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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OR KG ON. THURSDAY, MARCH 29. 9U. 4 KNOX MAKES SPEECH Speaks on Railroad Rate Bill in ; the Senate. DEALS WITH LEGAL ASPECT i had undci taken to preserve the constitu tionality of tin jmi-, of the measure and to throw around the provision for the ri' Mich const it ill ional l ost l ie (ion ami tonus a would pivxeut unncc i,.siir or frivolous nmwnU to defeat the ' the end of the remedial legislation. Hi court H'vii'w section, he said, provides I tint I tin' question di W submitted to (the courts is solely whether tlio order of I llii- commission violate tlio complaint' ! tis-iits. Commission's Order Enough. Mr . Kno advocate ,1 provision Ablins! tin' sHsponsiou ot tho oomuiis I siou's older by interlocutory decrees Sets Forth From Court Decision Powers ; it hout rtirinsr a imsIi deposit or a l and Duties of Interstate Commerce Commission Five Civilized Tribes Bill Discussed. j IhHIiI to s.vmv to till' pal til1 entitled to ' repav im lit. (ho ditrerence between the j commission's rate and tlio railroad rate !if tlio commission.' rato were sustained." 11 thought that tlio weight of an order of tho commission, inailo upon tho au thority of an aot of t'ongre. would piv vent court from aiant injr injunction suspending tho oulor, unli'ss abundant proof were submitted to justify utoh a course. Warm praise was bestowed by Mr. pendi convinced that as it now stands . ........ e . :l . . . t- I. 1. . I , , . I, uuer v mi s 10 aecoimiiisii men- miicuc- perform under the aot to igulate cotn-i ... i u. w 1.;, .-;.,! iont purposes, and indoed. wholly deteat WASHINGTON". Muivh 2S- Knox made the first et speech in the Senate today. He s-poke on the railroad rate lull and dealt almost exclusively with the legal features of the problem. Mr Knnv- &et forth bv m-nerous cita- lion from Supreme Court divisions. thejK"" tho "' who prepared the .i...;o, .. T.,t,r,t., pending bill, but he said ho was sincerely meree Commission now possess and moreo. and ho declared that his review , , . ... ; , 1, . i1i them." He reiterated that he regarded showed that the commission has aluinu-l" 1 1 1: , ! the bill as unconstitutional, ant power to seek and discover dewa- tions from the great purpose of the act) K"x ',tll1 e,",hl,,,'1,,,v that to secure equality for all, but it wholly j ""'' lnJiK bi" " wa-v ,an " ....1.... .. .1... i... 1. ........ 1.. ..if.. - e - . 1 . ..... OIUCI (.11 l tir IT.MIIIIOSSIWU UC (ll.'Ulll in..' lacks power to enforce its decrees and j . . . , i . . j , 1 1 ... . 1 l-oilll n inii-rnnii"s I'-iuii i n- twin in is r.r.l..r an.l that its tleerees flllii orillTs I 1 . r do not have the force of law until made so by judicial decre.'. Simple Law Adequate. After rpcitinc a nortion of the Presi- , ..,.,,: . fi. i l l'' a measure w iiii-u periiuis an auiniiiis- dent s message calling attention to the I ' , . ..... ,. ,,,.ar. .(Itrative IkkIv to make orders rcsm'ctin advisabihtv of expanding the powers of1 1 the commiion, the nator said that a Wy ht. J-os no riht to the short and simple law would reach tbe;''r f l th-'r h rnrt nf the trouble. He declared his bill fulnM in the vourU in dmvt l,n,,1'l1 . . , , i.i ; inir. denies the right to challenge their introduced several weeks ago eompre-; " , .H AU with ,1 mis-hi-fs for' lawfulness in procedmjp to enforce them, TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN To San Francisco. The Mi-se Katie and Nellie l-lawl, and Mrs. M f. 1',,m, of tliis it, lett this Mioniiug for Sni l-'i aneisco lor a iiionl h's isjl , On An Inipott.mt Eitatid. lion, liar rison Ml. -n left on the evening cvpress xcsieid.iy. tor t. Helen's whore he "ill iiis;ue a case in couit before lion. T. A. Md'oide; and while ill St. Udells Mi Allen uill attend to the iiupoil.uil matter ol piobating the will ol the late lauienle.l M.utiu Hotli, I'he alue ot the .-tale is approximated at ..'tl,IKi(l, and the heiis named ill the instrument are Mi's. Julia I tut h. the widow, and her tout children; the widow being named as the executor iu the premises, in which trust sli is associate ! with Mesis. tiile. If Johnson, of the A. f. sen ice of this l it v. and Kivd Trow , of Kainier. DENOUNCES HEARST DeLanrty Nicoll Says Hearst Was Traitor to Democracy. EULOGIZES WILLIAM BRYAN TO PLEASE THE BOYS in srircTiNG oim ipking stock wr. mavc not overlooked THE rACT THAT Deiiaies Hearst Acfepted Hospitality of Democtatic National Committee, Using Committee's Money, and Then Turned Ttaitot. Nothing In It.- V. Kiiksoii and V. Wilson, the two vouna men who wei' allegiil to have been mixed up in the re ported attempt to rob one of the street cars in this city on Monday night last, were examined before Judge (iomlman in the magistrate's court vesterday after noon upon charges of attempted burglary and after a searching inquiry. Imth were dismissed by that magistrate, who found nothing of substance in the charge. sum. " Whatever the intentions of the fiam ers of this bill may have been," said Mr. Knox, "they have succeeded in produo- ROLLS CIGARETTE, THEN RESCUES MATE Rare Display of Unconcern Shown by Deckhand on Steamer Charles R. Spencer. IIUM'I.AM), March is. Wait until Mitt- OKK. March IN. I !., Ni.oll, vice chairman of (lie Democratic N'a tioiial Commit lee, in a sen-ational speech last night at the Oemociatic Club, with I August Itclmoiit iiiosidinv". denounced Ivcprcsciitatiw' William H. Hearst us a poltieal traitor. The attack came as a -urprie. He charged Mr. Hearst with accepting the hospitality of the Homo era tic National committee, using the! committee's money and then stabbing' the candidates of the party in the back. At the same time that he denounced H aisi he eulogized William J. Hryatit, describing him a, an honorable man, uuil holding Ibaist up in contrast with Hi van. He said, among other things: " When I recall the treacherous r ud of tiiis man lle,irt, 1 am c(imeli'd to contrast it with the li.moiable iveord of William J. Hiyan. 1 know a true lVmo. crat from a fals - one. Mr. liivan did his BOYS WANT SPRING SUITS the; same as do their iathcks. and vr. have given SPECIAL VTI DY TO Ol'K HOW CLOTHING I OK IPKING, V E WISH TO CALL YOI R ATTENTION TO OUR BOYS' WATER PROOF SUITS JUJT THE THING EOR OREGON WEATHER.. GUARANTEED WATE R PROOr. SUITS EROM .MMI to $ I O.OO SEE OUR WINDOWS EOR LATEST STYLES IN LATEST EAllRICS EOR BOYS P. A. STOKES OUR AIM IS TO PLEASE YOU. n rail at which Congress is seeking a remedy more ' and penalizes the owner of the property 1 .l. .3oiu-kO .i.... :c :t ......l.a .. effectuallv than anv measure yet brought; lw " m ."".' " 1 " to the attention of Congre-s. W"1 r"n,ed-v ou,!l",e of the Prov4- .... .i,!i. ions of the bill bv challenging either its Mr. Knox said the theory on which u ,',,.; is drawn is that general words in a sta- j constitutionality or the lawfulness of the tute which are sufficiently eomprehen-j arts Performed under its provisions. Bite to cover the evil aimed at make bet- j Di-cuwing the differences which thus ter and more effective legislation than j far prevented any agreement between the specific prohibition of the evil in thewo factions, one demanding and the forms in which it has appeared. Recent i other opposing a specific provision for a decisions of the Supreme Court, he said,' wurt review, Mr. Knox said: confirm the wisdom of the method of j "But for the seriousness of the situa legislation. t'on matter would be most ludicrous. Court Review Feature. : Both sides agrees that the right should In elaborating on the fifth section of! one holds that it is in the bill or his bill which provides for a review by ! exists independently of it; the other it the courts of orders of the commission, is not in the bill, but should be and yet Mr. Knox said that the omission of such the former, for some mysterious an.l un a feature from the House bill constitutes accounted reason .objects to an amend the main difference between the two' nient which would place the matter be measures. As a preface to a large nutn- j .nd doubt. ber of extract? from court derisions up-1 '' When we con-idor that the people holding his position, Mr. Knox said: are asking for prompt, decisive and effec "It is obvious that a law conferring tive action; that the present bill distinct tremendous power which it h proposed ly contemplates a review; that .its eonsti by all the bills under consideration to tutionality is seriously threatened by confer upon the commission to substi- failure to provide for inch review if the tute one rate or practice for another, other features are to stand: that pre must be drawn upon one of two theories: cedents of state legi-lation are in favor Upon the theory that the order of the of a review; that all the bills presented commission shall be final and not review- in either hou-e provide or recognize a re able by the courts, or upon the theory view; that this bill itself as presented that it shall be reviewable by the courts, in both Houses and as originaly prepared I have no hesitation in saying that a bill by the Interstate Commerce Commission drawn upon the theory that the order of contained a provision for a review and the commission shall be final and unas- that the President in his message speaks sailable in the courts would be uncon?ti- of the orders being given subject to re tutional," ', view when we consider all these facts, The decisions quoted, said Mr. Knox, the action of those who are willing to prove that the railroads are entitled to imperil the validity and effectiveness their day in court, and that an act which of this law by not explicitly providing prevents a judicial review or detcrmina- for a review for no valid reason what tion of the question of the reasonableness ever, is to me incomprehensible." of an order of the commission would de- When Knox had concluded the Senate prive the carriers of this constitutional entered on the consideration of the con right and would therefore be unconstitu- ference report on the five civilized tribes tional. Mr. Knox said that in his bill he bill. i best with his orcai eloiiucn.-c and tin I tinish rolling this cigarette, and Til pull r , ,.. ,,,r,lul,v ujl,r ,. v.. .,,,1" l ...1 ,. .1....1 I. .. !),.. . . . I Has defeated in the convent loll, to elect . i'l ...l. ! .. .. t . . - lea.uer v mines ,-peneer 10 u.s man-,,,,,,, ,.umli,lat!t of r,v who was floundering about in the water alongside the dock. The man in the water had slipped otT the gang plank. The man on the deck had a cigarette paper in one tiand and u bag of tobacco in the other, and with rare equanimity completed the nulling of the "cotlin nail." As soon as it was lighted and drawing well, he hastened to the rescue of his half-drowned shipmate. KILLED BY THIEVES. CHICAGO, March 28.-A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Mendota, 111., says: Mrs. Ellen Fuller was found dead yes terday at Kearlville, eleven miles east of here. Robbers had entered her house in which she lived alone, bound and gagged her and ransacked the place. The thieves left a note outside the house stating that their victim was bound and asking that she be liberated but relief did not come in time to save her life. NAUGHTY WOMEN. economic urocery Buyers l akc iNotice. 0? ous Snecial Grocery Bargains All This Week nothing as good nor as cheap elsewhere Here Are a Few of Them Radio Laundry Soap 32 bars $j.oo Keg Pickles, regular $1.00; special, keg 85 French Prunes, fancy Santa Claras, 14 pounds 1.00 Rhubarb, pound 5 Jams, assorted flavors, regular 25c jar, special 20 FOARD U STOKES CO. ASTORIA'S GREATEST STORE. THE American Women Smoke Too Many Ci garettes For Own Good. (HK'A'itl. March 2t Arou-ed by the rec.-nt discussion of cigaret. smoking by women and the frank endorsement of the practice by -ome, Liny Page (las ton, head of the anti-cigarette league yesterday sent out the following open letter: 'Cigaret smoking by American women is, unfortunately no longer an open ques tion. Recent developments have brought prominently to the front existing con ditions. "It has been denied repeatedly by those jealous of the good name of Am erican women that cigaret smoking pre vails to any considerable extent among respectable classes. "While the right exists to men and women alike to indulge in the cigaret habit, are we as a nation ready to face the fearful consequences of the wide spread use of cigarets by women ? "Let not the tempted young woman be deceived by the rosy setting forth by votaries of the habit already under its enthralment, for there is a dark side to the picture which must not be ignored." " He could not control all his friends, and we knew when he went on the stump that he would not be able to control them, but he did not neak into our head quarters with promise of fealty to our common cause and take our money and put out his banner under our banner, and then inspire his emissaries to stab the party's candidates in the back. I wa talking with Mr. Itelmont tonight and he said I had better not go very deeply into this matter. Hut I'm not a politic ian. I'm not looking for anything in politics and can afford to tell tin- truth." When Mr. Xicoll concluded Mr. Ilel mont, the toastmaster, lair: " In the last purt of Mr. Nieoll's speech he said he was speaking for himself and that I did not prompt him. All in favor of that part of his speech in which he says I did not prompt him say ' aye' " The ayes had it, amid laughter. NEGRO KILLS WHITE MAN. SAN FRANCISCO, March 28.- Clark Magee, a negro tonight deliberately shot and probably killed a white man, John Walshby for having, as the negro al leges, despoiled his home, McCee then turning his guns on his wife, fired a second shot which went wide. JEALOUS LOVER'S ACT. DALLAS, Tex., March 28. Will T. Walker of Ardmore, I. T., waylaid Grov er Record and Miss Myitis Smith last night as they were returning from a skating rink, shot them both and killed himself. The weapon used was a pistol and four shots were fired, three at the couple and one at himself. Record and Miss Smith will recover, it is believed. The men had both been going to see Miss Smith, but had been friendly in their rivalry. Mis Smith refused to skate with Walker at a roller rink, Walker was a railroad man . Morning Astorian 65 cenfe per mon.h. FAVORS INVESTIGATION. ALHANY, N. Y., March liT. Jownior Higgiiis declare,! hist night that he Mas still in favor of an investigation of the State Hanking Department, an ! that 11 the assembly should fail to u-s the mea-ure providing for an inw'.tiaaiion the re-pon-ibility would ie-t uitn that body. "I b-lieve that, tiiere should l,e ,m in vestigation of the department," said the governor. "Responsibility will rest ujth the assembly if it fails to net. There is now before it a bill for act ion." OFF FOR GREECE. ST. I.OflS, March :s. Marquard Schuar ami Joseph ,1. I'oishavv who will represent the Missoilli Athletic Club ill the swimming event and the Marathon lace, rcspcetiu'h , at the Hlwnpie game at Athens, departed l.it night for N.-w Yotk. V boxing squad of lie tin u and their trainer departed at the same time to represent the dub in the amateur boxing U cull gel in Aitoria fur the uiouiy. ASTORIAGROCERY We offer you tho bent good that championship at Sun Francisco, A plan to change the Inheritance !uv so as to nlxdish all millionaire by birth ha been proposed by Prof. John L. March of t'nioii college, Schiu'ctady , N. Y. Hit suggestion is that all pnqierty, with the exception of a certain amount in cah and the homestead which shall be inherit able an nt present, shall revert to the tate upon the death of the owner. The widow and children then shall receive an annuity based 011 the amount realized upon the property, tlu. annuity to ceae iimjii the marriage of the widow or daughters mid with the completion of the son' education. Our groceries tre awy freih and up to dit. I'rmh fruitt and vegetable in r-n. Ordcrt by Ulephime attitiddl to a promptly t if you railed it the tor-. 4ST0RIA GROCERY l'hone Main 031 023 Commercial St WILL NOT CONFESS. Sl'iK IvTuV, t al , March '". I wo i f I foil to secure a confession fmni Mr. l.e)oiix accused of 1 lie McVicar murder! today tailed. lie- woman acrt. -he ha not hiti;.' to eone. tie grand jui v was eiupniell.-I lodav to indie) Mrs, I.e.; IImiix and tie-ie i- a tumor that a lotm Doe indictment will i-sin-d f,,i 1 Io nian -ecu with tin- Wniiiall :it the pot. dc ARGUMENTS CONCLUDED. Case of Stephen Reynolds to Set Aside Rates Argued. UOSTO.V, Mass., March 28. Argu ments in the ease of Stephen Reynolds and others against the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, to set aside the new table of rates adopted in May, 10(1.1, were concluded ye-terday in the Massa chusetts Supreme Court. The court re served decision. The plaintiffs charge that the adoption of the new rates was illegal because such action impaired the membership con tract and changed the character of the order from a fraternal beneficiary orga nization to one on life insurance lines. In reply to the complaint of the com plainant the defendant sets forth that the laws of the state gave the order the power to change its laws and adopt the rates which were made in May, KK).ri. The organization is a Massachusetts corporation and the decision of the court will affect every member of the order in the United Stales and Canada. CUT TIMBER ILLEGALLY. Prineville Men Held to Answer Before U. S. Grand Jury. I'RINKVILLE, Ore., Mmvli 28, -John Dee and A. R. Kant wood were arr.iinged before United States Commissioner M. R, Higgs yesterday on a charge of cutting timber on Government land. They were held in the sum of tji'itlO to appear before the United States grand jury. 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