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UN5 ON THE ROCKS
First Portland Young People's Institute Will Open Thursday
FURNITURE OF QUALITY
The bulk of the furniture business is done in medium grade goods, and
naturally our advertising generally deals with this class. However, we carry a"
goodjlarge stock of the highest grade Bedroom, Parlor and Dining-Room suits
counting up into the hundreds of dollars, in Colonial, Napoleon Mission and other
designs. Today we quote a few' examples of our bargain-giving at our
JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE
!
Serious Accidents to.Steam-
boat Mountain Gem.
TWICE IN GREAT PERIL
M
StrJkcs Kccf, Is Jlclcascd and Floats
Down Stream, Where Second Reef
Is Encountered and More
Injuries Sustained.
. THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JANUARY 14, 1906.
Frank J. Smith, traffic manager o the
Open-River Commission, brought news to
Portland yesterday of the steamboat
Mountain Gem, which plies between Celilo
and "Wallula, sustaining severe injuries
while going through the Umatilla Ranlds.
The steamer Mountain Gem is operated
by the- Open-River Commission, and of
late has been carrying supplies and ma
terials tor the different camps along the
north bank.
Thursday morning when the Mountain
Gem was running the Umatilla Rapids.
which are two miles above the town of
Umatilla, it encountered a sudden squall,
which drove the vessel hard against a
reef. Tho hull was broken through in
Fcvcral places. Friday the boat was
pulled off the rocks by the means of wire
cables, but the damages were such that
it could not make headway under Its own
power, and it was allowed to drift down
the stream with the hopes that luck
would carry it safely past the rocks.
But near the end of the rapids it struck
another reef, and sustained injuries which
were of greater extent than those re
ceived by the accident of Thursday morn
ing. The wheel was broken, and the bot
tom pierced In several places by the
jagged rocks. Had It not been for the
water-tight compartments the steamboat
"would have sunk.
It was taken down the river to Irrigon,
where the holes were patched from the
inside and other repairs made. This will
enable the steamer to run for a few days
more, as there is a large amount of
freight which has to be delivered. Then
it will bo taken out of the water and the
permanent repairs made. The steamer
will be In operation again by February 1.
Mr. Smith stated yesterday that the
Mountain Gem had been transporting on
an average 150 tons of materials a week
for the north bank camps. He says that
the forces are gradually being enlarged.
So many persons have flocked into Arling
ton because of the work that it is diffl
cult to secure hotel accommodations.
THE WORK OF HAMILTON
ISfTort to Show That He Was 2sTot
Great Constructive Statesman.
PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 12. (To the Ed
itor.) To a mind imbued with the spirit
of free government the praise bestowed
upon Alexander Hamilton in the leading
rditorlal in The Oregonian of the Sth Inst,
appears to be, at least, a little extrava
gant. That Hamilton was a man of very
great ability and of undoubted patriot
ism Is now universally conceded, but it
seems to tho writer that only a biased
mind can claim that "of all -constructive
statesmen that America has produced, he
was incomparably the greatest."
If strength were the chief aim to be
sought in government, and that seems to
be the central idea of the editorial, this
may be found in the absolute monarchies
of the world. If that were the sole pur
pose of government, then it is no doubt
true that the "weaknesses" (of the Con
stitution) "were consequences of the dis
inclination of the tlmos to follow his
(Hamilton's) suggestions throughout as to
the nature of the government to be cre
ated by the Constitution." Fortunate in
deed are the people of this great country
that Hamilton's Ideas and "suggestions"
were not followed In the formation of the
Constitution. It is charitable to suppose
that many persons who unblushingly call
themselves followers of Hamilton are ig
norant of the kind of government that
Hamilton advocated in the Constitutional
Convention, and of the views of govern
ment expressed by him in that convention
and elsewhere. N'o doubt the opinions o
many are formed from "glittering gen
eralities" and the indiscriminate praise of
the admirers of Hamilton.
In the Interest of the truth of history,
will you kindly allow space for a Jew of
the views and "suggestions" of Hamilton
I.. TV. Cronkhltr, of Boston. Spe-dal
Representative of Amcricaa Bap
tlfct Missionary Union.
S. Earl Taylor, of w Vork City.
Field Secretary for Younr People
of the MUfcionarx Society of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Charlen V. Vlekrey, Secretary Youbc
People's MUtlesary Movement.
t iflHlk JH L. B 1
JT. "H. lUrk. of Boston, A Mutant
.Secretory American Board of Com
mUhloner for Porelcn MJsMon.
Dr. T. ir. r. Sailer. Kdo rational Sec
retary Presbyterian Board FortSKH
31 Unions.
Ht. John I. Goncher, I. n.. PreI
dent of the Woman's College, Bal
timore. Ul.
THE first Portland Young People's In
stitute will he held at the First Con
gregational Church, comer Park and
Madison streets, commencing Thursday.
January 18, and continuing until January
21. Back of this Institute is the Young
People's Missionary movement, ami sev
eral of the leaders of this organization,
who have gained national reputation In
tho work, will speak at tho different
meetings.
The institute is interdenominational; the
executive board consisting of the secre
taries of IS different missionary boards.
and the deliberations of the conference
will not be open to the general public. To
this institute has been delegated the
work of editing and printing the litera
ture used toy all the various missionary
boards In the work among the young peo
ple, and It Is the medium for the co-operation
and conference in promoting Inter
est In the missionary activities of tho
young people.
The purpose of the meetings in this city
Is to bring together carefully chobcn rep
resentatives of the different churches of
Portland and vicinity, and each has been
requested to send representatives from its
young people's societies ami Sunday
school classes. The number of delegates
will be limited to 309. and applications
should be sent In at 'the earliest possible
date.
Among the prominent workers In this
movement who are coming to assist In
this institute are the following: Charles
E. Vlckory. of Xcw York, secretary of
the Young People's Missionary movement;
H. W. Hicks, of Boston, assistant secre
tary of American Board of Commissions
for Foreign Missions; Dr. John F. Gouch
er. president of the "Woman's College, of
Baltimore; S. Eurl Taylor, field secretary
of the Young People's Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church: J V.
(Yonkhlte, special representative of the
American Baptist Mission of Boston, and
Dr. T. If. P. Sailer, educational seoretary
of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions in the United States.
Only delegates with registration cards
will bo admitted during the day. while
other admissions will be by special cards,
which will be distributed In limited num
bers. At the threo evening sessions on
Sunday the public will be admitted.
in that great convention, ns reported in
the VMadlson Papers"?
In the early discussions of the plan of
government he stated:
"In his private opinion he had no scru
ple In declaring, supported as he was by
so muny of the wise and good, that the
British government was the best in the
world; and that he doubted much wheth
er anything short of it would do In Amer
ica." (Elliott's Debates. Vol. V, p. SCC)
And again:
"Their House of lxrds is a most noble
institution: ... no temporary Senate
will have firmness enough to answer the
purpose. ' (Id. p. vfa.) Again:
"As to the executive, it seemed to be
admitted that no good one could be es
tablished on republican principles. . . .
The English model was the only good one
on this subject This is followed by an
argument in favor of an hereditary chief
executive. Id.
On June IS. 17S7, Hamilton presented to
the convention a "sketch" of his Ideas as
to some of the matters which the Consti
tution should contain. In this sketch he
suggested that the Senate should "consist
of persons elected to serve during good
oenavior'; that the supreme executive
authority of the United States should be"
vested In a governor to be elected to
servo during good behavior, "and that he
should have a negative on all laws about
to be passed and the execution of all laws
passed"; that the Governor of each state
should be appointed by the general Gov
ernment and should "have a negative
upon the laws about to be passed in the
state of which he is the Governor." (Id.
p. 35 )
Before the adjournment of the conven
tion, he prepared and submitted to Mr.
Madison, as the historian of the conven
tion, a plan of Constitution embodying
his (Hamilton's) views as to what the
Constitution should have contained. This
plan but elaborated his views as expressed
in the "sketch" previously submitted to
the convention. This plan provided for
a life term for Senators; and that they
should be elected by electors chosen for
that purpose "by the citizens and inhabi
tants" of the several states "who shall
have in their own right, or In the right
of their wives, an estate In land for not
less than life or a term of years whereof
at the time of giving their votes, there
shall be at least H years unexpired"; that
the President should be elected by elec
tors chosen by the citizens of each tate
"having an estate of Inheritance, or for
three lives, in land, or a clear personal
estate of the value of one thousand Span
ish milled dollars"; that the President
should hold his place during good beha
vior removable only by conviction upon
impeachment for some crime or misde
meanor": that the President should luive
the right to negative all bills, resolutions
or acts of the two houses of the Legisla
ture about to be passed Into laws." This
plan also provided for the appointment of
the Governor or President of each state
"under the authority of the United States,
and shall have the right to negative all
laws about to be passed in the state of
which he shall be Governor or President."
In the light of these propositions it is
not surprising that, in a speech before
that convention, "he acknowledged him
self not to think favorably of republican
government'.' (Id. p. 244). or that when the
main features of the Constitution had
been agreed upon by the convention he
should have said "that he had been re
strained from entering Into the discussions
by his dlsllky; of the scheme of government
In general; but as he meant to support the
plan to be recommended, as better than
nothing, he wished In this place to offer
a few remarks" (Id. 517); or that when
the Constitution was completed and the
Oregon Photographers Win Distinction at American Salon in New York City
"WHEN LIFE IS A PLEASURE." BY HENRY BEIIGER, JR.
' ' m m ... . . . T
"INCOMING TIDE," BY MTtS. HELEN F. CATCH. OF SALEM.
A
DISTINCTION has come to two Ore
gon photographers, in that their
work has been hung In the second
annual American Salon of Photographers
at New York. Henry Berger, Jr., of
Portland, has had three pictures accept
ed, and Mrs Helen P. Gatch, of Salem,
has hat two pictures hung.
This is no small achievement, in view of
the fact that the competition Is really In
ternational, pictures being entered from
Germany, England. France and Italy. A
total of 1S00 pictures were received, of
which less than one-fourth were accepted.
Most of the competitors were from vari
ous points In the United States,
The art judges are three of America's
most eminent artists, Kcnyon Cox, John
LaFarge and William Chase. The selec
tion of a jury whose members are so well
established in the field of art gave assur
ance that the battle would be fought out
on tho one basis of artistic merit.
Xr. Berger fea4 e&e portrait, on land
scape and one genre accepted, while Mrs.
Gatch succeeded with a marine and genre.
Her marine picture, "The Incoming Tide."
is shown above, and is striking for Its
originality of conception, fine composition
and delicate handling. The, portrait by
Mr. Berger shown herewith is a repre
sentative Mt ef art pfeelecrspfer.
Mahogany j
Parlor j
Suit I
(pi
The Best Is Always Cheapest in the End
$150.00 special at $120.00
NO. 31 This finely constructed and massive five-piece suit includes a Sofa, Rocker, Ann Chair and two
Parlor Chairs, only one bein shown in cut. Every portion of the framework is finelv shaped and beau
tifully carved. The seats are fitted with the finest guaranteed spring construction, with full sprin ede.
These springs rest on the same corrugated steel cables required by the United States Government inall
its upholstered furniture. It is an indestructible method of manufacture. This suit is built to last and
the finish is not of the ordinary kind. It is most carefully done in five distinct processes before it is tinallv
ready tor exhibition The sofa, otf inches in length by 22 inches wide, and the chairs are of like generous
S e7 b in.c,hes- Frames are of dark mabogany finish and perfectly hand-polished. The upholsterv .is
of the finest silk plush with raised figures in a beautiful shade of green. This set is rent- U 1 OA
larly priced at $150. We make it a special lor this .month at pIZU
NO. 561 Here is a Solid Oak Bedroom Set that is regu
larly priced at .-?100. The bed is seven feet high at the
head and four feet nine inches wide. Both head ami
foot are elaborately carved; the foot having a heavy
four-inch roll beautifully quarter-sawed. The fronts
of the dresser and commode have the latent serpentine
shapes. The dresser is topped off with a heavy French
bevel-plate mirror, 2Sx34 inches, with beautifully
furncd and carved frame, and top of dresser measures
22x44 inches. The entire set is made of selected golden
oak and the matching is nearly perfect. AH show
beautiful effects from the quarter-sawing of the wood.
llns set, lor the .January sale, is priced
at.
try saic, is priced
"Eclipse"
Ranges, Heaters
.Two cars of the Great "Eclipse"
Ranges and Heaters arrived
Thursday and we are again able
to supply the demand for 4-hole
Ranges and the "Prize" Eclipse
Heating Stove the best heating
stove for Oregon climate on the
market. The IS-inch air-tight
$8.50
Sec our window display of
Eclipse" Ranges. The 4-hole
Kcliiwn " R.in?p tlii
, i c- - -
payments at
$110 Buffet $90
NO. 158 This massive Buffet stands six feet
from the floor and is nearly five feet in length.
It is made of the best selected oak, is very
elaborately carved, and has a beautiful golden
finish. A truly high-grade piece fit to adorn a
mansion. Fitted with large French plate
mirror and closets and drawers of perfect con
struction. The regular price is $110; tQf
sale price PJ7U
I. GEVURTZ & SONS
173-175 FIRST STREET
219-227 YAMHILL STREET
question of signing it by tho delegates
was under discussion he should have snid
(Id. p. that "no man's ideas were
more remote from the plun than his were
known to be: but is it possible to delib
erate between anarchy and convulsion on
one side, aifd the chance of good to bo
expected from It on the other?"
In other words, only as a choice of
evils would he support the Constitution.
Hamilton, seeing that he could not In
duce the convention to embody his Ideas
In the Constitution, left the convention
on the 3th of June and did not return
until the 13th of August. Thus for K
consecutive days he took no part in its
deliberations. 0
Let those who prate of Hamilton as
"the father of the Constitution." and who
boast of being his followers, study well
the history of that convention. Is there
one among them who would dare go be
fore the people in any state In the Union
as a candidate for any office, advocating
the views of government expressed by
Hamilton in that convention? There may
be some who favor, as did Hamilton, a
suffrage based on wealth, a chief execu
tive, elected for life, with an absolute veto
on all laws passed by Congres, and on
the enforcement of all laws, a Senate
whose -members are elected for life, the
Governors of all the states to be appoint
ed by the general Government and to
have an absolute veto on all laws passed
by the Legislatures of their respective
states, but if there be any such, they
most carefully suppress and conceal these
views when candidates for the suffrage of
the American peopl. ' v
Hamilton had a profound distrust of the
people. He was an advocate of autocratic I
government, and the advocato and repre
sentative of special interests and privi
leges, as arc his successors of today.
How much mod; of hope and inspiration
for the oppressed of all lands Is found in
the. writings and teachings of the author
of the Immortal Declaration of Independ
ence, and whose -whole philosophy of gov
ernment is summed up in the phrase:
"Equal rights to all, special privileges to
nonoj"! N. A. PEERY.
CLAIM VIOLATION OF LAW
Contractors at Celilo "Work Men
Overtime, It Is Charged.
Government contractors now constructing-
the Celilo Canal, are violating
tho Federal law. which limits the
work day on Federal contracts to
cighthours, according- to a complaint
which has been - made by Charles H.
Gram to the United States District At
torney. Mr. Gram, president of the Oregon
State Federation of Labor, has been
Investigating' conditions at Celilo for
some time and- flnds that Contractors
Sidney Smyth and Wlilard N. Jone3 do
not observe the law. Tho District At
torney has written to the contractors
warning- them to heed the statutes
under pain of prosecution.
According: to Mr. Gram's statement
Smyth and Jones are working- their
raen nine and, one-half hours a day,
when the law makes eight hours as the
maximum day. It is the intention of
tha federation to see that the law Is
heeded.
Teachers Hold Session.
The Multnomah County Progress Club,
which is composed of the teachers, in the
public schools of the county, held the sec
ond meeting since Its reorganization. In
the committee-room of the City Hall yes
terday morning. Reports of the various
committees were read, and an address
given by County School Superintendent
R. F. Robinson upon the subject, "Tii
Ing of Language." Mrs. Dunbas, of Tre
mont, the first president of the organisa
tion, was, also present and made a few
remarks. There was a vocal solo by Miss
Baker, of Montavilla. The club wlti here
after hold meetings monthly.
Candy Company Incorporates.
Articles of incorporation of the Su
perior Candy & Cracker Company -were
filed in the County Clerk's office vea
terday by T. P, Blackler, N. R. John
ston. Ira Bronson. C. J. "Wellman and
J. Wairath. Capital stock, $100,000. The
objects announced are to .operate
a cracker, candy, biscuit and macaroni
factory.
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