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UREAT DEMOCRATIC HOPES.
Mr. Bryan is reported to be de
lighted with the havoc that the pri
mary laws of various states are work
ing In the Republican party. The New
York World, which till a little while
ago bitterly opposed Bryan, now Is la
boring, though Indirectly, for his elec
tion, and thinks he has good prospects
since the primary laws In important
states are splitting the Republican
party into fragments..
The nominations for leading offices,
made under the system, prove to be
such as cannot obtain the support of
the dominant party in states where
debate is free. It Is a system that will
do for the despotism of the Southern,
not for the freedom of the Northern,
states.
It encourages the appearance of
many candidates for every Important
office. It invites men to nominate
themselves for positions to which they
never would be called by the united
or representative action of their
party; it suppresses men of best
talent and highest character, be
cause they refuse to enter the
scramble; it opens a door and makes a
bid for the votes of the opposite party
In making nominations, and the mem
bers of the opposite party vote for and
nominate the candidates whom they
think weakest and easiest to defeat at
the polls. In the leading or dominant
party In a state it produces general
disorder, amid which the candidates
within the same party attack and de
fame and scald and scalp each
other, and render united party
support for those who get the
nominations impossible. Moreover,
the nominations are secured only by
pluralities which represent but a small
fraction of the total vote of the party
In .whose name the candidates appear,
to claim the support of all. We in
Oregon are ahead of most of the
states in trying this business out. None
of them, however, has "Statement No.
1" to add to the confusion and com
plete the wreck.
No such strifes has the minority
party. Seldom Is there more than one
candidate for an Important office.
Often there is no candidate, but simply
a blank space on the primary ballot
for a name to be written In, as In the
case of Chamberlain's nomination by
his party for Senator. Oreater part of
the minority then casts Its vote false
ly for 'a candidate It Intends to vote
against in the election, often support
ing the act by perjury, with Intent of
doing the opposite party all the Injury
It can. The Democratic vote In the
State of Washington has almost disap
peared from the primaries? as previ
ously It had disappeared in Oregon
and Illinois thrown to the Repub
lican candidates whom it wished to
nominate, in order to vote against
them later. It Is a game of deception,
perjury, fraud, lying and covin, from
the beginning to the end. Tet these
acts are committed in the name of re
form, as crimes have been committed
in the name of liberty, from the begin
ning of the world.
In our neighbor state Washington
they have three or four Republican
candidates for Senator and more for
Governor. One of each bunch was
nominated by a meager plurality in
the primary held two days ago. There
has been the bitter personal and fac
tional fight which the. direct primary
will always produce. Friends of the
other candidates have been Inflamed
by the contest to a point of hostility
which will make It impossible for
them to support the candidates who
have obtained the nominations: and
besides, they will declare there is no
obligation to vote for men who re
ceived in the primary so small a pro
portion of the party vote. Such nomi
nations, it will be stoutly urged, and
with entire truth, are not the declared
choice of their parfy at all; and be
sides, the opposite party has partici
pated, largely In the vote on the Re
publican candidates and helped thus
to make a farce of the whole busi
ness and defeat both the public and
the party will.
At the moment this is written It
cannot yet be told which of the Re
publican candidates for Governor of
Washington, or which of the Republi
can candidates for Senator, will be
found to have primary pluralities. It
seems, however, that Cosgrove has a
plurality for Governor and Jones
for Senator. But it is a straight
guess that the Democrats will
elect the Governor of Washing
ton, and that neither of the Re
publican candidates for the Senate
whichever one it may be who obtains
the plurality will be elected by the
Legislature. For the Legislature, if
Republican, will most probably take
soma other man not mixed up In this
brawl and broil; if Democratic, all
know there will be an exhibition of
non-partisanship like that urged in
Oregon for the election of Chamber
lain to the Senate.
Many of the states are In a fair way
to get as well acquainted with the
operation and consequences of the di
rect primary as Oregon Is though
Oregon has gone to one extreme which
no other state will follow "that last
Infirmity of the noble (silly) mind.'
But Bryan and his managers have
great hopes of advantage to them
selves and their campaign by division
of their opponents through overthrow
of the representative system In party
government.
The Commercial Convention, which
is to be held in San Francisco next
month for the purpose of unifying the
Pacific Coast commercial bodies on all
matters affecting the Coast, Is an lm-
portant move in the right direction.
There is always a certain amount of
trouble In the house that Is divided
against Itself, and for many years
.i i v.&nn loolmav and division
lucre n c jv " ' 'J J " ,
among the Pacific Coast communities, j
By reason of this lack of unity tne
Coast as a whole has failed to land a
good many prizes which might have
been brought west of the Rocky
Mountains had there been a united ef
fort to secure them. The Panama
Canal has disbursed vast sums of
money for material and supplies, but
thA Pacific Coast, which was In the
best possible condition to handle much j
of the business, received scarcely any
thing. If the commercial Interests of
all of the Pacific States can be lined
up as a unit, as is now proposed. It is
a certainty that all of them will fare
better in the future than they have
In the past-
LEVI ANKENY. PIONEER.
Levi Ankeny was and is a fine old
pioneer. Every man and woman' of
the old pioneer stock was and is his
friend. He worked as a boy on the
"claim" of first immigrant, had good
j stuff ,ln him, asd pushed on into trade;
he was an excellent mercnam il aw
Iston, and sold goods for the mining
and ranch trade shovels and picks,
sugar and woolen shirts, bacon and
beans, tobacco andrjvhisky, and made
a lot of money, as a good merchant
and enterprising man may and ought,
in such conditions; he sold out that
business, became a country banker,
and in that capacity also has served
the country well. Then his ambition
led him into politics; he thought he
would like to go to the United States
Senate, and he fought long and hard
for It. His financial position and the
resources It gave him helped him, and
finally he succeeded. Naturally he
tried for re-election, but seems to have
failed.
The reason is not far to seek. Ad
mirable and excellent as a pioneer Im
migrant, as a farm boy. then as a
frontier merchant and later as a coun
try banker, a seat In the Senate of the
United States was not his "Job." He
was no drone, indeed; he never could
be that. But he "never was able to
convince his people that he was fit for
the special duties and requirements
of the position. It was a place out of
his sphere. And with the fullest ap
preciation of his general worth as a
man, and of his qualities as a citizen,
exhibited throughout his long career
in the old Oregon Country". The Ore
gonian yet is constrained to say that
Levi Ankeny was a bigger and greater
and fitter man In his life futslde the
United States Senate than he has been
In It. He can fall back now on the
kind good will of the country, In
which he Is secure. His native talents
and they are great were not suited
to the position to which his ambition
had carried him. The country wants
other qualities In those who hold these
places than the sturdy methods and
virtues of our pioneer citizenship. It
may fare worse; but the period Is one
of transition and change.
Men and women will admire Levi
Ankeny who never admired Senator
Ankeny. The place could not honor
him; and though he never dishonored
the place, he could not come up to the
new requirements of the times in
which for such men as Levi Ankeny,
the post of. honor is the private sta
tion. THE ARCHITECTS SQI ABBLB.
Concerning the architects' plans for
the new Albina schoolhouse The Ore
gonlan has expressed no opinion. Mr.
Isaac C. Redde speaks therefore with
out warrant In his letter, which ap
pears in another place today, when he
says that "The Oregonian Is apparent
ly taking the side of the School Board
In the question of the Juggled com
petition for the Albina High School."
The Oregonian has taken nobody's
side. The facts have been printed,
and nothing more. Mr. Redde inti
mates that the directors lnduted cer
tain architects to submit competitive
plans by promising that Mr. Somer
velle should decide which was the best
one, and that his decision should be
accepted by the Board; but finally his
award was set aside and another plan
chosen.
If this Is true, the directors acted In
bad faith and The Oregonian does not
commend this conduct by any means.
That what Mr. Redde says is true, in
part at least, the report published
Wednesday morning, seems to Indi
cate. In that account It is shown
plainly enough that Mr. Somervelle
had been Invited to make some sort of
an award and that he actually did so.
The directors' statement that no award
was made because Mr. Somervelle's
report was not signed is a mere quib
ble. In his letter he clearly decides
for plan No. 11, and if the Board had
agreed to abide by his opinion they
ought to have done so. To slip out
of a fair and square agreement by law
yers' subterfuges Is unworthy of men
who have charge of the manners and
moral of the city's youth. If the
I agreement was unwise, they should
have been advised or that betore tney
made It. If Mr. Somervelle was in
competent, their discovery of the fact
came rather late.
It is pleasant to learn that the con
tract has been let finally to a Portland
firm, but this might have been done
without passing through a trail of dis
ingenuous evasions. The next time
the directors have a contract to award
It is to be hoped that they will profit
by experience and proceed In a
straightforward course.
PORTLAND GATEWAY. INJT8TICE.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, In its modification of the Port
land gateway order, throws open to
the Puget Sound lumbermen a mar
ket which has always been regarded
as Portland territory, for the reason
that the trade has been built up by
rates made by a road terminating in
this city, and hot on Puget Sound. The
modification of the order nullifies the
natural advantage which the close
proximity to the territory involved
gives to Portland and Portland terri
tory. In effect It says paternally to
the Washington lumbermen:
"You were unfortunate in your se
lection of a millslte at a point where
you could not reach as many markets
as can be reached from Portland ter
ritory, but In order that you may. have
the same markets as are now available
for the Oregon lumbermen, we will
force the Oregon road to haul your
freight Into Utah territory at a lower
cost per ton per mile than they are
charging for the product nearer the
market. In this manner the error you
made in building your mill beyond the
TITE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903.
reach of the coveted markets will be
corrected."
Not all of the injustice of the order
appears In Its compelling Oregon rail
roads to haul Washington lumber 200
miles farther than the Oregon lumber
Is hauled at practically the same rate
as Is made on the short haul. Until
the past few months the matter" of
cars was of even more Importance
than A e rates. For more than two
yeart,Vlor to last Fall It was Impossi
ble for tho railroads to give Oregon
shippers a sufficient number of cars
with which to handle their business.
There were no cars available for haul- j
lng a single mile farther than was ab
solutely necessary for securing a load
of lumber.
Compelling the railroads to haul
these cars beyond Oregon territory (
for the purpose of fostering the trade
of the Washington lumberman was an j
injustice alike to the roaas ana to tne
shippers who were unable to secure
the cars needed to handle the busi
ness they had worked up In a terri
tory from which the Washington lum
bermen were barred by their geo
graphical location. As construction
of the Portland exUnslon of the Har
rlman system to Puget Sound will en
able the business to be handled with
out a Joint rate, there is a possibility
that the order will not be contested,
but as it now stands it Is so manifestly
unfair that, if the aid of the courts
was invoked. It would undoubtedly be
set aside.
GAME PROTECTION NEEDED.
Unsportsmanlike and despicable in
.the extreme Is the work of the game
hogs who are operating in the coast
regions this season. Perhaps the
greatest outrage laid at the door of
these lawless hunters Is the wanton
destruction of elk in the Necanicum
and Elk Creek country. There Is a
well-authenticated report that the car
casses of three of these magnificent
animals have been found near Elk
Creek, with nothing but the teeth re
moved. The cowardly vandals who
committed the crime were, of course,
too crafty- to bring out anything which
might lead to their detection and ar
rest, and the killing was done for no
other reason than the gratification of
a lust for blood and to obtain the teeth
pf the animal.
On the Trask, a few days ago, the
carcasses of five deer were found float
ing In the stream, with their hides
removed, and none of the meat taken.
This also showed cruel and wanton
destruction of game, with the offense
aggravated through pollution of the
waters by the decaying flesh.
The same brutal, destructive in
stincts which caused the illegal slaugh
ter of the elk and deer were also re
sponsible for the dynamiting of the
Necanicum trout pools by some law
breaking sneaks who were too lazy to
engage in the only moderate, legiti
mate effort that Is needed to fill a
trout basket on such a fine trout
stream, as the Necanicum. The imme
diate loss caused by the killing of
these fish Is not so serious a matter,
but dynamiting a stream drives the
fish away and spoils the waters for fu
ture fishing toy men who engage In the
sport In a sportsmanlike manner.
The wanton destruction of elk has
been going on for so many years with
only a mild degree of protest from the
people that the elk family is almost
extinct, and, as the numbers decrease,
the wild desire to kill. In season or out
of season, seems to increase. Between
the cougars and the game hogs, both
the elk and the deer will soon meet
the same fate as the buffalo. What Is
needed Is stricter enforcement of the
law as it now stands until such a time
as it can be amended and the penalty
made so severe that even the most
bloodthirsty coward that ever stalked
an elk out of season would . hesitate
about taking the risk. Another
amendment the game law Is sadly In
need of Is for an increase In the
bounty on cougars, which are even
more destructive of game than the
cowardly killers of elk who hunt out
of season.
NO CIGARETTES FOR TRAINMEN.
Comment was made in these col
umns a day or so ago upon the order of
the Rock Island Railroad forbidding
engineers and firemen to smoKe cigar
ettes. Subsequent information shows
that the order merely forbade smok
ing while on duty and already two
men have been discharged for violat
ing the order.' The rule would have
been a reasonable one if it had forbid
den cigarette smoking entirely. It is
the duty of a railroad company to em
ploy the- most careful and efficient
men for its responsible positions, and
If it falls to do so it must be held le
gally and morally liable for accidents
and Injuries that occur. The compa
nies must be conceded every oppor
tunity -to weed out the unfit. Quite
likely, some men can smoke cigarettes
and still render good service, but the
fact remains that many cannot and
that it is better for a railroad company
to shut out a few of the fit along with
many Unfit than that they Jeopardize
the lives of the traveling public by em
ploying men whose nerves and Judg
ment have been wrecked by evil hab
its. But as It Is now stated, the Rock
Island's rule is not only reasonable,
but very essential. No engineer should
be permitted to smoke cigarettes while
on duty. As every one knows who
has ever seen a smoker enjoying his
cigarette, the roll between his lips re
quires a large amount of attention.
Very frequently the smoke gets Into
his eyes and blurs his vision. Every
minute or two he must light another
match. Between lights he must flick
off the ashes. Every five minutes he
must get out his book of papers and
his pouch of tobacco and roll a new
cigarette. The time this takes Is not
much, but the diversion of the engi
neer's attention from his work is all
Important. It is this occasional Inat
tention which leads to accidents Im
periling if not destroying life and
limb. Public opinion should approve
the rule adopted by the Rock Island,
and its action In discharging the two
men who immediately violated the
rule should be upheld. If the case
should be appealed to the head offices
of the Brotherhood of Engineers and
Firemen, as Is threatened, that tri
bunal will reflect credit upon itself by
indorsing the action of the company.
Railroad accidents are altogether too
frequent In this country.
Now that peace has been patched
up on the .waterfront between the
stevedores and the longshoremen, let
us hope there will be no return to the
snail-like pace at which ships were
given dispatch beore the advent of a
P. get Sound stevedoring firm. There
is no good reason why union steve-
ilnMa'anil lnnn)lArmn In Portland
should not get as many sacks of wheat
per day into a ship as can be put
aboard by the same number of non
union men on Puget Sound. The slow
work In loading grain ships in this
port for the past five years contrib
uted largely to the dissatisfaction of
owners, and, now that- there is no
longer danger of non-union men being
employed on the waterfront, it might
not be a bad plan to get back the
loading record ,whlch was captured
by non-union men on Puget Sound
several years ago.
The eminent philosopher who said
that houses were made to live In and
not to look on, spoke to an earlier
and possibly a more practical age
than ours. He probably thought, also,
that clothes were made to wear, not
to look at, but at least half 'the clothes
wearers of this day and age discredit
such a theory. Home clothing Is made
to 'wear, street clothing to look at.
Fully half the cost of a house Is due
to the effort to make It pleasant to
look upon. And this Is well,, too, for
if all houses were built alike and all
persons were dressed alike, with no
particular effort for adornment, the
world would be a dreary place.
The growing scarcity of timber and
attendant high prices of stumpage do
not seem to have caused any special
effort on the part of Minnesota lum
bermen to prevent forest fires. The
Pacific Northwest, even when timber
was available for the taking, never ex
perienced any worse .forest fires tfcan
those now sweeping over the Mesaba
region. At the present time, with
stumpage In Oregon and Washington
about one-fourth the price at which it
is held in Minnesota, our' timber own
ers annually spend large sums of
money In protection against fire with
such good results that the loss is com
paratively light. .
It is a matter of indifference to the
American public which one of the
Wright brothers smashes the world's
record for flying machines, for they
are both Americans and this country
takes pardonable pride in their work.
There will be general rejoicing over
the record flight of Orville Wright, fol
lowing so closely the successful flight
of the Frenchman, La Grange. The
success of the Wrights represents al
most a lifetime of hard work 1n per
fecting the aeroplane, and they are
entitled to the highest credit for their
wonderful achievement.
The Coquille River jetty has been
completed and there Is now a depth
of twelve feet of water on the bar at
low tide. As this is three times the
depth in evidence when the Improve
ment began, the merits of the Jetty
work have been quite clearly demon
strated. There Is a large amount of
timber tributary to the Coquille, and
the increased depth of water will ad
mit of its reaching market to better
advantage than was possible before
anything but diminutive schooners
and catboats could get over the bat.
The State Fair, which opens at Sa
lem 'next week, promises to be the
most successful exhibition ever held at
the state capital. Livestock entries
are unusually numerous and of very
high grade, while the . speed pro
gramme will bring together the best
fields of horses that have ever met In
contest on the Salem track. Portland
each year shows increasing interest in
the State Fair, and this city, in com
pany with all other Oregon communi
ties, will be well represented when
the fair gates open next week.
Mrs. Margaret F. Sage, widow of
"Uncle" Russell," has presented an
island to the Government. The value
of the gift, which lies in the Hudson
River, is said to toe about $175,000.
If news of this reckless extravagance
on the part of an heir who has only
$86,000,000 at her command should
reach the present resting place of the
dead millionaire, there would surely
be a turning over.
Look what the direct primary has
done in Wisconsin? It has renomi
nated Stephenson for the Senate by a
plurality. Of course he will be beaten
in the election. He Is a fossil, an old
fogy, and standpatter, of the worst de
scription. 'Rah for the direct pri
mary, as a means of reaching the pop
ular choice! There will probably b
a Democratic Senator though Wis
consin has an enormous Republican
majority.
It doesn't speak well for the record
and prestige of a Governor that. In his
campaign for re-election before a pri
mary, two other candidates run as well
or better, and that he gets something
like one-fourth of the total vote. Why
do so many people In Washington dis
trust Governor Mead?
The Oregonian Is asked this ques
tion: "What, in your opinion, would be
the effect of Bryan's election on busi
ness?"' The Oregonian doesn't know.
It will wait to see whether Bryan will
be elected; and If he should be elected
it will have the same chance as others
to see and know.
If the State of Washington had our
Statement No. 1, and if Colonel James
Hamilton Lewis, non-partisan, hadn't
moved to Illlnios, what a glorious op
portunity there would be now for the
pink-whiskered statesman to duplicate
Governor Chamberlain's latest politi
cal achievement.
That "second-choice" provision in
the Washington primary law will
probably decide the choice for the
Governor. But how will the second
choice Governor like the continued
application of the second-choice idea
to him in the November election?
That Omaha doctor tried to get a
lady to shoot him and herself, and,
when the lady weakened. Invited a
gentleman to do the Job. Which he
did, with neatness and dispatch as to
the doctor. Women are so unreliable
when man's work is to be done.
In yesterday's Individual perform
ances of Orville Wright and "Battling"
Nelson, the aviator put it all over the
pugilist for enduring fame.
Mr. Jones good man, too may
find that a Republican primary
doesn't Issue a certificate of election
to the United States Senate.
And there's Just a possibility that
the Des Moines charter will go out of
style before our own conun" ets
ready to report.
PORTLAAU'S BAD SCHOOLHOUSES.
TkU Mas Thlnka the Directors Are
Very Morn to Blame.
PORTLAND. Sept! 9. (To the Ed
itor.) May 1 ask what The Oregonian
stands for for honesty and fair play,
or dishonesty and graft If It appears in
high places? Why Is The Oregonian
apparently taking the side of the
School Board in the question of juggled
competition for the lbina High
School? These architects went into
what they supposed was a fair compe
tition, the School Board In. their print
ed conditions agreeing to abide by the
decision of the consulting architect.
How many would have competed had
they known that the consulting archi
tect's award was to be Ignored and the
first and second prizes given to the
favorites of the School Board? Mr,
Somervelle decided on No. 11 as the
best all round plan for a High School
creditable to Portland. No. 11 was not
Whltehouse & Honeyman, as will be
seen by the numbers on the plans.
It Is ttrr.e slow-moving Portland
awoke to the fact that the School
Board is not working ror the best In
terests of the city; that there is scarce
ly a town of more than 25,003 Inhabit
ants on this Coast but has better
schoolhouscs than Portland. Doesn't
The Oregonian know that visitors to
Portland Jeer at Portland's school
houses; that they are a standing Joke
to those who have seen school archl-.
tecture elsewhere? And why 1b this so?
An old fogy architect, whose work at
best might have passed criticism In a
country town, has built our school
houses for the past decade, having a
stand-In with the School Board for
some reason known only to themselves.
Such being the case, the members of
the School Board are least of all quali
fied to Judge of what a modern school
building should be. A widely-known
architect decided this competition for
them. Contrary to their agreement
with the competing architects, they
threw out Mr. Somervelle's award,
and gave the first prize to a favorite,
the wecond prize to the present ln
curbrance, Mr. Jones. We have had
enough of Mr. Jones' architecture. How
long must we be so afflicted? In the
name of Justice and public spirit, let
The Oregonian, If it values the prestige
of honesty, take up this matter fairly
and squarely, give advanced Ideas a
chance, and pull Portland out of Its
apathy and don't-care attitude toward
all persons who are honestly agitating
matters of advantage to the city. If
their work Is not actually opposed, it
Is treated with such indifference that
it is most discouraging.
Let The Oregonian demand that Port
land have the best In every line, and
that those honestly trying to benefit
and beautify our city be encouraged to
continue. ISAAC C. REDDE.
TO COMPLAINING FISHERMEN.
Suburban Saloonkeeper, Now Out of
Business, Offers Words of Comfort.
LENTS, Or., Sept. 9. (To the Editor.)
What's the matter with the fisher
man? What's he kicking about? Ain't
he getting a square deal, Just as square
as he wants the shoe to fit other peo
ple? These same guys who are making
such a howl about the enactmentvoted
on by the people at the last election
regarding the time and manner of fish
ing on the Columbia River, belong, no
doubt, to the same gang who take ad
vantage of the local option law in Ore
gon and Washington and vote me and
my saloon out of existence without In
demnity. He doesn't consider that I
have invested my all In that business
nor that I have paid for a license in
advance. But he shuts me up and I am
obliged to sacrifice my few traps as
best I cun and get out and rustle with
the great army of unemployed.
Now, I may be able to tackle any
kind of a Job and again I may not, but
Mr. Local Optlonl.it don't care. The
law seems to be fairer with fishermen
than It Is with saloonkeepers; It per
mits him to make a living under cer
tain conditions, while It wipes me out
entirely. Don't kick so hard, fishy.
Be content your lot In life Is not' any
worse than It Is. There are plenty of
fish In the Pacific Ocean and you have
an opportunity of getting your share
of them in the manner prescribed by
the law passed at the late election, and
If you do have to lay idle a few
months in the year, you are no better
than a great many working men who
lose time during the year and have to
take their medicine without grumbling.
But, presumably, these kickers be
long to the class who have been In the
habit of having their own way and
find It awful hard to be restricted In
any of their doings. You'll come
around to It by-and-by, like we saloon.
Ists. Be glad you're alive. The people
have got it Into their heads that they
are going to do a little law making.
You'll get your share If you have pa
tience. WILLIAM AFTERMUCH,
A Victim of Local Option.
PARKS IN THE SHOPPING DISTRICT
One Citizen Suggests a Public Improve
ment Very Late In the Day.
PORTLAND, Sept. 9. (To the Ed
itor.) Portland is fast becoming a con
gested city. We are proud of its size
and height of its buildings; but, we
must not forget that we have points
of defect with which we must contend
to make our appearance the neatest
before ourselves and our guests.
First Our streets are too narrow.
That we cannot now remedy. With
the addition of each tall building the
streets are being deprived of a large
amount of light.
Most cities of beauty are not con
gested, and have many parks of a block
square. Portland's park blocks are too
far out from the business center.
I can think of but one way In which
we can add untold beauty to our city.
Have you seen the Union Square in San
Francisco, surrounded by the St.
Francis Hotel and other large business
buildings of the city"? Conceive now of
the Pennoyer block a park with a
Dewey monument, and likewise sur
rounded. Visitors would always re
member Portland by such a park, and
the narrow Washington street would
not be emphasized as strongly. Thou
sands of people would dally throng
that one little block, and the property
values of surrounding blocks would
soar high. JOHN J. CARLSENN.
It la Distressing.
Polk County Observer.
The fact comes up that Mr. Taft, the
Republican candidate. Is a Unitarian, a
fact that has been known well during
the past years In which Mr. Taft has
filled at different times a half dozen
offices of trust and honor under the
people of the United States, and a fact
which has, up to the present time,
caused apparently no uneasiness what
ever to that great people whom he has
been serving so well' and faithfully.
Now, however, seeing In It a bare pos
sibility of Bcorlng a point against him,
the Democratic 'press seizes upon it
and blazons it abroad with every con
ceivable manner of distortion and lurid
drapery of words. They howl, they
roar, they shrink back In holy horror,
and point at the self-confessed and un
repentant heretic comparing him (to
his vast discredit In their estimation)
with his saintly and severely orthodox
antagonist. Editors who have proba
bly wasted not a single thought on the
hereafter for years and have never be
fore puzzled their heads with the in
explicable mysteries of the Trinity, are
suddenly seized with a fit of the relig
ious gripes that fairly overpowers and
twists them inside out-
AFTER THEFT CHARGES, SUIT
Miss Norma Marie Honlg Begins Ac
tion in Court.
Acquitted of a charge of shoplifting In
the Municipal Court. Miss Norma Marie
Honig has brought suit against her ac
cuser. Mrs. M. B. Becker, in the State
Circuit Court. The complaint, filed yes
terday afternoon, asks that she be given
$10,000 damages on account of malicious
arrest.
Mrs. Becker is the proprietor of the
Palais Royal, a Washington-street store,
which sells women's apparel. At the trial
In the lower court Miss Honig was ac
quitted after she had, through her at
torney. John H. Stevenson, introduced
testimony to the effect that she was at
her home in Eugene when a gray crepe de
chine dr.ess, worth $37.50, was stolen from
the Becker establishment, August 21.
A queer fact in connection with the af
fair Is the disappearance of the infor
mation, filed In the Municipal Court
August 28. upon Mrs. Becker's complaint
against Miss Honig. Municipal Clerk Mil
ler is the custodian of such papers, but
has. It is said, been unable to locate it.
While this paper may be found later. Its
disappearance at this time leaves room
for suggestions of theft In view of the
heavy damage suit.
A woman who looks much like Miss
Honlg entered the Palais Royal and asked
to look at a dress. After tha packaga
had been wrapped, she asked that it be
charged to Harry Redding, a steward at
the Hotel Portland. She was referred
by the clerk to the proprietress, and while
the latter was telephoning to Redding,
picked up the package and left the store.
The police were notified and Redding
answered on the telephone. When the
woman was described to him. he said that
Miss Honig, a friend of his. answered
the description. Miss Honlg Is a blonde,
19 years old.
Text of Complaint.
In this suit, John F. Logan snd John H.
Stevenson appear, as Miss Honig's at
torneys. The complaint charges:
That on the 28th day ' of August. 1f",
at Portland, Or., tha defendant wrongfully,
unlawfully, falsely, maliciously and without
probable cause, subscribed and swore to an
information for a felony, charging this
plaintiff with the crime of larceny, com
mitted In the Cltv of Portland. County of
Multnomah and State of Oregon, in a cer
tain case wherein the State of Oregon was
plaintiff and the nlaintlff. Norma Marie
Hon is, was defendant. In the Municipal
Court of the City of Portland, for the
Countv of Multnomah. State of Oregon, and
thereby ' maliciously and without probable
cause procured a warrant for the arrest
of the said Norma Marie Honlg upon said
charge.
That on the 20th day of August. 190K.
this plaintiff was arrested at her home in
Eugene. Lane County. Or... and taken to
the City Jail of the City of Portland. Mult
nomah County, Or., and was therehy re
strained of her liberty and was held by
said warrant until arrangements were made
for her appearance In said Municipal Court.
That thereafter such proceedings were
had In said cause In said Municipal Court,
charging her with said crime, that on the
1st day of September. 190R. the said plain
tiff was discharged by the Judge of the
said Municipal Court upon the charges,
after evidence had been submitted for the
prosecution and for the defense at the hear
ing thereof.
Publicity in Newspaper.
That at the time of the arrest of the
plaintiff herein as aforesaid, said arrest was
given great publicity in the newspapers of
this city, and read by a great many peo
ple, and was also published and given great
publicity throughout the press in and
around the home of the plaintiff at Eugene.
Or... and was read by a great many people
and by many of the friends and acquain
tances of the said Norma Marie Honig. and
she was thereby greatly humiliated and
chagrined and injured.
That on account of the arrest as afore
said this plaintiff was made sick, and re
ceived a great nervous shock, and that by
cause of said arrest and being charged
with said crime as aforesaid by the said
M E. Becker, the plaintiff has suffered
great mental pain, humiliation and chagrin.
That the arrest of the said Norma Maria
Honlg, plaintiff above named, and the trial
above detailed, waa brought about at the
instigation and request and solicitation of
the said M. E. Becker, and that the de
fendant's actions In that regard were up
lawful, wrongful, malicious and without
probable cause.
Wherefore this plaintiff demands Judg
ment against the defendant for the sum
of $10,000, and for the costs and disburse
ments of this action.
PROPERTY; FOR THE WIDOW
Will or- Patrick Powers Filed for
Probate in Court.
The long-looked-for will of Patrick
Powers was filed for probate in the
County Court yesterday morning. All
the property, both real and personal,
valued at $8U00, is given to the widow,
Nannie Powers. She Is the absolute
owner of the personal property, and
Is to hold the real estate as long as
she lives, or as long as she remains
his widow. Five of the children are
to receive the real property when she
marries again, or at her death. The
will, made in 1890, provides that no one
Is to receive anything but the Income
until the youngest Is 21. Llllle Powers,
the youngest. Is now 22 years old. The
other four named are Willie, Byron,
Claude and Minnie May Powers. The
will names the wife and son, Willie, as
Joint executor and executrix, to serve
without bonds.
It is probable that the County Court
will issue an order declaring the will
Invalid, as only half of the children
are named. After 1890, when the will
was. made, the deceased had five chil
dren, who remain unprovided for. They
are: Verah Beulah. 17 years old; Helen
Dorothy, 12; Desmond D., 10: Nun, 7;
Patrick, 4. Powers died April 16.
HORACE D. RAMSDELL XAMED
Will Act as Executor of Lois A
Johnson Estate.
The Lois A. Johnson estate was ad
mitted to probate yesterday upon the
petition of Horace D. Ramsdell. The
will names Dr. Hugh France and Mr.
Ramsdell as executors, but only the
latter was appointed. His bond was
fixed at $4000, the personal and real
property being valued at $6000. The
real estate consists of ten acres on the
Cornell road, worth $1500, and land In
Tillamook County of unknown value.
The balance of the property Is personal.
Mrs. Johnson -died at Wallace, Ida.,
September 4. The will names Lottie
Elizabeth Kellogg. Hattle Bell France
and Addle Carpenter Herey as bene
ficiaries, the property to be divided
among them In inverse proportion to
the amount of property they owned at
the time of her death. The -executor
is permitted to sell the property when
ever it Is thought best, without an or
der from the court.
Order Clary Estate to Sell.
As the result of an order made In the
County Court yesterday morning, the
furniture of the Cadillac rooming
house Is to be sold September 23. It
is the property of the F. A. Clary es
tate. The report of Florence H. Clary,
the administratrix, filed yesterday,
shows the estate to be valued at
$3728.69. with Hens against it amount
ing to $2804.89. The cash on hand
amounts to $219.25.
Martin Estate Worth $4 605.
D. H. Stephenson. John Stewart and
Frank E. Dooly have appraised the es
tate of Jean Elizabeth Martin at
$4605.98. This is the amount of her life
insurance In three companies. The re
port was filed In the County Court
yesterday morning.
Petition of Christiane Milarch.
Chrlstiane Milarch has petitioned the
County Court for letters of administra
tion In the estate of Herman J. Milarch.
valued at $3250. He died intestate
August 8-
FLOW OF FUXDS SLACKS P
Republican Committee Confronted
by Serious Problem.
No snap Is attached to membership
on the finance committee which Is to
direct the Taft-Sherman campaign In
Oregon this year. While there has
been no official notification to that
effect. It Is well understood by the
members of the committee, of which
ex-Senator C. W. Hodson is chairman,
that the party organization in this
state must rely on Its own resources.
It will only be in case of an emergency
that any assistance can be expected
from the National committee that will
disburse the campaign fund in other
states which did not have the advan
tage of a 43.000 majority for Roosevelt
In the election four years ago.
The efforts of the committee in so
liciting campaign subscriptions will be
further circumscribed by the provis
ions of the Huntley corrupt practices
act, adopted by the people last June.
It prohibits receiving subscriptions
from corporations. Even Federal office-holders
are given Immunity from
the solicitor for campaign subscrip
tions, although these officials may give
freely to the fund If such donations
are made voluntarily.
The members of the committee are
not discouraged by the outlook as to
campaign subscriptions and despite the
limitations under which they must op
erate, expect to experience no serious
embarrassment In providing the nec
essary funds to carry on a rousinaj
campaign which will extend into every
county of the state. Aside from scr
eral local spellbinders. Including thai
party's Presidential electors, the serv
ices of speakers of National reputation
may be contributed by the National
committee.
The committee opened Its headquar
ters In the Chamber of Commerce
building yesterday. The offices are In
charge of State Chairman Cake. Ralph
E. Williams. National committeeman
and treasurer of the finance committee;
Major J. P. Kennedy, chairman of the
county central committee: and Clifton
N. McArthur. who has assumed the
duties of secretary of the state com
mittee. The committee will get down
to business today and with a force of
clerks and stenographers will begin
actively the work of distributing liter
ature, lithographs and buttons, and the
thousand other details connected with
an aggressive campaign.
MEETINGS
IN
PRECINCTS
Chairman Thomas, of Democratic
Committee, Continuing Campaign.
George H. Thomas, chairman of tha
Democratic County Central Committee,
is continuing the active campaign he In
augurated In this county several weeks
ago. Nightly meetings of the men from
the different precincts are held In the
county headquarters of the party In the
Ainsworth building. Several days in ad
vance of the meeting a precinct Is se
lected and postal card Invitations are is
sued to every Democratic voter In that
precinct, as well as to every other voter
who. according to the registration, de
clined to announce his political affiliation.
At these meetings the plans of the cam
paign are discussed and practical schemes
are proposed for obtaining every possible
vote for the Democratic nominees in the
November election.
KERN'S VISIT IS UNCERTAIN
Another Democrat of National Rep
utation May Fill Card.
State Senator M. A. Miller, Democratic
National Committeeman for , this start,
who has been attending a general confer
ence of the National committee In Chi
cago, yesterday wired Democratic head
quarters here that It had not been de
cided finally that John Worth Kern, the
party's nominee for the Vice-Presidency,
would visit the Pacific Coast. Committee
man Miller, however, assured his asso
ciates here that if It is impossible for Mr
Kern to come about October 1, the time
scheduled, some other Democrat of Na
tional fame would fill the appointments.
Receive Campaign Literature.
One thousand Bryan and Kern lith
ographs and several thousand cam
paign buttons were received yesterday
at Democratic headquarters In this
city. Together with Democratic cam
paign literature, which 'has been re
ceived from the National committee,
these will be distributed through, the
precinct committeemen.
WHERE IS THE GAME WARDEXT
Many Violations of the Law But Who
Cares f
'PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 9. (To the
Editor.) Reading an article in today's
Oregonian, on the editorial page, en
titled 'Killing Elk Out of Season," re
calls to my mind, after a three weeks'
.visit to Newport and Waldport, . the
manner In which fish and game were
slaughtered, especially In the vicinity
of Waldport, Lincoln County, this
Summer.
At one time seven deer were found,
killed and left to spoil; at Drift Creek
at one time 450 fine trout were found
thrown out on the bank. These were
caught only for the pleasure of catch
ing them and left to spoil. These are
a few out of many incidents that might
be brought before the public.
Such vandalism should be prohibited.
Some one should enforce the law for
the protection of game, and those per
sons properly punished who have no
regard for the law or animal life.
ERNEST WARREN.
Returns From Jewelers' Convention.
CONDON. Or.. Sept. 9. (Speclai.)
Charles H. Williams, who represented
Oregon at the convention' of the Na
tional Retail Jewelers' Association at
Cincinnati, has returned home. He was
elected second vice-president of the
National association. The Western
delegations won a signal victory In
making Omaha the convention city
for next year. . Mr. Williams has rep
resented Oregon retail jewelers In the
national conclave for two successive
years.
Suits to Quiet Title Filed.
HILL9BORO. Or., Sept. . (Special.)
Five separate Buits to quiet title, the
plaintiff being the Eastern Investment
Company, of Portland, were filed here
today. The cases will try to dispossess
people of land bought by delinquent tx
sales some years back, the company hold
ing tax certificates. Some of the tax
title lands, bought under the old mortgage
tax law. are still In statu quo, and the
filings of today will be watched with In
terest. Entertains Officers of Cruiser.
The Rock Island Club will give a dance
tomorrow night at its clubhouse. The af
fair will be the last one of the season and
will be attended by the officers of the
Italian cruiser Puglla. which Is now In
the river. C. F. C'andlanl. the Iltalian
Consul, will also attend and It Is planned
to have everything Informal.
Estate Admitted to Probate.
The estate of Rose Bernstein has
been admitted to probate In the County
Court, and Alex Bernstein appointed
administrator to act under $2000 bond.
Rose Bernstein died August 29. leav
ing real estate on Twenty-second
street, near Irving, valued at $6000.