VIIE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, MAKCH 2T, 1910.
BRYAN BUILDS UP
BETTER CLOTHES
BETTER VALUES
Nebraskan Takes Steps to
Retain His Control of Na
tional Democratic Party.
MURPHY HAS HARD TASK
GIGANTIC
MACHINE
Attempt to "Dump" Perennial Can
didate May ICeact on Those Who
Plan It, Declare Lincoln
Friends of Peerless Leader.
IINXOLX, Xcb., March 26. Special.)
Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany, and
his friends, who, in their conference
at Hot Springs last week, were said to
be laying their plans for freezing out
William J. Bryan from the Democratic
party, and fo undermine the "Peerless
leader" that neither he nor his friends
will have any influence in the next
Democratic National convention, instead
of forcing the fight with Mr. Bryan are
themselves fighting on the defensive
with Bryan pushing them to the wall.
Instead of Bryan being "on the run."
his friends at Lincoln say he has Mur
phy, Sullivan, Taggart and their
friends on the "jump" and that when
the showdown comes and one or the
other side must "lay down" it will not
be Mr. Bryan.
Murphy and his friends have been
so busy winning over the "leaders"
that they have failed to see that Mr.
Bryan had gone above their heads and
had taken matters up directly with the I
' Liitui.Ti j i r. j uuay, ill y 1 1 1 it 1 1 u
his brother, C. W. Bryan, are at the
head of the largest and strongest po
litical machine ever organized in the
Democratic party. It is not a ma
chine in which a few big men are
banded together and depend upon the
voters to follow their lead, but rather
is a vast number of voters with just
one head W. J. Bryan and his brother.
Personal Letters Used.
The Bryans keep in touch with the
members of this immense organization
not only through the Commoner, but
through personal letters as well, and
they secure from thousands of Demo
crats and committeemen information
by which they are enabled to whip the
"leaders" of the party at every point.
Because of this organization, Bryan Is
not compelled to rely upon the so-called
state leaders of the party when he de
Kires a policy indorsed, but he appeals
directly to the rank and file of the
party and to the precinct committee
men, and the thing is done.
Those who pretend to know say that
it is nothing unusual for the Bryans to
send out 75,000 letters, and even more,
in a single week to precinct committee
men and to others who compose their
organization, and to them they sug
gest the things that should he -done
to bring about indorsement of Demo
cratic principles by the Democratic
party.
- The reports from "Washington that a
combination of Democratic Congress
men who are opposed to Bryan will
assist Murphy to "dump" the Nebrask
an. come not as a surprise to the
Hryan people at home. ThOKfiCon
Eressmen will either dump Mr.V-yan
nr Mr. Bryan will dump them. .
Knife Out for Many.
In every district in the United States
where there is a Democratic Congress
man who voted for the tariff bill or
in any way opposed 'the Ideas of Mr.
Bryan regarding that measure, or who
lent aid or encouragement to the Re
publican organization in Congress,
there is going to be a light. And Mr.
Bryan will be at the bottom of the op
position to the present Congressman.
In-' each district he will urge the se
lection of men who advocate his poli
cies and in the fight he will use this
big political machine which has been
organized.
The meeting of these Congressmen
In Washington, heralded as a meeting
to overthrow Bryan, was the result of
the knowledge of these men that the
fight is on. Those Congressmen had
heard from home. Mr. Bryan is in
touch with their constituents and lie
has advised these constituents that it
Is their duty to select Congressmen
who will uphold the "teachings of
Jefferson and Jackson" and who will
oppose a protective tariff, even though
protection would benefit their individ
ual districts or states.
In sending out these suggestions
from the Commoner office, it is pre
sumed that some of the letters have
fallen into the hanr.s of the enemies
of Mr. Bryan, while others .who re
ceived them have evidently got busy
and carried out the instructions. Thus
It was not long before the Congress
men heard of what was going on.
Bryan's Aim Not Known.
Just what Bryan intends doing with
the big machine he has worked up is
a mystery, even among his friends.
Kverything connected with its organi
zation and management is kept secret.
This organization is not like ordi
nary political machines. There are no
state leaders, no roster of Its mem
bers nor any other points of similarity
with other political organizations.
There is a head Mr. Bryan and his
brother and the next man in line is
the voter. The Bryans are in close
touch with the man who wields the
ballot.
There is nothing to show whether
or not Bryan is seeking to retain a
hold on the Presidential possibilities of
the Democratic party, or whether he
will simply use his machine to put in
power and in Congress- men who will
push the policies Mr. Bryan has stood
for. Those are secrets known to the
two Bryans alone, probably. It is
more than probable that Bryan will
use the organization to spread his new
prohibition theories among Democrats
everywhere and to make the whisky
question an issue in all parts of the
country this Fall.
' But if he is no more successful in
spreading these prohibition theories
than he has' been in having them adopt
ed in Nebraska, he is doomed to a
disappointment. Mr. Bryan never had
a. real "machine" in Nebraska, although
the state was well organized. All the
Democratic leaders and all the Demo
cratic voters were with him. That
cannot be said at present, however, as
practically all the leaders and seem
ingly a large majority of the real vot
ers are now opposed to his prohibition
ideas.
But Mr. Bryan has something up his
sleeve, and when Murphy. Taggart and
the anti-Bryan Congressmen attempt to
"dump" him they are in dangerous
business. ,
. An Italian syndicate is Investljratlnn the
feasibility of an autotnm line, to run from
Khanlltan (Persian frontteri throuxh Baft
dad to the holy elite of Kerhala and Ned
Jet. About 80.000 to 100,000 ptlg-rtma make
this Journey each year. The distance l
140 to 155 mile.
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VERTREES DEFENDS
re REIGN OF LAW
Ballinger Attorney Arraigns
"Prosecution" in Biting
Epigrams.
ALL TO BE MADE CLEAR
Committee llefuscs to Compel Secre
tary to Appear Immcdiatelj -li-'ylsion
Indicates That Two
Reports Will Be Made.
(Continued From First Fage.)
would have done so had he been mind
ed to bring about official action, which
'Patriot Olavis' was preventing and
thwarting where he was."
Mr. Vertrees' statement was a long
one, going into details practically of
every phase of the case. He said it
would be shown that as regards the
Cunningham claims and in all other
matters Mr. Ballinger was clean
handed, apd that his actions had been
that of. an honest and upright citizen
and official.
Escrow Agreement Denied.
He denied that Secretary Ballinger
had ever drawn up an escrow agree
ment, or any' other sort of agreement,
in the 'Wilson coal land cases. He
said Mr. Ballinger had a legal and
moral right to do what lie did in
presenting Cunningham affidavits to
Secretary Garfield. He asserted that it
would be shown that Mr. Ballinger
was in no way responsible for the
request for an investigation of the
coal lands of 190S, having gone first
to Assistant Secretary Pierce, rather
than to Attorney-General Wickersham.
All along the line, a general denial of
"charges, inferences and Insinuations"
was entered.
"The evidence now to be offered,"
said Mr. Vertrees, "will make all of
these things so clear and so plain that
this committee will cast about to dis
cover how it is that men who knew
as much of the truth as Pinchot and
Glavis and Garfield and Newell knew,
could have had the daring to present
themselves as sincere, honest harbor
ers o. a suspicion, much less as per
sons really believing that they had
knowledge of inculpatory facts."
Ftrandcls Request Denied.
The day was replete with interest.
The growing bitterness between At
torneys Vertrees and Brandeis mani
fested Itself in several sharp ex
changes. Mr. Brandeis demanded first that Mr.
Ballinger appear as a witness to be
examined as a part of the case for the
prosecution. It was requested later
that "he be asked to appear for the
defense." This called out lively dis
cussions between counsel and among
members of the committee. The first
request was unanimously denied. The
second request was considered in ex
ecutive session for 40 minutes, at the
end of which time it likewise was de
nied. The vote stood 8 to 4 on the second
proposal, and was taken to indicate
by many how hopelessly the committee
is divided and as presaging In the end
a majority and minority decision. Kep
resentaive Madison, of Kansas, "in
surgent" Republican, voted with the
Democrats. Senator Purcell, of North
Dakota tDem.). voted with the Re
publicans. Ballinger's Right Cpheld.
Representative James .'asked that
Mr. Ballinger be compelled to take
the stand as the first witness on his
side of the case and it was on this
that the vote was taken.
-Senator Purcell declared he thought
it only just, as a lawyer, that the de
fense should be allowed the same lib
erty in calling witnesses and arrang
ing the order of its testimony as had
been granted the "prosecution." Sec
retary Ballinger probably will not tes
tify until toward the end of the pro
ceedings. Mr. Vertrees began by telling the com
mittee that the evidence which his side
would present, "as you will discover, ia
of two kinds first, evidence that has
no direct relation to the acts, personal or
official, of Mr. Ballinger. but which bears
upon particular collateral statements of
witnesses like Glavis, Barr and Jones;
and, second, evidence which does relate
directly to those acts of Mr. Ballinger
which Glavis. Pinchot and company have
sought to assail and Impugn."
Kvidence "Consciously False.",
Mr. Vertrees declared that he would
show the evidence of Glavis, Jones, Barr
and others with respect to certain speci
fic facts "to be so grossly falRe as to con
vince the committee that in these re
spects it was deliberately fabricated and
consciously false.
"For example." he continued. "the
evidence of the witness Jones as to the
manner in which Mr. Sheridan conducted
the hearings In the Cunningham cases
and exposed Ills case to his adversaries
is such perversion of the truth as to
leave no doubt that it was deliberate;
and the evidence of Glavis as to the rela
tions and conduct of Mr. Behrens and Mr.
Dennett Is equally false.
"It will also be shown that Glavis en
deavored to have an accounting agent
of the Government, Mr. Spalding, delib
erately falsify the account he (Glavis
had rendered in order to restore $55 ex
pended as etenographer's fees for prepar
ing the report to the President which
he and Shaw as the agent of Mr. Pin
chot prepared the first open attack upon
Mr. Ballinger's good name.
Concealment of Papers Charged.
"It will then be shown that in Septem
ber. 1909. Glavis surreptitiously and cor
ruptly concealed among his own private
belongings papers, the property of the
Government, which he knew really were
not injurious to Mr. Ballinger's name,
but which, being hidden, could be made
the foundation of a malignant and slan
derous accusation, and that, conclevlng
this to be the situation, he called upon
this committee to require Mr. Ballinger
to produce thqse papers with a view of
falsely asserting that they were not pro
duced because they would Inculpate him.
"Kvidence then will be directed to the
conduct of Mr. Ballinger himself, as a
lawyer, as Commissioner of the General
I .and Office and as Secretary of the In
terior. In addition to official doceu
ments the witnesses' who have any
knowledge of the facts will be presented
to testify.
"The truth in connection with Ballin
ger's action in the Cunningham claims
and his official action in all respects
where it has been assailed will be riiown
by the evidence."
Motive Always Upright.
Mr. Ballinger's only interest, the attor
ney declared, was as an officer of the
Government, desiring to do those things
best for the interests of the people. The
attorney began at the first investigations
made by Mr. Glavis into the Cunning
ham claims. Upon the record and re
port, he declared. It appeared to Mr. Bal
linger that the claims were entitled to
be clear-listed.
"Ho believed it to be right then, he be
lieves it to be right now," declared tie
attorney. He pointed to the fact that
until Mr. Ballinger retired from the Land
Office no evidence had been found as-sailing
the Cunningham claims. Ballinger
had no connection with th? claims and
had no relations with the claimants un
til September. 190S, when, at the request
of Cunningham- and Smith, two of the
group, he presented an affidavit to be
tiled in the general office and presented
it in person to the Secrotary of the In
terior. Referring to the affidavit itself, how
ever, the attorney declared Mr. Ballinger
could not be held for its truth or falsity,
as he presented it merely as It had been
presented to him by Cunnifigheni, He
declared that Mr. Ballinger had a legal
and moral right to act for those two
claimants.
Mr. Vertrees then recalled the action
of the Secretary upon taking office. In
turning over to his first assistant, Frank
Pierce, all the matter of the Cunning
ham claims. Mr. Ballinger did that, the
lawyer declared, not because he had been
an attorney for the claims, for he had
not, but because he had been an attorney
in a single transaction, end lie excused
himself on that account.
Olavis Obsessed by Idea.
Glavis, the attorney described as ap
parently zealous and earnest but con
sumed with the belief that all Alaska
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claims were frauds. When Governor
Moore, of Alaska, criticised Glavis, at
first, Mr. Vertrees declared, Mr. Ballin
ger had defended him.
When Mr. Vertrees came to review
the part which the Forest Service took;
in the events which followed, he re
ferred to It as "the pinchot service."
After reviewing the whole story of the
claims' from that time down to the pres
ent Mr. Vertrees declared that when Mr.
Ballinger is heard, it will be seen there
is no sturdier supporter of conserva
tion than he, holding that development
ought not to be exiled by theorists and
doctrinaires.
Mr. Vertrees declared that Mr. Bal
linger may have strained the timbers
of the law in making withdrawals for
power sites, but did make them only
until Congress might enact legislation
to provide for their protection. The
evidence to be submitted, continued Mr.
Vertrees, "will make all these dealings
so plain and clear that the committee
will cast about to discover how men
who knew so much about the truth
could have had the daring to present
themselves as sincere, honest harborers
of su&picion.
Acts of Congress Hce.pc.ctcd.
"Mf. Ballinger conceived that 1 1 1 am
duty was not to be expressed in the
words. 'I hereby direct and order," but
in the words, 'Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America, in Con
gress assembled,' and he acted accord
ingly. By command of the law he undid
some of the things which Mr. Garfield
had done. By command of the law co
operative certificates and co-operative
agreements and ranger education at
Government expense became things of
the past.
"When they lost their vivid green
and took on a cold, dead gray, there
was a subsidence in the proportions of
the Forestry Chief he ceased to be
the Department of Agriculture. Mr.
Ballinger was now where Mr. Garfield
was not. and Mr. Pinchot was confined
to the forest reserves. Broad as they
are, they are too small for hltn.
"This explanation will be made obvi
ous and apparent when the evidence
now to be offered is seen."
Adolph Behrens. of Seattle, first wit
ness for the "defense" denied Glavis
testimony that he had lunched with
Commissioner Dennett or written to
him. He admitted on cross-examination
that he had left his card for Dennett,
with a brief note asking Dennett to meet
B. H. Thompson at a certain place. The
testimony was for the purpose of im
peaching Glavis.
The last witness of the prosecution
who was heard before Mr. Vertrees
made his statement, was John M. Steele,
counsel for the Morgan-Guggenheim
syndicate, who began testifying yester
day. He told of the operations in Alas
ka of the syndicate. He said with
much, feeling that the Guggenheim
enterprises had been much abused.
"We have been accused of gobbling
up Alaska, closing the markets of the
world to Alaska and what not. It was
to refute misrepresentations of this
sort that we asked permission to be
heard."
Mr. Steele said It was difficult to un
derstand the abuse that had been
heaped upon" the Guggenheims. They
had never tried to do a fraudulent
thing, he asserted, and had secured all
their rights through the general laws.
He gave figures to show that the Gug
genheims do not control Alaskan fish
eries, transportation facilities or min
erals. "Our railroad is the only bona fide
railroad enterprise in Alaska. We have
never tried to shut out competition,"
said Mr. Steele. "Any encouragement
that Congress can give us ought to be
given."
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Boy Dies Fighting Fire.
PITTSBURG., March 26. Kinsley Court
ney, ased 10 years, was fatally injured
near Clifton today while assisting city
firemen who fought brush blazes with
lines of hose. He died later. The losses
from forest fires are mostly confined, to
the West Virginia mountain districts.
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STEINWAY PIANO
The St. Louis Times of March 15, '10, printed
the following about the Steinway piano, on which
Lhevinne played during his recent concert in that
city.
"There is in Lhevinne's attitude no sugges
tion of pose, no attempt at hypnotic effects; he is
most unromantic and unprepossessing in appear
ancef and his personality gets over the footlights
only through the medium of his piano. Lhevinne
also is consistent in his choice of an instrument;
he played on a real piano, not the box of wood and
wire which the greed of the virtuoso sometimes
forces upon a bewildered public, but a superb in
strument with a bell-like singing tone; an instru
ment that seemed to respond to every demand
made upon it, and enabled him to give exact value
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