2 THE HOSXIK6 OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1920. DE MDCRATIG CONFIDENT CHIEFS AS EVER Leaders at Capital Cheerful ly View Situation. CONSERVATIVES IN SADDLE No Fear Felt of Radical Eleniem and -Jackson Day Meet Prom- . lies to Be Harmonious. BY L.OCIS SEIBOLD. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished -by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (Special.) The democratic party of Jacksom, Jefferson. Cleveland and Wilson still appears to be "unterrified." . The con fidence of the republicans that the candidates for president and vice president to be nominated by the Chi cago convention next June will be triumphantly elected has not pro voked either confusion or apprehen sion among: the leaders of the demo cratic party wjio'are pouring into the national capital to attend the meet ing: of the national committee tomor row. Reports brought by these leaders men and women are "not of the jrloomy or pessimistic purport that republican pretensions would lead you to expect: nor are some of the dis turbing features of the situation re garded by them as seriously as by the opposition representatives. Predic tions that the radical elements in the party are preparing; to rule or ruin me party under certain contingen cies arouse more amusement than ex citement. Conservative Kactloa Ralea. The conservative faction, strongly buttressed by the most influential of ficials of the administration, eems to hold a pretty tight grip on the party machinery and to be adequately equipped to defeat any ef fo: t to stam pede it away from orderly processes. There are differences of opinion, old sores and animosities resulting from chagrin and defeated ambitions, but the party structure appears to be sound at the core and capable of vig orous resistance. The only legitimate function the national committee is scheduled to perform is that of selecting a date and place for the holding of its nom ination convention. Half a dozen cities are vociferously represented by enersretic "boosters" who are con ducting a spirited fight for the priv ilege of packing delegates Into over crowded hotel rooms- and otherwise making financial hay while the po litical sun shines. The actual contest has narrowed down to Chicago, Kan sas City and San Francisco, with the chances tonight seemingly in favor of Kansas City, with Chicago next. Women Accorded Privilege. While women are accorded greater privileges in the democratic than in the republican organization, they will not be permitted to vote on the se lection of a date and place for the nominating convention because their status has not been formally estab lished by a national convention. In all other matters the associate wom en members of the democratic na tional committee will enjoy equal privileges with the men. From present indications the meet ing of the committee will be quite as harmonious as was the gathering of the republican chieftains a month ago. The chief interest in the surpris ingly cheerful gathering of demo crats is not confined to the formal- w,; t-uiiiiiuLtca .medium. 4 11211 is centered around the White House, with a mildly passing interest in the widely heralded plans of William Jennings Bryan to "start something" not on the programme. The plans of President Wilson are viewed as much more important than any iconoclastic ambitions of the Nebraskan who has three defeats already to his credit. The president and Mr. Bryan are ex pected concurrently to contribute whatever spice the gathering of lead ers may produce. Banquet Seats In Demand. It is anticipation of these events that has caused several hundred men snd women of national and local party celebrity to journey to the national capital and place a premium on bids to the dinner which is to be held to morrow night to commemorate the birthday of sturdy old Andrew Jack son, one of the heroes of the party. So great is the demand for eeats that the feast is to be split In two, there being no hotel large enough to accommodate the 1600 guests who are to attend to hear the first political message written by the president to the leaders of his party in several . months. - That. Of COUrflA in tha aupreme importance for which all the -leaders and followers of the party , " n'ni'is wun anxiety. ut sec ondary interest is a prospective dec laration of principles brought up to date by Mr. Bryan. Everybody who . is anybody in the party councils is - speculating as to the character of the communication which the .president lias promised to send to the guests at ' the dinner. Ira ar Statement Expected. . : A few leaders believe he will elimi nate himself from the controversy re garding his successor: the majority of them do not share this opinion, but incline to the opinion that he will discuss principles instead of personal ities and avoid any reference to his own ammcions. There seems to be suDsiantiai justification for the infer ence tnat ne will urge the party lead ers to accept the challenge of the re publicans and fight for the raifica non or ine league of nations, both in DAUGHTER OF FAMOUS PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONIST IN THE UNITED STATES. 'Mf at m .wbiwibi n'- -' - A - - - ! I I i 1 - , , . v '"II it Photo Copyright by Clinedinst. CARMEN A(;ilXAl,DO. Miss Carmen Aguinaldo, daughter of the famous Philippine revolutionary leader of bygone days, 4s spending the holidays in Washington with the Philippine commission and Mrs. Jaime C. de Veyra. She is attending the Illinois state university at Urbana, 111. congress and in the political cam paign next autumn. It is quite obvious that there is and lost ten games in the Texas league last year, and he sold Jimmy Viox and Pitcher Miles Main to more Interest in the personal plans Akron, so Ernie is going right along of the president than in the interna tional issue. Most of the committee men who will vote for the resolution indorsing te league and according to the president the highest praise for his efforts to compel a just peace throughout the world do not seem to think it is of paramount political im portance. The resolution will proba bly be adopted without a dissenting vote, though three or four southern and far western members who reflect the views of Mr. Bryan may interpose an objection to the phrasing of the clause relating to the league. Pralae Aaaured President. - If they do Mr. Bryan and his fol lowing are destined to come a crop per, because the overwhelming ma jority of the committee are favorable to according the president the fullest praise for his administration of both the foreign and domestic affairs of the government. But they manifest only casual interest in the proposal to carry the league fight into the campaign. What they are most curious about is the president's attitude toward a third term. They admit that he could probably secure a renomination if he desires one. The greater number of the committeemen seem to think that the president should now make a frank avowal of his purpose and a few believe he will do so in his let ter to the Jackson diners tomorrow night. There are many skeptics who hold the opposing view and who will regret the accuracy of their own pre dictions. There seems to be little room to dispute the declaration of one of the old-time leaders tonight that the preponderance of sentiment among the important men in the- national organization is antagonistic to a third term, even for Mr. Wilson. Many of the party leaders do not believe he could physically go through a polit ical campaign; not a few are skep tical of his chances for success even if he were given another nomination. Much Corridor Talk: Heard. A lot of corridor talk centers about Mr. Gerard. Governor COx of Ohio, Senators Owen and Underwood. For mer Speaker Clark and a vagrant whisper or two regarding the "avail ability" of Editor William R. Hearst. Whether Mr. Bryan is actually re sponsible for the gossip sponsored by his retainers is conjectural. There was quite a delegation of those pre sumably self-appointed agents of the Nebraska leader on hand today, and the tenor of their comment was not of a peaceful sort. According to their version of Mr. Bryan s attitude to ward candidates he will adhere sedu lously to his old slogan of "Down with Wall street" and oppose any man who aspires to the democratic presidential nomination who is fa vored by any interest or element con nected with the financial influences that mobilize there. The list of "undesirables" furnished by the "Bryan men" embraces al most every man who has been men tioned up to date as available. Mr. Bryan arrived late tonight. He did not appear to have "blood in hfs eye," as his adherents predicted. He was rather mild of speech and did not seem to harbor unchristian thoughts against any one. He admitted that he "might have something interest ing to say" at the Jackson dinner, but did not indicate the trend of it. ;That he may play an important part in the coming campaign is ad mitted by some of his bitterest critics unless he should head a third ticket but none of them con cedes possibility of his figuring as the fourth-time presidential can didate at least of the democratic party. just as if Salt Lake was still in the league. Peaoe Cornea Again. Judge McCredie and Klepper were outlaws only a few hours, however. President McCarthy got them to meet with the rest of the boys tonight, and then Billy Lane, a real sportsman, did the biggest thing of the meeting when he got up and said that although he did not like to see Salt Lake get the worst of it every year, rather than have any row over the schedule, he would agree to let Salt Lake open and close at home this year. ' That removed the one big objection that McCredie and Klepper had to the schedule, so everything is fixed now and the boys will meet at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon' and adopt the schedule. "Doc" Strub and Judge McCredie kissed and made up. and each told the other he wished they had said more about each other so they could take it all back .while the smile of President McCarthy was like a benediction on a congregation. . THINGS TO DROP TONIGHT (Continued From First Pare. speakers, and will deliver his first speech at the Washington hotel sec tion of the banquet about 10 o'clock. He then will be -rushed to the other banquet room at the Willar'd hotel and there are hints that any advance copy of his speech will be worthless when he gets through speaking. He has 20 minutes to speak at each place, but will not be denied more time. The national committeemen from Oregon. Washington and Idaho will nave seats at the Washington hotel banquet and will hear Mr. Bryan ahead of the eastern committeemen, most of whom will be at the other hotej. W. Bruce Kramer of Butte, Mont., vice-chairman of the national committee, will be toastmaster at the Washington hotel dinner, at which will be Champ Clark, Attorney-General Palmer and Secretary Tumulty. Dr. J. W. Morrow of Portland, na tional committeeman for Oregon; Allen R. Titlow of Tacoma, national committeeman for Washington, and Robert H. Eldor of Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, national committeeman, at tended a caucus of western national committeemen last night, at which 13 states pledged their votes . to San Francisco as the convention place. . San Francisco Hopeful. Mr. Elder and Dr. Morrow this aft ernoon declared they had 22 votes for San Francisco out of 24 necessary to win. San Francisco's fight appeared more active than those being made for Chicago and Kansas City. Rumors as to what is to happen at the banquet have cast much doubt over the treaty situation. Democratic senators belonging to the Underwood faction have continued their confer ences, fully realizing that their suc cess depends largely on the tone of Mr. Wilson's letter tomorrow night. If Mr. Wilson demands an unamended treaty Senator Underwood will con tinue his fight to ratify with com promise reservations, but there is doubt that he can hold in line more than half of those senators who are working, with him now. That de pends, of course, on how influential Mr. Bryan can be to the case of ratifi cation. Railway conferees MAKING PROGRESS $300,000,000 Revolving Loan Fund Is Agreed On. CUMMINS SEES DAYLIGHT CongTess Works on Measure TblI Chicago Shippers Conference Sends In Protests. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Senate and house conferees, working today on the Esch and Cummins railroad bills, agreed upon $300,000,000 as the amount of a revolving fund from which carriers would be permitted to borrow to tide themselves over the period immediately following their return to private operation.' At two sessions today the conferees covered much ground and are about ready to take lip the big question over, which a sharp fight is expected. These are: The guarantee return to the roads, rate making, and the labor section, with its anti-strike provis ion. "I think we will soon see daylight ahead." said Senator Cummins tonight. SHIPPERS ATTACK RAIL BILL Chicago Conference Objects to Pro visions of Cummins Act. CHICAGO. Jan. 7. Guaranteed earnings for the railroads, appropria tion of surplus railroad profits by the government, thereby "penalizing efficiency" and compulsory consolida tion of the roads, are all opposed in a memorial addressed to congress by the national shippers' conference. Representatives of shippers in 16 states Tet here December 30 and ap pointed representatives to- draft the memorial, which attacks many pro visions of the Cummins railroad bill. Copies were mailed today to every member of congress. The shippers urge passage of legis lation for early' return of the roads to private control, and favor reten tion of the state commissions to fix intrastate rates. Creation of the proposed "transpor tation board'1 is opposed because it could invade the interstate commerce commission's field and make publio recommendations in rate advance cases "without the necessity of con ducting any public hearing." RAIL MERGER FAVORED (Continued From First Page.) 2 MAGNATES BOLT MEET (Continued From First Pase.) Eat and Get Thin This is Urnlnt an old phrase face about, but modern methods of reducing fat have made this revision possible. 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Just ao nn eating what you like, leave exerclstng to the athletes, but take your little tab let faithfully and without a doubt that flabby fiesta will quickly take unto it self wings, leaving behind It your natura srif. neatly cC-'ned in firm flesh and trim musclar .-dv. opment, Mr. Hines said that it was generally agreed that this was one of the most difficult financial periods in the history of the world. "Obviously," he continued, "it will be more difficult to establish satis factorily, the credit of a large number of railroad companies at the present moment than it would be to do this at a later date when financial condi tions generally have become better stabilized. "Railroad credit is dependent, of course, upon the conclusions which hthe investing public reach as to the earning capacity of the railroads. No one would seriously contend that 1918 furnished a satisfactory basis for con cluding what the railroads could earn on the basis of a given rate level, but as a matter of fact, 1919 is going to be equally unreliable. ' - Serlona Situation Faced. "By reason of this condition, the public Interest is confronted with a serious dilemma. How can it at the present moment make rates high enough to constitute adequate reas surance to railroad credit without makingthem much higher than would likely turn out to be necessary if the period of readjustment could be post poned until a time of more stable conditions? Undoubtedly If the policy be adopted of establishing indepen dent railroad credit Instantly at all hazards, it would be only logical to make the rate increases large enough to do so. "On one point I believe there must be agreement and that is any rate increase that will at all establish an adequate credit for the various rail road companies operating indepen dently on their own responsibility must be substantially greater than a rate increase which would protect the situation temporarily if unified con trol were continued until more stable conditions appear." CITY WINS RATE CASE (Continued From First Page.) per walked out, "Doc" Strub and Billy Lane pitched coins for a while, until Doc" got all the money, and then Bill Essick, manager of the cham pion. Vernon club, sat down t the piano and played a couple of dirges, swinging from that to "I Am Always Blowing Bubbles, with Strub put ting on a high but Very thin tenor. McCredie would have been jealous of him had he heard Aim, - but at that moment the 'Judge was- in his room doing a bit of shadow boxing with Klepper, coaching htm. Lou Moreing of Sacramento was very upset- He figured It was his turn to entertain the directors at dinner and he had made all arrange ments to put it on pretty, when Mc Credie and. Klepper strayed off the reservation. He may Invite the boys to eat thic evening, but the "way he felt tonight- he would not care if some of them starved to death. H Ik'x Blood Preusre Mentioned. So: lo On suggested that the boys were suffering from too much enter tainment and that is what made them pop off so today. Blood pressure too high, and all that. While tbei magnates were wran gling Ernie Johnson of the Salt Lake club traded Pitcher Dale to Dallas lot Pitciier. MaUion, win won 29 Jackson Pastors Elect. MKDFORD. Or.; Jan. 7. (Special.) At a meeting of the Jackson County Ministerial association the following officers were elected: President, Rev. Charles F. Koehler of Ashland; vice president. Rev. Charles R. Drake of Grants Pass; secretary and treasurer, Rev. W. E. Bean; chairman of pro gramme committee. Rev. A. H. Gam mons, Jacksonville; chairman of mem bership committee. Rev. . J. Gil landers, Ashland. Henry Thurtell of the interstate commerce commission is a decisive victory for the complainants In the Portland rate case, and none the less a victory for the producers of grain In the inland empire territory south or me nae river. While the exam lner recommends a dismissal of the I complaint In the grain rate case, the fact that the lower rate to Portland ought in the action will be secured 1 under the decision in the Portland rate case brings the result sought. Under the fifth of the separate find ings in the decision as - recom mended, it is held that commodity rates are unduly prejudicial wherein the rates exceed 90 per cent of the rates on like commodities to Astoria, Seattle and Tacoma. The present rate on wheat from a large part of the territory is approximately 3 per ton. and under the decision this will make a difference of 30 cents per ton in favor of Portland or Vancouver as against Puget sound points. There will be direct benefit to the producers of grain and other products for market by reason of the lower rate to Portland, and the consumers of the territory will likewise receive the benefit of the corresponding re duction in distributive rates, say busi ness men who have been in touch with the matters involved and are in formed as to the result that will come from the new rates when put into effect- Joseph N. Teal, who with WIMlim C. McCulloch and Rqgers MacVeagh, represented the Portland Chamber of Commerce and Portland Traffic & Transportation association in the case, said that the information con tained in the dispaches left no doubt in nis mind that the grain producers would secure the desired benefit in the 'lower commodity rate. He declared, however, that until the full text of the examiner's rrnnn could be received it would be impos sible to determine fully what the full meaning or the decision may be. The Columbia river basin grain rate caae was the first of the complaints heard by three members of the inter state commerce commission, in con nection with other complaints in the Portland rate case.-beginning July 21, 1919. and continuing here until July 30, when it was- adjourned to Seattle and brought to a conclusion Auguet 2, two full weeks being devoted to the submission of testimony and exam ination of witnesses. Involved in the complaint of the inland empire ship pers' league, the one question pro pounded to the commission was the following: "Shall the shippers of grain and grain products from points in the In land Empire to Columbia river ports over the lines of the defendants be permitted to enjoy rates based upon cost of service over said lines or shall they be compelled to pay rates based upon the cost of service over the northern lines with longer hauls and mountainous routes?" In the hearing of this complaint the major part of two days was con sumed. The interest of the grain ship pers was represented by Oswald West, attorney, who thereafter submitted a comprehensive brief In the case. In the Portland rate case the con sideration involved was of all rates, both class and commodity, both as to their reasonableness and as to their discriminatory or preferential char acter, which apply between Portland, Astoria. Tacoma and Seattle on the one hand, and the Columbia river basin territory on the other. The complainants In the larger cases are the commission of public docks of the city of Portland, the Port of Portland, the Portland Chamber of Comerce and the Portland Traflc and Transporta tion association. The defendants set out in the ac tion consist of the director-general of railroads and the corporate rail roads usually referred to as the transcontinental lines. As interven ers there appeared in the case at torneys representing Clark county. Wash., the port of Vancouver, city of Vancouver, cities, commercial and port bodies of Seattle, Kennewick. Pendleton, Spokane, Tacoma, Astoria and Everett, and the public service commission of Washington and public utilities commission of Idaho. Because of the importance of the fundamental principles involved the case was heard by three members, Henry Cay Hall presiding. Winthrop M. Daniels and Joseph B. Eastman, of the interstate commerce commission, being the first occasion in which three commissioners came to the Pa cific coast to sit at a hearing. Henry Thurtell, chief examiner of the com mission, conducted the inquiry. In the method of procedure adopted by the commission the report of the examiner is submitted, after whicb counsel has the opportunity to file their exceptions in the case, and thereafter the final consideration is taken up by the commission and the decision handed down. Albany Kilts Visit Lebanon. ALBASY, Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) The Albany lodge of Elks moved its headquarters temporarily to Lebanon tonight and held a big meeting fea tured by the initiation of a large class of candidates in that city. It was the first time in the history of the local lodge that it initiated can didates outside of its own hall. The trip to Lebanon was made by special train and a large crowd of Elks par ticipated. The trip was arranged by a committee consisting of Exalted Ruler L. . 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