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rORTJLAND, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27,
UNITED WE STAND.
In two recent editorial articles the
New York Times chants a melancholy
dirge over "the helpless -pulp that was
once the Republican party." The pulp
mill in the case, if one may speak
llgtitly upon a tragic theme, is Presi
dent Roosevelt. He has ground his
party to an impalpable mass, according
to the Times, and to such further
grinding as he may wish to inflict it
can offer no resistance. "It accepts, it
acquiesces." The metropolitan mentor
and true friend of Republicanism sadly
recalls the gTeat days of Chandler, Mor
ton, Evarts and Mark Hanna facile
prlnceps, with the pathetic remark that
in their days "there was rivalry and
noble strife" In the party. "Leader con
tended with leader, following with fol
lowing, faction with faction, but all
were devoted party men, proud to be
Republicans." But now, alas, what a
change. "Now there is no strife, no
faction, but one leader and one follow
. ing." Thus wails the Times. And who
has wrought all this destruction? Who
indeed but Theodore Roosevelt?
He it is, according to the Times, who
has reduced Republicans to be "compla
cent subjects of an autocrat"; who has
"'swept aside the traditions it once re-
vered as imperishable and substituted
Ideas and principles borrowed from
William J. Bryan," and who has made
of, such mighty figures as Fairbanks,
Shaw and Cannon "straws, mere
straws," which "the whirlwind tosses
but does not deign to notice
The spectacle of the Republican
party untted under the unquestioned
headship of a great, popular and vie
torious leader might be expected to de-
press the feelings of a true Democrat
like The Times, but we scarcely looked
for such an open expression of grief.
Since when has the Times taken to this
public exploiiHtion of its woes? Still
the exhibition is natural, even if, ac
cording to the stricter code of gentil
ity, it is a little unseemly. A Demo
cratic newspaper prefers, of course, to
see the Republican party broken up
into warring factions, bereft of a policy
and intractable to leadership. Natur
ally, it dislikes to see its opponents fol
low a wiser course lhan it would pre
scribe for them.
Our Democratic friends cannot, or
pretend tliat they cannot, understand
by what means Mr. Roosevelt has
gained his pre-eminence in the coun
sels of his party. "The wonder of it
is," exclaims the Times, "that all these
strong and capable men . . . have
with such unanimity consented to save
themselves by silence and let this su
preme figure dominate the stage,
There is no mystery about it. The Re
publican party is composed, not merely
of a few prominent men like Shaw
Fairbanks and Cannon, but of a great
number of educated, intelligent and
thoughtful voters who are able to study
public questions fruitfully, ponder upon
them wisely and decide them judicial
ly. The pride and glory of the party is
the high standard of its voting masses.
These masses, after long meditation
upon the problems of the day, ,have
decided that a policy of regulation and
control must be initiated for the cor
orations. .They have decided that the
welfare of the country demands the en
actment of timely legislation to-restrain
predatory combinations and the en
furcement of all laws against rich and
poor, great and small alike. The voice
of the Republican party, the genuine
party, the men who can carry its
standard to victory or remand it to
irremediable defeat, calls for the uni
versal and Impartial enforcement of the
laws. The reason why Mr. Roosevelt
has become the unchallenged leader of
the party Is because he represents this
demand better than any other man in
the country. 'He stands unequivocally
. for exact justice. He hs said so in
.unmistakable language, and the voters
believe him. This is th source of his
power.
Mr. Roosevelt not only believes in
the equality of all men and all cor
porations before the law. but he ha
shown great efficiency in carrying hi
bollef into practice. Not only do his
wishra correspond to those of the In
tt-'lltgent masses, but his acts are pre
ciscly th us which Ine ueunle wuuldJLtloiis. which will be a still greaterjand -little-considered'
have done. It has been said that Mr.
RooBevelt is the most representative
American of our times, and it is true.
Because he represents us we trust and
follow him; because some other men
who -would Ilka to be leaders do not
represent the new and higher aspira
tions of the party, they are neither
trusted noV followed. The Times ex
presses an apprehension that Mr.
Roosevelt's hostility to the railroads
may wreck the Republican party, "as
the war upon sound, money wrecked the
Democratic party." There is no occa
sion for fear. Neither Mr. Roosevelt
nor his party has at any time either
felt or shown the least hostility to
railroads; all that they have assailed is
the dishonest management of railroads.
No party need dread wreck because it
champions justice. The Republicans
standing for honest money won a great
victory; why should the demand for
honest conduct of the railroads bring
defeat upon them? The newspapers
which oppose Mr. Roosevelt are light
ing sound finance just as clearly as
those fought it who advocated free sil
ver. We have learned that the debase
ment of the currency Is not. the only
way to make business immoral. There
is a gold standard of conduct as well as
f.. money. It has been assailed by
forces more destructive than- those
which contended for free silver and it
is the present mission of Mr. Roosevelt
and the Republican parts to defend it
as their predecessors defended a sound
urrency.
LET VOI R UGHT 8H1NE.
The sum needed to complete tho sub
scriptions to the building fund of the
Christian Associations is about J60.000.
The committees are working tinder
pressure and the responses to their ap
peals are liberal in the aggregate; but
the individual subscriptions are for the
most part moderate. It seems proba
ble that the remainder of the required
sum must be obtained .from those per
sons who can only make comparatively
small contributions. The large donors
have apparently reached the limit of
their .-generosity. Henceforth the so
liciting committees must, as it were,
betake themselves to the hedges and
highways.
This will make their work more
tedious, but there should be no relax
ation of effort until it has been finished.
Every dollar counts, and none that can
be obtained should be overlooked. On
the other hand, no person whose means
permit him to contribute should decline.
The object is worthy in itself and the
honor of the city is involved in its suc
cessful attainment. Other towns no
larger than Portland have erected
magnificent association, buildings with
perhaps less expenditure of effort in
raising subscriptions; but this should
discourage no worker. The increased
difficulty calls for more strenuous exer
tion, not for dejection.
It is Impossible to believe that a city
as prosperous as Portland, with our
prospects of growth and our need for
precisely such work as the associations
carry on, will permit the building en
terprise to fail for lack of funds. The
funds can be raised, though the final
amounts will very likely come in slow-
Patience is now the watchword of
the solicitors. At this critical period of
the work is the time when some man or
woman of large means can inspire the
committees with new energy by a gen
erous donation. There are dozens of
people in Portland who could each give
half the needed $60,000 without feeling
the sacrifice. Most of those who could
do so have already contributed gener
ously, but why not be still more gen
erous?
NORMAL MUDDLE; ITS CAUSE.
The discussion of the Normal question Is
bringing out. the fact - that those who are
dealing with the matter are thinking more
bout the effect on their own political future
than of justice to the 'schools. Perhaps the
muddle has been caused by just this atti
tude. Dayton (Or.) Optimist.
Just this attitude has produced the
muddle. It was responsible, primarily.
for creation of four normal schools, and
in the recent legislative session it was
responsible for failure to reduce their
number. Politicians from many coun
ties made deals with normal county
legislators, to deliver votes in exchange
for appropriations that would boost
this or that man politically.
This kind of legislation is called log
rolling. It is an -old business. It was
known to the constitution-makers of
old; hence, in framing the Oregon con
stitution in 1858 they provided that all
state institutions should be placed at
the capital of the state this to prevent
log-rolling. This mandate of the con
stitution has been ignored and mem
bers of the Legislature have been- en
abled thereby to trade in votes for
boosting their own political fortunes.
This trading has disadvantages, how
ever, as evidenced by attempts of sev
eral legislators to "explain" their con
duct as to normal schools after the
session. Because lawmakers from nor
mal counties dared not go back home
without normal appropriations and
lawmakers from other counties dared
not go back home without appropria
tions of other kinds, they all combined
at log-rolling and helping one another
out. The outcome is a normal muddle.
' CANDIDATES AND ADVERTISINX,
For some unaccountable reason all
Washington state papers have studi
ously avoided discussing the apparently
inconsistent provisions of the new di
rect primary law enacted in that state.
The Inconsistency is contained in the
two sections relating to newspaper ad
vertising in political campaigns, and,
while nearly all the papers have men
tioned these sections, they have invari
ably dodged the problem- of reconciling
the two provisions. One section makes
it a disqualification for office -for any
candidate to pay for any advertising in
behalf of himself. The other section
permits a newspaper to take political
advertising in behalf of the election of
a candidate provided it be conspicu
ously marked "paid advertisement."
This is such a rlan contradiction that
It cannot have failed to attract the at
tention of Washington papers, yet they
have, for some reason best known to
themselves, failed to refer to it in any
way.
The provisions are not only inconsist
ent, but foolishly so. To say that a
newspaper may take paid political ad
vertising in behalf of a candidate, but
that the candidate shall not pay for it,
is nonsense If the candidate does not
pay for his advertising, who would? If
some one else pays, for it, why? 'If a
candidate does not happen to be the fa
vorite of the newspaper so as to-get
press support free, he is barred from
getting publicity through the newspa
pers at all, unless he can find some one
who is willing to pay for it. If he pays
for it himself, directly or indirectly, he
is thereby disqualified for holding the
office. If 'some one else pays for it.
that person will surely have a collar on
him and will control his official ac
evil. Except in rare cases of strong
personal friendship, one man will not
pay for the political advertising of an
other unless he has a selfish interest to
promote. Why, then, should a direct
primary law provide that the candidate
shall not payi fox political 'advertising,
but that a newspaper may accept pay
for political advertising? Why do not
he Washington papers shed some light
upon the subject?
BO S ARE IN J-EIX SCTTLY.'
The Kansas City Journal reports a
scarcity of boys who are active, capable
and willing to work in the messenger
seirice. So great is this scarcity that
the belief is expressed that "boys quit
being born from, twelve to fifteen years
ago."
This belief is not well founded, as the
enrollment In the public schools shows.
There are plenty of boys. The trouble
is to get them to work. Many of them
are out after a "good time," under their
own interpretation of that term, and
they have it to the annoyance and cost
of citizens in many suburban districts.
The record of the Juvenile Court in this
city furnishes conclusive evidence upon
this point. There is no scarcity of boys
here, neither is it at all probable that
such scarcity exists in Kansas City or
any other city in the land. The truth
probably is that boys are divided into
two classes the idle, mischievous.
predatory lads who will not work, and
the' more tractable lads whose parents,
from a sense of personal responsibility,
o not permit their young sons to enter
the messenger service, with its mani
fold' temptations and often vicious as
sociations. It is not because boys
Btopped being born twelve or fifteen
years ago that there is a. scarcity of
boys for service that takes them out of
school and into places from which they
are likely to emerge "early old:"
ABE WE 'IJTTXK CONSIDERED"?
While the Minneapolis Tribune shows
familiarity with some events in Oregon
history it has certainly not kept well
informed upon the industrial apd
commercial" progress of this state.
Either that is true or one of its recent
utterances must be attributed to a slip
of the pen. Let us hope that the lat
ter explanation is the proper one, for
there is no reaso.i to believe that the
Tribune would, intentionally give utter
ance to anything casting the slightest
doubt upon the high standing of this
state in auj particular. But let us ex
plain.
The Tribune was castigating Gover
nor Johnson, of that state, for asking
President Roosevelt what course he
would like to have Minnesota take in
railroad legislation, which inquiry. It is
said, brought nothing but a snub from
the White House. The President, so
the Tribune thinks, has no admiration
for men who try to gain favor by such
coarse flattery, and It advised Governor
Johnson to take a .more dignified atti
tude in future and not admit, until
forced to do so, that his office is any
less important than that occupied by
Roosevelt. To show that such an atti
tude is a proper one, the Tribune re
marks that "it is not so long since the.
Governor of a remote and little-consid
ered Western State told Grover Cleve
land to mind his own business."
While we must -be very grateful for.
this complimentary reference to one of
the -historic acts of the late ex-Gover
nor Pennoyer, the warmth of our grat
ltude is somewhat modified by the
words "remote and little considered."
And this from Minnesota! The Gopher
thus speaks of the Beaver! We shall
see.
-Shall Oregon be called "remote" when
It lies upon the shores of the great com
mercial highway of the future and oc
cupies a position 2000 miles nearer the
great markets of the Orient than does
Minnesota? It is true we are distant
from the center of frenzied finance, and
glory in our distance. We are not re
mote in any particular in which miles
count to our disadvantage. We would
not change locations with Minnesota if
the Creator of the Universe gave us
our choice.
Shall we be called "little considered
when from Maine to the Rocky Moun
tains farmers are advertising their
farms for sale and giving as a reason
"going, to Oregon"?. Shall we be set
down as "little considered" when Ore
gon flour took first premium at the
Chicago World's Fair in competition
with flour produced by the world-
famous Pillsbury ffiills of Minneapolis?
No, nor in any other respect. Listen.
When they wanted a mast for the yacht
competing for the international cup
did they go to the forests of Minnesota
for it? No; they came to the Coast and
cut an Oregon pine. When they made
a battleship that could race around the
Horn in record time and get into the
thick of the fight in time to win
victory did they name it the "Minne
sota"? No, it was the "Oregon."
Was Oregon "little considered" when
the Almighty w-as making climates? If
so, why did He make grass green here
all Winter while in Minnesota the
ground is covered with snow? Why
was Oregon denied 'cyclones, thunder
storms and blizzards if It was "little
considered"? Shall the Oregon farmer
whose Spring plowing and seeding are
done by the first of March admit that
Nature has given more consideration
to Minnesota, w-here the frost is not yet
out of the ground? Not so long as he is
reminded of Nature's beneficence by
the reading of market reports which
show that Oregon apples and pears
bring the top prices in the Liverpool
market.
Nor shall we concede that Oregon Is
"little considered" in the field of states
manship. Has not nearly every State
Legislature this Winter been studying
and copying Oregon's Initiative and
referendum and direct primary? Was
it not Oregon that first put into prac
tice the principle of direct election of
United States Senators? Was it not in
Oregon that the first law was drawn,
voted upon and enacted directly by the
people, without any aid from a Legis
lature? And since the Tribune has
called attention to the matter, was it
not an Oregon Governor who estab
lished the ideal relationship between a
Governor and a President? The Trib
une has already conceded this.
And in the field of morals when land
thieves had stripped the forests of Min
nesota and then turned their attention
to the Coast, was it not In Oregon that
the first prosecutions were brought?
Was it not a resident of Minnesota who
was first convicted and sentenced for
violation of Oregon state land laws?
Was it anything to Minnesota's credit
that he died in that state before he
could be imprisoned here?- Had Min
nesota begun the prosecutions while
her forests were being pillaged, this
unpleasant task would not have been
left for Oregon to perform. .
Were we willing to devote more space
to the subject we ceuld show that in
literature, in education and in nearly
every enterprise to which the hand or
mind of man may turn this "remote
stats has eur-
passed the self-satisfied commonwealth
that is ehiefly distinguished by the fact
that it contains the source of the Mis
sissippi River. But it is not desired to
humiliate our sister state unnecessar
ily. We are, as said before, grateful
for the compliment paid to Oregon
when the official acts of our Governors
are held up as proper models -for the
imitation of Governors of Minnesota.
An election for the first Legislature of
the Philippines will be held July 30.
Eighty-one members of this, first law
making body will be chosen and the
Legislature wjll convene in Manila in
September. This will be a decided step
toward self-government among our
'new-found peoples." It is noted that
the inhabitants of the Philippines will
begin their march toward full citizen
ship with a measure of suffrage that.
most peoples have achieved only after
years and perhaps centuries of strug
gle. The suffrage at the beginning is
necessarily restricted. iMen must De ii
years old, instead of 21, before they can
vote; they must be able to read, write
and speak Spanish or' English; must
own real estate valued at 600 pesos or
pay 30 pesos a year in taxes. It is fur
ther required of voters that they have
not. violated the oath of allegiance nor
borne arms against the United States
since May t, 1901, and that they have
not failed to pay taxes since 1898. The
motive in these somewhat drastic re
strictions is apparent. . It will be found
uch easier and more satisfactory to
shut the ignorant. and hostile natives
out in the first place than to root them
out after they had become politicalfac
tors in the government.
(Neariy all those who have protested
against the creation of forest reserves
do so upon the ground that such action
restricts home-building. There is no
foundation for this' objection, for two
reasons creation of a reserve does not
prevent settlement, and as a rule there
are very few places in the reserves
where any one would want to make a
home. The department has many times
declared its policy of removing from
the limits of a reserve any. lands that
are wanted for settlement. This policy
was announced in the letter written
by the President when he issued the
last of his proclamations. Practically
the same attitude was shown in the
statement made to Senator Bourne on
Saturday, when he inquired regarding
the rights of those who have already
made settlements but have not acquired
title. The Government is not standing
in the way of any homebuilder. When
opponents of forest reserves assert that
settlement is being retarded, it might
not be a bad idea for them to give the
names of intending settlers, the lands
they desire to locate upon, and the time
when they asked the Government to re
lease the lands and were refused.
There Is no important particular in
whicli Mr". Bryan disapproves of the
policies of President Roosevelt. There
nothing in the Roosevelt adminis
tration upon which Mr. Bryan could
base a campaign against the Repub
lican party. In some minor matters
he may disagree with the President
but he has in view nothing that will
form grounds for criticising the pres
ent Administration. Neither can he
undertake to say that he would have
been able to carry, out the reforms of
this Administration better than Mr.
Roosevelt has done. In these circum
stances it might not be a bad idea for
Mr. Bryan to second the nomination of
Roosevelt if he is, to be renominated
and thus give him the unanimous sup
port of all honest people- It would be
too bad to see Bryan lined) up with the
beef trust, the land grabbers, railroad
plunderers. Standard Oil and Wall
street, opposing the re-election of
Roosevelt.
Bismarck, N. D., is making a futile
attempt to attract ' attention. With a
Supreme Judge sitting as committing
magistrate and the Governor personally
directing the prosecution, E. G. Patter
son, candidate for Mayor of the capital
city, is being tried for selling liquors
and keeping a disorderly house. Bis
marck should have waited until the
Thaw and Ruef cases are ended; then
she might get into the press dispatches.
If those transactions in Wall street
in which immense fortunes are "lost"
represented actual transfers of real
money, there would be need for alarm.
That which ?s intangible cannot be
lost. Fortunes are made there, how
ever, because the gulled sucker puts up
good money on the gambler's layout.
Just as he does for the thimble-rigger
at the county fair. In the lesser case
It is gambling: in the other, "finance."
Judge C. A. Pollock, father of North
Dakota's prohibition, clause, went to
Oklahoma and aided in the campaign
which resulted in adoption of a similar
constitutional provision there. Too bad
that we didn't think to send to Okla
homa the father of Oregon's Initiative
and referendum clause. But they
adopted it on its merits and without
urging from Mr. U'Ren.
The pig is no longer without honor.
When the bark Annie Lloyd was
wrecked recently on a coral reef near
Fortune Island, all efforts to get a line
ashore failed until a rope' was tied
around a . pig's body and the animal
thrown overboard. He swam ashore,
thereby saving six lives.
" Harriman promised to take the pub
lic into-his confidence. He hasn't im
parted any inside information for sev
eral days, which gives us to under
stand that he meant that if the people
have any confidence in him they will
be "taken in."
A correspondent of a Birmingham pa
per says that in the tropics Speaker
Joe Cannon wears a straw hat, a linen
duster and a green umbrella. Is that
all?
A London paper says that "ail the
powers of plutocracy will be arrayed
against the renomination of Roosevelt."
Well, that isn't much.
New Tork people are getting ready
to notify Rockefeller that benefactions
won't be refused there beacuse the
money is tainted.
Perhaps Chancellor Day is Just pre
tending that he has the mumps. A
friend of the trusts is in need of some
excuse for not talking now.
The Southern Pacific will not suffer
freight congestion because of shipments
of whitewash to San Francisco. Heney
isn't using it.
San Francisco is such a big town that
in order to put the lid on you have to
take the Ruef off. ..
The ramifications of "the California
plan" are wondrous wide.
ERECT MEMORIAL FOR DE5W.
Pay Tribute to Man Who Introduced
Mongolian Pheasants.
PORTLAND, March 26. (To the
Editor.) Frequent Inquiry respecting
the introduction of Chinese pheasants
into Oregon, and by whom introduced,
impels me to send you the following: -
Chinese, phejsants were introduced
into Oregon by Owen Nickerson Denny,
who was born at or near Marietta,
Ohio, September 4, 1838. His early
lite was spent upon a farm, and his
school advantages were meager, in
deed, only such as could be obtained
in the district schools of that time. In
1852 lie crossed the plains with his
parents, the Journey lasting six
months, as the usual method of trav
eling was with ox teams. The family
settled on a farm a short distance east
of what is now the city of Albany.
Being impelled to secure, an education,
he sought it at Willamette University.
Salem, and in due time was graduated
with high honors. He then began the
study of law and was admitted to the
bar in 1862. In 1871 he was elected a
Judge of one of the Oregon courts,
and re-elected In 1873. In 187a lie was
appointed Collector of Internal Reve
nue by President Grant, but resigned
1877 to accept the appointment of
Consul at Ticn-Tsin, China. In 1S79 he
was promoted to the position of Con-sul-Genernl.
and served until 1883,
when he returned to Oregon and en
gaged in the practice of law. On Oc
tober, '1885, he was appointed by the
King of Corea the Foreign Adviser and
General Superintendent of Customs for
tne Corean government and served in
that capacity until 1891, when he re
signed and returned to Oregon, where
he resumed the practice of law in
Portland. In 1882 he was chosen to
represent the County of Multnomah in
the State Senate, and performed that
important duty with credit to himself
and his constituents.
On December 23, 1868, Judge Denny
was married to Mrs. Gertrude J. Hall
White, and to this union was born one
daughter now Mrs. Scott, wife of
Lieutenant B. O. Scott, of the United
States Navy. Mrs. Denny is a surviv
or of the Whitman massacre, whicli
occurred six miles west of the pres
ent city of Walla Walla, Washington,
on November 29-30, 1S4(, when her
father, Peter D. Hall, and 13 others,
including Dr. Marcus Whitman and
his wife, were killed by the Indians.
Judge Denny died In Portland on June
30, 1890, after a lingering illness of
two years.
While Judge Denny's life was a con
spicuously useful one for. nearly 40
years, the act that will forever endear
his name to all the citizens of Oregon,
and, through his adopted state to the
Nation at large, was his introduction
Into Oregon of the Chinese or Mon
golian pheasant. The history of this
important event is as follows:
In tho year 1881 Judge Denny
shipped 80 Chinese ring-necked pheas
ants to Oregan, but. owing to a want
of care in transit from China, all of
them died. The same year a second
shipment was made to the Pacific
Coast, consigned to the Mayor of San
Francisco. When the vessel bearing
the birds arrived at that city the
funeral of the Mayor was in progress,
that gentleman having died suddenly.
As no one but the Mayor knew what
was to be done with the birds, they
fell Into the hands of the officers of
the vessel, and, it "is supposed, were
eaten, as nothing was ever learned
about them afterwards. In 1882, Judge
Denny learning that the two previous
shipments had been failures, sent t
third shipment of 28 birds, ana all ar
rived at Portland In good condition,
especial care haying been caken In
crating and in providing for their
wants.
These birds were sent at once to the
farm of Judge Denny's - brother, in
Linn County, and there turned loose,
and since then have multiplied rapid
ly. Through the Judge's Influence i
law was passed protecting, the birds
for five years, and at the end of that
time the law was re-enacted for an
other term of the same length. This
decade of protection gave these splen
did game birds an opportunity to in
crease in large numbers, and now they
are to be found in almost all parts
of Western Oregon and Washington,
and are generally recognized as being
one of the finest birds for the table,
as well as .lor ornamental purposes,
now known. The fame of these birds
has gone all over the nation, and the
result has been that they have been
introduced into many of the states of
the Union.
In my opinion, the public spirit
manifested by Judge Denny in intro
ducing the Chinese pheasant into Ore
gon at his own expense, where, owing
to the mildness of our climate and
other favorable conditions. It has be
come the best and most beautiful
game bird we have, deserves far great
er recognition than has been accorded
so far, and it seems to me that the
Rod and Gun Clubs of Oregon might
well take the Initiative in erecting in
some form an enduring memorial to
his honor. Such action would be
grateful- tribute to a man who per
formed an excellent public service
without hope or tnought of reward.
service the fruits of which, if properly
guarded, will be enjoyed by genera
tions yet unborn.
Will not some one among the leading
sportsmen of the state take up this
matter, and see that it is carried to a
successful termination? There are
many persons, like myself, who are
not sportsmen, but who would, it is
believed, gladly contribute to some ex
tent at least, to a fund for providing
such a worthy and well-deserved
memorial.
In sending the pheasants to Oregon
In J881, as already alluded to. Judge
Denny sent 50 tubs of shrubs and
plants, consigned to the Mayor of the
city, all of which were propertlv clas
siflcd and labeled with their botanical
as well as Chinese nameB. with the re
quest that they be placed in the City
Park, in some way. not easilv ex
plained, the labels were lost and the
shipment tell Into the hands of m-iv-at
parties, and tho shrubs were dlstribut
ed throughout the city. Of the 50 tubs
20 contained bamboo plants, and from
this source all the bamboo plants in
Oregon got their start, it is believed.
GEORGE H. H1MES.
Wreck of the Hesperus Family.
Lire.
It was old Farmer Hesperus
And his ' daughter. Milly May,
And they stood together hand In hand
. In the middle of Broadway.
"O father, I hear a raucous shout
O father, what can it be?"
" 'TIs only a tall policeman, child,
"Who waves his hand at thee."
S
"O father. I hear the sound of wheels
And hoofa that loudly ring-."
-Ifs one o them hansom cat) a
Gash-blsh the durned old thine:
"O father, I see a cloud of dust
Sift o'er me, head to feet."
"It's one o' them dum- fool White Wings
A-sweepln on: tne street. .
"But, father. I smell an odd perfume
O father, what can It mean?"
"Don't fly Into hy-stertcks, child
It's only gasoline."
"Nay. father. I hear the cry 'Look out!"
And fear Is on my nerve."
.Gee-whlz! here comes an auto car
A-puffin round the curve!"
"O father. I Teel a dreadful burnt
What means that sickly thud ?'
But the father answered never a word,
For his mouth was full of mud.
In Transit. -
Catholic Standard and Times.
Men spoke of her as "passing fair";
But Time flies by so fast.
Now some of these same men declare
. &hfs actually "past."
RAILROADING MINTS BLOODSHED
On One Branch of Delaware Hudson
Sio Fatality for SO Years.
Literary Digest.
The recent epidemic of serious railroad
wrecks, and the wide publication of their
casualty statistics, have had a tendency,
in the opinion of some, -to discredit the
whole railroad fraternity in the public re
gard. But President Wilcox, of the Dela-
are & Hudson, objects to having his
ystem cast hasily into the category of
those careless of human life. He gives
the figures to prove that, whatever the
condition on other" lines, on' his road at
least the greatest of care is taken to pro
tect passengers, and that remarkable suc
cess results. The New York Times cites
these figures, and from them draws a
lesson for those at the head of other rail
roads. We read:
"In 13 years, he says, tlie Deleware &
Hudson has carried 75,000.000 passengers,
with only three fatalities, all in one acci
dent, and that an accident caused by an
engineer who ran by a properly set slg-
aL On the Susquehanna division of the
road there has not been a passenger fatal
ity In 30 years.
'These, now, are records to be proud
of, and it is, indeed, doubtful, as Presi
dent Wilcox says. If they are surpassed,
or even equaled by the much-praised rail
way of Europe. Information of this sort,
however, only excites in us an eagerness
for other reports of the same kind for
reports, that Is. from individual roads, in
order that the public may know Just
where it is that the horrible slaughter
that goes on in this country is taking
place. We get the totals every year from
the various railway commissions, but
until we get the details they dre not
anything like as useful as they might
be. If every road in the country wore
compelled to report at the end of each
year, just how many passengers and em
ployes it had' killed and injured, they
would be forced into a new and highly
beneficial form of competition- Possibly,
President Willcox had some such thing in
mind when he gave out his own figures
and possibly they will not cause any In
stant or large increase, of his popularity
among the other railway presidents."
ABE HVEF, SCHOLAR IN POLITICS
Talents of San Frnaclaco Boas for
FeatherlnK His Own IVest.
New York World.
There were corrupt bosses in San Fran
cisco before "Abe" Ruef. but none with
his commanding talents for systematized
plunder.
Ten years ago he was a third-rate law
yer with a moderate practice and one of
number of ward leaders who served
the Republican-Southern Pacific machine
when Republicans were in the minority
in San Francisco. He had graduated
from the University of California, so he
represented one type of the scholar In
practical politics. When the union labor
movement took the form of a formidable
political party he picked up Schmitz.
theater orchestra leader, and helped make
him Mayor. Ruef still calls himself a Re
publican. Schmltz In return made Ruef
his legal adviser. Schmitz's re-election
confirmed Ruef In possession of the city
government, and the earthquake and fire
only broadened their opportunities for
graft.
Ruef had a genius for organization.
When the police began to interfere with
the saloonkeepers, Ruef, as the Mayor's
legal adviser, acted also as their legal
adviser. Enormous fees for his servl
ces looked safer than weekly or .monthly
blackmail. The resorts of vice, cheap
and fashionable, soon recognized his ex
traordinary skill as an attorney. There
was trouble about building permits . and
Ruef intervened for more big fees. To
get along with the police, the saloons
and disorderly houses found it expedi
ent to pay excessive prices, for liquors,
clears and cigarettes and, glassware tc
certain Arms favored by the Ruef-Schmlta
administration.
As a result Ruef and some of his con
federates will probably go to jail, where
they belong, and the labor unions will
profit by the knowledge that with thiev
ing leaders their party is no belter man
any other party with thieving leaders and
no more proof against tne bribes ot cor
poration corruptionists.
"Yeoman" Connolly's Sea Stories.
Boston Dispatch in New Tork Tribune,
After finding that he had accumulated
enough "color" for his intended stories
"Teoman" James B. (Jonnoiiy, or soutn
Boston author, athlete and politician
has arrived home in a rather disgruntled
state of mind. In an interview Mr. Con
nollv denied that he intended to be "the
American Kipling." "His sea stones are
rotten,' " said Mr. Connolly. He then
criticised Jack London's sea stories, and
said they might have been written about
anv old "shark in San Francisco."
When asked why he left the navy so
soon, and if the sailors made lite un
bearable for him. the author with origin
al ideas about sea fiction said: "I found
enough color to satisfy me. There was
indeed a variety of color that I did not
look for.
Mr. Connolly hinted at disclosures that
would prove interesting to many even
in the Navy Department.
Merry Failures.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Be a failure If you must,
Let ambition go to rust.
Hold that fame's a foolish prude,
Eat of husks for want of food;
But remember this, my son.
Do not be a dismal one:
Be a merry failure! Let
Troubles only mirth beget.
Take the edge from fortune's wrong
With the magic of a song.
Folks will say, observing you,
-Wish I were a failure, too!"
BRIDGE
BOOMERANG.
Hod In Tickle for Ilevrnirrfu! Hail.
roads Threatening; Rate Increase.
New York Press.
Shippers throughout the ITntted Slates.
according to reports received In TVash-
ngton, are concerned with a fear that
the railroads of the country may make
horizontal increase in rates of 20 per
cent on important commodities handled
n interstate commerce. This action may
be aken by the carriers, it is alleged, in
-ctanatlon for acts to regulate their
operations passed by Congress and State
Legislatures. Washington dippatch.
Retaliation" like this should be spelled
b-o-o-m-e-r-a-n-g.
If the railroad manipulators intend to
make reprisal on the American people
for stopping their rebates, extortion and
other abuses, they cannot try that game
too soon to suit the country.
Retaliation would be a good thine for
the people In regard to interstate cqm
merca, Raising the interstate rates
would bring a quick and convincing
demonstration of the fact that' the Hep
burn law does not equip the National
Government to resist extortion. The re
sult would be an earlier response by Con
gress to the public demand for a reaily
effective measure of Federal rottuiation
than would be the case if the railroads
did not invite a test of the rate law by
shoving up the existing freight and pas
senger tariffs.
For this reason uinne retaliation bv
the railroad stock gamblers and Wall
street high financiers would be welcome.
The further gouging of the people by
the railroad stock counterfeiters would
be a rather striking illustration, fur
nished by themselves, that the Inter
State Commerce Commission is helpless
to protect the public from whatever rates
the corporations choose to exact in order
to pay dividends on their fraudulent se
curities. .
New Tork Globe.
In some instances however, that there
will be increases In rates is by no means
impossible, but if such occur it will not
be necessary to fly to the explanation of
retaliation. Within the last ten years
the taxes paid . by American railroads
have been raised from an average of
$219 per mile to an average of J825 per
mile a 40 per cent Increase. During the
same period the cost of railway material
has increased approximately 50 per cent
as to many things more than SO per cent.
During the same time wages of employes
have increased approximately 20 per cent
the greatest increase occurring last
year and this. During the same period
railway rates, measured on the ton-mile
basis, have decreased from 8.06 mills to
7.5 mills. It is, of course, impossible
that the railway outgo can be indefinitely
swelled without the effect ultimately be
ing reflected in rates. Up to the present
the increase of new business has en
abled the railways to keep pushing rates
steadily down, but It is likely that the
bottom has been reached and the move
ment the next few years may be in the
other direction. If this movement occurs
it will be the acme of unfairness to say
that it is born of the spirit of pique. It
will not be retaliation but business.
Government regulation has a tendency
to stereotype rates to make them more
nearly the same from year to year.- This
has been the effect of the pariiatnentary
rate-making of Great Britain, atid such
has been the effect on interstate rates
when there are rate-making commis
sions. Ambnanador Bryre Ifates Phones.
Washington (D. C.) Herald. .
James Bryce. the new British- Am
bassador to the United States, has a
horror of telephones. The diplomat has
frequently been called on the wire since
his arrival in Washington, and it is said
that on numerous occasions he has re
fused to' talk by means of the speaking
piece. When he does talk, however, he
insists on knowing immediately who the
person is at the other eifo of the line
and his business. Mr. Bryce Bimply
doesn't like this modern method of carry
ing on a conversation, and as a result
gets- out of it whenever he can. Long
distance calls are said to be particularly
distasteful to . the Ambassador. hile
at times he has consented to talk to
people over the phone in Washington,,
he hates to converse on the long-distance
lines. Consequently out-of-town calls for
England's new representative are not
cordially received, if at all.
In One Family, 14 Sets of Trrlna.
Ravenna (Ohio) Dispatch In New Tork
World.
E. R. Brown, of this city, father of
eight sets of twins, has just heard from
his eldest son in St. Louis that the lat
ter's wife several days ago presented to
him the sixth set of twins. In each case
they are a boy and a girl. Brown says
the family was numerically strong long
before President Roosevelt promulgated
his anti-race-suicide ideas. Mr. Brown,
who died 11 years ago, was a full-blooded
Cherokee Indian. At the World's Fair
in 1893 the twins were weighed and ag
gregated over two tons, the biggest being
320 pounds.
A Sermon.
PORTLAND, Or., March 26. (To the
Editor.) Please accept a word of appre
ciation. The editorial, "Rockefeller's
Will," in The Oregonian Sunday, is much
more than entertaining. It contains the
Intellectual pabulum for an excellent Sun
day morning sermon. And just as good
for Monday morjting. I can commend it
to my classes in Roman history.
C. L. HOOVER.
Mrs. Longworth's Easter Hat.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth's Easter hat
is to be turban of white chip trimmed
with a band of green velvet. At one
side there will be a white bird with
wings spreading backward. The turban
is irregular in shape, one side being
higher than the other. But it is typical
of the hats that are to come.
Frorh the New Tork World.
RETALIATION
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