Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 30, 1920, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1920 9 LUST-MUTE JAZZ PUT IN CAMPAIGNS Both Republicans and Demo crats Make Final Appeals. HARDING SURE OF STATE Oregon Expected to Go Republican by Between 25,000 and 50,000. Stanfield Is Gaining. These last days of the campaign are marked by feverish effort on the part of the democratic committee to bolster up the candidacy of Cox. There are 1000 volunteer workers in Multnomah county, distributing hand bills from house to house, according to Dr. Elof Hedlund. county chair man. Dr. C. J. Smith, democratic etate chairman, declares there was a noticeable swing to Cox from Hard ing the past week. In republican headquarters there is absolute confidence in the belief that Harding will sweep the state. The Harding lead U estimated vari ously between 25.000 and 50,000. While the republicans admit there are ome defections, they say that these will be more than offset by gains from the democratic ranks. Similar fluctuations are noticeable in every campaign, so the symptoms are not considered as important by the republicans as by the democrats. Harding lias 345 Elec-toral Vote". Democrats point out that the straw vote In 8000 drug stores throughout the country shows Cox Is gaining. The poll September 2 showed that the states in which Harding was leading gave the republican nominee 364 electoral votes, while Cox had 167. The bulletin received yesterday, dated October 9, showed Harding with 345 electoral votes and Cox with 186. For some reason or other the dem ocratic leaders have suddenly devel oped unlimited enthusiasm and confi dence. The county committee has worked out its own method of cam paign. The immense packages of speeches of Cox sent from national headquarters have not been opened. Instead, the county committee has printed nearly a score of handbills on as many different subjects, and these have been scattered broadcast in the downtown section and deliv ered at the houses in the residence sections. Chairman Hedlund is au thority for the statement that 1000 volunteers are working in the county. He says he has someone in every precinct and in some precincts the number ranges to 20. These workers are passing out the dodgers. Monday Chairman Hedlund will issue his last handbill. Itepubllcana Pot Oat Jazs. Monopoly of activity is not pos sessed by the democrats. Republicans started to jazs up the campaign last night. Automobiles containing speak ers were sent to the principal down town corners and the fleet of motors with orators will scour the town to night and again Monday evening. Today two score women will start out with literature for R. N. Stan field, republican candidate for United States senator, and tonight the re publicans will hold their last big rally at the auditorium, with Senator Poindexter of Washington as the headliner. Reports being received by T. H. Tongue, republican state chairman, from all parts of Orec;3n make glow ing prediction of a great Harding victory. These reports have been checked and rechecked and Chair man Tongue is certain that the issue Is not in doubt, despite claims of the opposition. Oregon is overwhelmingly republican and the sentiment for the ticket js much stronger than four years ago. J. L. Day, county chair man, predicts that Harding will sweep Multnomah with a lead of 15, 000. He bases this on the result of 1016 when Hughes carried the county 'over Wilson by 5000. and Chairman Day contends that- the sentiment for a change of administration is three times as strong now as during the war period. Spurt Caniea No Worry, In short, notwithstanding the flights of handbills making appeals to various classes and groups of citi zens, issued and financed by the dem ocratic county committee, and the newly developed chesty feeling dis played in democratic headquarters, the republican directors are as con fident of victory as they were weeks ago. So certain are the republican man agers of Harding winning Oregon that they have for a month been de voting most of their energy to the I task of defeating George E. Chamber lain for United States senator. There has been a persistent "drive" con ducted in behalf of Stanfield on the plea that Harding should have a re publican senate and house to support him. No impartial observer can deny that this drive is not helping Stan field immensely, yet friends of Sena tor Chamberlain quote him as saying that he is quite confident that he will win by 15.000 to 20,000. The senatorial contest Is the one Interesting feature of the state cam paign and it is on this race that most money will be wagered. The betting on senator will be must active today and Monday. SWEENEY FDR M1TH11H STATEMENT IS ISSITED BY OP PONENT AT PRIMARIES. All Republicans Are Urged to Sup port Incumbent for Re-elec- r j tion to Congress. Thomas A. Sweeney, who opposed C. N. McArthur in the republican primaries for the nomination for representative In congress, has issued a statement in which he declared he is supporting his successful oppon ent. The statement follows: In the last primary election I was a candidate Kftatnst Mr. McArthur on the republican ticket. The republicans who voted in thr primaries decided that Mr. McArthur should be returned to "Washing ton and 1 feel that the majority should rule. 1 am a republican and feel now that Mr. McArthur should be returned to Wash Inirton with the other republicans. Poli ticians always claim to be friends of the poor man; we are all poor men, we are not poor because of the activity or indoleace of politicians, but of fixed economic laws, and we cannot be benefited as a class ex cepting by our efforts and industry. The poor man. meaning moct of us. has a vague and uncomfortable feeling that fata Is against him. lie attributes much to luck, good and bad. Ha feels that some thing is wrong and bein? unable to solve the riddle, ia atfr to believe each plaua- ible talker who promises an Utopia. His faith is Inspired by desire-, not common sense. These plausible talkers of Utopia have a common fault; they profess to believe that an effect can be produced without a cause and the theory of government can make a fir tree grow more rapidly than a corn stalk. Their promises are sweet, and we are constrained through avarice, or laziness, to listen and put our trust In them, but down in our hearts we know we must earn what we get, and pretty theory and phrases do not replace toil in the making of our living1. Wealth U not made by touch of a wand, but must be produced by saving and industry. It we cannot earn we cannot save. I believe the republican party if given an oppor tunity to put through their programme, will make conditions prosperous in this country. One man who enters a race and strives to win la yet defeated. He is humiliated and sore, another experiences the same thing, forgets his 111 fortune, forgets the yesterday, for his heart is wrapped up in tomorrow. I am not bitter, I feel the re publicans wanted McArthur in the pri maries. This is a republican year, repub lican state, let us not tie the hands of a republican president by dividing the party. Let us not hold up real constructive, prac tical accomplishment by the republican party by sending men or women who will not be sympathetic with the republican programme. Mr. McArthur stands up to be counted, he voted right on all war meas ures; some things I differ with him on, but at least he tried to represent what he thought was the majority sentiment of this district. His enemies cannot call him a coward or a pussy-footer, as he stands forth unafraid. I will vote the ticket straight this year, first time In 12 yearn, and I seriously advise all republicans to do likewise. CLOSING RALLY TONIGHT REPUBLICANS TO ASSEMBLE AT AUDITORIUM. United States Senator Poindexter to Address Gathering; All County Clabs to Be Represented. The final rally of the republican campaign in Portland will bo held at the auditorium tonight. Miles Poindexter. United States sen- Senator Miles Poindexter, re publican leader of national prominence, will speak at au ditorium tonight. ator and chairman of the senatorial campaign committee, will be the speaker. Mr. Poindexter has just re turned to the west after a visit to the states in which there are senatorial contests. He has also been in con ference with Mr. Harding and Is in close touch with the entire national campaign. State Chairman Tongue announced last night that all the republican clubs of Multnomah county were en thusiastically co-operating in ar rangements for the rally. The ushers will be veterans of the civil .war, the Spanish-American war and tho European war. Campaign songs and band music will entertain the audience while assembling. The doors will open at 7 P. M. Rallies will be held in many cities and towns of the state tonight and Monday night. Wallace McCamant will speak to night at Joseph. Representative Haw ley at Oregon City and T. J. Cleeton at Sherwood. Monday night James J. Crossley will speak at Pendleton. Representa tive Sinnott will address a rally at The Dalles. Representative Hawley will close the campaign at Corvallis. Dr. IiOTejoy Closing Campaign. Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy will speak tonight in the Jaraea John high school at St. Johns, giving her closing ad dress of the week-day series before the end of the campaign. Voters of Linnton have been invited to this meeting and arrangements have been made whereby the ferry will make an extra trip in ample time to get them back to their homes. Tomorrow night, Dr. Lovejoy will occupy the pulpit of Unity Presbyterian church. East Seventy-second street -and Sandy boulevard. The Oregon popular gov ernment league will have a parade Monday night, through the downtown streets, in demonstration, for Dr. Lovejoy. Molalla Republicans Hold Rally. MOLALLA, Or.. Oct. 29. (Special.) S. B. Houston of Portland, Or., was the principal speaker at a republican rally held here lajst night. Campaign songs were sung by the Meadowbrook quartet. The attendance was large. THK OttECOIA Bl'LLE TIXS WILL GIVE LECTIO-V RETURNS. Sixth and Alder streets, on election night, will be the ren dezvous for the many who wish to keep pace with incoming re turns on candidates and meas ures. Commencing at 5 o'clock, or as soon thereafter as dark ness permits, The Oregonian bulletin service will be flashed on a huge street screen, giving the latest available reports from, nation, state, county and city. The Associated Press report of returns from all states will be bulletined. The election staff . of The Oregonian will compile all returns as rapidly as they are received and afford a serv ice of continuous returns. Kvery facility capable of hastening the progress of reliable information Is embraced In the smoothly functioning system that will announce the latest word to Portland. Follow the fortunes of your favorite candidate, of the sev eral Important measures, on the bulletin screen at Sixth and Al der streets. JL lit I i lit g i is js- -Jfe -5 - 3 t ? ) r "i?r I v 3 1 ' 'A & t ELECTION LAW CITED BY COUNTY OFFICIAL Fear Felt for Illegal Acts at End of Campaign. BETTING VIOLATES LAW District Attorney Evans Issues Statement Setting Forth. Pro visions of Law. In- anticipation of rumored eleventh-hour election stunts on the part of certain local political factions. Dis trict Attorney Evans yesterday Issued warning that close watch is being kept for violators of the law. He calls attention to its provisions In this statement: "Experience has shown that at the close of campaigns partisanship be comes more inclined to use unfair methods. In order to prevent such in fluences from cutting any figure In elections the corrupt practice act con tains a number of provisions intend ing to eliminate such abuses as for merly existed. "The attention of this officer has been called to booklets and proposed circulars about to be issued, some of which, if issued, will be plainly a vio lation of the law and might result in seriou3 punishment to those respon sible. Memorandum Tfot Permitted. "In the first place the law prohibits any elector from carrying into the polls any memorandum except a sam ple ballot. Instructions to voters to carry anything else than the sample ballot into the election booth ought not to be given. "Also it is a violation of the law for anyone to hire persons to display banners or badges to electors on elec tion day. Badge watchtys and chal lengers may be hired. 'Before the 'passage of the corrupt practice act it was quite common for one party or the other to issue a last hour circular attacking some candi date in the opposition. The writer has observed a proposed circular about to be issued in this election which is a gross violation of the stat ute relating to libelous publications. Before any circular or poster "or pub lication containing any false state ments or charges reflecting on any candidate's character, morality or in tegrity can be distributed the author thereof must, in order to justify the issuance of the same, serve the can didate therein attacked with a copy of the publication 15 days before the publication of the same, and the can didate attacked is then allowed ten days In which to make his defense. The penalty for political criminal libel is imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three years. netting Is Lair Violation. "Betting on a candidate for the purpose of influencing the result of an election is a violation of the cor rupt practice act, as is likewise bet ting by a. candidate. "Any person who procures a ballot in the name of any other person or in the name of a fictitious person, or any person who votes twice at the same election in his own name, may be imprisoned therefor in the peni tentiary. "These statutes have had a whole some effect in purifying elections in Oregon, and believing that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, they are thus brought to the at tention of the public for the guidance of all." FLOWERS DENIES RUMOR REPUBLICAN' SPEAKER HERE SOLELY AS CAMPAIGNER. Charge by Democratic Papers of Collusion With California-Oregon Power Co. Branded False. Montavllle Flowers, who was sent to Oregon by the Kepublican national committee to speak for the success of the republican ticket, also spoke in 16 other states of the west to which he was assigned by the commit tee. He devoted only the final two weeks of the campaign to Oregon. In a. telegram from Medford. en route to his old home in. California, to wind up the campaign with a few ad dresses, Mr. Flowers flatly denied the last-moment accusations of a demo cratic organ that he was working in the interests of the California-Oregon Power company. "I have no knowledge of this com pany," said Mr. Flowers' telegram, "and never even heard of it before. Neither had I ever heard of any con troversy over the Klamath Lake irri gation, project. I have made speeches in Oregon in behalf of Warren G. Harding for president and Robert N. Stanfield for United States senator. I am Interested solely in this cam paign in republican success, and par ticularly in the election of a repub' lican senator from Oregon. "With Mr. Harding's election cer tain, his choice 'nevertheless would be meaningless unless he is supported by a republican congress. Open-Alr Speakers Named. Among speakers who will be heard tonight at open-air republican meet ings at various points down town will be John tt. toaster, James K. Bain, Charles Cosgriff and Thomas Ryan. Gilbert Sleeting Tonight. Hamilton Johnstone will speak at a special meeting called by republicans to be held tonight in the Gilbert sehoolhouse. . City government in Port land COSTS LESS than in any other city on the Pacific Coast. RE-ELECT MAYOR BAKER (Paid Adv. Mayor Baker Re-election committee. Barge, Leonard, director.) PROTECT OREGON Goods purchased from Foreign Countries rob us of our money. Products purchased at home build up our pay rolls and keep our money at home. The Republican Party Stands for Protective Tariff Protective Tariff is vital to the lumber men, farmers, stock men, business men and working men of Oregon. We must protect our timber, butter, eggs, wheat, sheep and cattle. We cannot compete with cheap foreign labor. American citizens demand better living than foreigners. f', , f f -tr- - ROBERT PT. STASnELD Vote X 40 Elect ROBERT N. STANFIELD Republican United States Senator and re-elect C. N. McARTHUR Republican Congressman, to back up a Republican President. ROOSEVELT FILES SUIT $5 0 0,0 00 Damages Asked for Xavy Department Accusations. NEW YORK, Oct. 29. Franklin D. Roosevelt Thursday filed papers in a suit for $500,000 against John R Rathom, editor and publisher of the Providence Journal, and Scott C. Bone and Edward B. Clark, manager and assistant manager of publicity for the republican national committee. Mr. Roosevelt charged : the defendants with circulating false and defama tory libel. An editorial In the Providence Journal charged Mr. Roosevelt had se questered or destroyed navy depart ment records and that he had sought personally to return to the ships of the navy men convicted of various crimes, .he charged. Mr. Roosevelt made public denial of the charges and then Mr. Rathom sent him a letter outlining specific cases referred to in the editorial. The letter also was published in the Providence Journal. GRIDIRON LURE COSTS $10 Edvrard Coivell, Coaching? Boys, Policeman, gridiron cost Ed- Encounters The lure of the ward Cowell 110 in municipal court yesterday. On the afternoon before, while walking off an overdose of moonshine, he Imposed himself as coach upon a group of 15-year-old boys playing football near Russell street and Rodney avenue. Co ell's coaching was all right, but his meth ods were too rough and after he had slapped one or two of the youngsters j in the face a policeman was caiiea. Cowell skirted the corner of a house In a brilliant break-away, but caught his foot on a rope and rose just as policeman Lander got within tackling distance. "Here goes a cop for a knockout," shouted Cowell, but Lander ducked and countered by flooring him. River Survey Authorized. . CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 29. (Spe cial.) J. C. Applegate, secretary of the chamber of commerce, has re ceived a letter from W. W. Sherman, state treasurer, announcing approval SIMMONS FOR SHERIFF OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY "BALLOT NO. 82 23 MONTHS OVERSEAS Paid Adv. by Simmons Campaign Com-y mittee. P. J. ft WARREJT Republican County (Paid of a proposed preliminary survey of the Centralia project by which it is proposed to dredge the Chehalis river to prevent overflow during flood periods. Tho project, would restore to cultivation hundreds of acres of land bordering the river. LUTHERAN LEAGUE ELECTS Paciric District Danlsli Conference Session X-ears Close. EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 29. (Special.) The annual conference of the Pacific district of the United Danish Luth eran church, which convened at Bethsada church Wednesday, will ad journ tomorrow after a. four rfavs ; session at which delegates from Cal ifornia and Oregon are In attendance. The conference Is presided over by Rev. O. R. Olsen of Oakland, Cal., president, who was re-elected. Thursday's sessions were given over to the members of the young people's league. Officers were elected as fol lows: President, Rev. N. P. Nielsen of Ferndale. Cal.; vice-president, Rev. H. M. Hansen of Easton, Cal.; secretary, Miss Anna Pilgaard of Fresno, Cal.; treasurer. Miss Naomi Knudsen of Selma, Cal.; auditor. Miss Anna Sor ensen of Selma, Cal., and Carl Ras mussen of Oleander, Cal. Today's sereiorvs are being held in What's the Idea, Mayor Baker? Why $1 17,000 for Health Bureau? To the Voters: OF COURSE, you do not know that Mayor Baker and his "man Friday," otherwise Dr. George Parrish, our busy little health officer, are trying to put over an appropriation of $117,000 for "health work" during 1921. But that is just what they have in the 1921 budget. What for? Is everybody in Portland sick? We thought this to be one of the healthiest cities in the country. In 1917 it took but $56,391, of which $44,619 went for salaries. Now they want to pay out $90,110 for salaries alone. WHY? The Bureau of Health is not under civil service. Therefore it can be made a political dumping ground and it is possible to pay at public expense political debts. HERBERT GORDON firmly believes in safeguard ing public health, but he does not believe in extrava gance or in paying political debts with public funds. t 17CTP '17"C' T7"AT3 T7 T, Mayor Baker's "management" of Municipal Audi I a Tjij 1 W Hi J WlVVjIL 1 torium has lost the taxpayers $115,000 in three years. He has increased cost of police (1921 budget) $471,562 in three years and he is carry ing 93 men and women on the police payroll who are npt under civil service. VOTE for HERBERT GORDON! He Is 'Against 3 -Mill Levy (Paid Advertisement, Gordon-for-Mayor Club. Kalpb. Coan, President; C. C. Stout, Secretary) G. IIARDI.VG Central Committee. Adv.) Emaus church in Eugene, as will be those of tomorrow. The visiting delegates are being entertained at the homes of the members of the two churches in the city and coun try surrounding. Judge Cleeton to Speak. Judge Cleeton will speak this eve- MANN MANN MANN z z E I z z I z z E t z z E I RE-ELECT if City Commissioner The Man that Saved You Money No. lOO X on Ballot MANN MANN MANN MANN (Paid Advertisement.) s " I ! , J Lciifelg ' I- ,y: sMllMaks&ai C. JT. McARTIIUU Vote X 44 ning at a meeting of the Albina re publican club to be held in the Albina branch library. In the opinion of expert authorities, Canada could Increase its production of zinc to supply one-tenth of the world's demand, which is estimated at more than 1.000,000 tons annually. MANN MANN- MANN. MANN MANN p x Aj.t t f -art . ' fV vV k' - 4 ' if For Congress 43 X Esther Pohl Lovejoy Your Candidate and Her Work Article Ko. 4. To the Moral Forces of Multnomah County Old American standards of mor ality have been strangely broken down by the -war. Over the nation sinister forces of evil are at work. liquor has been outlawed but liquor is openly challenging the moral forces. In all communities strenuous efforts are being made to send to congress those whose past records would lead the liquor interests to believe that these in dividuals might favor a weakening of the Volstead act. In Multnomah county evil forces are debauching the young with liquor and the illi cit sale of drugs. Juvenile delin quency is a major problem. Ig norance, vice and poverty go hand in hand. Together they threaten our social order. The moral forces of this com munity are awake. They are bat tling against these evils. The churches are struggling with re newed vigor. The teachers in our schools are definitely aligned. Women's organizations have sensed the battle. The social service and public welfare 'bureaus, societies and leagues are In the fight. Can they win without sup port from our political leaders? Must we not choose for our politi cal leaders those whose lives have been morally grounded? Bare we trust any other? Esther Pohl Lovejoy has dedi cated her life to this battle. She has never found It necessary to alter her stand upon any moral problem. Always she has been battling for clean living, for mercy, for kindness, for sobriety. The Intensity with which she en tered the fight caused other com munities to call for her assistance. At this time urgent appeals have been received from the National Anti-Saloon League, the Methodist Board of Temperance, the Presby terian Board of Temperance, the International Reform Bureau. Pro hibition National Committee, Na tional League of Women Voters and National W. C. T. U. urging the voters of Multnomah county to elect Esther Pohl Lovejoy. She has done battle against the immoral forces the world over. Men and , Women of Multnomah -O . vuuniy Your vote Is as sacred as the Ideals of your home, your school, your organization, your church. Help to strengthen these ideals. Esther Pohl Lovejoy is endorsed by the combined temperance forces of Jiuunomai county, the Ministerial Association, Building Trades Coun cil, Metal Trades Council, Central Labor Council. State Federation of Labor, all local labor organizations the sixteen affiliated railroad labor organizations; nominee of the pro hibition and democratic parties. (To Be Continued.) VOTE 43 X ESTHER POHL LOVEJOY (Paid Adv. by Oregon Popular Gov eminent League, B. A. Green, Sec)