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PAGE ORIOON CITY ENTIRPRItt fRIDAY, RPTIMtKR f, 104. Oregon Gty Enterprise CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. OFFICIAL Published Every Friday. Subscription Rates: One year H-50 Six months '5 Trial subscription, two months.. .5 Advertising rates on application. "subscribers will find the date of ex plration stamped on their papers fol lowing their name. If this Is not changed within two weeks after a payment, kindly notify us. and the matter will receive our attention. Entered at the postoffice at Oregon City, Oregon, as second-class matter. Friday. September 2, 1904. REPUBLICAN TICKET. For President: THEODORE ROOSEVELT Of New York. For Vice President: CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS Of Indiana. Presidential Electors: J. N. Hart, of Polk. G. B. Dimiek, of Clackamas. A. C. Hough, of Josephine. J. A. Fee, of Umatilla. - ROOSEVELT'S MILITARY RECORD. President Roosevelt Is not running on his military record though there is everything in that to commend him to his countrymen but upon his whole carrer in the service of the public, culminating in the Presidency. He is the youngest American to have attained his present position. As the furnished a President In the person of a brilliant soldier, elected at the head of his party's ticket. There are those who have amused themselves by making light of the President's part at Santiago, but let it be remembered that with all their ribaldry they have never ventured to question his reckless courage there. Honor In war, as every true soldier views it, is not a matter of rank, but the fact of promptly rallying at the country's call, and faithfully and ef ficiently executing all orders, whether on the battle field, or elsewhere un der the flag. Once enrolled, and sub ject to orders, it Is not In the power of any soldier to control his career. At every step his sole duty Is to obey. The humblest private places his life at the disposal of the Government; the commanders of armies can not do more. In the ultimate of offering life, if need be, they stand on a common plane. At Santiago, and the battles which led up to It, Colonel Roosevelt's place in the line was assigned bim. In each of them he played the ex treme of soldiery endeavor. For his part In each he was warmly com mended by bis superior officers, and recommended for brevets up to the rank of Brigadier-General by an Army Board. Those who sneer at such ac complishment show a total want of appreciation of services for the coun try performed at the risk of life; and such merit only the contempt of their fellow men. The veterans of our wars will surely resent their Insults The year before the declaration of war with Spain, he sought the post tion of Assistant Secretary of the Navy. For this be had fitted himself by years of study of Naval affairs, during which. In the opinion of naval experts, he wrote the best history then extant of the Naval War of 1S12. He was sharply opposed by public officials who now fawn upon him. Had their active hostility succeeded, the months preceding the outbreak of the war would not have been util ized by untiring gun practice of our battleships at sea, and other numer ous and strenuous preparations for naval war, which Assistant Secretary Roosevelt insisted upon and secured. nnniM wall lrnnwQ hn Inn p record . , .' . K.mi. ' It was this practice which made pos- has been successful and brilliant at ... . every stage. From his youth he has done with his might whatever his hand found to do for the public good. Upon this continuing service, whose last years have made his personality and his merits known to the world, his party, with enthusiastic acclaim, now appeals to the voters of the land to give him a term in the Presidency wholly on his own account. But veterans xt the civil war and of the war with Spain, white fully appreciating his long and brilliant civil record, will hold this In chief remembrance to his credit: that i promptly, upon the declaration of war he put behind him high and attract ive office, and the many ties of a typical American home, and accept ed a subordinate regimental position that he might serve as a soldier under J his country's flag. And those who know the hearts of veterans will un derstand that this, to them, will be higher recommendation (ban any suc cess in civil life, even that great suc cess obtained in the Presidential chair. slble the marvelous victories which accurate gunnery gave the nation at Manila Bay and Santiago, and gained for the American Navy the admira tion and wholesome respect of the world. Having accomplished what the re stricted limits of an Assistant Sec retary's office would allow, upon the declaration of war he sought oppor tunity to take the field. It was not position which allured him, for he chose subordinate place when he could as easily have started at the I head of a regiment. He desired first to learn field duties and thus fit him- j self for the head. To this end he de ! voted himself unceasingly and sue j cessfuliy. I It must, of necessity, be true that soldiers who have served on the bat tle fields of the country have in some respects a higher appreciation than others can have of the elements of character which fit a man for con ducting the affairs of the nation which they saved. Such must find In the I character and career of President As school children know, and as vet-j RfX)8evelt a tnat goldierg admre, erans keep in mind, every war has a wh)ch lnHplres thelr confidence In furnished its President. Washington j Qne nol(iing the highest civil position, for the Revolution, Jackson and Harri-1 ,n thij) (Jay of the re)gn of money and " fr 18.12. Taylor for Mexico, and i corporate interests good and bad, sol every successful Republican candidate ders gory , courage independence, since the close of the civil war prompt and honest dealings all flash Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, lie- j jng (jljt upon tne country as from a Kinley all of these entering with we, 8erved battery. So, also, soldiers regimental rank, except, McKinley, stand the more golldlv for cvll vir. who had the honor of enlisting as a j tueSj because tJiey feel, as no others private soldier. I catli tne va,le 0f a country saved or Rated on the basis of land fight-j advanced by duties performed on the ing. the war with Spain was a little j field of battle. war. Estimated by results, it takes ; Having served on the Army Board exalted rank. The civil war made ; 0f Brevets and Medals of Honor it is us a nation. The war with Spain ad- j possible to speak vith precision con vanced us to front rank as a world . cerning the conduct of Colonel Roose power. When that war closed and j Velt in the Santiago campaign. Vol- Important international questions fol-! uminoua papers were submitted to lowed each other in quick succession, j that Board by his superior officers foreign sneering at the United States and his immediate associates. There J. Hill, of St. Paul, the President of the Great Northern Railroad, la es pecially anxious to see Mr. Lamont nominated. Mr. Lamont Is the Vice President of the Northern Paclfio road. Both roads were parties to the Northern Securities merger, which President Roosevelt and his Attorney General successfully combatted In the courts. Mr. Hill Is especially bitter against President Roosevelt, and has espoused the Parker and Davis cause, Mr. Hill, however, as a preliminary to making his campaign contribution, which is ono of the largest in the country, is understood to be Insisting that he be assured that New York State Is at least likely to go to the Democratic ticket. It is Raid that Mr. Hill believes that Mr. Lamont can carry the State of New York and can materially aid the election of the Electoral ticket. For this reason, there is good reason to believe that Mr. Hill's contribution to the National campaign fund would be several hundreds of thousands of dol lars more if Mr. Lamont is named for Governor than if the nomination goes to another. Moreover, it Is said that Mr. Hill would routrlbute materially to the campaign In New York State It his friend Lamont who was also an in timat business associate, should be running. From a National Commute source the belief was expressed last night that Mr. Hill would contribute fully $400,000 to the national campaign and $100,000 to the New York State cam paign If Mr. Lamont is named, and that his donations might reach twice that sum if the indications continued to point to party success and It could be shown to him where further contri butions on his part would aid the can vass. A day later, August 10, in explaining this publication, it said that It had been obtained from a "member of the Democratic National Committee." This would seem to establish Its au thenticity. At least It shows the at titude of James J. Hill and the other trust magnates whose business Pres ident Roosevelt broke up with his merger suit. It shows that they are preparing to give money to the Demo cratic campaign fund with the expec tation that Parker, If elected, will be friendly to them. Lamont, it should be remembered, was Cleveland's private secretary and subsequently his Secretary of War. When he retired from public life with Cleveland he went Into Wall Street with the Whitney Ryan-Flower crowd, and subsequently Into the Hill Trust combination and became a millionaire several times over. The Times' revel ation about bim destroyed his use fulness as a candidate, but It showed unmistakably what Is going on In the Democratic campaign. The baffled and enraged trusts are behind Parker and are preparing to pour out money to elect hlra. Parker says In his speech of acceptance that be thinks the com mon law Is ample to keep the Trusts within bounds, that no other law Is necessary. Under the common law the merger suit could not have been brought. o . DISPENSE WITH THE RESTAU RANT BOX. FIREK WQRIIID'S TIT A ThTTTD 7T7Ts TT 7TO ......... p All railroad transportation to St. Louis and return and $100.00 additional lor expenses will be given to the winner of this contest. and its "shirtsleeves diplomacy" end ed, and the chancelleries of Europe thereafter asked first concerning the was perfect agreement among them all. With one accord they celebrated his conduct under fire In terms of probable position of our Administra- j which any officer of any field of re turn. The nation had advanced in a nown might well be proud. But the day a srntury's march in' ordinary I highest eulogy will be found In the national progress. Shall not such a j papers themselves which make full war have its President? answer to the sneers and ribaldry of The civil war is a memory a mem- j writers, who, solely for political ef ory of great days of the Republic that I feet, have been unwilling to unman themselves by ridiculing the manly and meritorious conduct of a soldier in action. Brigadier General Henry V. Boynton. o will always live and grow brighter as the years pass but its leaders are either at rest or nearing the limit of life. A grateful nation can not longer select its President from those hon ored ranks. While Vice President Roosevelt gave helpful strength and enthusiasm to the ticket upon which he ran, it was not a ticket formed especially to rec ognize the war with Spain. That was not its predominating feature. President Roosevelt did not reach the executive office as a result of a per sonal election to It That honor now awaits him. When it is conferred, vet erans of the country's battles then can feel, that, following the unbroken record of the notion, its last war has JUDGE PARKER AND THE TRUSTS. On Tuesday, August Sth, the New York Times, which Is a zealous sup porter of Parker and Davis, came out in an editorial in favor of the nomi nation of Daniel S. Lamont as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York, saying "his nomination would be the strongest the party could make." On the same day It published the following Information In Its news columns: It was learned last night that James An ordinance should be enacted by the Oregon City council doing away with the restaurant box. A similar move has been made in Portland and other large places with good results. Equally satisfactory results would at tend such a reformation In the in terior arrangement of local restaurants. Sunday evening during the supper hour, there was enacted in one of the city's restaurants scenes that in the nature of the disorder and disturb ance, rivalled an ordinary panic. Noisy conversation, that was Ineess- sant, was enlivened by the throwing of victuals and the breaking of dish es with which tle hoodlums were served. Efforts of the proprietor of the place to quell the young rioters were unavailing and served only to augment the disturbance, which it Is not necessary to state, prevailed en tlrely within the enclosed boxes.. While the proprietors of the restau rants in this city have not been con sulted, it is not believed that they will offer any objection to the doing away with these enclosures In their respective places of business, which afford such an Inviting place for in discriminate carousing. Persons of respectability will not hesitate to dine in a public dining room, while it 1; not to the interest of the proprietor, In consideration of more desirable pa trons, to have others frequent his place of business. By enacting such legislation, the city council would confer a material favor on the restau rant proprietor, to say nothing of the service that would be rendered the parents of many young girls who are being ('aily inveigled Into these en closed boxes on motives that are not always best. In connection with this suggestion, It might be remarked that there comes to this city every Sunday a number of sallow complected cigarette fiends and Will be awarded to any Party in Clackamas County receiving the highest vote. We (Save (Dntuipiis With every 25 cent cash purchase ; HOWELL & JONES Druge Prescriptions Stationery. THOMSON'S BARGAIN STORE Dry Goods Clothing Shoe. LAMB & SAWYER Bicycles Sporting Goods Guns. MISS WISNER The Leading Photographer, FRANK REDNER Candles and lea Cream. R. PETZOLD Meat Market. J. M. PRICE Clothier Furnliher Shoes. MILES & McGLASHAN Groceries and Provisions. W. L. BLOCK Furniture Carpets Stoves. S. OLDSTEIN Favorite Cigar Store. BRUNSWICK RESTAURANT The Only First Claee Restaurant. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE seem possessed of the idea that they I has been proven In thousands and mil are the sole owners of everything lions of instances the populating they observe and that the manner of j and Improvement of the lands of the their conduct Is dependent entirely United States, and transformation on their Inclinations. If their present , from a wilderness into productive pace Is continued with any greater fields, having been the wonder of tho degree of aggravation, these young smart alecks may awaken to a real ization of the fact that they have over stepped all reasonable bounds of pro priety ami find that their Insolence will be tolerated no longer. Ladles and genetlemen will be treated as such, but the hoodlum Is not indispen sable to any community. o SKINNING THE COUNTRY. world. Even Thomas Carlyle once admitted that the settlement of tho United States by thrifty families on their own farms, could not have been better done If superintended by Frederick the Great himself. It has been affected, for the most part, by the land policy of the government. This has ever encouraged smajl holdings, and has placed a limit Uxn direct acquisition from the govern- I mi.nt hv ina tniltvliliinl Thlu nnpnu. Reports of the proposed sale of' . . , , .... I u tv rt a lata s nluf a limit 11 rum oh; wi ion (Iihvt, ( t ill I V Unt lands In the Grande Hondo Indian res ervation, recently thrown open. In dicate that the policy calling for strong criticism and severe rebuke by the residents of Oregon, haH either unwittingly, or perhaps Intentionally, been pursued. Fortunately It Is not yet too late to block the game. It is stated that one Wheeler, of Virginia, has submitted 100 bids, on an average of $1.15 per acre. Includ ing almost the entire tract of lO.CCO acres, the best portion of tho lands offered. The Information is also kindly fur nished that the local land officers In Oregon City, and special agent Neu housen, find this sale "highly satis factory." Just why these gentlemen should be ho well pleased Is not i stated. It does not appear that tho government Is In special need of money from this source; nor that the reservation Indians are in great straits. But It Is possible that this Mr. Wheeler, of Virginia, Is highly satisfied with his bargain, and the i local land officers and the special agent are highly satisfied from pure j sympathy. This Is not the point, however, call-1 Ing for criticism. But It tho highest i impolicy to Oregon that great tracts I of land should be turned over to Vir ginia, or any other non-resident spec ulators. This is directly and abso lutely contrary to the land policy of local land office Is merely preliminary Let us all speak out, and let the land commissioner at Washington and the h"cretary of the Interior; know wlm'. On gonlans think of this policy cf giving ono man 100 entries. Wo have nany favors here for residents and p.-iHlucers; but none for non residents and non-producers. Tho policy Indi cated In preliminary sale Is bad; If pllowed It will hasten the day when Oiegon land may bn held In tree's of whole townships, or perhaps wholo counties, by single Individuals. Th limit Jo attend to these un-American schemes Is when they first apuenr; and then nip them In tho bu.l As toria News. land holdings In general has been dis cussed; but the strong tendency after public lands have been acquired by I Charter of () actual residents In small tracts to make it remain so, has made such regulations almost unnecessary. But here Is an Instance where the local land officers, and a certain Mr. Neu- ! housen, ami one Wheeler, of Virginia, jare reversing the time-honored and j abundantly Justified custom of our government, and are turning over, or i acquiring, they all seem to be working ! together tracts In lfi.OOO-acre blocks at one swoop, for an Individual. I This is a matter for those of us who ONE OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCES. have acquired our HiO-aere homcHtead or pre-emptions, or timber land, to look Into. Wo may have desired very much, and may have hail the money, to get another l;il acres, or two or land; knowing that it would enhance ten times its value. But our benign government at Washington Huid "No; let the next man have that. Its the policy of the government to keep the land holdings open to all." But here Mr. Wheeler comes along and, at one Jump, takes a neat 100 claims under ono act; and the local land ofllcerH and Mr. Neuhonsen, who have no ; doubt camped on the of many an .honest homesteader to convict him of I Irregularity, are much gratified. Does It not seen' as If all the dirty the government practice,) from the I ,ai"1 Kamt-n were being worked in earliest history of the Nation. From Oregon? Oregon wants settlers and the time that Israel Putnam led the j population; but here Is a scheme, tin veterans of the Revolutionary war out of the western reserve with the object of placing families on the wild lands, down to the latent land laws and land decisions, It has been the unifom policy of the government to make It easy and attractive for actual resi dents to acquire lands in small traiU $25-a-njonth counter Jumpers from ! for the purpose of personal occupation Portland and a few from Oswego, who ' and use. The wisdom of this policy der patronage of the I'nlted Status government officers, that Is calculated to withhold a considerable tract from settlement and place it In the hands of a non-resident speculator, who may, for all we know, dispose of It at length to some non-resident landlord, mak og a good chance here for tenant farming. It is stated that the action of the regon City, 'age I3B Ordinance No. L'll An ordinance t provide fffr the suppressing uud pro hibiting of gaming with cards, gnmes of chance am) wimbling homes with in the coi iioritti' limits of Oregon City. I'assed November 17, ls:7. Approved November l!l. 1S!I7. Oregon City does ordnln as follows: Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to deal, play, curry on. open or cause to he opened or conducted ns either owner or em ployee, whether for hire or not. or play or bet at, or agnlnst any game of faro, inoiite, roulette, liinsqueiiette. rouge t nolr, rondo, tnn, fan tan, stud horse poker, seven ami one-half, twenty-one or any game of clinnce or banking gaum played with cards, dice or any device for money, checks, credit or any other representative of value within the corporate limits of Oregon City. Sec. (!. It shall bo the duly of tho police of Oregon City, to sie.o and safely k"eep all chips, chirks, cards, dice, boxes, tables, boards and all other articles used or pertaining to tlje games mentioned and set forth In Sections 1 and 2. and to produce tha same in court, and to be retained un til final disposition of any case In which said articles may be required as evidence, to be then destroyed by order of the recorder or mayor before w hom such case Is heard. Sec. 7. Any person or imthoiib who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and Uon convic tion thereof before the recorder or mayor, shall be punished by a One of not more than two hundred dollars. or by Imprisonment not to eiceed one hundred days, or by both fine and Imprisonment.
