The Sunday Oregonian., October 01, 1911, Page 7, Image 7

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State Central Committee Fails
to Restore Complete
Harmony.
WITHOUT UNION, DEFEAT
.t'nltrd Slates Senator and Two Con
Kmrmen to Be Sent to Wash
ington In Impending Elec
tion Forces Issue.
BT C. E ARXET.
BOISE. Idaho. Sept. 18. (Special.)
That ths politicians of tha Republican
party, present at the atata central com
mittee meeting- In Boiae September 10.
agreed that an exaggerated degree of
harmony" ahould be heraled forth as
tr.e watchword cf tha event. Is certain.
That Insofar as a mutual meeting of
tis mlnda of tha leaders of the party
a concerned, tne meeting; waa fruitful
of no material results. Is equally cer
tain. That no candidate for state office
waa assured of the support of the
party for nomination. Is generally con -reded.
That the fundamental principles
for which the Republican party of
Idaho la to stand at tha next general
election la still In the air. to be deter
rrlned at the party platform conven
tion to be held next June, la believed.
It has been the general custom In
yara gone by for the Washington rep
resentatives of the party In power to
write Into the state platform the ma
terial Issues far the guidance of tha
party In thia state. During tha daya of
Dubois and tfhoup as the Itepreaenta
tlvea of the Republican party, their
homecoming was awaited, and their
Judgment taken as to the things which
Idaho Republicanism should announce
as tha atandarris for the guidance of
the party. When these two men fell
out. In HX. there waa political tur
moil, and the party spilt square In two.
Barak lores' I'latforsaa.
After 1'ubola left the psrty and
Borah returned to It. the latter be
came the forceful personage In tha
ahaplng of platform pledgee, and no
party platform since lOu has been
drawn free from the personal views of
the present senior Senator from the Gem
Hate. Hon. W. K. Borah.
The difference of opinion between
Senator V. It. Ilryburn and Senator
Borah have been baaed chiefly on tha
existence In this Nation of a high or a
modified protective tariff, which haa
developed two clauses of Republicans,
generally styled "Progressive" and "He
artlonarles." Borah has been uni
versally classed with the former, lley
burn with the latter. Roth are posi
tive characters. Both are conceded to
be sincere- Both are generally recog
nised as able defenders of their re
spective claims.
In the last National platform of tha
. Rpubl ran party there waa s pledge
. for a modification of the tariff.
. Borah understood that the party
pledge meant a modification of the
tariff downward so contended aa a Sena
tor. Heyburn differed from hla col
league and maintained hla political
attitude along these llnea throughout
ail the sessions of tha Senate, in etrtct
opposition to the position of hla col
league. Tha difference attracted gen
eral romment at home, and notoriety
abroad.
Hrykara r.isesest ef Tariff.
At home and abroad. Senator Hey
burn Is recognised as the highest type
of exponent of the maintenance of a
high protective tariff, of the preaent
system of election of Senators, of the
old convention pian of nominating of
ficers, snd of hoarding up a blttsr feel
ing against the sons and daughters of
the Southern Confederacy.
Jn contradistinction to the views,
Senator Borah Is recognised here and
elsewhere throughout the Nation as an
advocate of a reduction In the tariff
schedule, as the leading exponent of
the election of Senators by a direct
vote ef the people, aa favorable to the
direct primary plan of nominating of
ficers and In liberal sympathy with all
classes of cltlsenry throughout the Na
tion. Aa a result of the Impending election
In this state, of which the meeting Sep
tember -0 waa a forerunner, a In I ted
States Senator Is to be selected to suc
ceed Senator Borah and two Congress
men chosen to represent Idaho In the
House of Representatives
On pure National political ground,
theref ore. It Is fair to presume that
both the tariff and the mode of elect
ing Senators must be made Issues In
tns Republican state platform of Idaho.
Moreover, there Is a state Issue further
to mu.llr the waters of tha Republi
cs n party sni that ta the Initiative
and referendum. Thla matter Is to be
met In the next genersl election as an
amendment to the state constitution,
tfiroush a resolution passed by tha laat
session of the Legislature, which waa
largely Republican.
The committee waa here and It waa
earrounded oy the leaders of the party
In numbers sufficient to constitute
adequate advice, had It wished to aa
aert itself on any or all of the funda
mental principles leading up to the
1911 ramralan. That the forceful and
aggressive plan would have to make a
record, there can be no denial. That
tha rarty. aa represented by Its state
committee, did not see fit to act. Is ap
parent. The committee chose the silent
hum of a dilemma.
Idaae Resabtlrana PtvtdeeW
T!-.e fct rema'ns that the Repub
lican psrty of Idaho cannot weather
tha conflict of lli. half Insurgent and
half 'reactionary." It cannot be "pro
greaalve' and "atand-pat" and win. It
cannot rtda two horses In opposlts di
rections st the same time. It must
choose, and In the choosing there must
be a victory and a defeat. It cannot be
that the Ideas of Senator Borah can
b. east aside and Senator Borah be re
turned to tne Veiled States Svnate.
The Republican party of the state la
eqjare up aca;nl the proposition of
choosing between the Ideas of the
two able advocates of partv principles
That is all inert la to It. The Issue Is
rlear ar.d must be met. The results are
far reaching for they Involve the ac
ceptance of Insurgency and Borah, or
tha approval of Teactlor.aryism" and
Heyburn.
Whlie these National Issues, and the
Initla'-lva and referendum proposed aa
an amendment to tne state constitution
will have deep and lasting effect on
the Republican party, based on tts ac
ceptance of one or tie other plans of
action, there are tw other Issues ef
striking Importance to the Republican
party of the state, both of which agi
tate the Republican politicians of the
state. These are the local eptlon and
Railway Commlsalon questions.
Frefcl bit teat rTefcably Itarsaaat.
Through tha last Republican plat
form the former Issue waa considered
along the line of aa amendment to the
state constitution- Tha latter was rec
ognised through a pledge for the crea
tion of a Commission. It is certain
that the Inclusion of these two planka
in the party platform a year ago coat
the Republican party many thousand
votes and the candidate for Governor
offered greatest by these platform
pledges.
So far as the Railway Commission
scheme Is concerned, it Is doubtful If
It will ever attract tha eerloua consid
eration which It did a year ago. Even
then It waa regarded as having been
forced on the Republican party by ex
Governor F. R. Gooding, who has had
and is having, he believes, trouble with
the Oregon fchort Line, through hla op
position In years gone by, during the
closing dsys of the last term he held
as State Executive.
There will be no effort on the part
of the prohibitionists of the State of
Idaho to Inject the statewide Issue into
the 1911 campaign. Thla ia a year of
National politics. It Is certain that
other questions of greater moment to
the people are sure to push to the front
snd engage the attention of the rank
and file of the voters, to the probable
exclusion of the prohibition Issue. It
Is the history of the prohibition situa
tion that It thrives beat when it occu
pies the center of the stage.
As to the other, the Railway Com
mission, If It Is brought In as an Issus
st all. It will not be because of tha
rallroada themselves, but becauae of the
unpopularity of the telephone altuatlon
in Idaho. This may bring about a de
mand for legislation creating a Pub
lic Service Corporation Commission.
TAX SITUATION
IS BADLY MUDDLED
Oregon to Have Lively Time
Trying to Unravel Puzzles
at Election.
BILLS VARYING IN SCOPE
If People Pas All Jlrasures Tp Re
sult Would Be Most Problemat
ical Ever Arising In Annals
of legislation Here.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. SO. (Special.)
Seldom has such a muddle developed
for tha psople to straighten out with
FIRST WHITE BOY TWIN 3 BORN IN ALASKA, WHOSE FATHER
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VANCOUVER, Wssh., Sept. 10. (Special.) The first white boy'
twins to be born in Alsska are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. William Ad
dison tillmora. formerly of this city. Mr. Ollmore s mother now lives
here. Mr. Ollniore la Mayor of Nome, Alaska. The twins are George
Van Qilmore and Howard Bennett Ollmore, and are shown In thla pic
ture, taken a few weeks ago. when they were 17 months old.
Mr. Otlmore was for several years a teacher In tha public schools
here, studying law and later going to Seattle, Wash., where he was
admitted to the bar. Nine years ago he went to Alaska.
Mrs. Ollmore has written to her mother, of (10 Esther street, that
that she will corns out on tha last bost and spend tha Winter In this
city. The twins ars bright snd husky and always attract much atten
tion wherever they go.
The absence of any reference to either
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of a state platform.
Boy Gardener" Show Products.
Eleven exhibitors, comprising mem
bers of ths C.srden Club of the boys"
department. T. M. C. .A displayed the
products of their gardena last night In
the lobby of the Association building.
The exhibits consisted of cucumbers,
potatoes, tomatoes, squash and celery.
The gardens were Inspected by Pro
fessor Bonuef. of the Oregon Agricul
tural College, who commended the
growers for the Intelligent menner In
which the gardens hsd bean cared for.
First prises were a warded to Cheater
Reginald Bunnage. Burton A. Pplndler:
second prlxea were given to Erneat
Leslie. Walter Bollen. Oscar MePher
son: fourth prrxes. Victor -Hesse,
Thomaa Heath. John Johnaon. The
prises were memberships of ons yesr,
alz months, three months, and social
memberships In the boys- depsrtment
of the Association.
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Pearklns Miller Is Dead.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Sept- JO.
(Special.) rearklna Miller died Friday
at his home on Mosby Creek, sfter a
year's Hlneas. The funeral was held at
Ms home. Mr. Miller was 40 years
of sge and left a widow and four chil
dren, two brothers living st Cottsge
C.rove and four living in Illinois. Mr.
Miller ii a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America.
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Mies) Hera E. Baker, Part fie tsU
versify Gradaate, WUI
Teach la 111 Us Sere Hla a. Seaeel.
FACIflC fNIVERSITT. Foreat
Orove. Or, tept. . (Special.)
Miaa Dora E. Baker, who was
graduated from Pacific Univers
ity In June with ths highest hon
ors ever won by any graduate,
has been secured as Instructor In
English and Latin In the High
School of Htlleboro, Or. In her
senior year she was edltor-ln-rhlef
of the Weekly Index, the
college publication.
their ballots as will be the muddle aa
seen from afar of the tax situation,
when the people go to the polls at ths
next genersl election to vote on the
various tax bills and .amendments
which will be submitted.
At the present time there are at
least seven of these tax measures which
are sure to go on the ballot, with a
good chance of three or four more,
Theae bills will cover practically the
entire field of taxation and will be
varying In their acope. Win or loae
In the Supreme Court, it la certain that
W. S. ITRen will have aome kind of
single tax measures up. Should he win
witb bis present mandamus proceed
ings it Is probable that many counties
of ths stats will have separate single
tax measures.
Statewide St e asm re Planned.
If he loaes then there will be a state
wide aingle tax measure. Thia prob
ably will take the ahspe of the gen
eral law which Is prescribed In the
county tax amendment, the amendment
being so worded as to make the or
ganic law subject to some subsequent
general statute. Thla peculiarity of
the constitution being subject to a
statute Is also noticeable In the home
rule amendment, which Is subject to
the local option law. In addition to
the proposed single tax measure there
ere three constitutional amendmenta to
be voted upon which have been re
ferred to the people by the State Legis
lature. One of these Is to repeal the
county tax amendment. The other two
prescribe a ayatem of taxation provid
ing for equality and uniformity in tax
ing apeclfio claasea ef property, aa well
as general tax regulations.
Anothsr feature of the muddle which
la prophesied is seen in the possibili
ties of these laws. Should ITRen's gen
eral tax law bs psssed and at the same
time should the people repeal the coun
ty tax amendment and ahould ITRen,
aa he la very liable to do. acoordlng
to lateat advices. Introduce an amend
ment' to amend the repealing amend
ment and should It pass, there would
be a tax situation which well-known
legal llghta aay would defy all the
Intellect of ths courts and bar of the
stste to even commence to fathom.
However, these are only a few of the
possibilities. There will be at leaat
three mora bills on the ballot coming
from tha committee named to work
with the tax commission In preparing
tax legislation to be placed before the
people. One of these probably will be
an Inheritance tax bill which is likely
to be copied after tha New Tork law.
This. In a general way. provides for a
graduated scale of Inheritance tax on
real property and on tangible personal
property, regardless of the residence
of the decedent and not to tax Intan
gible personal property when the de
cedent Is a resident out of the state.
Bl Fight Foresees.
Another bill will be a change In the
householder'a exemption. It la probable
a strong fight will be made In the com
mittee for a complete householder's ex
emption. At least there will be an In
crease proposed over the S300 now pro
vided for household furniture. In ad
dition there will be aome general law
covering exemptions of Intangible per
sonal property. Including the exemption
of mortgages and mortgage notes.
These three at least will go on the
ballot. There Is also a strong possi
bility that a try will be made at the
Wisconsin law for the exemption of
personal property and replace taxation
on such personal property with a grad
uated tax on Incomes, exempting none,
or with but a small exemption.
What the people will do when they
tackle this array of perplexing tax
The , I
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Portland i
Out-of-town customers,
mall us a postal card for
bargain specifications.
Kindly bring this adver
tisement with you and ask
salesmen for bargain pre
ferred. . . .
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daily attending our Manu
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if you wish to take advan-.
tage of special low price
on every piano in stock.
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Uie fL, C,r-tattit Because it is absolutely
Is the Greatest bona fidQ every respect.
UI Vie Hrpatpst Because of tlfe extremely
13 tne ureaiesi Jow priceg at wtich tney
are being sold.
If T th Greatest Because the majority of
it is tne greatest pianos gold are 8trictly
new and the best the market affords ef or
twice the price.
Piano Sale
the Piano Business in Oregon
UT- tU Greatest Because of the great guan
is me oreaiesi; tity Qf the grade
of pianos offered for sale.
hTc tfi Greatest Because of the exception
ls tne greatest low tenns being made
terms to suit your convenience.
It I tine Greatest Because every piano is
it is me ureatest fuUy warraTlted for 10 to
25 years and backed by one of Oregon's
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respect by the manufacturer, the Bush
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Whether you wish a piano of the high
est grade or a good, serviceable instru
ment, this sale must appeal to you. In
addition to the new stock of pianos in
our warerooms, we have a great many
pianos that have been out on rental and
exchange instruments, and now the pur
chasing public of, Portland has an op
portunity that many have been patiently
waiting for, of purchasing the "best
pianos that the market affords at a
bona fide savins of from 40 to 50 per
cent.
Do It Now 365 Days Free Trial
Purchase your family a new high-grade piano at
this sale of high-grade pianos at slaughtered prices.
Every piano fully warranted from 10 to 25 years.
Easy terms from $5 to $25 down and from $1 to $3
per week will be accepted. Chance of a lifetime.
Come early.
Out-of-Town People Should Call
People can afford to come a long distance to attend
this sale, if they are considering the purchase of a new
piano in- the next ten years for the home. If you can
not call, write ns a postal card for piano bargains, etc.,
and we will forward you a price list of the same. We
will send pianos anywhere, to be paid for on quarterly,
monthly or weekly payments.
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Every piano sold at absolutely one
price, fully warranted and on terms. to
suit purchaser's convenience.
Monday, October 2, and no other date
will the above bargains be offered for
sale, so bring this advertisement with
you and ask salesman for bargains spe
cifically preferred, which will aid us ma
terially in handling the large crowd and
also assist the purchaser in being
promptly waited upon, as we lave made
special preparations to handle the
Monday's crowd, so there will be', no
disappointments or inconveniences caused
by waiting.
questions Is, ofcourse. only problem
atical. What the result would be
should thev pass them all Is much
mors problematical as that would leave
a condition unprecedented In the annals
of legislation. There are almost a
many combinations as In a deck of
cards through chances of various laws
pass!. .T or (ailing, and any one of these
combinations would bring on such a
complicated condition of affairs thst
before ths courts could finally unwind
tha tangle It might ba necessary for
ths entire fabrlo of tax legislation to
ba unwoven and a new etart made.
Ontennlal Mine Works Tills Winter.
GOLD HILU Or., Sept. 30. (Special.)
Preparations are oetng made for the
operation tha coming Winter of the
Centennial mine on Kanes Creek, one
of the richest and most reliable
placers In this district. The mine waa
worked In pioneer days, but wss al
lowed to lie Idle for many years, when
It was bought as fruit land by D. P.
Blue and put In successful operstlon.
It was afterward sold to an Indiana
company, which made an unsuccessful
attempt to work It with an electrje
dredge. It will be worked this Winter
under lease by H. L. McMahon and
D. P. Blue, the former owner. They
will use a hydraulic, under which
process the mine has never failed to
pay welL From surface to bedrock,
about 25 feet, ths gravel averages 30
cents per yard and ths bedrock is
rich In placea.
Fanner Currln Carries Off Award.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Sept. 30.
(Special.) Felix Currin, one of the
most prominent farmers In this part
of the country, living four and one
half miles east of Cottage Grove, car
ried off the sliver cup given by the
Northern Pacific Railroad for the best
display of grains and grasses at the
Lane County . Fair. Mr. Currin's ex
hibit will bs taken to the Omaha Land
Show, where for two weeka It will be
on exhibition.
Wllamette) Registration Heavy.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem,
Sept. SO. The registration of new stu
dents at Willamette continues. In the
college of liberal arts the enrollment
of the entering class is now almost
double of that on the corresponding
day last year. While the majority of
students are from the State of Oregon,
the entire Northwest Is well repre
sented. There are also several enroll
ing from the Middle West and East.
While the other departments are not
as yet registering students the appli
cations received point to a record
breaking attendance. The departments
of law, medicine and pharmacy open
late the coming week. The fact that
Willamette is drawing- verr heavily
from the Salem High School thla year
is especially noticeable.
Edlefsea's coals ars best Q230S,
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