WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1903. ' 5 DOWN: WITH THE PEOPLE Shall Have Ko Voice" in.thc . Selection of Their - Servants - THUS SPOKE FOURTEEN SENA TORS WHEN PLACED ON REC ORD AS VOTING TO DEFEAT THE DIRECT NOMINATION) BILL YES TERDAY MAY RECONSIDER, - (From SaturdAy pafly.) When Senator Croisan's primary law bill came up for a final vote yesterday afternoon President ! BrowneU called Senator Kuykendall to the chair "and took he floor; In defense of the bilL He claimed that the peoole wanted such . a law and that most of the Senators . w ere pledged! to the passage of such a measure, lie said it Was a most ex cellent bill and would take politics) out of the hands of political bosses, and have a most gratifying tendency 'to purify and correct many of the abuses of present politics. He said lbe people could be trusted to" nominate j their officers and such a law as this would cure ail political evils. They could and ought to be trusted, and he was heart ily In favor of the bilL .! V Senator Ma raters followed inthe dhv cushion of the measure apd was against Its passage. He said the bill was not practicable and could not' be carried out if it became a law. He was sure a great portion oi me.siaie uia not want such a law. It would be a very expensive and umbersome law; and would be the means of placing nominations j more thoroughly in the hands of bosses who have money to epend than the present law. "The peo ple are notrready for such a law." he said. He moved to have the bill Indefi nitely postponed, Senator Millar hoped the motion -would -not prevail. 'He said the peopie ought to have the right to name ; their own officers,! and if they make a mis take they could; blame no one but themselves. He said he believed1 that most of the Senators had been pledged to vote for such a. bill, and now ? they should fulfill those plsdges. ; , Senator Hunt spoke In favor of the bilL Ha said he made the campaign two years ago pledged to work for ' a direct primary law. , He did mot think the expenses would be great to carry the measure! into effect, not half so great, at any rate, as the scalp bounty w. He claimed that it would purify Multnomah politics and this alone would do much to purify the politics of the whole state. ;j , Senator Farrar ws heartily, in favor of the bill. He believed In beginning at the bottom to purify politics, which wa the intent , and purpose . f ..tills billJ Under the present law he said that the people' had very little choice in the c hosing of their officers. When they voted at the primaries It must be for two men slated by the bosses.! He said there was never a lack of good! men for offiers. and the people ought tp be given a chance to choose them, and the bill before the Senate would give them that chance.' i - : ; V t. ,"; i Senator Mulkey thought , the bill ought to pass as it woukl be A good thing If enforced. He;b.esrtily agreed with Mr. Farrars remarks. He be lieved the people should be supreme, and : that was the - reason .'why be thought all should obey the Mays law. This brought Senator Brownell to his feet, who tried to explain' away 4he Mays law. as not being in any way like the primary law proposed. ' Hej tried to show why be should not obey i. the will of the people in their vote for United States Senator as only one Republican name appeared on the ticket' last June for Untied States Senator, the vote was not binding upon the Legislature. He said It was a laudable ambition to want to be United States. Senator and named a number of i persons -wliom he thought would be an honor' to Oregon! is the 1 nited States Senate. . He did .not blame anyone who wanted; that honor able position. . He himseff Would not be sorry to have "llghtning strike my way." - i , --. y- ' Senator M a rsters. closed the discus sion. He said this bin 'wai' Snuchr ftkfr r ths Mays law, and would not be en forced. He said that If he-believed, like some, that this primary law was right, he would vote for Geer. That he could not understand why anyone who believed in the passage of this primary law could do otherwise than vote for Geer. . ' j ' 1 tr p .- . .- , The motion to postpone was lost and the bill was placed on its final passage and. was lost." -T -'"V' The vole was as follows: 1 Teas Carter, Croisan, Daly, TDim mlck. Farrar. Hobson. Hnweunt, McGinn, Milder. Mulkey. 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Stelwer, Wade, Wehrumj 14. -Absent Fulton... - - - - - There was & majority, of the votes present cast for the bill, but the' chair ruled that a majority of all the votes was required, and the bill ; was de feated. V: -l V m : f . J.,',.-f : . Senator. Croisan bad put In much work on this bill and had spared no effort to get It passed by, the Senate. He was very much, disappointed at Its failure and shall endeavor to get it re considered, f . - THEY OPPOSE , MILES BILL Marion County Bar 'Associa tion Held fleeting and Discussed It JUDGE BOISE SAYS . IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO TRANSACT THE INCREASING VOLUME OF BUSI NESS WITH ONLY ONE JUDGE FINLEY PERRINE EULOGIZED. (From Saturday's Dally.) The meeting of the Marion County Bar Association, which was called for 2 p. m. yesterday, was not largely at tended, only six attorneys being pres en t- The small number did not dis courage President (Bonham, however. and he called the meeting j to order shortly after 2 o'clock. 1 The object of the meeting was to take concerted ac tion in regard to the bill presented in the House January 29, by Representative-Miles. The bill provided for the repeal of section 1. of an act entitled "An act to provide for an additional cir cuit judge for the Third judicial dis trict in the state of Oregon." the repeal of ' which act would leave this district with but one circuit judge. This Idea did not meet with the approvaj of at torneys, generally, and they made their objections known to the Marlon county delegation in the Legislature, and as information had been received that the bill was practically dead, it wan prob ably owing to this fact that the attend ance was not larger at the meeting yes terday. T K , Soon after the meeting was called to order Attorney Frank Wrightman mov ed the adoption of a resolution to the effect that the Marion County Bar As sociation place. itself on record as being strongly opposed to the passage of the Miles bill providing for the elimination of one of the circuit judges of the third judicial district, and the , motion was seconded and adopted unanimously. ... Mr- Wrightman made a short address eulogizing the late. Flnley C. Perrine. bailiff in the Supreme Court, and moved the appointment of a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the life of the deceased, a copy to be spread upon the records of the Association, a copy to be transmitted to the judges of the Supreme Court and another to the fam ily of Mr. Perrine. The motion reecived the hearty endorsement of the Associa tion and the I same was unanimously adopted and a committee appointed con sisting of F. T. Wrightman, Judge R. P. Boise and Judge George H. Burnett. J , Judge Boise then made a short ad dress in which he stated that since the passage of the law allowing two judges in this district, .business had greatly Increased, and - had' -now- reached such proportions that .it would be next to impossible for one judge to do the work. He said about half the business of the district is in Marion county. "This district," he said, "has more than half es. much business as the Multnomah district, which- has four judges, and as this is the most populous district in the state, two judges are not too many, as the population is rapidly increasing, which. Of course, means a correspond tncrease in business." i W. E. Richardson, secretary of the Association; said that j seventeen bills had been prepared by the Association for introduction in toe Legislature, but that the records show that only nine have been presented, whereupon Presi dent Bonham suggested that J. A J Jef frey be Instructed to look after the mat ter. - ' ' . .; ., ... f .; . ,' . As there was no other business to come before the meeting. Attorney Frank Holmes made a'tnotion to, ad journ, and at 3 o'clock adjournment was -taken. ' ; THRhE RIBS BROKEN t HON. JOHN MINTO SUFFERED A PAINFUL ACCIDENT ON , : V; FRIDAY. ; Hon. John M into met with a serious accident Friday and is now confined to his bed at his home In South Salem with three ribs broken.. '-,.. He was over at his hop ranch mak ing some Improvements, and it was while making some repairs about the bop bouse that tha accident occurred. One of the heavy ,, doors had fallen down, and Mr. Mlnto, in attempting to lift It Into place, slipped and fell, the door failing upon him with the result above stated. He was not aware that the injury 'was serious, and rowed his boat across the slough on his return home. , Arriving home a physician was called in and an examination develop ed the fact that three of his ribs were fractured. The Injury in. painful, but as the patient has a strong constitu tion, no serious results are looked for and he will probably be up and around again In a week or so. Toward the end of the Illness whicu terminated the earthly career of Abram S- Hewitt, the doctors endeavored to keep him alive by the use of oxygen. Those nearest and dearest to the dying men assembled about his -- bed. The venerable patient slowly raised his hand grasped the tube and removed it from his mouth. And now," , he whispered. with a flickering smile. "I am officially dead." His eye lighted up with its last flash and In a moment he was no more. - The Government of Persia has recent ly stopped all importation of scriptures in the Persian language." f J. PLUM DROPS Governor Cnamberlin Bestows Honors Upon C W. James of Baker' City WOULD HAVE BEEN GLAD TO HAVE AWARDED PRIZE TO' ONE OF THE MARION COUNTY CAN DIDATES, BUT NEITHER WOULD HEED HIS WARNING. J C. W. James, of Baker City, was yes terday " appointed by Governor Cham berlain as Superintendent' of the State Penitentiary to succeed Superintendent J. D. Lee.. This appointment was some what of a surprise to those who were personally interested in the matter, and have j been looking forward anxiously and anticipaUngly toward the result of .. ... r i this contest which' has waxed quite warm between th several candidates and it was pretty generally taken for granted by the people in the western portion of Oregon that this plum would fall to one of the two prominent Mari on county aspirants for he honor. v nen speaung or tne matter y ester day. Governor Chamberlain said that he was sorry that he could not bestow the honor upon either Mr. Durbin or Mr. Downing, both of whom were personal friends of his. and either of w horn he wouiu nave oeea pieasea to nave ap pointed had only one been in the field. "Under the circumstances, however," continued the Governor, "the fault lies with no one but themselves end their friends for, inasmuch as they were both candidates for the office and neither would give way to the( other. I could not appoint them both, and I ' have told them both very frankly that I could not afford to enter into a local fight which might prejudice the interests of the public. "The longer the matter pended. how ever, instead of their arriving at? an agreement, it grew quite evident that the breach widehed between tbem end the contest was waxing more bitter ev ery day, therefore, as I was very anx ious to have the question settled and the agony over. I appointed Mr. JameK whom I deem thoroughly competent for the position and I am certain that his services will prove quite satisfactorr to me and to the public generally. I am very sorry that the matter could not have been amicably adjusted between Messrs. Durbin .and Downing, but it seems that it could not be," Mr. James Is one of the most popula Democrats of Eastern . Oregon and is quite prominentj In political circles. At present he is serving as deputy county clerk of Baker county, under County Clerk A. B. Combs Jr is a buslneie man of long experience and Is looked upon as a man who is thoroughly ca pable In every .respect to fill .the posi-. tion with which he is honored. DELINQUENT TAX SALE CARRIED OjF'F SUCCESSFULLY. BY SHERIFF COLBATlV-EVtyiY - SCRAP BOLD. ' " The sale of property for delinquent taxes on the 1901 roll was opened up yesterday "at 19 o'clock nd at 2 p. m. every piece of land AvaS sold. The j amount of delinquent taxes on this roll was lower than for years; In fact, it is doubtful if the tares for Marion county were ever collected more closely than " they' are now At the opening of Ihe sals yesterday morn ing, a little less than $800 remained un collected on the book. The amounU of delinquencies ranged all the way from 25 cents up to l'X.24. and each piece of land, as the description , was called off was snapped up eagerly and there Was not the least delay upon tii part of the bidders. The land sold for taxes under the present law is soldf to the one bidding the lowest rat e of in terest upon! the delinquency ., and the owner may redeem the ' same before the expiration of three rears, by re paying to- thef purchaser le nim unt paid together with the fate of intere!. On these sales, in some instances, titer was no Interest, while In, others it was as high as 50 per cent. Among the heaviest purchasers were Carey F. Martin, of this city, and P. H. Marley. of Portland, both of whom bid in some choice tracts in the 'city snd also In the outside districts. One of the best sales 'made was a choice piece" of city property upon which there was due the sura of $&2.28. This was knocked down t F. IL Mar ley at a 20 per cent rate of interest. About 200 pices altogether wtere sold and for the first time in yoars the county did not bid In a sintfe piece. TO HIS HNAL SLEEP THE LAST SAD RITES OVER THE REMAINS OF P. IX P RUNTY. The funeral services over the remains of the late P. JX s Prunty. which took place at : the . St. Joseph's Catholie church at 19 o'clock yesterday morning. was performed by Rev. W. A. Dai in profoundly impressive manner and the glowing tributes which were - paid to the deeply mourned departed upon this occasion fell with pleasing effect upon, the ears and hearts of all those who were so fortunate as to hear them. Salem Lodge No. IIS. Woodmen of the World, of which the deceased was aa honored member,: attended the services in a body and accompanied . the re mains to their final resting place. There were -many beautiful floral tributes. which bore silent testimony of the es teem in which the deceased was held. among the , most beautiful of which was a piece, which was offered by his railroad associates, symbolical of the "broken tie."" This beautiful sentiment was very appropriately suggested -by a floral piece. representing a piece of rail fo which was attached a broken tie.. It was designed by W.-W. Skinner, tne veteran freight agent of this city,' who was very much attacned to ms de parted comrade and friend. , . CANT SEE HER CHILD. , GENEVA. Feb. 7. The lawyers of the former Crown Princess of- Saxonyi PENITENTIARY today received a telegram from Dres deo definitely refusing the Princess re quest to be allowed to see her sick child under any ' circumstances. '- - - - 1 i " r i Genrsr Booth.' the Salvation Army leader, has been & pronounced vegeteri Lan for years. He even refuses to In dulge In butter, milk or vegetables that are cooked in fat, living entirely on cer eals, principally boiled rice." The gen eral says he is- a vegetarian for two reasons. One iW his belief that primi tive man ate no meat .and the ether Is that after a long trial of that diet he finds- hsmself 'much younger than his years. NEWS FROM 1. WEST SIDE Youngsters of Dallas Collegr Play' Ball Against Fac- ulty Instructions ' AND WILL BE TRIED FOR DISOBE DIENCERANGE STOCK WEST OF DALLAS SUFFERS SEVERELY AS RESULT OF HEAVY SNOWS .ITEMS. IN "BRIEF. DALLAS, Feb. 6. (Statesman Spe sial). Contrary to the wishes of the faculty of the Dallas. College, the junior basketball team .after having been told by the president, when asked for per- mission ; to go to Monmouth to play a junior . team there, that they could not go, went all the same. President .Pol- ing, accompanied . the ' league team to Corvallis last Friday to witness . the gam there between Dallas and the Ag rtcuituralColIege and in his absence, though being warned by Prof. Metzger, who "was in charge in the absence of the president, not to go, these youthful as pirants for athletic honors went to the livery -stable and hired a. conveyance. dsoye lo Monmouth and cleaned up a nice score in their favffor and hastened home. . ' ; When the president returned from Corvallis' he found the ybung bloods,-in their accustomed places and looking serenely innocent. But murder Will out. and now uneasy lie their heads. While they wait the result of an Inves tigation on a charge of "disobedience and breaking of study hoursT" The parents are to be, present at the inves tigation. Weather Severe on Stock. . Dallas, Feb. . (Special). The snow la, slowly, disappearing from the foot hiiis west of Dallas. Three miles west of town. forty inches of snow has been reported some days since, but at no time was there more. than four or five inches In town. The valley is bare, but the hills have a solid mantle yet. The range stock .have suffered greatly dur ing the .fall oC snow and arc now in a poor" 'condition to stand a very lona Sfell;f" cold "Weather. . The Winter range is poor at best, owing to want of early rains last fair and. unless the snow leaves the hills soon, considerable loss is possible; Dallas, Feb. 6.-(.Special). County Clerk Laughery says ; the recorder's fees of bis office was $600 more in 1902 than 1901. showing a large increase in real estate transactions. , t . . . . . . i boxing glove bout with Mr. Fuller, got bis -nose, badly smashed. On one side of the bridge of his nose the cartilage was completely caved in. leaving his nose-not very attractive, though thanks to the skill of the surgeon, it is all right now. : . . . . .. Postmaster Coad has ordered a large number of new postonlce boxes.and the accommodations In the way of lock and call boxes will be greatly improved and enlarged in his office soon. Sheriff Ford reports that about $300 will be the amount of delinquent taxes on the day of sale to be held next Sat urday; the 7th. E. C. Kirkpatrick and J. C. Hayter are at the -capital this week ha vine, it is supposed, been sworn in as members of the third house. If they are allowed to-vote on Joint ballot for Senator, the candidate from the city by the sea will reedive a rousing support from them. Though the boys say they have other business over there. jamtu - llw liad Hyt ibnr, Bob? About 12,000,000 pairs of shoes were made in Brockton, Mass last year. MITCHELL Our 1903 line of Vehicles is more complete than ever before. Our Mr. Uitchell having spent two months in the East making selections of onr lines. Onr BEELINE and filTCH are greatly improved for 1003, and positively have no SUPERIOR at the price and we. douht if an equal.- Twenty yeara' experience in the trade enables us to order good3. made right for .Oregon -roads.' For. the finest work possible to build we offer MOYER and BABCOCK Buggies, Road Wagons, Surreys, Salem branch i Sat em. Or. r-b' i ; r ; - New ! and pretty line of Crystal Cord VASH SILKS 1 Dainty patterns and colors the kind you pay 65c and 50c for elsewhere Special 39c Wayne Knit Pony Stockings made to surely satisfy 25c Pair For Children Misses and Boys ue(Q)(D) Mor Wamiteojl We have now AJ000 subscribers for -the. : Twice-a-Wssk Statesman. This field ought to maintain at Isast ifiOO mors. Vim want 1,000 more this year. , In ordsr to induce our present subscribers to help us get the next 1,000 names on our lists, ws make ths following of Cars, good for 1903: If you will bring or send the 12 to pay for them, we will, credit your own subscription one full. year, j - '"''! " For every new subscriber, with ths $1 to pay for ths same, we will credit yor own subscription six months, whathsr in advance or in arrsars. For svery tints subscription secured, payable within six months at tha SV rate, we will credit your subscription thrcs months. ' "i y ; Thers are nsw people coming into the country. Tell them about tha Twice a -Week . Statesman, and securs their - subscriptions, snd thus pay your own subscription, whsthsr in advance or in arrears. Statesman Pub- Go. i ? Salem, Oregon. BEBUNE BUGGIES Stanhopes and Bee us. sure before jou buy. MITCHELL, LEV15 State Salem's Best Store 'Silks 4 2Jand Dress nn Goods for Arc here. ; more will soonlollow Men's Furnishings We show the right thing at the right lime and place. You are rightly attired if you buy your furnishings here.' Special this r ik ' i Wacbasett Shirts $1.50 raises $1.10, $1 raises 80c &oe them in our Commercial street window, and don't wait until the one you had your eye on is gone. luesfloys ond Fridays ore dish Days - us two1 nsw subscribers, with Carriages & STAVm CO., St.i West of Commercial BUGGIES 1MI 1 1 ,-' i 4 r. i i-i i M 4