The Sunday Oregonian., May 25, 1913, SECTION FIVE, Page 2, Image 60

THE SUNDAY, OREGOXIAN, PORTIAND. MAY 25, 1913.
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR IS BIG, BROAD MAN, FOR THE PEOPLE
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H. E. Albee Realizes Great Power and Responsibility Imposed Upon Mayor Under New Charter Swung a Sledge in Early Life His Home Life Ideal His Friendship for Labor.
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MAT not be n ideal candidate
none of us are (dral. but I am
honest. I am atncer and. If elect
ed Mayor of Portland. I will de
vote my beat' effort to giving
good government, fairly and effi
ciently administered; I could promts
more, but I am alvay very careful of
my promles. for I make them only to
fulfill them. If you Irapone your trust
In me. I will not abuse or betray It."
iu-h. In brief. Is the statement of
H. H. Albee. candidate for M.ayor. whose
candidacy The Ora-onian commends to
the voters of Portland In the general
election to be hekl June J. when offi
cers for the first commission are to
te selected.
It aptly Illustrates the modesty of
the man and clearly Indicates his un
uual care In making promises. lie has
repeated his statement to many meet
ing's since the campaiKn bee;an. He Is
making no promises save those which
he himself makes directly to the peo
ple; be has refused to talk to any ona
about appointments and his one great
desire Is to so Into office unfettered,
so that, upon assuming the duties of
the position, he will be at liberty to
act according; to the dictates of his
own mind. The one general pledgre he
has made, which Include everything,
is that he will. If elected, administer
the city's affairs in the interests of
tiie whole people.
He is big enough and broad enough
to do Just what he says he wIlL There
will be no class distinction if he Is at
the head of the municipal government
for the next four years, the length of,
the term under the new charter, which1
will take effect July I.
It Is nat with a light heart and no
fitting sense of the tremendous respon
sibility that be contemplates becoming
Mayor nnder the new plan, for It de
volves upon the chief executive to dis
burse the work of the commission, to
assign the commissioners to the five de
partments and to aee that the city bust,
ness goes forward properly.
"I assure you." said Mr. Albee at bis
meetings, "that I feel very greatly the
responsibility that will rest upon the
Mayor nnder the new charter. I do not
spprosch the task with the confidence
that It mill be an easy way to earn
0o a year; not at all. I realise that
It wlil be a very bard task, and I
certainly think that It will require
great tact, judgment and care. I simply
promise to do my best. I will weigh
everything carefully before acting; I j
SALIK.T PACTS I H. H. AL
BEE' CAREER.
Born In Rockford. 111., Septem
ber . 1867.
Received his education in Rock
ford: took a preparatory course,
Intending to enter Cornell Uni
versity, but necessity caused him
tn abandon this plan.
Went to Michigan with his
parents early in life.
At the age of IT. he went to
work In a wholesale hardware
establishment at 115 a month;
received four Increases In pay in
six months.
Later he swung a sledge and
did steam fitting In sawmill
nar Mackinaw. Mich.. nd still
later served as a clerk In a Michi
gan Central Railroad freight of
fice. Kntered the lumber business
In Michigan, working; up to the
position of manager of sales for
the Southern and Eastern States
and later became proprietor of a
mill, making a success of his own
business.
Married Miss Janie M. Lewis
in Bay City. Mich., in 1890; they
have two children.
Came to Portland In 1895 and
became connected with the North
western Mutual' Life Insurance
Company, one of the largest con
cerns of Its kind in the country;
steadily advanced until 1905,
when he was made general man
ager of the Portland office and
adjoining territory.
Served two terms In the City
Council and two terms In the
State Senate; his record In both
places is clean; he was conspicu
ous In working for meritorious
measures and equally fearless in
fighting bad bills, including those
Introduced by certain members
purely for political effect.
So fair was he in the Legisla
ture that he was commended by
the State Federations of Labor
at its convention In 1910,
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these, giving full credit to the boys,
In his business.
will give every one a bearing an J
will decide every subject only after due
consideration of all sides." .
MR. ALBEE Is a typical American
business man. He possesses the
rare combination of characteristics that
Insures fair dealing by alL While be
how heads one of the greatest Insur
ance companies In Oregon, One which
handles millions of dollars annually
and wnlcb. hat million Invest! in
Portland property, he attained to his
present position only after long years
of hard work, faithful effort and grim
determination to make good.
At 17 years of age he worked for
$15 a month in a wholesale hardware
establishment In Detroit. Mich., but to
day, after a series of struggles such
as nearly every successful person
meets, he Is general manager of the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company at a larger salary than he
will receive If he Is elected Mayor.
The only reasons actuating htm in
his endeavor to be elected Mayor are
Just two devotion to the public serv
ice and a desire to leave a monument
for himself In the form of the firm
establishment of good, clean and ef
ficient government in Portland.
Mr. Albee did not seek the office. If
ever the office sought the man. It
sought him. A lover of his home, he
declined for weeks to consider- entering
the race, as he knew full well that. If
elected, he would have to give up a
large amount of his time to the public
service. Having just moved into a new
residence in Laurelhurst, he wanted to
retire from political life. He never an
ticipated again being called upon to
run for public office. He was satis?
fled.
But the call came to him. It was
persistent. . He was needed and his
friends went to him, insisting that he
allow them to use his name In the ef
fort to get a good man in the race. Mrs.
Albee was opposed to It; she wished
him to be out of politics, but, when It
was shown that he was needed, both'
consented and that Is the honest fact
as to bow he became a candidate.
Once In the fight, he was determined
to win. That Is his nature. His party
nominated him by a big majority in the
primaries, but that Is purely a matter
of history now. for It does not matter.
Politics is abolished, he hopes forever.
In municipal affairs In Portland, and,
whoever wins, partisanship, will not
have a victory. The man and not the.
party will have the honor. Things will
be done on that basis, if the people se
lect Mr. Albee. He has always fought
for elimination of politics in city af
fairs and Is delighted with the present
situation In that regard.
He Is now In the thick of the fight,
waging a fair, clean and sincere cam
paign, appealing only to the fairness
and the honesty of the voters, and ask
ing them to scrutinize most carefully
his own private and public record. By
that he Is. willing to stand or fall, to
win or lose in the game, the prize for
which Is the Mayoralty for. four years
and a chance to serve the people and
make a name for himself.
ITia
ALBEE was horn September 8.
8S7. at Rockford, III., a son of
Harry C. Albee, who was Captain of
a company In the Twenty-third Michi
gan volunteers in the Civil War. He
was educated in the public schools of
his home city and later took a prepar
atory course, expecting to enter Cor
nell University. However, he did not
do so. It being necessary for him to go
to work at the age of IT years.
His first "job" was as a general
utility boy in a wholesale hardware
establishment in Detroit, Mich., to
which place his parents had moved
meanwhile.
He received $15 a month at first.
One of his problems was as to how he
could make this amount carry htm
through, as his board and room cost
him $15.50 a month 50 cents more than
he was being paid. He had a capital
of $5, which he had saved.' and, before
this was consumed in' making up the
deficiency, his employers had recog
nized his ability and. usefulness suffi
ciently to advance his pay. In fact,
they did that four times In the first
six months.
Later he swung a sledge and did
steam-fitting In a mill near Mackinaw.
Still later, he served for two years in
the freight department of the Michi
gan Central Railroad.-
After that, he went into the lumber
business with a big company. He later
became manager of sales of Its manu-
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LABOR PATS COMPMMEVT TO
MR. AI.BEB.
Political trickery is being
brought into requisition by cer
tain Mayoralty aspirants in this
campaign, as In all others. Men
who want the job are not satis
fled to discuss the Issues of the
day on their merits, but are re
sorting to the out-of-date mud
slinging game.
Mr. Albee Is not engaged In
throwing mud: not once during
the campaign has he become per
sonal. He Is discussing Issues
not personalities.
Chief among the baseless at
tacks being made upon Mr. Albee
Is that he is opposed to labor. Of
course, this charge Is made by
fellows who want the job them
selves. In contrast to what they
say Is the action of the Oregon
State Federation of Labor, session
of 1910, which caused an invest!-
gation to be made into the reo
ords of members of the Legisla
ture. Relative to Mr. Albee. the fol
lowing was inserted In the of
ficial Journal of the Federation
of Labor:
Senator Albee A Portland Insur
ance man; voted right on all labor
laws; a good man; was with us on
the employers' liability.
facturing products In the Eastern and
Southern states, after which he en
tered business for himself, building up
a big establishment of his own and
making a success of It.
During all of these years, he had
been gaining valuable experience in
the school of every-day life. ' He used
this In every department of his busi
ness to good advantage.
Having himself gone through much
trouble and many strugles to emerge
as a successful business man, he de
cided that almost every boy is a very
valuable information bureau and that
a boy generally has good Ideas all his
own. He therefore put Into practice
in his business the rule of seeking
suggestions and Ideas from every em
ploye in his service. He found just
as he had expected, that many of the
most valuable suggestions for Improve
ments ame from mere boys. He used.
M. ALBEE'S home life Is Ideal. He
was married to Miss Janle M. Lewis
in Bay Cits", Mich., In 1890. They have
two children, Irene, who Is married and
who Is now Mrs.- Bruce D. Stewart, of
this city, and George R., who is now in
the Portland schools; Mrs. Stewart was
born in Michigan, but George was born
In Portland.
Mr. Albee's parents also live here.
For many years, the Albee family
lived In Irvington, but they recently
moved into a new home In Laurelhurst.
He Is a member of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, where for years
he lias taught a class of boys. "The Play
Fair" class is its name. Mr. Albee lias
had charge of these boys since they
were about the age of 7 or 8 years; now
they are of high school age. He has
drilled them In many things, but above
everything else he has taught them to
play fair in all of their private and pub
lic dealings. Every member of the class
wears a gold badge with the words
"play fair" on it. , t
It is because of his love for the home
life that Mr. Albee has always been so
active in his endeavors In a political
way to bring about better moral con
ditions and better living conditions in
Portland.
While serving in the City Council, he
took the lead In many measures calcu
lated to make the city cleaner and the
path of the youth safer.
One of his most conspicuous pieces of
work in this line was the ordinance
which at the time created so much com
ment the saloon box ordinance. This
measure drove the nefarious boxes out
of all saloons in Portland, resulting In
removing one of the greatest manaces
to tho young- life of the city.
As a member of the State Senate, Mr.
Albee also worked for the good of the
people, and tho laboring classes, but
without making a very loud noise about
it at the time or since. He favored all
measures that were, meritorious, but
he had the courage to vote . against
those that were introduced purely for
political effect and some of which are
being used against him now by his po
litical enemies, again purely for po
litical effect.
He is a member of the Oregon Com
mandery, of the Mystic Shrlno and an
MR ALBEE'S FAVORITE FORM J
Hansriri)? on tae wan in .Mr.
Albee's office Is & poem. entitUvl,
"Not Understood." It is one of
his favorites. He has called at
tention to it at times In ms
speeches. He is trying- to make
himself indcrstood and asks the
people of Portland to ut least
Kiv him credit for being1 sincere.
The poem follows:
NOT UNDERSTOOD.
Not understood, we move along
j under.
Our paths (trow wider as the soa
iioni creep
Along the years ; we marvel and
wonder
Why Ufa Is life, and then we fall
asleep.
Not understood.
Not understood, we gather false Im
pressions And hug them closely as the years
o by.
Till virtues oft seem transgrewlors:
And thus men rise and fall and
die.
Not understood.
Not understood. Poor souls with
stunted vtsion
Oft measure giants by their nar
row srttge.
The poisoned shafts of falsehood
and derision
Ara oft launched against those
who mould the age.
Not understood.
Not understood, the secret springs of
action
Which He bene&M) the surface and
the show
Are disregarded, with 3lnat)sfatlnn
We judgo our neighbors, and they
often go.
Not understood.
Not understood. How trifles often
Change uh, "
The thoughtless sentence or the
fancied slight
Destroy lon years of friendship and
estrange us
And on our sou is there fulls a
freezlns folirht;
.Not understood.
Not understood, how many breasts
are aching
For lack of sympathy? Ah, day
by day
How many cheerless hearts are
breaking.
How many noble spirits pass away.
Not understood.
O God. that man would see a little
clearer.
Or Judge less harshly what they
cannot see:
O God, that men would draw a little
nearer
To one another; they'd be nearer
Thee.
And understood.
active worker for every good thing that
has ever come up, where ho had an
opportunity to help.
RUSSIAN HOBOS GET "LIFT"
Statistics Sliow Railway Guards Let
Many Ride Free.
ST. PKTERSBL'RG. May 24. (Spe
cial.) The statistical report of the
state railways of Russia, just published
shows by an amusingr array of figures
that for somo people, at lease, it costs
little indeed to travel by rail in Rus
sia. Among tho dismissals and pun
ishments inflicted in the course of the
vear. 315 euards and 133 subordinates
dismissed, and 6575 guards and 10,173
others fined, are all catalogued as
havinn helped wayfarers along; with
out sufficient regard for the law. which
decrees that journeys by railway in
Russia shall be paid for.
But these odd 20.000 punishments can
scarcely be said to meet the needs of
the case, as in the course of a year
nearly a million passengers defrauded
the state railways management. Ths
exact number is 904.118. Altogether as
much as 1550,000 was found to be due
for fares unpaid. Nearly half the
money was paid at once, a quarter was
paid later of free will, and for tho
payment of the rest the authorities
were compcllod to go to law.
Naturally most of the guards and
subordinates received slight commis
sions" from the passengers they helped.
Calculating that only a third, or at the
highest estlmato a half, of the rheap
travelers are caught, the effect on
the railway balance sheet must be very
considerable. It Is amusing to note,
however, that for tho time being the
department expresses ltsdf almost sat
isfied. In earlier years, it is explalnod,
the number of passengers without tick
ets who got off free was much greater.
If hot air were a good substitute for
gasoline there are a lot of automobile
owners who could ride cheap.
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The body is never at rest. Every seven years wc are practically born again. Out
original cell have been broken down thrown out and replaced by new oae.
fTlHIS process is a necessary
grind of life's eoe wheels or
cycles proceeding rapidly while we
work hard with brain or museto and
lowtna down while wa rest or simp.
Thus tbe ehiof factor in this eonsUnt
ehuire this death and birth ef the
tissaei. is the faload.
TN anemic ("thin blooded") people,
-L those who are pal and puny, or
thuae who carry the signs of poor, pois
oned blood In pimples, blotches or boils
npon their body ire know the eells of
the body are not ret tin a sufficient oxy vm
carried them by the red-blood corpuscUa,
A true reliable blood maker which has given tatis
f act ion for over forty yean in its liquid form it
Dr. Pierce's
g flolden Medical gfeiscovery
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which removes the poisons and supplies to the arssns of the body pan, red blood.
Old people, especially in tbe spring season, show the effects of "thin" blood, feebl.
circulation cold hands and feet. Children and people of all area recovering from
erippe" fevers and acuta diseases shn-jld obtain this tonic and blood builder
either in liquid or tablet form of the drag gist.
Send SO one-cent stamps for trial box of tablets.
Address: Pr. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel. Bnffalo. WY.
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