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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7. 1910.
rsf-r
SSesiion
along the color line. Since the founda
tion of the republic Its political leader
or an parties have attempted to carry
out- th same policy of oonolltatlon
and compromise. But in to doing they
have. Invariably promised more to the
negroes than they have been able to
deliver..' u -' . ; i. r
In the last, election. Which resulted in
the election of Gomel and Zayas. aa
preatdent and vloe president, the negroes
were promleed an equal aha re In the dis
tribution of patronage, f Tills promi
waa broken." The " Liberal - party alao
appealed to the negro vote by a pledge
to repeal the puritanical antl-gambung
lawa wnicb had been aaddled Upon the
Cuban people by the Americana. ' This
mam
HOLD CONVENTION
i , i"
Feared Voodoism Will Start a HTVo
;' Race War That Will Sink Re-
. public to Degrading Level of
One of Most Successful Meet
ings Evr)leid-Organjz :
f. ation Perfected. ; -
both black and white, of avery cent they
manage, to save after they have amused
themselves at the cocK f Ights. - The ne
groea are rejoiced that tba restrictions
.,' (SosdalDlspstea to The JoaraaLt
Albany. Or- Way 7. Prominent apple
prohibiting 'cock fighting; and gamb-1 growera from all eeotlona of th Wll-
By Frederic J. Haskin.
I ling have been, removed; they are de
lighted with the opportunity to buy lot
tery ticket; but they also feel the drain
upon their pocketbooks. Inatead or at
tributing tbelr povertytrtckn condl-
lamettev valley yeaterday . attended tba
apple growera' contention in this city.
The delegates were met by automobile
at the depot. n,nd escorted to tha circuit
tlon to their own vice of gambling". theyjfvirt rpom. where , noteworthy meet-
M. O. Lownsdale of Portland, presi
dent of tha 'Willamette Valley Apple
MYSTERIOUS RAILROAD
: BUILDER AT EUGENE
Eugene, Or., May 7. J. ;F. Mounee of
thla city, who had a crew of eurveyora
working; weat from Bugen locating a
rout for a railroad which he says he
will build from Kugen to the, coast,
will preaent an application, for a fran
chise to build through Eugene at the
next meeting of the city council Mon
day night. f Ha uki for tha privilege of
ualng only one street, ; ao aa ton go
through tha city on a atralght line. lie
baa completed a survey for-about, 2d !
mile toward the weat, and aaya ha I Manager C. E. Groeabeck. were in Eu
haa aecured a good portion of the right gene yeaterday Inspecting the plants
Of way that far. lie aay h will let l taken over her from the Northwestern
tha contract for tha contraction of the I corporation. They Include the aa plant
first ten miles of road as soon as right I In Eugene, and the electric and water
of way for ZS mile 1 algned up, I plant at Springfield. Manager Qroea
Hounci na been in to railroad con-I duck stated that the company will com
trading busmen before, but this la thelpletcly rebuild the gaa plant and extend
first projoot he haa aver promoted, lie I the main to every part of the city.
Is . working very mysteriously and tha
people of fthe city ara, unable to learn
who his bacjeera are. f;': .i.'x-iV J,
The capacity of the plant
than doubled.'
rill be mora
' Former Governor McMillan, of Ten-
nnaae, ha announced ' himself a can
didate for the United States senate, to '
succeed James B. Frailer, whoee term"
expire next March,
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' Byllesby, Officials at Engpne. ',,.',
Eugene, Or., May 7. Official of tha
II. M.i JByUeaby company, headed by
Washington, May-7. General Evar- ,re. t like a great many mora en
Jsto Estenos and a, acore of other negro lightened - people In ; more enlightened
i noli t leal leader 'of Cuba are all In jail 1 i t.i. Aitt.
Us a result-of their activity in the or.jtlf- win,t the existing government OrowersV association, presided at the
(sranlaatlon.'of , an independent negro jibta 1 another cause fof diaeontent : ;W j netlng,, and I T. Reynolds of Balem
party, qra fj.n "' Oubaa jrffroe TJnciTllls.
actd a lecretary.
wpriainr of negroes against the white. I . " muss oa rememoerea rii WM ta perfect the organisation, to dls-
having for ita purpose tha completa oon- D'n negro.is nnreiy auiereni irom iiiujcuh matter! of great Intereat to apple
roi of tha-Cuban government by thai "'s M iw. wiaBii; jB growers, and to adopt plana ror tha ae-
i.a.!, ,Mrhi hauiiiij Vn 1 1 essentially a. creature or ni environ- Ivelocment of tha aonla rrowlna Indus-
' ItaJca ' Blaea :. m ; May .tt, Thai lormttoit I -To slavea brought from Africa try; Mr.; Lownsdale epoke In favor of
f this new party, tha projected ravolu-l1 ynuea state ano toose orougm i first class apple packlns. and the adop
Ition, and the promptralthough': . high- jto Cuba were surrounded ty entirely dif-1 tion by the association of , certain rules
landed, action of tha Gomes government I terent circumstancea. 1M ; American to be followed In packing. , Ha said that
,.. kmn.ht h. ' rantiKiin nt rniu fiA, 1 negroes In slavery day wera . widely I two carloads of our annlea well Backed
to face with the first vital issue of its I distributed, and. nearly always were ml will b sent to Chicago and NewTork
jwlltlcal history. - Although past poltt-I ine tninomy m every coramunuy. v nun i tni season wun competent men in
.la few southern Planters In the years charge to advert! the Willamette val.
'i iter, not ona M them haa involved any" immeaiawy preceoing in vmi. war iey appie. w. t ' - : , . r v r : .;: y
real nrinciofcL :'The camodlan have I ownea large numoera qi. invei, m i . umer prominent apeaKera were; , ur.
been simply atrugglea between bppos-1 general rule there were but few negroes I Wlthycombe of , Oregon. Agricultural
Ivn every- piniLiun,. iiu- i vuxiegc, .iuuie vuuvau vi, Aiimuy, vr, jv.
mora or leas intimate relations Jto the I Newell, president of the state board of
white people. Very, very few or them i horticulture; H. M. Williamson, seer
were badly treated, and the vast ma-1 tary of the state board of horticulture;
Remedies are Needed ;
, War perfect, which w ar not, medicine woali
i net oitaa b shaded.. Bat siaea our ayitain Have ,..
com weakened, impaired and broken dowa thronh
tadiaaratioai which bar on oo from tha aarly afe,-'
through counties fenerations, remedies mrt needed (o ,
' aid Nature io correcting ear , inherited and - stherwisa
acquired wcaknease. To reach tba teat of stomach-,
. weakness and coaseotient ditf estiva . trouble, there i$ ...
j. Bjothinl so good as Or. Pierce's Golden Medical piscov- '
ry, g glyceric eompouod, extracted from native medio
last roouiold for over forty year with great aatisfactioa to all atart.
Weak Stomach, Biliousne, Liver Complaint, Pain in the Stomach alter eating.
Heartburn, Bad Breath, Belching of food, Chronio Diarrhea and other Intestinal
Doraftgementi, the "Dwoovery" is a time-proven and moit efficient remedy,,
The denalnm has on Ita
outsiae wrapper tne
Stdnature'' - i.
Yon can't afford to accept secret nostram aa a rubstiruto for this non-aloo
; bolio, mediolna or known coMrosmoN, not even though the urgent dealer mar
.thereby snake a little bigger profit, if- hVV' -CV i- ' i '
Dr. Pieroe' Pleasant Pollets regulate and Invigorate stomach, liver and
bowel.- Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to. take t candy. ' '
C6l
M
For
, This'is the, accepted islogan for Oregon, and, ,
according to records' of ..sales of farm lands made
in thejast few years, investors and homeseekers ;
?show, their fahhjn thepredictlon. t ' ,
Ing factlona with nothing1 at stake ex
cept the offices and the public patron
age.
Involves X.lfa of Karmhlla.
But the raca Question involves " the WtrjcortontrtJ J". 0,oB w
(ver, life of th rlnuhlla. Its iniection "trs. , This was proved during the BaJera, J. O. Holt of Eugene, Judge H.
tntn m..Vrth.Vrw. (!! h. ' J" of the civil wr warn tne i x. .Mewut or Amany. . v ,
In Z VL Snt? thi mfTior. or frt majority of the negroes rema sThe convention adopted the following
no peace in Cuba until tha .question of . . ',,. a ... .t roiutton; , . . v, ;
negro rej
rep;
' il,irZ:.Li?B5.Z. .." men who were fighting in the Confed- committee of , tha Willamette "valley
i-v ictir tuai fieuucr w ii ics nur ifiacKa i . . . . . . I aaa a unnt.Ar asaAitiAa
ever will consent to a compromise which f1" lT.. ?l'r l"YLY?" "TL1 7 Zi """"
wtrhp MrtT ' wnnM ronnivt knpnrMna I learnea Q imiuie me manner! anu cun-I " v.. . ,
uner party woum respect.., Aocoraingi . ,v.i. .v,i. . I . HMimm,niinr thu th iiumIi
to the census taken In Cuba during thai,"'", "t, "'"J T , ?. Ui .w ,nH T .iV,.i.r u,
Oaet American occupation. 70 per cent Prsctlcally all of their barbaric cus- jtn2 till?' .m.
of the Cubans are white and' only 30 tom "d.c.tuUy SLJfJ W"'
t a. 1 TT.... i niniB ' or ineir hb,vb.ko rei rioni 10 i a M wv-i vvn vi .mbwiwuvh.
SnnotW:wli:uVon In deermln r?u.rem.nt. or theBapti.t and Meth wch technically known a. tha
u. -.i., .1. ..v.. 5lodist forms of the Christian faith. Inlna Xck. ,
i MrU.. Vfc - 7 shorti the American negro la civUiied. I Kecommendlna; the adoption of tha
Be.raceriS"t.c.n, contradictory, thel f MM f Kate Vftttar, . r . I?" -J- "!JS!
negroes whoJtre not absolutely black I ' In Cuba the conditions were entirely tnr.m B wtAm. i
claim to be white men, but at tha aame different. The negroea were massed in I , jh i fi,i-i,-- " "
time they give hearty and loyal support large numbers on huge plantations, and "l--im-r IZ 1.
to the negro race in political and aocil were forced to work by task master. TOmmlttM bylaws submit
bvuiiwrvinicot' a 0 venouo ouuuiraiwiuin) I w i vr ? wciw v v K vih j e.v hcmndu
a great many of whom were negroea, I know how to be cruel.' The negroea had
accepted the simple statement of every I practically "no Telationa with the whltea, I , TtMOiutlon thankinr cbnsTreaanian w
person as io wneiner n waawnue or rney learnea imie or notmng or ; me a Hawley and the delegates from Ore
black, even In defiance of the testimony I habits and customs of their arrogant I ,h- rarenui Vi.
of the enumerators' own eyesight In I masters, and for the most Dart were left bef or, thft congressional committee for
vpue oi inn ucnnua snowing 11 la ajsaeri- l lo.inemseivra, unaer inese conaiuons i their active efforts in defeating the La-
u. vuuiuio, ivtn iuubo wt dumiidii aim i liic v iiiai uia.iiiru iiiq uai uai iu 1 1 ten kiivi i wa ttiii whinh s ttAmnrAi M e?iw
of African ancestry, that considerably j customs which took the place of religion J tandard ; ef boxes and packing' which
iiiuiD icaii uiui : v iuv vuusu wit sna gwDrniiieDi l :nit5ir Airman iiuiiiv. i would - hSVS Worked disaster 00
iivb negro oraon jn nieir ycinn, i ney evaopiea, unaer more or less auress,
.. TiOr to right.. . I the . Roman Catholic religion, but they
Durinar the lonsr aimerrle between the maintained their fetish or voodoo wor-
Cuban patriots and the Spanish govern-1 ship,:. They maintained, and still main-
meht a large, portion of the white popu- tain, In many parts of the. island, the
latton was either neutral or la nonitlve tribal relatione and government Import-
eympathy with Spain, -The negroes al- d r their grandparents from the west
waya were on the side of the revolu-1 cot of Africa. Voodooism exists to
tlonists and always were willing to lay I ""me ' extent even among the more en-
cown their lives for, "Cuba Wbre., -iAn I iigmeneo negroes oi me unnea simies;
in
the
ed negro population.
S5V S gent to cld master. d stayed resolution;
home and cared for the families of the . Recommending that : the ." executive
SHOPPING BY TELEPHONE
W m ... ...LOC- A i .uM lull a ii m ii Jlir-, M
I western apple growers.
T1 telephone jhas .made v it possible to do y.
JL shopping and marketing satisfactorily, and '.
- .with comfort, economy.and despatch. . . i '
- Practically every store "and shop caters, to telephone?
THE STRANGER 7 .,
- WITHIN OUR GATES
1
tonlo JMaceo, the most brilliant military
leader of the Cuban revolutionary army,
was a negro, and It Is a-significant fact
(that his birthday IS the most generally
observed of all the Cuban, national holi
days. It probably is true that a great
manys.of the 'negroea composing rthe
rank and file of the Cuban army were
willing to fight for the aheer Jove of
fighting, and that they knew' Uttle
end cared lees for the political liberty
TOiucn innvcu ujcireaucro, ... jinv im
jnediate . license of guerilla warfare
tmeant a great deal : more to such - as
these than did the prospective liberties
sf republican government. -' : -' i
Thla very fact, however, adds to th
danger of the present situation because
.the nature of these negroes ha not
changed and they will be as willing to
Join in the revolt against the Cuban
a-epubllc f as . they - were. to- risk their
rllvea in the -effort to t overthrow 11 the
Isiuthorlt of the Spanish monarchy.
Perhapa they will be even more willing
. ha-hen they have listened to the incen-toiaryispeeohea.-'
of i-negro: :: demagogue
iwho will play upon their prejudices of
race. ! It I not difficult to imagine the
'Cuban planatltlon negro rising to drive
from the island every white man in au
thority,' The white man 1 In his eyes
the symbol of restrictive ctiscipllne, and
That be does not llke.-v:: :.'.;:.:
- rromises Mot Xept,
, During the half century preceding the
esiaDiisnmrni oi tm uimn .- repuDiic,
, Whether in actual . war or In ' plotting
and planning, the revolutionary leader
endeavored a 1 way a, and successfully, to
prevent a division among the Cubana
Cuba it I the controlling factor in Wonder wTr thirT 1 Tsuoh rthTf
lives of a majority of the full blood- TXThJ JLl a"Vhl
ona
nir-uStoigi black. ?ri ?Hf.n- a y
will follow; without protest or murmur I
the leadership of any negro who can ob
tain, by the use of money or otherwise,
the approval of the voodoo priesthood,
If these priests, or a leader having their
support, should preach a holy war for
the extermination of the whites and the
establishment of a purely negro govern
ment la Cuba,, the result would be
horrible stru ggle of savage-' barbarisms
on the one side against more or less de
fenseless minority of anaemic whltea on
the other. i vr; v. - ..
, ;- '.. : Zrfse 'Color Una.
The color line in Cuba la not drawn
aa sharply' as It la In the united States;
Educated and wealthy negroea have high
social standing, and are deservedly reck
oned among the ranks of the best citi-
sens of the republic In theory., the two
races are .entirely equal. But in prac
tice, 1 the White men have most of the
property and, most of the power. They
let the negro come o tar ana no farther.
The, eaucateo negroes, ana mere r ar
many of them, may not be In sympathy
with the radical notions of their Igno
rant rotnera, out tney wtir ba J un-
Able to stem the tide of race conflict
.should it once gain headway. - '
Probably the negro politician wh
bave been active in organising; the new
negro party, have not contemplated any
general raca war. Tney are, most like
ly, ' following ; In the footsteps of , the
present president of the Cuban republlo
' s4 BEAVTIFVL
& BETTEIt HEALTH
mm
; ' Will come, naturally, if Syrup
of Figt and. Elixir of Senna is
used, whan a pleasant laxative
' remedy is needed, to cleanse the
system ffently yet effectually and
to dispel, co Ids and . headaches
due to constipation- vi '
Its world-wide acceptance as
the best of family laxatives, for
men, women and children and its
approval by the most eminent
physicians, because its compo-'
nent parts are known to them
and known to be wholesome and '
truly benerkiaU are the best
ruarantees cf the excellence of
Syrup cf Fiits and Elixir cf
Senna. -' -:
To get its beneficial effects, 1
Always buy the genuine, -
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e tc-ar tt tv in th h-ue when needed.
Actually, I believe after all It was but
a. fad an expenalve One at that And
I contend that it can be cured without
the aid of a knife.- t dread the next
fad disease. ; It will be more expensive
than, ever now that the physician are
raising tneir prices.
. t f . '. . . a ' . i ' ' .
! Uciae ana pays- special aucnxion to teiepnone oraers, so .. .,
that telephone buying has become a habit with hundreds5
of thousands of people. ''','
' t. . ," ' '-, . 'V, ,
. , When you want something that cannot be secured in T
your local shops, the Long Distance bervjee of the Bell . ,
System connects you with the biggest markets of the
country, even though you are hundreds of miles away.
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE
. . . & TELEGRAPH CO. ,
" .'..j.... ...... ...... ,..l 'la'
Every Bell Telephone la tha Center of
i the System. -, '
A.' D. v Treerold. Blackfoot Idaho.
The ' sugar beet Industry . has 1 revolu
tionized the farming Industry In our
section. ."What waa: once . barren land
for miles on either side 'of Blackf oot is
now: thickly settled with thrifty farm
ers Mormons for the most part and
the town Is growing better and bigger
every aay, . .
S. Ar Krelder, Buncom, Or. If John
Allen builds 'a ' railroad to the Blue
Ledge mine In the 8isktyous, one of the
biggest copper propositions In the west I
will be opened. . Many mining men who
nave gone tnoroughiy over the Blue
Ledge district claim that - .there is I
enough ore 1ft. the district to keep
thousand mlnera - at work for ten
years; that the ore deposit la almost I
aa great as the' famous United Verde
mine of Arliona, In addition to that.
the road will open up a wonderfully
rich agricultural and atock section aa
weu aa giv ouiiec 10 many goiq propo
sitions. .;' 'i t t
A tract of 2CKX) acres, located most favorably , .
, m ine line oi rapia development n xne vvniamr
. l'ette, Valley 30 miles east of Portland 15 miles
. , from Gresham, is offered for sale by ths -Portland
' -cRailwayi Light & Power (Company, at a low price
per acre, on favorable; terms. . ,....:.
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, i , . t t- - i ; t ' , , . , ' . t . ,
i-, yA1 projected railroad Tine; is to pass thrcraghv
"or near this tract, a county road already funis h- v
1 " ing. means of entry, and exit for vehicles, includ- ;
' lng'autombb'iles. s ' , f- ,
" in the.wdoded portion, ,UUU,U(X) feet of ffood '
saw timDer, stana .reaa tor tne woodman s ax, '
and thetimber at present 'prices would - go-far,
, " toward paying for the entire tract. There is a
x lumber mill within three miles in operation. ,
, . i r:, , ,(in '' K t '
r ; .. There", are fully, 900 acres of level or gently?
sloping farming land, available when cleared, and -from
700 to 800 acres of fine grazing land now",'
awaiting the farmer or dairyman." " . .
Two good sized creeks' with numerous tribu-
" taries furnish an abundanceof water." ' "
(.(.; '.. : .. .'..-' '- . i''..1 i : . a. j. i- .?'... S ?-.'.4r. ; ; ,-
j - 5 .-'.'.. v - - 1 V." i' r-.yri '. - . t t ' : . X'. .4. -
" ; ' The ftract.wfll r-be disposed. .otLas stiwhSle, ;
though 'a new owner-could subdivide to great
advantage,. ; T ; " v' '. ' -
For terms and full particulars, call oner ad
.dres Land Department, , Room 623, Electric
Building, Portland. ' . . '
, , ' j k 1 - r " iv . v
Portland Railway,
light & Power Company
who was a leader in the revolution of
190 simply because be wanted to be I
president and to divide the spoils of of-1
flee among hia friends and follower.
that . thla revolution . waa successful.
and that ita outcome waa approved by
the American government, la a good and
sufficient excuse for the cheated and
disappointed negro politicians to emu
late th distinguished example of Presi
dent Gomex. , ; - ,-
Bnt tha trouble la that these, leaders.
should they go Into power at the head
of a purely negro 'organisation, would
be unable to hold In check the paaslons
and prejudices of their Own followers. I
i cry wouia do ovennrown py more in
temperate and more radical and blacker
negroea, and the fair laland of Cuba
would be reduced to the low level of
aemi-Mvag HaytL , - -. , .,
Tomorrow Trouble la Cuba. XIIv-Tba
Problem of Annexation. -
WANT GRAND JOBY V
" SESSIONS MORE OFTEN
" fSiwrlal Dtopatca s Tk JoermiLt
' Aberdeen, Hay 7, At a mass, meeting
of the Civic Betterment association.
held last night, tne following reaolu
Uoa was sdopfed: .'
"Resolved. Tbat w believe that th
meraJ ton of Chehalls county would
be improved by holding grand Jury eva
sions at Intervale of not mora trfaji two
years, and that present eondJttoo de
mand th call ef such a grand Jury at
tae earlieet possible date. -
"Reeorved. further. That the preatdent
aad secretary cf the Civic Betterment
association forward a copy of thla reso
lution to each of the superior ludaes
and to the prosecuting attorney Of Cb
h . 1 i a MMHttr." , .
- To Tell of Radium.
London. May T. Cncllsh acieatiat are
looking forward with keen Interest to
th lector to be given next week at
th Royal Institution by Prcfeeaor WU
lim H. Brarg of Adelaide aniverslty oa
tte w form of taatter of radiations
from ra4!aa. which, acrerdiag to Pro-!
- ,iuT.r VUita. AiqQia
nor nd rt are matter. Tb rre
fessor deflaiv that tbe rartirlea ahat
oat Incessantly by radie-ectlTe sub.
taacee travel with a velocity wf I
miies a ecor4 and pass etraigM
tbrosab ear atr aubetanc tber soar
encounter. ' . .
:'..' .';'.' "The Chief of AH" '
f
Just as the American Indian chose his chieftain for deeds of valor in wiar, ! vl
ana wisaom m umes or peace, ;
So has Budweiser, because of its Quality and Purity, been chosen by the
American of today the Chief of all bottled beers.
Bottled only at the
Anheuser-BuGch Brevfery
Sl Louis, U. S. A.
ELUMAUER i HOCK
' Diitr1otor'
' PORTLAND, 1c "II '
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