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Newspaper Page TextMARCH 11, 1908. 8 TRE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, )t (jDripitian 61 BfeC KUTTON KATES. 1NVAKIABLT IN ADVAKCH. By Mail.) Pai'r, Sunlar Included, one year no I'aily. Sunday Included, six month.... Maiiy. Sunday Included. tare, months.. I'aily. feunday Included, on montn.. L'aDy. without Sunday, one year J-"" !!', without Bunday. six months.-.. Dally.-without Sunday, t.lree montol. . l-j Pally, without Sunday, one month JJ Sunday, cne year -;" i vi Wkly. one year (Issued Thursday).-. fco&dajr and weekly, can yeax "-ow BY CARRIER. Pally. Sunday Included, one year...... ? falls. Sunday Included, one month. . HOW TO REMIT Send poatofllce money order, express order or personal cnecK on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender1, risk. Give postofflce a dresa In tuU, Including county and etae. POSTAGE KATES. Entered at Portland. Oregon. POJtoATlce as Secbnd-Clasa Malter. , JO to 14 Page.... 7. J " 1 to 28 Pare n,E" 80 to 44 Page. to 60 Pages f e"" Forelim pontage, double ratea. ... rMPOITA'T The postal laws are strict Newspapers on which pontage Is not ruliy Prepaid are not forwarded to destination. EASTERN BUSINESS Officii. The s, C. asvrkwitb f-Pacini Agency New Terk. rooms 48-50 Tribune building. Chi cago, room S10-512 Tribune building;. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago. Auditorium Annex: PostofTlce Ke Co . 17s Dearborn, atreet; Empire Kewi Stand. St. Paul, Minn. N. St. Marie. Commercial Station. Colorado Spring. Colo. Bell. H. H. Denver. Hamilton and Kendilck. U00-912 Fventoenth street: Pratt Book Store. J.-1 rifleenth street; H. P. Hansen, a Bice, treorare Carson. Kansas City. Mo, Hi-ksecW-r Cigar Co.. Klmh and Walnut; Yoma News Co. Minneapolis M. J. Cavanaugh. 50 South Third. Cincinnati. O. Yoma News Co. Cleveland. O. James Pushaw. SOT Su Jerior utreet. Washington. D. C Ehbltt House." Penn sylvania avenue; Columbia News Co. ritisburr. Fort Pitt News Co. Philadelphia, Fa. 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Forster &. Orear: Ferry News Stand; Hotel St. Francis News Stand; 1-. Parent; N. Whnatley; Fatrmount Henel News Stand: Amos News Co.; United News Aeency. 14Vi Kddy street; B. E. Amos, man ager three wagons; Worlds N. S.. Jl&a A. Sutter atreet. Oakland, CaL W. H. Johnson. Fourteenth and Franklin streets: N. W'heallcy: Oakland. News, Stand: B. HI. Amos, manager Ave wagons: Welllngham. B. G. l.oldHeld. Nev. Louie Follln. Eureka. Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY. MAR. 11. 1908. MISREPRESENTATION OF THE FOWLER 151 1,1 The minority report on the Fowler bill deals with the subject in an unfair and partisan spirit. Tho Intent of this report Is to raise objections, not to contribute to solution or settlement of the errors tnd ills of our currency system. Yet It Is not a matter for party debate at all. "The money powjpr," it is asserted, would be able to determine the quan tity of money, and makemoney scarce or plentiful, as Its interests might re quire. It Is a bugbear. All currency would bo on the gold basis. The amount of currency should be deter mined by the demand for it in com merce and trade, not by the order of government or by statutory law. The banks, under the Fowler bill, are re stricted in their issues and circulation to the amount of their paid-up capital stock, and they are charged 2 per cent on the amount of their outstanding notes. It cannot accord with their in terest or desire of profit to have an amount of notes outstanding greater or less than actual business demands. The banks no more will conspire to make money scarce or plentiful than farmers will conspire to stint or en large the production of wheat. It Is childish. Besides, how can Govern ment ever know what amount of cur rency may be needed in business and trade?. Only demand and supply, which become manifest through bank operations, can determine it. Besides, at all times the banks and their operations will be under strict regulation of law, and the country will know exactly what they are doing. If there is anything sure from experi ence with these operations, it is that demand and supply will be regulated by their own laws, on sure basis of equity. Where there is strong demand for bank currency It will be forthcom ing. When the demand for it is weak contraction may be expected, because the banks will not want to pay the tax. Underlying this minority report is the old flat idea of money, which every intelligent person now should be ashamed to entertain. No kind of bills are or can be anything but substitutes for money. When the Government is sues the notes it simply Is In the bank ing business. But it takes upon itself the difficulty and the waste of main taining the parity. Consequently we now have no less than one thousand millions In gold warehoused by the Government for support of the paper currency of the country. It is a bur den which a proper system would throw upon the banking business. Tho Fowler bill would do it. Again it is objected by the minority report that the bill would require the retirement of greenbacks. It might, after a time, when the new system had got into operation and become firmly established; but then it would substi tute gold holes for them only, how ever, when the bank reserves in gold under control of the Government should have reached the whole amount of Treasury notes or greenbacks. Who should object to gold Treasury notes in lieu of greenback Treasury notes? If this subject could be divested of partisanship on the one hand and of the fiat notion of money on the other, there could be no difficulty in the world In dealing with it. There would be unanimous agreement. Senator Fulton is entitled to com mendation for the stand ho took against the Frye resolution providing that cement and other canal supplies be traported solely in American ships. Such a provision would, of course, bar Pacific Coat bidders from "participating in the work, and would also rcfu.lt in freight rates far in ex cess of what could, be secured if the. competition were open to the carriers of the world. The Frye resolution was not inspired' by patriotic motives. It was not intended to facilitate the movement of freight or to benefit either the Government or the taxpay ers. The sole - object of its introduc tion was to show the inadequacy of the American merchant marine, and, having made the demonstration, fol low it up with the old plea for a ship subsidy. -The scheme is in keeping with other features of the subsidy grafters' attempted raid on the Treas ury. THE SFPRBMU f'Ol'RT AND DIRECT LEGISLATION. It can hardly.be deemed probable that the appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States against the initi ative and referendum amendment "to the constitution of Oregon will be sus tained. The appeal goes up on the motion of certain municipal service corporations of Portland, that deny the validity of taxes levied under the new system, which it is asserted is in conflict with the provision of the Con stitution of the United States, which" requires that each state shall have a republican form of government. Such form, it ia asserted, the new system of lawmaking overthrows. On this proposition a very strong ar gument may be put up against direct legislation. r But the logic, though but tressed on our history and practice of representative government, may not carry it. It would have done so. most probably, In former times, but hardly now. The direct method of legisla tion has been a slow growth, and has gained much recognition. The Su preme Court will hesitate to reverse It. The strongest recognition it has yet obtained was upon the admission into the Union of the State of Oklahoma, whose constitution establishes the sys tem. for the state. Congress admitted Oklahoma, and the political and leg islative department of the Government may be said therefore to have passed on the question. Very probably the Supreme Court will be glad to find refuge in the conclusion that it is a po litical, not a Judicial, question; and that as Congress has already made de cision upon it, the Supreme Court will simply accept the action of Congress as the rule. Yet a strong argument may be of fered on the contention that republi can government is representative gov ernment, and that .representative gov ernment is set aside by direct legisla tion, which is merely democratic, not representative. 'On this contention the historical argument would be just about conclusive. Years ago the Su preme Court probably would have held it so; but it hardly will now. That tribunal wishes to keep out of ques tions which have a political bearing. STATE INIVERSITY IN POLITICS? The Oregonian prints today another letter from Mr. C. S. Hulin touching on the affairs of the State University. It takes a somewhat hostile tone. We gather that he blames the university for "being still in politics." Mr. Hulin forgets that in this country every pub lic purpose must be accomplished by political methods or not at all. It would be discreditable to. the univer sity if it used base politics to gain an Increased appropriation, but not all politics is base . by any manner of means... No fair man can see anything wrong in the fact that it has had friends in the . Legislature and that they stand for re-election. That is a privilege common to every man and institution in the country. We permit other corporations to lobby in bad causes; shall we forbid, the friends of the university to lobby in a good one? Wo may as well face the fact can didly that the higher education is ex pensive. If Oregon purposes to enjoy the blessing she must make up her mind to pay for it on something like the same scale as other states do. A so-calleuuniversity which has not the means to live up to its name is a re proach rather than a credit to us. Much better, were It tofdrop the pre tense of a publicly supported school of higher learning than to permit it to drag out a miserable, half-starved ex istence; but if we give up our State University we shall take rank in that particular with certain semi-barbarous communities. Mr. Hulin may salve his, conscience by citing Yale, Harvard, and so on, in states where there is no university as part of the common school system, but Oregon is not in that class. We have no Yale here", nor Harvard either, and we shall not have for the next century or two unless we build up such a school by taxing our selves. The only practical question for us to answer in this connection is whether or not we think 'enough of the higher education to stand the ex pense. If we are willing to pay for it we can have It. If we are not willing we cannot have it. STrBBS AND SUNSHINE. Mr. J. C. Stubbs, traffic director of the Harriman system, arriyed in Port land a few days ago, and, finding the customary Spring weather here a few weeks ahead of him, passed out a fine line of conversation thereon. -Mr. Stubbs hits a sunny disposition, and he likes! a sunny day, and under its mel lowing influence he confided to a re porter that "in New Orleans. San An tonio, the City of Mexico or the Ori ent region of Southern California, In cluding the wonderful City of Los An geles, I have not found a more delight ful and beautiful day than this here in Portland." Now Portland, has never capitalized her climate as have some of the places mentioned by Mr. Stubbs. and by failure to do so we may be iTartly to blame for what we have regarded as the unfriendly attitude of Mr. Stubbs. Good climate, good water and fine scenery are so plentiful here that we may have overlooked their commercial possibilities, although the advertising literature of Mr. Stubbs' "road of a thousand wonders" has occasionally mentioned them. But the seeming surprise of Mr. Stubbs at our Oregon sunshine, which is perpetual for the greater part of the year, more or less suggests the thought that perhaps we have other surprises in store for the traffic magnate of more miles of rail road than come under the jurisdiction of any other traffic man in the world. Oregon climate is produced in all parts of the state, and can be viewed from a car window on tne main line, or from the hurricane deck of a cayuse in the wilds of Central Oregon, far. far removed from the main line or even its branches. But we seem un able to get these other resources to the attention of Mr. Stubbs or the over lords w hom he so ably represents. If we could muster in parade before Mr. Stubbs the long line of industries and specialties which will one. day make Central Oregon, the Coos Bay region, the Tillamook country and half a dozen neglected regions in Ore gon .rich and populous trade centers. he would forget all about our ravish ing' climate," and to the first reporter he met after enjoying the spectacle he would say: "Neither in New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco or any other point on the Harriman system have I found such wonderful possibil ities for traffic' as you have in Oregon." We are proud of our climate, but we cannot eat it, or drink it, or ship it as freight; but we have other resources which can be put to these uses as soon as we are provided with transportation facilities. We are duly grateful for the kindly recognition . extended our climate, and we have hopes that when Mr. Stubbs sees more of it he will ar rive at the conclusion that where such superb, climate . exists there must be something else worth while. THE VINDICATION OF 9CHMITZ. The indictment against Schmitz did not "aver that he was Mayor" when he blackmailed the French restaurant- keepers. This defect was fatal, ac cording to the decision of the Supreme Court of California, and the grafting ex-Mayor will presently walk the streets of San Francisco in the proud consciousness that he has been vindi cated. The highest court in California does not deem blackrra.il and extor tion crimes of sufficient guilt to de serve ' punishment; r, at any rate, their guilt is negligible in comparison with the heinous offense of omitting to say that Schmitz was Mayor when he committed them. Every one knew he was Mayor, and the record said so. But, even if the indictment had said explicitly that Schmitz was Mayor when he robbed the restaurant-keepers, that would not have helped mat ters much. The court might still have found plenty of pretexts for setting him free. For example, the indict ment failed to aver that Schmitz had nose on his face. In his extreme carelessness the. prosecutor even neg lected to state that the grafting Mayor of San Francisco had a luxuriantly thrifty beard. We trust that this backset from the highest tribunal in California will teach Mr. Heney and his co-conspirator, Mr. Langdon, a les son. The next time they set out to convict an honored citizen-of Califor nia and railroad him to prison, let them at least prepare a proper indict ment. If they do not know how to do it we can assist them, though with no pre tension to legal accomplishments. They should begin by giving the pris oner's genealogy back for at least ten generations. Then state his height, weight and preference in hose, being careful also to say whether he prefers codfish made Into balls or with gravy. These important items attended to. with others of the same kind, they may then proceed to the comparative ly unimportant task of describing and proving hiscrime. PANAMA CANAL'S LIMITATIONS. Mr. John F. Stevens, who was for merly in charge of the engineering forces -on the Isthmus of Panama, makes a statement predicting failure for the Panama Canal. As Mr. Stevens is one, of the few men employed on the canal who retired on good terms with the Administration, there is no apparent reason why his opinions should have bias, and they will accor dingly be credited with , considerable weight. His statement that the canal will not help the United States in its trade with South America, for the rea son that practically all of the inhabi tants of the southern continent are east of the Andes, is undoubtedly cor rect, the exception to this general statement being a limited area of terri tory lying immediately adjacent to the canal. This territory is already fairly well served by steamers connecting with both the Tehuantepec and the Panama Railroads. Regarding the Oriental trade. Mr. Stevens asserts that our products for the Far East- have to be started on their way by rail, and that, ''once load ed on cars, it would not be cheaper to ship to the Atlantic and then ship to the East by way of the canal than it would be to send directly to the ports on our Pacific Coast and then get on board ship." This statement Is ap parently made on the assumption that the present unfair and discriminatory provision of the Hepburn act, which forbids - transcontinental railroads meeting water competition, will be re- pealed. Prior to passage of the Hep burn bill an immense stream of traffic was diverted from the Suez Canal route to that leading across the conti nent, and out through the Pacific ports. The advantages of this route were not all enjoyed by the actual shippers, for the westward movement of traffic provided increased numbers of cars for Coast shippers having freight for the Eastern States, and the frequent necessary steamship service enabled shippers of Pacific Coast prod ucts bound for the Orient to work to much better advantage than is possi ble with the through traffic for the Orient diverted to either the Suez or the Panama Canal. Restoration of this traffic to the shortest transcontinental route is inev itable, because it possesses economic advantages for a greater number of in dividuals and industries than can pos sibly derive any benefits from the Pan ama or Suez route. Only by perpetu ation of the present unjust discrimina tion against Pacific Coast ports can the Panama Canal meet the competition of the transcontinental routes, except perhaps in a few commodities like cot ton, which originate almost immedi ately adjacent to some of the Southern seaports. Mr. . Stevens also makes a good point regarding the use of the ca nal from a strategic standpoint in case of war. There would, of course, be less risk incurred in sending a fleet through the canal than through the Straits of Magellan, but there are many reasons for believing that, by the time the Panama Canal is com pleted, the Importance of thfe Pacific and of our commercial and political interests on both sides of it will be so thoroughly appreciated that there will be a fleet maintained in the Pacific for the exclusive purpose of looking after these interests. There is general sentiment through out the United States that nearly all of the warships now in the Pacific should be kept here. If it be neces sary to have other ships for police duty on the Atlantic, they should be constructed and stationed there. How ever, the canal has reached a point where there can be no turning back ward. It will probably cost more than the original" estimates.- and may re quire more time to build, but for a country that can pay out J140.000.000 per year for pensions and make other bequests in proportion there is nothing very alarming in the figures nor in the probable failure of the project to prove a financial success. The naval estimates for Great Brit ain for 1908-1909 are 32,319,500, an increase of 900,000 over the previous year, chiefly for storesl naval works and to meet the heightened cost of coal. But f 750,000 are allowed for'the building programme. Under this the construction of one battleship, one ar mored cruiser, six unarmored cruisers. Sixteen torpedo-boats and several sub marines will be begun. The army es timates are f27,459,OO0 for mainte nance a decrease of 301,000, and a total of 185,000 men a decrease of 5000 from last year. The relative status of the military and naval arm of the- government is shown in these estimates; both indicate a continuance of peace, with, the assurance that the nation will not, in the always possible event of war be found unprepared. An "anti-tip" ordinance was passed by the Los Angeles Council Monday. Lest there be undue gratification over the removal of the great American graft, it is explained that the "'tip" referred to is not. the gratuity which easy-going Americans hand over to in dividuals who are not barred by pride from accepting the unearned incre ment. What the Los Angeles Council- men sought to. abolish was the busi ness of selling advance Information on horse races. The measure' is some what drastic, as it prohibits the sale of newspapers' containing results of races with particulars of the betting attached. The City of the Angels is apparently endeavoring to -live up to its nom de plume. The "warrant shaver" may not be a citizen of the right sort, nor a man commendable for his business meth ods. But it is certain that he would be -driven out of business but for the aid 'and comfort he receives from a large army of eager patrons: The man who hypothecates his wages before they are earned is an example of un thrift, always hovering upbn the brink of financial trouble. The "warrant shaver" contributes to the other's financial delinquency.' The one is a fool, the other a knave, and neither could exist without the connivance of the other. The growing American sentiment for improvement in the breed of horses has received a solar "plexus blow. At Los Angeles, where speed contests are .carried on uninterruptedly through the Winter, an ordinance has just been passed making it unlawful for any newspaper to publish advance information . about the making of books on a race. This action sooner or later must kill one of the most profitable industries of the Southern California metropolis, for without the revenue from a confiding speculative public, horse racing will languish. ' Harry Orchard, the confessed mur derer of ex-Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho, will receive sentence for his crime on the 18th of the present month. It Is full time that some one of the miscreants who planned and executed that most dastardly crime was brought to penalty. This fellow, though most likely a hired tool of more . responsible men, was a willing instrument, nevertheless, and deserves to receive in full measure the penalty that- his confederates and instigators have thus far escaped. This is a great day for Vancouver. The old pioneer trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company having waited long, and for the most part patiently, for the completion of the North Bank Railroad, will don gala attire today and send a large delegation of her citi zens out over the road to see If it is really ' an accomplished fact. The event Is the culmination of the hopes and wishes of more than a third of a century. King Alfonso, disregarding warn ings, has visited Barcelona, the "wasps' nest" of his kingdom, and es caped unscathed. There is 'really not much to fear from bombthrowers whose plans are openly announced. Ruin from man Is most concealed when near And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow sang a gloomy p'oet of a past age and all history verifies the estimate. The death of a man in Eastern Ken tucky at the great age of 116 years is announced. By an oversight extreme ly rare in such cases, the announce ment was not accompanied by the statement that the aged man had used whisky and tobacco since his early boyhood. Our neighbor Forest Grove has be gun a campaign of industrial public ity. Let every other Oregon commu nity join the procession. There never was a time when judicious advertising of the state's resources brought such rich results as right now. It doesn't appear that the decision of the Supreme Court of California as to Schmitz makes it any less certain that Schmitz was a grafter, rascal and scoundrel, or that it can have the ef fect of putting him back Into the Mayor's office. Smithson, the hurdle jumper, sus tained Oregon's athletic record by breaking a world's record last night in New York. The trouble with Oregon's other wonder. Kelly, is that he can't run when anybody is looking. "Woodman, spare that tree," is a sentiment that needs qualification. There is such a thing as sparing the tree and injuring the fruit industry. It all depends upon the tree. Shakespeare is to have a tl. 000,000 monument. Klaw & Erlanger are not mentioned among the contributors. In their day there is no profit in him. Prospects for Portland winning the pennant are brighter than a year ago. McCredie's men downed nine High School boys at Santa Barbara. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw says she wants a divorce because Thaw was crazy when he married her. No doubt of it. At this particular season the Ore gonian's fancy' turns to the tax col lector and the 3 per cent discount. Practicing agriculture for fun is dif ferent from running a farm for a liv ing. If the letter was personal, how did the Liondon Times get hold of it?. OUR STATE SCHOOLS AND POLITICS. Mr. Holla Objects to Le-ftlslattve Candi dacies of Certain Gcnttemea. NEWBERG, Or., March 8. (To the Edi tor.) Referring to The Oregonian edi torial "An Original Blunder," I appreciate the fairness of your comments on my letter published in the same issue (March 4). You mention the misfortune to the peo ple of Oregon by reason of the political management of the University of Oregon at the beginning in such a way that the inference might be drawn that the politi cal feature has been eliminated. Such, however, is not the case, and I believe the Institution was never more active than at the present time In political man ipulation. In proof of this please notice that the gentleman who introduced the famous House bill 37 In the last session to increase the appropriation for the State University from W7.500 to 3125,000 per year is now actively engaged in a campaign for re-election to the Legisla ture. Also another gentleman who is a very active member of the Alumni As sociation and admits that he 'drafted House bill 37 has recently announced that he is a candidate for the Legislature. It Is easy to understand the motive of these gentlemen in seeking the office and who stands sponsor for them. You . allude . to the states that do not have universities as . "semi-barbarous." The people who are opposing this ex travagant measure have many times stated that they do not propose to abolish the university, but it is proper to say that the states you describe as "semi barbarous" are among the oldest and greatest in the Urrion and have the great est universities in America. States con taining such universities as Yale. Dart mouth, Harvard, Cornell. Princeton, Johns Hopkins, etc. cannot be properly classed as in any degree "barbarous" or behind the times. C. S. HULIN. MAKING MONEY IN ROGUB RIVER One More Instance of Fortune from Advancing- Values of Fraltland. Medford Mail. F. L. Tou Velle has sold his orchard south of Medford for 338,000 In the ag gregate. A little more than two years ago Mr. Tou Velle purchased the tract from C. Kleinhammer for the sum of J14.000. There were 143 acres In the tract, and the price was considered at that time a good one. In January of last year, Mr. Tou Vefle sold 42 acres of the tract to W. C. Hopson, of Umatilla County, Oregon, for 38000, and this week he sold the balance to the same purchaser for $30,000, making his profit on the original investment 324,000. Tha is not all. During the time he has owned the property, Mr. Tou Velle has marketed fruit which grossed him 320,000. This ibrings the total re ceipts of the property to $58,000. Deducting the coot price of the land and estimating the expense of mainte nance at $6000 which we believe is conservative enough he has netted $3,000,000 In two years. ' That beats Wall street for the ordi nary man, and Is a whole lot safer. Money invested in Rogue River or chard lands can't get away from you, and -you can't keep it from increasing if you would. This is only one of the many bis profits made from orchard lands which have been reported from time to time, and in nearly every case the owners have had the same experi ence. After having realized from a few crops, the original price of the land. they have been able to sell it for double or treble the amount they- gave for it. Gets Trousseau and Weds Rival. Pittsburg Dispatch in New York World. Here is an itemized statement of tne wedding trousseau "Mike" Lesin, of to nongahela C'ty purchased in Pittsburg last week for His bride-that-never-was, as filed by Ltssin in Squire Wilton's Court in a proceeding in attachment: One dress $ 5.75 One coat 5.50 One belt - 50 One corset V - .T5 One "best" corset v 1.25 One collar (very fancy) 35 One pair stockings (plaid) .15 Two waists (fancy, with lace) 3.00 One -pair shoes (pointed toes) 2.50 Three handkerchiefs 25 One blue necktie 20 One silk muffler .60 One pair rubbers . 70 One pair long white silk gloves 1.50 Total ;.. $22.90 Lesin said he and his sweetheart. Anna Rutwin, bought the finery in Pittsburg and returned to Monongahela. Afterwards, Anna announced that she was going to marry Lesin's rival, Stino Turbo. Squire Hilton's constable spent & lot of time searching for the trousseau, which Lesin declares the woman obtained under false pretenses. At a late hour tbe constable's inventory was still short one corset, one pair of stockings and one $1.50 waist. Throws Man's Ashes In the Ocean. London Cable Dispatch in New Tork Sun. ' During the Lucania's last eastward passage, a woman passenger scattered an urn fun of ashes overboard in mid Atlantic. She obtained a certificate from the captain showing that she had done so, together with the time and the lati tude and longitude. She said the ashes were those of the cremated remains of a prominent New York "business man, who had directed that they be thus dis posed of, and who specified the Luc an I a, which was his favorite steamer, as the ship they were to be thrown from. The time for the scattering of the ashes .had been previously arranged so that the man's relatives could simultaneously at tend a memorial service in New York. The woman sailed for New York on the Lucania's return trip. No names are mentioned in the. story. Get tins a Drink. In Kansas. Kansas Exchange. The traveling man, going through South ern Kansas the other day, said he was riding in the smoking-car of an express train reading his paper when a man rushed in from the car behind the smoker evidently in great agitation and said : "Has anybody in - the car any whisky? A woman in the car- behind has fainted." Instantly dozens of flasks .were produced. The man who had asked for it picked out the largest one, drew the cork and put the bottle to his lips. With a long, satisfied sigh he handed the flask back and remarked: "That did me a lot of good. I needed it, for it always makes me feel so queer to see a woman faint." The patient Individual. Nashville American. The street car conductor has troubles enough in running the can on bis line. At times he must be quite polite to the tough. At times show a stiffened up spine. In dealing iwlth, children, with errors, with cranks. In "handling the rich and the poor, Tbe frrouchy, flirtatious, the jag, and the coanks. He must be a diplomat sure. A bunch of complaints From sinners and sainte. From those with a grievance in pickle And those who have none And kick Just for fun, Are handed to him with each nickel. A lady get on to hte car with a lot Of bundles, and after a space fihe finds she has taken a line that will not Go anj where near to her place. She Instantly frantically tells him to halt And says she'll repont that fresh "con." She knows without question It must be his fault. For why did he let her get on? The deadbeat who tries A look of surprise When asked to come down with bis money Is one of the things That keep down hie wings And make It so bard to be sunny.. ANOTHER AGREEMENT. The Manifest Immorality af Violation of the Constitution. . Corvallis Gazette. Our pro pie are moral, and will not knowingly and willingly approve, aid and abet , anything that is contrary or of fensive to their sense of morality. This respect for the moralities of things they carry into their civic life. They will re buke civic or -political immorality just as sternly as they do social or business unrighteousness. Unfortunately the immorality underly ing some public questions is not easily perceived. It may be, usually is. artfully and deftly concealed. This deception must - be practiced. The immoral ele ment in certain proposed measures must be hidden from the people or the meas ures themselves will be repudiated by the people. The free coinage of silver at an arbi trary ratio to real values as expressed by gold was an alluring, specious meas ure. But as quickly as the people saw that it Involved the immorality of dis charging an honest indebtedness of one dollar's value by the payment of 50 cents or less, they would have no more of the free coinage of silver. Our objections to Statement No. 1 are based, mainly on its manifest Immorality. We have believed when the people saw this, the statement would be ignored, wholly disregarded. We observe this is the case. The. people will not resort to the use of immoral means even to reach desirable and righteous ends. They read: "Thou Shalt not forswear thyself." and see the immorality of re quiring their servants to do so. They re spect the sanctity of an oath and will not consent to any sort of procedure which may impair such sanctity and tempt men to regard tho moral responsibilities of an oath lightly. Further than this: Our people see the Immorality of violation of law. Law, even though it does" not work out all the results desired, is to be respeoted and en forced. It is grossly immoral for anyone wilfully to violate law or to encourage others to do-so. The Constitution of the United States Is the supreme law. and Its violation is an immoral act. . Our people see that State ment No. 1 invites men to forswear them selves: that it violates law. These are Immoralities. Because of this the people care little for the wrangling of politicians over the statement. FAVORS FIXD FOR VARSITY Cottaare Grove Commercial Club Mill Work for Appropriation. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. March 10. (Special.) At a well-attended meeting of the Commercial Club Monday even ing the following resolutions against the referendum on the University and in support of the appropriation were passed unanimously: Whereas, Certain parties or organisations are seeking to retard the progress of the Uni versity of Oregon, situated at Eugene, by means of the referendum; and Whereas, If thia programme is carrired out It will noU only prove a great detri ment to the educational" interests of this state, but will give the state a bad name with persons Intending to settle here; there fore, be it Resolved That this Commercial Club unani mously agree that the amount appropriated by the Legislature Is not an exorbitant one, and be Jt further Resolved, That this Commercial Club will use Itsj influence to secure this appropriation. Harriman Drinks to Roosevelt. New York World. "To the President!" Guests at the banquet held at Sherry's fn honor of William G. McAdoo and his Hudson River tunnel achievements, heard the toast proposed to President Roosevelt and prepared to drink to It. Those near the table at which Kdward H. Harriman sat raised their glasses elbow high, when, as if by common consent, they halted- to observe the manner in which he received the toast. ' An expression uot unlike a frown darkened his face. He leaned for ward and his fingers closed around the stem of his wine glass. The eyes bent on him and the halting glasses apparently compelled his attention. After a moment's hesitation, his hand was uplifted, and when the glass reached his lips they al ready were parted in a good-natured smile which had put the frown to flight. Loud cheers and laughter greeted his ac ceptance of the toast, and he joined so naively in the good humor of the situa tion that his face was fairly merry before the laughter ceased. No Men at Thin Dinner. Washington Dispatch in New York Times. Mrs. John R. McLean, who never makes a call and rarely accepts an invitation of any kind, gave a dinner party in honor of a friend, at which not a man was present. The guests were 35 women, in vited to meet Mrs. James W. Wadsworbn, wife ot ex-Representative Wadsworth, of the Thirty-fourth Congressional Dis trict of New York, who will soon leave for England. The dinner was served in the recently enlarged dining-room of the McLean residence. The Marine Band Orchestra played in the ballroom adja cent. The gowns an the jewels were more elaborate than anything seen this season. Of the 36 women present, 30 wore diamond tiaras, and all wore dia mond necklaces. The wife of a former Ambassador wore the famous pearls that once excited the envy of a Queen, while two sisters heiresses to one of the largest of American fortunes of the past genera tion wore diamonds of such size and number as to be notable even among the many jewels. Fair Warnlna; to a City Marshal. Huntington Herald. The City Marshal got on ' his roller skates last Tuesday and was berating one of our business men because he op posed his re-election to the office of Marshal. The Herald would advise Mr. Brown that a large proportion of the business men of Huntington do not ap prove of. the manner in which he con ducts his office, and while they have re mained silent in the past. Is no indication they intend to do so in the future. The Herald proposes to keep a closer tab on city affairs this year than it did last. and if the Marshal neglects his duties and behaves himself in a disgraceful man ner, we propose to show him up in his true colors. On the other hand, should he mend his ways, we will give him the praise that is his due. Future of Senator "Jeff' Davis. Little Rock (Ark.) Dispatch in New York sun. Will Senator "Jeff" Davis go to Heaven? is the subject for-discussion announced by Adjutant Howard, in charge of the Salvation Army, at a meeting to which all burglars, cigarette nends and wife beaters and moral degenerates in the city have been invited. Spring; MUIinery. New York Times. , A maiden drew from its big white box Her last year best straw bonnet; She twisted and turned it. but oh. dear me! It had "has been" writ upon It! So Bhe vented her. rage on the Innocent thing Poked dents in its year-old" crown. And then, to complete tbe destruction fuite. On Its brim danced a vicious breakdown! The sorry chapeau remained where It fe'll, For several days In a corner. When the maiden, for want of something to do. Pulled It out, like a female J. Horner, And found that, because of the twists and the dents. The "creation," once perched on her pate. Presented a style very chic of its own. And now wore a shape up to date! From this will be seen that Dime Fashion decrees No style is too queer or blsarre. And 'tis comfort to know, when outlandish you look. Just that much more modish you . are! BOOIS & GABRIELE DWXNCXZIO. Italy's greatest living poet and novellpt. whose lirst plays were hiied off the stage. Is now being compared his delighted countrymen to Shakespeare, all because of the success of his latest trag edy, "La Nave" ("The Ship") produced a few days ago at the Argentine Theater, In EmA lufftn . (. 1 . . ....... I , tocracy of the Eternal City. The new play. In which enough pore is shed to satisfy everr BuiIko and Toddy, of "Helen's! Balies'" fame, is founded upon a patriotic eplsode-of early Venetian times. The founders of the srrat Re public are building a church and a ship, at a time when Christianity had not y-.t supplanted paganism, and two .t'amilioj, the Gratici and the Faledri. contended for the rule of the people. The Ftiled:1 have just been deposed, when Basliola, the beautiful daughter of tho traitor. Kal edro, comes on the scene. She tintls her father and brothers blinded and poor, and determines on revenee. What follows Is of the whirlwind order and has rekindled among the Roman public, a taste for classic plays long since forgotten. ' Mrs. Elinor Glyn. the author of that singularly detestible novel known an "Three "Weeks," has returned to England with a very favorable opinion or the pur chasing powers of the American public a a buyer of naughty, naughty docks. It is a comfort to know that a Boston bookdealer has Just been indicted, in that center of complacent literary art, foe selling "Three Wc'eks." ... 'Miss 5Iary Johnston, who : wrote "To Have and To Hold," ia finishing a novel dealing with the period of Thomas Jef ferson. . Dr. Cyrus Townsend Rrady. the author and clergyman, told at a Toledo, O.. dinner, a story about charity. "A -"millionaire," said tr. Brady, "Jay dying. He had lived a life of which, as he now looked bark on It. he felt none too proud. To the minister at his bedside lie muttered weakly: " -If 1 leave $100,000 or so to the church, will my salvation be assured T "The minister hinted cautiously: " 'I wouldn't like to be positive, but it's well worth trying.- " .... Hobart, the Tasmanian capital, is the birthplace of Mrs. Humphry Ward. Her father, Thomas Arnold, son of Arnold of Ruby, was the government inspector of primary schools In Tasmania at the time, and her mother wax a descendant of Colonel Sorrell, one of the early Tasman ian governors. In his autobiography. "Passages From a Wandering Iife." Thomas Arnold mentions that he was ac companied on some of his examination tours by his little daughter. Mary Auguste, the Mrs. Humphry Ward of to day. . It is generally supposed that the dato of Jack London's latest novel of Social Ism, "The Iron Heel.'; 'is seven centuries hence. In the narrator's preface. the -cryptic lateline appears: "November 27. 410, B. O. M." whatever these figures and letters mean. A manuscript is discovered in which the wife of Ernest Everhard tolls the story of the social revolution, and of the power and bloody rule of the ollgatchy that succeeded representative government, and ground human life to destruction under the jron heel. Revo lutions follow-lng each other are vaaruoly hinted at. Everhard, the revolutionary leader, seems to have been physically built after the Jeffries-Fitzsimmons order, and he won his bride by pursuing tactics of the Btone or -bronze age. Her way of telling of -It:- "His arms were around me before I knew. His lips were on mine before I could protest or resist. Before his earnestness, conventional maidenly dignity was ridiculous. He swept me off my feet by the splendid invincible rush of him. He did not propose. He put his arms around me and kissed me and took; It for granted that we should be married." ... A more optimistic note than usual is struck In discussing National issues by David Starr Jordan, of Stanford Univer sity. In his new book. "The Human Har vest," which is a more extended expo sition of "the decay of races through the survival of the unfit." than was recently given by the same author in "The Blood of the Nation." The present essay says that It is not alone by the blood of tho Puritans and Virginians that the Repub lic will endure, but by the blood ot free-born men. whatever their nationality. In short, his prediction is: "Our Repub lic shall endure so long as the human harvest Is good, so long as the movement of history,, the progress of science and In dustry, leaves for the future the best and not -the worst of each generation." ... A new volume of fitories comes from Mary E. "Wilklns-Freeman, entitled. "Tho Fair Lavlnla and Others." In addition to the latter story, the book contains "Amarina's Roses." "Eglatina," "The Pink Shawls," "The Willow-Ware,"! "Tho Soeret," "The Gold" and "The Under ling." ... Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, whose Cali fornia novel. "Dr. Ellen." is arousing fav orable comment, haa had a co-neidurahle editorial experience. A native of Cali fornia, Miss Tompkins was associated with the late Frank Norris and O'Hara Cosgrove. the present editor of Every body's, in the editorial management of The Wave. Later Miss Tompkins edited one of the numerous Munscy magazine ventures and still later as a freelance she became known as a popular con tributor to leading magazines. ... The second volume of the Cambridge "History of English Literature" will bo published in a few days. "The End of the Middle" Ages" is to be, the title of the volume, which will deal with "PiedR Plowman."- Richard Rolle, Wylciff. and the minor poetry and pros of their period not already dealt witil in volume I; Gower, Chaucer and tho Chaucerian school; the beginnings of Engiteh prose and those of Scots liter ature (Huchoun, Barbour, James I. Henryson, Dunbar, Douglas:) the work of tbe -Westminster Press; the early days of school, college and university life, etc. The third volume of the seiies. "1-e-nascence and Reformation," will de;i! with the poetry and prose of the Tudor reigns. The third and final volume of Thomas Hardy's "The Dynasts" is nearly ready for publication. It is concerned with the decline and fall of Napoleon and tho re-enthronement of the old dynasties. ... Henry James' new novelette is to wear the title of "Julia Bride." The heroine .ia an American girl and her figure stands out against "a background of broken en gagements and divorces." The story is . to be published in two parts, in the March and April numbers of Harper. ... Two well known magazines, Putnam's Monthly and The Reader, have been con solidated with the March issue. . Professor Heinrich Weinel has written for the series known as Lebensfragen, of which he is general editor, a volume en titled "Ibsen, BJornson, Nietzsche." The aim of the -book is indicated by the sub title, "Indivld-ualismus und Christentum." ... Henry Frowde has ready foi" publication the Fitz-Patrick Lectures, delivered by Dr. Norman .Moore before the Royal Col lege of Physicians of London. They will appear as "The History of the Study of Medicine in the -British Isles."