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TIIE SUNDAY. OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER, 11, 1906. 15 FUSION II FAILURE Workingmen's League Gained Nothing in Seattle Campaign. CANDIDATES ALL DEFEATED Benefit, If Any, Inured to Democrats Whose Nominees Were Indorsed, ftw Surprises In Uecent State Election. SEATTLE. Nov. 10. (Special.) Labor candidates for the Legislature, nominated on the Democratic ticket, did not run with the rest of their party nominees. If there was any advantage gained by the fusion of the Democrats with the Workingmen's League, it all went to the Democrats. It does not show from the returns that fu sion brought any new votes to the labor nominee, for none of them was even close enough to make the race interesting to the Republican candidates. It Is questionable whether the labor leaders were able to whip into line much of their vote. They collected all the out ward signs of Interest, forced an indorse ment of the political fight from the Cen tral Labor Union and collected J 100 as an expression of good will, and tilled the hall in the Labor Temple with union voters twice a week when the Democratic spell binders held forth. But the returns do not indicate very clearly that the union men took orders from the political bosses. They seem to have voted Independently and along party lines. Seven labor candidates for the lower House were beaten by pluralities that ran from 150 to 600 behind Democratic 'nom inees for the Legislature. Wilkin, running in the Forty-seventh district, fell 160 be hind William Plgott, Democratic candi date for Senator In the corresponding dis trict Kohler, for the House, ran 164 be hind Wilmon Tucker, Democratic candi date for State Senator. Thomson and Morgan were 600 votes behind F A. Mc Donald. Democratic candidate for State Senator in the Thirty-second district. Dal by and Pohle, House candidates, were beaten 350 votes worse than George Comp ton, candidate for the Senate In the Thirty-fifth district, and Neal Boyle, the only labor nominee in the Thirty-sixth district, was the only Legislative candidate on the Democratic ticket to be beaten. All this may indicate the fusion with the union voters Is a good thing for the Democracy, even though it does not bring votes enough to win. But there is no ap parent advantage to tho union men. It may be that the labor union yoters repu diated the deal their leaders made, or it may be that politics is not for united la bor. From a reading of the state returns the latter conclusion seems well founded. It was claimed up to the time the re turns came in that the Workingmen's League had an effective alliance with the farmers' granges of the state. That was the programme that Samuel Gompers out lined for the labor leaders, and they claimed that it had been made effective in this state. If any such alliance actually existed it ought to have shown in the returns on Congressional nominees. As a matter of fact Jones ran ahead of his ticket in the farming districts, and it was against Con gressman Jones that the labor light was waged. William Blackman, the only real ! labor union candidate on the state ticket, will probably run behind P. S. Byrne, of Spokane, when the the detailed figures are all completed. After all, there were comparatively few surprises In the state election. The Dem ocratic tight in Pacific County was more effective than had been expected, and Clallam's election of David Govan was un expected. That the Bishop Independent fight in Jefferson might elect two inde pendent candidates for the Lower House, was anticipated, and William Shultz' de feat of John 9. MeMillln's regular Repub lican ticket in San Juan had been fore casted. Benton County's hopeless muddle that grows out of the county seat strug gle, was expected to elect a Democratic Representative, and Will Graves had been figured stronger In Spokane than B. D. Sanders. George U. Piper's victory in King Coun ty, though anticipated by close political observers, was one of the most interesting results of the election. Piper had work ing for him one of t..e best and most cheerful organizations perfected during the campaign. In every precinct of his district the Republican organization took up his light as its own. Especially in the Fourth Ward was this true where the young Republican cemented together an organization that had an absolute check on every voter in the ward, and which brought out a strength that astounded the men who led the fight against Piper. But for the fact that John H. McGraw, N. H. Latimer. Sam Crawford and half , a dozen others had personal grievances to settle. Piper would not have encountered a serious fight this ye-r. James T. Law ler. the Democratic candidate nominated against Piper, lived at the Lincoln Hotel, in another district, up to the' time of his nomination, and barely moved in time to qualify as a Fourth Ward voter. He is a young attorney, without legislative ex perience and no extraordinary ability. But McGraw and his coterie of followers supported Lawler because they hated Piper. Iatimer had absolutely no personal grounds for his fight, and one has to go to Oregon to find a reason for his opposi tion. Jja timer Is the local manager for Ladd & Tilton's Bank Dexter, Horton & Co. It doesn't require farsightedness to appreciate that Piper In the Senate had a harsh sounding for Ladd & Tllton In terests, nor does it require much specu lation to nd a reason for Latimer's sud den interest in the Lawler-piper cam paign. Latimer, by the way, is one of a group of property-owners close to the Great Northern, who has resisted the I nlon Pacii.c's entrance to Seattle, and Piper circulated one of the petitions ask ing that the road be given a franchise. McGraw's memory Is pretty good, and lie would probably have no difficulty In recalling that It was George Piper, as a newspaper correspondent, who turned up the scandal In the State Board of Land Commissioners while McGraw was Gov ernor. That same work was responsible for a smoldering enmity of a local news paper editor who was a member of that board, and who bitterly denounced Piper during tho past campaign. Moreover Mc Graw has been "cut" in local politics for several years, and Piper has been prom inent. McGraw is jealous and did not have much trouble In determining to fight. Four years ago McGraw was In Piper's district, and he fought his election to the Senate then. He had moved out since, but he came back downtown to make a personal matter of the anti-Piper rgnt. Ail four of the local newspapers were either opposed to Piper or did not give him any help. The party organ opposed him for factional reasons. One small aft ernoon paper attempted persistently to prove he had padded the registration rolls and vindictively opposed his election. An other afternoon paper opposed him edi torially, but ignored the tight In a news way. A fourth was noncommittal, and the weeklies, as a rule,' shouted for Law ler. The anti-Piper organization attempted to interest certain big corporations In the right aealnst Piper, but failed. McGraw personally asked certain corporations to take up the fight, for he prefers to stand around and receive the congratulations rather than undertake the actual work of a political fight. It wa a serious blow to the MeGraw Latlmer newspaper fight when it was dis covered that the corporations that fought Piper four years earlier, either preferred his election or refused to take any part In the fight. Efforts were made to enlist Senator Piles' support and Lawler put out a circular letter declaring he would sup port Plies and enter a Republican caucus if need be to help him. But Senator Piles used his personal influence for Piper. It took a long time for some of the antl Piper Republicans to understand that if any money was to be put into the fight they would have to raise It themselves; that the corporations wouldn't help. When that realization did come, they attempted to procrastinate. It has been declared, and Is not yet denied, that these Republi cans of eminent respectability offered to trade the exclusive dance hall privileges to the Clancys If they would undertake to carry the three First Ward precincts against Piper. The Clancys wanted May or Moore's approval to that scheme, and It has been publicly declared and remains uncontradicted that efforts were made to obtain the Mayor's consent. He refused to give It, or In any event would not per mit anything lyond a month-to-month agreement to go out. As a result, that deal fell through. The desperateness of the fight against Piper is indicated by the fact that the men who wanted to trade oft a dance hall privilege for anti-Piper votes are prominent in social and business circles. ' Lawler himself had no money to make a fight, but money was provided by the anti-Piper Republicans, headed by Mc Graw and Latimer, that enabled a com plete and systematic canvass to be made of the entire district. Three distinct polls were made and a conservative esti mate of the cost of the work would put the price paid for a precinct poll at $100. There are nine precincts in the district, most of them polled three times. It Is unquestionably true, too, that the anti Piper organization lacking acumen in dealing with First Ward leaders, wasted money in that part of town. One ward heeler working against Piper openly boasted that he was paid $20 a day for his services, and most of the others In the fight were on a salary- To win against these odds Piper only had the organization of the young Re publicans, who had given him his nomi nation, and who took the fight on their candidate as a personal matter. The younger Republicans organized down to small subdivisions of precincts, and they knew to a man how the vote stood. That they got out a majority of nearly 200 for Piper shows' how thoroughly they worked. Scarcely any one of the younger workers drew a cent of expense money, and the entire Piper fight was conducted on an outlay of less than 10 per cent of the amount spent against him. All but one of the Fourth Ward pre cincts were carried by the young Re publicans' organization. The First Pre cinct of the First Ward was carried prin cipally through the work of William Holt who had fought Piper four years earlier. James Weir, one of the Repub lican nominees for the House, lives in that precinct, but Holt's activities were greater than Weir's. Kiiey MCCoy, a groceryman and Republican leader in the Second Precinct of the First Ward, held that Democratic stronghold down to a plurality of two against Piper. Frank Clancy gave him a majority in the Fourth Precinct. Throuchout the campaign, strong pres sure was brought on the Mayor and Police Chief to prevent their yielding to a demand that the police be turned to work to forec the First Ward to support Lawler. The night before the election word went down that the police wanted Lawler elected. The First Ward hesi tated, then ignored the police order. It turned its back on offers of money to beat Piper, and First Ward leaders let their voters support the straight Repub lican ticket. OFFICES STILI IX DOUBT. Returns From Remote Washington Precincts Not Yet Received. SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) A. W. Anderson. Republican candidate for State Senator from Ste vens County, may yet be beaten. Be lated returns have put J. G. Kulzer, Democrat, 12 votes ahead of Anderson, and four small precincts are yet to be heard from. They ought to pull An derson through, but there Is no pos sible means of getting immediate re ports from them. There Is no tele phone communication. The steamer that affords communication has grounded in the Pend d'Orellle River, and the delay is causing a great deal of anxiety. Besides doubt as to the election of Anderson, the returns now in show the Democrats have elected Miss Hard School Supernitendent, Graham Sher iff, Rochford County Attorney and Beggs County Commissioner. These results may be upset, or the Republi cans may lose when the belated pre cincts are heard from. Republican State Headquarters was notified today that the unofficial re turns from Lewis County show George McCoy, of Napavlne. and J. G. Startup to be tied for State Representative from Lewis County. The official can vass may correct errors and show an election. The Republicans elected the two other Representatives. State headquarters was closed today by the Republican State Committee, and Secretary J. Will Lysons will go to Olympia Monday. He will then take up his work as Secretary of the State Railroad Commission, to which posi tion he was elected after the campaign started. , ONE YEAR ENOUGH FOR RILEY Portland Man Soon Finds Bonds of Matrimony Galling. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) Objecting to being called vile names and to being compelled to cook his own meals, William J. Riley, of Portland, today filed suit for a divorce from Mary C. Riley, whom he married at Portland last year. In addition to this unkind treatment, Riley complains that the defendant frequently threat ened to commit suicide, causing him great mental worry and serving to ag gravate a nervous aliment from which he suffers and from which he doubts he can be cured except to be freed from the disturbing presence of his wife. Riley alleges that during the year of their married life he trans ferred to Mrs. Riley a one-third in terest in all of his real and personal property, the wife's Interest amount ing to about $8000. Maggie Hall, In another divorce pro ceeding, accuses Harry Hall, to whom she was married in Multnomah County in June, 1894, with grossly mistreating her. Hall is accused of having fre quently and violently choked the plain tiff. Circuit Judge McBride today granted three divorces, as follows: Charles W. Goode vs. Lillie M. Goode; Frank Man ning vs. Marcella A. Manning; Catherine M. Taylor vs. Thomas M. Taylor. Falls Into Honest Hands. OREGON CITY. Or., Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) Peter Wilson, a prosperous farmer residing at Logan, this county, last evening lost a pocketbook contain ing $860 in cash and checks on Main street, and was amazed when the purse was restored to him half an hour later with the contents undisturbed. The pocketbook was found by W. A, Lynd, of Willamette, who discovered from one of the checks that the purse be longed to Wilson, who was overtaken shortly after he had started for his home. Ignorant of the loss - of his money. luibiwHj JL YOUR COAT, Monday-Tuesday Spedals Regular $22.50 Coats A fine all-wool 50-inch-Iong loose fitting garment, Monday and Tuesday Regular $20.00 Cravenetted allwool strictly tail ored Coats, in ten different pat terns, Monday and Tuesday $11.75 Regular $7.50 Coats Monday and Tuesday: 4.00 From the Largest Stock on the Coast FUR SPECIALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY The J. f;l. Meson Co. 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S40.00 FURS ABSOLUTELY FREE November 16 to 17 every tenth person purchasing a fur will have their money refunded to them, whether it be one dollar or fifty. By saying every tenth person we mean the tenth person from number determined from the last number of the figures of the bank clearings of Monday, November 19. Tor instance, say the bank clearings for that day were $1,202,000.46. Six would be the first lucky one, sixteen the second, and so on. Don't forget the dates, November 16 and 17. You may be touched by old Dame Fortune's wand. The lucky ones will be announced in Tuesday's papers. Come to our store and we will refund you every cent you paid for the fur you got, though it be fifty dollars. WE CARRY THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF SKIRTS IN THE CITY For Monday and Tuesday Special: $10.00 Skirts, $4.25; $20 Skirts, $12.75; $30 Skirts, $18.75. Monday-Tuesday Specials Regular $20.00 Suit About 35 of them ; good material and stylish; Monday and Tuesday Regular $40.00 Suit Monday and Tuesday: .. 73 TOOK N0TICE to out-of-town LUUll merchants. We are pre pared to furnish you with coats, suits and skirts at New York prices. TLcLM.o.A(J.ESON CL Wholesale and Retail. 131 Fifth St., Between Washington and Alder I ffV Lest Tou Forget We are LUUll tlle only firm in Portland v v equipped for manufactur ing Ladles' Coats and Suits. We have expert factory employes, and garments purchased In our store will be handled expertly and with dispatch and absolute reliability. MILLS WILL CLOSE Washington Shingle Manufac turers in Harmony. SHUT DOWN FOR 60 DAYS Seattle Mass Meeting Represents 250 Plants of State Will Ask Ore gon's Co-operation Present Prices Highest Ever Known. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) ; Shingle manufacturers at a mass meeting here tonight, in which 250 mills were represented, agreed to close December 15 a-nd remain closed until February 18 to curtail the Win ter output and prevent demoralization of the market. President Dan W. Bass will leave here tomorrow for Portland to attend a meeting of the Oregon shingle manufacturers Monday, and urge them to join the Washington movement. Efforts have already been made to . bring the British Columbia mills into the agreement. Combination mills agreed tonight to close the shingle side of their plants for the first half of the shutdown per iod and possibly to extend the curtail ment of their output throughout the time. Each mill represented at the mass meeting obligated itself to pay a pro portionate snare of a $100,000 fund to carry on a fight against the Hill lines before the Interstate Commerce Com mission to prove discrimination in the distribution of cars. The mill men will fight for the principle that the railroads must furnish enough equipment to handle the business offered by ship pers. A 9,000,000 order snapped up by a wholesale firm tonight definitely fixed the price of clears at $2.25, the highest permanent figure ever quoted. An of fer was made by a group of whole salers to take all shingles now on hand .on the basis of Jl.SQ for stars and J2.25 for clears if the mills would close December 15, but it was rejected. Thousands of men will be thrown out of employment during the shutdown of 65 ,days, but inasmuch as the mill hands have been working steadily at high wages ever since the settlement of the late strike and will have a month ii which to prepare for the lay off. It is not expected that there will be much complaint from them. Thompson, I do not feel that I would be justified in appointing him guardian until It has been demonstrated that the charges are false. I also feel that I shall be held responsible for the appointment of a responsible guardian for the Indian children.' FUGITIVE MURDERERS CAUGHT Harry Shisseler, Wanted at Stites, Idaho, in Jail In Nevada. BOISE. Idaho, Nov. 10. (Special.) Sheriff Green is here to secure extradi tion papers for Harry Shlssler, who has been captured at Reno, Nev. Some months ago Shlssler killed George Williams, a saloonkeeper at Stites. in Idaho County. The killing was the re sult of a quarrel in which both men were shooting, but Shlssler was held to be the aggressor. He was con victed and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. While he was being held in the Coun ty Jail at Grangeville, pending appeal, he escaped. A reward of $250 was of fered for him, and a few days ago he was apprehended in the Nevada town. REFUGEES DESIST EVICTION CLING TO RAMSHACKLE HOMES IX CITY PARKS. Inspect the Indian School. CHEMAWA, Or.. Nov. 10. (Special.) The Evangelical Sunday school of Salem celebrated its annual raJlv day this year by coming to the Indian ! Training School at Chemawa yesterday afternoon 130 strong. j The various departments of the ' school were visited by the party and although Saturday afternoon is usually a half holiday at Chemawa. on this occasion the industrial departments were kept open for an hour in order that the visitors might have the oppor tunity of seeing the Indian boys and girls while under Industrial instruction. Oroflno Is Scorched Again. LEWISTON. Idaho. Nov. 10. (Special.) Oroflno, in this county, which was prac tically wiped out by a $100,000 fire six weeks ago, was visited by another fire this evening which destroyed the White Front furniture store and the Reynolds Hotel; loss $4000, with $1050 Insurance. A bucket ' brigade saved the adjoining structures of the White Pine Trading Company and the Oroflno Mercantile Company. COUNTY JUDGE TAKES HAND Refuses to Appoint W. Ii. Thompson Guardian for Indian Heirs. PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) One of the most important developments yet made in the conduct of the reserva tion affairs came yesterday when County Judge Gilliland refused to appoint W. L. Thompson guardian of two minor Indian heirs, and said he would hold up further appointments pending an Investigation of the charges made against Thompson. Thompson has been designated by the De partment of Indian Affairs as the offi cial guardian of all minor Indian heirs on the reservation, and this refusal of the County Judge to make the appoint ment would indicate a clash' between the County and Federal officers. In an interview Gilliland says: "In the face of the charges made against Mr. Screams Jt'rlghteii Burglars. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.) Two men, masked and armed with revolvers, pushed open the front door of the residence of Richard Ekel mans, on North Eighth street, about 12 o'clock last night. Two young ladies, members of the family, were in the room and screamed for help when the burglars entered. The intruders turned ajid fled. Landslides Destroy Track. HOQUIAM. Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.) Two landslides occurred this morning be low the city, carrying 150 feet of track into the bay and tearing out the trestle work along Breckenridge Bluff. Rock and dirt and large trees now block the track, and 75 men are working to clear the slide away. Convention of Game Wardens. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.) A convention of the County Game Wardens of the state Is announced to be held here November 20. Many sub jects of interest to sportsmen will be dis cussed, and an attempt made to frame additional legislation for the preservation of game. Arreste'd on Fugitive Warrant. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) Harry Hall, a young man 19 years of age, was arrested by Sheriff Pomeroy at War renton this afternoon on a warrant from Denver, Colo., charging him with crimi nal assault. Hall will be held here until the arrival of the Denver officer. Little Army of Homeless Fire Suf ferers Lays Grievances Before Su pervisors in San Francisco. SAN F1U OISCO. Nov. 10. (Special.) Mrs. Mary Kelly, the indomitable leauer of the Lnited Refugees, headed a small army of her people in an invasion on the Supervisors this morning. Grievances were recited and condemnation heaped on the Relief Commission. A special ses sion of the board had been called to hear the protest against eviction from the va rious parks and public squares and the collection of rent for the refugee cot tages. As an outcome of the gathering, the Supervisors rested the problem in the hands of the Relief Commission and Park Commissioners upon the contention that it was beyond the jurisdiction of the city fathers to dispose of the matter. Albert Udell, a fiery little man from the ranks of the refugees, was selected to voice the sentiment of the refugees against the relief officials. Such terms as fiasco" and "extortionists" were ap plied to that corporation. Mr. Udell held the attention of the Supervisors until the word "graft" was embodied in his speech. Here Supervisor Wilson interposed an ob jection, and Acting Mayor Gallagher in structed Mr. Udell to confine himself wholly to the question of relief. Today's action came as a result of the Relief Commission's declaration that ref ugees without cottages would be ejected from the down-town parks and sent to more isolated parts of the city. As a preliminary move to carry out this plan, Mrs. Mary Kelly's flimsy abode in Jeffer son Square was torn down over her head. The woman remained until the last board had been razed and against this attempt to suupress her immediately rebuilt In the park. Everything possible is being done for an equitable distribution of the relief funds, and the corporation's representa tive said that money was being laid aside to meet the future emergencies. 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