PORTLAND NEW AGE
Itorilani. $ro Age
A. D. ORIffllS. Mnnswr
Office, Iloom 317, Commonwealth lliilldlnpr
Knter4 at thi potoffloa at Portland, Oregon,
assecond'Ciass matter.
SUBSCRIPTION.
One Year, payable In advance 92.04
Our Candidate for President
JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER
Of Ohio
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EDITORIAL
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WINNINO COLORED MEN.
Prof. Hooker T. Washington, In his ,
"Up From Slavery," nnd In his lec
tures and frequent addresses nnd
teachings generally, has advocated
and emphasized tho Importance nnd
need of mnnunl and mechanical,
rather than literary, scientific or pro
fessional, training of thu colored peo
ple, yot would not altogether neglect
tho latter, ns ho pcrcolvcs that tho ,
tnsto and talents of colored pcoplo
differ thu same as of other pcoplo.
It Is qulto true that Industrial train- (
Ing Is more Important and Industrial ,
knowledgo more useful than an i
academical or cnllegu education i
gained from hooks, hut that a negro I
may attain great excellence and rise
high In purely Intellectual or artistic
pursuits has been Illustrated many
times, porhnps scarcoly ovor moro
notedly than In thu caso of Mr. W.
Ilurghnrdt Du Hols, author of "Tho
Soul of Illack Folk." This Is ac
knowledged by Caucasian critics to
bo ono of tho most remarkablo books
over written by an American, from
n standpoint of pure, meritorious lit
erature. A mombor of tho negro
raco Is acknowledged to bo ono of
tho country's itnd Indeed of tho
world's grontest painters; n negro ro
ronlly died who attained Interna
tional fame ns a poet; there aro many
negro educators, preachers and law
yers of undisputed ability of n high
order; and now It Is n negro who has
wrlttou n book that Is considered ono
of thu masterpieces of American lit
em t lire.
Another Instnnco thnt Is attracting
attention Is that Alain I.o Hoy Locko,
who Inst weolc, among many Cau
casian competitors, won tho Pennsyl
vania scholarship under tho Cecil
Ithodes will, and Is theroforo ontltlod
to pursuo his studies with nil ox-
ponscs paid In ono of (ho lending1
celebrated Kugllsh universities. Mr.
Locko Is tho sou of a man who was n
successful lnwyor and a woman who
Js n successful teacher. Ho Is twon-ty-ono,
has alroady won four Impor
tant fellowships In his own universi
ty, which Is Hnrvard, from which ho
graduates next Juno. In tho Rhodes
will provision was mndo for two
Afrlcnn scholarships which may bo
competed for by any colored man In
tho states or territories. It Is proba-l
bio that Mr. Rhodes or his admlnls-'
trators recognized tho Amorlcnn an
tagonism which might bo felt In
black competing with whllo on equal
grounds; thero Is no such antagon
ism In England. Hut Mr. Locko a
significant name with which to con-,
Juro at Oxford Is merely tho Ponn-
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nvlvnnln nnntrtatnnt nn nil nnunl fnni.
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.... I matter for his own Intellect nnd con
ing with nny other Pennsylvania stu- whoovor ho may bo, for sonntor noxt i , ..,.... t
, , A. . ... I Bclonco, not tho President's, to de-
dent. Ho carried tho honor onslly In year. Without saying thnt tho gov-1 , . . . . .
tormlno, nnd to punish or snub Sonn
Bcholarshtp, Nut after that It must , ornor does not profer to do tho right ,,.... , ,,,
,..,. ... . . tor Fornkor in this mnnner is rather
bo remembered thnt tho applicants nnd best thing, whonovor doing so, , , , .
I "' " u small pleco of porsonnl Bpltowork
must como beforo n commltteo whoro w I not Injure him politically, overy-1 ... ... 4 . 4, ,..,..
... , ,, ' .. for tho Presldont of tho United Stntos
manhood, Inhoront qualities, nro con- body knows that nt least somo of his I
...... . i ...i i . . . ... ito oKngo In.
Himiruu in iiiu iiiiiu uwiirii. i inn m
what mnkoa tho Locko appointment than sorvtng tho people. In this,
moro significant. Then .for thrco however, ho wont rnthor too far, nnd
years this Harvard man will bo nn aomo of his actions nnd words, too,
Oxford man. will return to plnguo him If ho asks
Of course, It Is tho very oxcop- for tho people's sufTrngos ngaln.
tlonnl colored youth who could win Tho governor vetoed n good many
such n prlzo nnd position, but It la bills on tho score of economy, umong
nUo only tho oxcoptlonnl white young them bills appropriating only a few
mnn who could do tho Biuno. This thousand dollars In tho uggregnte
Instnnco, nor n good many llko It, for sovornl district fairs, but ho fallod
do not provo thnt hlghor oducntlon to veto tho uttorly needloss 1100,000
Is best for tho mass of colored pooplo, npproprlntion for tho Oregon Na
nor Is It best either for most whlto tlonnl Gunrd. Tho boys of tho O.
pooplo; but such cases do provo that N. Q. think tho governor Is n good
colored peoplo nro capablo of high fellow, no doubt, unit ho might win
nttnlnments nnd success nlong odu- n fow votes umong them by npprov
cntlonal nnd Intellectual lines, nnd ing this big appropriation, biU ho
exposes tho folly nnd Injustlco of will loso tho votos of a good many
tho asaortlous of tho nogrophoblats
thnt tho black man's raco hnd color
render him an altogether and utterly
different being from tho Caucasian.
ANOTHER HTIIIKE FAILURE.
I Tho strlko of tho lumber mill em
ployes has failed, as It ought to have
failed, not because tho men do not
earn moro wages than they receive,
tnklng tho mill owners' profits Into
consideration, but becnuso tho strlko
.was workod up by a fow non-resldont
'busybodlcs nnd mischief makers,
whoso only work Is making troublo
for other pcoplo. That tho mill
hands wero not ready and willing
and anxious to strike, nnd did not
consldor thnt thoy had both causo
to strlko and a chance to win, Is cer
tain, olso thoy would havo been
threatening a strike, or petitioning
for' or demanding higher wnges be
fore theso disturbers camo nlong.
Hut tho men hnd dono nothing of this
kind, nnd woro led Into tho strlko
thoughtlessly nnd In tho caso of most
of them against their bettor Judg
1 ment by tho emissaries of chronic
discontent nnd unreason.
It might bo easy to show that tho
mlllownors could afford to pay nnd
ought to pay higher wagos. Their
net earnings or profits during tho
past few years and especially tho iinst
year or two aro said to havo been
enormous, amounting In tho aggre
gate to millions of dollars, and under
such circumstances thoy ought to pny
higher wnges or soil their products
to local consumers nt lower prices;
but If thoy rofuso to pay higher
wages thero is no uso or sense In
striking unless a strlko can bo mndo
to win. Thero wns no chanco for this
strlko to win, unless thero wns n
sympathetic strlko of mechanics and
other unions, nnd this could not
bo
brought about becnuso all
theso
unions belong to tho A. F. of L., whllo
tho mill wnrkorB woro Induced to
enlist under tho bannor of tho I. W.
W., it rival and antagonistic organ
Izntlon. Which Is tho bettor mnkes
no dlfforenco; ono set of working-
men cannot successfully strlko
against omployors with millions of
surplus profits unless thoy enn hnvo
tho united sympathetic support of all
other classes of worklngmon.
Wo would think Is woru tlmo, nftor
successive failures and discomfitures,
for worklngmon to turn tho cold
shouldor to theso trnvollng disturb-
ors nnd mischief makers, who llvo
mal grow fnt oft tho contributions of
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worklngmon, nnd go running nbout
tho country trying to sot cmployors out giving them n trial or nny chnnco
nnd employes by tho enrs. Tho noxt to dofoud thomsolves, becnuso thoy
onos thnt como nlong should bo run woro licensed of "shooting up tho
out of town with but scant notlco town" nnd tho rest of tho soldiers
that room hero Is profcrablo to tholr would not nccuso tho fow who, If
company. Tho only result of tholr'nny 0f thorn, woro qullty. Sonntor
IntoHt visit to Portland hnH been loss Fornkor Introduced n resolution for
and troublo for overybody, nnd no nn investigation Into nil tho facts,
benefit to anybody, tint tho ones which is now bolng hnd, nnd took tho
most Injured by theso foreign or- J position that tho President oxcooded
gnnlzom nro tho worklngmon them- hla authority and did tho soldiers nn
selves. Thoy not only loso tholr Injustice
I wnges for u whllo, nnd somo of them
their Jobs, but thoy find It moro dlf-
cult nftor overy such faux pas as this
to gain tho higher wnges that thoy
ought to havo,
THE (iOVERNOR'H VETOES.
liy apparently losing his tompcr
during tho session of tho loglslnturo
tho governor lost whatever slight
chnnco ho might otherwise havo had
F Imnllm tUf T7...t.llni ..nmlnnn I
vetoes no was piuying pontics ruiuur
moro taxpayers on that account, Thoy
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a year Just to let 'a lot of young fol-
lows strut around and take a vaca-
tlon playing soldier. They aro moBt-
W nice, pleasant, worthy young
men, of course, but tho hardhanded
and hnrdhcaded tnxpayers know that
Oregon has no moro use for a J60,-
000 n year National Guard than it
has for a warship up on tho Long
Tom rlvor.
I Tho governor's nctlon on tho nor-
mal school question will not bo ap-
proved elthor. Tho legislature
passed n reasonable .bill eliminating
two of tho schools, which tho gov-
ornor had urged should bo dono, b
because this bill Imposed upon him
n shnro of tho responsibility for do-
elding which schools woro to bo cut.
out, ho vetoed tho hill; nnd Inter,
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In vetoing tho bill giving Monmouth
nnd Drnln appropriations ho lost his but If not utterly uncotiBcIonablo
usually urbane temper entirely, nnd and corrupt It Is better than no or
scolded nnd fairly raved In n manner gnntzntlon.nt nil.
not ut all comportablo with his poBl-1 Tncn ,18 to running for omco, nn
tlon. Why should ho not tnko on occasion for doing which, Is now bo
hlmself a llttlo of tho responsibility 'foro tho people, tho best nnd fittest
for deciding na between tho normal mon for tho respoctlvo oftlccs, except
schools? Hccnuso ho Is ambitious to 'j rnro cases, will not ontor tho lists,
go to tho sonnto is ho to dodgo all ro- becnuso they do not wish to put
sponslblllty thnt might loso him a themselves in tho position of Booking
fow votes? Ln oinco, nnd becnuso, besides, to got
Tho governor la very bravo whon'n. nomlnntlon involves n good dortl of
thoro Is no chanco of dnngcr to him- Joxpcnso nnd n grent amount of dls
solf, but us soon ns duty Involvos tho ngrcenblo lnbor. It is only occn
posslblo Blump of votes ho dodges it. Blonnlly n good mnn who will run
Hut wo think he overdid tho volo
getting net, nnd will Buffer boiiio nc
cordlngly If ho should conclude to
run for Bonntor next yenr.
A SMALL REVENUE.
Tho President Is ndmlttcdly a gront
nll-nround man, and has dono n good
many notedly good things, but with
all duo deforencu wo must sny thnt
in some matters ho has shown poor
'judgment nnd in other3 has been
bndly mlstnkon, nnd thnt ho has
Bhown porsonnl fnvors nnd grntinod
porsonnl grudges, which dotract much
from hlB worth nnd fnmo nnd nro not
In consonnnco with tho dignity of hid
grent ofllco.
Tho Inst Instnnco of this kind wns
tho snubbing of Sonntor Fornkor by
nnnolntltiR n fcdernl Judgo In Ohio
without consulting tho Ohio sonntor
or his colleague. This undoubtedly
wns In rovonRO for Sonntor Korakor'H
nttltudo on tho quostlon of tho
nrownsvlllo nffnlr. Tho Presldont In
his Impulsive headlong way dis
charged thrco compnnlcs of colored
Boldlors on oxnort
testimony, with-
Ilcsldos, Sonntor Fornkor choso to
voto ngnlnst tho rnllrond regulation
bill, n pot moasuro of tho President's,
ns ho hnd n porfect right to do, and
ns It wns his duty to do If ho bollovod
tho bill was a bad ono. Whether
Senator Kornkor was right or wrong
on theso propositions, In the estima
tion of tho Presldont, Is not portlnon',
la not to bo considered. He has a
right to his opinions, nnd his course
of action on public questions Is n
Sonntor Fornkor has been elected
governor of Ohio. Ho has been sent
ropentedly to tho sonnto from Ohio.
In his youth ho was n soldier In tho
Civil wnr from Ohio, nnd rose to n
high position In tho nrmy. Tho peo
plo of Ohio know, honor nnd trust
him, nnd when "a federal j"udgo wns
to bo appointed for a new district
created by n bill which Mr, Fornkor
had passed, It would havo been only
common, decent official courtesy for
the Presldont to have consulted Sen
ator Foraker, according to custom.
TIIK P1UMARY SYSTEM.
Thero aro somo good things, per
haps, nbout tho primary nnd direct
nomination law, but there aro somo
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a good many prominent men would
say so if they had tho courage to ex-
press their real sontlmentB. A great
deal has been Bald against bosses nnd
lenders, and much of It was deserved,
but would not tho lnul legislature
have dono better work, nt a good deal
less expense to tho people, If it hnd
been "run" by a boss or lender who,
while attaining his own nmbltioua
objects to some extent, would havo
been careful not to get tho pcoplo
down on him, but rnthor to cause his
legislative puppets to do them good
service? Whero there Is no strong
leadership thero is confusion, chaos,
and Inevitably bad
doubtful results.
or nt best but
Nobody knows
what ho Is going to do, or why, or
how, or what ho Is thero for. A bnd
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organization is n una thing, or course, ,
nbout begging voters to nominate
him, nnd this leaves tho field open
In many Instnncca to audacious,
thick-skinned nnd porhnps In Bomo
cases unscrupulous men who nro will
ing to do this. Wo havo now In mind
ono mnn who is making n fight for
tho Republican nomlnntlon for nn
Important offlco, nnd -being supplied
with unlimited "gnll" Is likely to got
n plurality of votes, who Isn't fit to
bo dog catcher In Scnpposo.
Tho old convention system hnd Its
nt features, nnd It deserved Its fnto,
I "ut If a convention Bystom could bo
1'roperly cnrrlod on, nnd "Blntos" pro
hlbltcd, It would bo far profcrablo to
the now system. It Is not likely thnt
tho pcoplo will chnngo back for n
whllo, If ever, but thoy nro lonrnlng
pretty fast that thoy nro nbout nn
deep In tho chaotic primary mlro ns
thoy used to bo In tho boss manufnc
turcd mud.
Political AnnOUflCertlGntS
Robert A. Preston
Candidate for Rrpubl'can
Nomination for
Councilman, First Ward
For Improvement of tho Hlrnt ward
ami a t(iiaro ileal for tho laborer
l'rlmitr)' eleellon May 1, 1W7
O. P. Miller
Condidate for tho
REPUBLICAN
Nomination for
CITY AUDITOR
Primary election May 4
Henry A. Belding
Candidate for the
REPUBLICAN
Nomination for
Councilman, Sixth Ward
Kor the Improvement of the 8lxth ward
nnd a aquaro deal for thu laborer
Primary election May 4, 1907
J. E. Werlein
Candidate for the
REPUBLICAN
Nomination for
CITY TREASURER
Primary flection May 4, 1007
JACK'S PLACE
CHAP. IOACKSON, 1'np.
Th Modern Cafe
Open Day and Night
Private Raoms for Parties
Phone Pacific 2832
385 riMNtara St- PORTLAND, OfttGON
Koessel & Frey
Dealer In
Fresh and Cured Meatt,
nirn'o fa?n f ro PuUtr
oto Flrt street Cor. Sheridan PORTLAND
A. H. Willctt & Co.
Wholesale and Retail
GROCERS
Special Prices to Restaurant
Prompt Delivery
Phone East 283
128 Grand Avenue
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FOR ANY MAN'
Who want snores and ftl value for hi
money will eo to the CHICAGO CLOTH
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PACIFIC COOPERAGE
FRANK PKLUOKIl, 1'rop.
Round and Oval Tanks and Casks
Beer Kegs. Barrels, Etc.
Kepnirlng of All Kinds to order.
'twentieth nnd York Streets
PORTLAND, OREGON
Frederick A. Kribs
Correspondence Solicited
328-330 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PORTLAND FUEL, COMPANY
Successors lo PIONCCR, C H. DAVIS and PHOCNIX rUCL CO.
PHONE EAST 26 287 E. MORRISON ST.
COAL Rock Springs, Diamond, Richmond, Roslyn, New Cas
tle, New Castle Nut, Franklin, Carbon Hill, Coke.
WOOD 4-Foot Fir, 4-Foot Oak, 4-Foot Ash, Sawed Oak,.
Sawed Fir, Sawed Ask, Sawed Knots.
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All DlnltiR Cars and Wn Clut Hotels and Itestaurants use the
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Fresh and Cured Meats.
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Pasteurised Milk, Cream; Hotter, Kggi,
Cottage Cheese, Cheese-, nutter Milk,
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Milk 4 per cent guaranteed
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800 Russell Street 1'OttTLAND, ORECION:
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Phone East 2806 154 Grand Avenue-
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Centennial Market & Grocery
J. J. BLUM
Headquarters for
" GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Groceries, Meats, Fish, Poultry
ALWAYS THE BEST
School Supplies, Shoes, Gloves, Notions
I'hono Main 2701
522-524 N. Twenty.Fourtfi Street
1'IIONK MAIN 1893
Martin-Marks Coffee Co..
HIGH GRADE COFFEES
TEAS, ETC.
Tho excellence of Monto Cristo Jnvn.
and Mocha, CoHVo stands in high favor-
252 Third Street
. PORTLAND. OREGON!
J. A. EASTES
Staple & Fancy Groceries
Choice Teas, Coffees & Spices
Dry Goods and Notions
ALL THE LEADING BRANDS OF FLOUR
GOODS DELIVERED PROMPTLY
432. 434. 43, Union Avenue North
Corner of Tillamook SI. Phone East 660-
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