The Oregon daily journal., August 13, 1916, Page 3, Image 3

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1916.
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HUGHES' WESTWARD
OlIRNEY
OBSERVED
with am EYE
Political Savants Watch Can
didate's Undertaking of
the Winning of the West.
OPINIONS ON POLICY VARY
Bom Approve Mexico ad Diplomatic
Service as Strongest Points of
Attack; Others War Talk.
Washington, Aug. 12. ( WASHING
TON' BCRKAU OK THE JOURNAL)
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The trip of Charles E. Hughes for the
winning of the west Is the chief point
of otf-ervntion now for the politicians
of the cant. They are seeking to esti
mate the impression made by the per
sonality of the candidate, whose Itin
erary takes him into the Pacific North
west next week.
It is taken for granted that he will
be received by large crowds, that there
win oe many hurrahs, and an eiroii
made to show that former progres
sive strength has been transferred to
Roosevelt s legatee. F!ut from other
currents than run along with such a
tour the Impressions that radiate aft
er the candidate's train has gone on
Its .way it may be possible to tell
whether or not the west can be won.
Lines of Attack Varied.
It may be that the Mexican policy
end excoriation of the administration's
diplomacy furnish the best points of
vantage to "get in on," but many saga
clous politicians In the east think
otherwise. Warlike exhortations will
please a certain element, but there is
a feeling that men in the factories
and on the farms who hunger for pop
ular government and equality of op
portunity have not lost Interest in the
questions that effect their dally lives
and livelihood.
The Hughes declaration In favor of
federal action for woman suffrage was
a step out of the beaten path, and for
that reason, if none other, it has been
hailed by many In the Republican
camp as a move forward and fortun
ate. Its political effect in the suf
frage states is yet to bp calculated.
It does not appear that the great is
sues of the campaign are much af
fected by It.
Prohibition Question Figures Large.
The prohibition question is enter
ing Into many of the state campaigns
B7)d primaries this year. It Is one
of many local issues that complicate
the situation.
In Missouri, where the anti-saloon
league was active In both parties in
the PU'-pi imary campaign, prohibition
seems to h.ive been eliminated by the
result. Frederick I . (Jardner, nomi
nated for governor by the democrats,,
and Henry Lamm, named by the Re
publicans, were both the targets of
nltack by the anti-saloon league. As
they were equally assailed, both al
leged to be in league with the wets,
thine perms little chance of making
nu issue between them on that score.
Rep. (ipartrnm Will Retire.
Representative Stephen M. Sparkman
of l-'iorula, chairman uf the committee
on rli eis and harbors, and well known
to tlie c, nitty because of his long
Ber I on that committee, is one of
!he etcrans who will retire with the
end of the present congress. lie was
defeated for renominatton in the pri
maries. ' His defeat Is attributed In large
v part to an unfortunate postofflce ap
pointment, lie bar made hundreds of
sat Is factory appointments, but one
mistake bad more to do with his de
feat than anything" else. There was
also raised in his district a religious
issue, which, through secret indorse
ment of Ills opponent, is said to have
done him much damage.
Spaikman is philosophical about it.
He was forced into t le race against
bis wishes, he says, and would have
retired voluntarily if he had only been
lelt alone.
Chairman Wlllcox Is Dined.
When Clncirman Wlllcox of the Re
publican national committee came to
Wasiii ii gton for a dinner and "get ac
quainted" affair, he met for the first
time a large number of the senators
and representatives of that party.
The dinner tendered to Chairman
Willcox was given by Congressman W.
B. McKinley of Illinois, formerly
chairman of the national congressional
campaign committee, whose political
sagacity Is still highly regarded by
the circle that snrrniimlp.1 Toft i -,
1912 and is now so prominent In the
Hughes campaign.
Fifteen congressional leaders. In ad
dition to Mine Host McKinley. broke
, bread with the national chairman and
under the inspiration of exceeding
good cheer confided to him their Ideas
as to how the campaign should be
conducted to carry Hughes and Fair
banks to victory.
The hames of the chosen 15 make
interesting reading. Here was a din
ner at which the new national Hughes
chosen chairman was meeting the
pic ked leaders of his party in the two
houses of congress, to counsel with
them In privacy ag to the campaign.
Here they are:
Among1 Those Present.
Senators Harding, Penrose, Weeks,
Snioot, Curtis, Sherman. Wadsworth
and Gallinger and Representatives
Mann, Cannon, Fordney. bongworth,
Moore, Rodenberg and Humphrey.
If an effort were made to pick out
from the Republican membership a
band of unimpeachable, hardshell
itendpatters the job could hardly have
been better done.
. In the reception that followed the
dinner some of the progressive mem
bers of the lower house sneaked In
and were granted the privilege of
, shaking the hand of Willcox and pledg
ng their support. It may be stated
that Senators I.a Follette, Cummins,
Norris, Poindexter and Clapp were not
among those pres-ent.
Among the congressmen attending
the reception were Hawley, Sinnott
and McArthur of Oregon.
ASTORIA FARES WELL
WHERE LEGISLATIVE
MATTERS ARE SETTLED
Weshington, Aug. 12. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
So far as events at Washington In the
.last iew monins are concerned, in
- congress and out. It Is easy to name
Uhe luckiest city In Oregon. That city,
, beyond dispute, is Astoria.
First end most Important was the)
ON WESTERN CAMPAIGN TOUR
Crayon Drawing of Charles E. Hughes.
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recognizing the c'alma of that city as
a seaport terminal, and placing it on
Musical
Feature -
COLUMBIA
TRIO
Miss Emma
Smythe Soprano
Henry Scougall
Baritone
H. E. Hudson
Tenor
Songs, Selections
Classical and
Topical
LOUISE GLAUM
The Woman
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a parity with the Puget Bound terri
tory.
The decision in the intermountain
case was no benefit, of course, but in
a supplemental order the interstate
commission, making its terminal des
ignations more definite, named As
toria as one of the Pacific terminals
it had in mind, thereby calling atten
tion once more to the favored location
it occupies.
JTaval Base Claims Advanced.
Then along came the naval appro
priation bill, in which the Oregon sen
ators engrafted an appropriation of
$500,000 for a submarine and torpedo
base. Whether or not this item is
made secure, Astoria's claims have
been impressed and the ultimate lo
cation of a base of this character at
the mouth of the Columbia is assured.
Senator Lane has a bill in the sen
ate and Representative McArthur a '
twin in the house repealing the law j
that makes it necessary for ships on I
the way to Portland to stop and show !
their papers on the way in and to j
leave a copy of their manifests on the
way out. Bills of like provisions have
gone through the senate twice before,
but Astoria's luck played her a good
shire senator objected when Lane's,
bill came up on the calendar. Mc
Arthur's bill slumbers in committee
and offers little menace.
Public Lands Ceded for Parks.
To this list of Astorian triumphs,
positive and negative, may be added
another, not strictly for Astoria, but
all in Clatsop county. That is the
bill ceding public lands on Saddle and
Humbug mountains to the state of
Oregon for a public park; so that a
mountain playground may be provided
close to the ocean shore playground
along Clatsop beach.
Astoria's cannerymen, harassed by
British orders in council against the
shipment of salmon to Scandinavian
ports, remain as the only discordant
not in the Astoria processidn. Word
may come any day that Britain, also,
is unable to withstand the run of As
toria luck, for the state department is
still pleading that feature of the case.
Men Who Escaped
Prison Gamp Caught
Two California "Honor Men" Who
Bolted Thursday, Again In Toils of
the Law.
Redding, Cal., Aug. 12. v: N. .)
Charles McAUams o Sacramento
county and ' drew Burns of Sonoma
county, "honor men" who escaj ed from
the Folsom convict camp Thursday
night, today were again in the toils
of the law. They were captured last
night between Pit river an! McCloud.
Since the camp was established
three weeks ago, there have been eight
escapes, four of whom were recaptured.
the fine old spirit of the Southland,
with its single code of morals, its
high principles, for womankind, its
struggle to maintain the outward sem
lance of honor at any cost leading
lance of honor at any cost-leading fl- ( A0-
to a terrific nerve-tingling climax-is lO) lULiriL VLHliirilS fi
to a terrific nerve-tingling climax-
the plot in brief of "Honor Thy
Name" interpreted by an all-star
cast.
IS SUM GRANTED TO
OREGON BY CONGRESS
TO BE GALLED PORK?
Present. Session Has Appro-i
priated $1,760,000 for the
Various Activities!
NEEDS ARE ADMITTED
Yet Public Is Allowed to Infer That
These Stuns, as Part of Total Ap
propriations, Are "Pure Fork."
Oregon has received river and har
bor appropriations amounting to $1,-
760,000 at the hands of the present
congress. This is many thousands of
dollars less than was asked of con
gress. There' Is now pending before con
gress, with probability of allowance.
Ian appropriation of J50O.000 for the
I establishment of a naval base on the
Columbia river.
In addition to this, money appro
' prVated by the present congress, in
i varying amounts, will be spent in ex
ploration for artesian water in cen
i tral Oregon, for experimentation in
the extraction of potash from the klp
of the Oregon coasf, for reclamation
j work in Umatilla and Klamath eoun
I ties, and in other ways for the d-
velopment of the state.
Appropriations have been made for
I the construction of postoffice build
' lngs in different parts of the state.
I One hundred thousand dollars has been
' put aside for the administration of die
, Oregon & California land grant and
: various other similar items have been
; either approved or are still pending.
Because of these facts, there is
much criticism of the politically dis
i honest cartoon published in the Ore-
gonian yesterday morning. This car
toon showed an increase of $550,000,
000 in appropriations by the present
, cr ngress, or winch sum .5b. uuu.ouu
'was for preparedness. . This, according
;to the Oregonian, showed $164,000,000
; of "pork."
Jetty Appropriations Included.
It is not generally understood in
Oregon that the appropriation of $1,
200,000 for the Columbia river jetty
should be classed as pork. Coos Bay
people do not agree, that the $70,000
1 granted for the improvement of Coos
Bay harbor is pork, nor that the
' $6000 given for the Improvement of
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Coquille river or the $3000 for Coos'
river Is pork.
The people of Tillamook asked for
more ysan the $5000 they received for
the improvement of Tillamook bay
and bar, and they do not look upon
the amount granted as pork.
It has never before been contended
In Oregon that the $25,000 given for
the opening of the Snake river from
Pittsburg landing to its mouth was
pork, or that the $38,000 given for
the opening of the Columbia from the
mouth of the Snake to Celllo was
pork.
When Congressman Hawley seoured
an appropriation of $47,000 for work
on ttie Yamhill and upper Willamette (
rivers, his constituents ma not oe
lieve that he w-as asking for pork,
but considered that he was doing
what he could to increase water trans
portation in the interest of Willam
ette valley farmers.
River Improvements Authorized.
.There was an insistent demand upon
the Oregon delegation for an appro
priation for the benefit of the Wil
lamette below Portland, and the Co4l
lumbia from the mouth of the Wil
lamette to the sea. When an appro-
j priation of $360,000 was granted to
carry on that work, H was the con- J
I sensus of popular opinion that the .
j appropriation would result in benefit I
j to Portland commerce, and no one.svjg
jgested that it was pork. '
I Astoria made a determined effort to
secure an appropriation of $a00,000 for
1 the establishment of a naval base on
'the lower Columbia, and the sugges
tion that this appropriation would con
stitute pork, would meet with in
: stant and violent protest from Astoria
and the entire community.
It is very probable that Oregon City
J and Baker and Corvallis people would
resent t lie imputation that the appro
priations asked for the construction
! of postoffice buildings in those cities
'constituted an attack upon the fabled
J pork barrel.
Neither is it to be believed that the
farmers of central Oregon, who are
I hauling water for farm and domestic
use in barrels for five and seven miles
through the dust and sagebrush will
consider that the money granted for
I artesian well exploration is in the
j natura of pork.
I The thousands of men and women
I who are waiting for an opportunity to
make homes upon the Oregon & Call
jfornia grant lands will not believe that
the $100,000 appropriated for the clas
sification of those lands prior to
opening them for entry can be classed
as pork.
It is generally conceded that Ore
gon's appropriations have been mer
itorious and needed, and their inclu
sion among "pork barrel" gifts by t.ha
Oregonian is causing much unfavorable
comment at its dishonest political
methods.
A combination steel chutter and
screen has been invented as a substi
tute for awnings and wooden shutters
on residence windows.
Come on in-the
laughing is good
A MACK SENNETT
KEYSTONE COMEDY
two thousand feet of filmed fun, a
whole tankful of tickles filled with
merriment, merry maids and bathing
suits.
BUYERS UNI !N
LAUDING
BENEFITS
FOR LOCAL MEETING
Demand for Continuance of
"Week" Proof of Its Real
Appreciation,
ATTENDANCE SURPRISES
Portland Shown to Be Logical Pur
chasing1 Center; Nearly 900
Present This Year.
Buyers' Week Portland's fourth an -
nua.1 is just over. That it has won
a permanent place In the routine of the
city's commercial development is indi
cated by the demand voiced by the vis
itors from the whole northwest and
states to the south as w.ell that the
event continue year after year,
year's attendance, which was
This
more;
than double that of 1 1 1 f. . is further
indication that the retail merchants of
Portlands' trade territory like to come
here and see the enormous stocks of
Ttoods while they partake of Portland's
hospitality.
The demand for a continuance of
Buyers' Week was made Friday night
at the U-tnquet by G. Clifford Ba rlo w,
presiuent ot tne Oregon Hetallers as
sociation, speaking for the association
and for every merchant whether in or
out of the association.
Portland Logical Center.
! As far as the, actual and Immediate week ami with the apirlt shown oom
: transactions are concerned, no check 1'V the bundled of visitors and the
has been made to determine their vol-! committees of Portland workers who
lume. As a matter of fact the Buyers' I looked alter the entertainment.
I Week promoters have paid little atten- More than 1 UO Portland men and
tion to actual sales to visitors. The .women participated In these com
'principal thing they had In mind in!mittee activities, and the visitors fr
! bringing a)l these merchants from'quently e.v pi cssed . their pleasure ad
! every town and hamlet in the north-1 astonishment at the thor.juuh way in
iwest was to show them why Portland j which 'this hospitality was extended.
is the logical place for them to trade,! Some excellent purchased were made
I let them present what grievances they: during the week, according to unoffi
i may have, let them see how their or-1 rial reports. To take advantage of
der's are gotten out, let them prove to the refund of railroad fare offered by
Ithemselves the statement often made
that Portland Jobbers carry the largest
and best-assorted stocks of any job
bing i enter of the northwest.
These things have been accomplished
during the week, with luncheon at
leading manufacturing establishments
to show how goods are made as well
as sold.
Nearly !)0n people from outside were
The Theatre Beautif ul
Sixth at Washington
icenic
Showing Travel
the Way Places
in Portland during the week. For thsrn
was prsented a vast array of enter
tainment theatre parties, a -smoker,
luncheon at the Ad club, luncheon s.t
the Albers mill, luncheon at the mod
ern and extensive plant of the PaClflo
Coast Biscuit company, banquet to. the
furniture people by F. s. DoernbeCher
of the Doernbecher M.uiufucturiffy
company: frolic at Columbia bnach end
a general banquet at the Chamber of
Commerce. Yesterday's ride by auto
mobile over the Columbia river ' high
way was the final touch of nature that
I made the whole party kin.
! One factor that may grow ae the
Buyers' Week idea develops is the ex
hibition of manufactured wares that
i formed a feature of the furniture
'men's contribution to the week. Other
j lilies ol trade had their exhibits, of
course. at their warehouses and plants.
It whs suggested that a general ex
hibit be held under one roof during the
Buyers' Week of future years where
all could see and actually place orders
it they wished.
New Buyers Come.
A feature of the week's attendance
Iwas the presence of buers who had
i never before been to l'oitliiml. One Of
. thcse w lis H woman milliner of Ban-
don who has iilwuvs purchased tier
goods In San Frum isro bc ause of the
inadequate and liiegulai- t i n importa
tion sei vice out of 1'oithind. Now that
the iinlroud has been built lnfb the
Cooe country she announced at the-Ad
club luncheon (li.it hereafter she would
consider Portland her trading home,
on,, furniture denier from Idaho,
w,i hud been buying, some goods from
the Portland inaiiufactui ei s, saw the
stocks and qualities at first hand and
j announced that he had discovered
. Portland as the Crand Rapids of the
northwest. He estimated that the av-
erage furniture store would buy 100
per cent of its goods here m better
! n,i va n t age than by sending to the east-
eru manufacturing centers.
Strauss Is Pleared.
Nathan Strauss, general Chairman of
the Buyers' Week committee, was
much Pleased with the results of the
I the Chamber of (omtneico for buyers
who hud purchased $..00 or more or
suijds, practically all of the actual
buers attending made substantial ad
ditions to their home storks. The tab
ulation of these figures will occupy
some time this week.
Sugar Is extracted from 16 varieties
f palms thai grow in I'eylon.
Features in Out of