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PORTLAND, FRIDAY. MARCH 22. 1907.
WHERE RESPONSIBILITY LIES.
The Oregon ian has received from a
member of the last Legislature a pro
test against the article in these col
umns Wednesday comparing the action
of the Washington Legislature with
that of the Oregon Legislature upon
the subject of revenue-producing legis
lation. The gentleman making the pro
test says that Oregon has already upon
its , statute-books some of the laws
passed by the Washington Legislature
at its recent session. This is true.
But The Oregonian was not making a
comparison of Washington laws with
Oregon laws. ' It was showing .that at
the same time that it raised the ap
propriations the Washington Legisla
ture provided new Indirect sources of
revenue, while the Oregon Legislature
did not. The public demand In this
state has been lor enactment of laws
that would eliminate the direct state
tax, as has been done in- Wisconsin.
, Instead of working toward that desira
ble end, Oregon is farther from It to
day than It wias before the last ses
sion of the Legislature. The point The
Oregonian tried to make, and did
make, was that there was entire failure
of revenue legislation in this slate,
while- the Washington Legislature
passed many revenue laws.
But consideration of this feature of
the protest is of minor consequence.
'There Is in the letter before us a mat
ter of more vital importance, for it has
a vastly wider bearing than any ques
tion of action upon a particular class
of measures. The gentleman who
sends in the protest was a member of
the House and says that the complaint
made by The Oregonian should have
been lodged against the Senate, for the
desired legislation was defeated in that
body. This answer is an attempted
evasion of 'responsibility. It i3 a
pitiful answer for any man to make
In this -ear of our Lord, 3907. after
on man . has forced through boti
houses of tha Unltea States annsrress
th most important legislation that h;te
'been enacted in a quarter of a century.
President Roosevelt oould have ex
plained the failure of pure-food, child
labor, empioyers'-ltaibtlity ar?d railread--rato
laws by saying. "The Senate 4a
feat'i the b!:is." But he didn't. He
wa not a q'.iit'ar.
If the House or rtcopresealatives ir.
the Or-.'Kon Lsis:aturo was in earnest
ibovt revenue legislation, it could have
forced the passage of the bills desired
by the people. The Representatives
wouiii navv) bank ot thorn a public Oiilis
'on so strong .that the Senators could
not have tood out a-rainst it for one
tay. It is an old sayintr Uvat one man
and O-Mi make a majority. In this
country 'he voice of the people is the
voica of God, and ona man with the
voice of the people to support him is a
inujoriiy. Had there bfen in the
House of Representative Iiarf as much
willingness to fight for revenue legisla
tion as there was to fight for normal
svhool appropriations, the bills would
hv gone through both houses. Where
thr-re is a will there Is a way. There
was c. way so force through the com
pulsory pass law over the Governor's
veto, fhoush there was no public opin
ion to support it. There was a waj"
to force the passage of the Monmouth
appropriation bill with a Drain rider
:a it. Numerous other Instances might
be mentioned of bills passed by meth
ods well known to .members of experi
ence in legislation. But no way was
found to force the passage of the laws
most desired by the people. There
seemed to be no one who was willing
'or able to make the flght with public
opinion to support him. ,
On need not go far for a method of
forcing action. The constitution de
clares that neither house shall adjourn
for more than three days without the
consent of the other. If the Repre
sentatives had been in earnest about
revenue legislation, it could have re
fuser to consider the fiuestion ot final
adjournment until revenue from indi-rv-t
sources hud been provided or some
moans had been devised for placing
part of the burden of taxation upon
property that is not now bearing its
rnaro. The House could have said to
the Senate, "We have been here forty
days and have passed bills carrying ap
propriations aggregating $3,500,000. This
is an increase of a million dollars in
expenditures. The people expect us to
provide new sources of revenue, and
we will stay right here for forty days
longer if necessary In order to give the
people a square deal."
With the House firmly standing in
such a position, it would not have
taken the Senate half an hour to make
up its mind to agree upon some reason
able legislation. The clamor from the
hills and valleys and plains of Oregon
would have been, so great that no mem
ber could -have stood out against it.
There were soma g-ood fighters in the
Legislature, but they were themselves
out fighting for four normal schools
and other measures In which the people
had no particular Interest. Perhaps
The Oregonian ought to criticise Gov
ernor Chamberlain for not. forcing the
Legislature to pass revenue measures,
and It would do so but for the fact
that the Legislature put him in a hole
so deep that he was helpless and could
not be expected to do any aggressive
work. ...
In conclusion, let it be remarked that
the people of Oregon are looking for
men whose abilities mark them as
leaders of public movements men who
are in full sympathy with the people
and who will at all times and in all
places fipht faithfully and intelligently
and to the last ditch for public inter
ests. Oregon is looking for men who,
in mind and character and vigor, stand
head and shoulders above the-average
citizen. There are honors awaiting
such men. They are not expected to
have the powers of a Roosevelt, but
are expected to do for Oregon what
Roosevelt has done for the Nation to
have abilities and force of character
strong in proportion to the tasks that
would be placed before them. Fight
ers are wanted who will fight for the
right and for the people, and who will
not excuse failure of legislation by say
ing "the Senate did it."
TRE COMMON INTEREST.
That Puget Sound people are taking
a broader view of the problem of de
velopment of the commercial interests
of the state is evident from the gen
eral approval which has been given the
appropriation of J125.000 for improve
ment of the Columbia River. In for
mer years thcro was determined oppo
sition to any project which tended to
develop the Upper Columbia region in
Washington tributary to Portland com
mercially. Now the rights of the East
ern Washington producers are being
recognized, as indicated by a leading
editorial in the Tacoma Ledger com
mending not only the appropriation of
the $125,000 by the state, but also the
recently announced policy of President
Roosevelt for adoption of a comprehen
sive system of improvement of inland
waterways.
Farmers on the Washington side of
the line received a large share of the
benefits from the expenditure of $185.
000 by the State of Oregon in building
the Portage Road, but Oregon taxpay
ers made little complaint on that ac
count. Taking Upper Columbia im
provements . as a whole, residents of
Washington have more interest than
those in Oregon, but it has not always
been easy to induce Puget Sound in
terests to grant Eastern Washington
demands for river improvements. With
Oregon and Washington working to
gether on projects in which both are
Interested, there will be greater pros
pect of success.
PARANOIA.
Mr. Jerome's latest move in the
Thaw trial seems to have been shrewd
ly conceived. He insists that Thaw is
a paranoiac; in other words, that he is
a victim of chronic and probably in
curable brain disease, which is entirely
likely to repeat Its previous manifes
tation and cause another homicide.
Paranoia differs from what is more or
less satirically called "brain storm" in
at least one important particular
which everybody can understand. In
both of these mental disorders the pa
tient suffers from delusions; but in
brain storm the delusions, as Dr. Will
iamson suggested in his interesting pa
per before the County Medical Society
the other night, break out suddenly
without pre-existing motive. The acts
which follow upon them are "impulsive
and unpremeditated." They project
themseives across the patient's "men
tal horizon as does the meteor across
the sky. bursting unexpectedly out of
the darkness, no one knows wrhence,
and quickly vanishing," no one knows
whither.
On tilts other hand, in paranoia the
de.iuions are systematic. They con
struct themselves into a story or plot
Tiho.ie parts are logically connected as
cauii3 uiid offset . A rational origin
!s imagined for them and the crime to
which tr.ey lead up is the natural ca
tastrophe tf the psychopathic drama.
Mr. Jerome agrees with Dr. William
son in holding that paranoia is no ex
cuse ior crime ur.der the law as it now
stands: but the famous Prosecuting
Attorney takes the ground that it
ought to be an excuse, end he goes so
far as to say. to the presiding judge in
the Thaw trial that the conviction and
execution of a prisoner named Taylor
under conditions exactly similar to
those of the nrardurer of Stanford
White was "one of tb most rewsome
acts he had ever seen."
But while Mr. Jerome decidedly be
lieves that a paranoiac should not be
executed, he maintains just as firmly
that he ought not to be set at liberty.
The disease is chronic, and very likely
incurable. It involves radical lesions
in the structure of the brain. The
series of systematized delusions which
induced the murder of Whit is quite
likely to reaur with reference to some
other man: or it may take a new turn
and lead up in. true dramatic sequence
to some other- form of crime. There
fore a person who suffers from para
noia should be placed in confinement,
not to punish him for his acts, but to
protect his fellow-men from their repe
tition. From brain storm a man may
recover, and, improbable as it appears,
his return to sanity may take place
almost immediately after the commis
sion of violent crime. Medical science
seems to place this sinister fact beyond
dispute. The fact is sinister because it
will naturally tempt persons of crim
inal Intent to contrive imitation brain
storms for the sake of the immunity
they afford.' Still.' truth is truti, and
we must accept it whether the conse
quences are agreeable or not.
Mr. Jerome undoubtedly hopes to se
cure the indefinite confinement of
Thaw on the -ground that- he is an in
curable paranoiac. The Graves law in
Washington-aimed at a similar result
by ordering that an accused person
who advanced- the plea- -of insanity
should be confined forthwith in the
penitentiary- and kept there until the
medical officer saw signs of returning
l mental health, While the couxts .have
virtually pronounced this law uncon
stitutional, not -because its vital idea is
unsound, but because the right -to insti
tute proceedings to prove his sanity
ought to be reserved to the prisoner,
the validity of an older Washington
statute which provides for the deten
tion of insane delinquents has been
affirmed by the Supreme Court of the
United States. Mr. Jerome's hope that
he may be able to put Thaw in prison
for life seems, therefore, to be reason
ably well grounded; for -the experts are
substantially agreed that he is a para
noiac. THEY GOT WHAT THEY. WANTED. .
The recent slump in states' rights
among the railroad presidents is some
thing to shudder at. While the rate
bill was winding its devious way
through Congress, Federal regulation,
according to the magnates, was little
short of high treason. It would shat
ter the Constitution into fragments
and make -the ghosts of the fathers
shiver with anguish -in the Elysian
iields. Regulation of the railroads was
one of the reserved rights of the states;
it was a high prerogative of the local
Legislatures which only the most un
scrupulous Congress and the wickedest
of Presidents would think of usurping.
Very well; so far so good. Congress
adjourned after enacting a more or
lesF effective law which all the mag
nates prophesied would rain down de
struction and ruin upon the railroads.
It actually resulted in just about
doubling their dividends. Then the
states took their turn. Behold the
dawn of the Jubilant era of states'
rights. One Legislature after another
establishes commissions with full
grown teeth. A fearful host of states
adopts. the 2-cent fare; and then what
a change comes over the spirit of the
magnates' dream!
The dreadful truth is that our rail
road presidents almost without excep
tion have soured on states' rights. Mr.
FVitech, Harriman's new president of
the Illinois Central, thinks "Federal
regulation will not be detrimental to
the railroads," but to state regulation
he says avaunt. Mr. Stickney, of the
Great Western, wants "the discordant
regulations of the states eliminated
and a system of regulation toy the Fed
eral Government gradually evolved."
And so with all the rest of them. Never
was there seen before such a swift and
unanimous change of heart. St. Pat
rick's preaching to the Irish made
many conversions and some very rapid
ones, but its effect was nothing com
pared with what a little practical ex
perience of states' rights has done to
our railroad presidents. May not one
reasonably surmise that it would have
a similar influence upon the other cor
poration magnates who now in their
innocence clamor for it?
A CHEERFUL NOTE.
There is now and then a note in the
great chorus of labor discontent that is
music to the ear. One of these is
sounded in the statement that it is
more difficult at present to find jurors
for petty cases, that wear away the
time of courts, vex the passive ear of
justice and twist the manifest Intent of
the law, than it is to flndi farmhands.
There is a wholesome ring in this note,
It seems to dismiss ,in a single strain
the company of hangers-on about Jus
tice courts and courthouse corridors
the clan of "professional" Jurors always
waiting for -the. sound of the slogan
that calls them to a comfortable seat
in a warm room for a few hours or
days, with a warrant upon the county
at the end of the sitting and to intro
duce ,to fields and orohards a colony
of meti willing and -anxious to work
for a living. Not that the professional
juror has turned farmer "or farm la
borer. By no means; but his waiting
ranks are no longer full and recruits
are not coming; in.
On the other hand, the boundless pos
sibilities of a diversified agriculture in
our state are, by the eame token, be
ginning to be appreciated. From the
hopyards of the Willamette Valley to
the -beet 'gardens and wheat fields of
Eastern Oregon; from the strawberry
beds andV orchard groves of Hood River
to the Logan berry areas and apple and
peach orchards of Southern Oregon, the
call to Tural industries .is heard, while
at intervals all along the way in any
and every direction unoccupied lands
invite the settler to purchase and till
age. The town idler "looking for' a job'
on street corners or about public build
ings will always be with us. Like the
professional tramp, he represents a
ty.pe evolved from civilization and ex
isting in spite of it. But the thinning
of his ranks is a matter of congralula
t ion to taxpayers, while the influx into
the farming regions of laborers and
men with families is wholesome and
full of promise.
Wise indeed is the man of small
meer.3 or the man whose labor Is his
capita! and who takes advantage of the
opportunities and the wages of prcspe
ity to got a holding upon the soil which
will respond to his Industry with an
assured support and a comfortable
competence The menace of industrial
depression which the practiced ear of
James J. Hill has noted as already
faintly puisir.g the air will have no
terrors for him, should it proceed to a
blow. Calamity can hardly overtake a
man who has his own roof over his
head, plenty to. eat and something to
sell from the product of his own lands.
The present is an excellent time for
the homebullder to secure an agricul
tural holding in Oregon; for the farm
hand to make himscdf first useful and
then indispensable in the great scheme
of diversified agriculture, and for the
man "waiting for a job" about town to
get off h -waiting list. Of course we
might add that it is time for him to get
off the earth, but there are some things
that must be left to the workings of
over-indulgent Nature or to the inter
vention of divine Providence, and this
seems to be one of them.
The completion of traffic arrange
ments between the Harriman lines and
the Canadian Pacific promise very lit
tle in the way of new freight business
for Portland, lor various reasons. For
one thing, tariff duties between the
United States and Canada would pre
vent much shipping across the line,
even if advantageous traffic arrange
ments favored the diversion of Cana
dian business from Puget Sound to the
Columbia. There seems to be no par
ticular reason why the new arrange
ment should bring new business to
Portland. From an advertising stand
point, however, and in the improve
ment of service, as well as the proba
ble diversion of passenger tratTtc to
Portland, the signing of a contract be
tween the O. R. & N. and the Cana
dian Pacific seems likely to be benefi
cial to Oregon. Portland wijl occupy a
more prominent place in Canadian Pa
cific literature, though even now the
road particularly interested in develop
ing tiu? CajLadlan Northwest provinces
cannot he expected to make any spe
cial effort to disclose the opportunities
for settlers in Oregon. Portland will
henceforth be on the Canadian Pacific's
map. Bringing the Canadian Pacific
into closer competition with the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern will
undoubtedly mean better service than
would otherwise be given, for it fs in
character of service rather than in
rates that railroads show their rivalry.
Joaquin Miller relates in one of his
recent articles that In his boyhood days
his chief delight was a bowl of milk
and cornbread in a fence corner." And
the rising generation would be more
healthy and more vigorous if we had
in this day more such simple diet and
ife in the open air. Tea and coffee
are supplanting milk, and wheat bread
made at the -bakery has taken the place
of cornbread. Both as to food value
and digestibility the "johnnycake" is
superior to the baker's bread, nut it is
"old-fashioned," and the children of to
day would take no delight in it. Its
roughness stimulates the activity of
the digestive organs, while the soft.
glutinous foods bring on torpidity. In
addition to this, tho warmth and com
fort of the modern home robs the child
of the exhilarating influence of the
ooen air. More milk and cornbread
eaten in fence corners-would go far
toward eradicating some of the ills to
which-flesh is - heir, particularly dys
pepsia and tuberculosis.
The nd of March is approaching.
In the worSs of the weather-wise al
manac, that did duty in a past genera
tion, "look out for storms about this
time." Incidentally, look out for a
blow from the tail of a new cornet that
Professor Matteuci, of the Vesuvius
Observatory, says is impending- "about
this time." The impact, according to
this high authority, threatens conse
quences particularly dangerous to the
world. Specifically, he says: "If the
comet's tail comes in contact with the
atmosphere of the earth, ignition and
disaster, the end of which -no man can
foresee, would be likely to follow."
However, since this is something that
human intelligence cannot control, it
will be just as well not to worry about
it, but to take whatever March brings
cheerfully and philosophically.
A Portland organ of privilege caught
redhanded with stolen goods on its per
son cries "Stop thief!" to The Orego
nian, obviously intending to divert at
tention from its own misdeeds. In 1903
The Oregonian, on the occasion of Mr.
Sothern's dramatization of Villon's life
story, gave a sketch of the vagabond
poet and some extracts from his phil
osophy, with all due credit to him. R.
L. Stevenson had previously published
a similar article. On this fact is based
a silly and malignant charge of pla
giarism against The Oregonian. Our
neighbor should content himself with
his native dullness; it is not necessary
for him to let envy drive him to abso
lute idiocy.
Mr. Harriman has undertaken to
punish the State of Nebraska for its
railroad legislation by laying off some
trains and placing others on slow
schedules. He has also prescribed
petty rules to annoy purchasers of
tickets. All this might be well enough
if the railroads were stronger than the
people. Since they are not, it would
seem to be the part of wisdom not to
push exasperation too far. What does
Mr. Harriman expect to gain by mak
ing the voters of Nebraska hate him
and his railroads?
' Which is worse morally, the briber
or the man whom he bribes? Was Eve
more guilty than Satan? The common
judgment of mankind always has been
that the guilt of the tempter exceeds
that of the victim whom he 'beguiles
and ruins. Ruef is black enough, but
the corporation magnates who used
him as a mere instrument to dissemi
nate corruption are so . much blacker
that he looks like driven snow beside
them.
The stock joke of the facetious Call
fornian that "it rains thirteen months
out of the year in Oregon" usually
falls from parched lips, with a crackle
suggestive of a brush fire in August.
Now, however, it has a gurgling sound
that tells of a deluge that puts the
gentle, reasonable rains of Oregon
quite out of countenance.
Cotton is still king in the commercial
life of the United States, not "the
king," however, but "a king." He
shares the commercial throne with coal
and copper, steel and gold, wheat and
lumber. The export" value of this great
staple last year raw and manufac
tured was $500,000,000, or about 28 per
cent of the total of our domestic ex
port. It is reported that holiday goods or
dered a year ago for sale for Christmas,
1906, are just arriving, the delay hav
ing been due to poor freight service.
But the railroads are not alone in be
ing slow. They have had something
due them from the people for several
years, and are just getting it.
There is absolutely no excuse in this
city or state for men to remain idle,
pending the settlement of a strike, or
for any other reason. There is work
for everybody in one vocation or an
other, at wages that promise personal
and family maintenance and a surplus
or rainy-day fund.
The fate of the young man of 23
years who "drank himself to death"
recently in Aberdeen. Wash., must ex
cite the pity of the pitiful. Still, since
he had chosen this course In life, an
early finiali was desirable, both, for
lrfmself and for society. '
The commencement of the annual
rise in the Columbia River is already
noted. This means that the heavy
snows of the Winter will be drained oft
gradually and that the prophecy of a
repetition of the flood of June, 1S31,
will not be fulfilled.
Two City Councilmen at La Grande
have -been sentenced to ten months in
jail on a conviction of trying to extort
money from gamblers. Is La Grande
trying to rival San Francisco?
The Capital Journal thus speaks of
its home .town: "The blight and par
alysis of graft are upon this commu
nity and should be shaken oft." Better
call a grand jury. Colonel.
According to its newspapers, Spo
kane is startled by a proposal to close
its saloons 'between 2 A. M. and S A,
M. Just when Spokane begins to en
joy life.
Too bad those Easter hat bills can't
be paid in May this year.
FAVOR FEDERAL REGULATION.
Railroad Prpaldeata Yleeew fli tbe
Great Heatlon ot tbe Day.
Seven of ten railroad presidents inter
viewed by the Chicago Tribune last week
favor co-operation between President
Roosevelt and the railway corporations
looking toward Government - regulation.
In each case the extracts published be
low . are from signed statements tele
graphed to The Tribune by the. men men
tioned :
L. C. Fritch, assistant to the president
of the Illinois Central Federal laws are,
as a rule, fair because made after due
deliberation and prepared with more care
than state laws. With few exceptions.
Federal legislation will not be detrimen
tal to railroads. The greatest good
will come from a better understanding be
tween the railroads and atate and Na
tional Governments. Many things could
be corrected without the passage of op
pressive laws. The move to get President
Roosevelt and the railroad presidents to
gether is -a good one.
E. P. Ripley, president of the Santa Fe.
The late Mr. Cassatt. Mr. Hughitt and
mys-elf have favored, for many years, co
operation with the Interstate Commission
for the passage of laws giving that body
more authority and releasing railroads
from the absurd restrictions of the Sher
man antt-trust law as construed by the
Supreme Court, but we were largely in
the minority and the railroads as a body,
made the mistake of fighting all legis-
ation. with the result that the law now
in effect is very bad in some particulars.
B. L. Wtnchell, president of the Rock
Island A great many railroads are ready
to co-operate, with the Government now.
If there is a sufficient number and the
President Is ready, co-operation is in
eight.
A. B. Stickney. president of the Chi
cago Great Western I think the time has
come when, if the whole regulation of
railways can be done by the general Gov
ernment and the discordant regulations
bv State Government can be eliminated,
a system of Government regulation could
gradually be evolved which would insure
to all shippers fair and equal treatment,
and which would give, to railway invest
ments that stability of values which is so
desirable.
F. t. Underwood, president of the Krie
The present condition of public senti
ment towards corporations and combina
tions of all sorts I believe invites disas
ter. When it is remembered that the
agricultural industry is the leading one
of the United States, and transportation
ranks next to it in importance, it should
not, to my mind, be hard to perceive the
effects which would result from dealing
the transportation interests of the coun
try the severe blow of impairing their
credit.
W. H. Truesdale, president of the Dela
ware. Iackawanna & Western. This feel
ing of hostility and prejudice towards the
railroads has already resulted in laws be
ing, passed which will work injustice and
hardship.
T. P. Shonts. president of the Toledo,
St. Louis & Western I believe that the
financial interests stand willing to co
operate with the Government with fram
ing legislation that will be fair to the
public and fair to the shareholders, and
that unless this common ground is reached
disastrous consequences will follow.
George B. Harris, president of the Bur
lingtonI am very glad to hear that Pres
ident Roosevelt will use the great influ
ence he commands to bring about an
equitable adjustment of the transporta
tion question, and ' hope earnestly that
such regulations may result as will give
the railroads such adequate compensation
for services rendered as will promote the
most perfect possible conditions for the
safe and prompt carriage of persons and
property, for-the Improvement and so far
as is possible the perfection of the per
manent way and equipment and finally
to justify the investment of the enormous
sums necessary for additional tracks,
terminals and equipments. These things
are necessary to provide for and protect
the growing trade of this country.
F. A. Delano, president of the Wabash
History is full of cases where states
men in their endeavor to get certain leg
islation have sought to inflame public
sentiment, and after that sentiment was
aroused it has swept everything before
it, even its originators. Is there not a'
real danger that the bitterness born, as
I believe, of imperfect knowledge of all
the data may In this case go much fur
ther than those" who promulgated the
movement ever intended?
W. H. Caniff, president of the New
York, Chicago & St. Louis Whatever
may have been the mistakes in the past,
or the natural results, It Is imperative
now that sober, earnest thought and
judgment prevail. The proposed confer
ence ought to result in a better under
standing of the complicated problem
which now confronts the American peo
ple. DR. B ROUGHER IS TAKKX TO TASK.
Member of Hnssalo St. Church Cham
pions Cause of Rev. Paul Rader.
PORTLAND, Or.. March 20. (To the
Editor.) It is a matter of deep regret
to one who has, ever since the arrival
of Dr. Brougher In Portland, been a
sincere admirer of him and his work,
that he should have so descended as
to put his name to the petty and al
most malevolent attack upon the ser
mon delivered by Rev. Paul Rader at
Hassalo-street Congregational Church
on last Sunday morning. It seems al
most Incredible that a man of his
known Christian kindness should have
thus sneered at a small church in the
very beginning of its efforts to inaug
urate new work.
As a church, it is unnecessary to state
that we do not look forward to "empty
benches." under Mr. Rader's ministry.
The thrust at Mr. Rader's "Anti-Saloon
League record" is entirely uncalled for,
as he left it exonerated of every charge,
and the best people in the city have
full faith in his integrity.
The report of the sermon in question,
being short, gave a very inadequate
idea of its character and fineness of
thought. Certainly, all Christian work
ers will agree that a "crowd does not
constitute a chureh," and the story of
the "dead dog" was simply an illustra
tion of what sometimes attracts a
crowd. I do not think It was the im
pression of the congregation that any
special church was aimed at. Rather,
it seemed a note of encouragement to
a small church, that through many
struggles was still trying to preserve
its spiritual life; telling us still to
work on, since not numbers but those
to whom the "holy spirit revealed it
self" constituted the church.
The censure of Dr. Brougher was en
tirely out of proportion to the imagined
offense. Let us hope the good doctor
was onlv unhappily Impulsive.
0?tE OF ThE MEMBERS OF HASSALO-STREET
CHURCH.
Harriraao Not Sheared.
Topeka State Journal.
When the smoke of the flurry in
Wall street with apologies for the
metaphor Is passed, it will probably
be found that Mr. Harriman had sold
a large amount of certain stocks when
the prices were high, and he found it
convenient to lower the prices before
buying them back.
Wall street is having a terrible time
this week at the Spring shearing of the
lambs, but you will notice that it
doesn't affect the rest of the country
very much. . Twelve years ago this sort
of trouble In Wall street would have
precipitated a panic all over the coun
try. The country is no longer depend
ent on Wall street as it once. was.
His Wtfe'e Compliments.
v Smiles.
'What did your wife say when yoe. ar
rived home last night?"
"She didn't say anything; atmply pelted
me with flowers."
"How singular!"
"Singular, did yon say? Oh, the pots
came with them, you know."
APFROrRIATIOSjFOR IMEHSITY
Father of Betereadnm Doubts If
Grasgprs Are Well Advlaed.
OREGON CITY, Or., March 21. (To
the Editor.) Is there good reason to
order the referendum on the Uni
versity of Oregon appropriation bin? I
ask this question particularly of my
brother Grangers. Have the Grangers
appointed any commtttnes to make per
sonal examination and report on the
institution and its needs? Have any
of the officers or members of any
Grange spent so much as two days at
the University within the last two
years? If they have not already made
such careful examination, it is to be
hoped they will do so before circulat
ing referendum petitions. It goes
without saying that no man. and much
less an organization of the standing
and character of our Grange, should
take the lead in demanding a referen
dum petition without full knowledge
of the facts.
For myself, I do not know. But in
common with practically all the people
in Oregon I have groat faith in the
judgment of the Board of Regents, and
I also have confidence in those mem
bers of the ways and means commit
tee whom 1 know personally. These
men made a careful study of the con
ditions and needs of the University,
and most of them were convinced that
the appropriation ought to be more
rather than less. On general princi
ples we should do everything in our
power and make every reasonable sac
rifice for the edtication of our citizens.
They are now the supreme power, and
the safety of the state depends on their
wi3dom and knowledge. The appro
priation is only J1.25 per year per
voter, and I do not believe there is an
intelligent day laborer in -Oregon who
will not cheerfully pay that amount in
the hope some clay that it may bene
fit his own child.
For myself. I would rather see ap
propriations for educational purposes
doubled rather than reduced a dollni-
except in cases where it may be clear
ly shown that the money is not being
wisely spent. In this opinion the vote
on the appropriation bill last June
shows that I am only an average citi
zen. From the little I have seen of
the University, I am convinced that no
mechanic or farmer can go through
the laboratories and mechanical de
partments without a feeling ot shame
that the state does not supply a bet
ter equipment of tools and mechanical
appliances. W. S. U'llliX.
NOT SO BAD AS IT LOOKS, PKRHAPS,
Significant Feature of the Late Wall
Street "Panic."
New York Times, March 15.
Some light upon the situation may be
obtained, and perhaps a little comfort,
too. by an examination of the day's quo
tation list. If the wreck of the market
has resulted from general conditions,
then undeniably the situation is bad. If
it is the work of individuals, or if it re
sults from the condition of individuals.
Wall street need not give way to despair.
The sales of the day. as we have said,
reached the total of 2.5B3.OT0 shares. One
half of this total was made up of trans
actions in these shares:
Shares. Decline.
Amalgamated Copper.'.
Reading
Union Pacific
V. S. Steel common....
S.'i6.llT., 1
r,:i:i.270 20i
371.S.-.0 20 ,
315.400 3l
Total 1.277.19:5
This makes up one-half of the day's
market. Add Pennsylvania Railroad,
146,445, and Southern Pacific, 110,250, and
the total for these six stocks is reached
ot 1,533.890. Outside of these stocks the
transactions reached only the normal
total of a million-share day. This little
list includes not only the bulk of the
transactions, but the extreme declines.
The Street can draw its own infer
ences. In seeking to determine whether
the remarkable events of the day are to
be ascribed to general conditions which
might inspire the fear that everything is
going to smash, or by individual condi
tions. the Street may be further aided by
taking notice of the fact that some of the
most Important men in the financial com
munity are away in the South, on the
ocean, or in Europe. Upon such 'occa
sions absence is indeed conspicuous.
Ke Retaliation.
Washington Star.
There is a good deal of talk of retal
iation on the part of railway manage
ments. It is reported from Nebraska
that the railroads have reduced the
number of their trains and have even
gone so far as to compel passengers
from outside states to buy fresh tickets
and recheck their baggage at the Ne
braska state line. Attempted retalia
tion against the public is shortsighted
policy. The people will not be retaliat
ed against, and a company which re
sorts to this device is a candidate for
stringent and thorough regulation. One
of the best friends of the railroad cor
porations has uttered the warning that
concerted resistance on the part of the
railroads would be suicide. The obvious
course ot prudence is for the railroads
to submit patiently to a process of reg
ulation, subject to court review to se
cure inalienable constitutional rights,
which is so unmistakably an expression
of the public belief that the transporta
tion lines should render service for
lower rates than have heretofore pre
vailed. Good sense will ultimately dom
inate in this propaganda of reform.
NOT EVEN
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
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if t
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Facsimile of PJrat 1'ngr.
An Oregon Girl and One of Her Pets.
ins last irr.en.
The Story of Christ, told by days,
in the words of lite Gospel.
THE BACKYARD FOR A C.iBPE.V
Timely hints to Portland housewives
on raising vegetables.
" BEST AWVAL FLOWERS.
Varieties suitable for planting ia
Portland next week.
3K. DOOLET OV MVSIC.
No man or woman who ever heard
a piano should miss. it.
GCARDIXG VSCLE SAM'S MOXF.P
How the Nation's Strong Box is pro
ted ed against robbery.
J'RIXCE EDDY A SAILOR.
Heir to tlie British Throne has a new
ship all his own.
HOW GEO ADE WRITES PLAYS
Interview in which the Hoosier Hu
morist talks shop.
"DOX'T SPOIL THE HOGS."
Homer Davenport shows what dam
age fashion has done.
JOAQV1S MILLER.
Veteran Poet tells when he first heard
of gold in California.
MARY STEWART CUTTING.
Little Stories of Happy Life: The
Mission of Pleasure. ,
OXE-PAGE CLASSICS.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Masterpiece,
"The Scarlet Letter."
J.V THE CAPITAL OF ALGIERS.
Frank G. Carpenter describes its
forty-million-dollar boulevard.
THE ItOOSEVELT BEARS.
Seymour Eaton tells of their visit to
the London Tower.
EASTER STORY FOR GIRLS. '
"Kate's Violet Vision," a tale of
happiness by Lonise Lexington.
If Coed to Be Alive.
Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
It Is good to be alive when tbe trees ahlne
green.
And the steeper hills stand up against the
sky;
Big sky, blue sky, with flying clouds be
tween It Is good to be alive and see the clouds
drive by.
It is good to be alive when the strong winds
blow.
The strong, sweet winds blowing straightly
off the sea;
Great eea, green eea, with swimming ebb
and flow
It is good to be alive and see the waves
roll free.
AN OUNCE
: From the- New York World.