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. JJ . THE MORNING' OREGOXIAN, WEDXESDAY, JULY 1, 1914. DEMOCRATS BREAK PROMISES, SAYS T.R. Colonel Arraigns Party, but Warns Against "Govern ment by Convulsion." OLD "BOSSES" ARRAIGNED Tariff Declared Unfair, Trust Policy "Hopelessly Wrong" Xo Way Provided for "Passing Pros perity Around." fContlnneJ From First Page.) No i Mo nrosrress naa oeeu j v .9M Inward Bolutlon or tne trust' question, and on this point he went into what he later said was the most comprehensive statement of his position he had ever made. Candidacies Briefly Touched On. Colonel Roosevelt came here to speak in support of the candidacy of S. Dean Lewis for Governor and of Gifford Pinchot for United States Senator. Their qualifications he touched on at the opening of his speech. Thereafter he confined himself to the National Issue outlined. "Tfi nresent National Administra - v. "is pursuing a course w' Timanti the existence of prosper ity. and that does not offer a single -Ji r- intellleible plan for passing prosperity round, should prosperity, in spite of the Administration o - - ,.- tirnn return to our people. mi. i. hnth as regards the trust question and the tariff question. As regards both the only wise course to follow is that -set forth in the Na tional Progressive platform. The Na tion should deal with both by continu ing executive action through Adminis trative commissions of ample power. Once commission should shape our tar iff policies so as. with thorough knowl edge disinterestedly acquired, to give proper encouragement to our merchants while also giving proper protection to our wage workers, our farmers and our business men. The other commission should exercise strict supervision and control over big business. We should treat it with entire justice, drawing the line not on size, but on misconduct. Big Business to Be Encouraged. "We should encourage the big busi ness man who does well and who re gards his great abilities as a trust to be exercised as much in the Interest of the public as in his own interests. But we .should check and punish him ef fectually and promptly when he exer cise these abilities to the detriment either of the smaller business man with whom he competes or the wage workers who should share with him the bene fits of his and their common efforts or of the general public whom he ""As8" regards the tariff, I wish espe cially to call your attention to r the promises made by President Wilson and his supporters two years ago. They asserted that their method of tariff re duction would reduce the cost of liv ing and would thus solve the trust question, because, as they trusts were the creatures of the tarlii. We then answered that their promises were empty words, that no such results as they stated could or would follow from the course they advocated, and that only by the method we proposed could either the trust or the tariff ques tion be dealt with so as to abate the existing evils and at the ame time in crease the general well being. Promises Not Kept. Two short years have proved us to be right. Their promises have not been kept. Their performance has brought distress upon the Nation. The cost of living has not been reduced. But the ability of the average man to earn a living has been greatly reduced. Not the slightest progress has been made toward solving the trust question. But the business community has been har assed and harried to no purpose, and the prosperity of the business man has been checked, exactly as the prosperity of the farmer and the wage worker has been checked. "As for the farmer, the present tarirr, the Administration's tariff, was so framed as to result in the sacrifice of his interests. He had no spokesman, no friends in high quarters and his welfare was contemptuously sacrificed. At every point where his interest was concerned be was made to suffer. As for the wage worker, the result of the tariff was that he suffered even more than his employer, for he was thrown out of employment and lost the means to earn his livelihood. Foreign Rivals Benefited. "As for the employer, sometimes he has been able to struggle on with the loss of profits, sometimes he has had to close his shop. In business in which any of the big trusts were concerned, it was the small competitors of the trusts who were injured and in many cases ruined. Tariff reduction as put into practice by the present Administration has chiefly benefited foreign rivals and competitors. "It Is of course essential to rebuke those leaders who by their action helped to put the present Administra tion in power, and, moreover, it is of vital consequence to the future well being of our people to drive from public life all men whose political activities in state and Nation alike have been such as those of Senator Penrose. This is not only a political but a moral issue. I mention the name of Senator Penrose merely be cause he typifies a class. Mr. Penrose stands in Pennsylvania as Mr. Barnes stands in New York. "Their political lives depend on their keeping politics in such condition that decent men cannot succeed them. Republican "BoMei" Arraigned. "Rather than see this control broken, Messrs. Penrose, Barnes and their as sociates deliberately put the Demo cratic organization and Mr. Wilson Into power at Washington," Concluding his Indictment of the "bosses" he outlined what he styled the "specific performances" of the Progres sive party in the matter of state and national legislation, and again, took up the tariff question. "We Progressives advocate the crea. tion of a non-partisan commission," he said, "with power to propose revision f the tarifT rates, schedule by schedule, treating each case on an intelligent consideration of its merits, divorced from favoritism and the fostering of special interests. Our proposed methods would never disorganise busi ness by a complete change In all the tariff schedules at one time." Trade Commission Demanded. Of the Progressive anti-trust pro gramme, he said: "It is primarily an administrative problem. To meet it, we must have adequate administrative machinery. "The Progressives therefore advocate the creation of a strong inter-state trade commission and would give such commission, primarily, three powers: "First The power of investigation. "Second The power directly to pro hibit all unfair trade, practices within its jurisdiction. "Third, the power to end the exclu sive control of a factor necessary to production by an order adapted to the circumstances of the particular case. , "Contrasted with this programme, we have the Democratic anti-trust programme now under discussion in the Senate. That programme proves the inadequacy of the Democratic party or the present and the future of the Nation. It is. and always will be, the states' rights party, the party op posed to strong Federal action, the 'party-afraid-of-power.' "We cannot control our great Na tional business without power. National power. But the Democrats dare not use power themselves nor let anyone else have it. Their trust programme, as it stands today, is made futile by this fear. Their official Administra tion bills propose a weak . Federal trade commission, with no power ex cept to investigate and report. Pro gressive Congressmen voted for the bill, not because it represents an adequate attempt to deal with a great problem, but in the hope that a day will ar rive when the so-called trade commis sion will be given sufficient power to make it a real trade commission, such as our National platform promises, and Buch as the bills we have introduced would provide. Clayton Bill Hopelessly Wrong. "The House has also passed a bill supplemental to the Sherman anti-trust COLONEL IS ' HIMSELF BOSS PENROS E Pennsylvania.! Retorts That Roosevelt Absolutely Nomi nated Taft in 1908. TWAIN ONCE FRIENDLY Senator Says "Men Are Apt to Be Bosses to Their Enemies and Leaders to Tlielr Friends." Change Ja Explained. ,tttii t.itio an. United States Senator Penrose, who was In the city tonight, gave out a statement replying to Colonel Roosevelt's speech before the mass meeting of the Progressive BARE FISH TAKEN AT BAOTJON. SEA RAT, 27 INCHES LONG. BANDON, Or., June 29. (Special.) While trolling for salmon Just off the bar of the Coquille River Saturday Charles Baker hooked a 27-inch sea rat. a rare species of deep sea fish, the only one of fts kind cfught here for several years. Although it has fins like an- ordinary fish, the sea rat has two legs just behind the belly and has teeth T resembling those of a rat. It has large green eyes and a Sorn protrudfn from the middle of its back. A scratch from this horn Is said to be dangerous. wr . . V nrnvUlnnfl Of thiS acu uiaiiy vi - -7 bill deserve commendation. Similar provisions will be rouna in mo gressive anti-trust bills. ....... .v. -i,vtnn hill roes hope- lessly wrong in that it forbids spe cifically any combination or agreement . . . . AnmmAi.r.A hatween any in iniBratttL. - two or more corporations, firms or even individuals, which in any way lessens or restricts the competition between them. This is the hub of their whole position. They propose that two farm ers selling milk across a state line - nn,-ati- nnrt that two men doing any business across a state line cannot form a partnership or a corpora tion.. They insist tna.i aaa- wi huainoao nnwer. concentrated power, or large enterprise anywhere. and that our Dusiness niui to the period of not merely 1850, but 1650; to the cobbler's bench, the grist mill and the blacksmith forge. "New Freedom" Exceedingly Old, 1 . t-v. i ... AAnnnmlr nhsmrditv. TTnlim- 1113 IO LLUIIUI."'. - lted competition has proved one of the greatest curses of modern civilization. The" new freedom is merely the ex ceedingly old freedom which permits each man to cut his neighbor's throat. "By long and disappointing experi ence, we have had several cardinal facts hammered Into us. "First, we cannot and do not want to destroy all corporations; we must have large units to do our work. "Second, we cannot make every man compete with every other man; we can not go back to 1850, still less to 1650. "Third, we cannot destroy monopoly by attacking all forms of concentra tion, whether monopolistic or not. "Fourth, we cannot destroy real monopoly by attacking Its legal form. We must find out and take away the real economic basis of monopoly. Action of Courts Too Slow. "Fifth, we can get no effective results through the courts with their slow and restricted procedure. "Sixth, we must encourage honest business and allow that business con centration which will give the power necessary to serve us. "Seventh, there must be co-operation among business men, among wage workers and among farmers. "We have had now 24 years' experi ence with trying to regulate business by destruction. "The result has been nearly flat failure. The Administration proposes a policy of further destruction, even more unintelligent in conception and certain to be more futile in perform ance than the existing policy which it amends. "The only alternative la the Progres sive plan. From all of this it follows that we have a right to ask good cit izns to Join against the political ad ministration. The policies of the Ad ministration should be rebuked by the people and Senators and Congressmen returned to Washington who will strive to end these policies." 26 YEARS' SERVICE ENDED Michael J. Kennedy Resigns Place as City Water Inspector. Michael J. Kennedy, one of the old est city employes in point of service and age, has tendered his resignation to Superintendent Kaiser after 26 years' service as a water inspector. He will leave the employ of the city. Mr. Kennedy entered the service in 1880 as foreman of the Water Bureau, the year after the purchase of the old Portland Water Company's plant by the city. Since that time he has missed few days' time. He says he has saved up enough money so that he can spend the rest of his days without working. E. A. BLANCHARD IN RACE Ex-Mayor or Hood River to Run for Legislature as Independent. HOOD RIVER, Or., June 30. (Spe cial.) E. O. Blanchar, ex-Mayor of this city, has announced he will be come an Independent candidate for Joint Representative from Hood River and Wasco counties. Fetitions for the nomination of Mr. Blanchar are being prepared and will be circulated here and in Wasco County. j At the recent primary election Tr. J. E. Anderson and J. L. Kelly, of The Dalles, received the nominations. League. The Senator referred to the rebuke of bossism and continued: "It is difficult for me to determine just when Mr. Roosevelt reached the conclusion to which he refers. It cer tainly was not in 1904, when the re turns from Pennsylvania in the Presi dential election in that year were sent to him by me as chairman of the Re publican state committee and to which I received from him in reply the fol lowing letter: " "My dear Senator Penrose: Upon my word, of all phenomenal returns, the returns from Pennsylvania are most phenomenal. I thank you. Faithfully yours. Theodore Roosevelt.' , Relations Once Cordial. "In foct during the whole period of Mr. Roosevelt's Presidency my rela tions with him were cordial. I co-operated with him in nearly all of his poli cies as a member of the United States Senate, and when certain potential ele ments in the Republican uarty were plotting to defeat Mr. Roosevelt for the nomination in 1904, I was, as chair man of the Republican state committee of Pennsylvania, most active in having him indorsed at our state convention. "I am further informed that Mr. Roosevelt refers to the fact that I op posed him for nomination at the Re publican National Convention in 1912 and I take it that this is the real rea son for his change of attitude. Men are apt to be bosses to their enemies and leaders to their friends. "Mr. Roosevelt had assured me in the most positive terms that his ambition had been fully satisfied and that under no circumstances "would he ever be a candidate again for the Presidency. He assured many members of the Senate and prominent Republicans from all over the country to the same effect. He had taken himself, as far as we were Informed, entirely out of consid eration in connection with this office. Rules Were Roosevelt's Own. "In the Republican National conven tion Mr. Roosevelt at no time had a majority of the convention. The rules under which the convention acted re garding delegates and all other mat ters of procedure were precisely the rules which Mr. Roosevelt had insisted on in the National convention 0 1908. "It will be recalled that Mr. Roosevelt had absolut :y named Mr. Taft for the Presidency. Whether Mr. Roosevelt considers this an act of bossism or not, I don't know. But to me, at the time, it seemed like the most offensive act of bossism that could be perpetrated in American politics. "In 1908 in the convention of which I am speaking, Mr. Roosevelt, through a Cabinet officer who was in full charge and in hourly communication with the White House, insisted on de feating any rule proposed to alter the system of Southern representation, it was defeated on the floor of the con vention absolutely through the boss orders issued by Mr. Roosevelt's per sonal and official representative and the Southern representation was main tained as heretofore. Delegates elected for Fairbanks were ruthlessly thrown out by the committee on credentials. All the other contests of delegates op posed to Taft were treated in about as cold-blooded a way as I have ever wit nessed in my attendance on meetings of the National committee in 20 years. The convention was organized and nominated Mr. Taft. Colonel's Suggestions Criticised. "I have not, of course, opportunity to discuss Mr. Roosevelt's address In full; neither am I called upon, I sup pose, to do so at this time. His gen eralities, of course, are commendable; his specific recommendations about a committee to regulate business and a committee to legislate for the tariff, are to my mind, superficial and fraught with very great dangers. Certainly the tariff legislation should not be de layed by the interminable investiga tions of any more tariff commissions. "We demand a Republican majority In the House and Senate and a Repub lican President at the earliest' oppor tunity to pass in the course of two or three months a tariff bill which will afford adequate protection and bring about a return of prosperity to the country. The people are sick and tired of theorists and demagogues, whom they have listened to long enough. They are now demanding practical results and an early restoration of prosper ity." - Mrs. Elizabeth C. Vincent. who re cently died at Cincinnati bequeathed (440 o her friend, Oliver W. Norton, "to be G8 WEAK 146 FOURTH ST. Between Alder and Morrison Streets Days of Unparalleled Shoe Economies SIOE CO. Sensational Footwear Bargains! COMMENCING TODAY AT 8 A. M. Surpassing in its big savings. All previous shoe sales in Portland will fade into nothing when compared to the terrific underpneing. To buy footwear elsewhere during this sale will be sheer extravagance. Excit ing bargains, as you will see by reading tne partial u&i oeiow Women's $3.00 to $5.00 Button Men's $3.50 to $5.00 Oxfords, all Women's $3.50 and $4 00 Tan Shoes and Bluchers sizes 2, 2& leathers, not all sizes, Calf Pumps and Oxfords, But- 3 sy2 only ton and Blucliers .'. $j.OO . $15Q $1.5Q Women's $3.00 to $5.00 White Women's $3.50 and $4 00 Vici $1.85 1 $1.95 1 S2.95 GOODYEAR SHOE CO. 146 4th STREET Bet Morrison and Alder GUARD IS IN TRIM Third Oregon, at Inspection, Is Complimented by Colonel. ALL IS READY FOR CAMP Portland Companies Largely Repre sented and Go Through Maneu vers Like Begnlars; Few Dozen Recruits Are Ranted. tirj.i. ...11 .niilnmAiit for field ser- VV 1 L II lull - vice, the Third Oregon Infantry was mustered, inspected and reviewed last night at the Armory by the command ing officer, Colonel C. H. Martin. The .o tho mmrterlv inspection and the turnout, in readiness for field service, was occasioned oy mo i"' aimroach of Summer maneuvers at Gearhart. The regiment maae an impmuu - v.a man nil In Rnrvice Dearanco, wk u . . .i, hlanlfAf - rnlln slun&T unuoruia " , . ; . , - across their shoulders and kits packed. Detailed inspection ujapiajcu .. . . i AnmnaTiri in nreoarcd and Uiai LJl O ...v ... r--r- equipped for field service, down to the smallest aeiau. The attendance was bo large that trouble was experienced in maneuver ing the troops about the spacious drill hall, which occupies a full half block. in Bi-r Portland, companies were large ly represented. Tne Dattauons wo m . , t a xtnwman anil Ci. T. Smith. jytajura -aj. , The companies were in command ot v a i. Tk T)rur Captains w. x: uausuici i., . man. Frank Sever, Leo Pironl. George ' T. W f!nnnp. The 25CnUlTltt.H.ei AA11VA M - Ambulance company was in command ii -l- .3 Unsnl tol of Captain jreaaicjt a-uu a .u-m.n waa r nm m untied b V Major M. B. Marcellus, regimental . A .. n A t.Ao inmnlAtAll chief surgeon, wno juoi aao.o .u...k.. -organization work of this branch. The Third Keglment now will pre pare for the encampment, for which the 'local troops will detrain in two . . k iiiiHoi panvass for 10 weeits, iq o - days, engaging in field maneuvers with the Twenty-first United States Infantry and the First laano mianiry. aiai . v. aha eiY Portland companies are recruited up to a point approach es war strength. It was announced - - jn.an rsomlts are wanted. Enlistments will be made all this week and each applicant wno n , , j i )Q , AriTn natlon Will be requireu D11-'1' , , . provided with full equipment, tnclud- . . l.Un.i. AvnAnnA tn Film ing unnormH, xiuivui "--;- .Jff oni will be taken to the maneu vers' under full pay. .. i .i. a inanArttnn Colonel Martin took occasion to compliment the officers and men upon u lent showing they made and to ex press his convicsnon uim a..." f t.v. thA flAld for anv sort IS reay i. lau " - - of service on short notice. After the military events or tne evenms a- ficers entertainer miuin..uj ... . . nnflrtArs. while the ooara ..v,... " - 77 ' . . , men held a dance in the regimental ballroom. EXHIBIT SPACE ARRANGED Nearly 100,000 Sqnare Feet Planned for Land Products Show; . en nnn and 100.000 sauare feet of exhibit space are being arranged for In the plans for the exhibit of the Manufactures ana Liana rrwucu at the Armory in October and Novem ber. This space will oe leeu vy mo erection of temporary exhibit buildings adjoining the Armory wnicn is tne main display hall. Indorsement and promise of co-operation for the big show was made by the Board of Governors of the Commercial Club at Its meeting yesterday and by the Rotary Club at its luncheon at noon. GROSS EARNING TAX VALID Washington Supremo Court Ruling Means $50,00 0 to State. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 30. The Su preme Court sitting en banc . today reversed a department decision and held constitutional a 6 per cent gross earnings tax on express companies doing business in the State of Wash ington. The law reads that the tax shall be "on the" gross receipts of such express companies for business done within the State of Washington. Tne tax in question, which was de clared void by the department decision of last December, is now reinstated, and the state will collect more than $50,000 a year from this source. The decision is signed by seven of the nine judges. Two dissent. The title of the case is that of the state, appellant, against the Northern Express Company. Japanese Murderer Sentenced. VANCOUVER, B.C., June 30. Justice Gregory today sentenced Jack Kong, a 17-year-old Chinese, to pass the rest of his life in the Penitentiary for the murder of Mrs. Millard here three months ago. CAMP SUES CHOSEN Activity for Chautauqua Rivals Real "Gold" Strike. SESSIONS- OPEN TUESDAY Thousand Campers Are Expected at 13-Day Assembly "Tent City" at Gladstone Park May Be Largest of All. OREGON CITT Or.. June 30. (Spe cial.) Scenes which resemble those fol lowing a "strike" of gold in some new mining country are being enacted dally down at Gladstone Fark. preparatory to the opening of Chautauqua Tuesday. The "staking out" or the "locating" of cantp sites has been going on in earnest all this week and there la al most as much excitement and competi tion to secure choice camping quarters as there is among prospectors to locate near the "pay" streak. Tent reservations continue to pour Into the secretary's office. If the pres ent pace continues until the smslon opens Gladstone Park will harbor a "tent city" fully twice as large as any former encampment. The hot weather of the last few days, with promises of ideal weather during the next two weeks, has resulted In an unprecedented Interest among would be campers. While the reservations are being checked at Secretary Cross' of fice here, the ground men and the "scouts" for the campers are busy checking off their sites In the 75-acre park. Each place is being marked plainly by stages showing the boundaries and usually the name of the party reserv ing It. Friday and Saturday the campers will begin to arrive; Saturday and Sun day they will come by tha dozen, and . on Monday the "tenters" will arrive In droves. Tuesday thr strsrB'ers will pitch their tents, and by Wednesday, the second day of the assembly, the "white city" will have been finished In every detail. Probably no less then 1000 campers will be on the grounds for the big 13-day assembly. All tents will be numbered as soon ss possible after the camps are up. A directory is kept at the secretary's tt flce for reference of friends In locat ing Chautauqua parties on tht ground. lUany Portland and Oregon City bul ness men send their families to th j "tent city' 'each year, and they come down to "do" Chautauqua after buslnvp hours. The excellent car service di rectly Into the grounds makes this pos sible tor the busy business man. KinAtAAn taten now reniilrA in cxAmi- I nation In asrlculture to h before a techr cn obtntn a certlf1rt tn ta-h. II m 1 sssr I ASaasBjaA 1 'EHSTRUCTI0W FREE T Latest Mchihl R Sixteen laesr do nee records and eicM otfcer selections- locludinolbe new donee ; jrrstruclioorecords'ysA-ii!' Dia tJOUSeeMr. feana a loV of ' . I I ! rr sn: Art4 Word, round here several days but tjestidci&y they all weni home ii i 3 r tow 7 ynx H? Goody Vneij can run back "fe . 1 ENerstode-t- I ll .A.M1 ana aw , y be rf eii; ' Bill and Mrs. Bill were seen coming back yesterday from across the river. The broad Bmile indicates the satisfaction and relief Bill felt when learning that at last the coast was clear.