THE ORE60N -DAILY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND. : THURSDAY , EVENING. NOVEMBER 5, 1908.
HOW THE CARTOONIST
MAKES AND UNMAKES
; As a Spreader of -Information or Misinformation He lias
. : the World Beaten Development of the Cartoon
: ' , JJast, the Gr eatest of All."
J (Cor
By FREDERIC J- HAS KIN.
yrlght, 1808, by Frederic X HasMn.)
ashlngton.; Nor.. J.-Is there an as
' soclatlon la your mind between the Re
' publican party and. an elephant? The
cartoon AH that. la therea suggestion
of athe Democratic party in the picture
'of donkey? The caricaturist did that.
Does mention of Tammany Hall bring
?before your mind the picture of a tiger?
Do you remember Mark Hanna as
?man -with bit ears n ad "a. "'dollar mark"
, suit of clothes? When you hear the
phrase '"common people" do you think
oik eyes ana
iot a little man wl
at
iec-
lnk of the president
; can politics at tn
.'pie first began to
? In the epoch when
p taclva l Can v
of the United State without his pie-
s torlal accoutrements or JctiftKi unirorm
Sand his big stick? The cartooniat fixed
i these lmpresslona In your' mind. lie
i tonic an ihsimot -rxilitieal theory or
, i conventional persoeiallty, and with hia
?oenctl he oroduoed a picture which
i would represent that theory or person
lit. The ordinary man may not re-
member ' abstract i politics he cannot
i t ortret 'the 'concrete rpictura, .
i Politicians recognfcie the power of the
i cartoon, recognise ic with rear ana re
' speet. The last eflort made in- the
5 United Btates to impair the freedom of
s the press was when.- Governor Penny
, packer of Pennsylvania attempted to
Sstav the pencils of the cartoonists. He
'failed; and la doomed to. ignominy in
ithe memories ef -theL vaat majority of
ithe people or tne unmea eiaies.
1 s IVw wrttfk Vmwtla.' VAtA-
The cartoon appeared first ia Amerl
Utlcs at the same urae ine peo
Tone ror nresiaeni
Andrew Jackson was
... .ninon flmir ivi' nnnnnal IT TUl r.
? Jackson was attacked In cartoons which
'represented aim as a . murderer. Pic
3 turea of sl coffins of men whom lie
phad hanged were sent broadcast over
the country, ine jiuonui)ivrion
1 retaliated with cartoons depicting John
' Quincy Adams and. Henry Clay in the
,'act of sealing their "corrupt bargain."
S From that time on the cartoon became
-, more and more Important in each presl-
. rtnttfll ramDaian. tST iboo, me nrm
....... p tn mtrh tha . Republican
l party figured. beautlfuOy Uthographed
i .. b. Tirana roil fnr Bala to the
iiDDortera of eachr candidate ata uni
form Price of 1 cents each. The In
fluence of the cartoon was marked, but
the cartoonist "had not y arrived- The
lithographs- were made to order from
suggestions of politicians. The artist s
skill counted for little, and the force of
the argument was- usually In the long
speeches connected with the mouths of
the speaker by loops. .
Mighty many (wdm or sau. ..
i A famous cartoon of . 1880 was pub
lished over 'the line: J "The National
Game: Three Outs and One Bun. Abra
fham Winning the Ball." In the picture
!. Lincoln. ; with a split rail for a
ibat, ana Douglas, Breckenrldge and
Bell, whom Lincoln defeated for the
Presidency. Lincoln were a belt labeled
Kwlde awake." and from his mouth a
f sued this speephi "Ghmtlemen it any
of you should ever taba a hand In an
other match at; thls: game, remember
that , you must ; have a good bat and
" strike a fair bsttl to make, a clean hit
Und score a home min." Each of the
i other three candidates was making a
. speecn wuaiiy as ri. -
is the one which is mild in tone, humor
ous and not too partisan. Neither Mr.
Bryan nor Mr, Taft has been wickedly
assailed by any cartoonist of standing,
although both have been subjected to
more or less ridicule.
However, it Is due to the influence
of the cartoon that the average mas
thinks of Mr. Bryan as always talking.
Mr. Taft as always smiling, "uncle Joe"
Cannon aa ' always smoking a high
tilted cigar,' Governor Hughes as an
"animated feather duster," Senator Till
man ns always carrying a pitchfork, Mr.
Rockefeller as always playing golf with
his wig askew, and Mr. Watteraon as
always drinking a mint julep. While
he comments on every phase of Ameri
can life, the cartoonist Is more at home
in the field of politics than elsewhere.
And in politics he is mora influential
than elsewhere. If you don't believe,
ask a politician who has been cartooned.
PROSPERITY FOR
OPERA INTERESTS
(Specltl Dispatch to The Journal.)
' New Tork, Nov, 8. Because the sub
scriptions for' advance seats at the Met
ropolltan opera house have poured la
so fast the management of the. opera
house announce that Its subscription
has been closed for the season. The
Manhattan management also announces
that more aubscrlDUons nave been re
ceived to data than In any previous
year.
The managers of the Metropolitan and
the Manhattan opera companies have
made usual preparations for the wlntor
season, - Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have already been said oat In se
curing stars for the coming season
Many well known singers, of European
reputation have been secured to appear
at one or xne otner or the opera houses
Oscar liammersteln of the Manhat
tan has lust comoleted a new ooera
house In Philadelphia, and announces
that he will srlve the same number of
operaperrormanoes mere that lie gives
in new xorx, aoout a nunarea. lie. will
also give a number of performances in
Brooklyn, where a new academy of
music has been erected by popular sub
scription at a eost of il.ooo.ooo. The
Metropolitan opera company will give
rorx and zi
CURES ECZEMA QUICKLY
Kew Drag, rosuun, jrow Obtainable U
( , Small Quantities
Since Its discovery-one year ago the
new drug, . poalam, has successfully
Hired thousands of chronlo eases of
ecseroa and other distressing akin at
fllations. Heretofore poslara has bA
dispensed solely for the benefit ef
ecsema paUents la Urge lars. sufficient
ror a month's treatment This was
found to be an Inconvenience to many
thousands who use It for minor skin
troubles, suqh as pimples, macaneaas,
herpes, ' none, scaly scalp, complexion
blemishes. Itching feet, plies, ete- which
require but a small Quantity to cure. To
overcome this, and in response to urgent
appeals, the dispensers of poslam have
been obliged to adopt, in addition to the
r-guiar iwo-oouar pacxage, a special
fifty-cent else, which in future may be
iouna on sale at tne tSKiaraore urug wo.
and other leadinar druc stores in Port
land, or may be ordered direct from the
Emergency Laboratories, No. St West
26th street. New York City. ' In all
ecsema cases poslam stops itching with
first application, and proceeds to heal
Immediately;- chronic cases being cured
in two weeks. In less serious skin
troubles.' results are seen after an over
night application.
Samples for experimental purposes
may still tie had, free - of ensrge,
writing to thelaboratorles for them.
100
nerformancea in New
hi Philadelphia and Brooklyn, and then
go on me roaa ror a tour.
----t,"- ,,
.success in incorpuiwiuj '""- ""
rKvery detail or uie picture
j plained, and,. notntng wasUft to the
Agc.Vto0onnby J. H. Donahey In the
"Cleveland Plain Deader a few weeks ago
'showed avOaseDaiij Rm 1
"Teddy" was at the plate with a. bat in
hand, ready to smash the ball. Taft
was standing to onie aide, looking down
'th ground. Uncle 8am was saving,
tK whv Son't you let Bill bat
for himself r The artoonist permitted
- the Dicture to- tell the whole situation
and Ptherewas necessity for but one
-line of explanation.
. mi tha Oueatest of AH.
cartoonists 'inomna
The civil war v.
Neat. - He was to the cartoon - what
and Pana ami Bennett were to
Mournallsm. - Nr. Linqoln sam,
"Thomas
lv"irB,",V, "Kit- recruiting sergeant.
iseneral Grant declared tha Nasi was
e fowtnost figure In civil life l produced
bv the war. Great as was his work
.WI he did not reach the
height of his power unUl several years
buHh?e?,& W hn".eW
offlcl Mis- Columbia
TA added to them the, Republican el
and added to them me ktouoiiwu
phfntml PetocrlftU1.n1myHar,er';.
Tammany tiger. - In ltiO, Harpers
camp& against Boss Teed" and the
control
the whole
and
broken ttp. Tweed was disgraced
." pro" "t"' .o.nf boodlers and
overthrown.
Nast was
Intl?."redjrKrth.jhlef - of th.
nnlv'ha f believe them; but when they
Innfc at all these pictures aay siwr my
i00 "Lv week, they get to think
that everything In them really hap---iAiih
ther had aeen it
ior themselves."
Vast WM ail Own Editor, Too.
i Kast invented the famous Tweed po
-ith tho money bag head. whl
'has been used over and, oyer again by
' oonlsts in denuncUtlon of other
""money bags." rernapv1"" i?
.11 1 Nast cartoon's was "Let Ls
Prey." in which Tweed Was depleted as
a horrible' vulture among his companion
b,Nas? was5'ol only a great cartoonist,
.hut he was his own master. He often
did not agree with the political eauor
of Harper's Weekly, George William
Curtis, and he would draw no cartoons
-unless he believed In them. His genius
-was not for sale or hire. He had his
-own opinions and his own Individuality.
He declined to support Garfield in 1880,
but he did attack General Hancock, the
opposing . Democratic nominee. Four
years later he came out squarely against ;
Mr Blalner and., was pernapa me great
est power In the mugwump movement
which placed' Mr. Cleveland -. in the
-Whiteikllouftey' Hut there come a day
when there was no place frtr a cartoon
Sat like Nast, who would not obey or
ders. He died in 1902 at Guayaquil,
TVnadar. whera he . was United States
. consul.
. t Blaine, the Tattooed Man.
1 Ifl the campaign of 1884 "Puck" print-
led a cartoon by Bernard Glilam ovr
the title, "The Tattooed Man." It ph
. ured Blaine, the Republican candidate,
-with the names- of the legislative scan
dals In which he was involved tattooed
all over his body. It was a horrible
cartoonand it almost drove Blaine to
distraction. Blaine wanted to proe-
rute Puck, but his friends . dissuaded
him. That cartoon had a great lnflu-
and cartoonists were doing-..w.hat '.ney
were paid ror. amam mm ror j-uaine,
tho man whom he lit ped to destroy.
, Beginning In- 1884, the svowedly
romic weeklies, such as rue ana ju.-ige.
shared with Harper's and Leslie's an.i
ether serious weeklies, the' political im
portance which attached, to cartoons.
These weeklies employed, the best car
toonists In the country and they enjoyed
a wide circulation based upon their po
litical affiliations. Those were- the
days which politicians still refer to as
llf.rfUlU 11H1CW. UVWUW V BklIIlt)B.
even division of the parties. Every .Ra-
ruhfltan looked- to- Judge -and every
emoc.rat to Puck for the weekly r-ar-loon'whlch
pot the laugh on the other
I f v Malignity on the waaa. v - -
The i efirtoon Is more effective as a
'"Pil Pt attack than et defense. A
rort-xMiiat Whoi'hat la .more powerful
lion who loves . .
lio cartoon molt j-rttuir Just 'now i
BISHOP FOLEY 75
YEARS OLD TODAY
(Special Dispatch t The. Jtarntl.) . .
Detroit, Mlch Nov4 5. Bishop John
8. Foley of the CathQllo diocese of De
troit waa 78 years old today, and waa
the recipient of numerous testimonials
presented by the priesthood, the ialty
and others. . Bishop Foley this month
will also celebrate the twentieth anni
versary of his elevation , to the bish
opric Bishop Foley Is a native of Balti
more, and .his education waa .begun In
St Mary's college In that city. He was
only It years old when he graduated
from the college - with the degree of
bachelor of arts. "In three years more
he was prepared for the- minor -orders,
which were administered hv th
Archbishop Kenrick. He was too- young
iur II iKHtiv nninrH. no in, .rrnm-ntn
Bern mm iu nume ior lurcner siuaies.
Two years later. In the Church of 8t
junn jaieran- in nome, ne waa or
dained priest Upon returning to the
United Btates he became .rector of a
onurcn in .Baltimore ana remained In
that city until he became bishop of De
troit In 1888, . '
ORE OF A SACRED
FAMILY III JAIL
Clarence Granger Astor Run
in atXhicago and Be-'
comes Very Angry.
(DnlUd Press Leased Wire.) ,
Chicago, Nov. 6. Because he refused
to touch the common prison fare, Clar
ence Granger Astor, a scion of the
"mUJton 4pllar Astor family," awoke to
day In a cell at the Harrison street po
lice station, hungry and angry. With
him was Abdom Grunder, son of Rev.
N. O. Grunder. of Fargo, N. D. Both
were Jailed last night because they re
fused to pay automobile and board
bills.
Young Astor is the son of Arthur As
tor and a relative of Mrs. William As
tor. After his Arrest he cabled fran
tically to Mrs. Arthur Astor at the
Grand hotel, London and falling to re
ceive a quick reply, wired his father at
the Waldorf Astoria at New York.
Recelvlnc no reply. Astor cabled for
aid to Miss Marlorre Waterlow, daugh
ter of a millionaire printer, at i presti
cott Court. London. It is hinted that a
romance lies behind the appeal to Miss
Waterlow.
Although Astor Is said to have ut
tered a fictitious check, no charge of
foreerv was Dlaced aerainat him anri
notn men win
FOR MURDER OF
: a
fflURDERESS
Ray Xamphere Will Be Put
on Trial at Laporte,.
Ind., Next Week.
(Special Dispatch to The Joartul. )
Laporte. Ind Nov. 8. Interest in
the Gunneas murder case, , which excit
ed the" attention of the entire country
last spring, will be revived next week
when Ray, Lamphere, alleged to have
been the right hand man of Mrs. Belie
Gunness in conducting her murder farm.
maeed on trial. - Lamphere is unaer
indictment for the murder of Mrs, Gun-
bills are paid.
be released when the
To Honor Wilbur1 Wright,
. fSaedal OUpateb to The Joaraal.l
Paris, Nov. B.:ablnet ministers, sci
entists and many other men of distinc
tion have accepted the Invitation of the
Aero club of France to attend the ban
quet to be given by that body tonight in
honor of Wilbur Wright, the American
aeroplanlst, whose successful yilarhta
at Le Mans during the past summer
have attracted the attention of the en
tire world. Mr. Wright ls te be pre
sented with a medal In testimony of
hla marvelous achievements In solving
the problem of aviation.
KIXET0SCOPP STARTS
SHOWHOUSE PANIC
United Preae Leaeed Wire.)
San Francisco, Nov. 5. At the Ar
cade Nickelodeon, one of the largest
cheap amusement houses of the city,
an explosion of a klnetoscope last night
precipitated a panic In -which many
women, and children were inlured. Tha
operator of the machine was severely
burned. The auditorium was damaged.
The building was packed when the' ex
plosion occurred. The picture machine
waa located in tne gallery and the occu
pants rusned in a panic ror the exits.
Women fainted and fell. The noise of
the stampede upstairs started those
In the parguette in a mad rush for, the
doors. At that Instant the stage man
ager ordered the house lights turned
on and the auditorium was illuminated.
This somewhat reassured the - fright
ened audience.
Wisconsin Dairy School Opens. '
(Special Dispatch t Tha Journal.)
Madison, Wis., Nov. 6.- The winter
dairy course for cheese and butter
makers at the University of Wisconsin
Dairy school opened here today with a
surprisingly large enrollment of stu
dents. The course will last 12 weeks
and will end on January 28, shortly be
fore the ten days' general course for
farmers opens. Professor E. H. Far
rlngton. who snent the nast vear in
Europe, studying the various methods
or oairy worn, is one or
lecturers or the course.
ness and her three children by burn
ing her farm house and ls charged with
complicity -In -the killing of several of
the woman's victims. . .
It ia nrobable the youth WW De triea
by I first for the murder of Mrs. Gunness.
although the prosecuting attorney claims
to have a very strong case against mm
on the charge of complicity In the mur
der of Andrew Helgelein.
Qot Helgelein's $2,900.
Helgefeln. who was a South Dakota
zarmer. came nere wmi ei.vvv .iir mi
correspondence with Mrs. Gunness and
was never more neara ot. tu vae dui
one of a dosen or more men who ars-
believed to have fallen victims to tne
woman's wiles.
In addition to the murder of Heme-
leln, Lamphere Is charged with com-
licity In the murder of several others,
ut the killing of Heleeleln. which Is
said to have occurred January 14 last,
Is believed to furnish the strongest
case against him.
Tne destruction or tne uunness nouse
ana tne miming or tne widow ana ner
three children occurred on the night of
April xs. it came as a climax to
strenuous Investigation bv a brother
to the whereabouts of Albert Helgelein,
who Is believed ' to have been the last
victim of Mrs. Gunness. Helgelein was
lured to the Gunness fa am through a
matrimonial advertisement. After his
arrival he was Induced to turn into the
woman's hands nearly 13,000, which he
had earned as a rancher on his section
of land near Aberdeen, S. D.
The Theory of the State.
It Is the accented belief of the au
thoritles that the activity of Helgelein's
brother In investigating the mystery of
the former's disappearance, led Lam
phere to put the widow and her chil
dren out or tne way in order to save
himself.
LamDhere l ad been emnloved for some
years on the Gunness farm Sjnd that he
nsa guuty xnowieage or tne neiarious
traff to carried- on by the widow seems
certain, uonsiaeraoie douot exists, how
ever, as to the extent of his complicity
in the wnoiesaie murders. He logically
appears in tne ngiit or a possioje ac
complice on' the theory that the woman
could not have done her murderous work
alone. However, his apparent willing
ness to talk, couoled with the respect
ability of his antecedents and his own
lack of perspicuity, has convinced maijy
irerouuv nuqunuuen witn inf case" tnai
Lamphere either is not guilty or was
at beat a mere tool In the hands of
the excerjtlonallv intelligent and mM.
blooded murderess.
OLD TOM'S TOGA
TO WRAP REID
This the Ambition of Uncle
Sam's St. James JIan-
Others Who Hope.
(United frees Leased Wire.)
xorn. wov. o.i
tha
say
New Tork Nov. 15. Members ef
Republican national committee
Whitelaw Reld. United Btates , ambas
sador to Great Britain;' Is a candidate
for the United States senate to succeed
Senator Piatt. The feud between Reld
and Piatt Is one of long standing and
politicians who are acquainted with the
enmity between the men say Reld will
find considerable rratlf icatlon in bud-
planting; the former boss.
. Whan President McKinley wss elected.
Reld, . who had been ambassador, to
Franca under President Harrison, sought
tha post at King Edward's court. He
was opposed by Senator Piatt, who suc
ceeded In preventing his selection. Reld
was named as ambassador to Great
Britain by Roosevelt. Since the Piatt
incident he has had little love for New
fork's senior member of tha ' upper
house. .... .. . . . . , . -
Among the candidates for fhe senate
besides Reld rrs former 'Governor Frank
6. Black, Congressman .J- Bloat Fassetv.
and Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman bf
the Republican stste committee. The
Republlc.caueus that will select Sen
ator Piatt's successor promises to be a
lively gathering. 7 .,
BZSroiiaiORtylQtto
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Friday
Bargain
- -Daill
At Our Store Is
Becoming
One of Our Big
Features,
We are constantly oni the
lookout for money-saving op
portunities for our customers,
and a Friday never passes with
out seeing scores of unusually
low-priced articles all over our
big store. '
Open evenings until 9 o'clock
t the principal
Root-Pe Acosta AVedding.
(Special Dispatch to Tfis Journal.)
New York, Nov. 6. Oren Root, man
ager of the Metropolitan Street railroad
system, a son of Professor Oren Root
of Hamilton college, and a nephew of
secretary .iinu itoot, and Miss Ada De
Acosta, a daughter of .Mrs. Rtcardo de
Acosta and a sister of Mrs. Philip
Lydlg, were married today at the resi
dence of the bride's mother on Madison
avenue. Only the relatives of the two
famines were present at the ceremony.
wiuun waa iouowea nv a small rr
non to wniqn aoout lao intimate rnenda
of the two families had been Invited.
As both the bride and the groom were
In mourning there was no display at
the wedding and no bridesmaids or
usners. jar. ue Kanm acted as Mr.
noon Deal man.
Companies Incorporated.
... (Salem Bur sin of Tli Journal 1
Salem. Or., Nov. 6. Articles of In
corporation have been filed in the office
or tne secretary or state as follows:
Oregon Engineering company, princi
pal office Portland; capital stock, 110.-
000; Incorporators, M. A. Beardsworth,
John R. Hardin and Anthony Hower.
C. C. Hlckok company, principal office
Portland; capital stock, 1100; Incor
porators, j. c. Hlckok, Jennie M.
Hlckok and John C. Shlllock.
MeCully Mercantile company. Tne:.
principal office Joseph; canltal stock.
140.000; incorporators. Wade Slier, Ed I
o. diuuuch turn j. a. xiamoeiton.
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