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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 .
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District No. 6, ordered to strike at I
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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;
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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
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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-
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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.''
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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. The ar
riva1 of the exhibit too late for regu
lar Judging prevented Deschutes
gems from taking any prizes.
S. & H. green irimpi ror cash.
Holman Fuel Co, coal and wood.
Main Sr,3: SfiO-21 Adv.
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WINNING at bridge Is
a real winning when
the hostess presents a box
of Vogan's Tan Jar as first
prize.
Each piece different fax
shape and flavor a won
derful melangtfoi light and
dark richest chocolate
fresh country cream ground
roasted almonds and the most
delicately flavored fruits.
"Tan Tar" la rVia emmiw
of the vearL Everywhere foo
turn, the vivid tangerine-hued
box Is In evidence.
Lee Tan lar bring good luck
to tout bridge parry. You will
find it at nearly all better stores.
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