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perature, 48 dcg.; minimum temperature, 40
deg.; precipitation, 0.14 inch.
TODAY'S "WEATHER Rain ; brisk to high
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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10.
ANOTHER SPASM! IS OVER,
There are those whose participation
3n public affairs Is of the steady, effect
ive sort, and there are others -who
throw fits at Irregular Intervals, some
harmless and some charged with mis
chief. Our public school system Is the
"victim of many such spasms; but the
one which Portland has just been in
vited to witness has come and gone
without causing a ripple on the educa
tional stream.
The authors of these epileptic mani
festations allow the years to pass with
out any practical effort In behalf of the
schools. They Ignore the board, they
never have a good word for our faith
ful, hard-working teachers, they never
visit the schools to enlighten their ig
norance as to what Is actually being
done. If they have children they prob
"obly send them to private schools. , Tet
when other subjects have palled Upon
their excited fancy, they take up the
schools and try to show that everything
is all wrong.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
School Board Is managing the district
with intelligence, energy and fidelity;
notwithstanding the splendid showing
made by this city and state whenever
competitive exhibits are sent abroad;
notwithstanding that our teachers are
as able and conscientious as any In the
land, while our text-books and the
progress of our pupils compare favor
ably with any elsewhere in public or
private schools, there must; always
arise. It would seem, every little while
some agitation for change in the man
agement. It was hardly to be expected that the
annual sohool meeting would pass off
without any mention whatever of these
schemes for bonding the district or
buying playgrounds or In any way
revolutionize the existing customs. Tet
such was the'event, and It Is subject for
congratulation all round. The less
these spasms are permitted to disturb
the orderly course of Instruction the
"better. It Is disastrous to harass the
board In Its work, to hound the Super
intendent and principals with uncer
tainties and to keep the teachers won
dering what new fad they will next
have to prepare for. The only conso
lation In the violence at these spasms
Is that the more acute they are the
sooner they are over. All hands can
now resume work in. comfort and cheer,
knowing that for another year at least
the Buttinskis will leave them alone.
A GRATIFYING REPORT.
Carroll D. "Wright, Commissioner of
Labor, whosename carries everywhere
the respect that is the meed of Intelli
gent, careful, earnest effort, comments
at some length In hts recent official re
port upon the growth of sentiment In
favor of arbitration In the adjustment
of differences between employers and
employes. Arrayed upon the side of la
bor In favor of arbitration are John
Mitchell and Samuel Gompers, with a
nuir.ber of thoughtful men who follow
where these men lead; upon the other
side, leading statesmen like President
Roosevelt. Senator Hanna and Judge
Gray, of Delaware, are quoted in advo
cacy of the plan, which provides that
disinterested men be called upon to set
tle questions which arise between labor
and capital. "While strikes of greater
or less magnitude and retaliatory lock
outs have given expression to an an
tagonism between these two forces that
should not exist, Mr. "Wright says that
the Instances in which differences have
been adjusted by timely arbitration In
the year covered by his report greatly
exceeded in number those which were
made manifest by violent and arbitrary
methods.
This indicates that capital and labor
are "getting together" upon one point
at least. Both recognize the fact that
strikes, in the long run. do not pay;
that, on the contrary, they are ruinous
to all concerned, and that they afford
opportunities on both sides for the un
reasoning element that is too often In
control to work Injury to business, to
the prosperity of wage-earners and to
the community. Those who would re
eort to violence and lesser degrees of
lawlessness are being discountenanced
by the true friends ot labor. Of the
employing force or element, those who
In common parlance "grind the face of
labor" are being compelled by public
opinion to modify their methods and
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treat their employes with justice and
humanity. In brief, Mr. "Wright says
that "there is no labor revolution or
labor war ahead of us'; that the rate
of wages is higher than ever "before,
and that the outlook both for capital
and labor la -steadily improving.
This view does not accord with the
findings of Mr. Bay Stannard Baker, as
set forth In a number of magazine ar
ticles in recent months, but it is well
to remember that it is the deliberately
formed and carefully expressed opinion
of a man who is in no sense a senti
mentalist, but who pursues his inves
tigations in this field as a man of offi
cial responsibility and unbiased mind.
The country is to be congratulated on
the showing made by this report, since
it indicates that, with a few isolated
exceptions, relatively inconsiderable,
labor conditions throughout the United
States are more satisfactory than they
have been for many years, the prevail
ing opinion to the contrary notwith
standing. Cheerfulness on the part of the la
borer and magnanimity on the part of
the capital istr-a willingness of each to
view conditions from the other's stand
pointare things that men who under
stand human nature and its basks prin
ciple selfishness are not looking for.
But If each shows a disposition to listen
to the other, and to concede something
to the other for the sake of harmony
and the general good, there is much
cause for public gratification and a
promise of continued industrial pros
perity. This the Commissioner of La
bor finds to be true, and his report
ought to set at rest many of the dole
ful apprehensions and prognostications
of a "labor war" that pass current as
news or form' the basis of sensational
stories.
THINGS THAT MONEY CANNOT DO.
"When Senator "Warren, of "Wyoming,
declared before the National Livestock
Convention that the delegates had
formed so favorable an impression of
Portland and had been so well treated
that they should all come back in 1905
and bring their families and neighbors
to the Lewis and Clark Exposition, he
voiced what seems to be the common
feeling of the visitors.
It means a great deal for the City of
Portland and for the State of Oregon
that 2000 visitors, representing the
brains, push and wealth of the other
side of the Bocky Mountains, have been
taken care of so hospitably that they
are anxious to come again and will
speak a good word for us, our resources,
our climate and our good-fellowship
wherever they go. It Is a work for
which all who have contributed may
feel a consciousness of duty well done.
This Is a work that money cannot do.
The spirit of good-will and kindliness,
the friendly greeting, the thousand and
one acts of interest and helpfulness
which make up the true welcome are
things which, as they reach the heart,
can spring only from the heart. Money
can run trains and hire halls and pay
board and lodging, but all the money In
the National banks could not send these
delegates home with tender memories
of an Oregon welcome.
The benefits of this good service will
be multiform and manifold, reaching
not only to the Centennial In 1905, but
on through the years In material gains
and social delights and Increasing In
vestment and commerce; but perhaps
the greatest benefit of all will be the
reward of those who have done their
part weU. The railroad men. stock
men, theatrical men and citizens gen
erally who have collaborated upon this
good work may well feel proud of their
labor of love and of public spirit. "We
shall not name them, for they are too
many, and it was not for newspaper
fame the work was done, but in obedi
ence to a sense of 'duty and the prompt
ings of geniality which make their own
best reward.
THE SEATTLE OX GORED.
There are wholesale quantities of
truth In that old statement regarding
the Identity of the ox that was gored
making a great difference in the view
point of the owner. A case In point Is
the great hullabaloo the Seattle papers
are making over some alleged Insinua
tions against the Seattle harbor. Some
individual, whose brains, If he had any,
were so hopelessly bound up In the red
tape of the department that they were
not working, started a report that Seat
tle harbor was unsafe for the transport
Dix "because she had previously
grounded there." Of course this report
was far nearer the truth than anything
that the Seattle papers have ever said
about the harbor of Portland, but It
was not the truth and should not have
been taken seriously In any quarter.
In spite of Its ridiculous nature, the
Post-Intelligencer considered It suffi
ciently Important to demand the print
ing of nearly two columns of proof to
the contrary, and also made-itthe sub
ject of serious editorial comment. The
Seattle Times. In Its usual hysterical
manner well, every one knows how
the gallant Colonel Blethen would turn
his batteries of small caps, full-face
type and Italics, exclamation points,,
etc., on such a story, and It is needless
to repeat his comment. Here is what
the fair-minded Colonel had to say
about Portland harbor a few days be
fore: And so Portland didn't get that order for
hay after all! When the "War Department
fully realised what a solemn ass the head
thereof had made of himself he promptly
revoked the Portland order and accepted the
bids from Seattle. This was natural and
proper for an honest man. The only way
the order could have been handled from
Portland -would have been to noat the feed
down to the mouth of the Columbia and
put it on board the transport Dix by the
aid of lighters. This would have cost two
prices in the end and subjected the "War De
partment to universal criticism.
Now, there Is much more willful mis
representation in the nbov clipping
from the Seattle Times than could pos
sibly be construed from the erroneous
report regarding the experience of the
Dix in Seattle harbor. The Dix can
safely load to her capacity of hay and
oats at Portland docks, and there is not
the slightest danger of her going
aground so long as she keeps in the
channel. It Is undoubtedly true that
she grounded at the "West Seattle docks,
for other ships have grounded there.
They ground in all of the best harbors
of the world whenever they get out of
the proper channels, and the -errors on
the part of the men in charge can. in
no way be traceable to any fault of the
harbor and its surroundings. "Why,
then, the necessity for such a vast
amount of explanation when similar
malicious reports against Portland har
bor are given the widest possible pub
licity by these Paget Sound "knock
ers"? The P.-L, while seldom missing an
opportunity to give Portland's harbor
an unpleasant notice, has had less, to
say about the proposed trip of the Dix
to this city than has been printed In the
hysterical Times. Unlike the Times, it
does not blame Portland for the ridic- '
ulous report "sent out from "Washington,
and, commenting on what constitutes jr
good harbor, says:
"Wharves are always built within the
closest proximity to deep -water and in
many of the nnest harbors of the -world
marine men point out that it is necessary
to do more or less dredging. They cannot
be constructed In -water 6f great depth.
This is a confession of great import
ance, for nothing heretofore printed by
a Puget Sound paper would indicate
that the world contained any good" har
bors except those located on Puget
Sound. Portland can now continue her
dredging with the comforting belief
that other first-class harbors use the
same methods for maintaining their
high degree of excellence. As for Se
attle, she can find solace In the thought
that In the end lies recoil on the liars.
At the same time she should remem
ber that wherever there are glass
houses stone-throwing Is an unsafe
pastime.
POLITICAL GENERALS.
Somebody "said that there was more
wretched logic pleaded by able men In
defense of human slavery than for any
other bad cause' that ever engrossedJ
me American pumic. The ( only excep
tion to this judgment is the case Of
General "Wood, which is so weak that
even able newspapers that defend him
are obliged to take refuge in real or
pretended ignorance in order to find an
argument. General "Wood's case is so
weak that his friends always ignore the
reaT issue and invert or pervert the
facts. The objection to General "Wood
Is not that he was appointed to the
Army from civil life, for by that road
Miles, Brooke, Chaffee and Young en
tered the regular Army, but these fine
soldiers served over forty years before
they obtained a Major-Generalship.
Miles and Brooke in four years of hard
fighting, in which they were desperate
ly wounded more than once, fought
their way to the command of a division
with the rank of Major-General of Vol
unteers, "but were obliged to enter the
regular Army after the close of the
Civil "War with the rank of Colonel and
Lieutenant-Colonel, respectively. Chaf
fee and Young both served through the
Civil War and were subaltern officers in
the regular Army at its close. The out
break of the Spanish "War In 1898 found
Young a Colonel of Cavalry and Chaffee
a Lieutenant-Colonel.
This was all that two exceptionally
brilliant and hard-fighting officers had
obtained in over thirty-five years of
hard service in the regular Army. As
sistant Surgeon Crawford, U. S. A., who
came out of the Civil "War a Brigadier
General of Volunteers, commanding a
division In the Fifth Corps, was given
nothing but his lineal rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
In the regular Army. The
objection to General Wood lies In the
fact that he Is absolutely without any
military education; he has not been ed
ucated at any military school, which,
however, would not be urged against
him If he had been educated in the
school of the battlefield and Army life,
where Brooke, Miles, Chaffee and
Young mastered their profession. He
rode with a regiment of volunteer cav
alry for ten days and then he was made
Military Governor, and with this utter
ly inadequate military education he was
appointed a Brigadier-General In the
regular Army, a reward given to only a
single volunteer officer of our Civil "War.
There Is no force In comparing the case
of General "Wood with that of "Wheeler,
"Wilson and Lee, for they were not only
graduates of "West Point, but had all
risen in the Civil "War by thelrabillties
to the rank of corps commanders.
The objection to General "Wood is not
that he was educated In civil life, but
that he has received no military educa
tion In any school of peace or war that
justifies Ijls appointment to a General's
commission In the regular Army. Gen
eral Sheridan had to fight In the great
battles of Perryvllle, Stone Blver,
Chlckamauga, the "Wilderness and "Win
chester before he was made Brigadier
General, U. S. A. McClellan, Grant and
Sherman were men of military educa
tion and military experience In Mexico.
It Is true that General Chaffee was but
a Colonel when he was made Major
General, but he had nearly forty years
of hard military service behind him.
This is the point that General James
H. "Wilson, of the retired list of the reg
ular Army, made In his testimony
against General "Wood; that it was not
a question of appointment from civil
life -or "West Point that was in debate;
It was the gross wrong to the Army to
make a man Brigadier-General, with
the duties and promotion It Implied,
who was nothing but a political favor
ite. He had no record of service behind
him that Implied anything but the mere
personal courage In action that the stu
pidest noncommissioned officer Is
obliged to possess and exhibit before he
can get his stripes. General "Wilson is
too eminent as a soldier and a citizen
to have his testimony treated with con
tempt. He was a distinguished scholar
when graduated from "West Point In
I860, and at the close of the Civil "War
he was Major-General of Volunteers,
commanding a corps of 15,000 cavalry
when he was but 27 years of age. He
resigned In 1S70 and became greatly dis
tinguished In civil pursuits, returning
to our Army In 189S as Major-General
of Volunteers, and going upon the re
tired list as Brigadier-General In 1901.
The Philadelphia Press, which Is not
hostile to General "Wood,, referring to
the Influence exercised by General
James H. "Wilson against General
"Wood, said that "in whatever General
"Wilson did he acted from his conscien
tious conviction of right." Now. whv
did this veteran General "Wilson rise upJ
General "Wood? He did it because he
can remember in our Civil "War that the
Confederates the first two years of the
war had the best of us in battle be
cause they had no "political" Gen
erals. There were no experiments
tried in the army of Northern Vir
glnla. The most distinguished officers
of the'old Army that the Southern Con
federacy could obtain were put In the
highest posts. The war was conducted
on strict military principles on thelr
slde. and because of this they were able
to gain successes that would otherwise
have been unattainable with their lim
ited resources. On the other hand, on
the Union side Fremont, Dix, Schenck.
Schurz, Butler, Patterson, Banks, were
made Major-Generals. They were all
men of ability In civil life, but without
any military experience or education,
and were speedily found unfit for a
command in the field. Butler, who was
a better Military Governor than "Wood,
was a calamity In the field; Banks, a
very brave man personally, was with
out any military Judgment or knowl
edge, and was beaten In the "Valley,"
beaten at Cedar Mountain and defeated
on the Red River expedition. Patterson
allowed Johnston to join Beauregard at
Bull Run. Schenck was a brave sol
dier, but Incompetent for a Major-General's
command In the field; Fremont
was so worthless that even the amia
ble Lincoln lost all confidence in -his ca
pacity. Dix was good for nothing save ,to
draw his salary as full 'Major-General
of Volunteers. "With the possible ex
ception of Fremont, all of those men,
had they begun at the bottom as sub
altern officers and gradually learned the
art of war by experience In the field, as
did Miles, Brooke, Barlow, Logan and
John,E. Smith, would have made
excellent commanders, -but, made Major-Generals
from clvll life without
either scientific education or experience,
they were foreordained to failure. Gen
eral "Wilson knew the history of the
worthless "political" Major-Generals of
our Civil "War, and he did not want the
regular Army to 'be demoralized by the
spectacle of a Colonel of Volunteer
Cavalry of ten days service In the field
being promoted to the rank of Major
General In the permanent establish
ment. Except as a demoralizing prece
dent. General "Wood won't do any Harm
unless we have war with a first-class
power, and In that event General "Wood
Is not fitted for a Major-General's com
mand in the field, for he-has had no
military education and only trivial mili
tary experience. General "Wood Is noth
ing but a "political" General. He can
not lay claim to a scientific military
education and training or any experi
ence In civilized warfare beyond his few
days with "the Rough Riders." He Is
doubtless a man of personal courage,
energy and ability, but so were all our
"political" Generals during the Civil
"War, who conducted their armies with
the energy of the devil into the deep
sea of defeat and disaster.
"When the news of the Chicago theater
fire spread consternation throughout
the land, Portland, In common with
other cities, held Its breath, so to speak,
at the possibility of a like calamity that
Its people had escaped. The first
thought was, "perhaps our theaters are
death traps, too," and recollections of
times when each of them had been
crowded to Its utmost capacity caused
our citizens to shudder with dismay.
Recovering from the recoil, steps were
at once taken to discover if, in case of
panic, our playhouses could be emptied
with a promptness that would avert' the
loss of human life. The work of In
spection has progressed without fear or
favor, and the public Is rejoiced to
learn that the theaters are In the main
all that prudence requires, the few
changes advised being agreed to with
out contention by the managers. "While
It Is Impossible to Insure a panic
stricken crowd from Injury, the pro
claimed fact that the Marquam Grand
has one exit for every 100 persons that
it can seat; that these exits- are all
plainly indicated by the trend of the
aisles and by Illuminated signs, and
that In the opinion of the Investigating
committee the theater Is as safe as It
Is possible for a theater to be made, will
go far toward preventing a panic in
case some excitable person calls "fire."
If Rev. Mr. Kennedy, of Hillsboro,
was in Portland the whole of the night
upon which the "Warren residence, near
that town, was burglarized, last Fall,
It may be hoped that he will be able
to prove this to the satisfaction of the
jury, if he succeeds In establishing an
alibi, the testimony of the two. women
who were robbed upon that occasion
will go on record as a most astonishing
Instance of mistaken Identity, since
both swear positively that he Is the
man who burglariously entered the
house on the night in question and de
liberately purloined their valuables.
The case Is in many ways a most dis
tressing one. It menaces the reputa
tion of a man of hitherto blameless
life, shadows with disgrace the calling
which he followed, and, has already
brought acute suffering upon- his fam
ily. Perhaps the saddest feature of It
all Is that a man of his profession and
education should be compelled to rely
for his defense against a charge of
burglary upon his ability to establish
an alibi. Character should provide a
defense In such a case that would be
Invulnerable.
The Coroner's jury has decided that
the late Mr. Fuller, of Beaverton, was
to blame for getting drunk and lying
down on the railroad track at a time
when a freight train was scheduled to
pass the particular point chosen by him
for a resting place. The railroad track
as a couch for the inebriated Individual
or a boulevard for the deaf pedestrian
has always been a prime favorite. In
the case of the drunks, society Is not
usually a distinct loserand the supply
of spirituous liquors In the bonded
warehouse does not become topheavy,
for with the drunkards like the occu
pants of the jimjam menagerie, "the
more you kill the more they cbme."
The deaf man Is frequently a good citi
zen, and the tie-walking habit which
carries him off Is to be regretted. And
yet science, with all Its wealth of re
search, stands baffled In an attempt
to explain the peculiar Impulse that
makes the railroad track such an at
tractive place for the drunk and the
deaf.
The Southland honored In a fitting
manner one of the heroes of her great
struggle for separate National existence
by the grief with which she stood be
side the bier of General John B. Gor
don. The last conspicuous figure on
the Confederate side of the great Re
bellion, his comrades of the lost cause
paid General Gordon the respect due
to a brave man, an Intrepid soldier and
a faithful citizen of the South. Time
has softened the asperities of the con
flict, and the people of the North, as
was seemly, looked on In respectful
silence while their brethren of the
South consigned the body of this last of
their fighting Generals to the grave.
The latest bulletin Issued by the Uni
versity of "Washington contains a
monograph on Chief Seattle by Frank
Carlson. Seattle must always take a
peculiar Interest In the fine old chief
whose name she bears, and this bulletin
brings together many scattered facts
concerning him and his descendants,
and It contains all that Is 'likely to be
known of this 'leader of a vanishing
race.
A novel method of showing at a
glance the material growth of Chehalls
has been adopted by the Bee-Nugget.
A diagram showing the number of
smokestacks on January L 1902, Is con
trasted with one showing the number
on January 1, 1904, and the difference
Is an Index of the great progress made
by the city.
The midwinter number of the Los
Angeles Times is a great publication,
and makes a bulky volume descriptive
of. Southern California Pages of pic
tures help the reader to realize the
charraa of the state to thTsouth of us.
SPIRIT OF THE K0RT HWEST PRESS
Guiding Principle Well Understood.
Seattle Argus.
Two strangers were arrested Sunday on
suspicion of desiring to get hold ot some
money belonging to a friend. If this is a
crime it would be well to lock up the
whole city at once.
Companions Jn Misfortune.
Salem Journal.
The Oregonlan never copies anything
from the Journal or refers to George C
Brownell without paying .them the compli
ment of a slur. The Journal can stand
it, and as George C has no newspaper
he'll have to.
The Astoria Philosophy.
Astoria Astorian.
A burglar recently entered the residence
of Representative Bailey, of Multnomah
County, and, among other things, stole
an umbrella valued at ?50. The circum
stance is Interesting as showing that it
was worth $50 of somebody's good money
to see that Bailey got in out of the wet.
Compliments to the Delegation.
Chewaucan Post.
Oregon is very fortunate in having such
an able delegation in Congress, for at the
present time our needs and wants are so
numerous and of such vast Importance
and magnitude that it takes ability of a
superior nature to combat the opposition
that arises in matters of great moment.
"We believe our Senators and Representa
tives are fully able to the. task.-and that
the people wilr be more Than satisfied
with their work.
No Such Luck.
Condon Globe.
Over at Long Creek the editors are said
to be on the warpath for each other with
big six-shooters and there Is danger of
serious trouble. "Why don't some law and
order citizen pour oil on the troubled
waters by paying up his subscription to
both brothers and thus put them both In
a good humor with all the world. He would
be surprised to see how quickly the at
mosphere would clear and each would
say to the other: "Come on old men. let's
go and take something."
Coasting Modes in Malheuri
"Westfall "Western "Ways.
"Westfall patterns after no one.
Etiquette Is cast aside.
Boys and girls', all dressed In Levi's,
Gather on the hill to slide.
Graceful, happy, careless daughters.
With their brothers, fond and true.
All together, belly-buster,
Down the hill, all dressed in blue.
True this fun is all by moonlight,
"When everything's suppoted to go;
But -we doubt If they care a d-. sight.
Whether the gooslps like It or no.
Speaking From Experience, Probably.
McMinnville News.
A good many of the Democratic ap
pointees at the State Penitentiary are re
signing, and the busybodles are suggesting
causes. It Is possible, of course, that they
were asked to resign; but ltls also pos
sible that some of them did not have such
a hankering to walk around on the walls
and herd "cons" after the "new" wore off
their Jobs as they did before. The "snap"
of some of these state Jobs cannot be ap
preciated by anyone quite so much as
those who have tried them a few months.
Gentility in the Constabulary.
Aberdeen Bulletin.
A resident of Aberdeen made the remark
.that the office of Marshal wasn't much of
a place to fight about. This man Is mis
taken. Any office in the gift of the city
should be important enough as to secure
the best men. A genteel and a care
ful and conscientious man can make an
office Important, no matter how small the
pay. He can make the office better than
it is by his deportment. And though some
persons may criticise him for too much
dignity, at the same time they have un
derneath it all a respect, that, try as hard
as they may, they cannot completely con
ceal. Pennoyer, the Ideal.
Hillsboro Argus.
Portland is still having lots of trouble
with her Chief ot Police. Portland elect
ed a very elderly gentleman for the Mayor-
any, and is now reaping her reward. Mr.
Williams may be a very nice old man but
it was a shame to embitter hl3 declining
years with so heavy a burden as the ad
ministration of Portland proves to be.
But the politiclal bosses wanted him; they
have him; and now they would like to
run things; and the "old man" hangs to
original Ideas like a hound pup to a warm
fireplace. Meanwhile Joe Simon Is very
much pleased over the situation In the
Mitchell camp. Not having another Pen
noyer, who made Portland an Ideal Mayor,
the Democrats get but little unction out
of the present disgraceful condition qf
Portland's municipal politics.
. Idaho's Coming Statesman.
"Walla Walla Union.
Senator Smoot has engaged "W. E. Borah,
of Boise, Idaho, to be one of his attorneys
In the contest case before the Senate com
mittee on privileges and elections. Borah
was the most formidable candidate for the
seat which Senator Heyburn, of Idaho,
now holds, and Is regarded as. one of the
brightest young men In the West. A
dozen years ago he came to the State of
Idaho from Kansas with nothing but the
precepts he had picked up in a little law
office back in Kansas, coupled with his
own natural ability, as a capital, and
In the brief Interim he has resided In Ida
ho he has risen to a-yosltion of great
prominence, riot only In the practice of his
profession, but In the affairs of the state
as well. His name and fame are not con
fined to Idaho alone, but throughout the
entire Northwest his ability has been rec
ognized. Color Line in Coos.
Marshfleld Mail.
At the school meeting which is to be held
Friday night, one of the matters to be
acted upon Is the question of what to do
about the colored children who" have ap
plied for admission to the school. While
the Coast Mail does not wish to pose as
the all-wise mentor to tell this community
exactly what to do ia every case, it. will
suggest that this Is a question which
should be met openly and on a basis of
modern Americanism. Not only by the
laws of Oregon, but by the laws of justice
and humanity, these children are entitled
to the benefltof the public school. If this
district wantsNo bear the added expense
of hiring an extra room and extra teach
er, for the colored children to avoid the
possibility of some of the color rubbing
off on the other children, well and good;
but let something be done honestly and
above boardj and let us not try to shrik
or smother the responsibility.
The Days When He Was "It."
Hillsboro Independent.
' Judge M. L. Pipes' championing of the
civic righteousness, which Is seeking to
relnaugurate, through mandamus proceed
ings, the rule of graft In Portland, though
these reformers possibly have the best
of intentions in their blundering zeal, re
calls the days, not long ago, when he
was the power behind the bench In the
Police Court and "Put me off at Buffalo"
was Municipal Judge. Dally a crowded
courtroom enjoyed the reading of decl-
1 slons In which Intricate points of law were
nicely distinguished In that chaste ana
Vclasslc style characteristic of Mr. Pipes,
IVand then the mouthpiece would throw in
a few offhand, remarks of his own that
made Red Raven Splits slang sound like
Addison, or Issue a bench warrant for
some Presbyterian preacher whose last
sermon had scored the Municipal Court's
Incompetency and when the summon was
disregarded Judge Hennessy, made wise
by his mentor, would say that It wis only
an Invitation,
STANDARDS OF LEGAC ETHICS, f
St, Paul Pioneer Press. .
It is a matter of frequent comment-that
so large a proportion of lawyers seem to
take little interest In maintaining high
standards In their profession on Its ethical
side, it would be going too far to say
that this la true of the entire profession.
There are in almost every community
soma lawyers with a nlco perception of
their responsibilities to the public and to
the law whom no consideration can in
duce to prostitute their learning and skill
to unworthy causes. But it is noticeable
that even among those who recognize the
desirability ot such an attitude there is
an inclination to make the old plea that
If they "don't take the case somebody
else will." This laxity" appears more par
ticularly In civil cases, a large number of
which are palpably without merit and
some of which are trumped up and border
closely on extortion. Wall street is fa
miliar with a number of cases ot this
kind, and the many personal Injury suits
brought on the flimsiest pretexts on the
expectation that the jury can be depended
on to give the defendant corporation the
worst of It immediately suggests itself.
Yet while most lawyers regard the "am
bulance chaser" as a disgrace to the pro-,
fesslon they Tetuse to admit that there Is
anything censurable In taking a case that
If successful would work Injustice to pri
vate, or injury to public, interests. And a
large proportion of lawyers, whether in
support of a meritorious case or one with
out merit, make use of almost any distor
tion of the law of perversion of argument
on behalf of their ciIentsno matter what
the consequences. Many a project of great
public importance, and privately acknowl
edged as such by the opposing lawyers,
has been thwarted by a diabolical In
genuity In warping principles that are
fundamentally just and wholesome. It
may be freely granted that the line be
tween what Is and what Is not justifiable
,1s often Indistinct; but the point Is that
'even where that line Is broad and unmis
takable little attention is paid to It.
The theory from which this laxness
springs Is aparently" that legal learning
and skill are wares to be sold to the first
comer and that, having been sold, they
must be used Just as the purchaser would
have them used. In other words, the
lawyer puts himself In his client's place
and lo ready to resort to anything con
sistent with his professional standing to
further his -client's, cause. The result Is
that a profession which ought zealously
to guard the machinery of justice from
Injury becomes the agent of Its impair
ment. But, as has been said, there are not a
few lawyers who give their conscience
play not only in the taking of cases but
In the conduct of them. They fully rec
ognize the evil Of a low standard of pro
fessional ethics and protest against It. A
case In point was a recent address by
General Thomas H. -Hubbard, of New
York, in which the Idea that It is the
lawyer's duty to become "the tool of his
client's" plans and prejudices," and that it
is Justifiable to resort to "concealment,
evasion, exaggeration and strained Joglc"
is vigorously called In question. General
Hubbard suggested that the remedy lies
In the general adoption of the oath de
fining a lawyer's duties, prescribed by the
State of Washington, the only state. It
seems, whose oath sets an adequately high
ethical .standard. The oath Is as follows:
First I do solemnly swear that I will sup
port the constltuUon and laws of the State of
Washington.
Second That I will maintain the respect
due to courts of Justice and judicial officers.
Third That I will counsel and maintain
such actions, proceedings and (defenses only
as appear to me legal and Just; except the de
fense of a .person charged with a public of
fense. Fourth To employ for the purpose of main
taining the cause3 confided to me such means
only as are consistent with truth, and never
to seek to mislead the Judge by any arUflce
or false statement of facts or law.
Fifth That I will maintain Inviolate the con
fidence, and, at every peril to myself, preserve
the secrets of my client.
Sixth That I will' abstain from all offensive,
personality and advance no fact prejudicial to
the honor or reputation of a party- or witness,
unless required by the Justice of the cause
with which I am charged.
Seventh That I will never reject, from any
consideration personal to myself, the cause of
the defenseless or oppressed. So help me God.
This oath General Hubbard wants
amended by the insertion of the words
"or jury" In the fourth paragraph -after
"mislead the Judge" a very necessary
amendment. The value of suqh an oath
would not be that It would be respected
by the black sheep of the legal profes
sion, but that It would set before the
decent members of the bar a higher stan
dard of professional ethics than that now
thoughtlessly accepted as sufficient be
cause It has long been the standard. The
agitation, which la a prerequisite of the
adoption of the Washington oath, would
In Itself be wholesome.
Cervantes' Centenary.
Chlcaco Chronicle.
If honor Is to be given to anyone In this
world It is to the humorist who makes us
laugh. The very essence of humor is Joy
of the most delightful sort. It is a tri
umph, too, over the embarrassments of
life and the best exit out of perplexing
situations. While it Is no morallzer. It is
more efficient than sermons and conveys
the most delightful truths by the surest
methods.
Probably no author, not even Shakes
peare, himself, has created more laughter
than Cervantes. His "Don Quixote" is
new to each generation. It is read not
once, or twice, but opened again and again
to revel in the 'exquisite humor, to laugh
at the profound absurdities and the whim
sical turn of expressions.
It Is not strange, then, that Spain Is
casting about to determine the best way of
celebrating the 300th anniversary of the
appearance of "Don Quixote." One prop
osition Is to erect a statue of Cervantes In
a public square. Another plan is to pub
lish an "edition de luxe" of his works.
Both suggestions are good and both should
be carried out. ' '
With the celebration one fact should be
brought out clearly and that Is that the
mirth-provoking book Is not a satire on
chivalry or a laugh at Idealism. It Is true
that Cervantes ridiculed the prevailing
taste at that time for extravagant ro
mances of chivalry and the wild flights of
idealism that lacked any connection with
reality, but It would have been wholly
foreign to the traditions of his race and
his religion to have cast a slur on roman
ticism as such or to have ignored the prac
tical value of the Ideal.
Tet the book Is something more than
a purposeful novel; otherwise It had died
long ago. Its humor can be Interpreted in
a thousand ways, according to the age,
the taste or the experience of the reader,
and Its wisdom Is as applicable today as
it was three centuries ago for Don Quix
ote and Sancho Panza are alive today In
the reformer who alms at Impossibilities
and In the phllistlne who calls nothing
real that Is not made of dust.
Roosevelt and the Bosses.
New York Evening Post.
It Is asserted that six men could get to
gether tomorrow and decide that Roose
velt was not to be nominated, and he
would not be. This Is perhaps, true. The
Republican party, as a National organi
zation. Is peculiarly in the hands of a few
bosses. Especially Is their control easy
when large blocks of Southern delegates
would presumably respond In a crisis to
the nod of another quarter than that of
the White House. Mr. Hanna organized
tho Southern delegates in 1S9S as they
were never marshaled before. He has
never lost that control. In case he should
care to use It for himself or bis friends.
One Theory for Radium.
In a lecture In London, Sir William
Ramsay claimed that the new substance,
radium, gives off helium gas. Helium gas
has long been known to be one of the
constituents of the sun, and there is, of
course, a suggestion that the sun may
contain large quantities or radium, and
that this Is the chief course of Its power
ana enecis u$on tae. earm,
'.: NOTE AfiD COMMENT,
Chance to Shine Now. -Liar
Wheeler, a former Well-known
Albany boy, was In the city yesterday
while on. his way to his home In Port
land from a visit with his mother at
Plalnylew. He now has a good position
with the O. R. & N. Company In Port-land.-rAlbany
Herald.
try It On the Wheel.
Tha sum of the figures la the year low
amount to 14; that Is twice 7. any mulUpl
ot which Is said to be lucky. Good crop!
are already assured. Sheridan Sun.
Goes without saying a lobster.
No doubt the Rev. Mr. Kennedy regrets
that he .over learned to ride a wheel.
San Francisco glassblowers are on
strike, but her safeblowers work away.
The Denver News presents its readers
with "A Sunday Page of SclntlllanC Sport
Stunts."
"Your razor's on the hog." said the
disgruntled customer. And the barber
smiled.
One good thing about Pattl's farewell;
we don't have to worry over the word
diva any more.
Speaking of the size of flats, even a
flat-fish is not much thicker than a
sheet of paper.
Andrew Lang said recently: "A "crit
icism by a reviewer who knows his sub
ject is almost as distasteful to the public
as the book itself."
As a dally, of course, the Commoner
will be commoner, but It will have hard
work to beat the Hearst paper that Is to
run In opposition to it.
Some maker of epigrams said of Peel
that "he found the Whigs In bathing and
.stole their clothes." Some of the Dem
ocrats are watching for a chance to
steal Republican clothes. -
A young man who Is possessed of suffi
cient perseverance and Ingenuity to col
lect physicians' outstanding bills need
not take to swindling to make himself a
living. He Is fit for any position the
business world has to offer.
One of the best puns on record is th
answer made by a maid servant to a
fat Adonis of 50, who, in looking over z
new house, asked the girl if she was to
let with the establishment.
"No, sir," ' she answered, "please, sir,
I'm to be. let alone."
In Vancouver, B. C, a child has died
from Injuries caused by an umbrella held
lance-wise In the hands of a friend. And
yet numbers of well-meaning people will
persist In holding umbrellas In such a
fashion that they are a menace to the
eyes of every one else.
The infant mind in Boston early turns
to thoughts of literature. A writer in the
Boston Post facetiously gives the follow
ing beautiful quatrain from the pen oi
a Juvenile Bostonian:
Get out your brand-new cutter
And get your girl's consent.
Then hitch up Dobbin or some other cruttei
And let the animal went.
I sometimes wish
I were a fish.
They are such lucky fellers.
They do not care
For wet or fair.
Nor have to pack umbrellas.
Their peaceful life
Is free from strife,
.They heed not fashion's whim;
" The poorest one.
When all Is done.
Is strictly in the swim.
William Hart, junior, -of Eagle Pasa.
Tex., sends The Oregonlan his usual
semi-annual prognostication. Weather Is
Mr. Hart's special field of prophecy, and
In particular Oregon weather, which his
residence In Texas enables him to under
stand. Here Is the forecast for this
month:
January 1-2, rain or snow; 3-0, stormy,
rain or snow; 7-8, rain or snow; 0-10, stormy,
rain or snow; 11-1G, fair, frost: 17-24,
stormy, rain or snow; 23-27, fair, frost;
28-20, rain; 30-3 1, fair.
A neat dodge has been discovered by
the Jailer of Cook County, Illinois. The
efforts of the Chicago car-barn bandits
to escape have caused periodical searches
to be made of the cells. One prisoner
was found to have concealed a length of
rubber hose. When his friends came to
see him he stuck the hose through the
bars, put the end in a bottle In their
pockets, and the prisoner sucked up as
much whiskey as was possible In a lim
ited time without choking.
i
American Medicine contains a review
of "The Hygiene of Kissing," by Fere.
"According to Fere." says the reviewer,
"kissing Is a manifestation of sentiment,
and also a means of cooking and enact
ing it." This hardly required a scientific
investigation. But this Is better: "Aside
from tho danger of contagion certain
traumatic lesions may also be produced
by the art of kissing; and in some
neuropathic natures the kiss may consti
tute a harmful nervous shock." Just
what a traumatic lesion may be we do
not attempt to discover. It sounds terri
ble enough to stop kissing forever. As to
the nervous shock, the layman Is bet
ter qualified to speak. A kiss that didn't,
produce some nervous shock would be a
distinct failure, but we have never dis
covered anything harmful In it.
WEX. J.
OUT PF THE GINGER JAR.
"I thought it was a case of love at first
sight." "It was. But he concluded that sec
ond sight was best." Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. J. I wish you wouldn't snore so. . Mr.
j. i have to, my dear, otherwise the other
boarders would hear you. Columbia Jester.
Patience Do you like duplicate whist?
Patrice No; I don't like anything which
sounds like doubltf-deallng. Yorikers States
man. N
Willie Say, ma, what's a "counter-irritant?"
Mrs. Schopper (snappishly) Most any alei
person nowadays Is a counter-irritant. Phila
delphia Press.
"Were your remarks extemporaneous?" said
the constituent. "They was "worse," an
swered the local statesman. "They was
almest profane." Washington Star.
Lucille Were you not embarrassed when
young Br. Jones asked you tor your hand?
Ethel Dear me, yes! I hardly knew whether
he wanted to take me or my pulse. Puck.
Mamma Willie, how can you be so naughty?
I'll Just tell your papa- when he come home.
Willie G'on, Jest do It. an' see how quick
he'll spank you for tellln tales. Philadelphia
Press.
"I think, sir," said Woodby Biter, "you wUI
find this the most realistic society nov;el you
have' ever examined." "H'm, yes," replied
thfr editor, skimming through the pages of
manuscript, "the dialogue appears about as
dull as It could possibly be." Philadelphia
Press. ,
"What Is the difference." asked the Cheerful
Idiot, "between an old. neglected pair of
trousers and a bad boy. who persists In throw
ing stones at a beehive?" "Goodness knows."
responded the Weary Listener. "Of course, I
ueMb
nagging at the be3." Baltimore American,
A