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JUST A FEW MORE REMARKS.
While The Oregonian 1 about it,
just now for it doesn't wish to keep
on threshing over the old straw of old
subjects till the end of time It wjll
say a few things more, yet briefly as
possible. The Medford Tribune shall
supply the texts.
(1.) "The Oregonian opposed the
land-fraud investigation during the
early stages." It did net." It did,
however, find difficulty In believing
that earnest and effective prosecution
was intended. . On its own account it
had offered proofs, repeatedly, long
before, but they had been suppressed
at Washington and rejected in Oregon.
When, .however, Heney came, showed
that he was in earnest, and gave The
Oregonian something besides rumor to
go on, it saw there was real intention
to prosecute, and It aided to the ut
most of its power. Yet it saw that the
unsupported statements of Puter and
others never would prove the conspir
acy and convict the leading offenders,
who were doing the work at Washing
ton; and in fact not till Heney had
eo clearly trapped Tanner, had Heney
any case against them that would hold
before a Jury. Because The Oregonian
saw this, it is accused of having "op
posed the land-fraud investigation
during its early stages"; but the accu
sation comes from those who immedi
ately follow with condemnation be
cause it "persecuted" the culprits af
terwards! Was The Oregonian to as
sume the guilt of Mitchell, Hermann,
Williamson and the rest, without
proof? What would have been the ef
fect? People would have said It was
political and personal rancor. Not till
it had the proof, or the indicia of
proof, could it do more than observe a
necessary caution in dealing with the
subject. Its accusations of the olden
time were true as ever, but the time
was past for proving them. But the
disclosures obtained through Tanner
opened up the whole subject and gave
Heney his triumph.
(2.) "Mitchell was fought by The
Oregonian oft and on-for years. . By
his consummate skill as a politician,
Mitchell more than once forced' a truce
of years' duration with The Oregonian,
which paper supported him in return
for his political influence. After
Mitchell's last election such an alli
ance was patched up through Harvey
Scott's ambition to become United
States Senator." Such "truce" as there
was between Mitchell and.The Orego
nian came about through the necessity
of their co-operation for the purposes
of the .Lewis and Clark Exposition,
and had no further meaning or extent.
Mr. Mitchell was Senator. Mr. Scott
was president of the Exposition, and
upon solicitation of the board of di
rectors went to Washington to assist
In getting the aid of the Government
for 'it. He Bpent four or five months
In that work. Conference between
Senator Mitchell and himself became
necessary. That is all there is to the
story of the "truce.'S. It had no polit
ical basis at all; didn't refer nor relate
to politics in any way. Of course The
Oregonian did not "support Mitchell
In return for his political influence."
In the first place, Mr. Scott knew that
Mr. .Mitchell was a supporter of Mr.
vFulton for the Senate. Everybody
knew it. Mr. Mitchell proclaimed it.
And in 'tie next place Mr. Scott had
no thought or wish to be a candidate
himself. He never desired the posi
tion, for he never'felt that it was his
proper place. He and some other edi
tors have dono their work on other
lines. Besides, he has a "better Job."
No man fit for the editorial chair of
this newspaper could have a better.
Besides, the chance' Is great that the
next man will not hold it for forty years
against all comers. Or, if he should,
he will have something to do. But, on
the last night of the legislative session,
in February, 1903. through the ur
gency of many persons, Mr. Scott con
sented to allow his name to be brought
before the convention; yet he no more
expected the election than he had de
sired It. Had he wanted it he would
have taken measures in time to obtain
It, and it would have been easy. With
Mr. Fulton's election he was well sat
isfied, and said so; and he will say
now, in passing, that should Mr. Ful
ton be re-elected he would be In better
position to serve tlie state, because of
his experience and place oh commit
tees, than during his first term; and
yet The Oregonian doesn't know
whether the Republicans of Oregon
want a Republican in the seat, or are
ready to turn It over to the Democrats.
(3.) "The Oregonian supported
Hermann after he had been removed
from the Land Office, and even went
so far as to resort to strategy to fool
its readers into the belief that Roose
velt favored Hermann by having Her
mann step behind the President while
its photographer snapped his camera
and The Oregonian reprinted the pic
ture for its political effect. .And The
Oregonian kept silent about Binger
Hermann until after his indictment."
This is shocking, indeed. The Orego
nian is a newspaper, and it makes
timely pictures when it can. It got a
"snap" picture. But it had. nothing to
do with posing the President and Bin
ger Hermann, nor with contriving
Hermann's presence on the occasion.
Besides, it was not making a picture
of Hermann and the President, but of
the President. But why bother with
this puerile stuff? The Oregonian
didn't know that Hermann was guilty
of anything forbidden in law or mor
als. It knew he had been removed
from office; but many a man has been
removed from office upon whom there
was no moral or other stain. The Ore
gonian has been desirous of Republi
can ascendency in Congress, and there
fore recommended to the voters of the
First District that they send Binger
Hermann. It doubtless has been a
grievous fault, on the part of The Ore
gonian. to urge the general policy of
the Republican party against the Dem
ocratic. If so, grievously hath It an
swered it. But it may not again of
fend by urging the election of any man
because he is a Republican and be
cause he would therefore support the
historic policy and principles of the
Republican party certainly will not,
unless the Republicans of the state
show some willingness to respond.
Hermann, however, had served ac
ceptably before, during two or three
terms, had gained much experience,
and seemed likely to be the most use
ful man then before the people for
the position. Tet Hermann had never
been never has been a favorite with
this newspaper. He, had shifted s)nd
shuffled on the money question, for
many years, till The Oregonian was
out of all patience with him. This
man lacks much, very much, of being
an ideal public character. He has
been indicted for this and for that; but
he was acquitted at Washington and
has not yet been convicted In Oregon,
nor even tried and may never be.
But if he shall be put on trial, The
Oregonian will publish the testimony
and say plainly what it thinks about
him.
"The gang" is mighty hard to please
its Democratic and Republican con
tingents alike. When The Oregonian
made war on Mitchell and the gang,
for their infinite corruptions, why then
The Oregonian was a "persecutor."
When it found that its exposures did
no good, brought no results, and. then
lapsed into silence because it had
made up its mind that the people liked
grafters and corruptionists and pre
ferred to support them then it was
attacked on the charge of having made
a "truce" with them. "
These accusers, whether they call
themselves Democrats or Republicans,
are all very much alike. They excuse
all the thieves and corruptionists with
whom they are affiliated, whether of
one party or the other. A great fac
tor of the strength of Mitchell and his
gang has always been Democratic. The
sympathy of persons like him who
writes in the Medford Tribune for this
dirty gang has always been Intense.
They are scattered all over Oregon.
Every rascal of the gang. Republican
or Democrat, always has been, always
will be, a bitter enemy of The Ore
gonian. The reason is plain: The
Oregonian is the one force In this State
of Oregon which will not enter into
any combination with those who are
in politics or public effort of any kind
for what there may be "in it." It
hates self-seekers and mere partisans
who study only their own advantage,
regardless of principle; it detests liars,
time-servers, cheats and humbugs, and
naturally is detested by them. Its only
appeal is to honesty and intelligence,
which in the long run will always pre
vail. On these principles its para
mountcy in the journalism of Oregon
has been gained and maintained.
But it has had a hard world to work
in, and has, done the best it could
with the materials and in . the condi
tions about it. Such errors as it has
committed have been those, mainly,
into which it has been led by attempts
to get along with the utterly corrupt
scoundrels who have had the lead in
our affairs and whom the people often
have bjlndly supported. Tet the peo
ple must not be blamed. They have
been misled or many of them by
the local self-seeking corruptionists.
Including those whom (as Horace
Greeley said) God in his Inscrutable
providence has permitted to edit or
control, for their own political or per
sonal ends, a large proportion of the
village and country newspapers. We
beg the Medford Tribune not to .con
sider this unkind.
So no more at present, but
SOMETHING ABOUT CAESARS.
Doubtless the American people know
what they want. If they want Presi
dent Roosevelt for another term Jt is
because they know. what they want.
Superior minds will tell them that
another term would convert this re
public lhto a monarchy. We should
be Mexicanized. Mexico can have no
body but Diaz. But are the Ameri
cans Mexicans and is Roosevelt Diaz?
If bo, no sentinel crying from the
watch tower will change them.
There is a lot of stuff about Caesar.
He crossed the Rubicon. He defeated
Fompey, the aristocrat. His party de
stroyed the faction that called itself
republican, at Phillppi. All that hap
pened because the Romans knew what
they wanted. . ,
But should the American people call
President Roosevelt to serve a third
term, it would not be done' because
they want a Diaz or a Caesar, either of
whom would be impossible and use
less, but because they want a man for
present emergencies and conditions in
the United States of America.
They who know a good deal about
history don't fool themselves on sup
posed or imaginary historical analo
gies. A country is carried forward by
forces developed within it, each coun
try in its own way. Its tendencies never
can be arrested. Statesmen can only
adapt themselves to them. Caesar was
the man Rome required. And because
it required him it produced him. Roose
velt is the man America requires. If
It wants him to go on with its work
it will have him, or some other who
will carry out the work it wants, in
ways which Roosevelt has shown. The
man. who awakens the consciousness
of a country and shows a country what
it wants, and how to get it, is the man
of his time.
. A REBUKE FROM CALIFORNIA.
For some time The Oregorilan has
held and expounded a theory that the
perennial sunshine of Southern Cali
fornia acts deleterlously upon the In
tellects of those who live there. Nat
urally, therefore. The Oregonian Is
pleased to find the theory confirmed
by the present mental condition of the
Los Angeles Times, though it is sad
withal to behold a valued contempor
ary suffering from what appears to be
softening of the brain. In its lunes
and ravings, which are painful to wit
ness, the Times seems obsessed with
two fixed ideas, or what pass for ideas
in Southern California. Anywhere else
they would be called insane delusions.
One of them is that The Oregonian
teaches Democratic tariff doctrine; the
other, that Oregon has done a terrible
thing In adopting the initiative and
referendum. In Its occasional acces
sions of violent dementia the Times
speaks of these measures as "vicious."
To proceed decently and In order,
let us for a moment dwell upon the
sad hallucination of our distracted
contemporary that The Oregonian
teaches Democratic tariff doctrine.
What kind does the Times teach? In
one sentence It says that "tariff pro
tection is distinctly for America a sci
entific truth. Immovable in its absolute
correctness." Grand, isn't it, in its
rock-ribbed stability? Well, read on
into the next sentence but one and
there you will find the Times saying
that "tariff protection has never been
held to be anything more than a wise
and just expedient, applicable at one
time more or less than at another
time, and to one country more or less
than to another country." Now the
tariff cannot be scientific truth immov
able in its correctness and at the same
time an exceedingly movable expedient
shifting as sound policy dictates. It
may be one or the other, but it cannot
be both. Which of the two does the
Times think it is? If our contempor
ary believes that the Dingley sched
ules are either scientific or immovable,
its mental state is a subject for grief
but not for argument. If it believes
that the tariff ought occasionally to be
revised for the- good of the consumer,
then it agrees with The Oregonian,
and if we are Democrats so is our be
loved brother of the radiant south and
the odorous orange groves.
The Times loves the blessed Dingley
tariff for many, many reasons,' but
chiefly because it secures high wages
for our own industrial classes. This
overflowing affection for "our indus
trial classes" is always edlfyingly to the
fore when a standpatter is talking for
Dingleylsm. The Times uses the cant
of its sect in the phrase, but if one
wants to know what it really thinks
about the dear "industrial classes," he
must read in the same article the sen
tences about "the vicious labor unions"
which are so prone to "commit arson,
robbery, assault and murder." If the
tariff really did raise workingmen's
wages, does any sane person believe
for a moment that the Times would
stand for it? If it wants wages raised,
why does it hate the unions so? That
is what the unions are for. If our
standpatters want the Dingley rates
retained because they hold up wages,
why are they the first to cut wages
whenever a plausible excuse for it oc
curs? .Why do they engineer a panic
for the very purpose of providing such
an excuse? One can pardon much
nonsense to an - enfeebled mind, but
this cant about Dingleylsm raising
wages grows a little rank.
Upon the whole, therefore, if The
Oregonian is "exceedingly Demo
cratic" on the tariff, we are con
strained to remark that the Times on
the same subject is exceedingly silly.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHIPPING.
The Great Lakes have for many
years proved a most attractive field for
Investment In maritime enterprises.
The carrying trade on these fine
stretches of water has grown into pro
portions so vast that the volume of the
traffic handled Is difficult to compre
hend. The ever-increasing business
has been met each year with larger
and more powerful steamers, until to
day the average tonnage of the mod
ern lake freighter is nearly as great as
that of the tramp steamships which
ply round the world in the deep-water
trade. The Department of Commerce
has just issued a statement showing
the vessel movement in the Great Lakes
district for the month of October, and
for the season to November 1. Ship
ments from the Lake ports for the
month of October reach a grand total
of 11,826,003 tons, 'a gain of 28 per
cent over October, 1906.
Vessel arrivals at the Lake ports for
the first ten months of the year
reached the enormous total of 65,281
craft of 86,672,486 tons register. Some
grasp of the enormous volume of this
maritime commerce can be had by
comparison with that of Liverpool, the
greatest of all European shipping
ports. That great port on the Mer
sey from its miles of docks and quays
sends out a fleet which draws to Great
Britain tribute from every known por
tion of the globe. It Is not only the
great shipping port for that Industrial
hive. Great Britain, with its thousands
of immense factories, but it draws a
passenger and freight traffic from all
over Continental Europe. But this
wonderful port, which is famous the
world over for the greatness qf its
maritime traffic, for the year ending
November 1 handled but 25,635 vessels
of 34,128,422 tons register, or consid
erably less than one-half the number
engaged, in the Lake traffic in this
country for the past ten months.
Vessels plying out of Liverpool in
clude some of the largest ships afloat,
among them being such craft as the
Mauretania and Lusitania, but t'e av
erage net registered tonnage of the
American Lake craft "was but sixty
tons smaller than that of the Liverpool
fleet. The Lake traffic has been stead
ily increasing for the past ten years,
but the greatest; increases have been
noted within the past three years Much
of this increase can probably be traced
to the growing size of the vessels en
gaged, there being a corresponding
economy in operation and lower rates
for freight. Tills increase in the size
of vessels is shown in the business
which passed through the canals at
Sault Ste. .Marie and Ontario, Canada,
the movement this year being 17,983
vessels of 38,431,953 tons register,
while last year the 19,462 vessels pass
ing through registered but 35,553,974
tons.
The wonderful showing made on
these inland waters, where freight is
carried at a lower cost per ton per
mile than anywhere else on earth, of
fers a gleam of hope that the success
achieved there may some day extend
to the ocean highways. At various
times in the past, when business has
become slack on the Lakes, some of
the big freighters have made their
way down through the canals to the
open sea, and have steamedi round
the world and demonstrated their
worth in competition with foreign ves
sels. There will be an increase in
these deflections from the Lake fleet ap
time goes on, and some time in the
future, when the big profits now pos
sible on Lake traffic are reduced, the
more modest remuneration of the
deep-water trade will not be ignored,
as it is now.
The Government quarantine official
at Astoria does not believe, or at least
he says he does not believe, that the
service would be improved If he were
stationed within easy reach of the
quarantine grounds instead of at As
toria. He blames the North Head re
ports for the delay in reaching the
vessels. This is a flimsy excuse. If
the quarantine boat were to be' sta
tioned at Fort Stevens, near the quar
antine grounds, it would be possible In
clear weather to sight vessels almost
as soon as they could be sighted from
North Head. And in hazy weather the
vessels 'would come right into the
quarantine grounds without being re
ported from North Head. No ship en
tering the river, whether she is report
ed from North Head or not, should be
compelled to wait until the news of her
appearance on the quarantine grounds
reaches Astoria and the quarantine of
ficer has had time to make the long
trip down to the entrance of the river.
The business Interests of Portland are
of greater Importance than the con
venience of the Astoria quarantine of
ficials. While the National Rivers and Har
bors Congress is not committed to any
specific waterway Improvement proj
ect. It is qMite reasonable to assume
that the Mississippi Valley would be
one of the first places reached in the
expenditure of the money asked.
This may account ,for the willingness
of Speaker Cannon to spend the ac
cumulated Treasury surplus in making
waterway improvements. Such a plan
would, of course, tend to strengthen
Mr. Cannon in his own state, and it
would incidentally reduce the Treas
ury surplus to such proportions that
he could logically oppose tariff reform
on the ground that our surplus was
exhausted and more revenue was a
necessity. Any measure that comes
before Congress and finds Uncle Jo
seph unmindful of the Interests of the
Cannon family will be obliged to sneak
in the back way and remain deathly
quiet.
Senator Hansbrough's 1)111 permit
ting homesteaders to be absent from
their claims during the four Winter
months is a wise measure. By per
mitting absence during that period the
Government can reasonably demand
residence during the rest of the year.
As a matter of fact, it is all a man's
life Is worth to try to live on a home
stead in the Middle West in Winter.
Even on the Pacific Coast, where the
Winters are warm, there is no reason
why residence should be required in
the Winter.
Writing In a Jackson County paper,
C. B. Watson, of Ashland, says that at
one time the ocean extended to the
present city limits of that town and
there was a broad expanse of water
down through what is now Western
Oregon. He does not express the
hope, however, that the Inland sea will
Be restored as a means of getting sat
isfactory transportation between Ash
land and the Columbia River. Even
a jerkwater train is to be preferred to
the flooding of Western Oregon.
The situation In San Francisco as to
Calhoun and Ruef is peculiar. It Is
evident that the prosecution will find
it necessary, in order to convict Cal
houn, to assure Immunity to Ruef.
But this is likely to raise another dif
ficulty. Let it be understood that
Ruef is to go free, and it will prob
ably be difficult, perhaps, impossible,
to impanel' a jury that will convict
Calhoun.
It Is useless for the Western Feder
ation of Miners to "denounce" Presi
dent Roosevelt for sending soldiers to
Goldfleld. He has sent them on the
call of the Governor of the State of
Nevada, as the statutes require. Let
the Western Federation elect the next
Governor of Nevada. Wonder how
the present Governor slipped In?
Those who protest because the
motto "In God We Trust" has been
taken off the coins might start a
movement to have these words in
scribed over the entrance to every
public school. Surely the words are
as appropriate over a schoolhouse as
on a coin.
Twenty-one minutes in a flve-day
schedule may seem, unimportant to
those who are In no special hurry, yet
this one-third of an hour serves to
crown the Mauretania Queen of the
salt seas.
. Ex-Senator Clark says 16 cents is
enough for copper. If he had im
pressed this truth on the Heinze gang
three months ago, what a deal of
trouble we should have escaped.
It takes the people of a small town
longer to get over the excitement of a
city election than it does the people of
the entire country to get over the ex
citement of a National election.
- Banks can do a great deal toward
restoring connaence Dy aeaung as lib
erally as possible with their depositors.
Depositors don't want their money if
they know they can get it.
With all sections demanding deeper
rivers and harbors and counties every
where going dry, it may be asked. Is
the whole country getting on the water
wagon?
W. J. Bryan was in Pittsburg Thurs
day. His friends will feel relieved
when they learn that he has escaped
without injury to his morals.
THE REFERENDUM IN ITS HOME
How It Work In Presest-Dsy Prob
lems In Switzerland.
Indianapolis Star.
Among certain elements of the Swiss
peasantry there is a tendency to reject
measures submitted to the people un
der the referendum because, as good
observers explain, only a negative vote
seems to them a real exercise of power.
To approve, villagers have said to in
quirers. Is "merely to follow the leglsla
torsand ruling circles; tc disapprove i
to show that the people have some
thing to do with the making of the
laws.
Exactly how much allowance must
be made for this sentiment is not cer
tain, but it is interesting and signifi
cant to learn that the latest important
instances of the referendum in Switz
erland exemplify very different traits.
All Switzerland voted a few days ago
on a law to extend the citizen's term
of "military service and Increase the an
nual expenditure on defense by about
1(500.0 00. The Socialists, Radicals and
"Passlvlsts" had made a vigorous fight
against the proposal, declaring it un
necessary and reactionary. But it was
approved by a vote of 300,000 to 250,000.
The failure of the recent peace confer
ence to take action toward armament
limitation and reduction of military
budgets is believed to have had not a
little effect in promoting the ratifica
tion of the law in question by the Swiss
people. "
Another referendum held a short
time ago settled, for the Canton of Ge
neva, the hotly discussed question of
separation of church and state. The
voters were divided into many groups,
the Socialists, a majority of the Cath
olic;, a minority of the Protestants,
and some others favored separation,
and they carried the day. The move
ment was neither antl-rellglous nor
anti-Protestant, for the strongest argu
ment of the separationlsts was that the
Geneva "National" (Cantonal) church
would gain, dignity, strength and pres
tige by becoming independent of state
aid and supporting itself as the Free
Protestants and the -Catholics have been
supporting their churches.
Each Swiss canton nas its own es
tablished church, and the vote of the
Genevans to put all churches on the
same basis, so far as state recognition
is concerned, will no doubt influence
the other subdivisions of the federal
republic. At any rate, in both in
stances, the people affected voted to
accept or ratify the proposed legisla
tion of moment after a full and spirited
discussion of the pros and cons of the
respective questions. Their action has
aroused much discussion in France,
England and elsewhere, for the refer
endum is being advocated in countries
where it Is hardly known even British
Conservatives favoring it as a means
of settling differences between the
Lords and Commons and new argu
ments in support of that institution are
drawn from It. However, thoughtful
men recognize that institutions cannot
be transplanted without regard to dif
ferences of moral, political and his
torical conditions, and that what is
well worked in Switzerland small, in
tensely democratic, educated may not
be successful In other countries. With
us surely the referendum le getting
more than" a limited trial in these days,
thanks to Oregon, Oklahoma, local op
tion on liquor, home rule, and so on.
ED HOWE'S DAUGHTER ON RATS.
Miss Mateel Makes a Confession In a
Letter In Her Father's Paper.
Atchison Globe.
I see by the Globe that an Atchison
woman has the distinction of wearing the
ugliest hat not only in Atchison, but in
the whole world. I am glad I am not
there, and have not been this Winter, or
it would mean me. My father and I
never could agree on hats. In fact I think
we disagree more violently over hats
than on any other subject ever broached.
Those he would pick out for me I would
not wear in a million years. Those I pick
out for myself he loaths. In Paris he
took me to a fine place, and selected a
hat for me. I wouldn't have it. There
upon he left the store, and when I re
turned to the hotel with a hat of my
own selection he wouldn't look at it.
But I have never yet bought a hat Just
exactly as I want it. When I do, I ex
pect father to throw a fit and die. My
ambition in hats is. to have a huge hat
with a long luscious curling plume that
winds around "the hat a few times, and
then hangs away down over the brim.
Never have I been able to afford that
plume, and every year I want one thick
er, and longer and more curly. Every
time I get money for a suit and hat anil
Winter clothes, I have to hold myself
to keep from putting it all into that
plume. However, it may me Just as well
that I do not, for I am perfectly confi
dent that a hat made entirely to suit me
and just as I planned it would be too
much for daddy's constitution. Conse
quently, as yet, I have nobly and un
selfishly foregone that plume.
Aren't men funny things, anyway?
That youngest brother of mine looks all
right on the outside, but you should see
his underclothes! They are always in
tatters, and he says it doesn't matter,
because they don't show! I will have
more to say on the subject of men later.
It's my favorite subject when I'm mad.
k M. H.
Portland, Or., November 14, 1907.
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LASTING FAME FOR EZRA MEEKER.
Proposal to Name Great Transconti
nental HlKhway for Him.
Salt Lake Republican.
It woufd be a fitting reward for his
services if Ezra Meeker's name should
be bestowed on a cement roadway from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The
man drove to the far Northwest many
years ago, following the Oregon trail
or helping to make it. In the- present
year he has driven East to New York
and later to Washington with his ox team
and covered wagon. His plan Is to in
terest the Government in the making of
a highway across the continent.
His driving d0e8 not add anything to
the evidences of its need. But his feat
has had the effect of calling attention to
the need of such a road. ' And in the
common acceptance of that sentiment lies
the hope that It mar be built.
They tell us that the automobile indus
try has only begun ; that the cars for next
year will be bigger than ever before;
that driving about In America becomes
more and more the purpose of the people
owning such vehicles.
If there were a cement road from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, there would be a
constant, procession of automobiles run
ning in both directions along that high
way. The side Jaunts into Interesting
territory to. the north or south would be
found easy. Americans would get better
acquainted with America. Millions of
money that Is wasted In Europe would re
main here, where It was made and where
It should stay.
Wedding Present 200 Years Old.
Virginia Pilot
At the wedding of Dr. John I. Camp
bell, of Shelbyville. Tenn., to Miss Mar-
garet Dickson Smith, of Wilmington,
N. C, one of the presents was a side
board made In Ireland 200 years ago, an
heirloom of the bride's family.
Woman Talker Dislocates Her Jaw.
Chicago Dispatch.
A woman in Alton, 111., talked so much
and so fast that her right jaw got out
of place three times in half an hour.
Traps 400 Muakrats In Fonr Weeks.
Baltimore News.
Daniel Stanton, of Bridgeport. N. J., a
champion trapper, has caught 400 musk-
jL.ra.ts in four weeks .
WHAT WILX YOU DOt
This Question Addressed to Republi
cans of Oregon. '
Corvallis Gazette.
Is there a Republican party in Oregon?
For long that party was under the
domination, in this state, of a few selfish,
self-seeking men who controlled the
party organization for their own personal
purposes. Party principles were lost to
sight or wholly neglected. The supreme
test of one's republicanism was fidelity
to the purposes and Interests of the party
"boss" or "bosses." The same test de
cided a man's fitness for public office.
For no office from ward constable to
Governor, inclusive, could any man not
acceptable to the party boss receive
nomination or be elected.
It may be recalled that at the behest
of a ring of party bosses, known as "the
state ring," Colonel Cornelius was nomi
nated for Governor. This was done In,
spite of the earnest protests of The
Oregonian, speaking for itself and for
scores of Republicans who firmly held
to the principles of the party but opposed
petty, selfish, personal politics. The re
sult of this election was the election of
Pennoyer for Governor. The result would
not have been greatly different had The
Oregonian given the most hearty support
to Cornelius, for many Republicans re
mained away from the polls and many
others voted for the Prohibition candi
date. D. P. Thompson was the next Repub
lican candidate for Governor. He was
well qualified for the office, yet many
of his personal friends, Including The
Oregonian, privately sought to dissuade
him from entering the race.
He was nominated but defeated at the
polls, largely if not wholly, by the men
who had supported Cornelius.
We charitably pass the next choice of
Governor with the remark that under
normal influences and conditions that
portion of the state's political history
might have afforded more pleasant read
ing. It is not forgotten that the next two
candidates of the Republican party, W.
J. Furnish and Dr. Wlthyeombe were
knifed to death at the polls by men call
ing themselves Republicans but who
know little of and care less for the prin
ciples, policies and achievements of the
party.
It is not only in Multnomah and Marlon
Counties that faction, always selfish, mis
chievous and reckless exists. It is seen
In every county in the state. In some
counties it finds its expression in county
papers which are easily controlled by
considerations other than party principles
and policies, and the fitness of men for
public office.
Will this factional spirit be continued?
Is there no Republican party in Oregon?
You must make answer, gentlemen. You
who have delighted In faction of the rule
or ruin sort must answer these questions,
answer them promptly and unequivocally.
There are probably no fewer Republi
cans in the state than ever before, but
the number who will support factional
ism in the party Is, we believe, on the
wane. It certainly should be. For our
selves faction and selfish purpose need
not look to us for any sort of support.
We believe in the principles of the Re
publican party. We are proud of its his
tory and its achievements, and shall con
tinue to support its principled and poli
cies because they are most beneficent.
What. Republicans of Oregon, of Ben
ton County, wilt you do?
Mother of Triplets Wants Reward.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch in New
' York World.
Attorney-General Bonaparte received
this letter from a Southern woman:
"Dear Sir Can you give me any infor
mation In regard to the amount due to
the mother of triplets? If you can, I
will be obliged to you and thank you for
your kindness and pay you the amount
due you for . your trouble. I am the
mother of triplets. Can you give infor
mation required?"
The Attorney-General replied:
"Dear Madame I regret to say that I
know of no provision by law for com
pensation to one who has done as well
by her country as you have. Apparently
this constitutes a regrettable omission
in our existing laws. Your only reward,
therefore, will be the satisfaction you
cannot fall to feel at the thought that
the worthy citizenship of the country has
been so notably augmented through your
agency. I am not entitled to any com
pensation for correspondence connected
with my official duties, so that I can only
thank you for your liberal intention to
wardxne in this respect."
Busy Stork Wins a Postofflce.
Roebllng (N. J.) Dispatch in New York
World.
President Roosevelt has granted this
place a postofflce on account of the won
derful activity of the Btork hereabouts.
A delegation of citizens called at the
White House and told him that there
had been births in nine-tenths of the 300
families since the place was established
as a manufacturing center two years
ago.
Before the delegation got back home
Mr. Roosevelt . had abolished rural free
delivery in Roebllng by appointing A. L.
Major postmaster. Forty-two births in
the last week bring the town to the front
as the champion stork community of
New Jersey. On two days in succession
the famous bird paid visits to nine houses,
and for the last month the births have
averaged at least two a day.
Onion Man Drops Down and Out.
Aurora (111.) Dispatch in New York
World.
The contest of the single food expo
nents resulted in the onion man going
down and out. Dr. T. L. Allen, the US
holder of the peanut, has overcome one
of his rivals. James Hurcell has been
compelled to give up a green onion diet
after six weeks. Edgar Brobst, the bean
eater, and Henry Shoden, the sauerkraut
advocate, are still feeding on their fav
orite diet, but the goober Btandard-bearer
is confident that they will fall by The
wayside before 60 days have elapsed.
Brobst, like Allen, is on his 15th day.
Both are feeling well.
You'd Better Come Home, Daddy.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
A little New York boy Who signs only
"Ralph" has sent this letter to the Star:
"Dear Daddy Mamma and the baby
are 111 worrying over you. Won't you
please let us hear from you? We all need
and love you. Your loving son,
"RALPH."
This pathetio little note was accom
panied by a slip adressed to the edltpr
of the paper, as follows:
"Won't you please print this in your
Washington Star for a little boy who Is
hunting for his father, and the last we
heard of him he was in Washington,
D. C?"
Australians to Turn Black.
Kansas City Star.
' Professor McMillan Brown, ethnologist,
holds that, the future Australian people
will, in all probability, be black. The
Polynesians, he said in a lecture at Syd
ney, came originally not from America, as
has been supposed, but from Asia. They
were white, and changed color, Just as
the future Australian may do as the cen
turies go on, at least in the tropical re
gions of the North. The violet rays of
the sun will turn him black in course of
time.
The Old Familiar Sound.
Baltimore News.
The editor of the Garrett, Md., Journal
acknowledges the receipt of a cabbage
weighing 19 pounds, presented by a rural
subscriber.
NATIONAL 0
ORGANIZATION of the Oregon Na
tional Guard on a Regular Arir.y.
basis will be perfected by January 21,
as required In general order 22 J. lately
sent out by the War Department. 'I'.c
State Military Board has decukij oil
making every change necessary to per
fect conformity with the new order.
The elimination of the Fourth Ore
gon as a regtnfent was the most im
portant change. Just what disposition,
will be made of the regiment eventual
ly remains to be seen. At present it i
designated as the First SeparateBat
tallon, with the three remaining com
panies as separate companies. Tlie.
commanding officer of the battalion,
has not been designated.
While Colonel George O. Yoran and.
the regimental staff are left without a.
command, they will retain their com
missions and remain in the service of
the state. The two battalion majors,
will finally be given commands, as It
Is the present intention to muster in,
another company of Infantry, which,
will make the designation of two sepa-.
rate battalions possible. During the
reorganization period it is possible that,
the First Separate Battalion will be,
eliminated and the whole of the South
ern Oregon Guard contingent maln-i
tatned as separate companies.
While Southern Oregon was the hardest
hit by the unexpected general order,
other commands of the Oregon Guard
did not escape. Every organization la
affected for the order requires as much
as anything else that the minimum
strength of each company of Infantry
shall be 68 men while the field battery
has to hustle up 133 men.
Not only must company commandess
get 68 men but they must have them on
their rosters by January 1. Adjutant
General Flnzer has sent out notification
to the various company commanders that
failure to recruit up to the minimum
strength will cause prompt mustering out
of the service. Should any company of
the Third Infantry fall below the min
imum it would be disbanded and one of
the separate companies assigned to the
regiment to conform with the regulations
as to regimental strength.
At this time there is but one company
that appears to be in peril and that is
Stationed at Albany as a part of the
Third Infantry. This command has but
one officer. Second Lieutenant FroLst,
and Its weekly drill average is ridicul
ously low. At present, however, the Al
bany Guardsmen are hard at work on
the problem of reorganization and t,hey '
are making a last stand to save their
company from the fate of disbandment.
The battery had the hardest row to
hoe, seemingly, inasmuch as it was re
quired to get 133 men. There will bo no
trouble about getting them, howover, so
the battery officers report. Applications
for enlistment are received dally but
only the best material is being taken.
The Increase makes place for another
Lieutenant. The battery's first sergeant
will very likely be commissioned.
Medford, in Jackson County, is determ
ined on having a company of Infantry.
Seventy-five residents of the place have
signed the rolls and sent In a petition
to be mustered into the service. A com
munication accompanying the roll of
names carries the information tliat about
one-fourth of those on the list have seen
previous service in the Guard, volunteer
or regular service. The petition Is row
on file at headquarters, but will be acted
upon in the course of a few weeks, it Is
believed.
That Medford has a good chance of
winning is apparent since its showing Is
a good one and it has been practically
decided to recruit another company In
Southern Oregon in order to make the
designation of the separate battalions
possible, later on. Many towns have ap
plied for equipment for a company but
Medford, thus, far, has mada the boat
showing.
Early in the coming session of Con
gress the Government is going to be
asked to increase the National Guasd ap
propriation from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000.
Strong pressure will be brought to bear
for the passage of the measure and
many of the leaders in military legisla
tion will favor the . increase. There
seems a reasonable basis for belief that
the Increase will be allowed.
The money can be used to good ad
vantage in Oregon. Many things are
needed in the way of new equipment
and stores. The enlisted men need new
olive drab uniforms and drab overcoats
and many new field stores could be used
if they were available. This will not be
the only, beneficial result of the Increase,
however, nor the most Important one.
The thing of greatest benefit to the serv
ice will be the longer periods of field
service, by far the most Important part
of the Guardsman's military training.
Decorations are now being sent out
from General Finzer's headquarters for
expert riflemen, sharpshooters and
marksmen. Many of these badges will
go out to the various companies, as the'
showing in rifle practice the past year
was an exceptionally strong one. A re
port on the standing of the different
commands in range work will be issuud
shortly from headquarters.
The annual meeting of the National
Guard Association wil be held at the
Armory, Friday, December IT, at 10
o'clock A. M. There is much Important
business to be transacted at that meet
ing and a full attendance of officers
is expected.
The Navy Department has Just issued
a report showing that remarkable ad
vancement has been made in marksman
ship within the past year. The average
score per man is shown to be practic
ally double that of last year. While
there was a falling off in the number of
participants in rifle practice from 10.3
to 9206, yet the average increase per
man was 15 plus. The percentage quali
fying as marksmen and better Increased
from .35 to 9.89. In the face of this show
ing and the fact that the Navy carried ;
off highest honors at the National rifle
competition this year, the Army may
come to find itself thoroughly beaien at
its own game.
Some Money Left. .
New York Herald (Nov. 30).
Money hoarders and croakers arr com
mended to the records of the ho'arj sale
In Madison Square Garden on Thursday,
when a total of $150,000 was taken in and
one trotter brought $30,000. :be hjgtiest
price paid for an animal of that class at
auction In ten jears or more.
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