BUYAH CHEERED BY
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IMMEN
CROWD
Rejected Orator Discusses Is
sues Alive and Dead
From 1896 to 1909.
GOD KILLED FREE SILVER
Says Almighty and Miners Took the
Money Question Out of Politics.
Seeks Xot domination, but It
Might Be Forced on Him.
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct 9. (Special
Spokane tonight is commenting on the
warmth of the reception given William
Jenninzs Bryan in contrast with the
strangely quleC crowds that lined the
streets when President Taft was on
parade a fortnight ago. There was no
doubt of the popularity of Bryan. Ilia
appearance in the heart of town, a brass
band preceding him on the way to the
crandMand. was the signal for loud
cheering and, when he appeared on the
platform to deliver his address, the
crowd lifted its voice and rent the air
with cheers.
And it was a .crowd. The. space in
front of the stand and to the sides, per
haps 100 yards wide and 200 yards long,
was so packed with sweltering humanity
that half a dozen women fainted and had
to be carried away. Although Bryan's
voice Is penetrating, it failed to reach
many of the listeners, so far from the
platform were they compelled to stand.
Taft's auditors included soldiery, perhaps
am strong, and there were other parade
features which drew auditors, but the
crowd likening to Bryan was 60 per cent
larirer than Taft's. according to a num
ber of spectators who heard both.
Bryan talked for about two hours and
held his 'auditors, lie said:
IiM-tiS!es Issue of 189 6.
"The real issue In Ji as whether this
country would be conducted in the in
terest of a few of the people or In the in
ternet of all the people; but the surface
question wan the money question, and
the Democratic party declared for the
freand unlimited coinage of silver at the
existing lesral ratio of 16 to 1,. without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation.
If any Republican tells you that the
Republican party stood for the gold
standard that year, you can answer by
reading their platform that they only
asked for the told standard until other
nations would help us to get rid of It,
and they pledged themselves to do what
they could do to get other nations to
Join with ua In getting rid of the gold
standard.
"The money question was removed
from polities' not by the act of the Re
publican party but by the act of God and
the privations of our pioneer miners.
GoTern Philippines as Colonies.
"What was the question in 1900?
The paramount issue then was Im
perialism. We are governing the
Philippine Islands today upon prac
tically the same theory that our colo
nies were governed before the Revolu
tionary War and on practically the
same plan England governs her colo
nies in India. And ail these years the
Republican party has drifted along, and
how much have we spent on our colo
nial policy? If I put it at more than
$700,000,000. I am putting it at a
minimum.
"I want to say to you that President
Taft himself seems to have no concep
tion of the trust question as It affects
the mass of the people.
People Betrayed on Tariff.
Mr. Bryan devoted some portion of
his speech to the tariff, referring sar
castically to the Republican Idea of
revision. He charged that there had
been betrayal of the people's Interest
by the Republicans and added:
"But. my friends, what concerns me
even more than this betrayal of tha
people's hopes by the Republican lead
ers Is the fact that some of oar own
Democrats have been giving too much
attention to protection of local inter
ests and have not been earnest enough
about reducing the taxes of the people
as a whole."
Will Xot Seek Nomination.
In conclusion Mr. Bryan said:
"I have not promised that I would
not again be a candidate for the Presi
dency, but I have said, and I say now,
that I shall not seek nomination; that
I do not want it; but I cannot say
what I will do if it is forced upon
me."
Pays Tribute to Taft.
As a tribute to the President. Mr.
Bryan said:
"It is bad enough to be defeated by
a great man: it would be humiliating
to be defeated by one not great. It
is bad enough to be defeated by one
highly esteemed; it would be unbear
able to be defeated by one who had
. not the universal respect of the peo-
pie."
Washington Fair is still on. Original
ly when the Board made the appro
priation under a resolution adopted.
County Auditor Swofford declined -to
issue warrants on the advice of his at
torney. -County Auditor Buxton and
the Attorney-General of the state had
given opinions In effect that he had a
right to issue the warrants. On his
continued refusal, the fair association
went Into the Superior Court before
Judge Kice and was granted a
mandamus requiring him to issue them.
This he did this week, after duly certi
fied vouchers covering the various ex
penditures had been filed v-liV him,
there being ten $500 warrants.
Yesterday attorneys representing E.
M. Moses, a farmer living on the
Xewaukum south of this city, served
papers on County Treasurer Summer
sett and the fair association officials
in which they propose to secure an
injunction against his paying the war
rants at any time, either now or in
future. A permanent Injunction will be
asked. Forney & Ponder, Reynolds &
Stewart and G. K. Hamaker are attor
neys for Mr. Moses, who is presumed to
be backed by the Granges of the
county.
George R. Walker, treasurer of the
fair association, has disposed of the
warrants to an outside party through
a warrant buyer, and It is expected to
use the funds at once. The outcome
of the lesai contest will be watched
with considerable Interest.
LONG JAIL TERM IS AHEAD
School Clerk Must Serve Out S2 400
Fine at 92 a Day.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 9. (Special.)
Charles Hoedle. formerly school clerk
at Mill City, who pleaded guilty a few
BRING NO REVENUE
Scheme of Seattle Freeholders
Set Aside by State Su
preme Court.
CHARTER HELD UNLAWFUL
City Council Accepts Bid of Concern
Offering 2 Per Cent Return,
Rather Than 1 0 Per Cent Prof
fer, and Action Js Upheld.
OLTMPIA, Wash.. Oct. 9. (Special.)
Cities have no right to attempt to
provide laws for governing the issu
ance of franchises to street railway
companies, decides the State Supreme
Court today.
Seattle freeholders who incorporated
section 23 .into their charter thought
they had evolved a scheme which
would result in great revenue from
granting franchises. This sectjon pro-
WEDDING OF PENDLETON GIRL AND PORTLAND BUSINESS
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MR. AND SIRS. E. P. M'CROSKEV.
October 3. at 2 P. M.. at the home of the groom, 342 Fargo street,
E. P. McCroskey, a Portland business man, and Miss Bessie Luper, of
Pendleton, Or., were married In the presence of a few relatives and
friends. They will be at home after November 1.
BRYAN' TO FIGHT SALOOXS
Prediction Made He Will Stump Ne
braska In 1910.
LINCOLN. Oct. 9. (Special.) Jasper L.
McBrien, . Nebraska's ex-State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, has made
a prediction, backed, he says, by a good
deal of evidence, that W. J. Bryan will,
before the campaign of 1910 is far ad
vanced, declare himself on the side of no
license of saloons, and assist in a can
vajs of county option which is to be one
of the paramount Issues in this state next
year. Mr. Bryan left this week for the
Seattle exposition and a confirmation of
the prediction will not be forthcoming
for some time. .
Mr. McBrien who is a Republican and
secretary of the State Temperance Union,
said that Mr. Bryan would become the
Henry Ward Beecher of the prohibition
cause in time.
Democrats declare Mr. McBrien has no
authority to speak for their chief, but
there is evidence that he is not far wrong.
Many of Mr. Bryan's closest political
and personal associates have come out.
on the side of county' option, and the at
titude of the "Commoner" indicates that
Its editor and owner is experiencing a
change of heart.
GRANGE KEEPS UP FIGHT
Insists County Fair Has No Right to
$5000 Appropriation.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. Oct 9. (Spe
cial.) Tha fight which was started
some time since to prevent tha pay
ment of the $5000 appropriation made
by th Lewis County Commissioners to
aid la - the success of the Southwest
days ago to misappropriating $1127 be
longing to the school district of which
he was clerk, was sentenced to one
year in the Penitentiary and to pay a
fine of $2400.
Today. In passing sentenceJudge
Burnett ordered that. In case the fine is
not paid, Hoedle must lay its equiva
lent out in jail. Under the law this
means 1200 days In the County Jail for
Hoedle after the expiration of his term
at the State Prison, as he stated it will
be absolutely impossible for him to se
cure any such amount of money.
BREAKWATER SINKS ALERT
Steamer Hits Stern-Wheeler In Coos
Bay None Injured.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Oct. 9. (Spe
cial.) The river steamer Alert, valued
at about $10,000, is a wreck on the
mudflats of Coos Bay as a result of a
collision with the steamer Breakwater
this afternoon. All of the members of
the crew of the Alert save the captain
jumped overboard, but all were saved.
The Alert carries freight and about
75 passengers. She makes the dally
run from Marshfield up the North Fork
of Coos River. She is owned by the
master. Captain C. E. Edwards, and is
a sternwheeler, 125 feet long. Many
passengers were waiting to board the
boat, but fortunately she bad not yet
come to her own wharf, and the pas
sengers were still on the dock. Most
of the freight which had been loaded
was saved by small launches.
The Breakwater had been at North
Bend and was passing her own dock at
Marshfield to reach the eoalbunkers at
the head of the bay. The Alert was at
the Breakwater dock. The big steamer
had whistled, and the master of the
Alert evidently thought the Breakwater
Intended to dock, as he backed the
Alert out into the channel. The Alert
was struck by the Breakwater, shoved
over on the mudrtats and sank in the
shallow water. The boat turned to
one side and was about half-submerged.
Hiram Edwards, of the Alert's crew,
was thrown off the boat by the shock
of the collision. Willie Myer, a sailor,
jumped off the Breakwater and rescued
him. Engineer Dan Roberts, Fireman
Harry Alvinson and Jess Ott, of the
Alert crew, jumped into the water and
swam ashore. Captain Edwards stayed
with the boat.
CARRIES GUN, IS ARRESTED
George Prlne, of Crabtree, Is Feared
by Neighbor Smith.
ALBANY. Or.. Oct. . (Special.)
George Prine. of Crabtree, was placed
under $250 bonds today to keep the peace.
It is another chapter In a long-standing
feud between Prine and his neighbor, v .
G. M. Smith.
The two men . have had trouble for
years, and on August 29. last. Smith allot
Prine in the head with a 38-calibcr re
volver. The bullet plowed a furrow in
Prine's skull, but did not penetrate, and
ho recovered rapidly. Since then, Prine
is alleged to have made ' many threats
against Smith's life and this- resulted In
a hearing before Justice Swan here to
day. Prine admitted carrying a gun. so
was placed under bonds, which he fur
nished. For shooting Prine, Smith is under
bonds awaiting the action of the grand
Jury on a charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon.
vided that all applications for fran
chises should be made publicly, should
be accompanied by a bond to snow good
faith; that the application be adver
tised, and the grant be awarded the
applicant who would offer to return
-.the greatest percentage of revenue to
the city.
Under that charter Edwin C. Ewlng,
who brings this suit, offered to pay Se
attle 10 per cent for a franchise, and
the Seattle Electric Company offered
but 2 per cent. The City Council, how
ever, accepted the offer of the latter
company. Ewing protested, and from
the King County Court secured an or
der restraining the city officials from
proceeding with the grant.
This is all wrong, declares the Su
preme Court. The Legislatures of 1903
and 1907 gave to City Councils the
right to grant street railway franchises
and to prescribe the terms thereof.
This state law is supreme, and the
power cannot be limited. nor prescribed
by a freeholders' charter. Further, says
the court, the Council, in turning 'over
the valuable rights to the low man,
was proceeding in a legislative capa
city, and therefore, under modern law.
Its acts cannot be reviewed nor set
aside by any court.
The decision of the King County
Court is reversed. Mr. Ewing's case is
ordered dismissed, and he will pay the
costs. He represents a rival company
which has been fighting the Seattle
Electric Company, a concern owned by
the Stone-Webster interests.
CORNELL STAYS IN HIDING
Accused Blackmailer Falls to Ap
pear and Lawyer Deserts Him.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 9. (Special.)
Because Henry Watson Cornell, ac
cused of attempting to blackmail
William Gottstein, a cigar man of 119
Tester Way, through an agent, B. J.
Berentsen, lately refused to keep his
promise and surrender himself for
trial. Philip Tworoger, attorney for
Cornell, ft noon today withdrew from
the case and will have nothing to do
with it.
Cornell promised to appear before
Justice Fred Brown at 9:30 this morn
ing and give himself up on a warrant
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nature Intended her medicines to be
used, namelv as a tea. No alcohol to
irritate, no pills to dissolve and punish
the system. Just a good old-fashioned
tea. easily prepared and easily taken.
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Opposite Postofffce
issued last Saturday. Had be done so.
he would have been granted a hearing
Monday morning. His failure to ap
pear so incensed Tworoger that he
promptly threw up the case and so
notified Cornell.
The accused Republican spellbinder
and lawyer, whom all the detectives
in the city are trying to find, is com
fortably ensconced in an up-town apart
ment and is in constant communication
with his friends by telephone. Two
roger talked with him yesterday and
today over the telephone. Others ac
knowledged that they have done so.
Nobody has been found, in spite of
a careful search, who will go on Cor
nell's ball bond. The fast friends of
Cornell have been approached on the
matter, but have refused to trust their
money on the man who in the last
municipal campaign did much to elect
John F. Miller Mayor.
HURIAS KILLED BY TRAIN
Victim of Washougal Accident Aged
Resident of Oregon City.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 9. (Spe
cial.) The identity of the man killed
by the Cliffs-Portland local at Wash-
ouaral Wednesday morning has been
determined by County Coroner W. J.
vninn He located Michael and
Charles Hurias in Oregon City, Or.,
and they came over to Vancouver mis
morning and identified the body as
that of their father, Joseph Hurias.
Hurias was SO years of age, and
haaMoa the two sons has a daughter.
Mrs. A. J. Briggs, a resident of Monta
iMito Portland. Or. Wednesday she
was not at home and the old gentle
man left a note tor ner, bihuub inn
he was going to Washougal to engage
in tha chicken business. He left that
morning on the Dalles City, got off
the boat at Washougal, walked through
Ihe town and was walking'up the track
when he was Btruck and killed Dy tne'
train.
The body was taken to. Oregon City
today for interment.
For trunks s-o to the Harris Trunk Co.
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friends that I am now associated
with the Hovenden Soule Piano Co.,
106 Fifth street, next to the Perkins
Hotel, where I would be pleased to
meet them and others who may be
interested 'in a piano or player
piano. . I might say this is not alto
gether a new connection, as Mr.
Hovenden was one of the principal
stockholders in the Allen & Gilbert
Ramaker Co., with whom' I was
associated for over five years.
In making , this announcement to
my friends and the' public, I wish
to state we are in o way connected
with any other house here, but buy
our pianos direct from . the manu
facturers for cash and are in a po
sition to sell for cash or reasonable
terms on the lowest possible margin
of profit. Our stock embraces such
well-known makes as the I vers &
Pond, Behning, -Melville Clark,
Gabler, Davtnport & Tracy and
others, besides the king of all play
er pianos, the "Apollo, the original
88-note player.
I would be pleased to have you
call and see me, and hear this won
derful instrument, as well as our
other line of pianos.-
G. W. KENNEDY
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