THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 2, 1908.
MERGER
PTIT1
HEARD BY COURT
Judge Gantenbein Takes Bank
Reorganization Scheme
Under Advisement. '
WILL DECIDE THIS WEEK
Lawyers Kepresentiiig Creditors and
Others Interested Explain the
Plan Xo Objections Urged on
Behalf of the Depositors.
Before Judge Gantenbein in the Cir
cuit Court yesterday afternoon, the men
who are working to reorganize and
merge the defunct Oregon Trust with
the German-American Bank, presented
their case to the court. Judge Ganten
bein rendered no decMon on the peti
tion to authorize the merger, but an
nounced he would consider the matter
carefully and decide it early this week.
No objections were urged to the pe
tition by anyone present, though
Charles Schnabel asked for information
on a number of poijits. and Indicated
certain amendments to the petition that
he favored as the attorney for a num
ber of depositors. These criticisms Of
the petition could hardly have been
classed as objections; and Mr. Schnabel
epparcntly did not desire to appear as
an objector to the plan. The point!
ho desired cleared up were explained
to him to his apparent satisf action.. .
Joseph Simon appeared as counsel for
Receiver TV' C "Devlin and '.explained
the merger plan fully. W. E. Thomas
appeared as attorney for the German
American Bank. A. E. Reames, who
Is interested in the outcome as attor
ney for certain creditors of the defunct
bank, also attended the session, as did
W. H. Moore, president of the Oregon
Trust Bank; S. G. Reed, president of
Ihe new German-American Bank; Pres
ident Day and Secretary Richmond of
the Depositors' Association, and a large
number of depositors and others di
rectly interested in the outcome.
Mr. Simon spoke briefly in support
of the petition, answering questions
nd pointing out how the merger will
be brought about.
Mr. Simon's Statement.
"We cannot ask the German-Amerl-ran
Bank to pay off the $2,000,000 of
liabilities of the Oregon Trust at once,
but the German-American Bank does
expect to pay off within two years,"
said he. "That Is as far as we can
iro and this is the best contract we
:an secure from the German-American.
5'o my mind this i a vry proper and
beneficial contract for the depositors
of the Oregon Trust. I understand the
3erman-American Bank contemplates
the payment of small 'depositors at
once. The merged bank will be a go
ing institution and the management ex
pects to conduct a profitable and proper
business; unless it does so and con
ducts the institution as it should be
conducted, and according to the agree
ment, the business will not be profit
able. "I never at any time have had any di
rect promise as to an indemnity bond
being given by tho German-American
Bank," continued Mr. Simon, in answer
to a question from Judge Gantenbein,
"but It is represented that the German-
Mr A.E Reames
American Bank is a going concern, with
responsible men behind it. It has been
found upon investigation that It is im
practicable to give a surety or indemnity
bond as an institution."
Mr. Simon pointed out that with che
provision made that Receiver Devlin
shall remain in .that position for the next
two years, the same result is accom
plished, for the receiver hoids all the
ansets of the bank until they are liqui
dated for the benefit of the bank's credi
tors. As receiver," Mr. Devlin will guard
the assets of the Oregon Trust and see
that they are used for the benefit of de
positors." Protected by Receiver.
"Receiver Devlin is still an oi..cer of
this court," said W. E. Thomas, "and
as such Is under bond to carry out the
liquidation, and in this way the deposit
ors are as fully secured a could Xe ex
pected under the conditions."
Attorney Schnabel referred to 'the
illi,,! v ft ! -'"f " j . ' -it I',':- :
- sN l in ,-t&wt j., - S z i V '!;
t : V:' - ' 4t
j 25,000 on hand in the' Oregon Trust at
present. "It seems to me," he said,
. "that . this money could be paid out at
once to needy depositors. Many of these
need their money now, and a certain
part of them could be satisfied -from the
funds now ready for disbursement.
"I suppose the German-American Bank
sees a profit in this transaction, as is
proper enough. It is a matter of busi
ness with that institution, and not one
of sentiment. So far as I know, there
have been only two Instances wnere Re-,
celver Devlin, . during . the . past Ave
months, or since he has been receiver of
the bank, has made forced collections of
outstanding accounts I understand that
the' balance of the money collected has
been received from people who have come
to the bank and met their obligations
voluntarily. ,
Attorney Thomas said there was every
reapon in the world why the money now
held by the receiver of the Oregon Trust
should be paid out as soon as possible by
the German-American Bank to the credi
tors of the former institution, for the
German-American Bank could not, by
the terms of the petition, use the money
for Its own purposes, but must apply it
upon liquidation' of the closed bank's
debti.;
States Creditors' Position,
f George Jabour. one of the large credi
tors ' of ' the ' Oregon Trust, asked the
court's permission to speak, and ex
pressed, his warm approval of the mer
ger, urging that it be given the sanction
of the court.
"We ought to be 'more than pleased
with this proposition," he. declared. "It
is the only salvation . I can see. I will
be satisfied if I can get my money within
two years, and I do not care for interest.
fir : ' --.M
JPAZSL C. 3ATJES . Xf3 JHASSAL O STET
I will" be 'corifehf With the principal. I
have talked with a number of depositors
and they have all expressed a like senti
ment. All wore in favor of the merger
plan."
"The court has not ' permitted itself
heretofore to express . either approval or
disapproval of the pe..tion now before
It," said Judge Gantenbein. "I will tale
the matter under advisement and decide
It as soon as possible. I expect to ren
der a decision upon it early In the week."
During the hearing. Attorney Simon
explained that depositors who have
signed for the telephone bonds, with
which the defunct bank was bverloaded.
will be paid interest on these securities
commencing February 15. This will give
depositors who have signed for 'bonds
three months' interest when the quarter
ly payments are made next Spring. This
was considered satisfactory by depositors
who attended the hearing.
Judge Gantenbein's court has rendered
an opinion that the Board of Trade
building, which" was an asset of the Ore
gon Trust, but was purchased by J. M.
Healy and Gay Lombard shortly after
the bank failed, is now the property of
the two purchasers. This does not prer
elude an attack on their title to the
building by the new bank, and it Is likely
that after the merger is accomplished,
steps will be taken to s'et aside the sale.
The sale was regular enough, but the
money paid Is said not to represent any
where near the value of the. building.
Accepted Small Fraction.
The bank had Invested approximately
$97,735 in the structure when it was
forced to suspend. J. M. Healy and Gay
Lombard made an offer of $40,000, which
was accepted. The terms of this offer
were $5000 down, $5000 in six months, and
the remaining $30,000 in two years.
Those behind the merger contend that
these terms are too easy and were equiv
alent to giving the property away at a
fraction of its value. At the time the
court was asked to approve the sale by
Receiver Devlin, it did so. and having
done it, can hardly take the position that
the Bale was not for the best Interests
of the creditors of the closed bank. But
the sale means a loss of $58,000 to the
bank, and it is possible that the pur
chasers may be reimbursed for their ex
penditures on the building, they having
carried forward construction for the past
month, and thereby be induced to deed
back the building.
NIHILIST GIRL A SUICIDE
Shoots Herself Because She Cannot
Become Assassin.
PARIS. Jan. 25. (Special.) Known as
Catherine Mille, but really called Leny,
a beautiful girl, daughter of a wealthy
manufacturer in Cracow, Bhot herself in
Paris the other day in despair at being
refused permission by the Polish revo
lutionary committee to carry out a se
cret assassination. Hunted by Russian
police, she escaped to Paris some time
ago and took lodgings in the Boulevard
Port Royale. i
She received $250 a month from her
parents, but spent it entirely on fellow
Russians In Paris. She was still shad
owed by Russian police agents, and let
ters found In her possession showed that
she was a confirmed Nihilist.
Blanchet Alumni to Organize.
. Students of the old St. Michael's Col
lege, now Blanchet Institute, will meet
at the school this afternoon at 3 o'clock
to take the preliminary steps to form an
alumni association. Graduates are in
terested in the movement, and there will
be a large attendance this afternoon. The
school numbers many graduates through
out the city, and there has been a strong
sentiment for an alumni association for
some time. The following graduates of
the college constitute a committee to
manage the movement for an alumni as
sociation: Dr.- James C. Zan, M. Bren
nan. Dr. William A. Trimble. F. J. Sin-
"i.noit end'" Joseph O'Connor. .
WANTS STATE AID
FOR PORT WORK
Dalles Man Says Portland
. Should No Longer .
Act Alone.
OREGON CAN SAVE MONEY
I'. A. Seufert Advises Enlargement
of Port District and Building of
Ample Harbor Facilities to
Meet Xeeds of the Ships. "
THE DALLES. Or.. Feb. I. (To the
Editor.) The City of Portland, and the
County of Multnomah-are too small to
handle this river ' channel" problem.
What should be done is to take .the
whole state into the port district. The
state at larg stands-the expense of
handling exports and imports. .The
producer and the consumer pay for
all the extra handling and tho mar
keting. So it is to the interest of
every county to stand its. just dues to
make the Port of Portland the safest
and cheapest for shipowners.
This can only be done by state own
ership of docks and terminals. We see
already the clash of terminals in the
City of -Portland between Harrlman
and Hill interests, and the producer
ami consumer pay the expense. If the
state will take charge of tho port
work and the terminals, construct
docks and make then open to the dif
ferent lines entering the port, the state
at large will secure the benefits. Port
land must place Itself In a position to
care for a 75,000,000-bushel grain crop
in the next 10 years. If the strife be
tween railroads will block a rival road
at the foot of the hill, part of this
business will have to look for another
outlet.
Common sense among business men
is that the larger the volume of trade
at a given point, the cheaper it can
be handled. The more the friction be
tween rivals the higher the people pay
for the service rendered. So if dock
facilities can hold 300 carloads of grain
they aro too small for 60J cars, and the
303 extra cars will cost a higher rate.
The man that raises the grain is
charged with the difference.
Under a state control of the- Port
of Portland a small charge per ton
would easily pay the interest on the
bonds required to complete a system
that could be enlarged from year to
year. If left to private capital, you
will find your port, lilce the present
railroad system, 10 years behind the
times. The loss will accrue to the
shippers of the state. Car shortage
simply means 10 days consumed in a
service that ought to be performed in
four days. Small port facilities in
crease car shortage. Why have some
firms been refused cars for wheat out
of the Inland Empire? Simply because
they had no room" to unload' cars in
Portland and there were no docks
large enough to , accommodate the
traffic.
- Bis- Docks Needed.
A deeper channel to the sea is nec
essary, but when you bring in 10,000
ton vessels you must have a dock with
room, and the best appliances to load
and unload with the least delay pos
sible. 'Other older ports spent large
sums of money, and to a great extent
against the opposition of many people
who later reaped the benefit by in
creased earnings the shipping facilities
made possible. So you will have some
opposition from people who do look
only at present payments and leave
out future results. Next Fall when the
Portland & Seattle Railroad and the
O. R. & N. and Southern -Pacific pour
trains of products into Portland, will
you ba prepared any better than you
were last Fall or the Fall a year ago?
The accommodations .will have to be
furnished. . .
It is up to the Board of Trade and com
mercial bodies of this state. If we will
come together - we can provide proper
facilities and put ourselves ill position
to do for Eastern Washington and Idaho
what they cannot do for themselves. The
proper time is today and not tomorrow.
Call a convention .and let the convention
make plans on a large and better port.
I am well aware a good many people
over this state say and think Portland
asks too much. - But if they will come
together and build for themselves for the
future, the. Northwest will grow and so
will Portland.
In the matter of the Portage road,
everyone knows that while the State
Board had charge nothing was accom
plished. It took an open-river boost by
the people of the Inland Empire to build
the road. I hope the Port of Portland
will be taken up by the whole state.
While Astoria fights Portland, the pro
ducer pays. the. expense of . getting them
aboard ship. We of Eastern Oregon are
willing to build a city at the mouth of
the Willamette, second to none. But we
do not want to be asked, to pay . for. it
twice. We want to pay half and let the
people of-Portland pay the other half.
After we build it, we want our products
to pass through with as little obstruction
and expense as is practicable. We want
to call It our port, not yours. We do not
want to have it said we did not con
tribute anything toward our own up
building. . e need the help of Portland
bankers and business men, and they need
ours; and the time has come when cheap
political place-hunters should be branded
with a red-hot iron when they attempt
to make use of one part of the state
against the other, and to stand in the
way of a larger and richer Northwest.
F. A. SEUFERT.
SHEPHERD AND CONGRESS
Inquiry if He Will Represent Harrl--.
man or the People.
PORTLAND. Feb. 1. (To the Editor.)
George S. Shepherd, erstwhile sailor, Coun
cilman and at present Harriman-aMomey.
baa sbled his hat in the ring and announces
hl-.nself a candidate for Congress, on
what ta imagines to be new issues, or at
least issues which have been overlooked- by
tiie dear people. ' ''
Having been a sailor, Mr. Shepherd must
necessarily be In a better iositlon to knew
the needs of the Columbia River than Con
gressman Ellis, whose nautical experience
has been confined to the hurricane deck of
a bucking bronco.
But. then, It is Just possible that Mr.
Shepherd is joking and that he has no In
tention of making the race. He was always
a "Josher" in the City Council, as much so
as Chauncey Depew in the United States
Senate. But Chauncey is only a part of the
scenery in the . Senate, and like the two
oysters that met in the stew, one is enough.
One of the oysters said to the other:
"Wtlure -aw iwe-aii" -I'l iaa'X. know, but I
think at' a church social." said the other.
"I wonder what the devil they want with
both of us?" said the first but as Kipling
says, that's another story.
It would certainly bring the 'house down
to hear Mr. Shepherd address the Speaker
in the language of the "mast. "Avast there
y6u lubber! Stay your Jib tiir I take a ree
in my windpipe, and I'll give you a chance
to vote for a 40-foot channel from. Astoria
to Baich's Gulch." But what's the use of
speculating. Mr. Shepherd won't do it. He
emphasizes Ihe necessity for Improvement
of the Columbia River bar and that the
same is of vital. ' importance to the
Second Congressional District. Why not to
thff remainder of the state?
Mr. Shepherd says the larger the ships
entering the carrying trade, the more they
can carry, and the cheaper the rates, ' and
tho cheaper the rates, the higher price for
products. He must have Just "woke up,"
as the people of Oregon have been pounding
this into Congress for years, and there is
what is called a Rivers and Harbors Con
gress which will' have ' more Influence in
-bringing about the desired result, than the
Congressmen. By the way, would it not
show the proper spirit if Mr. Shepherd
would une his influence with his employer,
Mr. Harrlman, to make cheaper rates, so
that the high , prices for products would
prevail, and then we would not have -to
wait for Mr. Shepherd's little steam shovel.
He says "improvement of the Upper Colum
bia River would be a most effective local
rate regulation for the railroads, and trie
Panama Canal would regulate transconti
nental rates."
Where have you been for several years.
"George?" Don't you know that everybody
knows what benefit an open upper river
would be, and that the Open River Trans
portation Company succeeded In spite of
your "boss." Mr. Harrlman. in having the
Portage road built and establishing a line
of boats for the purpose of regulating the
local rates you speak of? Tou have not
said that you would use your official in
fluence to have the opening of the upper
river rushed to conclusion, for so long as
you are a servant of Harriman's you cannot
honestly serve the people. Tou can make no
capital by talking of rushing the digging
of the Panama Canal, as that is being taken
care of by men not the idols of the rail
roads I am at loss to understand that part of
Mr. Shepherd's argument which reads: "As
the laws are at present, no foreign-built
vessel can be - registered In this . country.
The result is that the Sound cities and San
Francisco are doing the coastwise trade,
because we cannot buy vessels fit for serv
ice, while the Sound ports have several fine
vessels flying the American flag." Is there
one law for Puget Sound and another for
Oregon, or is It because the Sound people
are awake to their opportunities and secure
vessels when they are to be had?
Mr. Shepherd further says: "The United
States Government has violated the law in
shipping coal for the Pacific Coast ports to
supply the fleet now en route." Now this is
really serious, and I would recommend that
Mr. Shepherd take the matter up with Mr.
Heney, who is here now, and if President
Roosevelt is responsible for this great
crime, he should be sent to Kelly's Butte.
On second thought, it might be well to
overlook this slight indiscretion an the part
of President Roosevelt, as we need the coal,
or will need it if the Japs, who have been
making blue prints of our city, should file
on the available supply of the Pacific Coast.
Mr. Shepherd is very solicitous for Multr
nomah 'County, which he says has not had a
Congressman for 2a years which is no
doubt his main reason for being a' candi
date. Multnomah County has for a number
of years had a monopoly on the "United
States Senators consequently the remainder
of the state is entitled to some recognition,
and I believe the voters of this county will
concede as much.-
No doubt the people of Oregon would like
to have a few things explained before they
vote on so important a question.
Does Mr. Shepherd desire the office for
the purpose of representing.' the people of
Oregon, or the Harrlman interests In whose
employ he has been for seme time? If the
latter. let Mr. Harrlman buy a Congressman
ready made. If he can find one for sale in
Washington, D. C, rather than have the
people of Oregon send him one, charges pre
paid.. Mr. Harrlman seems to have a fath
erly interest In securing nice Jobs for his
employes.
Again, would It not be humiliating for
Mr. Shepherd to - have to ask "Uncle Joe"
Cannon to excuse him from voting on soma
Important question between the people,
whom he represented cr misrepresented, and
the railroads, as he had to - do while a
member of the Portland City Council, owing
to hla relations with the Harrlman system?
It seerhs to me that the people have no
right to inflict such an humiliation on one
of Its desirable citizens, and it is very much
a question If they will do so when the light
strikes them not that Mr. Shepherd's ex
perience before. the mast would not fit him
to pull the political ropes, as well as his
other schooling in Incipient polities.
THOMAS M'CUSKER.
NO RIVERS AND
HARBORS BILL
Generally, Understood That
' Such Law Will Not Be ,
Passed This Session.
ALREADY FACING DEFICIT
Tendency to Economize, on Eve of
Presidential Election Likely Will
. Defeat Jleasure J?ublic Bnild---
ing Omnibus Bill Has Show.
. ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 1. It seems to be generally
understood in both branohes of Congress
that there will be no river and harbor bill
passed this session. ;, Some of the more
enthusiastic advocates of river and har
bar legislation are anxious to have Con
gress take up the plan advocated by the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress,
and make a regular appropriation of $50,
000,000 annually for the Improvement of
Internal waterways and coast harbors.
But this contention is met with the state
ment that, the river and harbor bill which
passed last session carried $80,000,000. and
about half that amount, or $40,000,000 re
mains to be spent during, the coming year.
From this it is argued that it would be
unnecessary to start the $00,000,000 project
until next session.
Congress has never passed two river
and harbor bills in successive sessions.
These bills are usually passed every sec
ond year, and only once In a single Con
gress. Congress Is very slow to change
long established customs, and at the pres
ent session, with a Presidential campaign
coming on, every effort will be made to
hold down appropriations, so that the
party, in power may no,t be unduly criti
cized by the opposition for. the extrava
gant expenditure of public money. j
Danger of a Deficit. ;
Chairman- Tawncy of the House com
mittee on appropriations." declarAs that
when the regular appropriation bills are
passed the bills which carry the money
for keeping the Government machinery in
motion there will be a deficit in the
Treasury of from $80,000,000 to $100,000,000
To pass a river and harbor bill of $50,000
600, as advocated by the members of the
Rivers, and Harbors Congress, would in
crease the deficit Just that much, and
give the Democrats so much more ground
on which -to base their -usual cry of, "ex
travagance. In the opinion of the men
in control in Congress it is wiser, from a
political standpoint, to avoid this so
called "extravagance." than to distribute
large amounts of Government money lor
the. improvement of waterways.
Appropriations Not Needed Now.
' It is. a' fact, as shown, by the annual
report of the Chief of Army Engineers,
that there is little need for immediate ap
propriations for river and harbor works,
other than the. appropriations authorized
in the. last river and harbor bill. These
will be made, asa matter Tf "course; 'itf
the sundry civil bill which is to be passed
toward the close of the session. More
over, Congress has adopted the Iron-clad
policy of making no appropriations for
rivers and harbors unless the appropria
tions are recommended by the engineers.
This being the case, and there being a
lack of recommendations on which to base
a new bill. Congress, should it appropriate
$30,000,000 this session, would have to allot
the whole amount on a few large projects
like New "York harbor, the Mississippi and
the Ohio Rivers, where very costly works
are under way. The rule would not per
mit a general distribution of the fund, for
there aro not on hand enough recommen
dations from the engineers to justify
suf-h a distribution.
The probabilities are that the $40,000,000
now on hand, or to be carried by the sun
dry civil bill, will carry on work for the
next season, and that Congress will take
up and seriously consider the annual $oO,
000,000 scheme at the short session of the
present Congress.
Omnibns Public Building Bill.
- The same reasons, or some of the rea
sons that make it improbable that a river
and harbor bill will -be passed, are urged
against the passage of an omnibus public
building bill. In recent years appropria
tions for public buildings have only been
obtained under the log-rolling system.
Individual public building bills, except for
the National Capitol, have not been al
lowed consideration in the House, and the
committee has lumped the appropriations
in one big bill, distributing the money
among all the states, each getting a slice
In accordance with Its strength In House
and Senate. The total amount carried
by omnibus public building bills has
ranged from $30,000,000 to $75,000,000, and
the Republican leaders do not want to in
crease the Treasury deficit by any such
amount at the present session.
Buildings Offset Deficit..
On the other hand, men who are willing
there shall be no river and harbor bill
this session, are demanding something for
public buildings, on the ground that It
will not do to make no appropriations
of direct interest to the respective states.
The advocates of public -building legisla
tion declare It is better politics to appro
priate millions for public buildings than
to withhold the appropriations to avoid a
deficit. While the prospects are not
bright, there is much better show for a
public building bill than for a river and
harbor bill. The former can be held
down, if necessary; a river and harbor
bill could not be confined to a . small
amount. It Is doubtful if any public
building bill carrying less than $20,000,000
to $23,000,000 'could pass both Houses, but
there is a vast difference between $25,000,
000 and the $30,000,000 that Is asked for riv
ers and harbors.
TONIC SEIZED AS '"BOOZE"
Patent Medicine Agent Placed Un
der Arrest Goods Confiscated.
TACOMA. Wash., Feb. I. (Special. )
The largest seizure of bottled goods in
the history of this city under the "blind
pig" law was made today by Assistant
County Attorney Dow and Constables
Ashby and Duly, when a warrant of ar
rest and a search-warrant were served
upon F. W. Chllds, agent for the Dr.
Lauritzen Malt Tonic Company, Minne
apolis. Minn., and 80.000 half-pint bot
tles of the malt, valued at $12,000. seized.
"We have had this tonic and gold foam
under investigation for the past six
weeks," said the Assistant County Attor
ney, "and find that the malt tonic con
tains from 6 per cent to 8 jier cent of
alcohol, and the gold foam about 6 per
cent."
Chllds was released on a bond of $200.
In speaking of the arrest and seizure, he
said: "We have been' able to sell this
tonic in every prohibition state in the
union without a license. It is non-intoxi-;
eating and chemical analysis shows it to
contain less than 2 per cent of alcohol."
Bye glasses $1.00 at Metzger's.
Clark County, Wash.
Farm Bargains
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' country town and 11 miles from Vancouver, on good level road; R. F. D. and
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FORM FIRST CLUB
Sixth-Ward Republicans Act
. on Resolution.
IDLEMAN SCORES H0DS0N
Criticises Ex-Stato Senator's Action
in Refusing to Support Any
Statement No. 1 Candidate
for tho Legislature.
The First Precinct Republican Club to
be organized under the plans adopted by
the resolution passed at the recent meet
ing of the Republican City and County
Central Committee, was organized last
night at Jones Hall. Front and Glbbs
streets, in the Sixth Ward. The meeting
was called by Willis Fisher, who was
elected president. George E. Streeter
was elected secretary and B. F. Jones
treasurer. L Carnstensen was made
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee, and a committee on bylaws is
to be named by President Fisher.
C. M. Idleman livened up the meeting
by taking a rap-at W. C. Hodson. who at
the meeting of the Union Republican
Club declared that he would not support
or vote for a candidate before the pri
maries who advocated Statement No. 1.
Chairman Idleman said that a man who
would make such a declaration was not
a good Republican. He announced that
the statement, coming as It did when
Republicans were striving for harmony,
was ill-timed and out of place.
"'The central committee of which I am
chairman," said-Mr. Idleman, "has spent
time and money to unite the Republican
party In Multnomah County, but if men
in the party are going to oppose each
other, as the speaker at the L'nion Re
publican Club did, then our efforts for
harmony will count for nothing. It is
true that the primary law has Its defects.
However, it became a law through the
efforts of the Republican party, and the
party must, stand by it. The party can
not well afford to reject it or to attempt
to violate it 'in spirit or word. I say to
you, that when a man says he will not
support a candidate before the primaries
who favors Statement No. 1, I want to
say that he is not a good Republican."
Judge Earl C. Bronaugh followed
Chairman Idleman. He said that he
heartily concurred with the remarks of
Mr. Idleman on the primary laws. Judge
Bronaugh said that he was convinced
that the law was not a good one, but
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advised that it be given a sufficient trial
before it should be declarea altogether
bad. He suggested that the proper, way
to change the law was before the Legis
lature. . .
Judge Bronaugh said that the referen
dum measures to be voted upon at the
coming election were of vastly mbra Im
portance than the quibbling over State
ment No. L He advocated the clone in
spection of all of these measures beforo
voting to make them laws. Judge Bro
naugh was high in his praise of the
initiative and referendum.
T. J. Cleaton also took a fling at Mr.
Hodson. He said, while he admitted that
Mr. Hodson had a right to his opinion,
it was nevertheless "un-Republlcan."
Mr. Cleaton declared himself in favor of
Statement No. 1, and said if he wrre a'
candidate for any office, he would go
on record as favoring it.
In addition to the smoker and political
talks. Frank I. Hennessey made a de
cided hit with a couple of songs accom
panied by the explosion of firearms. The
Sixth Ward Quartet sang and ther was
a zither number.
IGNORED LAW ON DECENCY
Wliy Hindus Were Driven From
Live Oak, Cal.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. l.-Govcrnor
Glllett today, received a statement from
the District Attorney of Sutter County
on the recent riot at Live Oak a week
ago, when 70 Hindus were driven out by a
mob of white men. According to the re
port, the people of the town appealed to
the constable to oust tne. foreigners, be
cause they had been guilty of indecency
In the presence of - women and children.
The constable refused to act. and tne
citizens called out the Hindus and or
dered them, through their interpreter, to
leave. This they did.
District Attorney Schllllg assured the
Governor that his Investigation had been
thorough and that the Hindus, who
promised to obey the laws of decency as
well as the cubic area regulations, are
again existing in the huts.
Two Deaths In One Family.
- OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. 1. f Spe
cial.) Edna Sprague died this morn-,
ing at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Sprague, at Redland,
aged 20 years. Her death was caused
from pneumonia, and she had been 111,
only a week. Her sister. Lula Sprague,
died from the same cause last Thurs
day, and was buried at Redland today.
There were seven sisters in the family,
and only two are left.
Professor Koch Will Tour America.
BERLIN, Feb. 1. Professor Robert
Koch, who has returned looking some
what worn after 18 months, in Central
Africa, said today that he Intended to
take a year's rest and travel, beginning
with the United States. He has no defi
nite plans other than to visit the Yellow
stone Park. He will sail for New York
at the end of March or early In April.