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THE StTXDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 1923 4 FARMER 1 URGED UPON PROGRESSIVES Wheeler Says Northwest Needs Cars Badly. DR. SHIPSTEAD LEAVES Hinnesota Man Not in Hall "When Name Finally Is Called in Afternoon. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C.Dec 2.- Three new United States senators, elected from Pacific northwest states in the November upsets, were pa raded before the conference of pro gressives here today to prove thaTt the progressive movement is gaining- ground. Lynn J. Frazier, North Dakota, and Smith W. Brookheart of Iowa, elected as republicans, and Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, chosen as a democrat, followed in the order named in swearing from the platform their allegiance to the La Follette programme. Another member of the group. Dr. Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota, farmer-laborite, elected to succeed Senator Frank B. Kellogg, for some reason was not presented to the conference during the morning and when Senator'La Follette, as chair man, undertook to introduce him late in the afternoon it was an nounced that Dr. Shipstead had left denying the right 'of the judiciary i to overturn the acts of congress. Senator Borahr rated as one of the great lawyers of the country, does not subscribe to the view of certain radicals like Senator La Fol lette and Norris, that the federal constitution should be upset in order to limit the power"of the judiciary. He has always opposed the recall of judges and was the first of the pro gressives to revolt at Roosevelt's historical suggestion in 1912 of a re call of judicial decisions. Other Conference Attended. Senators Capper and KcNary early in the afternoon attended a confer ence of republican senators to con sider the course of the senate ma: jortty in the anti-lynching bilL Later, while their colleagues were making speeches at the La Follette conference on the agricultural sit uation. Capper and McNary were in conference with Secretary of Agri culture Wallace. Eugene Meyer f chairman of the war finance cor- . . , . i CO.- . 1 -I. porauon, ana executive nicer uuu dell of the federal farm loan board, in a discussion of concrete means of giving real help to the farmers. Some method of liberalizing the ru ral credits system is to be sub mitted to congress as the result of this latter conference. Other ab sentee senators were said to have found it convenient to attend a fu neral. Outside of the Wisconsin delega tion, which attended almost solidly, there were only a few senators or members of the house present in ad dition to those who . spoke. Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, head of the move ment to obtain the release of men serving sentences for disloyalty dur ing the war, was active in getting indorsement from Senator-elect Frazier and others of her pardon campaign. Representative Sinclair of South Dakota spoke briefly on the sub ject of credits, urging a bill intro duced by Senator Norris himself by which the government would go into the business of buying and selling the farmers' products as the only sure panacea for agricultural de pression. The Norns-Smclair bill is the same measure which was side- the hall. Senator La Follette then Dr. Shipstead in the nrst halt or tne ' KJ 1 i nroRAnt law rpuiv(np- tift war TinnnPA corporation. proceedings, Wheeler Offers Telegram. Senator-elect Wheeler of Montana, looking no older than he is, about 40, well but not gaudily dressed, and possessed of an exceptional speaking voice, was prompt to deny that he was elected because he was either a progressive or a radical. He said that in his opinion Shipstead, Fra zier, Brookheart, Dill (of Washing ton) and himself were chosen be cause the people of their states gave them credit for having the "intesti nal stamina" to find out what was right and vote that way. Mr. Wheeler opened his address by producing a bundle of telegrams which he said came from business men and farmers in the northwest telling of the distressing conditions of the farmers in that section and complaining that matters were made more desperate by the car shortage. The first telegram read, and the one he stressed most, came from Hill yard, Wash., exclusively a Great Northern railroad shop town, de manding an investigation of the car shortage on the four great trans continental systems of the north west. This telegram was worded to create the inference that present di lemma of the railroads is due to trouble with their shopmen. The Great Northern won the strike. Audience Sighs and Applauds. "1 am not a progressive, I am not a radical," said Mr. Wheeler smiling, while his audience, com posed principally of union labor leaders and radical workers inthe cause of freedom for the so-called political prisoners, began to show some nervousness. Fear seemed to have overcome them that one of their heroes was about to repudiate the cause of radicalism. The uneasiness was not overcome until after the speaker had finished saying, "I am a conservative, I might say I am a reactionary. 1 believe in returning to the first principles of this government; back to the Declaration of Independence." A sigh of relief came from the audi- PROGRESSIVES LAY PLANS (Continued From First Page.) enforcement of prohibition laws" by the department of justice. Mr. Untermyer said Mr. Daugherty was "conspicuously unfit" for his of fice and was appointed "solely on the basis of personal friendship and political service for President Har ding." "He has made a virtual dead letter of the anti-trust law," said Mr. Un termyer. "The war fraud cases have ended in' a complete fizzle." Improper Conduct Charged, Improper conduct in the General Electric, New Haveri railroad, United ijas ana otner cases also was charged against the attorney-gen eral by Mr. Untermyer, who in addi tion suggested numerous legislative reforms, including amendment of the leueral reserve act, protection of the public against fraudulent secur ities, regulation of stock and com modity exchanges, federation inter state commerce, transfer of anti trust prosecutions to the federal trade commission and prohibition of tax tee securities. Secretary Mellon was .ttacked by governor Blame and Representative Frear for alleged failure to collect taxes from wealthy corporations and Representative Frear urged an in vestigation and cleaning of the in ternal revenue commissioner's office. Advisory Committee Named, During the convention Senator La Follette announced further details of the progressive bloc's organiza tion through appointment of an ad visory committee. Those appointed were Senators Borah, republican, Idaho; Ladd, republican, North Da kota; Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, and Sheppard, democrat, Texas, and Representatives Woodruff, republi can, Michigan ; Breck, republican, Wisconsin: Collins. A a m n o. r a t ence, accompanied by applause as J Mississippi, and Logan, democrat, he said: "I would return to free- South Carolina. The next meeting of the progres sive bloc is planned early in the dom of speech and to the freedom of assemblage." He appeared to see the necessity, in view of his sur- regular session of congress with in- roundings, of emphasizing that he was loyal to the government during the war when he made this observa tion. "Men are now serving in 1a.il in this country for differing with some of us during the great war, while such prisoners have been set free in every other country of the world." He put a rising1 inflection on the words "for differing with some of us." Kraxier's Recital Serious. The approving smile faded from the countenance of Chairman La Follette when Mr. Wheeler, appar ently reaffirming his faith in the Wilson loagrue of nations, declared that the time has come when Amer ica cannot live alone; that this country's problems are not national,' Tn ni. n.t.,,,, Kn.' k j l . .i 2 and was not particular about but world-wide, and that "we must ' f credit received Hp a take the responsibility of helping f?1 . F "!r "e all the countries of Europe." Senator-elect Frazier, looking the part of the substantial farmer who has left the plow to try his hand at government, delivered an intensely tentions of its first fight being waged against the administration shipping bill. - Farmer Aid Is Urged. Speeches urging aid for farmers were made by Senators-elect Wheel er of Montana and Frazier of North Dakota. They said the farmers were not receiving the cost of production and were suffering from high freight rates and car shortage. An investigation of the car situation was advocated by Mr. Wheeler. Declaring that "the present ad ministration is trying to forestall any action by the progressives and steal their thunder on the question of the farmer relief, Mr. Wheeler said the northwest wanted results the added that progressive senators in north western states had won in the re cent election "because the people thought we had intestinal stamina to stand up and fight for what we -wc ..iV.,! r f I thought right." farmers in the north w?t. narripn-r Farm P"ces should be fixed and larly in North Dakota. There was nothing radical about his speech. It was just such a speech as would have received the most sympathetic hearing at the White House. He took issue with a speech made by Vice - President Coolidge in the northwest last September, in which Mr. Coolidge attributed part of the farmers bad luck to failure to di versify their production. He said the vice-president's statement that northwest farmers should grow more hogs and cattle did not offer the remedy because farmers in the Jiale $6.95 and $7.50 SILK SHIRTS $4.95 Ttt"S a sale beyond comparison" is the way in ' which a customer recently described the beau tiful shirtings and remarkable values offered in , my store. From a man's viewpoint nothing is more -appreciated than a selection of Silk Shirts for a Christmas Gift. A deposit will hold your selections until Christmas. I Thermo Sweaters.." .$5.50 Silk Mufflers. . .$2.50 to $15.00 Umbrellas $2.00 to $10.00 Sterling Buckles and Belts...... $2.00 to $3 .50 Wool (Angora) Mufflers .$1.50 to $2.50 Initial Handkerchiefs (pure linen) 25c to $1.50 Smoking Jackets. . .$6.50 to $25 Gloves. $3.50 to $5.00 Silk Hose, pair 75c to $3.00 Bath Robes. ... . .$6.50 to $22.50 Merchandise 6ift Orders issued in any amount. Attractive Christ mas Boxes furnished with each purchase. Where desired, packages will be prepared for mailing. BEN SELLING MORRISON AT FOURTH Portland's Leading Clothier for Over Half a Century EXIT 4 -W-rtifWSJ tai-.-'u'-'Z.W-.itKi-vtK. rSK,"H!! stabilized, it was declared by Senator-elect Frazier. who said both state and federal aid was needed by farmers. Referring to administra tion plans for farm credit, Mr. Fra zier said that lower money rates would not alone be sufficient to aid farmers, but they also must get better prices for their products. "Something: must be done to help the farmers," said Mr. Frazier, "or the nation will go buoke as the farmers have gone broke." Rich Taxpayer Favored. Discrimination in favor of the rich . ,j " ji,fi "l, tL" I taxpayer and profiteer was imputed much the same difficulty as the-, o.,r Sr.Mn , , grain farmers. The suggestion that easier cerdits and lower interest rates would pro vide the cure, Mr. Frazier said, was not correct, because credits would not give the farmers the prices they must have for what they produce. Some method, he said, must be found to Secretary Mellon by Governor Blaine of Wisconsin. In advocating removal of the se crecy ban upon income tax returns. Governor Blaine attacked Secretary Mellon for his recent statements in correspondence with Representative i Frear, republican, Wisconsin, that devices and tricks of the trade, le gally cheat the government." Declaring that secrecy of Income tax information was responsible for many frauds upon the government and that publicity would largely cure the situation. Governor Blaine continued: "But suppose Mr. Mellon would scourge the profiteer and the mil lionaire with the same vigor that he does the lesser criminals. Sup pose he would really try to collect the taxes assessed on the rich. Is it true that the government is power less to enforce the law against the rich, or is it just a lack of desire on the part of Mr. Mellon to place all taxes on an, equality before the law?" - - Electoral College Opposed. Abolition of the presidential elec toral college was advocated by Sen ator Norris. in a speech on "bringing the government back to the people." In framing the constitution. Senator Norris said, "our forefathers were groping in the dark, experimenting to some extent," and really had piaced very little power directly in the hands of the people. He charged "machine control" of national po litical conventions and argued that the people should be allowed to choose nominees for president as well as other offioes. A third party, Senator Norris said, was "for practical results, an im possibility, entailing great expense and labor while direct nomination of presidential candidates would give the Independent voter the right to make his choice regardless of any party machine." "The people are losing their par tisanship," said SenatOLjs'orris, add ing that the independence of the voters had been demonstrated in the recent election. v Party Allegiance Blamed. To the unquestioning allegiance to party by which that obligation is placed above principle and above country, "is to be attributed much of the political" evil of the nation's past an dpresent life, Mr. Gompers said. "The time has come," Mr. Gompers said, "when we are en titled to hope" that "this blind adherence" to parties is being broken, for In that, he added, lies the only hope of restoring control of our government to the people and abrogating "those assumptions of power that have cost them so dearly." Largely because of this "unthink ing loyalty" to party, Mr. Gompers said, "the courts have been able to steal away powers which it was never intended they should have' and whif?h, he added, was one of the most important causes of the loss of government control by the people. No matter what may be the people's will to attainment of "progressive, constructive legislation," the speak er said, the Judiciary, through its "assumed" power to -declare uncon stitutional the enactments of con gress in "direct violation of the con stitution" exercises the power to annul that will.? Asserting the judiciary exercises the "unwarrant ably assumed power" to "curb or prohibit freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of as semblage," Mr. Gompers added: "I say without the slightest possibility of contradiction that the injunctive process as used in labor disputes is the result solely and entirely of this assumption of power on the part of the judiciary." ,. New Senators Introduced. Edward Keating, toastmaster at tonight's dinner, introduced the new senators who are associated with the conference arid remarked that the last election ha left "lingering on the political stage a few figures" some of whom "think they have a mandate to fill the supreme court bench with railroad attorneys and fill private coffers with millions taken from the people." Senators-elect who spoke were Lynn J. Frazier, North Dakota; Hen rik Shipstead, Minnesota; B. K. Wheeler, Montana, and Smith Brook heart, Iowa. The latter declared amid applause that one of the tasks of the new congress was "to figure who it is that owes the $30-a-month soldier of the war his adjusted com pensation and then to figure out a way to make those people pay for it." RATE CUTJS REVIVED Washington Takes Steps to Force Company to Keep Promise. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 2 (Spe cial.) Believing that the elapsed four months since the Pacific Power & Light company promised the peo ple of Walla Walla, Yakima and other cities served by, the company reductions in domestic lighting rates, for such reductions to have been made effective, Hance H. Cle land, supervisor of utilities, today directed the company to submit to the department of public works w'thin ten days a statement of in tentions concerning the rates, to gether with such consumption sta tistics and other data concerning comoanv operations as may be nec essary for a proper analysis of the hus'ness. The promise of the company was made at a meeting at Pasco last summer. COUZENS SUITS MR. FORD BEST MAN AVAILABLE, SAYS FLIVVER MAKER. Senate Appointee Declared to Like Nothing Better Than Fight for People's Interests. DETROIT, Dec. 2. James Couzens, mayor of Detroit, who next week will take the seat in the United States senajte relinquished by Tru man H. Newberry, is "the best man who could have been picked for the job," in the opinion of Henry Ford, former employer of Ml. Couzens, The seat to be- taken by the Detroit mayor is the one sought four years ago by Mr. Ford, who was defeated at the polls by Mr. Newberry. "Couzens is just the type of man reeded in the senate, not only by Michigan, but by the whole country," Mr. Ford said in a statement to night. "He is a man of immense wealth and yet he has the welfare of the public at heart. He is independ ent and fearless and likes nothing better than a fight for the common people against the special interests which for years' have been getting an ever-tightening grip on our gov ernment, both state and national. "There are two things upon which Mr. Couzens can be relied. He never will spend a nickel for political ad vantage, nor will he ever let a stupid party allegiance lead him into any situation or commit him to any policy that he believes is not for the good of all the people. "If Senator -Couzens, instead of attempting to bring about the pas sage of additional federal laws, will strive for the repeal of an over whelming mass of ; obsolete and harmful .legislation, he will per form not only a service of in estimable value to the country but he will stand forth as one of the most constructive statesmen of his time. 'If a senator will go to Washing ton with a determination to do all in iamonds and Watches In the Friedlander Quarter-Million-Dollar Sale eiu w tne iviaiivcL rar H1 ERE is a tray of magnificent Diamond Rings. The settings are of white gold. The mountings are. the newest and most artistic. Diamonds such as respon sible jewelers are asking one hundred and fifty to a hundred and seventy-five dollars for; (And nobody says they are not worth the money!) Here in the Quarter Million Dollar Sale at an even hundred dollars. Fifty years of prestige are behind the offer. And nobody barters a good name for a hundred dollars. Therefore, buy with confidence. Buy all you can ! THE WINDOWS are a fair index to the sale. And here are some news notes, made directly from the window show: As mentioned above a tray filled with Diamonds worth from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and seventy-five dollars Dinner Rings Engagement Rings Men's Rings no two alike all at the one price one . hundred dollars. Another tray is filled with smaller Engage ment Rings that were bought to sell at fifty k dollars. These are marked $39.50. Still another group includes all the famous hundred dollar rings these are marked $78.50. A GENTLEMAN'S Ring set with one large diamond and ornamented with sap phires is reduced from $450 to $310. Another which was marked at $225 is to be sold for $165 ; and still another, larger and finer, which was $650 is now $485. A diamond Scarf Pin in the never-grows-old horseshoe style is marked from $350 to $200. A small diamond set Scarf Pin is $25 instead of $37.50. Of course, there are many other gifts for men in the show, but some room must be allowed for RACELET Watches for Ladies. Here is a diamond set Platinum Watch set with twenty diamonds it was $200, now marked $135. Another in the new long shape, which was $250, can be bought for $175. And a third (gold) which is set with sapphires is to go for an even $100. ERE, too, is a magnificent Bar Pin set with blazing diamonds is marked almost lower than one would believe possible $650 instead of $1200. Think of being able to buy diamonds at close to half price just before Christmas! BAR PIN of diamonds and sapphires which was $575 is now offered at $395 and it is about three inches long. A whole tray is filled with Bar Pins which can be bought for as little as $25 and $37.50 and so on,, all about a third less than formerly. H1 rERE are the Pearl Beads hosts of them! The cleverest reproductions the store can find. Every one guar anteed a new string if one fails. All are marked down. The $12.50 Pearls are $8.50, the $22.50 ones are $12.85 and so on for the entire collection. White Gold Wedding Rings in the "Orange Blossom" design can be bought for $9.85 instead of $12. A $25 Vanity Case is $9.50. A gold-filled Card Case which was $7.50 is $2.85. A Mesh Bag which was $50 is $29.50. Solid gold Cuff Links that were $8.50 are reduced to $5.50. Seth Thomas ' Clocks which were $15 are now $9.75. Ladies' white gold Wrist Watches which sell in most good stores for $25 and over are now $18.50. M1 EV H1 King County Case Transferred. PTJGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash.,. Dec. 2. (Special.) After having had the matter under ad visement for a week. Judge Austin E. Griffiths 'n the superior court today granted the motion of Prose cuting Attorney Douglas to trans fer from Judge Griffiths' court the motion to dismiss the last indict ment against the King county com missioners. Judge Griffiths trans ferred the motion to Judge Everett Smith's court, but Judge Smith had gone home for the day and the mo tion will not be taken up until Monday. ' - for stabilizing- the price of the farm- corp-,raticns. undjstributed surpluses ers products, which is a problem hi h th basis f k d known to be under discussion by ! ,jen(j3 men high up in the national admin- j ,.No'w vhat Mr Me,on meant iSirauuu ai una veiy nine, uiu not say that by stabilization he meant tlie government should fix the price. Credits Are Discussed. Senator-elect Brookhart, an easy talker in his own way, used what was believed to have been the speech which S'ot him so many votes among tho farmers in the late political campaign in Iowa. He spoke on the subject of credits, placing the blame for the f Amers present woes on the federal reserve system, which be said deflated the agricultural in dustry too rapidly. WalLstreet, he said, was the cause of it all. The absence of Senators Borah of Idaho. Canner of Kansas. France of laryland, McNary, of Oregon, Owen of Oklahoma and Sheppard of Texas ! was noticed at once by come who j had read the names of these men at the head of the list said to have ac cepted invitations. Borah was away In Boston tonight to speak in behalf of the recognition by this country of eoviet Russia, but it is under stood that the Idaho senator had a hint that several speakers would at tack the supreme court as they did. when he said that the government j cannot collect taxes due from in come and surtaxes on excess profits was that what the profiteers and millionaires do to escape the income and surtaxes is to make false re turns," said Governor Blaine, "some times through innocence, but often through deceit and fraud or by tegal SENSATIONAL JEWELRY SALE AT O.KORBER FOPIXAR PRICE JEWELER ALDER AT FOIRTH 2SH) 141 MBg: The New-Health Sign il Results Prove Its Value Many people are now successfully treating themselves" at home with the famous Namedico (Whiting's Solu tion) which is used exclusively at Whiting's Sanitarium for the most advanced cases of stomach and female trouble, varicose veins, goitre, piles and many other cases of deep infection or inflammation. Consult us free and avoid an operation. Write or phone for descriptive booklet. 712 MARSHALL ST. COR. 22 ST. EN'S "Elgin" Watches the $50 ones are marked $36.50. All the Howard. and Waltham, and Illinois Watches are reduced in the same fashion. In a word everything reduced, save a few contract goods. If a "charge account" will be a convenience to you we will be glad to open one to any responsible person or busi ness house. If you can, please make your selections early. The eleventh- hour rush is going to be worse than ever this year. How do we know? Because the sales record shows that busi ness is nearly twenty-five per cent better than it was a year ago ! (Which is some thing else to be thankful for). FORGOT to mention the fact that the Sterling Silverware is all reduced save a few contract pieces and there fore you can buy Sterling for only a little more than the cost of plated wares. So, too, are the Umbrellas, the Leather Goods, the Hand Bags. Plain figures plain talk plain1 old-fashioned ways of doing business. Established over fifty years ago looks good, too, for another fifty years! &-3ixx if his power to sweep away all the laws that make for privilege, he will be opening up ta great new field of statesmanship and popular serv ice. We do not need more laws to Prohibit abuses. What we need is the repeal of all laws that permit abuses' The Oregonian is the medium through which many people supply their wants by using its classified columns. Telephone Main 7070. I Norman Brothers are tailors to men who desire faultless eve ning clothes for formal and semi-formal occa sions. 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