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The fundamental difference between Jefferson and Hamilton found Its ex pression1 inthe controversy ' as to the "form and powers of government of the new nation, after the achievement of independence.. Hamilton wanted a gov ernment strong enough to maintain and enforce He authority. Jefferson was attached and devoted to his theory of state sovereignty; he dreaded and opposed all propositions to clothe a Federal or National Government with powers that would or might limit state Independence; threw eucil Influence as he could aeainst the tlan of Washing ton and Hamilton to make a strong government; was not satisfied with the Constitution after it was adopted, and wrote out a theory of government, as a basis for his own party, which was invoked later for justification of se cession and disunion, and brought on the great Clvi) War.. Jeferson was "not a member of the convention that framed the Constitution, but Hamilton was; and, though Hamilton did not eucceed in getting as clear definitions of the powers of the new government as he desired, yet advocated and helped to carry the Constitution, over the opposition of the politicians of the Jef ferson school. At the sums time it was foretold by Hamilton that such dangers as would beset the Constitu tion and the Union would come from state, not from National, aggreeslon. The Civil War wag a trial between the principles of Hamilton and the princi ples of Jefferson, forced by Jefferson's followers. By the result Jefferson's theories and dogmas were completely discredited and removed forever from the field of contention. Till they were overthrown, we could not have a Na- tlon nor a National Government. State eoverelgnty, nullification, secession and disunion menaced the country from year to year; till the issue of the Civil War, on the soil of Jefferson's state, put an end to the content. The Gov ernment of the United States now is Hamilton's government, not Jefferson's. On Jefferson's principles, indeed, it wae impossible to have a National Gov ernment with powers sufficient for maintenance of its authority. When the Southern States withdrew in 1860-61 they acted strictly upon the Jefferso . nlan ..Interpretation of the rights and powers of their -states. They professed no other justification. If Jefferson was right, if Jefferson were the statesman and philosopher to be followed, they need no ether. There are not, never were in America, any principles distinctly Jeffersonlan but those which had their development through the Democratic party prior to I860, and culminated in the Civil War. Hamilton and Jefferson stood at oppo site poles of theory and purpose, in the formation of our Government and in terpretation of its powers. Jefferson's disciples, appealing from the Constitu tion to his interpretation of the Gov ernment it had created, finally lost at Appomattox. Since then the Demo cratic party has had no central prin ciple. It is a mass of Incongruous ele ments that can agree on nothing, and any occasional success it gains comes through temporary union of forces in opposition, which instantly fall apart again. mMAjrETTE APPLES. Very much to the point and purpose was the letter of Mr. Millard Lowns dale 'on Willamette apples, published yesterday. Mr. Lownsdale's words, as an apple-grower, carry authority. Only It was not a "slip" on the part of The Oregonlan when It said that, without slightest disparagement . of other eec- flans." Willamette-. Valley apples were equal to any though it was admitted that the pioneer orchards of Willamette had been permitted, most of them, to rDn down. Truth is that the Willam ette Valley has more land that; will produce excellent apples than all other localities on the Pacific Coast together. ' Just' now, through the favor of Mr. J. C. Uglow, of -Dallas, we have a box of the Ben Davis variety, grown in Polk County. No apples could be finer. In size, color, form, flavor, they are perfection. .It. cannot be treason Hood Kiver, -or to Rogue- River, when talking of apple districts, to say that there are others. Nobody will ever see finer apples, in quality or appearance, than may be grown and now are grown in Willam ette. The exhibit which Mr. Lownsdale promises to make soon (we suppose at Portland) -will be a welcome sight, we are sure, as well to others as to our Hood Hlvcr and Rogue River friends. All Oregon will rejoice in the achieve ments of all. I i - TAFT IS IN ORDER. -x To emphasize the need of enforce ment of law in Idaho, to the end that the murder of Governor Steunenberg shall be punished. Is a proper thing, come from what quarter it may. Sec retary Taft Is H35 out of onier. The point is that. In the hope of set ting the votes of those who committed the atrocities in Northern Idaho and in Colorado, and the votes of their sym pathizers, Dubois and his political as sociates are trying in every possible way to divert public attention from en forcement of the law against those who committed the Steunenberg murder whoever t.hey may be and to make a fictitious irsue against Mormonlsm, on the pretense that Idaho Is in danger of failing under Mormon rule, and that the holy ties and obligations of family life in Idaho are to be trampled under swine's feet or -words to that effect unless Dubois shall be returned to the Senate, to fight polygamy in that body. It is a pity that the contrivers and perpetrators of such a crime as the murder of Governor Steunenberg should be permitted to think it possible to find shelter under the expedients employed In our electoral system. Governor Steunenberg was a Demo crat, elected as such, and remaining such to the end of his life. In pursu ance of his duty as Governor of Idaho he put an end to the atrocities in the Coeur d'Alene region, and prosecuted the ringleaders. Some of them were convicted, and the nest broken up. He was a candidate for renomination, but was defeated, chiefly through the in fluence of Dubois, who couldn't think that such fidelity as Steunenberg had shown in his office ought to be ap proved or rewarded further. Then the people of Idaho, in their Indignation and disgust, defeated the candidate whom pubois had nominated, and elected Gooding, the present Governor. Dubois now has another candidate against Gooding. And, in order to divert attention from the momentous facts and consequences of all this history, he affects a pathetic solicitude for the purity of the family, fears that Idaho will be converted into a polygamous state, and starts a cru sade against moribund Mormbnism. He is highly indignant that Secretary Taft should speak in Idaho on the questions actually before the country and the state. We think Idaho will now give Dubois his quietus. He is a man alike with out principle or conviction though he possesses a flexibility of-resource and purpose that suits such a character. REMEDIES FOR SALMON INDUSTRY. The plight of the salmon industry on the Columbia River makes plain to the Legislatures of Oregon and Washing ton that remedial laws must be en acted, of different sort than hereto1 fore. That the fishing season, lasts too long, from April 15 to August 25, and from September 10 to March 15, Is in dicated, if not proved, toy the small number of surviving seed fish at the hatcheries, and by the fast-waning catch of April, May and June fish, which have declined in fifteen years from more than 50 per cent of the an nual pack to 15 or 20 per cent. That something is -wrong, too, with :the hatchery system is evident from the fact that only about 3 per cent of the fry released, between three and seven years ago, are represented In the packs of the last three seasons. This percentage is really considerably less because many of the salmon caught were propagated In the natural way, and not in the hatcheries. It has- been found that salmon re turn to the Columbia River from the sea to propagate three, four and five years after they have been hatched. Fry of 1SU5, marked before being re leased, returned in 1898, 1899 and 1900. The fish were marked at the United States hatchery on the Clackamas River and numbered 6000. Of the 5000, 437 were reported caught in the suc ceeding years. Thus at least 10 per cent of the marked fish came back into the Columbia River. Competent au thority has estimated that at least 20 per cent returned, but were not traced, either because they escaped the fisher men or because when caught they were not reported. Now, if 10 per cent of the 1893 marked fry were caught in 1898,' 1899 and 1900, it -would be natural to expect that a similar percentage of the hatchery out put of recent years would enter the annual pack. But such is not the case. "The average pack of the last three years, including the equivalent or cold storage salmon, has been a little less than 400,000 cases. At sixty-two pounds of fresh fish to the case, that average pack means an average annual catch of 24,800,000 pounds of salmon. At an average of twenty pounds for' each sal mon i that means 1,240,000 fish caught each year. Now, what percentage is this of the hatchery fry? The fry that entered the packs of the last three years -were hatched in 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903, according to the evidence of the marking test. The total hatchery fry liberated in those five years was 209,775,000, an. annual average of 41,835,000. From this it will be seen that the average number of fish caught In the last three years 1,240,000 is but 3 per cent of the fish turned out of the hatcheries. And as many of the sal mon caught doubtless did not come from the hatcheries, the actual catch was less than 3 per cent of the hatch ery fish. According to the marking test of 1895, there should have been caught In the last three .seasons an average of more than 4,000,000 salmon, instead of 1,240,000. This exhibit suggests a big -waste In present hatcheries work. The most probable explanation of the waste is the loss from predatory fish, which are known to devour the fry (when small. The marked fish of 1895 -were older than hatchery fish now are when re leased. They -were between, two and a half and three inches long, while it is now customary to release the fry at one and one-quarter inches. At the latter size very many of the fry are aestroyea try enemies, especially where large quantities of them are released at on place as at a hatchery. Reverting to the open-season exhaus tion of salmon supply, it may be noted that the Spring salmon after April 15 have had no respite from fishermen, ard that their supply Is dwindling at an alarming .rate. It may be cited also that In the last three seasons, -when fishing has continued after August 15, the hatcheries have received few seed fish. These facts suggest two simple reme dies curtailment of open season, and longer retention of hatchery fry. DANGERS OF WEALTH AND ICXCRT. 'iAIost of the trades, professions and ways of living among mankind take their original either from the love of pleasure or the fear of want," -wrote Joseph Addison, with a considerable degree of truth, but with much error if he intended to convey the idea that most people follow occupations because of an inordinate love of pleasure or fear of Svant. Some people -work be cause they find pleasure in an em ployment to which the are adapted. A few people work solely for the sensu ous enjoyment they may be able to procure by means-of their earnings, or because they are driven to a distaste ful task by the fear of want. If the American people were in general im pelled to action by a love of pleasure we might read a phophecy in his fur ther discourse which says: "When a government flourishes in conquests, and is secure from foreign attacks, it naturally falls Into all ' the pleasures of luxury; and as these pleas ures are very expensive, they put those Who are addicted to them upon raising fresh supplies of money, by all the methods of rapaciousness and corrup tion; so that avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action In those whose hearts are wholly set upon ease, magnificence and pleasure. The most elegant and cor rect of all the Latin historians observes that in his time, when the most formid able states of the world were subdued by the Romans, "the republic sunk into those two vices of a quite different na ture, luxury and avarice; and accord ingly describes Catiline as one who coveted the wealth of other men at the same, time that he squandered away his own. This observation on the com monwealth, -when it was In its height of power and riches, holds good of all governments that are settled in a. state of ease and prosperity. At such times men naturally endeavor to outshine one another in pomp and splendor, in dulge themselves In the enjoyment of all the pleasures they can get into their possession, which naturally pro duces avarice and an immoderate pur suit after wealth and riches." America is enjoying prosperity and security from foreign attack. A few of her people, impelled by avarice and a desire for luxury, have, by means of rapaciousness and corruption, come lhtp possession of great wealth. To the . accomplishment of this end they have sacrificed honor and virtue. They have plundered the people, set law at defiance and violated the commands of every moral code. But they are not the American Nation. They are merely a sore spot upon the body politic, -causing irritation and suffering for a time until the social organism finds a cure. The search for a remedy is now In progress, and in a Nation composed in the' main of high-minded men,, the search must eventually be successful. This is a land where wealth- accumu lates and some men decay, but the heroic effort of a nobler manhood to rescue the Nation from the throttling grasp of conscienceless avarice and luxury, gives birth to a spirit of op timism even though a survey of the times recalls the dismal strains of Goldsmith's sorrowful song. Between that small class of vicious rich who are vicious from choice and the small class of vicious poor who are vicious from ignorance, there stands the great mass of American . citizenship who do . not need to be taught to "spurn the rage of gain," or That states of native strength possessed. Though very poor may still bo very blessed. The self-created Princes and Lords of this, country will find that this is a Nation ruled by "a bold peasantry, their Nation's pride," who will rule with gentleness If they may with firmness and rigor if they must. PRISON JTjTB MILL IN OREGON. A Jute mill In the Oregon prison would need an appropriation of from $225,000 to $250,000 J125.O00 for plant, $75,000 to $100,00 for purchase of jute, and $25,000 for operation until the product shall be sold. It would bring in less revenue to the state than does the prison stove foundry, which it would supplant probably only half as much and, there fore, would increase the cost of the penitentiary to the taxpayers. If it should control the price of grain bags, it would do what prison Jute mills in Walla Walla and San Quentln have not done. It could provide only 20 per cent of the grain bags needed in Ore gon, and farmers near the prison would receive the benefits, whenever market price of bags should be higher than prison price. The state would have to speculate In the Jute market for pur chase of raw material, and would be exposed to the risks of such a business. The Jute mill would supplant the pres ent sure income from the stove foun dry, with a precarious income from a speculative business. These, in brief, are the drawbacks to the .proposal to employ Oregon con victs in manufacture of wheat bags, hop cloth, oat bags, hop warp, wool bags, fleece twine, floor matting and other jute fabrics. It may be added that this method in Walla Walla does not afford as steady employment as the stove foundry does at Salem. As idle ness is one of the worst of prison tor tures, and the most fertile cause of insubordination, it can be readily un derstood that steady work is one cause of the relatively better discipline in Salem, While jute mill employment is healthful for prisoners and satisfactory for discipline, it does ' not appear 8U-. perior to the Oregon method in these respects. It may be noted again that a jute mill Is highly inflammable, while a stove foundry is not. All these disadvantages were ob served last Tuesday in Walla Walla by Governor Chamberlain and members of the Oregon Legislature. Many of the members who went to the Washington prison favorably disposed toward the Jute mill plan came away with changed minds. They were unprejudiced judges of the matter. The recital of facts in the foregoing Is believed, to be-an un biased catalogue of the objections which they saw. It now remains to. be determined whether these numerous drawbacks, taken all together, are outweighed by the drawback 0f bringing prison, labor into competition with free stove labor. Only a few stoves, however, are made in Oregon outside the prison, one plant in ' Portland being engaged in such work, so that free labor seems to be little injured in this state iby the prod ucts of the convicts. As 90 per cent of the stoves sold in this state are imported, it would appear that free stove labor here is affected more by them than by prison stoves. The Oregonlan is ready to admit that a Juta mill could be successfully man aged in Oregon. But the main problem, after all, Is wholesome employment for prisoners. The Oregonlan submits that the prison is doing well with Its stove foundry, and refers the evidences of it to the members of the Legislature. It is reported by the Chicago Inter Ocean in its review of the political sit uation in New. York that the Repub lican Committee has very little money, while the opposition has money in abundance. We have this statement: The Democrats have sent out more cam paign literature, more campaign speakers and more campaign organizers than have the' Republicans. They have hired more halls, mailed more, pamphlets, educated more voters than have the Republicans. Why? Because they have had more money. By law, agitation and' the declarations of Republican leaders In New Tork, and espe cially In Washington, the propertied men in the Republican party of New York have been practically forbidden to contribute money to the Republican campaign fund Mr. Hughes is not a rich man and cannot make up the deficiency. Mr. Hearst Is a rich man and has poured forth his wealth. That is why the Democratic campaign has been general and aggressive, while the Re publican campaign has been meager and weak. - There Is one feature of the fuel mar ket that must not be overlooked, and that Is that when prices are very high th farmers will, bring out every stick that will sell, and the consumers will reduce the quantity used. Nearly every family can, If It will, economize on wood, and a great many will do so when the cost is .excessive. This will reduce the normal- demand. On the other hand; many a farmer has a few odd piles of wood around his farm that have been cut a year or two. For one reason or another, he has not hauled It, and in an ordinary year it would be unsalable because cut too long ago. In time of scarcity. It will sell without any serious question as to quality. It will all toe brought out this Winter and will aid in making up the scarcity.' No one, says Secretary Taft, has a right to assume that the men under arrest, charged with the murder of Governor Steunenberg, are guilty. Cer tainly not. The trial will determine. But the men under arrest would have tieen tried long ago, and their inno cence established if they are innocent had they not appealed from Idaho's jurisdiction to the courts of the United States. There seems to be considerable doubt, after all, whether denaturized alcohol will prove such a boon as had been predicted for it. We are told that the product will be manufactured by large establishments, and that forty cents a gallon is as cheap as the consumer may expect to buy It. Perhaps it won't hit Rockefeller as hard as the people had hoped it would. Republican Chairman Sherman calm ly predicts a Republican majority of fifty-eight In the next House of Rep resentatives; and Democratic Chairman Griggs has figured it out to a certainty that the Democrats will have a major ity of twenty-two. We have great con fidence In tooth' gentlemen; but we really think that one of them must be mistaken. If the city had the money that has been filched fr.om its through franchises stolen and sold, it could put in a. new steel bridge at Madison street, make all the needed repairs on the other bridges within the city for years-to come, put in bridges where wanted over all the deep gulches and have money enough left to buy the Mount Tabor Park. The New Woman, all the way from the East, failed to show the Old Guard how to get woman suffrage in Oregon; and the Old Guard Is going to try it once more, even If the W. C. T. U. does bolt. Remember, ladies, that there are gentlemen present. The police won't even allow the Port land Chinese to play dominoes. Not yet. Its too wicked. Why don't the Chinese reform and follow the chaste pastime of bucking the nickel-ln-the-slot machines? The "huskies" of the colleges are afield hammering each other in the usual pre-Thanksgiving style. Of course this does- not mean that studies are being neglected anywhere by any body. Hearst does his business solely through his corporations; and now it is suggested that he toe Indicted for contributing money to his own cam paign. "Past, it up to Jerome," they say. The cry of alarm against a fuel fam ine is sounded at Pendleton and Walla Walla. Everybody Is urged to use fuel sparingly, saving it against a "cold snap" that may come this Winter. The Astoria & Columbia River Rail road could pretty nearly afford to buy a ship and have It accidentally wrecked on the beach at Seaside. It would help business these dull seashore days. The average citizen Is rapidly com ing to the conclusion that the only safe and sane Democrat Is the Demo crat who would like to, but never does, vote the Democratic ticket. But then the obstructionists, who ob ject to the opening of streets through tracts they hold, expect the land to be worth more after a while; and then they can claim more damages. Lime is a good fertilizer, and of triple value when applied to fruit trees as a spray and permitted to wash into the soil after it has served its purpose as a pest-destroyer. No doubt there were other apple dis tricts at the dawn of creation, but the Garden of Eden seems to have had a monopoly of the Hood River method of advertising. Boss Ruef is thoroughly convinced that somebody has been telling tales on hiiri.- That's what comes of letting anybody in on the graft but himself. Portland officially captured the base ball pennant yesterday. Today your true fan begins to worry and wonder about next season's chances. It will toe observed that the TJte trou ble suffered from that subsiding feel ing the moment Secretary Taft headed in this direction. Mr. Harriman toeing determined to get control of the Illinois Central Rail road, Mr. Fish might as well cut bait. The wild turkeys are keeping out of range of the President's gun. They know their business, MURPHY IN SELF-DEFENSE. Belated Discovery of That Hearst Cartoon. New York Sun.' The Hon. Charles F. Murphy's an nouncement that he Intends to prose cute for libel any person hereafter re producing a nortorious cartoon in which the Tammany leader is depicted clad in the traditional garb of a convict is not surprising. The picture Is a most vul gar one,, in every way designed to- In jure and offend Its subject and hold him up to contempt and ridicule. It is unfair to Mr. Murphy, for he has never been sentenced to confinement in a penal institulon. Four or five years ago the criminal authorities began an Investigation of Mr. Murphy's acts as Dock Commissioner, but no Indictment was returned against him. Some persons have expresed wonder that Mr. Murphy does not protect his fair name by directing his attorneys to proceed in the civil and criminal courts against the original publisher of the cartoon, for It is not the creation of the persons who have made use of it recently. The explanation of his neg lect to do this, however. Is clear. Mr. Charles E. Hughes has made plain the difficulties and embarassments that await the aggrieved person who under takes to bring the originator of this attack on Mr. Murphy to Justice. The course is long and arduous. The pros pects of success in an effort to get him into court are very slight. He is the most elusive man, the man most dif ficult to bring to book, that is known to the lawyers of New York. To begin a prosecution directed eganlst him is to commence an expensive and labori ous chase, the outcome of which Is dubious from the start. The persons who have printed this objectionable pictorial representation of the Tammany chieftain recently are publishers easy to bring into court and accepting full responsibility for their acts. The originator of the libel Is the statesman who now has Mr. Murphy's enthusiastic support for the Governor ship of the State of New York. . If Ilea rut Were Elected. From the Financial Column of the New York Sun. But let it be supposed that the in conceivable thing may happen and that Mr. Hearst should be elected. Just what effect, marketwlse, will such an occur rence have? Can It reduce by one jot the year's splendid harvests, the out put of the, gold and copper mines of the country or the consumption of Iron and steel? Mr. Hearst as Governor would find laws and courts and a con stitution and a Legislature to contend with, and that he Rimself is in the un comfortable position of having to make good the Jack Cade promises with which he has been deluding his followers. There are observers of af fairs in our state who feel that for broad reasons of political philosophy it might be a blessing in disguise if Mr. Hearst were permitted to sit in the Governor's chair for a couple of years. The power of harm vested in dema gogues .is. in this only, that they are voices of disorder. Once so placed that they are compelled to sustain the laws rather than rail against them and to do things for the fools who have trust ed them rather than to continue to talk about-the things " they are going to do In future, they stand forth exhibited as the Impudent knaves and lmposters that they are promlsers of the impos sible knd willing doers of all the evil that' they affect to condemn. The Amer ican people like to be deceived, per haps, but they like even more to be undeceived; and what is very much wanted in this country now is a species of complete public undeception regard ing men of the Hearst and Bryan type. Too Much of Hysterica. Brooklyn Eagle. The rumor that a Brownsville pur chaser of real estate has made a stipu lation, that the deal be void if Hearst is elected Governor Is interesting, even Instructive. Nothing could better Illus trate the success of the Independence League candidate in his effort to make hysterics universal. Ever since Job's time every man has been Inclined to associate a boll on the back qt his own neck with divine vengeance;' every woman to identify an engagement ring as a dispensation of providence; every child to realize that this world Is but a fleeting show be cause her doll Is stuffed with sawdust. When the wind is agitated, we lose our sense of perspective. That is the trouble witn the Browns ville buyer of real estate who fears to take title if the people of the state shall pick Hearst as the next Governor. The philosophical observer sees that, at worst, Hearst would only be a boil on the neck of progress, an evidence of the struggle of a strong body, polltio to throw off its humors. He would no more affect ,the value of Brooklyn real estate than he would affect the pre cession of the equinoxes. The five-cent loaf of bread would be no larger, and no smaller, after his election than be fore. The price of butter would remain unchanged. The Importance of indus try and thrift would be undiminished. Early to bed and early to rise would still make a man healthy and wealthy and wise. The law of supply and de mand, and the doctrine of the survival of the fittest, would be irrepealable, even at 'the hands of a Hearst Legisla ture. Long Island real estate rests on about as firm a basis. Hearst and His Gold Spoon. Potsdam Courier. Millionaire Hearst, who never had to work for a living, poses as the poor man's friend. What did he ever do for the poor man? He was born with a gold spoon in his mouth and rides in palace cars. NEWSPAPER WAIFS. Rollingertone Nomosa When people has hy drophobia de very thought o' water makes 'em sick. Thirsty Thingumbob Is dat so? I bet I've had It all me life and didn't know what was de matter wid me. Philadelphia Record. "Young man," said the stem parent, fixing the trembling suitor with a glare, "do you know enough to support yourself under re verses?" "No, slree!" cried the youth em phatically. "I ain't no hard-luck acrobatl" Baltimore American. Aunt Cleo Howdle, Mlstah Ebony? Is youah son doln' well now? Mlstah Bhony He am doln' fine, Madame Cleo; he am de entry clerk at de Fashion Hotel. "Kntry clerk! What's thatr" "He 'tends doah at ds front entry." New York Weekly. Puffem Tou know that box of cigars you gave me on my birthday? Mrs. Puffem Yes. Puffem Well, I took them down to the office and a thief stole them. Mrs. Puffem I'm awfully sorry. Puffem So am I for the thief. Chicago Pally News. "John," said Mrs. Worthlngton at the sup per table the other evening, "I read In the paper today of a man who had one wife too many; the rest of the article ws- missing. How many wives do you suppoet the man had?" "One. probably.' Milwaukee Sentinel. "Bridget." said Mrs. Hiram Offen. "this sort of thing won't, do. There wouldn't be any work done in this house at all If I didn't keep after you and tell you what to do." "Shure. ma'am, it might be worse," replied Bridget. "I might raytuss to do what va tell i me." Philadelphia Press. ALLEVIATE SHOItTAGE OF CARS. Equally Divide Urmurrage Between Railroads and Customers. PORTLAND. Nov. 4. (To the Editor.) In reading Senator-elect A. J. Johnson's proposed solution of the car shortage problem in last Friday's Oregonlan, I waa most favorably Impressed with his de murrage proposition. Nothing would come nearer solving the problem and remedying the great evil of car shortage than to exact of the rail road company a like demurrage to - that which 'they charge the people. I would suggest an Increasing demur rage for each day on which cars are held by the shipper, for loading and un loading, beyond a stated time, and also a like penalty for the failure to furnish cars by the railroad company. This shortage and discrimination' In furnishing cars, is not only getting to be, but has already become one of the great est problems the West has to contend with, and some drastic measure should be employed to remedy the great abuse that Is hampering the progress of our state and the whole West. Such a condition discourages enterprise. Impedes progress. Is a menace to the best interests of the whole country, and if it is possible to remedy, or lessen the evil by legislation, why not make an effort toward that end? If Mr. Johnson will push his measure, he will not be alone If he does have the railroad company to fight and If he Is successful ip getting his measure through I believe he will have accomplished good for the State of Oregon next to national, or state ownership of railroads. The present condition of things will, no doubt, in time, force, the people to this. LOREN SEWARD. FIREMEN WORTHY OF THEIR HIRE. Pay Them Decent Wapres and. They Won't Leave for Other John. PORTLAND. Nov. 4. (To the Editor.) I see In last Friday's Oregonlan that Captain Carl Evans of Portland's Fire Department, whom you designate as a very efAclent official, has resigned to ac cept a position outside of the department at a higher salary and also that several other similar cases have occurred re cently. By inquiry you will find a great many have resigned for the same reason. It Is about time this matter was taken up to better the condition of the firemen of this city. The Portland Fire Depart ment Is the poorest paid on the Pacific Coast, if not in the United States, for a city of its size. Portland Is swelling up about the increase In business In building permits Issued, in population, etc., and at the same time cannot get enough, or keep enough men to fill positions In its Fire Department. I have visited every fire department on the Pacific Coast and heard nothing but praise of Chief Camp bell and his men. But this talk of their efficiency la supplimented by expressions of wonder, as to how their successful work Is accomplished, as It Is a well known fact that Portland has no water tower, batteries, or much of the fire ex tinguishing appliances which other cities of the same population are possessed of. I happened to be a witness of the Cham ber of Commerce fire, and never saw better work done, or more bravery shown, although I have seen many large and dangerous fires. It is beyond reason to expect men to be housed up as firemen are, to have their sleep broken, their nerves always at a tension, ready to Jump at the ring of the gong, and then take their lives In their hands when they do go out all for the pittance paid to the firemen of Portland. If left to the citizens and tax payers of Portland I am sure the salary of their firemen would be Increased suf ficiently to make it an object for good and reliable men to apply for positions in the department. R. I. HEPBURN. ABOLISH THE WHIPPING POST LAW. Imprison Offending- Husband and Give Half Earnings to His Wife. PORTLAND. -Nov.-4. (To the Editor.) I earnestly hope that the bill proposed by Attorney John F. Logan and to be presented-to the coming Legislature . abol ishing the whipping of wife-beaters will become a law at once, on the assembling of that body. It ought to be passed without question. It "has been plain to me for many years that it waa an injustice to the whipped wife to fine her husband for his crime. The wife, as a rule, Is as valuable to the household as the husband, and half the earnings are hers. Or rather, there phould be no division, where the interest is and should be one. So when the hus band Is fined she Is not only assaulted, but pays half the cost. We ought to make better laws than that. If the hus band is imprisoned as punishment, the wife la wronged by that process, for she is entitled to his help and to a share In the proceeds of his labor. If he is whipped in punishment, that does not heal the wounds of her person nor does it add comfort to her moral sense or ex cite pride on her part In the father of her children. Besides, to publicly whip euch an offender is to impose a most dis agreeable duty on a public officer. It sad dens the public feeling and conscience. It is something unworthy of this age. We know better. Mr. Logan's plan is good. Put the wife whipper to work and turn at least a fair share of his earnings over to his wife, and keep him at It long enough to be euro that he understands the situation, and gives proof that he Intends to behave properly In future. There is Justice and safety in this method, for all concerned. Let us have this as a law. LEVI W. MYERS. It Is Ills Money Only. New York Times. Demagogues equally reckless have ap peared in our politics, but they did not have Hearst's millions. It is Mils money that makes him dangerous. WAKE mmmmmmmm mm immm LIFE IN THE OKEGOS COUNTRY Hot Staff. Bully Creek Cor. Vale Oriano. Miss Josin Mustard was a welcome visitor at the hotel last Thursday even ing. Dubious Joy. North Yamhill Record. When a man claims he won a "moral" victory. It means he has had the stuff ing licked out of him. Where Subscribers Pay In Advance. Drain Nonpareil. . - The editor of this paper this week bought the half-lot adjoining the Non pareil office on the north. Keeps Down Wanes. Pendleton Tribune. Nearly every female teacher will marry the first good chance she finds and she should and- every male teacher, but there are practically none. Mixed Metaphor. Newberg Graphic. Seismic waves are again bringing consternation to the people of San Francisco, especially to Ruef and his gang, but Heney still remains at the throttle. , . Knocking. The Dalles Chronicle. Wheeler is the only county in the state reporting all whites within her borders, but from recent reports. Wheeler has a bunch of whites that are badly tanned and really need to be penned. It rays. Bohemia Nugget. Three times during the operation th man's heart ceased to beat, but was re vived by the careful and Fkillful care of Dr. Woods, aided by the wonderful vitality of the man and his perfect physical condition, which was helped by his having never smoked or drank a drop of liquor. RurnI Free Delivery. Newberg Graphic. The school board "launched" a new wagon for hauling the children In from the territory west of town last week. It has a long box. covered with canvas, and seats on each side that will hold 35 children. When nil are in it makes a pretty good load for a team, and be fore Spring the cry will be, "more gravel." Chaff From the Slrnvrsiaclc. Lexington Wheatfield. It Is easy to poke another man's fire. Many a cheerful looking slipper cov ers an aching sole. It is natural that we should learn to crawl when we are babies, but some men never get over it. The fellow who makes hay while the sun shines doesn't have "to borrow an umbrella when It rains. Feeds On the Fat of the Land. Jefferson Review. The only man in the country who can have all the game he can eat In open or closed season is the Game War den. When the season is closed and while he is snooping around, If he hap pens to run across a milk-cart full of China pheasants they are .his meat. If he is industrious and catches a boy coming home with a Chinaman in. his pocket but no hunter's license along side of it, he has fried pheasant for I1I3 next meal while the poor boy pays the freight. Now, if you see a fellow look ing cheerful and fat, that's the Game Warden. Tuft-Hunt Iuk Americans. Leslie's Weekly. It Is estimated that, in all, some 500 wealthy American women have married titled foreigners, and that the aggre gate of their dowerics exceeded 5-00,-00.0.000. The most heavily dowered bride was the" Duchess ' of Rox burghe (nee Golet). with a fortune of $40,000,000.' The ' others include the Duciiess of Marlborough (nee Yander bllt), $10,000,000; the late Lady Curzon (nee Leiter), Jj.OOo.OOO; Countess Cas tellane (nee Gould). $15,100,000; Mrs. Vivian. $12,000,000; Baroness llalkett, $10,000,000; Lady William Biresford, $3,000,000; Princess Cnlona (nee Mackay), $2,500,000; Countess . von Ijtrisch. $4,000,000. Thirty British po; is. or eldest sons of peers, and 44 English men with courtesy titles or baronet cies married j.neriran women. On the Rond. . Lipplncott's. It was a few clays after the exami nation. The French class had Just re ceived their papers, and found them corrected with the usual method of II for honor, C for creditable, P for pass ed, and so on. Today honors prevailed, and accordingly mademoiselle beamed. Tapping lightly on her desk with her pencil, she leaned toward them. "My pupils," she said joyfully, "ah, .how you have pleased mo! Such encour agement! Quel plaisir! Indeed you are all upon the road to II!" Shelley. Henry Van Dyke In the Atlantic. Knight-errant of the Never-ending Quest, And Minstrel of the Unfulfilled De.ttre; Forever tuning thy sweet earthly lyre To some unearthly mule. and possessed ' With painful passionate longing to Invest The gulden dream of Lnvu's ethereal fire In garments of terrestrial attire. And fold perfection to thy throbbing breast! What wonder, Shelley, if the restless wave Should whelm thy life, the leaping flames consume ' Thy mortal form on Vlaregjrin's beach? The.e were thine elements, thy fitting grave. But still thy soul rides on with fiery plume; Thy wild song rings in ocean's yearnlns speech. UP. ;. mm From the Chicago Chronicle.