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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1910)
-12 MAYOH SIMON OUT; . - WEIHSTEIH ON JOB Newsboy Becomes Portland's :. Executive Today With Troubles to Solve. HOT FINISH IN ELECTION it Inauguration and Banquet at Port land Hotel One of Greatest Events In City's History $1500 Secured for Boys' Home. TODAY'S PROGRAMME FOR BOY CARNIVAL. 10 A. M. Meeting of Boy Mayor and Council at City Hall. 2 P. M. Parade through streets to Multnomah Field. "2:00 P. M. Sports at Multnomah Weld. Exhibition game of Australian football. Portland Newsboys vs. Co lumbia Park team In baseball game. 8:15 P. M. Vaudeville entertain ment by Columbia Park Club at Portland Theater. San "Weinstein, newsboy", is Mayor of Portland today. Joseph Simon, elected Mayor by the people of Portland a year ago, turned over; the keys of the city to the boy Mayor last night, and with it turned over a series of perplexing questions for the :.boy to settle with the aid of his council. The inauguration, following closely upon the heels of an election as dramatic in its climax as anything ever seen In Portland, took place at the Portland Hotel in the presence of the visiting boys front the Columbia Park Club, of San Francisco, a number of invited guests and 'a great delegation of newsboys who crowded the entrances to the big dining rooni to see their candidate assume the reins of office. Great Event Witnessed. Tt !was a great event, this stepping into office of a child of 16 years of age. With a voice shaking with emotion, and some embarrassment, young Weinsteln ac cepted the key to the city and thanked his co-workers in the campaign and prom ised to do what he could for the boys of Portland. The newsboy was elected by a scant "margin of 1311 votes out of over 150.000 votes- which were cast. "Bud" Krlbs, now..jt member of the boy council, gave the newsboy a good race. When the polls opened in the morning Weinsteln held a lead, of over 3000'votes. This was at once overcome by a man who was at the polls who deposited enough to put Krlbs in the lead Gold and checks were gathered by the-wewsboys for thousands of votes, but whenever the newsboy would get ahead the lead would at once be overcome by more votes for Kribs, voted by this same man. who withheld his Identity. As it drw near for the time of clos ing the polls the scenes around the Chamber of Commerce building, which were the headquarters, resembled a riot. Krlbs Jumped far ahead, in fact, almost 20.000 votes to the good. The newsboys were almost despondent and fairly forced every Individual they could find to go to the- voting booth and cast ballots for their co-worker. Then a purse of $200 was raised by some of the prominent friends of the -newsboys and this was deposited just before the closing of the polls and left Sam Weinstein 1311 votes ahead. Just as the "man of mystery" was stepping forward to register an addi tional 2000 votes. When it was an nounced that the voting was over the man showed himself to be working for charity more than for the election of his boy friend by depositing the J-'O for the fund. ;j ? $1500 Is Secured. In all, between $1500 and $1600 was re ceived from the contest. -This fund will act as the nucleus for the $10,000 rfund for -building a home for boys in Portland, similar to that in San Francisco. Immediately follDwing- the announce ment of the contest. the boy Mayor and his Council were taken as guests to a luncheon at the Meier & Frank restaur ant, given by the Meier & Frank Com pany. The Council and the votes cast for them are as follows: Sm Weinstein. ,M.580 votes; "Bud" Kribs, oO.iu votes; Frederick Porter. 1 1,31)4 votes; George Colton. 7SW1 votes: Niel Malarkey. TltiS votes; Lester Oakley, 6215 votes; Moses feaohs. 51t5 votes; Harold Meier, 4S8 votes; Dan, Tarpley. 4819 votes. Third place was taken by a dark horse, Frederick Porter, the son of Johnston Porter, railway contractor of Porter Bros. Young Porter, who is 16 years old. was nominated by the Failing school with 125 votes last Thursday. The boy says his father is out of the city or he might have been elected. Little Lester Oakley, who is 11 years old. deserves a great deal of credit for taking . sixth place. He went into the fight aided by no coterie of wealthy friends or rela tives but had his sisters canvas the . streets for him. He wanted to be elected to tlie Council and succeeded. J. Band Concert Surprise. A -great surprise was given early last evening when the band of the Columbia i Park Club gave a concert in the court of the Portland Hotel. Following the concert was the ban quet and inauguration at the Portland Hotel. The toastmaster at the ban quet was Frank B. Riley. Mr. Riley introduced Mayor -Simon as the ex Mayor of Portland. His honor replied with the principal address of the even ing. Mayor Simon said: "In the light of my. official demise I am hardly the person to congratulate the new Mayor. We are, however, in deed pleased to have the Mayor of San Francisco with us with all the young visitors from the Bay City. I congratu late the youngster, and from what 1 have seen of him, I am sure he is a most worthy successor of Mayor Mc Carthy. As the deposed Mayor of Portland and as my last official duty, I wish to extend to all the visitors a cordial and . hearty welcome, and ex tend you all the freedom of the city. I am" not Just clear what the .'freedom of the city is, but whatever it Is, you have it. I certainly hope you will have a pleasant stay among us." Sidney S. Peixotto. head of the Co lumbia Park Boys' Club of Sa-n Fran cisco, then spoke. He said in part: "The idea of boys' work is a new one. We originated it in SanFrancisco and feel complimented that" you are following our example. I wish to con gratulate you on your choice of boy Mayor. From what I have seen of the boy chosen, it shows that capable boys are to be found in every city. In making the formal presentation of the keys of the city to the boy Mayor, Mayor Simon said: "Mayor" Weinsteln Gets City's Keys -I wish to congratulate the boy Just elected Mayor of this city. I especially wish to commend him because be haa PORTRAIT OF BOY MAYOR OF PORTLAND AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET AND (ABOVE) AUTO ... a MOBILE BEARING THEM ON TOUR OF CITY. ill v w JrA ' - 3 irt str -"" T .-wf- Ef ' Willi 3 ty tit-v J-1 1 u.,. .. .. a k u I 1 - " ytT Ulr.li'.l- Tim mil in i i fe-p K-rb P BOURNE TOES SPEECH discarded the vicious practices of direct primary, assembly, and so on and has bought every vote honestly. I know the boy will prove worthy and I wish to sug gest that he come to the City Hall early tomorrow morning and take up several matters which I have on my blotter to be settled. I intended to fettle these mat ters today but was disturbed and had to put them off until tomorrow. "Among the things which I intended settling tomorrow and which will now have to "be settled by "Mayor" Weinstein is the completion of the Broadway bridge. I suggest that he call on Frank Kiernan, R. R. Dunnlway and C. K. Henry before he comes in and show them the necessity of dropping the opposition to the bridge. I intended to do this but didn't find time. Then the boys might buy Council Crest for the City Park. That haa b?en a source of trouble for some time and should be settled at once. While they are buying thoy might also gq down and buy a piece of property, or a string- of properties for public docks. That I ex pect you to do tomorrow. "While you are at it you might regulate the dancehall evil, determine the great question of 'What is a sandwich, that we may tell Jut the difference between a restaurant and a drinking palace, settle the teamster's strike and call on the 477 people on the East Side who want streets improved. Do all these things now. I'd like to have them all cleared up by the end of the week when I may have to go back to the City Hall. A red-headed wo man called me up today to have a cow removed from her yard. I know she was red-headed from the way her voice sounded over the telephone. Well, you might quiet her, with the aid of your council. Mayor Simon Gives Advice. "Just a word of warning about councils. I have had some dealings with these men and know what to expect from them. Take my advice and give them every thing they ask for and when you have finished they will ask for more. "Here is the key to the city and to my office. Take it and discharge your duties well. I know you will. Ssttle the big questions for me and reign as well as you may." The boy Mayor, Sam Weinstein, then took the key and made his speech of acceptance and thanks. The boy Mayor of San Francisco, Ben ny Katz, then spoke. The little fel low proved himself to be tn easy speaker and told of his experiences in San Francisco. Following him, Wal lace McCamant entertained with some good stories and then R. L. Sabin spoke on the schools, Inviting the visi tors to visit the trade - schools during the week. The last address of the evening was delivered .by Rev. Father McDevitt. Ben Selling Relates Career's Start. AValter Holt, president of the Mult nomah Club, who was one of the speak ers, extended to the visiting young sters the freedom of the clubhouse. Ben Selling, who, while not at the banquet, was espied standing in the corridor of the hotel, related an interesting ac count of how he earned his first money. "It was during the stirri:.g times of the Civil War." said Mr. Selling, "and news in Portland was very scarce. Oc casionally, l.owever. The Oregonian would get some news, and then an extra would be issued. I sold the papers and in that way made my first money. To day I have some money over $1000 anyway and after all of my experience, there is one thought I would impress upon you. That is to be honest. Be criticallly honest and industrious and you will be successf ull." Definite Policy Outlined. Boy Mayor Weinstein, and his coun cil of 8 other youngsters, disclosed a policy last night. In outlining his policy, "Mayor" Weinstein said: "We are going to suggest that the outdoor gymnasiums be pushed in Port land. We want a space reserved in every park for the children. We want the public baths started again. A. lot of the fellows get drowned in the river now who wouldn't if they had the baths with some one to watch over them. I want to see the city buy Council Crest and put a park there with a large space for the children. Another thing we want is to have the curfew hour changed from 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock in the evening. That doesn't seem too late." His honor, the boy "Mayor," is sued a proclamation last night order ing every city and county official to take part in the parade this afternoon. This parade starts at 2 o'clock from Fifteenth and Washington streets. The participants will assemble at 1:45 at Fifteenth and Burnside streets, march down Washington street to Third street, up Third to Morrison street and then up Morrison street to the Mult nomah field, where the great carnival of sports will take place. Police to Head Parade. This parade will be headed by the mounted police. Then will come a platoon of police followed by the police band, after which will be the "boy Mayor" and his council in their private automobile. Then will come the Hunt Club members mounted and the city arfd county officials in automobiles. Follow-, ing will be the band of the Columbia Park Boys' Club, after which will follow the newsboys of the city and other attrac tions. At Multnomah Field will be the prin cipal feature of sports of the week. There will be an exhibition game of Australian football by the San Francisco boys. Following this the visitors will play baseball with the Portland news boys. In the evening the Columbia Park boys will present -a vaudeville entertainment at the Portland Theater. This show has been given by these boys 132 times during their 30,000-mile tour of the Soutn Seas and Australia. The entertainment will consist of music by the band, singing by the San Francisco boys, musical acts, comic acts, skits, dancing features, play lets, farces and athletic and tumbling ex hibitions. One of the features will be a series of comic boxing events in which the main go will be between '"Jack John son" and "Jim Jeffries," Ben Katz, "boy Mayor" of San Francisco, taking the part of Johnson, and Robert Haymes imper sonating Jeffries. Beer, $1 doz. quarts delivered to your home. Spring Valley Wine Co. SENATOR DECLARES EFFORT MADE TO DISHONOR 'STATE. Illinois People Are Warned Against Half-Way System of Popular izing Elections. PEORIA. 111., June 27. United States Senator Bourne, of Oregon, speaking to. night at the meeting in the interest of good government, charged that efforts had been made, at the time of the Sena torial primary- election in Oregon, to "dls honor the state and its public service." "During the session of the Legisla ture, said Mr. Bourne, an ex-Govern ment official, an assistant to the chair man of the Republican Xational commit tee, appeared in Oregon and, I am in formed, promised Federal appointments to legislative members if they would disregard their statement No. 1 pledges to the electorate. "The effort was made by the enemies of the law to create the impression that by this person's relation with the chair man of the Republican National com mittee during the National campaign, he would be able to deliver their promised appointments in case the No. 1 sub scribers sold their honor and betrayed their trust." Speaking directly to the people of 111! nois, Mr. Bourne said that it is for the voters of that state to determine whether they want a popular selection of United States Senators, but he warned them against any half-way system. This, hi declared, would only result in dlssatis faction and probably corruption. Senator Bourne said if his hearers wished to destroy the power of the po Iitlcal machine, abolish the convention system and establish the popular selec tion of United States Senators, they should inaugurate a system which takes away from the Legislature the righ to do more than ratify an act of the people at a general election. Senator Bourne described the much discussed Oregon System, which he de clared to be the best system of popular government in the world and which,, he said, constituted absolute government by the people. "People are not only intelligent, but The Announcement of ROTHSCHILD BROS. 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Catalog and information on request. oMOTOR CARS 0 THE MAV QE Vl J WHO OWNS IV U. ONI" Frank C. Riggs i . Seventh and Oak Streets. After about July lo in our new Packard service build ing, Cornell Road. Twenty-third and Washington streets. Main 4542, A 1127. fair and honest," said Senator Bourne. "When initiative end referendum were under discuasison it was freely predicted by enemies of popular government that power would be abused and that capital ists would not invest their money in a state where property would be subject to attacks of popular passion and tem porary whims. Experience has exploded this argument." , The speaker then dwelt a.t length on various features of the Oregon system and continued : "Plainly stated, the aim and purpose of the Oregon law is to destroy an Irre sponsible political machine and to put all elective officers In the state In direct touch with the people as the real source of authority; in short, to give direct and full force to the ballot of every indi vidual elector in Oregon and to elim inate dominance of corporate influence in the administration of public affairs." Petroleum on Lower Columbia. ASTORIA, Or., June 27. (Special.) There is on exhibition in this city two ancient-looking little vials containing liquids that may mean immense busi ness to the lower Columbia River dis trict. One -ial is full of a thick, white liquid that was procured in the Nasel district and the other was originally the same, but the latter being sub jected to a hisrh heat carries on the sur face nearly one ciuarter of crude ne-J troleum. The process of separating! this was crude, .but shows the nnasiJ billtles of oil-bearing land and it wai only taken from drainage. " i Silver Beach Park Oiven Away, i EELL1NGHAM, Wash.. June 27 Mrs. oenevieve Phipps, of Denver, ha agreed to give Silver Beach Park, wnne city resort on Lake Whatcom, li the Bellingham Chautauqua Associai tion, to be maintained as a memorial to her father, Clarence H. Chandler who recently dropped dead while preJ paring to open the resort for the sea' son. The property is valued at $50,000.1 Yellowstone in ant excursion Saturday, July 9, 1910 (Leaving Portland at 10 P. M ) via the' Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. AND Oregon Short Line Special Round Trip $ Rate from Portland GOOD FOR RETURN UNTIL OCTOBER 31 Which includes rail transportation to and from Yellowstone Park; stage transportation through the Park; all meals and lodgings at Park hotels during the five days' tour. Grandest Scenic Trip in the World Embracing stops at the famous Park Hotels, seeing the Geysers, "Mountains, Lakes, Cataracts, Canyons, Buffalo, Elk, Bear and other animals in their wild state. INTERESTING SIDE TRIPS AT SMALL EXPENSE Parties desiring to return via Salt Lake through California can do so for $29.00 additional, or $108.75 from Portland. THE FINEST EQUIPPED TRAIN IN THE WEST will be provided for this event, and will include Pullman Sleepers, Diner, Parlor Observation Car, and all the latest conveniences that go to make the trip juleasant and comfortable. Full details, with pamphlet descriptive of the trip, map of the Park, etc., can be obtained by writing to our City Ticket Agent, Third and Washington Streets, Portland, Oregon, or to Wm. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent