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PORTLAND, SATDRDAT, FEBRUARY 24.
INVESTIGATION SHOULD INVESTIGATE
For fifty years the Portland Gas
Company hs been doing business on
public capital: that is, on capital -which
is the property of the public; yet It
never has rendered an account. The
capital on which It has done business
is the use of the streets of Portland,
for which not a dollar ever has been
paid. . The operators of this franchise,
at rates made toy themselves, without
supervision or check, have collected
from the people of Portland for the use
of gas, the money, or most of it, that
has built and extended the plant; and
the profits have paid heavy dividends
besides. The time, now has come for
an accounting- from a. concern that has
been doing business on public capital,
paying1 nothing for -the right, and mak
ing such "charges as it chose. "
Now, therefore, since this " concern,
moved-by the criticisms that have been
made through The Oregonian, has
called for inquiry and Investigation,
The Oregonian insists tand the public
will insist that we shall have it. This
public-service corporation, that has
been doing: business so long on public
capital, and making no Teturn or ac
counting for the privileges it has en
joyed and on -which all its profits have
been realized, will now be called upon
to take the public into its confidence.
It must open Its books. The public is
the leading partner in this business-.
has supplied the capital and has paid
the bills. Enormous wealth has been
made out of the public by the users of
this franchise; the users of the fran
chise have operated it merely as a
private business, and even now will ob
ject to what they call their "private
business" being made known to the
public, whose franchises, -usurped by
these individuals, have created it
The first step in the inquiry, there
fore, is to be a full and complete state
ment, for information of the public, of
the conditions on -which this business is
and has been conducted and carried on;
the original capital, present capital,
methods of increase of capital, earn
ings, expenditures, taxes and profits.
From this the investigation should pro
ceed to examination of details, as to
service, quality of product, methods
of dealing -with the public, the meter
system, regularity of supply, prices
charged and system of dealing with
consumers. Observe again this is not a
private business at all, hut the business
of a public-service corporation, whose
use of streets and public franchise is
the sole basis of its business and profits.
The time has come when the people are
to have information on all mat
ters of this kind, and are going to use
that Information to put a stop to ex
cesses, extortions and poor service.
Prom those Intrenched In privileges
they have usurped, we shall have an
outcry against "socialism," of course,
perhaps against "anarchy." Neverthe
less, the people everywhere are taking
measures to come into their own; and
here is one small part Important, how
ever, for Portland of the universal
movement to turn privilege and -graft
out of their strongholds.
No investigation that -does not go to
the bottom of the inquiry into the use
of this franchise for fifty years; that
does not open the whole business to the
light of day capital and capital stock,
how created; status of franchise and
methods pursued under It;' quality and
prices of gas; sufficiency of service;
treatment of customers; taxes paid,
profits and dividends, -with other multi
farious information necessary to com
plete understanding of the -whole sub
ject and all the details no investiga
tion that does not send the probe to the
bottom will satisfy the public or be lees
than a farce. But The Oregonian does
not doubt that the committee of the
Common Council, responding to the
spirit ot the times, will make the- ex
amination a thorough one. "What is
wanted above all and aecesaary above
ah is disclosure of the whole system
and its workings, through its books and
accounts. For it is a public-service
corporation, based on privileges ob
tained from the public without compen
sation to the public therefor; not a prK
vate concern. The public has a right to
knowledge of the whole business.
CLEAN-CUT OPINION'S.
Judsre C A. Sehlbrede. of Marshfield,
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for the office of Governor. maKes
this statement, as to election of United
Sjates Senator:
-1 believe the mi mbtr of the next Legisla
ture ahsrald feel themselves bound to support
the party nomination for unites biaies sen
ator. I believe the dlrept primary ! should
dvon n fair irlal In all Its nrovlsions. nd
I believe that all Republicans should abide by
tho decision or the Kepuoucan voicr im
pressed at the primary election.
.TnflirA Sierihen A LowelL Of Pendle
ton, known widelv .for conservative
yet independent viejes, believes that
Rpmihiicm candidates .for the Legisla
ture can consistently promise to vote
for the nrimary nominee of their party
for Senator, but not for a Democrat
who might receive; a plurality. Contin
uing. Judge Lowell makes tuese sensi
ble and practical remarks:
It 1 preposterous to expect that a Repub
lican In the Legislature nhould feel boend
tn vnt, fnr s man for Senator who stood for
Democratic policies in opposition to a Re-
j I I t mvA .V. u-nuld
yutmcatu auiuuiieiianvi,, - -
be true on the other sld$ln case of a Demo
crat In the Legislature voting for a Republi
can for Senator. In this couniry ue pna
system Is the life of politics; It has been so
In the past and will be so In the future. The
UfUinn twt-fn narties Is a natural thing,
and our Government Is Impossible without It.
One party stands for one set or oocxrmta anu
the other party for another.- It is not reason
ihi, in .rwrt a member of the one party.
sitting in the Legislature, to vote for a
member of the other party, and thus' aban
don his party principles. And It Is my opin
ion that the people will not call on their
Legislators to do this.
Certainly no Democratic Legislature
ever will elect a Republican; no Re
publican Legislature- will ever elect a
Democrat; and Judge Lowell is entirely
sound and right in his judgment mat
the people, whether of one party or tne
other, will never call on the members
they send to the Legislature to do this.
Each party, adds Judge Lowell, "has a
historic basis, on which- stands its pres
ent and future. We judge a party, not
alone by Its professions of today, but
as much by those of the past in other
words, by its record. The historic di
vision between the two parties is bound
to. continue." It would be impossible,
therefore, to carry out this no-party
scheme. Neither party will want it
done. Judge Lowell made the final re
mark that he "had not yet met a per
son who could meet this argument."
NOW IN THE SENATE.
Unable to agree on the Hepburn rail--ay
bill, the Senate's committee has
reported it to the Senate in the form in
which it passed the House. That is, it
goes teethe Senate for debate; and de
bate in the Senate, on such a bill, will
mean many weary weeks of talk, and
perhaps no final vote.
Even as to the contents of the bill
there Is dispute. Some say it -will strict
ly prevent discriminations and rebates;
others that In these respects it Is weak
and -worthless. It Is certain that there
has been little payment of direct re
bates, during recent years. But they
have been paid through the private car
lines and subsidiary companies. The
Armour lines of private cars have, in
fact, secured a practical monopoly of
all that transportation which requires
an ice service. They have made rates
In entire disregard of the rates of the
railroads or the rulings of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and have de
fended themselves on the ground that
they -were not common carriers and not
subject to the railroad laws. That de
fense will be swept away If this bill
passes the Senate. So will the charges
in excess of published rates made by
supplementary freight companies in the
East.
But it is believed the sticking point
on the bill In the Senate will be pro
vision for appeals from the rates estab
lished by the Interstate Commission to
the Supreme Court of, the United States
direct. Such cases are to have priority
in hearing and determination over all
other causes except criminal causes.
but "such appeals shall not vacate or
suspend the order appealed from."
This Is the feature that the House
particularly insists shall be retained.
If not retained, the argument Is that
the railroads, by continuing an exorbl
tant rate during the time required for
appeal and argument through the
courts, could bankrupt any manufac
turer or shipper.
The Senate has its own way of doing
things, or of preventing things from
being done. Few think It will pass the
bill In effective form, while many think
it will not pass the bill in any form.
TWO NOTED WOMEN.
The serious illness of two venerable
women Julia Ward Howe and Susan
B. Anthony is a matter of Tegret to
thousands of women who have sympa
thized with their lifelong endeavor for
the advancement of their sex along in
tellectual, industrial, social and polit
ical lines, while it is cause for deep
grief to a smaller hut still large num
toer who have worked under their lead
ership or inspiration for many years
Both women have passed the age limit
which, "by reason of strength," has
heen assigned to human Hfe-the first
by seven, the last by six years. Hence
the hopes entertained V. hy devoted
friends, who are not ready to give them
up, of their possible restoration to
health have slight foundation in prob
ability.
Mrs. Howe, though heat known by
her "Battle Hymn of the Repuhllc,"
written in the stress of the Civil War.
is the author of a number of poems
that. In the estimate of the compiler
of sketches published some years ago
under the title "Daughters of Amer
ica," are as "thoughtful and strong as
Emerson's, as sweet as Whittier'e and
as welcome as herself to those who
know her." While an advocate of
woman suffrage, Mrs. -Howe was never
an aggressive worker in the ranks of
those -who 'have insistently, for more
than a third of a -century, advocated
the extension- of the ballot to woman.
Her voice has, however, been frequent
ly heard In advocacy of this idea, and
her -words and manner have always
been earnest and womanly.
Miss Anthony, on the other hand, has
been before the public in an attitude
more or less aggressive In advocacy of
female suffrage for half a century. She
-was the butt of ridicule for many years.
tout that era she has long outlived. She
has led the campaign for woman f-
frage in many states and gone down
to defeat smiling and still unconquered,
Like the maiden aunt of whom WWttier
sane in "Snowbound." she lias borne
steadily the part assigned to her by
Nature-
Through years of toU and soil nd care,
From glossy tress to thin gray hair.
The two women are types, the one
of loyal wifehood and tender mother
hood, the other of dignified maidenhood.
each Dossesslnjr the rift that enaeies
-woman to see beyond the narrow con
fines of Jndividaal Interests and worx
for the unfolding or the unfoldment of
the larsrer oosalbilltles of humanity.
There are other leaders In this endeavor
who are no longer young many. In
deed, -who have passed the age of
three-score and ten years, hut the drop
nlnr awav of these -will be the loss of
the two leaders who have stood longect
at the head of the column. Their ten
ure of life may yet be briefly extended.
hut their work is done.
THE FOXY BRETHREN!
The East Oregonian, Democratic pa
per of Pendleton, tells us that the Dem
ocrats of Umatilla County are to nomi
nate a -ticket for the Legislature which
will pledge the candidates to vote for
the man, for the Senate, regardless of
party, who may get the plurality in the
popular election. And it sings this
paean to the disinterestedness of Its
party, to wit:
The Democratic Legislative ticket ot this
county, whoever may be named at the pri
maries, will stand pledged to the most fear
less and unrelflth principle that ever marked
the progrets of a party, and It bodes a break
ing up of old political bonds and a reign of
the people In Oregon.
Now that is fine. It Is the expression
of the organ of a party that has every
thing to gain and nothing to Jose. Ex
cept by some subtle trick, there is no
expectation of electing Democratic
members of the Legislature In Umatilla
County. So this kind of pledge is ex
ceeding cheap. It wouldn't be kept,
there would be no thought of keeping
It for a moment, if the Democrats
should have a majority in the Legisla
ture, yet the Republicans a plurality on
the popular vote. Away with humbug!
POSTPONING THE INEVITABLE.
The United States has had a reprieve
from the threatened tariff war with
Germany, and we will continue on the
favored-nation list until June, 1907. By
that time It Is probable that the iniqui
ties of our tariff system will be so
thoroughly understood that little diffi
culty will be erperienced in making a
satisfactory and permanent agreement
with the Germans. That Germany also
has hopes for an agreement of this na
ture is reflected in the speech of Count
von Posadowsky-Welncr in the Reichs
tag Thursday. "I believe," said the
Count, "the time has come when Amer
ican citizens see 'they arc merely the
football of the great trusts." Accept
ing this view of the matter, the Reichs
tag by an overwhelming majority
passed the bill which will defer any In
terference with existing tariff relations
for more than a year.
It has, of course, been noticeable from
the beginning of the agitation over the
question that Germany was displaying
more anxiety for an amicable settle
ment of the difficulty than was appar
ent In the United States. Naturally the
inference drawn from this anxiety is
that Germany would suffer more
through severance of existing rela
tions than the United States. Accept
ing this as a fact. It is not clear that
we were justified in -refusing to modify
the demands we have made on- Ger
many In the way of excessive 'tariff
charges. The past few years have wit
nessed an enormous Increase In ex
ports from the United States, the favored-nation
clause in the German
tariff permitting us to make the most
of a great market for grain, provisions,
oil, cotton and other products of which
the United States is a heavy exporter.
American exploitation of the German
markets, especially for the dumping of
our surplus of agricultural products,
was not cordially received by the Ger
man agrarians, and from that class have
come the most Insistent demands for a
prohibitory tariff against America.
The Germans as a nation, however.
show keener commercial instinct than
the Americans, and are slow to adopt
measures which will increase the cost
and diminish the supply of many com
modities of which they are greatly In
need. They arc keenly alive to the fact
that a tariff war between two great
commercial countries will in the end
prove just as disastrous and just as
barren of results. as a trade war be
tween two rival business houses. In
extending the favored-nation privilege
for another sixteen months they have
averted a heavy loss for both countries
and prevented a rupture of trade rela
tions which in time might have been
followed by more serious complications.
Trade -wars generally lead to other
wars, for they are always precipitated
by unjust demands which the opposing
party refuses to grant.
Trade is the act of bartering or buy
ing and selling for the mutual profit of
the parties engaged in the transaction.
The seller parts with hie commodities
because it is to his advantage to do so,
and the buyer purchases for exactly the
same reason. There being a mutual In
terest served by the trade, nothing but
a mutual sentiment of good-will and
fair dealing should prevail. This senti
ment has been missing In our dealings
with Germany; and both countries have
suffered by It, and will suffer still more
if Germany should extend to us tho
same kind of tariff treatment that we
are giving her. We need a great many
articles , which Germany manufactures,
but we Injure the German manufac
turer and the American consumer by
refusing to admit them on the same
basis on which we expect Germany to
admit our exports. If Germany retali
ates by withdrawing the favored-nation
advantage from us, the American ex
porter and the German consumer will
suffer. Both Germany end the United
States have much to lose by a tariff
war, but if the trusts continue to use
the American people for a "football"
the blame for the conflict when it comes
will not rest on Germany, but on our
own high-tariff statesmen.
All legislation for the protection of
the fur seal t this late day Is a case
of locking the stable door after the
horse is stolen, but the bill introduced
by Senator Fulton to remunerate Amer
ican sealers Is an effort to recover from
the thief who stole the horse. The
highest court in the 'land decided that
the seizure of sealing schooners In
Behring Sea was illegal, and on that de
cision the United States paid the Ca
nadian sealers more than ?4MM dam
ages, and American sealers which were
seized by Russia also recovered dam
ages. Nearly twenty years have ekpsed
since some of the American scheeaers
were seized by American cutters, bt
not a penny of damages has yet been
paid ror the outrage. There are-a great
many disgraceful features in the ex
tinction of the American sealing ladtu.
try, ut nothing more disgraceful for
the American Government than re
fusal to pay for the illegal seizure of
American vessels,, although handsome
damages were paid the Canadian seal
ers whose scheoaers were seised under
exactly the same circumstances. If the
merits of Senator Fulton's bill arc un
derstood, it ought to pass without a
dissenting vote.
Victoria dispatches announce that
coas-tractloB will begin immediately on
a lightship to be anchored between
Cape Beale and Cansaa&k Feint. An
elaborate system of lighthouses has
also been planned for the entire west
coast of Vancouver Island. These safe
guards are the direct result of the Ioe
of the Valencia. The price at which
they have 'been secured baa been a fear
ful one to pay. More than 1M lives
were sacrificed in the Valencia disas
ter, which would never have happened
had there been a lightship off the north
ern entrance to the Straits. The Ore
gonian has for years called frequent at
tention to the dangerous nature of that
terrible north coast, and all the' time
the Seattle papers have religiously be
littled its dangers and thus prevented
establishment ef the much-needed
aids to navigation. The lesson of the
Valencia has been a severe one, secured
at a fearful cost, but It is already show
ing effects. It is now recognized that
there are safer stretches of water than,
those which boll around Flattery rocks
and the -west coast ot Vancouver
Island.
Let the Portland Police Department
have due credit. It has rounded up a
gang of professional cripples who came
here to work the physical-infirmity
dodge on the charitably inclined for all
there was in It. Maimed, halt and
blind, the gang was tracked to its lair
and Its professional plans laid bare to
the official eavesdropper. The result
was that the whole gang, six in num
ber, was locked up. An influx of un
fortunates of this class Is always to be
dreaded. The disguises by which they
seek to escape the -iaw against street
begging a few shoestrings or-lead pen
cils offered for sale, a wheezy accordion
grinding- out ancient tunes, or some
other equally flimsy, are easily pene
trated, and their appearance on the
street is, without exception, shocking
until by repeated shocks the sensibili
ties -become blunted and their deform
ities merely excite dtegusL The ex
clusion of such people, even If they are
legitimate residents, from the streets
has-been advised by thoughtful physi
cians as & measure of prudence easily
understood.
When KM White, of Seattle, mur
dered an innocent man in cold blood, he
was asked why he did so, and replied
that the man was slow in getting his
hands up, so that it would be safe to
rob him. For his Impatience and the
results which followed It White was
sentenced to be hanged. Now comes
the Seattle Women's Club and petitions
Governor Mead to commute the sen
tence to life imprisonment, and in their
request they are joined by a minister
of the gospel. Mawkish sentimentality
has bn th cause of a. arr&at manv
crimes against society, but In the line of
extravagant and unreasonable de
mands nothing approaching the request
of the Seattle women has been heard
of recently. If capital punishment was
ever intended for any one, it was for
just such coldblooded murderers as Kid
White, and justice will be cheated If
the sentence of the court Is Interfered
with.
One more fanciful argument for the
contention that all the members of the
Legislature are to vote for the same
candidate for the Senate, who may have
received the popular plurality. Is this:
"Parallel precisely is the case of Presi
dential Electors, who, after the popular
vote Is taken, elect tho President." Pre
clsely parallel It Is not, nor parallel In
any sense. Just the reverse. The mem
bers of the electoral college throughout
the United States vote invariably for
their respective party candidates. Par
ker got some and Roosevelt got more.
Roosevelt didn't get them all, though
he got an immense majority of the
popular vote. But he didn't get a sin
gle electoral vote more than his party
electoral vote, or the votes of those who
had been elected by his party. The al
leged "parallel" Is exactly opposite.
Count Bonl de Castellane meekly and
considerately announces that he does
not expect a large allowance from his
wife In connection with the decree of
separation. The delicate edge Is taken
off of his magnanimity by the fact that
the hardheaded American financier. Jay
Gould, hedged his daughter's inheri
tance round about with restrictions
that make it Impossible for her cx-hus
band to receive a large amount from
her in the way of an annuity. And
further, brother George is on hand to
see that the provisions of his father's
will are carried out.
General Bates, the new head of the
Army, Is the first unmarried man who
has held that position in fifty years.
It may be hoped that he will not be
flattered and cajoled (as other men nr
fthe head of the Army and Navy In re
cent years have been) Into a late mar
riage with a young woman who will
draw a pension a full generation after
his death.
We believe that our Democratic
friends who are laying so much stress
on statement No? 1 did not vote for
Geer under the Mays act, though the
popular vote for Geer was nearly unan
lmous.
Every Democrat in the state thinks It
Is the solemn duty of. every Republican
candidate to swallow statement No. 1
and all its consequences. But there
are others.
"I die an Innocent man," said Hoch.
He meant "comparatively Innocent."
He was thinking of Mr. Rockefeller at
the moment.
Roosevelt offers Arizona a "square
deal." Foraker offers her "fair play."
Both are much needed In her leading
Industry.
Judge Webster declines to enter the
Senate. He knows what evil compan
ions can do to a man.
How absurd to suspect Mrs. Gordon
of counterfeiting! She reed those tools
to make tatting.
Hoch made it quite impossible for any
cohslder&hle number of his widows to
grieve for him. ,
The Dewey has a fak chance to be
come the Flying Dutch-man ef dry.
decks.
THOUGHTS ON THINGS.
Ancient Rome bad a cesser of public
morals we haven't anything else.
One Derson will sav what he doesn't
believe because he thinks it Is the oslnlon
ef another; the other agrees with the
flat becaase he thinks it is his opiates.
a '
A man respects moat, these who re
spect him least, and conversely respects
leaa-t those who respect him mast.
A universally popular man Is one to
whom everybody feels superior.
We reward the doer of a gratuitous
favor with our suspicion.
Bvery man thinks the story of his life
woald form, a remarkable contrJeutlea to
literature.
mm
In comparing ourselves with others we
eliminate our faults and their virtues.
Vengeance is outraged vanity.
A satire on human nature Is that per
son who, by pointedly Ignoring yeu, seeks
to attract your attention.
Civilization is a bequest from one age
to the next. The duty of each age Is to
pass it on Improved.
When we are miserable we think we
shall never be' happy again; this applies
to happiness as welL
-
Some persons are always boasting of
their faults, meaning, of course, to parade
their sincerity and Ingenuousness. What
they do, however. Is to shew that their
vanity has .dsurped the ylace of their
shame.
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Before marriage people tell each other
of their virtues; after marriage, of their
shortcomings.
Modesty and conceit are merely phases
of self-consdocsness.
The wages of flattery is contempt.
Oh, cheer up!
At life's last round,
Bout all that's found . -c
Is just a mound
Of spade-turned ground.
Frankness Is the- disguise of slander.
A mean man is one who Jeans money
to his friends with the hope that they
will not repay it, so he may think 111 ot
humanity.
Call this a world of vlUlans. and every
man In It promptly agrees with you, ex
cepting only himself from the general
Indictment.
He who admires others most admires
himself least; he who admires himself
most admirers others least.
When a man thinks he knows woman,
get an alienist, quick!
Concealing what we don't know Is more
Important than exhibiting what wo do.
With some newspapers every day is a
red-letter day.
When we are conscious of a defect in
ourselves, we are determined to find Itn
everybody else.
Men call women children yet they let
women make babies of them.
Truthfulness would Immortalize any
woman for originality.
Some persona tell the truth so awkward
ly that nobody believes them.
Many believe that next to never having
loved at all. It would have been better to
have loved and lost.
The most fiendish libel yet recorded on
man is the "smart" clothing ad.
Enemies are a luxury to an Irishman.
Most men think that what mental en
dowments they don't possess above the
rest of humanity, their wives do. and that
conjointly they form an Irresistible com
blnatlon.
Definitions.
Generosity Think another's jokes as
good as your own.
Hen-pecked Husband First In peace.
last In war.
"Pull" What accounts for the success
of others-
Honesty A curious relic of barbaric
times.
Reformer A fellow who believes, reform
should not begin at' home.
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A weak man overrates his abilities In
prosperity and underrates them in ad
verslty.
Moat persons think they would have led
a better life had they got a better start.
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We - judge a man by the money he
keeps.
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Nothing Is worse than a perpetual scowl
except' a perpetual smile.
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Virtue Is defensive; vice is aggressive.
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When we are the recipients of any good
fortune, oar first thought is how we can
contrive to let our enemies learn of it.
Enemies are an advantage over friends
we know what to expect from them.
We, live yesterday and tomorrow.
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If the masculine women would marry
the effeminate men. the first would be
able to get wives, and the second hus
bands. HARRY MURPHY.
It Is Understood.
Forest Grove Times.
A Republican candidate who signs
Statement No. 1 will be very liable to be
defeated by his own part). The only safe
way is for a candidate to refrain from
signing either statement. On the stump
before his constituents he can promise
to vote for that Republican candidate who
seems to be choice of the parly in the
state. That Is a proper deference to pub
lic opinion, but to take pledge No. 1 Is
dangerous. It mignt lead to the election
of a Democrat from the streag Repub
lican State of Oregon. When the Demo
crat went to Washington be might fur
nish the one rote needed to give the Dem
ocrats a majority In the United States
Senate. A Democratic majority in the
Senate might reverse many of the most
vital policies of the National Government.
Do Oregon Republicans want to contrib
ute to such an end perhaps such a dis
aster? Some Letters the Lord Won't Bead.
nillsbere' Argus.
The Fortlarid preacher whe Induced a
ls-year-old boy to ge and drink with
courtesans and fallen men in eider to get
evidence for the Anti-Saleen League is In
a fair way to have his letters to the Lord
returned ttaopesed.
HE8MAM N0T CONSULTED.
Has No Voice In Postal Appoint
ments, Fulton Getting All.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. 23. It developed today that
Representative Hermann Is not permitted
to recommend Postmasters to offices be
coming vacant In his district, tho Admin
istration refusing to consult him while
under Indictment- All these offices, as
well as those in Eastern Oregon, are filled,
on recommendation of Senator Fulton.
REJECTS STATE SELECTION
Hitchcock Removes Obstacle to Gov
ernment's Yakima Irrigation.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 23. The Secretary of the In
terior today signed a decision in which
he declined to approve the Carey act se
lection filed by the State of Washington
embracing 53.CQ0 acres In the Yakima Val
ley, which the state proposed to reclaim
under contract with the Wasihngton Irri
gation Company. This decision removes
the last serious obstacle In the way of
the Government Irria-atlon ftlonrr thf TakU
ma River, and Is believed to Insure its
early construction.
The Secretary refuses to approve the se
lection for several reasons. The entire
flow of the Yakima River Is now being
utilized. To take part of this water to
reclaim the state selection would dispos
sess water-users whose lands are now un
der cultivation, would turn many pros
perous farms back to the desert and work
untold Injury to many prosperous, honest
farmers. The Secretary holds that there
is no enforcable contract existing between
the State of Washington and the Wash
ington Irrigation Company whereby the
company is bound to Irrigate these lands
for the state, and, inasmuch as that com
pany is anxious to sell the Sunnyside ca
nal to the Government, the Secretary rec
ognizes Its right to do ao.
The Secretary says the Reclamation
Service proposes to Impound the flood
waters at the head ot the Yakima River,
thus making It possible to reclaim a much
larger area than the state could reclaim
under Its proposed Carey act selection,
and on the theory of the greatest good to
the greatest number, he deems it wise to
reject the state selection. The Secretary
holds that the Government cannot irrigate
land for the state and permit the state
to clear J10 an acre, as proposed by Land
Commissioner Ross.
CALL RUSSLA TO ACCOUNT.
State 'Department Will Investigate
Holding Up of Postal Orders.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 23. Senator Fulton today
teok up With tho State Department nu
merous complaints that have come to him
from Portland against the Russian postal
authorities. Jews of Portland have been
sending money to their friends and rela
tives In Russia by means of International
postal orders. To their surprise, they
learn that the Russian postal authorities
are refusing to honor these orders, and
refuse to make payments.
This Is the first notice the State Depart
ment has received of this condition, and
prompt investigation will be made. In
case the Russians are in any wise at fault,
the matter will be laid before their eov
crnment through the Russian Ambassador
here.
BRISTOL CASE STILL HELD UP
Hoyt Preparing Letter Recommend
ing Action on Charges.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Feb. 23. Senator Fulton today
called at the White House to ascertain
what action, if any. had been taken on
the reply of District Attorney Bristol to
tho President's letter. The President said
he had not had an opportunity to examine
the reply; In fact. It Is still In the hands
of the Department of Justice for review
and opinion.
A letter is being prepared In the depart
ment for the signature ot the Attorney
General which will, it Is believed, recom
mend that Mr. Bristol's services- be dis
pensed with. No definite Information on
this score has been obtained, but it is re
garded as certain that. If Mr. Bristol's
explanation had been satisfactory, the
department would havo promptly cleared
him of all suspicion by making his answer
public and recommending that his nomi
nation again be sent to the Senate. Solicitor-General
Hoyt, who is examining
the case for the Attorney-General. thlnk3
that the letter of recommendation will
reach tho White House in a day or two.
New Bank at Colvillc.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 23. The First National Bank
of Colville. Wash., has been authorized to
begin business with J25.000 capital; Frank
H. Crombie, president; Hugh Waddell.
cashier.
Abram E. Miller has been appointed
regular, Harry Lohman substitute, rural
carrier, route 1, at Buckley, Wash.
MORTON PRAISES C03I3IITTEE
But Does Not Agree With All Its
Recommendations.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-resIdent
Paul Morton, of the Equitable Life As
surance Society, today made the fol
lowing statement concerning the re
port of the Armstrong committee made
to the Legislature yesterday;
I have thus far only had time to read the
report verr hurriedly. It la certainly a. moat
able and exhaustive document and shows that
the committee and Its counsel have done their
work with Treat courage. thorouKhneto and
Intelligence. For this reason I feel bound to
respect their coccluslona. notwithstanding that
I do not agree with them in some of their
recommendations. This is all I have to say in
regard to the matter at the present time.
Industrial Insurance a Fraud.
ALBANY. N. Y., Feb. 23. Industrial
insurance will be subject to a special
leRislatlve Inquiry, If a joint resolu
tion Introduced in the Senate today is
adopted. Critics of industrial insur
ance have alleged that the poor are
robbed by exorbitant weekly premiums
manifold greater than those of ordi
nary insurance.
Tho Interpretation.
Arlington Record
From a statement made by a candidate
for the Legislature in Southern Oregon
that he would vote for the candidate for
Senator having the greatest number of
votes at the primary election, regardless
of his politics. Indicates that he has a
different view of the primary law than Is
held by the people generally. Certainly
the law intends that each party can name
candidates, and the one receiving the
largest vote will be the candidate of that
party, and the legislators of that party
will be bound to vote for him as their
nominee.
Cleveland's Nephew Keeps Silent.
COLUMBUS. O., Feb. 23. W. N. Cleve
land, nephew of ex-President Cleveland,
was placed on the stand In the Attorney.
General's preliminary Investigation of th
alleged bridge trust today, but refused to
answer material questions, upon the
ground that to do so would Incriminate
himself. Mr. Cleveland la a former mem
ber ot the alleged trust.
SOME THINGS
IN THE OREGONIAN
TOMORROW
First and best, the most compre
hensive telegraphic news' service by
the Associated Press and special
. correspondents, of any Pacific Coast
newspaper; then the customary de
partments, and the best features
that can be bought.
CURING CONSUMPTION
HERE AT HOME
Fruitful work of the Portland Open
Air Sanatorium, where permanent
betterment always results when
cases are taken in time. Xlarion
MacRae writes concerning the datly
llfe of patients in tents on the bank
of the Willamette, and has a talk
with the superintending physician
and the matron. There are some
excellent Illustrations, by Mr. Rout
ledge. JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
NEWSPAPER MAKER
The most isolated, original and pic
turesque editor in the world; stead
ily pursuing his one ambition to
perpetuate the name of his father,
who founded the New York Herald.
Edward D. Cowen. who was second
in command of the new3 depart
ment, writes a human story at close
range ot tne imperious, eccentric,
independent, many-sided man who
edits his paper by cable at a dis
tance of 2000 miles. He opens tho
door of the most interesting sanc
tum in newspaperdom and shows
you its daily doings.
GROVER CLEVELAND
AT THE AGE OF 69
An appreciative correspondent
writes of our only living ex-President,
showing how he has grown in
popularity since he retired from of
Jlce. The article is Illustrated by a
very fine portrait of Mrs. Cleveland
as she looks today, and of their
home in Princeton, N. J.
RECOLLECTIONS OF
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS
With the contribution tomorrow.
Judge Williams concludes what he
has to say of legislation during the
reconstruction period and brings
his memories down to the time
when the last state that had been
in rebellion was admitted to the
Union.
THE "ROOSEVELT BEARS"
WITH CHICAGO CHILDREN
In the eighth chapter of this re
markable story. Paul Piper tells of
the bears hiring the biggest hall in
Chicago, borrowing animals from
the Zoo and giving the children the
greatest and the funniest show on
earth.
HOW POTS, PANS AND
KETTLES ARE MADE
Most folk know but little of the
manufacture of the multitude of
articles that enter into daily do
mestic life. To the present series
Mr. McClure contributes an article
on the making of teakettles, skil
lets, waffle-irons and chafling
dlshcs. Articles to follow are on
buttons and wallpaper.
HAS BRITISH RULE
HELPED INDIA?
Frederic J. Haskin, writing from
Bombay, is not able to give an af
firmative answer. He describes the
despondent helplessness of tho pro
lific millions In that empire.
TALL PRICES PAID
FOR FREAKS AND RELICS
Warwick James Price gives figures
based on actual sales, showing the
extraordinary cash value that time
gives to ancient articles of human
interest.
MERELY FOR
AMUSEMENT'
i A page of matter in lfghterveln on
various subjects:
Charles Battell Loomis continues
his gcntlo satires on certain phases
of life, under the heading. 'Tve
Been Thinking."
Obadfah Oldway. the Hoaxville
philosopher, tells how he was con
verted to the telephone.
Irving C. Norwood in "Tales of a
Texas Sheriff." shows how a Con
gressman may lack information.
"ARE OUR PEOPLE HELPLESS?"
BY LINCOLN STEFFENS
Lincoln StefTens. the famous inves
tigator of tendencies of American
political life, has no patience with
those who submit to misgovern
mcnt and then complain that they
are In the grasp 0f trusts and com
bines. He announces that he will
discuss in his letter tomorrow the
case of West Virginia, which Is in
the hands of a railroad trust which
throttles small coal shippers in the
interests of the great coal barons,
who arc partners of the railroads.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER'S
NEW YORK LETTER
The sad condition of Fannie Bloom-field-ZelsIer,
who suffered a col
lapse last week, is discussed In a
sympathetic manner by Emilie
Frances Bauer in her New York
letter. She also writes on the sim
ilar breakdown of Edward A. Mac
Dowell, the arrest of Herr Conried
for Sabbath breaking. George De
Forrest Brush's new painting and
Harold Bauer's recent concert.
LEADERS IN THE CONTEST FOR
YELLOWSTONE PARK TRIP
Politicians may be absorbed in
the primary election which is ap
proaching, but there Is another
contest in progress that is just as
exciting. And the participants
have the advantage of being young
and pretty. The Oregonian's vot-x
ing contest, by which a free trip to
Yellowstone Park will be given to
23 young women, Is taking on the
proportions of an election. The
votes of the candidates will be an
nounced tomorrow.
SPORTING NEWS OF THE
WORLD AT LARGE
Tho Sunday Oregonian's two
pages of sports will cover the-"news
of the world at large. No other
newspaper has superior facilities
for gathering, and printing sporting
news. The Associated Press and
special correspondents cover every
branch ot sports, and local writers
describe local events.
THE GREATER PORTLAND"
TREND OF THE CITY'S
GROWTH
Hardly a day passes without
some large transaction In real es
tate being chronicled. The trend
of the real estate market and the
agencies that are at work making
"The Greater Portland" will be
described in an Illustrated article.
SOCIETY, MUSIC AND
DRAMATIC REVIEWS
t Five pages of The Sunday Ore
gonian are devoted to the society,
music and dramatic departments.
Comment on the events of the past
week, announcements of coming
events, and personal notes, with
Illustrations, make these depart
ments complete in every detail.
SOCIETY GOSSIP AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Now that the Longworth-Roose-velt
wedding Is an event or the
past, Washington society has taken
up the tenor of Its dally life. The
aftcr-weddlng parties are described
In the weekly society letter of
Grace Porter Hopkins.
Not an TJnmiscd Evil.
Puck".
Mamma It you cat any more you'll be
sick. I
Johnny Well. If I'm sick I won't be
able to so to school.