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THE ILLICIT rCLPIT. Just what basis' of fact there may be for the very common report that the modern pulpit Is a somewhat less, po tent social factor than the pulpit of fifty or a hundred years ago no candid investigator has yet shown. The num ber of people who never attend church is admittedly much larger in proportion to the whole population than formerly; but this number, one may safely take it, does not accurately measure the in fluence of the pulpit, for there may be persons who read sermons In the news papers who would never think of sitting one out in a pew. It is reasonable also to suppose" that .oral reports of sermons pass about In families and among friends; so that the Influence of preach Jng greatly surpasses in all probabil ity, what one might suppose it would be merely from the number of habitual ctturchgoers. A minister, therefore. whose message is true and adapted to the needs of his day, can never know how many men he has helped In their PORTLAND, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1905 MR. SHAW OX THE TARIFF. Secretary Shaw has Invaded the en emy's territory. He has made a pro tectionist speech at Richmond. Noth ing cquld be more luminous than his comments upon the Democratic theory of free trade; but, unluckily, that the ory is just at present a matter of hardly more than academic interest. Free trade is not a live issue in American politics. The question now before the country is not "Shall we have protec- tlon or free trade?" The people have decided that we are to have protection, and the only point under debate is, "How much protection?"Shall we have protection so high that the trusts may shelter themselves behind it and plun der the country at their ease; or shall we have protection that will foster such industries as need fostering, and will take nothing from the consumer which is not essential to that end? The standpatter holds the trust-building theory of protection. The revisionists hold the latter. Mr. Shaw holds neither. His opinion upon the tariff is summed un in the statement that the Dlngley rates are "right in principle." They may be wrong in practice or they may not. for all Mr. Shaw knows; and whether they are right or wrong seems to make little difference to, him, so long as the principle is undisturbed. It is' deplorable, perhaps, but lnevlta ble, that the people care more for the practical effect of the tariff than for the abstract theory underlying It. That theory may be beautiful and artistic but If the outcome IS oppressive and predatory trusts, then revision will be demanded, and the demand cannot be hushed by explaining what the iDem orrats desire. The desires of the Dem ocrats are of no consequence Just now. How does Mr. Shaw stand as between the standpatters and the revisionists in the Republican party? There is the interesting question, and his remarks afford no answer to it- There is little edification In his story that the Demo cratic farmers of Florida wish the duty retained on lemons and oranges. Re publican farmers may wish' the much less sensible duty retained on wheat, and. still look with ill favor upon the exorbitant and ruinous tariff tax oh manufactured iron goods. The tariff, as Mr. Shaw says, Is neces sarily a matter of compromises, but those compromises should not be all at the expense of the .consumer and for the benefit of the trusts. There is a happy medium which lets the consumer live and protects struggling Industries at the same time. There is also a time when an industry can jno longer prop erly -be said to struggle. For example, when, a 'trust Is underselling foreign manufacturers in their own markets, can It be said , to heed protection at home? the President and the attitude of the position the central feature of their OREGON OZONE Senator toward the Administration's pamphlets, timecards and newspaper forest reserve policy. The Judgment of advertising, and this is just as true -Scientists claim to have discovered the Statesman is that Senator Heyburn with regard to .New jngiana auu inc near Laramie, wyo.. me remia - acted hastily" and "without reliable in- Southern States as It isu tnose ot tne prehistoric beast or gigantic se, oi formation," and that "it will be unwise Middle west. species not neretoiore Known. tor him to pursue his course of pugna- The Oregonian of January gae stated that the creature uvea at nimiQ nnnctHnn tntrn th TrAR!dPnt-" several pages of excerpts from letters much later geological age than any It has been said that the people of I written by men engaged in the passen- other animal that has been discovered Trtn-hn n vL-u-h TTovhnm in this contro- ger service of the different railroads. versy. It Is not true. With the excep- and even as early as that there was tion of a few personal or political or- evidenced a universal Interest in the gans of the Senator, The Oregonian has success of the Exposition, not observed that any Idaho paper jus- One of the special features adopted tlfies his surprising course. The Boise by the Portland Commercial Club In its siAtosmnn. nn imnortant newsDaoer. publicity and promotion undoubtedly expresses Idaho sentiment. the common I was to and keep the department general passenger In a. fossil state. Those scientists should be careful. Bill Nye used to live at Laramie, and this may be one tff his huge Jokes. Chtefx Rain-ln-the-Face. who passed to the happy hunting grounds by way of Sioux City recently, left a dying agents, division passenger agents and I confession to the effect that he tired RAILROAD COMMISSION' TROUBLES. When ex-Governor McBride rode his "railroad commission hobby up and down' the State of Washington two years ago, he repeatedly In his speeches alluded to the defunct Oregon Railroad oregonian and other matter giving de traveling passenger agents of tne United States. Canada and Mexico ad vised as to progress being made In con nection with the Exposition, and many of the railroad men who have visited Portland this Summer said that they had received so many copies of The Commission as a "poor, weak, nerveless thing for which neither railroads nor people had any respect" The experi ment with the Washington Commis sion, of course, has not progressed suffi ciently far to give It a thorough test, but evidence is accumulating that it has some of the points covered by Mc Brlde's description of the Oregon com mission. It was not McBrlde's meas ure that was finally placed on the stat- talls of the Exposition that they felt J been advertised that it was easily the best-advertised states event that ever took place In the United States. the shot that killed General Custer in the battle of the Uttle Big Horn In 1876. It is Interesting to learn who killed Custer, but a question of more nearly contemporary interest is. Who killed the plan to "reproduce" the Custer massacre at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, after the event had all over the United ute-books. but the bill as passed was I name on the grand circuit. Last week runy as drastic as any that had been I She trotted a heat In 2:09 at Columbus, urged by the ex-Governor, ajid it car- and on Wednesday of this week at CIn nea with it an appropriation of $60,000, cinnatl she took second money of a a sum sufficient to give It plenty of 1 2000 nurse with a heat in 2:10. Old Al- The blood of old Altamont goes marching on. Helen Norte, a grand daughter of the wonderful Oregon stal Hon which for years was the king of all sires of extreme speed. Is this year keeping bright the fame of the family tlngtoh was made Lord Mayor. If the vicar has preserved the Dick Whlt- For the 500th time, at the annual election of the Lord Mayor of London. the ceremony of presenting a bottie of sherry to jthe vicar of the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry has been per formed. This ceremony dates from 1406. when the celebrated Dick Whit CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 2. Political campaign con tributions are going to figure extensively In the debates In Congress next Winter, and there may be legislation. It Is unl- ersally expected that President Roosevelt will deal with this subject In hl3 message next December, and will urge the enact ment of a law prohibiting the soliciting of large funds from the great corpora tions of the Nation. He may go so far as to urge legislation absolutely prohibit ing the acceptance of contributions from these corporations. But what Congress will actually do Is another matter. It is ery much to be doubted If any bill will be passed which will absolutely cure the campaign contribution evil, even though the President may urge It. Congress may pass some sort of law which will put a top to the clamor; It may legislate to re quire the publication of the accounts of National campaign committees; it may act along the lines suggested by the man agers of the last Democratic National campaign, but such legislation will not amount to much; It will not stop the evil complained of. tlngton sherry we should like to have a taste of that delectable old 1406. If the Seattle people still refuse to little voyage across "this bank and fighting strength, providing there was tamont practicaly lived out his life In J accept from the banks those 50,000 all- shoal of time," any more than one who prostitutes the noble opportunities of his office and appeals for applause to the superstition, the ignorance or the lascivious imaginations of his hearers can know how many he has injured. Nor does he care; for it Is not likely that a minister who resorts to suggest ive advertisements, equivocal anecdotes and off-color allusions thinks 1t of much consequeifce how many young men and women he starts on the way to ruin. so he draws a crowd. With such a minister, if one may be pardoned for so misapplying this re spectable title, the one and only pur pose is to draw a crowd, to get busi ness, exactly as that Is the purpose of the shady sideshow at a circus, and the dancehall in the stews. The dancehall displays the painted faces and half-clad forms of its unfortunate inmates to lure young men to their perdition; the preacher charitably called "sensational veils his appeals to lustful appetite in ambiguous phrases and sentences of double meaning; but he rightly calcu- anythlng to fight. "My God, gentlemen, pass this bill and we will be In power In the state for fifty years," said Harry Falrchlld, In an Impassioned address to the railroad committee of the State Senate last an environment wnicn woum no.c proved an Insurmountable handicap to a horse of lesser merit. But "blood will tell," and his large and increasing fam ily of descendants, whether racing on the rough courses of the West or the Winter. The bill was passed, and as a I parlor tracks of the East, are adding ver dollars mintea in is ana jusc Dut on the market, doubtlncr their genuineness, the undersigned, knows of a worthy poor person In these parts who will take the whole lot and no questions asked. At last Mr. Balboa, who discovered the Pacific Ocean, Is going to be com memorated. For many generations we have permitted this discoverer of the biggest ocean ever In captivity to re main unhonored save by musty histor ians. Even John Keats, great poet In perhaps his finest connct, gave Cortez credit for having discovered the Pacific But a new town on the California coast has been named Bal boa, and the discoverer has come Into his own. If there are any descend ants of Mr. Balboa who want to ac quire town lots, doubtless the pro moters of Balboa, Cal., wlllet them In on the ground floor, which Is coh ered with sand. British blood has bplled indignantly lates that the thin veil only makes his the intricacies of the rate question than voters there, and to have compelled the at the flogging of Chinese coolie la anneal the more effective. We mav I he would be. His action, however, dls- I -RDnnMinc in An ann-iothine- to offset I borers bv their British bosses in the Usay. In fact, that the extent and nature causes a mua xma or inainercnce as to it Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte, l mines or aoutn Airica. xne pumsn of the influence which a pulpit exerts hat the Washington Railroad Com- xchn xeas chairman of the Maryland Re- ment is too cruel." said British blood dpnpnd nnon th character of the nulnlt. mission can or cannot do. and his attl- I nhiiMn Pnnvanilnn ohfm- In a letter I or words to that effect: "let us be The vilest politicians in the country iuu, wseuier witn tne somewnat in- that -o-hen Marvland had a Republican more numane." so tne iorm 01 pun reward for his services Mr. Falrchlld was given charge of the commission. but the power which It was expected to confer Is slow in appearing. According to the Seattle papers, the O. R. & N. Co. has thrown down the gauntlet and openly defied the commission on the joint-rate proposition. Mr. Falrchlld is reported to have made an effort to con fer with Mr. J. J. Hill on rates. If Mr. Hill had any fears of the power of the commission, he kept It carefully con cealed, for Washington papers are ac cusing him of snubbing' the commission by declining to meet the members. It is hardly probable that Mr. Hill's action could be construed as a snub, for he Is said to have referred the com mission to his traffic men, who quite naturally would be in closer touch with luster to his fame. Altamont has long since passed on to the horse heaven. If there Is such a place, but he will live In racehorse history as the founder of a family. The wonderful performances of his sons and daughters and their sons and daughters have been a pow erful factor In advertising the advan tages of Oregon as a favored field for the breeding of fine harness horses. The Maryland Democrats have raised the old ante-bellum cry. "Do you want your daughter to marry a nigger?" No body does. Nobody's daughter ever married a colored. man If she was worth preventing. The outcry of the Demo crats In Maryland against "social equality" and "negro domination,' however, seems to have startled the dependent stand taken by the O. R, & N. officials, throws some light on the semi-passive nature of the fight which the railroads made against the final passage of the bill. The refusal of the O. R. & N. officials and of Mr. Hill to when they are taken to task by the de- recognize the power of the Washington 1 dlnal principle In the political game is cord looped around one thumb, cent newspaper press that their critic JW,,ruau commission wouia not destroy that the end always justifies the means, considerate: when decent men attack them will be heard to shriek that their foes are necessarily foes to President Roosevelt; and In the same way pulpiteers of doubtful morals, and advertising meth ods not at all doubtful, will shriek Governor and Legislature there was no social eouality or negro domination. and the Republican Mayor of Balti more has given the colored politicians no special consideration. The negro cry was raised by Gorman, whose car- lshment has been changed. The Brit Ish bosses now correct the Chinese laborers by tying them to a post, ex posed to the rigors of a fierce Winter storm, for two hours, or by suspend Ing them from a beam by means of How has assaulted religion. It is difficult to lls useiumess or prevent It making The almost uniform success of Gorman Imagine a more heinous blasphemy fome Kina or a showing for the money in Maryland would seem to show that than to give the name "religion" to the -osl me taxpayers, out thus far fce knows his business. cause which such a man really pro- ,c nas D.een impossible to secure any motes. It would be quite as consistent complainants wno will come out and An organization of Yukon miners Is to say that a dancehall promotes vir- nelD lRc commission. Spokane, which perfecting arrangements for a dash to tue. To be a little more explicit: "Why "c "ul-u'- commission senti- the vorth Pole next June. A constltu Thi Pacific Churchman estimates that only 16.000 persons in .San Fran Cisco, out of a population estimated at 400.000, are members of Protestant churchos. Why should Evangelist Chapman come up the coaat to Pprt IDAHO PAPERON HEYBURN. Boise Statesman. The weakness of the Dosltlon assumed by Senator Heyburn toward the forest reserve policy is so apparent that It needs little If any further attention. However. as the record of the controversy between him and the President Is Just now being placed berore the public In the form of a publication covering the entire matter voluminously. It Is worth while to call attention to some features of the matter Everyone who has followed the subject as It has developed must have been Im pressed by the fact that the Senator act ed hastily, and this record proves that point conclusively. The reserve against which the Senator made the most strenuous contest is that known as the Shoshone reserve. With respect to that a conference was held at the White House on March 20. between the President, the Senator and Forestry officials. At that time the Senator ob jected particularly to the . inclusion of four particular townships in th pro posed reserve. He stated there were more than 100 bona fide settlers who had gone on the proposed reserve and taken up homesteads upon which to make them selves homes. But, whatever may be done in the way of legislation, it Is certain that a great part of the time of the Senate and House will be consumed In discussing campaign funds and the method of their collection and disbursement. There will be discus slon from men who are sincere In their denunciation of the practice that has grown up In late years; there will be just as much debate from men who will talk for effect, but who will never vote for a bill that would absolutely cure the evil of which they openly complain, but which they privately condone. The "practical politicians." as they are called, will see to It that any bill that is passed is couched In such terms that future cam paign committees can receive and dis burse large funds. Just as the committees have done In the past five or six cam paigns. The denunciation of large campaign funds will come largely from Democrats. This is to be expected, for two exponents of purity In politics Hon. "Gumshoe Bill" Stone, of Missouri, and "Anti-Pass" Bak er, of New York, made themselves con spicuous in the last Congress by denounc ing Chairman Cortelyou and the Repub lican committee for conducting the last campaign with a big fund. If the truth wera known. Judge Parker probably had no positive knowledge last Fall of cor poration contributions to the Republican fund. He knew the corporations we're not contributing much to his campaign: he knew from previous personal experi ence that the corporations of New York City were liberal In contributing to the campaign which they indorsed; therefore he concluded that Cortelyou must have landed the money. But Judge Parker Is a man who would not have hesitated a minute to have given the public any posi tive evidence showing corporation con- trioutions to tho Republican campaign fund, if he had had any such proof. Nev ertheless, Parker has been partially re habilitated, and Is now the "wise prophet" of tho Democracy. But when the flurry is over, he will retire to the oblivion of Esopus. is a flea worse than a snake?" inquired ment before the -bill became a law. has tjon and by-laws have been adopted, land and Seattle?' a certain Portland "minister" from his pulpit lately. And to his question he gave this answer, also from the pulpitc "'The snake crawls on his own belly. while the flea " but there are limits to what a self-respecting newspaper may print. This is the sort of stuff which by that preacher is called religion. If it is religion, then what new name shall we veerea around the other way and Is down on its knees begging that exist ing rates be not disturbed. There Is unquestionably some neces sity for regulation of railroads by higher and less prejudiced powers than In Sweden a barber will shave you for 6 cents but who wants to live In Sweden? The fact that Zach Mulhall, who and a number of honorary members elected. If the past experience of the hardy Northern miners Is a criterion. they will come nearer to making a suc cess of their dash than any other or- ffinlrl t Ion that Vina PVPr nttPmnted the I Vina Koam intitanflli! In Iha Pnlt(n their owners, but only a mild degree of feat. If they should discover some new tary for three yoars for shooting an success has ever followed the regula- p.niH flld clusterlne around the base innnini hvstnmier on th Pike at the tions as established and enforced by Qf the pole, the world would have a Su loUis Fair. Is .a personal .friend of . auiie commissions. j.ne washing- chance to marvel on the number who President Roosevelt should not have ton commission has been a bauble that -would succeed In eettlnir In with the hl,n n-rmitted to weltrh acalnst him at tho trial. Mr. Mulhall Is not the give to what has hitherto been called .lon commission nas oe smut? Vice which nresents itself as nas uangiea oeiore the eyes of Ihe peo- ,, that would follow the first an vice we can combat by appeals to the nIe ror maiy years, and as soon a It nouncemenl of a strike In a new and reason, by moral precepts and by the was secured it lost Its glitter for most unprotected field. A purse of gold, even fear of retrlbutive.justlce. Even hypoc- "iC jjwjue uxcept mose interested in though it be In the form of dust or nug risy, as is often said, is not without a U1- "penunure 01 tne heavy approprl- gets has lured mankind over seeming- certain title to charity, since It Days DUl sngton win not lose I u- imnassable waterways and seem- vlrtue the compliment of imitation. But Ver comniIss?Ion simply because It seems ingiy unscalable mountains. how shall we combat vice, and what 10 uu surplus oi po- , - charity may it demand, when, parading JluCi" positions in tne state when the It is needless to state that railroad Its lustful nakedness before the altars "u"wer ui nungry applicants are con- wrecks are never welcomed either by DEFEAT JfOH TILE CANTEEN. The large number of human leeches who traffic in vile, adulterated liquors just outside the reservation grounds at every military post in the country will be pleased to learn that the Army can teen will not be restored- News from Washington Is to the effect that, while the matter of restoring the canteen will come before Congress, there Is no pros pect of success. Many of the Congress men who voted to deprive the soldiers of the advantages of the canteen are said to be fully cognizant of the Injus tice as well as the harm that has re suited, but they are afraid of los ing the votes of the total abstinence people aiyl of the keepers of the low doggeries tthat would be obliged to go out of existence if the soldier was per mltted to secure a reasonable amount of pure liquor on the reservation under the supervision of his commanding officers. Restoration of the canteen has been urged by the commanding officers of every post in the United States, and the reason given has been the same in alL case. It is impossible to prevent some of the soldiers from indulging in spirituous liquors. If these liquors are not obtainable on the reservation, in moderate allowances, the soldier will on every occasion when At is possible go outside, and at a much greater cost. secure adulterated liquors, which insure him frequent visits to the guardhouse, with attendant disgrace and discom fort for hlmself, and trouble for the su perior officers. The appetites of men cannot fee controlled or regulated by legislation, and all of the laws that can be placed on the statute-books will not only shooter who associates with the President on rough and ready terms. Those Carnival of Venice dancers from New York have a distinct griev ance. Think of having to get aboard a railroad train bound for New York 3000 miles and more with, only 53.90 In the pocket. Why, the porter will of the Most High, It claims to be vir tue herself? It is, in fact, one of the most ominous phenomena of our time- that the lowest commercial instinct. the greed that fattens upon perverted passion, has invaded the noblest of the professions and marked certain pulpits with the semblance and odor ofydecay. sidered, and it will be fully as difficult the' management of the road or the require at least J3.S0 before the train shippers who are Inconvenienced by theni, but the disaster In Sullivan's nnieh Sundav shows that there are periods when there Is a heavier loss aside from the property involved than If an attempt should be made to rlve would be recorded by a similar accident two days trip. Mr. Klralfy should credit to each and every Interest that I at any other time. With every engine J have given each of his dancing girls for Washington to rid herself of thnt "poor, weak, nerveless thing" as It was for Oregon. GOOD WORK BY RAILROAD 3LEN reaches Laramie: and there is no dancing girl on earth, nor any other kind of girl, who can buy enough pickles, caramels and lady fingers for 10 cents to furnish square meals for Fortunately, these are few as yet; but deserves mention for the Incomparable I available working up to the extreme I at least J4 for traveling expenses, so leprosy Is probably contagious. success of the Lewis and Clark Cen- I limit of capacity and a crying demand We are compelled, therefore, bv the tenniai exposition, it would make an I for cars In all directions, the destruc facts of the case, to divide the pulpits Interesting story, but a very long one. tlon or disabling of such an amount of of this, and perhaps other cities, Into Ane exposition company has worked I rolling stock as was crippled Sunday- two classes. The first class, which is. unceasingly and Intelligently, and its menn a "continued loss for weeks publicity department has received praise for its excellence in all sections of America. The Oreconlan has ted thousands of columns to this para happily, far the more numerous, is le gitimate. With some dislike of prog ress, some clinging to systems which have "had their day." some lack of sympathy wlth-the living world, the le gitimate pulpit is nevertheless essen tlally wholesome. Its mistakes are on the surface. The heart is sound. through'fallure to supply the demands of shippers. Russian wheat shipments last week mount subject of Interest to the people I were more than 5,000,000 bushels, or or the Pacific Northwest. The Port land Commercial Club has carried on probably the most extensive corre- nearly one-half of all that was floated from all ports in the world. For months the Russian shipments have hung around 4.000.000 bushels to 5,000,- 000 bushels per week, and throughout the long season of heavy shipments Russian exporters have sent out the R and han? ,t QUt nere tne pure a,r that they may have 20 cents left for meals. How to Cure a Ham. An anxious reader writes to Inquire how to cure a ham. That depends upon what Is the matter with the ham. Some hams arc In the last stages and should, be sent to the home for. incurables. Others may be cured by heroic measures, such as operations, amputations and tho like. The sliced ham that Is served Sunday evenings at the conventional boarding-house is too far gone, as a rule, to be cured- The only thing to do Is to fumlgata But the llllclt-pulplt Is a different spondence and distribution of printed affair. The preacher who there exploits matter ever made by a commercial himself has whatever merit there may body In the United States. Other com be in singleness of purpose when the mercial bodies, different state societies. purpose is bad, for his one object is tne Oregon Development League, the same reports of a poor crop and a short strike it thus rendering its last business. "Put money in thy purse." school children, and. In fact, the entire supply. If these reports were accepted comfortable as possible. OrdI- i uuc. ui a. wuhu - uemeen as iruin. me uuu " hnrv sandwich ham mat- he cumri bv Into your church," says his commercial tne Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ing what disposal could be made of one 1-' . tomato catsuD or chill sauce. This does not apply, how Instinct to the illicit preacher. No mat ter how; no matter by what appeals to depraved imaginations; no matter by what soiling of the banner of the king dom. Get the crowd, and never mind the rest. There is a law to protect the flag of the United States from illeglti mate uses, but there is none to re Ocean, have bent every effort toward helping bring about a success which has no parallel. of Russia's good crops. September lumber shipments from We occupy an advantageous position Portland reached a total of 24,000,000 from a geographical standpoint. I feet, of which more than one-half went finances have been easy, and travel in foreign. This Is the largest amount all sections of this country and In ail ever shipped by water from this port directions has been larger than ever be- in a single month, but the shipments strain such preachers from flaunting fore. But the men to whom Portland, every month this year have shown the standard of religion. Like all prop- J Oregon and this portion of the United I heavy gains over those of the corre- agandists of shady principles, they bit- States owe the deepest debt of grati- I soonding month last year. Despite the teriy resent criticism. It is dangerous tuae are those who are connected with great volume of this trainc, tne mius to can a spade a spade in their hearing, tne passenger service of the various I are all behind with orders, ana it is a for such language is a direct reflection railroads. The railroads terminating in upon the character of their business, 1 this city carried on anjidvertising cam- ana it hurts. Sometimes under the j paign with the Lewis and Clark Centen sting or plain speech they muster up a j nial Exposition as a central feature sort of Dutch courage to retort in the which has never been surpassed In the manner which one might expect from j history of railroad advertising In the persons habitually occupied as they are. United States, but the general, passen but a guilty conscience soon dissipates 1 ger agents, traveling passenger agents their bravery and they slink coweringly to beg for mercy from their casti gators certainty that the business next year will show even greater increases than are now In evidence. On Sunday they may utter a defiant of this country, are the men who have tirade against some newspaper which come In touch personally with the trav- M. WItte has been made a Count as a reward for his delicate finesse in patching up the peace agreement. If some of the more radical Japanese are and all others connected, either directly friven their head on Komura's return, or indirectly, with the passenger service j he may be made an angel for refusing ever, to the railroad" station sandwich ham. That belongs In the incurable ward. In extreme cases it should be burled In quicklime as quick as pos slble. Christian Science may be ablo to cure some hams, but they must be treated in the early stages if cures are to benffected. We have known hams which the very longest and strongest stretch of Imagination could not cure. As a matter of fact. Kind and Constant Reader, the surest cure for a ham Is to eat It before it gets sick. In this case an ounce of pre vcntlon is worth a pounf of cure. ROBERTUS LOVE. to call the bluff of the bearded Musco vite. has dealt becomingly with their meth ods, but before another Sunday dawns they are pretty certain to appear in the office and say they meant it all In a purely Pickwickian sense. Such is the preacher who occupies the illicit pulpit. Few In numbers he fortu nately is, and all right-thinking people hope earnestly that he may speedily disappear altogether. The Oregonian reprints today a large part of an editorial article from the Boise Statesman discussing the differ ences between 'Senator Heyburn and Chicago Girl's Long Climb. Kansas City Star. Edith Lee Baker, of Chicago, has cre ated a novel Alpine record. After a brll liant series of climbs Miss Baker ascend ed the Wetterhorn Jungfrauf the Tschln- gelhorn from Grlndelwald and the Matter horn Wclshorn Dome Castor and Pollux. From Zermatt she scaled Brelthorn twice Accompanied by eler and directed his or" her stens to Portland. For two years nast the men The slogan, "publicity pays." sounded i nr inmn4 hv fivcrv live advertising agency in the cn successive days. travel in America, their vocation cast country, does not apply to a group of guide , Miss Baker left Theodule hut at to one side all other invitations pre- life Insurance companies doing business sented to them and made a triD to xotk. vity. Portland a part of their 1905 pro gramme. There have been more active. The President is going to New Or energetic railroad men in Portland dur- I leans anyway. The yellow fever might ing 1005 than In any other ten years of I as well make up its mind to retire from the city's history. The conductors, the business. traveling passenger agents and other railroad officials have been here In large numbers. Many of the great railroad systems made the Lewis and Clark Ex- When the presidents of life insurance companies fall out. policy-holders may hope to get their dues. 9 o'clock at night. It was bright moon light. Reaching the summit of Brelthorn at 11:30 o'clock, she enjoyed an extraor dlnary view of the snowy peaks bathed In moonlight. Returning to the hut for a short rest. Miss Baker scaled the raoun tain again, arriving at the summit at 10 o'clock In the morning and returning to Zermatt the same night. This is the first time on record that a peak more than 12. COO feet high has been scaled under these circumstances, and the Chicago girl looked upon as a heroine by Alpinists, Senator Stone, of Missouri, who has the reputation of being one of the greatest political crooks In the country, will no doubt come forward next Winter an ad vocate of "clean politics," and he will be unsparing in his denunciation of the man agers of the lato.. Republican campaigns for having accepted corporation money. Stono In the role of reformer will Just about offset Senator Elklns, posing as an advocate of railroad rate legislation. Then mere is Senator Arthur P Gorman, of Maryland, who promises to take a hand In hurling Invective at Chairman Cortel you; Gorman, the pure, the upright, the untainted. Of all political tricksters In tho United States Senate, Gorman and Stone are the limit. True, they are on their last legs, and may be repentant, but in their prime neither of them stopped at anything which they thought would bring success. In the House there will be a great deal from John Sharp Will lams, the minority leader, and from i large bunch of his followers, all in sup port or Parker and in condemnation of Cortelyou. But the denunciation of large campaign funds will not be confined to the Demo cratlc side of Congress; many Republicans will be heard; some will -condemn Chair man Cortelyou for having accepted cor poration money; some will condemn the acceptance of such funds generally, and all who speak will advocate a reform. There will be Insincerity on both sides of the party aisle. There are Republicans as well as Democrats who honestly be lieve corporations should not contribute to campaign funds; there are many oth ers, a vast majority, who believe the campaign fund should be as large as pos sible, regardless of the source from which the money comes. And so. If the move ment reaches such proportions that some legislation must result, there will probably be a bill directing the publication of tho accounts of campaign committees, show ing the receipts as well as the expendi tures; the source of the monoy, as well as the recipients, or the objects for which it Is expended. Legislation of that char acter will not amount to anything. Cam paign committees can falsify their ac counts; they can make up a set of books that will not be discreditable, and yet re ceive and expend "tainted" money. This campaign fund Issue is not a party issue. though the Democrats will try to make it such; nor will a publicity law correct the campaign fund evil among Democrats any more than among Republicans. Yet the passage of such a law will put a stop to the Democratic clamor; the clamor from all sources, and when the next cam paign rolls around, the opposing chair men will get out and scratch for all the money they can gather. They will get some money that they can enter In their books; they will get other funds on con dition the receipt Is not acknowledged, and It will be the same with expendi tures If the publicity law is passed. Bills to prohibit corporations from con tributing to'campalgn funds are not un known. They have been discussed many times; their enactment has been attempt ed more than once. The last time such a bill was presented was In ISd, when Sen ator Chandler, of New Hampshire, but 'recently defeated before his State Legis lature, introduced a bill aimed at stop ping corporation contributions. Being chairman of the committee on privileges and elections. Chandler secured a report on his bill, a unanimous report, but no Senator who voted for It expected It to pass; It did not even receive consider ation In the Senate. That bill was re ported by the vote of Senators Chandler. Hoar, Burrows. Eritchard, McComas, Caf fery. Pettus, Turley and Harris of Kan sas, and. although only four years have elapsed, every one of those Senators save Burrows and Pettus has. passed from Congress. The difficulty with the Senator Is that he has acted hastily and without reliable information, either as to the facts on the ground or as to the Intentions of the Government. He assumed, from such crudities as he had observed in the ear lier rules and regulations, that it was tho purpose of the Government to establish a system that would prove permanently oppressive, whereas, as has been fully shown, exactly the reverse Is the case. Instead of endeavoring to get into close touch with the service and assist It In amending the rules, he adopted a policy of pugnacious opposition, and that led him into a scries of blunders and has alienated him from the Administration. In his letter to the President, under date of July 15. about which there has been some discussion, the Senator said he was satisfied the President was sin cere in. endeavoring to do what was best for the state, but he could not agree that this will be accomplished by the withdrawal from bona fide settlement of such large areas." He further referred to the school sections embraced in re serves, saying the state could not make selections In lieu thereof. Continuing, he said: However, you have announced as fixed pol icy the line of action Indicated by your re cent withdrawals, and I have only the sug gestion to make at this time that the exist ing rules shall b modified so as to make the burden on the settlers within the Influ ence of forest reserves as light as possible. i If he had approached the President and the Department at first in the spirit of desiring to secure modification of the rules so a3 to benefit settlers, he would have found that such work of modlflca- tion was In progress. It would, have been discovered by him that the public lands commission, at the head of which Is the Chief Forester, had recommended a change In the law unuT which agricul tural land within resorves could be home- steaded; he would have discovered that the regulations respecting the cutting of timber were being changed so as to avoid delay or annoyance, and he would have found, with respect to tne school sections, that the Government was ready to give the state ample protection in some feas ible manner. In other words, unless the Senator was determined to overturn the principle of reserving. the forest lands. It was entirely unnecessary to get Into a squabble witn the Administration on the subject. The Senator has Indicated his purpose of fighting the Forest Service in the Sen ate. The Statesman hopes he will recon sider. It would be most unwise to pursue Uich a courSe: it would be in opposition to the sentiment of a largo majority or the people of the state; It would be entire ly futile, and such opposition would tend to deprive the people of this state of the benefit .of the co-operative advice which a Senator from tho state should be In a benefit and in a state of mind to offer from time to time to the Government with respect to any .question in conectlon with the service especially affecting Idaho. Stands for the People. Spokane Review. Without Intentionally meaning to do It. President Roosevelt has in one sentence shown wherein lies his great popularity with the American people. Writing to Senator Heyburn of Idaho last June, and upholutng the Government policy In re gard to tne establishment of forest re serves, he said: Now. when I can properly pay heed t? political matters I will do so. but I will n for one moment consent to sacrlflee the In terests of the people as a whole to the rea Interests of any Individual or any political faction. There Is. a stinging rebuke in these words, not only to the Senator to whom they were addressed, but to that large class of politicians who use public office for personal ends. President Roosevelt had no Idea, probably, at the time he vrrote that letter, that it would have publicity now given to It. It was not written to affect public sentiment, nor was its publication needed to Increase esteem for Mr. Roosevelt. But It is ore of many things that give an insight into the real character of the President. Americans as Coffee-Drinkers. Kansas City Times. We drank 57,600.000.000 cups of coffee last year. Americans are the greatest coffee drinkers in the world. They consume half of the entire world's product. Englani Is the greatest tea drinker, consuming half of the entire world's growth. A lit tle monograph Issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor asserts these facts. According to the statistician's fig ures every American consumes a pound of coffee every month, every Englishman a half pound of tea. The consumption of coffee has increased about 60 per cent from 1S94 to 1004 in the coffee drinking countries, while their population has in creased but CO per cent. What Crook County Says About It. Prinevllle Review. Notwithstanding the conviction of Messrs. Williamson. Gesner and Biggs, their friends in Prinevllle will be glad to grasp their hands In welcome when they return. Conviction of Irregularities In acquiring lands necessary to carry on their business In tnls county car ries with it no stigma except in Oregonian and the minds of iederai officials, and the uerenuanis wm u-j none the less popular tnroughout tho district because of such conviction. The Unrepentant. Theodoeia. Garrison. In Upplncotf. Now my tlmo has come to die. Good my roasters, hear; This a sinner's litany Darlnc to your ear: Life bath played for me to danee Up and down the line (Eh, I paid the fiddler, sirs. But the dance was fine I) Love cam swinging to my call Black-eyed love and bold; Gave me scarlet Hps to kiss. Both her hands to hold. Fast and faster fell our fet To the music's beat (Eh.. 1 paid tne fiddler, nirs. But the dance was sweet!) I have danced It through the world Ah, th?t merry tune! Danced the red sun down the West. Danced away the moon. Could I cavil at the price? Out on souls so meant (Eh. I paid the fiddler, sirs. But the dance was keen!) Beggared now, my masters alt. Cry your cold dispraise: Raise your eyes and count your gold. Trudge your dreary ways; I. the pauper, richer far. Envy not nor p!ne " (Eh. X paid the fiddler, sirs. But the dance was mine!)