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OCTOBER 4, 1007. 8TRANGLE-HOLD ON A STATE. erhaps Mr. Harriman, who is re- Lrted to have invested the money of i Union Pacific system, to the extent (140,000,000, in the bonds and stocks tither railroads, upon which there lis since ueeii a. ueciiuu ui ou,vuv,uvv 40,000,000, may now wish he had fated the money, or at least the yr portion of it that has been lost, luildlng railroads long needed in lion. Had he done so he would Jo something to show for the im- fcnse sums that now are merely Inus quantities. Vut whether Mr. Harriman have I' regrets or not over these unlucky A'Stments and consequent losses, the I ple of Oregon certainly have at .t to tho extent of wishing, sor- Ifully, that the money had been ested where it would have been keileial both to Oregon and to the on Pacific system. kU is a serious complaint that the ple of Oregon have against the licy of which Harriman Is the repre- Intatlve. By that policy Oregon has fn fenced in, by lines drawn around 'borders, and the whole Interior is 'ft to vacancy and to the sovereignty X solitude. A corollary of the policy khe notice posted everywhere warn- all trespassers to keep out. The in the manger typifies it exactly. ha policy dooms the greater part of ksreat state to the silence of nature; people these days never will go far m the railroad to settle down, rite homes and push the activities Lrural and agricultural life. They they must he in touch with the " ve world, have opportunity to come ! go, to market their produce and Ldevelop local points of industry trade. These conditions are to be lined only through the railroad. pioneer spirit that carried people the distant wilderness and main ied them in isolation and content- kit was good for Its time, but it is forever.. Gone, because people fi do better. They needn't be her- fits of the solitudes now, and they low It. It 1b useless to offer them erely land and sky. They will go t'.ead of the railroad by short marches they know the railroad Is coming at not otherwise will they push out rr settlement in vacuous space. ls the great railway that has cor iled Oregon ever going to do any- Lng within the vast inclosure? We Lnfess to little faith. Even such tty projects as the Coos Bay branch ;ear to be mere feints, supported by I Intention. It is the fate of Oregon I be milked by this great system faich pursues its policy of taking all I can and giving the least possible 1 urn. Millions of dollars drawn In Mdends from the traffic of Oregon f-e invested elsewhere, or thrown into i ho tide that ebbs and flows through Kvall street. Of the thirty or forty millions sunk and lost in the Harriman ond-buylng operations, some part, id no small one, was drawn from the ite which for twenty years has been 'nled railway, extension by the power . hat has fenced it In Iiook at Washington and Idaho, ihe contrast they afford with Oregon !s a trying one for every resident of iur state. Their growth is at a far 'tnore rapid pace than ours. Why? Because they are not the exclusive dfemesnes of any one railroad system, So with Montana and the Dakotas. Oregon is bottled up. Oregon is in a hole. Oregon is plucked and shorn and her oppressor boasts pf sufficient power to keep out competitors for all prizes witnin ner Doraers. r orcu nately, conditions are changing to an extent, so that we cannot be prevent ed from doing part of our business, presently, through the railroads trav- , w .V. 1 anlq Thn Still Arsinr nsaiuuRtvu wu ...... . . ,11 & .1.. Kuunnlla . . o tnifl Will UUb AJW u.h..vj w wjyuuus, " w. vvuoi?, ouwjov, the thought that the vast resources of this state are to remain mere possi bilities, for further Indefinite time. The obvious fact that calls for ceaseless protest is this, namely, that Oregon is held up on the highway of progress, that Is open to all the other states about her, by a process of strangula tion. THE ETHICAL SIDE OF IT. Long has It been known that the land laws of the United States cer tain of them open a door to fraud. The Intent of these laws was to give every citizen access to the National domain; but the citizen was not to use his right merely to get the land and sell It for what he could, take his money and get away. The law was not carefully drawn; but Its Intent is plain. It is painful to find Senator Borah throwing all blame on the law. so loosely drawn, and excusing land grabbers who induced individuals to pervert the law's intent and meaning. The law might leave a door ipen to a particular kind of robbery. Then are you to commit that kind cf robbery, and plead in excuse that the law has been so clumsily drawn that t'lere can be no penalty? Senator Borah has a right to excuse and to defend himself. But he does ot put his excuse and justification on sufficiently high grounds. He knows it himself; and he never will do that kind of business again. The notion that one may do what the law does not expressly forbid, or that if the law leaves a door open to fraud you may rightfully walk in, not only has no ethical value, but Is abhorrent to every sound principle of moral conduct. It always has been a reproach to the legal profession that this principle has not been understood, but on the contrary denied. The plea of Senator Borah is that the law makes the crime. The plea is morally unsound. No one should be an attorney for those who take advantage of a defect In the law to swindle an individual or to rob a whole people. Senator Borah has not justified himself. SALACIOUS HARPIES. Some salacious scalawag, vho for excellent reasons is ashamed of his own name, writes a letter to revile The Oregonian for trying to "hoodwink the people in order to clear the skirts of an accused official." He refers, of course, to the Waymire scandal. We gather that he is one of the deplorable gang of degenerates whom Judge Cameron ordered out of the courtroom just at the moment when the case became most interesting to their car rion taste, for he is almost as ran corous against the court as against The Oregonian. When a case like the Waymire scan dal arises there is always a group of individuals who fairly wallow In its filth. Being themselves utterly vile. they assume that the man who has been victimized by the blackmailers is as guilty as possible in the circum stances; and whatever the character of the woman may be, it suits their purpose, of course, to set her forth as an immaculate angel. Fortunately, this class of men is small. If there were many df them spouting their views upon the street and writing anonymous letters to the papers, It would be Impossible to exist for nau sea. A man who is attacked by a woman is practically almost helpless against his assailant. The better his previous reputation has been the more difficult is his defense, so prone are we all to cry hypocrite. If the case comes before a jury, the woman, with her Delilah wiles, has every advantage. Schooled by her lawyers, she smiles, she weeps, she sighs, she trades upon her charms, an " the jurymen are as wax before her. God pity the man who has to defend his reputation against one of these women. THE PORT OF COLUMBIA. The Astoria papers, in a desperate effort to excuse their opposition to im provement of the tug and bar service at the entrance of the Columbia River, are going to great lengths in distort lng and misrepresenting The Orego nlan's comment thereon. . In a recent plea for establishment of an Alaska steamship line, which would supply us with much-needed cheap coal, The Oregonian incidentally said that "the lifting of the pilotage and towage em bargo at the entrance of the Colum bia by the Port of Columbia Commis sion, or, in the failure of this commis sion to act, by its Successors, will place the Columbia River on even terms with the Puget Sound ports except In the single item of fuel." The Astorian sees in this remark a covert attack on the pilot, and goes into violent hys terlcs in denying that there are any pilotage charges on coasting vessels, such denial being entirely superfluous and uncalled for, as The Oregonian never intimated that there was such a charge. Continuing, the Astorian says: Since the "Port of Columbia" bill became a matter of interest to people on the river, the especial promise of Its authors and frlonds has been that once it was passed, they would correct the vicious evils insep arable from the bar pilot service. The taxpayers of Multnomah and Columbia Counties, who have suffered by the "evils" admitted by the As torian to be inseparable from the bar pilot service, do not believe that they are "inseparable," and they propose to demonstrate that such belief is well founded. In this connection a brief history of the Port of Columbia and the cause for its existence is here given : For many years prior to 1907. the International Sailing Ship Owners' As sociation, controlling more than three- fourths of the available sail grain ton nage of the world, demanded and re celved 30 cents per ton more for ships loading at Portland than for those loading on Puget Sound. The effect of this differential was a gradual dwindling of the Columbia River grain fleet, and a corresponding increase in the Puget Sound fleet. Foreseeing the inevitable result of continuation of such conditions, the Portland Cham ber of Commerce s nt a representative to Europe fb confer with the owners and learn the exact causes for levy lng the differential. This conference resulted in the narrowing down of the complaints to a poor tug and pilot service at the bar, and a charge for hauling ballast away from the ships In port. At a meeting held in Paris in October, 1906, the shipowners agreed to abolish the differential as soon as these worst evils were corrected. The ballast charge, being beyond the Juris diction of the Astoria people, was taken care of by some public-spirited Portlanders before Astoria could get out an injunction to prevent it. The O. R. & N. Co., which was operating the tugboats, had no control over the I ..11..... n . 1 ..... .. nf nA.wsfk mKlanf a some of the "inseparable evils" which the Astorian admits existed. Realizing their inability to give a satisfactory service, the O. R. & N. Co. agreed not only to withdraw from the towing business, but, as a bonus to any one who would take up the work with out increasing the towage rate, offered to pay full pilotage in and out on all grain ships coming to Portland. It was to take advantage of this offer and secure free pilotage that the Chamber of Commerce, drew up the Port of Columbia bill, and. as soon as the bill became a law. the Chamber of Commerce again dispatched a rep resentative to Europe to demand from the shipowners fulfillment of their promise. News of the firht Astoria was making on the measure reached Europe ahead of the representative pf the Chamber of Commerce, and the owners demurred to removing the differential until they were assured that the promised free pilotage would be forthcoming. Fortunately for Portland and for every producer In the Columbia Basin, the Astoria plct was foiled by a cable from the O. R. & N. Co. agreeing to pay pilotage in case the law was defeated. On this assurance the Shipowners' Union, at its meeting at Bremen in June, re moved the differential and Portland exporters were enabled to secure ton nage for Portland at the same rate as was paid on Puget Sound. As to the tangible effect of removal of this differential, figures speak more eloquently than words. On October 3, 906, the total amount of grain ton nage en route for and in port at Port land, was 97,286 tons. En route for and in port at Puget Sound, 73,547 tons. .Yesterday the figures were: Portland, 159,974 tons; Puget Sound, 75,294 tons. The object for which the Port of Columbia came into existence has been partly accomplished for thi3 season, at least, but Portland does not propose to depend on the O. R. & N. Co. or any other railroad company for maintenance of a tug and pilotage service at the river entrance. The Co- umbla River must never again be per mitted to lapse into the bad repute which it suffered through the wretched service at the mouth of the River. If we cannot enforce the Port of Columbia law to secure a good serv ice, a law that can be enforced must be passed. The good name and pres tige of the Columbia River must and will be maintained, regardless of the efforts of a few short-sighted Astori ans. IN NEED OF A SOVEREIGN. There is an old saying that the Con stitution means what the Supreme Court says it means. This, of course, makes the Supreme Court the great legislative department of the Govern ment. Laws passed by Congress are only tentative laws until the Supreme Court approves them. Such a theory really destroys the ideal of Republi can government, with its distribution of co-ordinate powers; but it has been widely accepted and there is a class of sour cynics allied with the predatory corporations who cling to it with a death grip. They cling, not because the theory is correct, or because they trunk it a good one, but simply be cause it is contrary to the interests of the Nation. It is impossible for these people to concur In any view which is for the common welfare. They are so cantankerous that they cannot help being on the contrary side, These are the so-called "strict con structionists of the Constitution. Their construction is no stricter than anybody else's, but It Is narrower and meaner; hence they claim great credit for adopting it. The bad old saying that the Consti tution means what the Supreme Court says it does has always been deceptive. The Supreme Court determines the meaning of the Constitution only to outward appearance. In reality it has always been determined in the long run by the needs of the Nation. Su preme Court decisions are just as much tentative as the laws of Con gress. If after trial they are found to promote the welfare, of the Nation, they stand; If not, then they are re versed, or explained away, which comes to the same thing. As a matter of fact, ' the Constitution means what it ought to mean.- And what it ought to mean is decided by what the Nation taken as a whole truly needs in suc cessive generations. Inasmuch as these needs vary from decade to dec ade, so the meaning of the Constitu tion changes, being, as Mr. Roosevelt so wisely said at St. Louis, not a dead but a living thing. This was the doc trine of that illuminating speech, and it is a doctrine profoundly true and important. The1 President's speech at St. Louis was a brilliant application of the prag matic philosophy which is taking the world by storm. . One might interpret him to have said that the Constitution is one thing, its meaning another; the meaning being, as it were, a function or outflow from the document itself, which can change from time to time as the light of the sun is sometimes dark and sometimes brilliant, while the sun Itself is forever the same. Or we might look upon the Constitution as typified by a man of illustrious intel lect set to rule over a people, who changes his policy from one year to another as the needs of his subjects vary; but through it all he remains the same man because his , funda mental character persists unaltered. "The Constitution," he said, "is un changed and unchangeable save by amendment in due form." But "the meaning Is to be sought as much in the National life as in the dictionary." And, inasmuch as the National life is in perpetual flux, so must the mean ing transform itself as the years pass. This pragmatic theory of the mean ing of the Constitution has always dominated the Supreme Court, what ever one or two reactionary judges may have said about it. It has domi nated because it is the only possible theory by which the Nation can 'live and thrive. The "strict construction ists" hold that every new interpreta tion of the Constitution should be brought forth with pomp and tumult in a constitutional convention where old things would- pass away with a whoop and howl and heaven and earth be reconstructed amid a deluge of aca demic oratory. One might as well say that we must have a new Bible every time we find a new interpretation for a text. These "strict constructionists' would accuse the Presbyterian Church of disingenuousness because It lets the meaning of its ancient creed follow the changing times while it clings to the venerable form. Why not? Words are but symbols ; and. when the ancient significance of the symbol is forever dead, why not impart a new one? There is scarcely a word in the Eng lish language which means precisely the same as it did one hundred years I Dint Uvatl ,irh t Wfinl na "fflthdr.1 -' " - while it retains much of its old sig nificance, nevertheless has lost part of it and acquired something different. Hence, even if we adopt the extrav agant folly of Interpreting the Consti tution by the dictionary, we shall find that it means something very unlike what it did a century ago. The dic tionaries of today assign altered weight and connotations to its words. Those who cling to the concept of a Constitution with a fixed and invaria ble meaning cherish one of the wildest delusions of insanity. Their dream is by the very nature of things impossi ble. This is what the artistic fraternity might call an Impressionistic view of Mr. Roosevelt's speech at St. Louis, but it is as near to the truth as one can ' come, perhaps. His general thought was that our internal water ways, the Panama Canal, the corpora tions, and above all the railroads, are objects of National concern. There fore they ought to be under Federal control, and unless we wish to see our National life wither away and perish, we must so interpret the Constitution as to give the Nation full power over them. , As the President said, these great potentates are badly in need of a sovereign, and our most pressing duty Is to provide one for them. Mr. Josselyn, of the Portland Rail way Company, is undoubtedly right in his statement that no "fender" on a streetcar has vet been Dut into use that is of any real service. Probably there would be fewer accidents if there were no fenders at all. The remarks of Mr. Josselyn on the subject, pub lished yesterday, embody the results of fullest knowledge of this subject, derived from experience through a very long period, In cities both of America and Europe. No fender can be depended on to "pick up" the body with which it may come in contact, and the injury,- when the fender strikes, is likely to be as great as when the person is struck by the car Itself. And the fender deceives the eye more than the car, and on curves is spe cially dangerous. The best that .can be said of any fender is that It is the appearance of an effort to reduce an ever-present danger. The only real fender is the vigilance of the way farer. The Provincial Association, a branch of the political party with which Sir Wilfred Laurier Is affiliated, met in Vancouver Wednesday and passed a resolution calling on . the Dominion government to abrogate, the treaty with Japan. The association also de mands the imposition of a strict edu cational test on all incoming Orientals. When the "Vancouver hoodlums knocked down and dragged out -a large number of Japanese, the Nippon government made a mild protest, strangely at' variance with their "cocky" actions regarding the San Francisco incident. This latest inci dent, however, may lead to something more serious (in the eyes of Japan) than a few broken heads, and it will be Interesting to note whether they will regard.it as another expression of Canadian friendship or a slap In the face. The Vanderbilts, nothing daunted by the experience of Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, are about to enter into another foreign matrimonial alliance or entanglement, as the sequel may prove. Gladys, the youngest daugh ter of the second Cornelius Vander bilt and a cousin of Consuelo, is to marry a Hungarian Count and will thereafter be known in society person als, and mayhap later in the interna tional record of domestic infelicities, as Countess Szechenyi. She will take to Budapest as her dower J10, 000,000 in Vanderbilt cash, bonds and stocks a pretty dot to pay for a jawbreaking title, a swarthy husband and a home in Hungary. Such investments seldom pay, but they are nevertheless eagerly sought by the Idle daughters of the idle rich. The wreck of the steamship Tellus, together with her cargo of coal, was sold for $240.. The value of vessel and cargo previous to the wreck was ap proximately $100,000. As this wreck occurred almost at noon on a clear day, with a smooth sea, and land in plain sight, it will be interesting to note the comments of the underwrit ers. .Naturally in tne long run tney will, as usual, pass the blame for the disaster up against the terrible north coast, but if they permit the master of the Tellus to escape without punish ment it would seem that they, as well as the wreck, stood in need of an in vestigation. How big a fool Senator Tillman is, nobody, could have conceived, till the announcement of his indignant refusal to ride in a Pullman car from Spokane to Walla Walla because there was a -negro porter In the car. Men like Senator Tillman are tedious. How ever, there is but one of him. Wheat advanced nearly 2 cents per bushel yesterday, both in Chicago and Europe. Ocean freights also took a turn upward. Indicating that the for eign shipowner is watching the wheat market almost if not fully as closely as It Is being watched by the wheat grower. Rev. Mr.- Dean, of Seattle, sees no reason for paying Baptist ministers high salaries. What's that? And eggs 40 cents a dozen In warm weather and Fall hats bigger and twice as costly as last year? Portland physicians demand one telephone only. And there are law yers and druggists and all sorts of re tail dealers, including saloon-keepers, not averse to saving double expense. I Mayor Lane was after a lot of them here in Portland; now they smirk and snicker and giggle and talk about "in structions which being taught return to plague the Inventor." . Speculation over what San Fran cisco is going to do in the three-cor nered Mayoralty contest Is far more edifying than the record of the results of the last similar fight. It is evident that the Portland Rail way. Light & Power Company has abundant confidence in the steady growth of the city to which its for tunes are bound. The heavy rains at Keokuk and St- Louis must have reminded President Roosevelt of Portland the day he ded Icated the Lewis and Clark monu ment. With M. O. Lownsdale's philippic yesterday the annual Oregon apple war may be said to have begun. RAILROAD CONTROL IX CANADA It Would Be Called Anarchistic la This Country. -Letter in Newark (N. J.) Star. We never hear anybody accusing the Canadians of being Anarchists or Social ists. They are a conservative, deliberate people, slow to accept new-fangled things, and not given to enthusiasm over polit ical cure-alls. Their railroads have shown amazing developments in recent years. Trackage has been increased and the facilities enlarged at a tremendous rate. Much of the capital and some of the ablest officials have come from this side of the border. Neither investors nor managers complain of irksome restric tions nor unwarranted Interference on the part of the Government. - And yet they have in Canada a railroad commission consisting of three members, appointed for life, with powers more drastic and far-reaching than is possessed by any body in this country, state or national. Here are some of the things that the Canadian Railroad Commission is em powered to do: It may compel the abolition of grade crossings or compel the railroad compa nies to construct subways or overhead crossings. It may compel changes In time-tables and require the putting on of additional trains to meet the traffic. It may regulate the distribution of frelghtcars If the question of discrimina tion be raised. It may compel the destruction of switches or sidings for the accommoda tion of industries. It may fix rates on passenger or freight traffic. It may determine what private property railroad companies are allowed to pur chase without the owner's consent. It may assume Jurisdiction over claims against the railroad companies. It may approve or reject all plans for railroad excursions or new lines, and no work is permitted without Its approval. It is charged, by law, with the preven tlon of discriminations between different localities. i It may authorize or prevent one rail road from crossing or Joining another. It is required to prevent rebating. It has power to pass upon all leases. sales . or amalgamations of railroads. It has jurisdiction over the telegraph and telephone lines operated by railroad companies. Vast, comprehensive and far-reaching powers, aren't they? Nothing so radical or revolutionary ever seriously proposed In our country? We wouldn't -stand for anything of the 1 nd, would we? It would be anarchistic. But some of us may be unable to understand why a policy that seems wise, reasonable and practicable In Canada is impossible here. What In creases the mystery is the fact that the capitalists and railroad magnates didn't pierce the atmosphere with cries of an gulsh and warning while that legislation was being enacted. They didn't send a band of lobbyists to Ottawa to talk and plan and scheme in order to destroy or cripple the act. They didn't subsidize clergymen, editors and politicians to preach calamity as the Inevitable fruit of making such a law and compelling obe dience to it. No. Most of the Canadian railroad cap italists and managers approved of the law, and co-operated In framing it so as to make Its provisions absolutely fair all around, and thus reduce to a minimum friction between the companies and the public. And the result? General satis faction. TARIFF NOT POLITICAL QUESTION Thonajh It Has Always Been Deter mined by Political Exigencies. Xew York Globe. The truth seems to be that a funda mental change in the attitude of the average American toward the tariff has occurred. He is no longer the thick-and-thln partisan with respect to it that once he was. The old heat is absent. It is not safe to be dogmatic, but evidence accumulates that an Increasing number object to longer deeming it a political question at all. If this is trueIf we have entered on a time wherein there fs popular desire for its exclusion from partisan discussion one can understand how convinced revisionists withhold active support from revisionist movements of the hour, which practically all have political connotations. One can also un derstand, which the old school of profes sional tariff reformers and the old school of professional , protectionists apparently cannot, why it is that the old appeals command on neither side the old audi ences. Perhaps we are nearer than we think to the dreamed of era wherein tariff schedules can be examined rational ly and calmly and the advice of experts be deemed of more value than the advice of stump speakers. Is it preposteroui to think that the tariff question can be taken out of politics and treated soberly and sanely as we treat other questions that do not so closely relate to business? In France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy all countries with protective duties it is kept out of politics. In none of these countries Is there bitterness of partisan conflict when revision Is attempted. To Double Life of Umbrellas. PopularMechanlcs. The usual way of coming in out of the rain is to place the umbrella In the rack of corner with the handle up ward. This allows the water to run down and remain a long time In the metal that holds the ribs together, which will rust the Joints and rot the fabric. If the handle is placed down ward Instead of upward the water will run away from this point first, and the whole top will dry quicker. Why the Hindus Come. Corvallis Gazette. Bishop Thoburn must be mistaken. We might sooner believe that if God contemplates sending swarms of Hindus here It Is for the purpose of uplifting us, raising us out of the mire of selfishness, commercialism, self righteousness, bigotry and inconsis tency in which these astute people see us wallowing while asking them to cast away their heathen and accept our Christian religion. Money and Appetite Swap. Philadelphia Record. "So you ran across dat millionaire when you was goln' down de road?" said Meandering Mike. "Yes," answered Plodding Pete. "Any conversation?" "No. We Jes' exchanged thoughts. I was wlshln' I had his money an' he was wlshin' he had my appetite." Doubtless. Woodburn Independent. A Republican candidate for repre sentative is more liable to be elected If he promises to vote for the Republi can nominee that if he signed State ment No. 1. But the Mayor Is Short. Baker City Herald. The Waymire woman and her ac complices who assaulted Mayor Lane will probably conclude that it is a long Lane tnat nas no turn. HIS ADVICE TO ORGANIZED LABOR. Notable Pronouncement by Cardinal Gtbbona on Industrial Problems. Cardinal Gibbons, in Putnam's Monthly. Labor has its sacred rights as well as its dignity. Paramount among the rights of the laboring classes is their privilege to organize, or to form themselves into societies for their mututal protection or benefit. It in accordance with natural right that those who have one common interest should unite together for its promotion. Our modern labor associations are the legitimate suc cessors of the ancient guilds of Eng land. In our days there is a universal tendency toward organization in every department of trade and business. God forbid that the prerogatives which I am maintaining for the work ing classes should be construed as im plying the slightest Invasion of the rights and autonomy of employers." There should not. .and need not. be any conflict between capital and labor, since both are necessary for the public good, and the one depends on the co operation of the other. A contest be tween the employer and -the employed is as unreasonable and as hurtful to the social body as a war between the head and hands would be to the physi cal body. No friend of his race can contemplate without painful emotions heartless monopolists exhibiting a grasping avarice which has dried up every sen timent of sympathy, and a sordid self ishness which Is deaf to the cries of distress. Their sole aim is to realize large dividends without regard to the paramount claims of Justice and Chris tian charity. These trusts and monop olies, like the car of Juggernaut, crush every obstacle that stands In their way. They endeavor not always, it is al leged, without success to corrupt our National and state Legislatures and municipal Councils. They are so intol erant of honest rivalry as to use un lawful means In driving from the mar ket all competing industries. They compel their operatives to work for starving wages, especially In mining districts and factories, where protests have but a feeble echo, and are easily stifled by intimidation. The supreme law of the land should be vindicated and enforced, and ample protection should be afforded to legitimate com peting corporations as well as to the laboring classes against unscrupulous monopolies. it tne labor organizations have rights to be vindicated and errievanren to be redressed it is manifest that tney nave also sacred obligations to oe iuinnea and- dangers to guard against. As these societies are com posed of members very formidable In numoers, varied In character, tem perament and nationality, they are, in the nature of tilings more un wieldy, more difficult to manage, more liable to disintegration than corpora tions or capitalists, and they have need or leaders possessed of great firmness, tact and superior executive ahllitv- who will honestly aim at consulting the welfare of the society they repre sent, without infringing on the rights oi tneir employers. They should ex ercise unceasing vigilance in secur ing tneir body from the control of de signing demagogues who would make it subservient to their own selfish ends, or convert it Into a political ene-ine. They should also be Jealous of the reputation and good name of the so clety as well as of its chosen leaders For, while the organization is ennobled and commands the respect of the nub ile by the moral and civic virtues of Its members, the scandalous and un worthy conduct of even a few of them is apt to bring reproach upon the whole body, and to excite the distrust of the community. The should therefore be careful to exclude from their ranks that turbulent element composed of men who boldly preach the gospel of an archy, socialism and nihilism; those land pirates who are preying on the industry, commerce and trade of the country; whose mission is to puli down and not to build up; who, instead of upholding the hands of the Govern ment that protects them, are bent on Its destruction, and instead of bless lng the mother that opens her arms to welcome them. Insult and defy her, I am persuaded that the system of boycotting, by which members of labor unions are instructed not to patronize certain obnoxious business houses. Is not only disapproved by an impartial public sentiment, but that it does not commend Itself to the more thought ful and conservative portion of the guilds themselves. . Experience has " shown that strikes are a drastic and at best a very questionable remedy for the redress of the laborer's grievances. Cultivate a spirit of industry, with out which" all the appliances of organ ized labor are unavailing. Activity is the law of all intellectual and animal life. The more you live in conformity with that law, the happier you will be. Take an active, personal Interest in the business of your employer; be as much concerned about its prosperity as if it were your own. And are not your employer's affairs in a measure yours? For your wages come from the profits of the concern. A feverish ambition to accumulate fortune, which may be called our National distemper, is incompatible with with peace of mind. Moderate means with a contented spirit are preferable to millions without It. THE FREEDOM OF JOE THOMPSON How' the Verdict Struck the People of Gilliam County. Condon Globe. Joe Thompson Is free. An insult to the honest, fair-minded people of Gilliam County who have probably spent $5000 or more to give a murderer his Just de serts. But what cares a man or a set of men for the peoples' rights as long as he or they get well paid for their work even though by doing so they disgrace the entire community. The people have no rights 'which tin-horn political bosses are bound to respect. The Giobe is fight ing for the rights of the people as against any man or set of men who hold posi tions of power and trust conferred on them by the people and then for a few dollars betray the peoples' trust and use that power for the benefit of murderers, thieves, gamblers, etc., and every gooa citizen is willing to help in the fight. "How Would "Mount Hood" Water Dof PORTLAND, Oct. 3. (To the Ed itor.) It is but natural that the name Bull Run should sound unpleasantly to any patriotic American, even though it were beautiful, which it is not. what's the matter with calling it "Mount Hood water," which it is? WILLIAM WOODRUFF. Let Bull Run Stay. Pendleton Tribune. Better let. the name alone. Many cities In the United States would give millions to have Portland's Bull Run, name and alL The Cortelyou Boom Puck. It dwelt among the untrodden ways Behind a fastened lock, A boom which there were few to praise. And very few to knock. A violet by a precious stone Half hidden from the eye: Large as a star, when only one Is shining In the sky. It lived unknown, and few could know The day It srrew so dim It vanished utterly, but, -oh, . The dlfferenca to him! I VYR " 1 v Vl jyj BY LILIAN TINGLE. tv OTTOM says "there is not a more fearful wild-fowl than yon lion liv ing;" but presumably he had never met the Welsh rabbit from which even the most dauntless hunters of big game have been known to turn aside In fear. For in these matters a man Is only as strong as his digestion, and an unerring aim with the rifle availeth him nothing. Still the Welsh rabbit Is a popular do mestic pet nowadays. Every owner of a chafing-dish knows him; and most people have their own private and particular way of concocting him. while the victims sit around and say in their hearts, "Well. I guess my recipe Is better than that one, anyway!" And yet this Is what one market-man- heard over the phone recently: Hello! Is this the X market? This Is Mrs. Newbride, 761 Honeymoon avenue. Will you please send up a nice fresh Welsh rabbit just as soon as you can. If It's not a very large one perhaps you had better send two, because I'm expect ing about 12 people this evening, and my husband said he thought a Welsh rabbit would be just the thing, and I want to be sure to have enough pieces to go around. And will you please be sure to send it all properly cleaned and skinned and jointed, because my cook isn't very experienced. I think that will be all this morning." . I suppose she thought it was a second cousin to a Belgian hare. Every properly brought up person under 40 years of age must surely remember Sir John Tenntel's famous drawing of the "Mock-Turtle" In Alice in Wonderland." But both artists and writers on natural history have shamefully neglected, not only the Welsh rabbit, but many Interesting and savory creatures, such as the Scotch woodcock. the English monkey, the apple hedge-hog, the chicken-terrapin and others. More over, I find few rabbit lovers are aware that the Welsh is not the only kind that is derived from cheese and is incapable of providing a whapper for "Baby Bunt of providing a wrapper for "Baby Bunt ing." One of my favorite authorities gives In its index: "Cheese Rabbits, Scotch, Welsh, English and O'Doherty's." This seems to suggest In a delicate way that the Emerald Isle is not behind her neigh bors In the culinary contest. "The twenty-eighth maxim of O'Doherty" runs as follows and is worthy of profound atten tion: "It is the cant of the day to say that a Welsh rabbit is heavy eating. I know this but did I ever feel It' in my own case? Certainly not. I like It best in this way however the toasted bread buttered on both sides profusely: then a layer of cold roast beef, with mustard and horse-radish; and then, on the top of all, a superstratum of Cheshire cheese, thoroughly saturated while In the process of toaBting with porter genuine porter black pepper and Eschalot vinegar. I peril myself upon the assertion that this is not a heavy supper for a man who has been busy all day till dinner In read-" lng, writing, walking, or riding, and who has occupied himself between dinner and supper in the discussion of a bottle or two of sound wine, and who proposes to swallow at least three tumblers of some thing hot ere he resigns himself to tho embrace of somnus. With these provisos I recommend toasted cheese for supper." Then there is the "Fish-rabbit," which suggests a mermaid's chafing dish sup per, or something that ought to be kept in hutches by sea-urchins; it is, how ever, only scalloped codfish with grated cheese on top. But for really romantic names, you should turn to dishes of oysters. Four college girls were order ing lunch in their favorite restaurant. The tall fair one with the big blue eyes said : "Angels-on-horseback for me, please." "And I'll take Pigs-in-blankets" said the rosy one with the nose "tip-tilted like the petal of a flower." vwalter, bring me huitres au lit," said the thin one with the eye-glasses; and the little curly-haired one began a long explanation about wanting some of "those dear little oyster doodads, all done up with crinkly bacon, you know." The experienced waiter said simply, "Four orders number three." m m - You must look in the fish chapter for Bombay ducks and Cape Cod turkeys; nor is the Westplialian dish known as "Blind Huhn" to be found, as you might perhaps expect, under poultry. "Blind Huhn" contains, if I remember rightly, green beans, white beans, carrots, pears, potatoes, apples and bacon or' ham. with flour and water and seasoning, but never a trace of chicken. Perhaps the hen, "being blind," took trie wrong turning and never reached the cooking pot: but, all the same, well-made "Blind Huhn" is both tasty and satisfying. The famous . "intelligent New Zea lander," who is one day to stand among the ruins of London and presumably among those of New York and Portland also may perhaps arrive at strange con clusions as to the cannibalistic habits ot the' present generation, if he should hap pen to find one of our Btandard cook books and be able to decipher its table of contents. Mixed up with names of birds, animals and fishes, he might find "Whigs," "Bridies," "Hermits," "Jolly boys," "Ber muda Witches,' "Maids of Honor," "Lady Fingers' (a particularly grewsome idea), and "Sally Lunns." How is he to know that these are nearly all sweet little cakes? And what is he to think of in structions for preparing "Good King Henry," "Bishop" and "Spotted Dick?" A friend of mine newly arrived in Shanghai did not like a certain dish set before him during a table d'hote dinner. Calling the waiter, he summoned up his best "pigeon English" and said: "Boy." no wantee, no likee; what fashion this?" The waiter solemnly tapped his skull and replied, "Allee same head." Horrible ideas flashed through the newcomer's mind and he feverishly caught up the menu. He read: "Entree; Calves' brains a la Chtnolse." "Front Vestibule for Smokers." Dayton Optimist. It is difficult for those who do not ubo tobacco to enjoy a church service while the room is being charged with tot acco smoke drifting in through the front Coor. It might be well to have a private smoking-room attached to our churches for the convenience of those worshipers who can not content themselves for an hour with out a puff or two. Harmony. Milton Eagle. The sound of heavily laden wheat wag ons today Is the music of a great indus try that gladdens the heart