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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27

tries the fruits of such education. There
fore. if it should be held that there was
n discrimination operating in VIOLATION
of the treaty with Japan in the state 5
treatment OF Japanese children, or even
if new treaty with Japan should be
framed which would contain on behalf
of Japanese subjects the 'most-faVored
nation clause, this could and would be
met by the state, which would then eN-
clude from the use of it's public school S
all alien children of every nationality
and limit the rights of free education &c
children of its own citizens, for whom
the system is primarily designed and
maintained, and if the state should dc
this the Federal government could not
complain, since no treaty right could be
violated when the children of japanese
were treated precisely as the children
of all foreign nations
The feeling in the state, is further
intensified, especially in labor circles,
by the report on the conditions in the
Hawaiian islands as contained in Bul-
letin &c of the Bureau of Labor, De
partment of Commerce and Labor, The
claim is made that white labor has been
almost entirely driven from the Ha-
waiian islands, and that the japanese
are gradually forcing even the small
white traders out of business.
Many of the foremost educators IN
the state, on the other hand, are strong
ly opposed to the action of the san
Francisco board of education. Japan
ese are admitted to the University of
California, an institution maintained
and supported by the state They are
also admitted to, and gladly welcomed
at, Stanford University San Francisco,
so lar as known, IS the only city which
has Disseminated against Japanese chi!
dren. | talked with number or pronl-
nent labor men, and they all said that
they had no objection to Japanese chill
dren attending the primary grades; that
they wanted Japanese children now IN
the United States to have the same
school privileges as children of other
nations, but that they were unalterably y
opposed to Japanese young men attend
ing the primary grades
"The objection to Japanese men at
tending the primary grades could very
readily be met by a simple rule limit
ing the ages of all children attending
those grades. All of the teachers with
whom l talked while in San Francisco
spoke in the highest terms of the Jap
anese children, saying that they were
among the very best of their pupils,
cleanv in their persons, well behaved
studious and remarkably bright
The board of education of San Fran
cisco declined to rescind its resolution
of October II. claiming that, having es-
tablished a separate school for Chlnese,
japanese and Corean children, the pro
visions of section 1862 of the political
code became mandatory.
Resume of Japanese attending publlc
schools in San Francisco as mentioned
in the foregoing communication:
Number of pupils .......:...;,;.... 9S
Number of schools they attended. 23
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Fulton Looks Out for Counties

Washington, Dee. 20.-Senator Full
ton today secured the promise of the
senate public lands committee to
amend the bill repeating the timber
and stone act So that 20 per cent f
the receipts from the sales of public
timber shall be paid to counties in
which the timber is cut. This is in
lieu Of taxes. The bill provides that
hereafter public timber not in forest
reserves can only be acquired by pur-
chase at not less than its appraised
value.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Opposes Blanket Incr .ase.

Washington, Dec. 10 Representa-
tive Littauer, IA member of the commit
tee on appropriations, talked with
President Roosevelt today on the ques
tion of increasing the salaries of gov
eminent employees. The president is
understood not to favor a blanket in
crease Of 20 per cent, although he is
said TO feel that there are many men
in the government service who deserve.
more than they are receiving.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Thursday, Dec 20.

! Washington, Dec. 20 Senator For
aker occupied the attention of the SEN
ate in its last session before the holiday
recess today in an extended criticism
Of the basis of the presidents action
in discharging the negro troops of the
Twenty y-ffth Infantry on account Of the
Brownsville raid. He was replied to
briefly by Lodge, while Scott sustained
the demand of the Ohio senator for a
full investigation of the matter by the
senate military committee. A resolu-
tion declaring for such an investiga-
tion is before the senate for action at
its next meeting.
Washington, Dec. 20.-After being
in session for quarters of an hour
today, the house adjourned until Janu-
AIRY 3, 1907. Empty desks greeted the
speaker when the house convened, and
the desire to get away for the holidays
was superior to the inclination for bust
ness.
Mondell, of Wyoming, succeeded in
passing the bill extending to May Is,
1907, the time in which entrymen may
make final settlement on the Shoshone
Indian reservation. Then Payne, of
New York, called up his resolution re-
lating to the distribution of the presi-
dents annual message to the several
committees in accordance with GUS
tom that has existed since the founda-
ton of the government.
The house passed the resolution and
adjourned at l2:45 p. m. A hundred
members waited to extend the seasons
greeting to Speaker Cannon.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Penalty fer Making Campaign Gifts

Washington, Dee. 1S.-Thc Tillman
bill, forbid ling national hanks and
other corporations authorized by con-
grcss, as well as corporations in general
from contributing Ia election funds,
WAS considered yesterday by the COM
mittce on elections of president and
vice president. which decided unani-
mously to report the matter favoribly,
with the addition of an imprisonment
clause as well as imposition Of a fine
for offenders.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27

Washington, Dec. 1S.-During the
session of the house today the Indian
appropriation bill was passed practi-
cally as it came from the committee on
appropriations The early morning
session was devoted to the considera-
ton of District of Columbia business.
The exodus of members has already
commenced for the Christmas holidays.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Declines Silver at 10 Oe5

Washington, Dec 22.-The Treasury
department today declined to purchas
any silver at the quoted price Of 70.o6a
cents per fine ounce. Two Thousand
ounces were offered at that price.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL
BODY OF LAWMAKERS

found them on the isthmus of Panma
during his recent visit occupied the
senate during the greater portion of its
session today. Printed copies of the
message, handsomely bound, were
| placed on the desk of each senator and
the reading of the document was closely
| followed. Preceding the Panama mes
sage, the presidents recommendation
respecting public lands and the naval
personnel were received and read.
The senate agreed to the holiday add
journment resolution and will be in re-
cess from the end of the session Thurs
day next until January 3.
Resolutions were agreed to directing
an investigation by the department of
Commerce and Labor of the Interna-
tiona Harvester company to ascertain
whether it effects restraint of trade,
also directing the senate judiciary
committee to report what authority
congress may have under the commerce
clause of the constitution to prevent in
terstate commerce in child-inade goods.
began the last week before the Christ
mas holidays with determination to
dispose of as much legislation as possi-
bic, to make way for the more active
work which will devolve on it when
congress again conyenes. TO this end
several small bills were passed under
suspension of the rules. The Indian
appropriation bill was taken up and Is
of the 81 pages completed when it was
laid aside for the presidents message
concerning the Panama canal, which
consumed more than an hour in it's,
reading, being listened to by large
number of members
The pictorial feature of the message
afforded an opportunity for good ma
tured comment, the innovation of cuts.
in state paper being looked on with
favor. Messages from the president on
public lands and the naval personnel
were also read.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Washington, Dec. 10. - President
Roosevelt's message dealing with his
action in dismissing from the army the
negro troops of the three companies OF
the Twenty-tiith infantry furnished the
one topic OF interest in the senate's ses-
sion today. A lively debate followed
the reading of the message as to what
should be done with it.
Foraker wanted it sent to the mill
tary committee with instructions to
make further investigation, should the
committee deem it necessary. He said
that in reality much that appeared to
be testimony was not testimony, as
much of it was not under oath. On
objection from Clay, the senate post
poned action until tomorrow.
The pension calendar was cleared by
the passage of more than POO private
pension bills.
At the suggestion of Senator Lodge,
President Roosevelt's Panama message
will be printed for the senate in "nor-
NAL spelling. kittredge secured the
adoption of an order for 20, 600 copies.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27
Monday. Dec. u.

Washington, Dee. IA pictorially
illustrated message from President
Roosevelt portraying conditions as he
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27

Washington, Dec. l9.-In the house
today Lacey, OF Iowa, took pronounce
ed position in opposition to the adjourn
ment OF congress for the Christmas hol-
idays, declaring that cit is idiotic for
the house to adjourn and then jam all
legislation through under whip and
spur during the closing days
Clark, of Missouri, declared that the
statement made by Lacey about the
idiucy of adjourning for the holidays
was the most sensible thing he had said
for the past II years.
After considerable discussion on a
proposed increase OF clerks an absence
of quorum was revealed and the house
adjourned.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-27

r., 'I,u roa19pars nf the Cooks and Walters
f+ninn arainst Japanese restaurants do
tbo t6 1a9ders Of labor ORGANIZATIONS in
So Er9ncisco interviewed on this sub
iact disciaimed anv knowledge of any
fforn, a. actinn heinz taken for the boy
cotting Of these restaurants
AS a matter of fact a most effect
iva bovcott was maintained against
nearly ali of the Japanese restaurants
incatad IN San FranciscO for at least
tbree weeks Pickets we're stationed in
front of these restaurants and every eff
fort was made to prevent people from
patronizing them. At times stones We're
or two Instances the proprietors of the
restaurants were struck bv these stones.
Il am satisfied, from inquiries made
by me and from statements made to
me bv the japanese restaurant keepers,
that the throwing of stones and break
ing of windows was not done by the men
picketing the restaurants, but by young
of the restaurants as soon as the boycott
was instituted
Assaults have from time to time
been made upon Japanese subjects resi-
dent IN the city OF san Francisco.
was informed by the chief of police that
upon receipt OF COMMUNICATION from
the japanese consul he at once instruct
ed captains or police to make every Ell
fort to stop these assaults and, II nee
essary. TO assign men in citizens clothes
to accomplish the purpose.
These attacks, 50 ! am Informed,
with but one exception were made when
no policeman was in the immediate
neighborhoca. Most Of them We're made
by bows and Young men; many of them
were vicious in character, and only one
appears to have been made with a view
Of rnbbing the persons attacked All
these assaults appear to have been made
subsequent to the fire and earthquake
in San Francisco, and nv attention was
not called to any assaults made prior to
tba 1S+h dav of Anril 1qOf
II know that these assaults upon the
japanese are universally condemned by
all good citizens of California For
months the citizens of San Francisco
and oakland have been terrorized by
numerous murders assaults and rob
beries hoth ar dav and night Tho no.
lice have heen nowerless The assaults
unop tbe JaranaSe however were not
robberv hut rather from a faaIipg Of
raciaI boetiIitv Stirred M nosSjbit9 ~ m
nevcnaner ACCOUNTS Of Inaetinoe tbot
have hem held al different tirnes reia
tive to the exclusion of Jananese from,
tba T-pitad states
.,,,,-,Is -, -.
. w me Ihe Sthilnent OF lhe state or
aHIoTnla, as manlTested by the publlc
utIefanceS oI the Japanese ana Corean
EXCLUSION !edSue bE articles IN many
OF the ieddlhS newspapers IN the state,
DE qtcAar4tlonS or the polltlcal parties
IN their pIauormS, ana DN the passage
OF q JOINT resolution hE the state l"glS-
the excursion OF japanese coolies, Vet
the oNerWhelmlhg sentiment IN the state
IS LOT law ana ordcr and Tor the pro-
t'ciIpn OF JapaheSe IN their persons ana
thelr properly
The chief Of police of the city Of san
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-14
GRAPHING THE STANDARD on.


The decision of the Department of
Justice to proceed against the Stand
ard Oil under the Sherman antitrust
act is to be taken as marking in some
respects the most serious effort of the
government against great corporation
combinations in restraint of trade. 1t
follows protracted investigation and
preparation for the test of strength
between public authority and the most
formidable of all the trusts.
The Standard Oil combination was
enabled to crush competitors mainly
by transportation determinations. BY
forcing a system of sitting rebates
in its own favor 1t had in effect been
built into an irresistible monopoly be-
fore the enactment of the interstate
commerce law in 1889 and before re-
bates had been legislatively penallzed,
/ but by that time Il had acquired such
| influence in railroad transportation
! that the natural anti-rebate laws we're
evaded and nullifed indirectly almost
as completely as by the original sys-
| tenn of direct rebates. And il has been
demonstrated by the recent investiga-
| tons of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission and the Department of Com
merce that these methods were con-
tinued even after enactment of the
rate laws at the last session of con
gress 1t has, however, already
stopped innumerable determinations
manipulated in favor of the Standard
Oil. and relentless execution of the re-
bate amendments is in progress TO
prevent new evasions and stop what
may remain of the old.
But the government is now graphing
with the essential peril of this monster
combine, which still exists after so
much progress in abating the fatal
rebate evil by which 1t was built up.
AS a conspiracy it has been left in a
dominating position by its marketing
agencies and by control of rehneries,
pipe lines, oil fields, etc. II operates
VIGOROUSLY and as shown by ire
fragable proof brought out in recent
trials in Ohio and Missouri through
a multiplicity of local and even for
eign corporations. all in fact controlled
by the New Jersey corporation. as
mere parts and means Of one purpose
TO restrain trade. The national gov
eminent now proposes TO go to the
root of the question whether such an
organization can be brought within
the Sherman antitrust law declaring
illegal every contract, combination IN
the form OF trust or otherwise, or con-
spiracy in restraint Of trade or COM
merce among the several states or
with foreign nations" aud all persons
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-14

and corporations engaged therein pun
ishable and liable to interference by
injunction and other remedies More
over, both civil action for damages
and criminal prosecutions are provided
for persons who shall monopolize. or
combine or conspire with any other
person or persons, to monopolize any
part of the trade or commerce among
the several states or with foreign ma
TONS"
Obviously, If the Standard Oil can
be successfully prosecuted under this
act, its prime movers and agents pun
ished, the trust" dissolved and its
constituent corporations enjoined, SUBJ
iected to penalties and prevented from
acting in illegal concert, then few of
the many formidable corporation trade
conspiracies can withstand the ma
tional authority acting under laws al
ready on the statute book. The strug
gle will necessarily raise constitutional
issues not yet judicially settled as to
what interstate commerce compre-
bends, beyond the transportation
phase, and will carry far forward this
historic movement for equal rights and
equal opportunities in trade and in
dustry.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-14
PULLMAN STOCK WATERING JOB.

PULLMAN STOCK WATERING JOB.
The Pullman company's resolution
to issue a stock dividend of $35, 00O,-
600 accumulated surplus is nothing
more nor less than a watering Of stock
to that extent, capitalizing an earning
capacity on the basis of arbitrary
charges with disregard of their rea-
sonableness or cost of service. 1t is
in fact the elimination of a notorious
series of stock watering operations
whereby the capitalization had already
been swollen from S1,250,0O0 to $74,-
100000. BY 1893 it had reached
$40, 100000 by declarations of stock
on surplus, after per cent regular
dividends and enormous appropria-
lions for improvements had been made
out Of profits. In 1898. in addition
to per cent. a cash dividend of 20
per cent was paid and also a stock
dividend, raising the total to $4,000
900. Then the next year its sole i'm
portant competitor, the Wagner COM
pany, was absorbed on a stock basis
of $2O,0OO,OOO Since then the
charges have been such as to pay the
regular dividend of 8 per cent. and
now to accumulate. over and above
vast betterments from net earnings in
the meantime, a sheer cash surplus
Of $S5,OOO,O0O, which, If divided in
stock, will expand the capitalization to
500, 100000, on which the design is
to compel the public to continue to
pay regularly per cent dividend, with
repetition of the surplus profit proc
ess.
To all intents and purposes the Pull
man company is a monopoly, drawing
its revenues mainly from travel
across state lines. and while levying
arbitrary tribute upon the public OBJ
stinately Sinking it's share of the pub
| lie burden of taxation. This stock
watering performance, almost stimuli
taneous with the going into effect of
the new rate law, and bearing vitality
on present and future charges, would
seem to make the time ripe for ap-
plying those provisions of the amended
interstate commerce law which make
sleeping car companies common car
riers within it's meaning and subject
them to all its provisions regarding
reasonableness of charges and the au-
thority Of the national commission to
FIX rates." especially since the Pull
man monopoly has economically an
nounced its denial of the validity of
those provisions and its purpose to re-
sist their enforcement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-14
NO PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY"

NC AhbCADhNIAAL O1DABALAII'
For two or three days now the presi-
dent has been as completely outside
the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States as he will be during his
Panama trip, and even more cut of
from communication than he will be
on the isthmus itself, and yet the ma
chinery of the government operates
as smoothly and effectively as 1t would
IL he we're in Colorado or at Oyster
Bay, If not in the White House itself.
And precisely when the situation is
thus reached, in anticipation of which
the doctTinaires and sensationalists
have for weeks been splitting hairs, the
debate over disability" practically
ceases. the whole subject being seen
by everybody to have under the cir
cumstances no practical pith or mo-
ment.
The presidential succession for all
pertinent contingencies is in fact thor
oughly provided for by the eonstitu-
ton and laws and by the common
sense Of those In whose hands rests
its direction. The vice president. or
after him a series of cabinet officers,
is legally designated, each in his turn
so that in no event is there possibility
of lack of substantial executive con-
tinuity.
Meantime the president is perform
ing public duty, than which no Off
cial act could be more appropriate,
namely, impressing upon the attention
of the country the vital Importance
of the interocean waterway and in.
fusing new energy into the work of
it's construction.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-14
BRYAN AND HEARsT.

Brooklyn Eagle Qnd dem) The late
state elections smashed Hearst in New
York, and his underlings in Massachusetts,
Illinois. Ohio and California. In tying up
to Hearst's political remains Mr. Bryan
increased the reasons why the people should
smash for a third time the Organism they
have smashed twice.
New York Tribune (repD: Colonel Bryan
energies from the tuniult and the shouting
Of a defeat for his party in his own state
as 4 self-elccted elegantiOe arbiter aus
torey rebuking President Roosevelt for
bad taste" IN the late campaign II the
fact should be communicated TO the presi-
dent by wireless telegraphy we don't be-
lieve It would greatly mar the pleasure OF
mis- Panaman excursion.
New York Post tndD: The important
thing to note Is that Mr.. Bryan is at in
finite pains TO erect the political resucci-
tation Of Mr. Hearst, evidently regarding
him as a valuable ally and as a chief factor
In re-establishing democratic ascendency.
Thus a twice-defeatcd candidate calmly
ignores the verdict Of the electorate OF this
state. substituting therefor a transcendentaI
distinction between berg beaten by your
person7l enemies and beaten politica ly.
II was an Irishman who distinguished be-
tween being merely kilt" and being kit
entoirly." Mr. Bryan clearly belongs 10 the
Hibernian school Of political diagnosis.
Washington Post dndD; II Is generally
understood that Mr.. Bryan. approaching
the Importance Of a presidential c1ndi-
dates recognized ability 20 carry his own
state made an unusual EFFORT 20 recover
Netraska this year. The republican ma
iority is reported to he 1880. Inasmuch as
Mr.. Bryah's personal popularity Is conf
IDENTIFY expected 90 overshadpW and cancel
that, leaving him serene and dominent.
does II not stand 20 reason that the most
popular president The country has ever
had will be able to contemplate the limited
democratic victory in New York with COM
posurc. sulI retaining his far-to-the-front
position IN tho list Of popular American
! statcsmea7
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-14
Personal NOTES.

Simon Guggenheim 1t is expected, will
succeed Thomas M. Patterson as United
States senator from Colorado. Mr. Gug-
genheim has lived in Denver for eight
years and is only 80 years old.
DR.. James L. Simonds, one Of the oldest
dentists in the country. who has just died
at Dorchester, Mass. was the first dentist
to use ether after it's discovery. He also
claimed the distinction OF having been the
discoverer OF the porcelain tooth.
Former Postmaster General and Mrs.
James A, Gary of Baltimore will celebrate
the iftieth anniversary of their marriag e
with a dinner November 26 and reception
November q. Thirty-two members Of the
family will be present at the diner the
seven daughters appearing in their we'd
ding gowns.
Punch's fine tribute to Abraham Lincoln
C'You lay a wreath on murdered Lin
coins bier,'O whose authorship Spielmann
in his History Of Punch" ascribed to Shr-
ley Brooks. is now restored to Tom Tay-
lor, who until Spielmann's book was uni
versally credited with it. The present
authority is G.. s. Iayard, who is writing
a Life Of Shirley Brooks" and says he
has absolute proof that Taylor wrote the
poem.
While excitement regarding the Hohen-
lobe memoirs Is still rife in EIrope there
Is subdued talk in British military circles
regarding the forthcoming appearance of a
book which will contain some Of the late
duke Of Cambridge's voluminous and ex-
ceedingly frank correspondence. A dhiry
kept by Emperor Frederick Of Germany is
in safe keeping in England and the day
may not be far distant when It also will
he published. Correct answers to numerous
historical enigmas may be expected from
such a publication.