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3N PORTLAND I I 1 You Get Results JOURNAL CIRCULATION From Journal Want Mora Help Wanted? Boardera Wanted? j Ad vertles. In Th Journal. J YKSTERPAY WAS 29,700 ' The Weather Fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. VOL. VII. NO. 103. PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 6. 1908 FOURTEEN PAGES! ' PRICE TWO CENTS. 5 AINI aim ttvu ICE TAGGAOT 4 t mcftw ii d a . a a v - mu 1 w . a i jt -wW . . . . mmmmmmmmmm . ii i a. I 0 W' con CAUf)TO0RDm.B 1 A I M III BRYAN DOMINATES BUT HE DOCS NOT CONTROL No Evidence of Machine in Convention, Which Owing to the Haberdashery of J. Ham Lewis Appears Like a Con- v gress of Clothes By William Allen .White. (Copyright, 1908, by .George Matthew Adams.) Denver, Col., July 6. This is a convention crowd wherein the barbaric yawp which- Walt Whitman speaks 91 is the keynote. In the Republican convention was the still small voice of Roosevelt in the hearts of a hypno tized delegation. In this convention the only trouble will be in compress ing the snort of the unterrified into polite language. If it is charged that in its ptform the Republican convention didn't mean all it sard, it may be pretty sure that this convention will not say all it means. The average con servative citizen to whom squatting in a cold bath tub of water is a startling adventure will take no comfort in the two platforms of the great parties this year. ' For the Democratic platform will be dictated by Bryan, he is the con- Kvention, "the bo'sun tight, the midship's mite, and the crew of the Nancy .Brig." And as between the platform which satisfies Mr. Roosevelt and the platform which pleases Mr. Bryan, the oqly question which occurs to the conservative citizen is shall law-defying wealth be turned down or blown up. That is thye choice between the parties. To him the Republican convention was an assemblage of firebrands and this is a gathering of dynamiters. Still it was calm here today until Oklahoma lit. The Oklahomans came with a band and a procession, and when they arrived at their hotel they had speeches and pow-wowing and for a few moments there was a sound of revelry by night which made Jim Ham Lewis with his pale' pink 'whiskers and his sky blue hat band, who was the most audible thing in the town, sink into silence sweeter than a summer night. Loud Roar of Necktie. Butw!ien Oklahoma disintegrated the loud roar of Mr.? Lewis' haber dashery rose above the din and not even the white flannels of the southern dickues, theTr6nd"hts of the Texani nop the iridescent breath" 6f Tam many could quell. Mr. Lewis. If the Republican convention had its steam roller, Mr. Jim Ham Lewis is the sartorial fog horn of this momentous occa sion. And he is no "lone peak of Darieh" either. There are others. This gathering of the great plain peepuHs certainly a clothes congress. Tliere are more high hats, Silurian and post-tertiery formation, at this uprising of the oppressed than ever assembled west of the Mississippi be fore. If this thing is goingo continue when the bastile falls in this country and the guillotine ' takes up its work, the mob that greets plutocracy will look those panoramas of fashion beginning with the Goths and ending on Fifth avenue that used to adorn the tailor shops of the countries in the eighties. Philosophy of Clothes. But declaration of independence in clothes merely expresses the unfet tercd uncombed and unterrified soul. Bryan dominates but he does not con trol. No one controls. He has no lieutenants. There is no card index in the situation. There is no boss, no sub-boss to system here. There is not the semblance of a machine. The congressional crowd is glad to be alive with a license to breathe regularly. It does not arrogate to itself any author ity as it does conventions wherein there is a congressional majority. In the days when there was a Democratic congress, there was a Democratic machine, but now in this convention the man who would try to organize anything through the congressional machine" would be spitting into a tidal wave. So three things are settled. Bryan will be the candidate, Bryan's idea of what will beat Taft will be the platform, and Bryan will be the vice president. The vice-presidential nomination will be a mistake as it always is. But it will probably be Bryan's mistake, which is more than Sherman to Taft. Bryan's First Choice. Bryan's first choice is said to be O'Neil of Connecticut, a wealthy manu facturer, whom no one ever heard of, but who has been loyal to Bryan through his entire career. But Bryan would be glad to get Gray and would take Townc or would not object to any of half a dozen gentlemen who are gasping for a fleeting breath of fame and blowing the waters of obscurity out of their faces. But it is well known here that Bryan has drawn just one line, lie win nave tvne o Mr. jonnson ot Minnesota, lie oeneves, so gossip says around the hotel corridors, that Johnson tied up with the anti Rryan crowd not to get the nomination for Johnson but to beat Bryan. He thinks Johnson put sand in the bearings of Bryan machine, not f much to overtake it as to wreck it; so among the Bryan people there is the list and the blinding rain for Mr. Johnson. Wherefore, Mr. Johnson announces tTiat he will not accept second place, which no mn ever declined. This is ail the politics there is in this convention today. No Gumshoeing. Rut there is no. gumshoeing; there is no whispering and mighty few conferences. No one knows anything. There is no place where the sanc tuary is kept. The platform which was printed at Chicago the Sunday be fore the convention has not arrived. No ne has it in his pocket. It is still rather nebulous. And as the clans gather the delegate who has been here 20 minutes has taken two drinks and some kind and healing libation knows just as much of the situation as the oldest inhabitant who came here last Tuesday. DENVER NOW HUB OF THff DEMOCRATIC UNIVERSE FOR ALL CONVENTION TIME 9 wrYjrv.' aVW -e v w jv, .-T- ' - I 1.0 I ;y jit, ym 3 M' flr !ISt i.ilUUf (-H!f 1- r i0 lgaE-?r- t' Tit . ( i' f - .t I-. rrr v i City of Denver, -Where the Democratic Convention Will Be Held Tomorrow. The "big building on the Right Foreground Is the.Y. Palace Hotel, Center of Today's Activities. M. C. A. and immediately Back of It la the Browfl OREGON DELEGATES' , WORK IN CONVEX SEVEN DEATHS. FIVE SUICIDES. ONE MURDER CAUSED . BY THE HEAT rfnltnl Prn Iw1 Wlr Chlrro, July 8. Seven Puddrn 0eth and flv sutcldr th rUlt of tb htat: three Mccldenun deatba; two aa phjxln tlfn and on mur1r durlnc th past 14 hourn la the terrific toll axartej bv the weltering heat .In Chtcajro. Ttia tnwn la naplnv for breath and there la pot one death that la not dlrwtly or In directly attributable to the trnpemtor. "Heat mania" la reaponalble for th murder. It la thought, and medical men arc laaulrr advice to tha people to keep comfortable during the hot apell Bualneaa la at a atanditlil and few bualneaa firm a are making effort to move gnoda. Tha emergencr hoapllala raport manr minor caaea of proetratlrn. Tha rharliabl eocteUea iro aMmg th poor, 4ttrlnft(ng lc and providing (w4 quarter. All public work on atreeta la Buapeffded, At noon todar It vi dee-r In the ahada and ther la no proepert of cooler weather until tonight By John E. Lathrop. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Denver, Col.. July 6 A dramatic scene was enacted at tho meeting of the Oregon delegation when C. K. Henry, chairman, scathingly denounced Milton. A. Miller of Lebanon, telling him 1 the presence of all the other delegates "I have never known In Oregon such a persistent, egotistical office-seeker as you." The scene took placa at the close of a Protracted session rtiirlnur which the delegation had sought to settle the dis position of members regarding assign ments to various positions In conven tion affairs. The delegation arrived Sun day forenoon at its headquarters at the Oxford hotel, an immediaiely the ses sion began. Miller, it appeared, as soon as the state convention adjourned at Portland obtained the nledKes of enoueh delegates to assure his election as na tional committeeman, which noslilon is now held bv V. V. Holman, who came here with the delegation. The desire developed subsequent to the giving of the pledgon to Miller, that some other e given the nlace. flther Holman him self, former Senator Oearln, Dr. Ber nard Daly of Lake county. Judge J. S. Bennett of The Dalles, or some other. Several delegates pledged to Miller f leader! with him to vield and release hem but Miller refused. Miller Is Greedy, They Say. Henry talked, aside from others, with Miller. stronKlv umlnK him to with draw in the interest of hnrmony and strengthen the position of ' the party in Oregon, but the Lebanon man firmly In sisted thnt every one keep his promise. II was then that Henry unreservedly denounced Miller, creating a sensation unpreceder.ted. according to others pres ent. Henry and others stated thnt their reason for desiring Miller's withdrawal was that he had been so often honored In the past by the party In Oregon they alleging thnt he had been chosen national committeeman eight years ago, then falling to"nttend the following na tional convention and to perform the duties expected of him. an) thst be had latelv sought and obtained the appoint ment na the Democratic member of the stale university board of regents, nlso of the state school text took commis sion and they said they thought he should stand aside and permit others to receive recognition. BOIlar Carrie It Off. The delegation agreed finally to .the following assignments: C. K. Henry. chairman; W. F. Matlock, vice-president; J. O. Booth, secretary; M. A. Miller, national committeeman: R. D. Inman, resolutions; D. M. Watson, cre dentials; to notifv the presidential nom inee, Lee M. Travist to notify the vice presldentlal nominee, D. J. Fry. Henrv in control alternates. proxies and BELL OUT: ESPEE Ifl BROWN PALACE HOTEL INTER OF ACTIVITY n. will control pickets. Inman wi ill nroDOse a nlank for legis lation auttiorizlng the Interstate com merce commission to suspend proposed increases of freight rates on petition of shippers, pending Investigation as to their reasonableness. Delegates from Oregon and other states are receiving urgent letters and telegrams from the national associations of lumbermen livestock raisers, wholesalers and manu- raciurers asking Tor the incorporation of such a, plank. Tuman has been busy canvassing as to the possibility of ob taining tlie Insertion of the plank. It will be virtually the same measure as that introduced by .Senator Fulton at the last session of congress, and re jected. Among Oregonlans here are: I. T. J. Tweedy, Pendleton; Henry Black- man, neppner; Dan T. Shrrett. A. J. McCahe. and Sam Wolf, Portland, and the alternates. Dr. H..L. Henderson. J. D. Slater. J. E. Hedges and J. C Welch. California Delegation Seems Inclined to Make a Noise Like a Locomotive, but Its 3rembers Deny Railroad Affiliation. TXDERTAKERS GATHER AT jnircXYILLE rMwial pUratch ta Tbe JarLt HrMlnntilla, Or- Jirlr a. Tha fourth annual convention of the Oregon 8tats FMnefaJ Directors convened la thla city today. The eon reunion will remain In eeeakm until tomorrow night. Asnoaf tha prominent members ef the aaeoria,. tfon present la P. J. Flnley of porUant neat prealdent of the r4or.-, He -ffverea the response la a newer to Mayor W. T. Mcy a pech of welcome Uu morning. Tuesday evening the election of officers and aa elaborate banquet will take placo. MiissJppf Edaratart Meet, rftswtal tMeoawa to TV JearaaL) Oiford. la, July f . Traeborr'fmra all farts' of the state gathered at te VttlTTltyof Mraelaalrfl today to take pat la tk annuaj Miaalaslpol edwc. tinsaj ccferenc The two days' pro gram ttrepcred for the ffathanaa-la rm. jlete with interesting and Inatrootlve fataree la -the way of pop re aad rfls miiwi n lira edacaUoaai prtiemaL STUDENT AFTER PROFESSOR CLARK Action Bejnin Against Stu dents' Affairs Committee by Indignant Youth. Oearin to Second Bryan. Signal honor was paid the Oregon del egation by the transmission bv D. J. Fry of Salem, who visited Lincoln, of a personal. urgent request from Mr. Bryan that Gearln be one of those to second his nomination In the convention. Dr. Fry laid the request before the dele gation at the meeting. The unanimous vote of the delegation was cast asking liearin to comply, which he agreed to up"n ms arrival later in tne day. Oearin also accepted an Invitation from the Knights of Columbus here to deliver the fourth degree lecture to a number of candidates, which lA will do Monday night. .AJ Btate Chairman Alex Sweek of Ore gon, who Is here with Ftate Secretary John B. Ryan, will take the fourth de gree of t he Knights of Columbus to morrow night.. The delegation learns that Governor rhamb-rlaln will pass through Denver Thursday en route to Dallas, i'cxas, to attend the Elks grand lodge. Oregon Man for KUtoiian. Robert A. Taples. a former resident of Gaston. Or. was selected today by the national committee ns official his torian of Ihe national Oapies hat been a prominent news paper man in eastern states for several eara. He was chosen from a list of 150 newspaper men attending th con vention TH nrt.llinn will 1 . II... close to the leaders of the party during I that " i campaign. The Idaho Contest. Former Senator Fred T Dubois of Idaho, with former Senator Henry Heit- f . By B. H. Canfield. Staff Correspondent United Press. Denver, Co!., July 6. The California delegation today Is jubilant over the de feat of Theodore A. Bell by the election of Nathan Cole Jr., as national commit teeman from California. Cole was slightly ill as the result of cold storage fare, but Is pleased to be In Denver with the lob of national committeeman cinched. The Southern Pacific tag Is not In evidence at the delegation head quarters. Nevertheless there are signs that the California party win not start any large sized war against the Soutlv- ern Pacific. In coast politics or a Party is either Southern Pacific or anti-South ern Pacific. The California deiegatton came to Denver with the anti-Southern Pacific slogan. . oyal to Machine. The fact that Bell lost out In the naming of committees and the accusa tion he made that Southern Pacific members had glve-n him the worst of it, and the animosity that still exists against Bell, all tend to show that the railroad label may be out of sight but not forgotten. Members of the delegation laugh at Bell's boom for the vice-presidency. They sav he couldn't even carry his own delegation which Is evident. Meanwhile Nathan Cole Jr. calm, secretive and resourceful, rules at the headquarters and smilingly denies that ust because the delegation Is antl-Bll, It Is far the Southern Pacific. Antl-Jao Shelved. California sent the delegation to Den ver with several important instructions. It may be of Interest to Callfornlans to know that such minor matters as the sntl-Japanese plank, coast defense measures, the ant i-lnjunrt Ion plank and other matters were not even talked about on the trip. Th deiegatton doesn't know a thing about these af fairs. It ddes know that Nathan Cole on out In Mi right against Bell and 'Continued on Page Two.) itmtedifr. Leased Win- ) it Pan Franelsoo, July t. Preparations are being made today by the attorneys of Claudlua Raymond, the student peiled from Stanford Ust May on the charge" of writing obocewe letters, to begin stilt for damag a gainer Profe. aor A. ft. Clark, chairman of therein tfeata' affairs commute. Raymond father la h Ms way er front er; to "take rharga f Ma eon fight. V Raymond wm ttIM from the ueV reuy on tho treartsi of the simil arity of hie barxj writing to that In- tk letter. . Exports have boon ' eaamlnlna tha letters and It Is rdrtooa that tag yea i baa a airo cast. . , JOTJRXALAVAXT ADS BRING RESULTS LOST AXn FOVT LOST AT OAKS LADt tntiA- iuiei watcn. witn engraving on In side ef case from mother and father to M. A. R. Return 'to or notify M'.s Marie " A. Rt4; fVll. 2 N. Kth at., and receive liberal rew a rd LOST AT OAK. t. SATI'rDAY NIGHT. lsdy's gold watr.V name In case. Jennie M. Sburta Return, 1701 Base line; Tabor Ili. Reward. STOLEN ONE MITCH LI.L BICTCI.E Va II tit M -if. t- t J -. ... " .. " 1 II. - . j. , .(J L.. J1D- eral rwa rd. aixhext wAxrriti: ftiTl'AtioN WANTED. WANTED TO RCXT, FOR RRNT, AVT . IvOPT AKD TOCNI CLArtr:i AD8 ONE CTTVT PER word, thrte covcfvctrrjri? a- FPRTION.t yrR THE FRICK OF TWO. VVDPR OTHSR CLaairirATIAS" i CENT A WORD, SF.VF.S INSERTION r-'R thr pRick or FIX. BLOOD I'll FLOW TODAY Clash. Expected Iktweeii Mexican Troops and Revolutionists. Cosla only 1 cent a word. cUwitled met U and IS. ralt4 f-naa Leased Wire.) City .of Mexico. July . According to advleea received . here today , a forc Z.tOO atro'ng. of ruralea and feder.U troepa. Is cloalng In en a band of ret olutionists entrenched In the rnountaiu fastness of -Pania Rosa range and a d cMra bat tl Is exported before night fall. r - There are over l.MS revnlutlnnlals In tho hlUa and all hare conont ra ted for tb battla. Tho federal authorities hi re tralood mouafaln fighter after the revolutlonlsta a"d 'prodis today that before night, all talk of tha ilaii caa rgveluUoa wUi Lara toied. By John E. Nevins. Staff Correspoadent of United Press Denver, Co)o., July 6. The cen ter of activity of the Democratic party today Is the Brown Palace ho tel. On the eve of the assembling of the national convention, the national committee is hard at work making up the temporary roll of delegates while bands are playing outside and delegations are cheering each other as they march and countermarch about the streets. Some of the contests are being hard fought and for the first time since the preliminary work of the convention was begun there ar evidences of acrlmonl ous feelinj that -may yet crop up on the floor of the convention. The national committee was called to order at 10 o'clock b4Chalrman Tag gart in the parlors set aside for Its use on the second floor of the hotel, Long before that hour reDresentatlvea of the various aggrieved applicants for seats as delegates were about the cor ridors buttonholing members and bring ing every possible bit or influence to bear to emphaslie the reason whv their particular faction should be reeogniied. We are the only regular lemoerats. was the burden of their cry. "and if you do not recognize our cialms the cause will suffer' Ust of Contests. After Secretary Woodson had read vne list or contests. a motion was adopted that separate sub-committees should hear the evidence Ml the contests from each state and report their con clusions to the main bony. It was de cided to appoint these sub-committees at once and then the committee ad journed until i o'clock, when the re ports will bej-ecelved and the roll call of the opening session completed. The full list of contests was as fol lows: " - Idaho Entire state delegation. Illinois First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth districts New York Second", third, fourth, fifth and sixth, dlstriets. Ohio Ninth and nineteenth dis tricts. Pennsvlvsnla First, second. third, fourth, fifth and sixth districts. I'istrict of Columbia Entire delega tion The grounds of contest range from "irregularity'' to allegations of fraud. Dttbola, the Mormon-Zater. The chief interest was In the Idaho and Nam York con testa In the former, ex-I'nlted States Senator Fred J. Du bois was waging the hardest battla of Ms political career. The real iesue ta Mnrraonifm, but It Is so concealed that but little of M truth could be brought out The contestants were headed by John H. Nugent and- Jttdge Perkyr - Nn gent. In presenting the case for,- the contestants, alleged that Dubon, br rea son of fraudulent practices, had con verted a minority Into an apparent ma yirlty and had ridden rough-ehod over the legally elected delegates ' to the state convention at Twla Falls. Ha cbargd that . there had been collusion with the I democratic state 'central com mittee delegates, resulting In a Invita tion to the members of . tha "American party.", which is the. aall-Mnrmoto fue ttofi In Idaho, to aond delegates to the Democratic l-onventlon., . . Vnjva -Airaig-as Dakota, Br this means, Vt gent aeaerted. Pen ator Dubois was able to ho seated as delegate to tho convention, be being the ehotc of tha Americans-la his torn eoonty. , - . . " Nugent thea set forth what- ha de elared was an illegal method of ea:".lr tho role at the atate contention, ani declared that la It a ccosUea atia coa- tests had been filed the Dubois ffftn were permitted to vote. "Even at that," he declared dramat ically. "Dubois was beaten, and by re fusing to record the votes of Bear Lake. Fremor.t and Oneida counties he only succeeded In making It appear that ha had a majority. "We hud a clear majority and were forced to hold a second convention slm- ; ply because we were robbed bv a wealc chairman and a secretary that carried -Ut tho will of Dubois." Dubois Says "Jack-Mormons." In answering Nugent both Senator Dubois and State Chairman 8. P. Don nelly charactoriged .Nugent and his fol lowers as "Jack-Mormona " In elnalnv his argument Donnelly said: "These men are bolters, or. as we call them In our state, "lnfreauent tan. ciata.' Their claim that our antagonism o the Mormons has antmrnnlro.l num bers of that section In tie southeastern portion of the state Is absolutely un warranted. The Mormons are Renuhlt. cans, always and unchanging, and im rot responsible for the rtiinn In l)i. political complexion of the state Thi contest la simply a part of the gonaroi.a. plan of the Mormon church to worm Ha way Into tha Democratic party In Id-iho, v At the state convention we beat theao - ' men fairly and thev aimnlv ,r. ng the baby act." . . During tha hunln ih. both factions Indulged In vltrlollo com ment on the actions of their opponent, and the bitter feeling engendered m' " likely to bo carrled: to the polla rext fnll. no matter what tha outcome the hearing. Tortfg Rival Boaser. The New York contests presantej tha -Plain problem of one boss trying to got " " . vn"- atricic m. McU! ret) fought hard, tuit h, in.inn ...i ... - he had little hope of winning out. Ha recited the hlstnrv nf tha and stated that ha and hi. fniin.,. hr.d nrovalled over TiirH a , . the' Tatter's men by a vote of fully xff,re'.. glared h-t Tharil Alurohv. leader nf Tmmwmn. ir. m i .. der to eitend tho Influence of h's or gsnlsatlon across tho hriH r- vr. - hattan to Brooklyn, had consnired to throw out the regularly elected dele gates In Kings eounty and 'o leplara them with delegates willing o carry oat ' Murphy's bidding. "Murphy and atate Chairman Coi. - (Continued on Page Twa) Conventioff y Bulletin Board (CaiM rVeas Leases Wtr.l Denver. Cdo 'July I. Con ventJoa naws In a nutshell: " i National committee thrashing out con teat a. . Rxecutlv council ef "American Fed eration of Labor frug up planks fer platform. Johnson managers say fee has so ehs.nr to win. . . , . . Pennsylvania aelegatlon expected to list Colonel Jartvee M. Unffey s aa JKmaJ commit tee nuui. la favor of Jamta Karr. Caucus of New Tork delegation fo fleclare for Bryan and name a favorUe. for the vlce-presideacr. Committee on errBgmeote dciia lo exclude merry wUu irota Ihe coa vefitioa ball. John Mi'rhell save f-a w'4 rf a cept tho vie-prci.-r.I nire'n.' n Arrival of laamaB 111 ia i-mt tra'n. Mat lxtlorl r-ouHk li- lj 1 Lftd Ir M "r- r .- y thirats -hd v-.i C: . aatne as on .. Name of Cona . . - ' ' ' . . , Kr, liiritr a ' j f i t" i.-. V c-rr .; r. . "tni i" !' , --t,
