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DAILY MA0t OIUBGONIAN. PECBUJTOlf, OMMOft. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, IMS.
Announcements
of Candidates
Candidate for re-r.omlnat on by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17,
10S.
POK STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
C. A. Barrett
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for the nomination by
the republican party at the earning
primary election to be held April IT,
190S.
FOR STATE KEPRESENTATTVE.
L L. Mann
Candidate for re-nomlnaton by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
Geo. W. Bradley
(Present Incumbent.)
MINI
MID
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A MASTER STROKE
THE ERIE ROAD GIVES
IU.H OCEAN-TO-OCEAN LINE
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination by the republican
parly at the coming primary election
to !.. held April 17. 1908.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
C. W. Steen
For Umatilla and Morrow counties.
Candidate for the nomination by the
republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17,
190S.
FOR JOINT REPRESENTATIVE
T. J. Mahoney
Candidate for re-nominat'on by the
Republican party at the coming pi
mary election to be held April 17
1908.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Horace Walker
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for the nomination by
the Republican party at the coming
primary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
A. H. Sunderman
Commission work surely calls for a
man of experience as the duties of a
commissioner are of a serious and Im
portant nature.
I have proven myself qualified for
the position, and 1 am the only can
didate with two years previous ex
perience in railroad commission work,
having served on the commission in
1901 and 1902.
If y.'U believe In electing a man to
this important office who will give the
pt-oj It a "Square Deal," and one who
thoroughly understands a commission
er' duty from past experience, I earn
estly solicit your support and vote.
Yours respectfully,
A. N. Hamilton
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
Candidate for Republican nomina
tion for
STATE RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
A practical railroad man. Stands
for enforcement of the law, proper
inspection of railroads; equitable
rates.
C. C. LOUCKS
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the republican nomination for re-elec
tion as district attorney, sixth judic
ial district, subject to the nctlon of
the republican voters at the coming
primary election, April 17, 1908.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
G. W. Phelps
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the re-nomlnatlon, at the primary
election to be held April 17, 1908, for
sheriff.
FOR SHERIFF.
T. D. Taylor
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for re-nominatlon by the
Republican party at the coming prl
mary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
Frank baling
(Present Incumbent.
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the Democratic nomination, at the
coming primary election, to be held
April 17. 1908.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
J. Hudemann
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the nomination for the of
fice of County Commissioner, subject
to the approval of the people at the
primaries, April 17.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Joe Bailey
1 hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination by the democratic
party, at the coming primary election
to be held April 17, 1908.
FOR COUNTY RECORDER
John Q. Peebler
Candidate for re-nomlnatlon by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held Apr 1 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIN
TENDENT. Frank K. Welles
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for re-nomlnatlon by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17, 1908
RECORDER OF CONVEYANCES
Fred W. Hendley
(Present incumbent)
Candidate for the noflnatlon by the
republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held on April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY RECORDER.
Chas. E. Macomber
Candidate for re-nominatlon by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17.
1908.
FOR COUNTY CORONER
Ralph Folsom
(Present incumbent.)
Hereby announces his candidacy for
the nomination of
COUNTY CORONER,
at the ReDubllcan primary election,
to be held April 17, 1908.
Chas. W. Wall
W. R. ELLIS FOR CONGRESS.
Present Incumbent and an Eastern Oregon Man.
The following abstract from the ofiolal vote of the primaries of
April 20, 1906, shows the relative strength of the .ongreaslonal can
didates in their home counties. This Is the supreme test of a man's
standing in any community, and Is more eloquent than words.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Marlon County James Wlthycombe (of Benton county) 1734 votes
Marion County T. T. Geer (of Marlon county) 1209 votes
Union County Wlthycombe 497 votes
Union County Geer vote
FOR GOVERNOR AND CONGRESS.
Umatilla County T. T. Geer, for governor 483 votes
Umatilla County W. R. Ellis, for congress 1207 votes
Union County T. T. Geer, for governor 332 votes
Union County W. R. Ellis, for congress 606 votes
Story of the Dig Deal Is Told In a
Fascinating Manner Its Financial
ami Commercial Importance Stag
gers Wall Street Tlie Greatest
Railroad Stroke of the Century.
A special dispatch by the United
Press from New York gives the Inter
esting details of Harriinan's master
stroke in securing control of the Brie
system this week.
That E. H. Harrlman grabbed oft
the biggest bargain on record, even
in these days of Wall street bargains,
when he came to the rescue of the
Erie railroad In such a spectacular
manner, was made plain today, when
tock market operators had had time
to analyze the deal, says the dispatch
All Mr. Harrlman was required to put
uj was $4,500,000 of borrowed money
Here are some of the things he got in
return:
What Harriman Gains.
Control of the Erie railroad, a
$400,000,000 corporation.
A through freight and passenger
line from San Francisco to New York,
for which he has been working and
dreaming and scheming for years.
Renewed prestige, which compen
ated In a great measure for his loss
as a result or tne "Dig suck vigor
ously wielded for several years by
President Roosevelt
Five million dollars In new Erie 6
per cent short-term notes, which his
control of the road will enable him
to meet when they mature three years
hence.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars of actual cash, handed bacK
to him for use as pin money at a time
when many millionaires are having a
hard struggle finding money to fi
nance lobster and champagne sup
pers.
How He Worked Sclieme.
The story of how he did It reads
like a tale from the Arabian n ignis-
First, he learned that the Erie was
going to have a hard time getting tne
money to meet its obligations of 15,
5UO.O0O, which matured yesterday.
rhen, hrough interests allied to him,
he made sure that no banking estab-
Ishmtnt would advance the necessary
cash.
Next, he allowed alarming reports
of the Eries difficulties to do puu-
Ushed broadcast, so that the holders
of the short-term notes would be
come alarmed and sell them at panic
prices. Then he sent agents Into the
market, who picked op 5,000,000 of
the notes at 80 cents on the dollar
investment of $4,000,000.
Finally, he made his spectacular
offer, which at the last moment, sav-
d the Erie railroad from a receiver
ship.
The offer looked as if he were go
ing to put u pan immense sum jusi
out of ure philanthropy, but there
was a string tied to It It was for the
purchase of new 6 per cent notes at
95 cents On the dollar sufficient to
pay off all the old notes whose hold-
;rs would not accept new notes at
par and a bonus of 5 per cent in
cash.
Mr. Harriman already owned 16,-
000,000 of the $5,500,000 notes, so It
was necessary for him to put up anly
$500,000 more in cash. He even got
back a par of this because certain
speculators had sold notes tney am
not own, and In order to deliver tne
cnmiu torinv. were forced to pay a
n " ' - -
premium.
Line Joins Two Oceans.
Ami now all the financial world 1
standing aghast at the result.
The acquirement by Mr. Harriman
of a transcontinental line Is the part
of the deal which appeals most to
railway men. Mr. Harrlman and his
associates, It Is reliably reported,
stand ready to spend, under certain
conditions, from $30,000,000 to $40,
000,000 for Improvements In termi
nals, unnels, trackage and rolling
stock. If these plans are completed,
Mr. Harrlman's dream of a perfectly
squlpped, complete transcontinental
road, with Erie as the eastern outlet,
will have come true.
The Big 6
J. A. COBB, Prop.
Will open for bus
iness on or about April 15th. There'll be
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Clothing, Shoes, Ladies and Gents Furnishings--
and the largest and best assortment of
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THE WENS Iffl 11 IS UPHELD
The constitutionality of the Torrens
Innd law was sustained recently by the
state supreme court of Colorado, says
the Oregonlan. Discussing the Im
portance of the decision, as relating to
a similar law In this state, where con
siderable land has been registered un
der the act. Robert C. Wright, a Port
land lawyer, yesterday said:
As the title to a large amount of
valuable property has already been
registered under the Torrens law, It
will be of much Interest to those per
sons throughout the state who have
already taken advantage of the law, or
who Intend to do. so, to learn of the
latest decision of a supreme court In
regard to the constitutionality of the
law.
The supreme court of Colorado
made a decision on December 2, 1907,
In the case of People ex. rel. Smith vs.
Crlssman, registrar of titles, and In
the opinion the Judges were unani
mous, not even a dissenting vote as to
any particular point.
The points raised In that ease were
briefly as follows: The title of the
act wns very simple, being. "An act
oncerning land titles." This was con
tended to be unconstitutional, because
It did not sufficiently Indicate the leg
islation contained In the net. It was
held to be good by the court. The
Oregon net has a more comprehen
sive title, hut the Colorado ruling In
dicates a liberal construction.
Court I Made Referee.
The second point was that the act
provided for an ex parte examination
of the case by an examiner of titles,
this objection referring to a prelimi
nary examination of the abstract and
testimony by the exnmlner, the some
ns In Oregon. It was held that the
opinion of the examiner was not bind
ing on the court In any manner, and
that he was a referee In the same
manner as In all other cases, and his
findings wore not a Judgment of the
court; therefore, this proceeding was
not contrary to the Colorado constitu
tion or the constitution of the United
States, prohibiting the taking of
property without due process of law,
and It was thus held this was due
process.
It was also urged that the fact that
the defendant hnd no affirmative rem
edy, that Is to say, he could not come
In with a cross-bill and register the
title for himself, was against the
same constitutional provisions. This
objection was overruled on the ground
that the state had entire control of the
remedies of suitors In Its courts, and
If the applicant to register failed and
his proceeding was dismissed, It took
away the right of the defendant, who
could proceed on his own account In
another application.
Again, the court held that the pro
vision that registrars should perform
acts under rules and Instructions
made by the court, did not place upon
the court's executive duties In viola
tion of the constitution creating the
Judiciary separate from the executive.
In this case It seems the court decided
It exercised exclusive Judicial func
tions In dealing with the subject mat
etr of the land and It being an equal
t.ihle proceeding, the court allowed
to be done and to require all execu
tive officers to perform those acts by
a direct order as In other cases.
Similar f,av In Oregon.
The last point decided was upon the
objection that the act provided that
county clerks should be registrars,
created a new county office, that of
registrar of titles, which was neither
filled by appointment nor by election.
The court held that this part of the
act dealt whllly with the duties to
be performed by a certain officer who
was already recorder of deeds and had
charge of records of the county, and
that the legislature ha da right to add
to or take away or change those duties
as It saw fit. That In calling the
clerk registrar of titles, and placing
those duties required by the act upon
him, In nowise created a new office.
As the Torrens law of Colorado,
adopted in 1903, or two years later
than thot of Oregon, Is quite similar
to ours, and especially on the points
decided except on the first one. It
will be seen that the decision is an
Important one to those Interesten In
the matter. The case appears to have
been a test case, as the registrar was
defended by an attorney who appear
ed ns amicus curlse or friend of tne
court.
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PORTLAND HAH 81,431 VOTERS.
Total Registration for Primaries
Shows Big Increase Over 1M.
Returns made to the county clerk
yesterday by notaries of the country
contiguous to Portland carried the to
tal registration figures to 31,431 yes
terday. There are among these vot
ers 24,622 republicans, 6246 demo
crats and 1663 of other political falfh.
For the purpose of estimating the
number of ballots necessary to be
printed, Deputy Clerk Schneider has
segregated these according to pre
cincts and wards. Printing Instruc
tions are now In the hands of the
printer. The county Is paying ui
81200 for the ballots of both the pri
mary and general elections, while two
years ago It was compelled to pay $2,
000.
In 1906 there were 21,117 registra
tions for the primary election. Of
these 9520 registered from the West
Side and 3121 from the country. This
year the West Side has 11,793. the
East Side 16,311, ana the country
4428.
Ward 8, on the East Side, has the
largest number of voters, 2906 repub
lican and 830 democrat, while Ward
I, on the West Side has the fest vot
ers. 898 republican and 172 demo-
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