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VOLUME LXI NO. 180 ASTORIA, OREGON TUESDAY, JULY 10 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS TAFT FIRES OPENING GUN Opens Nor I h Carolina Con sessional Campaign; GIVES PARTY ADVICE Sptaks on Achievements of Party In the Last Session of Congress. HE IS CHEERED TO THE ECHO Secretary of War Speaks Against So Called "Solid South" At Detri mental to tU Interests of Southern Stat. GREENSBORO, July -Secretary of Wr Tift tonight before a meeting of North Carolina republicans, on the eve of their tatc convention, feUverod ft speech generally regarded a the opening gun of the congrlonal campaign of IWMJ. The speech daH with current po litical questions opening with adviet to the rank end file of the party in North Carolina and the South particularly and referred to the achievement! of lh party in the session of Congress jut vld. Tli opera house we packed by throng eager to hear the eecretary and many were trued away. Secretary Taft In opening aald that he wa Invited to attend this meeting, the committee edvUed him that "The political situation waa such that if a proper effort was madx at the coming election it would be possible to carry the etate for the republican party." The eecretary added i , '. . ' "I believe that nothing that could happen in the politics of thU country would work greater advantage to the country at large and to the, south In particular than the breaking up of that what h been properly known at the 'Solid South. X say thle ii In no parti ean epirit for I am not one of those who think 'that thle result would necessarily increase the probability of the continu ance in power Of the republican party. The solidity of the South hai in measure, furnished ita own antidote in restraining many voters in the north who might have left the republican party, but for what they regard as the injustice and danger of Southern politl cal conditions. "The South has been kept solid by the spectra of negro domination, and by stirring up racial prejudices and arousing unfounded alarm over an impossible re turn to reconstruction days. After a long struggle, the negroes' vote was made to count for nothing and when the politi eel leaders of the dominant party came to realize that dreadful demoralization of all society that followed, 1n a govern- . ment if ft law was flauted and fraud was to constitute its basis. They cast about to make the law square with existing conditions by proper and educational qualifications which should exclude the negro. They adopted amendments to the state constitutions with the so-called , '(irandfaher clauses.' intended to apply the new qualifications to the negro and not apply them to the whites." 'The secretary said It is Impossible to frame a law establishing any national qualification' for suffrage which will stand the test of the fifteenth amend ment and which will not operate ulti mately to exclude impartially the ne groes and whites from the , ballots who lacked educational requirement. A policy in the south, he said, which excludes impartially white and black when Ignorant and irresponsible, cannot be criticized, During the past deoade, Mr. Taft pointed out a period of unprecedented prosperity that has come for the fair southern, states,'' ' '' v.- r ; "Under the elreufiiitanees," he said, 'It U not t,b'eitptel that the sen sible, nloar" headed btislnetw Inen 0 the South do not perceive" the' tremendous disadvantage under 'which the southern slate labor, with having ,'oulyjms party flth,4"iiy voice In their state govern ment and 'in being herded together al ways as the hide-bound support of the democrat lo party of ' the country, no matter whnt wild fallacies it may adopt in its platform nor what candidate it may put before the country, ' The effect of changes of Industrial con dition In eliminating the cry of negro domination front tlut politic of the for mer stave owning state ha manifested itself first In ths border state. West Virginia ha become permanently repub lican and Maryland and Miouri put themselves n the republican column In the lat presidential election while Ken tucky nearly brought forth works meet for repentance lu the first McKinley election. , " - '-. . ' ,, , , The question that should address itself to the great business interests of the 8011th, Taft stated. I much longer the spectre of tilings past 1 to hold them to a political allegiance that does them no good in national politics and de prives their communities of the 'ines timable benefit of the presence In local politic of two parties, each of which, if it doe wrong, ha a real chance of be liig punished for ita misconduct.' Mr, Taft contended that if the south ern people, "Had kept upe with the time) had they at the ballot box ex pressed their sentiment on the living issue of the day Instead of allowing themselves to be frightened by a spectre and a shadow of the past their political (Continued oa page 8) SEEKS NEEDED REST I- Roosevelt Will Take Much Deserv ed Vacation. HE WILL SEE NO VISITORS Sagamore Hill Will Be Quarantined Against Visitors and No Person Will Be Admitted on Any Condition. -'WASHINGTON, July 9 (Special Cor respondent.) It Is given out that Mr, Roosevelt is to have a summer of real ret and that a quarantine against visl tors ha been established at Oyster Bay, Sagamore Hill will be as hard to ap proach as the inside of a German fort. Whoever desires to see the President must have burnous of such tremendous importance that it cannot be handled by the department hends In Washington nor yet by Socretary Loeb at the tempo rary execuive offices in Oyster Bay town. Instances of such vitally important busi ness it is believed, will be few and far between.' "' '; Mr. Roosevelt admitted, just before he left Washington, that the recent session of Congress had "gotten on his nerves" and he feels he is entitled to a long rest, something he has not had in more than four years. There is no disposi tion in any quarter) to deny this is the President's due. v , i The suggestion Is tnnde, however, that more than likely Mr. Roosevelt also '"got on the nervea" of Congress. He certainly gave the Capitol Hill statesmen a busy winter and kept them pretty woll in a state of guessing from December until July. . Yet the members of Con gress have no chance to seek rest in seclusion at least the great majority of them havo'not. 'The country must be saved against this year, and in the mind of, the average Congressman Its salva tion depends In no small degree upon his re-election. HOOP BATTLESHIP TO , . BE RETIRED FROMNAVY 'iii.,, ; 1 . , .... WASHINGTON, July 0The super- vising architect of the treasury Is busy planning the new buildings authorized by Congress. The battleship Texas, known as the "Hoodo" will be retired from active service and used as a receiv ing ship at Charleston, . WASH Gffl IS DESERTED Nation's Capitol Enters Dull Summer Season. WHITE HOUSE CLOSES Though Lawmakers Have Depart' ed, Department Officials Are Still Busy. NEW LAWS NECESSITATE WORK Agricultural Department, Is Swamped With Work Brought on by the Meat Inspection Law, and the Pure Food Bill (By Sheldon S,Cllm.) WASHINGTON, July 9 ? (Special.) Wellington heaved a great sigh of relief when Congress adjourned and thea set tfed down foe ita period of summer dull ness. . A stranger standing in om of the rail road stations might well have believed himself In a city stricken with the plague, from which its inhabitants were in eager flight. Every outgoing train was crowded to its capacity. Few alighted from, trains incoming. President Roosevelt set an example by leaving the city within a few hours after the falling gavel on Capitol Hill had marked the end of the session. All who could went in ths President's wake. On the American continent there is no other city like Washington in this respect. Possibly there Is none like it In . the world. From a busy, bustling capital, it becomes almost in' a night, to all outward appearances, .like a sleepy country town. Government Machinery Grinds. Yet Washington is not so dead as it would seem. It is true the Capitol no longer resounds with ths noise of the nation's law-givers; the White House is closed, and its inmates gone; the hotel corridors are deserted and seem lonely places. Yet the wheel of Uncle Sam's great machine of government continues to revolve. The department clerks are still with us, and will be here. Even the heads of the departments are not yet at liberty to follow their chief out of the heated city. , The fact is, that the recent session of Congress enormously increased the work of the executive departments. Several of the departments will be compelled to enter upon almost a reorganization be. cause of the enactments of Congress. Especially heavy is the work which the Department of Agriculture is compelled to do. The meat inspection law and the pure food law are the responsible measures in this instance, . Under each law the organisation of a large inspec tion force will be required, and to put these vast machines into successful operation will keep Secretary Wilson and hi assistants busy until the enow Hies. In the Department of Commerce and tabor there also is a good deal of reorganization to be accomplished, and Secretary Metcalf has postponed his va cation until an Indefinite day. ; , Taft Must Get Busy. Nor will there be much doing in the vacation line for Secretary Taft. The final decision by Congress on the type of Panama canal to be constructed removed the last excuse for dhiy In, that under taking, ' and the country ' expects that from now on the canal work will, be pushed as it never has been pushed be fore. Jhi means, of course, that the head of the War Department will not have a chance to get fur away from base. , . . 'v Attorney -General Moody also has 'a strenuous summer's work cut out for him. Mr, Moody ha remained in the Cabinet, at the solicitation oM'res&ent Roosevelt" for the expre p'urpose of prosecuting the Standard Oil and other trusts, end if the execution in this en terprise Is to measure up to the promise there Is no rest immediately ahead of the Attorney -General. Secretary of State Root 1 the first Cabinet member to get away from Washington, but bis trip to South America is not wholly one of pleasure, though going and coming he will have ample time to rest and recuperate. Not withstanding this, Mr. Root I envied by hi colleagues. It will be mid-winter in South America while he I there, and that is much to be preferred to mid summer in Washington. GET A SQUARE MEAL. Alice and Ber Husband Fed by President of France Brilliant Affair. PARIS, July 9.-Preident and Mrs. Fallierie gave a brilliant dinner tonight in the Kli Palace in honor of Mr. and Mrs, Longworth. The guet included Ambassador and Mrs. McC'ormick. th mlmbf s of the Atnerk-am embassy, American Ambassador to Turkey Irish man. Miniter Bourgeois, Clemenceaa Ktienne, Thompson and Bartaou, Am bassador to the United States Juserand, and others. TURKS ROUT BULGARIANS. SALONICA. July 9.-In the Konoplsta district oday the Turkish troop anni hilated, three Bulgarian band killing 92 of them. The Turks lost 20 killed. BANDIT At LARGE Mao Who Held Up Five Stages Not Captured. SHERIFFS LOSE HIS TRAIL Officers Arrest Rancher Living ic -' Grub Gnlch, But Be Denies His Guilt and Win Prove It Tourists' Money Found WAWONA, July 9. The lone high wavman who held up five Yosemite stages and a private rig on Saturday is not yet captured. The sheriffs of tvro counties are on a hunt for the daring bandit No arrests hare been made. The sheriffs found the trail Sunday morning and followed the robber's tracks toward Gmb Gulch several miles, but there the country became rocky and almost impas sible and the trail was lost. The officers called on a suspect, a ranchman, near Kvhose place the trail was lost, but de clared themselves convinced that he was not the man who held up the stage The officers, found $50 which the robber had overlooked in the express box and $130 which the tourists had thrown into the brush. Sheriff Prouty of Mariposa county stated that while suspicion pointed to ward a certain man. he admitted the officers have no clue to work upon. . May Have Right Man. FRESNO, July 9. If the surmises of the authorities are correct. Jack Sweet of Grubb Gulch, Madeira county, is the hold-up of five Yosemite stages. A re port to the Democrat is to the effect that he is under arrest on that charge and that he has been taken to Wawona for identifleatijn- Sweet is suspected of having held up the Yosemite stage a year ago. No arrest was then made be cause he came forward with an alibi. Sweet owns, a small raneh in Grub Gulch and works as a laborer in , the mines. News of his arrest was brought here by a man named Graham from Ahwanee and all depends upon the pos sibility of identification, which several stage passengers say they are able to do. Sweet denies his guilt and says he can prove he was not near the scene of the robbery. .1 SOLDIERS ON THEWARPATH Most Serious Mutiny Oc curcs at Tambov. DRAGOONS ARE KILLED Rebellious Soldiers of Kasarev Re giment Attack the 1 Nejina Dragoon. COSSACKS SHOW DISLOYALTY Government Disseminating False Reports Concerning Parliament Among the , Peasantry Try to Arouse Ani mosty Toward Parliament. Serious Mutiny Occurs at Tambov TAMBOV. July . A mutiny broke out Saturday in the Kasarev regiment of cavalry and during the disorder the infantry officers and soldir of the Nejina dragoons were killed. The muti neers barricaded themselves in the barracks. -., 1 t ST. PETERSBURG, July 9,-News of the mutiny at Tambov, which apparently is the rao serious since the Sebastopol mutiny is confined to the bare details of censored dispatches, showing that the mutineers, when attacked by the loyal troops offered armed resistance before retreating to their barracks, where they are now barricaded. Up to 1:30 o'clock tonight the newspaper had received no further particulars. In the previous riots this year the disaffected troops have submitted when confronted by loyal detachments. Fear Cossacks Loyalty. Dispatches received here today from Novo Tche-rkask, which is the center of the Don Cossack district show that the authorities are extremely apprehensive of the effect of the speeches in the low er house on the Cossack question, and which were palpably intended to under mine the loyalty of the Cossack levies engaged in police duty. The regular meetings of the constitutional demo crats at which reports of the debate have been read, were dispersed, and the papers have been terrified into omitting reports of the speeches. Government's False Reports. In the lower house today Count Muk- hanoff, president of the House Agrarian commission dilated on the effect of the Emperor's recent proclamation, which he said was handicapping the commission. The Count said that in various sections, the government's fair sounding promises of distribution of all arable state land was being contrasted with the slow pro gress of parliament. He added that the report was being spread that the Em peror had ordered a distribution of the lands to the peasants, but Parliament was withholding the "'little father's" gift to his children. Deputy Von Rutzen from the province of Kursk has just returned from that section and told the Associated Press today that many peasants were harbor ing a feeling distrust, if not of animosity towards Parliament, and that the gov ernment officials were doing their ut most to encourage it. Christians Are Safe. During today's debate iu the lower house on the Bialystok report, Baron Ropp, a Catholic Bishop said a general had informed . him that the soldiers would never fire on the Christians, but only on the Jews. He said administra tive officials were capable of stopping the excesses, if they cared to. It was neceary to give self government to tho Western Provinces or else pogrom (massacres) will soon occur. Cossacks RebL 1ST MEDV1EDITSA, July 9,-Th Cossacks of the Second Reserve wh have been ordered mobilized for police service have refund to join the colors. : At Usevoka a company .of Cossacks have, been sent away because they re fused to fire on the manifestant. Jews Attack Policeman. GRODNO, July 9. As a, result of the arrest of a Jew, a crowd of Jew at tacked a patrolman with stone. There were several revolver shots. The police man in self defense, killed one of the Jews. Extreme irritation "between the Jew and Christian exists. MOVE FOR KEW TRIAL Mrs. Emma Ledonx's Attorneys Stav Off Death Sentence Awhile STOCKTON, Cel., July 9.-Mr. Emma Ledoux oenvicted of the murder of A. N. Mc Vicar was brought before Judge Nut ter today to be given the death sentence. A motion for a new trial was made on statutory grounds and the argument Im mediately commenced- The court room was crowded, mostly with women. The murderess was dresHed as thought for a shopping tour, she seined in good health, though a little pale from confinement. BRYAN IS THE HAN Senator Clark Says Nebrasiiart Will Be Nominated. WjLL HAVE NO OPPOSITION Predicts Datto Chieftain Will Receivt The Democratic Nomination For President Millionaire in Los Angeles at Present ' . .- n LOS ANGELES, July 9 United States Senator Clark today declared his be lief that Bryan would be nominated by the democrats for Fremdent and tha Nebraskan would have no opposition in the convention. Referring to Montana politics, Clark said his successor would "Probably be a democrat," but he did not think he would be nominated. Chirk stated he knew Ernest G. Stackpole, in the county jail here charged with the murder of Joel Scheck. Stackpole, h says, comes of good parents living at Butte, and was formerly in Clark's em ploy. He has had a checkered career. Several years ago, according to the Senator when Stackpole was a young man he threatened to dynamite tho Senator's home. Stackpole was arrested. but not prosecuted out of sympathy with his family. , WHITMAN IS OPTIMISTIC. Grain Ripening Fast and Big Prepara tions for Harvest. COLFAX, Waslw July 9. On account of the hot weather for the past few day the harvest Beason will open In the western part of Whitman county next week. Haying is now being pushed so as to get it out of the way of the wheat harvest. Grain is ripening very fast, in fact, too fast to make the best quality of grain, but as the weather is cooler today there is a spirit of optimism prevalent among the farmers. ; ' There is already a great demand for farm laborers and a prospect for a dearth of the same this summer by reason of the great demand for railroad hands as well as for farm laborers. Horses will be scarcer yet than men, as all that could be purchased have been taken by the railroad contractors, thus leaving a shortage that will be - very hard to upply.