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CITY COURI
25th YEAR.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 13, 1908
No 44,
DEMOCRATS HAVE
GREAT LOVE FEAST
Three Hundred Banqueted at Will
amette Hall Thursday Night.
MANY NOTED SPEAKERS PRESENT
Notable for Its Harmonizing Effect A. Banquet of
tie People Excellent Music by Port
land Orchestra.
The Democrats of Clackamas Coun
ty have banqueted, tipped the flowing
bowl, listened to eloquent speeches,
laugher at toasts so full of humor
and wit, enjoyed the dryness of ver
satile toastmaster, drank In the
strains of music superb, shook hands
with many Democratic friends and
some Republicans and jostled Jolly
ingly against each other till there
was not much more to be done. And
all the same evening, Thursday, of
last week.
At eight the chimes rang out and
the crush began, and It was uncer
tain for a time whether standing room
was to be obtained or not, which re
sulted In setting many places the sec
ond time. About three hundred were
present and a more jolly, enthusiastic
assemblage has never graced our city.
To eat and sip were first in order
and when the body had been supplied
with oysters and salads and fruits
and various other tempting dish03,
with an unlimited supply of cognac
de orange, attention was turned to
the table of Honorables, a regular
Hall of Fame. There sat in the cen
ter our Governor, George E. Cham
berlain, to his right Mayor Carll, then
came Frederick V. Holman of Port
land, Col. Robert A. Miller of Port
land, one uf Clackamas county s hon
orable sons, Judge Wm. Foley of
Portland, W. B. Dillard, of St. Helens,
Senator J. E. Hedges, together with
ex-Mayor Caufield, Superintendent T.
J. Gary, Mr. H. L. Kelly, and many
other notables from this city. At right
Wherever Wheels Turn
Electric Motors are Needed
No matter what they drive or where
they are
These
Anyone using power can profit
by consulting
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.
S.G. MILLER, Ment
Oregon Gity, Oregon
angles with this table were arranged
three very long tables where county
Democrats with a good sprinkling of
Republicans were seated. To tart
the ball rolling Mayor Carll after first
paying his respects to the press, an
nounced there would be no set toasts,
but that Democracy should reign su
preme, first, last and all the time. He
announced that the first speaker would
be one the people assemble'! all
knew, loved and admired, anil that
he would not have to mention his
name, Governor Chamberlain taking
the cue arose amid continued ap
plause. The distinguished gentleman
complimented those who made the
banquet a success, spoke In jxalting
terms of the City and the peop'e who
have made it the leading industrial
city of the Northwest. He thougnt
these banquets did not come often
enough that they should be held vory
week If possible and at least .jnce a
month, for many of the distinguished
gentlemen at his side including him
self were ever on the alert for such
free dinners, and that they could not
come often enough, which remark
caused considerable merriment. He
spoke in very sure terms of the Stand
ard Bearer who led the hosts in WOO
and that he is the chosen one to load
again In the coming conflict. The
men sent to Washington must repre
sent the people and not special In
terests, that the eyes of the world
were on the good state of Oregon in
Its new legislation for the people's
rights to rule, and the putting out of
A Saving in Power A Reduction in Expense
An Increase in Output. An Improvement in Pro
duct Some Decided Improvement Always Results
When Electric Motors Turn the Wheels.
Benefits are especially
valuable to
Bakers, Blacksmiths, Bottlers, Butchers, Confect
ioners, Contractors, Dentists, Dressmakers, Grocers,
Launderers, Housekeepers, Jewelers, Machinests,
Printers, Woodworkers.
commission the machine, tabooing the
convention system as a thing of the
past. He asked the very pertinent
question what excuse could be of
ferer against Statement ..No. 1, ad
monishing the men to stand by their
guns, and not recede from the very
important position they now occupi
ed. Then followed toasts by several
gentlemen which were greatly apprec
iated. W. B. Dillard made some ref
erences that were pleasing about the
"Asg and the Elephant," and referred
to Fulton as the snake that wriggles
in and wiggles out and leaves a tellow
In doubt whether he's going north
or coming back, with apologies to
Darius Green. He reached the climax
of his talk when he stated that men
should prize manhood above money
and country above all.
F. V. Holman was the life of the
round table, his wit and humor keep
ing the house in an uproar from start
to finish. He believes we would still
be In darkness had not Lincoln
"Stuff-um" informed us that U'Ren
had forged out our course on the an
vil. J. E. Hedges, jthe boy senator of the
Willamette with his usual entertain
ing manner, Impressed upon the minds
of the Democrats that to judge un
wisely the men for the various of
fices was political suicide, and from
Information from many he had made
up his mind that if the Democrats
select good men for the ticket that
they will have a good show of being
elected, in fact he believed a great
many Republican would vote the
straight Democratic ticket at the
coming election, but it all rested on
the selection of our finest men.
Barrister Foley warmed up to the
point from the start and it s thought
for a time that he would make an ef
fort to embrace the Republicans pres
ent, but it soon became apparent that
he merely Intended to congratulate
the Republicans present because they
were not following the policy that
had led the other half into jail, and
that he was glad that they were fall
ing in line with the Democrats, and
admonished all present to luve each
other and help each other have a
good, clean and decent government.
Col. Robert Miller, the boy orator
of Clackamas, dwelt at length upon
the two parties. and what they repre
sented, showing how far the Repub
lican party had wandered from its
original Jeffersonian doctrine in the
past thirty or forty years, and how the
present disintegration of that party
was caused by the very fact of their
growth towards an absolute monarchy.
He eulogized two of our martyred
presidents whose pictures hanging on
the banquet wall together with Dew
ey's picture sugeated the thought that
they were all Democrats. His opinion
of Statement No. 1 was also of great
COURIER TWO
Interest to all thinking people, "we
are on the road to good government,
don t let the movement be wrested
from you by any trickery or false
moves, and let us build up the greatest
empire the world ever knew."
The evening was enlivened through
out with most excellent musie by an
orchestra under the direction of A.
L. Brittlng of Portland, playing many
fine selections and up to the times
trap drummers work, greatly to the
COUNTY GRANGE
CONVENTION
FORTY-ONE DELEGATES CONVENE
TO ELECT STATE DELEGATES
FOR MAY CONVENTION.
MANY GRANGERS HERE
List of Delegates Present They
Look After Many Business
Matters While in The
Falls City.
The meeting of the delegates of
Clackamas County Granges that
Secretary Mrs. Mary E. Howard oc
curred in the Court House Tuesday af
ternoon, the convention being called
to order at 1 p. m., and T. F. Ryan
was elected President of the meeting
and C. E. Spence, secretary. The
regular routine of convention pre
senting of credentials and listing of
delegates occupying less than two
hours. The following were elected
to represent Clackamas county at the
State Convention which is scheduled
to occur the Becond Tuesday in May,
at Eugene: James Shibley and Mrs.
Mary Shibley, Springwater Grange
No. 263; A. J. Thompson and Mrs.
Ella A. Thompson, Oswego Grange,
No. 175; Mrs. L. L. Irwin, and R. E.
Irwin, 20th Century Grange No. 341;
T. F. Ryan and Mrs. Inez Ryan, War
ner Grange, No. 117; W. W. Evart,
and Annie Evart, Molalla Grange No.
310.
Mrs. Mary Howard, State Secretary,
was present as well as many who are
prominent in the good work. Seven
teen granges of the county of which
sixteen were represented by 41 dele
gates who with their respective
Granges.x follow;
Twentieth Century Grange No. 341
W. S. Tull, H. T. Melvin, Mrs. L. L.
Irwin.
Abernethy Grange No. 346 Julia J.
Tingle,.
- Milwaukie Grange No. 2G8 Mr. J.
S. Casto, Mrs. M. D. Reid, Richard
Scott.
Clackamas Grange No. 298 L. D.
Jones, Mrs. Emma Jones, Mrs. M. C.
Hayward.
Tualatin Grange No. Ill T. L. Tur
ner, Fred Elllgsen.
Harding Grange No. 122 W. P. Kir
chem, A. A. Allen, O. D. Robbins.
Maple Lane Grange No. 296 Mrs.
Louise Beard, Mrs. Mary Shelly, A. J.
Lewis.
Garfield Grange No. 317 F. M. Gill.
Damascus Grange No. '260 J. D.
Chitwood, H. Briethaupt, J. F. Teevin.
Eagle Creek Grange No. 297 F. W.
Bates, Lee Bartlemay, M. V. Thomas.
Molalla Grange No. 310 J. W.
Thomas, Ray Daugherty, W. W. Ever
hart. Springwater Grange No. 2G3
James Shibley, Ed. Closner Edwin
Bates.
Central Grange No. 27C C. E.
Spence, Wm. Grisenwaite.
Warner Grange No. 117 Thomas F.
Ryan, R. S. Coef J. Hylton.
Molalla No. 40 Pierce Wright, C.
M. Daniels.
Oswego Grange No. 175 Paul Dick
inson, Mrs. H. W. Ewing, Mrs. M. A.
Gage.
amusement of all. .
The committee who had the full
arrangement of the banquet under
their charge are to be congratulated
upon the great success the affair at
tained, not onlly in point of attend
ance and enthusiasm, but success in
harmonizing party feeling, which was
a most noticable feature of the even
ing, really a Joint meeting of Demo
crats and Republicans who are be
coming more and more closely ce
mented together to fight the coming
battle for people's rights under the
Democratic flag.
REV. T. F. BOWEN
ON CHRISTIAN FAITH
SUNDAY EVENING'S SERMON AT
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.
The Christian Faith.
"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:31.
i ho frmirM a cnod fleht. I have
finished my course, I have kept the
faith." 2 Tim. 4:7.
The term "Faith" Is used in the
new testament In two senses. .
1 Qnm ptimfis It denotes an attitude
of the soul toward God one of trust,
,.fi,lonro on1 pnmmittal. For ln-
l.UllUUI.llVi', W"U
stance, we find such passages as these
"Thy faith hath saveu wee, me
Just shall live by faith." "Without
faith it Is Impossible to please God.'
Which is equivalent to saying "Thy
trust In God and commiuai oi
to Him hath saved thee." "The just
ov,oii live hv his confidence In God."
Without confidence in God it is im
possible to please Him.
But the term has another meaning,
o ivomiontiv It denotes a body of
truth, what we today call a creed. Of
this mennine we have instances in
...nh naaaaapa ns these: "In the latter
day some shall depart from the faith."
'I have kept the raitn. mere i
'one Lord, one faith, one baptism."
it ia r.f thio "Fnlh" I wish to speak
and we notice that these passages of
scripture and many similar passages
teaches us that there was in the
church In the days of St. Paul and oth
ers, a body of truth known as "the
faith. The apostle Juda exhorts cer
tain ChrlaHnnH tn whom he writes to
contend earnestly for it, for in those
early days there were some wno uiea
to subvert the faith.
st Paul writes to the Christians at
Rome about "the form of doctrine de
livered unto them," and thanks uoa
they have obeyed. In the book of Rev
elations Jesus commends the Church
at Perganos because it has not denied
the faith.
What was that faith, and where did
the church obtain it? The apostle
says it was "delivered to the Saints,
And who think you delivered it?
What authority was it that Imposed
on the early church its faith? No one
else but the Son of God. It was the
Lord Jesus who gathered his follow'
ers about him and joined them into a
society, instructed them in the things
concerning the Kingdom of God, and
finally sent them out with a commiS'
sion to go and teach the nations. The
church went Into the world as the au
thorized representative of God. The
custodian of the faith, "The pillar and
ground of the truth."
The question we are Interested in
is this: What wasvthe faith of the
first Christians? Such a faith we may
be sure would be jealously guarded so
that future generations might possess
It. The church In all the ages would
want to be sure that it had the faith
of the apostles. Christians were urg
ed to "hold it fast," to "contend" for
It, and St. Paul at the close of his
life rejoiced that he had "kept the
faith."
Is there then in the historic church
any body of truth, any summary of
teaching which has come down to us
through the ages? Without doubt we
have such a faith. We have it in the
creeds of the church. The apostles
creed as existed in its present form for
fifteen hundred years and is found in
substance in a document of the second
century.
In the early days of Christianity it
was committed to memory by the cat
echumens or candidates for church-
membership. Beyond doubt it con
tains the faith of the early christians.
But some may say, "I do not need
the church nor its creed. I can study
the new testament and find the faith
for myself."
This suggests a question, "What is
the new testament and how did you
get it?" Jesus did not write -a line.
And when the apostles went forth to
preach the gospel and plant the
church they had no new testament.
But they did have the Christian faith.
Peter and James and John were as
competent to teach the religion of
Jesus as any modern preacher.
Chrisianity is not the religion of a
book. It is the religion of a person
the Lord Jesus Christ. The apostles
were his pupils, and when He left
them He gave them the Holy Spirit
to lead them into all the truth.
"What then," someone asks, Is the
new testament?
It is a collection of letters written
by the apostles to certain congrega
tions and individuals and a few brief
accounts of the life of Jesus. The
new testament contains Borne of the
literature of the early church.
It was not written to teach the
Christian faith, for all those to who
it was addressed were already chris
tian believers. Written by the first
christians under the guidance of the
Holv Snlrit it has been a guide for
all later ages of the church, and that
portion of the church which we repre
sent teaches nothing as necessary to
salvation that cannot be proven by
holv scripture.
It Is not true to fact, however, to
say, as is sometimes said, that the
church and the faith rest on the new
testament. The opposite ia true. 1 he
new testament rests on the Church
and comes to us stamped with the
marks of her authority. She existed
and was powerful for good before the
new testament was written and would
doubtless survive though that best
of all books were destroyed.
"Now therefore ye are no. more
strangers and foreigners but fellow
citizens with the saints, and of the
household of God and are built upon
the foundations of .the apostles, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief corner
stone." Eph. 2:19-20.
MAYOR LANE'S DEFAMERS GIVEN
SHORT SENTENCE.
E. E. Radding and Mrs. Belle Way
mire Not Yet Behind trie Bars
Case to Go to Supreme
Court.
That the funds of the Radding
Waymler defamation case, In Port
land, are not entirely gone, is evi
denced by the filing of notice of ap
peal to the Supreme Court, Immedi
ately following the sentence which
was imposed upon the pair Tuesday
by Judge Gantenbeln. E. E. Radding
receiving an order to go to the county
Jail for six months and Mrs. Belle
Waymlre a four months' sentence.
This conviction of conspiring to do
fame the reputation of Mayor Lane
will not end the matter, as is now in
dicated, and chances are they will
neither see prison cells.
CHIEF ENGINEER C. E. BURNS, JR.
TO BE GUEST OF
HONOR.
Mayor Carll Will Preside as Toast
master, and Entire Fire Depart
ment Will Be Pres
ent. Columbia hook and ladder company.
No. 1, will give a banquet in honor of
Chief Engineer C. E. Burns, Jr., an
old and esteemed member of that com
pany, April 3. The mayor and city
council and the entire flie department
of the city will be the guests of the
company. Mayor Carll will preside
as toastmaster.
Whipple Nash Dies at 8prlngwater.
Whipple Nash, one of Clackamas
county's highly respected and well-to-do-farmers,
who has resided In this
county for the past 30 years, died on
Monday evening at the home of his
son, William Nash, at Springwater.
Deceased has been sick only a short
time with paralysis, and his death was
a surprise to his large circle of friends
througheut the county. Mr. Nash also
leaves a married daughter, who re
sides at Dodge. The funeral took
place from the Dodge school house on
Wednesday afternoon and was large
ly attended. Rev. Marts, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, officiated.
The remains were interred In the
Springwater cemetery.
A man in Iowa wants to be King of
Servia. At leant this Is something
new in the way of suicide mania.
THE REAL FATHER
OF REFERENDUM
Max Burgholzer
That
IN FARMERS' ALLIANCE PLATFORM
Story of Who's Who! and Why? By One Who
Knows From Molalla River of Many
Sources.
Seeking to answer the question
"Who Is the father of the Referen
dum?" one Is reminded of the obser
vation of Alexander Del Mar, that
"Searching for the beginning of a cus
tom is like tracing a river to its
source; we soon discover that it has
not one source but many." A like
difficulty Is encountered in definitely
marking the boundaries of credit to be
assigned to the so-called discoverers
of great scientific or economic truths,
for as Robert Rives La Monte has re
cently pointed out and termed "tho
law of double or multiple discovery,"
that, "When the conditions are ripe,
the new idea always occurs to more
than one man, that is, the same condi
tions and facts force the Bame idea up
on different minds," and cites, as in
stances, the simultaneous Independent
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Max Burgholzer, the Pioneer of Direct
Legls lation in Oregon.
rllspnvprv nf tliA "thp.nrv nf natural
selection" by Alfred Russell Wallace
and Charles Darwin, and also the dis
covery or recognition of the three
basic theories of "scientific" socialism
by Karl Max and Frederick Engels.
Aitnough it is quesuonauie u mis
thfinrv nf "mnltlnln iliscnverv" can be
elevated to the dignity of a law, cer
tain it Is that Direct Legislation is not
the product or one man's orain, uui
la rather a erowth not Invented by
anyone but aided and directed by
many. While having existed In a more
or less crudo form from the earliest
antiquity In the German states ana
probably In Greece and Rome; Direct
LmrlslaHnn as now understood and
applied Is of comparatively modern or
igin for even in Switzerland, the bo
called home of the Referendum, the
federal Referendums date only from
1874 and the federal initiative irom
1891. True, tho nractice was applied
somewhat earlier in ninny of the caii
tons, or states, but as late as 1860 only
about one-third of the Swiss possessed
the Referendum.
Who was the "Father of the Refer
endum?" Hard to tell, because there
were so many, but the one who per
haps nearest deserves the title, and
nhnsfi writines most influenced the
Swiss legislators, was Martin Ritting-
hausen, a German social reformer, wno
published In Paris, In 1850, that series
nf arttflpfl pn titled "Direct Leglsla-'
tion by the People," which, published I
in book form, stand today as models
of literary and economic merit. But
t wnmior fmm the text. Come to our
own state, who was the pioneer of the
Oregon movement? was it w. .
U'Ren, or Alfred Luelllng, or L. H.
MnMahan. or V. S. Vandorberg? None
of these, although each, as well as doz
ens of others too numerous to men
tion, rendered valuable Bervlce. No,
"Father of the Referendum In
Oregon; who made the first clearly de
fined effort to popularize tne -swish
System" preceding these others near
ly a year and whose name should al
ways be held in greatful remembrance
is Max Burgholzer, formerly of Bux
ton, Washington Co., now of Eugene.
Proof? Plenty. The files of the "N.
W. Reform Journal," afterwards the
"Farmers Journal" published in Port
land by T. H. McGUI, are evidence wai
Max Burgholzer antedated by a year
those who received tholr inspiration
from J. W. Sullivan's "Direct Legisla
tion" (not published till 1892), and
made the first systematic agitation of
the Democrltic form of government in
Oregon.
A sketch of the Swiss system In a
California labor paper first set him
thinking along these lines and he soon
began "hammering away," as no ex
nrpqqpd it on his new hobby: sub
scribing for Swiss periodicals, trans
Best Entitled To
Honor.
lating and adapting to Oregon condi
tions. One of his first articles, the
earliest that I have, was "Defects In
our Constitution," published In the
"Reform Journal" of May 2, 1891. July
25, same year, argument for Incorporat
ing Direct Legislation in state plat
form of Farmers Alliance, also sug
gestion for equal suffrage, with educa
tional test for voters. August 15 let
ter on money question. Aug. 29, oue
on "Referendum." Sept. 5, another
"Referendum" letter, giving some
Swiss political history, also showing
uselessnes of our Institution of state
senates and urging abolition of same.
April, 1892, letter on "Land Loans,"
closing with Direct Legislation argu
ment and urging his readers to send
for Sullivan's book (just published).
July 21, 1893, letter on Banks and Tax
es. Aug. 25, same year, began series
of articles on "Initiative and Referen
dum," running for several months.
Later he wrote for the "Hlllsboro Dem.
ocrat," then the "Missouri World," and
other Populist papers, also the 'Cap
ital Journal" (Col. Hofer's paper),
where he punctured that notorious
windbag. Dr. Driver, who was talking
against Direct Legislation. But his ef
forts have not been confined to writ
ing by any means, for instance in the
campaign of I9 W hy made a house-to-house
canvcas of his county (Washing
ton) distributing literature and talking
Direct Legislation. So that Oregon
was permeated to some extent with
Direct Legislation Ideas before Sulli
van's book was ever published to such
an extent that, I am Informed, was
owing to the Influence of the Oregon
delegation and Nathan Pierce In par
ticular that Direct Legislation . was
recognized In the Omaha' platform of
July, 1892.
So much for Max Burgholzer'a work,
now a few words In closing about the
Lman hlmsolf. Like Rlttenhausen, hlr
illustrious preuecessor, in tne cause oi
good government, Max Burgholzer Is
also of German stock, worthy descend
ants of those liberty-loving barbarians
who stood beside Armenians in those
gloomy German forests nineteen hun
dred years ago, when the mighty Ro
man army went down to defeat and an
nihilation bofore the Northern fury.
Barbarians? Yes, but free barbarians,
those of whom Henry George says
"The beams of Liberty glinted from
tho shields of German warriors and
Augustus wept his legions." The sub
ject of this sketch was born and rais
ed on a farm In Bavaria, a little more
than fifty yearB ago, and after Berving
In the German army, took a trjp
through England, Ireland, Holland,
Belgium and Austria, came to the Unit
ed States In 1SS1; Bpent sevon years
as a Hour miller, two years In aw
mills and logging camps, two summeri
on a steamboat and the remaining tlmt
farming. This is the story of the pio
neer of Direct Legislation In Oregon.
Why Is It askod If he has done so much
is he not bettor known? First, be
cause most of the papers he contribut
ed to were not of general circulation;
socond, because he has not been before
the people in a public capacity; tnira,
and perhaps most Important, because
he has never Bought notoriety, 'play
ed to the gallery," nor advertised him
self In any way, for this soldier, miller,
logger, Bteamboatman, farmer and
Tom Watson Populist Is modest and,
on his Lane county farm, remains con
tent to "hammer away" In tho cause
and loavo the glory to those who care
more for it. But, if justice Is done,
when the historian of tho future writes
the Oregon reform movement, promi
nent among the names of the truly
great, should rank that of modest, un
assuming Max Burgholzer.
GEO. OGLE,
Molalla, Or., March 6, 1908.
ECCENTRIC MAN'8 WILL.
The last will and testament of Til
mon Ford, late of Salem, was admitted
tn nrnhntn Vrlilav. The estate con
sists of real and personal property In
Marion, Lane, Muitnoman anu wuhu
Ington counties to the aggregate value
of $106,750.
The estate is divided among his five
surviving legal heirs consisting of Dr.
Angle L. Warren, sister, Portland;
Frank M. Ford. Rochester. Montana,
and Charles D. Ford, Seattle brothers,
and Mrs. Lulu M. Marquam, Eugene,
and Mrs. Minnie Cox, Portland, nieces,
and 42 other relatives and friends.
To 39 of his most Intimate friends
he set aside $125 each with which to
purchase a gold watch and chain or a
diamond ring or pin as they prefor..
In addition he loaves $1000 each to
various lodges, and societies and uni
versities, and $1000 to be expended in
the v.Oi-.r.w Jn of - vault for the re
ception ol his remains.