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L THE NEW AQ15, POBTIiAND, OREGON. ' I'l c ' FJ5U .1 THE NEW AGE A D. QRIPfltV. Mannftec Offles 43J Second St., cor. Ah, Room I and 2 PortUnJ, Oregon. , Kntercd ntthopottofllcoatrortlftnd, Oregon, MMcond-clMi matter. sonscwpTioM. On Year, payable In advance $2.00 YAKIMA'S POPULAR DANK. SXSg) EDITORIAL 1 i18XS3XXSXsXS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. It Is rcgrcttnhlo that' tho ncnato refused to ondorso tho plan to rovlRO tho constitution of tho stato of Ore gon. Senator Urownell Introduced a bill for a constitutional convention, but, by a voto of 14 to 13, It was de feated. It wnn defended loyally by Urownell, Malnrkey nnd others, but tho nbsonco of two or thrco members was probably tho causo of Its defeat. Thcro ought tb bo no qulbblo over tho fact that tho a Into of Oregon should havo n, now constitution. Tho present ono was a good ono for Its time, but wo havo outlived tho condi tions under which It was ninile. It Is nn atitlnuotcd document arid should bo rovlscd. There can bo no doubt about that, oven In tlo minds of tho preach ers who got so busy to defeat Sena tor Drownoll's bill. It Is absolutely imposslblo to oboy, cither commer cially or politically, In this day of pro gress, a number of sections of tho Oregon constitution. Their oxlstcnco la a monaco to tho progress of tho stato. In oponlng his discussion In behalf of his bill, Senator Urownell said that ho has felt for mnny years that tho constitution should bo nmond cd becauso many of Its provisions nro so (insulted to prcsont conditions nnd nro constantly being violated. "Kvory man who has sat upon tho mipromo bonch In this stato In recent years, almost ovory man who has oc cupied a stnto olllco, nnd nearly ovory member of n statu loglslaturo, has oponly violated that fundamental law of tho stato," declared tho sonator from Clackamas, "und thcro nro thoso who expect us to go on vlolntlng tho constitution wo took a solomn oath to uphold, rather than drntt ti now con stitution which wo can oboy." Ho then cltod tho provisions of tho constitution which ho would hnvo -Amended, mentioning tho following nu soctlons which nro now being violated, or which should bo changed on tho ground of public policy: Tho provision that nil stato Institu tions shnll bo located nt tho capital. Tho suction Axing tho salaries of tho utato olllcors. Tho section disfranchising Negroes, Tho section limiting tho uuinbnr of mombors of tho legislature to 00. Tho section making tho secretary of stato both purchasing agout nnd aud itor. Tho section prescribing tho method of mnnnglng stato land affairs, Tho sections limiting tho number of nupromo judges to thrco nnd proscrib ing tho jurisdiction of circuit Judges. Tho section prohibiting; tho chang ing of tho compensation of tho stato printer during his term of offlco and requiring that ho bo paid by rates. Ho also advocated tho Insertion of a now section which would onablo tho governor to voto slnglo Items of ap propriation bills, n now section gov erning corporations so that they can bo compolled to bear their Just pro portion of taxes. "Just think, gentlemen, what this document Is wo nro asked to contlnuo In oxlstcnco. It was n very ndmlrablo document In Its day, nnd was a credit to tho Intelligent nnd patriotic mou who framod It. Hut that Instrument was drawn nearly a half contury ago, beforo Lincoln was elected, beforo sluvory was abolished, boforo a rail road connected tho Atlantic with the Pacific and beforo Industrial organiz ations had been formed as thoy aro known today, Wo llvo In a now ago and under now conditions, and wo need a now constitution." Tho defeat of tho proposition to hold a constitutional convontlon Is likely to produce sorlous complica tions, for effort will bo mndo to on forco obedlonco to certain provis ions In tho preeont constitution that nro positively on controveu tion of provisions of tho consti tution of tho United States. This Is runk folly; and over-busy proachcrs of Portland aro responsible for It. Thoy woro proporly "roastod" by Sonator Malorkoy for their lOlTonslvo partisan Bhlp In this matter. Thoir flagrant disregard for tho rights of tho people was clearly shown. Very prominent In tho history of tho success of leading financial Institu tions of tho stato of Washington Is tho First National Dank of North Yak ima, of which our own W. M. Ladd Is President, Charles Carpenter, vlco president; W. L. Stclnwcg, cashier, and A. D. Cllne, nsslstant cashier. Thcso names nlono ought to Itieuro success. Mr, Laud, as is well known. Is connected with n number of tho leading commercial enterprises of tho Northwest. Tho peoplo know him so well and favorably that Httlo spaco need ho dovotcd to commendatory ob servation about him. In Contral Washington, Cashier Stclnwcg Is so favorably known that roforenco to him as a financier of excellent nblllty Is unnecessary; but n word as to his personal popularity, to which much of the success of tho bank Is due, may bo Bald. In tho ninny years during which Mr. Stclnweg hns served ns cnshlor of tho First National Hank of North Yakima not nn evil word has been heard concerning his fair, Impartial nnd generous treatment of patrons of tho bank or his ability ns n financier nnd advisor. Vlco President Carpen ter Is ono of tho lending business men of Central Washington, a man of un tarnished honor nnd unquestioned In tegrity. Ho Is ono of tho most re spected pioneers of that prosperous region. A. II, Cllne, as assistant cash ier, has demonstrated that ho has un usual ability In that lino of business. Ho is popular, prompt, honornblo In ovory walk of life, nnd a social favor ite. With this combination of business directors of n solid flnnnclnl In stitution peoplo hnvo no hcsltnncy In dealing with tho First National Dank of North Yakima. THE GREAT FAIR Developments In tho progress of tho work of preparing for tho Lewis nnd Clark Exposition, soon to bo opened in this city, already show conclusively that It will undoubtedly bo the greatest International fair ever held. Every posslblo agency through which It might bo advertised has been especi ally generous In that matter, while the Associated Press correspondents nro doing cffcctlvo scrvico In unusual abundance. Enlargement of tho grounds, In order to fnvor now claim nnts for space, has been necessary and requests aro being received al most every day. Every worthily con- sldernblo nation on earth hns nn eye on tho LowIb nnd Clark Fair and has oxprcssed a dcslro to bo given n chanco to mnko somo kind of n "show." Hence, tho grounds havo been enlarged to meet theso now de mnnds. Stntos that havo heretofore been slow to got Into tho Lewis nnd Clnrk bandwagon nro now clamoring for room nnd tho commission, with Its usunl wisdom, Is making room for thorn till. Preliminary work Is nro- grossing rapidly, Interrupted only for n brief spell by tlrf strlko of wokmon; but It Is believed that that troublo will soon bo ngrcenbly overcome and there will bo no further embarrassment of tho plan so carefully mado by Presi dent CJoodo nnd his corps of able nontenants for tho completion of tho task. GOOD RESULTS ASSURED. PUIILIC CONTRACTS PEN. AND THE It now seems probnblo that tho Tan ner creek sower scandal will bo cov ered up without having to sund any body to tho penitentiary, although there Is Httlo doubt In tho minds of many (lint 'tho public does not yet know tho oxnet condition of affairs ns tho Investigating committee might havo repotted It but It may bo that tho Investigating committee reported nil Its members really found out about tho matter; that's tho way with Invoa filiating committees, sometimes. A Httlo doubt frequently covers n mul titude of sins. For Instance, wo may not hnvo heard the last of tho Morri son bridgo scandal, although thoso who talked so loudly about it at first sootn to hnvo taken n wlntor vacation. Thoro nro two or thrco other muni cipal contracts which will, soonor or Inter, furnish subjects for olllclal In vestigation; but it scums that tho pub lic may have Httlo knowledge of tho result of theso Inquisitions, except ns It comes from tho grand Jury. Un fortunately for tho public, It Is seldom Hint wo got n Jury that does Its work so thoioughly. It may over-do It, In places, but wo can't oxpect everything to comu back to us In perfect form when lawyers nro much concerned In tho result. Howovor, neither tho Tan ner Bower nor tho Morrison bridgo matter should bo permitted to bo pre maturely pigeonholed. Tho peoplo nro much Interested and should, through propor chnuncls, Insist on knowing tho full result of theso Investigations. It comes from semi-official sources that good results will, In duo time, fol low Tho Now Ago'B agitation for pro tection tn human llfo on tho Fourth street lino of tho Southern Pacific Itnllway Company. Tho public has become alarmed at tho danger of con ducting n rnllrond business on such n busy street without tho usual safe guards against serious accident nnd U ready to demand that tho city authorities provide It. Tho council has tho power and there Is no question about tho fact that It ought to use It Immediately. Safcy-gatos on tho prin cipal crossings of that thoroughfare havo become- n public necessity nnd they must bo provided. It may bo, an reported, that certain "peoplo" In authority havo promised tho company Immunity from thin oxpciiBu; but the public will eventually sco to It that tho expeuao will bo Incurred or tho finuchlso of tho company to opcrnto n railroad In tho heart of tho city, In which district It lias ngrocd to pro vldo ndequato protection, shnll bo taken nwny. Tho notion, or, rtiihor, tho Inactivity of tho Southern Pacific Railway C'ompuny in thld Important matter is scarcely understandable It neeitiH to bo merely a coutumptlblo de fiance of tho public a enso In which tho compnny says: "Tho public bo damned!" Will It? or shall It? Sub- sequent events will hIiow. .i SILENCED. BYBYBYBYBYBYBYBYBYBYSSBwIb1 IHflHQVVRM9JBjE!MMtJ'HHSya9VHll BBLHtteKtzflBW aVfSSRKand'' VBaSSHKnSMHalaaH BBMMalBLBBV&WtMl bWIb9bH lHaBLnnUxatiamSflBLBBI MbSTLwmIIt VRliKuPHt' nBfiLHi iBBfaVaVaVaVBBBWm- sasaW s-M jt HB bbKbTbbbbbbbbVbbMbbbbbbVK i. JaVaMtaVaBBVaVBBBBBBBBBSB lEBKrV i mi - MA'JTmmWmWWKkifjmMOHmmu MA mi IXsrrmmmmmMMCmBmmmmm SSSBSt SsTHaVl ' TaTsV 'fl!1 55 A. 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That tho telephone nlot-mnchlno Is regnrded by tho public us u gambling dovlco Is almost universally ndmltted. That it Is u gambling dovlea thoro Is no doubt In any reasonably sensible mind. Tho legislature of tho stato of Washington has declared It to bo so by passing a law prohibiting Its uso nnd now thcro nro no slot-tclcphono machines In uso In that progressiva commonwealth. Tho Oregon legisla ture, at its prcsont Bosslon, should tako euro of this mattor in n similar way, If tho prcsont law is sufficient to warrant tho authorities In abolish ing tho uso of tho slot machlno In cigar stores and othor places of buslnoss, It ought to bo sufficient to put tho telephone Blot-mnchluo out of commission, also. It la difficult to understand why tho Pnclflo States Telophano & Telograph Company has hcou given such unlimited privileges lu this mutter. Tho city council, In Ita groat wisdom, has ovon refused to per mit another compnny to ontor tho field, thus giving to tho local compnny an almotuto monopoly of tho telephono situation, Tho service wo get Is moan and entirely unsatisfactory. Some thing Bhould bo dono In this mattor without delay; or, If official action bo longer withheld, tho public, through A law Is now on tho statute books to compel tho Southern Puclflu Rail road Compnny to fenco Its right of way from Portland to Ashland; but farmers on branch linos and othor roads havo complained that tho fences aro not well kept up. As n result, Representative Rlchlo, of Marlon, hns introduced u bill to compel any com pany In tho stato to build a fonco on tho domain! of adjacent proporty owners. NEW AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN. Whltelnw Rold, chosen ambassador to Great Urltnlu to succeed Joseph H. Choato, is known to two hemis pheres as a man of afTnlrs with wldo axperlcnco of tho world, having ex tensively trnvcled; accustomed to deal ing with eminent peoplo nnd n thor oughly schooled master of diplomacy. Tried as Unltod States minister to Franco, ho mado an cnvlnblo reputa tion for himself ns a diplomat and statesman. Covering so mnny Holds In his busy career, Mr. Held Is credited with tho rlpo Judgment that makes him vuluablo in any mission selected for him by his country. Horn Oct. 27, 1837, near Xcnla, Ohio, ho was graduated when still young from Miami University, taking scien tific honors of bis class, and subse quently given degrees by Hovcrnl uni versities. Entering tho political field, ho soon assimilated n great kuowlcdgo of editorial work, which Intor, when he boenmo the principal owner of tho Now York Tribune after Mr. Greeley's dcuth. brought him Into Interna tional prominence, Mr. Rold took tho stump for General Fremont In tho Civil War ho was volunteer alddo-camp to General Rosecram In Uie West Virginia campaign; was war correspondent wltn tlio armies or tue cumoer land and of the Potomac, and witnessed tb battles of Shlloh and Gettys burg. From 1803 to 1800 he was librarian to the House of Representatives and correspondent at Washington for the Cincinnati Gazette, of which paper he subsequently became a part owner, after trying his hand In the fields of Alnbumn nnd Louisiana as a cotton planter. In 180S tho literary and news paper work of Mr. Rcld came so favorably to the attention of, Horace Oreo ley that this famous editor Invited Mr. Held to conio to Now York and asso ciate himself with hltu on tho Tribune. When Mr. Greeley was candldnto for President ho placed the paper In Mr. Hold's charge. In 1802 Mr. Held was candldato for Vlco President on tho Republican tlckot with Mr. Harrison. As minister to Frnnco and when special ambassador to Great Hrltaln for tho Jubilee of Vlctorln, and later to tho coronation of King Edward, as well as commissioner to Paris for the treaty of penco betweon Spain and tho United States, Mr. Held received warm welcomes. Ills list of publica tions, Including works on war and expansion, have mado him famous among savants. (flK"' -. ff HvSSV H iWjSSP WQITXLAW MID, THE COMMUNISTIC CHICKEN. Two appropriation bills wero passed by tho Bonnto Inst weok, ono of thorn, by Whcnldon, carrying 115.000 for tho payment of tho Indian War Vetornns, nnd tho other, by Hooth, carrying JB000 for a timber and stono testing plant at tho University of Oregon, where tho United States will maintain nu export. That tho old, soldiers of tho Stato Homo nt Roseburg may llvo with their wives during their declining years, Vuwter of Jackson hns Introduced a Houso bill providing for tho erection of a number of cottages on tho grounds of that institution. The HUiik IiftkT. Each with a hand upon the other's shoulder, tho rector nud the rabbi were engaged In earnest and friendly conversation, when they were Joined by tho doctor, a well-known phyalclun, "I am glad to see tho Old and Now Testaments bound together lu such harmony," said tho newcomer cheer fully. "And what sort of literature aro you?" laughed tho rabbi. "Oh I" flushed tho physlclau, "undor tho circumstances 1 might bo consid ered tho blank leaf betweon tho Tes tnmonts dooted to 'lllrths and Dentlis.' " Much as wo admire tho sex, wo sometimes think that when a woman tries, she can bo a bigger fool than u man. St. Louis will bu almost completely depopulated next summer, through tho roturu of klu visits. somo of its local organizations, should demaiul nn lnvnatli-ntlnn f Dm ,!.. n. I .. ... " " " -1 .Many a iigut-weigiit mau t'". I lieuvy-welgut air about hlui. Mr Ranitaraon and his Wife WBrt plcklug their way across tbs small plot of ground which separates their homo from that of the Mitchells, at whoso houso they had just had dinner. "Most agreeablo people," comment ed Mr. Sanderson, genially, "and an excellent dinner." "Y-es," said Mrs. Sanderson, not very enthusiastically. "Thoso Pollers were perrect con tinue! Mr. Fyindcraoiv, "I wonder why wo can't have such chickens? Oli, I bellovo ho said they were of his own raising, didn't ho " "Yes." Mrs. Sanderson replied with awakening spirit, "that was what ho said, and It vexed me so I could hard ly keep still." " 'Vexed' your questioned Mr. San derson. "Yen, and It would rex you If you had any spuuk," returned Mrs. San derson. "We raised those chickens, Jsuice Sanderson I" "What do you mean?" asked Mr. Sanderson, In bewilderment "We've never had a chicken on our place." "Yes, we have tbs Mitchells' chick ens have been there all summer!" re torted Mrs. Banderson. "If It hadn't been for my garden thos broilers wouldn't have beep half so fine. And when everylKMly was praising tbem, all I could think of was tho garden seeds and vegetables those birds have de voured slnco they were hatched In the spring! And there Mr. Mitchell sat sud took all those compliments as calmly as if they really belonged to hlml "It think It was Tery poor taste." Mrs. Sanderson concluded, with dig nity, "with ut right there at the table. It would have been merely decent to have bought chickens when ws dined thcro." The women don't know It hut there really Isn't as much excitement going on all day down town as there la In taking a cako from the oven. THE DEVIL'S KITCHEN, FAMOUS SPOT IN WELSH MOUNTAINS. 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