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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
83rd YEAR. NO. 78
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Make Charges of a Serious
Character.
SECURES WATER RIGHTS
flf I Should Stats to the House
the Ultimate Purpose, it Would
be Shocked". .
POLLARD AND SCOTT DEFEND
Delegation Had Come to Him and
Almost Demanded That This Re
serve Be Created for Purpose of
urnishing Water to Los Angcle.
WASHINGTON, March 30.
Chargei of a serious character
against Gifford I'inchot, chief of the
forestry bureau, were made in the
J louse by Smith of California, and
Mondcll during the consideration of
the agricultural bill in tb House
today. Smith accused him of enter
ing into a secret nnderitanding with
the city of Lot Angeles with a view
to securing water rights in the
Owens river valley, as against the in
terests of private parties having
prior claims. Mondcll denounced
him, as he charged, for illegally
paying the expenses of forest offi
cials in attending conventions in the
West in which the government had
no part and also of spendng govern
moncy to boost his bureau in the
newspapers.
I'inchot was defended by Pollard
and Scott.
Smith, in denouncing Finchot,
stated: "If I should state to the
House the ultimate purpose it would
be shocked." lie was referring, he
said to the manipulation of water
rights under the laws of California.
He openly charged that Pinchot was
trying to secure the water rights for
certain persons against others who
had made earlier applications for
. water. Smith said the party he re-
Vrrred to as trying to secure the
vSttcr monopoly is the city of Los
Angeles. He said the city did not
need water and had not claimed it
for municipal purposes. He said the
city already has a perfect water sys
tem and simply "desired to sweep
in all the water and carry it out of
the valley 250 miles through 20 miles
of tunnels for irrigation of lands ad
jacent to Los Angeles."
While the debate was going on
Tollard went to the telephone and
talked with Pinchot. When he came
back he declared that Pinchot had
told him that the entire California
delegation, including Smith, had
come to him and requested and al
most demanded that this reserve be
created for the purpose of furnishing
a water supply to Los Angeles.
Smith denied Pinchot's statement.
' lie asked the House to call on his
colleagues to bear ..him out. "I
tiever did," said Kahn. "I did not,1
said Knewland. "Nor did I," re
marked Needham. "Nor I," added
Englebright. Smith said he would
hunt up the rest of the delegation
and get them to rise and deny Pin
chots statement,
More criticism of Pinchot occurred
when Mondcll offered an amendment
providing that the money for the
transportation or traveling expenses
of forest officials or their agents
shall not be paid unless such offi
cials travel on business connected
with the forest "service. Mondeil
rhnrcred that forestry officials had
I been attending conventions with
I which the government had nothing
i to do at the government's expense.
1 fife said he knew it was not safe to
attack the forestry bureau because
of the influence it had. "I hat in
fluence, he declared, "is used to
(such an extent that men's motives
j are bound to be Impugned and men
certain to be attacked in the news
papers every time they presume to
suggest that the service is not en
tircly free from criticism." In reply
to Soctt's protest that Mondcll was
mistaken about the improper use of
money, Mondeil suggested that there
had been false entries in the forestry
books to cover up the expenses, His
amendment was adopted. This suc
cess served to make Mondeil stil
more aggressive and he offered an
other amendment prohibiting the use
of any part of the appropriation to
pay for any newspaper or magazine
articles advertising the bureaus work.
Scott again sprang to Pinchot's res
cue, but unavaiiingly. The amend
ment was adopted. On motion to
adjourn for the day, Williams o
Mississippi made good his promise
of filbustering and forced a call on
the question. When the roll was
being called the members poured
Into the chamber in such numbers
that it took on an opening day ap
pearance. Speaker Cannon, clearly
displayed anger when the Democrats
rose in a sufficient number to order
a call. He brought the gavel down
with such force that it flew from his
hand, and he threw himself back in
his chair to await procedure. The
vote resulted in 103 ayes and 58 noes
and the House adjourned.
PRQFESS0RZUB1N
Lectures to League for Political
Education at N.Y. ,
SAVING A CONSTANT DANGER
Beginning With Saving for the Fam
ily Ends in Neglecting the Family
to SaveThrift Leads to Life That
Is Not Admirable.
NEW YORK, March 30.-"Saving
is more dangerous than spending".
Professor Charles Zublin of the Uni
vcristy of Chicago, told the League
for Political Education at the rooms
on Forty-fourth . Street yesterday,
"The French peasant who can live
decently on nothing a year and Mark-
ham's "Man with the hoe" are not in
dividuals to be emulated, "he added:
"People who are going to retire
from business when they have $100,-
000 or a million can't do it. If they
have waited until then to spend their
money they don't know how. We
must corelate saving and spending.
We must learn to spend and educate
ourselves as we go along. The
workman who works hard six days
in the week does not know how to
enjoy himself. "The half holiday each
week is educating the workman to a
higher standard of living.
"Thrift leads often to a life that
is not admirable. The industry of the
early dwellers in New England made
the splendid qualities of puritanism,
but they also created qualities which
were a menace to society, and the
puritan conscience was one of them.
Too much saving may give to an
individual an advantage, but for the
public disadvantage.
"If all the people put their money
away investment would be of no ac
count, Thrift may lead to niggardli
ness and there is a constant danger.
It eats into the heart. Even begin
ning with saving for the family, it
ends in neglecting the family to save
We must save something, but it is
a constant danger."
As the most satisfactory method,
Professor Zucblin suggested collec
tive saving in building associations,
insurance and fraternal organizations.
"I have no doubt," he said, "that we
get more nearly our money's worth in
public than in private expenditure.
Our city streets may be badly
cleaned, but who knows the leakage
that goes out of the kitchen door.
New York has the worst city gov
ernment in the world, the most care
less and the biggest budget. But
compare New York with London and
other large cities and see what is
done here and think how much more
might be done with careful expendi
ture " 'P-'r-:'p?;!
AST03IA, OREGON, TUESDAY, f.1AHCH 3tf 103
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The Union Square Bomb
Thrower Recovering.
ISIANAPPLIEMORNIQUET
Alexander Berkman Anarchist
Leader and Companion of
Miss. Goldman Arrested.
SERYED TIME FOR SHOOTING
Berkman Was Taken to Hospital to
Confront Silvestin, But There
Was Nothing In Manner of Either
to Indicate They Ever Met Before.
NEW YORK, March 30.Efforts of
the police to connect Sclig Silver-
stein, the Union Square bomb-
thrower, with the groups of anar
chists have been successful, but thus
far they have been unable to prove
that his action on Saturday was
prompted in any way by his asso
ciates. These developments occurred
today after the arrest of Alexander
Berkman, the anarchist leader and
companion of Emma Goldman, who
served 12 years in prison for shoot
ing Henry C. Frick, the Fittsburg
capitalist. Detectives showed, when
Berkman was arraigned, that Silver-
stein held a membership in the anar
chists' federation union, of which
Berkman is also a member, but
failed to show that Berkman knew
Silverstein or any of his friends, or
in any direct way icited the bomb
throwing. The police asked the magistrate
to hold Berkman for 43 hours, but
he refused, and paroled Berkman on
his own recognizance. During nis
examination Berkman stated that his
shooting Frick was a personal mat
ter. A true anarchist, he said,
"does not believe in violence, he be-
icves in working by peaceful means."
Berkman was taken to the hospital
ater to confront Silverstein, . but
there was nothing in the manner of
cither man to indicate they ever met
before. Silverstein is likely to sur
vive the terrible injuries he suffered
in the explosion. Curiously enough,
it was one of the policemen whom
Silverstein attempted to kill who
saved Silverstein's life. This man,
after the explosion, applied a tourni
qet to the stump of Silverstein arm
and thus prevented the man's bleed
ing to' death. If Silverstein recovers
le will be put on trial for murder in
the first degree for killing Ignaz
Iildebrand, who, it appears, was an
innocent bystander, and not Silver
stein's companion.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
At a Mass Meeting of 300 Finnish
Residents of Astoria.
"The Finnish residents of Astoria,
in a mass meeting assembled, declare
unqualified disapproval of . the ' un
truthful reports' concerning their in
ternal affairs furnished to the news
pers published , in the . English lan
guage,-thereby stirring them to ,un-
ustifiable , wrath and abominable in
sult-.' It is most ' despicable to do
so for political and monetary rea
sons to injure' the opposition and to
show it in the wrong light. ,
"What we consider most brazen
and most injurious to our reputation
as a people is the despicable method
of opposing the organized national
and international labor party, by des
ignating individual members of it as
anarchists, to procure their discharge
from employment, 'or even their de
portation. As none of these inform
ers, any more than any of us, can
point to any unlawful acts commit-
ted by local socialists - it is, to put
it mild'
ntcmptible to oppose
th'
0
,i .imc oy sucn deeds ot
v0' which only serve to illus
A - the weakness of the opposition
n a 'struggle in which facts open and
capable of proof are to be used.
"We do not wish to decide whe
ther the programme and work of the
social-democratic party are right or
wrongevery party considers itself
in the right but even our natural
conception of justice tells us that
it has, even under the present social
conditions, the right to advocate
laws, the object of which is to cre
ate new social arrangement, because
all other parties also have for their
object the formation of new laws,
And because this partly openly in
troduces its society programme for
which they claim the improvement
of the position of "the laborers pre
marily and also the condition of the
whole society, and contends that
their creed . is founded on a basis
created by scicnttfic development of
conditions, we shall allow this party
to work in peace and prove their
contentions, which have not as yet
been effectually disproved. If the
party is unable to prove the righ
teousness of their programme to the
people in -a satisfactory manner,
neither can it secure their support
for its fulfillment, and under the op
posite condition it would be foolish
and unnatural that at least the Finns
regardless of party employ honest
and not underhand methods of op
position. . .
"We especially disapprove of the
insulting report which Mr. F. W.
Johnson published in the name of a
"Committee of Finns" although no
such committee has been appointed
by any general meeting, as he him
self has personally confessed to the
meeting, and because he could not,
on request, on account of his "poor
memory," explain who stood behind
the so-called Committee of Finns."
Translation read and fouad to be
a correct copy of the original reso
lution, y
In witness: GEO. GRATCHEF,
OSCAR LAI LA, EVERT LUSAN-
ANTTI.
(The foregoing is published ab
libitum, just as it came from the
hands of one of the signers, without
favor, prejudice or comment, as
mere courtesy to a group of Astoria
citizens.)''
SUPPORT HOME RULE
Great Gathering in the House
cf Commons.
DENOUNCED PRESENT SYSTEM
John Redmond Declared That the
Only Solution of the Problem Is to
Give the Irish People Control of
Irish Affairs.
- LONDON, March 30.The urgent
whips of all parties' brought a great
gathering to the House of Commons
today for the debate on home rule
for Ireland. In introducing a reso-
st. .
lution which denounced tne present
system of government in Ireland
and declared that the only solution
of the problem is to give the Irish
people legislative and executive con
trol of purely Irish affairs, ( John
Redmond, national leader, put the
j home rule issue in an uncompromis
ing fashion., He said that every
member of the present government
had given a pledge to support home
rule and he now proposed to put
them on record. Earl Percy desired
the House to go on record as
being unalterably opposed to the
measure and the chief secretary of
Ireland, Birrell, came out squarely
in support of home' rule and said it
would have to be granted or later
there woidd be a very substantial
modification in the relations between
Great Britain and Ireland.
CIMTIC
fiiniicT
lUULi
Bryan and Barman Hon
ored Guests.
ALL PARTS OF MISSOURI
Each Banquettcr Paid One Dollar
for Privilege of Attending
the Political Feast.
KEYNOTE OF BRYAN'S SPEECH
We Have Met to Begin the Cam
paign of 1908 and to Present Those
Policies and Principles Which
Ought to Appeal to AIL
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 30.-
Democrats from all parts of Missouri
to the number of 2,000 attended a
banquet at Convention hall here to
night under the auspices of the
Young Men's Democratic Club of
Missouri, at which W. J. Bryan and
Judson Harmon were the guests of
honor and principal speakers and re
cipients of repeated ovations from
15,000 persons" who thronged the
hall. Each banquetter paid one dol
lar for the privilege of attending,
even the distinguished guests insist
ing upon the Democratic prerogative
of paying for their plates, and the
affair was probably the most elabo
rate political feast ever attempted in
the State. The Democratic clubs of
St .Louis and other cities of the
State sent representative delegations
to the dinner. The meeting was es
sentially a Bryan affair, spontaneous
in making metnion of his candidacy
for the presidency. The reception of
Harmon was no less cordial and sug
gestions promising his highest honor
from his party were well received;
Bryan's opening statement, "We
have met to begin the campaign of
1908 and to present those principles
and policies which ought to appeal
to Republicans as well as to the tra
ditional Democrats," was the key
note of .his speech and showed the
important insignificance he and his
followers attached to the meeting to
night. He spoke of the change in senti
ment of the different States, but said
never before in the history of the
country has the Democratic party
been out of office more than two con
secutive terms. That three terms
have passed without a Democratic
President" in office he attributed to
"the fooling of the people by skilled
Republican politicians, aided by a
combination .of circumstances in
their favor.
Harmon said that he thought it
unpatriotic and mean to make capi
tal out of a public misfortune and he
believed every Democrat would
rather stand another defeat than to
see a continuation of the misery
caused by the present depression. If
this had to. come, however, Harmon
said he believed that it is the justice
of God, who hates all slanderers and
false boasters, that it struck those
while they were in full strut. What
ever the cause of . the panic, "it is
enough for us that it certainly was
not caused by the Democrats. And
when they say it was themselves
they confess they have been hum
bugging the people all these years
and slandering the Democrats." .
CALL OF CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.
PORTLAND, March 3a Chair
i iir . ...
man u. a. vvestgate nas issnm a
call for a meeting of the Republican
State Central Committee at Portland
April 10 to select a date and name
tbe place for holding the State R.e
Dublican convention.
;pwcE;'nvE- cents-
IF ILLINOIS GOES DRY.
Clericalism Will Rule the Politics of
the State.
CHICAGO, March 30. Cleri
calism is a power behind the demand
for prohibition which was attacked
vigorously yesterday by M. M. Mag
ansarian in his lecture in Orchestra
hall before the Independent Re
ligious Society.
"The cause of prohibition," he said,
"is the cause of the church. If, on
April 7, Illinois should vote in favor
of prohibition the church wth all its
sectarian branches will ride into
political power. In the future the
two political parties will have to
make terms with the church. This
would mean the church in politics;
"Whether or not it will be well
for the .'country to have the church
in politics can only be answered by
studying the condition of those coun
tries where the church is in politics
now and also of those countires in
which the church has been in poli
tics in the past. The prohibition
candidates are as a rule men selected
by the church. If they should be
elected to office they will and shall
obey the people who put them in
power, which means that prohibition
if successful wiil tarn over the inter
ests of a secular state in the hands
of the ecclesiastics."-
NAVIGABLE 01VERI
President Objects ta Ccnstructisn
cf Dams.
STATE INTERESTS CLACII
The Bill Proposes to Authorize the
Benton Water Company to Con
struct a Dam Across the Snake
River in State of Washington. .
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The
objection of the President to the
construction of dams across the na
vigable rivers by private interests,
except when public interest is fully
guaranteed, figured in the consider
ation of a House bill in the Senate
today. The bill proposes to author
ize the Benton Water Company to
construct a dam across the Snake
river in the. State of Washington.
When, the measure was taken up
Senator Frye called the attention of
the Senate to the President's state
ment that he would veto objection-'
able legislation giving water rights
to private parties. The bill was
champoned. by Piles and Ankeny,
and opposed by Heyburn on the
ground that Idaho is immensely in
terested in the navigation of the
river, which he said would be jeop
ardized by allowing a private corpor
ation to construct a dam across it
for gain. Borah offered an amend
ment to the bill providing for the
free navigation of the river and with
the adoption of that amendment he
said he would vote for if Amid the
clashing of State interests Heyburn
suggested the absence of a quorum
and the discussion was ended for
the day.
POPULIST CONVENTION.
ST. LOUIS, March 30.-In re
sponse to a call issued on December
2 by Chairman James H. ' Ferris of
the People's Party national commit
tee, the Populist convention will be
held here on April 2 in the Olympic
theatre, for the purpose of nominat
ing candidate for president and vice
president of the United States and
transacting such other business a3
may . come before the convention.
Chairman Jay W. Forrest of the Na
tional Provisional Committee said
yesterday: "There will be 1100 dele-
gates in the convention, all of wh:-i :
are instructed to vote for Thomas I,.
Watson of Georgia for prctider.t. c c
cept the Nebraska delegates cf Z?
who are instructed for Cry?.:! r t
the Alabama delegation whs fj-, '
former Congressman M. W. Ifi.v.i ',
today for the C-jiatc oi 1: ;: i
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