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I-ORTlAM, MONDAY, JAM'ARY 7, 1907.
CVOCENHEIH.
Readers of The Oregonian had yes
terday two most Illuminating views of
Simon Guggenheim, Sonator-to-be from
Colorado. In the first, an appreciative
"biosrraphical sketch, tho name of Gug
genheim was eulogized, for "It has
come to have almost limitless slgnifl-
cance in financial circles." Mr. Gug
genheim has lived In Colorado for
eighteen years, and he "values men
for their honesty and for what th?y
know." In that same elsrhteen years
.the thrifty politicians of Colorado
have come to value Guggenheim for
what they know of Gusrgenhe-im. Ills
capacity as a "producer" Is limitless.
In the languaKe or the admiring: Gugr-
genheim henchmen, he "cornea
through." The world, of course, will
ine frlaL to knotr about the grreat Colo
rado easy mark. He Is a anultl-mlllion-aire,
arid Colorado ought not to have
him all by Itself.
The second, view of Senator-to-be
Guggenheim wan given by himsel f. In
an interview at "Washington City he
told how lie got the Colorado Senator-
hip at a fine bargain. Said Guggen
iheim: There Is nothing wrong about It. It Is
mciy conducting political campaigns ai
they are conducted in thane days. The money
3 nave contributed hu helped to elect these
men. and. naturally they feel under obit -
nation to vot for me. It IS done all over the
I'nltcd StatPB today. I do not consider that
it Is wrong, and neither do I think that It
van In any aenaa be called bribery.
Certainly not. It is not bribery to
arrange to pay money to a prospective
member of the Legislature, under the
attractive dlasgulxo of "campaign ox
ponser," and to require him to pledge
wmscii m advance to vote tor the phil
anthropist who furnished the . funds.
'ot bribery, just, .bargain ni sale.
11 they feel, says Guggenheim, in an
"oui.rs.tion" to "vote lor me," Colo-
rado If g-islatons are evidently gentle-
incn who have a keen sense, of honor,
for they have given. Guggenheim the
Republican nomination In caucus,
evry member but one voting for him.
The one evidently felt no proper sense
of obligr&tlon. He was not an honest
xrian, lor hs wouldn't stay bought. Or
porhaps he didn't neei the money and
gave it back to Guggenheim.
Tho Guggenhelms will continue to
break into tho United States (Senate
until Senators are all elected by the
people. We (shall not be free from the
Colorado method until then.
TOO MANY SrRClAL STATE FUNDS.
In his biennial report, Secretary of
State Dunbar re-comm ends that & num
ber of special funio be abolished ancl
that the money heretofore set apart in
these funds b made available for
payment of any warrants outstanding
against the general fund. The recom-
tflWdltloa Softms to U a good one. Of
course tt is riot proposed that tho trust
-f unda, which are to be loaned ou t at
Jntereet. ehould be used for payment
of ordinary stale expenses. The funds
of which the Secretary speaks are
touch as -the pure food fund, the game
protection fund, the Agricultural Col
lege tax fund and tha hatchery fund.
The crame protection fund for example,
i derived from certain fees and tines
and is set aside for enforcement of the
Kame laws. The hatchery fund is slml-
lai-ly collected and applied. It is not
smeTKeatted that, the amount of money
raised for these purposes shall be di
verted to f omti other purpose, but that
money in the treasury shall not be left
idle while the state is tya-vi n ar interest
on state warrants.
Under 0m present law there may be
$00,000 in these special funds, and yet
Xo money be available for the payment
of warrants on the general fund The
purpose ot the laws creating: the
funds Is to limit the amount' of expend
iture to the amount of money raised
from the special sources. This oould
te aone without setting aside the C26h
in the treasury. If It te desired to limit
it he game protection expenditures to
the amount of money collected by
meane ol lees ana lines, a law cOUld
b enacted so declaring and making it
a mi-uVmeanor for the Game Warden
.to incur any expense in excess of the
amount so collected, There would then.
be authority, for the same expenditures
that are allowed now, and no more,
but the cash In the treasury would
not be set aside and. kept idle while
warrants on other funds are unpaid.
In this same connection another
usreTestlori may toe made. . It Is report
ed that very soon the general lund
Will be exhausted and the etate will
be payinsr interest on warrants at the
rate of per cent. At the same time
there, may be nearly $100,000 lying- Idle
In the common school fund. This fund
cannot be applied to payment of the
expenses of government, but, since it
is to be loa-ned -out at interest, there
seems to be no reason why the etate
should not borrow It. The school fund
bs a trust fund and the amount of the
principal - must be kept intact. The
State Land Board has charge of the
loaning: of funds, and by virtue of Its
authority loans the money on farm
mortgages at 6 per cent.' When the
state runs out of money fop payment
of Its warrants, why should not the
State Land Board loan school funds to
tho seneral fund, to "re paid bark with
interest when money is available in the
general fund? The general fund would
'be no worse off, for under the present
system Interest at 6 per cent must be
paid to private individuals who hold
tho warrants. This interest could as
well be paid into the echool fund, thus
increasing the amount of money annu
ally distributed, to the-several counties
for school purposes, 'One department
of the ftste Is a money-lender and at
times another department i practically
a money borrower. The state is cer-
talnly a safe debtor, and, with proper
authority of law. the State Land Board
could at times make loans to the .gen
eral fund to good advantage.
JONES OF SPOKANE.
Tt Is not so far beyond the pecollec-
tion of the oldest inhabitant, especially
if ho has a vivid-Imagination, since
some of our good American citizens
were burning witches down in the land
where To m Ja w son to still
"seeing-
things " Our country emerged . with
considerable alacrity from that era of
Buperetitlon and ignorance to Its pres
ent high. plane of civilization, but the
progress thus made from religions
darkness to light liaa been at a snail's
pace compared with what has been re
corded in our financial -understanding
For example, we note in yesterday's
dispatches that a certain "Jones of
Spokane" wa pestering the Congress
men at Washington in an endeavor to
secure Introduction of a bill providing
(hat all pold and silver miners -shall de
posit their ore with tho United States
mint and receive back from tho Gov-
ernment the coin made therefrom.
When "Jones of Spokane presented
his scheme to Secretary Shaw, that
official is said to have asked, "if he had
ever sojourned in an insane asylum."
An d yet, d eepl t o the sarcasm of the
Secretary, the proposed scheme was a
measure of great merit In comparison
with that which was advocated by an
other "Jones of Spokane" only about
ten years ago. This other "Jones of
Spokane" floated into a seat in Con-
grei-is along with the celebrated J,
Hamilton Lewis on that wave of popu
lism and crazy finance which rippled
over the Evergreen State about a iec-
ade ago. He is known in Washington
political history as "Wheat Chart"
Jones, the peculiar prefix being caused
toy his exploitation of a theory that
wheat and silver were inseparably
linked and in price advanced or de
clined, simultaneously.
This particular Jones of Spokane il
lustrated his theory by a system of
charts constructed and manipulated
with all the skill that is noticeable
when the gentleman in the loud cloth
ing -shifts the three shells for the pur-
pose of hiding the pea from the inquis-
itive Reuben. And yet no one dared to
ask the other "Jones of Spokane" if he
bad ever sojourned in, an insane asy-
lum; tut, on the contrary, his cele-
brated wheat and .silver theory was
secondary only- to the pink whiskers of
J. H,m. as a drawing card in that
memorable campaign. Truly the world
moves, and, judging by the reception
accorded this lateet "Jones of Spokane"
with a financial theory, if "Wheat
Chart" Jones were to wander back to
Washington and attempt to -place in
circulation the financial hobby on which
he rode into power, he would be locked
up on a charge ot lunacy before he
could get the ear of Secretary Shaw.
There Is a, persistent rumor that
4Yaklma"" Jones will remove to Spo-
Kane to be groomed lor the United
States Senatorial race. If the Hon.
Wesley L. , of North Ta kima, is wise,
he will eteer clear of the city by the
fails, for the present at least, "Joiieg
of Spokane," now in Washington, and
"Jones of Spokane," who was there ten
years ago, are Inviting sarcastic allu-
sions. not only to the name ot Jones,
but to that of Spokane. "Jones of Yale
ima" sounds better, even with the ""Sen
atorial prefix mleing.
"CRIM IX AI.OI DS
The Oregonian reprints thi morning
an editorial article from the New York
Evening Post upon "Criminalolcls."
This Is a new word invented by Profes
sor Edniard A. Rosa, whilom of .Stan
ford University, who became pextsona
non grata to the powers that were on
account of some blasphemous remarks
about the San Francisco street railway
trust. The article in which Professor
Ross launches his enrichment of - the
English language may be read in the
Atlantic for January, and well worth
reading it Is. But any reasonable curl-
oeity upon the subject win be (airly
well satisfied by the editorial from The
Evening Post.
A. crlmlnalold, it is perhap well to
prelude, is an Individual q the Old
regime of unrestricted corporation ra
pine who finds himself suddenly
plunged into that new world of revolu-
tionized morality which Mr, Roosevelt
has done so much to help us discover.
The Evening Post Instances -the la
mentable Mr. Perkine, J. P. Morgan's
persecuted partner, as an example of
the crimlnalold. Too fine a gentlema'n
and too hlgrhly connected, in our best
society to merit the vulgar name crim
inal, some less shocking title was need
ed for him. and hie kind. This need
Professor Roes has supplied, and. we
should all feel grateful to him.
We can henceforth rank Mr. Ferkins,
Mr. Rockefeller and all the rest of our
crimlnalolds where they belong with
out employing the iiss;ustinsr term
criminal," which should never be
heard In polite society. It Is enough to
have the persons themselves there
without polluting refined tongues with
a vulgar substantive to designate tliem.
The Evening Post Quote somewhat
fully from the Atlantic the charac
teristics of the crlminsloid. Jt is need
less to rehearse them here, but v par-
Ocularly call the reader's attention to
his ardent piety. His religious opin
ions are Invariably, of the stralghtest
orthodoxy. He shallows, the whale
With. Jonah Inside and wishes there
.were another. Nothing feazes his in
trepid faith. Everybody knowa how
irreproachably orthodox Mr. Roc kef el-
lcr is; nor have we Been Dr. Day's
strict ecclesiastical regularity ever
questioned. We feel Quite sure that
xhls aspect of the crimlnalold will- in-
tereet every reader.
PEACE ITS' TH K R.ULBOAD CAMP.
News of the termination of right of
way and terminal point hostilities be
tween the Harriman and Hill Interests,
while it lacks official confirmation... is
undoubtedly authentic. Even should.
there appear the stereotyped denial
which accompanies or follows all re
ports of this nature, it is only a ques
tion of time until the expensive war
which the two great railroad systems
have been waging will cease. The
characteristic diffidence of the rail
roaded over taKingr t ri. public Into their
confidence on matters of this nature
will, of course, prevent the spread of
knowledge regarding the reasons for
this peace treaty, but outcroppings of J
news and gossip have already given a
fairly clear insight into the facts.
Viewed from an impartial standpoint.
it would seem that both parties to the
transaction barve thrown away vast
sums of money In a game of bluff.
When Mr. Hill started to build his
north-bank railroad towards Portland
there was nothing in his past record
or In his financial standing at that
time to warrant the belief that he
would -permit any obstacle to stand in
the way of the fulfillment of his plans.
But Mr. Harriman seemed to think
that construction of the north-bank
road was" Invasion of hl special pre
serves and that it was accordingly his
duty to do everything in his power to
obstruct the enterprise. He at once
revived his old project of building: to
Fusret Sound, and. as soon as ne en
deavored to get into Seattle, he placed
Mr. Hill In the same role that he Elm-
self was playing along the Columbia
River. That is. the Northern Pacific
magnate became the obstructionist.
Mr. Hill apparently .ud about as
much strategy and money to keep Mr.
Harriman out of Seattle as Air. Harri
man used to keep Mr. Hill out of Port-
land.
The money was cheap, and. as it was
all -raised, by Oregon and Washington
producers, each of the benevolent rail-
roaders endeavored to outdo the oth?r
in prodigality of expenditure. Fortu
nately or unfortunately (this is for the
future to decide), the car shortage and
other complications, set in before the
limit had been reached in disburse
ments, made more with a view to crip
pling each other than fox the purpose
of aiding the general public, which in
the end had to foot the bills. Both
Mr. Hill and Mr. Harriman have made
the discovery that, while they were en
gaged in a violent warfare for new
business in territory claimed by the
"other fellow," there bad generated -in
their own respective territory vastly
more business than they were able to
handle. The noise of their warfare had
also reached the ear of other big rail
road men in the East, who quite nat
urally decided that a prize that war
ranted so much fus must be worth
having. As a reeult of this decision,
the Chicago & Northwestern, Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Faul and the Gould
system all began preparations for in
vading the field, wherein such enormous
dividends grew with only a slight cul-
tlvation.
Mr. Harriman, by taking the Mil
waukee -under bis protecting wing, has
removed some poetsible vigorous com-
petition from this source, and at the
same time enormously, strengthened
the hand he was playing- against Mr.
"Will Thn 1n-rteT- whlln ri mirht ..pi if
his duty to continue the fight against
Mr. Harriman's Union Pacific entering
Pu ge t Sound , woul d h ard 1 y feel J uet i -fled
in attempting the taste of shutting
out botti the Union Pacific and the Mil-
Waukee roads. There has never been
any question about the ultimate suc
cess of Mr. Harriman reaching Puset
Sound or of Mr. Hill reaching Portland,
and both this city as well as Seattle
and Tacoma will rejoice that peace has
at last been restored. " It will enable
both parties to carry on construction
work more economically and thus place
at their disposal an increased amount
of funds for purchase of equipment,
which to eo badly needed at this time.
HOME MBN" A?4D THINGS.
The Multnomah legislative delega-
tion, which la a congeries ot gentlemen
of whom each is brighter than, the
other, io facing a number-of dllemmae.
One is repeal of the whipping-post law,
It has merits, they admit, and yet it is
not -far-reaching. "How about the
wife who does not cook the meals?"
sarcastically inquires Senator Bailey,
who, by tiie vay, looks as though he
was living In Stout stre-et and may
soon bo in the condition that cannibals
desire for ta. prime roaet, in contradis-
tinction irom the missionary material
they use in ragout. As if the other
wise well-informed soloa knew what he
was talking a bout ! The Senator
should include the kicking cow In his
denunciations, trusting to time to wipe
out the record before the contumacious
seac shall unlock the secrets of the vot'
ing booth,
Hie colleague. Senator Beach, Us
worse, if anything. "What the devil is
a nonuit?" he? pathetically asks. Now
did any one ever! Even the Smallest
boy knows it's what you wear down at
the old swimming hole. Truly, the
junior Senator must getting older
than he looks, ir his memory be so de
fectlve.
Mr. Coffey, lately on the trail of the
off -colored, seems to be sawing wood
which is ominous. Mr, BeYerldgC, UN
like 'his namesake higher up in the an
nals of fame, isn't pushing himself to
the front as be -might.
There are others, but the Upper hOUSe
has the floor most of the time just
THE CRT TOR MORE APPROPRIATIONS.
If some of the etate institutions find
a common prejudloe against them they
may perhaps discover the reason for
That feeling by a review of their own
practices. When, for example, the
Legislature- appropriates $ 50,000 for
construction- furnishing and equipment
of a certain building and the manage;
mentof the institution expends the
money in partial', construction of
building and then comes back, to the
Legislature asKlng lor a further ap
propriation to complete the work" and
to purchase rarniture and other equip
merit, it us not surprising that there
should be a reeling that the Servant
has assumed the authority of a mas
ter. When the taxpayers, through their
representatives, direct that a certain
sum he expended In constructing and
furnishing; a building:, they Intend that
the plans for the building: shall be so
drawn that the money appropriated
shall be sufficient to construct and fur
nlsh. To make plans and, contracts for
a building; that will clearly cost more
than the appropriation is a breach of
trust. Such an act cannot be construed
as anything else than a deliberate at
tempt to force the taxpayers to ex
pend more money than they originally
intended should he expended for the
purpose. If $20,000 be appropriated for
erection of a building and the whole
sum be expended in laying the foun-
dation ror a $100,000 building, the next
session of the Legislature will be con
fronted with the argument that this
120,000 will be wasted unless the $8000
De appropriated to complete the build
ing. Such practice forcea expenditure
of the additional sum of money, re-
:ardles of the merits of the purpose to
which it is applied, and the fact that
the expenditure was forced creates a
doubt as to its merits. Direct violation
of instructions is malfeasance in of
fice, and should be so declared by a p-
proprlate lawe.
The washouts on the -railroads in the
peist week caused by the heavy rains
pervo to recall a suggestion made In
The Oregonian some time ago that
farmer should make every possible
provision against the wah of soil on
similar occasions. During the rain of
last week every hillside field unpro
tected by growing crops suffered a loss
of soil. Any farmer who will go ou t
and see where the water ran oft his
fields will find thl to be true. In one
storm such as that' so recently experi
enced more soil fertility would be
washed awaythan .could be replaced
by large expendTrur.e.iiH: commercial
fertilizers. The wsshin w a y of a
era rlA or trstl in not a a HArlmut a Inss
to a railroad company as ia the wash
ing of soli to the farmer. Sloping
fields ehould not be left bare in the
Winter.
The comparative degree of safety
which a man enjoys in Ohlcago, where
cid-throwing. bone-breaking strikers
and other fiends In -human shape pre
vail In large numbers, Is unconsciously
shown in a Chicago dispatch In yes
terday's Oregonian relating the adven
tures of Profet?eor Starr, who has just
returned from an extended trip
through the Congo Free State. It
reads as follows: v
Professor Starr today went over his trip
in detail, relating experiences ranging from
danjrrous contact with man-eating: natives
to ftolltmry trt pu thrnuKh Jun rl "- Inhabited
l-y- Klant snaked, panthers, elephants and
wild pigs. He says a white man is quite as
safe In Africa as In Chicago.
Although presented! Indirectly, this is
one of the severest criticisms that bas
yet been niadt on the , Chicago "In-
dian."
The Sultan of Morocco is making life
somewhat unpleasant to Raisuli, the
bandit who captured an American citi
zen a few years ago. Haisult was not
punitihed for his crime at that time.
but received a ransom instead. As the
captured American citizen came back
to this country singing the praises of
the bandit, he wa hardly worth while
ransoming. Nevertheless, It is to be
hoped that the business will be diecour
aged by the elimination of Raisuli
from the scene of his triumphs. Next
to the AI ad Mullah, he has taken up
mnrn cna na In th n riM-rvn mimm il...
invi v tijuAt: ju uiG llurtPfpapi'L!) IJldU
any dark-skinned rascal of . receVt
times.
Mr. Peary has discovered a new route
to the North Pole and tells a New
York audience alt about how lie i
tends to reach the mysterious but
much-sought ncrffleri attraction. In
thifl respect the Peary of 1?M7 does not
differ greatly ' from the Peary that has
been making frequent trips to the. des-
olate land, or from the Others Who
have preceded him in hta search. Pro
fessor Andree, who chose the - balloon
route to the pole, also told all about
how he Intended to reach It, but has
not yet returned to say whether or not
he was disappointed in his- theory.
If the Oregon Legislature 30C6 not
display more consideration for the In
terests of the people than the Portland
Olty Council has done, there will be a
fine opportunity for exercise of the rer
erendum power. The trouble with the
last legislature was that it manifested
too much of a disposition to throw the
Governor's messages into the waste
basket. There are those who think the
mistake of the Legislature bad a great
deal to do 'with the re election of a
Democratic Governor.
A most comprehensive article on
Oregon, not long enough to be tire
some and just right to fold Into a let
ter to the East, was Issued as a sup-
plement to last week's Eugene Jour
nal. It Is signed by Harrison R. Kin-
caid, than whom no one knows Oregon
better, and is as full of the right stuff
as an Oregon mince pie. It is a hint
to the many commercial clubs of the
state.
Within the next five months a great
deal will he said In nubile and private
on the subject of regulating Portland
saJoons. Having nothing to conceal,
the Initiative One Hundred announce
their demands. The people will decide.
For the sake of reference it will be well
for all voters to preserve page 31 of
yesterday's Oregonian, which contains
With the old hark Coloma ' pounded
to pieces off Oape Flattery, the Great
Admiral abandoned at sea In a water
logged condition, and the ftig Bonanza
adrirt m ingufllclent ballast and
poorly manned, the American sailing
vessel Is going off the record more
rapidly this "Winter than in any pre-
views season In many years.
It begins to look as though Mr
Bailey, of Texas, would follow Mr
Hearet, of New York, under a cloud
of obscurity uch as has hidden from
ua those-other two" worthies. Mr. Pot
ter, or Texas, ani Mr. Barnes, of New
York. Fame ie fleeting, but Standard
Oil goes on forever.
The Oregon or Washington logger
whose property has been eent seaward
by the recent freshets thinks any ad
vice on 'hederingr. cribbing; and confin
ing unnavlgable streams is dammed
rot,
Not even the most confirmed growler
can complain that the Winter climate
or western Oregon lacKs variety,
In such weather as this, Portland can
better Appreciate the stress of North
Dakota through lack Qt fuel,
By all means send the negro troops
to the Philippines. But what will the
harvest be?
The liquor interests know now what
they will be up against next June.
Good morning. Have you ordered
coal ?
NOT CRIMINALS, BUT CRIMWfALOIDS
ZVTf Name For Sen-ltlr Malefactor !
Who Wrong the Public.
New York .Evening Post.
T-Vi-o. InHlntmont rT TJor W. Pr-
kins for forgery brings up a difficulty
which was felt when the grand jury
was thinking, last Summer, of indict
ing him for larcerfy. This was that
a certain -awkwardness would be felt
in applying the term "criminal" to
such as he. Even tne District Attor
ney displayed - hesitancy, remarking
that, if Ir. Perkins wa guilty of lar
ceny in taking $50,000 of policy-hold
ers money to elect Roosevelt, and it
Treasurer Bliss and the President him
self liad received stolen goods, then
we should soe respectable members ol
society suddenly ranked with the
criminal classes."
The strain was clearly one upon
terminology rather than upon fact. K
the acts were committed, the defini
tions of the penal code undoubtedly
applied ; but it was vaguely felt that
tho penal code should have thought
twice before fitting such ugly words
such line gentlemen. Obviously.
then, there was a demand for a nicer
description of these deeds which were
not nice. Some of us felf the limita
tions of our language as never before.
If we only had the Spanish f.acllity
In diminutives w'e could have explained
Mr. Perkins away In a deprecatory or
aiilshlng ending. The nearest wo
could come to It In English would be
to say that ho was, not bluntly crim-
lnal. hut criminalistic, or criminalisti
cal, or even criminalist lea I ish. But a
helpful suggestion is now made by
Professor Edward A. Ross In the At
lan tic. He writes of "The Criminal -
old," a term which he Invents to cover
persons Irr the same general category
with Mr. Ferklns. They are the men
who have been guilty of flagitious
practices when such things wr com
mon and bad not yet fallen under the
condemnation of an alert and effective
public opinion. These practices usually,
though not always, run counter to tho
law, in Its letter at least, but have not
in the past been of the sorj which
people think of as criminal: least of
all, is the culprit himself conscious of
being a criminal. His attitude is often
that of spiritual pride; and when a
literal-minded prosecuting attorney
has him indicted for crime, he indig
nantly talks of "persecution, and
po!nt3 sorrowfully to good men who
die of broken hearts caused by the
houndtng of "Iconoclasts." Well, if he
objects to being called a criminal, let
him take the softer word which Pro-
feasor Ross offers as a. substitute, and
call himself a "crimlnalold.
The professor analyzes the type with
much acuteness and knowledge of hu
man nature. He shows that the ex
planation of the crimlnalold is not
evil impulse.- but moral insensibility.
The man is not a ravening wolf; he
wants what we all want wealth, in
fluence, respect of our fellows and is
simply not scrupulous about the short
cuts he takes to arrive at the common
goal. He thinks that he is engaged
In a great work, "doing things,' and
regards his critics and obstructors as
mere Insignificant disturbers of a
world-movement. The crimlnalold is
as a rule, kind-hearted and cheery; he
is apt to be known for benevolence.
always an ardent patriot, and has the
most correct moral and religious sen
timents on tap. Me Is tremendously
strong on the domestic virtues. The
.crimlnalold who was not "a kind
father," or "good to his old mother,"
has not yet been detected. Moreover,
the crimlnalold Is a stout contender
for the good old ways; like tho man
in the play, he defines bis moral prin
ciples as those which "all right-thinking
people always have held; hold now,
ana always will hold," lie is against
all innovators and meddlers; likes an
editor -who confines himself to the
"news," and a clergyman who never
wanders beyond the "simple gospel."
This la a subject which It Is easy
to treat In a spirit of levity; but
has " many sober and even solemn as-
pects. To the crimlnalolds themselves,
the -'whole matter comes home with
tragic force. It is really pathetic, at
times, to see them trying to find their
bearings in the new world Into which
they have been thrown, on the shat
terlng of their old one: feeling and
sometimes confessing sadly that they
are "back numbcrs'-meanlng, tlicre
by. thAt their 'prestige is broken, their
methods discredited, and that their
lifetime wil
be too short for them to
recover what they have lost. With It
all they betray a sense of injustice at
the sudden coming of tne new moral
standard which has wrecked them.
is seir-revealing phrase, which Mr.
Perkins used when he spoke, of Mr.
Cassatt a one done to death by "Icon
oclusts." But what was the sacred
image? Nothing on earth but the great
goddess Graft". Mr. Perkins' Iconoclasts
were simply the men who exposed in
the Pennsylvania methods that were
reeking with corruption, But because
those things had long been done and
teen winked at : because an enormous
business had been built up, all records
broken, and glittering "results" could
be pointed to, men like Mr. Perkins
feel that a great wrong has been done
to call Into question, much more into
the prisoners dock, the architect or
this ruinous success. So hard is it for
our crimlnalold corporation man agers
to perceive that the old order chang-
etn, giving place to new!
Exhibition or Sweat Shops.
Chicago Chronicle.
tatwr men and settlement workers of
Chicago are preparing to wage a vigor
ous and relentless war on the .""sweat
shop system in that city this Winter.
An-. exhibition following similar ones
given In Berlin and London will contain
booths modeled in exact reproduction of
the typical "sweatshops, with men. wom
en and children at work in them,
Wreck of the Hesperus Family.
It wa old Parmer Hsperus
And his daughter Mllly May,
And they stood together hand in hand
in tne miaaie or uroaaway. -
"Tls only a tall policeman, child,
Who waves his hand at then.."
O Father. I hear th sound ot whtli
And Hoofs that loudly ring."
"It's one o' them there hansom cabt
Gash-blah the durned old thing!"
"O Fath-r, I se a cloud of dust
Sirt o'er me. r-a3 to r-t."
It's one o- them dum fool Whit Wings
A-sweepin" oft tbe treet."
"But, Pat her, I small an odd perfume
O Father, what csn It mean ?"
"Don't fly Into hy-sterlclc, child
It's only gaaollne."
'-Nay, Father, I hear the cry, -Look outl
And fear le on my nrv."
Gee-whtx! here comes an auto car
A-pulTl r" round the curve!"
"0 Fattier I fee! a dreadful bump
wnat means tnat sickly thud 7"
THE OREGOXI.UTS AXNVAL NVMBEH
rilled with Information.
' Xewbere Graphic.
Ths Orsarnnisn and ths Statesman each
Issued holiday editions that were filled
with valuable information for the home-
seeker.
r'paprr W t h aa Bier
Cathlamet (Wash.) Sun.
The New Year's edition of The Oxon
ian was a superb number, well worthy of
that jrreat and enterprising Journal. The
Oregonian is a newspaper with a big
.X.
Valuable.
Jefferson Review.
The Oregronlan's ma mmoth New Year
number is a valuable edition and the
many thousand copies that will be dis
tributed throughout the fciast will be of
much benefit to Oregon.
Anntvrr All InqiilrlfM.
Albany Herald.
The Orefronian's New Year - edition
is a big advertisement for Oregon. It
answers thousands of inquiries and
will doubtless be the means of bring
ing, man homeseekers to Oregon.
Wngniflrent,
Dayton Optimist.
The Kew Year's Orea;onlan Is a maB
nlOoc-nt n i j in r and should re sent to
Kastern friends as long as they can bp
obtained. This work will Mp Portland
and by helping Portland we help the
rest ot Oregon.
.Splendid,
.Hitlpboro Tnrlpcnrlnt.
The Nw Year's Imie of The Tnily Or-
Konian was a splendid number and a copy
should be sent Hftst to friends wishing to
know of the rapid and wonderful growth
of Portland and Oregon. Tt tells the
whole story and tells It truthfully.
Great All (lie Time.
Eugpne Journal.
The New Year's Oregonian was. as
usual on such occasions, a seres t pa per.
But it la always, every day in the year,
one of the host pnpers In the United
States for news and ranks at the head
for editorials.
Great Advertisement for Portland.
Heppner Times.
The Oregronlan's New Year number
of 42 pages is a big advertisement for
Portland. The magazine section of 16
pages, printed in colors, picturing some
of the finer buildings in that city,
those constructed last year and so mo
of those projected for this year, makes
a very fine showing for Portland.
intrmtiuiE.
North Yamniil Record.
Ths N'ew Year's edition of The Dally
OrPKonlan was an interesting? study. It
showed the first print in k office from
which the paper was Issued over a half
century ago anrffalso the building In
which It is printed today. The contrast
not only illustrates the great advance
ment made by this great daily, but there
is plenty of evidence that it has had the
support of a thrifty people which has
placed it among the foremost morning
papers in the country.
Just as a Matter of Coiirnf.
Portland Advocate.
With . no nourishing of banners nor
tooting of trumpets, but in a niatter-of-
fact way, as though It were only a mere
manor of common occurrence. The Ore-
gonian has put out its New Year's edition.
and it Is due that xreat Journal o say
that it is br-all odds the best produc-
tion or that kind ever turned out on tho
Pacific Coast, and compares favorably
in all that eoes to make no such a paper,
with any that have been Issued from the
other newspaper offices In this country
In short, It Is a veritable text-book of
the products and industries of the whole
fatate or Oregon, but Portland in par
ticular. Good Altvaya, Better Sometimes.
l-iood River Xews-Ietter.
For seven days In the week and S2
weeks in the year The Oregonian pub-
llshes one ot the best newspapers in the
Unlted-HSfates, and occasionally an extra
fine edition 1 ike that, of New Year's day.
Jt was replete with dependable In forma-
tion about ore-jon, giving; particular at
tention to the growth And development
f Portland during- the past year, showing
many illustrations of prominent build
ings erected during that time. It Is irn-
possible to toil how much of benefit as
an advertising medium such an edition
will prove but it will Indeed be great.
APDarontly many so 'believe, for the first
edition was soon exhausted, and a sec-
end one made necessary.
St. Loills has no such papers as Ths
Oregonian. Oregonians who visited the
St. Loula Fair and (cavn any attention
to the daily papers there are well ad-
vised ot this fact. The writer mentions
St. Louis In particular because he took
occasion to make comparison In this
Instance. But there a re other larger
cities than -Portland, also, whose news-
papers are clearly outclassed by Ore'
gon's great daily. All this Is apropos
of the annual number Just issued. It's
superb, of course, but i ts excellence Is
no more than wo all expected. Every
day In the week, and on Sunday in par
tlcular. The Oregonian is a newspaper
for Oregoniana to be proud of. even
though it sometimes makes them
angry.
POOR ROCKEFELLER t
The K-ientistt in convention at Columbia I'nlverslty yesterday were lold
that Mrs. Rockefeller (aid to tome friends the other day: "We are very fond
of oysters, but we cannot afford them. We are too poor."
LIFE I"V THE OaEGON COBHTHr
The -'Errs'' Have It,
Pendleton Tribune.
Potatoes are aeain cornered, but fhy
should be able to see their way out.
Dubious Meaning.
Kugene Guard.
In the bright lexicon of the metro
politan Alderman there la no such word
as "cheap."
Yet Hard to Beat. -
McMinn ville News Reporter.
Soma of the West Side engines are
nearly as old as some of the West Side
conductors, and they are subject to
heart failure.
The Fat OS the Land,
Rainier Review.
There is no portion of the tTnited
States where t hero Is so great a v-
rietys of fish, flesh and fowl as down
here on the banks of the old Columbia.
Oaae Cause of "Inssatlty.
St. Melons afclist.
The loaded (run in a house whero
there ar children and in a place so
convenient of reach is a piece of crim
inal carelessness that cannot be too
severely censured.
At the Pnnntaln of Youth.
Ne wberg Enterprl e.
Green ". Rowland, of North Yamhill.
an early Oregon, pioneer, was In town
Saturday shaking hands with relatives
and friends. Mr. Rowland haa been a
resident .f the Willamette Valley for
62 years.
The BIK Stick.'
Rosebtir pr Spokesman.
The Spokesman -ilt have a repre
sentative at Salem during the Legisla
ture and should any of the Dough
County members desert the Interests
of the poopl for the franchise and cor
porate interests. It will plainly report
such, conditions to the people.
Yamhill Has tbe Mecord.
McMinnvl lie Telephone Register.
Tim Perr ia rejoicing over the In
cren&e of his livestock as a Kew Year's
present from one of his swine. The
benevolent mother with her new off
spring of ID In number will probably
have a tendency to decrease the price
of pork In this county.
Hat
Hood River Glacier.
The "Junt as jtnnd" wave ieema to
have ftubaldd somewhat at present.
However, tha exhlhttion of apples at
the meeting of tho tsta.te Horticultural
Horlety will be held next month and
another opportunity will ba given the
pretenders to equality.
A .lialltetir Product,
. Vale Oriano.
Over $15.ftoo worth of alfalfa seed
tells the story of what was dona in
this year. A few farmers put their
heads tottether and said they would
try It a year and tho results were aa-
toulidins;. Some of the srrowers cleared
$Ho per acre from their alxnlfa. seed.
after paying the expenses of threshing,
etc.
I.aat Call to Re tM.
Hlllsboro Independent.
A man has become pretty "rotten"
when Tie will borrow money from a
hard working woman with a family to
provide for. promlslnsr to pay "next
Monday, and allow the debt to drift
along week after week, even Ignnrlnpr
a written notice to pay up. It will be
,a ttood thins: for the ,"m;n to Ret a
move on himself und settle, unless he
is wanting a little newnpiiper notoriety,
and unless he does he's bound to gret
it.
Atnenrtlaj-r Domestic Code.
Canhy Tribune.
Kdwsrd Bok. of the Ladies' Home
Journa 1. decides that when a, man in
pestered by his wife It is unmanly for
'nim to say anything about It to his
friends, but K a man comos hr-ma drunk
or swears in the presence of his wife
it is all right for her to brenk down
before the neighbors, and, after the
proper amount of coaxing-, to tell Just
how fthe Is treated. This decision was
In response to a request from Wood
burn. ' A "Rale" AKurrjraflnn.
Hood River News Letter.
The passenger train whl-h went
F.a-t yesterday morninar looked like a
dog's breakf;ist. There were a few
Pullmans, a diner or two. than some
coaches, ba ggage. mail ears, then more
coachefl, diners, mall and baKftuga cars
mixed up for half a mile, more or les.
ana an en&in on each end of the
string. It was the accumulation of
railroad hash that had run West during-
the puat H-4 hours -prolng" to Tho
Da Hen to get out of the way of other
trains coming.
Ohlc Tyn
Indianapolis IS'ews.
In the records or St. Thomas Hospital, ,
London, is an entry of the year l."70. t
the effect that "in consideration of the
hote tyme of the yere," the poor be a 1-
alowed "every one a Uaye three pynttn of
Bore for two months'-a quart at dinner
and a pint at supper and at the end of
two months return -to "there olde ordi
nary allowance, wyche la one quarte."
The food at this ancient workhouse was
to be dealt with as liberally as the drink.
The almoner and steward were to "bye
no bylYe but of the best, without bones
and in special! without the marybon, and
none other to be bowght."
From the New Tork Globe.
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