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THE MOKXIXGr OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1906. Entered at the Poatofflce at Portland. Or., as Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. IT INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. XI (By Mall or Express.) DAILY. SUNDAY INCLUDED. Twelve month! IS. 00 Fix months 4.25 Three months - S-25 One month .71 Delivered by carrier, per year .00 Delivered by carrier, per month - .75 Less time, per week 2 Sunday, one year z SO Weekly, one year lssued Thursday)... 1.80 Sunday snd Weekly, one year 8 60 HOW TO REMIT Bend postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps., coin or currency are at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The 8. C. Beckwith Special Agency New York, rooms 43.-50. Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms 510-512 Tribune building. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex. Postofflce News Co., 178 Dearborn street. St. Paul. Minn. N. BU Marie, Commercial Station. Denver Hamilton Kendrlck, 800-Stl Seventeenth street: Pratt Book 8tore. 1214 Fifteenth itreet: I. 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In his speech at the recent banquet of the National Association of Manu facturers, Secretary Taft again took occasion to remind those who oppose open trade -with the islands how we got them,- and our consequent obliga tions. He explained once more that we didn't Intend, when we began the Span ish War, to get into the Philippines. But when you enter a war you never know where you are coming out. Cir cumstances made us the guardians of the Inlands and of their people. So, as we are their guardians, we owe to them every obligation to see not only that they have government on principles of freedom, but Inasmuch as freedom alone does not feed a people, we are under obligation to give them all we can for building up their prosperity. We may get out of the Islands some time, but there is no present prospect that we shall be able to do so; because the interests we have established there, in which the interests of the Islanders are also Included, make It impossi ble. We- have indeed a class of persons who are utterly opposed to ever having anything to. do with the Philippines, but they don't tell us how to get out of them. There can now be no prob ability that even a Democratic Admin fetrution would think of abandoning them. The longer' we stay the more Intimately the interests of the natives will be Involved with our own; and free trade between the islands and the United States, which cannot be put off much longer two or three years at furthest will complete the bond be tween them and us. It is as easy at shallow to say we ought never to have taken over the islands, or even to have entered them. We entered them In war, through a necessity the war created. The Span ish fleet at Manila was a menace to our Pacific commerce and even to the ports of our Pacific states; and it was necessary for Dewey's squadron to seek and if possible destroy it. Besides, for Its own refuge and supply, a station was indispensable to Dewey's squad ron. At the conclusion of the war a primary consideration, both with our negotiators and the American people whom they represented, was that we could not afford to abandon the Filip inos. Our own knowledge of the ways of Spain with insurgents in Cuba was then fresh and vivid, and we had a right to Infer that her treatment of the insurgents in the Philippines would have been no better. We had the feel ing so violently expressed by Tenny son: I should count myself the coward If I left them, my Lord Howard. To those Inquisition dogs and the 'devll- .doms of Spain. Besides, there never had been peace in the Philippines. The people never had had a chance. Some of the Fili pinos, indeed, who had personal am bitions didn't want us to stay; but even these desired that we should guar antee them protection against possible and even probable enemies. But of course we couldn't put the Filipinos in control," and then, defend them against the other nations with whom they surely would embroil themselves; and though- we didn't know then as much about .the little brown brother as we know now, we knew enough about him and also about the Babel of tribes over which he aimed to preside to know that we could not afford to take the responsibility for the acts of any government which the Filipinos might organize. And certainly we shpuld have taken that responsibility if we had turned over the islands to the party in Luzon which claimed them. Moreover, Ger many at that time was on, the scene, with a powerful squadron, which wa5 acting in a peculiarly irritating man ner; and the consideration that Ger many might get the islands if we didn't hold them, was no small factor In effecting our decision. Whether we shall ever leave the islands Is a decision that must be left to time and to the course of events. For our own part, we regard it as quite Impossible. For the longer we stay the more the Filipinos will desire us to remain. Industry, commerce, schools, courts, administration of Justice, in ternal Improvements will all become increasingly powerful agencies ,of ce mentation. But there Is one condition indispensable. The trade barriers must be wholly removed. The building ordinance, which is blamed for the refusal of Charles Sweeny to proceed with the construc tion of his great theater, has its de fenders, and some of its provisions may be for the best. There is one very unjust feature tn connection with the Issuance of building permits, however, which cannot very well be explained away. That is the penalizing of en terprise by compelling the payment of II on each $1000 valuation of the build ing permit iseued. By enforcement of this provision of the law, Portland falls to receive credit for more than one-third to cne-half of the value of the buildings for which permits are issued. . If the makers of ordinances cannot offer some relief from this In justice, a popular subscription should be started and the amount necessary placed to the city's credit, so that per mits could be Issued at the actual value of the building without the builder be ing obliged to foot the bill. In Seattle It .costs $1 for a permit for a $500,000 building. In Portland the permit would cost $500. OREGON DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS? .Whenever the Republican Adminis tration is assailed in the House of Rep resentatives by the Irrepressible and unterrified Democracy, it falls usually to the lot of Representative Grosvenor. of Ohio, to vindicate his party, eulogize the President, and roast the opposition. It is therefore a matter of great regret that General Grosvenor hasn't a better memory and stronger powers for ac curate observation. Last Saturday, for example, the aged and unfaltering Re publican champion had occasion in de bate to refer to the late Oregon elec tion In the following language: There were no vengeance and retribution visible In the result of the election In Ore gon the other day. when It sent two Repub licans to this body by 1-V000 majority from a state that since I have been here has A-yit Democrats to Congress. I do not think, 'in view of this, that we need give serious heed to the croaklngs of the owls of prophecy. General Grosvenor didn't know that Mr. Ellis has been elected to Congress by the largest plurality ever given to any candidate In either Oregon district; and he did not know, but he should have known, that the Joint pluralities of Mr. Ellis and Mr. Hawley 16.225 and 37S0 respectively are 20.005. Which is considerably more than the Ohio orator placed them at. In the Second District the Republican plurality was more than usual; in the First District somewhat less. But the average represents fairly the customary Republican vote In this state for these offices. No, indeed; there is nothing In the Oregon returns on Representative in Congress to Justify any extensive croaklngs from the owls of Democratic prophecy. As to General Grosvenor's faulty memory: It appears from the Congres sional directory that Charles Henry Grosvenor, after a varied political ca reer, first entered the Forty-ninth Con gress from the Eleventh Ohio District, In 1885. The last Democratic Repre sentative from Oregon was in . the Forty-sixth Congress John Whiteaker, elected in 1878. The last Democratic Senator was J. H. Slater, also elected In 1878, last until the appointment of Senator Gearin in 1905. Perhaps Gen eral Grosvenor referred to Senator Gearin, but the state didn't "send" him, as the General implies. BEYOND CORPORATE CONTROL. The active part which Miles C Monro of Walla Walla, has taken in the finan cial, commercial and political life of the Inland Empire admirably qualifies him to speak intelligently on any economic subject afTectimr the interpsts of the Pacific Northwest. For this rea son his allusion to the open river in his address before the Bankers' Associ ation is of exceptional interest and value at this time. In calllno- attention of the Portlanders to the blessings they enjoy, Mr. Moore said:- A fleet of steamboats, and a few hundred miles of trolley lines reaching out In the ad jacent valleys to serve as feeders, will solve tne rate problem and secure to you forever the rich trade of the east-of-tho-mountalns country as well as that of the fertile Wil lamette Valley. . . . The aea are the nations' free highways rivers the arteries oi internal commerce. On all these there Is a common-user privilege no roadbed to maintain, no bonds to pay and no interest charge to provide.. Fortunate th t,a has water transportation. No other Is free irom railway domination and railway exac tions which are. as von li b.nH . arbitrary and burdensome. The early settlement of th Empire was made possible by nature's highway from the sea to the interior When the steamboat followed the bateaux, canoe and barge on the routes above the Cascades and Celilo, the real development of that empire of richness began. The colossal fortunes which Columbia River steamboats made for their owners were so attractive to capi talists that construction of railroads followed as a matter of course. With increasing transportation facilities and an attendant reduction In freight rates came increased development which has, with occasional pauses, continued to this day. Long before the business of that great region lying east of the Cas cades approached Its present propor tions, the Northern Pacific Railroad built a road over the mountains, and, despite the enormous handicap imposed by nature, succeeded In diverting con siderable business from the natural route, which, following the lines of least resistance, came down the river to Portland. The building of a line by this un natural route was a bold piece of work, but, with all of their boldness, neither the original builders, the receivers who followed them, nor the strictly up-to-date management of th,e present day have ever disputed the i sition of the Columbia River route as a maker of rates. There have been numerous reductions in the rates down the river, and they have been followed by the lines over the mountains, but the latter will rest forever under a handicap Imposed by nature a handi cap that will prevent them from tak ing the Initiative in making rates. If a war to the death should ever spring up between the lines using the moun tain route and those which come down the Columbia, the latter would be show ing a profit at rates which would bank rupt the mountain-climbing- lines. Recognition of this fact Is shown In construction of a line down the north bank of the Columbia River by the owners of the lines which now cross the Cascade Mountains at an altitude of many thousand feet above the level of the Columbia River. But between the rival lines which will soon be competing for business on both sides of the Columbia still sweeps that magnificent highway, the river. Beyond the reach of corporate greed. It will remain a maker of rates which must be met by the railroads regard less of alliances and combinations among themselves. This Is a heritage,, the value of which can be but poorly estimated by what has been accom plished in the past. But this value Is becoming more thoroughly understood and appreciated as the years go by. The people of Portland and of the In land Empire will never again permit the matter of an open river to lag. Immediate attention Is needed at the mouth, and, with the money now avail able for Jetty work, and with some dredging, the channel to the sea can undoubtedly be put in fine condition before arrival of the fall grain fleet. Meanwhile every effort must be put forth above The Dalles. Electric lines are branching out in all directions through the Inland Empire, and most of them do not have very far to run before they strike the Columbia or it, navigable tributary, the Snake River. Boats are needed to connect with these feeders, and, to enable these boats to make the lowest possible rates, it is necessary that the river be cleared of all obstructions as far inland as it is possible to float a flat-bottomed barge. The railroads, with an increased volume of business, may, and undoubt edly will, meet the competition of the boats, and may take the bulk of the business. Even if they succeed in do ing this, the "open river" will have accomplished all that has ever been ex pected of it, and will remain forever the regulator of rates between the In land Empire and the sea. ADDICKS AND DELAWARE. The New York Sun says that in the defeat of Addicks "principle has tri umphed, and the fair name of Dela ware has been cleansed of the stain." The New York Globe rejoices In the downfall of Addicks and the end of his iniquitous- career in Delaware, and says of the successful candidate for Senator: "The best thing known about Colouel Henry Du Pont Is that three times he has refused to accept the Senatorship on the condition that Addicks should be his colleague. The new Senator may be a powder man Interested in Gov ernment contracts, and not particularly able as a statesman, but " etc., etc. It Is quite obvious therefore that Du Pont will fill all Senatorial require ments. Besides, anybody Is better than Addicks. Few who were Interested in him and his unwearying attempt by a big conspiracy to buy up a little state will forget the picture of the unspeak-1 able Addicks painted by his former friend, associate and partner, Mr. Tom Lawson, the national purifier: I have yet to meet a man. woman or child who could say aught of Addicks after a month's acquaintance other than "Don't mention him! He Is the Jlmlt." . Here we have a man without a heart, without a soul, and, I believe, absolutely without con science the typeof a man even his associ ates fear Is likely to bring In after their deaths queer bills against their estates as an offset to what he owes them; the type of a man whose promise Is just as good as his bond, and whose bond Is so near his promise as to make It absolutely Immaterial to him which you take. Addicks tried for seventeen long years to get into the Senate. Time and again it seemed as if he might succeed. Once the representatives of his mer cenary and corrupt machine were ad mitted to the Republican National con vention. Again the President of the United States was almost persuaded to aid the ambitions of the man who had set about to corrupt the entire elector ate of Delaware. But there were those who could not be bought with money, beguiled with favors or moved by per sonal, political or commercial Influence; and the nefarious purposes of Addicks were Anally defeated. There are some who are disposed to point out that the end of the Addicks reign came with the failure of his fortunes; but let that pass. There was always an unpurchas able minority In Delaware, and they have triumphed In the end. NATCRAL COMPETITION RESTRICTED. No American -citiaen gifted with suf ficient intelligence to enable him to distinguish "a hawk from n h will fail to understand the object lesson on tariff which is shown In the action of the House on purchase of. Panama uanal supplies. It Is a well known fact, to which we point with a pride mat is naraiy -warranted,' if we go too far into the details of the transaction, that Americans are underbidding tVi manufacturers of all the rest of the world on certain commodities. Ameri can steel rails, locomotives, pars. hrldH-A material and similar products of Ameri can lactones are continually being ex ported in great quantities to Africa, India, China, Japan. Australia. and other countries, where they are sold at prices which defy the competi tion or tne Jfc,ngllsh and German bid ders. Panama, like the countries men tioned. Is also a foreign country, but has entered into an agreement not to impose any duties upon supplies or ma terial needed In construction of. the canal regardless of what were shipped from. This in effect gives ine American manufacturer the same opportunity to meet the competition of the foreigners that he now enjoys in other parts of the world, and th pre Is accordingly no logical reason why he Bnouia not meet this competition.. But Consrress. iennrlner th ri eho't American manufacturers have no fear of losing trade In other countries, in sists that all competition be -eliminated and the Panama Canal project be forced to stand the exactions of th American trusts. Mr. Dalzell, of Penn sylvania, In explaining the monopolistic measure, is quoted as saying that "if prices are somewhat hle-hor in v,& United States than In Europe, it is be cause or nigher wages." This argu ment Is emphatically and effectually squelched by trade statistics llnd rc- ords which show that prices which are established in the United States on when goods are shipped foreign lower than those of the foreigners where, wages are lower than in the United states, it would be folly to presume that If the Panama Government- nr anv other foreign concern were building the canal, American exporters would not be perfectly willing to take their chances by submitting bids in competi tion with . the same opponents whom they now meet and vanquish in com mercial contests In other parts of the world. Exemption from duties on materials to be used at Panama was granted for the purpose of reducing the cost of the great work. The project involves ex penditure of such an enormous sum of money that, through this concession alone, millions would be saved. Now Congress by the elimination of eomne- tition has more than offset all -gain tllOf AtKciMI'to. - . . 1 .9 1 , . - wL..v . ..t nuuiu nave oeen made. In other words, , we have accepted the gift of exemption from duty and passed it on to the protected trusts, who will be permitted to charge "home market" prices for materials which are sold to the foreigners at "foreign market" prices. The provision of the act which gives the President the right to reject bids which he may regard as "extor tionate or . unreasonable" offers but slight hope for any economy in pur chases, and places the chief executive in an awkward position. The duties of his office hardly qualify him for an ex pert on the price of canal material, and, as he will have no foreign bids with which to compare those submitted by the trusts In this country, it" will be impossible, or at the best extremely difficult, for him to determine what a "reasonable" price may be. The only legitimate test of reasonable prices Is competition, and this is Im possible where the price of so much of the material required at Panama Is fixed by a single trust or organization which is now rendered Immune from competition of 'foreign manufacturers. Twenty-eight dollars per ton is not re garded as "unreasonable or extortion ate" for steel rails In this country, but the same manufacturers who demand this figure from American buyers have been selling them as low as $22 per ton to foreign buyers. The foreigner, enjoying the blessed privilege of buying where he can buy the cheapest, would certainly regard the American price, which of course will be the Panama Canal price, as "unreasonable and extortionate." Governor Pardee and Mayor Schmits have made official appeal to the heads of the dilatory insurance companies which are refusing to settle with the unfortunate victims of the San Fran cisco fire. It is stated that, if no relief is ottered, appeal will be made to the world. The conduct of the "six-bit" Insurance companies that are endeavor ing to rob the stricken fire sufferers is so outrageous that a concerted move should be made to put them out of business not only on the Pacific Coast, from which they announce their In tention of "withdrawal," but in all other parts of the United States. A blacklist containing the names of all of the thieving companies that are re fusing to settle in full should be given, such general circulation that they could no longer do business. A general can cellation of policies in some of these companies might cause the millionaire stockholders to abandon the thieving plan they are attempting to force policy-holders to accept. The Nehalem beeswax has again been officially declared beeswax, this time by Professor Bradley, who has made a chemical analysis of the substance. The "ozorite school," as the professor terms, those who Insist that the sub stance Is ozorite and not beeswax, need not despair, however. Ever since the first specimens were picked up on the beach there have been theorists who professed to believe that this "ozorite" was deposited In the form of candles, with Images and hieroglyphics en graved on some of the pieces. They will come to the front again with a denial that, the stuff Is beeswax, and those who would not recognize beeswax when they see It and taste it may be lieve them. Others will not. "Ozorite" may be found on Nehalem Beach, but beeswax is also found there, and few, if any, who have found the beeswax have ever discovered any ozorite. Down in California the Government has Instituted suits for the purpose of recovering public lands which were procured by fraud by Benson, Hyde and others who operated ' extensively In California and Oregon. If suits of this kind could' be made successful, there might be some hope of a measure of Justice resulting from the land fraud disclosures. The probability is, how. ever, that the thieves will not only escape punishment but will retain their plunder. Somehow or other the holders of the titles to the land will prove to t)e "Innocent purchasers." The entrance of Mr. Harriman's rail road to Seattle is delayed by refusal of the Union Pacific man to pay an additional $500,000 for' tne privilege of going in on a street which is not ac ceptable to him. Considering that Mr. Harriman paid about $4,000,000 for $1,000,000 worth of terminal property in Seattle, it is strange that he should balk at a trifle like $500,000. And yet it must be remembered that every "good thing" has Its limitations, and Seattle certainly crowded tlie limit when she fixed real estate prices for the new comer. An Eastern firm engaged in the build ing of railway cars has recently placed orders for an aggregate of 50,000,000 feet of Oregon and Washington fir for use In car building. While this is an un usually large order, the use of Oregon lumber for that purpose is nothing new. For a number of years Oregon mills have been shipping lumber East to be used in the manufacture of car3. For strength and durability as com pared with its weight, Oregon fir has no superior. General Grosvenor points with pride to the great Republican victory in Ore gon where the "Republican candidates got-majorities of 15,000." They actually got all the way from 3000 to 47,000. You can get- any kind of a Republican plurality in Oregon, if you get any at all. But the General didn't know. Fifteen thousand seemed enough to .a modest Ohio Congressman whose Re publican pluralities are all in the past. A college girl has shown her class spy-it by climbing a flagpole -and tear ing down the banner placed there by the members of another class in the school. Thus is the superiority of edu cational standards at that Institution demonstrated. No girl possessing the instincts of a lady could rest In peace while that hated strip of cloth waved from the flagpole. The rag Is down and the honor of the class saved. Since Arizona and New Mexico are now to vote separately on the question of being united together for formation of a single state, we shall see whether the people really favor the union or not; or whether the opposition comes from politicians who see more chances for themselves and for each other In two states than In one. When William J. Bryan. In answer to an inquiry about the place of silver in the next contest, says "the silver question is a dead horse," the devotees of free coinage on the sacred ratio of 16 to 1 must feel an Inexpressible shock. Alas for that crown of thorns and cross of gold, now scouted and derided! That briny old salt Teller, from the great maritime State of Colorado, is leading the fight for a sea-level canal. Teller had his first great nautical ex perience in 1896, when he floated out of the St. Louis convention In an ocean of his own tears. Hence his expert knowl edge of canals. The President has no desire to dic tate to Congress, etc., . etc.; but there must be a sound meat Inspection bill. A hungry nation still believes in the potency of the Big Steak. One result of the earthquake is seen in the Coquille Herald, where an ad vertiser announces a. "big lot of sugar and fresh groceries ,just. in from Port land." The vegetarians knew it all the time; but the meat-eaters never would listen. It is a great wonder that any but the vegetarians are alive. Evidently the voters thought Mr. Mulkey entitled to more than six weeks in the Senate; bo they gave him 47,000 plurality. WHERE. JEFF fcAVIS PLAJfKKTJ.- A Historic stone Mansion Sold at Washington, D. C. Minneapolis Tribune. What is said by experts to be the highest price ever paid for real estate in Washington, D. C, was given for the Stone mansion on the corner of F street and Fourteenth, one of the historic houses of that city. A western capitalist gave $S0 a square foot for the 2.481 feet in the lot. The price paid is equivalent to J6.700 a front foot. The depth of the lot is only 85 feet. Many stories cluster around the prop erty, which was built 60 years ago by the late Dr. Robert K. Stone, a wealthy Washington physician of before the war times. Dr. Stone had a fine farm on the heights overlooking the city, which was then regarded as far out in the country, although the city now has gone beyond it. Mrs. John A. Logan now occupies the farm house. General Logan having bought it a few years before his death. Jefferson Davis lived In the Stone man sion many years. It was In this house that the plans that led to the secession of. the southern states were made. The Stone house is the last residence prop erty on F street to go before the march of business ' uptown as Washington grows larger. On one corner facing the house is the Ebbltt. on the diagonal cor ner Is the New Willard. and on the west corner is the Wyatt building, the news paper men's skyscraper. It was for this corner that a Washington capitalist marie sn offer to the late "Joe" Willard, the eccentric millionaire hermit, who for years lived alone across the street' ad joining the Davis house. Meeting Wil lard at one of his infrequent emergences from his den, the capitalist asked him if he would sell the corner lot. Willard said he might. "I will cover It over with silver dol lars, Mr. Willard, If you will sell It," said the intending purchaser. Willard said he would take the offer under consideration. Nothing was heard from him for nearly a year, when the two again met on the street. "How about that offer I made you for that corner, Mr. Willard?" asked the cap italist. "Well, my friend." replied Willard, there is one point about the offer I have wanted to have 'elucidated somewhat . How did you propose to lay those silver dollars on that lot edgewise or flat?" Willard never sold the lot and his son Governor Willard, when he inherited the property, built a handsome structure on it. Mr. Dooley on Socialism. Collier's. Mr. Dooley, that philosopher whom cus tom cannot stale, was speaking feelingly on Socialism. "What d'ye want to do?" says I. "To make all men akel,". gays he.. "Akel to who?" says I. "If ye mane akel to me, I'm agreeable," I says. "I tire av bein' supeeryor to th' rest lv th" race," says I. "But," says I, "if ye mane akel to ye," says I, "I'll throuble ye to take ye'ersilf off," says I. "I shave," says T. "But suppose you did get Socialism. What would you do?" asked Mr. McKen na (Rep.). "Th' first thing we'd do wud be to take all th' money In th' wurruld an' throw it into th" lake." '.'Not my money," said Mr. MeKenna. "Yes. ye'er's an' lvrybody else's," said Mr. Larkln. "Mine wudden't make much iv a splash," said Mr. Hennessy. "Hush," said Mr. Larkin. "Thin we'd set ivry wan to wurruk at something." "What wurruk wud ye put us at?" asked Mr. MeKenna. , "Ivry man wud wurruk at what plazed him." "But suppose no wurruk plazed him," said Mr. Dooley and Mr, MeKenna at once. ' "He'd starve," said Mr. Larkin. "He wud now." said Mr. Dooley. "Well," said Mr. MeKenna, after some thbught, "I choose to feed th' swans In Lincoln Park." Chicago to See n "JunKle" Play. New York World. ' "Cattle killing on the stage will be one of the features of my play, The Jungle, which George H. Brennan will produce In Chicago about September 1," said Up ton Sinclair yesterday. . "The third act will make audiences sit up, 1 think. The curtain rises showing the spectators' gallery over the killing bed and the platform on which the man with the hammer stands. You 6ee the heads of the cattle, and afterward the hindquarters as they are strung up after the killing. During the action a folding door opens from time to time into the hog-killing room, and you see the hogs moved along on the board and hear the squeals of the hundreds of pigs, pro duced by many phonograph records of the real thing. "The climax of the act is when Jurgls and Connor grapple on the edge of the platform ' over the pen filled with wild Texas cattle. Jurgis hurls him into the pen and you hear his screams and see the rush of the men to his assistance, while Jurgis. leaning over, curses his enemy in Lithunian. of course. - Growing; I'p With the Country. The Eugene Dally Guard has added a a column to the page, which allows of more meat to the egg. Oregon has some good "country newspapers. The Sieve Member. Puck. He was a country Senator, and when he took the floor The eyes of fellow-members slowly turned to look him o'er; His hair was long, his voice was loud, and whiskers decked his chain. His "newness" advertised Itself before he could begin. He paused to rather dignity, with handker chief In hand. His movements were deliberate, but very far from "grand." And well they knew, from former years, about what he would say. But still they couldn't smile In quite the same old way. "I'm not a ready speaker, gentlemen," he slowly said, "And eloquence has never yet through me Its luster shed. But If you'll take my simple life, and its brief pages scan, I think you'll agree that I have been an honest man. I represent constituents in this great body here. And 1 expect to serve them faithfully from year to year." He paused In awkward silence, and stroked his beard of gray. But still they couldn't smile in quite the same old way. , It was his maiden effort, and, while he strove to speak. His voice would sometimes quaver, and then again would squeak; He talked against monopoly and over-reaching trusts They recognized In his remarks the old re formers' thrusts. He cried against corruption. Its baneful lust, am then He said they should be dealt with by tree and upright men. They watched him as with fervor his form would bend and sway. But still they couldn't smile in quite" the same old way. It was the old familiar speech they used to call it "cant,'" And used to laugh within their sleeves to hear that kind of rant; But somehow when this new man spoke. although he was uncouth. They seemed to realize that he was dealing with the truth. Some glanced about, with furtive looks, some trembled Just a bit. For well they knew those shafts at last had found a place to hit; They -were, of course, ridiculous, these things he tried to say. But still they couldn't smile In quite the same old way. PRESIDENT GRAWT MOVED. Coachman Had to Obey the Arbitrary Policeman. Washington, D. C, Dispatch In . the . New York World. The recent episode at the Belasco Theater here when the President's coachman had a difficulty with the manager - because he would not move his carriage, although nobody was in the carriage and it was waiting for some White House guests, reminded an old police sergeant of a time when he was stationed at the Baltimore & Ohio station here. Among his other duties he had to keep carriages from standing at the curb directly in front of the station entrance, It being necessary to keep that place clear for carrriages that were coming and going at that point. President Grant drove to the station to meet one of the incoming trains. While the officer was in another place the carriage stopped In front of the station. When the officer returned he noticed the President's rig standing there and waited for it to move along. When it did not move and no one alighted the officer supposed that the President had gone Into the station. "You know as well as I do that you cannot stand there." said the officer to the President's coachman. "Do you know whose carriage this Is?" was the only answer of the man on the box. "That makes no difference. You roust move." But there, was no move on the par.t of the coachman to stir from the place. "Hawkins,'- came a voice from in side, "did you hear what that officer said?" And the head of the President of the United States was poked out of the carriage window. The carriage moved. THE MODERN PILLORT. New York Kvening Post. We often fail to realize how tremendous an engine of retribution the press has now become. It Is the old Greek Ne mesis, a thousand times more potent. "Look at that. Pen." said Warrington, as they passed a newspaper office In the Strand. "She never sleeps. She has her ambassadors In every quarter of the world her couriers upon " every road." Today we 'may add, "Her winged minis ters of vengeance In every town and ham let." Men not yet old can remember when those who had failed in the East through folly or sin could start again in the West, unknown, and make a new name for themselves. John H. Mitchell went under a cloud from Pennsylvania to Ore gon, and rose to be United States Sena tor. But the complete organization of such an Institution , as the Associated Press is destroying the last refuge of such offenders. The names of Gillette and . Grannlss are staring this morning from the first page of the San Francisco Chron icle, the Portland Oregonlan. the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and even the Nome Nugget. These former officers of the Mutual Life alt In the stocks before the eyes of every one who can read. Liter ally, then, this is a time when men may begin to say to the mountains. ''Fall on us." and to the hills, "Cover iis." For whatever the shortcomings of district attorneys or the defects of legal process, our criminals are still scourged with scorpions. Any one who lightly says that our rich lawbreakers escape scot-free has but to remember the presidents of the three big insurance companies. The most fortunate of them all Is John A. MoCall. who died after but a few months of Intense mental suffering. James W. Alexander Is wreck ed in mind and body. Richard A. Mo Curdy no longer dares to mingle with his former associates and friends. He knows that everybody who recognizes him points to him as a violator of trust, a greedy robber of widows and orphans. And De pew? No more public dinners; no more interviews in the press: no more boards of directors listening to his sallies of wit: no more orations In the Senate. Has John D. Rockefeller come through his ordeal unscathed? Let no one lmaerine It. The pathetic eagerness with which the Stand ard Oil Company has seized and circulated every utterance that might be construed as a defense of Standard Oil methods Is proof enough that John D. Rockefeller's wounds are unhealed. He Is aware that whenever he gives to church or college, high-minded men and women protest that his money Is tainted: and that most of his countrymen regnrd the huge Indus trial organization of which he Is the head as a fitting monument to his ruth lessness and duplicity. And the meat packers surely have not gone unwhlpped. They are facing a whirlwind of wrath and denunciation: and their business Is slipping from their grasp millions of dollars each week. They cannot within a generation rebuild the shattered edifice of public confidence. NEWSPAPER WAIFS. Sllllcus "It's no fool Job. I tell you." Cynlcus "Then why undertake It?" Phila delphia Record. "I see Mr. quab is trying to break the bank at Monte Carlo." "Huh! ron't notice the bank complaining much, do you?" Philadelphia Ledger. "What's the difference between vision and sight?" "See those two girls across the street?" "yes". "Well, the pretty one I would call a -lslon of loveliness, but the other one she's a sight." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Paying Teller fin Day and Night Bank, at 4 A. M.) "But this doesn't re semble your-, regular signature, Mr. Klub man?" Mr. Klubman "Reg'lar night signa ture or boy. . Darn lucky I (hie) didn't have to make my marksh!" Brooklyn Life. The Inspector asked the boys of the school he was examining: "Can you take your warm overcoats off?" "Yes, sir," was the response. "Can the bear take his warm overcoat off?" "No, sir." "Why not?" There was silence for a while, and then a little boy spoke up: "Please, sir. because God alone knows where the buttons are." St. James Gazette. 'WHILE THE LAMP HOLDS OUT TO BURN " if. . LIFE IJT THE OREGON COUNTRY. Country Went Dry, Too. Albany Herald. Strawberries are being harvested and pickers have-on their gumboous and hit the patches between showers. Make t Deficiency July 4. Hillsboro Argus. The weather man at Portland reports that we are nine inches short on rainfall. Looks as though he had lost his yard stick. Umatilla Chivalry. Echo Register. Irving Sneider, of Pendleton,' insulted young girls and was lined $10 Monday. . It should have been ten gallons of tar laid on hot. Statement fio. 1." Eugene Register. When some people have nothing else to worry about, they wonder what would be come of all the buttermilk if drinking It were not a fad. , "Woman's Rights." Oregon Tradesman. In the general lines of trade women buy most of the goods for consumers. Get the women to come to your store, get women to approve of your place of busi ness, your way of conducting it and your goods, and you will have the bulk of trade. Ten A errs Enough. Albany Herald. In Oregon, and particularly in the Wil lamette Valley, conditions are ideal for the small farmer. Soli is fertile, climate superb and prices satisfactory. That this condition is being appreciated Is demon strated by the tendency of late years to break up large land holdings. Watch the Bristles Grow. - Astotian. AH that Astoria needs just now is a, new charter, a sea wall, a mouern hotel, the common-point rate on wheat, some flour mills and an elevator, a few steamship lines terminating here, some more people and business to match, and a Republican Common Council. Sne can wait awhile for the larger things, and things harder to get. Shows Proper Spirit, Anyway. Tillamook Herald. The editor of the Herald has neglected the editorial department of the paper for some time past, but then we will try and not be so neglectful in the future. A hun dred weekly papers that come to our ex change table weekly fall to produce one in a community of the size of Tillamook that contains more of good readable news matter than the Herald. This is not "hot air," but facts. Sample Oregon Crop Report. Polk County Itemizer. Some hop lice and aphis. Give us a little more sunshine. There is too much rain, for heavy vetch. The strawberry crop is very short this year. Hops look sickly and need more dry weather. Too much rain, gardens weedy and pota toes going to top. Grain is not stooling out as it generally does; nearly all straight stalks. Some "Circulation."' St. Helens Mist. R. H. Mitchell and family moved to Ka lama on Tuesday last, where Mr. Mitch ell will engage in the publication of the Kalama News. Mr. Mitchell's career -In this county" has been kaleidoscopic. He has conducted papers at Veronia, Kalnler, St. Helens and Houlton. Ha is a rustler and a man of considerable ability, but he seems to think that the main purpose of a county newspaper Is to find fault wii whatever Is, and thereby he has miesed the road to success. . Bljrcest Chicken-House. - Corvatlis Gazette.' . F. L Miller's new chicken house, prob ably the largest In Oregon, was completed Friday. It Is located on his 30-acre chicken ranch west of town, and is about 800 feet in length, extending entirely across a field which will serve as a feed ing pasture for the fowls. A track Is built the full length of the house, a feed ing car being thus pushed along with no lifting or carrying of food to be done. The house will accommodate 2000 hens. ' Old Yamhill Again. McMlnnville Telegraph-Register. The Edison Company, of New York, has recently issued a profusely illustrated cat alogue, the illustrations being caricatures by Fred Cooper, son of J. C. Cooper, of this city. Ralph A. Fenton, son of W. 1). Fenton. of Portland, has won distinction in the Northwestern University, at Evanston, 111. Dr. Fenton, like so many other great men, got his start in Yamhill. He was born in Lafayette and lived in McMinnvltle for years. L'EnvoL Puck. When Earth's last scandal is printed and the forms are battered and pied. When the newest muck heap has crumbled and the oldest raker has died, We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it He down for an aeon or two. . Till Saint Teddy, the Master Critic, soall find us something to do. And those that were good shall be happy; they shall sit on a cloud and rail At the swing of the stars In their courses and the curve of a comet's tall Thomas and David and Upton. Eammle and Ida and Ray. They snail censure and. kick and cavil, and never be tired a day. And only Saint Teddy shall praise us, and only Saint Teddy shall blame; And no one shall kick for money, and no one shall kick for fame. But Just for the joy of the kicking; and each shall be perfectly free To' change and arrange Creation as he thinks that It ought to be! From the Chicago Chronicle.