THE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY, U. 1909.
3 -
GOOD FEELING
DAMPENED
BY FAKE
'Poster'' Knock Repudiated
hv Seattle Hotel Men and
B u si ness A ssoc ia t ion 1 1 1
T imed Canard Misrepre
sents Citizens.
(Spedul Dlfiptoh to The Journal.)
Seattle, May 1 4. That fake stories
regarding an alleged "poster" knocking
the Portland Roue hentlval Hhould have
been circulated In Portland by news
paperH at a timp when the businnna men
of the states of Oregon and Washington
have been getting together. Is regarded
here as an outrage. There were no
knock posters printed and the Portland
fiewHpuper . that gave credit to these
stortes and attempted to injure the hotel
men of this city were grossly Imposed
upon. , '
K. F. Swteeney, owner of the Hotel
Savoy and President of the Hotel Butler
company Raid today:
"As sole owner of the Hotel Savoy
and president of the Hotel Hutler, the
parties attached in Wednesday's last
issue of the Oregonlan under the cap
tion 'Seattle tries to belittle festival.'
I most emphatically denounce this story
as an absolute falsehood. There is not
one vestige of truth In It. I have tried
everywhere to find any one who has
ever seen a poster of this kind and have
utterly failed.
"I will pay $1009 for each and every
poster that will be produced that was
used in the manner as stated In the
Oregonlan. There Is evidently a malic
ious motive behind this. I am not In a
position to tate why.
Friendship for Fortl&nd.
"Seattle has always shown the best
of .riendship for Portland as evidenced
in our attendance at her fair and in
other ways ihat the citizens will re
call. We have a great and glorious Pa
cific 4'oast which is large enough and
big enough for us all. We have always
felt all for one and one for all.'
"Whatever benefits Portland Is cer
tainly an advantage to us. We first
felt our late prosperity in trade at the
time of your recent exposition and for
which we are grateful. It Is certainly
deplorable that an act of this kind
should be aimed to kindle animosity
when only the best of spirit prevails
between the two cities.
Mr. King's Reply.
W. "!. King, manager of (he Hotel
Hutler when questioned about the ref j
erence made to his house in the story !
of the poster replied: i
"There Js absolutely no truth In the
Ktory that Seattle hotel men or hotel I
man has knocked the Portland Rose Kes-!
tival. The poster yarn published In j
Portland papers was a fake pure, and ;
simple. There must have been some ul
terior motive In It. j
"Speaking for the Hotel Hutler is
well as for the Hotel Men's association
of Seattle. I wish to deny In the most
emphatic manner the yarn which was
calculated to stir up strife between two I
great, prosperous growing cities of the j
Pacific northwest Portland and Seat-)
tie have too many big things in common ;
for us to permit any such fabrication i
to work ill feeling between us You
cannot deny the story too strongly."
their right to sign the petition in
check over' the registration books.. The
constitutional amendment provides that
"legal voters" of any city ar given the
power to enact and amend the munici
pal charter. Oftentimes one maV be a
legal voter and not a registered votsr.
It. Is the right of every legal voter ;to
sign a petition and the auditor has Mho
power to eliminate his name from the
page merely because he Is not regis
tered. . Authority of City CounoO.
'7 seriously question the authority
of the city council to attempt to em
power the city auditor with such Judi
cial authority. t
"it is clearly outside of the power
of the auditor and ordinary eterks to
question the genuineness of any signa
ture." After the court had overruled the de
muriers, Attorney A. McNary asked
that he be allowed to file an answer to
VJie suit for a writ of mandamus com
pelling the auditor to put the $2,000,000
power plant on the ballot. The court
gave him intll 2 o'clock this afternoon
tc make the filing. City Attorney
Kavanaugh was also given permission
to bring up jvliatever questions might
still be rife, including the power of
the court to enjoin elections because
of the known facts that forged names
appeared on some of the petitions. The
eouit, however. Intimated that It could
not see that It had power to Issue In
iimctlons against the holding of elections.
tures taken with them upon their
breasts. ? .
After the pictures wen taken the
excursionists boarded the- train, with
the placards prominently displayed, hav
ing already taken up more than the
allotted 13 minutes time. .The train
pulled out of town slowly," to the music
of the band. The only regret expressed
was that there were not sufficient cards
to go around.
MABT0X (JIVES WELCOME
Continued from Page One.)
given the .rurds before they departed
In order that they might have their pic-
North Yakima's Entertainment.
s (SiMxlal Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
North Yakima. Wash., May14. The
Portland business men were well en
tertained In North Yakima last night.
When they arrived they were given a
ride about the city and surrounding
fruit lands In automobiles and shoyn
the methods and results of Irrigation.
They were then entertained at dinner
at the hotels and at private homes, fol
lowing which they were given a re
ception and informal smoker In the
Commercial club rooms. The address
of welcome was made by President Alex
n.ller, who introduced Honorable L,. O.
Meigs who spoke of the possibilities of
this rountry and the wonderful oppor
tunities for development.
Everything Is ready for the Invest
ment of outside capital, he said. One
of the chief opportunities In this line is
the chance for the development of elec
tric railways. The people here are ready
and willing to cooperate with outside
help. He told of what the government
Irrigation projects are doing.
J. B. Marshall or Portland, said niorrn
Yakima was tbe best city of Its size In
the TTnited States. C. S. Jackson said
too much western money Is being sent
AT OREGON HOTEL
east. It should be used at home. There : ready to match wits with the best of
Is also too much waste, he said. d-tec-a-tives, and If I lose tbe bet
Tom Richardson told of the greatness I have made with The Oregon Daily
of Portland; that it is a city "of homes. Journal. I'll pay up like a man- and
Portland wants to be closer to this sec- smile when I do. It.
tlon and he advised closer business and ,
commercial relations. i If A FFT.FS WTT.T. TIP
H " rimnhi and k. m. 1'iner aise - t
spoke briefly.
The evening was devoted to forming
acquaintances and to soclallbility.
Program at Yhsco.
(Special Dltpaten to Tbe JoornaU
Pat.ro. Wash., May 14. The Portland
business men's special will arrive here
between 3 and 4 this afternoon. launch
eon and entertainment has been pre
pared in the big building of the Pasco
Lumber company. Eighth grade pupils
will singe the Pasco song, and the vis
itors are to be given Pasco booster but
tons.
The o-.ie.t. will he shown about the
city and to the Columbia river docks
bv President IV W. Alton and members,
of the club. The Port landers are to;
remain In the cltv until fi o'clock, when ,
" V.i-th ttnnk fnr I
Portland.
COMPLIMENTS TO
LOCAL POLICE
Raffles will arrlvo in town sometime
Monday, and will repair at once to the
Hotel Oregon to brush up a bit. and In
tomorrow's edition of The Journal will
be stated s full program of his arrival
and sensational escape from the multi
tude which will attend his reception.
Oat Tonr Dark Irftaterns.
Get your fieldglasses and dark lan
terns ready, wipe the cobwebs from off
your eyes and read over a few of Nick
Carter's novels. nd be ready to g
after the man whose scalp will he worth
$500 In gold If you can comply with
tbe easy conditions that will be printed
In Monday's paper. I,earn these words
by heart, so you can nay them at a
second's notice.
"Axe yon the mysterious Mr. Baffles
of The Oregon Daily Journal?"
Remember this Raffles works iulck
he Is able to change his disguise, and
attire almost Instantly, ami when you
think you have vuur man spotted don't
delay, but go to it quh-klv.
Carries Large Trunk.
Mr. Raffles carries a fine large trunk
containing something: owr a hundred
changes of attire, disguises ami make-
-
tips, but on the evening; of Ula, arrival
at the Oregon hotel he wilt nilngU wlttt
the crowds of happy-go-lucky s1tlti'
and laugh and ehat with you. .lwn
suddenly he will get busy and you- will
he left standing talking to yourself ami
he. the festive Raffles, will have van
ished the signal they're off ,M. tha
chase Is on and It will be up to you
to get busy with a Jourmtl In your
hand and go after the lattO In gold. .
Bead Tha Saturday and Sunday Joui
nals for detailed Inform tioa conoernlna;
the sensational arrival and proposed
cape, and ret your kodaks cleaned up
and ready to shoot for a special prlsa
is to be given to the 'kodaker' wha
takes the best picture of the "Baffles'
big dolnffa."
i-- - . . . U-itua :
tC.ontlnued from Page One.)
who have been hard on my trail
many ether cities in this country.
"It la to Iragh."
As the matter now stands. 1 am quit o
C0n.T4tAN NO
POWER TO PESTPAIN
(Continued From Pago One j
go on the ballot, unless some unexpect-i
ed turn Is taken. '
One other hitch Is possible in t he
lighting plant anil excise proposals. This
Is the fact that not enough time Is left
to make the publications required by
law in the official city publication f or ;
20 days before the date of election. On i
this point Judge Bronnugh said he be-
lleved the nrovislon was directory, and
not mandatory, and that a less time will j
do. If the auditor shall refuse on this
new ground to put the rejected ques-'
tions on the ballot, another mandamus!
may be ne.-.essary, which would throw
the legal fight dangerously near to the;
day of election and cause further com
plications. j
Power of City Auditor.
The question of the power of the
city auditor to nass'on the genuln"- j
nss of signatures and their ssf
flcieney wss ?onsidered nt some length I
hv Judge Bronaugh. with t'.ie ten.t
that lie declared that that official's
power i tidod with h count of the names t
and the knowledge as to whether or I
not the petition contained a number I
amounting to 15 per cent of the vote
cast at the last election. 1
lUscussIng the question brought tip
by 1.. A. MoNfefy that esch page of ;
signatures must have attached thetxt
of the proposed act, the court ruled i
that such whs not necessary, but that
the text nf thejneasure should be at-
ta hrd to each iwieet or aggregate num
ber of sheets-of signatures 1
In the matter of the legality , of plac-
in R 21 signatures on each sheet, where
the ordinance form Indicates hut 20 j
should be placed, the court asserted !
that the ordinance declares that the
forms It contains are not mandatory
and that if substantially, followed
would be sufficient and that technical
errors could be disregarded, counting
20 names.
What Is a Xieval Toterf
Another question discussed by the
court was whether It was necessary
that the person who signed a petition
be a registered voter. The court
averred that suah was not necessary
for the reason that many not regis
tered are legal voters under the law.
The court said in part:
"In the matter of tha test of the pro
posed measure being attached to each
sheet of signatures. I am, of the opinion
that one copv attached to each aggregate
number of sheets is sufficient. The or
dinance provides that the text of the
proposed measure should be attached to
earh sheet and attaching It to each num
ber of sheets T believe covers the point.
Juxtaposition means nothing. When the
text is attached to each aggregate num
ber of sheets, it is therefore attached to
each sheet. There Is nothing in that
point raised that to each sheet of the pe
titions a copy of the text Is not at
tached, because It is as far as the evi
dence shows.
Barnes on Sheets.
"No evil, either, can come from the
mere fact that 21 signatures are at-
tsi hed to each sheet Instead of 20."
judge Pronausih held that If the law did i
say that no more or no less than 20 i
names be put on each sheet, which he
declared It did not. such a measure
wuold be unreasonable. j
"There Is no charm in 20 names, and J
there is no reason why any petition
should be rendered void merely because
an extra name had been added to the
sheet. I believe that the clause which
Indicates to some extent that 20 names
be placed on each sheet is simply to
make it easier In checking up. A de
murrer on these two points could not
he sustained.
"The question as to the power of the
city auditor to-decide upon the gemi
Ine'ss and sufficiency of the signatures
on each petition Is one of the most vlr
tal, as Is that which relates to who may
sign the proposed measure. The audi
tor will hold that only registered vot
ers are rightfully allowed to sign a
Setltlon, -and the only method which he
as at his command for determining
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