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THE SUXDAT OTtEGOXTAN. PORTLAND. FEBRUARY. 29. 1920
UID SETTLEEMAIT
IS HEXT PROBLEM
Provisions tor ex-Soldiers Up
to Congress.
'LAND HEARING IS CALLED
? secret of what had happened, and was
promptly warned that he must for
self-protection make the announce
ment, first and give out the -correspondence.
Lansing took the cue and
uie next evening turned loose tlie let
tTi exchanged wt h V.te president.
The atmosphere at the WhiteHouse
j is pictured as phosphorescent when
; Mr. Wilson learned that Lansing .had
; beaten him to the announcement and
i had revealed aU of the' humiliating
reasons given ' by the president for
I desiring to make a change,
f Where does- uouver stand in the
democratic contest for the presidency,
assuming that' he is a. candidate in
spite of himself? He has broken with
the president on the peace treaty,
and on the other hand he has broken
vent ion as Che personal 'representative!
of the president. ' I
And along - comes Henry B. Ham- f
motid and declares himself democratic ;
candidate for delegate t large in
(New York, announcing 'that he will1
J support Hoover because,-tre says, the;
latLer is a "wet. He asserts that;
Hoover, if elected, will devote himself!
to the repeal of the 18th amendment, j
by which the country was made dry.
IOE
IODOI
3londeII Bill, Largely Koult of
f forts of Representative Sinuott
to Be Considered boon.
OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU,
ft'ashington. Feb. 28. With the pas
sage of the railroad reorganization
bill by the senate this week, congress
disposed of the last but one of the
great reconstruction measures on the i
programme announced by the major- I
lly leadership when the extra session
was called last May. )
The one remaining measure is that ;
of soldier land settlement, but since i
that question was first discussed, so'
many sWe issues have been injected
that congress must take its time to j
ACTRESS MKES ROLE OF
MAID I. "TWIN BUDS."
w
4 iyy s
ascertain wnai :s r;ei nr me iuiun : g-'vJ
veterans and for the country. The. I fc J t
clamor for bonuses for the service jf
men. has Vcome so persistent lhat it '
was found necessary to give consider
ation to the appeal, keenly as was
the desire of congressional leaders to
avoid any measures to increase ap
propriations. Clamor for Bonnnea Decried.
Many pror.ilnent men among the
veterans have decried the clamor for
bonuses on the ground that the serv
ice men would thus lay themselves
open to the charge of seeking to com
mercialize their sacrifices for, coun
try. It is even said In Washington
V that the question would never have
been forced to consideration but for
the at;on of three or four score mem
bers of the -house, both democrats and
republicans who engaged in contests
for the good will of the veterans as a
political asset by offering all kinds
of bonus bills, each trying to outdo
the other.
These members of congress who de
vote the most of their time to efforts
tc succeed themselves at coming elec
. tions have been in the forefront of
tonus legislation. The soldier's bonus
has of fered a splendid instrument for
the -.politician statesman because no
. one. else has dared to attack him.
" whatever might be thought as to his
sincerity in the matter. At any rate,
congress will consider, bonus legisla
tion and it looks now as if the Vet
erans will . receive generous .treat
ment. Less Qiinckery la rand.
Bonus legislation, however.' will
likely be coupled with soldier land
settlement and other measures to
brighten the future of the men who
wore the uniform "in the war with
lermany. There has been much le3S
political quackery in congre3s on the
subject of soldier land settlement be
rause that problem was too intricate
for "many members of the house.
Besides, there were so many di
vergent views of the land settlement
question that many representatives
who devote themselves to cultivating
-the soldier vote have kept away from
It- tit has been easier to Introduce
some kiqd of a bonus bill and send a
copy to every veteran in the representative's-district.
-
- One of t he land settlement bills
which will- be considered will be the
so-called Mondell bill, which repre
sents largely the efforts of Represen
tative Sinnott of Oregon, chairman of
the " house public lands committee.
This bill Is likely to be widened to
ma ke available homes on farms in
every part of the United States or in
cities on easy terms for farmer sol
diers, sailors and marines. At present
it is charged that the bill is too much
of a western reclamation project.
II rutin Net for Tuesday.
The house ways and means commit
tee will take up land settlement and
bonus bills at a series of hearings to
open Tuesday, and representatives of
t he American Legion will be heard.
The result wf!l doubtless be the en
actment of some measure both com
prehensive and liberal to reward the
men who offered themselves for the
American cause in the world war.
This proposed legislation was also
referred to the ways. and means com
mittee bemuse It involves a tremen
dous problem of financing, by bond
Issues, which come solely within the
Jurisdiction of that committee.
A majority of the committee is said
to "feet that if bonuses are provided
they should be paid in cash and that
the money should be raised by direct
taxation.
Trent yV Fnte I ttrertaln.
Turir.g the week the peace treaty
resumed its old place as the main
business before the senate, with Its
fate, however, as doubtful as ever.
Due to President Wilson's snub to
democrats in making numerous im
portant appointments the Lodge
reservations have won many . sup
porters from the democratic side of
the senate. There is a question as to
whether there are enough of such
converts, when added to republican
support,' to accomplish ratification.
Administration friends say not.
The senate will soon grapple with
the president's two latest appoint
ments. Binbri Ige Colby for secre
tary of stato. and Charles R. Crane
for minister to China. The Crane ap
pointment UKik very doubtful of con
firmation and there will be delay in
confirming Colby. When the latter
appointment was made it. was said by
leanud men of the senate that there
was nc precedent for rejecting a
president's apnointment of a cabinet
member.
Reference to history shows that
cabinet members have been rejected
by tfee senite, Roger B. Taney of
Maryland was nominated by President
Jacki-on for secretary of the treasury
on June 23, lb34. He was rejected the
following day by "the senate.
Other lnntancen Cited.
Caleb Cushlng of Massachusetts was
nominated three time for secrctary
of the treasury by President Tyler and
was promptly re.i ted each time. He
appears to have b en out of luck be
cause manv year Inter he was ap
pointed chief Justice of the supreme
court by President Grant and was re
jected by the senate. His recbrd for
vl.ftncin his politics was equally as
b'llMpnt as that of Mr. Colby, new
rtpoiiuee tor secretary of state.
James S. Green of New Jersey was
rominated by President Tyler for sec
retary of the treasury in 1844 and
was rejected by the senate.
It wi'J thus be seen that. should the
ten ate decide to reject .Mr. Colby it
will not be introducing an innova
tion. Capital gsip in the last few days
has shed some Hht on the sensational
features of the Wilson-Lansing break.
It appears that the White House ne?er
intended the announcement to came
In the may-it did. - In fact, it was
planned by Mr. Wilson that he should
give out the news of the Lansing
resignation in a manner that would
not be so sensational and place Mr.
Lansing In a less favorable light.
Mr. Lansing let one of his distin
guished democratic friends in on the
7 jkUmtJ:
I Bess Stafford is an actress of f
!
BLIND PLEAD FOR SCHOOL
j. f. myers makes plea for
sew' state law.
Establishment of Training Institu
tion Asked in Portland to Make
Sightless Self-Supporting.
Extraordinary
Exhibition
and Sale
V
Bess Stafford.
Bess Stafford is an actress of
experience, and during her ca
reer she has played many parts,
but, strange to say, never until
five years ago did she realize a
long-cherished ambition to es
say the character of a maid. It
is in Salisbury Field and Mar
garet Mayo's famous comedy,
"Twin Beds." which will hold
the boards in Us annual visit to
this city at the Heilie theater
-5-6.
.Stafford was always in
terested in studying the various
types of maids with whom she
came in contact during her
travels, and she was anxious to
impersonate one on the stage.
Xorah, the maid' In "Twin
Beds," is an excellent charac
ter and has much to do with the
development of some of he
funniest scenes of the play.
Sthls citv
March 4
Miss j$t
terested i
SALEM, Or., Feb. 28. (Specials
Establishment of an institution for
the blind in Oregon, as proposed in a
measure to be submitted to the voters
of the state at the special election to
be held in May, would have the dual
purpose of reducing the burdens of
the taxpayers and at the same time
provide means whereby these unfor
tunate people may be equipped to go J
out into the world and earn their
own living, in the opinion of J. F.
Myers of Portland, who today sub
mitted to the secretary of state the f
official argument in favor of the pro- ;
posed school.
Part of the argument, as prepared !
by Mr. Myers, follows:
I am a blind man. I am self-sup-j
put cine J-ul x uc y iiiucpciimruv.c
to the fact that through the ,gener-
osity of another state I received
training in piano tuning, chair can
ing, basketry and broom making.
Thus I have been able to support my
self and family. Otherwise I would
probably have been dependent upon
chanty. I might be today selling
pencils or shoestrings on a corner.
"For the sake of the 500 adult blind
in Oregon who can be helped to be
come self-supporting I ask votes for
the bill proposing a small tax for an . U
Oregon employment institution for J O
the blind, to be located in Portland, j H
Such an institution will be like a ray U,
of light in the darkness to the sight- Wj
less of this state. I
"In the name of the sightless of
Oregon, of which I am one, I solicit
your support at the polls, and ask
that you help to make possible this
institution for the aid of the blind."
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Hoover Ileelaret! Wet.w
.The Jowa delegation to the San
Franciscq convention chosen last
Thursday'was to have been instructed
for Hoover, but at the last minute
Secretary of Agriculture Meredith ap
peared on the scene and held hurried
conferences with leaders urging that
no instructions be given. It is be
llevert that Meredith went to the con-
DuTur 3Iuil Failure Explained. .
THE DALLES Feb.- 28. (Special.)
That the failure of mails to reach
the communities of Boyd and Dufur
was due to the failure of train serv
ice and not to inefficiency in the
mail department, is the sustance of
a comm:?nication addressed to Con
gressman N. J. SinnoU by E. R.
White, acting second assistant post-
h.tKpri unnn ft rennrt of railwaV sprv- !
ice during the past severe winter.
MESSHCEBJISES HIGH
SOCTHERX PACIFIC EXECUTIVE
STARTS AS POOR BOY.
J.
A. Onnaudy Fights His Way
to Top of Lad tier From Small
est of Beginnings.
Burns Pastor to Leave.
Twenty years aeo a slender, quiet-
spoken lad came to Bonneville as
operator. He was new at the rall
I road station work, but had received
I the seasoning of daily contact with
I people m the work of a messenger
; boy for the Western Union in Port-
' land. While waiting- for messenger1
i caHs or for the yellow envelopes to,
' be delivered from the central office
he had learned to read the sounder
and manipulate the key, until he qual
ified to pass the examination for
BURN'S. Or.. Feb. 28. (Special.) j
Rev. George Ward, pastor of the 'f
Xazarine church of this city, wtll,
leave some time next week for Cali-i
fornia, where he will make his home
for a time. He has recently recovered
from a third attack of influenza and j
Yi'ih nhvsirian hns advisftd a milrlpr '
rlitnnr fnr him Mrs Ward is still I telegraph job on the road.-
ill from an attack of influenza. I" the 'little frame depot that has
, - been familiar to Portland people as
Read The Oregonlan classified ads. a favorite landing place for picnic
J. A. Ormandy began his career as
railroad man, and has steadily ad
vanced until today it is his pivileg
to preside at an executive desk of
the outhern Pacific company, as as
sistant general passenger agent for
the Oregon lines, which he assume
today.
After several months at Bonneville,
the next step from the station wor
was to accept a place in the traffic
department at Spokane, in the office
of H. M. Adams, general agent. H
was successively cashier, chief ticket
clerk in the Portland city ticket of
flee of the Harriman lines, chief clerk
general freight and passenger agent
of the Oregon-Washington railroad at
Seattle, under ' W. I. Skinner, an
then chief clerk in the general pas
senger office at Portland. The last
named position he has held since Sep
tember, 1911.
Laborer's Foot Crushed.
Charles Hereford, 228 Thirteenth
street, a laborer, employed in hand
ling freight at the O.-W. R. & N.
warehouse, fractured his right foot
yesterday when a box fell upon him,
He was taken to the St. Vincent
hospital.
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