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For Opportunity has all her
hair on ber forehead; but
when she haa passed, you can
not call her backv She haa no
tuft whereby you can lay
bold on 'her, for she is bald
on the back part of her head,
and never returns Francois
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, RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
THE BILL; prepared by the
transportation committee of
, the chamber of commerce for
railroad regulation in Oregon may not
in all point be the beat that could be
devised, but it haa been carefully pre
; pared, not only to meet the pressing
demands of Oregon shippers but with
' view of meeting successfully the at
tacks that will be made on any such
lTtJLaniisj therefore
entitled to considerable exanvmationT
It proposes the requirement' of suf
ficient cars to be furnished by the
railroads, and reciprocal demurrage
provision which the present terrible
condition - of 'transportation affairs
renders, necessaryf it provides for a
commission to regulate rates and de-;
cide on their reasdnability, and to as
certain the actual value .of the rail
toads; it prohibits. Jree .transportation .
and discrimination; and it makes the
commission appointive by . the gov
ernor, to be confirmed by1 the senate.
These main features, except the last
mentioned, will probably be accepted
as matters of course by those de
manding legislation of this kind. " Jle
ciprocal demurrage is comparatively a
new remedy, but it seems to be a
necessity, and it is believed by able
lawyers that it will stick in the courts.
ratine will toon disap-
l pear under the operation of such a
law. - i,
. A commission appears to be a ne
. cessity, though many people have but
; slender faith in it. But there must be
Some authority especially and con
stantly to execute the law. , A single
commissioner of just the right kind
might do, but the opinion will prob-
ably picTail ; that the" commission
: should consist' of three members, to j
be paid salaries sufficient to secure
, the services of first class men. If the
! law can be upheld and they enforce it
.faithfully, they -will soon' earn their
salaries many times over. The mil
rCons lost in the last two or three
'years would pay a high-priced com
' mission. for a century,
As to how the commission should
be chosen there will be-a difference
of opinion, but The Journal believes
that the suggestion of the chamber of
.commerce transportation committee,
that the governor appoint and have
"the power of arbitrary removal, is a
wise one.- This" will concentrate and
definitely' locate power and responsi
bility. . There is likely to be less poli
tics in a commission so appointed
than in one selected by the legislature.
,The people will know where to look
for results. And both parties will be
pretty careful, "under the primary
nomination law, to nominate trust
worthy men for governor. It is much
easier to do this than to take chances
on electing 90 men of the right stamp,
or even a working majority of both
houses, to the legislature.
If it be objected that the legislature
that passes the law is composed most
ly of Republicans, while the present
governor is a Democrat, let the law
provide that two out of the three
members of the commission shall he
adherents of the party having a ma
jority in the legislature. No one Sup
poses that Governor Chamberlain
would appoint weak or misfit Repub
licans. Or, if the present legislature
Insists on naming the men, it might
"-provide" that their successors "should
be appointed by the governor. And
' at any rate he should have the power
of removal and the appfiintment of
successors to men removed. The
people have to trust somebody in this
Important matter; who better than a
governor they have elected?
; It will also b urged that the com
missioners should'' be elected by the
people. The objections to this are
that it loads down the state ticket
with rnore candidates, furnishing op
portunity for trades, and gives -the
railroads four chances before election
instead of one to "get in their work,"
and that experience in California and
. elsewhere hat shown that an elective
commission is almost invariably a tool
of the railroads. ' With the right kind
of a governor, possessing the power
of removal and reappointment, this
could not happen. Aa aooa as one
commissioner failed to do his "duty to
the people, off' he goes. Besides, if
the commissioners are elected by the
people they would generally all be of
one political party, and this would
not bebesT The com mission should
be made as norf-partisan as possible.
. All these matter are to be consid
ered and passed upon by the lcgisla
ture, and the people expect the tnem
bers to do their duty to the best of
their judgment This is the most im
portant subject they will have to con
sider, and the people have a right to
demand , careful '. and conscientious
work. ; - -
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
MR. HARRIMAN cannot rea
sonably complain of the
tenor or temperature of the
speeches made and resolutions- adopt
ed at Eugene by representative ship
pers of western Oregon, Their com
plaints are founded on very real and
large grievances. .Through lack of
transportation facilites they and in
cidentally all the people of Oregon
have suffered great losses, immense
damages. They can no longer sub
mit to the present state of affairs.
Ope thing is certain; something must
be done. .
Nor will excuses or promises any
longer avail. Experience has as us
ual been an expensive teacher, but
the lesson has at last been well
learned. And it is this: The peo
ple of Oregon, through the. legisla
ture, must require the railroad to do
its duty as a public carrier, and meet
the . demands made upon it by. its
patrons. Z "'-
The excuse that this his been ani
unprecedented, unexpected season, for
which the railroads could not be' rea
sonably expected to have prepared, is
not only insufficient but untrue.
Year after "year the people have pa
tiently suffered the same trouble and.
damage-, only in a less degree, while
the Harriman combine has been milli
ng them to the tune of several mil
lion dollars of net jirofits a year.Mr, I
Harriman and his associates and sub
ordinates knew or. ought to have
known that the demand for transpor
tation ". facilities woutv greatly in
crease year by year, and yet they
have done next to nothing to prepare
for or take care of the increased busi
ness.' This has grown into a colossal
injury to the people . of Oregon,
amounting to a monstrous moral
crime. They have not deserved such
treatment; they have let the railroads
alone; they have been patiently hope
ful; but the situation has become ab
solutely' unendurable, and they, will
endure, it no -J longer, ; if they can
devise any means by which they can
rcarcss meir grievances ana ' compel .
the railroad chiets to treat them
right And they think they can find a
way. , "V
It Should be-understood and re-
membered not as a matter of vital im
portance but in justice to local rail
road men, that they are not to blame.
Doubtless if they had possessed the
power conditions would have been
very different. But since they can
not if they would do anything to
change those conditions, the people
must try what virtue there may be in
legislation. And the sooner and the
more Mr. Harriman falls in with the
spirit and purpose of that legislation
and redresses grievances and takes
care of the transportation business as
an agent of the people rather, than
as a Wall street stock manipulator,
the less Trouble he will have in Ore
gon. AN IMPULSIVE BLUNDER.
THERE are indications or inti
mations that the president re---grets
already that he said
quite so much and so explosively on
the. San Francisco-Japanese episode.
It 'appears that he to some extent
misapprehended the facts, assuming
that the San Francisco school au
thorities had shut Japanese children
out of the public schools, which is
rot the case, the city providing sep
arate schools for them, ss is done in
some cities for negro children. More
over, it is largely a question of Jap-
aneie adults attending the public
schools, which are not open to Amer
ican adults.
The president is prone to assume a
high moral tone and scold people on
very slight provocation, and his lec
ture and implied threats to the people
of San Francisco were out of place
in an annual message. To be held up
as the chief sinners of the country,
and inferior in morality to Asiatics,
and to be informed that discipline by
Uncle Sam was in order, would not
be patiently borne by the people of
any city in the country, and San
Francisco is about the last city in
the land to submit to such a lecture
with humility. I
Nor will the president's recommen
dation of Japanese naturalisation be
adopted i without a big and notable
fight, if at all. The Japanese have
some very admirable traits, but we
will not make full-fledged citicens of
Asiatics in a hurry, even on the ad
vice of President Roosevelt
. The president is impulsive, and oc
casionally puts the wrong foot for
ward with rush rnovement, as he
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
ef TIMELY TOPICS
. SMALLTCHANOET
The elastlo currency proposition ia
aa elastic subject.
- Ths rul of aold ia a poor substitute
ror the roiden ruts. -
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.The senate also has Jeff Davis of
Arkansaw on 'its hands. ,
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Ia re the Ree4 ease, the people Quite
agree with the supreme court. t
And there wssn't a word in the mes-
sace about Harvard's defeat by TaUt
What a pity 'there are no football
rtmri this beautiful football weather.
No doubt the caar's voice Is for war
-De(iwen tae united states and japan.
There mar .not be too many baby
homes, but there are too many babyless
homes.
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If you spend your money for Christ
mas presents right away, the holdup
man won t get It.
Collier's seems to have tried to uianu
faoture a good deal of smoke-out of a
very small ember. ' .
Having been pretty nearly every
where else since hs waa here, Bryan Is
due in Oregon again.
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Not having been able to pull off a
war with Germany, the alarmists pre
dict pna with Japan.
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If anybody becomes too warm by get
ting near the president he can sidle off
toward Fairbanks and cool off.
That new printing plant It ts said.
will make Baker's "look like 10 cents."
Maybe like 11. Skidoo with It
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If . that Albina 16 H -pound baby at
tains a else in proportion to his start
"he "maybecOmosi;relaiy of war.
A Cincinnati minister's wife draws
two aalarles; her husband's congregation
voted her one In addition to his.
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Ths price is the only thing by which
the water brought over from Jordan can
be distinguished from that of Pudding
river.
The president uaed some simplified
spelling In his message "thru." "thoro,"
xprest,'.' etc.. Jn spite of. the supreme
court and some boards of education. I
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A curloua thing happened In Masaa-
chusetts; a man aet a trap for a bur
glar, and got him, inatead of killing a
member of his family, a neighbor or a
policeman.--- j - u,
Harper's Weekly hells Woodrow Wil
son as being from Virginia snd New
Jersey. But the people are bound to
have their suspicions of anybody from
New Jeraey. X
A scientist figures
it out that
the
north pole is c
way.
200,000 years will be located In the
United "Btajtea, probably la Fairbanks'
front yard. 8o let Peary and. Wellman
be patient
evidently did in this case, but he may
htve .courage enough to acknowledge
j,js error-
Councilman Sharkey publicly boasts
that when the firm of which he is a
member discovered that sidewalk ad
vertising waa unlawful, the firm vio
lfted the law for the purpose of get
ting the advertising that would result
from a prosecution, and the scheme
worked all right. Probably -thjs
method of advertising did not appeal
favorably to the Ad Men's league,
which he was addressing, but as none
of the members are councilmen it was
not pertinent or instructive. There
could scarcely have been more than
one opinion, however, of a man sworn
to uphold snd support the city's laws
who would thus boast of violating
them while in office in order to ad
vance hit private interests. As to
Sharkey personally, it' is doubtful if
this "free advertising will pay, in the
long run. '
The "mischievous little slot ma
chines have been tolerated entirely
too long, and good riddance to them.
We hope they will have no chance to
play a return engagement.
- December 7 in History.
1777 Battle of Chestnut Hill, Penn
sylvania. 1816 Execution of Marshsl Ney.
18(7 Resolution of Judiciary commit
tee to impeach President Johnson voted
down In the house 108 to 67.
,1876 Steamship Deutschland wrecked
on the Galloper Bands; (0 Uvea lost
18( Oeneral Macao, Cuban leader,
killed in a skirmish.
1900 Tension between Portugal and
t he- NX her lawd n over Bouth-A tr lean at- i
fairs caused severance of diplomatic re
lations.
1H02 Ex-8psker Thomas B. Reed
died. Born October 18, 188.
Admiral Bri'dgeman's -Birthday.
Roar-Admiral Francis Charles Bridge
man, M.-WO., recently appointed com-msnder-ln-chlef
of the British Home
fleet, waa born December 7, 184. Is a
srsndson of the fifth Earl Fttxwtlllam,
and Is one of the most popular officers
of the British navy. He entered the
service In 18(1 and rose through the
Successive grades of lieutenant, com
mander snd captain, until In 108 he
resched tha rank of rear-admiral. Un
like nearly all the officers of the British
navy, he haa had little or no opportunity
f seeing active service. He is an abls
tactician and gained golden opinions
when left year he was socond In com
mand of the Channel fleet
CLANCY THE HORSE MAN
IS GRANTED DIVORCE
(Special Pltpoth to Tke Joereit.)
Seattle. Wash., Deo. 7. John E.
Clancy, a well-known horseman and
bookmaker, has secured a divorce from
his wife, Mamie. Infidelity waa al
leged In Clanry'a testimony, and two
men were named as corespoadenta.
franchise promotion la - s nice busi
ness for those who caa auooeed la It
1
OREaomiDELIOHTa.
Springfield 'went wet two to one.
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Corvallla is suffering from a brick
famine.' , ,
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Plenty of skating in western Oregon
towns roues., . ,
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. Helix farm ere have subscribed tj.000
toward a riour mill. -
- Lane county takes tha lead in the
light, 'or nor cars. . ..
A Wallowa county man whlls boring
for artesian water discovered ooaL :
A Wolf Creek. Baker .county, black
smith Is working overtime, making
bobsleds. .
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:. All Oregon ts fairly "up In arms'
over the transportation question -end
no wonder.
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Umatilla county man aged 71 died
from, the effects of a wound received
SS years ago.
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A Pendleton importer of Percheron
stallions has sold of them since Sep
tember is at an average price of $3,200.'
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From It acres of irrigated land near
Bend a man sold 11,000 worth of veget
ables. On other ground he raised good
grain and hay.
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Quite a number of coal stoves are be
ing installed In Medford, excellent fuel
for which comes from tha mines lo
noted near that town.
Eighty-eight' business men have
signed the call for organisation of a
Commercial olub In Corvallla. Twenty
more . members are expected to algn.
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With all the motor lines completed
that ara projected into and out of
Salem this city will very soon double
in population and more than double In
business, says the Salem Statesman.
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Burns Times-Herald: New . settlers
all over this Valley have begun getting
their land in shape for early seeding
and planting. Many new homes have
gone up In the past few weeks and
mora are building. "
The paralysis of varloua Industries
resultant from the car shortage Is far
more serious than anything of the kind
yet seen In Ore won where car shortage
haa been a. disease for many years, says
the Corvallla' Times. -
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' Myrtle Creek Mall: The gobbler haa
been gobbled.. Of course we are thank
ful. Why shouldn't we be? The Air
mighty has been very good to us, and
given us a fair land to dwell In. And
then the turkeys were larger and fatter
and the pumpkin pies thicker than usual
thia year
Albany Democrat: The Southern Pa
cific now promises to permit lumber to
be shipped to California. There should
be a law so strong that it would not
ifjarmlltlns. The rail
road Is a public Institution and should
be made to do tha business of the pub
lic at a reasonable price or the govern
ment should" run It Itself.
DRILLING FOR ARTESIAN
WATER NEAR CONDON
(Itpeelal DWsateh te The. reams!.)
- Condon, Or., Dec 7. R. W. Crane
has spent 8,60O experimenting on an
miles from Condon. Ed Palmer, an
experienced well man, has aunk three
wells. - In drilling the first two ha had
the misfortune to loose his tools at a
depth of 860 feet. The third he has
now at s depth of 602 V feet and ia
atlll drilling He has - been In rook
where water should be found, for over
800 feet Palmer la an old man at the
REPLY TO LETTER OF MR. GOODE
Portland. Dee. T. To the Editor of
The Journal The article furnished by
President H. W. Goods of the Portland
Railway, Light eV Power company to
Wednesday night's Journal with refer
ence to the proposed underground sys
tem of wiring to bo Installed by the
company within the next 20 years, or
as soon as the underground ordinance
offered by the company to the elty coun
cil ia passed, calls for some response
to the statement made therein that the
city of Portland should fol proud of
the present and past systems of wiring
in this city. This ordinance - waa of
fered by the company and, aa far as
I know, haa been unopposed; it haa been
In the council something like three
months, and to an outslds observer It
would appear that it was introduced
to -forestall the Introduction of more
drastlo measures by other partlea and
will be used as a buffer for that pur
pose and aa a subject on which tha
company can exploit Its good intentions.
As counsel for ' the people who have
aought by tha Introduction of the over
head wiring ordinance to protect the
lives of the linemen and the property
of every householder against the-danger
of fire from high-power wires coming
In contact with telephone and llshf
wires in residences, I feel called upon
to make jome answer to this statement
that tha "people shouljrTeer"prouT,df
the present system. . - ; .
Concerning Canal ties.
In the light of the deaths of six line
men, on an average of ona every two
weeka during the summer, this state
ment Is most remarkable, and aftsr this
startling assertion, cornea one tnoie
startling:' "In ths matter of casualties,
It should be remembered that although
several unfortunate and deplorable
losses of life have occurred among the
linemen Iff the employ of the company,
these regrettable occurrences have In
no Instance happened' to any member
of the general public." What sn expo
sition of the "Intentions" of the com
pany: Its employee, then, the linemen,
are no part of the general public! Does
the death of a halt dosen men and pain
ful Injuries to numerous others during
one summer indicate a system of which
the city should be proud, that Is, the
general public?
As to Sjaf einards.
In the published article, the state
ment then follows that the company tins,
used every possible safeguard that could
be devised by experience to safegusrd
these linemen. In the light of the re
cent ln astlgatlona maue by the ways
and means committee of ths council
upon the consideration of the overhead
wiring ordinance, I ask what aafeguards
were foundT None whatever. Until Mr.
Bladen was recently empowered to ex
pend a little money in reconstructing
the system, there was 'nothing but a
Jangled mass of Wire placed India-
-yv-
Tha general sentiment regarding
greater consideration of salesmen and
saleswomen In the matter of Christmas
shopping haa become fooused In a letter
now being, sent out from New York to
merchants all over the country, signed
by such leading people aa Jacob A.
Hlis. Florence Kelly, secretary of the
National Consumers' league; Nathan
8traua of the firm of R. U. Macey
Co..-and nskine- cooperation In -bringing
about what may b called shopping re
form. The plan Is to bring before the
minds of shoppers the drudsery entailed
on aalespeople by putting off their buy'
mg till a late hour. To this end they
encloee a card which they auggest shall
appear In the Jlrm s advertisement.
Lipman, Wolfe A Co. are Just In receipt
of this letter, are In hearty accord with
Ita spirit, and will do all in their power
to encourage early shopping. The fol
lowing is the card:
To Christmas onoppers Please buy
early, early In the day, early in Decem
ber. That will be your biggest gift of
t he holtdaya--to tha - workers behind
tha counters and on tha delivery
wagons.
At this date. Mr. Mover of thla firm
reporta aalea 60 per cent beyond those
of last year, which suggests that the
buylng-reform Idea la already gaining
ground. - .
A new chocolate cream haa coma to
town, from Milwaukee, through tha
gency of Sara I Beary, the-eonf so
oner on Morrison street It la the
Swiss milk chocolate, .and It cornea la
60 different flavors, all delicious. There
a a peculiarly mild and at tha aame
time nutritious quality to the Swiss
milk chocolate, which haa made It a
favorite with travelers, mountain climb
ers or other who feel the need of a
ready and eonvanlent food product- It
familiar to all In the small flat
cakesT-and-msaa up in popular atylea,
it will undoubtedly prove one of the
most
welcome itema In .Santa Claus'
pack.
Cupid goes right ahead attending to
his business Just ths same aa If old
Santa Claus wasn't now entitled to the
center of the stage. Thla Information
comes from Mr. Jaeger-of Jaeger Broth
ers, the well-known jewelers on Fifth
street, who "reports an unusual sale of
wedding rings; wedding rings and
watches. Perhaps they reach the aame
destination. AX any rate the watchea
are unusually beautiful thla year, a
reaction fromthe plain case to the
heavily engraved one. and they ara
cheaper than ever before In watch his
tory. Coral la rather giving way to
turquoise, and especially turquoise-mat
rix, which la the turquoise lust as It
cornea out of the rock, highly polished,
but retaining the rich brown markings
of ths mixture with other materials.
Jaeger Brothers have a fine collection
of these interesting stones, no two alike.
and are making many of them up Into
rings, plna. etc, for Chrlstmaa orders.
They are especially suitable to women.
The Christmas brlaeTwna ' Is ' guln
traveling should Just take a look at
most unique wardrobe trunk now to be
seen In the window of the Portland
Trunk Manufacturing company, on
Sixth atreet. When open It forma
complete wardrobe, .one-aide being ar
ranged with hangers, ao that coats,
skirts, eta., will travel without crushing;
the other side is fitted with drawers tor
lingerie and small toilet articles, a hat
box and a complete writing desk.. Tha
traveler making abort stops would find
it unnecessary to unpack; she would
merely have ma II una. slix!
opened, and everything would be found
In Its natural place, ready for use. -
well business and this la tha first tttne
be haa been unsuccessful. For many
vears be has sunk wells all around Mr.
Crane'a ranch, with water at less than
tOO feet
erlmlnataly upon poles with sola refer
ence to (what one might say) getting
the current to money-producing quar
tan, and If any precautions were used
with reference to tha safety of the me t,
wa were unable to discover them. . If
there ara cities In tha east, as men
tioned In the article, whose overhea,!
wiring Is In more woeful condition than
that of Portland before tha recent at
tempt to better conditions here, an Out
raged publlo will soon correct them. If
the company will visit Cleveland they
will find eight feet spacing between tht
high and low power wlrea; If they will
visit Bait Lake Clt; they wiq find that
the company there gives at least four
feet spacing without being required to
do ao by an ordinance; if they will visit
Minneapolis they will find the entire
system of construction under the super
vision of an electrical Inspector, who
Is a city official. Tha ordinance now
before the council asks for but four
foot spacing between tha high and low
power wlrea, and If this ordinance Is
passed and Mr. Bladen is permitted to
go on with the good work ha has In
augurated, Portland may then begin to
feel half-way satisfied, but far from
becoming proud of the overhead bird
cages emanating from Seventh and Al
der atreets.
. ' ' ' ' rate of tie XJnemea.
The eoncIuaingparagraph ofMr:
Ooode'a article, coming from a man of
his standing, la still more surprising.
It Is stated that the death of these line
men Is a repetition of the old, old story
of the familiarity . which begets ; con
tempt of danger. Probably these sis
men were "so proud" (and all about the
same-tlmo- of the system upon which
they' were working that their contempt
for danger increased until death 'ac
tually bore a smiling countenance to
them. It almost makes one ask why
they did not take to the dynamos In
the morning without working a half
day and then climbing clear to tha top
of a pole to get killed.
If the Company Is so solicitous of
the welfsre of Its linemen, why does
It oppose so strenuously the remedial
measures proposed In the overhead wir
ing ordinance now before the council?
If the danger' is so great as to make
even linemen, who Under the best con
ditions carry their lives In their hands,
have a contempt for danger, why does
not this publlo-splrtted company reduce
the danger by the few simple precau
tions demanded by thla ordinance? All
the linemen ask of tha company la that
It give them 60 per cent of "every possi
ble precaution that can be devised by
experience to safeguard the various em
ployes." which the company claims Is
now being used. If the feeta were ae-'
tiially as indicated In the . Interview
referred to, there would be no reason
for the company eomlng to the front
with a statement of then.
FRANK T. FREEMAN.
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COUNCIL PLAYS INTO
HANDS OF SALOONS
In Face of Protest Passes Ordi'
nance Allowing Women Mu
sicians in Resorts. -
MAYOR LANE TO USE
HIS POWER OF VETO
One Hundred People Appear In
, Council Chamber in Person to Pro
- teat ' Aeainst Act. but It Avails
. Nothing. :
Yes Annand. Beldtng. Gray, Kellaher,
Menefee, Bharkey; Vaughn, Wallace) 8.
No Bennett, Maatera, Preston, Rush
light Wills; 6. .
Ahnt.rnnlnff. fthenherd.
That la the vote on the ordinance In
tended to throw the saloons of the north
end wide open to women musicians and
performera of all kinds. It waa put In
to help two or three big music naiis.
- DesDlts- the most -determined oppoat
tlon by several members and emphatlo
reasons why It should not ba passed
alven by responsible slum-workers, the
measure waa Jammed through at a meet
ing yesterday which takes the record as
an exanDleof how much attention the
lawmakers of Portland pay to tha wlahes
of representative people, z- -
. Mayo Will Use Teto.
That Mayor Lane wUl veto tha muslo
ordinance la ' considered certain, so
strong Is tha proteat agalnat it that It
la doubtful If even tha dogged majority
In tha council will dara to pass It over
taU veto. ..
It waa a fine - day tor tna saioona.
After tha muslo , measure bad gone
through, several motions to adjourn
were made. A number of members hur
ried but as It was late.
Bo when the adjourn tnotlona naa Been
lost and the ordluanoe Increasing the
saloon license to 8(00 a year and also
raising other liquor licenses cam up in
the tsgular order, lew or its menus
were present
. Without any discussion the following
vote was taken: Yos-t-Mnsteirs, Wallace.
No Annand, fielding. Gray, Menefee,
Preston, Sharkey. Absent Bennett,
Dunning, Kellaher, Rushlight Shepherd.
Vaughn, Wllla.
Wills, who started the present higher
license movement, did not know of the
action of tHe-BOunctt until thla-nrornlng; -"They
had enough votea to kill t any
how, but ths people will vote on a It JUS
license next June," said be. -
oeaa ia Council Chamber.
There hasn't been anything in tha city
hall for a long time to equal the scene
in the council chamber when the muslo
ordinance waa up. Gray charged Mayor
Lane with ordering the police to perse
cute him. While Bharkey waa making a
pathetic speech, telling with tears in his
eyes of the needs of worklngmen for
recreation, the whole crowd suddenly
broke Into a shout of laughter. Sharkey
had to Uugh himself. T'?''L-!;,j;L0j!
with hla prepared address.
Wallace aubmltted an amendment as
anon as the ordinance waa read. ' This
allowed only instrumental music The
ordinance permitted minstrel shows and
theatrical performances In aalooaa. " -v
"The substitute Is good, but J can
never vote for the ordinance so long aa
women are permitted In saloons," de
clared Preston.
. : Xnadred People rrotest,
A hundred men and women, there to
protest against the measure, hsd risen
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tlieli1 c
solid back of rthe councilmen.
K. U Rice, president of the Musicians'
Mutual association, said symphony con
cert would nsver be possible In Port
land If all the work possible was not al
lowed musicians. It has been tha con
tention of the musicians' union thst men
are not allowed to play In saloons now.
Mayor Lena made Rica admit that It
was the saloon managers and not tha
police who had thrown the mala mu
sicians out of work.
"Why have women been' kept out?"
demanded Oray of the mayor. "Ia there
any law under which you have given
this order? Why this discrimination T
"The ' true reason la that men don't
wear ahort aklrta or rustle in boxes or
rob luraberjacka,"-answered tha mayor.
Thla ahowed bla atand, and the reform
element broke into loud hand clapping.
- "You have acted without authority
of law," ahouted -Oray. "I waa re
cently sr res ted though corporations
have broken tha aame law every day
for yeara against my protest and I
waa taken along the publlo atreeta In
open daylight to tha police station.
Thla waa dona simply to humiliate
me."
"Whom do you suspect f laughed tha
mayor. - '
Burls Charge at Mayor.
''Tour chief of police who was prob
ably acting under your orders,"
shrieked Oray, trembling with rsge. .
. The mayor put on hla doctor tone and
talked to Oray aa he would to a fret
ful child. One of Cray's drays waa
found in ths atreet several nights ago.
Hs was taken to the station, but when
he explained that It waa in tha black
smith's bands be waa released and never
booked.. The blacksmith paid a fine.
"You have insulted many good wom
en." declared Beldlng, to the mayor.
Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull of ths Juve
nile Improvement association and the
Associated charities, replied to Presi
dent Rice by saying that organised la
bor - had been Aiied aa a cafepaw ..to
further the scheme to get the women
back Into saloons. He had spokan of
tha Indorsement by the Federated
Tradea Council.
"We had better do without the sym
phony eoncerta if that la the only way
we can get them," she cried. "The
board of charities does not pay tha bills
It used to sines women went out of
ssloons."
Dr Clsrenbe True - Wilson, pastor of
the Grace M. E. church, said tha pas
sage of ths ordinance would ba a atep
backward toward an open town.
r. A. Fraser, representing the Mu-
ELLIS TO WORK FOR
POPULAR ELECTIONS
(Jooratl gperlnl Series . '
Des Moines, la., Deo. 7. The Inter
etate senatorial amendment conference
completed a permanent organisation
which will conduct a campaign to secure
.from oongreas a call for a constitu
tional .convention to consioer me ques
tion of having aenatore elected by direct
vote of tbo people and adjourned last
Bight '
Thomae Cheshire ef Des Moines waa
named chairman of an executive com-
mltee of five to take charge or th.i
movement. Hla eiwoclates ara: Thomas
J. Kernan of Louisiana, Frank C. Ooudv
of Colorado, W. R KUIa of Oregon and
a M. Klmbrougn ef Indiana.
General Electric Company- Is
Alto Handed Plum by th-
Councilmen.
HE ATI NO ORDINANCE
v PASSED OVER VETO
Not One Member Votes to Sustain
. Mayor Lane and, Electric Company
Gets .Valuable Rights for 'Small
Compensation. . .
What tha allied electrical - Interests
wanted they got from the council yea
terday afternoon. .---'
- By. a vote of kll those present tha
council passed over the veto of Mayor
Lane tha ordinance granting a franchise
to tha Portland Oeneral Electrio com
pany for a ready-made heating system.
Even Vaughn, tha lona councilman
who la a member of tha mayor's party,
aided with his en am las and voted to give
the "P. O." iu oovsted privilege.
' Pipes may ba laid In any atreet where
It wilt pay tha company to do so. Heat
will bo supplied to buildings of all kinds'
from a central plant much as gas is new
retailed.
For tha franohlsa tha company is 'to
pay the city 81.000 on acceptance of tbo
franohlsa, 81.000 a year foreach of tha
first five years, and I par cent of tha
grass earnings for each of tha last 80
yeara of tha Ufa of tha franchise. ,
' Compensation Zs Bman.
This eompensatlon la about half what
officers of the company told members
of tha executive board they would be
willing to pay for the franchise.
Mayor Lane presented hla veto mes- .
aaga In which ha called attention to
tha utter - lack of any- provisions for
regulation of. tha proposed system by
tha city to' tha inadequate compensation
the city will receive for the use of lta
atreeta. ;.
Twelve members were present whan
the message waa read. Dunning la on
leave of absence and Shepherd waa not
expected to ba there. Kellaher waa
looked for, however, and it waa avt- "
dently the desire of the counoll that tha
turndown of the mayor ba made unaa- .
Imoua.
1 ask that consideration or the veto .
messaco ba delayed a few minutes,"
paid Annan& Half an hour later when
Kellaher bad arrived. Masters got me
veto before tha council. Tha vote waa -aa
follows:
Tote oa tha Veto,
To pasa the franohlsa over the may
or's veto Annand. fielding, fienneii.
Oray, Kellaher, Masters, Menefee. Rush
light Sharkey, Vaughn. Wallace, Mills
1.
To sustain the veto Nobody at ail.
Abaent Dunning. Shepherd.
After a long discussion Beldlngs
franchise to prohibit bleating . within
It blocks of a acbooi nousa went i
the street committee. Its purpose la
to prevent operations at Fourth and
drover atreets. -
Qrav Drotested agalnat granting a 16-
year franchise to tha Western Paclflo
Terminal company on Tork atrest from
Sherlock avenue to Twenty-third atreet
The vote of 8 to , not being a two
thlrda vote aa required, failed to get
tha francblaa through, and an ordlnanoa
arnntlne- a revocable permit to the
company for a sidetrack waa paaaed In
stead. '
Fire Uituts dung so.
a. W. BUDleton. lawyer, got the coun- '
jell to change the Sre limits on ' Four-
isemn sueei nurw v um. w
clflo hotel building might remain In lta
new location Inside the limits. Tha
ownera had received a permit for mov
ing the building, tha permit being is
sued by error. , Oray alone voted agalnat
the ordinance. Fire Marshal Roberta
made a vigorous protest but It did no
good. '
Hereafter, unlesa tha mayor vetoea
the ordinance, tha city hail will be
dosed at 1 o'olock every Saturday aft
ernoon. Ona man will be on duty In the
record room, but the, other employes
will be off duty.
Tha council . authorised tha ohange
from coal burner to oil burner In tha
fireboat
When the meeting finally adjourned
at 1:80 there was much buslnsas un
touched on tha audrtor'a desk. An ef
fort waa made to hold another masting
that necessary bualneaa might be dis
posed of, but tha majority decided that
everything must wait until tha next
meeting, December 18.
nlclpal association, aald ho bluabed for
ahame for any musician who would
speak as Rice had dona.
- Calls AmendmenS VasaitabU.
3ennett declared Wallace'e amend
ment unsuitable, aa women ahould bo
permitted In saloons under any clroura
atancss. '''
Gray tried to gat rid of tha persistent
women by moving that tha measure go ,
to a special oommlttse to bo appointed
by the mayor. Thla failed to pass.
Sharkey then began a moat remarka
ble speeoh,
"1 have considered this matter not
for a ahort time, but for a number of
yeara." he cried. "There are thousands
of men In thla wild an-woolly west
who are seeking recreation and they
must have It. It la not for others to
try to keep them away." After a few
momenta of this the eouncii chamber"
rooked with a loud ha-ha. But Sharkey
plugged away- pleading ioi Jhe manwho
needs 'amusement
Wills, who has fought tha measure all
the way, aald: "Before you vote on
thla remember that If you vote for It
you disgrace your name In thla com
munity and if you vote agalnat it your
nam will ba honored.- Ona woman
musician may be supporting hsr chil
dren, but how about the hundreds of
children whose fathers spsnd money
that belongs to their own children that
they may hear her sn tha stage of a
muslo hall?"
It waa all In vain, for the vote, I te)
I, waa then taken. ,
The work of the organisation will be
directed to securing from the 8? state
legislatures that meet thla winter de
mends upon congress for calling a con
stitutional convention, to which tha eon
ference unanimously committed Itself.
Tha organisation will be known as tha
Interatata Senatorial Convention. Con
gressman Strode of Nebraska is Us first
president, , ,
Clifton Washed Away.
(Jos roil gpeelai Barries.
Morencl, Aria., Deo. 7. The Clifton
flood waa the moat disastrous ever
known there, over half the' town being .
damaged, about It houaea and 10 other ,
buildings awept away, and between 16
and 80 people drowned, mostly Mexi
can a. Tha water in the river la still
very high. The high water mark waa
two feet higher thaa ever befare,
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