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THE BIOTINTXG OREGOXIAN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1914.
'ARTHUR TO WIN
BY 10,000 ESTIMATE
A. W. Lafferty, Who Refused
to Abide by Primary Deci
: sion, Is Placed Third.
WEST CREDITED WITH HELP
Republican Nominee Says He Has
Reports From Every Part ol
County Indicating Sweeping
Victory lor Entire Ticket.
C. N. McArthur. Republican nominee
for Representative in Congress from
the Third Oregon district, is regarded
generally as a sure winner in tomor
row's election. Political prophets who
are thoroughly familiar with local con
ditions declare that McArthur not only
will be elected, but that 'his vote will
be laree. They also predict that A. F.
Flegel, Democrat, will take second
place and that A. W. Lafferty, Inde
pendent, will be a poor third. Arthur
I. Moulton, Progressive-Prohibitionist,
and Albert Streib, Socialist, are not re
garded as serious factors in the race.
Those who have analyzed the situa
tion on the eve of election and who
predict that McArthur will win by a
large plurality Base tneir calculations
upon the overwhelming Republican ma-
iority in the Third district, 'the regis
tration by parties in this district, which
includes only Multnomah County, is as
follows: Republican, 60,088; Demo
crats, 22.612; Progressives, 3898; Pro.
hibitionists. 3748: Socialists, 1599; mis-
cellaneous, 4491; total, 96,436." In view
of these figures it is hardly possible
for either Flegel or Lafferty to over
come the tremendous advantage that
McArthur enjoys in being the regular
nominee of the party that is over
whelmingly in the ascendancy.
Party Defection Offset.
McArthur's friends declare that the
Republican votes which he will lose to
Flegel will be more than offset by the
Democrats who will vote for McArinur.
They point to the general revolt against
Governor West anu the .Democratic ma-
chine as a factor in McArthur's favor.
and estimate that no less than 6000
Democrats will scratch Flegel and vote
for his Republican rival. They con
cede . second ' place to Flegel, but-say
that McArthur will beat him by
least 10.000 votes.
Republicans and Democrats alike
agree that Lafferty has lost ground
during the past month, and prediction)
are made that he will be a poor thlrdrj
Lafferty's refusal to abide by the re-
suit of the primary election, his con
tinued absence from his post of duty
and his sudden flight to Washington
when the House of Representatives cut
off the pay of absent members have
alienated many of his former support
ers, who are now working to bring
about McArthur's election.
In the primary election McArthur re
ceived 14.100 votes to 12,112 for Laf
ferty, 3143 for George S. Shepherd and
838 for N. R. Jacobson.
Gains Expected From Many Source..
McArthur's friends assert that he will
receive practically all of the Shepherd
and Jacobson vote and a large percent
age of the 12,112 men and women who
voted for Lafferty, as many of them
have expressed the opinion that Mc
Arthur was fairly nominated, and
therefore is entitled to their support.
money, but they have been compelled
to pay large sums in addition to this
money to other attorneys for the same
services.
"If Mr. Lafferty cares to know the
names, addresses and amounts collected
from these people I will cneertuliy
give them to him. These matters are
within my own personal knowledge
and Mr. Lafferty knows that I am able
to produce proof of the same, and that
probablv accounts for the weak expla
nation; or denial, contained in his ad
vertisement.
"This is all I have to say at this
time, but if requested by Mr. Lafferty
I assure him I can be much more
specific." ' .
Representative Sinnott and ex-Governor
Geer will address a Republican
rally at The Dalles at 8 o'clock tonight.
Six dollars and 20 cents was the
sum total of expenditures made by Al
fred Streiff, Socialist candidate for
Congress in the Third district, in for
warding his campaign for nomination
and election, according to bis affidavit
mailed to the House of Representatives
yesterday.
The 6, the affidavit sets forth, was
for dodgers, and the 20 cents for car
fare. This was June 14, 1914, and Mr.
Streiff has spent no money since, he
affirms.
The candidate pledges himself, if
elected, "except so far as permitted
by law, that he will not make or be
party to the making or giving of any
payment, reward, position, employment
or Valuable consideration for the pur-
UNION
FOR
MAN
15 HOT
GH1BERUUN
William Mackenzie, of Labor
Council, Denies Pledging
Self to Aid Democrat.
CROSS, FEVERISH
CHILD IS BILIOUS
OR CONSTIPATED
Look, Mother! If Tongue Is Coat
ed, Give "California Syrup
of Figs."
HANLEY IS AVOWED CHOICE
Engineer Keports Tliat Organization
Has Not Indorsed Chamberlain
and That Lane Could Not An
swer Questions of Council.
William Mackenzie, engineer of the
Goodnough building and a member of
the Labor Council, was asked yester
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
SEEM CERTAIN OF ELECTION.
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Rufua C. Holman.
Pb.Ho Holbrook.
The Republican nominees for County Commissioners, Rufus C. Hol
man and Philo Holbrook, are receiving word from all parts of the
county that their friends have been active in their behalf. So en
couraging have been these reports that there seems to be no doubt
of their election.
Every mother realizes, after giving
her children "California Syrup of
Figs." that this Is their ideal laxative,
Because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out griping.
vvnen cross, irritable, feverish or
breath is bad. stomach sour, look at
me tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit
laxative." and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the
bowels, and you have a well, playful
child again. When its little system
is full of cold, throat sore. has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic
remember, a good "inside cleansing"
should always be the first treatment
given.
Millions of mothers keep "California
syrup of jgs' nanay; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a
EO-cent bottle of "California Syrup of
Figs," which has directions for babies,
cnuaren oi an ages and grown-ups
printea on the bottle. Beware of coun
terfeits sold here, so don t be fooled.
Get the genuine, made by "California
Fig Syrup Company." Adv.
ture and have been contending he was.
Did he vote with Aldrich on an iron
ore tariff which was Intended to be
beneficial to the United States Steel
Trust?
"As the time before election day will
be so limited after our smoker, I would
he glad if you see fit to make your re
ply public. L. R. DEPPEE31AN."
poses of defryaing any of the expenses
of his election."
AD POLITICS
The hope and belief of Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., ex-United States Senator,
that R. A. Booth will be the next United
States Senator from Oregon was reit
erated in a letter received yesterday
by Portland friends under a dateline
of October 26, at Washington, D. C.
He said: "It seems to me impossible
that Chamberlain should overcome a
100,000 registered majority and defeat
Booth. I have done all in my power
to assist in the campaign. I doubt if
any of the candidates are more anxious
than I to see the state go Republican
next week 'n order to rebuke Wilson's
executive dictatorship and Democratic
Congressional subservience. If unre
buked, this Government is going rapid
ly on the rocks, in my opinion."
Senator Chamberlain, candidate for
re.dlAotlnn ndrirARSAri n Democratic
McArthur will, of course, hold his orig- ma8s meeting at the Washington High
inal strength and will receive also the
support of many voters who did not
participate in the primary election. He
will receive also a large Democratic
vote, as well as a goodly number from
the minor parties and independents.
School early Saturday night and spoke
later at the Lincoln High School.
Senator Chamberlain confined the
greater part of his talks to discussion
of the various measures passed by the
last Congress. He praised the peace
A number of reliable "straw" votes policy of President Wilson and the po
that have been taken in different parts
of the county show that McArthur is
the leading candidate by long odds, and
he is also a favorite in the betting.
"I am going to be elected," said Mc
Arthur last night. "Mr. Flegel, my
Democratic rival, will be a fair second
and Mr. Lafferty, whom I defeated in
the primaries, will be a poor third. 1
have reports from all parts of Multno-
mah County that warrant these predlc-
sltlon the Administration has taken in
handling the Mexican problem. He said
in view of the record of the last Con
gress, when so many constructive meas
ures had been enacted, the voters
should stand by the Administration and
would undoubtedly elect candidates for
Congress who were in full sympathy
with the President.
"It has been nearly two years since
I was last in Oregon," said Senator
tions and that confirm my belief that chamberlain, in opening his address
the entire Republican ticket will win.
This is a Republican year and the
voters are not being deceived by the
false arguments and mudslinglng of
the Democratic politicians.
Fight Made on Party Lines.
"I have made my fight squarely upon
Republican lines and am confident of
our party's success. The Democratic
press has ridiculed me and neld me up
as an enemy of President Wilson and
has attempted to create the impression
that I have conducted a campaign of
abuse against the President. I wish
to say, in this connection, that I have
the utmost respect for our great Presi
dent, and, if elected to Congress, I
would certainly show him the regard
and confidence to which he is entitled.
I am, however, opposed to certain Dem
ocratic policies, particularly the present
tariff law, and as a Representative in
Congress I would fight unjust discrlm
ination against the Pacific Coast.
"On fairrnr that hnfl contributed to
the strength of my candidacy is the DICKENS' ADVICE TO BOYS
at the Washington High School. "My
prolonged absence from the state was
due to my obligations to remain at my
post of duty as long as Congress was
In session. Since arriving home I have
found that my political opponents have
been indulging in personalities, but as
far as I am concerned, I do not intend
to resort to recriminations against
those who have been attacking me.
This is a campaign of principles, not
of personalities. It is a campaign of
policies that lie at the very base of
American Government."
A. F. Flegel. Democratic candidate
for Congress, also made short addresses
at both meetings.
Coos County will vote for Booth by
a two-to-one majority next Tuesday
ays Captain Magenn, of the steamer
Breakwater, which, berthed in port yes
terday.
Governor West has made against me.
Mr. West came down here and declared
that I was a tool of 'big business' and
was opposed to moral legislation at the
last session of the Legislature, but the
records disproved his charges, and since
I 'showed him up' he has had little to
say about me. His false statements to
the public relative to me have reacted
in my favor."
Mr. McArthur will spend today In
quiet work among the voters of tne
city and tonight will wind up his cam
paign with a number of street speeches
in different localities.
"Representative Lafferty has made
but a tame denial of my charge that
he collected money from a number of
Siletz settlers which he failed to re
turn to them on his election to Con
gress, when he ceased to represent
them," said Glen O. Holman at the
Imperial Hotel yesterday.
"His attempted denial, published as
paid advertisements in the newspapers,
only emphasises the truth of my
charges," continued Mr. Holman. "The
facts are these: "Mr. Lafferty, as spe
cial agent for the Government, turned
down many of these settlers upon tne
Siletz and the contests brought against
many of these claims by the Govern
ment were based upon an adverse
report of Special Agent Lafferty.
"After leaving the Government serv
ice Mr. Lafferty took a number of
these cases under a contract which
required him to procure patents to the
lands involved in the contests before
being entitled to his contingent fee.
From a large number of these settlers
who retained him he collected various
sums of money.
"Patents In these cases were not
Issued to these settlers before Mr. Laf
ferty was elected to Congress, and
when he was elected he dropped the
cases and failed to return any of the
money, although under his contract it
had not been earned.
Be Earnest and Tliorougli Va9 His
Rule for the Young.
H. F. Dickens, K. C, in Harper's Maga
sine for July.
There is a feature of Dickens' char
acter which cannot be too often or too
seriously insisted upon and that is
his intense earnestness and thorough
ness in everything he did. He said to
me more than once:
'My dear boy, do everything at your
best. If you do that, neither I nor
anyone else can find fault with you,
even if you fail. For myself, I can
honestly say that I have taken as great
pains with the smallest thing I ever
did as with the biggest.
In giving advice to a young author,
he said on one occasion:
'If you want your public to believe
In what you write, you must believe
in it yourself. When I am describing
scene I can as distinctly see what
am describing as I can see you now,
So real are my characters to me that
on one occasion I had fixed upon the
course which one of them was to pur
sue. The character, however, got hold
of me and made me do exactly the op
posite to what 1 1 had intended, but I
was so sure that he was right and I
was wrong that I let him have his
own way."
Whatever he did, either in work or
at, play, he always gave of his very
best. He hated slackness or half-
heartedness in any shape or form.
day about the truth of a statement in
the Evening Telegram that, when in
Washington City recently, he had
pledged his support to Senator Cham
berlain in the presence of Senator
Lane. The matter was made particu
larly pertinent in view of the fact that
Senator Lane had requested an audi
ence before the Labor Council Friday
night in behalf of Senator Chamber
Iain. There was no Chamberlain indorsement.
"Oh, there's not a word of truth in
that story," said Mr. Mackenzie. "Sen
ator Lane flatly denied it before the
Labor Council, and, in fact, said I had
-told him and Chamberlain in Wash
ington I stood, as I stand now. for
William Hanley. and that I had given
him and Chamberlain a true view of
the situation. Tou can ask any of the
boys. It's not a secret meeting when
we suspend the rules and have in
strangers to speak. Any of the boys
can tell you what Lane said.
"There are two things I won't stand
for. One is for being called a labor
leader and the other is being accused
of promising to deliver votes. Labor
has had enough of leaders, and they
can't be delivered like sheep, thank
God.
Questions Stump Lane.
'No, Senator Lane denied it flatly.
He spoke for Chamberlain, but when I
asked him why Chamberlain voted to
prevent the postal employes from or
ganizing and prohibiting them from
associating with organized labor, the
Senator said he didn t know, and it
was the same with other questions I
asked him. He said he couldn't
answer for Senator Chamberlain. He
made certain allusion, the same as he
was reported in the papers, about
Colonel Wood and Mr. Hanley having
land interests in Eastern Oregon and
getting Hill money, and so forth.
had talked with Colonel Wood, and he
said the Hills never gave a cent to the
campaign more's the pity and neither
he nor Hanley ever had a dollar s in
terest in the land grant. So I had him
write me a letter right here In this
engine room, and I filed it as a part of
our minutes. It covers the whole
ground fully and shows Senator Lane
is mistaken, lou can get it from the
secretary, E. E. Southard, at 721 East
Fortieth street, or I guess the Labor
Press will print it as part of our pub
lic minutes.
Chamberlain Rot Indorsed.
"No. the Council didn't indorse
Chamberlain, nor anybody. It stood
pat on a former resolution as oppos
ing Booth and leaving the members
to decide for themselves. Everybody
knows I am for Hanley and have been
all the time. He has a plan: he has
ideas; he is a big, husky, forceful man;
he strikes me as the man to do some
thing for Oregon and give the unem
ployed a chance. I hope to God he
will. I know he intends to try. and
that's more than you can say of Cham
berlain, I'm sorry to say. I've told him
so to his face, and I don't like his
high and mighty refusal to answer any
questions as to his official votes as
Senator. They aren't Colonel Wood's
questions, nor Mr. Hanley's questions.
I'm interested myself. So is Labor, and
I don't think any public servant is
above the people."
TANGO REIGNS SUPREME
Edwin BJorkman Pictures an Even
ing of Nervous Unrest In Xew York.
Edwin Bjorkman In the Century.
It Is after 8 o'clock in one of the
smaller dining-rooms of a fashionable
New York hotel. The middle of the
room is cleared for dancing. At one end
a small orchestra is working furiously
at a melody that affects the mind like
the triple distilled essence of nervous
unrest. Every table is occupied by mer
ry groups of men and women in evening
dress. Above their heads are strung
almost Invisible wires, to which are at
tached colored lanterns, gaudy me
chanical butterflies, and huge red and
green toy balloons. Just as we enter, a
stoutlsh. heavy-faced chap with a mon
ocle slaps the next man on the back
and cries out:
"We must be gay, old boy!"
The open square in the middle of the
room'is filled with dancers. They trip
and slide and dip. They sidestep and
backstep and gyrate. They wave their
arms like pump handles, or raise them
skyward, palm to palms, as if in prayer.
There are among them young girls with
shining faces full of inarticulate desire;
simpering young men with a leer lurk
nig at the bottom of their vacant
stares; stiff-legged and white-haired
old men with drooping eyelids, and
stern-jawed matrons with hand-made
faces of a startlingly purple hue. But
on every face, young or old, bright or
dull, there beams a smile or clings a
smirk, for the spirit of the place de
mands gaiety at any price.
On the tables are strewn gaily
trimmed packages that open with a re
port, and yield up gaily-colored paper
caps. Rubicund gentlemen place the
caps over their bald spots, while women
pick the big butterflies to pieces and
put the fragments into their hair until
they look like barbarous princesses.
Men and women drink and dance, feast
and flirt, sing and laugh and shout. The
whole room is a riot of color and noise.
a veritable apotheosis of .gaiety run
rampant in utter f orgetf ulness of the
workday s burdensome responsibilities,
We are five in our own party: a poet
of International reputation; a lawyer in
the front rank of his profession; a pub
Usher and a literary agent; both of
whom have earned solid successes, and
finally I, who do not know how to class
or appraise myself. The lawyer pull
down a big green balloon. It is suffi
clently charged to make It bounce at
the slightest touch, but not enough to
make it fly away. We begin to play
ball with it. At first we use our hands
then we develop a regular game. No
body must touch the ball except with
his head. We get excited. The game
is taken quite seriously. The poet tries
to keep a score. We behave like little
boys in Springtime, wnen school is Just
closed. We play foolish pranks ana
laugh immoderately, but nobody else
pays the slightest attention to us, reck
less gaiety being the order of the night.
Gay is the scene indeed; gay the mu
sic and the laughter; gay the wine that
sparkles in the-glasses; gay the swirl
ing, swaying maze of dancing couples
gay the bright balloons and brilliant
dresses of the women. And it Is as if
my mind's eye saw these words written
in burning letters on the wan:
"Leave care behind all ye that enter
here !"
But out there on Fifth avenue a lot
of unkemDt. unreasonable men and
women are marching savagely behind
a black flag.
Old Cummin gs. the grocer, was noted
for the wretched horses he kept. He
emnloved a boy, Anthony, who was
very reckless driver. une aay An
thony drove one of the grocer s worst
old nags a little too hara, ana tne ani
mal died.
"There!" cried the grocer. "You've
these settlers bave not brought any
action against him to recover this
An Alaska pioneer was telling how
crowded a certain ship was during the
gold rush. One day a man came up to
the captain and said:
"You will just have to give me some
place to sleep."
"Where have you been sleeping?"
"Well," the passenger replied, "I have
It is true that I been sleeping on a sick man. but he's
getting better now, and he won't stand
for It.
NO REPLY FROM CHAMBERLAIN
Refusal of His Paper Even to Allow
Questions to Re Asked.
The following letter was handed per
sonally by Mr. Depperman, a promi
nent labor union man, to the managing
editor of the Evening Journal, on
Wednesday, October 28. He made re
ply that Senator Chamberlain was up
the Valley and would not be in till
Saturday, when the letter would be
shown him; but the Journal would not
say what he would see fit to do. Mr.
Depperman replied that Saturday was
too late and called attention to the fact
that the letter was addressed to the
Journal, not the Senator.' The manag
ing editor replied that the Journal
could not answer for the Senator.
The letter isi
"Portland, Or., Oct. 26, 1914. (To the
Editor.) Local 87, of which I am presl.
dent, is going to have a political
smoker Saturday night and for my own
satisfaction I would really like to have
your explanation on the following, as 1
see no answer by Senator Chamberlain
to these and other questions addressed
to him:
"Did he vote against the right of
postal employes to organize and pro
hibit them from associating in any
way with organized labor? I mean
affiliating with, not just social Inter
course. "Is he the author of the a.laaka rail
way bill? If not,-1 misread his lltera-
Player Pianos
"Pianos Anyone Can Play"
$385
$25 CASH
$10 Monthly
Compare favorably with $650 Play
er Pianos . sold elsewhere. Your
silent piano taken in part payment
perhaps can allow $150, leaving
but $235 balance, $8 monthly.
GRAVES MUSIC CO,
151 10111111 St.,
OREGON'S LEADING
PHILANTHROPIST
OPENLY. OPPOSED
TO PROHIBITION
S. Benson, owner of the Benson Hotel, of
Portland, and known the length and breadth
of Oregon for his great works of charity, pub
lic enterprise and civic leadership, takes pos
itive stand against a "dry Oregon."
READ MR. BENSON'S LETTER CAREFULLY
HOTEL BENSON
(Formerly New Hotel Oregon)'
Portland, Or., Oct. 29, 1914.
Mr. S. Blumauer, City.
,. Dear ir: In response to your inquiry regarding
my views on the prohibition question, I desire to state
that I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED IN OR ADVOCATED
STATE-WIDE PROHIBITION. However, it is plain to
me that we will eventually have prohibition of some kind
or other all over the entire country.
In that case I would advocate National prohibi
tion of the manufacture of whiskey after a period, say
of ten years, which time would give the manufacturers
an opportunity to dispose of and liquidate their inter
ests and also an opportunity to engage in some other
business. At the same time I would suggest that a rea
sonable compensation be allowed for the actual loss for
plant and property made worthless by such prohibition.
IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT STATE PRO
HIBITION DOES NOT PROHIBIT and that CONSUMP
TION OF LIQUORS IS AS LARGE TODAY AS IT
EVER HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. Milder beverages,
such as beer and wines, I do not consider harmful to any
great extent and I SEE NO REASON WHY THEIR
MANUFACTURE OR CONSUMPTION SHOULD BE
PROHIBITED.
Yours very truly,
(Signed)
The "dry forces" have spread the impression across the state that
Mr. Benson is an ardent Prohibitionist. Let his letter be the an
swer that he advises you to
7E 333 X NO
Against Prohibition.
(Paid Advertisement.) -
VOl
killed my horse, you miserable boy!"
"I'm sorry, boss." ihe boy faltered.
"Sorry!" shouted the infuriated
grocer. -"Sorry be hanged! What
good'll that do? Who's going to pay
for my horse, I'd like to know?"
"I'll make it all right, boss," repled
the boy soothingly. "You can take it
out of my next week's wages."
Senator
Harry Lane
Speaks -Tonight,
"PUBLIC WELFARE VS. SPECIAL
ISTEKESTS."
Washington High School, 8 P. M.
(Paid Advertisement by I W,
Humphries, Journal Bldg., City.)
A STATE SCHOOL CLOSED
. .. "V - ;5i- f'-TA- ' i TASK I i
El
L
Southera Oresm State Normal School. A hi and.
Porinmi' state spends $5,250,000 annually on
-i-'C'CJiCJft jts common schools. To be efficient, they
must have trained teachers. Can we afford NOT to run
the school (now existing, ready to open tomorrow)
which train these teachers shows them HOW!
A'C-v-, Tsisvl Southern Oregon has no insti
kDfJUUTe JiZU.l . tution to which the. state con
tributes a dollar of support. Should this request, made
on behalf of an efficient common school system for
their children, be turned downt
VOTE 312 X YES
Paid adv. bv Committee of the People of Southern Oregon J. H. Booth,
Roseburg: E, E. Blanchard. Grants Pass; W. H. Meredith, Wedderburn;
C. C Beekman. Jacksonville: H. V. Carter. Ashland; Wm. S. Worden,
Klamath Kalis'; S. P. Moss, Lakevlew; J. P. Wells, president Oregon
State Teachers' Association, Western Division: secretary, Beni. C Shel
don, Medford.