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DAILY CAPrrAIi JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, WEDXKSDAY, JAMWltV 20, 1000.
NO. 17.
LECTION RATIFIED TODAY
PARTY TIES WILL REST LIGHTLY ON SENATOR'S SHOULDERS
PEOPLE'S CHOICE IS
FORMALLY RATIFIED
Joint Convention Canvasses Vote of Separate Houses On
United States Senator Senator Chamberlain Makes a
Speech of Acceptance.
The Joint convontlon nt noon today
ratified the action of tho soparnlo
hmi cj In electing Governor Cham
liu Iain to tho United Stntos scnp.to.
I '-IdiMit Bowormpn presided, and
dic'nrod t'io rcsulfas announced .n
tv 3 patrU housea Tuosdny at no in
The journals of both houses
M owed that Chnrrfborlnln rocclvpd a
i ajorlt of tho votoi of both homos,
and the vols va doolarod os follows
ta Joint conventien:
t'Ako 17
rulton 19
fuambiM-laln 5')
Jlofin , 1
Ho duii-rcd Chnmborlnln olootud
. 'Uto.- to succood Fulton,
Chair named' Miller of Linn, Al-
of
1. r
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Campbell asked to bo excused.
Chairman appointed Murfcy,
Coos and Curry.
Tho committee roturnod with tho
sonntor-elcct, and tha Joint conveu
tlon lirolto Into cheorlng.
I'rosldont H'oworman Introduced
Senator George 13, Chamberlain, who
was grootod with groat applause. In
ordor that ho might not bo mlsrop
rocontod In the prosi, ho road his
npocch of acceptance. It was 'c
colvcd with groat demonstrations of
onthuelnsm.
Chamberlain's Accoptnnco.
Gontlomcn of tho Sennto and Home
of, Roprorontntlvos.
1 thank you from tho bottom of
my heart for tho groat Honor tb'at
of the statu of Oregon. To those of
you who voted for me from choice I
feel pccul'arly grateful. To thoso of
you who voted for mo bocauso you
wcro under an express, but voluntary
pledge, (o voto for tho people's choice
for senator, I want to say that you
havo shown a mngnlflcont example
of a determination to obey tho peo
ple's will, without regard to party
ties, in thtt yea havo followed their
Instructions, oven though thoro
might havo been others of your party
for whom you pfeTo'rrcd to vote In
this emergency.
For many yoars tho pcoplo havo
domanded front trio congress of tho
United StaldB that thoro lio submitted
to thorn an amondmont to tho consti
tution providing for tho election of
sonntor by the direct voto of tho pco
plo. But their domnnds havo boon
Ignored, and .Oregon leads tho way
In legislation to secure a right which
inoir roprucontatlvoB in congro3s
havo denied thorn. It cannot bo said
that tho law undor which I havo bain
cloclcd Its oltbor a Republican or
Democratic measure. It has been
adopted by tho poopl-; In a state with
an overwhelming Ropubllcnn nnjor
Ity, and men of all pntllos gnvo tholr
adherenco to It. It has como to stay.
Munkevs, Fnrroll and Campbell l:ai been conforTcd upon mo by you ami It Is safo to prodlct that In tho
scou Chnmborl In to hall.
ns tho representatives of tho peoplo
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JALTERATION
I SALE
REMEMBER COST CUTS NO;
FIGURE
DURING THIS SALE THERE IS NO USE TRYING TO;
BEAT OUR PRICES. THE SHELVES HAVE TO B e!
CLEARED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE BRICKLAYERS,;
t MASONS AND PLASTERERS. THIS IS A PROPOSITION:
! OF HAVING TO DO IT, SO IF YOU WANT PRICES NOW IS;
J YOUR TIME.
t
Thc Following Goods Must Bef
Sold Out Regardless of Cost
DRESS GOODS, SILKS, BLANKETS, COMFORTS, WOM-
5 EN'S AND CHILDREN'S SHOES, LADIES' COATS AND!
SUITS, MILLINERY AND FEATHERS, MUSLIN UNDER-;
WEAR, BLACK AND COLORED SILK AND SATEEN PETTI-i
COATS, GINGHAMS, CALICOES AND MUSLINS, WOM-;
EN'S UNDERWEAR, UMBRELLAS, COTTON BATTS, LA
DIES' AND CHILDREN'S HOSIERY, BELTS AND GLOVES;
I MEN'S FURNISHINGS AND CLOTHING, CORSETS, EM-
J BROIDERIES. LACES AND RIBBON. NO RESERVE ;
f EVERY ARTICLE IN THE STORE HAS TO GET A MOVE?
J ON-OUT THEY GO.
I
very near fuluro othor etatos In lac
Union will follow tho cxamplo of
Oregon, and tho peoplo wllh through
the Oregon method, oxorclso a con
trolling volco In tho election of thoso
who nro to roprosont thorn In tho
Tnlted Stntos sonnto. Thoso who
take tho position Hint n sonntor can
not be cho;cn by the dlroct voto of
tho pcoplo until tho fodornl consti
tution hns boon nmonded In that 'o
spoet, must romombor that tho Ini
tiative must bo tnkon by tho sovornl
states acting In tholr sovorolgn ca
pacity. Let mo sny to you, gentlemen of
tho legislature, thnt I go to "Washing
ton n3 your reprosontntlvo, and as
the representative of thU magnificent
commonwealth, absolutely unfettered
by nny pledge to any person or any
party. I go as tho servant of tho
peoplo, to do (as Cod has given mo
the light to sco It) my wholo duty In
furthering tho moral, commercial and
Industrial Interests of tho state. In
accomplishing this, no question of
party Is involved. I ncnumo that all
of you, Democrats, Rorrabllcans and
Independents nllko, would vlo with
each other In doing what Is best for
tho wholo people. In this effort yod
can count upon my undivided effort
and support. I will stand shouldor
to shouldor In th'o sonnto of tho
United Stntos with men or all parlloi
for carrying out tho brondor policies
which tho President hns stood for
that go to mnko for a stronger nation
and a richer state. In this no quos
Hon of parly should ovor bo lnvolvod
I think you will romombor thnt at a
STATEMENT SENATORS
MAKE FINE SHOWING
Kay, of Mairon, tells His Colleauges Some very Unpalatable
Things, and Sinnott, of Wasco, Made a Brilliant Speech
Indorsing Statement No. 1.
Without much apologizing or po
litical vaporizing tho solons of tho
sonnto dellvorod tho goods under tho
mngle operation of Stntomcnt No. 1,
and tho Jionost men in thoro fl
much bottor thnn If thoy woro bolng
cnthaulcd nround for -10 days and
nights by political road agonts, with
whom thoy would not ongngo In any
tlmo when congrooj was Domocratlc '.ordinary buslnosa transaction. Somo
and Oregon was ropresontod by Ilo-i votod plain Goo. 13. Chnmborlnln, llko
publicans In that body, largor nud.Unlloy and Nottingham, who mndo
llboral appropriations woro' no spooch, nnd snld thoy voted wllh-
moro
mndo for tho improvement of our' out olthor apology, or protoudlug
rivers nnd harbors than havo ovor that thoy had dono nny more- than
boon mado sluco. I think you will tholr plain duty.
nlso romombor that whllo Oregon Home flot, Eloquent.
wno roprosonted In tho sonnto of tha Kny and Sinnott rocolvod most np-
United Statos by one Hopubllcnu and plnuso from tho gallorloa. Thoy
ono Domocrat, tho largost approprla-I neither apologized, quibbled, excused
Hon that wni ovor socurcd nt nuy.nor protoiitod, but dollvorcd mnstor-
ono time was mado for tho Improve.; ly nrgumontB for tho rlghtooiuncm oN ngiruct0( )y .joss 'ifinJorHVtfi voto
mont of tho Columbia river, and, not-! tho now mothod that has como to for Ul0 C,0co 0f Ul0 nooplo. Two
AInll nnmnli innninra nrn innldni
,- i. . . i . . . ... i -- ......... ...
uoiogauou in congress nt nils tlmo is orcis tnnt must navo mono mo sun
nopubllcnu, and congross Is ltepub-; posed Republican blood of somo of
llcnn, Oregon Is rocolvlng no appro- tho nlloged Republican londors croep
lirlntlntl fnn Mia ImniinitfimAttl -.. 1..i'n 1lffll n Ilia allnivlttr. nAn.Aniiiri
r.,IV.lf. till IUV lilll U V111VIII. UL 11U1 I ..V..U ttb nt. If 1 llf, rrii u.inui.
good round of npplnuso for lending
tho enuso of tho pcoplo.
Hut Two Protest., "
Schofiold nnd Johnson votod th&tfl
plodgos undor protost, In tho form
drawn up by tho fodoral whlp-ornoker
Bont out from tho political bouoynrdd
of tho Chlcngo slaughter houso dlt
trlct, tho last roprosontnllvo of brico
politics who should ovor bo allowed
to, nppoar on tho clean freo soil of
Orognu. Barrett mndo a nqunro standi
for tho principle nnd snld, with a
great doal of IioIUrIi lugonulty tha
mnehlno hnd (londod him with tolo
grnms from nlloged honest lloiniblt
cnu couHtllueuts, asking him to
brand hlmnolt an n perjuror. Bnt
rolt In from ono of tho districts ger
rymandered by tho Inst legislature
to shut out n Domocrnt, and ho was
r Ivors and harbors. It h nu Insult
to tho lutolllgonco of tho distin
guished representatives In congrojs
to say that a question of party shoulJ
Intluonco their judgmont, whon thoy
como to cons'der maltors nffacllng
(Continued on Page 5.)
HAD ONLY CHOICE
TO BURN OR DROWN
i
A'
(t'nltcit Priiig r.cn8cd Wire
Chicago, III., Jan. 20. Between
CO and 70 men woro trapped by flro
oarly today In tho crib of the Mi-
nlclpul water plant, far out In Law
Michigan. It Is bollovod 15 lost
their llvos, nnd It is fearol that from
six to 30 men wore caught in the
tunnel undo the lake, with no hope
of e cape.
, Tugs removod -17 men from tn
i water around tho orlb. Rnd all werj
badly burned. Tho fire dastroyeJ all
, means of escapo, and tho victims re
mained In the wooden stricture iin-
! til they wero r dually forcod by tho
advancing Ramos to tipr.'ng into the
water.
The crib was used temporarily -s
a shop for the men ongngod In coh
istructlnf, tho groat Intako tunnel
from tho shore, fivo mlloi out tin lor
tho Inko. it was mado of wood anJ
wab circular, being about 40 foot In
diameter. The superstructure was
about 25 f,ot above the surface of
tho lake, and was usod as a sloepir.j
place for the workmen.
The crib was connected with the
tunnel 40 feet below, by a shaft and
a steam elevator carried the men aad
Ing olr Into tHo luhnol, in tho ;opo
of hooping nllvo anyone, thoro who
might ntlll bo alivo.
A Later I)iiwitoli.
Chicago, III., Jan. SO.Twenty
bodle woro taken fro mthe tunnel
under tho crib lit Lake Michigan,
wuioii utirnod today. It Is bolleved
that more rllj be rioovarori latr.
Porty-five men hnro-been brought
aoro terribly burned and oiherwlie
Injured.
Thomas flrten was rescued In a
most pitiable condition. Both his
oyee were blown mil n,i i.o w...
frozon to a piece of Ice. to which he
had olung for an hour. Othors who
wore roseued had sustained sevore
Injurloa, large pieces of flash hnvlnj
boon tarn from tholr bodlos by ox.
plosions, supposed to have been
oausod by dynamite fulminating cans
used In tho construction work
Tho men who wore alsoop In the
superstructure Jumped Into tho ley
water witnout putt ne on th?
olothos. They clung half frozen to
the floating Ice. and whon thoy were
rescued, they had to be torn away
from the loo by force,
Kay showod how tho Fulton puh
had doofatod ', who was tho Re
publican nomlnoo and looted six
years ago, bocauso fleer had not
tnkon tho stump for the Ropubllcnn
j nominees, nnd how, In tho Inst oloc-
iiou I'Kuiou nuu uifl roiioworn and
dono tlio sumo thing by not support
ing Cnko. "That olomont nt Portland
nnd in Snlom havo olnmorod loudest
nnd wev) i'.(Et sovoro In cojisuro of
thoso who supported tlln principle.
and tlpj n'no aro to blcmo that wo
aro toda" trprrtontod 1 n Democrat
In tho t;U(0li sttos Benn(0 Lot
tho;o who dollbernloly bolted tho
Keiiiibllcnn nomlnoo now tako tholr
blttor modlclno. Kvon in Salem In
ono ward CO or CO scratchod Cnko
and tho throe Slntomont Republi
cans," and thou ho showed up tho
voto In Clatsop county oh follews:
Clntwop County Vot
Abstract of votoo In Clntsop ooun
ty, April 17, 1908, Ropubllcan pri
maries:
Cnko
clonn biulnoss record on nil quoo
t Ions who nro now men In tho son
nto Alhoo nnd Kulllhor. Thoy eu
torod no protost or rogrot nt not be
ing pormlttod to botrny a trust c-r
havo tho glnrloim prlvllogo of com-
mlttlng political porjury out of nl
logod dovotlon to party. They aro
good londors for thoso whocolhorw,
NottliiKhnm and Soiling,
Xhlc Hliinolt flot There.
For n young sonntor nnd a now
mombor, Nick Slmiott mndo' tho
flnofvt talk of tho day. IIo stood up
squarely for tho law, and said It wni
a groat day for Oregon whon thd
groat stoiio o corruption was rolled
uwm 'roin ,n0 ,,oor ?' tn0 ,mU?n'll
sotAilchre and oloan Irton could conio
forth with tholr tltlo rosllng upon
tho snerod franchise of tho pooplc.
IIo showod by quotations from tho
constitutional convontlon of New
York and othor statoi thnt tho'pooplo
had rosorvod tho right to liulruct
tholr roprodontntlvoa on any ma'.or
whatsoever, and he was not thro
to disobey their mnndato. Ifo
showod that In nil the oratory of the
sensto no man had attnekod tho law
195 upon
....
I'lllLDIl i aa I
......... iiiir i urminiii
moral or fonntltutlotn!
AlMtraot of vU for UnltI States troUe to id from m,.i,Mi,.
with great offoct, nnd somo of th
(wperlonoed mlilwlvoe, wlio hnd boon
pretwtit at the aceounehomont of senri'
senator, June 1, joq. Ctetgop Min-ty-
Cake jjf
u luiniiwinin II II ton horn In (ho old way, winced. Ho
r"" s ' "MOtd Co,ly Clbbor ngnlnst the talk
TT '... 230, that somo Induliiod In about tholr.
Mwraci or vole for Prai!.ii.
Clatsop county, Novtmbor 3. 1908:
Taft, (Rep) i (70
Bryan (Dom) ., , , c88
Proton Wro ClilhlMi.
As oxpoe! by Kay tho protoets of
Ropubllcan followera of Fulton np
pear childish. They say: "I, a free
moral ngont, of my own froo wll
and accord, slgnod Statemont No. J,
but I now, as a froemora! agont, sir
months Jator, wish to ontor a profMt
against my doing what I voluntarily
sa'd I would do If you would give
ObA mnn wn
fastenMl lioiwenn fu-n .i,u i I 's tlie onlee."
....... ... mi,, vi iu
u was natural that Kay
tool s up and down. that had frozen together, holding him
It U ImiasAJble to obtain accurate fast. Several were frozen to ticght
firms. The crib was entirely de-l ly to the lc that tklr fleh was torn
trood. and the tunnel filled with1 away when they were pulled loose
water rapidly. The elevator was put ' Among the worst Injured who
out of comcilsslon. and any men who, have been brought ashore are: Cum
may have boon Is the tunnel prob- Hoae. Jrn Redmond. Henry Frank
ably perlrb'd. tin. Homer Ho man. Robt-rt Jeffrl-..
TSe lju-ed piehed up by the tu Igan MPIer. James Lie. W'lllam !
Igod In about thole
ooiuoloneoH troubling thorn I'll voting
for a man good onoiigh for tho psoplo
of Orogen: "A nonvonlent oon
Hofouoo la often sot up as a senre
crow, not to searo thomsujvos but
othors." (Laughtor)," In tho son
nto tho Statement Champions "got
moro npplarjBo than In tho lioiuo.
ovon. j
- .i(i' i.
In tho houso Oampbull reported ,n
roeolutlon to InvoHtlgato tho agri
cultural oollogo but without olorkH,
and that It- must bo dono without ox
penso to tho stnto
Joiish of Lincoln and I'olk got a
resolution through appointing Carl
Porclvnl afwlstaut twrgeant-at-nrme.
Barrett of Umatilla was (tailed to
should
raise the Ire of National Commltt..
maw Wlll'ams, tho Dallas bank.
who had relied on Kny. who wan not
a Statement man, to break tha Im! the rhalr today
so that other Thompson's .colU IkJ Klghteen now bill wew Intro
4bl!ca could swim the rlvor to net ' duced end House Bill Ko. S wsh
a drink out of the federal patronaao paaetd. It Is by Ilue.it. or lna. u.i
v-terlug trough. They now deoJure' estonds iliiiil of fmuda to OQittrairtH
i fnut Eou ul1A..l.a .. , .
i a) 1 9l9f4
were landed at Wg.h -Sixth itret, Ne. J Mantle. Thomas Caltahan thBt Ky sbould lierer gat anal lu.r' for sale of real natal.
and the tugs returned to the crib i Hah Johnson and Charle Johnson. oWce Bi tBe han ot tho Rapubll'aj ' Hie wtnate H number of blllH
hopo of recovering the bodies of the Most of these men were Hde IrtJr' s' ! a talk oa plain, were sent to oowtnlttoos and 11 new
d ud At noon the tugi rere pump-) when Uken out of the ley water. "Wight bua'neu Una. and got ftbllto Introduced.