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THE SUNDAY OKEtiOXIAN. PORTLAND. AFKITj HENEY RENEWS ATTAGKOH FULTON yrinj4 Fivm K1r Pc lot afdir. Patrick Calhoun mi Ab Km, and John arb-r. wti kno n. attor my of that city. - Thy . aid they would cr Mi ?i"vw WoI-aurhUn nM: 'That tn-viiM you not tk th caw tt.-laushna and Nny a th-y wra up arnlnst ft. Thrv mero stop pin at lb Vh)c H-tfl and there they met Judge Humphrey, of Honolulu, and they told their trmkU o Mm H ud to U in An snna white I there, and he aid; "I knw. a s yourer lawvar you raiRht Induce to tske thrt ew." and brought them up to my off Lp; and 1 told them I could not take the rM becau- 1 had to go to Washington to rru a la h Supreme Court of thn 1'nltad Utes- Than McLaughlin alrt : "It teems to as it every attorney in San rranrtac J afraxt to go up awalnit this Or.utt Curt ot Appala" ell. that caught me. (.Laughter.) ot to Be Called Quitter. In fact. it Senator Fulton had not said ao may ttmaa la tfa lat fw waalta that I did not dare to meet Mm face to face be fore an Orrn audlenca 1 would not be hT tonlgjlit. (Applause.) Now, I hava ben caU-d everything In my life except a quitter. iLaufthter and avulaue. ) I did not mind anything ) that Senator Fultn aald about me, but I did not propose to let him call me a quitter, and be able to point back hereafter 'with trlde." as they say, to th fart thai I had not dared show up here. Now, on the name theory I accepted that can, and I gt a fee. which Nove had to wait. until he got hla salary tJ pay me. 1 put In 30 dayi before the Clrvuit Court of MDpeaJa. pver which Judge mi bert resided and Judge Row and Judjce Uunne aat wtth Mm. awl when they con cluded the case I made a magnificent argu ment to the court, aa I thought, and they promptly found my man guilty. (Laugh ter. t . Not Aspirant for Office. The association by Heney of Fulton's name with Calhoun and Ruef provoked applause and the speaker followed by charging that Fulton had sent repre sentatives to San Francisco to investi gate, his (Heney s) record in the hope of defeating him In his exposition of the Oregon Senator. Mr. Heney ex plained in refutation of Fulton's charge that Heney was an aspirant for ap pointment as Assistant United States Attorney for Oregon, that ho had come to this atate only at the urgent re quest of United States Attorney-General Knox, now Senator from Pennsyl vania, and only tor the purpose of con ducting the trial of the indictment mtalnat McKlnley, Puter. Ware et al., which was expected to require about two weeks. "When I reached Oregon in October. 19o;i," said Heney, "I found a gan of as bad criminals as ever got control of any state in the Union at any time In Its history." $ The speaker than referred to the united action of Senator Fulton and Mitchell. who had forwarded to Wash ington a protest against his appoint ment as Special Assistant to Attorney General Knox for the purpose of prose cuting the Oregon land-fraud cases. "Tho reason for this was that they did not want me to come to Oregon or any other mai who would Investigate the facts," asserted Heney, "for they knew that their friends would be involved. My feeling In the matter was alto gether impersonal and there was no malice on my part, but as a citizen of the United States I saw that my coun try' laws were being violated by men holding high offices of public trust and that the Government was being under mined." The history of tho Oregon land-fraud prosecutions waa than reviewed briefly, Including the deception of Heney by Hall and the latter's alleged agreement with Mitchell and Fulton by which he was to protect their friends from prosecusion for ucmpllctty in the land steals. Referring to Fulton's denial that he had ever en tered Into an agreement of any kind to support Hall for reappointment, Heney cited the fact that Hermann had testified before the grand Jury that the entire dele gation In September. 1J04. voted unani mously to recommend tall. Heney said that he did not regard his source of in formation the best of authority, but still did not think the witness would perjure lit ni self. V P. Miiys Is Scored. F. P. Mays was excoriated as one of the biggest rascals involved In the land frauds of this stata. compared with whom Puter was not a bad fellow. The testi mony of Puter. declared Heney, in the land cases was stamped with the seal of truth and showed that Mays, although a leading attorney of the City of Portland, waa at the very time interested in all sorts of frauds against the Government, -And his law partner, C. H. Carey, was scheduled for United States Judge as soon as there was & vacancy. But later on. when the time came to appoint a United States Judge. Fulton's candidate was not appointed, but on my recommen dation. Judge C. E. Wolverton, at that time the Chief Justice of your state, was named by President Roosevelt." Various chapters of the land-fraud trials were recited, including reference to Hall's alleged protection of Soren Fen, one of the principal illegal opera tors, who was at the time in Wiscon sin, although wanted here for trial. "It was then." said Heney. "that I dis covered that Hall was deceiving me, and 1 decided to remain in Oregon and personally look after these land-fraud prosecutions. Although I sacrificed a law practice worth between $40,000 and $50,000 a year in San Francisco. I have received nothing for my work. I do not want anything. There is not an office In the United States that I would take." "How much did you get?" inquired someone In the audience. "I was well paid tor my services and received only one-quarter of what I earned," smilingly replied the speak er; "and If you think I am not entitled to It I will give you your share back." "He'll keep still now," ventured an other in the audience, "Well, if he don't" followed Heney. "I'll teach him there Is such a- thing s punishment after death." and the prosecutor then told the story about the man that beat the dead dog. Turns to "Hold-Up" Session. The "hold-up" session of the Legislative Assembly was next dis cussed. Heney renewing his charge that Fulton w:as in attendance as M ttoheH's. lieutenant and custodian of the sack. As to the affidavit, by Powell discredits; Representative Smith's af fidavit tljat he had received $1500 from Fulton as Mitchell's agent, Heney inti mated that such declarations could be obtalnrd In many cases with the use of a little money. As further evidence that bribery and corruption were prac ticed at the 1997 session. Mr. Heney produced a letter that was written February 4. last, by a former resident of Salem. He explained that he was not at liberty to disclose the name of the writer, having not been able to secure that permission since receiving the communication. Continuing he said: . I want to refresh Senator Fulton's mem ory. This letter which I shall read here ta msVkcd "Personal" on the. envelope; the letter Itself Is not marked "Personal." I do not think that the gentleman who wrote tt to me. and be U one of the most highly respected men In the State of Oregon, would mind me reading H. reading his name. JBnt until I first hare an opportunity to ask btm I will omit the name but I want to give you the facts. He was living In Salem at the time and here la what be tells me. And if Senator Fulton's memory Is not refreshed or he thinks there Is noth ing In tt. I am quite sure this gentleman wLU ' permit thm as of his nam. It la I dated hrusry 4. 1908, and is as follows treads letter) : "Accept my thanks for your courageous and timely speech detatlln the crooked ness of our Senator Knit on. It baa not enllrhtened me as to hi true character, but tt will add great weight to what X hare been telling the Oregon people from time to time. We lived In Baler at the time of the hold-uo legislature, and seVeral of the members boarded with us. There u a Populist from Jackson. County named How ser and he was a very verdant specimen of lawmaker. He had a conference with Mit chell and WltchcJIs attorney one night, and everybody understood that that was Fulton.' And the next day he showed us -soo in- currency and Ftated that he had been paid that for bis vote, to coma In and vote for Mitchell. Returned Bribe of $3A0. "Now. he went back to Jackson County to show the riUe to his wife, and on his sturn .commenced talking about It, a that his Populist brethren knew that he had been tampered with, and a Mr. Williams, of Jackson County, was sent for to talk Mm hark Into line. 1 had several talks with Williams and found blm a very calm and diplomatic gentleman. wb4 had no diffi culty In working from Howser all about the bargain and In convincing him that he eould not comply wtth hi x,romtse and continue to live, in Jackaon. It was at that time that Smith had refused to return the money be had received. But Howser was not that kind of stuff and returned the $3000. "Another Pop., by the name of Kruw, from Clackamas County, was offered $35O0, but he said no, without vaunting his offer, and went his way. The amount was raised. Only a quiet no. A cousin of his was sent for to work him, and the offer waa raised to SAOOO, and ho still quietly said no. Poor, good fellow! Hla cousin said: 'You should take the money, buy a farm, marry the girl and live with a competence and you are a damned fool If you don't do It. The quiet answer was no. -He took typhoid fever and died before the end of the session." Leaving the land frauds and his attack on Senator Fulton for a few minutes, Mr. Heney charged that corruption and brib ery have no place 'in a representative form of government and that when those elements enter into its administration it Immediately becomes a debauched and tyrannical system of government. On this premise he took up the discussion of machine politics and asserted that Fulton was only in favor of the direct primary for the reason that he could not keep away from it. Referring to the men who are active in the support of Fulton at this time. Mr. Heney enumerated the names of Jack Matthews, Whitney L. Boise, T. B. Wilcox and W. D. Wheelrlght and called attention to the fact that Matthews and Boise especially were machine men of the old school.. In speaking of what waa meant by corrupt conditions in poli tics, he used this language: Refers to Old System. You people of Portland ought to know what this sort of thing means. Jt means the kind of government ..you bad when I first came up here; when Grant Bros, were running their big saloon down here In the tenderloin and Jack Matthowa was your political boss. (Applause. Tea. and who is behind Fulton in this fight? Jack Matthews, la he for or against Fulton for . United States tienator? Don't you know? 1 will tell you he is for him. tooth and nail. "Who else is for him? Whitney Boise In a min ute! Who el 1 tor him? Oh, a big mer chant alle same llkee Chinaman Mr. Wil cox. My friend Wheelwright is for him; he Is a Democrat. I should think Fulton wnuld be suspicious. I have been called a Democrat, called my self one. have been one. Do you want to know what 1 am now? (Cries of "Yes". In politics? I will tell you: I am ashamed to call myself a Republican and I am ashamed to call myself a Democrat. And I am ashamed to call myself by any name that brands me as belonging to something that has no existence. I am a Rooseveltlan In principle. Digressing still further from a direct at tack on Fulton, the graft prosecutor criticised the system which has permitted a few wealthy men in the country to ac quire and control all of the - Industries. Including the waterpower and oil wells. On this subject, he said in part? Some of these men bave all the land and others all the oil and others all of some thing else. They have the grain of the country, too. Mr. Wilcox, a most estimable man. and I have nothing against him per sonally. Is getting the benefit of the laws which enable certain men to get control over a certain industry which ought never to be allowed in any country. Those men who farm and take chance upon the weather being right to produce their crops are entitled to all tbe proflta that are In a good year, but they do not get it. they do not get It. And, moreover, they won't get It under the present system. Mr. Wilcox, naturally, wants to aee the system perpetuated, and so does Mr. Wheel right. They would even go sd far as to throw the gates down and permit the Chinese and the Japanese to come Into tills country ad libitum. You know you cannot afford - to have that done, but these men who are ac cumulating this money are a menace to the country. Work for T. Cuder Powell. Returning to Fulton, Heney sub mitted documentary proof of the em bezzlement of about $6000 from Mult nomah County by T. Cader Powell, who Is now United States Marshal in Alaska, having been appointed on the recommendation of Fulton. He charged that Fulton had worked for Powell's appointment, having a full knowledge of his defalcation in this county. Whitney L. Boise, another supporter of Fulton, came in for some mention, HeTiey referring to the election in June, 1904. when it was reported that while Boise was chairman of the Republican county central committee a scheme had been formed for the wholesale voting of unregistered voters In the North End In the interest of the machine can didates. It was charged that about 200d registration blanks, signed by the re quired number of witnesses, were found In the office of Chairman Boise ready for use and the election fraud was only prevented by the timely discovery. All that remained to be done to vote the "floaters" regularly was to have each affix his elgnature to one of the blanks which had been prepared In advance in the office of Mr. Boise, Bald the speaker. "Where did Fulton get the last 11 votes that were necessary for his elec tion to the United States Senate in the 1903 session?" inquired another mem ber of the audience. "Well," replied Heney, "W. W. Banks waa one of them and he was afterwards appointed Assistant United .States At torney. Another was Willard N. Jones, who at that time had a steal on In timber lands in the Siletx country. He had induced a number of old soldiers to file on the lands fraudulently, many of them never having visited the claims on which they filed. And from the time that Jones voted for Fulton for Senator until Jones was indicted by a Federal grand Jury for land frauds, Fulton was doing his best to get the Ceneral Land entire to issue patents to $he very lands for the theft of which Jones waa indicted. And mind you, Fulton was doing this very thing in face of the fact that complaints of the fraudulent entries had been on file in Washington for two years and had been called to the attention of Fulton personally." No Malice Toward Fulton, In concluding. Mr. Heney repeated that he had been actuated in returning to Portland at this time not from malice but a desire to advocate good-citizenship. He said he expected to see Roosevelt's policies carried out and believed that Mr. Taft was the proper representative to succeed to the Presidency. He com plimented the people of Oregon for their possession of the direct primary and the Initiative and referendum which he was convinced exempted them from a too oppressive domination by machine poli tics. W. S. U'Ren was eulogixed as an Intelligent politician although Mr. Heney declared that he did not approve of Mr. fTRen's policies and particuiarty his theory that If the other fellow resorted to bribery It waa right to adopt the same methods. Tbat eort of thing don't go with me thundered Mr. Heney, "and If I had my way about it 1 would have them both put In Jail." In-th first place, t am not Interested in who shall be elected United States Senator from Oregon. That is, I am not interested except in a most general way. to this ex tent, that I would Ilk to see Oregon have the best representative It can secure. Indorse the Initiative. Vp here you have been pretty fortunate. Pome of the men who are machine poli ticians happened to be in the position where they found it necessary to stand for certain legislation .that has taken th shackles oft of you. You have In your own hands now power to somlnats officials. You slipped through an amendment to your constitution called the Initiative and ref erendum. Tou did not know what . you were dotng yon bullded better than you knew. Now-, what I object most to Fulton's re election is that Is gives comfort, power and public office appointment to the machine men who have held Oregon In their grasp for many years until recently. Now I must stop as It Is getting late. I have taken more of your time than was necessary for telling less than I should have told. 8 peaks In Salem Today. SAJUSM. Or.. April U. (Special.) According to present plans, Francis J. Heney will address the people of Salem on Marlon Square at 2 o'clock tomor row afternoon. Should the weather be bad, the meeting will be held at the Opers-House at night. An Immense crowd is expected. Fulton Files Demurrer. SALEM, 'Or.. April 1 1. (Special.) Attorney George O. Bingham, on be half of Senator Fulton, has filed a de murrer to the complaint in the case in stituted against him by J. S. Smith for alleged slander. BOYCOTT jS EFFECTIVE Japanese Steamer Sails Frcm Hong kong Without Chinese Cargo. HONGKONG. April 11. As a result of the Chinese boycott on Japanese goods and vessels, the Japanese steamer America Maru left here today for San Francisco without a single package of Chinese cargo. Furthermore, Bhe car ries only 25 passengers, as corjared with 730 passengers on board the Brit ish steamer Empress of India, which cleared from this port for Vancouver. PERS0NALMENTI0N. W. A. Mil lea, of Forest Grove, is regis tered at the Hotel Portland. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brown, of Salem, are registered at tho Imperial Hotel. ' W, N. Barrett, a prominent Hillsboro lawyer, is at the Imperial Hotel. Dr. C. W. Lowe, of Bugeno, la a guest at the Imperial Hotel. Dr. Lowe is, re turning home from La Grande, where he was visiting. . M. C. Dickinson, of the Oregon Hotel, took Tom Word and I H. Goddard flshins yesterday morning. Mr. Dickin son took his guests in his automobile to a near-by trout stream and the party brought homo 40 sueckled beauties. Mexico to Control Hall roads. CHICAGO, April 11. rS. M. Felton. who wae recently elected president of the Mexican Central Hallway, arrived here today from New York. Regarding the proposed merger of the Mexican Central arid the National Railroad Com pany Into one company to be controlled by the Mexican Government through stock ownership, Mr. Felton declared it would be the best thingr that could happen for the railroads and commer cial Interests in Mexico. "It does not mean governient owner ship," he said, "but a control which is most desirable." Says He "Was Misquoted. KANSAS CITY, April 11 Judge 'Wil liam H. Wallace, in the Criminal Court here today, denounced as a falsehood the statement credited to him to the effect that there was no evidence to convict the 8000 actors and theatrical men indicted within the past six months for the viola tions of the Sunday observance law. At the lame time he notified four theatrical managers and eight of their employes that the case against each had been transferred to Judge Porterf ield's division of the Criminal Court and set for trial Monday morning next. Canadian Roads to Retrench. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 11. Notices were sent out today from the general offices of the Canadian Pacific, the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific ordering the beads of de partments to cut expenses, thereby lay ing off men or reducing wages. San Pedro Shipping. SAN PEDRO. Cal.. April 11. The steam er Yellowstone cleared today for the Col umbia River via San Francisco to reload. The schooner Carrie Dove sailed for Gray's Harbor, American Wins Game. VIENNA. April 11. The American chess player, Marshall, beat the Leipsic expert. Meies. in a brilliant game in the 15th round of the international tourney today. Schlecther Is again in the lead. New York. James J .Munyon. multl-mll-IlonaJre medtcina manufacturer of Al toona. Pa., and Mtts Pauline NefT, a former actress of the "Social Whirl." were mar ried In Jersey City and are now at the Waldorf-Astoria. Pauline NefT is the dsupch ter of one of the leading- families of Penn sylvania. Professor Munyon is 60 years old and hi. bride la 24. GALE BRINGS DEATH Two Killed and Three Drowned in New York City. SMALL BOATS MISSING Wind Blowing 60 Miles an Hour Brings Down Chimneys on Heads of Citizens and W recks Many Small Fishing Craft. NEW YORK, April 11 Five men are known to have lost their lives, a number of boatmen are reported missing and doaens of other persons were Injured to day in a furious windstorm which set In here this afternoon. The wind had a ve locity at times as high as GO miles an hour. Pedestrians suffered much discomfort, besides being In constant danger from falling chimneys, shutters, awnings (and other articles which were torn from thelr fastenlngs. Two men met death from this cause. John O'Brien, an expressman of Jersey City, and Thomaa Talbot of Brooklyn, a special policeman. A boat containing three men was seen to capsise before the wind In Pelham Bay, but those on ahore were forced to see the men drown. Owners of boathouses re ported to the police late tonight that a number of their small boats, hired by fish ermen, had nut returned. A shore patrol was established tonight to search for the missing men. FISHIXG TCGS IJT DISTRESS Canght in the Ice in Lake Erie Near Dunkirk, X. V. DUNKIRK, N. Y., April 11. Four fishing tugs have been caught fast in a field of ice in Lake Erie four miles off this city, since early yesterday morn ing. The crews are without provisions. A relief party is endeavoring to make its way through to rescue them. ' A gale Is blowing. MILITIA AT PENSACOLA Mayor Calls on Governor for Help In Streetcar Strike. PENSACOLA, Fla., April 11. Out of 65 men brought here to break the streetcar strike less than half a score were able to get out today as a result of attacks made on them by strikers yesterday. There are 69 at the police station with bruises and other hurts No cars have been run yet and no effort to run them will be made before next week. i Two companies of troops arrived at 11 o'clock tonight, having been or dered here by the Governor on the ap peal of Mayor Goodwin to the effect that the city is unable to quell the dis turbance and rioting. Other companies are expected tomorrow. SEEK A MILDER EDEN Doufchobors Find - Manitoba Too Cold . for A a tu re's Garb. : WINNIPEG, Man., April 11. Peter Ver gln, leader of the Doukhobors, today said that the climate of Manitoba and On tario is too cold for hla followers and proposed that the Doukhobors be sent to British Columbia, where they can be set tled in the neighborhood of Nelson, fihould there not be room for all nf them, he said, the surplus could be settled near Vancouver. Vergin left for Vancouver today. There are several hundred of his followers In Canada. RATIFY 'SECRET, MARRIAGE Miss Gladys Squiers and Iiieutenant Rosseau Have Public Wedding. PANAMA. April 11. Miss Gladys Squiers, daughter of the American Min ister to Panama, Herbert G. Squiers, and Lieutenant H. H. Rousseau, member of the Panama Canal Commission, who were secretly married here last Saturday, were married in public today In the Ancon Chapel, according to the rites of the Catholic Church. Colonel Goethals, Governor Blackburn and many other prominent personages were present. KENT ROBBER IS CAUGHT (Continued From First Pa.) Unless the officers can surround them and take them unawares another bat tle is anticipated before they are cap tured. Sheriff Smith took steps tonight to prevent the men getting into Eastern Washington through Snoqualmle Pass. Ask Him Ask your doctor about taking Ayer's non-alcoholic Sarsaparilla. Trust him. Do exactly as he says. AyersSarsaparilla NON-ALCOHOLIC Lips white ? Cheeks pale ? Blood thin ? Consult your doctor. Bad skin? Weak nerves? Losing flesh? Consult your doctor No.appetite? Poor digestion? Discouraged? Consult your doctor. We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO., Manuftcturhsg Chemists, Lowell, Mats. ' ' ' A aster ppare We are prepared to show you Spring Suits in the very latest styles, in foreign and domestic fabrics. Exclusive patterns in cluding many shades of browns, grays and blues at $12.50 to $40 Copyright 1 908 by Hart Schaffher & Marx LATT Home of Hart, Schaffher & Marx Fine Clothes CORNER THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS Wire were sentto Cle Ellum, Kaston and several other towns' ther are only a short distance from the east side of Snoqualmie Pass asking that officers be sent out to Intercept the men if they should succeed m getting through the pass before they 'are taken by the Starwlch- posse. head. Featherly was formerly foreman of the Rosenberg Packing House In Yuba City. He was a Mason, member of the Royal Arch and of the Knights Templars in Marysville. He came to San Joee about a week ago and was visiting a sister here. Rid City of Vndesirablcs. SEATTLE, Wash., April 11. (Special-)- Orders were issued at Police Headquarters today by which a large percentage of the force will work overtime" In an effort to clear the city of yegrgrmen and other undesirable. An extra force will be kept In the resi dence sections late at night, and every man found out after 10 o'clock at night will be closely questioned, and If he cannot give a good account of himselfj will be arrested. The order follows the killing of Marshal Harry Miller by tramps ati Kent. , Prominent Mason Suicide. ".; ' SAN JOSB, Cal., April ll.J-De&pondent and in Ill-health. Edward W. Featherly, well known in Marysville and Yuba City, committed suicide in St. James park this evening by shooting himself throunh the Not Blocking 'ew Road. Reports that the heirs of the late Frank Dekum are blocking the Mount Hood RaHroad Company in its efforts to secure right of way are denied by those con cerned. It is known that the Dekum heirs have not now and never did have any ' interest in lands over which the Mount Hood road is endeavoring to se cure right of way. The contested lands He east of Mount Tabor, near the Base Line road, but are under other ownership.- Battle Practice Monday. SAN FRANCISCO. April 11. Battle practice is. to be held -In San Francisco Bay next Monday ty the men ot, the cruiser Albany, when- the decks will bo Cleared for action and an inspection will be made of the work by Re-Admiral Swinburne. The Rear-Admiral la ex p.ected ' to come aboard the Albany to morrow . . evening from the flagshtp Charleston and will remain on the cruiser all day Monday. CIVIL, MIMING ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS Don't Bend Ye-nr Infttmmrat East to Be Repaired and Watt Months for It. LEUPOLD & VOELPEL Makers and Repairrni of Instruments of Precision. Repairing rt transits, 1ve!. px tanto. plan-tshle. rods, tsjws, chain, and h1 .mrvpytng in struments a specialty. We are prepared to undertake th re pair of any ItiKtrumrnt. howpvr bH ouft thf da mug a. aid five It our PERHONAL and IM MEDIATE attention. 6 8IX.TH fcTRBKT, PORTLAND, OR. 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