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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1905.
rOR REPUBLICANS TO CONSIDER.
Is it worth while to maintain any Re
publican party In Oregon? Is it worth
while to keep the Republican party up
to a point of activity and efficiency? Is
it worth "while to elect any more Repub
licans to office in Oregon? If so, the
Republicans of Portland should now
elect the Mayor of Portland.
If any Republican party is to be
maintained in Oregon the business or
practice of electing Democrats to the
leading official positions has gone far
enough already and too far. Dr. Lane
Vs a Democrat, and the Democratic can
didate for the Mayoralty. He asked the
nomination of his party, and his party
accorded It accorded it in the regular
and official way. He is not at all an
"Independent" or "non-partisan" can
didate, but the regular Democratic can
didate. Should he be elected. Portland
would have a Democratic city govern
ment.
The office of Mayor of Portland is. in
many respects, the most important
office in the State. Political govern
ment, under such system as ours, never
can be separated from party action. It
is not done anywhere though pretense
. sometimes Is made of doing It, or of
trying it. But with no actual or lasting
success. So-called "reform" movements
usually take the form of combinations
between the minority party, too weak
to do anything on its own account, and
of dissatisfied members of the majority
party, who feel that they have not been
estimated at their worth by those who
direct party action, and who wish.
therefore, to "set the other fellows
back," and to "get to the front" them
selves. These Combinations are com
posed always; of great "reformers.1
They profess to engross all civic, and
even all moral, virtues. Yet who sup'
poses they. are more unselfish, or ac
tuated more truly by a proper public
spirit, than other citizens, who think
it decent to avoid such pretensions?
The Republican party of Oregon can
not maintain its efficiency, if It allows
the important offices of the State to go
into the hands of the Democratic party
to be used, as the Democratic party and
its politicians certainly will or would
use them, to build up their party to
power In this city and In this State
Democratic Mayor of Portland would
be a powerful auxiliary of the Demo
cratlc machine, joining under direction
of the Democratic Governor elected In
1902, and now, with the assistance of
the -Sheriff and the District Attorney
elected later, laying his plans for re
election next year. Through Repub
lican Indifference or dissension sec
ondlng Democratic ambition, even the
Legislature might be Democratic
Some might say. "Well, let It be so; It
wouldn't hurt Is, then, the policy of
the Democratic party good . for the
country? Is there any reason why
man should be a Republican, or why
there should be a Republican party in
Oregon or elsewhere?
Mayor Williams Is Oregon's greatest
citizen, and has been these forty years.
He lias led an honorable and unblem
ished life; he is entitled to the support
of his party and of citizens without
regard to party; the criticisms upon his
administration are of trifling charac
ter, such as may be brought forward
and magnified against any and every
administration. If It is worth while
to maintain a Republican party In
Portland and in Oregon he ought
to be elected; for, as a means to
maintenance of Republican ascend
ancy la the city and State, Re
publican administration In Portland as
against Democratic is not & small fac
tor. The Oregealan eschews personal!
ties. It believes, however. In main
tenance of the principles ana policies
of the Republican party as against
those of the Democratic party: and to
the assertion that there can be ae feme
of this sort la a ssuafelpal electkw it
answers that all fttocti&Bs of govern
met wsr er system are allied with
politics aad arb dpeadent on party ac
tion. New TorkJs a. Democratic city and
Philadelphia' is a. Republican city; but
you will not find the dominant party In
either abandoning Its ground to the
other. Nor should it. Nor would the
DemocratIc party In Portland, if It felt'
sure of a. majority, make any move
ment except on strictest party lines.
Even as it Is. the Democratic party
here, confessedly weak, nominates its
candidates; and If, through pretense of
"reform." It can get votes enough to
gether to elect them. It will have a
party triumph, out of which It Will
make all It can. now and hereafter.
But it is sometimes said that "parties
ought to be more evenly--divided In
Oregon." At times they have been
evenly divided, to the alarm and terror
of every man who had a true concep
tion of the critical conditions of a
perilous time. It was eo In the struggle
for national unity In the period of
1860-65. when the Democratic party, as
an organization, was on the side of the
disunionists, was a supporter of slav
ery and proclaimed the war for na
tional unity a failure. Then; were
Democrats then enough, and too many.
It was so In 1896, and again 'in 1900,
when the Democratic party, as an or
ganization following Bryan and com
mitted to all folly, declared for the silver
heresy, produced an alarm- and panic
that wrecked business, brought the
country to the verge of bankruptcy and
multitudes to ruin. Oregon was saved
to sanity from that cyclone of folly but
by a miracle. Certainly there was
sufficiently large proportion of Demo
crats in Oregon then, and too large.
This is not a party that, can be fos
tered with safety nor entrusted with
power. Its history for fifty years proves
how desirable it Ib that this party
should be held down and not built up.
You never can depend on this party nor
rest in security on any expectation
that. In an emergency. It will do the
right and rational thing.
THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
The immigration problem now con
fronting the people of this country is a
most serious one all the more serious
from 'the fact that a plan for checking
this human tide from the old world
must necessarily involve complications
disturbing to our commercial inter
course with a number of European
countries. All European countries have
In the past contributed to our popula
tion some very desirable people. Men
who came over from Eurone in the
steerage a few years ago, are found
today high in the councils of church
and state, and at the head of many
great commercial and financial institu
tions. Thousands of them have gone
Into the great West and Northwest, and
have builded homes, towns and cities
where there was only a wilderness or
barren prairie before they came.
Their coming has had a beneficial
effect not only on themselves, but upon
this country, and it is not unreasonable
to suppose that the supply of this kind
of people was exhausted in Europe
when our best class of naturalized
Americans came over. The horde of
immigrants now pouring into the "Uni
ted States, undoubtedly contains a
large number of men for whom fate
has mapped out a career fully as use
ful, honorable and valuable to this
country as that of the best of our nat
uralized citizens. It is neither possible
nor advisable to shut out immigration
of this character, for the greatest need
of the far West and Northwest is popu
lation of the right kind. We are well
supplied "ith politicians, anarchists
and criminals, but we are still in need
of men of brain, brawn and muscle who
will not listen to our professional Jaw-
smiths, but come prepared to buckle
down to any kind of honest labor of
fered them.
The great difficulty now confronting
us Is In drawing the line. It is hinted
and suspected, and is undoubtedly true.
that among the thousands of Immi
grants now arriving are a large number
of bad characters whose presence here
will be highly detrimental to our people.
But only in a few cases can these bad
ones be detected. They are cunning
enough not to be caught "with the
goods on them." If we admit Ivan, the
honest Russian farmer, who Is headed
for Oregon to hew out a home for the
family he has left behind him. we will
experience difficulty in shutting out
Ivan the sneakthlef and anarchist, who.
under the present law6, will not find it
necessary to go too far Into details
regarding his personality or pursuits
Something might be accomplished
wunout provoKing tne anger or our
European friends, If the amount of
money which we demand shall be in
possession of the arriving immigrant.
is increased. The best class of imml
grants are those who have friends that
came over some years-ago, and are
prospering. These friends and relatives
would probably experience no difficulty
In providing the newcomer with an
amount twice or three times as large as
that which is now demanded, and the
Increased amount would shut out a
large number or undesirable comers
who could not readily accumulate the
sum required.
The remarkable prosperity of the
country, as evidenced by the numerous
strikes and the unusually large number
of great Industrial enterprises under
way all over the country, has been the
most powerful magnet In drawing
these people to our shores. The better
element Is coming because it seeks em
ployment at much higher wages than
are possible In the old world. The oth
ers are coming because the European
laws are not sufficiently lax to permit
the murdering and maiming of men
who take up work that the murderers
and maimers have voluntarily laid
down. The 6jtuation is not a pleasing
one for American labor to contemplate.
and a strong effort will be made at the
next session of Congress , to amend ex
isting laws, so as to shut out the un
desirable portion of tke immigrants.
STATE PRINTER'S SALART.
ASTORIA, Or.. May 22. (To the Editor.)
In response to an inquiry from Salem on May
11, Tbe Oregonlan pointed out how the con
stitution could be amended by the people
under the initiative and referendum amend
ment, and this calls for still another query.
to-wlt: Can the people, at the general elec
tion in June, 1906, under the Initiative and
referendum, amend article 12 ot the Consti
tution by placing on a mlary the State Printer
that will be elected next year? G. B. J.
The Oregonlan has no doubt that an
initiative amendment to the constitu
tion adopted by the people in June,
1906, placing the State Printer upon a
salary would have immediate effect.
The present constitution provides that
the rates paid to tbe State Printer shall
neither be increased nor diminished
during the term for which he shall have
.been elected. A State Printer Is -to be in the immediate vicinity . '
elected Jn June, -IMS, hut his term of Minnesota ana the Deketas are con
office will sat begin until the ensuing trlfcrtfn-g- most liberally to the number
January. If an Initiative amendment J of sew "wheal farmers la, the Pacific
fixing- his salary shall have been
adopted, the State Printer will enter
upon hVs term of office with the salary
clause already in effect.
It is, to- be observed that the State
Printer candidates and the constitu-
tional amendment. If there Shall be one.
will be before the people at the same
time. It is not at all Jlkely that any
candidate for printer will dare then to
decline to accept literally and abso
lutely the provisions of the amendment
in view of Its probable adoption. '
There is a great graft in the State
Printer's office. The present Printer Is
paid several times more ttian he should
be pafd. The abuse has been tolerated
for many years for reasons not now
necessary- to state, or for no reason. It
Is time that the State Printer's office
was put on a business basis and that
he get a salary just the same as other
State officers, beginning with their next
terms of office. '
JUDGE TOU2GEE; NORTH AND SOUTH.
To die as .the United States Consul
General at an Important post Is a more
fitting end to the career of Judge Tour
gee than the death from yellow fever to
which healloted his hero, the "Fool," in
"The Fool's- Errand," the most note
worthy of his books. Nothing better
illustrates the progress of the last
thirty years than to turn once more the
pages of this autobiography. It Is vivid
with the daily Jife of the narrator, as
he tells the story of the gulf between
expectation and reality, when the
Northern soldier entered and tried to
take his part In a society where wounds
were yet unhealed and .palpitating. To
day we are facing new Issues. Our
dangers are horizontal, but not local
The cleavage we have to fear rests not
on latitude but on classes. In the all
but complete disappearance of what
was called "sectional animosity" Is the
best possible presage for the Nation's
surmounting the big obstacles still in
the path of progress. It Is only thirty
years since Judge" Tourgee told the tale
of the Yankee Colonel on the old South
ern plantation.' Here Is what he saw:
The cold disapproval of every grade of
Southerner as he tried to help upwards
his colored neighbors; suspicion grow
ing Into-enmlty and-fear; the Axed pur
pose to hold at all hazards to what
were claimed to be the Inalienable
rights of the white race; the secret or
ganizations, more deadly and unscru
puious than any trades union ever
formed; the outrages and murders of
the Ku Klux Klan; the honeycombing
of society with Its membership, the sub
mission in general to its decrees; the
bitterness following on defeat; the heart
revolt, cherished from highest to low
est, against any form of reconstruction
coming from the North; then the out
ward dreariness and desolation left by
the war; ruined plantations, bankrupt
towns; society upset in Ideas no less
than in habits. Hero worship reserved
for the defeated wearers of the gray;
the worthiest suffering the most both
in heart and life.
Who. reading this book, even with
the gleam of hope coloring its ending.
as Southern kindness and sympathy
showed themselves In the last days of
the hero, and searching In vain for any
challenge of Its truth of outline, would
have dared to prophecy the history of
only thitity years? Who was bold
enough to foretell the upgrowth of
wealth', industry, and prosperity
Southern States, peacefully invaded
Northern enterprise and money? Who
could imagine, the renewal of Judge
Tourgee's picture, as animosity and
bitterness receded and disappeared, as
love for the common country of the
North and South grew and blossomed?"
What writer's word .picture could have
approached the reality as, at the next
war waged by an again united people
Southern generals were called from
their retirement to command the com
mon levies of both South and North
Nor was it .only Southern bitterness
that has disappeared.' Trophies of vie
tory. stored In Northern capltols, are
restored, with heartiness and ungrudg
Ingly. to the States whose troops bore
them on many a bloody field.
Judge Tourgee's books served to open
Northern eyes to unbelleved conditions
In the South. They forced comprehend
sion of the still cherished ideals of the
South. They demonstrated the need
of give and take, of yielding on either
side of points deemed then not only real
but vital. In this, at least, this man
deserved well of his country. He had
a crowded life. To read the record of
the great war and its sequels once
again, serves to recall many to llv
over those strenuous years, and to all
to join with increasing heartiness i
the services of the Memorial Day now
so near at hand once more.
MOST EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING.
The movement of wheat East by rail
last Fall and Winter cut the Portland
and the Puget Sound ports out of about
51,000,000 disbursements which would
nave been made In local shipping clr
des. had the grain followed its usual
route to market by way of the sea. But
Portland. Puget Sound and the entire
North Pacific country are receiving
full recompense for the loss of that 51
000.000. as no other such advertisement
of the resources of our country has ever
been made. Between 12.000 and 15,000
carloads of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho wheat were shipped East by'rall,
and It was scattered through twenty
one states. The wheat was of fine qua!
Ity, and would have attracted attention
under any circumstances, but Its ap
pearance oh the Eastern markets last
Fall and Winter was doubly effectiv
because it came at a time when poor
crops were the rule throughout the
country and prices were high.
The farmers throughout the twenty
one states, where this wheat was sold,
looked with longing eyes to the land
where crop failures are never known
and where wheat is plentiful when the
price hovers around the dollar mark.
Since early last Fall, these farmers
have been drifting Into Oregon. Wash
ington and Idahoand buying farms.
The more prosperous ones are going
into the old settled and highly devel
oped sections and paying from $50 to
575 per acre for lands which have made
their -former owners rich enough to
retire from active service. The less for
tunate are contenting' themselves with
something a little farther'back from the
railroad, which can be obtained for less
money, but which is still vastly prefer
able to the land they have left In the
Middle West and Northwest. This
highly valuable class of Immigrants Is
coming in such numbers that hardly
an Issue of a local paper printed any
where in the wheat belt of the Inland
Empire appears without mention of the
sale of at least one tract of wheat land
Northwest, and these men will "prove
most desirable settlers. Wheatgrowing
or any other class of farming is a much
more strenuous' eccapatlen In, the Mid
dle West than it is out here on the
Pacific slope. The ease with which
crops have been produced In many sea
sons, has not Infrequently Jiad .the ef
fect of causing careless, slipshod- meth
ods of farming which were net the best
for the country. With the newcomers
there has been no such thing as easy
farming. No mere scratching over the
surface of the ground and trusting to
Providence for the rest Is In vogue In
the land of strenuous farming from
hlch theses, men have come, and they
will reduce liability of poor crops in
this country by a more perfect system
of cultivation than has been practiced
in the past by most of the farmers In
the Pacific Northwest.
Through careful advertising and su
perior transportation facilities, the Pa
louse and Big Bend countries seem to
be attracting the best of this new immi
gration, but there are hundreds of new
settlers pouring" Into Central Oregon,
the Wallowa and the Clearwater dis
tricts. Pending the completion of rail
roads In those localities, the new set
tlers will suffer a serious handicap in
their operations, but the transportation
facilities cannot be withheld from those
districts, much -longer. The farmers are
cpming into the- Pacific Northwest be
cause there is a better and Jess crowded
field for their operations than there is
the Middle West Capital which
shows a preference for railroad Invest
ments will be drawn here fpr the same
reasons, and it will not-be slowdn com
ing, once the start is made.
There should be no saloons at the.
Fair ground gates. It Is no place for
them. The public has been much of
fended by the spectacle of the rum-
shops assembled at and near the en
trance and has hoped that the Council
would revoke their licenses. Evidently
the Council will do nothing. Now It Is
proposed to submit thy question to a
referendum of the peopla, under the pro
visions of the city charter. A petition
has been framed, and an ordinance pre
pared, and the Mayor will be asked to
call a meeting of the City Council to
submit the ordinance for a vote June 5.
A considerable area Is Included In the
prohibited district described in the pro
posed ordinance, and some saloons will
be Included which have been In busi
ness for 6ome time. Possible hardship
will be worked on them If the repeal
ordinance should be adopted, but under
the circumstances they would have to
stand It. It is their misfortune that
the saloon business at and near the
Fair grounds Is so greatly overdone.
The First of June is to be Portland's
Greatest Day. It will be the date of
the Lewis and Clark Fair opening. It
is vital to the success of the Fair that
there be on that day an enormous at
tendance. If Portland and the North
west are not sufficiently interested in
the Exposition to see that Its Inaugura
tion Is under the most auspicious cir
cumstances, naturally the world at
large will be Indifferent. On the other
hand, if the people who have made the
Fair show by turning out in numbers
that they want to make the biggest
kind of a "go" of It, it. will make a fine
impression on the Nation. Portland
business houses have been asked to
close, and doubtless they will do It.
But there are others who will suspend
operations. The Commercial Club,
live and growing Institution, has de
cided that It will absolutely shut its
doors on June 1, beginning the previous
night. This Is an excellent example.
and It should have Its effect.
The Southern Presbyterian General
Assembly finds that there is a "general
disregard for the Lord's day. that rail
roads continue to handle traffic on Sun
day, and morning newspapers publish
their Sunday newspapers with marked
regularity." They do, though this Is a
somewhat belated recognition of a long-
existent fact; yet it Is a little surprising
to find so intelligent and worthy a body
as the Presbyterian Church complain
ing about it. The Sunday newspaper
Is here to stay, because the people read
It and are the better for It; the Sunday
train will not be taken oft because It
Is quite as necessary for many people
to travel on Sunday as on any other
day. Nevertheless, it Is the general
testimony of the churches that the
world is growing better, probably be
cause the work of Improvement and
reform goes on every day In the week.
Sunday Included.
Secretary Shaw takes a cheerful view
of the Impending treasury deficit. It
will be reduced in June, he says, when
business picks up. But there Is no
expectation that business will pick up
enough to wipe the deficit out entirely;
and sooner or later something must be
done to meet it. The simple truth Is
that the Government Is spending more
than It is taking in. We must either
cut down expenses or increase our In
come: No one has yet seriously pointed
out where 530.000,000 and jnore per an
num can be saved: and it seems to be
agreed that there must be new revenue
legislation. If we are going to have a
greater navy, the Panama-canal, rural
free mail delivery and the like, we
must get more from our customs tax or
from our beer and cigars.
"No special interest should rule Port
land," cry the Lane boosters. Ccrtainly
not. No special Interest has ruled Port
land, so far as Mayor Williams Is con
cerned; but how about the special In
terest the street railway company and
the associated banking clique make
systematic effort to promote, through
the City Council? This-special Interest
is -always much concerned about the
welfare of the city, and to thatsend
puts up questionable jobs to control
public contracts and maintains, at great
expense, an unprofitable newspaper. By
all means let us have an end .toonunlci
pal control by special Interests operat
Ing through the City Council.
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church yesterday authorized
the formation of presbyteries for neg
roes within the territorial limits of
established presbyteries. This looks
somewhat as if the Presbyterians were
drawing the color line. Why not? The
colored Presbyterians alsb draw it
when they form separate organizations.
There Is an amicable way to settle
these disputes, and the Presbyterians
have found it.
Two deaths from baseball tend td
discourage enthusiasm for the game.
However, a little mortality judiciously
Introduced might improve the Portland
team.
Mr. Gates has suddenly revived in
terest in himself and his -May wheat
center; Th.-jnoHth oLMay is.aoteoed
ujU.11 it is ended.
0REG0JT0Z0NE:
Strawberries and onions were the twin
topics of discussion at a meeting of Ore
gon Grangers, the other day. Thus once
naore the antipodes are brought together.
The late Messrs. Lewis and Clark and
the lato Mr. Josh Billings appear to have
had tho misfortune to possess honest but
poor parents. Their elders failed to pro
vide them with the old blue-backed spelling-book,
and as a consequence' the rec
ords they Ief have a ragtime aspect when
placed in competition with refined English.
But for that matter Thomas Jefferson
himself was no Webster's Unabridged;
though he did know how to spell inde
pendence. WhcrtrLles the East?
"les. I've just returned from a two
months' visit In the East." the Portland
young .lady was saying: "and. oh, I had
such a lovely time! Those Easterners are
so different from us, though."
"What points did you visit?" Inquired
the newcomer in Oregon. "I do hope you
saw dear old Boston."
"Boston!" the Portland girl ejaculated:
"I should say not. I was In Montana."
Last Sunday a Chicago ballplayer died
suddenly while running to first base, but
he is by no means the only player who
has died at first.
Judge Albion W. Tourgee, who died yes
terday, once wrote a novel entitled "A
Man Who Outlived Himself." The story
was not autobiographical, for the Judge
held a public office until the last moment.
It appears that the' tempting literature
scattered throughout Europe by the trans-
Atlantic steamship companies has: been
read with avidity by thousands of Illit
erates,
Portland Is properly proud of the fact
that among the big guns to be heard at
the opening of the Lewis and Clark Ex
position Is "Uncle Joe" Cannon. Though
Mr. Cannon Is not on the official list of
orators, he is sure to be the speaker of
the day.
Professor Padelford. of the University
of Washington, evidently seeks to occupy
a niche In the temple of fame alongside
Professor Oscar Lovell Triggs et al., of
the University of Chicago. The Washing
ton State professor has said in public that
women .schoolteachers are lacking in san
ity. A National commission should be ap
pointed to investigate and classify the un-
known microbe that- causes college pro-
fessors
to slop over about once in so
often.
Lewis and Clark Journal Up to Date,
Ma$ 22. 1M5. This morning we arrived
at a large settlement on the banks of the
Wallamet, called Portland. We speak
literally, for It is on both banks. The
stream cuts It In two near the middle.
The village is inhabited by a powerful
tribe of Indians called the Webfeet. Now
and then they are visited by a member of
the tribe "of Tenderfcct. from the east
ward, who Is always hospitably received.
The tepees of the Webfeet are superior
to anything we have struck since we hit
the trail. They are buiU of boards sawed
from the big trees that abound in this re
gion. These Indians appear to have made
a considerable advance toward civilization.
They still import their firewater, but they
manufacture their own beer. They are
skilled in the use of the three-pronged
fork as an instrument of self-preservation.
and have a stringent tribal low, or cus
torn, against tbe use of the cascknlfe in
that capacity. They use telephones In
conversation, and possess an alphabet of
26 letters and the short &. There is
library In the settlement, containing many
books printed in their own language and
a few in a villainous dialect called Adcisb
or Slang. These people seem to have
regularly organized form of government.
They hold regular elections, -the same as
back In Virginia. Just now the Big Chief
Is a venerable warrior named Wilyums,
or Old-Man-Not-Afraid-of-HIs-Record; he
is a candidate for re-election, and is run
ning at a gait that has the late Maud S.
skinned a mile, to use an expression which
we have translated from the villainous
dialect beforementioned. The Big Chiefs
opponent is a Medicine Man called Hairv
Lain, or He-Who-Would-Butt-In. The
voters do not appear to fancy his pills.
But it promises to be a lively race, as
these Webfeet bucks, so we are informed
by pacajawea the Sixth, our Show-showing
guide, are famed for their political
agility. We are camping tonight in a tall
tepee with a little park cut Into one side,
called an open court; but the real open
court Is located down the street, and we
are advised that it is the scene of big do
ings from time to time. Instigated by the
Great Father at Washington, who Is
known amongst these natives as Teddy
the Strenuous. Tomorrow If it Is not
raining we expect to push op toward the
Pacific, and on our way we shall visit, at
the outskirts of this village, the works of
a big tribal fair which is about to open.
It Is run, so we are Informed by a Tender
foot brave from Chicago, by two name
sakes of ours Senator William A. Clark,
of Montana, and one J. Ham Lewis, lale
of the native settlement of Seattle, but
now of elsewhere. The firm is styled
Lewis & Clark. This fair is Jo open Juno
1, and it we find it advisable we may stay-
in camp at this point until that date, so
that we may make observations for the
benefit of posterity; furthermore, we learn
that tbe affair will furnish excellent op
portunities for hitting the Trail.
Wild HumorlAs I Have Met.
The world Is full of funny folks
Who take delight In cracking Jokes:
And wiren. sometime;, there Is a lack
Of Jolly jokes for us to crack,
We take a Jolly" club Instead
And so and crack somebody's head.
I do not know why we should do
Such things as this we're sure to rue;
And then the one whose head we crack -
May be inclined to think we lack
A sense of humor; still, It's fun
To feel that you are not the one.
If I like eome delightful folks
I know were always cracking Jokes.
I think I'd take It for a fact
If any said my head wa cracked.
And would not hanker (like a dub)
To go and Join some joker's club.
ROBERTUS LOV23L-
Norfolk Rabbit Warrens, q
London Country Gentleman.
The great headquarters of the natural
warren of England Is in Norfolk, aad
more especially in the neighborhood of
Thetford. There for mile after mile rab
bits are the main "crop" of the country,
and a paying one, for the only labor In
volved Is that of catching them. You
can walk for miles and see nothing but
rabbit warrens on every side. Tbe woods
and parks are warrens, and so are the
heath. The only 'houses In sight are
warreaera cottasres. and instead, ef tJsw
mn at work, or saea sowing corn, or
sbfeer4s and tbeir colKfes, tke-oaJy w&rk-
-mt rtelW are all warreners:
SUCCESS IN SILENCE
Real Secret et the Remarkable Rise
cler Have Ceatdeace In lllm aad
Billable.
W. E. Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald, i
New Ybrk The suggestion that
George B. Cortelyou be .elected presi
dent of the Equitable Life Assurance '
Society as a sort of compromise be
tween the Hyde and Alexander fac
tions is due almost entirely to the ad
miration he evoked by the manner In
which he kept his mouth shut during
the last Presidential campaign. Big
financiers have great confidence in any
man who can keep his mouth shut and
is gifted with that faculty known as
self-control. It Is ao rare that judges of
human nature and those wno have to
do with l&rgd affairs associate it with
other qualities equally valuable. The
old adage that "silence is golden" is
very highly appreciated in Wall street
and on lower Broadway; and the great
er the provocation to speak, the great
er the admiration for those who nave
sufficient self-corttrol to keep silent.
Mr. Cortelyou went through an extra
ordinary experience last October. He
was accused of the meanest and gross
est crimes. A man climbed down from
the Supreme bench of the State ot New
York and accused him of accepting the
appointment In the President's Cabinet
at the head of the Department of Com
merce and Labor in order to learn the
secrets of certain great corporations
and extort blackmail from them for
campaign purposes. Few people be
lieved it then: nobody believes it now
not even Judge Parker, who made the
charge and who Injured himself more
than he Injured the man he attacked.
This Is a good Illustration of the wis
dom of the man who said that:
'It is not what others say about you.
but what you say yourself, that affects
your reputation!"
Cortelyou did not say anything; He
stood at his post silently and let the
cyclone gu by, and the men who control
the finances, the commerce and the In
dustrles of this Nation watched him
with great admiration. They believe
that a man who can do what Cortelyou
did. who possesses that degree of self
control, Is not only worthy of unllm
ited confidence, but is capable of per
forming any great task. Hence his
name has been proposed for other posi
tions of great responsibility as well as
for the presidency of the Equitable; and
the men who are trying to straighten
out the Insurance muddle think he
would command public confidence. They
are also sure that he is capable of run
ning the busienss of that company, and
Elihu Root and Senator Knox, who sat
with "aim In the Cabinet, have con
firmed this conviction.
It is unfortunate, however, that the
proposition has goten Into the news
papers, because the time Is not yet ripe,
It was sprung too soon. The contend
ing interests are angry and neither is
inclined to make a compromise on any
thins: or anybody. It may be that those
who are working he scheme (r.nd they
are th6 most influential people-ra the
city) may be able to convince troth siJes
of the wisdom of the suggestion.
Sometimes reticence is necessary.
People who give money away or do
other acts of benevolence nowadays are
rnmnftlled to withhold tneir names
THIRD TERM TALK.
The Future of Roosevelt.
Denver Republican.
Of the future of this remarkable man of
the people, there is no prediction to be
made with certainty. But whether the
Theodore Roosevelt of the future ad
dresses himself to statesmanship, litera
ture, or education, his Influence will re
main In the Presidential office as long as
American history is written. The man
who has put the highest office In the land
In such direct touch with average citizen
ship, has Indeed left an invaluable gift In
the hands of his countrymen.
President Has Won Democrats.
Kansas City Star.
It Is plain that the President appeals to
the masses the thinking, conservative,
progressive masses regardless of party.
And it must be said that the real Demo
crats have never given a finer evidence ot
their sincerity and breadth than they have
shown in their approval of Roosevelt's re
form doctrines. Roosevelt cannot be re
garded as a Democratic Presidential pos
sibility, but it Is significant that he has
appealed to the best Democrats in such a
way as to make such a thought theoret
ically consistent.
Statement a Relief to Others.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
President Roosevelt has shown himself
to be difficult of persuasion when he
makes up his mind on a subject, and there
Is a prevailing impression that he is sin
cere in his determination not to be again
a candidate. This will relieve the minds
of ambitious members of his party who
have a conviction of their fitness for the
Presidential office. They will now be able
to lay plans for 1308. But If they are
freed from the fear of Roosevelt as a com
petitor for the nomination they may have
misgivings as to the effect of his course
in the four years of his present term upon
the chances of the party in 1S0S.
AVell Done, So Far.
Birmingham AIa.) Age-Herald.
But beyond the third-term issue the
President doubtless sees the hard battle
that confronts him in economic matters.
If he is to accomplish what he desires
to accomplish in relation ta corporations.
especially railroads, he no doubt sees that
his hands must be free that no self-seek
ing or possible complications In 190S must
be permitted to embarrass and restrict
his efforts. He will, no doubt, seek a
place in the history of the country In the
remainder of his term, and in order to do
tuls to tho best possible advantage he
has put all self-seeking in 1903 aside. And
he has acted wisely, and tne people win
so say when the hurly-burly's done, when
the battle's lost or won.
Much Depends Upon Results.
Buffalo News.
It Is the common sentiment that if the
President finds tardiness and sloth In the
pursuit of lawbreakers In those whom he
selects for that purpose, he will drop the
feeble for the stronger. If ho can find
them, and will pursue the quest until his
object ot supremacy of the law, and,
therefore, of fair play to both shippers
and to towns of all sizes. Is attained. It
is as certain as the. coming of 1908 that
if this mighty work Is unfinished when
tbe next Presidential campaign comes
around, but Is well under way, and the
President Is in the thick of the greatest
fight of the century, the people will Insist
on his remaining In his station to make
battle to a finish.
Small Indiana Constable.
Boonville Corespondence Cincinnati
Eaquirer.
James H. Vincent, ot this place ,1s
-said to be the smallest Constable In
the United States. He weighs but 83
pounds, staada 4 -feat S.and is 49 years
of age. However, his smallness is no
bar in his career, and bad characters
in these parts have earned to recog
nize the 'Jlmlnutive officer. Vincent be
gan his career as a peace officer when
Sheriff Scales appointed "him as deputy.
In a short time he showed tat lie
i aat bsataei aad caM net be bluffed
or bulldozed- All teld. be mora
Jthaa- m arrests.
AND SELF-CONTROL:
ef Gcerre
He May
B. CertelyeH FIhsh
Bc President at tke
from the public to avoid being pestered
by people who want funds for various
purposes honest and dishonest. Hence.
with the exceptions at a iew proi&s-
stonal philanthropists wno have organ
ized means ot defense, large guts to
public and charitable purposes are an-
nnvmous. -Moat or tne receni stre.i
benefactions for educational purposes
and for charity have been without a
name. The rlcnest gifts to tne new
Enisconal cathedral and to Columbia
University recently have been anony
mous, simply because, as a great man
expressed it: . . -' ,
The givers do not want oiner peopie
pulling their legsl"
Mr. Carnegie has two men io iwr kc
his correspondence and never sees more
than one In 20 of the begging letters that
are addressed to him. Since Mr. Phipps
gave a million dollars for model tenement-houses
he has had bushels of appli
cations from all parts of the country for
assistance in all kinds of enterprises.
Whenever anybody receives a large leg
acy, or is reported to have been fortunate
In business or speculation, tne news
paper announcement always provokes an
annoying stream of letters from cranks.
Impostors and many good people wno
think they are entitled to consideration.
Hence the disposition to conceal names
from the public.
For example, the newspapers announced
the other day that a young lady naa
erected a very costly memorial window in
New York church. Witnln tne next
week she received 79 latters from all
kinds of people In different parts of the,
country, begging for money for widows
and orphans, schools and hospitals, and
from private Individuals who were suffer
ing from that misfortune caiiea poverty.
Four young women begged for funds to
pay their expenses at normal schools and
one wrote a pathetic letter asking for
5100 to buy her wedding dress.
Another younj? lady was driven nearly
to dlstractiqn by letters from strangers In
a dozen different states who had read
In the newspapers that she was paying
513,000 a year rental for a suite of nlne
rooms in an apartment-house. It was de
clared to be the highest rent paid In
New York. As a matter of fact her rent
Is just one-half that amount. She was
the victim of an enterprising real estate
agent through whom she had leased an
apartment. He saw a chance to get a bit
of free advertising and gave the story to
the reporters. If he had said that her
rent was 57500 they would not have print
ed anything about it. but the fact that a
young girl pays J15.O0O a year for rooms
to live in was worth a good deal of space
It was a good story, but the publication
brought down upon her sensitive head all
kinds of rebukes and reproaches from
clergymen and busybodies and hundreds
of poor people who are struggling and
suffering all kinds of privations to keep
a roof over their heads. One clergyman
wrote her such an Intemperate letter that
an unwise friend urged her to bring him
before the courts; but what touched her
most were the appeals from poor women
who thought that If she could pay 515.000
a year for her rooms she might send
them something to relieve their distress
and she did. She was kept busy writing
checks for the next six weeks. This was
the only way she could recover her hap
piness. LIFE ON THE SAGEBRUSH DESERT
Rabbitvillc Corr. Irrigon Irrigator.
Three fellows came riding through here
last Sunday who gave their names as
Governor Chamberlain. Senator Fulton
and President Worthington, of the O. R.
& N. They said who are you. meaning
your correspondent. We said I am Ad
miral Rojestwentsky and you are three
sheepherders out on a toot, and if you
don't getsky dam qulcksky I'll give you a
broadsidesky. And they gotsky.
Summerbottom's cellar was entered last
Thursday night but nothing was taken.
Some of the boys think it was did by some
feller who wanted to kidnap one ot the
Summerbottom girls. But that Is only a,
joke, for those girls have been on -the
bargain counter so long and marked down
so often, with no takers, that well, they
are also a joke, an ancient joke.
During all next week Major Falrplay's
poker-room will give a ticket entitling
the holder to a book from the library to
every purchaser of a two-dollar stack o
poker chips. The Major Is doing all in
his power to promote a literary at
mosphere at Rabbitville.
The City Drug Store, has three fine bull
dog pups which they will sell cheap or
trade for a yearling heifer.
We are to have doings on Decoration
day. The programme Is not yet complete
but we expect to have a parade and
speeches and music. But we will surely
have lemonade, and the Bunco House will
give a grand and elaborate banquet at S
P. M. To make it popular, tickets to the
banquet have been fixed at 15 cents.
Hereafter our barber-shop will be closed
from 6 A. M. to 9 P. M. The proprietor
has taken a contract to grub 160 acres of
sagebrush. We guess he is cutting the
brush with his razor, from the rasping he
gave our face last Sunday.
The City Drug Store wishes us to state
that hereafter they will serve no mixed
drinks on Sundaymtll the church serv
ices are concluded, about 12:30 P. M. They
are compelled to make this announcement
so that one of the prescription clerks can
go-to church each Sunday.
Falsity Exposed.
Evening Telegram.
It is the pretense of the votaries of the so
called citizens' movement that they are In no
sense' conducting a political flsbt; that they
stand for good government and for those candidates-
who represent its principles and prac
tices, regardless of their party affiliations.
Evidence of the falsity of this pretense la
abundant, but the action of the self-atyled
"citizens" In the case of Auditor Devlin Is
In Itself evidence conclusive. During his five
years tenure as Auditor, Mr. Devlin has per- '
formed eminently able and honorable service
He has fulfilled the duties of his office with
credit to the city, to the political party which
elected him and to himself. There haa been
and Is none to question his official integ
rity and honor; not even In tbe ranks ot the
self-righteous "citizens' " organization. Tet
the "citizens" have declined to Indorse An-
I ditor Devlin and indorsed another candidate
j for Auditor.
There can be and there Is but
! one reason for it.
Auditor Devlin is a Re-
publican, regularly nominated by Republican.
The "citizens" are out to set up a Democratic
city government and a Democratic "machine."
A regular Republican Auditor will--be a stum
bling block In the path ot the "citizens."
Therefore' the "citizens' will try to defeat Hr
Devlin. The Dandelion.
R. K. Munklttrlck. In New Tork Herald
Adown the sunny meadow,- .
Along the mountain pass. .
The dandelion's flaming,
A candle in the grass.
It burns at morn and noontide .
TJnwaated and undirected.
And by no elfln sclswra I
Its wick Is gayly trimmed.
Jfo zephyr light and. airy -That
dallies round about, , f
This candle of the grasses -
Can ever blow It but. , w ,
When all Its geld, has crumbled.
XvA quite dissolved away
JUoag the meadow drifting it
We note s gauzy spray. ." '
Tkat wraith liks swh-l aad.eddief
Acrea tie swiay dell. - ; C
Bat Ao what fairy- kavea . - ' ,
la mre thaa I can tell.
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