TltE OREGON
SUNDAY JOURNAL,. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER . 1008.
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and Died. Wlirn It rould
Have Won on Principle,
and Lived Van Duren's
Jlevenge,
oromlM and rsfut) to vol In tha eon
van t Ion. Whan. Lewis Caaa Jiad ben
nnm'lm I itA tar nrwIilAnt And William O.
Xutier for vlc-lrMilclnt youn Ian
filcklaa lumnwl to hln ft to nfomlsa
th vnfa nf Va Ynrlr tn th. IlTtlll
making; an lnipalnnfd spoh kvhlch
broueht lh attention of tho whoVcoun-
try to hlin.
Rut
the barn-burners wnt lioaia sors,
It wan not Ion until tha free srtU move
ment was under way. Martin van
iHurwn breams Hi candidate for presl-
Ment and diaries Francis Adama was
nominated for vice-president. The abo
llltlon nartv vu awallnweri tin In It
It waa the flrat conalderable movement
Inward the wrrrk Ins- rtf the old nonser
. ' tlonal parties and tiajitenln the Inevlt-
. , it "hie civil war. And when the vote
Wnil in 1 I JS YAltll U HCrO, were counts, (ieneral Taylor win
,mH HI i tii M.iootad and Martin Van Buren had Ills
revenge.
Freak Story About Talor,
Oeneral Taylor waa nominated at th
Whir national convention at Philadel
phia. Governor Morehead of North Car
olina waa president of tha convention
and It became his duty to Inform the
randtdatea that thfy had teen nom
inated. It waa before the days of com
pulsory prepayment of pontage and Gov
ernor Morehead sent the letter to Gen
eral Taylors addrrsi In Louisiana, post
aire collect
"Old Roub-ti and neadv" had been Ret
ting too many letters from cranks nil
Dy FREDERIC J. IIA8KIN.
' . , 1 un iwi many iriifru iruiri i-j.tiinw
rCopyrlrht 1908. by Frederic J. HasKin.j over tne rountry, for of wr,irh
Washington. Sept. 6. Ones more he was compelled to pay from 10 to
ine wuirb vu- " laerea tne postmaster to return an lei
v. fnr thA anoond and laat I tera addressed to him and not prepaid,
. .., to tha dead letter office. Governor
time, inej were Ticiunuuo. Moreheads letter shared this fate. Thus
Tavlor Waa nominated because he it happened that General Taylor did not
aayior waa nuiuiuai. know h0 ha(1 been nominated until the
'WU me popumr committee sent to formally notiry him
.wifi. Mexico It mattered not that I of his selection had reached hla Louls
.r. i M. ltfa omv Ha waa surprised to hear
1 no aaa noror - 1 the news rrom u committee ana tne
' and had neTer taken any Interest In oommitta waa aurprlaed to learn h
ZTLZZZIa .. th- Uian't know It befora. It Is tha only in-
, pontics. i bibv-vciu l stance on record that a formal nourica.
in which ha won Kiorr ana re- tlon for president was renuine n
TWO-STORYi FOB
EIIGMIIIfi FIBll
Irwin-irodson to Occupy a
' New Brifk-Building on
. Thirteenth.
I marching; alona- the street on tha east
side yesterday. Aa he cajna onnoalt
euu ' uniun svmus nann wrier ir.
Dearborn reeldes, he saw the practi
tioner out In the street Drenarliia' to
start a fir In the blchway. As la duty
bound, i Mr. Keller aaked Ir. Dearborn
If she had a permit to conetruot a con
flaitratlon In th puhllo thorouglifarA
Dr. Dearborn intimated to Mr. Keller
that If he would run away, circum
navigate tha Monk, or somethlna; Ilk
that, she would attend to the little mat-
ire.
but before be atarted warned th doc-
ter of th f
obliging- disposition.
Mr. Keller being of an
did as dii
Irected,
tor that the Ignition of an oonflacra
Hon meant arrest He cam back-an J
the fir was burning. .
Patrolman Keller awor to a warrant
laat night and Dr. Dearborn was ar
rested. . This inornuig she pleaded guil
ty In th municipal court and waa fined
110, feh paid. - ,
KIERNAN PROPERTY 3 H
y ON MORRISON SOLD
Tha John Klernan residence property
at th northwest eornsr of Sixteenth
and Morrison street, waa sold yes
terday, to a Inoal capitalist for, 111.600..
Th property la a quarter block and waa
formerly owned by W, 'W.-Taylor. On
th corner lot stands a two-story frame
dwelling, which waa built a good many
years ago. It la . understood that the
rurohasor, whose name la withheld for
he preaent, acquired, the property . aa
n II UT,aiiimji I ' ' . - -
Mil 1 J-.-,. .J- '
. nrhi-. Such A thing could not possibly happen
BOWn waa .conaemnea Dy mo vui today, yet it did happen so recently that
an a crime arainst Civilization. It men Ilka A. K. McClure and Daniel E.
, w, . . , . Blakles, who were prominent In th na-
mattered not that he was a uouinern tlonal conventioni ot that year, are still
slave owner when northern wniga among- the living
Amszloa's Hlstorto Woman.
General Taylor died after having
served but a little more than a year of
his term, and waa succeeded by Millard
Fillmore. It la interesting to recall
that General Taylor's daughter, who
presided over tils home as the mistress
of the White House, la still living
She la Mrs. Elizabeth Dandridge now,
beautiful home at
Winchester, Virginia. It Is a long time
since she was the charming Betty Bliss,
D
lng Dolly Madison at tea and having her
presiding; over
the daughter of the
Wasnlngton society as
resident, enteriain-
fllng at politics. It has been said that
Mrs. Dandrldge's experience la the most
remarkable of any person now living, in
that her life has been intimately and
warn beginning: to battle every day
ininif tha pTtpnnlon of slavery. It
mattered not that Henry. Clay, the
. greatest of the Whigs, again wanted
the nomination from his parcy,
Nothlnr mattered except that
"7? the WhlgS wanted to Win, that Und Uvea quietly In a beautiful
they had won In 1840 with a war
hero and an llllteratlve slogan, and
that they could do It again. Thus
to General Harrison "Tippecanoe
and Tyler, too" was added General
Tiviftr nd "Old Rough and Ready,
: .These were the only men the Whig promlnentlyyted Hhhegreat
Darty ever put Into the White House, tory. A friend of Dolly Madison, a
' -Zjih im rmrtW that they are mlstresa of the White House herself, a
and It Is remarKaDie xnai ineys.ro ,,,4 lnUw of Je(fer,on Davis, th
the only two presidents wno naveiwtf, of a nephew of Martha Washlng
, . nafnrnl rAnsefl I ton, she links the heroic a,ge of America
died In office of natural caubbb. to th modern epoch of wireless tele-
Won hv Free Sou Democracy, phony And aeroplane airships.
- '( . .v. v-.-. .fM..v. WUmot Proviso Slsotsd Taylor.
, UUl even uio Golnsr back to the campaign which
nesa of General Taylor- the rresnness placed "Old Rough and Ready" in the
' u .nn. lonrcln th msete of White House. It was a political con-
, of his war-won laurels, tne magic oi tegt wh(ch tfae wlnnIng candldate
. the memory of Buena vista, none 01 aid nothing to contribute to his ,own
'Vobo. Mti? would have availed to success. He merely looked on while the
these- tnings woma io u Democrats went to pieces on the rock
defeat the Democrats had It not been 0f the "WUmot Proviso." The "pro-
rnr- fnctlnr.nl nartV fight In New vlso," as It was familiarly referred to
. for the raCUOnai party ugni. la jn those days when It was a burning
' .York State, Which Ultimately resulted Issue, had brought the slavery ques-
in the formation of the Free sou i" MUOnBl po" wna .
, Democratic party and the candidacy 1 The famous proviso was written by
i Martin Van Buren for Bresldent. RepresentAtlvs Brlnkerhoff, an Ohio
of MartlB VW JJuren lur 1'rCT';, ' n,mocrat, Thn bUl to appropriate
Van Jouren am not. rauj we'0 money to dose negotiations wnn Mex
An Important real estate and build
lng transaction concluded laat week was
the purchase by Llpman & Wolfe of tha
quarter block at th southwest corner of
Thirteenth and ajisan streeta for 135.
000, on which they will erect at ono A
two-atory brick building covering both
lots. The building, when completed.
111 be occupied by the Irwln-Hodson
comnanr. commercial printers.' tm pur
chase price of the property, together
with th estimated cost of th building.
136.000, brings the total sum Involved
n th deal un to IBU.UOO.
Tha building will be erected from
plans prepared by Architect W. C
Knighton, who soma months ago pre
pared the design for a structure to meet
the requiremeata or tna printing com
pany.
The Irwln-Hodaon company bar 1
15 years' lease on the building at an
annual rental, whll not mad public, la
supposed to be In th neighborhood of
fO.'OOO. ,
The fram structure on the alt will
be removed at once and th exoAvauon
made preparatory to the actual con
struction of the building, which wfll be
commenced as soon aa the contract can
be let.
of territory to be noaulred from Mexico.
At the first General Cass was favorable
to the proviso, but he soon found that
lit was better politics to trim? and he
uia so.
Anomalous leadarehlpa.
TJpon the Wllmot proviso the Demo
crats split wide open and gave the
Whigs their last chance to elect a pres
ident. If the northern Whigs had had
the couraa-e of their convictions that
year they would have taken the north
ern view of the slavery Question and
could have elected an anti-slavery pres
ident ions; Derore j.incoin was elected,
and their party would have lived. But
In those daya the Whig party was led by
southern men, and the Democratic party
was a southern party led by northern
men. There was still hope for compro
mise and permanent peace between the
sections. Men could not see the Inevit
able conflict ahead of them.
S. P. SERVED WITH
PAPERS IN LAND SUIT
atn twit' ia ent a sufficient number I lco concerning the war and to acquire
State, but ne got. a suiiicieni. u territory was before the house. A half
OI votes 10 lano mure mu vuo om 1 aozen anti-siavery Democrats naa copies
away from the Democratic oo peakeV's" icial eye
and give its electoral vote to Gen-1 0f fer lt. -. fte prave the opport
era! Taylor.
The' Democratic national conven
tlon met. that year at Baltimore,
May 22..' That is over 60 years ago,
but man stM lives who was one
of the prominent figures . In that
body. The nomination for presi
dent was a race between Lewis Cass
. of Michigan and James' Buchanan
of Pennsylvania. Cass was nom-
inated"Sn"'the fourth ballot without
difficulty. But the great fight in
the convention was not over the
nominations; lt was upon the status
of the two contesting delegations
from New York.
Barn-Burners and Honkers,
: There they were, Samuel J. Til-
den, later the leader of the national
Democracy, as spokesman and advo
cate for the Barn-burners; and
Daniel E. Sickles, the orator for the
Hunkers. Then only 23 years old.
Sickles was already a member of the
legislature and a leader in the Hun
ker, or conservative, wing of the
. Democratic party in New York. His
career afterward in congress before
the war, the tragedy of Lafayette
square which cast a shadow over his
life, bis gallantry In battle, the loes
of a leg at Gettysburg, his distin
guished service in the diplomatic-
corps, his return to congress in 1892,
and his long retirement in New York,
where be still lives,' are all matters
of general knowledge. But even
. those to whom his later activities
, are famlllaftre'BirrprlBed to leafcn
how long" ago he was a figure In
'national political affairs.
?! The Barn-burners were liberal
Democrats, whose name was given
f to them because of the similarity of
1 their doctrines in politics to the
economy of the Dutch farmer who'
burned his barn to get rid of the'
rats. Some authorities, not friendly, j
assert that the name was derived
from the depredations of certain
persons in western New York, not
; unlike the Kentucky nightrlders of
! the present era. The Hunkers were
the .conservatives, who believed in!
standing by the party, whatever
should betide. "Hunker" Is New
York Dutch-English for "hanker,"
-which is akin to "hunger," and the
name was applied to those ot the
Democrats whose desire for the pos
session of office was more remark
able than their "hunger and thirst
after righteousness."
TsArsTal Tea Bursa.
Barn-iro rears end hunkers cam down
t -Baltimore. Aca swearing dts
ngalnst the ether. Behind th barn
burners was the AwfoJ shadow of Mar-
tn Van Bnren. who had been the head
r f th greatest DemocrAtio political ma-1
t.ln the party had possessed. Th '
prty had defeeXed him for rentnitn
tioe four years previously by the tan-.oitl.-n
ef tbe two-thirds rule and by
rmitttns; delegates te disregard la.
unicuona Ills friend. File Wright.
r1 aeciln4 uj vice-presuaenuai ion
tnallsa In 1144. tmt had saved the day
If rv'vr.g far srevrnor of New Terk
r,j l,&.- yp t'.e Van Buren strength
f-.r ti l-Vk tli-.t. Tw reare later, la
1. VVr1trt bad been efeatJ for r
, tlon gorror. and tbe blame was
U J rn tne fcorra. Van Burea And
1 ft !- " waatej revenae.
; : . !, icmiiKfl wse" rtar5 j
!- ii -t, 1 K-i the 1. 11 ter factlnra,
, ; t - v et hots. Ae!e-j
one to
was to
opportunltv to
David Wllmot of Pennsylvania. II of
fered the amendment providing that
slavery should not be permitted In any
states or territories to be erected out
United Statea iMrtrlct Attorney John
McCourt returned vesterdav from
Pendleton, where he has been spending
tne past weeic on omciai business. . He
held a conference this morning with
Special Assistant Town send in refer
ence to the big suit filed Friday
against the Oregon & California "and
tbe Southern Pacific. Mr. Townsend
states, however, that there are no new
developments in the matter, other than
that service waa obtained on the two
railroads yesterday.
FIRE IN HIGHWAY
LEADS TO ARREST
Patrolman Keller did not move on
when Dr. Ella K. Dearborn told him to
Friday afternoon. Because he did
not Municipal Judge Van Zante assessed
Dr. Dearborn $10 In the morning ses
sion yesterday. . This is how lt hap
pened:
Mr. . K.ener, as patrolmen - ao.
TEN CENTS PER SHARE UNTIL, AND TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS PER SHARE AFTER , SEPTEMBER 10th; 1908
As we have already given due notice that the price 4
of our stock .will; be 25c per share oh aiid after -'
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER it
We wish eto warn those who are inclined to pro
crastinate, that we will not accept applications for
stock at the bULprice of v.v ; ;-:;; 'v. ;
TEN GENTS PER SMI
if they are hot made before the allotted date. So
be on time and save us the necessity of refusing
your application, by mailing it not later than 1 . '
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Comoan
Corner of Sixth and
Washington Streets
Suite 3, Raleigh Bldg. Portland, Oregon
Officers arid Directors.
P. LT AUSTIN. LOUIS MEYER, .
President and Treas. Vice-Pres. and Sec,
PortRnd, Or. Portland, Or.
JOHN H. LAHR,
Delta, Idaho.
was 1 - i 11 .
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ere s
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Women and
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win a prize.
Have them get busy making
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Thoro'c a RoaGtflfl Whv our customers retum to us again and again. - Every customer
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'i
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Three Judges will be selected from the
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t GRANT PBEGLEY,
Seventh and Sf ark Streets
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