The new age., January 28, 1905, Image 4

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SOUTHERNERS NOW
LAMBS.
MILD
The Washington Star, quoted by
the Orogonlan this week, wnB quite
right In declaring that only politics
was at tho bottom of nil tho outcry
against President Roosovolt during
the past campaign on account of his
Inviting Dookcr Washington to lunch
nnd appointing two or throo capable
colored men to office. A prominent
Southern Democrat, In company with
other prominent Southerners, traveling
to Washington, found Mr. Washing
ton on tho satno train, and wore friend
ly and soclablo with him, talked with
him, sat hcsldo him, agreed with him
nto at Iho satno table with him and
with a colored bishop. They were not
afraid of him at all, and acknowl
edged Hint they sacrificed nothing of
their dignity In so doing. Last fall
they would not havo dono this, on ac
count or politics! but It Is different
now.
Tho President has won, bccatiHO ho
was right. Color docs not mako tho
man. Colored men and womon nro
citizens, oven If thoy cannot vote In
tho South. Tho President Invited Mr.
Washington to lunch nnd consulted
him about appointments becnuso ho
Is ono of tho foremost, wisest nnd
most tiBoful cltlzotiB of tho country.
Ills dnrk shado of Hkln cutn no figure
with our really democratic President.
ThcBO Southerners were merely piny
lng politics, trying to' arouse the tin
roasonnblo prejudices of tho Southern
"c'hlvnlry," hoping thereby not only
to keep tho South solid for Parker,
but to awaken sufficient rnco preju
dice In Now York nnd other then sup
posedly doubtful BtntcH to olect him.
When thoy Baw how miserably thoy
failed, thoy acknowledge that It wnn
nil politics, nnd thnt Mr. Washington
In In all rcBpccts a man worthy of
honor, desplto hlfl color or ancestry.
There nro somo, of course, who still
strut In tho frosty dignity of ridicu
lous "chivalry," and hold nnybody
with any negro blood In Ills veins In
contempt, jib Bcarculy bettor than his
horse or hound; hut nftor tho 2,000,
000 majority for Roosovolt last No
vember they aro not Baying much.
Tho Ropubllcnii Senators havo learn
ctl something, too, by tho biiiiio token,
and meekly continued Dr. Crum as
collector of customs for Charleston,
which last year thoy refused to do.
Thoy mndo whnt amcndH thoy could
for tholr paltry cownrdlco and truck
ling subserviency to casto nnd rnco,
but tho President's splendid nnd un
exampled vindication oponed tholr
dull oycB to tho truth, that "a. mnn'B
n man for a' that."
Tho raco Usuo Isn't nnd hain't been
half, nor oven ono-tonth, what It has
been cracked up to bo by tho South
ern ox-alavo-drlvorB. Tho country, tin
dor nil tho circumstances, Is not In
ulstlng that tho ballot should bo given
to Southern iiortoob, and tho Presi
dent does not Insist upon this, as he
might, because ho knows that thereby
ha would at present do more harm
than good; but ho will not refuso to
recognl7.o as a friend and adviser such
u man as Hooker Washington, nnd If
ho appoints a perfectly capable man
llko Dr. Crum to an office, ho will not
go back on It on account of tho frothy
and resounding expostulations of a
lot of Southern pretended tlrst-rnters.
SENATOR MITCHELL'S OA8H.
Only tho evldenco and a verdict
thereon can dctermlno Senator Mitch
ell's caBo, and tho district attornoy
may havo moro ovldenco than tho
publlo knows of yet. It has been so
hinted In tha dally papers, and somo
remarks attributed to Mr, Heney
would indlcato that ho linn evldenco
in reserve that will corroborate that
of Putor, to tho Sonator'B undoing,
Notwithstanding nil this, and without
attempting to deny or refute any of
tbeso hints, rumors und Insinuations,
tho Now Ago has us yet entire rontl
donee In Senntor Mltcholl'a InnocetiBo
of tho particular charges made, and
that no evldenco sufficient to convict
him of wrongdoing will bo nddtircd
against bro. When ho nroso In tho
Senate, voluntarily, as ho need not
have done, aud declared tbeso charges
false, aad that he had no hand what
IEDITORIALi
AS
ever, knowingly and willfully, In land
frauds, wo bollovo ho told tho truth,
and wo think unless the. hlnted-at
evldenco Is very precise, clear and
Btrong that any Jury will havo tho
samo opinion,
Senator Mitchell haa always been a
very obliging .man. Ho Is so by na
ture. All a man had to do to get him
to do a favor was to say ho came from
Oregon, nnd no matter what his poli
tics, Senator Mitchell would servo
him If ho could. In doing this ho may
have been cnroless. Ho had a multi
tude of such applications, besides n
gient amount of other business to at
tend to. Ho may thus havo lent him-
flolf unwittingly to n fraudulent tran
saction. But so far as tho caso ap
pears now, wo are willing to tnko his
word against that of his accusers.
Hormnnn's enso Is different. Ho
wnB commissioner of tho gcncrnl land
office, nnd had been bo for years. Ho
knew Oregon lands nnd Oregon peo
ple thoroughly. Ho know how timber
lands wero being gobbled up, nnd by
whom. Ho cannot shield himself un
der tho clonk of n request from Sena
tor Mitchell.
Hut oven If, nB wo think and hope,
Senator Mltcholl cannot bo convicted,
tho faction of which ho Is tho head
has undoubtedly recolvcd a scvoro
Jolt. Mr. Mays, ono of Us lenders,
Is also under Indictment. Mr. Hnll,
for nearly soven years United States
District Attorney, has been thrown
out of office. Booth nnd Bridges, stout
props up tho vnlloy, havo fallen, A.
11. Thompson, of Eastern Oregon, was
fired long ago. Williamson faces pos
Blblo trouble. Tho machlno hns got
ten n rocky grlbt.
Evidently tbcro nro to bo warm
times In Oregon politics next yenr.
(JATES ON FOURTH STREET.
Portland Is becoming quite a largo
city. It haa now a population of near
ly ICO.000, and this number Is In
creasing rapidly. In n fow years It
will bo a city of a quarter of a million
a fow years later of half a million
people.
Thiotigh tho heart of tho prlnclpnl
biiBlnesB district ob well as a largo reB-
Idenco district of this city tho South
ern Pacific Company rutm many trnlift
dally. Tho number of Uiobo trnlns
will Increaso with tho IncrcnBo of UiIb
clty'B and tho country'" population,
nnd of thnt company's business. But
tho width of Fourth street will not In
crenso. Tho number of pcoplo who
traverse and cross It will constantly
IncrcuHo, but tho limits of tho street
cannot bo extended. Therefore, It Ib
Impoitant to provide safeguards for
tho people against accidents. Tho
company's sorvanta may havo been
careful; pcoplo living hero may bo
watchful; but tho tlmo has como when
greater precautions should bo taken,
for If this Is not dono It Is only a ques
tion of tlmo when peoplo will be
killed by trnlna on Fourth street. Pos
slbly their helrB may recover 15,000
dnmngea, nftor long and expensive
litigation, but this Is not cortuln; peo
ple will bo maimed In ways that can
not bo recompensed with money. So
tho thing to do Is to provont these ac
cidents. This would bo best for tho
company, ub well as for tho public;
but whether bo or not, It la tho publlo
that tho city officials nro bound to re
gard and protect.
Eastern cities do this. Thoy pro
vide that guteB or long bars, kept In a
perpendicular position, uhall lie let
down at all street crosBlngs when n
train approaches, to guard peoplo oft
tho track. These gates aro built and
maintained at tho exponso of tho com
pany. Thus It performs Its part, and
If anyone ventures on tho track when
tho gato Is down, ho does bo at his
own risk,
This custom should prevail here.
Tho Southern Pnclllc hau right of way
through a prlnclpnl street of tho city.
That Is privilege enough, and It should
bo made thus to guard Fourth street
by gates against crossing by peoplo
whllo trains aro passing along that
thoroughfare,
Grand Duko Boris nf Russia has
been decorutod by tho czar with tho
CroBs of St. Qcorgo. Boris la tho
young mau who slashed General Kur-
opatkln's car bocauso tho commander
wouldn't lot tho grand duke hold high
rovol In cnnip with a lot of women
who claimed to bo "porfoct ladlos."
Thus Is valor rowardod at St. Petors
burg.
Morocco should havo sense euuugh
to keep quiet. If sho makes nolso
enough to nttract tho attention of tho
European powers, ono of them is like
ly to gobble her. ,
In Navarro County, ToxaB, hut
month ttjoro wero 119 births and only
28 deaths. They must bo short of
ammunition la Navarro County.
THE LEGISLATURE.
On tho wholo tho Legislature Is
making a good record, nnd tho Multno
mah delegation, In particular, Is jus
tifying tho confldenco we expressed
In the members as candidates last
spring. These men. will do much good,
and llttlo, if any, bad work at Salem.
Somo moro money may be spent than
Is necessary, but this always hap
pens; It Is Inevitable; but for tho
most part tho measures supported by
men like Speaker Mills, Malarkoy,
Mcars, Slchcl, Nottingham, Mutr and
others aro good one, and they may bo
counted on to opposo what ls'bad.
This Legislature will probably enact
Bomo Important and progressive now
legislation, and attend to Its duties
as thoroughly and with as llttlo reason
for complaint on tho part of tho peo
ple as ony ono for many years.
Tho Washington Legislature Is like
ly to bo deadlocked till tho end of tho
Bcsslon. It will tako a lot of boodlo to
win this fight, nnd only two men, and
possibly only one, now being consid
ered havo tho price, nnd ono of them
won't spend It. Mr. Furth may get in
later. Treat Is tho porsuaslvc powor
of a sack at Olympla.
In New York City tbcro Is ono elec
tion district In which there Is only
ono vote, thnt of a watchman. The
cost to tho state of getting this voto
registered nnd cast Is J2G0. What a
roar there would bo If this voto, In
Btead of being cast by a watchman,
wero that of a Morgan or a Rocke
feller.
A bandit who robbed a train In Mis
souri a fow days ago put tho .members
of tho crow to sloop by using chloro
form. That's right, good Mr. Bandit.
Never uso violence with a train crow
thnt Is willing to stund and bo chlor
In willing to Btnnd nnd bo chlor
oformed. Kouropatkln's salary Is 1 100,000 n
year. If tho Russians woro not so far
behind tho times thoro aro pcoplo In
this country who might bo led to sus
pect thnt ho was purposely going
Hlowly In ordor to keep on tho pay
roll.
A Pittsburg heiress, who has suc
ceeded In capturing a foreigner with
a tltlo, had horsetf married to him by
ti Justice 'of tho pence, by an Italian
consul nnd by a clergyman. Sho must
bo out for tho worth of her money.
Dr. Spltzkn says tho brains of crim
inals nro In no senso nbnormnl. It
tho wholo truth woro known It would
probably appear that a majority of tho
criminals aro merely too lazy to work.
A woman wnB arrested at Jersey
City a fow days ago for obtaining
$1(00 on bad checks. Considering tho
brovlty'of hor financial career, sho
couldn't havo been much for looks.
Senntor Brownell la entitled to tho
thunks of colored peoplo for his ef
forts to rid tho constitution of that an
Iquatcd anti-negro clauao.
BoBton and Chicago havo ono thing
nt loast In common. In each city
about one-tenth of tho voters uso the
Socialist ballot.
Dobs says tho American mlddlo
class la to bo wiped out of exlstonce.
But which Ib tho American mlddlo
class?
Another of tho Inovltaulo results
will bo "Tho Full of Port Arthur" at
tho llroworks pavilion next summer.
No relief oxpedltlon has been sent
to find Mr. Thomas A. Fulton though
he, too, can claim a "vindication."
Tho great fair begins to loom up.
Tho Union Pacific Ib doing gront
work for tho fair and for Oregon.
Tho local option law ought to bo
nmondod, but not klllod, aB Repre
sentative Jayno proposes.
City politics will soon becomo ltvo
ly. A party nomination will not bo
equivalent to an election.
' Tho Bplrlt of rivalry has given tho
world about everything it hna any
right to feel proud of.
Tho city couucll would llko real
well to tako a pleasure trip to Los
Angoles,
It Is roportod that Mr. Furnish, of
Pendleton, wautB to run for Governor
again.
Tho bill to rcqulro tho recording of
conditional Bales was properly killed.
Brother Smith, of Josephine, will
do for the wholo Democratic party.
Senntor Fulton hna boon doing somo
mighty good work for Oregon.
Pretty near llko 'way down South
this weather.
Tho bills for a Juvenile court and
for indeterminate sentences and the
parolo system aro good ones, and
should bo enacted. They are right In
tho line of progressive reform in crim
inology, and Oregon should kcop step
with other states.
Somo of tho Russian regiments
havo picked up Chlncso babies, who
aro used as mascots. The Japanese
havo neither mascots nor ikons, but
tho lack of such things doesn't seem
to Interfere with their shooting.
Emperor Wllllnm says art Is partly
n dovlouB road that leads away from
tho truo Ideal of beauty. Ho must
havo boon looking over some horse
(.how posters.
Noah, Columbus and J. Plcrpont
Morgan havo been referred to as tho
three great masters of the sea. Why
should Nonh and Columbus bo men
tioned? Mr. Carnegie wants tho lino between
Canada and tho United States oblit
erated. It will tako a lot of draining
to obliterate part of it.
The man who Is known as "a prlnco
of good fellows" is likely to bo refer
red to as "a lobster" when his money
Is gone.
As exhibited In Panama, tho Isth
mus Is a narrow neck of land separ
ating two schools of Amorlctin diplo
macy.
It Is not at all surprising that tho
girl who gets vaccinated on her leg
Ib foolish enough to call it "limb."
Country Relations would bo moro
warmly welcomed if they didn't nl-
ways carry such horrible satchels.
Eastern visitors aro not used to
railroad trnlns running through n nnr-
row street. Protect them.
Clothes may not mnko tho man, but
tho boy who puts on his first top hat
thinks thoy help a lot.
Tom Word Is .mentioned nB a candi
date for Mnyor. But don't wo need
him for Sheriff?
Great doings In Portland this year.
Tho fair Ib evidently going to bo, a
groat success.
Four normal schools nro a great tin
Justifiable graft, that should bo shut
off.
The old constitution scorns to be
serving pretty well yet.
Is it posslblo thnt Mayor Williams
wants to run ngaln?
RtiBsInu rulers deserve nil their
troubles.
Jones of Washington la Oregon's
friend.
Whnt Is ox-Governor Geor going to
do now?
That exemption law should bo re
enacted. Seattle vs. Tncoma at Olympla, ob
tiHiinl.
Was J n H 1 too suro of his of
flco? Blngor is lying low, too, lately.
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
A High Htaadard of Darotloa to Duty
la Maintained.
Ono cleric was busy throwing mall In
a combination smoker and baggage car,
when suddenly, without au lnstunt'a
warning, ho felt the car leap from tho
track and hoard a terrific crash. When
ho regained conxclousneas tho wreck
presented tills chaotic condition: The
two forward cars had been plunged
down a seventy-foot embankment; tho
combination car lauded In an upright
position wltli tho rear trucks ou tho
roof, every teat In the smoking com
partment being utterly demolished,
while on the floor of the mall compart
ment was a huge angular stone weigh
ing not less than half a ton. How the
mull clerk eacaped unhurt will always
bo a mystery, says tho World's Work.
Thero la probably no department of
the government service In which a
higher standard of devotion to duty la
maintained than In this. During a
heavy freshet on the Susquehanna Riv
er, In 1800, all bridges were swept
away and tho railroad tracks along the
banks practically destroyed. Four mall
clerks remained In their car until the
water rising and flowing through the
doors compelled them to take to an Im
provised raft which constated of pieces
of floating sidewalks and other debris
of the Inundation, lashed together. On
this frail craft they put their pouches,
aud carefully propelling by poles along
with the current, gained the postofflce,
a mile away. They found this aban
doned, with eight feet of water In tho
street at that point They wero almost
exhausted and their condition was pre
carious. Finally, however, they were
rescued by boats aud taken Into
houses through the second-story win
dows. The letter mall was all intact
and In fairly good condition.
Some time ago the "ruu" on a West
ern road was "short" a clerk because
of sickness. An official of the service
happened to be on the train and volun.
tcered his services. For fifteen hours
he stuck to his work at the letter case.
In the Journey of more than 600 miles
he had only a sandwich or two for
food, and stood oa hi feet without ro-
Always ask (or tho famous General
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)., general agents, Portland, Or.
The Applteon Cafe. First-class In
every rcapect. s Booth west corner Sixth
and Everett Streets, Portland Oreogn,
Tho first-class hotel of Soattle,
Wash., is the Hotol Washington,
headquarters for tourists. The hotel
of tho West
Try tho North Coast Limited. The
finest train on earth. When going
East boo that your ticket reads -over
tho Northorn Pacific, and you will en
Joy your trip East.
Btttto Transfer Co., baggage and
passenger checked to all parts of tho
city. Tho only reliable- transfer com
pany In tho City of Butte. Thos. Lo
vollo, proprietor.
French Dyeing and Cleaning Works.
All work done at very modreate prices.
Dysing and cleaning of all kinds of
ladies' and gent's clothing. Morn
ing cloth dyed in 48 hours. J. De
leau proprietor, 455 Glisan street.
The Bureau Saloon
Choicest Imported nnd Domntlc
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Ilonds and warrants 297.W9.M
United Btates bonds at par 241,840.00
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Cashunhand 608,003.01
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Billiard and Pool Tables
Bar Fixtures and Improved
Regulation Bowling Alleys
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The Union Meat Company
All Dining Cars and first class Hotels and
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