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THE MORNIKG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1903. 83 ... 1 M ... w ... 2 00 ... 1 80 .... 60 ..la ..39 Entered at the. roitofflee at Portland. Oreron as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. I .1 - f I . I n.-nallt In MlajlCeV Dallr. with Bundsr. per month Dallr. Sunday excepted, per year..' Dallr. T!th Sundsr. per Tcr Sunday, per year ............' The Weekly, per year.. The Weekly. 3 month!...... To City Subscribers , . ... Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday excfPtea.130 Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday lnduded.-oo POSTAGE RATES. United 8tate. Canada and Mexico: 10 to It-pace paper..... U to S8-pace paper Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended tor publication to The Oreconian should be addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the name of any Individual. Letters relatlnc adrer Uslcr. subscription or to any business matter should b. addressed simply "The Oregonlan. The Oreconian does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solici tation. No stamps should be Inclosed tor this purpose. Eastern Business .OKlce. 4S. 44. 45. 47. 48. 4 Tribune bulldlnr. New Tork City: BlO-ll-W Tribune building. Chicago: the S. a Beckwlth Epeclal Agency, Eastern representative. For sale In San Francisco by L- E. Ix. Pal ace Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros, S3S Cutter street: F. W. Pitta. 1003 Market street; J. K. Cooper Co.. 749 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear, Ferry news stand; Frank Ecott. 80 Ellis street, and N. Wheatley. E13 Mission street. For sale In Ixs Angeles by B. F. Gardner. S59 South Sprtnr otreet. and qjlver Haines. 09 South Spring street. For sale In Kansas City. Mo., by Rlcksecker Cigar Co.. Ninth and Walnut streets. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. E17 Dearborn street, and Charles MacDonald. 13 Washington street. For sale In Omaha by Barkalow Brosi, 181 Farnam street: Uegeath Stationery Co, 0S Farnam street. For eale In Salt take by the Salt Ike News Co.. 77 West Second South street. For sale In Washington. D. C by the Ebbett House news stand. For eale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton Kendrlck. 00G-912 Seventeenth street; Ixrathan & Jackron Book and Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Cloudy, with occa sional rain; southwesterly "winds, diminishing. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, M; minimum temperature. 40; pre cipitation, 0.43 Inch. PORTLA-ND, TUESDAY, FED. 10, 1O0K. PROPERTY IX NEWS REPORTS. The Associated Press la the source of less than one-half the news published In The Oregonlan. The remainder and larger part Is worked' up by The Ore Ionian's own Individual and private en terprise. This paper maintains writers, newsgatherers, correspondents, at all principal places In the' Pacific North west. Also at New- York and Washing ton; and l has correspondents at San Francisco, Denver, Salt Lake, Chi cago and many other places, on whom it calls when It wants any ppeclal report from those places. It pays all these persona for their work. "When the Legislatures of Oregon, Washington and Idaho assem bled last month The Oregonlan sent off ppeclal representatives from Portland to the capitals of those states, to write up and to wire reports to it. This work is still In progress. The collection of this news and the transmission of It by tele graph costs The Oregonlan a large sum of money. Is the news, so obtained, at The Oregonlan'a own effort and ex pense, Its own property, or not? Has any other newspaper that may want It a right to demand it and to have It? No claim perhaps of this kind will be made. And yet there is no difference in principle or in fact between the status of the news collected by The Ore gonlan and that of the news collected by the association of newspapers of which it is a member. Such of Its own news as they may want The Oregonlan supplies for exchange with its fellow members. The medium of exchange Is known as the Associated Press, which has offices here and there, wherein men are employed and paid to collect, sift and write reports of news. Neither these men nor their employers have any monopoly of news or of the sources of It The Incidents and events on which news reports are founded ore free and open to all. But he or they who write shown also that the Associated Press Is not a common carrier, nor even a pri vate carrier, since it has not a mile of wire nor any means of carriage, nor any property whatever, except the desks here and there In Its offices. It has no capital stock, sells no news, makes no profits, declares no dlvldenda It em ploys men to gather and write news for exchange, on a mutual system, among its membera These news reports are Its property and their property, gath ered solely for their use In newspapers published by members of the associa tion. But it Is asked, "Why can't others get the news?" They can. But they must take the trouble and Incur the expense necessary to gather and write It; and then they must pay also for telegraph ing It. Nothing valuable can be had in this world without the effort necessary to obtain It. News reports. In form for publication, do not spring up spontane ously. They are not a product of the air. The Associated Press and the news papers of its membership pay enormous sums for gathering and writing news. Hence the reports they collect are their own property, of course. What is news? News is" information; but all Informa tion is not news, certainly, not in the newspaper sense. To be news, the in formation must be tomethlng recent and interesting. News is largely a mat ter of relation. The same Information Is novel to one man. and stale to an otherone finds it dull and another in teresting; to Smith it is of the highest Importance, while to Jones It Is of no consequence. News is the report of cur rent events; it is gossip it may be of the court or camp or shop or mart but gossip still. A state paper, a great bat tle, a petty scandal not the events themselves, but the first report of them Is news. Property can and does exist only in the story of the event as formu lated by the reporter and In the work he does to bring it to the- point of pub lication; yet this Is or may be property of very high value. Often It costs a great deal of deal of money. Can those who have put forth this effort -and expended this money be called on,.Just!y, to share with others the benefits obtainable from publication? Neither The Oregonlan nor the Asso ciated Press has disposition or power to prevent others from gathering news, writing it, telegraphing It, The busi ness is open to everybody, on equal terms, and from the nature of the case never can be monopolized. But It Is a strango notion that news reports col people would only stimulate their per ception until the Senate appears to them as It really is, and if they would make their convictions and desires known to members of Legislatures, no party ma chine or purse-proud organization " of wealth would be sturdy enough to defy their wllL The people can reform the Senate In the very simple way of Insisting upon the election of worthy men men whom the threats of bosses cannot terrify nor the machinations of lobbies can. corrupt. If we could get a popular awakening to the fact that the Senate should be a reward of merit for hard-won ability and hardly-maintained Independence of spirit, the Senate would speedily be- enterprise that foists Itself, unsought, upon public attention. Its growth has been In strict accordance with the law of supply and demand. Does any one suppose, for example, that the great newspapers of the country would print the details of a prizefight if there wan not a call for this class of "news"? Or that the details of a murder, Uko that of Sheriff Withers, of Lane County, tho other day, would be given if public in terest In the' matter was not marula lory? When we live In an Ideal world the "Ideal newspaper" will, no dnulit, prose along as one of Its features. Until then the reputable newspaper, under the censorship of common decency, will con tinue to mirror the events of the world. come elective in the true sense,- and re- supported by public patronage and gen- sponslvc to the public conscience Instead I cral approval. of to Wall street. DEPOSITS OP SURETY COMPAMES. No one has yet Introduced In the Leg islature a bill to require surety compa nies to make deposits In the state treasury as a means of securing the ful fillment of their obllgatlonaWhen some city, county or the state has lost a few thousand dollars through the defalca tion of an officer who has an insolvent surety company as a bondsman, people will wonder why some law was not passed to protect the public under such circumstances. As the law now stands, a County Treasurer, Tax Collector or other county or state officer may give an official bond with a surety company as surety, and the county or state has no alternative but to accept the bond, even though the surety company be in solvent. The law merely requires that when the company begins doing busi ness in the state It must have a paid-up capital of $100,000. It is not even re quired that this capital must be unim paired. After a company has once en tered upon business in this state it may impair its capital and be worth nothing whatever, yet It must be accepted as surctyi for public officers, administrat ors, trustees, etc In case of defaica. BOWEN TELLS THE TRUTH. Chicago Chronicle. The dispatches of Mr. Bowen. the rep resentative of Venezuela In the 'negotia tions at Washington, aro truthful, to ay the least of them. Ho declares that tha operations of Great llrltnin, Germany and Italy In Venezuelan watrr'"hnve trunsgrfiil tho rules gov erning civilized nations." nnd that their demands upon tho country which he rep resents aro "an ofTermu to modern civiliza tion." This is plain Inngungo, but It embodies plain truth. Tho performance of tho allied squad rons In Venezuelan waters have been worso than barbaroua. They have been piratical. Acting umlar & peace flag, they have carried on war. Pretending to maintain a blockado for tho collection of a debt, they havi- destroyed shipping, bombarded forts and killed men, women and children who had no warning of hostllltlio. Such a proceeding as this In any quarter of Europe would have resulted In Instant conflict. It Is engaged In hero so far as the public yet knows without no much as ter. The survivors are not numerous, Tho a,ance htwctn England and Ger the population of the Islands not being many In this mUterable business Involves large, but those who are left are in a I not only a gross affront to tho United state of utter destitution, which the I States but an assault upon international taw and a violation or mo commorient rules of civilization. Sir. Bowen Is an American, but. un fortunately, he speaks for Venezuela and not lor me united states. Tnere is some Another of the Insular possessions of France has had a boisterous session with nature and a thousand people have perished through ho visitation. The Island of Hlkuera, in tho South Sea group, was the wene of this last dtsas- French Governor who resides at Tahiti will take .measures to relieve. These and other little Islands In far-away seas are pleasant places to dream about, but THIS IS NOT ARBITRATION. Chicago Inter Ocean, Tho treaty lor tho settlement of the Alaskan boundary dispute does not provide for arbitration. There Is nothing to ami trate. Th'o tribunal as constituted under the treaty Is to. bo a tribunal of Interpreta tion a commission of Jurists to Inter pret th language of the treaty of 1SS between Russia and Great Britain. There was only one Interpretation of the treaty up to 1B9S. Thcro was no mis understanding as to the boundary while Russia held Alaska. There was no ques tion as to the boundary when the terri tory was transferred to the United States. For 30 years the United States occupied all of the territory within the boundaries described In tho treaty of 1XS, established military posts and Government schools, patrolled tho waters with naval and reve nue vessels, established custom-houses, and supervised the Indian tribes occupying all of the territory. Great Britain formally acknowledged the correctness of the boundary in 1S39. Great Britain and Canada acknowledged it In 1657, and Canada accepted It again In 1ST6 and 187S. In 1KS, 30 years after the territory had come into tho possession of the United States, Great Britain and Canada present ed an Interpretation of tho treaty of 1823. which gave to Canada more than half the American territory In tho Alaskan panhandle. K0TE AND COMMENT. The Legislature Is not tho only place where they have bills. The Chinese citizens are Just beginning to smash their New Year's resolutions, no doubt. William Hooper Young may be a bold, bad man, but the chances are that ho Is not a3 bad as his pictures. Tho Methodist church collected over J23.O0O.00O during the past year. Will trust legislation cover this case? Some one says Portland hasn't enough sirsets- it is very eviacnt mat we can t keep those we have la repair, so that they can be used. A man committed suicide the other day In New York because ho couldn't get warm. May bo ho thought he was going to a climate where he wouldn't need any coal. The Missouri Legislature is considering the proposition of prohibiting football. It mleht be -wise to spttla war at home be fore trying to do so In the camp of the enemy. The new broom that Is being wielded try mo police uepanment will proosDiy nave the realities of life upon them are any- satisfaction, however. In tho knowledge peoplo" would not yield one Inch of Ameri- It soon became apparent to English and to be suppianted Dy an automatic street Canadian statesmen mat uie juubiuu thing but agreeable. The product of volcanlo action, encompassed on nil sides by wide stretches of treacherous waters. In the direct path of warring winds, brooded over by isolation, there that he speaks the truth run trrrltorv. and tho high Joint commis sion of 1KB failed In all its negotiations because tho Alaskan proposition niu pressed. It la necessary, nowover, mat buujc bunal or commission pass authorltatlvely Finlshlnir the Slmplnn Tunnel. New York Tribune. Of the rapidity with which the stupen- : . .1 nnim nrnlrvf nf tiinnikllntr tho llna Vi..?tVi is little In the conditions ana promises .. cv ', , ' . r " ,, Thn American mtm- of life on these Islands that is attractive ui-nnj r.,rnr, th w.r. of thn hfrti Joint commission In ISM to neonle who have been accustomed to I rinitr t Tr.io Vm I rhmift,t thi nlnn now accented by Great feel a. stable continent beneath their Mcrrtmac fame derives his name, gives Britain and Incorporated In the treaty be- I oered acotner anarchist should be com V. V 'VlK-K Tw-l 1 pletely cleaned up. Tho people with poems on tho beautiful snow vrno aian't get a cnance 10 spnns iMtCtLA Jil Wv OUl" I tills, A'UWSSW SJUWMSU next year, perhaps. Ane anarcniSL in jrnuaaeipma wuu wiu- IttT XL 111 CiUtlUU, musk Eii i-4ii v imi, .m kvjiuituiij iiu oaja( xua I uiv nossiblv through the lease of life that work Is progressing rapidly In tho tunnel This plan Is. In brief, to appoint a tri- they gave to Robert Louis Stevenson, has had In recent years its thrilling record of hurricane nnd shipwreck. Most people, even of adventurous. spirit, will be content after the record of the on hnth Mm nf tho Aln Ahniit 4ttY I Tinnnl romnoscd of three Of the most UIS- workmen are employed In the tunnel, and tlnguished fudges in the United States not less than 6000 on the Italian section and three Judges oi uie nignesi t'"'"" of tho road between Isclla, at the mouth I courts, to interpret the treaty ot 1K5. nf thA fnA A . i t. n.AaAn, inf. I Tl.nrrt fa to hl no SCVentn JUOge, W uui- mlnus of tho' railway running north from plre. Either the American or the Can- side the State of Oregon, for the prop erty upon which to levy in order to en force payment of an obligation. Insurance companies are required to deposit In the state treasury bonds to the amount of $50,000, which are held by the state as security for the fulfillment of the company's obllgaflona Nothing whatever is required of surety, compa-, tiles, which do a very similar business. The Secretary of State has' twice called attention to this serious defect in the law, but the last Legislature gave no effort and a great tlon the state or county must look out- I past year of convulsion and death on Milan. It Is now practically certain that adian Interpretation of the treaty Is to me roaa win do compietea wimin mo cs- De accepieu. timntiwi iin. fhnf to tn vv Tniw i I Tb mrrermpnt of Great Britain to tne SPOTS Ot tropical luxuriance unu auuucu i " " - " j. -. --- - -- . , . devastation In Imagination only, and J nearly .two-thjrds of tho stick for good, solid reality to the main- obstacles have bcn met nnd u has aban(Joncd the preposterous claim land. tercd. Tho greatest of the Impediments presented by tho Dominion, In other " was tho ever-Increasing heat In the tun- words, the Alaskan treaty Is a measure In its war upon local gamblers and ncl, caused by the growing volume ot to cover the retreat ot ureal iinuiin uu lawless saloons, the Nashville American is doing some effective workn uproot ing the fallacy that "wide open" con dltlonshelp the growth of a city. Among other bits of American municipal his tory with which it braces its arguments A Larger Xavy. Rt T.011U filobe-Democrat, Tho .nrienea of the Germans with h uttio fnrt nt San Carlos shows that lected for publication are not the prop- I heed and the present Legislature has. I it prints the story, of a similar ngnt in nfC impossible without resort to artificial land fortifications, it adequately pruviucu ...... I . I .... . I . . . . . mi I . -...ri mnnhlv manned. erty the exclusive ana rignuui prop- thus far followed the ezamole of Its nre- Atlanta, toia Dy a corresponueui ua iu- means 01 rangcrauun. i rasiuttia, wun muucm bu" - -- erty of those who gather them, and I decessor, probably upon the theory that I lows: that anybody who wants to, publish them has a right to Insist onoecomlng a joint owner and partner in the prop erty and business. That, idea. The Ore gonlan ventures to think, will not pre vail. ' Let us condense the statement. Do the news reports which Tho Oregonlan collects, writes and prepares for publi cation belong to itself, or to others who may want them? And the same as to the Associated Press. Are the news re- slnce no losses have ever been sustained none ever will be. The practice of giv ing official bonds with surety companies as sureties is new, but growing rapidly. Before an Individual can be accepted as a surety he must be a citizen of the state and prove that he Is worth double the amount for which he is a surety. A corporation, to serve In the same ca pacity, need not be worth anything. By making it compulsory upon the state A vounc man by the name ot Connolly was appointed by the board and at a conference which Immediately louoweo. tne new cmci w ulcrd how lone It would take him to run the gamblers out of the City of Atlanta. "It will take about two toks, or possimj It may be dono in ten days." said Connally. "That Is too lone." said Mayor English. "Wo 'will give you unUl day after tomorrow night mended. The next thing ho ought to do 13 to kill off the rest of his society, and then commit suicide. scenery of a theatrical company now play- twrr In th.f tdiril 1 T IS If, nf M MDt'll Ilia the stuff will be locked up whero no one will have to look at It, ub.i.Muj v .. : (nmc man ni-nin run rnr muiiarv uult. i jg a. sate utst Lii.i t u v.. .w. ...b... Kam- miiim1 thn no-era over rno wire i Berlin. cers in me uuucu umn. - v ... . me, ni iiv ri r nnr kiiiii. immiiii lu 111.11 . A. a i. . . . i . . - at, nmrer in in Brooklyn navy-yard his this to say I iltZL , UUk Ik lO llUh J - O . j iMin normnnv has never won any I . i i- ic wi no minn.n nnil trlumnhs as a naval power, iiut mo ei- SS1 PpeortonCR.co; SffiS: other largo, vessets of the imperial nav, to comDress tne air by wmcn mo anus " j i " t-e-a, unri-lt n.1 Thin tunnel. lVIlfH com- I Ilia. . I iiuure . j . j water, ivhlch. although It starts at tlio summit of the mountain, 0000 feet above the line of tho railway, after percolating through beds of limestone, becomes al most boiling hot and Hows Into the tunnel at a temperature of from 112 degrees to 110 degrees, rendering not only work but Canada from an untenable position. It can be nothing else. v... inniiM, mm .1. nn tint nil- nnd oold o-o maiph for several times that num- UJ 1.11111111 1.U1I1 W. ..Wfc " - I W.I. " ... . ( . - . An l.i, kn- n.l,nA.1 .Vll t,m. Un, nf itltTiq In DTI attacking IlCCL. It 13 perature In the tunnel from U0 to 70 de- possible, ot course, that tho German as grees. Fahrenheit. Tho volume of water sallants of San Carlos were not very . .XwV.r; f ,7.n. d it bt tot e operated, xms tunnei. wncn cum- ------ . than . Um. your resignation will bo accepted." The pletef, will Do me largest n mo wD" " an an attacklng "Z n,-, Z vounir chief was Instructed that he needed only a crowbar, an ax and a small number ot policemen wltn nerve ana a lew siae arms at each place. lie adopted tho suggestion UglllAUVU. .fc . O 1.' v " .J ures.' and countv to accent such bonds with ports which It collects for exchange corporations as sureties the'Leglslature n1 hl rlds .'1r"!?';i1!' conierrea great aavantages upon inese 0lT u,, ,tulr and conveyances for concerns. In addition to that, the law requires that the fees for the surety service for trustees, administrators, etc., must be paid by the estate or trust fund. The State of New Jersey requires a among its members, at cost of skill. labor and money, its own property, or the property of others? The question as to telegraphic rates is now com-1 pletely eliminated; for nobody again will pretend that the Associated Press or any of its members has or can have any advantage In rates over others. The Oregonlan has thought it just as well to make all these matters plain. It never failed yet, on any careful, candid and full appeal, to reach the intelligence of the country. towlt. l miles long, or twice me neW3 to the of the JJount ucnis, ana nve mnes longer . -it t fh- time than the St, Gothard, ..The cost of the Anrican peo but ci ii imi n n o.nn rra nr n on riv . I I . I . l a . . . i . I .. ,, I UC n . I ...11 ill! 1-1 VI mi .WOO.a., w., the prisoners. The prisoners were taken to the Jail and locked up, and the stuff was taken to the Square and burned up, the Chief of Police pouring on the oil and the Majror touching tho match. This was in 1SS1, when Atlanta was a town of less than 0,000, I am told, and I notice from the Atlanta News of January 20. 1003, that the new city directory Droadway'a Traffic Held for n. Child. New Tork Mall and Express. When traffic on Broadway was most con cealed tho other day. a feeble old woman In tattered garments made her way to tho corner of Dey street with a little girl o.i noro n tii ininrmni. r i . . 1 1 . I I , I i ' . i .. - - ... I January -u, iuim, iiu iuu jiew ciiy uiraciory I . . . - , . . i , , rr deposit of JjO.000, and also provides that ju,t bting Issued at this time shows the pres- I clutching nervously at her skirts. Tho TIIE SEXATB AXD TTIE PEOPLE. While the Llttlefield anti-trust bill passes the House of Representatives by a vote of 215 to 0, the trusts themselves turn to the Senate for aid and comfort, as' naturally as the duckling takes to water, as confidently as the frightened child flies to the breast of its faithful nurse." The owner knoweth his ox. It Is a striking demonstration in the steady assimilation of our American Senate to the British House of Lords. if any surety company wishes to with draw from the state it must first secure an agreement from some other company or person to assume all its obligations. Oregon now has a law which provides that the statute of limitations shall not run against the state or a county, so a similar' provision as to the continuance of the deposit should be made. ent population to be I39.USO. This is not a bad showing for a city. More than 200 per cent In twenty years, and It has done that without gamblers. stalwart policeman at the crossing ap proached them, and, gently taking tho woman by the arm, started to guide her fense la often offense. A fleet, in order to succeed, must often do tho attacking m- . . . -. .ui ,n ha nttnrked- The Ri.an 1 1 1 niuuuh m " i .. ... .... . . . . 1 , I n n,nh 1 in TI .11 YH IMI. Ill I 1 I' I I 1 1 1 ! I . Lll.L L 111.111 unitea oi&iea imi'i n-" i . ... . ... . ,tMf" I !.-, rnn I . . .1 I I . .... Br8 KUUU i tUOU 1 I AW .... - - I oik.v. w. - - ... ' ...hi nn imnnipi wiui una nn Hn nnpn .h. rrttr ,iw. v . rt nnmnini an -I 1 n- In n-nlMni. tti.ra la i ruimadi cress portant truth. POIITAGE WILL 1IASTE.V C.VXAL. The Government canal and locks at the cascades of the Columbia were soon completed after the state put a portage railroad in operation there. Operation of that railroad made it futile to oppose an open river; it practically opened the The friends of Whlttler, and their name is legion, will find pleasure in the thought that the personal relics of the gentle Quaker poet have fallen into the hands of those who will prize them, and that the sum realized from their sale Is sufficient to purchase and maintain in its modest simplicity the old Whlttler Monroe Doctrine o Living Entity. Cantaln Alfred Mahan. I . T I A. I. U V" " 1 J A 1 4- .nAM V.ti- 4V,n nn... cars. Half way across the street the Httlo "J nnnllcatlon made of It to any par- Ishment should be continuous as well worm or pcanuis were bwuww uu . " flniifW f Hfln!t!nn antecedent to some Hlnn.tlmo or In tho earlv eveninir. i nAi cka iVah at hr nlrr tninrnian l -" . - ,i i " 1,4 4A-1V Jti v - - U w with a stare, and asked: "Can I cet them back?" Tlv this timo the truckdrlvcrs were pull lnc lmDatlcntlv on their reins, for the nrocress of the trio had been slow. "Certalnlv. little one." repiiea mo po llccman, as ho put up his hand and held river. While opposition could accom the story or the report of on event, or I The Senate,is no longer a representative I pHsn its object by contributing to all pay for having It written, have a right- I body. The House Is representative. It I sorts of petty delays In the Government f ul property in their story,, report or is elected. But the Senate is appointive, version. That news story belongs to I The appointing power Is vested In a lit tle oligarchy, sometimes in one man, consisting of the machine organization of the majority party In each state. The impending struggle between the him or them: for it is their enterprise. their labor, their money, that has pro duced it. What element of monopoly Is here? None whateyer. As many stories or versions of the occurrence may be elective President and the elected House work, that method was availed of. De lay was no longer an effective instru ment when the portage railroad began its work. Circumstances attending the project of opening the Columbia River at the dalles do not give promise of much - .. , ,..-A.nnn, funHfll V Mm- I - . . . . i 1 . . 1 ..iiiiiii.ii niiiivjuiii.. ..-.'- i nnmiieu. hs il uauui L111111.. ui-iui u ul u n.htnh it fa trt hA nnnrn. will never . ... . .... - h tmmeH hut which. If It were, wouia . . - doubtless remain name to coniriiry iuki- - - - A, ,-,. -httrtnc- therein the fate from auerwaro, ana wneu uuo renres n. which neimer cnacimenu ui lAiui" .... inifc. tJ uimui.., . v. - nOr a Dull WIU pUJJU -.l. ..i.... . r I .L 43 .Tlti:ilil-Jlli.J, mm u.. umi'i. imi homestead in Massachusetts. A plain the Broadway traffic In check while tho UJ?- Doctrine, with- ,ne or tDe syslem- hnnon cnrnoatK-n In tho. n1nni-n r it I hiM -th.r. them nil Into n. newsnaner. The Virtue oi me r"""V, !- .. rw-, 00 . .-w """-- - t u-hlch It would die aeserveaiy. ia u m,. nC it. niinicint- tnlo 1 1 .1 ,... i,n .nrfoannrwlpnrii wltn nauoniu 1 A. si,wiiuuw uunu mr r ru.it. necessities It possesses mo innerciii. piiu-1 . .. . j v-n.. vorv Atn-ri-jn. ntnin.ne ii f a whlph ndaDts itself with the one of Portlands free kindergartens. 1 fn- thn non.tnir.tion ana onerauon or I amb pa rnnmuons it encounters. wo ui t,'c. Hiv fnii nn .i suntiiiv. ana as it wa . a- . . . . 1 . ,M I A . n ta thA V I 1 1 LU - I ... . . . . I . In T., I . . . . . .1 V. .n Itaoir I t"1" "!:"" JiVTV" " Z',X Tnhn wn. " to disseminate knowledge of worldly niUf. AilU IIIUILIIIDC, ... nun... ww.... . . I . . - I .... . rnuicuco. aro iiruuuucnu; immwii-u, i Wow Tork Evening rMu I ;1 waJJ " taiio iui liiu "uiimiih . ... . i ti i.i.r.11, nrir harder tor nign-roin"- I Alter sua wui iwu au - that has become familiar to thousands as an embellishment of Whlttler's works, of little more than the shelter, ot a New England family In the" early years of the past century, it is yet aglow in Imagination with love and light through the portrayal of Its one time life in "Snow Bound." The pres ervation of thl9 old homestead is the work of the New England Historical So ciety, and that body has seldom set Itself to a- more congenial task. In length, to connect Lille, one of tho most Linnfnof".0' That body under the present cgndltlons I about what sho written as there are persons who, for I ot Representatives on one hand and the I greater speed than was made at the cas- any motive, or purpose, take an Interest I trusts and the appointive Senate on the ta it But the newspaper or the asso- I other hand promises to be sharp and elation that has written Its story has a I momentous. The people are with the right of property in that particular President and the House, but the ruling story; and It is oa this Indefeasible basis I clique of the Senate will probably win. that the right of The Oregonlan and of the Associated Press to the property they have created is founded. Of course every other newspaper, every, other news association, has an equal right ot property In the news report they may cades. Must we see that dawdle through twenty years of sluggishness? The ways of delaying or preventing such an improvement as this are many, but there is only one way to accomplish It, A state portage railroad would practl- ii i lii awuuiaia .ii. i.u. . ....... ... . i . . . i . . i inn mnrn nrpspni. i . . . . nn,i ,inn ThA mat nf mnstni-- araws to told them. In order to seo u mej- a ivuwii wvu i . , . tho moiiiniro i l r i in nut.- i If nenresentallve Eddv did nothlna- tlon and eoulpment Is put nt about $7,000,- a'?.? Whn fill the nartv membcred all of it- There is time to pass all the anti-trust bills that the trusts approve, but the cally open the river, and would have the session Is too short to pass any antl- effect of destroying opposition to the trust bill that the trusts oppose. canal and locks. Instead of delaying The constitutional and traditional I the marine enterprise, it would hasten method of electing Senators multiplies I it, because there could no longer be any collect and write. The next step Is "the I the power of the machine. The machine I purpose in delay, transmission or carriage of the news. I is pretty certain to be in close touch This will not in any sense commit the Various agencies are employedthe I with the great corporations, or with I state to the railroad buslnesa. Nobody else at this session of the'Leglslature, his work in preparing and helping to se cure the passage of the corporation li cense tax bill would alone make his services valuable to the state. The dis patches from Salem disclose, however, that Mr. Eddy Is one of the most .active and hardest-working members of the lower house. The corporation license tajc bill, which bears Mr. Eddy's name, will raise a revenue ot about 100,000 a year. The burden will be equitably im posed upon concerns which have hith erto paid comparatively little taxes. At . i .1 n, Knsa hlflfllntr. 1 . 1. 1 , ,11..,. nf 01' m 1M nf T.IUa U UlCDk - . 7 . . I ' .... upward of S0O.OO0O. In addition to operat- ..r'" .tmanllke regard for ""'r' Insr tha electric road, a largo power sta tion Is to bo built In tho vicinity of the coalmines for tho purpose of generating current to operate tho machinery. a patriotic and statesmanlike regard for mber .. ..i,.mi '. ii. non t n A tphi i ... . .-- C! . nllimnnhv lO frlllV Un- n . . - V .n in nni n-A -hall but all Sundaj's Is generally neu in o ui..M.vv , .l I . .. .1. ... v ahot tian nrobablv havo a uonsumuoiuu umcuu- i nouse. wiia i" ""i" ment and popular election of Senators. This will be no sovereign remedy for tho Ills we have spoken of. but It would at Xerrfoundland. Flshlnff Fraud, Tl.lttmnm Run The fishermen of Gloutester. Mass., who I icast Improve the personnel of the Sen aro decided protectionists and nave mucn ate. Influence at Washington, aro not. It ap pears, fishermen at all. as a rule, but -Would De a Stronn; Candidate. traders who go to jewrounaiana to Duy rnmnhi Cnmmerclal-ADDeaL ninpv Is not onlv available, but he is fish and then bring them to Gloucester hv -Willie. The teacher was very raiunuij u"vm to hear such talk coming from one 1 IlVeS UlS'Ul-l O It was nnaiiy icoiuti. . tO going ijuuuaj ii.. " clDles. and when the day ot ret nnntnl nn.-nn .1.. . 1 1 I nnnrn.n.1. A linnn-l.n..1n.. n .Ilk l I .1 , .1 ll I nn I I - " . . .1 . .1 I Uiney IS DDI CI-...-. ClDlCS. OJIU "" Ul messengers, but chiefly the telegraph, whatever hands it la reposed. The re- than a temporary device for opening the D()I,ular QDroval Its Drovlslons are not tno Pretense nat they arc "American -.jn- Ho has an International around no s"""' There ore two great telegraph compa nies doing business in the United States. The Associated Press deals with both; bo does The Oregonlan. The rates made by the two companies are the same. They carry for all newspapers and all suit is that the 'Webstera are growing scarce in the Senate and the Flatts and Clarka are growing plenty. It is easier for1 a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a man to be elected to the Senate who values his manhood river. The portage Is simply to do the ,-.ii i v... .i. nn ..1,1.1. ,n, caugnu xney enter nmtlnn ns a d Dlomat. we nanaieu iai work (to a measurable extent) thatwlll g SSSTSS LltJlT?Z TSi M M.nlatnre. for Boston'. Mn.enm, it will always be designated, will be a fishing fraud Is often supplemented. It Is """ . . ,h nnfienca of the coun- noston Herald. UlUraiUUt? til U4 til bUIClU- I o. "J - I nnfl ftO Will OaVB ie llllin-ni . J ... 'T"Q JIUSCUIH Ul i' - - news associations at the same rates or I higher than th friendship of the ma- charges. Over other news associations the Associated Press has no advantage whatever in rates. The word rate -tot all is the same, the mileage rate -for wires is the same. The Oregonlan Itself collects most of the news of the Pacific Northwest, as special service. This news, as' tho columns of The Oregonlan show. Is of great length and bulk. It runs into many thousands of words dally. For Us carriage by telegraph from points In Oregon, "Washington, chine or the approval of organized wealth. The arrangement squeezes out the high-minded man and substitutes In his place one of two types either the rich corruptlorist who buys his way in and serves the corporations as a part of them, or else the unscrupulous poor man who craves the office for what he can make out of It, Neither is a public servant In any true sense of the term. As long as the Senate is composed of Idaho and California, The Oregonlah these two types, the trusts will turn to pays from one-third to one-half cent 'a word. It is. a rate open to every one who wishes to publish a newspaper in Portland. The Oregonlan also has a heavy special report from the East chiefly from "Washington. For this tele graphic service It also pays the open rate one and one-quarter cents a word. (Testerday the rate Inadvertently was stated to be one and three-quarters.) "Whoever may want special sews from "Washington, New Tork or .other East ern cities for a paper at Portland may have it carried by either telegraph com pany at the same rate The Oregonlan pays. Whatever newspaper or news as sociation wants the use of a wire may get it at the same rate -which The Ore gonlan and Its associates pay; and there are two telegraph companies to deal with, each of which will be glad to get as many customers as it can serve. It has now been shown fully that there can be no monopoly ot news, and that no newspaper, "no news association, has or can have any advantage over It in hope, and the people will turn away from it in disgust. There was a time In our history when Legislative bodies needed' to be assured of conservative regard for corporate in terests. That was when our railroads and manufactures and financial Institu tions were struggling for a secure foot ing In the battle for life. The danger then was from unwise and unreasoning antipathy to legitimate wealth. But that time has passed away, and we have emerged upon an era when the prudent and well-disposed are most concerned for the protection of the people from encroachments of wealth illegitimately won, and for the protection of society from the consequences of Its own un restrained wrath, engendered by tho spectacle of inordinate wealth and power, gained through special privi leges. "We often say that this untoward sit uation in the Senate will continue until Senators are elected by direct voto of the people, and probably that is true. be done by the canal and locks when completed. After that there will be no use for It, and It will be abandoned. It will hasten the day of relief for the pro ducers of the Upper Columbia Basin, which service will be worth all that it Is proposed to pay for It. Though this Is a much more extensive project than that at the cascades, it in volves the same economic principles, and there is as much reason for expect ing good results from the present bill as from the experiment at the cascades. This will not be an experiment. And If It we re j the great benefit promised would warrant this effort on the part Oregon to get larger use of tho Colum bla River. mental policy. Some one sent to the membera ot the Legislature at Salem yesterday copies of an editorial paragraph In The Ore gonlan last Saturday relative to the proposed State Bureau of Information. This might have been well enough. But . .. ... . 1 . . I TV anu llu " I" " " I xiia ... 1.1- - - .. . .. . . in iisi coumcii, " !"-""" - 1 carrying doubtful states man onruuo 1 ceived as a oequesi imm ... 1- - - . . 1 rmiiA ne namea. im t.- Mamei i' ,....-. . . .. .. - 1 . 1 nfljnrers. iiwi i. j ."ea .- 1 1 uimnian iuiu uuu.ii.1.. "J The Province of the Press. St, Louis Post-Dispatch. Tho greatest public service a newspaper can periorm is nuunuij "-----,-..V.iin -ii .t of nhlie Interest, This cured a lot of envelopes bearing The f the Doblln-Qulgg case at Washington l3 not onir a right; It Is a jluty. ;Andhewho Somebody Should Be Punished. New Tork Evening Post, All organs ot public opinion In Congress, this same some one had somehow pro- the press and the bar ought to take notice Oregonlan Imprint, and used them to and not allow It to pass off ns a mystery. still lets as a matter for Jest or sarcasm. would restrain the liberty of tho press O ff till TH IITLI ill LB. lUKC .- .-w and a cross or tne region ot xiuuu. l'LtiASAA iiuuj Dr. Kailey (looking at thermometer) 'unmnn 1 l uou l j . ... tho right and perform- sick Student 'Then why did you take ltt mane me Miciusurua, i-uuti-jiui, wc nu- n u perfectly certain that perjury has " " of the QUty is an anachronism, a uarvara lampoon. I nrAInn that thev had been sent from 1 hn mmin,.l nf a nAn,,iiriv -hraxen nnd I 1 i nf nn ,ni when manhood Bnure "I was knocked senseless Dy a. enc OI 1 n.. , m 1... rm.n -i-nni j t, i .i,.w. ,h- nn- . ' . f.,lnm iko I .t hull two years aco." The Boy m ins u . -": . ""?'". " ';"". .7.,ij snranK. ueiuie , n-r-"When does yer expeclc ter get over it Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, whose open campaign against vice created a sensa tion that had its day and passed on, has now on hand a scheme for the pub lication of an Ideal dally newspaper in New Tork. Not & religious, paper. Dr. Parkhurst has lived close enough to modem life to know that Journals of that class belong as distinctly to the past as do the doctrines of Jonathan Edwards. He has in mind a paper that will give "clean, wholesome news that will educate and not degrade the public taste." He proposes to print facts with out elaboration or embellishment, and to print them tor Just what they are worth, If printable. He believes that, This is not the way The Oregonlan doeei ruptlon of a Congressman was attempted t pretty dream. ... 1 I I I .. . . H.nn n n thn mthlln 1 111 UlUCr IU t,Vb lliUUCJ UUUI IUC llUUIil, 1 - treasury. Moreover, the dignity and , Hands Full. authority of Congress nave been insulted - Francisco Call. business, and it expressly disavows 're sponsibility for such an attempt in such a way to influence the Legislature. ner "When does yer Glasgow Evening Times. Deacon-"I-lttle boy! Why are yon not -i fh, T.iitiB Hov "Wlir ain't I churcnl iiunj- urei .. - erel ketched In a churcnl" rocx- And speaking of the mellifluent names In the State of Washington, name tho counties running up tho north bank of the Columbia, There's Pacific, Wah kiakum, Cowlitz, Clark: Skamania. Klickitat, Taklma, Kittitas more mu sic for you than In any other similar list of counties In the country. Thirty-three states have the per diem allowance for legislators, ranging from $3 In Oregon, Kansas and Vermont to and flouted In tho most glaring manner. . v,-, Amnhatlcally ex- " f"c" lm.lB.." ",." "Th" 7. -XT pressed the opinion that rresiaem in- She-"I most say that I am disappoint . . Z - I nnrA HndSCVElU I in VOU. mere WM - -n - - - i -hniiTrt k-eep ni3 iiiinn . I were a. man wi i"'" " l!irlmmdATirA- I ButJU'u ...tlnniil TtHolntnrA I . . i t immid to vou. of course L.- i.o on-insr. The Senator might nichmond Dispatch. laanK jich in cue Aral;. i havo adclea mill imu : I ' i in.- - j - - .. , ......o - - . . . ., . I . n . I n. . inrnlhlnD. HI T nn K 1 II 1 1 . i am I 111 1 the Army Is In much better condition than the Navy. It la substantially correct to say that any American soldier of Intelli gence and energy can raise nimselt rrom tho ranks to shoulder straps, but the treatment of the men by the officers Is such as to discourage ambitious but self- respecting young men from entering the drop. IS In Nevada and California, while twelve states pay salaries from $150 per Army with a view pf climbing to the top. the public is hungering for a publica-l term In Maine, to J1E03 per session In tlon of that kind, and will buy It eager- Pennsylvania. ly. The theory does credit to Dr. Park- hurst's lov for and) faith in humanity. In reducing this theory to practice, however, the, good man will most likely be subject to a painful awakening. The Representative Jones applies to the Washington Legislature for Instructions on the checkerboard bllL Why should An Insult to the Unbblts. San Francisco Call. Tho Legislators of Utah have raised their voices to high heaven in a howl of Indignation because a newspaper com pared them to a bunch of jack rabbits. upon aumo he go to this supererogatory trouble? I This unwarranted assault newsnaner that mints the news In de- I '.Will he obey as to checkerboards tha I creatures of tho earth cannot but excite jjua v. r - . u - j - a v. v f w i - - - - - - . . otters la telegraph rajes. It has "been I Tet It does not need, to be true. If the tall is not simply an upstart business I voice he scorned a Cuban reciprocity? j sympamy. Adieu, My Xntlve Shore. Lord Byron. Adieu, adleol my native shore Fades o'sr the waters blue; The night winds sigh, tho breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Ton sun that seU upon tho sea We follow In his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee. My natlre land good-night 1 A few short hours and he will rise , To give the morrow birth: And I shall, hall tho main and skies. But not my mother earth. Deserted In my own good hall. Its hearth Is desolate; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall, My -dog howls at tho gate. to think so." Boston Transcript, th knowledge that a man is in love M. iia.. - 1 1 n i n nn r Know. hub the matter with the knowledge that two Dally News. now. I hear." ansa speiix "Am yes; M,t Chellus "The Ideal How the time." Philadelphia Press. Serlbblez-"Confound it. Maria! dldn t ..ii ,n . V. . hah, ,nnih Tivt h ! Hi' " J on my aes.. ms iie eii. you any mischief T" Scribbler "I should say has! Shea written s Historical novel. Judge.