LITTLE "TO WORK UPON
"WHAT DXCKEI UCaUEST DEYEL
OPED. A. Few Hew Facts Brongrht to Light
by c Number "of "Wlt
- sefsei.
The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict
that H. It Dickel "was murdered by a
person or persons unknown. Dr. 33. H.
Thornton testified at the Inauest that
he made an examination of the body, -and
found nine wounds on the head made with
a blunt Instrument, and that the blows
were delivered with such force as to frac
ture the skull, Injure the brain and cause
death.
The police do not appear to have any
well-defined clew. Judging from the evi
dence submitted before Coroner Hand, as
nothing1 new of any consequence was
divulged by the witnesses examined. Ow
ing to the Importance of the case, Dis
trict Attorney Chamberlain was in at
tendance at the inquest and also his two
deputies, John Manning and Arthur C
Spencer. Detectives Ford and Cordano
were also present.
Officer J. N. Wheeler, who first discov
ered the body, testified that In passing
i :
H. K. DirfceL
the saloon at Fourteenth and Marshall
about 4:20 A M. he was surprised to find
the lights still burning, and after mak
ing an investigation saw that the back
door was open, and entered. His state
ment otherwise was substantially the
same as heretofore published.
E.- A. Slover. a member of the police
force who was sentfrom the station in
response to a telephone call, testified re
garding the location of the body in the
rear room, and also told about finding a
short club, which might have been the
weapon with which Dickel was, killed,
yesterday In the grass at the edge of
tho sidewalk near the saloon corner. The
c'ub was introduced In evidence.
Otto L. Dickel, aged 19 years, son of
the deceased, employed at the freight
house of the O. It & N. Co., testified
t .at he alHO assisted his father in the
s.tloon at meal times and some in the
tvcnlng. On Saturday night, he said, he
left the saloon about 9:30 o'clock, and
went home. On reaching home he played
cards with his sister, mother and Louis
Christ, a young man who was visiting
them, until 10:30 o'clock, -when he went
to bed. The only men in the saloon when
ho left were Charles Larson and a man
named Swanson, and a man came In and
bought a bottle of whisky. Otto stated
that his mother generally waited up for
his father, and on Saturday night, when
ho was later than usual, went for him
to the saloon, frequently taking his sis
ter along. His mother was frightened
when his father had not got home at
4 o'clock in the morning, and proceeded
to the saloon, where she met the police
and learned of the awful crime. She re
turned home screaming, and the witness
awoke and ascertained the dreadful news
from his sister.
The young man further testified that
Charles Larson and Conrad Kehm, who
were playing pool in the saloon that
night, informed him subsequently that
they departed about 1:30 o'clock. There
was, he stated, ?M 75 in the safe. There
was $30 75 in the safe that day, and tho
receipts for the day entered in the book
were $26. When he went to the saloon
in the morning after being awakened
and notified of the murder, both doors
of the safe were wide open and the
money was gone. In a box was $22 be
longing to an Odd Fellows' Lodge of
which his father was secretary, which
was not disturbed. The cash drawer had
been hit with a hammer, and pried with
an icepick, but was intact, and con
tained $1 75 in change left there" for the
morning. The bent icepick was close at
hand. Otto told who his companions
were Joe Kahn and Alex Flelschner
about his own age, and showed that they
were reputable young men. Charles Lar
son, a painter, testified that Dickel, Mr.
Swanson, Conrad Kehm and he played
pool together during the night, and the
three latter started for home together
about 12:30 o'clock, leaving Dickel In the
saloon. Kehm, he said, was an old friend
of Dickers, and Swanson he knew fairly
well. Swanson was a newly, married
man. Conrad Kehm gave similar evi
dence. The next witness was J. E. Smith, Jr., a
piledrlver by occupation, who passed the
saloon at about 10 minutes to 3 o'clock, in
company with Edward Carson, and no
ticed that the lights wero burning, and
that the back door was- open about a foot.
Tho witness said he thought It was
strange that the saloon was lit up at that
hour. He looked over the front window,
and Carson looked through the glazed
door or window in the back. They saw
nothing, and passed on. Smith Is a young
man, residing at 241 North Fifteenth
street. He is of good appearance, well
dressed, and appeared willing to tell
everything he saw. He said that he and
Carson and W. B. Chrfstensen were
knocking about town during the evening.
Smith is a son of Joseph E. Smith, the
well-known contractor. W. B. Chrlsten
sen is a son of H. P. Chrfstensen, and
Carson resides with his mother, Mrs. Han
nah Carson, at 2C7 North Sixteenth street.
Mr. Chrfstensen, resides on Fourteenth
street, 75 feet south of the saloon. He
testified that he stopped1 when he reached
3ils home, and did not look Into the saloon,
but could see the others look In. Mr. Car
son was not called as a witness.
Mike Lahner. who resides opposite the
place, testified that he did not hear any
noise. He was awakened by Officer
Wheeler, who sent him after Charles Lar
son. In the money till, which was not broken
open, although the attempt was made, the
police found among the $1 75 left In the
drawer for change, and which was not
molested, a coin bearing what bears evi
dence of being a drop of blood. What sig
nificance there is attached to this remains
to bo seen. The drawer could have been
opened with; a key.
Dickel was a shoemaker by trade. He
"was engaged in the saloon business at the
northwest corner of Third and Salmon
streets for a number of years. He sold
out a year or two ago, and removed to
Fourteenth and Marshall streets.
The funeral will be held today at the
family residence at 1 P. M., under the
auspices of the Odd Fellows, assisted by
Portland Turn Verein, of which he was
a member. Interment will be in Lone Fir
cemetery.
"WERE THEY THE 3IURDERERS?
Three Suspicions Characters Seen in
the Vicinity.
The police are still actively In pursuit
of information that may throw light upon
f&W&K "llll
the mystery, but no new developments
were made public tip to a late"hour last
night. The case Is baffling in the extreme.
and tho murderers, while clumsy In the
execution of their plans, were successful
in leaving no trace of their Identity. The
motive for the crime was .undoubtedly
robbery, and the generally accepted theory
is that the "perpetrators' original intentions
were morely to hold up the saloon-keeper
and xelleve him of his money by frighten
ing him into quiet submission. Being a
man of fearless mind and athletic build,
he naturally resisted their attempts and
lost his life trying to defend his money.
About 1 o'clock Sunday morning, and
not long before the murder Is supposed
to have been committed, three men en
tered the Old Corner saloon, on the corner
of Fourteenth and Gllsan streets, and!
called for beer. While they were being
served, one of the number made his way
to the back part of the building, and1 when
discovered was Intently examining the
surroundings in rather suspicious manner.
The barkeeper, J. Colfelt, was very busy
about that time, and did not look at them
carefully enough to be able to describe
them, farther than, that one was very
heavy-set and the others were of average
height and slender build. When they went
away they took with tnem a silk um
brella which had .been hung on the bar
by a nearby" resident. It Is supposed that
the crowd in the saloon prevented them
from attempting robbery there, and that
later they made their way to the Me
chanics' saloon, .eight blocks distant,
where they found Dickel alone.
Minerva Lodge, No. 19, L O. O. F., last
night met and, offered a reward of $100
for the arrest and conviction of the mur
derers. Dickel had been an Odd Fellow
for 25 years, and at the time of his death
was secretary of Minerva Lodge. He ha'd
resided In Oregon for about 25 years, and
had lived at 149 Thirteenth street for
nearly 20 years of that time.
KO SHOW FOR ROGERS.
Washington. Will Go Republican By
a Lftrse Majority.
"There la no doubt that the voters of
the State of Washington will give the
Rogers Populistic administration a de
served rebuke in November by electing
the entire Republican state ticket," said
George TJ. Piper, of Seattle, yesterday.
Mr. Piper is a well-known newspaper man
amd politician, and Is "prominently Identi
fied with the Humes faction of the Re
publican party In Washington. He gave
utterance to the above when seen by an
Oregonlan reporter at the Hotel Portland
last evening.
"Conditions have changed greatly since
the election of four years ago, -when the
fusionists swept the state By more than
10,000 majority," he continued. "Two
years ago the peoplei had already grown
weary- of Populist domination, and elect
ed Republican Congressmen and Supreme
Court Judges by round majorities. I
would not be surprised to see McKlnley
carry the state by 15,000, and I can see
no reason why Mr. Frlnk, the Republi
can candidate for Governor, should not
run as well.
"The fusionists are expecting some ad
vantage by reason of many; Republicans
being sore over the recent strife;for su
premacy in the primaries. In this hopo
they will be grievously disappointed. .The
Republicans of Washington are united in
the determination to win. Notwithstand
ing Mr. Wilson's Post-Intelligencer's vi
cious attacks upon Judge Humes and his
friends,' who opposed Mr. Frink's candi
dacy for nomination, that paper did not
succeed in driving thehi out of the party,
and they will support the ticket from top
to bottom, and work as hard as anyone
for Its success.
"Governor Rogers should not be re
elected. In tftvsse times of prosperity it
would be harmful to the business Inter
ests of the state to have It heralded to
the world that a rank silver advocate had
again been enthroned In Washington.
The fusionists, however, are not 'fused'
as well as might be expected. Many
leading Populists are openly opposing
Governor Rogers. -
'King County will roll up a big Repub
lican majority, and will elect every man
on the county ticket. I am satisfied .that
no candidate on the ticket will fall under
1500 majority."
.
PERSONAL MENTION,
J. W. Welch, a capitalist of 'Astoria, Is
registered at the Imperial.
Dr. J. M. Chalmers, of Rldgefleld,
Wash., Is registered at the Imperial.
Joseph Wooley, a Granite business man,
registered at the Perkins last evening.
13. G. Sperry, a prominent stockraiser of
lone, Morrow County, Is at the Perkins.
Dr. Andrew Kershaw, of the Grand
Ronde reservation, is at the St Charles.
H. S. McGowan, canneryman o As
toria, registered at the Perkins yester
day. " .. v
J. D. Newman and J. H. Stone, mining
men of Spokane, are registered at the St.
Charles. . '
James Nelll and wife, of the James
Nelll theatrical troupe, are guests of
the Portland.
Governor and Mrs. T. T. Geer regis
tered at the Imperial yesterday, on their
return from Eastern Oregon.
Mrs. Walton D. McNalr (nee Miss Dell
Butler), of Sitka, Alaska, Is in the city
on a visit to relatives and friends.
J. E. Tuttle, of Tillamook, owner of
the telephone line between Forest Grove
and that point, is at the St. Charles.
W. A. Wilcox, connected with tho
United States Fish Commission, is at
the Imperial, from Washington, D. C.
Angus McQueen, the well-known min
ing man, returned from a trip through
the gold mines of Eastern Washington
yesterday.
Mrs. J. P. Hayes, of Baker City, with
Mrs. Charles :Mosby and Miss Nichols,
of Virginia, spent the past week in
San Francisco.
Miss C. E. Batchelor, of Boston, Mass.,
after an absence of '20 years from Port
land, Is visiting with Mrs. B. G. White
house a fow days.
Xlnth." Ward Republicans.
A gathering of Republicans of the Ninth
Ward was held 'last night at the office
of Justice Vreeland, East Morrison street,
to take steps toward the organization of a
McKlnley and Roosevelt Republican Club,
to participate in the Presidential cam
paign. J. L. Wells called the meeting to
order and stated its' object. After further
"expression it was moved and carried that
Richard Clinton act as temporary chair
man, and J. L. Wells, secretary. An ex
pression from several as to the purposes
of the club was had. General Summers
said the object met his hearty approval
and he expressed the hope that the club
would do good work for the election of
McKlnley and Roosevelt. He also spoke
of the issues, among which is that of
expansion, and said If those who are talk
ing about expansion had been over in the
Philippine Islands they would know some
thing about it. He said he wan in favor
of expansion, and out of the 1300 Oregon
men who went to the Islands he did not
believe that 30 were opposed to retaining
the Islands. Continuing, General Sum
mers declared that the country never was
as prosperous as at present, and It was
the duty of every citizen to work for the1
success of the Republican candidates, for
President and Vice-President
Wholesale Drusrslsts' Convention.
CHICAGO, Sept 17. The 26th annual
convention of the National Wholesale
Druggists' Association will hold its first
meeting at the Auditorium tomorrow.
Questions of vital importance to every
druggist in the United States will be dis
cussed. These Include the modification of
the war-stamp tax, local organization and
legislation for pure food and pure drugs.
The advance guard of the members of
the association, many of whom are also
members of the Proprietary Association
of America, which holds its annual meet
ing at the same time, are already in the
city.
TOIIf - MOKNDto'
Orator Towne
.0REGON CITT, Sept S7.-JI the Editor.) In The Qrgonlan of Septem
ber 15 a report of the address of Charles A; Towne in" 4pp."s&"o sa3ra that
some one in the audience "triedto corner the speaker! by.' asking him about
the Democratic party's treatment of the negroes In the Smith," and that
Mr. Towne responded by saying: T 1j
The question la that 'of a man who does not care anything about jihe- fundamental
principles of liberty, but who simply wants to put the Democrats" lna-hole. If the
question la not In favor of tyranny in the South, is he in favor of , the tyranny
asainst the Filipino? If he does not favor tho tyranny in the guth, "jjfhy dld he .ask
that question?- The conditions which surround the necro In this-country, whatever
they may be, and the conditions which now confront the. Flllplnaj" are .not parallel, in t
any sense of tho term. The negro of the South Is a part of our .body politic, but the
Filipino is distinct and separate, and hence is not amenable lo.any laws which we
may see fit to force upon him. . 5, N.
Any of our local Democratic talent could have answered the question as
well as Mr. Towne has answered It, and it seems clear ijow why the Dem
ocratic campaign committee decided a few weeks ago riot to introduce any
foreign, talent Into this field. If that ,1s the best ariejwer that can be
given"" then the question does, indeed, "put the Democrats' in" a hole." Mr.
Towne dodges the question as cleverly as Mr. Bryan'mlghi, by simply
spouting out a multiplicity of. words that don't even remotely touch the
marrow of ,lhe subject If the Southern negro is not affected in his "fun
damental principles of liberty" when he is kicked out. of "the voting booth,
why Isn't he artd'how isn't he? If the "conditions of thV Southern negro,
and the conditions which now confront the Filipino- ate not parallel in
any sense of the term," so far as the question of "government by consent
of the governed" is concerned, in what respect are' they v not parallel?
How did the Louisiana negro beoomo "a 'part of our body politic," and In
what real sense Is not the Filipino negro Just as much "a part of our body
politic" as the Louisiana negro, and .why is he not just 'as'much amenable
to our laws.?. Is it all right to tyrannize over him only In .case he is "a
part of our body politic" ? Mr. Towne inferentlally admits that the negro
is the subject of tyranny in the South. The question, then- is, Does he fa
vor that tyranny, or does he not? Is he willing that "dr. Bryan should
accept the fruits of It in .the electoral college, or is he, not?-1 Will be drop
all his rhetorical rhodomontade about "the fundamental! principles of lib
erty" and tell us.lii'what respect we have not treated' , the Ell'plnos, who
have accepted the situation, better than the Democratic, party has treated
the negroes of .the .South?' ' ,'
What methods have been pursued in . our acquisition of , th Philippines
that, were not in line with the methods ' pursued in the Democratic ac
qulsltlon of Louisiana and Florida, and California and Alaska? What have
McKlnley and his associates done that Jefferson and Jackson and Adams,
Monroe, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, Marey, Andrew Johnson'and Seward did
not do. or stand ready to do, before them? . f
Napoleon sold us Louisiana against the protests of the Inhabitants.
Spain sold us Florida without consulting the inhabitants We took Cali
fornia at a time when the Ameritan population was less than 500, and wa
accepted Alaska from Russia against the protests of the local population.
In what respect was the right ot Spain to barter away Florida, or. Napol
eon to barter away Louisiana, or Russia to barter away Alaska, any bet
ter than was Spain's right to barter away the Philippines? And in what
respect is our title to the Philippines any less good than that to all our
other possessions? Who is Agulnaldo? .Who ever commissioned him to give
or receive pledges? What constituency does he representand by what war
rant do he and his fellow-polltlolans presume to say that they represent
, the Filipino nation? Was an election ever held, and has-he ever asked the
consent of those whom he aspires to govern?
While we have preached during our entire National'' existence the "doci
trine that there can be no Just government except by consent of the gov
erned, the doctrine never had practical acceptance. Nobody believes In
it Nobody ever has believed in it There never has been "n any age of the
world, or in any nation on the face of the globe, a government by consent
of the governed in the sublimated sense in which that 'expression is used
in the Kansas City platform. Least of all, has it ever found practical ac-
ceptance in the .Democratic party. '
When Thomas Jefferson and his associates Incorporated "that expression
in the Declaration of Independence there were 500,000 slaves" in the South,
and the high-sounding utterances of Jefferson never liberated one of them.
Jefferson himself and probably haJfv his associates, were slaveholders. If
an association of slaveholders at the present day should -".assemble to
gether and solemnly resolve that there could be no Just .government ex
cept by consent of the governed, their utterance might be aptly character
ised as demagogy and political rot. Why is it any less so because the
Declaration was written 125 years ago, and Jefferson has, been dead 78
years? What sense Is there 'in making a fetich of a politician simply be
cause he has been dread 100 years, or in adopting as a religion, a barren, .but
high-sounding, patltude, simply because one of the forefathers of the Re
public gave it form? ''
Nothing but the imaginary exigencies of the present campaign have led
the Democratic party to adopt this as a shibboleth. -They have always
been' extremists in the other-direction.
On February 1, 16G5, Congress proposed as the 13th amendment to the
Constitution" the -following: " m
, Neither slavery nor Involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime
whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United
States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. '
Every Democratic Legislature and every Democratic Legislator in the
country voted against this amendment, as a practical evidence of their
belief in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence. "
In June, 1866, Congress proposed the 14th amendment to the Constitu
tion. Section 1 of that article reads as follows: '
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to tho Jurisdic
tion thereof, aro citizens of the Unltod States and of the state wherein they reside.
No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or Im
munities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty or property, without due nrocess of law, nor deny to any person within
Its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Every Democratic Legislature and every Democratic Legislator in the
country voted- against the ratification of this .amendment, presumably be
cause they felt from the bottom of their hearts that there could be "no Just
government except by consent of the governed." In .February, 1BG9, Con
gress proposed the 15th . amendment to the Constitution, It-reads as fol
lows: Section 1. " The' right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not bo denied
or abridged by the United States, or by 'any state, on account of race, color or pre
vious condition of servitude. ,
Sec. 2. The Concress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate leg
islation. ?.
Every Democratic Legislature and every Democratic, Legislator in the
country voted against thl3 amenmment Why? Simply a-3 a protest against
Republican "tyranny" and as an evidence of their devot'bn to "liberty and
universal freedom." .'A. .
In putting forth these amendments to the Constitution, the Republican
party went to the furthest practical limit in demonstration of its assent
to the doctrine of governing only by consent of the governed. ' The Re
publican gift of freedom and suffrage to the negroes "of the South has
been of little avail to them in the face of Democratic Opposition. Sine
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BISHOP SCOTT ACADEMY
CHRISTMAS TERM WIMi
TODAY.
OPEN
Outlook for the Coming Year Is
Most Promising The
Training: School.
Bishop Scott Academy, the old estab
lished school for boys, founded In 1870,
will open for the Christmas term .today,
under the prlnclpalshlp of Dr. J. W. Hill.
During tho Summer vacation there has
been a general and unusual overhauling,
and there is an air of newness and bright
ness about .the buildings and grounds.
The outlook for the academy this year
is most promising, and the indications are
that the attendance of students will be
larger than for many years past There
have been many letters of Inquiry and
many enrollments already, so that suc
cess is practically assured. Carpenters,
painters and plumbers have been at work
for the past three months, and. the school
and Its surroundings have assumed a
new aspect, wholly in keeping with the
progress which is being made by the in
stitution. The exterior of the buildings
have been newly painted, and the var
nlshers have touched up the desks, fur
niture and woodwork of the Interior. Ev
erything is in the best of order, a fact
which will be pleasing alike to both teach
ers and students.
The present large building was erected"
in 1877, and 10 years later another large
addition was built Dr. Hill, the present
principal, took charge of the school in
September, 1878, and has .been highly suc
cessful in Its management Military dis
cipline was introduced in 1887, when the
armory was built,, at the same time the
name of the school being changed to
Bishop Sco.tt Academy. With. the. grad
ing of the course of instruction' and a
reorganization of the school, the institu
tion entered upon a new .era of prosperity
and usefulness, which has always been
maintained. The former pupils, number
OBEGONLArNrtBSIAYV
'CONSENT c" -THE GOVERNED" IN THE SOUTH.
- Indorses tie Rule -for
liu, I I
ing nearly 2000, many .of whom occupy po
sitions of prominence and responsibility,
can point with pride to the school In
"which they gained their early education
and training..
Day pupils" are taken, but the aim of
the principal and his" assistants Is to sur
round the studonts "with the refining in
fluences of a quiet 'Christian homo, and
this can best be done by having the
pupils board at the school. The best of
care ls given them, and experience has
shown that their course of study and
training has better fitted them for their
duties in the world.
The officers of the school will remain
practically the same thfs year as last,
although there have been a number of
additions to the fdculty, which will
strengthen It considerably. Dr. Hill will
begin his 23d yearVas'the head of the
academy, and his ability in, that -direction
is well known and recognized ill
Portland. "
Eugene L. Schaefer will be In his old
place as head master, and will have
charge of higher, mathematics and me-'
chanlcal drawing. A. B. Auger will
have charge of the classics and English.
Hopkln Jenkins 'is 'd new member of the
faculty. He was formerly a student at
Bishop Scott Academy, and has since
graduated from Yale College. Mr. Jen
kins will be an assistant in? the classics
and English, a position for which he Is
well fitted, both by training and natural
ability. B. E. Edwards, mathematics,
English and bookkeeping, and G. C. von
Egloffsteln, modern languages and Latin,
are -old teachers. .
A new department of physics and chem
istry has been established, and Theophll
Brugger, a graduate, of the University of
Nebraska, "where he attained his bachelor
of science degree! w111 be its head.
The laboratory for experimental work In
these two subjects isramong the improve
ments, and is fitted up wllh all the neces
sary appliances for kisuch work. Thor
ough Instructions will -be given In this
course, as in all others, to fit the pupils
for more advanced Work. . .
Mrs. J. W. Hill, qf the preparatory de
partment; Miss Clara H. Whltehouse, pri
mary department; Trs. James Oberteuf
fer, dancing and deportment; Dr. George
F. Wilson, school ph'yslclan; -Mrs. Joseph
ine H. Jenkins, shorthand and typewrit
SEPTEMBER -18, 1900.
the Filipino, Another
the adoptlon-of the "Mississippi plan," In 1875, when the "night-riders" and
Ku Klux Klan raided every Republican stronghold In. the South, "gov
ernment by consent of the governed" has been unknown In that region. In
1896, Louisiana, with a voting population of 223,000, gives Bryan but 77,000
votes; but that Insures him the electoral .vote of the state by a plurality
of over 66,000. In Mississippi, where the voting population Is 257,929," it re
quires only 63,859 votes to give the state to Bryan. South Carolina, with a
voting population of 230,000, casts lor all the candidates only 68,907 votes, ot
which 58,798 go to Mr. Bryan. At least 600.000 votes in the four states ot
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi .and South Carolina were missing In th
election of 1896, and today the party which is -the beneficiary of the -fraud
which causes this enormous deficiency is vociferous in clamoring that"all
governments instituted among men derive their Just powers from the con
sent of the governed. Government not based upon the consent of the
governed Is tyranny; and to Impose upon any people a government of force
Is to substitute the methods of imperialism for those of a republic." One
of the most conspicuous champions of this doctrine is Senator Tillman,
of South Carolina, one of Bryan's most Intimate political associates, who,
ina speech' upon a bill relating to -Hawaii, said: "The people of South
Carolina In their constitution have done their level best to keep the 'nig
gers' from voting," and then, referring to the Hayes and Tllden campaign
of 1876, said: "We took the government, we stuffed the ballot-boxes, we
bulldozd 'niggers,' and we shot 'em and we are not ashamed of it"
In the State of Kentucky the devotion of the Democracy to the Declara--tlon
of Independence is illustrated In the Goebel law,, which gives the whole
electoral machinery of the state to three state electoral commissioners, all
Democrats, who appoint every county election commissioner in the state.
When in the election of 1899 the Republican vote was so overwhelming
that even the packed commissions were compelled to certify to the elec
tion of the Republican candidate, the Democratic Legislature came to the
rescue, and without a report from any regularly constituted committee,
or the submission of a line of evidence, voted out the Republican officials
whom the people had elected, and substituted their defeated competitors.
One of the most active campaigners in 1B98, in behalf of William Goebel,
the author of this infamous law, was William J. Bryan. The force of pub
lic opinion has compelled Governor Beckham, who holds his office by
virtue of this despotic act of the Legislature, to call the Legislature to
gether for the express purpose or repealing the Goebel law.
In Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina the Democracy has blotted
out all opposition by laws similar to that of North Carolina. Section 4
of the North Carolina law provides that:
Every person presenting himself for registration shall be able to read and write
any section of the Constitution In the English language; and, before he shall be en
titled to vote, he shall have paid on or before the 1st day of May of the jear In
which he proposes to vote his poll tax for the previous year, as prescribed by article
V, section 1, of the Constitution.
This alone would not meet the requirement as It would disfranchise
Illiterate whites as well as blacks. In 1890 there were in North Carolina
409,703 illiterates over 10 years old. Of these, 108,790 were black males, and
76,611 were white males. In order to bar the black Illiterates from the
polls without affecting the white illiterates, and without violating the Con
stitution of the United States, this clause the grandfather clause was
added:
But no male person, who was on January 1. 1807, or at any time prior thereto,
entitled to vote under the laws of any state In the United States wherein ho then re
sided, and no lineal descendant of any such person, shall be denied the right to reg
ister and vote at any election In this state by reason of his failure to possess the ed
ucational Qualifications herein prescribed, provided he shall have registered In ac
cordance with the terms of this section prior to December 1, 1898. The General As
sembly shall provldo for registration of all persons entitled to vote without the edu
cational Qualifications herein prescribed, and shall, on or before November 1, 1908.
provide for the making of a permanent record of such registration, and all persons so
registered shall forever thereafter have the right to vote In all elections by the peo
ple in this Btate, unless disqualified under section 2 of this article, provided such per
son shall have rpaid his poll tax, as abo ve required.
It is little wonder that Mr. Towne, or any other champion of Democ
racy, when he Is asked concerning these matters, wanders off into irrele
vant comments on the "fundamental principles of liberty."
The position assumed by the Republican party with reference to the
future disposition of the t Philippines, cannot be successfully assailed. Our
title to them is as clear as the title to any of our possessions, and, as in
the past, we have given to those around whom have been thrown the Na
tion's protecting arms, less of tyranny, and better laws and a fuller meas
ure of liberty, so will we deal with our new possessions. The kind of Re
publican "tyranny" that will be visited upon the unfortunate Filipinos la
outlined in the following parting Injunction given by the President to the
Taft Commission, which is certainly more promising and Inspired, and
reads much more like the Declaration of Independence than anything that
is to be found in the North Carolina election laws:
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due -process ot law.
Private property shall not be taken for public use without Just compensation.
In all criminal prosectulons the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and
public trial, to be Informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be con
fronted with the witnesses against him, to have compulsory process for obtaining wit
nesses In his favor, and to have assistance of counsel for his dofense.
Excessive ball shall not be required, nor excessive fines Imposed, no cruel and un
usual punishment Inflicted.
No person shall be put twice In Jeopardy for the same offense, or be compelled in
any criminal caso to be a witness against himself.
Tho right to security against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be vio
lated. Neither slavery nor Involuntary serv ltude shall exist except as a punishment for
crime.
No bill of attainder or ex-post-fact o law shall be passed.
No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or of the
rights of the people to peaceably assemble and petition tho Government for a redress
of. grievances.
No law shall be made respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof and the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and
worship, without discrimination or pref erence, shall forever bo allowed.
It was William R. Hearst,. president of the National Association of Dem
ocratic Clubs, who expressed the hope that William J. Bryan would not al
low himself to be forced into the ranks of the anti-imperialists. It Is pro
gressive Democrats of the stamp of Joe Wheeler and Clark Howell and
Henry Watterson and John T. Morgan, who have been most eloquent in ad
vocacy of the course of the Administration, and in this they have simply
been preaching the old. time-honored Democratic faith. In 1S60 both the
Douglas and the Breckenrldge wings of the Democratic party demanded
the annexation of Cuba.
In their National platform ot 18S4, the Democracy "recalls the ac
quisition of Louisiana, Florida, California and the adjacent Mexican terri
tory by purchase alone, and contrast these grand acquisitions ot Demo.
cratlc statesmanship with the purchase of Alaska, the solo fruit of a Re
publican Administration of nearly a quarter of a century." Now, when
Republicans, smarting under this rebuke, annex Hawaii and Porto Rico and
the Philippines, the whole organized Democracy kicks, not because the thing
is being done, but because it has fallen to the lot of the Republican party
to do it The opposition of those now in control of the Democratic ma
chine will avail them nothing. CHARLES B. MOORBS.'
ing; E. B. Hlllard, G. H. Brandley, dis
ciplinarians, and Mrs. Inez Martin, ma
tron, will be' In their places as usual.
Mrs. L. E. MacEwan, skilled In both
instrumental and vocal music, will open
the Christmas term with large classes.
Mrs. MacEwan has always been suc
cessful In her specialty of training boys'
voices, as well as with her Instrumental
pupils.
Manual training, or sloyd, was intro
duced into the academy throe years ago,
but Is yet somewhat new on this Coast
Ten individual carpenters' benches,
equipped with tools of approved patterns,
are placed In a room on the first floor,
and each boy is given a course. Man
ual training is not designed to teach
trades, but it develops all the faculties of
the pupil, and It Is marvelous what good
workMias been accomplished by the boys.
Daniel P. Dyer is in charge of this work,
which teaches habits of care, accuracy,
self-reliance and neatness.
Undue prominence Is not given to the
military exercises, but the drill serves to
Improve the figure, and the discipline
habituates the young to self-control and
Insures obedience. All the cadets wear
a prescribed uniform. The school Is di
vided Into a battalions of several compa
nies, and the officers are selected from
among the cadets according to their mili
tary knowledge and capacity. Except
for physical disability, no boy Is exempt
from the military drill.
By order of the President of the United
States. Colonel James Jackson, a retired
United States Army officer, has been de- j
tailed to act as professor of military
science In accordance with the law In
such cases provided. The armory Is pro
vided with a complete military outfit, ac
coutrement and rifles of suitable sizes for
boys of various ages.
Pupils are also trained in the polite con
duct of gentlemen. Neatness In person
and dress is required. Occasional par
ties are given, at which the boys are
taught the usages of polite society. The
cadets are sometimes permitted to at
tend theatrical performances and lec
tures. A pleasant room has been at
tractively furnished as a reading-room,
and there is a good library in the acad
emy! Athletic sports are encouraged, and
football, baseball, handball and gymna
for the Negro.
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sium work furnish amusement for the
students during their houra of recrea
tion. Wasbingrton Inventor's Fntent.
WASHINGTON, Sept 17. Patents have
been issued to the following Washington
inventors:
Marcu3 C. Patrick, Seattle, lock and
latch combined; Elmer Cassell, Seattle,
cipher code system and cipher code;
Qustaff F. Helsa, Everett, copy-holder.
AMUSEMENTS.
MABQUAM GRAND
CALVIN HEH.IG. Manager.
One week, beginning Monday. September 17
(Matinees "Wednesday, Thursday
and Saturday.)
JAMES NEILI, AND THE INCOMPARABLE
NEILL COMPANY,
In a repertoire of the latest New York suc
cess as.
EVENING PRICES:
Lower floor 11.00
Balcony, first six rows.. .75
Balcony, last six rows .60
Gallery .23
Boxes and loges T.BO
MATINEE PRICES.
(Except Thursday matinee.)
Lower floor ..T3c
Entire balcony ..............50c
Gallery j&a
Seats now on sale.
ALISKY'S -WINTER GARDEN.
ALISKY'S "WINTER GARDEN.
ALISKY'S WINTER GARDEN.
THIRD AND MORRISON STS.
THIRD AND MORRISON STS.
THIRD AND MORRISON STS.
VENETIAN LADY TROUBADOURS.
VENETIAN LADY TROUBADOURS.
VENETIAN LADY TROUBADOURS.
EVERT EVENING AND SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY MATINEES.
MEALS A LA CARTE.
THE FREDERICKSBURG
SEVENTH AND ALDER
A GREAT BILL THIS WEEK.
ORO. BELL & ORO.
MISS MAE LEONDO.
AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST SKETCH TEAM,
MARTIN & RIDGWAY.
THE ONLY
TRIXEDA.
CARMETTA.
SERPENTINE DANCER.
ADMISSION FREE.
J
IN THE SEVERAL 'COURTS
TWO PRISONERS ARRAIG3SBD 03
CHARGES OF MURDER.
Jaxaea M. Warren axid Fajj Severe
Other Criminal Coart
Matters.
In the case ot James Warren, chargeiS
with the murder ot Wllllain Kirk, who
was mate of the ship Clarence S. Bement
Henry St Raynor, A. B. Clark and J F.
Vvatt3 appeared as attorneys for the da
fendant in the Criminal Court yesterday
morning, and demurred to the Informa
tion and also filed a motion. The ground
of the demurrer are as follows 1
fl'hStrIct Attorney. by whom it wav
filed, had no authority to file the same
against the defendant.
"The grand Jury never presented the lh.
formation to the court
"The Information is not direct and ccr.
tain as regards the circumstances ot the
crime charged."
The information Is objected to. In tho
motion for the following reasons:
"It was not found. Indorsed 'and pre
sented by the grand Jury.
"The information was not filed on or
before the first day ot the present term
of court and the court has'not extended
the time within which an Information
could be filed therein."
Judge George" set the demurrer down
for argument on September 19. and tho
motion for September 20.
Counsel for Warren state that he be
longs to a prominent family of "Virginia,
and Is a relative of Senator 'Daniels.
Ample funds for the defense are said to
be forthcoming.
In the case of Fay Severe, the young
colored woman who stabbed to death
Emma Golden, a demurrer to the infor
mation was filed by her attorney, George
C. Stone, and was set for hearing Wed
nesday. The grounds bf the demurrer
are as follows:
"That the Indictment does not substan
tially conform to the requirements ot
chapter 8 of the criminal code In that
the acts charged as the crime are not
clearly and distinctly set forth in ordi
nary and concise language, without repe
tition, and that the act charged as a
crime is 'not stated with such a degree
of certainty as to enable tne court to
pronounce judgment upon a conviction
according to the right of the case."
Isadore Wise, the young man who
passed a forged check upon Leo Soiling,
pleaded guilty. The time of passing srn
tence was continued until the further or
der of the court, and he wa3 relea-Fwl
upon his own recognizance. The urder
standlng is that he will not be punished
If his future conduct is as It should be.
Mr. Selling will probably be recompensed
for his loss.
E. M. Martin, charged with stealing 131
from the saloon of P. Loratl. pleaded not
guilty. His trial was set for Septem
ber 27.
On motion of the District Attorney tho
Information against L. J. Shattuck. filed
July 17. charging him with threatening to
kill Mrs. J. J. Wachenhelmor was dis
missed. The case against Philip Carroll, of
threatening to kill Winnie Carroll, filed
August 6, was dismissed.
The information against J. P. Hawks,
charging him with threatening to kill
Tlllle Culberton. was also dismissed. This
was filed on July 11.
ADDITIONAL JTTIIOHS.
Ten More Men Drawn in State Cir
cuit Court.
Ten additional Jurors for service in the
State Circuit Court were drawn yester
day. This will make 18 Jurors on the
list all tojd. but as It is not expected
to try more than one case any day
the trial calendar being light this num
ber will probably answer. If more Jur
ors are required, a special venire will to
issued. This method Is cheaper than to
have a large number of jurors report
each day, when they are not needed.
The new Jurors aro as follows:
Henry Kane, farmer, Gresham; Frank
M. Conn, cigar dealer. Portland: Georgo
H. Nlcolal, clerk. Portland; A. Burkhardt,
merchant. Portland; George Langford,
builder. Portland; Charles A. Gaylord.
clerk, Portland; A. C. Lohmlre, horse
shoer. Portland: M. B. Wakeman. Trans
fer Company: .Maurice Harnett, farmer.
Bertha; A. C. Peel, salesman, Portland.
United States Court of Appeals.
A session of the United States Court
of Appeals convened in the United Statei
Courtroom at n A. 31. yesterday. Cir
cuit Judges Gilbert and Morrow being
present
The case of tho United. States vs. Che
valier was continued, and placed at the
foot of the San Francisco calendar. Ad
journed. Steamer Valencia. Prom Nome.
SEATTLK, Wash.. Sept 17. The steamer
Valencia arrived from Nome this after
noon with a large passenger list and J300.
000 in gold, consigned by the trading com
panies to two local banks. The Valencia
brings news that a terrible gale raged
at Nome from September 1 to September
5, but that only three deaths had been
verified.
To Loose a. Headache.
Take Wright's Paragon Headache and
Neuralgia Cure. Druggists, 25c. Try it.
DAILT METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Sept IT. P. M. Maximum
tomperature. 64; minimum temperature, 30;
river reading at 11 A M.. 2.5 feet; change In
the post i24 hours, 1.2 feet; total precipita
tion. 5 P. M. to 5 P. St., trace; total precipi
tation since Sept 1, 1900. 1.15 lnchei; normal
precipitation since Sept 1. 1000. 0.70 Inches;
excess, 0.39 Inch; total sunshine Sept. 10, 3:24;
possible sunshine Sept. 10, 12:30.
Pacific Coast Weather.
St "Wind,
f va 0
8p 3
i 5 5 21 $
3 3" S.
BTATIONS.
Astoria
Baker City
Bismarck ......
Boise ...........
Eureka.
Helena .........
Kamloops. B. C
Neah Bay
Pocatello .......
Portland
Red Bluff
Rosebur? ......
Sacramento ....
Salt Lake ......
San Francisco .
Spokane
Seattle
"Walla "Walla ...
Trace.
0.00! 0,NW
Clear
Cloudy
Clear
Clear
Clear
Cloudy
Pt. cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
Clear
Clear
Clear
0.01 BNE
0.00
MS
14 tN
0.00
520.02
12 I W
7210 001 It 1 8W
0.00
12iW
O.OO
0.00
o.co
10 w
8'svr
8 N
12INW
0.001
It N
SIN
Clear
0.00
Clear
Cle-er
Rain
Pt. cloudy
Cloudy
0.00
0.30
22W
8 SW
It "W
it's
0.00
0.12
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The area of low pressure yesterday central
over Southeastern Idaho has moved southeast
ward, and this evenlnr is central beyond the
limits of reports received at this office. Tho
area of hlsh pressure which Xs been slowly
worklnsr Its way northward along: the Paclflo
Coast Is now central off the mouth of the- Co
lumbia River. Light to moderately heavy rains
have fallen In Eastern "Washington, Northeast
ern Oreron and "Western Montana. A light
shower also occurred at Portland. It is much
cooler In Northeastern "Washlnffton and Idaho,
but elsewhere throuchout the "North Pacific
States the chances In temperature have boon
small and unimportant The Indications are for
fair and warmer weather in this district Tues
day. WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 28 houra
ending: at midnight Tuesday. Sept. 18:.
Oregon, "Washlncton and Idaho Fair woata;
er; warmer; west to north winds.
Portland and vicinity Fair and warmer;
northerly winds. A. B. WOLLABER,
' Actlnr Forecast Official.