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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 190o. READ SECOND TIME Jayne Local Option Bill in Com mittee on Education. H. B. 361. by McLeod To provide lor written opinions of Supreme Court only. In criminal and Important cases. U. B. 27(1. by Kay To take census of tate by Labor Commissioner. II. B. 27. by Huntley OsweRO charier. PASSAGE IN GREAT DOUBT Radical Changes Will Have to Be Made, at Any Rate, to Meet the Views, of Members of the Upper House. SALiEM, Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) Tho Jayne local option law was read the second time In the Senate today and was referred to the committee on education. composed of Senators Loughary. Haines and Pierce. This committee is not at all friendly to the liquor Interests and Is probably the last one to which the friends of the bill would have sent the bill If their in terests depended upon the committee's action. In the Senate it has been the custom to send all bills on the liquor traffic and public morals to the commit tee on education, and there was nothing unusual in sending; this bill to that committee. The great Interest that has been taken In this measure, however, fives it a prominence which makes the ac tion of the committee of little import ance. "Whatever tho action of the committee, the bill 1ms been discussed so much and is so well understood In Its details and in its purpose that the Senate will amend it. kill It or pass it without any regard wnatever to the re port of -the committee. With the or dinary bill the report of a committee is all-important, and often a bill can be killed by the amendments the com mittee makes or refuses to make. ft I vft uncertain what will be the fate of the Jayne bill, both sides claim- j ing a victory in siriii. it laui the bill cannot pass li its present form, nnd no attempt will be made to have it placed on final passage without amendments. It Is practically certain that bofore the final vote is taken the bill will be amended so as to eliminate the provision that precincts partly in tuid partly out of a municipal, corpora tion shall not vote on the saloon ques tion; also that the percentage of stgna Titrcs required will be reduced from 20 to 25 or 20 per cent, and that provision will be made for liquor elections in smaller towns as units and not by pre cincts. The committee on education will meet tomorrow to consider the bill. HOT LAKE COUNTY NOT' TO BE Bill Is Indefinitely Postponed After a Warm Debate. SALEM. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) Indefinitely postponed" was the fate of Hot Lake County In the House to day, though the bill creating the new county out of Union was recommended for passage by a majority of the coun ties committee and backed by the solid vote of Multnomah County. The ma jority report was turned down and the minority report substituted by a vote of 31 to 27. and the bill was then buried. It was a victory for the delegation from Union County in both houses, for Senators Pierce and McDonald and Representatives Dobbin and McLeod have fought the new county, tooth and nail. The majority of the counties committee. Henderson. Jayne and Von der Hcllen. recommended that the bill pass and that the name of the new county be "Clark." but the minority. Blakley of Umatilla, who introduced the bill by request, and Burgess of "Wasco recommended the contrary, ainyger of Columbia was excused from voting. McLeod talked against the bill 20 minutes, despite the five-minute limit on debate. He declared the question to be a local matter, and stated that as the Union County delegation had al ways stood by other delegations in other local measures the members .should do the same for Union. He re viewed the county-seat fight between Ia Grande and Union City, and declared that three-fourths of the people of Union County were opposed to the di vision. He also paid his respects to the lobby from Union City working for the crealloa of the county. Jayne spoke for the majority of the counties committee, saying that a new county was not a local matter and that politics played a heavy part In "the cre ation of any new county. Clark county would have more taxable property than several existing counties, including Cascade. ilcLeod retorted that many of the names on the petition were those of women and little girls, including hotel waitresses, and said he was "fighting the battle or the poor farmers who would have no voice in the county matters against the crowd In Union City." Llnthlcum urged the adoption of the majority report, and so did Gra ham of Marion, bnt the roll call re sulted as follows on the adoption of the minority report: Ayes Barnes. Bingham. Burses?, Burns of Clatsop. Burn? of Coos, Caldwell. Carter, Cav nder. Col. Cornett, Dobbin, Donnelly. E1 warc, Fawk, Flint. Hermann, Huntley, Jack on. Kay, Kuney, Lavr, Mcleod. Mile. Hun kers. Newell. SHk. Smith of Baker. Smith of Jonephinc. Btelner, "West, Noes Bailey. Bramhall, Calvert. Capron, Chamberlain. Cooper. Crane, Graham, Gray, (Jriffln. Henderson, Holcomb. Hudson. Jagger. Jayne. Kllllngsworth. Ltnthicum, Mean., llulr. Hiohle. Shook, Sonneniami, Vawter. Von der Hi-llen. Welch, Speaker Mills. The Union City citizens' committee, which has faithfully fought for the new county for three weeks, left to night for home. They were: P. E. Cochran. "W. T. "Wright, B. F. "Wilson. M. F. Davis, of Union: George Downs, of North . Powder; George Holmes and Jasper Stevens, of Cove; I)r, Edwin. George F. Hall, George Baird. M. R. "Woodard. Dr. Saunders and Dunham "Wright, of Union. House Bills Passed at Night. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) Bills passed the House tonight as follows: H. 15. 371. by way and means committee To reduce appropriation for orphan asylums from 51 -.000 to $4000 a year. H. B. 3iJ. by Kuney Wasco charter. H. B. 205, by Huntley To require un registered electors to swear to their voting qualifications before election judge. n. B. SCO. by Donnelly To amend cede re lating to treasure trove. H. B. 234, by Laws Salaries of Clatsop officers. H. B. 146. by Cavender To reduce license on railor bo&rding-liouseK. H. B. 352. by Grlflln T regulate sleeping car rate. H. B. SfiO. by Mulr To mUe salary T clerk of Multnomah County to S8000 after first Monday In Jul. 1000. H. B. Zli". by Munkri To regulate fees of Sheriff In civil caie.. H. B. 10". by Sonneniami To tax gross earnings of telephone, telegraph and ex press companies. H. B. Sr.. by Col well To provide Justice of Peace In Multnomah with oKlees and sta tionery. H. B. ISi. by Smith ef Baker To pro vide for posting notice of annual work on raining claims. H. B. 272. by Hermann To abolish Hume salmon monopoly on Itogue River. H. B. 3411. by Gray To change time of publishing financial statements of coun ties. H. B. 279. by Chamberlain To require pub lishing of estraya. H. B. 344. by Jackson To protect tr.out In Rome Illvor. H. B. 128. by Gray To provide -30 days' Imprisonment for rambling. 11. B. 1SS. by Capron To raise fee for Is suing citizenship papers from ?1 to $5 in Multnomah. ARE ALL ONE NATION I ! (Continued from First 1'age.l Bills Passed by the Senate. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 15-(SpeciaJ.)-Bllls were passed by the Senate today as fol lows: S. B. 24", by Carter To place the proceeds of the huntem license tax at the disposal of the Game Warden. S. B. 183. by Kuykondall To require the State Treasurer to give an official bond with a surety company as surety. S. B. 230, by Laycock To fix the salaries of county officers In Grant County. S. B. 232. by Tuttle For the relief of ex Fish Commissioner F. C. Reed. S. B. 200. by Coke To change the boundary of Douglas and Coos Counties. S. B. 271. by Coke To fix time for holding terms of County Court In Coos County. S. B. 207. by Malarkey To prohibit girls under 21 years of age In saloons. S. B. 120. by Nottingham To prohibit use of side doom to saloons. S. B. 211. by committee on public build ings For purchase of land for school for feeble minded. S. B. 212, by Booth To forbid operation of poolrooms. Bills That Died in the Senate. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 33. (Special.) Ad journment of the Senate this evening left about a dozen bills in the hands of com mittees. All such bills are dead, for the reason that they cannot now be passed and sent to the other branch of the Leg islature. Some of the measures havo 'been left to die because similar bills have passed the House. Among the measures left In the hands of the committees are the following: Booth's bill to create the office of Pub lic Examiner. Coe's bill to prohibit use of open street cars In Portland in the Winter. Pierce's bill for reassessment of property where the first assessment Is declared Il legal. Holman's bill appropriating money for Archie Is. Pease. Whealdon's bill to revise the fishery laws. Brownell's bill for the publication of laws in newspapers. Coe's bill for the licensing of all classes pf healers. Hodson'e bill for a state board of account ancy. Brownell's bill to define the rights of riparian owners. Coehh bills for protection of insurance agents. Resolutions Adopted in the House SALEM. Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) The following resolutions were adopted by the House: H. R. 25. by Holcomb For Joint commit tee to fix compensation of clerks. H. C. R. 20, by Llnthlcum For Joint com mission to investigate project for bridge across Willamette at Mllwaukle. Bills Killed In House. SALEM, Or.. Feb. W.SpcciaU-The following bills were indefinitely postponed Jn the House today: H. B. 220, by Blakley To create Hot Lake County. H. B. CS; by Mulr To define duties of ex ecutors. It. B. 48. by Burns of Coos To regulate dams and obstructions In streams. H. B. 2S8. by Hermann To "enable cities and counties to aid construction of rail roads. H. B. 309. by Jagger To amend code as to holding elections as to running at large of livestock. II. B. 300. by Munkers To safeguard life and property on public roads, easements and lanes. H. B. 34$. by Shook To define duties of Game Warden on Rogue River. H. B. 350. by Smith of Josephine To regu late Jury trials In Justice Courts. H. B. 358. by Burns of Clatsop To regu late building of streets occupied by street cars. H. B. 347. by Stelner To license physi cians. H. B. 274. by Cooper To provide uniform law for laying out of road districts and vot ing precincts. H. B. 314. by Jackson To Amend code re la tins to laying out of public roads. H. B. 2C8. by Smith of Josephine For'pyb llcation of bills before sessions of Legisla ture H. -B. 34L by Sonnemann To encourage bet better preparation of teachers. Failed in House at Night. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) Bills failed of passage in the House tonight as follows: If. B. 0Sf by Capron To prohibit combina tions between fire Insurance companion H. B. 355. by Smith of Josephine To pre vent railroads from raising railroad ratos. H. B. 254t by Richie To establish State Board of Control. . H. B. 204. by Capron To prohibit special contracts in life Insurance. H. B. 51. by Cole (substitute) To provide for Irrigation commission and reclamation of arid lands. H. B. 353. by Smith of Baker To exempt mining companies from organisation tax. H. B. 200. by Bailey To purchase exeou tlve mansion. PEOPLE FOR PEACE. Grand Dukes Will Leave Decision to Assembly. CHICAGO, Feb. 13. (Special.) The Chi cago Dally New prints the following from a staff correspondent: Tsarskoe-Selo. In spite of all denials, it Is certain that the peace movement Is gaining ground. I am Informed byan ab solutely reliable authority here that the court and the Grand Dukes secretly favor peace, but that no one 1 willing to take the odium of a public declaration. There will be no active operations in Manchuria until after March, by which time the zemsky zabor (people's assembly) will have met and taken the responsibility of declaring for peace. After many Interviews In St. Petersburg and with intimates of the court here, 1 can affirm that, though Russia will not accept direct mediation for the termlna Hon of the war, there is a probability that It will gladly consider an American pro posal of conditions of peace upon which negotiations might "be begun. All eyee are turned toward the coming meeting of the people's assembly. The reforms that are being elaborated by the Committee of Ministers are commanding meager attention, because It Is generally felt that Its action will be superseded by the zemsky zabor. KUROPATKIN TO BE REMOVED Grippenberg May Supplant Him in Command in Manchuria. SPECIAL CAULK. CHICAGO. Feb. IS. My Tsarskoe-Selo Informant states definitely that General Kuropatkin will be replaced and that there only remains the qujeKion as to who is to succeed him. General Grippenberg is mentioned. Many Families Made Homeless. CHICAGO. Feb. 13. -Twenty-four families were made homeless today by a Are that destroyed a four-story flat building on the North Side, entailing a loss of 5100,000. There was a panlo among the occupants, but-it Is believed all escaped. will not change. In any future great National trial, compared with the men f thU. we shall have as weak and as Ktrong, aa silly and ' as wUe. as bad and as good. Let us, therefore, study the Incidents W tkls as philosophy to learn wisdom from, and none of them as wrongs te be revenged. ... May not all having a common Interest reunite in a com mon effort te (0?rve) our common country? For my own part. I have striven fend shall strive to avoid placing any obstacle In the way. So long a I have been here. I have not willingly planted a thorn in any man" bosom. While I am deeply sensible to the high com; pllmcnt of 2. re-leetIon. and duly grateful, as I tnut. to Almighty God for having directed my countrymen to a right cpnclufrtoR. as 1 think, for their own good, it add nothing to my tatUfactlon that any other man may be disappointed or pained by the result. "May I a.k thoi-c who have not differed with me to join with me in this same nrit toward those who have?" Should Show Lincoln's Spirit. This is the spirit In which mighty Lincoln nought to bind up the Nation's wounds whoa ILn ul was yet seething with fierce hatreds, with wrath, with rancor, with all the evil and dreadful passions provoked by Hvll war. Surely this is the spirit which all Americans should- show now, when there Ik o little ex cme for malice or rancor or hatred, wlwn there id so little of vital consequence to di vide brother from brother. Lincoln, himself a man of Southern birth, did not hesitate to appeal to the wni when he became satisfied" that In no other way couki the Union be eaved. for high though be put peace, he put righteousness still higher. He warred for the Union: he warred to free the lare; and when he warred, he warred In earnest, for It Is & sign of weakness to be half hearted when blow must be htruek. But he felt only lore, a love as deep as the tenderness of his great .ami sad heart, for all bis coun trymen alike in the North and In the South, and lie longed above everything for the day when they should onee more b knit together In the unbreakable bonds of eternal friend- chip. We of today, in dealing with all our fellow- cltlrens, white or colored. North or South. should strive to how Juet the qualities that Lincoln showed; His steadfastness In striving after the tight, and his infinite patience and forbearance with those who ?aw that right less clearly than be did; his earnest endeavor to do what was bet. nnd yet his readiness to accept the be.t that wa practicable when the ideal best was unattainable; his unceasing ef fort to cure what was evil, coupled with his refusal to make a bad situation wprse by any ill-Judged or 111-tlmrd effort to make It better. The great Civil War In which Lincoln tow ered as the loftiest figure left us not only a reunited country, hut a country which has the proud right to claim as Its own the glory won alike by those who wore the blue and by tho-e who wore the gray, by thoe who followed Grant and by those who followed Lec; for both fought with iqual bravery and with equal sincerity of conviction, each striving- for the light as It was given him to see the light; though It Is now clear to all that the triumph of the cause of freedom and of the Union was essential tot the welfare of mankind. We are now one people, and a people with failings which we must not 'blink, but a people with great qualities in which we have the right to feel Jut pride. I lace Problem In the South. All good Americana who dwell in the North must, because they are good Americans, feel the most earnest friendship for their fellow- countrymen who dwell In the South, a friend ship all the greater because It Is In the South that we find In its most acute phase one of the gravest problems before our people; the problem of so dealing with the man of one color as to recure him tho rights that no one would grudge him If he were of another color. To solve this problem It Is. of course, neces- sarM to educate him to perform the duties, a failure to pcrforfa which will render him a curse to himself and to all around him. Most certainly all clear-sighted and gener ous men In the North appreciate tho difficulty and perplexity of this problem, sympathize with the South In the embarrassment of con ditions for which she Is not alone responsible, feel an honest wish to help her where help Is practicable, and have the heartiest respect for thoae brave and earnest men of the South who. In th face of fearful difficulties, arc doing all that men can do for the betterment alike of white and of black. The attitude of the North toward the negro Is far from what It should be. and there Is need that the North also should act in good faith upon the principle of givlns to each man what Is Justly due him. of treating him on his worth as a man, granting him no special favors, but denying him no proper opportunity for labor and the reward of labor. But the peculiar circumstances of tho South render the problem there far greater and far more acute. Kquolit- of Treatment for AIL Neither I nor any other man can say Uiat any given way of approaching that problem will present In our time even an approxi mately perfect solution, but we can aafely say that there can never be such solution at all unless we aproach it with the effort to do fair and equal Jufolcc among all men; and to demand from them In return Just and fair treatment for others. Our effort should be to secure to each man, whatever his color, equality of opportunity, equality of treatment before the law. As a people striving to shape our actions in accordance with the great law of righteousness, we cannot afford to lake part In or be Indifferent to the oppression or mal treatment of any man who, against crushing disadvantages, ha by hut own Industry, en ergy, rclf-rcspect and perseverance struggled -upward to a position which would enUtie him to the respect of his fellows. If only his skin were of a different hue. Every generous Impulse in us revolts at the thought of thrusting down Instead of helping up such a man. To deny any man the fair treatment granted to others no better than he 1 to commit a wrong upon him a wrong sure to react in the long run upon those guilty t uch denial. The only safe principle upon which Americans can act is that of "all men up." not that of "some men down." If In any community the level of intelligence.' morality and thrift among the colored men can be raised, it Ik, humanly speaking, sure that the same level among the whites will be ralred te an even higher degree: and K Is no less sure that the de basement of the blacks will In the end carry with it an attendant debasement of the whites. How to Solve 1'roblem. The problem Is so 'to adjust the relations between two race of different ctbnSc type tliat the rights of neither be abridged nor Jeoparded; that thp backward race be trained so that it may enter into the possession of tru- freedom, while the forward race 1 en abled to present- unharmed the high civiliza tion wrought out by Ita forefather. The working out of this problem must fieeesszrily be slow ; it Is not possible In offhand fashion to obtain or te confer the priceless boons of freedom. Industrial etihirncy, political capa city and domestic morality. Nor Is it only nececur te train the colore man; It Is quite as necessary to train the white man., for on his tfitoulders rests a well-nlgh unparalleled booiological responsibility. It is problem demanding the best thought, the utmost pa tience, the most carnem effort, the broadest charity, of the ntatesman, the student. Jhe philanthropist; of the leaders of thought In every department of our National life. The church can be a moft important factor In solving It aright. But. above ' all else. w need for Its successful solution the sober, kindly, steadfast, unselfish performance of duty by the average plain citizen in his every-day dealings with his fellows. The Weal of elemental justice meted out to every man is the Ideal we should keep ever before us. It will be many a long day before we attain to It, and unless we shew not only devotion to It. but also wisdom and iMlf-restralnt In the exhibition of that de votion, we fch&ll defer the time for Its real isation ntlll further. In strlvlnic to attain to so much of It as concerns drellng- with men of different colon, -vie mint remember two things. XegTo Must Xtely on Own Efforts. In the nret place. It Is true of the ooloied man. ns It ! true of the white man. that In the long run his fate must depend far more upon his own effort than upon the efforts of any outside friend. Bvery vlejouc, vonal or Ignorant colored man Ik an even greater foe to hit own race than to the community as a whole. The colored manV seir-respeei entitles nltn to do that share In the political work of the country which Is warranted by his In dividual ability and Integrity aud the position he has ,wn for hlmlf. Hut the prime requi site of the, race bt moral and Industrial up lifting. Laxlnes and chlttlMsnesa these, nod, ahovo '. Jf .. all, vice "and criminally of every kind, are evils more potent for harm to the black race than all acts of oppression of white men put together. The colored man who falls to condemn crime In another colored man. who falls to co-operate In all lawful ways In bringing colored criminals to Justice, Is the worst enemy of his own people, as well as an enemy to all the pople. Law-abiding black men should, for the sake of their race, be foremost In relentless and unceasing warfare against law-breaklnr black men. If the rtandards of private morality and Industrial efficiency can be raited high enough among the black race, then Us future on this con- i tlnent is secure. The stability and purity of the home Is .vital to the welfare of the black race, as It I to the welfare of every race. Duty of the White 31n. In ttje next plact. the white man, who. If only he Is willing, nin help the colored roan more than all other white men put together. Is the white man who is hU neighbor. Nenn or South. Bach of us must do hli whole duty without flinching, and It that duty Is Na tional. It must be done in accordance with the principles above laid 'down. But in En deavoring each tUNbe his brother's keeper It Is wise to remember that each can normally uo mont for the brother who I bis Immediate neighbor. If wc are Mncere friends of the negro,, let un each In hla own locality shew it by his action therein, and let us each show it also by upholding the hands of the white man. In whatever locality, who Is striv ing to do justice' to the poor and the help les, to be a shield to tbcvie whose need for such a shield Is great. The heartiest acknowledgments are due to the rslnisters. the 'Judges and law officers, the grand Juries, the public men, and the great dally newspapers in the South, who have recently done jiuch effective work In leading the crusado agalnn lynching In the South; and I am glad to say that during the last three months the returns, as far as they can be gathered, show a smaller number of lynching than for any other two months dur ing tlie last 20 years. Let us uphold In every way the hands of the men who have led In this work, who are strlvlnr to do all their work In this spirit. I am about to quote from the addrors of the Right Reverend Robert Strange. Bishop Coadjutor of North Carolina, as given In the Southern Churchman of Oc tober S. 1H: What a Southern ISishop &ild. The bishop first enters an emphatic plea against any social Intermingling of the races; a question which muM. of course, be left to the people of each community to settle for themselves, as In such a, matter no one community and. Indeed, no one Individual can dictate to any other; always provided that In each locality men keep In mind the fact -that there must be no confusing of civil privi leges with social lntercoun-e. Civil law can not regulate social practices. Society, as such, is 'a law unto Itself, and will always regulate Its own practices and habits. Full recognition of the fundamental fact that all men should stand on an equal footing as regards civil privileges In no ways Interferes with recognition of the further fact that all reflecting men of both races are united in feeling that race purity must be maintained. "What should the white men of the South do for the negro? They must give him a free hand, a fair field, and a cordial godspeed, the two races working together for their mutual benefit and for the develop ment of our comon country. He must have liberty, equal opportunity to make his liv ing, to earn his bread, to build his home. Ite must have Justice, equal rights and protec tion before the law. He must have the same political privileges; the suffrage should be based on character and intelligence for white and black alike. He must have the same public advantages of education; the public schools are for all the people, what ever their color or condition. The white men of the South should give hearty and re spectful consideration to the exceptional men of the negro race, to those who have the character, the ability and the desire to be lawyers, physicians, teachers, preachers, leaders of thought and conduct among their own men and women. We should give them cheer and opportunity to gratify every laud able ambition, and to seek every Innocent satisfaction among- their own people. Final ly, the best white men of the South should havo frequent conferences with the best cplored men, where. In frank, earnest and sympathetic discussion they might under eund each other better, smooth difficulties, and so guide and encourage the weaker race." Surely we can all of ns Join in expressing our substantial agreement with the principles. thus laid down by this North Carolina bishop, this representative of the Christian thought of the South. Best Way to Honor Lincoln. I am speaking on the occasion of the cele bration of the brithday of Abraham Lincoln, and to men who count It their peculiar privi lege that they have the right to hold Lincoln's memory dear, and the duty to strive to work along the lines that he laid down. We can pay most fitting homage to his memory by doing the tasks allotted to us in the spirit in which he did the Infinitely greater and more terrible tasks allotted to him. Let us be steadfast for the right; but let u err on the side of generosity rather than on the aide of vindlctlveness toward those who differ from us as to the method of at taining the right. Let us never forget our duty to help In uplifting the lowly, to shield from wronr the humble; and let u like wife act In a spirit of the broadest nnd frankest generosity toward all our brothers, all our fellow-countryman; In a spirit pro ceeding not from weakness, but from strength, a spirit which takes no more .account of locality than It does of class or of creed; a spirit which is reeolutely bent on seeing that the Union which Washington founded and which Lincoln saved from destruction shall grow nobler and greater throughout the ages. I believe In this country with all my heart and soul. I believe that our people will In the end rise level to every need, will in the end triumph over evep- difficulty that rises before them. 1 could not have such confident faith in the destiny of this mighty people If I" had It merely as regards onw portion of that people. Throughout our land things on the whole have grown better and not worse, and this is as true of one part of the country as It Is of another. I believe In the South erner as J believe In the Northerner. I claim the right to feel pride In his great qualities and in his great deeds exactly as I feel pride In the great qualities and deeds of every other American. For weal or for woe, we are knit together, and we shall go up or go down together; and I believe that we shall go up and not down, that we shall go forwara Instead of halting and falling back, because I have an abiding faith in the generosity. the courage, the resolution, and the common sense' of all my countrymen. "North and South Same leoIe. The Southern State? face difficult problems; and so do the Northern States. Some or the nroblems are the same for the entire country. Othem exist In greater intensity In one section; and yet others exist in greater Intensity in another section. But In the end they will all be solved; for fundamentally our people are the same throughout this land; the same In the qualities of heart and brain and hand which have made this Republic what It Is In the great today; which will make It what It Is to bo In the infinitely greater tomorrow. I admire and respvet and believe in and have faith In the men and women of the South as I admire and respect and believe In and have faith In the men and women of the North. All of us alike. Northerners nnd Southerners, Easterners and Westerners, can best prove our fealty to the Nation's past by the way in which we do the Nation's work in the preent; for only thus can we be sure that our children's chil dren shall Inherit Abraham Lincoln' single hearted devotion to the great unchanging creed that "righteousness exalteth a nation." WILL SOON DESEET ADDICKS Eight Delaware Legislators Will Vote for His Rival, Dupont. DOVER, Del., Feb. 13. 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NOTICE : If Tour dealer cannot tuiralr tht GENUINE Wehbach Liehts and NEED RADICAL REFORM PUBLIC LANDS COMMISSION RE PORTS ON LAND LAWS. President Sends Second Report to Congress, Indorsing Recommenda tion of Complete Revision. "WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. A second par tial report of the Public Land? Commis sion was sent to Congress today by Pres ident Roosevelt, -who, in hl Jetter of transmittal, says the report seeme "to require a radical revision of most of the lawn affecting the public domain, if we are to .secure the best possible use of the remaining public lands by actual home makers. Tho President's letter follows: I submit herewith the second partial report of the Public Lands Commission, appointed by me October 22, 1003. to report upon the condition, operation and effect of the pres ent land laws and to recommend such changes as are needed to effect the largest practical disposition of the public land to actual settlers who will build homes upon them and to secure In permanence the full est and most effective us of the resources of the public lands. The subject Is one of such magnitude and Importance that I havo concluded to submit this second partial report bearing upon some of the larger features which require Immediate attention without waiting for the final statement of the commission, which, from the very nature of the case. It has not been possible to complete at this time. I am In full sympathy with the general con clusions of the commission In substance and In essence, and I commend Its recom mendations to your earnest and favorable consideration. The existing conditions as set forth In this report, seem to require a rad ical revision of most of the laws affecting the public domain. If we ar to secure tho best possible use or the remaining public lands by actual home makers. The report Is signed by "W. A. Richards. Land Commissioner; F. H. Newell, of the Geological Survey, and Glfford Plnchot, chief ot the Bureau of Forestry. Among other things, the Commission eaya: The present laws arc not suited to meet the conditions of the growing publics do main. The agricultural possibilities are unknown. Provision should be made to as certain them, and. pending such ascertain ment, to hold, under Governmrnt control and In trust for such use. the lands likely. to be developed by actual settlers. The right to exchange lands In forest re serves for lands outside should be with drawn. Provision should be made for the purchase of needed private lands inside forest ' re serves, or for the exchange of such lands for specified tracts ot like area and value outside the reserves. The report renews Its recommendation for the repeal of the timber and stone act and asks that the sale of timber from unreserved public lands should be authorized. The report further says: Tho commutation clause ot the homestead act Is found on examining to work badly. Three years actual residence should be re quired before commutation. The desert land law Is found to lead to monopoly In many cases. The area of a desert entry should be reduced to not ex ceeding 100 acres. Actual residence for not less than two years should be required, with the actual production of a valuable crop A GCAKANTKXD CORK FOR riI2S. Itching, Blind, BIedlnc or I'rotrudlntc Plica. Tour druggist will rfuna money If l'axo Oint ment falls to curs you la 6 to 14 day. &0c WHAT THE MINISTER SAYS Is Most Convincing. I thought 1 would write you what Ppr axnld Pile Cure has done for me. I had a most aggravated case of bleeding plies; Indeed, 1 dreaded when I had to go to stool. One fifty-cent box cured me. I feel like a new man. 1 have recommend ed It to others an being the most wonder ful remedy known. It Is Indeed a great blesHlng to suffering humanity. You are at liberty to use this for all It Is worth, and I hope it may do good. Rev. W. E. Carr, 355 North Holbrook street, Danville, Va. Clergymen (like all professional men who leid sedentary lives) are especially addicted to plies. In various forms, and are continually on the lookout for a rem edy which will give relief, with little or no idea of obtaining a cure. Recognizing this fact. Rev. Mr. Carr consents to the use of his name In order that other sufferers may know there is a euro called Pyramid Pile Cure, which Is Bold by druggists everywhere for the low price of fifty cents a package, and which will bring about for every one afflicted with plley the same beneficial results as In his own case. Be careful to accept no substitutes, and remember that there Is no remedy "Just as good." A little book describing the causes and euro of pllea Is published by Pyramid Drue Co.. Marshall. Mich., and will be sent free for the asking. All sufferers .are advised to write for It. as It contains valuable- information on the subject of piles. Mantlss in their original sealed boxes, on which is the name Welsbach and the Shield of Qualitr your protection against imitations -mite direct to the Welsbach ractarr. Gloucester. K. J., enclosing pnee. and cood; will be sent you br prepaid express. Genuine Welsbach Goods FOR SALE BY PORTLAND GAS COMPANY, Fifth and Yamhill Sts. And AI! Dealers. Best For Price For YLlillCTl Shield IJtE&S iWElSBACH jt on one-fourth the area and proof of an ade quate water supply. The Commlfslon opposes the immediate application of any rigid system to all graz ing lands, but recommends that the Pres ident should be authorized to set aside grazing districts by proclamation, said districts to be under the control of the Secretary of Agriculture. The summary concludes with this statement: The fundamental fact that characterizes the situation under the public land law Is this that the number of patent Issued Is Increasing out of alt proportion to the num ber of new homes. BIG CHICAGO HOTEL BURNED Bliz- Halfclad Guests Flee Into the zard-Swept Streets. CHICAGO. Feb. 14. At 2:30 o'clock this morning fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Brevoort House, situated on Mad ison street, between Clark and La Salle streets. The fire was in the rear, and the smoke rolling through the halls was the first warning of It. A-hurry call was sent to an, engine-house, and the firemen sent lor additional engines. As the firemen with their hose ran through the halls, the guests came pour ing out of the rooms, and the halls were filled with them in all stages of undress. Some few women ran Into Madison street In. scanty clothing, and. believing that the fire would amount to nothing, returned tc the hotel to finish dressing. The rapid Increase in the number of engines alarmed them, and they fled to the street again. A number of the guests hastened to tho Hotel Morrison, half si square distant, where they were cared for. and tho watchmen in a number of office buildings adjoining threw opon their doors and al lowed the guests to seek shelter In their hallways. The tire was quickly brought under con trol, as the firemen believed, and a num ber of guests were informed that they could return to their rooms In safety, but all refused. The wisdom of their action was soon manifested, for at 3 o'clock tho fire broke out anew, and the flames went sweeping through the windows of the fifth and sixth stories. The firemen were ham pered by the number of frozen fire plugs, and the flames were at first fought only with chemicals. In the hotel when the fire brok out were 150 guests and about 30 wome.n. em ployes of the hotel, all of whom lived on the top floor, and were the last to escape. W. D. Howard -was partly overcome by smoke, and could not be aroused until an employe of the hotel had dragged him from his bed and half-way arross his room. O. TV. Tarr. ot this city, and O. A. Taylor, of Texaf , were almost ovprcome. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Boritz. of Roches ter. N. Y., went down the fire escape and jumped ten feet from the lower end to the ground, and were considerably bruised. 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