Morning Oregonian., March 27, 1908, Page 10, Image 10

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TirE 3I0KXING OKEGOXIAX,, FHIDAV, MARCH
1908.
TRIBUTE PAID TO
AGED STATESMAN
Friends Honor George H. Wil
liams on Anniversary of
85th Birthday.
PINE AT ARLINGTON CLUB
(Governor C liamborlaiii and Other
Prominent Citizens Kecall Inci
dents in Distinguished Career
of Oregon's Orund Old Man.
Warm tributes to the brilliant career
of Judge George II. Williams, the
talesman and the man, were given at
a testimonial dinner in hi honor at
flm Arlington Club last night. The oc
casion was the anniversary of his STith
birthday. The dinner was attended by
H of his friends and was one that will
be ions remembered by all who were
present.
Judsre Williams, despite his years,
was at Ills best and in a brilliant talk
at the Hose of the dinner indulged in
reminisf enscs of his rareer in Amer
ican statesmanship. Although he spokfH
for over half an hour, his remarks
were listened to with the closest at
tention and all rejrrftted to see him
Hit down. His prominent place in the
highest councils of the Nation and his
influence in directing me course of
American polities through Us most try
ing years were praised very highly by
the other speakers. The personal
qualities ot Judg Williams. his
Klaunih friendships and his lovable
traits or character were commented
upon by all the speakers.
Kx-Scnator (icarin Presides.
Kx-Senator John M. Gearin presided
at the dinner, which was held In the
banquet room o the dub. At his right
Mat Judge Williams, the guest of honor,
while on his left hand wit Governor
George K. Chamberlain. Beside Judge
Williams sat Senaroi Fulton and next
to him was Judge W. B. Gilbert, of the
I "nited States Circuit Court. On the
Governor's - left hand sat Dr. A. A.
Morrison, and beside Dr. Morrison sat
Judge J. b! Cleland, Presiding Justk-e
of the Oregon State Circuit Court.
The long tables were handsomely deco
rated with carnations And at the end of
the room was placed an oil painting of
Judge Williams, decorated with the colors
of the Multnomah Club, of which Judge
Williams is a loyal member.
Felicitations upon the remarkable public
career of Judge Williams and his valuable
services to the United States were promi
nent in all the speeches. The individual
puests took occasion to congratulate
Judge 'Williams personally at the conclu
sion of the dinner and wish him many,
many happy returns of the day.
Toast Master Gearin tirst introduced
Governor Chamberlain, who warmly con
gratulated' the guest of honor. He said:
Speech or ihe Governor,
"Keen not tliv klfseit for my uead. cold
brew." Is a Bentlment which has always met
with mv hearty approval, and. those under
hope auopieea this splendid gathering I
hHd in honor or Oregon' greatest citizen
re no h congratulated for carrytne out In
honor, in letter and in spirit, the senti
ment which some one has o beautifully
expressed. It must be a source of pleasure
t him to have his old acquaintances and
friends tell him in his declining years how
much thev love him and how much they ap
preciate what he has done for the Nation,
for the state and for the home of his adop
tion. . M.
The history of his life In Oregon is the
historv of th state Uself and a part of
the historv of the Nation during the most
critical period of its existence. The qualities
which have made him the foremost citizen
in Oregon began to be developed when at
the age of he was elected at the first
state election In Iowa as jndge of the First
.ludietal TMstriet of that state. In which ca
pacity he aervert for five years. His first
hlentifleailon with the affairs of Oregon
anie with his appointment as Chief Justice
of the territory in The duties of this
rcHponstWe- position were eo faithfully dis
charged that his reappointment at the
hi'tids of president Buchanan followed in
Itv-T.
Kept Slavery From Oregon.
JuiIra Williams is one of the few sur
vlorn of thoiM who drafted the first Con
stitution f Oregon. In that body he served
as chairman of the Judiciary committee and
to his efforts was largely due the fact that
slavery was not admitted to the state. In
lf he was elected to the United St at en
Senate, and his ability as a lawyer and as
a Maiesmati was soon reoognir.ed by all with
uliom he canie in contact, and it may truTy
be said of him that no man of the many
ureal men of that day played a more im
port mil part in restoring t he l'n ion and
bringing order out of chaotic conditions
w hicb followed the. War of the Rebellion.
one of the mot conspicuous aota of his
public career was the service he rendered as
one ef the joint commissioners to frame
treaty for the sett lenient of the Alabama
rlMlnm and the northwestern boundary, in
volving other questions in tlispute. between
the United States and dreat Britain. In the
course of the discussions it seemed that the
onlv method of adjustment would be a ref
erence of the matter to the K.mperor of
;erniHy, but .Indue Williams opposed this
propAsltion unless It was stipulated that the
Kmperor's decision should be strictly in ac
i ord with Ce treaty of 1S4V To his views
tbe commission finally acceded, and the re
sult attained as most favorable to the
United Slates, resulting In the acquisition
by our tio eminent of San Juan and other
islands.
Judge Williams In 1S7-J was Invited by
President Oram to become a member of his
offteinl family and was by him appointed
At tot no -tiencral of the United States. The
"duties of this position, which were extreme
ly delicate and onerous because of the intri
cate questions growing out of the Civil
War. he discharged with bis wonted ability,
giving his personal attention to every detail,
and there is no doubt but that through his
tiforta peace, was the sooner restored to sec
lions which had so recently been arrayed
awinst each other In hostile strife. It is
I rolmble that but for the opposition of the
Kast Judge Williams would now be serving
:t country as Chief Justice of the supreme
Court of the United States, to which po
Mtbn he was nominated by President Grant
in 1S74. When he found that his confirma
tion was so strenuously opposed in interested
quarters, he voluntarily withdrew his name
from consideration.
In the short time allotted to me it Is Im
possible to go into detail as to the services
nf our distinguished fellow citlxen In his
capacity u judge, as Constitution-maker, as
SfjiHtor and a,- Attorney-General of the
United States, or to refer to specific ars
wnd their relation to the growth, develop
ment and welfare of our Nation. It Is suf
u, imt to my that in whatever capacity he
was railed to serve the people, the same in
tegrity of purpose, fidelity and seal were
;tlb-d into action and the best results pos
sible alwas attained.
A few years ago Judge Williams, at the
reqmrtt of. and for distribution among his
fi lends, gathered together a number of his
occasional addresses and had them printed.
l-eh t a gem. and taken together they
u'splay not only his mental grasp of things
but hts wide knowledge of men and of affairs
and his mastery of the Kngllsh language.
Kveiv Oregom an who loves his country aud
1ms kind ought to read these addresses, both
f..r the information they Impart and for
l ve uf the distinguished orator.
It is well to do honor to the "Grand Old
llan of Oregm." who today, using a quo
tation that he himself used in one of his
memorable address s:
Like some tall cliff thst lifts Us awful form.
Towers In the air and midway leaves the
storm.
Though round his breast the rolling clouds
am spread
Kternal sunshine settles on hia head'
Long may he live, loved and heuored -his
feilow-citizens and an example worthy
the emulation of old and young alike!
Judge Cleland soke pf the high stand
ing of Judge Williams In the profession
that he has adorned throughout his long
and useful career. The speaker said few
men ever practicing law have so dis
tinguished themselvs as the man to whom
honor was paid at the dinner last night.
TV. D. Wheelwright paid graceful tribute
to Judge Williams, speaking of his emin
ence as a statesman and his real great
ness as a man.
"To the lawyer and the Advocate" was
the topic assigned Judge Gilbert. He said
in part: . .
Tribute of Judge Gilbert.
You were called upon to serve the country
in the senate and as Attorney-General at
the most critical time In our country's his
tory. The problems you were called upon
to face were most difficult. The serious ques
tions growing out of the war and involving
reconstruction "had to be met.
During the 64 years you have been at bar
you have seen great changes In your pro
fession. The evolution of society has changed
the law itself. From your public utterances,
sir, we know of the changes you de?ire in
our present system of adjudicature. May you
and all of us live until we see these defect
In our ji resent system remedied.
"To the Friend and Counselor' was the
subject to which C. K. S. WootK mem
ber of the same legal firm as Judge Wil
liams, addressed himself. His talk was a
splendid one and bordered at times on
oration. He said in part:
One finds it difficult to speak to another
man to his face in terms of praise. One
does not easily bare his heart before even
two or three and much less before a multi
tude of even the most contnial friends,
and I am going to find it difficult to say
what I feel. Judge .Williams character s
a friend and a man is just as well known
to ad of you. You cannot conceal charac
ter character is that Immortal part of man
that lives as long as those who knew him
live.
Was TYtend of Lincoln.
We have here with us tonight the friend
of Stephen A. Douglas, the even warmer
friend of Douglas great rival, Abraham
Lincoln. I remember, when a cadet at
West loint. going over to Washington to
attend the inauguration of President Grant
and at about that time, when 1 was 19. of
reading In the New York Sun a bitter assault
upon President Grant and upon his Attorney
General. George H. Williams.
Judge Williams came very near being
Chief Justice of the United States. When
his nomination was read in the Senate, it
only needed tne requirement that Senator
Mitchell should rise in his place and move
his confirmation. But Senator Mitchell did
not do so. Th? nomination dragged along
until Judge Williams w-ent to President
Grant and refused to- permit his name to
be used longer .and directed that it be
withdrawn. By petty intrigue and con
temptible political fight. Oregon lost that
honor. Those of us who lenow him can say
that Judge Williams would have brought to
lhat position as much honor as Morrison R.
Walte. who was nominated, or Chief Justice
Fuller.
He is a councillor at law superior to any
I have ever sat with and there can be more
illumination shed upon a subject by Judge
Williams than any other so far as my ex
perience goes.
Serenity Crowns Career.
Judge Williams has been assaulted by
press and pulpit, but he has outlived It all
and he Is full of the milk of human kind
ness. He has that which Nature gives only
to her great men serenity. He is as serene
as the mountain that up-props the clouds.
He la as serene as the sea that, while it
beats upon the shore, still , rolls Indifferent
to petty man; as serene as full-bosomed
Summer or flaming Autumn that pensively
drops her leaves, one by one till Xature
sleeps In the arms of Winter.
Eighty-five years Attorney-General, law
yer. Senator, always battling and yet to
night he sits here guarded by his troops of
friends. I believe he has not one enemy
and i know he is enemy to none.
Friends, the progress of the years has
brought him peace, has brought him love
that Is more than the batons of office or
the honors of Chief Justice.. His life has
been a harmony and as the ear strains to
catch the Jast richest note in the symphony,
so we are listening listening to catch the
sinking, falling note, hoping it may linger
long In our ears.
Prolonged applause follo.wed Mr
Wood's remarks, when Judge Williams'
health was drunk with all standing.
The guest of honor was to speak next
and his friends rose to greet him as he
took his place to speak. He said:
Judge Williams Speaks.
I hardly know how to express my appre
ciation of this high tribute and this great
honor on my 8oth birthday. I onlly wish I
were what you have made me out to be.
Old age brings with It -acme disadvantages,
but after all there i a compensation in the
kindness and consideration of neighbors and
friends. perhaps one thing that has sug
gested Itself to me more strongly than any
other is the great change that has occurred
in this country during my own lifetime.
James Monroe was President when I wos
born. The United States then bad 10,000.-
000 of people, now it has S0.000.000. New
York City had leas than 200.000 people, now
it has about 3.000.000. Where Chicago now
stands was then only a dilapidated fort.
This great Western country was then de
scribed In the school geographies as the
"great American desert.' There were no
railroads in those days, no telephones or
telegraphs. People knew little or nothing
of electricity. No steamships were navigat
ing the oceans and there were no steam
boats on lakes and rivers save a small ex
perimental craft that Fulton had a few
years before placed on tlie Hudson to test
the propelling- powers of steam.
Kvents of Long Lifetime.
Wonderful discoveries have since been
made In science, in medicine and surgery
and in fact in all lines of human activity.
If we did not know these things were facts,
it would seem incredible that all these
changes could be brought about within the
lifetime of a single individual.
In 1S44. when I was 21, I was admitted to
practice law in New York. That same year
1 removed to Iowa, where I was Judge for
five .years, when I retired to private prac
tlee. I was a Presidential Klector when
Franklin Pierce' was chosen President and
I was sent as a messenger to Washington to
carry the notice of his election. When I
returned from Washington I came to Ore
gon, where I ha.ee been" appointed Chief
Justice of the Oregon Territory, chiefly on
recommendation of Stephen A. Douglas. 1
came to Oregon in June, I was ap
pointed as Chief Justice by Buchanan, but
I refused because I disagreed with his
policy of seeking to make Kansas a slave
state. Soon the question became a domi
nant issue in Oregon and I stoutly opposed
slavery in this state, which caused my
chances for political preferment to fade
away.
In ISM I was chosen Senator from Ore
gon. When iee surreneded. there was a
great meeting held In Washington and
many speeches were made. I also made a
speech at that time. All spoRe in a con
ciliatory tone except Andrew Johnson, who
made a most bitter talk. While Johnson
was a man of some ability, he was a weak,
vain and ambitious man. His policy was
to reorganize the Southern States without
reference to the legislative department of
the Government. i introduced a bill for
the better government ;0f the Insurrection
ary . states .and this was passed over the
veto of Johnaon. The arbitrary govern
ments Johnson tried to set up were dis
placed and government by the people took
their places.
Wrote Fourteenth Amendment.
I do not claim that T framed the Four
teenth Amendment. There were several who
had the same idea and embodied it in
amendments they framed. But I .had the
good fortune to prepare the Fourteenth
Amendment and 1t was passed and now
stands In the same words as I framed it.
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
are the Magna Chrarta of the American
people and will stand there until thev are
repealed, which may happen in these da v
of the initiastlve and referendum.
Soon after the trial of President Johnson
I was appointed a member, of the joint
commission to decide the boundarv dispute
between the United States and England. In
1$71 I was appointed Attorney-General and
the duties of the position that I took up
were more onerous than those that have
devolved upon any incumbent of that office
since.
Allow me to thanfc you once more from
th bottom of my heart for the honor you
have paid me tonight. I shall store this
evening away In the storehouse of my
memory. I can only wish that each and
every one of you may live to celebrate your
sWth birthday and may be surrounded at
that time, as 1 am tonight, by your true
and good friends.
Judge Williams health was then
drunk standing by the entire company.
Club Presents Portrait.
- Dr. A. A. Morrison, on behalf of the
Multnomah Club, then presented Judge
Williams with an oil painting of himself.
making the request that at some time
either he or his family present the paint
ing to the club to hang in the reception
hall. Judge Williams responded briefly,
telling; pf his interest in the club and bis
wishes for its future welfare.
Quests at last night's dinner yere:
George B. Chamberlain, Governor of Ore
gon; Charles W. Fulton, United States
Senator: J. B. Cleland. Presiding Justice
Oregon State Circuit Court; Rev. A. A.
Morrison. Rev. T. Li. Eliot. Colonel John
Mcwraken, Carl Harbaugh Frank T.
Dodg4.
The ' hosts were: Charles F. Adams.
John C. Ainsworth. General Thomas M.
Anderson. X. B. Ayer, W. B. Ayer, Gen
eral Charles F. Beebe, T. Scott Brooke,
Walter J. Burns, Walter F. Burrell.
Charles H. Carey. David M. Dunne, W.
D. Fenton. J. Couch Flanders, J. M.
Gearin, W. B. Gilbert. Associate Justice
United States Circuit Court; George
Good. B. S. Josselyn, Thomas Kerr, Rich
ard Koehler. W. M. Ladd. James Laidlaw,
t. Allen Liewis. John C. Lewis, Ion Lewis,
S. B. Linthicum, Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie,
William MacMaster. Samuel M. Mears. A.
L. Mills, Wirt Minor. F. W. Mulkey, J. H.
Page, S. G. Reed. H. W. Scott. Captain
J. A. Sladen. Zera Sncfw. Carl Spuhn. C.
F. Swlgert. George Taylor, Jr., J. Frank
Watson. William D. Wheelwright. Dr.
George F. Wilson, Dr. Holt C. Wilson,
Theodore B. Wilcqfcx. Charles R Wolver
ton. District Judge United States Court;
C. E. S. Wood. Major James Mcl. Wood.
The committee which arranged the af
fair was composed of the folowing friends
of Judge Wiliams: W. B. Ayer. General
ELECTED GRAND EXALTED RULER OF PORTLAND t
LODGE OF ELKS I
t 'i
' JOHN" B. COFFEY. j
ELECTED GRAND EXALTED RULER OF PORTLAND
LODGE OF ELKS
Charles F. Bcebo, ex-Senator J. M.
Gearin, William D. Wheelwright, Theo
dore B. Wilcox.
Reflections on Career
ol Grand Old Man
Arthur A. tireene Wrltra About
Cirorxe H. William, and Tel In
How He Sprat With Hlrthday. -
BY A RTHt'R A. GREENE.
YESTERDAY was the "Grand Old
Man's" birthday. He .was born in
1823.
To reach the age of 85 and to retain all
one's mental faculties and such a con
siderable degree of physical strength as
to permit him to stand on his feet and
address a court for a solid hour, is a
distinction almost without precedent. It
is. however, the latest achievement of a
man of many and varied achievements,
the most distinguished citizen of Oregon
and. in fact, of the Pacific Coast. George
H. Williams. The case on trial was one
of much importance, for it involved
something like $60.00'. and dpposing him
was some of the ablest legal talent in
the city.
General Williams made the principal
argument in the case of Bickel vs. The
Weinhard estate and finished a very
forcehil and convincing speech apparent
ly as fresh as when he commenced. Dur
ing the hour of hard grilling he gave
the plaintiff he didn't "turn a hair." His
voice rang with its wonted vigor and his
brain worked as rapidly as though this
were' bis birthday 40 years ago. It is a
distinction Just to have sat in Judge
Bronaugh's department . of the Circuit
Court and have witnessed the spectacle.
As I listened to the speech and marked
the old statesman's remarkable virility,
I was impressed with the significance of
it, his 85 years. Here was a man still in
the midst of the larger activities of life
who was "one of Lincoln's pallbearers.
He was a member of the highest law
giving body in the world almost half a
century ago. His life spans across a
chasm of time represented by every
Presidential administration since Madi
son's. He was a district judge during the
Mexican War and has been a practicing
attorney for 64 years. He was a man of
affairs when Clay and Webster and Cal
houn were in the height of their careers
and when Gladstone's was just commenc
ing. He was approaching middle age"
when Beauregard fired on Fort Sumpter
and was a Senator of the United States
two years later. The oldest surviving
Cabinet Minister, be was Grant's Attorney-General
and favorite adviser and a
member of Ute Alabama Claims Commis
sion. He remembers when John Quincy
Adams sat in the White House, and has
voted at every general election since
Polk's term. During the present election
year he is expected to be a positive fac
tor in the politics of the state whose citi
zenship he has" adorned since 1S53.
The writer has no influence and less
interest in Oregon politics, but the
thought occurs that it would be a splen
didly appropriate action on the'part of
the Republican party to send Judge Wil
liams to the Chicago convention as one
of the delegates-at-l'arge.- He would lend
distinction to that assemblage and his
wise counsel would impress itself on its
actions.
This is a digression, however. Prob
ably be has no desire to mingle in the
hurly-burly of conventions, and my sug
gestion may be considered impertinent
by him.
DROPS OUT OF RACE
"Business Men's" Ticket Will
Not Be Filed.''.
HODSON . LIST TO STAND
micnian Fact ion Will Name Xo
- More Candidates but- McCus
kcr Statement 1 Slate Will
Be Completed.
No legislative ticket will put out by
the Portland Republican Club. This has
been practically decided by the leaders
of the movement for the proposed "busi
ness men's" ticket W. H. Chapin.
Charles E. Lockwood and McKinley
Mitchell.' The McCusker Statement-one
ticket is expected to be filled today. The
Hodson ticket' will remain intact, say its
sponsors, despite the attempts of the Idle
man, the Chapin and the McCusker fac
tionsato pull' some of its members, away.
Nothing further has been done toward
filling up the incomplete Idleman ticket,
and its men. say there will not be.
Mr. Chapin says that the business men
to whom tbe Portland Republican Club
appealed to put up a ticket showed no in
terest, and that therefore he will waste
no more time on a work that concerns all
business men as well as himself.
"They all told ue a business man's
ticket would be a good tbing," remarked
Mr. Chapin last night, "but the particular
men we asked to go on the ticket de
clined, saying they had no time for poli
tics. It did not appeal to them at this
time to say that 'nearly a year hence,
when the business men of Portland need
friends and champions in the Legislature
In matters of legislation, and when they
run to the capital hot foot to protect their
interests, they may get a cold reception.
But if they don't care, I certainly shall
not bother about the matter."
On the McCusker ticket Dr. L. M. Davie
and E. J. Jaeger yesterday announced
their candidacy for the House. Other
Statement-one candidates who have an
nounced their intention to run are: A.
W. Orton. J. C. Bryant. Fred Brady, W.
J. Clemens. James D. Abbott, Charles J.
McDonald.. J. F. Cassidy, K. C. Couch and
J. Fred Elkins. The Statement-one Sen
ate ticket comprises H. R. Alboe. Ben
Selling, C. W. Nottingham, Dan Kellaher
and A. H. Willett.
LETTER FROM MR. HODSON
XO FOI,lTICAIi GAME"' FOR
HIM, HE SAYS.
Declares Interest in More Important
Public Affairs Than Central
, ... Committee Squabble.
PORTLAND. March 26. (To the Editor.)
In answer to an oft-repeated assertion
made in some of the public prints that I
am playing: a political game which has
for its object the creation of a machine
which shall plac the control of the Re
publican party In this -county In my
hands, and to that end that I 'am solicit
ing: and bringing; out candidates for pre
cinct committeemen at the forthcoming
primaries who will assist in carrying out
my plan, permit me to say such state
ments are absolutely false. I am playing
no poliitcal game. I have not named nor
have I solicited a single man to become
such candidate. Not one name has been
submitted to me for such positions. I do
not know nor do I care who are candi
dates. I do not care who manages the
central committee. I have no interest in
any one becoming chairman of that com
mittee. ' I do not peek control of the party
nor any portion of it, in my own or any
one else's interest.
I have announced myself as a business
man's candidate for the office of State
Senator, and if elected will attend strictly
to the duties of that ofjire.' Politics may
be played by those who wish to indulge
in that pastime. In my judgment it
would be far better for the welfare of
the city and state tf more attention were
paid to amending and repealing some of
the fool laws now on our statute-books,
and enacting a few new measures sorely
needed, rather than wasting: so much en
ergy and making so much noise over this
nonsensical Statement No. 1 business.
3hy should the state be wrought up over
a proposition which has nothing for its
object save the political preferment of
some Senatorial aspiring genius who
thinks the-wortd is standing agape await
ing his comingt I have given expression
of my views on this matter and am
throuph with it. If I can promote the
material welfare of our city and state I
am more than ready to do so. I leave the
playing of politics to those who have a
desire for such thing. I want none of It.
Let this be-answer to those cheap ward
heelers who are running about the city
howling themselves hoarse in opposing
my candidacy because I refuse to '"put
up, "stand in' or -be "controlled" by
them for political or other purposes. They
may work their card index and block
systems as best suits them. I have noth
ing in common with them. I'll be inde
pendent if nothing else. Respectfully,
C. W. HODSON.
POLITICAL RALLY AT GRESHAM
Republicans of .Kortsr-fiftn Precinct
Plan Big Ieeting.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Forty-fifth Precinct Re
publican Club yesterday, it was decided to
hold a big Republican rally in Shattuck's
hall, at Gresham, next Tuesday night.
The members of the club will leave Alder
and First streets In a special car, shortly
after 7 o'clock, 'and will reach G res ham
by 8 o'clock. The addresses will be as
follows: "The Forty-fifth Precinct Club
and Party Unity." C. Ben Riesland ;
"Republicanism. Will Hale; "Our Candi
dates and Their Platform," Allen R.
Joy. Dr. J. H. Hickman, candidate for
representative, and J. P. Kelly, candi
date for State Senator, both indorsed by
the Forty-fifth Precinct Club, will also
speak. Other local Republicans will be
Invited to address the meeting.
With exception of the Sellwood Re
publican Club, the Forty flfth Precinct
Club is the only active Republican or
ganization on the Bast Side. It has so
far indorsed three candidates, and will
indorse about three more, and then de
vote Its energies to securing their nomi
nation and election.
Candidates) TMle Declarations.
Fourteen candidates - tiled with
County Clerk Fields yesterday their
declarations of - intention to run for
office. Republican candidates for the
office of State Representative, both fa
voring Statement No. 1, were L. M.
Davis and E. J. Jaeger.
Central Committeemen filing their
declarations were as follows: Republi
cans Charles Leiner, Precinct 28; Sig
Berven, 48; K. J. Rathbun, 11; A. B.
Manley. 76; K. C. Malcolm, 88) J. H.
Kelly. 72; Wesley H. Chatten, 10; 1. M.
Stevens, 20; J. J. Dunning, 15- J. H.
Bush, 2; D. D. Jackson, 110. Democrat
W. N. Gatens. 70.
Republicans Meet at Scllwood.
At a meeting of the Scllwood Repub
lican Club, held last night In Strohl
nian's Hall, George S. Shepherd gave a
talk on the condition of the bar at the
mouth of the Columbia River. Other
speakers were Dr. J. W. Bell,. B L.
Norton, Howard Whiting, A. N. Hamil
ton, ii- B. Ziegler, Waldemar Scton. The
club will . hold another meeting on
April 2.
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RAILWAY DETECTIVE REILLY
BREAKS VP BAD GANG.
Roy Hayes and Robert Ramsey, of
Halsey, Arrested Confess, ' Im
plicating Others.
Roy Hayes, aged IS, and Robert Ram
sey, aged 14. members of a Halsey, Or.,
gang of young robbers, were arrested in
this city yesterday afternoon by Detec
tive Joseph F. Reilly. of the Southern
Pacific Company, and were taken to Al
bany yesterday by the officer.
The two lads, together with a half
dozen more youths of that locality, have
been In the habit of looting merchandise
and confectionery stores in the vicinity
of Albany and Halsey for several months
and were not caught until Detective
Reilly rounded up the two boys
yesterday and they confessed to
numerous depredations. Detective
Reilly was put on the trail of the
youngsters after they had broken into a
boxcar and stolen a cask of wine, which
brought about immediate action on the
part of the railway officials.
When asked why they had embarked
on a career of crime, the lads said that
they needed money and could not get
work, so took the easiest way of satis
fying their craving. In addition to Ram
sey and Hayes, several more youths will
be arrested at Albany and Halsey today.
Among the places robbed by the boys,
according to the admissions - of the two
lads in custody, were Dean & McWU
11a ma general merchandise store.
Koontz's merchandise store and Perry's
confectionery at Halsey, in addition -to
the freightcar.
OFFICERS CHOSEN BY ELKS
John B. Coffey Elected -Exalted
Ruler by Portland Lodge.
The annual election of officers of tne
Portland Lodge No. 142. B. P. O. Elks,
was held at the handsome lodgrerooms
of the order last night and resulted in
the selection of the following: Exalted
ruler. John B. Coffey: esteemed leading
knight, Ous C. Moser; esteemed, loyal,
knight, W. R. Apperson; esteemed lec
turing knight, William Adams; secre
tary, Clyde M. Bills: treasurer, E. W.
Ro-we; trustee. Dr.1 Harry P. McKay;
tyler. T. E. Dowling. Secretary Bills and
Treasurer Rowe were ; re-elected.
Permitted to Vse Sidewalk Space.
The City Council yesterday afternoon
voted to firant the Perkins Hotel Com
pany a revocable permit to make exterior
ornamentations on Its hostlery at Fifth
and Washington streets. Inasmuch as this
usurps eight inches of the sidewalk space,
it is predicated that Mayor Lane will-veto
it. However, it is safe, as the majority
faction stands solid on the question, and
can easily pass it over the veto.
Oregon Athletes at Stanford.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Palo Alto,
Cal March 26. Bert. Kerrigan has been
selected to act as referee at the Fresh
man track meet in Berkeley next Satur
day morning. F. R. La nag an (S) and
Snedigar (C) will act as starters. Harold
Reed and John Holman, the Portland
sprinters will act as timer and judge for
Stanford, and Norman Wilcox and P.
Yost will do the same for California.
Mrs. Milton A. Miller, of Lebanon,
wife of State Senator Miller, is at the
Good Samaritan Hospital recovering from
an operation performed several days ago.
Yesterday she was reported as resting
easily and her husband hopes to remove
her to their home in a few days.
Th. mine of th world tmpluy S.Wto.rtu
pertona.
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Representative in City Look
ing Over Field.
NO ANNOUNCEMENT AS YET
Manager Johnson Declares That Big
Parking Firm May Be Attract
ed to Portland to Pro
tect Its Trade.
With a view of looking over the terri
tory so that he may make recommenda
tions to his company. R. C Johnson, man
ajr of the provision department for the
Cudahy Packing Company, came to Port
land yesterday morning1. He spent yes
terday in conference with 'representatives
of his company and will go over the Pen
insula today to look over the Swift
pat-king; site.
Mr. Johnson does not announce the in
tention of his company to build a packing
house in Portland, but says his firm is
interested in the territory and now that
other packing-houses are being located
here, the Cudahy firm, which ranks about
third .among the packing companies of
the country, may come here to protect its
trade. He says the Cudahy company has
plenty of young blood and is always look
ing for opportunities to make extensions.
The business already done here is such
as to cause the Cudahy firm to plan for
added packing plants.
'If a plant were to be located here."
said Mr. Johnson, "it would be a matter
chiefly of getting sufficient stock to keep
it In operation. It. does not appear to
me that supplies are sufficient at this
time. No doubt farmers would increase
their herds, however, if good markets
were, offered. .'
"Our company will not build anything
east of Omaha, that is settled. We are
constantly increasing our facilities out
West and - we have heard k great deal
about Portland. Our people are inter
ested in this section, particularly since
other packers have come here. The fai t
that one or - two firms have located in
Portland might bring others, for more
than one parking plant always builHs up
a market. It is far easier to get stock
where there is a market and prices are
better for the stockraisers.
"Portland would be a highly desirable
distributing point. . there is no question
about that, and the . location -appears to
be admirable, looking at the proposition
from all sides. We have lately put in a
parking-house at Los Angeles and we are
well satisfied with the venture there thus
far. I am looking through the whole
Western territory, more in the interest of
the provision department than anything
else. It is too early to announce tha.t we
will build here.
The Cudahy people have 300 branch de
pots throughout the United States, with
agents in all European countries. The
company has packing plants in operation
in Omaha. Kansas City, Sioux Falls,
Wichita and Ios Angeles. .
PERSONALMENTION.
John A. Todd, a well-known turfman, of
Spokane, is a guest at the Orejton Hotel.
Frank Ira White, of Klamath Falls,
registered at the Imperial Hotel yester
day. Judge T. Harris, of Eugene, came to
Portland yesterday and registered at the
Imperial.
Dr. and Mrs. M. F. Shaw, from Hood
River, are among the arrivals at the
Oregon Hotel.
W. B. Dennis, a Black Butte mining op
erator and Mrs. Dennis, are guests at
the Portland Hotel.
Edwin C. Brooks, of . New York City,
representing the associated publishers of
New York City, is a guest at the Oregon
Hotel. Mr. Brooks expects to locate in
Portland
Arthur Metz and family are guests at
the Portland Hotel. Mr. Metz is one
of the leading brewers of the Middle
West, having large plants at Omaha.
One of the old business concerns of the
Middle Wrest, Counselman & Co., was rep
resented in yesterday's - arrivals at the
Portland Hotel in the person of Charles
Counselman, who is aceompanied by his
wife.
J. H. Hill. Jr.. and W". S. Kuhn. of
Pittsburg, Pa., were among those who
arrived at the Portland yesterday. They
are engaged in extensive manufacturing
and banking enterprises in their home
city.
W. B. Jerome, special agent for the
New York Central lines, who is known
as the dean of passenger men in Ameri
can railroads, reached Portland last
night for a short stay. He is on his way
through tills territory, having Just opened
a new office in Seattle. Mr. Jerome has
been connected with the New York Cen
tral lines for the past 30 years.
CHlC.fGO. March 26. (Special.) Oregon
people registered at Chicago hotels yes
terday as follows:
From Portland Monroe Goldstein and
wife. Wr. C. Slattery. at the Auditorium
Annex; K. A. Baldwin. at the Audi
torium; J. A. Petit, at the Great North
ern; A. H. McKeen, at the Majestic.
OREGON CITY, Or.. March 26.
(Special.) A. J. Marshall, a well
known Oregon pioneer, is seriously ill
at the home of his daughter. ' Mrs.
Thomas I". Ryan. ' Mr. Marshal! was
tTi first grand patriarch of the Inde
pendent Order of Oddfellows In Ore
gon, and he Is a past grand master of
the I. O. O. F.. and Is an officer of the
grand chapter of the Masons.
NEW YORK. March 26. (Special)
People from the Northwest registered
at New York hotels today as follows:
From Seattle E. J. Rogers, at the
Albert; B. E. Vaughan. at the YorK.
Spring styles Hanan shoes at Rosenthal's
Spectacles $1.00 at Metzgei-s.
A good thing to know
that Grape-Nuts can be . di
gested by, and quickly give
strength to the man or woman
who cannot digest other food.
The amount of promptly
available nourishment a food
contains, is the measure of its
value.
Grape-Nuts is practically
all food and is transformed
into tissue-building, energy
making material in about one
hour after being eaten an
other good thing to know.
"There's a Eeason " for
Grape-Nuts.
CM S MAYCOM
Profit Out of
All Question Now
Graves 6 Co. Forced Out and Immense
Stock Must Go Quickly Regard
less ol Actual Cost.
No combination of ' circumstances
ever necessitated such actual down
right slashing of prices as will be
found in this Forced-Out Sale.
It's the chance of a lifetime, and
if you ever expect to get a fine Piano
or Talking Machine or Musical In
strument of anv kind, or own .1 Mu
sic Library, attend to it without de
lay today, if you can.
We can't beiriii to tell von one-half .
of the many rare values and ridicu
lously low prices 111 tins limited space.
Suffice it to say that everything in
our present quarters inusl go at once.
Prices have accordingly been slashed
to a point the lowest ever known
and which low prices you -will never
see again.
Who Wants a Piano?
To any responsible party nc will
grant terms of -weekly or monthlv
payments. Don't fail" to see then
rare values. A fine Steinwav upright
Only $!)(), a splendid Hamilton up
right now SOO.), sold elsewhere at
$.'573; a choice Huilcy upright only
$18", a superb $12." Kriukc i-hotT now
.$22"). a full-sized Waldorf npiiidit
big snap at .$167, and several others.
Get a Violin
Xo matter how
much or how little
you wish to invest in
a good Violin, Man
dolin or Guitar. u
Banjo, you can now
save almost half and
in some cases more.
A irenuino italiHii
Violin, made in lT.'.ti,
actually worth tH'K
now fT.". A beauti
fully toned Violin,
worth $110. now only
9 T. A p 1 e 11 il ! tl
model regular
V i o 1 n now onlv
-JS-,o. A genuine
V r e n h Vuillanne
Violin now onlv
real Steiner mode! now
An elegant $40.0(1
Washburn Mandolin
now only $23.r0.
superb $T)0 Wash
burn Guitar now
only $27.o0. A tine
$10 German Zither
now $3.2."), and many
other rare values.
Pay cash or pay,
ments.' Mandolin and
guitar canvas eases,
slightly shopworn
regular $1.50 values
now 27c.
Here Are Talk
ing Klacrtines
Every home should have a Talking
Machine, the universal home enter
tainer. The modern machines do 110?
imitate they positively duplicate the
playing of Sousa's Band, famous or
chestras, the voice of Caruso, Melba
aud other great singers.
Iu our Forced-Out Sale we are of
fering strictly brand new, latest style
Talking Machines at terrific reduc
tions. $.(() takes the regular $2.").()0
kind. $14.20 gels the $.10.00 styles.
$21.2.") the regular $40.00 values,' and
so on. '
Band
Instruments
Cornets. Horns, Clarionet-;,
Klute.s. Drums.
Harmonicas, etc.. etc. .
-tine , $!,', Kuplioniinn.
witli $1 1 cjise, only
S44.KO. A Conn slid"
Cornet only HI A
t'S-.50 20 th Cmiiir y
Krcm now ls.r.. The
rtrular .tflc Harmonies,
choice !!. CHa Pliers,
rcuular le, now .
Music Rolls. an! Baps, the very latest
stvios. immense assortment, 'r-hoiee
now. the regular tl.ow kind !), the
2.2o values now fl.JO. etc.
Sheet Music
Xw"k th tinit; to stock up.
(.'lassie, tfacrrrf ami Ipiil;tr. Vo;;U
nnd Iirstrwm-ntal, S1osf Hurts, ot,
tak'i yutir rliuicv now ?)
5 Copies 35c 12 Copies 75c
The Boston., ("onsrrvjttory Piano
Method Ktillo, rsuliir 4 1 . Kt. now lis.
Kurj?niillrs Fh no Method, rejf ula r
$2. 0t, now 37 Old Favorite Operati'
Scores (complete), whs $ 1 .oh. now 37.
Haydcn's Filth and Twelfth Mass, r
iitar now National Banjo
Method, was $1.7uf now le. Smith's
Mandolin Method, was 'lOc, now 1
Kichberer's Modern Violin Music, regu
lar SI. 30. no.w Sir. Mohnnian's Violin
Method, was 75'-. while they last, only
rM. Bhi ke's Organ Method, Wiis 1 .(,
now ITr- Cramer's Piano Stud ies.
handsomely bound, regular S3.0U. now
only 24e. Favorite Opera Fol io. regu
lar "0c. choice now IN. jKxrelHior Voea 1
Folio, regular "jOc now 1 U. Artists
Repertoire Folio, was SI. no, now i
Students' Classic Folio, . regular $1.2.'.,
now S!l Students Piano Folio (com
pleter, regular S.r.ii. now a. and
many other well-known- Fol ios and
Methods at unheard-of prices. Hurry
if you want choice.
GRAVES & CO.
328 WASHINGTON ST.
Store ODcn Tomorrow Evening
!.. a 11. 1 a
only J.-..3-I.
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