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Newspaper Page Text? r 9 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MAY IS, 1912. ABERDEEN TO HAVE TWO CONVENTIONS Correct Interior Decorations Republican Division in Wash ington Widens, With No Hope for Harmony. FACTIONS MAKE CLAIMS RnoveU Vdrr Smj They Will Srat Delegation at Chicago. Tail Men Hely on Per kips' Strength. BT M. M. MATTI50X. TACOMA. WiIl, May 1 1. (Special.) Two conventions at Aberdeen, two ta of delreatra rlrrtrd to represent this stato at the Republican National convention, and a erloua party split are predicted by both Taft and Rooae elt manaarera In thla state. Apparent ly nothlns can heal the breach In Re publican ranks or prevent serious trouble In the convention city before he two Republican factions separate. Roosevelt leaders are encouraged. It Is claimed, by their National organisa tion In the determination to aend a con testing delegation to Chicago. The Taft following- relies upon the fact that S. A. Perkins. Republican National commit teeman from. this state. Is in sympathy with them, and they believe he can seat their delegation. Roosevelt leaders talk vaguely of de flections from the Taft organlxation In the Republican National committee. specifying Southern states In general as the aeat of the changes. Taft Leader Coal drat. Taft leaders claim they have received the results from a recent poll of the National committee, and that there Is no question that they will dominate during the 10 days' sitting at Chicago wbn contesta are to be heard. Roosevelt leaders Insist they will sat their entire delegation from this etat. The Taft managera make similar claim, but as a bit of candid acknowledgement that sticks out from In the mass of general misinformation and wholesale claiming from both headquarters, the Taft contingent ad mtts the probability that the National committee will seat two delegate for Roosevelt from th Third District. Hassevelt Carries Talrd. Roosevelt undoubtedly carried th Third Congressional District, but when lh split come at Aberdeen the two delegates from that district will he contested along with the 13 others for which the Taft managers will fight. From all available data It seems likely that Taft carried the Second Congres sional District, but his title to the two delegatea from that section of the state Is obscured by the contests of a rather trifling character, that have been filed or promised from Chehalia and Pacific counties and the one threatened In Ltw Is If that county on Monday Instructs lor Tart. Indications are that Taft has a clearer title to the contested delegations than Roosevelt and Just as obviously the Roosevelt claim to Pierce County la stronger i nan Tans. The lustlflca tlon for the Pierce County contest Is I oat me Roosevelt managers were try. ing to -grab Southwestern delega ttuns to which they had no title and tli Pierce County move was needed as a precautionary measure. As a matter of fact. It waa atlll more necessary In the general scheme of both factlona for two rival conventions at Aberdeen. First District Taagled. ine rirst oistrict situation Is so badly confused that It is bard to le termlne. impartially, which of th rival i-resiaentiai candidates Is entitled to that support. The justice of the first district fights would, in normal circum stances, be determined by the drlega Hons from other parts of the state. At Aberdeen It will not be determined at all the rival conventions will seat their o-n contestants and that will end the matter so far aa they are con cerned. King County's 111 votes In the First district control the northwestern part of the state. The Taft claim to this delegation rests on the arbitrary action of tne executive committee of the Jvlna County Central Committee In picking; the delegation. The Roosevelt claim is that the delegations were elected by a convention called by the county committee. It Is admitted that toe primary law authorizes the county committees to elect delegates to con ventions: It Is disputed that th law gives th committee any authority to delegate thla power to an executive commute and It Is further argued that the King County Committee never at tempted to delegate such authority. Balk Ada.lt Paekla. It la admitted by both factions that Tom Murphlne. county chairman, packed a meeting of the county com mittee to issue a call for the conven tion and that without a rollcall and without the committeemen and alleged committeemen knowing the resolution had been submitted he declared passed a resolution authorising him to nam a commute to take charge of the pre liminaries to a convention and pass on credentials or the delegates. Th Roosevelt faction Insists that thla arbi trary action was necessary to protect Republican voters rights: the Taft fac tion Insists It was wholly Illegal. In Kltaap County where 11 seats are at stake th Republican County Com mittee met. decided to adjourn for two weeks and in th meantime Instructed committeemen to canvass their neigh borhoods and return with lists of per sons willing to go to Aberdeen. In th meantime, acting under the advice of Senator Dixon. Nation-.! manager of th Roosevelt committee, the Roosevelt men organized a mass convention to meet the same day the county committee men assembled. This mass conven tion denounced the County Committee, elected a contesting delegation to Aber deen and demanded that the commute ratify this action. In the course of vents th commute refused to do so and chose Its own delegation. W halewsa AIm Divided. Whatcom County has 11 or 10 seats at stake, as one views It- It Is con ceded Roosevelt carried that part of Vbatcom outside Belllngham and that the County Commute planned to al low the county IS of the 10 delegates. It la also conceded that on the face of the returns Taft carried the preferen tial primary and elected IS delegates from the City of Reillngham. Th county majority gave him a prima facie claim on the county's total of Id but the Roosevelt men charge fraud In South Reillngham and demand the entire delegation. While this explanation Ignores a great many details In all these con tests It Is a fairly accurate summary of th principal contention Involved. And as shown the settlement of these contesta la necessary to determine th result of th fight In th First Congres slonal district. If decided aa a whole t favor of either Presidential eandl- I Pi 11 t-i-is i lf'"i!!!i'ir.l i rTU -astoa-r I i035iw1 m Mil m It Let us help you with the interior of your home. Whether your house is of the simplest or the most sumptuous type, its furnishing is a matter of utmost impor tance to you. A house is merely "a skeleton the interior makes the home. Our complete' service is at your disposal. 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Taft Fanlss FlgktlaB. it nn time It waa admitted by Roosevelt leaders that they Intended to throw a cloud over the tltl to as iTinnv seats of Taft men as possible and that they naa a noil ana me cv tlon of a contesting delegation In view, But thla admission was made In thos early days when It appeared prooaDio ih.i T.fr would hav a working ma jority of delegatea elected. Now that th county convention are over, with on exception, and Roosevelt undoubt edly leads In uncontested delegates, the Roosevelt managera insist sirenuousijr that they must b accorded a lair oeai at Aberdeen. In th Tart camp in situation la reversed and that faction. which one strenuously cemanaeo. mai the Roosevelt leadera yield to a ma Jorlty. la lighting desperately to turn off a Roosevelt steam roller before It crushea them. With this condition prevailing coin fir Hons agree It la Impossible to har monize their differences and hold ohe convention at Aberdeen. T1 CesTtstloss Certain. Roosevelt and Taft leadera agreed today that events will occur at Aoer- e.n In this order: ' Th Republican mo rammittee. controlled by Taft leaders, will meet at 10 o'clock Tues day morning to hear all contests and nke un a temporary rollcall for the convention. Thla committee will seat the Taft delegates. A. Taft men control the Grand The ater In Aberdeen, which Is to be used aa a .convention hall, ana as tne en trance to the theater can only be given by th atate committee, efforts will ba mad to admit only Taft men. Arrange ments hav been mad to properly guard th theater and prevent th Roosevelt men from seising n. nmnt velt leaders claim they will storm th theater Wednesday morning and at temnt to fore their way inside. If they succeed, they declare, they will remove the Taft followers by force: n tney tail they will hold a convention elsewhere. Whether or not events transpire aa outlined here and as both factions un- derstsnd they are programmed to trans Dire, two conventions will be held. Th strategic advantage Ilea with the faction that gets control of tne con vention hall where the regular conven tion la to be held, aa there Is some title to regularity attaching to a con vention called to order under auspices of the state committee. Both factions want that advantage. Msrskls Method Adapted. This plan of scrutinising those who enter the Aberdeen theater and of Is suing "passes' to friends alone is Identically the same that T. F. Mur phlne. Republican county chairman, used when he packed the Republican county committee meeting In Seattle and paved the way for a contesting delegation from King County. Heretofore, the Republican state committee has not claimed authority to make up a temporary rollcall. but n the case of th Aberdeen convention It la pointed out that not less than 41 p-fr cent of th seats In the convention will be contested, and that some action should be taken to prepare a tem porary rollcall. The real object sought. of course. Is to gain control of the convention. A poll of the Republican state com mitter Indtcatea Taft haa a safe mar gin In that body. Insurgents admitting much, but that there will be no letup In the Roosevelt fight, even to get control ef the committed Is ad mitted by leaders. Oatpeala Lett la CI I lee. Leaders In both factlona will go W Aberdeen tomorrow, leaving outposta stationed In feattle and Taroma. Feeling In Pierce and King counties la so bluer that th rival dIgatlona which leave Tuesday morning will make the trip over different railroad lines. It la unlikely that the partisans of other co untie will travel together. Most of the. Republican candldatea for state offices have decided to keep out of Aberdeen for two reasons. With Interest centered on the blttef Presi dential fight, no delegate la expected to have time to discuss local Issues, and there Is grave danger of becoming drawn Into the Presidential con troversy, and most candidates want to avoid that complication. Some of the braver candidates, however, have de termined to take the chance. TROOPS DUET01HT TAFT MEN COXTnOL SKAGIT Progressive Muster Only 109 Votes Out of 210 Delegates Present. SEDRO WOOLET.. Wash.. May 11. (Special.) The Skagit County Repub lican county convention fight was won by the Taft men today after an acri monious debate. Taft delegatea received 131 votes to 109 votes cast for Pro gressives. The convention met at 10 o'clock this morning with 240 delegates pres ent. Pat Holleran. of Edison, was elected temporary chairman after a hot contest with Erlo Anderson, of La Conner, a progressive. C. T. Beagle, of Anacortes. was made secretary. After the appointment of committees the con ventlon adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon. The delegates chosen for the various precincts are: Avon. W. W. Connor; Mount Vernon M. P. Hurd and J. W. Goodrich; La- Conner. James Powers: Sedro Wooley, Wllbra Coleman. State Senator E. Ham mer, C. M. Connelly and W. J. Thomp son: Concrete, Arthur Smith; Rockport, Hugo Bowman: Burlington, C. N. Al bertson: Mount Baker, Nelson Ander son and George Savage: Fir, C. P. Has. tie: Big Lake. A. C. Wlxson: Anacortes, L. D. Rogers, R. J. Peterson and E. E. Butler. ALBANY TEACHERS NAMED C. IV. noetticber Again to Head Public Schools. ALBA XV, Or, May 11. (Special.) C W. Boetticher waa re-elected super intendent of the Albany public schools at a board meeting last night. Almost all teachers were re-elected. The list follows: High 8chool Lloyd Marquam, prin cipal: K. A. Hudson, science; W. E. Woods, mathematics; Francea Nelson, English; Louise BlackwelU English; Carolyn Dunatan, History; Zllpha Gal loway, Latin and history: Maud Miller, Latin and German; Emma A. Rice, music and art. Central School L. L. Gilbert, princi pal and eighth grade; Myrtle Worley. seventh grade; Margaret Riley, sixth grade: Lillie Hull, fifth grade; Lottie Morgan, fourth grade; Letha McCul lough. third grade; Lulu Parmely, sec ond grade; Leta Price, first grade. Madison School G. E. Flnnerty. principal and eighth grade: Maude Straus, seventh grade; Maude Fraaer, sixth grade: Ethel Dwyer, fifth grade: Edith McCourt, fourth grade; Minnie McCouru third grade; Floden Well born, second grade; Lucille Tlerney, first grade. Maple School E. IX Byers. principal and sixth grade; Alice Markhart. fifth grade; Margaret Stewart, fourth grade; Mabel Williamson, third grade; Mabel Schults. second grade: Edith Rolfe. first grade. With the execptlon of five, all are now serving In the Albany schools. The new teachers are L. L. Gilbert. now teaching at Turner: Llllle Hull. Mill City; Lulu Parmely. Oreaham: Maude Straus, Albany; Mabel Williamson. Wells. All of the teachers In the high school were re-elected, with the exception of Misses Beatrice and Alice Ireland, who were not applicants. Two teachers for the commercial de partment are yet to be chosen and four probably will be chosen later to teach in the building to be built this Sum mer. . Transport With Twenty-First Infantry Here at Midnight. BARRACKS ARE NOW READY Quarters Vacated by Famous "first" Have Been Put In Shipshape Order for Reception of Men From Honlula. ' WIRELKSS TEI.L8 OF TRANS PORT'S PROGRESS. Wireless messages have been re ceived to the effect that the trans port Thomas will arrive off the Co lumbia River tomorrow at 1 P. M. The regiment Is expected to arrive at the barracks about 11 P. M. Twenty-first Infantry, due on the Gov ernment transport Thomas Sunday mid night, at Portland. - The troops probably will remain aboard until early Monday morning, when a special train will take them to barracks vacated by the First In fantry Thursday. The quarters are in good condition. The soldiers will be able to settle in them at once. The Thomas gained a day on her reg ular time to Honolulu and this Is why it is believed the transport will arrive tomorrow anead of schedule time. The Thomas is larger than the Sher man. Many thousands of dollars have been expended In putting it in shape. There are about' 320 soldiers and about 20 officers aboard. In command of Colonel George E. Young, who will relieve Lieutenant-Colonel Cabell of command of the post. The companies are depleted because so many of the men desired to remain in the Philip pines, where they are allowed double time. The ofTicers received 20 per cent increase in salary while t'.iere. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., May 11. (Special.) Everything Is in readiness for the reception of the BARN PARTY AT VANCOUVER High School Juniors Entertain Guests in Improvised Stalls. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 11. (Spe cial.) Novel was the entertainment afforded the Juniors and seniors of the Vancouver High School, when the for mer entertained the latter with a barn party, given in the Assembly Hall. Straw was strewn over the floor and one side of the hall was divided Into stalls, resembling a dairy farm. The decorations were Oregon grape, dog wood and violets. The barn dance I played a prominent part in the enter tainment. Prizes were offered for the best imitators, and Professor Dillon won first award for his Imitation of Mme. Schuman-Heink in singing. A real May pole with six boys and six girls occupied the center of the hall. Charades and other games were played. They wound up with playing "follow the leader," which was to the dining-room for refreshments. 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