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'Fair tonight;-poMibly light froat
tonight; north to cast wind.
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actlf.nlly-MQ-DaMbt That Thl
(VlllrB'Recommendet:--byr
Port of Portland tp War
Department.
FOUR OPENLY FAVOR
BUILDING OF BRIDGE
One la Noncommittal" and Two Are
-; Opposed Bascule Style Not Con
aidercd Available and It la Thought
- Lines lAay Come in In Manner
Chosen hy Their Engineers. -
Tha Port of Portland commission win
' make recommendations to the seoratitry
of war (avortns; tha (ranting of permU'
r slon, for a rsllfoad bridge across the
Wills tntts r1vr at th drydork sit.
,Wo other conclusion -ean reasonably tea
drawn after careful Inquiry And weigh-
Ing of tha statements that -have been
prlrately made by some of the members.
. The commission will have a regular
meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 o clock,
"rand" "1t Is thought the long-discussed
' - question will be taken up and ' finally
- disposed of at this session.
.-- Most of tha members are non-commlt-r
tal aa to the vote they will cast on the
. bridge question. x It is known that three
-"- members openly- eohcede that' thT)ro?
: posed bridge would not be a serious
. hindrance to navigation and that the
railroad engineers hare selected ' the
" most feasible site and type of bridge.
""""They "wtl! voter -for'Tecommondatrons to
the secretary of . war ,, favoring tbe
bridge. '
i Two members are said to be positlve
. ,:ly hostile tu any form of bridge across
' the Willamette river between Portland
' and the sea. Two1 other members are
In favor of bringing the- railroads by
eejhasevef tnVtWWds'p'pear to them tote
, most feasible, and. assert that they are
not opposed to a bridge. The question
of type of bridge haa been pretty thor
; oughly threshed out and the prevall
- Ing opinion is that a swing draw span Is
snore desirable . for this port - than . a
( bascule bridge. 7 , .
" "tet Them Ib," aya WfUla.
" -' ''t i m not opposedto a bridge "across
. the Willamette river.' I favor bringing
the railroads in by ilhe miL t easlbia
method." said P. I Willis. "I have
", not committed myself In any way to
"' either aide. So far as I know the whole
commission may vote to favor . the
' bridge desired by the railroad com
panies.' There has been no vote taken
' In the commission that would show the
t ody opposed -to. a bridge. -
There hive been questions discussed
ttArltiaF hri1riliAr rnnflfTniT'k t wtui
. of bridge. A committee - composed -of
. two members of the commission A. L.
Pease and Joha liiscoll accompanied
by our engineer, Mr. Lockwood, visited
' cnicago , and otbsr cltlea east and in
. veatlgated the bascule bridge. On their
return they submitted two reports. One
report, signed by Mr. Pease, favored the
bascule type. Another report, signed
by Mr. Lock wood and Mr. Orlscoll, was
r la favor of tha awing draw,
Mr. Wills said ha did not Intend to ln-
dlcate In any way what hla vote would
be until the time eomea to vote. He
- waa determined to keep himself clear to
vote aa he believed would be for the
bast Interests of ths public "
' Aiaaworth Said to Be for.
J. C.-Alnsworth, who Is expected to
return home tomorrow morning from
California, la aald to favor granting tha
bridge dnslred by the railroad engineers.
- C, F. Adams, who formerly favored the
bascule type t bridge, haa been oon
: vlnced by the reports made by the In
v vestigatlng committee that the awing
draw la the most desirable for this port
Ha will vote In favor of granting the
' privilege asked by the railroad com-
. ftanlee. W. it Wheelwright, the newly
: appointed member of the commission,
refused to make any statement of hla
position other than that set out In the
recommendations of, the navigation
committee of the chamber of commerce.
. He said:
' "I have not yet qualified as a mem
ber of the commission I have abso
lutely nothing to say."
Y Asked if it waa hla Intention to
qualify tomorrow, he said;
, "I am not saying anything."
i . Messrs. Driscoll and -Thomas are aald
to be In favor -of the brldae recom-
meftded by the railroad engineers. They
have not made any publto atatement aa
to their Intentions, but It is said by
their friends that they will favor tha
bridge asked for.
aught Vaaa Qmeettoa oa. .-
"The most that tha eommlsslon would
do. In my Judgment, along any tins hos-
tile to ths proposed bridge,- would be
-"to refuse to make any recommendation.
and thua paaa the whole queatlon up to
- - tContlnned on Page Twelve.
I0HN D. ROCKEFELLER SCORED
AT HIS OWN PET UNIVERSITY
- tJeeraal Spsrial Kentee.) ' "
' Chicago, March 7. John D. Rocke
feller was scored as a promoter f cor
porate evil by Andrew Cook In an ad
dreaa to ths students at the fniverslty
ef Chicago. The bold attack-on the
founder of the university, , who haa
given millions of dollars to It, reused
general surprise and dlscusalon on the
Midway.
"Publicity will cure many avUa ef tha
Municipal Ownership and Labor
Union Candidate, Elected by
Fifteen Votes Over John
Riplinger.'
CLOSEST ELECTION IN
HISTORY OF THE CITY
'Or
Eleven Cotmcilmen Ont of " Thirteen
Elected by Republicans None of
the" New Partita' Men Were on
.Elcctlon. JBoards or Out Soliciting
Votes at the Polls. - -
- (Joarnal Special Berries.
Seattle, Wash., March 7. In the
Closest-, election aver held In Seattle
William Hickman Moore, municipal
ownership candidate, waa elected mayor
of Seattle yesterday by a majority of
It votes over John Riplinger- : It will
take the omclal count to determine the
exact vote and a recount Is certain. Out
of It councilman It Republicans were
probably elected.. '
' Until a late hour thla morning It waa
supposed"- that' Riplinger had been
elected by a small margin. -The strength
of the municipal ownership labor union
candidate caused "great surprise. This
In the first attempt of the-4abnrnn torts
to participate In politics and the splen
did showing made Is such aa to encour
age them so- that Hereafter the labor
union party will be a factor In municipal
Oemoorata XelpaeV'
There-was np Democratic ticket
named but - the - municipal - ownership
laoor union candidate was Indorsed by
the Democrats and received the full
Democratic vote. Moore had the united
support of the press of tha cltji wlth-tb
exceptton or the News, the Post-Intelll
gencer having bolted RJpllnger'a nomi
nation.
Moore ran heaviest In the down town
and factory districts and ran well In
the hill districts, where Riplinger waa
unmerctruiiy cut. In trie suburban dis
trict Riplinger ran even with his ticket.
Tha election passed off quietly antf
there-were no -dietuebanoea-exoept In
rne nrst ward, where an attempt was
made joarhallengeraf rora polling
pj&cea. - 4
Majority Za rifteem.
. The official count given out by the
controller's office at noon today waa
Moore 8,490 and Riplinger 8.475. . Thla la
the complete official returns. All the
remainder of tha Republican ticket was
I """leu, Wl
elected with the exception of two coun-
ware badl defealed by
their opponenta on the Municipal Owner-
nip ticket. ... .
The election of Moore came as a sur
prise to the Republicans this morning.
When the polls closed last night Moore's
strongest supporters admitted that he
had no chance. The voting waa heavy
and tha Republicans got out every vote.
Not a single representative of .the Mu
nicipal Ownership party was on sn elec
tion .board or - at. the - polls .soliciting
votes. It waa thought to be useless, as
they admitted defeat waa certain.
-Calf ed the Ticket.
But the Republicans threw off party
tlea for some reason that politicians ara
trying hard to figure out and voted for
Moore, , Moore defeated Riplinger in the
hitter's home precinct The Seventh
ward, the strongest Republican ward In
the city-where -no Republican haa.erer
before In the history .of tha city failed
to get a large majority, turned down
Riplinger.
- - $30,000 Ooea Begging.
Thirty thousand dollars waa posted
In Seattle hotels, cigar atands and sa
loons tha night before the election at
odds of 4 to 1 on Riplinger. No Moore
money could be found. Tha fact that
the administration haa held up the Mil
waukee railroad's application for a
franchise and ' led that road to make
preparations to use Tacoma aa their
terminal for construction work led
many business men to vote against Rip
linger. " ' ' Billboard Oasapalg-a.
Riplinger at the present time Is city
controller and has-been for two term a
In his campaign he haa not had tha sup
port of tha Republican newspaper of the
city.
Although It haa not attacked him It
haa declared that hla connections with
the political . bosses of the restricted
district msde him an undesirable can
didate. Deprived of newspaper s tip port,
Riplinger conducted a billboard cam
paign that cost several -thousand dol
lars. William Hickman Moore, who will
auoceed R. A. Bellinger, 4a at tha pres
ent time a member of the atate senate.
During tha free silver daya he held of
fice as Judge of tha eupertor court for
one terrar--, -- ..-;. -.- ; .-. r-
Rockefeller system," said Cook.' , "If
John D. Rockefeller would tell the peo
ple Just how much of the enterprises Is
water and how 'much represents real
value, people would have nothing to do
with those companies."
After explaining the proceee of form
ing a corporation and the method by
lch It does business, 'ook pointed
out some of tha abuses oft the "system"
and scored the practice) of watering
stock. ' V
pORTEAimr-OREGONr-WEDNESDAY EVENINOr - MARCH
3 OM
5f"
g V'.' -'-Or.
LIVED EIGHT
UPON A
'"'". ..... . - .
Twq Loggers, Lost in Wilds of
Washington, Eat Half-Fam
' ished Stiray Canine.' .
CAUdHT INA BLIZZARD
; THEY LOSE THEIR WAY
Shoot Doe - Rather Than Starve
r Themselves and Reach Shelter So
Weak From Hunger J That They
. Were Scarcely Able to Walk'
,- '; X T'"':.''
(Iseclai Plipateh to Tke Jearoal.)
Vancouver, Waah March 7. Weak
and emaciated from starvation and ex
posure. Andrew Olson and Pater Zim
merman, two loggera employed in a log
ging camp, near Tacolt. who lost their
way In a bllxzard. wandered In the wil-
dernesarorerghTgyarwxiatinraolety
upon the flesh of a half famished dog
which cams to thera for protection dur
ing tha storm, and whloh they were
compelled to sacrifice In order to pre
serve tneir own lives.
.Olson and Zimmerman atarted two
weeks ago to visit timber claims they
Intended to purchaae near Bell moun
tain. ' They reached the clatma . and
spent two daya there. Aa they were
aboutt0 :.atart on thelr return Journey
snow began to falI77 The wind Increased
Into a gale,, driving the anow ao that
It cut Ilka a knife. For two daya the
bllxsard lasted, and when the storm sub
sided all roads were covered deep with
anow. Not having counted upon the
storm -the loggers had but a amall sup
ply of food with them, and when the
storm waa over thla was exhausted.
" Losing thetr wsy, tha two men for
eight days wandered from place to plaoe
unable to find a sign of human habita
tion. The second day out ths last of
the food wss eaten, and for two days the
men had nothing to eat On the third
day a stray dog. half starved, gaunt and
hungry, - ran up to the famished men
wagging his ' tall Joyfully at having
found friends and asking as plainly aa
a dumb animal could ask for food.
Rather than starve., themselves, Tfha
loggers shot the dog and cooked ' the
meat On this food they lived four
days. The following two days were the
worst of the trip. At tha end of the
eighth day they reached a crossroads
store north of La Center, both ao weak
from hunger and exhausted from ex
posure that they were scarcely able to
walk. '
ROYAL BETROTHAL IS "
PRECEDED BY BAPTISM
(Journal flmdal Berrlee.) '
Madrid. March 7. Prlncesa Era waa
baptised today under the name -of Vic
toria Into the Cathollo faith. Dowager
Queen Chiistianla acted aa godmother.
Premier Moret represented the govern
ment - , "
King Edward arrived thla morning
aa a wltn to the ceremony The' re
ception of the princess Into the Cathollo
church preceded the public betrothal.
King Alfonso In the presence of the
dowager and other - members of the
royal family then formally asked the
king for tha hand of the jprlnoeaa.'and
received tbe royal consent f T '
THIRTY-FIVE HORSES
INCINERATED AT FRESNO
tJonraal BpcUI "Service. V """ ' .'
Freano.. Cel., March 7. Thirty-five
young draught horses were burned to
death In a flre '"blch destroyed tha
atabla of the Fresno City hay market
at 4 o'clock thla morning. Two em
ployes barely escaped, wtth thetr lives
by Jumping. Three hundred tons of
hay were destroyed. The loss la $18,
00. ,
FOREST RANGER TRIED "
. FOR PADDING ACCOUNT
(Joeraal RpecUl M lies.) '
Lo Angelea,'Cal.. March T. Everett
B. Thomas waa placed on trial thla
rooming In the federal court charged
with, fraud as supervisor ef the Saa
Oshrlel f arret reserve, with padding hie
expense account.
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J, Supreme Justice Thomas O. Halle y; 2, Goreraor George E. Chamber
Iain;! 3, ; Mayor'. Harry Lane; 4, C harlea V. Galloway, McMinnville; 5,
; James H. Graham, Baker City, Oregon. ,f ''':
n PTHC TO- r MZM f UADCAO
llJlllls I llll 11 i-il U ll-linTMIIsT-T llll II ! wag taken tu a
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CORPUS
If M oyer, Haywood and Others
leasedySumeoart -
" . - rested on Cran d
(BBeeisI Dispatch te The Joorstl.)
Boise, Ids., March 7. No striking de
velopments occurred In the Steunenberg
murder cases todaj . Attorneys, Hawley
for the nrosecutlon and Miller, for the
defense were tbe only prominent per
sons connected with the cases to go to
Caldwell thla morning.
It is believed that all the 11 Indict
ments returned by the grand Jury yes
terday are agalnat members of the
Western Federation of Miners. .Service
of the warrants la withheld until after
a decision la made in the habeas cor
pus cases by the supreme court next
Friday. s
Should tha court grant tba releases of
the prisoners under writs the men will
be Immediately rearrested On bench war
rants baaed on the Indictments.
Tha grand Jury today la Investigating.
ILLINOIS OPERATORS
REFUSE CONCESSIONS
. tioaraai Rpeetal Serrlee.r
Chicago, March 7. The IlUnola coal
operatora held a meeting In thla city
to consider tbe miners' demands today. It
la stated that there was a unanimous
agreement that no further concessions
would be made. "
NICKEL IN THE SLOT, i
SALOON FOR CHICAGO
' . r .'.,...',
(Jesmal Special gerrlee.)
Columbus, Ohio, March 7. Chicago
will enjoy ths advantages of an auto
matic saloon when tbe plana f.. Charles
Albert of Cincinnati are carried out -He
haa Invented one where drinks may be
obtained by dropping a ehlp into a alot.
rj am going to Install these saloons fa
Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus," said
tba Inventor rTba social feature will
not be eliminated, aa there will be coun
ters aa In a regular saloon. Different
DRANK MUCILAGE
: FASTENING HIS
(Joaraal BeeeUl asrvk.)
Shamokln, Pa, March 7.-A ft er quarrel
ing With hla wife, Alfred DeLong picked
up a bottle ha believed contained pot
een arvl drank It to commit suicide. The
bottle did not contain poison but liquid
muellWge, which fastened Ma Jawa to-
getherVao tightly the doctara had a hard
- 7 190e.FOURTEEN-PAGESr
EM O ClOTI C LEAD
Accused as Dynamiters Are Re-
Friday - They - WilhBr Rs
Jury's Charges.
the condition of the accounts of off!
cers of Canyon eounty.
In court this morning Attorney Miller
formally withdrew hla appearance fn
Harry Orchard.
Millera withdrawal waa at Orchard's
request - Orchard, after reading aa un
friendly statement alleged to have been
made by Miller In the newspapers, sent
him aTTiote asking him to withdraw as
his attorney. Miller denied the offen
sive statements - imputed to him, but
Orchard Insisted on hla withdrawal
nevertheless.
Moyer, Pettlbone. Haywood and all
the officials acoused tn connection with
the dynamite plots are confident that
they will be released Friday. It Is said
that they do not know of the action of
the grand Jury which la likely to keep
them In prison sven should the supreme
court find favorably to them.
sections will be given up to different
kinds of drinks. -
"I. aim It aa a blow to the treating
system., It will lessen tbe evil, as It
will not' bs aa embarrassing to drop your
ehlp Into a slot and get your beer as It
Is to order your drink at tha bar without
asking friends, to Join you." . .
SCHOFIELD IS BURIED
WITH MILITARY HONORS
(Joaraal "serial Bargee.)
Washington. March l.m general JkU
RrhnflftM waa buried thla afternoon with I
full military honors. The president and f
the-hlghest governmental officials par
ticipated In the services. .
CONCILIATORY STAND v
. TAKEN BY GERMANY
sfonTRat,V 9prtsl Stiflcv. )
Berlin. March : 7. The foreign office
states - that conciliatory - Instructions
have been sent - -to 0rnaa- repreeenta
tivea at A 1 (reel ras which It Is expected
wilt facilitate tha agreement,
FOR POISON,
JAWS TOGETHER
time in earing him from smothering- te
death. ' . i".'- ,
When his wife discovered what waa
wrong with htm and that he would not
die, she laughed heartily over hla pre
dicament Thla added to the man's an
ger. He. wss unable to reply as his
tongue clung tenaciously to ths roof of
his mouth. The couple later became rec
onciled, i ...... '
PROCEEDINGS
- Was
juirw Txrr
JXR3
SCIIWABREPORTED
OH DEATH BED
Steel Magnate Hurrying to New
York on - Special Car T
From California. -
NOT EXPECTEDTO'
LIVE THROUGH DAY
rWhfle John W. Gate Denie Rumor,
. Official of Rock Island Road Says
Condition of Iron King on Leaving
ELPaao Waa of Alarming Nature.
' ' (Jesraal Rperiel arvfe.) - -Chicago,
March 7. Rumors la U
Salle street this morning atate that tha
illness of Charles M? Schwab is alarm
ing and that he la likely to die. Gates"
of nee announced a telegram -from John
W. Gates denying the rumors.
ttvOS--AfigWesBa.furaay
and left there Monday so Ul that he
had to be carried to his rral
Passenger TrafllOv Manager John ' Se
bastian of the Rock Island . railroad
wired the local officials of his system
this afternoon that the latest report he
had of Schwab waa that the ateel mag
nate waa very low on leaving El Paso
and was not expected to live through
the day Noadvlcesto Jthtftect-Jthat
Schwab waa dead had been received.
Accompanying Schwab 1s a party of
II "persons traveling In a private car.
In the party are Dr. R. M. Ward, C. IX
Gouldln. John Oleaaoa, Donald Gill Is,
John McKane, P. A. Mamer, W. R.
Wharton, James Montgomery snd C. D.
Whltmore. Mr. Schwab Intended going
to Mexico, but on account of hla illness
hurried on .Jo New York over the Rock
Ulan""-""
Mr. Schwab la 44 yea re old and was
elected president of the steel trust when
!, serving two years. He broke down
under the strain and on hie recovery
purchaaed , the Bethlehem Steel works,
which he still controls. He Is also
heavily Interested In the Tonopah mines
and Is a director In more than 40 large
corporations, most of them - connected
with. tha Iron Industry ofwhlclJe Is
an acknowledged master. :
TO MAKE PUBLIC PAY
FOR MINERS' INCREASE
fjomraal Special gerviee.)
New Tork. March 7. The subcom
mittee of the anthracite operatora la
considering the demands of the miners.
It Is likely that It will end Its Work
before the end of the week. - It is un
derstood that the subcommittee, com
posed of railroad presidents Baer and
Wilcox, haa full power. The action Is
problematical, bat It la practically cer
tain that the operatora will flatly reject
the demand for full recognition ef the
union and the demand for institution of
the -check-off" system in tha anthracite
region, rtTs likely that they will
granTl Uieilemsn Jlot an increase ia
wiim and meet the Increase with a
highe
r price for eoai.
DISPLAY RELICS OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
(Jeanwl fwlal gervke.)'
- Philadelphia, March 7. In eommem
eratlon of - tha bicentennial of Benjamin
Franklin an extensive loan exhibition of
Franklin reltca collected from air parte
of -tha -world waa opened .today- in- the
Masonic Tsmpla In tbta city. The ex
hibition, which will continue for. more
than a month, la held under tha aus
pices of the grand lodge of Masons, in
appreciation of the services which
Franklin . had . done., for Masonry , in
America..' .-
SHONTS INTIMATES HE
WOULD QUIT RAILROAD
(yearael Special gervlee.)
-Washington, D. C, March 7. Before
the Isthmian canal commission Chair
man Theodore P. Shonta .intimated that
he waa ready to sever his connection
with the Clover Leaf railroad If it was
demanded of him, but he ttecllne,! to
take his famllv to the Isthmus. He
rinsed bV U-" con-'eas to-.deri
upon it, it,i 1 U i i cor' -
W . . a.
fTFKrr e- MAnre ai
Session : Opens This Afternoon -ilnstead
of This Morning Be. .
cause Late Trains D :--
. i . - lay Delegates V 7"'
COMING CAMPAIGN IS :
. .. .1 EAGERLY DISCUSSED
One -Voice - aa to the Head of -the --Ticket,
Chamberlain Session
' Marks the Formal Opening of tha
8trnggle-for Offices Widifat-th
Gift of the State's Electors.--- '.
Representative Democrats from averr
part of Oregon ' gathered In Portland
today for the atate assembly which ta r
in progrees at fllbernla hall. Sooraa
of Democrats who have figured m many
a hard-fougbt political battle, men ;
whom the people have honored by elee-1
tion to high office and men who have) '
gallantly led the forlorn hope of a hope- '
less Minority agalnat overwhelming Re- """
publican majorities, were present to
participate In tbe proceedings which "
open the party's campaign. -
Ten o'clock was the hour originally ;
fixed for the assembly to eonvenev but ! .'
owing to a delay in tha arrival of some
ef the morning trains an adjournment
waa taken until 1:30 o'clock thla after- ...
noon, when the delegatea entered upon
the work for whloh they had gathered.
Alexander Bweek, chairman of tha Dem- '
ocratlo atate central committee, called '
the aaaemblage to order thla morning
and auggested that owing, to the nbn
arrival of a number f delegate from -'-
Umatilla . and other eastern Oregon
counties, It" would be well to adjourn " '
until afternoon. Judge J. O. Booth of
Josephine county moved a recess until ,
1 O'clock and Frederick V. Holman p-- K . ;
posed aa an amendment that the hour
be fixed at 1:10. The amendment was
accepted and the assembly adjourned
until after, lunch. . .. ,
' Chat ef the Caanpalg-a.
In knota of twos and threea tha as
sembled Democrats discussed the proa- -pects
of the coming campaign. Interest
naturallv centered ehleflv In tha Mn- '
'tLCiaa.cr tl , ooTernoTctiainleiaMii eod
oonf lden - predict loaae-f - hla -reelection-were
heard on every hand. That ha
for tha party la unanimous la hla sup
port :. -" ....
"Governor Chamberlain's prospects of
reelection are very good, aald ex -State
Senator W. E. Wehrung. "There Is no
opposition to htm In the party and he
is stronger now than he was four yeara
ago. In my opinion Wlthycombo will
ha the Bepiihllran nomine
not defeat Chamberlain. '' Johns haa been,
making a campaign in the Willamette .
valley and In southern Oregon but there
Is no enthusiasm for him.'
Qeorge Chamberlain will be the next ,
governor." said State Senator Walter M.
Pierce, "Where-le the Republican who ,
can best hlmT" and half , a dosen listen
ers from as many different sections of
the atate gave hearty assent
. . OaUoway Spokes of. : ' -
There was much discussion as to tha
congressional contests, especially aa to
the First district Charles V. Galloway '
of Tamhill county will In all probability
be tbe nominee, and despite tha heavy
normal Republican majority In tha dis
trict predictions were made that ha
might be elected. Tbe etruggle for tha
Republican, nomination has become so
bitter that it ta doubtful whether any
one of the three contestants could com
mand, if lomlnated, - tha entire party
atrength. - . ,
- Among the out-of-town Democrat a .
present at the proceedings Is Paul JBmat '
of Marion county, candidate for tha
Democratic nomination for atate treaa- " ""
urer and the probable nominee. 8 mat ,
la making hla cam pa an en the plat
form that it nominated and elected, he
wilt turn Into the atate treasury all ln
tereat.on the public funds, taking- no .
compensation himself except tha salary
fla1 by law. Inasmuch as the state
treasurer haa In hla hands aa average
of a million dollars or more, on which
the banks ara aupposed to pay about ...
H per cent interest the taxpayers .
would reap substantial results tf thle 5v.
Intereat ia turned into the atate treas
ury. . -
"A Democrat haa not had much chance
trf- electton In recent cam palms, salf"""
Mr. Sroat with a amlla, "but my plat
form ought to appeal to tbe voters.
Tou .can't ten where the lightning wilt
atrika thla year."
From Klamath Falls came J. Scott ',
Taylor, editor of the Klamath rail a Ei- . .
prase, a stanch Dernexiret and candidate
for the party'e nomination for aeata
printer. . Hla platform . ta j tersely e-,J
pressed as follows: Flat salary; stata
to own plant; ' wtu eliminate preaent
system of graft .."'
. Some ef tbe Velegwaee. ; ',y
J. A. Burleigh, representative In the
legislature- of l0l. came all tha way
from Wallowa eounty to be preeent et '
the- assembly, - Aa a mamber of , the
legislature Barielgh was one ef the
leaders of the minority in tbe bouse and
hla vehement oratory - waa one of the
features of tbe seseUnv
' W. E. Oatens, OovernoV Chamtr1afne
private aecreury; Oswald Wet state
land agentj C. W. James, superintendent
of the penitentiary, and J. W. Raker,
stats game warden, were among the
Democratic of fli-e-hiilders mil we
present at tbe prwed!n-e. J . .,
llam tJalloway of Vst r i r- '. J ' -e
J. O. Booth of Jo .. . 1 ' I -
man of H""f, i ' r :
I'lerce of p'" . . i- ' -
tor of thi 1 ' . "
Ister, ami i t .
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