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Jkk &R$$3tiONCfc 'EEED Jiiittitljl D rPART THREE u VOL. XX. PORTLAND QEEGON, SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 1, 1901. W NO. 4S. fflffm' I Oft. V ( rl fig'NEYV DESIGNED f! sLa - BUFFET f(& Our Specialty for this week will be In quartered golden oak, polish finish, Grand Rapids moke; size 48 inches wide, 22 Inches deep. 54 Inches high; (J07 TA French mirror, 18x40 inches; price iJ)j.jU r STYLISH fL BUFFET JL-. $27.50 In quartered oak, golden finish, Grand Rapids make; price Lowell Body Brussels $ 1Z3 PER YARD MADE LAID AND. LINED Everything in stock to furnish throughout Our Xmas Goods Have arrived and are on exhibition. It will be a pleasure for us to show them to you before the choicest pieces are culled. WMr-QAD THE HOUSEFURNISHER COR. WASHINGTON AND FIRST STS. FALL and WINTER CARRIAGES! BUILT ESPECIALLY FOR STORMY WEATHER. STATION WAGONS BROUGHAMS ROCKAWAYS LANDAUS A FULL LINE OF DOCTORS' 1U1GIES. CARRIAGES WAGONS. HARNESS ROBES, WHIPS STUDEBAKER, 320-338 EAST MORRISON ST. 4- Diaries, Calendar Stands and Pads for 1902 I We have the Largest Stock and Best Assortment J In town. Selections made now can be reserved until January 5th. i: THE KILHAM STATIONERY CO. 267 Morrison Street. -- tft t t If We give you what you ask for Many people have eyes, but ses net Have ears but hear not. Use your faculties in buying goods. Give our umbrellas your most careful scrutiny. Truth can stand a looking-glass. "WE MAKE THE ,nuiu - r-ct.i ant?-rusted JOHN ALLESINA, UMBRELLA FRAME 309 Morrison St., GsUe rasUIflc; W HAH J JL NG UNCLAIMED TAILOR-MADE SUITS ...AND OVERCOATS... AT LESS THAN THE COST OP MAKING. THE FARINSWORTH-HERALD TAILORING CO. 248 WASHINGTON STREET. MINORITY CAUCUS Democrats Choose Richard son for a Leader, AND SELECTED OTHER OFFICERS Ah Outline of the Policy to Be Fol lowed by the Party Darin? the Comln&r Session of Cob grress Resolutions. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. The Demo cratic members of the House of Repre sentatives met In caucus In the hall -of the House at 11 o'clock today. There are 151 Democrats and eight Fuslonlsts, Sll verltes and Populists In the House. Of these members of the minority. 126 were present. Including Mr. Shafroth, of Colo rado, and Mr. Newlnnds, of Nevada, SI1 verltes. Mr. Neville and Mr. Stark, Pop ulists, of Nebraska, declined to enter the House caucus. Mr. Hay, of Virginia, chairman of the Democratic caucus, pre sided. Without opposition the following selections were made for officers of the House, to be presented at the meeting of the House next Monday: Speaker Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee. Clerk Ex-Representative James Kerr, Pennsylvania. Sergeant-at-Arms Ex-Representative E. V. Brookslde. Indiana. Doorkeeper Charles Edwards, of Texas. Postmaster-James K. Jackson, of Ala bama. The selection of Mr. Richardson as can didate for Speaker clothes him officially with the minority leadership. Mr. Richardson briefly thanked the cau cus for the honor done him, and said! "I shall not attempt here and now to discuss or lay down any principles by which wc are to be governed as a party. It vould not be appropriate for me to do so. There .is one thing, however, that 1 will say now, at the very beginning of our service, because I believe it is proper that it should be said. It is this: I urge upon you, and each of you, the surpassing importance of attending the sessions or the House. We have a minority consist ing of about 160 members. If every mem ber of this opposition will attend our ses sions and answer when his name Is called, we will make our opposition effective and oftentimes will be able to defeat our op ponents m tneir efforts to pass unwise and improper measures. I feel that I have the right to ask you, and I do ask you, now that you are chosen to fill a seat In the House, that you will be as anxious to occupy that seat as you assured your constituents you were desirous of occu pying It before the election. If we will be punctual In attendance, although in the minority, we will be able to do much to ward enacting wholesome legislation, and, more and above all that, we will be able to prevent the enactment of many bad laws. The country will be able, when the ses sion closes, to pass Judgment, not only upon Jhe action and conduct of the major ity of the House, but also upon the mi nority side, and If wc act wisely and pat riotically we will place our party In the po sition to deserve and to command a de cisive vlctorj' in the Congressional elec tions of next year and a still greater tri umph in the National contest of 1901." The four places on the House roll al lowed the minority will be filled by Isaac Hill, of Ohio, assistant sergeant-at-arms. and James F. English, of California: Fel ton B. Knight, of Georgia, and Swing Bland, son of "Silver Dick" Bland, spe cial employes. Sense of the Caucus. The interesting portion of the caucus followed, when Representative McClel land, of New York, at the direction of the New York members who had Just met prior to. the assembling of the caucus, offered the following resolution as an ex pression of the sense of the caucus: "Resolved, That we shall promote to the utmost of our power the removal of the oppressive, restrictive and often prohib itive features of the existing tariff. It has been truly declared to be the mother of trusts. The tendency to create com binations of wealth and the establishing of practical monopolies in the manufac turing and commercial Industries of the United States threatens the future exist ence of individual manufacturers and merchants and tradesmen of moderate or small means. "That tendency must undermine the sturdy Independence of large bodies of American citizens, and may well be deemed the most serious menace to the moral and political welfare of the coun try. The time has come when our Indus, tries, manufacturing as well a9 agricul tural, which practically enjoy no 'protec tion for the reason that their products are exported and because, whether or not duties be levied In their favor, when com peting products can be profitably Import ed, should be permitted to avail them selves of foreign markets to the fullest extent, as they cannot do under existing restrictions. Highly protected Industries should no longer be permitted to sell more cheaply to foreigners than to their own countrymen. Fit and thorough relief can be had only by amendment of the present tariff. But we shall favor such reciprocity as will reduce. even If not al together remove, the unfair and oppres sive burden of the present system. "We shall favor Just and generous treatment of the inhabitants of Porto Rico and Cuba. American obligations to Cuba should be sacredly performed. Having freed her from Spanish dominion and assumed over her a protectorate and even some of the prerogatives of sovereignty, we are bound by every consideration of justice and generosity to allow her the largest practical liberty of commercial Intercourse with our own country. ""We are opposed to the subsidy bill pre sented at the last session as calculated to create a shipping monopoly. We shall oppose the use. In any form, of the money of all the people for the exclusive benefit of private Interests. "We shall Insist on the sacred force of the fundamental American rule of democratic self-government. Whatever protectorate over newly acquired Islands or lately conquered peoples may be neces. sary for a longer or a shorter time; what ever limited sites for naval stations may properly be retained or acquired by the United States, we are opposed to any in corporation into our Republic of other lands or the assumption of sovereignty over them, except as their Inhabitants may be fitted for such self-government and except as the protection of our Con stitution no less than of our flag may be extended to them with safety to our selves. "We are opposed to the establishment or any colonial or other system whereby the executive or military 'power of the United States may permanently rule masses or men outside the sanctions and safeguards of the Constitution. Wherever the United States has assumed obligations they must, no doubt, be fuhy met, but with th"e stead fast intention at the earliest practicable moment to accord to the people of other lands now in our power the same right or self-government we claim for ourselves." The presenting of this resolution pre cipitated a row. Mr. Richardson at tempted to prevent the reading or It by a motion to refer all resolutions to a special committee of 12 who should report at a future caucus, but his motion was ruled out of order pending the reading of the reso lution. When the reading was concluded Mr. Ball, of Texas, gave notice that he would offer the Kansas City platform as a substitute, and withdrew the report of Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, and Mr. McDermott, of New Jersey, both of whom protested against the Injection of the financial issue into the Democratic coun cils. "We cannot ever win," declared Mr. Fitzgerald, "If we do not discard the heresy of free silver." "We can never win," retorted Mr. Ball, "unless men calling themselves Demo crats support the National platforms of the Democratic party." After further sharp exchanges, Mr. Rich ardson succeeded in quelling the disturb, ance by renewing his motion to refer all resolutions, to a special committee of 12 to be appointed by the chairman of the caucus. This motion prevailed. The fol lowing resolutions were then introduced: "Resolved, That the Hon. James D. Richardson and the Democratic members of the House committee on rules., when appointed, and three members to be ap pointed by them, constitute a committee to have In charge the control and direc tion of the policy of the Democratic party ln the House, except as ordered by a cau cus" of the party." By Mr. Burleson, of Texas: "Resolved, That every Representative In UNDER WHICH FLAG? Mr. Williamson Said Now to Be Out for Congress. SO SAYS A SHANIK0 But Maybe It Does Not Know Does Anybody Know? That's tho Question Agrltatlne the Poli ticians Time Will Tell. J. N. Williamson. Congress participating in this caucus shall be governed by the action of the said cau cus where the same does not conflict with the declaration of priclples and policies set forth In the last platform adopted by the Democratic party In National conven tion assembled. "Resclved, That the best Interests of tLe Democratic party will be subserved by the membership of the said. party In Congress refraining from soliciting patronage at the hands of the Administration." By Representative Fitzgerald, of New York: "Resolved, That we oppose any interfer ence with the existing standard of values. That question has been settled by repeated and overwhelming expressions of popular sentiment and must be deiinltely closed by the statutory recognition of gold as the solestandard. The Democracy or New York have the greatest respect for their brethren who for many years sought the establish ment of a bimetallic standard. But the In terests of capital and labor alike, and above all the Interests of the wage-earners of the country. forbid that the legal standard of value be uncertain." By Representative Newlands, of Nevada: "Resolved, That an advisory committee he selected consisting of.one member from each state, selected by the delegation of such state, of which the leader of the mi nority shall be chairman and the whip shall be secretary." These resolutions having been referred, a motion was made and carried that the committee which is to be appointed to con sider them shall report to a caucus to meet Friday evening. January 10. The caucus then adjourned. Mnnchurlnn Deal Off. LONDON, Nov. 30. The Foreign Office confirms the report that the Russo-Chl-nese Manchurlan negotiations are broken off. Tho officials, however, attribute tnis more to the opposition of the Chinese Viceroys and the death of LI Hung Chang man to tne operations or Japan. been to confuse the situation, and to con found the politicians who were getting I ready to oppose the renominatlon of Sec retary or State F. I. Dunbar. In behalf of the Crook County Senator. Slates are delightfully complicated, and programmes accepted as foregone conclusions will nec essarily have to be made over, in view of the new factor In the problem. State Senator C. W. Fulton has been the par ticular champion of Mr. Dunbir, In his fight for renominatlon, and naturally has been a supporter of Williamson's candi dacy for the Congressional nomination. With the latter out of the way If he Is out of the way Secretin' Dunbar's PAPER ,. Wends figure that he will win in a walk wnen nis name comes beiore tne conven tion. It Is quite on the cards that Williamson may have his eye on both nominations with the Idea that one or the other will surely come his way. "Congressman Moody will undoubtedly be able to exert sufficient Influence with the Congressional committee to call the Congressional con vention two or three days before the state convention," said a prominent poli tician yesterday, "and thus hope to es cape the entanglement In which he would If State Senator J. N. Williamson sticks ing. But before tho first rnnvont'nn moors to the latest published announcement that It will be practically known whether or he will be a candidate for the Congres- i not tne head of the ticket will be from sional nomination, Secretary of State F. ern Oregon. If the prospects point I. Dunbar apparently will Have no formid- S,?"?,?; n wl,1Iatmson win nHio nnr.netivn v.i i .. -. mike the fight for the Congressional nom- able opposition of his renominatlon. In lnatlon. On the other hand. If Western the meantime Senator Williamson's Oregon will nominate the candidate for friends are cndeivorlng to figure out why I Governor the office of Secretary of State ' will be demanded by the Eastern dele nniiHMMMMMt Eates, and that may force Williamson Into the fight, nnd make It necessary to ' abandon the Congressional contest." The uncertainty of the situation will i possibly lead to strained relations. Ah j It Is. Mr. Williamson has repeatedly de I clarcd his desire to be nomlnited for Secretary of State, and friends have ad vised that he seek to defeat Moody. Un til he is heard from definitely, further developments will be at a standstill. It Is probable that whichever office Mr. Wil liamson wants will soon be known. Al ready the politicians are at variance In their opinion as to Williamson's double candidacy. A man prominent in the party said yesterday that Williamson never had a show for the nomination In the state ! convention. "His withdrawal If he ha" withdrawn," continued the reporter's In j formant. "will make Dunbar's nomination sure, and the announcement that WIIHam I son will be a candidate against Moody will lead to a lively fight for the Congres sional nomination." j The delegation from Multnomah Countv t will control the nomination, ns but 17 j votes will be needed In addition to the ' 70 from this county. If Mr. Williamson . can only secure this county, he will stand j an excellent chance for the nomination. So will Mr. Moody, or anybody else. It j is expected that Williamson will have j the delegations from Crook. Lake and J Klimath Counties solidly behind him. But these have no very formidable repic- scntatlon. Senator Fulton will appreciate ! Mr. Williamson's withdrawal from the I contest for Secretary of State, and in consideration of Mr. Dunbar's success, re I suiting therefrom, will undoubtedly sup I port Williamson's candidacy. Should Congressman Moody be defeated I In the convention it will aptly Illustrate : the ups and downs of public life. When i Dunbar was first nominated for Sccrc- tnrl of State It was Mr. Moody's control of the Wasco County delegation that re sulted in his success, and now Mr. Moody. It Is possible, will bp sacrificed to secure What "Will Williamson Do? Please tell us. Mr. Williamson, Just what you want to do; For things are In a muddle, and we pass It up to you To straighten out the tangle (and It really should be done): We should llko to know the office for which you want to run. From East to West, from North to South, as fax as news 111 carry. We thought jou hoped that you rnlcht serve the state as Secre ts ry; But we must have bjen mistaken, and jou bad another plan Which Involved a trip to Washing ton to be a Congressman. The candidates, who wonder Just where thej'rc golns to land. "Would like to hear a statement as to where the deuce you stand. They would like to ask jou wheth er. In the dreams when day Is done, Tou see one foot In Salem, and one In Washington. he did it, and whether or not the an nouncement was authorized by the Sen ator himself. In the Issue of the Shanlko Leader, un der date of November 2S, the following appears: For seme time the Hams of Hon..3;r wil. jilamson has been spoken of by the press ot JDunbar's renominatlon. A number of po!r the entire state In connection with different etate onlces. We know that Mr. Williamson's own personal preference has been to mi the position of Secretary of State, but hlo friends who are legion have, with one accord, from the time his name was first spoken of for Secretary of State, demanded that he should be a candidate for Congress for the Second District at the coming Congressional Convention. We understand that Mr. William son. In deference to the wishes of his friends, has Anally consented to allow his name to be used In this convention. Mr. Williamson Is & strong man. and If he should be the successor ot Mr. Moody, the people can rest assured that they will have a man In the halls of Congress from Eastern k Oregon who will represent them with marked ability. If the announcement Is true Senator Williamson has experienced a change of heart recently. It was not so long ago that Mr. Williamson announced publicly that he had no desire to succeed Con gressman Moody, and that he had only authorized the use of. his name In con nection with the nomination for Secre tary of State. It has been known for some time that friends have been urging Senator Williamson to go before the Con gressional convention, but he has hereto fore persistently declined to fall In with the Idea. It Is told In political circles how, after the election of Senator Mitch ell at Salem, at an informal jubilation Sen ator Williamson was toisted as the next Congressman from the Second District, and that he shook his head and said that the only office he wanted was Sec retary of State. A great many other people would like to have that same office. It is a very fat one. The result of the announcement has iticlins Jn the diatrict have been nctlve In their efforts against Mr. Moody because of what they term his Idea of Impartiality and neutrality In local political fights. A number of these discontented ones are re sponsible foe Williamson's entrance into the fight if he Is there. And It is this un certainty as to whether he is or not a candidate that Is causing the endless speculations and the desire to know defin itely where the statesman from. Prlne ville Is at. Front Bootblack to Financier. NEW YORK, Nov. 30. Word has reached Newark. N. J., that William Y. Jones, who when a boy blacked boots and sold papers at the Lackawanna rail road station. In that city, had died in South Africa recently, and left to his sister. Mm. Henry McCann. a fortune in mining interests and other properties. Jones many years ago located near Johannesburg, and worked oe a cook on the Rand for a time, and later started a restaurant. Many of the miners pat ronized his place, and often he accepted in payment for meals "scrip" which stood for Interest In some of what he considered useless mines. A lot of this "scrip" later proved to be shares In a mine which sud denly became a paying one. There was a rush for-stock, and Jones became wealthy. Must Have a Permit. , LONDON. Nov. 30. The government has Issued a notification that, owing to the proclamation of martial law in Cape Col ony and Natal, nobody unprovided with a permit will be allowed to land In South Africa after January 1. r-" ' " I I J . I ' ' Blffr" fcasaElffi ! "; tJr J&:Sk '; ' fill & $$$ Y. I" PORTLAND SKETCH CLUB EXHIBIT. On Friday and Saturday of last week the seventh annual exhibition of the Portland Sketch Club was held In the lecture room of the Library building, and In the opinion of many critics It was the strongest display of work cer made by tho" club In Its history. Over 100 pictures In oils, water colors and black and white, air of them new to the public, were exhib ited, among them much Interesting work done by the class In composition the art of composing pictures with special regard to the disposition of lines, masses of light and shade, color, anew branch of the club's work. The aboe picture shows a group of fizure studies and landscapes on the north and east walls. The club has Increased Its membership 50 per cent In the last jear, adding a number of associate members to the active members that it has alw&s had. The present ofneera of the club are: Dr. Holt C. Wilson, preslde'nt; H. F. Went2, lce-presl-dent; Miss C J. Stephens, secretary, and Seth Catlln, treasurer. ' ' IMtMMMMM WILL FiGHT IT HARD Chinese Laying Plans to De feat Exclusion Law. GREAT FUND TO BE BAISED MMMtM.MMHOMtMMMMMMMtMMMMtMMt Proclamation Issued by the Six Com panies of San Francisco Requir ing Eiery Celestial In the Country to Contribute $1. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 30. The Chi nese are preparing to make a -vigorous fight against the re-enactment of the Geary exclusion law. A proclamation has (been issued by the Chinese Six Companies requiring every Chinese In the United States to contribute, at once, the sum of Jl. the fund thus raised to be used in tho effort to defeat exclusion. In order to compel prompt payment of the assess ment, the proclamation states that If pay ment Is not made within one month the amount exacted will be doubled, and de linquents who fail to pay within two months will ha-ve their assessment doub led once more. Lest some should still seek to evade the enforced contribution, the proclama tion adds that Chinese desiring to return to China will be compelled to exhibit a receipt showing that they made payment, and, in default of such receipt, tbey will be fined $10. The proclamation has been posted In Chinatown, and Is to be distrib uted all over the country. HUNT REPLIES TO VAN SANT Idaho Can Offer No Mnterlnl Aid In Stopping? Rnllwaj Combine. BOISE. Idaho, Nov. 30. Goernor Hunt has replied to Governor Van Sant's let ter asking Idaho to aid In fighting tho Northern Railway consolidation. Ills letter follow "Boise, Idaho. Nov. 20. His Excel lency, S. R. Van Sant. Governor of Min nesota. St. Paul, Minn. Dear Sir: I have received your letter of the 22d Inst., pre senting your conclusions in regard to tho formation of the Northern Securities Company, of New Jersey, the purpose ot which Is to take over the management and control of the Northern Pacific. Great Northern and Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy Railways, and inviting the co operation of this and other states af fected to assist you in preventing such consolidation. I agree with your views ns to the danger of this monstrous com bination to the commercial Interests of all the tcrrltoiy through which these lines may pass without competition, but I re gret to say, and 1 think that sentiment is shared generally by the people of tho state, that Idaho has no constitutional provision or legislative statute that can be used to prevent the consolidation of one or more corporations of this kind. ''The Importance of this matter is so gren that I have given it much thought and Investigation, and am able to clearly reply that this state, in the absence of law, can give no material aid to you in prosecuting an Illegal combination un der the laws of Minnesota. "But I am able to state that this question will be the subject of action by our next Legislature, and that you havo the moral support and sympathy of tht people of this state, who will pray God to strengthen your hand? and give you courage and perseverance in your great fight In the cause of the people. Very respectfully yours, "F. W. HUNT, Governor." CLOUGII GOES EAST. To Mnnapre the New Railroad Trust for President Hill. ST. PAUL, Nov. CO. Tne Dispatch to day publishes an item confirming the re port that W. P. Clough has resigned as first vice-president of the Great Northern, and that J. N. Hill will succeed him. Colonel Clough will live In New York, and will manage the affairs of the Northern Securities Company as the direct repre sentative of President Hill. J. N. Hill re fused to dlscurs the report, but it wa3 con firmed from other sources. Report of the Itlo Grande Western. SALT LAKE, Nov. 30. The annual re port of the Rio Grande Western Railroad for the fiscal year ending June 30, which heretofore has not been given out, was received here today. It shows that the gross receipts from operation were 54.S07, 207, an Increase of 53S6.604; operating ex penses were $3,223,239. an Increase of 5507. 230; net earnings $1.CS3.9SS, a decrease of $110,626. After providing for four quarter ly dividends of V per cent each. Interest on bonded debt, taxes, etc., there remains a surplus of $3S0,315. The rer-ort. though showing a decrease In the net earnings, shows a great Improvement in the phys ical condition of the road. Heivy pur chases of new rolling stock have been made, and many mlle3 of rails, replaced with heavier steel. Much money has also been spent In the improvement of tha roadbed, straightening out curves, etc. "Wholesnle Jury Bribery. CHICAGO, Nov. 30. ExBalllff James Lynch, the confessed jury briber, on whose testimony Alexander Sullivan, an attorney, was Indicted for conspiracy, took the stand in Judge Smith's court today and immediately launched into a story of juries which he said he had bribed in behalf of Sullivan. Sul livan, Lynch testified, was attorney for the West Chicago Street-Rallway Company, and represented the company in defending damage suits. He said ha talked frequently with Sullivan, in regard to bribing juries. "Sullivan told me," said Lynch, "when ever possible to get l)Id of an Irish Catholic on the Jury and to tell him that the plaintiff was an A. P. A., and 'that he should be beaten, as he wa3 an enemy of the church. The sums paid jurors ran from $50 to $1C0. Sometimes I bribed ono, and In some cases as high as three. I was paid tlv same amount as the juror, but when there was more than one man to be bought, I was paid less per man." Counsel for Sullivan attempted to hao Lynch's testimony confined strictly to di rect evidence of a conspiracy, but they were overruled. It Is alleged that Sullivan and othera conspired to keep Ljnch out of the juris diction of the Cook County courts, fol lowing the exposure of the Bailiff. School Apparatus Trust. CHICAGO. Nov. 20. A combination of a number of the most Important school apparatus dealers of the country has been effected, it is said, by the American Syn dicate Corporation. James H. Teller, of this city, a brother of United States Senator Teller, of Colorado, is mentioned as the leader of the movement. The com munity of Interests idea the co-operation principle rather than trust agreement Is said to be the basts of the organization, which it is understood aims at the control of the entire school apparatus businebs.