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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, 3IARCH 29, 1906. 6 Entered at the Postofflce at PortUad. Or., as Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION' BATES. CT INVARIABLT IN ADVANCE. "CB (By Mail or Express.) DAILY, SUNDAY INCLUDED. Twelre months $8.00 Six months Three month One month - " Delivered by carrier, per ysar fl- Delivered by carrier, per month....... Ee time, per week --J Sunday, one year.... J0 "Weekly, one year (laaued Thursday)... LO Sunday and "Weekly, one year -50 HOW TO REMIT Bend postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamp, coin or currency we at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. Tbo S. C. Beckwlth Special Arcncy New Tork. rooms 43-50. Tribune bulldlar. Chi cago, rooms 510512 Tribune bulldlnr. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex, TostoXflce Netrs Co.. 178 Dearborn street. St. Taul, Mlaa. N. St Maria Commercial Elation. Dearer Hamilton & Kendrlck. 06-81z Seventeenth street; Pratt Book Store. 1214 Fifteenth street; I. Welnsteln. 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ITarJUngton, D. C. Ebbltt House, Penn 'Flvanla avenue. rOUTLAXD. THX'RSDAY, MARCH 20, 1906. THE ISSUE. Statement No. 1 Is a matter for argu ment. Honest men may conscientiously differ in opinion about IL How best to elect a United States Senator i a ques tlon not yet decided. To hold one or the other of the opposing views upon It Impeaches no man's integrity. To be lieve in the constitutional method does not make one a villain; to believe in statement No. 1 does not make him a saint. But there are questions upon which candidates for the Legislature who in lend to do their' duty as servants of the people cannot hold opposing views. "Who shall own and control the public utility franchises?" is such a question. In his letter to The Oregbnian Mr, EI mer B. Colwell takes sure and safe ground upon this issue. It is, as he mys, the all-important matter for the voters to decide at the next election. It Is not a mere intellectual question It concerns the political integrity or candidates. No one who believes in corporation ownership and control of franchises van honestly ask the voters to elect him to the Legislature; for he is against the best interests of the public, and if he Is intelligent enough to make laws he knows that he Is against them. He Is Hther a fool or u conscious tool of the privileged corporations, and no man who belongs to either of these classes tight to be a member of the Legisla ture. The Oregonlan purposes to take the side of the people upon this question The candidate who believes in the own ership and control of franchises by the people will have its support Those who are hostile to such ownership and con trol it will not support. And it pur poses to make no mistake in the mat tor. It will Investigate. Every candi date for the Legislature will be asked to declare himself upon this issue. He wilt be asked to state clearly whether lie is for the people or against them. If he declines to answer, the voters will understand that he is. against them. If he equivocates, the conclusion is the . same. The answer must be clear, defi nite and dectelve. The Issue is too important for trifling. The time has come to decide who own and control the City of Portland and the State of Oregon. Is- it the people or Is it the privileged corporations? Is it the men who have created the city and Mate by their Industry, or the men who reap the harvest of others toll with the sickle of special privilege? The decis ion, of this question has been delayed too long. It ought not to be delayed kmger. The -issue is now squarely drawn before the court of public opin ion, and The Oregonian purposes to see that it is not befogged or postponed. Let every candidate tell where he stands. Is he for the people whose votes he asks? Or is he for the privi leged Interests, vhosc sole aim and pur pose is to rob the people? AS SHOWN BT THE GALA COACH. A feature of the marriage of King Alfonso and Princess Ena will be an unparalleled procession of state coaches. . HJs Majesty already has thirty-four gorgeous vehicles ready, and hopes to have at least forty in Ihe procession. Sixteen of these are his toric creations that have not been used for many years. All have been re paired under the direction of the King, who is fain to provide against the, un dignified collapse of any one of these heavy, lumbering vehicles. In pursuing this fad Alfonso will Imi tate his predecessors for many centu ries. The gala coach is not. indeed, a fad confined to Spanish monarch b. but is used as- an effective part of official ceremonies in all countries. In letters recently published, written by Madame Waddlngton, the American wife of a. French diplomat who "was Ambassador of Franco at the coronation of Alex ander III of Russia, descriptive of the pageant at Moscow upon that occa sion, much stress Is laid upon the gala coaches that France provided .for the Ambassador's Bulte and the attention that they attracted in the procession, wjth their gorgeous trappings, outriders and runners is dilated upon with much apparent satisfaction. The vast gulf between the govern ment and the people in a monarchy is represented by the festal occasions of which the gala cdach is a gorgeous ac companfanent. Madame Waddington. republican bom and bred (a daughter r Charles King, lor many years presi- Aent of Columbia. University). but Mfdinc most of her life abroad la close touch, -with the diplomatic service of France, naturally became- Jmbued with the ideas of the a'HsiSeraoy to a considerable extent. This, however, makes all the riTore striking her' simple presentment of facts that.came under her observation. She j?s- n Russia the people submissive, &ad arVf en Ing; the ruling classes evryrhere a gressive and pompous; the one repre sented by the vast masse-s of silent peasantry into whose midst the Coa sacks charged, provoking no outcry, to clear the way; the other by the gor- geous gala coaches of the empire on an J,,. occaslon planned to proclaim the irngfat of the government As a diplcaVs wne mis Am-encan-jJTenciu -Joman made and could make no coramenupon the cause that produced this enecL This, Indeed, was not necessary; the simple presentment was quite suffi cient to disclose the Immeasurable gulf between the Idle aristocrat andthe tolling proletariat as it exists in Eu rope, and as it would exist -in Amer ica but for the recognized power of the people at the hustings. A BITTER TILL. In -one -of his sprightly paragraphs! Oliver Wendell Holmes describes what happens when a farmer overturns a stone in the field on a Summer after noon. The colony of bugs residing be neath its shelter, the sowbug. the tum ble-bug, the thousand-legged worm and the grand-daddy long legs, horrified by the sunshine bursting into their dark retreat, flee in all directions. Some find refuge In other holes and crannies; some the farmer crushes with his. boot. Perhaps a spider, abnormally big and fat, instead of fleeing, defies the in vader for a moment before the heel comes down and ends its noxious ca reer. Dr. Holmes was not thinking of the Standard Oil Company when he penned his witty apologue, but it describes with ludicrous accuracy the scatteratlon of kerosene Insectlvora, big and little, which befell when Mr. Hadley rudely tore off the shield of secrecy which had so long hidden their orgies. R. H. Mc Nale is a sort of kerosene-haunting cockroach, who made good his escape to a secure and shady nook somewhere in Massachusetts. John D., the elder, may not Irreverently be likened to a grand-daddy long legs which made a timely hike to the congenial shelter of New Jersey. Mr. Archbold and two or three others were like the sluggish sow bug, which Is easily captured; while Mr. H. (H. Rogers may be compared to the infuriated spider, bulbous and venom ous. Which vainly sets its fangs In the crushing heel. Mr. Hadley has overturned the shel tering stone of corporate secrecy. He has let the light of day into the den of the scandalous colony. Armed with the authority of the Supreme Court of Slis fourI and fortified with the late epoch making decisions of the highest tri bunal in the land, he was not to be thwarted or resisted. He has gained a great victory- great in itself and greater still as an earnest that the law has at last decided to assert control over the anarchistic corporations. The significance of his victory, as Mr. Had ley himself Intimates, Is that there is no lack of authority over these rebel lious monsters: -what we really lack is prosecuting officers with the courage and persistence to enforce the law. When such an officer wishes to do his duty he can do it. He may find the courts somewhat timid in the presence of the more distinguished criminals; he may find witnesses defiant, recalci trant and elusive. Mr. Hadley had abundant experience of this kind, but he was not disheartened. He held steadfastly on his course and' his tri umph Justifies his confidence.- He has compelled the mighty, lawless, defiant Standard Oil Company to bow to the law of the land and produce its incrim inating records. Its servants and agents he has dragged into court and extorted from their reluctant Hps the evidence he desired. Its attorneys, recently so contemptuous,. act now as if they were lawyers for a mere human agency in stead of a demigod. They recognize at last that, great as the Standard Oil Company may be, the State of Missouri is greater still. In their newly-acquired meekness it is ludicrous to hear these attorneys bewail the publicity which Mr. Hadley has forced upon their corpo ration. Hitherto it has ruled the Nation like some Philip of Spain issuing his arrogant mandates from the depths of the Escurial. Clouds and darkness were round about It Now its holy of holies has been desecrated by the process- server and Its high priests have been made to appear in court and answer questions like ordinary mortals. Well may the .corporation lawyers call this sensational. It is sensational. Every great triumph of Justice over in trenched wrong is sensational. The vic tory of the Swiss peasants over Charles the Bold was- sensational. The welcome of Voltaire to Paris after his thirty years' exile was sensational. So was the execution of Louis Capet. The Declaration of Independence was a sensational document. John Wesley preaching on his father's tomb did a sensational deed. The Emancipation Proclamation was a sensational utter ance, and the day of Judgment, when it comes, will be both sensational and spectacular. The corporations which have so long ruled in secret must; now meet their retribution in public and naturally the event attracts attention. The pill is a bitter one, but It must be swallowed. WHO PATS FOR GOOD ROADS? The farmers of Macleay. Marion County, held a meeting last week to discuss the Tuttle Toad law, which gives the resident property-owners within "two miles of a highway the power to bond themselves for the pur pose of raising funds with which to Improve permanently the road. After the discussion the farmers adopted a resolution condemning the Jaw and de manding Its repeal. Among other things, they denounced what they called a -plan of building public roads with private funds. In other part of Marlon County the farmers approve the Tuttle law and are operating under Its pro virions. Just why the Macleay farmers should de mand repeal of tie-law 4s not apparent. If they do .not want to build roads on the bonding -plan they need not there is no one going to try to compel them to- do so. If otlwr communities want good road. and want to get them that way. why should there be objection from the community -that does not want them? The Macleay .people evidently do not like the idea, being tared for road purposes and call this build ing public roads with .private funds. Is net tkV the plan jkpvei which pcac tieaHy ail cchec4houc8 and coHrth&uws arr built? Why sfeouMn't the prop- erty-ownersiadjacent to a road pay the greater portion of the expense of in-proving.it? WATER TRANSPORTATION A NEC ESS ITT The project of establishing a trans portation line on the Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers is one of the most important before the people of Portland today. That this is -pretty "well under stood is reflected in the personnel of the men who have already subscribed liberallv for stock In a. eomttanv "which to and oprate a steamer on the Lewlston-Celllo route. It is prac vocally assured that the enterprise will be a profitable one from Its Inception, but, even were It otherwise, the Invest ment would be one of the best that could possibly be made for Portland and the vast Columbia basin, which Is tributary to this city. With an im proved river, so that navigation Is safe and easy, and with boats- In operation, we would have a perpetual guarantee against any possible railroad, combina tion which mfght arise to deprive us of the. trade which rightfully belongs to this city. There is unquestionably a liberal mar gin of profit In moving freight to and from the upper country on a lower schedule than is now in existence. It may also be possible for the railroads to meet any cut that Is made by the steamboat line and still handle the bulk of the traffic at a profit to 'themselves.' Even should they make this cut and retain the lion's share of the business. it will be due solely to the effect o water transportation, and the end sought by the enterprising Portlanders and others who are subscribing to the project will be accomplished. The com ing of the Hill roads down the north bank of the Columlba River and Into Portland will be a great thing for this city. It will open up to our merchants a new field from which they have long been excluded,' and it will also bring to this port a large amount of agricul tural products which as yet are in what is regarded as exclusively Puget Sound territory. With a steamboat line to the interior, Portland will be In a very Independent position regarding the railroads. Water transportation over easily navigated routes is the cheapest transportation on earth, and on a mighty river like the Columbia it has the advantage of being free to all comers. There is a right of way which, once placed in condition, needs no more attention, and the use of this right of way is free to all comers. The enlistment of Portland capital for the proposed steamboat line is a return to first principles, and to the policy that made Portland great- When Port land capitalists and merchants organ ized the Oregon Steam Navigation Com pany, which was the forerunner of a transportation system which last year showed surplus earnings of more than $6,000,000, ft was for the purpose of giv ing the trade of the interior an outlet to tidewater, thus permitting an agricul tural and Industrial development that was impossible with the country bottled up and still dependent on the packhorsc or freight wagon for transportation. So long as that company remained in the hands of Portland capitalists it was always operated in the interest of this city, and the territory served by this city. The managers of the company. having large Interests In this city and the tributary territory, were fully alive to the fact that the Interests of the shippers and the carrier were mutual. Reductions in freight were steadily made as the traffic Increased and con ditions warranted them. But when the control of the O. S. N. Co., or rather its successor, the O. R. & N. Co., was passed on to men thousands of miles away, it became much more difficult to keep the policy of the road in harmony with that of the people It was serving. and In the absence of an independent steamboat line It was impossible to bring to bear enough pressure to force the recognition of demands which should have been mcL Within the past few months there has been more of a disposition on the part of Mr. Harri man to co-operate with Portland and prevent a further diversion of traffic from Portland territory to Puget Sound Even if this policy should be contin ued and Improved, there Is no reason for Portland abandoning her efforts to secure a steamboat line. There have in the past been many changes in the Harrlman policy, and in the adminis trative officers, and there "will undoubt edly be other changes in the future. Without some Independent route be yond the reach of railroad combinations we tOmll be powerless to prevent a repe tition of the injustice that has followed some of these changes In the past. With a steamboat line owned and con trolled by Portland capital, we can make rates which the railroad must meeL The Investment in this line will bring larger returns, indirectly If not directly, than any other enterprise for which demands have recently been made on our public-spirited citizens. PROMOTING GROWTH OF SOCIALISM. Major Miller, a Pennsylvania million aire, whose fortune grew out of coal and steel mined and manufactured by men whom God Intended should enjoy equal rights and privileges with Major Miller, has just broken the record for high-priced banquets. In barbaric splendor and cost. It far exceeded the hundred-thousand-dollar dinner which the" Equitable policy-holders provided f6r Jimmy Hyde and a few friends. The cost of Major Miller's banquet wa.s sufficient to provide food for thousands of starving people who eke out a mis erable existence In the great'cltles of the East. Properly distributed, it would have been sufficient to grant to hun dreds of striking miners the small In crease they ask In wages. It Is this wanton waste of riches got by an economic system that Is all wrong that accelerates the speed of this Nation toward a social revolution, and the time is not far distant when at some of these banquets the Major Mil lers, drunk with the wine of financial success and power, will be startled by the appearance of handwriting on the wallv that, will be appalling In its sig nificance Perhaps It might be termed a redeeming feature in the nature of John D. Rockefeller that he never flaunts his great wealth In the faces of these whom he has robbed. In avoid ing publicity of this nature, he, of course, exhibits -an Intelligence tha is lacking in some of. his fellow-milllon-alres, who seem to delight In shakng the red rag .of affluence and power at the underfed and mlstrea'ted "bull" of common labor. Misery and starvation are ever present In the tenement dis tricts of New Tork, as well as other larger cities, and within . radius of a few "miles of -the scene ef that sybaritic feast of Major .Miller's It is a certainty that the gaunt specter of famine aWait- Ing its victim hovered over many a cradle. " On the pinched, wan face of the tenement-house mother, watching the departure of the last flickering spark of life from the baby who perished for want of proper food and nourishment, the lovellght gleams Just as strong as on that of the,mother who can bring to the bedside of her darling every necessity, convenience and luxury that the most exacting spe cialist can demand. These conditions are growing worse instead of better, but a fact that bodes no good for the Major Millers, the Jimmy Hydes and the men "higher up" is that the teem ing millions who are eking out a bare existence from the crumbs which fall from the rich man's table are becoming sullen over the existence of such con ditions. Fuel Is being added to the flame by the steady addition to the list of con verts to socialism of wealthy men who are at last realizing the awful Injus tice of a system which permits some of the people to revel In luxury while others equally worthy and with equal rights to a living are confronted with semi-starvation all their lives. The Republic of Chile has just au thorized a loan of J12.500.000 from a Ger man financial house .for the construc tion of a railroad from Arlca, Chile, to Lapaz, Bolivia. This is not an unusual occurrence In any of the South Amer ican countries, and It explains In .part why those countries deal so largely with the Europeans Instead of with the United States. American money can find plenty of employment at remuner ative rates in building railroads In this country, and does not need to go abroad for Investment. The other reason why the, Germans and British outdistance the United States in South American trade Is that the European countries are large purchasers of wheat, hides, nitrate and other commodities for which there is only a limited market in the United States. It is needless to tate that these the true reasons for our light trade with South America are never set forth by the ship-subsidy grafters, who always assert that the discrepancy Is due to the lack of Amer lean ships. To those numerous Oregon newspa pers that were victimized by a false and viciously incorrect version of the affray in The Oregonian office Monday The Oregonian has simply to say that they will doubtless learn again the whole truth. If they have the slightest desire to learn it. at the trial of the young bully. Meanwhile It begs, to as sure lis esteemed contemporaries that the account of the affair which ap peared In The Oregonian Tuesday last was correct. Impartial, colorless and true from beginning to end. It is to be deplored that any newspaper outside of Portland should have been made Inno cently. no doubt, to serve the purposes of the particular style of yellow-dog journalism that Inspired an alleged ac count of the affair that has been so widely disseminated. Maxima Fernandez, an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of Costa Rica, has just arrived at New York, having been deported from his native land by his successful rival for the high office. He brought with him Messrs. Pacheco and Garcia, whose names sound familiar, and also his family. By reaching this land of the free with a whole skin the fortunate Maxima Fernandez proves that the on ward march of civilization has not en tirely passed by Costa Rica. A few years ago the customary reward for the man who made an unsuccessful race for the presidency of any of those "pep pery" Southern countries was death. The world moves, even in Costa Rica. Two hundred and fifty teachers were enrolled at the Whitman County Teach ers' Institute which convened Monday, and it is announced that at least fifty more will add their names to the list before trie close of the session. Whit man County is so truly a land of mag nificent distances that schoolhouses seem few and far between, and to those who have traveled through that rich country it will be surprising Indeed to learn that old Whitman not only has more than 300 teachers, but that those teachers look after the Intellectual wel fare of 11.000 pupils. Whitman County Is raising something besides wheat and fat bank accounts. For twenty-six years William H. Macdonald was before the theater going public, who will feel a personal loss In his death. With the veteran Barnabee and Tom Karl, he organized the Bostonlans and did more than one man's share toward maintaining the high standard of the most popular mu sical company In America. Never in the history of the world has manual labor received so large roward as in the twentieth century. A boy scarce 19, In three hours and a half obtained J5500 by making more points In billiards than Champion George Slos son. The earning power of the cue Is almost equal to the boxing mitts. Not Inappropriate is the "nickname" of the explosive used by the Inner cir cle of the Western Federation of Min ers. While "hell fire" lacks elegance and Is unscientific, yet it conveys to the popular mind a better Idea of its quality than do bisulphide of carbon and similar compounds. De Lancey NIcolI. vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, says that Mr. Hearst Is a political traitor. This Is a. nice, easy compli ment compared with some of the things which Hearst has said about someof Mr. Nlcoll's friends. Tuskegee Institute Is the beneficiary of a New Jersey philanthropist In the sum of 5563,000. If Booker Washington shall devote It, as he no doubt will, to the manual training of the Southern negro, the world will be better and hap pier for the gift. Mr. Jerome's manner of handling the life Insurance grafters lacks the strength and vigor of his old-time methods. He used to break In on the game with an ax when ho wanted to find the chips and-money on the tabic. Pittsburg, reputed to be the richest city of Its size in the world, receives J2.e00,600 more from Carnegie. As re marked by a philosopher long since dead, "Them as has gits." The police Inspection question at the Algeclras conference has been amicably settled. In Portland the trouble ever the sme problem is still brewln. - THE SILVER LINING. Br A. II. Ballard. Good-Bye, Marquam. (Tune of Hlrara Green.) Marquam Grand was Just a first-class , theater in Portland town. It dre,w the people strong for many a year; The shows It gave were famous In the Northwest, up and down. To everybody's heart the place was dear. The Fathers of the city looked around for something fat. And sprung a fifteen-thousand-dollar touch: Calvin Helllg, he Just figured that he'd certainly be jiggered , It he'd stand for such raw work not much! (Chorus.) Good-bye. Marquam, It Is hard for us to leave; We all will surely miss you. Marquam Grand, for you we'll grieve; So farewell, Marquam. The Council thinks it's fly; It Is sad to see your finish. Marquam Grand, good-bye. The Belasco. on Fourteenth street. Is another pretty house. And there's where all the big shows now will play: We leave the stoned Marquam to rest still as any mouse. And hope the change will . bring a brighter day; We love the cherished, gilded room where Shakespeare held "his sway. Where drama, song and stage de lights were rife: Regretfully we so, and we will mourn for many a day. But we wlah success to Heillg all his life. CChorus.) Good-bye. Marquam. It Is hard for us to leave: We all will surely miss you. Marquam Grand, for you we'll grieve; So farewell. Marquam, - The Council thinks it's fly: It Is sad to see your finish. Marquam Grand, good-bye. My dearest Albert, you may give your life for me If you are heavily Insured. When a man admits that he Is go ing to the dogs, we fell sorry for the dogs. Some people are so close that they hate to spend time. That's a touching romance the mar riage of Mrs. Laried. of Portland, and Mr. Newton, of Kentucky, who were sweethearts 3d years ago, who burled husbands and wlyes and then re verted to the ever-living love of their younger days. A case in kind, but in volving more fortitude was that of the famous Governor DIx. of New York, and his" wife. When 20 he went to her father and asked for her hand. The father told him to bring 3100.000 when he asked that question. He went away, and it took him 40 years to get the money. Then lie went and asked the question again. "Good." said the father. -and he added his own check for another $100,000 to the wedding dowry. Gov ernor Dix tore up the father's check, took possession of his beloved and mar ried her, saying that their happiness had merely been postponed. Nelthe'r had married during these long -10 years. I never met a more magnificently devoted couple than Governor and Mrs. Dix In New Tork during the latter years In his beautiful Fifth-avenue home, where he delighted to honor and praise his wife. The world Is taking your photo graph. Look pleasant. , Definition?. (Tips on the Race of Life.) Tip A wrong steer on purpose. Words What pugilists fight with, women allure with, and great men ab jure. Act An absolutely silent thing that makes a big noise. Ban&na Peel A clever little piece of mechanism .that can make a man slip up and slip down at the same time. Governor Chamberlain A colloquial- Ism meaning "blowing hot and cold simultaneously. The Past Something gone out of everybody's life, and not necessary to think about. The Present What no one ever has, as It constantly slips away. The Future Different for each per son In the world, and made for himself by himself. A Hit Something prized by stRj?e people above honor, family, riches. heaven. God and suppers. Symptoms. Chicago Tribune. If your wif l? growln? restless; If eh tentatively tuts At the dlcnr wlndo" curtains; If stj studies all tfa rues; If she' talks about wallpaper; if ehe views ths window pane With an ey that them tarnished by a lot of streak and stain. Then you may as well b patient and quiet an a. noow For no feeble, -ma can atop her she will . soon clean house, Tou had better plan for boardinr some whin 1 fcr day or two. For the chances are she'll etart it with t rustling-, bustling crew Of scrubwomen and oC dusters, a&t ' tho chair will block the hall And lots of dainty china will b put where. It will fall And an aproned, towsled. draggled fsht will say b In your spouse. For the slrns of Spring are potent she wilt soon ' clean house. Tou will eat upon the Icebox, you will !ep upon the utovt. Tou will slip upon a box of soap and down the stairs will rove: Tou will nod your valued rolumea ratxed with the' kitchen pans and pots; For the tiro you'll be an alien you and all your little tcts Aad tnre'It b a time of trouble, time of shake and dust, and douse. Tilt the ferer has subsided she will soon clean house. His Identity. Watson's Magazine. "Dots anyone know this poor fel low?" asked the good Samaritan, ad dressing the crowd which had quickly gathered at the scene or the acciaent- "HIk mind eera to have become an an solute blank, and " Trust eficlal! Trust official'' shouted, the assemblage in one.volce "Out of his head, and thinks he's on ihe witness stand! EDITORIALASSAULTS. Tacoma News. Several months ago The Oregonian de manded an investigation of the affairs and the business methods of the Portland Gas Company. It printed letters of com plaint written by prominent citizens ana business men, who cried out against the extortion to which they declared tney were subjected and the Insolence' with which the company officials treated re quests for a better. If not a cheaper, service. The Oregonian. on behalf of the users of gas, which comprise almost the entire population of Portland, has waged an al together honorable but merciless war against the company. It has supported the citizens' charges with facts, it has discussed the quality of the gas furnished, it has called Into question the means em ployed In organizing the gas company. It has clearly shown the water In the stock and the abuses practiced by the company. Where the people were weak. The Ore gonian was powerful. It finally secured the attention of the City CounclL A committee of that body has lately carried on the Investigation. The Oregonian has been eminently fair, printing the company's answers to the charges, the company's counter-accusations, the company's attacks on The Oregonian and the company's impugn ment of the motives that led The Ore gonian to demand the investigation, and with all this, columns and pages of tne stenographic-report of the Council com mittee's proceedings. In short, the Gas Company has found Itself In a blinding glare of publicity. It no longer operated In the dark. It could conceal nothing. It couldn't even make the usual and useful plea of unfair treatment by the attacking party, it couldn't prate of its services to the pub lie; It couldn't hold up the pitiful spec tacle of the children of stockholders cry ing for bread: it couldn't talk of public clamor driving capital away from the city. For the people knew the facts. The company made Its first confession when it reduced the priceof Its product. It made Its second yesterday, when a clerk in the offices of the company's at torney assaulted the managing editor of The Oregonian. after demanding that the paper cease Its attacks on the Gas Com panv. That was an unconscious and un willing but powerful tribute to the power of an honest, free press. It's a little hard on the editor, perhaps, but it will not diminish. In any degree, the Influence of The Oregonian and l means ultimate defeat for the Gas Company. It makes more possible. In facu the plan, advo cated by Harvey Scott, of The Oregonian looking to municipal ownership of the gas plant. Just how it can benefit any cause to kill an editor or to beat a critic is a little difficult to see. It won't prove the cause just nor will it silence criticism or destroy censure. On the contrary, it Is a confession of guilt. The people of Port land need no longer be in doubt as to the course to pursue. SHCTS OFF OBSTRUCTIONISTS House Adopts Rule Against Points of Order on Appropriations. WASHINGTON. March 23. The House today. In order that the executive, legis lative and judicial appropriation bill might be considered without being sub jected to the limitless points of order. passed a rule prohibiting that method of fighting the bill. The rule was adopted after a running debate of an hour by a vote of 169 to 109. The remainder of the day was devoted to consideration of the bill and more progress was made than in all the days heretofore given to the measure. The new rule was reported by Dalzell and provides that hereafter, in con sideration of the bill. It shall be in order to consider, without intervention of a point of order, any section of the bill as reported except .section S, and upon motion authorized by the committee on appropriations it shall be In order to Insert in any part of the bill any provision represented as part of the bill and heretofore ruled out on a point of order. Section S. referred to In the rule reported, refers t the "old age" para- grapn. which has created so much ad verse discussion. On the vote on the previous question on the rule the ayes were 120 and noes 1. ' Dalzell. in explanation of the reason for the rule, said that It was brought in "to put a stop to Indiscriminate points of order which, if sustained. would tie up the Government." Hardwlck (Ga.). Drlscoll (N. X.). Fitzgerald (X. T.) and Prince (111.) op posed the rule with vigor. Grosvenor (Ohio) "favored tne rule. The House then went into commit tee of the whole for consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial bill. Brooks (Colo.) offered an amend ment increasing the appropriation for the Denver mint to 1150,000, which was adopted, S2 to 61. Southard (O.) moved that the mint at New Orleans be abandoned, and said that Its discontinuance would be In the Inter cast of real economy The amendment was lost. The House having completed the read ing of 110 pages of the bill. It was tem porarily laid aside and the committee rose. Adams (Pa.) presented the conference report on the consular bill, which was ordered printed. PROGRAMME FOR CONGRESS Pan-American Committee Prepares Subjects for Action. WASHINGTON, March 28. A pro gramme of subjects to be considered at the Pan-American Congress to be held In Rio Janiero. Brazil, beginning July 21 was agreed on today by the committee of tho congress having that matter In charge, of which Secretary Root Is chairman. In addition to Mr. Root the committee Is made up of the Ambassadors from Brazil and Mexico and the Ministers from Chile, the Ar gentine Republic. Cuba and Costa Rica. The subjects Include sanitary and quarantine regulations, uniformity of patent laws. International recognition of diplomas of"1, practicians of the learned professions, questions affect ing commercial Intercourse and an In ternational railroad. It Is expected that what is commonly known as the Drago doctrine, which is opposed to the forcible collection of private debts by one nation from an other, a doctrine adhered to by tho United States, will come up for con sideration In some form. Model of Transport Sherman. WASHINGTON. March 28. Under the direction of Quartermaster-General Hum. phrey of the Army, models have been prepared of the X'nited States transport Sherman and they are attracting much attention at the War Deparment. The models .ire about 20 feet long and show not only the exterior of the ship, but also th interior. One model represents the transport cut In halt and shows the rela tive positions or tne tjuartcrs ror soiaiers. the passenger rooms, coal bunkers, freight compartments and machinery rooms. With great detail the interior has oeen worked out In such manner tuat nothing is left to the Imagination. Even the Beds for the men are reproduced on a small scale and the freight is represented by miniature barrels and boxes. American Cruisers Sail for Ceylon. PORT SAID. Egypt. March 2S.-The United States cruiser Chattanooga and Galveston sailed today for Colombo. Cey lon, . - ' WILL DIG LOCK-CANAL President Will Not Wait if Congress Delays Decision. WASHINGTON, March 2S. Canal legist lation at the present session of Congress is regarded as extremely improbable, even by the members of the Senate commit tee, which for two months has been meeting nearly every" day to investigate conditions on the Isthmus of Panama and prepare itself to report a bill. Several weeks ago It wa3 decided to postpone temporarily the investigation of criticisms that had been made against the management of canal affairs, and to devote the time to a discussion of the type of canal to be constructed. Tho committee is divided on this subject, and there is no indication that the witnesses who could be called would give testimony that would tend toward harmonizing the views of the members. Advocates of the lock-canal proposed by the minority of the board of consulting engineers are ap parently confident that this plan will be followed. They have pointed out that, if no agree ment is reached by Congress, the Presi dent in his message transmitting the two reports of the board has given notice that the Administration will proceed with the construction of the lock canaL Engineers who have been before the Senate committee have not agreed as to the feasibility of constructing at Gatun the flight of three locks proposed by the minority plans, and this has engaged in large part the examination of the en gineers. All of the advocates of the sea level project were outspoken against the safety of the locks at that point, but the friends of the minority plan have been greatly encouraged by, a. cablegram from Chief Engineer Stevens, declaring that there could be no doubt concerning the success of the Gatun locks. The testimony given by Engineers Bates. Burr and others to the effect that fthe hill in which It is proposed to build these locks is not long enough to provide for three locks with usable lengths of SCO feet, was cabled to Mr. Stevens. He took steps' to refute the statements, and notified the canal committee to deny the testimony upon his authority. Advocates of the lock canal declared to day that, in view of the fact that Mr. Stevens had examined the site since the testimony was given, he is in the best position to take .a. positive stand. The witnesses who have testified before the committee have been about evenly divided as to the type of canal. The next witness will be General Davis, formerly a member of the Canal Commission and Governor of the Canal Zone. Secretary Taft will appear some time next week. In view of the fact that the House com mittee on Interstate and foreign com merce Is not inclined to accept the testi mony taken by the Senate committee, it is believed the House will not be ready for several weeks to take up canal legis lation. This adds to the probability that little will be done at the present session, and that the President and the Canal Commission will be left free to exercise their own judgment as to the type of canal to be built, in which event the lock level type would be adopted. It is generally believed that the senti ment In-Congress is largely in favor of building the waterway by contract. It has been suggested that Congress, by Joint resolution, may take action In this regard it a canal bill Is not agreed upon. HOLD OFF COASTWISE LAWS Concession to Philippines Proposed. ' More Pay for Army Officers. WASHINGTON. March 2S.-Secretary Taft. who was before the Senate commit tee on military affairs today, spoke at length concerning the necessity for a military cabl to Panama by way of Key West. Porto Rico and Guantanamo. Such a cable is provided for in the pending bill by an appropriation of J927.O0O. H also asked that provision for a cable ship to be used in coast defenses, which was struck out of the bill by the House, be restored. Mr. Taft opposed the re duction of the cavalry arm on tho ground that it requires two years or more to equip and train this force. An amendment offered by Senator Lodge, providing that the coastwise laws of the United States shall not apply to trade between the United States and th Philippines until July 1. 1P09. was indorsed by the Secretary. The Senate adopted ait amendment to the shipping bill providing for such an extension, but that bill is tied up in the House with little chance of passage. Senator Scott called attention to a bill he Introduced early In the session provid ing for an increase in the pay of Second Lieutenants, First Lieutenants, Captains and Majors, and asked the Secretary if he would be In favor of that bill. The Secretary paid that he did not know h would be ready to Indorse It at this time, but he agreed It was difficult for these officers to support families on their pay. He said that, while there had been a. great deal of ridicule of the proposition advanced by General" Corbln to prohibit officers under the rank of Captain from marrying when they had little means, ha thought the suggestion worth consider ing. Mr. Taft said that he thought the non commissioned officers were the most en titled to an Increase of pay. He paid a glowing tribute to the "old Sergeant" who teaches the young Lieutenants how to manage men. He said these men should be encouraged to remain In the Army. MERIWETHKIt ALLOWED TO GO Life at Annapolis Unbearable to Disgraced Middy. WASHINGTON, March 2S. Secretary Bonaparte decided today to accept tha resignation of Midshipman Minor Meri wether from the Naval Academy. Ho will instruct the superintendent of the academy to dismiss the sentence of one. year's confinement to the academy grounds hanging over Meriwether be cause of the death of Midshipman Branch as a result of Injuries received in a fight with Meriwether. This action was taken on the recom mendation of Admiral Sands, superinten dent of the academy, and Admiral Con verse, chief of the Bureau of Naviga tion. It is known that life at tho academy has become unbearable to Meri wether, and his poor record in his studies Is said to be the result of a desire on his part to leave Annapolis. REFERENDUM ON STATEHOOD Conferees May Compromise on Let ting Territories Decide. WASHINGTON, March 2S- That the Senate and House will reach a compro mise agreement on the statehood bill, which will permit Arizona and New Mex ico each to decide for themselves, the question of their admission as one state, seems a correct conclusion from present Indications. The conferees met today for the second time, and while the session was devoted to what arc termed the minor amend ments, there arc Indications that a basis of! agreement on the chief question Is sug gesting Itself naturally and wilt result Jn the rest'oratlon of Arizona and New Mex ico to the bill with the Foraker amend ment, and inquiry among the Senators who opposed the original House bill Indi cates that they will accept this com promise. Troubetskoy Leads Moderates. KALUGA. Central Russia. March 2S. Prince Eugene Troubetskoy. leader of the Moderates, who refused to accept the portfolio of Education in the- Wittc cabi net, has been elected a delegate to- the Provincial Congress by the landowners, m m