2 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1921 CHALLENGE OF OLD Wilson, Apparently Slow, Pre' pares for Action. ALL ISSUES MADE CLEAR ew Jersey Governor-Elect De clares That In Senatorshlp Ques tlon People's Will Stands. BT JOSEPH P. TUMULTY. (Copyright. 1921. Doubieday. Pa Co. All righti reserved. Published by ar rangement.) CHAPTER IX (Continued.) Things were In this unsatisfactory condition when to my surprise I re ceived a call in my modest Jersey City law offices from the governor elect. Knowing him as I now know him, I can see that in his deliberate fJT xasniun no w a, y. : jfc' l a, k i n s iroimiuiiy y g irom DOin siaes nu slowly arriving at his o'w n deciHion. Having heard from the cautious who counseled neutral ity, he was now Becking- the argu ments of the im petuous who de- -manded action and wanted it "hot on the bat" But at that time, J J. 1. Tumulty. not knowing him as I now know him, he seemed in this Interview to be vacillating between two opinions, for he did what I have often known him to do subsequently, stated with lucidity the arguments of the other side, and with the air of one quite open-minded and with out opinions of his own he seemed to seek my arguments in rebuttal. I was sorely disappointed by what then appeared to me to be his nega tive attitude, so unlike the militant debater whom I had come to admire in the campaign which had recently been brought to a brilliant and victorious close. In my youthful im petuosity I felt that we had been deceived In our man, a bold talker but timid in action. I simply did not then know the man, and the mixed elements in him. Later, in close association, I was to see this phase of him not Infrequently, the canny Scot, listening without com ment while his mind was slowly moving to Its own position, where It would stand fixed and Immovable as Gibraltar. Rome Overtures Made. Almost as if it were an academic question, with which he had no per sonal concern, he propounded the al ternatives: Should he lead the fight against Senator Smith or should he stand aloof and permit the legislature to act without any suggestion from him? He summarized the arguments of his friends at Princeton who were advising him to steer clear of this fight and not permit himself to be drawn Into it bv young. Impetuous people like myself. He said that certain overtures and suggestions of com promises had been made to him by Sinator Smith's friends, to the effect that If he would not play a leading part In the fight and allow the legis lature to act without Interference from him. Senator Smith and his friends In the state would agree not to oppose his legislative programme at the coming session. It was fur ther suggested that Senator Smith had the necessary votes to elect him self and that It would be futile to attempt to elect Jim Martlne: and that his Intervention In this family quarrel would result In a bitter and humiliating defeat for him at the very outset of his administration. When the governor-elect had con cluded this preliminary statement I was depressed and disappointed. I did not think there should be a moment's hesitation on his part in at once accepting the challenge so defiantly addressed to him by the democratic bosses of the state. Frankly, I laid the whole case be fore him in words to this effect: "My dear Ir. Wilson, there is no way I can better serve you than by frankly dealing with the question. Your friends away off In Princeton probably do not know how for year our party and its destinies have been in the hands of these very men. enemies of liberal Ism in New Jersey, who by your silence or indifference as to the I'nited States senatorshlp are to be given a new lease on life. The issue Involved In this fight Is fundamental and goes far beyond the senatorshlp. The action you take wilLhave a far reaching effect upon our party's for tunes, and no one can calculate the effect It undoubtedly will have on your own political future. Immediate Arrloa Vrged. 'In urging you not to take part In this fight your friends are acting un wisely. You cannot afford not to flKht and not to have an immediate test of your leadership in this mat ter. The question of Mr. Martine's fitness, as your friends urge. Is not an Issue seriously to be considered. Forty-seven thousand four hundred and fifty-four voters in the state have decided that matter, and you cannot reverse their verdict. Your friends have placed too much emphasis on .Marlines alleged unfitness and too little on the duty you owe the party and the state as leader.' I called to his attention the fact that men like myself had been heart ened and encouraged by his speeches in the campaign; how we felt that at last we had found In him a leader, hold and fearless, and that now, when the first real test of leadership came, it appeared that we were to be disap pointed, and that by his silence and inaction he would permit Senator JSiniih to win and allow Martine, the popular choice, to be defeated, thus setting aside the verdict of the elec tion. He listened Intently, but without comment, to all I had to say. Pro ceeding with my argument. I said: "The people of New Jersey accepted your word. and. to use your own phrase, 'took a sportsman's chance" on ytu, and they must not be disappoint ed Your failure to make this fight will mean that you have not only surrendered your leadership s gov ernor In this matter, but by the same act you will have abdicated your lead ership in favor of the old guard all along the line. They have set a trap for you, and you must not permit yourself to be caught in It." All America Interested. In conclusion 1 said: "They say they will support your reform pro gramme. What assurance have you that, having defeated you in this your first big fight, they will not turn on you and defeat your whole legislative programme? As governor you have the power to lead us to a great vic tory in this vital matter. Exercise It now, and opinion throughout the state will strongly and enthusiastically support you. You have but to an nounce your wlllingnees to lead and the people of the state will rally to your standard. The fight, In any vent, will be made, and we wish you to lead it. This is really the first step to the presidency. That is what is really involved. Not only the peo ple of New Jersey bat the people of America are Interested in-this -fight. They are clamoring for leadership. and I am sure you are the man to lead, and that you will not fail." W'hen the governor-elect rose to leave my office, he turned to me and asked, still In a non-committal man ner, whether in my opinion we could win the fight in case he should de cide to enter upon It. I at once assured him that while the various political machines of the state would oppose him at every turn, their so called organizations were made of cardboard and that they would Im mediately disintegrate and fall the moment he assumed leadership and announced that the fight was on. In his own time and by his own processes Mr. Wilson arrived at his decision. It was the first of my many experiences of his deliberative processes In making up his mind and of the fire and granite in him after he had made his decision. He In formed nfe that he wouid support Martine and use all his force, offi cial and personal, to have the legis lature accept the preferential pri mary as- the peoples mandate. Stage Set for Test. With prudence and caution, with a political sense that challenged the admiration of every practical poli tician In the state the Prlncetonian began to set the stage for the pre liminary test. There was hothing dramatic about these preliminaries. Quickly assuming the offensive, he went about the task of mobilizing his political forces In the most patient. practical way. No statement to the people of his purposes to accept the challenge of the democratic bosses was made by him. Certain things in the way of accommodation were nec essary to be done before this definite step was taken. It was decided that until the governor-elect had con ferred with the democratic bosses in an effort to persuade them that the course they had adopted was wrong, it would be best not to make an im mediate Issue by the governor-elect's announcement. We thought that by tactfully handling Smith and Davis. we would be able by this method of conciliation to convince their friends, at least those in the party organiza tion, that we were not ruthlessly bent upon leading a revolt, but that we were attempting peacefully a settle ment that would prevent a split in our party ranks. We were convinced that In the great body of organization democrats there were many fine men who resented this attempt of the bosses to force Jim Smith again on the party and that there were many who silently wished us success, although they were not free to come to our side In open espousal. Thus we began patiently to Duud our backfire In the ranks ot democratic organization itself, to un horse the Essex boss. Wilson Calls on Boss. The first thing to' carry out the programme was a visit paid to the sick room of the democratic boss of the Hudson wing, Bob Davis, who lay dangerously ill in his modest home on Grove street. Jersey City. The visit itself of the governor-elect to the home of the stricken boss had a marked psychological effect in con ciliating and winning over to our side the active party workers in the Davis machine. To many of the privates in the ranks the boss was a veritable hero, and they witnessed with pleas ure the personal visit of the new governor-elect to the boss at his home and looked upon it as a genuine act of obeisance and deference to their stricken leader. They thought this a generous and a big thing to do, and so it naturally turned their sympa thies to the governor-elect. It gave further proof to them that the man elected governor was not "hlgh browtsh" or Inclined to fight unless he had previously laid all his cards on the table. We also realise that to have ignored the boss would hav been to give strength and comfort to the enemy and so we deliberately set out to cultivate his friends In a spirit of honorahle and frank dealing. The visit to the boss was a part of this plan. The meeting between these two men one, the governor-elect and until recently the president of Prince ton; the other, a democratic boss. old and battle-scarred- -in the little sick room of the humble home, waa a most Interesting affair and at times most touching and pathetic one. Both men were frank In dealing with each other. There was no formality or coldness in the meeting. The governor-elect quickly placed the whole situation before the boss, showing how the democratic party had for many years advocated the very sys tem the election of the United States senators by the people that the democratic bosses of the state were now attacking and repudiating. Briefly, he sketched the disastrous effects upon our party and its pres tige In the state and the nation if a democratic leglsli ture should be the first, after advocating it. to cast It aside in order to satisfy the selfish ambition and vanity of one of the Old Guard. Davis Is Game Sport, In a sincere, manly fashion, so char acteristic of him, Boss Davis then pro- ceeaea to state nis case. Briefly it was this: He had given his solemn promise and had entered into a gen tleman's agreement with Smith to de liver to him the 12 legislative votes from Hudson. He could not violate his agreement. Laughingly he said to the governor-elect: "If the pope of Rome, of which church I am a mem ber, should come to this room and urge me to change my attitude, i' would refuse to do so. I have given my promise and you would not have me break it, would you. doctor?" With real feeling and a show of ap preciation of the boss' frankness and loyalty to his friends, the governor elect quickly replied: "Of course, I would not have you break your prom ise, but you must not feel aggrieved if I shall find It necessary to fight you and Smith in the open for the Hudson votes. "Go on, doctor." said the sick man, "I am a game sport and I am sure that with you there will be no hitting below the belt." And thus the first conference between the gov ernor and the political boss ended. (To be continued tomorrow.) Suspension of Check-Off In junction Clears Air. 28,000 OUT IN INDIANA Woman's Hearing Set. SEATTLE. Wish., Nov. 4. Prelimi nary hearing of Mrs. Dolores John son, sister of James E. Mahoney, con victed wife-murderer, and L. D. Atkin son, charged with grand larceny in connection with an alleged attempt to raise funds Tor Mahoney's defense, was today set for November 8 in Justice court here. Mrs. Johnson is also awaiting trial on a charge of first degree forgery in connection with an alleged fraudulent power of attorney transferring property of Mrs .'lanuney. toe siain woman, to Mahoney. Slaughter of Deer Charged. BEND. Or.. Nov. 4. (Special.) Hunters are not merely killing deer inside the Paulina state game reser vation in season, but are slaughter ing them in the protected area out of season as well, it was charged by John Stetdl. central Oregon pioneer, following a trip to the Paulina moun tain a Hill Gets New Instructor. THE OREGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, Nov. 4. Captain Karl C. Flegel, 48th Infantry. El Paso. Tex., has been ordered to Portland as military Instructor at Uiii Military academy. Men to Hold TTp Walkout Fending Further Developments in Coal Area. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov. 4. No statement from officers of the United Mine Workers of America was ob tainable here tonight as to the effect of the court suspension of the in junction against the union's check off that threatened a nation-wide strike, but It was said authoritatively that strike developments would be in abeyance awaiting further action by the rederaj circuit court of ap peals at Chicago unless operators voluntarily stop, the checkoff of dues. President Lewis was on his way to his home in Springfield, 111., and Sec retary Green was said to have gone to Ohio. Vice-President Murray, who Joined last Tuesday In sending the message that threatened the strike in 18 states by advising local union of ficials to regard discontinuance of the check-off as breaking the existing wage agreement, was said to be in Pittsburg." Statement Is Refused. With these officials absent other persons connected with the miners' union declined to make any formal statement, but it was pointed out that the original message of the of ficers left strike developments to the decision of local officials in the 16 states with their decision awaiting action of operators stopping the check-off. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Nov. 4. Re sumption of work not later than Monday at Indiana coal mines that have been closed by a strike of 28.000 union workers was forecast tonight by operators and union officials when advised that the United States court of appeal at Chicago had suspended District Judge Anderson's Injunction prohibiting the check-off of union dues. Walkouts of the Indiana miners started Tuesday and every union op erator in the mine in the state was out today when the number of strikers reached 28.000 workers. Dis satisfaction among the worker liv ing in this city, however, developed today, finding expression in a meet ing at Twelve Points, a suburb, where complaint was voioed because miners in nearby districts in Illinois were at work. The meeting voted to send a message to President J. L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America, declaring that work would be re sumed at the mines near here on Monday unless he issued a general strike order. CHICAGO. Nov. 4. Action of the United States court of appeals here today in suspending that part of the injunction Issued by Judge Ander son of Indianapolis, applying to the check-off system until further order of the- oourt, was acclaimed tonight by officials of the United Mine Work ers of America as a decided victory. Air la Cleared. The nullifying of the part of the writ of the injunction applying to the check-off system allows this sys tem of holding out union dues and assessments from the coal miners' pay to be continued by the operators temporarily. An appeal hearing was granted the union for Wednesday, November 16. Union leaders professed to see in the action today a reopening of the entire case, and attorneys for the mine workers said tonight that they would present all the testimony pre sented at the hearing before Judge Anderson, to prove that the case had rot been handled thoroughly. . The action today, union leaders said, would do much to clear the labor situation in the mining indus try and would help to hold in line miners who had been quitting work without authority. Operators said they saw in the action of the court of appeals only a. delay of the final issue. Inu Held Delayed. The writ of Injunction issued by Judge Anderson forbade the operators to withhold from the miners pay union dues and assessments as the operators had agreed with the unions to do. Union officials asserted that compliance by the operators with the decision of the court would precipi tate a strike and In states where the operators have decided to follow the court's decree, there have already been walkouts and miners In other states have had sporadic walkouts. STRIKE IS EXPECTED TO EXD Miners in Hooking District Are Likely to Go to Work. ATHENS, O., Nov. 4. A larger number and perhaps all of the 3004 miners of the Hocking district who have been on strike for the past three days in protest against the federal court ruling on the "check-off" sys tem were expected to resume work tomorrow. In spite of the order issued last hight for the miners to return to work, several additional mines were closed today by walkouts of the men Reports tonight Indicated that per haps half of the men of the district were Idle today. Work to Be Continued. PITTSBURG. Nov. 4Philip Mur ray, international vice-president of the United Mine Workers of America, j said tonight that providing the opera- I tors of the Pittsburg district, agree to continue the check-off system of j collecting miners dues, pending de- ' veiopments of the hearing granted the union by the appellate court at . Chicago undoubtedly the " miners of District No. 6, ordered to strike at I midnight November 7, would continur at work. - I Al OS T7 V YT Y -Up v new HP AGITATES WHIP TACOMA SPEAKER AT COUNCIL ASSEMBLY CAUSES UPROAR. HEADACHES OR NEURALGIA QUICKLY RELIEVED BY mm W5 HEADACHE POWDERS T, PCM OftUC CQMMHV J IK THE UHIU STOKE HHST." Charge of Brutal Killing of Baby In West Virginia Coal Fields by Militiamen Resented. CENTRAUA. Wash., Not. 4. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Jessie Buiiock Kastner Of T a com a, speaking on the subject cf farm marketing, created a sensa tion this afternoon at the session of the Women's Legislative council of Washington when she declared that a Pierce county coal miner had re ceived a letter from his brother's wife in West Virginia, stating that while his brother waa standing with his ba'by in his arms, watching mlli liamen pass, militiamen snatched the infant, cu- off its head and threw It cn a bonfire, and then killed the father. A half dozen mlnuta women who were attending the session Jumped to their feet and demanded "proof." Mrs. Kina Bower exclaimed that her father was a West Virginian and "would turn over in his grave" if she did not protest. Mrs. Kastner admitted that her re marks were merely hearsay, and. the council struck that part of her speech ! from the minutes of the assembly. The council adopted resolutions ex tending greetings and a pledge of support to the parents' association of the University of Washington in their efforts to get needed legislation for the university; commending Marshal Foch for his refusal to partake of ;.quor while in this country; pledging the support of the council to the passage o'. 14 measures by the next itate legislature; indorsing the legis lative programme outlined by the Washington Education association; . . . . . ... I . u...;.nf 1, I ..t. lift sypivrai vj . . . Harding's act in calling an interna- ! tional disarmament conference, ana urging that the constitution of the state be amended so as to give the state legislature the power to enact ,awa classifying property for taxa tion. - The council- eno'ed its sessions to-i night. - of Unemployment The letters from the trenches used to bring home to us the realities of war more strongly than pages of official reports. Neither can the whole truth about unemployment be learned from columns of Labor Department statistics, reports of Unemployment Conference, or even from the formal statements of such well-informed men as Herbert Hoover and Samuel Gompers. While the editor of a trade-union paper in Bridgeport, or South Omaha, may not be able to make an elaborate analysis of nation-wide unemployment, he does have something to tell us about the proportion of jobs to workers in his own city. And this editor is also likely to have a very definite idea of what ought to be done about it. To bring together for LITERARY DIGEST readers these various close-up views and thus to give a more vivid realization of what tthose nearest the workers think about the lack of work, THE DIGEST has asked several hundred labor editors to tell whether they find things growing better or worse, and what remedies they would recommend. As a whole, the answers, which form the basis, of the leading news-feature this week, and which come from thirty states and forty important industrial cities, bring cheer, for they seem to show that the Unemployment Conference programme for immediate relief is succeeding, and that the situation is improving. , Other striking news-articles of importance in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week (November 5) are: SUSPECT TO BE RETURNED Purported Embezzler Ordered Ex tradited to California. SALEM. Or., Nov- 4. (Special.) William A. Erickson. under arrest in Portland, will be returned to San Rafael, Cal., where he is wanted on a charge of embezzlement. This was announced today when Governor Ol cott issued extradition papers at the request of the executive of the state of California. J. J. Keating, deputy sheriff from San Rafael, left Salem for Portland tonight in quest of the prisoner. Erickson's operations, the officers said, netted him several hundred dollars. HYLAN PICKED TO WIN Mr. Harding's British-American "Doctrine" The Forlorn Hapsburg" Hope The Anarchists and Our Ambassador Must Uncle Sam Forgive His Debtors? Chinese Labor Organizing Peril of "Empty Australia' Japan's "Official" Propaganda A Plan to Give Each Man a Job to Fit His Brains - , Tracking Criminals by Their Pores' Woman's Friend, the Corset Actors Bilking Shakespeare Dull Teaching of History in Our Schools? The Dispute Over the Holy Land Protestant Growth in France A Drive to Recruit Catholic Youth New Sidelights on T. R. After Klondike Gold With Jack London Knickerbockers for Women, as Viewed by Mere Man News of the Latest Books Are We All Lazy? Topics of the Day Striking Illustrations, Including Humorous Cartoons Hon. FRANK W. MONDELL, Floor Leader of the House of Representatives, Washington, D. Cfsays: "I believe THE LITERARY DIGEST is doing a valuable service for the Nation. The greatest diff'culty I have is to secure the benefit of current discussion of public questions in the limited time at my com mand. THE DIGEST is the most helpful agency for this purpose." November 5th Number on Sale Today Newsdealers 10 Cents $4.00 a Year (Continued From First Page.) Curran is elected there will be a lot of surprised New Yorkers. W. L. Darnell & Co.. Wall street stock brokers, announced today that they had just placed a wager of $7000 to $1000 that Mayor Uylan will be re elected next Tuesday. "The odds, 7 to 1, are the greatest ever bet on any candidate within the last 20 years so far in advance of elec tion day," declared a representative of the brokerage house. The record pre viously was held by Harding, who last year, three days before election day, was favored with odds of to 1. The day before election the odds on Hard ing jumped to 10 to 1, and on election day 12 to 1. But never before in 20 years has the beeting on a candidate four days before election been at such odds as 7 to 1. "I have no doubt that the mayor will equal President Harding's rec ord If not surpass it next Monday." added the broker. Darnell & Co. informed a news- TTojl rie TPo m& JrdDrlLwest FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publisher, of the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary). NEW YORK paper that It still has $30,000 to wager at to 1 on Hylan's re-election, with no takers from the Curran camp. Other sums In possession of this brokerage house, with the nature ot proposed wager, follow: ' Five thousand dollars even that Hylan's plurality will be 200.000 or more. ....... Eighteen thousand dollars at 6 to 1 that Bruckner for borough president, Flynn for sheriff and Glennon fdr district, attorney.. Bronx, will .be elected; Twenty-five thousand dollars even that Hylan will carry the Bronx by 50,000. Ten thousand dollars at 3 to 1 that Hylan's plurality will exceed 100,000. The latest figures made public to day on Mayor Hylan's campaign were more than ever reassuring to the mayor's friends and supporters. Postmasters Are Xamed. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington. D. C, Nov. 4. post masters were appointed for Oregon today as follows: William Jf. Rooper, Antelope: John O. Goldthwaite, Asp- VrwaoA f 9V I OX VfSSrS OS a standard household wordi More than a million homes in the West have come to think and speak of choc olate only in term of "Gear-ar-delly.'' D. CHIRARDELU lines 1I5S mum JiL grove; Earl A. Ayer, Blaine: Oliver R. Donald, Carnation; James M. Zim merman, Eastside; Lester M. Thayer, Helloff; Fred J. Brauer, Huber; James A. Lowden, Wonder. Deschutes Potato Exhibit Lauded. BEND, Or, Nov. 4. (Special.) Deschutes county potatoes, recently .xhlhlted nt the Hulnth International potato show, were the best of all peck displays entered, according to a '.ettor roceived here this morning from the judging committee. 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