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' THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. frORTLAyP. SEPTEMBER 6. 1908. ,
RNOR HUGHES
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OPENS CAMPAIGN
New Yorker Fires First Gun for
Republicans at Youngs
town, Ohio.
PIERCES BRYAN BUBBLES
Address Logical and Dispassionate
Review of Leading Issues Sen
tor Bererldge and Ohio Ex
ecutive Are Also Speakers.
.TOrNGSTOVTN. O.. Sept. B. Aside
from formally defining Issues, both Na
tional and state, the opening of the Re
publican campaign In Ohio here today,
according to. Republican critics, developed
an Important fact, namely, that Governor
Charles E. Hughes, of New York, will be
In great demand outside of his own state
during the National campaign. Ihe Uov-
ernor. after a masterly effort by Senator
Beverldge. not only held the attention
of a crowd of thousands who had been
listening to other speeches for hours, but
moved them to vigorous outbursts of
applause, and was fairly mobbed when
he finished by hundreds who pressed
forward to shake his hand.
His satirical comments on William J.
Bryan's Ideas of regulating trusts called
forth shouts of laughter. Revision of
the tariff and a continuance of the pol
icies of President Roosevelt, and. In
Ohio, county-wide local option, were the
keynotes sounded.
Both Speeches Impressive.
Mr. Beverldge and Mr. Hughes deliv
ered Impressive speeches dealing with
National Issues, while Governor Andrew
L. Harris, renominated by his party,
devoted himself to questions of Import
to the State of Ohio.
Both Mr. Hughes and Mr. Beverldge
dealt-kindly with Mr. Bryan In his per
sonal rapacity, but Insisted that he was
a dreamer of dreams, a preacher and not
an executive. Glowing tributes were
paid to President Roosevelt.
Both speakers Insisted on a revision
of the tariff from a protective to a maxi
mum and a minimum basis In line with
the policy of Germany and France. Tar
iff for revenue only, the Indiana states
man declared, was absolute, and the
purely protective tariff out of date. Un
der a maximum and minimum tariff, he
said. Germany had forged to the front
rank In the volume and value of her
foreign trade.
Vorys Acts as Chairman.
Arther I. Vorys. Republican campaign
manager for Ohio, was chairman of the
meeting, which was held among the tall
oaks of Wick Park. The day was a per
fect one for an outdoor demonstration.
Governor Harris and Senator Beverldge
did not reach the city until the streets
were swarming with the thousands of
steel workers clad In white uniforms and
marching clubs were ready to begin the
parade through the down town streets to
the park. The city was decorated for the
occasion.
Senator v Beverldge and Governor
Hughes left the city Immediately after
the exercises.
In part Governor Hughes said:
Governor Hughes' Address.
Ths Republican party makes appeal to pub
lle confidence as tne znot Important political
Iteney for conservation and for progrera. By
virtue of Its achievements. Its leadership and
lu aln-s. it stands forth as an efricient Instru
ment for strong- and capable administration,
as a safeguard of stability? and of the pros
perity which depends upon stability, and as
an unrivaled power for -the correction of
abuaes. It stands- la striking- contrast to th
record of vacillation and Inaptitude presented
by the chief oppoetng party. That oppos
ing party profftrs a candidacy which Is at
once a monument and a guide-post. It
memorialize the fallacies and unsafa policies
we are asked to forget, and It points the
w-sy to business uncertainty which, is til
security of Industry and trade.
When we hear eounded a strident call to
the defen of popular rights, we look care
fully to see who constitute the new patriotic
army Into whose, keeping we are asked to
turn over the destinies of this rreat Nation.
The campaign watchwords "Shall the Peo
ple Rule' and tha demand "Whether the Gov
ernment shall rsinaiA a mere business asset
of favor-seeking corporations" are not Im
pressive when emblazoned on the banners of
Tammany Hall and of other essential allies.
The army oppoelr.g us cannot pas muetsr
either as one of defense or of salvation, and
we rosy well pause before we permit It, de
spite Its boast of fidelity to garrison our In
stitution No one more than I desires to see admin
istration purged of every selfish taint, to
have fair and impartial laws faithfully exe
cuted, to get rid of every vestise of special
privilege at the expenee of publlo Interact,
to liberate trad from unjust encroachments,
to punfy our electoral methods and to main
tain honest representative government. And
It Is because of his loyally to these ideals, be
cause of hie broad sympathies and his rare
equipment In character, ability and experience,
because tested in the difficult fields of Judicial
a.d administrative work he has proved his
uallty by eminent service, because of his
varied learning, his acquaintance with affairs,
his respect for constitutional government ana
his capacity Intelligently and Justly to plan
and direct necessary reforms that I most
earnestly nupiort the candidacy of Wllllajn,
Howard Tart.
Bsp at Free B liver Cnm
Twelve years ago the Democracy of Tliden
and of Cleveland was overthrown In Its own
house. TJnder the old name, but with a new
alignment and leadership. a desperate assault
was made upon tn credit of the country and
the Integrity of private debt. It was an
attack upon our fundamental securities, and
our belief as to the sincerity of the motive
serves only to magnify the dangerous char
acter of the attempt and the unwisdom of
the leadership which Inspired It. A cam
paign of education followed. Thousands of
Democrats, more Intent upon the safety of
the country than upon fidelity to a party
name. Itself betrayed, supported- the Repub
lican, or rather the National cause. Then
ensued a great popular victory, the vindica
tion of the conscience and Intelligence of the
electorate, and the people ruled In the elec
tion of William McKlnley.
Four years later, after the surprises of the
Epanlsa War. with Its entailment of unex
pected obligations, that administration was
triumphantly vindicated In popular support.
President McKlnley. a victim of Insensate pas
slon. laid down his life trusted and beloved
by ail the people. To the dltflcult task then
developed upon him with the problems cre
ated by aa unparalleled prosperity, came a
new Veader dear to the people s heart. He
entered upon his work with courage and de
termination, and four years aro he received
an overwhelming vote of popular -confidence.
For seven years, with lofty aim and uncon
querable spirit he has labored for the fteo
ple. and today bv virtue of his sincere devo
tion to their welfare, his valiant attack upon
evil In high places, his seal for the com
mon Interest, whether In the protection of
the pubUe domain or In Insistence upon the
freedom of Interstate trade, or in the main
tenance of high standards of administration,
or In the recognition of the rights of labor
or In the care of our natural resources, the
forceful and representative leader la typified
to the popular Imagination In the person of
Theodore Roosevelt.
rralers Roosevelt Reforms.
When we consider the Inevitable conflict
ef many opinions -and the importance of
the questions Involved the record of pro
gressive legislation In the Roosevelt admin
istration la extraordinary. The creation of
the Bureau of Corporations, the railroad
rate bill, the pure food bill, the meat in
spection bill, the employers' liability bill,
and the laws passed for the better protec
tion of labor constitute a record of legis
lation which no Just critic can afford to
minimise and which attests In a marked
manner the re?onse of the Republican
party under Its forceful leadersblD to the
demands ef the reople.
If all that Mr. Bryan has favored during
the past 12 years had been enacted Into
law we should have been overwhelmed with
disaster and would regard it as our chief
business la the future to find a way of es
cape from the meshes of Hl-ronsldered
tagialaUea la walch w would, bavs been
emanrled. It Is fortunate for him aa well
as for us that he was defeated, and what
ever may be his present political potential
ity may be ascribed to the fact that hith
erto he has not been permitted to carry
eut bis programme. No doubt much re
mains to be accomplished In the way of
necessary reform, but the record already
made by the Republican party la a note
worthy one and we must make further ad
vances with care and needed reflection.
Our progress will be entrusted to safe
hands and we shall be fortunate In having
a sailing master who knows his chart and
who will take cults as much account of
reefs and shoals as of the speed of the
vessel. We have got our direction, we have
a most precious cargo, and we must have
a safe and experienced pilot.
Our opponents seem to regard the ques
tions before us as simply involving a pro
erramme of legislation or of constitutional
amendment. But first and chiefly we are
electing a President, the executive or tni
Nation. Nor should we in considering leg
islative proposals forget this. Now there
la nn men In the Muntrv hetter fitted orOP-
erly to preside over and direct the varied
business of the Executive Department than
Mr Tuft. TTe slrMdv knows it thoroughly.
He has rare executive ability. No one Is
better qualified than he to do the work
which under the Constitution the President
la called upon to perform.
Most Kama Isrersvera.
N'M nnlv will tha romlne election dl
reotlv affect the executive branch 01 tne
Government, but It Is most important in
Its relation to the Judicial branch. Rarely
has the choice of President Involved more
f nr-reachlne- ronseouences. For It Is not
, -i .KB . k . ...i President will ap
noint at least four Judges of the United
l: . .. . ... o.. . .- I ,win these aDDOlnt
ments srlll largely depend the quality of
the Judicial work of this great court for
vears to come. c-ongreas may A""- "
K.., the. R.,neeme rniirt intO. DretS and COH-
strues them, and determines their validity.
If we should search tne country iur
.f the T.eonle who could be con
.i - . .. ..mtA with this Important duty,
it Is probable that no one could command
higher confidence man tne r. -
dldaie for President. Himself a Judge,
learned In the wlsaom or ins law. no coin
-.. 4 (h. rMnM-t and esteem of the en
tire bar of the country, without regard, to
.ABe4ssasi rlltflalnn.
ysMiisssu ... v.l-. eM Alms,, mm A with
Some quaanuu. w mv - .-v--
Co little vigor cn narui- DO cuusmcicu
mT.&irn lesiies. Mr. Bryan desire United
State 4enatora to be ehoeen by direct vote
At th T.enni In the several etaies. air. xaii
also Inclines to favor this course. And I am
-tail rt dnet.
Rut this can be accomplished only by con
stltutlonal amendment, and such amendment
rjn be had onlv when ratlned by tnree
fourths of the states. This would hardly
seem to b an Issue upon which, to elect a
President.
Attain. Mr. Bryan objects to the present
rules of the House of Representatives and
enmnlidrigi that it la no loncer a "deliberative
body." How to maae tne procedure 01
body of nearly 400 members mors ruiiy ao
llberatlve while at the same time to make
provision for tha proper dispatch of busi
ness, how to Rive greater freedom ana now
to escape from the alleged tyranny of the
Speaker without creating a new tyranny of
the minority, is a question which parlia
mentarians may discuss to advantage. In
any event, the members of the House win
make such rules as they think nest ana tne
general suggestions of the Democratic plat
form on this point can naraiy be regaraea
as pertinent to the presidential campaign.
Bryan Refuse to Give Credit,
. Mr. Bryan also has much to say with re-
s-ard to corruDt practices and campaign ex
pendtture.. But he omit to give due credit
to tne HeDUDiican pari ior wu. u iim
compllshed with regard to these Important
reforms, an accompiisnment tne more note-
worihv In the light of Mr. Aryan s reiter
ated criticisms of contributions to- Repub
lican campaign funds.
Roth Tiarties aemana a revision. 01 in
tariff. But they differ In the principle ana
aim of such revision. The Republican party
stands for the policy of protection. It main
tains, its historic position in aeiense 01
Amerltflii standards of living and of th
American scale of wages. The iemocrauo
party seeks, as Mr. Bryan construes Its plat
form, to overthrow orotection and to estab
lish a revenue tariff. Instead of readjust
ment of orotectlve rates and a fair arrange
ment of schedules consistent with the long
established policy of the country under
which our trade has been developed and our
Industrial activities have attained their not
able expansion, he insists on an o vert n row
of the entire system of protection, thus
threatening the dislocation of trade and the
most serious disturbance of Industry. He
seeks not tariff revision, but tariff rerolu
tion. Mr. Bryan appears to recognize the
serious consequences of such a course and In
announcing his position he hastens to assure
us that "the Democratic plan does not con
template an Immediate change from one
system to the other; It expressly declares
hat the chance shall be gradual and
cradual change la only possible where the
country is satisfied with the results of each
ateo taken.
This opens a vista of Indefinite tariff tin
kering to accomplish the desired object.
Revision there must be. It should be
prompt, thorough and fair. But the policy
of protection will be maintained and Amen
can Industry, involving the interests of our
wage-earners, must be properly safeguarded.
At titude Toward Corporations,
It Is the function of law to define and
Sunlsh wrongdoing, and not to throttle
uslness. In the fields of Industrial activ
ity the need Is that trade should be fair;
that unjust discriminations and Illegal al
lowances giving preferential access to mar
kets should be prevented ; that coercive
combinations and improper practices to
stifle competition should be dealt with re
gardless of individuals; but that honest In
dustry, obtaining success upon its merits,
denying no Just opportunity to Its compet
itors, should not be put under prohibitions
which mingle the Innocent and the guilty
In a common condemnation.
The line of progress lies not In arbitrary
action, but In securing suitable publicity
and supervision, and by accurate definition
of wrongs and the infliction of proper pun
ishment. The processes of Justice may be
slower and more laborious, but 1 we de
sert the lines of sobernens and fair play to
get quick results through arbitrary inter
ferences with trade, we shall find that such
short cuts 'lead only to .disaster.
The plan proposed by the Democratic
platform to provide for a guarantee of
bank deposits is also open to serious ob
jection. Mr. Taft promptly pointed out Its
weakness, and Mr. Bryan, despite his skill,
has been unable effectively to answer his
criticisms. The plan proposes to make the
honest and prudent banks meet losses for
which they are In no way responsible. Mr.
Bryan replies that all banking restrictions
operate to curtail the freedom of the pru
dent because of the dangers arising from
the abuses of others. Ifut it is one thing
to put a business under needed restric
tions operating Impartially and quite an
other to compel banks to make good spe
cific losses not attributable In any way to
their neglect or default.
If this plan la a good one for the banks,
why should It not be applied to Insurance
companies T They are chartered by tha
state and axe subjeot to Its close super
vision. But what would be thought of a propo
sition to compel the- well-managed and
conservative life Insurance comvany to
make good the losses which would be sus
tained by those Insured in other compa
nies that became insolvent f The business
of banking and Insurance must be trans
acted under strict supervision: but those
Institutions which operate fairly and pru
dently within the law should not suffer
either from laxity of governmental super
vision with regard to others or from, 1m
pmdenoea and frauds with which they
have do concern. Mr. Bryan tries In vain
to meet the criticisms that the plan pro
posed would encourage reckless and dis
honest men. who would seek deposit oa
tha faith of such an assurance.
Is Not Currency Reform.
This proposed plan does not meet the de
mand for an elastic currency system through
which the monetary wants of the country may
be supplied. To supply ouch a system la an
urgent necessity and Us provision would ob
viate many of the dangers which have
hitherto existed; but to make banks pay for
losses) they have not caused la to depart from
proper principles and to encourage improper
practices.
The Republican party baa been solicitous
Of th rights of labor. Mr. Taft Is dearly
light when he says that "not since the be
ginning of the Government has any other
National administration done so much for the
cause of labor by the enactment of remedial
legislation as has Theodore Roosevelt and the
Republican Congress elected to sit during hi
term of office." And In support of this as
sertion he Instances the re-enacted employers'
liability act, the safety appliance acts, tha
Government employes compensation act; ppo
vlslon for the investigation of mine d toasters.
and legislation with respect to child labor In
th District of Columbia. He has exposed
tha dlslngenuousnes of the plank In the
Democratic platform that "Injunctions should
not be Issued In any case) In which injunc
tion would not Issue if no Industrial dis
pute w ere In vol ved, ' a Janus-fa ced pro
penal, meaning what you like.
The Republican party baa taken a rea
sonable attitude upon the Injunction ques
tion. But more Important to labor than any
benefits which may reside In Improved pro
cedure In Injunction esses is the opportunity
to work. It profit little to a worklngman
to be told that he will be given the right
to trial by Jury In cas he 1 guilty of con
tempt of court. If those who promise It pro
pnm to enter upon a fatuous course of ar
bitrary interference 'with trade. The pros
perity of th worklngman fundameniaily de
pends upon wise, conserving and upbuilding
policies- and demands that efforts to reform
Industrial evlto should be carefully conceived
and prosecuted without endangering the sta
bility of legitlmaste business enterprise. And
It 1 to the Republican party under It wise
and experienced lesdTahip that we must
look in the present exigency for proper guid
ance to these en da
But while we freely criticise opposing pro-
gramn and candidates, w a freely recog
nlze that no party na a monopoly w -trlotlc
motive or of sincere endeavor to con
tribute to the welfare of the Nation. Di
vided Into different group, espousing different
principle and advocating conflicting methods,
our citizens are imbued with the same love
of country and are Inspired by the same de
votion to It Interests. We criticise each
other without bitternes. realizing that In the
contest of public discussion we find th
aurest protection of our institutions, and that
we may oonnaenuy reiy upou "- --"-
ment or an lnteaigens auu. tuu-ivu.
t i rats
I have an abiding confidence In th pro
gress of the people. ResisUeswly they move
forward to th attainment of their goal.
Every privilege maintained at the expense of
the common interest will finally go the way
A dentotlem and ancient tyranny. But In our
progress we must seek to avoid faltw step.
Our muM be the rule of reason, clear-eyed,
calm, patient and steadfast; defeating the con
spiracies of intrigue and escaping the pit
falls of folly. Supreme must be the sense of
Justice, with Its recognition of our mutual
dependence. We cannot change human na
ture or bring about a state of jwclety or of
administration of Uovernment which does not
reflect It feelings. We rejoic in the masur
Of success which has already been attained,
and w must resolve to devote ourselves more
loyally than ever to the general good, sount
Ing our partisan opportunities- and victories
as gain only as they give u chance to serve
our common country.
Senator Beverldge closed the meeting,
saying In part:
Speech of Senator Berertag-e.
We are midway In an historic move
ment for righteousness written into law.
Shall the movement be carried out. or
wrecked? Its concrete expression Is the
Roosevelt policies. Shall they be saved
""By their fruits ye shall know them."
Seven years ago we started upon the
great work of modern and humane legis
lation that has made the Roosevelt period
historic. In those years we passed the
Railroad Rate. Bill, which for the first
time in American history asserts the
principle that the government of all the
people can and will regulate those who
carry the products of all the people. Ve
?assea tne oieac inspection uio-
. .uiY. .nH thn Rale of Dolsoned
Laws, which ended the sale 01 poisonea
foods and adulterated drugs; the Irriga
tion law. which Is making fertile the arid
West and will build within our own con
tinental boundaries a new empire of pro
ductive wealth.
In these seven years we have enacted
more Important laws for the safety, com
fort and welfare of labor than In any two
decades since the Government was
founded. We passed the Employers Lia
bility Low. which revolutionized the
heartless rule of the common law and
gives the railroad laborer or his family
compensation for his Injury or death;
the law forbidding railways from requir
ing employes to work an Inhuman num
ber of hours without rest; the Safety Ap-
Sliance Act. which not only lessens tne
anger of life and limb of employes, but
which Increases the safety of the travel
ing public. We passed the Chinese Ex
clusion Act. which keeps coolie labor out
of the Republic, and diminishes the num
ber of coolies already here. We passed
the Government Employes' Liability Law.
by which every man who works for the
Government Is certain of compensation
for injury or his family for his death
while in the Government's employ.
All Are Bepubllcan Laws.
All these are Republican laws. Each of
them Is a part of that plan or states
manship which seeks to write conscience
and humanity upon our statute books.
Vj.h nt thnm wa "onnosed secretly or
openly by both Democrats and Republi
cans; each of them received both Repub
lican and Democratic votes.- But each of
them was urtred by a Republican Presi
dent, originated by Republican statesmen
and some of them were not even inouKiii.
of mitsi.lA thA Rpnubllcan nartv. or ex
ample, even Mr. Bryan never dreamed of
the .meat Inspection and pure-food law,
yet that law means more to the health
of the American people than all the cu
rious devices he ever proposed.
In these seven historic years we nave
also advanced the American name
throughout the world. Increased -toward
us the good win ot nations ana aaaea
to our lasting power In International af
fairs. At home ana aoroaa our worn al
ready done has been so vast that the
world speaks of It with praise and won
der: hut we are midway In that work.
and the question is whether we shall go
on until we finish It.
Mr. Brvan complains that It Is not fin
ished now. But a brick at a time is the
way to build a house. Would you trust
an architect who promised to build It In
the wink of an eve?- The Instantaneous
statesman writes no sound laws, works
no lasting reform. Aladdin rears none
but imaginary palaces.
Of the work that remains, the first Is
to revise the tariff. The tariff we shall
make will protect American Industries,
and also open foreign markets to Amer
ican products. A straight-out revenue
tariff is ancient: a single protective tar
iff Is out of date we Republicans pro
pose to keep up with the times. As a
straight-out revenue tariff gives every
thing away to foreign nations and gets
nothing in return, so a straight-out pro
tective tariff gives nothing away and
gets nothing In return. The modern
tariff Is a maximum and minimum tariff
high tariff to be applied to any nation
that will not give us advantages in Its
markets, and a lower tariff, still protec
tive, to be granted to any nation that
will give us advantages in Its markets.
The Republican Idea is to meet other
commercial nations with their own
weapons.
Restf Problem of Labor.
Every labor law we have passed and
will pass is a part of that web of Indus
trial questions which we call the labor
problem. But after all, the fundamental
labor problem Is the problem of employ
ment and pay. Work and wages are the
foundations of labor's well-being, with
out which all labor legislation la the giv
ing of a stone Instead of bread. More
American worklngmen own their own
homes (and those homes have more com
forts) than the worklngmen of England,
Germany. Japan. France combined. Had
any political economist-been told 25 years
ago that carpenters, miners and steel
workers ever would be paid the American
wages of the present day, he would have
scoffed. All this ha. come during Re
publican administrations. We plan to
continue and increase it. The maximum
and minimum tariff which we will enact
will enlarge the markets for American
products, as Germany In the same way
has enlarged the markets for her prod
ucts. Markets mean industries to supply
them; Industries mean demand for labor;
demand for labor means high wages.
We are quickly recovering from the
briefest panlo In our history. Let work
lngmen contrast that panlo with the one
that occurred under the last Democratlo
administration and then answer this
question for themselves: Will the elec
tion of Mr. Bryan or Mr. Taft best help
the rapidly Improving business of the
country? And remember that active
business means well-paid employment.
A nation without power Is a nation
without influence. A maritime nation's
power la In her navy. Had our navy
uoch u i&tkb tn 400 hs it is loaay, bpam
would not have srona to war And fi,v,n
would have been freed by diplomacy; yet
the actual cash, spent In that little war,
would have built two navies as great as
the one we have today and maintained
them for a score of years.
Campaign of Candidates.
This is a campaign of candidates even
more than of platforms.' The question is
not which candidate Is most upright, pa
triotic, brave, for both are equally so.
Both mean equally well toward their
country. The real question Is, Which
candidate will make the best President?
Mr. Bryan never has handled a single
foreign problem. He has governed no
Philippines, regenerated no Cuba, built
no canal, avoided no alien danger, saved
us from no threatened peril.
It was Mr. Taft whose counsel Pront.
dent Roosevelt sought at every crisis of
his historic administration; he who
elped avert war when little nolitlcians
and narrow minds would have plunged
s Into conflict. It was William H. Taft
whom our President, when confronted
1th foreign perplexities and with thn
awful weight of our ninety millions' wel
fare on his heart, sought for strength and
wisdom; and It Is William H. Taft more
than any man ever called to the leader
ship of the American people, who has had
tne Dest training, tne widest experience
and the wisest teaching to fit him for
that glorious but serious task.
When the great commander who has
guided our ship of state through storms
of opposition and amid the rocks of
hatred straight for the port of our higher
hopes and our larger liberties, volun
tarily steps from the bridge and delivers
to us his high commission, let us hand
It to the ablest officer aboard and safely
make the harbor of our heart's desire.
Hired to Eat and Play.
London Echo.
Chopin hated playing at social fes
tivities. To a lady who, after the dlnT
tier, asked him to play he melan
chollcally answered: "Is It really
necessary? I only ate so little."
BOYS
su
rH:TiA ill
We Are Prepared
With the greatest line of BOYS' and
CHILDREN'S WEARABLES that it has
ever been our pleasure to show.
Our JUVENILE CLOTHING is made
specially for us by the highest-grade
tailors in the trade with the same care
and attention to detail as our men's
clothing. This puts it in a CLASS by
itself. Being shown in our large, well
lighted SPECIAL department the only
one in the city makes it a comfort and a
pleasure for mothers to do their shopping
here while our prices are no higher
than the ordinary sorts sold elsewhere
Price $3.95 to $15
(Sipir if UMp.
LEADING
CLOTHIER
DIVIDED OVER TUFT
Voteless Negroes of Washing
ton in Bitter Fight.
BROWNSVILLE IS ISSUE
Colored Bosa Who Lost Janitor's
Job In District Building Leads
Comlo Opera Attack on Re
publican Candidate.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept. 6. The Presidential cam
talsrn Is not without its humorous in
cidents, and quite the funniest thing
yet recorded is the fight that has de
veloDed among the negroes of Wash
ington City. There are about 100,000
male negroes In the District of Colum
bia, and most of them who are of vot
ing age have pronounced political
views. The dusky element, notwith
standing it has absolutely no vote, has
divided Into factions, the Taft crowd
and the anti-Taft crowd, and the way
they are "scrapping" among themselves
would do credit to real political factions.
It Is well known that residents of
the District of Columbia are denied the
right of franchise; this applies to white
and black: alike. Consequently. the
District of Columbia occupies the spec
tators gallery In all National elections;
It can look on but it cannot parucipaie.
Rut in unite of this faot there is as
much Dolitlcal talk and as many po
litical rows among the negro element
as if they had the right to vote, and
as If the negroes of Washington held
the balance of power In the entire
country.
Normally: the Washington negroes
are good Republicans, but no sooner
had the Chicago convention nominated
Taft than the dusky citizens of the
National Capital divided into two fao
tlons, and from that day to this they
have fought among themselves with a
zeal that would bring Joy to the heart
of old Boss Murphy, over in New York.
"Colonel" Perry Black Boss.
For years and years the negro "boss"
In Washington has been "Colonel
Perry Carson, a big, strapping, pom
pous negro, well groomed, anil thrifty,
and black as the ace of spades. Perry
has always had a "pull;" nobody knows
where he got It,, but he had It. and
that was sufficient. And In the palmy
days Carson was lord of all he sur
veyed (In the colored section of Wash
ington). , Likewise he always stood In
with the powers that be, and .they got
him a Job. Perry was janitor of the
District Building, the home of the looal
government. But, Just after the Chi
cago convention the District govern
ment moved Into a magnificent marble
building, just completed at a cost of
about $2,000,000, and It was deemed
necessary to get a real Janitor to as
sume charge.
Perry Carson was good enough to
look after a ramshackle, antiquated
brick building, but he was . not big
enough for janitor of the new District
Building. So the City Fathers, on mov
ing day, announced to Perry that he
would have to be content, thereafter,
to be assistant janitor, and take orders
from a white man. That hurt the dig-
nity of the great blaok polltloal boss,
and he Indignantly declined the offer.
If he was not good enough for janitor,
he did not want any Government Job.
So he ault.
No sooner had Boss Carson severed
himself from the Government payroll
that he began looking for excuses for
abusing the men who forced him out.
He could see no hope unless Bryan
should be elected. So he began to lam
bast Taft. He denounced him on the
Brownsville Issue. No sooner had Boss
Carson bea-un his anti-Taft crusade
than negro ministers of all denomina
tions took the cue and jumped into the
fight.
Soon the colored ministry was di
vided: some were for Taft; others
thouerht he outrht to be punished. So
intense did these ministerial politicians
become that thev ceased discoursing on
hell and damnation, and turned to
Brownsville; they preached no more of
the devil, but of Taft. Politics com
pletely obliterated the gospel, and now
the colored divine knows no gospel but
the "battle of Brownsville."
Almost every night there Is -a negro
"rally," largely attended, and enmusi
asm Is unrestrained. Tonight It Is a
Taft rallv: tomorrow night It la an
anti-Taft rally, and always the ami
crowd is led by the aforesaid Perry
Carson or some of the excited minis
ters. In the eyes of one crowd Taft Is
real friend of the colored race, and
the DamocracT their bitterest enemy
in the other camp Taft is a little better
than the devil himself, and even Bry
anlsm and Democratlo rule Is prefer
able.
The negro element Is perfectly wild
over the campaign, ana tneir utterances.
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to one who did not know, would Indi
cate that a tremendous conflict is Im
pending. But not one among the hun
dreds who participate will cast a vote
In November. And when the returns
are all In, the colored brothers will re
turn to their labors, forgetting the
heat of their controversies, and con
tent with the result. Nobody minds
their political scraps; the newspapers
give much space, because news Is
scarce and the negro population Is
large. But everybody understands that
It Is a tempest In a teapot; that Is,
everybody but Senator Foraker. He
seems to think the fight is of some
importance, for whenever he visits
Washington he confers freely with
the leaders of the anti-Taft campaign,
and seems pleased with reports.
ARREST WALKING ARSENAL
Policw of Paris Find Stranger Is
"Heeled" for Apaches.
PARIS, Sept 6. (Special.) Posada, a
young South American, who says that
is his only name, had read In the Paris
papers about the "Apaches" of the city.
He concluded that Parisian streets are
less safe than the Pampas, and armed
himself to the teeth accordingly. At the
same time he endeavored to Introduce
In Paris what may be South American
customs, and forced his way Into a
theater without paying for his seat
Having been ejeoted, he was taken to
the police station, where he was found
to have about his person one bowie-knife,
one dagger with a three-edged blade, one
brass knuckle, one revolver loaded with
soft-nosed bullets, and six spare car
tridges. In the police court he pleaded that he
had merely taken due precautions against
footpads. He had read the Paris papers,
which had convinced him that he could
not venture out In the city without being
fully armed. The court told him that the
Parisian press occasionally exaggerated
matters, and that his precautions were
unnecessary, and sent him to prison for
six days for being found with illegal
weapons upon him.
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vaults. The exact amount of the plun
der has not been ascertained.
A citizen was probably fatally shol
for refusing to stop when commanded by
one of the robbers, who- stood guard
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