rilfi OREGON SUNDAY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1C1D.
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Reactionaries - Win, but Many
: '.'Delegates Said to Have Vio-
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By John E. Lathrop.
Washington, Dec. lO.Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Spence of Canby, Oregon, passing
through Washington en route home, re
' lated a story of the conflict at Atlantic
City between the progressive and reac
tionary forces of the National Grange.
Mr. and Mra .Spence represented Ore
. Ron. -
' An attempt was made to Induce the
popular government laws. ,- This at
tempt failed. The vote was 29 noes
to 15, ayes; representatives - were ex
cused from voting and 2 were absent,
bo that one-third the , representation
stood for the Oregon system of popular
' government . , '
"However." Mr. SDence said. " "a
number of representatives 'failed to
carry oat the Instructions given' them
by their state granges, so that, had the
members of the grange In these states
been represented properly- at Atlantic
City, the Oregon system would eitner
have been endorsed, or the proposition
would have been lost by only 2 or 3
votes. To our surprise, California
voted against vs. as also did Kansas
and Iowa; West Virginia and South Da
kota split their votes. The states that
voted with Oregon were Colorado, Idaho,
Illinois, Maine, Washington and Fenn-
sylvania,
Hopes to Win Next Teas.
"During the next year there Is bound
to be a lot of agitation in the dif-
ferent state granges whose represents (
lives aia noi carry out. me iuuus wmcu
they were expected to represent at At
lantic City. It is the same sort of .a
- fight which we have on in legislative
bodies a conflict between the people
and those who So not represent them, l
Although we lost this year because ;
v these delegates were not representative
of the rank and rue or the grange, we
have the Issue squarely before the or
ganisation, and I believe we will win
easily next year. 1
Women Tote on Orange Affairs. ,
It Is Interesting to note that the
grange rives women the right of suf-:
frage, Mr. Spence is the master of the !
Oregon state grange. Tinder the laws''
of the grange the wife of .the master !
of the state grange sits with him in the '
national grange. If the wife be at the j
head - of the state giange, then her ,
husband is entitled to sit in the national 1
grange, as in the case of Minnesota, The ;
result is that the womon of the dif-'
ferent organizations of the grange study
public questions and Inform themselves j
of what is going on in the country. j
The foregoing interview with Mr. 1
Spence was quite as much an interview I
with Mrs. Sponce, who contributed her I
share toward the dlscusslpa ' Both are
confident that the Oregon system of j
popular government Jaws will - be car-j
rled by the national grange at the next j
meeting at Columbus. Ohio. ..
Spokane, Washington, made a fight
for the next meeting and waa assisted i
by the western states. -; However, hav-
ing lost, Spokane came forward with !
an invitation for the meeting two years !
hence. It waa the Impression among
M , 1 n Y. .... ... .w. , w. ilnlomttu
that a principal reason why Spokane
was defeated was because the conscr i
vatlve delegates did 'not desire to go to j
TACOMA liquor
RGHT NO-TREAT LAV
' (Oultfd Vrtm eued Wire.
Taooma, Wash., Dec. 10. Mayor Faw
cett has declared in a letter to he
editor of the Tacoma Times that be has
information that a fund of between 170,
000 and 175,000 Is being subscribed by
the Royal Arch to attempt to defeat the
"anti-treating" lan which will go Into
effect bare next Monday, the ordlifence
having been passed by the city com
mission Wednesday. Tacoma saloon
men are greatly wrought, up because of
the passage of the measure and already
petitions are being , circulated with a
view to. using the referendum on the
new law. - ; v -;.- -.-.. -,--- -Liquor
dealers assert that 75 per cent
of the saloons will be put out of busi
ness if the law Is made operative.'
Mayor Fawcett indignantly 'denies as
sertions ' that he is making a political
play, and declares he will move to take
away the license of any saloon violating
the law. i r '; V"?!. !"---"'iv-'?'.:; .-
STUDENTS ROASTED FOR :
IGNORING DAILY PAPERS
lit-:--? ttJnited Prert leased 'Wire.)
University of Washington, Seattle,
Dec. 10. That a man who does not read
the newspapers cannot be a good clti-
sen is Prof essor Edward McMahon's j
opinion, expressed -to bis American his-'
- tory class. .'v.'" .'':,;": i . .'.M
"I wish,' said tb professor, "that I
had the power : to 'frank my students
who do not read the papers. There rs
, nothing which is so certain an index
ahow whether a man is alive or dead
as ma newspaper . reading. - uiteuecta-'
ally, ,he is a corpse if he does not keep)
up with the papers. We have to know
wht la irolng on about us if we are to
must be acquired from the dallies."
Tills exhortation- was provoked by ig
norance displayed by his students on
tne Subject of the elections now being
held in Great Britain. . , - , ,
COPY OF.0REG0N LAWS -IN
DEMAND EVERYWHERE
(Salfm Bnrwd of The Joornal4
Salem, Or., Dec. 10. Requests come
, to the secretary of state's office and
governor- office at Salem from far and
wide all over the United States for In
formation regarding the workings of
the initiative and referendum, the re
call and other popular measures. The
eloctlon pamphlets issued by the state
are in great demand, several thousand
having been mailed out to correspond
ent since they were printed. The lat
est request came yesterday from Attor
ney Gporge . Frederick Williams of 15
Rate street. Ronton, a frlonrt
" f rn ft f -t ie ct J'osiror'Massach u seltiT irVt
Williams stated that Governor Foss
would ui the Oregon laws and pamph
lets a a basts for making reeommenda
tw.s to the Massachusetts legislature.
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Oak Library Tables -
$18:
This .week's offerings
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, Sweepers,
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Basement
Specials
We nave space to mentto
but a few of our basement
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.save money at our bargain
counters on anything In tho
line of kitchen nends, such
as caGery, brashes, sad
irons, etc . .' ;
IT QL Grantt TJlshpan, T5o
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Mo Qranlta Na Tea
kettle ......... ....52
I Qt Oatmeal Boiler. ..'J
Qt' Berlin Kettle... .IVii
19 Qt Rinsing Pan....25e :
S Qt Milk Pan.i......O
Qt Pudding Pan ....IT
.IQt Sauce Pan. 20
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All the above are rn best
, French gray graalteware.
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$1.50 Savory
Roaster 95c
' a. . i wit' ,
. Jvmt what you wCl need s
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Monday Only
$20 Tapestry
Brussels
$15.00
'A 'new shipment '' of ifine
9x12 ft Tapestry Brussels
' Rugs in floral, i oriental
and conventional : designs,
.selected expressly for the
. Cnristmas trade; worth
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' special for Monday only
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9xi2 Art .Squares
52.95'
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Tbese Granite Art Squares'
sxe limited as to' colors
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Hentlmbloom Petti- PMr
coats at ' . ; . -WiC
Monday special m Heath-
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$1.50 Kimonos
1 f IAV Vrr Pnrv rrfTV K"iTnnnfK in :
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$12 Values
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Stftriin?'. vainest fit for .
' Christmas gifts. ' $
A fine selection of new V r
mui fs, stoles, : etc. . All '
sold -; at lower prices v
than elsewhere. Get
our prices first.
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