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FOR 1 902 CAMPAIGN
Democracy Will B,e Reunited
and Reorganized,
BIG CLUB HAY BE FORMED
FnIon With Republicans Not Objec-
tionable If There Is a Chance of
Success Candidates for
Governor.
Qregon .Democrats will take the initial
steps before long to reorganize the party
for the state campaign of 1902. Into the
new Democracy will be gathered, as far
as possible, all the different brands of
Democrats, and such Silver Republicans
and ex-Fusion Populists as will not drift
Into the Republican camp or go it alone.
The Silver Republicans do not amount to
much. What were left of them went over
to the Democracy in a body last Fall. It
is not known what they will do if the
Democrats shelve silver forever and aye,
as seems to be their purpose. Just now
they are Inside the Democratic Hon, and
the lion is satisfied. Populism of the Fu
sion type is out of the race. Its leaders,
Will R. King, Ernest Kroner and a few
others, met at Salem in the latter part
of February and formally dissolved the
state committee and the party. The sen
timent of the leaders was that hereafter
Fusion-Populism should affiliate with the
Democracy. This is no numerical gain to
the Democrats, as they had the Fusion
Populists with them in the state and
Congressional campaign of 1S98, and In all
the elections, Including the Presidential,
in 1900. But the Middle-of-the-Road Pop
ulists they lost in the shuttle.
If present plans carry, the Democracy
will present a solid front next year for
the first time since 1890, when Pennoyer
was elected Governor the second time.
Pennoyer immediately began to look for
a landing-place In the Populist shop, and
his Influence was lost to the party in the
election of 1892. In 1S94 the party was
greatly split up, and u large part of it
knifed Galloway, the candidate for Gov
ernor, for Pierce, the Populist nominee.
In 189G the ship foundered on the silver
rock, and the Gold Democracy appeared.
In 189S the Fusion Populists and the
Democrats combined on a state ticket and
were snowed under. In 1900 there was
more fusion and more defeat. There was
no Gold Democratic ticket In the Presi
dential contest last November, but the
Gold Democrats who could not swallow
Bryan either voted for McKInley or
stayed at home.
Sentiment among Democrats Is that
there should be a reunion of all the vari
ous elements the Gold Democracy, the
Bryan Democracy, the stay-at-home De
mocracy and the Populist Democracy.
How this shall be done Is the question
which is being asked by those who are
talking reorganization. Secretary "W. N.
uaieiia, oi me county committee, sug
gests a mass meeting for the purpose of
forming a Democratic club of large mem
bership. He thinks this would be easy.
He has for a nucleus a list of 2800 Multno
mah County Democrats whose loyalty is
unquestioned. This is not the full vot
ing strength of the Democrats in the
county, Mr. Gatens says. He places it at
6000. and says it will grow to 8000 before
next year if the trusts continue to -grow
in power. The purpose of the proposed
big club is to get all Democrats under
one roof. As far as machinery, goes, the
party is as well off as It ever was. It
has a state committee, a county commit
tee and a large fund of valuable political
information.
Since the Democracy fused last year
with the Mitchell Republicans and Pop
ulists on a Legislative ticket, there Is
much speculation on their probable policy
in this respect in 1902. Democrats do not
look forward to another deal with the
Mitchell camp. They say that Mitchell
leaders whom they have sounded talk big
and say they will have everything Re
publican, from primaries to state con
vention, under their thumb, next time.
"In that event." said a county leader,
yesterday, "they will have no need for
Democrats."
"What will the Democracy do then?"
a reporter asked.
"Well," replied the leader, "I should
not be surprised If we should be open to
fusion with any wing of the Republican
party that would assure us of getting
something."
The Democrats are already looking
around for a candidate for Governor
State Senator Robert D. Inman, of Port
land, was suggested as long ago as last
October by Chairman Sheridan, of the
state committee. The Senator kept him
self pretty well groomed during the re
cent session of the Legislature, and some
Republicans gave him a Jolly as a vote
getter. This Republican glad hand Is not
so much in evidence since the Senator
did Yiot bob up serenely during that long
wait at Salem and make Mr. Mitchell's
4Gth vote. Senator Inman now counts
among his Democratic supporters men
who moved heaven and earth last Spring
to beat him out of the nomination for
Mayor. District Attorney George E
Chamberlain, of Portland, is mentioned
as a likely candidate for Governor.
DENOUNCED THE SALOONS.
Chairman Stewart, Prohibitionist,
Makes a Visrorons Speech.
'!Jhe P,rohIbItIon Party will be In the
field until the saloon goes to h 1, where
it ought to go. We will hold this ground
and keep up the fight until the end. how
ever far that may be."
These were the closing words of the
vigorous address of Oliver W. Stewart
the National chairman of the Prohibition
party, delivered last evening before a
large gathering at the A. O. U. W. Hall
L H. Amos presided, and the Meneley
Quartet furnished opening and closing
songs, amusing in rendering, but never
theless loaded with prohibition doptrlne.
The refrain of one recommended "more
religion inside," while another raised the
question, "What will become of the Sunday-school
man?" who had cast -a ballot
for the same party as "the fat brewer
alongside."
In opening, Mr. Stewart took up the
question of law enforcement and the fun
damental objects of government to pro
tect the weak and helpless in their rights
property, life and liberty against those
stronger and more aggressive. "The need
of government," he said, "points out Its
purpose. Were every person zealous to do
his duty, there would be no necessity for
government. The reason why govern
ments are necessary Is that there are
men who do not deal Justly with their
neighbors, who do not live righteous lives,
who do not give recognition to the rights
of others. Society has therefore organ
ized, has enacted laws, and we all should
do our utmost to enforce them."
With this text he took up the hypo
thetical case of a thief making a request
before the city authorities for a license
to follow his occupation unmolested, and
offering to pay for the privilege.
"The thief." said Mr. Stewart, "asks:
'Are your laws against stealing enforced?
"He is answered: 'Yes, we oceasionally
send thieves tn the penitentiary or to the
legislature. But we can't enforce the
law absolutely.'
" 'Well ' says the thief, 'since you can
ot prevent stealing by absolutely prohib
:lng it, license me and make me the offi
cial thief. I will chase out the low, cheap
thieves who steal without a musical ac
companiment. I will not steal after mid
night. People ought to have a chance to
slumber In peace. I will not steal on Sun
days. People ought to be able to worship
God and not have their piano hauled
away. I will not steal from boys under
2L I shall pay 51000 a year, and people
will have the satisfaction of knowing that
everything is stolen by the official thief.'
"What Is the difference between this
proposition and that of the saloonkeeper?
The difference, if any, is in favor of the
pickpocket, because the business of the
saloonkeeper has a more injurious effect
on the community. What father would
not rather have his pocket pIcKed than
go home tonight and find his daughter
drunk and debauched? What father
would not rather have his horse and
buggy stolen than to find his boy reeling
home drunk for the first time tonight?
He who steals does not debauch your sons
and daughters as does the liquor traffic
"The license policy of this country is
indefensible. The money received from
licenses can never justify and make right
such a traffic. The nice, clean, honest
part of mankind will answer for it before
the Just tribunal of God. If there be a
devil, he will get the saloonkeeper; but
what will become of the decent man that
gives his consent to the Government's
sharing the profits of the saloonkeeper's
business? The question Is one of absolute
personal righteousness. Is it right to for
bid the saloon traffic? Tes. Then the
question whether we can prohibit it has
nothing to do with the right of it. The
power of the Government, the strength
of the saloon, has nothing to do with the
question of absolute right. The whole
saloon business is repulsive and slnfuL
We must prohibit It absolutely.
"But does prohibition prohibit? If pro
hibition Is enforced by license politicians
and by whisky office-holders, by a law-and-order
league, I say it does not. But
when we have prohibition with a Prohibi
tion party back of It, with men In office
pledged for the right, I say It does. Wit
ness the work of Samuel F. Pearson as
Sheriff of Portland. Me.
"The saloon teaches violence- to law,
and must be abolished before we can
relearn the lesson of respect of the law.
Mrs. Nation's work has been called vio
lation of the law and anarchy, but think
of the thousands of saloonkeepers violat
ing the law and creating anarchy before
her. The saloon Is the greatest anarchy
breeder in the country. If the saloon Is
bad, let us take a radical stand against
it before it Increases its power. If it Is a
good thing for it to close at 12, it Is a
good thing to close it before It ever
opened, and to keep It closed all the time."
In conclusion Mr. Stewart took up the
marks of encouragement in the party's
affairs, comparing It with the abolition
movement, and giving the voluntary dona
tions of 525,000 since the defeat last No
vember as evidences of the progress and
life of the party.
GOOD OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT.
Conditions Favor Record Crop in
Oregon.
People who took shelter under awnings
from the hall yesterday afternoon won
dered how much damage the shower
would do to fruit. Secretary Henry E.
Dosch, of the State Board1 of Horticul
ture, sat in his office at 246 Washington
street and regarded the dark clouds and
the pelting hall with complacency. "This
storm will not hurt anything, for there
Is nothing to hurt." he said. "The buds
are only Just beginning to swell. The hail
that did the damage last year fell April
15, when everything was in bloom."
Asked about the prospects for the fruit
crop Secretary Dosch said:
"If one-tenth of the fruit buds which
are seen on the trees develop we shall
have more fruit than we shall know what
to do with. Never since I came to Ore
gon have I seen the trees so loaded down
with buds. Two years ago we did not
have buds enough. Last year the hall
knocked the blossoms off the trees. This
year we have buds to spare. There is
no "particular explanation for the con
dition. Everything is naturally in good
shape. The trees have come through the
Winter clean and healthy, and the buds
axe, vigorous and heavy. This is true also
of the apricot and peach trees, and this
section Is not a peach or apricot coun
try. In Eastern and Southern Oregon the
outlook is every bit as favorable as it
is in the Willamette Valley.
"Orchardlsts are taking more care of
their trees than ever before in the his
tory of Oregon. I venture the assertion
mai ou per cent more sprayers are in
operation this year than ever before.
This is because of the high prices paid
for good fruit and the inability of the
growers to sell poor fruit."
Secretary Dosch kept wormy and dis
eased fruit out of the Portland market
last year by condemning it as fast as it
arrived. Commission men made this work
comparatively easy for the secretary by
Informing him whenever they received
suspicions looking packages. The fight
of the horticultural board against dis
eased fruit will be continued, with the co
operation of the commission men this
year. Secretary Dosch will be at Buf
falo during the fruit season, and G. H.
Lamberson will temporarily have charge
of the work as acting secretary of the
Board of Horticulture. He knows bad
fruit at a glance, and is not afraid to
condemn it. Secretary Dosch advises hor
ticulturists not to produce bad fruit and
not to ship it to Portland, if it should
happen to grow. Sale of it will not be
permitted In Portland, nor will the hor
ticultural officials allow it to be shipped
out of the state.
The horticultural board will Issue its
first crop bulletin about May 1. The an
nual meeting of the board will be held
at Portland April 8.
PERSONAL 1CENTI0IT
Gaptain Henry Nice, of Alsea Bay, is
at the Imperial.
Henry Stanislawsky, superintendent of
the Mount Baker Mining Company, who
has been at the company's mine for the
past 15 months, is In the city on busi
ness. He says the property is in fine
shape and prospects are very bright.
Dr. J. H. Montgomery, head of tho
Copeland Medical Institute In this city,
has returned, after a protracted visit to
New York. Dr. Montgomery, while ab
sent, took a post-graduate course, and
has returned to Portland in vigorous
health and spirits.
NEW YORK. March 25. Northwestern
people registered at New York hotels to
day as follows:
From PortlandMrs. J. B. Montgom
ery, at the Waldorf.
From Salem H. P. Whalen, J. Rand,
at the Gilsey.
From Spokane W. H. Wright, at the
Ashland.
Should Be a "Pnrnmonnt Innne."
ELLENBURGH CENTER, N. Y., March
21. (To the Editor.) I am trying, in a
feeble way, to call attention to the Im
portance of the Isthmian canal to the
whole people. To the people of the Pacific
Coast It should appeal with a special
force, for it would stimulate ship-building
the material you have for the same
in great abundance and would place
your agricultural productions at the mar
kets of Europe. Of so much Importance
Is this that we should think your Sena
tors and Repdesentatives would make It
the "paramount Issue" in things political.
There is a mighty unseen force against It,
and the way to uncover It and crush It is
for the people to demand Its construction
In no uncertain way. Senator Morgan is
devoting his energy towards this end.
Let the Pacific States rise up and help
him. Yours, very truly.
WILLLVM H. GORDON.
"Sot All in Multnomah, Either.
Aurora Borealls.
Never make a political promise unless
you are determined to keep your word.
Too many of Oregon's politicians have
wrecked their political future by failure
to keep their promises, and written ones
at that.
Dr. Sanford'B Liver Invif?orator.
The best liver medicine. A vegetable cure for
liver Ills, biliousness, Indigestion, constipation,
malaria.
THE STORKING
BIG DIFFERENCE IN VALUES
TIMBER LAXDS AS VIEWED BY OP
POSING WITNESSES.
In the Xeppach Salt One Side Thinks
Property "Worth ?100, Other
Side ?10, Per Acre.
Evidence concerning the use of Win
chester rifles in holding down Umber
claims was brought out yesterday in the
trial of the suit, of Anthony Neppach
against the Oregon & California Rail
road Company.
E. H. Thompson, formerly of the Brower
& Thompson Lumber Company at Latour
ell Falls, testified that a man was put on
a section with a rifle, and it was probable
that the Bridal Veil Lumber Cnmnnnv
furnished the firearm. The witness said
he was run off, and he put on another
man, who had a family, to settle on the
land. The man also had a Winchester
rifle and a bull pup. Finally they stopped
fighting and compromised.
Mr. Paxton, attorney for the plaintiff,
asked whether it was not customary for
the companies to put men on the land,
furnish them grubstakes and afterward
buy them out. Mr. Thompson answered,
that this had sometimes been done. He
saldhe put a man on a section, and after
THE LATE WILLIAM B. JONES.
iinnnaHsHnHHiwniiHnmnnHHHniHM
William B. Jones, who died at St. Vincent's Hospital Monday, was well known "to the
business men of the Pacific Coast. For 25 years he bad been engaged with his father, under
the firm name of J. F. Jones & Son, in the coffee and ilce business. For Ihe past Ave
years the name of the arm has been W. B. Jones & Co. Mr. Jones was born at Burlington,
la., November 3, 1854.
the man got title he ran away, and
Thompson never got the land." Concerning
.c uiue ui me iana in controversy, ne
iuieu mat witnout mills it was worttumtusseii, smith & Co. were adjudged
4i me government cnarged i 25 per
acre. He admitted that he had heard of
settlers asking $5000 for a quarter section
of land, but they never got it. The wit
ness testified that he put men on some
of the same land Involved In this action
while the validity of the land grants was
being tested In the United States Courts,
so as to get some of it in case the decision
was In favor of the Government. Thomp
son acknowledged having had a conversa
tion with Mr. Neppach, In which he of
fered to buy one section of the land If
Neppach got It He stated that there was
a little mill near there, and he intended
to hold the land until this concern was
obliged to have It, and make something
out of It; that was his object. He also
admitted haying once remarked to Nep
pach that he hoped Neppach would win
the suit. Thompson testified regarding
speculations which he indulged In, In a
legitimate way. that being within his line
of business. On direct examination he
placed the value of three of the sections
in controversy at ?5 per acre, and two
sections at $10 per acre. This makes a
total value for the 3200 acres of J22.400.
Mr. Thompson was a witness for the de
fense. W. V. Curtis, a timber man of 10 years'
experience, testified that he knew the
lands In a general way. His valuation
per acre was $4 50 to $5 SO.
S. P. Kerr, a timber expert, valued the
land one section at $10 per acre, two at
57, one at $5, and one at ?1 23. The trial
will last the remainder of the week.
United States Grand Jurors.
Following is a list of the 30 grand jur
ors for the United States District Court
drawn yesterday, and summoned to ap
pear in court on April 10, 1901:
William Sweeney, capitalist. Portland.
H. C. Means, merchant, Portland.
J. C. Plllsbury, accountant. Oregon City.
H. C. Myers, stock buyer. Blalock.
G. W. Lounsberry, agent, Astoria.
A. B. Haines, farmer, Elkton.
P. B. Marshal, warehouseman, Albany.
J. H. Aitkin, merchant, Huntington.
Leo Frlede, merchant, Portland.
Edward Hughes, merchant, Portland.
J. A. Miller, farmer. Halsey.
J. Conrad Luckel, manufacturer, Port
land. W. L. Wells, farmer, Dallas.
Otto Breyman, merchant, Portland.
George C. Flanders, merchant, Port
land. Richard Connell, farmer, Glencoe.
U. B. Scott, steamboatman, Portland.
Alexander Kaufman, capitalist, Port
land. Charles Kohn, merchant, Portland.
J. R. Burns, hotelkeeper. Baker City.
S. M. Kelly, liveryman, Oakland.
J J. Burgess, carpenter, Oregon City.
Lawrence Barclay, capitalist, Portland.
A. J. Yoder, farmer. Needy.
Preston W. Gillette, real estate agent,
Portland.
W. M. Campbell, merchant. The Dalles.
Cleveland Rockwell, civil engineer,
Portland.
Marshal Huffman, farmer. Union.
A. M. Elam, farmer, Milton.
Gustave Rosenblatt, insurance agent,
Portland.
Decisions Toilny.
Judge Cleland will announce decisions
this morning at 9:30 in the following cases:
C. J. Reed et al. vs. B. G. Whitehouae,
on merits.
W. H. Sherrod & Co. vs. R. L. Durham
et al., demurrer to answer.
Morris Lobawltch vs. S. Labowltch et
al., demurrer to complaint.
Rosa Westerman vs. Henry Wester
man, motion to make amended complaint
more definite, etc
Ward Wetmore vs. Dorothea Wetmore,
plea in abatement.
B H. Fisher vs B. E. Wright, on mo
tion for a rehearing.
Maude Watts vs. Moses Watte, motion
for suit money.-
Second Trial of Damage Suit.
The second trial of the $10,000 damage
suit of Barbara Stager against the Trdy
Laundry Coir.rr.ny, on the ground of seri
ous Injury to her left hand, which was
OREGONIAST, WEDNESDAY,
caught in a mangle May 14, 1S9S, was
begun in Judge Sears' court yesterday.
According to the complaint, the guard rail
was neglige.itly adjusted-too high, afford
ing no protection, and her hand was
caught between the rollers and burned and
bruised and crushed so much as to render
the member useless. At the former trial,
Miss Stager ohtalned Judgment for 52000.
The Supreme Court set the judgment aside
and ordered a new trial because of an
error of the lower court in giving a cer
tain Instruction to tho Jury. This related
to unnecessary delay on the part of the
defendant in extricating the plaintiff's
"hand from the machine after the acci
dent happened. Judge Sears holding that
she was entitled to recover on that ac
count, even jf it was found that she was
negligent In the beginning.
The jury was taken to the laundry to
view the mangle. Henry E. McGinn ap
pears as counsel for the plaintiff, and
John M. Gcarin and Rufus Mallory for
the defendant. The defense Is that Miss
Stager was herself entirely to blame for
the accident. The jury selected to try the
case Is composed of the following-named
persons: J. Clanahan, S. E. Paddock, W.
A. Hart, Peter A. Banford, J. J. Evans,
Robert Graham, Joseph P. Menth, J.
Kahn, Fred Rehorst, A. Bradshaw, Henry
Albert, H. F. Taylor.
For Benefit of General Creditors.
H. C. Albce, trustee in bankruptcy for
B. L Russell. J. N. Russell, W. J. Smith
apd J. H. Parellus, partners, as Russell,
Smith & Co.. In the logging and lumber
business at Cascade Locks, has sued the
j Ainsworth National Bank to recover 53299J
, The compla!ntshas.J)een 'filed In the State
circuit trourt. The plaintiff avers that
bankrupt August 25. 1699. and he was an-
pointed trustee. The firm, prior to July
26, 1S99, It Is stated, was Indebted to the
defendant in the sum of $3299, and It is
asserted that within four months of the
time the 'bankruptcy proceeding was filed
the Ainsworth Bank received $1379 from
Russell, Smith & Co., which, under the
bankruptcy act, Is recoverable for the
benefit of all of the creditors of the part
nership." It is further averred that sub
sequently, and also after August 23, tho
bank was paid various sums, aggregating
51922. The plaintiff alleges that other
claims against the firm have been present
ed to him, amounting to 56000, and that
the only property coming into his hands
as trustee Is worth not to exceed $100.
The complaint charges that repayment of
the $3299 has been refused by the bank.
It Is alleged that It should be returned,
to be shared In alike by all of the cred
itors, and judgment is demanded accord
ingly. Court Xote.s.
Judge Bellinger has appointed Charles
H. Chance, Jr., United States Commis
sioner at Sumpter.
Joseppe Cordano petitioned to be ap
pointed administrator of the estate of Ma
ria Bacighalupi, deceased, valued at $1000.
Thomas Ryalls, executor of the estate
of Henrlg Kroger, deceased, was author
ized by Judge Cake, yesterday, to bring
an action against A. L. Stone, adminis
trator of the estate of Andrew Snover,
deceased, to recover $545.
B. Pape, guardian of the estate or Kas
ten Facke, Insane, has filed suit against
Louise Logus, executrix of the will of
Charles Logus, deceased, to foreclose a
mortgage for $3500 on lots 1 to 8, in
clusive, block 227. East Portland.
The will of Howard M. Clinton, de
ceased, was admitted to probate In the
County Court yesterday. The estate la
valued at $2925, and Includes SO shares of
the capital stock of R. L. p0k g. Co
valued at $2000. The estate Is devised to
the wife. Ella J. Clinton, who is named
as executrix, without bonds.
The Oregon Exploration & Development
Company has been sued by Walter J.
Bates for himself and others, to recover
$1925. The principal claim Is that of A.
A. Mears, who had charge of the wofk
o.f developing the mining property of the
company in Jackson County, which
amounts to $1325. Other claimants are S.
J. Barber. $120; J. Frank Watson. $50; D.
J. Moore. $130; D. D. Neer, $150; W S.
Paond, $50: all of which Is for money
loaned.
P. Schweltz, jointly Indicted with M.
Resnik for larceny of $300 from .Abraham
Edelman. "a baker, pleaded guilty in the
Criminal Court yesterday, and was sen
tenced to one year In the Denltentlarv.
The charge against Resnik was dismissed,
u& ms companion admitted being the
principal offender. Schweltz and Resnik
were members of a Hebrew opera com
pany, which was stranded In Portland.
Edelman was an acquaintance. He was
about to go to San Francisco and met
Schweltz and Resnik to bid them good
bye. Schweltz hugged Edelman, and.
while doing so, took a roll of bills out of
his vest pocket. Schweltz Is said to have
served a term in San Quentin for forg
ery. The Royal Tribe of -Joseph has filed
an answer to the suit of J. P. Flnley as
next friend of Laura Dean Cox, a minor,
to recover $2000 insurance on a certificate
Issued to Capitola Blanche Cox, deceased.
It Is stated In the answer that Mrs. Cox
drowned herself July 1, 1S99, and that
the certificate provides that the benefici
ary shall not be paid in the event of the
suicide of the member. It is further set
forth that the certificate also provides
that in case of death within five years,
only three-fourth of the face value shall
be paid. Mrs. Cox, it is alleged, joined
the order In June. 1SSS, and therefore It
is. contended that If the Insurance should
be decreed to be payable, only $1500 shall J
be due, and not $2000.
"The best pill I ever used," Is the fre
quent remark of purchasers of Carter's
Little Liver Pills. When you try them
y6u will say the same.
MARCH 27, ' 1901.
BIG NAME MOT NECESSARY
SIAIX POIT OF FAIR SHOULD NOT
BE OBSCURED.
Government Should -Make a Liberal
Appropriation for the
Centennial.
PORTLAND. March 26.-(To the Editor.)
I offer a few suggestions for the pro
posed centennial celebration in Portland
four years hence. First, the name. Let
us not load it down or obscure the main
point by straining .at anything gorgeous.
The main event to be celebrated does not
need anything like that. It is strong in
jiaen, ana can stand on Its own merits.
In my judgment, a plain, short name
would be more appropriate and more ex
pressive. About like this:
LEWIS AND CLARK PACIFIC CENTEN
NIAL. That is short, direct and to the point.
It holds up to conspicuous view the one
great event of overshadowing importance
to be celebrated. Every other considera
tion is subsidiary and secondary. The
visit of Lewis and Clark to this Coast In
ISOo was a grand conception, most timely
as to date, heroically carried out and
of very high National Importance. No
mere words can add to the glory of the
achievement, just as no conceivable dec
oration could add to the beauty or at
tractiveness of the Washington monu
ment. Its very plainness Is one of its
most striking features. We want as a Na
tion to celebrate the Lewis and Clark
expedition. That Is the principal point,
the soul of tho affair, and so let us not
smother it beneath a mass of verbiage
referring to collaterals.
LEWIS AND CLARK PACIFIC CENTEN
NIAL. '
The Lewis and Clark expedition fixed
the National destiny of this Northwest
country It was, in a National point of
view, second In Importance only to the
Louisiana purchase Itself. That gave us
control of the country and of the Pacific
Coast up to the 42d parallel, while the
Lewis and Clark expedition, in its effect,
extended that jurisdiction and control of
coast line up to the Russian possessions,
or 54:40 north latitude. In a day of weak
ness we gave away a portion of this mag
nificent acquisition, when we should have
held it at any hazards. Had we held it.
our Nation would have undisputed' control
of the Pacific Coast from San Diego to
Behring Straits. This control would have
saved the Nation vast sums of money
and an Incalculable amount of trouble.
The cost has been and will be in build
ing counter-fortifications and armed ocean
fleets. In attempts at control of pelagic
fur-seal fisheries. In the suppression of
smuggling and other like matters. The
troubles have arisen out of divided juris
diction as to wreckage, towage, salvage,
etc Furthermore, had we kept control of
the entire shore line, we could have su
pervised the commerce of the north half
of the Pacific. Ocean and of all trans
pacific tejegraph lines. The Nation did
not reap all the legitimate fruits of the
Lewis and Clark achievement, but enough
remains to make the proposed celebration
of Nation-wide Importance, and to that
point we should make earnest and per
sistent appeal. m
The Nation Is more deeply Interested In
the coming event than any section or lo
cality, and the Nation should liberally
contribute to defray the 'necessary ex
penses. The conception of the expedition
was as broad as the continent; Its ex
penses were paid out of the National
Treasury, and the accruing advantages
were all of a National character.
Congress has just appropriated $5,000,000
In aid of the Louisiana Purchase centen
nial at St. Lours I belleve-that'appropria-ion.
was properly made. , We. celebrate
-war events at -any-cost. Let us learn to
cerebrate th'e 'achievements of 'p"e"ace'as
welli The acquisition of 1S03 was of the
very greatest Importance: that of 1S05
was but little less. Congress ought to
give the Lewis and Clark Pacific Cen
tennial at least $2",COO,000 and the glad hand
of encouragement, and I believe It can
be Induced to do so if the matter is prop
erly presented and persistently pressed
Of course, local advantages will be
gained by such a celebration. They are
Inevitable, as in all other National af
fairs, but these are to be set down as
the "accretions of time." Bartholdi'
statue of Liberty was a gift to mankind,
but in finding a local habitation New
York Harbor was graced by the Illuminat
ing torch, and there it waves encourage
ment to the wide world a general Idea
with local advantages.
The Lewis and Clark. Pacific Centennial
at Portland will be of advantage to the
city and to the whole Northwest. People
from all over the country will come here
by thousands, attracted by the low rail
road fares, the occasion and the desire to
see for themselves the much-talked-about
new country. While here, they will use
their eyes and ears, and will not go away
empty in mind. If lacking In purse. But
the less said about "locality," the better.
It Is the Lewis and Clark Pacific Cen
tennial we celebrate. That was an event
of National Importance, and the Nation
should pay the expenses, mainly. If the
Northwest and Portland are benefited,
that will be no fault of theirs. They will
Just have to grin and bear it with as good
grace as they can command.
'As to the accompanying exposition, that
Is a mere matter of detail, that will easily
adjust Itself as time advances.
LEVI W. MYERS.
"LcttIh and Clark" Intlinpennable.
PORTLAND, March 26. (To the Edi
tor.) I second the motion that the fair of
1905 be called the Lewis and Clark Cen
tennial. That is reasonably short; It Is
sufficiently comprehensive, and It stands
for something that commands respect.
Moreover, it is about the only one of all
those suggested that will appear to Con
gress, and this Is something that ought
not to oe overlooked. If It will appeal
to Congress It will appeal to the country
at large.
Can you imagine Congress making an
appropriation for a Pacific Northwest Oc
cidental and Oriental Industrial Exposi
tion, for example? That would be merely
a local scheme for promoting trade, and
though it might be coincident with the
centennial of some important event, that
would be an 'incidental matter. The
strong point about this enterprise Is that
It Is to commemorate the great achieve
ment of Lewis and Clark. This Is its corner-stone
and foundation. This Is what
united Washington, with its rival com
merciaMnterests at Puget Sound, and the
other states of the Northwest, from Col
orado to the British boundary and west
ward to the sea, in cordial support of the
project. This Idea should be expressed In
its name. It is the only one that will
bring support from Congress, and there Is
no dotibt that it would receive recognition
from the general public, far and near.
The exploring expedition of Lewis and
Clark is more or less familiar wherever
United States history Is known; therefore
it would need no introduction to the peo
ple who would be expected to support
the fair of 1905. And sec what a field It
would open for attractive and Instructive
and really valuable advertising stories of
Incidents connected with that historic
Journey and their bearing on present-day
conditions and facts, contrasts and paral
lels. There would be nothing "yellow" or
frivolous or strained about It. Congress
would respect it, and so would everybody
else. COMMON SENSE.
A Step in National Expansion.
PORTLAND. March 25. (To the Editor.)
We are now realizing me possibilities of
our proposed exposition. The expedition
of Lewis and Clark was a step In National
expansion, as fruitful to the Republic as
the Louisiana purchase. The names of
the explorers, though they properly will
be an Important connection of the celebra
tion, are merely Incidental as to Its title.
The facts as to where the celebration Is
held, how and what It represents will
become " thoroughly familiar, a part of
every advertisement and notice connected
with the event. The expansion of our Re
public in the Northwest during the past
cenlury is wonderful In the world's rec
ords. It Is that which we propose to
show, 'calling attention at the same time
to the present possibilities of that further
expansion which will make our Pacific
Empire but an Intermediate coast In the
domain of our greater Republic We are
to hold a National Expansion Exposition,
and that should be its name.
1S05 1905.
NATIONAL EXPANSION EXPOSITION.
C.
Names for the Fair.
By N. E. Kegg, McMInnville, Or.:
CENTENNIAL OF THE BEAUTIFUL ORE
GON. By H. D Wood, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce. San Diego, Cal.:
PEACE AND PROSPERITY JUBILEE EX
POSITION. NORTH PACIFIC TRADE (OR COMMER
CIAL) EXPOSITION.
NO WIDOWS ABUSE.
Lavr Make It Ixnposnihle to "Marry
a Pension."
PORTLAND. March 25. (To the Editor.)
In today's Oregonlan the following query
under head of "Note and Comment" ap
peared: Indian War Veterans who are seeking pen
sions for themselves certainly have not forgot
ten their wives, who underwent Just as many
hardships and dangers. Or. If they have not.
are we going to have another widows abuse
like that of Civil War pensions?
. The Indian war pension bill that was
approved by the committee on pensions
provides for the pensioning of widows.
What you eay In regard to the hardship
and dangers of these pioneer women Is
correct, and it would be unjust to pension
veterans and make no provision in case
of a veteran's death to pension his widow.
Congress enacted a law on this sub
ject two years ago, which provides that
only widows of veterans who were mar
ried prior to March 3. 1S99, shall be en
titled to pensions.
This was especially Intended to apply
to widous of Civil War veterans, but
applies with equal force to veterans' wid
ows of all United States wars prior to
that date, and will have a tendency to
check the marrying of young women to
old soldiers for the purpose of securing
their pensions.
As a rule the wives and widows of In
dian War veterans were married In pio
neer days, and none, so far a 3 we can
learn, wre married later than 18S4. Their
ages go to show that none were married
at a late date, as the records show that
the youngest wife or v.ldow Is 47 years of
age, and many of them are In the 60s
and even 80s. From this you will see
that there Is no chance, as you state, "of
another widows abuse."
The great majority of wives and widows
living were married to veterans before the
Indian wars or Immediately after the war
closed. Indian war veterans have not
had euch a brilliant prospect of pensions
as to tempt designing women to seek
marriage with them. And now that it Is
well settled that they will get a pension
In time, the law of the United States
makes It Impossible for a woman to mar
ry one of these veterans, and at his death
draw his pension. T. A. WOOD.
More Abont Joe Wheeler.
PORTLAND, March 26. (To the Editor.)
The editorial paragraph In last Mon
day's Oregonlan concerning the retire
ment of Joseph Wheeler as Brigadier
General in the regular Army over Gen
eral A. K. Arnold, who served falthfullv
his country forty-four years without a
break, while Wheeler, educated at West
Point, served but two years.- and then
turned traitor, coming out of the Con
federate Army a Lieutenant-General at
'the. end tf four "years ;of the most wanton
guerrilla warfare, raiding, killing and
devastating Union people and property,
recalls a bit of history that may be in
point Just now.
If President McKInley, who, I am sure,
is a most excellent man,. had advised a
little with some few boys in blue, not ten
thousand miles away when the event
here recorded took place, he might pos
sibly have done differently In regard to
Joe Wheeler. It Is this: On May 11, 1S65,
at Conyers, a. little station on the rail
road' near Atlanta, while endeavoring to
escape Westward to Mexico, Joe Wheeler
was to his Indescribable dismay quickly
captured by a detachment of "Union sol
diers belonging to the command of Colo
nel William J. Palmer. Wheeler had a
forged parole on his person and tried to
pass himself oft on our men as "Lieuten
ant Sharp." He was not sharp enough,
however, to make his little game of fraud
work. He and his party were stripped of
their arms and horse's and Colonel Palmer
telegraphed to his senior in command.
General Molineaux, for instructions as to
what he should do-with the prisoner, say
ing that -Wheeler prevaricated so outra
geously lhat no confidence could be placed
In what he said.
Lee. Longstreet orJoseph E. Johnston
would have spurned such miserable con
duct, but Wheeler probably knew better
than any one what kind of business he
had been doing the past four years, and
what he richly deserved.
In reconstructing the seceding elements
mistakes were no doubt" unavoidable
because of the limitations of human judg
ment and knowledge, but It is difficult to
see why Joe Wheeler should rank by one
year so faithful and gallant a man as
General 'A. K. Arnold. Such a thing could
not be done In the British Army.
C. E. CLINE.
Statement Corrected.
PORTLAND. March 25. (To the Ed
itor.) In Sunday'-s issue of -your paper
appears a statement, from your Gresh
am corespondent, to the effect that the
trustees of the Odd Fellows' Home ,had
discovered a proviso In the deed to their
property at Fairview, which would pre
vent them from selling It. Suffice it to
say that your correspondent Is mistaken.
There is no such provision In the orig
inal deed. The property was bought and
paid for (not donated), without any reser
vations whatever; the grand lodge. I. O.
O. F., of Oregon, now holds an absolute
title in fee simple to It; and the order. In
this state has $527,000 assets with which
to b'ack any deed it may give to the prop
erty. The Odd Fellows' Home has been
located within the corporate limits of the
City of Portland, and the Fairview prop-
IT CAME BACK.
The Doctor's WifcFonnd Her Com
plexion Attain.
Coffee is no respecter of persons when
it comes to the poisonous effects thereof.
A prominent physician's wife of Monti
cello, Iiid., eays that coffee treated her
very badly Indeed, giving her a serious
and painful stomach trouble and a
wretched, muddy complexion.
Her husband Is a physician of the reg
ular school and opposedto both tea and
coffee, so he Induced her to leave them
off and take on Postum Food Coffee. .
The stomach trouble disappeared al
most like magic, and gradually her com
plexion cleared up; now she is In excel
lent condition throughout.
There are thousands of highly organized
people who are made sick in a variety of
different ways by the use of coffee, and
most of these people do not suspect the
cause of their trouble. They think that
others can drink coffee and are well, and
they can, but about one person out of
every three Ms more or 'less poisoned by
coffee, and this can be proved by leaving
off coffee and taking Postum Food Coffee.
In .nearly every case the disorder will be
greatly relieved or entirely disappear. It
is easy enough to make a trial and see
whether coffee is .a poison to you or not.
The name of the doctor's wife can be
giyen upon application to the Postum Ce
real Co., Ltd., at Battle Creek, Mich.
. THE HEALTH HABIT.
Jnst as Easy to Form as Any Other.
We do not deliberately form our pet
habits, but they are unconsciously ac
quired, and grow as we grow, and by tho
time we learn they are hurting us. wo
find them too strong to be easily broken.
Then, why not form, a good habit, a hab
it which will counteract the many bad
ones, in other words contract the unfash
ionable habit of being always well.
The best health habit to get into Is to
have and keep a vigorous stomach; if
you have a healthy digestion you can
drink your beloved coffee, smoke your
favorite brand of tobacco, with little or
no harm: the mischief begins when these
things arc forced upon the faithful stom
ach, without any assistance.
Form the habit of taking after meals
some harmless but efficient digestivo
which will relieve the stomach of so much
extra work.
Nature furnishes us with such diges
tives, and when they are combined in
such a pleasant preparation as Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tabletr, they give the over
worked stomach just the necessary as
sistance to secure perfect digestion with
out any of the harmful effects of cathar
tics and similar arugs.
The habit of taking Stuart's Dyspeprfa
Tablets after meals Is as necessary to the
weak stomach as food Itself, and, indeed,
to get the benefit from food eaten, noth
ing better, and certainly nothing safer,
can be used
Many families consider Stuart's Tablets
as essential in the house as knives and
forks.
They consist entirely of natural diges
tive principles without the effect or char
acteristics of dr- ts; they have no ca
thartic action, but simply go to work on
the food eaten and digest it.
Take into account your bad habits and
the expense they entail, and then Invest
50 cents In a box of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets and see If your digestion for the
next month Is not vastly Improved.
Ask the clerk In any drug store tho
name of the most successful and popular
stomach remedy, and he will say Stuart's.
erty h still for sale, all statements from
any source to the contrary notwithstand
ing. E. E. SHARON,
Grand Secretary.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cnttlnjr Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy
Mr. Wlnslow's Soothing Sjrup. for chlldrea
teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allajs all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea.
At the first intimation of an attack of
"grippe" begin at once to regulate tho
system with Carter's LItle Liver Pills.
One pill after each meal.
You cannot be too cautious. In this epi
demic of "grippe." Keep your system
fortified with Carter's Little Liver Pills.
One pill after each meal.
It is appalling to read the accounts of
the ravages of "grippe." Keep yourself
In a condition to resist the disease with
Carter's Little Liver Pills.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. March 20. 8 P. M. Maximum
temperature, 47, minimum temperature, 37;
river reading at 11 A. M-. 7.G feet; change la
the past 21 hours, 0 3 foot, total precipita
tion. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0.33 Inch; total pre
cipitation since Sept 1, 1000, 34.33 inches;
normal precipitation since Sept. 1. 1000. 37.41
inches; deficiency, 2.00 Inches; total sunshine
March 25, 2:57; possible sunshine March 23,
12:24.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Light to moderately heavy rains have oc
curred durlrg the lust 24 hours ir the Paciflo
Coast States, and snqw has generally fallen la
Idaho, Nevada and U.tah. It Is slightly cooler
this evening In Northern Nevada, but else
w here In the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast
States the changes In temperature have been
small and unimportant. The indications are
for generally fair and slightly warmer weath
er in this- district "Wednesday, except In North
western Oregon and along the Oregon and
Washington Coasts, where showers will likely
continue at Intervals another 24 hours.
"WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 28 hours
ending at midnight Wednesday,. March 27:
Portland and vicinity Cloudy to partly
cloudy weather, with probably occasional show-.
era; fresh southerly winds.
Western Oregon Occasional sbowers In tho
north, generally fair and warmer In the south
portion; winds mostly southerly.
Western Washington Probably fair, except
showers along the coast: winds mostly south
erly. Eastern Oregon. Eastern AVashlngton and
Idaho Generally fair weather: south to west
Wlnd3. A. D. WOLLABER.
AiIUHKME.TS.
MARQUAM GRAND C. HEILIG. Manager.
Three nights and WYdne-nlay Matinee, com
mencing Monday. March 25.
MODJESKA.
R. D. MacLean and Odette Tyler.
Mon. and Tuea. nights, "King Jonn." Wed.
night, only time. "Mary Stuart." Wed. Mat
inee. "Macbeth."
Evening prices Entire lower floor, $1.50; bal
cony, first .i rows. $1; second 3 rows. 75c; last
0 rows, 50c; gallery. 25c; boxes and loges,
10. 50. Matlnets Entire lower floor. $1: Dalconjr,
t rows, 73c. C rows. 50c; gallery, 25c, boxes
and logo. $7.50. Seats now selling.
t
MARQUAM GRAND CALVIN HEILIG, Mgr.
Thursday, Friday. Saturday Matinee at 2:13,
and Saturday evening. March 28. 29, 30,
MR. DANIEL SULLY IN
"THE PARISH PRIEST."
"THE PARISH PRIEST"
Evening prices Lower floor, except last 3
rows, $1; last 3 rows. 75c. Balcony, first 0
rows, 75c; last C rows, 50c. Gallery. 25c. Boxes
and loges. (7.50. Matinee prices Lower floor,
except last 3 rows, 75c, last 3 rows. 50c. Bal
cony, first 0 rows, 50c; last C rows, 25c Boxea
and loges. $5. Seats now selling.
CORDRA1-S THEATER
One week, commencing Sunday. March 24, and
Saturday Matinee,
HOYT'S BIGGEST LAUGH.
"A BRASS MONKEY."
"A BRASS MONKEY."
"A BRASS MONKEY."
"A BRASS MONKEY."
Pretty Girls. Clever Comedians. New Mualo,
Novel Dances.
Mazle Trumbull as Baggage.
A perfect comedy cast. Usual prices.
METROPOLITAN THEATER
CLARENCE H. JONES. Manager
Portland's Down-Town Theater. P'ird and.
Yamhill. Phono Grant 7i.
Tonight at 8 o'clock and all this week (Satur.
day matinee). Lotta's great success.
"PAWN TICKET 210."
Direction Ed Billings.
See the great pawnshop scene on the Bowery,
New York City.
Clever Specialties Will Be Introduced Between
Each Act.
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FREDERICKSBURG MUSIC HALL-
SEVENTH AND ALDER STS.
SAMAYOAS.
KALPRATUS.
The King of Hoop-Jugglers.
McKAY and LAURENCE.
Comical Sketch Artists.
DULCIE SISTERS.
California's Sweetest Singers.
LEONORE,
Balladlst. In her latest Eastern successes.
And other musical favorites of Portland.
SEW TODAY.
Mortgage Loans
On Improved city and farm property.
R. LIVINGSTONE. 22 Stark st.
MORTGAGE LOANS
On Improved city and farm property, at lowest
current rates. Bulldlnr loans. Installment
loans. MacMaster & Blrrell. 311 Worcester bile.
THE ANN ARBOR BAKERY
Has removed from 347 Morrison to 313 Morri
son st. Has also put In large ovens of the
most modern design in the building S. W. cor.
16th and Gllsan sts.. where tney have opened
a nne retail Daicery. vve nave no successors.
GRAHAM'S
FURNITURE FACTORY
Manufacturer of all kinds of Furniture. Wood
work and Fixtures; Wardrobe. Folding Beds,
Glas Cupboards. Kitchen Safes. Treasures.
Moldings. Turnings. Library. Leaf. Kitchen
and Tailor Tables, etc. Oregon phone.
370t-37S-37-l Front, cor. Montgomery,
PORTLAND, OR.