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PORTLAND. FRIDAY, APRIL 6. 166.
MR. TAFT AT TCSKEGKE.
The anniversaries of the Tuskegee In
stitute are events of National Import
ance, for they mark the progress of the
application of a great idea by a great
man to the solution of problems under
lying the mental, moral and economic
welfare of the negro race. At the cele
bration of the twenty-fifth anniversary,
which- has Just occurred, addresses were
made by several men of distinction,
among them Mr. Taft, who spoke of the
history of the negroes in America and
their probable future. Set free at the
lose of the war, without property or
education, Mr. Taft remarked, the ne
sro differed little from primeval man
4n his Ignorance of the demands of civ
ilized life and his hopeless inability to
meet them. The constitutional amend
ments made to protect him proved more
or less nugatory; the right of suffrage
Incautiously bestowed upon him he
abused, and finally lost wholly or in
part; he declined to work steadily: his
family morality was deplorably low: his
religion was mere animal excitement: !
and the large sums contributed for his
education by philanthropists produced
results which awakened despair rather
than hope-for his future.
Such was the condition of the negro
race, bad from every point of view and
growing worse, when Booker Washing
ton began his salutary labors. Mr. Taft
well said that if (Hampton School, in
Virginia, had done nothing else than to
graduate thl extraordinary genius. It
would have justified Us existence. Born
in a squalid hut of a black mother and
n unknown father, in his early boy
hood some Influence which, for lack of
a better title, we may name the voice
of God. called him to the salvation of
his race. Something told him of his
kinship with the ethnic heroes. He felt
the Indomitable impulse of high ambi
tion. He dreamed in the sunshine be
fore his mother's oabln the same noble
dreams that came to Lincoln as he
pored over his geometry by the light of
the pitch knot when his day's work was
done, and to Booker Washington it has
been given to lake up and bring to suc
cess those purposes of Lincoln for the
welfare of the negro which his untimely
death aborted for a generation.
Penniless and friendless, as he tells in
his autobiography. Booker Washington
walked hundreds of miles to study at
the Hampton Institute. He fought a
fight for his education which has hardly
a parallel in the lofty annals of heroic
endeavor. Samuel Johnson starling at
Oxford was not more resolute. Benja
min Franklin mastering the wlnSom of
all time while he tolled- for his daily
bread was not more persevering. No
difficulty discouraged the negro boy; no
hardship daunted him. He left Hamp
ton -a scholar and a gentleman to begin
his life work at Tuskegee. He opened
his school In a little building with thirty
students and no funds. Now It ts
housed in noble structures; Its endow
ment can scarcely be less than a million
dollars, and 1400 students greeted Mr.
Taft when he rose to make his speech.
It Is all the work of Booker Washing
ton, and he has accomplished it through
the creative force of an idea.
-In all that, one may say, there Is
nothing uniquely great. Other men
have founded successful schools and
collected large endowments. The
iiehlevement is worthy, but by no
means uncommon. Very true; but Tus
kegee is more than a school. It is a
regenerative idea made manifest in a
Jiving institution. Where Mr. Wash
ington got the idea neither himself nor
anybody else fully knows. Perhaps his
own experience gave him glimpses of
it; perhaps General Armstrong, the
brave pioneer of Hampton, taught him
some vestiges; perhaps a study of the
failure of 'all previous efforts to uplift
the negro race may have shown him the
way to succeod. But why was he the
only man who could learn the lesson?
No matter where the idea came from.
Booker Washington apprehended It
completely and applied It resolutely.
Like all germ thoughts, It is easy to
Plate The one condition precedent to
all human progress is economic inde
pendence. "He saw clearly," says Mr.
Taft, "that the only hope of his race
was economic Independence," and fur
ther on he adds the corollary that from
economic independence surely come in
dependence of thought and action. The
truth Is no more applicable to negroes
than white men. Tuskegee makes it
the first an4 fundamental duty of edu
cation te free the human, being from
economic slavery. All liberty, mental,
spiritual an political, grows out of this
primal and .baste emancipation. Negro J
education has been a partial failure
everywhere except at Tuskegee- because
it has. Ignored this elementary truth. It
has tried to tmiM without atn4it&J'l Jftuknd ko:-i th. tta
Family life has been unstable among
the negroes because they have not yet
acquired the concept and secure owner
ship of private property. Fidelity te
the marriage bond depends upon the
will, ability and opportunity to earn a
livelihood. "Where individual ownership
of property Is absent, sexual morality
Is always unstable. This te no more
true of negroes than of whites.
All other modern education falls more
or less completely exactly where the
scholastic education of the negroes
failed. It begins where it ought to
leave off. It neglects the 'fundamental
duty of making the citizen economical
ly independent, and treats even child
as If he were to live upon somebody
else's labor instead of his own. .The
error is pernicious. It strikes at the
roots of civilization. We need some
educational prophet who will make the
dogma of economic Independence as
vital and potent In white schools as
Booker Washington has made It among
the negroes.
MONTUY THAT NOBODY WANTS.
Consider the singular dilemma of
Portland's City Treasurer. He has on
hand something less than $1,000,000 in
cash, which he doesn't know what to
do with. He cannot keep it In the pub
lic vaults because they are not perfectly
secure, and the risk is therefore too
great. He cannot turn it over to a pri
vate custodian with a strong box, be
cause It would be against the law. The
local banks want little or none of it be
cause of the unusual conditions they
are required to meet under the extra
ordinary act of the last Legislature,
placed on our statute-booksbVcause of
the bland representations and ingenu
ous urgency of Speaker Mills, president
of the First National Bank. To be
sure, one local bank has offered to take
1200,000 and to put the necessary $250.
000 security in local bonds. That bank,
through some fortunate combination
of circumstances, simply happens to te
able to comply with the unusual terms
of the law. None of the other banks
can meet them, or, if thej can, none
wilL Not even Speaker Mills' own
bank Is willing to turn over to the city
$L25 in bonds and other negotiable se
curities for 51 In cash, and to pay from
2 to 4 per cent Interest besides. Just
why Speaker Mills finds the conditions
of his own act so onerous and burden
some is a puzzle that we shall leave to
future solution.
Meanwhile, Treasurer Wcrleln must
do what he can to prevent the loss of
revenue made inevitable by the Mills
act and to render the public funds se
cure, by persuading bankers who have
burglar-proof vaults to take charge of
the funds, to pay the city a reasonable
Interest, and to relieve him of an Im
mense personal responsibility. To do
these things he must violate the Mills
act and enter Into negotiations with
the local bankers on the old terms,
which are that they shall pay the city
a reasonable rate of interest for the use
of the funds and give a security bond.
To be sure, he disregards the specific
provisions of theiMills act; but what
else is he to do? Banker Mills himself
won't comply with them.
GERMANY'S FORCED CONTENTMENT.
The deep contentment and satisfac
tion expressed by Germany over the
result of the Algeclras conference are of
the type displayed by the fox in the
fable. Losing his caudal appendage by
a mishap, the- sly creature proceeded,
to convey to his fellow foxes the great
Joy he was experiencing through no
longer being bothered with a tail. Se
curing from the rest of the powers Just
what they cared to give her. and re
jecting his unreasonable claims to
equal rights with England and France,
our German friend emerges from the
difficulty with a modest demeanor quite
at variance with the air of bravado that
marked his advent at Morocco. "We
placed It beyond our power to ask for
anything for Germany that we did not
ask for all countries." eays Chancellor
von Buelow in an Associated Press in
terview printed in yesterday's Orego
nlan. This is a truthful statement of fact,
but Prince von Buelow might have add
ed with an equal degree of truth that
the XnglO-French agreement, made a
few years earlier, had placed it beyond
the power of Germany to ask for some
of the favors whlca some other coun
tries were enjoying. This agreement
provided, among other things, for the
independence of Morocco, that equality
of commercial opportunity should -be
maintained for a period of thirty years,
and that Tangier should not be fortified.
England and France were the only par
ties to this agreement, and, as there
was nothing in the nature of it that
tended to close the commercial door to
any country, no protest was made
either at the time it was signed or for
many months afterward. That Ger
many, of all other powers, was well sat
isfied with the agreement was indicated
quite clearly by the fact that its con
tents were made known to that coun
try before the signatures of the Brit
ish and French representatives were
affixed.
No protest was made over the alleged
"exclusion" of Germany and other Eu
ropean powers from fhe Anglo-French
conference, and it was nearly a year
after the signing of the agreement be
fore the German Emperor suddenly
decided that the territory In question
might offer an opportunity for enhanc
ing the German sphere of usefulness.
Meanwhile, with the exception of occa
sional skirmishes with bandits, Moroc
can affairs had been drifting along
quite satisfactorily to all parties con
cerned, and with the Independence 'of
the country maintained the commercial
door was open to all comers. Perhaps
it was the eeemlng lack of interest dis
played by France and England that
lulled Emperor William Into belief that
there was an opportunity to make a
good grab with the mailed fist. No
other power but Germany ever Imag
ined that that country had been barred
or excluded by the Anglo-French
agreement, but. In the absence of any
other pretext for action, this was put
forward as an excuse for the demon
stration at Tangier and the demand for
a conference.
The apparent Indifference of England
to the fate of Morocco was deceptive,
and on the first hint of German aggres
sion In that country John Bull came to
the front with alacrity. It was not
only objectionable to England to have
Germany "butt In" and reopen a ques
tion that bad been settled to the satis
faction of England ana France, the
powers most directly interested, but
also to most of the res of the world:
feHt it promised, to establish a prece
dent which might lead te mere s?rtex
trouble Ih other parts of the wort.
When the man with the matte fist got
In position for a ctose-raage v4ew -of the
situxtlofl, he discovered that ot onlv
France, but Spain, Portugal and even
Russia would trail in and assist In
maintaining peace. If they had to fight
for It. The affair developed such, an
overwhelming sentiment against Ger
many that, far the present at least, the
Emperor has curbed his vaulting ambi
tions and the peace of Europe Is as
sured until some other avenue to Inter
national strife Is reached. The "con
tentment" which Germany Is now ex
pressing over the outcome of the Alge
clrae conference is forced and unnat
ural. THE RIVAL PLATFORMS.
The two rival platforms contain clear
and definite promises touching all the
Important Issues which are up for dis
cussion, with a few exceptions. Let us
deal with the exceptions first. The
platform of the statement No. 1 candi
dates contains, of course, a pledge "to
vote always for the people's choice for
United States Senator." The other is
silent -upon this point. May we assume
that they iptend to obey the people'
choice unless that choice fails upon a
Democrat? Doubtless we shall know
when the Legislature meets. The "No.
1" platform contains two other pledges
which are absent from its rival. The
first promises a law to Impose a pen
alty for false weight, measure or count
in food packages'; the second advocates
further restrictions upon coolie labor.
Both pledges are admirable. On the
other band, the "No. 1" platform Is si
lent upon four points where the other Is
explicit. (1) The first is a pledge to se
cure to the state the entire income from
state funds and make It a felony for
the Treasurer to appropriate to him
self any part of the same; (2) to reduce
the number of Normal Schools to two
or less; (3) to vote for that remedial
franchise measure which a majority of
the Multnomah delegation shall decide
upon; (4) to make the franchise ques
tion the main issue in the campaign. It
is obvious, of course; that the "No! 1"
candidates consider statement No. 1 the
leading Issue; but they have not on that
account failed to recognize the great
Importance of other issues.
There is one other striking difference.
The "No. 1" platform promises a bill
to enable municipalities of 50.000 or
more population to regulate and control
public-utility franchises; the other
promises to confer this power upon all
municipalities. "We have thus stated
the more-important points wherein the
two platforms differ. There are some
additional differences which may now
be mentioned.
The "No. 1" platform makes a spe
cific pledge to repeal the gas company's
franchise and fix the maximum price of
gas at S5 cents per thousand. The rival
platform does not mention the gas com
pany, but promises to vote for the re
peal of (1) all perpetual franchises, and
(2) all others not paying a revenue,
which may probably be taken to In
clude the street railway franchises.
Concerning convict labor, the "No. 1"
candidates promise legislation to pre
vent Its competition with free labor; the
others promise to employ It In makng
roads. Both come to the same thing in
the end.
Substantially the same pledge ap
pears in both platforms to enact a state
banking law for the protection of de
positors and to create the office of bank
examiner.
In both we find also a promise to
place the State Printer on a flat salary;
but the "No. 1" platform goes farther
and favors a state-owned printing of
fice. The "No. 1" candidates favor the
taxation of franchises upon the mar
ket value of their capitalization and
the gross earnings of the material prop
erty. Their rivals are less specific
They promise a law for "the equitable
taxation" of franchises, state and mu
nicipal. The reader may now judge for
himself between these rival platforms.
The pledges which they contain are not
merely general and vague promises
made by a party as a whole. They are
Individual and personal promises which
the candidates have solemnly given
over their own signatures and which
they cannot break without personal dis
honor. From a promise thus made no
party exigency can set a man free; no
contingency can excuse him for the
breach of a pledge taken in this solemn,
public and voluntary manner. The peo
ple should watch the career of each suc
cessful candidate; If he breaks faith
he should be punished by the with
drawal of confidence. If he keeps faith
he should be rewarded, and promoted.
"Stand by your friends" is a political
maxim which the people must learn to
apply. When they do so they can free
themselves from the tyranny of special
privilege, and they never can In any
other way.
POSTAL SERVICE REFORM.
Carerully-considered measures for
freeing the malls from heavy matter
that makes them so unwieldy and mov
ing them so enormously expensive are
before Congress seeking recognition.
The postofflce appropriation bill, re
ported by the committee on postoffices
and postroads, provides for an expend
iture of J191.373.28l for the fiscal year of
1907. or $913,221 less than the modified
estimates of the Postofflce Department,
and $10,351,755 In excess of the appro
priation for 1906.
Chief among the Items upon which
the possible lessening of expense is
based are plans to free the mails of
heavy matter that does not legitimate
ly belong to them, and for gaining in
formation whereby proper mall matter
may be reclassified. One provision ap
propriates 51S0.OO0 wherewith to pay
freight on all supplies for the service,
such supplies to be withdrawn from the
malls Immediately preceding the weigh
ing period.
Another provision and here is where
the greatest burden to the mails is con
ceived to lie requires a record from
July 19 to December II of the current
year of all second-class mail matter re
ceived for free distribution, and also at
the one-cent pound rate, so as to show
to what extent private business, adver
tising interests, etc. are served at the
expense of the Government through
carrying at a rate .that does not pay
for transportation magazines, scientific,
educational, religious and trade Jour
nals, agricultural and miscellaneous
periodicals, sample copies, etc Tt Is
manifest that this burden Is a heavy
one. literally speaking, and that, while
its continuance te permitted, the deftcit
for carrying the mails will grow larger
with each succeeding year. Thte report
is to be submitted to Congress by Feb
ruary 1. 1997, together with an estimate
of the average length ef haul by
classes, -and Uhm wflt become the basis
of a proper inquiry, either into & change
of method f aandilng the hw&y sec-ood-clfcse
matter er possibly x -cfcaage
f rate wpsa some ef the classes of sch
matter.
A bM stroke for reform m tfee postal
scvie'te that mcsstad. ssvtfce alwsii.se
the franking privilege. The prevision
looking to this object declares that
hereafter it shall be unlawful for any
person entitled under the law to the use
ef a frank te lend such frank or permit
Its use by any committee, organization
or association. It might with Justice
and in common decency go farther and
forbid Its use by members of Congress
In transporting their household effects
and other personal belongings under of
ficial frank. Thte abuse te & hoary one.
That which plays Into the hands of
publishers of periodicals by Including
publications oae-half of which at least
Is advertisiBsr mattrr under the hmd
of literary, educational, scientific and
religious literature, and loading the
malls down with It at rates that do not
pay for transportation, is of relatively
modern origin. The abuse of the frank
ing privilege Is old and firmly In
trenched In the lawmaking power it
self. It Is not too much to say that It
has run In advance even of the rapid
growth of the country In many material
lines, and that It stands today a warn
ing of the danger that waits upon polit
ical privilege The tons of bombastic
speeches purporting to have been deliv
ered before Congress; the other tons of
"seeds" sent out for political effect
among the farmers; the yet other tons?
of patent office reports that cumber the1
garrets of the land after having added
their quota to the annual deficit of the
Postal Department, attest to the mag
nitude of this abuse It may be possi
ble to prevent the further expansion of
this unblushing privilege, but it can
hardly be expected that It will be cur
tailed, though postal reform will scarce
ly be worthy of the name that Is not
able to abate it to some extent.
The war drums are again roiling In
South Africa, and Pietermaritzburg. the
Tugela River and all the rest of the
historic names are again trooping Into
the news pages. This time it Is rebel
lious Zulus under a recently deposed
chief who have sent the British lion
bustling to cover. The wild African,
llko the American Indian of a genera
tion ago. Is difficult to control, and each
recurring engagement with the British
leaves him a little weaker than before
Modern civilization is crowding so" rap
Idly on the old strongholds which shel
tered him In the days of his power that
the struggle Is most unequal, but. like
Fuzzy Wuzzy. with his "hay-rick 'ead
of hair." the Zulu seems disposed to die
fighting. Perhaps In the next world he
may be on nearer equal terms with-Cecil
Rhodes. Oom Paul and all of the
other Afrikanders whose advent In hi
country caused all the trouble
Few men have held a more honored
place in the annals of the great Pacific
Northwest than did the late Colonel T.
J. Eckerson. An Oregon pioneer of the
Intrepid fighting type a soldier of the
United States Army from the time of
his enlistment at IS years of age; cor
poral, first sergeant, acting sergeant
general In infantry and artillery; an
Indian fighter in the far-away Seminole
War; a soldier under Generals Taylor
and Scott in the Mexican campaign; an
officer under General Grant In the Civil
War: long an ordnance officer at Van
couver, Colonel Eckerson was withal a
quiet, dignified, unostentatious citizen,
and as such passed through a long and
honorable life to an honored grave. He
was $5 years old. and had passed the
years of bis retirement from the Army
at his home In this city.
The friends and admirers of the late
Eusan B. Anthony and their name Is
legion propose to purchase by popular
subscription a bust of the late woman
suffrage leader for the niche that te
awaiting It In the National CapltoL
Miss Anthony, according to editorial
estimate In Harper's Weekly, was at
her death easily the foremost citizen of
Rochester. Beyond this she was, with
out exception, the most widely known
woman of her day. These reasons are
Justly considered sufficient to entitle
her to a place among the noted states
men, philanthropists, philosophers and
politicians of her time.
Scorching streams of lava are pour
ing out of Mount Vesuvius. Naples Is
sprinkled with cinders, and there is
general fear that some of the small vil
lages at the base of the mountain will
meet the fate of Herculnneum and
PompelL Cables from Naples state
that processions of villagers carrying
Ikons and offering prayers are passing
through the villages. The use of Ikons
was not attended with much success
when the Russians tried them on the
Japanese, and, reasoning from that ex
perience U is1 hardly probable that they
v.ill be more effective In checking
the flow of lava.
The Tacoma & Eastern Railroad
Company will extend its line thirty
miles from the present terminus to
Randle. on the Cowlitz River. In the
old days before the railroad came the
traveler from Puget Sound to Portland
thought that his Journey was practically
ended when he got down as far as the
Cowlitz River, where steamboat facili
ties were obtainable From present ap
pearances the time Is not far distant
when the traveler between Portland
and Fuget Sound will have the choice
of two or three routes by rail.
Delay in street improvements long
since ordered and in many Instances
begun Is noted In almost every section
of the city.- We have a large and ex
pensive engineer's corps on the city
payrolls. Why te not the business that
they are paid to look after poshed for
ward with at least reasonable dispatch?
Is It because these men are not doing
what they are hired to do, but are put
ting in their time looking after the In
terests of politicians, upon wuoe con
tinuance In office their "Jobs" depend?
While The Oregonlan te not advised
concerning the details of Lafe Pence's
railroad scheme it does not hesitate to
say that the County Court should think
twice before giving the Unnton road
for a right of way. This road te des
tined to be a most popular driveway.
It Is pertinent to inquire whether it te
ever advisable to permit an Important
road to be closely paralleled- by a rail
way. In his present trouble Apostle Dowie
has one dtetinctloa that differentiates
alia from other prominent men who had
been custodians of other folks money
and "resigned" such trust. Nat ee of
them was publicly accused ef writing
senile love letters.
Public sesUmsc m Fortsaad over
fraachfees for pabiie utHkfcs te the
same as m Kansas City. la the oe
case, the people hare spoke! ; Hi the.
ta-er. tbev will vice their views next
J
THE SILVER LINING.
Br A. X. MfatnL.
Mch oh Parade.
Many a man's -a dummy.
Many a man is fast.
Manycan gs a- quarter.
But a mile they canaot last.
Many a man is sporty.
Many a man Is prim.
Many a. man's conceited
And thinks they're after him.
Many a man's a -coward.
Many a man is brave.
Many simply can't do. right.
Their precious necks to save
Many a nan's a schemer.
Many a man is straight.
Many a man makes money
Before you while you wait.
Many a man is bundling.
Many a man Is slicks
Many a man's a liar.
Many can't make it stick. .
Many a man is lazy."
Many a man to spry.
Mady a man is double-faced
And winks the other eye
Many a man is honest.
Many a man's a thief.
Many a man's successful.
Many come to grief.
Many a man is lowly.
Many a man is high.
Many a man is sunny,
.Many can only sigh.
Many a man .to busted.
Many a man Is rich.
Many work forever
And haven't got a stitch.
Many a man's a skinflint.
Many a man Is soft.
Many a man who's open
Is sorry that he coughed.
Many a man's a good thing.
Many a man Is bad.
Man a man does murder.
Or wishes that he had.
Many a man gets stuck on
Many a winsome lass.
And when the trouble's over
He knows he's a Jackass.
That calorific baby.
She never will let up
Until his purse Is emptj-
And he hasn't the price to sup.
Many a man is stylish.
Many a man's a guy.
Many a man Is lovable
Tou don't know why.
Many a man's conservative.
Many a man will plunge.
Many a man holds up his end.
Many a man's a sponge.
Many a man is stingy.
Many a man is free.
Many a man will blow hot air
THI you can hardly see.
But. fellows. let us like it.
We're all in the tureen.
However we may strike It.
This world's the beat we've seen.
Are you too busy? How do you think
you'd feel If you had nothing to do?
The most miserable person In the
world is the one who wakes up In the
morning with the thought that here Is
another day to kill.
. '
Xlont try to do your whole day's
work In your mind while you are
dressing, eating breakfast, scolding
your wife or riding down town. Take
each task as It comes and attack It
vigorously. Before you realize It you
wm nave nllcd your day with suc
cesses. If It rains put up your umbrella, ajtd
stop lucking that nature Is taking care
of the crops instead' of pandering to
your little mood.
Look squarely In the face the next
three persons you meet, and see if
you find a real look of care or sorrow
more Intense than your own Imagined
troubles that seem to beset you today.
Tou're sure to find genuine marks of
sadness In the faces you see And
sympathizing with thera will mellow
you and make your own burdens feel
lighter. Pretty soon you will either
develop into an agreeable, cheery per
son or you will go home and hate your
self to death. In either case the world
would be the gainer.
Did you ever see so many important
politicians, and the makers thereof,
strutting about In all your born life?
I saw one this morning who could
hardly get along down Morrison street
the street space between the build
ings was scarcely wide enough to per
mit his head to get through.
Xew Tork la the Limelight.
Indianapolis News.
The gross indebtedness of New Tork
City Is greater than that of the Chi
nese empire The cost of operating New
York City's government for one year
almost equals the annual expendi
tures of both London and Paris com
bined. New Tork pays out in salaries
alone the vast sura of J85,0s,Mb year
ly, or as much as London spends for
Its entire administration. At the pres
ent time there are 45,600 men and wo
men on this city's payrolL Of every $130
that a New Yorker pays In rent, it la
estimated that $12.25 goes Into the
pockets of municipal "servants."
NEWSPAPER WAIFS.
Little Winii Sar. Sr. -srhat i as "tafant
Industry"? Pa It I ussally a trust, ay
son. that crabs eTerythisr la sttbt. J art II Vt
a bairr doe. Cbleaso Dally Xm.
"Perkins gat a territje Mr fcas vhs t
feeaM bis aorel iras eUtsg la Um hs4rl
tboeaaadsk" xa tat he get OTrr It all
rlz&t Kben he tries to collect the royalty
froex his cnWWjers." Hit.
"I suppose yoa are tBl&klas hard a&eat this
BBCstioa of railway lesUtatlee.", "So." ass
irered Senator Sorxhtzss. "I am amid that, if
I thlak too hard about It TH loss say serr
and he afraid to talk. ahot it." WitMnstta
SUr.
Tocsr La4r I'm tt souj t her atost
your husfeasd. Xra. Garrer. It's doefcte seca
Moala. you say? Mrs. Carrer Te. btok.
Toe see. he had a dreadTa! cot, aad -wmM e
Solar a hit o iardsotsr: sad testead ef ceca
Jsc hosM to dtsaer. tolter a We had Mc. ha
Ut Is- 'oodshtd. aad that's -where In
doable RS Pwh.
After TUihrsMliir her tar her VirTlinii.
the saseosmtslt TmMfe stghs. "Aad, mars tha
that, I kave tha hsjniiHun of hseatea that
I hT mtie a fMt feat ssysstr wror ye."
T Kara dM a MMk Hrit ) mOy
rcMrta the yswc nu, fi4ar'hi Wism c
sjc m -wossM'a H imilili rlshls. AC
mK yoe kaw- thc X ssade a ( c
K that ftss't sc -Mb..
PLEA FOR SPELLING REFORM
(Extract frost' a etrealar sst out hy tha
SlBUHrid. Sjelllsr Beard, New York City,
aad eesiaesed et emiaeat -educators.)
Apart frora Its relation to the foreigner,
our Intricate and disordered spelling also
places a direct burden upea every native
user of English. It wastes a large part
of the time and effort given to the in
strsctlea eC our children, keeping them,
tor example, from one to two years 'behind
the school children of Germany, and condemning-
many of thera to alleged "illit
eracy all their days. Moreover, the
printing;, typewriting and handwriting of
the useless letters which our spelling- pre
scribes, and upon which Its difficulty
chiefly rests, wastes every year millions
of dollars, and time and effort worth
millions more. If then, as is certain, the
reasonable and gradual simplification of
our spelling- will aid the spread ot Eng
lish, with the attendant advancement of
commerce, of democratic Ideals, and of
Intellectual and political freedom; will
economize tno time of our school children
and make their work more efficient; and
will aid greatly In the cheapening of
printing, is It not a matter which appeals
to common sense, to patriotism and to
philanthropy T
The. rules and analogies which underlie
English spelling can. however, be ascer
tained and stated, and the exceptions can
then be clearly seen. The next thing is
to reduce or abolish the exceptions. The
process has worked well with many
words. "Why not continue it with other
words? The matter la really very simple
When the rules and analogies are under
stood any intelligent person can see for
himself when a particular spelling de
viates from them. Thus, any one can see
that blnn. bunn. butt, are out of accord
with the rule established by the innumer
able words like pin. pun. cut: that centre,
metre fibre, etc., are out accord with the
rule established by canter, number, tim
ber, diameter, ete. and that favor, honor,
eta. are out of accord with the rule es
tablished by error, terror, minor, major,
editor, senator, ete So likewise dript.
dropt. snapL drest, preat. ete, though
now actually less common than dripped,
dropped, snapped, crossed, dressed, are
more in accord with the prevailing anal
ogy of p or s before a t sound, which ap
pears in apt, host, boast, best, nest, rust,
ete. and In the old spelling, still retained,
of some preterits and participles, as crept,
lost, swept, etc.. as well as dreamt. leapt,
ete The common forms dripped, dropped,
dressed, pressed, ete. are In a great part
alterations of seventeenth and eiehtcenth
century spellings with t. The alterations
were made to establish a visible but fal
lacious uniformity of inflection. Forms
like dript. dropt, atept. stopt. crost. drest.
kist. prcst, ete, abound in the original
edition ot Shakespeare. Milton. Dryden.
Pope. Burns. Scott. Byron, and are very
common In more recent poets, as Tenny
son. Landor, Swinburne, Lowell. They
are always seen in those modem editions
of the older standard writers in which the
attempt is made to give a correct text.
For example in words spelled -with -ence
or -ense (Latin -ens-a). Rule: Choose
-ense. Example, defense, offense, pre
tense "Words spelled with -ette or -et.
Rule, omit -te Example, coquet, epau
let, etiquet. omelet, ete "Words spelled
with gh or f. Rule: Choose f. Example,
draft Words spelled with -gh or without.
(1) -ough or -ow. Rule: Choose -ow. Ex
ample, plow; (2) -ough or -o. Rule:
choose -o. Example, altho (Bunyan), tho
(Bunyan), thoro, -boro (In place names).
"Words with the verb suffix of Greek ori
gin, spelled -Ise or -Ize Rule: Choose
-ize Example catechize, criticize, exor
cize, legalize ete
In this selected list, choose the simpler
spelling that at the left: ,
abridgment
acctmter
abridgement
accoutre
accursed
acknowledgement
addressed
adze
a'llxed
although
anapaest
anaemia
anaesthesia
anaesthetic
antlpyrlnc
antltoxlne
apothegm, apophthegm
apprise
arbour
archaeology
ardour
armour
artisan
assise
axe
banns
blessed
blushed
brasen
brasier
Dunn
burr
calibre
calliper
candour
caressed
catalogue
catechls
centre
chapped
cheque
quaestor
quintette ,
rancour
rapped
rase
recognise
reconnoitre
rigour
rhyme
ripped
rumour
sabre
saltpetre
saviour
savour
sceptre
septette
sepulchre
sextette
sylvan
clmeter. scimitar, etc.
sipped
skillful
scythe
skipped
slipped
smoulder
snapped
sombre
spectre
sptendour
steadfast
stepped
stopped
stressed
stripped
subpoena
succour
suffixed
sulphate
sulphur
sumach
suppressed
surprise
synonyms
accurst
acknowledgment
addrest
adz
axflxt
altho
anapst
anemia
anesthesia
anesthetic
antlpyrln
antitoxin
apothem
apprize
arbor
archeology
ardor
armor
artlzan
assise
ax
bans
hark
beharior
West
blasht
brazen
brazier
bun
bur
caliber
caliper
candor
carest
catalor
catechlx
center
chapt
cheek
questor
quintet
rancor
rapt
raze
recognize
reconnolter
rlror
rime
ript
rumor
saber
saltpeter
savior
savor
scepter
septet
lepulcher
sextet
silvan
simitar
slpt
skilful
lithe
sklpt
sllpt
smolder
snapt
somber
specter
splendor
stedfast
stept
stopt
streit
strip t
subpena
succor
rafHxt
sulfa ts
sulfur
sumac
supprest
surprize
synonym
CURRENT COMMENT CLIPPINGS
It's Jost this way: As Individuals, the pack
ers are Immune, but as corporations they- ara
la far It. . Clear as daylight and yet what Is
get&r to become, of the Individuals -when the
corperatlocs xo packed c3 to the penitentiary?
Newark EveSlnr News.
The aurgestfos that courts issue so tem
porary- restrain bye orders In rate litigation.
until both side to tho controversy have been
gives a hearlsr Is one some people think:
might be generally applied vrith little danger
of laj urine the real interests of the lltlra&ts.
Omaha Bee (Rep.).
Judre Humphrey, of Chicago, baa followed
th Frsafdest's declaim In the Sent. Fe case,
that the cerpor&tloB and not the Individual
is to be pan 1st rd for rebates and violations
ef th anti-trust law. Chicago may proceed
at osce to httlld seae jails large enough to
hold a few puklas-he&ses Washtsgtoa Post.
There is hitter eeisplalat inside of the Re
pehlteaa jarty-oC zrossly lsequltahlo ilstrlhu
Uob oC tho coaatry'a eaermos gates la
-wealth; aa this' complwlrt Is so self -evidently
true that wise frlsad of protectles moke so
attempt to desy It. Washington Post (Isd.).
It is very thessKtlessv If not heartless, for
"United States Senator Alice asd Nererto-be-geaatar
Addlexs to Monopolize the center of
the Delaware stare. a& tha keep the- peach
eras Hr frees gvtttetr tate the spot light lonr
sesch te ssahe his spiel ahofct tho crop
taBare. FhScdeisMa. Press.
The peeele sc Phils. delphii are so deeply
teteresjted is th prosy or rapid trassit.
and sher hare already aweTered so aMity dfc.
attaAataesilsy that the thoogfet of' farther
eisjr r a ess-Use; t ewwrtHwr. The Mayor
swsjtt stot. to altew any e Ja prttext for the
thsstht-tht fee Insets r tetwes truth, sad-
JN THE OREGON COUNTRY
Department ot the Interior.
Bohemia Nugget.
Tour Sunday dinner wHl not be complete
without a good pie.
Arbor Days.
Thursday. April 12. is Arbor day in
"Washington: Friday. April 13. in Oregon,
and Friday, April 27, In Idaho.
Make a Change.
Bohemia Nugget.
The subscription to your home paper Is
the one you always pay last when you
pay your debts, but make a change
Getting Next to Jfaturc.
Spray Courier.
Xevcr In the history of politics have tha
candidates made such liberal use of the
weekly papers In their desire to come be
fore the voters throughout the State of
Oregon.
The Amenities In Bunchgrass.
Pendleton Tribune.
A few snapshot photographs of the ed
itor and other members ot the Republican
machine of this city, as they led gamblers
to the polling places in the city election
just passed, would be interesting to the
voters of the county.
Englishman, "Likely.
Ashland Tidings.
It's amusing- to note the space devoted
to the revival of the Gaelic language by
the Portland daily newspapers. "Why not
revive some of the other dead languages?
But most of us are interested in the en
deavor to speak and write United States
with precision and accuracy.
Advice to the Young.
Corvallis Gazette.
The incident of Sunday night, in which
a quartet ot boys threw eggs at an evan
gelist as he passed along the street, was
.wrong. The fact that the minister had
said some things better left unsaid is not
justification. If one doesn't like a preach
er, the thing to do Is not to go to hear
him.
An Object Lesson.
Corvallis Times.
In a college hill orchard last season, by
spraying, 98 per cent of the apple crop
was redeemed from codling moth. "With
apples now selling at J3 per box or 20
cents per dozen, what an appeal the con
'dition is to farmers to clean up the old
orchards and bring them into bearing
healthy, wholesome fruit.
What the Grape Can Do.
The invidious grape seed can producn
other results than appendicitis. A. H.
Carson, Horticultural Commissioner of the
Southern Oregon district, has just finished
the finest farm residence in that part of
the state, fully paid for by the sale of
grapes. Last Fall he shipped them by
the ton. He now has 27.C0O vines and is
rooting 20.000 more His ambition is to
have a ICO-acre vineyard.
Ilcugh! Heught
Pendleton Tribune.
Eastern Oregon will gain more Justice
from the heavy delegations of the "West
ern slope If the treatment accorded them
is courteous than if they are designated
as "swine" and "public grafters." If they
be swine, the animal is more congenial
and easier driven when his back is
scratched than when he is belabored with
a knotted club.
Those Portland Preachers.
"Walla "Walla Bulletin.
This surely is the limit- "What a tobog
gan slide from the Sermon Ollvetlc to this
sample of sensational slop! Talk about
the theater! In comparison with such rot
the vulgarities of the vaudeville are harm
less pastimes. The married clergyman
who will argue against marriage while
slyly Insinuating that there will be rows
at home, may be a noted divine, but he is
certainly a bum husband. "We admit that
he would prove a drawing card for the
Barnum tent.
Dodging the Collector.
These are days of joy for the "Walla
"Walla deputy assessors. One of them es
sayed to assess a band of 500 cattle being
fed near the state line, but was told an
other deputy had assessed them. Then
the stock, was run Into Oregon, and a dep
uty this side of the line was told they had
been assessed In the other state. Still a
third deputy was given the same "con"
talk. At the end ot the week the deputies
compared notes, and now the Assessor
says he'll get the tax money it It takes
the rest of his terrn
They Boiled the Baby.
"When- the Infant child of Mr. Haws,
who lives on the Mathis ranch near Spray,
grows up it will keep away from the
"jag cure." "When it came time to bathe
the child last week they put it in a pan
of water and to keep off the chill set pan
and all on the stove, thinking the fire
was out and yet there would be Just heat
enough. There was caloric to spare, for
when the increasing yells of the "kid"
called attention to it the parents found
the poor child was being boiled. Tha
country doctor was hurriedly brought in,
and the baby has been taken to Condon
for treatment.
The Idaho Schoolmaster.
New-Plymouth Idahoan. v
The best spellers are often puzzled by
the combinations, of the Iettera el or ie.
They wish to write a word in which the
combination occurs and they cannot re
member whether the e or the I comes
first. But there Is a very simple rule
that may be relied on to remove all doubt:
ei should follow the consonants c and s.
as In conceive seize, ete There are two
exceptions, however, that should be borne
In mind, the words sieve and siege.
A. simpler suggestion is the name of the
Insects your mother caught with a bone
"search warrant in childhood.
fc Gosh!
Roseburg Review.
Sometime, sometime it may be soon. It
may be later, but. sometime, strangers
will come among us seeking nature's as
sistance in the establishment of the means
of production, and the religiously undis
turbed and care-free Umpqua will be for
ever arrested and pressed into Constant
and helpful service, annually, hourly, mo
mentarily Increasing the wealth of him
-who caused her arrest. And jet we sit
upon her banks with perfectly composed
thoughts, dreaming away our privileges,
neglecting our opportunities and denying
our capabilities without so much as a
beckoning; smile to stay the onward tread
of the fleeting, retreating river.
Arising From Her Allies.
Exchange.
According1 to the figures of the Bal
timore Sun of this city. Baltimore has
business plans -and undertakings in
volving an expenditure of $200,000,900.
to which the merchants and property
owners contribute $128,900,000, the peo
ple JS0,0J9,'099 and the corporations
about JSS.993,949. Of the 358 lots burned
over by Its fire of two years ago, build
ing permits csvaring S29 have been is
sued. As In the case of the-Chicago fire
of 1871 aad of Boston's la 1372, the val
uation af the buraed district Is in
creased, largely in .BaUimlre, the gain
bis put at fatly, jtW jm,m