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CORDIAL GREETING GIVEN MR. MOORES Trip Through Southern .Oregon and Willamette Valley Proves Gratifying. PRESS NOTICES FAVORABLE ssitranccs or Support Received AH A Ion.1? Line and Evidences of AVcakness i n Democratic Camp Declared Apparent. Charles B. Moores, condrdate for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State, returned home last night from Champoeg-, where, as has been his cus tom for many years, ho joined, other loyal Oregonians. their wives and daughters, in the- annual celebration of Founders day. Mr. Moores has spent the past week In Southern Oregon and the Willam ette Valley and returns greatly pleased at the cordial reception he received in every city he visited. IHs friends all tell him that his nomination is already won and that it was won as soon as it became known throughout the state that he would permit his name to be used as a candidate. Kut it is not alone from his friends that the strongest assurances of sue cess have come. Ills political enemies, the Democrats, who are masqueradtn as Republicans and have registered in that party in order to retain in office for a. third term- the incumbent. Ben "V. Olcott who was first put there by a. Democratic Governor as a reward for his money contributions and. personal work against the Republican party and In behalf of Democrats eight years ago now confess that Olcott's chances of getting the nomination are small. Rule Balks Democrats' Plan, So certain wore the Democrats that their favorite was to have smooth sail ing in the Republican primary, they put up no candidate on their ticket. The entrance of Mr. Moores into the race at the eleventh hour was a bomb shell in the Democratic camp. During the past week they became convinced Mr. Olcott hud small chance in the Republican primary, and a, movement was started to have his name written in on the Democratic ticket. This was blocked by the fact that a candidate, when he files in one primary, declares that, if defeated, he will not take a nomination for the same office from any other party. The next move was to send instruc tions to Democratic county chairmen throughout the state to write in the name of George C. Blakely, of The Dalles, in order that a final stand might be made in the general election in November. This is clearly a con fession of Democratic expectation of Olcott'a defeat in the Republican pri mary. Putting forward their strong est man to lead a forlorn hope against Moores in November is also an mdica lion that they do not expect many Olcott voters, outside of Democrats, to follow him out of the primary. Presa la Friendly. The Republican press in the "Wil lamette Valley and in Southern Oregon is almost a unit in praise of Mr. Moores and in its advice to Republicans to vote for him. Here ia tho way the Cottage Grove Sentinel announced his arrival there: I like his looks I like ttte way ho talks and. by guru. I'm goins to do some hustling for a real Jiepubltcan." That's the way one ladinrr Kepubiicau expressed it shortly after meeting C li. Moores, Republican candidate for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State., who was hero yesterday. Many otherp who had not before met Mr. Moores, spoko in a like vetn. His reception was very cordial and many were free to say that no one but a straight Republican candidate would be considered by them in the ap p touching Republican primaries. Mr. Moores h;id never before visited Cottage Urove and was much impressed with the reception which he received, tie says that the ieelln . tor bis candidacy lias developed so rapidly that his election seems assured, the onl (iun;er beinjr that his friends may become too confident and neglect the work that is neccbsary to lneure his nomination. Nomination In Predicted. The Polk County Observer at Dallas Bays: Mr. Moores is strong with his party, and the knowing ones fisur that he will be nominated tit the primaries. After telling of his hearty reception at Kugcne the Register says: Ho is not a stranger here, having visited Kugeue at numerous times. Two of his toiis were graduated at the University of Oregon, and his grandfather settled In Lane Couuty in 1So4. In Uie Stayton Mail are the following interesting ligures: Re-cords on file In the office of Secretary ef State show that Ben Olcott's contribution to the interests of Oswald West's candidacy for Governor totaled $1550. Mr. Olcott was nppolnted Secretary of State by West April 3 7. It'll. At the end of his present term. January i, juit. ne win Have been in offi fte years, eight and one-half months, and lrawn $5,057 in salary. Jt he is re-elected ne wtu get a total of 43(;$7 in salary Charles R. Moorea, candidate for Republican luimuuiuMi against Olcott. Is a real Repub jitTHii. U3 personal, business and political record is clean. Ho Is capable, efficient and understands economical administration t- has served the Kepubiicau party for years IIIkH Compliment In Paid, The Dayton Standard pays ilr. Moores inis nign compliment: i ne oi nee or pecrerary or state is one that should be occupied by a man of largo knowledge and wide experience. Charles B. Moores, th Republican candidate. Is . . . one of the biK men of Oregon, who will do credit to the office and serve the people well as becretary of State. The Jefferson Review contrasts the candidates thus: The entire Republican press of the state pf.ms to De rallying to the support of C B. Moores for Secretary of State. The fact of oicoxt managing wests campaign and con tnbuting 51500 thereto, and defeating the Republican nominee for Governor, does not meet with the approval of many members of the O. O. P., for which they are hot to oe Diamea. cores is a straight Repub- in an. tiean,. aoie, nonesx ana courteous who has filled with honor many responsib) positions. ihe Review editor is a Demo crai, dui nis party uas no state candidate: so this paper will do all it can for "Charlie' Aioores. wnorn we know well. if we hav io support a rtepuDiican candidate, were going to tane wtiat we fleem the best one, wno is a KepviDiican, not a compromli canaiuaie, looaing ior a .Democratic pointment. ap After devotiner a column to Mr. Ol cott and his affiliations with Democrats and commenting on the support he i Retting from Democratic journals the Corvauis Gazette-Times says: There is no suspicion as to Mr. Moore'; standing and no Question as to his abilltv Integrity or his loyalty either to his party or to Oregon. He will not betray either ana is emiiiea to every Republican vote In me state. Mr. Olcott Aanalled. This is the way Mr. Olcott is remem bered over In Tillamook County, a cordins; to the Headlight: Whether Mr. Olcott Is a Democrat or Republican, most everybody knows he w fi strong booster of our late sner tabular Governor West, who brought the state Into ridicule. The Banks Herald, in Washington county, says: Republican voters should rally to the par ty standard at- the primaries and place real Republican. Mr. C B. Moores, in th ntfice of Scretary of Ptate. Mr. Moores ia not a politician, lie is a man. of public BOY SCOUTS TAKE sg.y. pint and public interest. Tie is' a clean man and a cp pab' man. Me has demon- rated his unselfishness and his caoaMUtv by his public services, and he has this In particular to recommend him he is opposed by the Portland Journal. Perhaps some oters wiii r,0t regard that as a recommen- at ion. But the day is comlnz when th-r mask will be torn from the Portland ournal and it will stand ex nosed, for the political mountebank that It Is. Mean while, let the voter try to be unprejudiced nd lair when he casts Ins vote for Secre tary of State. The Evening" Tribune. Pendleton. May 3, has this brief but pointed edi torial: Republicans don't take their instruction from the Portland Journal and Pendleton Kast Oregonlan. although these papers seem to think so. ytranza what an Interest these papers take in the Republican primaries. Olcott as. a Democratic candidate would be 11 right, but Just now he's In the wrong pew. PERSONAL MENTION. TV. II. Lee, of Albany, is at the Ore K. Hill, of Scio, is at the Corne- gon. "V. US. J. B. Fallls. of Seattle, is at tho Port- and. K. I Ca-rleton, of Salem, Is at the Seward. J. J. Collins, of Albany, is at the at the Perkins. II. A. Edlin, of Astoria, is Perkins. ' Robert Swan, of Roseburgr, is at the Perkins. C. P. Condon, of Eugene, is at the Imperial A. G. LundberK, of Turner, is at the Imperial. Kdgar Warren, Grants Pass, is at the Kortonia. Ray H. Clarke, of Spokane, is at the Portland. C. V. Oglesby, of Eugene, is at the Cornelius. M. A. Congrers, of Clatskanle, is at the Eaton. H. A. Wolch, of San Francisco, is at the Seward. D. J. DuBruille, of Corvallis, is at the Seward. Mrs. D. A. Eldred, of Clatskanle, is at the Perkins. C. L. Lindsay, of Elmore Park, is at the Cornelius. James Franklin, of McMinnville, is t the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. M. Funmark, of Bend, are at the Eaton. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Irvine, of Bend. are at the Eaton. W. R. Bilyeu, of Albany, is regis tered at the Oregon. Frank Patton, of Astoria, is regis tered at the Imperial. J. B. Sherwood, of Spokane, Is regis tered at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Joy, of McMInn- ville, are at the Eaton. Virginia Melton, of Bandon, is regis- tered at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Sweitzer, of Eu gene, are at the Oregon. E. H. Stovall and wife are registered from Philomath at the rsortonla. Mrs. Mary T. Swanson and family, of Hood River, are at the Portland. Mrs. A. Strode and daughter are reg istered at the Kortonia from Lincoln, Neb. A. B. Stearns.' Miss M. Stearns and L. M. Clifton, of Boston, are at the Kor tonia. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Denny and Miss Denny, of Millerton, N. Y.. are at the Seward. Mrs. John Clinton Bewley, of Lodi. Cal, is a visitor at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bide, in Irv- ington. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. O'Keefe, of Taco ma. are at the Imperial. They are in Portland on their bridal trip. Mr. O'Keefe is city passenger agent for the Canadian Pacific in Xacoma, O'' '"'V- -cfr-'.-.-51 t., ... . ,ryyf 1 . ZS ' &z e Vj r' - 'C? vr'.- f " XSxmti ' ry 1 ivh 1) BIR.M.G Rt'BBISH. 3) BOY SCOUTS LOADING GARBAGE OV A WAGO.V. (3) THE SHOVEL BRIGADE GETTING INTO ACTION. THE STJXDAT PART IN THE CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN IN PORTLAND. CLEANUP GOES ON Vanguard of Campaign Work ers Invades West Side. I0Y SCOUTS AID IN WORK Children "Warned Ajrainst I'ickinc Vp Old Hags, With Danger or Contamination; Department Autos Gather Trafh. The vanguard of the clean-up cam paign workers entered the West Side yesterday morning, when the 40 assist ant fire marshals started on their tour of District 1, which lies between the river and Terwilliger boulevard, south of Sheridan street. The fire marshals -were entertained at luncheon by Captain L. N. Riley at nre station j,q. 1. and completed their trip through the district to stir up interest in the clean-up work in the afternoon. Meanwhile. J. E. Werlein and his assistants had drummed up the people of District F. which lies on the East Side between Stark and Division street, and were shoving- the citizens' share of the clean-up along with all their might. The five-ton motor trucks of the street cleaning department are coming along two days behind the citizens clean-up and gathering up all the rub bish. Thus far there has not been i single hitch in the progress of the campaign, and each day has seen the territory laid out in the plan thor oughly covered. Dirt to Be Spread Over Damp. The clean-up has brought from Su perintendent Donaldson, of the street cleaning department, a decision which will mean a great deal toward the beautifying and sanitation of the city in future. The street-cleaning wagons from District D hauled loads of rubbish over and dumped it in a pit in District C, near the Willamette boulevard, which the citizens of District ?had just fin ished cleaning up the day before. Their telephone calls of Indignation brought out Jacob Kanzler. of the civic bureau of the Chamber, and Superin tendent Donaldson, of the street-clean ing department, and on the edge of the dumping pit they settled the question It was decided that half a dozen more loads of rubbish should be brought and dumped and that clean earth was to be brought and spread over it, forever removing the pit as an eyesore, a rub bish dump and a menace to public health. Superintendent Donaldson has an nounced that in future, wherever it is feasible, the same method of procedure will be followed, with regard to dump ing pits. Rae-Plckln; Warning Given. Following protests against permit ting the children of the city to go rag picking on the old garbage dumps, th clean-up committee telephoned instruc tlons to all ca.pta.ins in the districts urging them to warn the children against plcktns up rags promiscuously, as it meant serious danger to the health of the children. The arrangements for the selling of old rags to the junk men was intend to encourage the children to bring th old rags that might be about thei own premises, and it was not foreseen that the anxiety, to make extra money. OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, 2 might drive the children to scavenging on the old dump piles in various gulches in the city. Tho Boy Scouts, under Scout Leader T. F. Brockway, have beeik anxious to get into the clean-up for some time. nd yesterday they were assigned two blocks east of tho llarriman brldse. About 100 of them turned out with rakes and hoes, cleared up the rubbish nd smoothed the ton soil of the lots. Motion pictures of the Boy Scouts' ctivity -were taken. The work was entirely finished before noon. ORTLAND MAN IS KILLED Klectric Shock Katal to C3. l- Col pitis at Lcavcinvorlli, Kan. Guy F Colpitts, who made his homo at Fourteenth and Jefferson streets with his mother, Mrs. Cleo Colpitts, was killed by an electric shock May & at Leavenworth. Ka&. while working for the Great Northern Railroad, lie was 23 years of age. Besides his mother ho 1 survived by two sisters, Margaret and Olive Col pitts. Guy Colpitts was a member of ash- ngrton Lodge. A. F- and A. M.. and of Martha Washington Chapter, O. K. IS., of Portland. The body will be brought to Tort- land, and funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church Tues day afternoon. May 0. JOMELLI WEDS IN SECRET Orrliv. Backus, Former Manager. Tukes Singer as His Bride. Because they believe it to be an en tirely personal matter, Madame Jeanne Jomelli, now Mrs. Orrin Backus,, and Mr. Backus, formerly her manaepr. but FOR RE-ELECTION. DISTRICT ATTORNEY WALTER H. EVANS (Republican) Ballot Tin. 116. Primary. May 19. 1916. (Paid Advertisement.) (Walter EL Kvans. 6S6 Multnomah SC. Citir. I II MAT 7, 1016. 'f i 71 v - .": R. C. BONSER COUNTY SURVEYOR, Candidate for Renomination. Has been a resident of Multno mah County since 1861, and in the surveying business in Portland for 29 years; a Deputy U. S. Surveyor 'for 5 years; a Deputy County Sur veyor under John A. Hurlburt, A. H. Richmond and Philo Holbrook; elected County Surveyor in 1914; a taxpayer and believes in progresB and the employment of local men for county work, (Paid Adirrllirmrnl.) 3 BALLOT NO. 117 JOHN C. M'CUE for DISTRICT ATTORN tV Primary Bectioa Kay 19, 1916 "Strict law enforcement: impartial and economical administration "Mid Advertiemrnt.) now also her husband, decline to tell when or where they were married or to go into other details. Madame Jomelli has been in Portland for about a year. Her manager, Mr. Backus, has found time between en- gasementx for the prima donna to press lifs utiit for hr hand. N k 1 WY nt..lM ROBERT TUCKER Republican Candidate for Circuit Judge Ballot No. 61. Paid Adv. MISS ABBIE WRIGHT N ... ' . - 1 - V" ' - ' ,.o. 134 on Ballot. Republican Candidate for SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MULTNOMAH COUNTY Republican Primaries May 19 For school efficiency, to make every motion, every minute, every dollar count. Long experience in California and Oregon schools. 4 Paid AdTrtiiBMt CAN LAFFERTY SAVE To the Republican Voters: Beinir a. Dloneer dauehtcr of Oretron estimate fairly what 1 shall have to say When the O. C. land-srant wns student In tho Willamette I'nlvorslty. 1 was bom In Marion County. My .-.-j late husband was a brother of J. C. Moreland. now cleric of the Supreme Court. -All my life I have lived in Oregon except when temporarily residing abroad - and I love the state. I have watched the careers of all the all times felt a keen interest in the State's welfare. George H. "Williams and ICenry W. Joseph S. Smith. Congressman, got the bill through Congress making the O. & C. grant The bill provided that every acre of. the lands should go to A ' settlers, together with the timber growing thereon. The bill was debated at length for three different days In the House and two days In the Senate. Con gress knew what it was doing and meant just what it said. Tho lands were intended for settlers and that intent should not now be defeated. In" the debates Congressman Sargent, of California, said: "Under this bill tho lands can never Tealize but ?1.50 per acre to the ' " company, even if the road makes them sional Globe for April 1&70). Tho Supreme Court has recently the poor people of Oregon will not be getting something for nothing if these ' . lands be npw opened to settlers according to law. They will merely put their time and energy aga.ln.st the value They will give the full value of tho land the real consideration that .Congress expected to pass from tho settlers to s.--' the country for this land. 5'' With all the ardor of his Celtic nature A. W. Lafferty has fought to have . .-r the law making tho grant carried into Lafferty has served in Congress twice. The mere honor of another term a. could not mean fo very much to him. The fact that he has been twice elected . shows that he is no common man, and to say that ho is such is but to reflect ? upon this great state. In the state pamphlet Mr. Lafferty leave for Washington May 20 to try to McArthur bill and to open the lands to settlers under a drawing system. Can he do it? If there is even reason to hope that ho can do so ho should be M returned to office by an overwhelming plurality. Tho situation presented is dramatic. The result will constitute a referendum to practically turn the lands over to the timber men. Every effort is being made to rush the bill through tho House before the primary. Lafferty la do- x ing all within his power to prevent it. Ho tells mo that ho is sending his j' literature to Congressmen whom he knows, and is making personal appeals ; to hold up the bill tiil Oregon is heard from. ' w Lafferly at least offers hope. Can very estimable opponents? Klther Mr. McArthur or Mr. LIttlefield would in my opinion do honor to the office. They are both native sons of Oregon. But something mure than merely a man to grace the office and draw the salary is needed now. Lafferty- record is without a blemish. Ho has the enthusiasm of a genius or a fanatic, just as you please to designate that wonderful quality ao necessary to the accomplishment of a. really great deed. Lafferty has seen that these lands ought to go to settlers he can accomplish that great result. No age. Even now. when the dally papers McArthur bill is on tha ralendnr ready for passage, he is confident of per sonal victory and of the defeat of the bill. His confidence is inspiring. Such things have been done before. . If the bill shall pass the House fore the Senate committee and speak for Oregon, trying to procure an amendment giving the lands to settlers. Failing there, he will ask Presi dent Wilson to veto the measure and make Congress pass another measure ' in which the original law shall be upheld. falling in that also, he will seek within the next two years to have the law amended to restore the 1 rights of settlers and of Oregon. If the news that "Lafferty wins' shall night of May 19 it may mean auother the romantic annals of this state. It may rank with the achievement of Meek and ilatthlou at Champoeg and the famous rldo of Marcus Whitman. . .It was Just 7S years ago this month that tho meeting was held at Champoeg. The 'greedy Hudson's Bay Company was opposed to settlers com ing in and taking their hunting and trapping grounds just as the millionaire. timbermen are now opposed to settlers coming in and making homes in the green hills of this state. The chairman of the meeting declared a motion to . . organize the settlers lost. Old Joe Meek, as he is always called, stepped, ', boldly forward and demanded a division. In the face of what appeared to me defeat a great victory was won. The vote was 52 for organization and only GO against it. -Marcus Whitman's famous ride to Washington on horseback to secure justice for Oregon and to save this country to the Union -is too well known ' to require comment. And the famous ride of General rhllllp Sheridan, a littlo Irishman just about Laf forty's size, should not be forgotten when it comes to considering what can be done by one with enthusiasm. Sheridan dashed down the Valley . of the Shenandoah, overtaking and rail ing the retreating troops, meantimo shouting. "Turn boys, turn, we are going back!" The boys turned and went back, and the day was saved. When Lafferty leaves Portland on the morning of May 10 on the Oregon Washington Limited, if he shall be nominated, it will be the beginning of a -journey that may or may not succeed. But I give it as my opinion, based l.i upon my long lifetime of experience, that he will succeed. The vote of th district would not be misunderstood at Washington. For 10 years Lafferty has had the courage and the enthusiasm of his convictions. He does not care what settlera get the land, just so long as they go to settlers. The lands are now vacant, and he favors a drawing system, giving to every citizen who will register for the drawing an absolutely equal chance. Could anything be fairer than that? ' And when Lafferty leaves for Washington on May !0. as I hope he will be permitted to do. it will not be in a Pullman palace car that he will rid. I know that he has spent his little fortune of 110.000 in his ten years' fight. He has been more bitterly assailed than any other public man in Oregon's " ' history unless it was the late Senator Mitchell. He is now penniless. He "' has done a noble work for this great state. If we permit him to be driven into permanent retirement now. it will not only show Ingratitude on our part, but it will mean an irreparable loss to generations yet unborn in the great Com- " monwealth that we all love and cherish. " I do not preach the gospel of pessimism or of hate. But at my age I cannot shut my eyes to facts. A few men now own nearly everything in the country. I believe that if we turn Lafferty down now and give up our great railroad land grant to the timber barons that the hilla of Oregon will run red with the blood of our children before they ever get back their . birthright- Let us stand by the man who has stood by us. Mrs. "Frances Moreland Harvey. 15S3 Stanton Street- .PaJd Adv.) : " 19 THE LAUD GRANT? 3 T ... 4.-' i V Postmen Photo. 191. A. W. LAFFEnTl'. .r. Br Mrm. Franfn Moreland Harvey. t. I feel that you will consider and concerning Mr. Lafferty. '-' passed 46 years ago I was a young lady public men of Oregon and have at ..." C Corbett. Senators from Oregon, and worth $100 per acre." (See Congres confirmed that statement. However. of the land and thereby get homes. i - to the community, and that was effect. .-i- promises that if renominated he will ' turn, the tide against the Chamberlain- Tho primary is almost at hand. upon tho Chamberlaln-MeArthur plan a as much b aaid for either of his Just as the law reads and ne believes adversity daunts his marvelous cour are announcing that the c hamoeriain- before the primary. Lafferty will go be- n ' 7 flash across the continent on tho i . historic and far-reaching incident in :