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About Portland new age. (Portland, Or.) 1905-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1907)
POKTIiAND NEW AGE Portland 3Sw Age A. D. dRIfPIN. Mnnnuor Ofllro, Room 317, Coinraonwcoltli Dulldlnc Entered t the jxoffl at rortlnd,Oron, MMCOnd-ClMl utm, SUBSCRIPTION. Oim Year, payable In advance , $2.00 Our Candidate for Preiident JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER Of Ohio If tho police and detcctlvo force of Portland wcro more Intent and put mnrn tlmn on wntchlni; for and fol- lowing up ourginrs nnu oiner re... and dangerous criminals rather than men who sit down to play an inno - cent gnmo of cards In a public place, or raiding resorts whore Immoral womon havo comparatively secluded quunur. ....u uu ui u.u,.u . ,.- . ..-.1 .1.. i ..-,.... II... .,..!. lie. t no town won a o a goou ticai ' bettor Horvcd liy this arm or tho city Kovornmont. That tho pollco force Hpond so much tlmo and effort on trivial and venial offense, whllo nl- lowing murderers nnd house robbers I EDITORIAL A CIIANGK NKKIUM). to escape, Is not their fault so much Ryon nm, thQn miQan Q bo'thoy cnn turll those men down nnd." "'resident and his policies seems ns that of tho system, of tho policy. ono wliy I10 chof WIIK ot jujj.oUocI. ' olect men who will servo them bet-,0 bo nnothop w" '""re's ptiMued In doforonco to somo Im- ,f AclnK chIof 0rtzmnci,cr wH'tcr. A city should bo nllowcd to ," Hasn't a man who happens to practical busy bodies who want to'o,. ,B fIt for tho position, ho ouBlit to'mnko Its own charter, and tho pco-,o largely Interested In n railroad, iiimko uvu.yu.iuy cu...u.... inu.. llttlo molds. ,n t)l0 flr(jt pInco. ,f n()t( ,1(J Bhoul, ,)08cl amondmonts, but tho tnxpay- A fow ovonlngs ngo sovoral colored jnt hayQ hQm aowcd t0 b(J ft ,,blld 'orB of tho Btt0 ouBht not to bo sub men who wore openly ploying n bo- I lctop ,n thut vaCQ 0 ,8 unlvcrJjecloa t0 thousunds of dollars of cx clal game of cards In a bar room ' CBlcomo(1 flB ft worthy nmn nnd'p0nB0 ovory tlmo a small porcontngo wero arrested and hustled off to the ma nmo R rooI Wlbornnto offlcor lof voters want to pass or Knock out police station, nnd u dollar that was anybody 'a law. round on or near ono or litem was thnl hQ Wn8 MacUy C(t out fop Was ''evidence" that they wero en- (,h(jf of p()1co n ft cly of Porllnnil.B gaged In tho terrlblo crime of Rni.lBj!0t 0 nn8 (,ono tbo b(JHt ho couJt lillng. Probably thoy may havo hnd . nwnpv,inilv ,,,. ,in ,H i,ntlf.flf. nn arrangoment thnt tho ono who lost tho iramo had to buy tho beer, and mo hiwnu nun iu uuy inu uut.1. " tho dollar wob In sight to pay for It mo nun nr wi.H in nibiii i i' nnd for this creat crlmo two or threo no.lcemen arrested four or five men I nnd rcnulrod then, to nut up bond". or go to jiiii, mm ...ru .. ...wju. 1 . l. ... .1 IIia stlttf lnt. I pur....im pm .. ....u, ...... tuu m, i.'- .,.,., n.n..,.iit it hmi -.lnnn ii flno , " .,,,,, ,im tll,a l""t,u' n8lL, "r il n thing and wns establishing a record m t(0 to which It could point with nrldo. . ,' , , Yet tho Bnmo night men wore being held up on tho stroots, nnd houses wcro being robbed, and a murder or two might luivo bean committed, but nobody would huvQ been caught for tiio police woro too lniBy watching to see If they could find anybody play ing n game of cards In u saloon, or n parcel of Chlnnmon plnylng fan tan among themselves In somo secluded bach room of ono of their rookorles. What a farco and I'ecksnllnan pre tenso It all Is. What harm Is dono to society tit largo by two, threo, four or half a doion mon Bitting down nnd playing a social gnmo of enrds. Kvon If they should hot n dlmo or two on tho result? True, thoy might bo bet tor ouiployod, but to make such nn net a crlmo, and to watch and hunt for It nbovo nil other crliuos, Is pro poHtorttus, nnd nn outrage on good hoiibo. A city govornmont that has hucIi a disproportionate Idea of crlmo ub to mnko a tiny llttlo gambling gnmo among frlonds tho greatest of foiiBo In tho criminal calendar or equal to nny, or that does thnt to curry favor with tho pulpit cranks, ought to bo turned out at tho first opportunity as Incompetent or hypo critical. A llttlo qult't game of cards for pnstlmo among acquaintances, nnd where gambling Is not tho main object nnd tho game Is noi devised to win money off of "suck'ors," may bo inndo n crlmo by ordlnanco, as.j)oen jl0m u) on account of invoking drinking boor might bo, but In tho nature- of things It Is not u crlmo, nnd It Is ridiculous ror a mayor nnu his pollco forco to Bpond n lurgo part of tholr tlmo and offort hunting down 'criminals" of this class. ck And what harm is done to society t largo by games played nwny back . out of sight In tholr own quarters by - generation, tho secretary of "tntol d,d not accUB0 Bome other ne ti lot of "drinks?" If ono of thorn must mall to every legal voter In tho1 a Qf do,ng tho snootnB and wins mid nnothor loses, and nobody ( stato a pamphlet copy of tho moas-. lynch thom Tn,8 would navo been but thmoselves know anything about lire to bo voted upon at the olectlon, 'quUe RB jU8ttflablo as most lynch It, where does tho harm to tho pub- together with tho argumonts, pro ,ng of colored men llo come Iu? Or If thoro Is any harm und con, which must also be prlntod i .,., i ia i. ,, nrih .ii thu ort nnd fus"ttnd bound In namnhlet form, at tho I to detect and punish? If the object be to collect fines to help maintain the city government, that is good ns far ns it goes, but let It bo ho'ncstly announced that this is tho object, nnd not ninlto a false pretenso of 'raiding chink-holes In order to pre- i , ,....., ,. Burvo puuiic purity, ivmi uvuu 11 uuiuu 'fines are obtained In this way, would not tho detectives and police bo bet- ought to be. jup with a repeal of tho bridge tax tor employed in running down mur-1 In cases of tho referring of acts provision of the character, which It derors and robbers most of whom passed by the Legislative Assembly, would bo unwiso to repeal at this would becorno murdorers If cornered? such as the appropriation of $250,- time And thero Is a wholo lot of hypo- 000 for tho State University, tho ; critical falso pretonso too about tho $100,000 armory uct, etc., to a voto Senator Pulton will soon start out supresslon of vice In connection with of tho people, as has been proposed, on his campaigning tour of tho stnte Immoral women. Why aro somo whore arguments for and against tho In ndvnnco of next year's primaries, places continually raided and other measures aro most certain to bo ad- If anybody Is going to contest tho no better and oven worse let alone? vanced, It will bo necessary to pro-,nomlnntlon with him, ho will havo to What right anyway havo tho city nu- vide a copy of tho measure also for ( begin "rustling" also beforo long, in thorltles to sny that certain crimes public distribution, which will in- (thls connection Inltlntlveroferendum may bo committed on ono street or creaso the cxponso proportionately, prlmarynomlnntlon U'Ron Is spokon n nnrtlon of It. nnd not on tho next It Is believed In official circles that of; nlso ex-Senator Mulkov. II. m. Btrect? Wjy Mt nr0liartv ownara and bi.Hlnes . . . men, whether for or ngalnst, bo con - Bdorcd n mQ Ra nwh Ra Jn authority ,Jn th(j chnrtcf to oUow tfco mnyor or I lchof ()f pMeQ cgUlbIBh n dend J "rcaBrlhoil district"? If w ma jJo ho n Qno why n(jt Rnolhml ,t 8omL)tlme8 ,ookB very i . ,, .. . .. . 'much ns If thero wero favorites In tho business. Tho presont mnyor loft tho city without n nhiof nf tiniino for nvnr n venr nnd n half. Ho Iwih hnd an "uct- . , nm.olnto.l to It mitrleht. , ,.,, . nmnnrv. i'llt Vllin in iivii. tin tiiith tr- iivi.viuiii . . .... ... . , z'" a series of articles on the boulli, (or th position h man Is needed i ... ., . . . ... ,, and tho roiatlons thero bctweon tho .who Is especially, peculiarly capable i , 4 . . I ... u 4 ...whites lulu "lacks that promises to " "" ""' ' "' ' 7 "" ? l" 1 T " . "" . " ' . V uu nun. Yet during nearly his wholo , H0 far Muyor Lano Htubbornly rofllHO(1 (, try even to put hucIi a man I,,,,,,. .,, whlt hllH ,, ,,, So Bide, nny moro tnan uio wnuo muu - - - nwM' Anrt w,ml "1,H " ,,ono' h0 uM. ,, .innun't nrnio throiich n',,rnc' n fftct that It might bo wfl f ... f ....Bldo; ho doesn t nrguo inroiihii " .far ns wo rcinomuor no put out iit-i ,,. .inniaf.,! fP. .for Sonntor Fulton to observe. tlo smouldering flro In nn old stove I In a second hnnd Joint, and hud It re ported that lie had prevented n great Conflagration. This town needs a chnngo of policy In thoso respects. It wants an nd- mlnlstrntlon that while. It will stand , for roasonablo morality nnd "dvlol rlBlitoousnoss" will not bo dictated to , i... H.IA A ..1U ln.lna tut Hi 1 ..y H uUlu..u L ,...... - , " about brains enough to spout plntl-1 tudes to a class of Sunday school girls. TXM) MUCH KXPENHK. That crank legislators nnd voters cnn cniiBO tho pooplo a lot of needless oxpenso Is shown by u statement of tho cost or submitting certain mat tors to ii voto of tho peoplo on tho petition of a small fraction or thorn, mostly busy bodlos who nro always wanting somothlng that would not bo good for tho body politic. A Salem dispatch In the Orogonlnn snys: It will cost between $20,000 und $25. 000 for the people to oxorclso their right of Buffrngo upon logUlntlvo majors, If tho Secrotnry of Stato follows out his Instructions as pro scribed. This estlmnto, however, does not Include tho payment of In terest accruing upon cortlflcntes of ( clnlm against any fund that may hnvo tll0 roferoiuluni, which, In tho case lf tno BOnoriil appropriation bill two years ago, amounted to $20,000. In ordor to lot tho peoplo voto o'lamo excited and shot one another, a proposition that nlne-tonths of thom caro nothing about and tho - .. enactment of which would not do .thorn a dlmo's worth of good In n expeuse of the parties advancing them. There aro over 100,000 legal voters In the state, and the postngo expense alono will amount to more than $3,000. The nggregato oxpenso before the voto is taken mounts up to over $23,000, and the chances aro .. 4 tut IU , , mu iu uuu w.ui. m iiuiuomun "... bo rojected, and ten to one that it mcQ lhQ ,ftW ,B put t0 thc togt nndCako and perhaps others. Of course s'the peoplo havo nn opportunity to .Governor Chamborlnln will bo tlm I ......i. .rennzo mo cnormuuH uxpuuuu uiuu;ii- , . ,t wn no cnsy nmttor to ,. voko tho Initiative and referendum n nny mcaBUr0, oxccl)t those of cxtrn0rdlnary Importance or which are construed to bo vicious or dctrl - nlmontB, to tho lntcrcat8 of tho com - I ,nonwcalth Tho state will tiro before ninny yenrs of bolng U'Ronncd, and will return to tho representative system, that hns always been In vogue. If representatives don't enact such laws I , ranJorIty of thc coplo wnMt t.lo should voto on It, and on pro - A THUK VIKW OF TIIK HOUTII. Itoy Stnnnnrd Daker begins In tho current Issue of tho American maga fair, reasonable and enlightening nnd of a very different character frpm tho lugubrious maundorlngs of Thos. Pago Nelson, and tho projuilicoci ' "" ,, . .. screods of other ncgrophoblsts. Mr. ,.. llllM , tnk0 th0 neKroC8' linker does not take the "" i sldo, nny moro than tho whlto men's Bldo; ho doesn't nrguo through n column from a Blnglo doubtful fnct; but ho shows that ho wont south without projudlco to obsorvo, to In ... ,,,, llco who tho "pink domino" burglnr quire, to find out.oxnct truths, and ' , , , . ,,, ,,, was, threo stout policemen, by nil to present exact facts, and let others ' ' ' . .. ..... l ,... mfi, .mlllng on him inoxpcctedly at onco, do tho nrgulng. Aii Collier's Weok lv nnvii! i i8tcned tQ wwf blnck nnd whlt0i 'gnorftnt and yrlwm nm, d0nraV0ll. " His tono Is neither hortatory, nor . h , . ono-doslded. What ho gives planntton facts, facts; tho truth of sympathy Oio help of understand ing. Of nil our country. tno soutn hnB tho most dlscournglng obstncles to ovorcomo. Tho effort requires courago, Industry, openness or mind, nnd that knowlodgo which so fow of us possess about tho conditions which llo most nonr about us. Of tho spirit In which to approach tho gigantic problem thoro could bo no Jnstor Il lustration than tho first Installment of Mr. linker's Btudy." From tho publication of tho re sults of such a study tho colored peo plo have nothing to fear.- It Is to bo nnknnwloli;eri thnt there Is much in them to criticise, but this Is true of whlto peoplo nlso. And It Is al ways to bo remombored that tho blacks havo been freo only a llttlo ovor ono gonoratlon, after hundreds of yoars of slavery. In trying to lynch n negro nccused but not known to Uo Ruuty of a orm0( ono lJnrk n)gilt this weok In i.ouislanu, some of tho lynchers bo- W0lndlnK n few, allowing their In- tonded v,ctlra to 08Capo, but thoy got lei.uuu v.ui uJ lynclu wondor j8 nched him tho next day. 'The that tho cowardly murdor- Tho proposition of Mr, Wagnon for "free water" Is a delusion and a snare and moBt voters boo through It, or will before election day. He may be honest and sincere, but what he proposes would ultimately bo an in- Jury rather than a benefit to poor householders, as most of thorn can , iL , .. dc lur wiumseives. iiCSlaCS, tne proposition wns surreptitiously tied l.i ,. .. . ... ueuiucniuc nominco ir no will accept It la Konorally supposed that the mayor will "come out Independent" nftor tho party nominations are mndc, but his wisest frlonds will nd- .vlso him not to do so. Of course ho could got sovornl times tho number .of votes that Thomas could, but In nil probability not enough. This looks very much llko a republican year In Portland. Thnt "terrlblo conspiracy" nsalnst ,"' iiecoino ricn. a riKnt to an opinion, or to express It to his frlonds, In this country nny moro? n. t. McCormlck of Tncoma Is prominently montloncd as a candi date for United Stntes sonntor In tho primaries next year to succeed Son ntor Ankony. If nomlnnted nnd elected ho would mnko n flno senator for that stato. When tho governor runs for sen ator tho peoplo will remember the voto of thnt very meritorious road .bill. That act will delay many good J roads In Oregon for two years at least. Tho fedornl court will soon bo htiBy nnd Undo Snm has on hand n . After a woman hnd shown tho po- innnngod to capturo him. i m a Portlnnd novcr had a better pollco Judgo than tho presont Incumbent of that olllco, nnd tho peoplo nro going to keen him right thoro for two years moro. About one voter In four Is a dom ncrnt nnd Mr. Thnmns. If Lano runs. won.t RCt ono democratic voto in fmu.( 80 n,B 0ectlon I; not probablo. A Republican will undoubtedly bo tho noxt mnyor of Portland, but which republican candldnto for tho nomination nobody can toll. Tho criticisms of Councilman Delet ing will not hurt him among his neighbors who know him and havo full confldonco In him. Ex-Receiver Nolan of The Dalles " wisely quit ca.K.ng or writing ror publication, no property sinKs into obscurity. It would be only fair to give Prof. Wlthycombo another chance In 1910 but thnt Is a long time ahead yet. Judgo Cameron should wholmlngly re-nominated elected. bo over and ro- Georgo Iiaker is confident It will turn out a comedy, not a tragedy. Mr. McKenna's ordinance Is dono for already, which Is just as well, I First ward voters seem disposed to make a change. The city doesn't want to be Max Cohened. Evidently the Irish vote will be split. CAIX AT P. IV. 8CHNELL Dealer In Fresh and Salt JVtecits Flah and Onme In 8enon 710 Union Acnuo riione Voo11rvii 8 l'ortlnnd, Oregon Centennial Market & Grocery J. J. LLUM Headquarters for " GOOD THINGS TO EAT " Groceries, Meats, Fish, Poultry ALWAYS THE BEST School Supplies, Shoes, Gloves, Notions I'hono Main 3791 522-524 N. Twenty-Fourth Street SECURITY SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY 266 Mor&Z$Xw TrniiMieU n Gcncrnl Hanking limine', HAVI.N'OH DKI'AUT.MKNT. Interest nlluuol mi Time mid 8n lug Account. Act n Trustee for Kstnte. Drafts nml Letters of Credit Avnllnlilo on All 1'nrts i( tho World. C. F. ADAMS, President. h. A. I.KWIS, 1st Vlco President. A. h. MILLS, 2nd Vleo President U..U JUIIITZ, 8eerctnr (1. K. ltUBSIILt,, Asslstnnt (Secretary. Frederick A. Kribs Correspondence Solicited 328-330 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PORTLAND FUEL COMPANY Successors to PIONEER, C. R. DAVIS and PHOENIX TUEL CO. PHONE EAST 26 287 E. MORRISON ST. COAL Rock Springs, Diamond, Richmond, Roslyn, New Cat-' tie, 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. Double Daily Train Service to St. Paul, Duluth, Min- neapolis and the East Try tho "NORTH COAST LIMITED" on one of your trips East or West It is still tho crack train of thorn nil. Klcctric lighted throughout. Pullmnd llrht class and Pullman tourist sleeping cars. Dining cars on all trains night nnd day. Observation car, electric lights, electric Inns, card and smoking rooinB, barber Miop nml bath io in, library. All tho llttlo luxuries thut go to mako n comfortable trip cast or west. Ask for "NORTH COAST LIMITED" booklet. Free for tho asking Havo you friends or relatives in the Kast tlmt aro contemplating com ing to the West? If so, send mo nanw s and full addresses and literature and full information will bo given thom, or if you wish you cnn deposit with any agent of this company tho money for tickets nnd orders will bo placed by telegraph. Special low ratcH west in April. For any information desirod regarding rates, routos, etc., call on or addrvs.H uuy agent of tho Northern Pacific Rnihiay or A. D. CHARLTON 255 Morrison St. Asst. Gen. Pas. Agent Portland Oregon AAAAttttttA4AAtt4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA4AAAA3 U. S. GOVERNMENT ssHflHsHHsssssHslLv" Union Meat Company All Dining Cars and First CUss Hotels and Itestaurants use the Union Meat Company's Fresh and Cured Meats. 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