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PORTLAND, THCRSDAir, MARCH 12, 1008.
A 1'HRAe.E WITHOUT MEANING.
Under our political systern, all offi
cials, for positions of importance, are
elected by party. The people do not
elect the President; party electa him.
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress are elected by party. So are all
the Important officials of the states;
and most of the minor officials, too.
Party elects. The man elected is a
party man. He is expected to support
the policies of his party, and nearly al
ways does so. If he doesn't, his polit
ical career is short. . ,
Oregon's Representatives, to be
elected to Congress next June, will be
party men, elected by party. The Sen
ator to be elected next Winter will not
be the choice of the people, but of one
or the , other of the parties. Tet we
hear no end of talk about "the peo
ple's choice" as if that were possi
ble. There can be no "people's choice"
under our system; for the people di
vide into parties, and one party or the
other elects.
Through the Legislature the Senator
is elected, but whoever he may be, he
will be a party man. He will be a Re
publican or a Democrat, the choice of
his party, not "the people's choice."
Members of the Legislature are elected
as party men, with a view to election
of a party man to the Senate. Other
wise there would be no need of any
distinction of party against candidates
or that body.
We shall get a Republican Senator
or a Democratic Senator; Republican
Representatives or Democratic Repre
sentatives. But they will not be "the
people's choice," but the choice of the
party that may elect them; and after
they are elected they will represent
their party. In all political matters, not
the people as a whole. "The people's
choice" is a phrase without meaning.
WASHINGTON POLITICS.
Washington politics, always spectac'
ular and strenuous, this year promises
to be more exciting than ever. Three
representatives in Congress and a Gov
ornor are to be elected, and members
of the Legislature will be chosen, pri
marily for the purpose of electing a
United States Senator and Incidentally
to attend to' other needed legislation
Meanwhile fierce' city elections have
stirred the political blaze to white heat
in Seattle. Taeoma. and in nearly every
other city throughout the state. The
"line-up" for the battle of next No
vember is already being made. The
return of ex-Governor McBride to the
political arena has Injected into the
Gubernatorial contest an element that
will cause some unrest among politi
cians all the way from Spokane to the
sea. That so keen an observer and
clever a politician as McBride should
at this time discern in the situation a
possible opportunity for regaining the
Governor's chair Is a striking eommen
tary on the change of sentiment in
Washington voters.
McBride was not the original Rail
road Commission man. but he made
that issue so prominent and gathered
.such strength behind him that the
railroad Interests were turned against
him and he was defeated at the noml
nating convention. But his campaign
of education on railroad commission
lines had been so" effective that it is
extremely doubtful whether It would
have been possible at that time to elect
any man not committed to some kind
of a railroad commission policy. When
McBride was making his campaign for
his measure he Invariably mentioned
the old Oregon Railroad Commission
law as a "poor, weak, nerveless thing.
Now that Judge Hanford in the
joint-rate decision has removed the
spinal column from the Washington
Railroad Commission law, the most
pronounced advocates of a stringent
measure for regulating rates will
doubtless rally to the support of their
old leader. East of the mountains this
strength of McBride's may be divided
with Hon. S. Q. Cosgrove, as well as
with Governor Mead, who, with ell
the prestige of possession cf the office
and a clean administration, will make
the contest a hard-fought battle. -The
Gubernatorial fight will quite natural-
y at times become entangled with the
Senatorial fight. Even the Congres
sional contests, which are always the
tamest affairs in Washington politics,
will have important bearing on both
he Senatorship and the Governorship.
For Senator, Ankeny, the present in
cumbent, and Representative Jones are
the chief candidates. Both men in '
their respective positions have worked
to good advantage for the Columbia
River and that portion of Washington
in which this city is specially inter
ested. With Ankeny in the Senate
and Jones in, -the House, the Colum
bia River and its interests have been
well looked after.
TRUSTING THE PEOPLE.
Why not trust the people?" some
body asks. "The Oregonian does not
trust the people." .But The Oregonian
does trust the people. The question
arises. Who are the people?
It is the sane judgment of the peo
ple that must be trusted. To arrive
at that sane judgment is often a mat
ter of infinite difficulty.
The Oregonian confesses that it is
rather tired of the cheap fling that It
doesn't trust the people, but has con
tempt for their intelligence. It does
trust the people, and has the highest
confidence m their Intelligence. . The
groat majority in the long run will act
intelligently and do right; but they are
so beset and bedeviled by charlatans
of one kind and another that many
find the way a difficult one, and much
contention ensues.
The Oregonian has no contempt for
the Intelligence of the whole people;
but many times it has contempt for
the intelligence of part of them. It
had contempt for the intelligence of
such as supposed they could extend
and perpetuate slavery and divide the
American Union and for all who
sympathized with the idea or purpose.
It had and has contempt for those who
supposed, and .insisted that Treasury
notes, w-hich are but promises to pay
money, are money. It had and has
contempt for such as Insisted on the
free coinage of silver and professed to
believe that an ordinance of the
United States, declaring that silver and
gold at 16 to 1 were of equal value
would make them of equal value and
cause them to circulate under free
coinage on equal terms. It had and
has contempt for all who suppose they
can set aside the constitutional method
of electing Senators and Representa
tives in the Congress of the United
States. And for the ten thousand
other follies associated with these
various fundamental errors.
But The Oregonian trusts the people.
It trusts them to turn down all funda
mental errors and follies such, for
example, as the Democratic party of
the United States has stood for these
fifty years and more. Often it is out
of patience with the Republican party
for its. stupidity and for its lack of
nerve and purpose; and for many rea
sons it is out of patience with it now.
and for the present wishes to disclaim
responsibility, even as an adviser,
for it. v '.
The people are to be trusted,- of
course, and must be trusted. But
prophets, falsely so-called, are not to
be. trusted. This newspaper never has
seen reason to -trust the prophets or
measures of the party of Jefferson,
Calhoun. Jefferson Davis and William
Jennings Bryan. That party has had
one genuine prophet these fifty years
Grover Cleveland and it repudiated
him.
THE UNDESIRABLE ALIEN.
Foreign labor departing from the
United States during the first two
months of 1908 reached a total of
109.151, while the entries for the same
period were but 32,260. The depart
ure of this swarm of aliens is not an
unmixed blessing, for, while they have
perhaps improved labor conditions for
the several millions who remain, they
have taken back with them sums of
money which in the aggregate will
reach vast proportions and which is
lost forever to this country. Some of
them may come back with revival of
good times and others will take the
places of those who do not return; but
the money they have taken with them
is gone from American circulation.
This tendency of the cheap, labor
from Europe to remain here only Jong
enough to accumulate a small fortune
which is to be lugged back to the na
tive country has become so general of
late that the drain is quite perceptible.
and it has provoked considerable dis.
cusslon as to the value to the United
States of this class of labor. Along
with this type of labor which comes
trooping in on the first wave of pros.
perlty come the Mafia, the Black
Hand, the Herr Mosts and Emma
Goldman, and a lot more of Old
World riffraff and scum. It is the
presence of these undesirables and the
impossibility of ever molding into citi.
renship shape the type that. In order
to increase the size of the hoard, live
like beggars while here, that has
caused a concerted move to be made
to reconstruct our immigration laws
with a view to barring out much of
this cheap grade of immigration.
An immigration convention held at
Tampa, Fla., last month adopted reso
Unions demanding enactment of laws
that would "effectually stem the tide
of undesirable Immigration," Rt the
same time acknowledging the import
ance of bringing In "such carefully se
lected agricultural foreign immigrants
as will enter upon our farms and build
up our waste places chiefly as settlers
and homebutlders." The Farmers Ed
ucational and Co-operative Union of
America, representing 2,000,000 farm
ers. at Its National convention at Mem
phis urged upon Congress "enactment
of laws substantially excluding the
present enormous alien influx by
means of an increased head tax. a
money requirement, the illiteracy test
and other measures." Publicity to this
movement against alien labor is being
given by the Immigration Restriction
League, of Boston, and a number of
smaller societies throughout the coun
try.
Of course some difficulty will be ex
perienced In attempting to carry out
every plan for restricting this alien la
bor, but, now that the other side of
the picture Is disclosing the disadvan
tages as well as the advantages of
cheap labor, there may be more strin
gent regulations against admission of
every Old World Undesirable who can
raise the price of a steerage ticket to
America. The United States can still
offer inducements for good, clean,
healthy, -hardworking foreigners. We
can use millions of them if they will
save their money while work is plenti
ful and wages good and use It In pur
chasing a lj.ttle farm or a home. But
be have had a sufficiency of the class
that have no use for the country be
yond the 'opportunities it offers for
them to make a "stake" to carry back
to the Old World, where they can re
tire in idleness to spend it. As for the
Mafia, Black Hand and anarchists, we
should not only prevent their landing
in this country, but some means should
be found for deporting those already
here.
: THE INDEPENDENCE PARTY.
Mr. William Randolph Hearst, leader
of the Independence party, which has
shown In several elections that it has
command of a good many votes
in New York, Massachusetts and else
where now makes it known through
his New York American that neither
his party nor himself will support Mr.
Bryan. Further, that they will not
support Governor Johnson, the Minne
sota man, nor Theodore Roosevelt, one
other man of pretty wide fame. It
may be supposed that Mr. Hearst,
since he created the Independence
party, has abundant authority to say
what it will and will not do. Now,
therefore, having declared some things
it will not do, Mr. Haarst's American
states one thing It will do, to wit:
The Independence party ia going to nomi
nate Its own candidate, and la going to vote
for him with a strength and a heartiness or
numbers that Is likely to be a revelation to
the older and sadder political organizations.
If it does not elect this candidate of its own
In this particular election. It Is going to lay
the solid foundation for doing so in the next.
Yet notwithstanding this stout and
cheerful declaration, the Independence
party may not prove to be. very' for
midable. Yet you may depend Mr.
Bryan will be sufficiently disquieted by
the announcement to wish this party
would keep out of the field. Presi
dent Roosevelt and Governor Johnson,
however, will not heave any sighs over
It. But Mr. Hearst's newspapers now
sneer at Mr. Bryan as "the peerless
one." This indeed . is serious. For
how can true reconcilement grow in
the soil of contempt? Both the old
parties are sneered at in this declara
tion as "the moribund and divided ag
gregations which have heretofore di
vided the offices and responsibilities of
the Government."
THE NAVAL INVESTIGATION.
If the vessels of the American Navy
are defective in construction, there is
nothing to be gained by concealment
of the truth. It Is better to let- the
facts come out in time of peace than
to wait until war exposes them in
spite of all efforts at suppression. It
is one of the unpleasant results of ac
tual battle to make rude disclosures
of many delinquencies which can be
glossed over in time of peace. The
shortcomings in our Navy which are
so much discussed just now may be
purely imaginary, and again they may
not. The experts seem to tell different
tales about them, varying all the way
from enthusiasm to despairful criti
cism. What to believe the pub
lic may not expect to know until
the Senate committee finishes its
investigation, and perhaps, not then.
Meanwhile it is just as well to
maintain an attitude of suspicious
receptiveness, for it is a common fail
ing of both military and naval boards
to gratify their pigheaded prejudices
at all costs. Most of them would
rather see a whole armada sink at the
first shot than to admit that they have
made a mistake or been guilty of neg
ligence. As to the investigating committee,
its anxiety to know the truth appears
to be kept under a firm rein. It has
a way of snapping up the witnesses
just when they are on the verge of
saying something interesting that does
not augur well. The controversy over
the state of the Navy is one of those
where it is much better to forget the
common-law rules of evidence and let
the witnesses tell what they know in
their own way. When all is said by
everybody who wishes to talk, then the
committee can sift it and make a fair
guess at the truth. Admirals and
commanders and people of that ilk
have their little private vanities and
self-admirations, which are apt to b
wounded by an order to hold their
tongues, such as Senator Hale issued
to Commander Kay. Once on their
dignity, men of this stamp are likely
to hold their tongues more strictly
than the committee desires.
An abler man than Senator Hale
would conduct the investigation with
less pomp and probably with better re
sults. From the reports' of the pro
ceedings one cannot avoid the suspi
cion that Mr. Hale is much occupied
with the contemplation of his own
greatness and forgets that the commit
tee was appointed to find what condi
tion our ships are in rather than to
provide him with a- platform to pose
upon. Still his amiable preoccupation
wifh. his private perfections cannot
keep some interesting things from
coming to light.. For example. It must
be evident to everybody that the naval
administration is honeycombed with
suspicion, jealousy and cross purposes.
Each officer seems to crave an oppor
tunity to tell terrible tales about his
colleagues." It crops out that most of
them' think all the rest are incompe
tent and perhaps none of them are
wrong. It seems that the speed tests
for the vessels are deceptive, the ar
mor plate may not reach far enough
above the water line, and the appa
ratus for conveying powder from the
magazine to the guns is unsafe.
The vessels are tested for speed
without either armament, crew or
stores on board. To a layman this
looks absurd. Nobody cares how fast
the vessels can go when they are
stripped bare. The important question
is what speed they can make with the
load they must carry in action. In
this particular an indolent theory has
probably been permitted to triumph
over common sense. Of course also if
the armor belt Is placed "around a fic
titious water line." as one witness al
leged, its value is fictitious. It is more
comfortable for the construction offi
cers to locate armor belts by theoret
ical rules while sitting in their swivel
chairs than to go out upon the water
and actually look at the ship, but it
can hardly be so well for the Navy.
If the armor belt sinks under water
when the vessel is laden, then it af
fords no protection. When a ball pen
etrates at the water line the ship must
go down even in the calmest sea. On
a rough sea a hole a long way above
the water line might prove fatal.
Some of this distressful wrangling
in the Navy Department may be at
tributed to the fact that the rules of
naval architecture are in continual
flux ' from change " to change. " Ever
since the Monitor was invented by
Captain Ericsson the construction of
warships has been experimental for
the most part. There has new yet
been a naval battle between two fair
ly mafched modern fleets and it Is only
a slight exaggeration to say that the
merits and defects of armored vessels
are all guesswork. How they will be
have in strenuous action is problem
atic. Our fleet disposed of the Span
ish vessels as easily 9s if they had been
wooden. Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet
could hardly have made less resistance
to the Japanese if it had carried no
armor. Just how much the efficlency
of warships has been increased by en
casing them -in iron remains to be de
termined. Perhaps the race between
heavy artillery and armor-plate pre
tection will end like that between the
breastplate of the feudal baron and
the peasant's bullet. Is it quite cer
tain that the ship of the future will
not go into battle, as the soldier does,
without any armor at all?
Mr. Stubbs informs the lumbermen
that they are not losing any money
by their inability to ship into certain
markets from 'which the advanced
lumber rates bar them. He bases his
statement on the belief that the trees
are growing fast enough to recoup
their owners for the time lost in wait
ing. The same kind of advice might
have been equally appropriate had it
been handed out to Vancouver, Gray
or any of the other men who were first
on the ground. What our lumbermen
and timber-owners desire is the oppor
tunity to spend a little of this money
now tied up in growing trees. Thty
are even unreasonable enough to wish
to leave some cash instead of trees to
their heirs. . "
Castro should choose a more oppor
tune moment for making one of his
periodical demonstrations. What show
does his tuppenny republic stand for a'
first-page story with China, the oldest,
and Japan, the "sassie"st," country in
the known world working up a first
class sensation? Then there is Em
peror William and Lord Tweedmouth,
not to mention the Balkan dispute and
the trouble in Morocco. If the period
ical revolutions of Castro's peppery
country ever amounted to anything
more than a flash in the pan, they
would be more seriously regarded; but
so long as there are real wars in pros
pect, the world has but little time for
the imitation article which thrives so
luxuriantly on Central American soil.
The new shipbuilding plant of the
Willamette Iron Works in this city has
scored handsomely in securing the
work of building the largest and most
expensive boat contracted for in the
Pacific Northwest for , more than a
year. The contract for this fine steam
er, which is to run on a Puget Sound
route, " was secured" by the Portland
firm in the face of close competition
by builders in San Francisco and Se
attle. Many years ago, before metal
boats came into such general use as
now, this city was quite an important
ship and boatbuilding center, and the
activity displayed at' the numerous
yards this Spring Indicates that we are
about to win back some of the lost
prestige. .
Fifty million tons of potatoes were
produced in Germany in 1907, of
which a large percentage Was convert
ed Into alcohol. As a beverage it is
sold very cheap. . The consumption of
this liquor is about one gallon per
annum for the population of the em
pire. Among statesmen and econo
mists in Germany there are many who
advocate monopolization of the pro
duction by 'the imperial government,
both for purposes of revenue and for
restriction of the abuses of sale and
consumption.
The new plan of balconies around
school buildings at each story merits
consideration. They would have nu
merous stairways leading to the
ground and thus in case of fire the
children would seek escape through
window exits to the balconies instead
of rushing to inner doors and pas
sages. Upon its face the new plan is
a good one. Accidents might happen,
but once outside the building he pu
pils would at least be measurably safe
from the fire.
The Penrose bill attacking the free
dom of the press has met the fate it
deserved. It was reported adversely
from committee and indefinitely post
poned. , Never a very pressing danger,
it indicated what certain politicians
would like to do rather, than what
any of them dared. Of course the
Penrose attack will be revived from
time to time in the years to come, but
for the present It is defeated.
Poor Evelyn Nesbit Thaw cannot be
happy without seeing her name In the
papers. How it gets there is not im
portant. Her glory as a martyred vic
tim of Stanford' White has burned out
and now she appears with a new hold
in the divorce sourt. What Evelyn
really needs to satiate her appetite" for
fame is an application of her mother's
rubber shoe to the spot we all remem
ber from childhood. '
Why doesn't the Supreme Court of
California restore the status quo
That decree should have directed that
Schmitz be reinstated as Mayor and
Ruef be re-established as boss. "Jus
tice after as before."
Governor Chamberlain wilt be 'in
Eugene on the night of March 17 to
present the colors to the Fourth Regi
ment. In spite of the day. the "col
ors" will not be a sunburst on a field
of green.
By authority of the most important
precinct court of Oregon, It has been
declared legal for a principal to paddle
a naughty schoolboy. Solomon's wise
law has not yet been abrogated.
As indisputable testimony that per
petual motion is not a dream, take the
Mayoralty contest between McClellan
and Hearst and the Ruef trial.
Circumstances considered, the Thaws
will render the country a service if
the new litigation be carried on before
a referee.
In the interest of shortening the
law's delays, California ought to es
tablish a special cdurt for hearing affi
davits.
No small number of Oregon timber
land operators will regret now . that
they were not tried In California.
CRIME IS RIFE IX ROSEBURG
Robbery of Cigar Store and Unsuc
cessful .Attempted Hold-up.
ROSEBURG, Or.. March 11. (Special.)
The "Smokehouse." a cigar store owned
by George Culver, was this morning
robbed of KiT.50, the thief picking up the
coin, which was lying loose. A suspect
has been arrested, but no evidence found
as yet to connect him with the crime.
A hold-up was also reported to the po
lice. Andrew Heldrich, a fafmer of Ederi
bower, reporting that he was held up and
only by putting up a hard fight was he
able to escape. He had 60t in his pocket
from the sale of some hogs. His face
was considerably battered and cut.
PUZZLED HOW TO GET MOSEY
Myrtle Creek School Clerk Forgot to
Send in the Levy.
ROSEBURG. Or.. March 11. Special.)
The Myrtle Creek-.school district is in
somewhat of a quandary to know now
to raise money. The clerk of the scJiool
district at that place neglected to make
the proper levy last Fall. Finding out his
mistake, he Immediately sent to the
County Clerk the levy, but it was too late,
the taxrolls being closed, also the ex
tended time. Just what arrangements
will be made in the matter is uncertain,
as there seems to be no way for the
Myrtle Creek district to raise money ex
cept by bonding thij district or by popular
subscription.
Charities Conference Delegates.
OLTMP1A, Wash., March 1L (Special.)
Governor Meade has- appointed the fol
lowing delegates to represent the state
at the National Conference of Chari
ties and Corrections, which will be
held in Richmond, Va., from May 6 to
13: Dr. J. M. Semple, superintendent of
the Eastern Washington Hospital for the
Insane at Medical Lake: Dr. A. P. Cal
houn, superintendent . of the . Western
Washington Hospital for the Insane at
Fort Steilacoom; Dr. W. M. Kellogg, pres
ident of the State Medical Association;
Superintendent F. S. 'Thompson, of the
State Training School at Chehalls; Su
perintendent L. J. Irwin, of the Reform
atory at Monroe; Dr, C. H. Suttnor, or
Walla Walla: Rev. M. A. Covington and
Rev. J. L. Covington, president and sec
retary of the Washington Children's
Home Society; Dr. C. A. Smith, Seattle;
Dr. EL EL Hegg, secretary of the State
Board of Health. Seattle; United States
Senator S. H. Piles. Seattle; Dr. J. R.
Yocom and Judge W. H. Snell. Taeoma:
Dr. George T. Doolittle, Spokane, and
Right Rev. F. W. Keator, Bishop of
Olympia.
Skylarks to Be Released.
TACOMA, Wash.. March 11. (Special.)
The Department of Agriculture has re
scinded its order relative to the libera
tion of the English skylarks which Dr.
McCutcheon imported to release In and
about Taeoma. This morning he received
permission from Secretary James Wilson
to liberate the songsters. Tomorrow Dr.
McCutcheon will release the skylarks.
which are now at the Fannie Paddock
Hospital. Some of the birds will be
taken. to McNeil's Island, others to Point
Defiance and the remainder will be
turned loose at Browns Point.
State Grange Delegates.
OREGON CITY, Or., March. 11. (Spe
cial.) The Patrons of Husbandry held a
county convention and elected delegates
and alternates to the state convention as
follows: Delegates James and Mary
Shibley, Springwater; A. J. and Ella
Thompson. Oswego; L. L. and R.
Irwin, Barlow: T. F. and Inez M. Ryan,
Oregon City; W. W. and Anna .Everhart,
Molalla. Alternates Edwin and Sarah
Bates, Currlnsville; C. T. and Mrs.- Dick
erson. Oswego; 'J. and Sarah Andrews,
Barlow; R. S. and Mrs. F. O. Coe,
Canby; J. W. Thomas, Molalla.
Protect Oregon City Scliools.
OREGON CITY, Or.. March 11.
(Special.) The Board of Directors of
the city schools has taken additional
precautions to safeguard pupils in case
of fire, and have ordered a larger gong
for the Barclay building and new steps
constructed on the exterior of the
Eastham building. In all the city
school buildings the doors will be hung
with butt hinges, so that they will
swing both ways. .
Cattle Bring Good Prices. .
CARLTON, Or.. March 11. (Special.)
A largely attended auction sale of blooded
stock was held at the Dralglea farm, near
this place, today. About 50 head of
shorthorn registered "cattle were disposed
of at prices ranging from H50 to $386 per
head. Many of them were blue-ribbon
animals that were exhibited at the Lewis
& Clark and St. Louis Expositions.
Whirled to His Death.
MARSH FIEIjD, Or.. March 11. (Spe
cial.) George Goodrich, an employe in
the Coquille lumber mill, was caught in
the shafting and whirled to his death
today. AH his 'clothing was torn off be
fore the machinery could be stopped. The
dead man was well known here, and his
death caused a great shock. He leaves a
wife and ten children.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES.
Albany. Or. A convention of the Socialist
party of Linn County has been called fir
April 11 in this city, for trie purpose of con
sidering the af'isabllity of nominating a
Socialist ticket for the coming . county , elec
tion. CerUralia, "Wash. The city schools of
Chehalla are closed, and all public meetings
have been postponed on account of an epi
demic of diphtheria. This is the second time
within two months that such precautions
have been taken-
Pendleton. Or. .Holding that Lee Teutech
purchased an order of good when he knew
he was hopelessly Insolvent, 'the Fabian Man
ufacturing Corrrnany. of . Chicago, has
brought ault against the trustee of the
bankrupt eatate to recover 1660.
Spokane. Wash. Attorney George K. Gil
luly, who was recently sentenced to the peni
tentiary for forgery, has lost hie wife In
the bargain. Judge Sullivan ha granted
Mrs. Gilluly a divorce on the grounds' that
.ber huabanct'la an habitual -drunkard.
Fendleton. Or. This city will be without
a telephone service from 10 o'clock Wednes
day UTrtil 7- o'clock- next morning. One of
the telephone operators was recently strick
en with diphtheria and another with scarlet
fever so the office wae closed for fumiga
tion. Aberdeen, Wash. Three candidates on the
Republican ticket who met defeat In the
primaries Tuesday will take advantage of a
clause in the primary law and seek to be
placed on the ballot in the general election.
The Attorney-General will be asked for an
opinion on the question.
Eugene. Or. Governor George E. Chamber
lain, who waa elected a member of the Eugene
Commercial Club, will be here on March 17
to take pert in the preeentaUon of the colors
to the military organizations of Eugene. "He
will be entertained by t!u? citizens through
the Eugene Commercial Club.
Seattle. Wash. Mrs. C. E. Cawthorne, 70
yean old. was the winner last night of the
gold medal in an oratorical contest held In
the Cherry-street Presbyterian Church by the
W. C. T. V. Six women took part in the
contest. Mrs. Cawthorne was 20 years the
senior of any of ber competitors.
Salem. The Elks minstrels, given by the
Palem lodge of 'Elks under the direction of
Miller and Draper, professional minstrels, last
night and the night before, proved a suc
ceed beyond expectations. The Grand Opera
House was packed both nights. There, was a
grand chorus of over W) voices and all the
solo work was performed by local talent.
' University of Oregon, Eugene. Or. Or.
F. G. G. Schmidt, head of the German de
partment of the University, lectured on
Goethe's "Fauet." Dr. Schmidt atated that
the eoond part of the play Is not understood
by the majority of the people. The lecture
was illustrated by pictures that ha-e been
made from time to time by GerroaA artists
to portray the various scenes and characters
In "Faust." .
LINN SCHOOL OFFICERS MEET
Second Annual Convention, Is Held
at Albany.
ALBANY. Or.. March 11. tSpeclal.)
The second, annual convention of the
school officers of Linn County was held
in Albany today. Sessions were held both
forenoon and afternoon in the vv. C. T.
U. Hall and there was a large attend
ance of school directors and school clerks
from all parts of the county. The con
vention dealt exclusively with ma-tters
germane to the schools, with a view to
ward securing uniformity of methods
and an improvement in school work.
The programme of the day was carrid
out as follows:
"Compulsory Attendance Law," Cyrus H.
Walker, truant officer of Linn County: "The
Teacher." State Senator M. A. Miller, di
rector In 'the Lebanon public rehools; "Ex
change of School Books." F. D. Cornett. of
Santiara: "The School Board In School Gov
ernment," J. W. Mitchell, of Bodavllle. and
C. O. Preenai. of Orleana; - "School Li
braries." Miss Cornelia Marvin, of Salem,
secretary of State Library Commission;
"Higher Education in the Rural School,"
President P. L. Campbell, of the Uni
versity of Oregon, of. Eugene; address, by
J. II. Ackerman. State Superintendent of
Public Instruction.
FINDS PANTS OX BACK PORCH
Thief Had Removed (80 From the
'. Pockits, However.
BAKER CITY, Or., March 11. (Special.)
When Colonel W. F. Butcher arose this
morning he found that his trousers, which
he had laid on a chair by the side of his
bed, had been removed and a search dis
closed them on the back porch with $80
mlssithg from them.
A thief probably entered the house sore
time during the night, and. after get
ting a pair of trousers from the Colonel's
room and a pair from his son s room,
went to the front hall to search them.
He was evidently frightened and dropped
them and ran to the back door, upsetting
a rooking chair as he did so. He took
nothing but the money and left the trou
sera on the porch.
SENIORS IN CAPS AND GOWNS
Graduating Class at University in'
Annual Swing-out.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
March 11. (Special.) Senior caps and
gowns were in evidence on the campus
today, as the class of 190$ made Its first
appearance of the year In full regalia.
The- pre-graduates, especially the men.
were subject to some jollying on the part
of the under-classmen, who were greatly
amused at the manner in which the mas
culine seniors endeavored to hold their
skirts Up out of the mud. The seniors
marched- in a body to assembly, led by
the president, James Cunning, and the
vice-president, Cora Cameron, where they
listened to Dr. Schmidt's lecture on
Goethe's "Faust."
DEAJ OF . THE NORTHWEST
Mr. E. D. Kelly, Pioneer.
OREGON CITY, Or., March 11. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Lucy Wattrous Kelly, wife of
E. D. Kelly.' died at the home of her
son-in-law,- Chief of Police Charles B.
Burns, at 6:15 o'clock tonight. She had
been in feeble health for some time, and
an attack of grip hastened her death.
She was born April 7, 1831. in Livingstone
County, New York, and was married to
Mr. Kelly in 1S52 at Grand Blanc, Mich.
They crossed the plains to Oregon in 1853
and in 1S56 returned by way of the Isth
mus, aaain coming West to California
across the plains in 1859, and from there
to Oregon, where they have since resided.
Mrs. Kelly ia survived by. a husband and
three children Charles W. Kelly and Mrs.
"Maggie Burns, of Oregon City, and John
W. Kelly, of Portland. Seven grandchil
dren and two great-grandchildren also
survive her.
Mrs. Eliza Kernes.
OREGON CITY, Or., March 11. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Eliza Kernes died this morn
ing after an illness of three months. She
was born in Harding County. Ohio, in 183S.
and came to Oregon in 1870, residing in
the Willamette Valley until her death.
She is survived by six children James
and George Kernes and Mrs. Sarah
Woodward, of Oregon City: Thomas
Kernes, of Kelso, Wash.; Mrs. Ella Fields,
of Pullman, Wash., and Mrs. Clara Me
becker, of Napa, Cal. She leaves two
brothers Warren Moore, of Manchester,
Ia., and George Moore, of Marysville,
Mo. and three sisters Mrs. Sarah Wick-
ham and Mrs. Mary Charles, of Oregor,
City, and Mrs. Sophia Hoskins, of Ne
bxaska.
Thomas J. Shipley.
HILLSBORO, Or., March 11. (Special.)
Thomas J. Shipley, aged 7 years, arid
a temporary resident of Banks, was
stricken with apoplexy at the Commercial
Hotel, in this city, and died 3 he was
seated at the dining-room table today at
noon.
The dead man is a resident of McCool
Junction, Neb., and had been here about
two years, visiting his children.. He
leaves seven children, his wife having
died some years ago. He was a native
of Favette County. Pennsylvania. The
remains will be sent to Nebraska for in
terment.
Frank Burch, Land Lawyer.
CENTRA LIA. Wash., March 11. (Spe
cial.) Frank Burch, probably one of the
most noted land lawyers in Western
Washington, died at his home In this city
today at, 11:39, after an illness of only
two days. The cause of death Is given
as congestion of the brain. The funeral
will be held Friday afternoon from the
residence. Mr. Burch has been a resi
dent of this city for the past nine years
and during that time has made a spe
cialty of land cases, in which he has been
very successful. He leaves a wife in this
city and two brothers and four sisters
in South Dakota. .
W. H. McComac, Veteran Editor.
UNION. Or.. March 11. W. H. Mc
Comas. a pioneer of Union, and a vet
eran newspaperman of Eastern 'Oregon,
died at the home of his sister, Mrs. 9
A. Pursel, of this city, this morning.
Mr. MeComas was editor of the Moun
tain Sentinel, the first paper published
in Union County. Later, and after the
death of Amos K. Jones, he edited the
Oregon Scout for three years. For sev
eral years he was associated with the
Haines Record, and at. the time of his
death was connected with the Wasco
News. He wa"S born In Iowa in 1856-
John W. Ganlt, Pioneer.
SPOKANE. Wash., March 11. (Spe-cial.)-John
W. Gault, who came to Spo
kane, from McMinnvllle, Or., about a
year ago. dierl this morning. He was
born In Missouri 64 years ago and crossed
the plains in 1854. He fought In the Civil
War. being Corporal in Company B. First
Oregon Volunteers. A brother lives in
Cottage Grove and a sister in Oregon
City. Funeral services tomorrow.
Walter D. Curran.
- OREGON CITY, March 11. (Special.)
Walter D. Curran died at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning of liver complaint, after
an illness of four months. He was aged
40 years. 11- months and 11 days, and is
survived by three daughters Josephine,
aged IS. years; Frances, aged 12 years,
and Adeline, aged' 8 years. Curran was
born In Ohio and came to Oregon to ISM.
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' SILHOUETTES
: BT ARTHUR A. GREENE.
Former Inspector Bruin appears to be
the Reuterdahl of our municipal ship of
state. '
The proposition to annex Milwaukie to
Portland in order that residents of . that
suburb may secure a 5-cent fare on the
trolley cars seems to be fair enough.
N .
Most of us are "rudderless craft, tossed
hopelessly about upon the waves, without
chart or compass or anchor, and always
within hearing of the breakers, until the
silent boatman, whose name is Death. -puts
out from the shore and comes to
Police Court Item.
Sing a song of sixpence, . . T
Then everybody .buy.
Four and twenty bounders
Sopping up the rye.
' When the rye got in its work.
The bounders couldn't budge;
Wasn't that a saucy bunch
To bring before the judge?
. .. .
We admire a man who does things
much more than one who possesses them
when they are done. That's why , dif
ferentiate between James J. Kill and
E. H. Harriman.
Another distressing eventuality of a
prospective war In the Orient would be
the recrudescence of Richard Harding
Davis.
The average woman tenders her friend
ship as indifferently as she gives alms..
Time drives a hearse.
No one will accuse you of being stn.gt,
even though you do keep your troubles to
yourself.
When a woman ceases to be attractive,
you may depend upon her constancy.
No matter how small the flat' mav he,
there is always room for domestic Jars.
He who is overzealous.in protesting his
innocence is -already half convicted.
- . -
1 Did you ever stop to consider what a
wrinkled old heart John D. Rockefeller
must have?
Great respect is due gray hair particu
larly If it be premature.
Those who ' hear animosities confess
their own defeat.
Hard Lack.
A happy young chap had a snap
Living off his father.
But father bust now 1 chappie must
Go to work oh, bother!
The greatest loss we suffer is the loss
of our illusions, and not all the experi
ence of all the years that follow can
compensate for them.
The early coming of fair weather has
averted neighborhood gossip. People
will have no chance to make remarks
about Winter lingering in the ' lap of
Spring.
One really never realizes .to 'what
heights a mere human being may attain
until he has heard an actor, talk about
himself. -
a
The Rev. C. E. Cline should remember
what the brethren have said about Dr.
Day and stop speaking his mind. It's
bad churchmanship.
Call Vice by the name of Folly and the
world smirks good humoredly. Call Vice
by his real name, and up go the hands
in holy horror, yet always the first is
the worse.
Hatcheries Operations.
OREGON CITY, Or., March II.
(Special.) The United States Bureau
of Fisheries has arranged for the com
mencement of eteelhead work at the
Eagle Creek substation. Eggs wilt be
taken and eyed, and then transplanted
to Clackamas Station for hatching.
Superintendent O'Malley has gone to
White Salmon on an inspection trip.
George H. Talbert, who. has been in
charge of operations at White Salmon,
has been transferred to the Potomac
River, where he will assist in the
propagation of shad in the East.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUND AY
OREGONIAN
MOST INFAMOUS WOMAN
CRIMINAL OF THE AGE
Mrs. Isabella Martin, the Califor
nia dynamiter and poisoner, as re
vealed by "Baby John." Epitome
of the wholesale murders that she
planned out of mere revenge.
NATIONAL DECORATION
FOR BRAVERY
Daring deeds in the saving of
life on railroads now recognized
with medals and with personal
commendation of President Roose
velt. THE TRUTH ABOUT
OREGON'S BIG CATS
B. A Childers writes from 'his
experience with treacherous pan
thers during a lifetime, including
his first glory as a boy.
DIVINITY OF THE
ARABIAN HORSE
Homer Davenport's sister teljs
of the perfect animal worshiped
by men of the desert. .
TAFT, THE IMPOSSIBLE
Picturesque incidents in the life
of a man who upset every proph
ecy made concerning him.
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