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Washington, D. C. Ebbltt House, Fenn el Ivanla avenue. lonTT.AND. TUESDAY, MARCH 27. M06. PLUTOCRACY'S APPEAL TO THE SOUTH. Plutocracy is In sore straits. Con templation of its pitiabje plight can hardly fall to draw tears from the most callous observer. Plutocracy is. of rurse. Just as destitute of political lr lad pics as it is of common morality, but in the past it has been able to use both the Republican and Democratic party machinery, more or loss complete ly, for Its own cnd.. Some moderate subsidies paid by millionaires to both campaign committees, contributions from lawless corporations, a share doled out to the bosses from the loot of the Insurance companies this sufficed to make the plutocrats political mapter.s of the country so long as the people. could be hypnotized to fjliow blindly the lead of the bosses. Bt now a change comes over the spirit of thoir long, sweet dream of secure and limitless plunder. "There Is a -wave of unrest and radicalism sweep lug over the country." laments a. dis tinguished banker. The bosses are dis credited. The people are thinking for themselves. The future Is big with danger to special privilege. The bene fldnrles of -class legislation, the franchise-grabbers, the whole tribe of con federate freebooters, look forward with Increasing alarm to the next Pres idential election. The omens are threat ening. The handwriting flames upon the wall. Before the time for the next National convention the Republican wirty Is almost certain to decline their baneful alliance and resume Its historic mission as the champion of the plain people against the pretensions of spe cial privilege. In the war against the oligarchy of human slavery the Repub lican party grew to greatness; In the Woodless war against the oligarchy of privileged millionaires It may be des tined to achieve triumphs which will dim the glories of its past Mr. Roosevelt may not be the next Republcan candidate for President. His standing for a second elective term would violate no historical precedent: the people's call to him steadily grows in earnestness and volume. Still, he may not accept. Whether he accepts or not. however, the next Republican candidate will almost certainly be a man of the Roosevelt type; one who will stand for fair legislation for all lasses and equal enforcement of the Jaws.- The plutocrats foresee this. They arc convinced that if the next President Is to be -a creature of their own he must be a Democrat. "Nothing can save us," wails the plutocratic banker quoted above, "but the conservatism of the South, and to this we must make our appeal." There is no hope for them in the Republican party, for If a Re publican candidate Is elected It must be by Northern and Western votes, and those votes will not be cast for a tool of the millionaires. They turn there fore to the Democrats of the South for their man. Why to the South? For obvious rea sons. Neither Northern nor Southern Democrats will vote willingly for a Northern -plutocrat. The lamentable candidacy of Judge Parker proves that. But perhaps Southern pride and chiv alry can be fired in behalf of a South ern man, no matter what his principles and record may be. This, then, is the scheme io dangle before the South the political control of the country as a bribe and thereby hold it solid for some man like Thomas F. Ryan, of Virginia; to unite with the South the intransi gent plutocratic Northern element in both parties and thus, possibly, gain control of both the President and Con gress. In pursuance of this, scheme a Macedonian cry goes forth to the solid South: "Come over and help us," plead the quaking millionaires, "and the po litical spoils of the Nation shall be yours." It Is an alluring bait. This attempt to corrupt the political morals of half the Nation at one stroke staggers the imagination. The scheme Is brilliant in conception, daring In ef frontery, amazing in its cynical deprav ity. The man appointed by the club of plutocrats who originated it to make the first move in the game was Judi ciously chosen. Ever since he entered the arena of practlcaf politics Judge Al ton B. Parker has shown himself the able, facile and not too scrupulous tool of the privileged interests. His recent tour through the South was made as an attorney for those interests. He -was sent out by Belmont, McClellan and Ryan after a solemn conference in New York. Grover Cleveland, who draw a salary of $12,908 a year from Jtyan as "referee" lor the Equitable So- clety, haa also a voice in JL Judge Parker went South as the forlorn hope of the confederated plutocrats. His speeches -were a skillful mingling- of moral platitudes such as young Rocke feller deals out to his Bible class, of revllement for the acknowledged Dem ocratic leaders of the North and "West, and of brazen appeals to corrupt greed for political spoils. "Put in power the gang -who sent me down here," be said almost In plain word, "and the plun der of the Nation shall be yours." What more definite proposals he made In pri vate can, of course, only be imagined, but with Belmont, the bos of the New Tork traction combine, to back him, they must have been glittering Indeed. If the South barters her political vir tue for this glided lure, neither Hearst nor Bryan will be the next Democratic candidate for President, but Ryan or some man of his stamp. That will be well. The more clearly the issue be tween special privilege and popular rights is displayed In the characters of the opposing Presidential candidates the better. Plutocracy is a monster of so hideous mien as to be hated needs but to be seen. We may thank Judge Parker and his employers that they are placing the monster where It can be clearly and unmistakably seen. REMON8TRANCE BY VIOLENCE. The Oregonian has just a word to say about the invasion of its office yester day by a young ruffian who proposed to call its editors to account for their crit icisms of the gas company: It is not to be deterred from its purpose to. see that the gas company, or any other public utility corporation, Is held to strict accountabllty for its Ue of a public franchise not to be deterred by vio lence. Inspired or volunteered, on the part of the gas company's friends, em ployes or sympathizers. A vicious young bully, by name John son, by nativity a South Carolinian, in the employ of Teal & Minor,, about 22 years of age, of muscular and athletic build, came into the office for the ob vious purpose of assaulting Mr. Scott, the editor. Mr. Scott is absent from the city. Without provocation he attempt ed violence on another editor who was seated In his chair. He was ejected without 'much damage to anybody. Mr. Teal, who is the attorney for the gas company, disavows, all responsibility for the attack, and deplores the whole af fair. It may be assumed that Mr. Teal will join In the effort to punish through due procesH of law his clerk, who so misused his employment and outraged his employer by assuming in this vio lent manner to champion his cause. Johnson himself is nothing, and the in cident might be passed without notice except that it illustrates In a most striking and significant manner the methods employed by our Portland plu tocrats, or some of them, to crush all opposition to their methods and to ac complish their alms at any cost. John son was merely a hired roan. He was and Is in the employ of the gas com pany's chief attorney, who repudiates his acts, and he appears to enjoy the confidence of Mr. Adams, president of the company, who received the young bully Jn his office after the aHalr. The hired men who run the evening organ for the plutocrats contributed their part to make It appear that the other hired man. Johnson, had called at The Ore gonian office on a mere errand of polite remonstrance and had there been made the victim of a most vicious and cow ardly assault. It is dirty business all round. This is by no means the end. WHEATS STATISTICAL POSITION. Nearly a month has elapsed since the American Society of Equity, with a membership of 200,000 farmers, decided that 51 per bushel was the proper price for wheat. A proclamation to that ef- feet was Issued with instructions that all members of the society hold their grain until the figure named had been reached. Wheat, which was then sell ing around S3 cents per bushel, has since declined about 6 cents per bushel, and, despite spasmodic efforts to regain a higher level, has remained around the bottom figures reached for nearly fortnight. Not only has the price steadfastly remained at a figure nearly 25 cents per bushel under the minimum rate -established by the Society of Equity, but there Is very little prospect for an Improvement unless It comes very quickly. The weekly statistics ap peering yesterday were all Inclined to bearishness, the American visible sup ply for the first time at a corresponding date in the past five years showing an increase. This Increase was slight, amounting to but 57,000 bushels; but this is not the time of year when Increases in the vis! ble supply are expected, the decrease last year at this date amounting to 1,168.000 bushels. The visible supply now stands at the highest figure reached since 1902, amounting to 47.329, 000 bushels, compared with 32,818,000 bushels on the same date last year. The substantial proportions of the American visible supply, together with the large amount believed to be in farmers' hands, constitute the weak features or the market at the present time. There Is more wheat in the United States than is required for hom consumption, and it must either be marketed abroad 'or carried over Into next season. In either case it is bound to act unfavorably on the market so long as it is in existence. The European countries have this season been taking much more Amer ican wheat than they took last season. Since July 1, 1905, nearly 50,000,000 bush els more have been exported from this country than -were sent out during th same period In the preceding season The shipments from the United Stjate? and Canada for the week ending last Saturday amounted to 2,393.000 bushels, compared with but little over 3,000,000 bushels for the corresponding week in 1905. Were It not for the rather weak statistical position of the cereal In this country, it would undoubtedly be pos' slble to infuse a little more life into th foreign markets. With the single ex ception of the United States, all the principal exporting countries of the world last "week made smaller ship ments. than on the same week one year ago. The total from these countries one year ago was 10,184.000 bushels, of which the United States shipped only about one-tenth. Last week the ship ments were 8.641,000 bushels, of which nearly one-third was sent from the United States. Russia, the Argentine. Austria and the Danublan ports last week all lell vshort of the shipments made one year ago in a corresponding period, and In dia, which a year a"go was shipping from 1.0W.0W to 2M9.9W "bushels per week, haa fallen away to practically nothing. While- the Argentine's weekly shipments since January 1 have not reached as great as. amount in the ag gregate as for a corresponding period la?t year, it is known beyond question rtiat the crop now coming to market ex ceeded by a great many million bush els any of Its predecessors, and Russia, In spite of her difficulties, seems to have a considerable surplus available for shipment. Another feature, which is bound to play havoc with the dollar-a-bushel price in this country, is the near approach of another harvest. It will only be about six weeks before the early wheat districts of the United States will be sending wheat to market. The amount of this early wheat that will be available might not be suffi cient to smash a corner In May wheat, but It will have a sentimental effect on the market, and It will be followed by a steadily increasing stream of the cereal. It Is in the power of Mr. Ar mour, aided by the American Society of Equity, to force the May option up to ;i per bushel, but the difficulty in main taining that price until the big surplus can be unloaded is so great that there is not much likelihood of the deal being attempted. THE FRUITS OF PRIVILEGE. Since Preston Brooks, Congressman from South Carolina, made his murder ous assault upon Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber, fifty years have elapsed; but the spirit of some sons of the Palmetto State has not changed for the better. Murder, or assault with murderous intent. Is still a preferred method of settling all differences of opinion proided the assault can be made from the rear and when the vic tim Is seated. Brooks stole upon Sum ner from behind, when the Massachu setts Senator was seated at his desk, and got In his deadly work with a club. The politicians of his native state unan imously admired his courage and chiv alry. Johnson, the local thug who Invaded The Oregonian office breathing slaugh ter against the editor, was less suc cessful than Tillman, who shot Gon zales, of the Columbia State, but the fault was not his. How far he would have gone if he had not been overpowered, nobody can say. He lacked neither the murderous passion nor the inspiration to carry his assault its natural outcome. That he was directly employed by any persons or corporations to inflict bodily harm upon the editor who had exposed their nefarious deeds need not be supposed. "We'd fix that editor if we had him iij South Carolina." Some such remark as this Johnson has doubtless heard re peated dozens of times during the prog' ress of recent events. "He ought to be shot down as Gonzales was," Is an- pther observation which probably has often been uttered in Johnson's hear ing. If he should boast on these occa sions of his albllty to "do up" the of fending editor who had blazoned the misdeeds of the first families before the public, the reply would be. "Why don't you do it. then? Go ahead and show what state 3'ou're from." Wrought up by such suggestions as these from persons whom he admired on account of their social prestige and to whom he is, perhaps, under obliga tions, Johnson finally reached a pitch of loyal frenzy which hurried him away to his murderous undertaking Hannilv for him, his attempt was not at all successful. Though the law ought not to spare him the consequences of his act. he Is less guilty morally than those who may have utilized his hotheaded folly to gratify their own malice. Spe cial privilege driven to bay is capable of terrible deeds to retain its power. It makes use of any and every instru ment which can serve Its ends. John son's assault'upon the editor may be not without its use if it demonstrates to the. public what the real spirit of mo nopoly is and what conduct It Inspires, directly or Indirectly, in its retainers ana nangers-on. uy tneir fruits ye shall know them. A MATTER OF PRUDENCE. The case of supposed diphtheritic poisoning, affecting not only human be ings. but chickens and birds, on a farm near Munkers. Linn County, will no doubt b thoroughly investigated. If It has not been already, by officials of the State Board of Health. If reports In regard to It are correct, or even ap proximately so, the matter Is not only distressing; It Is alarming as suggestive of a grave menace to people In the vi cinity of the McLaln farm. If the cause of the sudden death of Mrs. Mc Laln and her little daughter, as well as a large number of chickens and birds on the farm, was diphtheria, the type Is a most malignant one and its source should not be far to seek. It is a fact well known that domestic fowls can and do contract some of the filth diseases that, under favorable con ditions, develop In human beings. That birds, driven by stress of weather, such as prevailed for ten days following the first week In March, seeking food In barnyards and dooryards, would be subject to a contagious disease that ex isted among the fowls with which they fed, is entirely reasonable. But that persons of ordinary intelligence from a sanitary point of view, observing these conditions, did not take the alarm until death overtook them, though distress ing throat trouble was present, almost passes belief.' The case Is certainly a strange one, but, so far as the domestic fowls were concerned in it, not more so than were experiences of a similar nature on a farm In Benton County several years ago. The disease In the latter case was of a tuberculous nature, the fowls hav ing contracted it through the careless ness of persons having a consumptive patient In charge. While the hog is theoretically or proverbially the filthiest of animals raised for human consump tion, chickens, as everybody knows who has raised them, are really less discrim inating in the matter of food than the hog. They are equally voracious, and, when underfed, as are most barnyard and dooryard fowls," between seasons. they eat everything that comes their way, that can be distorted or converted into food. If by this means they con tract any malignant disease, they are especially dangerous, because they are so easily handled and so certain to be handled by care taking women and sym pathetic children. If In this instance, therefore, it Is found that the chickens died of a diph theritic affection, It will be clear that the child who died the day following the one in wnicn sne ounea two dozen or more of the dead fowls, and the woman who died the day preceding, af ter having been "doctoring" the fowls, contracted the deadly disease from them. It will then be the part of the health efflcers to trace th disease no longer mysterleus to Its source, and to take sach measures as are available to protect Out aHnmunlty froai. its spread. The lswofl in all of this, however, isj one of the abstract science of cleanli ness and of the simple virtue of pru dence. No such disease springs spon taneously from the soil or makes of un polluted water or food a carrier. A sick chicken should not be allowed to droop and die in the flock, and if a number of 'fowls die from an unknown cause their bodies should tie burled without closer handling than that which can be ac complished by a long-handled rake with which they may be drawn upon the funeral pyre. The ignorance that per mitted a child to gather up and bury a number of chickens that had evidently perished from an epidemic, plainly of the throat. Is simply amazing. The les son In this case is first one of preven tion through cleanliness, and again of prudence in disposing of the bodies of any creatures about the farm that die of any disease whatever. Details in this case may have been magnified through the excitement in the neighbor hood caused by the sudden deaths of the McLalns mother and child but tne precepts of cleanliness In th case of poultry and of prudence In disposing of the bodies of any creatures that die ot disease on the farm are always timely, and the necessity of regarding them can hardly be overestimated. A proclamation for offering to home stead, mineral and other forms of en try of the Crow reservation In Montana is being prepared for the President's signature. This land, comprising a million and a half acres, lies in the great and resourceful Valley of the Yellowstone. The date of the opening is not yet fixed, but all preliminaries of allotment have been complied with. The event will attract the usual num ber of speculators, townslte locators. mineral land grabbers and homestead filers. The usual methods, designed to give all an equal chance In what is little else than a great National raffle or lottery, will be followed, and In due time another "land opening," with Its disappointments, its excitement and its confusion, will pass Into history. Much of this vast body of land Is not arable; much can be made arable by Irrigation, and some of It Is useless, except as it may be found to be rich in minerals. All of It Is picturesque in location and dominated by long, severe T inters. deep snows and short Summers, re markably productive, the heat of which is tempered by frequent thunderstorms. Not a bad climate, perhaps, when one is used to It, but persons who have spent ten years, more or less, on the Pacific Coast would not enjoy It. The story of delinquent children is. as often as told, practically the same. Judge Frazer, whose experience In the Juvenile Court covering a period of a few months has brought him in contact with 700 children who. In a greater or less degree, fall under this head, sounds the old warning, saying: "The dangers that surround a growing child are not fully appreciated by many par ents. They allow boys and girls to go out alone to theaters and other amuse ment resorts, and then wonder why they go to the bad." This, he added, is simply a matter of carelessness upon the part of parents. It would seem, with an army of 700 children appear ing before the court for reprimand or counsel within a few months, that par ents of this city should awake to the sense of responsibility required and re strain the liberty which Is so detrl mental to boys and girls who have not yet come to years of discretion. Judge Frazer says truly that the need for greater parental care cannot be empha sized too strongly. If the proposed steamboat enterprise on the Deschutes River becomes a real ity, one more will be added to the list of navigable streams In Osegon. The stretch of water on which it is proposed to run steamers Is only thirty miles In length, but It Is flanked by a country rich In natural resources and scenic beauties'. If Mr. Harriman ever builds his proposed Central Oregon extension through to Bend, he will open up .for pleasure-seekers as well as agricultur ists and timber men a portion of the state which will prove a pleasant sur prise to thousands of Oregonlans who do not yet appreciate to the fullest ex tent the wonders of their state. Sentiment In favor of preserving Cas tle Rock, one of the scenic attractions of the Colnmbla River, has Its Innings one day commercialism the next. "It Is vandalism," cries sentiment, "to shat ter this great rock in order to secure stone for building purposes," and the sympathetic public of two states re sponds "Aye." "If the progress of the Northwest in material things demands it, the rock must be taken down," calm ly answers commercialism, and the public answers again, only less feebly, "Aye." It Is not hard to predict the outcome when these twp forces clash. The rifle or pistol is only less danger ous in the hands of a young child than in those of the deperado. The unerring ami of the latter is matched in accu racy by the gleeful purpose of the for mer to "scare somebody." The latest illustration of this fact comes In a dis patch from an Idaho town In which a child 4 years old discharged a rifle, hav ing first playfully pointed It at his mother, with fatal effect. The pity of an Incident of this kind almost out weighs the calamity that it causes. A French firm has built for the Rus sian government an armored automo bile which carries a Hotcbklss gun that fires 500 shots per minute and can be used with accuracy while the car is moving at full speed over a rough coun try. This machine ought to prove very attractive for the wild scorchers who with the ordinary machines kill only those who attempt to use the highways where the scorchers are speeding. We shall probably hear next from the gas company's organ that Johnson, the thug, was Inveigled from the streets up into the editorial rooms of The Or ego nlan, and there, while courteously re monstrating with one of the editors, who was seated, was subjected to a most Infamous assault by the sitting editor. If the protege of C. F. Adams and J, N. Teal, the man who visited,The Ore gonian yesterday to "clean out" the office, will call again he will receive his hat and umbrella, which he neglected to take with him when he retired. Worse Yet. La Vlda Galantc. Tom How'a our old friend Dick? Harry Don't speak ef him poor fellow. Tom Wht Is ae dead 7 Harry Worse than that. Tom Heaveas! What has happened to him? Harry He'a run off wit a my wife! THE SILVER LINING. By A. H. Ballard. Miss Hot Ice Water. (Of "Miss New York. Jr.." Company.) Wiora, you inflammatory Siren of Hungarian story. Radiator of white heat. Limit where all limits meet. The roan who had you for a wife Would need no cook-stove all his life: The eyes that gleam from out your head Would fry the bacon, bake the bread; Put you In the Arctic Ocean. It will change to boiling motion: You turn Ice-water steaming hot. Your lips would melt an Iron pot. Instigator of a riot. When you appear wc can't be quiet. Verve you have and facile art To stir the feelings; break the heart. Dancing, prancing, madly glancing, Slnuourf-movtng. soul-entrancing, Model of a perfect grace. Flame enough to singe my face; Your Hungarian Gypsy dance Is the world, the flesh, the devil and France! It Is often that our enemies, by spread ing our fame, assist in our success. As a man becomes- more and more crooked he becomes more and more cow ardly. You never can build yourself up by tearing some one else down. Take hold with all your force. Empty vessels never know enough be silent. to Rain, tornadoes, sleet, snow, sunshine and balmy airs March, we salute you. What, oh what, will the next minute bcl A flg for the earth's properties. My life for principle. Blessed be the malicious liar, for he kills himself. Success implies Joy In your work, and Joy means better work tomorrow. Society is pretty nearly ready to break out again. I wonder if they will have it bad this year? Gloomy weather intensifies the long ing for sunny days and sunny doings. Summer will be here soon. In a few days fasting will give place to something fast. Life Is a search for our own for those whose hearts beat In unison with ours, who respond to the same vibra tions. Men are tuned to a certain key. Those tuned to F do not respond when you strike G. Our own are those who are In our own key. There Is no copyright on good will. Use it. There Is nothing quite so hygienic as truo friendship. It means an even pulse, clear eyes, good digestion and sound sleep. . . Many men are credited with having sporting- blood in their veins, when an analysis would show that it is noth ing but booze In the blood. Definitions. (Tips on the Race of Life.) Plenty Means the supply of star actresses.- Too much Supply of star actors. Black Plague The world's accumu lation of stage-struck girls. statesman A man who aspires to be a politician. politician A graduated statesman. Grafter A post-graduate politician. Birth Thats when we begin the trouble. Death Something that will happen to all. and which in many cases we would like to hasten. Work Something everybody has and nobody wants. Riches Something we strive for al ways, and seldom get until It Is too late to help us much. Training: of 3IIIUonaircs. Everybody's. While the hostess of this establishment Is playing her Infinitely complex part, her children are being assiduously trained to flu, when their time shall come, roles just as difficult. It often happens that there Is an almost utter lack of personal rein tlon between them. A millionaire mother thinks nothing rf placing the width of the continent or the Atlantic between herself and her 6-months-old baby. Expertly trained maids and nurses are left in charge, and a daily dispatch tells her all she needs to know and frees her from undue anxiety. When thej- get a little older these babies begin a training as rigid as that ot princes and princesses. A long line of Instructors visit the house daily. Music lessons, dancing lessons, lan guage lessons, riding lessons, walks, rec reations, parties, crowd to overflowing the hours of every day. A little boy. al most a baby, whose brief life had been spent under these hurried, nerve-racking conditions, used to go once in a while to the superintending housekeeper, of whom he was very fond, and say: "Miss C may I come Into your room and play? I have just IS minutes to spare." Hardwick in Hard Luck. Exchange. Representative Hardwick. from Georgia. was recently traveling In a Pullman car. Hardwick Is the smallest man in the House. The presence ot a negro passen ger gave him great concern, and after the negro had gone into the dlnlng-car and eaten his dinner, sitting near the Georg ian, the Georgia member went to the con ductor and asked that the negro be put out of the car. "We can't do that, sir." the conductor answered. "Well, If that fresh nigger gets near me I'm going to wipe up the car with him." declared the Georgian; "I won t have him around me. Everything went along peacefully enough. the negro sitting In his seat and inter fering with no one. "Who la that black rascal?" asked the Southern member of the porter, after a time. "Who? Him?" asked the porter; "boss, dat's Joe Gans, the pugilist." Frlck Buys Carnegie's Pride. Pittsburg Dispatch. The announcement is made that H. C. Frick has bought the Carnegie building in Pittsburg. Pa., for JI.500,000. It has not been many years since Frick. after his row with Carnegie, in anger announced that he would "make the Carnegie build. Ing look like a bake oven." and he has almost kept his word, for he has erected sky-scrapers around It. cutting off the liKht which was counted on wnen this 12- story structure, the first In Pittsburg, was erected. The Frick building and the Frick an nex tower above It seven stories, and on them Mr. Frick has spent about lw.OW.600. Got Her Dates 3Ilxed. Le Hire. "You know. Entile dear "What! Emll! You mean Charles " "Of course, how stupid I. am, I thought today was Wednesday." VOICE OF THE COUNTRY PRESS Snow Helps Good Harvest. Baker Cits Democrat. The fast-melting snow Is going into the ground, and a good water year will result. which means that the farmer and placer miner will enjoy & bountiful harvest. First Know Your Man. Albany Democrat. Business men need continually to look before they leap In the small affairs of the day, particularly the cashing ot checks In the hands of men without established reputations. Editorial on Par with Streets. Baker City Herald. This Is a editorial". It is written to con form with our streets. Tho streets are sloppy and the editorial may be sloppy. but there is one bright consolation it ain't sloppy overhead. March Curried Wrong Way. Medford Mail. Uncle Fred Barneburg When you curry a horse the wronjr way he looks and acts like the dickens. That's what's wrong with this month o March someone has curriea it me wrong way. Public Sentiment for Law. La Grande Observer. There is no mistaking the fact that public sentiment all over the . Pacific Northwest is much more Intent upon the enforcement of law than ever be fore. The "Wild and Wooly West" Is a thing of the past. Able to -Sit Up, Thanks. Pilot Rock Record. The name Pilot Rock should not be con founded with that of Castle Rock. There is no attempt being made to sell Pilot Rock. In fact, lots that are assessed at 51 each are not for sale. Pilot Rock is not experiencing a boom, neither Is it on tho bum. It la holding Its own. thank you. "Man's but the Guinea Stamp." Hoquiam Washlngtonian. A strong editorial is republished from The Oregonian today, dedicated to a cer tain Mr. Rockefeller. The sentiment of the editorial is true, and the day will come when men ot such enormous wealth will be looked upon with grave suspicion, and it will be a greater honor to be known as poor and honest, as compared with the station of the billionaire. No Boom but Sure Growth. Albany Democrat. The Democrat expects to see Portland a city ot SOO.O00 people within a few years, doubling its present population. There are many things to indicate this. The present development along industrial lines makes It plain that much may be expect ed. Sometimes it looks as if there was simply a boom on. but undoubtedly it means a good deal more than that, and has a permanent character to It. Queen Springs Snow Coat. Prescott Spectator. Robed in garments of beautiful verdure. trimmed with fragrant fruit blossoms. virgin Spring was reigning happily in this good land, while her subjects, under the spell of her benign sway, were radiant and happy. Forth from the frozen north suddenly came bleak, angry and sullen Winter, and with a wild, terrifying howl pounced upon the gentle maiden and strangled the life out of her, and burled her poor body under a bank of snow. Dis posing of the queen, the demon took un disputed reign over her frightened and shivering subjects, and for several days kept them busy looking for a warm spot and talking about the prospects of having to reseed their crops. Ach du lieber! It was a nasty piece of business, and we hope the kind fates will soon reincarnate the gentle queen and restore her to her land and people. Upward Trend in Politics. Davenport (Wash.) Times. some or tne wnitman uounty papers are trying to get together on the question of divorcing party politics from the busi ness of conducting a country newspaper. and on all sides It is a question that is receiving much attention. The time, per haps, will never come when the country editor will not and should not interest himself in political questions and speak his mind, but there Is a growing belief that he should not lend himself too freely to the support of candidates merely be cause they chance to be on his ticket 'There may be special times ana cases when the publisher Is justified In putting up a robust flght for certain candidates, which should always be aside from any question of personal advantage now or hereafter, but It Is neither good business, Kood politics, nor good morals for country editors to break their necks legging for certain tickets, where there is really not much at stake for anybody except the men who are after the jobs. As a Woman Sees It. Tales. Teacher "What is the future tense of the verb 'to lover " Apt Pupil "To marry," of course! An Old Sweetheart of Mine. James Whltcomb Riley. As one who con at evening o'er an album alt alone. And muees on the faces of the friends that he has known: So I turn the leavea of Fancy, till In shad ovrv deslen. I find the smiling feature or an old aweet heart of mine. The lamplight seems to glimmer with flicker of surprije. As I turn It low. to rest me ot the dazzling In my eyes. And light my Pipe la silence, save a sigh that seems to yoke Its fate- with my tobacco, and to vanish with the smoke. TIs a fratcrant retrospection, for the loving thoughts that start Into being, are Hk perfumes from th blcxsom of the heart: And to dream the old dreams over, is luxury divine, . When my truant fancle wander with that old sweetheart of mine. A fac ot Illy beauty, with a form of airy grace. FloaU out of my tobacco as the genii from the. vase; And I thrill beneath tne glances or a pal of azure eyes. As glowing as the Summer and as tender aa me iu. I can see the pink sunbonnet and the llttl checkered dress She wore when first X kissed her, and sh answered the caress; With the written declaration that, "As surely as the Tine Grew 'round the stump." she loves n that old sweetheart of mine. And again I feel the pressure of her slender little hand. As we used to talk together of the future we had planned. When I should be a poet, and with nothing else to ao But write the tender verses that aha set the music to. t. And I should be her lover forever and day. And she my faithful sweetheart till the golden hair was gray; And we should be so happy, that when either Up were dumb, They would not smile la heaven till the others kisses come. But, Ah! My dream Is broken by a step upon tne siair; Asd the door Is softly opened, and ray wife Is standing there; ytt wiui eagerses asa rapture all my visiosj x resign. To greet the Ilvtag presence of tsiat old awtetheart ex raise. PRIVILEGE AND CORRUPTION F. C. Howe In "The City" (Scribner's). An examination of the conditions in city after city discloses ono sleepless Influence that Is common to them all. Underneath the surface phenomena the activity of privilege appears, the privilege' of the street railways, the gas. the water, the telephone and electric-lighting companies. The connection of these industries with politics explains most of the corruption. It explains the power of the boss and the machine: it suggests the explanation of the indifference of the "best" citizen and h!3 hostility to democratic reform. More over. It throws much light on the excel lence of some departments of city llfo and the inefficiency of others, for the in terest of the franchise corporations is centered In the Council in the executive departments, and In the tax assessors. It does not extend to the schools, parks and fire department-departments which are free from the worst forms of corruption. But the City Council awards franchises. It Axes the terms and the regulations un der which the franchise corporations use the streets. "The executive enjoys the veto power. He controls permits, and ex ercises an influence upon the Council and public opinion. The assessor determines the appraisal of nroDem- ax woli as th taxes to be paid. AH these powers are of great Importance, and their control of great value. The privilege of tax evasion may amount to hundreds ot thousands of Qouars a year. In the larger cities it Is measured by millions. In 1003 the special franchises Of thtntihl!r sorvl Mmnra. tl0nJ5Jn Greater New York were appraised at 23o,lSU23. This valuation is rnnf.ori. Inadequate, and vet even It esranorf taxation prior to the passage of the Ford franchise law, assessing the franchise as property. It would seem to be a nil nf unnral pplicatlon that whate-er is of necessity monopoly ShOUld be a nilhH mnnnnnU- Private monopoly and political llhertv seem to be irreconcilable. It Is because of tne conflict between them that our poli tics have suffered along with our con venience. We have attemnted to rcrnn. cile these two forces, with the result that uoeriy is lost in the contest. There Is abundant evidence that street raiiwav fares under municipal ownership could be reduced to 3. Dosalblv Germany thej- have been cut down to 2& cents, while in England, where fares are adjusted by the zone system, the average paid In many cities is much less. In Glas gow, the average fare is 11 cents. Tn 1894 rates were reduced 33 per cent. Since mat time the lines hav Jippm itrn- qulpped and creatlv extended, while th number of passengers carried Increased in eigne years from S6.50O.C0O to 177,000.000, or a growtn or 100 per cent. Yet the net earnings of the Glaseow svstem. after all allowance for working expenses and necessary maintenance, were Jl.7eo.0rt !n 1S03. In the Cities Of Xew York- nnrl PIpvb. land, where an agitation has been on for tne puoiic ownership ot electric light and power, it has been shown by reports of expert engineers that current could be produced and sold the consumer at 3 cents a kilowatt hour. This is from one-half to one-fifth what Is usually charged by pri vate companies. Artificial gas Is sold in the United States at from 75 cent3 to ?2 per 1000 cubic feet. tne average charge being in the neighbor hood of S1.23. In Great Britain the rate In the municipal plants averages 64 cents thousand, while In a number of cities It Is as low as 50 cents. The by-products ot coal gas have become so valuable that the gas Itself is said to cost but little In the mains. If this be true, nubile own ership would greatly reduce the cost of light and fuel, while the problem of smoke abatement would be open to solu tion through the use of gas as fuel. .Moreover, many things arc Doasible through public management that cannot be achieved through private control. The streets and public ways can be better lighted, while the use ot gas can be great ly extended among the poor. For the citv can adjust the rates, payments and; con ditions of use so as to promote the con venience of the user. This is the policy adopted In Great Britain, where one per son out of every five uses gas in cities. ine use oeing promoted by municipal co operation in many ways. The taxation of ground rents does not Increase rents nor the cost of living. It merely shifts the burden on him who en joys the benefits. It cannot be shifted to anyone else. It Is like special assess ments for paving, sewers and the like. From this source all of the needs of the city can be satisfied. In many communi ties this principle has already been rec ognized. The City of Liverpool receives ?5O0,00O annually from the lease of Its common land. In certain cities In Ger many. It has become the policy to buy up surrounding land In advance of the city's growth, and thus retain the benefits and the unearned Increment of the citv's expansion. How much farther the city will go In its activities Is a matter of conjecture. That the educational development will continue Is indicated by the impulse It has received In recent years, as well as the jealousy on the part of the public of anything which Impairs Its efficiency. The same Is true of the public libraries, which are being supplemented In many cities by art galleries, public lectures and concerts. The educational and recreative features of the twentieth-century city are assured, and these on a higher plane of efficiency as well as on a broader basis of culture than has anywhere yet been attempted It our own cities are to follow the ten dencies In England. Germany. France and Belgium, it is likely that such functions will be greatly extended. Foreign cities are already going In for municipal milk bureaus, the supply of coal, for saving banks, not to speak of many enterprises of a purely competitive and commercial sort. Reign of the Molly Mngulres. Everybody's. For IS years, from 1S61 to 1S75. the Molly Magulres reign of terror lasted. It was a'crlmlnally unjust retribution, even for the wrongs that capital had Inflicted; and it made the situation of labor far wor3e in the end. By a flawless system of in timidation, the sovereign "Mollies" prac tically dictated labor matters throughout the Pennsylvania anthracite region. In many cases they were able to triple wages; they regulated the amount of la bor: and they appointed or deposed .men at pleasure, either by threats, injury or assassination. Every "Molly" stood ready to murder it his superiors so ordered. Warning, it Is true, was usually sent to the Intended victim In the form of a crude drawing of a coffin, with the print ed legend, "This Is your house"; but there was no evading the sure and stealthy vengeance of the "Mollies' " too experi enced weapons. And so completely under cover were their entire proceedings that in the famous trial In 1S76, when 19 ring leaders were condemned to death, the ex tent of the association's power and de pravity became known to a horrified pub lic for the first time. Most's Paper to Die. New York Sun. A well-known anarchist, who was one of Most's intimate friends, says that Most's organ, the Freiheit. will be al lowed to die with Most. This, he said, was what Most would have wished him self, and was the desire of August Lott, Most's successor, who assisted him in bringing out the Freiheit. "The Freiheit represented Most's per sonal ideas," he said, "and I don'-t believe Most, If he had been, consulted, would liave wanted It to be kept alive after him. In a week or two another organ for the anarchists will be established." For the last year or -two the Freiheit had been waning. It grew smaller and smaller, until It was only one-half its former size. Anarchy began to die in this city when" the anarchists realized that in cendiary utterances meant arrest and imprisonment.