PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE
Friday, Frbruary H.
Hitlctn, Feb. H. Tin- house 11mm morn
lug pMHHi il it hill rcvi king all franchises
In cilii'M mi n I I by tlm Mate, and plac
ing the kimt of renewal entirely in
the IihihIn of tln various inuniclMilllics.
1 1 t K-M f I I'm h I Kivcr fur t In- I'H'iil inn
of it new county In It torlrtory went
glimmering when tlin senate 1 1 1 i m after
iiiHin iiidcllnitely wili"iii''l lli" lull
creating Cascade county.
A 1 1 m 1 1 1 uc lli' bills i MiHHtM I by thr senate
tMlay were: Fur voting machines,
making ll it felony to entice u i MM
under 1H years for Immoral purriscs,
mid it i i r ip r hit i itr f 15,0(10 fur tint ex
periment Hllltiirtt ut I'nlon.
'I'll it prosiecd hango In I ho primary
iliM't lull law Mill lin referred to tint s-o-plit
fur their decision nivtirding to it
clause today iin-ottcd by I Vilify, ItH
author.
Ity just oiMt vote tln limine tmlity
granted (lie request for tint people to
again vote on the woman suffrage ques
t ion.
Tin' remainder of the MCMHion will lie
Kl ri'lniuiiM for (lie lawmakers. No nth
iT legislat ivc soi-sion in years was fur
ther Is'hilid in itH work tluin thcassfin
My now doing Iiiih iiicMt itl the capital
ity.
President Haines wiih presents! with
it gavel today similar to thai given
t-ipcakcr Ihucy it few days ago.
In the Hcnnte Imlay live hew bills
were inlrsluvd. The senate ha re
solved 207 IiIIIh nml tint Iioiimc IMS.
1 hursday, February 7.
Falein, Feb. 74. The senate today
Voteil to create ll Ismrd of regents to
eelcct two linrililllN to U' Ciilitllilleil and
lo alsilish the others. A tho house
has turned down two Hiinllur hi Hi It in
loubtful if the senate hill wlilgct
through tin" lower Iioiihi. Tint joint
4'oiiiiiillt' on ways lunl mean has do--idod
to favorably rejHirt appropriat ioiiH
(or the Ashland, Weston unit Mon-
1 1 II III t ll schools.
The Joiicd bill appropriating $300,-
OOO for free looks at Oregon City, i
tingcnt on the United Mates increasing
t he name to enough either to buy tint
ireniMciit IimIcn or biiihl new ouch I him
warm iuport in the house ami the
proHHi tH of itH pnsiiig are bright.
Thi' senate today refused to alopt It
minority report adverse to an amcnd
inent to statement lilllnber tint'. Thin
indicates that Itailcy's bill to amend
the Htatement iiuml-cr one section of
the direct primary law will be ptn-scd
by the senate, foi tin" 11 vote ar
4-noiigh to curry the bill, Itailcy's bill
provide for a change in statement
nilmU'r one no an to make it pledge the
eigncr to vote for that caiiili"late for
United States Henator who shall re
reive the highest vote for the party to
which the signer Isd'Higs.
I luring the tlay the Ihuihc panned four
bills anil at a session tonight .'l.'l with
passed. Thiltecii new ones wore in
t rixluccd.
Representative Joiich, of I'olk, intro
duced a promised coiiHtitntlonitl amend
incut providing that the people again
vote on woman suffrage at the June,
l!M)N, tdection.
A houne bill creating tho Twelfth
Judicial district of Gilliam, Wheeler
mid Sherman coiinticH wan ihhc1.
Wednesday, Tebruary 6.
Salem, Feb. ((. The bill appropriat
ing $l.rill,(HH) for the Sent t lo fair bun
been iiincnded to maku the utiiotint
llM).(IIK).
Sevciit4'en new bilia were prcHent'd
in tint Iiouho and but tlirce in tint hcii
ule. llntitley'H corrupt prncticcH bill, to
ri'Kulute (dift ioiiH, wan K'vcn tt kii(H'k
4ut blow tmlity in the Iiouho by indell
liiti pont pone incut.
Iitnd KrabbcrH liavo deMcellded Uxin
t he lcislHture and are determined to
bavo inciiHurcH pttHHcd which will com
pel the Htato to iHsuii dtH-dn iion tlm
fraudulent laud Halo certillcatcH and
alrio comptd tho Htnto to jay intorcHt
upon t ho money paid to the Htato hy
tho poraonti who priKiirt'd tho wrtill-
'llteH.
Norinitl mc1km)1h itro very inuch tinHct
t lcl in tho li'K'iHliituro and nohixly batt
n clour foreHilit iih to what will bo
4I0110. It MeoniH irolMibht, howovor,
that Praln and Monmouth will bo
abandoned. Tho iucntion will como
up in tho Iiouho next Wodncttday.
Tho wnyH and inonim cominittoo o(
both hlUIHt'H thin llfblTHOOII Vot4'l to up-
propriato $125,000 annually for tho
next two yearH for tho I'niverHity of
Oregon. Thin 1h alMiiit f 15,000 nioro
than iippmpriittod two years iio.
Tho appointment of throw railrond
4'omtiiiHHionorH ly tho n'lvornoi, two to
nervo until lttOH and 0110 to norvo until
101(1, a'ld tholr muvoHHorH to bo oloctod
ly tho pooplo, 1h tho HuliHtunco of an
Amendment which tho joint committee
on railrutdH itroed uoii ttxhiy, and
which w ill he. iiiHcrted in tho C'hapin
lii 11 before it in reiorU'd back to the
Iiouho. Tho committee ulno docidoil to
roditco tho HiilurioH of cominlHHionera
from (5,000 to 4,00(), and to provide
(or the payment of traveling expeiiHOM,
iiiHtead of having tho coimniriHioiicru
pay their own exponsoH.
Amonn the Bonato bills pitflHod today
were: To give lalwrers prior lien on
loH, lumber, ete.j raisinj to $7,500 the
Bad Air and Not Grip.
Salem Hail air and not tho grip, ban
tho Iiouho In itH clutohoH. For u week
a majority of tho Iiouho niemhcrH have
boon imlinpoHod, and a grip epidemic
wiih blamed. Returning inomhers
unified tho air of the Iiouho chamber on
their entrance and decided that it waa
ho ctitiHo of hcadachcH, lame back and
lucp of amhittion. Tho committee onr
OHolutioim intriuluced a roHolutlon in
fitructing tho capitol and (irounda com
inittoo to Investigate couditioim.
I amount t hat may he recovered for iiHm
i iiiicIiik death ; for yiiniiMiiiient of wiich
of public ollicerM and employi-H.
I The Hcnat" killed Hnven billn and the
hoiixe ten today. Tho Iniljority of the
lii I Ih w ere coveted by ot her mciiMiircM
I that had been previoiiHly intriHliicivI and
, coiiHiiIereil in committee
Tuesday, February 5.
Salem, Feb. 5, Another bill ban
been ilil rinluced to compel boldiTH of
land KTimtH from the (rovernment to Hell
.the land at $2.50 per itcro iiikI in trad
1 . I : . - 1 in 1 .
1101 cxrcconiK 1 iim 10 reit.
The Iioiimc punned ll bill prohibit iliK
the uriint 'iiik of a lis'ior licenne to any
one who Iiiih Imiii convicted of McllidK
liiii',r to ininorM.
Allot ber Iiouho bill pHHHcd prohihitj)
any but kicihIm rN from weiirinx Uid'cH
of n:cret ordern.
A new hill ill the pcnalo inakeH the
AMMiM-iiitcd PreHH 11 common carrier.
A new hoiIHe hill provideH t hat olli
ciTH iiniHt not wink nt violut imiM of
htato Ihwh and provideH for ptiiiiHhmcnt
of Hiich ollicerM.
A Kiivol preHcnted t) SKiiker Invey
bnlay contnined five kimlrt of wihmI:
flri.ir.ili tm.i.i tin. mIi.Iji IlitU'l'l' IITifill.
i'"'s-" H."l" I -"'
from a McedliiiK planted at Vanciuver
.in lHL'5; cherry, from a needliti Malt
ed in Iowa in 1HI5 and t raucplanted to
Oregon in 1 HI 7 ; nerviee IxTry, from
near Oregon ("ity, the trx, t'rritorial
citpltal; yew, from ('haiupiH'g, tint file
of the llrMt. American civil governinent
on the Pacific foiutt.
Tho bill for the tranHjHirtat ion of
convict bv in Icon vuardH IiiHtead of
1 M ) 1 1 r i f f HI wan defeated ill the Henate.
Twenty-one new billn were intro
duci'd in the houne to-lay and eight in
the Henate.
Monday, February 4,
Siiiem, Feb. 4. Ity a vott of 2 U 1
the neliate adopted the hoiiMe joint
meiiiorial unking congreHH to nuhmit to
It vote of tho Jiooplc a proKMtitlotl Ut
eli-ct HcnutorH by dirtH't vote.
Two conHtitiititMinal ami-ndmentH
were adopted by the Iiouho tiMlay. Orig
inally they were tlioeo of tho ht-nto tax
comuiHHion providing for taxation of
property by chincon of nuhject.
Tho eoiiat.i ikimhcI the Itoiimt fertilizer
inspection bill over the veto of the gov
ernor. I'll Ih in olio of tho billn vetoed
at the clo:e of the 1(H)") HcHnion and bun
already panned the houne.
A bill to rrM'itl the nnti-nculping law
wan defeated in the Iiouho by a vote of
2K to 20, ftix members Indng abnent.
Two billn were killed in the pcnato
bv indefinite ivwttionotiicnt. They
I were: (iiving -fTect to unrin'onled
deedn, and creating Clark county.
The neliate panned a joint memorial
! demanding that granted landn bo Hold
I (or not more than 2.5( per acre.
Tho Henate nuntained the governor in
bin veto of the Inmrd of control bill of
! the 10(15 KcMHion. All the other vetoed
neliate billn were indefinitely tHinl
Hined. Clattop Courthouse Contract.
Antoria John Ilantie, of the firm of
I lant ie iV lougan, of Seatt le, has been
here and nigned a contract with the
county court for the comjilet ion of the
new courthouse for the sum of $!l,5!l!.
Work in to be commenced about March
1 and finished on or before I ecember 1.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
KruitM Apples, common to choice,
50(m75c per Ihix; choice to fancy, f 1(
2.50; iH'itrs, fl(riU.60.
Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per
sack; carrots, $101.25 per wick; beeta,
$1.25(7i)1.50 per sack; horseradish, 7
He jn-r pound; sweet pot.atH'H, 3l4o per
jHiund; tablmgo, 2,lvc jxt pound; cnuli
tlower, $2.50 per dozen ; celery, $3.50
er cntte; pumpkins, 2c per pound;
squash, 2c per pound; sprouta, 8c p r
pound.
Onions Oregon, $11.35 per hun
dred. Potatoes Oregon Hurlmnks, fancy,
$1.40 1.60; common, $11.25.
Wheat Club, flHo; bluostem, 70c;
valley, 6(r,tt7c; red, fide.
Oats No. 1 white, $29; gray, $28.
Harlev Food, $22 jht ton; brewing,
$23; roiled, $2424.60.
Hvo $1.4001.45 per cw t.
CXirn Whole, $20; crucketl, $27 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $14
15jHrton; F.astern Oregon timotlty,
$1718; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain
hay, $910; alfalfa, $14.
lhitter Fancy creamery, 32)35o
per pound.
Hutter Fat First gntde cream, 3Cc
pttr pound ; second grade cream, 2c loss
per pound.
KggH Oregon ranch, SOio per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 12k'13o
perjiound; mixed chickens, ll,l812ej
spring, 1314j old roosters, 010e;
dressod chickens, 1415c; turkeys,
live, 17 & 17c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 2021c; goose, live, 1012c;
ducks, 10018c.
Vtal lrehsed, 5 ,v0' per pound.
HtHf Iresnod bulls, 203c pitr pound ;
cows, 45c; country st4orn fi5,c.
Mutton DresstHl, fancy, 88c per
pound; ordinary, (I07o.
Pork Drttssod, 008,4c per pound.
Opposes Assistant Attorney Geners.1.
Salem Threo Is one thing the secre
tary of state wont after ho is not going
to got from the ways and means com
mittee. A bill was brought to tho ways
and means committee providing for
another assistant attorney general.
This came directly from the attorney
general's ollice, but on investigation it
w'as discovered that tho attorney gener
al did not especially care about this. In
crease in his staff, but that the request
came from the secretary of state's ollice.
RAISE. ALL RATES.
General Advance In Freight Inaugu
rated by Eastern Lines.
Chicago, Feb. 0. The first etcp wan
taken hero t'nlay In a plan to Inaugur
ate a general increase in freight rates
throughout the country in such a man
ner as to bring millions of dollnrs add
ed revenue to the ruilrotiiln and nt tin
name time greatly facilitate the move
ment of t .radio.
Ah the result of a meeting, w hii h
was attended by executive odicials of
ml I roads cast of Chicago, and having a
total of more than 100,000 miles of
lim n, a vote is lioing taken urion a
proposition to increase the rates of
nearly all of t he main eommodil let
fully 10 per cent by di-oniming the
minimum which it is permitted to loud
into a freight car.
Tint railroads interested In the ini
tial movement extend through all the
territory east of ( 'hicag'i and north of
(he Ohio river, clear to the HoalM.itrd
and north into Canada. In this terri
tory freight rates are controlled by the
association known as the Central
Freight luws'iat ion. The action will
undoubtedly Im followed hy the linen
south of the Ohio river, and then by
tin- linen went of Chicago to the Pacific
count.
It is difficult to estimate how much
the promised incrnnne will bring the
railrtn in added revenue, but the sum
will 1st a big one. Traffic officers,
however, state that it w ill not lie suili
cient to offset even the increaned ex
pense to the railroads ocmsionod hy ln
creiincd wages, estimated at Ix-tween
$100,000,000 and $110,000,000 annu
ally. DISAGREE ON FAIR BILL.
Washington Senators and Represent
atives at Cross Purposes
Washington, Feb. (I. On Thursday
the senate committee on cxinisitioiiB
will ino4't in the riMiiii of Senator An
keny to consider and prolmhly rejnirt
the Ankeny bill making an appropria
tion for the Alaska, Philippineand Ha
waiian exhibits; at the Seattle exposition
in liioo. If the bill in rcpnrt4d its
pannage by the senate is certain to fol
low. The house mcmtier of the Washing
ton delegation disapprove of the course
of the senators and have urged that no
action lie taken on the bill this session.
While it can pass the senate, it is abso
lutely certain that it cannot get through
the house t li i h sin-ion, (or the chair
man of the houne committee is not only
opMincd to this exjMmition appropria
tion, but has said he will not call his
committee together to consider the bill.
Moreover, having appropriated liberal
ly for Jamestown, the house leaders
will not consider the senate hill tltis
w inter.
In view of this situation the house
mcmlM-m charge that the senatorn are
placing thein in an embarrassing jnisi
tioii hy pressing tho bill at this time,
but their protests are falling on deaf
cam.
HEYBURN PUSHES THE ISSUE.
Moves Resolution and Amendments
Dealing With Land Question.
Washington, Feb. ft. Senator Hoy
burn yesterday introduced a resolution
Compelling the secretary of the interior
to disregard tho order of the president
and issue patents on all land and min
eral applications where the proofs sub
mitted show full compliance with the
requirements of law, and w here no pro
test has been filed against the granting
of such patents. The senator expressed
the opinion that by the adoption of
thin resolution a large percentage of the
land buninecs of the country will be re
sumed, U'ing now tied up.
Mr. Hey burn also introduced an
amendment to the sundry civil bill
(providing for the completion of the
survey of public land in Idaho to lie
made by a rectangular eysteni of sur
vey, without waiting for the requests
or demands of settlers, and appropriat
ing $200,000 for making the surveys.
Ho also proposed an amendment to the
agricultural bill providing that none of
sections 1ft or 3ft shall be included in
any forest reserve where such sections
were granttl to the states by the act of
admission to the Union, or the enabling
act, and that land more valuable for
grazing than for timber shall not be
included within the forest resetveB.
No Excitement in Japan.
Tokio, Feb. 6. The view taken here
of the American-Japanese situation,
arming from the San Francisco school
incident, is illustrated by tho following
otlicial statement, w hich was issued to
day: "Since the talk of war was first
transmitted from America we have
carefully watched the development of
feeling here. There has not been the
slightest excitement anywhere in the
country. The talk of war is completely
ignored here, and implicit confidence is
reposed in President Roosevelt and his
government."
Has No nclination for War.
I Chicago, Feb. ft. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says: "In
response to a cable from the Chicago
l Triune to Marquis Saionji, minister of
loroigu tniniiD ci v imkiu, biiu uuiiuim bu
government yesterday cabled the em
Imssy here to convey to the American
people its disavowal of all inclination
to war with the United States, and the
belief Unit the differences between the
two countries are and always have been
susceptible of moiilc treatment."
Snow Smothers New York.
New York, Feb. 6. - For more than
24 hours New York has been in the
grip of a fierce northeast snowstorm.
Ten inches of snow fell in the 24 hours
ending at 8 a. m., equaling the amount
that has fallen within any similar per
iod fur several years.
AMEND TIMBER LAW
Sale 0! Timber and Retention of
Land Recommended.
PROVISION MADE TOR COUNTIES
Will Get One-fourth of the Proceeds
of All Timber Sales in Lieu
of Taxes.
Washington, Feb. 7. The senate
committee on public lands toilay favor
ably rejiorteil a bill refs-nling the tirn-ln-r
and stone act and providing that in
the future the government shall retain
title to its timlier lands arid W;ll only
the tirnlxT at not less than itH ap
praised value. The committee incor
liratcd Senator Fulton's amendment
requiring that 2.r jt cent of the money
derived from the sales of public timber
shall be paid to the counties in which
the sales are made.
Mr. Fulton served notice on the com
inittee that sime time ago he would op
pose the rcpinl of the timber and stone
act utiles one-fourth of the receipts
from timlier sales should be paid to the
count ies for school and road purposes,
and it was in compliance with this de
mand that the bill wat so amended.
The counties will not only receive 25
jn-r cent of the receipts from timlier
sail's on unreserved timberland, but
from sales within forest reserves as
well. This concession to the counties
is mitde to reimburse them for taxes
which they might ultiTiately collect
should this timlier land paas into pri
vate ownership. Under the amended
bill title to all timber land remains in
the government, hence the land itself
cannot be taxed. This amendment,
however, does not exempt lumber com
panies and other purchasers of timlier
from jiayment of taxes on their product.
As the bill now stands the secretary
of agrciulture will a 'praise government
timlier and sell it at public auction or
private sale to the highest bidder for
not less than the appraisttd value, pref
erence being given to bidders for small
quantities for use in the immediate
vicinity of the land. Persons actually
residing near timberland shall be en
titled to take free of charge not exceed
ing 100,000 feet board measure in any
one year for individual use, but not for
sale.
The bulk of the money derived from
timber sales after deducting 25 per cent
for the counties, will go into the re
clamation fund, the residue going into
the forest reserve fund to defray the ex
penses of forest management and con
trol. It is provided that timlierland
reserved from entry for timer shall be
suject to location and entry under min
ing or coal land laws, and that land
chiefly valuable for building or commer
cial stone shall be entered under the
placer mining laws.
BILL FOR COAL LAND LEASING,
House Committee Agrees on Provis
ions to Prevent Sale.
Washington, Feb. 7. The house
committee on public lands expects on
Friday to report a bill providing for
leaning all government coal lands. At
its meeting today several features of
the bill were agreed to, one permitting
(our persons to form an a-sociation and
take collectively 2,500 acres of coal
land. Another guards against persons
acquiring coal lands under homestead
or other laws by prohibiting the pat
enting of coal deposits on such lands
within 25 years after the original entry
is jiatented. Thus, If a person should
(taudulentlv homestead land which he
knew contained coal, he could not de
velop that coal for 25 years.
In the senate public lands committee
today Senator New lands presented ; a
bill requiring three years' residence on
a homestead before the entryman can
commute, but this was voted down. At
present 14 months' residence is all that
is required. The president favors Mr.
Newlands' idea.
Congress Has no Power.
Washington, 'Feb. 7. Chairman
Jenkins, of the house committee on
judiciary, submitted a report tHlay in
which it is stated emphatically that
the committee is of tho opinion that
congress has no jurisdiction or author
ity over the question of woman and
child labor, and has no right to sup
press any abuses of such labor or ame
liorate conditions surrounding the em
ployment of such laborers. The com
mittee holds that the regulation of wo
man and child labor is within the po
lice power of the various states.
Olliver Completes Bid.
Washington, Feb. 7. W. J. Olliver,
the lowest bidder for the construction
of the Panama canal, who has for the
past week been perfecting the terms of
iiis bid according to the suggestion of
the president and Secretary Taft, re
turned to Washington today to present
his completed bid to Secretary Taft. A
careful examination will be made to
determine whether any one of the bids
a tall be accepted, or whether the gov
e nmont shall continue to dig the canal.
Two More Circuit Judges,
Washington, Feb. 7. The senate to
day passed the bill authorizing the ap
pointment of two additional circuit
judges for the Ninth circuit, and one
additional district judge for the North
eru Judicial district of California.
TO PROTECT SALMON.
Oregon and Washington Legislative
Committees Reach Agreement.
Portland, Feb. 5. I?y agreement le
tween tho lawmakers of Oregon and
Washington, reached at a concurrent
committee conference, held in this city,
bills will lie introduced within a few
days in the Oregon and Washington
legislatures recommending that no sal
mon fishing he allowed on the Colum
bia river lietweon 0 o'clock p. m. Sat
urday Ut 0 p. rn. Sunday, during the
summer ofien season, which it is plan
ned will extend from April 20 to Au
gust 2). The bills will shorten the
present ofien scanon five days in April
and five days in August.
The proposed bills will make the
dosed season from March 15 to April
20 and from August 20. to Septemlier
10. The present law make the closed
seasons from March 15 to April 15 and
frm August 25 to September 10.
The lengthening of the ekieed season
and abolishing Sunday fishing are the
principal features of thenwastire agreed
upon by the memliers of the :oncurrent
committee from the Oregon and Wash
ington legislatures, appointed to frame
a bill to be passed by the lawmakers of
the two states for the protection of
Columbia river salmon.
One of the principal obiex tii of a later
committee which this committee re
commended will be the attempt to de
vise a plan to make a fish w ay around
Celilo falls, so that the salmon can
eaflily get into the upper Columbia.
SHOWS PROSPEROUS YEAR.
Internal Commerce for 1908 Broke
All Previous Records.
Washington, Feb. 5. The movement
of internal commerce during the past
year exceeded that for any previous one
in the hit4jry of the country, according
to a statement just issued by the bureau
of statistics of the department o( Com
merce and Labor.
Livestock receipts at the seven pri
mary markets aggregated 40,727,058
head, exceeding those o( the previous
year by more than 150,000. Shipment
of packing house products from Chi
cago, except canned meats and dressed
bogs, show gains as compared with
those of either of the (wo immediate
preceding years. Of these products
during the year, the aggregate ship
ments were 67,775,800 pounds; canned
meats, 117,688,650 pounds; cured
meats, 304,642,049 pounds; dressed
beef. 1,308,072,285; dressed hogs, 13,
170,300 pounds; hides, 75,175,520
pounds; lard, 421,914,529 pounds, and
pork, 36,581,200 pounds, making a
total of 2,708,016,443 peunds, being
over 100,000,000 pounds in excess of
the previous year.
The total grain receipts at 15 inter
ior primary markets were 798,521,
585 bushels, an increase of 250 000
ovre 1905. The tota" movement em
braced: Wheat, 243,735,058 bushels;
corn, 242,722,716 bushels; oats, 233,
300,339 bushels; barley, 69,469,290
bushels, and rye. 9,294,282 bushels.
The receipts of grain at six Atlantic
and Gulf ports aggregate 214, 840,y98
bushels, an increase of 14,000,000 bush
els.
Shipments o( anthracite coal from
Eastern producing districts aggregated
55,647,296 tons, a preceptible decrease.
ON WAR FOOTING,
Hurry Orders Sent Out from Wash
ington to Militia.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 5. Recruits
are wanted iin a hurry (or the Illinois
National guard and within a week or
ten days the rosters of nearly every
company in the state infantry, artillery,
cavalry and signal corps alike, will be
throw n open for emergency enlistments,
otlicers and privates meanwhile carry
ing on a still hunt for embryonic sol
diers. This stir in the state soldiery is the
result of a general order from the War
department at Washington. Whether
the order bears greater significance
than ita face shows has not been dis
closed by the Washington authorities,
but the militia and assemblymen are
quick to connect the order at this time
with the agitation over the Japanese
question and its possibilities.
The readjustment applies to every
state that has a National Guard.
Smuggling in Chinese.
El Taso, Tex., Feb. 5. Returning
from a trip of investigation at Mexican
ports and along the border between the
United States and Mexico, Marcus
Uraun stated today that he had found
extensive, thoroughly organized and
w holesale schemes for smuggling Chi
nese into the United States. The in
vestigation was taken for the personal
information of President Roosevelt.
Mr. Rraun declined to give details as
to his conclusions and discoveries. lie
did state, however, that one remedy
would be to have mounted line riders.
May Excavate Herculaneum.
Rome, Feb. 5. E. H. Gerton, the
British ambassador, has interested the
Italian government in favor of the plan
of Charles Waldstein, professor of fine
arts, King's college, Cambridge, for the
excavation of the ancient city of Her
culaneum, and has received assurances
that the application and plan of Pro
fessor Waldstein are being studied.
King Victor Emanuel has accepted the
honorary presidency of the committee
on excavations.
Severe Storm In Kansas.
Kansas City, Feb. 5. The severest
storm of the winter is raging through
Kansas and Western Missouri, with
the temperature at or near zero, six
Inches of snow on the ground and
snow etill falling, driven by a bitter
wind. All trains are marked late,
from 45 minutes to six hours.
EXCLUSION IS ISSUE
Japanese School Question Is ol
Minor Importance.
ROOSEVELT RAISED 'THE ISSUE
Objection to Japanese In Schools Wat
Confined to Adults Until Gov
ernment Interfered.
San Francisco, Feb. 5. Much ha
been written about California and tho
Japanese arid in the main the position
taken by this state has been denounced
as unreasonable. Up to this week San
Franciscans have not regarded the ques
tion as of very great importance, and
have sustiectod Japan of playing a dip
lomatic game, the prize being some
thing not yet made known. The devel
opments o( the week khave tended to
strengthen the impression that the
island empire is playing a deeper game
than appears at this time.
It may be well to correct an impres
sion that has gone abroad that the San
Franciscans entertain strong prejudices
against them out ol a mere spirit of
prejudice. It may be admitted that
there has been a certain lack of frank
ness on both sides of the controversy,
but apjiarently the time is at hand
when an open exchange will be brought
about and the result can only aid in
the solution of the problem.
To go back a little there never has
been any urgent demand for the segre
gation of the Japanese pupils. There
was real objection to the presence of
adult Orientals in the public schools
with the children of tender age and
this has been impressed upon the public
with empliasis, perhaps over-emhasis.
When the school board ordered the
Oriental school constructed, no one paid
much attention. People were busy re
habilitating their business enterprises.
The protest from Japan came as a die
tinct surprise. The segregat ion of all
Oriental pupils, young as well as old,
did not meet with anything like unani
mous approval here. It was recognized
that men ehould not be allowed with
the children in the lower grades, but
popular objection to the Japanese in
the schools stopped there.
This was the way matters stood when
the president wrote his message in
which he spoke of the "wicked absurdi
ty," and hinted at military force. The
effect of the message was to soldify the
citizens of the state into a compact
whole, resenting the interference of the
Federal government, an interference
which was confessedly hostile.
In its last analysis, the entire subject
is a repetition of "the Chinese question.
California desires to check the influx of
cheap labor. The Flastern press replies
that the Japanese have not yet arrived
in sufficient numbers to constitute a
menace. The Californian replies:
"That is just the point. Don't wait
until we have the menace within our
gates."
WILL NOT REMOVE JUTE DUTY.
Congress Opposed to Piecemeal Re
vision of Tariff.
Washington, Feb. 5. Senator Ful
ton today presented a memorial of the
Oregon legislature favoring the removal
of duty on jute and jute bags. Nothing
can bo done along this line, however,
until congress decides to amend the
tariff law. No special legislation of
this sort can pass.
While there appears to be no objec
tion to removal of the tariff on jute and
jute lgs advoated by the resolution of
the Oregon legislature, congress will not
make any changes in the Dingley law
until it undertakes general revision.
If it had been possible to amend a few
most objectionable schedules, this
course would have been pursued some
time ago; but, if one schedule is opened
to amendment, all must be. This is
the mandate of partv leaders, and it
will be followed out. It is, therefore,
impossible to secure any relief for grain
shippers and other users of jute bags
until congress undertakes general re
vision of the tariff.
Crime to Use Railroad Pass.
Carson, Nov., Feb. 5. The house has
passed a joint resolution declaring it a
crime for any legislator or state official
to ride on a railroad pass or to accept
reduced rates for transportation from a
common carrier. An employer's liabil
ity bill was introduced in the house to
day, abolishing the law of contributory
negligence on railroads and in mines.
A bill regulating the use of passes by
the general public was introduced, mak
ing it a crime to accept a pass by any
citizen of the state of Nevada, with
certain exceptions.
Cold Weather In Southwest.
Kansas City, Feb. 5. The cold
weather continues throughout Kansas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma and West
ern Missouri, with temperatures gener
ally a little above zero and the snow fall
abating. The lowest temperature in
Kansas City was nine below zero at 3
o'clock this morning, this being the low
est temperature here since February,
1905. Throughout the Southwest the
temperature was lower than since Feb
ruary 12, 1905.
Canal Company Formed.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 5. The Panama
Construction company, incorporated to
finance the Panama contract bid for by
William J. Olliver, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
filed articles of incorporation today with
the secretary of state. The capital au
thorized ia (5,000,000,
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