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tnined by tho old method, nothing of hud more "row s" with prominent kept In seclusion and thnt the saloons
I the sort Is yet nppnrent, nor is It men, some of them of IiIb own party, should be compelled to observe the
'likely generally to occur. Ithnn nny president except Andy Inws, except ns to Sunday closing,
I Take tho present situation ns an John Johnson. Ho seems to bo go- which Is Ignored by almost common
example. Would not conventions bo Ing around nil tho time with a chip consent, but extreme measures such
Entered tthjotomoe at rottUncl,Ortttii, likely to pick out and nomlnnto at on his Bhouldor, nnd If nobody will ns are advocnted by Impractical pill-
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least as good a lot of men for tho
'various offices as thoso that present
thomsclvcs? Some of them will do
very well, but otlicrs would Do
laughed out of a party convention If
knock It off ho will himself lllng It pit elocutionists llko Dr. Brougher
In somebody's face, Just to have a should be rejected. Portland needs a
row, and of course ho Is nlwayB nnd mayor who can and will look on all
entirely and absolutely In tho right. Bides of ench subject nnd ntrlko a
He makes out a large number of rcnsonnbla mean courso between cx-
Our Candidate for President
JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER
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I EDITORIAL
IMMKUMAN, MAX COIIN'H OANDI
DATK. Tho friends cof Mr. Louis Zimmer
man, who recently announced his
candidacy for tho republican nomlnn-
they suggested their candidacy, nnd prominent people one after another trenies. There should bo no hostile,
properly so. Tho delegates to n con- to bo liars, and to somo extent trait- discrimination against any legalized
volition can meet with vnrlous pros- ors, but ho never makes n mlstako business particularly when the city
pectlvo candidates and Bolect tho In deed or word according to his takes largo sums of money from the
best, and can In many cases Induce own estimate of himself. Senator people engaged on such business and
men to become candidates who would Korakcr Is a very ba-ad man, yet guarantees them tho right to conduct
not humlltnto themselves by begging Senator Korakor had sorved his conn- It. Hut a city of 200,000 Inhabitants
tho people to nominate them and try with distinction beforo Teddy and that Is still growing nnd bound
scrambling with Inforlor contestants retired from his western cattle ranch, to grow Is sure to have all sorts and
at tho primaries, especially as tho Tho latest eminent liar on the presl- conditions of people in It, nnd n
least fit man Is Just about ns likely dont's long list Is Mr. Hnrrlinnn, who broadmlnded in mi as mnyor will rec
to get a plurality of votes nB tho wrote n private letter narrating some ognlzo this nnd look nt things ns thoy
best mnn. circumstances In which tho president are, not as Dr. Hrougher for example,
This law Booms to assumo that the figured prominently. Now Mr. Hur- thinks they should be. Ho will try
man who receives tho highest mini- rlmnn Is nil exceedingly ba-ad mnn, to Improve conditions, of course, but
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...i,.. .,,. .....,, . . aw .., ..,... ,Jor or volCB ln a primary is tiicrororc niiuougn u seems mo president imh.wiii recognize tno fact mat all ro-
tliat he has seen fit to allow himself
to bo bamboozled, cajoled or other-
acknowledge It such Is not tho case, 'services as long iib tho public did not cordanco with rensonnblo public sen
nnd wo all know It. Various qualities know about It. The president Is a tlment.
does exceedingly In
.wIho Influenced by 11 cheap, pot houso,
would-bo politician who aspires to
fill tho shoes of Jack MathcwB.
Mr. Zimmerman Is an honorable,
clean, Intelligent and representative
citizen, whom tho people of this city
lenow, respect and admire, and thero
can bo little doubt that his candi
dacy for mayor would havo been well
received and probably successful, If
ho had used somo of the good Judg
ment with which ho Is generally cred
ited In the selection of his campaign
manager.
Tho Now Ago In a recent Issue,
gave expression to somo HoutlmcntH
which wero decidedly favorable to
Mr. Zimmerman nnd therefore It Is
but fair to Its readers, many of whom
are friendly to Mr. Zimmerman, thnt
tho reason of our change of heart
lie mado known.
Hero Are (lie Hcunoiim:
First. Thnt Max O. Colin, erst
while slot machine boss Is tho ac
credited malinger of the Zimmerman
campaign.
Second. .That tho Immoral and
naloon element of tho city are urging
Zimmerman's nomination.
Third. That tho nomination and
election of Zimmerman menus the ro
wan! of 1111 enemy of tho direct pri
mary law.
"Upon whnt meat doth Czar feed
that ho has grown ho great."
Tho immortal bard must havo had
In mind somo such porson ns Mnx
Colin when ho handed down this epi
gram, for It'would ho difficult to Im
agine one to whom It more fittingly
nppllOH,
Wo are not attempting to belittle
Mr. Colin, or to convey the Idea thnt
he Ih not a respectable, and In many
ways n worthy man, but wo do want
to bo understood as moaning that ho
Ih not a fit or proper person to art
as trustee of tho political fortunes of
tho cltlzoiiH of Portland.
It doea not reo.11 1 ro n groat stretch
of the Imagination for iih to see
what tho results would bo If Zimmer
man wero elected mayor nnd Cohu
established iih boss of tho works,
Wo do not say that It would mean
the revival of tho Hlotmnchlne graft,
but somo may Incline to tho belief
that Colin would naturally deslro to
re-establish tho llttlo uloklo eaters to
the delight nnd umiisemeut of tho
gamblers and tho sorrow and disgust
of all law-abiding citizens.
tho best man among tho competitors, been pretty thick with him nnd wnB formers must be worked out slowly
but howover reluctant wo may bo to .very glad to accept Mr. Harrlman'B gradually, temperately and ln ac-
liAXK AXI) DK.MOCHATS.
Since Mr. Thomas and two or threo
other democrats do not llko Mnyor
and Influences that do not render a curiosity, and
man tho most fit to lipid tho olllco consistent things, and then seeniB to
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will often ennblo 0110 to capture n assumo that ho has not done bo and
nomination nt tho primaries. "Call," Ih absolutely Infallible. Wo believe
ifalso prctonseH, connection with this, ho Is honest nnd usunlly sincere, and
that and tho other order or society, hiiB much capacity, but he ncU crude- ( Kane's platform and want him to run
or tho use of money, may enable the ly, ho hicks polso nnd dignity, ho on a platform of their construction,
worst man to win, nnd though ho tukes actions and makes assertions tho Mnyor snyH he doesn't want tho
may havo only 10, 30 or 20 per cent that he cannot maintain nnd then democratic nomination, and lr.il
of tho votes of lils party, If he Ihih a .throws tho blamo entlroly on others, unites that If ho runs at all now It
plurality of oven ono voto over his, and hcoiiih actually to believe that
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Phone Wnoillnun tt Portlnnd, Oregon
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Headquarters for
" GOOD THINGS TO EAT "
Groceries, Meats, Fish, Poultry
ALWAYS THE BEST
Schocl Supplies, Shoes, Gloves, Notions
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PHONE MAIN 1893
Martin-Marks .Coffee Co.
HIGH GRADE COFFEES
TEAS, ETC.
Tho excellonco of Monto Cristo Java
nnd Moclin CoIIVo 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, 436, Union Avenue North
Corner of Tillamook St. Phone East 660
Frederick A. Kribs
Correspondence Solicited
328-330 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Dealer i Washington, Idaho & Oregon
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Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND FUELr COMPANY
Successors lo PIONttR, C. R. DAVIS and PHOENIX TUEL CO.
PHONE EAST 26 287 E. MORRISON ST.
COAL Rock Springs, Diamond, Richmond, Roslyn, New Cas
tle, Nkw Castle Nut, Franklin, Carbon Hill, Coke.
WOOD-4-Foot Fir, 4-Foot Oak, 4-Foof Ash, Sawed Oak,
Sawed Fir, Sawed Ask, Sawed Knots.
next highest competitor ho becomes
the nominee.
TIiIh law Ih wholly In tho IntorcHt
of tho minority party, which may not
ho ho hail on gonornl principles hut
It Ih rather amusing to hear promi
nent inemhoru of the dominant party
praising it whon It Ih weakening nnd
disorganizing their party. Take tho
ciiho of tho mayoralty hero. Tho dem
ocrntH, few In number, have ono pre
eminently strong man who will ac
cept the nomination. Thero Ih prac
tically no oppoHltlon to him In IiIh
party for the oppoHltlon talked of
In the iiewnpaperH Ih ridiculous. Hut
four, flvo, hIx or more repuhllcaiiH
Htrlvo for tho nomination men, too,
not coiifllderod by delegates henaiiHo
of fituoHH or strength, hut men who
have Hlmply put theuiHelvcH forward
none of It attaches to himself. The
future historian, If penetrating nnd
Impartial, will havo a difficult tank
In correctly portraying tho character
of President HoohovoH,
Mr. W. It. McOnrry, ono or Port
Innd'B moHt popular and nhlo nttor
neys, has, In ohedlonco to tho enrn-
wlll ho as nn Independent. Tho
Mayor Ih right In this, except thnt
probably ho takes the three or four
or possibly half a dozen democrats
rather too Horlouuly. They ciiHt or
control hut very few votcH nnd tho
Mayor will he Just about an well off,
perhaps bettor, without them. Of
course ho will ho elected by repub
lican votes, If ho should bo elected
est solicitation of n legion of friends ."t all, and ho would bo very foolNh
and admirers, consented to Htnnd for.'0 c'o out ns n rock-ribbed, dyod-lh-
the republican nomination for city . tho-wool, extremely partisan, demo
attorney.
Tho friends of Mr. McOnrry claim,
crat, for thin would drive from hhn
whnt republican votes ho oxpeotH to
nnmed for tho olllco to which ho ns-.lblng
pi res; and thnt ho will bo a Hiiro win
ner seems almost a foregone conclu
sion. In tho selection of n candidate for
on tholr own individual cHtlnmto of tho Iniportnnt olllco of city nttornoy
thoniHolvoH. Wo do not Hay that of n great nnd growing city like
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nnd It ennnot ho denied, thnt ho Ih Kct. The llttlo Thomas contingent
pre-eminently tho Htrongost mnn yet em't help anybody to amount to nny-
oxcept by lending people by
their support to suppose ho Ih nu ex
treme democrat. This Ih a republi
can town, nnd must bo worked as
such.
some of them are not good, fairly fit
moil, but wo do say that thero Ih
nothing back of them hut their own
porsonul say-so to Bhow that. Forty
or 100 othor men would havo JiiHt an
good reasons, nnd It would ho quite
iih proper for them to announce tholr
candidacy aa some of these. They
eueii receive, say, nearly tho same
number of votes, ono 3,000, another
2,050, another 2,900, another y.SGO
nnd nnothor 2,800. Tho 3,000 mnn
wins the nomination, though ho has
received but a llttlo moro than ono
fifth of tho voto cast. Kvory othor
randldato and nil his friends will be
lieve that n mlstako has been made,
and the wrong mnn nominated. Con
sequently thoro will bo n pcrcontngo
of loss in four different directions,
all redounding to tho benefit of the
minority candidate.
Hut suppose a republican conven
tion of representative, wldo-awako
responsible delegates had tho nomi
nating of a candidate for mayor
against tho strong democratic nom
inee. They would know thnt it was
necessary, In these tlmos demanding
n high character of public sorvlco
and tho utmost straightforwardness
In public life, to nominate a strong,
capable, worthy man, who would com
bo
II. W. COODK.
In tho denth of Mr. II. W. Ooodo
Portlnnd nnd tho Pacific Northwest
loso a Inrgor, prominent admirable
and very usoful business figure. -Ills
denth Is n great loss to this city nnd
state, and his placo cannot soon ho
Portland, ton much euro cannot
exercised.
It Ih highly Important thnt tho
nominee of the republican party
who most unHiiredly will bo elected
should bo a clean, nhlo and exper
ienced Inwyor.
Tho peoplo havo grown tired nnd, filed. Mr. Ooodo was a man of grent
fully reallzo tho futility of placing huslness cnpaclty united to a very nt-
tho affairs of tho city In tho hands of tractlvo personullty. Ho hnd already
politicians. They want tho samo accomplished much horo for tho do
stnndard of elllcloncy nnd honesty In , volopmont of this city and tho ndja
n public official that corporations nnd cont Oregon, nnd his work was hut
Individuals domnnd from their ofll- fairly begun. It will ho enrried on,
cors and mnnngors. And why should r courso, hut scarcely by such pecu
they not havo it? lllnrly cnpablo hands. As president of
Mr. McOnrry hollovos thnt n "pub- tho Lewis and Clark fnlr Mr. Ooodo
He office Is n public trust," and not a rendered tho city nnd state nnothor
private snnpj that tho peoplo, who great sorvlco, which entitles him to
nro tho employers, nro entitled to tho honor nnd long remembrance. Ho
conscientious nnd faithful services of dlod Just In the prlmo of llfo, nnd
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It is still tho crack train of them all. Klcctrlc lighted throughout.
Ptillmad llret elaes and Pullman tourist sleeping cars. Dining cars on nl 1
trains night ami day. Observation car, elect ric light, electric Inns, card
and smoking rooms, barber nhop anil hath loon, library. All the llttlo
luxuries that go to make a comfortable trip eaHt or west.
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For any information docked regarding rates, routes, etc., call on or
address any agent of tho Northern Pucllle Hallway or
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It would be Interesting to know
Just how many prominent Inlluontlnl
or thoughtful nnd Intelligent republi
cans really llko tho primary nomina
tion law. Wo bollovo tho proportion mand tho people's respect and confl-
of Huch Is small and will become deuce, nnd who would servo them
beautifully less. Tho dally papers ably and faithfully, nnd no mistake
stand by tho new law, and try to pre- would he made In making tho noml-
tend that It Is a great Improvement nation.
on tho old syHtem, nnd say that It I Thero were evils In tho convention
will work better ufter nwhlle, but wo system. It needed reforming. Hut
don't believe that they express their In abolishing It altogether nod sub-
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tholr sorvnnts.
'Mr. McOnrry Is nble, onorgetle and
progressive, nnd his experience ns n
successful Inwyor, nnd his extensive
knowledge of municipal affairs ad
mirably fit him for tho high olllco
to which his many friends deslro him
olovntod.
W. It. McOnrry Is an Ideal candi
date, and his nomination would give
weight nnd strength to tho republi
can ticket.
: almost nny other num. In this com
munity could havo been hotter
spared. His works will llvo after
him.
XO KXTKK.MIST WA.NTKII.
Tho city needs for tho next two
Judge Geo. J. Camoron, tho pop
ular nnd efficient Judgo of tho muni
cipal court will havo llttlo or no op
position for ro-nomlnntlon? on tho
republican ticket. Thero h nn old
fashioned Idea nmong business men
thnt a good man should bo retained.
If this Is truo In business It cer
tainly should bo in politics. Let us
glvo tho Judgo another term.
Tho veto of that Johnson road bill
years for mnyor a levol-hoaded, far-wu8 nnother ono thnt waa volMfnX
sighted business mnn, with no pre
mlstako on tho governor's part. Tho
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judlcos that will lead him to ex- ,)eoplo ,mvo beon clamoring for good
jtremes detriments to any business roada. thU ,aw W0lW myo 8mml
real opinion of It, Tho officeholders stltutlng tho present system tho work or class of citizens, unless It bo tho tneni. Uut tho gov
nnd office seekers also effect to think
It Is a very fine thing for fear of dis
pleasing tho people, but with the ex
ception of those who get In on It, wo
nro pretty Hiiro they nil hato and do
tmlso it, and oven those who win nro
likely to bo out and Injured flnnn-
of reform has been overdone to tho
extent of making a mess of It.
Ol'U CTIUOrS I'llKSIDKNT.
Unow-lt-nll crnnks who want to force
everybody olso to do nnd think as
thoy do. Tho less encouragement
given to them nnd tho less
tholr ndvlco Is followed, except
where It chimes In with common
ernor, It Is said
had a. splto against Johnson nnd so
vetoed n very good nnd needed law.
Tho peoplo will not forgot It.
Tho President manages to keep to
tho front, or is driven to tho front senso and tho manifest public good,
Tho national wealth has Increased
somo 1S, 000, 000, 000 in tho last
four years; so It you havon't got
dally, when thoy como to square ac- without his own management to ef- tho hotter. Most good nnd reason yours you nro entitled to glvo your
counts. And ns to getting bottor feet such n result In n way different nhlo cltlzons nro agreed that tho self credit on your books for about
anou for officeholders than wero ob- from "y of bis predecessors. Ho has moro vulgar forms of vice should bo $21,17.
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