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PORTLAND, OREGON,. SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1912 TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
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EriTPLOYE DF CITY WATER OFFICE
"NOROOy LOVES A FAT IVIAISJ!
1I55IIIG; SHORTAGE III HCCOITS
BOLD MO THUGS
310,000 3D Ml
500 FDR 10 Ml
InvQstigatiorf of Methods Pursued by
Vater Department Already Reveals
. Discrepancies - Superintendent Not
Under Bond Detectives Assigned
Folowlng the surprising' revelation
made by The Journal yesterday after
noon as to the careless methods of the
city water department faphandllng mil
lions of dollar of the public funds. It
became known today that Fred R. Snod
grass, one of the trusted . employes of
the department for many -years, has dis
appeared and that an examination of his
accounts by a special expert has re-,
vealedtjie fact that there is a shortage
of S23 for the two months of November
. and December last year. What further
shortages there may be disclosed can
only be conjectured, as thL bnoks kept
by Snodgrnss have been sealed for f u-
- ture examihatlon and the expert, retained
by th water board On recommendation
of Jlayor Kushllgbt 19 hurrying through
accounts of other clerks who have been
handling a total of J60.000 a month, tin
der no security bond. ' ..;; . 7 "
. Easily Locates Discrepancy,
. The expert, "William Whitfield, one if
the most prominent accountants on the
raclflc coast, began the tAnk of check-,
ing over the accounts of the clerks who
fake in the water receipts, last Monday.
It Is said he discovered the- shortage
within a few hours, but to roakp sure,
went over all. the accounts- for the two
months again and' reported the results.
of his examination to the major. 5 Snod
grass failed,, to appear at the water of
fice for duty Wednesday morning, It
was reported that, the clerk had been
kept away by sickness. - j
Mayor .Rushlight. when interviewed to
day declined to confirm or deny the
truth of the facts heretofore mentioned.
But' It is known positively that three.,
detectives of the local sleuthing depart
ment have ben-gsigned to the tonic of
Becking the whereabouts of Snodgrass,
who Is believed -to .have left the elty
6orne time Wednosday.night. . -
Admits System Foor -'
Chief Clerk L. IS. Kaiser of the water
department admitted yesterday that un
der the present system Of boo&keeplng
In use by the department it is' possible
. f qr a dishonest employe to steal, but he
expressed the Opinion that in case, s,ny
considerable amotmt were missing the
fac would s90nbec4anfc.lMW4M rimxf
' 'Water Commissioner , Frank W, Winn
does not concur in this view and It Is
believed , that the mayor also has his
doubtsV althongh he refuses absolutely
SUGAR TRUST INVESTIGATORS REPORT THfl
" OVER-CAPITALIZATIOrT CAUSES HIGH PRICES
lTardwick Congressional Committee Assails- Monopoly System "Tint Re
fuses to Recommend Legislation to Curb Operations of Combriin '
'Ttlons; Inquisitors Refused to Accept Arguments That Big Combines
. ; Necessary; Faults Found and Possible Remedies Pointed Out. ....
- (TTnltea Prf Leased Wire.) :
Washington, Feb. 17. Assailing the
trust , system but-"'refuslng to - recom
mepd legislation to curb similar abuses
hereafter by. deolarlng that such recom
' mendatlons are solely within the juris
diction of the standing committees, the
. house Investigating , committee headed
by Congressman Thomas Hardwlck of
Georgia, which has been investigating
the operations of tho so-called sugar
ftrust, reported today to the1 house its
findings... Miv- :.v;-.; .,
After declaring that th committee
was Unable to accept thev'arguroents
advanced' by trust officials that big
business needed big combines, ths re
port outlined Aha 'following, evils as
a result of its investigations:
"Original over-capitalisation of great
industrial . corporations Is resulting In
Increased cost of production and hlgh.er
prices'- to the publlg . 1'.
"Temptations to persons controlling
corporations to , earn - dividends - on
watered stock as soon as possible . so
the etook can bs unloaded on the open
--market.'' '..'.'..'.,.,.. ,;
-"Exploitation of the consuming and
investing public and corporations thent-
TWO BRAND NEW WIN SCREW STEAMERS TO '
. RUN DIRECT TO THE ORIENT FROM PORTLAND
Byncrle lias Already Been Launched at Glasgow for the Frank "Water
houso Line and Rer Sister Vessel . Is Well Along Toward Comple
tion; Bank Line Steamers Will Continue on Run After ArriTal of
the New Craft on the Pacific Coast.
Two new twin screw steamers, which
are now building at Glasgow for "An-:
- drew Weir,., are to 'be plad on a direct
line between Portland and ; the1 orient,'
going as t&r as Manila, in the service
, of Frank Waterhouse & Co.t, according
M to Officers of the British steamer Su
.verlc, which arrived Jere from the
., otlent this morning. They will have
accemmodatioris for about S00 passen
gera '
' One of the steamers has already been
'launched, arid she is Called the Bynerk!,
and will t? under the command of Cap-l-tcttr-,',miam?",-Thf-eth(r
is weirtmdpf
way In point Of construction, and
he OB the fun s'ortly after the Byneric.
The latter will come otft to this coast,
stopping at Portuguese and Spanish
por for emigrants, tuid it is said wllr
to discuss the matter. ' Blnoe the water
board was first organfzed more than
$7,000,000 has been collected from water
consurners and other sources. Tho great
bulk of all this vast sum has passed
through the hands of seven clerks who
have not been teauired by - the water
board to give bonarfor the faithful per
formance of their duty." Even Superin
tendent Frank T. Dodge, who ls-.in
charge of the entire 'dPrtment, Is not
under bond., ... ,.
, . Saslsess Jnoreates Eapldly.
The business of "the water department
has grown so rapidly that the receipts
now aggregate almost a million dollars
a year. --- . "
The investigation which has brought
to, light the earelnss system of account
Ing- In -the department was started by
Mayor Rushlight last year shortly after
he toolc -office In July. The first re
suit , of' the investigation was the dls
missal of Head-Meterman C. O. Murphy
on a charge of having accepted a check
for $82.21 in payment for material sold
to a Junk dealer. Mayor Rushlight con
tends that this material'was the prop
erty of the city.-. At Murphy's request
the articles, sold .were returned by the
Junk dealer and Murphy refunded the
check. 'Murphy has appealed.to the civ
il service commission to be, reinstated
to his position. , . ..
Kay Be Larger Graft-
Mayor Rushlight -and Commissioner
Winn declared at -the time of the Mur
phy dismissal that further and more
sensational disclosures mlght. be ex
pected and it is believed that -thedis-appearance
Of Snodgrass Is the key to
the remarks made then by the mayor
and his -aide.
. It Is said that Snodgrass, who draws
a salary of only $125 a month, lias been
living beyond his. weans. He is known
to have been - liberal spender. k. That
he could have appropriated more than
$!00 to his own use in-the short space
of two months without' being detected
opens up possibilities of graft that as
sume 'enormous "proportions when it is
considered that hundreds of thousands
of dollars maxJjftye been diverted In
the same, manner. - Snodgrass lives at
3915 Sixty-sixth strecU-.&rJBti -
Expert Whitfield, after sealing the
books - kept by Snodgrass, transferred
his attention to the feast side water of
fice the accounts of which ha is now
examining. .... . .; . .... ,
selves by: thetr officers, directors and
trustees." .
In conclusion the commtttee'.s report
says; -.v-
"Large trusts, if they could produce
eheane r, could sell cheaper than the
imaller competing concerns,' but it Is,
Inconeeivtrola that they would, unless
legally forced to do so. To undertake
to force them to charge only a reason
able price Is then only a condition upon
which their continued existence can be
contemplated- and yet to ..fix the price
of- commodities legally would clothe
the government with dangerous power
and rob citizens of their individuality
and embark the nation Into extreme pa
ternalism. "Competition and individuality are
tho ertfy -remedies to protect us from
tho threatening evils." . ,. t
The -report also declares that the
Sherman law ought to be supplemented
by legislation "making "its provisions
definite and certalnr and to protct tha
consumer and Investor from the evils
of overcapitalise tim, and also to guar
antes corporations from exploitation by
trusted officers and agents for their
Individual benefit and profit" " -
Inaugurate the service about the begin
ning of next August. .
While the steamers ar of about 5000
tons net with a 'capacity of 14,000 tons
of freight, It Is said"Hhat they will not
have any greater draft thanlhe Suverio,
and can go out of here fully laden. They
will steam, bet ween 18 and 17 knots an
hour, it is said. i
It U . understood that while the By
nerlo and her sister ahlp will run di
rectly between Portland and Oriental
ports the- steamers or the Bank Line,
which are running In here now by wav
of British Columbia and Puget sound
JPts. wiljryacjo
as oeiore. , ....... ;.. .-..
-For some time past there has been a
Complaint among trie Importers and ex.
porters of this port because of the de-
(Ponfrlnued--o Page Three.)
T Yl
.11 CUTS OFF QUEUE
New Head of the Chines Republic
Object to Uie Public Roijolcln
urer me 'au or uie aioucu
nasty j tiiwn Few "MIIHom. ;
(United Prets Iid Wire.)
Peking, Feb. 17. Following the ex
ample set by other Republican-Headers,
President Yuan Shi Kal of tho United
Republic, today has cut off his qujuc.
Despite this action, he still feels kindly
toward the deposed Manchus and depre
cates the public rejoicing over his, elec
tion and the establishment of a "repub
lic President Yuan has been advanced
13.128,000 for his present needs by the
acting viceroy of the province -of Chi
L.U . ... . ......
' Peking, Feb. 17 Reports that the
empress dowager, broken hearted by
the success of the Republicans, had com
mitted suicide, were spread throughout
the city today and Caused great excite
ment. , No confirmation 'of the; report
could be obtained, and it is generally
doubted,?
News of the . practical establishment
of the republlo is aVouslng no opposi
tion among the -Manchua here. They
seem to feel, that the downfall of the
dynasty! was not to be prevented, and
there Is little doubt that the Institution
of the officers of the new regime will
be- permitted without opposition. .
Ask Yuan to' Hnrry South. -
(Dnlted Pmws Leed VTIr.)
Nanking, Feb. 17. Dubbing him a seo
ond Washington, the national Chinese
assembly today telegraphed Tuan Shi
Kal, Its unanimously elected president,
to hasten south to confer with the lead
ers .f the Republican party with a view
to speedy installation of the new' or
der throughout the empire.
The telegram was submitted to 'the'
assembly and was ordered forwarded
without a Word of dissent " -
(Colted Pram Led Wlr.
Washington, Feb. 17. Congressmea
Hay of Virginia and Fitzgerald of New
York In the house today Jointly "took a
fair out of Congressman Richmond
Pearson Hobson , for his criticisms 6f
their attitude on the army appropriation
biU, Hobson was absent.
Hobson yesterday inserted, in the ConT
gresional Record' strictures on the atti
tude of Hayv and Fitzgerald. His. re
marks were not made from the floor,
but were published under 'leave to
print" privileges. Hay today denounced
this action as "cowardly," and Fitzger
ald in a bitter attack charged that Hob
son constantly and consistently neg
lected his congressional duties In order
to "work" the Chautauqua lecture plat
forms. . . ..
. Ola'f Tveltmoe Says Little,
(Hnltt-d'-Pr leased Wlre.4 -
' Los Angeles, Feb. 17. "I frequently
have, written , Christmas letter, to my
friends; I don't remomber1 whether I
wrote this particular one or not," was
the comment of . Olaf Tveltmoe today
whfiii nuestloned restardlnir a 'Thrlst-
STILL LOVES
NUNCHUS
CONGRESSMEN
mas'netteren.rTnicgfa-'ttrTiaervrlCTCT
ten to President Ryan .of the bridge and
structural Ironworkers, which was made
public In Indianapolis today by Prose
cutor Miller. Tveltmoe would make
1J EGVPTM PkKCESSES ' . BUCK MIffi RING
' RUNE
TO CONTROL
THRONE ON THE IE
Former Austrian Princess Trying to
Out Khcdlve'a, Firsirrlf..Fr:m
Her Position; England Suspects
Plottlngtby Two Emperors. ' .
(StiecUl to Th Jonrnli
Cairo, Egypt,' Feb. -17..-7A fierce fight
for the Egyptian throne la. going, on be
hind the palace walls between the Khe
dlvah, trie khedlve's first wife and con
sort, and the ex-Austrian princcssf now
known as Princess Zubelda, the 'khe
dlve's second,. ut favorite wife. So
serious has become the situation that
Lord : Kitchener, the British agent-general
and the real ruler of Egypt, has felt
It Incumbent upon him to intervene.
v.'J3ngland has no Intention 5of permit
ting the reins of Egyptian government
to fall Into the hands of a woman who
by' nationality Is hostile to British ex
pansion. The British authorities sus
pect-that Austria and Germany are not
altogether disinterested onlookers in the
prlneess' anU-khedlvah plottings, and as
the princess has tremendous Influence
with her husband England recognizes
her as a dangerous opponent .
Accordingly, England is stiffening the
backbone of the sultan " of Turkey
against any recbgnitipn of the princess.
The sultan Is the khedlve's religious
chief and nominal suzerain.
Devout Mohammedans bitterly resent
ed their puppet ruler's union with an
alien, although she-'became - an . Islam
convert. ' '
It is now stated that the princess al
leges that Prince Abdul Moneln, heir to
the throhe, is really her son-and not
the eon of the khedlvah, and that she
has almost succeeded in securing the
khedlvah's dismissal. . .
LA
STILL ACTIVE IN RACE
" " (United Prewi tid Wire.) '
-Chicago.. Feb. 17. ''The. progressive
movement In Wisconsin represented by
seuaiur ua. r.uueii.e win- carry us in
fluence to the Republican national con
vention with a solid delegation. Sen
ator La Follette will be, as he has been.
Its aggressive and consistent standard
bearer." ' ' ' : :-'
ThlB Is the declaration made today by
John J. Blaine, ' chairman of the La
Follette Republican club of - Wisconsin
and campaign manager for La Follette
In a formal statement. Blaine declared
that La Follette will not retire from the
active -politest .'for the presidency and
that the thought of retiring had never
once entered the. senator's mind. Re
garding the future of .the La Follette
movement In other states, Blaine said:
- "My observation is that in other states
the movement is not. unlike that in Wis
consin. It will manifest itself In the
national Convention through a deter
mined effort to nominate Senator La
Follette for, president.. This movement
will go on until thtf wlll of the people
Is written In our, laws and Constitution."
FOUR DIE IN WRECK
, OF CHICAGft) LIMITED
i. . (United Pre IicihI Wlr. ' V
" Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. lT.-rThe Chi
cago limited on the Penrftiylvahla rail
road today collided with a wwck train
nar t iarwiu. ' Four worxmen were
The dead are: F. Wlegand, Frank Holt
man, K. Stump and August Untley. v
The. two last named were burned to
death. All the victims of the accident
were on the wreck trala t
FOLLETTE ASSERTED
10 MAKE FIGHT UPON
COLONEL OLD ENEMY
Former New 1'ork Governor and Con
."'gressmail' Rack' In Politics, " With
$1,000,000 Earned in 14 Years
Practice of the Law. . - .
(United Praw leued Wire.)
New York, Feb. 17. With $1,000,090
In negotiable ' securities earned -by 14
years' practice 'of the law, safely hidden
away, Frank SBlacklformer governor
arid .congressman, Is today back in poli
tics. The chief object of his new un
dertaking is said to be a fight on Theo
dore Roosevelt .
Roosevelt prevented "Black getting a
renomination in 1898 for governor and
although Slack )n 1904 made the speech
In Chicago nominating Roosevelt lit be
half of 1$ew York, f pr the presidency,
it- was hot through-friendship but be
cause it was "good politics,", at that
time. , '
Black is gunning for the scalp of Cor
nelius V. Collins, former , state iuper
lntendent of prisons, and until a short
tlmq, ago the undisputed boss of Renns-solaerj-county,,
haying succeeded to the
political leadership Black laid down to
make money practicing law. Collins
.was Roosevelt's chief . lieutenant whe,
he capturca the earatoga convention a
year ago and bitterly, humiliated Vic
President Sherman.
It was announced today that Black
is., squarely behind Pierce Russell, son
of former. Senator, Russell, who financed
Black's campaign for congress and who
is a countyieadGr v- '
ST(
IS
(United PrM Lei4 Wire.)
New York, Fob, 17 W. E. V. Btokes,
the millionaire horseman who was the
target for Lillian Graham arnd Ethel
Conra'd In a sensational shooting affray
In the girl's apartments, is convinced
today that" ha 1s flying ashe result of
a mysterious Injury Inflicted upon him
by a Jlu Jltsu expert. After the shoot
ing Stokes was'attacked by a Japanese
servant, who believed he had attempted
to kill the girls. One ot them struck
him over the left kidney and. the organ
has been causing him intense pain ever
since. ''
Stokes consulted many Jlu Jitsu' ex
perts and says he learned that the Jap
anese have a subtle means -of attack
known as the'vaeath blow," which re
sults fatally months after it is In
flicted. The mlllonalre ' is satisfied
that he. Is a victim of the "death blow."
LIKENS JW0NEY TRUST -,
.TO BLACK HAND BAND
. 'Washington, Feb. -17. Comparing the
"money trust" to the Black Hand and
similar organisations, and protesting
strongly against the Aldrlch banking
plan for' the concentration of the money
power and the private issue of. legal
tender, COngresacan Henry, v. (Dern, of
Texas) "today w.pke up the house with
a red hot speech :
"It is high time," said Henry, "that
this house should Inquire into , the" Black
Hand methods of the financial Mafia.
No effective legislation is possible to
control the ramttleatlons of currency
legislation, trusts and corporations un
til congress understands the wethodi
money power, anouici we not know
something of the depth of villainy into
which this financial Mafia will descend
bcrore we rewrite our currency . laws
before we awaMoW the Aldrlch-plant".
Li
KILLING
Three Daring Robberies During
, . Week Under Nose of Police.
Net Motor Bandits. Loot Ex
ceeding $35,000. -
GEM' DEALER-SLUGGED;
UNCUT STONES .STOLEN
Latest Holdup Occurs Broad
way and Thirty-fifth, the
T ; : Center of City.
New York, Ftb.' 7. Terrorized by the
boldness of -holdup - men and the appar
ent helplessness of the police. New York
merchants and other business men today
aVe preparing for personal protection,
both of their proper ty ana their persons.
Three daring robberies have been sue
j cessfully perpetrated here in the-last
j week - by motfor bandits, who escaped
jwtth loot exceeding $35,000.' The third
I holdup of . the week came last, night
When three men liimpedfrora a taxlcab
and, after slugging , George H. Horth,
a diamond, merchant, with a blackjack,
ripped- open a wallet containing $10,000
worth of unset diamonds' and' escaped.
The robbery occurred at the corner of
Broadway and Thirty-fifth streets, one
of the busiest spots In the city. Streets
In the vicinity-were thronged with pe
destriffns, while a policeman wjmi stand
ing only 200 feet away.
The police are confident that the "mo
tor bandits", who robbed Horth are the
same who stole $26, 000 from two mes
sengers employed by. the East River
National bank.. Karlier in the week a
boy named Beckerman was robbed of
$965 while on his way to a bank.
ON POLITICAL SHORE
Files a La Follette Slogan and Now
That ...La Follette Will Probably
Not Run, lie Tries to Change It
but Is Too' Late. t :
(Salem Bureau of Th Jouxnsl.)
Salem. Or., Feh.17. Js'ow that indl
cations point to tfifi wUhdrawal of La
Follette from the JM?iWhtIal race,
Thomas McCnskcr of Portfid, who has
filed - for delegate to the Republican
convention, finds himself In a dilemma-
He adopted as his slogan, "La Fol
lette, candidate of the progressive Re
publicans for president of the United
States.' Now he vwarits to know na
letter .to the secretary of state if it will
be possible foriiim to change his slogan
to "Roosevelt-La . Follette progressive
policies. People's choice for president
of tho United States." U. asks if it
will not be impossible for him to receive
votes when he is 'pledged to La Follette
If La Follette is not a candidate. More
over, he says, "My petition for national
delegate would be a little out of tune."
Secretary .of State Olcott referred
him" to an opinion given by-Attorney
General Crawford, 'which says when a
Slogan. Is already filecU it cannot be
changed oji the records.- ' ,
"If "the candidate were permitted to
change it whenever ' he chose to do so,
then the secretary of state would have
to change the records and the candidate
might think as the canvass progressed
that by adding to or taking from his
declaration of principles he could
strengthen his position before the peo
ple, but I am of the opinion, he must
do that In some other way," says the
attorney general. .,
M'CUSKER, LOSING HIS
.CANDIDATE, STPDEO
v. ' A -
HIM EKERSHAM
IH
N SPEECH BE
Fopular Legislation aud DircctjrTimarles, Declares "Attorney General,
Destroy the" Dignity ;of Of flcftTaW.DriTe l'm the Iield the Claas
of MelTPormerly Considered Most Desirable for 'Public Office? Bet
tr Salaries and Longer Terms to Attract Better Judges to Bench,
1 '(Cnlted Press lied Wir.
St'.Louis, Feb. 17' Progressive poli
cies and' particularly those for Judicial
reform were called "Insensate" In a
speech indorsed by President Taft,
which Attorney General George W.
Wlckersham delivered before the City
club here this afternoon in the, direct
Interest of Taft's,' renomination.
:Wlcker8ham sarcastically referred to
the initiative and referendum as 'postal
card lawmaking,"' and 'declared that
popular' legislation and direct primaries
destroyed the dignity of 'office, result
ing in "driving from the field that class
of men formerly thought most, desirable
those the office seeks, not those seek
ing office.'' - Wickershariv said In part:
"There has been much' nosense con
cerning' the so-called usurpation of
power by the iederal judlcinry in pro
nouncing, laws of state legislatures or
of congress unconstitutional. The very
nature of pur written constitution Im
plies that, the representatives of the
peopTe" can exeroiae . only the powers
Conferred 1 upon them In the cormtu
tton, and -the Judiciary must necerfssnrlly
adjudge void any act not authorliedetey
te constitution. f
the judiciary to the legislative pocr.
it only supposes that the power of t)i
people la superior to both; anil,: that
where the will of the lf,rli-!nfrirf. f-.N
In opposition to tf.e v .11 of t'-.'i, - .-r
Most' of Money Needed to
Erect New Home at Sixth
and Jefferson Sts. Pledged;
Members. Taking Stock.
MANAGEMENT PLANS TO.
WIDEN SCOPE OF CLUB
Prominent Visitors " to Be En
tertained; To Make Club
. Close to People.
The "University 'club has leased its
present site at Stark and West Park
streets to u. u. Davis, Jr. for 30 years
at 19000 a year, and In the near future
will spend 1183,000 on Its site. A new
building, will-be: ereeted on the Elijah
Corbett homestead at the northwest cor
ner Of Sixth and Jefferson 'streets.
' In addition to this it is announced
that the club henceforth will be an in.
stltutfon devoted more actively to the
edification of the city. Public men of
the country will be' entertained on their
visits to Portland and a closer relation
with the public will be maintained by"
the club.- . (. '
At a meeting of the-membershlp of
the club In its rooms these plans, which
have been formulated Ify James, B. Kerr,
president of the organlaatlon,were put
through to final certainty and now
nothing ' remains but the execution of
their terms.
Tirms of Contract.
C. IL Davis Jr., must erect a building -not
to cost less than $60,000 before Jan
uary 1, 1915, on the lot he has leased
from the club at West Park and Stark
streets. This Is ona of the terms of '
the lease and while Mr. Davis Is only
obligated to spend the $60,000 it Is
generally conceded that he will expend
a much larger Sum, probably in the
neighborhood of 1160,000, as the length
ot the lease and the cite will justify
As to when Davis will start the build
ing nothing is said, but It Is not cx-
pected in the Immediate future, be
cause of the lltlgatlop which lavolvea
the Plttock property across the' street.
It Is said that business sagacity wlil
suggest to Mr. Davis that 'he await the
outcome of this litigation.
The Davis building .must be finished
try January 1, 1913.
- By (the terras of Davis"' lease he ma"
purchase the entire property at the end."
(Continued on-Page Three.)
TEDDY" JR. CONSIDERS
Young Roosevelt Admits Having Re
ceived Offer to Become Member
of Commission Concern; Says He
lias Reached No Decision, .
;. .
(Cnlttd Prtw TSMd Wire.)
New York, Feb. 17. Admission that
he Is considering an offer to beComit
a member .of the Wall street firm of
Berlron, Grlscom & Jehks. was mad.i
here today by Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
"I am undecided about the matter,"
Was ail that he had to say.
In any event Roosevelt will return to
San Francisco, where he is connected
with an eastern carpet conoern, for a
while, and. he may announce his ac
ceptance of the offer "from there. Colo
nel Roosevelt did not come to the city
today, spending most of the morning
chopping wood at Sagamore Hill,
F
8
jdeciared in the" constitution the Judge
ought to be governed by the latter.
';iven more' In the senate la thnrs
clamor against the courts fr interpret
ing the statutes in the light of their
understanding When the rights of
litigants depend upon the provisions ot
the statutes it is the duty of the court x
to construe them In the light of reason.
I svems incredible that anyone of aver
age "-Intelligence should take any other
view of Judicial duty.
"Unless- we -continue to have JmlRs
whose tenure' of office does not hung
upon their momentary popularity with
tho crowds, who are not to be detarrea
from performing their duty by any
amount of clamor, these questions niny
not be decided In accordance. with the
constitution, r ' . ....
''I am in e'ntlre sympathy with th
reasons that led to the enactment of
laws providlngfdr tho nomination of
andldates by direct election but ijysi
tems by which the laws are tnmS't I f
postal card and ) by popular r,i'i'!
tend to destroy ttie ditrnlty of ofit'o,
so aj,to make it unnttrnrttve evm I 1
those who might otherwUo : t
themsflves to tli Bcraru)ls of a t-r is.'
rUr-rilt J'lr)' el" 1 -
fulno'-s." '
i ki.r:hn,u. In "rn-I i-'! m," , t
rtn'riil- i 1( U"i- tmhal' B n1 I, 1. k-- i
ifi a i.r'H of n : 1 1 uLi..ij( i r
t,i the bench.-' s
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