THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JUNE 14. 190S.
denunciation of the Oregon law, which
makes It even possible for an over
whelming Republican legislature to elect
a Democratic Senator, and not oni among
them but favored the abrogation of the
Statement No. 1 pledge.
The Senate would welcome the election
of a Republican Senator In Oregon, for
various reasons. It wants the Republican
majority swelled; it believes a Republican
Mate with a Republican Legislature is
entitled to a Republican Senator, pledged
to support Republican policies, but more
than all else, the Senate wants a chance
to register its opinion of the Oregon
primary law and the Oregon method of
undertaking to elect Senators according
to a custom which in Senatorial circles
is condemned as illegal.
If Chamberlain is elected by a majority
of the Legislature, in accordance with
Statement No. 1 pledges, and no contest
is brought, the Senate may have no op
portunity of officially registering Hp esti
mate of the law conceived In the brain of
"Lawgiver" U'Ren.
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Chamberlain Must Win in Legisla
ture it He Is to Wear Toga.
Contest Would Xot Lie
if Defeated.
ORRGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 13. On two occasions the
United States Senate has held that a man
elected a member of that body in accord
nce with the Federal Constitution,
though contrary to the laws of his state.
Is entitled to his seat. In other words,
the Senate, which, under the Constitu
tion, Is the sole judge of the election and
ciualification of Its members, has no re
gard whatsoever for state laws regulating
the manner of electing Senators. Thin
being the precedent, and the Senate be
ing a body guided almost entirely by
precedent, it is safe to predict that if the
Republican Legislature of Oregon, on as
snibling next January, disregards the
vote of the people on June 1 which seems
unlikely and refuses to send Governor
Chamberlain, Democrat, to the Senate,
but duly elects some Republican in ac
cordance with the provisions of the Con
stitution. Governor Chamberlain will not
be able to contest the Republican so elect
ed. The Senate -would most certainly fol
low precedent, and hold that the Legisla
ture was not bound by the popular vote
of the people.
.More than half a century ago a con
test was brought in the Senate against
Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, because he
was elected contrary to the terms of the
Illinois state, constitution. By a vote of
35 to S the Senate, after hearing the facts
of the contest, held that Trumbull was
entitled to his seat, the constitution of
Illinois to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Immediate issue involved in that
case was not the same as that underly
ing the Oregon situation, yet the general
contention was the same as would be
raised at the beginning of the Sixty-first
Congress, should the Legislature elect
sonic Republican to succeed Senator Ful
ton. Facts in Illinois Case.
The Illinois state constitution provides
that the judges of the Supreme Court
shall not be eligible to any public office
during the term for which they were
elected, and that all votes for them, for
any elective office, given by the general
assembly, shall be void. Lyman Trum
bull, on June 7. 1852, was elected supreme
judge of Illinois for a term of nine years,
lileven months after taking the oath as
judge he resigned, and on February 8,
18?.G. was elected to the United States
Senate. When, his credentials were pre
sented, objection was made that he had
been elected in violation of the state con
stitution, in that he had been elected
Senator "during the term for which he
had been elected supreme judge."
The Senate committee on judiciary re
fused ty take action on the contest, and
asked to be excused from consideration
of the case. This request was granted
and the contest was heard on the floor
of the Senate. At the close of the argu
ment, Trumbull was seated by a vote of
35 to 8. Senators voting in favor of the
legality of his election, as shown by the
record, did so from different grounds, but
it was the main contention of many "that
a state cannot superadd qualifications of
a Senator to those required by the Unit
ed States Constitution."
Two years after the decision of the Sen
ate in the Trumbull case, contest- was
brought against Simon Cameron, of Penn
sylvania, on three grounds, one of which
was that "the State Senate did not com
ply in certain particulars with an act of
the state regulating the election of Unit
ed Sates Senators."
, Cose Directly in Point.
In reporting on this phase .of the con
test, the Senate committee held "that
the provisions of the state law alleged to
have been disregarded were purely direc
tory (as is the case with the Oregon pri
mary law) and that a failure to comply
with them would not vitiate an election.'
Furthermore, it is borne out by the of
ficial records that the minority of the.
committee concurred with the majority
in reference to this and one other point,
differing only on the charge that Cam
. eron had been elected "by corrupt and
unlawful means."
Significant as are these two decisions
of the Senate, there is still another way
of looking at a contest that might be
brought by Governor Chamberlain, should
the Oregon Legislature- turn him down
and elect a Republican. The United
States Senate, which has absolute say in
passing upon the election and qualifica
tion of its members, is overwhelmingly
Republican. In no state other than Ore
gon is there a law which would bind a
Republican Legislature to elect a Demo
cratic Senator, or vice versa. The Re
publican majority naturally wantg only
Republicans elected to the Senate, and
' there would be bias against Chamberlain
on purely political grounds, were there
no precedents to sustain a Republican
elected according to the constitution.
Hate the Oregon. Law.
But aside from that, even, there is a
widespread sentiment among Senators
of both parties, frequently expressed this
Winter, that the Oregon law is a piece of
"d n foolishness" which ought to be
wiped out. There is no Senator aside
from Bourne of Oregon (unless it be La
Follette) who approves the Statement
One method: there are many who have
violently condemned it. If the Oregon
legislature should ignore the vote of the
people and elect a Republican Senator,
and Chamberlain should bring a contest,
the Senate would have it in its power to
Indorse or condemn the Oregon law. To
seat the Republican would be to denounce
the law. and to virtually abrogate it, for
such a decision would virtually mean that
regardless .of state law, a legislature is
supposed to elect a Senator of the dom
inant party.
On the other hand, to decide such a
contest in favor of Chamberlain would
lie to place Senatorial approval on a law
that if almost universally condemned.
It would lead to the adoption of similar
laws irr other states.. Knowing the senti
ment of the Senate to be adverse to the
Oregon law, and reckoning on the wide
spread effect of a decision in such a con
tent, it Is safe to predict that the Senate
would even go to the extent of establish
ing a new precedent, if necessary, in
order to wipe the Oregon law out of
existence, by rendering it inoperative.
Bitter in Denunciation.
Had the Oregon election been held be
fore. Instead of after the adjournment
of Congress, it would have been very
easy to have accurately sized up senti
ment In the Senate; but coming, as it did.
after Senators had deserted tho Capital,
very few direct opinions could be gath
ered. Of four Republican Senators inter
Viewed, however, all were bitter in their
NEW SALMON LEGISLATION
Writer Condemns Use of Traps, Gill
nets and Seines.
PORTLAND, June 11. (To the Kdltor.)
Although I have had considerable to
do with salmon fishing In the past, I
have not been a participant in salmon
fishing since 1SSS, nor in any .way con
nected with the business. I have no
other end in view than to protect the
salmon for the benefit of the people at
large.
If I had my way I would legislate
against traps, wheels, glllnets and seines.
I would draw a line from Fort Stevens
to Fort Columbia, forbidding fishing for
salmon below said line and giving the
proper authorities power to confiscate all
nets or other gear found below said line.
I would also draw another line at the
mouth of the Willamette River and
across the Columbia River forbidding the
catching of salmon on either of those
rivers or their tributaries except by hook
and line for sport or for hatching pur
poses. I favor the passage of a law govern
ing the size of the mesh of gillnets and
seines to not less than eight inches,
thereby making it impossible to destroy
the young and immature fish. Anyone
of long experience in the business can
testify that very many tons of those
Immature fish are caught, weighing from
one pound to three pounds each.
I would forbid the use of traps or any
other appliance other than glllnets or
seines between those two aforesaid lines.
The reason is that traps and other ap
pliances are placed where gillnets and
seines cannot be used, therefore they
catch the fish that would escape the net
and seine, and prevent their going to
their spawning ground. I would also
enforce the old Sunday closing law. I
would make the law so that all gear
found on cither side of the line afore
said might- be confiscated and the ean
ners as well as the parties in charge
fined or imprisoned or both, as might
seem fit by the judge sitting on the case.
Close seasons should be provided as be
fore. JAMES H. WILLIAMS.
DROWNS TWO LITTLE SONS
rarislan Drunkard Commits Crime
to Spite His Wife.
PARIS. June 13. (Special.) Prompt
ed only by the desire to spite his wife,
Alphonse Robert, a Parisian peddler,
drowned his two sons. - Pobert was a
drunkard and had been punished many
times for abusing- his wife. At last
the woman, who could stand his abuse
no longer, left him and took her two
sons, Charles and Peter, aged 10 and 8,
with her to her parents' nome. Robert
tried to matte her come back to him,
but when she refused he began threat
ening her and, in her despair, she shot
at him. wounding him slightly. The
judge before whom she was taken
found that she had acted in self-defense
and she was allowed to go rree.
Robert then took the children away
and threatened to kill first the boys
and then her unless she returned.
The next' morning the poor wife re
ceived a letter from her husband read
ing: "Wretches and assassins that you
are, you and your brother and your
mother. You have brought it upon
yourselves and you are the murderers."
To this he had made the boys add the
following postscript: "Dear Mamma,
papa was not so very bad to us after
all. It is you who are sending- us with
father to eternity. But for all that we
should have loved you.""
In the afternoon he took the boys
out and, pushing: them from the for
tifications into" the moat, he v calmly
watched them drown.
RAPS MILITARY COURT
Writer Defends Soldier Punished
for Hearing Goldman Lectures.
PORTLAND, Or., June 11. (To the
Kditor.) I denounce the imprisonment
at San Francisco of the soldier Buwal
da. because he heard Emma Goldman
lecture and shook hands with her. No
court of civil jury would have con
demned him. And any law favoring
such a- perversion of justice surely does
not appeal to the people's sense and
reason. Surely, through Buwalda. the
court is represented by the soldiers or
are the soldiers something more or less
than the people? How-long will the
people sit supine and shackled while
their rights are being taken away?
The evidence of official spies and
"spotters" is no more worthy of cre
dence than that of thugs and others of
a like kind, often discredited by the
courts. Let there be no Jeffrey's Star
Chamber banishments or imprisonments
in this country. A government that
merits good will fosters no ill. Think
of it. Three years out of a man's life
for listening and approving a speech
whose only so-called treason was tho
disapproval of those hurt by its truths.
C. W. SAUNDERS.
PLANS TO USEF00TRACERS
French Army Will Train Athletes
for Scouting Duty.
PARIS, June 13. (Special.) At the
French War Department the Idea of a
corps of military runners has been
studied carefully for some time and it
is possible that before long it will be
realized. Obviously well trained men
on foot; unburdened with knapsacks
and heavy arms, would be of great
service in time of war as scouts and
would be able to pass over plowed
fields, hedges and places Impassable to
bicycles and autos.
The idea Is that the pedestrian clubs
and societies, which are so numerous
in France, should be asked to give
certj...eales to their members about to
enter the army, and that these men
should then be trained for their work
by means of revolver practice, gym
nastics of all kinds, cross-country
races and swimming.
Art Treasures Are Stolen.
PARIS, June 13. (Special.) Ameri
can art collectors should bo careful
before they buy Limoges enamel, for 11
pieces of tills famous ware have just
been stolen from the Cathedral of St.
Etierwie at Limoges. The stolen treas
ures are historic and have never been
valued by experts, but art dealers in
this city say that they would easily
bring $100,000.
The enormous profits required by West Side Furniture Dealers to meet excessive rents is best illustrated by the special sales advertise
ments of the Big Price Boys. It is not unusual to find $100 articles specialed at $50, and $50 articles marked down to $25, while you
will sometimes see a $10 piece of furniture going at $3.35.
.Granting that some specials are even put on at cost, what do you think of trading regularly with a firm that must ask three times the
wholesale cost of goods in order to do business profitably? You may take the special bargain, but you will fight shy of everything else.
It is actually impossible for us to reduce anything 35 per cent without throwing it under cost. Therefore every day is special bargain
day with us. Investigators have found this to be true, which accounts for the enormous business we have been doing. Others cannot com
pete with us, because
Others Pay Rent, We Collect Rent Who Can Sell the Cheapest?
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You Will Add to Your
Happiness If You
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v5 Husband to
Keep Away From Those Big' Price Boys
They are expensive companions.
If they furnish your home your
husband will soon learn how much
too much he paid for furniture,
will always feel sore, and will
never take the interest in his home
that he would if M.-A. had fur
nished it at no-rent bargain prices.
Will be a big item in furnishing that new house you are building.
We actuahV save you from 5 to 25 cents a yard on carpets. It's
M.-A. knows you won t overlook it, either.
a big saving,
lockers
A fine new line of Mis
sion Rockers. See them
for
genuine
bargains.
Acorn Ranges
We have secured one of the oldest
and best line of Steel Ranges made
in America the celebrated Acorn.
There is no range on the market
that excels the Acorn. The new
fuel-saving firebox is found only in
the Acorn. It saves 25 per cent fuel.
"When the
Song' of
Love
Is Heard"
Happy indeed is the home whore "Love's
Old Sweet Song" is ever heard. But tired hus
bands and careworn wives fortret to re)eat
the "old, old story," and sometimes feel irri
table, even ".scrappy."
A VICTOR RESTORES HARMONY
It eheerfully sings the old songs that thrilled
you when love was young, depressing clouds
lift. Your hearts arc filled with love and j'y
and life seems worth living.
Can yon afford to lie ivllhftut n letorf Rr
mpntbfr, M.-A." Kivc terms to suit all pocket
Refrigerator Weather
You simply must have a Refrigerator; there
is no us talking, but you don't have to buy
it from the Kig Price Boys.
"M-A" Will Save Yea From $1 to $10
Refrigerators from $8.01.) up.
Others Pay Rent, We Collect Rent on Half
Our Own Building; WhoCanSellthe Cheapest?
W. I MORGAN GEO. T. ATCHLEY S. H. MORGAN
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"Wc have one of the largest assortments of
Dressers in the t-it y and van save you from
to $10 on a Dresser.
AUTO FLIES THROUGH AIR
French Inventor Believes His Ma
chine Solves Problem.
PARIS. June 13. (Special.) Auto
mobilists fond of scorcliins may soon
laugh at all laws limiting the speed of
their cars, for M. Clerget, a modest
young inventor, still in the early 2fl"s,
has invented a car which he claims will
be able to travel with equal ease on the
ground and in the air. The young
genius was found at work in the labo
ratory of the taig automobile factory of
Clement-Bayard at Levallois and he der
clared himself delighted to show his
model of the new vehicle which he de
clares has solved I he problem of navi
gating the air.
It is a long cigar-shaped car, looking
very much like the ordinary racing auto
mounted on four wheels. The driver
commands the steering apparatus as in
the ordinary auto, but &xed at the prow
of the canoe-like vehicle and set in action
by a motor, propelling blades whizzing
around at a speed hitherto unattatned
will send the car upwards. The model
certainly does everything the inventor
claims for it and there seems to be lit
tle that a full-sized auto will be able to
do as well, and then scorchers, spying
constables ahead, may run up to them
and suddenly leaving the ground may
soar away over the head of the as
tonished minions of the law.
The inventor expecte to have his first
aerial car ready next Fall and the Clement-Bayards,
who are very practical
people, have the fullest confidence that
lie will be able to fulfill all he promises.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our thanks to
our many friends and neighbors for
their sympathy and kindness shown to
us at the death of our beloved son and
brother, Gustav; also for the many
beautiful flc.ral pieces. Mr. and Mrs.
Gustav Hoffman, parents; Misses Anna
and Minna Hoffman, sisters; Otto Hoff
man, br oilier.
DEGRADE FRENCH TRAITOR
Lieutenant's Sword Will Be Broken
and Uniform Stripped.
PARIS, June 13. (Special.) On Mon
day the scene which took place years ago
before Captain Dreyfus was sent to
Devils Island is to be repeated at Toulon
when Lieutenant Ullmo, convicted of
treason, will be publicly degraded for at
tenmptlnjr to sell plans of the defenses
of Toulon to Germany. Ullmo's sword
will be broken in front of him, he will
be stripped of all the rald and shoulder
straps which mark his rank, and he will
afterwards undergo the terrible ordeal
of passing before the crew he once com
manded. Great precautions have been taken to
prevent a repetition of the attempt which
was made the other day to murder Ma
jor Dreyfus at the Pantheon, and al
though the degradation will be made pub
lics nobody will be allowed to get close
enough to the traitor to fire a shot at
him. The downfall of Lieutenant Ullmo
was due to his habt of smoking opium,
which completely undermined his char
acter and transformed an unusually
promising young officer into a Wretch
without ehame and sense of honor.
FATE PLAYS QUEER PRANK
Would-be Suicide's Leap From J
Bridge Causes Fire.
PARIS. June 13.-(Speciai.) Desir
ing to end his own life a private sol
dier failed utterly, but he succeeded in
setting- fire to the Batignolles rallroaa
brldgre. from which he tried to Jump,
in the most remarkable manner. The
man jumped from the bridge, as was
his intention, but his foot caught in
the meta-1 work and he hung- suspend
ed in midair. Ills sword, however,
stuck in a grating separating soma
electric cables and caused a short cir
cuit which melted the leaden gasplping
under the brliisc.
An immense flame shot up and set
fire to the bridge and only with the
greatest difficulty did the firemen put
this out after 1.1 minutes' effort to
shut, off th" gas. They expected to
find the soldier roasted to death, buv
he wsis 'ound practically unhurt and
was arrested.
Forest Guards for Oregon.
WASHINGTON, June 13. The following
forest guards have been appointed in Ore
gon: George H. West, Cascade reserve,
Mazama division: Pmith I.. Taylor, Cas
cade reserve, Willamette division; K.
Barnes and Walter Allison, Blue Moun
tain reserve. Miss K. A. Newell has been
appointed a clerk on tlv Cascade reserve.
"I.effcrts," the jewelers, have a beau
tiful pair of matched diamonds, suit
able for earrings or ring. Regular
price t.ii, iiext week $.".io. Call and
see them. 272 Washington St., near
1'ourtn.