THE SUNDAY OKEGONTAX, POTtTLAJTD, SEPTEMBER 20, 190S.
CONCERT AT SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE FOR
OFFICERS OF ITALIAN CRUISER PUGLIA
Consul Candiani and British Consul Laidlaw Participate in Reception to Men Now in Harbor.
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CAPTAIJf CVSAjri-TISCOSTI AND HIS OFFICIAL STAFF.
A DELIGHTFUL, concert wu given
lut Wednesday at the Seamen'
Institute. Front and Flanders streets.
In honor of the men on the Italian
cruiser Puglia. Captain Cusanl Vls
conte and several of his officers were
present, together with & large con
tingent of men. commissioned officers
and enlisted men.
Dr. C. F. Candiani. Italian Consul,
presided and spoke kindly of the re
ception tendered to his countrymen and
of the work of the mission generally.
British Consul James Laidlaw, chair
man of the visiting committee, also
made a short address in which he re
ferred to the long-standing friend
ship between Italy and Great Britain.
He then called for hearty cheers for
the sovereign of Italy, the Crown
Prince and the guests of the evening.
The programme which follows was ar
ranged by Madame d'Aurla and gave
great satisfaction, every number be
ing enthusiastically applauded:
"Recordl del Misslco," Rebagllata
Mandolin Club; song, "II Baclo." Miss
Gronnell; violin solo, (a) Leggende.
(b) Vlllanella, Miss Myrlck; song, "Le
Farlate d'Amor," Miss Suza : Jones;
piano solo, "Rlgoletto Fantasie," Mrs.
Carrie Beaumont; vocal duet, "Hark to
the Mandolin," Mrs. Miller; song,
D'Amor Sull All," ("II Trovatore").
Madame d'Auria; "Echoes From the
Fair," Rebagllatl Mandolin and Guitar
Club; American and Italian National
anthems.
At the conclusion of the entertain
ment refreshments were served by the
ladies of the Institute.
Portland Concert Season Opens October 7
Campanari, the Great Baritone, Is. Coming With Metropolitan Opera-House Quartet.
THE opening of the Lois Steers-Wynn
Coman course brings with It Cam
panari, the great baritone, who
comes with a long string of brilliant
successes to his credit. There is no
greater figure In the opera world than
Campanari. His engagement with the
Metropolitan Opera Company of New
Tork has continued without Interruption
for 14 years, during which period he has
become so widely known as a versatile
baritone and actor that nearly all mu
sical people are familiar with his re
markable career. ,
Campanari bas been a favorite artist
In tours with the greatest singers of the
world, such as Pattl, Melba. Nordlca
and Rappold. He was leading baritone
In the Melba Opera, Company that
flashed like a meteor across the world
of music a few years ago. On two oc
casions be has shared the honors with
Nordica In transcontinental tours and
later he won undying fame for his sing
ing and acting of the roles of Tonlo In
'Pagllaccl," Alflo In "Cavallerla Rustl
cana," Escamlllo In "Carmen." etc.
He Is but one of the brilliant stars who
are to appear In concert In this city
soon. The others are the equally famous
Rappold. Jacoby and Martin, also of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. It Is safe
to say that their coming will be the oc
casion of much rejoicing on the part of
people who are musically Inclined.
OPEN DOORS TO. WOMEN
University of Belfast Will Take
Radical Step. '
DUBLIN. Sept (Special.) The
annual reports on the. Queen's Col
leges of Belfast, Cork and Galway, the
first of which Is, under the Irish Uni
versities Bill, to form part of the new
University at Belfast, while the two
others are to become constituent col
leges of the new University of Dublin,
have been issued. The report of the
president of the Belfast . Institution
notes a record attendance and the
largest number of women students in
the history of the college.
"The admission of these to the col
lege with exactly the same rights as
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CAMPAJTARI, ONE OF THE BRILLIANT FIGURES OF THE OPERA.
WORLD.
men," writes Dr. Hamilton. "Is one of
the events of my presidency on which
I look back with slncerest pleasure.
Nothing but good has come of what
was at the time looked upon by some
as a bold step."
He points out that It is proposed In
the new University of Belfast to carry
this revolution to a point not before
even dreamed of, for in the charter It
Is Intended to enact that all offices
and positions In the university, from
the highest to the lowest, shall be open
to women. The Universities Bill, be
anticipates, will be the dawn of a new
era for education in Ulster.
At Cork during the session the num
ber of students attending was 263, as
against 261 during the session 1906-7.
The number of new students was 77.
The students at Galway were 102 in
number.
MR, BRYAN LIKENED TO FALSTAFF
Writer Argue That the Peerless One Cant Be President Because He Is
Political Trimmer aad Opportunist.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) The third-term candidate for
the Presidency on the Democratic,
Popullstic, Socialistic and any-other-old-thing
ticket, viewed In the light of
his peculiar type of Intellect and
strangely inconsistent record, becomes
an intereeting problem for the student
of Intellectual and moral philosophy.
He has not even the negative merit
of being a Democrat, except that In
wearing that brand he does not need
to be tied down by any particular
principles, and Is thereby given greater
latitude for the exercise of his peculiar
type or talent. Hence his Democracy,
while inherently be Is a Socialist, and
he will no doubt be their candidate
four' years hence if he fall of election
in November next. No candid person
will deny, however, that in some qual
ities of mind he is especially gifted,
which calls up a quotation from Ma
cauley, who declares that "It is not
given to the humand mind to expand
widely in all directions at once, and be
at the same time gigantic and well
proportioned." It is equally true that the man en
dowed with a vivid imagination, and
language to portray his flights of
fancy, may gain a great temporary
ascendency and yet be sadly lacking
in Judgment. Mr. Bryan is master of
the most voluminous and startling vo
cabulary of any man now living, and
In this connection it is also correct to
say that he has made more false
prophecies, erroneous diagnosis of the
troubles afflicting the body politic and
made more silly. Irrational, quack pre
scriptions for Its relief than any other
man living, or perhaps ever will.
In his versatility of language Mr.
Bryan is a veritable dupe to his own .
ingenuity, and seems . absolutely In
capable of differentiating between
the speculative, vlslonare and Utopian,
and the issues which control In prac
tical life. He Is a most skilful adept
.In blending deceitful sophistries with
a fanciful assumption of facts, thereby
; proving the existence of Impossiblll-
ties. His pleasasnt personality, urban-
Ity and general affability, and his as
sumed, undying affection for the
"people" secures to him a following
and Influence which many more pro
found and sincere men can never ac
quire. Mr. Tlryan's misfortune, how
ever, consists in the fact that reputa
tion gained by promulgation of error,
however eloquently and ingeniously
presented, cannot lastingly endure.
Mr. Bryan Is phenomenally versatile.
but never profound nor original; and
paradoxical as It seems, while his
teaching and Influence have made a
mighty host of malcontents and pes
simists, his optimism is perennial. He
Is almost totally lacking In judicial
qualities of mind, but proceeds at all
hazards to prove a proposition as he
wants it to be. by resort to sophis
tries, and showing a limited regard
for facts. He shows much dexterity
In "getting from under" when his
"castles In the air" fall about his ears,
and Is in no wise disconcerted there
by, but declares that the people are
not educated up to the point of re
ceiving his political gospel. His per
petual, never-ceasing, all-pervading
self-Indorsement Is the one thing
wherein he is always consistent.
It does not in the least affect Mr.
Bryan's serenity, urbanity and self-exploitation'
to know: That the blatant
voice of the 'hatist" ia no longer in
evidence; that the "per capita" hobby
is effectively shorn of its virility; that
"cheap money" as the greatest hope
of the "poor man." was voted a very
cheap piece of buncombe; that the peo
ple turned their backs on his declared
villainies of the gold standard; that
his oft-repeated declarations that this
sin-stricken world could only be re
deemed through the saving grace of
free silver coinage at the revealed and
sacred ratio of 16 to 1. has been oast
on the rubbish heap by a discerning
public; that the price of silver and
wheat always just went ngnt along
together In loving harmony.
Indeed we were told that if silver rose
in price and wheat did not Immediately
follow, silver would turn around and go
right back, veritable Siamese Twins, In
fact, that one couldn't pry apart with
a lever; that the bugabee of militarism
no longer possesses efficacy as a vote
getter; that the voice crying in the
wilderness "No government except by
consent of the governed," with that of
antl-lmperlalism. has been duly salted
down; that Government ownership, which
was to sweep all opposition from the face
of the earth, was frosted by public
opinion and died in early Infancy for
want of a competent wet nurse.
These paramount Issues all emanate
from the fertile brain of Mr. Bryan, and
were all remorselessly snowed under by
Intelligent public opinion. If Mr. Bryan
can view the remains and not feel a some
what jarring sensation he should in self
interest avoid intimacy with the average
alienist until he feels different. How
ever, these mental experts might prove
his temporal salvation, as they would
without doubt, after consulting his record,
promptly determine that he ought not to
be responsible for his acts.
Mr. Bryan's latest hotalr blast is em
bodied In the query: "Shall the people
rule?" This should be taken with anti
septics and used immediately, other
wise (like those which have gone be
fore) it may cease to be palatable and
go to the scrap-heap after the others.
As to the people ruling, why shouldn't
they? No one objects In fact they
have been ruling with more or less suc
cess for nearly 150 years, and will
likely continue, whether Mr. Bryan
approves or 'mot. They proved their
wisdom In their efforts at ruling by
not paying much attention to Mr.
Bryan's advice. The people ruled on
two separate occasions when Mr.
Bryan aspired to the Presidency, show
ing their wisdom; and still he, of all
others. Is dissatisfied, and is now try
ing most Industriously to reverse the
ruling by his third candidacy. The
people have ruled against every one of
his fallacious "issues," but Mr. Bryan
still Insists that all his former vagaries
are political gospel, thereby demon
strating his persistent opposition to
the will and rule of the people. Where,
then, is the sense or consistency in
this Falstafflan bluster? And wherein
can it by any possibility be made an
"issue"?
Mr. Bryan's more recent "issue."
which Is to do the solar-plexus act for
all opponents, would make the Gov
ernment security to-depositors for all
possible form of dishonesty on the part
of banks. Now, as the Government Is
not an entity, and there can be no gov-
ernment except of, and by the people,
and the Government can have no
money to make good the losses in
question, except by direct or indirect
taxation of the people, it is plain that
this Government security proposition
can mean only one thing, vis: that the
people are asked to vote themselves
responsible for every form of banking
rascality, and by their votes are ex
pected to ask for the privilege of
assuming such responsibility, and to
go down into their pockets to raise
the money to do so. It is safe to
say that an already tax-burdened, pub
lic will give this childishly foolish, in
sane and dishonest measure the recep
tion it deserves. Why does Mr. Bryan
not take in warehouses where farmers
often lose their year's product of
grain? Also the host of stock com
panies, where' the small stockholder
is so often swindled out of his in
vestment? The omission affords an
other illustration of the profundity and
consistency of this "peerless" genius
who aspires to the Presidency of the
United States. ' .
Mr. Bryan professes a consuming
love for the people. His pretended
solicitude in their behalf is absolutely
boundless and pathetic At the same
time, with equal seal, he abuses capital
and trusts. Here, again, his duplicity
becomes apparent, as, so far as I can
see, Mr. Rockefeller gives the people
some semblance of value received,
while Mr. Bryan herds his audiences
together, "skins" them of their dollars
and sends them away empty. It must
be remembered that these dollars come
out of the "poor laboring man" over
whose welfare Mr. Bryan is so touch
ingly solicitous. His love for the
"poor laboring man" seems of about
the same type of, affection as that en
tertained by the cannibal for the fat
missionary about as candid, disinter
ested and sincere.
Mr. Bryan is now actively conduct
ing his third term canvass for the
Presidency, and bitterly criticising Re
publican policies as carried out by Mr.
Roosevelt, and at the same time plead
ing for votes and election, because his
views and policies and those of Mr.
Roosevelt are just about Identical.
Surely this paradoxical enigma is
without a parallel in human history.
Such an embodiment of contradltion
certainly cannot claim both consistency
and common sense Judgment. ' The
Presidency has been the very breath of
life to Mr. Bryan for years. He has
planned, schemed, intrigued and tra
versed the planet to constantly keep
himself In the limelight, headed off
divers other would-be candidates bj all
the arts of which he Is past-master,
and then, with his characteristic type
of modesty, declared that he could be
induced to accept the nomination only
by the universal wish and solicitation
of his party! Clnclnnatus-llke, he sud
denly becomes enamoured of his ranch,
cows and chickens, and so longed to
be "Just let alone." As a matter of
fact he pulled all the strings, and
forced'hls nomination against the best
Judgment and brains of his party, they
recognizing the fact that if they set
him adrift he would head the Socialist
party and thereby give them more
trouble than would result from mak
ing him their perpetual candidate; and
no they made the best of a most un
satisfactory situation.
If Mr. Bryan were sincere in his fre
quently expressed desire for honest,
pure, clean politics, he would hardly be
coquetting with Tammany chiefs, the
most corrupt and unscrupulous army of
mercenaries on earth, as he Is doing
today. The trouble with Mr. Bryan is,
he has no fixed convictions, but is
fond of promulgating something new
and catchy, which, if not popularly rer
celved, he can cast aside as he would
a wornout garment. He is a trolcal
trimmer and opportunist, without
definite or lasting convictions, with a
surpassing talent for being always
wrong, without any definite policy,
vacillating, changeable, uncertain and
unsafe, and even dangerous were he
placed at the helm of our ship of state.
But his most decided disqualification
rests In the well-grounded belief that
M0NDAFS BIG GOAT SPECIAL
Sample Coat Sale Bargain
Giving in Our Goat Depart
ment for Monday Only
$20.00 LONG COATS FOR $7.45
This was a fortunate purchase of a sample line, quoted to us at less than
half the wholesale price, and we make the prices accordingly. We have
them in broadcloths, kerseys, cheviots, worsteds and fancy worsteds, in
blacks, browns, reds and mixtures; 60-inch lengths, lined with satin and
taffeta silk, elaborately trimmed many of them with wide soutache
braid ; -regular values $20.00 j our great special prioe for
Monday will be only. ,
r.:..$7.45
$40 VALUES, seor' MONDAY, $14.95
Semi, tight and loose-fitting, of the same materials as above coats, full
length better grades and more expensive trimmings ; worth t 1 A Q C
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GREAT SHOWING
OF 'LADIES'' FALL SUITS
The tailoring and finishing are of the best, the materials are cheviots, fancy stripe
and plain broadcloths, worsteds and fancy mixtures, in a great variety of the
most popular colors; man-tailored in the most approved styles, with 3ff-and 38
inch coats and full-gored and plaited skirts. It is not the price alone that makes
these suits bargains, but the fact that they are made of such excellent materials
and workmanship-and embody the most up-to-date and approved styles as well.
SOLD FOR CASH OR CREDIT . ;
$35.00 Values
On Sale Monday for
$24.50
First and Yamhill OI'lll Second and Yamhill
he Is the most expert demagogue on the
continent.
Candor, however, compels me to
credit him with the negative merit of
saving the country from untold dis
aster by being defeated In his aspira
tions for the Presidency on two sepa
rate occasions, and the comforting as-
surance that he Is preparing to again
render a similar service In the near
future. W. A- CUSICK.
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ye've ower muckle pottle; but It's Juist
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harrd, for twa-three years ye micht ,
Jones (expectantly) "Yes7
Professional Ye. micht begin to hae a
glimmer that -ye'll -never ken the r-rudl-ments
o' the game.
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