. THE OREGON . DAILY JOURNAL, 'PORTLAND. THURSD A X EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1911
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OF
IDAHO
ACCUSES
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OF
BUYING
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Charges Illinois Senator, Must
Have! Known Bribery Was
. Practiced, arid Was Him
self as Guilty as His Aides.
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. -Washington, Jan. l.--Senator Borah
of Idaho yesterday addressed the senate
on the point of Senator L.orimeri title
to his seat In the senate, alleging that
the senator from Illinois had not only
been -elected by . means or votes shame
lessly and notoriously bought, but that
ho knew such bribery was practiced,
aurthermore,? from all the clrcum
- stances of . the case, Borah charged.
. Lorlmer not merely knew bribery was
practiced but personally managed that
phase Is well as all other phssea of his
: camoalirn for' the senatorship;1
K, Senator Borah bitterly arraigned Lor
lmer for his action In thwarting his
party's choice, as he did In defeating
Hopkins, the primary nominee of the
Republicans or Illinois, ana extenaea
the ' arraignment generally to Include
all who In like manner refuse to carry
"out the popular will. Senator Borah.
aid In part: 1
- Offiolal meeord Znoojaplete.
The first reading of the evidence
taken upon the hearing In this matter
Inclines one to the opinion that there is
lack of proof and that no sufficient
grounds emt for challenging (he scat
of the sitting member from Illinois. This
Is due to the fact that the direct evi
dence in some important particulars is
lacking and to the further fact that
much of the testimony is that of con
fessed bribe takers. IBut the second
reading and more careful study of
the facts and circumstances leads to
'the conclusion that the seat ought to be
: vacated. . . ' . ' : --
' Korlmer tort Hsts Known.
"IV must have been shown either, first
that' the sitting member was personally
Involved In the matter of bribing mem
bers of the legislature or had knowledge
that it was going on In his behalf; sec
ondly, that such a number of votes were
tainted through corruption that with
out them the sitting member did not
have the ireauired roajprity, , ; v--- j
, "It must be conceded by all who nave
read the hearings .or who read the news
papers that the forty-sixth assembly of
the state of Illinois was One of the
most venal and disreputable legislative
bodied that 'ever- brought .shime and
humiliation to- a great commonwealth.
There were good men. in that body and
they seemed to have remained honor
able and clean In the midst 0? the mis
erable flUh and corruption with which
they were Surrounded, All the more
honor to therm But the .legislative body
as a whole wilt go down la the history
of the slate as marking the lowest depth
of publlo Indecency, ,lden seemed to
.have waited with Impatient and bresen
petulanoy for thi , briber to coma. If
. he 'was late 4hey felt uhey bad been
wronged and made to' wait unneoes
aarily. They became so notorious that
members bantered one another' about
their prices. c They quarreled and became
Irritable not only over the 'prices to be
paid to one another but over the fact
that one might surpass- the other in the
dirty work in which they -reveled. . ;: -
"Who had a better chance to know or
more reason to know, who wae likely
from 'all the circumstances to know the
inside workings of that legislature bet
ter than the sitting member from Illi
nois. His position and his services
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GIVEN DAMAGES FOR LIBEL
Vw.ft .Mill
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Hi PHOSPHATE :
' DEPOSITS OF III
Geologists' Quietly Mark Out
Field . and Uncle ; Sam Has
. . Withdrawn It From Entry
"What Phosphate Is For. -
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Washington, IX C, Jan. 1. Phos
phate has. been discovered In Montana,
it : is believed in valuable commercial
Quantities. Vy If t, iummer, under j au
thority from contress and specific in
structions of the secretary of the interior,
the genet al land office of the United
States geological survey cooperated in
the classification of certain lands with
in . the original grant to the Northern
Pacific Railroad company in the west
ern part of Montana, to determine
whether :. they . are ..of .mineral , or : non
mineral character, Inasmuch ; as .. the
grant Included only such lands as do
not contain minerals other than iron
and coal. One of the geological survey
geologists engaged upon the work found
deposits of rock phosphate, which min
eral was not known to occur in Montana.
The deposits found are not far. from
Butte, and art they are situated on pub
lic lands these have now been with
drawn from 'entry by the president,
placing them' in the same category as
other known public ' phosphate lands
which are awaiting legislation by con-'
gresa to provide for Jhelr control and
dispos'tion. - ! - '
. . Lands Quietly Withdrawn.
As it was not desirable to call publlo
attention to this find before the gov
ernment had-a chance to withdraw the
lands, no detailed prospecting was done,
but it Is believed by the geological sur
vey that the area underlain by the
phosphate Is large and it la hoped that
the bed may be five or six feet, thick,
in which case it would be of great
value. In fact, an advance chapter. from
contributions to- economic geology, en
titled "Phosphates in Montana,", by H.
S. Gale, which has just been Issued b
the geological survey, sttaes that ' the
aeolofflo formations including this phos
phate bed are almost If not quite iden
tical with those occurring in the great
phosphate fields a couple of hundred
miles to the south, where the beds havo
a workable thickness of 4 to C feet
It is also the hope and the inference of
the survey officials " that large area
outside of . that actually examined by
Mr. Gale may be underlain with phos
phate. , The possible tonnage-may there
fore be large; , for instance, a square
mile underlain with a three foot bed of
phosphate would contain about S.760,000
tons. The Montana lands now having
been withdrawn, it will be possible to
make a detailed ; geological investiga
tion ot the deposits and a close estimate
of the tonnage. v: t.-.g'v ."fl
' Zbu&csm Talus of Discorery. . -
Phosphorus, of which phosphate roctt
is the principal source, ia one; of the
three necessary elements of plant food,
and it is moreover by far the scarce al
f the three, the others being nitrogen
and potash.. The United States has how
ever, the largest known deposits in the
world and' the deposits found upon th
public lands in the west contain a
greater tonnage than all the other Amer
ican deposits combined. Since most
phosphate as used for fertiliser is chem
ically treated with sulphuric acid, the
commercial importance of the Montana
phosphate deposits appears to He in the
fact of their proximity to -the great
Montana smelters, which are dally fall
ing to utilise vast quantities of sulphur-,
lo acid. . -, .' "
. .Additional Interest centers in the dis
covery and. Withdrawal since the presi
dent in his message, to congress advo
cates a jeasing law for phosphate lands
which will enable the government to
control or prevent the exportation of
the phosphates or fertiliser made fr.om
them, ' ,V'v .
The discovery " of this phosphate em
phaslxes the value of the sclentlflo land
classification werk being done through
out the. west by the United Statea feo
logical survey. Had these lands been
only perfunctorily classified, mineral de
posits or great, potential , value 'to the
United Statea would have passed into
the hands of the Northern Pacific rail;
road company, whereas they are now re
tained In the public domain for the ben
efit 'of the, peopled : v r?
M'MINNVILLE COLLEGE r
:,; WOULD PLAY FOOTBALL
McMlnnvllle. Or;.' Jan. . 19.--TDesday
was a special day for McMlnnvllle col
lege. The trustees of the college held
their regular semi-annual meeting- Ip
the ' forenoon, and in the afternoon I
program of pleasure and profit Was giv
en by-the students and faculty, for the
benefit of the .trustee and friends of
the institution, at which time some .of
the present needs of the college were
discussed by.f the students. .. A. move'
ment was started for a new gymnasium
and a girls' dormitory, and the .male
students gave a discussion on football
to ' have the trustees - remove the bar
placed on ; that game some years ago
that they may be allowed to play next
falli "At 4 o clock- two games of bas
ket ball were played between picked
teams In the dry auditorium and in the
evening a musical wa given in the
musio hall by students of the conser
passengers were convicts from Owen
Sound to the central prison at Toronto.
When thf derailment occurred, the. con
atable in charge unshackled the prison
ers and they worked nobly in rescuing
the Imprisoned, passengers. The con
stable permitted them to travel the re-'
mainder Of the journey without hackles
as all; the passengers signed a petition
to the attorney general of Ontario ask
ing him. to take oognisanoe of the con
duct of the convicts. . ':
CONVICTS IN WRECK
SHOW UP AS HEROES
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Toronto, Ont, Jan. 19. A score of
persons' were injured in a wreck on
the Canadian Pacific's, Owen Sound
branch ' between - Monroe and Bolton.
A baggage car and . , two passenger
coaches left the rails. . Four of the
r. , "
Established
svsyuw
Wortfs Greeted
External Remedy,
Pains lo the Bode m
ABcoctft Piasterx h&ve no equaL
. . Strengthen Weak Backs - -u
nothing else can.
Palna lo the SIdat
AtkocM't Hasten relieve promptly
v and at the aama tfana
strengthen side and restore eaertj , '
AllcocVs M tht original and. genuine 'porous plaster, "
nisasianuara rcmcajSOia Daruggiscs in every pur.
of the cirilized world. Apply wherever there It Pains
When you need o Pill , ;r
take; Brandrcths Pill
- For CONSTIPATION, IBILtOUaNItt, HKAOAOKI, DIZZOIIM
niDICISTION, I to. , v vrey KageAiMs. ' " . ; ' .
Miss Alexandef KnoliyB, flaughter of ! '
Lord Knollys, King George's pri-,',
-vate secretary, who -was awarded j -
.$25 Oft damage, rn ft Ubel suit j .;
which' she .brought against , , the
English periodical, John Bull, for
publishing a; report that she had ;,
eloped with an English army . of-"
fleer. Horatio Bottomley, mem
ber ot the house of commons, who
controls the paper, expressed to
the court sincere regret that the
groundless statement, had been
published.
Sinco John
Quit Drinking
John's Wife"
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2m the ntpptert mtle womaa, .
la HI thU little towni
. And my mtnj Ungh and ftnslng,
Takei the ple of lgh aiidfruwn.
lor JOHN HAS QUIT BIS DBINKJJw
And U like hlmielf once mor,4 "
, And tb world It Jait s pandlte
, With tnca btfplneu la itorel
Cm dy 1 read aome venes
.. ; "Mtrr't Mlrele," tbenuna, '
Aad I Hid. thtt'i John eiMtly,
T And I'll (end and gtttae wine, t
So I sent for OOLDEK BEMSDT,
. (Ai ilr u ilr eonld be) -
And I pot It in John' npset
. And I pot It la fail lea
And it didn't tMte sntue Ma)
Had no eder, no, roa Me
lt iu mootbett kind of titling
. ForlltUsDootor Mo
And I wMcbod aad prayed tad watted,
And cried tome, top, I (um),
And I didn't bare tho gretleat faith,
, I'm aibuned now to confew.4
, And Jobs neter thonftht minute,
He M being cured of ilrtuk,
, : Aod non be't u well at anjr one,
- It nkkee me ery to tblnkl
Juntictkei trie cry for gladoeea,
" I'm tonroad to be bl wife
, Slace be It eared ot drinking,
t And ittdi a alee, new lite.
, ' fStnee Jobs be eolt a-drlnklngl"
1 can't tar It timet enough I
And buei tod loatbet a llqaor
At he would poiton atuff.
t And when I My my prtyert at night
Aa thtokfnl M can be
. J pray for Jobs the tnoet of all
, , boa OOLULN REMEDY.
Essa Treatment For Drunksrdt
triess and TaateleM Any Lady CM
, GiTaUneeretlvatHomelales,
.".:: v . Coffee or Food.
f 1 ; f'rVA , . ii i ,,;,
, Ccsts nothing to Try.
If rou bate a husband, too, brother, fyther
- T trtrud Who it Tietlm of ltijuor. all yuo
. bare to do la to tend our nam and addreaa
n tb eon poo below. : So may be thankful
at Jong yon Ue that you did it. -
I rcc Trial lockage teapoo
' JWf, .V. Kaiaos Company, '.
807 Oleaa MlOgH Clnolnnatl, Ohio.
Pleaae aid me, abtolntely free, by return
null, la plain wrapper, ao that no on can
kiiw wliat it coiitalut, 8 trial packtft of
tniJJen JRrmffly to. urOT tiMtiMffm
riuiui for U la. true lu svry ranjpeet, . ,j
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0tfOf t erw-y- iyrm ' 4ti.viVi
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"It
there made' it impossible for Him not to
know of the conditions that prevailed.
People's wm Thwarted.
"Illinois had In the, summer of )903
held -a primary that, the people of .the
state, might express a preference for
United States ' senator. There were a
number of candidates upon the Repub
lican aide, but Senator Hopkins received
the preference vote at the hands of the
Republican voters.. Lawrence B. String
er received the preference vote at the
handa of the' Democrats. The Repub
licans had 127 members in the legisla
ture, the Democrats 77. Had the peo
nle'a reference -been considered there
fore. Senator Hopkins would have been
returned, yt cannot pass by the moral
delinquency , of V any - man won nndeN
takes to thwart the popular choice of
the people. I always think a man who
will deliberately set about to defeat
the will of the people is so utterly
wanting In moral conviction that, hav
ing ones started in the work, if he can
not accomplish that purpose by fair
means' he will not hesitate, to do, so by
foul means. . . "-"i '
r ."Furthermore, ..It was as clear as
day to any, man, , knowing that legisla
ture, knowing the people's wishes were
to be put aside, that this would ; have
to he acoompMahed braishonorable
means. ? One ; would . know when he
started in that that was the ' way in
which : he would have" to achieve his
wprk. Men who would utterly disre
gard the wishes and desires of the peo
ple, who would have their representa
tive Ignore Instructions from the- peo
ple would inevitably stoop to use meth
ods hot in harmony with decent politics
and the men who1 would accede to such
propositions would expect, when - they,
changed, to be bought. And in this In-,
stance when they did change the evi
dence shows wnclustve1yrry-werr
bought' JrVho bought thentt tSomeone
who had no Interest in' the matter, or
someone who had a direct and positive
Interest in the matter? V ;
"The sitting member was at that time
a member of congress from Illinois. He
left his duties here and went to Spring
field to conduct the. fight whether for
himself or not, he went and took charge
of the fight to defeat the preference of
tha people expressed, at the primaries.
"In order to do this what had to be
donef First,' it was necessary to get
men to Ignore their instructions; sec
ondly, it was necessary to get them to
violate party pledges on both sides, and
thirdly, It was necessary to get them
to wipe out party lines. Men of both
parties had to be brought to the sup,
port of a Republican. In other words,
they had to be led up to that point
where they would brasenly defy the
criticism of friends and neighbors and
of the whole state, throw aside party
loyalty and personal obligations. Their
convictions and their promises had to
be eliminated.
"It Is beyond question that the ait
ting member from Illinois .looked over
the Job and commenced work upon it
No one did know, no one could know
no thoroughly -what it did Involve, to
wlt, the prostitution and corruption of
the legislature.
"Now, let me call your attention to
I hie factan indisputable fact that
Horn the time the sitting member from
Illinois announced he was a candidate,
U;at very night a stream of bribery and
corruption began to flow, which has not
erased to flow to this, very hour. It
K-gan in the legislature, It has extended
nio Ihe courts, affected the Juries, in
volved members of the bar and tainted
nlong its whole course,- It has left on
every side disgraced and humiliated
families, broken : reputations and a
Btunch in the nostrils of the nation and
Uun.iliatlon and shame to a great state.
If this body docs not act with courage
and with drastio .effect, We, too, must
expect to suffer much in the estimation
of the good people of this country."
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
AT LINCOLN DINNER
Springfield, 111.. Jan. One of the
few public engagements that President
'"i wui mi ouisiae ine national capi
tal during the remainder of the con
gressional session will be his visit to
this cltyinext month to attend the an
imal banquet of the Lincoln Centennial
association. Definite word of the presl.
dent's COmlnir Yim hMn aaaw-4 I..
and ft JWiuultUe -Uawarltoa-lana t
fur nla ranan. Ia , . . i . t
.... .ywyuuii aim euruuumeni. una
banquet will . -taktx place, in the state
arsenal, where cover will be1' laid for
0O. guests. . In addition 'to the president
the chief speakers' will be Baron Rosen,
the .tuaslaa ambassador at Washington,
and Robert T. Uncola ot Chicago.
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An Announcement from Collie f s,
"Y6u bratji newspapers. Ev,eryr
day you take into your system their state- r
ments, their opinions, their pictures of life.
You are largely formed by them. On the
other hand, you help to create theni
Your habits, your tastes, your wishes; de
termine their course. How much do you
know about them? Practically nothing.
COLLIER'S believes that the public ought
to be in closer touch with these sources of
opinion and power. We have decided,
therefore, to make the great feature of
Collier's, all through 191,1, a series of
articles on the newspaper as one of the
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leading forces in modern society. ,
We shall give the history of the news
paper; show why free government could
not exist without tt; describe the value of
yellow journalism, and its harm. We
shall answer such questions as "What is
News? " We shall explain the forces
which a newspaper is compelled to face,
including the financier, the advertiser, and
the general reader. Part of the series will
be written by experts from the inside.
Part will ' present the views of outsiders'.
We shall take up journalism in various
specific places. Residents of Boston;
San Francisco,. Charleston, Chicago, and
many4 other towns and cities, will not only
learn new things about their newspapers,
but will tell us what they think about them.
j WilMrwin after;a year land ahalf of
!
. investigation, starts with a series of four--teen
articles, whicKvwilL "begin " in
COLLIER'S for January 21st and will
appear about every other week. . v-
, It would be easy to "muckrake"
American journalism to take an instance
here, a defect there, and by massing detri
mental truths present a picture of a press v ;
untrue to its ancient tribunate "of the
people. "
COLLIER'S has avoided that ' We '
have tried to take the broad view of jour-
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nalism, th virtues with the defects.
The series is intense with interest
holds you by its humor and . drama, r For
we are -dealing with the 'most romantic
calling of modern times. , Stories of the
crises in journalism; glimpses of. great
characters hidden from the public view in
the anonymity which clbudlth
sion; intimate . discussion jof itheiUngs
and v strengths of individual American
newspapers perhap? your own paper-r v
make these article inte
are important.
f It is a manyid
vital Wp hAVi tfllc'n noh5 tirtpwitinn
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to coyer it fully that: the" Americanlecle
at the end of 1911 will understand the
press better than ;they understand . it i
to-day. -They will, read it more intelli
gently. They will control it more
eiicciuauv.
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'Jan.
Feb.
JJ. The Power. of the Presi -:
4. "The Dim Beginnings
. '18; Th'e Fourth Current
Mar. 4. The Spread and Decline of Yellow-Journalism
Mar, -18. What Is News?... " 1
Apr. ; I.' The Editor and the News , ;
t. The Reporter and the News - v
May 6. "AU the news that's fit to print"
; ,20. The Adrertising Influence t ;
r June (! .v The Unhealthy Alliance
1 . 17. "Our Kind of 'People" '
'July 1.- TheLFoe from Within ' :
- . 8. The New , Era: '.
2, The Voicd of Crejieratioa '
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