THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH . 22, 1908.
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The Rork Company's Production, the Greatest
of All the Big Musical Comedy Successes
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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
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Thursday and Friday
MITTENTHAL BROTHERS PRESENT
JAMES J.
Introducing the Two
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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
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SINGERS. DANCERS
SPECIAL MATINEE PRICES
Eiitire Lower Floor 91.00
Balcony 75c, SOe
Entire Gallery 3e
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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
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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
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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
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LONG
WAITS
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MOVING
PICTURES
BETWEEN
THE
ACTS
Impudence" by Edward
of " The Squaw Man "