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VOL. I. NO. 219.
PORTLAND. OREGON. THTJItSPAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20. 1902.
miCE FIVE CENTS.
GON- DAILY JOUTOAL.aiil
JACK MATTHEWS ,
IS OUT FOR GORE
Has a Scheme to Boost McBride for U.
S Senator at Fulton's Expense
Scott a Candidate for Surer
CLOSING SCENES
SWEEPS OMtftllD
1) ifffi ill 11
kl THE CONVENTION
T It
HOI
The most adroit gam of political du
plicity la being: played In Oregon that aver
Was hatched In the brain of a party
manipulator. The ' Journal ' today was
placed In possession of information af
fording the giving of details, and that
they are facts may be stated with confi
dence in the saying. It Is In perfect
agreement with previous Intimations given
In this paper, which have been in sub
stance: :1 -f
H. W. Scott Is a candidate for the United
States Senate.
United States Senator Mitchell Is ab
solutely pledged to C. W. Fulton for the
succession to Joseph Slmsn.
In addition- it may now truthfully be
aid':
George W. McBride is a candidate for
the office now held by Mr. Simon, with
Walter F. Matthews and others of Influ
ence Ja the Oregon Republican party en
gineering the deal for the ex-Senator
from St. Helens.
INTRICACIES OF THE SCHEME..
In the first place. Senator Mitchell Is
faithful to State Senator Fulton, and is
honestly giving his support to the Astoria
statesman. To do thin. Mitchell pledged
himself at the hist session of the I .uifi- !
lutiiie In 11)01.
It will be remembered that The Jour
nal told the story last May of the atti
tude of Walter Matthews. state Republic
an ettatrmiTOi Howtatr.' Vulu, when J
he said In the presence of a Journal re
porter:
"Multnomah County will never support
C. W. Fulton for the United States Sen
ate." The developments which have come Into
the possession of '1 ue Journal warrant the
belief that Mr. Matthews meant what he
said, in ho far as he can influence the
Multnomah County delegation.
M'BRIDE 18 HIS CANDIDATE.
Mr. Matthews proposes to efcet George
W. McBride to the Senate. If he can. Mc
Bride was formerly secretary of state,
and was elected in 1895 to the United
States Senate to succeed the late j". N.
Dolph. after the celebrated session of the
Legislature wherein the Dolph forces
fought so long and hard to elect their
man. . McBride was dereated for re-elec-
t ton in 1991 being unable to rally enough
: support,, and finally throwing his strength
to Mr. Mitchell, who waa .Uecfef aful pf
Winning the valuable political prise.
Art a resultant of that election, and
:;,rpwinXAut frora tjhg, incident McBiAif'.
throwing his sirenKth to Mitchell. omes
the game of duplicity now being played by
the astute Wulter F. Matthews, commonly
known as "Jack."
MilRIDE EXACT KD FROM MITCHELL.
Prior to the election of Mitchell In 1SU1,
McBride, then the incumbent, was hopeful
of winning re-election. He came to the
Legislature only to learn that he could
not rally enough strength to gain the
fight. However, he had a few frlnnds who
were sufficiently loyal to him to enable
him to use them in exacting promises
from Mr. Mitchell, which were:
Mitchell was to secure the appointment
Of ack Matthews as United States Mar
shal. Mitchell was to secure the reappolnt-
ment of I. R. Patterson as Collector of I
Customs at the Port of Portland. j standing. As a matter of facf. no one
Both of these, appointments were se- ' acquainted with the situation wlll d&ubt
cured by Mitchell, to the gratification of tnat ""V nd Matthews are together on
McBride; Of course, both are now In -of- deal tnat mav be eoln on-
flee, and both are warm supporters of The two hold frequent conferences now
McBride. adays.
Mr. Matthews has often remarked that j ONLY ONE MAY BE ELECTED,
he owes his appointment as I'nilcd States i Only one man may be elected Senator,
marshal to McBride. rather than 'to Mitch- Which will it be? Scott or McBride?
ell. Inasmuch as Mltohell was a mere per- j That is. which will be elected, if the ob
functory element in the matter, merely ; vious plana of Matthews and Carey real-
can-led out the promise he made to Mc
Bride upon the latter's demand prior to
Mitchell's election to the Senate in 1901.
Mitchell looked upon the two appoint
ments in the light of a personal favor to
McBride. but Matthews and Patterson
drew their strength from McBride and
tfiei'eToe"bWne?giait"o' tiara for meir
favors.
MULE STRIKE WON
IN INDIANA MINES
The Miners Refused to Work Until the
Animals Were Properly Cared
for and Fed
WASHINGTON. Ind., Nov. 20. Xha mule strike ended today at the Mont
gomery mines, the strikers having won their point. They quit work yesterday,
demanding that the company give better treatment to the mules employed by it
for draught purposes. These animals were neither fed nor cared for properly and
the men declared they would not resume work until these conditions had been
bettered,. This morning 'members of the corporation entered a 'written agreement
that tfiey would feciJ "arid waterfhe-m ulesppgTilrlj'nigi-ve them hehest of care.
After witnessing the signatures to the document the strikers went back to work.
The mules have won their Strike, which was carried out "through sympathy by
their drivers and the men who load the cars.
A TOWER OF STRENGTH.
Three hundred and thirty-one million
dollars is a very large sum of money.
That represents the assets of the Equit
able Life. Its surplus to policyholders is
more than seventy-one million dollars.
No "Other" tire" insurance company can
compare with the Equitable la financial
strength and yet Its rates are no higher
than those charged by other companies.
In financial centers and among men of
affairs generally the Equitable Life- al
ways receives preference. I Samuel,
manager, 306 Oregonlan Building, Port
land, Oregon.
CABINET IS RICKETY.
LTSBON, Nor. 80. It la officially an
nounced that on the return of the King
Uk ea bluet wUl resign.
It is now in order to bring the story
down to the present year. When the forces
were being aligned for the campaign. ,
Matthews was desirous of returning the
kindnesses of McBride, and also, by secur
ing the latter's election to the United
States Senate, pUtQe himself in a position
of greater power, because he would nat
urally be the one man in Oregon who
would be close to the Senator. He re
alized that be must have the influence of
the Morning Oregonlan,. if he was to win
the fight in the primaries here against
Mr. Simon and his friends. Hence, he set
about systematically to win the good will
of II. W. Scott He was able to do this,
through numerous friends, among them
Henry McGinn.
It should be said here, parenthetically,
that McGinn Is sincere in his devotion to
Mr. Scott, and gives proof of the allega
tion by harboring suspicions of Matthews
of late through fear that the latter is
not "toting fair" with the great editor.
Matthews has been able untl lately to
keep McGinn confident that Matthews is
loyal to the agreement that was made,
which wa tha Scott was to be elected
to the United States Senate.
This Mr. Scott consented to, and
aligned his political forces in accordance
therewith. He supported the anti-Simon
forces in the primaries, and had much to
say as to whom should be nominated for
the Legislature.
! M GINN -STOOD BY MATTHEWS.
Whenever Scott has become angry at
Matthews, McGinn has been there to al
lay the feelings of the editor. In good
faith, too, believing .that he was doing
good service to Scott in engendering con
fidence towards Matthews.
So far as McGinn, Matthews and Scott
were concerned, everything was to be sub
verted to the securing of support for Mr.
Scott for the Senate.
CAREY WAS TURNED DOWN.
Judge Charles Carey Wanted the nomi
nation for governor. Scott would not
hear to any plan for the nomination of
any Multnomah County man, excepting
his nephew, W. 8. Duniway, for state
printer, which Scott tried to accomplish,
personally soliciting votes for Duniway.
Thj) ambition of. .Judge Carey, to be gov
ernor was throttled, subordinated to the
Scott ambition, and hence Judge Carey
"has since that time- refused to be a party
to the plan for the election of Scott to
J jtha Senate.
1 . ... ... .1 . 1 1. .1.1. . ..
upon the election of Scott. It Is pretty
"well understood that Carey desires the
election of ex-Senator George W. McBride
to suoceed Mr. Simon.
MATTHEWS AND. CAREY UNDER
STAND EACH OTHER.
The well known close relations between
Matthews and Carey, personally and po
litically, a relationship of many years'
standing, is apparently not Jarred by the
McBride candidacy favored by Carey and
the Scott candidacy, ostensibly favored by
Matthews.
As a logical conclusion to the whole
matter, with Matthews pretending to push
Scott for Senator, and Carey really push
ing McBride for the same office, it looks
as 'ho"8h there were a complete under
ire
Is Matthews going to be loyal to Scott,
who in past years dealt out to him only
warm excoriation and vitriolic objurga
tions? Or Is lie' going to be loyal to Mo
Bride, who has always been his friend,
and to whom ha owes his present federal
iperrtst,"ias- we' as hts staTtding m the
Republican party of Oregon ?" -
ALL BOUND OVER.
F. A. Mullen, for stealing pipes, Fred
Reed, for the larceny of some billiard
balls. Robert Wolf and Edward Jackson,
forsteallng clotheswere all bound over
to the Circuit Court yesterday, on the
waiving of examination. The bond of
each was fixed at U.000 by Jud- Hogue.
QUICK BUT LONG SENTENCE.
LANSING, Mich., Nov. 20. AtMeno
mlnee yesterday one of the most cele
brated murder trials in the history of
Michigan came to -an nd in 20 minutes.
Joseph Bock confessed the crime of kill
ing 10-year-old Julia Wisenlck and. was
sentenced to Imprisonment for life ,
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IRRiqWlON J EXPERT OffK
AR. CHASE W tm
AiPAPER jl
flllF v. MR DAVJ Jad (JaILiI
niiiianvi . - - - - a is
Advocates of Irrigation Wind Up Their
Business and Depart Well Pleased.
Skits on the Members;
A permanent Irrigation association, with
an elected set of officers and adopted by
laws Is the direct result of the convention
which has been 'in' progress in this clyt
(or the past two days. - Long addresses
were heard, but th's did not prevent the
object of the convention being attained.
The many delegates who left for their
homes last night expressed themselves as
being well satisfied with the result. At
times there was an uncomfortable feeling
among the delegates that a storm was
brewing, but this soon passed away as the
storm failed to materialize. ,
CLOSING SESSION.
Yesterday afternoon's session was de
voted partly to speechmaklng. but tha
greater art of the time was consumed in
concluding the business of the convention.
The meeting was called to order at 2:15
o'clock by President Devers by introduc
ing Oov. Cot. who delivered a shovt ad
dress. In which he said that the Oregon
law supplementing tha Carey act was de
fective. By-laws were adopted, a second
vice-president elected and various com
mittees appointed. Descriptions of suita
ble locations for irrigation projects in tha
various counties were heard and' resolu
tions providing for the next meeting of
the- Oregon Irrigation Association, to be
beld the first Monday of June at Bake
SKETCHED AT THE CONVENTION.
IDEAS
IRRlQATiOfs .
City, and the next annual meeting, the
second Monday of November at Pendle
ton, were adopted. Resolutions commend
ing all Irrigation projecter; the endeavor to
have the 104. convention f the National
Live Stock Association, .la Portland, and
the proposed immigration bureau in Port
land, were also adopted. ,
BY-LAWS WERE ADOPTE7D.
After some corrections, the by-laws, as
presented by Chairman O. L. Miller of the
resolution committee, were adopted. The
by-laws provide that tha object of the
association shall be to advance the gen
eral welfare of the state by fostering and
encouraging Irrigation enterprises. The
dues shall be 1 per year. The president
shall be empowered to appoint an execu
tive Committee of seven, whose duty It
shall be to have general charge of the
affairs of the association in the intervals
between meetings of the association. The
annual meeting shall be held on the sec
ond Monday n November at 14 a. m.
PRESENTATION OF PROJECTS.
Much of the afternoon was devoted to
presentation of projects as to where were
the best places for irrigation, ThJs was
done by representatives of the various
counties with the Jd of . maps. Previous
to the presentation some hot debate waa
OH PRACTICAL.'
Indulged in as to how long each member
was allowed to speak.
Baker County was presented by O. L.
Miller, who brought out the climate, soil,
water supply and good markets of Baker
In a short address. He was followed by
George W. Barnes for Crook. Dal ton
Briggs for Harney. J. 8. Howard for Jack
son, George T. Baldwin for Klamath, W.
R. Ing for Malheur and T. G. Halley for
Umatilla and Morrow.
WANT LIVE STOCK CON MENTION.
The following resolutions, presented by
F. E. Beach of Multnomah, were unani
mously adopted:
Whereas, the Chamber of Commerce and"
Board of Trade are making a vigorous
effort to Induce the National Live Stock
Association to hold its 1904 convention in
Oregon; therefore, be It
Resolved. That this convention unite
i with the aforesaid commercial bodies in
the said effort, and that we heartily sup
plement the Invitation already extended;
and be it further
Resolved. That the president and secre
tary of thia convention furnish aa official
copy of this preamble and resolutions to
the accredited Oregon, delegation to the
v (Continued on Seoasd Page.)
...
Southern Pacific Company Loses $500,000 ia
Buildings and Other Very Valu
able Property
Ferryboats Barely Escape by Being Towed Into
the Bay-Alameda Partly Cut Off From
San Francisco
OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 20.-Tbe Narrow
Qauge mole, was destroyed by Are this
morning durhig a high wind storm, that
made It Impossible for the nreboats or
the land department to accomplish any
thing in the way of combatting the names.
The origin of the fire Is not known, but
the loss is placed at between (400,000 and
u00,00. It was the property of the South
ern Pacine Railroad Company.
Hardly had the Are been discovered
until the tongues of flame,' fanned by the
howling winds, had licked the entire
structure over and gamed a grip that
could not be shaken off. So fast did the
lire spread that ferryboats tied at the
mole had barely time to escape by being
towed out into the bay. Close shaves
j neri' numerous, and It wa thought for
i some time that several of the boats
i would be lost. AH got away, however,
and were taken into deep water out of
reach of the tire, ...
COCLD NOT FIGHT IT.
Fireboata' responded to, the alarm and
played streams on tt oil-soaked and weather-beaten
structure, but it was like
pouring water from a lawn sprinkler.
The great, glowing doom swept over the
buildings, and wltihin a few minutes there
was only a flery framo standing. Soon
this toppled in and in less than an hour
PASSED THE LIE
BUT NOTHING ELSE
NEW OBXEANS. Nov.. M.-The report
of thtr contrnttt fcpiWUtte
the charges brought against President
Gotnpera waa unaMraously adopted this
morning. It is a -complete vindication -of
President Shaffer, who, it was alleged,
brought the charge. The report declares
that Shaffer has never impugned the
unionism of Gompers. There had been
trouble between Shall or and Gompers of
a personal nature, but nothing had been
said by either that was a reflection upon
the official conduct of the other. How
ever, che men had become very heated
In their altercation and had alluded to
one another as Hare. The resolutions
and the report of the committee required
17 closely typewritten pages.
After' disposing 'of the Gompers mat
ter the resolutions committee reported
on the various socialistic resolutions that
had been submitted. The substance of
this report Is that labor unionism is all
that Is necessary or possible for the well
be In K of humanity or the betterment of
mankind. It Is not within the power of
the Federation to dictate to its members
what political ticket they shall vote or
to which party they shall belong.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Delegate Hayes, of Cleveland, offered a
ill TS
Oil THE RJklt
Under a Hot Fire Before
the Commission
SCRANTON Pa., Nov. 20. Notwith
standing that a-great deal of the time of
the last five days has been devoted to
an attempt to prove the Miner's Union
is Irresponsible and that the operators
cannot place dependence upon it, the
counsel for the latter will Insist that it
Is no part of the business of the present
strike settlement commission to recognize
that union as a body. They will contend
that the commission has no right to ad
mit the union as a party to the discus
sion. This morning the Rev. Roberts waa
again called to the stand, the principal
part of his evidence being directed toward
proving that the home life of the miners
could be greatly bettered by additional
Vages. , He was questioned at length by
tlip attorneys for both' sides.
Counsel Wolverton gave the minister a
bad forenoon. He, read extracts from
several books and magazine articles writ
ten by Roberts in which the latter had
said the Anglo-Saxons slugged scabs and
the foreigners knew how to handle knives
and revolvers. Another expression waa
that the Slav was In the majority among
the strikers and had little respect either
for person or for property
Another magazine article- whteh, al-1
though unsigned, waa alleged to have
been written by Roberta, was introduced.
It declared the brutal actions of strik
ers and that the scenes during the strike
were terrifying and revolting.
To this Rev. . Roberta replied that there
4n reality rauchviolence dnrtngheieallelTaserW "ThaTof XellTe Corcoran ti;f"
strike. This was 0 lamentable, he said.
but could not be laid at- the doorfe of the
anions. He would nelther afflrm nor deny
authorship of the anonyiaoua. magazine
article.'' ..-....-......-
Vigorous cross-examination participated
la by every attorney for uu opera tare
failed to bring out anything new.
only ashes and cinders and huge chunks- .
of warped and ruined iron remained.
Fifty passenger coaches, some of thai .
finest In the service of the company,
were destroyed, and now only their
trucks and a fw blackened bolts ara
left to mark where they stood when th
fire caught. There were several narrow
escapes by persons attempting to save) ,
property.
ALAMEDA CUT OFF. , ,
The buildings had stood for years and ,
were saturated with oil and dry aa tin
di r. No power on earth could have saved ;
them after the lire had burned for 10 .
minutes. It was like a Hush of powder ,V
and the whole mole was a mass of tire. ".
The burning of the narrow-gijuge mola) .
cuts Alamedn off from direct communi
cation with San Francisco, ami ferrlea ;
will have to land lower down in Ofk
land proper. All business will have to
be carried on over the standard-gauga .
line and this will mean a congestion of v
traffic. , No statement has beta given nut
by Southern Pacific officials regarding
rebuilding the mole, but It is believed
It will be reconstructed on a more sub
stantial basis.
The worst wind storm of the season In
raging, andjhe damage to shipping will
be great.
substitute to this report in a resolution f
-tfs-fottoww; -" - 'A"-'Vjp
"Resolved, 'That the convention ad
vises fhe working ppla.to-jprganise,Xoe ...
economic and political power to secure
for labor the equivalent In full of its)
toll, the overthrow of the wage system
and the establishment of an Industrial
co-operative democracy."
This question was vigorously and even
stormlly debated, but no vote waa ;
reached before the noon recess.
GOMPERS IS IT. " 1
The opposition boom for Duncan for ";
the presidency of the Federation of Labor
collapsed this morning with Gompers '
complete vindication. . At noon Duncan
practically withdrew, making it almost '
certain that Gompers will be re-elected -without
opposition.
Just before the recess a representative)
of the New Orleans freight handlers said '
the local court had Issued an Injunction
restraining his union from lio'.dftig anyj
more meetings. ;'''
Gompers, with a livid face, shouted tfll .
disregard the Injunction and meet any
way. The convention wildly applauded
Gompers said he would appoint a special
committee this afternoon to investigate) v
the matter and demand an early bearing -'
of the injunction suit.
HlulTO
ilEET TOnOflROW
Government Acquisition,
of Canal and Locks
The Board of Government Englneeri
that is to examine tue canal and locks;
at Oregon City with reference to thelB
acquisition by the government will meet w
tomorrow morning in the office of Cap
tain Langfltt. Besides Captain LangfltC
the members the board are Major Mil
lis, of Seattle and Lieut. P. J. Johnson, ofl
San Francisco. i
- The board will isltvUl4mette JFalla
and ascertain whethep'the acquisition ot . '
the present canal and locks, or the eon
st ruction of a new canal anu locks by thV
government for the benefit of navigation
would injure manufacturing enterprises
now in operation or contemplated there .
Much of the data has already been pre
pared so it is expected that the session
will not last long. " " -
The canal and locks are now owned bJ
the Portland General Electric Company
who charge tolls for all traffic vatxing ,"
through them. ' . .i
- CAPTAIN 'iANGFITT, IS BACK.
Captain W. C. Langfltt, U. S. Kngln v
eers, has returned from a trip to Seattle .
where he acted as one of the Seattle
Board of Puget Sound anh Lake Washing
ton Water Way Canal. This hoard
was in session for three days and. kas al- , i
ready prepared a report to be sent to
Washington. While in Seattle Captain r
Langfitt was accompanied by hla -r
daughter- who- c-hristeW the-ftew- lights
house tender last Tuesday.
MOTHER COMATOSE GIRL
NEW YORK. NoVt 2-There la a per-
at the J. Hood wrignt Hospital. wu
Mulligan; an Irish girl, blew out the rt
In her room but was found before deain.
Taken to tho- hospital the usual retr
tivea were applied, but without rutt
further than to restore hir puis and
ibvtUe. .For ;.'!! days hf has info li
comatose condition