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rOKTLAND, SATURDAY, DEC. 30, 1M5.
Tire ritlMARY LAW.
There Is Just one thing to do with the
primary law, and that is to observe it
and enforce it, as it stands. Adherence
to it, in substance and In spirit, is a
present duty of citizenship. No matter
what objections may be brought against
It, there is this to be said in its favor,
hat the object of its enactment was
to make it impossible for political
bosses to continue their control over
the action of parties, and consequently
over official life. There are objections,
It is true; but they are mostly theoret
ical. After complete trial we shall all
see how" well-founded' they are.
For the present we shall have to do
without the services of the class of
men whose sensitiveness to the propri
eties of politics, and to their concep
tions of their own personal dignity, will
not permit them to announce their in
tention to be candidates. Also, we shall
have to take the risk of having party
candidates beaten in the election, who
shall have received but a small vote in
the primaries. The people, who have
had little or nothing to do with politics
heretofore, want to try this law. It
certainly will be a change from old con
ditions. It is the law, in any event, maugre all
objections; and our political work dur
ing the coming year is to be carried on
under it. The Oregonian. as heretofore
announced, will have no candidates for
the primaries, but will give such sup
port as It can, in the general election
to the Republican candidates who may
have received' majorities or pluralities
of the Republican vote. This will in
clude the United States Senator, too:
for whatever objection may be urged
to the method, it will, if adhered to and
enforced, have the advantage of put
ting a stop to the election of Senators
by corrupt traffic In and with the Leg
islature. After we have had proper experience
w Ith the primary law we shall all know
more about it. It seems quite useless
to debate it further on speculative or
theoretical ground.
THE MAYOR'S EXPLANATION.
Mayor Lane's explanation as to mu
nicipal civil service comes to this: Civil
service, as provided for by the charter
and by the rules of the former admin
istration, prevented the Mayor's getting
good Jobs in the police department for
persons agreeable to him and to his
kitchen cabinet. The common testi
mony of various witnesses at the inves
tigation was that operation 4 of the
charter civil service had resulted in
patrolmen and detectives who were un
fit, or not qualified, for promotion.
Therefore, in dejlance of the plain and
explicit charter provision that promo
tions must be made from lower grades
to higher, rules were made so that an
examination might be open to anybody
in the world who could demonstrate
that he was just the kind of a man
that the Mayor wanted, and the kind of
a man that the Mayor wanted for any
of the higher positions on the police
Xorce was In no case to be found among
men already in the department, who
had been encouraged to think that civil
service was a. reality, and not a Joke,
and that by diligence, industry. Intelli
gence, honesty and courage they might
in course of time receive promotion.
They are not to have promotion, none
of them, under this administration, un
less, perchance, they acquire somehow
a pull at the City Hall.
Mayor Lane denies that the rules
were changed so that he might put lu
Bruin. His version of the incident is,
in effect, that Bruin got in because the
rules -were changed. This Is, after all,
a distinction without a material dif
ference. Bruin Is merely an incident in
the scheme to wreck civil service, as
devised by the framers of the present
charter and as carried out in good faith
by the Williams administration. The
whole essence of civil service "anywhere
In any government, National, state or
local, is promotion by merit. "We are
to have no promotion for merit among
the policemen of Portland. We are to
have in the department such officers as
the Mayor and his kitchen cabinet pro
nounce fit, after an oral examination
conducted in private and without com
petition. These are the methods by
which a personal machine is to be built
up in the police department. No one
can get on the police force unless he
happens to be the Mayor's man. A
long step away from such methods was
taken when the new charter, -with its
civil service provisions, was adopted.
fVVe hRve .gone back, however, to first
principles of machine .politics Jay gnor-
ing utterly all charter previsions estab
lishing an efficient civil service.
The Mayor insists that what he has
done Is "for the good of the service."
This Is. the Justification he attempts.
If it is to hold good, any Mayor at any
time, being himself the Judge, may em
ploy the same argument and enforce It;
and dvil service becomes merely a
farce.
NEKVOCS FINANCIAL SITUATION.
There Is no precedent for the remark
able gyrations of the New Tork money
and stock markets. Not infrequently
In the past the rates of call money have
soared up dangerously close to the high
ievel reached this -week, but the tap ward
flight -was always the signal for a cor
respondingly heavy decline In price of
stocks. On the other hand, high prices
ifor stocks were Invariably accompanied
by easy money rates. This week we
have witnessed the extraordinary spec
tacle of both money and stocks moving
up to new high records simultaneously.
With such a remarkable situation and
one so strangely at variance with all
former antics of speculation, it Is, of
course, difficult to predict the outcome.
The European situation naturally is
menacing tp our financial quiet,, but
there Is a possibility that the strenu
ously healthy financial condition of the
United States will prevent our inocula
tion with any of the "exhausted credit"
germs which are now threatening to
poison Europe's financial air.
Wall street is the financial headquar
ters -for the United States. It secured
this exalted position many years ago,
while the Indian was still scalping the
Western men, but there has been such
a radical change in the conditions gov
erning New York's retention of her
financial prestige that the Wall-street
panic of today means much less to the
country at large than It did a genera
tion ago, when the West had no money.
tWe still go to New York to finance
-large Industrial undertakings, but the
money which New York doles out to us
is no longer exclusively Eastern money.
Much of it Is money which was made in
the West, and either taken East by the
Western millionaires, who bj scores
have taken up their residence In New
York, o'r is sent there by the Western
railroads, whoa disbursements for div
idends and all other purposes are still
made in New York.
But the West has plenty of money
exclusive of the funds which we permit
to run through the Wall-street hopper.
Note that when call money soared up
to 100 per cent on Thursday, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, St Louis and
other Western, cities quickly came to
the front with funds. This incident
may not dispel the nervousness which
AVall street Is exhibiting over the pres
ent strained situation, but it certainly
proves that that magical land known to
the New Yorker lis "out West" has a
wealth of resources which make good
collateral for money and which can be
thrown Into the breach whenever there
is sufficient inducement to call them
forth. The output of the American
.farms for 1905 exceeded In value by
many millions that of any previous
year. The movement of these products
to market has been slower than ueual,
but demand and price are remarkably
good. One reason for the slow move
ment is the remarkable prosperity of
the American farmers, who, not being
pressed for money, are in no hurry to
force their products on Jhe market. An
other is the inability of the railroads to
handle the business.
Both of these .causes suggest and are
due to. an underlying 'factor of stability
and prosperity. The farmer who is so
.well equipped financially as to be Indif
ferent regarding the early marketing
of his products cannot be materially
injured by a money pan'c in Wall
street, and the railroad which is han
dling a traffic that taxes Its facilities
to the limit will not make any heavy
drains on the reserves of the stock and
bondholders. It must not be inferred
that there Is no danger In the air, for
there is some danger, and It will be the
part of caution for a great many insti
tutions to keep pretty close to the cy
clone cellar until the highly-charged
financial air is relieved of some of its
efectricity.
The world Is run on credit, and credit
is only confidence In our fellow-men.
Once this confidence Is shaken, a tre
mor will go through our whole financial
system. The West, and particularly
the Pacific Northwest, is creating new
wealth so rapidly that this tremor will
be less perceptible here than In any
other part of the country. At the same
time we shall witness the passing of
the present cloud with a feeling of re
lief.
SETTLING THE GREAT WEST.
Representative Dixon, of Montana,
has Introduced a bill providing for the
opening of the Fort Peck Indian reser
vatlon In his state at the earliest date
compatible with the necessary prelim
inary arrangements In regard, to sur
veys, the platting of townsltes and the
guarantee of settlers' and of Indians'
rights. The lands of thls reservation
are similar in character to thousands
of acres of Government land in the
Rocky Mountain region that are at all
times open to settlement under the
homestead law; yet. If precedent is fol
lowed, the rush for these reservation
lands, -when the opening day arrives.
will be as great as If It constituted the
last chance for a land-starved multi
tude to get a foothold -upon the solL
There are advantages, however, in
these reservation settlements that ex
plain in a measure the rush that char
acterizes all such openings. The isolat
ed rancher, for example, is handicapped
in a thousand ways by his situation.
Without schools his children become 11
literates; Without postal facilities he
and his family are shut away from the
world and all knowledge of Its happen
Ings; without neighbors they are with
out even the simplest social Intercourse;
without churches they become dwarfed
spiritually. In brief, without the hu
man touch they go back to a state of
nature that it is perhaps too harsh to
call barbarism, but that certainly Is not
civilization.
The rush of the multitude to the land
opening obviates all of these charac
terlstlcs of isolation. The townsite.
with its postofflce, its store. Its local
market. Its district school. Its church,
is a part of the general plan outlined
in the bill providing for the opening of
the land to settlement. The drawing of
town lots and the allotment of land In
small tracts mean fairly populous
neighborhoods from the first, and
schools and market, the preacher and
his family, the singing school and choir
practice, and very soon an orchestra
composed of at least a cabinet organ
and a violin, and other familiar "get-
together" Influences and attractions of
the frontier.
And -the rush soon settles itself.
Farmers -with their families, who were
led to Join it by the real impulse of
peWSlrg. are lave-m la uw process
C time "old settlers." Adventurers,
wbe merely drift thither In obedience t
the law of cb&ajre. which is a predomi
nating trait In their characters, abide
a while In discontent and then disap
pear. Speculators are, as far as possi
ble, excluded from the advantages of
the "drawing" that Is a part of the
Government plan to protect settlers,
and, after some exploits more or less
troublesome, take their departure. The
town is named, a postofflce is estab
lished, and the postmaster's commission
Is quickly forthcoming. The Western
schoelma'am, with her certificate of
qualification to teach, is promptly on
hand, the schoolhouse is quickly en
closed and school begins. The isolation
of the border is, in brief, quickly suc
ceeded by the bustle of community life,
and the "opening" has fulfilled Its mis
sion.
Contrasted with the settlement, piece
meal, so 4o speak, upon the wide
stretches of the public domain a gener
ation ago, the advantages that follow
the rush to reservation lands are ap
parent. The hardship In the latter case
consists In getting there and getting
located. In the former. It runs through
long years of solitude and of existence
which can hardly be called life. The
frontiersman, unkempt looking, hardly
human, his flock of frightened, half
clad children, and his timid wife, eld
before her time, were the products of
an isolation that starved every social
impulse, cramped every human aspira
tion. They belong to frontier history
and their simple annals form one of its
most pathetic chapters. To the extent
that the Indian reservation land open
ing, with its madTUBh and struggle for
town lots and contiguous quarter sec
tions of land, has been a factor In ban
ishing this isolation, it may be reck
oned as a valuable factor and a hu
mane feature in the settlement of the
great West from the Missouri River to
the Pacific Ocean. It has had its trag
edies, but they were not those of utter
desolation; Its hardships, but they were
not those that dragged through slow
moving years; Its disappointments, but
they were those that everywhere dog
the steps of the man who Is abroad
seeking an earthly Paradise; Its vices
and crimes, but they were within the
reach of restraint and punishment.
Taken ell together, the reservation
opening has had in it more of good
than evil, more of profit than loss, more
of success than failure, to the thou
sands who have in the past fifteen
years Joined in the mad rush which
they invited. Let us have patience.
therefore, with those who. In seeming
folly, tread each other's heels in the
eager desire to "get there," knowing
that when the throng has been win
nowed by events, a substantial gain to
the settlement and civilization of the
great West will have been made.
THE VAN DRAN MYSTERY.
Few readers of The Oregonian can
have forgotten the scanty and baffling
details which came to light in the case
of the supposed murder of Mrs. Van
Dran on the 12th of last August. On
the evening of that day the unfortunate
lady took a walk with her husband and
her sister. Miss Monteith. Not much
before 10 o'clock they returned home;
Kaspar Van Dran. the husband, leav
ing them outside the house, repaired to
his saloon, and the two ladles entered
without companion or witness. From
the moment when Van Dran left his
wife and her sister up to the time
when attendants, being summoned.
found Mrs. Van Dran dead, or in the
extieme agony of death., upon the
kitchen floor, we know nothing of what
happened except from the testimony of
Miss Monteith. Whether or not she
staled the facts as they occurred he
alone knows from whom nothing Is se
cret, but It must be said In fairness
that every circumstantial detail after
ward noticed by the officers and others
Is consistent with her story; but a
story may be true as far as It goes
without telling the whole truth.
Let us recall Miss Montelth's account.
As soon as the two ladles entered the
house, Mrs. Van Dran, complaining of
thirst, went to the pantry for a bottle
of ginger ale. returned and opened It.
She poured out two glasses, leaving
some In the bottle, and eagerly began
to drink. Miss Monteith. for some rea
son, did not drink, but waited; and she
had not waited long "when her rlster,
exclaiming In horror that "there was
something terrible" In the ale. rushed
to the kitchen for water and there fell
upon the floor and died. Competent
chemists found cyanide of potash both
In the glasses and In the remnant of
liquid in the bottle: hence there is no
doubt that this extremely, deadly and
swift poison caused the death of Mrs.
Van Dran. It was placed either In the
bottle before the unhappy woman
opened It, or In the glasses before she
drank.
The bottle came from Van Dran's sa
loon, from a case containing many
others. Nobody would have poisoned It
and left it In the case, no matter who
might be his intended victim, for the
chances would have been all In favor
of Its reaching the wrong person. If
poison was put into the bottle at all.
the deed was done at some time after It
was finally removed from the case. Nor
could It have been kept very long In
Van Dran's house, for he brought home
only one or two bottles at a time, and
they were naturally soon consumed.
The ale was kept In the pantry In a
bucket near a small window accessible
from without and easily opened. A
person might have opened the window
and inserted the poison, but In that
case the effervescing ale would have
soiled the woodwork so plainly that a
keen detective must have noticed the
also that the poison could not well
have been dropped Into the small mouth
of the bottle until the effervescence
was nearly over. Mrs. Van Dran, re
opening the bottle, would have observed
at once that the liquid was flat or stale
and would probably have discarded It.
for stale -ale is not a refreshing drink,
and It was the agreeable tang- of the
effervescence which she desired. Tak
ing this and many other small circum
stances Into account, it is much more
probable that the ale was poisoned
after Mrs. Van Dran opened the bottle
than before. It popped as usual when
she released the cork, the liquid spar
kled properly as she poured It, and
there was nothing In its appearance to
warn or disgust her.
Moreover, the very large quantity of
the poison used tends to show that it
was thrown In hastily, whereas a per
son manipulating the bottle at his leis
ure would have Inserted only a Moder
ate quantity. For one thing, he would
not have wished to make the taste too
repulsive, and he would have known,
as everybody does, that It takes very
little cyan lie of potash to kill. The
poison was thrown into the glaasoa in
extreme host and without date to
thtttk of the qmntrty. PsatMy it was
e while Mrs. Van Dras was open
lag the bottle. It is well known now
carefully a lady opens ale on account
of her clothes. The process takes n
her attention. There was ample oppor
tunity. Later, when she had fled in
horror to the kitchen. It was perfectly
practicable to drop a quantity into the
almost empty -sortie to avert suspicion
and puzzle inquiry. The same motive
would lead a shrewd person to poison
both glasses, while a less astute crim
inal would have stopped with one. Both
glasses were. In facl, poisoned, as well
as the bottle.
Further to mislead Investigation, an
Intelligent criminal might remove the
rings which Mrs. Van Dran habitually
wore. The detectives might then be
lieve that she had been murdered for
her Jewels. Reflection would, however,
reveal a fatal weakness -in this device,
namely, that there was no mention of
burglars In the first account of Mrs.
Van Dran's death, while, had they been
present, the witness must have seen
them. The Ingenious criminal would
therefore nip this attractive but dan
gerous theory In the bud by a timely
discovery of the jewels.
Such & train of reasoning might be
deduced from the circumstances of this
mysterious case, pointing, perhaps.
toward Miss Monteith' as guilty
of her sister's death. fSome such
suspicion has, in fact, been entertained
by the detectives. But circumstantial
evidence has little weight against a
straightforward story like Miss Mon-
telth's, and. still less In the absence of a
motive for the crime. In her case not
even a suspicion of a motive has been
suggested. The Van Dran murder re
mains, therefore, a mystery still, and
the dark problem of Its author and Its
cause is now rendered all the more
baffling . by the suicide of .the husband
of the unfortunate victim.
Now and then the allegation is still
repeated that The Oregonian, In pub
lishing the report of the Mitchell trial,
gave the testimony against him in full.
but didn't print the testimony in his
defense. There was no testimony in his
defense. None was possible. The proof
as to his receiving money, through
Tanner, for services -as a Senator, in
violation of law, was conclusive. It
was a demonstration, and the jury
found accordingly. Testimony In his
defense there .could be none though
The Oregonian printed In substance or
verbatim a mass of matter Introduced
as such. No rebuttal was possible of
the testimony that came through Tan
ner, through the books he produced in
support of It. and through Mitchell's
own letter that Heney Intercepted. The
Oregonian would gladly drop this whole
subject forever; but It Is not going to
submit in silence to attacks upon Itself.
In the name of the dead Senator.
Would not those who pose as his special
friends and jfdmirere better permit him
and the record that has been made to
remain undisturbed? Have they any
thing to gain for themselves or for his
memory by raking it over?
R. E. Kelsher, of Portland, writes to
say that he has had a dispute with a
neighbor who tells him that women are
included in the basis of representation.
(while he (Kelsher) contends they are
not, and asks The Oregonian to decide.
Strange such a question should be
asked iy any one. Mr. K. Is wrong and
his neighbor Is right. The enumeration
on which representation In Congress Is
based Includes all inhabitants, men.
women and children, citizens and
aliens, white, black, yellow, red and
piebald, excluding Indians not taxed.
Yesterday, In an article on the Chi
nese boycott of American goods, errors
in dates were made. It was stated that
in the ten months ended October last
our exports to China were over 550,000,
000. The date should have been Octo
ber, l&H, and other dates October. 1903.
and October, 1&02. The growth of our
(trade with China, rapid for some years,
is now receding due to the boycott on
ithe one hand and to the activity of
England and Japan on the other.
Mr. Bryan Is rather tame in his talks
in the Philippines. He doesn't talk
about "consent of the governed." It
would be embarrassing, for it was
through his efforts that enough Demo
cratic votes were obtained in the Sen
ate to secure ratification of the treaty
which made the Islands ours.
There are men even In Portland who
would borrow money, if they could, at
100 per cent InteresL And there are
-persons who would, and perhaps do,
lend money on that basis. But there Is
no panic here.
David Bennett Hill Is too III to re
spond to an Invitation to appear before
(the insurance Investigation committee.
So Is Hamilton.' But Hamilton had the
superior wisdom to be 111 In Paris.
Retired Champion Jeffries Is the only
retired, champion that ever stayed re
tired. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
Eugene Journal.
Jonathan Bourne. Jr.. has sent out ?00
circular letters concerning the primary
election law to persons who signed the
petition favoring the passage of the law.
Mr. Bourne possesses great ability and
unlimited energy and activity, and could
accomplish perhaps more than any other
man In Oregon In any difficult and re
sponsible public position. He Is not a
nnllilrlnn hor n lie ! mil jmoVn and
! sincere in whatever he undertakes, and
does not pander to everything and every
body to gain favor and make popularity.
For this reason he stirs up opposition
where the professional politician, who pre
tends to agree with everybody, ropes in
both sides. He is absolutely sincere and
reliable In whatever he undertakes, and
will do what he promises erery time at
any personal sacrifice to himself. This
brings hlra Into direct conflict with the
purposes and practices of the machine
politicians, who rule parties and whole
communities by manipulation and false
promises, changing platforms to catch
every popular breeze and seldom doing
what they promised. He was a candidate
for United States Senator at the last
election, was the champion of the people
against the politician, hut the politician
won and elected C W. Fulton, who had
the solid support of the Mitchell ring and
all the professional politicians and otSce
9ekcrv. Bourne made It quite warm for
the ring, and came very near heating Ful
ton. and held him up until the last hour
of the 40 days session of the Legislature.
Whether he ever succeeds In "breaking
Into the Senate" or not, he is likely. If
he starts in to win. as hta letter Indicates
he will as the candidate of the people
against the politlclane. to make It warm
for the BosMs.
GcttiHg Classical.
Cleveland Leader.
"Has she lmoroved in her music since
ithe studied abroad?"
"Oh. yea. She never plays anything now
that oads hi the tout Mke a tone."
THE PESSIMIST. !
The New York Sun of December Si has
this news Item:
As autopsy m yerforastd yf-9tnJr on the
txxljr of Georre Xorris. a rwtiuraHt-Xrpr
of 3frS C&xal Krwt. who AM la tar Man
hattan State Arlura oa Wara Island oa Fri
day. Coroner's Phjviciaa O'Hialoc fmad
that death resulted fros reneral paresis and
ptifusioaU. Hixht of lha dead man rife
were fotrsd to b .fractured. The hospital au
thorities invited a rigid inquiry Into the case
by a Coroner's Jury.
It Is to be hoped that Dr. O'Hanlon
win be vindicated. However, if a more
careful autopsy should disclose the pres
ence of two more broken Tibs,' he can
change It to hydrophobia.
Mrs. Robert Fltzslramons has taken up
her residence at Sioux Falls In the Liar's
BelL The liar'.i Belt Is a strip of ter
ritory In the Middle West a hundred
miles wide. Its center line runs through
Crooks ton. Minn.. Sioux Fails. S. D., to
Yankton, the most active point In tho
Belt; thence it rues through Lincoln.
Neb., where the Commoner Is published,
to Wichita. Kan., and Waco, Tex. Mrs.
Fitzsimmons likes the country very
much. The climate i? very bracing and
stimulating to the Imagination. She says
that she will stay there and study music
and art. It is expected that her husband
will arrive In a day or so. The citizens
will receive him with open arms. The
press dispatches, giving the details of the
meeting,- will no doubt sustain the repu
tation of the Belt.
m
According to Secretary Shaw, Banker
Walsh will not be prosecuted- He says:
"John R. Walsh did not take one dollar
dishonestly. He did no more than many
other bankers in the United States are
doing all the time."
The fact that three banks failed la a
mere detail. It is all right If you take
enough.
It was different with Livingstone
Quackenbush, the Minnesota banker who
was convicted of receiving deposits after
his bank was insolvent. Day before yes
terday he was sentenced to four years In
tne Penitentiary. Livingstone's jrreat
trouble was that he had an Impediment
.In his nerve. When he gets out he will
not be so timid and bashful.
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Edwin O. Soule, of Eldora. Iowa. Is an
other banker who got Into trouble the
same day. His grab only netted him fltty
thousand. I understand that he took all
there was, but that did not save him. He
was too modest. He should have sought
distinction In a larger field- He had Just
given up his room in the Anamosa Pen!
tentlary. where he has been sDendlnsr his
time for a year or so. when he was ar
rested again on a charge of embezzle
ment. The local Lawyers probably knew
that he had some of It left.
Daniel E. Storms. Indiana's
of State, Is having his troubles, too, but
tney arc not so bad. He put his back
before he was found out. He was shy
iwemy-nve tnousand tor three or four
months. N-vertheless. the Rnnmnr
who seems to be unfamiliar with the us
uai amenities In such matters, has de
manded his resignation.
Teddy must have been sick of hm-tn-
aiaui Alices engagement to Lonm-nrth
ocause nc nas gone over Into Virginia
10 snoot rabbits.
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Kleff. Rnulm TW Tk. M ..
Southwestern Railway were torn up at Saml
' "u pawEser l rains were wrecked.
Many persons were Injured. There are heavy
patrols In the streets of the eltv-
That rounds something like the news
irom iiaegly Junction.
Londen. Dec. 29. Thf st t.i.-.k..
respondent of the Tlmrs r-. ,... .v.
latlons between Russia and Germany are dls-
'"UJ """w ana mat were la a possibil
ity of International complication arising from
rebellion la the Baltic provinces.
That's right. Willie! Kick him while he
is aown. it will be safer.
There were all sorts of things doing on
eanesuay.
Chicago. Dec S Pim fA- ...
toned rellrlous revival m r-
tlntnt of .aertca. were made today by
reliaioca workers from all over the country
at the evacfellstli? nnr.ii. i..-..
k. a. Torrey and Rev. Charles M. Alexander
mi me -uooay unnrch. with the same won
derful power which awept over England last
Summer la one of the greatest revivals la his
tory. Dr. Torrey and Mr. Alexander opened
the two days conference with three public
"i"B eaen ot tne services the church
was thronged, and at each the audience was
cbaracterlxed by the moat intense enthn.iUm
While Dr. Torrey was sweeping England
he butted Into W. T. Stead, who said that
lie was a liar, or that he was mistaken.
or somctning lute that.
Stead always was an unreasonable cuss
particularly In religious matters.
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The pastor of a New Tork church. In an
attempt to take a fall out of Goldwln
smith, said, among other thinra:
ChrUtlanlty U bad on the divine fact, es
sentially dogmatic, that on Christmas day
wu.iu me incarnate God,
j ejus oora;. QTOr a 41 vine and a hu
man nature, hut onlr one. a. rliwn.
'lr- This Is the dogma that lies, behind the
Sermon on the Mount and clve It value.
"Without that preceding and fUBdiRintt Ang
ina, the Sermon on the Mount would be only
the discourse of a mere philosopher like Arta
tctle or Plato.
At first glance. It would seem that what
the Christ said was of very little imnort
ance. However. I am inclined to think
that that was not what he meant- He
probably had In mind that the word of
Jesus was Infalllby true, because It was
God who said it-
Be that as It may. there was a tlm in
the history of the Christian church when
there was considerable doubt as to wheth
er or not Jesus and God were one.
According to John Flake, the historian
the doctrine of the Trinity was first Intro
duced by SabelUus (A. D. 230-5). it was
formally condemned as heretical. The
Council of Antioch "solemnlv dtdamt
that the Son was NOT consubstantial
with the Father." Later, at the CounHi
of Nicaea. It was solemnly declared tha
he WAS. There was considerable argu
ment after that, but the matter wu final
ly settled after a hundred years or so had
passed.
It has been said that at one time the
queeuon was discussed so ireely that a
learned bishop was kicked to death.
M. B. WELLS.
A Xotc of Appreciation.
PORTLAND. Dec. 3. (To the Editor.)
On behalf of the North Pacific Steamship
Company and Captain Dunham. I wish
to thank you for your honorable and fair
edi tonal in this mommjrs Oregonian re
lating to Captain Dunham and bis man
agement, oi inc sooa amp Jioanoxe.
H. YOUNG. Agent.
Tlie Glad Hand Only Was la Sight.
. Baker City Herald.
The three aspirants for Governor of Ore
gon met in a hotel lobby In Portland one
day Iaot week and extended to each ether
the glad hand. It's queer how we foKow
th: mandates of the Great Preacher In not
letting our right hand know what our left
hand does-
CAN FISHES HEAR?
Harper's Weekly.
A aaesttoa that is constantly being de
feated by zoot&gfota and ferms tho sub
ject of experimental research is. "Can
Ashes hearr While some plausible ar.
gumeats are advanced in the affirmative.
the general opinion of zoologists Is op
posed to this Ttew. and the reasons have
recently been summed up In a German
otologics! journal by Dr. O. Koerner.
Though many fishes are sensitive to
rapid consecutive vibrations transmitted
through the water, yet it Is not believed
that these are perceived by so-called au
ditory organs, for in the cases of some S3
species of fie h single loud explosions were
totally disregarded. The senses of sight
and touch in fishes can be readily demon
strated and studied, and there Is no log
ical reason why the sense of hearing
should be so difficult of determination.
The most conclusive argument, how
ever, la that fishes and other vertebrates
that are deaf are the only members of
the class that do not have organs corre
sponding to the cortischlan nerve termi
nations. Thes5 organs, it Is believed, are
tne only ones that are capable of trans
mitting auditory vibrations, as there Is
no reason for believing that such vibra
tions can be received by the vestibular
apparatus.
The Managing Editor at Tillamook.
Tillamook Herald.
The ways of managing editors are past
finding out. and truly the managing edi
tors seem to have run mad ot late on tho
subject of personal Journalism, which is
a polite way of referring to newspaper
worK mat sticks us nose where it has no
business. One of the latest and worst
examples followed on the official an
nouncement the other day of Miss Roose
velt s engagement to Representative
Longworth. Many of the Washington
cprrespondents were Inundated with de
mands for special stories. But the limit
was the case of one local man who re
ceived a telegram as follows: "Wire Im
mediately 1000-word interview Nick Long.
worth's views on race suicide." Needless
to say. the story has not been sent yet.
Called Him Down.
Denver Post
Two newsboys were standimr on a Six.
teenth street corner when a bov who tispil
to sell narjers came ud. "What voti rfnln'
now. Jimmy?" asked one of the news
boys of the newcomer.
"Got a job In a railroad office." replied
the other. "I am makin three times as
much as I did sellln turners " Then h
started away. "So long, fellers; I gotta
vamoose ne said.
"Vamoose." repeated one of the news
boys. "What's thatr
Aw. Kit wise. It means 'co.' T rotta
go seer' came from the ex-newsy.
"Well, why don't vou say 'cro then?
said one of the two. "Jus heeu von
got a fi-dollar job you needn't to come
no millionaire Capitol Hln talk on us.'
Iniquities or the Sugar Trust.
Grant's Pas.t Observer.
The Oregonian is doing good service for
the people by Its vigorous assaults upon
the inlaulties of the Snrar Tnwt.
where In this Issue will be fonnrf nn ar
ticle on the subject taken from that jour
nal. The Observer, according to Its lim
ited reach, has had Its say a number of
times during the past year or so upon the
scanaaious roo&enr ot the nubile iiv the
suear operators, but It needs such fnnr.
nais as ine uregonian and Its fellows of
tne nig cities to enter the lists In order to
make It properly interesting for the
wretched combination that Is imposing
unjusunaoie prices upon the American
people ior a staple article of food
Safest Placet An Elevator.
Rochester Post-Express.
Many persons have an objection to rid
Ing In elevators, or, more properly speak
ing, this objection should be classed as a
feeling of dread or fear: but according to
the superintendent of a big office build
ing In Philadelphia, the safest place for
a person to be is In an elevator-shaft
that Is. statistically speaking. In the set
of elevators for which statistics have
been kept by the superintendent there
has been an average transportation of
2.40O.CCO persons each year for seven years,
an aggregate of 16.800.QOO, and of this
number but one person has been injured,
and that Injury did not result fatally.
John It. Walsh.
Springfield Republican.
A bit of philosophy drops from the lips
of Philanthropist Pearsons, of Chicago,
regarding the failure of his old friend,
John R. Walsh. "Poor John." he says.
"I have known him ever since he kept
that dinky little newsstand on Dearborn
street. His only mistake has come rather
late In life. If he had stopped getting
richer and tried to give away his money
the way I have he still would be a rich
man."
A Holiday Suggestion.
Albany Democrat.
The Portland minister who wants to
abolish Santa Claus had better abolish
himself.
Mighty Tired by 1908.
Chicago News.
Speaking of the craze for long-distance
runs, do not overlook those lately started
by Messrs. Shaw and Fairbanks.
The Deacon Gets Home.
It. A. Long In Hills baro Arga..
"Wife Sue an I her Jea' got back
From tr months In the town.
"Where a whole hundred thotwan folks
Keep walkln up an down.
"Wei went to see our oldes "on,
"Who has a mansion strand:
An while we liked to visit him.
There' things we couldn't atand!
They didn't neighbor to an fro.
And folks looked Jes too prim
Fer Instance. Henry didn't know
"Who ltTed next door to him!
So when the hearse drove up one day
A little Ud hed died.
Sue couldn't staa It any more.
But Jes broke down an cried!
She ed. "Dear SI. Jes think how odd
It Is to lire down here.
"With people dyln all aroun'
"With not a neighbor near
"Here In thhr town you never know
When Mcknesa makes It call.
But erry day you see the hearse
Drive by with nlumta eo talir
Jes then I took Sue In my arms
An sex "Weil atart back hene,
Fer city life give me a. chill
There's too much spire an dome!
"So we'll go back tc ol Hllltown.
"With It ot-tash!oned folks.
- An start the fireplace burning In
Our boute amour; the oaks
"Fer there we know who live nex door.
An' ev'ry one we meet
In fact, we alius nod an smile
To all who pas the atreetr
An so next day we started back
Ton bet we feel serene;
"We've found how well we like this place
Ab ev'ry ol'-tlme scene!
An' when a nelrhbar kid Is tick.
Sue breshes ay her hair.
An bakes a pet. of. chicken broth
To carry ever there.
There' sesBethm. too. In kaowla' folks
An" how they get aloes
It Bsakes a fettera heart grow soft
Like ecs ol cradle soag
So we.daa't llfce the city grand.
Bat leve the err town
Whre everybody tmows thesa a2
SOME THINGS
IN THE OREGONIAN
OF TOMORROW
First and foremost, the most com
prehensive telegraphic news serv
ice by the Associated Press and
special correspondents, of any Pa
cific Coast newspaper; then the
customary departments, and.
GREAT EVENTS OF THE
YEAR 1905
What place will the year 190S take
In history? Will It be remembered
by future generations as one of
the memorable years of the cen
tury? Warwick James Price lakes
the view that the year will have a
great place In history, the close
of the Russo-Japanese War and
the beginning of the Russian revo
lution being alone sufficient to
make It notable, while other great
events are recalled in art, science,
literature and politics. A cartoon
by Harry Murphy, accompanies
this article.
ITALY'S QUEEN MOTHER
TO TOUR AMERICA
Queen Margherita. of Italy, who is
an ardent automobillst. expects to
visit the United States early next
Spring. How she will tour the
country in an automobile Incognito
is described In an Illustrated
article.
MALAYS ARE SHIFTLESS .
AND LAZY
Frederick J. Haskin. the traveling
correspondent of The Sunday Ore
gonian. punctures a myth fostered
by books of travel. The Malays,
instead of being sullen, revengeful
characters, are merely a thriftless.
Indifferent race, having too little
ambition to be ordinarily anything
but peaceful. The article Is Illus
trated. THE SILENT REAPER'S HARVEST
OF THE GREAT
The necrology of the year that
closes tomorrow bears the names
of 326 distinguished men and wom
en of all nations, who were- fore
most in their various callings,
whose places In this world's work
will be hard to fill. An illustrated
article by Warwick James Price.
WHO ARE TO BE EUROPE'S
FUTURE RULERS?
Rulers of Europe belong to a few
great families only, such as the
Wcttlns. the House of Oldenburg,
the Hohenzollcrns. the Hapaburgs.
Dexter Marshall points out, in an
illustrated article, the heirs of
these great families who may sit
on Europe's thrones; also describ
ing the gloom and depression
caused In old-world capitals by the
spread of the revolutionary splrlt-
THE NEW KIND OF NEW
YEAR'S CELEBRATION
It is a rare thing nowadays to see
the streets filled with carousing
tipplers of high and low degree.
The supreme effort of the day seems
to be to make as many kinds of
outlandish noises as possible.
Gift-giving has come in extensively
and stores and express companies
cater to the growing custom.
NEW YEAR'S SERMON BY
REV. NEWELL DWIGHT HILUS
The distinguished pastor of Plym
outh Church. Brooklyn. N. T..
writes a New Year's sermon for
The Sunday Oregonian on the sub
ject, "Yesterday. Today and For
ever." He takes the inspiring
text. "Forgetting the things that
are behind and reaching forward to
the things that are before."
GUIDERS OF THE SHIPS
HAVE NO EASY TASK
The story of an ordinary day with
the pilots reveals the hardships that
there daring men experience. Not
the least difficult tasks is the stunt
of climbing a rope ladder up 40 feet
of smooth steel in a sea-way with
tho ship pounding ahead.
NEW YEAR'S DAYS
THREE SCORE AND TEN
A veteran born on January 1, who
has lived the full-course of human
life alloted to mankind In Holy
Writ, reviews the years in brief
and concludes that the country has
had quite as difficult problems be
fore It in the past as It has now.
HOW EIGHTY-TWO BOYS
GOT TO CONGRESS
New members to Congress and the
long road they traveled to get
there, is the topic of a special
article by John Elfreth Watklns. a
Washington correspondent. The
law office and the Legislature are
beaten paths to the lower house of
Congress, college men are in the
minority. and men who began life
as sewer laborers, carriage paint
ers, blacksmiths and drug clerks
are now among the Nation's law
makers. BERNHARDT A GREAT ARTIST
AT SIXTY-ONE
Emllie Frances Bauer, In her New
York letter, paints a vivid picture
of Sarah Bernhardt, declaring that
the splendor of her art Is not di
minished. Madame Bernhardt's
repertoire, her appearance with
Mark Twain at a benefit for Jewish
sufferers, the Coming Century Club
jinks, the recent dinner to Mark
Twain are other topics of Miss
Bauer's chatty letter.
SIX YEARS IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE
George H. Williams continues his
personal reminiscences, which are
recognized as a notable contribution
to American history. This week he
considers the civil rights bill, a
piece of reconstruction legislation
designed to ameliorate the condi
tion of the negro, which was vetoed
by President Johnson. This veto
Is declared to be "a pitiable piece
of demagoglsm unworthy of a
President."
TOOTHSOME DISHES
MADE FROM LEFT-OVERS
Miss Lillian E- Tingle,, director of
the Portland School of Domestic
Science, continues her Interesting
series of articles on toothsome
dishes made from "leftovers." This
week she gives recipes for scal
loped and creamed dishes, curries,
fritters and kromeskls, forcemeats
and dressings.
GENEROUS PUBLIC AIDS
A HELPLESS INVALID
Through the generosity of the
public. Anna Loubet. who was in
jured in the Slate-room Inn fire sev
eral months ago. will be sent to
her home in France. How the fund
was raised and the disposition' of-it
is described in an illustrated ar
ticle. MONUMENT TO SOLDIER DEAD
SOON TO BE UNVEILED
Oregon's tribute to its soldier
dead ot the Spanish-American War
will soon be unveiled- The roll of
honor numbers 60. apd an Imposing
shaft will stand on the Plaza block
In the heart of the city, commem
orating for all time the deeds ot
the 3tate's young heroes. The story
of the movement to erect this me
morial Is told In an Illustrated ar
ticle. PORTLAND PILGRIMS
WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA
One hundred and twenty-five
Portland pilgrims will start In Jan
uary in a special train for Califor
nia. They go not only to study
the advertising methods that have
made California known the world
over, but also to enjoy the 'pleas
ures that the golden state offers
to tourists. What they will see
and 19 w they will be entertained
In the jwbject of tWr article.
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