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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY. FEIJUUAHY 28, 1911.
NO. 7148
IN
ATTACKS
II IN SPEECH III SENATE
SAYS fffltllHf USES POWER 10 INTIMIDATE
No Reply Made to Sensational Charges of Oregon Man,
Name ot Chief Not Mentioned.
ruinous Beverley letter Brought Into Limelight by Head of New Pro
gressive Republican IiCague Speaker Discusses Oregon Plan and De
clares lliat Wlten It Becomes El feotlvo In AU Stale, the Power of the
Federal Machine Will lie Broken and the Steam Roller Relegated to
the Political Scrap Heap Compares President to "Ward Heeler."
Washington, .Feb. 28. President!
Taft, by Inference, was charged last
night with using his appointive pow
er to Intimidate members of congress.
The inferred charge was made In a
speech In the senate by Senator Jon
athan Bourne of Oregon, president of
the New Progressive Republican
league, and until recent trouble over
an Oregon appointment, the intimate
friend and golfing compunlon of the
Chief executive.
The surprising thing was that al
i though all of the senators construed
hiB remarks as an attack on the pres
ident, not a word was uttered In re
ply. The Beverly letter. In which Secre
taiftNbrton said the president had
withheld federal patronnge from cer
tain senators and congressman, but
would discontinue that practice, was
brought Into the limelight. On pre
vious occasions, Insurgent senators
threatened to read this letter, but un
til last night no public reference had
been made to it.
Discusses Oregon I.nw.
Mr. Bourne opened his Bpecch by
a discussion of the Oregon law. He
said when that law Is enacted by all
the states It will destroy the power
of the federal machine to renominate
a president or demand his successor.
"The steam roller," he said, "wrtl
be relegated to the political scrap
heap and Its operators to the shadow
of things forgotten, while fourth
class postmasters will cease to be a
political asset for anybody or any par
ty." Senator Bourne said the use of the
presidential appointive powers to
coerce members of congress, would De
cither bribery or Intlmldatlon-brlb-'
ery if patronage was used as a re
ward, and Intimidation if withheld as
a punishment. In this connection he
read section 5450 of the revised stat
utes, making It a crime for any per
son to offer or give anytning of vciue
to any member of either house of con
gress with intent to Influence his
vote or decision in any matter pend
ing In either house.
Continuing, lie said:
Used Federal Patronage.
"The n-.turnl Inference from tne
Norton letter is that tho president of
the United States used federal pat
ronage to Influence the action of
members of congress. This Is a
charge which no citizen can discuss
without regret, yet the whole subject
Is of such vital Importance In the
preservation of representative govern
ment that I would feel remiss In my
duty If I failed to call it to the at
tention of the country, nnd place be
fore tho country such Information
lating thereto as moy come to my at
tention. Tho undented statement
makes a deplorable and despicable
subservience on the part of the legis
lative branch and a dangerous and
demoralizing usurpation upon the
part of the executive.
"I would have as much respect for
a common ward heeler who buys
votes at tho polls, as for a president
of the United States who uses his np
pointlve power as a means of fore-
Ing or persuading members of con- tomorrow.
MIXED BLOOD INDIANS LIVE
LONGER THAN FULL BLOODS
That the mixed-blood Indian lives
longer than tho full blood, Is indicat
ed by records on file In the office of
Major Swartzlander, agent on the
Umat'lla reservation near this city.
These records show that of the 954
persons who were given allotments on
the reservation In 1891 and 1892, but
624 are living, 430 having died dur
ing the intervening 20 yenrs.
The Cayuses and Umatlllas are re
garded as the fullblooda while the
Walla Wallas are regarded as mixed
for the reason that there are very
few fullblood members of the last
named tribe living.
The records referred to above
how that while about 80 per cent of
the Cayuse and Umatilla allottees are
PRESIDENT
gress to determine or change their
course of action. One transaction is as
dishonest, as depraving as the other,
but the latter is more dangerous,
mure insltlious, more corrupt, more
pernicious than the former because it
strikes at the very foundation of free
Institutions, seta a precedent for cor
rupt methods In all oflclal life and
murks the beginning of dictatorship
nnd decadence of the nation.
Power Abused.
"Hut Mr. President, the use of the
appointive power to influence tne
election of members of congress is
only one means by which this power
may be abused. Federal patronage
is also an effective and dangerous
power when wielded for the creation
or maintenance of a political machine
that the purpose of forcing the nomv
natlon of an executive, or the nomina
tion of a man of his character."
Mr. Bourne outlined the manner in
which the c'vil employes are tome
times used to control national con
ventions and particularly ho com
plained of their use in sending dele
gations from southeri states which
never send republican representative.!
to electoral colleges.
Concluding, he said:
"Extension of the power of the ex
ecutive Is the beginning of dictator
ship. The remedy is to make presi
dents directly accountable to party
and electorates by enacting laws ur
president primary votes, thereby de
strojing the power of political boss
es.and their backers, the campaign
contributors. The people can be
trusted.
"Tho composite citizen knows more
and acts from higher motives Itian
any single individual, however great
or well developed. In tho composite
citizens, a selfishness Is minimized,
while in the Individual it is usually
dominant."
No one knew the character of the
speech Senator Bourne Intended to
make when he took tho floor.
Although qualified by the question
of whether President Taft gave ap
proval to the patronago letter, the
speech was taken by most of the sen
ators present as a direct arraignment
of tho executive, and tantamount to
a charge that he had violated his
oath of office in the manner of han
dling the appointive power.
In spite of the fact that the sen
ators were snurprised, no one sala
a word In defense of the president,
nor attempted to Interrupt the Ore
gon senator in his delivery. Until re
cently Senator Bourne was very
friendly with the president and al
most every day was his companion in
golf.
It is understood they fell out over
an Oregon appointment. Senator
Smith of South Carolina, varying the
monotony of popular election speech
es, gave his hearty Indorsement to
Canadian reciprocity.
H. C. Thompson, who has been vis
iting here for several weeks, left to
day for Portland, but will stop at
M osier. Orearon. whlln n mnto
Mrs. Thompson leaves for Portland
dead that but 85 per cent of the Wal
la Wallas are dead.
The exact figures are as follows:
Umatlllas living, 86; dead, 92.
Cayuses living, 160; dead, 179.
Walla Wallas living, 279; dead
164.
These figures and records seem to
controvert the popular belief that tho
half and quarter-breeds more readily
fall victims to the diseases which are
decimating the ranks of the Red man
than do the full blood. For the most
part the Cayuse and Umatilla alottees
are descendants of the original mem
bers of the tribe while those claiming
to be members of the Walla Walla
tribe are very badly mixed with
whites.
WEDDING PARTY OF 120 IS DEVOURED BY WOLVES
WHILE TRAVELING! IN RUSSIA BY SLEDGES
Vienna, Austria, Feb. 28. The Zist toduy prints a Tashkend despatch
declaring that all but two members of a wedding party of 120 were de
voured by wolves while traveling by sledge from Os'.Ipoff, Asiatic Rus
sia to Tushkend. They had proceeded only a short way when hun
dreds of wolves attacked them. One by one the members of the party
were 'dumped out to fill the hungry maws until at last only the bride,
bridegroom and two drivers were left. The drivers threw the newly
married couple overboard and continued their flight. They declared
the men threw the women and children out first.
STATE WILL BUY
STILL IRE LAND
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
WILL BE STARTED SOON
Hendricks and Myers Refuse to Sell
at Reasonable Prices ami Their
Farms May be Condemned.
For the purpose of completing the
branch nsylum site and farm, the
state has already purchased two ad
ditional tracts of land adjoining the
Oliver place and is preparing to sturt
condemnation proceedings against two
other owners in tho event suitable
terms cannot be made with those men.
As announced yesterday by State
Treasurer Kny deals were closed for
the purchase of the George Roberts
place and for the Patton tract. The
Roberts tract comprises 54 acres and
Is mostly hill land. However there
is some bottom land on the place and
the deal also conveys to the state a
water right of much value. The price
of $150 per acre was paid Mr. Rob
erts.
For the William Patton place of
five acres the sum of $2500 was paid.
The Patton place is all tillable bot
tom land and has been farmed by the
previous owner.
The state wishes to buy the Hen
dricks tract of ten acres and also the
Myers place. Upon the Hendricks
tract the state had an option under
whilh it could buy the land for $4000.
However he option expired and Mr.
Hendricks now asks 4 500 for the
land and f-ays that uifiess that sum Is
puiil within ten days he will advance
the price to $,r0no. Thus far the
state has been unwilling to pay $4500
for the tract and it is probable that
condemnation proceedings will be un
dertaken. The same course may be
taken with reference to the Myers
tract.
To Use Prisoners.
It is the intention of Governor
West to use some of the prisoners of
the penitentiary In doing a portion
of the work on the branch asylum.
As he has exclusive charge of the pen.
itentlary he may send the prisoners
wherever he desires and he has a
scheme for using some of the meri
torious men in doing a portion of the
work here. He Intimated yesterday
that the Roberts house may be used
as quarters for these men. The men
will be without guards and will work
under tho honor system.
Stevens Here Tonight.
John Stevens, the railroad engi
neer, who is to make an inspection of
the river and report the needs with
regards to levee work will reach here
tomorrow morning. Word to this -effect
was received today from Mr.
Stevens by T. F. O'Brien, agent for
the O.-W. company. Stevens is with
the Corvallls & Eastern.
Governor West, Treasurer Kay and
Superintendent Steiner all returned
to Salem by way of Walla Walla last
night.
HEAD OF STEEL TRUST
SAYS ROADS NOT HURT
New York, Feb. 2S. That the re
cent antl-frelght incrense decision of
the interstate commerce commission
won't injure the railroads is the opin
ion of Judge Carey, head of the steel
trust. He said today that business is
Improving continually and that the
business of the railroads will neces
sarily' incrense also.
MEXICAN REBELS
Tombstone, Arizona, Feb. 28. A
southbound train from Douglas to
Necozarl was seized by 300 rebels
south of Fronteras today and run In
to Fronteras where It is now being
held. It is reported thnt a large rebel
army Is moblllzln on the border and
the train seizure marks the bcgtnnrxg
of operations.
i
Relels Fleo.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 28. A corres
pondent returning today from Ah
muda says that when Colonel Raba
Ing until he has 4000 men thoroughly
derro's camp the Insurgents burned
the freight train they held there and
fled to the mountains In small bands.
Madero declares he won't begin flghv
gos' federal troops approached Ma
cqulpped and drilled. He expects to
have his army in condition within so
days when ho Says he will begin a
March on Mexico city.
EXPLOSION KILLS
FOUR AT THE DALLES
BODIES BLOWN IX TO
, THE COLUMBIA RIVER
)
Five Thousand Pound of Dynamite
Exploded Prematurely on Board a
Scow Cause Unknown,
The Dalles, Ore., Feb. 28. Four
men are missing and are undoubtedly
dead, while six more are In a local
hospital today as a result of the ex
plosion yesterday of five thousand
pounds of dynamite aboard a scow
anchored In the Columbia river at the
camp of Robert Wakefield, a con
tractor who is blasting rocks from
the channel above The Dalles.
i The men were preparing a blast
j vhen it let go. It is not known what
was .the cause.
The dead are: R. L. Seagraves of
The Dalles, leaving a widow and two
babies:
John Salle and G. A. Heine, drill
ers. Gates, a steam drill operator.
They were blown into the river
from the rocks.
RAILROAD HEADS TO
DISCUSS BIG PROBLEMS
Santa Barbara Calif., Feb. 2S. In
a special train Judge Lovelt, president
of the Hariman system, accompanied
by the U.- Fest railroad men of the
west, also E. O. Mccormick, James
Stillman. E. E. . Calvin and Julius
Kruttschnitt, arrived here today to
confer with E. p. Ripley, president
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
at Ripley's home. The belief is gen
era) that questions momentous to the
coast country will be discussed and
the policies of the two system for the
year settled. It is also believed the
Southern Pacific policy concerning the
? 75.000.000 bond issue for the north
west will be settled, plans for traffic
to the 1915 exposition settled and the
attitude toward the recent decision of
the interstate commission decided on.
PORTLAND HAS $100,000
FIRE THIS AFTERNOON
Portland, Ore., Feb. 28. Fire
from the sparks of a factory near by
today destroyed the Oregon-Washington
Lumber company's mill at Ful
ton, a suburb. All available appara
tus was rushed to the scene or tne
fire, which is under control this af
ternoon. The loss is a hundred thou
sand, partially insured.
STILL UNLAWFUL TO GIVE
TD?S IN WASHINGTON
Olympia, Wash., Feb. 28. The
legislature today failed to repeal the
tipping law, and o It Is still unlaw
ful to tip waiters, Pullman porters,
etc., in Washington. The anti-cigarette
law passed several years ago,
was repealed, as It had not been en
forced. VESSELS FROM HONOLULU
TO BE QUARANTINED
San Francisco, Feb. 28. To pre
vent the cholera now raging at Hon
olulu reaching the United States,
quarantine officials here have served
notice that all vessels from Hawaii
must show a clean bill of health or
they won't be allowed to land here.
IS
AT
Fresno, Calif., Feb. 28. Dragged
through the gutter for three blocks
and subjected to the violence of three
hundred rioters, a member of the In
dustrial Workers of the World who
attempted to speak on the streets
here yesterday, is In a hospital se
verely injured.
The rioting followed the refusal of
the sheriff to receive any more in
dustrialists in the county jail. With
in twenty minutes after they had
been put to work on the roads today
the industrialists quit and were lock
ed in Jail again. The men an
nounced their willingness to break
rock for the county but would not
work for the city unuer any circum
stances. Tom Boylen, secretary of the Ore
gon board of sheep commissioners,
was a westbound passenger on the
Portland local this morning.
NO DIRECT
ELECTION YET
Senate Kills Resolution Sub
mitting Question.
SIX VOTES LACKING
AT CRUCIAL PERIOD
Tlrst Time Question Ever Voted on
in the Senate House Has Passed
Number of Similar Resolutions
-Move Started to Have States De
mand Constitutional Convention.
Washington, D. C. Feb. 28. By
vote of 54 for to 33 against the reso
lution submitting to the people a con
stitutional amendment in favor of the
direct election of United Senators fail
ed to secure the required two-thirds
majority in the senate today and was
killed. This is the first vote ever
taken on the question of the submis
sion or such an amendment although
resolutions of similar nature have
have pasted the house at various
times.
j Among those voting against the
j direct election were Flint of Califor
nia; Heyburn of Idaho, and Tirlmpr
of Illinois.
.Senators Aldrich, Crawford, Frazler
and Terrell did not vote on the am
endment submission.
The submission of the amendment
has been demanded by the legisla
tures of 33 states and as the consti
tution provides that when two-thirds
of the states 31 of the 46 request
a constitutional convention, congress
must call one. an.1 a mm-oman ..,
started throughout the United State- T adjournment Saturday. Craw
today to voice this mnnH statt ford. Beveridge, Bristow, La Follette,
today to voice this demand.
Anting those who voted for the
measure were Eourne, of Oregon;
v namoenam of Oregon: Borah
Idaho; Carter of Montana; Piles of
Washington, and all the progressives:
EXCHANGE OF NAVAL
INFORMATION ADMITTED
Washington, D. C, Feb. 2S. Ad
mitting that by a reciprocal arrange",
ment the United States ami AnronHn
have "exchanged naval information,"
secretary nf ?tate Knox and Secre
tary of the Navy Myer today are pre
paring answers to La Follette's reso
lution of inquiry in which full infor
mation concerning the past Is de
manded by the senate. Meyer pro
poses to show that American navy of
ficers are allowed to visit Argentine
dreadnaughts under construction In
the United States while the Argentine
officers were allowed to visit Ameri
can boats.
Myer points out that such an ar
rangement is of advantage to the
United States as the United States of
ficers get a chance to see the most ad
vanced ideas embodied in tho intent
dreadnaught styles.
NO BUBONIC PLAGUE
FOUND IN SPOKANE
Spokane, Feb. 28. Rumors that
the bubonic plague had been discov
ered lure were s.-t at rest todn. h
Dr. Q. A. Llovd of taa TT a mnrtno
corps, who investigated the cases or
tne . p. Oliver family, three mem
bers hating died recently of n dis
ease declared to be acuted la grippe
una pneumonia.
JAPS KILLER BY
CHINESE IN BATTLE
St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 28.
While trying to enfore anti-plague
precautions several Japanese were
killed by Chinese today in a pitched
battle near Mukden.
Attorney S. F. Wilson, president
of the Athena bank, passed through
Pendleton this morning on his way to
i-ortiand lor a brief visit.
RESERVATION
The first report of the eomnetonov
commission appointed by Commission
er of Indian Affairs Valentine was
made pdbllc this morning by Major
fc.. L. swartzlander, the agent on the
Umatilla reservation and a member
of the commission. This report shows
thnt 100 alotees were fou n.l to Via
to care for their own business affairs
and the commission recommended
that these men be iriven their nntnnt.
and allowed to do with their lands as
ONE HUNDRED INDIANS ON
tney saw fit.
The commissioner thereupon direct
ed the agent to have all those who de
sired to obtain patent to their lands
to make application to the depart
ment. So far but SO of tho 100 have
marie this application.
The land owned by the 100 totals
FILIBUSTER
IN CONGRESS
Senate Holds Twenty-hour
Session Without Avail.
LORIMER WILL NOT BE
VINDICATED THIS SEStlOX
Opponents Will Talk Continuously
Until Saturday Night If Necessary
to Prevent Vote Oregon Senator
Takes Part In Bis Talkfest Craw
ford Leads the Attack.
Washington, Feb. 29. Tim regu
lars, progressives aid democrats In
tho senate this afternoon agreed to
meet at 4:30 and consider a compro
mise to check the filibuster against
tho vote on the Lorimer case. The
conference will consider tile disposal
of tlio Lorimer case and the tariff
hoard. It Is exiocted nothing will bo
said concerning reciprocity and that
it will be allowed to shirt for Itself.
Washington, Feb. 28. At 8:07 this
morning, when the senate had been
In continuous session for 20 hours, it
too a recess until 11 o'clock after an
appeal by Bailey.
Senator Crawford spoke practically
all night and Bristow relieved him
at 6:30-this morning, holding the
took a recess until 11 o'clock after an
spoke two hours yesterday and eight
hours last night.
Every indication today points to
the probability that the filibuster will
prevent a vote on the Lorimer case
Owen and Stone are leading the fight
and expect to speak continuously In
an effort to nppv.nt a vnto a
' Lorimer.
Crawford started the filibuster
when it became clear that Vice Presi
dent Sherman was preparing to call
the roll for the Lorimer vote. He,
Bourne, Smith, Jones, Simmons. Da
vis, Bacon and Rayner were the first
speakers.
The senate filibuster was .resumed
at noon when stone started a lengthy
attack on Lorimer. The parliament
ary situation was such that If the fil
ibusters left the floor unoccupied for
ten seconds Vice President Sherman
could start the roll call on the Lori
mer vote.
ONE MAN KILLED
IN CHICAGO ELECTIONS
Chicago, 111.. Feb. 28. Gravo o-i.
orders marked the voting at the pri
maries today. One man was killed
and a number injured. The election
commissioners reported this after
noon that the democratic vo Is
heavier than the republican, and that
former Mayor Harrison Is showing up
strong.
ROOT HAS AN
ANTI-DEADLOCK BILL
Washington, D. C., Feb. 28. The
senate committee on elections today
favorably reported Root's antl-deaa-lock
bill. It provides that if the
legislature fails to elect a senator by
March 1 preceding the six-year term,
the candidate having the plurality
shall be declared elected.
FIVE MAIL CARRIERS
ARE LOST IN ALASKA
Dawson. Feb. 28. A dozen mount
ed men of the royal northwest mount
ed police left Dawson today for a
search Into the upper Arctic regions
for five men who are 40 days over
due from Fort McPherson and Her
schel island with mail. They left the
week before Christmas and it is be
lieved they are lost in the barren
countrv.
ARE COMPETENT
between 6000 and 7000 acres and the
land held by the 30 making applica
tion for final patent amounts to
about 2000 acres.
As rapidly as patent Is issued the
land is placed upon the tax rolls and
the county Is enriched by that much.
As long as the land is held in trust
I "j ie Kuvernment it cannot be tax-
eu.
The developments thus far indicate
that the really competent Indians are
not going to ask for patent and will
therefore escape the payment of tax
es, while the ones who are anxious
to dispose of their holdings to the
whites, who are Just as anxious to
buy, are going to get their deeds from
the government as rapidly as possible.