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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?"