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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. ' PORTLAND, SUNDAY? MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1903.
PLAN TO DECORATE CITY
; WITH GROWING FLOWERS
;Rose '.Festival Promoters Take Hint From Hamburg,
V .Germany, Where Scheme Has Been Brought to
i '.Perfection Send Abroad for Information.
. JVfor a g-nerai system of street ana
' building decoration the Portland Rose
Festival association will next year fol
:.low the Initiative of the city of Ham
Iburg, Germany.- The Ideas adopted by
t--the far tamed Oerman commercial cen
ter will be used during the next annual
r. Rose festival next June. Letters have
4 been sent to the burgomaster of liam
burg asking for ' all , literature and
illustrative features of - the sys
rttetn of public deqoratlon of busl-
ness blocks employed In that city. Re
- turn from these appeals upon which
T the general scheme of dressing local
. , thoroughfares and buildings will be
. - based are expected within the next week
or so, a. id from the postcard samples
't of the work that Is done In Hamburg, It
ls evident that rortland will be more
conspicuously able to demonstrate Its
" superiority as the real "rose" center of
America by the adoption of the Qer
man form of decoration.
. In. a general way, Hamburg at Its
v: annual feast of flowers, sets out
Li window' boxes of all sorts of trailing,
.rambling and trellis flowers and plants.
These boxes occupy the window ledges
-'and are set out months and month be
J fors the yearly celebration Is to takt
place. As a matter of fact, most of the
i leading. Germaa cities maintain such a
,! comprehensive system of decoration the
V- ysr. around, particularly tn such towns
where the climate will permit of it.
Orders have been placed by, the Rose
,"' Festival association for a most com
plete array of photographs showing
... what can be 'done in the general treat
! ment of an individual business "block.
:" These viers when received will be dls-.-'
tributed among the various large office
and mercantile buildings in the busi
ness district with the hope that a uni
form scheme cf floral decoration may
be adopted by Portland merchants. It
will not require any fancy plants or
vines to accomplish this, for Portland
is rich enough In . such -vegetation to
supply all demands that may be made.
The chief advantage of handling the
general decorative plan in this manner
Is that a scheme of this sort will be
Impervious to weather; that no matter
whether it rains or not, the decorations
will appear to just as good advantage,
and in fact the more rainy weather the
fresher the building decorations will
look. There is always the danger when
bunting and other forms of fabrics are
used tor .decorating streets or buildings
that a prolonged spell of wet weather
Will drench, them: will sdoII the effect.
win oearagffle the material i ana "run
the colors; but. this cannot take place
u in Hamburg system is adopted,
a matter .of xaet, the more rain
oetusr. -.-
As soon as the mayor or burgomaster
of Hamburw ha been heard from, the
details' of this general plan' of decorat
ing buildiiuta-will le Announced by the
Festival associations
The'appeal made by President Hoyt
to Interest amateur photographers in
the festival movement has borne fruit
Several - camera "fiends" have already
submitted print of- the views which
they obtained at the last celebration and
a. considerable number of these pictures
have been accented.
These view are to be used for gen-1
oral ujaij-isnrcion among eastern news
papers and publications which have sent
in request lor typical Portland
ill!
As I
the
tures.
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Suggestion, Not Complete Law,
Should Come from the People
Portland, Nov., St. To the Edltpr of
? The Journal I cannot hope to con
vince every one of the soundness of my
' views on direct- legislation. Bbt I feel
sure that a general discussion will help
f to clear up difficulties, and perhaps may
reconcile differences of opinion. .
In your editorial In last Sundays
T Journal yon give me credit for fairness
T in my discussion of the apparent Ue-
f ect in the Oregon system of using the
" in-..ative and referendum, and thi em
t i bolden me to trespass upon your apace
sufficiently to add a few words of ex-
planatlon to one feature of the aubject
i covered by my recent paper read be
fore the Oregon Bar association.
"s Tou dismiss my suggestion that the
,r subject matter of bills voted upon under
s the initiative plan should be confined
to single propositions In concrete form,
.'" as "good in intent, but of doubtful prac
tlcability." But I am not convinced.
-To me It seems highly desirable that
""measures voted upon should be eo nlm
' pie and plain that they may be readily
understood by even the unlearned, and I
" think an amendment could he framed
Zi, that would accomplish this object.
. vame oi snors auu.
It ought not to be that laws voted
""upon may be so long or so intricate that
f none but an expert can "ten wnai iney
- mean. A dim may oe gooa in meory,
, but may contain many provisions that
r"ourht not to be included, but If it con-
i, tains many pages of .closely printed
matter it win not be unaersiooa oy any
who do not make a business of study
t'lng It. ix, on the other hand, the law
w proposed . was confined to one single
proposition, it would not require so
Tmueh effort to read and digest its pro
m visions, and there would be less lfkell-
hood of : concealed objectionable feat-
urea .
ZM But I understand you substantially
"sdmt -this,- and your objection goes
rather ' to whether any limitation is
J feasible.
J i sav then, that It ought to bo per
fectlv'feasible to adont reasonable 11ml-
: tations. These would be (1) as in the
. " Oregon constitution respecting lglsla-
tive bills, the title should Indicate the
subject matter, and the subject matter
should be single in character; (2) the
- j total numDer or sections, ana tne total
f number of words in any one measure
' should be limited.
. Veopl Bhonld BuggMt
"f.- A to the last point, there Is no need.
i,. in" my Judgment, in the exercise of the
" Jaw making power by the people, that
tney go into the minute lis ana anas.
, iJeclarstlons of broad general principles,
to be followed later, if necessary, by en-
' actments Dy the legislature to carry
, out the purpose, are sufficient and more
'11 effective. It was never Intended to
have the people supersede the legislature
- The purpose, rather, In. adopting the
initiative is to hold a strong check on
.'" that body, and to use the power only in
emergencies. It is when the people are
sroused to a feeling that the legislature
is not performing its duty that the
. - power Js to be exercised. Yet. as mat-
- ters now stand there is no limit to the
use of the initiative, and sny number
of measures may De proposed until the
very purpose and object to be Hccom
pllshed is not only lost sight of, but
the whole scheme Is rendered ridicu
lous and dangerous in the hands of its
I . enemies.
'; Now, thore never comes a time when
the necessary check cannot as well be
had by a brief declaration of a general
v principle upon which statutes shall be
" framed, as by a long and particular en-
actment going into detailn. To take an
illustration; Suppose the people wish
to alter the present system of taxation
4 by declaring for an Income tax. Would
" it not be much better to do determine
? by a simple three line law, directing thj
.' legislature to formulate the measure,
rather than to have somebody get up
?. such aetatute, and the people have to
accept his draft, or refuse It, as a whole
t end without opportunity to amend, and
almost ' without opportunity to read or
'digest its Intricate provisions? To the
1 i objection that this might defeat the
i .purpose of direct legislation by leaving
it in the power of the legislature. to put
v objectionable matters In the law enact
" ed, the answer is that this, if It hap
v pened. if would ibe easily corrected by
the exercise of the referendum, and by
lUIianr lUltlBUVV C4,n nil 7I I L3 kl 1116
next election.
I think the limitation should b
e that
Catarrh
A Blood
Disease
: Whether Jt manifests Itself in thf
J7 nose, throat, stomach, bowels or other
organs, catarrh is a blood disease bc-
eauso it depend on impure blood.
' Therefore it must be treated with a
Hood medicine for a radical and per-
manent core. .
v ".-. Hood's Sareaparilla is the most suc
. ' cessful. It purifies the blood, strength-
ens the stomaeh and other organs, and
s. i bnilds np the whole system. It
W. radically and permanently cures.
. ..- IX The most eamty,developed form
r of Catarrh is Nasal Catarrh, in the
treatment of which Hood's SareapariJla
la grfatijr aided- by Antiseplets 01
CaUrrlets, which afford prompt relief.
.Hood's Sarsaparilia
n In bsnal liquid form or chocolated tablets
known m Sarsatabs. lf0 doses SI.
All dmirplst. Antiseplets 60c, druggists,
. or walL U L IIOOD CO., Lowell, Mas, .
no bill voted on under the initiative plali
should contain over Ave sections, or
over ju words. Thl limit is ample
for all practical purposes. . for within
this scope any measure of general char
acter can be worded, and beyond this
limit a taw becomes too prolix and elab
orate for practical use in elections where
the whole people are voting.
It is by discussion of these questions,
and exchange of opinion, that suitable
amendments may be prepared. If there
is one objection to the use of the initia
tive that Is more cogent than others it
Is that bills are prepared and presented
without general public debate,- and as
there is no opportunity to modify them
after they se put before the voters,
they must stand or fall as submitted.
This makes' it the more important that
the newspapers should fully discuss
these questions In advance.
j CHARLES H. CAREY.
JAPAN'S 'NEW TREATY
(Continued from Fage One.)
budget. Under which the Japanese em
pire has been groaning since the Russo
Japanese war.
The new cabinet has already an
nounced a policy of economy with rc-
fard to naval expenditures, but the news
hat a formal agreement between the
United States and Japan Is to be signed
has set at rest any apprehensions that
were expressed as to the wisdom of the
policy of economy.
SENATE 3IAY BLOCK
KOOT'S CLEVER MOVE;
STORY OF TREATY
Washington, Nov. 28. The sending of
the Atlantic lleet into Japanese waters
and the reinforcement of that fleet from
stations near at hand from the Pacific
forced Japan to subscribe to an agree
ment that she would give up all in
tention of attacking Hawaii or the Phil
ippines in order to force Japanese Immi
gration legislation by the United States.
There was no need to enter Into any
kind of an agreement with Japan, In
asmuch as the United States always
could maintain in the Pacific a naval
force sufficient to overawe and to pro
duce peace between these two nations.
These are two important views of
the treaty or agreement, which it Is ad
mitted today exists between the mikado '
and the state department. The first
Is held by friends of the administra
tion. Tho second Is held hv fhna. h
consider the treaty an unnecessary sop
thrown out to pacify a belligerent na
tion that could not fight except diplo
matically. "Sands Off" Agreement.
Secretary Root is not here, hiit
partment of ficial describe "the treaty" 1
as a "hands off agreement for the !
purpose of testifying the mutual ad-!
miration of the two countries for eacn I
other. Politicians, however, say that
all the circumstances leading up to the
B Ji wutcru in ne scrutinized that
whether it is a treaty or not, the docu
ment itself shoi'M be sent to the sen-
These same politicians say that the j
uiMumviii unucr secretary Root
is playing the same name which failed
in the case of Santo Iomingo. In that
case, without the knowledge of the sen
ate, a so called treaty was arranged be
tween the Anierj.-an minister and the
San Iiomingo foreign office, havin for
Its object the administration of the en
tire customs service of that republic
for the benefit of the ITnlteH ai.... "i
European nations, which were threaten-I
ing to make a descent onto San Do
mingo. The upshot of that affair was'
that the senate compelled the produc-1
tion of all the papers In the case criti
cised the department for Its assump-
il00 -0hniPWer-8' nd ,radlca"y modified1
the whole business. It has been f reelv ,
predicted tonight that the same course
" i;u.uju in me arrair between
Secretary Root and the Japanese foreign
office.
Senate Kay Call.
The position of the administration
according to its officials, is very strone'
aside from the contingency that the sen
ate may call for thp papers
Administration officials Fay tonlcht
that if the senate objects to the ma"
ner in which the treaty was prepared
there will be two complete answers
That if the prestige of the United
States is maintained to the disadvant
age of Japan in the agreement that it
the possessions of each country ar.
be reacted because It i IL?I?
the world that th United States i couM
destroy the Japanese navy. ' uld
That Japan would not have airreert
absolutely to rospect the integrity J
China were not the United States rthiA
to force the Issue and ready to force It
Incidentally the agreement tc, reneoi
the Integrity of China means the evfoS'
ntlon of Manchuria, not only by Jann
but also by Russia, ' Japan,
The reply of the critics of
uiecmcui lu hu mis is that
Useful presents are the ones worth while; and nothing can be more
worthy than a wisely selected piece of furniture. From our exten
sive display it is easy to select something that will please. . Especially
suitable for presents we mention dressing tables, princess dressers,
pedestals, tabourettes, ladies' desks, mirrors, chairs and parlor cabi-;
nets. Extra liberal cash discounts are offered in the various de
partments this season, and nowhere can you get more for your
dollars than at Edwards Company store.
Clocks $2.75
Eight-day Clocks, which
strike every hour, guaran
teed to be berfeet timekeep
ers, mounted in golden oak
frames f2.75
Regulator Clocks, for hotels
or restaurants ..$5.40
Fine parlor Clocks, as shown
in illustration, all the latest
improvements and guaran
teed timekeepers, with beau-,
tiful enameled marbelized
T&'Stay SAtlsfaCtoryTfAje
Nothing - tan .make a more
suitable Christmas gift than a per
fect range. . It will be used everyT
day m the year and several ttmes a
day. Another range might do, but
the Monarch is theljest. You will
believe it if you come and see
them or write for our free booklet
cases; only
;f6.25
( Only
A V $1.25
$2.75
Ladies' Desks $5.00
Kmall ladles' or youths' Desks
beautiful grained, golden oak
finish ,.85.00
ai oait
No. 200-
-Highly
ladles' desk, Inches wide;
regular price J8.00 Special
Rrice SS.05
lo. 71V r Imitation mahogany
desk, just like plfcture, 112.50
polished real
Special at '
98.55
Morris
Rocker $1.25
For children up to 10 years
of age, made of solid oak,
golden or mission finish, not
toys, but useful as well as
attractive.
Same style, with seat and
back upholstered in green or
red. imitation leather, $1.75
The picture shows a chair,
but what we have for sale
are rockers of exactly the
same pattern.
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' Pi: V i
uy BWwWwr
Tw-Xtsv nsf actory ari
w t -
Monarch Range are indestruct
ible; they need no blacking; they
can be sold back to us for $30; they
have most modern gas attach
ments; they are priced from $57 to
$135. , For cash we allow liberal
discount.
ft
Brass Doll Beds ,65c
$1.75 value., exactly like illustration. 18 J
inches long, 11 Inches wide' and II ;
Inches high, made, of hent brassed rods,
complete with canopy -pillows and mat- '
tress, all covered In flowered cretonne, m
Child's Iron Crib 56.75
White enamel iron child's
crib, drop side, woven wire
spring included; slse 2lxfi0
Inches $6.75
no. m linsmei iron cno,
reversible sliding sides,
brass rail and knobs, steel
spring;; regular I12.7B. re
duced -to 00.75
No. 1 S3 Best In town for
the money, ' vernls martin
finish, reduced from $9.00
to ...7.00
Cu af)Li citn
only
Almost
Half Price
We cannot make our
" goods half price, be
cause we do not mark
them up to the enor
mous prices you see in
some stores. These par
lor .cabinets are offered
at actual cost, and that
Is more than you get at
the half price " boys'
sales.
No, 232 Regular $22.00,
cost S15.0O
No. 408 Regular $27.60,
cost ..... ....S19.0Q
No. 284 Regular uLoti,
cost S31.00
No. 218 Regular $47.60.
.654
Automatic Morris Chairs PU!e Racks M
cost
C33.00
Mm
.OHflUK
Of these we can say that our display Is
exceptionally fine, the prices are right,
and a home Is incomplete without one.
No. 487 A. chair with beautiful plain
lines, golden polished oak with, velour
cushions, spring seat, we are. offering this
week at special price 810.00
No. 1389 Massive heavily carved chair,
automatic style, with velour cushions and
spring seat, worth $21 special .-814.75
No. 243 Large chair, like illustration, rod
back support, solid polished oak, value
$16 special j 812.00
Made
pretty
will no
of golden oak. a
little rack that
told six plates and
nas nooks ior six cups.
. ,Only a few of these, so
come early if yob want
one.
Leather Covered Chairs
and Rockers .
About a dozen samples to be
closed at very material reduction.
No. 247 $26.00 chair, leather
teat, back and arms, oak frame,
at V 817.50
No. 469 $38.00 Rocker, feather
seat and back, mahogany finish
frame 821.00
No. 608 $27.60 Rocker, leather
seat and back, oak frame 81 ftOO
No. '6059 Overstuffed leather
Rocker, like illustration: value
$47.60 now only 833. OQ
We do r.npholst.rlng and repair
ing. Leather work a specialty.
L
Music Cabinets
Thirty patterns to select
from, f 7.65 to f 40.OO
Your
Credit
Is Good
HAIL ORDERS
We solicit mail orders which
will receive careful and
prompt attention. Everything
exactly as represented or
money refunded. We pay
freight on everything except
special sale goods for 100
miles. Try us once, and you
will trade no other place.
pf
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' If Jt. 1111 1
Poriicrcs, lace?
Curtains and ;' :
Couch Covers
We show an endless va-'-riety
of different styles
and prices; such goods
are very appropriate for'
Christmas gifts. You can '
get here a
Good Couch Cover., ,$4
Good Portieres, pr. .85
Good Cluny Curtains,
pair . ; .: . . ..... 86 f
W have 'plenty xt low- ;
priced gooos jn these lines ;
for those who want thera. .
Picldres 39c
Subject fish and game
just like Illustration,
slse 12Vixl8 Inches,
frame weathered oak, 1H
Inches wide; very popu
lar - for dining-room
walls; value 76o spe
cial 39
$3 Table for $1.9i
Another excellent special for this week.
Table exactly as Illustrated. Made of
solid oak, good rub finish, top 24x24,
French legs. No more than one to- a cus
tomer, and no phone orders taken 81.05
DINNER SETS
We make a specialty of cot
tage) Wnner Sets which con
tain 49 pieces giving Udosen
of each needed article. We are
offering these this week in
fancy patterns with gold lines
at ... 84.45
This Coucli $30 r
Regular value' $40.00, solid oak framed
with loose leather cushions. - This price
one weeks only. - 'V j
' Special sale of
- X.SA.TXSSSTTJ1 COVCKES : 1
$33.00 value this week ....... 819.00
See them before buying.
Goods
Delivered;
the
nations are aware that the United States 0ur-.5n "
is supreme In the Pacific; ail It had It h
to do as a friend of Chln . 5 "' ? ?
. i . r. w iiu-j tinvs - wnen x
nijr jui'nii iiim ine evacuatton of Man
churia was desired, according to the
terms of its own treatv with r.. t.
A specific Interest of the United States'
in that treaty was that President Room-I
veil .. was ute -goarattier of that con
vention. Increase Jraval roree.
One peculiarly interesting and illumi
nating fact connected with the - new
Ireaty is that there has been no let up
In the agitation at the White House
nd. the. pavy department for an, in
crease of the United States naval force
in the Pacific. .
It can be stated on the highest au
thority that at the very time when the
negotiations for this agreement were
In progress, the administration was di
gesting certainly two and perhaps three
methods of maintaining a great fleet Jin
the Paclflo, evidently for the "period of
peace" to be brought about by this,
agreement, '
Tk nrealdent has been aware, of
s all course, of the oral negotiations between
lananira ana secretary
i a mens that on one of the
no-J (i.va when Baron Takahlra and Mr.
Root were agreeing on the phraseology
of. tho articles of peace. Senator Flint
called at the White House and had a
long talk with the president on the ne
cessity for maintains a first class bat
tleship fleet in the Pacific. The positive
statement was made to The Journal
after Mr. Flint's interview that whle
the president would not accede to the
proposition to leave any of the 14) bat
tleships now- In the Pacific in those
waters the president agreed to send
soms-of these battleships back to the
Paclflo after their arrival here next
February. An atlernstive plan which
has been discussed simultaneously at
the navy department was. to give the
16 .battleships a test and try out Ar
nold's division with the battleships Ida
ho, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Maine
and Alabama and the new great cruis
ers of the Atlantic coast to California
waters. - .
There Is a seeming certainty, notwithstanding-
the Roof-Japanese treaty that
at. least five battleships will be added
to the effective force in what Is known
as the Paclflo fleet. ; Perhaps farseelng
officials here are not sure that the
Japanese agreement for a treaty will
be ratified br the senate, and otherwise
it. will be a dead letter. -
plans Will Be Carried Out. '
Statins- these propositions, otherwise
every plan made up to this time by this
government for perfecting the Paclflo
coast defenses, the enlargement of navy
yards, the establishment .of .the great
est dry dock in the world at Mswati, the
mobilisation In the waters of the coast
of a fleet to he alwavs superior to that
of-Japan, "will 'continue. .The treaty,.
even If signed, can -not take the place
of legislation for the Paclflo coast, artd
the questions- of Japanese immigration
and local educational arrangements will
still be a matter for congress, and spe
cially the delegation from the Paclflo
states.'
It is admitted even hy the critics of
the agreement that if it should be rati
fied In Its entirety by the senate, the
United States with her naval preponder
ance In the Pacific jwilj become a greater
factor than even England herself . in
what Is known and in. what has been
known for a half century, as the eastern
question. . -. ----- :
HEAVY MAN WILSON
" ; GRANTED DIVORCE
v v v--.;"
. (Burst News by Longest Leased Wire.)
New i York. Nov; S$. That James B.
Wilson, aforetime matinee Idol and the
"leading heavy" In "The Man ef the
Hour' wss freed from. the . marriage
yoke Decani Jsno-wa -today,' when it was
announced that he had' been this week
granted a divorcs from his wife, Mary
E. Wilson.
Wilson's suit was begun a year ago,
but unusual efforts were made to keep
the matter quiet and the testimony was
taken In the office of the referee, Mark
8. Holstein. 1
Wilson's mother testified tP alleged
indiscretions of the defendant . in the,
Wilson home at Fairmont. N. T, while
other witnesses told of doings at the
Shoreham Inn, Shoreham, L. I., which
influenced Justice Bischoff In the su
preme court when the case came before
him on final motion. ;
Mrs. Wilson was the lesder of a Bo
hemian set in the gay life of flan Fran
cisco about IT years ago. Wilson was
Slaying leads in a stock company at
ist point and waapopular socially.
His engagement was - announced to
Miss McLaughlin, who was murdered
at Santa Crus, Oal.. about a) year ago
by her father. Major Frank McLaugh
lin, politician and mining operator, who
committed sui'clda after he. had killed
his daughter. . -
v Religioua differpriees were said -to be
the cause of the breaking of thev'n
gagement. and in a spirit of pique Wil
son surprised his friends by marrying
dashing Helen Woodruff, the nante by
which the woman .whom the actor has
just divorced was known. 5 .
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OIJ. & m TRAIN KR03T I
, EAST VERY LATE.
' ' ' 1 i- :
O. R. ft IT. train No. 1 du in'Poi t
land at S:40 p.-m.,, one of the import
ant trains from the east, was marked
"indefinite" last night and at midnight
It -was said by the comoany Officials
that the train would arrive at about
6:30 o'clock this morning. The 'delay
was in the east somewhere. probably
In the mountains on account of heavy
SnOWS. - : .,. i t.. -.-. , . , r ;
Buy your 'Christmas gifts nowt save
ZS per cent at Metzger'a. - .
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