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Newspaper Page Text6 TIIE ST7XDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1912. ax pic tuwsou cmssm n no They Are Representatives of Insular Possess- fflZ 'tVx ions and Territories Four Are Foreigners and xs A''H vx V s ' -3 l One Was in Line to Be a Real Live King-All STJ ill ' ' III Haue Stories Tnaf Are Quife Apart From the 0 f fef OvMs ' " III Usual Run of Congressmen. . '"t 11 V j 14 v(. -.y -t i h BT WORTH C. HARDER T pses all the prlvllarea ef members of the National Honae of Repreaentatlvea. except the Tigrht to rote, la the peculiar lot of alx men. Thejr are the delegate anl resident rtmmiMlon'ri of the territories, and In sular possslons of the I'nited States. Ft Is doubtful If any other six men rould be gathered from the two Ious of Concrete who would preeent such widely varied and Interesting life his tories and records of endeavor as do the represents tlvs of Alaska. Hawaii. the Philippines. Torto Rico, and the last continental trrltory soon to be come a state. Arlanna. J. Kuhlo Kalanlnaole. the Hawaiian. Is a prince of the royal bnus that ruld fr many years. Had the kingdom of Hawaii continued, he would some do llars succeeded Quen Lllluokalanl. and become Klnit of Hawaii. The two men who represent the rhllllpplnea were both leaders In A Kulnaldo's Ions; fight aralnst American rule In the rhllll pln.. James Wlrkerahain. delegate from Maxka. adventurer and mountain i-limber. made a partial ascent of Mount McKlnley before tha famed exploit f Tt. Cook, who claimed to have reached Its head. Ralph Cameron, of Arizona, juiet and retiring. built tha Bright Angel trail down tha walls of tha Grand Canyon cf the Colorado, and mad a name for himself as a worthy follower of the pioneers. "Within a year the delegates In Con gress will represent only the far-off possessions of the L'nttrd States. The last territory within the Nations bor ders passes out of existence with the admission of Arliona. for New Mexico took Its place as a state January t. and duly elected members of Congress pos sessed of all the power conferred by election to such offices will come soon to take the place of Delegate Cameron.'. A delegate In Congress may Introduce bills: he may Interrupt the sessions of the House make a speech, move the passage of a bill, or make a point of order against a member; he has tha franking privilege; la given an office In the official office building; and reg ularly draws the full salary and allow ances of a member of Congress. But ha cannot cast a vote, or make a motion Terse Tales From SHE IE4RXED THE LKSSOX. A Baltimore lawyer had an office boy who waa g:ven to telling In other offi ces what happened in that of his chief. The lawyer found it necessary to dis charge him. but. thinking to keep him from a similar fault In the future, he counseled the boy wisely on his depart ure. "Willie, you must never hear any thing that Is said In the office." ha aid. "Do what you are told to do, but turn a deaf ear to conversation that does not Include you." A happy Inspiration! He would sea that tha stenographer learned the same Jeason in passing, so. turning to her, he said: "Miss Frown, did you hear what I aid to Wllller "No. sir." she returned promptly. December Llpplncott'a. FOR CAUJIK. "Judge." aakl the caller. "1 wish you'd tell me what I have to do to get my name changed." "What la your present name?" "Bennett Lemuel Zehulon Bubh." "You wlah to have 'Bubb changed to something else?" "No: I want a new one entirely. Something like William Thompson or George Jonea something short and easy, you know." "Tour objection to your name, then. Is that tt is too long, I presume. Why can't you Just use your Initials?" "That only makes It worse. Judge. Whenever I give my name 11 B. L Z. Rub's somebody snickers." Chicago Tribune. CORMZRKD. Lord Guilford tells a story of a young lady's resource at a baxar. Busi ness waa In full swing when a young man strolled around tha various ataJla with bo Intention of purchasing any thing. As he passed a large, beautl fully decorated stall tha young lady seller detained htm. "Won't yu buy a cigarette holder, sir?" ahe asked. "No, thank you. I don't smoke," was to reconsider a taken. The Spanish War brought the first Insular representation into the House of Representatives. Hawaii, when It came Into the possession of the I'nited states on Its own volition, secured the right to seat a delegate In Congress, as a territory; and since then the resident commissioners of Porto Rico and tha Phllllplnea have been given the, same standing aa the delegates. Who are these men who combine' in thla voteless coterie the representation of all the out lj ing possessions of t'nele Karri, and the last divisions of the Unit ed States Itself to be enrolled In the rank of states? Four of thm are foreigners, thor oughly representative of . the people whose affairs they are sent to watch at Washington. Delegate Rivera, of Porto Rico, was an Insurgent against Spanish rule In his native country mora than 1 years before the clash between the t'nltd States and Soaln. which cast Porto Rico free from the Spanish yoke. Manuel U Quexon. one of the Fili pino Commissioners, only SI years old. was a Major In the Insurgent army of Aarulnaldo. B-ntta tgarda. hla col league, was a member of Agu1nal1os cabinet In the exciting days of the Fil ipino revolution. Representatives r'rosa falaada. Jointly these two Filipinos have a constituency of 8.000.000 people. 1.000. 000 more thsn the 37 Congressmen from the State of New York. They are distinctly reprsrntattve of their own people: they stand for the independ ence of the Philippine Islands, al though they entertain different Ideas as to how and when this condition of independence shall be brought about. Manuel Quezon la the popular dele gate from the Islands, elected by the Filipino assembly; while Benito I garda la the delegate chosen by the American Commission which rules the Islands. telegate Iegarda la IS years old. Is wealthy, and a leader In the Progresls ta party. During the daya of the Fil ipino republic, the early days when Agulnaldo was leader. Delegate Le garda was secretary of tha treasury of the republic At the same time Dele gate Queson. then a boy of 17, waa a aoldier In the army of Agulnaldo. When American occupation came and the I'nited States took over tha sovereignty of the Islands from Spain. Legarda went Into Manila and began the work of bringing peace between the people and their new ruler. Queson 50ME0F'THE - Humorous Pens the curt reply. "Or a penwiper worked with my own hands?" "I don't write." "Then do have this nice box of choco lates." "I don't eat sweets." The young lady's patience was exhausted. "Sir." ahe said grimly, "will you buy this box of soap?" Tha young man paid up. Ideas. A HCGKKTIOV. The restaurant manager stood be hind tha cashier's desk, wearing his stock-in-trade smile for each customer. An old gentleman came up. "I no tice." said he. fumblfng with his wallet, "that you advertise to make your own pies." "Yes. sir." answered the manager proudly, "wa do." "Will you permit me to offer a sug gestion?" "Certainly, sir. certainly. We should be most happy to have you." "Well, then, let some one else make "em." vote that has been I i III 1 if &ss? -m J& re r iT If -v 4 id 7 fOLD "TORACB CHICKS. A certain Washington newspaper cor reapondent was speaking of nature fakers, says the Washington Star. "Their fakea are ao evident," he said. "That's one good thing. They deceive nobody. "I know a nature faker who claims that a hen of his last month batched, from a setting of 17 eggs. 17 chicks that bad. In lieu of feathers, fur. "He claimed that these fur-coated chirks were a proof of nature's adap tation of all animals to their environ ment, the 17 eggs having been of the cold storage variety." F.XCrSABI.E. On one occasion Governor Dirk Ogleshy went down to Jollet to Inspect the state prison, and In one of tha cells he found a very ugly man. "How did you get In here." asked Oglesby. "Abduction." was the reply. "I tried to run off with a girl, and they caught me." "I'll pardon you as soon as I go back still kept to tha field, where ha bad won promotion after promotion. In the last daya of the conflict between the American and Filipino troops. Major Queson was captured, and he was held aa a military prisoner until peace was declared some six months later. Both men are lawyers, graduates of the I'nlverslty of St. Thomas at Ma nila, an Institution 23 years older than Harvard: and both are expert linguists. speaking their native dialects. English, Spanish. French and Portuguese, Que zon represents the Nationalist party. the party now in control of affairs In the Islands: and as representative of that, he demands immediate independ ence for the Filipino people. Legarda. as representative of the Progreslsta party, also stands for the Independence of the Islands, but It Is the view of the leaders of his party that the Island people are not yet ready, and that independence is at least one generation away. The differ ence In political views, and the earn estness of the advocates of both ideas. Indicate a healthy Interest In public mwes QUIP5 to Springfield," said the Governor. "I don't see how you could expect to get a wife In any other way." Exchange. NO DETAIL OVERLOOK. Life guards at a Jersey seaside resort Ml with great glee of an Incident that happened there last Summer. A Ger man, with his boy of 10, was standing at the rail of one of the piers, quite at the end thereof, when suddenly the youngster toppled through Into the water. As no life guards were out that far at the time, a well-dressed young collegian on the pier, without waiting to divest himself of shoes or clothing. Jumped in and. after battling with the waves for some minutes, got the half-drowned boy to the beach. In the meantime the father had hastened from the pier. The parent, however, bore himself with great coolness. As the rescuer placed the dripping lad at his parent's feet, the German calmly Inquired: "Many tanks, but vot haf you done mlt his hat?" Brave Dnlatbera. The Rev. Herbert L Trencham. in a lecture on "Woman." at a Methodist church In Duluth. was condemning this Winter's type of nibble skirt, "It's worse than last Winter's," he declared. "It's altogether immodest. I wish all busbands had the courage of a Duluth man I heard about recently. "This honest fellow's wife turned complacently from the mirror and, smoothing her new hobble skirt a skirt of that ultra sort which must be put on with a shoe horn ahe said: "'I wonder If the hobble skirt will ever go out?" "'Not with me,' the man answered, firmly." Exchange. DEVOTION. When the doctor called to see the baby its mother Informed him that the medicine left for the Infant the day before was all gone. "Impossible!" declared the surprised physician. "I told you to glva him a teaspoonful ones an hour." "Yes. but John and mother and I and the nurse have each had to take a teaspoonful, too. In order to get baby to take It." Youth's .Companion. cav v . ' affairs amongst Uncle Sam's newest citlsens. By "Immediate Independence, the Nationalists, whose views Delegate Queson represents, do not mean that tha Islands shall cast loose from the United States as soon as the independ- ence Is authorized. They believe that the problem can be handled intelli gently, and the independence brought about scientifically, so that in about six years the Filipino republic will sail forth fully organized, as the first re public of the Orient to be established under the guiding hand of the United States. Both of the Filipinos now at Wash ington have held important positions In the island government since (Tie memorable day in 1898 when Dewey captured Manila. Delegate Legarda was appointed a member of the Philip pine Commission February 1, 1901, by President McKlnley, and held that of fice until he was elected Commissioner at Washington in 1907. Delegate Que son, who was raised in the province of Tayabas, waa elected Provincial Gov- Quips and Flings Friend What about the rent of a place like this? I suppose the landlord asks a lot for It. Hardup Yes, rather. He's always asking for It. London Opinion. Mrs. Hokus Your son Is one of those advanced thinkers. Isn't he? Mrs. Pokus Yes, he has an Idea he descended from a monkey; but I tell him If he did it must have been on his father's side. Life. "I see another one of your patiunts is dead." "Yes; and I am greatly perturbed over his case. I gave him two kinds of medicine and don't know which ona it was that killed him." Judge. Frost Critically ill. Is he? Snow Yes. crltlcakof everything and everybody. Harper's Bazar. "How did he make all his money?" "I understand he used to be a hat check boy in one of our leading hotels." Detroit Free Pres. Mr. Cleverton-You saw some old ruins In England this Summer, I sup pose? Miss Struckett Rich Yes. and one of them wanted to marry me. Princeton Tiger. ? "I hope you are hot playing politics." said the reformer "There's no such thing as playing politics," replied Senator Sorghum. "Politics these days is work." Wash ington Star. nnsrtlnv Gueat I'd gladly give you a tip, waiter, but I find I've only cab fare le-ft. n'air.. rhAnlcnlvl Ah. air. vou don't appreciate the beneficial effect of a good after-dinner walk! Judge. a TX"hat hm vou huv vour little son thst expensive mechanical toy for? He isn't old enough to appreciate 11 yei. "I know, but 1 11 get a 101 01 iun wnn Tic !Mx ion IV 11 II I . f f 11 M ernor of that province in 1906, was elected to the Philippine Assembly from that district in 1907. became the floor leader of the Nationalist party, and resigned In 1903, when chosen resi dent Commissioner at Washington. Waa In Line for From. Of the Island Representatives In Congress. Prince Kalanlnnaole, of Ha waii, has served the longest, having been elected five times by popular vote In the Hawaiian. Islands. He is prob ably the only heir to a throne who ever graced the halls of Congress. Not withstanding the fact that the ruling family was overthrown and the repub lic of Hawaii formed In 1893. Trlnce. Kalanianaole'8 personal popularity Is attested by the fact that in each of the five elections as delegate his vote has exceeded the combined vote of the other two candidates. Dele-gate Kalanlanaole is a cousin of King Kalakaua and of Queen Lilluoka lanl. As there was no direct heir to the throne, he was created Prince, by royal proclamation In 1884, and would have succeeded to the throne had the kingdom continued. He is 40 years old. La lover of sports, and the possessor of a large country place on the Island of Hawaii. Each Summer the men who live on this big reservation go to Honolulu to represent the former Prince as partici pants in the races and Bports. For years Delegate Kalanlanaole has had an outrigger crew In the canoe races, and time after time they have carried off the prize as the fastest crew In the water. He Is fond of yachting and spends much of the Summer cruising about the islands. After his marriage in 1896. to the daughter of a chief of the Island of Maui, Prince Kalanlanaole made a tour of the world and was received with royal attention. The Prince and Prin cess were In South Africa at the time of the Boer War, and the British Govern ment designated Sir Summers Vine to showing him how It works." Detroit Free Press. Jack Well, old man, she has accept ed me and named the day. That's a load off my heart. x Married Friend Yesi now the load is on your shoulders. Boston Transcript. Solicitor Then you don't think it would be the wisest plan to try and meet your creditors? Client Good heavens, man they're Just the people I want to avoid! Lon don Opinion. "I understand that there was a la mentable auto accident at this corner "You were misinformed." "Why, I heard that a joy rider was killed?" "There was." Houston Post. "Ivan, things were better In the old country. Even the meat tasted sweet er." "Well. In America we have meat ev ery day. In the old country we had meat once a month. No wonder it tasted sweeter." Kansas City Journal. "Can't you gimme a small raiser "We gave you a raise when you got married." "And I foolishly told my wife about it. I'd like to get hold of a couple of dollars every week for my own use." Pittsburg Post. Settlement worker Mercy, little boy, are you fighting with that child? The little boy Me? Naw. I ain't fightln" wit' him. What's eatln' youse? He's me sparrln' partner. Cleveland Plain Dealer a Gus Sikes I wish I knew how to tell whether Sadie likes me. Lew Todd That's easy. Tell her you're goin' to Jump off the barn in a homemade flyln' machine and see If she loks worried. Chicago News. "Something wrong; with this Item." "'How, now?" "Says the bridegroom took his place beneath- the floral bell and 2000 volts were immediately shot through his quivering frame." Louisville Courler- Jlournal- 1 TtZzSaTV VZ?V3S" Z-vC CaKZ--7 s4 TiZXTZ? escort them as guests of the govern ment. Delegate Kalanlanole stands high In Congressional circles in Washington. On no proposition-advanced by him in Congress has he ever been turned down. The affairs of Porto Rico are repre sented in Congress by Luis Munoz Ri vera, one of the most active figures In that country in the long fight for greater liberty under the Spanish colo nial government. Delegate Rivera is a journalist of p.ower and recognized standing. He was writing for progress ive newspapers of Porto Rico at 20. At 30 he had founded La Demoeracia, a daily, published at Ponce, devoted to opposition to Spanish methods. His activities brought upon him the constant attention of the Spanish au thorlties during the ten years preceding the Spanish-American War. and more than once these attentions amounted to prosecution. He founded the Liberal party in Torto Rico in 1897. and In the same year, when Queen Maria Chris tiana of Spain decreed a system of self- government for the island. Rivera be came Secretary of State, and later prea Ident of the Porto Rican Cabinet. Under American control of Porto Rico, Rivera continued for some time as President of the Cabinet. Later he came to the United States to urge free trade with Porto Rico; and in 1901 he established the Porto Rico Herald in New York, and published it for four years. He is now the leader of the Unionist party in the island, and was elected as Resident Commissioner at Washington, in 1910. The other two delegates are typical Americans. De'egate Ralph H. Cam eron, of Arizona, was born in Maine; Delegate William H. Andrews, of New Mexico, was formerly a Republican par ty leader and member of the Legisla ture in Pennsylvania; and Delegate James Wlckersham, of Alaska, was born, educated and admitted to the bar in Illinois. Tries to Scale Mount McKlnley. Judge Wlckersham climbs Alaskan mountains for pleasure. He was prac ticing law in Tacoma in 1900. when President McKlnley appointed him Dis trict Judge for Alaska. He traveled over that territory with dogs, boats and snowshoes. He held court In Fairbanks when it was composed of one or two log huts, instead of the. 4000 people. It now holds, and when the hotels, electric lights, gas and other modern conveni ences it contains were unthought of. In the Intervals of court work Judge Wlckersham organized an expedition in 1903 to climb the famout Mount McKln ley. Dr. Cook had not yet made his noted ascent of the mountain; in fact, the Cook party went in just about the time the Wlckersham party, provision less and exhausted, was beating its way out, subsisting on short rations. Judge Wlckersham took five men and two mules, named Mark and Hanna, and Among the Poets THE COMING TYPE. The race of progression has tired me Allow me to pause. Father Time! Lo, also, the game has inspired me To wallow a moment in rhyme To supinate sadly in rhyme. So fast have I come from the primal. So swiftly Jumped forth from the ape. I have butted i:-to the sublimal Aye, telescoped Into its shape Its humanized, up-to-date shape, I question the wit of perfection In too swiftly shaping her Man; It leaves not a chance for inspection There's no time to O. K. the plan; To censor of audit the plan. This shoot-the-chute scheme of crea tion. This speed from the past to the now. Has Jumbled up civilization Aye, mussed it, I cannot tell how: "Twas Juggled I do not know how. The past knew distinctly its sexes The male and the1 female It knew But nowadays the wonder perplexes And no one knows Just how It grew; Just how this anomaly grew. Today Ah, I suffer in stating! Todsy there are trouser and dress. And progress, abashed, is awaiting A thing I can only express As further conglomerateness. Tomorrow Ah, me, I am weary! I cannot evolve anymore! The future condition looks dreary A creature half man and half woman, At sight of which progress will gripe Aye. even perfection III gripe! Laurana Sheldon in New York Times. EPITOMIZED CONVERSATION. Act I. The infant 'tis who speaketh If speech it may be called. And yet mine ear can only hear wow Y i Ik made the first actual attempt to scale the mountain. The trip started May 16. by steamer to the head of naviga tion, and then across to the mountain, partly by poling boats and partly over land. Provisions gave out after a week's work at the attempted ascent of the mountains, during which the party reached an altitude of 10,000 feet, had thrilling experiences with glaciers and snow-covered crevasses, and made many important topographical maps later adopted by the geological survey. It takes the Alaskan delegate nearly a year to cover his district in a cam paign. He reaches the coast cities by boat, goes down the Yukon to the in terior and goes in as far as time and facilities permit to the interior camps. So closely is the population packed in the settled districts, however, that he is able to tell by midnight of election day, from the telegraphed reports from the more important cities, whether or not he has been elected. Delegate Ralph H. Cameron, of Ari zona, moved out to Arizona in 1883. His appearance hardly suggests the work he has done in the Southwest as Sheriff, pioneer, trail-builder, stock raiser and miner. Cameron was Sheriff of Coconino County for three terms. He located and built the Bright Angel trail into the Grand Canyon of the Colorado; and he still maintains it. The position of the delegate in Con gress has always been a source of trouble. When the number of states was smaller, and the territories more numerous, the delegates were fre quently in controversy with members of the House as to what powers they could exercise. As a matter of fact, although the Constitution of the United States pro vides only for Senators and Represent atives from states, and does not men tion delegates from territories, the delegate was authorized by the Conti nental Congress in 178", two days before the Constitution was adopted. In that year the Continental Con gress passed "an ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio," and authorized that immense re gion to send a delegate to Congress, who should have the "right of debat ing, but not of voting." In 1817 that principle was put into a general law by Congress, so that all territorial delegates are now authorized to de bate, but are prohibited from voting. Plxlng Powers of Delegates. In the earlier days, time and again the delegates had to appeal to the House to determine their powers and standing. Henry H. Sibley, then a delegate from Wisconsin, afterward Governor of the State of Minnesota, secured a memorable ruling in 1849, when he took charge on the floor of the House, of the passage of the bill to organize the Territory of Minnesota. Sibley's right to make the necessary motions was questioned, and he ap pealed to Speaker Robert C. Winthrop. of Massachusetts. After a careful study of the authority under which delegates sit In the house and the precedents which had governed their participation in its proceedings. Speaker Winthrop permitted Delegate Sibley to make the necessary motions. "It is clear that the gentleman from Wisconsin has no right to vote," said Speaker Winthrop. "The chair has had some doubt whether the gentleman has the right to make a motion. It has, however, been the uniform prac tice in the House to allow delegates to make motions. "The chair believes, upon the whole, that delegates from territories could not subserve the purposes for which they are sent here, unless they have the right to make motions: and, as the law does not expressly deny them that right, the chair is disposed to ac cord to them the largest liberty." Most of the questions concerning the rights of delegates were settled long ago. Practically all of the internal problems, concerning lands, homestead laws, settlers' rights, mining and pros pecting with which they were former ly so Intimately concerned, have gone into the hands of state delegations. Within another year there will be a marked change In the character of the territorial delegation. It will then be distinctly the repre sentation of the far-off people of the United States. Already Alaska and Hawaii are clamoring for "home rule." The Philippines, in the demand for in dependence, have many strong sup porters in Congress. There are big in sular problems to be dealt with in the not distant future; and the delegates from the island possessions of 'the L'nited States will play an important part in their development. of the Daily Press One syllable that's bawled " Wa-wa-wah !" Act IT. He's grown In childish troubles He makes a grievous fuss, And comfort seeks 1- treble shrieks In accents sounding thus "Ma! Ma-ma!" Act III. Now he's a collese student; His intellect is grown, Wt may suppose? Ah. heaven knows. He yowls in strident tone: "Rah-rah-rah!" Act IV. Now after graduation. He's g-own a humorist. And at the jokes he tells to folks ' He laughs himself oh, list! "Ha-ha-ha!" Act. V. Last art of all: Grown aged, A cynic now is he: .'.t all the mirth and tears of earth He mutters savagely, "Bah! Bah! Bah!" Chicago Record-Herald. AS IT IS WRITTEN. (Being a stock poem for any month ly magazine.) Cactus and croft of heather. And lilt of the fertile vine; Thistledown home on the weather But what of the thine and mine? Crocus and healing gentian. And yellow of marigold: Th-.ce cruel the whisper'd mention That love, alas, groweth cold! Aether and thrush's warble, And after the snow the green; Lifo is at best but a bauble But what do such verses mean? Satire. BOTH WAYS. If corporations grow too rich Reform keeps calling, "Get the switch!" And censure no less harsh extends To those that can't pay dividends. Washington Star.