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One Year, payable In advance $2.00
Our Can idate for President
JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER
or Ohio
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EDITORIAL I
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TILLMAN AND THE NEQROE8.
Discussing Sonntor Tlllmnn'a recent
Hpcoehos on the llrownBvlllo nffalr tho
Detroit Nowb, a conservative, Indo
prudent paper, Bays:
"Whllo It Ib ensy to characterize
Sonntor Tillman ns n blatherskite or
n fnnntlc, iib has been done on pro
vIoiih occasions when ho has vohcin
uitly utprcsHod tho Hcntlincnts nnd
convictions which woro tho subject
imittnr of his tlrntlo In tho Bcnnto on
Huturdny, It Ib no longor posBlblo to
overlook tho fnct Hint IiIb ultcrnnccH
nro representntlvo of nn opinion nnd
it di'tormlnntlon Biilllclently wide
Hpreud to cotiBtltnto n most serious
inennco to tho noclnl und political
tranquility of tho nation.
"However reckless nnd Incendiary
may ho Iho forniH of expression ho
cIiooscb, It Ib not snfo to forget thnt,
as to the fundamentals of tho prob
lem thnt so excltcB liltn, ho sponks
with n mauy-tongucd voice. Ills In
teniperunco nnd unreason nhould not
bo permitted to concent tho facts nn
to tho extent to which tho south ns n
whole Ib prepared to go to Insuro the
continued dominance of Its Ideas on
tliu rnco question,
''It Ib a singular fnct that, 1o dato,
tho very measures which nt tholr In
ception wero advertised ns a panacea
for tho difficulties Involved have tin-"
paruntly producod n notable Increase
In tho Intensity of race fooling, and
i
In tho frequency of Its violent out
breaks. When uouthorn congressmen
wero plcndlng n fow yearn ngo that
tholr people bo left nlono to work out
their own prohlrmti ns best Uioy
might, nnd protesting against resort
to tho fifteenth amendment In correc
tion of tho disfranchisement provl-
Hlons of tholr now stnto constitutions,
tho dominant party wbb clearly In-
cllned to listen Bympnthetlcally. With
mich exceptions ns Crumpncker, of In-
illnnn; McCnll, of Massachusetts, and
n few other republican leaders there
uppenrrd to ho n distinct disposition
In tho dominant party to at least'
nwnlt tho observation of such results
as might bo nchloved by tho practical
I
ellmlnntlou of tho negro voto.
"Instead of Incrensed tranquility nt
tho south nnd tho abatement of tho
IntoiiBer nspocts of tho conflict, thoro
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has followed n period of dlsturbnnco
und of cpldemlo rnco wars unpnrnl-
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leled tduco reconstruction dnys, and president In 1890, and being noinl- tain that men really competent for ornor's presout recognition of tho ub-
thoso outbreaks havo not been con-lnated ngaln In 100 was beaton a theso positions cannot bo obtained In Blanco rendered by tho American
.,..1..., ,1 . .. ..... . m. squadron wit htho terms of tho pro
lined entirely to tho former Blnvo good denl worse. In 1901 ho dropped sufficient number permanently. Thero v0ll8 letter.
Htnti'H. It la Tlllmnn'a vnluo In this out, nnd I'arkor was bonten oven worse nre a good many competent and care-J pnnn smppiifs
situation thnt ho uttorH frankly than Ilrynn had been four years be- ful motormon and conductors, no
thoughts which nro In mnny minds fore. That turned tho title townrd him doubt, men who havo long engaged In Mayorof Cincinnati Orders Police to
nud glories In declnrntlous which ngaln, nnd It Is considered certain this work and would hardly know how Stop fextortlon.
other men nro suppressing, In tho thnt ho will again nnd for tho third to tnko hold of anything else, or who , Cincinnati, Jan. 23. Mayor Domp-
wnnlng hope that somo means of tlmo be tho nominee In 1008. Ho will think it better to hang on nt present ttho'pollce "conscatfoodnd
avoiding u direct meeting of the Issue very likely run somewhat stronger wages In hopo of a ralso before long; fuel where needed for relief of flood
may yet bo dovlsed." thnn ho did on previous occasions; ho but tho public can't and doesn't ex- tooffft'unreMOMW
Whllo Tillman's sentiments may llnd 'B 0,ll wiser, and more trustworthy; pect good, careful servlco of men paid action was taken because of numerous
.. ... .... . ,i. ......i in,., .... i.,n- n.,.i . ., ,i.M- , o- t.i M mw. roports of. extortion In charges for
n runpuiiNivo ecim in mo uiiiuis or
mnny southerners, thero nro on tho
other hand a great mnny other peoplo
in that section of tho country that do
not applaud him or approve of much
thnt ho says, whllo ln tho north nnd
west, tho sections of ho country that
will domliiato on any Issuo thnt may
nrlso. even. If It bo necessary tho no-
gro or rnco question, thero nro
paratlvely fow who ngreo with him.
The north nnd west wero nnd nro will-
Ing to leave tho suffrage question ln
tho south to the stntes of that section
und aro maklug no loud or concerned
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,..w,voV muumv uiu i"v.iun iiioiiHu-
chlsement of tho colored voters In
violation of tho constitution of tho
United Stntes, nor do thoy enro how
closely private soclnl lines uro drawn
botween tho races; but the country
as a whole will not qulotly submit to
seeing tho negroes deprived of oppor-
tunltles and advantages for earning a
livelihood In freedom, acquiring tho
rudiments at least of an education and
bettering their condition as best they
may.
This Is what Tillman Insists shall
not bo done, and he roars In violent
wrath nt the proposition to glvo the
colored man equal opportunities, to
glvo him an equal chance to becomo
'independent and self respecting, nnd
ns far as may bo In fact as well as In
law, equal. ITo would glvo tho black
mnn no chnnco to bo anything but a
I drudge, a serf, a creature entirely
dominated nnd In nil respects subor
dlnnto nnd dictated to by his white
mnBter. He goes on tho theory, and
draws conclusions from tho nB8ertlon,
thnt tho negro Is utterly Incapable and
unworthy of bolng anything better or
else than a filave In fnct If not In law,
and ho considers otllclnl trentment of
him ns an equnl or as entitled to cqtvil
I rights as an outrngo upon tho white
rnco In general nnd tho Tillman tribe
In particular. i
With thlB tho people of tho north
nnd west, nnd ninny of tho south, will
not ngreo, nnd they will not tolerate
tho carrying out of Tlllmnn'ii theory
nnd policy to a very great extent. The .
colored pcoplo nro citizens, entitled to
tho laws protection, nnd whllo partly
for policy's Hake nnd partly out of an
cient prejudices tho pcoplo of tho coun
try may allow dlscrlmlnntlonn ngnlnst
tho blacks to n certain extent, the)
will not allow olther tholr re-enslavement
or extermination, which Booms
to bo Tillman's ultimatum. If tho rnco
war predicted by Tillman nnd other
blnthorskltcs and ncgrophoblstn Bhould
over occur, It Is they who will bo
chiefly rcBponslblo for it and not the
colored pcoplo, nnd this tho pcoplo
of the great north nnd west will un
derstand, and will net accordingly.
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MR. BRYAN.
Mr. W. J. Ilrynn has paid Portland
another visit and was tho object of
much attention. Ho Is on a lecturing
tour, receiving, It Is said as high as
)G00 n night, and so can well afford
to look pleasant and tulle optimistic
ally. It Is nothing to his discredit
that ho makes a great deal of money
In this way; almost anybody would
do tho nnmo If they could; but It Is
nn Indication thnt he Is Just about
llko tho rest of mankind, nnd likes to
boo tho dollars rolling his wny. Ho Is
a pleasing and entertaining speaker,
n Rood citizen, a man with n largo
store of knowledge, much of It gained
by obsorvnnt travel; but thero Is slight
If nny ovldenco that ho Is or over could
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bo a great statesman, or that ho would
bo entirely n fit or snfo mnn to olect
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president or tno united utntes.
Tho people llko to meet Mr. Hrynn,
1 '
like to havo him drop around occa-
slonnlly, oven llko to roll up tholr
shining plunks to hear htm tnlk,
though ho says nothing now or of nny
espoclnl Importance; but when it
cornea to electlug him president thoy
balk, nnd voto for Ills opponent. Mr.
Ilrynn was beaten pretty badly for
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nro not Quito so much afraid of him
that la ns n president; but they aro .
llt lively to olect him In 1908. unless
1VC,S "ow ""foreseen should tnko
l)lnco Mr Bryan Is a thoroughgoing
democrat In politics, and tho democra-
t,c l)ur,' la Btl11 largely In tho minor-
' t'a country und Is likely to re-
com-'main so for a considerable number of
years to come.
Hut Mr. Ilrynn need not worry. If
ho can stand two crushing dofents so
easily, ho won't much mind another
ono, and for years yet ho will havo tho
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nuiu) iu nii tin- .iiinu juuimo iuii-
Ing his way by tho thousands, which,
whllo It Isn't everything on earth,
does n good deal to mnko a man con-
tented, good natured and optimistic,
O yes, wo all like Mr. Bryan, but when
It comes to voting for him for rrea.
dent well, that's different.
RAILROAD COMMI88ION.
The legislature .may enact a railroad
commission law, but It will not put
the power of appointing the commls-
sloners In the hands of tho governor,
and he ought not to expect that this
will bo done. Politics should figure
as little as possible In the selection
of a railroad commission, but It will
figure no more to have It appointed by
the legislature or by a board of threo
omcers, ono of them a democrat, than
If left to a governor, who .must bo a
democrat or a republican. Why
should It be assumed that tho secro-
tary of Btate or state treasurer would
bo Influenced nny moro by politics or
be nny moro prejudiced than tho gov-
ernor? Why, tho Idea is untenable,
If not propostcrous. It Is said tho peo -
plc elected Chamberlain notwlthstand-
Ing ho Is a democrat; but nt tho samo
time they elected UonBon, Steele, Crnw
ford, Dunnlway and Judgo Eakln by
far larger majorities. Again, admit
ting thnt tho governor has a pretty
good head and would mean to do right,
haven't thoso other men tho same
qualifications. And nro not three good
hendB better than ono on such nn im
portant business?
Hut nfter the first choice Is mndo
tho commissioners ought to bo elected I
by tho people. It Is a strange and'
untenable proposition again that tho
pcoplo who elect other state officers,
who elect the governor, who It Is con -
tended should appoint these men, thnt
elect our supreme Judges, surely filling
a very Importnnt position, thnt now
oven elect United States senntors, can-1
not ho trusted to elect theso commls-
sloners. Why should tho pcoplo bo
trusted In nil theso cases and not In
tho case of railroad commissioners?
Wo havo read somo alleged or nt-
tempted reasons, Invented, wo sup-
poso, by Mr. Teal, but really could sco
no logic, weight or reason In them. I
Railroad legislation Is certainly
very necessaryt nnd a commission is
probably tho best way to nccuro do-
sired results, but tho flrst members of' Tho mayor nn,,H troubl Uru,n ln
tho commission should bo chosen by,tho po"co "opttrimcnt.
a board of stato officers ono of tho
supremo Judges would bo a good per
son to lmvo on It nnd nfter that elect
ed by tho pcoiiIo. ono every two yearB. I
It might bo ndded thnt If tho pcoplo
don't get good commissioners in this
wny it will bo their own fault; they
will get ns good ones as thoy chooso
and. deserve.
8TREET RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
Thoro wero threo stroet car collls-
0I18 Wednesday morning, nnd nl-
though nobody was killed sovoral peo-
,,0 woro Injured, nnd thnt thoro wero
no ffttnlltlcs is duo to good luck rather
than to good mnnngement or Judg-
nicnt or duo enro on tho pnrt of tho"
crows. Wo don't know what tho facts
aro in theso cnBCs as to tho exper-
lenco and gcnornl capability of tho
platform men, but It Is pretty Bafo to
assume that they nre Incompetents put
In to tnko tho places of .men who
,
havo becomo disgusted with tho busl-
hobs. Howevor this may bo, It is cor-
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work they aro required to do.
This Is not a matter, ns tho company
assumes it Is, entirely betweon Itself
nn,i H8 employes. It Is a matter In
Whlch tho public nt largo 'has a lively
anil v,nl interest, for tho public Is en-
titled to good servlco and to tho om-
,,i0ymont of only competent nnd do-
Cently paid men, who will carry peo-
,0 ln 8nfotv aml wlth aa ulo lncon.
venlenco as possible, and In tho pub-'
He's Interest tho dally papers ought to
call upon tho company to ralso tho
mon's wages and employ only exper-
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iuuv.vti uuu iiuimuiiuj tu"" uicu.
Tho people don't care particularly
about tho smashing up of a few cars
rather enjoy that, ln fact but they
do or ought to ooject to being sub-
Jected not only to constant and irrl-
tatlng delays but to danger also.
When a few more pcoplo have been
killed, perhaps tho railroad company
will hear from the peoplo In a way
w Bofno lmprovcmcnt ,n
th(j Bcrv)cc ,Q tho meantlmo reprc.
Bentntlvc8 from Porl,nnd , tho ,eg.
QUght tQ cxamlne th(j flubject
Md f nny ,aw bj pa88ed
thnt wouM comp(Jl tQ
tfcat ,hc pubc deccntly
Emy organized government except
tnat ot tbo negro republic of Liberia,
B(lI(1 to navo jjCon nvitcd to tho ap-
pr0achlng Hague conference. As Abys-
slnn( which Is specially Invited, Is a
negr0 kingdom, and ns Hnytl is a ne-
gro republic, and Snnto Domingo very
mucn B0( it is difficult to see why tho
original negro ropubllc is excluded.
.
1 Judges Dean nnd Mooro each re-
eclved n fow complimentary votos for
snntor. Oregon might bo glad and
proud If cither ono of them could havo
been elected.
Well, hurrah for Dourne, then. The
New Ago gives In, and hopes ho will
make n very Influential and useful
senator.
The governor Is n "good fellow," of
course, but ho can't expect to lmvo
quite his own way about everything.
Tho In'tlatlvo ono hundred ncems
to bo I'ropnrlng to ask for n good doal
moro than tho peoplo will stand,
1 ThQ TtTon" Is BfttIct,
f0 iWQ yonr8 Tcn t w bo FuIton
ngnn9t Uo no(
Senator Mulltey can't lonrn mnny of
tho ropes by expcrlcnco before Mnrch
4th.
Besides, wo might havo a, rather
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Po,CB "cVt" possibly bo wholly
WMdcd out of offlco gottnff
The country will havo to suffer six
years more of Tillman.
maah n1t1f fn nfMfiirnini ann t !
Bryan didn't mnko nny now demo
crats by his talks.
Well, who all want to run for mnyor
nnd councllmcn?
I Beginning to get down to business
In Salem.
MUST APOLOGISE OR RETIRE
Fate of Swottonham Unlets He Oan
Give Good Excuse,
London. Jan. 23. Tho incident nrls-
Ing from tho exchange of lottors at
Kingston botween Governor Swetten
,mra and near Admiral Davis now ap-
pears to bo entorlng tho waiting stage,
ns tho government, nfter doing nil
j8"'We th absonco of advices from
tho Governor of Jamlaca, Is obliged to
defer furthor notion until ho reports.
In tho meantlmo tho trend of ofnclnl
sentiment Is townrd having Govornor
Swottonham npologlzo or retire, but
i,.,lB'8 1b1t,80.d on, tho press accounts of
tho Incident and on loiters, and It may
bu modlflod by Govornor Swetten-
,iam'8 version, giving oxtonuatlng clr-
in tho absonco of a report from tho
Governor to his government, his dls-
patch to Secretary Root, which has
Ueen reproduced here, tonds further to
mystify tho mind of tho public, whleli I
flmla It .llfflniill tn rponnnnn Hin Cinv.
trnn8,)0rtatlon and for relief supplies
Those attempting extortion will be ar
restod. Tho high water in tho Ohio river Is
slowly but steadily receding tonight,
mmST regular t raffle, XmghTt
w"l he several days before tho tracks
"nellcf' work continues actively. Six
school buildings have been turned over
ThodffunclMro
a sum for a relief fund which Is be-
ns Mgmented by private subscrlp-
Appeals for aid have boon received
m tuBny, i
Disgusted With Swettenham.
London, Jan. 23. In a dispatch from
Kingston tho correspondent of tho
chronicle records tne extreme indlgna-
tlon of all classes at Govornor Swot-
"gus't ?s felt that people will demand
his recall. "In every direction tho
respondent says' "and Ib" still blunder-
ing bady, while It Is palpably unable
j J "oVer p'aperspu'blJah0 teh
grams couched in similar terms.
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