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10KTLAND, MONDAY, JANUARY Si, 1907.
BK1JKF K.Ytol I.Y AVAILABLE.
The oft-repeated, ajid remarkably
numerous stories of financial ruin due
to the car shortage are now -being va
ried by other stories; of starvation,
freezing, and even of death, caused bjr
the coal shortage. To a certain de
cree, the car shortage may be blame
able for this coal shortage, but there
are other ree.sons; and the principal
one is the stupid policy of our Gov
ernment in prohibiting the importation
of foreign coal duty free. The lniQuity
and unfairness of this policy Is in evi
dence at this time by a demand even
from the worshipers of the sacred tar
iff that relief -be afforded by at least
u. temporary suspension of the tariff.
This In Itself is an admission that the
Uire tariff policy Is wrong-, and out
of the -present crisis we mar yet suc
ceed in forcing modification of the
trade-handicapping and development-
Stirling: tariff policy to which some of
The reat trusts have bound us.
We need coal which sells in the for
eign markets at low figures, but we
aleo need vessels in which .to transport
it and with which to relieve the
freight blockade that is hampering: the
operations of our coast shippers and
robbing the lumber consumers through
an exaction of $10 per thousand feet
for a short haul between Oregon and
California ports. All over the world,
in every port where chipping assem
bles, can be found ocean-going tonnage
for sjale at reasonable -prices. Every
other Nation on earth but the United
States is free to purchase this tonnage
at the best terms that can be made.
, The extent to which the foreigner are
building up their fleets is told In the
official figures, which show that In
1!)06 British shipowners alone sold to
loreinere 550.000 tons of steam ship
ping and 200,000 tone of sailing vessel
property, this being replaced by 1,800,-
000 tons of new shipping jut launched.
It ts neediest to say that not a. single
vessel of the 750,000 tons which passed
out of. British hands In 1906 became
available for ' the promotion, of Amer
ican commerce under - the American
flag. The ship-eubeidy plan for up-
buildlnu a merchant marine has been
tried- by every progressive maritime
power, and has failed; but. even if It
were to prove of value, our business
should not be hampered for the months
and years that would necessarily Inter
vene until we should, complete our own
ships. An emergency exusts, and even
ttro standpatters are Inclined to favor
free coal, because we are fadly In need
of it. An emergency also exists in our
coeLmt-ia,TrylriK trade. and we need
rhlps Immediately at low prices, re-
gardlesn of the name of the builder or
where) lila yard- is located.
Our great railroad kings sceert that
we are more in need or increased
trackage than of more, cars, and they
a lo tell us that every American roll
ing mill lias orders -ooolted ahead well
Into 190S, and that it Is impossible to
fet steel rails for delivery within any-
thinr like -a. reasonable length of time.
3-1 re also i -ri cmcriarency, and In this
case Also ehould the t art IT bars bo low-
ered at least lor a sufficient length of
time to permit purchase of a few
X houfand. mllcw of steel rails. There
are, of course, plenty of other Items on
tne list in Trtiicn our people are "vitally
interested, but the three mentioned
liH.v-e. spe-cial be&rinpr on the remarkable
industrial congestion which ie spread-
lng financial ruin and pnjticai distress
throusrhout the West Unless the party
In ro wir pays som heed to th wr lon fir
overdue re-forms, it 'will, in due season
cease to He the party m power,
The jnfortiina.tes who are oonflnfxi
In Che County Jail, some of them con
vlcted of no crime, but merely held as
witnee9es. are certainly entitled to
wholesome ifood. About two months
ago a number of them were made tslclc
toy attempting to eat rooa vwci, tne
Xieptity County Physician pronounoedi
unfit tor n- human beiner to pat. Sat
urday st-omo more of the same food -was
apparency orrerca, ana, arte; tne pna-
oners refused to eat it. the physician
pronounoed the meat j.trid. m i-
natins' a-H of the humane aspects of the
Situation, it la questionable' Pettier
there is. any,coiiomy.iii auppiyln the
Inmates of the County Jail with unfit
food. There lev a rtek attached to eat
ing putrid -food, and a resultnt dam
age 6uit might absorb all of the alleged
saving that Is being- made ' by-"the
thrifty County Commissioners who
have relieved the Sheriff of the work:
of feeding tne prisoners.
XRCTK DEHOCBAT8.
"When I first went to Washington
as a member of Congress," eaid Mr.
Bryan to thd "Washington Legislature,
"I had an Idea that all virtues were
condensed m the Democratic party,
and that all vice and wrong could be
found in the other party; but after
awhile I found that there were bad
Democrats and good Republicans, and
when I became a candidate for high
office Rome of the 'Democrats left me
and ome of the Republicans came to
me, and after careful consideration I
made up my mind I would rather look
a Republican In the face than a Demo
crat in the back." Then, indeed, we
shall have to make new arrangements
for thaj proposed Bryan demonetra
tlon at the White Temple- under the
auspices of the Young1 Men's Christian
Association, for there will be no Re
publlcane to look in the face. Pat
Powers and General Killfeather and
others of the Old Guard have had an
executive meeting, and. have decided,
llrst, that Bryan didn't know what he
wa6 up against when he signed that
agreement to address his Democratic
-fellow citizene in the First Saptist
Church, and. seconct, -that it Is never-
ttieless the duty or every Democrat to
(take seats on the front row, as nearly
as possible, where Colonel Bryan will
have a chance to look: honest Demo-
crats in the face and feci more at
home, whlle everybody observes care
fully what Brother Stone and Brother
BrouRh-er and 'other leading light? of
tne I, M, C, A, who are not honest
Democrats are doing up there on the
platform behind the unsuspecting Colo
nel Bryan. If the Colonel wants to
looK any Republicans m the lace tie
rvill have to make his peech with his
hack to the audience. There .will be
none In that harmonious thr-on-gr, along
with General Klllteather ana General
Powers.-who will admit that their feet
ever strayed from -the strait path of
the true Democracy. -Jeff Myers and
Milt Miller and Fred Holman and
Colonel Wood and Dick Montague and
Harry Lane' and D. M. Watson and
George Hutchin and Alex Sweek and
Colonel OiDay will all toe there, and no
questions asked.
But we should like to attend the
Bryan reception and experience meet
ing afterwards at the Powers Empo
rium. TUB 8HJFOWKIR8' EBROR.
The International Association ot
Sailingship Owners Is this season
forced by circumstances to recognize
the truth of the principal contentions
of Portland against the diecriminatory
rate made in favor of Puget Sound.
One of these contentions was that
ships headed, for the Columbia encoun
tered no more delays than were niet at
the entrance to the Straits of Fuoa.
Another was that, whenever the
weather wao so stormy as to prevent
vessels crossing out or the Columbia
River, nothing could be gained by a
vessel's leaving Puget Sound. Both of
these contentions have been proven
time after time ttile season, but new Il
lustrations are continually appearing.
Last week the British ship Dudhope
arrived at Puget Sound too late to
save her charter, although ' ehe wae
beating around 'the entrance of the
straits for eight days before she could
get in, and a French vessel which pre
ceded her a few days had been off
Cape Flattery for ten days.
During the -period- these vessels were
off Cape Flattery two French vessels
came into the Columbia River without
delay of any nature. As an illustration
of the advantage of remaining in a
eafe harbor while otorms rage at sea.
the experience of the British bark Gal
gate is interesting. This vessel sailed
from Portland November 18, arriving
down at Astoria the following day.
Heavy southerly gales forced her to
remain in the river until November 27,
when she sailed for Valparaiso. She
arrived at Valparaiso last Thursday,
after a passage of fifty-one daye. The
Lydgate, Curzon and J. B. Thomas
sailed from Puget Sound from thirty to
rorty tiays ahead of the Galgate. and
have not yet arrived. The ships A. j.
Fuller and Carnarvon Bay, from Puget
Sound, reached Valparaiso a few daye
ahead of the Galgate. after passages of
eignty-nve and ninety days respec-
tlvely.
Some difficulty Is experienced In con
vincing tho foreign shipowners that the
time of a vessel i& just as valuable
when 6he Is at sea being knocked
around and strained hv
ae when eh is in a snug harbor wait-
lnir for the storms to .blow rwr- nnH
afford an opportunity for a'speedy fair-
weather passage. If due consideration
were given, the delays, inbound, and
outbound. at Portland and Puget
Soun. we could reasonably expect Im
mediate adjustment of the present un
fair differential against the -port.
OUR rxXATURAL WEATHER.
The southerly slant the wind took
yesterday was liardly pronounced
enough to bring it fully into thfe Ohi-
nook class, hut It was such an im
provement over - the breezes which
have -been blowing for the. previous
weeK triat nearly everyone rejoiced.
"It's an 111 wind that blows nobody
good," according to a time-honored
axiom, and, in -this country at least, it
is an east wind that blows nobody
good. ' In tho great original -distribu-
tlon of heat and colti, and of wet and
dry weather, -the Almighty favored a
few o f th e ch 1 Id r en of men. w i th c 1 1
matlc environment vastly superior to
that which surrounded others.. Oregon
was placed In the favored class, and,
like tho original Oregoniatui who lived
in tepees and worshipped) the Great
Spirit that came at times in the form
of a Chinook wind, the greater number
of the later arrivale also pay due hom
age, to that tempering breeze which
brings with it Health and exhilaration.
These tempered; winds, blowing in
rroix. tuiae- ocean, exert n Influence that
la not confined to the aAr and earth.
nut is also reit Dy the people fho have
the good fortune to breath the magic
eliaeir. No cosmetic -ever invented -can
bestow on the fair 9ex such complex-
ions as become radiantly perfect under
Oregon skies, whether clear or clouded,
and it Is only on rare occasions, such
as laM -week, that tb pinch or the cold
east vina drives tiro glow or health
and comfort (from the faces of the men.
The Oretron climate, of the brand to
which we are all accustomed, has
tnovn o( me unarms oj variety win-
out the ad-dition of ice and snow and
the east wind. "Whenever these u n wel
come visitors appear with their visions
ot the-Nortn Pole, or or iiozen fleafl-
white landscapea In the East and Mid4
die West, they of course awaken
among eome of us memories of Snow
bound days and freezing nights in an
environment Which perhaps -answered
fairly well so long as we were In bliss
ful ignorance of Oregon and its won
derful climate, but from w-hich any
climatic attraction 'has now fled for
ever. Still we have with ois a few who.
with all of the -perversity of Mr. Car
rier, declare themselves charmed, with
the cruel east wind and its attendant
snow and ice. It will -be remembered
that Mr. Carker had a mania Tor argu
ing that black was white and. white
was black. So with the dwellers in
Oregon who assert that they enjoy
these misplaced installments of Arctic
weather that occasionally . drift down
on us. Perhaps, however, it may be
only a habit they ' have. Instances
have been recorded w-Jiere long-term
criminals, on their release from cap
tivity, have Insisted on sleeping witU
a ball and chain fast to their legs,
and Esklmoa and other Far' Northern
people who "juet adore cold weather"
wear furs and eat candles and axle
grease long after they get Into the
zone of seasonable clothing and rea
sonable -foodi
SALMON TROFBLES I5 COLCMBIA.
Not fishing above tidewater in the
Columbia River has brought the sal
mon industry to Its present pligbt and
threatens it with extinction, but over
fishing all along the river, non-observ-
ance ot closed season, extension of
open season by successive Legisla
tures, increasing deerrucll veness of
gear, ftehing on the .bar in a word,
greed ot men of all kinds of fishing
appliances, to catch as many ealnion
as possible, unwilling to lose the imme
diate dollar lor the sake of future
benefit.
Add to this destruction of adult sal-
mon, that wrought on hatchery -fry .by
preying fish. and. it is easy to m why.
after few eeed salmon have eurvived
to reach hatcheries, the 33.000.000
hatchery fry released annually in the
last eleven years have been represent
ed In returning adult fish caught by
only 5 per cent of that number. As a
matter of fact, the caught fish are a
smaller percentage. because natural
propagation has contributed some part
of the recurring supply.
Senator Fulton urges that flshwheels
be stopped this in a letter written
from Washington to The Oregonian
and published yesterday. "It is my
conviction," he says, "that all fishing,
except by spear or hook and line, above
tidewater should be prohibited." The
fishing above .tidewater is practically
all done by wheels. Two or three
seines have been .operated, but Senator
Fulton"s remarks are aimed at wheels.
But why not Impoee restrictions on
all gear rather than abolish one? When
the salmon caught above tidewater
amount to only between 5 and 8 per
cent of the total- pack of the Columbia
River, and those cauglat in tidewater
amount to between 92 and 95 per cent,
why not diminish the catch In tide
Water by restraining the greed of gill-
netters. trapmen and seiners before
abolishing wheels this so that more
fish may reach the now Idle hatch
eries? To be sure, more salmon would es
cape to the hatcheries were w-heele
abolished. But this same result would
be accomplished were gillnets abol
ished, or seirfes, , or traps. The more
fish caught for cans, the fewer survive
for hatcheries. Should all kinds of
gear abstain from grabbing every sal
mon possible, a larger number of sal
mon would remain for propagation;
likewise if this gear or that should- be
abolished, and the other gears ehould
continue making profits, unrestrained
as all. are doing practically at present.
But this is the . selfish remedy of
those who would profit from it. Ratjier
check all gears than abolish one for
the benefit of the others. Rather make
the closed season longer and enforce
the law to keep it closed: Appoint a
Fish Warden who will enforce the law
and stop the wholesale fishing ae car
ried on in 1904, entirely oblivious of
closed season.
Senator Fulton's Idea Is the Astoria
idea. That is his home, and it is na
tural for him. perhaps, to look on the
question from the Astoria Bide. The
Astoria idea has tried repeatedly to
abolish wheels. It has. contended that
no closed season in tidewater , was
needed (that is, before the paucity of
hatchery salmon disproved this theory
in 1904. 1905 and 1906). It has extended
tire open season -for fishing, by means
of its influence in Legislatures. It has
required the Fish Warden, living at
Astoria, to permit suspension of the
closed season laws. It has allowed
gillnets on the bar, thus setting- up a
barrier to entrance of salmon into the
river. . It has so" amended the ' laws
that they are now a. nullity, so far .as
protection through cloned season goes.
It has successfully resisted efforts to
cut down the catch of tidewater gear.
It has pursued the April. May and
June salmon so hard that - they are
nearlng extinction, and now make only
between 10 and 15 per cent of the an
nual .pack, whereas they used to -make
more than half the pack. It has ex
tended the open season In August 'by
one installment after another, until the
August fte.h. in the last three years,
have been almost cut off from riatch-
cites. , ,
But the tidewater fisheries are learn
ing lessons, chief or -which la: "Fish
canned won't spawn; can all the fish
the gears will catch and the hatcheries
will he Idle. There Is better prospect
now, perhaps, than formerly, that the
Astoria Leisla.tore who are to be
named today as chairmen of the fish-
ery committees In Senate and House
of the Oregon legislature will be
versed In that leson and others.
Senator Fulton's sincere desire to
benefit the salmon industry cannot he
doubted. Evidence of this is found in
his recommendation that fishing: on tho
bar be prohibited, and that a weekly
closed eeaeon he enacted, Both these
remedies would: be valuable. They
would help the industry by cutting
down slaughter of salmon, and leaving
more fish lor hatcheries, But It will
be difficult to apply them. A commer
cial flrhorman is & business max. HIh
first, desire Is the immediate dollar.
Hail a pacK in any particular year
does not agree with him. When a
closed season 'law stands between him
and a full pack, he clamors for sua-
pension of tne law, especially if the
river be "full of fish." For this rea
son, the fisheries have been unable to
legislate for themselves. Many indl-
viflualp, diverse interests and eharp
competition between them have taken
from them wllUngnawa to put oiT prea
ent gain for future ood. - -
The tidewater nsltenes should ihem-
selves make sacrifices, and then they
will not find it necessary to abolish a
class of gear that takes only 'between
6 and 8 per cent of the total 'eaten.
The open season between April IS and
August 25 is too long. It should be
shortened at each end and be relieved
by one or two closed seas0ns. or by
closed Sunday. And .then means should
be taken to protect infant salmon from
their fish enemies, whose devouringe of
the fry are known to experienced
hatchery men and1 to trout fishermen.
The people of the United States will
welcome the German Irince if Jie
comes to this country. Some will be
warm in greeting because he is a per
son of royal blood, others because he
is in a measure a representative of a
government' with which we are on
friendly terme, but all will -man'.fest
the spirit of hospitality which the
American people always entertain to
ward strangers. If the Prince is at all
democratic in his ways, he will .make
friends ol practically all the people of
this country. If he Is aristocratic, he
will win the hearts of only the snobs.
Oregon is Just at present getting a
lot of free advertising in the numerous
etates that are considering the adop
tion of an initiative and referendum
amendment. One well-known writer
has called Oregon the -political experi
ment elation of the United States. True
it is that Oregon has gone further than
any other state in experlmonts with
new ideas in government. What Ore
gon has done in experimental govern
ment ie becoming as well known in the
political world as the achievements of
Burbank In the agricultural world.
Why not settle all thcao contentions
over the creation of new oountios by
paseing: a general law under which tho
people affected by the measure would
have an opportunity to decide it them
selves? If they want a county divided
and a new county created, they should
have the privilege, for upon them will
fall the burden of maintaining- another
county government. The trouble with
some of the new county schemes in
the paet hae .been that they were fa th-
ered by men who wanted to hive the
power of filling the offices.
Get the appropriation btlte In early-
Let them be made public long enough
before the close of the seselon for the
people to learn whtfT they contain, bo
that eome expression of public opinion
may be had. Some of the appropria
tion bills, for ordinary maintenance of
the state departments, could be Intro
duced this week as well as later. The
people have the idea that appropria
tion bills are put off until the end of
the session, so that they must be per
mitted to become laws whether the ap
propriations are wise or not.
However despicable the professional
lobbyist may be. his standard of citi
zenship le immeasurably higher than
that of the member of the Legislature
who will introduce a radical measure
for the purpose of compelling the in
terests attacked to buy him off. Of
course "euch things have never been
done in Oregon, but In some states the
corporations find it necessary to pay
tribute In order to secure justice at the
hands of petty tyrants temporarily
vestedwith legislative power.
The French government proposes to
Impose a tax upon every person who
wears a title on his name. This is evi
dently a scheme to get some good
American millionaire money into the
French treasury In a measure, it is a
breach of contract. When our Amer
ican helreeees bought the French titles
it was with the understanding that
they were not taxable. Taxing of titles
should be made a ground for divorce.
The Oregon constitution does not
permit the. Governor to veto single
items of appropriation bills, but by
passing the appropriation bills early
the legislature can give him an oppor
tunity to veto the bills and return
them for elimination of euch items as
he does not approve. The ways and
means committees should begin work
immediately and get this pan of the
legislative work out of the way.
J. G. Phelpa Stokes, millionaire phi
lanthropist, is discouraged. With his
wife, he tried settlement work a few
days and failed to correct unequal so
cial conditions between the rich and
the poor of the ' whole world. Don't
despair, Brother Stokes. Keep at it,
and in years to come your little leaven
may do wondrous work. In these
active days no one individual can hold
down Atlas' job.
General Funaton complains that
bricklayers, plasterers and plumbers
earn more per day in San Francisco
than an Army Captain of twenty
years service. They work harder.
Besides, Uncle Sam doesn't dock hie
men for Sundays, nor lay them off in
stormy weather and during slack
times.
Governor Chamberlain can point to
at least one effective effort of his in
the matter of economy In public funds.
He raved this Legislature the neces
sity of appropriating $600 for the pur
chase of an oil painting of Governor
Wlthycombe.
In the frightful harvest of death
from preventable disease, Chicago is
paying the penalty of criminal neglect.
We are not living in an age when
plagues may be charged to art angry
During- this week's recrudescence of
the Democratic party In Multnomah, a
very industrious man might find
enough material to fill out a complete
ticket for county and city of fleet.
Between Chancellor Day!" of Syra
cuse, and Professor Thomas, of Chi
cago, Standard Oil brain factories are
not raising their value in tne estima
tion of th plain people.
If the members of the Hreglslature
advocate nothing at Salm that they
would not have 3ared- to advocate In
the campaiK-n. we shall have a very
satissf ac tory eewion .
The Governor will surely concede
that the people know enough to select
Ohief Executive.
Why, then, are
they not competent to select a railroad,
commleelon?
Bryan's cumliiK visit has salv&nlzed
the corpse of Multnomah Democracy,
Already forty-nine citizens have heen
unearthed, -to tserve on reception com
am it tees.
It -would be Impolitic just, now for
the labor unions of California to put up
David S tarr J onian as onrxd Mate for
Governor,
SulltVan jc down, but is he
out of the new game? "When ho lived
In Portland no one thought him a
Quitter. -
VALIES AND THE GOLD SITPLY
No AppMreat rVeeeMt.lt y to Look Now
for Commercial Readjustment.
New York Tribune.
One factor in the expansion of busi
ness and the stimulation of prices
which haa been more or lesa overlooked
is the . rapid increase in the 'world's
gold production. In 1906, according1 to
the estimate of the Director of the
Mint, the United States alone added al
most $100.000.0W to the world's stork of
gold, and the output last year of all
countries probably amounted' to nearly
$400,000,000. These figures tell their own
story the story of an enormous replen
ishment of our supply of primary money.
Twenty or twenty-five years ago econ-
omlsts were expressing alarm at the
shortening of money stocks, and agitation
for a return to the double standard de
rived some plausibility from the fact that
the output of the world's gold fields was
actually declining. Gold v production
shrank from lB4.00O,0nO in I860 to $37,000,000
in 1875, and after a slight recovery fell in
1!3 as low aa $36,000,000. Between 1SS3
and ISM the 'height of the bimetallic cru
sade it slowly climbed again to $130,000.
000. But in recent years the world has
passed the J30O.O0O.O0O point in production,
and the $400,000,000 mark has now been
clowoly approached. Since 1900 nearly
$2,000.000. 000 has been added to the volume
of money of ultimate redemption n in
crease which would have seemed incred
ible 20 years' ago. i
It pleasos the silver agitators of 1R to
pay that nature, by exposing new sources
of gold supply fend enlarging our mone
tary stocks. only accomplished for
tuitously what they meant to accomplish
by legislation rehabilitating sliver as a:
money metal. Hindsight is ea:er than
foresight, and Mr. Bryan snd his associ
ates, conveniently forgetticig their
prophecies and their lamous argument
that wheat and silver were linked to
gether by some mysterious tie. so that
one could never riso or fall in value
without enhancing or depressing the
value of the other, now" plume themselves
on having planned to, do In one way
what Irovidence decreed should be done
In another. The point is that their way
was the wrong way and the dangerous
way. They wanted to do by fiat and by
violence what could better 'be left to the
slow operations of natural law. They
would have arbitrarily deranged values
and robbed the creditor to help the
debtor. They would have discriminated
between classes, while nature, knowing
no class interests or prejudices, has acted
as a blind goddess of Justice, leaving no
one with ground for complaint that prices
have risen and the purchasing power of
money has been forced down, because the
process has been, gradual, automatic and
Impersonal. : ,
There are those who are seriously dis
turbed by the steady augmentation of
our gold supply and the steady climb in
values which has accompanied it. These
observers hold that prosperity has en
couraged over-speculation and the ex
pansion of credit beyond the danger line.
They would like to see the upward move
ment in values checked and would wel
come a curtailing of risks and debt.
There Is not a little to be said on that
side, but so long as we dig relatively
larger and larger supplies of gold out of
the earth and Increase our holdings of
bars and coin the present processes of
readjustment must continue. Values of
other things than gold will probably so
on rising- and we shall find the Indus
trial and business world pretty steadily in
that state of activity, confidence and
cheerfulness which are the earmarks of
what we call prosperity.
Mtm. Fish r'reeres Herr Conrled.
New York World.
Mrs. Stuyvesant fish lately gave a din
ner and entertained her guests with
music.
4I would like Mme. Iouise Homer to
sing for me." Mrs. Fish said to Ketnrich
Conrled.
'May I Inquire if you have engaged
pincers from the so-called opera-house on
Thirty-fourth street?" asked Conreld.
bowing profoundly.
"There will be," answered Mrs. Fish,
frigidly.
"In that case, madame, I regret to say
that I will not permit my artists to sing
for you." said the I-ferr Tirektor.
Mrs. Fish regarded Conried as indif
ferently as if he was a spot of paint
on his own scenery and remained silent.
The consequence was that Mme. Don -alda.
M. Seveilhac and M. Dalmons. all
from the Manhattan Opera-House, enter
tained Mrs. Fish's guests most admirably.
Senatorial Wlndoni In Cousins.
Baltimore News.
Senator Money and several friends
were discussing his coming retirement
from public life.
"Who will be your successor? Senator
Culbertson, of Texas, asked.
"I'm sure I don't know." 9?nator
Money said: "Im keeping out of the
ngrit."-
"I should think you'd be in it."
"Well, you see, there are two candi
dates." Senator Money said. "There is
Governor Vardaman. He is a cousin of
mine. Then, John Sharpe Williams is a
candidate, and he Is my wife's cousin.
Xow you see why I am not taklngr an
'active part In the Senatorial campaign In
my state."
"DiKOnflrKlng Foraker Prom ' Senate."
Washington r. O. ) Post.
While Senator Poraker was engages
in ther gentle pastime of throwing
rocks at the President In the Senate
because of the Brownsville affair. As-
elatant Secretary latta, from the
White House, came in with a batch of
nominations.
"Mr. President," ho said, after Sen-
ator "Foraker had been flagged, "a.
message from the President of the
United - States."
"What about?" whispered Senator
Spnoner to Senator Frye.
'Dtscharelns
Foraker from the Sen-
ate. answerec
the Maine Senator,
Sew Jfevnfla Mouejr Rlnj,
Washington (D. C.) Herald.
Since the clone ot the lut session or
CcnRrera Georgia s. Nixon, or Nevada.
has become one of the richest members
of the Senate. He waa one of tho original
boomers of the Tonopah district, havlnfr
picked up there numerous prospects
that have developed into properties of
vast value, His interest in tnree mints
alone represents a. cash valuation of $20,-
000,000.
Didn't Willie Spend Enough r
Chicago Tribune.
Two hundred editors In Nsw York State
have risen up s-nd asked in thunder tones
how much longer they have got to wait
for the money that was promised them
for their support: of the Democratic ticket
last F"all. - Their only answer thus far has
been the echo.
Arctic Advantages.
St. MlchnlBa.
1t" t?rtTtrrie. dnr," thev always aMK-y
Juet when I'm at my nicest play;
And thpn I wish lor arctic cilmei,
Where day is six months lon. at times.
But, whenthe hrakfant bel 1 T hear,
My bed does seem so snug; and dear,
I yawn and long win all my might
For six cood' months of arctic night.
CAy PRESS THIS BE MUZZLED!
ftneer I.efcislatlve Mthoft to Boll dome
IV rwnpapri1 Reporters.
LouiBvlIie Courier-Journal.
The New York Senate haa adopted a
resolution empowering the clerk to ex
clude from the Senate chamber any
reporter "whose newspaper, editorially
or otherwise, may offend a member of
the body.
The resolution Is a species of Legis
lative blackmail. Its purpose Is to
terrify the newspapers of the state
into a passive attitude toward the of
ficial actions of the State. Senators, if
not Into acquiescence. If any ill-con-
celved or dangerous measure is pro
posed and & newspaper exposes its
-weakness or its evil, the newspaper
may be regarded as offensive and under
the resolution its representative may be
forbidden admittance to the chamber.
This is the way it is expected to work.
The resolution smacks of Governor
Pennepacker, of Pennsylvania. In Its
purpose to suppress adverse criticism
of the people's servants it is vicious.
In Its aim to muzzle the press It Is
contrary to the American spirit of
.freedom and a free press. Iet us see
whether the people and tho news-
papers of New York shall submit to
the tyranny.
HOOD FOB THE OFFICG-HOLDRRS
The Idaho View of an Appointive Itall-
roH d Commlnalon.
Boise News.
The Orejfonian, in dlscuBnlnff the
proposed creation of an appointive rail
way commission for that state, opposes
It. on the around trtat It would "build
up and reinforce the democratic po
litical machine at the expense of the
legitimate antl-rallroad and antl-cor-poratlon
sentiment of the state."
Tills claim is undoubtedly correct.
The only advantage that. is visible in
creatine-: an appointive commission In
stead of an elective one, is that the
appointive one would create several
more offices which could be filled with
tnen friendly to the appointive power
and who, traveling In all parts of the
state, could be relied upon to use their
influence to boost that appointive
power into ofnee sprain or to boost
those selected by him for office in
other words, to build up a political
machine.
In Oregon the appointive power
would be a democrat, but that does
not make it any safer proposition than
It would In Idaho where the appo!n7
tlve power Is a Republican. The prtnl
ciple is wrong- and partisanship has
nothing to do with It, nor is a Demo
cratic political machine to be loved or
endured any more than a Republican
political machine. If the people can
be trusted in a direct primary, for
instance, why cannot the people he
trusted to elect a few more of their
officers?
Why XotT
Ashland Tidings.
It is Very natural that Governor
Chamberlain should desire the Legisla
ture to pass a railroad commission law
which would make the members of the
commission subservient in every way
to the Executive. It would add to tha
prestifie of the Oovemor during; the
remaining: years of his tenure of office
and furnish more oil to run the ma
chine through which perhaps he hopes
to rrlnd out an election to the United
States Senate. Ts there any reason
why the people are not to be trusted
with the election of this proposed com
mission? The Governor believes hear
tily In the election of United States
Senators by direct votes of the people.
Why not faith in the common people
In the election of a railroad commis
sion? y
Hen Labor at 3-V4 Cents IVr liar.
I.ouisville Courier-Journal.
Senators Spooner and Tillman were dis
cussing the Increased price of living.
"Why," exclaimed -the South Carolinian
with indignation, "I am old that eggs
cost 40 cents a dozen In Washington."
"That's right," thoughtfully replied Sena
tor Spooner. adding, "but then that is
only 3t4 cents for the hen's full day's
work." Senator Tillman wandered hack
Into the Senate chamber scratching his
head.
The A'ew Senator From Krnlnrkr.
Baltimore News.
Thomas II. Paynter. who will succeed
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky next
March. 1 a Iar-e. muscular-looking- man.
and looks a good deal like Secretary Taft.
though taller and nothing like so ample
in circumference. He has been a member
of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the
htahCBt tribunal In the Bluegrass State.
since leaving Congress, eight or ten years
ago.
SENATOR FORAKER AND -THE INTERVIEWER
Reporter Benator, yon are
ter, aren't ion?
Senator V'm-hnh!
very much
is I because jron Ir Pr.ldiit
"Is It besase joa love the otgro SolsUe -?
-Um-bahl"
"Or
WHAT 0REG0.X PAPEItS SAY
HI I'lnlforn.
Albany Herald.
With only a few exceptions Governor
Chamberlain's message could correctly b
labeled. "Platform of the Willamette Val
ley Development Le&a-ue." -N
Inciting io Lawlessness.
Gresham Herald.
""The torreane In crime." we believe Is
actually helnK strengthened bv such
teachings as Is contained In nearly every
issue of such papers ns the Appeal to
Reason, the National Rip Saw and other
organs of their class. They are inciting
to lawlessness, rather tliRn against it.
What Or-a; on Really Keerfa.
Salem Journal.
Oregon can use foreign capita! and ran
use all the tourist and professional and
speculative claws of people who come here,
but Oregon needs mach more, lon.nnrt of
the purely laboring clement. Oregon
needs people who will hew homes out of
the virgin soil and who do not ask sala
ries or positions for coming here.
The Skies Are Clear.
Fendleton Trihune.
Already the beneficent effect of riddlni;
the legislative proceedings of the de
bauching effect of a prolonged Senatorial
campaign is being felt and the atmos
phere Is cleared by that much. Mr.
Bourne will he elected and the matter
settled on the day fixed by law for the
election of Vnited States Senator aa it
should be.
One View of Reapportionment.
'oniliii Olohe.
There will doubt loss be a hitter fight
on the proposed new apportionment of
legislative districts at the present ses
sion of the legislature. Tho people of tho
Interior counties are generallv opposed to
the new apportionment pc'licnie, na it
would materially reduce their representa
tion and incrcuKe the already large rep
resentation or M 11 1 1 no iii;. 1 1 county In both
houses of the Legislature.
Chanarea lila Mind n 54tat
BaKer City Herald.
Line.
Will the Oregon passholdrr who
bound for Walla Walla or Mm from
Portland buy a throusrh ticket to his
destination? Of eonrs ho - will not.
His little frame will b to use his
transportation to tlie state line, turn
change his mind and his destination
to the point on th other sidr to which
he will buy a ticket from tho station
where the value of his pass expires. Of
all the farcical rulings ever made every
one must take off his hat to this one.
LIFB IN THE llREGnX COl-NTRV
Hot On the (.round Floor.
Salem Journal.
TVo legislative Investigation has ever
stopped any graft.
-Another Mersrer.
Vale Gazette.
The officials made the transfer of tho
M. V. R. R. Monday to the 0. S. L. R. R.
Co.
All the Samr to m Roy.
McMlnnvllle News Reporter.
Several Baker Creek boys went coon
hunting the other day. Instead of coons
they killed nine skunks.
"Speaker" Ilothchlld.
T'nion Republican.
We must credit the Representative from
Union with one thing he has been hearj,
and the members know that he Is there.
(irltlas Wise.
Aurora Borenlis.
Some of the orchard owners around here
have begun cutting down the trees in
their orchards, the trees being so old and
infected as to be of no use, and not
worth the trouble of spraying and clean
ing. Disappointed Cltlarsa.
Ontario Argus.
Ontario thought coal was Again on hand
Tuesday morning, a sealed box car being
sidetracked here late Monday night. Rut
when our citizens hastened early to the
coal office they were Informed the pre
cious car was filled with beer.
TCthlra of Strnp-Hanalns;.
Tacoma News.
The man who denounced a colored man,
for not giving up his seat to a lady will,
of course, when he himself Is comfort
ably aeated In a crowded car. arise and
tender his seat to a colored woman who
irf hanging on to the straps. Yh? No?
And yet they talk of assimilation!
Ther Want Too Mach.
Albany Democrat.
If bills pass that are being Introduced
the people of Unn County- will think the
present &3.0O0 state tax a small affair.
The state schools alone want $6T0.0(,
about double what they pot in the last
Legislature, and this following .in the
footsteps of a general kick all over the
state against school appropriation graft.
The people of Oregon are glad of tho
privilege of putting up liberally for the
education of their children, but when the
demand Is for public money for an edu
cation above that offered by the common
schools it Is time to go slow.
interested In this Browncvllle
from tho Chlcaga Tribune,
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