THE SUNDAY OKECOXTAN. PORTLAND. ATOIIi 14. 1012.
PARTIES DIVIDE III
TWO CONVENTIONS
VALLEY FOLK GRY
THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF WISCONSIN SENATOR WHO IS TOURING
OREGON IN INTEREST OF HIS CANDIDACY FOR F&ESIVWJX.
TO HEAR OF TAFT
Strife Rules Meetings of Re
. publicans and Democrats
of King County, Wash.
Hill Vould Sacrifice
President Could
Re-Chosen.
Life if
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TAFT MEN QUIT SESSION
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Eugene, t'mwcll and Cottage Grove
Resident Listen to Eastern Ora
tor Who Recalls) Eventn of
Executive Diplomat.
El'GE.VE. Or, April 11. (Special)
"If by the sacrifice of my life I could
insure the rf nomination and re-election
of President Taft. I would gladly go
now. for I am aura that I could render
no greater enlc to my country,
either for the present or for the future,
than to insure tha continuation nf tha
policies that are represented by the
lantern bearer of peace,' William
Howard Taft."
Thus, twioe today. In a bard after
noon of speerhmaklnK. Or. John Wesley
Kill, of New York, voiced bla deep re
gard for the Ufa and character of Pres
ident Taft.
The statement was mada In deep
solemnity, as the eager people were
laying added burdens upon tha strength
of the speaker.
rrswell CliUeaa Hear Hilt.
Tr. Hill made his first talk In Lane
County at Cottage Orove. where he
was apprised that the people of Cres
- well wanted blm to stop tor a 10-mln-ute
talk as he was returning to Eu
gene. "I ll do It. was tha decisive answer.
And In the few hoars between the time
Dr. Hill passed through on the train
and bis return by automobile, tha Cres
well meeting was organised. . Mora
than 100 turned out to listen and gave
close attention to Lr. Hill's characteri
sation of Taft as a lover of bis fellow
men. At Cottage Grove the speaker was
greeted by the band and the theater
was tilled to the doors. Especially ap
pealing to the listeners was his chal
lenge to a comparison of the Payne
Aldrtch tariff bill and tba Wilson bill.
As he recalled to mind the results of
the Wilson bill's radical reduction
downward, cries of "right" came from
the audience, and more than once his
speech was Interrupted with applause
as ha made a telling point.
By far the greater part of his talk
at the Grove was concerned with tha
man Tsft the "big brother" of tha
Filipino.
The speaker contented himself with
a mere enumeration of the achieve
ments of the President as a diplomat.
At tha close of the meeting, while yet
many were In the hall. Ir. Hill entered
Into a spirited talk with Rev, Robert
Eutcllff. of the Cottage Grove Metho
dist Church, over the subject of so
cialism, declaring socialism Incompat
ible with Christianity.
AadJraee Is Respeaalve.
A responsive audience filled to stand
ing-room only the Eugene Theater as
lr. Hill brought tha message of Taft
personally, tha friend of the common
people: Taft as a progressive and Taft
as a diplomat.
1 have Just returned from the Ori
ent." said Dr.' H11L "While there I
kDt hearing about tha 'bin; brother
and I wondered who It was. Later,
I learned that It was William Howard
Taft. who. as Governor of the Philip
pines, has endeared himself to tha peo
ple of the Islands. He took education
and mlssinonaries to them; he taught
them their games and he taught them
to play fair.
"Taft Is a man of deep sympathy. I
know of an Instance, not published
abroad, for Taft does not believe tn
self ?glortflcation. an Instance when he
went one stormy night down to the
Bnwery la New Tork to address a
meeting of 1000 men. His brother and
bis physician objected that be was tired
eut and nearing a breakdown. 'If there
are hoDeless men in New Tork who
want to hear their President talk, I'm
rotr.g.' was tha final decision of Mr.
Taft.
The postal savings banks, business
administration of all departments that
oa effeced a saving of I5J.000.000
year to the Government, and the rail
road bill, were cited as examples of
the progressive acts of the President.
Chlma Leads Taft.
"Vu Ting Fang told me." said the
speaker, turning to another phase of
Taft's character, "that the action of
President Taft was all that made pos
sible a successful revolution that baa
advanced civilisation and Christianity
in China and prevented the partition
ing of the empire among the powers of
Europe.
"Taft. by his diplomacy, prevented a
break with Japan and earned the re
spect and friendship of that people.
Taft. by bis foresight, prevented rash
action by Congress, and now has Rus
sia ready to enter a treaty thatn will
respect American citizenship, regard
less of religion.
"Taft is a great peace-maker, and
were It not for the actions of Theo
dore Roosevelt and his friends, treaties
with England and France would have
been signed, la a large measure abol
ishing danger of war. He Is a man
whom the American people can trust,
and I sincerely hope the people of Ore
gon will show their appreciation of the
Administration of Taft by Indorsing
him and bis acta at the polls next Fri
day." UNION LABEL IS REJECTED
Arlsona Houms Kills BUI Affecting
State Printing.
PHOENIX. Aria, April 1J. The
House killed today the bill providing
that the onion label should be placed
on 11 state printing. A similar meas
ure la pending In the Senate.
A pure food law. drafted after that
In effect In California, was offered In
the Senste by Senator WeaselU. of
Turns.
A st 1T1 more drastic antl-lobbylng bill
than that already In effect was Intro
duced by Senator Wood, of Prescott. It
defined lobbying as "an attempt to In
fluence the vote of a legislator, except
It be In a public bearing or In a brief
filed wltn tba proper committee." and
provided a penalty for violation of
15000 to tle.000 fine or Imprisonment
from one to five years,
Wn'i Appointment Not Confirmed.
WASHINGTON. April 13. WTslla
press dispatches from China have an
nounced that Wu Ting Fang, former
Chinese Minister to the United State,
bad been named as the first diplo
matic representative of the new Chi
nese republic, no official confirmation
of the report has reached here. .
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TRUSTS BACK T. R.
La FoIIette Scores Colonel in
Speech at Pendleton.
RA nRCC TURnAM IM CTRCPT ,
I'"'""1' in iiiui.i ,
Large Crowd Applauds Wisconsin
Man as lie Describee How His
Home State Won Victory
Over Railroads.
(Continued From First Fat.)
uit to do Is study the legislation of
Wisconsin."
He also described his fight for the
Governorships and said: "When I get
started after anything I keep going un
til I get It. and I am a candidate for
the Presidency. If you should succeed
In defeating me this time, there Is 191t
Just a little way ahead and then If
anything unexpected should happen In
11. why, there's 1920 or 1924. or 1928.
"I am no quitter.
x Xew aad 3Ilk(y Fewer eea.
"A new and mighty power has arisen
In this country and serious-minded men
are asking themselves whether it in to
take possession. I for one am not will
ing to believe that 90,000.000 of free-
born American citizens will surrender
their birthright to any power on earth.
"At no time since our fathers
achieved Independence has there been
a power that would put' to the su
preme test the courage, the persistency
and the spirit of self-sacrifice stronger
than that which now assails our riber
ties. No government is free when its
industry and commercial enterprises
are In bondage. The men of the '60s
did not fight simply to . strike the
shackles from the slave, for that Is only
a part of freedom.
"When any body of men dominate
the markets so that they make the
prices of beef, mutton, pork, wheat and
all products of the farm arbitrarily,
and compel you to take what they de
mand, at -that moment the people pass
under commercial and Industrial
slavery and servitude and no nation on
this earth ever lost its Industrial
freedom and very long afterward main
tained its political freedom.
"In Oregon you have the Initiative,
the referendum, the direct primary and
vther features of progressive legisla
tion because you found that the ballot
did not give yon representative govern
ment. "In Wisconsin we undertook to get
representative government with only
the direct primary to help us. We
are following now in the wake of Ore
gun. "Tou have all heard that I am a very
dangerous man. I am certain that
quite a number of papers In thla state
have published that La Follette Is a
demagogue, that he is a menace to
the business pursuits and prosperity
of the country.
"Now, 1 want to tell you that I am
the safest man In the whole country.
In the State of Wisconsin my enemies
say. and I am willing to admit It for
the sake of argument, that I have had
absolutely my own way ever since the
progressives came Into control In that
stale, but If I am so dangerous, then
Wisconsin ought to be a pretty bad
state. Instead of that It la the only
state la this Union where they have
got an approach to perfect representa
tive government.
Rail read Data Available.
"Too can go tomorrow Into the capl-
tol at Madison with a civil engineer
and railroad contractor and find out
the value and the cost of construction
of any mile of railroad in the state. J
"M ben I was elected Governor after
five attempts and failures. I began the
Investigation of railway conditions on
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an accurate basis. When we got to.
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figures on the amount of money actual
ly Invested, leaving out the watered
stock, we Used a railroad rate and the
companies have lived up to tu It has
meant a gigantic saving to the people.
"Glorying In this success I tried to
do the same thing In the United fcjates
Senate. I was a progressive ana
found that it was lonesome business.
but 1 stayed with It ardently until I
could see that 'I vaa fighting a hard
and lonesome fight.
"I then went to President Roosevelt
and explained the proposition to him.
I told blm It was a fight for the people.
and explained the system of the rail'
wavs extracting all the toll they
Pleased and the people paying Interest
and dividends on many billions of dol
lars' worth of watered stock.
"I thought I made an Impression on
Roosevelt, but I guess not, because be
didn't make mention of the proposition
in bis message. So I went before the
Senate and treated the subject of valua
tion of railroads In a three days' speech.
The Senate voted my railway bill down.
"A year later Roosevelt sent for me
and told me he bad been thinking over
the valuation plan and had concluded
I was right In my contention. Ha for
gave me for denouncing his recom
mendations In the Senate regarding the
rata bllL and asked me to write the
best statement I could on valuation.
He asserted that valuation was essen
tial In the bill, and promised to send
recommendations and do all he could
to have the bill passed.
"This he never did. He failed to men
tlon the proposition at any time until
ha made a speech at Inoianapons sev
eral months lster, and instead of speak
ing In behalf of valuation took the
opposite position and declared there
was no watered railroad stock.
Now. I don't know who saw him
after be made bis promise to me. May
be hie friends Morgan. Aidrlch and
Perkins saw him, who knowsT
"If you should blot out every lota
of railroads and railroad property In
the t'nited States It could be repro
duced for 1.8,000.000,000, yet the capi
talization is $18,000,000,000. In rates
we have to pay tolls on 110,000,000,000
worth of watered stock.
"A few years ago there were 1200
separate railway lines. Today there
are but six companies. They are con
trolled by eight men. A dozen men
control the United States.
"When the merging of these lines
began the cost of living began to soar.
It Jumped with each succeeding merger
and with each , succeeding block of
watered stock upon which the people
were called to pay tolls.
' Increase Reaches Consumer.
"The rates were increased. The In
crease followed down the line from the
railroad to the manufacturer, ending
with the consumer. Therefore the In
creased cost of living in the last 11
years. Still the railroad valuation
proposition as we worked It to success
In Wisconsin Is spurned by our Na
tional legislators.
"The railroads didn't appeal from our
decisions in Wisconsin, because' they
knew they were based on accurate. In
disputable figures.
"I am out for the Presidency and
I'm going to win. If I can't make It
this year I will run In 1916."
Commenting on. his statement that
"Interests" backed Roosevelt In Illinois;
Senator La Follette. In an Interview
this afternoon, declined to attempt to
give details of what those Interests
were, asserting that be would require
time to submit the names. He based
his statement, he said, on what his
friends had told him and the supposi
tion that In Illinois the situation could
not have been different from that In
Ohio, where "Dan Hanna and all that
old crowd of political rlngsters are sup
porting Roosevelt, who was also backed
In Illinois by George W. Perkins and
his. friends."
Cashier Is Robbed la Street.
CHICAGO. April 13. Albert Kehoe,
20 years old. cashier for tha M. J.
Neahr Company, paper bag manufac
turers, was robbed In Armour avenue
today of a aatchel containing 1970 be
longing to his employers by a well
dressrd rhan, who pointed a revolver
at him. Kehoe had drawn the money
from a bank and was on his way to the
company's ofllce when he was held up.
Tnnshee uiarMe Is famous, the state
rarklrr third in marble production nnd de
riving frota it an annus! la cuius oi iu,uvu
Roosevelt-La Follette Followers
Tack Hall and Demand Primary
to Name Delegates Wilson's
'Supporters Score Victory.
SEATTLE, Wash., April IS. The
Roosevelt and La Follette members
of the Republican County Central
Committee combined today and took
possession of the coujity committee
meeting, removed the executive com
mittee, which was accused of planning
to send a "hand-picked" delegation to
the state convention at Aberdeen;
adopted a resolution Indorsing Roose
velt and La Follette, ani-decided lo
select delegates to the state conven
tion by direct primary.
The Democratic County Central Com
mittee met today, removed the Demo
cratic county executive committee
which' had appointed 150 delegates to
the Democratic state convention at
W&lla Walla, revoked the credentials
of these delegates, and adopted a
resolution to hold a direct primary to
choose delegates. -The Woodrow Wil
son men hud an overwhelming ma
jority In the county committee meet
ing. '
Joint Primary Adopted.
Representatives of the Democratic
and Republican County Committees
subsequently agreed to hold Joint pri
maries. The Republican legislative com
mittee met yesterday and directed
against having direct primaries, on the
ground that the expense would be too
great. While the executive committee
was taking this action Thomas
Murphine, a La Follette man, chairman
of the County Central Committee, was
appointing 131 additional precinct com
mitteemen, that number of new pre
cincts having been established by the
County Commissioners In redisricting
the county.
ihe new committeemen presented
themselves at Arcade Hall early today
with their credentials and were ad
mitted, and the Taft men were In a
hopeless minority when the meeting
was called to order.
Kxeenflve Committee Ousted.
Resolutions were offered and adopted
removing and abolishing the executive
committee and ordering election of
delegates to the state convention by
direct primary. A long preamble and
resolutions ending as v follows were
adopted:
"Whereas, Colonel Theodore Roose
velt and Senator Robert M. La Fol
lette are the two most conspicuous
leaders of true Republicanism In the
Nation at the present time; therefore,
be It
"Resolved, by the King County Re
publican central committee, that we
Indorse the respective oandldacles of
Theodore Roosevelt and Robert M. La
Follette for the Republican Presiden
tial nomination and asrree that tlfe
delegates to the state convention be j
Instructed to vote for either progres
sive who can be nominated."
Flat Fights Threaten.
All the Taft men could do was to
shout Indignant protests.
A period of 40 minutes was given
over entirely to recrimination. Sev
eral fist fights. Including one between
Chairman Murphine and Scott Calhoun,
a Taft leader, were narrowly averted.
The Taft men finally withdrew.
The executive committee went to another-
hall, adopted resolutions pro
testing against the ''hand-picking" of
the new precinct committeemen- by
Chairman Murphine, appointed dele
gates to the state convention and di
rected to make a fight against the seat
ing, of the delegates. to be elected by
the direct primary.
A similar split developed In the Dem
ocratic county committee. Wilson men
were In control and discharged the
executive committee, which had already
signed the credentials of the 50 Har
mon and 50 Clark delegates to the state
convention at Walla Walla. ! WiUmn
men agreed with the Progressive Re
publicans to hold a Joint primary.
Murphy Picks Delegates.
Knowledge that Chairman George
Murphy, of the executive committee of
the Democrat !o county central com
mittee, had met with certain other
members of the -executive committee
and "hand-picked" 150 delegates to the
state convention 60 of them Clark
men, 50 Harmon men. 50 Wilson men
resulted In almost complete represent
ation at a meeting of the Democratic
county central committee today, 81
members being present. The county
committee Is almost unanimously for
Wilson.
When the meeting was called to or-
dor Cahrles A Reynolds, a member of
the executive committee, offered reso
lutions denouncing the action of the
executive committee "in hand-picking"
the delegates, removing the committee
from office and revoking Its . action.
Some of the Wilson men counseled
moderation. In the Interest of peace and
harmony.
Wilson Scores Victory.
The debate occupied three hours. On
the final vote the resolutions were
adopted by 79 affirmative votes, two
anti-Wilson men not voting. A reso
lution elect delegates to Walla
Walla by direct primary was then
adopted.
The result of today's meeting was
hailed as a great Wilson victory. King
County T.aving a preponderating Influ
ence in the Democratic state conven
tion. As the Murphy credentials were
revoked before the Ink on them was dry
tne wuson men say no attempt can be
made to present them at Walla Walla.
The Wilson men assert that "the direct
primary will result In the choice of
150 Wilson delegates.
Charles O. Helfner, chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee
and Woodrow Wilson's manager, was
present, but took no part In today's
proceedings.
The State committee has advised the
direct primary choice of delegates.
The date of the Joint primaries will
be fixed later.
SPOKANE REPUBLICANS WAR 1
County Committee Adopts Resolution
' Favoring Roosetelt.
SPOKANE, April 13. The Spokane
.County Republican committee adopted 1
resolution today indorsing Roosevelt '
for President after a struggle In which
the Taft forces clearly were worsted.
The resolution was declared out of
order by Chairman Horace Kimball,
but on appeal his decision was over
ruled bv a vote of 67 to 44. Few of
fciie Taft adherents voted on the tinal
adoption of the resolution.
The Roosevelt forces also were suc
cessful In securing a requirement that i
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the name of each candidate for dele
gate to the county convention at the
coming primaries shall be followed on
the ballots by the name of his choice
for. President.
Former Senator John L. Wilson, of
Seattle, made a vigorous attack on the
Washington primary law and the re
call of Judicial decisions, declared
that the primary law ei.abled Demo
crats and Socialists to choose Repub
licans for Congress, and that he was
"tired of being pushed off the side
walk." "We have two Representatives In
Coneress." ' he said, "who are branded
Republicans, but who vote with the
Democrats." He declared he did not
believe that Republicans could repu
diate the head of the Republican party
and win in the coming election.
He was followed by X. W. Durham
and E. W. Goodwin! both candidates
for the Congressional nomination, who
maintained he had been unfair in his
statement of the Roosevelt position.
Goodwin, who spoke last, told the com
mittee: "You had the poison from the
Senator from the west eide. Tou got
the antidote from Mr. Durham."
Hlgliwuj man's Wife Is Held.
WE.CVERVILLE. Cal., April li.
lira. Eward Howltt, wife of one of
three youths who were sentenced to
day to life imprisonment for the mur
der of Peter Roberts, in the Mud River
country, on February 2, was arested
today and held without bail on a
charge of having prepared the masks
used by the murderers when they held
up "Roberts for the purpose of rob
bery. The wutfr supplied the city of Belgrade
Is so Intensely radio-active that scientists
are searching its source for radium.
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DISPLAYS ARE MANY
Albany Prepares for Manufac
turers' Exposition.
PROGRAMME IS ARRANGED
Work of Installing Exhibits, in Ar
mory Will lie Commenced Mon
day and Opening Will Be
Thursday, April 18.
ALBANY. Or., April 13. (Special.)
Nearly all the Albany manufacturers
and those from the surrounding; towns
tn Linn County who will have exhibits
at the Manufacturers' Exposition here
next week have completed their dis
plays and the work of installing; them
In the Armory will be commenced Mon
day. The complete exhibit will be one
of the best ever seen In the Willam
ette Valley and many manufacturers
In Linn County applied too late to se
cure floor space, the entire floor of
the building having already been ap
plied for.
The committee in charge of the ex
position held a meetfne yesterday and
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At AD Drug Stores and General Dea'ers
Street,
Streets
the programme was completed. The ex
position will open Thursday after
noon, April 18, at 1:30 o'clock. E.
Hofer, of Salem, will give an address
on "The Made-ln-Oregon Campaign";
A. M. Hammer, Albany, "Factories:
What We Have and What We Want";
A. F. Biles, of Portland. "Existing Ore
gon Industries"; Charles Coopey, of
Portland, "New Industries for Linn
County." Friday night the subjects
for discussion will be "Industries" and
"Education," and talks along these
lines will be made by Professor E. D.
Ressler, of the Oregon Agricultural
College, "Industrial Education"; Pro
fessor J. M. Powers, City Superintend
ent of Schools of Salem, "Manual
Training"; Dr. E. M. Sharpe, of Albany
College, "Colleges and Industries." Sat
urday night will mark the close of the
exposition with talks by Charles Hoeg,
of Portland, Or., "Oregon Manufac
turers"; W. F. Scott, of Portland,
"Factories and the Home"; L. Samuel,
of Portland, "How the Home Can Help
Industries."
Saturday afternoon the gardeners
and fruit men of Albany and Linn
County will be addressed by J. O.
Holt, of Eugene, manager of the
Eugene Fruit Association, who will
speak on the "Raising and Marketing
of Fruit and Vegetables."
Mohair Rate to Be Reduced.
WASHINGTON, April 13. The Inter
state Commerce Commission held today
that there is no substantial reason why
mohair should be required to pay a
higher freight rate than wool. No or
der of the Commission was Issued, but
It was suggested that railways readjust
their rates on mohair in conformity
with freight rates on wool, which were
materially reduced In an order Issued
vesterday.