debs amounted to ,-4)87,112. with the Socialist count till unfinished In six states. ' In 1908 Bryan's popular vote was 3, 303,182 and that of ' Taft 7,687,678. The figures In the following- table by states are divided between official and un official returns as Indicated. No count is at present available where the spaces are left blank. The popular vote by states follows: estate A labama ...... Arizona Arkansas .... California" Colorado Cmncoticut" .. Delaware ..... Florl(iaA Georvla Idaho Illinois Indiana ....... IowaB Kansas Kentucky Louisiana C Maine Marrlanrt" , Massachusetts Michigan ... Minnesota!; .. Mississippi .... Missouri" Mntank.I Nebraska ...... Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey . .. New Mexico .. New York . . . North Carolina North Dakota Ohio OklalioroaP .. Oregon Pennsylvania . Rhode Island South Carolina outh Dakota0 Tennessee .... TexasH Vtah" ... .. Vermont Virginia "Washington .. West Virginia WiconsinA .. Wyoming Totals - .... Wilson. 81.612 10.244 75.1HO . 253.44 llJ.K.'.t 73, ."O 22.19 . 85,S;4 93.171 38.9S3 4(17,470 ysi.sno J 72. 231 14.?.6T0 259. 1S4, S8.2;t M 9S7 112.674 170.99". 3.5.-, 106,4-' 57,2'-'7 830.8ST 24.230 10W, If. 9 7.9S6 34.724 17S.2--9 17.92 6.10,71 134.r.3 2S.S96 40S.120 11P.O.-.7 47.im-,4 359.619 3n.j,w 4S.3.-.5 4.977 221.435 35..ViS 1 r..3.-.4 I.;:;S 87.674 112.5154 18 4. 409 1M'X Roosevelt. ' 22.320 ,4rtS 22,009 2S .532 ti.737 33.431 .01 4,207 22.010 25,611 91,16,1 162,007 . 150.777 120,123 202.766 9,202 4S.459 57.7S9 140.152 83,513 125,856 3,645 123.111 22.448 72.77 3.605 17.794 145.410 7.988 SS2 463 6S.&74 24.5S 209.793 "'" aV.e io .444.426 " 16.4S-S 1.293 57.630 3 l,2t 26.740 23.035 22,073 21.737 111.797 76.6SC 68,661 7.536 Taft. 9.671 2.989 24.900 2.340 60,007 67,919 16.222 4.212 ' 5,151 32.873 " 256.625 151,267 113,902 74,844 115,512 8.774 26.538 54,596 152J55 62,294 64,334 1.595 207j409 18.404 54.348 3,190 32.927 S 835 15.512 45 1.466 29.017 22.892 273.2S7 9.974 34,673 273.305 27,755 536 28.66S 40.694 23.334 13.277 71.25? 56,283 130. 87S 17.412 Debs. 3.019 2.964 10.2OO 73,000 13.942 9.871 350 4.826 l.14 83, 666 36.831 26' 807 11.647 3.055 2.674 8,996 12.6SO 27 505 2,061 28,148 10.828 10.219 4.500 1.9S0 15.901 2,024 " V.ioo 8.740 Vl" 674 lS.3i 80.915 1.950 164 4.192 3.397 26.742 ""928 S7 39.655 20.000 34.120 1.400 Chafln. ""254 1,010 19,500 4.775 " 2.010 434 1,825 147 30,666 10,248 864 - 2.224 2.760 " 7,886 " 5,223 '3,419 ""'535 2,878 800 V.OOO "a'.sso 4.300 19.533 939 " 2,788 775 1,7.18 "2". 155 699 7.467 4.SOO ' 8,410 500 . . . .6,161.479 S.P32.875 8.378,253 687,112 165,004 Official. Unofficial. A On county mlHrif. B Konr counties nittn. C Two parishes missing. t Fifty-aix out of &;i count!. E Twenty-six count. e mill lneompleta. f Roosevelt elector not on ballot. H Three counties mtasing. -Q Taft elector not od ballot. T No Chafln electors. WALLACE LEADS BY 128 COLOXEL AGAIX AHEAD IX CAL IFORNIA COtXT. Second Canvass In Ixs Angeles County Is Xot Expected to Change Result. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26. Final fig-urea of the state, announced tonight, Including- the totals reported by the Los Angeles, Inyo and Modoc County boards of canvassers, but not yet checked up by the Secretary of State, give Wallace, heading the Republican electoral ticket, a plurality of 128 votes over Griffin, the first Democratic elector. This lead apparently is not likely to be overturned. The totals are: Wallace 283,532. Griffin 283,404. The Los Angeles County totals are those resulting from the first canvass by the Supervisors and are as follows: Wallace 75,754, Griffin 55.073. This is a gain of 100 votes for Wallace over the unofficial figures previously given out. AA second canvass is now in progress, but It Is admitted by both Republicans and Democrats that the net change in the vote or any electoral candidate will not exceed 60. However, the recent Appellate Court decision, affecting the vote of two Los Angeles precincts will. If it stands,' de duct about 200 from every Republican elector but Wallace. These are the pre cincts In which the clerks of election tallied the only straight vote at the head of each electoral ticket. ' As certified returns from Inco and Modoc Counties are not likely to vary to any marked extent from the known results of the county canvass. It is ap partne that only some drastic court rul ing In the proceedings now pending In several counties can overturn the lead now held by the high Roosevelt elector. SENATE IS WITHOUT HEAD "Progressives" Still Have Power to Defeat Organization. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. With the beginning of the next session of Con gress less than a week away, the Sen-' ate finds itself only temporarily pro vided with a presiding officer and without a definite prospect of being able to agree upon one. Senator Brlatow, of Kansas, who was one of Mr. Gallinger's opponents from the time that he was nominated dur ing the last session by the Republican caucus, has let It be known that the New Hampshire Senator is Just as ob jectionable to him now as he was last vear. and if few other "Progressives hold out they can defeat his election this session. Just as they did last ses sion. The "Progressives" are quite as opposed to Senator Bacon, the Demo cratic nominee. Democrats and Republicans say there will toe no a-reat embarrassment In pro ceeding, as they can manage as they have in the past by dividing the floor honor between Bacon ana Gallinger. PRUNES OF FINE QUALITY Polk County's Crop la Sent to Xevj York and Hamburg. DALLAS, Or., Nov. 26. (Special.) The Polk oCunay prune crop fell about one-third short of the average crop this year. However, the size and quality of the prunes were better than for some years past, contrary to rears entertained by fruit growers during the heavy rains of August and Septem ber, the prunes did not lose any of their sugar. The J. K. Armsby Company opened new packing plant in this city during the fore part of September, and this company has handled most of the crop in this section. Up until a few days ago 12 car loads had been shipped by this company to various parts of the United States, most of them being sent to New Tork, however. Saturday the company bought up all the prunes re maining In the hands of the growers In this section, about six car load jots, Two carloads will be sent to Hamburg, Order Your FLOWERS for Thanksgiving TODAY Come and see our grand display, or phone us. Free delivery to all parts of the city. 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