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PORTLAND, OKEGOS,
SUK
NDAY MOKMG, AWVARI 0, IDOL
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
cur of n
Ml
IY YETflL 5AfE
No Evidence Found to
Prove She's Wrecked.
IS DUE AT MAIftTLATi TODAY
Owners Still Confident She
weatnered ttie Gale.
LIFE RAFTS PICKED UP
I
Xfiejr Wonld He Mrst Kqufpment lo
Be W ashed Overboard Revenue '
' Cii t4?r McCuIIough Hnrrles to
scene or Reported Disaster.
REPORT VKCONFIRMED.
bant a CRCZ, Cal., Jan. 5.
Kothlng has yft bean received hro
confirming the rnport that th
tAmer city or Panama haa been
wrecked ntr Pigeon point.
This afternoon a number of offi
cials or tho Portland Crm'Tit Com
pany of St. Vincent ascended tho
mountains in tho neighborhood ot
their plant, which In located ten
mile irautli or WaddIl Oi-oele and
narched tha horl ion with -a pair of
heavy fleia gWSM(
fruitless and thoy scout tho idea
that thw City of Pnnm or any
other vessel Is aground off Pigeon
Foint, claiming that there a no
roeka in those waters except in the
Immediate vicinity of - th llfrtit-
house, which are easily distinguished
from tho teach.
san francisco, jan. 6. No ruther
IlftWS h03 as yet been received here bear-
InK on the fate of the Pacific Mall liner
Panama, which sailed from here on Mon-
nay last lor southern ports. According
to Ihe telephone) nicsSage 'received in thla
c1 ty tr-om pascadero, two llf-boat ca.me
ashore at Warden Beach, 16 miles south
Ot PfcSCadtro, yesterday morning (Jan-
uary 4) at T o'clock. There were on the
rafta oars, boathooko, a barrel of water
na a box of cracKers.' Later In the day
two more rafts came ashore two and &
half miles below Waddell Beach, similar
ly equipped, while off shore a large quan-
tlty of wreckage was seen floating. Both
of these rafta, it Is said, were marked
Oft)' of Panama.
The life rafts were Inspected this after.
noon by a representative of the Pacific
Ala. 11 Steamship Company and identified
as belonging to -the City of Panama.. The
finding of the rafts with casks of water
and crackers last night caused consider
able apprehension here that the City of
Panama had foundered at sea, and during
the day conflicting reports were received
that a steamer could be seen on the rocks
near Pigeon point. All day long people
from Santa Cruz and newspaper men
from this city have scanned the sea In
that vicinity with the aid of strong
glasses,
Xo feigns of Derelict.
Late thla evening
report was received
that the lighthouse Keeper 9& Figeoil
Point stated that there Is no steamer on
the rocks In that vicinity, in fact that
there are no rocks where the vessel was
reported to have been seen.
The theory Is Raining- ground that the
..flfa rafts were washed overboard by a
high sea. Thla lb strengthened ty tfig
fact tliat It is known that the steamer err-
countered strong- arales and heavy seoa
after leaving this port last Monday af-
temoon. The ute raits, winch are carried
on the hurricane deck, had been un lashed
ivhlle In port for Innpoctlon by the Gov
ernment officials- before the steamer's de-
parture. ' It is resumed that they had
not boon relashed to the deck when the
vessel sailed, and when boarded by seas
several hours atter turning south froni
the Golden Gate the rafts were easily
carried away.
Law Requires FrovSslonb.
As to the presence of water and some
provisions on the rafta. it is explained
that the law requires that rafts and life-
loats on steamers must always have
Tonrhln' en an' A tperthi I n' to
- - Basket.
I " ' ' ' 1 ' tlltntttlt! t4t t t ttittinmttumtuMitu,,.,,
these aboard in order to be ready for in
stant launching. At the offices of the pa
cific Mau no fearg are entertained lor
tuft safety of the liner.
Santa - Crux dispatches received late
tonight from newspaper correspondents
who have made the trip along all the
beaches are to the effect that of the four
rafts swept In from the steamer City
or Panama upon Waddell Beach, not
one had been prepared for launching.
The oars and " hooks were found inside
them In place as when resting on the
hurricane flccK. Everything goes to show
that the boats were washed overboard
and that the steamer is safe. Three
cases of biscuits and a water keg came
Ashore separately and were thus usually
kept In a life-boat on the deck.
Xerriblo Battle Wltb Storm.
The City of Panama must have had a
terrible struggle with the elements, but
small justification is given for fears of
disaster, it the machinery held together.
Enator J W. Bailer. lffsted at
Democratic FrlmarlPa tn Chief
County o( Texas,
as is probably 'tit- steamer Mould have
weathered the gale.'
Ligrhtkeepcrs along: the coast do not be
lieved: there, has . been a, wreck. They
heard no distress signals. However. Ed-
ward" Frey, who lives at Lobitos. six
miles south of Half Moon Bay. said to
day that he heard a steamer's Xog whistle
Monday night, although there was no
fog1. His testimony Is corroborated by
half a dozen reputable citizens of the
Ticinity.
Peter Clark wan the man who found
tho life rafts at Waddell's Beach yester
day. He found them on the rocks Thurs
day morning. He said: "The oara and
the hooks ' were' on the inside. No one
tried to ride on the raf.ta. I found
the keg of water farther down tho fcWCtl
and a can of hardtack farther on."
" The two other rafts were found by
John P. Swinford. The oars had never
teen removed Irom them. ,
The rafts came ashore iiist as they
were when the waves washed them over
board," declared Swinford.
R, P. Schwerin, general manager of the
company, believes - that the rafts were
washed overboard during the gale raging;
at the time the steamer sailed, and etat-
ed that he expected to hear of her ar
rival at Mazatlan tomorrow or Monday.
Mr. Schwerin pointed out that the cap-
tain ot the Standard" Oil steamer Haver-
ick . -reported that he exchanged New
Year'i greetlnss . with the City of Pan
ama on January 1, 50 miles SOUth Of
where the rafts were found. The City of
Panama signalled that all was well on
board.
It is known that the steamer upon lcav-
Ing: here - onMonday in the' teeth of a
northwest sale had some trouble - on the
bar, as she was stopped there f OT a time
before proceeding, on her .way south.
Captain s Splendid Mariner.
The city or Panama,' one ot the' Old
est vessels In ..the . Pacific . Mall fleet.
was commanded by Captain A. W. Nel
son, who has the reputation of being an
excellent seaman. He was formerly in
command of the company's steamer San
Jose. Tho vessel carried besides the
captain, First Officer HUsbuTy, formerly
chief of the Manchuria, when she went
ashore on Rabbit Island noar Honolulu,
two other officers, a freight clerk and
storeKeeper with a crew ot 12 or 15 men
in the engineer's department and eight
In tho steward's department. - In the
crew numbered -06.
' There were 60. passengers on board.
FMfteen occupied the first cabin and 15
were in the steerage. The other 26 were
Chinese, Had the City of Panama con
tinued uninterruptedly on her way she
would have been due yesterday at Man
hattan. Mexico, the first port of call- The
racinc Mall boats taKe the outer C0UT58
from San Francisco down. generally
keeping outside the Santa Barbara Chan
nel island and standing- well off
(Concluded on Page 10.)
Waste
I
v A . 1 I
Jack Profit Tried to Far t7a s 'Visit Taa
Weeks This Is What Happened to Him.
5ENAT0R BRILEY
GETS HARD JOLT
Texas Voters Repudiate
"Oily" Lawmaker.
LOSES PARTY STRONGHOLD
Capital County Opposes His
Re-election Bitterly. .
HAS A HARD ROW TO HOE
Special Primary Completely Con
trolled by His Enemies and Re
sults of Vote Eipected to
Turn Tide Against Him.
ATrSTTlC. Tex.. Jan. S. Special.) A.
majority of the Democrats of Travus
county, m which the state capital Is sit
uated, today voted against the re-election
of J. W. Bailey to the United States Sen-
and Its two representatives in tbo
House were instructed accordingly. .
The special primary which was held for
the purpose of obtaining this expression
of the Iemocratlc suffragists was marked
by intense bitterness on both sides. The
various polling- places were surrounded by
active workers, both for and against Stir.
Baiiey. The county organization V85 op
posed to him almost to a man and the ma
chinery of the primary was- in their hands.
No complaint Is made, -however, of un-
fairness at the hands of the election offi-
cers by the Bailey supporters.
The flght was conducted squarely on
both sides. The vote ot all of the county
precincts is twt yet in,, but the count
shows that S-fciley has been defeated by
about JOOO votes. The effect of this prl-
mary result throughout the. State lS eX
pected to be far-reaching. Senator Baflev
and his friends were particularly anxious
to. receive - a vote of confidence at th5
hands of the Democrats of tha state
cap-
-itwl. 1 pmttularly In view of the fact that
many of tha state leadera of the narty
make their homes here, BOtlie Of. ttiePl
temporarily, and the further reason that
the most of the member of the LckIh1
ture are now here to attend the coming
8S8ion of tnat body which opens next
Tuesday.
It -w ii felt tfa&t the DemoGrati of this
county ana city were probably In closer
touch with the situation growing out of
the charges which are 'pending? against
Air. Bailey than the demands of an,v
other community in the state and that
they were, therefore, in position to vota
more intelligently on the proposition of
re-electing; ivir. Bailey to the Senate.
ALL DOCUMENTS ARE GENUINE
DavldsorVs Statement May Cause In.
Testigation of Bailey.
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5. - Attorney-
General Davidson tonigrht issued a
statement in reply to United States
Senator Bailey, in which flQ fledareS
that all vouchers, documents and let
ters that he possesses regarding the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company " case or
anyone else are originals and not
copies, and thai they are genuine doc
uments, lie says he came into posses
sion of them on November 17. 1 9 J6, and
that he had never called upon the de-
fendants to produce a. slnsrle document
The Attorney-General aays further
that all efforts to have the CaseB pOSt
pOned were made by the defendants.
and that he and his force are now and
have always been ready to sto to trial
on the merits of the case, These tli
presslons from the Attorney-General
will enter larsrely into the enTorts now
being- made on the -part of anti-Bailey
forces to force a Legislative Investlga.
tlon.
Air. Davidson intimates that he has
refrained from giving publicity to facta
in his possession until the present
time, because of the political comJJ -tions
existing f lr Texas as to pecla
primaries, called to decla ftS t0 Witti
er the candidacy of Mr. Bailey should
be Indorsed, and issued the statement
following the announcement of the re-
suit ot today's primary in this county.
An effort will probably be made to
secura an. InTeatlgatlon regardlns Mr.
Bailey's connection with the Waters-
Pierce Oil Company shortly after the
Legislature convenes next week.
LET LEGISLATURE DICTATE
Hoosler Democrats Want Solons to
Determine National Issnes.
I ND I A NAPOL-TS. Ind. . Jan. B. ( Spe
cial.) Learjlns Democrats of this state
are expressing a hope that the Demo-
cr&Mc Senators and Republicans In the
Legislature will - take some action that
will indicate the sentiment of the party
On QUCStlons that in all probability wilt
come before the National convention in
lOOS. It is urged that 60 Senators and Rep-
resentatives, coming direct' from the peo-
pie! are 'well Qualified to speak for the
party in advance or the assembling of
nominating conventions, and if they
WOllld discuss the pending Issues and
make a declaration regarding: them It
might so far towards harmony In the
coming National campaign. It Is said
in 'this connection that a majority of the
Democrats elected to the legislature are
In favor of -; making tariff reform th
leading if not the only Issue and abandon
ing the .ater. "isms" entirely, classing-
imons the latter free silver, opposition
o the jiovemment policy In the Philip-
lines, and the ownership and operation of
aJlroaels by the General Government.
Some of the Representatives from
Jf 0;thtm Indiana are especially interest-
(Concluded on I" rn.gr-
'CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
temperature, 87
drees: minimum. 33 degrees.
Bain or now ; easterly winds.
, Harriman Inquiry.
- i
Delafr In publication of dlvtdtnds due to
Harriman. pa?e 1.
Peculiar stock deal between Harrlman and
William Rockefeller. Page 1-
Receipts from Union Pacific bonds Ufd to
' hut Northern. Pacific stock. Page l.
Portland A Asiatic owned by O. K-- ; N".
Harrlraan's illness grows serious. Page 2.
; . . .'Foreign.
Pope may order French clergy to abandon
. rhurt-h to -ek redress at election
Page a,
Raisuu jeported tieaten in battle anil a fugi
tive.! Page 2.
Carnegie's bounty demoralising Scotch . stu
dents. p
Senator! If V on action en Brlgtol'g nom-
loaxid -s. .
Senator galley, of Texas, snowed under In
ftrat'iij primary flection. Page t.
Simon Ounherm- tells ' how " he will nil
Knatorlbj chftlr. Pag -Secretary
T V Is the popular choice Tor the
Prestdentiij nomination. Page 13.
Domestic.
Plllrcad strike Mmd till engineer! anJ
firemen ttl quarrel Page 4.
Northw cMteri lu m r. rm " n "prTT--H1 in mxlc
celvera tvSc- II tl 2 lines because or car
etiortttffe. yge 2
Professor Start returns from travel, through
- Congo Stata. Pag 5
tialll-van Trut Qjnpaa
tie ncvy tail in x
t r, .
upon. .
McCrndie may aandle Seattle baseball fran
chise, r-age it-
Uppv" HoKan -saya Fresno will te In the
Cout leaguenezt year. Page ST.
Coming fight beeen Gans and Brltt may
.-be colored fiphter'a last appearance In
Xing'. PageS T-
" " VpacUle Coast.
Bark Biff TfovMu may be lost oft Oregon
coast jrith tlx men aboard. Pare 14.
North Taklma experiencing: fuel famine.
Page 1 .
Steamer ctty of Panama may still be safe-
Fage A. i .
Southern Pacific making effort to oust Par
dee throe days before term ends. Page 1.
' - ' . "' . - CoouDcrcla 1 and Marine.
Hopbuyinj again under way. Page 30,
Kew low record touched in Chicago wheat
' market. Page 9.
Demand fori Harrlman stocks helped by In
vestigation. Page 38.
New York ' tanks' surplus again reduced.
Pane 89.
In 6nt
tla-up OT
Dritt tn th Willamette causes steamer Fot
ter to suspend. Page 16.
Portland aad Vicinity.
Hill and Msinman reported to have settled
difficulties in the Northwest. Page 10.
George Es'tOB describes Southern Pacific
wreck. Pas' a.
Promote- 'of Co-Operatlva Christian Feder
a tlon report enthulaatlc npport in . East
ern Oregon for projects. Page S.
Realty sales unchecked by advent of New
Tear. Pae 17.
Rival frulr sections of stats will have lively
exhibit competition at annual Board of
Horticulture meeting tula week. Page 9.
Chlneso bar rollce in spectacular fashion In
successful Second-street raid. Page lO.
Southern PnclOr trains may run on sched
ule by Tuesday. Page 24.
Irish banquet Thomas M. Kettle. Pa JO 24,
Feature and Departments.
Editorial. Page .
Church nnnouiicementa. Pave 38.
Claeaincd gdvertlsementa. Paxes 17-23.
Mr. Dooley'l letter. Page tt.
When Council Crest was Mount .Talbot.
Page 2a
Hep" Bl&ckmmn, Oregon cartoonist. Page
40.
CH,ty beautiful In America. Pag 52-
"Water from the River Jordan. Pae 4a.
Colorado' n new Senator, Simon Ouggenhelm.
Page 44.
Annie Laura Miller's letter. Page 48.
Book reviews. Page BO.
Social. Pases 3T. 29.
Dramatic. Pages 3-a, 33.
Musical. Fage,30.
Household and fashions. Page 47.
Letter from the people. Page 49.
Atlas Secniidua.
KEPT
DIVIDEND SECRET
Explanation of Boom in
Pacific Stocks.
HIS WAS THE MASTER MIND
sold stock- to Mr, Rockefeller
and Bought Back.
ROAD LOST MONEY ON DEAL
President of Gould Roads Says Har
riman Hampered Business and
Forced Extension0, R. & X.
Owns I. & A. Steamer Xjlne.
NEW TOR K. Jan. 5. Tbo Interstate
commerce commission concluded the pre-
llmlnary portion of Its inquiry Into the
Harrlman lines here today And adjourned
to meet again Tuesday morning at Chi
cago. The testimony taken today tended
further to show the great scope of the
power conferred upon President E. H.
Harrlman by the boards of directors of
the various lines under ijnlon " Pacific
control.
au the facts, of record as t th a.
laratlon of dividends last August
Union and Southern Pacific were-
out. The dividends wpr riinj
AUgUSt ht but were not announced until
two days later. It was at Mr. Harrl
xnan's suggestion that the dividends
were declared. It was alsd at his sug.
RestiOn that the announcement was de
ferred. Ho explained, that a. number, of
the directors or the companies were not
present, but he thought it nothing but
fair that they should he advised before
the matter became public property. The
executive committee? ot the Union and
Southern- Pacific wera given authority to
announce the dlvidnda at rach tlm av
they deemed proper. Mr. Harrlman was
ana m chairman of toft committees. The
committees also were authorised to
designate the funds from which the divi
dends should be paid. What these fUndS
Were COUld not be learned today, but the
Commission was promised a complete
statement.
Stock Deal With William Rockcfelt
er
From the minutes of the Oregon Short
Line executive committee . it wag dJs-
.closed that in March. 1303, Mr. Harrlman
isold to William Rockefeller 300.000 shares
of the Oregon Short Line's holdings of
Southern Pacific common BtOCK. A letter
from Mr. Rockefeller referring: to their
"asreement" as to the stock was next
placed in . evidence. Air. Rockefeller in,
.November, 1303, asked Mr. Harrlman to
take back the stock at the time instead
of waiting' for the expiration of the agree-
ment in the Spring of 1801. T16 mlnUteS
Of the Short Line showed that the stock
was bought hack from Mr. Roc kef el lor
and it was further shown that he waa
paid a commission of J187.500. Today's
witnesses knew nothing concerning the
agreement between ZhXr. Rockefeller and
Mr. Harrlman.
A subpena waa Issued for Mr. Rocke-
feller's appearance at such time as the
commission shall designate. Mr. Harrl-
man, when be Is able to testify, Will alSO
be asked regarding this agreement but
his attorneys declared that it would be
two weeks yet before he fully recovered.
from tha effects of a recent operation.
Mr. Harrlman may eventually give his
testimony in Washington, as the Commis
sion has not decided aa yet wftetlW It
will return to N'ew York to complete iu
hearing.
E. T. Jeffery, president of the Denver &
Rio Grande and affiliated lines, Including
the TVestern Pacific, was the first witness
today:
Took Business From Rio GrandC
Mr. Jeffery described the Rio Grande's
system and Its connection Xt exchanged
with the Oregon Short Line and Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Company. When
the Union Pacific too 1c ' control of tho
Southern Pacific, there was a shrinkage
m the amount or business received by J
the Rio Grande from 4he Oregon lines. '
due. no doubt." added Mr. Jeffery. "to !
fought
The rubUo "X Smell Kerosene.
the control the Union Pacific had of the
Southern Pacific"
Mr. Jeffery next described the Western
Faclnc Railroad which has a line under
construction from Salt Lake City to San
Francisco. The attention of the witness
was called to the letters between E. H.
Harrlman and George J. Gould, read yes-
terday in which Mr. Gould said he de-
termined to support the building of the
"Wee tern Paaltlc and Mr- Harrlman re
plied that he regretted the loss of Mr.
GOUld'8 advice. Mr. Jeffery said Mr.
Gould was largely interested In the Rio
Grande.
iiarriman Made Difficulties.
The witness read from a recent annual
report be had submitted to the Rio
Grande stockholders In which It was
stated that Union Pacific control of
Southern Pacific lines had resulted in
"unexpected difficulties' and "unlooked-
for impediments" in getting business
joTcrnor Gwn C Pardee of Cali
fornia, Wbom KallroadB Seek to
Oust Ahead of Time.
the Coast and therefore the
ding of a competitive line from Salt
Xalte to San Francisco had been under
taken to protect Rio Grande Interests.
"Prior to the consolidation. , were the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific com
peting lines?
Mr. Severance asked.
"within certain territory," replied the
witness.
"Within what territory?"
,A.t Chicago, for instance, the Union
Pacific WOUld compete for business to the
Coast as against the Illinois Central,
which 'sought business to be handled to
the west oy way of .New Orleans and
the Southern Pacific. Not all the business
grn-a r-rmi but there waa competi
tion at a number of points."
Mr, Jeffery waa cross-examined by
John G. Milburn. counsel for the Union
Paclflc, wnn sousrht to have Mr. Jef-
rery state that Eastern trunk, lines
Were competing just as keenly today
for California business against the
Southern Pacific steamers to New Or-
leans as they were before the Union
Pacific obtained control of the South
ern Pacific, Mi.' JefTery admitted that
there was competition, but he would
not say that It. was as keen as forr
merly. Mr. Jeffery repeated that th
Rio Grande business had been dimln-
isned fcy the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific consolidation, and declared
that because of the consolidation the
Western. Pacific was decided upon.
Almost at Millenium.
Mr. Jeffery In reply to questions said
that when Mr. . Harriman was On the
Rio Grande board, he was sure he acted
for tho best interests of the Rio
Grande and he, felt Mr. Gould acted
for the best interests of the Union Pa-
clfic when nerving on Its board.
"That is what Mr. Harrlman calls
community of Interests, is U not?"
asked Mr. Kellog?. "
"1 believe so." cald Mr. Jeffery. we
were on the road to the mJllenium
then," ne added, "but did not quite
Bet in."
"So now you are building your own
road, to it?" said Mr. Knapp amid
laughter.
" W. B. Cornish, vice-president of the
Union Pacific and of several other Har
rlman lines, was the next witness. He
WOUld Hot admit that the "four Pa-
cities" 'were under the same officials.
Kach company operates Its own ays-
tem and has different managing Qfll
clals. "But the financial statements are
consolidated?" he was asked.
Deal With Clark's Road.
"Yes.' he said.
Mr. Cornish said he did not Know who
OWned the FtOCk Of the Occidental &
Oriental Steamship Company. but
promised to find out. Hs said the Kan
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Rail"
road, at which he is director, was first
(ConcIudeJ on Fag, tt-
f I' I
throusMo
i i im
Heney quits Land-fraud CMi
Mil
PARDEE
BEFORE HIS TIME
OVG to Control Delay
ed Appointments,
RAILROAD IS BEHIND THE DEAL
Put Gillett in Monday Instead
of Wednesday as Custom.
LEGISLATURE MAY DO IT
Governor Say They Dare Xot A
It uef can Sway Balance or Power
He May Thwart the Efforts
of the cjoathern Pacific.
9AX . FRANCISCO, ' Jan.
-with tn
Stake a big batch of appointments, Gov-
ernor Pardee and Governor-elect Gillett
have crossed swords as to the date of the
retirement ot the present State Executive
and the inauguration of his successor.
Under the conditions which have always
prevailed in California, the retiring ftov
gh his term of office might
properly be construed as termlnatlngr on
tn flrst Monday in the year, has, ae $
matter of courtesy, been allowed to con
tinue in office until Wednesday. T'nder a
strict construction, therefore, Pardee's
term Will expire day after tomorrow.
That Is the day for the flrst session of
the i?Kisature, and in order to wind up
the buying of the office the retiring
Governors have always been given two
days' grace, v At too present moment.
however, an Unusually Inrga number Ot
appointments ire pending. As Gillett has
been supoprted actively by the Southern
Pacific, and as the railroad desires to
get control of all the state offices within
reach. It ha passed the word along- to
boost Pardee out -oTire- - Monda.yv
thus cutting off any desire he may hava
tO fill the existing vacancies.
Pardee "VV i 1 1 Kestst Stubborolj.
Pardee, however, is not of a disposition
tO be rushed OUt of his office. He says
he intends to hold out until Wednesday,
and he appears to have tne upper hand.
The vacancies to be tilled consist Of flVd
Superior Judgeships, a couple of Harbor
Commissioners and a score of lesser com
missioners and deputies.
Pardee, throughout his official career,
has had a habit of putting things off.
some of these commissions have been
working short handed nearly a yea,rf
through the failure of Pardee to mak
the necessary appointments. Ha now has
but a day or two to nil these places, and.
if the Southern Pacific can give him tha
rush he will lose the fat patronage which,
he has postponed to this late date.
Ginett is m San Francisco and says
that he will be guided solely by tha
Legislature. It Is the Legislature through
which the Southern Pucltlc emissaries
are working. If the Legislature on Mon-
day sends a committee to Gillett to In
form him that tie is Governor. It will be
an off with Pardee. Fardee -aye, hOW-
GVGr, that the Legislature dare not tak
such action. ,
Kuef Losing Ills Grip,
When the Legislature organizes on Mon
day It will contain a big
Southern Pacific delegates, a
crowd oC
colony and,
independents and 16 Ruefites. Hod not
the Independents Interfered. Ruef would.
have controlled the Leglalature. -- Witri
his 16, he can only play the game of see
SaW, by holding the balance of power be-
tween Southern Pacific and the Inde
pendents.
it is doubtful if he can even do this.
The Assembly will elect Beardslee, oi
Stockton. Speaker and will then orran
Ize its committees. Then Ruef will have
little to say, Formerly he could swlnaf
a big delegation of country solona. but
the taint of Indictment has driven the
rural legislators from him.
There is a. persistent story that tu
Southern Pacific has promised full sup
port to Ma.yor Schmlts in his present
trial ir he win throw Ruef overboard.
For this reason it ts stated Ruef will at
tempt to punish the railroad In the State)
Legislature.
CommkionrT Sherlock Lane Makes a Mo-
mentons Discovery-