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Pitt. 1008 Market; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; N. Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Mar ket and Kearney streets; Foster t. Orear, Ferry News Stand. Washington, D. C Ebbltt House. Pennsyl vania avenue. PORTLAND. MONDAY. DEC. 18. 1W3. THE THROES OF RUSSIA. What Is the real state of things in Russia? The New York Times, with good judgment, suggests that the true analogy for the present condition of the Russian Empire is not the French revolution, with which it is most commonly compared, "but the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. It Is, indeed, rather a world than a nation that we see resolving it self into Its constituent elements be fore our eyes. It Is truly a stupendous spectacle, for Russia contains one- sixth of the land surface and one-tenth of the population of the globe. Pursuing the analogy it has sug gested, the Times remarks that "there Is at St. Petersburg, as there was at Rome, a feeble titular 'autocrat.' tot tering under the weight of his crown, not a Heliogabalus, nor a Nero, this time, still less a Marcus Aurelius or an Antonlus. perhaps a Claudian. mov ing, precisely as in the ancient case. In an atmosphere charged with pre torian conspiracies and with Court In trigue, with whiffs of suggestion of feminine influence, of Empress mother or ot Empress wife." The government Itself seems wholly paralyzed: the Czar no longer to have any hold on author ity, and the rumor has steadily per slsted that attempts have been made to assassinate him by persons having ac cess to the inner circles of the Court. These are conditions In every way sim Mlar to those recorded in the pages of Suetonius. Tacitus and Gibbon, as ex istlng fifteen to eighteen centuries ago at Rome. There Is no publicity in the public affairs of Russia, and her people know even less about what Is going on within her vast territories than out siders know. Such society as exists appears to be in the throes of dissolu tlon. There will be a new order, some time; but no one can predict what form It will take, or through' what vlclssl tudes the empire must pass, before some kind of regular order shall be attained. Russia, is, in fact, resolved into its elements. The spectacle is becoming most Impressive. It may, and probably will, during many, many years, con tlnue to be the most important and in terestlng thing in the current history of mankind. It certainly must pursue its course, through a multitude of shift ing scenes. For. as the Times con tlnues, "we must not be In a hurry about these things. It was full ten centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire when the beginnings of modern civilisation really emerged from its ruins. "We move faster now. There are certain Indicated centers of na tlonal life in the Russian Empire. There Is what deserves to be called the nucleus of a possible nationality in Fin land. There is another such center in Poland, much to the apprehension, naturally, of the German Emperor, if not of the German Empire; But how about the differences between White Russians and Great-Russians .and Lit tie Russians? How about the tribes of the Caucasus? How about the Cos sacks, who, whether of Great Russia and the Don, or of Little Russia and the Dnelper. or of any other of their tribes and subdivisions, seem to have this in common, that they are aliens and enemies in Russia, and can be trusted, at any time or place, to kill Russians, not only without compensa tlon, but with gustos How about the various Aryan, Turanian, and Semitic inhabitants of the Russian "world? How about the .Mohammedans and the Jews? How about the varieties of so-called Christians? How. In short, about the bewildering catalogue of races, lan guages, and creeds which , -constitute Russia, every one of which tends to crow from its own root into a na tloAallty, now that the constraint which has kept It in outward conformity to the rest has been Temoved?" This, as to Russia in Europe. Rus sla in Asia, presents another mass end maze of problems, bewildering In this presentation of today, and more bewll tiering in their conjectural conse quences. Absorption of so many races, once so wide a territory, under a single government, make such Incongruities as have not been witnessed since the height of the territorial expansion of the Roman Empire. The debacle, now begun, cannot take a course altogether . the same or similar; for Rome then was the only power, and now there are many, and what is taking place, or to take place, in Russia, now and hereafter, cannot be- indiffer ent to any. The course of events In Russia, therefore will be con trolled to aa extent fey; other powers. Hence the geeral chaos win not fee fo complete as upon the. .fall of the Soman Empire; but the analogies are sufficient to startle the attention. SOSCE OSJBCTIONfi. The Oregon! n reprints today tho comments of many state papers on the appointment of' Mr. Gcarin to be Senator. It will be observed that the. sentiment Is uniformly friendly to Mr. Gearln. and the opinion common that be -will make an efficent and indus trious Senator at "Washington. -But we would not have It understood that there Is one -universal note of satisfac tion over the action of Governor Cham berlain. There are obvious signs of dissatisfaction, for example, in the sanctum of the Salem Journal, which complains that the new Senator re ceived a telegram of congratulations from the president of the Portland General Electric Company. Tet It, Is more blessed to receive than to be Out of reach when -the good things are being passed around, as the Journal knows. The Pendleton Tribune is disposed to call attention to a few obvious facts. among which are that Oregon, a Re publican state (nominally) '"now has a Democratic Senator, a Democratic Su preme Judge, and a number of Dem ocrats in important district and coun ty offices, wJth powerful Democratic opportunities." Tet -when the people of Oregon elected a Democratic Governor, they elected the Democratic Senator and Democratic Judge who are now named. You cannot make a Democrat Governor of a Republican state with out giving him the power to make it a Democratic state when the opportunity arises, which it is quite likely to do. There is no use complaining about consequences that were sure to follow the original action of the voters. But the journal that has a genuine grievance is the Albany Herald. "Gov ernor Chamberlain professes great friendliness for Albany and Linn Coun ty," laments the Herald. "His home for years was here. 31ore Albany cltl zens are encouraged to address the Governor by his first name than in any other portion of the world. Tet 'all this avalleth him nothing" for Al bany's favorite son was turned down. and "Linn County resents this, action of the Governor, anti has a right to," concludes the Herald. Perhaps Albany will know better hereafter than to of fend the gubernatorial dignity by ad dressing him as "George,"' or It will turn in and help elect a Governor whose first name offers no 'temptations to familiarity. "What Is the Albany opinion of "T. T." ? DEMOCRATS WHO DOVT "STAND IX." The powers of a disciplined and well organized, minority in congress are great scarcely Inferior to the Influence and effectiveness of .a compact and harmonious majority. In. the Lower House of Congress today, there Is a perfect Republican organization,, which settles its troubles in caucus, and sel dom goes to pieces on the House floor. But the minority, which has -no means of accomplishing anything except by. standing together, is as wide apart as the poles. John Sharp "Williams, the minority leader, attempted to discipline two bolting Democrats Lamar (Fla.) and Shackleford (Mo.), last week. These Representatives had bolted the caucus action on the Davey. railroad bill last "Winter, and Insisted on report ing the Hearst bllL Williams directed that they -be given committee assign ments at this session -where they would be innocuous. The Democratic dirty linen, as a result, was washed In the Republican House. But there Is more of It. Representative Hearst, who has caused the trouble, is attacking WII Hams In his newspapers. The New Tork American contains a long article on "the 'Leader Who Fears Discussion of His Leadership," and calls Williams "a cheap politician." saying bw ides: So fsr as he "lead. h "leads' to dls aster. But It is lmporsible that he should continue to 'lead. It Is Incredible thai the Democrats ot the Hour. will permit him to misrepresent the attitude of the Democratic voters of the Nation. The real significance of the Demo cratlc war Is that Leader Williams is organizing the minority to support President Roosevelt In his rate regula tlon campaign, and he practically reads Lamar and Shackleford out of the party as "not true Democrats" because they decline to "stand in." MORE DISCRIMINATION. Xow it is the Portland lumbermen who are indignant over the dlscrimlna tlon practised by the Government quartermaster's department In refus Ing to give the manufacturers of this city an opportunity to submit bids for lumber for the Philippines. The offense, in this case, 1? even more flagrant than that regarding the hay and oats con tract, for; with the lumber bids, there is no provision In the contract for de livery anjjwhere except on Puget Sourid. In the case of the hay and oats con tract, so much Indignation was created over the attempt to deprive Portland bidders of their rights that at the eleventh hour the matter was patched up so that they have some slight chance of getting in on the business. Senator Fulton has been advised of this latest injustice, and it is possible that the War Department will reopen the bids, and give the greatest lumber port in the world an opportunity to bid on the business. It would seem as though the time was ripe for the business men .of 3?ortland to take up this matter with a view to securing the time-honored "square deal" in Government bids, without the necessity of making a fight for their rights every time a Government con tract is let. In order to secure this, it will be necessary that Quartermaster Grant,, of Seattle, receive instructions from headquarters to cease his con tinued and apparently studied -discrimination against Portland., This Quar termaster Grant, who has deprived the lumber manufacturers of the greatest lumber port on earth of the right to bid on an order for shipment to the Phil ippines Is the same Quartermaster Grant who deprived the Portland bid ders of the right to supply good, clean, dry oats f6r the -Philippines two years ago. and awaraed the contract to a Seattle man, who supplied stock that spoiled "on the voyage before it reached Manila. These are only two of the many attempts at discrimination that have ibeen made against Portland since Quartermaster Grant became inocu lated with the Seattle spirit. Under such circumstances, it would seem that the first step to be taken by the Portland men who are interested in a fair deal would be to secure the removal ot this Quartermaster Grant to some- post where his opportunity for discrimination would be lessened. The War Department usually Sees the right thing when the matter i set before It clearly, but PartHsd should Bet be ettwmtlly placed e the defffteetve. "We cfeould bare the same rights that are granted other pons, wltheut the necessity of making a cefttlnnal fight fer them. The folly of limiting compe- tltiea oe the lamfeer bids to Puget Sound -sorts is all the more apparent when it Is considered that Portland cuts more lumber than any two ports on Puget Sound, and prices are always lower, and Trelght rates no higher than from Puget Sound. If Quartermaster Grant did not de liberately discriminate against Port land lumber manufacturers in this matter, he has displayed a lack of com mon business sense that reflects no credit on him. Taking either view of the matter, it does not place this par ticular branch of the Quartermaster's Department in a very good light with the people who foot the bills, and who can see no good reason why Govern ment business should be subjected to any unnecessary exactions which would never be permitted In a straight com mercial transaction. FADS AND PANCTES. The publication of the long-Impend ing "Fads and Fancies" momentarilyl compels reluctant attention to that American phenomenon which Is called society. "Fads and Fancies" Is a con glomeration of binding, paper, gilt and press work, .with the outward semblance of a book. Internally it has nothing of the nature of a book, except poRslbly the introduction by Jirs. Burton Harri son, which surprises one here and there by fleeting suggestions of common sense Incongruous with their setting and probably unintentional. The Eng lish language contains no word suffi ciently expressive of folly to character ize this thing, therefore it must be spoken of as a book, if It is spokeq of at alL In Its make-up it Is typical of the chimeras in the .shape of men and women whose quasi-human antics It purports to describe. Gorgeous with wasted gold and sumptuous vellum, or namented with the prostitute labors of ingenious artisans and gifted artists. within It is a mere blank except for a record of Idle tittle-tattle and the fool ish histories of worthless lives; just as the men and women who seek an Im mortality of Idiocy In Its gilded pages adorn their bodies with half the sub stance of a commonwealth while their souls gibber in vacancy. Each of the 105 subscribers to .the book paid a large rum of money to its publishers. Some paid to have their follies recorded. Others paid to have their vices omitted. The widow of Collls P. Huntington gave"$lO,000 to see her dead husband's picture and biography Included in the literary carnival of vanity, which seems a pity. for. whatever his misdeeds, he was not a -fool. Mr. Cleveland and President Roosevelt are also Included, but without their consent, one gath ers; end even If they did permit It, pos terity -will not blame them severely. Mankind admits that even great men must occasionally Indulge in folly. Why the number of subscribers was limited to 105 1b a curious question. It may be. that no other members of .soci ety were silly enough to waste their money In such a way. but that is hard ly probable, considering how they habitually spend It. It -may be that no others had committed scandals worth, paying to smother, but that is also un likely when we remember how they pass their time. What seems most rea sonable to suppose Is that 103 of these biographies are pretty nearly enough to fill out a volume of elegant shape and size,-as gas distends a gaily- deco rated toy balloon. The publishers have doubtless divided society into sections J ol aooui uisi numDer, ana, naving preyed upon one, they will presently fasten upon another, and so on. bleed ing them in turn. Wc may thus expect a succession of these edifying volumes, unlefs a suit for blackmail timelessly curtalls the enterprise of the publishers of "Fads and Fancies." 11 Viewed as the xecords of worthless lives, the contents of this book are themselves worthless, but for all that they hare a certain Interest. American high society may be a scandalous phe nomenon, but it cut too much of a fig ure in our National life to be ignored. Its follies .are interesting because they are the consummate reward of effort to which most of us aspire; or. If we do not aspire to them, we secretly envy them. The captain of industry plun ders his workmen and cheats his com petitors to give his wife the means to gamble at Mrs. Astor's parties and show her dlampnds at djnner with Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. The lawyer sells his , brain to swindling corporations to en able his family to ape In their Inland city the meaningless expense ot New Tork society. The cashier robs his bank, the trustee betrays, his trust, the Senator steals, the Insurance president swindles, the artist paints and the au thor writer all not merely for money. but for enough of it to pay his way into society. English society makes much of sclen tlflc men and lionizes authors and he roes. French society cultivates wit and fosters art. American society does nothing of the sort. It values art only as something to spend money on with pompous display. Of literature it knows nothing. It eats too much to be witty. and drinks too much to be decent. The only mental effort it makes Is In gam bling; the only tribute it pays to moral ity is to frequent the divorce court. No man gains standing in American soci ety. -because be has done great deeds in statesmanship or war, and none be cause he Is numbered with the immor tals in art, science or literature. If his achievements make him rich enough, he Is admitted. If they do not, he Is excluded. Society demands of Its neo phytes money, and nothing else. It asks ot a man neither character nor manhood; It asks 6t a woman neither beauty nor virtue. Virtue. In fact. would be e distinct impediment In our very best society. It would make a woman appear peculiar even if It did not excite scandal. An expert ot long experience has summed tip the real es sentlals to social success In three terms: They are a good stomach, a tough con science and a long purse The astute pessimists who were cer tain that there would be & slump in real estate values "after the fair" can hard ly draw much, comfort from the present condition of the real estate market. An indication" of the coming of the Talr was noted about a year ago, when rents and real estate prices were both advanced to take advantage of the Increased population due to the' big show. Now all of the floating -pop- latkm that came to the Fair, has float ed on, bat their places have been take by permanent residents, to each an ex tent, that Instead ot there being a slump, there is a steady, well-main talned advance all along the !le. Flf- U-ae. kadra dtsssrs ar moatk gmimA rent for a fifty-foot tot m "WMfe)nrtMr street weML have been deenwd n 4jb- peeHWlKv a year ago, even when prep arations were beinc nade. f or x big bs4ess daring the Fair. 2ow the Agwre is warranted by cbnditJoss as they acteally exist at this time.- regard less of the ltaprovement that Is bound te fellow the remarkable railroad banding era that is just setting lnT Thomas W. Lawson. graphically and I perhaps trathfally described by Boarke 1 Cochraa as the "triumphant and vuc- I cessful hero of a "hundred larcenies. I is mortgaging all his. property, and is said to be on the verge of bankruptcy. I The situation Is so. serious for the Fren- I zied Financier, that he admits that he win go broke unless mere is a cnange i in the market. There Is considerable truth In the old saying that "when thieves fall out. honest men get their dues." It is not exactly clear that all of the honest men who were entangled In the Amalgamated deal have received their dues since. Lawson and his part ners disagreed over the division of the spoils, but the occasion has resulted In very interesting contribution to cur- rent literature, and accordlnly attract- ed much attention and seme sympathy for Lawson. Fjor this reason, some re- gret i win be felt over bis present atr-i Acuity. Aside from that, the public win fail to express much sympathy for tne man who, after having the good fortune to make a few millions, loses It In. reckless stock speculation. There Is a very simple political situa tion at Pittsburg- Railroad passes, there, are the fundamental condition o mitnllnBt irmminf Th follow' tag dispatch to the New Tdrk World Becauie the FennirlvaEls. Battirsor Ohio and Wabash bare shut oS free passes. a clique In the Pliueerr council controliia; a majority vote has banded tojether to block all railroad legislation. "So passes. no franchises. Is the motto. Bales a com protnlse is made the Wabash raay be blocked In Its Scht to ret to the seaboard. The Baltimore fc Ohio ordinances for wharfage for a ll.000.0ed depot are held up. Select Councilman .Boras today start td the flvht aralnst the Baltimore & Ohio ordlaances. The Pennsylvania, Company has seTeral Ira portant bills pendlnr. They ""ill not itet out of committee until some new deal has been made. The Counellasea aeeklnx re election say they are handicapped by their tailors to deliver passes to constituents. Mr. H. H. Bancroft, the .Pacific Coast historian, by his Industry during many years, collected an invaluable II brary. There ls no such variety and mass of material relating to the his tory of the Pacific Coast, from Darien to Alaska, elsewhere. This collection is now passing to the University of California, which pays 530.000 for It. 1 An, immense -mass of material relating I to the history -of the Oregon country Is In it-orlglnal records, narratives and manuscripts, which exist nowhere else. They were collected by Mr. Ban croft many years ago. by personal In qulry and solicitation throughout Ore gon, from those who could. not foresee their value some of them given, others borrowed and never returned. It Is s pity this material is lost to the His torical Society of Oregon. . rt-ttl... .1 4 . 1. inere is sun a psioiiii uia. mc mysterious man who struck Billy Pat- n-ram ttuum m"' v.. v ago. may be discovered, iteason tor -this belief Is found In the location In Chicago of a man who thinks thit S. A. D. Puter Is an hdtest man. Puter. since the discovery of the man with this kind of an ooiniom has a distinct. advantage over Horace' Greeley McKin ley. It has been a long time sltice any one has ventured to give McKlnley that kind of a reputation Union Pacific under Harrlman's di rection. Is now very stiff and stout and strong. The common stock stands now at about J.H5, the highest price in the history of the road. Southern Paclfc. -under same direction. Is also In position of extraordinary strength. Its gross earnings for the past fiscal year having been nearly 51OO.S0?,(O. Since we look to these. roads, mainly, for development of Oregon, there is natural Interest here In their strength and power. Mr. Ryan really acted as If he had something to tell; but when he told. It was much the same thing that Mr. Harriman told without having Jerome's big stick shaken at him. There are other things that Mr. Ryan won't tell that would be of much more service to the public and one of them Is why he bought Jimmy Hyde's :S,000 Equit- -UIC otArt-n. wi ,v,.. Our first duty toward the Indian Is not exactly to kill him and put a whle i 1,1. t,,- ,,,. h- him a 'i 'i' . ,s Jsit- ,.. vitalise w icint. ik ... - " ....... u uurucu ,,',"'' tanas to tne reservation i.naians is uie proper thing. It carries with it the right to cultivate the soil, and the In- Junction. "Root, hog, or die." In lS6d the valuation Ot property in Georgia was J54S,J?5,227. Now It Is tl-400.000.oeo. There was a mistake. It fnri-c.ftw war asro. when ft a .v.. nnrm . irue lliuuauia.1 c,ic.m irom ie umicu maintain it. Civil Service rules for the cKy amount to nothing, when the Mayor wants io oTemee quite silly to put such restrictions In the charter. "Practical politics" may be expected always to knock them out. Tbe Oregenlan has ho faith in any of the pretensions or non-partisan ad ministration, and it doesn't know of anybody who has. For references; proofs and illustrations, call on Mayor i Lane's Administration, at City HalL Mlss Held, after her exciting ex perience with the Pittsburg million aires, "was driven to the shelter of a newsoaner men's club." Sbe knew that the newspaper raea have few Illusions about French actresses. Many enterprising men In this state have built railroads on oeper. but K dn tv. TMtn- and HcKkilev- to create valuable forests oa paper and make money out of the transaction. No doubt Tom iAwson taiaaa taere are worse things than "going bto ice - be ing bald, universally execrated, and rolling in lucre, for example. Civil Service, under fixed rales, is a theory. In practice it runs into snivel service. Tom Lawson way also find a way I tor by-WCQ. Otners nave. SIUiOUETTES They say Frieic actually braised; bt that was sine years age. Will the tariff -standpatters" kindly 'explala the congrnlty of the Philippine tariff? Waea they do that it will be easy to reconcile us to a duty on Alas kan salmon. The luxury of being an invalid Is costing Calve SSfleo a week. After all there are some disadvantages of being & famous cantatrice. Dowle says he cannot sleep and that he must go "apart" and take a long - mx. he public, would be much pleased jt xtowie would go .to pieces and give us a long rest. While there may be some question as to his motives, all of us who admire a game Aghter will Join in the hepe that Tom Lawson may be spared the calamity of "going broke." It will probably be discovered that pn,, ltT .,. nv.rliuid xjraIled at Hillside. Saturday for this Js the recosnl.ed di3trlBating point for n!gh.clksa B,Khwar since the Lane rcglraa ha3 had lt3 way. From this distance It appears that ! there should- be enough leavings from the Panama Canal appropriations to dig Portland's 40-foot channel. Secretary of State Dunbar will live in literary annals as the author of that entertaining work of fiction, "A Complete Guide to Elections; or Every Fairbanks. Alaska, is said to be the coldest town on the map. Thus are the eternal verities preserved. The tax levy la the cross the property- holder 'cakes up at this season. Let us hope It may not prove, a double-cross. My Idea of a right .good time Is to at- tepd an illustrated lecture on fungi. The Southern Padflc wants to sell Its Oregon lands. If the company is looking for a couple of wideawake agents It should write or call on S. A. D. Puter and Horace McKlnley. Caesar had his Brutus, and lots of others have had theirs, but none of them was a marker to the one Harry Lane rejoices In. Judge Fen ton has been elected presl- dent of the State Historical Society and the- public is eagerly awaiting his state ment ot campaign expenses. There are all sorts of ways to gain fame. Witness, the young man who takes a dally swjm in the Willamette In December. ,The Blazier brothers have struck It rich at Garfield. Tou just can't keep good 'men down. Kansas is not to he outdone even In the matter of land fraud. The dispatches lndlftt that the mnrf iunr nf Tnneka In I " I - - i in m.k. u ,,!,. tht o., nptor,ety wm be relegated to tne "also ran" class. WIttc might let the Salvation Army see what it can do for the pacification ot Russia. Education and scholarship are con founded by many. Education merely brings out what Is already. In a man. Scholarship- cannot educate a man .who has nothing within him to be brought, out. Where would the scandal come from If there were no rteet magnates. The War Department Is taking chances In flirting with Puget Sound. Oregon lumbermen have the big sticks:. ARTHUR A. GREENE. .Another Brother In Trouble. New York Evening Post. Wealthy men who love their kind will sympathize deeply with the members of St. John's Episcopal Church, Stamford Conn. The curate ot that parish, the Rev. George C Richmond, has been so tactleni as to say things almost as harsh as the utterances of Christ himself in re. gard to illgotten gains. He has. for ex ample, been Indiscreet enough to talk about helL Helt Is all very well for country Methodists. Baptists and Pres- I byterlans the rank and file of our bour geoWe. who. stupidly cultivate the do- "!c f TZlL?J.: I mntlnn hfnr rfc an ill t Ii-a f Episcopalians. Talk of hell, however. Is I but the beginning of the Irreverent Mr. Richmond's offending. As "one of the moat prominent members of tbe congre- gallon" frankly puts It to a newspaper . r.,flrt,r The trouble with Mr. Richmond Is that he it foo antsookea. I do not want or name I mentioned la this affair, but you can say I that he will preach no more in St. John's I tnsren. a- i conunuaiiy aaying ininga ne the sins ef th wealthr. Kov. there are I maxrr wealthy men In the conrrecatlon. and I they naturally resent It. 1 Naturally, and we may add Justly. If I a wealthy sinner cannot, be free from an I novance at Sunday-morning service, -, an r. hU trial. TT M now belmr ostracised at his club. He Is driven from politics. He Is deposed from positions of trust. If at last the clergy. . J. . . , . ny turn asnst nte hft h&s for wrath- Mr. Richmond may mean well, but he U IJI-advlsed. I There should be more Joy In church over I the presence of one rich sinner than of ninety and nine poor people who put little- or nothing In the plate. Iowa Preacher's Advertisement. Eldorx Car. St. Paul Despatch. The Rev. T. J. O'Connor, paster of the First Christian Church- here, behoves In modern methods of advertising, and In an endeavor to increase the size of his congregatioTa Inserts the following in the local papers, for which he Insists upon paying the regular apace rates: ' Eternal lazo insurance cesapany. "Home Ofilce Heareely City New Je rusalem. "President Tbe Lord Jeans. Capital Ged's Everlasting Lore, "I am one of the many representatives of this great cetspany In this commua I ftr. and will 7se glad to have yen cam on me at ms tiroca oi v.ik or xae Th Arm assures vou Deaee and fov v. -j in the next world.1 Are TbeyMisalHg This Chance? Baker City Herald. Portland bttsiaecs aea are goisg dews to Los Angeles en a Jeaketlsg trip la the Interest of the trade. lvhrie they are making love- to those far Southern trade centers Boise Is at I work auIeUy trying to'cerral the trade I sirn ana sevtaeasrn yregea. THE SENATE'S EMBARRASSMENT Besater Tuls has been severely cen sured In .Oregon, by not a few, because he did not xaeve to customary reseluttoas ef respect to bta deceased colleague. Truth w. he could net do so. Had he in sisted an doing so, his act would have made a painful sitaattes still more pain ful- This article, from the New York Sun. ought to be read by every citizen of Oregon, vl.: It ourht to be a warnlar to all members of that auxBst body, the Halted States Sen ate, and make them realize that they ham a duty toward, the house to which they be long aa well as to themaelyes Individually. Tor a very embarrassing situation arose. one which calttd for all the sasacity of the oldest members. A Senator had serious trouble with the law. Ta spite of a brilliant defence he was convicted by a jury and sentenced. Ho took aa appeal, which acted a a bar to the operation of the law by which he would have beea dropped from membership ot the Senate. Then he died very unexpectedly. The result waa that the Senate didn't know what to do about It. It had a dead Senator on Its hands. But he had been convicted ot law-breaking. It was Impossible to asaume the existence ot a dual personality In the deceased and act accordingly. What was the colleague of the late mem ber to do? It he. did aothlnr. It woutd be fiytag In the face of all the traditions of the tapper House. But If he announced the sad event It would be still more awkward, for It would be necessary for those In author ity to decide that In this case funeral ora tions, with the conventional expressions of grief, the conventional Insincerity and all the rest of It, were entirely out of place. Tet those who have paid any attention to Congressional oratory. displayed on such occasions, know full well that there Is little difference between the sentiments uttered In memory, say ot a Koarvand those parad ed in honor of some utterly unimportant person. By consent of all parties the Gordlan knot I was cut by doing nothing, by letting the whole matter drop. A Senator who allows himself to get Into the tolls ot the law ought to discount all poeslble accidents. He sfeaald not stand on his technical rights, unless he knows that he Is Innocent. Then he ought to fight to the last ditch. He ought not to run the risk of disturbing the serene atmosphere of high Olympus, where the great ones sit "careless of mankind." When he has for felted the respect of his fellow-citizens he should not Imagine that he could keep the respect of his Legislative colleagues. If all were sensitive on this subject no such embarrassing t situation as the present one could possibly arise. ODD BITS OF LIFE IN OREGON Something Doing Down the River. Frulta Corr. Joseph Herald. The tympanums of the ears of the young people ot The Park have been attuned and set to catch the first dulcet stralns of wedding bells from down the river which they confidently expect to hear at every succeeding moment. Farther You Go, Better They Look. LovelK Corn. Wallowa News. "Why do the bachelors go so far o get a wife.' one ot the recently returned Lones who brought In a helpmeet was heard to remark to a bachelor. Just sret away out, and It is dead easy." What's the matter with the local girls, maybe holding off for a millionaire and they don t grow on every tree. Consequences' of usurping woman Sphere- Weaton Leader. With a sharp axe the other day Ben Dufuls sliced a considerable chunk oft the little tot of his left foot. It Is not for sale with other meats at his gro- eery, however. The accident Is not without Its advantages. He has turned" over the job of splitting kindling to. Mrs. D. . A Few Bluffs, but No Trouble. Plush Corr. Lakeview Examiner. X verv nleaa&nt sunrise oarty was rclvcn at the 7T ranch about a week asro. at which everyone had -a very enjoyable time. Jeff Parish took all honors for the best dancer. Another nartv was given at Plush last Friday nlsfht a large crowd attended and had a good time, without any fights, ono or two bluffs were stirred aDOut, out no hard blows were cast. The Cow With the Wlggly Horns. McMlnnville News-Reporter. Am Shadden. living northwest of town, has a cow. we are told, that can "wlrocle her horns. But this accom Dllshment of his cow is not tne result of Inventive genius. 'It appears to be natural. It was discovered last Hum- TTi.li- in riviln. As the cow would .twitch her tall violently her horns would flop quite perceptibly. Sclen- tlsts have diagnosed her Case. and have come to the conclusion that there i an understanding between tne nerves of the cow's spine, permitting the two extremities to act In unison and to wigwag sympathetically. Vindication of Senator Mitchell. Eu scene Journal. He was the most popular and the moat influential man that ever lived In Oregon and his trial and conviction. on what he and his trlenas regaraea as a mere technical violation of the. law. did not perceptibly lessen the symoathr of the people for him. ai thou ft h the crumb-pickers and office seekers deserted him Instantly as soon as his newer to bestow favors waa gone, like rats leaving a sinking ship. and that jrreatly affected him- ah wen Informed people knew as well before the trial as after, and have known for a quarter of a century, that his salary as Senator paid a very small part of his expenses and that he had no other income other than what he could feet for legal services, which meant In most Instances official In flueace. That made no difference with his political friends and supporters. nor with the majority of the people. who. In this commercial age, believe in takinr all they can get, law or no law, if there Is no penalty, or if the penalty can oe avoiaea. Ancients Didn't Need Dentists. Loaden Globe. If teeth which have served the purpose - . ... . i . vi. . . ,j Wl i 1 VI.. ior wowcrwu . i '""'z "" - so many people find it impossible to make uiem TV l-'Ar "c"" v remains at Leagraves. near Luton, cresses home to us. The two skeletons were found doubled up with their heads to the 1 ""li110-' were found beside them. They are sup tzrrz. , ; "rv,: " of preservation, especially the skull and teeth. Pa aad the Goiemor. Chicago Record-Herald. Ms. she's as prasd as she caa be B cause pa he brought home to her A pbetegraph that shows where he Stood right beside the Gsvaaur. When coaap'sy comes ma hands It 'rosnd And seems to think It's something great That pa was standls there beside The (Gsvanur of this whole state. Pa. ala't puffed, op about It. though At least that's what he's always eUlssed A-td. he lets es ha doesn't know ' "Why- ma sheald wast to have It framed. It's BetMn' he she!& care about, Seeawre. frees what he says t& ma.. Te.&. thtaik the Gttvbt was proud To' have hie pletare tee with ,. THE NEW OREGON SENATOR Oakland Owl. Mr. Gear Is one ot the ablest men. la the state. , Newberg' Graphic; The appointment is conceded to be a good one. Sllverton SHvertonian-AppeaL Mr. Gearln Is a brilliant Portland law yer, whose appointment will be very ac ceptable to the state at large. Junction City Times. Mr. Gearln. is a Democrat, and was never ashamed, to say so. He is a gifted orator, a bright lawyer and a clean man. He will creditably represent all Oregon. HUlsboro Argus. The appointment Is a good one, and the fact that Gearln has the support of the business Interests of Portland and' the state at Urge should do much to make his services valuable. Albany Herald. Mr. Gearln Is an agreeable man. a good corporation lawyer, an orator. Endowed with many good gifts of mind and char acter, the new Senator takes up his work in a bright light. Eugene. Guard. Senator Gearln Is broad-minded, ad mires Roosevelt, believes In expansion, and loves Oregon. His ability as an ora tor and as a lawyer will restore the stand ing of this state in the United States Senate. Portland Labor Press. J. Ml Gearln Is not only recognized as one of tho brightest legal minds In the state, and an orator, but, having eschewed factional fuss and can trap and followed the old traditions of his party, makes him an especially fit person for the exalted position from a party view. McMlnnville Telephone-Register. Governor Chamberlain nas again demon strated his fitness for the high office to which he was elected by appointing to the United States Senate the one man who. above all others, is best qualified for the position, whose appointment causes no bitter Jealousies among rival candidates. no feeling of sectionalism In any portion of the state. Boise News. There is probably no man In this broad land better qualified tor the position than he a native of the state, knowing all its wants and its possibilities, having a wide acquaintance extending over every section of Oregon, a lawyer of recognized ability, an orator of unusual force, a gentleman In every sense of the word, and an honest man. Albany Democrat. As a man endowed with all the Quall- re,cntativc of Oregon in the National CbnM John M. Gcarin flll the bill. He has an enviable record as a consistent and true Democrat, and his appointment to the high office of United States Sen ator will be received with the heartiest approval on the part of the Democracy of Oregon. Baker City Herald. There is no doubt that if Mr. Gearin will be Senator for Oregon regardless of party politics he will find that he has the hearty support of the people of- Oregon, regard less of all politics. Mr. Gearln is well versed In hish politics and the workings Slot the Government, and will, no doubt. be able to command a hearing when he asks for anything In the name of the state. ' c SKITS AND QUTBS. Blobbs I hate people who give advice. Slobbs Oh. I don't know. They come in bandy to blame things on when they, go wrong. "It this pure milk?" said the Inqulsltlv lady customer. "Tes," replied the milk man: "we sell the cream 'separately." Detroit Free Press. Kntcker Bockefeller said that mere mon ey-getting wasn't alt there Is In life. ' Bocker-He's right. There's "an awful lot ot mere money-losing. "There's a scandalous story about bar In I this morning's Dally Howler." "But you can't believe anything you read. in tnat paper- "I can if I want to." She I'd like to sing, but there are o many people here. Hs Oh. don't be bashful- Tou just wait till you begin and there won't be" so many. Judge. "One In thm uenltentlarr. always a crQOv say ono 0f experience. "Once crook. not always In the penitentiary,' Is 1 tnc waj. u strikes the mere observer. "The tipping evil Is growing." remarked tnc wim ouy. xes. agreea uie OImpie JUg. "we can I even gci weignea w.inout tipping tne scaies. -cnuaaeipnia. :0m. How do you know that couple is mar ried i" "They ride on my car every day." . "Oh. then you are acquainted with them?" No: but she always pays the car fare. Motoring on Kural Boads "HI. there. boyl Where will this road take us?" "Ter Jail, mister. If the. Constable what's watch ing round the tend ketches ye. Baltimore Amerlcan. "But you are not an orphan, are you. little boy?" "I might as well be. Pa Is a t ravelin mart an' ma Is always a delegate to somethln' or another!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Gotrox I can't afford to help you any more. My flaugnter nas just raamea a iot elgn nobleman. Beggar Oee! dem foreign beggars Is a- cuttln inter us Yankee beggars terribly dafs wot! Judge. Mr. Isaacs Well, may be der young man vos really In lofe mlt you. I suppose- you ought to knowl Miss Isaac Veil, fader. I know he Is Jealous of ennabody vot vants to know bow much money you haf. Puck. No Apology "To you have malaria. In Crimson Gulch?" Inquired, tho stranger. No." answered Three-Angered Sam. "We don't need It- The men out here la so tough that they go ahead an' drink without offerin any excusea whatever." J" v.C". .V"." I got me wm I WQIW O. - Pohlek philosopher. "HoWs that?" "Th parson tells 'era Ifa bad for the soul, but ? . MtT dtMStor t.Us mlt. bad tor 1 complexion." Louisville courier -Journal I t xttie bong. Clinton Scollard In I.lppineott. HIh are hearts in hut and hall- - J 1 xir' star "Noel!" Ad in tait lowly knee! the, cattle all. "To the merry Tuletlde belt Shout "Neell" Bea in slumber buried dee-j - Cry "Noeir slnr "Noel!" Out of sleep Into mellow murmur leap. I To the joyous Tuletlde bell Shout "Noeir At the dawatog If ye mark Cry "Noeir stsa- "Noel! Te raay hark Voices la eafia airy arc! To the blesaed Tuletlde bell Shout "Noel!" Angeta that with triumph' thrill Cry "Noel!" sing "Xeell" Echolnr still "Peaee oa earth, to. men geod-wW .To the gladsome Tuletlde bell' i. . Sfeeet VNoeir 1