TIIE SUNDAY OltEGONIAN. rOKIXAND. JANUARY 21, 1912.
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SENATE MAY TORN
TABLES ON HOUSE
Underwood Threat Against
Pension Bill Shows Purely
Political Aim.
CHOICE MAY BE REFUSED
Democratic Sop to "Old Soldier"
Tote Xerer Intended to Result to
Substantial Adrsntag Bluff
to Be "Called."
OREOOKlaJi NEW8 BTJREAU. Wash
Insrton. Jan. 20. Reprassntatlra Cndar.
wood, of Alabama. Democratic leader
In the Houee. started someUilnc when
ha Issued his ultimatum to the effect
that there would be no rlrer and har
bor bill and no public building bill this
session If the dollar-a-day pension bill,
passed by the House before the holi
days, becomes a law. Tor It Is to be
presumed that the Democratic leader
would hare taken no such stand unless
h felt confident ths Houso would back
htm.
Therefore Conaress. and particularly
the Senate. Is placed In a position
where It must choose between the pen
sion bill on the one hand and rlrer and
harbor and public building; bills on the
other. For If the House 1 ready to
back up Leader Underwood, the Senate
must make a choice.
ew PrJeta Threateae.
Underwood, in his ultimatum, ex
pressed a wllllna-ness that Congress
should proTide for those projects now
under thetontinulnir contract system,
but there are few such projects and
they are cared for not In a rlrer and
K.rh hill hut In the sundry clrll bllL
Congress Is really obligated to make I
h.- nnroAriAtloni. for und.r author
ity granted by the last Congress, much
work has been undertaken on these
projects which must be paid out of ap
propriations to be made this session.
Otherwise the Ooremment would be
left In the position of Ignoring Its debts,
contracted by specinc authority of Con
gress. The significance of Mr. Underwood s
threat lies In the fact that he would
cut off all appropriations for new
projects and also all appropriations for
projects that are under course of con
struction, but which hara depended
upon annual appropriations by Con
gress to keep work f olng. The great
bulk of rlrer and harbor work comes
under this class! ncatlon and all this
work would hare to bo suspended for
a year or II months If there should be
no rlrer and harbor bill this session.
Delays Add te Ceat.
Experience hss demonstrated that
cessation of work In this manner adds
enormously to the ultimate cost of 1m
prorements. due to deterioration, etc,
but thla fact la ignored by Mr. Under
wood, who asserts that he Is trying to
ward off a defllelt In the Treasury.
The country can get along- without a
public building bill better than It can
without a rlrer and harbor bill, but
eren the refusal to paaa a building bill
would prore a detriment to many cities,
where adequate Quarters for postofflces.
customs-houses, eta, are sorely needed.
True, these cities bare managed to get
along In the past and they would be
compelled to get along for another
year If the pobllo building bill la killed,
but It would prore a hardship to many
large cities and would prore a great
disappointment to Innumerable smaller
cities and towns which hare been
counting on pubUe buildings In the
near future- For it Is a well recog
nised fact that Congress no longer
pessis pobllo building bills In behalf
of tadlrldnal cities. A great number
are grouped together nnder what is
known as the omnibus publlo building
bill and all stand or fall together. The
Senate does pass Indlrldual bills, but
the Hons aerer.
P estate llartaa FoMtlea.
At the time the Democ ratio House
passed the Sherwood pension bill It
waa suspected that there was some
-ntge;er la the woodpile." Democrats In
ths House hara heretofore been strong
ly opposed to a dollar-a-day pension
and their suddsn conversion to ths
cause aroused natural comment. It
wss not difficult to figure out thst the
Democrats, bettering 111 to be -their I
year." decided tt wonw do rooa pon
tics to throw some sop to the old sol
dier rote by passing the Sherwood bill
through the House. The Republican
House. In Cannon days, had refused to
pass this measure. It now appears that
the Democrats, having put the dollar-a-day
bill through the House, which
they control, are seeking to put the
Republican Senate in a hole by forcing
It to kill off this Democrstlo pension
bill or else pass the pension bill snd go
without appropriations for rirers and
harbora.
Chairman Underwood well knows the
general demand for rlrer and harbor
appropriations and in the campaign
year he recognised the desire of every
member of the House and erery Sen
ator for public building appropriations.
He also Is aware that a great many
Senators and Representatives are not
keenly Interested In pension legislation.
Therefore be executed a distinctively
clerer "coup" when he put It up to ths
Senate to choose between rlrer and har
bor and public building appropriations
or Increased pensions.
Old Hoidle-r Vee Keeded.
There nre some Senators who prefer
a pension bit to the appropriation bills;
most of them prefer rlrer and harbor
and public building legislation. But it
remains lo bo seen how they will ex
press their preference publicly. The
old soldier rots is still a btg factor In
American politics and both parties want
It this year. If they can get It- The
Democrats need It to csrry such states
ss Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and soma
states In New England. It would also
be worth much to them In New York.
By the same token, the Republicans
need the soldier vote if they are to
carry these same states. Temporarily,
then. It would seem that Underwood
has "put the Senate In a hole."
But there le a way an unuaual way.
it Is true by which the Senate can
reverse the order of things. The Sen
ate, of Its own Initiative, can frame
and pass a rlrer and harbor bill snd an
omnibus public building bill and put
these two measurea up to ths Demo
cratic House. Then the Democrats of
that body would hare to decide whether
they would be willing to reject rlrer
snd harbor and public building appro
priations merely because the Senate
nvsy deem It wise to psss a pension bill
which prertouslr received the stamp
of approral of this same House. There
are few Democrats In the House who
would personally benefit through ths
passage of the dollar-a-day pension
bill: thst measure was passed tomaks
Democratic rotes In Republican and
doubtful states.
Most erery Democratic member, how
rer. is tntereeted In rlrer snd hsrbor
as subUe building approprlaUons; his
Savings
Accounts
$1.00 will start an ac
count; interest 4.
These deposits are
well protected, as every
loan made from them is
well secured for the
most part by well im
proved properties worth
three times the amount
of loan, and more.
MERCHANTS
SAVINGS & TRUST
COMPANY
CAPITAL $150,000.
W. H. Tear.. President
Willard Caw.... Vice-President
O. 0. Bortzmeyer Cashier
Walter H. Brown. .Asst. Cashier
Open Saturday Evenings, 6 to 8
uents are clamoring; for them.
district wants them and his constlt-
Sestate Can Tara Tafcls
And the House, baring; already passed
the pension bill cannot publicly go
back on It. or admit having; passed it
with the expectation that It would be
killed by the Senate or by ths Presi
dent.
It Is the almost invariable rule that
rlrer and harbor and publlo building
bills shall originate In ths House.
though thors Is no constitutional re
quirement to that, effect. Taking; ad
vantage of this fact, the Senate can,
and undoubtedly will, call Mr. Under
wood's bluff and fores through rlrer
and harbor and public building bills,
or else make the Democratic House
take the responsibility for their de
feat.
National politics, truly. Is a great
game as played In Congress.
LEGALITY OF TAX IS ISSUE
Residents North of Lebanon Want
Justice of Road Lcry Decided.
ALB ANT. Or, Jan. 10. (Special.)
Eighteen taxpayers of Road District No.
It, lying Just north of Lebanon, filed" a
suit In the State Circuit Court hero last
erenlng to enjoin County Clerk Marks
from extending; a special road tax of
fire mills roted In that district for ex
tension on ths 111 tax roll of IJnn
County. It Is alleged in the complaint
that ths meeting; at whloh this tax was
roted was not held or conducted
cording; to the requirements of law.
No Injunction waa Issued to prevent
the extension of ths tax but a atlpula
tlon waa mads and filed whereby the
Clerk may extend the tax and the Sher-
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SCANDAL HUNT ON
Iff collect It snd the money will ba held J 6(13171 S Committee lO H13.KQ ploded scandal and voiced his opposi
tion permitted to testify? In any event,
they should have laid before the com
mittee and this House and the country
ths testimony exposing; these men who
were making; a business of assassinat
ing the character of men In public life."
Representative Miller, of Minnesota,
objected to this committee going Into
I hl tt to Investigate another ex-
br ths County Treasurer without dls
bursement until the final disposition of
this suit. If ths plaintiffs win. ths
money collected on this tax will be re
funded to ths respective taxpayers, but
If ths lss;allty of ths levy la upheld ths
money will then he expended on the
roads of ths district.
Ths tax voted In District IS Is the
hlfhsst special road tax voted In Linn
County for collection thla year and Is
ths only special road tax nlchsr than
tares mills.
Tour Despite Profest.
PAST RECORD IS SCORED
Will Ism Rett File Declaration.
8ALEM. Or.. Jan. 10 Bpeclsi)
William Reld, Republican of Portland,
has filed his declaration of Intention ts
become a candidate for nomination
Circuit Judge In the fourth judicial
district In department No. 4. "Just de
ctslons. speedy trials, equality of all
before tbe law" ia bis slojran. W. A.
BelL of The Dalles, also filed his de
claration as a candidate for nomina
tion for Dlstrlot Attorney In ths
Seventh Judicial district. Including- ths
counties of Crook. Wasco and Hood
Rlvsr.
Representative Humphrey, of 'Wash
ing-ton, Points Out Failure of
Same Committee in Control
ler Bay Inquiry.
OREOONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Jan. 20. Ths House ox Repre
sentatives has riven permission to
Hepresentatlva Graham to take his com- , gentleman says there
tlon, saying:
Miller Is Castle.
"I was a little surprised when Mr.
Graham frankly admitted to this House
that the only purpose in securing the
passage of this resolution was to go on
a piratical cruise throughout the United
States looking ud Indian affairs. If
his oblect Is as clearly defined In re
sDect to all the Instances cited as he
has lust Indicated It to be In refer
ence to the White Earth Indians. I
think we ought to pass this resolution,
enlarge Its powers, give the commu
tes an unlimited supply of cash, and
let them proceed.- in order that the
oountry may have presented to it the
supreme demonstration of how a com
mittee without knowledge of or Infor
mation about the work it Is about to
do can perform a stupendous blunder
under the guise of promoting public
welfare.
"I want to say this emphatically and
squarely. Mr. Speaker, that when the
la anything; to
charge stirred up things generally and
determined to enlarge the operations
of the committee.
"As a result of these operations they
indicted quite a number of Individuals
out there, and their trial was recently
had. The Information presented to the
committee that desires to go out and
make this investigation all came from
the one man who secured the Indict
ments and has endeavored to procure
the convictions. Those cases were on
"Who Should Go to College, and Why?"
were prompted by extensive statis
tical researches made into the records
of the men who have graduated from
the University of Oregon in 20 different
classes.
Listing those of the graduates who
have won acknowledged success in the
professions, thorough scrutiny was
made of their records while In college
and the interesting fact was revealed
that. In a great majority of cases, those
trial for six weeks. Involving all the I who won marked success in later lire
questions that the gentleman desires to stood high In scholarship while In at
Investigate In reference to the White tendance at the university.
investigate In reference to the White
Earth Reservation.
"After they had subpenaed 175 In
dians and had them testify for six
Professor Schafer concluded from
these facts that the men who are
winning their way in the learned pro
AOTItFR YAMHILL . COCJITr
PIONEER PASSES AWAY.
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M MIN.WTLLE. Or, Jsn. 10
(Special.) The funeral of John
R. Forrest, who died Monday,
marks ths passing of another of
ths Tamhlll County pioneers.
Mr. Forrest was bora In Piatt
County, Missouri, January It.
1(11. and came with his parents
to Oregon In 194S. over tbe old
Oregon Trail. His father. John
M. Forrest, waa captain of the
train in crossing the plains. Ths
family went to California and re
' malned two yaars. returning to
Tamhlll County In lltt and set
tling on a farm near Dayton.
Mr. Forrest was married Octo
ber C 1IT. to Miss Julia M. Hut
ton, a daughter of Dr. Hutton. a
pioneer physician of Oregon.
The couple mads their home at
Wheatland, and resided there
continuously for ths past 4S
years. Hs Is survived by his wife
and three children. namely: '
Mrs. E- V. Uttlefleld. of Port
land: Mrs. W. A. Bowersox. of
Albany, and Dr. Merls Forrest,
of Wheatland.
mlttes all over ths West In search of
Indian and publlo land scandal. This
Is the same Mr. Oraham and the same
committee that undertook to Investi
gate the so-called Controller Bay scan
dal in Alaska.
The Republican members of the
House tried to prevent this committee
from going Into action again, but the
Democrata outvoted them. Before ths
vote waa taken several Republicans
frankly sxpressed their opinion of Mr.
Graham and his work among them.
Mr. Humphrey, of Washington, who
said:
Oosssslttss's Reeord Showa.
"Mr. Speaker, one reason why I am
oppoaed to thla resolution Is because It
la tbe ssme committee thst had under
Investigation the Controller Bay mat
ter. They had the witnesses before
them In regard to the Dlck-to-Dlok
letter, that reflected on ths character
f a President of the United States,
and the chairman of this House that
those witnesses should be called upon
te testify: that It was not true that
thsy wsre going to abandon ths Investigation.
"And yet not one aof these witnesses
has been permitted to testify. That
Investigation has been abandoned. Not
single meeting has been held sines
that time to Investigate the question
and the only excuse they can give is
that they employed one Brandels. and
hs tell them that It Is no use to look
Into the matter any further. Accord
ing to the confession of that committee
they have no many upon the committee
that Is oompstent to examine witnesses
er form a Judgment; they employed
Mr. Brandels and took his Judgment.
Why not let Brandels pass Judgment
on the question In the first place and
save the expense of making the Inves- .
tlgationT
Little Coe'deaee Rzpressed.
"Now. Mr. Speaker, the reason that
X am opposed to the further power be
ing given to this committee Is that. In
clew of their aotlon on the Controller
Bay matter, under the statements made
by the chairman of the committee oa
the floor of this House, I do not be
lieve any member of thla House would
have any confidence In any report that
,rae from that committee.
"They said that ths reason they
abandoned that Investigation was be
couse they discovered that ths Secre
tary of the Interior nad changed his
Dosltlon. The reason why they aban
doned it was because the testimony of
ths wltneses waa not what they want
ed. That Is tbe reason they did not
permit them to testify. Does any man
In the House believe that If the testl
monv In regard to the DIck-to-Dlck
letter had shown what the majority of
the members of the eommltee wished
that these wltsessss would not nave
Investigate In reference to the White
Earth Indians, other than this so-called
Clspp amendment, he betrays an ignor
ance of conditions existing up there
that Is colossal. If it Is not positively
pi table.
Witnesses Alleged Iaeompetent.
"The committee of which the gentle
roan is chairman started an Investiga
tion of thla same matter last Summer
and -brought hither a few witnesses,
who, when they, came to testify, showed
that they came absolutely without pur
pose and disproved that which they
were brought here to prove.
"Furthermore, Mr. Speaker, there was
a great deal said at the time about cer
tain frauds having been committed upon
the White Earth Reservation that
needed Investigation by this commit
tee. It is true there were some frauds
perpetrated as an outgrowth of this
so-called Clapp amendment, but they
were such as arise In the admlnlstra-'
tlon of any Indian law In any part of
the country. All were within the Juris
diction of ths Department of Justloa
and were being cared for by that de
partment: but to secure a little adver
tising those having- the matter in
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MR. M-QCIRB, HOTEL NETHERLANDS
XJUa" and Wsshlsgl i tea, rertlaad. Or.
weeks before the Federal Court near I fesslons, law, theology, nigner teacn-
thls Indian reservation, when the testl- ! Ing, Journalism, medicine, engineering,
mosy was in the Judge said, 'Is that
all the evidence you have? They said,
Tes.' Then he said: 'I direct a verdict
of acquittal for each and every one of
the defendants, because of an absolute
failure of anything like evidence to sus
tain the allegations.' "
PICKED MEN THEY WHO WIN
science and literature and who won
success In their classes while in col
lege, were the picked men: that Is,
men of much more than ordinary In
tellectual power.
University of Oregon Professor
Draws Conclusions in Research.
UNIVERSITY OB" OREGON, Eugene.
Jan. 30. The Interesting conclusions
reached by Dr. Joseph Schafer, head of
the department of history at the uni
versity, in his address before the asso
ciated students in assembly Friday on
Kerry to Replace Old Bridge.
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
At the site of the pld Green's Ferry on
the Santiam River, which was a fa-
I mous crossing-place in pioneer aaya,
i a new ferry Is to bo maintained. The
big bridge which replaced the old ferry
36 years ago, when out In the high
water last week and the County Courts
of Linn and Marlon Counties are pre
paring to establish a ferry there to
handle traffic until the stage of the
river will permit the rebuilding of the
bridge. This crossing Is on the road
from Jefferson to Scio, which is a well
traveled thoroughfare.
7 So
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