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About The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1905)
mr wap" '-, "U" ": mwaMtmuMur m y 11 'V' .-fl THE MW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON r fjji i A'V m MV .- t ;l M: i?Y- IHV I"? 4 'H I ' i I i I! I 1 n THE NEW AGE A. D. ORIPH1N. Manngar OMe 4JX Second St., cor. Ah, Room 1 and 2 Portland! Oregon. KnUrcd nt the potomcoat Portland, Oregon, MMcood-ciais matter. SUBSCRIPTION. Om Year, payable In advance.,,, .$2.00 $&9IX$()(S EDITORIAL I AAtttifeArJbQ&S1! VVVwVVVA'1aXUVAE5aSW HEItyS PULLMANCAIt TAXATION FOLLY. Representative Hold, In tho legisla ture of Washington, has Introduced a bill providing for tho method of as sessment nnd 'collection of nn cxclso tax from sleeping car companies do Ing business In thnt state a bill, by tho wny, which should not and vory probably will not pass. Even should It pass tho lower houso, it will meat with strong opposition In tho sennto. And It should. Its exactions nro un rcasonnblo nnd Its provision for pott nltlc3 oxtrcmo, Taxing railroads and everything pertaining to rnllroadlng seems to bo Mr. Hold's hobby. It probably comes from tho fact that ho has at some time In tho past boon rofuscd n pasB or special privileges in tho Pullmnn car. However, thoro nro a numbor of polit ical rolstorora In Washington whoso particular ambition appears to bo to oppoBo tho railroads In legislative matters, no matter what thoy aro. Mr. Held may belong to that clnss nnd has Introduced this bill "on gen oral principles." Sections thrco, five and nix of tho bill nro onormously unrcnsonnblo In their provisions. It would scnrcely bo posslblo for tho state to comply with them, In dotnll, Itself. For Instance, piovlslons six nnd seven In suction two rcrjulro tho portion or persons, company or corporation to produce, for tho oxnmlnntlon of a commission, "tho entire receipts (Including all nums earned or chnrgod, whether act ually collected or not) for business ilnrio within tho stato, of each ngont of such company, doing business in tho stato for tho yenr then next preceding tho first day of April, for an account of such company, In cluding Its proportion of gross re ceipts for buBlnesB dono by such com pany within tho Btato In connection with other companies; also tho total amount of such rccolptn for business dono within tho stato." Tho pocullar nature of tho Pullman-car buslnoss would mnko It quite Impossible for any company doing such business to comply with tho re quirements of thcHo provisions nnd othors equally full of tho folly or do tnll; but tho nbovn quotation Is mndo moruly to show tho unreasonable sug gestion of tho bill throughout. Such n bill certainly cannot pass, evon In a Washington legislature succeed himself, Tho republican party did nn equally foolish thing In nominating W. J. Fur nish for governor. Gcorgo E. Cham berlain opposed him as tho democrat ic nominee Chamberlain was elected. Can tho republican party of this stato, which gave to Roosevelt a ma jority of .moro thnn 43,000, afford to make another sorlous mlstnko by grand Jury system. They nro satis fied thnt tho Judgment of a commit ting Justlco is qulto ns likely to bo oufo and sound nnd to protect tho In terests of tho pcoplo Just ns well as Is that of a grand Jury, which simply listens to tho presentation of tho caso of a prosecuting attorney. Probably tho conservative states will retain the grand Jury system for n considerable nominating a mnn In Webstor's clnss period yet; but It Is seriously ques for governor of tho Greater Oregon? jtloned ns to whether or not nny gravo ihnrm could come to tho public If the SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION. I Minnesota Idea should spread, ns It likely will, to other states far beyond Tho openly and defiantly criminal character of a largo proportion of tho whlto clement of tho Southern States may bo cited as tho leading discour agement of Immlgntlon to tho South. Whllo tho North Is perplexed over tho problem presented by tho Inrush of Immigrants from European coun tries, tho South Is bestirring Itself to attract tho Immigration which has so persistently declined to go Its wny. Only a few dnyB ago a plnn was sot nfoot In South Carolina for a gen eral convention of stato nnd govern ment dologntcB, railroad olllclnls nnd sociologists, to discuss the problem of attracting immlgntlon to tho South. If such a congress us proposed should bo hold, It will bo well for tho del egates to glvo thoughtful considera tion to tho onuses thnt havo hereto foro turned tho tldo of Immigration fiom tho stntcB which thoy represent. There tins been n marked dccllno In lynching during tho Inst year and tho chnngo, nlthough recent, lias si lts borders. Tho street-car accident on Monday morning on tho Montavllla Hue In which ono person wbb killed almost Instantly nnd moro thnn two scores of otlicrs Injured somo of them fat nlly, It Is fonrod Is n most regret- tablo clrcumslanco In the busy life of tho city; but there, Is n cnuso for it, nnd that cause should bo sought out by tho authorities nnd tho proper remedy applied, even If criminal pros ecution of tho party or parties respon sible for tho terrible calamity bo necessary. It appears to havo boon determined by the authorities thnt tho motormnn was not to blame, for tho mnchlnery of the ear ho was op erating wns Imperfect; thorefore, tho company Is responsible. It Is as sumed that the company ought to know the condition of Its earn before I hey aro taken from tho "barn" for use on tho lino. A competent machln- LITTLE BY LITTLE. IliiiiiiiiiiiiiiHBfll iJwitiiiiiiV ' County Judgo Webster for gover nor! A good many pcoplo In Oregon enmo from Missouri. And to them Webster will havo to make an ex hibit. Representative Miller's bill to con solidate the Btato normal schools was defeated In tho senate and general gratitude to the state senate is duo therefor. Mayor Williams, having no doslro to visit California Just now, can't qulto understand why anybody elso should go. Perhaps ho has been hold ing conference with Councilman Rum mclln. Tho latter Is said to opposo the "Junket" for special reasons. What a pretty lot of statutory Hit oraturo wo would hnvo If wo should send to tho state legislature n major ity of proachorsl How quickly thoy would, by law and tho grace Vf God, Christianize tho pcoplo of tho cntlro state, Indian reservations and nil! Enlightened people throughout tho world nro not surprised thnt there is revolution In Russia. They know what tho conditions aro which pre vail there, socially, politically nnd in dustrially, and wonder why revolu tion in serious form has not come be fore. a Tho supremo court's decision de stroying the beef trust makes us .nil fcol that soon wo may again enjoy tho ploasuro of .maunchlng tenderloin steak. For a long tlmo It tins been hanging higher thnn the average os teon could throw n twenty-dollar gold-piece. MR. W. C. BOOST Choice of the People for Councilman from the Seventh Ward. A POPULAR CANDIDATE. Mr. C. W. Iloost, whom tho pcoplo to conduct the business of tho public. Ho Is n mnn of strictest Integrity nnd highest honor In overy walk of life of tho Seventh ward aro urging to bo- nnd Is so esteemed by all who know coniu u candidate fur tho position of him. The pcoplo of his ward regard councilman from that ward, Is ono of ! him us tho vory man for tho position OUR NEXT GOVERNOR. ' It Is said that Multnomah county's Judgo, Lionel K. Webster, UBplroa to succeed Governor Chumborlnln as Oregon's cxocutlvo. This circum stance, which comes from good au thority, BUggosta a peculiar situation. Llonol K, Wobstor once hold a cir cuit Judgeship in Southern Oregon. Ho bocamo ambitious and finally as pired to became tho stnto's attorney general. Ho got tho nomination. Sub sequently ho got moro thnn that and that which ho recelvod mndo him a vory sorry man. Goorgo E, Chamberlain, then n bank cashier up tho valley samowhoro, hut nn nttornoy, ns well, received tho nomination for tho nttornoy-gonornl-ship from tho democratic party. Ho was honest nnd, thurcforo, popular nt homo, but wns not widely known throughout tho stato. Ilu soon bo camo widely known and has slnco broadonod tho width of public knowl edge of a popular public sorvant. In tho contest which followed, In n strongly republican Btato, Webster, tho republican cnndldnto, was badly beaten. Chamberlain bocamo tho at-tornoy-genornl measurably on ac count of tho fact that Wobstor wob opposed by a strong clement in his own party. Subsoquontly, Wobstor enmo to Portland and, through n combination with tho local "machlno," wns olectcd judge for Multnomah county. Ho Is now Booking tho namlnntiou for tho highest ofllco In tho gift of tho pcoplo of the state. Governor Chamberlain will un doubtedly bo renominated by his party for a second term. Should Webster rccolvo tho repub lican nomination for that office, thoro be bo doubt that Chamberlain will tho most popular nnd successful bus- In tho city council nnd proposo to bo Iiiohb men in tho city. Ho Is proprlo- insistent In their effort to pcrsundo tor of tho Portland Wlro and iron l.lm to accept the nomination. Mr. Works, tho largest establishment of Iloost would bo wholly nccoptablo to Its kind on tho I'nclllo Coast. Ho has. the business people of Portland, und most successfully conducted his own affairs and It Is thut kind of mnn whom tho people would havo to help thoro can bo no doubt that ho would rentier aervlco for tho municipality of which tho peoplo would bo proud. rendy begun to havo nn appreciable effect. Progress Is also being made In tho extension of tho common school system. Ono of tho chief discourage nients to those who Investigate the South and Its conditions Is tho "pis tol toting" habit. How gcnorol this Is lu tho South nnd tho extent to which It tends to cheapen human life was shown In n striking .manner by tho shootings nnd killings which attend ed tho observance of tho recent Christmas holidays, nnd which called forth vigorous editorial comment from tho Southoru press. It Is reasonable t, bollovo that theso atrocities, wide ly known, havo qulto ns much to do with keeping Immigrants from sever al Southern states iib any other inllu ence nnd possibly a great deal more. When a certain whlto element of tho South shall havo become civilized and law-abiding, tho Southern states will havo no dllUculty In attracting Immigration. THE GRAND JURY. It Is generally admitted that tho grand Jury la not now u very Import ant feature of our Judicial system. Its Indictments aro llttlo moro than formal Indorsements of tho opinions of tho prosecuting olllcer, giving htm permission to go ahead and convict Biispocted persona, if ho can. Never theless, tho proposition to abolish an Institution us old as Anglo-Saxon civ ilization is Bomowhat startling; and tho fact that ono Btato has already carried tho proposition into effect is still moro so. Tho peoplo of Minne sota havo adopted n constitutional 1st should bo employed to Inspect tho condition of tho ears. Tho Portland Consolidated Railway Company will probably loam from this Incident In Itn buslnoss career that It will pay to lake this precaution, no matter what It may cost lu tho way of salary. It ciunot restore the lives lost through Its carelessness, but It may havo to pay for thorn. Tho Bonato of tho United States has unanimously passed a resolution ex pressing Its confidence in tho integri ty of Senator John H. Mitchell, the occasion for this action on tho part of that body bolng tho recent Indict mont of Senator Mitchell by tho fod oral grand Jury now In session In this city. Tho legislature of Oregon has passed u resolution unanimously on dorslng tho resolution of tho national congress. What docs United States Prosecuting Attorney Honey think of that? Hut neither tho national con gress nor tho stato legislature has, said anything about tho Hon. Dluger Herman. Congressman Humphroy, of Wash ington stato, has already provoked his political conforers at Washington, D, C, to catubluo ngalnst him. Ho ought to know whnt that means. Piles and Ankeny will destroy him. It nil enmo about over tho nomina tion of George M. Stowart for post master at Seattle. Humphroy has nil along been too much Inclined to tho bollof thnt ho Is tho "wholo thing" from his stato nt Washington, D. C, und that Seattlo Is about tho only city worthy of consldornton, politically or amendment by n majority of 121,000 I otherwise, west of tho national cap- directing tho legislature to abolish tho ' Hal. Franco nnd Turkey nro now on gaged In n bloodless verbal war. Ger many may bo drawn Into tho squab ble. Tho French minister has gono homo lu it huff nnd threatens to ex pose tho nchomo by which Germany got tho contracts to ro-arm tho Turk ish artillery. a Tho $9,000 robbery In a Lebanon bnnk on Tuesday evening Indicates thut prosperity prevails In tho vnlloy; but the thing that Is bothering tho authorities most lu tho fact that tho robbers left no clew. They woro shrewd enough, also, to leave nn mon ey In tho bnnk. Senator Nottingham seems to own n llttlo political machlno all by hlmsolf nt Salem. As a rule, tho senator Is about right, but tho fact that ho was elected Independently in this county ncarccly gives him tho right to direct tho entire body of which ho Is only an individual member. After long und dlsnppolntlng sor vlco it has been concluded by tho powera thnt bo that tho dredgo Chinook, so far as its work on tho Columbia river bar Is concerned, Is a failure and It will probably bo super seded by tho success of tho prop osition to build tho Jetty at onco and be dono with It." a a a Congressman W. L. Jones, frequent ly rcforrcd to as "tho Abraham Lin coln, of Central Washington," is do ing good work for Oregon, also. His ablo work In support of tho Colllo canal project has endeared him to tho pcoplo of tills stato. In other import nnt matters Congressman Jones has shown himself to bo n frlond of tho Wobfoot stato. President Roosovelt has 'won nn other great victory, greator by far than It will appear to many to be. Ho has almost tho unanimous .support of tho business Interests of tho nation In his light for tho enlargement of tho powers of tho Interstate commorco commission "and for further govern mental control and regulation of rail way freight rates," a President Roosovelt and Senator Charles W. Fairbanks havo been elected president and vlco president, respectively, by tho voto enst In tho electoral collego on Wednesday. Tho republican candidates received 33G votes; tho democratic candidates, Parker and Davis, received HO votes. Tho majority of 196 votes in favor of tho republican candidates is unprece dented. What sort of a Jerrymander propo sition Is this in tho bill to divide Wasco county? Is It a necessity de manded by tho peoplo? or merely a partisan scheme- to "dlvldo" somo ono'a political strength In that dis trict? Thero nro many prominent cit izens Of tho Stato vhn riirrnt tn son J this sort of thins consumo the tine of the great law-makers of tho common wealth. Tho Now Ago desires to express Its gratitude to Mr. Albert Tozler, ono of Oregon's well-known nowspnper men and generally useful and pro gressive citizens, for copies of tho senate and houso calendars of tho present session of tho state legisla ture Tho compilation is excellently dono nnd as means of reference Is exceedingly valuable Tho Now Ago appreciates tho favor and "haB put it on Mo." So they failed to catch United States Prosecutor Ileney in tho net of fqmlnlno flounces! But tho proposi tion novcr reached him. It was tho girls who first became nfrnld. TIiIb Is not said to Intimate that tho result would havo been othcrwlso had tho scheme proceeded any' furthor than It did, but Is relnted merely ns nn ovl denco of good faith on tho part of the women. And now It Is Congressman Wil liamson tho federal grand jury is after, on two or thrco counts, ut that! It was Mr. Williamson, wo believe, who dcclnrcd his Innocence of nny business relations with the land frauds and their perpetrators long bo- foro nny chargo was mndu ngalnst him. Dut, then, ho may havo had a hunch. Conscience, whero It exists, Is tho first nnd surest accuser. a a a The stato loses a great and good man In tho death of Hon. J. M. Church, of La Grando. As tho result of Injuries received from it fall at Salem recently ho passed away at St. Vincent's hospital In this city Inst Sunday morning. Prominent ns n banker, u politician and n citizen, ho wnu esteemed by all who knew him. Ills business anil social life was most honorublo In every respect. Ho has for many years dono much fur tho community In which ho lived, for his county and for tho statu nt largo. Ho was active lu tunny progressiva move ments and a lender lu thu advance ment of tho chief Interests of tho commonwealth. Tho Now Ago Is Borry to learn thnt W. Allison Sweeney, known through out tho cntlro continent ns nn able writer nnd politician, has resigned tho position of editor of tho Chicago Con servator, in which capacity ho has served for many months In a most successful way. Ho did much to en large tho putronagu of that good pa per nnd to mnko Its odltorlnl columns popular wherever read. Ho Is alert lu tho consideration of tho events of present overy-dny llfo In commorco und In Industrial progress and his ar ticles hnvo done .much to encourngo tho betterment of conditions In theso respects. Rut It is not likely thnt ho will quit tho nowspnper field, for thoro is whero he is most useful. a a a Tho failure of tho city council to ngrco to make a trip Into California Is significant in .moro respects than ono. Certain members of that body desire to Inquire Into tho proposition mndo by tho California tolephono com pany to establish u tolopbouo busi ness in this city and to Investigate tholr syBtom. Cortnln other mombors opposo tho Junket on thnt account, it Is said. Why? Our present tele phono sorvlco is mlsofnbly unsatis factory. Why should wo not dcslro a bettor sorvlco? This Is n buslnoss community In which ,moro Interests aro concerned thnn that or tho Pa cific States Tclephono and Telegraph Company. It will bo Interesting to discover why somo other reputnblo company is not permitted to establish a business hero. Tho discovery will bo mndo In duo time and then the peoplo on whom tho prosont monop oly imposes so boldly will quit guessing. Luuky Man. J. II. Cunfleld, Librarian, of Colum bia, tells tho following story of an at tempt "to point n moral," etc. He was in the country for a few days, uud was directing tho work of a now1 "hand," a boy of about 17. Like all boys of that age, ho was forgetful, careless and heedless though good natured nnd willing. 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