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A DILEMMA.
Biblical study is not the only field
nhere the hijrher criticism is useful.
One frequently needs to avail hlmaelf '
of Its potent resource's to reconcile ap-
iiaront oonfllctt? In the testimonies of
difTe.re.nt railroad; magnates and ei
perts -before the Interstate Commerce
Commleslon. Their testimony already
forma a very large body of literature
of more or less credibility and value
and with time It is -likely to grow in
geometric ratio. To illustrate the use
and value of the higher critlelem In
studying: this literature we may refer
to some remarks made before the com
mission by two experts in Chicago
the othw day. They were experts in
more than one sense of the word, as
the reader may see for himself.
.Apparently their testimony is in flat
conflict. One of them said, "The rail
roads today under Mr. Harriman are
tcmpetiiiK as ohirply cts they ever
tlid-. he other. "The rates are made
lnjunifon now and I do not think there
would be muiih change if one man
owned 'all t lie roade.' The former re
mark Implies to the unenlightened in
tellect that there was sharp competi
tion among the roads before Mr. Har
riman crabbed them and that the
arnme is Just as lively now as it waa
htfore he bagged it. The latter -plainly
6eemB to indicate that there Is no
competition now and never was. Wo
pay . that the (former remark sigrnlfle
to the unenlightened intellect that
competition was and still is sharp and
to such intellects it wae, doubtless, ad
dressed, with full confidence that it
would be thus Interpreted. But to
those possessing the esoteric secrets of
the hiffher crltlotem it means something-
entirely different.
What it really elgnines that there
never was any competition between
the roads and. since nothing? can not
be made less, there Is as much under
Mr. Harrlmjan as there evie-r was.
itence his trust of the national hlgh-
iwajis Is not in restraint of trade.
3xoked at In this light there is no con
flict whatever between these two btte
cf expert testimony. 'Honce If one of
them Is talee they both are. We do not
wish to assert baldly that they are
l)Oth false, but we are troubled with a
question or two the answer to which
mifrht ureatly Increase our confidence
in their-reliability. If Mr. Harriman's
common control of the roads does not
eliminate competition,, what does It do?
What pottsfhle. benefit i his control to
the stockholders if cut-throat competi
tion, rate wars, and underbidding for
traffic go on piow as before he came
into power? If lie has not effected this
very obvious and profitable reform in
. th" management of the roads he has
certainly neglected the first duty of
Ms office. The first duty, we mean.
from the point of view of frettins the
last possible cent out of the public
If he is too stupid to perceive that he
could not make vaet savlnss to the
roads by eliminating: competition, we
earnestly advise Mr. Rockefeller, Mr.
ttyan and the other backers of Mr.
Harriman to sot him aside in favor of
somebody with a clearer head. If he
has perceived this fact and has not
acted upon it, he has betrayed the in
terest of hie plutocratic patrons and
e advise them to set him aside on
that around. But we do not- belieTo
that Mr. Harriman Is either too stupid
to perceive a perfectly obvious truth
or too disloyal to his millionaire liege
lords to -t upon it.
HLTH DISEASES RINXIXG RIOT.
The entire State pf Illinois in. said to
he confronted by smallpox and scarlet
fever in epidemic form, plphtherla
adu9 its horrors to tbe M of deadly
diseases now prevalent in Chicago,
SOOO cri11liren b e 1 re fir afflicted either with
that disease or with scarlet fever.
TIiwjg tasM belong to the list sctied
tiled as preventable. It has been sal
(hat for vry datb from t-phoid ai
indictment, for. murder is due. if tht.
Is true oi typMfli it ia not less true
of emallpox. scarlet 'ffwr ana diph
theria, all filth diseases, the spread of
which should be prevented. not by
KMSniOfllC MUCKS or municipal clean-
In- up. ut by steady m per vision
and intelligent, activity of health au- I use as a base for all rates on transcon
thorlties. The old dajns wherein conta- 1 tlnntal buelnees. Thie is a condition
10119 tUSCrySfai and in fact maladies Of
all types, vm4 firt down as the mys
terious rulings of an inscrutable Provi-
dence, et once divine and. deadly, could
not have shown a condition more -de-
ploraWe than that presented by fiow
children of an enlightened city proo-
trato with diseases In their homes and
in hospitals, while 25,000 children were
Kept at their homes by anxious parents
in sort of pathetic bit sadly insufficient
quarantine. Either the most unsani
tary conditions, coupled wHh official
inertia, prevail in the homes and pub
lic schools of Chicago, to which this
epidemic of filth diseases to due. or the
contention of modem eanitary science
has failed when pu,t to the proof.
CAN
PEOPLE
between
IB TRUHTEDf
the Governor
-A. .- schism
and Legislature of the state on any
subject is to be deplored. So it would
eeem to all pereons who love the ways
of -peace and harmony, - lod follow
them when they can, But this opm-
ion is not universal. We have th
h !rh authority of the Governor of Ore
Son for 'tne statement that a. Lregrls-
latere of one political complexion ana
a Governor, of another political com
plexion is a. good thln- for the etate.
Why? Because, of course, out of the
Inevitable conflicts, arisiBfr between
them, the constant espionage by one
upon the other, end the llgrht thrown
on every phase of the state's adminie-
t ration, through forced inquiry Into all
Its affairs; the eternal balance would
be preserved. Certainly this means
friction and conflict, because conflict
and friction are Invited and are essen
tial to such results.
All this is substantially the logic
of Governor . Chamberlain In his 'cam
paign for re- el ec U on 1 a?t Spr in g-,
and he found many Republicans
to agrree with him. But now we
find that the Governor Is a little
Irritated. that the Legislature and. the
people may have one view of the prop
method) to name a railroad com
mission, while ,he has another. He
oughtn't to be annoyed or surprised,
because it Is precisely the situation he
expected. Invited and commended last
Spring. He would name the railroad
commission litoelf, and, if the. Leg
islature won't permit him to name it,
there will he no railroad, commission.
The Big SticJc looms up ominously
twhlnrj the bellicose Governor. "I win
select the commissioners," says the
Governor to tne Senate, "and you may
confirm them. Of course. 1 r you don't
confirm them, or if you reject them, I
will name them anyway." Two of the
three propoeed commissioners, it
promised, may toe Republicans. Ah!
Republicans, of couree, who had tbe
great foresight last Spring to see pos
slble reward for themselves in the way
of fat political iobs if they should cross
their fingers for a few minutes while
In the voting booth, scratch out the
name of the Republican candidate for
Governor and vote for the Democratic
candidate.
'Of course," say the advocates of the
arrpointive commission, "the responsi
bility for the (appointive) oom mis
slon's acta will t&ll upon the Oov-
ernor; but eomebody must be trust
ed. and who can be better trusted
than the man whom the people
cnose fo their chief executive?" In
deed? Who can be better trusted than
the very people who chose -this man to
be their chief executive? Cannot the
-people trust .theaiaelvee,, even if the
Governor doesn't? If the people are
fit to choose a Governor, they are fit
to choose three railroad, com m tea loners.
They might make mistakes, of course.
About their railroad commissioners.
Just as they may make mistakes about
Governor: but they are responsible
for their own mistakes and cheerfully
accept the responsibility. They oug-ht
not to be made responsible, if it is to
be avoided, for the mistakes of. the
man who happens to be Governor.
We have assumed in the State of
Oregon In all our recent legislation to
take over to the people the power and
authority which belongs to them. That
ie the meaning of the direct primary
law, and it is the purpose and meaning
of the initiative and referendum.
Everybody now in Oregon Trofesses
himself satisfied with the direct pri
mary and most people believe in the
referendum and the m&jority believe
in the initiative. No one hae yet arisen
who will publicly proclaim himself op-
posed to these great echemes of legis
lative and administrative reform. Yet
everyargument for appointment of im
portant etate ohiceve by the Governor
such as railroad commlseloners is a
declaration that the people are not to
be trusted and the authority which is
theirs should be taken from them and
delegated to eomebody else.
SPOKAKK'S 1LX4GICAX. ATTITUDE.
Spokane newspapers, which In a de
gree reflect the sentiment of the. Spo
kane people, complain bitterly of an
alleged -unfriendliness on the part of
the Coast cities. They accuse ue of
treachery, ingratitude for past favors
and a number of other shortcomings
which would be reprehensible if true
but of course they are not true. In the
interstate commerce hearing: the attor
neys handling the Spokane case die-
played surprising ignorance of the com-
wnercial situation in the Northwest
Some of this Ignorance was perhaps
pretended, but much of it was real,
This handicapped Spokane in present
ing the merits of her contentions, if
they possess merits, and It explains to
a considerable extent why what might
be termed an anti-Coast sentiment has
heen created among the Spokane peo
pie.
In the question now agitating- the
jobbers of Spokane and. the Coast cities
neither Portland nor any other Coast
jobbing port wishes or expects any fa
voritlsm or advantage not -warranted
by natural conditions that can be
changed only by unnatural methods
and policlet?. It is against introduction
of these unnatural methods and poll
cies that the Iacific Coast ports pro
test not through any Jack of friend
ship for Spokane, but because their in
traduction is an attempted rtulllflcatlon
of advantages conferred by a. higher
power tnan any earthly tribunal. Mr.
Jackson, of the American-Hawaiia
stearAehlp line, testified at Spokane
that his steamship rates, from the At
lantic seaboard were always from 20 to
69 per cent lower than the rail rates.
He proved toy figure! on actual ship
ments that commodities now afloat for
Portland were, being carried at 45 cents
per hundred pounds, compared: with 75
cents per nunarea pounds by rail to
either Spokane or Portland. He proved
tnat in . Mnris cargo tsome or his shins
had carried to Pacific Coast -ports 1900
different commodities uaped on tne
transcontinental railroad rate sheets,
all at ra-tew fwar below the rail rates.
Th Is evidence demonstrates beyond
all argument that the water rate ie the
Irate which th railroads are forced -to
for which Spokan -has no more cause
or complaint against Portland than
Portland has against Spokane. Because
he" Aimiffhty saw fit to. favor Spokane
ith matchless water -power that af-
fonj3 lier unapproachable .manufactur
ing advantages. Portland has no grlev-
nce against Spokane, and, even when
tne railroads by a syetem of preferen
tial rates favoring Spokane shut this
Ity out of one of our oldest and richest
trade fields, we made no determined
taml against tile inJuBtlce.' but were
satisfied with our expanding trade In
other directions. '
But -when the ill-advised Spokane
people unsupported.- it must toe admit
ted, toy the heaviest commercial inter-
ests of the city-began planning fur
ther raids on territory given Portland,
not: by the -railroad, but by the Al
mighty, we simply followed the only
natural course open, jhlcn m to
make a stand for our rights. The Coast
cities have no ill feelfna- toward Spo
kane, and' When the inland city's heaa y
Jobbers enllgliten tne element tnat is
now making? the uproar because tney
do not understand the situation, regret
will he expressed, over the misuiuier-
Standing. The rorces or Nature are not
easily overcome, even by an Interstate
Commerce Com mission.
THE FROBLEM OF CW0RATIOS3,
Judge Grosscup, -writing: on corpora
tions. In 'the Outlook for January 12.
makes four points: First, that the in-
etitution of private property In this
country Im progressively disappearing;
econoV that its dlaapptarance' -would
lead to undesirable consequences; third,
that it can be saved' only through cor-
po rations: fourths. that corporations
cannot effect It unlees they are sub
jected to thorougii reformation. Toucb-
-ing the first point, he finds that the
tendency is to mass real estate into
great holdings while tbe number of
tenant larmera constantly increases in j
proportion to landowners who do their
own work. Moreover, farmers sons.
nstead of making their dwelling: on a 1
piece of their father's land, or going
west to take up a claim, now fro Into
the city and become the paid servants
of the corporations. They thus earn
wages, but tney have no staKe in the
country. Private property in the sense
or permanent possession doe.not exls-t
for them and consequently does not in-
erefittham.
It is the same with merchants.'' The
small store has been swallowed up -by
the big- one and; the big: one by the
reat combination of stores. Business
men who eeem to be independent are
often only the employes of large cor
porations. They receive wiaat amounts
to a salary, but, no more tfcan the
rural population -which has eought the
towns, have they any genuine stake in
the country. Their property is a tran
sient, daily, weekly or yearly affair.
It hae little of that aspect of perma
nency which to the basis of ownership.
It depends-, in fact, on the will of some
body e:ee.
Passing to the artisan, Judge Gross-
cup finds that he no -longer owns the
tools -that he works with, nor has he a
voice in the management of the in-
dustry from which he gains his liveli-
hood. His connection with property is
ateo of a transitory, illusive, p e-nm its-
el ve sort which cannot be called own-
ership. Thus from the three classes of
men" who stand at the foundation of
the srxlal structure personal interest
In the institution of private property is
passing away. Their connection .with
it Is so siiglu that they do not, or can
not, even invest their own savlngrs, but
on the contrary turn them over- tp the
great capitalistic combinations through
insurance companies, trust companies
and sa.vtngs banlts. Partly through
this process and partly through acqui
sition by fair means and foul, these
great combinations have grained control
of the larger part of the property in
the country and are likely to control it
all iii a short time. Thus we shall soon
present the phenomenon- of a. Nation
divided into two classes, one of which
owns all the property and the other of
which does all the work but owns and
controls nothing.
Judge Grosncup believes that the con-
Sequences of this -would be undesirable.
It .would, he thinks, produce a reac
tion which would end in Government
owneremp. w nat ne means by Govern
ment ownership ie unfortunately left
somewhat indefinite, but one may guess
that he refers to all those Industries
which are now managed by corpora
tions. They would be taken over by
the' Government and conducted by the
methods of politics. This the judge
thinks would be a calamity of the first
magnitude.. It certainly would; ., but
Government political ownership is not
the worst of the evils which, must flow
from the. destruction of -private prop
erty. It involves as well the destruc
tion of the family, for the family is.
based on fndepend.nt ownership of
property. Granting all this, and much
more of the eame nature, how is the
Institution of private property to be
rescued from destruction?
Mr. Roosevelt's way is to make the
corporations obey the law as it stands
-without -new legislation. Judge Grose
cup says this, but evidently he does
not etate the matter adequately, for
Mr. Roosevelt demands both new legis
lation to control corporations and more
liberal court construction of- the Con
stitution to make the laws effective
Passing that, however, at this time, let
us follow the Judge. He next points
out that Mr. SBryan'tt plan is to deatroy
the corporations and decides that
nejher the President nor the -man who
-would be President has eolved the
enigma. The laws -we have are not suf
ficient to make, the corporations what
they ought to be; neither;!!! it do toJ
uesiroj tne t-urpurauuns. nay -are tne
appointed -means for our social salva-
tion; but we -must first" learn how to
use them. We must reform them.
How?
Briefly-thus: Wc must contrive some
way to give the men who do the work
of the country the ownership of the.
tools they work with. We must devise
a plai. something like the New - Eng
land town meeting, he says, which will
fclve the. workers as shareholders con
trol of the corporations under which
they work; and we must think out
Borne "way to possess the people, not
merely of wages which from day to"
day are consumed and disappear, but
of their whole equitable snare in what
they produce. Could we do the
tilings, the judge p-5 V9 enroia re
store the institution of private prop
er! y to Nat ion a-1 stan d i-nr and nhou I d
avert many calamKle. Probably this
lg all .true; hut one may legitimately
believe that Mr. Roosevelt's plan?, car
ried to their logical outcome, would ac
complish whao.tever erood Judge Gross-
Cup could effect by methods more di
rect and revolutionary.
If Congrou i reaJlr dorous of in-
creasing the size of tbe American mer-
V
chant marine, opportunity is afford-
ed without the expenditure of a penny
in 4he way of a subsidy. There is now
lying: at A. tr tor la & very srood British
vessel picked up at ea by an American
tug and towed to port with no one on
'board. She could "be repaired at slight
experuw, and would be . valued, addi
tion to our flag. But, strange as it
may (BDem, the identical interests that
are endeavoring: to secure a subsidy for
the allesred purpose of increasing our
merchant marine would be found fig-fit-
Ing equally-hard againBt a bill that
would permit us to increase it without
the - payment of a penny of subsiday.
For that reason the Melanope and- Iran-
dreds of other craft now badly needed
in our coastwise service are unobtain
able, although the grafters' cry for a
ship subsidy Is as loud as ever.
Senator Coshow's bill to Increase the
compensation of Otrovilt Court jurors
from X2 to 94 a day Aias some merit, and
yet it Is probable that he haa placed
the per diem as much too higrh as it is
now too low. In almost every county
seat the average Juror will live on 1.25
a day. eo that while serving ae a Juror
he receives 75 cents a day and his
board. That is not enough. If the
compensation were rnade S3 a -day he
would get $1.75 a day and board., or
enough to enable the ordinary farmer
to hire a hand in hie place wjiile away
on Jury duty. The performance of Jury
duty is burdensome to men of afrairs,
and as many can do so avoid eervlcft
of fhis kind. To a man who has any
useful employment, a week or two of
service on a jury means an actual loss
of money, and. while the state has a
rlRht to exact this sacrifice from it0
citizens, there is no reason why it
should Jo so. The law requires that
the -most capable citizens shall be se
lected for jury duty, yet the -provisions
of the law tend to defeat it expressed
purpose. It to altogether probable that
If the compensation wrere raised to $2
day there -would be less difficulty in
securing: the best class of -citizens to ait
in the xrial of cases , involving the
rights of property, liberty, and even of
life. Possibly the per diem should be
4, as Senator Coshow proposes., but
would be better to try a smaller raise
and observe the effect.
The oAngrere and adventures of the
old-time stage coach era in Oregon
are occasionally Tecalled -by a thrilling1
experience of driver and. paagengera on
mountain etage road, a late occur-
rence d this Kind took place on the
Eugene-Mapleton stage route Tuesday
night of the present week, when in
darkness (that could be felt horses and
vehicle plunged down a lorty-foot em
bankment into Siuslaw River. . The
driver end two passengers, more for
tunate than many who have figured in
eimilar adventures in past times, t
caped by jumping before the horsee
and vehicle - went over the embank
ment. The incident will recall to many
minds he old method of crossing- the
Sisfclyou Mountains before the railroad
era.
Work on the new Herrick Hall, the
woman's dormitory o! Pacific Unlver
sity at Forest Grove, is progressing
saitisfaytorily. To guard against the
rLte ui tne ota nan, vnMcn. wae ourneo,
to the ground one Sunday morning last
Summer, the new building is being eub
etantlally constructed of brick. The
contract cal Is for its com pletion by
June 1, 1907. It . will therefore toe one
of the inducements held out next Fall
to young women to take their college
course at a university where careful
provision Is made lor their needs.
Over in Washington a bill has been
introduced in the Legislature for the
purpose of prohibiting the sale of in
toxicating liquors within five miles of
the State Agricultural College. Such, i
Jaw has much to commend it. but it i
not needed In this state, for tbe reason
that Benton and Linn Counties are
"dry" and the sale of liquor Is there
fore prohibited within some, ten or fif
teen miles of the institution.
Reports from the Kaat to the effect
that hi&rher prices are expected for
prunes can readily be believed here In
Oregon. . The 1906 crop went out of the
growers hands in a tiurry. and most of
the-sfruit hae been packed and shipped.
There will be no -carry-over crop Into
the ceason of 1907, and the growers may
reasonably look forward to good prices
for whatever fruit of this kind, they
may have to sell.
The Gould road is pushing: construe
tion across the grap still unclosed, be
tween its preeent terminus and the Pa
cific Coast, and work has already be
gun on the Milwaukee road's tunnel
throug-h the Rockies. Thia grtves eome
assurance that when the next era of
car shortage is encountered Mr. Har
riman and Mr. Hill will have some
company in their misery.
As a synonym for widespread- and
apparently never-ending: trouble, the
apple seems to be living- up to Its repu
tatlon established some years before
tne growers' association was perfected
or perhaps, to be strictly correct, be
fore It was lm-perfected.
Nothing: could be more timely than
the movement of three tates for an
open Columbia River. . Passengers on
an Icebound 6teamshlp might help
along- the good work by a series of
resolutions.
Forbidden to go "ong tour" with men
a bevy of young- women at the Univer
sity of Washington have gone on
strike.
The Girls' Glee Club to not liv-
ingjip
to its middle name.
The lower house of Congrreso has got
over its scare about the salary grab
and voted for J7500 a year. However,
it doeen't include the present Oregon
delegation.
Reports of thia week's eeesion of th
Interstate Commerce Commission lead
to the belief that Spokane is holdln
the hot e-nd of the poker.
President Roosevelt has tfiade clear
his conviction that the American bat
tleship of the future rrut be of the
John J. Jeffries type.
Cf what use will Kingr Murphy1!
seventy-eight votes be to Hearst? He
J has declared that he will never run for
omce ejjain. . .
Mayor Lane owns up to a mild Jikln
for .hay. Dkdn't the Mayor ev- read
about what happened to Netuchad-
nezzar
All hail -Murphy, king- of Tammany,
supreme dictator of the Democratic
party!
L'l '
Welcome -the Chinook, m
peed-6
e part-
lug eaet wind.
0?iB "WAY TO DISPERSES A LOBBT.
Governor Cnramlna,
of Iowa, Has
m 9ar ob hr aaaim.
Chicago Tribune.
Regarding the evils of lobbying, which
are receiving- the attention of various ex-
ecutrves. Governor Cummins of Tows, iias
word to say. tie does not. undrresti-
mate these evils or believe they should
not be remedied, but he does not sub
scribe to the Missouri Idea or the plan in
Wisconsin requiring the registration of
lobbyists. And he takes tbe broad ground
that "men have an undoubted right to ap
pear . before legislative committees to
speak -for themselves or for corporations
lor which iey are interested, and this
right cannot be taken away without
danger to our system of government."
The whole trouble, as Governor Cum-
mine points out significantly, exists not
In the lobby but in the men whom the
lobby approaches. The real cure lies In
the election, of men to office who will
faithfully perform their jcbuty regardless
of the wishes of lobbyists. First elect an
ncorruptibl legislature and the whole
problem is solved. . He who In uprifrbt
needa no anti-lobby laws to defend him.
Indeed, It is somewhat of' a reflection to
send a man to the Iegrislature atid then
he -were an unthinking child, or &
hardened scoundrel, surround him with
laws designed for the protection or for
the circumvention of his villi an y . In
either case the public confesses that
has not done its duty In the beginning
by the election of the proper man.
It Is as clear as anything can be that
a legislator is corrupt no laws can be
passed or plans devised to keep him from
corruption. There is more than one way
of reaching the ends of the lobbyist, and
if it Is in a man to accept a bribe or
sell his Influence or permit himself to be
convinced" a way of getting to him will
present Itself without much delay or diffi
culty. But there Is also a way of keeping
such a man : out of a position where he
will be of service to lobbyists and for
schemes Inimical to the public interest.
and it is at the root of the trouble that
he people for their own protection should
strike.
This Is the excellent suggcjatJon which
the Governor of Iowa offers to the people
at larg-e ss highly lrrfportant to consider
connection with other plans for the
circumvention of the lobby. Give the
lobby no material to wok on and it will
soon go out of business publicly and pri
vately. Exercise the same care in the
election of Representative at the - State
House that Is observed by corporations in
the choosing of their agents and the mat-
ter Quietly
d satisfactorily adjusts
itself.
Aatl-Rookcvelt Idiocy.
New Tork. Evening1 Post.
If there is sucl. a thine as Roosevelt
hysteria. the possibility of an anti-
Roosevelt hysteria must also be rec-
cognized. Certain Congressmen appear
to be falling into it. They are reported
to be preparing to .introduce and urge
a joint resolution requiring the Presi
dent to file .with Congress a copy of
every Executive order, with a citation
of the law warranting it; and also to
create a commission of distinguished
lawyers to report on the President's
acts and orders." If this Is not merely
joke, or political malice, it must be
set down as sheer panic and folly.
Executive usurpation is bad. Senatorial
usurpation is worse. Not by any such
nagging, Interference of one-branch of
government with another can the free
play of each, within its gphere, be
maintained. The President is responsl-
ble-sflrst to his own conscience, then
to his oath of office; afterwards to the
Congrreas that may impeach 'liim, and
always to the people. But the id
that he can be made to act as If under
a watchman's detector, or compelled to
send in word of his movements hourly,
nice a patrolman. Is too absurd Tor dis
cussion. Let the opponents of the
President beware lest, In revolt
against Roosevelt Idolatry, they fall Into
anti-Roosevelt idiocy.
I Tronarrcd Widow Erects Roof,
New York Herald.
Mrs. Aletta McCullough, a widow of
middle age. living on Division street,
New Brunswick. N. J., dressed In men's
clothing, has been putting a nQw'roof
on her house. She donned trousers,
coat and vest,- climbed up a ladder to
the roof with the skill of a man and
commenced to work. Nelghbora stood
around and gasped.
Mrs. McCullough apparently dldn
.re a rap what they thought- "She
wanted the roof, didn't have any man
around to do the job, so did it herself,
She fastened a rope about her wals
and tied It to ft-hlmney so In ease she
would slip she would not drop farther
than the gutter on the root.
Mrs. McCulliugh is a carpet weaver
by trade and having conducted her bus!
ness for many years, operating- the heavy
machinery unaided. The job of putting
on a new roof did not seem hazardous
to her. but she did not like the idea
of going up there on a windy day
wearing skirts. She has about com
pleted the work without hitting- her
fingers instead of the nail more than
a dozen times.
Electricity as an Anesthetic.
Baltimore News.
The latest discovery In anesthetics
la that of Ir. Stephen Ueduc.
Parisian physician, jwho destroys sen
sibility all over the body by sending a
mild alternating current of electricity
through the brain In the same genera
manner as In electrocution. In thl
case the patient losses consciousness,
but in every other respect important
advantages are secured. There Is no
nausea, weakness or languor and ab
solutely no effect on the heart The
patient becomes conscious the instant
the current is shut off and with a de
cldedly Invigorated sensation.
Iovrans Defy the Coal Trust.
From the pyersville, (la.) Commercial
Frank Meyer is cutting wood on his
new farm.
-Nick'-' Meyer cut his wood last
"Wednesday. Louis Hetzler did the saw
inn.
"Matt' Gotto in cutting wood or John
r-rfner.
William Beckr sawed wood for C.
Walbillig fast Thursday.
Louis Smith is chopping wood.
"lOT.
Washington ( r. C.) Star.
I'l kind o' superstltloui 'bout d numbers
dat I aes.
Dat flrura "6" it somehow alius pnt ma UX
at ...
Gome folKs perfess to like It. tout I mlrht aa
well confess,
As far as 1's concfrned. It's ben unlucky
mo' or less.
When fust dey put dat number up about
year ago.
I aays. "Dat don' look good to me' 'cause
sixes is' ffth sho'
My own prticlar hoodoo, so I kep it up
A-wh isijir 1 n
An" now ol'
I full jfs' like a winner wnen I eces da
number show.
Tttougb sometlmei I'm ron- broke a-sruettsln1
bow "twa cw Inter ko;
But- It, sorts o" looks rtt-ralllar, liico an old
an BhoS 'nutT friend.
Pi g-wlnUr krep mi couraB up an1 play
to dn end
So keep l-m days m rslllx" wf Am aunsrilni
an d sodk.
"When onco de luck gits started it'll keep
i-eomln' itroni,
In' afraid to take
chance on what 5
year will be.
' oat or number
good to xn.
T. - It looka xnla-ht-T-
FICTOR AX1 THE SPOILS
Criticism of Modern Methods of 1)1-
-rtdtaar Pa(r.Ba:F.
PORTLAND, Or.. January 17. (To the
E3ltor.)-The fight for President of tne
Senate and Speaker of the fTousft of the
Oregon Teprwrature Is happily over, and
the soverelgrn voter and private citlsen
of the state will heave a sigh of relief.
By holding the balance of power In or
ganization the Demorrats forced certain
liberal concs-toriB In "patronupe' from
the Republicans. whtHh otherwise would
have heen denied them. Four men in the
epublican party prior to the organlza-
tion became candidates for the two
most Important positions. and thereby
assumed that they were bet ter o, ualitted
for the coveted positions than the re
mainder of the Nlr-gislators-elpet. Two
of these men were elected, and are now
in position to dispense the lefriftlative
patronage to their friends and support-
ers, wliile the unsuccessful candidates
and their friends will be' (riven minor
and unimportant places on the commit
tees. Had. tht jJemooratsi laiied to te
of use" to the successful faction, they.
:oo. would have had little or no rrcos-
nition at the hands of the chief officers
of the IoHlslature. These men, all
who were electee! by the people, oame to
that body on a par. with ail the other
members, so far as the Intent of the
voter was concerned. - Just where the
domlnstnt party gets the power or r Ik tit
to1 gobble up and dispense legislative
patronage Is a question, The only au
thority, if they have any, oomes from
doubtful precedents established by the
Reputilican and Democratic party or
ganizations, and which is In no wise sane-
loned by. the mass of voters of eltner
party. It is an outgrowth of the bar
baric system which declares that "might
makes right, and that "to the victors
belong the spoils." It ia unjust in con
ception and absolutely wrong: in prac
tice. It Is a precedent that has had
much to do with graft and corruption in
this country, and is at once unaemo-
cratic in its nature and, therefore, op-
posed to the idea of nopular government.
in tne practice or tne aoove party prece
dent, men are rewarded, not for their
ability and individual merit, but for hav
ing supported at the time of organiza
tion the successful aspirant. What au-.
thoritv from the Deople, we attain in
quire, has the dominant party to hog
he patronage of a Legislature? If au-
thority is not delegated to a party by
the sovereign voter, then such authority
in merely assumed, and not warranted.
TJ.9 whole system is wrong, and ought
to be changed so that member? of the
Iei?i statu re. without regard to party
affiliation and without reference to their
votes at the time of organla-ation. for this
or that aspirant, could be selected for
important chairmanships with special
reference to their ability, integrity s
fitness for the positions. According
present methods of party patronage, the
member who gets his boom for President
of the Senate or Speaker of the House
first launched, succeeds in practically
blanketing the aspirations of less mod
est, but it may be worthier and more
capable members. The only fair method
would be for the xespective houses to
meet and ballot informally for Its pre
siding- officers, without regard to their
party affiliations. In such a case, tnere
is little doubt but that the best and most
capable men would be chosen, and all
this uproar and ante-legislative wrang
ling and animosity would be avoided.
The writer does not expect tnat tne
partisan who Is looking for the "crumbs
of party patronage" will agree with him
In. his conclusions ; but whether he does
or does not. will not affect the righteous-
ness of the contention that no party can
claim the right to seize the patronage
of a legislature on any authority given
it- by the masses who gave that party
a majority. It is indeed time to take
measures to prevent party usurpation ol
unwarranted power. Such a usurpation
tends to disturb the harmonious action of
legislative bodies and to that extent
thwarts the will and expectation or the
people who rend their representatives to
the Legislature to co-operate harmonious
ly for the best interest, or tne com
monwealth and not for the exploitation
of unjust and selfish party advantage.
11. li. UU1L.D.
Arrbblshop Ireland and the Storrra.
Cincinnati (Ohio) Despatch.
Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul wilt
be entertained the latter part of this
month at the home of Bellamy Storer.
former Ambassador to Vienna, who
paid a personal visit to the Vatican in
behalf of Ireland as a candidate lor
an American cardinalate and as a re
sult lost his position and later stirred
up" a muss between himself and the
President on account of it.
The Storers are at the home of Mrs.
Storer's son.- Joseph Tjongworth Nlch-
bls, Saranac Lake. N. Y., but they will
return within a few days. Archbishop
Ireland is coming- here to address the
Grand Army of the Republic January
SI. and it will he his first meeting: with
the Storers since the Roosevelt-Storer
episode. H is said that more of the
S t ore r- Roosevelt correspondence will be
made public after Storer has had a
talk with the Archbishop.
Judgment.
' Grace TulTild Goodwin,
when she lay dead.
The many looked upon her face and said,
The life i gone, io filled with ihining
deeds:
So full of ministry to human needs.
And we who loved her are bereft;
What have we left?'
When she law dead.
A man looked sternly on her face and paid,
"Thank God. the evil of her life la pant.
What I ha- known the world would know
at last. ;
Kow all Is silence, peace; for me
I shall be free."
When she law dfitd, '
The great God looked from His wide heaven
and. "aid.
Only the One who made it knows the whole
Of Ktrennth and weakness in a human soul.
Cease, then, thy wonder; peace; let be;
Leave her to me."'
THE
L.IF-B IX THB OREGON COtSTRV.
F.drn Without Ere.
Mlllsirtoro Argtus.
A Tje.a-falat.ire without lady clerks woulrl
be something like the millennium so tar
as Oregon la concerned.
Ruth 1 1 1t.
Arlington Record.
Ed Dodson. who went from here some
time ago to- California, has oVoldpri to
remain there. His wife has accordingly
gone from here to be with him.
A Reawnkfu.nff,
Medford Tribune. j
Kditor Purdln. of the rtiriKmi Nw.
whose journalistic career has vtnnt ly
been too brief to enable him to acquire
a knowledge of tbe ethics of the nrofos-
sion. emerges from obscurity to champion
the cause of the otitr;i gcd newpa p r
trust of Jackson County.
Fuel Shorts ire The Dalles. '
Oh ronlcle.
V notice of wood for sle. pnhllsherl
yesterday, brought about 30 bidders to
the old Cosmopolitan Hotel this 'morning.
where Judge A. E. Lake was to dispose
or cords of wood, wlilcl-i b4 1 t 1 to
the late John McDonald, who rl i i there
last weeK, Bids ran up until the lot
was sold at $17.25. It was good, dry
bridge timber, which the old gentlemsn
had hauled in during hlen water and."
most acceptable at this season of wood.
scarcity.
A 'Tna- Dnrfe fitory. .
Hillaboro Argus.
Monday was a bad day lor ducKs, Sonw
tame ones were In the lake south of the
Jackson Bottom bridge, and when they
left the water and went on the Ice. taking
a little rest, their wings froze to the ice,
and they had to be liberated before they
could return home. One wild fellow had
joined his domestic brethren, and he. too.
like the rest, was made a prisoner. This
Is a true story, because It was told the
reporter by a church member and. be
sides, be had the wild duck with him as
proof.
Andy Carnegie and .he Dlvvle.
London Despatch.
M.r. Carnegie's various liberalities
have cvclted many censures, but nona
more severe than
him of being: in
This has become
one now
laid upon
league with
a tradition It
Satan.
l some
of tlie remoter parts of the Highlands
and in the Hebrides.
"Andy. as Mr. Carnegie Is univer
sally called, has. according to thts
tradition, entered into a pact with the
evil one to destroy Scottish religion
by spreading the use of musical in
struments and man-made hymns.
Jt is said that before returning to his
native country he asked Satan hov he
could best aid htm whether he should
make folks dance. build theaters in
every .parish or teach them to play
cards.,
"Xat na. 'Andy " replied Satan, "tak
s. kiat of whustles to ilka kirk (put
an organ in every church . Then my
work wull arana; weel aneuch."
The lact that Mr. Carnegie has pre
sented organs to many churches in
all parts of. Scotland, introducing? in -strumental
music and modern hymns
where formerly only psalms were vo
cally rendered, a taken aa proot or
the fulfilment of the compact
-Vfll "You AVIs
New York ispatch ln
the Iw!
Kansas City
Post.
I see that we have another winter
sport from our Canadian brothers and
sisters, waltzins on skates, and I will
gay the American girl takes to it beau
tifully. Skate waltzing: Is a diversion belonging-
to the ring;, for it is at its best,
of course, when performed with the
aid of a band. But It is not wholly de-
pendent on music.
In Montreal skate -waltzing? In one
of the most beautiful sights of the
picturesque city. Any afternoon dozens
of couples may be seen twirling In.
the center of the rink, the outer ring;
being; reserved for ordinary skaters.
Many of the Rlrls have engagement
cards, aueh aa they would carry for or-
dinary dances, and few are the cards
that are not filled every day. In Lon
don this skatingr dance has the support
of what is known as the "Kings set."
The American wives of many titled
men. are foremost In the amusement.
"The First State In the Uaton.
Washington (D. C.) Post.
A flashily-dressed negro went to Major
McDowell's office in the House and aaked
for a Job.
"Where do you come from?" the Major
asked.
"I'se from the first state In the Union,
boss, da-t's where I's from." the negro
salfl. drawing; himself up hauahtlly.
"Oh, you're from New . York, are,
you 7
...
"No.
sah '
sah. rse not. I'ae from Alabama.
But Alabama is not the nrst state In
the Union."
Alphabetically speakinir. it
alphabetically speaking;. It Is.'
In, boss;
(her the Sea to fikye.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Sing- me a sons of a lad that is cone,
Say. could that lad be IT
Merry of soul he nailed on a day
Over the aea to kye.
Mull was astern. Ejtu on the port.
Rum on the starboard bow ;
Glory of youth glowed in hi soul;
Where is tha glory now
Gire ms again all that was there.
Give me the run that shone
Give me the eyes, give me the soul,
Give me the lad that's gone!
Billow and breeze. Islands and seas.
Mountains of ratn and tuin.
AH that was aood. all that was fair.
All that was me is gone.
FROZEN OUT
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