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Newspaper Page TextTTTE MOKXIXG OREGONIAX, - THURSDAY, r3IARCH 19, 190S. M)$ (Drcirunian SIBstKIPTION RATtS. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Br MalD Pally, Sunday Included, on year.... Cally. fcundsv Included six month. . JSrtO .Z I'll!'. Sunday Included, tore months.. 1-i Ially. Sunday Included, one month. -7' Ially, without Sunday, one year 6 00 iai.'y. without Sunday, alx month -5 Dally, without Sunday, three month!. Ially. without 6unday. on month.... Sunday, one year Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday .. Sunday and weekly, can year BZ CARRlT.lt. Dally. Sunday Included, one year..... Dally. SundMV lm-ltirie1 An month... 1 75 0 S.SO 1.50 1 50 .00 .7S HOW TO REMIT Send postofflc money rder, exprea order or personal check oa your local bank. Stampe. coin or currency are at the sender' risk- Give postonice aa areas la lull, including county and stata, rotAU KA'sV Entered at Portland, Oregon. FostoUlo as becond-ciasa Matter. 10 to 14 Pa ... 1 cent la to 2S Pases 3 cent O to 44 Fta eeata to fO Page cent Foreign powtare. double rate. IMPORTANT The postal law are strict. -wiptpfrf on wnicn postage is no. Prepaid are not forwarded to destination. EASTERN BUSINESS Ol FK K. Tha S. C. ackwitn feneeiMl Asreaex New Tork. room 4S-B0 Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms G10-513 Tribune building. KPT ON SALE. Chicago. Auditorium Annex: Postofflce New Co., 17 Dearborn atreef. Empire r-ewa stand. St Paul, Minn. N. St. Marie. Commercial Station. Denver. Hamilton and Kendrlck. U0S-S1 seventeenth street; Pratt Book Store. i-a Fifteenth street; H. P. Hansen. S. Rica. George Carson. Kansas City,' Mw Rleksecker Cigar Co.. Ninth and Walnut: Yoma New Co. Minneapolis M. J. Cavanaugh. SO South Third. Cincinnati, O. Yoma News Co. Cleveland, O. James Pushaw. SOT Su- Verior street.. Hashlngton, D. C. Ebbltt House. Penn ylvsnla avenue; Columbia News Co. Pittsburg. Ta. Fort Pitt News Co. 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San Francisco. Forster A Drear: Ferry News Stand; Hotel St. Francis Newa Stand; L. Parent; N. W'heatley; Falrmount Hotel News Stand; Amos News Co.; United New Agency. 14V Eddy street; B. E. Amoa, man ager thres wagons; Worlds N. S.. 2025 A. Sutter street. Oakland. Cal. W. H. Johnson, Fourteenth and Franklin streets: N. Wheatley; Oakland Newa Stand; B. E. Amoa manager flv feagons: Welllngham. E. G. Goldfield. Ner. Louie Follin. Eureka, Cal. Call-Chronlcla Agency; Eu reka News 'Co. PORTLAND. THURSDAY, MARC'n 19, 1908. SI PERBEDl RE OF THE CON'STITC TIONAL SYMTEM. It is a pity, of course. But there is no help for It, nor redress. The men Ahr made the constitution o Oregon wVre not born late enough to know mucOi about government, or legisla tion, or the absurdities of constitu tion 1 checks and limitations. They had a very limited view. They had had some experience, and were unwill ing to trust government and law and administration to groups of projectors and sophisters and innovators, with power to do what they might please to do, without restraint. So they elected men in whom they could confide, who trudged off to the capital and formed a constitution. These men were not all of ope polit ical party, by any means. The Demo cratic party was in control In Oregon then; but this was not a partisan en terprise. At that time the Democratic party represented old and tried prin ciples and the established order. Two thirds of the members of the constitu tional convention were of that party. Debatable opinions, however, were not put into that constitution; only such principles of government and ad ministration as had been approved by the long experience of our ancestors, under popular and democratic, jet rc publican and representative, govern ment. But what an awful mistake it was! Save two or three, the men who did this work are dead. We mention as survivors George H. Williams and L. F. Grover. Dcady, Boise, Shattuck. Applegate, J. K. Kelly. T, J. Dryer, and Delazon Smith, passed away be fore the new light of politics and sci ence of government had dawned on Oregon. At that time the family, of the new "lawgiver" had not even set tled the spelling of the family name, in the modern form. But the constitution of the state, which these men and their associates made and they were men who dif fered widely in political opinions, yet had a common Idea of the funda mental principles of government this constitution. In the thought of our modernist political speculators now doesn't exist at all. Petition for ini tiative amendment, filled up by can vassers, employed to solicit names at tive to ten cents apiece, may not only change it, but may abolish it by a vote in the first election. without necessity of subjecting their proposals to exam ination! consideration or debate. Are they slow to do it? Read the propos als now submitted through initiative and referendum. And If these carry, a constantly Increasing number. The Oregonian has been reproached for saying that the situation is the crank's paradise. But isn't it? Who could have Imagined that folly would thus be let loose, like the winds of Aeolus? Who could have supposed that a method of procedure that might be & corrective, judiciously used, would be come utterly revolutionary, and be em ployed for the purposes of overthrow ing the principles of equal taxation and of representative government? When The Oregonian is accused of a want of disposition to trust the people it might retort that the truer accusa tion would be that it has trusted too fai not the people. Indeed, but the disposition to oelf-restraint among groups of them, who would make their thimerical notions the basis of society and government. It is useless, as we all discover, to quote the wisdom and the precepts of men of past ages, or even of oar own time, to such as these. One of the best known of the citi zens of Oregon, who advised the ac ceptance of the new system, now ad vises every one to vote against each and every one of the proposed meas ures which he does not fully under stand. Let us amend by saying that It would be good to advise that the vote should go most surely against certain, uf the propo'sltions that are well un- derstood. The better they are Under stood the ' heavier the vote against them surely will be. Presently we shall have the whole list, from ttxe offi cial source. Then the propositions will be considered seriatim by The Oregonian. ': IT WILL BE EASY GOING. The Polk County Observer; a Re publican paper, offers this remark: The Observer would like to suggest that 'a mighty good way to Keep Governor Chamber lain out of the Senate would be for no Re Dublican to vote for him at the June -elec tion. By pursuing this course, a Republican Senator would be aseiured. and the desired reault could be accomplished without putting old corrupt and tllscredited machine politicians In charge of the stata again. Let us have none of the old corrupt, discredited politicians in charge of the state again; no man who ever has stood up for the principles and pur poses of the Republican party and fought its battles. Xo more of Geer, or Simon, or Moody; no more of Lord, or Williams, or Fulton, or Fee. As a helper, of course. The Oregonian is not needed. Again, the simplicity of the appeal to Republicans or so-called Republi cans not to vote for Chamberlain at the June election, is touching. It is so childlike and bland. What have these same voters been doing these many years? Are they expected to forsake Chamberlain now? Brethren, you have turned down or cast out of the Republican party everybody who has or has had any force or character in pushing and sus taining its principles or purposes. Every man who has been earnest in his support of the .Republican party is under the ban as a machine man. You will get on famously, no doubt. All happiness to you! It will be easy going, since party needs no organiza tion and no helpers. INNOCENT PURCHASER LANDHOLDERS. In Western Oregon are many hold era of land, once part of the grants made by Congress for railroad bounty, who bought indirectly, in good faith, but at more than 12.50 an acre, and In larger' quantities than 160 acres, and not as actual settlers. They say their titles are menaced by the -Fulton reso lutlon, authorizing the Attorney-Gen eral to begin suits for forfeiture or ands sold by the railroad In violation of the terms of the grants. If the titles of such bona flde purchasers are not menaced, the whole matter will wear a different aspect. But the pur chasers cry that the resolution does so threaten them and they are clamoring loudly for protection. This condition of affairs Is supreme ly satisfactory to the railroad. Its re maining 2.000,000 acres are barred against sale and settlement, in disobe dience to the purpose and the law of Congress, and the will of the people of Oregon. The railroad attorneys foresaw this "Innocent purchaser" defense from afar. They prepared for it many years. They knew that if they could tangle things up so that the railroad land could not be taken away or ordered sold in compliance with the terms of the grants without threat ening also the land of innocent pur chasers, the railroad could keep its land in defiance of the law. So- far their foresight has guided them well. It remains to be seen whether the law l can taKe away me raiiroaa jana or compel the railroad to sell at JZ.ao an acre, in quantities of not more than 160 acres to each purchaser, and only to actual settlers, and at the same time leave bona fide purchasers in posses sion. It goes without saying that- this ought to be done and that the rail road can be forced to release its land grip in no other way. To be sure, this will not take away big areas of timber land from the speculators who bought from the railroad in' violation of the terms of the grants. Speculators like the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, Hammond, Hopkins and Olean Land Company, perhaps- knew they were buying contrarj'-to law and should have no defense. It may be that the future welfare of the public as to tim ber supply would be Improved by for feiture of these big proprietorships. But what of the many others who are really bona fide purchasers, who have placed sawmills on railroad land, be lieving their titles good; who have in vested heavily in machinery as well as in land, on that assurance? Information on this matter is need ed from the Department of Justice,, or from Mr. Townsend. The public should be informed whether the Gov ernment will recognize persons who bought land in violation of the terms of the grants as Innocent purchasers, and whether such persons are to be at tacked along with the railroad.' Prob ably the Government will reply that that is a question for a court of equity to decide. If so, it would seem that some better assurance should be given. The question, before being decided, might cloud land titles a long time, impair the credit of the possessors and harass them with a horde of "actual settler" land squatters. Nearly 700,000 acres have been sold by the railroad, either by quitclaim deed or by contract so to convey, in violation of the conditions of the grants. The sales that have compiled with the law have involved 127,418 acres. In the report of Mr. Townsend detailing his investigations to the At torney-General is the following table, showing the total quitclaim and other conveyances and contracts to sell: No. Sale within limi tations both as . to quantity and purchase price. .1947. Sales within liml . tationa as to 'quantity but at a -rvtve exceeding 2.50 per acre... S0OIS Sale In qtiantl-tl.-e exceeding lo acres 37' Acres. Pur Price. 127,418.57 2S2.091.33 170..W.S3 845,54..-i6 81S.2S(B S.2SS.573 23 Totals ....... 5-123 S1S-J0S.82 S4.414.258.92 Of the 371 purchasers who bought in excess of 160 acres each, 39 bought 2000 acres or more; 53 bought more than 640 acres but less than 2000; 279 bought more than 160 but less than 640. Other violators of the land-grant acts were 14 8. who bought 160 acres or less, at more than 12.60 an acre. Here, then, are 2518 possessors of land who are menaced by the resolu tion now in the House of Representa tives In Washington. The real num ber Is larger, since some of the 2518 have undoubtedly sold to smaller pur chasers. It will be plain, therefore, that Umber grabbing syndicates are not the only purchasers threatened along with the railroad. The railroad should be forced to dis gorge its 2.000,000 acres. Harriman's avowed purpose of keeping the land Indefinitely as a timber reserve, just ad the Government is doing with other timber resources, is intolerable. The railroad Is not an innocent purchaser I along' with, the individuals to whom i it has sold, and justice cries out j against that assumption. The railroad should be rorced to yield up the land to the Government or to actual set tlers. But a "way must be devised of protecting innocent purchasers. Xot otherwise can the "Government break up the railroad monopoly. CVRREXCY ON" RAILROAD BONDS. The Senate committee has cut rail road bonds out of Aldrich's bank cur rency bill an excellent achievement. Government has no right to use its power over the currency to make a market for railroad bonds. Tet this would be one of the results of making provision by law for their use as secur ity for. bank note or National bank issues. One only; for there are many others. Were any considerable part of the National bank currency based on. rail road bonds, the next step would be proclamation of the doctrine as a prin ciple of equity and justice, that the United States would be bound to leg islate so as to enable the railroads to make profits at least equal to the pay ment of the Interest on bonds, with such other reasonable profits as the whole Investment might call" for; and Juggle over the rates and general ad ministration of the roads, between the Government and their managers. would be endless. But of course, as In all cases of this nature, the Govern ment that is, the people Immediately concerned and the country at large would get the worst of It. It is always easy for "the interests" to make strong presentation of their desires to Con gress, and to enforce them with argu ments founded on the assumed needs and general welfare of the country. Here, for example, is the Oregon & California Railroad land grant. It has been held and administered wrong fully, and even fraudulently, through out. But now, when brought to book, the managers assert that, they must not be disturbed in possession of their booty, because a considerable part of It has passed into the hands of Inno cent purchasers, Tet why those who are actually innocent purchasers, in good faith cannot be protected In their rights and equities is not apparent, and at the same time the great culprit be forced to obey the law as to all the remainder of the grant. The culprit ought not to be permitted to hide be hind the Innocent victims of its own malfeasance. This is but one Illus tration of the difficulty that govern ment gets Into through its entangle ments with corporations. To permit railroad bonds to be used as security for National bank currency would open a door to probable intro duction of the Government into the business of railroad rateipaking, and at the same time make it a guarantor of the currency Issued. A fine market for railroad bonds would thus be cre ated, and those persona who seek fixed investments upon securities deemed absolute would find a new and broad field opened to their desires, with the faith and Industry of the whole people pledged, through the Government, for security of their In vestments. It Is really an astounding proposition; and If It shall prove really to have been beaten, the victory may tend to clear the ground for the proper currency plan offered through the Fowler bill. These continuous efforts to force the Government, through legislation, into support of the predatory interests are shameless and intolerable. Fortunate" ly the worst of them are often balked and foiled In these days; but In former times the promoters usually had things very much their own way. Tet almost every part of our legislation Is still stuffed with old Jobs formulated and worked out before the public con science had been awakened to the pro cesses and their consequences, and be fore courageous men came Into high office to show how the old course of things could be checked and reversed. The stand of the present National Ad ministration on this class of subjects marks an epoch of our history; and in this case of breaking the scheme of basing National bank currency on rail road bonds, it was President Roosevelt, who, as usual, took the lead. This, however, is what some complain of as interference of the executive with the legislative prerogative and power. ANARCHY AT STANFORD. It appears from the accounts of their conduct that the Stanford Uni versity students value the privilege of riot and debauchery above their edu cation. The faculty having forbidden them to drink grog on the campus, or get tipsy anywhere else, they or ganized a monster "demonstration" In protest, invaded the library, insulted the discipline committee of the univer sity, and sought to bully President Jor dan. For this misconduct twelve of the ringleaders were promptly ex pelled, and now the rest of the student body threaten to leave the university unless these chief rioters are rein stated. The best thing the faculty can do is to let them go. Students who set a value so exceedingly high upon the right to get drunk and smash the col lege furniture can scarcely ever be come very brilliant lights in the intel lectual or moral world. ' With their decided bent toward anarchy the chances are that in mature life they will become disciples of Herr Most and Emma Goldman. Since a college edu cation would only increase their ca pacity for mischief, it is just as well to let them secede now and drink and riot themselves into the penitentiary as soon as possible. When Stanford Uni versity is once well rid of the lot". Its reputation for sobriety and scholarship will be vastly enhanced, and parents who have their hearts set on other things than football, wine suppers and college yells will soon fill the vacant classrooms with a ' more promising band of youth. Blamable as the Stanford students are for their evil behavior, we must bear In mind that they have a great deal of company which is Just as bad, or worse. It was only the other night that the student body at Ann Arbor wrecked a theater because one of their number had been ordered out for rowdyism. To make matters worse, they have come forward with a pro posal to pay for the theater provided all the prosecutions against them are dropped. In a country where the law was the same for rich and poor, high and low. college student and hired man, they would pay for the building and go to prison besides. What may happen in Michigan we do not pre sume to prophesy, but In California it is safe enough to predict that disci pline will yield to anarchy in the uni .versity as it does in politics and mu nicipal life. Where college students have such an example set before them as that of the California Supreme Court, what can you expect of them but riot and lawlessness? When the highest court in a state places Itself unblushingly on the side of the crim inal classes, can "we hope for anything but debauchery and rebellion from col lege boys? The wonder to us is that the Stanford students have refrained from murdering their professors. Con sldering the view which their state courts take of crime, that would have been the natural thing for them to do. Californians will find to their sorrow that it is not possible to encourage and. reward law-breaking among their politicians and trolley magnates with out inciting similar conduct among young men in college. Once dissolve the bonds of morality and law as they have been dissolved in San Francisco by the actio"n of the Supreme Court of the state, and it is folly;to hope that the young -will not go the way of their elders to debauchery and dis honor. For a generation our courts of last resort have been preaching a doctrine of extreme individualism, an Individ ualism with . no restrictions except those of rapacity and power. It is the same doctrine which Nletsche and other anarchists have been preaching on the continent 'of Europe, though our courts sugar It over with fine phrases and pious allusions to the Constitution. It makes no difference whether the courts have been doing this out of ignorance as to the- real meaning of their doctrine or with full understanding. - The consequences are the same In either case, and those con sequences are the destruction of fam lly authority, the subjection of the business world to vast monopolies, the corruption of politics by. the commer cial magnates, and the .sure downfall of the republic. That individualism carried to its logical outcome leads to these results is not a matter of theory, The evidence lies all around us. We have only to look to see it. The Stan ford and Ann Arbor outbreaks are merely symptoms that our youth have caught the infection which attacked their elders long ago. Why should the young obey the law which their fathers despise? ' Why should college students yield obedience to moral prin ciples which college graduates accept great fees for evading and annulling? If you would discover the genuine source of the spirit which animates Emma Goldman, you must seek it in the reverend precincts of the Supreme Court of California and other tribunals whose principles and practices are similar. The time is past for mincing words about these matters.. The con sequences of judicial anarchy are upon us and we must face the cause before we can hope to remedy fhe effect. Overton W. Price, assistant forester to Gifford Pinchot, chief of the For estry Service, says that his department Is taking an active interest in the mat ter of the railroad land-grant question In Oregon this in an interview with L. B. Cox, of the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company, of California. The Forestry Service Is said to be exceed ingly anxious to have the railroad land revert to the Government, so the land may be included in a forest reserve. If the land should revert, the alleged active steps now being taken by the Forestry Service toward shaping legis lation which would" turn a private Har riman preserve into the public domain would prove rather disastrous for the squatter, who, was fooled by a fellow with no more native shrewdness than honesty Into paying out money to be "located" -on a "claim." Evidently Un cle Samuel Is awakening in his old age to, the ways that are dark, even in land locating. But then, come to think of it, it is not really necessary, and never has been, for a professional lo cator to have a timber area in which to operate. Any old - bald hill, or mighty good claim, belonging to some one else has done duty for many pros pective "homesteaders." The same thing can be done again. The steamship Pomona is the latest victim of the "hugglng-the-shore" habit. In an effort to asave time by keeping too close in, the vessel was driven on the rocks and will become a total loss. A smooth sea, together with the fact that the officers in charge used better judgment after than before the wreck, prevented loss of life. That there was not heavy loss of life, how ever, is due more to good luck than to good seamanship. The fact that the master whose error of judgment caused the wreck has been on sthe route for thirty-five years should not relieve him from blame for the disas ter. On the contrary, it should entitle him to censure for taking such chances as he must have been taking to get in so close in comparatively clear weath er and a smooth sea; I In sentencing Harry Orchard to death Judge Wood recommends that the Idaho Board of Pardons commute his punishment to life imprisonment. By his own story, which Judge Wood believes. Orchard murdered in cold blood and often for pay twenty-eight men, Including ex-Governor Steunen berg. If he Is a fit subject for execu tive clemency, who could deserve hanging? Father Torke questions Mr. He- ney's sincerity. It is sad to think that the famous prosecutor may believe it right to steal and bribe while acting as if he believed it wrong; but is not this better than to believe it wrong and act as If he believed It right? If we must. have insincerity, by all means give us Mr. Heney's brand. Among the susDended students at Stanford mention Is made by name of the track and crew caDtains. with the additional statement that the others were prominent in various university ictivlties. No doubt the corresnonrl- ent intended to say the unmeotioned students were prominent in minor ac tivities. It seems that the pedagogic abilities of the teachers at Milton, Or., are In direct proportion to their zeal In help ing boom the speculations of the boss of the School Board. Similar condi tions are not unknown elsewhere, but they are hard on women born without the gambling propensity. Philadelphia's loan of 9.000,000 to aid the unemployed will furnish em ployment to many workers, but they will belong largely to the class "who work their tongues in ward politics. .Tildes. Frpmonr Wnnd cave ho thint. Orchard's story was true. Therefore ne oeneves Haywood. Moyer et al. sniiltv. He oucrht to know., if anv nn outside the principals knows. HOW PETTY" GRAFT IS WORKED. Factory Iasae-rtor Wb la Careful Oaly ta Draw Hla Pay. Xewberg Graphic. Two weeks ago a big 225-pound husky came leisurely Into the Graphic office, laid down his card Introducing himself as a deputy for O. P. Hoff. Commissioner of Labor for Oregon, handed the pro prietor a blank tp be filled out saying It was all a mere matter of form, took one glance about the room without . taking one step in the direction of the machinery and then departed. On Tuesday of this week a demand came from the office of Mr. Hon" for the payment of a fee of $5 for the in spection of this office, citing a section of the law passed by the last session of the Legislature making such payment im perative. We also take notice that the fellow who is supposed to do the in specting is allowed $4 a day and ex penses. If there was ever a graft perpetrated in the State of Oregon here is one that is being worked to a finish. The big oergrorn specimen. the happy-go-lucky who dropped into this office made no pretense at all toward an Inspection of the plant. We rather liked the ap pearance of the fellow. Ha was big and rat, had a pleasant grin on his phiz and waa considerate in not taking up much of our time. He was honest enough to admit that bis visit to the office was a mere matter of form, which was an easy way of getting around the usual term of "graft," and he let it go at that. The law calls for a charge of $10 for the Inspection of all manufacturing plants employing people In excess of five, while those employing not to exce-d five peo ple are charged $5. For Instance, tha big corporation with fl,O0O,O0O investment and employing 1000 hands pays into the State Treasury $10 a year for having its big plant inspected, while the man who has one lone little water motor running In his print shop for the purpose of running a cylinder press a part of one day In the week to get off his paper, and a little jobber at intervals as occasion demands. pays just half as much to have the In spector-(?) come into his shop, yawn and stretch his limhs, drop his card on the table and admit that he is being paid to enact a farce and work a graft In the name of the great State of Oregon. .. . y This graft was worked off on the small fellows at the last session of the Legis lature. when we were told that 'the elec tion of a United States Senator was dis posed of at one gulp early in the session, thus giving the members time to; de vote to a careful inspection of all bills introduced. What they would have given us if the election of a Senator had been long drawn out is simply beyond con jecture; In this instance we are inclined to be charitable and concede It was a case where they did not know any better. SWARTHMORB RETAINS ATHLETICS Quaker Coll ear e Reject Beqaeat, Not Over 947.000, of Mtsa Jeanea. Philadelphia Dispatch In New Tork World. Swarthmore College will not abandon participation in Intercollegiate athletics. The board of managers unanimously de clined to accept the bequest of mineral and coal landa made by Miss Anna T. Jeanes. the wealthy Quakeress, which carried with it the proviso that Swarth more withdraw from all intercollegiate games. The committee which investigated tne value of the bequest, which hinges on the value o coal lands, reported that the lands' were worth anywhere from $10,000 to J47.000. It has been believed heretofore thai the bequest would amount to, upward of Jl.000.000. The investigators found that much of the land did not con tain coal or other minerals. : ' There Is great rejoicing among the stiJdents and alumni at the decision of the trustees, as both students and gradu ates are opposed to the proposed with drawal from Intercollegiate sports. The managers unanimously adopted this resolution: 'The board again affirms its belief and svmnathy with many of the views as to Intercollegiate athletica which have been expressed by friends from time to time, and It U believed that good may grow out of the otherwise useless discussion, and that helpful and restraining influ ences may result not only to Swarthmore but over a wider field. To this and we recommend to the president and faculty the widespread concern of friends on the subject, with which concern we sympa thize, and we ask that increased at tention be given by them to a restraining Influence on the whole subject, and espe cially with reference to the game of football." CONTROLLING THE PISTOL HAHIT The Large City No Place for ' Sw. gerlna; Walking; Arsenal. Chicago Post. Tha larara citv is no place for the man who carries a revolver. He is not so safe and his family and fellow citizens are not nearly so safe as if his defensive arma ment consisted solely of two legs and two fists. When the carrying ot revolvers shall have been stopped, murders and other crimes will become much less frequent. The council Judiciary committee nas oe- fore it at present two ordinances intended to regulate the sale and carrying, of deadly weapons. One ordinance deals with the man behind the gun. the other with the man behind the counter. By tne provis ions of the former a permit to own but not to carry a revolver wUl cost $1. Un licensed ownership will cost from 25 to 200 in fines. A permit to sell weapons will cost $50 annually and the dealer must supply a $3000 bond. Moreover, a record must be kept of every weapon sold, that the purchaser may be known and. if desirable, questioned by the police. The daring of such a check on tne in discriminate selling and carrying of deadly weapons is unsently needed in Chicago. The law-abiding eitlzen save In exceptional circumstances aoes not need to carry a revolver. A gun is a menace, not a protection, in the hands of the average man. Further, it is an in centive to indiscriminate ; shooting and anion the lawless to indiscriminate crime. Chicago is not a frontier town. The council should prohibit the frontier custom of "packing a gun." Twenty-Five ( eats a Day Enough. Montclair (X. J.) Dispatch. James Reyaons. of West Orange, who was arrested here as a mendicant, was arratgned before Recorder Tost. Chief ofTolice Harry Gallagher asked him: 'How-much-do you earn, a day by begging?" 'Twenty-five cents, said Keysons. 'What had you collected when .'you were' arrested just now?" Inquired the Chief. ' "Fifteen cents." responded the pris oner. "What!" exclaimed the Chief. "You've made 15 cents at 9 o'clock, and don't get more than 10 cents the rest of the day?" "Well," said Reysons. I quit work when I get the 25 centa." He was discharged upon promising to leave the town in 6 minutes. Their Only Chance.. Ashland Tidings. The Democrats of Oregon ara unani mously supporting Statement No. t They ought to it furnishes the only chance there is for electing a Democratic United States Senator from Oregon. Brain la Brlbe-d With Sugar. Baltimore News. . Thieves in Mempliw, Tenn., looting the saloon of W. A. Woods, found a big bear Inside as guardian, which they quieted by feeding him with sugar while they robbed the place. . HIS LAST YEAR AS PRESIDENT Mr. Rooaevelt Gntherlnsr Up Looae Rada Before March 4, ISOB. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ind. Dem.) There are several Items on the Roose velt programme that the President hopes to see complete before he sur renders control. He evidently Intends to insist that the Americans get out of Cuba, returning the government to its own people, before this last year of his term ends. February 1 hag been set as the latest for the withdrawal of the troops. This matter is In the Presi dent's own hands and. not needing leg talatlve concurrence, can be managed as the President desires. Soma think such an early withdrawal will be detri mental to the best Interests of the Cubans, but the question is at least two-sided and the administration can not be blamed for deairing to get out as soon as possible. The larger policy for the improvement of the inland waterways should be given further impetus.- and the broad scheme of corporation control should receive fur ther approval at the hands of Con gress. While these things can be fore casted with more or less certainty, there are several other projects as warmly indorsed by the President that In all probability cannot be carried out or even started within this last year. These projects are to be found outlined In recent communications to Congress, toward which Congresa has so far turned a deaf ear. Of all the tasks the President has set before himself for this last year, the one the people will watch with most interest is that of securing a suocessor who will carry out hia policies. Pres ent Indications are that, so far as the National Convention delegates have au thority to speak, the President will suc ceed in this. As for the rest, the voters will decide. The President's last year will In some ways be the most impor tant one of his seven in office. He will try to complete certain definite tasks laid out at the beginning of his elective term and get the loose ends together ready for turning over the burden to his successor, whoever he. may be. Dog Takes Crape Off Door. New York Press. ' Bismarck, a IS-month-old Newfound land dog, would not allow crape upon the door of the home of his mistress, Mrs. Oliver Griffin of 209 Richmond road. Stapleton, S. I., who has just died, aged 90 years. The dog was the pe"t of the old lady, who had cared for and fed him from puppyhood. When the undertaker was putting the crape upon the door Bis marck howled and raised a great fuss, but was driven off. Shortly after the un dertaker left Bismarck took the crape off the door and carried It Into the front yard, where he covered it wtth snow. It was again put on the door, and the dog again removed It. Bismarck waa then chained up in his kennel, where he has since remained, dejected and Inconsol able, refusing to eat. Wed In an Anto at Fall Speed. Welmfngton (N. C.) Dispatch. Miss Henrietta C. Dubois, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Dubois, and Thomas D. Plner, chauffeur for T. M. Emmerson, president of the -Atlantic Coast Line, jnvited Magistrate George Harris to go along with a party as a guest in a big touring car. .At a point on the shell road, several miles from the city, where the road is smooth for a number of miles, Miss Dubois and Finer were married with the car racing at full speed. After the ceremony the party hurried on to a wayside inn, where a supper was provided. Evolution of the Work-Shy. "" Municipal Gazette. The children of our elementary schools are being taught Just enough to make them arrogant and disinclined for any form of manual labor, but not enough to make them useful Independent citizens. Just I.Ike the Circa. Trick. St. Louis (Mo.) Dispatch. Mountel Policeman James Hutton, of St. Louis, chased a runaway auto a mile and captured it, leaping Into tha rapidly-moving car without danger. Burslar's A treat And Salary Ralae. Philadelphia Record. After Policeman James M. Lungen, of Clifton Heights, Pa., shot a burglar, the Town Council raised his wages from $60 to $75 a month. Hen Lays Earar fn Law Court. Boston Globe. While Judge Bruce, at Maiden, Mass., was trying to decide who owned a hen, the fowl laid an egg In court. Was "Tom" to Blame, or the Audience f Roseburg Review. Jt took Mr. Richardson about fifteen minutes to talk his audience Into an en thusiastic frame of mind. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE S U N D A,Y OREGONIAN PROF. SHORTY M'CABE, PHYSICAL CTJLTTJRIST. First of a series of humorous articles by Sewell Ford, not en tirely free from slang and rich in worldly philosophy of the homely brand. Shorty McCabe, ex-pugilist, teaches boxing to the younger set in New York's swelldom and high-toned folk figure in the ad ventures which Mr. Ford chron icles. The first is "How Roily Made Good," a modern day romance whose ending is not indicated un til you come to it. Each story is complete in itself. . WHEN OLD MAN JARVEY BEAT THE GRIZZLY. Another new hunter's yarn by B. A. Ghilders wherein is told how the Oregon championship belt was won. REAL PALACES OF NEW YORK MILLIONAIRES. Astonishing extravagances of Gotham's hopelessly new and old rich. WON VICTORY AFTER REPEATED FAILURES. Dexter Marshall tells of Leigh Hunt, the Seattle man, now rich in many millions, and several others. CUSTOMARY EXCELLENT FEATURES AND DEPARTMENTS. Order early from your newsdealer. moouscnoLD BT LILIAN TINGtB. Now that the price of eggs ' has ceased, for a while, to soar, and people of moderate means" can purchase a dozen or so occasionally without hav ing recourse to payment on the Install ment plan, it ia possible to think of omelettes which, as we all know, can-" "wi " uisuh wiluoul me oreaKing oi eggs and, moreover, to make and eat them nftt almnlv nla..ir. i. i . , v rn-.-, i j llictll t i L .A diamonds and automobiles and steam yacht trips round the world, and other luxuries unattainable by plain people with rent, taxes and dentists' bills to pay. There are omelets and omelettes, however. There are also "omelettes a la something-or-other" which It is saf er not to pronounce. And there are. or were, 'aumblettes" but 1 think these went out with powdered curls, patches and flowered hoop-skirts, so we need not consider them. Chef E. C. Thurston considers ome lette making almost a lost art, and for this he apportions the blama as follows: "Firat of all. the man who Is always in a hurry. Must bring me a cup of coffee, a roll and an omelette any old thing Just so you get it here quick.' ia the Instruction he gives the waiter. And in lieu of an omelette ha gets what he asks for 'any old thing!' "'Secondly, the man who orders a well-done omelette 'and have it brown.' He gets a culinary monstrosity that fs anything but an omelette,, and has no excuse for ever having been made. "Thirdly, there are a great many cooks who really don't know how to make an nmnlall.. an v. . .. . am, "unir . lit, uo know how, but don't put their knowl edge Into practice, because so very few Americans have any idea what an omelette is." He then goes on to criticise some typical recipe) for omelettes as fpur.d in American cook books. . And since there is no man or woman quite so . ...... ,j j ao uie wile wilt, KnOlt S that ne nr ,h on ...... i. n "wot Is an omelette" the "none-genu-lne-wlthout-our-slgnature" kind, it may be of . advantage to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest what this eminent authority has to say about the process. "The ordinary recipe one ees Is something like this: 'Beat up 12 eggs, pour into an omelette pan and stir until they are set; then roll up and turn on to a hot dish and serve.' Ori else this: "When sufficiently cooked,' slip a knife under and turn. When: done, fold and serve.'" And those conglomerate messes are called omelettes! Shades of the departed Careme, de fend us! Isn't that enough to drive' one to drink? Now the fi-t of these recipes ia for: I know not what, and the second Is a pancake. a After this explosion come the following detailed instructions: "First Xo one, I care not whom, canj make a perfect omelette with more than1 six' or seven eggs. "Second The eggs must be fresh, and! beaten until light. ' . ' "Third The pan must be scrupulously clean and very hot. "Fourth From the time the eggs are; poured in until the omelette is done, the-' pan must be kept in constant motion on the hottest part of the fire. The action must be rapid and partake somewhat of a rocking motion with quick Jerks, the! handle side raised as you push the pan! from yon, the opposite side raised as youj jerk it back. Just as soon as the mass begins to set, hold the pan with one! hand above tha fire and with the otherj hand (closed) strike the pan handle sever-! al smart raps and the omelette will, readily take form. It must then be turned1 out and served at once. "And don't. I implore you, add rum,, brandy or other strong Honor to a straw berry or red raspberry omelette the strength of the liquor dissipates the' flavor of the berries. Instead, sugar well! the fresh berries arid put them In thc center of the omelette just before It takesi form. When turned out, pour a glass! of fine claret around the omelette and sift powdered sugar over It. Then indeed' you have a dish lit for the gods!" s I leave Chef Thurston to square himself with the W. C. T. U.. but take the liberty of adding to his Instructions, under) "fourthly," that If you are a man andl are trying for the first time the exercises therein described, you should throughout breathe gently through the nose, keeping the lips firmly closed even though! vigorous "rocking with quick jerks." in a! pan too small, results in omelet a la; kitchen floor. The same breathing exercls is recommended to the cook or wife who; stands by and SPes you do It. When' you have become as proficient as the Kins of Spain (whose well-known fearlessness is shown In making omelettes and publish ing the recipe, as well as In such minor matters as visits to Barcelona you may whistle or hum with your family's con sentyour favorite hymn, tune or the "Pilgrim's chorus" from "Tannhauser." . I cannot flatter myself on making an omelette "fit for the gods," but I thirrk I can. at need, construct one that will pass . as human food; and I am inclined to boast of an experience in omelette maklnir which befel me in China. A party ot three, myself, my brother and a lone some Englishman, a newcomer to the district, made an expedition to a certain mountain monastery. It meant an early start, a long ride and a stiff ascent, where we had to lead our ponies, who climbed from rock to rock far more easily than we did. At the end came a meal -spread In a bare peaceful room before a window commanding a view of the plain that stretched miles and miles away in the direction of Peking. There was the in evitable broken tea pot and small Chin'-sa cups, a loaf of bread, a bowl of fruit, a can of butter, a bowl of eggs and my little traveling alcohol lamp and frying pan. "My sister is going to make omelettes for us." said my brother, "I hope you like them." Englishmen are rather blunt sometimes. "Thanks," said this one. "The fact is, my dear-fellow. I never eat them: can't stand 'em, really. Told my man I'd thrash him If he ever gave tne any more, you know. "All right," said my brother. "MS' sifltrr will make one for me; you can taste it, and afterwards, if you prefar, we ll boil, fry, poach or scramble some eggs . for you." and he grinned cheerfullj' on both victims. Here is a small arithmetical problem the answer to which fills me with pride. There were 2H dozen eggs In the bowl. All were good: all were cooked by me. I cooked nothing but omelettes averaging three eggs to the omelette. My brother disposed of nine eggs: r ate six myself: (I told you It was a long hard climb): there were no eegs left, and our servant took his food from other sources. How many omelettes were consumed by the man who "couldn't stand "em, really?"