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PORTLAND, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1983.
SOME "CENTRAL" FACTS.
Portland Is the most central town in
Oregon: the largest, and the one most
conveniently reached from all parts of
the state. It Is "certain, therefore, that
Portland would be the most convenient
point for the state capital and public
institutions. But The Oregonian does
not expect the change to be made, and
does not advocate it. If the proposal
ever is brought forward It will be done'
in the interest of the state at large. Lo
cation of the capital and state institu
tions at Portland would -be of much less
Importance to Portland than to the re
mainder of the state. Convenience of
coming and going to and from such a
center as Portland Is a matter that
concerns the whole people. So of the
accommodations offered In the city.
Local support at Portland for the state
university would soon build it up in
strength, and give It efficiency and
celebrity. !So, if the function of a nor
mal school is the training of teachers,
Portland would be the best place in the
state for the Tiormal school.
The Oregpnian is saying these things
merely in an abstract way. It has no
idea, the Legislature will take any ac
tion looking to such results. Local
demands would forbid representatives
to do it. And yet, in all probability, if
the matter were brought directly before
the people, through the initiative, a
.majority of the people of the state
would vote for the change..
The object would not be to favor
Portland, but the state at large. It
would virtually put an end to log-roll
ing, in the Interest of localities, in the
Legislature. It was to check this evil
that the people, by referendum petition.
:have "held up" the appropriations of
"he recent session. The stale notion
lat a large city is unfit to be the
tal of a state, or unsuitable as the
if its educational institutions.
kly deserves refutation or notice,
pert that the Legislature would
re corruptible, or more liable to
Lion, at Portland. than at Salem
iculous. Besides, nearly naif the
rof most members of the Leglsla-
every session, Is spent in Port-
!
Is evident that our people think a
affords superior educational ad
Sages, since they send their 6ons
r daughters, in large numbers, for
Ktion in such cities as Boston,
Jew York, Philadelphia and
V may mention-also the
it numbers of children are
from the country to Port-
rjet the advantages offered by
Jerlor public and private schools
ft city. The notion that a city is
'"unsafe" place for students, for
Fnool children and for members of the
legislature may be -worth something
for purposes of amusement, but for
little else.
However, The Oregonian speaks of
these things merely In "an academic
way," as the phrase goes. It has no
idea that any action of this kind will
be taken now; perhaps never will be,
But if the people want these or other
things done they have means of doing
them, through the initiative and the
referendum. The prime consideration.
however, is the public convenience and
the general welfare; not the wish or
the interest of one town or another.
Portland will make no move in the
direction here indicated, for Portland Is
great enough to be indifferent on the
6ubject; and yet Portland, as the cen
tral pdint of the activities of Oregon is
the point where the capital and institu
Hons of the state would be most con
venient for the great body of the peo
pie and most useful to them.
A few fractions of a second of time
are not very much for some purposes.
but they had an Immense value to the
owner of Dan Patch, who, on Saturday,
set a new mark for harness horwes, by
pacing a mile in 1:55 1-4. Immediately
after the wonderful performance,
New York syndicate offered. $180,000 for
the king of the turf. Patch was not
the only remarkable performer at Lex
ington Saturday for three heats of
the 2:04 pace were reeled oft by com
paratively new comers on 'the turf in
an average time of 2:03. It has .not
been Very long since we were doubting
whether the "two minute" harness
horse would ever appear. Now we
have them so far under that mark that
old Father Time must uneasy
whenever Dan Patch, Audubon Boy or
a number pf their select followers.
score for the word.
THESE FIFTY YEARS.
Old Oregon reveres "The Pacjflc
Christian Advocate." Not that we be
lieve absolutely in the Pacific Christian
Advocate. But that paper began Its ex
istence fifty years ago, and during
these fifty, years it has been a part
a conspicuous part-r-of the life of Ore
gon. The Methodists were here early
they were the very first American
missionaries. Jason Lee came' In 1834.
The Methodist Church grew up from
the beginnings he made. Its effort
touched the life of early Oregon at
more points than any other influence
then present. The Methodist mission
ary and circuit rider traveled and
preached. He had little learning, per
haps, but his work touched the spirit.
It appealed to "the soft whisper of
God of man" never extinguished even
in solitude, but deepened, perhaps, by
solitude and Isolation. The homely ser
mon from the text, "Whatsoever a
man soweth that also shall he reap"
what force and power it had! It
was the appeal to the religious spirit,
unspoiled by theology.
Twenty years had this work pro
ceeded -when the paper named The
Pacific Christian Advocate came forth
as ancillary to it and an auxiliary of it
This weekly paper now celebrates its
fiftieth year. Few they were of old
Oregon who did not read It It was a
record of what was doing in a large
section of the religious, the Industrial
and Intellectual life of early Oregon.
Isolated as men and women and chil
dren then were. It was wonderful to
witness it is more wonderful to re
memberthe stimulation supplied to
the mind and spirit by this humble
weekly visitor, and the eagerness with
which it was waited for and received.
The first editor of the paper was
Rev. Thomas H. Pearne, still remem
bered by many who have survived him.
He was not so strong as- a writer as he
was strong as preacher and orator. He
left Oregon, we think, in 1865. Follow
ing him as editor was Dr. Benson, then
Dr. Dillon, then Rev. H. K. Hines, then
Dr. Harrington; Dr. Fisher next, and
now Rev. D. L. Rader.
With greater resources now than
heretofore, the range and work of the
paper are much enlarged and its ef
ficiency Increased as it has wider cir
culation and greater variety of matter;
but we think the few readers of the
olden time read it with more interest
and eagerness than any of .the greater
number who read it (or read the Ore
gonian) can possibly feel now.
For Its contemporary almost its
coeval The Oregonian feels a real
affection. At times this journal and
that one have seen their duty from dif
ferent points of view, and there have
been some contentions between them.
From The Oregonlan'js point of view
The Pacific Christian Advocate has not
always been pacific, nor always Chris
tian, towards it. But rubs like these
find ease In oblivion, on all sides or
ought to find It. The Pacific Christian
Advocate has done a great work In the
territory of old Oregon; and it de
lights The Oregonian to note that it is
doing a work of larger scope today than
ever before. "The mystic chords of
memory," stretching from the early
time in Oregon, supply, the touch of
nature that makes us all . kin. 'Tls
fifty years for the Pacific Christian Ad
vocate; 'tis fifty-five- years for The
Oregonian. We of today .will j&oqn join
our predecessors. But' may we not
hope that the Pacific Christian Advo
cate (and The Oregonian) will never
grow old?
INTELLIGENT EFFORT IN ORIEN
TAL TRADE..
- American business men who have
been building up a fine trade with the
Oriental countries, will not feel com
plimented by the views of Secretary
Taft regarding trade conditions as he
sees them. The Secretary's hurried trip
through the Far East quite naturally
gave him but little time to investigate
trade matters, nut he seemed very
much impressed with the old scheme
ior promoting traae oy means or a
sample exhibit at Shanghai and one or
two other ports in China and Japan,
The Secretary, obviously Ignorant of
what has been done for encouragement
of trade with the Orient, alludes to the
scheme in the following complimentary
language: "If It should be put through
it will be, so far as my Information
goes, the first intelligent effort of
American merchants to go after the
business of the Orient."
The trouble with the information on
which the Secretary based his views
was that it did not go far enough.
Pacific coast exporters, as well as those
from other parts of the United States,
have for the past twenty years? been
making an "intelligent effort" to work
up a trade with the Far East, and the
success with which they have been re
warded has been remarkable. The old
scheme of keeping a sample exhibit at
a few of the big ports was in vogue
many years ago. Some of the foreign
countries had tried it before the Ameri
cans began to cut much of a figure In
the Oriental trade, but, when the
Americans entered the field, the "ex
hlblt" method of attracting trade did
not appeal to them, and, Instead of
wasting time 'and money with it, they
dispatched personal representatives to
all parts of the Orient.
These men made a thorough canvas
wherever It was safe for a white man
to go and wherever there was a poes!
bllity of doing any business. That
their "intelligent effort" was rewarded
is so well known that it is almost
superfluous to mention It From our
own city two concerns, the Portland
Flouring Mills Company and the Pacific
Export Lumber Company, have made
shipments to the Orient of flour and
lumber, which in size are the wonders
of the commercial world. None of this
great volume of trade could have been
secured by exhibiting samples at a few
of the ports. After it has been secured
it is retained only by persistent "intel
ligent effort," which takes the form of
keeping personal representatives con
stantly- In the field and in close touch
with the buyers and consumers.
Secretary Taft complains that
"Americans are not sending the right
goods over there, and what they do
send are not put up In packages calcu
lated to attract the merchants of those
countries." Portland Is dispatching
exports to the value of several million
dollars per year to the Orient, and. If
the merchants are not "attracted" by
the style of packages used. It Is their
own fault, for they have the selection.
both as to style and size. It is the
willingness of our flour exporters to
supply any kind of package desired
that has given the Portland exporters
such a strong hold on the flour "trade
1 of the. Far East . I'SecreUry Taft. is
correct In his statement that the
Americans are being "hopelessly out
classed in the quest of the immense
commerce -of China, Japan and other
Oriental countries," It would be inter
esting to know what explanation he has
to offer for the official figures of the-
Bureau of Statistics, which show that
our trade with China has doubled in the
past three years, and that for the five
years preceding this three-year period.
the percentage of Increase in American
trade with those countries, was greater
than that of any other country en
gaged in the trade.
The same authorities also show that
for the first eight months of the cur
rent year, America's exports of cotton
cloth to China have reached a valuation
of $22,684,506, compared with $6,125,577
for the same period last year. The
only point brought out by Secretary
Taft which can be cordially assented
to by the American exporters, is that
there should be a reorganization of the
consular service. This cannot easily be
accomplished until this country aban
dons the practice of rewarding political
favorites with the best consulships, re
gardless of their fitness or unfitness for
the position. This delinquency, how
ever, cannot be charged up against the
American business men. If some of the
latter were given power in the mat
ter their "first intelligent efforts"
would be devoted to removing about
two-thirds of the Incompetents who
are now a positive detriment to the
advancement of our trade with the Far
.East.
LET OTHERS DO LIKEWISE.
It may be regarded as settled that
property In Multnomah. County will
hereafter be assessed on a basis of full
cash valuation. Assessor Slgler has
done a troublesome and difficult work
in a manner to satisfy nearly all but
the tax-dodgers. Not air persons who
have filed objections before the County
Board of Equalization to the assessor's
appraisement, are tax-dodgers; but a
part of them are, perhaps the greater
part. We shall know where to classify
them when the board completes Its
work. We know now where to place
some of them. But the assessor has
won his fight for an equitable assess
ment, despite the big fellows who never.
under any circumstances, pas all they
should pay and the little fellows who
pay nothing. The main principle of a
complete and fair assessment will
stand. Revision by the board should
he, will be, only a matter of detail.
Now that Multnomah has pointed the
way, why do not other counties in the
state follow? Several, like Columbia
and Washington, have already adopted
the new method; but the greater num
ber have not. According to the news
columns of The Oregonian yesterday.
the Polk County assessment for 1505 Is
$100,000 less than 1904. and Douglas
County shows only a small Increase.
These counties, and all others, have
much to gain, and nothing to lose, by
abandoning the old policy which makes
the small taxpayer pay more than he
should, and the large taxpayer less.
No scheme will ever be devised, per
haps, that will compel the railroads.
street-car companies, private banks and
large corporations to bear their propor
tionate share of the burden; but the
endeavor to make a cash valuation as
sessment Is an efficient move In the
right direction. What the smaller
counties of Oregon need Is assessors
of courage. Independence, and a pur
pose to give a square deal to every
man.
CHEAPER INSURANCE.
No possible exposure of graft in the
life insurance business could surprise
anybody now; still, the revelations as
Mr. Hughes extracts them from the
reluctant witnesses are piquant and In
structive. The latestconcern the pick
ings of the family of Richard H. Mc
Curdy, president of the New York Mu
tual Life, and certain tidbits which
went to the friends and relatives of
Vice-President Grannies. The son and
son-in-law of President McCurdy, for
example, have received from the com
pany since 1903 In commissions the
handsome sum of $2,600,000 or more, to
say nothing of generous salaries
besides. Upon this fact a period
leal like Dr. .Lyman Abbott's Outlook
may make the sloppy comment .that
such things have been so common that
they can scarcely be called immoral:
but to less enlightened minds these
transactions seem not only Immoral,
but to partake of that very low sort of
depravity which is called swindling. It
will be fortunate If the business of life
Insurance in the United States does not
suffer permanent Injury from the mis
deeds of the men who have controlled It
during the last decade. It will be un
fortunate if the revelations of the mis
deeds and extravagance of these men
do not bring about some effective re
forms
The fraternal orders which offer life
Insurance to their members have long
been contending that the charges of the
old-line companies were exorbitant It
has been their doctrine that Insurance
equally sate couia De zurnisned ior a
fraction of the premiums charged by
companies like the Equitable and New
York Life, and the whole trend of the
evidence taken before the investigating
committee Is to sustain them. The
same conclusion follows from a com
parison between the expense of manag
ing the life insurance companies In
America and foreign countries. Here
the expenses of management devour
about 18 per cent of the total income of
the company upon the average, while In
England they amount only to 9 per
cent and In Germany to 6 per cent
There is no good reason why there
should be this difference, except that In
America wealthy corporations are al
lowed to do as .they please with their
own property and other people's also.
whereas abroad they are kept under
the strict inspection and control of the
law. German paternalism may be an
noying, but It is not without advan
tages; uie irerman government saw
through two of our great Insurance
companies and forbade them to do busi
ness there Jong before we had begun to
suspect that anything was the matter.
There Is no such thing thought of as
economy In the conduct of an American
life insurance company, generally
speaking. Ways are sought to spend
and waste money, but, never to save it
The reason for this lies In the enormous
surplus which most companies have on
hand, rightfully belonging to the policy
holders, but at the mercy of the offl
clals to graft upon without limit or re
straint The surplus arises from two
sources. The first Is an excessive
charge for sheer life insurance over
what the risk and the legitimate ex
penses are; the second is the accumu
lation of deferred dividends. The pre
tended advantage of deferred dividends
to the policy-holder is that they make
a certain part of his premiums exactly
like an investment at compound Inter
est; but it is said by those who have
studied the matter that the dividends
are seldom honestly set apart for the
policy-holder, and that when the time
for settlement with the company ar
rives he meets with almost uniform dis
appointment. The deferred dividend, or
seml-tontlne, policy Is an apple of
Sodom to the investor and a perpetual
temptation to dishonesty and waste on
the part of the company. i
The only officer In a life Insurance
company whose duties require any spe
cial technical ability is the actuary
He must be a mathematician. The
other officers require only good finan
cial sense and Integrity. There Is no
especial mystery about their business,
and no reason why their salaries should
be higher than those of men In other
vocations of similar responsibility. The
principles of sound life Insurance are
precisely the same as those of any
other business, the charge for the ser
vice should pay for the risk plus the
expenses, and a reasonable margin to
meet emergencies. Whatever is charged
beyond that Is extortion. The Insur
ance agent In most cases earns all he
gets, and a good deal more, and yet the
commissions of agents are one of the
worst abuses in the business. It would
seem that a man who wishes to Insure
his life could do so without being
hounded day and night for a couple of
weeks or months, but such Is not hu
man nature. Of the first premium one
pays, SO per cent goes to compensate
the agent for the hounding. Of course
there Is something absurdly wrong
about this, but It Is not the agent's
fault With all his high commissions
he does not prOKper-atiytoo well, for
the reason that the scramble among the
companies for business has multiplied
agents beyond all legitimate require
ments. They are well paid for what
risks they get, but there are com
paratively few for each one to get
Hence the premiums are wasted and
still the agent does not thrive.
Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst has not
given up hope of driving the devil out
of New York. He has, however, dropped
the bludgeon and adopted the more
gentle and persuasive method of prayer.
On Sunday of last week, he described In
his supplication from the pulpit the
kind of a mayor he wanted:'
One who shall be after fhlne own heart
One whom thou canst use to the furtherance
of thine own purposes.
One keen In discernment temperate in Judg
ment pelf-controlled In action.
One who Is a profound believer In thee and
In thy righteousness.
One who will use the opportunities of his
office to encourage what la right; to embarrass
crime, whether of high or low degree; to make
what Is eternally Just and holy to be a real
ized factor In Individual and civic life.
Dr. Parkhurst has evidently given up
the notion that It Is of any use to ask
the voters for such a mayor; so he
applies elsewhere.
Strange Indeed In these days of land
frauds and settlement and Improve
ment by proxy Is the tale which comes
from Olympla of a man who has re
sided continuously for thirty years. on
a homestead in a wilderness on jat
Rainier. This man. If the story be
true, has not only "resided" on the
land, but in the thirty years since he
first pitched his tent there, he has
never slept away from It for a single
night, and while there has raised a
large, family. The land Is claimed by
the Northern Pacific railroad, but It
would seem that the settler's showing
ought to be sufficiently strong to give
him a title to it After he secures the
title he might make a little side money
by going on exhibition through some
of the Western states, where settlers
who actually live on the land they
claim are a rarity.
If Attorney Harry Fairchild, author
and chief sponsor of the Washington
Railroad Commission bill, and now at
the head of the commission, is an ad
mlrer of cold-blooded sarcasm, he will
read the following from the Seattle
Post Intelligencer with varied feelings:
The suggestion, made In advance of the ap
pointment of the Railroad ComraUJon, that
on at least of the commissioners should be
a man really familiar with the law and with
Its practice, had In view the elimination of
the possibility of such annoying and Inex
cusable blunders In bringing to an Issue ques
tions of vital importance to the producers and
consumers of this state. It Is to be honed
that the commission In the future will seek le
gal advice before committing Itself to any
action.
The Oregonian prints today an ex
ceedingly interesting letter from Annie
Laura Miller, at Yokahama, Japan, de
scribing the recent riots there, and the
scenes following the unpopular peace.
Miss Miller, who Is a daughter of Con
sul-General Miller, and is well-known
In Oregon, has been engaged by The
Oregonian to furnish a series of let
ters. of which the first now appears.
The return of the troops, the Emperor's
chrysanthemum show, the Yokahama
street fair, and other things partlcu
larly those conditions following the
war will be fully described by Miss
Miller.
The Massachusetts Democrats voted
down the Bryan platform with a shout
and Indorsed Roosevelt for ending the
war. The Massachusetts Republicans
kicked over the stand pat platform
and declared for tariff revision. Massa
chusetts has more Democrats with Re
publican proclivities and Republicans
with Democratic proclivities than any
other state.
The Salem attorney whose letters
have been published by his client has
learned a thing or two. It's a pretty
safe rule not to put anything In writ
ing that you wouldn't want made pub
lie It is also a wise rule for a lawyer
to never get into a position that will
make his client suspect him of dis
loyal ty.
City authorities up in Salem have
been made the object of attack by some
unknown person who has issued an
anonymous circular. It is generally
best to treat anonymous publications of
that1 character with contempt for the
anonymous ass Is generally uncertain
of his facts.
Despite the failure of the Tacoma
swain to persuade his" sweetheart to
marry him by threatening her with a
pistol. It may be said that a weapon
in the right hands often brings about
speedy matrimonial results. .
If we correctly understand Mr.
Murphy's picture, Mr. Baker's dove
of peace is slightly dilapidated, but al
together worth caging.
October 14 will soon be here, and. then
we shall embark on that long and
eventful era forever to be known as
"After the Fair."
SILHOUETTES.
Joe Folk's refusal to help "Frenzied"
Tom Lawson in his anti-Insurance cam
paign Indicates that the young Missouri
Governor is not yet ready to go into ths
circus business.
Goldsmith must have been watching for
Tacoma to grow when he wrote "The De
serted Village."
All single women over 30 and nine out
of every ten of the married ones have
been disappointed In- love.
I never hear "The Holy City" but 1
think of a graphophone arid get mad.
Far too many people in this world think
that colored supplements are funny.
Cromwell seems to have been the only
man who made a success of butting In.
Some folks are bom lucky some hand
some, but more appear to have leen
born with dyspepsia.
By a life otherwise noted for rectitude
and good deeds a man may even be for
given for singing tenor.
Only about one of us in 50, if searched.
could prove an alibi.
I find that roost people are robbing
Peter to pay Paul.
Isn't It about time to hold a rummage
sale of family skeletons In this town?
Cast your bread upon the waters and It
becomes dough.
The engaged girls of Portland should
make a demand for shorter hours and
more holidays.
Notice the average man In a top bat
He wears It with the insouciant grace dis
played by a dog with a can tied to its
tail.
All the philosophy of all the so-called
"advanced thought" since the time of
Voltaire has so far failed to cheer a sin
gle aching heart or soothe a single fe
vered brow. We still find refuge in a
certain carpenter's son who was of tho
village of Nazareth.
That Illinois man who has been Indicted
SCO times must be a former Oregon office
holder.
Little Willie Who Is that Large Per
son with the Sadness In his Face, papa?
Is he the Bereaved Husband?
Father Bill No. my son. He Is a Port
land millionaire, thinking about the new
tax assessment
An Incident.
A simple pie-man met a sly man
Going to the Fair.
Asked the Innocent pie-man of the sly
man:
"Why are you hastening there?"
Said the guileful sly man to the pie-man:
"If It's any of your affair,
I've a date on the Trail
Which I mustn't fail:
It's a dinner for two. so beware."
The Maid and the Sea.
There sat one day by a cold gray sea,
A gray little maid who smiled at me;
And I said to her. "Now tell me, pray.
What Is It that the wild waves say?"
She gazed Intently across the way.
Where beyond the waters China lay.
And she answered softly, "Alas, today.
The ocean and I are lonely."
Then silent was she and looked afar
And longingly harked to the moaning bar.
While I wondered much that there
should be
Affinity 'twixt the maid and the sea.
And for a moment there came to me
A feeling of infinite sympathy.
For across the breakers I seemed to see
The mysterious plain of eternity.
There were hopes of the soul that are
deep and wide.
The many that go, the few that abide.
While the current of life that like the tide
Ebbs and flows with inconstancy.
Then I asked again of the little gray maid.
"What Is the message they bring to you.
These sad gray waves In their monotone?"
And she answered me simply: "Alone,
alone."
A Kiddle.
What is this thing which we call hope?
Tritely we say that It springs eternal .In
the human breast, but this truism Is no
solution. Who can diagnose the method
of Us springing? What man among ypu
can riddle that? it la the unanswered.
wherefore.
In every breast a lamp Is trimmed and
burning. Sometimes It flickers low, but
rarely or never falls. It seems a part
of the day's work that humanity should
be disappointed and disillusioned. Com
plete happiness does not come to mere
mortals. Not one among the many mil
lions who have marched on before knew
the great eecret
Schemes and hopes and aspirations
fail. Cloud-scaling dreams of empire and
lofty ambition come out of the past gib
bering specters. Pleasures pall and the
earth offers no recompense. Failure and
death are every man's familiar.
In and through It all, however, the bea
con of hope, sometimes flaring into
great flame sometimes dying down to an
ember. Is always there, a fire of good
omen lighted on life's highway. It may
be the spark of Divinity. It may be
an Ignls-fatuus dancing before us through
the wilderness of time. What man cart
say? Wherefore? Whyfore? Riddle me
this and tell me If you can.
ARTHUR A. GREENE!
The Inexpugnable Tariff.
New York Evening Post, Oct 3.
Secretary Shaw made anothar of his tri
umphant defenses of protection at Rich
mond last night He showed that the
tariff cannot be revised, because it Is such
a consummate product of log-rolling. Its
graft being distributed to every one politically-powerful
enough to demand a por
tion, "all interests are protected": conse
quently, nobody with sufficient Influence
to elect delegates or control Congressmen
makes any objection, the silly and unor
ganized consumers and taxpayers being,
of coprse, worth the attention of no poli
tician who knows his business. Moreover.
If any one In the greedy combination
takes It Into his head to protest against
another's undue share of the spoils, he la
silenced by being reminded that one brick
out of the tariff arch makes the whole
thing tumble, and that his own plunder
will be taken away if he Insists upon that
of others being abandoned or lessened.
This, we submit Is a fair account of Sec
retary Shaw's victorious Illustration. He
said that he had heard an ex-Governor of
Florida speak about reforming "the In
iquitous tariff," and had shut him up by
asking if he wished to begin by repealing
the duties on citrus fruits. That is, if as
many as possible are let in on the ground
floor of a profitable Iniquity, it beeoftes a
great National virtue and blessing.
THE LAND-FRAUD VERDICT.
No Whitewashing.
Newberg Snterprise.
At TOi'llft-mann tVil.,4 (al V vis
found smlltv. and nnsr annthtr bunch
of indictments have been brought in.
It begins to look as If the state was
not going to stop with a whitewashing.
Land Pirates Days Are Ended.
Olympla Record.
The effect of these convictions will be
salutary. They proclaim the end of the
reign of the land-grabber In Oregon and
the West. The halcyon days of the land
pirate are over. Henceforth the rishts of
the honest settler will be protected.
This Journal May Be. Mistaken.
Albany Democrat.
The Prlnevllle Review says that de
fendants in the recent land fraud case.
to-wit, Messrs. Williamson. Gesner and
Biggs, will be none the less popular on
account of their conviction. If any of
them ever run for office again the
Review will learn how sadly mistaken
it is.
Verdict on the Evidence.
Ashland Tribune.
The third trial may be termed as
Williamson's trial and has been
marked by the presentation of such
conclusive evidence and the logical
reasoning of an able prosecutor that,
despite the natural regard for a man
high In the trust of the people and to
whom the kindest feelings have here
tofore been extended, this has not af
fected the minds of the third Jury and
the evidence has beeji victorious.
A Fateful Verdict, Indeed.
Prlnevllle Review.
The news has cast a gloom over the en
tire city, as the defendants' friends, who
are numerous, had thought the verdict
would be about the same as the previous
ones. It Is to be regretted that this ver
dict was rendered, as thereby a Congress
man tne only one Crook County has ever
had Is cut oft from further public use
fulness and the way Is paved for still
further wrecking the Republican party of
Oregon upon the rocks of factionalism. It
Is a fateful verdict Indeed.
Only One Congressman Left.
Wasco News.
The result of the trial leaves Oregon
with but one effective representative
In Congress. If Mr. Williamson and Mr.
Mitchell were the patriotic citizens
they should be 'they would at once re
sign, but this they will not do; but it
Is safe to say that neither they nor
any of their clique will ever again
receive the support of the people of
Oregon. Oregon will be shy represen
tatives at Washington for a time but
we think she will be the gainer In the
long run by the present upheave.
Stop Crooked Methods.
Albany Democrat
Some people look upon 1t merely as a
personal matter against Mr. Williamson
and the other defendants, but it Is more
than that. It Is a moral reform move
ment of the Government without regard
to politics, one which It is evidently the
purpose to push. For years the Govern
ment has been bo lax as to almost invite
fraud in different departments. Now. this
Is evidently going to be stopped. What
ever the past record, good people now
cannot help commending every effort to
stop crooked methods along all lines, even
though men have gone Into many of these
things entirely Innocent of any Intention
of beating the Government They have
to start somewhere, and now is no doubt
a good time.
Victory for Good Government.
Sclo News.
The conviction of Mr. Williamson Is a
victor," tor good government Public offi
cials whose duty is to make or execute
the law should furnish an example In the
observance of the requirements of law
for the ordinary citizen to follow. When
the people repose sufficient confidence In
a citizen to elect him to an office, he Is, or
ought to be. at least, a model of good be
havior. If he goes wrong, hta punishment
should be the greater: for In addition to
committing the crime, he has violated the
confidence of the people. Therefore Sena
tor Mitchell, Congressman Williamson nor
Hermann, if he shall be convicted, are en
titled to the sympathy of the public. They
richly merit any punishment that may be
Imposed upon them.
Not a Fair Trial, Says Hofer.
Salem Journal.
It is stated as a fact that of the 100
Jurymen drawn in the panel from
which the Williamson Jury was select
ed, 52 were from Portland. This may
be true or not But if It Is anywhere
near true the trial was hardly a fair
one, everything considered. There are
33 other counties In the state from
which that panel of 100 Jurors was
supposed to have been made up. If
one-fourth of the population of Ore
gon Is in Multnomah county, there
should not have been over 25 Jurors
from Multnomah County. It 52 were
chosen from that one county where no
other newspapers are read but those
bitterly opposed to the defendant It Is
wrong.
Says They Should Not Resign.
Baker City Herald.
Now that Congressman Williamson
has been found guilty In the Federal
Courts the Democratic papers over the
state are raising a howl that he should
resign. They raised this same howl
when Mitchell was Indicted, when Wil
liamson was indicted, when Hermann
was indicted and when Mitchell was
convicted. There was some reason in
their madness In the Mitchell case for
a Democratic governor would then
have been appointed senator. But In
the Williamson case there is no reason
why the Democrats should urge him to
resign for they would gain nothing by
It. While It is to be regretted that
Oregon will have but one representa
tive In Congress this year, yet both
convicted men will have an appeal to
the higher court and are not to be
sentenced until this appeal has bean
taken If they want it
3 1 ARK TWAIN.
Mark Twain's "Editorial Wild Oats"
(Harpers) Is a thin book, but the humor
Is laid on thick. The contents consist of
a half dozen stories (one of which at
least was written as long ago as 1S75) of
experience with Western country papers,
and the genial writer presents himself as
a simple youth under most terrifying cir
cumstances. Ot one time ne wrote edito
rials for an agricultural paper, and
brought trouble on the house by such mis
understood witticisms as these:
The guano Is a fine bird, but great care
Ia necessary in rearing it. It should not b-s
Imported earlier than June or later than
Sptember. la the Winter It should be kept
In a warm place, where It can hatch out Its
young.
It Is evident that we are to have a back
ward season foe grain- Therefore It will be
wall for the farmer to begin setting out his
cornstalks and planting his buckwheat cakes
In July instead of August
Concerning the pumpkin this berry Is a
favorite with the natives of the Interior of
New England, who prefer It to the goose
berrr for the making of fruit cake, and who
likewise give It lh preference over the rasp
berry for feeding cows, as being more fill 1 or
and fully as satisfying. The pumpkin Is the
only esculent of the orange family that will
thrive In the North, except the gourd and oas
or two varieties of the squash. But the cus
tom of planting it In the front yard with the
shrubbery la fast going out of vogue, for It
Is cow generally conceded that the pump
kin as a shade tree is a failure.
Now, as the warm weather approaches, and
the ganders begin to spawn. ...
IN GAY NEW YORK.
The Retort Courteous on Behalf of
the People of Chicago.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Our Teaders will be pleased to learn that
another valued Eastern exchange, this
time the New York Evening Mail. Is no
ticing our doings la Its news columns. For
Instance:
CHICAGO.
Ogden Armour killed hogs Thursday.
John Gates has returned from the effete
East.
It looks like tho White Sox would give thorns
Philadelphia, boys a tussle for the pennant.
September Is with us.
Our Federal building is about completed.
Most of the boys have got their hay In.
The 0:30 passenger from Gotham was crowd
ed yesterday.
More anon. GRATCE.
We believe that when the right hand of
fellowship Is thus extended to us the thing
for us to do is to reciprocate. If we have
not given much attention to the, doings
In New York for some time, it is because
we have felt hurt that the New York
newspapers have seemed to make-a point
of overlooking Interesting happenings In
this city. However, we now find space,
with pleasure, for the following:
GOTHAM JOTTINGS.
Hot In the subway again this A. M.
We notice that the Vanderbtlts and several
others on the avenue-are papering for the Fall
social season.
John A. McCall, the popular life Insurance
man. carries 16000 20-payment In his own
company. There Is nothing like patronising
home Industries.
A. Carnegie Is still In Europe.
Several Items of Interest from Brooklyn ars
unavoidably crowded out.
There Isn't so much syndicating this year as
there was last year at this time.
Se J. P. Morgan's ad on third page, under
heading. "Four Per Cent Collies for Sale."
Mr. J. H. Hyde lectures this evenln: on
"The Good Citizen."
"We are not meddlinc much in such mat
ters, but what the small policyholders ought
to have is a sauare deal.
Thomas W. "Lawson. Boston, is registered at
the W. A. We noticed an express wagon de
livering patent feet-warmers at 28 Broadway
yesterday. How about It, Tom?
Western money was easy, as usual, on Wall
street this A. M.
Chauncey Depew left word that he would be
In town for a few minutes again tomorrow. Ho
doesn't day as long as he used to.
We are looking forward to a larger run of.
dukes this season than formerly.
There Is talk of employing a lot of baseball
fans In the subway. Anything to keep the air
moving.
The Harlem owl car that formerly left at
2:13 will leave hereafter at 2:11.
Grover Cleveland Is making up a party to
go duck hunting.
Couldn't the subway be used as a heatlnc
plant? We think yes. A. P. F.
There Is scarcely a day but something Is
going on in New York. The place has
often reminded Chicago visitors of home
In this respect We feel, therefore, that
It is no more than right to notice it now
and then, especially as New York seems
inclined now and then to notice us.
"IiET THE GOOD WORK GO ON"
Secretary Hitchcock and Prosecutor
Heney Praised.
New York Sun.
It is less than three years since a quarrel
among thieves threw into the hands of
Secretary Hitchcock the clew to the land
frauds on the Pacific Coast From that
day until now he has shown "neither va
riableness nor shadow of turning."
Quietly, but unceasingly, the clew has
been followed. Whether the public knew
or cared about It all has been, apparently.
a matter of total Indifference to Secretary
Hitchcock. Fraud, almost unparalleled la
Its scope and in its boldness, had been
and was being carried on. The people of
the United States were being robbed and
swindled out of millions upon millions of
dollars. The quiet man who runs our
Interior Department set the wheels of the
law in motion and has kept them busy.
The local work In the case has been
carried on by Mr. Francis J. Heney. tho
Federal District Attorney. "Much credit is
due him for the Intelligence and fidelity
which he has displayed. Six months ago
it was reported that up to that timo there
had been 6S indictments and six convic
tions in the land-fraud matter. Since then
a United States Senator. John H. Mitch
ell, has been added to the convicted list
Last Wednesday the jury of the United
States District Court returned a verdlec
which read as follows:
In the case of the United States against John
N. Williamson, Van Gessner and Marlon R.
Blggs. we. the Jury, find the defendants guilty
as charged.
John N. Williamson la a member of tha
United States House of Representatives.
In two earlier trials of the case the jury
disagreed. But there was nothing in such
an experience to dismay such a man as
Attorney Heney. He believed he was
right and the Secretary supported him
Result three more convictions. Mr.
Hitchcock, commenting on the outcome,
says that Mr. Heney deserves special
commendation, and makes two significant
statements: "There Is more of this busi
ness to come." "We Intend to push this
thing to a finish."
We make our obeisance and present our
compliments and congratulations to tha
man who has "made good" Ethan Allen
Hitchcock. Let the good work go on.
This Is Suggestive.
Pacific Christian Advocate.
President Hill, of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific, objects to Federal
regulation of railroads. If alt railroad
magnates were of the same caliber as Mr.
Hill, there would be little need of super
vision, and there probably would be none.
But the trouble has been that most rail
roads have been run In the Interest of by
products, such as Standard Oil. Beef Com
bine and Consolidated Coal, and ordinary
shippers have been forced to pay tribute.
Federal regulation may be unconstitu
tional, but the Constitution Is not un
changeable. Genius in Goose Quills.
Exchange.
George Meredith Is one of the group of
authors who remain faithful to the old
fashioned quill pen. There be those who
believe that no work of genius can be pro
duced with anything else In the way of
pens and the authorities of the British
Musuem seem to agree with them, for
they still offer to visitors the good old
goose quill.
The Overconfident Automobile.
W. J. Lampton In Motor Field.
Down the grade to beat the llghtnln
Come the thunderln express
At a hundred miles a minute,
Er perhaps a leetle less.
With a locomotive lnjlne
Big enough to haul a farm.
Spoutln steam and fire and cinders
Like It meant to do some harm.
To'rds a crossln. where a signboard
Said fer people to lock out
For the locomotive, likely
To be movln thereabout.
Come a brassy, sassy whlzzer
Lookln mighty line and gay.
Bangln' straight ahead and act In
Like It owned the right uv way.
Course the whlzzer seen the signboard.
But It didn't give a d n,
JUt because, by gosh. Its habit
Was to bang ahead and ram
Into anything before It,
Then to snort around and say:
"Aw, come offl If you don't like It
S'po you don't git In my way."
Th' ln'lneer, he blowed his whistle;
Blowed It for the crossln there;
Blowed it like old Gabr'els trumpet.
Till it sounded everywhere:
But the whlzzer kept on coraln'.
And tha locomotive well,
THere wa-'nt nothln" much remainln
, Uv that whlzzer but the smell.
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