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Section One
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VOT, YT,Tn 1 Entered at Portland (0-oni
PORTLAND, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1922
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BACKING AMERICAN RIDERS
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ALICE DOLLAR FIRED OX AND
CAPTAIN WOUNDED.
BOURBON
SHUN
RUMOR
PROGRESS VES
FOAMING BEVERAGE SWEEPS
OVER LOCAL BARS.
Lid Apparently Off, Yet Nobody
Seems to Know Just What -
PSYCHIC PHARMACY IS TO
BE OPEN ALL NIGHT.
Lack of Leadership Is
. Painfully Apparent.
People at Deauvllle Track Trail
Sportive Ruler to Pick Up
Castoff Cigarette Butts.'
OUTLOOK SEEMS HOPELESS!
Sullivan Cites Lane's Illum
inating Letters.
'MIRACLE MAN' REQUIRED
Organizer as Well as Programme
Needed; Group Action Urged ,
to Save Situation.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
Copyright by the New York Evening
Post. Published, by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, D. C Aug. 19-
(Special.) Two weeks ago the
writer of these articles talked about
the present lack of leadership in the
republican party. For that purpose
he used as his text certain old Mark
Hanna letters, recently published.
This week it is the purpose to tallt j
about tho lack of leadership in the j
democratic party.
And for this week's purpose, also,
the text is to oe found in certain
letters recently published, i'he let
ters in tha present case are by no
means old. Thoy are the letters of
a democrat Fionklln K. Lane who
was a member ot Wilson's cabinet.
Mr. Lane's correspondence is now
being publisaei in the World's Work
magazine. Soma of those quoted here
are as recent as last year. 1921.
Before quoting or considering Mr.
Lane's more specific allusions to
democratic leadership, it is interest
ing to pick out one sentence in
which he alludes, not to a democrat,
but to one who is today a member
ol President Harding's republican
cabinet, namely, Mr. Hoover. Lane,
In one of his letters, had been talk
ing about the defeat of Clemenceau,
and the lack of constructive states
manship In Europe. Turning to
America, he said: "I can see no evi
dence of constructive statesmanship
on this side of the water, excepting
In'. Hoover."
Wkat Might Have Been.
This allusion to Hoover will oc
casion a wide range of emotions
among demoorats who ponder on
what might have been. Up to March,
1S21, the democrats thought Hoover
was their man. From the fact that
ho had been a member of the Wilson
administration, they took it for
granted that he was a democrat,
and made some extremely Important
calculations based on that assump
tion. It is not too much to eay that if
Hoover, on tho date mentioned, had
not made that famous announcement
that he was a republican, but had
either announced himself as a dem
ocrat, or remained silent on the sub
ject in that event it is not too
much to say Hoover might have been
the democratic nominee for the pres
idency instead of Cox. In that event.
Indeed, there would have been some
possibility of Hoover being the'pres
ent president of the United States;
and a decidedly greater possibility
a. very real possibility, indeed of
his being the next president of the
United States.
However, so far as the leadership
for the democratic party is con
cerned, that is all over the dam.
A good many democrats wish it were
not over the dam. Still other demo
crats couple their emotions of re
gret with emotions of a more violent
character about the individual who
made that regret inevitable, namely.
Hoover himself.
BT HENRY WALES.
(Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service.
Copyright, 1822, by the Chicago Tribune.)
DEAUVILLE, Aug. 19. King Al
fonso of Spain won 35.000 francs
backing the American jockles
at the races this afternoon.
After Frankie O'Neill won the open
ing event Alfonso congratulated the
American rider, who tops the list of
winning jockeys. .
The democratlo habits of the king
and the respect for his incognito
here, in which he passes as the duke
of Toledo, is in marked contrast to
the homage paid him in Spain. In
Madrid, when the king appears in
public, the people follow, waiting for
him to drop cigarette butts, as he is
an incessant smoker, and they keep
the cork-tipped ends with the royal
monogram as souvenirs.
Today Alfonso suddenly discovered
he had no matches and turned to a
man passing, who happened to be a
well-known Frenchman, asking for
a light. Not noticing the king's
identity, the Frenchman hurried on
without granting the request, say
ing over his shoulder, "Excuse me; 1
must hurry and get my bet down be
fore the horses are off."
Party Leaders Dismayed
by Frequent Reports.
FOUR YEARS IS SUFFICIENT
Renoniination in 1924 Said
to Be Undesirable.
DUTIES TOO STRENUOUS
President Drops Remarks That
Indicate to Friends Decision
to Return to Simple Life.
BONUS IS BEFORE SENATE
Decks Are Cleared by Passage of
Tariff Measure.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 19.
The soldiers' bonus bill, as a conse
quence of the passage of the tariff
bill today, became the pending leg
islation before the senate. The bonus
measure was laid before the senate
automatically, but debate was de
ferred until next Wednesday, the
senate taking an adjournment over
to give members a brief rest after
the long tariff fight. A number of
senators objected strenuously to
even the brief recess ordered until
Wednesday.
When the senate reconvenes
Wednesday it was said that an effort
would be made to adjourn again
until the following Monday, but
there was doubt whether such a mo
tion would prevail over the wishes
of those demanding immediate con
sideration of the bonus bill.
GIRL DEAF MUTE SUICIDE
Home Is Entered With Intent to
Kill Railroad Brakemiin.
OAKLAND, CaL. Aug. 19. Police
investigating a shooting affray at
the home of A. Warren. Chaffey, a
railroad brakeman, found Lillian
Lee, 24, a deaf mute, lying dead with
a bullet wound through her head.
According to statements made by
members of the Chaffey family, the
girl had come to the house with the
purpose of killing A. Warren Chaf
fey, who was not at home. She was
found standing beside Chaffey's
empty bed. pistol in hand, by a
brother, Edward Chaffey, who
grappled with her. She broke from
him, according to Chaffey, and put a
bullet through her brain.
The girl left an incoherent note
inicating that she was contem
plating killing Chaffey. She gained
entry to the house by shooting two
holes through a locked screen door
and then working the lock through
the bulletholes.
WIFE SLAYER IS HANGED
Murderer Pays Penalty at Colo-
I rado Penitentiary.
CANON CITY, Colo., Aug. 19.
Daniel Borich, convicted slayer of
his wife and a miner at Oak Creek,
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.
(Copyright, 1922. by The Oregonlan.)
- WASHINGTON, D. C Aug. 19.
(Special.) Republican leaders are
becoming not a little worried over
the frequency of reports emanating
from sources more or less close to
the president that Mr. Harding is
determined not to stand for re
nomination in 1924.
Most of the leaders are inclined
to attribute the reports to a tem
porary state ot mind on the part
of the president "and believe that
when the present tangled condition
of national affairs is straightened
out 'Mr. Harding's optimism will
assert itself and he-will consent to
run for re-election.
" President Not Wholly Pleased.
A feeling that the president has
not been wholly happy in the presi
dency has permeated Washington
for some time. Now there is a re
action throughout the country. The
report reached Ohio during the
primary fight, and it was thought
it might affect -the administration
ticket headed by Carmi Thompson,
but the administration sweep was
complete.
Hundreds of Bullets Said to Have
Struck Vessel in Attack on
Upper Yangtse River.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 19. (By the
Associated Press.) The American
river steamer Alice Dollar was fired
on August 15 near Fuchow on the
upper Yangtse river and her cap
tain, G. Crum. slightly wounded,
according to advices received by
the Robert Dollar company here,
from ichang. province of Hupeh.
Volleys were poured into the
Alice Dollar from the banks, pre
sumably by troops of both northern
and southern forces, which have'
been reported firing on other ves
sels on the Yangtse. Hundreds of
bullets struck the American steam
er, but only the captain was
wounded.
Captain Crum sent all passengers
below 'decks when the shooting
started. The scene of the firing
was in the famous gorge district
of the- Yangtse river, along whose
stretches northern and southern
troops have been alternately fight
ing and raiding the countryside
since Sun Yat-Sen sent his army
northward several months ago In
an ineffectual drive against the
Fekin line. The locality of the dis
turbances Is about 800 miles up the
Yangtse from Shanghai.
The British firm of Jardine &
so li.is received advices
of an attack made on its steamer
Fuh Wo, August 15, by contending
northerners and southerners be
tween Ichang, province of Hupeh.
and Chunking, province of Szecli
uan, along the Szadhuan border.
This dispatch said that a number
of passenger boats had been fired
on in this neighborhood.
The attack on the Alice Dollar
is the second instance of Chinese
partisans firing on the American
flag within the past few weeks.
Only July 14 a Standard Oil com
pany barge was the target for a
fusillade of bullets near Canton.
This attack was said to have been
made by soldiers under the com
mand of Yip Kue, Chen Chiung
Ming's lieutenant, who ousted Sun
Yat-Sen from the presidency of
South China. ,
Mayor's Edict Meant.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 19.
Native Americans, Arabs, Turks.
Chinese, Greeks,- Poles, Slovaks,
Italians and persons from the wet
islands of the seas whereon fly
foreign flags were caught today in
the second Johnstown flood. Foam
ing, swirling, it swept past, around
and-ovjer the local bars, past thou
sands of palates and almost seemed
to tear thousands of tongues from
their moorings. Of the 85,000 resi
dents, nearly half are alien born.
Saloonkeepers, brewers and boot-
leggers interpreted Mayor Cauf- j
tiers warning that the city Grinn
ing water was dangerous, and that
anyone,- keeping within .the law,
might sell beer and ale unmolested,
as meaning "the lid is off." This
evening, however, while the pop
ulace was satisfied, such "of them
as lined the bars, at least tne
sellers, were In a confused state of
mind.
They fear that they have fallen
into a trap. 'They recall that the
mayor is a "dry" and that his
proclamation followed his state
ment that no matter what he did
to make the town dry he received
no support from any other quarter.
It was rumored that the federal
dry agents were off duty today, by
telephonic order, a condition hailed
with joy until tonight, when sober
reflection brought hints that i,t was
a ruse to let "'open and notorious
violations of the Volstead act, to
ray nothing of the ISth amendment,
accumulate." v
The mayor's statement, the cryp
tic nature of which is just being
felt, came when he called saloon
men, bootleggers and others to his
office. Instead of giving them a
"law and order talk" he said: "I
don't see how the federal govern
ment can interfere with breweries
in this locality that are trying to
give the people real beer, when our
water supply is in such a dangerous
condition."
He had prefaced - this with' the
remark: "Every person who com
plies with the law- can sell real
beer not near beer but real beer
and ale." -
Men Lost Rapidly; Bank
ruptcy Result.
HYMNS ARE CALLED SILLY
Flabby Handshake Viewed
as Another Fault.
MUCH CRITICISM IS MET
English Ministers Suggest That
Committee of Workers and Pro
fessional Men Make Study.
The president for several weeks! pp i ir ff MntICC
past has been palpably tired and ls"Hfr'"'t L.AIU JJ JVlUVIto
very sensitive to criticism. The
presidency has been more confining
than he ever dreamed it might be.
Outdoor Life Is Preferred.
. For many years i. prior to the
election in 1920, Mr. Harding had
led very much of an outdoor life,
being equally fond of golf and
motoring. A.s a senator he was able
to live a great deal in the outdoors,
for during four years of his term
he was in a minority which
very little to say' or do.
A man of simple manners and
simple tastes, the president unques
tionably has cnared under many of J holdups, murder
the restrictions that life in the ! take place. There
White House imposes. It often has ture censor here and the type of
been said of Mr. Harding that if he j film brought in has been left en
could have had his way he would tlrely to the movfn? picture pro
ducers. -.
Request of Sheriff at Honolulu
for More Policemen Backed.
HONOLULU, T. H.. Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) Mayor Wilson lias baoked up
the request, of Sheriff Rose of the
police department for an additional
46 policemen to handle the present
"crime wave" surging in) Honolulu.
The belief was expressed a few
had 1 days ago by a local juvenile court
Judge that the reason for much of
the crime wave is the showing of
movie thrillers of the type in which
nd other crimes
s no moving pic-
(Concluded on Page 4, Column 1.)
LABOR AGENTS GUILTY
Jury Sentences Extortion Con
spirators to Penitentiary.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, iy., Aug. 19. Thomas
Walsh and trank Hayes, business
agents for the sheet metal workers'
union; Roy Shields, business agent
for the painters' union, and Patrick
J. Kane, business agent for the
plumbers' union, were found guilty
of conspiracy to extort money from
contractors and builders by a jury
in Judge Oscar M. Torrison's crim
inal court tonight. The jury decided
the men shall serve one year in the
state penitentiary.
This makes a total of 40 labor
leaders found guilty since the cam
paign against the terrorists com
menced.
BY NORMAN H. MATSON.
(Copyright, 1922. by The Oregonlan.)
LONDON, Aug. 19. (Special Ca
ble.) The church, whose masculine
following is decreasing steadily; is
bankrupt; and the fault must be
largely attributed to' the ' clergy.
This Is the gist of a flood of severe
criticism loosened during the week
by several prominent London minis
ters. The list of alleged clerical failings
is very long. Chiefly they are ef
feminate, according to the Rev. B.
G. Bourchier and to Rev. T. P.
Stevens. Mr. Bourchier plans to
publish a pamphlet containing some
of the 350 letters he has received
from the younger clergy who agree
with his criticism and add to it.
Flabby Handshake Blamed.
They say the matter with the
clergy is:
Their flabby handshakes, their
depressing services, their "dearly
beloved brethren" voices and their
"Oh, my dear friends" manner, their
namby-pamby sermons and their
weak and feeble personalities.
The ' hymnbook, "beloved of the
clergy," is an "unmanly, insipid" and
childish collection of very bad
verse," declares the Rev. Mr. Stev
ens. "It could be swept off the face
of the earth tomorrow if the clergy
raised their voices against it. But
we, as a class, like the Insipid and
the unmanly. If we clergymen
really had - a manly outlook upon
life we should be anxious to sweep
away many of the things we sing
and say in church. But we are not
manly, and therefore we keep silent
and men will have nothing to do
with us."
Albert J. Moore Says Enemies'
Publicity Has Greatly In
creased Business.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO. Aug. 19. -Three shifts
of "love healers" giving 24-hour
service to broken hearts and dis
rupted homes, will be working soon
at Albert J. Moore's Life institute,
the healer-in-chief announced today.
The institute will become Chicago's
first all-night psychic pharmacy
with pink pamphlets for pale people
at all hours. Sudden attacks of
"tertium quid" or "mother-in-law"
or any of the other ailments that
frequently end In divorce, will re
ceive prompt attention, regardless
of the hour. Wives whose husbands
are missing at daylight, or husbands
who find alien tobacco smoke in the
hall, will not - have to wait until
morning to have their complexes
adjusted.
Meanwhile --the state's attorney Is
manifesting deep interest in Moore's
institute and is paying especial at
tention to rumors that a wlerd "love
cult" operates there behind a mask
of respectability. Moore maintains
he Is doing nothing more than mix
Christian principles and Freudian
ism and says there is no charge for
his services, the patients paying
what they think it is worth. , He
admits taking $2900 from Mrs. W.
W. Talcott and large sums from
other patients, but insists they were
free will offerings. The husband of
Mtb. Talcott is one of the group thaH
is urging the prosecution of Moore.
"We've been running two shifts
right along," said Mr. Moore today,
"but since my enemies began help
ing me with publicity, we cannot
take care of the business with two
shifts and must put on a third and
run the entire 24 hours."
As nearly as can be made out
from statements by Moore and his
patients, ' his treatment consists
chiefly In using soothing talk, get
ting the mind of the patient off his
or her troubles and Inducing them to
think along other lines. He denies
he uses any form of hypnotism.
New State Party Opens
Membership Drive.
HECKLERS INVADE MEETING
Intent to Nominate Treas
urer Announced.
REASON IS KEPT SECRET
Other Candidates for State and
County Orrh-es to Be In
dorsed by Party.
THERE IT IS, TIMOTHY, NOW SNAP RIGHT INTO IT.
Alienation Suit Suggested.
When the democrats reflect on
what they might have been able to
do, and might still be able to do, if
they had Hoover, their emotions are
entertaining, even if not especially
consistent with a Chr'stian spirit.
Someone the other day said that tli;
democrats ought to do something
about it ought to do something in
the way of a lawsuit, something in
the way of a suit against the repub
licans for the recovery of stolen
property a replevin suit, or some
sort of search or seizure process of
law, or possibly a suit against the
republicans for seduction or aliena
tion of affections. A whimsical per
son might suggest that a good dem
ocratic lawyer to manage su-h a suit
would be Jim Reed of Missouri.
However, to come more directiy to
what Mr. Lane said, and to the ad
ditional things that can be s-iltt,
lout democratic leadership, or
rather the lack of democratic leadership.
Colo., last April, was hanged at the ;
state penitentiary here last nignt.
Borich, who was born In Serbia of
Turkish parentage, slashed his
wife's throat because, he said, she'
persisted in disobeying his orders
against purchasing a cow with
money which he wished to use oth
erwise. While she was inspecting
the animal she intended purchasing
Borich attacked her with a knife,
and when the miner interfered,
Borich stabbed him to -death. He
then followed his wife home, where
she, had taken refuge behind locked
doors, broke a window to get at
her and cut her throat.
MISS M'CORMICK LEAVES
Max Oser. Fiance, Calls Several
Times in Seelisberg.
SEELISBERG. Switzerland, Aug.
19. Mathilde McCormick. grand
daughter of John D. Rockefeller, has
left here after a stay of several
days. It is rumored that she has
gone to Basle. Max Oser. her fiance,
called upon her several times while
here. Miss McCormick was accom
panied by her governess.
LUCERNE, Aug. 19. Secrecy in
: the weding of Mathilde McCormick,
' cr-anrt-rtanff-hter of John FY Rocke- 1
feller, with Max Oser, the Swiss rid
ing master, may be very difficult, as
the Swiss law requires a public no
tice, announcing the marriage to be
nnRted two weeks Drior to its con
'It Is a disheartening time." Lane summation.
wrote; "Wilson a wreck and beaten, !
Clemenceau beaten and out. and now
Venizelos gone. And little men take
their places."
Party Short of Talent.
Leaving the broad question ofj
world leadership and coming di-.
rectly to the question of leadershp
for the democratic party here In
America, Lane, writing with the
frankness of a private letter, said:
"Look over the nation and see how
short we (the demacrotic party) are
of talent of any kind. It (the demo
cratic party) may be an opposition
party, but it has no force, no will,
no self-confidence. It hopes for a
(Concluded on Page 4, Column 5.)
BIG PLANE PROGRESSING
FUeY Headed for Brazil Reaches
Charleston, S. C.
CHARLESTON. S. C, Aug. 19.
The giant seaplane Sampaio Correia,
flying from New York to Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, arrived here at 5:16
o'clock this evening from Southport,
N. C, where last "night was spent
The flight was made without inci
dent. The weather, which was unfavora
ble this morning, bad cleared up
this afternoon. j
1
St. Matthew's Hymn Rapped.
The Rev. Arthur Montford, in his
monthly letter to his congregation
is as emphatic. At least one-third
of the hymns should be got rid of
"It is an insult to an intelligent
Christian to ask him to sing such a
hymn, for instance, as that ap
pointed for St. Matthew's day. In
deed, it,would be impossible to pro
duce more nauseating rubbish. Let
us hope that the committee ap
pointed by the archbishops will
thoroughly overhaul the book and
bring strong pressure to bear upon
the proprietors to remove from it
all the stupid doggerel which dis
figures" it." Many of the tunes he
thinks are contemptible and play
havoc with the words.
To prove that the "clerical ven
eration for uniformity, the passing
of the clergy to the conventional
and the stereotyped tragic inelas
ticity of mind, have eaten out the
church's heart," the critics suggest
that a lay committee, consisting of
professional and working people, be
sent around to churches unan
nounced, to make reports later.
Church Peril Not Only One.
But the church peril is not the
only one. Belated receipt of the
news that another Gainsborough
masterpiece, "The Cottage Door,"
has been purchased by H. E. Hunt
ington and now hangs in,the Cali
fornia collection next to "The Blue
Boy," reawakens England's appre
hension that most of her art treas
ures not safely in national galleries
may in time cross the Atlantic.
There are still about 12 famous
masterpieces in private hands. Their
average value is nearly $500,000.
Inevitably one of these will be put
up for auction, and who In the
world but an American has money
enough to bid?
The National gallery authorities
are therefore supporting Sir Phillip
Sassoon's suggestion that the treas
ury be empowered by parliament to
provide the gallery with enough
funds to buy these masterpieces at
a fair market ' price. Five or six
million dollars t would be enough,
but it is admitted that there are few
who are really interested. Unless the
appropriation is made, according to
Sir Phillip and his supporters, Eng
land will certainly be stripped of its
old masterpieces by American col
lectors. - ,
World Held Insecure.
Altogether it has become an irri
tatingly insecure- world, and of this
there are occasional vivid remind
ers, as when'a London lumber dealer
walked to the docks to watch one
of the bolshevik steamers unload a
cargo of planks consigned to a
British firm. The timber had evi
dently been cut before the revolu
tion, as it had been stamped with
the shipping mark of the firms from
which It had been expropriated.
WEEKLY TICKETS LATEST
New Carfare Scheme to Be Tried
in California Cities.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19. The
plan of flatjrate weekly tickets sell
ing for 1 each and entitling the
purchaser to an unlimited number of
rides, is to be tried out on the trol
ley systems of the Pacific Electric
company in Riverside and Pomona,
"to save these ' systems from sus
pension as the result of automobile
competition," the state railroad
commission announced today.
The plan was first tried in Ra
cine, Wis., and found to be a suc
cess, the commission said, and if suc
cessful in Riverside and Pomona
may be tried elsewhere in the Btate.
The systems are being operated at
a loss and cannot continue under
the present arrangement, the com
mission said.
TRAIN HITS CAR; 2 DEAD
Motorman Sounded Whistle and
Bell, But in Vain.
COEl'R D'ALENE, Idaho, Aug. 19.
H. H. Bailey was killed and T.
Maas, who was riding with him,
received injuries which proved fa
tal when an automobile driven by
Bailey was struck by a Spokane &
Eastern interurban electric train at
a street intersection here today.
S. W. Stranger, motorman of the
train, said he sounded his whistle
and bell and this statement was
corroborated by passengers. Bailey
is survived by his widow and seven
children
Maas died later at a hospital. A
coroner's inquest was conducted this
afternoon.
COMBINE KILLS TENDER
Salem Man Crushed When Huge
Machine Overturns.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 13.
(Special.) E. H. Riggs, 45. com
bine 'tender on the F. M. Benson
ranch, 17 miles from Prescott, lost
his life this morning when the huge
combine overturned and crushed him
beneath. He lived five minute.
Riggs' home was in Salem, where
his wife and several children live.
The driver of the machine was
thrown off and escaped with slight
injuries.
Howard Riggle, who was on the
machine, was thrown against one of
the wheels and suffered injuries to
his back.
APPLE CROP ESTIMATED
Inspector Believes White Salmon
Will Have 3 00 Carloads.
WHITE SALMON, Wash., Aug. 19.
(Special.) Fruit Inspector Mills
states his estimate of the 1922 apple
crop for this district is 500 cars,
against 750 for last year.
Although the Yellow Newtown
crop is short this season,' other va
rieties show a heavy yield. Mills'
estimate is conservative and the
yield will doubtless exceed the
above figures.
(Coaoludad on. Pae 4, Column 2.)
LOCAL SHOWERS BOOKED
Normal Temperature for Week
Forecast in Pacific States.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 19.
Weather oiftlook for the week be
ginning Monday: .
Pacific states Generally fair In
California; occasional local showers
elsewhere; normal temperature.
Despite persistent efforts of heck
lers to prevent It, the progressive
party of Oregon shed its swaddling
clothes yesterday and blossomed
forth as a political child, promising
to take an active part -In future po
litical activities in the state.
Permanent officers were In charge '
of the meeting yesterday, having
been appointed at a meeting some
weeks ago. A committee empowered
to call county and state conventions,
such call to be made within ten
days, had also been appointed.
A membership list was thrown
open and about 75 of the 300 who
were present signed on the dotted
line, thus Insuring for themselves
a voice in the conventions to be
held.
Treasurer to Re Nomlnntrd.
While the new progressive party
plans to indorse candidates already
nominated for state and county of
fices for the November election, one
exception will be made, that of the
office of state treasurer.
Norman S. Richards, state chair
man of the new party, announced
that he could not give the real rea
son why the committee had decided
to pick a man to run on the pro-,
gressive ticket for state treasurer,
but that within a few days all would
know.
Failure to let the folks gathered
at the meeting "In on, the secret"
did not please H. D. Wagnon and
Sanfleld Macdonald. two political
warriors, who made remarks
throughout the meeting that did not
harmonize with the programme out
lined by the committee.
Cards Wnntrd n Table.
"Is the state of Oregon In such a
grave plight that this organization
must pick a man to run for state
treasurer?" asked Wagnon.
"Well, one thing I can tell you
and that is we want the state treas
urer because of the control It will
give us on state offices through the
state board of control," answered
Chairman Kichards.
"Well, I came here ready to leave
the democratic party and Join a new
party if it was an honest one,"
Wagnon said. "But why don't you
lay your cards on the table? A few
of you fellows meet In a back room
and fix up a slate and then expect
everyone to swallow It."
Matter Held Personal.
Chairman Richards explained at
some length that the reason for
choosing a candidate for state
treasurer was a personal matter that
could not be revealed to the public
at this time.
"You'll all know. If you Knew
what I did you wouldn't ask that
question."
Indorsement of the compulsory
school bill and prohibition of alien
land ownership in Oregon are two
planks that will be inserted lb the
progressive party platform, accord
ing to an announcement made on
the floor by Fred L. Gifford, state
head of the klan, one of the signers
to the call for the meeting. His an
nouncement was greeted with loud
and protonged applause.
In opening the meeting. Chairman
Richards outlined the history of the
progressive party, explaining that
he always had been identified with
that party and that its members
were forced to fall back into the
ranks of the republicans because
they lacked finances to carry on the
work.
New Party In Explained.
The new party, he said, would be
a sort of reincarnation of the old.
organized throughout the United
States with ample finances and with
a platform that would be certain to
bring success.
"The time has come when parties
don't amount to much any more,"
he said. "The principle that di
vided the republicans from the
democrats years ago don't exist any
more. Our party will place prin
ciple before office and will not be
like the men who are In public of
fice for gain and enricnment.'
After'Chairman Richards had fully
expounded tRe faults of the present
parties, reviewed the history of the
old Bull Moose party and had ex
plained fully that the new party
would not.be bossed by any one
person hut would be ruled by the
majority, he announced that the
meeting was open for discussion as
well as for signers on the member
ship list An assessment of not more
than l on each member would be
made, but not until later, ha ex
plained. f
More Members Wanted.
George L Cleaver, state secretary
of the party, then took the floor, ex
plain edthattheorgarilzatlojiaI-
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