TiTE MOR.MXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1907.
11
LINCOLN STEFFENS
SPEAKS ON GRAFT
Reformer Guest of Honor at
Dinner Given by Local
Newspapermen.
NO PHANTOM CHASING
TELLS ABOUT HIS WORK
Ray Power of Press Was Waning,
bnt Now Is Growing Candi
dacy of Fairbanks for
the Presidency.
Newspaper nipn of. Portland Rave ' a
complimentary , dinner to - J. . Lincoln
StPlTenst, the well-known ."n-agaalne writer,
last night at the Commercial Club. Mr.
Stiffens made a short and highly In
teresting talk to the Portland scribes.
He spoke on the work of cleansing the
various cities of graft. and said that
never before has the power of the press
been so great and wholesome as at
present.
The table was fet in the form of a
giant horseshoe in the Commercial Club
dining-rooms and was decorated with
hyacinths, tulips, carnations and Oregon
prape. Two huge American flags hung
over the tables. The dUmer was char
acterized by good-fellowship, and the few
friends the newspaper man had invited
to the spread enjoyed the occasion to
the full. Speeches were limited to the
guest of honor and Mayor Lane, who
spoke briefly of his pleasant association
with the newspaper reporters of the city.
John H. Stevenson, of the Evening Tele
gram', presided as toastmaster. With him
ft the head of t he table sat Judge Gil
bert, of the Federal Court, Lincoln J
Stiffens and Mayor I-one.
Mayor Lane said the country needs tYie
work of such men as Mr. Steffens. Me
sa id this city is not ridden with graft
today, and for that reason Portland wel
comes rather than fear Mr. Steffens.
In the course of his remarks Mr.
Steffens said he is not often spoken of
in such friendly terms by Mayors. Many
city executives, he found, did not welcome
him when he arrived.
Effect of Publicity on Graft.
"I approve of this dinner tonight." .he
said, "because I think so highly of the
Piislness of reporters. A great deal of
good has been done in this country dur
ing lte past ten years and most of it
by the press. We have had our Roose
velts. our Folks, our Heneys who are
raking this muck, while all we are doing
la reporting it. We report it more than
we upd to. We find it is no use to put
men In prison, no use to take .revenge
nn individuals, but when we have told
the story of graft we have taught the
!eople something. We are teaching peo
ple things inch by inch, and society in
this way is making progress. So 1 think
hffihly of reporting. Just as much con
science and just as much art can be
put into it as the finest fiction.
"When I was a city editor I used to
tell reporters, in a-ssigning them to a
Ftory say the murder of a woman by
her husband: 'This man loved this
woman once. Tell it so the reader will
understand, not only that a murder' has
been ttnne. but also that a tragedy has
been enacted. ' 1 f a reporter takes the
pains to understand tlus story, he -has
the picture of a human life, and if one
tells of a human life, he has a novel,
has he not?
-"When I want to get the truth of a
story I have to go to the men In my
profession. I found In going from city
to city that the same business Interests
that made Councils and Mayors represent
not the general public but special in
terests had bought the newspapers as
well. We thought if we would get into
the magazines, owned by business men
or editors, we would have an organiza
tion there that would tell all the truth.
That is why journalism crept Into tlie
magazines. We saw if we did that suc
tcssfully we would make the newspapers
represent their readers, too.
Effect of Kooscvelfs Personality.
"The trouble with Mr. Roosevelt." said
the speaker, in response to a question,
"is that he is the most representative
man in -this country. I was at police head
quarters in New York as a reporter when
Mr. Roosevelt came in as Police Commis
sioner. He planned to strip the police
department of the then common habit
of taking bribes for the privilege of
breaking the law. By actually making
the police force- believe there was such a
tiling a an honest man, he secured the
enforcement of all laws. He used to ask
me to come up into his -room and listen
to the leadmg citizens . and business men
j rotes t against the enforcement of the
laws.
"We often talk of bosses, but bosses
could not do what they are doing unless
they are backed up by the leading citi
zens. The men who opposed Folk and
3afollette were the leading citizens in
their communities. Roosevelt Is slow and
delibera te in thought, but once started,
when he has made tip his mind, he is
quick and decided in action."
In answer to a quesiion of the probnble
ranriidacy of Fairbanks for the Presi
dency. Mr. Sieffcni said: "Fairbanks lias
Iwcn made by those interests the Presi
dent is lighting. Nothing, I think, could
be more fortunate than to have those in
terests which are planning the nomina
tion of Mr. Fairbanks succeed. All we
ant in the next campaign is the plain
Ii-mjc whether the special interests rule
this rountry or the plain people.
"I think the power of the. press was,
until letely, declining, but that it is now
Increasing. I think we are not working
for ourselves but for the public's inter
ests. A man who docs that is the hap
piest man on earth. There is a self-re-speet
anrt r satisfaction in the work that
Marriman hRS not got and that Gould
has not got."
In response to questions, Mr. Steffens
said he had written more about good men
than bad men and he is. withal, an on
timFt. lie- also said that while all the
New Kngland States are badly involved
In graft, Connecticut is the worst.
These Wore Prtent.
Those present last night were: Lincoln
J. Steffens, Mayor Lane, Judge Gilbert.
Mksms. Hates, llazcn, Morrison, Strand-biM-c.
Harrison. Dyment. Wilson. Steven
son. Rinprr. Kelly, Carroll. Bristol. Neu
hKu.en. - McGinn. Morden. MeGarry,
Prase. McDonald. Ciark. Iockley. Jones,
Cole. Leltcr. Levinson, Cuddy, Hodges.
Riythe. White, 5recne. Howe. Cochran.
Thomas. Pctrain, Chapman. Webster.
Heed. Fuller, Souls. Jackson, Hemphill,
1-ake, Kclty. Stratton. Williams. Richard
son, Trowbridge. Travis. Ptitnam. Wat
son. Keet. Goldstein. Hagood, Hyskell.
Wallin, Gittings. Sayre, Steffa, Hofmann.
AVirtz. Tyler. Hume. Judge Cameron.
Wnger, Chapman. Mc Arthur. Fitzgerald,
Haney, Raird. Reals. Middaugh. Mc
Kcitna. Nash, McMurray. Scott, Jackson,
Manning.
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It Means an Immense ' Saving to
Piano Buyers, No Matter How High
the Grade of Instrument Purchased.
Another Advantage Is the Excep
tionally Easy Payment Arrangement
for Those Who Cannot Pay All Cash,
People are always quick to recognize
and-eager to-take advantage of what
ever secures to them an unusual value
for the amount they invest. The club
plan in operation now at Kilrs Piano
House, through which individual pur
chasers may secure the very best
pianos made at practically wholesale
prices, "has touched prospective buyers
on a practical spot, and converted
many who thought they really could
not afford- the kind of piano they
wanted. The clubs have therefore
been filling rapidly and pianos have
been sold in toe city and outside in
astonishiiigty large numbers. AH of
our own big drays and a number of
storage companies' big delivery wagons
have been kept busv hauling pianos
from our store to the homes of pur
chasers, and also delivering them to
railway stations and to steamboat
landings, for the piano club news has
spread all over the country and appli
cations -come pouring in with every
mail from people who wish o become
members. The plan is so practical,
the saving so apparent, the deal so
fa Ir, and the principle so simple, that
it is easily comprehended- and quickly
taken advantage of.
The demand Is not only for thfi medium-priced
Instruments. Many of the
very highest grades, fancy carved
cases, are largely sought. On these
pianos there is a saving of from $150
to $175. On cheaper Instruments the
saving is proportionately great.
Payments Are Moderate.
As little as $7.53 down and $1.25 a
week secures a fine brand new instru
ment, if preferred thse payments may
be made by the month instead of b.v
the week, while rash payments obvi
ate any additional interest.
The principle upon which the clubs
are formed is the same tnat applies
to wholesale deals, clubs of a certain
number of purchasers standing in the
same. relation to thn dealer that a deal
er purchasing large numbers of pianos
irom me mciory would.
The nianos in these clubs were nur
chased befo-e the advance in whole
sale or cost prices and freight rates,
which ennbles us to make these prices
so tremendouslv low that thev could
not possibly be duplicated under other
conditions. rrnev are all high-grade,
standard, reliable, first-class instru
ments, such as Kilers Piano House al
ways handles. Kven the world-famous
Chiekering. Hazlton. Kimball, etc
are included in this great sale and can
be purchased on the same easy terms
ana at a greatly reaucea price.
The Time Is Short.
t
Those eontemnlatinir taklnsr advan
tage of the unparalleled inducements
now offered b.v this system of senilis;,
will do well to make arrangements at
once. ,very uay a number of new
members join the clubs and the mo
ment the last club is completed the
sale will cease. Come in today and
investigate. Kilers Piano House, "The
House of Highest yuaiity, 3o3 Wash
inerton street.
Spring Cnp here -today 'on Bridge, of
canny.
The Spring cup is a handicap of lono
sovereigns for 3-year-olds and upwards
at a mile and three furlongs. The re
sult In detail was: Tord Derby's Bridge ot
C anny (Maher) won: G. Walmsley s "Wild
Aster second, H. Scott's Cadwal third.
Sixteen horses started.
WHERE PATRIOTS " JOYED
- (Continued From First Page.)
membered as the one to which President
Jackson transferred his allegiance when
the New York Avenue Church refused to
recognize the eligibility of the dashing
Peggy O'Xeil Baton for membership in its
dignified list. President Jackson had dis
rupted his . Cabinet on account of this
pretty daughter of an inn-kecper. but
found he could not manage the church.
Presidents Polk. Pierce and Buchanan
also attended the First Church at times,
while Lincoln was a member of the New
York Avenue Church.
Sir Thomas Dale. High Marshal of Vir
ginia, had always been eager for an op
portunity to found a colony of his own
and, when that opportunity came in 1611,
he took 350 German, colonists up the
James River and built Henricopolis, later
abbreviated to Henrico. Across the river
he had his own plantation, Bermuda
Hundred. To this settlement came Poca
hontas as a prisoner in 1612. Here she
was instructed and baptized by the Rev.
Alexander Whitaker and here she was
afterwards married to John Rolfe. For
over a century the annals of old Henrico
parish and its churches, are fragmentary.
It is known, though, that the salary of
the preachers was fixed by law at 1500
pounds of tobacco and lt barrels of corn
a year. -and that, when one of these par
sons had to sue for his salary, the case
became famous as "the parson's cause."
The young lawyer who sprang Into fame
in its prosecution was Patrick Henry.
Deserted Colonial Church.
The - Henrico Church was on what is
now the Dutch Gap Canal. At Bermuda
Hundred was a small chapel known as the
Ferry Chapel. In 1736 a new church was
planned to take its place and. because
the tithes were small and the tobacco
crop not always a success, the rector, the
Rev. George Robertson, offered to serve
without pay until the debt was lifted,
trusting to the stony soil of the church
glebe for a living. This brick building,
now Ivy-crowned and venerable, is the fa
mous "Old Elanford Church." which the
women of the South are now seeking to
restore. It has been deserted since 1802.
the Petersburg churches having drawn
the congregation away. Among the fa
mous men who served this church as
rector was James Blair, founder and first
president of William and Marv College.
The "Old Church," at Quincy, Mass., is
known as "the Church of Statesmen." It
was built of stone cut from John Adams
quarries, and both he and John Quincy
Ada mi? are buried there. At the "Old
Slip cuiuch," Hingham, Mass.vone Mat
thew Hawke anticipated present report
ing methods a hundred years by taking
down the sermons In shorthand. Those
who offered and were tried by- church
authorities were sent to stand in the
public places with scarlet letters, initials
of their crimes, .tied conspicuously about
the neck. The present pulpit of the Firm
Church of Hingham is the one placed
there in 1756. There was no organ until
1&67 and the first instrument was char
acterized by a scandalized member as
only a "Godls& box of whistles."
St. John's, at Ashwood, Maury County.
Tenn., is built of brick given by Bishop
Polk, of Louisiana, and his three broth
ers. It was finished in 1S42 and is Gothic
In style. Bishops Otey and Quintard, of
Tennessee, are buried there, as are also
three Confederate Generals who. passing
that way one day, expressed a wish that
they might He there in the quiet church
yard. These men were Patrick R. Clo
burne. Otho F. Strahl and States Rights
Gist, and the fortunes of war gave them
their wish.
Legends of St. John", Portsmouth.
There' are said to be more legends "clus
tered about old St. John's, Portsmouth,
New -Hamnshire. than about any other
, church in America. The communion ser-
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vice was the gift of Queen Caroline: the
bell was taken from a cathedral in Louis
burg by the brave Pepperell and. when
the old chapel was burned, the m$tal was
recast by the successors of Paul Revere
and hung in the present edifice, which
dates from 1S06. All the "W'entworths are
buried here "and it was only a decade or
eo ago that the old custom of ringing:
the curfew and sentineling the town after
10 o'clock was abandoned.. It was here
that Mr. Rousselet courted the beauti
ful Catherine Moffatt. One glorious
Spring morning, when all the rest of
the congregation was rigidly observant
of the decorum of the day, he marked in
his Bible the fifth verse of the second
epistle of John and she blushingly re
turned the book with the sixteenth verse
of the first chapter of Ruth modestly in
dicated. AVhere Patrick Henry Spoke.
St. John's, Richmond, Virginia, was or
dered built in 1737 in "a plain manner
after the model of Curie's Church.". An
extra tax was laid on the colonists and
it was known by vai-ious names until
1R28. when the present title was chosen.
When it was enlarged, the body of the
church was kept almost as it was before.
Care was taken to preserve the pew
where Patrick Henry stood as a delegate
to the convention of 1772 and made his
famous speech in which are the memor
able words that immortalized Virginia's
patriotism. "But as for me, give me lib
erty or give nie death."
The old baptismal font from Curie's
Church is here, having been discovered
in a nearby cellar, where it had been In
use for some time as a hominy mortar.
It was placed in the hands of a stone
cutter and made presentable again for its
holy use. In the churchyard lie many of
the men and women who made the state
famous. Colonei Robert Gamble, of His
Majesty's Army of 1775, sleeps there.
Governor John Page's tomb is near the
door and other names that seem like the
roUcall of history are Poindexter, Wed
dell, Southall, Allison. Spencer, Winches
ter, Southey and Armstrong.
Tomorrow "Yankee Business Ingenuity."
be taken to prevent the placing of the
"Peoples Ticket" and the "Independent
Ticket" on the official ballot. Just what
will be done to get them on the official
ballot, in view of the failure to comply
with the provisions of the code, is not
known as yet, but it is safe to say that
the backers of the two tickets, now ap
parently out in the cold, will not remain
idle and that something will be doing in
St. Johns within the next few days.
The Republican ticket that has been
safely and legally filed is the one headed
by 15. K. Couch. The other tickets are
headed by S. C. Norton, "Peoples" can
didate, and O. R. Downs, "Independent."
PRESENTS A MUSTY BILL
ARCHITECT D. I.. AVI IXI.V MS
ASKS CITY TO PAY $500.
FAIL TO FOLLOW CODE
Two Tickets at St. Johns 'ot Legal
ly Filed.
The time for legally filing tickets with
the Recorder for the approaching munic
ipal election at St. Johns expired yester
day. An Inspection of the records yester
day afternoon, just before the Recorder's
office closed.- disclosed the somewhat
startling fact that only one ticket had
been legally filed, it being the "Regular
Republican Ticket." This was the first
ticket nominated and filed with the Re
corder, with the affidavits attached as
reoulred by the Oreson code. The other
two tickets, the "Peoples" and the "In
dependent," lack the affidavits the code
requires. Whether these omissions were
oversights or due to ismorance of the law
is not known, but the fact remains that
tlie code was not complied with, hence
the tickets have not been legally filed.
On the Downs, or Independent ticket,
some of the candidates did not sign an
acceptance.
It is understood that legal ateps will
Claims Fee for Drawing Plans for a
Fire Station That "Was
Xever Built.
Three years ago the Fire Commission
ers ordered D. L. Williams, an architect,
to draw plans for a station house, in
tended to be built near the corner of
Third and Glisan streets, yesterday aft
ernoon the board received a bill of $500
from Mr. Williams for his work, though
the station house was never built, owing
to the lack of funds. Just why the arch
itect had delayed presentation of his bill
for so Ions the members could not under
stand, and the matter was referred to
the City Attorney.
Mr. Williams also presented a bill of
$200 for preparing plans for the engine
bouse at F"ulton. Chief Holden was pres
ent and said that he himself had drawn
the plans, and none of the members
could recall that Mr. Williams had been
employed to do the work. This bill also
waa referred to the City Attorney.
The board awarded the Union Oil Com
pany a contract to furnish- the fireboat
with fuel for the ensuing year at $1 'a
barrel. About 2000 barrels of fuel oil will
be consumed. The Standard Oil Company
submitted a bid of l a barrel for oil. but
did not specify that it wouid be furnished
at that price for a year ns required in
the advertisement for bids. The contract
was therefore awarded to the Union Oil
Company.
Velguth & Tierce were awarded the
contract to erect a new engine house at
Grand avenue and Multnomah street for
720. The Council, in its annual appro
priation, had allowed $6000 for the build
ing, but I the members of the committee
deemed the bid reasonable, and in its re
port asks that the. council make an ap
propriation of J1200 to cover the deficiency.
Bids were also received for the engine
house on Portland Height, hut the low-
est one was $10,500. The Council had al
lowed but JtfOOO for the building and re
advertisement for bids was authorized.
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Reed-French Bijou Piano
MEETS WITH FAVOR
. Four of the Little Beauties Sold Yesterday
Five Dollars a Month. The Price Is $190
Mr. J. L. Connor, of Mississippi avemie, buys a Bijou piano on the rep
resentation that he can have his money back in sixty days if not as rep
resented. Miss Clarice Leonard, on Marguerite street, Montavilla, buys a Bijou
piano because her sister bought one last Fall, and the piano is acting ex
actly as we said it would. t
Fred Ford, of Anabel Station, says he has never seen a piano so good
for the money. Mr. Ford is a musician in one of the theaters here.
'Mrs. Conant says she didn't know a thing in the world about pianos
and couldn't tell the differences if we'd point them out to her. But sho
did know enough about business, that if a firm offered to give her her
money back in sixty days if not as represented,' she was willing1 to try the
instrument. If Mrs. Conant doesn't like the piano her monejr is ready for
her. .
"We would like for you to see these beautiful little instruments they
are our loyal-little advertisers they neither disappoint buyer nor seller,
See them today a Bijou for $190.
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Piano Makers Selling Directly to the People.
Sixth and Burnside. G. W. Kennedy, Wareroom Manager.