THU NEW AE. POUTliANX), OBEGOK.
THE NEW AGE
A. D. Cmll-PIN. Mniinuur
Office 3Ji Second St., cor. Ath, Kooma t and 2
Portland, Orcicun.
Kntcrod nttliopoMnUlce at Portland, Oregon,
a (ecoml-clans mnttur.
SUIJSCKIITION.
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EDITORIAL
VS6ttW&iG)3)i)(S&m:
THE LAND FRAUD CASKS
Tho many dcfontlantB In tho land
fraud cases aro bolng arraigned, and
n fow wooks later somo, If not all of
thorn, will bo tried, with what probablo
roHtilt It would not bo proper to Bay,
even If wo thought wo could guoss
correctly. Just how convincing and
convicting tho cvldenco will bo re
mains to bo Hccn.
It may properly bo Bald, however, In
n genoral way, with reference to theso
fraudulent methoila of acquiring gov
ernment lands, particularly timber
landH, that thoy hnvo been In vogue
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ft I
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throughout tho country for many .ho decides ofTliand In as many tnlii
years; have been practiced by every- ulcs, and decides them iib well, bo
l.n.lv wlin ever iiciiulred largo tractn of ! cause of Ills quick, broad grasp of the
laud, anil who always hud assistants
mid ronfcdcrntcH In and out of olllco;
and that If this was not well known
nnd understood at Washington tho
government must have been asleep or
looking very earnestly and persistent
ly In somo other direction. In fact,
tho government must have known all
along that other men, all over tho
West In California, WnHhlngton,
Montana, Idaho and other states
hnvo been doing Just what theso do
fondants nro charged with doing.
Everybody know In n vague, If not a
distinct, way that Biich wholoBalo
frauds wore being perpetrated, and
everybody mipposcd tho Government
winked nt their perpetration. Indeed,
ho common, general and notorious hnd
such transactions becomo that thero
was Hcarcely any attempt to conceal
or dlsgulsu them, nnd to many poopln
It looks ns If those defendants, In con-
sequence of tho government'n long I
....ill .iiiiiuiiiit ti iiiwtli tiiH.rfiltmiu liml '
hoiiio noil or right to HiipptiHo that they
were not considered criminal by tho
government.
It looks, besides, ns If thu govern
ment, through hoiiio of Its land lawn
ami Its forest reserve policy, was pur
posely playing Into tho hands of tho
timber hind grabbers, and their iigentH
nnd attorneys, In ami out of congress
ami other places of public service.
Tho withdrawal of great areas of for
est reserves clearly gave tho bcrlp
pom Just the opportunity they wanted,
and from one point of view, and a
Miry practical, reasonable one too,
they had a right to supposo that tho
government purptisoly offered them
this opportunity and Invited them to
avail IhouiKolvc's of it. In other words,
and, briefly, If theso men are guilty
tho government Is pnrtlceps crlmlnls,
for It. had long tolerated If not encour
aged Jst such transactions, nnd had
opened the way for conducting thorn
moro enuily ami on n larger scale.
Wo do not say that this Is sulllclont
to entirely uxcuso tho defendants, If
the ovideuco against thorn is nil that
Mr. Honey Buys it is; but wo do
know and say that If they aro crimi
nals bo nro u great many others, nnd
in fact moat people, In a greater or
loBH decree, who hnvo acquired gov
ernment land.
Wo suppose this stirring up of tho
land-fraud business Is ono eonse
quonco of Rooaovelt'H election, With
many another man us president, ho
would huvo looked ut tho matter moro
leniently, perhaps wo might Bay mor
philosophically If not moro Justly, and
overlooking whnt had been done, bo
eiuiHo It had becomo a custom uppar
ently sanctioned by the government
ItBoir, would huvo only wurnod people
that such practices niUBt henceforth
C0UBO.
Certainly, however, If tho defend
anta nro clearly proven guilty, let
them ho convicted und sultubly pun-1
ished, but shouldn't Undo Sam blush ,
scarlet when ho
upon them?
executes Bontenco
OUR VERSATILE PRESIDENT.
Probably tho United States nover
had so vlrllo and versatile a President
an Roosevelt. Considered only ' as
statcsman thero have been grcntcr
presidents, perhaps, and there have
been presidents who know what
'roughing It" meant. Thoro have
been presidents who wore good sol-
tilers and commanders, find Roosevelt
has the military Instinct too, and
would doubtless hnvo made a great
general If a great war had given him
tho opportunity. Somo of out Prosl-
dertts may have been moro profound
scholars along some lines, nnd abler
from a purely literary point of view,
yet Itoosovclt la tho author of a num-
bcr of well-written and Instructive
books, and Is bb handy, with his pen
ns with a "big Htlck," a gun, a bwonI
or "the gloves."
Roosevelt Is a man of Intense actlv-
Ity, of mnrvclotiB capacity for a mix-
turn of mental nnd nhvslcal exorcise,
What would bo hard work to most
peoplo ho seems to consider play or
nt most work In which ho takes keen
pleasure. It Is said that ho Ib Impul-
slvo, yet, If so, ho rarely makes bad
mlRinknn. Thn truth i i. l rnmi.
Ingly quick-witted. Grave questions of
state that some presidents would have
pondered over wearylngly for weckH
main points of any situation or prob-
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iom. jjo win "immiio" moro visitors
than any four former presidents. lie
will do as much work as any half a
ilozon ordinary or oven oxtraordlnnry
men, during business hours In tho
Whlto House, and then throwing off
care as ho might an olllco coat, he Is
off and away for a swift canter
through tho country or a boxing or
wrestling bout with hoiiio trained an-
tagonlst. ,
Within tho past month ho has
visited Now York twlco nnd Phlln-
dolphin once, making quite different
and very Interesting speeches; on his
way south ho had something apt to
say ut all stopping places; ho was up
nt daylight nnd enjoyed tho Journey
0 n ,y wno traveling for the
,n,rHt tlmo; nnd now ho will Hpend two
'nr three weeks In the mountain wIIiIh
of Oklahomn nnd Colorndo hunting
wolves
mid eatnmounts, living on
un me. hiiw1h.Hi- nnrl ordlniiri- rnmiilnif.
out grub, nnd piny harder than nny lnor conduct of hla onico gonor
iiuiu In 10,000 could or would If ho ''. "' ' "ht to bo frco to cll008
could.
No, tho country has novor hnd such
n president nH this exceedingly virile,
versatile, lively, ilomoerntle young
man of aristocratic lineage nnd breed
ing. Among our presidents he has no
prototype, nnd future generations nro
not likely to see his like In the pres
idential olllco. Ho may bo there
again, though, nfter 1011!. Then he
will bo only fiO yenrH old. Our Teddy
may make hoiiio mlslakim; ho may not
bo In nil respects the wisest of men;
but ho Ih both n wonderful and an ad
mirable llgure.
ROHEItT A. PRESTON.
For Couucllmnn, First Ward.
Tho peoplo huvo begun nlready to
soo tho bcnollclul results from tho new
ROBERT A.
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Repubhcan A.p.rant for Nom.natjon a. Cand.date for Councilman
primary election luw. It gives to the
people tho right to name candidates of
their choice to represent them, nnd it
effectually dostroys "boss" rulo and
"muchlno" control.
This thought Ib suggested by tho
character and high standing of the
gentlemen aspiring to tho olTlco of
councilman In the various wards of
tho city. Never before In tho history
of Portland have so many business
men consented to servo In ofllclal ca-
paclty. This In Itself Is Btifflclcnt to
convlnco all of the value of tho new
'aw and points to n not distant day
when our municipal affairs, nt least,
will bo In tho hnnda of capable busl-
nesa men, who can bo relied upon to
slvo us honest nnd economical admin-
Istrnllons.
The announcement of the candidacy
of Mr. Robert A. Preston, a progrcs-
slvo and popular young business man,
for tho Republican nomination ns
councilman In tho Fist ward is In lino
wlln n Konornl movamont nil over tho
city, which hart for Its object tho nom-
,ntu,on or ino ,)CSl vnnauio men as
candidates on tho Republican ticket.
Mr- PrcHton ' un of ex-
cclIcnt clmrnctor and good nullities,
nml hnB cntcrc,, thc co t the ear-
nost solicitation of a largo number of
b,,8lnc8fl mun ftn'1 tnxpnycrs of tho
wnr1' who recognize In him tho ma-
terlal of which good nnd faithful of-
flclala aro mado.
Tho Now Ago heartily endorses Mr.
Preston, nnd bespeaks for him a lnrgo
voto nt tho prlmnrlcB on May Oth, nnd
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Remember Robert A. ProBton on the
(,y f tho prlinnrlos,
CITY TREASURER WEltLEIN.
City Treasurer J. 13. Wcrleln will, In
nil probability, bo nominated at tho
prlmnrles and re-elected by n very
largo majority, nH ho well dcBorvcB to
he. Ho Is a perfectly safe and entirely
competent man for UiIb Important of-
nL'0' nn1 lhoro ,H no occnslon for a
chnngo. Mr. Wcrleln hna had a llttlo
difficulty with tho civil aervlco bonrd
()VOr ono of ",B doputlea, but tho pub-
1I(J hollevea that ho Ib In tho right, and
wl" "" fi0 ovorwholmlngly nt tho
')0,,B- iMr- Worloln, not the mombors
(,f ,1,,H ,,(mr,, ,H Proimlly responsible
,0 ,no nu,,,,c for tho Brcat ",0Ullt of
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' correct llCCOtlllls uiureoi, nun Mil
deputies that ho known ho can rely
upon, if he lias to assume peiHumil in
HPOiiHibllity for Ills nets. The board
melius well, no doubt, Imtlusut-li a ctipe
it should i.avo yielded to Mr. WVirlin's
w kIich. Tho voters wil' approve and
mudsill lilm.
RESULTS QF REVIVALS.
Tho squad of revivalists closed
their two'weekH' efforts early this
week, and huvo dopartcd for other
Holds, whoro souls nro to bo convoitcd
and dollars aro to ho easily acquired
In largo mimbora from emotional poo
pie. According to somo of their est!
mutes furnished to tho dally papers,
I tho number of "conversions" In Port
land wns 1G00, though others only
claimed 1000. Wo nil or most of us
do know about what this amounts to.
Doubtless a portion of thorn will Join
PRESTON
'churches and stick thore, and bo somo
good, let us admit much good, from a
narrow vlow point, will have been
done. Hut tho larger portion of bucIi
convorslon, if not Insincere to begin
with, nro only temporary. They aro
like New Year resolutions, to bo
broken as soon as the ebullient cnthu-
slasm evaporates. This, too, 1b as It
should bo, for peoplo should not go
on professing what they do not bollevo
and what they cannot llvo up to, and
few peoplo who think at all can long
retain ns an Intelligent basis of rcllg-
lous thought and action .many of tho
utterances and theories of theso re-
vlvallsts. In much of what thoy said
and did they mado a travesty of rcllg-
ln, rather than exemplified nnd ra-
.tlonnlly explained It.
Tho Nw Age Is not Baying a word
against religion, or churches, or reg-
"tor preachers, or Christian workers,
On tho contrary It recognjzes them ns
n necessary ndjunct of civilization.
Hut li confesses to no great admlra-
tlon for a worked-up, hlghly-pald-for
am. .iuuu.iHu.ujr .u.auu..u. epuuuu
me una, a son or a nincringeti trnv-
cling religious circus, where tho
preachers assume to know all rcllg-
Ioub truth, and try almost forcibly to
cram their Ideas nnd notions and of-
ten crude and oven .mischievous con-
ceptlons down the mental throats of
'" auditors.
"O, Liberty, how ninny crimes nro
committed In thy name," oxclnlmcd
.Madame Roland Just before tho exo-
cutlonor cut off her head, and this
mlrrli Itt tin rnnltrn uml lit urit'ltii 'M
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uciigioii, now many mkch nun muies
"ro perpetrated In thy tiiiiuu."
A BUSINESS MAN FOR MAYOR.
The Idea of n business mnn candi
date and ti purely business utlmlnlBtrn-
ton n,,,)enrB to bo gaining favor and
, m.cIy t() uccomo raoro nn,i moro
popular with tho people, especially
)UHnca8 mcn nmi tuor cn,,,0yc8, who
,)ropory nut business before politics,
Tlm .,ro-oinlnontly "buslnosB' cnndl -
,into before tho primaries Is Mr. W. R.
olafke, himself a prominent business
nmn of Front Htrccti In thnl pnrt of
()l0 cl(y ,J0 H BlPporlc,i wtn practical
Hm,nmty becnuso that portion of
town , n,lc(, wth prnctcal i,uIi)qsh
m(,n w
t,1(J Ht
.iio know him well, and hnvo
utmost conndenco In him. Thoy
my call him "IJIIP when thoy meet
blm, but they know that ho Is 11 man
lit to bo called "Mayor" and to (111 that i
Important olllco well. I
Mr. Olafke has novor been ti poll-
tcnli (hoHgi n,wny n rolbHcnn ,,
ti supporter of thnt party. Wo do not
remember that ho over sought to bo
como oven ti delegnto to u convention.
Ho has nover run after olllco, or want
ed It, but has attended strictly to bus-
Iness. Ilut ho nnd a great many of
Ills friends think that since tho regular
political partlcfl nro pretty well broken
up here now It would bo a good time
to give tho regular politicians und
chronic olllce-seokors a rest, and elect
ns mayor n man who would conduct
tho city's affairs on purely business
principles, a strong bollever In nnd
exemplar of tho principle of "a
squnro deal," nnd who would not al
low tho petty ambitions nnd squabbles
of politicians to lnterforo with his
work or Intluenco hla nctlon.
Lnrgo and enthusiastic Glafko meet
ings wore hold Tuesday evening, and
It Is evident that tho movomont to
mnko Mr. Glafko tho republican
candldnto for mayor Is growing
rapidly and beforo May G, whon tho
primaries nro held, will assumo largo
proportions.
GOOD COLORED WOMEN.
A largo number of prominent wo
mon, having for their object "the bet
terment of womanhood and child
hood," assembled in Washington, D.
C, last week, among them such wo
men of national reputation as Miss
Susan I). Anthony, Mrs. Ellen Foster,
May Wright Sowoll, nnd others. Mrs.
Mary Church Terrell, In speaking of
citizenship from a women's point of
view, said:
"Tho colored women of the country
nro doing as much to promoto good
...
cltlzonshlp ns their moro fortunate
sisters in white. This Is interpreted i
by ,thom to mean an Intelligent regard I
nml tcni,or car0 of tholr children and
and consIl!or.
ation of every question which con
corns tho wolfnro of tho race. Color-
ed women bellovo that good citizen-
ship means tho protection of tho wo-1
manhood of tho race, insisting that
tho men who transgress tho moral
laws shall be banished from good sc-
clety na Inevitably as the women thoy
destroy."
It Is gratifying to tho hosts of good,
faithful colored women throughout the
country to hear such words of appro-
elation and commendation from eucIi
a source, and In such a place. Too
many people, because there aro somo
bad colored as well as white women,
are prono to overlook tho fact that
tho vast majority of colored as well as
whlto women nro good, true, faithful
daughters, wives, mothers, Bisters and
friends, nnd thus aro doing their share
toward tho gradual betterment of the
colored people
WHO WILL. HE MAYOR.
Tho registration of republicans and
democrnts Is over, and Indicates
notlllnt: ns to What Will lianDcn on
Mny vhm hc prlmnrlca aro hc,di
Apparently about, sovcn-clghts of thc mrromyi& by Fn.nch' p, & prc
voters registered aro republicans, and vent English products from being la
the Interesting question from now on troduocd.
will bo: Whom will they nominate? ' M ,ilthtfM" A'ncf'T J0880'8 wcro at
Uio port of AniHterdnm.
who will get a plurality of tho votes
nt (h(j pr,mnrlcg? For amon(, B0
iniiny cnndldntcs, all with
consider
nblo strength, It Ib certain thnt no one
will hnvo a majority. Tho man who
can get that plurality will probably bo
tho next mayor of Portland, though
one or moro Independent republican
cnm,WntCB ngt rcn,cr Ul, ,mccr.
tain. In city elections many voters
don't t-nro much about party. Tho
voto will bo divided between Williams,
Albee, Olafke, Rowo and Merrill, and
all of them, with perhaps one excep
tion, apparently expect to win out.
M"y tho best man win. Then tho dem-
ocrnts may bIiow up surprisingly In
tho election, If Lnno should bo tho
cnndldato. So It's doubtful If anybody
can bo dead Hiiro of tho result till tho
1 votes nro counted on tho llrst Monday
In Jo
W. 0. ROWEN.
For Councilman Sccontl Ward.
W. G. Rowon, who Ib n cnndldnto for
tho Republican nomination for council-
ir.au from tho Second ward, Ih an en-
'
crgetlc business man and ono of the
most popular residents of tho Second
ward.
Mr. Rowon, for n tlmo wbb Htiporln-
tentlont of tho Northwest Electric En-
glncerlng Company, but la now en -
'
gaged in electric wiring and construe -
tlon work on hla own account, nt 305
Stnrk street, and omployB from ten
to thirty men.
Mr. Rowen will ontor tho prlmnrlca
with n very strong following nnd thnt
,jo w j(j UQ UopiI,,CIin nomneo ,
nIra08c n furCBono conclusion.
Tho Second wnrd needs Just such n
mnn n W. O. Rowen to renrcscnt It In
tho council, ono fnmlllnr with Its wants
nnd who has tho courage nnd ability
to demand them.
Thoro litis not, so far developed any
opposition to Mr. Rowen nnd It looks
like ho will hnvo nono.
Don't forget W, G. Rowen on tho day
of tho primaries, May 'Gth.
HIT OR MISS.
Now for three weok'a hustling,
Merrill
that.
Is a rustler no doubt of
County ofllclals aro not
worrying
UiIb year.
Do wo want an open, a closed, or a
half-and-half town?
Thero won't bo any lack of candi
dates for councllmen.
It seems to bo genorally acknowl
edged that Sheriff Word Is victor.
Will republicans run Independent?
is what la bothering somo candidates.
Perhapa a good many democrats
wero ashamed to register tholr poll
tics. When tho fair opens Hon. Georgo H.
Williams will bo mayor. Will ho bo
whon It closes?
Tho candidates aro all good men
n lr.no. If vnn linllnvo whnt llinv env
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Nearly all tho present councllmen
want no .more of It-or else know thoy
couldn't get In again.
Chief Hunt, Joo Day and Eomo
others will bo considerable of a handl
cap on tho Grand Old Man?
. . ronorto., that tho llouor nni!
browing Interests aro solid for Wil
Hams, but It may not turn out so.
One Hundred Years Ago.
Sweden was obliged by tho rcmon-
Rtranm nf Pnmhi n .Wllim ilm nmf.
fercd subsidy of England.
'I1 tin rttttf rt T .itltsutls InmiinHtf -n am
, Tho French government passed
,nw srnllllllB 1)cll8lolIS to n omlsriult.
from Santo Domingo.
Three thousand French troops were
ordered to The Hague to prevent nn
uprising which was dally expected.
Re-enforcements of French troop? ar
rived at Santo Domingo and effectual
ly repulsed Emperor Dcswtlliie.t' army.
Portugal purchased with tho concur
renco of England tho stUTorauco of
France to remain neutral In the war.
Seventy-five Years Ago.
Yucatan tlcclntvd Itnelf Independent
Pasturing of cows on the Ilo.ston
common was forbidden by law.
Sioux Indians annihilated tho Sno
and Fox tribes near Dubuque, Iowa.
The llrst light of tho Hlackrock light
hoiiHo at Llverjiool appeared.
Congress provided for a boundary
line to be run between Louisiana and
Arkansas territories.
tuJJJSj n" wifspJoTiVto Imvo
heallnj; properties It was bottled ami
sold throughout tho United States and
Europe for medicine.
Tho flrst gold from Georgia mines
was received at tho United States
mint
Fifty Years Ago.
Don Carlos, tho Spanish pretender,
? v t , ...
Tho Niagara suspension bridge wns
complotcd.
A freo public school system wns ca-
tiiDIIslietl Hi Illinois.
Tho Atlantic and SL Lawrence rail-
road was leased to the Grand Trunk
railroad for tHKl years.
' , Nhnll "t Princeton university.
built In 17BU, wiia .tcstroyisl by lire,
1 Several persons were killed by tho
falling In-of tho lloor of the town hall
, njiIeoU,lh if" .
The plenipotentiaries nt Vlenita ex
changed powers and commenced pro-
ceedlngs toward ugreelng upon tlia
,er,1,!i of ""'"o-'n'rklsh peace.
forty Years Ago.
Tho panic In gold carried quotations
down to 17BV4. drop of llt points
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Tho Parliament nt Oiiol.w minntrvi
the confederation scheme by a larg
vote.
Reports of Sheridan and Sherman
successes sent gold down to ISlMj. A
short tlmo beforo It wns quoted at 220
nnd over.
News reached the North that Uia
Confederate Congress had passed a
bill to arm and equip the negroes u
soldiers.
Richmond (Vn.) papers published an
exposuro of an alleged conspiracy to
oust Davis and Stephens, make Hunter
president, and end tho war.
President Lincoln Issued n proclama
tion ordering thnt all citizens or domi
ciled agents trnllleklng with Confed
erates be arrested and held as prison
ers of war.
Thirty Years Age.
The Hawaiian treaty was helot
fought In the Sena to by sugar Inter
ests, At a consistory held at the Vatican
Archbishop McCloskey of New York,
was made a cardinal.
The French Assembly passed ths
mllltary reorganization bill, the consti
tution having been adopted several
weeks previously.
A tornado devastated the town of
Rlenzt, Mist. The river bottoms la
the Northwest States were flooded.
Quite a sensation was caused lo
' England by the outcome of the Mor
daunt divorce case In which Lady Mor
I daunt was decreed guilty.
fweaty Years Ago.
.' The militia was mobilized at Sedail
nnd oUl1er P,lut.3 m Missouri to sup
l"a
press nou incmeni io me railroad:
strike on the Gould system
-v. .. .... uum.u Djaicui,
London papers admitted that the rtv
JjJJjf1 gtrauIeTalS' "toth ""h ltm31
,, t ov tu latter.g Afijhan fronn
83l0D. Afghan fronU
President Cleveland Issued a nrocU-
matlon barring the "boomers" from.
Oklahoma.
Ten thousand of the 12,000 coal min
ers in the Pittsburg district struck for
higher wage.
The powers agreed to a conference,
to be held in Parts to determine Ui
status of the Suez can&L
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