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VOL. XXL
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AP1.1L 4, 1011.
NO. 80.
SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS
OPENS WITH CHAMP CLARK SPEAKER;
GETS 217 OUT OF 365 VOTES
INSURGENTS IN SENATE WILL
HOLD BALANCE OF POWER i?
Senate Has Eight Republican Majority, But 12 of Its Members
Are Insurgents and Their Leaders, Cummins and La Fol
lette, Wield an InfluenceRepublicans Hope in the Sen
ate Is Based on the Suppos ition that the Democrats Will
Not Stand Together.
4
HouV Membership.
4 New Democratic members. . 81
4 New Republican members 45
New S-xIalist members .... 1
Total new members ....127
Seven new Democratic and
two new Republicans served In
former congresses.
Total number Democrats. .228
Total number Republicans. .160
4 Total Socialist number ... 1
Vacancies In the second Penn-
4 sylvanla and ninth . Iowa dis-
districts will be filled with Re-
publicans, making the Democrat-
Ic majority over the Republl-
4 cans 66.
Senate.
New Democrats 11
New Republicans 6
Total new members .... 16
Total number Democrats .. .41
Total number Republicans. .50
Republican majority .... 9
Vacancy in Colorado will be
filled with a Democrat, making
the Republican majority 8.
Washington, Aprli 4. Legions of
aappy Democrats today Btormedl the
house end of. the captiol, the prize
of their November victory.
Stalwart Champ Clark was the star
feature of the occasion so joyous to
his party brethren As he sank Interest centered In the house be
pacefully onto the high.backed chair cause of the turnover in control.
- Men were willing to give high prices
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Oration.
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the Cannon throne, the climax of the j
party triumph, seemed t,o have been '
reached, and the acclamation of tht
Democrats on the floor and in the
balconies was without bounds.
Since March 4, 1905, when Charles
P. Crisp, of Georgia, laid aside the
gavel, there had been no Democrat
In he speaker's chair.
Over on the senate of the house fit
government there had been a large
shrinkage In the Republican majority
but no change in party control, and
so there was no demonstration to mar
the dignity of the opening ceremon
ies. Holdover senators were almost
dazedl by the number of strange men
In their midst, mostly unknown and
unsung political warriors, appearing
as successors of battle-scarred veter
ans who had bossed the senate for
years.
On the dot of 12, gavel taps at both
ends of the capltol signaled for order
and the special Besslon was under
way. President Taft had mobilized
the statesmen to get action on his
reciprocity trade agreement with
Canada, which was passed by the last
house but neatly smothered by the
senate.
Democrats in the house' expected to
reach the subject by-and-by and, in
the meantime, will try their hands at
a revision of features of the Payne-
Aldrlch tariff law. Reduced rates on
wool, Schedule K, will be their first
offering. Predictions of members, as
to the length of the session range in
time from July to September.
for the privilege of seeing "Uncle
Joe" Cannon with the minority on
the floor and the valiant Mlssourian,
with the national flag as a back
ground and the terrible mace at his
side, referee the doings in the pit.
There was an awful Jam. Folks
who were children when the Demo
crats last held the house and It
seemed there could not be any speak-
ers except "Tom" Reed and "Joe"
Cannon, marched In columns to the
Capitol, hours before the time for
opening the session. They packed
the hallways and patiently faced
llocked doors, biding the time when
'they should be admitted. With the
opening of the way to the seats there
followed a rush and a scramble and
.the galleries were filled.
I Women, radiant in the bright hues
1 of spring finery, composed at least
! half the audience. Diplomats filled
their reservation and President Taft,
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' waB snown, uau lumra bucoui
the capacity of the gallery placed un-
der his control by the house.
as a new house is without form
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and void, it devolved upon voi. aib.
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of and below tne vacant cnair pro-
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tue Special BesalUU. llicu mo
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present. Word
of
the members
among the
members that 127 substitute names
for those of members present at the
session that opened , last December,
appeared on the roll.
Then came the great event of the
day, the election of the speaker. Of
course, the result was not In doubt
but the realization that in a few min
utes they would see Champ Clark's
alant form passing up the marble
steps to the speaker's station keyed
member- and specatora to state of
Socialist Mayor, in Michigan.
Flint, Mich., April 4. Com-
pleted returns today give John
A. C. Menton, clgarmaker and
Socialist, a plurality of S5? in
yesterday's election for mayor.
Menton's majority is larger
than the highest vote ever
polled In this city before by
Soclal'sH. ,
A count, of the ballots toduy
showed that Menton had polled
more than 7000 votes. The
Socialists also elected three .
aldermen, three supervisors
and two school trustees, one of
the latter being Menton's wife.
excitement. Clark was modestly ab
sent during the operation but It was
proved later that he was not far
away.
McDowell named a Democrat and a
Republican as tellers and they took
their places at the clerk's desk.
Each member, as his name was
called, announced the name of his
choice for speaker. The Democrats
piled up their majority for Clark and
a roar of approval rumbled through
the long corridors of the capltol.
A committee was appointed to noti
fy the Missouri leader of the honor
given him. ' The committee accom
plishes the task in a few minutes and
when they returned the new speaker
smiling and happy, was greeted with
another burst of applause.
Clark made a speech expressing his
deep appreciation of the honor and
hla realization of the responsibility
devolving upon him and among other
things said:
'Our chief promises to the coun
try, are:
"First An honest, Intelligent re
vision of the tariff, downward, in or
der to give every American an equal
chance in the race of life and to.
pamper none unduly by special favor
or privileges; to reduce the cost of
living, eradicating the enormities and
cruelties of the present tariff and to
raise only such revenue as is neces
sary to support the government.
"Second The passage of a resolu-
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MEXICANS
KILLED A
POLITICIAN
STATE .DEPARTMENT TAKES IT '
IP THOUGH THE COUNTRY IS
LESS INTERESTED IJf THE LOSS
OF THAT KIND OF CITIZEN
THAN ANY OTHER.
rnNiTXD rasas i.mstD wmn.l
Washington, April 4. Shot from
ambush on a ranch , near Tuxpan,
George Critchfleld, a New Jersey
politician, Is dying today, according
to word received by the state depart-1
ment from Consul Miller at Tamplco, '
Mexico. Washington officials imme
diately ordered a thorough Investiga
tion of the affair. Details of the
shooting were not given but it is be
lieved to have been the work of Mexi
can Boldiers.
Critchfleld was recently a candi
date for election to congress from
New Jersey on the Republican ticket.
BOURNE IS CHAIRMAN OF
POSTOFFICE COMMITTEE
The regular Republicans In the
senate today decided to permit the
insurgents to name one In four of the
Republican committeemen. Senator
Clapp of Minnesota will be chairman
of the committee on commerce, and
Senator Bourne, of Oregon, will head
the committee on postofRrosi.
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Dynamited City Building.
Springfield, Mass.. April 4 Dyna
mite exploded under the tower of the
new $1,000,000 group of municipal
estimated at $10,000. No one was in
jured. The force of the explosion
tore a hole through a three-foot brick
wall. The police are Investigating.
Socialists in Montana
Butte, April 4. In yester-
day's election in this city the
Socialists swept the field, elect-
ing mayor, city treasurer, police
Judges and five out of nine al.
dermen. .
Two years ago the Democrats
elected every candidate In SI1-
ver Bow county. Today's upset
is considers! a rebuke to the
Democratic administrations,
past r.nd present, following an
exposure of alleged thortages
as dfhciosed by ' a recent ten
year' audit of th9 Unanci-1 af-
' fairs ot Butte.
Socialists in Walkerville, a
' t.turb f Butte, i--teu two of
Hire- aldermen.
Fo. L. R .Duncan, Unitarian
r-ni'ter, Is elected mayor of
' Butte over J. J. Q-ur.n (Dem.j
' t) :i plurality of 1834 the bit;
gust plurality ever given a may-
or here.
THE FLOOR
House Gives the Nebraskan an
Ovation, but Literally Raises
the Roof When the Party
Hope, Harmon, Appears.
BIG LEADERS: SHAKE HANDS
And Then Pandemonium Iireak
Loose Champ Clark Overwhelmed
With Visitors,-and His Office Is
Swamped With Congratulatory Tel
egrains Republicans Give -Their
Choice, Mann, a Rousing Recep
tion. Washington, April 4. Thousands
of would-be sightseers were denied
admittance to congress today, only
.those with cards being allowed to
j pass the doors.
I Before the hoise convened William
J. Bryan sauntered onto the floor and
was warmly greeted! by the members,
while the galleries loudly cheeted.
Pandemonium followed when Gover
nor Harmon, of Ohio, followed the
Nebraskan, and the very walls shook
with cheers when the two chiefs of
Democracy clasped hands. Both oc
cupied seats on the floor of the house
and watched the opening progress
with Interest.
Though outshone in numbers, the
RePUcans were not lacking in en
thusiasm, and the old guard roared
out a lusty welcome when Represen.
tatlve Mann, of Illinois, the candidate
for speteker, came upoiii the scene.
The busiest man In Washington to
day was Champ Clark. All during
the morning admirers stormed his
room and the Mlssourian was kept
busy shaking hands. No attempt was
made to open the telegrams of con
gratulation which poured In on him
They came in scores, and the new
speaker was far too busy at first hand
to even examine the good ( wishes ex
pressed by absent friends.
SOCIALISTS :
HOPE TO ELECT
TACOMA MAYOR
Tacoma, Wn., April 4. The" early
voting was extremely light and up to
noon only a few hundred ballots had
been cast at the various voting
booths. Of these the greater num
ber were women. Society womn
were active, those owning automo
biles offering their less fortunate sis
ters an opportunity to enjoy luxury
of an auto ride to the polls.
The voting Is expected to become
heavy late this afternoon, and even
ing by reason of the fact that the
polls did not open until 9 otclock this
morning, making it Impossible for
the working 'classes to vote In the
forenoon.
Later the voting Increased- rapidly
BRYA AND
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THE TRIAL OF CONVICT 0'
WILL PROBABLY CLOSE
Woman Mayor In Kansas.
Hunnewell, Ka., April 4.
Mrs. Ella Wilson was today
chosen mayor of Hunnewell.
The returns from yesterday's
election showed that Mrs. Wll-
son had tied at the polls with
C. M. Ackers, but the election
judges today declared her a
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winner. All the other women
candidates for town offices were
defeated.
The new mayoress promises
to clean up the town, and she
should show the men once, any
way how It can be done.
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and soon the ballots were being de
posited in the boxes at the rate of
one a minute in all of the 100 odd pre
cincts. The drizzle of rain that be
gan just before noon rather damp
ened the ardor of some of the poll
workers but they still kept up their
efforts.
All sides are confident, Barth work
ers even claiming that Seymour
would be third In the race and that
the contest was between the Social
ists and Fawcett.
Mayor Fawcett still clings to his
opinion that he will have 5,000 ma
jority over both of his opponents.
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The Mikado and Taft Shake.
UNITED PRESS L1ASBD WIM.l
WaWshington, April 4 On the
ocoaslon of the ratification ot the
new Japanese treaty In Toklo, the
Mikado this afternoon, through Am.
bassador O'Brien, sent to President
Taft a message of congratulation
and friendship. The president re
plied In similar terms.
No Rail Game Today.
UNITED PRESS LBAHKP WIRB.)
San Francisco, April 4. The
game scheduled for today between
the Oakland and Los Angejes teams
of the Pacific Coast League was post
poned on account of rata.
Sacramento, Cal April 4. The
game scheduled for this afternoon
between San Francisco and Sacra
mento was postponed on account of
rain.
L
HAD LIVELY
SESSION
CONCRETE ORDERED ON ASYLUM
AVENUE AND TWENTY-FOURTH
CENTER STREET TO GET
BITHULITHIC FRONT AND
OTHERS TO HATE CONCRETE
LIDS.
' Realizing that the paving season
la on in full blast, and anxious that
matters be arranged so that the work
of paving the various streets maybe
taken . up an completed before the
rainy season arrives, Mayor Lach-
mund last evening when the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company,
through its manager, Roland Page,
advised the council that It would be
unable to get East State street ready
for paving this season, took occasion
to remind the council that the admin
istration was pledged to street Im
provements and all other manner of
improvements, and that matters muxt
be hurried along and the pledges ful
filled. Mr. Page In his communication to
the council says that the company
has enough work before It now to last
It for 208 days. He says further that
It would be useless to Increase the
present crew as they have not equip
ment for working of more men, and
that they ran not be provided with It
from Portland as the same condition
of affairs as to street work prevails
there. , In the letter he enumerated
the streets which the company must
have ready and concluded with the
statement that even though the com
pany should work nights, It could
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CODNCI
NO QUESTION OF
BUT HIS ATTORNEYS SET UP
HE ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE
Testimony for State Shows 0'Rourke Was Stubborn and Re
bellious, and Attacked Simpson With a Knife, Stabbing
Him Several Times Defendants' Witnesses Says Simp
son Struck the Prisoner With a Cane Before He Was At
tacked Deefnse Also Claims That 0'Rourke Is Irresponsible.
Contending that Convict O'Rourke 1
who is on trial for his life in the
circuit court for an assault with a
deadly weapon upon Guard Simpson
of the state penitentiary waB pro
voked by Simpson to make the at
tack, and also because ot a line of
cruel treatment his mind had been
weakened until he was mentally Ir
responsible, the attorneys for the de
fense this forenoon In the circuit
court began the laying of a. founda
tion for a line ot evidence by which
they hope to save their client from
being doomed to dangle at the end of
a hangman's rope.
They succeeded through two wit
nesses Convicts : Dickinson and
Hacker In showing that Guard Simp
son had made the attack unpro
voked but when It came to showing
that by reason of the poor food ad
ministered, : cruel .treatment heaped
upon 0Rourke's' mind, which it is
contended is weak, was impaired to
the extent that he was mentally irre
sponsible, they were shut off by the
court by reason .of an objection
raised by the Btate. While shut off
this forenoon it is not likely, how
ever, that they will abandoi the at
tempt but will seek another mode
by which to Introduce the evidence.
State Closed Early.
The state closed Its case early this
morning a little after 10 o'clock and
the defense after a motion asking
that a verdict be directed In favor
of the defendant was overruled, be
gan the introduction of evidence.
The first witness this morning for
the state was Warden Curtis and his
evidence was along the same line as
that of Superintendent James, who
testified yesterday afternoon.
Guard FiBherv who separated Guard
Simpson and O'Rourke when they lay
clinched on the floor, was the next
witness and his evidence was cor
roborative of that given yesterday af
ternoon by Guard Simpson.
The next witness was Convict
Trapp, the barber who was directed
to cut O'Rotirke's hair, He Is serv
ing a life term in the state prison for
murder and his evidence while con
flicting and confusing, was In favor
of the state.
Sturgls r'avors Defense.
Convict Sturgls followed Trapp and
while a witness for the state, his evi
dence was favorable to the dofense.
He was the first man directed to cut
O'Rourke's hair but being inexper
ienced, he was superceded by Trapp.
He testified that Guard Simpson
struck O'Rourke a blow with his
cane before the latter made an at
tack upon him with a knife. ,
Convicts Hlgley and Spurllng's
evidence was along the same line as
that of other witnesses for the state,
Dr. Byrd Sr., was the last witness
for the state and his evidence was
with relation to the wounds sus
tained by Simpson.
"Don't Hit," S11M O'Kourkp.
Convict J. M. Dickinson was the
first wltnesB for the defense. He Is
a man well along In years and has
served three years In the state pris
on. He testified that when Sturglss
started to cut O'Rourke's hair, heob
Jected to having It cut short and thnt
Guard Simpson directed that the
clippers be used and ordered Trapp
to do the work.
While Trapp was doing the work
he said, that Guard Simpson walked
around to the side of O'Rourke as he
sat In the barber chair and took from
his pocket a tobacco can. O'Rourke,
he said, looked up and asked Simp
son what he wanted and Simpson re
plied, he said, by saying that it was
none of his business and raised his
cane and struck him over the aide
ot the head. When he raised the
ROURKE
TOMRROVJ
GUILT
cane to strike, O'Rourke appealed to
him not to hit him. When struck.
O'Rourke rolled out ot the chair, got
a knife out ot hla pocket and made
an attack upon Simpson and suc
ceeded in stabbing him in several
places.
Deputy District Attorney McNary
put the witness under a severe cross
examination but was unable to shake
his story.
Hacker Tells Same Story.
Convict Max Hacker followed and
his story was identical with that told
by Dickinson, save that he said that
when O'Rourke made the attack that
Simpson was striking at O'Rourke
from behind a convict by the name
ot Brown. He also stated that two
other convicts O'Conner and Wright
were witnesses to the affair but that
they. had. not been summoned as wit
nesses In the case.
Lawyers Clush, Convict Weeps.
The defense sought' to secure from
Convict Hacker an Idea of the char
acter of the food furnished and then
followed a clash between the lawyers
for the defense and state. The state's
attorneys maintained the evidence
was Immaterial and that the Jawyera
for the defense had an ill feeling
against the present administration
and the management of the state
prison and that this was the purpose
of the evidence.
The attorneys for the defense con
tended that it was to be Introduced
for the purpose of showing that the
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LElVISTOtl
FOUND GUILTV OF FALSIFYING
THKIK REPORTS WM. KEfltV
TEN BACH AM) GKOKGB KE8
TTCU GET 8ENTKNC8 OF FIVE
YEARS EACH.
DNIT1D PHIHS Will.
Boise, Ida., April 4. William F.
Kettenbach and George H. Kester,
former president and cashier, re
spectively, of the Lewlston National
bank, who wore convicted last night
on five counts of an Indictment
charging falsification of reports to
the comptroller of the currency,
were each sentenced by Judge Rob
ert S. Bean to five jars' Imprison
ment In the federal penitentiary on
encti count, the, sentence) to run con.
currently.
A motion for a new trial was over
ruled, and tho defendants gave notice
of an appeal. They were roleaspd on
bonds of $25,000 e;ieli, pending the
result of tho appeal.
In pronouncing sentence Judge
Bean stated that he considered the
punishment provided by law as too
severe for the offense in this case,
but that he had no choice In the
matter, and could do nothing less
than sentence the defendants to the
minimum term of five years. This
statement by the presiding judge
will be used as a basis for a petition
for pardon In case the sentence of
the lower court la sustained by the
United 8tates district court of sp
peals.
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