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PORTLAND, SATURDAY. JUNE 10, 1IT05.
A SUBJECT TILVT RAMBLES.
Not a few newspapers of Oregon,
since the election in Portland, have
been commenting on the result Which
is very well. But some of them talk
about The Oregonian in a way which
shows they have a strange and total
misconception of the position of The
Oregonian, and of Its editor, in relation
to the politics of the City of Port.la.nd
and of the State of Oregon.
The position of Judge Williams, his
relations to the history of Oregon, his
personal character and the greatness
of the man, were facts that The Ore
gonian could not ignore. It did not
urge his renomlnation. From the be
ginning it was doubtful whether he
could be re-elected. The editor frank
ly told him so. But he desired re-election:
he had a plurality in the pri
mary, and The Oregonian did what it
could to re-elect him both because of
his own character and greatness
of the man and of what be has
done for Oregon, and because it
wished the Republican party to
continue in the ascendant Any one
of the principal competitors of Judge
Williams The Oregonian would have
supported earnestly; and it said so, be
fore the primary. While, therefore. The
Oregonian has the highest respect for
this venerable, great and worthy man,
he was not Its candidate. It had no
candidate.
Thus far. by way of preliminary
statement Now we come to considera
tion of the things which a number of
the newspapers of Oregon say about the
Portland election ignoring what the
Democratic papers say about it and
confining ourselves to comments and
criticisms by Republicans. For it was
the dissensions of Republicans that
brought about the result It is their
funeral, and our Democratic brethren
have no right to weep and mourn. To
give them credit, let it be said they do
not affect a sorrow.
We take the remarks of the Daily As
torian as a type of all the rest It de
clares the defeat of Judge Williams
means that "a large majority of the
Republican party in Multnomah County
will not tolerate political dictation by
Harvey Scott, an aspirant for United
States Senator, and Francis Henoy, the
carpet-bagger politician Imported from
Alaska to kill the Republican party In
Oregon and build upon its ruins a Scott
oligarchy. They prefer that all of the
offices of the city, county and state be
In the hands of the Democrats than in
the hands of the Scott-Hency Trust
Company."
Let us deal, first with the first part
of this grievance. H. W. Scott is not a
candidate for United States Senate, nor
will he be next year, or ever. The po
sition is an honorable one, and he
might be able, in it. to acquit himself
without discredit, and to render service
to the state. But to himself the posi
tion neither Is nor could be in any way
desirable. Will all aspirants for the
Senate, and all their friends, be so good
to themselves not to say to him as
to drop his name out of their calcula
tions? Let every one who Wouldn't like
to 5ee him in the Senate, or in other
official position, be comfortable; let all
such, go to bed early and sleep nights.
H. W. Scott will never peek election to
the United States Senate. But he is not
bound to say he would not have a
choice among those who might seek it
and strive to obtain It The Senate of
the United States is a high po
sitionIf one can hold it and All a
place creditably. In it not other
wise. Sought and obtained as a
gratification of petty personal am
bition, it Is nothing a truth of which
we have had proofs enough. United
States Senators come and go. How
many have come and gone during these
forty years? How many will come and
go during the next forty? But who
will hold the leadership of journalism
here, against all comers, during the
next forty years? Let every reader
pardon this little vanity. It fits the oc
casion well; it Is proper answer to those
who Imagine that a seat in the Senate
Is the one object o this editor's con
suming' ambition. Toil and trouble and !
responsibility, entire devotion to busi
ness not his own and little to an inde
pendent man's liking', belong to that
place; and extreme financial sacrifice
besides for the salary will not pay the
Senator's own hotel bills. Let every
one, therefore, who Imagines that Har
vey Scott desires that position and is
laying plans and plots to get it, dismiss
that notion and recover his own peace
of mind. And let such person get the
seat for himself or for some one else
if he can.
As to "Francis Heney, carpet-bagger
politician. Imported from Alaska to kill
the Republican party of Oregon" let
this charge, or whatever may be In it,
be directed against Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States, not
against-H. W. Scott, editor of The Ore
gonian. Mr. Roosei'elt sent Mr. Heney
here. Till then Mr. Scott had no
knowledge whatever of Mr. Heney.
And since then their acquaintance has
been of the slightest As all readers of
The Oregonian know, it doubted when
Mr, Heney came here, and for long af
terward, whether he had any case. In
these land-fraud proceedings. It said so
repeatedly. But Heney pushed the In-
qulryand developed testimony which no
one who followed the revelations cer
tainly no newspaper could Ignore. Be
lieving that Heney would "make good"
Indeed had ""made good" the Presi
dent appointed him District Atorney
for Oregon, especially to prosecute these
cases. Theodore Roosevelt, President
of the United States, is not a man who
would throw responsibility of his own
acts on others.
Let us have another word. The As-
torlan says, further: "The Oregonian
was responsible for the defeat of the
Republican candidate for Governor
three years ago W. J. Furnish and
his metallic influence with The Orego
nian resulted In his nomination over
T. T. Geer. who could have been re
elected Governor of Oregon, but the
man in the-lower refused to allow him
thp nomination to which he was enti
tled. The people of Oregon rebelled
against such methods, and they wilt
continue to do so." The Oregonian did
not advocate the nomination of Mr.
Furnish. It had no candidate. But
Mr. Furnish was and Is a eood man, fit
te be Governor, and The Oregonian
supported him. His nomination was
brought about chiefly "by James A. Fee.
Charles W. Fulton. Robert A. Booth,
Dr. William Kuykendall and Walter
F. Matthews. The Oregonian acqui
esced, and supported Furnish. It
would have supported Geer, had
the convention nominated him. But
the purposes of the convention made
his nomination Impossible. Furnish
was sacrificed, then, to faction, as Will
lams has been sacrificed now.
The Astorian professes to regret the
defeat of Mayor Williams; but in real
Ity It Is in high glee. Had It been here,
Its effort would' have been exerted
against him. The Astorian Is merely
one of the organs of an entirely dis
credited gang in Oregon, which Is con
tinually attacking even the President
because of his resolve to push- the law
In the case of the land frauds. Beyond
doubt the general atmosphere of Ore
gon will be a good deal clarified by
publication of the testimony in these
cases, to be delivered In the trials soon
to begin. It may be supposed that 2Ir.
Heney wouldn't be here in these cases
had not the President believed in him
Should this seem to be a rambling
review, please observe that the sub
ject as presented by the critic thus re
viewed Is a rambling one.
WHO SHOULD PAY FOR ROADS?
The Washington State Grange, In a
resolution adopted at the meeting at
Toledo, asks that state and National .
aid be given for the improvement of j
public highways. It supplements the
request with the statement that "large
appropriations are made for the Im
provement of rivers and harbors." The
natural inference drawn from this
statement is that because rivers and
harbors are Improved by the Govern
ment public roads should also be so
improved. The necessity for good roads
and the merits of any reasonable ap
propriation for their construction and
maintenance are so apparent that it
seems superfluous to give as a reason
for their improvement the fact that
rivers and harbors are Improved with
Government funds. The cases are not
parallel, for the reason that the Gov
ernment has complete jurisdiction over
all water highways, while town, county
and state each have a certain amount
of authority over the land highways
through the country.
The waterways of the country are
also in most cases interstate highways,
the control of which by the officers of
the counties and states through which
they pass would be too complicated and
difficult to be practicable. The Govern
ment has in the past made very liberal
appropriations in the way of land
grants for wagon roads In newly
opened sections of the country, and the
returns in the way of good roads have
probably been smaller In proportion to
the amount invested than have been se
cured from any other form of Govern
ment subsidy. At the same time there
is a crying need for good roads in every
direction, and their value Is too appar
ent to necessitate argument to prove it
Real estate values along the Base
Line road, eight to ton miles out from
Portland, when compared with those
for property situated a similar distance
from the Courthouse on some of the
roads leading our on the west side of
the river, offer pretty conclusive evi
dence on this point.. But difficulty will
arise in perfecting a plan by which the
cost of those good roads can be equita
bly levied. The owner of a thousand-dollar-per-acre
farm along the Base
Line road will object to having an ad
valorem tax levied on -his land in order
that the man on the hundred-dollar-per-acre
farm on the west side may se
cure as good a highway as the Base
Line road. Inasmuch as the road would
double or treble the value of the land
through which it passes, without in the
slightest degree increasing the value of
the land on roads already completed,
the objection would seem to be war
ranted. It Is thus quite plain that state aid,
or even county aid, for some of the
principal thoroughfares needed cannot
easily be disbursed In a manner satis
factory to alL The State of Washing
ton is just at present expending a large
appropriation for construction of a
wagon road across the Cascade Moun
tains .and also for one down the north
bank of the Columbia River, in Clark,
Skamania and Klickitat Counties.
These roads will bring together divid
ed sections of the state, with which
communication at the present time Is
impossible except by a long and circuit
ous route. There is much merit In both
of these projects, but theywere fought,
and fought hard, "by the representatives
of other sections of the state not di
rectly benefited.
The good roads movement is spread
ing rapidly, and quite naturally the
greatest change is noticeable near the
cities. This is due to the desire of the
city people to work out toward the
country, where land is cheaper and liv
ing expenses lower, and also to the de
sire of the conntry people to have the
city, which takes the products of the
farm, made accessible at less expense
than over the old road. The automobile
will in time become a factor of Import
ance in development of the good-roads
idea, but the only satisfactory system
for improving the roads will be one
that distributes the cost so that those
reaping the greatest benefits will bear
a proportionate share of the cost This
cannot well be carried out with Gov
ernment or state control of the work.
ALPnONSOS QUEST.
King Alphonso of Spain seems to bo
having the time of his life in London.
He is supposed to be on parade for the
purpose of winning a .British Princess.
He Is certainly disporting himself to
the best advantage, and, as King Ed
ward is said to be willing and even anx
ious to further the hopes of Spain and
the wishes of the young King In this
respect. It seems probable that the
matrimonial quest will be successful.
British Princesses have, however,
been rather hard to manage In recent
years. When the present Czar of Rus
sia went wooing to the English court,
some years ago. hoping to win his
cousin. Victoria of Wales, that young
woman laughed In his face and refused
to consider the subject. Her elder sis
ter, Louise, a few years "before had. to
the great grief of her royal grand
mother, married a subject of the realm,
the Duke of Fife. Princess Maritf of
Edinburgh yielded to the royal com
mand and married her cousin. Grand
Duke Ernest of Hesse-Darmstadt, but
later braved the wrath of Kings and
the ostracism of courts by refusing to
live with him. Whether Princess Mar
garet of Connaught for whom the
Spanish net Is said to be spread, will
succeed in keeping out of It remains to
be seen. She Is said to be a spirited
young, woman, and strongly averse to
leaving her own country for the seml
barbarlc customs of the court of Spain.
SERI.US TRADE WAR IMMINENT.
There now "seems to be but little
doubt that the Chinese intend to insti
tute a boycott against American goods.
The belief is quite generally expressed
that Germany has had quite a hand In
bringing about the unpleasant situation
now confronting us. No other people
on earth has made such rapid strides
In trade with China as the Germans.
They have increased their hold to such
an extent that 75 per cent of the ex
ports of Canton. China's greatest city,
now pass through the hands of German
merchants, while 50 per cent of the im
ports are bandied by the same people.
At Tientsin, one of the newer ports,
twenty-nine German business houses
control 60 per cent 'of the imports, and
45 per cent of the exports. German en
terprise on a corresponding scale is in
evidence in all other big ports In China.
In Inciting this feeling against the
United States. Germany is actuated by
two very important motives. One Is
the desire to secure as much of this
trade as possible for her own people.
The other is retaliation for the manner
in which we have excluded German
sugar, bulbs and manufactured goods
from our own markets We refuse to
permit Germany to trade with us, and
she turns to China, and quite naturally
begins at once to replace American
goods wlth Gnnan artlcle But
Grmany mIght not have found
Chinese mind in such a receptive state
had the United States been Innocent of
any wrong in the case. As It was, she
found the Chinese goaded to a point
where anything that offered them a
weapon for retaliation was acceptable.
They decided by a unanimous vote to
stand together and boycott not only
American goods, but American steam
ship lines, and American educational
institutions, until the people of the
United States came to their senses and
extended fair treatment to them.
The boycott Is not regarded with fa
vor in America, and, while we may not
approve of Its use by the Chinese, It is
a certainty that they have a grievance
that is far from being fancied. As far
back as 1891 we excluded all Chinamen
who were classed as laborers, and there
should have been nothing to prevent
the admission of other classes- since
that time. It was wholly unnecessary
to subject the Chinese, individually and
as a nation, to the humiliation and In
justice that was repeatedly heaped on
them by overzealous immigration offi
cers. The Chinaman has been slow to
anger, and might not yet have present
ed his demand for fair'treatment, had
it not been for the agitation of the Ger
mans. But now that he is aroused, the
question becomes a roost serious one
for the United States!
Between the exclusion act and the
tariff barrier, we have turned from us
millions of customers who have been
steadily Increasing the amount of their
purchases, and are at this time on the
threshold of an Immense industrial and
commercial expansion. Germany,
barred out of the American market
"with her sugar and other products, of
which we are In need. Is doing all In
her power to keep the trouble going,
and between them American trade Is
bound to suffer greatly. We are a
great Nation, and we can eat our wheat
some of It and wear our cotton
goods some of them but we cannot
sell where we do not buy. or where we
refuse to extend fair treatment to those
who in the past have been among our
best customers. Trade wars are very
expensive affairs for the countries
which provoke them, and the gauntlet
has already been thrown down by Ger
many and China. There are other na
tions that are not any too fond of our
Jug-handled protective tariff system,
and. If we stand by our guns long
enough, the rest of the world will be
come tired of our snubs and trade re
strictions and let us severely alone, or
retaliate by administering to us some
of the protective medicine which we for
years have been forcing down their
throats.
Not long ago it was suggested that
President Gatch. of the State Agricul
tural College, was getting too old and
he ought to be retired. He is 75. or
thereabouts. He has had a long, hon
orable and efficient career as an edu
cator In Oregon and Washington. He
is known and loved by more stu
dents and ex-students, hundreds and
thousands of them, than any other per
son whatsoever In a similar calling
in the Pacific Northwest Every
one of them, including sow many
men and women with students la
their owa families, is preroa to have
been the tutelage of Professor
Gatch. AH these will be. astounded to
hear that anybody has kad the temer
ity to suggest that Professor Gatch Is
getting old, for they know that he is
one of those singular men who never
can and never will grow old. The stu
dents at Corrallls, who see him every
day and also know him and his work,
do not think so. for they gave him at
chapel Thursday a most touching" and
enthusiastic ovation. In eight years
the enrollment at Corvallis has giowu
from 300 to fiSO. It Is the best-attended
of our colleges, and the increase must
be largely due to the activity and great
prestige of President Gatch. Here In
Portland we may retire our old men
from public service because we know
no better: but the example Is not neces
sarily a good one for Corvallis to fol
low. Petty pilfering- by college and high.
school students seems to have become
quite prevalent of late. The object Is,
tn most cases; obscure, not to say In
comprehensible, as the articles taken
are generally of no use whatever to the
pilferers, for the reason that to use or
try to dispose of them would bring im
mediate exposure. The student of the
University of Oregon, for example, who
stole a lot of trappings belonging to the
militia could make no use of the things.
He" knew that the theft was more than
likely to be discovered, and that the
consequences would be disgraceful dis
missal. His motive In the theft was
therefore inexplicable. So also with the
Seattle High School girls who had been
pilfering from their classmates for
some time and were finally discovered.
Their spoils had been boas, trinkets.
eta. taken from the cloakroom, and it
was not possible for them either to
wear or sell the articles stolen. Other
cases of more or less prominence might
be cited. In which pilfering has been
Indulged among students, disclosing a
sort of mania that Is not easily ac
counted for.
The Chicago newspapers are quarrel
Ing over which of them printed the first
news of the battle of Corean Straits.
The Tribune In Its early edition on
Sunday, May 2S. said In a Washington
City dispatch that the battle had begun
at noon Saturday, "and the Tribune
printed It ahead of all papers of the
known world, so far as.we know." The
Tribune doesn't know, for on that same
date (May 2S). in its regular edition.
The Oregonian printed conspicuously
the following bulletin from Toklo:
Admiral Togo attacked the Rusrtan fleet In
the Corean Straits at noon today, and the bat
tie Is still In progress.
The dispatch was authentic and au
thorltatlve. as the event proved. The
Oregonian and two others on the Pacific
Coast (one in California and one In
Washington) were the only newspapers
In the United States to print this Toklo
news on Sunday morning. Later other
papers in the East had It In special
editions. It Is all another illustration
of The Oregonlan's unequaled news
service, made the more valuable by the
difference In time between Portland
and Eastern cities.
Paul" Morton, present Secretary of the
Navy. Is to be the new chairman of the
Equitable board of directors. It ap
pears to be the purpose to confer on
Mr. Morton large powers to straighten
out the tangled affairs of the company.
If he cansubordinate both the Hyde
Influence and the Alexander Influence,
public confidence will be restored; and
that is all that the Equitable needs
j The Equitable has been and Is one of
; the great Insurance companies of the
j world. Its resources are vast, Its pres
uge great, its mnuence in tne nnanciai
world large, and its management until
recently entirely conservative. It Is
undeniable that the late scandals have
Impaired Its credit and alarmed Its
policy-holders and the public; but that
it would emerge from the trouble in a
perfectly solvent condition no one has
doubted. Now that It has again started
on the right road it may be hoped that
the clouds in the life Insurance sky
will be dissipated.
When Lewiston has mil road connec
tion East and West and Is more firm
ly than ever established as a busy
trade and manufacturing center, we
may expect an agitation to have it
placed on the same basis with Spokane
for transcontinental railroad freight
rates. It will naturally want to con
trol the jobbing trade of the territory
of which It Is the center. Then we shall
hear' a great outcry from Spokane.
which appears now to be much dls
turbed by the growing Importance of
Lewiston and by the certain prospect
that It will have adequate railroad fa
duties. But if Spokane gets special
consideration from the railroads, why
not Lewiston? Why not Colfax, Che
ney. Walla Walla, Pendleton. Baker
City, Boise and every other town In the
interior of Oregon. Washington and
Idaho? The railroads. In making an
exception of Spokane, have simply
stored up great future trouble for
themselves.
"No hitch has occurred and the out
look continues favorable for peace,'
says a St. Petersburg dispatch. That
Is to say, the Czar has not yet made
one of his lightning changes of mind.
But the" Grand Dukes have a great deal
to say about Russian affairs, and they
are at last convinced that the Japanese
cannot be defeated by a broken, dlsor
couraged and rebellious army, and are
willing to take their medicine. The
Grand Dukes are doubtless now ready
to adopt any plan that bids fair to re
Ueve them from the assiduous atten
tlons of the revolutionists at home.
Such strawberries as were dispensed
by citizens of The Dalles and vicinity
last Thursday at their "at home" In the
Oregon state building on the Fair
grounds were declared to be the "best
ever" by those who received them from
the hands of the hostesses on that occa
slon. It now devolves upon the citizens
of Hood River to show. If they can, that
they still lead the world In strawber
rles.
President Castro is to be formally in
augurated as President of Venezuela
today. Castro Is much more popular In
South America than in the United
-States. However, that was probably
the reason be was re-elected.
The Czar naturally hopes that PresI
dent Roosevelt will "put yourself in his
place." That Is asking a great deal of
the President, who never has to worry
about what he would do If he ever got
licked.
It Is to be hoped that Jimmy Hyd
will get enough out of that stock sale
to retire to Paris, where hie talents will
be better appreciated.
0REGON0Z0NE .
Summer CemplaLgt.
Now in the rosy month of June
The birds and bees are all atune.
The brooks assist the regnant rune.
And all the world is "gay;
But, lack-a-day! It will not last!
Too soon
, Will June
Be o'er and past.
And rent will be to pay! -
Dees Family Count? -.
j
"I go a great deal on family." re
marked the Ward McAllister of the
community. I tell' you there's lota in
blood: family counts."
Ah, does it?
Abraham Lincoln's father was so
poor that the niggers called him po
white trash, and Abe himself was born
In a log hut with cracks in the walls
so wide that- you could throw a dog
through them: and his mother's name
was Nancy Hanks.
The father of John Adams ran a
corner grocery. John Qulncy Adams,
however, had "family" back of him,
for, his father, John, had been Presi
dent of the United States.
James K. Folk grubbed roots out of
a new farm in North Carolina until he
got too strong 'to work for his father,
then he managed to secure a Job in a
country store.
Andrew Johnson married "family,"
for his wife knew enough to teach him
how to read.
John Keats was the son of a hostler.
and was Born in a livery stable.
Rare Ben Jonson laid brick while he
was learning Latin.
Charles J. Bonaparte Is a "family"
man. but Napoleon Bonaparte once re
marked: "I am my own ancestors."
Did you ever happen to near who.
was the father of Homer, or of Shakes
peare, or of Gladstone, or of Socrates,
or of Walt Whitman?
A Thought for Today.
The drummers marsh alonp the street
But not a drum the drummers beat;
Now ain't it truly funny some
That drummers don t know how to
drum?
New York publishers announce the
early appearance of a book by Dr.
William Osier, entitled "The Fixed Pe
riod." Add Osier to the list of success
ful press agents.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat VJc
votes half a column of editorial space
to the proposition that "Russia Is not
a dying nation." No; but she's a "dead
one."
A cablegram from Verona announces
that the house of the Capulets is for
sale under foreclosure proceedings.
Since all the world loves a lover, the
baicony to which the sighing Romeo
climbed to whisper sweet nothings in
Juliet's ear should not be knocked
down at any low figure. How much do
you bid?
The Punk Punster.
"I am told that you have strong prefer
ences in the arts?" said the Punk Pun
ster, inquiringly.
"I certainly have," replied Sarcastic
Smith.
"Who's your favorite composer?"
"Wagner." m
"And who's your pianist?"
"PaderewskL"
"And Hoosier poet?"
"James Whitcomb Riley."
Saving by. Shaving.
(Dr. J. F. Kennedy, secretary of the
Iowa State Board of Health, declares that
whiskers are unsanitary, and all men
should shave.)
Dr. Kennedy says that our whiskers
must go;
He's a doctor, and doctors, you know.
ought to know;
And he says that our whiskers are drag
ging us down
Perditlonwards whether they're black or
brown;
And, therefore, to save us.
Doc Kennedy'd shave us.
Dr. Kennedy says that a splnachy growth
Is vile or unwholesome or maybe It's
both;
And it may be he tells nothing less than
the truth
When he says that a billy-goatee Is un
couth.
Doc says so, and maybe
It's true of a baby.
Dr. Kennedy, truly. Is wise In his way,
And we. all should be "shavers," of course,
in our day; v
But when we grow up and our whiskers
grow out
Are we bound to turn Nature end fore
moat about?
Our whiskers God gave us.
But he doesn't shave us.
ROBERTUB LOVE.
Self-Rellancc and Independence.
New York Sun.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition
which was opened at PortlanJ. Or.
yesterday, is not open to the criticism
that have been the case in other af
fairs. It is unique In several respects.
For ons thing, a record was made by
tne management in having the whole
show in complete working- order when
the President pressed the gold key in
the white House at Washington. Then,
too. whereas other fairs started in debt
to outsiders, this one began business
on a perfectly solvent basis. A lot of
rich persons on the Coast contributed
the capital, on the patriotic theory that
it dldu't matter whether or not they
got back their money. If tney didn't it
wa well spent In making- the rest of
the country better acquainted with the
resources, the progress and the energy
of the state. If the Fali; proved profit
able, so much the better. It must be
admitted that Oregon and Portland
have shown a self-reliance and inde
pendence or Government and official
aid which are altogether admirable
and greatly to their credit
Large Enough to Be Important.
Evening Wisconsin.
The Lewis and Clark Centennial and
American Pacific and Oriental Fair pos
sesses claims upon the Interest of Amer
icans In general that cannot be ignored..
One of its claims is that It commemorates
an undertaking which bad much to do
with the enlargement of American
thought regarding the possibility of the
expansion of the Republic Thp centen
nial of the Lewis and Clark expedition
may well be celebrated not only by the
people of Oregon, but also by the people
of the United States. The Exposition at
Portland is not so large as that which
was held last year at St Lauis. but it Is
Urge enuogh to be inaportant. It derives
additional importance from the Materic
even which it coasiReaaerate. as from
the present prosperity and future yrsmiae
of the section 'of the couatry la walca it
is held.
OUR TAXPROBLEMS.
As Earnest Protest That "Will
Deepea With a Roar.
PORTLAND. Or.. June 0. (To the Editor.)
Thft morning I read, the following editorial
paragraph In The Oregonian:
Now It la said the Assessor of Multnomah
County intends to increase the valuations of
the property of the county three-fold. Very
weu. Bat let him. put Into the assessments
these great public franchise, at the nrorer
valuation. Real estate has borne the whole
burden long enough. Bring In this highly
valuable property Included In public fran
chises. "What has been the condition In Portland.
and what may the small property-owner, or
the man who owns a house and lot expect
under the proposed Increase in taxable valu-
atlon? Win It mean that the franchises, of
the Portland Consolidated Hallway Company
and the Portland Gas Company will pay
three times the amount of the taxes that
they have heretofore? By nomeans. Even
If they should have to do thl.i their tax
would not compare with the tax the small
property-owner will be called on to pay on
his home. By no mtanS: it is not Intended
that such should be the case. .Will the
Portland Consolidated Railway Company pay
taxes on ? 6, 000, 000. the amount It proposes
to sell out for, the main portion of which
S4.00O,00O It received as a gift from the
taxpayers of Portland? By no means. The
small owners, the men who own homes, will
pay three times the amount of their present
taxes, which Is now excessively burdensome.
and he will be driven out of Portland Into
the suburbs, where he can live for a brief
time until the tax collector again reaches
out after him, and he Is crowded off the
earth.
Owners of the large tracts, like the Ladd
property In Brooklyn and Stephens' Addi
tion, will escape. .Ninety per cent of the
value attached to the Brooklyn mi!
Stephens' Addition tracts Is the result of
the Improvements made by the owners of the
property surrounding them. The Brooklyn
tract Is covered with slabwood and a dairy.
both ot which are detrimental to the sur
roundings. Not a nickel has the Ladd es
tate contributed to the upbuilding of that
section. Even the bridge across Stephens'
Slough on East Eighth street was built in
the first place by the city, and recently It
was repaired by donations and by the city.
tne i.aaas paying IT5 toward the expenses.
Truth Is, If the taxable property In Port
land Is Increased three tunes and taxed in
the same proportion, owners ot homes will
be driven out of Portland Into the suburbs.
They belong to the class who cannot escape.
They have no pull.- If they make a protest
at the Courthouse some smiling, sarcastic
clerk will simply ask, "What are you going
to do about it?" while the owner of acreage
has his taxes cut down to suit his wishes.
This has always been done In Portland, and
wul be continued If the voter will allow It.
The homes In Portland are alfeadv taxed
as much as ther can stand. Between 000
and S0OO people have been driven out of
Portland within one year because of the heavy
ouraen mat naa neen placed on the small
property-owner. These people have been
either renters or owners of small homes.
They are now to be found between Portland
and ilount Scott living In small houses.
snacxs ana tents-any sort of shelter to
escape the burdens Imposed by the poller of
placing the burden ot taxation on the small
owners. These people at least 3000 were
the direct victims of this unjust discrimina
tion against them, all along the line.
when the small property-owners In Brook
lyn were asked to allow the proposed big
sewer to be laid through their property they
generally consentea, but not so Mr. Ladd.
When the committee called on Mr. Ladd to
see If he would consent to this needed Im
provement, be would not consent and finally
aosoiuteiy refused to permit the conduit to
be 4ald through his tract. It was all right
ana proper for the owners of the small homes
of the neighbors to submit to the sacrifice.
but nqt-ior Mr. Ladd.
It Is simply for revenue, for revenue, that
the County Assessor proposes to Increase
the taxable value ot property In Portland
and Multnomah County. His contention that
he will reach the owners of these large
tratcs and leave -the small owners Is all bosh.
It will not be done. The small property
owners In Portland are the ones who
will be placed between mill 'stones, while
these plutocrats owners of street-car and
gas franchises will continue to escape In
the future as In the past unless. Indeed, the
people pull themselves together and resist
effectively. The average voter votes blindly on
most all propositions. Only one saving fea
ture can be predicated out of the late elec
tion, and that Is the defeat of the proposi
tion to give the Portland Consolidated Hall
way Company a deed In fee simple to the
streets of Portland. It is amazing how It
happened that this was voted down, and at
the same election Judge George H. Williams
was defeated. And so If the people are de
celved with the proposition of the County
Assessor that the way to reduce the 4 per
cent taxes they have been paying Is by In
creasing the value of taxable property three
times. It will only be what has been done be
fore. Will they stand quietly for this new-
outrage this new method of ringing more
revenue out of a sponge that has already
been squeezed pretty dry?
I want to extend my sympathy to the peo
ple of that portion of Mount Tabor who
have just been voted a part of Portland
with the privileges that Mr. Zlgier is about
to give them. Methlnks I can hear the
gentle snicker of the "boys" who live Just
outside the new corporation lines at Mount
Tabor. How about It Brothers Gay and
Welch you who have escaped?
And it Is proposed to Increase the taxable
value of the farms of Multnomah County
three times over. Will the farmer stand for
this also? Does Mr. Zlgier want Multnomah
County to pay the whole burden of main
taining the state government, as well as the
county and city? It Would seem so. Does It
occur to him that If the taxable values In
Portland and Multnomah County are In
creased three times, and that of other coun
ties remain the same, we shall be called on
to pay a much larger proportion of the ex
Denies of the state government than at
present perhaps one-half or jnore?
L. H. WELLS.
Heavy Blow to Republicans.
Pendleton Tribune.
The election of Dr. Harry Lane as
Mayor is one of the heaviest blows
that Republicans of Portland and of
the state have received in many days.
It is almost equal to the defeat of the
Republican nominee for Governor and
the indictment of Senator Mitchell and
Congressmen "Williamson and Her
mann. Such events give great encour
agement to the Democrats and Increase
their strength through appointments and
the ability to make good their promises.
That Portland will be better gov
erned. that a reform movement of any
conaeauence' will be Instituted or car
ried out la not a question that know
ing ones consider. The game of poll
tics has been played and the Demo
crats played It a little more skillfully
In Portland than did their able antag
onlsts. The leaders of the Democrats
succeeded in drawing all the dls
gruntled unto themselves. They made
a strong: play on reform that won
many votes. They "promised," and
Ideal nromises often go farther than
real deeds. The world is full of rain
bow-chasers and buggers of delusions,
and Portland imagination has been
more than unusually at work.
But the deed is done. The facts are
to be faced. The tight is not over.
Next Spring- is to reckon against Port
land will be a battleground. The
Democrats will make a powerful effort
to carry It for the state Legislative
and Congressional candidates. And,
encouraged by successes In Portland,
Democracy throughout the state will
make a great struggle for success In
nex"t June's election.
It is a disgrace to the party for such
a splendid man as George H. "Williams
to be defeated, and the defeat is more,
keen because of his attainments as a
citizen of the state and Nation, but
the lesson Is the deeper Impressed,.
A Song
From the German Critic.
My Love U sweet as any flower.
And Is as fresh and fair.
Her voice Is rich and soft, and. low
Borne by a fragrance rare.
Beyond her clear and honest eyes .
A constant sited dotfcr lie:
And from her-full and ruddy Bps
A kiss Is ecstasy.
CENTURY AFTER LEWIS & CLARK
New York Evening Post.
The opentnsr of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition at Portland serves to remind
tne world how rapidly, in these days
of steam and electricity, man can sub
due Nature end transform a wildernesi
into a populous city. Orators at our va
rious celebrations are fond ot telling us
that the swift growth of our American
commonwealths since the Invention ot
the railway finds no precedent in his
tory. At Chicago, and again at St
Louis, the familiar tale of the wlnnins
of the Middle West has been rehearseX
We know how the adventurous -settlors
on the Atlantic seaboard topped the
Appalachians and poured down, a re
sistless army, to the conquest of tne
vast alluvial plain of the Mississippi:
how, within the memory of men still
living; the buffalo has disappeared anJ
a trading; post, on Lake Michigan uas
oecome a metropolis; how the plouga
was put to tho corn and the wheat
lands out to the very base of the Rock
ies. These level stretches offered slight
resistance to the movement of popula
tion; to pull up stakes in order to se
cure richer soil a few hundred miles
further on was a comparatively easy
task. The barrier of the Rockies, how
ever, has made the poblem of develop
ing the Pacitlc Northwest somewhat
different. To reach Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho, to clear the dense for
ests on Puget Sound and along the
Lower Columbia required more capital.
energy, and intelligence than to drive
prairie schooner from Ohio to Iowa.
For these reasons the romantic annals
of that opulent country must always
have a peculiar interest to students of
American character and enterprise.
The theme has attracted many Amer
ican writers from Irving in "Astoria"
and Parkman in "The Oregon Trail"
down to the nameless press agent of
kiln Auaiiiuii. .a j cl c siauu ivu
near to see tho subject In proper per
spective and to treat it philosophically
When we visit Oregon and Washington.
we are .to stunned by the sight of
their enormous resources that in fore
casting the future we dare not trust
our imaginations; and in reviewing the
past we can hardly believe that the
present development Is the work of
but little more than half a century.
The early explorers who sailed up the
Pacific Coast in the 16th century knew
nothing of the -Interior. Captain Cook,
even, was unaware of the existence of
the Columbia River; Captain Robert Gray
discovered it in 1792. The expedition of
Lewis and Clark, which, speaking?
broadly, secured this territory to the
United States, was one of the great
achievements of Jefferson. His was the
mind that planned it; upon his recom
mendation Congress made a special ap
propriation for it. In May, 1804, tne
party started from near St. Louis, and
after almost Incredible "hardships
reached the Pacific In November of the
following year. That expedition was.
as President Roosevelt has said. the
beginning of the process of exploration
and colonization which thrust our Na
tional boundaries to the Pacific."
Then camp the project of John Jacob
Astor to contest the supremacy of the
Hudson's Bay Company and establish
a chain of trading posts from the Great
Lakes to the Western Ocean. In ac
cordance with this scheme Astoria was
founded in 1811. For the first fifty years
after the Lewis and Clark expedition
the country was little more than a
hunting ground. In ISIS it was organ
ized, as a territory, and at about the
same time its trade and agriculture re
ceived a sudden impetus from the dis
covery of gold In California. By 185D
the population was large enough to
warrant statehood. Oregon remained,
however, a primitive community until
the transcontinental railways "penetrat
ed the mountain passes and rescued it
from isolation.
The real development has come In
the short space of 38 years since the
Union Pacific was carried to its junc
tion with the Central' Pacific at Ogden
In 1869. The upg and downs of railway
conRtructlon In Oregon, Washington
and Idaho will some day be made the
subject of an elaborate history. Tne
struggle for control of strategic lines
In the '70s and '80s, the driving of the
last spike of the Northern Pacific in
1S83. the completion of the Great North
ern more than a decade later, the ex
pansion of the Alaska trade all these
momentuous incidents have been
erowded Into a mere span of time. In
place of the straggling-, half-cleared
farms, tiny lumber camps, and saw
mills, that only yesterday were mere
specks in the forest about Puget Sound
and the Lower Columbia, we have to
day lands under the highest cultivation,
great lumbering' and mining- industries,
large factories, substantial cities, and
a commerce with the Orient that has
warranted the building of the largest
freight steamers afloat
Tne United States acquired the Pacific
North-west when not a soul knew Its
extent its watercourses and mountain
ranges, or its agricultural or mineral
resources. We literally took a leap
into the dark, but the venture has
turnej out well beyond the most ex
travagant expectations even of sucn a
sanguine statesman as Jefferson- The
region, unless all signs fall, will be one
of the wealthiest and most powerful in
America, perhaps in the world. The
purpose of the Exposition Is to draw
attention to these facts and to their
bearing- on the political and social wel
fare of the United States. Many of our
citizens are even now almost as igno
rant of the States of Washington and
Oregon as was Jefferson himself. Few
have any adequate conception of the
large part the Northwest is already
playfnc; in our National life, or realize
how sreat Its political influence is to
be In years to come. But by visting
Portland they may at least learn by
ocular demonstration that in the an
nals of all mankind there is no more
conspicuous instance of brilliant
achievement In turning a savage wil
derness into a glorious empire.
Xo Small Drawing Card.
Chicago Evening Post.
There have been larger world's fairs
than that which opened at Portland amid
charming and picturesque natural sur
roundings; but. measured by the enthu
siasm with which "the people of a locality
or section have entered into such enter
prises, the Lewis and Clark Exposition
bids fair to make its mark alongside of
much more pretentious undertakings of
this charcater. The City of Portland al
ways offers enough In the beauty of its
natural surroundings to warrant a jour
ney across the continent, but the ener
getic promoters of the Exposition natural
ly expect that the addition of artificial at
tractions on the 430 acres of Fair grounds
near wooded hills and in plain -view of
the distant mountains will be no small
drawing card for as many as can make
the Journey.
A Jnne Day.
Adella Washer In Four Track. Severn.
The cherries are ripe In the orchard.
The wild birds are calling to me.
And out In the meadow the grasses
Are rippling like waves on the sea;
The daisies are shaking so gaily
Their white-ruffled caps in the sun.
And" over the tall weeds beside me
A long silken line has been spun.
I watch It sway upward and downward.
And fancy a message so sweet
Has come to the bee. seeking honey
In blossoms not far from my feet.
. I sit In a wonderful silence.
And softly o'er wires none caa see
The many-toned voices of Samme
Are telling their story to me. '
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