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Newspaper Page TextTIIE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON Itorilattii New Arje A. D. QWI'I'IIV, MimnKDf Oillrc, Hootii 317. ('ntnmomtrnltli lliilMllig rntdatthetomcatronl.ndOfe.on ccond.ciMi matter. SUBSCRIPTION. able In advance..'. $1.00 One Year, payable I EDITORIAL itw Minmiminiiii TIH5 8. P. AND PORTLAND, In opposing the ordlnnnco repealing tho nllegcd or protended Fourth Htreet franchise, Attorney Kenton snld that tho Southern Pacific Company "con fidently hoped" to succeed In making arrangements some tlmo In tho futuro to take tho freight traffic off that htreet and transfer It to an east side route, But there was no positive as surance that this would be done, or If so when. Perhaps It depends on whether tho KnBt Third street fran chise Is granted, giving tho Southern Pacific a monopoly of that street pruc tlcnlly frcu for 25 years. If tho people should by tho referendum veto that project, as they certainly will If tho council passes It over tho mayor's veto, will tho Southern Pacific get off Fourth street with Its freight and big passenger trains? Probably not, until forced (o do so. It hcoiiih to be only sparring for time and running a bluff. Attorney Kenton says that tho council has no power to repeal tho old so called franchise but this Is not for him to say. He Is not a court. A railroad attorney will say almost anything In behalf of Ills client. And that Mr. Kenton Is not above extravagant mis lepresentutlons even In private prac tice Is shown by his "hlfolutln" speech lu opening tho recent Illue Mountain land fraud case. Ho told the Jury In substance that tho defendants had nuver ilono tho least wrong or Irregu lar thing whatever, that there was not a scrap or scintilla of evidence show ing tlielr guilt, that their prosecution was a dastardly conspiracy and so on, when tho evidence, as the Jury quickly found, clearly showed that they wore guilty, and tho attorney probably knew as well as anybody oIho that they wero guilty when ho uiiulu IiIh buncombe speech. That has nothing to do directly with the lawyer's representations and pleas in behalf of bis railroad client, but tho council and the people nro Justified In believing as llttlo of what ho says as they cIiooho. That ho sayB the ordi nance cannot constitutionally bo re pealed counts for no moro than If John Smith, V strout cleaner, should nil, v so not cjultu so much, for John Smith would havo no Interest lu mis representing the mutter. A paid nttor ney for a corporation will misrepre sent and dlstoit anything to gain a point or fool a council, it Jury or thu people. We don't bellevo that tho courts will hold that this old penult Ih perpetually Inviolate, sacred and no lepealable, a "vested right" that can not be touched. If so, It Is tlmo for thu people to get now men on tho bench those who will coustruu laws and franchises and business transac tions equitable and reasonably and In the peoplu's Interest rather than In that of some monopolistic corporation. The railroad wantB a monopoly for 2.1 years of Kast Third street and no body knows what other valuable lights and privileges gratis and Is ap parently holding- this user of Fourth street as a club to get whatover elso It wants, Rut thu people should not glvo the Third street franchise nnd should force the company off Fourth street except for an eloctrlc line sim ilar to other street car lines. This Insolvent corporation has held mi tlm nomilo of Portland nolle Innir enough. Within the last yenr It has i ilono or tried or la trying IIh best to do them millions of dollars' worth of damage by lighting tho North Rank load, showing Itself to bo in fact a deadly enemy of this city. It do serves no favor whatever at tho city's hands, and should bo treated accord ingly. No confidence whatover should be placed in attorney Kenton's Implied, Insinuated or conditional promises. In fact, he Is careful to promise noth ing. There Is no evidence thnt tho company Intends to remove Its traffic from Fourth street, nothing but an 'occasional intimation that it intends' to do so or may do so. Tho thing to do Is for the council to t.na n.o VmiPiin nr.ilnnnrn nr onn llko It and take tho matter Into the courts 'as soon as possible. Tho city might as wc opcn up thc flght nKnin8t thB gl.'n inrB0 proportion of them are Indus- gantlc hoggish and unscrupulous Would-bo monopoly now as later. Other roads nro going to get into Portland in splto of Ifarrlman's and his lawyers' attempts to keep them out nnd the people of this city should In every possible way encourage, aid, support and patronize other roads than Hog Harrlman's. He ImB been a blight on Oregon and on Portland for the past 12 or 16 years, worse than a succession of war, pestilence and fom Ine. He has plundered tho people, held bnck Portland's growth to the exUnt of at lenst 100,000 population and tens of millions of wealth; he has used one of our main thoroughfares and mndo a nuisance of It without so much as n "thank you," for It, and now wants nnothcr, the key routo on the enst side; ho has charged exhor bltant rates and not paid half taxes, and It Is time the people woko up and looked out for their own Interests a little. No such franchise as that very val uable one on Hast Third street should bo granted without a common, user provision and a tax proportioned to Its value. And In any case the Fourth street franchise should be repealed and the company notified to quit using that thoroughfare as used at pres. cut within a given time. It Is tlmo lo find out whether Harrlmau owns Portland, to do with It Just as he pleases and whether tho city Is going to supinely "lay down" to him on every proposition. It Is time to curb the capacity of this big Wall street hog ami to turn a deaf car to his palavering pettifoggers. Since the above was written It Is announced that the S. P. has aban doned Its scheme of getting an exclu sive franchise on Hast Third street, evidently realizing that oven If the council passed tho ordinance thu peo ple would not stand for It. Whnt tho railroad's plan Is and what Its next move will bo only Itself knows. Tho pcoplo, however, need to bo vlgllent. FREEDOM DAY. The memory of nono of America's great men Is so revered by the people of this country as that of Abraham Lincoln, and by colored peoplo It Is hold In especlnl rovorence, for It was ho who broko their shackles of bond age, worn for generations nnd mndo them free men, women and children. Lincoln hated slavery as much as ho could hate anything and before tho war In u notable expression had de clared that "a house divided against Itself cannot stand; thu Union cannot exist half slave, half free." Vet Lin coln when elected president used no rash measures lo free thu slaves. Ho was obedient to the constitution nnd tho Inws and what ho did hu could not havo douo except for thu wnr and as a war inenBiire. Hut whllo ho used every means In his power to nvcrt tho war, and to end It, ho wns doubtless glad that sluco It was Inevitable, It gave him this opportunity to freo tho slaves. To no man In history has such an opportunity been given nnd by hint been Improved. Through all tho generations to como of the colored peoplo will there nrlso no man who In life and after death thoy will ven erate as AbrnhamLlncoln, Freedom was to many a disappoint ment, of course. Ignorant, untutored, unskilled, moneyless, in a region dev astuted by war, In tho midst of white people who even if kind to them as slaves, were hostiio to them ns free people, the victims of designing and unscrupulous politicians, in many cases homeless In their new condition mid with little chance of employment at living wnges, what were thoso 4,- 000,000 liberated and unfranchised peo. plo to do? Some peoplo say tho negroes In America hnvo not progressed ns thoy should; tho wonder Is that, nil things considered, thoy havo progress. ed so much, havo done so well. This emancipation took plnco only 43 years ago. None of them had any education; none had been trained to self-reliance or self support; for generations their ancestors hnd been slaves and thus they were turned loose to shift for themselves, to fight their own uphill battles, to mako their way as best they might uudcr conditions that might well have nppalled a people far less handicapped. They have In- creased In number to 11,000.000 or 12,- 000.0001 they arc found In all tho ave- nues of Industry, many of them have 'gained and are gaining an education, triotis ana tnrirty; they are on tnoiiuicc ami nnrreu. me coioreu men 'average about as law abiding and or- have often proved their fitness to be derly citizens as white people and the standard of civilization among them i Is gradually being elevnted. Isn't this a good deal to say of a people who so I short a time ago were slaves? As the years run Into decades and centuries, as the generations arc born .and llvo their little span nnd die, aB the colored people of America multi ply nnd Increase In knowledge, wis dom, wealth and civilization, this an niversary will nnnunlly bo celebrated nnd the name and act of tho great emancipator lovingly remembered and revered. THE NEXT SENATOR. None of tho Republican members of the next leglslnturo nro saying any thing about tho election of the next United States Senator for that long term, but It Is reasonable to suppose that many of them nro doing consld able thinking nnd wjll think still harder as thu tlmo approaches when they must decldo who will represent Oregon In tho senate for six years from March Ith next. It Is doubtless assumed by some thnt In consequence of Jonathan Ronnie having received a small plurality of the votes cast at tho prlmnrlcs Inst April, ho must therefore bo elected, but this does not necessarily follow, for under the constitution thoy can elect whomso ever they choosu and probably very fow of thorn, except for this plurality last spring and that for foolish "Statement No. 1," would seriously consider tho election of Mr. Bourno. It might bo woll during a month or two before tho election occurs for peoplo throughout tho Htnto, who would bo. dissatisfied and humiliated nt tho election of Mr. Ronnie nnd such peoplo nnd Republicans nro certainly very numerous, to send to their rep resentative formal written protests ngnlnst his election. Sufficient reasons for such action could easily be found In his past conduct nnd charactor. Politically ho has been n dlsturbor and mischief mnkcr. He helped to de feat tho people's and legislature's cholco for senator years ago; ho on ono occasion wns tho, chief Instrument In preventing tho organization of tho legislature, putting tho stnte to great expenso nnd depriving It of representa tion In tho senate for two years. That ho has used money In flagrant species of l ho worst foniiB of con option is believed by many If not all those fa miliar with his methods, and ho has long been regarded as a pariah In pol Itlcs. How many who know him renlly bellevo ho Is a mnn to be trusted In such a responsible position'' Who would daro vouch that ho would not stand lu with any big Job thnt could be worked through underlinndedly? What sort of no opinion would Eastern peo plo havo of Oregon If It should send to tho sennto n man with Rourno's rcc (ord, If thnt record should bo pub lished In full? Members of the next legislature should think this mntter over consid erably and conscientiously, nnd not regard themselves as being too tightly nnd Irrevocably bound up by state ment No. 1. It Is more Importnnt to olect a clean, trustworthy senator, one who will faithfully servo tho state nnd for whom It does not ha,ve to apologize nnd blush, than to adhero tenaciously t0 n foo8n 0P .con8dem, ,)rom,8e mnu - 0 , deferenco to shallow popular clamor. NEGROES AS SOLDIERS. Tho recent trouhla between somo soldiers of one of the negro regiments, stationed lu Texas, and some citizens who hail long made a practice of nag- glng. bullyragging and Insulting the colored troops, has led to n demand In somo southern papers for tho mus- terlng out of all colored soldiers. It Is not seriously claimed that tho colored men do not mako good soldiers, either ln barracks or In active service, but their presence as such Is offonslvo to tho southerners and to some peoplo of tho north, Borne of whom mako life as unpleasant as possible for tho troops and seek to Incite them to conduct that will get them into trouble. Some of these southerners, tho same ones who say the negroes can by no means rise or In any capacity amount to nnythlng, spare no opportunity or ef- 'fort to keep them down. The government ought not to yield ( to this clamor, arising out of race pre - soldiers, especially in time of war. As .the Minneapolis Times says: "During tho Civil war tho negro regiments displayed such efficiency and bravery as won for them the ad - miration and gratitude of every Amer- lean patriot. In tho years since that wnr, whether on garrison duty or serving against Indians, Spnnlnrds or Philippine Insurgents, they have proved equally brave, efficient and use ful. In somo linen of duty they nro even preferred by discerning com. manders to white soldiers. Of their hardihood and bravery In battlo Pres ident Roosevelt himself wns an eye witness, nnd ho wnB unstinted In his praise." There Is plenty of testimony that the average character of tho negro sol- Uor ,8 CXCcllcnt. A Boldlcr's lifo Is nttractlvo to many colored men, nnd thero Is no good reason why n duo pro portion of tho regular army should not be colored men. As a rulo they will behave themselves If civilians win treat them decently or let them alone. It Is not only n mntter of simple Jus tlco to the negro race to glvo It rep resentation in the nrmy, but, ns the Minneapolis paper says, "tho recogni tion by tho government, not so much of tho 'color lino' but of the manhood and citizenship of tho negro, by giving him tho opportunity of servlco In tho nrmy, has been n powerful force In promoting tho uplifting of tho race an uplifting which constantly goes on, notwithstanding all prejudiced detrac tion." POLITICAL. The moro Bryan tnlka tho less his chance of election, It not of his nom ination, In 1008. Tho Democrats of a lot of states have declared for him, hut that was beforo ho camo out for gov ernment ownership of railroads, which it largo majority of Democrats will not Indorse. Bryno says this Is only his personnl opinion nnd ho Is not forcing it upon tho party, and In vlow of this attitude he may bo nominated, with the understanding that tho party lu not thereby committed to this Imprac ticable policy. But even In thnt enso there Is not nor Is It scarcely possible that two years hence there will be, nny chnnco whatever for him to win nt thu polls. Personally Bryan Is a likable man, nnd nobody doubts his sincerity or patriotism, but ho Is too visionary and unreliable In Judgment to bo trusted with tho presidency. Such a man may be useful as an editor, as a lecturer, oven ns a member of con gress, but ho Is not fit for president, and never will como "within n thou sand miles" of getting there. The next houso of represcntntlvefi will be strongly Republican, perhaps as much so as tho present houso. Tho Democrats may gain a seat hero and thoro, hut aro likely to lose about as many as thoy gain, perhaps more. Tho country Is pretty well satisfied with things as they are, nnd Is not going to give tho Democrats much encour agement. Tho Republican slump In Mnlno wns duo entirely to tho policy of that party In loading Itself down with prohibition nnd refusing to sub mit it to a voto of tho peoplo, and not at all to national politics. Congress will remain solidly and overwhelming ly Republican In both houses during President Roosevelt's terra at least, and so for as present indications show long thereafter. In New York the Democrats nro In a general scrap among themselves, and whlchover one of them Is nom- Inated for governor or however many of them may run, they are nil doomed to overwhelming defeat. If they had.l90S. senjo enough to unito on a decent "sane nnd safo" man, they might havo .beaten Hlgglns, who is not much to boast of, but of course the Domocrata seldom havo sense enough to Improve .their opportunities. They had rather fight among themselves than beat tho Republicans, which Is perhaps provt- dental. Washington state will soon be in the "throes" of a campaign, but there Is no occasion for any violent "throes," for the republicans ha.vo a walkover In every section of tho Btate. About . ..... ......... tho only fight of Interest and Im - portanco is that between Senator An keny and his enemies, bul tho prob ( ability Is that he will win n re-election in me nanus oi me next, legislature. People of Oregon will be pleased to see him succeed, for he is a very good and Influential friend of an open Co- lumbla river. Pugct Sound would llko. .to get rid of Ankeny but since it has ' . .... I t nt Mill rW A Ml.nu.a 1.... .!..... I. ...... I .Piles, Seattle 'at least cannot com l plain and Tncoma can scnrccly expect .to land the other senator. In Idaho tho situation Is n llttlo more complicated on account of tho anti-Mormon fight led by Senator Du bois and tho nnlmoslty of some labor leaders to the Republican candidates. But It la unlikely that theBo will Biifflco to give the Democrats a victory. The very Issue on which they hope to win should defeat them. In California the Republican ticket was nominated by Horrln, tho South ern Pacific nttornoy, nldcd by Abo Rueff and It would bo a good thing for the stnte If the pcoplo bent It and elected tho Democratic candidates. Portlnnd business men nnd property owncra should for a long tlmo re member the opposition of Hnrrlmnn to the North bnnk railroad, Inflicting grent Injury upon this city, nnd act accordingly. Portland is no longer In n position necessitating It to submit to bo run over and cinched nnd dic tated to and affronted and Injured by Hnrrlmnn. It owes friendship lo other railroad builders, not to him. There Is no oso In putting tho Dem ocrats Into power, even If tho Repub licans arc as bad ns Democrats claim, for the Democrats can never ngreo on anything. Thoy spend nil their force in fighting ono nnother. It Is unlikely thnt Governor Chnm herlnln will llvo long enough, ovon If ho should llvo to a good old nge, to bco n Democratic majority In tho leg islature, so that ho could bo elected United Stntcs senator. Any young mnn who squanders his, not to spenk of others', money on a fast female "siren" Is n fool orcourso, but for tho time of his Infatuation, young Velguth seems to hnve about capped tho climax. A land fraud indictment seems to bo equivalent to n conviction when Heney Is nt tho prosecution bat. Tho rest might biivo tlmo, money nnd worry by pleading guilty and taking their medicine. It Is not bo ensy to get n pleco of html In or nround Portlnnd ns It used to be, hut It Is easier than It will bo nny tlmo later. So got It, If you can, us soon ns possible. It's n safo In vestment. Tho people of Lincoln, Neb., llko Bryan ns a neighbor so woll thnt a largo majority of them will voto to keep him out of office. In 1900 ho did not carry his own precinct. Portland hna good reason to bo proml of ,,B Public schools and of tho nrmy of children attending them. Glvo all tho children a common school edu cation, at least. Somo Republican members of the council seem determined to make tho Democratic mayor as popular as pos sible. They couldn't play In hla hands any better. There will bo good speeches and music and other Interesting exercises on the emancipation day annlvorsary Saturday. All colored people should take it In. Between Billy Bryan and Willie Hearst the Democratic party will probably be smaller potatoes and less ln n hill than ever this fall and In The best sermons preached ln Port land are not uttered In pulpits, but aro printed In the editorial columns of that great paper, the Oregontan. Mr. Harrlman Is preparing to spend Io(a of monpy Jn Oregon" yes, when he was forced to do bo by rival rail roads. Democrats don't forget that Manning proved himself a great vote getter, Look pleasant; most of the hops will be saved during this fine weather and tnero will be plenty of beer for evcry- .body. Butting Nelson says ho wants to fight Qans again. But can be give a bond h(j wJn flght faJp nn(J nQ(. q7 Maine is as much Republican as over or more so, but tho party Is heavily handicapped with prohibition. : i Doth sides down in Cuba would llko Uncle Sam to come and hold them from destroying each other. Great reformer, Senator Bailey, the Democratic leader and highly-fed Stnndnrd Oil attorney. As n presidential probability Taft looms up as much larger than the rest, ns ho Is bodily. Oregon should bo well represented nt tho Jamestown exposition next yenr. Tho glory of the character and ca reer of Lincoln can never fade. Before being taken, Mr. needs to be well shaken. Bourne Manchuria Ha Been Floated. Honolulu, Sept. 18. The Pacific Mail Steamship company's a'eamshlp Manchuria, which went aaround on Rabbit island August 20, was success fully floated today and she is now be ing towed to this hnrbor by the tug Restorer. A great crowd of peoplo aro watching tho Manchuria being towed in. During tho final efforts to pull tho Manchuria off tho rocks several thou sand bags of flour wore jettisoned and is now wanning ashore. Steamer Mongolia Aground. Midway Island, North Pacific Ocean, Sept. 18 Tho Pacific Mall steamship Mongolia, n slater ship of tho Man churia, is aground on Midway reef. Tho ship is being lightered and licr passinsors havo bcon landed safely. The weathor is flno and tho sea is smooth. J. Wnllgreen, denier In Btnplc nnil fancy groceries. 634 Thurmnn street. Telephono Pacific 911. C. Anderson, stnplo and fancy gro ceries, Twenty-first and Thurmnn BtrcotB. 'Phono Hood 57. Fresh roasted coffco a specialty. Ryan & John, dealers in cholco gro ceries, meat, fish and poultry, phono Main C22, CI North -Park otrcot, cor ner Davis. Royal Market, Balr & Worth propri etors, fresh and cured ments, fish, poultry nnd gnme. 439 Union nvonuo north, corner Tillamook. Phono East 167. North 16th Street Market, A. Wur tonborger. proprietor, cholco poultry. fresh nnd salt meats, phono Main 1395, 230 North Sixteenth street, Portland, Ore. TIIE ILLINOIS CENTRAL maintains unexcelled service from the west to the east and south. Making clcwe connections with trains of all transcontinental lines, passengers nro given their choice of routes to Chicago, Lonlovillo, Momphis and New Orleans, and through these points to the far east. Prospective travelers desiring infor mation as to tho lowest rates and best routes nro invited to correspondence with the following representatives: B. II. Trumbull, Commercial Agent, 142 Third St., Portlnnd, Or. J. O. Lindsey, Trav. Passenger Agent, 142 Third 8t., Portland, Or. Paul B. Thompson, Passenger Agent, Colman Building, Seattle, Wash. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In tho County Court of tho State of Oregon for Multnomnh County. In tho Matter of tho Estate of Sam P. Turner, deceased. Notice Is hereby given that tho und- orslgncd hns been appointed by tho uuuniy uouri or mo county or Mult nomah, State of Oregon, tho adminis trator of tho estate of Samuel P. Turner, deceased, and that ho has duly qualified as such administrator; All persons having claims against sal-' estate or said deceased ore hereby notified to present tho same to me at tho office of A. H. Tanner, Room 609, Commercial Block, Portland, Oregon., attornoy for said estate, or to me per sonally, duly verified ob required by law, within six months from the dato of the first publication of this notice to-wlt: September 22, 1906. JAMES N. BESSELLEN, Amlnlstrator of the estate of Samuel' P. Turner, deceased. Last publication October 20, 1906. "THE MILWAUKEE" "The Pioneer Limited" St Pa.ni t. unicago. "Overland Limited" Omaha to Chi cago. "Southwest Limited" Kansaa City t Chicago. No trains in the service an any railroad in the world equals in equip, meat that of the Chicago, Milwaukee and t. "au Railway. They own and operate their own sleeping and dining cars and glv their patrons an excellence of service not obtainable elsewhere. Berths on their sleepers are longer, higher and" wider than In similar ram nn m other line. They protect their trains ay ine uioctc system. Connections made with all transcontinental iine- In Union depots. H. . PIOWE, Central Agent, 1M ThlrsJ ft, FmA4k V ;