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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIA, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 18, 1910. tb following Npch of -an eminent pub- Court." I vUyi to y to J oil, 7i-'. t' :t I h.ive rn war to fiOQSEVELT DARES WILG IU Null! : i.;-: j-v-;r Vr.--v;,V';:.;.,t.;:,i O 1 prr Criticism' of Supreme Court Defended by Quotations . From Lincoln and Taft. COLONEL IN BATTLE TRIM I'coplr. 11 Sa Irnl Into 0 n Hand; "If Thi Be Socla M.-m Make the Mo-t of It," He Declare. ir"(1 Fro-'. I'l-H ;.::n. ,i . tri!".j.;il F:abi:'h,d r th 'in of !:..- f r. I r r-i Slates fc-r 1 1 : i t jit! h :v t:t:i: irc ;ion fcccomcs aw -f ti.o l-.ir.'iiijr on y"i. on ?:;. ;iri nn ev ry other po-Hl citizen, i w-Mtytr Mlo it or r.'v IKnc. I !o rnt c'p.i'O- to ci Jnto nr. arcufi: nt to ; .-. S t..ls aii'lirni'o . wh thr or ; p.'-: 1 e ";v;ff .I-sTlrr-) un!rrst.vl the j Lincoln jnolrtl Arcutn. "Not, r r. f.einf n, I have rr.a-.io one i ha n ire in th.- a hove otiotntion. The la.t words w-rp not 'T!uMtiore Kosevtit." i Tho Inst u'C'Ttls v. f-rv 'Abraham Lincoln." i ami i Is attack n-u-le nearly 5.5 years ngi ' jfS;'.rt A!u' Liiu In, I.: pro! irnty nn-1 X'..i- k;r.d of aiti- k iLi'-rii :it ihi; i:. -iTf-r r t: "'r r:; Abo L: nIri fi t t an-! Mmiitd Take ; j. -;,....,! t i r-v, : v; t hi ' j ".-. t!. Fiine I.ri. nr.'I r.'c;v-t ; lor tr.v &i:;ro::i L mirt t ut. f roiir !. J ftc!. :m l that I l:av Mtr. iind a-um m i u . i i spt-ech's nnl :;al:t5. ns 3 "resit-It nt of tae United tat.-s, expressed. An upriarht Jude is a hikTlu r and belter publu servant than n::y ut!: r inr.n can possibly be, and It i a rau of pride to rvery American ivtizr. fiat our Supremo Court is tho nmst InH lential judicial tribunal In t :: . r t ; i ' wor Kl. I have j noted Ah-o .ir.' "t:; let ir.e fiii'to him a:?ain: "We h-Iit v- in olHiilfnoc and . rc- ;' t for the jnriUiM iopariTi.en.t of the. Cuvrnnicnt. We ti.lr.k ita decisions on cons: t iiti.'-n:-! questions, when-, fully it led. simll control.' "1 apree- ab?o!i:tr!y with this srn ttnee of Abe Linro'.n, not the lee bo i I Hi be i-vr in what Lincoln ; id immediately afterward: "" "I-'t: t wl- tJ.ink this doclsion er r'int"vis and we ?:iaii do what we can J::.Vtf It overrule. l. i WEE TELLS ABOUT MB. H0FE8 Specific Charges Are Made Against Salem Editor and Politician. NAMES AND PLACES GIVEN declares That Holer Is Plnliilj a Grafter, and Invites Candidate to Bring a Suit for Criminal Libel. li hun.lf salii so. fie i.i' rlenctifil ftsl!" In th.' air an.l nuin ir-rr.i j forrh his mt-.-i;:iie ivitii ml) the i-itor.y ! he coutri muft-r. :-.-vr.vl tu.ios lu lrtri irom the t? of t:!s ; rep:ueil upefch to injct reniurks to vhow lio earnrtttly he in. ant what he y.u.l. "I wish that my opponents would come into the open," he sal.l, "They piioot from the huhfS." he dM-;:ir.'fl at another place, '"but you could not make them corns Irito the opn ur.-l fipht thy isaue." CYllic Are llefietl. Another remark which c.ius-l thf crowd to cher was nui'io just r.s r.o liad HKain (tared i:ts ii!p.n.-nts t- ;i:t themselves on recorti as against i:!Li. "t-'rletid. tnev vun't lo it.' fii'l : '. i "'They may critiri?- n:.'. bit th-'V wiil . v.-a!k a Ihoi:? tirv wrf lr-:n:i:. n F before tiir-y t.ike tlir o.'tii.I-." J., , After he had n.-er:e I that ti e l.- i.!- )P r rs i:i husirifss mast art as se rvants of , tne peipi. ami t.st li e iori r.i;:ms rtust be the creature and twit :i:a.--ter of ti e people, he a'i! l.d: "To paraphrase the toi. t f I'iitrii-k Henry. if that be soria '.sir.. u;ak.- t.'.-j rioKt of It.' "Thnt's H. fairly decent Ideal, isn't it?" tie asked. ater he had )!fi!:u-"l tiiat each man should have a 1 ilr hame. with special prl'-iii's for none. " ".V Kll't i- 1 Critie. T(M). t t:-.9 t Appeal to .Mull. "There is no apperti to t:n- i .-;. nothing laner..us. Nnholv lai any reason to fear 'new Nat'onaiis'n 11. : t the crook and the boss, and I. icy I'ulJi have." Colonel Roosevelt said tliflt le iia 1 come here "to jv netly i n it I have said In the West." "Let it be understood at the outset." he continued, "that I have not a word to retract." "Amen" shouted a man in tae i row.'. "That's sound ar.i n that .i i;ood doctrine," the Colonel said. "What I have to say Is to take away any excuse from those who no.sreor... sent my works, ft is r.ot for nc in ex plain. It in for them." Th Colonel sllt.tly mo."ir'.-d 1 is definition of "new Nationalism" t l.iv. Ife calied it "the i ff! tent a j.p' n a : ion to new condit'orn of certain o.I-:i i;e and f unda'ne nta I niorai'ti-'." T...: ori " efficient" fie Insertea imin . .. then rrocee-ied wi'h a defense of hi attitude, an exposition f "new Na tionalism" and repet : tlori of Ms M-lara -tien of w ir en erooks and bs'a.." ' "New NaUonalisin"' .ot New. "TT.e new na'.lonal.sT." sa:J !. ne T.eodcre floo.'ev. Ir in l.. epe,'., "means r.othinir hut au arr!:ca;.r.n tj rx conditions of certain old and funda mental moralft'c it means an inviruion to meet toe r.w pro'alenij. ot t!:e (-ras. nt J ir In pre.-tse'y the ypirit in wt K-h l.in ein and th men of his .lay mt taeir nv problems." To his crttlcs, he r'Jt this i'Huc: "I any party wt'Ilrs to t.ike.rl.e o:ln-r sid-? of the propositions of which cemnlai.".t is rrnde? If ao. it ttouM be a "..! tnin to have the ta.-ue before ihc pconle. tor in the er.d th fenpie wouid most cev ta:r.fy decldo in favor of the r:ni In!. 3 mhcilrd In the new nationalism, he cause otherwise this countrv could tot continue to be n true ropuM;.'. a true democracy." The speaker followed this with a Jus tification of his attneks on the Supremo Court of the I'nited States. He chose two .inument one, that In h:. . ritul mi he had merely echced the m.n.oi y opin ions of the eourt itself, the other that he had, I'ius'pius pre.-ec.er.t trie tx -.mple of Abraham i.lncoln. wa 1. h- sal. had Hen fir more outspoken than h, him self had ever hen. and the . Janii le o; President Tift, from Rlae urt ran.s li yars ago La fuor of puShc cri'.tc.sn.s of the courts he quoted. OIentiu Opitiion Miteil. avo to .-o oi'ly st--.te: i. n or i'i... past for 1 r. lent.- i'r. . ..! tit of tie ("nit.. Stnt-s. ?.!.-. Tail, his f-rvp.i !us cnuntjy honoral':;. iind aly in :inny p ..-itlnns ;h J'.ore. as I'.iu'-r'.r oY the lh. . lippm.-s. n S. c: . :ary of V. a-, and not at- i':..si- -. t f .- t :.. r w.tli l.!iu, lar:.''.' loin:.-. :i:.!t:m ur.d ai..l 1 ,i" -or. ! acl e o..-o .!".' rre..t:cn of .-Ion. the adoption of ;:.!n:ioi;m t::i;:f law Iti .i:i'' with trt'iun p..,ar.s. tlie proper t r r. ti-ieiit of tl'.e i'.'.'lii.ain. s undt r th" t.iri.'f. tl: increase In the ..frioi.-noy of t..e ir. terstate ciiKuerce law, tie be ii::: r.- of a n.,rona! legislative pro-rauiti:.- pro..i.n- for tlu- o -roise' of th ta:mr p-,w. r in eor.iiootion w:tli i o rpor.: 1 T.s "! ilnir an int-rstate lusi 11 -s, a j'o.-:.il M.vintrs bank bill, tlis 1 on.-t:tMtioii of a Loi.in:,s?iou. to report a r. tivily f t overi ip'ialization in con j . i t hi with ;.. issue of stock an 1 I i:..o : n..t few o:' .t.i serviotis are :::or- les.-rl:.ir of nnir.l taan what lie 5 nd 111 this ninrt. r of itiimmii of tint joi:v::ar . S('.'aki; c as a I'nited Stated 1 " . r Tiir Ji,.i..-. 1.1 .ars a.i, he said: "'The 01 port unity, freely and p' Ui :v to iriticia- jjilieiai a.-tiou is of ...-t'v tr.or-' laiportaiii to the body p .In. loan tlie im.m.i.i:)' of i-ourts and j-fi-i- -- irom ,i:tja..t ."spcrston and at ta a-. Notion t-on is ni-r.. to l-endi-r j.i.:l;''s i.irtfal in ti'eir decisions and at..io-:s to do c-x.o-t jutl.e taan tlie ansi io 1 .ress that i v. ry a-t of theirs is to be .inbmitied to the intei::-nt . rutin. and (andi.l critieism of th.lr fi-ilow m. n. fr. ti e case of judges liold- inir a l.t..' tenure. in.U-d. Il.t-ir very ln.i.oaoid- r.ee rn..'Kts tHe ri-;K.t fr r'y to i-''U:nni.t on t;: ir '1. . isi'.ns of greater I .1 p r T l 1 . b .-."lse it is the only prac at 1. ..i:d aailable ir.f iriitnorit in il:e haiuia of a iri " p. of.U- to k-iep such ju.la s a!ie to the rcasou:U i o demands of th-se ih-y i ve. . . Pliny .ierfi!ltcnt Indorsed. Iiroppiii the personal pronoun, the (.'-i.un.-i look-up i.ji expopltl n of what "we who work for tuo new nntior.al 1 -in" tel. eve. lie reiterated Ids belief la unviTnu'i. nt hy party. liTs recognition of ti.e ji, c-.-s: :;y of corporations in hud resj. a.-eompanied by the elevation of t .e u.irki'urr.i'ii by uni.ms; 'but all the.-e :: :ni--.;. l;e v.. IS eor.Viil.-ed. must b. ii".. j- r the e. ntrc.J of the whole peo pie. l'.ie ire ltal ar.d cst'iitlal matter In ail public l:.e vas honesty. All food 1 lazcns rau.-it joi.i In wurrin on tiie i-rook. whitner eiver or taker of bribes, as a tratror to il.-nici racy. .' Tne address i-lorcd -nirh The only viirvl. that oonid be cfins'ru.'d as hav li.sr sny l.e-i-:::-4 on the imrta-diat po- iea,!,-r lenilf 11 e peu-d.-; th" boss driv.-s the people. 'l i e 1 .iiier !ois hi.s hold by open appeal to tne reason and cons-ten -e of li:s f olio wi rs : the boss keeps h.is hold by ninnipuiariim. by Intrigue, by secret and furtive iippeal to many forms cf si if-tn:erest a..d sometimes to ivrv b.-.se forms. 'i'ro-rr.-s th-re muel bo. but it must I v.-i.-e. .-.'i'l r an.l no -ii rate, if it Is to l.e perin.i .e-t. 1'rosper.i'y must be pr--.-erv.-d. for material well-bein.LT is a Lt-.i 1 foo. hiit it is only a foundation 1t a Softv nati o.-.-i I f.. raised in ac 1 in-e v. i'.a ti.e .io-lr'.ne tiiat 'ilight-ioust--..-5 ixnltelli a nation." iocli!i With Woodruff lirief. Af'-r Cole M -. "Take for instance." lie contained, sp . "-hat 1 sai l in ref.-rer.ee to late d. - is- . I -r. ions of the upreme t 'urt. ino jeei-:.u ' j;.,. Was in the Kniu'nt suicar case, in which. "I aecordlntt to the i:j.enttiiff oj Inion of 1 in : Justice H:ir!ia. t:v court 1 ii.-(i the nut - .1 lie. so far a N it.onal p-nvir :s conretnel I The Ithe only power w lilch could he efr-ctH. 1. M -. v entirely at the m.-r.-y of t fi- o.iitor-.a- to-is. tlcrus which arbitrarily control tlie pi. .as : i , v of articles punhasid to 1,. ti.ms;.. : t. d 1 t from one fttale iuti another t.iie. ! -p "I merely look the vi. w wi. . M the . ., learned Justice had taken in his -li-.e.-.i- J ;IT..i IhpT opinion. Those who eriti. ..-c 11. e ate 1 f... also criticising a Justice i f th- Supremo ! tirr. tourt,. .nr. i;.ir:.in. tm mv crtti.s i.ikc n an ai:to::ib:!e around a rir, u:ir track the petition that the peo; .-snail net Lu 1 ar. ! I-.; -r h..oi. 1 :..ds v.itl. !. Ihihr. i abl to control the actlvitas and man- j nu ! . i ;.i;rr.; ilat d li'ni. lie v:i! return aitement of these pre. it m .n noilstlc cor-.; t0 New York Tom orrow. porations u- uik an int. ist.nte r 1- r.o-s If so. let them frankly avow taeir p-- altlon. If not. let iium cease their crit- ! Ilonsev.-'.l la1 finished K'ttir y..: Il.ti.lr:.-:-..- stc; p- d up to Tie 1. r. 1 and ti... l, ad.-r of lei-.iriiZiii.'li s!"''k I-.riu. Is cordially. v:.r nev.-r in !.!. -r tichtin- trim i-v life." th- .lor -l told Mm with 1 I-. ine-'irc of Color-.! Roox-velt and -.i-.t .H-.-i;v , .1 .a.iy a f--v ser in. -n ii 1" k h.:n-!s nnil said c.i'l to s." e.-.eli nicer, and Woei'.rliff V:i!k. '.! r.p. tVii.iti. I i-.;,Vi,! ;t . .ia.e fair-ouniis ir to -A.i-ii; I.-"- iii.h.-i'.ol.il races "ri.:t f'.'iM t. lie i. i:.,Jpli ie lirlo. t-.:s car a u.ile 111 f.-ifci-r ...1: :.n c:.c el- hid . v. r tr..v. 1. J I k-lsm." The other ca?o mention, i hj on-- ror bl;j:r.C New York ffare to rri. ..;,. hours of work In bake sl.ors. and ;u-iir.. the ppeakcr said. 1-e laid l as d his C:;t.. cism en a d:sen:lii: u lu:on vritnin the court Itself. Lincoln Mnilliirlv A--:iilcil. Fif ty-thr. years acn." he or tin. u.'.l. "Abraham Uncohi was as.-vile.) for h. repeated criticisms of the S..pr- in - Court In the "Drcd-3 otf case. As recarjf ti.! dorision he ar.nour.ee J. r...; or.ee. tul sca n ar.d again, that he h'l.i it to b.. not merely the rifcthi. but the duty cf iti ircf who felt that Judicial vl'-c:- :ir Were erroneous ar.d darr.ac'nc. loaliy to p .'.!. by the decisions as lore a ther ,.t..J. but to try lard to secure th-lr r- v.-rsal: hta languaKe on one occasion b- i;. tis fellows': -We rlo not propose to disturb the rlxhta of rropcrty thu -tri d; we pro pose so resiit.n6 the deeis on u to ,.ave the question reop- r.ed if cur. ar.d a new Judicial ruie cttablisjied up oc tie aublect.' t "He repeated this St.Vemerit In t!y tUfferlri; larttiic in sp.ech .ifvr .p - uii Moreover. h-.i u-d very rtror-if Ta:.-:i-ehout the decision--far strop. t.. r I .iream of uilr.r or 'nun it woal i te p-i p.-r to use. about th clec'Vcns w.th wh'c.'i I now deal. But 1.1s. view a i. his ri;.v.t, and dufy 1? call a: -niion to an error... us iectron whien vitnl'v affected the ri-rh".s of the people, was, I th,r.i4. cntir-ly soun I. At ar.v ri". if I have err- .1 In romm'iiilir.i as I have c-vmii.ented. u oe the i??c!ror. Irr finen,, rrr ., , pry Tn:h Ahran.im Unc.ir. . Te cri'i Cifm oi me ia rerhart ntll suminci lii .4 (ivtl W u r' -Nurse l!e-. r ;.u;o. Pt. it. - ?.! :; r. of th... I 1st nrvi v i.o t ro.m'l.t woiin.'ed 1'idin s to 1.. r,':h ! .1 imr th-. Clv'l V Marcaret pit liiirs-H In rs lei ( -. is .! ad a: lie rc'.u. tn- of her hi-..- 1 cr-. i:ir.. ll r W as VI Ji-a.-a old. !i. ri tile war hioki -ii.t t-l.o iu-n; Into S..utr.-ra t rri-t- v. il.-.-t of h r .la.s ,.f s- r. ice were ' :-t In li e c..".nv a! .M ,n, h-s aiid ,"..sh-u.:.-. Aft.-r ti e Kir. M! -' "Mill-r taii.i..t the , ; iMn-n in South C. r,.lii.a. Sao sp nt 5. v. r:;! vc.ir.-. i:. the S eLM-ru SLhu:. a'.i flier. mi-. tl Chii-,o. St. I. mils to Honor t'le cl;nul. I. "1:1s wi'! ron ;r;i. iion of a ti..n of the Half the and Alli.it ST. I.r:"!S. S n-. 17 -St t' f lo.vard the c N.i i"t.i mei.ior.al in p.rp-ti m. m.-ry of ii:-.o,-r i 'l.- t-latn anionnt i.i.s t . r. s-i:'.c-r..v -t il I'M.nl'. pres ..-i.t of tho (, ,;;,. wi-aiih 'i r-.:.. . Corn; ar y, who Is I:,, direct l:.ilttv o: t! . s. u r..::li.l..i.i the r.-s- of t:.j tin..: 1.- oi : iij.e.1 n. xt W.-.-k. T..e hie; s ' , 1 r .-r : : h n '.Vit; re- .'.. ! frotn PavoJ ii fr r ' is, w ; o.V-avc fh... j,,. was S. ,iv of Int.-r or In Mr CI vcl md s alunet. Hitrcesf teiini Vai lit Ordered. M:V -i i. ;:K. !-.,... IT. Tie largest sal.ir.u- a.-h: in world Is io be thu r:o;; ;y t f i: t T. To.hi, oinnia- d-ire of t'.e At'aul V.iri.! Chili, who has just -.1 con! .-,i.. fr tli ' :;-;.r.i f i'.c bo it a tl.r maste.l si...; sio-o n. r-y.n. ht. t.,e "Karin.i." t.i Ciot vv '-.n i i.i.iu,. i. .1 ai..i.t n.!.fi;lii. T' e Kir.ni'!. to h,. li ?rrf- Inches f.v. r i.- -'v. f- v. av i- -f.-:t d.-iah and wi.rha.vc a-ticn-fl of-i.I feci. SALIM, Or.. S-pt. 17. (To the Editor.) Last -October I sent to President Taft. throueH Hon. Fred II. Carrienter, his . rretary. a protest asainst the proposed aiiyoli.tm.-nt of E. Hofer to a position in tiie Custom!" Service. In that letter I stated in substnnce that Mr. Hofer rep. uiatlon for bclns a Rrafter, for aelllna; hla ctuiuns to the highest bidder without r Rai d to principle, was established In, tr. s city beyond question. Several weeks a?o Hon. C. B. Moorea, in a communication to The Oreconlan. n-.eni: uie i that a lettor-proteytintr against the propor.'il appointment of lir. Hofer h:id to n eer.t to the President, and there upon Mr. Hofer unwlsly demanded that tHe !. tier he pubiis-l.e.l. Mr. Moores. th that frienuly ar.d oblifctrsr way so char-neti-rlstic of him, campliec". with the re ip.iest: Later, in a personal communica tion to Th Orcirnninn. Mr. Hofer de-n-.in.l d to Know specirlcally whom and vv h. n he had prafled. To attack a man ' publicly In his repu tation is excusable in morals and law cu'y wiien i: in neciyrary to protect por-ron.-i or prop 1 ty npainst that man's mis chievous activities. The letter I sent to t l-.e Prusident was written because I believed, and the belief p Justified by farts of my personal knowl-dK?. that Mr. Hof. r'a appointment would have resulted In d. hauchini: that branch of the Fed eral t'. rvice. Mr. Hofer Is now candidate for the Ilciu'l.l'lcan nomination for Governor. and his active campalirn sue tresis the P'wslbility of nomination and subse ouent el-ction. It appears to he neces sary for me to answer his public chal lenge, and show whom and when he has prafted. In doinir this. I have In view only the public welfare. It is true that for Mr. Hofer I have no per sonal resj ect. yet with most of the tilings which he advocates I am in political accord. This letter. then. should not be construed as opposing the things Mr. Hofer advocates, but only as opposing his candidacy. (.raftiiifr Ui-piitutlon Allejred. "First, then, I reiterate the statement made to President Taft that Mr. Hofer has in this community the reputation of beinc a crafter. If Mr. Hofer will sue me for making this statement I will esnMish the truth thereof by calling as witnesses every member of the Supremo 1-Iciich. the Circuit judpes of this' district, all of the state, county and city officials, the clergymen and bueiiif-a.. .men .of Salem. Secondly. I charge that Mr. Hofer has the general reputation of sellinsr the support of his paper to whatever man or political party will pay the most therefor, without reeard to any moral principle that may be involved. Specific Cane la Cited. As to his beinit a prafter, I specif ically charge a.3 follows: Tn.-i! at the tlrhe Hon. Claud Gatch in -publican) and Napoleon Davis inemocr.iii were opposing candidates for Mayor of Selem. 1".' Hofer took to M. W. Hunt, then chairman of the City Central Committee of the Republican parly, two prepared editorials, one in I the Interest of Mr. liatrh. the other in the Interest of Mr. Havis, and of fered to publish the one in the Interest of Mr. 'Catch for $10. conditioned that If the f:.i) wis not paid the editorial in the interest of Mr. Pavls would be published, and Mr. Catch would be op posed by the paper. The matter was referred to Mr. Catch personally, and lie refused to consider it. Mr. Hofer then sold the support of his paper to Napoleon Pavls and received therefor jilt). At that time Napoleon Davis was notoriously the head of the lieu land rinir in this state. Mr. Hofer attempted to jrraft Hon. Georue s. Downing, the then Superin tendent of the Oregon State Peniten tiary, out of some $;0. When Chamberlain and Furnish were opposlnif cunii i.iu ic-s for Governor, Chamberlain's friends bouprht the sup port of Hofer's paper for $500, al ihoiiKh Hofer at tiiat time was sup posed to be publishing a F.epubllcan pa;ier. This money was paid to Hofer by P. J. Fry and Fred Steusloff. two vealthy and prominent Democratic business men of Salem. I'rotoetlori of C.unililers Cliarjrcd. W hen T. H. Cornelius was Marshal of Salem he closed the frambllns: games that were bein- conducted behind near ly every clar ftore .in Salem. Tin horp Kaiiibleis. calipers and pimps infested tiie city, and minors were every niitht taught to (ramble. One num. more than to years of acre, lost oil -l.ls money and then committed sui cide. IcavirR- an ntred and penniless widow. Hundreds of worklnir men lost their unites nenrly every week In these dens. Mr. Hofer personally requested Mr. Cornelius to let the Raines con tinue, an.l arKiied that It was political Iv inexpedient to close them. This .Mr. Cornelius refused to do. and thereupon, K. " IJofor," this reform candidate for Governor, tried to bribe Comellua by offering h I in $""0 a month to let the pannes rnri. Thu did Mr. Hofer act as a Ko-bctween for the pimps and tln i.om ir.-.mblers. and attempted by brib ery to prevenr an officer from enforc ing the laws he had sworn to uphold. Incidentally, -it inipht be remarked, that to attempt to bribe an officer Is a penal offense. but the statute of "imitations lias fun npainst this parti cular crime. The Lc-jriedature of 1SS: passed law n,roviiitnp for-the publication of County Court proceedings in county newspa pers. In this county, two papers were to he 'designated for that purpose, and It w-ns understood that erfr-h was to be paid tr'0 a month. The County Judge decided that the two papers having the lamest fcona fide circulation within the county, should he designated as Sllell official papers. At that time. I was publishing the semi-weekly Wood burn Independent, and the contestants were my paper. the . Statesman and Hofer's paper. To my utter astonish ment. I found that the affidavit made by Mr. Hofer. if true, showed that his circulation In this county, far exceeded nifr.e. I immediately act on foot an lt,estit;aitcn. which returned to me, ipiuliialve evidence that Mr. Hofer's a f fiiav it w as f.'tlse.. I thereupon called hi.-ri into tiie law office of CD. Young In Salem, and confronted him with the ei id- n-.c 1 . had secured. "Sir. Hofer then and there admitted that his affi davit was false", and that' he had pver-nie-o.l i he amount of bis subscription list'taliy- 5'w nanus. Mr. Hofer begged IT Y CLOTHES ?! i Kr'5 ..-f?i P"-'i m m t-'-a P-'y? f-.ri'i mi m is "J V-hri ( r. -.i m m QUAL My offering this season comprises the choicest selection of EXCLUSIVE weaves and patterns in foreign and domestic woolens. CLOTHES OF CHARACTER, which are readily distinguished from the ordinary ready-to-wear garments, affording an opportunity for good dressing at a modest cost. OUR JUVENILE DEPARTMENT, occupying an entire floor, contains many NOVELTIES to be . found only at this store. OUR WOMEN'S and MISSES' DEPARTMENT is rapklly growing and is worthy of a visit. MEN'S SUITS and OVERCOATS $20 to $40 MEN'S RAINCOATS and SLIP-ONS $15 to $45 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS $15 to $30 BOYS' SUITS and RAINCOATS $5 to $20 LEADING CLOTHIER off. and asked me not to prosecute him, upon the ground that it would do no Rood to pursue th matter further. Hon. T. L. Davidson of Balem, was then County Judfte. and W. M. Grimm, of Hubbard, was one of the County Commissioners. The matter became so . .v,e. .entiomen declined i nol believe them to be true. I think it is i. i i. .v.- i ... , i the duty-of any cllisen If persona) knowledge bearing on the subject under discussion. He produces a letter writ ten by Mr. McMahan. who also has no per sonal knowledge on the subject, but says he knows of other people who have been "grafted" by me. As The Oresonlan has not editorially com mented on these charges. It apparently does ' ., , ,,r .v,. . ... . ( the dutv-of any clllsen If he has a personal to at all comply with the law, and re- ,xp)rl,nre witn a -grafter'- to (rive the cold. fused to give tne county printing to har1 fact, without referrins the public to anv Daner in this county La-ss than four years agro, Mr. Hofer's paper coerced one of my clients out of $20. under circumstances and condi tions that were criminal. The money was paid to Mr. Hofer's brother, who was then business manager of the pa per. . IJbeJ CluiTKe Is Invlted. In this article I have not attempted to enumerate all the grafts and at tempted grafts of this man Hofer. I know of many cases as reprehensible In morals as many of those I have here specified. But this article directly ac cuses him of having the reputation, of be'nR a grafter, of having made a false affidavit and of attempting to bribe an oflcer. Being a lawyer. I know the gravity of these charges. That if un true In fact or" Inference, Hofer has" a right to damages. He also has re course against me by criminal pro ceedings. As I am financially respons ible. Mr. Hofer must either sue me for damages, prosecute me criminally, or by his refusal so to do, confess that the allegations herein contained are true. Neither Mr. Hofer nor any other man who is innocent, will allow such charges to be preferrd against him without compiling the man who makes them, to prove his case in the courts. I respectfully Invite a law suit, or criminal procedure, or both. L. II. McMAHAN. The Oregonian gives space to this letter from Mr. McMahan as a proper sequel of the following letter signed by K. Hofer, and printed in The Oregonlan July IS. 1910: SAI.EM. Or.. July 15. (To the Editor;) The Oreponian has llowed Hon. C. B. Moores, of Portland, and L. H. McMahan, of Salem, considerable space on its editorial pas to chance me with belnic a "grafter." After ill years' reidence In this state friends of mine ciasider thl3 a serious reflection upon my honor as a man and my Integrity as a Jourpa-lst. 1 know that your paper is fair enouch to allow me to state th. fol lowing briefly In reply: air. Moores docs not pretend to havt any. other people. K. HCFER. HEREDITY CAUSE A FvIYTH 1XVKSTIGATION REVEALS CIIIL DREX ARK BOUX EQUAL. Offspring of Druhkards Are Xo More Likely to Bo Weak Than Those of Temperate Parents. LONDON. Sept. 17. (Special.) For some time a controversy has raged in the columns of The Times on "Alco hol and Kfflciency." The whole question at Issue Is how far It is Justifiable or wise to generalize from the strictly limited inquiry into a group of child ren at Edinburgh and Manchester which formed the basis of the report drawn up by Professor Karl Pearson and Miss Klderton. What Is shown, is summar ized by the Times Itself. The object of. the Investigators was to discover "whether or not the consumption of alcohol, even In quantities which may fairly be described as excessive, is dis coverably harmful to offspring while they are still children," and the result of the Investigation Is briefly this: "Within the limits of the actual In quiry, no sufficient evidence of such harmfulness has been obtained: and the facts are even found to. afford some color to the suggestion that Intemper ance is a vice of the strong rather than of the weak, and that hence It may be more frequently associated with a favorable thin with an unfavorable inheritance. 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