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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1907)
Jtl0Otttl i 7 ' jLiCr-Ww OOVERS TMC M0RNIN9 FIELD ON THS LOWEh OOLUMBIA.I V0H1MK LXIII NO. 1 ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 18, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS II 0 HAY MADE Snug Jobs for Somebody if Bills arc Passed. SENATE IS GENEROUS Measure Makes Provision for Assistants for Attor ney General. BILL FOR STATE EXAMINER Senator Booth is for Eport Account ant, Salary Not Yet Fixed, and Assistant at Rat of Four Oollari a Day. SALEM, Jn. 17. Creation of p tronnge In tho object of two Senate bill. Senator Hnilth, of Marlon, In troduced n bill, No. D9, under the II tln of "iiti nrt to define inlitltlomtl du- tlr nf the attorney-general," Thl bill goc ' ii for sever"! page provld III for the collection of delinquent annual license fee duo from corpora- lion. Oih of thi' closing piirnKi ,i Iim provide for two alstant to the attorney-general, one with ii salary of $2,400 a year mid the. other currying n alary of ll.soo u year. These altantH nre to bo apolnted by the iittoi ney-gencral. A few year iiko there wn n little, for the attorney-general to do i hut there wh noun talk of iiIioIIhIiIiik thi' otllnv Senator llooth ha liitrodui'i'd tho same bill h' offered at the last n-hhIou. Thl fncu-ure 1 to In- create tin- of fife of statu examiner, whose duty It hnll be to forinuliitt' u correct y-ti-in of accounting whirl) m tin 1 1 ho uni f in inly ucd In all rountlc and xtute ofllcc. Tin- milary I left blank, but It I provided that the stale examin er' traveling and hotel expense shall be paid, anj that whenever necessary be hnll employ clerical alii a ho re quire, paying fin h assistant $4 u day. Tho governor ha the appointing of th mate examiner and can remove him from oitlce at nny time. Thl Htiito examiner would do tho work which special committee gctier nlly attend to during a session of thu legislature auditing the account of the state Institution ami slate of fice. In the put there have been spo elal committee to Investigate the of fices ami establishments maintained by Mtato fluid. Thee eommlttee lire provided with a corp of special clerks who are puld the highest salary and who perform their dulle In a perfunc tory manner. They are supposed, within a week or ten day to go through all the account of each of fice which have accumulated during the preceding two yenr. It wa openly stated by Senator Kay that these Hpeclal Investigation com mittees were, a farce. His opinion was concurred In by Senator Johnson and other, and tho belief wa expressed that the time has come to abolish tho old system of "Investigation" which did not Investigate, but which rolled up largo clerical bills. For this reason the resolution Introduced for the purposo of having the fnmUlar special committees appointed were vot ed down, at the suggestion of Sena tor Kay's commltteo on resolutions. NEXT IN PORTLAND. Interstate Commerce Commiieion Closet Hearing at Spokane. SPOKANE, Jan. 17. In concluding the Spokane end of the hearing of the application of thl city for Improve freight rate today, Interstate Com ini-rco tNiinmlsNlniii'i' I'rouly rul'vl that further li-Htlmoiiy Ik- taken at fort bind April Id, ami In o ruling nhi tho iiikii wa of no much Imporlitmi that It Hcope extended fur beyoiii Spokane, lie ald every community In I In Inlermountiiln district from Spokane to the Mexican border far practically the same problem, I luring the examination of Ocnerul Freight Agent MUlef of tbe O. It. & N the admission wit brought forth that low er rate on rerlulri coiiimodltleH bad not been 'tabllbed until the Spo kaii'' manufactured product bad be gun to be Important. Miller also ad mitted that the railroad had made a reanonalile profit under the lower rate. The effort of Counsel Adam for Spo kane to havo mrlcken from the com plaint the neetlon referring to water competition on thu ground that Spo kiuitt did not care whether It allega tion that tlm railroad could Uice- fully compete with wen-going truffle I true, wa denied by the conimllon, END NOT YET. Controvert Over Ditcharg of Black Troopi Receive Freeh Impeiui. WASHINGTON. Jan. K.Thn legal plume of thu 1'rcnldent' discharge of tliu colore! iroup wa again Injected Into I bit controversy In the Senate to day liy a notice of amendment to the Korakcr mmpromlHe reolutlon, which Senator Itlackbum 'dl bo should pre. Toniker. who had concluded hi argument, at once declared hi op ltlon to the amendment, which In Mihstunce Inject Into tho remilutlon a dUiivownl of any uggetlon that the President' authority to discharge the troop I ipii-Ntloned. Kornker dl cued the power of the execu'lve, hold ing that the affray nt Hrownsvllle ought to tie Investigated lmply a to fact unit the question of power should be determined later If It should urine a a rcult of the Inquiry. He re viewed hi previous utterance, main taining; the mmiii position In every re spect. He replied to the arguments which had been made since hi first peechen, especially those of Senator Sponner and Knox. He ilef,.nded the Twenty-fifth Infantry, reviewing the "escapade" It I charged with, ex pressing astonishment that tbe record furnished by the Wur Department In thl particular was not complete, nnd stating that In response to hi request, It had been supplemented t,y informa tion decidedly fnvornble to the regi ment. Consideration of the resolu tion wa deferred until Monday, at the conclusion of Koraker' address. Jtcpubllcim leader accept the lllack burn amendment as a political move, and most of them express tbe opin ion that It Is the result of a Demo cratic conference. This Blackburn de nies, but say with apparent confi dence that It will have the support of Democratic senators. Itlackbum says he will press the vote. Tho Itepubll- iiiiiH are trying tto get a unanimous agreement to lay the amendment on the table, but some senators shows a disinclination to pursue that course, a they fear It would be construed as a reflection on the President. Sev eral senators favor a suggestion made by Aldrlch which In the language of a Western senator, would "denutui'1.e" the Hhickburn provision. For the present, however, It Is the Intention of the KepuhlleanH to hold back debate and await development. They ex press confidence In being able to shape the matter so ll will embarrass the Democrats more than tho Republi cans. Tillman does not stand with the supporters of the Itlackbum amendment. COLUMBIA BLOCKED. Ice Hat Now Practically Closed Nav igation to Inland Pointi. PORTLAND. Jan. 17. Though two large tramp steamships succeeded In confpletlng the run from Astoria to Portland yesterday, the Columbia In many places Is blocked with Ice. Af ter being sheathed In Iron and mak ing two Ineffectual attempts to cut her way through the floes, the steamer Alliance has returned to Astoria .to await an Improvement In the conditions. COMMON-POINT GRAN Astoria has the Power to This INTERSTATE COMMISSION PROVISION AT HAND Amendment of June Last Renders the Matter Simply One of Local Initiative Ways and Means Plainly Prescribad and Requires but a Determined Show of Interest. ANY CIVIC BODY MAY INVOKE OPERATION OF THE EDICT IT IS NOW UP TO THE COMMON COUNCIL, THE CHAMBER OF COM MERCE OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF CITIZENS, TO SET THE MATTER AFOOT AND URGE THE PLEA BE FORE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. For year this port has been coldly denied tho common-point rate on grain. Ha been dellberutely over looked, Ignored, repudiated and turned down! This ho contributed Immensely to tho deflection of rightful and val uable buslneN nnd profits away from this place and ha thrut Astoria, with all her practical and exceptional commercial facllltle in the back ground of the Northwest. It has been done wilfully and sys tematically, at the behest of the Job ber nnd broker and transportation men of Portland nnd the Sound Cities, and ha been met with easy and com pliant readiness by the Oregon Rail road & Navigation Company, In chief, nnd Its allied lines, In sequence and allegiance that ha never varied for an hour. Astoria has fought, faithfully and Interminably this raw discrimination against her; In season nnd out, but always aganst the domination of the metropolis nnd It unvarying success In Influencing the management of the O. R. & N. The trouble has always been that her fight was carried on upon a basis of logical equity, without spe cific weapons of attack or defense. Now tho situation Is entirely remod eled and her equality before the law give assurance of all, once so bru tally disclaimed. Hut, whatever the reason for her.! failure, there Is no room for another momentt's delay In righting the long borno deprivation. It is wholly and conclusively within the power of the city to demand and obtain the ad vantage and recognition so purposely refused her, nnd It lies directly with in the compass of her Chamber of Commerce, primarily, to go after the things that are hers and never re linquish, for a moment, the right that cannot be longer witheld. The O. R. & N. Is tho principal factor In thl outrage and it 1 against that Portland-nursing combination that the fight must be directed. There must be no hnlf-way measures about the preliminary work; It must be carefully planned and scrupulously di rected, nnd If there Is an ounce of Justlco In the new law of Interstate Commerce set out at length below, then the day of contradiction and de- J spollment is past for Astoria; for thl corporation can, and must be forced to, give the common-point rate on the grain of Montana, Idaho and Washington to this point, BOTH BY ITS RAIL AND WATER LINES. There is no ambiguity In the text of the law; It is as plain as simple, ap plicable English can make It, and all that Is needed Is a positive, uncom promising use of the edict by the people of this city through one or more of Its representative civic bod ies, including the common council, Ml ON IS to Enforce It's Application Territory. with an unfaltering pressure for Its speedy application. Following Is the text of the sections which hold the explicit remedy and its reading will Instantly demonstrate to the most ob tune the extraordinary element of re lief lying ready at hand: Sec. 13. That any person, firm, cor poration, or association, or any mer cnntlle, agricultural, or manufactur ing society, or any body politic or mu nicipal organization complaining of anything done or omitted to be do.je by nny common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act in contravention of the provisions thereof, may apply to said Commission by petition, whioh shall briefly state the facts; whereup on a statement of the charges thu made shall be forwarded by the Com mission to such common carrier, win shall be called upon to satisfy the com plaint or to answer the same In writ ing within a reasonable time, to bo specified by the Commlslon. ' If such common carrier, within the time speci fied, shall make reparation for the 'n Jury alleged to have been done, said carrier shall be relieved of liability to the complainant only for the particu lar violation of law thus eomplalnel of. If such carrier shall not satis'y the complainant within the time speci fied, or there shall appear to be any reasonable groundj for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the Commission to Investigate the mat ters complained of In such manner ari by such means as It shall deem prop v. Sec. 15. (As amended June 29, 1906 , That the Commission Is authorized and empowered, and it shall be its duty, whenever, after full hearing upon a complaint made ns provided In sec tion thirteen of this Act, or upon cor.i plaint of nny common carrier, it sha'l he of the opinion that any of the rati or charges whatsoever, demanded, charged, or collected by any common carrier or carriers, subject to the pro visions of this Act, for the transpor tation of persons or property as defined In the firsit section of this Act, or that any regulations or practices whatso ever of such carrier or carriers affect ing such rates, are unjust or unreason able, or unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential or prejudicial, or otherwise In violation of any of tie provisions of this Act, to determine and prescribe what will be the ju-Jt and reasonable rate or rates, charga or charges, to be thereafter observed in such case as the maximum to b? charged; and what regulation or prac tice in respect to such transportation is Just, fair, and reasonable to be there after followed; and to make an order that the carrier shall cease and desist from such violation, to the extent to which the Commission find the sam.j to exist, and shall not thereafter pub lish, demand, or collect any rate or AVAILABLE charge for such transportation In ex ce of the maximum rate or thargi o prescribed, and shall conform to tl e regulation or practice o preHcrlbad. All orders of the Commission, except orders for the payment of money, sha'l take effect within uch reasonable tlm?. not les than thirty day, and shall continue In force for uch period ff time, not exceeding two years, a ha'l be pre rlbed In the order of the Com tiIsmIoo, unless the same shall be sus pended or modified or et aside by the corn mission or be suspended or set aside by a court of com petent Jurisdiction. Whenever the carrier or carrier, In obedi ence to such order of the Commissi in or otherwise, in respect to joint rata fares, or charges, shall fail to ag'c'; among themselve upon the appor tionment or division thereof, the Con mlHrfon may after hearing make a supplemental order prescribing the Just and reasonable proportion of such Joint rate to be received by each car rier party thereto, which order shall take effect as a part of the original order. The eommition may also after hearing on a complaint, establish through routei and joint rate at the maximum to be charged and prescribe the division of tuch ratet at hereinbe fore provided, and the termt and con dition under which tuch through routes thail be operated, when that may be necessary to give effect to any provieion of this Act, and the carrier complained of have refuted or neglec ted to voluntarily ettablith sue) through routes and joint rates, provi ded no reasonable or satisfactory through route exists and this provision shall apply when one of the connecting carriers is a water line. If the owner of property transportet under thl Act tlirectly or indlrecll,' renders any service connected with such transportation, or furnishes any Instrumentality used therein, the charge and allowance therefore shall be no more than Is Just and reason able, and the Commission may, after hearing on a complaint, determlnJ what I a reasonable charge a tha maximum to be paid by the carrier or carriers for the service so rendered or for the use of the instrumentality so furnished, and fix the same by ap propriate order, which order shall hove the same force and effect and be en forced in like manner as the orde-3 above provided for in this section. The foregoing enumeration of pov ers shall not exclude any power which the Commission would otherwise have In the making of an order under the provisions of this Act." STORM SLOWS TRAINS. Chicago Elevated Road Cars Delayed by Snow and Ice. CHICAGO, Jan. 17. The storm which has been central In the South west for a number of days, struck Chicago last night, beginning with sleet and turning later to snow and rain. Telegraph service west and south of Chicago was Interrupted part of the night. The sleet caused delay? on the elevated roads, but the surface lines experienced little trouble, be cause the "ice cutters" on the trolley wires cut through the coating of ice on wires and made contact possible. The heavens were lighted by bril liant flashes of electricity as trains on the elevated roads struggled against the sleet. A thin coating of Ice formed over the third rail and the flashes resulted. Only slow progress could be made on all the roads. ORANGE OUTGO. California Shortage in Shipments Shown to be Considerable. is LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17. The Times has collected statistics showing that the shipments of oranges from here to date number 2,025 carloads. Elimin ating lemons, the shortage in ship ments this year compared with last is 1,994 carloads. However, there are not fewer cars of oranges to ship to mar ket than there were on the corre sponding day a year ago. The Times says 22,000 carloads are going out and $16,000,000 will come to the growers. Frost has done practically no harm and the quality of the fruit Is fine. IS Deal With Democrats is Embarassing. MADE BIG PROMISES Revealment of Pledges Puts New President in Bad Light WILL HE FOLLOW AGREEMENT? Charges Are Made That He Pledged Committeeships and Promised to Support Governor's Veto Democrats Pleased. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 17. Dissensions are rife in the Senate as a result of the expose made of the deal between the Democratic Senators and the Haines faction. According to one authority Hodson offered the Democrats anything they wanted. He told them to take what they desired, as he had made no pledges and he could, therefore, come through with whatever was asked. He also offered them, besides representa tion on the various committees, a share in the patronage of the Senate desk clerks. Pressing him still further, Hodson was asked If he would agree to sus tain the governor's vetos. At this , the Multnomah senator balked. He hesitated a moment, stepped back and finally said yes. Further, he prom ised to put the agreement in writing and have it signed. There is but one veto measure in which the Democrats are particular In terested. This is the one vetoing the measure creating a Board of Control, a measure stripping all patronage from the governor. This veto has not yet been sent In, but it Is said to be In preparation. The announcement of the commit tees by President Haines will demon strate to the Democrats, the Repub licans and the public, how much the Democrats have gained by their break ing into the Republican pasture. With many if not most of the real facts of the transaction known to the public the question of what Haines under the circumstances will do is one of lively interest. Will he throw down the Democrats to save his own face? This would be the first thought. But on second thought, suppose he should throw down his Democratic allies, where does he find himself after the organization? He would have the or ganization all right, but where would be his power and how could he turn a legislative wheel? In order to sus tain himself he would be obliged to either relyj uopn the Democrats or the Hodson followers, and perhaps make a new deal all around with much of his patronage already disposed of beyond his power to recall. Altogether there are likely to be things doing In the near future in the neighborhood of the Senate chamber at Salem. AID FOR KINGSTON. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. The House today resumed the considera tion of the District of Columbia ap propriation bill under the five-minute rule. During the day an emer gency bill was passed for the relief of sufferers from the earthquake in Ja maica, clothing the President with power to , send a supply ship to the relief of the stricken Inhabitants. HAINES TROUBLED