Morning Oregonian., April 27, 1920, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORXiyG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY. APRIL 27, 1920
VETERAN
POLITICIAN
BEWAILS
NEW WAYS
Primary, Prohibition
" Women Blamed.
and
WASHINGTON IS ON TOES
Convention at Iicllingliani Looks
Like Ratification or Dele
gation Slate.
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ty had a warm caucus this morning
Jo discuss the delegate-at-large ques
tion. Henry BcBrlde. former gov
ernor, played a strong hand in the
proceedings. It was proposed that
support be given George H. Walker,
' K. W. Condon. Thaddeus Lane and
C. C Bartnett. Mr. McBride opposed
Walker and re'fused to budge an inch
from that position. The county will
caucus again tomorrow morning, when
all of its delegates are expected to
be here.
While this delegation will be in
structed to support Senator Poin
dexter for the presidential nomina
tion, interests naturally concerns the
personal preferences of the delegates
and when Senator Poindexter ad
mits he is out of the running. Sev
eral of the delegates will not commit
themselves openly. One survey of
their probable predictions Indicates
that on second choice the delegates
mould stand nine for Wood, four for
Low den and one for Johnson. State
ments made by the Wood workers
gives General Wood 12 of the dele
gation. Dark Hone May Lead.
But it cannot be assumed that
these delegates could be delivered to
Wood or Lowden Willy-nilly. When
the break comes from Poindexter. if
It comes, the delegates will probably
try to make their votes count. They
are for the most part ready to back
any dark horse, if that particular
dark horse shows signs of nosing
out under the wire.
The naming of the national com
mitteeman, whlcn a day or two ago
gave promise of trouble, has been
virtually adjusted by the withdrawal
c" S. A. Perkins. In the same breath
"With which he announced that he
would not carry on a fight to be re-
" named to the place, Mr. Perkins also
ennounced that he had acquired an
option on the majority stock of the
Seattle Post-Intellis-encer and expect
ed to take possession about July 1.
The political connection between the
two announcements is somewhat
subtle. Mr. Perkins' elimination as
national eommittaeman came about in
large part through the expressed op
position to him by the county con
vention. CftlDCldrnce Canses Gosip.
The control of Seattle's 'morning
newspaper, in the view of politicians,
provides a means of making reprisals
on those who have not been friendly.
It must not be inferred, that Mr. Per
kins has made any threats about what
he is going to do to Seattle politi
cians who have denied him their
favor, but he has' merely made his an-
. nouncements. This coincidence is the
subject of some gosfilp along the lines
herein indicated. According to pres
ent programme, Guy E. Kelly of Ta
coma, speaker of the house, will be
named in Mr. Perkins' stead.
The committee on platform and
resolutions has been In session most
of today. State affairs have occu
pied a considerable portion of the
committee's attention. One interest
ing discussion has concerned means
of eliminating some of the aspirants
for the republican nomination for gov
ernor. There are now five. They are
Koland H. Hartley of Everett, E. T.
Coman of Spokane, John A. Gellatley
of Wenatchee, George P. Lamping of
Seattle and Louis F. Hart of Tacoma.
The elimination talk is not directed
at undesirability of any of these can
didates. It is directed at the possi
bility that the triple alliance or some
other radical organization may take
opportunity from the multiplicity of
candidates to name a candidate of its
own.
Split May Aid Radicals.
A split in conservative ranks
among five candidates might result
in nomination of a radical for gov
ernor. The result, it is argued, must
be a repetition of the last two state
elections in which a democratic gov
ernor won in a republican state.
Consideration is given to the sum- I
moning of -another convention to en-I
dorse some candidate, in other words, j
to the holding of an unofficial con-j
vciiuuii ur auvisory assemoiy sucn
aa was once held in Oregon. The
gubernatorial candidates themselves
do not enthuse over the proposition.
When anything will come of the
proposed resolution for another con
vention, cannot now be determined.
About the only word that has
drifted out of the platform commit
tee is that the resolution will take
a strong stand against communism
and be distinctly critical of the
democratic administration, both of
which were naturally to be expected
and without which no republican
platform would be complete.
Clinton W. Howard, former- judge
of the federal court, will deliver the
keynote address tomorrow, as tem
porary chairman. Roy L. McArdle
of Olympia, will be elected permanent
chairman.
Centralia Sends Delegates.
' CENTRALIA. Wash., April 2S.
fSpccial.) Eighteen Centralia dele
gates, each with a half vote, left yes
terday and today for Bellingham to
attend the republican state conven
tion. They included J. E. Lease. A. L.
Purvii, W. H. Cameron, Frank A.
Martin, R. C. Stanley, George M. Will
iams, Ir. D. C. Crocker. R. R. Somer
ville, H. L. Bras, Sarah E. Curry,
A. I. Timmerman, M. E. Cue. Henry
Loomis. E. F. Kirklin, George Dysart.
C. E. Cunningham, A. S. Kresky and
Mrs. C E. Prince. Mr. Cunningham is
Lewi3 county's member on the plat
form committe of the state conven
tion. Lewis county will have 29 votes
in the convention. Mrs. Mattie Bean
of this city is one of the county's
delegates at lar?.?.
UMPOEG TO CELEBRATE
FOUNDERS' DAT OBSERVANCE
TO BE HELD SATURDAY.
Xo Boat Available This Year and
0 Trip 31 ust Be Made by Train
' - or Automobile.
Champocg on the . banks of the
Willamette, the annual mecca of the
Oregon pioneer, will be the scene of
another Founders day celebration
next Saturday. Because no boat is
available, the trip must be made this
year by train or automobile.
Time will, be allowed for lunch at
the park before the programme be
gins. Judge P. H. D'Arcy of Salem,
past president of the Oregon Pioneer
association, will preside and will call
upon old residents for five-minute
speeches. The veteran quartet, com
posed of W. M. Morse, Dr. J. E. Hall,
A. W. Mills and Professor Z. M. Par
viri, will furnish numbers. An orig
inal poem by W. T. Rlgdon is to be
read.
Train reservations may be made
through George H. HImes, secretary
of the pioneer association. The
Southern Pacific electric line will
have special cars leaving Fourth and
Stark streets at 7:43 A. M. and the
Oregon Electric has a train from the
Jefferson street depot at 7:50 o'clock.
Founders' day is an annual cele
bration of the anniversary of the
signing of the document which put
Oregon in the United States instead
of Canada. Two years ago a memo
rial building was erected at Cham
poeg on the spot where the paper
was signed.
BIDS DUE TODAY
SEVERAL CONTRACTS LIKELY
TO BE AWARDED.
State Highway Commission to Hold
Special Meeting 'With View to
Hastening Construction.
Bids will be received by the state
highway commission this morning for
surfacing the Aurora-Barlow section
of the Pacific highway, a distance of
1.82 miles, and for grading 5.3 miles
of the Toledo-Newport section of the
Corvallis-Newport highway. In addi
tion to these road jobs the commis
sion will receive bids on a miscel
laneous assortment of bridges and
culverts." Commissioners Booth and
Kiddle will be present, but S. Benson,
the chairman, is in California.
A number of delegations arrived
in Portland yesterday to take up road
matters with the commission. Jack
son, Josephine, Crook, Malheur and
other counties have representatives
here and others are expected this
morning. This Is a special meeting.
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PAIR IS NOT ARRAIGNED
Alleged I. W. W. Murderers Seek
Change ot Judges.
CENTRALIA, Wash., April 26. Ar
raignment of Elmer Smith and Mike
Shechan, alleged I. W. W., charged
with, the murder of Arthur McEl
fresh, Centralia Armistice day parade
victim, was again continued in Lewis
county superior court at Chehalis,
Wash., today.
Defense counsel filed motion for
change of judges, accompanied by an
affidavit of prejudice.
School MUlage Tax Indorsed.
THE. DALLES, Or.. April 26. (Spe
cial.) The Wapinlti a Chamber of
Commerce, at its meeting Saturday
night, indorsed the millage tax bill
for higher education in the state. The
chamber speakers declared that high
er education was in danger in this
state.
Japanese Are Optimistic.
. WASHINGTON', April 26. A feel
ing of optimism is developing in
Japanese financial circles, according '
to advices from Japan received to- I
day at the emhaspy here. It was
stated that the Japanese banks were
not taken by surprise by the recent
severe stringency in the money mar
ket, having prepared for the crisis
by shortening loans and otherwise
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