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There has been of late wonderful preachment among us about Ideals and high ideals, in municipal government. But here, as in so many other cases, the precepts come from those who find it Irksome to follow them. The proposal of this highly disinter ested group to sell their street railway system for $6,000,000, two-thirds of jwhlch Is placed on their assumed own "ershlp ot the public streets, has at tracted no little attention. Likewise, the proposition they now submit for amendment of the charter, so as to tie up the streets still more completely f6r their car system. They worked this proposed amend ment through the Legislature last Win ter. It was prepared by one of the at torneys of the City & Suburban, now combined with another system, the whole known at present as the Port land Consolidated. Mr. A. L. Mills, president of the First National Bank, was member of the Legislature and Speaker of the House. He introduced the bill and carried the bill through. The official copy bears the attestation of "A. L. Mills. Speaker." Mr. Mills Is president also of the Portland Con solidated Railway. The simple object of the bill he put through the Legisla ture was and is to get advantage for further extension of the tracks of his company into other 'streets of Portland so as to forestall attempts at competi tion Mr. Mills also is one of the gen tlemen who are putting up the money for publication of a newspaper to sup port this project and various other schemes in the broad realm where poli tics and exploitation of municipal priv ilege find common ground. In this newspaper Mr. Mills is -a director, as Mr. W. M. Ladd. of Ladd & Tllton, an owner also In Portland Consolidated, is director and treasurer. And it may as -well-be stated further that George W. Bates, another banker of Portland, op erator in funds arid franchises and gen eral speculator,. Is president of this newspaper concern, r All these are honorable men. And meek-mannered. They do their rough work through hired men. Other local specu lators are associated In the undertak ing, which is capitalized on a monop plistlc basis, and "run" by hired men. whose names. printed, at the head, do the double office of ministering to their personal vanities and of concealing or obscuring the Identity of the actual promoters. The time has come. It would seem. when It ought to be made known who the actual proprietors and publishers of this newspaper are. In publication of a. newspaper there is a large public function, and they who own, control and direct a newspaper, and supply the money for publication of it, ought tovbe fair and candid with the public, avow their responsibility, and allow the pub lic proper opportunity to judge them and their purposes. Now, then, the public Is supplied with the first authentic information about this personaU political and monopoly organ. It has come out through neces sary exposure of schemes which con cern the public, with which legislation has to do. .and which are deeply In volved in the coming city election. To enact this amendment is to- give the street railway monopoly, freely and without cost, very valuable franchises or rights of way on the streets of Port land, in addition to the Immensely val uable franchises already freely given It To enact this amendment Is to ban ish possibility of future competition in the street railway business of Portland, to remove from the street railway mo nopoly all limitation, and to make that monopoly absolute. Has not enough been given away by the city already, when we find a privilege for which not A. dollar has been paid, capitalized for sale at not less than $4,W,W. upon which perpetual divWewds are ex - pectd It Is In natural-revolt frwn suck bus! new as this that Socialism finds its field of argument, activity and growth. The city election next -week ought to turn these schemers down, with all their schemes buttressed though they be with professions daily and vehement of rare disinterestedness and guileless moral purpose. For these people are so confirmed In their monopolistic in stincts that they profess daily, through their organ, to monopolize the general stock of morality -and decency also. GAS MONOPOLIES. One day recently Philadelphia awoke to find that a lighting monopoly had worked a monstrous job through he City Councils to place in Its hands for three generations operation of the city gas plant. By payment of a bonus of $25,000,000 to the city, and by such secret terms with the political, machine as the monopoly was able to make, the exclusive privilege of supply ing the public and all private consum ers with gas in a city of 1,500,000 in habitants was to be tied up absolutely for seventy-five years. The present lease Is on a basis of $1,250,000 per annum. The proposed lease was for $333,333 per annum, paid . in advance. The public j- arose in mighty wrath and the political machine and the gas looters were forced to abandon their gigantic scheme. It was the first time within a generation, that the public conscience was at all quickened by any act, how ever infamous, of the people's masters. The owners of Philadelphia, being drunk with long and uninterrupted success, apparently fancied that there were no limits to their power, no pro ject for fattening 'their pockets and strengthening the machine that the public would not stand for. But there were. In New York there are several light ing companies, working in greater or less harmony on stipulated terms. They charge $1 per thousand for gas. The people learned they -were making Inordinate profits, and that they had capitalized their easily procured fran chises for Immense sums. They de manded 75-cent gas. It was refused. The matter was taken to the State Legislature. A bill bringing about the desired result passed the House, but it was, after a tremendous struggle, de feated In the Senate. This bit of ex perience is known to have cost the gas companies $500,000 or more. Over in Seattle, not long ago, there was a gas war.- The old company en joyed a monopoly, and charged $2 per thousand. A new concern proposed to enter the field, and secured a franchise. The companies consolidated, but the city took a hand In the gas business and the price is now $1 per thousand. In Portland the price of gas is $L50, though under the peculiar operation of the gas company's financial system a customer may secure a rebate by prompt payment of his bill making a net cost of $1.25. But It Is the highest price paid In any city on the Pacific Coast. Here are the figures: Portland (S1.25) $1.50 San Francisco 1.00 Seattle 1.00 Los Angeles .SO Why should Portland pay so much for gas? The gas company enjoys pe culiar privileges. It has not been dis turbed by competition, and scarcely by the threat of it. It has capitalized this need of the people at a large figure. It pays 5 per cent interest on its bonds and 6 percent on its stock with unfail ing regularity, jne city nas not only given to the company for a paltry $200 per annum license tax the perpetual privilege of laying its mains through the streets, but the customer who wants gas has to qualify with the mo nopoly by depositing $5 with Its treas urer. If there are 5000 consumers and all have submitted to this petty extor tion, they have turned over to the mo nopoly $25,000 which it may use as It pleases. Thus the taxpayer confers upon the gas monopoly for nothing not only an exclusive opport units' to do business, but the capital to do It with. GENERAL MANAGER O'BHIEN. The appointment of J. P. O'Brien as general manager of the Harrlman lines" In the Pacific Northwest will be hailed with pleasure throughout the entire ter ritory over which he will have Jurisdic tion. Mr. Harrlman has sent us some good men in the past, and the longer they remained with us the more we ap preciated their merits. But a new man suddenly transferred to this territory from a distant field Is under a handicap which time alone can remove, and not infrequently in the past insufficient time for the removal of this handicap has been granted. General Manager O'Brien will enter on his duties ham pered by no lack of knowledge of the big field over whlch-he is to have con trol. The O. R. & N. Co., over which Mr. O'Brien -will rula,js general man ager, is a vastly different enterprise from the O. R. & N. Co. with which he began service on a lower round of the ladder a dozen years ago, and no small portion of the change Is due to the re markable ability of Mr. O'Brien him self. Many millions have been spent in im proving the physical condition of the property, and practically all of these disbursements were made under his di rect supervision. He is not only famil iar with every mile of the road and the 6dence of operating it to the best ad vantage, but he also knows the tribu tary country as it Is known by but few other men in the Harrlman system. Long-delayed railroad construction In Oregon. Washington .and Idaho Is at last begun, and the next few years will see some great changes in the trans portation map of the Pacific Northwest. The excellent physical condition of the main line of the O. R & N. will enable it to handle a much greater traffic than is now carried, and no man knows bet ter where to secure this new tonnage than -Mr. O'Brien. His promotion at this time has added value from the fact that the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, chief competitors of' the Har rlman lines, have recently secured the services, of Messrs. J. G. Woodworth and Ben Campbell, two high-grade rail road men wno grew up in the O. R. & N. service with Mr. O'Brien, and who also have a keen knowledge of this ter rltory and its traffic possibilities. A new man, unfamiliar with these local conditions, would have been at a disadvantage in meeting the work of such a pair of traffic experts who had been schooled right here In the field which now promisee to be exploited -on a more magnificent scale than ever be fore. These are a few ot the business reasons why the promotion of Mr. O'Brien will give general satisfaction. bttt there axe other reasons. The new general man a per is a. self' -made man, who. unaidei by asy inflst ences ether than his ewn ability, energy &4 industry. Its, xtetn fro tits r&aks. whrs he besftn a a telsrravfe -ooer- a tor. to oae of the most laapo-rtant rail road positions in the West- His achievement at the comparatively early age of 43 years Is an excellent example and a powerful Incentive to many other young men, who. tiring In the" struggle, sometimes forget the old truism that "there Is is always room at the top." Mr. Worthlngton. retiring head of the Harrlman Interests In this section, made a fine Impression on the people of Portland, and will carry with him to his new field their very high regard. Regret at his departure will be tem pered with the pleasure generally ex pressed over the well-earned promotion of Citizen O'Brien. DAWN OF A NEW ERA. This Is to be an eventful week for Portland and the entire Pacific North west. The opening of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, the open ing of the portage railroad at Celllo, thus affording independent water transportation from Lewlstoh to the sea, and the beginning of work on a railroad which is to afford a water-level route to seaboard from the most east erly portions of the State of Oregon and from a large portion of the States of Idaho and Washington, are three events that will not soon be forgotten. Not since establishment of railroad con nection with the East has there been a more important transportation move ment in this country than the proposed opening of a water-level rail route be tween the Inland Empire and tidewater. In hastening this denouement, which means so much for the Pacific North west, the portage road has played a most important part. Petitions, threats, prayers and remonstrances against the railroad policy that was retarding de velopment of the Interior were of no avail, and the portage road alone might not have accomplished the most pleas ing result on which we are now to be congratulated. But the building of this road made it possible for the people of Lewiston and GrangevIIIe to put through their project for an Independent electric line to tap the best portion of the Clearwater country. The railroads quickly dis closed the fact that they had no doubt about the value of the traffic already Involved or to be created, and an nouncement that Immediate construc tion of the long-delayed extensions would begin followed quickly on the heels of the statement that success of the electric line was assure'd. From a local standpoint, the greatest Interest just at this time is felt In the opening of the Clearwater country, but of equally great and perhaps even greater importance Is construction of the Snake River line from Huntington to Lewis ton. Into this new channel will be diverted a steadily increasing portion of that tide of commerce that is now 'sweeping westward to the Far East by rail and iran5-.facinc steamer, with the com pletion of the Snake River branch from Huntington to Riparia by way of Lew iston. transcontinental freight can be laid down at tidewater on the Pacific Coast at a smaller cost per ton per mile than over any other transconti nental line. With an Increasing vol ume or. Avest-oound business greater advantages will be offered our lumber manufacturers for the shipment of their product to the East, and on the ocean there will be an Increased steamer service to facilitate the han dling of the Oriental traffic originating in our immediate vicinity. Another very Important feature of the situation lies in the fact that the railroads have been "shown." When the Northern Pacific in measure by accident, built a line through a steep canyon into the Clear water country a few years ago, It was freely predicted that the business ob talnable would never reach proportions sufficient to pay operating expenses, contrary to these predictions. It has developed Into such great proportions that it Is taxing the facilities of the road to handle it by the present unnat ural route. With such a practical and profitable demonstration of what can be accomplished in a small portion of the Clearwater country, reinforced by the determination of the Lewiston peo ple to back with cash their judgment on the remainder of that rich field, it has at last dawned on the railroad peo ple that there is much profitable busi ness to be developed, and If they are recreant in their duty in developing it, others wjll take up the work. Central Oregon, the Nehalem and the Wallowa country today present a much more alluring field for railroad explol tation than the Clearwater offered when the Northern Pacific first entered portion of that field. The ice has been broken, and there are indications of a little better understanding between the railroads and the people who have mu tual interests with them. It required years of persistent effort to bring about the pleasing situation now con fronting us, but in the light of recent happenings less difficulty will be en countered in the development of other isolated localities. RARE DISCOVERY AT SALEM. The Salem Statesman has at last found a question upon which it has a decided opinion, although it half ac knowledges that the opinion is bor rowed. It Is positive in its declaration against revision of the tariff, and in one of Its many criticisms of President Roosevelt expresses fear that the Pres ldent'a views of the revision question will cause a split In the Republican party and defeat in 1,908. While it may be true that the Statesman has finally found a subject upon which It dares to express itself, it is certain that the Salem morning paper is not voicing the opinions of any considerable number of its readers. In the last Congressional campaign the Republican candidate in the First District declared in favor of revision, but insisted that the tariff must be revised by its friends, and not by its enemies. Such was the ar gument of all speakers who discussed National topics. Now let us see what is the present opinion of leading Re publicans in that district. President Roosevelt's demand is that the tariff schedules 6hall be reduced wherever they give an undue advan tage to monopolies. He stands for the principle ot reasonable protection for American labor and American capital, but not for such protection as enables trusts to levy unjust tribute upon American consumers. There are four or five men in the First District who are talked of as probable candidates for the Republican nomination for Can gress next Spring. Any man who fit for such an office must have studied the tariff question to such an extent that he has formed an opinion upon the subject of revision Now will the 9t&t&rae.n interview these who are prshcVIe or pOftfttbht caadMaie. tor the rlwubUcan CpnrresafoMi noinhtat&n upon the revision question, and ascer tain what are their views? Their opin ions are quite likely to be representa tive of the opinions of Republicans of their district. A man who says he has no opinion, or that he is unwilling to express it, Is unfit for a seat In Con gress. Wherever the Statesman can name a man who will say that he be lieves President Roosevelt is wrong on the tariff revision question. The Orego nian. will name a man who will meet a -frost in the primaries next Spring. Secretary Taft Is quoted as express ing the belief that "in the civilization of a country like the Philippines, the Increase In the number of native law yers and of lawyers of. all sorts Is one of first necessity." This undoubtedly explains a few of the difficulties en countered by Miles Standlsh and some ot the other early Americans who were attempting to spread civilization among the New England savages a few hun dred years ago, for lawyers were scarce indeed in those days. Still, many a pretty romance might have been spoiled had they been there. For ex ample, had John Smith been a lawyer Instead of a fighter, it would have, been unnecessary for Pocahontas to make a lot of fuss before the old man, for John would have Invoked the aid of a habeas corpus or hocos pokus and talked himself out of the big chiefs clutches. Every man to his trade. Some people express the belief that the Philippines are shy on missionaries, and still others think that a few well- trained marksmen with Mauser rifles might do some very effective civilizing. It Is a certainty that there are Fili pinos who respect the soldier man, and at the same time express indifference to the prayers of the preachers or the pleadings of the lawyers. A court-martial has been ordered at Vancouver Barracks ot the captain of a Government transport who, on a la'te voyage to this port from Manila, "drank heavily," and who, while in toxicated, was guilty of a most heinous offense against common decency and morality. The Government .will event ually have to employ the tactics to which the great private transportation companies are committed In the matter of shutting drinking men out of places of trust and responsibility. It Is more than a disgrace to the service to con tinue In a position of honor and grave responsibility a man who loses ' the sense of both in his cups; It is a men ace to human life, and may end in serious disaster. The Astoria fishermen who have been protesting against the issuing of 11 censes to transient fishermen from the Sacramento River have taken a most effective method for preventing the Callfornlans from encroaching on their preserves, by refusing to deliver fish to any cannery employing the aliens. This threatened boycott shows that a radical change has taken place In the gillnet ter's profession within the past few years. In the old days the outside fish erman came and went as he pleased, and, not Infrequently, was a potent fac tor In the June elections. Now he Is listed as an interloper, and, unless there is a change in sentiment, all of the gill- net fishing this year will be done by home talent. Dr. W. Bayard Collins has presented the lowly potato lna new role in an ar ticle headed "The Potato vs. the Standard Oil Company." It is set forth under this somewhat startling title that potato alcohol can be produced by simple process with an inexpensive plant, and from this heat, light and power can be extensively produced. If this statement can be verified by ex periment, there are certainly grand and heretofore unsuspected possibilities ot Industrial progress and even of rev olution in the potato. In the meantime. however. Standard Oil holds the field and is energetically extending its pipe lines through protesting Kansas. The old dispute as to where the Ark actually stranded after the high water is in a fair way to be settled. A Boise dispatch reports the finding in a space twenty-flvc feet square ot "the skull of a horned animal with horns spreading six feet from tip to tip." also a "tusk like that of an elephant" and "a lower Jaw resembling the Jaw of a horse.1 Numerous other specimens which It was Impossible to classify were found According tothe song, "the animals went in one by .one." but If this Boise find can be traced1 back to the livestock department of the Ark, It is apparent that they came out in bunches and stuck in the mud. Eastern capitalists are figuring on building interurban electric' lines through the Willamette Valley. As sev eral times suggested In these columns, it will be well for County Courts and the people generally to be careful what kind of franchises are given the elec trie lines on the public highways. Elec tric lines are desirable, but experience nas snown tnai irancnisas that are given away are soon offered for sale at a price expressed in the millions. Too often, also, a franchise that is worth millions when it is for sale is worth only a few thousands when the As sessor comes around. A Nebraska murderer has agreed to act as his own hangman. The Sheriff 13 so much averse to pressing the but ton that the obliging criminal will take the unpleasant task oft his hands. Notu if the criminal had only given this obliging side of his nature full play earlier in life and executed himself be fore he Was captured and convicted or, better yet, before he had committed the crime, the state and society at large would have been distinct gainers. If a hop pool will help the growers get a higher price for their hops, we shall all nope to see it perfected, but there Is always the danger that those who go into the pool will hold the sur plus while the outsiders .supply the market. It Is claimed that the raising of funds at Salem for the purpose of- electing Lane Mayor of .Portland was purely a personal matter and had no political purpose. It Is worthy of note, however. that the contributors were not Repub licans. Members of a minority party are very apt to think and to say that party asd politics have no proper place in a local r municipal election. They think dif ferently just as soon as they "suppose their party may have a chance to win, Geronlmo. the aged Apache chief, is etlll in the saddle. His latest exploit in Iwrssmairthip eeosistei ki wlnalng victory &n4 re oo the r&eetraek at U&ntOB.. Oklahoma: - ' - ore6onozone . :' A year ago we "looped the loop," With many a shrieky spasm: This year we've got to "lap the gap" And heavens! "clear the chasm! Whatever thrills the public wills, I The freak promoter has 'cm. Afloat. "Where are you living now? "Oh, nowhero in particular; I Just sort or float around." "Gee! you must be a" lobster." Mr. G. K. Chesterton, in his recent 'English Men of Letters" biography ot Robert Browning, remarks: "Brown ing's love poetry Is the finest love poetry in the world, because it does not talk about raptures and Ideals and gates of heaven, but about window- panes and gloves and garden-walls." There are sonnets to milady's glove that are love poetry, and there are songs of garden-wall trystings that are poetic: but when a window-pane is held up as a subject for the finest love poetry in the world, most ot us must admit that we see through a glass darkly. What sweet-soul-unction can there be in a kiss through a window- pane? Let toe Browning Society of Butte. Mont, or Its sister society of Boston, Mass., give answer. Speaking of absent-mindedness, here Is a sample that may pass muster. Yes terday a man boarded a Washington street car and took a seat beside an open window. In his mouth he held an unllghted cigar. In front of him he saw a sign reading No Smoking," flanked by tehe admonition, "Don't Spit on the Floor." When the conductor came along the passenger took : nickel from bis vest pocket and at tempted to obey three rules of the str6et-car company, at one time. He threw the nickel out at the window, put the cigar In the conductor's hand and spat into his vest pocket. Literary Notes "Unendorsed. H. Rudyard Haggard, having made u. study of the Salvation Army colo nles In California, is engaged in writ ing a sequel to his most famous novel. in collaboration with Rider Kipling. The book Is to be entitled "Them; or. Captains Courageous." Medwln Arkham, the celebrated poet. recently visited the Soutn In searca of local color. His next book will be a collection of ballads In negro dialect. called 'The Men With the Hoe- Cakes." Advance sheet, indicate a rag time air. "Thinking Thoughts: or, Richer Dardlng Davis In Action," is the title of a new book by an admirer of the noted novelist and war correspondent, who once fell Into the West Through a car window. The irontispiece shows Mr. Davis sitting In the inspirational atmosphere ot his library, composed entirely of his own books. The latest volume of poems by the veteran peregrinating bard, Walk-in Miller, is an appreciation of Mme, Sarah Grand. Sara Bernhardt and the Sahara Desert. It bears the character Istlc title. "Songs of the Sarahs." It is reported that Mrs. E. W. Wil cox now claims the authorship ot "Casey at the Bat," Already the sweet songstress authorship of "Laugh nnd the World Laughs With You," "Beauti ful Snow" and "The Letters of Junius" has been established. As it is well known that Mr. Casey went Into a roaring passion when he struck out, and cnased the umpire around the dia mond in the same Christian spirit man ifested by military fighting men, "Casey at the Bat" will appear In the next edition of "Poems of Passion," under its original title, "The Passion Play." Too Late for Classification. HOUSE WANTED The advertiser de sires to rent a house In Portland for the Summer; must contain not less than 16 rooms, completely furnished; hot and cold water in enoh room, also long-distance telephones; will agree not to take more t,han 35 boarders, no doge or children allowed. Price, not more than $15 per month. MATRIMONIAL Beautiful young wi dow from the East would like to meet suitable gentleman who owns bank book showing deposits of 550,000; object, to get the money. REMOVAL NOTICE Portland Postof flce resumes business this morning at the old stand. Vignette portraits of Ben Franklin for sale at 1 cent each, George Washington 2 cents. We sell all makes of postage .stamps as cheap as at any other Cortelyou curio shop in the United States. "Lest We Forget." (St. Louis World's Fair Revisited Six Months After Date.) I. Whither away hast wandered, Vasty Show? To what dim regions of the darkness gone Glimmering? Ah. no more thy light shall dawn That gave usjoy, because we loved it so! Ah, lack-a-day! alas! and likewise oh! We thus lament the passing into pawn Of thy delightsome aggregate of lawn. Lagoon and palace loath to see thee go! Where art thou. Fair of Fairs? Art but a dream. Or art thou as a fleeting scene pro duced And ended? Where's thy "visionary gleam" , Whereof the poet wrote a rosy boost? Wert thou the real thing, or did3t but seem? 'TIs sad to speak thy solemn fate, "Vamoosed!" IL Yestreen I wandered all alone, forlorn. Betwixt deserted palaces of art And towering temples where the busy mart So lately plumped and poured Its gol den horn Of nlenty; and I wept because that corn And hay now fill the mule-that pulls the cart Along plebeian ways; and In my heart For Fate I had hut bitterness and scorn! X said I wept; hut later in the night. As slow my feet perambulated o'er These plazas destitute of glorious light That shone last year but now shall shiae ae aere i I fell Into a hsl; clean eut ef sight; A4 the I blush to 'fs it then I sworsl j, XOB-aRTDS LOVJt Roosevelt and Railway Rate Regulatibn Extra Sessia ef CeagrcM Will Be Called, and Prenldeat Will Insist ea Aetioa Heir tie Senate CemmHtee Ceadacted It Ilearlass . Expert Testlateay by Railroad. Walter " Wellman. la Chicago Record-Herald. . vWashlngton. May 23. An extraor dinary session of Congress will be called to assemble next AutQmn. It will be called for the express purpose of securing legislation regulating rail way charges. The President places railway regulations ahead ot tariff re form in Importance to the peo ple, but not at the expense of ac tion concerning the railways. These Statements were made at the White House today authoritatively and with great posltlvenesa. They set at rest the rumors whicn have been in circulation and which have to some extent found their way Into print, that President Roosevelt Is undecided as to whether or not there should be a special session of Congress, and as to whether it should be asked to take up the tariff ques tion even at the expense of railway legislation. Mr. Roosevelt has many Irons in the Are. He is Interested in a. large num ber of questions and subjects. His eager mind runs on ahead of the de velopment of public opinion. He foro- sees needs before they have become apparent to a majority of his fellow- citizens. If he could have his way he would set In motion a dozen Important reforms and constructive policies, and hasten them all to completion. At the same time he is learning that as a rule the people will think of but one big thing at a time. He is learning 1 that the way to secure results from Congress is to keep everlastingly at an issue till it is disposed of, and dis posed of rightly. The President does not know what he can get from Congress in the war of railway legislation, but he does not intend to fail to secure what he wants and what he believes the country wants through lack ot effort nor by permittlng the railroads and the pub lic men who are friendly to their side of the case to shift the issue to some thing else. More than one hint has been conveyed to the President that i he were to drop the railway subject, or to permit It to be sidetracked with out any collision between the rival forces, the tariff could be taken up. The President is exceedingly eager for economical progress. But he has learned his lesson. One thing at a time. Today we have two Important pieces of information concerning the outlook for the future of the railroad reform movement. First, the President is go ing to play hfs hand out with all the forcefulness ot which he is capable, win or lose. And, second, the railways make no secret of the fact that they have captured the Senate committee on interstate commerce and will be able to secure a report In the Autumn mainly favorable to their side ot the contention. The railroad attorneys who have given oareful attention to the sessions of the committee, and who know as much as the members themselves as to how the committee stands, express no doubt whatever as to the outcome. They feel perfectly sure the report of the committee will be a final triumph for the railroads. By this they do not mean the committee will report against any action whatever by Con gress. Indeed, that Is not the railroad wish. The scheme is to make a pre tense of doing something, but to make jolly sure that something, if it be em balmed in law. shall do the railroads no harm. At this sort or stopmouth legislation, which really effects noth ing ot importance and yet shuts off agitation, the railway attorneys and their many friends In the Senate, are recognized experts. m Now that the Senate committee has finished its hearings, it is important the people should understand just why those sittings of the committee were held, and the methods pursued in this supposedly impartial Investigation. The hearings were proposea in tne first place as a railway scheme of de lay and as a campaign ot education. The resolution providing for the sit tings was prepared by the attorney of an Eastern railway company and in troduced in the Senate by Mr. Kean, of New Jersey, who is nothing more nor less than a railway lawyer tem porarily occupying a seat in the up per branch. This is not saying that Mr. Kean is a bad fellow. Ha moves according to his lights and training. All his associations hive been with THJRD TERM TALK KEEPS UP! San Francisco Argonaut. The idea of re-electing Mr. Roosevelt to the Presidency in 1908 will not down. The prediction of he unusually saga cious New York World that he will be renominated and re-elected still dis turbs the dreams of the railway mag nates, and stands like a spectre" before the eyes of the porkpackers ot Chi cago. In a speech, the other day, Sen ator Depew said: 'The people admire Roosevelt so much and have such confi dence in him that he Is going to have a harder Job to keep out of the Presi dency for anotner term than ho had to 'get that 12th bear." Certainly Mr. Roosevelt's acts have given not the slightest basis for any assumption that he has considered or will consider a rpnomination. On the contrary, he has not once, but several times, reiterated his intention to quit the office ot chief executive without fail on March 4, 1909. ' Those newspapers which have taken offense at the World'B prediction, holding It to be an Impeachment of the President's sincerity, are quite Justified in so arguing. It Is singular, neverthe less, how the talk keeps up. Mr. Taft, as a Presidential possibility. Is men tioned, but nobody appears to be in the least enthusiastic, though admitting his - great qualities. The astute Mr. Fairbanks Is named, but there is no evidence of anticipatory emotion out side of Indiana. The atmosphere seems charged with the expectation that some crisis in affairs In 1908 may hold Mr. Roosevelt to his post with the chains of the desire of the majority of 30,000, 003 of people. We shall see. Otir Municipal Election. Ealem Statesman. There Is no excuse at all for RepubMcxna to refuee to support Hon-. George H. Williams tor Mayor In the cominff municipal election In Portland, and but few are likely to do bo. Mr. "Williams embodies alt the elements of Republicanism, and. In addition to havine been a consistent member of that party since Its tBcipiencr. hl tlnae and talenUr have ever bea at ita beck for party success. If the Republicans sbonlfi fail to elect Mr. Williams Mayor of Portland, ttey will find out later that sees failure was a srrtat mistake. If party sue cms is of value at all. It Is of as lHUCb value is tha election of te Mayors of oar elites aso. to-snas as it Is in the election c our Governors and other officials. Be pblteaws are irtUIng to admit now that the elesttea of a JJemacratlt Governor i not par tiealarly conducive to Republican ceatcntmeat. Improving the Staff. Atlanta-Constitution, Dem. Genera! Mllea recommends cecked hats aM kkebreche for the Massachusetts mtUtte. desi&rtar. H would thereby "la tlte Me.;; The, gral sfetabL net .a nit a portaJHe bathta far every eekHWl "en the" jererrtr's stilt: - corporations and ho thinks he is doing right in looking after their Interests. He is, not by any means the only man in the Senate who represents both a sovereign state and a corporation which owns that state. In pointing out these facts It is not necessary to throw any bricks at the individuals themselves. They are within thefr rights, as polities goes. But the fact3 should be known, nevertheless. a Throughout the long series of hear ings now brought to a close the .rail road attorneys have been in pretty complete control of the committee. They have run the whole Show. They have carried on the campaign of- edu cation, a$ they called It. They have summoned thp ablest and brightest men from the railroad world to take the stand, and these men have come amply prepared and well coached. There are no brighter minds in tha country than those of the leading men in the great railway systems. They are alert, well Informed, forcfeful and clever. Day after day and week after week they have rammed home what they believe- to be unanswerable argu ments against any sort of Government' control of rates. The truth is they have completely outclassed the witnesses for the other side. The few men who have testified in the . popular behalf have not made much headway against the skill of the railway men. So clearly was this shown a few weeks ago that a Western Senator, one of the few sin cere representatives of the people on the Interstate commerce committee, sent 6!ut word to the friends of the pro posed legislation that It they had any one who could put up a good talk on the people's side of the business, for heaven's sake send htm along. This cry for help against the well-organized and effectively handled railway forces was not responded to as thor oughly as it might have been. The re sult Is that today the railway lawyers are boasting that they have won out and that they have the committee with them. The truth Is, the committee was with them from the first. It was what may be calld a packed jury. The friends oC the railways have made it their busi ness to see to It in the past that a ma jority ot the members of this highly Important committee were friendly, to the corporations. It was their business to do this, and it was not anyone's business to counteract them. Hence the thing was done, and dono thoroughly. Without regard to party lines a ma jority of the committee have such po litical and financial associations that they could not see the need of a law regulating railway rates if they wanted to. By this it Is not meait to Impugn the honor or sincerity ot those Senators. They have a natural and la gal and perhaps moral right to be as friendly as they like to thef railways or to any other great industry of the country. We are simply pointing out facts, not questioning motives. If anyone had entertained doubts as to the sympathies ot a majority of the committeemen It would have been nec essary only to attend a few meetings of the committee to have those doubts removed once for all. Every railroad man who has appeared before the com mittee has been treated as if he were one of the lords of creation, and gen erally he was. Nothing was too good for him. No awkward questions were asked. He was not subjected to a rigid cross-examination. His paths lay through pleasant groves, lined, with flowers. But the man who appeared for the people's side of the contention, was treated in quite another manner. After the politeness had been . properly, ex pended he found himself under lire. In fact, he was almost an object of suspi cion. It seemed to be the principal aim In life of a majority of the members of the committee to expose his Ignorance ot practical railroading. A concerted effort was made to show that he was nothing but a wild-eyed dreamer, a theorist, a demagogue, who must go to pieces when confronted with the cold logic of facts and figures. And after a half-dozen eminent Senators, well versed in their art and long practiced, had picked and pulled at the witness to their heart's content, they "would turn to one another with a smile ot satisfaction, as much as to say: An other one gone by the board. Dldnt we do him up in fine shape? VICE PRESIDENT AS "SUB. Brooklyn Eagle. President Roosevelt has solved the ques tion of what we shall do with our Vice Presidents, or at least the present one He uses him as a substitute to appear at fairs, expositions, banquets and other funotlons where the President Is Invited to malfo speeches. The latest task ot this kind assigned to Mr. Fairbanks Is to go to Portland, Or., and open the iwl3 and Clark Exposition with a speech on June 1. . The Westerners had been hoping that Mr. Roosevelt would .be able to accept their Invitation formally to open the big Fair, but when the latter found he could not go he asked his substitute, the Vice President to go. Mr," Fairbanks has Just finished a "subbing" detail at tha Inter national Railway Congress. He came on to Washington to take the Presidents place at the receptions and dinners of this gathering. To this extent, therefore, the Vice President has been recognized by the President more than any similar official for the past 40 -or 50 years. During much of the time specified there has been no Vice-President. Only one such official in late years has been called In consultation or considered a part of the administration, and that was Vice-President Hobart. dur ing McKlnley's administration". He was consulted by President McKlnley as .much as a cabinet member. He was als? con sulted by Senators more than any other Vice-President. But he was never called upon to act in place of the President as Vice-President Fairbanks has on numer ous occasions. From the T. D. Dictionary. Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dem. PROTECTION (pro-tec-shuri), n. 1 The act of protecting one's pocket at somebody else's expense; self-protection. 2. CPolit. econ.) The act of guarding one's self against the operation of one s own principles principles being meant for the other fellow. PROTECTIONIST (pro-tec-shun-ist). One who believes in the protective tariff for the other fellow; one wno wan 13 10 be protected against protection. TARIFF (tar-lf), n. An Ingenious device for compelling a confiding American pub lic to pay 52 for articles which Germans. Swedes, Afghans. Ghurkas, Icelanders and Hottentots may buy for one. Railway 3Ian.s Predicament. Dondon Daily MaiL Recently Joseph Oilier, an engine fitter employed by the Northwestern Railway Company, at Crewe, had a strange and trying experience. In repairing locomotive he had occasion to get inside the water-tank, the Inlet of -which is exceedingly small. He got In with little difficulty, but could not get eut. The efforts of other worlasen t extricate him were unavailing. Oi lier became exhausted, and lay ia the rtank UBceasclous. A number- ef 'sie efcanie? had to he summoned, aad the eagiae was takes to pieces "before the bub culd be release. He Is 'xaw i .the JUiiwir HopiUL