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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1906)
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Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Market and Kearney streets; Foster & Orear, Ferry News Stand. Washington D. C Ebbltt House, Pennsyl vania avenue. PORTLAND. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22. THE PEOPLE OR THE GANG? The Portland gas monopoly seeks to make it appear that the -universal com plaints of outrageous extortion, of con temptuous disregard for and 6tud!ed violation of the public rights, and of flagitious abuse by that con cern of its privileges as a public-service corporation, are merely the unsupported charges of The Oregonlan. They are not There Is not one of the 14,000 consumers of gas in Portland who does not know that they are true, wholly true; and there is not one who does not know that The Oregonlan is but the avenue through which the com mon indignation has found expression. It is not The Oregonian's light on the beneficiaries of intrenched and usurped privilege; it Is the people's fight. But, since Thz Oregonlan has been -challenged to "make good all it -has sattl.cn Its own account, and to produce wit nesses and evidence for whatever has been said on the people's account, It will accept the issue. It will meet the Portland Gas Company as the representative of defiant and auda cious monopoly before the Council Investigating committee or before any other accredited tribunal, that there may be placed on public record the things that every one knows whether the game of graft, greed and grab may be played forever with public franchises and public privileges at the public expense. This battle is not with the Portland Gas Company alone; it Is the Irrepressible conflict between the associated buccaneers of privilege and plutocracy on the one hand, and the plain, every-day citizen on the other. It Is the eternal war that has gone on In Jneform or another during all the ages; It is being waged today in every city andistate In the Union; and it will not end until the man who pays his just "due to-society in taxes, In service and In common loyalty gets his rights; and the man who shirks and refuses to pay gets no more than his rights. In a -war between the man on foot and the man on horseback The Oregonlan is with ,th,e infantry. But we shall not stop with mere In vestigation of the gas company. "We shall insist that it give an account of all its transactions, financial and other wise, to the public If the Common Council has the power to require effi cient and economical service, or to Im pose a franchise tax commensurate with the 'immense privileges which the corporation enjoys, or to reduce the price of gas to a reasonable figure, such as other cities in like circumstances charge, we shall insist. On behalf of the public, that the Council do its full duty. If it is necessary to go to the State Legislature, we shall see that there is proper information at Salem on wHjlch the Legislature may act. .We shall do more. "We shall demarid that every candidate for the Legislature of every political . party hall make an explicit declaration ofhJs attitude, toward such monopolies as the Portland Gas Com pany, and we ehall not fail to make due note of failure or refusal on the part of any candidate to support the cause of the people, and to ask the public to govern itself accordingly. The Orego nlan -has no candidates for office except the candidates who enlist for the war against the insatiable gang who prey on the public under protection of one kind of special privilege or another, for which they pay little or nothingnoth ing at all .that, by any sneaking device of false -returns to the Assessor or In genious misrepresentation to the public, they can avoid paying. We shall soon see in Oregon who con- . - ,, , , .7 trols the machinery of taxation andl lino ya. a V-4- has the power to discipline and regu late monopoly and privilege, the people, or the opulent and ruthless sang cre ated and maintained by the cohesive power of plunder. Of course the organ of the first fami lies, the organ of those who held an cient franchises and special, privileges the organ of the combine who have taken the parental inheritance and work It for all It is worth, the Ladd Corbett estates, and such cheap hangers-on as Joe Teal and" others who might be named the organ, of this group or gang, on the first note or warning of danger, files to the support of the gas monopoly, one of the pet con cerns of the combine. Ancient privi lege, it is feared, is in peril. Mr. Jo seph Teal, who appears as advocate for the gas monopoly, is secretary of the combine that holds the franchises and publishes the organ. Joseph is the heir and son-in-law of the whole abuse. Touch one of the members, one of the outposts, of this scheme of those who pretend to own Portland, and the thrill will run through the whole combine. THAT ANCIENT COPROL1TE. sj Talk of "inconsistency" Is always the weapon of little minds. When nothing else can be said against the general course which a man or newspaper has pursued, or against the power of the argument, "inconsistency" can always be alleged. That Is because the minds of those who make this objection are too small to take In a whole subject and the whole argument. Such minds Imagine that one who states all sides of a case Is inconsistent, though the general ar gument he makes is for his own view or opinion of it, may be unanswerable. It is and has been the purpose of The Oregonlan, during its entire existence, to .discuss all subjects of current or general importance with breadth of view. But at every stage of Its history the charge of "inconsistency" has been thrown at it, by minds too petty to un derstand even one side of the subject under discussion. Thus it has long been evident that the utterances of The Oregonlan have been deemed and are deemed Important enough to Justify search of Its'flles for them, through months and years. The files of the carpers and critics never will be searched, for they contain noth ing. Now it is alleged by one and another that The Oregonlan is guilty of "incon sistency" in dealing with the new pri mary law and with the conditions and obligations this law creates. Of course. Such objectors and carpers render The Oregonlan the honor of assuming that it does the whole thinking of the coun try, and if they can find "inconsist ency" in its utterances they can cast It down from this position. It is not necessary to say much on this matter. The work The Oregonlan has done on the mind of the country, the effects of that work, tho general achievement, are known. What has been done may tell the story. Again as to the primary law. No ut terance of The Orcgpnlin on the sub ject has been Inconsistent with other utterances. It has favored and does favor the primary election law. It Is a" tate measure, directing the method of making nominations for office. It can not control the election of Senators of the United States, though it is proper as a suggestion or guide to members of the Legislature, who, doubtless, will observe it in the selection or acceptance of their party's candidate. As talk of "inconsistency" Is the in variable weapon, 60 fear of the accusa tion of "inconsistency" Is the perpetual terror, of little minds. It was the main weapon -used "against -Burke, and against Webster, and against Hamil ton; for whom, however. It had no ter rors; In the arsenal of all petty and shallow and malignant accusers It has been the chief weapon. It always will be. The most "inconsistent" books In the world are Shakespeare and the Holy Bible; most inconsistent because they say and contain more than all other books whatsoever; and you can pick them to pieces everywhere, and prove their Inconsistencies throughout. I AFFAIRS IN THE ORIENT. In her important letter to The Orego nlan upon Oriental affairs. Miss Anna Laura Miller recites a series of facts which confirm the opinion that the Jap anese war with Russia has postponed the crisis of the Eastern question, but has settled nothing. Russia has been driven Inland, but she retains the Vice roy of the East In office; she is setting up an establishment in Mongolia very like the one Japan destroyed in Man churia; and her Intrigues at Pekin are incessant. To these Intrigues we may fairly ascribe a share of the new hostil ity to Japan which has developed in China, though in the main, an Miss Mil ler says. It must be attributed to the Impartial hatred of the Celcptlals.for all foreigners alike, Japanese as well as Europeans. In all minds which admit the force of evidence, Miss Miller's let ter should lay forever the suspicion that Japan is responsible for the anti-American boycott. To the Celestials and to foreigners what we call the Chinese question nat urally presents different aspects. To the former the question runs "Shall for eign influence be admitted or exclud ed?" The rest of the world does not concede the possibility of excluding out side influence; it asks only "Shall the Chinese markets be opened to all na tlons upon an equal footing, or shall the empire be partitioned?" Answering the question as It presents Itself to them, the Chinese disregard the wishes of the rest of mankind and declare that foreign Influence shall be excluded. The reformation of their army, tho with drawal of their students from Japan, the denial of railroad and mining con cessions to foreigners, the boycott of American goods, the hostility to mis sionaries, are all manifestations of the same spirit and part of the same policy which purpose to shut China off from the rest of the world and preserve her civilization intact from outside influ ence. ' Foreigners, on the other hand, an swering the Chinese question as it pre sents itself to their Intelligence, disregard- the wishes of. the Celestials. Some are for partition, some for adminis trative integrity and the open door, but none of them concedes for an instant the possibility of leaving China to the Chinese. Nor is this possible. The Im perious hunger for markets drives the Aryan nations upon the frontiers of the ancient empire in an elemental struggle for -existence. They could not cease from the struggle if they would; they would not if they could. China must maKe gooa ner aesire ior seclusion by force 0f arms, or she will become a . . . . . . ... make good her desire for seclusion by market for white men's trade. No ap peal to pity or to ethics will avail to save her. The evolutionary process knows no pity and it makes its own ethics. What military power China may de velop no man knows. The recent ma neuvers of her troops have lmnressed the bet Judges with the belief that she I Jjsmy ; Woa emulate the .warlike prow 1 of Japan. Their discipline was excel lent, their artillery practice accurate. If her soldiers can be trained to fight, China has nothing to fear from Europe and America combined. She can live her own life and defy the world. If they will not fight, the downfall of her Institutions is a matter of a few dec ades only. Russia would consent to a temporary partition of China with the expectation of gradually reuniting the empire, with the rest of Asia, under her own domin ion. Those who fancy that Slavic am bition has been annihilated, or even diverted, mightily deceive themselves. Japan would oppose partition because the m Chinese empire In Its Integrity blocks the progress of Russia, and in this position England concurs. The cor rect pollcs for America was outlined by John Hay administrative integrity and the open door. When the next cri sis comes In the East, therefore, as- Miss Miller predicts it will, we may expect first to sec the world In arms against China as we saw it a few years ago. Then, If they arc victorious, the nations may range themselves into two parties. France, Germany and Russia will, per haps, favor partition; Japan, England and America will certainly oppose it; but all will agree that Chinese mar kets must be opened to foreign trade and Chinese resources to foreign exploitation. THE YOUNG MDST HAVE THEIR DAY. Young men don't like to be crowded out and pushed down all their lives by old fellows, who, having long enjoyed public favor, want to hang on, to the last possible effort or gasp of senes cence or senility. The young people of the country respect superannuation, but Insist that It shall respect' itself. That Is, It insists there Is a proper time for the old man to retire from public life and give way for those who may take up the more active, pressing, necessary and appropriate duties of the present time. The text or occasion of this present discourse, or these remarks, is the de feat of Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, for renomlnatlon. Grosvenor has been an important man. -He is a pic turesque character. He was a soldier In , the great war, and has served ten terms In Congress. He has been an im portant figure In the House. But he has had a great fault. He has been "an unconscionable time dying." Grosvenor has shown a rare kind of ability In the House. He has been a Republican of much prominence In that body, with a gift of speech that has enabled him to meet opponents. But he has always been a man of small methods. He has been effective only because he has been one of the small number who have controlled or directed the House, and he has acted with them. In himself he could not be a leader, but has been very helpful to others, and to a common cause or system. The point, however, to be emphasized is the opposition of the younger to the older element In politics, as exemplified in the case of Grosvenor. The younger people will not have the old forever standing In their way. It Is felt by the younger that men like Grosvenor have had opportunities and honors enough, that they stand In the way of modern movement, and since they will no get out of their own accord, should be pushed out. New men, new feeling, new activities, are wanted in politics and affairs. It is a great matter when the veteran can know that It is. time to quit the stage of public affairs. This sagacity would save him from being turned down. Thcr6 Is something pa thetic in It; but old things must pass away. GEORGE WASHINGTON. Of late years a curious effort has been manifest' to treat Isolated remarks of George Washington upon political sub jects as Ignorant believer? do texts from the Bible. A sort of fetich wor ship Is instituted and the text In Its bald litcralness without regard to con text Is made to support a creed or the ory. In this Way the father 6"f his country, who was really a man of broad ideas, courage and enterprise. Is transformed into the patron saint of parochialism in National policy. Much as Washington has been quot ed against the reecnt expansion or our National life. It Is quite certain that if he were alive tody he would approve of the Panama Canal, the modus Vi vendi in Santo Domingo and the delega tion to Algeclras. He would do this because he was great enough to be a' man of his times. He moved with the spirit of his age never ag-ilnst It. To conceive of George Washington as a laggard and a cynical critic blocking the wheels of evolution io Impossible. He was a man of mighty concepts, with a strong grasp upon the future. He be lieved in the living, not the dead. His hope was in the coming time, not in the past. Counsels which are wise for children may be ruinous to grown men. Wash ington delivered his faretrell address to a Nation In Its childhood. Hie advice to refrain from mingling in the affairs of the world, to stay at home and mind our own concerns, was suitable to the condition of the country at that time; to apply it to a Nation grown mature and powerful Is like urging an adult man to take no part in the business of his town. Times have changed and counsels must change with them. The constitutional restrictions, the religious creeds, the political maxims of a hun dred years ago, were well for their own day. The new day needs others. It Is sufficient glory for Washington that hfs greatness filled full the measure of the needs of his own generation. Let our modern statesmen do for their problems what he did for his. He discarded the old solutions and found new ones. We must do the same. It may be said of one poet that he was not for an age, but for all time; but, from the nature of human affairs, no statesman could merit auch a tribute not even Wash ington. t Mr. Yerkes Mizner, In the first flush of a few bottles of the sparkling drink, confided to a former friend Ibat no such pay dirt had ever been struck In the Klondike as that which he had "met up with" In little old New York. This In telligence, along with other misguided remarks, traveled back to, Mrs. Yerkea, Mizner. and, from all appearances, the tray streak cinched out before th w 'portions of the mine were even defi nitely ascertained. Mr. Yerkes Mizner is not the first man that has talked his way Into a good thing and then ejected himself -by the same conversational method. It Is reported that speculators who make a business of buying pools x on horse races have won so much money recently that the Miiwaukle Clubhouse has abandoned Its polrom. If this is true, &b any one h$ eta .wl&alfljr money on horse races as conducted In this day and age. It is hardly tafe to assert that the day of miracles Is past. Woe unto the lock-trick man or the fel low with the shell game If one of these winner-pickers goes against those ordi narily sure-thing games. The proverb ial ease of taking candy from a- child would be hard work compared with what talent of this nature would en counter In locating the little pea under the shell or opening the lock. If the poolrooms have lost money, the ma chine needs "flxInV "The Treason of the Senate" Is a powerful article in the Cosmopolitan Magazine for March. It is devoted mainly to an examination of the his tory of Chauncey M. Depew: character izing him as a representative of "in terests," during his whole public life of forty-four years, not a representative of the people or the State of New York. Further, he Is characterized as "the arch-type of the sleek, self-satisfied American opportunist in politics and plunder." It Is shown that he has been a factor In all the big schemes of legis lative lobbies, railway- jobsr life Insur ance grafts, metropolitan franchises, and what not; and he has riches In re turn. It is believed, the Cosmopolitan says, that his career has cost the peo ple of New York not less than one thou sand millions of dollars; for he has helped all the games of grab, during hls whole life. Suits are now pending against him to recover 5750,000 of the money of the Equitable Life, paid him for no service, during the last twenty five years. It has been so long since Fenimore Cooper ceased writing about them that the world has almost forgotten that there are any New York Indians ex cept those who cruise along Broadway. That there are a few of the real Ted men of the modern type is apparent, however, by a report which has becn made to the New YorkrLegls'ature call ing attention to the laxity of morals and the large consumption of red liquor on the Indian reservations In that state. If the last of the Mohicans knew the kind of creatures that now form the remnants of a race of which Coo'per says old. Uncas was a fine type, the old original Indian of the novel would turn over in his grave and let out a whoop of disgust that could be heard clear across the River Styx. If we understand Gas Expert Pcder son correctly, gas pipes arc no place for hot air. The gas company religiously does Its duty by expelling the air from the pipes through the meters. If the meters fall to recognize the well-known difference between hot air and gas and register the air as gas, that's because the meter doesn't know any better. The gas company regrets this lamentable lack of intelligence on the part of the meter, and promises to Investigate. Meanwhile the customer, who is also doing some investigating on his own account, continues to pay for both hot air and gas. Who but the Western Federation of Miners, or the '"inner circle," or "ex ecutive committee," of this organiza tion, could have had a desire to assas sinate Governor JSteuncnberg. or an in terest In promoting It. or the malignity to bring It about? No others, of course. Who could have perpetrated other nu merous and similar crimes. and plnntc'd bombs here and there which did not explode, but have been dug up? Who but the "executive committee" of this gang that blew up tne mines In Idaho and was dealt with for Its crimes by Governor Steuncnberg? The Hartford Times. looking Into the cigarette business of the country, makes the statement that in the City of New York there were 221,000,000 cigar ettes manufactured during the month of January alone. This Is nearly 3,000, 000,000 a year made In one city, and If we could get the number made In the whole country the total would almost be beyond computation. The abuse that follows It Is probably as great as that of the whole liquor trade. Though more subtle, not so palpable. Friends of the pure-food bill should not be wholly unsparing in their con demnation of the United States Senate for its lukewarm support of that meas ure, which has been passed after sev enteen years. It should be borne In mind that canvasback and terrapin, cannot be adulterated, and that reul champagne Is rarely seen outside of France. Personal interest In the bill naturally is confined to a small and dyspeptic minority. President Roosevelt assures Dr. MI-1 nor Morris that Mrs. Morris was kicked out of the White House as gently and politely as the circumstances would permit. Yef the doctor continues dis satisfied. There are people In this coun try who Insist that the White House is a public resort for all kinds of loafers and nuisances, male and female. Mr. Chong. who Is said to have been the most Important Confucian student In Corea, has committed suicide as a protest against the Japanese occupancy of his country. Unfortunately for the Japanese, this nwniKr of protest was not generally adopted by the Russians when the little brown men began occu pying their territory- The House committee on naval affairs is greatly rejoiced to think that the re cantation of the hazcrs of Annapolis was the result of what the committee calls "a voluntary movement." The committee's choice of terms is not merely happy; it is hilarious. Gas Expert Pederson "happened into Portland for a few brief hours and" showed up at the gas investigation with a complete vindication for the Portland Gas Company. Fortunate circumstance. And the consumer foots the bill. No Insinuation Intended, but we would like to know whether the Port land woman who watched the burglars rifle her husband's pockets has any criticism to make of the style In which they did the Job. Pittsburg's face and hands may be a, trifle grimy, but we presume her moral and political regeneration Is sufficient to entitle her to sit in the Sunday school class with her'blgalster, Philadelphia. Just a brief word of advice: If you turn on your gas and can't light It, turn it off again. There is enough gas in the gasr company's hot air to make trouble. Count Bol gives up and "will accept enough to live o." Is it necMeary? THE SILVER LINING. . In the retirement of Sir Francis Bur nand from the editorship of Punch after many years of hard work. . one of his friendly critics remarks that Punch may have had Its defects under Burnand's lead ership, but at least he did not permit habitual Jokes of the Weary-Walker, Cholly-Saphead, mother-in-law brand. Punch existed to create laughter you either laughed at -it or with It. So the next to "bust" Is the wild animal trust. Independent managers are now go ing to India and Africa to get their men agerie stock at first hand. That Is to say: They will cither return with the animals, or the animals may eventually return with the hunters Inside. America saved China from partition six years ago, and stopped n at the right moment to stop the Russo-Japanese War. Why couldn't some friendly power step In to make the United States Senate pass a railroad regulation bill and to throw a lighted match to burn up somebody's pet ship subsidy bill? No wonder the hens are indignant. Eggs dropped In the East, without being broken, to nearly one-quarter of the price they wore one year ago. . If store rents around Fourth and Wash ington' streets advance much more, store keepers will be forced. In self-defense, to sell their goods from airships. Tomorrow will Black Friday. .be Murderer Hoch's William Hohcnzollcrn Is working so much overtime atrlong range at Algcdras lhat he wl)l soonrcqulre the services of" another throat specialist. - -There's an Oklahoma newspaper editor who is cautious. This is from his front news 'page: "We understand that a well known Chlckaaha sportsman was bagged by a game officer wost of town yesterday, but. as he has threatened to pulverize the editor If his name Is mentioned, the public will have to look to some other source for its Information." A Lincoln County man writes to say that the old adage. "The early bird catches the worm." doesn't Interest him, as he Is a vegetarian, and docs not ap prove of fishing, even for amusement'3 sake. Isn't it curious how many animals are born with an Inherited antipathy for oth er animals? There Is. for example, the kitten, which spits the first time it sees a dog; the rabbit, which shows fear the first time it smells a ferret; and the young turkeys, which cower when they hear the shrill cry of a hawk they have never hoard before. And there are othcre. New York newspapers say that New Yorkers are threatened with hyperacusls. a new disease, which, according to the most scientific authorities. Is an extraordi nary acuteness -or hearing. A South Port land man says: "That Is nothing new. My wife, about 2 A. M., when I come home after being ahem with a sick friend, ex periences very acute hearing when I try to open our front door. On all transatlantic liners the great American pic Is under a ban. German. French and English, ships crossing the Atlantic. arc now without pie. A French lino steward recently said: "I cannot un derstand how the Americans can eat so many pies. I suppose, though. It Is be cause they like them. We do not seem to care so much for pies abroad. I visited the restaurants tn New York, and I shall nevor think of Americans without think ing of pies. Of course, we shall furnish them In our restaurant if our patrons call for them, but in the cafes abroad we have few requests for pie. The Americans seem to forget pie when they come abroad. I presume that Is because they are away from New England atmosphere, as T un derstand this Is where the American pie originated. American cooking and I am eorry to be compelled to criticise It does not compare favorably with ours. I would not say It Is the fault of the chef, for I know many of the New York chefs by reputation, and thoy arc excellent. But what can they do under the circum stances? Americans want their food served quickly. Eating with them is mere ly a matter of stoking up." Queen Louise, wife of the new King of Denmark. Is the wealthiest PrincVss In Europe. 'She Inherited J15.0CO.C00 from her maternal grandfather. Prince Frederick of The Netherlands, as well as the bulk of the fortune of her father. King Charles of Sweden and Norway. Her grandmother refused the hand of Napoleon and married M. Bcrnadottc, afterward Marshal Berna dotte and King of Sweden. Spring has arrived in Oregon. Farmers are already busy making war on auto speed artists. m m Not lone ago. Miss Helen Gould enter tained at luncucon at her residence a number of little girls from a charitable in stitution. At the end of the luncheon Miss Gould exhibited to the children some of the beautiful contents of her house. She showed them books, .carved Italian furni ture, tapestries and marbles. "Here," she said, "Is a beautiful statue a statue of Minerva." "Was she married?" asked a little girl. "Oh, no. ray child." said Miss Gould, smiling; "she was the goddcs3 of wis dom." NEWSPAPER WAIFS. "Hare you met him socially?" "Dear me. ne. Onlr la business Tray. J married -bU daughter." Life. Ton two are throrrn tosetfcer a preat deal, aren't yeur 'Tea bet. We ride home on the Mme car at a o'clock." Cleveland Lead er. "I It not lovely' when husband and wife are always of the same opinion?" "Certainly; only It makes such a great difference whose opinion It !" Town and Country. Miss Thin I'm Koine to aend Mr. Millions a picture of myself In evening dre for a valentine. Miss Cutting oh. irhat makes you send him a comic? Detroit Free Press. Cadley "No: he Isn't la our social set any more." "Wlueman "So I understand." Cad ley "Yea, he dropped out fome Ume ajro." Uman "Vh, h Rave me to understand he climbed out." Philadelphia Press. Mr. Chujwater (looking up from her news paper) "Jcslah. what l the Tear elevation of a church T" Mr. Chu-watcr "it's the place where the choir $1. Haven't you been inside a church a few Umea In your lifer Chicago Tribune. "I'm doln' me best f relieve th unen ployd dla "Winter." said Meandering Mlk.. "wot are youse doln for 'em?" aaked his friend. Dismal Dave. "Pra tryln ev'ry day not to git work." answered Meandering Mike. Chicago Dally TCewn. Explorer "But have you had any experi ence that would tend to fit you for the hardships of an Arctic expedition? Would be Member of Party "Have IT Why. I lived two Winters In an apartment-boose where t waa at odds with the Janitor." Judfce. After the teacher had carefully explained the familiar story, she asked Tommy wheth er expected to be anion the sheep or the goats. "How" a feller to telir answered Tommy, "when his maw eatu. him. a lamb and hi paw says he U a peefey kid?" Fhl&. delpbia Ledzer. HOPS AND BEER. Peculiar Stand or Our Hopgrowing Prohibitionists. Salem Capital Journal. So far as we can learn, the Journal Is the only paper in the Interior of the state that cannot sec jhe honesty or consistency of enacting more pro hibitory laws, and raising hops and barley to make beer with. If Oregon is to remain the leading hlbpgrowingr state In the Unlon and is to grow bar ley by the hundreds of thousands of bushels, at least those who engage In those industries should not further vote to destroy them. Business men who want the country to prosper and who want all industries to flourish and the state to develop should not vote J to kill industries that underlie the prosperity of Oregon. The moral Issue Involved may induce a man or woman to support prohibition, but if Oregon plowed up all the barley fields and 30wcd them In gross and dug up all the hopyards and confiscated all the breweries, does anyone honestly be lieve the evil of drunkenness or the moderate use of beer would be dimin ished In Oregon? No amount of soph istry will drive an honest man or an honest newspaper to take dishonest and Inconsistent positions. Let us be reasonable about tho hop industry. It brings millions to Oregon and distributes most of it among: working" people and their families. During the hoppicklng season all arc employed, and all kinds of business gets the benefit. Let each citizen have his own views about religion, morals and politics, but let us not foolishly strike down Industries on which the general prosperity depends, when we would not accomplish the destruction of the liquor business or take away any man's appetite for drink. Let us .aljhe sober and vigilant and right minded in our religious opinions, and let us not condemn and seek to drlvo oft the face of the earth those who dif fer frOm us In habits or opinions or oc cupations. Surely the Lord In his goodness sends his rain on the just and the unjust, and the Good Book ad monishes U3 to judge no man after the flesh. Hold no man in condemna tion. Let us live and let live, and In the end we will have the confidence and good will of our neighbors, whether they are just as good and moral as wc are, and we will bo able to have some influence with them for, good In matters that are important. DEMOCRATS OF 1DIATILLA. Their Method or Fotcstnlllns the Primary Law. Pendleton Tribune. The Democratic County Convention has been pulled off. It was not a conven tion In name, but to all Intents and pur poses. It served the cnd3 of the manipu lating leaders and continued the reign of the gang. The slate was forthcoming and the same old writings on the wall were there. The spirit of the direct primary law had long before fled dismayed from The presence of the assemblers and their rendezvous. It had been solicited by Democrats in days gone by, but Its ap proach, once confident of warmth ot wel come, was frowned upon and Its advances on this occasion were repelled with scorn. A ticket was nominated. He who dares to venture out under the protection of the primary law will be smashed to smither eens, unless, perchance, he be strong enough to break the smashing machine. The gentle evasion of the law In inviting candidates into the open is novel. Such aristocratic methods of conducting Demo cratic politics Is indeed startling. We are Informed that the Invitations were engraved and handed out on silver trays by gaily-decorated messengers. It was swell. Yc cannot come unless ye be in vited by the royal heads. It Is no free affair, nor will tickets be on sale for Jl each. Ye Democrats are no longer free American citizens, nor permitted to serve your own ambitions nor the desires ot the people, but you must wait until you arc bidden. If you will notico, too. It Is only of the -100 who have received Invitations. The old clique entertains only whom It chooses. Thus we are taught to look upon the boasted democracy of the Democratic party. Thus we behold It defeating tho spirit of the people's direct primary law and maintaining the machine by smooth and clever manipulations. Denies Association Is Fake. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The charges recently made In the Senate by Senator McCumbcr that the National Food Manu facturers Association "Is a fake organi zation," were discussed at length today before the House committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, which Is conduct ing hearings on pure food bills. Thomas E. Lannen. of Chicago, secretary of the association, says? the organization has among Its members representatives of leading grocery firms, manufacturers of preservatives anu canners. and represents millions of dollars of capital. He de clared that the organization Is well known and was established for the legitimate protection of wholesalers and retailers of goods which would be affected by the pro posed Heyburn bill. Nothing; Falls Like Failure. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The obscurity ot General Kuropatkin Is almost impressive. Probably no one in the United States can tell whether he 13 in Manchuria. Turkestan, the Caucasus, the Crimea. St. Petersburg or on his cs- tate in the country- No dispatch from Far Eastern Siberia has mentioned him for many months. There Is but one thing left for him to do, and that Is to write his own story. Public Buildings for Xorthwcst. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The Senate committee on public buildings and grounds today authorized favorable reports on bills making appropriations for the acquisition of ites and the construction of Federal buildings as follows: At Moscow, Idaho, I73.CO0: Baker City, Or., 573,00; Eureka, Cal., .5175.CC0; Provo, Utah, 63,0O. May Do Postal Business on Sunday. "WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. The Senate committee on poatolllces and postroads or dered an adverse report today on a bill entitled "to prevent Sunday banking in postofhees Jn the handling of money or ders and registered letters." Laborer Shoots His Wife. FRESNO, Cal.. Feb. 2L John Leady, a laborer, shot and probably fatally wound ed his wife here tonight. The Leadys have been having much domestic trouble and Mrs. Leady filed suit for divorce. From a Girl's Diary. Brooklyn Life. Twas Just a little tilt with Iv; He came and went, and through his wings Just brushed her heart, not Powers above Can quiet memory's murraurtngs. Were I to say. "I love you With heart and soul aflame; That all the stars above you Speak nothing but yourname"; . Were I to say. "My life, dear. Will soon be cast away. Unless you be my wife, dear" Well, pray, what would you say? Were you to say. "t love you." With all such gush as that. , I'd say the "stars above you" Were talking through your hat. Were yu to use such fotly In asking for a wife. I'd murmur to your "Jolly," Just plain. "Not oa your life." INVtSTIGATE TWO MONOPOLIES Ilouse Committee Applies Tillman's Resolution to Coal and Oil. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. At the sugges tion of Senator Tillman, the House com mittee on interstate and foreign com merce made an amendment in the reso lution, which It Jaas agreed to recom mend for favorable action, for the In vestigation of alleged railway monopolies of coal and oil. As the resolution was originally framed. It provides for an in vestigation by the Interstate Commcrco Commission as to whether railways own the coal and oil they haul,, but It was the purpose of the committee to extend the Investigation definitely to all railway ownership of the mines and oil property. To make the resolution clear, an amend ment was accepted which specifically pro vides for the Investigation of the owner ship of coal and oil companies. The resolution amends Senate resolu tion 22 by Including all kinds of coal and oil and the investigation of the rail road interest, ownership and control in coal and other lands and properties and by excluding all 'other products. The report prepared by Townsend, at the request of the committee, reads: It Is recommended by the committee on In terstate and foreign commerce that charpes from what seem to be rcllablo sources hate been made against various railroad com panies' engaged ln interstate commerce to the effect that such companies have Interest either directly or Indirectly in coal and oil which they carry to the disadvantage of competing owners: that they or their officers have an Interest or ownership, directly or otherwise. In coal and oil properties served by their roads and through the distribution of cars and the furnishing of facilities of transportation and shipment discriminate against the so-called Independent owners, that by intercorporate ownership of the stock of other carriers of coal and oil together with ownership of such stock by certain of the officers of said companies, control of such other carriers Is obtained and the combina tions in restraint of trade and commerce are formed which do an Injustice to Independent shippers of coal and oil and great wrong to the consumers of those productx. If upon investigation such charges are established by facts, the Gongress should bo informed there of, to the end that It may understand If such companies arc violating Federal laws and whether any additional legislation It necessary. The Interstate Commerce Commission Is Instructed to make the Investigation for the reason that It Is organized for the work and somewhat familiar with the conditions to be Investigated. The committee Is requested to xeport from time to time, in order that Con gress may be informed and tho House en abled to take such action as the situation may seem to demand. Representative McNary Introduced a resolution In the House today Instructing the President to have the Interstate Com merce Commission Investigate the alleged control and ownership- of anthracite coal and anthracite mines by railroad combinations. HEARING OX PROHIBITION BILL Liquor and Cold-AVntcr Forces Arguo "With House Committee. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Representa tive John Sharp Williams (Miss.) spoke before the House committee on judiciary today In support of his bill to prevent the C. O. D. shipment of liquor into prohi bition districts. Robert Crain, ot Baltimore, general counsel of the National Brewers' Associa tion, addressed the committee on the Hep-bum-DoIlivcr bill to make liquor subject to the laws of states Into which it Is shipped. The hearing was attended by a large number of the members of the German American Alliance, which opposes any bill ot a prohibitive nature. The Anti-Saloon League, the Woman's Christian Temper ance Union and other temperance organi zations are also represented. HAS NO CLAIM. TO APOLOGY. President Denies Demand or Morris Regarding Wife's Arrest. WASHINGTON, Fob. 21. Dr. Minor Morris, whose wife some weeks ago was ejected from the White House, where she had gone to present alleged grievances to the President, today gave out for publi cation the correspondence which recently passed between himself and the Presi dent regarding the case. Dr. Morris de manded a public apology of the Presi dent for this "outrage on womanhood. and common decency." Secretary Locb replied to the letter, stating that an Investigation by the Chief of Police showed that the arrest was jus tified and that the kindest act to Mrs. Morris and other kinfolks was to refrain from giving the case additional pub licity. The letters follow: To the President of the United State . Sir: Having waited patiently a number of week that you might have ample time to ascer tain all the circumstances connected with the Insult recently offered my wife at the White House, 'and that you might make some expres sion of deprecation which would naturally be expected. It Is now Incumbent upon me a husband and citizen to demand a public apolo gy for this outrago on womanhood and com mon decency. It Is unthinkable that such brutality wouM be tolerated anywhere In this country, but. above all. In the White House. That my wife has been confined to her, bed six weeks from the shock and Injuries of thl damnable treatment Is bad enough, but I can say to you in all calmness that had the original orders from the White Houue been car ried out as to her longer incarceration, her life would have been sacrificed. It la therefore Incumbent upon me to repeal my urgent request that you take action a;, once suitable to the circumstances which have ehocked the entire Nation. Respectfully. MINOR. MORRIS. February 10. 1006. The White House. Washington. Feb. !.. Sir: In reply to your letter of the 16th Inst., the President directs me to state to you that he had the Superintendent of Tolice or the District of Columbia. Major Sylvester, make a careful investigation of the circum stances connected with the arrest of Mrs. Morris for disorderly conduct at the executive offices, and the Superintendent eubmltted to the President all the affidavits of the persons whom he had examined. The President care fully went over Major Sylvester's report and the affidavits, and also personally saw Major Sylvester and some of the persons making tho affidavits. He came to the conclusion that the arrest was justified, and that the forco used In making the arrest was caused by tho resistance offered by Mrs. Morrla to the of ficers In the discharge of their duty, and was no greater than was necessary to make the arrest effective. Under these circumstances, the President does not consider that the officers arc properly subject to blame. He wa also satisfied that the kindliest thing that could be done to Mrs. Morris and her kinsfolk was to refrain from giving any additional publicity to the clrcur stances surrounding, the case. WILLIAM LOEB. JR., Secretary to the President. Or. Minor Morris, Washington, D. C. The Betrothal. We. rode in silent rapture, she and I. While a row of merry milestones flitted by. And It seemed the night grew darker With each sputter of the sparker. But the lovellght In my heart was burning high. We sat behind the headlight's golden glare. And the scent of fragrant naphtha filled the air. While my arm. like Cupid's tether, Stole around her waist or leather To the music o the horn's Inspiring blare. Long I gazed Into her goggles, and I said: "Oh, promise me that some day we will wed!" Then & chap who'd lost his hearing Got tangled In oar gearing. And "he answered: "Yea, I promise on the dead." Puck,