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3 OAlLYEVENINUF-DiTlOM ! Eastern Oregon Weather Tontght and Thursday, continued cool. falr, - - . AA PENDLETON, "UMATILLA COUNTY, OHEGOS, WEDNESDAY, JAN1TAHY 14, 1903. "NO. 4640 , 15. ULTON HE LEAD t Indications Are That . . . it- M'. Qn'fkin bAstoria man uu-mu I t Senator. LAND CHARTER IS PASSED IN BOTH HOUSES. ! cf Votes Comploted at Noon Lirvey Scott Has Little Show for Senate House Officers Ap- Ipioted. Hm, Or, Jan. 11. The canvass o .vfutred this morning in joini tiitr and was hogun at 11 o'clock dBpIetl nt noon. Tho speaker Kfd thar Chamberlain had neon leowrnor Ho -was lnaugurni- fit 2:15 this afternoon and wan nlnbv Uio cniei jusucu. -Ciianibcrlnln then road his mes- 1 Alini4nK t.ncaaarl fhft !)( fOrUXHU aim vu thU morning nnu uie n..re nf the Leolslature. lV Senate. If .r n. fKdidPyiSajEC U. urowii... tef Oerlc S. L. -Moorhead. jattut Clork Ed Jackson, deafer Clerk F. C. Mlddloton. filerk Frank plotter. SatganUit-Arms K. W. Gowan. Bcorteeper J. O. Calvort. II? Clork William Smith. House. Speaker 1.. T. Harris. Wet Clerk-A. C. Jennings, latent Clerk-W. P. Drogor. Reading Clcrk-C A. Murphy. Calendar Clcrk-F. O. Northrup. togeant-at-Aras-W. IC Bishop. Doorkeeper-T. W. Warm. Bailing ClerU-Tl. M Plorco. Pai;es Vevdow KauVner, I.ee Davis, Piank Honan. Salem, Jan. 13.-Tlio light ovor tho iganization of tiio two branches of fce stare legislature proved a battle njal and tho result was undeniably lidmi success lor unurios vv. tur I'm, in Us campaign for tne sonaior- riM. w opponents may uemuo tin rk'm ho has gained, but evon llMrjfalt that ha-has scored first rjle-slralflcanco of tho victory lies 111 the fact that tho presiding officer of Icl louse Is a strong adherent of iHton and each owes his election In I peat degree to the assistance and J generalship of tho man from As a It Is, of course, a necessary fcence that each will uso his Influ- ! to aid Fulton In tho senatorial sle. Tho presiding officers ot kfcsate and tho house may enslly Itotj factors In that contest. They smany favors to bestow In tho ap- test of committees and In fur- f the adoption of bills presented 'two honsrs Tho ehnlrmnn of relative body if ho bo shrewd litul pospsses a nower that Is I null mired When Fulton hlm- ls resident of tho sonato two sSo ho was a powortul factor In -ttlon of Mitchell to tho United ' lenate Field Against Fulton. i prestlco of havlnc won tho r sWrmlsh and with the signal u?e of having captured the or ""hi In both branches of tho Hre Pnlton Is illsflnorlv Fwtban ho was three days ago. tlmn lllu flcllt la nf III j, , ..HI. J WS frlpmlc mlmlt (l.ot !,,. '" hope of securing a caucus WMMinrcM.. 11. , . i - l"o issue mum. f bo settlod by tho tedious ""'joint ballot by the two Of tllft lOfldlntnrn Drocont' tj prove very protracted. Each t to M Mn(,,aRtfls will do every- bt.iv io noiu nis ioiiow- " 1,10 ""no t'mt ft break (lii V 0 rorces of tl10 leadors, u. 1 "8 nav nrnflt '"tin out 2212. ?nd h,s frlends nre itto. V. vl?e,.r. v,ctry 'n the on r8 lLlnlr satisfaction Is I l. VUUI1MU11VIJ '.m th ; ' n u' UtM """"ubk wnicn was 'or a dozen hallotn wns hfa?iW,e 10 them- There fwaHJut three, and nmhW four senators, who wore expected to voto for Drownell, tho Fulton candi date, availed thomsclvcs of tho pro tection given by tho sccrot ballot and gavo their votes to Smith. The dead lock was finally broken by a single voto which deserted Smith and went Prat to Stelwer and then to Brownoll. Who cast this deciding voto Is a mattor of speculation. Some say that It was Crolsan ot Marion, whllo others confidently assort that It was a mem bor of tho Multnomah delegation. Against Mathews. Tho lattbr theory finds color from tho fact that Multnomah's represen tatives In both houses have developed a strong dlstasto for tho cut and dried progrnm which tho Jack Mathews tri umvirate expected to force down their throatB This was made apparent In tho 'house caucus and was the prime cause of tho ultimate break to Har ris. Eddy, who was the Mathews Mitchell candidate, started with IB votes, but quickly fell to 12. Of these, only eight wcro from Multnomah, de spito the endorsement given to Eddy by tho delegation. Of tho remaining four votes two wore from Marlon, and two-ln eluding Eddy's own vote from Yamhill. i Tho defeat of the Mathews coterie of bosses has lyion tho subject ot fre quent comment among tho legislators. It Is generally bclloved to presage the withdrawal of Harvy W. Scott trom the senntorlnl fight. "Lot Scott show his head now and we' will glvo him n crack ho won't forget," said one ot a group of repre sentatives today, and the others promptly echoed tho sentiment. So genoral Is this feeling thnt oven In tho ovont of a complote overturn ing' of existing combinations, it 13 hardily likely that Scott will allow his name to he presented as a senator ial candidate. To do so would bo to court sure defeat. FATAL POWDER EXPLOSION. Seven Men Killed In British Colum bia Powder Works. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 14. Seven men. five of them Chinese, were ldlled by nn explosion In Hamilton, tho powder works at Northfleld, near Nannlmo, this morning. UNION MEN TOO INDEPENDENT SUPERINTENDENT MAY BEFORE COAL COMMISSION 4 the Gives Reasons Why the Operators ..Arc Opposed to the Miners' Union Admits That Very Few Men Were at Work During Strike. Philadelphia, Jan. 14. General Wil eon again presided at tho anthrSclte board proceedings. Suporlntar.dent May, of the Hillside Coal Company, was the first witness. His testimony and examination was largely confined to tho reasons tor tho antipathy to the union. Ho believed tho union makes men too Independ ent. Spalding asked many questions. May believed he would have been able to resumo work had there been no violence. On examination he admitted that he only had 300 out of 9000 mon working on September 30 whon, tho first vlo lenco was loported. Regarding docking he declared they hod a system In their two collieries whereby tho mon wero credited with excess docking when It was shown good coal had been taken off of the miners' cars. This amount was paid them weekly. DEVOTED TO BUSINESS. Livestock Convention at Kansas City Listens to an Address by Bailey, of California. Kansas City, Jan, 14. The National Livestock convention devoted the forenoon only to business. Dr. Bai ley, of California, delivered an inter esting address on the angora goat In dustry. At the National Grocers convention the fight Is waxing warm for tho next mooting place. St. Louis and San Francisco nro tho only candidates. Wife of Consul Robbed. Algiers, Algeria, Jan. 14. Yester day ovcnlnc tho wife of American Consul Kidder at Upper Mustapha, was assaulted, knocked down and rob bed of her. purse. The assailant Is unapprehended. English Merger. Glasgow. Jan. 14. Three of tho largest locomotive manufacturing firms in Great Britain have merged into a combine with a capital of $10,- 000,000. ! I GHAMBERL PRESENTS SHE SIN Sets Forth in a Statesmanlike Manner the Needs of the Com monwealth ot Oregon. Salem, Or., Jnn. 14. George 15. Chamberlain, democrat, was Inaugur ated governor of Oregon at 2: 15 p. m. Tho message recommends an appro priation of $500,000 to the Lewis and Clark fair. Flat salary for state 6f Ilcinls and moro equitable taxation of large corporations Is advocated. Following arc excerpts of the mes sage upon tho leading topics: Gentlemen of tho Senate and House of Representatives: I would bo recreant to my duty If 1 did not in the very beginning of what I have to sayoxprecs to you and through you to the people of tho state, my high appreciation of the groat honor which has been conferred upon mo In electing me chief executive When a convention of my party put me In nomination for this exalted place. It war, with one voice and without solic itation on my part. I feel and know that I am Indebted for my election to that generous spirit of political In richness of our mines, forests and fields, and the salubrity or our cli mate. It should not be the purpose of legislation intended to tax this wealth to be discriminating and unjust. Suc.1 a course would nullify tho efforts we are making toward commercial ad vancement and Industrial develop ment. But that this wealth should contribute fairly, equally and uniform ly with other property of the state all must concede, and those who como here to assist us tor their own better ment, claiming the protection of law, should bear a just share of the bur dens. A Fellow Servant Law. I commend the general scope and purpose of this law to tho legislature of Orecon. and earnestly urge the enactment ot such statute at this session. Legislation upon this sub ject was defeated at the last session, but It seems to me that tho demands of tho thousands of men engaged in dependence' which has characterized! tallroad employment here are entitled the people of this state from the earliest pioneer times, and fully real ize that It. was not because of any su perior merit In lue. Under such cir cumstances I onter upon tho perform ance ot the high trust that has been Imposed upon me with a deeper sense of tho great responsibilities that de volve upon me, with a greater fear that I may not be able to meet tho ex pectations of those who have bo hon ored me, and with a firmer determina tion to do all In my humble power to best subserve and protect the In terests of the state. I have no higher ambition than to win the encomiums of my fellow citizens when my term ehall have expired, for duty faithfully and honestly performed. The Common Schools Oregon has just cause to be proud of tho record she has achieved with reference to her public school system. She stands near the front rank In ef ficiency and In attendance, proportion ed to population. No tax Is so cheer fully paid by our people as that which gees to support the public schools, for It Is in them that tlftj minds and char acters or the great majority or our children must o fnecesslty be formed, and it Is to them that the state must look mainly for useful and responsible citizenship. To maintain their effic iency is our solemn duty. The educa tion there attained should be extreme ly practical, having for its object tho preparation of the pupil for the every day affairs of life. To Oils end, non essentials should bo eliminated and essentials installed. It is to be fear ed, however, that tho modern ten dency Is to reverse this wholesome rule, and reading, writing and arith metic are given way to music, draw ing and other embellishments. Too many are the books and too many tho Indies, for thoroughness in those things which go to fit our boys and girls for useful men and women, and embellishments are being added to the courses of study each year which had better be loft to schools of art and to colleges and universities. Taxation of Corporations. A large proportion of the taxes of many of tho states Is derived from sources other than tlto geueral land and property tax. Real estate hero is bearing an unjust proportion of tho taxes for both state and local pur poses. Personal property and money Inrgely escaped taxation. This is not as it should bo, and some remedy ought to be found and applied for carrying into effect tho letter and spirit of the constitution, which re quires all taxation to be equal and uniform. The period through which we are now passing Is characterized by combinations of capital, as well as of men. Individual Initiative in the larger enterprises is almost un known. Corporations with large cap ital, organized In other states, are constantly coming into and doing bus iness of all kinds here, and in most cases cannot be or are not reached for the purpose of taxation. Our ef forts in the pat Jiave been and should continue to be, directed to the secur ing of tho investment here of capital, corporate and individual, from other states, The efforts that have been made In Uils direction are being re warded, and from every state of the Union men of wealth and managers of vast corporate enterprises are com- to be heard, as they have been heard and favorably acted upon, in other states not moro progressive than Oregon. Normal Schools. In New York and other states stat utes have been enacted imposing taxes upon Inheritances. Such a sys tem of taxation ought to be essayed In Oregon. It has been objected that (hero are no such colossal fortunes here as would warrant or justify the Imposition of taxes upon Inheritances either dircc. or collateral. This Is in pnrt true, and for that very reason there would be leSs opposition to such legislation now than there would be If it bo postponed to a later date. - Tho uxords of the county courts In every count yin the state wil ldisclose the astonishing fact that many, if not all, of the estates going through probate eFcapo a just share of the burdens of taxation during the lifetime of the tes tators or Intestates. The tendency of modern times Is to bilug about aE neaily as posible, a divorcement, of local and stato taxa tion, and theie Is no reason why, by a proper law taxing inheritances and local and foreign corporations doing business in the state, as well as the valuable franchises which they enjoy, Oiegon may not, following i ntho foot steps of other 3tates, raise the creat or part, if not all, the revenue neces cury for state purposes. I recommend that tho number of normal schools aided by state appro priation be reduced to two, and that admissions thereto be hedged about by such restrictions as will require them to carry out in good faith the purposes of their creation, sothat the people whose money Is expended in this support may be compensated in part by a corps of thoroughly equip ped teachers in tho public schools. Labor, Troubles between capital and labor have not at any time seriously affect ed the business interests of the state. Asplrlt of toleration has existed be tween employer and employe which is to be commended, and incipient troubles have been easily settled by discussion and mutual concession. Arid Lands. Tho development of irrigation pro jects by private companies under the Carey act and by the United States under tho Maxwell act of 1002, makes essential some legislation governing water and riparian rights. The act'Of - " , v., ntj u visions of tho Carey act Is qrudef' There should he further legislation along the same lines. But nothing snouia ue done without the groatest deliberation and caution, for hasty ac tion would undoubtedly involve one of the state's greatest and most promis ing interests In interminable legisla tion and final disaster. n broader discretion thou they now possess, and permitted to refuse np plications to purchase, or to sell cither for tholr actual value after proper as certainment thorcof, or nt public auc-l tlon to tho highest bidder, with power to teject any and all bids that might i be offered. Good Roads. Tho question, "How shall wo utilize the activities of our convicts?" should receive your unremitting and ' most careful study. Its Ideal solution would bo one which should not only elevate tho moral and physical condition of the prisoner, but at tho samo time employ his energies In such a wayns to directly and positively benefit tho public, and thus In a measure atone for tho wrongs which his confinement Is Intonded to explaie. Any plan which makes him a direct competitor of free labor is essentially erroneous. If he manufactures articles to bo sold In open market, tho clement of cost which his - enforced labor represents will Inevitably lower tho selling price and diminish tho wage for similar goods not prison made. This moans fewer free artisans, n lower standard of living for thoso who do produce In tho face of such competition, less to buy with and correspondingly less for those with whom they trade, tho harm and loss reach to every part of our complex Industrial and social fabric. Reapportionment of the State. A glance at the act of 1S9'J, redis ricting tho state into senatorial and representative districts Is sufficient to condemn It as a measure of the gross tst partisanship, entirely without mer it and wholly unjust to many ot tho border counties of tho state. Taxation without representation Is un-American nnd yet as the several senatorial and representative districts aro constitut ed, under the act referred to, some of tho counties, If not entirely unrepre sented, are practically so. Take for Instance tho ninth senatorial district, extending from the Columbia River on the north to the California lino on the south, with one Joint senator for the counties of wnsco, Crook, Iako and Klamath. Other districts might be mentioned where tho nportionincnt Is equally as Til nilAn ll v nn SCORES GENERA L OK Declares Knox is Responsi ble for Misery Wrongs and Robbery of tho People COURTS ARE ALWAYS READY TO STAND WITH MONOPOLIES (Concluded on page C.) COAL WILL LAST BUT ONE DAY SKY-SCRAPERS WILL BE COMPELLED TO CLOSE. One Building Contains Six Thousand Regular Office Tenants Wide spread Suffering Sure to Follow Thousands Will Be Thrown Out of Work by Coal Famine. Chicago, Jan. 14. Beforo today's session of the grand jury Investigating the coal conspiracy, the president of the Building Managers' Association nnnouncerf"that unless the coal sup ply wa3 Immediately Increased a ma jorlty of the great fchy-Bcrapers would be compelled to close. This action would throw thousands out of work, one building containing C000 regular office tenants, The supply of coal will Itst one day longer. REAR END COLLISION One Train Stops for Water, Another Crashes Into It, Killing Four Men. Houston, Texas, Jan, 14. A rear end collision between two east-bound freights on tho Southern Pacific oe turred this morning near Sour Lake, Ono train plopped for water and the ether ran into it at full speod. Both firemen and two trampB wero instantly ldlled. One engineer was fatally, and one conductor was possibly fa tally Injured. Ono engino and 14 cars were plied in tho ditch, WILL HAVE EXHIBIT. 8t. Public Lands. There Is now in the state treasury $729,436.42 of the irreducible school fund unloaned, and consequently bringing no revenuo to tho public pchqolg. Under these circumstances, there is no reason for continuing the sales of the public lands of the state at minimum prices. It might be .the part of wisdom to withdraw them from tho market entirely for two yoara at least, but if the preeent policy of sell ing them is to he continued, the stiite Ing among .us. lured hither by the land board ought to he invested with Prussia Appropriates $75,000 for Louis Fair. Berlin, Jan, 14, The Prusslon bud get today carries a J7G.000 appropria tion for the. Prussian exhibit at St. Louis, Prisoner Happy. Riverhead, L. I., Jan. 14. 'fbo date's eridenca against Dlsbrow will he completed tonight. The prisoner today seems happy and unconcerned, and believe that he will yet be acquitted. Hewitt Unchanged. New YprjtTjan. 14. Abrara S, Hew itt la unchanged and shows most sur prising xltalltyr London, Jan. Yi. A dispatch from Capp Town this morning says Belt Is bettor. The doctors are now hope ful of recovery. Senator .Tillman Scores the Trusts and the Dilatory Policy of Adminis tration. Washington, Jan. II Prcaldont Roosevelt this morning told Forakcr that he had not offered to appoint Bay on tho retirement of Shlras. but admitted that ho had the matter un der consideration. The senate "In anticipation of tho much ad vol Used 'speech of Tillman, iroa won niloil this moriilntt. Tillman kept a prominent plnre in tho. halls before tho assembly, telling the other senators what a large number of llvo wires ho hod In reserve nnd how no proposed to nrralgn the president for the coal situation. At 1:30 ho spoke and started ny ar raigning Aldrlch. He said that If nny action was taucn in uio senate n would be bocauso tho republicans had boon Bonded to it by the Vost resolu tion. The sonato was callous aud cold In refusing aid to the suff!ng people. It would ba taught a severe lesson, ir coal riots took place, and would ho shown that man will not starve nor freeze, hut. It necessary, will throttlo tho law. He said the policy oL.lhJa govern ment Is to deal in hot til?, Tho attar-ney-gonernl sits supinely by although having power enough by tho Shermnn net and a romplctc wlrienco of con spiracy, yot ho demands moro power. Ho wants nnother nnthrnclto commis sion. "The commission wo have," he said, "Is dawdling away their time taking Irrelative testimony, when It could enslly get cvldonco from the anthra cite monopoly." Ah he was speaking, there was a gradual diminution of attendance on tho floor whllo the galleries filled. In loss thnn half an hour only ntno (ieinocrats wcro In their scats. Rec ognizing tho departure ot tho demo crats, Tillman shouted nt tho top ot his voice, "I know I'm In tho minority, but I'm from tho section of country that aLvays has been pillaged and I suppose it must contlnuo to bo rob bed and Ignored. Tho inferior courts nro always ready to stand In with tho monopolies nnd uso Injunctions against the minors. Tho nttornpy-genernl should have secured . nn Injunction against thp, coal companies when It was apparent thnt they proposed to slarvH tho miners Into subjection. I wish to God I could believe that that man was sincere. I would have got an Injunction if in his place If I could hn,vo found nn honost Judgo any where." In quoting some of Tuft's opinions, ho roforred to him as a man who re fused a place on thp supremo bonch because ho wnntnd to mnko himself cdlous In tho Phllopplnes, Ho declar ed that there wero many violations of Interstate rommorco thnt If all the culprits wero punished thoro would J.ot ho Jail enough to Imprison thorn. "I am Indicting Knox, who is crimlnai and responsible for tho misery, wrnnff nna robbory bocauso ho failed to do his duty," Ho was interrupted by Dlcdrich with a question upon Cleveland's adminis tration. Ho angrily shouted, "God Al mighty had a grudge against tho Continued on pago 8. Thos. Gahagan Alining Broker Office with Harlman Abstract Co, Pendleton, Oregon, Buys ant sells stocks in all min ing companies, SOUTH POLE STOCK A Specialty. Mining claims bought and sold. BUY SOUTH POLE