The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, March 22, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Image 41

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH . 22, 1908. EILI 4--NIGHTS--4, BEGINNING TONIGHT SPECIAL PRICE WEDNESDAY MATINEE . The Rork Company's Production, the Greatest of All the Big Musical Comedy Successes COM FRANK UIOR IN' HIS INIMITABLE OHK.INAI, CREATION Nott the Tailor mFTTTn Tmirzii LdsU IMJCi M Scenery, Costumes and Other Effects of Rare Magnificence A Performance and a, Production absolutely -without a parallel In the history of the- American Stage. EVENING PRICES Kntlre Lower Floor 91.60 Balcony -. ..fl-OO, 75c, BOO Entire Gallery SOe Seats Are Now Selling at Theater for the Entire Engagement HEI Thursday and Friday MITTENTHAL BROTHERS PRESENT JAMES J. Introducing the Two oi ivioaern xiuics, unuvcia wio uui gmi i " ci i i, t ii ,. 1 riAo;vs 1 PRICES i Lower Floor, last rows $1.00 Seat Sale Opens Next ABOUT THE "STATEMENT" This 'Well-Known Citizen Deems It Alt In AU. PORTLAND. Or.. March 21. (To the Editor.) A most vigorous effort is being made to discredit Statement No. 1, or rather those who favor the election ot United Stales Senators by a direct vote of the people, but so far I do not oon Ider that anything has been said against It that Is worthy of consideration, or that will In any way Influence the sane majority who will cast their votes for a rThePnr!ncipal argument that is urged igalnst this measure is that It compels the overscrupulous" Republican to vote Tor a Democrat. This Is equivalent to admitting that In a state strongly Republican there Is no rood, oloan Republican who can defeat a Democrat even though that Demo crat be our popular Governor. If this be true, and a majority or even a plurality of the voters of this state shall aav by their votes, we want l-luimberlatn. Is It possible that 46 men hould be permitted to overthrow the will ,pf the people., and say to h with your requests, you don't know what you want and we'll name the man who shall rep resent vou. even if we are compelled to take nionev for so doing, as was the custom" before this iniquitous measure became effective? 1 have heard these opponents of State ment No. 1 say that under no circum stances would they go to the Legislature pledged to support any measure, as this was a free country, etc. I have not noticed, however, any great desiro on the part of the people to force these gentlemen Into the Legislature, and It is JubU possible that If they went Intj biding until after the election, they would not be missed. On the contrary, they are out begging the people to support them, and promis ing any old thing If elected. ft is absurd, however, to even think of electing a Democrat In a Btate ad mittedly Republican, and the argument to this effect is mere subterfuge. No adherent of Statement No. 1 wants or ex pects to vote for a Democrat, but the opponents of this measure undoubtedly will do so rather than fall in their efforts to return to the old system. The platform adopted by one faction, vis.: to support the "people's choice at the general election, provided he Is a Repub lican." means that there will be no peo ple's choice on the Republican side, con sequently those who take this pledge will actually be unpledged and free to vote for whom they choose, and it won't be for Cake or Fulton. Why should they say to candidates who have taken the "party choice" pledge. "If you will step out and give us a clear field,, we'll fix It so that two years hence you can get anything you want?" They, however, are unable or rather unwilling to explain Just what this means, and yet they, really expect lovers of clean politics to support them. There are a few papers throughout the country, swayed hy ambition or cupiditv. who have not hesitated to villfv the advocates of Statement No. 1. forgetting In their seal that those supporting this measure may possibly be honest in their convictions, and entitled to their opinions without abuse, even though they differ from those papers whose patrons they are. and from wheyn the papers receive a large portion of their financial support, without which they could not exist. I take no exceptions to. any man differing from me, either in his political or re ligloua views, but by reason of same. It does not follow that he has the right to abuse me, and only those blinded by their narrow prejudices resort to means so contemptible. I make allowances for while 1 pltv the man who compares the people of" now with the people of then, when the vice and corruption of "party politics" over shadowed their moral acumen and by reason of their environment the people, who were dominated bv the political bosses, necessarily groped In the dark. And now that they have broken the chains that bound them, the 'same hand that would have helped Is turned against them, and would cast them back into ttie old condiiiou of slavery to graft an.l corruption. ' It would be wise If we would stop and consider the condition which confronts us. In the early history of Christianity, those who really believed from the teachings they received that Uioy vera G THEATER 14th aod AVhlnKtm Its. Pkoim Mala lj A. 1123 IN' THRO 60-C0MEDIANS-6O SINGERS. DANCERS SPECIAL MATINEE PRICES Eiitire Lower Floor 91.00 Balcony 75c, SOe Entire Gallery 3e T TT THEATER Hth AND WASHINGTON Sta. PHONES XATN 1 and A113 Nights, March 26, 27 CORBETT -IN- THE BURGLAR AND THE LADY By LANGDON McCORMICK Greatest Stage Heroes Detective I Entire Gallery (no reserve) . .SOe Tuesday at the Theater following In the footsteps of the Lord, put to death by the most awful tortures all who differed from their religious views and this was not confined to any on? denomination. In the early history of our own coun try, good and pious men burned at the stake persons accused of witchcraft.. Then we had the old Blue Laws that to day would not be tolerated In any civil ized country, and vet the men who lived In those days died leaving the world better than they found It. We have had our day of corrupt politics, and the people by an overwhelm ing vote said a new law and a nowcon dition must be born, and so It was. The enemies of honesty, stunned by the blow dealt them, slunk out of sight. The peo- , of their cause, have grown careless, and these same enemies, grown bold by reason of their indifference, seek to regain what they had lost, and. will move heaven and hell to accomplish their purpose unless the people, in whose integrity and cour age I have the greatest faith, arouse from their lethargy and fight for their rights clean politics and honest officials. We must seek to be, not better than our neighbor, but better than ourselves: consequently. It is the duty' of every good citizen to strive to leave as a heritage to his children and his country an honest nmiif and a condition better than he found it. and this cart only be done by the people securing to them selves the right to select hy their ballots their representatives to the state and Na tional legislative bodies. All this talk about those great minds who framed our Constitution being in fallible, is the merest rubbish. Our Con stitution is good, but it was beyond the range of human intellect to foresee the needs of our growing country. As the conditions arise we must meet them, and no one living now Is able to frame a law that should govern this country a hun dred years hence. The same men who protest that Statement No. 1 Is in direct violation of the Constitution say that they favor an amendment to the Consti tution of the United States permitting the election of Vnited States Senators by a direct vote of the people, but no one for a moment believes thev are sincere, for the reason that no United States Senator elected by a Legislature to .which he no doubt paid a fair price is going to vote himself out of a Job, as 75 per cent of the Senators would not be where they are if the people had any voice in putting them there. Statement No. 1 does not violate the Constitution, as It does not prevent the Legislature from electing a Senator, but it does prevent them from selling that office to the highest bidder, as has been done In the past and so admitted by all the opponents of this measure who sav, "It was the custom," but that was politics. If it was the' custom, and was toler ated, we should not at this late date at tach any blame to those who participated in the game, but we should In all kind ness remove the temptation from the paths of such "hlghmlnded" men as might have an inclination to fall should temptation beset them, and this can only be done by the people- instructing their representatives to vote for certain can didates. It Is amusing and at the same time pathetic to look over the proceedings of what is called a Republican Club which has adopted the slogan "For progres give policies and highminded men." They also c aim to be proud of the fact that they stand for "liberty for all men. equal rights and opportunities for all." and In the next breath they are partisans be-cause-well because they are Republicans and are the only ones who have "no special Interests to protect or serve '" They favor wise men for the Legislature from their party to "best conserve the Interests of the whole people." This is where the whole people gets "his'n " Listen to this: "We favor the election of our Lnlted 8tates Senators by the direct vote of the people," and In order to bring this about, thev will petition the next Legislature to ask various other State Legislatures to Join In applying to Congress for an amendment to the Con stitution of the United States for this purpose, but now here's where Foxy Grandpa comes In "Until such amend ment is secured, we believe that Repub licans elected to the Legislature aa soon should represent our principles by voting for the Republican receiving the highest number of votes." etc Does anyone who reads this believe that they want the people to have a voice in the election of United States Senator? 1 pity him if h does. They cannot deceive themselves or anyone eis PANT FOURTH AND STARK STREETS WEEK OF MARCH 25 Portland's Leading Vaudeville House J. A. Johnson, Res. Mgr. Week Ending Sunday: MELBOURNE MAC DOWELL and VIR GINIA DREW TEE SCOTT in "The Oath." Supplementary Acts: Carlisle and Baker. Matthews and Harris, Blanche Bishop, Kaufman Bros., Jean Wilson, The-Biograph. " For the New Week, Beginning Monday, Pantages Announce MAKMURI The Great Russian Violinist Master of the Violin A BIG MUSICAL EVENT And as a Special Feature 1 W. A. Spera IN- Jockey Jones" The Newest Comedy Success ' THE ORIGINAL DIEEICKS Strong Men, Jugglers aud Acrobats. LAMBERT AND PIERCE Clever Blackface Fun sters. JEAN WILSON Illustrated Son?. Matinees Daily at. 2:30 o'clock. Nights, 7:30 and 9. No increase of prices. Upstairs, 15c; Downstairs, 25c; Boxes, 50c. Any Seat at Weekday Matinees, 15 CENTS. ' EMPIR Playing only the STAIR-HAVLIN Eastern Road Attractions ifS Sun Jay, March 22, '08 Holden Bros. & Edwards present 'their Great Scenic Production " WHATW0MEN ""' WILL DO A Hailstorm of Sensations-1-All the- Sensations of Melodrama. All the Beauties of a Pastoral Play and as Many Laughs as a Farce Comedy See, the Gre.it Shipwreck Scene Micawber's Happy Fam ily What Women Will Do for Love and Revenge. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Night Prices 15c 25c, 35c, 50c Matinees 10c, 20c with such sophistry, and they make themselves ridiculous by the attempt. They deal a rather hard Jolt to those defenders to the sacred and infallible Constitution when they favor a conven tion to amend "our present obsolete Con stitution." Oh. Treason where are you at? The Initiative and Referendum has also been denounced-, but it comes handy when found necessary to compel a large corporation to pay to the county taxes Justly due. and relieve the people of the burden. . . I not lee that the Ohio Legislature has just adopted by a large majority a reso lution to submit to the vote of the peo ple an amendment to the Constitution creating an Initiative and Referendum law. Would it not be well for the op ponents of these measures to censure Taft for permitting the fracture of that sacred Institution, the Constitution? I predict that within five years a ma jority of the states will adopt these meas ures. Including Statement No. 1, and within ten years the Constitution will be so amended as to permit the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. Oregon is to be congratu lated' on taking the lead, and I am con vinced that this measure will be re affirmed, as there is no record of a peo ple ever having taken a backward step, once they had acquired a right or privilege to which they were justly en titled, whether won by the ballot or bullet, and it Is safe to say that In this Instance there will be no exception to the rule, as Oregon is an integral part of this great Nation of the people, by the people and for the people. THOMAS McCUSKER. SIAMESE TWINS AGAIN English Pair Born With Flesh' and Bone Connection. LONDON. March an. (Special.) A HEILIG THEATER 14th 8 WASH. SATURDAY H 7f A O OQ EVENING lYIAlV. Z5 CAPTAIN ROALD AMUNDSEN . In His Famous Lecture, Entitled THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE Illustrated With 150 Colored Views. Box office ooea Toeroday mora fa, Frlee 91. OO, 75 aad 50 eeota. AGE & Company MURPHY, ANDREWS & CO. Comedy Singing Act. THE BIOGRAPH Brand-New Motion Pic tures. PANTAGES ORCHESTRA i Direction H. K. Evenson. E THEATER PHONE MAIN 117 MILTON W. SEAMAN, Mgr Brighton woman has given birth to twin girls, who are united at the hips by what is believed to be an indissoluble bond of flesh and bone. -j.Dr. James Rooth, who is attending the case, states that each child has a distinct individuality, for one has been noticed to be crying while her sister was sound asleep. The babies are joined in such a way that they are almost back to back, and they have to sleep on their sides with faces turned from each other. It is believed that any attempt to sep arate them would lead to the death of one or both, but to ascertain exactly whether this is so the children are to be photographed under the X-rays In or der to reveal the nature of the connec tion. At present the children are very healthy and lively. Their mother is poor, and the strange twins have been adopted by a childless woman. Hannon to Direct 'Strike. DENVER, March SI. William Hannon, sixth vice-president of the International Association of Machinists, arrived in Denver yesterday afternoon and has been placed in full charge of the Denver & Rio Grande shopmen's strike at this point. A. O. Wharton, representing the grand lodge of the organization in the Southwest, and M. J. McQueeny, business agent of the machinists, will assist Mr. Hannon in the details of the business which confronts him. PHONES: THE BEGINNING SUNDAY MATINEE, MARCH 22, '08 AND CONTINUING ALL WEEK, THE R. E. FRENCH STOCK COMPANY Presents the Sensational Melodrama, We A story which actually occurred during the Civil War of 186L In Four Acts By Dave R. Higgins. Matinees Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 2:30 P. M.; Prices 10c and 20c. Every Evening at 8 :15 ; Prices' 15c, 25c and 35c. SEATS MAY BE RESERVED BT EITHER PHONE MARQUAM GRAND PORTLAND'S FAMOUS THEATER o BAKER PORTLAND' FASHIONABLE POPULAR PRICE THEATER HOKE OF THE INCOMPARABLE BAKER STOCK COMPANY AM Wank Commencing Sunday All If dCK MATINEE TODAY . Opening Week of the Favorite Leading Man, Mr. Geo. Alison in the Most Beau tiful Play of the Age WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE By Henry V. Esmond Scenery and Stage Settings Remarkable for. Their Richness and Lavish Beauty Every Detail Complete aa Pre sented With Such Great Success hy Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott Stage under personal direction of William Dills. Evening Prices 25c, 35c, 50c MATINEE Next Week: PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHARLES DIERKE, Conductor SfooN at MARQDAM THEATER Tickets now on sale at Eiiers, Graves' Music Theater Reserved Seats $1.00; Subscription seats at each of the three concerts or six seats pianist- BEATRICE DIERKE -soloist Chickering Piano STAR MAIN -B4M sV . ooooooooo 1 PHONE HATS 6 A 1020 One Week Beginning Matinee Today, March 22 Matinees Sunday and Saturday CRESTON CLARKE In a New American Play by ADELAIDE PRINCE The Power Tfiat Governs Evenings 23, 50, 75, $1 Matinees 25, 50, 75 THEATER PHONES: MAIN 2, A 5360 GEO. L. BAKER, MANAGER March 22, 1908 Matinees 15c, 25c SATURDAY. RAFFLES FIRST CONCERT Used Lyric Theater KEATING & FLOOD, Proprietors Both Phones : Main 4685 Home A 1026 Week Commencing Monday Evening, March 23 P. R. Allen presents Miss Ver na Felton and the Allen Stock Company in Steele Mackaye's Celebrated Pastoral Drama MATINEES TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY PRICES 10c AND 20c EVERY EVENING AT 8:15 PRICES 10c20c,30c Next week "Captain Milton Royale, author HLAZEE GRAM! VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE Z WEEK OF MARCH 23 I Another Wonderfully Good Bill, Headed hy HENDRIE, MILES 8 COMPANY : America's Favorite Character j Artists, Presenting J "THE MARSHALL." Z Special Added Attraction, , HAYES 8 SUITS : Duettists and Exponents ' of Eccentric Dancing. THE SID0NIAS : The Eccentric Tramp and the Golf Girl. Creators of I Laughter. VERA DeBASSINI i The Italian . Nightingale.. ' GRACE TEMPEST I TRIO : Singers and Dancers of Merit. 'LOTTIE MEANEY : SCO. : Presenting "The Bowery Bud." S SEADIE SEWARD : Beautifully rendering "Coming Z Round the Horn." TWENTIETH CEN-: TORY MOTION : PICTURES Direct from France. Z T. T. Montressa, L A.T.S.E, J Exhibitor. Time and Prices Remain the Same. Z Store and Marquam tickets good for two at one concert $5.00. Management Edna 6. Jones NO LONG WAITS I . NEW MOVING PICTURES BETWEEN THE ACTS Impudence" by Edward of " The Squaw Man "