The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, November 19, 1904, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Texti "! ,'i a h ty Tfr-M - F'C a THB (KB AGKB.T POUTJLAND, OB EG OH. L ' J. f V. I k' VJ 4. .K t 1 1 If h v v, 'I' III I t THE NEW AGE A. D ORIPPIN. Mnnngr fftca 44U Second St., cor. Ah, Room I and 2 Portland) Ore ton. 'Kntcred at the poniofflco at Portland, Oregon, m lecond-cIMi matter. SUBSCRIPTION. One Year, payable In advance $2.00 PRESIDENT T. D. WILCOX. Prominent Portland Bufllncss Man Honored by tho TrnnsMlBsln slppl Commcrclnl Congress. It wna not only nn honor to Mr. Thcodoro 13. Wilcox, to Portland and, In fact, to tho ontlro Northwest, that tho popular genttomun nnmed was re cently elected to tho presidency ot tho Trans-MlBslssIppl Commercial Con press during Its recent session at St. Louis, but It Is an honor to that great body of leading bulncss men Itself Mr. Wilcox's nnmo was presented to tho convention by Mr? Tom Richard son, manngcr of tho Commercial Club and chnlrmon of tho cxccutlvo com mltteo of tho congress. It was n notablo triumph for tho organization and "for Oregon os well; and It will nlso add great strength to tho move ment to havo tho congress hold Its next annual session In Portland dur ing tho Lowls nnd Clark Exposition next yenr. In fact, President Wilcox Immediately began to formulato planH to that ond ns soon nH notified of his election. "I will do all I can to mnho Oregon known as a part of tho Croat West." said Mr. Wilcox, "oven If wo can't bo a part of tho wholo United States. Wo will tako measures to let tho world know that Oregon Is on tho map. Tho TrnnB-MlsslsslppI Com mercial Congress," ho continued, "has something llko 3,000 members, and It was for tho purpoBO of doing whnl I can to bring tho lnfluenco of this strong organization to hoar for tho bet torment of Oregon thnt I consented to nllow my nnmo to go boforo tho con gress." And Tho Now Ago will add thnt there Is no other mnn In this stnto bettor equipped to promoto that purposo In telligently and with enthusiastic vigor than Is President Wilcox. Ho Is a mnn of extraordinary forco of char actor, uniiHual business activity and most loyal ambition. Ills niuno Is tho synonym of success In honornblo en torprlHos. His methods aro thoso of modern business men, who lead the world of commercoj his nnmo Is with out stain or blomlBh, nnd his purpose nro thoHO of an honornblo man In groat untorprlscs. Mr. Wilcox 1h president of tho Port land Flouring Mills Company, of this city, nnd Is a mombur of tho executive cnninilttno of tho Portland Commercial Club. In addition to Uichq responsibil ities Mr. Wilcox Is nlways found on tho "firing lino" ot tho army ol financiers nnd liulldorn who dovotc time, energy and money to tho ad vancement of tho commercial, Indus trial nnd soclnl Intorcsts of our great city and stnto. His counsol Is sought In largo business nfTalrs, whllo IiIh cap ital Ib novor Idle. Ho la a leader among men who "do things," and who do things right. Ho fully realizes the greatness of tho Northwest and of the subllmo position held by Oregon In this vast omplro. Ho Is broad-minded nnd nggresslvo In tho promotion of the loading IntoioBts ot tho stnto nnd, with tho great lutluoncos that surround him in bis now position, will ho ablo to ac complish meuHurnbly moro for tho on tlro West. Ho possesses tho happy faculty of gathorlng such lnlluoncoa about him and tho business acumen to direct them In their eager activity for tho general good of nil concerned. It Is for thoso teasona that tho peo plo of Portland, of Oregon, and, In Hhort, of tho wholo Northwest, should feol grnteful to tho Trans-MlsslsslppI Commercial Congress for honoring It eolf by electing Thcodoro 11, Wilcox ns Its oxocutlvo officer. THE POWER OF RECALL. An unusual provision of tho now city charter of Loa Angelos, Cal., haa Just been brought to a test. It pro vldes that when twcnty-llvo per cent of the voters of a ward aro dlnploasod with tho acts of their roproaeutatlvo In tho city council thoy may, by peti tion, demand resignation or submis sion to a special olcctlon, In tho case under consideration nix Los Angeles councllmoa had Incurred popular con demnation by an apparently dlshonost combination In awarding contracts and In tho disposition of franchises. For a test of the efficiency of tho char twr provision referred to, charges wore ' I EDITORIAL I preferred ngalnst ono of theso coun ciltnen. He showed fight, refused to resign and a special election was or dcrcd to bo held. As a result the pow er of tho recall provision was sustain ed by a vote of two to one. Tho remaining councllmen will probably either tako warning or share tho same fate. Tho supporters of tho "recall" provision in the city charter hellevo in it becauso it enables the citizens to tako action ngalnst a dis honest or Incompotent representative nt once, without being obliged to wait until another municipal election. With a chanco of being met at any ilmo by a domnnd that he faco his con stituents in a test which, If it go against him, would detract from lile reputation for honesty and disinterest edness, no councilman would bo apt to assume that his neglect or ques tionable official conduct would be overlooked. On tho other hand, this power of recall might bo mado an Instrument ot annoyance by minorities, ns tho Swiss refer endum Idea Is found to do whero it haa been introduced. Thcro la a germ of sense nnd justlco in tho Idea, however, and Its adoption as a wholo, or in a slightly modified form, might opcrnto to tho goneral advantage Most Amorlcnn municipalities aro at fault In a too strict ndhcrenco to forms nnd methods of proccduro regard ed as established. Dccauso thoy havo worked well in the past It Is assumed that they aro suf ficient for tho present and subject to no Improvement for tho future. A lit tlo variety may do no harm when tho Bolcctlon of that variety Is in tho hands of men who hnvo tho confidence of tho public. LI'ITLB 1Y LI1TLK. Oregon's 100C fair will havo a "Hoo I loo" house, and nil tho rollicking, frolicking things that go with It. W,hnt would tho great exposition bo without tho IIoo-IIoos, nnyway? The Western Lumber Association will build tho houso and tho governors ot tho St. Louis houso will furnish sever nl hundred hickory tables and chairs. So great has been tho demand for spneo at our 1005 exposition that It has nlrcady been consumed and thoro Is much clamor for moro. Additional space will probably bo secured for thoso who deslro It. Tho fair manage ment Is doing all It can to plcaso everybody. Sonator Mitchell loft on Monday for Washington, I). C, to propnro for nc tlvo senatorial work In bohnlf of Ore gon nnd particularly to urge largo ap propriations for tho Columbia river and other needed const Improvements. Senntor Fulton will lonvo for tho na tional capital noxt week, with tho sumo purposo in vlow. Senators Mitchell nnd Fulton mnko a strong tonm In legislative work nt Washing ton nnd wo may oxpnet oxcolleut ro suits from their labors thcro this win ter. Mayor Williams will not bo a candi date for roolcctlon; but tho names of aspirants for his plnco hnvo been sug gested In considerable numbor, some of which nro tho names of men who hnvo no moro business In tho position of this city's chlot executive than has a hungry wolf ub shepherd over a ilock of shocp. Tho graft proposition In somo of tho departments of this municipality's official family Is becoming monstrous whllo tho city's exchequor Is grow ing beautifully deficient all tho whllo. Estimated expenses for next year will exceed tho posalblo Incomo by a quar ter of a million dollars. Peoplo who pay taxes havo nlrcady opened n guessing contest. This much-vnunted disagreement between Sheriff Word nnd Prosocutor Manning may only be an agreement, after all. a Multnomah county "went wot," of courso, soaked in fact; but It would havo been wot, just tho same, no mat ter whtch way tho ballots wero cast. Wo hnvo too many drugstores to war rant tho fear that any one should die of thirst In this part of tho state. It Ib said that tho proprietors nnd clerks of all tho drug stores in Port land voted solidly with tho Prohls, The city eloctlon noxt spring al ready promises to bo an exciting con tost. It is probablo that an extra session of congress will bo called noxt spring for the purposo of needed tariff revis ion. Conditions have so changed dur- Ing the past few years that a change In tho tariff laws Is undoubtedly neces sary. Those who opposed President Roosevelt two years ago have recently signified their willingness to assist In legislative discussion of the matter for tho purpose of effecting a reduction on articles on which the duty Is higher than Is warranted by the protection principle So Chief of Police Hunt wants to be mayor of. Greater Portland! Has all of this criticism of his official con duct really turned tho old man's head? Tho belief is freely expressed that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal and real property cscapo assessment in Multnomah county every year. Why should this condition exist? Aro officials In tho assessor's department carelessly neg ligent in tho performance of their public duty? So tho democrats aro willing to con fess that tho Afro-American vote amounted to something, after all. They will learn, finally, that no peoplo on earth nro moro loyal to their polit ical and industrial friends than those of tho colored raco. Thoro camo nearly being a revolu tion down in Panama tho other night, but tho belligerents wero promptly subdued nnd mado to renounco their purposo to kidnap Prosldcnt Amador and his cabinet nnd tnko chargo of tho govornmont machinery by a picas ant llttlo noto from Chnrgo d'Affalres Leo, representing tho United States Tho day of revolutions In Panama has probably passed Into history for nil tltno. When tho rebel general, com-mnndor-ln-chlef HuortnB, of Panama, suddenly recalled tho fact that Ore gon's own John Dnrrctt was ono of tho high plenipotentiaries to tho llt tlo isthmian republic, ho quickly or dered his soldiers back to their tents, whore their guns wero stacked to rust In peaceful desuetude Winter In Now England was Intro duced during tho week by a terrific wind, rain and snow storm, which swept tho Atlantic coast and a numbor of tho castorn statoR In cyclonic fash ion, doing. much damaga to property In city and country nllko nnd causing much loss of life. In Oregon, nnd, in fact, in tho ontlro NorthwcsT, our win- tor season was Introduced by a warm autumn shower or two, which oppor tunely laid tho dust nnd mado ovory Inhabitant hereabout fool bettor. No wondor thcro Is such n great exodus from tho otorm-drlvon nnd drouth- scorched East to tho nlmost faultless cllmato of tho Northwest. Many dologntett to tho Irrigation congress, now In session nt El I'nso, Texas, havo nlrcady signified their willingness to hold tho congress noxt yenr In Portland. Tho Oregon metrop olis win cortninly bo a great conven tion city during tho 1905 fair. A Virginia mnn was frozen to death on a public highway In that stato the other day, whllo wo of Oregon have scarcely had a frost yet. And yet thoro aro not many emigrants from Virginia to tho Northwest. a Tho Intost nntt-klRsIng club has been organized among tho girls of Lex ington, On. At that distance Portland young .men can regard tho club with comploto equanimity. Portlnnd has boon a wide-open town during tho grentor part of tho present week wide-open to tho hundreds of enthusiastic grangers who held their nnnunl convention here. During Wednesday night tho far famed Olympla Hotol, tho "rendez vous" for ambitious politicians for many years and tho luxurious placo of rest nnd nourishment of Washington's legislators during the sessions of tho assembly, was burned to tho ground Tho loss la $166,000, with Insurance only to the amount ot $16,000. at Tho judiciary of Alaska becamo so corrupt, In somo Instnncos openly and defiantly, thnt President Roosevelt was compelled to remove samo of tho high officials and to call for tho resig nation of others. Tho Tanner creek sower scandal threatens to Involve men of promt nonco In connection with contracts for oxteustvo municipal work ot that class. Tho Tanner crook sower has long bcon n rotten and odoriferous affair, but It promises now to becomo more so when tho caso shall havo heen fully exposed to the gazo of tho dear pub lic which haa long been paying for much that It has novcr received, The city council Is Investigating the mat ter and that body has been warned to let no guilty man escape. a The prohibition party, whose lead ers Bucccede'd In placing an unpopular law on our statutes by trickery that would have put to blush the most sneaking pothouse politician,, having been deserted by tho Local Optlonlsts on thnt account, is now tearfully try ing to win back thoso who have left it bocauso of its rottenness. Tho likeli hood nt this writing Is that It will not succeed. a If the Oregon lcglslnturo can' bo per suaded to do so, tho state's lawmakers at tho noxt session will pass a law making tho transgression of wife-do-Bcrtlon a pennl nnd cxtradltablo of fonco, under cortnln condltlonn. How about tho crlmo of tho wlfo who runs away with a handsomer man? a Councilman Zimmerman has suc ceeded In Involving high police officials In tho wickedness of tho fantan im broglio. The grand jury haB the mat- tor under Jnvestlgatlon and it may' re sult In the indictment by that body of a number of thoso whoso official ren dezvous la at tho northwest corner of Second and Oak. streets. It Is difficult to "extract" tho truth from a Charm mnn concornlng anything with which ho and a crime arc connected, but it Is bcllovcd that tho bribe-takers aro al ready in cIobo quarters. Dut it will tako a new set of detectives to appre hend them. " . a Tho Consolidated Street Railway Company and tho Pacific States Tel- cphono & Telegraph Company have shown their hand In strenuous oppo sition to tho ordlnnnco requiring them to paint tho carllno and telephone poles within tho city's flro limits. It would Immensely Improvo tho appear anco of tho city to hnvo theso thous ands of unsightly poles pnlnted before tho tlmo for opening tho 1005 fair shall hnvo como and tho council should in sist on It, by all means. C"mttttiiM ! MR. DICKENS IN THE CHAIR. I iiininiiiiiiimiinii The lato Sir John Robinson, a fel low momber with Charles Dlckena of on ambitious ild of literature and art, gave tho public, shortly before his death, somo rcmlnlacencea of tho mooting-', at which Dickens usually took the chair. "As chairman, he was ns precise and accurate as poeilblo in carrying out tho traditions of the post. Iloforo butlnesa began his happy laugh rang through, tho room; ho had a word for ovory frlond. Voices wore hlgk In mcrrlniont, and It looked as If bualnoss would novor begin; but whon Mr, Dickens did take his neat 'Now, gontloiucn. WJIIe will road us tho minutes of the lrwt moetlng. At tention, ploaso. Order!' it might havo boon tho most experienced chair man of Guildhall, -purpled by a hun dred public dinners." Tho association did not prove a suc cess; 1U elaborate schemes to assist poor and desorvlug men of lottcrs woro too elaborate, and root with llt tlo response tiven Its "dosirablo freo resldeucca ' stood empty. Tbla wor ried Mr. Dickens; but at last came a mooting at which be could announce a promising applicant "On that occasion Dlckena had no sooner sat down than he exclaimed In tho professional chairman's voice, Well, gcntlornon, good nowa to-day 1 A capital tonant at lastl A great man; good scholar; modern Llqdley Murray, and all that' "'Hoornyl' we ahouted. "We wew not auppoaed to find fur niture with a house, but Dickens, who all his life long was always looking to do a kind thing for somebody, said In his most winning way, and those who novor witnessed it can scarcely understand what an adorable wny It was 'And now, what do you say about finding carpets? Can't we let him have carpotsl Houae very chilly when ho comes to It without carpota. What do you aay, LomonT Carpott, my boy?'" Lemon, the genial editor of Punch, accepted the suggestion, and the car pets wero moved And carried, but uover bought; for at the succeeding meeting Mr. Dlckena, la a melancholy and reproachful voice, had to admit that the tenant had failed them, after all, and had gone to another town, where there war better chances of schooling for hla children. As It became more aad more evident that the association waa sot a aucceee, attendance at It meetings fell off, and one day Sir John fount! himself and Mr. Dickens the ealy members pres ent Dickens, with aa Inimitable manner, Inquired, "Will you move me In tho chair 1" "I wlU," Sir John replied. "I know you can bo trusted to keep order In a large gathering." "Then camo reaolutlona carried after illscussloiu little speeches In the Imi tated voleo of absent members, the approprloto gravity aever forgotten. My share waa laalgnlflcant, but It sorved to supply Mr, Dlckena with hints and texts U keep the fun going. I havo often wished a reporter had been In hiding. Mr.aDtcktoa signed the minutes la the neat methodical way. I fancied la after aya aa auooa: hands with me wtaa a werrie axprea- jjoo. ' Oregon Cash Grocery 1. Wclimaudel, Proprietor. lulir In Staple imJ Fancy Irenrlis Phono Clay 1620 a3a North Fourteenth, Cor. Marshall ROBERT A. PRESTON PRESCRIPTION DRUOaiST Cor. 2M and Thurman Sts. Phone Main 1010 PORTLAND, OREdON STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES BUTTER and FRESH EGGS Prompt Delivery. 57 Washington St. Tel. Red I II . W. T. HAWKUK, Prop. Phono Hood 1913 Itooma 60c, 75c, $1 THE ELDORA C. W. HKS8, Prop. Now House. New Furniture Strictly Modern Hooms tiy tho tiny, week or month. I32)i North Sixth St. PORTLAND, ORB. BARETTE & JOHNSON Successor to MARX & CO. 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