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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 0. 1908 I tr- ELEVATION OF OLD ABE . . 11 i 1 1 la remarkable fact Candidate of Expediency "",l!;t fX,;,"1th'V ; the Shame of Tarty l-l'of fell" hS er8 Democracy Kent m Twain Freakish Elec toral College Arithmetic. By FREOKWO J. IlASklx. (Copyright. HOI. by rrederlo J- Healcln.) Washington. 8ept Much of the 'practical politic of the presidential campaign of 110 baa been burled be neath, iha glory of the Lincoln admln ' titration and tha horrors of the Civil war. Tba political result of that cam ' palfn we. the promoUon of the newly ' born Republican party to power, the , -wecond 'political revolution of American hl.tory. For the flret 11 year of gov . ernment under the constitution the Federalist, were in power. With tho . alectlon of Thomaa Jefferson an sctual revolution waa accomplished, and tne Eower of government wu given to the amocratlo party. The Uemocrats rul.-d , for 0 years. Twice during that time tha Whig, elected a president- but ,thera waa no practical Interruption of iMmocratld" ascendancy. ' V ith the elc tlon of Lincoln, the Republican party assumed tha reins of power and has . held them ever since. 4 yeara. The two Cleveland administrations checked. " twit did not stay, the Republican march. ' Tha flrat Lincoln campaign was marked by practical politics. Mr. Lincoln did not make an active campaign, ine Republicans contented themselves wnn continued denunciations of "border rur f lan Ism." Many of them were some- ; what asnarnea or uieir cmuiu. , . hm mitaMa of Illinois, , brought tba personal' equation Into the discussion. . Democracy's Dlsorlptlon. Tha fight raged la its greatest blt- : tnrness .between ui two iwaiu candidates, Stephen A. Douglas and John' C. Breckinridge. John Bell led ' tha constitutional union forces as the representative or extreme conserve tism, but. like Lincoln, he took no In . dividual rm rt In tha camnalen. Douglas, the "llttla giant of Democ racy,' stumped the country from New -England to Louisiana, wonoerrui ora-'-.tor he was. earnest as he was in bis efforts to accomplish tha salvation of tha union, believing tnai uie jniy way to stave it was his way, the country never knew before and perhaps never will know aaaln. much a masterly cam paign. But It waa all In vain. He had broken with the south and with Bu chanan, and not logic nor reason nor oratory had power o heal wounds so -'fwuglae waa Indirectly responsible for the nomination of Lincoln. Two years before, in 186, Lincoln had opposed Douglas for reelection' to the senato. : Their Joint debates in that year still 11 v in me memories ot wu, "u were marching, the. Lincoln managers packed the Wigwam galleries wlin jim anla rilki mihfk war inatructed tO yel for "At" They yelled, all right, and bv this chess Dolltlral method of.organ lalna- a elaaue. Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president. i last Walk f tha Walff Ohost, Tha Constitutional Union party was the last attempt mads to gather the 'old Una Whlis' into a polltlcsl organ isation. As Its candidates. John Bell or riimuni mnA I'llxiril GvtnK of Mat sachusetta received more than three times as many electoral votes as tne Iouglas ticket and more than hair as many as the lireckeurldse ticket; It was of considerable Importance in the campaign. ' " it la a ramaraanis ran mm ini nmn tlllicai pnriy neral Jamea I. tha linlver- "had been ov. ernor of Tennessee, minmicr to v nn, and flrat analstant secretary or aiam. ainca the war. In 16 he waa one of l he five members of the Tennnseee leg. aiature wno uou neon iiotmu . ....-, although the national orsanlaetlon had Ions since perished, lie was very Km h haliovrd he saw a areat opportunity for a revival of Whlggerr. He wrote a letter to his four Whig col leagues and called a meeting to consid er ways and mesne for meeting the question of the next national campaign. The result of that caueu was the movement headed hv Bell In Tennessee, Rverett in New England end Houston in Texss, for the formation of a new party upon the principle proclaimed In Its slogan: The Union the Constitu tion and the Enforcement of the Law. Sam Houston had left the Democratic party and wa leading a most formid able bolt In Texas. He and Bell were voted upon as candidates for president, but Bell won on the second ballot. In the election the Bell ticket carried Vir ginia, Kentucky , and Tennessee the three border tate end. in the case of Kentucky and Tennessee, the old Whig strongholds. SIm torsi Arithmetic Lincoln . received a great majority of electoral votes over ail his opponents, Kut ha waa a-reatly in the minority In the Dopuiar vote. The possibilities of the electoral system of choosing a pres ident were keenly Illustrated in the re sult. Lincoln received 180 electoral votes and l.tss.3Sz popular votes, wuiii - .a.i in tha tinnular vote with 1 176.167, but he got only II electoral votes. Lincoln received an electoral vnta fnr avarv 10.000 DOPUlSr VOteS, while Douglas had more than 140.000 PLAfJ GOOD from, hiding and the Increase of the ag oiui lint of circulating , medium ent of lower FOUND HOW BEES IX HOUSE WALL , -i ' (gparUI Dlapatek te Tbe Joara.ll ' ' Los Angeles, Bept I. For year the It Is not proposed to make tha aov- family or, J, Morlarty, a tea and coffee eminent Itself guarantee tha depositors I msrchaat eq West Tenth sjtreet. has jne piaa pas Deen rererrea 10 com- i,,,. dlilurhtil kn aimiM uimiii ilwiiit monly as "the government auarantet of 77 ,,lurla by "range sounds about depositors": but this Is a misnomer. ao.,he" horns at night. Many hours wars cording to thoss who have been 'most tTnl ,n rTln o-ierrai out the cause I in develoDlna- the movemanL Theior.a resale vol would cause the estahllahmei ta of interest for Vie borrower. The i niercnani. ins manuraciurer, ins rarmeri and tha laboring man wsuld thus receive i oi reci nenenta witnoui injury to snyi i " v. . . active Idea la that tbe government shall serve merely as the custodian or the guarsn tee fund, a email, tax belna- levied on the banks to establlsU lu , . ' e e i e ' - lrranklv. not '. much' attention Is raid TMq "nTllhrfltil bV tha campaign managers of either llUa XtlUUCittHL tn ,ha fndenendenee leaaua In this Ipular Approval Stamped Upon Plank-Hearst's Plan to mu J-'fiir to Taft Not Working. . , line iniut polling araiurnina numntri lUKe rrom JJrV all HI UIVC nnon. Ann it might naturaiiynavs I Man AviulftfM Ihir with tha teamanftAila resouroes or the Hearst papers in Han Francisco, Chicago, Boston and New York, and tha wealth Hearst Is abls to I throw .into tha campaign, tha league would have made a showing which could he counted as an essential element in the contest. Analysis of the Vermont vote shows that the leagos polled 1.200 out of a total of ahmt si.000, or about 2 per cent. It la Impossible to aacer- bank deposit, ha. attained a popularity f;om "t'h; -EomoVratic or Renubircan which seems to show It to be tha I strength. Probably some came from the trnnMHt rirawlna- card tha namoorahs Boclailstlo party, and something less In tht. umnln TM.rnaalnf. haa I " v ! I parties, in oiner woras, oniy a rrao- reached the sUge of tension, It belna tion of 1 per cent In all likelihood not rue that on other issue, up to thl. I more man one nair or one quarter or By John E. Lathrop. Chlcago, Pept. 9 Beyond wildest ax pectatlona, the proposal to guarantea t time the people appear not to have been 1 per cent, came from tha Democratic) nartv in excess of that which came from I aroused to personal Interest. So far, the Republican. On that basis, in Ore- to an unprecedented degree, the masses gort tha Hearst vot would take from. ., ,.. ., ,,.K the Democratlo strength In excess .of seem to Jog along without paying; much ,u utlng from RepubTioan gtrength not heed to the presidential .truggle. Good more than from 150 to 600. However, live on tha pages of history ror an time. The people of Freeport, 111., last month celebrated uie "na anniversary of the first of tha famous IJncoln Douglas debates. Douglas was ths bet ter speaker, and ha won the election lor aenator. But j,mcom ora him close and had bad the eyes of tha nruoia country upon mm. ' ' v Don&rjM' jpatoful "TTes." Tt waa aaralnat the advice of every friend, he had that Lincoln bora downi upon uougia. ana asaea mm a unci of questions Involving slavery in the territories. One question was: "Can a territorial legislature exclude slavery If it see. fltr If Douglas had 'answered that -question In the negative, Lincoln would have been elected senator In 1858 and might never nave oeen president But Douglas said "Yes!" That reply carried him back Into the United State, senate, caused Horace Greeley to seriously propose Douglas lor tne rtepuDiican nomination lor prrsi- 1860. broke nnnular votes ror eacn electoral vuio. Breckenrldge had 847.614 popular votes, but little more than hslf of Douglas, yet he received 71 electoral votes, six timaa aa man V as DoUElaS. Bell. With less than half of Douglas s" popular vote received 39 electoral votes to uougias 12. Douglas, running next to Lincoln, carried only one state. Missouri, al though he received three of the seven votes of New Jersey and three of the thirty votes of Pennsylvania. Tha alectlon of Lincoln had been ex pected early In the campaign . on ao- count of the Democratlo split, and threat, or- secession were both on averv wind from the north, and re taliatory threats oi war were wafted luk on everr northern breexe. The great crisis was at hand and Lincoln was ina man to meet it. Comforts-Safety Speed. Comfort safety and speed, together with scenic attractions, of the Canadian Pacific route guarantee, the traveler the best possible -trip across the con tinent. For descriptive matter, apply at the local of floe, 143 xnira street. KAISER'S SUBJECTS LOVE HIM. LITTLE San Francisco, Sept 9i Judge Karl Von 'Lewinski, president of the Imperial court at Benin, is toaay wonaering na- What surprise he will next receive at tne nanas or nis country men. The German Judge was a uest in the court of Judge Van Fleet yester day. In which naturalization examina tions were being heard. Several of his countrymen were questioned in the usu al manner. The supreme test of eltl- senBhlp quaiincauons was tne require ment that the applicant renounce his allegiance to the mother country and take up arm. against that country, if necessary. , Imperial Judge Von Lewinski was painfully surprised at the avidity with which hi. oountrymen agreed to make war on the kaiser if necessary. irds go to hear the two chief attrac-I few .Hearst naper. get into Orei s; Bryan and Taft. but aside from I ."VSff'0? h,a Won ppera Oregon, go crowd lions, orjun ana ia.ii., uui kbiub "" in. v.rmnnt the guarantee issue, apathy m&rks the 1 1010 vernl0nt Of course, this operate, to the ad-L.5v?rao"th" 'k!,0!.. b.T. vantage of the Democrat-, a. It ha. Amnp.w been universally true in thepast that in !!".5n.wr.rii 'nMiV.0"S president al years when the voter, have I .Yi Th. . ... .... hJLJ t0 th- SJttfV for'Uortuiltr'to benefit of the minority party. It Is easy to find arguments In sup port or the guarantee plan, valid ar gument, against It are difficult to con struct The burden which the proposed Jure the standing of the Democratlo party; and at this time it 1. noticeable that the headline writer, on his paper. I have been given the hint that tha un favorable phases of the Bryan cam-1 paign must be "played up. It goes without saying, that tbe Inde- guarantee would place on the banks, to w s ve"ar of the "pVnlc In 1893 the lo.se. 1 .ent were no shlch some opponents have referred, la ,r." ,"1 A. J ihown to be InconslderabK when the ffJ"?,0? SJ ll ' ? Igures are presented. In the worst fj0' "I' J1"1 7Lh0' .thJ.ay;.1". Thl. fact taken in connection with the policy of tbe ,-- rt & v. I A A 4 i in conawiiDU Willi iui uuiivy UL i cent of tha total deposit, in-national ""?n' banks. Any rate of as.e.sment for tha rM.TO. f" guarantee fund sutiicient to cover I , r v.l V,'---. . fosses for that period would be much too Vaft if oossfble for It is welf known high for normal periods, The average ' Sill IZl tS!, e P.Tv,,iJ,r,:LyeI! taki more votes' from the Wmocrats than from the Republican.. a since the national banking law waa passed were only one twentieth of 1 nar cent. Altogether there have been 476 fall-1 I am not seeking to convey the 1m- ures among the national banks, or 6 per presslon that Mr. Hearst wishes to per cent of the total number. Of these 387 I petuate the abuse, which have arisen were wound np. The greatest number under KepuDiican rule. He has rought of failures occurred in the western I those abuses, often effectively, and has states: the smallest in the New Ens-- performed at times valiant service for . . m . . . .1 . land states. cause of the common people. However, his wish thl. time i. The greatest number of ro to 118.418,031. The depositors lost 14.- help the Republican, and the mathe-1 476.528. Or 24.80 per cent of the amount matlcal possibilities of his propaganda. owed by the failed banks. f based on tbe Vermont result, appar- In 1897 there were 16 failures of na- entry are small. tlonal banks, but out of 125,635,563 of ne thing stands forth as patent to liabilities of, the failed . banks, the de-all who observe the activities of the positors lost only $1,244,145, or 4.87 per I Independence league here and in other cent. The smallest loss was in 1902. 1 eastern cities It ha. an abundance of When two national Dan Ka railed and the money wiwi wnico u maae ub ngni. loss to depositor, was $1,113, Or 0.29 Expenses are daily Incurred which would or l per cent in isos tne amount I seem u oe eo targe mat tney wouia reaMced by receivers was In excess of stagger the Democratic committee were the amount of liabilities. I they required of the latter bod Close etudv oi these fisrures shows I However, politicians ten me here and that a guarantee fund would at the 1 elsewhere that they have decided that worst Impose a ..very small burden on not much worry need be had over the the banks. On the other hand. It Is Drobable that the guarantee of deposits would bring from it. hiding place immense sums which now are not in circulation. Every one know, that always many person keep their surplus fond, in safety de posit-, vaults, where they perform no function and- lessen the available me dium for the transaction of business. Iclalty of breaking up old steel cannon Immediately, upon the enactment of the law these hidden sum. would come magnitude of the Hearst following1 on the national ticket. Thousands have applauded him for efforts In tha past to correct gianng aDuses; oui tnose who stand for progressivlsm apparently may And in Mr. Bryan that which will meet their demands, and apparently most of mem win support tne neoraskan. A Philadelphia foundry make, a spe- and remelting the metal for more than half a hundred purposes. dent . In party In twain and presldi the Democratlo elected Lincoln nraaMant. Slavery- in uie lermorjes waa uis whole Issue, as It had been more or less for a half century. It was Thomas Jefferson, a Virginia slaveholder, who wrote into tne norinwesi territory oiu the. provision that that territory should , . oe iorever rree oi slavery, ins ques tion was compromised in 1820 and in . I860 bv Henrv Clay. The Wilmot Pro viso, using the exact - language of Thomas Jefferson, kept slavery off the Pacific coast In 1864, by the act of btepnen A; uougias nimseir, assisted bv Franklin Pierce, the Missouri com promise ef 1820 was repealed and the wnoie question or slavery extension was . reopened. The south- held that the territories - Were federal and belonged as much to the slave st&tes as to the free, and that until they became states the fed . eral constitution waa their only law. The constitution permitted slavery by Its silence and this theory would make them slave territory. The north held that congress could legislate slavery out of a territory, but could- not legislate It In that the territories must be free. Douglas took the middle ground, a po sition which the great Clay would have supported, and declared in favor ' ct "popular sovereignty," that Is, of permitting the people of a territory. t. decide the slavery question for them selves. Two Democratic Conventions. The Democratic national convention i wet st Charleston that year. The fight on tne piatrorm wss long and outer, and when It was seen that Douglas con trolled the convention and the Douglas Jilatform would be adopted, the ma ority of the Joutbern state delegations withdrew from the convention. The regular convention then adjourned to meet at Baltimore Tbe bolters ad journed to meet at Richmond. The Richmond convention met on time, but Immediately adjourned to another day io await tne action or tbe Baltimore meeting. The "regular" convention assembled t Baltluore and the old f'ght broke out afresh. f'tWb CunMng of Massa rbuaetts, who waa president of the con vention, finally becarm o dlazusteri with ths Iinua-Ias follomTi that he re e'ened his chair and led another bolt v from the eonvmtton Th remnant of the "Yegnlar" eemfni 'r. tien proceed ed to nominate tHe-,.h n A louglie for president and BTijn In F.Upatrick of Alabama for Ylo-prealr1rL Fltzpat- - rtck declined, and the aerond Place waa Slvesj te Meracnel V. Johnaon of j aorarta. Tbe Cali-b CuFT.Ins bohera t I Baltimore nominated jc ln brecaen- - - ridge.- tbea vteep resident of the I'nlted ! Plate, tot prealdent and Joaorh Lare ' ef Oregon for vle-Prsdetit TL I waiting "serdajF- at Richmond in. i rxedlataly rail fled the nomination of; lireckeartdge aawl Lane. Marm T.l.ewla Waa eemJaae. Lraoola was otnlnsted st Chlcaro hy roup Of shrewd pAHtldane who de liberately evarthryw the will if tne ma- i omy ef th party se a aacrtfio. tn M. - dlency. William H. Srar4 a la tha fraat laaer a Hr Wli-ania-m. anw when he deiagat met at Cblcaco tw ttalrda ef them were fpr Nvtri But eVwarfl ss 9Vfrxif f New Tork kad bean too rtely a nHataw wtth he Roman rth .lr tn yoiitia. The Knew-Nothlns wet waa atui laryw and bad te b reck yned wl'h, ear'aJ'r In Peitivlraats eal Indiana Aacraw a. Cunln ana ery eL L. RepuMieew MtUe tor tovrnnr tn PVenayH-aala ta Ib e.ara, ra-aray-tively, put ep the schema a fM awaj4. TWy Ires his Cath- e tea Ww14 eVfaat Blrn U er eata aad would probacy defeat . - -. ! .1 w all Ka Mreieti emtAsltloa . 1 t ' f ware f o14 t . a , i if I a taaa ra I a4 aat f l r r-,.- t.' f"t e-r'-et rar4e ' TU' to.- a-, - fUtr1 , X Healthhow niany would give fortunes to enjoy the greatest of nature's gifts and to be able to give . A Smile All the While Ailing tots cause pity fretful young people cause wonderment irritable men and women cause surprise. To enjoy perfect health the body must be built up and the mind invigorated by perfect food. Ghirardelli's coa is the perfect food drinkits use will bring-quiet to breaking nervesstrength ' to . the weak1 and contentment to the strong besides it is delicious and appetizing. 30 cups of a delicious drink 25c . Cures Biliousness, Side Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic Constipation. Pleasant to taKe QUID Laxative Fruit Syrup rem g Ax.x t ai.ii rrn:'Ti Cleanses the -system thoroughly "and clears, sallow complexions cf pimples and blotches. It Is cuarevntetd g i eonstsnt buss Not belna suneratltlona. wet ratlins- in' soivs tne mysterious noise satisfactor ily, Mr. Morlarty sent for a carpenter and gave Instruction, to discover and remove the disturbers If It were neces sary to rsse the building. .After tearing away the aiding for about l feet near the chimney, the car- p.nter unoovered a maas vt honey haea Which would have filled half a doa.n hlvaa I'nim the opening thus made,-and tord snugly away between the siding and the lath, was taken a waantub full cf honey. . t . The opening at which the bee. en tered wa. no larger than the apace ef an Inch, where the aiding Joins the ehtmney, and, according to neighbors, the bee. have bean accumulating there for the past four yeara - New British Consul at Frisco. . Han Francisco, pt. . Wellealy Moore Is today on his way te San Fran cisco from Lngland to sasume tha posi tion Of consulT for whlotv.be has been named by the Frltlah 1 ' government. Moore has been vice-consul for some time and has been connected with the Krltlah consulate for SO yeara, Major Hal ford tierrard. acting vloa-conaul. will succeed Moors as vlce-ooniul. - . , Ttenrh Warrant fnr Tlan Tf.naM Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. I. A bench warrant wa. taiued today fnr the arrest -Of tanlel ft. Ilanna, aon of tha lata Sen ator Mark Ilanna, en the charge of as saulting Claude M. Logan, an automobile merchant. The same eaaa wa. flrat called two month, ago .and postponed. When Ilanna wss called today he did not appear; and his attorney explained that his wife was III. Thl waa not .at- ' Israclory to the court. Tomorrow, Thursday, positively last ' nay ior aurayni on west siae gas Pius. Lon't fail to read gaa tlpa. . , , ''- " '', , -,.1' ' '' - -,: -4s : aim ? ml Ppt-f- PnvJriO? man's carrying a big handicap who has to rVwl L rXjf 1 1 J 4 pay rent for nothing more than a shelter. Rent at $30 per month amounts to $360 per year. To start a home involves a payment of $10 down and $3 per week, or $166 per year. Money paid for rent is lost when the rental expires; money invested in a homegives you an ownership that cannot be taken away except by due process of law. Rflirrlin O4? Ever stop to think what boarding costs? For a man, UUai U 1 1 1 p $40 is a fair price $480 a year. Should there be two to' support, at the above rate $960 per year would be the cost. Compare this with $166, the first year's payments on a home $960 absolutely gone with out a thing to show for it, or $166 invested that can never be lost, and prac tically $800 saved. This is a proposition that can be figured out to the dollar. Hotel Life? Take the average hotel for example. The cost is fully $75 for one, while for two the amount expended in three months would pay outright the cost of a homesite. It's getting right down to the mathematical facts that makes the present-day methods of securing a home appeal to those who are spending their money f oi the privilege of living. xy in Hyde Park mild a Home E HYPE PARK NO. 2 .offers to investors all the advantages and improve ments that one could desire or expect. The public improvements will be on a par with those in BELLE 'CREST, our first famous success. J"he im mense increase in homebuildirig in this section ofTthe city insures a quick settling up of this community. The original H YDE PARK tract was com pletely sold in less than four weeks--even before the formal opening of the subdivision. - , Sine THE LARGEST SUBDIViSON OPERATORS ON THE PACIFIC COAST INOT IN TRUST! GET OUR PRICES AND SAVE MONEY -. on liinds of - PLUMBING SUPPLI ES BATH TUBS TOILETS, BOILERS, PIPE, ETC - , (We sell to house-holderi as wdl as to the trade) " M. BARIDE & SONS Plumbing Supply House 110 NORTH THIRD,, STREET. NEAR C LI SAN PHONE MAIN 1027 I -- '- H r t '.ay 1
