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rOHTLAXD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER S.
THE MARQUAM. PROPERTY.
The final decision In the well-known
Marquam case lias "been rendered.
Marquam has lost the property and oth
ers have "absorbed" it. The Supreme
Court holds that the methods and pro
ceedings were legal. That cannot now
be questioned. But nothing can clear
the public mind of the conviction, and
rrgrct that the law In this case, as in
so many others where wealth has the
advantage, has not been able to point a
way to distributive and proportional
justice. Marquam allowed his rights
under the law to lapse, confiding too
far in his trustees, who also were his
creditors. It is one of the ways by
which great wealth rolls itself constant
ly into greater and greater proportions.
These things, or some of them, are
lawful, but they lack conscience. It
used to be thought there was no remedy
but the conditions of recompense point
ed out In the parable of Dives and Laz
arus; and yet, encouraged by the
growth of democratic principles and
power, the people still cling to the hope
(hat ways will yet be found of putting
checks upon the extreme rapacity of
wealth, mother of the most grievous of
all social wrongs.
As to. this particular case. The Ore
gonian will say no more at present than
this, that a great property, under the
manipulation and management to which
it has been subjected, has gone to new
owners at a cost to them of perhaps
ore-ihlrd of Its actual value. It was
legal, of course, for the Supreme Court
says so, but the stones in the build
ings and In the streets cry out against
the injustice.
THE BAPTIST SEMI-CENTENNIAL.
A semi-centennial of Interest to a
much wider circle In this community
than that included in the denomina
tional name is the celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the First Bap
t'st Church. This occasion recalls the
fact that on a certain Sunday in 1S55,
less than a dozen adherents of the Bap
tist Church met together In a humble
room in a small settlement on the bor
der of a great and beautiful wilderness
and reverently set up the standard of
their fnith. Immigration readily sup
plies the details of a fact thus briefly
outlined. There was the pastor and
hlef actor in the scene Rev. W. F.
Buyakln. and his gentle wife, whose
names have long been silent In the com
munity; Joslah Failing, his wife and
their daughter, Elizabeth, the five thus
namei being half of the number who
fanned this first organization. Of the
finer tivs local records are silent be
yond the statement that they were of
"ho little band that composed the First
Baptist Church of Portland.
Nanes. however, do not count except
as they are "pronounced reverently "In
menmrlam." It Is the work of this or
ganization through the passing years in
ihe life of the community; the shaping
hand that It has laid upon morals, upon
religion, upon charity, -upon the social
amenities; its drift in Intelligence: the
impulse of Its growth, that make up its
half-century of history.
In the very nature of things much of
this record is unwritten except as It
may be traced in the events of the
years and in the lives of those that
-iere touched by it. This much, how
ever, is clearly set forth in the annals
of the time. The First Baptist Church
has grown from small beginnings, year
by year, until Its membership is re-
rded by figures that run up Into the
hundreds. It has stood (albeit on
s;rictly denominational and therefore
s!gld and exclusive lines) for what 4s
"Tilled religion. It has stood, accord-
ng to the conception of its creed within
these lines, for what Is termed right
eousness. The voice of its pulpit has,
within the -limitations of its many puc
vssive pastors, been raised In behalf of
morality, of temperance, of reform. AH
individuals, all organizations, have
their limitations: the First Baptist
Church Is not exempt from this general
rule. It has had prosperous seasons
ani seasons of depression, times of
grief and anxiety and times of Joy and
self-i-omplaecncy. It rounds out its
half-century in one of the latter sea
sins, and, as becomes an organization
Tiat has fought a hard fight through
ftf'.y years of arylng success and dis
appointment. It Is jubilant 1n its year of
Jubilee.
An intelligent review of its record in
this community shows that many a
rivet in Its creed has been sprung by
the tug and strain of fifty years. This
Is merely to say that this church has
not stood still, while all the -world
about it has moved. It Is for the
thoughtful men and women of the com
munity In the Baptist Church and out
of it to say whether or not the ad
vance has at all points been along
higher lines. The Oregonlan does not
essay this task. Congratulation, not
criticism, is its purpose at this time,
and in this behalf, itself a -pioneer, and
an -earnest worker in the civilization of
half a century, it extends greeting to
the First Baptist Church In the celebra
tion of its semi-centennial.
AN EXPLANATION.
As the principal religious 'publication
upon the Pacific Coast, The Oregonlan
feels bound to take note of a recent un
happy interchange of epithets between
.two pastors, both of whom it esteems
and loves. This tragic occurrence we
Bhall not attempt to palliate. Such a
course our consciences would not per
mit; but we may try to explain it. Wc
say ''try to explain"; but to try Is one
thing, to succeed is something very dif
ferent. Probably the best we can do
about such a bad matter is to patch up
something that will perhaps look like
an explanation. At any rate, we shall
do our best.
It seems that Dr. . L. House, who Ih
an arch-expert In sacred politics, had
fixed things to spring a resolution in
dorsing woman suffrage upon the Min
isterial Association, and he was backed
by some forty or fifty of the "beet-looking
pro-suffrage ladies he could find to
hustle away from the polls anybody
who , should -try to rot against IL
Among those, eo it Is reported, who at
tempted to down the resolution by their
ballots was Dr. C T. Wll6on; but it
was not made clear whether he did so
because he was opposed to woman suf
frage or foecause he realized that un
der some circumstances it is blessed to
be hustled. At any rate, the bevy of
rosy-cheeked heelers effectually pre
vented him from casting his ballot. Dr.
"Wilson then upbraided Dr. House with
this Infringement of the sacred privi
lege of voting as a man damn pleases,
and In reply Dr. House used the fright
ful language which we now -shudder-ingly
quote. He called Dr. Wilson a
liar.
These are the reported facts which we
have undertaken to explain, which. In
fact, our regard for the welfare of the
Ministerial Association compels us to
explain in some way. however difficult
it may be. The trouble is that we are
caught In a terrible dilemma whichever
way we turn. We might try to escape
by asserting that Dr. Wilson is not a
liar; but in that case, what about Dr.
House, who said he was one? And if
Dr. House Is not one, then what must
Dr. Wilson be? If either of them told
the truth, what an awful man the other
must toe; and if both told the truth,
what awful men they both are; and If
neither told the truth surely this Is a
pitiful plight to put a defender of the
clergy in. There really seems to be no
way out of it. Our intention; arc excellent-
We would explain the matter
If we could, out the simple fact Is, It
can't be done.
COINCIDENCES IN PRXNEVILLE.
The account of the remarkable ex
periences which have befallen Wilford
J. Crain. of Prlneville, naturally turns
the reader's mind toward the subject
of coincidences. In the series of events
which have culminated in his broken
skull and expected death there are a
number of coincidences so startling
that one who was not fortified by ample
knowledge of the law-abiding character
of the citizens of Prlneville, and of Mar
shal 'Harrington's absolute devotion to
his duty, would jump to the rash con
clusion that the occurrences were the
work of ordinary human passionp. and
not coincidences at all. For coincidence
excludes all Intention, preconception or
plan; and when one of two enemies
clubs the other to death It naturally
looks as If there had been Intention In
the act. Our first hasty inference Is
corrected by recalling the fact that Mr.
Harrington, who did the clubbing, was
the Marshal of Prlneville. and that his
brother-in-law. Crain, was said by the
Marshal to be drunk when he was
clubbed. The enmity of the Marshal
and the lethal assault formed, there
fore, a mere coincidence. The state
ment of witnesses that Crain was so
ber may be excluded as Irrelevant
Didn't the Marshal say he was drunk?
Whether or not it Is the custom In
Prlneville to club all drunkards to
death Is not known. Presumably It Is.
Presumably a drunkard upon the
streets of that Puritanical city is a
sight so rare and so deeply shopking
to the moral spnse of the Commercial
Club, besides setting such a bad exam
ple for the young, that the city fathers
deem It wise and just to inflict sum
mary death upon him. Presumably, we
say. this is the custom in Prlneville:
for If that city does not inflict ,the pen
alty of death upon all drunkards, then
there must have been some especial
reason for inflicting K upon the drunk
ard Crain. What could that reason
have ibeen? We prefer to -believe there
was no such especial reason. We pre
fer to believe rather that death Is the
ordinary punishment for drunkenness
in Prlneville than that Marshal Har
rington was fleshing his - old hatred
when he clubbed Crain with fatal Vio
lence. The long-standing bad blood
between these two men. taken with the
lethal beating, form, as we have ' al
ready suggested, a coincidence, only
this and nothing more.
To be sure, the coincidence makes
heavy demands upon one's credulity.
It looks marvelously like cause and
effect. When one man hates another
and Anally kills him. the hatred is
usually the cause of the murder. But
this case of Harrington and Crain was
different. We know it was a mere co
incidence, because Crain was a man to
whom coincidences happened habitually
almost. He had coincidences as other
men have nightmares or stitches in the
back. For example, take this one.
When he was In Portland giving hi?
testimony against Williamson et aU his
barn and hay burned. At the same
time Princyille was boiling over with
wrath because Crain presumed to give
evidence fpr the Government against
the city's darling and persecuted mar
tyrs. Now is it not amazing that the
wrath of Crain's neighbors and the
burning of his barn existed, as they did,
side by side, and yet were In no way re
lated? As we have Intimated, his life
abounded in wonderful coincidences
and his death, if it 6hall occur, will
have been the most wonderful of alL
It is clear that the bad blood between
Crain and Harrington, taken with the
deadly beating, formed one more coln
cidence. ThcTjarn-burning, taken with
j the hatred for Crain in Prlneville,
formed another. So ranch the logical
mind may perhaps admit. Bat some
minds are not logical. Some minds will
persist in seeing cause and effect here.
In spite of all we know about the self
control of Prineville and the absolute
devotion of Marshal Harrington to his
duty, such minds v!ll continue to be
lieve that the neighbors set flre Jo
Crain's barn to express their love for
their persecuted Congressman, and that
Harrington seized the excuse of Crain's
alleged drunkenness to kill him under
the pretense of an arrest. Such is hu
man perversity. And yet the case Is not
remediless. Something can be done. The
Prlneville Commercial Club can de
nounce The Oregonlan for printing
news -which gives rise to such unkind
suspicions, and they can also pass
resolutions of confidence In their City
Marshal. -Such action will place the
club in the correct moral attitude
toward the Preea, whose xeal for print
ing news is Indeed a Bcandal to all
whose Interest or safety requires news
to be suppressed; and, better yet. It
may convince some feeble-minded per
son that Harrington did not crack his
brother-in-law's skull with malice
aforethought. It is wonderful what
white-robed Truth can accomplish
when she is under skillful management.
THE CASE OF MART ROGERS.
The Governor of Vermont has an
nounced that the execution of Mrs
Mary Rogers will take place next Fri
day. That is, he has definitely stated
that he will not Interfere with the de
cree of the law. The case of Mrs." Rog
ers has attracted wide attention, partly
from the nature of her crime, partly
from the successful vigor of the de
fense, which has so long prevented the
execution of the law, and partly from
the fact that the idea of hanging a
woman excites almost general repug
nance. The crime of which she was convicted
was peculiarly atrocious, as well as de
liberate. It was clearly shown at her
trial that she had killed her husband
for the double purpose of obtaining his
life insurance and making herself free
to receive the attentions of another
man. It was not shown that there
were any extenuating circumstances.
She was convicted fully two years ago.
Tet she has been able to enlist the
sympathy of numerous persons of in
fluence and to command the services of
able counsel. Reduced tb its essence,
the argument has been that "It would
be a shame to hang a woman." Indeed,
perhaps most persons feel that way.
Her counsel managed at one stage of
the proceedings to set her case Into the
courts' of the United States, but after
long delay It was sent back 'because the
Judges could find no Federal question
In it. Now at last, great and general as
is the repugnance to the Idea of hang
ing a woman the execution is to take
place.
It has been a sore trial to the Gov
ernor of Vermont, who yet does not see
how he could find sufficient reason to
arrest the course of the law.
ADVANTAGE Or WATER COMPETITION.
Clearances of coastwise vessels from
Portland during the month of Novem
ber Included twenty-one lumber-carriers
and thirty steam and sail craft,
carrying grain and miscellaneous cargo.
The lumber-carriers took out over 13.
000,000 feet of luniber, and the miscel
laneous fleet carried over 25,000 tons of
general freight. -All of this coastwise
movement was in competition- with the
railroads, as every foot of lumber and
every pound of general cargo was land
ed in California at a terminal point that
Is also reached by the railroads. As It
was handled by the ocean craft in
stead of by the railroads, there was
undoubtedly a saving effected by the
shippers by using the water route.
This is an economic advantage which
the seaport shipper will always have
over the shipper who Is located at a
point served only by the railroad.
The railroad which hauls freight be
tween Portland and California is owned
by one corporation. The vessels of the
November coasting fleet from Portland
were owned by more than twenty dif
ferent firms or individuals. The ad
vantages of this water competition will
become more apparent from year to
year, as improvements are made In the
type and carrying capacity of the ves
sels. A dozen years ago the schooner
with a carrying capacity of 400.000 feet
of lumber was regarded as a big car
rier. Today Portland exporters are
loading schooners with from 1.000,000
feet to I.IOO.OOO feet of lumber, and the
crew carried by the big carrier of today-
Is no larger than that which was
considered necessary for the operation
of the small craft a dozen years ago.
The steam schooner has also made
great Inroads on the business of the
railroads between Portland and other
Coast ports and California, and. like
the sailer, has been increasing In car
rying capacity without a proportionate
Increase in operating expenses.
This vigorous competition between
the vessel-owners and the railroads
has. of course, reduced rates to a fig
ure that cannot admit of large profits,
and the men who supply the cargoes
and pay the freight are the gainers by
I:. On similar" lines has the foreign
business of the Pacific Coast shippers
profited by an abundance of water com
petition. Portland lumber dealers sent
foreign In November more than 5.000.000
feet of lumber, and in the fleet which
carried It abroad were represented the
American, French and British flags.
The fleet which .preceded the November
vessels Included German, Norwegian
and Italian craft, and there were avail
able for Portland loading vessels of
every prominent maritime power on the
face of the earth.
The building and equipment of a rail
road calls for an expenditure of mil
lions, and, quite naturally, the number
of roads In competition for the business
of any particular locality Is limited.
The cost of a steamship or a sailing
vessel which can travel round the world
competing for business wherever It is
to be found Is not so great as to pro
hibit hundreds and thousands of men of
moderate means investing In tbem.
This all redounds to the advantage of
the shipper, with whom it Is a matter
of Indifference what flag a vessel Is
sailing under, so long as she carries his
freight at a low rate. More ships mean
more competition, and more competi
tion means lower rates. For this rea
son, the exporters of the Pacific Coast
will make as strong a protest against
the effort to exclude an but American
ships from the Philippine trade as they
would make against an effort to reduce
the supply of tonnage available for
coastwise business at home. The
United States is a country of freight
producers, and not freight-carriers.
Too long women afflicted with hus
bands who come home drunk every
Sunday have confined themselves or
redress to Ineffectual weapons, like
prayers, tears and scoldings. Mrs. R.
"tfcKIcstry has made a decided advance
In the ancient art of dealing with a
drunken husfeand. Her method Is In
every way commendable, and shoe Id be
widely Imitated. She provided herself
with a good, substantial ax-ban die. and
when her husband and his friend -Busch
entered the bouse bringing their usual
Jags, she sailed in upon them. Both
the method and her application of It
are praiseworthy. She spared her hus
band, who. presumably, contributes
more or les to the support of the fam
ily, but the friend Bucch. she emote
with the ax-handle of the Lord and of
Gideon, and. having smitten him hip
and thigh, she turned him over to the
police, who haled him away to a dun
geon. We admire Mrs. McKInstrys
conjugal forbearance; but If her hus
band comes home drunk next Sunday
there Is really only one fitting use for
the ax-handle. May the police in the
meantime not deprive her of it. and
may her nerve not fall at the critical
moment.
When an applicant for a. public fran
chise of any kind offers to give a bond
for a considerable amount guarantee
ing the early commencement, of con
struction rorlc he at least gives evi
dence of good faith. A mere promoter,
anxious to secure a franchise which he
can sell to some one else. Is not likely
to make such a proposition. A man
who has control of capital enough to
carry his plans to completion will have
no trouble In -furnishing such a bond,
and the man who has not the capital is
scarcely a suitable person to be the re
cipient of a franchise. It Is a safe plan,
therefore, for municipalities to exact
such bonds and to place confidence In
men who offer to give them. A few
years ago a promoter asked the City of
Salem to grant an electric light fran
chise in order that he, might enter Into
competition with the company then In
business. He was required to give a
J5000 Krad. conditioned upon the estab
lishment or .his plant, and when he
failed to perform tjla agreement, suit
was brought upon the bond and pay
ment enforced. The exaction of a bond
Is , not an unreasonable requirement
nor a burdensome one td the con
cern able and willing to perform its
contracts. Its chief advantage is that
It protects the public from the schemes
of cheap promoters.
Thirty of the leading seed dealers of
the United States have petitioned the
President for aid In abolishing the free
seed distribution, which has expanded
Into such generous proportions that It
Is affecting the sale of seeds by regu
lar dealers. This proposed reform may
be all right from the standpoint of the
seedsman, but what of the crossroads
politician who makes up the list of
those who shall enjoy these favors?
"Did they beat me?" said a famous
statesman who for years operated not
far beyond the Multnomah County
line. "Not on your life. They sent In
a bar'l of money and all I had to meet
It with was peanuts and the garden
seeds which the Senator sent on from
Washington." It Is thus easy to see
how the destinies of the Nation, or at
least the county, may be affected by
the withdrawal of such a potent favor
with the agricultural vote. "
According to advices from Washing
ton, it seems reasonably certain that
Senator Ankeny will secure the chair
manship of the Irrigation committee.
His appointment to that important po
sition would meet with general ap
proval throughout the Pacific North
west, for Senator Ankeny is familiar
not only with the Irrigation needs of
his own state, but also with those of
Oregon and Idaho. This knowledge of
Irrigation matters in these states is not
of the theoretical kind, for It was ac
quired by actual experience In numer
ous Irrigation projects In the North
west. Senator Ankeny on the Irriga
tion committee could appear not only
as chief adviser as to the merits of the
measures which will come before the
committee, but also as an expert on
the technical features of the work that
means so much for the West.
Oregon orohardlsts should Inspect
their trees this Winter, and if infected
with San Jofe scale, give them a thor
ough spraying. Clean fruit will make
a good reputation for Oregon, while in
fected fruit will give Oregon a bad
name. No one man can build up a rep
utation for Oregon products, but If each
individual will do his part. Oregon fruit
will be In demand wherever the best is
wanted. Let each grower look after his
own trees first, and then see that his
neighbor follows the example. For
those who willfully neglect to extermi
nate pests a law has been provided and
compulsory measures can be brought
into use.
The Prlneville Review, which gives
up fifteen and one-hair lines of its val
uable space to the terrible Harrlngton
Craln assault, remarks:
Sir. Harrington Is worried orer the affair,
3.3 be Stz that the public rsay Imagine bs
at.l-ropted la kill Crain. bctareen whom and
hlnwlf there bn ben bad btood fer tost
time.
Mr. Harrington's fears are ground
less. The public won't Indulge In many
Imaginings about this affair. They
don't leave much to the Imagination in
Prlneville. The Prlneville Journal
doesn't even mention the incident,
which was Indeed trivial, from the
Prlneville standpoint.
It might not be a had Idea for Ore
gonlans to go out In their front yards
and pick a few flowers to send to their
friends and relatives In the Eastern
States, where blizzards have been rag
ing the past week. Such a gift, though
small, would ie an unquestionable re
minder of the mildness of Oregon Win
ters. Dr. Peters thinks a woman has as
much right to smoke cigarettes as to
vote. She has. But she don't. If she
gets to vote, however, we assume that
all the manly perquisites will go
with it-
Now that the wagon road landown
ers in Malheur have succeeded In "pro
tecting" their. Interests from the re
clamation project, doubtless they will
be satisfied.
Mayor Lane's Get-Together Club Is
raid not to be meant for a Joke on the
Republican factions.
Heirs of the Johnson estate will find
little cheer In the fate of the -Marquam
estate.
Even President Roosevelt will admire
Senator Fulton's acquiescence.
We can't deny lu Prlneville is in
Oregon.
SILHOUETTES
The handwriting oa the forged papers
Ib the state land-fraud case looks like
that of S. A. D. Puter. Th hand nsay
be the hand of Puter or of McKIaley:
there Is no great difference, for the spirit
of the thief Is In theai both.
Ppp Pius cocld not possibly honor
Western America catholic and Protes
taat alike, more than to give Archbishop
Christie the red hat.
The public Is still entitled to its opinion
In the Marquam case.
.
Why not pall off a six-round go with
bare knucks between Dr. Clarence True
Wilson and Dr. EL L. House. The T. M.
C A. symnaslura or Tommy Tracey's
place could no doubt be secured and the
two reverend gentlemen could then settle
tbetr differences, la a regular and orderly
manner.
In the contest for control of the dressed
meat business In the Northwest, the race
seems to be to the Swift.
Local woman suffragists keep harping
on that stereotyped old complaint of tax
ation without representation. What are
they kicking about? Oregon Isn't kick
ing up a fuf s because three of her mem
bers of Congress have been dtsfran
chtMd. Th Panama Canal Is likely to prove
almost as expensive as the McCurdy
family.
Grover Cleveland is th proud possessor
of two unique distinctions: He was the
fattest and meat expensive President the
United States ever had.
.Dr. Harry Lane, of Portland. rra de
feated for Mayor of Milwaukle yesterday.
If I didn't hall from Kansas and If I
were disposed to be grewsome, I might
say that It was a most natural thing
for that woman to go insane while trav
eling through Kansas.
Reports say that the demand for vanlla
extract In the United States has fallen
off. Topers In the prohibition states must
have taken to drinking bay-rum.
The general understanding that Ex
Mayor Seth Low Is dead seems to be er
roneous. He has. (merged from oblivion,
long enough to be elected chairman of
something.
Great Britain is going to try to worry
along with only four new battleships next
year. I-n us hope there will be no great
Miffering among the plain, common
people. .
Touth is a treatise on love and folly.
Old age is a commentary jon Ingratitude
and sorrow.
The atrongest Influence In the world
seems to be wielded by our passions.
Many men are most esteemed when they
ore least known.
The only way to be known as- "a prom
inent business man" or "a rising young
attorney" Is to get your name in the per
sonal column of a newspaper.
A Civil Suggestion.
The Civil Service Commission, in Its an
nual, report, complains that the higher
Federal positions are not In the classified
service, the discouraging ambitious young
men who are In the lower grades of the
service. The commission Is right. Com
petitive examinations for the top-notch
Jobs is the thing we long have soughu Of
course, such a system in choosing a Pres
ident would be a little hard on Tom Tag
gart. George Cortelyou and other commit
tee chairmen. General Grosvenor. the New
Tork Herald and other majority guessers
and the eminent sovereign voters who ex
pect a little piece of money: but think of
the saving of treasure and nerve force.
Suppose, for example, the following paid
advertisement should appear In The Ore
gonlan's "want columns" some morning:
WANTED YOCXG MEN" BETWEEN THE
aie of 30 and a to report at the Gnvera
Tsent bclldlnc In Portland oa March i next
I? ? ite examination for President or the
Lnlted Statrx. Candidates rauat brlnr their
own aUtes and must be prepared to aurxer
Questions In arithmetic up to mensuration.
mut bare been throuch the readier-book
three times and be able' to tell a pllt la
nlt!re from a Secretary of a Legation.
Tser must be or good moral character up to
certain point, must be able to dlntlnguwh
Bcoer Washington from tb "bor" who
erresthe drink: must knoir a, -CO-CO smolce
wlacherter from a. notecless heptame
ter and must be prepared to write -MOO -crords
?r I .r.x!: " oa "Flea. Rcnttnr In the
Dead of Night" and similar subjects. They
must also be able to repeat the Dhrawni
"Strenuous life" and "A square deal" at
Iesi .00 times a minute without catching
their bveath or busting a broncho. They
mut also be able to distinguish Paul Mor
ton from the rebate erll and Leonard Wood
from a common regular. Free lunch and
RocgaRuier punch will be served during
the ordeal.
Can you Imagine the rush of applicants
which would follow this call? On the
morning In question Postmaster MInto
would be besieged by a line of them reach
ing from Morrison to Bumside street,
with sufficient of an overflow to fill the
court of the Portland HoteL Among those
also present would be William Jennings
Bryan. Otto Prag. Joseph Folk. Belva
Lockwood. William T ravers Jerome.
Charles Tammany Murphy. Flrealarm
Joe Foraker. Joseph G. Cannon. Leslie
Mllllcent Sbaw. Abe Ruef. Charles Froh
raan. Bat Maatereon. Congealed Winter
Fairbanks. Mrs. Woodcock. Harry Lane
and GIn'ral Klllfeather.
ARTHUR A. GREENE.
Tills Is Kind, Toc But Don't Worry.
Eugene Gazette.
The Corvallls Times decries the senti
ment which -would frown oa his candi
dacy, should Harvey Scott become a Sen
atorial candidate, and shows that The
Oregonlan editor is In every way worthy
of the honor. Sad to relate, few newspa
per men of Scott's ability ever receive po
litical preferment, at hands of the voters,
though one occasionally is chosen by the
executive for superior posts In the foreign
service, or in other Important depart
ments of the Government. Joseph Me-
.dill. deceased, editor of the Chicago Trib
une, for years held a hope that he might
represent Illinois In the Senate. His was
recognlxed as the superior intellect in
Western newspaper writing. He never
realized his ambition. The policies of the
Tribune and The Oregonlan were similar.
Doth were Republican, but independent of
bossism and never afraid to publish their
sentiments. When Mcdlll wanted to adorn
the Senate, he hadn't the least prospect
for election, for his tariff views were a
bugbear to the Republican party. Tet It
seems certain that within a year or two
the Republican party will be favoring M
dill's tariff scheme. It is not difficult to
.understand why such men as Scott and
Medill seldom are recognized In a politi
cal way. Their independence creates- too
many enemies and the politician Is Jealous
of any favor being shown thera. After
all. men of Scott's and Medlll's caliber
are worth more to the country in edito
rial capacity as exponents of right and
Justice than they would be rusting In the
Senate, now popularly characterized as
the "Millionaire Club.-
JEROME 0i JAD JUDGES.
Fall Text of Remarkable Speech by
'cwr York District Attorney.
New York Sun November 23.
I want, first, to declare that In my
opinion New York City Is not the wick
edest place In the world. I believe there
are other citie3 than New York, and
that some of thera have not the difficul
ties that we encounter here.
We are here to hold a sort of expe
rience meeting, to swap yarns I was
almost tempted to say to swap lies, but
that Isn't so. I want to say that what
we ought to look for are two things,
ultimate results and lmmedtate results.
We have got to llvo here. Our Uvea
might have been passed In other places.
Jersey City, Cleveland or Philadelphia.
Here, however, is. where we must work
out our problems. We would like to
have something immediate and vital.
The trouble with reform is Its aca
demic' tendency: It is not able to real
ize the Anglo-Saxon way of remedying
an evil In the most direct way; It wants
some spirit of philosophic evolution In
It.
'The Origin of Species" was pub
lished In the year 1S53; that was the
year iu which I was-born, but I sup
pose there was omo other reason than
that for printing it. We want to get
away from these tentative things and
have something vital done at once In
the way of small reforms and successes
and leave the br&ad. grand things
which are to benefit our grandchildren
for them to settle.
The first need I wish to mention to
night is that of ballot reform- I sup
pose there are more men in this club
tonight who know more about ballot
reform than In any other place in the
United States. If soma of them had
their way wo would havo a truly per
fect measure presented, like Lowell's
Rising Sun. which got stuck on the
horizon, but whatever is done, one
fundamental thing must be established,
and that Is that we must have some
thing approximating the Massachu
setts system, whereby every man who
votes must vote for some individual
and not for some party. I think we
can even concede tha party emblem or
symbo; to tho politician and take the
Massachusetts system.
Another need is for a corrupt prac
tices act. There are lots of men in this
club who know all -about the need of
such. legislation. I have sat up all
night with one group who proposed
death as a punishment and would al-lo-vr
a candidate to spend only his car
fare for campaign expenses. I have sat
up wUh another who advocated pub
licity as the only remedy for corrup
tion at the polls, and between the two
we have fallen down. It seems to me
that if you take this publicity rcmedy
and then go step by step until we get
a wise and complete law we shall not
again sec the disgraceful things that
we saw at the last election.
Another thing of greater Importance,
It seems to me. Is that we should avoid
the multiplicity of elective offices. As
I grow older the wonder grows upon
me that- we have not gone into chaos
for this reason. At the last election 17
officers were voted for In this county.
The majority of those here could not
begin to namo them.
This multiplicity of offices allows an
eminently respectable head of the ticket
like the man I voted for for Mayor.
George B. McCIellan. to be the means of
dragging into office unknown, mediocre
and unfit men. I am a Democrat, and
have no prejudice against bartenders of
themselves, but do you want to be con
fronted with a situation like that when
McGowanjwas presented for our suffrages,
with a prospect of becoming Mayor for
three years? He was a bartender for
Stewart and applied to Bradstreet's for
rating to go Into business. He had no
fitness for office. The Massachusetts
ballot law would help to remedy some
of the difficulties such as his candidacy
confronted us with.
But. most important of all. is to do
away with an elective judiciary. I am a
lawyer and was trained to come to my
profession with a degree of reverence for
the Judiciary But I want to say that,
with few exceptions. I not only have no
reverence for the Supreme Court Judges
of this department, but have not even
common ordinary respect for them.
The cowardice of the bar, my own pro
fession. Is responsible in large measure
for the character of the Judges who sit
In this department. The young man who
dares raise his voice against the system
Is called a crank. It will be a long time
before the burning sense of shame gets
out of my heart -when I found judges
going bareheaded to a coarse, vulgar man
like Murphy and begging to be nominated
for places on the bench.
No man need be a Judge unless he wants
to. and we ought especially to think of
this condition now. because of a shadow
of scandal which hovers over the Supreme
Court benc of this city today. Judges
should be set apart as priests are set
apart.
Look at the judges here today! Look
at 'em! What do you think of them,
when they have to go down to Good
Ground and ask a man like Murphy, to
renominate a man like Ingraham. In
Massachusetts, where they have life
judges and where they are appointed, you
will hear a group of lawyers say they
don't want to bring a certain case before
certain Judges, because of a certain legal
slant in their opinion. In this city, you
will hear lawyers who object to bring
cases before judges, because they are
close to this or that political leader, or to
this or that commercial Interest.
Perhaps I ought not to talk this way
but I feel bitter about this, and shall con
tinue my warfare on the system. Next
year several Supreme Court Judges are to
be elected In this department. Have the
members of the bar discussed who they
shall bet The politicians have, and some
of them are already slated for the places.
There Is more than one man on the bench
today who Is close, too close, to com
mercial Interests.
This is my fight. We must stop the
multiplicity of elective offices, and if the
Bar Association of the City of New York
will not take It up, then the Bar Associa
tion of the State of 'New York, which,
thank God. Is a better body, must take It
up; and even then. If they will not take It
up civic pride must Intervene. If the civic
conscience cannot raise the judiciary of
this state to the place where It belong?.
It Is a sign that It cannot raise the tone
of the community In other respects. If I
did not continue this work I ough never
to ask at the hands of my fellow citizens
any further manifestation of their respect
He Kept a Dairy.
October.
4th. advertisement for girl to
do typewriting X 1.30
9th, violets for new typewriter. 50
13th. weeks salary for type
writer 10.00
16th. roses for typewriter.... 2.00
20th. Miss Remington's salary... 15.00
Cist, candy for wife and children
over Sunday SO
22d. box bonbons for Miss Rem
ington s.oo
25th, lunch with Miss R..-. 5.73
27th, Dalsy'a salary 20.00
29th. theater and supper with
Daisy 17.00
30th. sealskin for wife 223.00
31st. advertisement for young
man to do typewriting 1.30
Xo Burglars In the Senate?
Boston Herald.
Senator Lodge tells of a member of the
Massachusetts Legislature who was much
Impressed with the dignity of his posi
tion. One night his wife woke him and
whispered: "John, there are burlgars in
the bouse."
"You must be mistaken, my dear." said
her husband: "there may be a few In the
Senate, but . is the House oh, no: the
Idea is slrripiy "preposterous.''
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.
Recalleetleaa ef Biflaoy lYemnaa
Archbishop Bourne, visiting Palermo, has
revived memories of Jqhn Henry New
man's stay there many years ago. The
future cardinat we mean Newman was
an Evangelical clergyman; but he always
thought he had previsions in Sicily of the
work he was afterward to perform as the
reviver of Catholic Ideals at home. He '
fell III In Sicily, and during his fever ha
said to his servant. "1 s,hall not die: for
I have not sinned against light." New
man said afterward, "I have never been
able to make out at all what I meant."
The cryptic speech did not end with that.
One morning Newman sat down on his
bed and began to sob bitterly. His serv
ant, who acted as his nurse, asked what
ailed him. Newman could only answer:
"I have a work to do In England." Aching
to go home, he got off In an orange boat,
and It was while he was becalmed for a
week In the Straits of Bonifacio that he
wrote the lines. "Lead. Kindly Light."
The Sunday after Newman returned to
Oxford Keble preached a sermon which
inaugurated the Oxford movement. New
man, who believed himself Ught-led-throughout.
found In this fact the key
to perhaps the strangest confidences ever
made by even a traveling Englishman
to a bewildered body servant. London
Chronicle.
Lord Kitchener" T.ovo Stnn T of mm
give you a little sequel to your Interesting
ueiana ot iora ivitcnener s youthful love
affair (writes a eorresDonrtontv nr int
years. "K. of K." has lavished his best
affections on two women considerably his
seniors! Alas, for romance, however.
iney are nts aunts (his mother's sisters),
and the great soldier Is seen In his most
human aspect when he Is with theso
charming old ladles. It was to their caro
he confided the presentations made to
him after hfs Egyptian successes; also
the curios he has himself collected. Pos
sibly his happiest days In England aro
those spent In their company. M. A. P.
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T6e Two XichoIane of rtunata
There Is a happy analogy between tho
crises in the lives of the two Nicholases
on whom the thoughts of all Russians
are now centered Nicholas II and Nich
olas the miracln Wtirtir !nrl n.nrnn eilnh
of Russia, before whose shrines thousands
of candles are today being, burnt. There
is a icgena tnat when St. Nicholas was
on his sea pilgrimage to Palestine a hur
ricane threatened to overwhelm him and
to cut short his career, but a brief prayer
wrought a miracle and stilled the tempest-
Historians may possibly record how
Nicholas II wrought another miracle by
his brief proclamation at a moment when
a revolutionary tempest was about to
sweep away the throne and perhaps hl3
life. Then it will be necessary to revise
the popular gibe. '"And Nicky ran." to
"And Nicky wrote." London Chronicle.
RuftMla's Nerr Minlxter of Iu"nr1ae-
Admiral Blrlleft brings a robust disposi
tion to his new task. He Is a rollicking
salt, with a Homeric stammer, a practical
joker like Lord Charles Beresfonl. Storlc3
about him are numberless. Here is one:
When Admiral Shestakoff was in power
he passed a rigorous rule that his young
officers must not bankrupt, themselves
buying bouquets for visiting royalties.
The Empress was to visit a ship on which
Blrlleff served. As Her Majesty descended
to the cabin a huge bouquet of flowers
mystoriously appeared on the table, and
delighted royalty at once took possession
of it. Admiral Shestakoff saw the mas3
of fragrant blossoms in tho imperial
hands and turned furiously to his officers.
"Did I not give orders that no one must
present flowers?"
"N-nobody did!" stammered Blrileff;
"s-she t-took It hers-self!" Harper's
Weekly.
Roseberjr As a iUaa of Letters There
may be two opinions about Lord Rose
bery's character as a politician, but there
can only be one as to his occasional ap
pearance In the capacity of a man of
letters. In the domain, of history and
literature he. touches nothing which ho
does not adorn, and his range is a wldo
one from the imperial captive of St.
Helena to the Inspired exciseman of
Dumfries. His address at Dumfries some
years ago on Burns was one of the finest
things of the kind to which Scotsmen had
ever been treated, while his speech on
Saturday at the annual meeting of tho
Scottish Historical Society was another
masterpiece In Its way. One wonders to
what extent an English educated peer
like the Lord of Dalmcny can speak and
understand Lowland Scots, which was
certainly spoken by the nobility and gen
try of Scotland a century ago. London
Exchange.
a
A Italer Wh Sleep oa the Floe
The Shah of Persia never, under any cir
cumstances, sleeps on a bedstead; and no
matter where he has stayed, whether It
be in royal palaces or hotels, he has
either had the bedstead removed from his
sleeping apartment or else has relegated
it to some remote corner, so as to enablo
him to sleep in the exact center of the
room on a couple of huge cushions or
soft Oriental mattresses stretched upon
the floor. And Just behind .the cushion
upon which his head rests there Is al
ways a small table, upon which are flvo
portraits. The center one. is of himself.
It Is flanked on either side by those of
King Edward and Queen Alexandra, while
beyond them on either side are the pic
tures of the Emperor and Empress of
Russia. These portraits accompany him
everywhere, and may be said to watch
over his slumbers In his own dominions
as well as abroad. London Tatler.
a a a
The Kaiser's Health Rnles The Ger
man Emperor endeavors to follow the
"rules of life" laid down by his favorite
physician, as follows: "Eat fruit for
breakfast. Eat fruit for lunch. Avoid
pastry and hot cakes. Only take potatoes
once a day. Don't drink tea or coffee.
Walk four miles every day, wet or fine.
Take a bath every day. Wash the face
every night In warm water. Sleep eight,
hours every night." The Kaiser ascribes
his excellent physical condition to close
adherence to this advice. London Tit
Bits. Several Disraeli Epigrams.
Harper's Weekly.
The following are some of the little
knows epigrams of Lord Beaconsfield
recently collected by an admirer of
Disraeli:
"Be frank and explicit. That Is the
right line to take when you wish to
conceal your own niind and to con
fuse that of others.
"What we call the. heart Is a nervous
sensation, like shyness, which gradual
ly disappears In society.
"Nobody should look, anxious except
those who have no anxiety.
"Women are the only people that get
on. A man works all his life and-thinks
he has done a wonderful thing if. with
one leg in the grave and no hair on his
head, he manages to get a coronet: and
a woman dances at a ball with some
young fellow or other and pretends she
thinks him charming, and he makes
her a peeress on the spot."
Toller and Dreamer. " ?
Frank L. Stanton.
' L
Brave Beart. that faces sorrow o'ershadowinir
the- lar.
A toller and a dreamer along the lonely war.
Tet striving In Life's TVlnter to reap tbe
blooms oZ Ma?!
IL
And the mart world, unheedln?, leaven thorns
for the.e. to treadi
Bnousti for thee the liberty to toll whera-
lloge fall ilcart
On the barren highways leading up to a
crust of bread!
IU.
Tet. of .Despair forever tome undreamed Hope
Is bom;
And Kalth. shall sandal still the fetit. red-
wounilei! of the thorn;
And the darkness mCetf In music of the hlllr
that meet the moral
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