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THE OREGON, SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, '
1903.
PREFERRED STOCK ; COIIIITII -. "
CliiiilED BY PACKER ROOSEVELT
(Continued from Page On.)
.men who sit around the Pompellan
' room In the- Annex really vwer dug
-up at Pompeii. '
Ifto all a fine, decorous, strictly
commercial affair, although, there la
a good stock of canned enthusiasm
- In a warehouse near, the Coliseum,
-; to be opened at Intervals, .'oa con
; vention flays,
' The fact of It Is, tV president has
: organised a convention trust, of which
" lie is all the officers , ana the board of
-directors, holding alt the stock and de-
clarlnffcJV dividends. He is a monopoly.
, He la a , combination to , restraint or
i trade which the colored brethren hoped
to do but couldn't, becauae. the 'market
wee overstocked when they came wmgr,
.s Mril mrenta nf the trust hav
ing-been on the ground first, More
iover the president ia giving no rebates
. except to his partners, thus depriving
". his competitors of the chance to do any
: business. He has the whole field sewed
'up. He has rented all the prominent
corners and .has driven all the pia
men who have been for years in the
v convention business Tnto retirement. By
-. hie mandate, all goods not bearing the
brand "T. R.." are spurious and it may
- be remarked In passing, nearly all goods
' do bear that brand and those that do
rot are being brought arouna, nasiuy,
-to have the right label pasted on them.
Pathetie Spectacle.
It has been a pathetic spectacle. Many
' an old warhorae of the Republican par
ty has wept bitter tears Into his high
balls while recounting the indignities
v that have been thrust- on himself and
"his stable companions. It has been the
toughest year for old war horses the
: country , or tne panyvnas
rtita.hv nna th hnva ben led out and
beaten to a pulp by a gang of husky
A grooms, lacerated.. -macerated. and, by
way of pleassnter diversion, sprayed
with brine. There isn't a warhorae on
the Job whc doesn't feel as if he
iad been In a sure enough war where
every battle was a rout for hla aid
and every skirmish a slaughter,
t What has happened here in Chicago
didn't happen here at all. Everything
happened at Washington, in the White
House. . The Chicago end of It has been
merely the outward and visible sign
or tne nooseveman ana pramoiinji -sire.
The president has i touched the
button and his agents here have done
the rest done more than the rest, in
fact,. hav done everything in slant ex
cept their- own band of cheerful little
doers. It is beginning to dawn on the
ventlemen who have framed conven
tions and untrained them since the civil
war that in addition to organising a
convention trust. Colonel , Theodore
Roosevelt ia organising, or has organ
ized a new Republican party. Senti
mental at times, in his boisterous way,
he still retains the name. "Republican"
,,11, ha alan retains the party, that
is a matter of small moment. What
he his in hand, carefully labelled and
pinned on the. specimen card. Is the
whole O. O. P. -organisation. He has
taken It over, so to speak. In due
course undoubtedly, he will call it the
Roosevelt party, but up to this time, he
Is content to own it without the per-
aonal designation.
Allies . Indignant.
Th, la miiM indlrnation. It la un
precedented to have a president grab
.off a party ana graD on- a conven
tion . anA Alftn.t nverv detail Of a
- grand, free and untrammeled gathering
of unselfish patriots who have sought
to confer with one another and to
' select a candidate and a platform that
shall both redound to the highest good
of our great republic It la unprece
dented, but the gentlemen who are
moaning about it. moaning like lost
i souls 'With their talla caught, In the
&crack of the door, are strangely forget
Tfut of the fact that the person who
has done this unprecedented thing has
i a bland habit of making his own prece
dents and the only comfort that comes
after their protest is a loud shout from
; Washington to eat-'em-up, buck the line
Tiara, smasn 'em, ana mi ouem i uv
the business, smasn mem again.
iicin a nnlltiolnn. the nresident has
played politics. His work was easier
than it seemed All ne naa to oppose
him was a bunch of elderly and inflated
f political soubrettes, -each one clamor
ng for the center of the stage, all the
. advance notices and the sole right to
elng: "Xove Me and the World Is
Mine." The allies who opposed the
president were a joae. isacn one con
sidered himself the only person on whom
the party could Intelligently unite, and
each one refused to budge, from that
position. Instead of concentrating, they
sulked moodily, each in a corner, each
wondering why the others did not quit
and combine with another on hint, They
were all 'bound and determined to de
feat Taft, but each one bad no other
Idea than that he himself was the log
ical, the only , available instrument for
the job. The result was that the presi
dent decided it was time to wipe them
up and clear the road for Taft. he
merely had to say, "Shoo!" half a dosen
times, merely had to tell Hitchcock and
bis nandv men to sic -em, ana tney ran
like a bunch of kittens chased by a bull
terrier. Wherefore, Mr. Roosevelt In
' tends to run this convention Just as he
has run tne preliminaries.
resale Boasts.
. Just now the allies, still a little
' trembly in the knees, are beginning to
boast what they will -do to the plat
form. They are going to make their
last stand on the platform. It must
be safe and sane. They. will not allow
any incendiary doctrines in that im
portant document. They .-- are quite
chirky about It. Nothing will be done
without their consent. The facts about
the platform are that it will be exactly
the kind of a nlatform Mr. Rooaavelt
wants it to be. It will be lust as safe
end just as sane as he desires, and no
ssfer and no saner than that. The pres
ident thinka he is a pretty good aort of
a pisuorm mmaeii, iw n, omooaieo
-most of the ideas. Dolloies. theories and
- postulates required to safeguard his
. country, to perpetuate ms - party in
power and to keep him in full view of
the audience. Therefore ha will be the
platform. That declaration of princi
ples will be a sort of carbon copy of
' T. Roosevelt, and the allies can not
ston it
- Thus, on the verge, the brink, so to
speak, or a momentous political gath
ering at one of the most momentous
times to hear the statesmen talk we
have experienced since well, since the
-latest one, four years ago, there are a
' few thousand perspiring people in Chi
cago, each one acting aa a registering
- machine ror t. nooseveit, scrambling
around and trying to get axoited over
' anything, any little thing concerning
-which mere is a glimmer or nope that
tit la uncanned. Foolish and futile
' vioe-presldential booms float gaily in
the superheated Air of the annex for a
lew moments ana pop. .. -,. :
'j t. Kltchoock Moody. - -
Frank Hitchcock stalks moodily
. .through the throng, holding hla immo
bile face in position by a grand exercise
of will power. It waa an unhappy day
for Hitchcock's face when somebody
Hold hlni he resembled a sphinx, .James
Francis Burke emits a staccato hurrah
Eaiy to tell '
, ,' . whether coffee causes head
ache. Drop It for a week
or two and usa c-. .
POSTUM
"There! a Reason"
Read "The Road ' to , 'Well villa
in pkgs. -
for that noble countenance, Peletiah
Webster Knox, and then ,- goes : behind
one of ' the ca stile soap pillars - and
pinches himself so he can wake up.
William B. McKInley easts a fond glace
at. the stern and rock-bound pictures
of Uncle Joe that bang about and bab
ble . incoherently about the people's
friend. Negro delegates slither in and
slither out, trying to get strangle holds
on men who are said to have money on
their persons Jor the promotion of vari
ous candidacies. Louis - A. Coolidge
speaks of Cortelyou for vice-president
in a reverent manner, and takes the
count when the people assail him who
think th'elr votes might be secured for
that celebrated hand-made, . card-index
statesman. A. B. Humphrey rubs his
whiskers against the whiskers of Gen
eral Stewart L. Woodford, and through
the morass of nair emits muffled shouts
that Hughes Is the salvation of the
whole affair, only there doesn't seem
to beany salvage on him.V" Joseph Keel
ing mounts a chair and ' tries to tell
about Fairbanks,' and the- words come
out in mangled fragments and fall un
heeded to the floor. Jonathan Bourne
rasps and gurgles about a second elec
Ive term aa be goes down for the third
time and nobody throws him a life
preserver. Great party bosses sit up
stairs in their rooms and twiddle their
thumbs. Little party bosses are happy
to get messages tot carry from 6 tatter
to Hitchcock. Thev have taken un the
rugs- In the Annex and nearly every-
oony, i,ni aire gelling sorev
It Is a tumultously enthusiastic rath
ering, a majestlo outpouring of earnest
and patriotia men, here to obey the will
of the people: that is to obey the will
of one, and the principal one at that, of
the people, Mr. T. People Roosevelt, to
be exact. It Is a canned convention, and
it woum not do astonisning n some
time during the week they substituted
a con in tor tne can.
HISTORY OP REPUB-
LICAN-CONVENTION
(Continued from Page One.)
Tribune was beading the movement for
a new party, and Ee seised upon Bo
vay's. V suggestion of "Republican."
Other states followed the example of
Michigan and in May the first Repub
lican siate convention m Illinois was
held at Bloomington. Upon that occa
sion Abraham Lincoln made a speech
which ranks with the greatest orations
of all time. .
r Organisation Weak.
Notwithstanding the rreat victories
of the election of 1854 which placed a
Republican in the speaker's chair of
the house of representatives, although
khe party did not have a majority, the
new organization was extremely weak.
ine Kepuoiioan association 01 Wash
ington City made the first movement
for a national organization by sending
out a call for a meeting to be held at
Pittsburg on February 22, 1866. That
convention was attended by delegates
from all the free states and from Mis
souri, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky
and South. Carolina. It waa fairly rep
resentative of all those political fac
tions which opposed the further exten
sion of slave territory. It decided to
fight Horace Greeley being the lead
ing rigure in tne assemblage. There
fore it formed a national committee
and called a nominating contention to
meet In Philadelphia on June 17.
Between February and June 'there
was evidence that the north and west
were inclining toward the .new party
with even greater enthusiasm than was
expected. Thus it was that many of
the delegates to the convention of 1858
believed that the candidates they
named surely would be . elected. Fol
lowing the example of the Pittsburg
conference and obeying the stern dic
tates of political necessity, the plat
form made it -clear that the new party
stood for restriction of slavery to Its
present boundaries, and not for aboli
tion. It declared for the admission
of Kansas as a free state. And then
it concluded with an utterance cro-
phetio of the material progress the
country was to know during the long
rule of the party It declared for gov
ernment aid to a Pacific railway and
for river and harbor improvements.
An Irregular Body.
While the convention waa attended
by delegates from all the free states
and from Delaware, Kentucky and
Maryland. It was a most Irregular bod v.
The call from Pittsburg had contem-
lated a meeting of delegates on the
asis of representation which now obtains,-
each state to have twice ai many
delegates aa it had votes in the elec
toral college. But as a matter of fact,
at - the convention New York had it
delegates, Pennsylvania 81 and Ohio 69,
wnue some or tne states naa put one.
- An Informal Ballot.
Candidates were selected by taking
an "informal ballot" in which every
delegate voted as he pleased. This was
followed by a "formal ballot" in which
the will of the convention was offi
cially expressed. The. informal ballot
was a kind of "get-together" test which
would not be tolerated In these days
of advanced political organization. When
the time came to name the candidate
ror president, there were xour names
prominently before the convention.
They were -William H. Seward of New
York, John McLean and Salmon P,
Chaae of Ohio and John C. Fremont,
"the pathfinder." Beward did sot be
lieve the party had a chance to win
and he caused his name to be with
drawn. Judge McLean did not 'share
the enthusiasm of ihe delegates and
he declined, as did Chase. McLean's
support would not permit nis name to
be dropped, however, and fought on, I
But tne xirst miormai oaiiot snowed
that Fremont was the choice of the
convention.
The contest for vlce-cresldent was
settled as easily by the nomination of
William L. Dayton of New Jersey. On
the first test of strength Dayton re
ceived 26S votes to the 110 cast for Ab
rahem -Lincoln. Lincoln was a dark
horse of the deepest hue in that con
vention. The delegates knew or him as
a great speaker, but even Illinois did
not con
into the dining room, found the gong,
hid it under his coat and was making
away with it He was confronted by
Mr. Whitney -and Judge Davis, who
thrust into his hands a copy of the Chi
cago Tribune, which contained the news
that Lincoln had received lift votes for
vice-president at the Philadelphia con
vention., ..'.-.
Cronf to Sla Coat.
: "Great business for a vice-presidential
aspirant," - said Davis, indicating the
stolen gong under Lincoln's coat. Lin
coln oplv smiled and "reckoned" It must
be the Massachusetts Lincoln who had
been highly honored. But the great
ness of Lincoln- was not to be meas
ured' by the mud on his brogans, or the
quality of his modesty. From that day
when he received those 110 votes until
the day he died be was to be a com
manding figure in the life of the nation:
he was to stand higher than the leaders
whom he followed; he waa to aava the
country he loved so well.
The great, majority of the men who
took .part in the formation of the Re
publican party at Philadelphia In 186
are dead. Most of the leaders of prom
inence In that convention left the Re
publican party before their death.
Greeley, Trumbull, Julian and ' Palmer
were leaders In organizing the party
against which they were to-battle In
later years. - A. Taft of Ohio, father f
the- man who probably will be nomi
nated 'for president at -Chicago this
week, was a delegate to that conven
tion. . mere are a lew men etui living
who attended it, but the leaders hays
' . . ,0reat Tlsal xsaoeV -
The great and vital, issue wblch
brought the Republican party Into ex
istence has been . settled. and settled
right.; The compelling force of senti
ment, tne -fire or.noiv war. tne gtaae
of life -br death theses things united
to give the Republican party power at
its birth. Their effect is still to be
seen, although the causes have ceased
to exist these many years. The Repub
lican party at the first was made up
of men who belleved-ther defeat of the
opposition was absolutely necessary to
a continuance of national life. There
fore, as patriots, they were content to
accept factional defeats, bury personal
grievances and present a solidly united
front to the enemy
"Today the disciplinary power of the
Republican organization is the most re
markable feature of the political life of
the American people. Fight and wran
gle as they will before election the Re
publicans line up at the polls. It is the
heritage or the party handed down from
the convention of 18(6, in which Dem
ocrats, Whigs, Know-Nothings, Hards,
Softs, Barnburners, Anti-Nebraskans,
Abolitionists, Free-Soil ere and all sorts
and conditions of. politicians met to-
? ether, burled their quarrels and built
he Republican party on top of the
grave. - .- r
GREAT FIELD TO HOLD t
BIG STOCK SHOW
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PORTLAND SPIRIT;
order long since went -to the American
Bridge company, and the structural
steel is on . the way. to Portland. The
grandstand will be covered ' with an
umbrella roof of steel. It' will be so
constructed that there will not be a
post within 80 feet of the front row
of seats.
East of the grandstand, and along the
same slope, will be built an open amphi
theatre that will seat anywhere from
10,000 to 16,000 people, and from every
seat In it the view of the track will
be aa perfect as from the grandstand
seats.
Perfect Drainage.
The main racetrack is now nearlnar
completion. It has a coarse travel
base, providing perfect drainage. Over
this gravel formation is spread a layer
of sawdust, another of manure and then
a top layer of dirt and clay, rolled to
a solid mass, and making . practically
a padded track, the easiest known for
rapid-action horses.
Inside or the main track will be made
a secondary track, where the horses
can be worked out prior to the calling
of a race. When the horses oome upon
the main track they will be ready for
me real iesi oi speea. x ne judge s
stand will be located in one end of the
grandstand, and the wire will be
stretched across the track at a point
about the middle of the grandstand.
The men who visited the grounds for
inspection of the progress of work were
guests of T. B. Wilcox, who himself
naa not yet seen the park since the
Inception of the work last year. The
party Included J. C. Alnsworth, Adolphe
Wolfe E. L. Thompson, Tom Richard
son, Charles Dickinson, C S. Jackson,
O. A. Westgate, M. D. Wisdom. John F.
Carroll. 8. O. Reed, H. C Bowers, J. L.
Meier, C. C. Colt, Fred Page, Dr. Harris
of Eugene and others.
Callforolans Interested.
In a short talk made at the grounds,
M. D. Wisdom said:
"On a recent visit to California I
found the liveliest interest everywhere'
in the great project undertaken here.
Callfornlans are thoroughly confident
that Portland will carry out the repre
sentations it has made to the livestock
men and horsemen of the country, and
they are preparing to come in large
numbers. Practically every stable of
horses of any Importance in California,
with the exception of two, will come
to the Portland meeting. The two ex
ceptions would have come had they not 1
BOBXST B. KAY,
Manager Buret Investment Co.
The Surety Investment company, with
Offices in -the Corbett building, are
showing a progressive spirit in their
Dusmess wnicn snouia cauee mue
ing new capital, or wishing to dlsposejpl
their business entirely, to take not ft e
Robert Pt Ma v. manaeer. will send I
cariahla renreaantatlva east in a f eW
weeks for the purpose of establishing
business connections In all large eastern
cities in sppport of his Portland offices.
The great advantages of this venture
can readily be seen, inasmucn as au
Dusiness listed witn tnarn win do
tenslvelv advertised, not only locally,
but throughout the entire country, thus
assuring their clients with prompt and
satisfactory Investors. The infusion of
new ideas and capital with our present
great resources is wnat win neip mui
Portland the city she is destined to be.
Let us all wish Manager May success in
ms new departure,
been booked in the east before they
knew to a certainty that the Portland
Country Club and Livestock association
wouia pe ready this year.
Impetus to Bceedlnf. -
"The first Portland show will be a
great success and next year it will be
a still greater success. It means a
strong lmDetua will be riven everywhere
-on the Pacific coast, and especially In
tne nortnwest, to toe preeaing or pot
ter cattle, horses, nogs and sheep. '
To the surprise of everyone Mr. Wil
cox, who was known to have been a
liberal subscriber to the fund, stated in
a short talk that he was like .some
of the others present, making his first
visit or inspection to tne grounas. tu
had begun by subscribing 15,000, and
when more was needed he had Increased
his subscrlDtlon 60 Der cent with the
understanding mat otners wouia ao
likewise and that there would be a more
liberal response from business men
generally. lie expressed confidences that
the undertaking would Drove to be a
profit earner, that it would not only
pay its own way but in all probability
Day a dividend on the stock, and In
addition be a,great benefit to the com
mercial Interests of the city generally.
Good Business IiOgio.
It Is a well established rule that
stockgrowers are liberal spenders of
money; their trade Is a valuable asset
to a city and thev trade where tnev
market their stock. This is homely
but business logic that has worked out
In many other centers of 'the livestock
business, where large meat packing in
dustries have been built up. The build
ing oi great pacKing nouses in Port
land and the development of the Coun
try Club and Livestock association's
plans cannot fail to bring very large
financial rewards to this city's commer
cial interests generally.
While some lines of business will
f ront more dlrectlv than others, there
s not a business house of anv magni
tude in the olty that will escape the
benefits. Hundreds of these firms and
individuals have subscribed nothing to
the stock of the Country club, and have
not given It even an intelligent investi
gation. The burden has thus far been
Borne by a few. men, who have nothing
in particular at stake financially In the
outcome, but who are setting apart
with splendid patriotism a liberal pro
portion of their fortunes every year
to build up Portland and Oregon.
Men Who Have Bona It.
They are also giving liberally of
their time and influence. The offi
cers, directors and committees of the
country club ana iivestocK assocla
tion include some of the city's busiest
merchants, banners ana professional
men. a. u. neea, president or tne as
sociation, is one of the most enthusiast
ic and effective workers. H. C. Camp
bell, chairman of the building commit
tee, and other members of committees,
are working side by side with the pres
ident of the organization. E. L. Thomp
son, who was one of the originators of
the whole movement and is especially
interested in the aims and purposes of
the livestock contingent Is one of the
active men in committee work.
The committee has sifted out enough
antl-Taft delegates so that he is sure
of the nomination.
'. -3
consider him bir enousrh for na
tional party honors. A few enthusiasts
worked for him at Philadelphia, and
there sowed the seeds for his great tri
umph four years later.
.;, Ca Se TlghtV
When Lincoln's name was being
placed before the convention by a Penn
sylvania who was praising tbe rail
splitter's oratory, an Ohio man called
out: "Can he fight T" tbe reply was:
"Yea. Have I not told you he was from
Kentucky? He's strong mentally, he's
strong pnysicauy, nes strong every
wav " John M. Palmer or Illinois. 40
years later-the candidate of the gold
Democrats for president, arose and made
a plea ror jincoin, saying: "we can
lick Buchanan anyway, but I think we
can do it a little easier if we have Lin
coln on the ticket with John C Fre
mont." -
Whether Lincoln would -have riven
the. ticket enousrh additional atrenafth to
have carried Illinois and Pennsylvania is
a queation ror rruitiess speculation, but
In the light of past events It is doubtful-
If the elevation of Fremont to the
office of president at that time would
have' helped the country. - The people
were not yet ripe for the great revolu
tion of the election of I860.- , .
Story of Uaooln.
If the Ren Jbl loan nartv In lta first
national convention was making a mis
take br defeating ADra nam Lincoln for
the nomination for vice-president, the
one man in the country at that time
who farthest from so thinking was A
Lincoln. The story of Llnooln's hear
ing the news that he nad received the
110 votes Is related by the late Henry
C Whitney. I Lincoln was "riding the
circuit" with the other lawyers In the
wake of Jndge Davis. They were quar
tered at the leading hotel In ' Urban,
111. The hotel possessed an extremely
irritating bit of sounding brass In the
form of-a a-onar. The breakfast tone
disturbed the early morning slumbers
of the gentlemen of the bar, and they
decided to abate the nuisance. Lincoln
was selected by a majority vote to si
lence that gong forever. There was but
one way to do that- Therefore Mr.
Lincoln left the courtroom a little ear
lier than usual before the noon adlourn
menC. He . went . to the . hotel, slipped
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