The Sunday Oregonian., June 18, 1916, Section One, Page 4, Image 4

TTIE SUNDAY OREGON! AN, PORTLAND, JUNE 18, 1916.
INSINCERITY OF
ANOTHER NEW PICTURE OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
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Proper Adjustment
of a Truss
requires exterieii?e' and skilL A well-
PARTY MANIFEST
fitted truss is like life insurance a poorly fitted
or improperly selected truss is a direct invitation
to death or nhvsical disaster.
Pacifism, Not Preparedness, Is
Dominant Note at Demo
i cratic Convention.
TRUSS FITTING has been a most important part of our
caning as aruggisis ior over oo years. Our charges are
reasonaDie; your saustaction is warranted.
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ULTIMATE ISSUES AVOIDED
Platform That Calls for Peace Fails
to Take Into Account Effect
of Foreign Policy That Is
Loudly Applauded.
BY S. DCSCAN CLARK.
CPoVltlcal correspondent of the Chicago Post,
formerly the leading Progressive organ In
th,a Middle Weil.)
ST. LOUIS. June 17. .(Special.)
The Democracy lias named its ticket
and adopted its platform. Its leaders
are hastening home to summon the
fighting boys to the trenches in defense
of power, place and pork.
This is to be & hard campaign. Four
years of office have whetted appetites;
have developed a proprietary interest
in the Government and its perquisites
that resents Republican challenge, and
resents it the more because Republi
canism is reunited, when, by all the
auguries as read by Democratic oracles,
It ought to be divided.
The convention has presented certain
salient features that are instructive.
Deep Conviction Lacking.
To begin with, except for one or two
instances. It was a convention of manu
factured enthusiasm. The spirit of deep
conviction that provokes emotional
outbursts under pressure was wholly
lacking. Never were the efforts to stir
the delegates to applause and cheers
more unashamed than at the Coliseum
cessions.
"Dixie," "The Star-Spangled Banner"
and "America" were employed over and
over again by the band to excite and
resuscitate the flagging spirits of the
crowd.
The demonstration for Wilson, wehn
the vapid speech of his nominator
ended, was sustained only by repeated
injections of tonic music. If the dele
gates sat down the National anthem
was at once played to get them on
their feet. The truth Is there were
only three real enthusiasms in the con
vention for office, for pacifism and
lor Bryan, the pacifist.
Pacifism and Bryan at Front.
Pacifism and Bryan stand out as the
dominating spirit and personality of
the convention. Nobody seemed to care
about preparedness. Mention of it was
always perfunctory and apologetic. It
won no "hand" from these Democrats,
who seem imbued with the belief that
the pen of Wilson is mightier than the
jsword of King or Kaiser.
The demand for Bryan was main
tained until the last hour of the last
Bession.
This Bryan worship shows how short
of memory and shallow of thought are
the men who go forth to lead the fight
for Wilson and Marshall. They have
evidently forgotten that Bryan is the
man who broke with their nominee on
the wisdom and propriety of the very
policies which' for four days they
lauded witn every adjective in the vo
cabulary of praise.
It was a convention of unrealities
and insincerity. It was unreal in that
it failed to face fairly and squarely the
big issues that confront the country.
It failed to face the ultimate issue of
the foreign policy it so loudly ap
plauded. No man spoke with understanding-
on the future relationship of
America to the nations of the world.
Practical Measures Ket Considered.
The platform called for peace for
measures to preserve peace after the
war is ended but It took no account
of how this is to be accomplished.
It failed to face the real significance
of the prosperity America now enjoys,
or the dangers that may threaten it
after the fictitious and temporary stim
ulus of Europe's war Is no more effec
ive. Men like Senator James and ex
Governor Glynn and Bryau prefer to
tielieve that prosperity is due solely to
the Federal reserve bill or some other
Democratic measure and that the re
turn of peace will bring no menace to
its stability and persistence.
It failed to face the issue of pre
paredness definitely and courageously.
Its spokesmen dodged that issue or
ignored it.
Its platform speaks the language of
generality and conveys no real mean
ing to any intelligent mind.
The insincerity of the convention was
exemplified most forcibly in its treat
ment of the women suffrage issue. The
speech of Senator Stone in support of
the majority report of the resolutions
committee was a shameless Instance of
intellectual dishonesty and the speech
of Senator Walsh, of Montana, to the
same effect was equally shameless in
It appeal to expediency.
Insincerity Further Shawn.
Finally the Insincerity of the con
vention was shown when a few min
utes before the adoption of the plat
form, with its anti-hyphenate plank.
Senator Reed, of Missouri, made an
open bid for German-American and
Irish-American votes, using the hyphen
ate terms to designate them, on the
assertion that the Republican party
wanted to sever diplomatic relations
with Germany and was seeking war
with that country.
The bid was unblushing, but It
brought applause and not rebuke. Such
is the atmosphere from which the
Xemocrats have gone back to plan their
campaign: such is the spirit in. which
they will battle to retain office.
If America is to be given over to
the rule of a party so shallow and so
Insincere in its attitude toward the
great problems of today the outlook for
America is sad indeed.
BROKEN COUPLING FATAL
Brakeman Hurled to Ground When
Train Parts Under Ilim.
THE DALLES. Or., June 17. (Spe
cial.) One step more or less would
have saved C G. Milne's life here last
night. Milne, who was a brakeman
on the mountain division of the O.-W.
R. & N. Railway, was walking on top
f his train 30 miles east of here, and
as he went to step from one car to the
other the coupling broke, the train
parted and he plunged head first to the
tracks. The cars passed over him and
crushed his skull. He lived only a few
minutes. - Milne's watch stopped at
6:34, which was the exact moment his
rody struck the ground.
He is survived by a wife and two
children, who are residents of The
Dalles.
Houlton Off Railroad Map.
ST. HELENS. Or.. June '17 (Spe
cial.) The town of Houlton disap
peared today and St. Helens came on
the railroad map. The management of
the North Bank has changed the name
of the station. Houlton was absorbed
y St. Helens by popular vote more
than two years ago.
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CHARLES EVANS BL'GHES ASD HENRY CLEWS COFERRI.G IX NEW YORK.
nuuiiLU muvLu uirai:r: fl1 dlnoui umzu
Enthusiasm and Optimism In
crease by Bounds.
WOOD CARRIES MESSAGE
Word From Colonel Pleases Candi-
date--Iepublicans Hear of Demo
cratic Plan to Try to Assail Mr.
Hughes' Sterling Kecord.
(Continued From First Pae.)
that will be thorough and business
like. Buncombe, slapstick and cabaret ap
peals will be left to the Democrats
If they care for them. Mr. Hughes will
be as dignified as the country and the
crisis demands, and every minute p. reg
ular man. His wealth of fine and clean
humor and wit will be employed much,
but it will not descend to buffoonery or
vulgarity. "
Mr. Hughes Gives People Credit.
It was said for him today that he Is
one of the Americans who have not
been touched with the cynicism that
attributes to the American people as a
whole the inability to think.
So far as it is possible to get a line
on the Democratic campaign plan thus
early, the belief prevails in Washing
ton today that two major thrusts will
be made at Mr. Hughes. One will be
the studied effort to make him appear
as the personal candidate of German-
American alliance. The other will be
an equally studied effort by every
adroit device to break down. If pos
sible, the confidence of the people In
Mr. Hughes' sincerity and high-roinded-
ness.
Republicans Welcome Attack.
The Insurance investigation scandal
in New York, in which Mr. Hughes, the
virtually unknown lawyer, ripped the
lid off that mess and paved the way for
remedial legislation that took life in
surance money out of mephitic grarft
sewers is to be employed, it is re
ported, in assailing his sincerity. Quite
singularly an effort will be made, ac
cording to belief here, to show that
Hughes stopped the inquiry Just as
he reached the "higher ups," and, in
fact, was a party to shielding some of
the great financiers who were involved.
If that be the plan, then the Repub
lican generals are ready and welcome
the issue. Any attempt to cast as
persions on the ultimate good, they say,
that came to all the people of the
United States as a direct result of, the
singie-nanaea acntevement of air.
Hughes in that battle with sordid ma
nipulation of the people's life insurance
premiums will prove the first impor
tant battle range of the campaign.
Political Advaataa-e Not Idea.
Another charge that Is to be made
against Hughes has been already in
the pro-viison press is that in veto
ing the reduction of fare on the lnter
borough road he sided -with the
money-grabbing corporations. The an
swer will be made that Hughes even
at that time. vwhen it would have been
politically popular for him to side
against' the company, was unwilling,
even for such an advantage, deliberate
ly to co-operate in what he believed to
be an act of confiscation and the sub'
sequent bankruptcy of a going con
cern.
That wlir be his attitude in the cam-
paign, it is said for him. If capital
and corporations expect him to de
nounce labor to appeal to their senti
ments, and if labor expects him to de
nounce capital on a wholesale plan to
get the labor vote, then both are riding
to a fall. He will do neither. It Is as
serted. He will stand for the righteous
thing in both and condemn the un
righteous thing In both, according to
men who think they know the trend
of his thought and purpose.
Another charge that is to be at
tempted is that Huhes is cold, unsym
pathetic, a piece off of royalty a sort
of Alton B. Parker' type. But that Is
not disturbing Mr. Hughes, who un
doubtedly will be the warmest, human-
est, squarest antagonist in the whole
campaign. And when they begin hit
ting below the belt, if they do, he will
tear them to tatters. He is a veritable
whale of & campaigner. New York
knows this full well, and all the coun
try will soon know It.
Chairman Not Selected.
Mr. Hughes devoted most of his time
today to consideration of whom he
would select as chairman of the He
publican National Committee. He dis
cussed the chairmanship with many
callers, including several members of
the Progressive wing of the party.
The nominee is said to have reached
decision as to the type of man he
will select and Is reported to have nar
rowed the field of ellglbles to two or
three. Indications were tonight that
Prank H. Hitchcock, who has been
mentioned as one of the leading candi
dates, virtually had been eliminated
from consideration; that it was unlikely
that William Hayward, public service
commissioner of New York and close
friend of Governor Whitman, would be
chosen; that William Loeb, 'Jr.. whose
selection was advocated by Progres
sive supporters of the nominee, was a
possibility, and that Herbert Parsons,
of New York, also stood a chance of
selection.
Some time between now and Monday
afternoon, when Mr. Hughes meets the
National sub-committee on organiza
tion at headquarters in New York, a
tentative choice will he made. This se
lection, however, will not be final, as
the nominee wishes to hear the views
of the committee.
Mr. Hughes' advisers said tonight
that the nominee was seeking a chair
man possessing the following qualifi
cations: -
He should be a man who has not
been actively Identified with any fac
tion of the party.
He should be acceptable to Progres
sives as well as to Republicans.
If possible, he should be a resident
of New York, and '
He should know politics, but- the
nominee would prefer a man who has
not been too actively identified witjj
politics during the past few years.
COUNCIL WILL FIGHT VETO
Albany's Mayor Objects to Making
City Hall of Sclioolboase.
ALBANY, Or.. June 17. (Special.)
Mayor Curl thhs afternoon announced
that he would veto an ordinance which
the Citv Council passed last night pro-
vhling for the renovation of the Cen
tral School building in order that it
might be used as a City Hall.
The Council members are determined
In their stand for a city building and
will endeavor to pass the ordinance
over the Mayor's veto.
The Mayor approved an ordinance
providing for a public market. The
market will be controlled by
committee representing the Pomona
Grange.
Nebraska Aviator Killed.
EWING, Neb., June 17. Matt Savage,
a Nebraska aviator, was killed here
late today while making a practice
flight In his machine. The craft be
came unmanageable while Savage was
making a spiral glide and fell 600 feeU
n nriinnii nnirnTn
State Help for Mew RoacTto
Portland Absurd, He Says.
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PRESENT ROUTES ARE GOOD
$5000 Highway Commission Pro.
poses to Take From "Wasco Coun
ty Is Needed for Columbia
Highway, He Thinks.
SALEM, Or.. June 17. (Special.)
Expenditure of $5000 by the State
Highway Commission to survey a com
mercial road in the Portland city lim
its to connect with the capital highway
and other roads leading south and west
out of Portland, would be absurd, ac
cording to S. Benson, a member of the
Highway Commrssron advisory board.
At a meeting of the commission this
week the commission considered the
advisability of having a survey made,
when State Engineer Lewis advised
them that a good connecting road was
needed. The commission planned to
take the money necessary for the sur
vey from the sum allotted to Wasco
County, provided that county failed to
vote bonds for road construction this
year, which was the condition on which
the allotment was made.
Good Routes Now Exist, He Says.
In a letter which Mr. Benson wrote
to the members of the State Highway
Commission today he points out that on
the west side of the Willamette River
Multnomah County has constructed
four roads to connect with the city
streets. These roads are the Oswego
road, connecting with the Rlvervlew
hard surface road: the Capital High
way, connecting the Rex-TIgardvllie
road with the end of Terwllllger Douie-
vard; the Canyon road, connecting the
Hillsboro road on the county line with
the city limits on the Canyon road, and
the St. Helens road, connecting with
the city limits and running down the
Willamette River past Linnton.
These are all completed." writes air.
Benson in reference to the routes to
and from . Portland, "and except, the
Oswego road, are hard-surfaced, and
afford a splendid route Into the business
district of Portland over the existing
hard-surfaced streets. The main taunk
line -up the Willamette Valley is tne
Capitol Highway, which, with Terwll
llger boulevard. Is the best grade, be-
in not to exceed 5 per cent, ana lanas
the travel right on Sixth street.
Money Declared Not Needed.
'There is an ordinance preventing
commercial travel on Terwilliger boule
vard, but this can easily be repealed.
This boulevard cost the city of Portland
4 00.000. and the business interests of
the city will not permit that splendid
street, hard-surfaced SO feet wide, to
lie idle or to be used for pleasure vehi
cles alone.
"This makes It unnecessary, to have
any more connecting lines into the
city; besides. Multnomah County does
not need or require any state funds.
especially within the - city limits of
Portland. It would be wasted if used,
as no line is feasible, in addition to
what we have got. to wind around
through private property in the hills
within the city limits.
i
Fsidi Wanted far Highway.
"This money should be used on the
Columbia Highway in Hood River and
Wasco counties; in fact, the necessity
for its use there is so -strong that I
A Wheel
Chair
for the person
who cannot en
joy these won-
7 -i --fnl nrc
lli .rg through illness
is almost a iieces&iLy tuiyiy
a great pleasure and aid to restoring
health and vitality. If you don't feel
able to buy one at this time, you can rent it
by the week or month and later apply rental
charge on the
purchase- price.
AlPCg
personally, at the expense of $10:000.
propose to hard-surface nine feet wide
commencing at the Multnomah County
line and extending east one mile over
the recently graded highway In Hood
River County, so as to make this
stretch passable after the rains com
mence. "I also strongly advise against any
experimenting by the Highway Com
mission with hard-surfacing. There is
already enough hard-surfacing of dif
ferent kinds laid in Oregon to observe
experimental pavement. There axe
several kinds within a short distance of
the Capitol at Salem, and many kinds
In Portland."
RAILWAY LOOKS NEARER
WORK OX ROSEBCHG LIXE MAT BE
GI7T EARLY KBIT MONTH.
Tentative Arrangements for Supplies
Hade by Mr. Kendall and Traffic
Agreement Reached.
EOSEBURG, Or.. June 17. (Special.)
Barring the possibility of further
litigation. S. A. Kendall, of the firm of
Kendall Brothers, of Pittsburg, last
night announced that actual construc
tion work on the proposed Roseburg &
Eastern Railroad probably would begin
early in July and would be prosecuted
vigorously until the line Is completed
and in readiness for operation. .
Mr. Kendall's announcement came af
ter he passed a day In Portland con
ferring with the officials of the South
ern Pacific company regarding a traf
fic arrangement. This was settled sat
isfactorily, according to Mr. Kendall.
While In Portland Mr. Kendall also
executed tentative contracts for the
rails, ties and much of the other ma
terial to be used in constructing the
road. This material is said to be avail
able at the present time and can be
delivered here on a few days' notice.
As soon as the contract for construct
ing the road is formally awarded, the
Southern Pacific will extend what Is
known as Kenny Spur from Its present
terminus In North Koseburg to the city
limits. The Roseburg & Eastern Rail
road will extend from that point to
Rock Creek, a distance of miles.
Mr. Kendall says the sawmill will be
In readiness for operation before the
railroad can be completed. The Invest
ment in the two projects will reach
S1.000.000.
BOY DROWNS IN DITCH
HARRY GOHEEN LOSES LIFTS NEAR
SHIPYARD. '
Rescuer Gets Body Within JO annates
After Plunge, but Efforts to
Resuscitate Lad Are Vain.
Harry Goheen. aged 10. 295 Tenth
street, was drowned in a ditch near the
Portland shipyards yesterday afternoon
at 1 o'clock. The body was recovered
by F. W. Stark, an employe In the yards,
who answered, to alarm and dove to the
bottom.
Although but ten minutes had
elapsed, efforts to restore life were
without avail- City Physician Zlegler
reached the scene within a short time
and a pulmotor was resorted to.
With his brother, Len. and other boys.
the victim was bathing. He stepped
into a deep hole, dragging his brother
with him. Their companions rescued
the latter, but were unable to give aid
m Harry. The body was found in 12
feet of water, entangled In some brush.
Denutv Coroner Smith took cnarge
of the body and conveyed It to the pub
lic morgue, where the parents claimed
It late yesterday afternoon. The father
was employed In a logging camp near
this city.
PRIZE WINNERS ON TRIP
The Dalles Industrial Club Boys and
Girls Go to Cor vail is.
THE DALLES. June 17. (Special.)
Prize winners In the boys' and girls'
Industrial club work In Wasco County
left here this afternoon for the prize
trip to Corvallls. The entire expenses
of the boys and girls will be paid by
thto county for two weeks. Exle Mor
gan, one of the boys, won the grand
prize for fruitgrowing at the State
Fair last year.
The party consists of Superintendent
of Schools Bonney and Mrs. Bonner,
Madge Sumner. Irene Hunt. Margaret
Bonney, Louise Morgensen. Catherine
Bertner, Gertrude Brown, Exle Morgan,
Raymond, Pearcy, Otis Covey and Rex
Bonney.
Pioneer of The Drtlles in.
THE DALLES. Or.. June 17. (Spe
cial.) J, H. Miller, a pioneer of this
county, is 111 with pneumonia, which
was contracted in Heppner this week
while attending a Baptist convention
there. - Physicians express little hope
of his recovery on account of his ad
vanced age.
Remember a ready-made, machine-
woven garment may fit,
one chance in many. Any
unequal pressure on the
limb but aggravates the
trouble. That's .why we
weave in so
"WOOD-LARK" SURGICAL
ELASTIC GARMENTS,
STOCKINGS, ANKLETS,
KNEE CAPS, BELTS and
SUPPORTERS are known
throughout the Pacific Coast
uniform and always of su
perior quality.
nntrlnnre
or affliction
3TVgrTAT WT3T WK --MABSHAH. 4.7OO-,"0XE
HIGH COST OF
MANNING
KEROSENE OIL-GAS
PRODUCING
BURNER
gas from
iierosens Ol
eaa be fitted
la any stovs.
Vang or
heater, watsr
Bsater, coffee
urn. e a a d y
turn aoe, or,
in fact, any
place that a
good hsat Is
required,
w 1 1 h out si
te r a t Ion of
any of these appliances. NOISELESS.
SMOKELESS. ODORLESS. DAILY
DEMONSTRATION. fOlNTr AGENTS
WANTED. EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY.
NOW ON SALE.
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IL W. MANNING LIGHTING AND SUPPLY CO.
63 and 63 H Sixth Street. Portland. Oregon
NEWAGENGY IS SUCCESS
SPOKANE ORGANIZATION CONTROLS
75 TO 80 PER CENT OF PRODUCT.
Output of Foar States Covered 12,000 to
1S.O0O Cars and Cron Service
Will Be Maintained.
SPOKANE, Wash., June lT. (Spe
cial.) The Fruit Growers' Agency, Inc.,
the organization of Northwestern ship
ping agencfT"" xfected during the last
few months by the Jo hit efforts of
shippers, growers and the Federal
agency, was put squarely upon its feet
at a meeting of members and trustees
today.
"We represent now Between 75 and 80
per cent of the deciduous fruit tonnage
that will be handled In Washington.
Oregon, Idaho and Montana this .year,"
President Paul H. Weyrauch. of Walla
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TRUSSES
Ours are the cheapest because the best, fitted by experts
and guaranteed to hold. Seeley's Spermatic Shield Truss
usually closes the opening in 10 days. . Sold only by
Laue Davis Drug Co.
Third and Yamhill Sts Portland, Or.
TRUSS EXPERTS
III"
many cases,
Ai'7I
FUEL SOLVED
Walla, announced at the conclusion of
the meeting.
A. W. Stone, representing the Hood
River agency, was the largest single
shipping agency outside of the organi
zation present, and he reported that tha
question of joining would be acted upon
by his trustees immediately. The mem
bers' meeting developed that the organi
zation has 19 active members and IS
passive members who will be entitled
to the service of the agency, though not
in the shipping business. The mem
bers' meeting adopted a budget of about
$S500. which It Is provided, however, is
not to exceed an assessment of tl a
car on all fruit represented in the or
ganization. The fruit production of the
four states represented in the agencies
this year is estimated at from 12.000 to
15,000 cars. The members' meeting also
passed on a number of amendments to
the bylaws. The trustees decided to Is
sue a series of periodical crop estimates
beginning Immediately and a dally mar
ket news service for all members to be
gin early in August.
House Passes Pension Bill.
WASHINGTON. June 17. The annual
pension appropriation bill, carrying
$155,065,000, passed the House today
without a rollcall.