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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND,' SUNDAY .- MORNINO N MARCH 1 8.-1908.
DIRECT PRIMARY NOT
jii AN EXPENSIVE PLAN
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J. W Davenport Shows That Assertive Law Cost 3rore
Than "Old Way" Is Blerely Fallacy Cost
of Senatorial Elections.
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By T. W. Dav.nport In the 811vrtonlan-
" It la Msn-ted by parson, oppoiied to
. th direct primary law that It coata th.
Pqplt 150,000 more than the old way.
' This I tnuat conalder a baaoleaa a
- cumptlnri, for although tha cont of tha
dlract primary la pretty well deler
mined, the cost to the commonwealth Of
the old nvatem wun never known or
' could be known; thPn how can It b
shown that thero la a difference of $50.-
. uuul . t
- Now. notwlthatandlng -the fact that
ona can be oetlmated in dollara and
. . rami and the other la Incomputable In
' like denouilnatlone, I think there la no
difficult- In comparing the two aya
. tema and arriving at an undoubted con
clnalon that the old ayatem la far more
expensive, than the new one.
, - iad to begin, the loaa of time to the
people In the work of the direct primary
fa too gnater than In the others; ao
that la even. Then come the county and
. atate conventions which are aupplantad
bv tha new method, and their coat
eliminated.
'. There are SI counties In the atate,
. and the cost of holding that many con
vention and state convention, com-
posed of not less than 100 delegates
each. In all probably as piany as 6.000
persona, paying board, traveling ex-
- penaea and other Incidentals, aggregat
inghow much less than 160.000? which
' eoinebody haa to pay and the queatlon
" la. who paya the bill? The political
party? No verily! The delegatea pay
It at ths time, but how do they get
" even? Or are they aelf-aacrlflclng
pat riot a, working to establish- their
principles for the common good? Not
-os your life. They are aspirants to of
fice or working for those who are, and
expect remuneration In some way at
' some time not far ahead. They consti
tute a prospective army of Invasion
' -upon the commonwealth, as everybody
knows Thai such an army has been
sustained at public expense for the last
. BO years la aa evident as any other
. human fact, for armies without pay or
the prospect of pay, soon disband. If
American politlca had not paid ita vo
taries it would not have required any
direct primary or other law to end It.
Politics aa foreigners truthfully de
scribe it Is the great American lndus-
' try.
ASMMsaent Work.
' But to. proceed; the candidates for
office have been selected, and now the
work of assessment begins. Members
it the lower houae of the legislature are
. assessed 110 apiece; senators 140. To
..' pay convention expenses? No; the
money goes into the party fund to be
r' ' spent by the managers, who never ex
. 'i plain how or what or to whom it is Jls
. nursed a wholly unnecessary proceed-
lne. as they are an honorable men.
; The members of the legislature receive
- il per diem of f3 for days tlSO and
out of this come their board and wash
bills, so that their assessment amounts
to nearly half the remainder.
As they cannot avoid the assessment
and be partisans, the question arises, ia
this syatem conducive to the practice of
economy In their - legialatlve career?
Does It inollne them to refuse a railroad
pass,, set along without abundance of
clerks, refuse newspspers, codes, court
reports, or any other convenient thing
they have the power to get by a vote?
Men of common sense know how to give
- eorrect anawers to all such questions.
And when there is a United States
' senatorial election pending there Aa an
eminent opportunity to recoup Them
selves for paat expenses In partisan
service. And does average human na-
t ure stand modestly back from grasp
ing- it by the nanaie ana coming out
' with a "quid-pro quo," either for him
' . self, or some member of his family?
'Experienced men can answer this, too.
I asked a certain state senator from
Linn 'county this Question: "Caotaln.
for whom are you going to ' vote for
United states aenatorT" He instantly
replied, "For the man who will do the
most for Humphrey." This was In
Mil and as he voted for Mitchell I In
ferred that candidate made the highest
- bid. Then, as always, the Southern Pa
cific railroad treasury was back of the
. deal.
if An .Example,
Meeting two girls of my scqualntance
.? it the railroad station waiting for the
v train, I asked them as to their destlna
: tion. to which they replied. "Baker
; City." "Going on business?" "No; to
; make a few days' visit." Knowing
them to be poor in purse, I said. "That
... will be 125 apiece. "Oh, no." they glee'
Y- fully replied; "we have pannes. " "Why,
jf-whe gives you passes?" "Senator
from county." "A relative of
yours?" "Nor Just an admirer." The
. . ; girls I knew to be above suspicion of
. '.- dishonor, and they further assured me
, by the remark, "You must remember
, there Is a United States senator to be
elected this time." "Well, well,"
queried.
Is-It strange that the distinction be
.tween right and wrong is blotted out in
, the minds of the young, when the elders
. -trusted with the management of public
arrairs "kick orr duty line a worn-out
. ehoe"?To proceed. The so-called
moneyed offices are assessed much
, higher. all the way from $25 to $300.
(From sheriff, county clerk, recorder.
' .treasurer, school superintendent, county
"judge, commissioners and surveyor of
-- Marion county in one year was obtained
4600, paid Into the hands of the treas
urer of the state central committee to
. whoop up the election, so that the basic
principles or the Republican party
might, triumph. At least this Is the
euphonlus phrase used to beguile the
.rank and file of the party. Of course.
- discreet people who have had a look
back of the scenes understand the basic
: principles of the politicians are those
that bear interest payable in coin or its
equivalent.
j . Continuing; the higher up tre go 'the
. Titgher the assessment, and candidates
i for the state offices, governor, seere
tary of state, treasurer, state superin
tendent of schools, and supreme Judpe
s ' reach into tiieir pockets ror hundreds
and thousands, which go into the party
xuna.
- Now, granting that the G. O. P. has
' won a treat and glorious victory and
. the officers are Installed, how are
ihelr friends and supporters to be re-
,v compensed ror their services? Evldent
. ly they cannot work for mere glory or
me lean saiiaractlon or seeing the basic
- grjnclples Indorsed at the ballot box.
-.The men who engage personally and
actively in the partisan game are
not in It for their health and don't
. diet on that kind of trash. Besides, they
- are of a strenuous nature to make their
wants' known and Insist upon recognl
h bC" yone doubt that the office
. holders from th highest to the lowest,
' ' fHnaer: continual pressure, and as
f ' JuImSi-1 cfnl ,t0 division of and
' 5S5wrhL'PwLiithe!r alarles. which
wouia.be wholly Inadequate anywav
what is there left for tfiem but tobe
' ' T r.h,.?nI,ortulte claim
ant. Instead of thinking how to protect
' 4T"bc Pub Interest Any man
' who has - experienced wh.t .i?"
brought about by constant effort and
the knowledge and conaent of tha atate
bonrd, cotiHlstlng of the governor, aoc
retary of atate and elatu treasurer, at a
time when both political parties were
represented therein. Of course only a
few metnbera of the Imlwlature were aa
gaclous enough to delect the real pur
pose of tho law, tiut is It not moat aa
toumling that audi a condition of thlnga
should exist for elgnt years, attalnst fre
quent protests by the people, and re
ceive nu countermand irum the state
officers or any repeal of the accom
modating statute bv the legislative as
sembly! How tan It be accounted for j
txcepi upon the tbry. that tho.m-
, i ,a.i i... . m l.,.V a-l va f dk
cnine politicians "i !.. -o ' , " i
In the deal? And we no snow vnai i
principal heneflclarles were of both par
ties and that two men one Democrat
and one Republican made independent
fortunes from the sale of lieu land
basis, by which the Irreducible achool
fund sustained a corresponding loaa
Now, does anybody suppose that if the
oeoDle had had the initiative and refer
endum at that time or even the recall,
that our public servants would have
permitted the robbery for an hour?
Hut we must pass to the next item.
The general government gave to the
state well nigh bn to 1,000000 acres of
so called swamp land, but really mead
ow land, and In 1870 the legislature.
then Democratic in Dom Drancnes.
passed a law to 'select and sell tnese
lands, and Governor Orover signed the
same. The price for these lands, which
In great part lay In the southeastern
part of the state and the most valuable
to be found there, was fixed at 11 an
acre, one fifth down at me time u
flllng upon them. The Republican tnem
bera were oppoaed to ita passage, and
William Starkweather from Clackamas
count v showed conclusively that It
would reault In monopoly and that the
state would realise but little from tneir
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Baits. I)Ul I v wn a ribu " , " - '
Democrats had already staked out large
tracts, and the law was framed in cer
tain particulars to suit their circum
stances and convenience. For IS years
the swamp land racket ns on the tapis,
a source of corruption and profit during
Democratic and Republican aaminiaira-
tions, that ponnlved at tne game ana
ended more disastrously to the state i
than Starkweather had the ability to
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fine meadow lands are owned by two
or three persona who withhold them
from sale, thus retarding the growth
and prosperity of the counties wherein
they are situated. If those lands had
been properly managed, as they would
have been had our public servants been
directly responsible to tho people in
stead of being mere political puppets,
the funds arising therefrom added to
what we now have would be sufficient
to give every child in the state nine
months schooling without taxing the
commonwealth a penny.
Another Item.
There is another Item of machine pol
itics that must not be overlooked. It
might be supposed that after the state
school lands had been sold and the
money In the treasury, It would be safe
from the clutch of the politicians, but
not so; It must continue to be depleted
to carry on the political game. When
the Democrats are in control of the
state board, Democrats get what are
called nolltlcal loans: when Republi
cans are in power. Republicans are fa
vored; and everybody knows that the
political loans are based upon sum se
curity, and in this way political debts
are paid, and political support secured.
Bv such meana many thousands of dol
lars have been lost In one instance
that I have, In mind, 110,000.
Contemplating the foregoing traverse
of our experience in partisan politics,
and recoarnlilnsr the unvarvlna law that
the same causes will produce like ef-
recia, nowever orten repeated, wny
should those citizens of Oregon, who
expect to live from the sweat of their
brows and the proceeds of legitimate
business why should they second the
effort now being made by hungry pol
iticians to get buck the old machine
which has proved so disastrous to the
general Interests?
The plea offered by them that the !
basic principles or the O. O. P. are at
stake Is all buncomb, the merest sub
terfuge. Ask any one of them what
the baste principles are that he la so
much concerned about, and he cannot
tell you In the next half hour.
The words Democrat and Republican,
without qualification, don't signify any
thing now. in Lincoln's time Republi
can meant something definite. In Jef
ferson's and -Jai'kstm'g time Democrat
told exactly where a man professing it
stood in relation to the questions then
In the public mind. "Who Is a Demo
crat?" is no more of a "gag" than who
is a Republican? When a candid Re
publican says Roosevelt, we know at
once his spirit; and when one says Can
non or Foraker we know where he Is at.
'The old basic principles of Republican
ism are to be found now with Roone
velt. or Bryanj the old time principles
of Democracy I mean the ppirlt Is to
be found there, too.
Citizens of Orejrnn, let me exhort you
not to be fooled by thj ravenous howl
of the politician out of a Job; let them
howl, while you stay bv your own. "a
government of the people, by the peo- I
pie, ana lor tne people.
VALUABLE ACQUISITION.
III W . -stair-.rv irt 4TLj.vf'; . ' ' .i1
II I
pressure, can prognosticate what has
reallr happened. Office. hTI i18
f ted, emoluments have been lncraaT
fees and perquisites nave beeS Slsl
covered and appropriated, clerical forces
multiplied." sinecures .appointed and
1 thereby the cost of rovernment has
heen advanc-ng.much faater in nrotvor-
tlon than has potiuutlon. And even
this has not sufficed to pay political
Tarors FoUtlolaas.
iJtws especially designed to favor cer
tain politicians and permit them to en-
. rase Jn rrauduient irsrnc in state lands
Km been passed by the legislature and
!.-' trxfflsS has been ' carried .on
' t - ftate land office, and with
A. 3. Blchardaou Company Buya Oat the
Store of Albert Weloh.
The firm of Welch & Co., high-class
clothiers, who had built up an exceed
ingly fine business on Washington
street near Fourth, sold out their busi
ness and good will a few davs aro to
the A. J. Richardson company. Mr.
Richardson, the head and front of the
new organization. Is a merchant of ex
perience In clothing, hats and men's
furnishings. For the past 15 yearn Mr.
Richardson has been identified wltTi a
very prominent mercantile house of San
Francisco. He has always been known
as a money-maker, and withal has ac
cumulated a large and loyal host of
mends. Mr. Kicnarason proposes to
materially increase the stock of the
establishment, and has already sur
rounded himself with a most competent
staff of hatters and furnishing goods
men. He is looked upon as a most valu
able acquisition to the retail clothing
circle of this city. 1
SAYS COTTON GROWERS I
SELL GOLD BRICKS
(United Press Leased Wire.)
IiOndon, March 7. In the annual re
union of the cotton association of Man- i
Chester, Thomas Coles, president of a
cotton company, and one of the dele
gates sent to America, made a notable
statement that taints the honor of
American cotton shippers. He Said that
he called attention to the shameless and
fraudulent manner of weighing, in
which thev added five, pounds to the
weight of each bale, they acknowledged
it He declared that this fraud was not
comparable with that practiced with
woven goods. In which they add five
pounds of canvass to each bale of goods, i
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Fragrant floral bloom., iilsut-mllk. ves-etahl. '
wwc coinpoM nauo skid cream. VDolce aoc.
; Save the Discount.
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VL i 1 J j-lah; lui wr urn-
i. 11 B?v discount Oltl
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HOME TELEPHONE CO..
Corner of Park and Burnslde Sts. ;
"1? r?w,nd Tuesday will poaltive
ly be the last days for dlscoont on west
aide gas bills. Portland Uaa company.
Values Up to $1 Yd., Monday, 25 c
MONDAY morning, the sale beginning at 8 o'clock sharp, we offer the most sensational em
broidery event of the year an opportunity to purchase" your needs for the i entire" season
There is an unsurpassed assortment of new'embroideries. 8 to 22 iAches wide, made of excellent
quality Swiss, nainsook, batiste, and cambric Included in the lot are corset cover, flouncing, edg
ing, insertion and shirtwaist embroiderydainty patterns in shadow embroidery, flor
al, scroll and open effects. Without doubt the greatest vajues and the greatest quanti- T 5
.: . rr. i i t i i . , tr-i . ei aa ir i -.i- esssf f
uca evet micicu uy tuiy rmuanu store, vaiuca to yi.vjv. ivivnuay uc.
Extra clerks, cashiers and wrappers to wait on you. NO MAIL ORDERS, none C. O. P., NO PHONE ORDERS, NONE RESERVED
VallieS tO 75C cs we've ka embroidery events before, but nothing more sensational than this starting sale for Monday. Ten
thousand yards of it. Not a piece in the lot worth less than 25c, some of them have sold regu- ,
P mm m . . . r m m m a m m ' ,
lariy lor sc. rounds nice exaggeration, out us a tact, ine latest patterns in Swiss, nainsooK, ana amonc merges 1 1 f
and Insertions up to eight inches wide. Extra counters, extra clerks and extra wrappers will be on hand to serve, the 1 1 j H
crowds that this announcement will bring. On sale while the lots last Monday at only.. mS
Great Ribbon Sale
Vals. to 75c tor 23c
All -Silk Taf
feta Ribbon up
to six inches
wide, all col
ors; also Fan
cy Dr e s d e n
Ribbons with
pink and blue
flowers and
colored bor
ders. Values
to 75c" yard,
Mon- OQ
day. ... LtOC
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5000 yds. 19-in.
Color'dTaffetas
85c Quality 69c
5,000 yards 19-inch Colored Taffetas, same
quality that all other stores sell at 85c. In
a full range of shades; including cream,
white and black. Monday only at tf
the low price of UaC
$1 pongees, 73c
$1.00 Coldred Shantung Pongees the latest
fabric for spring and summer wear. The
colors are brown, light blue, navy, Copen
hagen, champagne and black, at 70
the extremely low price . . . f C
1 "5
New Silk Princess Dresses
$18.50 Vals. $12.79
We have planned this sale with the expecta
tion that it will be one of the greatest successes
ever known in the Suit and Coat Section. Only
one thing necessary to insure success, and that
is for the women of Portland to take the trou
ble to inspect these suits and judge for them
selves. Made in tha favored jumper effects with plaid silk
piping and trimminjfi; new $10 7A
plaited skirts piped to match dlfe I U
The colors are black, navy, Copenhagen, brown,
also stripe effects. Regularly $18.00.
Rajah Silk Tailor - Made Suits for $25.00
35-inch Prince Chap Tailor-made Suits of fine Rajah
silk in navy, brown and tan; made single-breasted,
with half-fitted back ; taffeta silk-lined. The skirts are
made in the newest plaited effects. Real value $35.00.
Tailor-Made Shirts for Women $3.00 and $5.00
Castleton Tailor-made Shirts for women Smartest
and newest effect. Made of finest imported Kil
kenny trinchams in daintv sti-intd Viim- aUn nf
4 J O J J- f
Vivella flannel? marl with nlaitH front'. n4 l.nn.
dered collar and cuffs...... $3.00 and $5.00 J
r
Long Kid Gloves, $2.79
300 pairs full 16-button length Kid Gloves in
the fashionable spring colors of tan, brown
and black. Regular $3.75 aa 1t
values tU
V
Great Sale of 'Tleet Serges"
One of the best colors for spring, 1908, is navy blue. But when the fleet
comes up the coast, under the command of "Fighting Bob" Evans, everybody '
ill.- ' i1 -r . . i 1 . .
win De wearing navy Diue serge, it win De scarce ana nign m a month or two.
For Monday and Tuesday we offer a great sale of "Fleet" Serges in the navy
blue and yachting white.
65c Serges 49c Yard
40-inch "Fleet" Serges, all wool,
navy blue; also brown.
$1 Serges 83c Yarct
All-wool "Fleet" Serges in cream
and navy blue; 44 to 50 inches wide ;
also Copenhagen browns and black.
$1.25 Serges 98 Cents $1.75 Serges, $1.48
All-wool "Fleet" Serges, plain and her- All-wool "Fleet" Serges, plain or
ringbone stripes, 50 inches wide; cream stripes, 54 inches wide, in navy blue;
and navy; also brown and black. also cream, brown and black.
$1.50 Serges at $1.29 $2.00 Serges, $1.69
All-wool "Fleet" Serges for coat suits, All-wool "Fleet" Serges, clay or
in cream and navy blue, 50 inches herringbone effects, in navy blue;
wide also brown and black. also brown, cream, black.
J
BLACK SILK PLTTICO ATS
Regular $8.75 Values, at $4.87
4X41 mWa.'
100 Petticoats of extra quality black taffeta silk, made
with deep accordion-piaited flounce, .trimmed with two
gathered and tucked ruffles and dust ruffle. These petti
coats are made and finished in tha most up-to-date fash
ion and are extra full. Sold regularly at
$8.75. Special for Monday. .. . . . . ... . . v
$4.87j
$6.00 Napkins at $3.95
100 HnrMi fin ft Nanlfino in a virttv rif ffi rlirti.
- - ------ . .....w u WkS V. J V w. ravw
est' designs. Do not match cloths, hence they are
marked for clearance at, dozen $3.65
Flannel at Half Price
Short lengths of Wool Flannel V to 4 yards
on sale Monday at just half price.
Madras Shirting, Reg-
ular 25c Values at 15c
Madras Shirtings suitable for ladies' waists and
dresses. White rounds, with modest colored
checks, dots, stripes and figures. Monday f
sale only . IDC
rRLL Embroidery Lessons
Free Art Embroidery and Pyrography Lessons
every afternoon bv expert teachers. Largest and
best Art Needlework , Department;, : y y' '
Corsets
Like the rarest cus
tom garments-are
made entirely by
hand, and stayed
with genuine
whalebone. While
at least equal to
the finest Euro-
pcan corsets, the
prices are very much more rea
sonable, as there is a saving of
sixty per cent duty on each pair