THE VW JLGX, TOYTTuAyTD, OBBOOIT
Portland Nnu As
A. D. dRIPHMIN, MnnaKor
Offli'e, Hoom 317, Commonwealth lluilillng
Knterrd nt thopotonicetrortlnil( Oregon,
MMcoud-clMi mutter.
SUBSCRIPTION.
One Year, payable In advance $2.00
Our Candidate for President
JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER
Of Ohio
WHOSH LAND IS IT?
I EDITORIAL I
Iteprcsontatlvo WilllnniH Bald ln inK vetoed tho very reasonable reso- nnd nobody could positively dlsputo
discussing tho immigration bill: lutlon of the matter contained in tho or dlsprovo It, thnt ho might hnvo
"I want this country kept n whlto smith bill to have a board of re-.been elected ngaln if ho hnd not de
mon's country and I wnnt thin coun- B(,nt 80loct two schools to bo main- cllned becauso ho preferred privato
try, as far as it can, to bo n white talncd nnd two to bo discarded. Tho Hfo and Ills practice He could al
mnn'H country, not merely because governor argued that tho law was ! wayB hnvo tho satisfaction of having
I bellovo tho Cnucnslan Is superior unconstitutional becauso It delegated "con elected mayor, and not tho dls
to other races, but because this ls our )0WerH belonging only to tho legls- satisfaction of having boon beaten
land, tho land of our traditions and jaturo nnd which It could not delo- nfter having sorved ono term,
our Ideals." 'gate. Tho Inconsistency and Insln- Besides, tho mayor is thrifty. Ho
What does ho moan by "a whlto cory 0r tlilH position Is shown by could novcr bo trailed by tho coins
man's country"? That only whites tll0 Kovornor'B approval of tho rail- drops along tho way. To run
should II vo In It? That tho oxlstonco roiu. commission bill which grants ngnln would entail qulto an expenso,
of black or mulatto men should not
bo tolerated at all? If so, how Is ho orH to u commission. If tho normal that much money and then fall would
golng to get rlil of tho lilnckinan? Hchooi ljm ,H unconstitutional on thlg'srlovo tho mayor's economical heart.
They aro hero, and through no fnult'groinil tho rnlroiui commission bill Jso ho Is dollborntlng, nnd calculating
of tholr own. Doob ho mean that
-
thoy shall bo expatriated or externil-
tinted?
If so, why docH ho not como
out courageously and say so? Or
does ho only mean that tho whlto men
Hlmll hnvo ontlro domlnnnco over tho
blacks, and thnt tho hitter shall hnvo
no rlghtH or llbortles, moro than If
thoy were slaves or chattels? This -
Is probably about what ho means, but
oven In that caso ho will have to
learn that this ls not In (his senso
and to this extent u "white man's
country."
Mr. Williams says that "this Is our' tcH ,)Ut not ft yory hgl grndo of
land," meaning tho Caucasians' land, ',.,.,,,,,
ludeedl Ho would have a difficult
task proving that. Tho right of
might enabled tho Caucasians to
wrest the laud from thu Indians, who1
not only could not but Hhould not
hnvo held Iho laud, becauso they did
not tiso It. Hut tho negroes occupy a
different statuH. Thu whlto inon aro
responsible for the black men's pics
euro hero. Thoy hnvo boon hero now
In liicreaHlug uumhorri for nearly 1100
years, most of II... time as slaves, but
for 1 1 years ns free men, guaranteed
equal rights by tho constitution. Thoy
nro citizens engaged In nil sorts of
occupations. They and their uncos-1
torn for generations back wero born
hero. They hnvo boon producers, and
on occasion soldiers. They hnvo
helped feed thu country uud produce,
Its wealth; they havo fought for It;
they havo learned and worshipped In
It; they hnvo had no other country,'
nor can they have; so by what right,
human or divine, lias this man to Bay i
that this Is "our land," tho Can-'
cuhIuiih' laud, alono?
Mr. Williams Is no doubt a pious
or a religious man, and devoutly be
lieves In God us thu Creator of both
lands uud creatures, Did not God
make tho black man as well ns tho
while man, with organs, faculties,
HeiiBlbllltles, emotions, itBplrntlons,
very much like tluwi of tho white'
man? And did not God bring tlioBhmi,rt l)0 wholhor ho wm run nB a
black man though ho did como In a I)omocrol or un Independent. Very
Hlaveshlp If God Is responsible for ko,y tho umyor MBB Hot yot ,iecldod.
everything, as well ns tho whlto man? CoaUjontt r0 qulto different now
And where Is (ho Almighty's decree
or order or wurrnnt fur one race to
say; "ThlH land la nil mine; none of
it, nor mi) rigiu, not oven or lire,
liberty or tho pursuit of happiness, Is
yours In It."
No, Mr. Williams, tho portion or wm-am8 becnuso ho had llconsod Hill's -have boon vory good to Oro
tho African race that without Its fault .imi,lln., umi Woro particularly blt-'gon lately whatovor fault may havo
or volition found n homo horo must
remain, and must bo treated as mv
Ing a right liere, and must bo nblo to
say, as well as you: "This Is my
land."
.iceiy t operations Midi ns tno
I ortland (.eiicral l.lectrlo t..,
Make Municipal Ownership Imper-
ntivo.
Tin-: i.i:;isi,atithk.
Tho legislature will wind up Us
Vosslon this week with nbout tho
usual record of good, bad nnd lndlf-
feront things dono and left uudono.
What many considered the most im-
portunt measure, tho railroad com-
mission bill, known nB tho Chapin
bill, was passed, and Is now a law.
If It provcB to be as greatly beneficial
a law as Its advocates claimed it
would, that will bo a good plcco of
work that will overbalance several
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of commission and omission,
Most people in this matter will as-
sumo tho attltudo of MissourlanB;
they will have to bo shown. Tho
Now Ana doubts very much whether
Ulc comln,88ion wlll bo worth Its
C08t but ,f t doc9 not nct 80 M t0
stop railroad building and consu- convinced that could not win again, member ns a tireless, raiuuui nnu
quont development no grent harm In that caso, why Incur tho expenso hlB,,ly cn,clcnt olUclal. Mr. Hol
wlll bo done, and ln two or four nnd troublo of another cnm,mKn7 ( brook Jr. Is a natlvo son having boon
years tho law can bo repealed, as a Ho can retlro with conslderablo credit jborn ,n tho clty of rrtlnnd ,n 1878'
former railroad commission law was. and tho record of having beaten so"0 ls n srnclunto of tho Wlllamotto
At this writing tho normal school
nnnutlnn utianttln.l 1 1, .rnunrnnr l.nv.
far nrBor and ,noro important pow-
,. .. .,.., m.i..
IIII1BI iiu ll huuu uvui iiiuiu nui iitin,
j,OW0V0P( wnH not tho governor's ren-
H TJl0 Smta 111 constituted him
Jin, iwo Mian whom ,10 8llouI( .
J)olt rogont8 t() dcc(1(J( aml th(J B0V.
orn()P d(, mi ,mVQ th(J .,Bnnd t)
UKo thB r0H,oi,slblllty and Incur the
UamQ nld n0I)nrIty thllt woi(i
, two t0WI1H ,, tho country
ur0H1, thom from llec,d,nB llgnlll8t
Ho Is very caro
fu, iQ o(tmd mbody unIeHB ,I0
ls
Hiiro of pleasing a largor number at
tho Biuno time which Is good poll
Some probably good tax blllB wore
' , " ,, ,
; tho port of Columbia '' 1
, a very good one for I ortland .
ii r,1n,iitiln rlvnr rnnnlrv mill I
passed
will bo
and tho Columbia river country nnd
s'oino other tnerltorlous laws wero
pnssed. The appropriations will bo
far largor than over boforo, but most
of them wero necessary or unavoid
able, and tho legislature Is not to
liu blamed for making them. Thu
now Iuwb wlll niako n great deal of
m,Katon ,,, w p,La80 Ul0 lnw.
yers, nnd furulHh un excuso for cre
ating moro Judges mid raising tholr
Halarles.
As usual, tlio people will "breathe
a sigh of relief" when tho loglsla
luttiro adjourns, for every additional
day meitiiH moro uppropiiatloiiB or
expenso, but at least It can bo Bitld
that tho loglBlnturo might havo dono
much worse. No Hcaudal has been
oven rumored, and that Ih a good
deal to say theso daH.
The Public "lie Damned" Is the Slo
gan of the Portland Hallway Light
anil Power Company.
WILL TIIK MAVOlt HUN?
Tho moyor Is not ready to spoak
up yet, according to tho dally papors.
,o W(mt 8ny wnotl0r ho will bo a
camlUmt0 KUju 0r not, or It ho
f(.om w,mt they woro two yourB ago,
TJ0H tho cUy wnB ,u tno Bwlrl ot n
m)rnl waV0i fl0 preachors and
muny nct(V0 iuul inlluontlul church
mombor8f uluioat overy ono of thorn
Iltenubllcuns, wero down ou Mayor
m UKlllnHt hJm (llr ho hud called
,hu ronchor8 a ,,ck ot Uni-s. Hun-
(lr0(l8( ,,orhnl,8 oveu thousands, of
HIUIID, IU4,lllo W?VII n., , .... ......... .n . .... v
tnl8 ciU88 0f votora wero In tho humor as thoy can; they nro usiug overy of-
to vote- for almost anybody to bent
tho administration then In power,
T,icy d,(, 8( uud holpeil Oioct Lun0,
but nost ot thoH tho cri,aado fovor
m,v,K jong 8jnco dl0ll ,i0wn, would
now vote for a good Hopubllcnn, slnco
they nro Republicans, ln preferonco
to I.nno,
Prulmbly u good muny of
thom approve his administration to n
greater or loss extent, but thoro Is
nothing ln It so particularly and rn'd-
lcally reformatory aB to keep thom
out of their party lines this spring,
No mayor would now tolerato public
gambling, as Indeed Judge Williams
would not much longer If he had been
re-elected. Former conditions ns to
women in saloons will not bo tolorat-
ed under any mayor. So why is Lane
particularly preferable to any ono of
half a dozen Republican aspirants?
This is what a great many who voted
for him in 190G arc asking.
I Tho mayor realizes all this, and Is
very likely doubtful about his ability
to win again. Indeed, as ho studies
tIl0 BltunUon, ha mny bo pretty well
eminent u man ns Judgo Williams.
Ho COtlld nlWttVB ftHSIlino l,nrf.nfinI.
tho best ho could do, and to spond
'nimnnnn. nn,i wmwinpiiur if n ,,
- , -... ...0 .. .. ....n
Hopubllcnn might got tho nomination,
,Iind mentally looking aakanco at his
preacher friends of two yenrs ngo,,)rook Jr- nnd t0 th,B fnct ,B duo hlB
and as yet refuslni: to unnoituco anv
decision. How could ho when ho hns
not decided? It's an oven bet thnt
ho will decline to run. Ho is rather
wise.
The City Hhould Own I(h Lighting
Hystem.
It Al LHOAl) UK VKLOl'.MKXT.
Mr. Hnrrlmnn is going Mr. Hill
ono better or at least ls going to
c I"o with him in providing a
8uincont routo of ontranco ,nto p.'
ased a largo tract!
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of land through University park,
undor which ho will tunnol, bo nB to
como Into tho city on a vory easy
grndo, nnd bo that ho can hnvo mnplo
terminal facilities bolow Guild's
lake.
A very Inrgo amount of money
running Into tho millions, will bo
spout on this rotito, a brldgo at
Swan Island, and terminal grounds
nnd ImprovomentB, which wlll give
Hnrrlmnn fully ns groat facilities fori
handling tho trnffic In and out of
Portland as Hill wlll havo for hi
north bank road.
Tho Portland railway system nnd
lutorurbnn linos will also hnvo u I
wholo block almost In tho heart of i
tho business district, bounded by '
First, Second, Pino nnd Ash Btroets,
for a largo depot and switching
ground.
Those gront expenditures moan c about thnt nrownsvlllo affair,
that tho investors in railroads nro r-r
thoroughly convinced that Portland it 13 moonlight now, bo that poo
ls going to becomo n groat city, and pj0 won't havo to go homo qulto In
thnt rapidly. Thoy aro preparing and tho dark for n fow ovonlngs.
providing for nn Immonso traffic, and
tho men who hnndlo all theso mil-
lions como pretty near knowing what
thoy aro about whon they spond
thorn.
It may bo remarked also that
whon railroad mon uro spending so
much money hero, nnd showing in
tlin alttifrnaf nml tiinal ninpHnn1 fiml
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convincing wny that thoy mean to
holp dovelop Orogon aud this city,
tho lawmakers ought to bo vory care-
.ful what thoy do in tho wny of pass-
Ing hnrasslug and restrictive laws.
Tho railroads Harrlman's and
been Justlfled thorotoforo. Thoy aro
building ns fast ns they can; they
nro promising to build moro vis fast
fort possible to provldo moro cars)
and locomotives; they nro spondlng
millions to dovelop Oregon and take
euro of its tratllo; and undor such
clrcumstancos thoy ought to bo let
pretty much alono.
Wo hope therefore that tho now
commission, while It will hnvo to
niako a showing of currying out tho
law and earning Its salary, will do
no moro than It can help to em-
barrass and annoy tho railroads that
are doing so much for Oregon and
for Portland.
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.Seattle Owns Its Lighting Hyntcm
( and Hih Found That It Pnytf.
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COtW'TV 8UHVEKYOK IIOLllUOOK
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I'liiio noiurooK, jr., county sur-
sif-it rt t nit nnmnli nnntitv la ntin
,w"' "... u w
of the most efficient, accommodating
nntl ,01u,nr mcMa ln tho court
hoU8C' Mr IIoll,roolt ,B ft Bon of cx"
Col,nty Commissioner l'hllo Hoi-
brook Sr- whom tho taxpayers re-
University of tho class of 1808 and
linB Spoilt. OVCr 1 0 years in 1110 nCUVO
practlve of tho profession of civil
engineering, threo yenrs of which
was ln tho reclamation scrvlco in the
state of Washington.
Mr. Holbrook is a vcternn of tho
Spanish American war, having sorved
two years ln tho Philippine cam
paign with tho gallant Second Ore
gon regiment. Though u young mnn
Mr. Holbrook has had largo exper
ience and has had much to do with
s6mo of tho great projects of railroad
construction nnd irrigation enter-
nrlH0B throughout tho Northwest
1,,nl n "" 0II1C0 8"0l,lu ro"
cclvo Ilt tho hu,u,B of tho Incumbent
the sumo careful nnd consclcntlus
.Borneo nnu attention ns ono tcois
bound to glvo nn Individual or cor
poration Is tho belief of Phllo Hol-
.popuinritj.
Brother Under has boon unani
mously found not guilty of anything.
As to tho alleged $500 said to have
been recolvod from Senator Bourno,
It Is stntcd that there Is no proof of
this. Mr. Bourno Is not n man, oven
If he did lot Brother Under havo
$500, to "squeal." And tho money
couldn't bo found on Brother Ruder.
Governor Chamberlnln declared
"l0 hmmi ornml 8C"001 m" u"'
constitutional but Attornoy-Gonoral
Crawford, whoso opinion Is goner-
.
tho Smith norinnl school bill un
"' und nml rollauio, ueciuetl tnat
ll wn8 coniitltutlonnl. Botwcon tho
two, unddr tho clrcuniBtances, tho
"con, sonornlly wlll agreo with tho
nuornoy-gonorni.
Tho champion cotton rnlsor of Ok
lahoma Is a colored mnnnamod Al
fred Smith. Ho hns not only taken
all tho promltims offered In that stato
for tho first and best cotton, but his
product has received u bluo ribbon
nt tho St. Louis World's Fair.
It Is gonornlly regarded thnt State
Troasuror Steol's cholco for railroad
commissioner was qulto as good a
ono as tho governor could hnvo
niado.
It Is coming to light thnt not all
tho truth had been told or mndo pub-
Colored mon wlll not for"got thnt
Senntor Foraker had tho courago to
stand up for; their rights.
Tho railroads may not always do
J't right, but thoy nro Oregon's best
friends
n..A lnt ...111 itm rtnnM i)nmnitinla
1)111 IV II III. mil HiU IUUI UUWUVIIIIU
do it Mayor Lnno should dccllno to
run?
Xow Sonator Mulkoy, having made
roCord, is considerably "spoken
of."
Somo think it looks llko Devlin.
s'b again Bcout tho Idea.
Time to bo thinking about coun
cilman to elect.
No present councilman la likely to
uo mayor.
This is also tho black man's coun-
try.
Vulcan Coal Company, ' wholesale ,
and retail dealers In house, steam and
blacksmith coal. Foundry and smelter
fots?'f sSHeMonnd u Wo handle
all tho best grades or domestic arid
SjBurnstde SU PorUand.S
gon.
i The Portland Hat Works
I Manufacturcri ol
TINE SOFT AND STIFF HATS
Hats Dyoil, Cleaned and Mocked. Ouripo
dally: 1'anamM Ulolned and lllcaehcd.
219J4 Alder St., bet. Pocoml and Third,
llranrli: 423 WnshlngtunHt. Portland, Or.
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535 Williams Ave., Portland, Ore
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ALWAYS THE BEST
School Supplies, Shoes, Gloves, Notions
I'hono Main 27'Jl
522-524 N. Twenty-fourth Street
Frederick A. Kribs
Correspondence Solicited
328-330 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PORTLAND FUEL COMPANY
Successors to PIONCCR, C. R. DAVIS and PHOENIX TUEL CO.
PHONE EAST 26 287 E. MORRISON ST.
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Phone Main 0144
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Express and Baggage hauled.
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