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PACK 4. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1904. Oregon City Enterprise CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. OFFICIAL Published Every Friday. Subscription Rate: One year 11.58 Bix months 75 Trial subscription two months. . 25 Advertising rates on application. Subscribers will find the date of ex piration stamped on their papers fol lowing their name. If this is not changed within two weeks after a payment, kindly notify us. and the matter will receive our attention. Entered at the post office at Oregon City, Oregon, as second-class matter. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1904. THE RESULT. As predicted in the Enterprise last week, Monday's election resulted in the election of the entire Republican county ticket by satisfactory majori ties. There was no reason why such should not be the result. Every man on the ticket from congressman to constable received a majority. While the result was entirely expected, still the verdict of Monday Is as well a re pudiation of the disgusting tactics to which the Democrats and their organ resorted as it is an endorsement of Republican principles. Any possibility of success for any candidate on the Democratic ticket was dispelled by the work of the Cour ier. That paper in behalf of the nom inees on its ticket conducted a cam paign of deliberate insinuation and malicious misrepresentation as to county affairs and the manner in which the county business had been transacted by the Republican officers who were successful in their candi dacy for a second term. In its last Issue before the election that paper published an abusive article, one col umn in length, in which the Repub licans were assailed and charged with "gross negligence and wilful extrava gance," and employing the "grossest misrepresentation in their efforts to retain their hold upon the offices." But the voters had been warned against Just such rot as this, which was expected from that quarter at the eleventh hour when it was too late for refutation. The result was that but little Influence was exercised by the false accusations and the en tire Republican ticket was elected, as was confidently predicted at the be ginning of the campaign. But with the victory there is at tached the responsibilities of the var ious offices, or rather, a continuation of the same responsibilities that were bo readily assumed and have been so satisfactorily discharged during the last two years. We do not fear but that with the expression of confidence in the entire ticket that was made Monday, these same obligations and responsibilities will be equally as faithfully discharged during the next two years as they were met in the first term. The same policies that have been inaugurated along efficient and economical lines in the manage ment of county affairs should be con tinued. The indebtedness of the county during the next two years must be still further reduced and, if possible, entirely eliminated. The county court has arrangld for consid erable road construction work this summer and other highways all over the county will receive attention. The expenses of the county must be the least that is possible and at the same time be consistent with a business like management of the interests of the county. Clackamas county is one of the richest and most promising counties in the state. It has extensive resources, still undeveloped, and will In the next few years experience an unprecedented growth. With a con tinuance of the present conservative policies of the county officers, the con dition of the county two years hence will be greatly Improved and the oc casion of probable Democratic inter ference at that time will be more dis tantly removed. o- In Ward No. 2, a Democratic voter marked his ticket straight and voted affirmatively on local option. His Democratic qualifications have been challenged. o Vindication of the charges preferred against him was had by Sheriff Bhaver, who was re-elected by an ln creased majority. Such underhanded methods as were employed against Sheriff Shaver are invariably repudi ated by an intelligent constituency. "We are just getting ready to do t complete Job two years hence," com mented a Democratic war-horse to a Republican voter the day after Mon day's Waterloo. But If the Republi can officers continue for the ensuing two years the satisfactory administra tion of county affairs that has been In augurated, there will be no ocasion for a Democratic ticket at all, or in fact opposition of any kind two years hence. Keep the good work np. HURRAH! Nothing to It. It was a clean sweep. o Everything from constable to con gressman. -a It is -still Superintendent Zinser, if you please. o "The only thing we got, was local option." Dr. V. E. Carll. o j Did you notice the vote that "awful! man" Jim Nelson received? i "We have agatu met the enemy and we are theirs." Chairman E'oy. - ; That tax receipt will be signed by John R. Shaver for two years to come. o Following the proposition of stock ' not until lS'.'S that the electric roads running at large, on the official ballot! began to demand recognition In the an Oregon City voter wrote the words ; field of short-haul passenger traffic. "1 don't give a ." j We have now arrived at a period In o : this development where comparisons Malicious and cowardly Democratic of passenger statistics ' on steam deception and misrepresentation has roads that must compete with Inter again had its reward not a man on . urban electric roads for short-haul the ticket was elected. o At the request of a majority of the people of Clackamas county, Sheriff Shaver has decided to postpone re turning to his farm at Molalla until July, 1906. ' 0 ; Chairman Rands conducted a clean campaign for the Republicans and finds pleasant satisfaction In his work in the election of the entire ticket. He was capably assisted by C. Scheu bel, as secretary. o After all, the Republicans should extend the Courier a vote of thanks. The efficiency of its services In ac complishing the election of the entire Republican ticket should at least bet recogniied. It was a bard fight for them to carry, but Sheriff Shaver and Super intendent Zinser were equal to the occasion. The Democrats sacrificed their entire ticket In hopes of elect ing Ely and Starkweather, respect ively, to these offices. o The Republicans of Clackamas county did the right thing in carrying the county for Hermann and contrib uting to the large majority by which the present congressman has been re turned to Washington. It is only re grettable that the aajority in this county was not larger. o Clackamas county may well be proud of casting 1000 of the 20,000 ma jority that was cast In Oregon Monday for the state ticket. It was a flatter ing endorsement of President Roose velt and his progressive policies and Clackamas county Is right In the band wagon with a substantial testimonial of appreciation. Judge Wm. Galloway's many Clack amas county friends congratulate him on his election to the circuit Judge ship In the Third Judicial district. It was a decisive victory, since the dis trict is strongly Republican and Mr. Galloway was opposed by B. L. Eddy, the popular and capable young Repub lican of Tillamook county. o In view of the strong fight that was waged particularly against him, Supt. of Schools Zinser is to be congratu lated on his re-election. Not only are congratulations due Mr. Zinser, but also the schools of the county, the Interests of which have been very much advanced during the first term of Supt. Zinser's Incumbency. o By 'a decisive majority the people of Clackamas county expressed them selves Monday as being opposed to the Importation of a young man from Multnomah county to keep the records of this county so long as popular Henry Stevens was available for the place. Henry's majority of nearly 1200 rivals the flattering vote he re ceived two years ago. o A solicitor for a Democratic paper, published not many miles from Ore gon City, called at the court house one day recently and called the at tention of one of the county officials that his subscription to that paper had about expired. "If I owe your paper anything I wish to pay it, but if it owes me anything you are wel come to it. I do not care for the paper any longer," was the somewhat abrupt manner in which the now ex subscriber dismissed the solicitor. o Charles Ely is a popular and honor able young man, but his defeat for the office of sheriff was practically certain from the start. In fact no Democrat could have been elected sheriff at this time and others in the minority ranKs, recognizing inis iaci, declined the nomination, which was thrust upon Ely. At a more oppor tune time, one of these same parties who dared not face the music this year, will accept the nomination and Ignore the claims of Ely thereto and the fact of the surprising run he made for the office last Monday. TROLLEY COMPETITION WITH STEAM ROADS. I The remarkable development of In j ter-urban trolley lines and the con I stant enlargement of their field of ! traffic have naturally aroused much I discussion of present competitive eon I ditions between steam and electric roads, lluve the Inter-urban electric lines drawn passenger traffic away from the steam mads, or have they created an entirely new business and j incidentally operated as "feeders" for the main lines? 'supply the Discussion of this question four or! Herald, five years ago was profitless because I of the lack of traffic statistics upon. ii iv It ... ... ... i.....-r... .. ,m, until IM'j tnat the independent rail way systems of cities began to ex pand Into "Inter-urban" lines, con necting towns and cities over wide ; stretches of country. And it was not traffic are Interesting and Instructive. We need not consider the rival claims j of competitors. We have the facts In concrete Instances before tis. An Interesting, compilation of pas senger statistics on electric and steam roads In localities where the short-haul competition has been sharp and where It has covered a period of sseveral years Is made by Ray Morris In the June Atlantic. In 1893 the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern car ried lOt.426 west-bound and 9S.588 east-bound passengers between Cleve land and Oberlin, Ohio, a distance of thirty-four miles. A network of elec-1 trie lines around Cleveland was prac- tically completed In 1S96. In 1902 the competition was so severe that the steam road carried a total of 91.7C1 passengers between Cleveland and Oberlli. against a total of 203.014 seven years before. Between' Cleveland and Palnesvllle, twenty-nine miles, and Intermediate points, the LakeShore carried a total of 199.292 passengers, or an average of 16.60S a month in 1S93. and 28,7"$. or an average of 2.392 a month, In 1902. Before the building of an electric road from Ann Arbor, Mich., to De troit, a distance of forty miles, the purely local business of the Michigan Central railroad between these points was estimated at about 200 passengers a day. During the first summer after It was opened the electric road aver aged 4,000 passengers a day between these points. The really significant thing about the figures compiled by Mr. Morris Is not the traffic lost by the steam roads, but the entirely new traffic created by the electric lines. The inter-urban trolley lines induce "the traveling habit," and while they have cut into the short-haul passenger traffic of the steam roads, there Is no doubt that the development of this "traveling , frau(1 and extravagance. The revela habit" has made them great "feeders" j ti()ag n the Hcan,iaB wnch have been for the long-haul business of Bteamjthe basis of Indictments and criminal railroads all over the country. 0 " ' ' CHICAGO IS ADVERTISING FO TEACHERS. The Chicago board of education Is advertising for teachers for the pub lic schools. The condition which has Impelled the board to attempt to re coup Its teaching force by this unusual method Is a novel one. A few years ago Chicago suffered from an embar rassment of riches in the way of teaching talent. The "waiting list" was always long and the pressure brought to bear in behalf of appli cants was varied and persistent. Now the board despairs of securing enough capable teachers for the next school year to fill vacancies and new positions. The threatened dearth of teachers Is attributed by Superintendent Coo ley to several causes, the most Import ant being the constant raising of the standards of requirement without cor responding advances In salaries, and the greater opportunity offered wo men In other lines of professional and Industrial activity. With over 5000 teachers employed In the Chicago public schools, the va cancies occurring each year naturally make heavy inroads upon the 're-1 serves" who have passed the regular examinations for teachers. Add to these vacancies the new positions cre- ated by the completion of new school ' buildings, and It Is found that for the coming school year at least 400 new teachers will be needed. To supply these only 150 names are on the "on call' list, while the number of gradu ates from the Chicago normal school this year will be only a fifth of the average class, which a few years ago numbered 350. What Is the remedy for this condi- j tlon? Of course the first remedy that gUggeHt8 itself is an Increase in sal- aries to the end that greater induce ments may be offered to educated women to qualify for the positions in the schools. The elimination of "pull" and the final establishment of the "merit system" in the appointment of the teachers has naturally raised j the standards of qualification. The Introduction of manual training and I domestic science and the doing away with "special teachers" In drawing and music have also Increased the i difficulties in the way of qualifying j for positions In the Chicago schools. While the board Is attempting to i fill these 400 places with teachers from other cities and towns, would It not be wise to carefuly consider plans for greutly enlarging Chicago's facilities i j for graduating trained teachers to i local demand. Record- ,Vr,Ipi u, moN, ,.,.,, n8lllt ; Hf 10 ollotUm .Moh.Ihv WBlt tuw VOtO , I on the several amendments proposed I by Initiative petition. This Is espe-' daily true on the slate printer ques- ' ' tlon. This amendment was not genu- j rally understood by the voters. There existed In tlio minds .pf many electors the Idea that by voting for this amend ment they were voting to abolish the office of state printer, but that Is where they were deceived. The only change In the situation Is that the amendment, the constitutionality of i which Is being questloued, takes the election of state printer out of the hands of the people and gives the leg islature the right to name the officer and fix his compensation. Another surprise was the vote cast In this county on the local option. The re sult on this proposition Indicates a quiet but vigorous contest on the part of the friends of the measure. The i direct primary nominations measure received the large vote that was ex pected for It. The people generally wanted such a law. Farmers, as a rule, are opposed to the running at j large of stock, and It was perhaps be cause of a misunderstanding of the i ,,, , ,u .,,, ,.,., ,hL, ,,., proposition was carried. In 189t! the total revenues of the jxist office department were less than S3.0mi,ooo. Their estimated amount for the current fiscal yeac is im. Oon.pni), of which twenty millions, or nearly one-seventh of the whole. Is devoted to the rural free delivery sys tem, under which 12,5'hi,imki people, living in country or seml-urbun dis tricts, have their mail brought dully to their doors. The lnixirtance of the revolution which has gone on in pos tal affairs can hardly be over eslmat ed. The old Idea that the man dwel ling outside city limits must go to the local post office for his letters and newspapers Is rapidly disappearing. At the present rate of progress It will not be. many yvears before a large ma jority of American citizens In rural communities will enjoy practically the same postal privileges as the In habitants of the towns and cities, which already contain one-third of the population of this republic. It goes without saylnghat this unpre- j oeit.nted i ( rtiniit'u tAununiuu .11 iuc (invite .. I - Y. ..I , i.rlns with If lnrrfaxeri dangers of prosecutions afford conclusive evi dence of this. The statement has been given out that President Roose velt proposes not only to continue the Investigation which has proved so fruitful, but that he is determined to hold inspectors and other subordi nates to a strict responsibility In or der to minimize the chances of fresh Jobbery. Especial Interest attaches to the presidential election of this year for the reason that It Is the first to be held under the new apportionment. The last three contests were conduct ed under the apportionment of 1890. The electoral college then contained 447 votes, 224 being a majority. The new apportionment gives a total of 476 electors, 239 constituting a ma jority. No state shows a decrease in Its apportionment. The Increase Is divided as follows: New York, Illi nois and Texas, 3 each; Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 2 each; Arkansas, California, Colorado, Con necticut, Florida, Louisiana, Massa chusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin, 1 each. In the new electoral college New York comes first, with 39 votes; Penn sylvania second, with 34; Illinois third with 27; and Ohio fourth, with 23. Missouri and Texas have each 18; Massachusetts follows with 16; then Indiana with 15, and Michigan with 14; Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky and Wis consin have 13 each; New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and Vir ginia each foot up 12; Alabama and Minnesota have each 11; California, Kansas and Mississippi follow with 1(4; Arkansas, Louisiana and South Carolina 9; Maryland and Nebraska g; Connecticut and West Virginia 7; . Maine 6; Colorado, Florida and w ash- ington 5; New Hampshire, Oregon,1 North Dakota and Vermont 4; Dela-' ware, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming 3. In arriving at this apportionment each state Is given as many electors as it has congressmen and senators. ANcgclaUk' Pre pnrntionfbr As-slmilnllnfilticFtxxJamlHctJula-tmg (tic Stuinuchs mid Bowls of Promotes DiftestitnvCrrrrfur ness and Host Contains nellkr (.hiuiin.Morplunp nor Mineral. OT NAHCOTIC. Wm SmU- Aporfccl Remedy forConslipfl Hon, Sour Stouuvh.Diarrhowi Worms .Convulsions .Fcwrjsh nrss mid Loss or Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. EXACT COPY Of WHAPFCIt LET US Do Your Work Work (1"a-nUc'1 We do a General Ilfigniij;e and Transfer Hhhum-sh. Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moved OUioe Opposite Masonic ltnililing "'ZZSlS Williams Bros. Transfer Co. Thus a state with one congressman has three votes In the electoral col lege. The change In the number of elec tors has no particular political bear ing. In the old college the South, In eluding Kentucky and Maryland, had 1 makeup of the electoral college the ISO; now It has 1.19. New York, New four large states of N-w York, 1'enn Jersey ami Connecticut formerly hnd xylvMiila, Illinois und Ohio have 113 52; at present they have IS. The total Increase In the college Is 29. ' There Is a probability of seven pres-1 Mentis! tickets in the field, with a possibility of even more. The Social- i ists have already nominated Eugene V Debs, snd h Polsl Lals.r party also promises to nominate.. The Re - publicans, Democrats and I'ndilbl- tionlsts will, of course, each have a ticket. The Populists, whose conven tion occurs at Springfield, III., on July 4, say that they will name a ticket. In addition, a convention Is already called to place a negro candi date in the field. In case of a bolt from any of these conventions still another ticket Is possible. In case one of the minor parties should secure enough electoral votes to prevent any candidate receiving a majority of Jhe college, the election would be thrown Into the present house of representatives. In that event, each state has one vote, the majority of the congressmen from the state deciding for whom the vote shall be cast. In the same way the vice president would be chosen by the senate, voting by ballot. The present house of representa tives, before whom such a contested election would be thrown, stands 207 Republicans to 177 Democrats, with two or three vacancies. Voting by BUY THE ' SEWING MACHINE Do not he deceived by those who ad vertise a l'K).(K) Hewing Machine for f:).0O. This kind of a machine min be bought from us or any of our dealers from $15.00 to $ 18.00. WC MARC VARIETY. THE NEW HOME IS THE BEST. The Feed determine the atreriirth or 'weak news of Hewing Machines. The Double J eed coinlilne! with other strong points makes the .w Home the best Hewing Machine to buy. in 'i-r mnniii inn hwin th dir. (J WnUULAHu J "-"1 "" we numufuctureiinil uric u-f.re uurctim TEE KEV HOME IEWINC JSACHE CO. eHoi, 28 Union Bq. TS. Y., Chicago, 111., Atlanta, Ua, fcL IxraU.Mo Dal la,Tex., Han XruneUoo, (Jul ronsAic av C. 8. CRANE, 360 Morrison Street, f ortland, Orogon. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought 1 Boars the Signaturo of In Use For Over Thirty Years iAOTfl m humm msmh. fM (IT. Pricc5 Reasonable states, the result would be 29 Repub lican to 15 Democratic, the vote of Rhode Island being a tie. The present senate stands 67 Republicans and 23 Iemocrat. It Is Interesting to note that In the votes, or two inure tlinn twenty-two of the smaller states. Considerable speculation Is heard to the total of the popular vote. This will depend, of course, on the Interest taken In the contest. In 1892 It was 12.(1.19.351. In 1890 It sprang to the, j phenomenal figures of 1.1.923,102, and j In I9uti was 1:1,9.19,673. A similar 1 average Increase would put It well up Jo the 1 5,000.000 mark this year. Don't make any mistake, but re member the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the ad dress, Blnghatnlton, N. Y, on every bottle. f-ELL.Olt 2,(KK) miles of long dis tance telephone wire in Oregon, Washington, Cali fornia and Idaho now in ojieration by the Pacifio Station Telephone Com pany, covering 2,250 towns. Quick, accurate, cheap All the satisfaction of a personal communication. Distance no effect to a clear understanding. Spo kane and San Francisco aa eanily heard as Port land. Oregon City office at - Harding's Drur Store. JOHN YOUNGER, JEWELER, Near Huntley's Drug Store, FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE N Ureat Britain and America. rPHI COMMERCIAL BAMK A. or ORiaoM cut. :'plul, I100,0M TlAKliCTl IWLIlHIanaipn Loans mad. Bills dlicounusd. Makat Ml (action . 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