THE OREGON- SUNDAY JOURNAUN PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 43, 1921.
MAN WHO HELPED
NOMINATE LINCOLN
iRECOUHTS DETAILS
Gnly Committeeman. Living Again
Stirred as' He Talks of Dark
SHorse Victory of . Railsplitter.
'fS '.;' By Alexander F. Jones
' raited Km Staff ConwpondeBt
Chicago, Feb. 12 Of the 4fr6 men
fho came to Chicago In May,, 1860,
tOMriominate Abraham Lincoln ka the
Republican candidate for president,
Addison O. Procter alone la alive. He
was a boy of 21 then, fresh from
ttfe plains of Kansas.
'Today, keenly alert at 82, he told -of
those . stirring days when the "Ra.ll-
srfitter from Illinois broke from : the
obscurity of his Springfield law office
toT the notice of a deeply troubled
, country like a comet shooting across
te heavena His Is a memory on
which the passing of 1 years has
ntade no Imprint. The- words pour from
his old lips without the usual falter
ing that Is a part of age. He tells a
better story, It Is ventured, than many
a delegate to recent conwentions can telL
,Bfc CA5NOT rOBOEt
cannot forget obe Incident of
lhat exciting time, because the future
of our country depended upon our ac
tion in those four days of the conven
tion." he said. "and when X think of the
misgivings with which the country
hftHed our nomination . of Lincoln I
wonder ihat we had the- nerve to
name him.
rSlx of us came up to Chicago as
delegates to the convention from Kan
sas. We arrived to find sentiment very
urutettled and troubled. It was Impera
tive that we give the Republican party
the strongest man we could muster as
our candidate.
ZThg leading candidate was Senator
William H. Seward of New York. He
Ifad been prominent in national affairs
for many years. He had been governor
6T- his state, senator and had the back
ing of Thurlow Weed, the adroit- New
s Yjrk politician, and other powerful In
t fiuence. He came to the convention
and that he should not be held liable
for Jta support. i . . ' " -
But Stanley F. Nolan, attorney for
Mrs. Vittorl. was prepared for this. He
said Dr- -Abrams. had recently made
exhaustive Inquiry into new blood tests
performed ' to determine parentage' and
racial antecedent and had met with
marked success. . He offered to place
the services of the doctor at - the dis
posal of the court. The offer waa ac
cepted and Vittorl and the child , were
put to the test. -,.
Today Dr. Abrams said that his re
port was ready for court Monday.. His
report on the-child's blood will be that
an examination shows the. paternal par
ent to be Italian and the mother to be
one part French and three parts Span
ish. The father's blood shows his par
ents on both sides were Italian.
Attorney Nolan said today that he
would ask Judge Graham to have the
contemnt proceedings ! against Vittorl,
who now owes about, $200 In fees and
back alimony, heard early next .week.
UMATILLA POWER
PROJECT MEETING
MTKh only 60 votes lacking control of
the nomination. ' -
UTHER BIO ME.H ,
-'There were other big men before the
convention. Vermont was asking thu
iDminatlon of Jacob Colllmer a national
cfcaractr; Pennsylvania 1 had Senator
Simon Cameron ; New Jersey, Senator
William I Dayton, andyQhlo its famous
senator and later chief Justice of the
Supreme court, Solomon I. Chase. -?The
darkest of all dark horses was
Abraham Lincoln of Illinois." "- '
CFrootor smiled In retrospect. '
--"But the Seward men reckoned wlth
out Horace Greeley, the powerful editor
fi- the New York Tribune," he said.
rjGreeley was bitterly opposed to Se
ward and he crystallised, the sentiment
against him.
-."Greeley came to us the first night of
the convention at. our rooms . In the
ftrlggs house.
3tF.ELET SPEAKS
'Boys.' he said, 'the Republicans must
Win this year. Seward can never be
elected.' lie cannot carry Pennsylvania,
Indiana or Ohio.' - He brought the gov
ernors of those states to us and they all
said Seward could not win.
" 'Mr. Greeley, , how about Abraham
Lincoln? asked one of .our group.
"'Lincoln Is an , adroit .politician. He
has many friends here in Illinois, who
tteem to see something In, him that, the
rest of us haven't seen yet. , He has
an interesting .personality - that would
jjfnke good campaign literature, ut he
has-had no -national r-cxperience, and
fcgeing a crisis, , Xj doubt If his nomina
tion would be-acceptable, i
JBut thin rs -got -worse-as .the days
fore on. 'We could " not 'get ; together,
it last the ahtfc-Seward men' accented
" liindoln and -we started balloting. On
qje first ballot Seward came' rtlthin 60
vetes of winning. On the- third ballot
Lincoln was nominated."'.
JSCORTH IS ASTOUXDED
5The pld roan leaned forward and
spoke' tensely.
k"IHs nomination seemed to chill the
. entire North," he said. "No on had
Jiari of him outside Illinois. But, led
V the magnificent - campaigning of
B? ward, the North arose to the occasion
Jmd need. Lincoln conducted a .'front
Cjrch campaign. He didn't even leave
lrinsfle!d."
j"Kvn after his election,, the country
mrs afraid of him.
- j'But on his inauguration day the
most memorable March 4 In American
fctstory, he stepped forth, after the oath
iremony by Chief Justice Roger Taney,
trtth his black robes and long silver hair,
ajid gave tBe country what It wanted to
pear I therefore consider that In view
X the ' constitution and the laws, this
Knion is not broken, and 1 shall see to
-if as the constitution expressly enjoins
KXn me, that to the best of my ability,
. fhe laws of the Union are faithfully en
forced in all the states. 1 trust this may
tot be considered a menace, but as a
declared purpose that this Union will
Maintain and defend itself.'"
CThe old man's eyes twinkled with ex
Uement.
O"! had traveled to Washington to hear.
aim say just that." he concluded. "My
. frlcture of lhai talL eaunt man. Rtanrl-
GJg before the capitol In the presence of
. M.000 people, uttering the words we all
Ujanted him to say, was the supreme mo
parentage of Child
lis . Determined by
5 Blood Examination
" '."' ' ' -'-
(By t7Mrnl g-rioe
San Francisco, Feb. 12. By a novel
Kt probably never before resorted to in
American courts. Dr. Albert Abrams
h&s determined for Judge Thomas P.
CM-aham the parentage of 2V4 months
oia oaDe. .
Paul Vittorl was haled Into mnr nn
January 28 for contempt In failinar to
- pay for the support of his divorced wife
and her small daughter. Vlrsrinla. Vlt
. trl claimed that the child was not his
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Gathering of . Oregon and Wash
ington I nterests to Take V p B ig
Question to Be at Walla WaUa.
Pendleton. Or.. Feb. '12. At ' a
special session of the newly formed
Umatilla Bapids Power Site associa
tion, called this afternoon by Presi
dent Gilbert W. Phelps of this city,
plans were laid for a monster meet
ing of ail . Interests in both Oregon
and "Washington concerned In f the
development of the 125,000,000 hy
dro-electric plant at Umatilla rapids,
to be held In Walla Walla next Sat
urday.' I - '. I
Members of the executive committee
of the association, who . have been ap
pointed to date by the president, are
Mayor GJ A. Hartmaa of Pendleton, Pat
Lonergan! of Pendleton, William War
ner of Alderdale.'Wash. ; F. B. Bwayxe,
Hermiston: James Kyle, Stanfield, J.
M. Crawford, a vice president ; Ben
Stone of i Walla Walla and Whitney L.
Boise of ! Portland, Complete organisa
tion will! be accomplished at the big
meeting in Walla Walla, and Oregon
delegates, particularly from this sec
tion, are expected to throng to the ses
sion. - .
Chief among the speakers for the
project will be H. Ai Rand of Portland.
consulting engineer of the P. R. I 4c P.
company! who lectured last week on
the possibility of the development and
Its engineering phases. Judge Stephen
A. Lowell of this city will again speak
on the federal water power act and
other engineers will present more actual
Information on the facts concerning the
project. .
Mayor Hartman of this city,, ii. B.
Stanfield of Stanfield and F. B. Swayze
of Hermiston were appointed as three
of a committee of six on finance. Ah
Oregon committee on legislation , was
appointed by the president, in confer
ence with the executive committee, and
is composed of Frederick W. Steiwer,
attorney Judge Stephen A. Lowell and
Senator Roy Ritner, all of this city.
Requests will be" sent to all commer
cial associations in the area affected by
the - project .to the , effect that their
boards of managers act as an advisory
committee , . to the ! main ; Organization.
The Pendleton -Commercial association
has already pledged its financial sup
port, as have other similar bodies in this
couity. a . . r .
Too Many Germans
CouldEnter U. S.
Tinder BUI, Is Plfea
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Washington, Feb. 12. U. P.) Opposi
tion to the Dillingham emergency. Immi
gration bill developed in the senate to
day n the grounds that it would admit
to this country 125,000 Germans a year.
The bill would limn the number of im
migrants from any country to 5 per cent
or the number of natives of that country
already here. ; .
This .would permit entrance of 128,000
British subjects; 123,000 Germans, 53,000
from Norway , and Sweden, 9000 from
Denmark, 5800 from France, 83,000 from
Austria. 67,000. from Italy, 86,000 from
Russia, and smaller numbers from other
countries. ; The total to be admitted
would be E92.00O a year.
ANTI-JAPANESE
LEGISLATION IS
GIVEN PROTEST
Legislators Urged by Chamber of
Commerce to Do Nothing io
Disturb Present Relations. ;4
Passage of any state anti-Japanese
legislation Is strongly opposed by the
board of directors "and the -'legisla
tive committee .of the -Chamber 1 of
Commerce in thes. belief that such
legislation will only embarrass , and
retard present " negotiations being
carried on between' the United States
and Japan.!
An expression of the stand taken by
the board, of the chamber is 'contained
in a measag& sent by that organiza
tion to each member of the legislature
Saturday, .;- jp
XEGOTIATI05S 3TECE8SABT J .
Some of the points upon which pro
ponents of anti-Japanese legislation base
their arguments for passage of the meas
ure are discussed in the message sent' to
the lawmakers. The message follows :
"The only direct and honorable method
through which we may proceed to have
our relations with the Japanese cor
rected is by further negotiations between
the national governments of both coun
tries with a view to changing the now
existing treaty. : :? -
"Excerpts from Article I of the treaty
between this country and Japan, dated
February 21. 1911. are as.follows:
"The subjects or citizens of each of
the high contracting parties shall have
liberty to enter, travel and reside in the
territories of the other to carry on trade,
wholesale and retail, to own, lease and
occupy bouses, manufactories. Ware
houses and shops, to erapley .agents of
their choice, to lease land for residential
and commercial purposes, and generally
to do anything Incident to or necessary
for trade, upon the same. terms as the
native subjects or citizens, submitting
themselves to the laws and regulation
there established. 1 . , .
PROTECTION ESSENTIAL i ,
" The subjects or citizens of each of
the high contracting parties shall receive.
In the territories of the other, the most
constant protection and security for their
persons and property, and shall enjoy
in this respect the same rights and privi
leges as are, or may be, granted to native
subjects or citizens, on their submitting
themselves to' the conditions Imposed
upon the native subjects or citizens.'
"Another point has been very apparent.
That is, those .opposed to the individual
action of the states are, for the most
part, men of mature age and judgment.
They feel and realize that this . is a
serious question and while speed in set
tlement is quite, essential, yet It is so
Important and so far reaching in its
effect, that it is better to move slowly
and complete the job wisely.
"We would, therefore, ask you to give
full consideration to these facts, to weigh
this question carefully, and if you decide
that we are correct, leave the entire
matter in the hands of the Btate depart
ment, where It now is."
LODGE AGAINST MOVE BY
STATE ON JAPANESE ISSUE
- Salem, Or., Feb. 12. Any action taken
at this time by the Individual states
toward the restriction , or regulation of
Japanese - settlers might' seriously em
barrass the federal government, in the
opinion of Senator Lodge, chairman, of
the foreign relations committee, accord
ing to a telegram received today by
Senator Louis Lachmund. from' Senator
MeNaryV s - ; - : t- - v;
McNary'a telegram was in reply, to an
Inquiry from Lachmund as to the fed J
eral government's stand on the Japanese
question'. Senator Lodge, the . telegram
states, gave it la his opinion that the
government early In the next adminis
tration would take care of this-question J
in a way satisfactory to tne western
people and that the states should take
no action that might lead to govern
mental embarrassment in. the considera
tion of this important subject. ,
Pleads Not Guilty .
A. D.' Shoot, who was Indicted by the
federal grand jury a few days ago for
alleged violation of the Mann white slave
act. pleaded not guilty Saturday be
fore Federal, Judge Bean. He, will be
tried by jury, on February 23.
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