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TheMayor and Councilmen
Agree on Necessity of
Changes to ObTiate' Exist
ing Conflicts of Authority
Between Various Boards.
New System of Governing
xCity by Commission Also
Suggested A Resolution
Authorizing Board to Be-
gin .Work Expected. .
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REVISED
CHARTER :
DEMDED
, Complete revision of the city charter
for the purpose of eliminating the va
rious conflletlons of authority, the
straightening' out of technicalities and
enlarging the, powers of the city In ref
1 erenoa to municipal projects la advo
: cated by Mayor Lane, Councilman
George Baker and other city officials.
V Wherever one goes in touring ;he
offices of 'the city government, com
plaints are heard as to the inadequacy
of the present charter and a demand Is
; heard ror a revision. It is probable that
a commission : to accomplish the work
will be aDDointvd before'-many , ween.
Mayor Lane dwelt upon the subject
this morning eot-eJd that-the ,matter
should be gone Into a r once and that a
strong representative commission should
be appointed to perform the task.' Mayor
Lane dwelt upon the great responsibil
ity that-wouli devolve 'Upon 'ine com.
' mission -and urced that only the great'
est care should be taken In the revision.
Great Care Weeded, Bays Mayor.
"There should toe representative ca
pable of skillfully handling the detaial
. of every department 'of the city . gov
ernment," said Mayor Lane. "The worn
should be sons intot most carefully and
should be comprehensive In regard to
the general scheme of municipal gov-
. ernment. Following this general or
der the detail of departments should
1 be gone Into just a carefully and with
these ends in view the work could be
carried out to a successful conclusion
- that would safeguard v the people's in
V terests in every particular, .;.'.-.
"The commission should be composed
Of men who nave become ramiuar wun
the working of the city government and
in addition to the representatives the
heads of the department should be in
cluded.' ... .,,;.... i:-. j s...,
; Grots as Conunlseloa Expert.
Mavor Lane also favors the aoDoint-
ment of Sigel Grutse, chief deputy audl-y
tor wno nas Den cmpio;w py in cny
for nearly 19 year and who perhaps
Is more familiar with the working of
the . various branches of the govern
ment than' any-other man in Portland.
Grutse handles all the - records of the
city that come before the council and
tne various boards and is familiar with
the manner in which the problems ' of
handling the Immense volume of the
city business work out.'1 . ; ;
Councilman George Baker, : who Is
f contemplating the introduction of a
resolution appointing a commission,
favors a revision of the charter becaiise
of the various . tangles that arise in
handling business in the council., Often
there arise cases where much of the
time of the councilmen is taken up
while proceeding through the tangle of
authorities vested oy tne cnarter xor
the transaction of the same business.
This is especially - true of -street tm
f rovements, and even-' at the present
Ime the city of ficiala feel the llmita-
tiona which have been placed upon cer
tain procedures by . the wording, al
though the spirit of tse charter Is
directly opposite.. -,- . :
. Took Intent, Ko the Word.
"'Deputy City Auditor Grutse said that
' when the charter was adopted in 1903
' the city officials were put up against
a serious proposition in interpreting the
charter. George H. Williams was mayor
at the time. and. although a lawyer of
national reputation, the tangles in the
- charter were such that the city offi
cials generally concluded their efforts
to follow the charter provisions by ar
; 'riving at the intent of the commission
that framed the charter rather than by
the wording of the text. It was only
In this manner that' the government of
the city could be operated with any
thing like success, and . the precedents
s established at the start are practically
followed at the present time. -v
Grutse favors a small commission
consisting of . about seven members.
'These men are to be assisted by heads
of the various departments of tne city.
' The last commission was composed of
S3 members, but Grutse thinks ths
. number was too large to secure a char
ter that wouiU -cover the detail -of the
municipality In a compact organisation.
- Grutse explained that there.' are so
many conflicts of authority in relation
to the transaction of city business be
tween the departments and boards that
at times the authorities are in doubt
as to where the responsibility -rest. .
There -are so many of these cases
'that specific mention la almost Impos
sible, but there is hardly a meeting of
the council, executive board, committee
or commission that some question rela
tive to the provisions of the. charter
does not arise, -,,.- -'. ,-. ',; ,
.- , - Commission Flaoa siaggettsd.
Inconnectlon with the talk of Tevls
Ing the charter there is also much heard
. about the change in the form of the
city government. Many persons, favor'
the appointment of a commlosion eon-i
" slating of three or,flve men to perform
the city's business. This scheme would
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FAIRBANKS Willi
RKIATION FIGHT
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Charles W.! Fairbanks, who is again to ; tlie fore aa a Tice-presidential
, ,3tS v""-, V- 4'; possibility. , -; ' - ; ;"..' ' ;
(Dotted Pnas Leased Wire.)
ChicaroV'.Xune 15, m- Chairman Perkins
of tlis Iowa delegation aBaouces as
final tia imlliver will not run fox vioe-
presldeat. ' i ;'f';I:':i '
Chicago, June IS. The sentiment be
hind the scenes today apparently favors
the renotntnation of Fairbanks for vice
president .'It is said that he will ac
cept, though he is not fighting for it
Well-informed leaders : believed that
conditions are lining up in such a way
as to make Fairbanks the most avail
able man. 1 -
- The Iowa delegation, headed by Leslie
M. Shaw, former secretary of the treas
ury, arrived today and are working hard
to prevent the nomination of Senator
Dolllver of Iowa for the second place on
the ticket. . ... , "
They point out , that Dolliver's stand
on the prohibition question would cost
the ticket many votes in his own state,
FIFTEEN THOUSAND
ACRES OF PASTURE
LANDS OVERFLOWED
(United Press Leased Wire.) ,
Be&lngham. Wash., June 15. Fifteen
thousand acres of farm and , pasture
lands are '- i overflowed. crops . ; worth
thousands of; dollars are , ruined and
several scores of ranchers have been
driven to Seek shelter on the highlands
by the flooding of Bum as Prairie, Jusf
across the line in British Columbia. -'
The flood is still s rising.' , and the
slightly . higher .lands on the American
side are now In danger of-submersion.
The .water is higher than it has ever
REVOLUTION
m'IN OUBA AND ARMS
BM'ARmSEIZED BY U.S.
- (United rnn Leased Wire.)
Havana,- June UJ News 'that arms
and ammunition Intended for revolution
ists at Santiago. ', de , Cuba had been
seised by the authorities in New Tork
created no .surprise .here. - It, is known
that a revolution has been brewing for
some time, the object of the revolution
ists being to cause the United States
tO'Coiitluue the provisional government
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 15,
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especially among the foreign-born ele
ment, which la bitterly opposed to the
anti-saloon agitation.
This same theory regarding Dolllver
Is understood .to be held by the New
Tork delegates, who say that it would
cause a heavy loss In any event and
particularly if Bryan runs on, the Demo
cratic ticket
The boom Of Congressman J. S. Sher
man of New Tork seems to be flicker
ing out leaving Fairbanks as the most
likely man.
Washington, Juno IS. It is learned
on good authority that President Roose
velt and - Secretary Taft prefer either'
8enator Dolllver or Governor Cummins
of Iowa to Vice-President Fairbanks for
the second place on the ticket
. It Is known that sinceeventa at Chi
cago today lined up in such a way as
to point to the nomination of Fair
banks, a message has been dispatched
from the White House saying that Doi
liver or Cummins would find more favor
there. ' . :
been since 1894. at the time of the floo3
that has passed Into local history in
the vicinity of Sumas. ' ;
The extremely high water on the
Frailer and Chllllwack rivers is re
sponsible for the flood. The snow was
unusually high on the foothills last win
ter and has melted fast this summer,
so that the rivers have overflowed their
low banks through Sumas Prairie and.
changed the country into a huge ahal'
low lake. .
The hay crop Is mined and the dairy
ing business of the section is at a
standstill. . z
BREWING i
here after next February, the dates set
by President Roosevelt for-withdrawing
the American troop and turning the
administration of the Island over to of
flclaHs to be elected next December. -;
All persons familiar with conditions
here believe the time set by President
Roosevelt is entirely too short to estab
lish a stable government and a revolu
tion that will-have the effect of keep
ing thr troops here, will be welcomed
by nujjiy. -
U M
UVALTOH'S
KERCHIEF
HISISK
Evidence Not Submitted at
Trial Just Closed Will
This Time Be Put Before
the Jury in the Circuit
Court.
Bloodstained Cloth Alleged
to Hate Been Used as a
Mask When Willamette
Heights Car Was Held
Up.
His fate undecided by the Jury that
heard the testimony last Saturday and
disagreed. Charles W. Walton was again
placed on trial in. Judge Cleland's de
partment of the circuit court this morn
ing on the charge of shooting Patrol
man Olaus Nelson on the night of Sep
tember 1, 1904.
' The prosecution was given a surprise
eaiuraay mgni wnen it learnea inai
six of the Jurymen voted for acaulttal.
and 'much greater' care is being shown
today in the examination or talesmen.
Last Friday afternoon, a. i urv waa se
cured In short order, but this morning
only i our men naa oeen acceptea out
of 1 examined when the time, came
for the noon -adjournment. , f
,. - , I Selecting a J'ory.
8. IT. Davis, o William Burrlngton. C.
P. Bradshaw and H. Hildebrand are the
men so far sworn. Mark W. 6111, John
Fisher,- E. F. Samuel, W. B. Buell, O.
C. R. Ellis, Gus P. Clerln, Charles G.
Bunte, J. Wallace Buirgy and C. W.
Richards were excused by the court for
cause. H. J. Faust J. S. Day, Melvln
Shepherd, H. R Beckwith and C. P.
Irvine were challenged by the defense,
while J. R. Gllstrap waa excused by the
prosecution. ......
At noon Judge Cleland directed that
a special venire of 10 men be summoned
for the afternoon to enable the Jury to
be completed. '
; Practically game Testimony.
The evidence in the case, which may
not bugln before tomorrow morning, is
not expected to differ in any material
respect from the testimony heard by the
Jury that disagreed Saturday night
Each side asserts that its case will be
strengthened this time by taking advan
tage of the weak points disclosed by the
other side. The stats may attempt to
rebut the testimony of those who testi
fied to the cood refutation of Walton
prior to the affray on the Willamette
Heights car, and will also produce the
blood-stained handkerchief that Walton
Is alleged to have worn as a mask.
This handkerchief was in the pocket of
the coat introduced in evidence last Sat
urday but at that time it was -overlooked.
Was Oonvioted Pliwt Tims.
Walton, was oonvioted In oulck time
when he was first tried, late in 1904.
He.' was sentenced to serve five years
for shooting Nelson, who ' interfered
with the holding up of the car, and JO
years for robbing the conductor,, who
Is now out of the state and cannot be
had as a witness.
The supreme court granted a new
trial on both charges because the de
fendant had not been given opportunity
to plead. Walton asserts his innocence,
declaring he Was only a passenger on
the car and was mistaken for the real
highwayman,. r "A : t
RUEF MUST APPEAR :
IN POLICE COUBT
(United' Press Leased Wlrt.) '
Ban Francisco, June It. It was an
nounced by the district attorney's of
fice today that none of the graft cases
will be taken up untU the case against
Ruef In the police court has been pushdd
to a preliminary bearing and trial in
the superior court Francis J. Heney
is unwimna io run in, risx or Bavins- a
conviction against Ruef set aside ov
the higher courts on the rnuni of
technical errors in tne indictments.
The police court case is based on an
information 'filed arainat tha .wih
ana cnarges . mm wun bribery in con
nection wun in, rvums tronev a em.
M.Mnwhll. all Um nth..
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set mr jpesnng tooay were continued.
CLOSED ARGUMENTS
IN HYDEBJSON CASE
. tCnltea Prrsa tmmS Win
Washington. June 15. The attornevs
xor - twin siaes urKiin ineir ciaainr r.
guments in the Hyde-Benson land Fraud
case toda- It is expected that the ar
guments will occupy the time of the
court today and tomorrow, and that tho
case will go to the jury some time to
morrow night -. .
LOS ANGELES WOMA
; - v ; SIGNED BY SAVAGE
(United Press Lened Wire.) V
'New Tork, June IS. It waa announced
here today that Mrs, Caroline von Ben
son of Los Angeles, wife of the con
cert pianist jHerr Emlle von Benson,
has signed a five-year contract with
Henry Savage to. sing soprano-roles.
The amount of the contract is not given
OUt . f . ' '.
1908. FOURTEEN PAGES
STATE DELEGATIONS
SELECT
ON CREPEHTIALS
Gilbert on Resolutions and
Williams National Com
mitteeman. (United Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago, June IB. Stats delega
tions this afternoon announced tbe
following selections (or committees:
Oregon For credentials com
mittee, Senator. C. W. Fulton; fof
the resolutions committer, A. N. Gil
bert; for national committeeman,
Williams. The Oregor. delegation
also declared In favor of Fairbanks
for vice-president.
Washington For .the credentials
committee, Frank T. Post; tor res
olutions committee, R. A. Bnlliu-
ijer; and for national couirulttnonian,
R. h. McCormlck.
roioraao For credentials com
mittee. Judge Charles Cavender of
Leadville.
The New Tork state delegation held a
ctucus, at which a resolution was adopted
unanimously asking .General Stewart L.
Woodford, president of the National
Hughes league, ..to .present tbe name Of
Governor Hughes' to the convention for
the presidential nomination. The 40
delegates who attended the caucus were
unanimously In favor of casting the
state's vote for Hughes on the first
ballot.
The Massachusetts delegation adopted
resolutions declaring for Governor Guild
for the vice-presidency.
Blaise Club Arrives.
The Blaine Marchlnr club of Cincin
nati is nere too strong. They arrived
toaay ana ineir irocic coats ana nigh
gray and white plug hats are the sia-ht
of the city. Crowds cheered them as
they paraded through State street It
looks like circus day in a country
town.. '-''-.
"The Colorado and KanaePltv maroh
ing clubs arrived later. The railroad
stations are crammed and jammed with
people. Trains loaded with visitors are
lined up on the approaches.
it was announced today that the dele
gation to the national Republican con
vention from Waahlnrtnn will aak tha
platform committee to favor an amend
ment to the Interstate commerce laws
so that a railroad would not be per
mitted to put into effect an Increased
rate to which objection has been made
until the justice or injustice of the
charge had been passed upon by the In
terstate commerce commission.
Shippers Appeal.
Under the r resent law a railroad ma v
give notice of 10 days of any Increase
of rates, and at the expiration' of that
time the Increased rate becomes effec-
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fill 1011 NAMED
NO DEFINITE NEWS
OF WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE
(United Press Ltised W1r.)
Seattle, June 16 Captain Underwood
denies that the cruiser Colorado went
ashore - off Dungeness spit last Satur
day afternoon but the meager dispatches
from the ship leave the question of
what actually happened off the danger
ous reef In doubt The vessel, with the
cruiser Pennsylvania, was in a very pre
carious position. The fog closed down
on them when they were close to the
reef. ,. -
Saturday night the Hearst corre
spondent at Seattle learned as did the
correspondents of scores of other news
papers, including the Seattle Times, all
of which published the story on their
front pages, that the cruiser Colorado
had gone ashore. The story came
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GOMPERS COMPLETES
DRAFT OF PLANKS
FOR THE PLATFORM
(Baited Press Leased Wlre.
Chicago. June IB.- The ' executive
council of the American federation of
labor today completed its draft of the
planks that . It desires inserted in the
Republican : .national platform. The
document will be presented to the com
mittee on resolutions as eoon as -tne
members -are selected tomorrow. None
of the members of the executive council-would
speak about the document
which was drawn up in secret session,
but it is admitted that -- the antl-
In Junction plank la the enter, feature.
Eamuel Gompers aaid todav that he
Is not disturbed over the coming of
Uncle Joe Cannon m post haste for
the purpose ofj,preventmg the insertion
of an anU-lnJifc-icUon plauk in the plat
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PRICE TWO
COR
William H. Taft, who seems to have
a grip on the 5 presidential nom
(nation. POOR BLIND TOM
Wl SEES LIBHT
(United Press Leased Wire.) ,
New Tork. June 15. The funeral of
Thomas' Wiggins, better known through
out the country as "Blind Tom," the tal
ented negro pianist : was held at Ho-
ooxen, w. j., today, ' Bllndt'Tom suc
cumbed to paralysis' Saturday night i
Mourners from all walks of life, in
eluding many theatrical . people, at
tended the funeral. ,-,., ..
"Blind Torn" was perhaps the best
known of the colored musical enter
tainers who attained popularity Imme
diately following the civil war. He waa
a musician of, uncommon ability and had
the artistic temperament albeit In a
darkened form. He was so sensitive
to the tone of a piano, it is aaid. that
he could detect the difference if a
handkerchief were laid upon the too
of the case. He played by ear and waa
ame give almost anvininr artr hav
ing heard it once. He had h.. makin.
his home in- New .York for a. score of
vaara. v
COLORADO
through by wire In what appeared to be
a well corroborated special. The cap-
., or i-oiorado at about 1:15
? S!?- Sunday morning Is aaid to have
told the wireless station at Port An
geles that his ship waa "not ashore but
uiviiuii uu. inn reei. xne journal.
wun viunr large sunpay morning news
papers of the coast is obllgectTo go to
i" - wiDuies uetore z a. m. Dun
day morning as it has. thousands of sub
scribers to serve and Its large circula
tion does not permit of it holding back
untH a o'clock or 4 o'clock lta regular
ouiiHi.i. . jinj ne.Bpspfri .or minor cir
culation can do thla and catch the malls.
Some corrections were necessary in The
journal mury out just wnat happened
to the Colorado will not be known until
oxm;it rviiuru are received irom Wash
ington, t. C. ,
form. Gompers savs that ha i
dent that an artl-lnjunctlon plank will
go Into the platform urged by the
iji.i .uu uiai me pianx win oe a
vug irom tne standpoint of labor.
Fr"tdnt .James W. an Cleave of
tne iauonai Manufacturers association
admitted, this afternoon that he was re
sponsible for the telegrams delegates
are receiving opposing- the demands of
the labor organliations.
"The personnel of the committee will
ba known tomorrow," said Van Cleava,
"and it !i up to the men who par the
bills to see that It stands for a .square
deal. I have asked and now am asking
every man with money invested In this
country toi wire to every Ftepuhlli-no
he knows and ask him to arold nv ref
erence to - the antl-injunctlon propfisit-1
tlon In tiie platform.'' '
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JOURNAL CIRCULATION
. f XESTERDAX WAS
29,635
CENTS. Kt&F'ht?
fionunD
Most Momentous Gathering
in American History Was
the Famous Convention
AVhere Great Leader Was
Named for President.
Discipline of Organization
Brought Into PlaySo It
Will Be in Chicago This
Week-Wounds Will Soon
Be Healed.
By Frederic J. Haskln. , .'
Washington, D. C, June 15. The
most momentous political gathering
In American history was, the Re
publican convention which met in
Chicago on May 16, I860, and which
nominated Abraham Lincoln for
piesident of the United States. As
long . as this republic endures. Its
citizens will praise that convention
lor its- wisdom In selecting hincoln
as its standard-bearer. Yet the con
vention which nominated Lincoln did
so against Its will, preferring
another man. but bowing to a con
sideration of expediency. Many of
the leaders of the then young
party were not only opposed to Lin
coln, but absolutely disgusted when
hef. was nominated. .Moreover, the
convention probably could not have
been Induced to accept Lincoln at
all If It had not been for the pack
ing of the galleries with Lincoln
claqueurs, who made so much noise
that it seemed that the very heav
ens wer crying out for. Lincoln
The 'discipline' of the Republican
party was thus early brought Into play.
The disgusted partisans of Seward, th
angry partisans of .Bates, the aristocrats
to whom Lincoln was a most bitter pill
all these left the Chicago Wigwam
in anger, to meet again in harmony at
the polling-places. So It wljl be at
Chicago this week. There will be
wrangling and fighting; there will be
hate and disgust. But tbe chances are
that the wounds will be healed and the
scars obliterated before the calends of
November. Of course, there have been
bolts from Republican conventions and
defections of great leaders from Re
publican ranks. These things have hap-
nnl will hinnMi o iru i n mav hannoA .
this year. But. taken as a party or
ganisation, the Republican body has
been always amenable to the "reason"
of party expediency. That Is the source
of its great power, the reason for its ,
continued ascendancy and it knows it.
Let other parties cling to the dfadwood
of waterlogged issues. Thej. Republi
cans will keep up with ttie procession,
even if tbe procession countermarches.
- . Tevored Sewa4,.vvJ'v.,i
The majority, perhaps two thirds, of
the delea-ates to the Chicago convention
of I860 favored the nomination of Wil
liam H. Seward of New York for presi
dent This preference was shared by
two thirds of the- Republicans of the
country. Seward was their leader in
the senate; he was their champion and
their pride. But Seward had been lon .
in politics, he had declared that there
was a "hleher law" than the constl-,
tutlon, he had spoken of the "Irrepres
sible conflict." - Worse than these, from
the standpoint of political expediency.
he had been allied with Roman Catholio
influences In politics. .
In the convention were ' Andrew O.
Curtln of Pennsylvania and Henry 8.
Lane of Indiana. They were politicians,
and rood ones, and they accomnllshei
Seward's defeat and Lincoln's nomina
tion. At that time tbe American oartv.
the Know Nothings, still had pre it
strength in parte of the east and in
Indiana. - Without their votes the B-
ubllcans could not nope to win. In
ennsvlvanla the Republicans were so
timid and so sagacious that they had
dropped the . name "Republican'' a ml
Curtln was runninr for governor s tun
nominee of the "People'" party."
; . Assisted ta Election.
A war back in 1838 Seward had bn
elected governor of New York, it
charged that Archbishop Huthn, nn
Die uamouc preiaie, nsa maienany Ho
isted in - Seward'si election. It
known that Beward had ssnt a in
saae to the legislature ar-re'vint-
Flan for a division or tne public r
unds between Catholics ami 7'r-.
tants. In the eyes of a Know N .ti ,
this attitude on the h hunt n:i,.;
I.
as the one scarlet. tiiitjrlo":ii.ic
The state election In iiniiii.t n
Pennsylvania in l&tsn rs l ei.i i,i ,
tober. Curtln and Lane v.n.i. I i,
t
lected. and they wanted ti : t a I
publican president. Th-v kn. v !),,t
they were beaten in Oil' i,-r mi l. ,,
Republican uoce in S-.vftt:,-r ..- -.
be (tone. Thy hs l to !.. ti ;
Nothing vote, and i h-v ten i
natlnn of Reward v.o!.1 b u-nji,
tieward's tpnlitn a 1 rnn--.'. t ,.
low Weed, the Alba' y e-.ii ;.-, t.t ,
(Continued c--,
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