THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1920
HAD
PROMISES
SOBER
BUSINESS
Nominee Would End Financial
"MeddJing and Bungling."
WESTERN TOUR PLANNED
Republican Candidate Inclined to
. Coast-to-Coast SpeakJnjr Trip
Just Before Election.
MARION, O.. Sept. 11. An end of
governmental "meddling and bun
gling" In the financial world and a
return to an era of "sober business"
was promised by Senator Harding to
day In addresses to delegations of
business men from Indiana. Illinois
and Michigan.
The democratic administration was
charged with prodigal waste In the
conduct of the fiscal affairs and dic
tatorial Intrusion In its relations with
private enterprise by the senator, who
declared it was his purpose to wipe
out many wartime government re
strictions and to re-establish co
operation between government and
business. In reorsraniration of the
government's own financial system
he said, he would seek the advice of
the nation's ablest administrators.
Remedies Are Named.
Srrls'on of taxation and of the
tariff, curtailment of profiteering,
establishment of a federal budget sys
tem, reorganization of the postal ser
vice and promotion of a merchant ma
rine were among remedies he named.
He declared a "conspiracy of perfect
accord" between the administration
and the democratic nominee was seek-
inr to perpetuate the war powers ex
excised by the executive over private
business.
The senator also touched on the
.league issue, declaring a discrepancy
between the English and French texts
of the covenant would have led to
complications which, in the practical
working of the league, would have
meant abandonment of the Monroe
doctrine.
Vllators Cheer Programme.
The visitors cheered the nominee as
he hit at the business conduct of
the Wilson administration and pro
nounced his "own programme of re
form.
Tentative plans for speaking trips
by the candidate to both coasts have
reached the stage, it became known
todav. where an itinerary Is under
discussion. As these plans now shape
up they would carry the senator into
many states and wouia Keep mm
away from Marion most of the time
from late September to election day.
Headquarters officials said a defi
nite decision probably would not be
reached for several days, but it was
indicated that both the nominee and
his managers were inclining toward
the coast-to-coast proposal. The
senator has taken the position that
should he go into the west at all, he
must visit every western state In
.which there is a senatorial contest,
List of Cities Made Up.
the tentative list of cities to be
visited is understood to include New
York, Boston, Omaha, Philadelphia,
Sioux Falls or Pierre, Bismarck or
Fargo, Butte, Boise, Salt Lake City,
Denver, Reno, Tucson, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Portland. Seattle and
Spokane.
The western swing would come
first, beginning probably about Sep
tember 27.
- A saxophone quartet helped jaz the
programme and a part of the ceremo
nies at the front porch was a presen
tation of a cornet to the candidate.
"One has to blow his own horn in
the world," said the senator, in a
speech of thanks, "but I don't like
the man who blows his horn too blat
antly. When I was a member of the
band we always had to stick to the
tune. In this campaign I want to
stick to the tune and I want that tune
to be the one that was so beautifully
rendered just now America first.
vately owned, but nnder federal juris
diction. Carranza, In a decree of February
last, authorized the granting of con
cessions to bore for petroleum within
these restricted zones. The matter
was at once protested, not only by
private interests concerned, but also
by the American and British govern
ments, which official protests, it is
understood, have been repeated up to
very recent date.
Nevertheless, according to the Uni
versal, the Mexican government is
apparently determined to grant such
concessions to certain parties.
it is probable that1 the petroleum
controversy involving the British and
American governments and Mexico
along with the producing and refin
ing companies of American and Brit
ish ownership will have three chap
The first was the matter of writing
off vested rights to subsoil deposits
by the Carranza decrees authorizing
denouncements of oil claims on owned
or leased properties by outsiders. The
second was the matter of arriving at
fair market valuation of oil as a
basis of export tax assessments, which
is still pending. And now, this matter
of federal zone permits.
CANDIDATES MUST FILE
JfCXICIPAIi PETTTTOXS TO BE
IX BY OCTOBER 5.
Assistant City Attorney Tomlinson
Presents Opinion at Request
or City Council.
Candidates for municipal offices
must file nominating petitions and
certificates of acceptance not later
than October 5 and all measures sub
mitted to the electorate by the city
council must be filed with the city
auditor by October 2, according to an
opinion to be presented to the city
council by Assistant City Attorney
Tomlinson.
Although the city charter provides
that persons fil'ng for city offices
must file not later than 20 days prior
to the date of election, the constitu
tional amendment adopted by the
voters several years ago provides that
city elections must be held on the
same day as state elections. This
constitutional amendment also pro
vides that the legislature shall for
mulate the procedure of conducting
such elections, which was done in the
1919 session of the state legislature.
The state law provides that the
city auditor must file all measures to
be submitted on the ballot, together
with ballot titles, to the county clerk
not more than 30 days nor less than
2S days prior to the date of election.
It also provides that a list' of names
cf all candidates who have filed nom
inating petitions must be filed with
the city auditor not more than 30
days or less than 28 days prior to the
date of election.
The date of the national, state and
city election is November 2. Hence
the last date allowed candidates in
which to file for city offices with the
city auditor is October 5. It will be
necessary for the city council to pre
pare and file any measures to be su6
mitted to the people by October 2 in
order to allow the city auditor suffi
cient time in which to prepare neces
sary papers for filing with the county
clerk.
Assistant City Attorney Tomlinson
is preparing this opinion upon the re
quest of City Auditor Funk, who de.
sired 'to clarify the conflict of dates
for filing as they exist in the state
laws and city ordinances.
sociate professor of chemistry at the
college, has arrived in Corvallis.
Y. XV. C. A. Secretary Xamed.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis, Sept. 11. (Special.)
Miss Gladys Taylor, a graduate of
the University of Washington, has
been appointed Y. W. C. A. secretary
at the college to succeed Miss Laura
McGann, who resigned because of ill
health. .
Astoria Contract Awarded.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU
Washington, Sept. 11. 3. L. Burgess
of Astoria . today -was awarded the
LIGHT REVENUES GROW
TACOMA TO GET $2 00,0 0 0 MORE
NEXT YEAR.
OIL ZONES ME DISPUTED
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MEXICANS DELAY COXTRO
VERSY SETTLEMEXT.
American Corporation Fights
Against Preferences Given to In
dividual Native Interests.
(Ceorrisht by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 11. (Special.)
Complications and delays in settling
the petroleum controversy are due to
careless or deliberate misstatements
of facts in the local press. The latest
. Instance is an article in the Universal
concerning the granting of boring
permits in the so-called federal zone
- which are strips ten meters wide on
both banks of navigable streams.
These zones are not generally pri-
Part of Money to Be Used in Re
demption of Bonds and for
Improvement of City Plant. .
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 11. (Spe
cial.) The municipal light depart
ment will have a net income of about
$200,000 more in 1921 than for the
present year, according to the budget
estimate for the next year prepared
by Commissioner Davlsson.
The operating revenues of the light
department for next year are esti
mated at $1,129,200 as compared with
$893,300 for the present year. The
operating expenses are estimated at
$391,470 for 1921 as compared with
$358,000 for 1920. The net income
next year will be $637,353.33 as com
pared with $433,739.16 this year.
It is proposed to use $156,000 of
the net income for the redemption of
light and power bonds, $80,000 for the
redemption of light bonds, $215,400
for plant Investment, leaving a total
of $185,953.33 not yet assigned.
The operating revenues of" the wa
ter department for 1921 are estimated
at $608,000. the operating expenses at
$321,600, and the net Income and nec
essary deductions are made at $99,
106.55, or about the same as the pres
ent year.
Chemistry Professor Arrives.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Sept. 11. (Special.
Dr. L. Sherman Davis, professor of
chemistry at the University of Indi
ana. who was recently appointed as
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Senator McXary at Home.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. 11. (Special.)
Senator C. L. McNary returned here
last night after a few days passed in
Coos county, where he inspected the!
harbors, rivers and many industries
of that section of the state. Although
having set no definite date. Senator
McNary said he expected to leave
soon for Baker ancr other eastern Ore
gon points, where he will confer with
his constituents.
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