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REPUBLICS ilf Cl MP1 IGWMA NA GERS MAKEj)ESfERATE
EFFORT TO OFFSET EFFECT OF ROCKEFELLER STORY
Carnegie Also in the Van as Supporter
of Faff. Roosevelt and Cabinet Offi
cers
Consider Serious Situation
Sneeial Disoatch to The Tournal.V
. Chicago, Oct. '31. John D. Rockefeller's statement advocating the election of William H. Taft
has dropped like a boml into the political situation. : Coming as it does in conjunction with Andrew
Carnegie indorsement of-the Republican candidate, it has increased the confidence of the Demo
crats that Bryan will be elected, and has also brought again to the surface all the bitterness that has
been injected into the campaign by the Standard Oil disclosures.
From all 'sides comes the reverberating crash of the renewed conflict. So critical is the situa-
. . a a m ' . m . T" . U ' - J ' J IA X 1. Z t A. ' lit. A A- . - t .
tion considered that f resident Kooseveit nas again jumpcu into iuc ugiu wun a siaiemcnr. repuaiai
ing Rockefeller's indorsement of Taft and branding it as "a trick so palpable that it can deceive no
one.
Taft Rrvan. Mack. Kern and all the other Republican and Democratic leaders have come for-
ward with statements relating to Standard Oil's indorsement of the Republican candidate for presi
dent.' ; .. I '' , '
TheTDemocratic leaders believe that Rockefeller's announcement that he is supporting Taft will
have thekame effect as BurchardY famous "rum. Romanism -and rebellion" speech in 1884. that, in
tended as an indorsement of Blaine, defeated him on the very eve of election and resulted in the elec- I
tion m Cleveland. I
The president's statement was given out impersonally at the White House, as follows:
uuation grew desperate and Hitch
cock notified the president and Mr.
Rooecvelt felt that It wa about time
to do aomethinff before the Taft cause
was put upon the road ' to oblivion.
Early In the day, before the national
committee realised the serious natuie
of the oil trust indorsement, the White
House delegation of Taft vnri.ni
cided 40 ignore the interview. Laff-r.
"At the White House the announce
ment of Mr. Rockefeller, through the
press .agent of the Standard OH com
pany, is regarded with some amuse
ment, In view of what the administra
tion has - done to the Standard Oil
company and of the bitter hatred borne
bv the Standard Oil company to the
administration. It Is a perfecUy pal
pable and obvious trick on the part of
(he Standard Oil people to try to dam
age Taft.' a trick so palpable that It
. can deceive 'bo one."
Thus did" tb president come to the
re?cui.of his candidate, wun- ine is-
nuance-of the announcement there was)
sent .forward Instruetlong t for; those!
nrmbiri of h rahlnot who were In
the city to assemble without loss of
timv at the 'executive mansion.
, Xltq&oock DUrtwbed.
Chairman Hitchcock ' was the Vsnost
disturbed man in the national com
mittee. Hitchcock saw that the game
was all up with Taft unless the peo
ple could be persuaded that the Rocke
feller Interview was ' "all a political
trick." The understanding) is that a
tremendous -amount' of influence was
brought to '.bear on Rockefeller to.hae
him repudiate -the interview;, thia ef
fort. It is reported, failed entirely and
the ollr magnate' refused to give out a
refutation of his published views. .The!
leiejrrama ooured in. from .v.r. win.
of the country plainly showlna that
the campaign managers considered that
the Rockefeller-Republican Interests
naa mug a -jaamaa-inr mMfair Than
the ' preelcront - ot, buv anl mv
his , White House bulletin.
GREAT TRAGEDY
Bryan' Calls Attention to
Qosingr of Homestead
1 Steel Works.' 1
(Calted. PrM Leued Wire.)
Richmond, Ind., Oct 81. Bryan cre
ated enthusiasm here today when he
fi.v.d rrnmrl. Taft. Rockefeller.
Roosevelt and Root In a speech before
an Immense crowd.
"Carnegie la supporting-., Taft," gala
Bryan, "and says my election would be
a tras-edT. Well. Oarnegto la f amUlax
with tragedies, as the . dosing of tbs
Homestead steel works waa tragedy,
tart the) voters will hardly uphold Car
negie's views.
"Root says I should not be elected,
as Taft la temperamentally-better fitted
to enforce the laws than I am. That
la possibly true from Root's standpoint,
as Root began his legal career by de
fending Boss Tweed, ana from mat
standpoint, of course.' he was sneaking.
"Rockefeller . . Is supporting Taft.
WhvT . Hasn't Taft shown by all hi
utterances that, he-favors - the trusts?
tttt won't disturb them If ha Is elected
"Roosevelt demands the election of
the man he named as the nominee of
the Republican party, because he
knows ha has prostituted the high of.
resident b
nolltlcs."
Bryan opened his tour of Indiana to-
arena oi
flee of preelden
of
ay
this morning.
day
by bringing; It Into the
at Union City with a-speech early
morning. - He spoke at .Winchester
ana men nere.
This afternoon ha la to speak at New.
castle, Muncie, Anderson, Kokomo.
Peru. South Bend and .other -places, '.be-
rore going to cnicago tonignu .
BBYAN C0NTKIBUT0ES
SEND $6580 TOMV
Ttnltrd Pkm Laad Wire.) '
Chicago, Oct. !. The Democratlo na
ttonal committee today announced con
tributions aggregating. 18,889, Including
we roiiowing:
William F- Sheehan. New Tork. and
jl. merger, wieoonain, i.uuo eacn.
- ,W. A. Page, tninols; Edward 8. Stokel.
Pennsylvania, and E. 8. Johnson, South
DakotaT 160 each.
Chas 8- Thomas, Colorado, and W.
E. Hun, New Tork. 1 259 each.
A. S. Bennett, Oregon, llto.
' F. X O'Brien. Aiisnna; J. Harvey Mc
Carthy. California; George R. William
son, Colorado, and the Democratic spe
cial committee of Portland.. Or, $100
. each. . - i
JODII 0,'S FilfJILK
OElHf BHD FAITH
Insist ThatBockefeller Ab
cspluteljr. Sincere in Siip-
ROOSEVELT SAYS
"f i
!IC!(
ill GOOD
Declares It Will "Fail Abso-
lutelyIssues Another
Frantic Ukase.
(Dnltee frees Leased Wire.)
Cleveland, , Oio, Oct II. Relatives
and dose associates of John D. Rocke
feller ' declare that the annoancement
ohis support of Taft Is the logical out
Come of his statements early last fall.
' "It Is foolish to suppose that Rocke
feller mad! the announcement for the
purpose of hurting Tatt," said W. C.
Rudd, a brother-in-law Of the oil king.
"Rockefeller made an announcement
early In the campaign approving Taft's j ed he would have kept quiet."
canaiaacy ror tne presidency ana ne I The roiiowing telegram waa made
has always been a Republican. His I publio: .
support is merely that of a party man "Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. SI. To Presi-
and a citisen. The statement that it I dent Roosevelt, Washington, D C
was given in return for promises of I The labor. vote will not h ioiii k.
Immunity Is equally foolish." I Rockefeller's trick. We will bury him
(United PreA Xeawd Wire.)
Washington, Oct. 31. President
Roosevelt today authorized the follow
ing statement:.
The president has received numer
ous letter and telegrams showing that
John D. Rockefeller's trick, ddbbtless
made by agreement with e tha Demo
crats, will fail absolutely .
It la self-evident, aa Taft says, that
if Rockefeller really wanted him elect-
S10, IF BRYAN: .
15, IF IAFI
J I
nmt xviii aiuiinisain- i nil rnii n r v i
safely Republican aa are Ohio and the
oiR.-iurw qoiiege. i Higned A L.
Paulker, president of the .Window Glass
nurun ui America.
A conference this .fttmum
the ;pVesident and Attorney Frank B.
Kellogg, the chief "truat bnat ii-
mat a new move in tne govern
ment's suit against the Standard Oil
uumpcuiT hmt ne mafia nn
Aiier uie conieren
lively mat under no rmmiiinu.
wuuiu immunity De promised
IX r n T 1, UA connection , with the
TTttSCU VUU11LV XittilUllCl A1SU "a cases against me Standard OIL
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Taft for
Sheriff Slakes Good Showing
for Multnomah County
Few Citizens Fail to Meet
Assessments Promptly
Pay in $2,868,587 for 1907.
UNPAID J. J. HILL
Bailroad , Magnate , to Be
Guest of Chamber of Com
merce Next Fridays Night
Dinner to Celebrate the
Opening of North Bank.
John D. Rockefeller', President of Standard Oil,
"Bnslhess Reasons."
Supporting
it
Agrees to Throw in His
Hand's Board."
(Special Dispatch t Tae JcontaL)
The Dallas, Or., Oct ll.-rMurdocb
UcLeod of Klngsley, Wasco county,
wanted a man to work on his big ranch.
Ha "came to this city and sought tha
aid of tha officials to get a man from
tha JalL He procured one who had
served his time this morning, and In
earn eat made, this contract with ' him
I want to have you -understand that
on are to work for me under this con-
ract. If Taft Is elected I will pay you
It a month and board. If Brcwn Is
elected i win pay you ie a montn
and board.
A straw vote was taken at the police
station here this morning and the re
sult was Bryan t, Taft .
ILOSES DIJUIDS
WORTH 81,500
Well Known Sporting Man
of the Northwest Held
Up at. Spokane.
DENIALS WON'T GO;
THE PEOPLE KNOW"
(Special, Dispatch to The Journal.) ,
Chicago; Oct-31. The. Chicago 'Journal today, said editor
ially: "The announcement 'that . Rockefeller would vote for
Taft has stirred up a terrible hornets' nest in the Republican
party. Oh, yes, 'little attention was paid' ; merely a- cabinet
meeting, of all the cabinet officers not out. on the stump Jor
Taft, and merely a presidential proclamation and, wild denials
from Candidate Taft and Chairman Hitchcock that not, a penny
Z of Standard Oil money has swelled their campaign fund.
X " 'Little attention.'.indeed l The people of the United States
2 know just what value .to' place on such denials as those of Taft
and Hitchcock. Theyrenjember that in f904 Judge Alton
Parker accused : Roosevelt of receiving the support : of - the
Z Standard Oil company,- and Roosevelt virtuously denied ' it.
They , remember : thevsubsequent; revelation that $100,000. of
Rockefeller money was used to help Koosevelt His fat-fryer,
Cortelyou, asked for more' and was shown the door.
"They remember how Roosevelt then appealed to practical X
E. H. Harnman, ana now Warnman dug up $260,000, of which
$30,000 was from Rogers, Archbold and Rockefeller,, and which
Harriman says turned 50,000 votes in tw York state alone.
"Denials won't go. The people know Rockefeller is tell
ing the truth. They know; Standard Oil is behind Taft and
twulis 'iu cicvi , mm. lau niun a u. nuuscrcil Knows 11. A
Hitchcock knows it"'
ImM M i I i I i I M i MM
Lass than $50,000 now remalna nneol
lected of Multnomah county taaea for
1907. on a total tax roll of SS.2f.6i.2S.
Thla la 1.4 cer cent of the personal and
.09 of the real estate, but exclusive of
the $229,000 O. R. H. tax, wnicn tne
sheriff has been enjoined from collect
ing, and also nearly $1,000 more that
the Marshall-wens company nas neia
nn hv an lnlunctlon.
Deputy Sheriff S. B. Martin, who has
charge of the tax collection department,
a completed the figures of collections
up to October 6, on which date tha aec-
on.I mstaument 01 taxes oecame ae-
lm'iuenL Since that time about $4,000
hr. been Dald. At that time the un
raid personal amounted to $$0,499 and
the unpaid real estate to $21,032. This
is an unusual showing, special effort
having been put forth this year to maxe
a clean swfeeD. Countless statements
anil reminders were sent out.
On the personal tax rou xnuiuioman
county will no doubt compare favorably
wltn other large cities or. me counirv.
In New York, for instance, 3 tha unpaid
narannnl' fnr! 1S07 amounts tb 48 - Per
cent, compared with $.-4 per' cent here.
It has been Just aa bad in' New 'York
in other years, for there was a 47 per
cent dellnauencv in 1906. 47 In 1
K.I In 1904 and 40 in 1903. " Personal
tax la most difficult to coUect. for there
are hundreds of ' DeODie ' assessed in
smalt amount who move around, and
many others wbo are reluctant to pay.
The onlv lara-e rans left In the per
sonal roll In this county are those that
the sheriff haa been restrained from
collecting. The O. R." & N. haa taken
up.- the fight In the: courts, and the
Marshall-Wells company Is also trying
rn emane the taxes levlea . against it.
Th pi-rsonal icll ir. 1907 stood at $900.
28S.40, this being 28 per cent larger
than for the vear oreviOUH. In the
face of this large Increase in the roll
the shewlnir of deUnauency Is consid
ered particularly gratifying , "'
The rea' estate roU delinquency will
be still further reduced by the Issue of
certificates bv the sheriff under the new
law to persons who come forward and
ay tuxes, inese ceriincaiee win mwr
.". per cnt interest until redeemed, and
fter three" years the holder may fore
close the owner s interest. Tnen ail
land on which certlncates are not
claimed will be sold to the sUte, and
all riolinnuencv wlDed out.
Following are the figures showing the
standing of the tax roll on October 6:
Total 1907 tax roll .$3,23.64.25
Penalty 4,451.62
Interest . ' 1,51.60
Sheriff's assessments 6J4.4T
Francis I. Clark, prealdent of tha ;
Spokane. Portland & SeatUe railroad,
and officers of the Chamber of Com
merce, were notified today by J X
Hill that Mr. Kill' and hla son, Louis
Hill, president . of the Great Northern,
will reach Portland Friday morning,
November 0, and will spend tha day
and evening In Portland and' leave for
the north at midnight.
The Chamber of Commerce officials
Immediately began to arrange for the
banquet which the chamber will tender
Mr. Hill Friday evening In celebration
of the opening of the North Bank road.
General Charles 8. Beebe, chairman of
the entertainment committee,-who is in
charge of the arrangements haa nr..
ared to have the banquet given at the
ommerclal club at :30 n. m. FrM
evening. Both J. J. Hill and Louis Hill
will be asked to speak, while C. K.
Bwlgert,. president of the chamber, will
preside.';'.- .v i- . . , ; " ...
it Frasident Howard Elliott of tha
Northern Pacific, which is a half-owner
with the Great Northern In the new
line, can be present for the opening of .
the new line, he too will be guest of
honor of the chamber at th.lmi.t
However, President Clark of the North
Bank received a letter from Mr. El
liott ' a few dttvn' irn ' aivlnr thil k
hai .to go to New York in the, near
future and It 1 not known wh.th.. '
he i Will be able to enma tn Pnril.nJ
for the opening.'
uwing- to tne fact that the official
news of Mr. Hlll'a comina to Portland ;
waa not received until fhl mnminr
the committee In ' charire of tha nan.
qtiet has not completed . the details of
the program and will not have them
ready,, possibly, until Tuesday. It has
been decided. . however, to hava aarh
guest from the city purchase his ticket,
Although the HUls will reach Portland
Frldav mornina- on their eneclal .train.
It is not known whether the Una t mm
Vancouver, to Portland will be placed In
actual operation upon that date or not
However. Mr. Hill's train will i-ra th.
bridges and enter Portland over the new
line, prooaoiy Deing taken to the freight
Total aum to be collected$S,233,l26.9S
Paid to county treasurer ...$2,868,687.07
Three per cent rebate allowed .75,106.7.
Errors and double assesstn'ta 4,3 1-2. 50
Haiti un bv ft. R. A N. In
itiation 229,758.00
Marshall-Wells Co. -Injunction 8,834.00
ITnnald nersonal 80,4.z
Unpaid real estate 21,032.39
Total . ..............
depot at Tenth and Glisan Streets.
President Clark will leava ti.
night for Spokane to meet the Hill spe
cial, and will spend Wednesday with th '
Hill party In Spokane. They will cefcne
uuwn over tne new. line xnursday, mak--Ing
enough stops to show the off letalsj -: .
the line thoroughly. f-
Friday at midnight the Hill party "
will leave for Tacoma, Seattle and Van-,
couyar, B. C , ,
.$3,233,126.93
NO SlilOKMG IS
LATEST RULE
New Order Will Be in Force
on All Closed Cars Af
ter November 5.
a
BUY BOXES AT HOME
rralteg rreai Usaai Wn.i
Bpokana, Waah.. Oct. 31. Ralph Dodd.
former Northwestern league, umpire and
a well-known sporting . man. waa beUj
up here last night -and robbed of two I
aiamonas worta iuuo. , The nan fnl.
lowed him -from the down-town action,
where he had bet SI. Ode on Brraa. Tha I
noiasps aacapea.
PANIC IN FACTOR Y;
BECEPIIOII TO
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SENATOR
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nrsiteg
Louie. Mo..
Ueeeg WM.I
Oct 31. lx
glrli
J "While we think the consumers of the Willamette valley are
t loyal to tour box manufacturers,' wc , rc sure that muiy big
corners una tneir war to outside lactones, said o. H. 21 il
X Schwerdtmann, secretary and manager of the Oregon Box & were aertolsiy injured today in a rush
Manufacturing company. "It is not encouraging to home i VxwSS7ixt
X custry to see support going to outsiders who do not pay taxes
tr employ labor in our state. The people have it in their power
to build cd Orecon raoidlr. and one of the best known meth
ods is to patronize our own institutions and make it possible X
for them to be equipped with the most modern facilities to t
compete successfully with the big concerns of the east- Edu-
cate our people to be loyal to home industry." " Z
SIX GIRLS LJUEED Enthnsia5tic Sentiment -Is
Manifested for Willam.
ette Project ; ;t '
Epstein pants factory after an
of rire naa r-n aounoeo.
44T4M i
Iaaao
alarm e
Two) huiMred oeratore -were working
on tne antn ana aevefitB rioors r tnt
build ins when the cry or fire waa rata.
Ia the ruh to safety that followed, tbe
talrwav became atnmed with rlehtlng.
trurgllng. f rer ild yoang women.
Thoea who were burt wre fnrenet In
tha' Ihrwr and fell stiiW that feet of
a . . . -r - - -r. -
I their terrine-1 comrniona.
Howard HilL a nro eleratnr per-
Istnr, reulnJ Me preaen el miaa aod
toek aa the gtrls te safety. u
fSaeelal naaej e The Sesraell
Corrallla. Or, Oct." 31. -An open '.and
free Willamette and aa - ewthoataatie
sentiment la that behalf were tort Sen tal
te a reception given by the Commercial
Club to Senator Boa me here leaf d t Wt.
genateur Bouraa ina4 a brier aeiireaa.
la which ha r4edrd hie loyal airport
the Willamette nroJwt. and et f enh
the lrrportar.ee ef ria-leg ample rate-tl-el
In forma Ueei ia the aan4aof cite
delegation. . , . ,
FARMER
OtlllGEII
1VAS DEAD EASY
But One of the Two Touts
Who Stunff Him Is in
. Jail Alreadr. , ;
"Wall Walla, Waab Oct 3t Ooy
Rladoa la la the. BpeJtaae ceanty tmO.
and will be returned te We Ha Walla to
day te e-a tried for swindling J. I. OTIn-t-r.
a at il toe farmer? aat of llle. The
of f ene la a:ia-l te have been cammlt-
te eurlng the fair. IJnr waa to re
lt -tn m an eaav th inc. and gave tlS
to -rvfia ef teta te bet for elra tut
a fliad"" var - Tby r ! te mmM
fas -after the Taea, bat they never
e-tewad a p. Rtao"i waa trailed te
Ho.ee and U:ea to Spoaaee. ,
Th.n a to h no smokina on the
closed streetcars of Portland after No
vember t. On the same date tha new
streetcar ruling relative to the far stop
at crossings Is to go Into effect.; The
near side stop hss been tn effect sine
Uir l ana haa been cbanaed in accord
ance with action taken by the city coun
cil several dars ago. , , , .
The new order.-which-Is to be printed
on cards and placed in all tha atreetcara
is ss roiiows: - ?
"Cars will stop, when signalled, at any
nolnt Indicated by stop signs, and- at
the further crosawalk of all streets.- ex-
cept at crossings of other car track a.
where tha stop will be madef on the
near. side. In accordance with city or
dinance, NO pasaengera win do aiiowea
te ride on the front platform except
on long vestibule, three compartment or
i . - .... m ,i t mr .
Amoklna: la to be permitted on tha
epen oars, but as most all ef these have
been taken off the different lines, owing
to the 'Inter weather, the new order
prartlrally mesne that smoking la to be
ea
altoe-efher.
The no smoking plan has been decided
prohibit
spnn only after the idea has been care
fully conatdered by the street railway
officials. No amoklna baa been allowed
ea the O. W.' p. cars for some time.
Tha rullna- met with such success that
It waa decMed te' make the order gen
eral, eoverlna the dosed cars on all
eltv line. I
When the near aioo order went late
effect In Xay yeipy-re were n ot al
lowed en the front platforms f the
cars and emoklna was paTmltted only on
the rer ea4. Owing te the fe"t that
the fiwil rlatferm la etl.l often a4
by raeiaera ret I Ing ea ad eff the
care. M mn will be allewed te rMe on
he front and ewcert en ears with the
veatiboiaa. ewh se the pay-aa-roa-
enter cars-are to have.
W1ERS
THE LANDSLIDE
At Muncie, Ind., 60i Eepubi
licans .Harid Bryan a ? ,
Written pledge. V ;
(Catted Press 4eaeed Wire. ; - S
Muncie, Ind., Oct. ? 31. When - ha
stopped here today lit his tour of In
Clana JBryan waa presented with- a
pledge signed by 604 farmers saying .
they had -are. ays been Republicans but
would vote for him," The candidate
thur.ked the farmers and his words
were greeted with a storm .of applause.
Bryn said:
' "Hoosevelt's statement that Rocke
f.lcr'a SUBDort'of Talt Is Intended -aa
an injury ia ludicrous. Roosevelt want-
fo
cd
for his
the aUPDort of Rockefeller
candlcXte for the nresidrrcv until after
ehction- Rockefeller probably thouaht
his iipport of Taft would help the Ke
nuliHcuu candidate, aa he believes he la
doing the lord e service .when he fastens -tha
yoke of monopoly on the Deck of
the leople. '
- 'larrlman also is included in the hit
of raft's supporters." . - -
18-YEAR-OLD BOY
IS VICTIfJ OF GUJI
-it
e rSpeekl rtteaateh fe Tae leeraal.t
4 v The Dalles, Or.. Oct 31. W1U-
4 iam Harvey, IS years ef age. ef
4 Hosier, was hunting yesterday
near his home and shot himself.
Relatives and friends sarc. 1
for the boy all night
The body was found tl.'a
morning by his uncle. Perry l!r
vey. face downward. The t
4 . pierced the -lad's fnreha t. 1 ; .
4 boy'a hand in hla kt Ir. " .
4 ed aydental efcot(- ,
4 He waa the e i ef - ir.l
4 William lltrveir, " t
4 large ranrh rar 1' -r
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