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PORTLAND. MONDAY, JANUARY f, 1808.
MITCHEIX-ITI.TON-HF.NEY-HALL-BROWNEIX.
The people of Oregon have a right
to know all about the origin and basis
of 'the accusations made by Mr. He
ny against Mr. Fulton. Mr. Heney
says he is prepared to substantlate
efery. ' statement regarding Senator
Pulton that he has made for publica
tion. Have accusations been pub
lished In Collier's, In the American
Magazine, iri.The Oregonlan, that Mr.
Heney hafs not given "out for publica
tion? Of course Mr. Heney will not
quibble In this business., .
Today The Oregonlan reprints the
whole letter written by Mr. Mitchell
and approved by Mr. Fulton, of which
extracts were given .out to Collier's
and to the American Magazine. Who
furnished these extracts, for publica
tion?. .But perhaps this isn't Impor
tant. . The letter doubtless came from
Mr..Br'owneH, It. would be character
istic, "of his open and honest manner
of dealing, to make a full showing of
everything. But never mind how the
letter obtained publicity. There It is.
It will be seen that the greater part
of the letter is devoted, to an effort of
Mr. Mitchell, approved In the post
script by Mr. Fulton, to excuse them
selves from supporting Mr. Brownell
for? the nomination ..for Congress.
Then follow a couple, of paragraphs
from which it Is assumed that Mitch
ell and'Fultpn had been trying, to pro
tect Brownell- from prosecution for
participation in certain offenses, and
that John H. Hall was to be continued
; In the office of District Attorney on
condition that Brownell should be
"protected" from such prosecution.
.We shall not say that Mitchell and
Fulton were not willing to serve
Brownell In any way they could. He
had been an earnest supporter, an
active and indispensable soldier, in
support of one of them and then of
the other. But Mitchell stood Inflex
ibly for- Moreland for District Attor-hey-
i Fulton" saw it would not do-to
press Xor Brownell., . And both Mitch
ell and Fulton refused Brownell's ap
peal to them for help in his effort to
get the nomination for Congress. The
letter shows this unquestionably. "But
neither Mitchell nor Fulton was urg
ing reappointment of Hatt. That re
appointment finally was made on the
motion of Heney himself, .without the
rf oommendatlon of the Senators, and
w ithout their, .privity or knowledge.
But. Heney, some-time afterward, be
coming dissatisfied with Hall, caused
his removal.
The present controversy rages
round the meaning of the two para
graphs excerpted from the body of
the letter. It is assumed in the Col
:ller and American. Magazine articles,
"that evidently derive their inspiration
from Mr. Heney and In fact are ad-
; mitted by. him to have his support,
' that Brownell was to be protected by
Hall, on condition of his abandonment
of his application and claim to the
office of District Attorney. This In
terpretation Fulton repudiates, points
to the letter as showing that Brownell,
'.though he had wished to be District
.Attorney, had been forced to give that
up and was seeking the nomination
for Congress; and Anally that Hall,
whose reappointment Is said to have
been solicited by the Senators as a
means of securing "protection" for
Brownell against prosecution for par
ticipation in the land frauds, was re
appointed solely upon the recommen
dation of Heney himself, without th
knowledge of Mitchell and Fulton.
The fact seems to be .that Mitchell
And Fulton had done what they could.
to "protect . Brownell: but that they
-.had bargained to-get Hall reappoint
ed for that purpose and with that un
derstanding; is an assumption that not
rorily Is without support, but Is nega
tived by all the known facts; and es
pecially by the fact that Mitchell was
,. urging the appointment of Moreland,
'that the Senators had not agreed and
could not agree on any appointment,
and finally that the reappointment of
Hall was due to Heney himself.
Brownell, of course, was "a miscella
neous candidate." He had expected
at first to be made District Attorney.
That had slipped away or was becom
ing Impossible. Then he wanted the
nomination for Congress. Finally
everything had to be given up; and In
his characteristic way he has surren
dered the correspondence also, since
when the authorities of the United
States have been too busy to prosecute
him on their Indictments.
It cannot be supposed that The Oro
gonian holds any brief for the defense
or exculpation of Mr. Mitchell, Mr.
Fulton or Mr. Brownell. These per
sonages have not been prime favorites
with it. But it is a newspaper, and It
wants the public to have the faets and
the means of Judging them. ' If Mr.
Heney has any more documents to
present, or deductions from those al
ready presented that- will throw fur
them. light on these matters. The Ore
gonlan will be glad .to give them to
the public. ; - ;
MODERN GREECE.
President David Starr Jordan, In
writing the article on Modern Greece
which has stirred the wrath of the
professor of the University of Athens,
now In San Francisco, seems not to .
have remembered that the great po
etry of Lord Byron, which he uses as
his main authority on the spirit of
modern Greece, was written In By
ron's youth, years before the poet had
consecrated himself to the cause of
Grecian freedom. But so great Is the
place of Byron in letters that It Is not
surprising that any writer since: his
day should appeal to this poet's ob
servations and reflections on the coun
tries he visited, set forth in immortal
verse, as portrayals of the life, char
acter and condition of their peoples.
But Byron in after years, when he
revisited Greece and threw his whole
soul Into their struggle for independ
ence, spoke In commendatory terms
of the spirit of the people and of their
fitness for a new destiny. Had he
deemed otherwise of them he would
hardly have Joined them in their
struggle for liberty, or thought it
worth while to try to help or encour
age a people fit only for servitude.
But his poetry on the degeneracy of
Greece is splendid beyond all ofher
examples of its kind. There are many
passages, among which the famous
one, " 'Tis Greece, but living Greece
no more," is perhaps most remarka
ble. But this poem, "The Giaour,"
was written in 1812, a dozen years be
fore Byron went to Greece," to help in
her effort for freedom. Byron, when
he wrote this poem, was twenty-four.'
Of this particular passage, beginning
"He who hath bent him o'er the
dead," Lord Jeffrey wrote:
There Is Infinite beauty and effect, though
of painful and almost oppressive character.
In thta extraordinary passage;-la which the
author has Illustrated the beautiful but still
and melancholy aspect of the once busy and
glorious shores of Greece, by an Image more
true, more wonderful and more exquisitely
finished, than any we can recollect In the
whole compass of poetry.
That poetry of this quality and
there is.rnuch of It scattered through
out Byron's works (we may mention
further the wonderful ballad in the
Third Canto of Don Juan, beginning
"The isles of Greece, the isles of
Greece!") should stir the Imagination
and carry, captive even the under
standing of writers on modern Greece,
is not surprising. But Byron himself,
In his latest letters written from
Greece the last he ever wrote
spoke hopefully of the people, but
said: "They have at length found
leisure to quarrel among themselves,
after repelling their enemies, and it is
no easy part I have to play to avoid
appearing partial to one or other of
their factions."
We may fear also that Dr. Jordan
had not carefully read George Finlay,
the English historian of : modern
Greece, who Is able to see much in
the people that wins his approval and
even his admiration.
"Lord Byron," Finlay says, "did not
overlook the vices of the Greek lead
ers, but at the same time he did not
underrate the virtues of the people."
NEW TRADE TERRITORY.
At no previous period. in her com
mercial history has Portland enjoyed
such excellent prospects as the pres
ent for great expansion In new trade
fields in the Pacific Northwest. Rail
road development in the State of Ore
gon has for the past few years been
so uncertain that it might not be
proper to anticipate too much from
the Harriman system, although there
is excellent reason for belief that the
close of J908 will see both the Tilla
mook line and the Coos Bay line well
along toward completion, with at least
a beginning made In Central Oregon.
But, In those particular localities,
Portland is not building any extrava
gant hopes at this time. It Is from
other portions of the great Columbia
basin that we have positive assurance
of trade facilities for 1908, that have
rlever before been given us.
The coming of. the North Bank road
will give Portland merchants access
to a vast region from ' which they
have always been barred by lack of
transportation facilities. It not only
opens up a country big in area, but
rapidly increasing in population, and
In the production of traffic. Farther
Inland the Snake Blver line, which
was constructed Jointly by the Hill and
Harriman interests, will give this city
an opening In the wonderfully rich
Idaho Panhandle, which for nearly
ten years, has had no other outlet to
market than over the fearful grades
up Potlatch canyon, and the Cascade
Mountains. Although the Idaho coun
try is already sending out from 3,
000,000 to 5,000,000 bushels of grain
per year, there still remain vast tracts
of sufficient area to double, and treble
this yield when the facilities planned
are. completed. v
Another entirely new trade territory
for. Portland merchants was opened
up yesterday by a new tariff made
possible by the recent completion of
the Spokane & International railway.
Under this new class and commodity
tariff. Portland merchants are given
via the O. R. & N., lower rates In all
of the Spokane and International ter
ritory,; than are enjoyed by Puget
Sound -Jobbers. With the 'completion
of the North Bank road, there will
undoubtedly be a - readjustment of
rates which, will permit Portland Job
bers to reach much" Northern Pacific
and Great Northern territory farther
inland than the present terminus of
the North Bank's line. In ;. this con
nection it should not be forgotten that
it is the facilities of ocean transporta
tion thathave enabled Portland, as
well as the jobbers of Puget Sound, to
distribute much farther Inland than
would be possible were they at th6
mercy of the railroads for freight
commodities which they secure from
the Atlantic seaboard. ,
This ocean commerce by way of
the Tehauntepec route has already
reached such proportions that the
American-Hawaiian line is contem
plating establishment of a regular
service from this port to take place of
the present trans-shipment method.
The steamers are large carriers and
our channel to the sea must be kept
in the best possible condition In order
to bring th-am here. For incoming,
as well as outgoing freight, we must
maintain a channel in keeping with
the rail facilities which are now in
condition to handle traffic -of the Co
lumbia basin in unlimited quantities.
There should be no diversion of ener
gies in this matter, but the river
should receive first attention where it
will prove of greatest value.
ALASKA-TCKOX EXPOSITION.
- The beginning of 1908 finds the
Alaska-Yukon Exposition well under
way. The generosity of the Washing
ton State Legislature and the civic
pride of Seattle have made available
for the fair management a sum suffi
cient to enable the work to proceed on
a broad and comprehensive scale, and
it is a certainty that the great show
will open on time complete In all of
Its details. Seattle, with her custom
ary enterprise, is promoting the pub
licity of the affair to the fullest possi
ble extent, and It Is the duty of Port-,
land and Oregon to do likewise when
ever occasion offers. The Lewis and
Clark Fair In this city was the means
of bringing into Portland and other
portions of Oregon thousands of new
residents, who are glad they came,
and at the same time it attracted
other thousands to the State of Wash
ington. For similar reasons it would be im
possible to hold a fair of any import
ance in Seattle unless Portland and
Oregon should profit by it. Not only
Is It the duty of Portland to work for
the success of the Alaska-Yukon Ex
position, but individuals and commer
cial organizations throughout the state
should' strive to awaken an interest
that will result in every part of the
state being properly represented. Ore
gon has more standing timber than
any other state in the Union, and pro
duces more hops than any state in the
Union. Oregon apples, pears and
strawberries hold world's records for
high prices paid. The wool and stock
interests of the state are well at the
head of the list of all the states in the
Union. Oregon dairy herds contain
many winners of world records. These
facts, together with many others of
similar Importance, must be put be
fore the big crowds that will visit
the Alaska-Yukon Exposition. They
must be presented in a manner that
will be sufficiently attractive to cause
further investigation. Aside from this
self-interest view of the matter, we
owe much to Seattle and Washington
for the generosity they displayed In
supporting the Lewis and Clark Ex
position in this city.
MB. CARNEGIE'S OPPORTUNITY.
The tenement-house "strike" in
New York, with its attendant evictions,
would be a serious matter, even In
Summer, time. In the dead of Win
ter, when the icy blasts sweep down
on the poorly clad people, it is a ca
lamity. A New York dispatch in yes
terday's Oregonlan said that an at
tempt would be made to Interest An
drew Carnegie in a movement to build
modern tenement-houses to be rented
at a reasonable figure, based on oost of
construction and maintenance, instead
of on what could be wrung from the
poor sweatshop victims that dwell In
them. There are great opportunities
here for the steel king. The tenement-house
people can get along with
out libraries, but they must have
shelter. By cutting down the num
ber of libraries for a year or two, Mr.
Carnegie could build quite a number
of tenement-houses which would not
only relieve suffering and check the
rapacity of landlords, but might serve
to ease the steadily growing sentiment
against all property ownership, which
Is now being vigorously spread by so
cialist agitators. .
Out here in the West, where greed
and oppression have not yet become
such pronounced features of landlord
Ism as is the case in the East, it seems
difficult to comprehend the meaning
of a "strike" against rent-paying. The
owner of a tenement-house, or any
other kind of a house, has the right
to charge such rental as he sees fit.
If that rental is in excess of what the
renter believes to be right and just,
the natural solution of the difficulty is
for the renter to move and leave the
property in the hands of the man who
owns it. The value of the premises
will be determined by the law of sup
ply and demand. If they are not
worth as much as the landlord at
tempts to exact from the tenants, they
will remain tenantless. This right of
the owner to dispose of his property,
or to let others use It on terms fixed
by himself, is unassailable.
But there are certain features of the
New York tenement-house problem
which differ materially from those
which usually- determine the relation
between owner and tenant- . Nearly
all of the trouble which has arisen
through these dispossess notices has
been brought about by a system of
leasing tenement premises to men who
sublet to the tenants. In some cases
the profits of the lessees have been as
high as 60 per cent, which Is a re
muneration so exorbitant that it
should be declared unlawful. The
practice In effect Is a transfer of re
sponsibility from the owner to the
lessee, in order that the latter, hiding
behind the cloak of the owner, may
exact rents which the owner would
not have the assurance to attempt
openly. A tenement-house population
as a rules Is obliged to spend so much
time in the sweatshop grind that there
is no time for the study of ecdnomlc
problems.- It, requires, however, only
a superficial knowledge of conditions
to show the tenants that the middle
man is collecting toll from them out of
all proportion to the service they are
getting. The rents have been gradu
ally advanced until they are unbear
able, and the present revolt has fol
lowed. The Goebel murder, unUke most of
.the. Kentucky assassinations, was not
the result of a long-continued feud,
but was brought about through stren
uous politics. But the murder trial
which has followed the killing of Goe
bel, like the time-honored feuds,
seems destined to run on forever.
Caleb -Powers, by reason of the dls
; agreement of a Jury which stood ten
for acquittal, Is nearer liberty than he
has been on any of his previous trials,
but is not yet a free man, and so
much feeling has been engendered
over the affair that it Is not improb
able he will be 'knotted" by some of
the Goebel faction as soon as he Is released.
. The Chamber of Commerce Is In re
ceipt of a communication from Cap
tain Munger, of the revenue cutter
service at Port Townsend, stating that
a revenue cutter will- be dispatched
from that port on receipt of news of
disaster to shipping off the Columbia.
This Is good so far as it goes, but
there Is no logical excuse that can be
advanced by the revenue cutter serv
ice, or by any one else, why a revenue
cutter should not be stationed at As
toria, where It will be available in case
of emergencies. There are two reve
nue cutters on Puget Sound and three
in San Francisco. One of them should
be stationed at Astoria throughout the
Winter season, and as much of the
time through the Summer as could be
spared from the annual outing in
Behring Sea. Quarantine officials ob
ject to going to Fort Stevens because
It is too far from Astoria. Revenue
service men object to going to Astoria
because it is too far from San Fran
cisco. Both should be given a gentle
reminder that the interests of shipping
are of more Importance than the so
cial duties and pleasures of Govern
ment employes.
The Naw Vnrlr hnnlr "o f
which appeared Saturday, was" the
most favorablA nrsenrArl alnwk tVi a
cent trouble began. Reserves were
increased to the extent of more than
$8,000,000, most of this money com
ing from the Interior, which Is regard
ed as a hopeful sign of returning con
fidence in the New York bankers. The
deficit in the reserve has been reduced
to $11,609,550, and, as the January
dividends will eet into circulation rlil
week, it is believed that nearly. If not
all. Of this deficit will he wln.fl nut
this week. Receipts of gold from Eu
rope have not yet ceased, but the
movement is no longer forced, and at
heavy expensn to the importer, hur
on the contrary Is only a natural
trade condition caused by heavy bal
ances due this ct.untrv fnr riT-ni.f
sold abroad. The country is again on
the UD grade, and the leasnn will nnt
soon be forgotten.
In considering the "pay-as-you-enter"
car, have the street railway
managers taken Into account our Win
ter weather? With one hand engaged
in raising her skirt free from the
mud and the other carrying an um
brella and purse, to say nothing of
babies or bundles, how Is a woman
to pay her fare as she enters unless
she holds her nickel between her
teeth? Is the occasional inconven
ience one experiences at the gate -of a
railway station to become a part of
dally life of the plain people? Will
there not be irritating delay In board
ing cars? These queries suggest them
selves. Possibly Portland may adjuBt
herself to the Innovation and be norne
the worse for it. It may prove a time
saver which is Important; yet it will
be well to experiment with a few cars
of the new pattern before Instituting
Wholesale reform.'
The following Is given as a list of
the surviving Major-Generals- of the
Civil War, viz: On the Union side,
Grenville M. Dodge, Benjamin H.
Grierson, Oliver O. Howard, Wesley
Merritt, Nelson A. Miles, Peter J. Os
terhaus, Daniel E. Sickles, Julius Sta
hel and James H. Wilson. The Con
federates of the same rank now living
are: Simon B. Buckner, Samuel G.
French, Alexander P. Stewart, Ste
phen D. Lee, Will T. Martin. Robert
F. Hoke, Camillus J. Polignac,
Matthew C. Butler, G. W. Custis Lee,
L. L. Lomax and Thomas L. Rosser.
"We are curious to see what will be
done with Orchard," say the officials
of the Western Federation. Perhaps
they think he ought to be released.
They say he can't be believed, and has
lied straight through. Perhaps he
ought to be punished for perjury.
Steunenberg doubtless blew himself
up, Just to make a sensation. Orchard,
clearly, is the phenomenal liar of the
West.
Every newspaper dislikes to cor
rect blunders especially blunders of
inattention or ignorance. An editor
can't do much but try to hold down
his wrath and suppress expletives
when an article on such a subject as
"A Common Mistake In Literature" Is
embellished with repeated references
to "Rob (!) and His Friends."
It is a mighty fine thing to figure
up ."suspense earnings" on the basis
of what you imagine you are to earn
some time and then take the corre
sponding money out of the deposits
for use in maintenance of social pre
tensions and for travel to the Holy
Land.
A Sioux City newspaper -published
the ' report that a woman " Jack-the-Hugger"
had appeared in that city,
and since that time wives have been
unable to keep their husbands off the
streets at night. .
" Some prophet says Oregon will cut
no ice this Winter. What? Behold
how ably Senator. Bourne is upholding
the "second elective term" at Wash
ington. Huh! Is Oregon cutting no
ice?
The Washington "Booster Book" is
meeting a Joyous reception. Every
town in .the state is given' more popu
lation than expected. - Stroking the
cat down the back pleases the animal.
Orange County, New York, has a
centenarian who has burled thirteen
wives. Being more pious than pru
dent, he lately expressed the hope that
he would meet them all in heaven.
Great combination this year. Wash
ington's birthday. Memorial day and
Fourth of July come on Saturday.
Wonder if Daniel McAllen knows of
the latter.
In the wise provision of Nature the
coyote -keeps down the Jackrabbit,
But has anybody discovered a reason
for the existence of the jackrabbit?
Did the motorman and conductor
of the "no-stop" car who stopped It
long enough to maul a passenger vio
late a rule of the company?
Fortunately the second trial of
Harry Thaw will not develop new ex
posures of soclaj atrocities in New
York. -
ALIENS COME AND GO BY MILLIONS
AO Records for Trana-Atlantlo Travel
Broken In 1907.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Statistics gathered from the trans
Atlantic steamship companies show an tm
preeen dented volume of travel between
Europe and America for the year now
passing. Not only are all previous rec
ords broken, but they axe very badly
broken the total passenger movement
both ways being no less than 2.957,800.
against 1,984.688 for 1906, which in turn
broke all previous records. The ex
traordinary Increase of this year over last
is in considerable part due to the home
ward rush of alien labor thrown out of
employment by the financial crisis. The
figures are interesting enough to give in
detail or by classes in comparison with
the steamship passenger movement of
previous years:-
Westbound
Class 1. Claas.IT. Class HI.
MOT ,107.95 22fl.6RT 1.3U4.8S8
1906 . 87.471 180.038 1.210.162
1905 1K.6! 149.986 1.010,346
1904 80.4F.9 120,663 767,880
Cast bound.
1907
1906
1905
1804
,....100,26 10T.657
. 92.l:!9 SS.401
....... 88,367 76.909
80,021 70,891
BS0.045
307.480
246.430
814,263
It may be noted that, aside from the
third-class or Immigrant travel, the pre
ponderance of travel year by year Is in
this direction. The number of Americans
who go abroad to live Is very small com
pared with the number of Europeans out
side of the poor Immigrant class who
come here to stay. "Westward the
course of empire," etc
WORK ON THE PANAMA CANAL
Comparisons With the Ijrrmld of
Cheops and Other Great Labors,
The layman is enabled to get a definite
Idea of the rapid progress being made In
excavating the Panama Canal from the
following comparative statement, taken
from the latest Issue of the Canal Rec
ord: ' ,
The averare city block Is about 860 feet
square. The excavation from the Canal
Zone during the month of November would
cover ten city blocks to a height of 40 feet.
The Pyramid of Cheops, the largest of the
Egyptian pyramids. Is 750 feet square at
the base and 451 feet In height. It Is said
to have taken the services of 100,000 men
ten years to build a Toad from the quarry
to the pyramid and the same number of
men 20 years to erect the pyramid. The
Canal Commission Is moving an amount of
material equal to that contained In this
pyramid every B0 working days, and by
the end of the year 1908 It will probably
accomplish the came feat In a month.
The Sues Canal, under the original plan,
was begun In 1859 and completed In 1S69.
At the present rate of excavation, the Isth
mian Canal Commission could build the
Suez Canal In 3.8 years.
The Manchester Ship Canal. - length 85 H
miles, connecting Manchester, England, with
the seaport, of Liverpool, Is one of the large
ship canals of the world. The forces on the
Canal Zone are moving an amount of ma
terial equal to the excavation of this canai,
at present rates, every 25 months.
At the preeent rate of excavation, the
Istnmlan Canal Commission would build
Kaiser WUhelm's Kiel Canal, 61 miles long,
in a little over five years.
The Unhappy Millionaire.
New York Evening Post.
The poetry of the unhappy millionaire
is a natural development from the politi
cal apd economic thought of the last few
years. To the Cosmopolitan, E. H. Cle
ment contributes rather a strange sonnet
on the theme. It Is called "At the Nee
dle's Eye":
Lord, let me sleep tonight or let me die.
These plans will take a hundred millions
more :
Six millions everywhere I've given before
Sixteen times six Is nlnety-slx; that's nigh
The hundred that I'll make It, shall we
say 7
Or twice -a hundred? Only let sleep stay
Upon my eyelids that I may not see
Forever men I've ruined, crushed, or
' blocked
This face and that; whits, tortured, plead
ing, shocked
Poverty's great hosts taxed In their needs
for me.
Show -me but how to reach them, ril return
Dollar for . dollar and a dollar new,
- To. every woman, child, and man his due.
Ah, 'tis these mulcted poor that make' my
eyeballs burn!
One Way He Can Do It
Woodburn Independent.
No, it is not really necessary for a
Legislative candidate to sign Statement
No. L If a Republican, he can promise
to support the Republican choice of the
Republicans for United States Senator,
such choice being registered at the pri
mary election. That would mean the
election of a Republican and heeding the
voice of the true-blue Republicans of the
state of Oregon.
Little Nevada.
Hartford Courant.
The State of Nevada sprawls over 110,
700 square miles of the earth's surface;
the censustakers of 1900 found 43,335 in
habitants there less than half the pres
ent population of Hartford.. Nevada nas
one industry, several bad habits, a Gold
field trouble, a rather flabby Governor,
and no militia. Nevada is an Impressive
object lesson on the folly of picking ter
ritories before they are ripe.
We're Getting Together,
New York Tribune.
The venerable ex-Confederate who used
to wonder what Jubal Early, would say
"when he saw Joe Wheeler and Fitz Lee
comin into heaven in a Yankee uniform"
must be more than ever mystified row
that General Early's grandson has passed
the competitive examination and will be
commissioned a second lieutenant in the
United States Army.
Junction City Times.
What Editor 8. L. Moorhead calls a
"Home Edition" was issued as & supple
ment to his paper on January 4, -and it is
far and away the best printed of this
year's Oregon annuals. There are 116
illustrations of people and places and it
certainly does justice to Junction City
and the northern part of Lane County.
A- TEW SQTJTB6,
"He's a very prominent member of our
yacht club." "Indeed! what Is his official
capacity?" - "Pour gallons." Life.
Miss Screech Yes, mamma has kept the
wolf from the door for years by her sing
ing professor Dlggs Hem no wonder I
New York Globe.
"Now, chlliuns, everybuddy went Into dls
ark exceptln' de Roosevelt ob dat day."
'.What became of him, Uncle Ned?" "He
swum It out." Kansas City Journal
"Jane," floated downward a voice, "If
that's Mrs. soandso, I'm not In." "It is Mrs.
Soandso," floated upward a voice, "and she's
glad to hear It." Boston Traveler.
Town res, Muttley Is married. rMdn't
you know that? Browne No; why, he told
me he wouldn't marry the best woman on
earth. Towne well, he didn't Philadel
phia Press.
It Mr. Jefferson Davis of Arkansas sub
scribes to a clipping bureau he will And
that there's at least one exception to the
rule that the newspapers of the United
ftates never hand down a unanimous opin
ion. LouisvUle Courier-Journal.
The dropping of Harry K. Thaw from the
Pittsburg "Blue Book" recalls the query of
the soldier who was drummed out of his
regiment, and which was. "If I'm not fit for
that crowd, what In hades am 1 fit for?"'
"Hlchmond News-Leader.
The Poet What did you do with that
piece of manuscript on my table? His
Wife I used It to light the Are with. The
Poet Wretched woman! didn't you know
that paper contained a sonnet? His Wife
Tee. dear, I read the sonnet. Cleveland
Leader.
"To What Base Uses." Host I wish you
would let me give you some of this port. It
Is the very last bottle of my '47. Guest
Well, you may give me Just a little. I don't
like It, really; but the fact is I've been so
dreadfully troubled . with cold feet. Punch.
"That constable who followed a tenor
about the stage with a warrant for breach
of contract might have provoked the man
to worse crime." "I suppose you mean as
sault and battery?" "'No. But In his ex
citement the singer might have uttered a
false note." Philadelphia, Public Ledger.
OI R FALSE! PROPHETS.
Predicted Many Thlnars for 1907 That
Did Not Materialise.
New York World.
Many disasters, panics, storms, revolu
tions, and fatalities were predicted for
the year 1907. While some of these
prophecies actually came true, and others
did not, the 1907 prophets are pointing
to their verified predictions and" saying,
"I told you so." At the same time, peo
ple who have very little or no faith in
prophets certainly have abundant ex
cuses for remarking that, as usual, the
prophets of 1907 overstepped the mark
Nearly every imaginable kind of disas
ter was prophesied for 1907, and it is com
forting to note that so far roost of them
have not occurred, and also that as the
numbered hours of the dying year grow
fewer and fewer the prospects of these
dire predictions being verified during
1907 grow less and less.
For instance, Professor Edmund Scrib
ner Stevens, now a resident of Washing
ton, D. C. predicted that during 1907 the
whole aspect of the world was to be
changed.
"Old geographical lines will disappear,"
he announced. "Dynasties will crumble,
new states will arise. Established relig
ions, excepting Christianity, will fade
away, and social forms will be revolu
tionised. Across the face of the earth
a broad track will sweep an unknown
but desolating force. Cities will be laid
In ruins, mountains will be torn asunder,
parts of continents will vanish, and new
land will rise out of the sea."
Professor Btevens further predicted for
1907 the death of the Czar of Russia, fol
lowed by the freedom of the Jews from
oppression; the passing away of the Sul
tan of Turkey, with the restoration of
Palestine to the Hebrews; the death of
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria,
breaking the peace of Europe! the de
mise of the Dowager Empress of China,
bringing a new dynasty.
Mme. de Thebes, of Paris, came nearer
to the mark by predicting that the people
of the United States were to enter into a
period of misfortunes during 1907. She
said nothing about earthquakes and other
desolating forces, but one or two things
which she did predict, and which have
been verified, are interesting to look back
upon.
"Germany Is to be overwhelmed with
financial catastrophes and other scan
dals." said Mme. Thebes. "Many royal
houses all over Europe will be In mourn
ing. The Emperor of Austria will not
leave his crown to his expected successor.
King Edward is to figure as peacemaker
in a pitched battle between the Lords
and Commons. Belgium will go through
Boclal and political upheavals."
. Prophet Lee J. Spangler, of York, Pa.,
who predicted In the World. December 18,
1906, that during 1906 there would be a de
structive eruption of Mount Vesuvius,
great and destructive earthquakes In Cal
ifornia, earthquakes and volcanic erup
tions in all parts of the world, grouped
1907 and 1908 together In his ninth bul
letin of predictions, issued in May, 1906.
Facing about and looking forward, in
stead of backwards we are confronted
with a formidable array of predictions of
disasters and disturbances for 1908.
New York is to be destroyed. We have
seen our last Christmas. The whole
worlds in fact. Is to be destroyed, accord
ing to Prophet Bpangler. Prophet Gus
tavo Meyer, of Hoboken, N. J., contra
dicts Prophet Spangler and says that
such a prediction Is rash. But both agree
that there will bo great failures In the
commercial world and that there will be
railroad disasters, earthquakes, and at
mospheric disturbances.
Prince Courts for Ten Years.
Berlin Letter In New York World.
Prince Ferdinand's betrothal to Prin
cess Eleanor Reuss-Koeetrltz is more
interesting than has been generally
supposed. The Bulgarian ruler, who
lately declared it was his intention to
die a King, will be 47 years old next
month; his fiancee was 47 last August.
A year after his first wife's death (nine
years ago) the Prince met Princess
Eleanor at Coburg, and grew attached
to her for her kindness to his son,
Boris. A year afterward he proposed
to her and was rejected. Every year
since then he has renewed his proposal.
The Princess is noted for her work
among the poor. She nursed soldiers
In General Kuropatkin's camps. Final
ly, when her hair was fast silvering,
the Bulgarian Prince came along again
and was accepted.
The Dreaded Soup Kitchen.
Springfield Mass.) Republican.
One thing In particular the Republi
can politicians dread is appearance of
free-soup kitchen for the unemployed.
The havoc the eoup kitchen played with
the Democratic majorities in the hard
times of the early '90s was appalling.
Republican orators needed only to point
to them In order to prove on the spot
the responsibility of the party in pow
er. It is, therefore, most distressing to
observe preeent tendencies in New
York City. The soup kitchen threatens
to arrive at an early day. All the
charity organizations agree that grand
rush of Unemployed into New York has
begun, for already these agencies are
unable to meet the demands upon them
by the hordes of strangers.
Babies Mixed TJp at Birth.
New York Press.
Babies nearly alike were born almost
at the same time to Mrs. William H.
Lent and Mrs. J. F. Cross, of Port Jer
vls, N. Y., and the nurses got the babies
so mixed that the fathers offered to
toss a -coin to decide ownership. A
physician, however, identified the Cross
baby by a mole, and the situation was
relieved.
Identity Lost of Trrln Flarhters.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Lawrence and Clarence Hale, of Al
ton, 111., twins, got into a fight, but
their- accuser got "mixed," ' could not
point out the assailant, and the Magis
trate agreed to fine only the twin who
had a revolver. The boys thus saved
10. ,
Marries a Grandmother of Twelve.
Des Moines (Iowa) Dispatch.
David Louis Bounce, 21 years old,
married at Des Moines, Iowa, Delilah
Broyles, 60-vyears old, whose hair is
white and who i the mother of nine
children and the grandmother of 12.
The bride is three years younger than
her second husband's mother.
When the Toys Wake TJp.
"W. H. G. Martyn in Pearson's.
When father and mother- are fast asleep.
And there Isn't a noise in the house,
Except the sound of the wind outeide
Or the squeak of some little gray mouse.
There's a sudden stir In the Baby's room.
And It's lit with a wonderful light.
And wouldn't the nurse be surprised If aha
' saw
How ths Toys all change In the nlghtl
The little brown horse with the broken leg
Who is sleeping oy Baby's side.
Grows well again, and prances 'round
For the baby to take a ride.
And the Bowwow, too, who's lost ears and
tall.
He grow a most wonderful coat.
And you never saw such magnificent horns
As are grown by Billy the Goat.
And then In a twinkle the Soldierman
teps down from his round wooden stand.
And be and the doll with pretty blue eyes
s Start off for the Falrlea Land.
There are other Bablee to meet of course.
And other . Geegees to ride on;
And though they go fast and Jump over
high walls,
The babies don't have to he tied on.
And when they are tired, they ride back to
bed;
And the Soldier mounts guard once more;
And the Geegee nestles by Baby's side.
And the Bowwow stands by the door.
And no one knows when the morning comes
What keeps Baby so well and bright.
It's because of the wonderful things he did
When he played with the Toys by stent
STO EASY TASK TO DEFEAT BRYAX
New York View of the Task That Con
fronts the Republican Party.
Washington Special to the Brooklyn
Eagle.
In the opinion of a great many con
servative and far-seeing RepuM'cans, there
is entirely too much attention being given
In certain quarters to the scramble after
convention delegates, and not enough at
tention to the question of whether the
party can win at the polls in November
next. Friends of Governor Hughes say
that his candidacy will appear stronger
when the statisticians of the party' get
together and begin figuring on . a man
who can be depended on to carry certain
states that are essential to Republican
success next year.
One of the strong arguments of the
Hughes supporters is that he will be able
to carry New York against Bryan, or
against any Other man who is likely to be
nominated by the Democrats at Denver.
This is an argument that has much
weight with the representatives from the
Empire State, and they are gradually im-"
pressing the fact on politicians of other
states. The political talk up to this pe
riod has been chiefly about who will bag
the delegates from the various states to
the nominating oonventlon.
In their quiet, thoughtful moments,
many of the far-seeing men in the party
are somewhat puzzled with the outlook
for the next year. They are beginning
to realize that conditions are changing.
In their private talk they epeaJt of a
good many clouds on the horizon. They
hope the outlook will become more prom
ising; they are disposed to believe It will,
but they are Impressed with the fact that
ths time Is near at hand when the party
in power may all pause and take stock,
may well take a good square look nt the
situation as it exists today.
It is certainly true, these old wheel
horses of the party are saying, that If
preeent industrial conditions continue
throughout the coming year, the Republi
can party will have to exercise great
caution in making Its platform at Chi
cago, and In naming its candidate for
President. As they view the situation,
the Democrats, with William Jennings
Bryan or John A. Johnson as their candi
date, might win, if the election should
come on with business of all kinds de
pressed and a large number of working
men Idle.
At amy rate, these old-timers In ths
party are saying, it is well to proceed on
the theory that the Republican party
will not have any electoral votes to throw
away. All signs at present, according to
this seemingly sane view of the situation, '
point to a return next year of what may
be called normal conditions In this coun
try. The presidential election of 1904,'
when Mr. Roooev;lt received 838 of tba
47S votes in the electoral college, can not
be taken as a basis for making, predic
tions aa to the result of next year's elec
tion. One now hears a great deal of talk
among the old-timers to the effect that
sooner or later the states that must elect
a Republican President, if one is to be
elected, will be consulted by the forces
'that are engaged in shaping delegations
to the National convention. Recently
some of the veterans have been busy with
pencil and paper. They show that with
Oklahoma in the Union, the electoral vote
is Increased to 483. This means that the
man chosen -President must receive 2-12
votes.
' Before' a man is nominated at Chicago
there will, one, . may rest assured, be
some cold-blooded investigation and cal
culation to ascertain If the man In mind
can get the requisite number of votes.
The first fact of Importance that im
presses itself on these mathematicians is
that the party In power can hardly hops
to elect Its candidate without the vote oi
New York and Indiana.
It has been a political saying since the
war, that "as go New York and Indiana
so goes the Union." In the tidal wave
elections of recent years a Republican
could have been chosen without the votes
of these two states, bait the probability
is that If New York and Indiana had not
voted for the Republican nominee, other
Northern States would have given their
votes to the Democrats, and would have
made the election of a Democrat certain.
In picking a candidate who can win at
the polls, various possibilities will be
taken Into consideration by 4he Republi
can leaders who will, no doubt, assume
from the start that If they can put up a
ticket that can win In New York and In
Indiana, the party will be reasonably sure
of success. Not many of the Republi
cans in National politics expect the South
to do anything for the Republican ticket.
In 1904 Missouri contributed her 13 votes
to the Roosevelt column, and Maryland
gave the Republican electoral ticket one
vote. These 19 votes, well-posted politi
cians say, will certainly go back to the
Democratic column" at next year's elec
tion. Assuming that Bryan Is the Democratio
nominee and assuming also that he car
ries his own state, Nebraska, there Is a
loss of eight more votes. Then if New
York, New Jersey, Delaware and Indiana
should happen to go Democratic, the Re
publicans would lose the Presidency by
two votes. Or, if Bryan as the Demo
cratic candidate, should happen to carryj
some of the Inter-mountaih states and,
lose his own state, and New York and!
Indiana, for some reason, should join the
Democratic column and should carry withi
them New Jersey and Delaware, the
Democrats would win.
If perchance, Governor John A- John
son, of Minnesota, should be-nominated'
by the Democrats,, who wtU hold their!
convention a month after the Republicans'
have nominated, and he should carry
Minnesota with its 11 electoral votes, andi
should be successful In Indiana, in New
York and in New Jersey and Delaware,'
he would be a safe winner.
Newspapers He Likes.
From Mount Morris (III.) Letter to the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
I like the paper for its editorial ability,
for its uniform cleanness, and for its
great literary merits. I have taken pa
pers from all sections of the country, and
with the exception of The Oregonlan, its
editorials are unsurpassed. The unex
plained fault I have to find with it is
the mugwump disposition, occasionally,
to Insult hiro who happens to think un
like the editor. If I am now guilty of
the same thing, please pardon me, and,'
like George Eliot, call It "only temper."'
When your paper arrives I read much of
it aloud to my sister. She said last night,
"If my eyesight were good I would take
that paper." J. HIESTAND.
P. S. You have a Boston correspondent
whose egotistical comb needs cutting.
If They Keep On.
Eugene Journal.
If the politicians keep on- much longer
passing eight-hour laws and making le
gal holidays to get the votes of "work
ingmen" who can outvote the employers
and property-owners, the time will sooh
come when nobody ' will work but those
who carry on business or own property
and must work long hours and every day
Including holidays, in order to avoid
bankruptcy and be able to employ "work
ing men."
' The Norther Reunion.
Huntington Herald.
Dr. Edna B. Northey arrived in Hunt
ington from Portland Tuesday morning
for a visit with her husband.
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