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on a perfectly friendly baste, without
fear of boycott or other forma of re
taliation. The Oregonlan Is therefore In fall ac
cord with the Idea of President Roose
velt, namely, making the issue of cer
tificates, permitting such Chinese to
enter the United States, a part
of the work of our consular agents,
and to hold them fully responsible for
such work. This will not only.be a fair
and just way of meeting" the dif Acuity,
but It will also remove the necessity of
holding up intending- Chinese travelers
at our ports while their cases are be
ing Investigated here by the emigra
tion officials.
But it must not be forgotten that In
reality there are just now two powers
which are greatly interested in helping,
to promote the boycott and to make as
much noise about this matter as pos
sible. These powers are Russia and
Germany. Of these, Russia does "so in
the hope, of creating some sympathy for
herself in the effort to get out of her
present difficulty, by holding up before
the world the "yellow .peril" phantom.
Germany, on the other hand, as an
"honest broker,", sees in this an op
portunity to promote the sale of the
cheap stuffs they are manufacturing
over there for consumption in the Ori
ent. This is all there Is to the great
cry about the Chinese boycott. It only
remains for us to remedy the unjust
features of the regulations of the ex
clusion laws, protect our labor from
competition with the cheap labor of
the Orient, and our commerce wIJI not
suffer in the least from this "agitation.
age, are not fatal, serious though they
be? We may not feel more deeply, but
we know more thoroughly than the
Elizabethans did. It should not need
an earthquake now to shake loose many
of these evil growths and excrescences
on the body politic. They can be shed
off by more peaceful measures.
But such a glimpse into the past is
wholesome, now and then, to convince
us that no strange things are happen
ing to us, and that from our Ills also
there will be found a way of escape
The heart of this nation beats as true
and strong as that of England three
hundred years aa.
no great reserve fund need be accumu
lated; the pledge of the public faith
woujd make the policy absolutely sarc;
while all the expensive machinery of
agents might be eliminated. But this.
with many other "beautiful imagina
tions," will probably have to bp post
poned until the world has grown a
great deal more honest than It is now.
MITCHELL, VICTIM OF REFORM FLURRY
a V
Like Many Offenders, He Is Said to Be "No Worse Than Others" and
No More Deserving of Penalty.
WHAT REASON FOR SURPRISE?
Last June the Democrats elected the
Mayor of the City of Portland. "What
occasion f6r surprise that they should
expect and receive all the offices he can
give them?
There is a deal of humbug in the talk
about "no party In municipal affairs."
The worst of it is not continuation or
.change of party control-but the insin
cerity of the talk against party Influ
ence and control, by those who wish to
"get in."
Every person knew that Mayor "Lane
would make everything Democratic In
the city government, as far as he could.
The Oregonlan took that for granted.
It made no protest, and makes none.
Parties contend, and ww&ys will con
tend, for power In government na
tional and state, district, county and
city. And each will get all it can. Just
Francis News stand; as the Democratic party in Portland is
aoing now, ana just as an parties win
do hereafter. ,
It is a duty to truth and to honesty to
set the seal of condemnation on the
hypocrisy that makes pretenses to the
contrary.
COMMON SENSE VIEWS OF IRRIGATION
WORK.
There Is plain common sense in the
views expressed by State Treasurer
Moore regarding the Interests of men
owning property within the tracts
which the Government proposes to re
claim in Klamath County. In its pres
ent condition the land has little value
and is In no demand. "With a water
right attached, the land would be very
valuable and would find a ready mar
ket By refusing to accept the Gov
ernment's terms, property-owners may
block the reclamation work and the
arid regions will be as unproductive ten
years hence as they are today.
By making agreements which Mr.
Moore characterizes as reasonable and
Just, the owners of land may secure the
construction of -an irrigation system
that will add a quarter of a million
acres to the producing area of their
county. The Individual landowner, the
immediate .community and the state at
large will all be gainers financially by
the completion of the reclamation work.
The owners of the wagon-road grant
lands In Malheur County complain that
they have held the lands for years
without realizing anything thereon.
They have no hope of realizing any
thing except through the aid of Irriga
tion, yet they refuse to accede to the
terms which the Government must
make before It can go ahead with the
construction of the Malheur system. If
the wagon-road grant owners will look
at the situation from the viewpoint
taken by State Treasurer Moore, they
will soon see a way clear to realize
something from their land without hold
ing it for years and years In the 'future.
"Warden Kees. of the Walla "Walla
Penitentiary, has undoubtedly learned
ere this that a political billet in a state
so badly torn by conflicting 'political
factions as Washington, is not so at
tractive as It seems from the outside.
Mr. Kees Is a good man and an honor
able man. but he is unfortunate in not
training with the dominant faction in
the particular branch of Washington
politics which just now controls his of
fice. Still, the warden seems to have
an alternative. If he does not resign
now he will undoubtedly be decapitated
later on. It is a long time until the
next Washington State Convention will
be held, but the dove of peace can see
nothing in the present outlook to war
rant engaging quarters for that event.
It Is quite apparent, however, that there
will be a good demand for hammers.
The spectacular Mr. Lawson, of
Boston, made a dismal failure of his
attempt to bear the copper market last
Saturday. If the market quotations arc
an indication. Mr. Lawson's, great story.
of the "Crime of Amalgamated" had no
more effect on the price of the metal
than the "crime of '73" had on the pros
perity of the country. The price of the
metal has been steadily advancing for
weeks, and with an enormous demand
for all kinds of machinery and wire. In
the manufacture of which copper is ex
tensively used, it will require something
more than manipulation of the market
to force down the price of the raw ma
terial or the stocks whose value is
based on that material.
THE NEW JAPANESE ALLIANCE
Saturday's dispatches recorded the
signing of a new treaty between Japan
and Great Britain. This will be an ob
vlous countercheck to (he German and
Russian rapprochement. So far as the
news goes It Is Japan whose burden Is
lighter under the new treaty. If Japan
meets two foes, her ally must enter
the game of war. But only In defense
Walter Scott, of Death Valley, Cal..
who raced across the continent in a
special train at record speed, and spent
money like a Prince during his brief
stay In the East, is again "pining for no
toriety. He states that he has pur
chased an automobile and announces
his intention of breaking the world's
record with It. As the pastime of
breaking world's records with automo
biles has already removed from life
quite a number of Individuals who
could well be spared, there is at last
some prospect for "Scotty" to secure an
obituary notice in the newspapers and
thereafter to permit the space now de
voted to him to be used for something
else.
Seattle has a Justice of the peace who
should be continued In office. Evidence
of British possessions In the East can that Justice Davis of that city Is a man
PORTLAND, MONDAY. AUG. 28, 1905.
SMALL PROBABILITY OF FEACE.
Russia seems to have taken her
stand. She never yet has paid Indem
nity, and recoils especially from pay
ment of it to a "yellow people."
Yet 'ere are those who think Russia
is mereb putting up her game of bluff,
and will y;ld finally, rather than per
mit renewal of the war. We confess
we can see little to support this opln
ion.
Russia, as heretofore, has but to
withdraw within herself. In order io be
secure from outward attacks. It is not
possible for any enemy to. reach her
vitals. She is weak only vMkxshc un
dertakes support of K distant
outposts that arjj OiPPtSE'to at
tack. She may exhaust "fier energies
In these efforts; bujgfeheir she has
only to give them nwWSL retire within
herself. She was exWwffied by her ef-
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
We are apt to .think that we have
fallen on evil times and that the body
politic Is in sore danger from the pre
vailing force of selfishness and from
combinations of dealers to create "cor
ners" In necessaries of life. The old
names for men so engaged were "bod-
gers, loaders and common carriers
workmen uniting to raise wages until
olther business is shaken to its foun
dations or foreign hands are brought
in." "Tramps, beggars and vagabonds
multiply" "Natural increase of the
people defeated for want of land to
live on, and healthy conditions to foster
family life." "Some doo grudge at the
great increase of people in these dales.
thinking a necessarie brood of cat tell
farre better than a superfluous aug
mentation of mankind." "Packing and
bribing at elections. Usury, growing
till cent per cent Is in sight. (Help. I
pray thee, to hang up. In lawful mm
the corresponding aid be demanded. In
one aspect this looks better for the
world at large. Japan will show large
enough in the politics of the East with
out having the duty of interference in
any quarrels of the western world.
Another evidence now appears of the
of common sense and decent Instincts
Is found In the fact that he refused to
marry a girl of 16 to an old man of 63,
on the simple ground that such a mar
riage was contrary to nature. A
scarcely lesser surprise than the re
volting purpose of this old man was
solid ground gained by this youngest thconsent of her mother to the mar-
guest at the table of the nations. The
new guest Is to be a full equal of any
of them In the setting of the chess
board for the coming games. Never
was more uneasiness felt, nor the evl
dence of it so carefully suppressed, as
now. Be peace or continued war The Russ, a newspaper printed In SL
the outcome at Portsmouth, none of Petersburg, expresses the opinion that
rlage. From this feature of the case
all decently disposed persons must turn
In amazent, even as they turn from
the thoufPt of .the proposed marriage
itself, in disgust and reprobation.
0REG0N0Z0NL
A Kansas State Senator who was flayed
by William Allen White in an. editorial as
"a boodler or a chump" writes Mr.
White, denying that he Is. a boodler, but
admitting that ho is a chump. He seems
deeply pained by the Kansas editor's In
sinuation, and yet he admits the truth of
it. The proof of1 this pudding, is in the
writing of the latter.
Young Kermit Roosevolt has set him
self a mighty hard row to hoe. He de
clares that his chief aim in life is to
equal his father's bear-killing record. His
only hope of success lies In the employ
ment of a first-class press agent.
The latest report of the Internal Reve
nue Commissioner shows that we are
drinking less whisky but docs that ap
ply to you?
High and Low.
There are two maidens whom I know,
And one is high and one is low.
The name of one is Mary Brown;
She dresses in a gingham gown.
The other satin robes doth wear;
She calls herself EstGlIe de Valr.
And Mary Brown is very sweet,
And always very trim and neat.
And always very proud and swell
(A Valr de Valr) is Miss Estelle.
When Mary trips along the path
The rose a sweeter fragrance hath.
But proud Estolle disdains to walk;
She will not be a country gawk.
At parties Mary sips her tea.
And laughs in simple girlish glee.
But Miss Estelle I much rqgret
To say prefers the cigarette.
They say that Mary Brown Is so
Old-fashioned and a trifle slow.
But Mies Estelle de Valr is classed
As up to date and middling fast.
When Mary weds she'll make a homo
For John and he will never roam.
The chances are Estello will force
Her Algernon to seek divorce.
Of these two maidens whom I know,
Whleh one is high and which Is low?
"Young roan," says the Unofficial Auto
crat, "if you expect to succeed in life
you'd better quit sucking your cane;
ditto as to cigarettes. I never yet saw
a cane-sucker who amounted to anything
except possibly as a star performer in
the police courts. You ought to wean
yourself of that before snow flics; you're
old enough, goodness knows. And as to
cigarettes, just try to seo If you can't
get along without them. If you fear the
sudden shock of quitting right off will
give you hear failure, ease down grad
ually. Buy a piece of rope and smoke it;
then tackle a stogie, then a good cigar.
and finally you may graduate up to a de
cent, respectable pipe such as gentlemen
smnkn. Vh(n vmi cut sn that von ran
smoke a pipe without being ashamed to SQUARE DEAL TO REPORTERS
be seen at. the mouthpiece of It, you're
the nations will dare to lay aside their
armor. It seems decades not years
since Nicholas issued his peace Invita
tions to The Hague.
REGULATION OF LIFE INSURANCE..
The American Bar Association re
ceived from Its committee on life In
surance a majority report favoring fed-
;'c'ac ZtL i rL ner suoh as toke centum pro cento!) ral supervision. A minority report
fort to defend fee Crimea, and found PubHc officera. even nnstxhtes. nee n,- mml., hold the o
it necessary to 4nake peace. The re
strictions placed upon'wer then con
tlnue to this day. But her vital
strength was not Impaired.
Japan has gained advantages that
enable her to put restrictions upon Rus
sia now. But Russia realizes that she
' is not in such extremity as would com
pel ner to yield everything and pay
heavy indemnity In money besides,
Russia may withdraw from the conflict.
with loss of territory, only. Such loss
she has suffered heretofore. But It Is a
point of pride with her not to buy peace
by payment of money. If she chooses
to stand to that point, Japan never can
extort money from her; because Japan
cannot reach her vitals.
It seems probable, however, that
Japan can get everything she may de
mand but money. Since it Is at the in
stance of Japan that the conference has
been prolonged till today. It may yet be
possible that Japan will yield on this
point. Herein, so far as public Infor
mation goes, is the only remaining hope
of peace.
The situation is such that Japan can
do everything but extort the Indemnity.
She can't get this, even if she should
win in future battles. Possibly, there
foreshe may consent to make peace on
terms that would assure security to
her against the further aggression of
Russia, and drop the claim for indem
nity in money, which she has no means
of compelling Russia to pay.
lecting to apprehend offenders, for the
sake of private gain. Adulteration of
food. Lawyers multiplying out of all
reason, and hungry for unearned fees.'
"Increase of luxury among the rich,
who turn farms into game preserves,
and then sell their game."
A catalogue of heavy Ills, which we
of the twentieth century deplore, and
which some of us are fighting. It sounds
modern in every sense, and most of us
would call these diseases the outcome
of modern civilization. Yet every word
of this description Is over three hun
dred years old, and is printed In old
Dr. William Harrisons account of
Elizabethan England. Will the. world.
we ask, never grow wiser and better?
Do we see less clearly than the men
of old? Are we willing to stand by.
resigned, in the hope that the storms
of evildoing will -pass? Shall we suffer
wrongs gladly, and stop fighting
against the world, the flesh and the
devil?
The temptation is no new thing. The
poslte opinion, on the ground that fed
eral supervision Is unconstitutional.
But the entire committee was agreed
that federal supervision. If It could be
had, would remedy many evils.
This question has been much dis
cussed since the troubles of the Equit
able Society were made public. The
Iroquois Club of Chicago appointed a
committee early in August to Inquire
into the constitutional authority of
Congress to regulate life Insurance. The
matter has also been discussed by
James M. Beck. Ex-Assistant At
torney-General of the United States, In
the North American Review. Mr. Beck
points out that the act which estab
lished the Department of Commerce and
Labor assumed that Congress might
control life insurance. He adds that
our government Is the only one among
civilized, nations which falls to do so.
The two Supreme Court decisions
which bear upon the question are con
tradictory. It is held in one case that
an Insurance contract is not Interstate
"Japan is greatly In need of money.'
From the crushing force with which
Japan landed blow after blow on the
Russians and the wonderfully weak de
fense jdtiVb up by the Muscovite, the
Russ would not have placed Its reputa
tlon for correct predictions In jeopardy
by stating that "Japan will get the
money. The worm laugnea at tne
Chinese for fighting the Japanese with
stinkpots for weapons, and yet even the
stinkpot would be more effective than
some of the bluffs that Russia Is using
in the settlement of her trouble.
The Country' Calendar presents in Its
last Issue an "original design for a
low-cost residence for a small family of
three or four persons. The plans Indl
cate that the house would be large
enough, provided that no "company"
should come to stay over night. The
estimated cost, 51500, without allowance
for fences or outbuildings, or for Im
provement of the grounds. Is within the
reach of all farmers or country resi
dents. Original designs such as this
are fully as valuable as articles prov
ing that a family can live decently on
an income of $3000 a year.
New York Evening Post.
"Senator Mitchell seems to have been a
victim of one of the waves of reform
which. Is now sweeping over the country."
This explanation of the conviction of Sen
ator John H. Mitchell, of Oregon, is of
fered by his counsel. John M. Thurston,
ex-United States Senator from Nebraska.
Mr. Thurston also asserts that but for
the statute of limitations "many leading
men in Montana and other Western States
might have been company for Senator
Mitchell in his trial." None can dilute
the correctness of Senator Thurston's
statement. In the West, eminent citizens,
zealous in religion and politics, have abet
ted these land frauds with the same pride
and enthusiasm with which. In the East,
gentlemen of similar standing have joined
swindling syndicates, and looted insurance
companies. In fine, the illegal traffic,
especially in timber and mineral lands,
has been so lucrative as to be highly re
spectable. The common excuse for Mitch
ell, heard on the streets of Fdrtland.
Seattle. Tacoma. or wherever a friend
volunteers to stand up for him. Is that, he
is no worse than thousands of others.
He suffers because his misdoings came to
light at a time when people were excited
about honesty. "Look at your sweet De-
pew." cries the Mitchell apologist; "he Is
Senator from the Vandejblft railways;
look at Dryden. Senator from the Pruden
tial Insurance Company and the PuMIe
Service Corporation of New Jersey; look
at tho Pennsylvania railway delegation
in both branches of Congress, and then
confess that your Eastern moralists are
merely posturing when they condemn
poor Mitchell for lending a friendly band
to the land companies."
Moreover, the great land companies.
mining companies and lumber companies
are. like our blessed railway and Insur
ance companies, substantial concerns, the
backbone of business, controllers of many
votes. "There is something to be said."
remarked Mr. Thurston gravely, "for the
big. land companies of the West, in spite
of the manner In which they are allege'd
to have procured their lands. These big
land companies have, been one of the prin
cipal factors in building up the Western
country. Especially is this true of the
lumber industry." The inference Is easy.
Indeed obvious. The man who helps these
beneficent histltutlons to get what they
want is a philanthropist. To call Senator
Mitchell or Depew a hoary-headed old
rascal is both unjust and cruel. Neither
of them has inquired too narrowly into
the technicalities of law or morals; their
eyes have been fixed on higher things.
nobler aims. Each has been devoted to
those mighty .commercial interests which"
are the true soul of a commonwealth;
each In hla own courageous, though some
what careless, way has been an advance
agent of prosperity. "Quia multum araa-vlt."
To convict of crime, or even to censure
severely, a man who has sacrificed what
ever of conscience he ever had to the god
of material success is. In these days, like
stoning the prophets. And yet a consid
erable number of us are in a mood to do
just this. In the last two or three years
public sentiment has been deeply stirred,
and men who call themselves practical
arc seriously asking whether wholesale
debauchery of legislatures, boards of al-
dermen, and electorate is not- too heavy
a price even for so precious a boon as
the largest insurance society on earth, tho
.most extensive railway system, unlimited
franchises for trolley lines, the most pew-
erful lumber company, or the richest gol
mine. The revelations of venality in Mis
souri, the uncovering of frauds in tho
postal service and In the Department of
Agriculture, the. scandal In regard to Just
Ice Warren B. Hooker, the colossal knav
ery In the management of the Equitable,
and the wide discussion of "tainted
money" have set men to thinking that
the Ten Commandments, though antiqua
ted, may, after all, be a fairly safe guide
In both politics and business; that in tho
long run dishonesty is not always the
best policy. As Mr. Thurston naively puts
it. "There is at present an epidemic of
reform among the people of the United
States, and their efforts appear directed
toward men in the Government service."
This, as Mr. Thurston generously admits,
"is not to be condemned."
Neither is It to be accepted as evidence
of a political millennium. Our citizens
are -somewhat stirred- just now. but as
Mr. Thurston and Senator Mitchell aro
well aware, they will quiet down again.
Patience to wait till a squall of reform
has blown Itself out is, as Senator
Thomas C. Piatt has more than tnro
noted, a cardinal virtue in the politician
who lives by graft. He and time can
wear away the stoutest army that ever
rallied to the banner of reform. The fact
is significant that the conviction of Sen
ator Mitchell was procured only with
much difficulty; and but for the firm.
backing of President Roosevelt, the pros
ecuting attorney. Mr. Heney. might, have
failed entirely. Apparently, th popular
rage is fully satisfied with one "victim.'
for the jury has split in the case of Rep
resentative Williamson, of Oregon. In our ,
own virtuous statepubiic indignation did
not remain at wh,ite heat long enough to
melt the Odell machine, and as a result
Warren B. Hooker is still an ornament to
the bench. Observers at Washington pre
dict a similar result in future trials of
postal thieves. Machen and one or two
notorious offenders are in the peniten
tiary; but the Government is already
dropping the indictments of those against
whom' the evidence is not absolutely over
whelming. Possibly some of the worst of
the rascals, if they can stave off trial long
enough, will go free.
Nor is there any way, so far as expe
rience teaches, to keep civle courage al
ways screwed to the sticking point. We
must get along with either waves of re
form, or no reform at all. Human na
ture being what it is, the man who di
rectly and immediately profits by dishon
esty will be always alert, while the man
who is robbd indirectly, secretly and pen
ny by penny, will inevitably suffer periods
of apathy. Eternal vigilance is the price
that will never be paid. Yet no one bur
a hired advocate can argue that spas
modic morality is worse than none; that
because we do not catch all cutthroats
and plunderers, we should let all of them
off; that Senator Mitchell should not go
to the penitentiary because Senator De
pew remains a dishonored member of
many directorates. To fall into this cheap
fallacy would be deliberately to subvert
every principle of decency.
almost a man; but when you get so that
you are not ashamed to be seen at either
end of a cigarette, you need medicine."
Smoked Glasses. ,
If ever I shall rise and dwell
Amid the blest, where sorrows cease.
I fear me much an Imp of hell
May haunt me to disturb my peace
May cry this most accurst of cries:
"Smoked glasses to protect the eyes!"
I heard it first beside the lake;
Chicago's fair White City's gleam
First fostered this egregious fake
And proved "things are not what they
seem."
They said I'd wear if I was wise
"Smoked glassos to protect the eyes."
And next at Omaha I hoard
(At her Trans-MlsslsslppI Ex.)
This raucous slogan, word for word.
My hapless soul to smite and vex;
They screeched It six or seven guys:
"Smoked glasses to protect the eyes!"
and
Again at giddy Buffalo
Mine oars this slogan -clapped
smote;
For in that Pan-Amerlc show
The barker barked with greedy gloat
The memory of It never dies:
"Smoked glasses to protoct the oyesl"
St. Louis called with siren call
. I went to see her wondrous fair;
By gleamy pave and glowing wall
I got again that glassy stare,
I heard again that warning rise:
"Smoked glasses to protect the eyes!"
old writer draws the lifelike picture of I commerce even when the parties Hve In
England under the virgin queen.
Through all there breathes the sense of
wrongs too deep-seated to be righted,
too pervading to be overcome. The
poor were growing poorer, the rich
richer. The lines between class and
class were more strongly marked. Dis
content was rife. Through all, the na
tion was adding Immensely to its
wealth. The spoils In'gold and silver,
of Drake and Raleigh and their fellows.
were brought home from the Spanish
different states; In the other that a
lottery ticket is an article of Interstate
"commerce. At first sight there may not
appear to be much resemblance be
tween a lottery ticket and an insur
ance policy, but, as a matter of fact
they are essentially similar. Each Is
a venture based on the doctrine of
chances with the odds largely in favor
of the seller. It is granted that the
owner of a life Insurance policy Is sure
to win ultimately, but by that time,
Telegraphic advices from San Fran
cisco state that the Standard OH Com
pany has "formed an alliance" with the
Union Oil ComDanv. the most powerful
rival of the trust In California. Details And now In Portland I have dwelt
ot the "alliance." of course, will be
missing until some future Tarbell
writes Rockefeller history in California.
It is not at all improbable, however.
that the "alliance" was similar to that
of the Hon and the lamb when they lay
down together, with the lamb Inside. It
Is needless to state that In this case
the Union Oil. Company will not play
the part of the Hon.
The cause of race suicide, so-called.
Is simple, perfectly simple. It Is hu
man selfishness. The young man and
It Is an old maxim that self-preer- main. Shipping and foreign commerce on the average, he will have paid so young. woraan think they can live
vatlon is the first law
of nature. It
is In obedience to thlB instinctive prin
ciple that the people of the United
States were impelled to obtain from
the general government an effective
means for the restriction of Chinese
lmmljrration. This necessary restric
tion was not intended at all to be car
rled to a point beyond reason or jus
tice, since no legal enactment ever con
templates any violence to either of
those most important factors in human
affairs. The Government of the
United States acted within the limits
of national or international propriety
sprang into eager life, invention m mucn to ine company in premiums umi.
arts and sciences was spreading from the company is still ahead, if this were
university to workshop. Coming and
going between England and the world
outside the little island was common
as never heard of before. Englishmen,
seeing the beauty, the luxury of Hfe
in France and Italy, returned to emu
late it all.
Yet men like old Harrison deemed the
nation to be rotten at the core, arid
that the glories they saw were the pre
cursors of disaster and downfall.
In 1587 he wrote; In 1588 the Spanish
armada sailed. Under that tremendous
not the case the companies would fall;
while, as everybody knows, they grow
enormously rich.
State supervision has been excellent
In some cases, particularly -In Massa
chusetts; but it is apt to be lax and
In more ease and more luxury without
the responsibility of children than with
It. Many, hence, do not marry. Other
some who do marry, through various
expedients avoid parental responsibil
ity. Only yesterday. In The oregonlan.
It was advertised that a young married
couple, with a dog only, wanted board
unscientific while It is expensive to Tfae of race suicWe is pai.
both companies and policy-holders. The
machinery of national supervision need
not be much more costly than that for
a single state. Two blUs have been In
troduced in Congress for federal su
pervlslon, one by Mr. Morrell In the
pable enough.
The Russian Government gives It out
that since the negotiation at Ports
mouth began "not one voice has been
heard in Russia that even suggested
to Z 7mulkun oTTiws restricts call tte underlying spirit of U.e nation Houso. the other In the Senate by Mr. neara Poie on he basTs
emotion trS. the Chinese Empire. made heart bear true and hlsh. Drjde i.," Kovo.ce.
and so would any other government if
it found it necessary to protect the
economic life of its people.
It is only the recent attempts to carry
this restriction .beyond all reason that
has stirred China to find some ways of
retaliation. Otherwise the people of
the Celestial Empire would have sub
mltted to this restriction as gracefully
as they have In the past. What is
needed, therefore, is simply to remove
whatever is unjust or ridiculous In the
operation of the existing laws govern
lng Immigration from China. By this we
simply mean that Chinese bankers,
merchants, investors, students and the
like should be . free from interference
and annoyance while traveling in the
United States, and leaving the restric
tions in full force insofar as-iiieee'con
cem the economic life of the tolling
have no rea-
of
Vnf
The nobleman and knight left castle but President nooseveu s recommenaa- ' llM,v Wrd m RUsia.
and rranjre. their farmers and tenants tion. with the growing Interest of the "W"t
filled the ranks of the eager soldiery.
The ships of the merchants became the
warships of the nation, and commerce
the handmaid of war. Where, then,
were the discontented men, the grumb
lers, the prophets of disaster, those who
had muttered that England's sun was
public will probably secure the con
slderatlon of these bills, or some suo
stltute for them, before long,
on any subject.
It hardly seems modest on the part
The whole business of life Insurance of our countrymen, since the battle j of
tne sea oi oapa.u, . awvuv --
supremacy of the United States in the
Pacific" At least not for a wnue 3 eu
needs a thorough overhauling and reg
ulatlon by Congress, as the Bar Asso
elation says In detalL For one thing.
RPttlnir? Most of them were enlisted it may be made cneaper to me poncj-
in the armies or afloat on the ships, holder than it now Is, without being
- ... .1 ...ItVi tha Cninlor 1 lare flta Of rOllfSe It TTH1V De
Class distinctions vanished for the made too cheap, as tne experience oi example xuir
time, and the needs of the nation farl some fraternal orders has shown, but heiresses.
outweighed the sense of wrong of the there Is a happy metuum. xne poutj-
holder Is in no way oenentea Dy waste
ful salaries to officials, enormous ac
cumulations of money which ought to
tro into dividends, and extravagant
contracts with agents
Individual man. So new life thrilled
through England, and the echoes of the
armada and its destruction are ringing
yet, though three hundred years have
passed.
Is it not clear, then, that these same
ills which hurt the American life of to-
Bv refusing the marriage offer of the
Sultan of Sulu, Miss Roosevelt set an
Since the Japanese quit fighting, the
Russians evidently have torgouen
Togo's and Oyama's victories.
The battlefield brings more to the
i h r" T" Vi l n nAJl then ha
Rfy 'kasis for Complaint, and our I day. which are day by day recorded
. i. -To-r, Irt-aU nn with thft fTCC ana deUUl
ivith that eioplre iVEilLjgKie J elementary in social C
so-
ns of this I ment.
... I -w 41..... noa tVio fnnfpr-
It Is an interesting question wnetner Japanese - -
life insurance is not one of those pub- j ence.
.. .tint T. IV- lraV w. nnnrllinf I
' ,.. wn th mvAm. Japan., not wishing to fight Russia
not Hiwcij wunv. j - -- I , . . j v,ft 4h n n now.
The -public credit Is such that I ugaia, uu l j -
Three moons or more, and every day
Some voice my tympanum doth pelt
With that undying, endless lay.
That siren song It sobs and sighs:
Smoked glasses to protect the eyes!"
I. wonder If. In other spheres.
Boston Herald.
We are inclined to the opinion, after
a reasonably long experience, that thoe
who resent the supposed intrusion of
the reporters are usually men of mere
momentary Importance, and nearly al
ways they are quite mistaken as to the
functions and tho value of the reporter.
They may be 'lifted up by the soleetion
of the post which they command for
an unusual purpose, or they may be
gossiped of as the -possible incumbents
of a public office, or they may be con
cerned in a marriage, or in a birth, -or
In a death which. for one reason or an
other, is justly and properly Interesting
to the public The idea tnat possesses
such persons of temporary Interest is
usually that their privacy is being in
truded upon: that they are being an
noyed and persecuted for the gratifi
cation of the curiosity of the reporter
himself, whose unpleasant -duty it is
to gather and present -wnat the public
desires to know. Such a person may
rest assured, however, that the reporter
is no more pleased with the task or.
visiting him and Interviewing him
than Is he to receive the agent or tne
ne'wspaper. The reporter tis a very in
telligent servant of tho public His
dutv Is to find out what the public
wishes to know about, and It usually
has tho right to know what he seeks.
Moreover, as a rule. It Is best for tne
public thut it should have tne informa
tion which the reporter seeKs. we are
not going into a defense of the publi
cation of the news of crime and of vice.
-simply because that Is not our present
subject; but we may be permuted to
say. In passing, that much of the news
of crime and vice which is scorndd by
persons whose fastidiousness is main
ly due to Ignorance or folly Is for tho
moral health of the community, uui
we will confine our observation to
those who resent the so-called Intru
sion of reporters into what they are
pleased to call their private affairs, af
fairs, as we have intimated, that are
likely to be public
It Is also true ot sucn aggressive.
THINGS DOING INJIIE COUNTRY
Days Growing Shorter.
Yoderville corr. Aurora Boreahe.
You will have to look quick If you
want to see Albert ami his Era when
they are out boggy-rki ins SwHtay evenings.
Curry County Marvel.
Drain Nonpariel.
Port Orford evidently is a very wind
place. A gentleman Just from there re
ports that last week the wind blew a
sheep up asainst. a barn, about 30 feet
from the ground." and hekl it there four
days, until it starved to death.
Mr. Moore's Self-Restraint.
Brownsville Times."
R. A. Moore came down from Uppi
Soda Springs Tuesday, and will return
in a day or two. He says the deer almost
ran over him. but as lie had no hunter's
license he ceukl do nothing but roako
strenuous efforts to keep out of harm's
way.
Wedding-Bells All Ready.
Philomath Review.
They are expecting a wedding in the
Independent neighborhood before long.
Neighbors for miles around have their
Unpens", cowbells, horse-nddles and fog
horns ready for a grand charivari when the
event takes place. We will give the name3
of the lovers later.
Fears
Will make us need those glasses
O'ercome me evon as I write!
Then, out of lurid pits, will rise
Smoked glosses to protect the eyes?
ROBERTUS LOVE.
The gleam from "sapphire walls of light J un j sometimes obstreperous, ignorers
of the press that when they want ia-
vors of the public none ask so oageriy
as they for the notice of the press.
Then they seek out the editor, the re
porter, and the correspondent. They
may repulse tne reporter wno w
them for their temporary iniurmauuji
for the public good, but many of them
fall on their knees before him when
they want him to advance their privato
interests. Then tne editor ana me re
porter become their friend, and tney
no-win nrove their unworthlnesg by
their inadvertent sycopnancy. it my
be said that, as a rule, only those who
deserve very little of the press, and
who pretend lo look down upon much
that It does. Including tne wortc oi tne
reporter, beg humbly and persistently
for its favors' and they may rest as
sured that" no one understands them
better and values them more justly
than the keen-eyed, observant,
thoughtful reporter.
A Tale of True Heroism.
Boston Herald.
This story Is told at the expense of the
late General Wllmon W. Blackmar: Gen
eral Blackmar was attending a camp,
when he was approached by a seedy-look
inc man. who Kreeted him profusely. The
General shrugged, nis snouiaers ana
turned away, with the remark that they
were not acquainted.
"But, General," said the stranger.
don't you remember how you saved my
life at the battle of the Wilderness.
General Blackmar at once became Inter
ested. and he called a group 'of comrades
over to listen, saying: "I saved tnis
man's life once. How was It done, old
comrade?"
"It was this way," was the response
"We were on a hill, and the enemy ad
vanced steadily toward our Intrench
mcnts. A veritable hall of fire swept our
A True Fish Story.
Eugene Guard.
Lester Hulln had rather an unusual ex
perience' fishing near the Belknap bridge
during his recent outimr. He hooked a
ten-inch trout and a 31-lnch Dolly Varde'i
followed and ate on the trout till it hooke I
Itself, when It whs captured. Mr. Hulln.
reports fishing good on the Upper Mc-Kenzle.
A Cure for Anything.
Raltlmore Herald.
Dr. William Osier. In one of his Balti-
posltlon. Suddenly you turncd"-hcre the more lectures, recited a quaint oia cu
auditors were absorbed and exclted-"and for the gout-a cure. atJ;th;coefhu0w
ran. and I ran after, you. I think that If medical work, that was designed to show
you hadn't shown the example I would gout's hopelessness.
have been killed that day." r irac i.v. " " vV f " .
nanuKercinei itum tuc w -
ster of S who never wished to wed; sec
ond, wash the handkerchief in an honest
millers' pond; third, dry it on the hedge
nt ttiraon who never was covetous;
fourth, send it to the shop of a physician
who never killed a patient; fifth, mark it
with a lawyer's ink who never cheated a
Mtnt and. sixth, apply It hot to the
gout-tormented part. A speedy cure must
follow."
Nothing Is New.
. Snrincfleld Class.) Republican.
You cannot impose upon the Champaign
(I1L) Gazette. Noting the claim that Dan
iel S. Lamont originated the phrase,
"Piihllp office is a nubile trust," the Ga
zette proceeds to show that "In a decision
written by Justice Samuel D. Lockwood.
ot the Illinois Supreme Court, prior to the
year 1S10, that very expression Is used,
and there it seems to have all the ap
pearance of originality." It would not be
surprising If the phrase were finally
shown to be much older than Judge Sam
uel D. Lockwood. Lincoln's celebrated
phrase about a government "of the peo
ple, by the people and for the people,"
has already been found In the preface to
the John WIckllffo Bible of 1321.
"Why He Knew It.
rrtirlv. (Mo.) Monitor.
"Do you know," said a Sunday school
teacher addressing a new pupil in the
Infant class, "that you nave a auui.
"Course I do." replied the little fellow,
placing his hand over his heart, "J
can feel It tlc"
Guest of City Bastlle.
Philomath Review.
After an absence of about three months
Press Taylor returned to Philomath last
Friday, loaded with fighting fluid and
threatening to burn down the town. In
the clash with the civic authorities that
ensued Press was given a night's free
lodging in the City Jail and 25 days in
which to reflect upon the error ot his
ways.
Kniser as Slang-User.
Fact that the Kaiser is up In American
slang is merely "further evidence that he
gets next to nearly everything that is
worth while. New York Evening Worll.
Emperor William is reported to hav a
good working knowledge ot American,
slang. Thio may account for the direct
way he has ot getting at things. Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Kaiser is having "Fables in biang
translated into German and has conferrt d
on George Ade the Short Order of tho
Double Cross. New York Mail.
Emperor William likes American Piang.
There are other people, too. who like it
at long range. From tlie point ot view at
a student the Boston scnooima am con
siders It most interesting, but as a vehi
cle in which to express her lofty thoughts
it would hardly do. The words wouIJi
not match with her false teeth, and an
effort on her part to sling a little slang
would bring pain to her listeners end
cause blushes to mantle her cheeks.
Slang is all right when you can't tli::.!c
of a word and Just have to say some
thing, but if the Emperor had to live
with it twenty-four hours a day by rea
son of having a telephone girl and a
soda fountain clerk as boarders at his
home he might turn to high German foe
occasional relief. Chicago News.
Metropolitan Journalism.
Congregationalist.
Whatever the reason for the refusal oS
New York's daily newspapers to give ade
quate reports of the recent Catholic Edu
cational Conference In that city. Protes
tants as nvell as Roman Catholics have
reason for objection to the deprivation,
of legitimate news and opinion whU'h
they suffered. From the Protestant
standpoint, it is unfortunate that a gath
ering as representative as this was should
not have been treated rainy.