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outcome of the primary contest Is not
so clear. But one or the other will be
the candidate, and either Is worthy.
But It te not merely for Individual;,
as such, that the people of Oregon will .
vote. There has beeira fair and open
contest between candidates. Or the
worthiness of any there has been no
dispute. Those who have been pre
ferred are entitled to support, on the
ground that their election will tend to
uphold the general principles, the poli
cies, the purpose, of the Republican
party. The Democratic party doubtless
will present many good men as candi
dates. But the question is, whether the
general course and policy of that party
are deemed best for the country and Its
welfare. What does the experience of
fifty years say about It?
The Republican party of Oregon, now
united, should -elect Its candidates. One
thing may be said for the primary law.
namely, that It has eliminated the
grounds of contention and dispute, as
to fair dealing, which hitherto so of,ten
have been the basis of difference and
led to defeat of candidates nominated
under the old system. Of course a
party is. not entitled to support or to
allegiance for Itself, or for its name.
but only for the policy, the objects, the
purposes, for which It stands. On this
principle let Oregon weigh and judge
the policies of parties and their his
tory, and decide accordingly. Elimlna
tion of factional differences and the
personal features of contention and dis
pute will now, fortunately, make it
easy.
nue than has been needed In the past.
It has been promised the taxpayers
that where the assessed valuation has
been Increased there will be a corre
sponding decrease, in the rate of levy.
so that the amount of tax paid will be
the same. It Is up to the taxpayers
themselves to see that this promise Is
fulfilled. County Courts may be able to
make an attractive argument In sup
port of the Increased valuation and re
duced levy, but If the taxpayer finds
an ever-Increasing sum required to
meet the demands of the tax collector,
the argument will not be very convinc
ing. Both Republican and Democratic
candidates should be required to tell
what they will do If elected, and then.
when placed In power, they should be
held to a strict fulfillment of pre-election
pledges.
PORTLAND, MONDAY. APRIL ZS, 1986.
PARTV AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR.
It may be hoped, and there Is good
ground to believe, that factional differ
ences in the Republican party of Ore
gon are at an end. The causes of the
differences and divisions have oeased;
the fires of all antagonisms have
burned out. A united Republican party
therefore is now possible. It comes
about in the course of things. Con
flict of principles comes to an .end,
through the growth or ideas and
through changing conditions. Hence we
are no longer fighting over the old fields
of strife and contention. All the Issues
presented in the great Civil War were
closed long ago. The fight over finance,
the contest over monetary theories, the
dispute between double standard and
single standard of money, the fury of
Jhe contest for silver, the strenuoslty
of the effort for maintenance of the
gold standard all these incidents of
struggle and contest have passed away
So have the personal phases of politics
connected with or Involved in them. In
no state, more than in Oregon, has the
Republican party been racked by these
disputes and by resulting feuds and dis
sensions. But these are things of the
past, and conditions are easy for united
action among Republicans of Oregon
now.
Why do the people divide Into par
ties? The causes are partly tempera
mental In individuals; more largely
perhaps from differing views among
the people of the proper function, scope
nd operation of government, and of
the consequences of one system or an
other upon the course of national, so
cial and political life. All desire the
general welfare. But men differ as to
the means and methods by which it is
to be secured or promoted. Hence po
litical parties.
A great majority of the people of
Oregon believe, undoubtedly, that the
policy, the course, the general purposes
of the Republican party are more con
duclve to the general welfare than
those of the Democratic party. But
there have been differences among
them, as to minor question, which
have been aggravated greatly by
personal contention among men who
have struggled for leadership and
control. Here, indeed, has been the
main source of dissension among the
Republicans of Oregon. We believe the
personal element is now out of It.
Time, thai does all things, has re
moved the main causes of these dissen
starts. The course of events has re
moved them.
Therefore the Republican purty may
now, for the first time in many years
act as a united party. We think It
means "to do so. Party name Is no fet
ich; It is no symbol or idol to be wor
hiped. The question is always. What
does a political party stand for? Is the
general policy of one party deemed bet
ter for the country than the general
rollcy of another? Parties are to be
judged by their whole course and tend
ency, through history and through long
experience.
It is through this long and large view
of things that a great majority of the
people of Oregon call themselves Re
publicans and act in the main with the
Republican party. Such dissensions as
have appeared among them during
past years have not arisen so. much, or
at all, out of differences on main prin
ciples ae out of the contests of persons,
which have led to contests of factions.
But these fires have burned to ashes,
and the ashes no longer hold live coals.
So now, as The Oregonlan believes,
the Republican party of Oregon Is at
the end of Its dissensions. The time
has come when It can be. when It Is,
a united parts. No clique, no faction,
no boss, directs or controls Its proceed
ings. Through the primary law Its
members come forward to indicate with
their votes the candidates they want.
Party conventions, or combinations In
conventions, cannot juggle with their
votes or with their wishes. We have
nominations made by direct voice of
the people 11 candidates having equal
chances, and the friends of each candi
date conceding, to the friends and sup
porters of other candidates the rights
tbey assert and exercise for them
selves. It Is as fair and just as any
scheme of politics can make It.
Mr. Cake seem to be the choice for
Berv&tor at the greater number of the
members of his party. He therefore
should receive united Republican sup
port. He is worthy of it. If Mr.
Bourse, or any other candidate, had
received the support of the greater
number, the same would be true, and
the same would be said by The Orego
nlan for him. As "between Mr. Geer
and Mr. Withyeombe. for Governor, the
THE SILVER LINING.
the remaining 55 per best as its system
of blackmail aad restraint enables It to
get out ef Its mill tens of victims.
It Is therefore bo wonder that the ec
clesiastics, no less than the bareau
cratsv are so frantic In their efforts to
save the autocracy. IL Is. however, too
late. Freedom for Ruse la must come,
and every day's delay means only so
many more ministers and courtiers,
governors and generals, spies and gen
darmes, amnnr the slain. Thf- nonn-
therefore' the Witts, the Durnovos. waking city raised lt eyes.
eta. adapt themselves to the new order -"er inc no lo a"ac-
By A. H BaHara.
San FraBdsce.
The peeping dawn had just begun.
Streamed, forth the rays of Springtime
sun
On San Francisco's radiant hill?.:
Whose fame and worth the wide world
Alls.
ILLITERACY OF THE WORLD
Wasai&gton (D. C.) Star.
In answer to an Inquiry, I would say
that the lowest rate of fllKeracy la the
werld Is found in Sweden. Norway and
Germany; and la this country In Oregon.
Ia the two first-named countries there Is
no person above the age of ten years
who caaaot read and write unless he has
forgotten those accomplishments or his
mental faculties are so feeble that he has
not been able to acquire them. This fact
Is so well understood that the census
IN THE OREGON COUNTRY.
The Three Disgraces.
Gresham Record.
If gossip, scandal and backbitteg were
saaae a source of dismissal from the
church her ranks would soon "be badly
depleted.
of things, the better for all concerned I Wncn tumult came and buildings whirled, j enumerator? do not Inquire whether a
In the empire of the Car.
A mighty tremor shook the world!
xwc me insHniiicc cumpanics nave I tv,- ,v r , v.tttr'. mw!
v.cu uim i racci. toe tjtow. ui- i Melled In flames by high winds fanned,
aoicr . o.n rranewco. ana unaoueiea- I r-r, wa ,h Mm nt Tnd!
ly wrir resources win suner a neavy
drain to meet the losses. It may be
KOOM FOR ALU
Archer M. Huntington, in voicing an
opinion on the future of San Francisco,
said: "All talk of abandoning the city
in favor of some such place as Seattle
Is foolishness." All of which is true.
and discloses an understanding of the
commercial situation on the Pacific
Coast that is not as clear at all times
as It might be. San Francisco cannot
be abandoned for .Seattle, or for any
other city. The Bay City came into ex
istence in response to the demands
which Nature herself had made for a
city at that point. It would be impos
sible to abandon San Francisco for .any
other city without first extinguishing
her wonderful oil Industry, destroying
her orchards, which are the wonder of
the horticultural world, and totally
eliminating the marvelous and ever-In
creasing wealth of her farms, fjelds,
mines, forests and fisheries. There Js
too much at stake, and too much ma
terlal from which to build a great city
to admit of abandonment of San Fran
cisco, and no one but a dreamer or an
ignorant town boomer would seriously
advance such a proposition.
Some recent utterances of an Irre
sponsible Seattle jawmlth at a ban
quet In this city, however, disclosed
that In some quarters there is a sent!
ment that there Is only room on the Pa
clfic Coast for one city, and that was
Seattle. It is pleasing to note that the
sensible people of Seattle repudiated
the sentiment expressed by their wan
dering ignoramus, just as they would
now repudiate any effort to make cap
ital out of San Francisco's deplorable
plight. Perhaps, after all. this terrible
disaster may serve to bring about a lit
tle better -feeling along the Pacific
Coast and cement friendships that had
been somewhat dulled through keen
commercial rivalry. With Seattle. Ta-
coma. Portland. San Francisco and
evry other city on the Pacific Coast
showing such a remarkable growth as
has been in evidence for the past year
or two. It is decidedly apparent that
there Is room for all of these cities, and
numerous others. San Francisco, in her
particular field, offers commercial,
financial and transportation facilities
for a wide scope of territorj which
could never by the wildest stretch of
the imagination become tributary to
Seattle.
If -every individual who dwelt or
transacted business in San Francisco
before the fire were to abandon the
place for Seattle, within a year there
would be a new set of San Franciscans
and business would be moving along In
the same old grooves from which it has
been temporarily lifted by -earthquake
and fire. What is true of San Fran
cisco in this respect Js also true of
Portland. This city was neer swept
by fire or earthquake, but it has been i
abandoned at times by a small portion j
of Its inhabitants. A good many years i
ago some of them abandoned It for St.
Helens, which for a brief period flour
ished as the head of deep-water navi
gation. Later there was an abandon
ment by some persons In favor of Co
lumbia City, a few miles below St. Hel
ens, and still later Kalama was'ln high
favor as a successor of Portland; but
still Portland grows.
Tacoma and Seattle have both come
into existence In response to a commer
cial demand growing out of the new de
velopment of the surrounding territorj'.
but none of the wonderful growth of
the two cities has been at the expense
of either Portland or San Francisco,
both of which have been booming along
on the high road to prosperity at a gait
which could never have been attained
in the era before Seattle and Tacoma
were placed on the map. There Is room
enough for all. and business enough for
all. and there will be no necessity for
crowding or unfair competition until
long after .the present generation has
passed away. Young Huntington is
right. There will be no abandonment
of San Francisco in favor of "some
such place as Seattle." until It k? possi
ble to take all of California's marvelous
resources and her fine landlocked har
bors north with her.
IXMITKD DEMAND I OR BIG SIQrS.
The 20.000-ton ship has not yet suc
ceeded In becoming popular or common
on the great trade routes of the world.
These leviathans find a limited field for
operation on the Atlantic, and six of
them are In use there, while the re
maining two that exceed 20.000 tons
gross register are on the Pacific The
Atlantic steamers of such vast propor
tions are all engaged In the passenger
traffic, but on the Pacific the Minnesota
and Dakota are as yet unable to secure
enough travel to utilize their accommo
dations, and there is an Insufficient
amount of freight. On the last inward
trip of the steamship Dakota she
brought but 972 tons of freight, and her
outward cargo was only about 6000 tons
dead weight. In other "words, a steam
er of more than 40.000 tons capacity for
the round trip carried only about one
sixth of that amount.
Late shipping returns, compiled by
Lloyds, prove quite conclusively that
the great cargo-carrier of the world Is
still the medium-sized tramp steamer,
which can get in and out of all ports
of consequence In the known world.
and on a draft of from 22 feet to 25 feet
carry from 6000 to 10,000 tons of cargo
The extent to which vessels of this type
predominate over all others has been
frequently shown In Lloyds' Register.
and. despite the fact that there has
been an Increase In the number of
large ships, the increase In the number
of smaller ones Is fully as pronounced
There are now building In the United
Kingdom vessels with a total of 1.1S6,
715 tons gross, and of this vast amount
of tonnage there are but three of a ca
paclty of 20,000 tons or more. Five oth
ers range in capacity from 10.000 tons to
1C.0O0 tons. Twenty-eight are from 6000
tons to 9000 tons gross register, while
103 of the vessels are from 4000 tons to
6000 tons, and ninety-four are from 3000
to 4000 tons gross register. In other
words, about four-fifths of the new ton
nage now under construction In the
United Kingdom is the moderate-sized
tramp steamers.
Vessels of this class, when built with
modern equipment, can be operated
nearly as economically per ton register
as the mammoth craft of the Minnesota
and Dakota type, and can load and dis
charge in much less time proportionate
ly than Is required for the big vessels.
Their lighter draft of water admits en
trance to many ports from which the
large vessels are barred on account of
their great size. and. as there Is always
plenty of vessels for these ports, racr
chants will not pay tribute to the big
steamers by reshipping to a point where
their freight can be handled by the j
leviathans. The overwhelming prepon- I
dcrance of this class of carriers over
the larger steamers Is lost sight of by
the people who ask a ship subsidy on
the ground that other nations pay it.
The bulk of the commerce of the world
Is. carried by these tramp steamers,
which never draw a penny of subsidy
from any government, and which are
operated on strictly business principles,
going wherever the freight can be
found and meeting competition on le
gitimate lines.
There are eight 20.000-ton steamers In
existence, and three nore are under
construction, but the 5000-tonners are
numbered by the thousand, and they
are handling practically the bulk of the
world's commerce. The time may come
many years hence when there will be a
much greater number of large steamers
built; In fact, the 20.000-tonners of to
day may seenn small in comparison
with some of the big liners of a genera
tion hence; but so long as the world
exists the greater part of Us commerce
will be handled by steamers of a size
that will not restrict their operations to
a few of the ports.
RarfhniutV anri flr rnari If fait
, I . companies rajh. destruction, ruin all.
i uui ure insurance m neveruie- I v. -. t.n th r..r,nmi nHsht
less on a firm financial foundation, and thc flrat dreJUl nIg-nt.
wtre is no iiKcunooa iou ue insurance
La Grande Chonicle.
-v.l .m v- t , I I . - : " -TV: " , . .-"kii lust . tun uiia.nce.
-"v-'"v- ... ...wit u3 For days they fought and were swept illiterate per iwj lnnaouanu? in wic cuu- The animal was poisoned in a pasture.
person can read or write. It Is not con
sidered necessary to do so. Education Is
compulsory. Every child Is required to
attend school, and there Is no community
too small or too poor to provide educa
tional facilities for Its children. The
same 1s true. In a great measure,
throughout Germany. The only people
who cannot read and write are the feeble-minded
and the aged who have out
grown their knowledge. Denmark and
Switzerland have also a very low percentage.
The following table, shows the ratio ot
That's Easy.
Milton Eagle.
While It i3 Interesting to hear that
money Is easier, what we should like to
"know is whether the people who have it
are easier.
Yamhill Has John III Skinned.
Sheridan Sun. v
The young baby Rockefeller is estimat
ed to be worth several hundred millions
of dollars, but every baby is worth that
to its mother and father.
Worse Than Second Bull Hun.
behind.
tries named as given by the latest re
turns:
Per 1009. Per 100O.
Sweden 1.1 England 38.0
Norway 1.1 Belgium 128.0
German Ksaplre.. 1.1 Ireland 170.0
Switzerland 3.0 Austria
Dtraiark 5.4 Hungary si.o
Finland 16.0 Greece 360.0
Scotland 33.7 Italy 3S3.0
Netherland 40.0 Spain SBt.O
France 45U Russia ........ ..S17.0
U. total S0.3 Portugal 790.0
NatlTe 3S.0 servia seo.o
Native white - 16.4 Roumanla S00.O
The total ratio of illiteracy for the total
population of the United States, as given
above. Is S0.2. which includes all recent
Immigrants. The ratio for thc native
population Is SS.0 This- includes the col-
the San Francisco misfortune. Most of
the companies doing business In San Fadn5 the tIdc of flamca and wlnd,
r rancisco are aoie to Trry very large rry to slem thc nres tnat beat.
nans, moeea. we tninK mat neany au ine- ,t h Mie-htin- hat
oi mem are. ine aays ot wiiocat insur-
ucr nave paweu, ana mere is a system Halr a ranUon homeless souls'.
ot reinsurance ana carerui adjustment I A lUf trr ni.v- n- nnrnii.t
ui policies inn manes me iiaouuy as- Mankind, to clvlllaatlon's end.
sumed by each company In a specific Unite. their loving help to send.
ruK very smau. ut course, in mis in- i
stance the loss has been widespread lf ,t were nccdcd from a's store
ana omcooay nas got to pay ior it. He.d cnoU5h to build twice o'er
-ine companies seem to oe reiying upon The cUy 3Ujjenjy struck down;
lUB wrwquaRc cirujh: in mr con- But citizens of that great town
tracts to avoia wnoiesaic payment of
losses: and this Is all right, perhaps. Jll!r. Wltn. UCCOP for . while:
In any event. It may be assumed that I t,.ii ,.,itJ ,T..,tv.. n- ttr mil. I orcd population of thc South. The fol
fire Insurance will so on Just the same r .. ..' lowing table shows the ratio of illiteracy
and losses elsewhere will be paid Just .Today," they ray. "the city starts'."
uic Mine, noiwimaianaing san rran
VUMU. I V -V. .k-,!-, nr- lA.lt-
Recuperation won't be slowly:
Those residents of Oregon who see I They have Napoleon's nerve and grit.
few newspapers from other "Western And Hannibal's way of winning lu
and Middle western States are likely to
form the opinion that Oregon Is the I They have our sympathy and cheers:
only state in which prosecutions for I They're a spunky lot of Western dears
land frauds have been conducted. That Thev need not all. but lf they do.
is an erroneous conclusion In a num- I They can have our hearts and money, too. I y.
uer of western States land-fraud In
vestigations have been under way for I The best fighting boy In the bunch Is
several months and manv Indictments I the bov who never knows when he Is
have been returned. At Sioux Falls. I llcked-he never really gets licked
and Mr. Allen considers this very hard
luck for an old Grand Army veteran.
Tillamook Problem.
Herald.
"Why is it a careless 7-ycar-old kid can
drop a half-burned match in an alley and
burn up all thc barns in a block, while
an able-bodied man has to use up a whole
box of matches to get a wood fire started
in a heater that has draft enough, to draw
all the furniture up the stovepipe?
tn the several states, both for the total
and for the native population:
S. D.. last Wednesday, a Federal grand
Jury completed Its session by finding
twelve Indictments against men who
had been guilty of flagrant violation
of the public land laws In that vicinity.
In Its effort to enforce the law. the
Administration has chosen no one lo
cality for particular activity. A dis
agreement between Puter and one of
his hirelings resulted In disclosures
This letter asks a pertinent question:
PORTLAND. April 20. Dear Sir: You
have given us all sorts of definitions to
all sorts of words, but you haven't
touched these: Lobster (two-legged kind)
and Elk (two-legged kind),
them and oblige. ETHEL K .
Well, to tell the truth. Ethel, you seem
to suggest between the lines that possibly
Total.
Orezon 8.0
District of Columbia ft.9
Xebraeka 9.4
Washington
Kan ixs 10.1
Iowa 10.2
Utah 10.S
South Dakota 12.3
13.9
Mlnota 18.7
Oklahoma 16.7
California 21. S
Ohio 21.3
Wlsconiln 22.S
Indiana 23.2
Wyorolnc 23JI
Xevada 23.S
Illlncla 23.7
North Dakota 24.2
Michigan , , 27.7
Colorado ...................... 3.7
Native.
Popu
lation.
4.0
5.4
3.2
2.1
S.2
3.2
3.9
S.S
8.0
16.0
7.3
14.3
Great Day Coming.
Brownsville Times.
Some communities in Oregon declare
that thc "split-log" is the greatest imple
ment invented for making good roads, m
some places It has become a slogan of re
form and may yet become a political is
sue. All nail the split iogi iay it
smooth on the asperities of the average
Oregon highway and hasten the good
roads millennium.
Give ?em Longitude and Latitude.
Pendleton Promoter.
"Woman should be allowed every oppor
tunity to make the most of herself. Her
genius and character should be given tb
-widest scope for development. The un
attached woman should be permitted the
broadest latitude from which to construct
her sDherc without prejudice. She should
1 be encouraged To live and labor at that
iUl OH".!! UMMf.W. ...... .w.
which she has a desire.
Montana.
Maryland .....
New York
Please define- New Jfrser
laasvcncecxTs
30.1
39.4
41.8
48.8
47.3
3Z9
38.9
58.0
which made Oregon the scene of one of yu lh,nk the two words "ou men
the earliest Investigations, and to resi
dents of this state it appeared that this
state had been singled out for special
prosecution. The fact Is that prosecu
tions have been carried on wherever
frauds have been discovered. ,
tion are synonymous. They are not ex
actly speaking. An Elk can sometimes be
a lobster, but a lobster cm never be an
Elk.
Paste makes haste.
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Florida 62.2
Delaware .................... 62.4
Maine 62.3
Mississippi ................... S7.8
Texas ........... ........... 68.6
Rhode Island ..........i..... 70..1
New Hampeblr 78.1
Arkansas .................... 88.4
Wtit Vlnrtnta 93.
The Russian press ts not take
kindly to the treatment accorded
Maxim Gorky In this country. Gorky
1s even criticised for offering any ex
cuse for his outrageous action, and the
Americans are termed Pharisees and
Waste makes your finish.
One thing alone Is more useless than a
lazy man. and that's a dead one.
Nothing could be more Inspiring than
the Instantaneous indications of courage
Georzia
Vlnrlnla
Alabama .........
Indian Territory .
South Carolina ...
Tennesaee .......
Kentucky ........
Arizona ..........
New Mexico ... .
North Carolina 160.7
Louisiana. .................... 178.1
95.2
102.4
112.0
112.2
115.1
118.2
121.9
148.7
132.2
fl.
2.3
12.
7.4
15.
17.4
S.3
32.3
10.6
13.7
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Shameful Companion.
East Oregonlan.
In proportion to black, population, the
Northern states have outstripped the
South In cruelties to the negroes. In
Northern states where these 435 persons
have been lynched and burned in the
past 16 years, the proportion of blade
population Is so small as to be no iactor
In politics or public aiiairs, wnue in tnc
Southern states the fear of negro domi
nation Is constantly present.
A Real Hlley Rendezvous.
Indianapolis Cor. New York Sun.
James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
iioet. and John Dickey, a close personal
friend, have purchased Bear Wallow Hill.
In Brown County, and are going to Im
prove the slto with a. magnificent house,
which will be a kind 6f intellectual Sum
mer resort.
It Is proposed to set out 5000 fruit trees
It will be noticed that. In some of our early this Spring, and when the lmprove-
states, the ratio of Illiteracy among na, ments are completed the resort will be
tlve citizens is quite as low as any of the opened for people who wish to spend a
European countries, excepting Norway, J quiet month or two in an atmosphere and
"fat swine." In countenancing such ac- and energy manifested by the leading
tion as Gorky's open violation of all I spirits of San Francisco. The citizens, of
laws of morality and decency the Rus- I the city are planning to rebuild faster and, I Sweden and Germany. This is particular- I amid scenery which have Inspired some of
. . I . ... . I 1.. ,,IL..I,1. In TT.n .dtn.fnn 1 XT.. A I Till haa i,H,,T nnomo
aiaiiK conunn me worse reports mat i better than anv other similar woric nas I . iuu .. .'c.a i niicj o utU
looseness of Ihelr morals and IndlfTer- the world. God speed the tolL God bless snow an cven hf.her. degree ot lmeU, rocky sJdes Js -one of lhe most plctur.
ence to the rights of their respectable the achievement. irence than New England or the Central esoue soots In the state. Tjelnar very high
fellow-men. Gorky's niche In the tern- I I states. This Is accounted for on the I and surrounded by wild and rugged, coun-
ple of fame has been set back Into a Th mumnoiu of California nrescnts a 1 theory that the illiterate class Is not mi- try. An interurban traction line has been
remote corner, and he missed a great I good field for real estate operations dur-
opportunltj- by failing to perish as a ing the next year or so. "We have an
martyr in the land where love of lib- I abundant stock of real estate ''dealers
crty seems to have been coupled up I here, and If some of them went down
with free love and a few other nasty there for a while I believe we'd have
characteristics of the lower class of I enough left here to do the local business.
Muscovites. I anyway.
The best kind ot a bracer is a double
brace of aces.
A kind thought never hurls you and it
docs someone else good, as well as your-
out by private interests. About the only I self. An unkind thought Injures you. as
Interest Oregon aeems to have In the I well as the person of whom you are
Reclamation Service ! In providing I thinking.
funds to be spent In other states. This
gratory- The large proportion of Illlter- j projected through the country and will
ates In the South Is due to the lack of run at the base of Bear "Wallow Hill.
negro schools. Taking the native white I making it easily accessible from the cities
population only, and excluding all imml- I and towns of the state.
grants and negroes, the United States I The house to be erected upon the crown
will stand seventh in the list of nations, I of the hill will be three stories high and
Norway. Sweden. Germany, Switzerland. I will contain 27 rooms. Here it is thc pur
Denmark and Finland only surpassing us I pose of the Hoosier poet to gather around
In the education of the people.
The Government has permanently
abandoned' the Malheur Irrigation
project and Washington dispatches an
nounce that the Reclamation Service Is
anxious that the project shall be carried
Imprison a Corporation.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Why may not a corporation be impris
oned to all Intents and purposes, as well
as an Individual? Is the question thrown
out in a Chicago communication to the
Green Bag. a legal publication of Boston.
In Imprisoning a man, the state merely
taxes away nis noerty. nis earning .power
htm the men and women who have made
the country famous for literature, and
though the doors are to be shut to none.
it is understood that the Intellectual will
find the place specially adapted to their
desires.
Became Ridiculous.
Boston Record.
The magazine "expos era" have come to
the Inevitable end, and President Roose-
EIJJCnON" rLEDGKH.
All over the state candidates for
county offices have been pledging them
selves to economical administration of
public affairs if they should be nomi
nated and elected. Some of them have
been nominated, and now they are up
for election. It will be well for the peo
ple to examine their pledges a little be
tween this time and the day of the
general election In June. In the first
place, it Is well to see that there is no
equivocation In the promise, and hen
that the man who makes it is likely to
keep It.
There is good reason to look with sus
plclon upon candidates for office. Ex
perience has shown that many of" them
are as anxious to serve themselves as
they are to serve the public They go
into office with an apparent determlna
tion to look after the Interests of tax
payers, but in too many Instances j
few months of service show dimlnu
tion in the zeal with which economy Is
practiced. In the future It will be par
tlcularly necessary for the people to
guard against extravagance, for In a
large number of counties the assessed
valuation of property has been doubled
or treWed. and there will be a tempt
linn to raise and expend a larger reve
the sentence. If. then, an offending cor- I failure on their recent output. They have
poration were closed up for a certain I overdone their yellow "literature of in-
period of time, or Its earnings were appro- I fancy" so greatly that the reaction, which
state has been one of the heaviest con- if a man Insults you. .let him alone it "d his material ambitions for the time of velt himself will write the epitaph of
tributors to the reclamation fund, but I you can avoid him. If he goes too far,
as yet has received only the scantiest j kick him and then forget him.
recognition. The high authorities In
charge of that fund seem to argue that I If you are afraid that some people will
so long as the Oregonlans can be in- I lie about you. Just think what a calamity
duced or forced to develop their arid j it would be If they started in telling the
lands by their own unaided efforts. It I whole truth. Sometimes it is well to shut
SAVING T1IK AUTOCRACY.
A "congress" of monarchists, we are
told, was 'held last Friday in the his
toric City of Moscow. Without an
nouncing the numerical strength, or the
general character of the membership of
that Institution, we are only Informed
as to who was its principal spokes
man and of thc chief feature of his
speech. This spokesman Is Introduced
to us he Father Vostorgoff. a priest of
the JGrneco-Orthodox Church of the
Russian Empirc.vand. like all Conti
nental priests, always a monarchist.
The onto Item of his speech flashed
across wires, was his declaration that
"the Czar, even If willing to do so. had
no right to abrogate his autocratic
power."
There is. Jioxvever. nothing new in
this effort of one of Russia's holy men
to swing thc political pendulum towards
the medieval despotism, and Father
Vostorgoff Is neither the discoverer of
this doctrine noMhe Inventor of this in
terpretation of monarchist science as
based upon autocratic "rights." As a
matter of fact, as far back as Febru
ary. 1901, when disaster after disaster
was overtaking the Russian army and
navy In .the Far East, and the people at
the peril of their lives demanded relief
from thc Czar of all the Russlas. the
then procurator of the holy synod, the
celebrated Pobledonostseff. promulgat
ed this remarkable doctrine In a letter
to his lord and master, Nicholas IL
And thus spake this civil manager of
Russia's ecclesiastic machine:
Tlieu hart the right, tying aut octal and
anointed of God. to do all thine according
to thy JudcmcnL and to the de!r ot thy
heart. Thou ban. thc right to pat to death
or to pardon thy faithful subject. Tbou
hast the rljrht to eaercle thy mercy or thy
wrath on all. as It pleateth thee. Thou
rricnm far the glorv ef Itussla. and to
Ftrike fear unto thy le. But thou, our
Czar, h net the rlKht to forfeit th sacred
oath which th hast taken before the Lord
thy God to Vep the promise of thy fore
fathers, to preserve the autocracy and the
orthodox faith, which is Intimately bound
thereto.
Intimately bound have orthodoxy and
autocracy been in Russia, especially
since the advent of the Romanoff dy
nasty and Its successor, the Holsteln
Gottorp and Anholt-Zerbst dynasty.
Indeed, so strong hath this union been
that It demanded In taxes fully 45 per
Cent of the productive capacity of the
country to maintain it, and as much of
is unnecessary for the Government to I up good and tight.
assist. This may be good logic, but it
is hardly fair for thc state which Is
making irrigation possible In other
states.
The frazzled candidates are interesting
relics ot the battle.
prlated by the state, it would in effect
undergo a punishment smlllar to that In.
fllcted by Imprisonment of a person. It
Is a startling suggestion, but not many
'imprisonments of corporations would be
required to make law-breaking very In
frequent where now it is impudently com
mon.
No: Mr. Samuel Connell will not be
in the Legislature to represent the plu
tocrats, franchise-mongers and "vested
j rights." grabbed from the public and
held so long in Portland.
It is time the "Wild West" was look
ing after things at home. .Nine of
every ten men In Cody. Wyo.. have been
Indicted for gambling, to the number of
more than a thousand.
Shoot, but aim first, and don't be afraid
of the noise.
The .moth and the flame is the best
simile man has yet brought forth.
Literary art Is the most elastic art, for
It may stretch around all the other arts.
Why are so many actors and actresses
Ignorant? Because very few of them can
read lines Intelligently.
was sure to come, has been brought on
much sooner than might have been ex
pected. It Is only what any newspaper
worker who had watched National affairs
more than a decade saw would result
from the time of thc charge of thc very
light brigade at Washington. D. C, each
endeavoring to outdo the other, all In ri
valry with Lawson and Steffens. The de
mand for superlatives and rottenness was
so great in the minds of their directors
that they very shortly reached the point
of the ridiculous.
An Oregon paper, speaking of the
exodus from San Francisco, says: "A
great hegira leaves the city." It re
minds one of the description of "a pair
of antlers' horns."
There Is no printer serving time In
the Oregon penitentiary, and the
monthly Lend-a-Hand. the only thing
that gets out of the place, has a hard
time doing so.
The Sunnyslde saloon-keeper who got
the nomination for Constable must have
had the help of prohibitionists, as they
sa v nobody else can get a license there.
Give the news writer a credit mark.
Not once has he said of the scene In
San Francisco that "It beggars description."
Thank our lucky stars, the war over
the -Coroner's office ended without any
fatalities. No inquest necessary.
A Pennsylvania revenue collector re
ccntly destroyed 77.0W bad cigars. Ore
gon broke that record last week.
It takes a good man to be a cheerful
loser. Yet the rim of the wheel comes
again to the top.
3To Stamps Inclosed.
Olympla Standard.
The idea that our state is only popu
lated by immigration agents, which
seems to be so widely diffused. Is an
erroneous one. There arc many peo
ple here who came "the plains across."
half a century ago, ana mey minic
very properly that they did their share,
for "Doubting Thomases" in develop
ing tho best country God's sun has
shown upon, without answering pos
tal cards and paying the freight upon
them.
All Grow Together.
Peppner Gazette.
Marry Me? Ya-as.
Llpplncott's.
,A darky wanted very much to pro
pose to his lady-love, but, strange to
say. be hadn't the nerve. Some one
suggested he resort to the telephone.
so he called her up.
"Dat yoo, Dinah "
"Taas," was the reply.
"bay, JJinan, i want ter ask yer
omthinY
"Taas." again.
"Dinah, will yer marry me?"
"Taas; who Is It, please?"
As to Carnegie's Latest Gush.
Boise News.
There is no other class of people in
the entire country so well paid as the
average college professor. A man that
week for only three months of the proper food to throw to the squirrels.
year and draw a salary of from 53000
to"51,"J)0 and in some Instances double
the last figures, Is not needing public
sympathy and is not deserving of
pension. His services have already
been fully rewarded before he reaches
the age of retirement.
' Food for Squirrels.
Brooklyn Life.
Most Deople who feed the gray squirrels
In the blir Darks fall to realize that It is
no kindness to give these pretty little ani
mals such soft shell nuts as almonds, pea
nuts and chestnuts. Human helngs wno
do not have to actually forage, for food
naturally enough feel that it Is thought
fulness itself to save the squirrel's work.
The fact is. however, that a squirrel's
teeth grow so rapidly that, deprived ot
their normal use,, they mignt even
through their very uselessness become
long enough to put this charming rodent
of the trees In danger ot starvation.
Hickory, pecan and hazel nuts are the
What's In a Name?
Under Dog Having- His Day.
Spokane Chronicle.
The under dog does not get kicked
Prseiiiiv th hulk of the business by everybody these days. Ontslde of
under the- pile may get pretty fair
treatment. In the first place many
people are too busy In these days to
At the crossroads settlement is a good
place to start an Oregon push club.
The wise principal has a frequent fire
drill in his school.
SpcaklBg of Molars.
Walla Walla UbIob.
A woman with flae teeth laaghs be-st.
She also talks rt and last.
of Oregon Is centralized In the- city
of Portland, and there can be no better
Indication of the growth ot ine state
than In the growth of Portland. Port
land cannot grow without prosperous
conditions In the state.
MOTTOES NOT ON THE TICKET
rraak T. R oxers.
When your hair Is renin sharer and your
Jaw Is settinr rourb. . .
That'a the time to come and see me. that a
the time, sure enourh.
For a little bit of trlnialnr and seraplnr or
the face
Makes a hlfalctin eidxen of the werst bus.
tn the jlaee.
Tern Word.
If Tom was a Bird Instead of a Word.
Til tell you what he would do;
He'd take Joe Mailer Io the alley
And break him rqasre la two.
Nate Btrd.
I would not ran always.
Tea aot -what I seem;
Aad bow I'll re back
To drrrlar r team.
WWts raisrajr.
Dual way nmaway
Ae casrtare the sack:
Ko-aaway Dwrt-s-ay- ,
St ta Jut came back.
Walla Walla Statesman.
The new men in the South have just
turned down a "gallant old Confed
erate" for Senator. But. unfortunate
ly, they took up a pestiferous gnat
whose chief asset Is his possession of
the name of Jeff Davis.
Groundswell, Not a Wave.
Myrtle Point Enterprise.
There is no mistaking the fact that
public sentiment all over the Pacific
Coast la mucn more mien. ,
KrveP a shove to the man golngdown forcVment of the law than ever before
5?m th cnd nlace the milk of The "Wild and woolly West Is athmg
of the past.
hill: In the second place the milk of
human kindness may run a little more
freely than It did years ago.
Just Out of the Bat Ward.
Yakima Herald.
What's the difference between a
telegraph operator and a traveling
man for an auto firm sending- a rush
order to the factory?
Aw. dafs dead easy; one works the
wires, the other wires the works.
Belonged to the Big Horn Man.
. Tacoma News.
One of the curious things recently
received at thc dead letter office was
a set of false teeth that weighed four
'pounds aad were twelve Inches in
dianeter.
Belated Explanation.
Taklssa: Republic
Men with whiskers like Dowle's are
1 bora ta trouble.
Child of thc Newly Rich.
Smart Set.
;Was he born with a silver spoon in bis
"No: with a silver knife in his mouth."
Righteous. Indignation.
John Adamson In St. Nicholas.
When I waa Just a tiny child.
They say 1 used to be quite wild!
Sometimes. It seems. I'd raise- a row;
Of course. I've learned much belter now
But If you'll promise pot to- tell.
Here's what they say I did ones? Well.
A lady came to visit us
She was the kind that tnaksa a fuss.
She patted my old foolish curls.
And aM. "X Just love little' rlrls:"
X waa as mad as' I couM b!
I west outdoors aad kicked a Use!