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The New Age
A. D. GRIFFIN, Manager.
Office, a 4 a J-i Htnrk Hi., onroril
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Entered t the pnntofllcc t Portland, Oregon,
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HunscitirTio.v.
On Tr, I'aynblti In Artvann S3. 00
XlUbllihed 1890. Tilbltihcd at 2ibM Stark Bt.
Third Floor.
their nntncH will bo cnrofully con
cealed, left "Jnck" chould throw them
down in conpcqtienco, ntid if it man
makes n political enemy o( "Jnck"
Matthew h, thut Ih one strong pioco of
evidence that he dosorveH well at the
hando of the public.
THE VOLCANO'S VICTIMS.
Dr. Edgar H. Thornton, Citizens'
Nominee for Coroner.
HON. GEO. T. MYERS.
THE NEW AGE AND "JACK."
The Now Ago in, informed on reliable
authority that "Jack" Matthew, chair
man of the Itcpublican tttato ccnttal
committee, and alra, in effort, of tlio
county and city central committco, Iiiih
Bent out KirH)iinl lettcra to all or many
Itcpublican candidates in Portland and
Multnomali county, and piobably
throughout tlio Htato, inetructing or or
dering them finch Ih IiIh metliod not
to patronize in any way Tlio New Ago.
TuhI what the nature and extent of
Mr. Matthews' vongeaneo will lie upon
the candidatcH who do not obey bin or
der, Tiio Now Ago Ih not positively in
formed ;"JporhnpH ho will threaten them
with "knifing" at the pollH. .'bin
would bo iilto in accord with IiIh dic
tatorial, arbitrary, tyrannical stylo of
doing buHinecH, of which etylo The New
Ago can itifonn him, and can bring
plenty of proof lo cubHtantlato the in
formation, not only many candidatcH
but many more Jlopublican votorit, of
IiIh own wing of the party, aro becom
ing exceedingly wenry.
Talk about Senator Simon iih a Im&H
in years paotl Why, Mr. S hnoii never
attempted or thought of attuinpting,
to form ho clone a political corporation
na that now In control of "Jack" Mat
tiiowH, nor to bo one-tenth iih arbitrary
in his inuthodH. Tlio poor candidatcH
must' bow and cringe before him an be
fore a god, and consider thomwilvcH
only his puppetH. It Ih reported that
1 ho ban informed thorn, or fomo of them,
that they shall have nothing to say In
tho appointment of their deputies or
clerks, If allowed nny'liy law; "Jack"
will attend to that. For what portiono
who can doubt? Will it bo for tho
benefit of tho Hopublicnn party, or
oven of 'tlio Matthews wing of the
party? If thoro aro to bo "grafts" or
"dlvvlos" in tlio appointment of these
subordinates, can nnytotly dnubt.whoro
tho lion's Hharo will stick fast?
Not only nil Republicans who aro
not in sympathy witli tho "Jack" Mat
thews ticket, but tho vory candidatcH
on that tickofiiud their best friends
and most ardent supporters ought to
ret-ent, and many of them do resent
such nrbitrary, dictatorial, unsavory
Iiosh methods iih aro fosortcd to by
Chairman "Jack" Matthews.
Tho Now Ago has not oppotod what I
ih called tlio regular Kopuulicnn ticket
iih a whole. It Is largely competed of
worthy men, Tho Now Age Ih support
ing some of them, on their merits, in
particular tho distinguished and emin
ent lawyer and statesman at the thead
of the city ticket. Does "Jack" "Mat
thoVH suppose Tho Now Ago Iiiih made
any improper bargains witli Judge
Williams? Huh lie sent Judge WUiams
ono of IiIh comiuaudH, to cease in any
way patronizing this paper, lecauso it
bus dared to express its honest opinion
about "Jack" Matthews' methods?
1'robably not. "Jack" knows bettor
than try to intimidate such a man us
Judge Williams, but ho imagines lie
can bluff others into putting oven their
private business, insofar us it relates
to their candidacy or tho campaign,
into IiIh hands, and in all such respects
obeying his orders. Next lie will bo
ordering them to withdraw their money
from u bank if its president chooses not
to vote tho Matthews ticket, or to quit
buying fuel from Smith A Jones if they
purpose voting tho Citizens' ticket, or
to leave tho church to which they be
long if the preacher drops a hint that
he intends to vote for wune of that
tk'Kot. Such unwarrantable interfer
ence with people's private affairs, even
if they aro candidates, is an affront, an
insult to every man to whom tho com
mand was addressed, and will bo re
sented by most ot them ub such.
Ah for Tho Now Age, "Jack" Mat
thews can't hurt it by his secret man
ifestos. It was hero long before ho
bobbed up us tho czur of half tho He
publican party, and oatrucitted tho other
half, and will bo hero, doing business
with all sorts of jooplo and men of all
shaitcs of political opinion, long after
"Jack" bus lost his job.
Ho can't intimidate this paper, nor
frighten it, nor Injure It. Some of the
very men to whom he sent his offensive
order aro laughing at him, and aro bet
tor friends of this paper than over, but
Hon. Geo. T. Myers, ono of tho old
est nntl most highly respected of Port
lands citlzoiiH, Iiuh rteurned to our
midst after an absonco of soveral weeks
on tho Sound and in British Columbia,
where ho has bad business interests of
no small proportions for a number of
years. Mr. Myers Ih winding up bis
nffairH and contomplatos retiring per
manently to a lifo of eaeo and comfort,
to which ho Ih so justly entitled. Tho
sad circumstances leading up to tills do
termination on Mr. Myers' part, aro
well known to tho public. Geo. T.
MyerH is ono of naturo'H noblomen and
deserves all tho good things tho press Ih
Baying about him. Tho following ed
itorial appeared in tlio Oregonian on
tho'JDth of April:
"It Is an impro-sive but not an un
common story that cnmes from Seattle
about tho retirement of tho veteran sal
mon canner. pioneer of thut industry
on I'uget sound, Mr. Georgo T. Myers.
Ho Ih making money. Ho Ih not afraid
but ho can make moru. 'Things are
diffreont with mo now from what thoy
wero a year or ho ago,' ho sayn. 'I do
not enjoy life as I used to, and I Khali
wind up my nffairH bore and elsewhore.'
Tho explanation Ih furnished in tho
closing paragraph of tho dispatch.
Mr. Myers' wife died a few months
ago, and ho Ih inconsolable, which is
tho causo mostly ascribed as to why ho
retires from a business that ho has been
so prominently connected with for a
quarter of a century.'
"Many mon of many minds. Per
sonal bereavement does not signify
with some. They shod a few tears, put
on mourning, and in a little time are
blitho as over at life's work and phi).
With some, tho passion for monoy-
bookH and perhaps tho upright lifo it
self. It is not so with Goorgo Myors.
His homo was something mora to him
than a mero garment to bo laid by at
will. His wedded lifo of long and
happy years could not bo destroyed nt
a breath and leavo no mark behind. It
was tho main thing, around which bus
iness and travel, clubs ami politics re
volved. Tho incentive is gono. Tho
ambition which spurred on to endeavor
has died out. Thoro is no occasion to
fitrlvo and buffet any longer. He has
ilonu onough. Ho will retire. It is a
resolve that will surprise no ono who
knows IiIh nature and his lifelong
habit. As long as ho IIvoh thoro will
bo a shadow tailing on IiIh lifo whoro
onco wore helpfulness and joy.
"Money ls.nottlio only thing in this
world. It cannot minister to a mind
diseased, or mend the broken heart or
back to its mansion call tho fleeting
breath. It Is reassuring in a sordid
ago to como across a man wlio recog
nizes tlio limitations of money and is
content when ho has enough. It is re
Assuring to find onco in a while that
r-ontlmont and loyalty live in spite of
avarice and that 'Hob mid treu inti
glaubon' liavo not, as Heine sayH in
ono of his most beautiful poems, jor
ished from tlio earth."
Tho great majority of tho victims of
tho terriblo vochtnie crruptions in
Martinique nnd St. Vincent islands aro
Nig'oes, or people with Negro blood,
who comprised about Hix-scvcntliB of
tho population of thoeo fair but danger
ous tropical Islands. Originally Ne
groes wero brought to thoso and other
of tho West India Islands oh slaves,
and served as such for many years, but
thoy were emancipated, to a certain ex
tent, long ago. That is, they wore no
longer held as slaves, but they wore
paid but it pittance of wagoH, whilo tlio
favorites of tho European governments
that had seized tho islands, nnd who
owned the land, grew rich, lived sumpt
uously, and enjoyed life luxuriously
off tho Negro's labor in the cane and
rico nnd tobacco fields. Their wants in
that climate, however, wero fow and
easily supplied, nnd for tho most part
they lived n contented life, not ques
tioning closely the existing but unjust
order of tilings.
So of tlio thousands that worn over
whelmed by a sudden but awful death
a largo proportion were Necroes.
Many hundreds of them, along with
their master or employers, tho poor
along with the rich, the toller along
with tho Idler, the black or dark along
with the white, wero envolnpod in that
terriblo toino. The volcan in its
wratlt was in one sense an exhibition
of God; it was no respector of persons.
Tlio richest man in St. Pierro could
not buy a moment of life, nor tho fair
est of women, nny moro than the poor
est, blackest and humblest Negro in
that (loomed city.
May not man, the white man as
well iih tho black, tho rich as woll as
the poor, the proud as well iih the
humble, learn from this a lesson that
they can put to practical uso during
tlio rest of thoir lives?
Most of tho surviving sufferers aro
also colored people, and it is gratifying
to observe that all possible moans aro
being taken by our government and
other governments, and by tlio charit
able people to aid them and- alloviato
their distress. In tho presence of such
a calamity mankind become ono fam
ily, and distinctions of race and color
NEGROES AS FARMEKS.
Tho agricultural census statistics
shoWjthat in the year 1000 there were
1)4,083 Negro farmers In tho state of
Alabama, whereas boforo tho war thoro
were practically none. Forty-two per
cent of tho farms in tho state aro now
either owned or occupied and tilled by
Negroes. Probably other Southern
states would show a like proportion.
This is proof that there has been a
marked advance in tho industrial con
dition of tho Negroes in tho South.
Gradually thoy nro recognizing the
necessity of work on their own account,
and that a very large per centago of
them, in order to succeed must engago
in agricultural work. Tho Negro is
within quito broad limits a vorsatllo
creaturo; bo can do many .things; and
while as a rulr bo prefers other than
agricultrual toll, ho must numerously
engago in that occupation, which after
all is the most Independent of any.
POLITICK ANNOUNCEMENTS
' ROBERT J. 0'NEIL.
Regular Nominee on Citizens Ticket for
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
West Side.
Election June 2, 1902.
HARRY SCHOOF.
the
Candidate for Councilman of
Third Ward.
Mr. Harry Schoof, the Independent can
didate for councilman in the Third ward,
Is an old and highly respected citizen, and
has consented to make the race in response
to the urgent demands of a large number of
the merchants and business men, as well as
the voters generally of the ward. Mr.
Schoof is conducting the St. Paul Hotel,
and is well and favorably known by nearly
every voter in the ward, and will undoubt
edly receive the support of these friends on
election day.
Mr. Schoof, if elected, can be relied upon
to serve the people honestly and faithfully
and no mistake will be made by selecting
him for CC-OlNClLMAN FROM THE
THIRD WARD.
EARL C, BRONAUGH,
Itegular Citizens Nominee for
CITY ATTORNEY.
Election June 2, 1902.
A. M. CRAWFORD,
Regular Keiuibllcan Xomlnco for
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Election June 2, 1002.
HENRY HEWETT.
Itegular Citizens Nominee (or
COUNIY COMMISSIONER
Election Juno 2, 1902.
L. A. McNARY.
Regular Republican Nominee for
CITY ATTORNEY.
Election Juno 2, 1002.
WM. REID
PORTLAND'S NEXT MAYOR.
making is o'ormnster Iiilt. Evorvthlmr
else is Bocondary famllv. frlonds. u,ul wealth Wl culture and social posi
"' I . . ...
lion aro tor mo moment obliterated or
ignored by tlio titio man nnd wonan.
Dr. Edgar H. Thornton, Citizens'
Nominee for Coroner.
NO HOPE FOR MR. FINT-EY.
Dr. Hdgar H. Thornton,
Nominee for Coroner.
Citizens'
COLORED M-'N SHOULD VOTE.
A largo proportion of the colored
voterH of Portland huvo followed Tho
Now Age's advice, and have registered.
Tho registered colored voters number
soveral hundred. Hut thoro are a con
siderable fraction of them entitled to
vote hero who are not registered, nnd
now it is too lato to register. These
negligent voterH should prepare to vote,
however, by being ready to mako tho
proof required bylaw. This will re
quire tlio atlidavit of six eitixens. This
proof, and tho witnesses, in cases of
voters who desiro to vote but have not
registered, ought to bo nil ready on
election day, so as not to delay tho voto
or detain other voters. This applies
no moro to colored than to white voters.
If tho voto is to be submitted in this
way, the voter ought at least to have
the proof of his right to vote in readi
ness. As to colored voters who have regis
tered, and even those who have not but
who are entitled to voto, Tho New Age
urges them to go to tho polls in their
respective precincts nnd vote. This is
a duty you owe not only to tho country
nnd the state, but to yourselves, Voto
us you please, as you think best but
vote.
If our friond Finley imagines ho can
bo elected coroneer, under tho existing
circumstances, which need not be gone
over here, but which most people can
'sfzo up," ho furnishes a case of a
man whoso self-interested political san
guinlty has made complete captive of
Ills judgment Everybody recognizes
tlio fact that there is a very largo ele
ment of voters in this town who aro not
easy forgotters, in certain cases, and
who, in conseiuenco of a position taken
by Mr. I'inley some years ago, could
not uuderany circumstances be induced
to voto for him. Ho has tried twice to
bo elected school director, and onco
coroner, with what results ho ongnt to
bo aware.
On tho other hand, Mr. Kluloy'a op
ponent, wlille not allied with Mr. Fin
ley's political enemies, in the partic
ular alluded to, has always been a fair,
liberal man in this respect, believing
in entire religious liberty and the ut
most toleration, and in not ostracising
from public oolllo any capable man be-caut-u
ho belonged to u certuin church.
Under such circumstances the result as
to coroner cannot bo considered doubt
ful.
Judge Goorgo II. Williams will in all
probability bo the next mayor of Portland.-
Though n man of remarkable
distinction and tho foremost; citizen of
Portland, he is, as ho always has been,
essentially and effectively a man of tlio
people, always serving them faithfully,
and with his rnro ability. Ho has also
been, as The Now Ago has before re
lated, in particular a friend and helper
of tho Negro race in this country, nnd
has dono much to sccuro for them such
rights as thoy Onioy. Every rolored
voter, nlong with u great majority of
other voters, should help elect Judgo
Williams mayor.
Regular Republican Nominee for
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
West Side.
Election Juno 2, 1002.
GEO. H. WILLIAMS
Regular Republican Nominee for
MAYOR.
Election Juno 2, 1002.
Democratic Ticket
State and Congressional
Candidates.
i'ot Governor
GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN i
of Multnomah County
For Supremo Judge
B. F. BONHAM
of Marion County
For Secretary of SJato
D. W. SEARS
of Polk County
For Stato Treasurer "
HENRY BLACKMAN
of Morrow County
For Attorney General
I. H. RALEY
of Umatilla County
For State Printer
J. G. GODFREY
of Marlon County
For Superintendent of Initructlou
W. A. WANN
of ane County
For U. 8. Senator
C. E. S. WOOD
of Multnomah County
For CongrcM, First District
J. K. WEATHERFORD
of Linn County
For Congress, Second District
W. F. BUTCHER,
of linker County
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Voto for Initiative and Referendum
Amendment.
VOTE FOIl
J, C. BAYER.
Citizens' Nomlnco for
REPRESENTATIVE
Voto for Initiative and llcforendum,
VOTK FOIt
H, W. H0GUE,
Itegular Itcpublican nominee for
MUNICIPAL JUDGE
Dr. Edgar
Nominee for
H. Thornton,
Coroner.
Citizens'
Mr. Sidney Smyth, a candidate for
representative on tho Citizens' tickot,
la a member of tho well-known con
trnctinv firm of Smyth & Howard, who
do the largest businoss in thoir lino in
tho Pacific Northwest, having contracts
in nil the principal cities of this region
for street paving and other work, and
their work is always satisfactorily
dono. Mr. .Smyth enmo hero a fow
years ago .with little capital but much
industry, enturprisu and ability, and
fow young men havo succeeded bottor.
Ho will mako a very capable representative.
FRANK KIERNAN
Regular Republican Nominee for
COUNCILMANS Ward.
Election Juno 2, 1002.
Vote for the Initiative and itcfcrcndmn
Amendment to the Constitution.
CAPT. A. M. COX.
Cltltens' nominee for
CONSTABLE, East Side
Voto for tho Inltlattvo and Referendum
Amendment.
FRANK A. HEITKEMPER
Of the O. Hcitkemiwr Co., Jewelers.
Citizens' nominee for
REPRESENTATIVE
VOTK FOIl
L. R. WEBSTER
Regular Republican N'oruimcc for
COUNTY JUDGE.
Election Juno 2, 1002.
Dr. Edgar H. Thornton,
Nominee for Coroner.
Citizens'
AN ENEMY'S COMPLAINT.
Tho New Ago feelH quite compli
mented, even when considering tho
source of the compliment, when the
chairman of tlio statu central commit
tee thinks it of suttleient importance to
send out-letters to scores of candidates
ordering them to cease patronizing this
paper. Under such circumstances
"Jack" must consider The New Ago of
some imortanco In the campaign. If
ho thought it was not ho would not
waBto his valuable time in concocting
such u letter and wusto stamps and sta
tioneryjn sending it out to numerous
persons. Thanks, "Jack;" thus you
havo advised a considerable number ot
more or less prominent people that The
New Age is u fuctor in the campaign
that has to be recognized, and that bus
hit you pretty hard. And its readers
recognize the fact that it is you, and a
few others like you that it baa hitj not
the Republican ticket as a whole, nor
all tho men on it, by any means. To
most ot them Tho New Ago feels friend
ly, but it is sorry they are under the
thumb ot such an arbitrary boss as you
are. And it thoy are beaten it will be
largely your fault.
J. E. Worloln, candidate on tlio Cit-
teens' ticket for
city treasurer, baa
filled that olllco
acceptably for tho
past two yoars.
Ho has been faith
ful,uttontive, com
petent and proved
himself entirely
worthy of a re-
nomination. Ho has always been an
active, true Republican, and will prob
ably bo supported by a majority of Re
publicans as well as of Democrats.
HON. W. F. BUTCHER
Of llaker County
Regular Democratic Nominee for
CONGRESS, 2d DISTRICT
Election Juno 2, 1002.
DR. S. J. BARBER.
Citizens' candidate for the
LEGISLATURE
Vote for the Initiative and Itcferendum
Amendment.
J. C. JAMESON.
Ilopubllcau nominee for
CITY
TREASURER
Dr. Edgar H. Thornton,
Nominee for Coroner.
Citizens'
The next county commissioner ought
to bo, and probably wil, bo, one of
Portland's most prominent business
men, Mr. Henry Hewitt. No moro
capable man foV this responsible office
could have been nominated. Besides,
Mr. Hewitt lias been a life-long friend
. a ma
ot trie coiorea 'people, ana nas never
been ashamed to manifest such friend
ship. l
VOTE FOR
GEORGE E. WATKINS
- Regular Republican Nominee for
COUNTY ASSESSOR.
Election Juno 2, 1002.
Voto for the Initiative and Itoferendum
.Miieimmeui.
G. C. MOSER.
(Of Murdoch it Jlo.er, Attorney.)
Cltltens' nominee for '
REPRESENTATIVE
VOTE FOR
HARRY SCHOOF
Candidate for
COUNCILMAN
Third Ward.
People's Choice,
G. O. Mosor, candidate on
the
Citi
zen's ticKet lor representative, is a
young , but already considerably expe
rienced and successful lawyer. He has
succeeded on account of industry, abil
ity, attention to busineso, and honest,
fair dealing with clientr, and is a can
didate in whom voters can have full
confidence.
FOR COUNTY, SURVEYOR
LUCIUS R. LEWIS.
Democratic asd Citizens
Noaiaee for
COUNTY
SURVEYOR
IJENKY FI.KCKEN8TKIN A CO. '
WHOLESALE WINES AND IJQUOKB.
Importer and Jobbers.
206-308 Second St.,
Both Telephones Main 115. Portland, Or.
Madam Allen
(Late of New York City.)
CORSET MAKER
KHJi Washington St.,
Good Work.
Low Price-.
I'OKTLAND, ORK
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR
WM. H. POPE.
CitUeas' Noaiaee.
CITY LAUNDRY CO.
Gents' Work i Specialty.
NiHN:lrKH42llMiMMi4ll.
FOURTH AND COUCH STS.,
PORTLAND, OREGON
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