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PORTLAND, OR.. MONDAY. JULY 31, 1003.
HASNT EVERYBODY "GOT EVEN?'
If the Republican party of Oregon is
to have any more successes its mem
"bers of "various factions must quit try
t ing to "get even" with each other. "Will
they? The Oregonian does not know.
I It has hopes and1 it has doubts.
The fury of ancient differences In the
party, , that had raged so Jong, had
j fairly burned out, when the contest
.over the money question led to a new
nu iiivic wcrjius rupture, wnicn naa
not been healed since ttiat contest was
ended. It was -a, contest which, on both
sides of It. increased the pretensions
of Individual leaders, or of persons who
aspired to leadership; and all these
have their Pactional partisans, who
ever since have been engaged in the
pastime of "throat-cutting." The men
of one set or faction, rather than allow
those of another set or faction to win,
have acted and voted, upon all the im
portant matters before them, and es
pecially as to candidates for leading
positions, with the Democrats.
This course has given the Democratic
" party many of the leading offices in a
state nominally let us say actually
Republican. This course, if it be not
abandoned, will give the Democratic
party the remainder of them.
In the year 1902, XSovernor Geer, who
desired another term, was not renom
inated. Some didn't think it 6uch a
terrible offense, since Governor Lord
had not been renominated four years
earlier when Geer stepped in and cut
him out. Nor, In the year 1902, was
fSenatoT'Slmon given the consideration
5 to which he deemed himself entitled.
S But, since In the long game of give and
take, Mr. Simon had taken much and
riven little, many thought this turn in
-affairs, as to him, was no great sin.
kVarious groups of men here and there.
.accustomed to political activity for all
len In Oregon have political impor-
mce more or less dissatisfied and
R-altlng for their chance to "take it
ut" of somebody, threw In their efforts
together to defeat Furnish and to elect
Chamberlain; and they succeeded. Two
years later, in an important local con
test in- Multnomah County, gentlemen,
who, eager to retaliate for various
slights, defeats, affronts, or for other
motives, were "out for revenge," threw
the most important of the local offices
to the Democrats. The same was the
motive and the history of the mayor
alty election last June. The controlling
force that elected "Lane was the pur
pose of large numbers of Republicans
to "get rid of Jack Matthews." as they
expressed It, and to "clean out the last
vestige of his influence and power in
politics." Some noise, indeed, was
made about other matters, but this row
of political factions was the dominant
Incident. The new primary election
Jaw added to the complexity of the sit
uation: for the number of Republican
candidates who contended for the nom
ination made it impossible for any one
of them to receive more than a frac
tional plurality: and most of the friends
of the unsuccessful candidates, acting
on their assumption that such nomina
tion could not have the force of ordi
nary party usage, and moreover de
eirlng to "get even" with somebody
anyhow, rejected Judge "Williams and
voted for Dr. Lane.
"With all this Senator Mitchell's
career has had much to do.
-He, indeed, has been the main
storm center of the dissensions. At
this time The Oregonian states a situ
ation. It offers no comment or' criti
cism. It wiehes, however, to suggest
to the Republicans of Oregon, and es
pecially to those of Multnomah County,
whether there is not reasonable
ground for the opinion, all roundthat
the appetite for Internecine party war
tight by this time to be pretty well
satiated? To The Oregonian it would
eem that by this time everybody had
&bout "got even" with everybody else,
fuch a situation, it would eeem, ought.
reasonably, to afford a basis for ces
sation, of strife, abandonment of differ
ences, new and crean slates and gen
eral accommodation.
If not now, when? -Shall the sword
devour forever?
AS TO GREAT SALARIES.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner notes the sug
gestion that the salaries of the officers
of the President's Cabinet ought to.be
increased, because able men can make
more money, and the secretaries can
not live in the style they should on the
money they now receive. This is the
Commoner's comment:
If our country Is going to ape the mon
archies of the Old World and attempt to awe
the masses with gorgeous social display, then
It will be necessary to raise salaries all
around. But If Government officials are will
ing to oheerve the simplicity that befits a
republic the oresent salaries are sufficient.
The Congressmen and Senators who live with
in their salaries are the best officials in those
bodies, and It would not be difficult to find
competent Cabinet officers who could live on
Cabinet salaries.
The offices ought not to be taken out of
the reach of those who prefer to he known
because of their contribution to the world
rather than because of the money they have
collected from society. The Government needs
puDiic-spintea, patriotic officials, not men
whose souls are bent on growing rich.
This Is very well, and will meet with
general approval. But the best state
ment on the subject that we have seen
is by the Boston Pilot well known as
the leading Irish-American newspaper.
It presents the subject in this striking
way;
Ellhu Root's appointment to the office left
vacant by the death of John Hay has awak
cned the customary outburst of comparison
between his salary and the private gain which
he sacrifices to perve( hU country, and it has
evoKea the also customary, but not very
sensible, demand for better salaries for the
Cabinet. As long as the people of the United
States are what they are. so long nothing
worse could happen than legislation raising
the Cabinet salaries to the standard fi. by
Great Britain. The conditions prevailing in
the two countries are not parallel; In the
monarchy salaries are traditionally adapted
to the Ideas and the wants of the clans by
which the offices of the government are al
most Invariably filled; In tho republic the sal
aries are determined by the vote of Jealousy
stimulated by the stinginess of the electorate.
In consequence, both countries obtain the
service of their ablest men. To lower sal
aries In Great Britain would force the array
of able younger sons into the law or the
church: to raise them la the United States
would be to offer prizes to the unscrupulous,
now content with offices offering opportuni
ties for dishonest practice. It Is easy to ob
tain a f 23.000 man to fill an 8000 tecretary
hlp. but If the salary were tripled the place
would soon become the prey of the iSOOO man.
Indeed, the White Heure Itself might fee
some strange tenants were Its occupant as
well paid as the dweller In the Elysees.
It Is scarcely possible to put the mat
ter with more clearness or judgment
or force. A theory prevalent In one
country will not apply in another, where
the constitution of society and all ideals
are different The great salaries of
older countries are relics of the scheme
of old aristocracies. The small salaries
In our country 'belong to the Ideal of
equal conditions and ranks of society.
TRX ELBERTUS AND TILE PAIR.
Elbert Hubbard says he is coming to
the Fair, and the preachers some of
them say they are going to stay away.
"We hope not. This is everybody's fair,
and everybody worth hearing ought to
have a chance to be heard. Anybody
will admit that somebody besides the
ministers occasionally says a good
thing or two, and Hubbard may.be one
of these. Besides, as he says, he is him
self a minister of the gospel the gospel
of work and he Is willing tot expound
any day In the week. The preachers
say they do not like Hubbard's matri
monial eccentricities', and- they will have
none of him. But we haven't heard
that Fra Elbertus Is going to preach on
that subject Besides, there Is SmooL
He is coming on Utah Day. Is he to be
shut out too? If not Hubbard, why
Smoot?
Mr. Hubbard is a free lance in Jour
nalism, a free thinker in religion, and
a free man in politics. He has a vast
number of admirers and, disciples In
this country. Many things he says all
do not approve; and a few things he
does only a few perhaps approve. But
what he says he says brilliantly and
what he does he does boldly. He has
been invited here and a lot of very good
people see no reason why the Invitation
should be withdrawn.
RED TATE AND GRAFT.
The Treasury statement for the month
of July will show a deficit of about
514.000,000. In other words, the operating
expenses of the Government were that
many millions greater than the re
ceipts. "Washington dispatches com
menting on the matter, state that the
showing is regarded with satisfaction
by the Treasury officials, the reason for
their satisfaction being that the deficit
is 52,000.000 smaller than that of July,
1904. Were the government a. private
corporation dependent on the use of
business methods for success, uoh
showing as will be made for the month
of July would be the cause for great
anxiety.
The country is now booming along
on a flood tide of prosperity. Our for
eign trade has broken all previous rec
ords; bank clearings, real estate trans
fers, and building permits, all over the
country, reflect a degree of commercial
activity that Is without a parallel. Pas
senger and freight traffic is taxing the
capacity of the railroads to handle It
and the railroads In turn are taxing the
capacity of the rolling mills to supply
steel rails with which to build new
lines and double track or extend the
old ones.
Amidst all of this prosperity, it is not
pleasant to read that our greatest finan
cial initltution, the governmer itself.
is so badly managed that it Is running
behind in its expenses. There Is per
haps a possibility that the great pros
perity In our private commercial en
terprlses may in a degree be responsible
for the laxity of management that has
caused this deficit in our national ac
counts. "When the people are prosper
ous In business, they are usually con
tented and not inclined to spend much
time looking around to see what the
government or any other enterprise is
doing. This gives the grafters and red
tape artists an opportunity and grafting
and red tape both have a tendency to
create deficits in the treasury.
The Agricultural Department offers
an excellent illustration of the manner
In which government funds are wasted.
Every year numerous "special agents"
embark on long excursions across the
American continent and to foreign
countries ostensibly for the purpose of
studying crop conditions and other ac
ricultural questions. Few of these spe
cial agents who have spent their an
nual vacations in the Pacific .Northwest
have ever disclosed any aptitude for
tjt work In which they were supposed
to be engaged, and their reports have
never been even approximately correct
The reports of the wheat experts have
generally bees so far from the facts
that they were" worthless, the cotton ex-
perls Juggled the figures and sold their
knowledge to the gamblers, the tobacco
experts were charged, with similar of
fenses, and the physiologist and Alg
ologist Mr. Moore used his position to
increase his profits In a fertilizer
company. The entire agricultural de
partment has- for years been notorious
as a haven for political incompetents,
hopelessly ensnarled In a bundle of red
tape.
It is not yet clear that it would be
the part of wisdom to abolish this de
partment, but In the light of recent
events, the long overdue reform would
undoubtedly result In a saving which
would help to shorten the heavy deficit
in the running expenses of the gov
ernment. It is not Improbable that
similar conditions prevail In other de
partments, and if a thorough renova
tlonand fumigation would be made all
around, the financial showing that
would follow, would be even more "sat
isfactory" to the treasury officials and
also the people.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR FIRST $1000.
Portland has many successful men
men of means. Influence, position and
character. Some of them told In The
Oregonian yesterday how they laid the
foundation of their fortunes. There was
an astonishing similarity between
these stories, although there was great
variety of Incident and experience; but
with scarcely an exception all started
in the same way and reached the goal
by the same road. They saved their
money. Asked how he made his first
thousand dollars, Theodore B. Wilcox
replied: "I made It by spending less
than I earned." Louis Blumauer "made
his first 51000 by washing bottles in a
drug store at $30 per month." Edward
Ehrman "began to -work and save early
In life. S. Benson "always tried to do
more work and do It better than the
other fellow." Vincent Cook "always
contrived to keep his expense account
less than his wages." L. C. Henricksen
'saved his money." So. did Frederick
i-ggert Solomon Llpman "made his
first J1000 by being Industrious and sav
ing his money." "Ithave always saved
my money, not penurlously, but never
wasting It or spending It foolishly.
said N. J. Blas-en. "Br savlnxr and In
vesting well. I got a good start." said
byivester Farrell. J. G. Mack. too.
saved enough money to go Into busi
ness for himself." "All one needs to do.
Is to save his money and work." said
Joseph Supple. "I made my first $1000
oy the hardest kind of hard work," said
Tyler Woodward. "1 saved 51000 from
my pay as a soldier In the British
army." said "William Gadsby. "By per
severance and economy," said D. "W.
Wakefield; "saving." said Geore-TV.
uates and C. W. Hodson. "By putting
away something out of eaoh month's
salary, no matter how little," paid H.
S. Rowe. Frank A. Spencer borrowed
money at the bank and quickly made
more. So did F. Dresser; but these are
the exceptions that establish the rule.
The unvarying story of unflagging In
dustry, unceasing attention to business.
self-denial, prudence, care, honesty.
watchfulness. Is theirs, too.
There Is, then, no royal way to for
tune or achievement except the home
spun way. The primrose path has no
pot of gold at the end, but It has hidden
snares at every step. This Is not to say
that youth Is not the time for fun. or
recreation, or even frivolity, for It Is.
The person who nevor -enjoys himself
vhen.he is young cannot when he Is
old. It is all right to hit the Trail at
night, but not every night: or to go to
the Oaks after the sun sets, but not to
stay till It Tises. But the one who goes
to either place with little and comes
away with nothing will never have any
thing. j.ne time to go is wnen you have
put In a full day's or week's work; and
the time to come away Is when you
feel the need of rest and take It for
the next, day's hard labor.
You may think It's a hard world, be
cause you must toll and sweat and deny
yourself many things to get your first
51000. but you will never have It until
you do. unless you steal It or gamble
for It and the latter methods have their
obvious drawbacks, because, even If
you are lucky and get It you can't and
won't keep money got In that way.
GETTING INTO DEEP WATER.
"Within the past week or ten days no
less than half a dozen young women
have been drowned in the Columbia
River, or one of its estuaries near this
city, as the result of going In bathing.
In each case these victims of their own
heedlessness could not swim, and there
was no one of their party, and no one
within hailing distance, who was better
equipped than themselves In this essen
tlal for protection or rescue from the
peril that follows "getting into deep
water." Courage docs not suffice for
the purpose of rescue in such a case.
Knowledge of how to handle one's own
body In the water is the simple and
necessary equipment for self-preserva
tlon in the case of those who would
bathe In a river, slough or pond where
the water is beyond their depth.
This is such a simple-self-evident fact
that Its statement would seem to be
wholly unnecessary, yet recent sad and
deplorable events prove that this is not
the case. Three young women two of
them sisters were buried in the cem
etery at Fisher's Landing, a few miles
above Vancouver, yesterday, because
they ventured Into the Columbia
River regardless of the fact that
they could not take care of
themselves in water beyond their
depth, and that there was no
one near to aid them in the always pas
slble extremity; scarcely more than
week ago two other sisters lay side by
side In a chapel in this city, having
lost their lives In like manner a few
miles below the scene of the last
drowning. All were bright capable.
worthy women, just upon the verge of
useful lives. Parental sympathy pub
lie sympathy. Indeed follows the
stricken parents of these young women
back to their suddenly devastated
homes, while prudence of a. simple.
practical type recites the story of these
untimely deaths as a warning against
the recklessness that caused them.
In this connection it may be said that
girls and young women should be
taught the simple art of taking care of
themselves in water not only for the
sake of the pleasure that such knowl
edge gives to the Summer outing, but
xor seii-protecuon in tne event of sud
dea emergency.
Very frequently you will see in some
country paper an article beginning.
The Oregonian Squirms." But it
a mistake. The Oregonian dttesn
squirm. Others may squirm, but that
is not the fault of The Oregonian. In
the case now before us it is an Idaho
paper, the "Wallace Prese, that nakee
the outworn remark. The oceiaUa k
The Dregoalan's' rejoinder to Senator"
Heybura of Idaho, who had sent It a let
ter, denouncing in the most virulent and
insulting terras & statement made by
its "Washington correspondent as to Mr.
Heyburn's position in relation to forest
reserves, and, in terms as furious. The
Oregonian for publishing it The cor
respondent's statement was written in
no spirit of hostility to Senator Hey
bum. and was couched In respectful
terms. But the Senator got on his high
horse. He" charged and blustered and
roared. He assumed that his great po
sition would bear The Oregonian down.
In a short paragraph The Oregonian re
plied to him as he deserved. And now
the paper published in his town says.
The Oregonian Squirms." . No. sir; The
Oregonian does not squirm. It never
squirms. It leaves that exercise to men
like the Idaho Senator Anv ilMvntIv
written, statement from Mr. Heybura
The Oregonian would have treated re
spectfully and courteously. But when
a man. because he happens to be United
States Senator, replies to a decent state
ment as a blackguard would, what re
tort is he to exrject? All such may
'squirm" to their hearts' desire. This
journal has seen processions of such
come and go even through the United
btates Senate puffed up with their Im
portance during their little day.
On the old Central Pacific, through
the Sierras, east of Sacramento, one of
the greatest of modern railway projects
is now to be undertaken. The purpose
is to shorten the line by about forty
miles, and to reduce the, grade by 2000
reet There are to be five tunnels "In
all, and the cost will exceed 525.000,000.
Length of tunnels will make it Impos
sible to use coal engines, and electric
or compressed air engines will be sub
stituted for steam, when these great
tunnels shall be completed thirty-two
miles of snowshed, which now cling to
me mountain side and wind about It
In a tortuous trail, will no longer be
needed, for, starting at a short distance
northwest of Donner Lake, the train
will leave the wild, rugged scenery
through which It has been running for
miles and plunge directly Into the side
of the mountain. Then for miles
through the heart of the Sierras the
train will dash along, coming out Into
the open air only long enough to catch
Its breath, then back Into the next tun
nel. which will burrow Its way throuch
mountains of granite. The last tunnel will
bring the train out at the foot of Blue
canyon, on the American River, and
irom mere it will follow Its present
course. The project brings Donner Lake
and the fated Donner party to mind
again, and sets the correspondents of
many newspapers upon Inquiring into
that tragedy of the days of the pioneers
"If." says the Washington Post, "the
Democratic party manages to unite Its
wriggling members In time for the cam
palgn of 190S. and makes public owner
ship Its Issue, we believe It will score
a greater defeat than has ever been ad
ministered to It. That the radlcaf ele
ment of the Democratic party Is trying
to make. Government ownership the
leading Issue Is apparent This ele
ment In fact is forced to go to ex
tremes. Its only strength has been In
appealing to the forces of discontent
and tumult It cannot return to the
path of conservatism and caution. It
must dash headlong, and its end will
be destruction." Perhaps; yet no one
can tell In what form these questions
of vital Import will be presented, or
what will yet be the attitude of parties
towards them. "We are not to expect
a new party; but economic questions
will force changes In party alignments.
Conservatism and caution are well, but
they can't forever be the defenses of old
abuses. "The dust on antioue time'
will not be allowed to "He unswepf
forever.- Plutocracy Is to be checked
both In Its greed and In Its ultimates.
Public ownership of public utilities will
be a long step.
A company has been incorporated in
Seattle with a capital stock of 5500.000
to develop some valuable mining prop
ertles In Southern Oregon. "Within :
few miles of Grant's Pass alone, there
are a dozen fine dividend-paying mln
ing properties owned by Seattle, Spo
kane. Denver and California mining
men. Portland capital is a little too
busy with 5 and 6 per cent mortgages
ever to pay any attention to this great
mining Industry which. Is making so
many outsiders rich, but It occaslonally
flnds a dumping ground In wildcat
schemes In far-away lands, from which
no dividends have yet returned.
Some of the. officials of the Equitable
Life who were Jettisoned when that
craft encountered heavy weather, -are
out with the announcement of their' de
termination to start a new Insurance
company in opposition to. the Equitable.
Just why they should take another
whirl at that overworked game Is not
plain, especially when the attractions
of the lock trick and the shell game
are as great as ever.
Chauncey Depew is back with .his ex
planatlons, which already look like
Joke. Naturally. Depew was on the
Equitable payroll for many years at
520.000 a year "to give the society ad
vice." The net result of that advice
was a 5250,000 loan to the Depew Im
provement Company, on which the so
clety realized 550,000. Good advice for
Chauncey.
Somebody In Washington is talkln
of shutting off the appropriation for the
secret service, .because it is being used
to hunt down grafters and thieves In
Congress and the departments. There
would be no better way for Congress
to show that it doesn't want thieves
and grafters exposed.
The acting Chief of Police finds the
duties of his place irksome. "Why
doesn't he get on the detective force
and then he won't have to worry about
anybody or anything, having nothing;
to do except what he chooses to do?
A Seattle woman got a divorce from
her husband and let him marry another
woman, that he might escape the pen
itentiary. Those Seattle people cer
tainly do stand in. The penitentiary's
gain is. Seattle's loss.
The deficit of the National Treasury
is growing so rapidly that new revenue
measures, will soon be imperative. This
will reopen the tariff question.
Mr. Rockefeller's father continues to
lie low. He hasn't much but his son;
money to be proud of, and nobody, not
even Rockefeller, wants that
The Fair attend&ace will seen reach
the mllU&n mark. The Knockers have
thtag-to mt.
OREGON OZONE :
A Little Longing.
Man wants but little here on earth.
But wants It long;.
A little love, a little mirth.
A little song;
A little home, a little hope,
A little wife.
A little babe-iand that's the scope
Of human life.
Weather Doctors.
"Did you ever observe, how many doc
tors there are acting as United States
"Weather Observers?" queried tho thin
man in the linen duster.
"Well," replied the fat man In the
"Winter suit "I don't know of anything
that needs doctoring more than some
kinds of weather."
Two Dashes.
"Here's a little thing that I Just dashed
off."
The poet began
To the editor man..
Producing a poem that would cover an
acre.
Here's a little thing that I Just dashed
off."
Said the editor man
As he straightway ran
"With the corpse of the bard to the under
taker.
The Shooting Life.
Thomas Dixon, Jr.. erstwhile. New York
preacher, always thrilling orator, some
time popular lecturer and latterly flre-
eatln? Southern novelist has published a
new book called "The Life "Worth Llv
Ing." Its H0 pages are devoted to a de
scription and a glorification of a fine old
estate In Virginia, on an arm of Cheaa
peake Bay, made new by Mr. Dixon him
self and owned and occupied by him and
his family. Mr. Dixon, some years ago,
was arrested for shooting song-birds on
Long Island. Now he celebrates the life
worth living as he sees It the glorious
privilege of being Independent, of own
ing one's own estate, with all kinds of
birds and beasts to shoot. Mr. Dixon
was a great preacher so long as he
preached, he will be a brilliant orator so
long as he orates, he will lecture to
crowded houses "If he lecturca," as the
lyceum lists, always set forth, and he has
written a couple of the Six Best Sellers.
But he never will be a poet; and In this
connection we may be permitted to quote.
with perhaps a word o. two changed,
ColerId;e'v noblest lines:
"He llveth best who loveth best "
All things, both great and small;
But the dear God who loveth us.
He knows and loveth "alL"
We learn that Sheerness, a British town
of 13.000 people and a naval station of
Importance, has not a single telephone.
Why not change its. name to Queernss?
Now that (he bones of John Paul Jones
Are resting In the Navy-yard.
We dare to hope some newer dope
May All and thrill the dally bard.
A correspondent from Castle Rock com
plains that the young people of that town
recently engaged In a game called "pro
greralve bunco." which the local paper
wrote up to the extent -of three columns
of space. The correspondent "Invites us
to castigate Castle Rock society for in
dulging In such "sheer inanity." We
hereby refuse. While the belles and
beaux of Castle Rock might more profit
ably be engaged In picking hops (If It's
hop time) or In Icarlng French so that-
they can read the menus when they vLalt
Portland cafes, their antics at the progres
sive bunco party were not half so Inane
as are the antics of Newport society folk
who Indulge In the Inanltes of a retrogres
sive monkey party. Progression beats re
trogression, even If It be a bunco game.
A Lesson Front the Mule.
I rather like our friend the mule;
He Isn't anybody's fool.
For though he kick and though he bray
In quite a
foolish
mulish
way.
He does not prate, he does not preach.
He does not take a text to teach
His fellow mules the way to act;
He Is of wisdom all compact
And just goes on and chews his hay
Ank kicks his kick and brays his bray.
The modest mule Just moves along
And packs his pack and sings his song.
In patience tries to lift his load;
But If the
ghoulish
mulish
goad
Of overwork begins to prick.
The mule he just begins to kick;
And when he docs not get his hay.
The mule he Just begins to bray:
And when Injustice follows thick.
He brays his bray and kicks his kick.
I learn a Ieroon from the mule
That is not. taught In any school:
Try not to prate, try not to preach
Forego the
foolish
schoollsh
screech!
I'm going Just to plod along
And lift my load and sing my song;
But like my friend the mule. If you
Put on me more than I can do,
I rise right here and now to say
I'll kick my kick and bray my bray.
ROBERTUS LOVE,
The Dispensary a Failnre.
Charleston S. C) News and Courier.
The Rev. Mr. Evlson's defense of the
dispensary Is two or three years behind
time. The existence of widespread cor
ruption in the dispensary Is now accepted
with practical unanimity. Senator Till
man. the father of the system, held to
belief In Its purity as late as last No
vember, but even he Li compelled to
swallow his pride and admit what others
have long known and proclaimed. Mean
while, Mr. Evison should not need to be
told that the apprehension of thieves does
not necessary follow though the exist
ence of thieving be commonly known.
Even If the charges of dispensary cor
ruption bo not true, that fact could no
longer have Importance. The verdict of
the state has been rendered and Mr. Evl
son's Question. "After tho dispensary.
what" is the only question worthy of
serious discussion. Its answer Is to be
found In Georgia and North Carolina,
where most of the counties have prohibi
tion, where a few cities have barrooms
and some others dispensaries independent
of a state system, rather than in North
Dakota however instructive the clashing
views of himself and the Rev. Mr. Cal
houn may-be.
Oregoa Hangs Her Proportion.
The United States census bureau has
nubllshed statistics of murders for the
year period of UE5-1904. The total number
of homicides was I3L36L The total, aum
ber of executions for nas-rtter was S38S, one
person executed for every 57 aonlcMeg.
This is aa Item tipott which everyone wW
be able to auute kit owm cssumt. .
"XREffTORBER IN 10ND0N.
Tho British Metropolis as Sees by
"Big Tlra' SHllivan.
London, as seen by "Big Tim" Sulli
van, the Tammany Congressman, who
Is making his first visit abroad, is given
space In tlic cabled news of some of the
New York Sunday papers. The remarks
of the Bowery politician, presented in the
home "vernacular, are breezy always and"
occasionally searching1. He was In the
Houso of Commons on the day following
the government's defeat, and the general
appearance of things, with the speaker
In his wig perched on a throne under a
gorgeous canopy, reminded him of a ses
sion of the secret society of Eagles. As
quoted In the cablegram to the New York
American, Sullivan went on to say:
I don't think our Congress would stand for
such a make-up. It was question time when
I was present. Members of the Cabinet
were busy answering questions of members
which, they had taken weeks to think about.
Nobody seemed to be listening and everybody
was making a noUe. The Liberals and Irish
men were yelling- "Why don't you resign?"
Balfour popped up often and tried to answer
quesUons. but the crowd across the aisle
hooted and yelled at him. while his own
crowd cheered. It was a regular rough
bouse. If the members of Congress raised
one-third of that racket they'd be brought
before the bar and chucked out.
He had expected to find a lot of dignity
In evidence, but succeeded In locating
none at all. When the Prime Minister
was not up answering questions, he eat
on the front bench with his feet on the
desk by the big gilt mace. And the hats
All the members wore silk toppers. They're
wonders. I didn't see a decent 114 In the
place. They all seemed to be of ancient
vintage, maybe In keeping with the age of
Parliament Many lids looked like they'd
been slept In. The House of Commons Isn't
one. two. three compared with our House of
Commons at Washington. They say that our
Congress Is modeled after the Commons, but
I see no similarity except only that English
is spoken In the Commons and In Congress.
But In Westminster Abbey "Big Tim"
found the "real thing" In "antiques,"
making any exhibition we have "look
like SO cents." Then, as to the way the
London police handle the street traffic.
he makes a keen observation concerning
the popular regard for law:
The way the police manage traffic Is great.
op goes a copper's hand and everything with
wheels stops Instantly. I guess- It Isn't so
much the police as the people, who deserve
the credit. The people seem anxious to obey
the laws and help the police. The cabbies
and truckmen do not sass the cops. Instead
they help them. There is no collision, no
scraps no cussing like in New York. The
police'don't seem ever to want to arrest peo
ple, either. There Is no clubbing. The cops
don't carry guns or clubs.
In excise laws, "London has got New
York eklnned to death." He refers espe
dally to the rule allowing saloons to be
open irom l to 3 and 6 to 11 P. 31. on
Sundays. -He thought a similar law would
work well In New York "It would pre
vent men from taking booze home Sat-
uraay mgnt to last over Sunday, wnicn
many consume. Saturday night instead of
waiting till Sunday." As for Immorality
on the streets, he never saw anything so
bad as Regent street Piccadilly and other
frequented ways of the West End offer.
The Bowery, Broadway and Sixth avenue
are like "quiet, clean village streets" In
the comparison, and there Is a measure
of truth in this. New York, he says,
"would never stand for London's street
scenes at night" Sullivan Is said to have
been kept busy In London listening to
hardluck stories from stranded New York
ers of the sporting class, and to have
bought UcKets home for some 50 of those
whose cases most touched him. One of
these was the negro plzeflghter, Dixon.
THE WAR CORRESPONDENT.
He Must Have a "Soldier's Courage
and a Diplomat's Tact.
Melville E". Stone, In the August Century.
In reporting a war, the first and most
Important question naturally arises over
the selection of correspondents. The num
ber of men qualified by nature and educa
tion for such a task Is very limited. Your
war correspondent must be physically ca
pable of withstanding the hardships of the
field. He must be also as courageous as
any soldier. Indeed, his lot 13 an even
harder one, because he must put himself
in places of the greatest danger without
the patriotic fervor, the touch of the com
rade's elbow, or the possession' of a rifle.
all of which are large factors in making
up a trooper's bravery. He must be ca
pable of describing what he sees accurate
ly and graphically. Ha must have as large
a perspective as the commanding General
If he seek3 to tell the whole story of tho
battle.
But he may have all of these primal
requisites and still prove a failure. He
must be temperamentally a diplomat and
capable of Ingratiating himself Into the
sympathetic and helpful friendship of
those with whom he comes In contact He
may be an ideal representative at the
headquarters of an American General, but
wholly Incapable of serving satisfactorily
with the Russians or the Japanese. As
an Illustration, all of our men on the
Russian side speak either Russian or
French. If they did not, they would be
useless. At least three of them are long
time personal friends of General Kuro-
patkln.
Above all, the war correspondent must
possess In marked degree that familiarity
with events and affairs which will com
mand the confidence pf those In power
about him. His Influence often extends
beyond his primary mission of reporting.
and strays Into the field of International
diplomacy. For Instance, during the Box
er rebellion in China, one of the Associa
ted Press correspondents was sought out
and consulted by the commander of one
power represented In the allied expedition
as to his proper attitude toward the mill
tary representative ol another power,
whose actions were causing grave concern
in that delicate hour.
Silk Hats for the Farmer.
Irrigon Irrigator.
Twenty years ago. when a man came
into our office we could tell Instantly from
his general appearance whether he lived
on a ranch or In town. .Nowadays men
come along every day and It Is Impossi
ble to tell whether they live In town or
are farmers. The out of town man
shaves and outs his hair as often as does
the town man. He shines his shoes, has
on clean linen and all that, so It Is Im
possible to tell tother from which, except
that the average farmer Is better dressed
than is the town man and wears a little
more sunburn on his off cheek.
From a Log Cabin.
Atlanta Constitution.
Wen de po man happens ter have tur
key, he don't want no trimmln's wid It
De fact is, he s trimmed too close already,
Ter git along In dls worl you must look
wise at de right time; en de less you has
ter say, de less you'll show yo foolishness.
Wen de rich man thinks er de hereafter;
it ain't very consolin' ter him ter remem
ber dat be got money ter bum.
De folks what lives de plainest lives de
happiest: en yit riches keeps even de bee
Preacher Was la It. ,
. Cleveland Leader.
Minister I saade seven hearts happy to
day.
Parishioner How was. that?
. Minister Married three couples.'
Parisfctoaer That sa&kes only six.
. Ml&later-Well. 4m ye tfctek I W it Jer
bo thing?
LIFE IN THEjNORTHWEST.
Cheerful and Broadly American, in
Spite of "Pacific Provincialism."
Tha August World's Work Is a North
west number, devoted to an account of
the country which Is now celebrating the
anniversary of the arrival of Lewis and
Clark. The following Is from an article
describing the life of the people: -
"Life here has Its own kinds of provin
cialism no doubt. It Is a long way from
New York .and Washington, but It Is a
long way also from tna point of view of
New York, or Washington, or Cbicajro
Yet there Is a grateful relief also fronr
the old prejudices and from the provlncil-
lsms of the Eastern states. The talk that
you hear In the clubs In New York, and
Boston, and Washington, and Chicago
seems very local and remote when you
get to the Pacific coast. There Is local
gossip and small talk a-plenty in the
clubs of these Pacific cities; but here big
subjects seems larger, lou begin to feel
that the United States is very much big
ger than It seemed In New York. These
people have a way, and that without
boasting, of assuming that they and. not
tne eastern people are the masters or
things that the ultimate American Judg
ment will be their Judgment
"It Is difficult to say precisely how they
convey this Impression. If you talk about
politics they will frankly confess that
their politics are bad. Few men of first
rate ability or of the highest charac
ter have time to take an Interest In pub
lic affairs. If you talk about commerco.
the commerce of the Pacific Is yet really
to be developed. But they do think in
large units. You will hear them talk
about the effect that the Panama Canal
will have, as If the canal were ten miles
from where you are sitting, when they
speak of going 'South' they mean a pleas
ure journey of 2000 miles, more or less, to
Southern California. They talk fa
miliarly of towns and camps in Alaska,
as if they were a day's journey away.
They talk of going to New York or Chi
cago as- If they were contiguous cities.
Perhaps it Is their large units of space
that give a sort of continental scope to
their thought-
"A better explanation Is the wider
knowledge that men here have of Ameri
can geography and of American life than
most men in the Eastern states have.
They all know Eastern life. Eastern men
dc not all know Western life: Indeed, al
most everybody here came from the East
ern or Middle states. Thus, a knowledge
of the whole United States Is common
knowledge with them. But a knowledge
of the Pacific coast Is not common In the
Eastern or Mladle states.
"Life in these cities, then, in -spite of
the Pacific provincialism, is mature and
broad In some ways broader than Ameri
can life elsewhere."
A Searching Statement.
Madras (Or.) Pioneer.
.Only the community that sent John Mitchell
to the Senate is responsible for his charac
ter. The dignity of tho Senate itself Is not
In question. Washington Star.
And therein lies the great pity of it all.
The dignity of the Senate Is not Involved,
but the high standard of Oregon's citizen
ship Is In question because only we, the
community which elected him. are respon
sible for the long and remarkable career
of John H. Mitchell. Throughout tho
length and breadth of the land It is known
tuax Oregon has kept in power for nearly
a generation a man who came into the
state dishonored half a century ago, and
whose dishonor was as well known then
as It Is now. It Is a system of machine
politics, fostered by the peanut politicians
of the state, which has resulted in placing
power and Influence In the hands of men
of the Mitchell stripe, and there Is a kind
of poetic justice in the fact that that same
machine lies buried under Its own ruins.
And the pity of It Is that Oregon must
bear the heavy burden of a discredited
Congressional delegation, and at a time
when the state needs all the Influence It
can muster in the halls of Congress,
The offense for which Senator Mitchell
was Indicted and convicted was committed
in recent years, but that portion of the
moral make-up which In him was lacking,
and which made the betrayal of the peo
ple's trust possible, was discarded years,
ago when he first chose the paths of dis
honor. The crime was conceived then and
the conviction in the Federal Court was
but the natural sequence of the years that
followed. And In' Senator Mitchell's case
It but exemplifies the old truth, "You may
be sure your sins will Sud you out"
The Peril of Whistling.
Boston Herald.
"The woman whistler has gone to Colo
rado," said the song and dance man sad
ly. "She has polned a camp of 'lungers
eastward of Pike's Peak. I told her when
I met her that if she wanted to live she
viottii- srivn un whlstllncr. I told her
how I had seen Selma. the song bird, and
warbling Jarvis Harvey cameo, on. nut
she said she didn't believe whistling was
dangerous. She said she was poor, and
had to earn her living anyway. 'AIL
right" said T. T give you four years. No
more.' That was In 1900. The poor girl
bad her first hemorrhage In 1902. Sho
gave up professional whistling then, but
If rroo tnn Intc T don't knOW Why It iS
that whistling causes consumption- It al
ways does, though. It always does. Glass-
blowjng causes consumption, too. J. guess
glass-blowing and professional whistling
must be a good deal alike."
Sad Mishap to a Young Man.
Castle Rock Advocate.
The story comes from Spirit Lake of
the bad luck of a young man with a camp
ing party there who lost, his trousers and
was obliged to wear a shirt In the place
of them until he could reach a place where
he could purchase a pair. It seems that
the party had their clothing hanging
around the campflre to dry, when tho
trousers of one young man caught fire and
were burned past wearing. The only extra,
garment In the camp was a shirt, and so
It was up .to the unfortunate- camper to?
don the shirt or nothing.
One of "Our Citizens" Disappears
Paradise Corr. Enterprise Chieftain.
Our Constable and Mr. Cattron went to
arrest one of our citizens last Monday.
The offender, being Informed of their com
ing, skipped across the state line. It will
be well If he stays out of this state, as
we have no use for such citizens.
Hint for the General.
New York Mall.
General Miles Is now said to be working
for the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of Massachusetts. If we were you.
General, we would rather take our chances
on a Job In Governor Douglas shoe shop.
Advice to the Young.
'X. E Thomas, in Hew York Times.
L
Speak kindly to th elephant
And gently to the whale.
And when yon meet the Jaguar
Please do not yank, his tall.
Respect the User's feelings, dear. ,
His whiskers do not pull;
Oh. let your heart with kindliness
Be ever, ever full-
II.
Oh. do not pinch the python
Or punch the rattlesnake.
If 70B should hurt the cobra
Hli little heart" would break.
Dea't stick pins in the- crocodile
Or Irritate the yak;
Fray do sot bruise tha polar bear-
By poaaaing- os his back.
III. :
Don't aake the lion cry. say child.
By walking on Ms toes:
Kor alight tho hippo pa Lamas
By staadlcg- on hie aose.
?r- all seed chlldres. yes rnast kaew
Sac BMrsing Bla41y sing:
"Ok. help sae be considerate
Oi every Mvteff tMnjr."