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THE VVEAWEft fair I?!.. r-taj- i'r a fCi; a ft a etf vlad. COAST TEA IPEKATU RES A. U. T-4-. BWi, MIU4 ,.,,,.,,,....,,,,,,....,.., Srwaa M hpw4 a steaaaitaiA ..-.. , M VOL XI. NO.M, PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE tT. 1H2 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, 09 f I alSi V ej "aW V M f P tlaSe la Cile, New York's Entire Delegation Helps to Seat Wilson South Dakota Delegates Ma)'or Rushlight and . Chief of Police Slover Indicted on Bribery Charge m BRTAH FORCES CONSERVATIVES HHEOTHD ILLINOIS VOTETO SEATWLSOH DELEGATES Tammany Hall and Roger Sullivan Swing Into Progressive Ranks on South DakotiGontesl,ewJerseyan's-Stock Takes Decided Boom in Convention. it Total VWe Coatasu a Th total vol mMni th 4) Wlton delegate from Mouth Dakota stood: Aye. HH. Nwi, tlT. Not voting. 114. AkMDl, J. (fall. TTrw U a Wlra.l Fifth rtmmaul Armory, liajtlmore. June IT. Wood row Wlleon too loch a riarfdrd boom today on the vol lo cat the Wilson delasatee from tulh riakota. hn Tammany and the to nea York vote and Roger iiulllvan and the II Illinois votes took their aland In lavor of the New Jaracy governor. Am Irt'ltl. rUBARI 1 tlT th IHOll It dS" 'velopad that an InlrraMIng cooferenti Wll held laat lilght betwreo Uogrr Sul livan and tha Tammany cliltftaln at which Ih former endeavored to convince tha New York leader that the rank and flu of the party stande for progresalve candidate. Buuivan held that deliKO of telegrams had poured In on delegate! protecting against the vote to make Judge Psrkcr temporary chairman. Xurphy "Bees Ught" It la aald that Sullivan lrft Murphy'l room without aecurlng the latters promts to deaert Clark, but the. action ' of the New York delegation today In dicated that Murphy haa "seen a light" Trior to the vote on Snath Dakota worj went around that the Bogef Buiuvan delegates who are loetructed for Clark had entered Into a compact with the tvilann naorila by which the latur agreed to vote to aeat the Sullivan del rates from Illlnola this anernoon return for a promlaa from Sullivan to throw the Illinois votes to Wilson arter they had complied with their Inatruc' tlons by voting for Clark on tne lira ballot. The vote on the South Dakota conte.it Inereaalna- the progressive lead over that stacked up last night on tha vote an tha unit rule, aave Wilson euppon . ra .rut deal of encouragement, and emphasized the earlier statement Colonel Bryan that there would be no change of attitude on me pan 01 me dalarates until "onca the cornfields voiced their opinion" on the temporary chairmanship. Delegates Armed With Pennants, The lengthy session of last night In tha torrid atmosphere of the convention hall was reflected in the Democratic national convention today. Because o a belief that the convention was cer tain to ranch Ae nominating stage to- dev. tha street fakirs did a thriving business in flage and pennants.V Each delegate armed himself with at least na pennant bearing: the name and pic ture, of bla favorite canaiaaie o uwi when the time arrived to explode the noise cannons tho crowd would have the ammunition ready.. t arinmnn hi or hanners were smug- gled Iflto the hall and hidden In places where, they couia De easily iirwuvn when the moment came. Clark banners and buttons predominated. There was no denying; the speaker's following was larger than any otner" canaiaaie. a eount of noses indicated that even though he should get New York's delegates on ' tha first ballot and the bulk of the other unlnstructed delegates, he would be far short of tha two-thirds ,vot,e necessary to' nominate. Molse Machines In Numbers. In anticipation of a lively, as well as a protracted session, the oeiegates aiso armed themselves with a goodly supply of noise producing Instruments, such as baby rattles, horns and tha like. There were more women on hand to day than sinca the convention met. This was due to the hope that there would be plenty of oratory of the olft fash ioned type In putting: the candidates In nomination. The estimate of the con vention officials who were in a posi tion to know just how long the nomlnAt lngs and -seconding speechmaklng woultr last, guessed that they wouia taice more than live hours. ? 1 There was the ever present hope, how ever, that most of the orators . wouir cut short, their, speeches in' order that I Aha real test might be reached while Lthe delegates were comparatively freah. Mrs. Taft Among' Present. Mrs, Ttfft, -wife of the preside!, was one' of the early arrivals. : She was tKa cuest of local friends and was given k seat directly back of , the speaker's stand. Many of thwlves of tha Demo cratlo leaders were presented to her Vhlla tho hall slowly filled. . By 11:43 a. m. the naileries were well filled, but fewer than 200 delegates were In their aeata. At Up'clock, the hour set. for the convention to , assemoie, . Temporary Chairman Parker had not yet pyt In an a ppeacance. The crowd was the largest or 'the' convention to date and the con grestlon In the aisles was so great that neither the sergeants-at-arma nor. the police could make any impression on It. ; . Xrrj 8Mt Xs ruled, :-V' ' At 1J:30 p. , m. avery seat In the building had been filled and scores Wer standing along the gallery waJIs artd in the rear Of th hall urnier the gallery. The firemen on duty were ordered to I Oes vsa ties U. Brief. I? 41 p. m. C'onrntlrn railed 4Ltto ord.r. t l it p. m. DemonetraUea a atarlad for vf (xvdrew wileon. I It p w Wlleoa demonatra 0 Von roaltnu.a 1 ti p. m. IVinonetretloBj be rain ganeraL fiupponera of all cardiCatte Joining, In applause for (heir candidal.. Ml p, m-Judgs TT. n. King of Oregon raleee Ort on banner and Joins Vllaon prweaalon. 5 p. ra. Detnonatratton eon tlnura. rOlrlng Haalf Into ahouta between ramps of rival candidal. a. p. m. Detnenatratlon wore Itaalf out, having ba la prog r.m II tnlnates. 2 to p. m. Wilton South Da kota dalegalaa saalad. 1:14 p. ra. CongTaama Ollle James proposed 'by rommlttae on permsKeal organlaatlon for permanent chairman. I. It p. m. Coaveottoa ad journed until p. m. CLARK STRENGTH WANES AU nan DELEGATION SPLITS Missourfan Must Win Quickly or He Is Ukcly to Lose Some of Hfs Support From Golden State. WESTERNERS KEPT BUSY EXPLAINING PARKER VOTE Progressives Almost Cause Riot In Committee on Per manent Organization. aid the police In an effort to clear the aisles leading to tho exits, but the crowd refused to budge even for these men. Tba delay in calling tha convention to order was said to be due to an at tempt to aeeure a com promlaa on the contests, especially from Illinois and South Dakota. Clark Banners in BTumbara, Champ Clark banners were being pinned, to many of tha state standards. It was known to many of these dele gates that the Clark forces desired to make a supreme effort to put their man arroaa on the first ballot. They bad rooters placed In the gallerlea. where they could do the most good when the time came. A Clark picture was attached to the Arkansaa state standard, only to be Indignantly snatched away by one of the delegates. A similar con dition prevailed at the Wyoming- section. At 12:41 p. m. Judge Parker called the convention to order. He directed the Officials to get the delegates Into their scats and clear the aisles. This followed a refusal by Roger Sullivan to consent to a division of the Illinois delegation; , Judge Parker, after walling fully a minute, took up a mega phone and appealed to the delegates to assist In clearing the aisles. Parker Shouts to Audience. "The delegates are In order but a very considerable portion of the audience Is not," finally shouted Parker. This had the required effect, and ha then Introduced as the chaplain of tin day. Rabbi Adolph Outtmacher, of Bal timore. As soon ss the prayer ended, tho minority report of the credentials committee, dealing; with the South Da kota, contests, was submitted.- It recom mended the seating of the Wilson dele gates Instead of the Clark men placed on the roll by the committee. The mention of Wilson s name in me committee report waa the signal for a round of handclapplng. Delegate V. C. McCormlck, of Penn sylvania, In making the minority re port, asked that the delegates refrain nj V. J. Vjrr. ItpavUI t Ta Joarat BalMmore. MA. June tl Wblle tho California delegates continue to affirm atoutly that they ar solid for Clark. It Is sa undoubted fart that the Speaker ill have to win quickly or he la llkaly to luae Hon of hla support from tha Ooldtn ptata. for there Is already a well defined rift in tha California dele- gallon. This spilt was Indicated when a vote waa cast for temporary chairman, but Oat waa accounted for at the time as merely an iprrasloa of personal pref rone by delegates who did not feel that they were Inatructed on that sub ject. Now, however. It tranaplrea that 1 hay really would like to aupport a man that Is considered progreaalvo. prefer ably Bryan. Laos of Oakland con tested aa much today to The Journal correapondent. declaring that he felt that the party owed much to Bryan and that ha thought the Nebraakan could poll more votes In November then he ever did. Will Tote for Clark. "But. of courae." he added, "we are Instructed for Clark and we- will rota for him." ' Ha waa fearful, tie aataVtwat On mmm try would construe the, vol on tm porary chairman as an Indication that the reactionaries were In control of tho convention. The progressives won a victory last night, but they almost caused a riot In tha meeting of tha committee on per manent organisation. When tha com mutes waa called together after the convention adjourned there was such division smong tha members that Ad journment was had until morning. The proRilve, or Bryao men, all left anj started to their hotels. It was almost midnight when word was brought to ex Governor Charles Campbell of Ohio that tho reactionaries had reassembled and were going on with the work of perma nent organisation. Governor Campbell h'irrlMly found the committeemen fr.in Washington and New Hampshire en J they were rushed to the armory. Burst ing In upon the committee In session. Governor Campbell opened fire on the members, denouncing in strona- Jan- giiagj their course of. action In reassem bling a uelectlon of the committee after adjournment had bean taken. Only 10 States Keprestntsd, When It was found that the repre sentstives of but IS states were present and that they had already selected Judge Alton B. Parker for permanent chair man of tho convention,. Campbell's an ger knew no bounds. He declared that NEBRASKAN. AIDED BYSEN. O'GORiWAN. DRAWS PLATFORM Bryan and New York Progrcs slve Write Every. Word o Democratic Declaratwn o Principles. :' SUB.COMMl'nEE'ADOPTS DOCUMENT AS PREPARED Commoner Routs Murphy-Sul livan-Taggart Combination by Strategic Moves. (ralfd Ttr I'm 4 ?- I Baltimore. June i' - Thr romrl'li subcommittee of tha ta.olut on com mltte- of the Dmo-rll .nv nllin lata this afternpem unemtTinlr aapi4 drsfl of the platfuim auti.nltl-d by. W J. Itrras and Her.ator (Minrm.n of Nw York. Th. rlatform la mphallo In all Ita utterancre and declare, flatly for down ward rcvlalon of the tariff and more the curbing of the money tnial. Tha document la worda In length and will be conaldered by the full reso luttona committee at a meeting at ? o'clock. Hvcause the subcommittee U satisfied with the document. It Is now believed that the full committee will adopt It, thus preventing a fight on the platform In tha convention. Baltimore, June 17. William J. Bry an tore another chunk from tha hide nl the Tammany tiger oday when he and fenator 0"Gorman, of New York, were chosen to write every word of the Demo cratic platform, they began work at 11 o'clock, upon adjournment of th reaolutlona eub-commJttea. At 4 In the afternoon they will abow their anti-boas. anti-Tammany draft to tha sub-commit. tee, and at 7 tonight will have It adopt ed by the whole committee. IV will be repotts tomorrow to: the convention. P.E.&E. S. P. ELECTRIC LINE N WESTERN ORE Plans Announced for Con struction of Double Track From Portland to Oregon City on West Side. Baty, Reid, Maddux Held ltalllH.I Bail for Each Man $1000 Smith, Hammersley Free TO"COMPtETrALBANY AND EUGENE BRANCH Feeders to Be Built in Terri tory Tapped; To Hasten New Roads. Robert E. North Coaat alructlon of Ktrahorn. who built Una, will complete con the Portland. Eugene A Kaatern between Kug.n. and Portland, anfl It wfrt be tha-raretit Hue of Houthern Parlfle company's el.ctrlo system In wealera Orln. It waa ad milted lat night by Vice President ed General Xlanager C. R Calvin of the Southern Pacific, "lat hla company had purchased the stock and bonda of the company, which heretofore nas oecn headed by A. Welch. The announcement of th.ltransfer of the Welch properties waa rfllow.d this morning by outlining off plans com pleted by Mr. Strahorn lines the com pany decided to take over tna sever Welch properties, and no time will be out In carrying to completion one of he largest alectrlo railroad projeota - n u - - f ... i ,,. 111 . MS tt t J V ,V, I 7 III ' f j n i "" ti 11' Iayor A. U. IlnshUfht. On the chart, of offering a bribe to Deputy District Attorney Ftank T. Collier, the grand Jury thla morning re turned a formal Indictment agalnat Mayor A. O. Rushlight. Chief of Police K. A. Slover. Captain of Detectives ver launched In the west If no obsta- Raty. and ex-CHy Detectives Reld and lea are nlaced in tha war by tha duo- Waddus. it. I aAii nve are named in the same joint Double Track Lisa. The plana are to Immediately build double track line from Portland to Oregon City, on the weat aide of the river, thence across tha Willamette at the little town of Willamette and In a strstght line to Salem, paralleling the .present steam road all -that distance. c rtn. flf fn.it trartt. will ha rnr . vrpl Sulllvan-Taggart combination by strate- rh". nlH .t.am Una rom m,v gle moves in the aub-commlttee. When TILV, TTni .J..J ?h. ij.n7 the 11 membera met at 11 a. m. they ""'"d eventually b. electrl- Tammany and Wall street "couldn't and wouldn't run this convention." "You might sa well have named (Continued on page five.) discussed rough drafts of various planks. Then Senator Culberson of Texaa auggeated that Bryan and O'Gor man be entruated with tha composition work for the sub-committee, it went through with a whoop. Senator Kern, chairman of the reso lutions committee, waa 111 and unable to attend the meeting today. O'Oor man and Bryan were the rulers of the "resolutions roost." The other nine members of the sub-comtulttce decided sgalnst having any more persons with platform ldeaa appear today for hear ings. They decided Bryan and O'Gor- man should be trusted with the whole Job. Other members of the committee wished to Join In the convention pro ceedings, so Bryan and O'Gorman were left alone to dictate every plank. To night, It Is expected, the Bryan-O'Gur-man draft will be adopted by the gen eral committee, with little opposition. A rough draft of a platform,- drawn largely by William Jennings Bryan, whs presented today to tho resolutions com mittee by the subcommittee in charge of Its preliminary formation. The rough draft presented today was not complete, but many of tha planks are now practically finished. Not before tomorrow Is it expected that tho complete platform will re- (Contlnued on Page Five.) fled. The Molalla Valley line, now partly under construction, from a point on tha main lino of the Southern Pacific near Canby to Salem, by way of Molalla and Sllverton, will , be an important branch from which feeders will be built Into the surrounding rich farming sections and timbered areas In the foothills. It will be a single track line, but with provision for double tracking as traffic Justifies the Improvement. From Salem the electrlo Una will ex tend to Corvallla and Eugene with con necting; lines to Albany. From Salem to Corvallls, Albany and ' Eugene the line will be built on the surveys of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern, and hence Indictment, which was brought by the grsnd Jury after a brief session lasting not more than half an hour. No Indict ment wss returned sgalnst Detective Sergeant B. F. Smith and Detective Tom Hammeraley, also Implicated In the al leged attempt to trap Collier Into taking 1400 to dlainlsa a prevloua Indictment agalnat Reld and Muddtix Though Keld and Maddux are Included In the Indictment, It Is generally under stood that In all probability they will not be brought to trial. In return for their testimony sgalnst tha "higher upe" In ths esse Rushlight, Slover snd Bsty. They were Indicted Jointly with the others that a conspiracy might be shown through them. The grsnd Jury reported Its sctlon to Circuit Judge Kavansugh at 10:15 this morning, and ho at once planed the ball In each case at S1000. Bench war ranta were issued this afternoon for all those named In the Indictment Reld and Maddux are at nr.ii.nl nut on 11000 bnll awaiting trial for their alleged 'shake down" of Madge Morgan for 50 for "proteotlon." It waa to dis miss this Indictment that the alleged offer of 1400 to Collier was made. Madge Morgan was the last witness will ba entirely Independent of the pres- heard by the grand Jury last night, and ent steam lines. a not written to her In Reld'a hand- Jola With West Bide System. writing, "Place dough In envelope and The west side lines of the Southern lve to kid," aa told In yesterday's Pacific, which are now being electr- Journal, played an important part in fled between Portland and McMlnnville, both by way of Forest Grove and New berg, will connect with the west side system at Independence. . In connection with this the Southern Pacific has also purchased the Falls City & Western from I. Gerllnger and associates, this line operating between Dallas and Salem. This purchase ws made some flme ago but was denied by Southern Pacific officials until last the grand Jury Investigation, Chief Thinks Zt Joke. The statute under which the Indict ment waa brought Is section J02 of Lord's Oregon Code, relating to offer ing to bribe a public officer. It pro- ChM of rollcw Slorrr. rides a panalty of from one month to), one year In the county Jail, or a fins, of 1100 to tiooo. Chief of lollce sfover waa In Mayor Roahllgbt'a office at the city hall. wait ing to aee the mayor, who waa out tarn-, porarlly, when he waa told of tha Indict-' . ment agalnat him. The chief appeared to be expecting It, but didn't seem In the lesst worried, though ha refused to maka any comment. "I'm still able to take nourishment snd hsd s good night's sleep.'i. ha re marked drily when asked how tha In dictment would affect him. Tha chief adfled Jokingly that he hadn't yet de cided -whettyr to give himself up or walUand iaj arrested. '. yesterday. In discussing tha possibil ity of his Indictment, however, tha chief- declared emphatically that ba had na fear of the outcoma If tha case ever, came to trial. Thera was absolutely no criminal Intent, ha said than, "and ' criminal Intent must-ba shown before' a man can oa convicted sna sent to prison. We - were merely doing ours proper duty In Investigating charges of misconduct sgalnst a publlo offloial. , I am convinced that no man need . ever be afraid of breaking tba law it he has no criminal intent." - "-- Complioated jfroblam This, It Is understood, la tha chief a ' present stltude. what his official, ststus will be, however, now that ha is under Indictment, is something- that hasn't been settled. . ; ", In fact, the indictment of the two highest police offlclala and tha mayor " himself has brought into being- a rather complicated problem as to the proper course to be taken by all tha .officials as long as they are under Indictment. : When a police official Is Indicted, it tias been customary in Portland 'for bla - suspension to follow. jWhen . Chief .of Police Cox was Indicted he was .sus-. pended. The same course was taken, , ? ' (Continued .on Page .Ninetaon.) (Continued on Page Nineteen.) GRANDPA'S TOBACCO Contlnued on Pago Nineteen.) WALLULA WINDSTORM BLOWS CAR TOP ONTO 3 MEN;; ONE WILL DIE aws, 4 Hos&i Leg and Head cf -Engineer R, S, Alliston of 'tarbuck Broken, - . r (Special to The JoornI. Walla Walla, Wash., June 87. -B, S. Alliston, an O.-W. R. & N. engineer, who Uvea Ip Starbuck,. was probably fatally Injured; Louis Stlfen, a car repairer of Wallula, and C. M. Pefferlea, condurj. tor, of -.Walla iWalla., waa 'painfully bruised at 9;30 o'clock' last night at Wallula when they wera hit by a box car top, which was blown on thenr'by one of the hardest windstorms known la Wallula for years. Alliston and Stffen are In St Marv's hospitsl in this city, where they were Drougnr, y-a special train laat night AIlls.ton has , 'broken left leg, a broken nosa and a badly smashed head! while both his Jaws ar broken. . Tha men were walking through ths yards when struck, by the box car top. Which had often blown OvOr a atrlna- of car next to "wlilch they wera walking. After releasing Stlfen ihb4 Alliston from beneath tha car. top, Pefferlea attached AUlstoD'a engine to a caboose and made the run to Walla Walla In aa hour anl 10 minutea. ... CONSERVATIVES SEE MENACE OF GREAT TITANS; E; BRYAN ONE SID ML ON THE OTHER Comblnationof Two Forces Regarded as Inevitable If Commoner Is De. -feated in Democratic Convention; Wilson Demonstration Spontanea ous bat lremature; Clark Forces Bear Stigma of Charge That They Have Lined Up With Murphy iSuliivan-Taggart Ring. - J ; , (Copyright, 1912, the Associated News papers.) By William Allen ITiite. Chicago, June 27. - Yesterday , the tide turned toward Bryn In th , Democra-tlc - nmionai convennuii, Throueh a vote of 41 to 11 ha compelled -the committee on resolutions to hold its' report over until j , Ff o. tha nnmltiatlonf for president was made. 'We do not want," said Bryan, "a Joint debate between our candidate and ourr Z1 1 1-7 y platform. If we have a. progressive candidate we' should have a progressive platform; if. tna reaction' arles nominate they should have the platform." . , , It is evident that Bryan regards Clark as the most offensive reactionary can didate. All hla political endeavors now seem to be directed at breaking the Jtyan - Tagrgart - Hearst-Clark combina tion. In the afternon papers he Is out In-a' signed statement declaring; that tho cat-o'-nlne-talla with which Thomas F. Ryn driving tha Democratic party Intfltlefeat should bo; taker, from him and the party purged of Its slave driv ers.,. . ' . , . Eis Statement Xs Vicious. - His statement is extremely vicious and indicates that he, like Roosevelt has come, to the parting of the ways, but that on the other, hand the re actionary forces are now ready to, make peace. WhenBryan refused to? . tafte the chairmanship of th. conmrilttee on ri lutlons t.- c.-rf .: vatives aw t' . t they could not bait him with candy. Ttia effect of Bryan's refusal to take oharga . of the platform was almost lnetantana ous. The convention knew and tha . crowd knew that Bryan had ' his eyes on the new party. So all day delegates have been coming to Bryan In platoons. explaining their votes for Parker. Tba "of course I was for you, but , (club has been arrowing: all day), and Bryan is intensely happy. . , Ho knows that ha can deadlock tha convention and prevent the nomination of Clark. Ha feels ? that - Wilson's v strength may not bo enough to win for Wilson, but that It is enough to prevent Clark's nomination. There ' is' a well authenticated story i that tha Clark -forces now have the 729 votes necessary for a twa thirds majority, but that the Clark forces and that means Tammany and Ryan fear to use them on tha first ballot because , the work would ' look to raw," and are afraid if they do not use ' tha votes for Clark on that ballot. Bryan will' deadlock the -convention by taking away ; the - Inatructed delegates that Bryan controls, and throwing them to some favorite-son. Unless tha re. actionarlea regain . their nerve, Bryan will name tha candidate and . write the platform. For. by., putting : over th platform making until after the candi date is named, Bryan controls tha situa tion. , - . .. : . Bryan for Xsrn Tlrst ' Of . all th favorite rrs th. ra can t no doubt but what Bryan w . i'd t-.-r Kern firet If Wilson r.ri ii 1. .. ... ficed and Bryan has lha r r. itit t t candidate it till te Kti. Kn-i'.'i k progress! va sen.i!"r w h-i i.m .t - I eonslderahle cc-r w-.'i ; and I a Ko!M cl r a .- '