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PORTLAND. MONDAY. JAN. IS. 1908.
A PLEA FOB PEACE.
Sincerely must every lover of his
country and of his kind deplore the
new difficulties that continue to arise
In the (so-called) Republican, party
of Oregon. John S. White, who years
ago was a well-known character in
Western Oregon, served in the Legis
lature from Washington County aaid
later from Multnomah, and spent his
last years in Umatilla, where he was
still, as always, an original character,
used to say of people who quarreled.
fell out with each other and quit, that
they "jowered and jowered, till they
all got ostracised," This will describe
admirably the condition of the Repub
lican party of Oregon. It's a fight all
round. The party has "all got ostra
cised." The fight in Oregon and at Wash
ington over the office of United States
District Attorney is but a feature of
th general row. It is nothing much
in itself, but is noticeable as one of
the burning chimneys, or blow-holes.
throug"h which the fire within finds
vent. It is tho attempt to fuse and
assimilate the populist and silver .and
half socialist crowd that hasumped
itself into the party, with The ma
tcrlals of the old historic organization,
that has produced this heat and sput
tcr, with occasional detonations. There
are those who wish it understood that,
in their opinion at least, Mr. Bqurne,
Mr. U'Ren and their familiars, are not
"the whole thing." But Mr. Bourne,
Mr. U'Ren and the new optimates ap
pear to think this opinion unreason
able. They wish to control and direct
the party without undue interference;
for are they not the original patentees
and sole proprietors of the new policy
of initiative and referendum, the pri
mary law and Statement No. 1? And
didn't they fight manfully for silver
and contend with sword and buckler
ngalnst the crime of '73, and blow their
rains' horns around the walls of the
gold-standard Jericho, which, walls.
however, didn't fall, but may be
brought down yet?
Every political faith and every re
ligious faith meets difficulties similar
to this, when its cult falls Into the
hands of a great body of new con
verts, who, fond of their own pagan
rites, proceed to corruption or change
of the old ceremonies, and push the
devotees from their customary stools.
Republican wprship has now been
carried from the sacred city t- the
groves or high places. What is to be
expected but "ostracism," as John
White used to call it, from the polit
ical syncretism which attempts to
unite such heterogeneous elements?
Mow here also Is "Gus" Closer,
great supporter of Governor Chamber
lain and of District Attorney Man
ning and other Democrats; big silver
man also, who comes up smilingly for
the Republican nomination for State
District Attornej, pleading his "serv
ices to the party" as his claim and
title. Some, however, who have
thought themselves Republicans, ap
pear not to appreciate those services
and here's a small bunch of trouble.
too. Such differences are extremely
unfortunate. The Oregonlan has been
doing what it could to compose these
various strifes; but it is quite discour
aged. It has been told that "Chris"
Schuebel though a mighty man for
Bryan and Chamberlain and a most
doughty champion of silver has been
professing to be a Republican for at
least a year and a half. That is long
enough to satisfy The Oregonlan, and
it ought to satisfy everybody. Unity,
; unity, brethren, is what you need. As
the Colonel of the National Guard
said to a couple of sergeants who were
quarreling over the possession of a
camp kettle. "Gentlemen, stop right
lhar! Resarvc your heat for the
inimy!"
This newspaper simply makes a
pica for peace and harmony. Closing
these remarks aa it began them, it re- object is to give a fair chance to a
peats, in the hope to add to its im- 1 class of children who are sadly han
pressiveness, the introductory sen- . dicappcd by physical infirmity,
tence, towit: '"Sincerely must every ' Recognizing this fact, large-hearted
lover of his country and of his kind ' philanthropy has succeeded in estab
deplore the new difficulties that coi. j lishlng three or four schools for crip
tinually arise in the (so-called) Ke- ! pled children in the great city. One
publican party f Oregon." ! on the East Side was started a few
! years ago, through the kind offices of
NEEDLESSLY SENSITIVE.
Japan, by her protest against the
disinclination of America to receive
her people, and by continual procla
mation of her sensitiveness about it.
on the assumption tnat her people
are objected to because of their sup-r
posed "inferiority to the Western or
white races, only emphasizes her
pique over the matter and half con
fesses what she wishes to deny. The
Orientals may hold what opinions of
themselves they please. For all we
care , they ma deem themselves equal
to us, or better. We are not raising
ny question of inferiority or superi
ority. We simply do not want them
in numbers among us, because of ra-
i in. auu vi.isiiuiij.il, uuici cui.ca. it
nn,4 . i ,3 ; T ........ T . 1..
oener tor Dom mat wo live apart.
And surely we ought to live apart
from each other In peace, with eight
thousand miles of Bea water between
us.
Suppose we do think ourselves "su
perior," what - should It matter to
them? It Is not best for incongruous
races to live together; for never yet
have such been able to live (together
without mutual injustice. Let our
people keep out of Oriental countries.
and let their people keep out of ours.
We may trade together, and some few
from each side may domicile in the
other's country.- But to bring great
bodies of their working people to
gether would be the height of folly.
The clash of industrial systems so dif
ferent would produce internecine war.
Japan discredits herself by showing
sensitiveness on this claim that Jap
anese are as good as Americans, and
are ready to fight to prove it. On our
part we are making no assertions
about relative or comparative "good
ness." We simply intend that Orien
tals shall not come in great numbers
to America. Canada and the United
States on this point will stand to
gether. It as little becomes Japanese as oth
ers to be talking about how good and
powerful they are, and how ready to
fight to prove it. Japan could make
fight, no doubt. She also might
lose her place on the map, by mak
ing a fool of herself. Russia may not
be done with her yet. The boon of
peace with Russia, secured to her by
President Roosevelt, was the greatest
benefit one nation has conferred on
another since the delivery of Italy by
Germany from Austria and France,
and in many-ways even greater than
that.
THE LONDON TIMES.
Sale of the London Times reminds
us that the old vein it has been "work
ing so long doesn't "pay" as it did of
yore. In other words, the Times has
not kept pace with the changing
moods of the English people. Jour
nalism is a progressive science, that
must adapt itself to changes of form
and fashion and spirit, like everything
else. The English are very conserva
tive; which accounts for the fact that
the Times has been able to follow its
old ways so long. The people now
want lighter journalism) at less price;
not less intelligent journalism, but
more vivacious Journalism; and in
closer sympathy with the mass of
readers. Something less grave, some
thing less elaborate, something less
ponderous in argument and less abso
lute in professorial, oracular and dog
matic spirit, than the Times, is neces
sary, even in England, for obtalnment
of many readers and large circulation.
And the price, too, has kept down the
sale. The Times costs three pence
six cents while the Telegraph, Post
and Standard are sold for one penny
and of excellent halfpenny morning
papers there are five or six in London
In these circumstances the Times
for years has found no growing cli
entele. Great paper though it is, Its
position is that merely of a class pa
per. Others have grown. in business
and it has not. In circulation and
advertisements the Telegraph far ex
ceeds It; and the Telegraph on the
whole, is as well written as the Times,
and comprehensive enough in Its news
and comment for all the purposes of
Journalism. "
Sale of the Times may be taken as
a sure sign that the paper has rela
tively lost ground. That its course
will undergo gradual change may not
be doubted. It will deal less elabor
ately with heavy subjects, leaving c
tended treatment of such subjects to
the reviews, and will be able to reduce
its price to that of its more nimble
competitors. High as its price is, the
Times has been giving too muei for
the money, and restriction of its cir
culation has prevented It from shar
ing the increase of advertisements that
has been coming during many years
to the London papers in general.
The halfpenny papers are now a
very important feature of . London
journalism. Not so large as our one
cent papers, they yet contain the news
and are well written, and it is credita
ble to them that they fall but little
into the sensational manner. ,
All English journalism has similar
appearance and character. The small
est and cheapest newspapers bear
some resemblance to the Times. It is
in the Times that the system may be
said to have gone to seed; yet even
that paper now will begin readjust
ment and new adaptation to the
slowly changing spirit of the English
people, against which it has fought for
a century in vain.
CHARITY OR JUSTICE
There are between three and four
thousand crippled children in New
York City, belonging to the class or
classes that attend the free public
schools. For obvious reasons these
children, or many of them, cannot
make their way physically with the
children who attend these schools
with any degree of safety or progress.
It is manifest, therefore, that special
provision must be made for their edu
cation, or they will be dependent upon
friends or the public, according to
their station, throughout life. Many
of these children are exceedingly
bright, quick to learn and appreciative
of any effort in their behalf.
To provide means for their educa
tion is therefore not a charity. It is
simply giving them an equal chance
with children more fortunately situ
ated by providing educational oppor
tunities that are suited to their con
dition. As tersely stated by the Out
look, such opportunty might better
be called anacfof Justice to these
children than one of charity, since Its
j a benevolent woman, in two rooms
j with a dozen pupils; it now occupies
two bouses on opposite sides of the
; street, in which, a hundred crippled
! children gather, or are gathered, for
their daily lessons. A part of the
equipment is an omnibus which takes
the children to school and returns
them again to their homes. Their
daily gathering place is a hospital as
well as a school. One or two physicians-
and a trained nurse are in at
tendance "upon this section of the
building; medical and surgical aid are
furnished when the condition of the
pupil requires it, and regular baths
are given to children who never knew
a bath before. The Board of Educa-
l tlon. as in the case of other public
schools
provides teachers and pays
their salaries, thus recognizing the
school as part of the public educa
tional system. But this, says the Jour
nal quoted, is the least part of the ex-'
pense of the undertaking. In the in
dustrial department girls to whom life
was before a burden, and who were a
burden to their parents, are making
exquisite embroideries and . earning
thereby their own support. A book
bindery has been established with the'
purpose of providing the means of a
livelihood to crippled boys.
Meeting on equal grounds in their
sport, their studies and their work,"
says the Outlook, "these children have
been called into life and are as full of
animation and happiness as any chil
dren one could wish to see." Truly
indeed, this work may be assessed as
Justice ratUer than as charity Justice
not only to the Children who suffer
under the handicap of physical de
formity, but Justice to the public that
must meet from Its endeavor all defi
ciencies that arise from the physical
inability of the individual to compass
self-support. If this is charity, it is
of a practical type; If justice. It is well
worthy of a place in the broad arena
of life in which the blind goddess
holds aloft her evenly adjusted scales.
But whether charity or justice, or a
combination of the two forces, it rep
resents an effort well worthy of the
civilization of the twentieth century.
ONE MORE REMARKABLE LEGAL
SUBTLETY.
An attorney was recently indicted
upon the charge that he procured the
plaintiff in a divorce suit to swear
that the complaint in that' suit was
true. When the charge against the
attorney came on for trial, the com
plaint was offered in evidence and it
appeared therefrom that the plaintiff
in the divorce suit had sworn that the
complaint was true, "as I verily be
lieve." It being apparent that the
plaintiff had not sworn unqualifiedly
that the complaint was true, the evi
dence was rejected and the charge
against the attorney dismissed. The
point raised by the defense was a close
one, but none the less Important for
that reason. It is the duty of attor
neys to be learned in nice distinctions
and to avoid the defects which arise
from failure to observe the difference
between an affidavit that a certain
thing is true and an affidavit that the
same thing is true "as I verily be
lieve."
Quite likely the Prosecuting Attor
ney in the case had not had occasion
before to consider this particular point
and therefore was not aware of the
distinction and its importance. At
torneys learn much of their law by
experience, and, in fact, the older they
grow the more convinced they are that
they have yet much to learn. It is
one of the misfortunes of litigants
that attorneys cannot know the law
until after they have learned by ex
perience. Mere discussion of moot
questions will not suffice. If it would,
we could easily conceive of a multi
tude of nice distinctions in law which
might with profit be taken up for a
general and thorough consideration
among the attorneys of the state.
For example, and somewhat along
the line of the case just cited, "let us
suppose that a witness be indicted for
perjury. He has been sworn to tell
the truth, the whole truth, and noth
ing but the truth, "so help you God
Now suppose he does not tell the
truth, but tells a He. If he should be
charged with perjury, would it be es
sential In the indictment to allege that
God did, or did not, help him? If
God did help him, would his false
swearing be the greater crime or
would its magnitude be . lessened?
There are manifestly two sides to the
question. If God did help him and
he would not tell the truth with that
assistance, he is surely a most diabolic
perjurer. On the other hand, if God
did help and he could not tell the
truth, is not the responsibility for the1
falsehood partly shifted from the
shoulders of the witness? Again, if
God didn't help him, is he not entirely
excused for false swearing?
Preliminary to this phase of the
question, however, is the problem of
what the indictment must contain
Must the Prosecuting Attorney allege
that the witness swore he would tell
the truth "so help me God," and that
God did or did not help him? If this
is an essential part of the indictment,
how is the District Attorney to find
out whether the Almighty helped or
didn't help? Is it to be assumed, or
presumed, or insinuated that a Prose
cuting Attorney has special and im
mediate knowledge of the acts of
Deity? If so, is this knowledge the
exclusive possession of an attorney
who , has been elected public prose
cutor, or is it shared by all persons
who have been admitted to the bar
The phrase "So help me God" Is i
part of the oath of a witness. Just as
the words "I verily believe" are part of
the affidavit of the plaintiff in a di
vorce suit. If it is necessary to allege
"as I verily believe" in the one case,
is it necessary to allege "so help me
God" in the other, and why or why
not?
As predicted last Monday, the week
closing Saturday witnessed the wiping
out of the deficit of more than $11,-
000,000 in the surplus reserves of the
New York banks. Not only did the
banks succeed in gettirlg in all of the
money required by the law governing
reserves, but the statement issued Sat
urday showed a surplus of more than
$8,000,000 above the legal require
ments, thus demonstrating beyond
question that the situation' at the
financial headquarters of the country
was again normal. The extent of the
change wrought since the trouble was
at its height is shown by the figures
for Not-erriber 25, when the deficit' in
surplus reserves amounted to $54,103.
000. The cash receipts which have
wiped out this enormous deficit have
all been sent in from the interior
banks, and the lesson which New Tork
has learned has been sufficiently dras
tic to prevent any immediate loans to
thimble-riggers and short-card men of
the Heinze-Morse type. The next
panic in New York will be brought on
by conditions different from those
which caused the one which is'how
ended.
. An anonymous writer in the Salem
Statesman, taking The Oregonlan to
task for its views of the Senate and
certain of the United States Supreme
Court's decisions, says that the Senate
is a co-ordinate branch of'the Govern
ment. In this he errs. The Senate is
part of a co-ordinate branch, the
House of Representatives being the
ther part. This Government was
founded "upon the idea there, should
be three branches executive, 'legis
lative and Judicial but the Judicial
epartment has frequently asserted
and exercised the right to make or un
make laws, thus exercising legislative
functions. The anonymous writer
mentioned above also expresses the
hope that some of the Senators will
prove ' strong enough to check the
President In other words, he hopes
that the Senate is strong enough to
defeat the will of the people. That la
his Idea of popular government. And
et he pretends to be opposed to usur
pation of powers. He wants .the- land-
grabbers to be protected In their
ights, but does not want the people.
from whom the lands were stolen, to
have any protection. No wonder the
author of the article was ashamed to
sign his name.
Everything will depend. It is ex
plained, upon the strength which
Mulal Hafld develops." Thus reads a
prediction of the attitude which
France will take In the so-called "holy
war" that is now on in Morocco. Ab
del Aziz has been recognized by "both
France and Spain as the legal ruler of
the land which Mulai now seeks to
rule, but the usurper has apparently
raised such a strong ' following that
France seems to think it diplomatic to
wait and see which is the best man.
This policy seems to be the favorite
n dealing with most of the semi-clvil-
Ized nations oil the earth. . The fact
that there might be a principle of
right or wrong involved in the contro
versy, and that that principle might.
n the name of justice and humanity.
need defense, does not appear to have
entered into the French calculation.
France apparently thinks that the
strongest side must be right, and is
merely waiting to see how many votes
Mulai can poll.
The constitution of Oregon requires
the Legislature to provide by law for
uniform and equal rate of assessment
and taxation. Isn't that good enough?
The laws, enacted under this mandate,
require all property to be assessed at
its true cash value. Isn't that good
enough? Do you want better bread
than wjeaten? Do you expect better
water than Bull Run? What can con
stitution or laws do more? Better use
aright the constitution and laws we
have than be tinkering them everlast
lngly, under the notion that all we
have to do is to write something
down, and it will enforce Itself.
It is sad. indeed, the story Mr. Moh
ler tells about the inability of the rail
roads to get money for extensions and
repairs, and of the bad disposition of
the people towards the railroads, that
makes matters worse. But the Union
Pacific had money lots of It; and it
blew $140,000,000 into speculative
schemes on other railroads. Surely
the bad disposition of the people is
not resppnsible for this misuse and
waste, or for the sad financial condi
tion of the Union Pacific.
The fleet is now at or near Rio Ja
neiro the River of January. Here it
is 33 degrees east of the starting
point Hampton Roads. Long after
it has passed through the Strait of
Magellan it will still be east of Hamp
ton Roads, and not till It reaches Cal-
lao, on the coast of Peru, will it be
further west than when it started
The trend of the continents, unless
one attends to the longitudinal marks,
will cause surprise.
The unfortunate Miss Thaw, who
married into the royal Yarmouth fam
ily, Is suing for a divorce, and Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt -has Just obtained a
permit to marry Count Lazalo Jeno
Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyi of
Hungary. This latest transaction off
sets the Thaw release, so 'that the
creditors of the mildewed royalty of
the Old World will manage to keep
even on the deal.
Bryan, of course, will be the Demo
cratic candidate. To "balance the
ticket" some Eastern man, satisfac
tory to "the interests," will be neces
sary for the Vice-Presidency. But
Bryan has made so much money dur
ing the last ten years that he is be
coming something of a plutocrat him
self. Lawyers should go a little slow
about protesting against the ap
pointment of Schuebel on the ground
of lack of legal training. None of
them can guess very accurately what
the law is. Even members of the
United States Supreme Court disagree
In their guesses.
Reserve of New York associated
banks showing more than $6,000,000
surplus Instead of a deficit, and the
Imperial Bank of Berlin reducing in
terest rate 1 per cent, are unmistak
able signs of rapid return to normal
conditions.
Yellow perils that menace our Na
tional life take widely divergent forms.
In the troublous period between 189
and 1897, according to Bryan and sev
eral million associates, the gold stand
ard threatened industrial ruin.
When a Republican League sets out
to smash the Harrlman machine by
sending unbranded delegates to the
National convention, we have hope
even for so corrupt a state as Califor
nia. .
The Taft boom appears to be mak
ing genuine progress in many of the
states.- Wonder when - President
Roosevelt will be able to win Senator
Bourne over to It?
Every man who contemplates com
mittinc: a crime should take the ore
caution to provide money enough to
appeal his case to the court of last re
sort, if caught . '
VARIED VIEWS OF -STATE PAPERS i
The Senator With the 'Pun." V
Silvertonian Appeal.
Senator Bourne certainly has a
"pull." and his recommendation goes
far in 'the selection of United States
Attorney. - .
What's the rset
Roseburs Review.
And Schmltz gets a new trial, too.
What's the use of prosecutions if all
the convictions are to be reversed by
the higher courts?
Something- Bark of It All'
Daflas Itemlzer.
When Bourne can have his man nom
inated over the' selection of the rest
of our Congressional delegation, it be
gins to look as if therp might be some
thing back of that third-term boost,
after all.
Seems to Be Possible.
Toledo Leader.
Four of the officials of the defunct
Title Guarantee & Trust Company's bank
at Portland have been Indicted. Can it be
possible? It is getting to be that a
crooked banker is no better than any
other thief.
Have a Little Patience.
Portland Advocate (Col'd).
Very little is being said or done openly
and publicly about politics in and around
Portland these days. Its not oec&use
there are no office seekers. Just wait.
Prevailed upon to run by friends will
be flung at us soon.
Proaeoatina; Crooked Bankers,
Albany Democrat.
District Attorney Manning has done the
proper thing in Indicting the officials of
the Title Guarantee & Trust Company's
bank for not complying with the banking
laws of the State of Oregon, We have no
aws on our books that need to be en
forced more strictly than our banking
laws.
-.Wearins; Broad Smiles.
Hillsboro Independent.
Mitchell Is dead, Puter has been par
doned, WUlliamson has been given a
new trial, McKlnley is still on the run,
and a whole lot of the other land-
fraud sharks are wearing broader
smiles than a year ago. Isn't it about
time for Heney to get busy?
U'Ren Wonldnt Allow It.
The Dalles Optimist
Senator Fulton came all the
way
from Washington to register. That is
another fool provision ef the present
law. Our Senators and Congressmen
should "be allowed to register at the
National capital, and everybody knows
t. However, U Ren will not allow any
thing but their actual presence in the
state.
Getting- Solid With Roosevelt?
Harney County News.
Senator Fulton comes out unequivo
cally in favor of Secretary of War
Taft for the Presidency and predicts
that Oregon will send a soHd delega
tion to the National convention for
him. This would indicate that Senator
Sultoh is on very good terms with the
Roosevelt administration, a fact that
will give the Senator's friends much
pleasure.
Let No Gnllty Man Escape.
Grants Pass Courier.
The people of Oregon are shocked at the
dreadful etato of affairs that are being
developed by the examinations into the
manner in which the defunct Title Guar
antee & Trust Company's affairs were
conducted. We miss our guess if the
prison walls are not staring some of the
officers of that Institution In the face.
Here's hoping that they will get their
deserts and that no guilty man may
escape.
Done by Third-Term Talk.
Fast Oregonlan.
After all, Senator Bourne Is not so
slow at Washington. His man is se
lected by the President over the com
bined recommendations of the other
three members of the Oregon dclega
tion. But then Jonathan has earned
this recognition by a series of third
term talks which stand unsurpassed
in the recent annals of National pol
itics. A United States District Attor
ney is small pay, indeed, for the im
mense volume of third-term steam
blown off by the junior Senator In the
past year.
Rotten System.
Tillamook Headlight.
The Oregonlan is taking up the question
of homicides in Oregon, which appear to
be on the increase, and alarmingly so.
Well what s the use, anyway, to bother ar-
resting the murderers, putting taxpayers
to a lot of expense in trying the cases.
when Junes acquit murders on the plea of
insanity and the Governor turns them loose
If they happen -to get into the peniten
tiary? That is the rotten system that is
in vogue, and how long the people will
stand it we do not know. Probably not
before other citizens have been shot down
or murdered in cold blood and the mur
derers are acquitted or parqied.
No Business to "Butt In."
Oregon City Enterprise.
The Oregonlan has considerable to cay
these days about Senator Bourne winning
over the wishes of Fulton, Hawley and
Fills. Don t get mixed on this proposi
tion; Hawley and Ellis had no business to
butt into this fight; they had nothing to
say and were out of place in doing so.
The fight was between Senator Fulton
and Senator Bourne, and when Fulton saw
how weak he was he attempted to
strengthen his fences by asking the two
Congressmen to come to his aid. In at
tempting to aid Fulton Congressmen Haw
ley and Ellis were entirely out of place,
and tlfe snub administered to them by
President Roosevelt was entirely deserved.
From the Democratic 'Viewpoint.
Albany Democrat.
The Populists are coming to the
front. Messrs. Bourne, U'Ren and
Schuebel, prominent People's " Party
men 10 or 11 years ago, are now on top
politically in the Republican party In
Oregon. Mr. Bourne has Just been con
sldered in preference to three old-time
stalwarts, and a former Pop has gotten
a big office sought by some of the
faithful who have stayed by the party
through thick and thin. This is causing
a grinding sound that can be heard all
over Oregon. The truth Is, It hurts
the dyed-ln-the-wool men, and there
are a good many of them, who seem
to be sort of glad Roosevelt has post
tively refused to run again.
Unnsual Political Episode.
Corvallis Times.
The most remarkable episode In Ore
gon politics for many a day is the ap
pointment of one Mr. Schuebel as Unit
ed States District Attorney for Oregon.
The position is one of great impor
tance. The incumbent ought to be a
lawyer of the first class. He ought to
have talent, 'expression and Integrity.
He ought to have these requirements
to the extent that his reputation should
be state-wide. The office is not a sine
cure, nor an eating-trough for poll
ticians. It is not a reward to be be
stowed for service rendered. It is
Dosition involving the defense of th
people through able and impartial en
forcement of the laws. It requires
caliber and character, and that is what
makes the appointment of Mr. Schuebel
an unusual political episode.
' Fl'LTOX-HESET CONTROVERSY.
Now in the Accepted Time. f
Pilot Rock Record.
It is up to Mr. Heney now to produce
his proofs. If he is in possession of any
damaging proof Rgainst Senator Fulton,
now is the time to make public his proof.
There are men In this state who would
not give Mr. Heney more than 34 hours
to make good. Mr. Fulton has lost jtone
of his prestige on account of Heney's
insinuations.
Public Wants the Facts.
Union Republican. -
The recent statements of Federal Prose
cutor Heney Indicates that he may have
some damaging evidence against Senator
Fulton, of Oregon, but Heney will have
to prove his allegations before the friends
of Senator Fulton will believe them. The
Senator defies Mr. Heney, and writes him
to do his worst. The public Is entitled
to the facts now.
Punish the Guilty.
Forest Grove News.
Heney and Fulton now have the front
of the stage. Heney has accused the
Senator of corruption by offering to
protect land frauders. As the matter
now stands Heney. has something more to
do than make accusations, which the
famous prosecutor claims he can and will
do. The public only has to wait the
developments before it "can Judge rightly.
If Mr. Heney can do as he claims be
can, he should do It without delay. And
If Fulton is guilty of wrong doing be
should be punished.
Ia This the War It Waa Sonet
Eugene Guard.
Roosevelt didn't even wait for the State
Grange resolutions denouncing the Ore
gon City man to reach him, so anxious
was he to please his friend Bourne, and
Incidentally give Fulton a hint that he
was not recognized as having any of the
rights generally accorded to a United
States Senator by a President of his
political 'faith. Francis Heney has no
doubt convinced Roosevelt that Senator
Fulton is an "undesirable citizen" of the
first order.
He Will Keep Fulton Rosy.
Eugene Register.
Heney's answer to Fulton, though
somewhat evasive. Indicates that the
prosecutor will do all that he can to
discredit the senator during the land
fraud prosecutions In Portland, beginning
January 13, when he says -in an inter
view: "When I start on Fulton. If. I ever
do, I .will keep him busy confessing and
avoiding, as he has attempted to do with
reference to the Brownell letter. I will
give the public of Oregon the full Inside
facts in regard to the Brownell letter
before I finish my work In that state.
There may be a saving grace in that "If
I ever do.
Advises Heney to Keep Hands Oft,
Pilot Rock Record.
Francis J. Heney in addition to having
been well paid out of the United States
Treasury for the services he rendered
the people of this Coast has won unstinted
favor at their hands. As a fearless and
indefatigable prosecutor there is ' much
about the man to be admired. He has re
ceived his full share of public approba
tion, out it Mr. Heney would retain this
high esteem In which he Is held by the
people of (California and Oregon he had
better confine himself to his briefs and
the organization of his detective force
and keep his nose out of the politics of
tuts state. If he would rather be known
as a political chicane than an able prose
cutor; if he would rather have the enmity
than the good will of the majority of the
people of this state, he may then con
tinue on his present course of meddling In
tne pontics or this state.
Is Heney. a Bulldozer
Heppnor Times.
Heney is a successful prosecutor of
more thajj ordinary ability.- He has un
earthed a great deal of graft in muni
cipal affairs of San Francisco and in land
frauds in this state for which he is en
titled to all due credit But his success
In California and Oregon seems to have
made him somewhat vain and somewhat
of a bulldozer. Senator Fulton has done
the only thing left for an honest man to
do under Heney's insinuation challenged
Mm to make his charges specific. This
Heney has refused to do but still leaves
the inference that he can when the
proper time comes. The truth of the
matter seems to be that Heney desires to
defeat Fulton's return to the Senate for
a second term. But Fulton has now
called the turn on the great prosecutor
and he should either make good or
shut up.
Usually Loaded.
Santiam News.
Senator Fulton challenges Mr. Heney
to prove certain implied connections with
the Orgon land frauds, which Mr. Heney
insinuates the Senator 'is guilty of. Better
be a little careful. Senator. Mr.' Heney
is usually loaded, when he intimates any
thing and generally not with blank cart
ridges, either. Senator Mitchell, Con
gressmen Williamson and Hermann, and
others, held up their hands in holy horror
when they were accused. Mr. Heney
made good, or will make good, in their
cases. He also made good in the San
Francisco bribery cases as well. 9o.
Senator, if Heney says he will prove
you connected with the land frauds,
either directly or indirectly, you had
better not press the matter too far. He
may not be talking to his hat, in what
he may have said or intimated in your
case. Anyway, Senator, there is a law
practice down. at Astoria which you have
sadly neglected of late. It might be good
policy to give it some attention. You
may need it in your business a little
later on.
Astoria Rises to Explain Figures.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 12. (To the Ed
itor.) In last Thursday's Oregonlan a
statement appears under the heading,
"Astoria Running Behind," which Is mis
leading. Astoria is not running behind.
December 31, 1906, we .had an excess of
liabilities of $211,152.58, .and December 31.
1907, we had an excess of liabilities of
$165,284.33, which shows a reduction of the
city's Indebtedness rather than an in
crease. I dare say that the city of Port
land owes a considerable sum, as do most
cities and counties making, considerable
improvements.
The city of Astoria has over 15,000 peo
ple now and I dare say that its indebted
ness is very small, and decreasing.
HERMAN WISE, Mayor.
A FEW SQUIBS.
"Don't you find, that living out there in
the suburbs is a drawback to your business?"
"On the contrary, I find that my business
Is a drawback to my living out there in the
suDurus. uieveiana -riain-jjeaier.
Bobby Sisters got a beau. all right I
Tommy wnai manes you mink so: Bobby
She used to say: 'Bobby, see who's esllin '
when the phone rang. Now she runs to it
herself, lr.tstea-1 of telling me. Cleveland
leaaer.
"Madame," said the man at the door, "I'm
a dealer In second-hand pianos." We don't
want any." said Mrs.BanRS. "my daughter's
goi . pmnu nwuj. i Know, ma am; 1
buy or sell. The woman next door nM imn
didn't have any one In the house who knew
how to piay on it.-- fnuadelphia Press.
Professor MunMerberg- disclaims the Inven
tion of truth-telline machines. "These In
struments," he said, "were Invented years
ago. in i i-iuiui io ininK now rew there
are In use while the telephones of the world
have secured 8,000,000 subscribers. New York
ivenine rosi.
"I am afraid," said the csndld critic, "that
your constitutents won't take the trouble to
read your speech. It Is Ions and - unlntereM
Ing." "I made it so on purpose," answered
Senator Sorghum. "Its length creates the
Jmpreesion that it is a pretty biff piece of
work, and if they don't road it they can't
find fault with it." Washington 6 tar,
TO ABOLISH STOCK GAMBLING.
Outline of - Methods . hy Which If
Mlcht Be Accomplished.
New York World.
To segregate stock-gambling as is dorn
in Europe and to make both unprofitable
and Illegal the use of other people's
money by Wall-street gamblers without
the consent of the real owner, three short,
simple changes In the State and National
banking laws would suffice.
First Require every bank to keep its
legal reserve in the form of legal-tender
money in Ira own vaults, instead of as
bank credits In Wall street. This would
retain in the banks of the manufacturing
and agricultural sections of the country
the real money necessary for wages and
for moving the crops.
Second Prohibit the payment of interest
on demand deposits. A demand deposit
is the correlative to a call loan, which ta
a Wall-street gambling device. Commer
cial banks cannot afford to pay interest
on demand deposits. The Stock Exchange
banks can and do. By prohibiting any
bank frem paying interest except on time
deposits the Wall-street banks will he
made unable to divert accounts which
properly belong to commercial banks.
Third Divide all check-account banks
Into two classes commercial and finance;
that is, banks of discount and deposit,
which make loans only for the facilitation
of trade, commerce and manufacture, and
finance banks, which loan for speculatlva
purposes on promotions, syndicate allot-
wnents, stock-exchange collateral and th
like. Then restrict every bank so that
It may not do both kinds of business, and
compel trust companies to be trust com
panies and not banks. This distinction
has been long recognized in England,
France and Germany.
This remedy Is National. These amend
ments to the banking laws would cut ofi
tne main source of supply by which the
Wall-street gamblers are enabled to rlsH
other people's money.
But it is imperative to consider, whether
this gambling cannot be entirely stopped.
Certainly the State of New York can
greatly restrict It by its power of taxation.
wnicn is tne power to prohibit. Ths
stock-transfer tax should be greatly in
creased. Like the excise tax. the receipt j
should be divided between the city and
the state.
A tax of one-half of 1 per cent, on all
the transactions appearing on the clearing-house
sheets of the respective ex
changes would be a trifling imposition on
legitimate purchases and sales, and yet
would raise on the basis of last year's
transactions an amount more than suifl
cient to pay all the expenses of the city
of New York and the state governmenl
and of rebuilding the Erie CanaL
Such a tax would be less than the real
estate broker's ordinary fee, and the legi
timate transfer of real estate is In no way
Interfered with thereby. It would be ex
actly the same per cent as the real es
tate mortgage tax, which has facilitated
loaning upon real estate and added to th
marketability of real-estate mortgages.
How much more important' is it thai
Governor Hughes should rid legitimate;
business of the dominating evil of WalN
street gambling than that mere race-track
betting be suppressed.
, THE SALE OF "THE TIMES."
Comment of London Papers) on tho
. . Event.
The Dally News.
The Thunderer has been captured by
the Champion Hustler. We wish Mr.
Pearson all the success he deserves and
only regret that the pleasure of this
blazing project should be less evident
ly shared by the family of great Jour
nalists and proprietors,' the Walter
family, which is thus admitted to the
new control of the newspaper that has
been great even in its prejudices and
blunders.
The Dally Tribune.
We understand that the change is
not due, as stated, to the activities of
the Tariff Reform League or any other
political organization. It is simply a
business transaction, and, as the state
ment issued distinctly shows Mr. Pear
son was called in as an expert business
man to direct the all-Important busi
ness side of the Times.
The Daily Chronicle.
It is announced that the editorial
conduct of the caper will be unchanged
and independent of party politics. This
Is the common form In announcements
of this kind. Most people will, how
ever, surmise that the Times is net
likely to weaken in its support of tariff
reform from the addition to Its direc
torate of Mr. Chamberlain's champion
hustler and former chairman of his
league.
Tho Dally Graphic.
The announcement that the Times Is
changing hands will come as a shock
to all Englishmen and a large part
of the civilized world. For nearly four
generations the Times has been under
the control of one family, the family
that founded it. and during the greater
part of that time it unquestionably has
maintained the highest standard of
English journalism.
How Old Is Mary f
The combined ages of Mary and Ann are
44 years. Mary is twice as old as Ann
was when Mary was one-half as old as
Ann will be when Ann is three times aa
old as Mary was when Mary was three'
times as old as Ann. How old is Mary?
The Deep-Bca Cables.
RUDTARD KIPLINa.
Ths wrecks dissolve above us; their dust
drops down from afar
Down to ths dark, the utter dark, where the
blind white sea snakes are..
There is no sound, no echo of sound. In the
deserts of the deep.
Or ths great gray level plains of ooze, where
the shell-burred cables creep.
Here la the womb of the world here on ths
tle-riba of earth
Words, and the words of mem, flicker and
flutter and beat
Warning, sorrow and gala, salutatloa and
mirth
For a Power troubles the Still that has
neither voice nor feet.
They have wakened the timeless Things; they
have killed their father Time:
Joining hands In the gloom, a league from
the last of the sun.
Hush! Men talk today o'er the waste of the
ultimate slime.
And a new Word runs between, whispering;
"Let us be oneT
I.oulo of Hudlbras.
By Samuel Butler.
He was in logic a great critic.
Profoundly skilled in analytic:
He could distinguish and divide
A hair 'twixt south and southwest side;
On either which he would dispute.
Confute, change hands, and still confute;
He'd undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse;
He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,
And that a lord may be an owl,
A calf an alderman, a goose a justice.
And rooks committeemen and trustees.
He'd run in debt by disputation.
And pay with ratiocination:
All this by syllogism true.
In mood and figure he would do.
In the Open.
The Outing Magasine.
Here's what I love the blue sky above
And the wide clear space.
The mounting plain, the guiding rein,
Ths wind in my face.
To ride and ride, where ths land spreads
wide
To the darkening hills.
In a splendid race to the open place '
And the life that fills.
To ride and to rest on the hill's high crest,
Under open sky;
And to sleep without tear, where the stars
are near -
And God close by.