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14 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL," PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY V 3, 1909 DR. WILSON NOT ENEMY ' : OF LOCAL OPTION LAW Vnrti.nii rtr Vfh. S.rTo the Editor, two Rfntlmen for a few' minutes, not df The Journal IrV, last, night's Tele- knowing what their business msrhtbe, gram, and on the firt pag. Is an artl- and with no more knowledge than that, cle headed, '"Rev. Mr. Wilson Sole Cham- I found myself surrounded by a group Dion." !n whlrh It is oeRijcnpa in ria me In the position of ad vacating a rertain bill amending our lnCal option law and being puHhl through the legis lature by F. K. Reed. My connection with this enterprise - dates from a meeting of four or five mlriisters nv Invitation of Mr. Reod. at hl home, with thrire gentlemen in the liquor business. At a subseiiuent nieot Ing I was invited to meet Mr. Wps 'singer to talk over certain changes that the brewers would like made in the iocal option law. and which tliey Hoped he temperance forces would-unite with ; them upon. While there are two or three very plterit changes that could he made without serious detriment to our present law. I soon found thai these wer not tne -cnanges m nguyi mm proposed to make, and that therefore - we oonlH not deal. Sincp that time I ' have used my utmost endeavor to keep out of compiicitv with any or me" ' moves, and have frankly-told these gen- tlemen that their attempt to exempt cities from the local option law would . be resisted by the combined teniper anre force of this state to the utmost. In rplte of ihts, the fact that I had met and' for the sake of getting to il gether, been willing to consider one or fctwo slight Chang.-, has caused me to be quoted by some persons as a critic I of the local option law. I have done what I could, to correct this report, but now the climax is reached by a meet ing on the Sabbath supposed to have been called At toy bouse to doctor the ' local option -law. and which has been written up largely to . my 'detriment , purporting t give at length long and . eloquent speeches. ;the like of which I j have never been able to deliver, in mhl-h I am aimnosed to have made my self the champion of the liquor dealers' amendment, and . talked about being ' morally pledged to go to Salem and myself extract the teeth from a local option law that for four years I have endorsed and done my utmost as a citi Ben.to defend and enforce. .. Trapped by Uquor Kan. But how came such a meeting to be held at the Centenary parsonage? There by hanga a tale. On Sunday morning I was called by phone by Mr. Reed and- 1 asked if I could spare a few minutes after Tuifch to see himself and-Senator Bailey. Of course I, was willing to see o"f men intc-rested in these bills, and yet having no morn Knowledge than 1 had of whv thev were there. A few min utes after they came, and when I had positlvplv said that I could not stand for this Mil, 1 saw coming up my steps. F. I.. Perkins of the Telegram, at which all the gentlemen denied any knowledge of why he was there, and ifisistod upon golns Into another room so aR not to be complicated In the ap parent mess. 1 undertook to dismiss Mr. rerkins with a statement that I was busy with some gentlemen, when he informed me he was there by invita tion of Mr. Reeil. If this was all accident, it is as the girls sv, "a coincident indeed." If it was a trick to write me up In favor of a bill to wJileh I had refused "anction, then as tnwpolltlcal method. 1 am so far outclassed that I am utterly unable to describe It. 'J lie language necessary would not be appropriate for one who wears the doth. r will not go Into detail of that con versation, sufficient to say that for niy part of it I made everybody know that I did not wish to be drawn into any legislative fight, and second, that 1 did not approve of the bill as pro posed. But the reporter so writea up the affair aa to make me" eager for the frav nuts me into the middle of the hum a nnA obligates me to fight on the wrong side; and in every particular puts me on tne opposite siae irom mo one i occupy. - . Denies mis jtespoBaiDuiiy. I deny any responsibility for the meet ing. It wasi not known to me that I was being; put into a Sunday conference about legislative matters. 1 did not ex pect these gentlemen when they ap peared at the door. I said nothing for f publication; ana mose speecnes prepared n Salem and purporting to have been delivered by me in Portland and on Sunday are not reports of any speeches of mine. .. They commit me to a bill that I utterly repudiated then and desire to now. I assigned no such reasons as are attributed to me for not supporting the last features of the ; proposed amendment. Ay reason was not that I was "afraid I would get too far away from my brethren." I said I did not believe in the measure and gave my reasons, which are set , forth In the ..following letter. R. A. Caplea, Who Has Been Ap pointed Private Secretary to Sena tor-Elect Chamberlain. Veal Smelt Salmo THE THREE SPECIALS AT SMITH'S.fctARKETS FOR THE BAL ANCE OP THE WEEK. If you come to Smith's Alder street market be sure to avoid the markets on both sides of us. We sell better, cheaper meat than they. See that-Smith's name and "Fighting the Beef Trust" are over the door and then , come in. .. . ...... VEAL ,; . , . . A whole carload of Willamette val ley Veal, fee litest meat to eat (it this time df year.'" Shoulder Roast Veal 10 Best tuts of Shoulder Roast Veal Veal Cutlets from shoulder.. .12 . Rib Veal Cutlets 12f. 15 Loin Veal Cutlets., IS Breast Roasts of Veal 8, 10 Rump Roasts of Veal,..12f 15 Veal Bones for broth and jelly... 6 Veal Stew ,8 Veal Steak ......... , 15 Oregon Pork, Beef, Mutton and Lamb . .6, 8, 10, 12, 15 Smith's Willamette Brand of Creamery Butter, 75; Other brands, 70 Eggs 50 per dozen. Frank L. Smith Meat Co. V "FIGHTING" THE BEEF TRUST IES ALDER STREET. BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND STREETS ' ' v (See that Smith's name is over the door) J512 WILLIAMS AVENUE .... 791 MISSISSIPPI AVENUE ASTORIA, TWELFTH, BETWEEN BOND AND COMMERCIAL ASTORIA, 2S3 TAYLOR STREET (UN10NTOWN) Rib Roast Veal...,.12yJ and 15 LomJ Roast Veal ...15 Upon'our word of honor we are re ceiving and selling between 3 and 4 tons' (8000 pounds) of absolutely fresh COLUMBIA RIVER SMELT every day this week; they are 5 per pound. ROGUE RIVER SALMON The only fresh Salmpn obtainable in Oregon jtfst now, is' reaching us at the rate of 1200 pounds a day. Buy it and eat it all this week it's only 12 per pound, and it's absolutely . . . iresn, you know. written to a senator who had written me to ask what responsibility I had in preparing certain bills now being pushed by the liquor men at Salem. This was my reply: "Portland, Or. Jan. 30, 1909. Honor able C. W. Nottingham, State Senator, Salem Or. My" Dear Sir: In reply to your recent inquiry concerning my re latioa to any amendments, to our local option law, will say that I am in no way - interested in any revisions or amendments to the people's law, which they passed In this state five years ago by a decided majority. After every clause had been thoroughly discussed, and which they have twice defeated proposed amendments to, by a majority ranging over 10,000 the first time to 14,000 at the recent June election. Be sides, you may remember that four years ago an attempt was made In the legislature to defeat the local option law by the Infamous Janes' bill, but this was defeated because of the marked public sentiment then existing and which has since consigned to political oblivion many, of the advocates of that measure. -' Iiw Is Live One. "Our state local option law is the llvest wire In all the machinery of our ?overnment and Is eharged with enough orce to electrocute any politician who dares to touch It I want no friend of mine to be guilty of such folly This is the people's law and it ought to stand as the expression of their will. "This legislature will be busy modi fying their own bills and reversing some of the former legislatures with out tampering with, the rights of the people to pass without direct legisla tion laws, which represent their moral sentiment on the local option question. No law on the statute books of Oregon has ever had such emphatic sanction of the people as the local option law as It now stands. "I suppose that the report that I am in favor of certain amendment out of the fact that I did meet on sev eral occasions with the brewers to see If there was anything they wished we upuomoniBM mignt agree with JDem..uPn- 11 was represented to me that there were certain iniquities In the law ,a " now stands which might be eliminated without weakening the law, and If both sfdes could ask for the amendments they could be passed by the present legislature without Injus tice to- the people of the state and with out the bad feeling that has character ised former liquor fights before our state legislature. "It was understood that the liquor men would offer no other amendments If such an agreement could be entered into. I would have been willing to go a1? W.av lnKny ra,loJmb,e "UBfestlon. And although in this I represented no body but myself, I would have been glad to have proposed any reasonable1 thing to my crowd for their .acceptance - "Ater discussing one or -two -minor suggestions, I found that they had a bill proposing to. exempt cities of 3000 Inhabitants - from . the working of ' the local option law. .which would have cut out the possibility or any county vot ing as a whole. Finding that thlirwas on vy mo Drewers, x was con- VttlMUl tkut .n nn.UJ . .1 . . .. , ,Uv " " iwuiu fsv lunrini, and that th, i,u... tiu. . mm .. ,..wibw,uvii m& . tin x was concernea. . - "And now It Is strange to me that tnent, I should be held an having made vwivwiwi, wiunn was mentioned In the interview, although no conces sion wa made on the other ide. for t AAV rtnw hatA Aim a 1.111. t. tha laai .11 J - J m , win k mo peupie 01 oreiton as ex- now stands.' And the fact that I-toave tiiz " cenain reporters tMHing toiuih mm who are trying io ae feat thA lrw.l i n M. I v. -i aided through the press as a proof that for four years I have beep defending tun a . as.! iiiii mn la w in rna niiinir en w w I rnintr lr nABW la k. " V n IfCBl ICS. W Idl 1,110 Jtl J And while I do not claim perfection for in expression or tne people the liquor dealers, for Oregon does not VAnt t lldkSZ MrttUman A illetat. . V.. . . . n. lvv.l((V ll . J Ult:iain lid policies or write her laws anv longer. - JtaVT.VIii v x XnUOl (T JiJOVrH; 1: AT THE THEATRES T ' Sothern Tomorrow Night. America's foremost antnr. DL TT Sqthern and his excellent company, will ucgiu an engagement or rour perrorm ances at the Heilig theatre tomorrow night. The opening nlav will he th. elder Bothern's famous comedy. "Lord rtttnMarv" T.l will 11, V. ..aw . " au UMWUQ U 1 11 C oriering at tne matinee Saturday. "Richelieu" will be given :Frldav and "Hamlet" Saturday night Seats sell ing at dox oiiice tor engagement. Much Excitement at Orpheum. Nothing in the way of vaudeville haa ever created the enthusiasm with the miaiences as tne Doxing scene In the little sketch. "The Sound of the CSnnar" which Is showing at the Orpheum this week. Last night, ah alderly gentle man in tne audience excitedly cried: xviiuca mm out, xnoca mm out 11 r A Mysterious Houm. Anything mysterious alwava fascin ates, ana mat is one or the reasons wny tne Baker stock company's play this week. "The House of a Thonnmi Candles," makes such a thrilling enter, talnment. It takes place in and In diana mansion filled with secrets. Ran Francisco Opera Company.' The most popular organization ot its kind ever seen in this city is Frank? "W. Healy's San Francisco Opera company which Is at the Baker theatre this week in the great corned v success "Th Strollers' Great Sword Fight. This WnA Wttn n ssAuSk sk sa.J 1.1.1 iivbo TTu notu wot SR. stwuiu X 1 II ( which looks like the real article must not overlook "The Man's the Thing" at the Grand It is presented by CarlyU Mftnvsa nrl 1 Irnnnta In DnBtt.i J t uvfua vs nvas awtunn 111 M. vril.4SS.IJIU, B II U 1J living up to the reputation which pre- rarlarl m U wucFva a w jivui i.ii raau Star Speclardes. . , , - - - r ' " a si ins Mf.i. tnutr flVA lima, a ...... mi are two matinees and three evening ifci iui iiiauuc. x no oiii consists ot seven feature acts and a better enter tainment for the money has never been given In Portland. "Shadows of a Great City" at Lyric. All thla voplr tv.. T.vvij, pan y are presenting for your approval 'n biff, eastern success "Shadows of a the high and low society of Greater New until, totally exhausted and - disheart ened, she sank fainting on the street. Patrolman fcillls found her at Front and Clay streets late In the afternoon, and although she at first refused to give her name or tell her story, . tha of fleer Identified her as having been at fit Vincent's hospital-several months ago. Her husband went to 6an -Francisco last week, she says, telling her to stay with his parents on the east side. The unfortunate girl ,1s still . -at the hospital, unable to continue her search for employment. ... -., ,-( ii n . . m i ii ' ' V j.. ;?; ... ..... It appears 'that the surest way to be come a member, of 1 the. United - States senate Is ' to hav . a name IJeginnins; V wttn tne letter B. There are now 13 J senators whose-names begin wHli1 ; that letter and In jthe next con-! ji trees twol more . will ... loin the vawAitau'' The newcomers wilj be Burton of Ohio. ' 'J ana unstow or Kansas. : . : . .. -.. i ADVANCE S INGST H0WINGx SPR YLES MEN'S Now on Exhibition . 3rd &0ak v Greatest Dog Actors in World. ..BJ??,oldl 50r an,! onkey actors head the bill at Pantages theatre this week. n pogvllle," in which a dosen dogs and half a dosen monkeys take part Dan, who plays the part of the Intoxicated canine. Is the star. POLICE FIND WIFE FAINTING ON STREET Til rn.l A Kl v. , , , . mow inni.j dt ner husband s family, to whom she had 1..V ,iT 1" uvo mr;er being married whithf tWO month- Mrs. Idenla white 17 years old. wandered about the city looking for work yesterday piirwiiffli I Will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not - beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. VO AXH BT 1U SBVOOZCTC Cnrea Bacltachq Corrects Irregularitiea Do not risk having I jongnt s mseaso or Dlabete 1 Bmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmammmm i 1 $13.50 Enamel $750 Inin Onfa H 11 U1I U i No563 This beautiful Enameled Bed has large oval head and foot pieces. Very popular hed and sells regularly for (f7 fv $13.50. Our special clearance price b JjU oralis (Eewrts Carpet "Specials 'A Tint Vlr hkor wsjklr r( enarU H 4.1.. f a. i-v ... & - - op.iaia 4I1 uic carper department. Special bargains that count count big in pocketbook savings. Besides these extra special values, we are showing new arrivals in the finest carpet grades, priced lower than any other carpet store in the city. Carpet Remnants at NearljJ One-Half No. 131 Velvet Carpet Remnant of 5 yards, oriental pattern; regular $1.60 grade, special, 00 As r-A yard, or the piece 3)nrjU No. 109Velvet Carpet Remnant of S'A yards; regular $1.60 grade, special f 1.00 yard, or the fcr OC P'ece D.aCD No. 502 Velvet Carpet Remnant of 4f yards; SjJ JC $1.80 grade, speciaj 90f yard, or the piece No. 107 Velvet Carpet Remnant of 5y2 yards, Persian design; regular value $1.80, special 00 per Aff yard, or the piece No. 507 Tapestry Brussels Stair Carpet Remnant of 4y2 yards; regular $1.25 grade, special per sjo H yard 0f, or the piece U No 505 Bundhar Wilton Velvet Carpet Remnant of 9'i yards oriental designs; tan, green and old gold; regular $2.10 values, special per yard (14 Oil fl.40, or the piece..... j10.uU No. 506 Axminster border Carpet Remnant of 8 yards; regular $2 value, special 95 per yard, or tT Cfk the piece, pf.0U Vz rolls Axminster Carpet, beautiful floral design in two-toned green, border full-14 width: reir At An $1.80 grade; sewed, lined and laid, pet yard MUU Sold with or without border. No. 613 Tapestry Brussels Remnant, 5 yards; regular $1.25 value, for 60 a yard, or the QQ Box Seat Chairs SPECIAL We are overstocked with High Grade Box Seat Chairs and will reduce at cost. Every; chair guaranteed worth regular prices. At the special prices they are snaps. Reg. $4.00 Box Seat Chairs for $2.75 Reg. $4.50 Box SeatChairs for $3.00 Reg. $5.00 Box Seat Chairs for $3.50 Reg. $5.50 Box Seat Chairs for $4:00 Reg. $6.00 Box Seat Chairs for $4.25 Reg. $6.50 Box Seat Chairs for $4.75 Reg. $7.00 Box Seat Chairs for $5.00 .With Hoods. Fold Like Cut. Fine Steel Constructioii, Nickel Trimmings. - IO SI Down, 50c a Week '", . , -; Covered with fcest Boston leather) light ana durable. Just what you wantwben trarellBg- on the street. . cars, .-Jh- l.,,.0,d,n Oo-Cart o sale tlay. . Will last for years. Has ait the latest folding" devices and is u'. made well throughout. LMihMtx ."ar "PhjIsterlBir; eproiat low prtce. With hood as shows In cut. ,: Mifiredl Regs 7Sc to $L50 A new lot of these Mitred Rues iust rprivrl fmni -m- rirn.c.;n. Department, made up from border and carpet remnants. In some 6f them the figures match almost perfectly, forming very attractive and serviceable floor rugs. Thev consist of Body Brussels, Axminsters, Velvets and Wiltons, etc. Sizes range from 3-9x3-9 feet to 4-6x4-6 feet. They are well made and are priced at about the cost of manu facture (one to a customer) and will sell while they last at from 75 TO $1.50 EACH "QEVURTZ SEfeLS if FOR LESS" first and Yamhill Second ancf Yamhill $3 Oali Stands for $1 ,75 No. 469 These little Stands are in the quarter-sawed oak, handsomely finished, tops 20x20 inches; worth $3.00, to close out two dozen of them we quote a Tf special price of, each....... )l.f 0 Phono. Records 'HtTOQ. Golden oak and ma hogany Phonograph . Record Cabinets, hold 100 records; priced at $18 by music stotes, spl. price.. ..f 10.00 $17.00 Chiffoniers $13.25 Jfo. 7S1 - These Pacific Oak Chif foniers .h a v " French plate mir rors. tOxl Inches . In else, fine large drawers, t o,-.p drawer, swell' front; polished brass drawrr pulls; very nest and att r a e 1 1 v r chiffonier for the low price; ....... 13.25 O t her- CriffVv ulere for as low , ; SS.25-, v . Vert, convenient , articles for your bedroom. See Ofvurtx' prices before you piece your order for sny kind of furrrt-. ture, L . . - ' ' - - - . - -. x -