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48 PAGES PAGES 1 TO 12 VOL. XXV-NO. 6. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1906. FRIGE FIVE GENTS. PRESIDENT IS TO BOSS CONGRESS Gives Out Patronage , to Get Legislation. COMPELLED TO MAKE DEALS To Pass Important Measures Roosevelt Does Politics. OPPOSITION TO HIM. BITTER Senators Know He lias the People "With Him, but Resent His Boss In?: Them In Our Interest, Says Lincoln Stcffcns. (Copyright, 1906. by J.'L. Steffelr,) WASHINGTON", Feb 30. (Speclaorrc spondence.) Something serious Is the'mat ter here. The lobbies are active and anx ious. There was talk for one brief mo mentof bribery; cash bribery; "with money In Washington! But that faded Into a mere report (traced to two pretty good authorities) of mere corruption with mere mining stock, and the interest ceased. A rebellion In the House against the Speaker-boss persists, however, and while the Senate seems to me to chat along, serene, sure and as beautiful as ever, the lookouts in the press gallery swear they can see signs of commotion nithc depths even of the most dignified legislative body .on earth. What Is the matter? Let's duoble on1 our track and see if we can see. The White House still Is the storm cen ter. We supposed this to be due to the fart that the President was the President, but the friends of the Senate complain that Theodore Roosevelt Is more than President. He is. The President is a good deal more than the executive head of the Government; he is a powerful branch of Congress. His friends reply that the Con stitution made him a part of the Legis lature when it provided that he might recommend legislation. That is so. . But the Constitution ddes not say that the President may compel legislation, and the' President is compelling legislation. "Now," say the friends of the Senate, 'such encroachment by the Executive upon the legislative branch of the Gov ernment is a crack in the Constitution." Crack; In the Constitution. They are right. This is a crack in the Constitution. But It Isn't & new crack. President McKinley -worked through' this crack. So did Lincoln. All Presidents, from as far back as the first Adams, have compelled legislation; and all over the country Governors and Mayors are called upon to "Jam. bills through" Legislatures and Councils, and they do "Jam 'em through." and wherever they do that, there we have executive encroachment upon the legislative branch of the gov ernment. It is too bad, but this crack is as old and as wide as the crack in the Liberty Bell at Philadelphia. But who cares? You do, and some con stitutional scholars may; but our United Slates Senators don't. They encroach themselves. The Senate is forever inter fering with the President, encroaching upon his purely executive functions. Nor is that all. The state bosses in the United States Senate are the very men who call upon their Governors at home to encroach upon . their Legislatures, and "Jam bills through." The only one among them all that has a clean record in tills respect is Senator Aldrlch. and in Rhode Island his Legislature has encroached upon the executive to such an extent that the Governor there Is powerless, absolute ly except as he happens also to be long to the boss. These state bosses rule in "their" states, and they hold .their seats in "our"' Senate by en croaching upon both the executive and legislative branches of all gov ernment, city, state and National. They arc themselves the .biggest crack of all in our constitutional form of gov ernment. For no constitution pro vides for a boss, .and yet there thoy are: Aldrlch. Piatt, Elklns, etc. Pres ident Roosevelt may be a .dangerous, man. but it Isn't the Constitution that he endangers. What is it, then? President as a Boss. Good government? So they say. The friends of. the Senate charge that the political methods of the President are those of a political boss. And they are. His friends deny It, but his friends have the Washington habit, which is to deny everything; I never in my life saw so much mutual confi dence as there Is here, and I never caw reporters so completely trusted as the Washington correspondents are. Yet, if you go up to a man, high or low. and say abruptly to him. "I see jou said ," he won't let you finish. 'I didn't," he exclaims. Then if you tell him what you heard he had said, he will proceed to a refutation of "the lie" so elaborate that he soon makes plain that -he did say substantially what you heard he had said. The trouble is that correct reporting isn't always true reporting; the fact may be only a half truth. It is a fact, as we found last week, that the President Is In a combine with the omblne In the House. He made a "deal" .Uth the Speaker. Not content with the constitutional method of recommending (cgislation, he . had recourse to an under standing (most informal, of course, but definite) with -Mr. Cannon to use their United powers to "Jam through" certain pleasure, Son l . JKJiiUl aaetijod. and bad. Not that all "deals" are bad; the character of a ''deal" depends upon the character of the contracting parties and the terms of the contract. But I think this "deal" was bad because the Speaker is the boss of a combine which practically wipes, out self-government In the House. The liberation of that body would seem to be a Job worthy of the best that Is in any man who Is in a posi tion to try It. Yet one of the terms of the "deal" between the Speaker and the .President was mutual support. In return for the Speaker's support of the Pres ident's bills, the President was to uphold the boss and the combine In the House. Is this the whole truth? What is the President's .view? . . . Eager for Efficiency. "Efficiency is. his answer. In brief. A man has not only to- be good, but to do good. It is not sufficient to: criticise and fight; one must win battles and get things done. There is the philosophy of it. Now apply it to our case: The House of Representatives Is a numer ous, unwieldy body. Left to Itself, it might do nothing but "talk Itself to death." Organized so that one man can speak of It, and drive It, "a herd of wild horse6," to action, the House is a fairly effective Instrument; much more so. for example, than the Senate. In other words, a boss and combine are more convenient than a deliberative body. You hear something like this In boss-ruled cities from defend ers of the boss; and an American who had business with the Russian govern ment reported back .that an autocracy was "not so bad as people think." But convenience isn't a safe criterion for a representative democracy. Dispatch Isn't what we are after; is It? As I understand It, we are trying for self-government, free and freely representative, and "our" House of Representatives is neither. "Then make It so," says the President, in effect. "That is your business, not mine. I am as much a reformer as ever, but I am also the responsible head of a great Nation, and I must accept the ma chinery as I find It. Oh. I must improve It here and there, as I can. and as I do, but my first and my almost sufficient du ty is to make It turn out good goods. This is Job enough for one man. If you think the House as it Is organized is not a fit instrument for a President to use, reform it, you, who gave It to me." There Is a Just rebuke for us In that If our Representatives aren't what they should be, we ought to send here men who are. But how an wo pick out for defeat those Congressmen who ought to be defeated if they are all tied up In Job lots and voted In a combine? Suppose the President, having recommended his legislation, would wait saying no more, making no deals till Congress haft voted; then suppose that with the poll of voters in his hand he should appeal to us to de feat those who in his Judgment were not representative, and to re-elect those only who were. Wouldn't we reform that House of Representative?? "But you might not." snys the Presi dent. l am not quoting his language; that Is not permitted.) "They have done It wherever that meth od "bas bean tried." 1 answer, citing 'Chicago and Wisconsin, for example. "Bven so, that course would lake time, and meanwhile, what about the canal, and the other things that must be done?" "Wants the Canal Dug. You see, It comes down finally to a ques tion of the relative importance of the many 'things to be done. I'd rather make our Government represent us than dig the canal: the President would rather dig the canal and regulate railway rates. So he makes his "deal" with the Speaker and I condemn it. But the Senate doesn't reason that way. The Senate doesn't object to deals, nor to the House combine, nor to the deal with the House combine. The Senate makes deals. The steering committee of the Senate has made deals with the boss and ring of the House combine. That's what the House combine was built for to make It work with the Senate. So the President's deal with the combine is not the real reason for the terror here of "that dangerous man." the President, what else Is there? The friends of the Senate charge that the President upholds the House combine with patronage. This also Is true. The President Is carrying, out his part of his deal with all the force of his forceful personality. When the Speaker began to put through the Administration -programme, a large number of the Republi can members turned insurgents. You have heard a lot about them. They Joined with the Democrats to beat the "rule" and break up the organization of the (Continued on Pbb 3.) travels te.eee miles to husband-elect. Mn, A dm. MlBtwn Talkm. Mr. Ad Mlatura Crawford Tulian. of Pittsburg. Tecelved her proposal of marriage from Eugene A. TulUn. ex-United States Fish Commltttlone r. by cable from New Torlc to Buenos Ayrea and accepted at once by the same 10.000-mlle route and wo obliged to travel to New Torlc to have the ceremony performed, as Mr. Tulian. being a divorced man. could not be married In th South Amer ican, City. i MB IF E United Railways Buys Structure.. PRICE IS ABOUT A MILLION Headquarters for the New Traction Line. IS LOS ANGELES CAPITAL Outside of Establishing Its Offices There, Xcw Owners "Will Ucnt Hcmnindcr of Building to Tenants as in Past. . The Chamber of Commerce building has been sold to the United Railways Com pany, and the initial payment was made yesterday afternoon. As soon as the nec essary papers can be examined, the deal will be finally closed. The building be longs to the Columbia Investment Com pany, of New York, and the sale to the United Railways was managed by the firm of Hartman. Thompson & Powers, agents for the building. The sale price has not bccn(made public, but the deal Is under stood to Involve nearly Sl.COO.OCO. The purchasers will use the building as headquarters for the electric projects the United Hallways Company is planning throughout Northwestern Oregon, and the Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company, lately organized by the backers of the United Railways Company, will have offices in the building, in all probability. The major part of the building will be leased as offices, as It Is at present. The purchase of this building will offer convenient facilities for the new company adjacent to Its projected lines, as the Ore gon Traction Company, whose assets will be purchased by the United Railways on February 15. has a franchise on Stark street, passing the south side of the build ing. The structure Is valued at about 5750,000. It cost 5700,000 to build, and was begun In 3901. The ground It stands on Is estimated in value from 3125,000 to 0.0X The build ing Is constructed of Tenino sandstone, coming from quarries near Tenino. Wash. Stone quarried at the same place, but in a different layer, is the material of which the Portland Library la built. The Chamber of Commerce building was erected by a corporation composed of members of the Chamber of Commerce. They lost all the money they put Into It when the building was sold to satisfy a mortgage held by the New York Life In surance Company, five or sir years ago. At the foreclosure sale the building was bought by the Columbia Investment Com pany, representing capital of the Ladd. Prior to the foreclosure, the building was involved In litigation through a suit di rected against Ellis G. Hughes by the New York Life because the former, as one of the builders, had signed a bond to keep the building free from claims, iir. Hughes spent a large part or the period of build ing In Europe, and when he returned he found debts had been contracted. The United Railways Company, is also negotiating for the lease of the Russell & Blylh bulldinr at .Sixth and Ankeny streets, the substantial stone structure now being remodeled. The lower floor Is being fitted up for stores, while Uie upper floors will be used for offices. Portland real estate Is proving very at tractive to the Los Angeles capitalists who came here to promote the United Railways projects, and further purchases of valuable city realty are likely to be made by them. SECURITIES ARE MISSING Affairs or Suicide Simmons Are Found in Bad Shape. PEORIA. 111.. Feb. lO.-The widow r the late Dr. Simmons opened the private saftey deposit box of the suicide thi morning and found thai the box which, n had been expected, would contain valuable papers, was empty, with the exception of an unimportant business letter. A- certifi cate oi saie lor S30.tw worth of Monon Cereal stock now on dmmrir an r the People's Bank, which was thoughr-to oc in me oox. was not round, and It Is now feared that the sal, which ri ctm. mons told his friends had been madewas not bona-fide. No Will has been found anA rnstl!..!... for heavy Insurance thought to have been ' carried are missing. The failure to vcrifv th al - -fnnAn stock has greatly depreciated the assets oi me .reopie s h&xik. now in bankruptcy. ENGINEER. WALLACE ILL Is Overcome by Strain or Senatorial Inquisition. CHICAGO. Feb. 10. John F. Wal lace, ex-engineer of' the Panama canal, returned home today from Washington and Immediately took to his bed, hav ing contracted, a cold that may prove serious. Mr. "Wallace was unable to be Interviewed tonight and his son-in- law, T. M. Orr. said his throat and lungs were so affected that he had not been able to speak above a whisper since he left New York. The nervous strain growing out of the Senatorial Inquisition. Mr. Orr said. way have been one of-the causes 'that ficeducedl jr, Wallace Ulscix. MM CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTERDAVS Maximum temperature. deg.; minimum. 33. Precipitation, none. TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness, followed b rain during the afternoon or evening, variable winds, becoming southerly. Ferelca. Deadlock predicted between f ranee and Ger many at Alffeclraa. Page 13. Campaign of assassination under full head way in ltutla. Page J3. British send troop against Kaffir rebels. i'age is. New plan to explore Polar regions. Page 15. NaUaaal. Senate will pass rate bill, only question be- lnjc about right or appeal, rage 1. Fulton's proposed change In new timber- land law. Pase'Z. Hazing trials cause many failures in An napolis examinations. Page 3. Bryan causes fallur of plan to end Chinese boycott. Page 11. Resettle. Steffens says President has to boss Congress, Page 1. Jack the -Slabber captured at St. Louis. Page 3. Chicago policeman's brave battle with thug. Page Z. Uproar In Pittsburg miners convention. Page 3. Busiest week of Miss Roosevelt's life. Page IX Louisiana profeor Infected with anthrae. Page 3. John L. Sullivan makes speech to news boys. Page 3. Ulll roads to build line from northern boun dary to Gulf. Page I. Arranging terms of peace In copper war. Page 11. Sport. Sraatben-accused of doplnr Lou Dillon to win Memphis gold cup. Page 3. Football rules committees complete reform f rules. Page 3. New country club farmed. Pare 17. Three big stake events to be raced for In California. Pag IT. Rowing game lags: Page 17. Blackburn claims lightweight title. Page 17. Hunt Club rides In paper chase. Page 17. Jimmy Britfs fighting letter. Page IS. t Tug of war tournament ends. Page IS. Gossip of th baseball players. Page IS. Rugby gam of football to be played In Portland. Page IS. ' Commercial and Marine. Call Issued for meeting of Oregon hopgrow- era. Page 35. California cured fruit markets strong. Page 35. Chicago wheat market closes firm. Page 35. Bank statement again unfavorable. Page 35. Shipping men entertain little hope for safety of British bark Drum era! p. which left Portland In September for Manila. Tage IS. Faclac Coast. Washington & Northern Railroad. Just in corporated, is said to be a Harrlman property. Page 1. Sailors or Amlral Courbet mutiny and quit me oaric at Seattle. Page -I. Idaho aheepowners will air their grievances on the forest reserve question. Page 5. Rlpllnger Is Indorsed by Seattle Republican caucuses for Mayor. Page . Hood River horticulturists form association with large membership. Page 5. Mist bid the wreck of the Valenela from the eyea fof the master of the Tepeka. Page 4. rwttasa and YWaltr. United BsJMteya buys Chamber of Com merce 'aHl&? and lot, paying nearly Tyjhold tieverTag at Eugene and Health Board blames city officials. Page 31. Merchants all favor line to Alaska. Page 10. Realty holders not anxious to sell on rising market. Page S. Slot meters latest graft of gas corporation. I'aXft 3d. Good service from East to Portland. Page 9. Southern Pacific wants franchise on East Third Jitreet. Page 36. State wants share from profits of Oregon nty Iockk. rag io. Large acreage at site of Exposition Is sold. Page 24. Foes of Tom Word hop to beat him In the- nomination for Sheriff with Jee il alley. Page H. KeatBrr asd Departments. Editorial. Page rt. Church announcements. Pag 30. Classified advertisement". Pages 1S-28. Abraham Lincoln, savior of the Nation. rage 3S. Does the stage help the world? Page 39. Portland People's Institute. Page 41. Saint's day that Cupid stole. Page -to. Dr. Hlllir sermon. Page 37. Japanese children learning English. Pago IS. Spiritualists of two different kinds. Page 15. A valentine for three. Page .15. The Roosevelt Bears. Page 46. Frederic J. Haskln's letter. Page 4t. Mlrs Tingle's cooking lesson. Tage 42. SoclaL Pages 3837. Dramatic. Pages Musical. Page 31 Household and fashions. Pages 43-43. Touth's department. Page 47. Ex-Oerenier Frederick Holbrook. At Brattleboro. Vt lives the only surviving Gorernor of a state during the Civil War. He Is ex-Governor Frederick Holbrook of Vermont. Gov ernor Holbrook will celebrate his 93d birthday on February 15 next. Governor Holbrook was one of the advisers of President Lincoln la the war. On receipt of a letter from him suggesting he railing out of 500,000 men. President Lincoln seat Provost Marshal Draper to Vermont to con sult with Governor Holbrook and to ask him to formulate a call such ax he acd other loyal Governors would . be willing to sign. The request was complied with, and In a few days came a call for 300.000 three-year men and later 300,000 nine-months men. Under the call the nlne-monthr-men were drafted, -but at Governor Holbrook's request Vermont was al lowed to raise her quota by volunteer enlistment. " i ONLY SUKVIVIVfi CIVIL WAK f GOVERNOR. X. ROUTETO PUGET SOUND POINTS Washington Northern ; ' Is Incorporated. HARRIMAN REPUTED BACKER Plan Is to Build From Port land Northward. VALUABLE LAND BOUGHT cw Jtnllroncl Will Have Six Blocks on the TIdclnnds at Seattle Im mediately East or II ill Union Depot. SEATTLE. Wash, Feb. 10. (Special.) Articles or. incorporation for the Washington Northern Railroad, filed at Olympla today, wore put on record prematurely. The interests behind that new corporation were neither ready for the incorporation nor to divulge their plans. .While no official announcement will be made for a few days of the company's plans. It Is understood it Is organized by the Harrlmnn Interests. The articles announce a line from Kelso, in Cow lltx County, to Everett. In Snohomish County. It Is stated authoritatively the purpose of the corporation Is to build from Portland to Seattle. There Is no proscnt Intention of con structing a line north of this city. The capitalization at 55.10,000 Is a nom inal sum. Arrangements havu alreudy boen made for transferring: to the com pany lands bought here at a coat of four times this amount. Valunble Luiuls Purchased. Jacob Furth, one of the Incorpora tors, sold the Vulcan Iron Works site, which he ovned, and other parties bought the Shuttle Lighting Company and Denny-Ren ton-Clay , Company blocks adjoining. Mr. Ftirth has ar ranged for the city's sale of two more blocks or land. This gives the new rail road six blocks immediately east of the JII1I Union Depot holdings, which will be utilized by the new railroad for nas aenger purposes. It Is stated without any enthusiastic effort that the big Joxeph llellen tide land buy was not on behalf nf the Waxhlngton Northern. Hellen appears in the official railroad guide as llarrl man's private secretary. But F. K. Struve Is of the real estate firm that bought the Hellen property, and his name appears on the checks that puy for the ground. Stntvf Is one of the Incorporators of the Washington North er it. Announcement Is Withheld. Of espedul significance Is the fact that a prominent Harrlman official has stated confidentially thut his people intended to incorporate the Washington & Northwest ern as a subsidiary corporation to make the Puget Sound extension. There is but a alight change in the name 'of the new 'company. A week ago it was stated by a high Harrlmnn official that within a few days an official announcement would be made of Harrlman plans to build to Puget Sound. This announcement was postponed until next week, presumably because of pending real estate doals hre. One of the most significant features of the Hew company is the reservation of the right to use electricity as motive power. Furth fc the head of the Stone and Webster organizations in this state and could not take any steps to injure their properties! It is known positively that Stone and Webster are not behind the new railroad, and this fact elimi nates the electric feature. It Is to be a steam road. Harrlmnn Theory Confirmed. Confirmatory of the Harrlman theory for the new system is the fact that the Stetson-Post Mill Company today sold Its six acres of tldelands to the Dexter-Hor-ton Bank, believed to be acting for Union Pacific official?. The Dexter-Hotton Bank Is owned by Lndd & TUton. of Portland. The Stetson & Post property Is, with the exception of Moran Bros, holdings, the largest -piece of waterfront property out side Hill control on the Seattle water-, front. The mill was built there In 1ST, and the company has continued ever since un der virtually the same management. Sev eral weeks ago an offer of JTSO.COO was made for the property, but 51.O0O.COO was demanded. It sold today for 530O.O0O. with a payment of J75.CC0 on account. Witnln three days the deal must be closed. II I LI ROAD, NORTH TO SOUTH Burlington Extension Will Connect Canada With GuIT ConsL BILLINGS. Mont.. Feb. 10. (Special.) According to a prominent railroad man. who for obvious reasons declines to allow the use of his nnme. the long-drcamed-of north and south railroad is about to be come a reality, and Canada and the Gulf are to be Joined. Incidentally. President James J. Hill is to have the shortest haul of cotton to the Orient, and on Washing ton and Oregon lumber to the Texas prairies. Recently It was reported that the 'North ern Interests were negotiating for the Missouri. Kansas & Texas Railroad, and It was even said that Mr. Hill's recent journey to Europe was for the purposo of securing the adherence of the Dutch, bond holders or the road. Apparently, ir this was the object of - his Journey. It was un successful ior on, his return he denied that anything of the kind was in contempla tion. Building operations are about to be be gun both in Montana artd Wyoming, by which the Burlington Road Is to have al most an air line from Denver to the Canadian border and the shortest route between Denver and the North Pacific ports. From Denver south, the Fort Worth & Denver City road is to be se cured. Even if It Is necessary to build entirely from Denver to the Gulf. It Is said that this will be done, for Hill is determined to have a continuous line of his owiu'from the' cotton fields of the South, in order that his great freight steamers may have lull cargoes to the Orient. The Burlington plans to build "this com ing Summer, an extension of its Billings line to Denver, thus materially shorten ing the present somewhat roundabout route from Denver to Billings. North westward from Billings the contract has been et for an extension to Great Falls. 215 miles. At Greut Falls the extension will strike the Grent Falls & Canada, a Great Northern subsidiary line, which will give It a Junction with the Great Northern main line at Shelby, further west. Be yond the Great Northern main Hue the roads extends to Sweet Grass, on the Canadian border. With this new line in operation, the Great Northern will be in a position to carry cotton from' the fields to the Orient by the shortest route, and -for return loads will take Pacific Coast lumber, which will be In great demand In the de velopment of the sections through which the new line will run. as well as In Texas. GREAT CONSOLIDATION COMING Great Northern With Burlington. Northern Pacific With St. Paul. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Fob." 10. (Special.) Today's papers di:lose that the most gi gantic transcontinental railroad deal ever known is being formulated. It means the consolidation of the Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and of the Great Northern and the Burling ton Into two great transcontinental lines. It also means a desperate tight between the four lines mentioned and the Harrl man lines. As disclosed today by an au thority of unquestioned integrity, that situation l.s as follows: The undertaking Involves two separate transactions. They have been in the minds of the promoter? for several years. The proposal means two of the greatest railroad systems In the world. The Great Northern, with its 1.200.000 acres of Iron ore lease, and the sale of rights to its own. and the Burlington stockholder amounting to 3O.OCO.C0O acres more, will cement these two roadt into one vast double-track system to the Coast. The Northern Pacific, which may easily devote $100,000,000 toward the pur chase of stock In the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Is now extending to the Pa cific Coast and practically paralleling the Northern Pacific. The Chicago. Milwau kee & St. Paul will find It more conveni ent at points alone the route to use the Northern Pacific tracks. Indeed, confer ences have already been held between the officials to this end. A railroad attorney whose busnness brings him In touch with the financial end of all these roads, declares that affairs are so shaping that one can reach no other conclusion, and he predicts that within two years at loast. and posxlbly twiner, the four roads mentioned will have become two great transcontinental lines bv a process worked out by James J. Hill. ST. lAUIr ROAD 1$ IMPATIENT Delay by Seattle Council .May Give Taconm Headquarters. SEATTLE. Wash., Fob. 10. (Special.) The patience of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul officials Is nearlng the break ing point. That road either wants a franchise from the Seattle City Council or a reason why it should not be granted. It wants an answer Immediately.. Seattle does not know the stake that Is hanging in .the balance nor will the St. Paul officials enter into an elaborate ex planation. What amounts to an ultima tum has been delivered to the City Coun cil ami the railroad people will wait until another session of the corporations com mittee Is held Monday to determine the mutter of an entrance to the road's depot grounds. It is roughly estimated that $35,000,000 will be expended on construction work from the west end when the St. Paul be gins actual building. President A. J. Eurl ing has already made inquiries in both Seattle and Tacoma and is satisfied with banks In both cities to handle this im mense fund. It the Seattle Council grants the St. Paul franchise the money will pour through this city. If the railroad" Is put off it will probably be spout through Ta coma and tills may result In definitely locating the headquarters of the roud in that city. Not until the Inst moment. 'oiM-hiiled on Van MOST UKAITIFLL VOMX IV HICAGO. Ml Kuthertne YVInterbotbum. When asked the question. 'Who Is the most beautiful woman in Chi cago?" nearly SO society leadera of that city unhesitatingly pronounced the name of ills Katherlne "Winter botbam. She Rained that prominence when she appeared in the rhythmical fantana dance on the stasc of Or. chestral Hall at the Klrmess. for before that time her face was little known to Cblcasoans generally. She U of the type of beauty seen on the finest Dresden china. She Is a Farminston girl, and was a debutante two years ago, Miss Winterbothain 1a not an ' athletic girl in any stwe. She has a beautiful contralto voice and has studied music in Germany. I- in I I Tk'y m ; SENATE READY TO PASS BATE BILL Only Hitch Will Be on Right of Appeal. PROVISO WILL BE INSERTED Railroad Senators Want It Clearly Granted. REVISED RATE IN EFFECT JJoocvelt Won Id Accept Change Pro vided Commission Kate Was Xc Suspended and Jlonsc Would Consent. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Feb. 10. The opinion prevails In Inner circles in Washington that the Son ate committee on interstate commerce will, next Friday, vote to report favorably the Hepburn railroad rate bill, with an amendment providing for appeals to the eourts from decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission. If such report is made, there is a very fair prospect that the bill will be passed by the Senate after reasonable debate, and the House will eventually concur In the Senate amend ment. , The statement has been made of I.io that President Roosevelt would veto the bill if it went to him with an amendment providing for appeals to court, but thcro Is the very highest authority for declar ing that this is not so. Indeed. It can be said with absolute certainty that both Secretary Root -and Secretary Taft, tho President's most trusted advisers on rate legislation, are in favor of an amendment such as the Senate committee proposes, and these men would hardly commit themselves to .such a proposition it they were not satisfied that the President would stand with them. Is Appeal Proviso Needed? When the Hepburn bill was before the House. It was "asserted by its supporters that there was no necessity for Inserting a provision specltlcaily authorizing appeals from decisions of the Interstate Com merce Commission, and Senator Knox, in his famous Pittsburg speech, made a sim ilar contention. It was argued by theso men that, under the Constitution, rail roads would have full right to appeal to the courts whenever rates fixed by tho commission were confiscatory, or so low as to require roads to operate at a loss. Members of the "Senate committee who in sist upon the adoption of-an amendment authorizing appeals, take the position that such protection should specifically be granted to railroads, not alone that they may appeal when rates are confiscatorj. but that they may appeal when the com mission puts rates so low as to yield them less than a fair protit on business actual!) handled. The further Insist that such an amendment is necessary to protect the roads against decisions of the commis sion regarding joint rates, whenever it enn be shown that a joint rate is unfair to any one of the roads affected. Keep Commission Rate In Effect. The committee has not agreed upon the form of an amendment to be proposed to the Hepburn bill, and its fate will largely depend upon its phraseology and meaning. It is the prevailing opinion that this amendment will require that, pending de cision by the courts, the rate fixed by the commission shall remain in effect Nevertheless there is fear that some rail road Senntors will endeavor so to word the amendment as to suspend the com mission's rate pending decision by ihe courts. If the committee should frame an amendment on this latter line, there is grave doubt if it could be passed, even through the Senate, for an amendment which would upset the commission's rate in this manner would virtually nullify the entire bill, and neither the House nor the President would consent to any such legislation. House Would Yield to Senate. If. however, the Senate committee acts in good faith and brings iu an amendment which permits appeals, but stipulates that Ihe commission's rate shall remain in ef fect until set aside by the courts, there Is very good prdspect of its adoption by the Senate, and later by the House. In view of the almost unanimous vote by which, the Hepburn bill was passed by the House, it would naturally be assumed that the House would be able to compel the Senate to recede from this amendment In case it shall be attached to the bill by a majority vote in the Senate, but In the light of all precedent it is not likely that this will be done. The Senate does not yield to the House on important matters of legislation, and there is very little prospect that the Senate will yield on this point, particularly as It is known that this amendment will be acceptable to the President. The House may. for effect, resist the Senate amendment for a time. but. If the House holds out and threatens to defeat the bill, the President will probably take hold and advise con currence, in the Senate amendment, pro vided, of course, that the amendment 13 along the lines now contemplated. Position of Speaker. Speaker Cannon is quoted as having de clared that, if the Senate adopts an .Continued on. Page 3.)