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PORTLAND, MONDAY, MARCH 13. 1908.
A NECESSARY l'lBIJC POLICY,
if we understand Dr. Jonah B. Wise
aright, he has no doubt of. the guilt of
Ruef and doesn't wish him to escape;
the methods which the prosecution has
employed to get testimony from him.
There is, however, dispute on these
points between the prosecution and
the judge on one sido, and K-uef and
certain Jewish rabbis of San Fran
risoo on the other. Dr. Wise enters
his protest "against freeing any crim
inal as payment- of his .treachery
toward his confreres." Again, there Is
a dispute about what was said in a
conference between the prosecution
and defense, in which "several gentle
men were brought tp act as wit
nesses"; and a statement made by two
of these, which Judge Dunne deems
a reflection upon his court and Its dig
nity, the judge declares false. Dr.
Wise has resented this; and Incident
ally he condemns the method of the
prosecution, which In the circum
stances comes near condemnation of
the prosecution itself, since in cases of
this kind there is no way to testimony
against malefactors but through such
policy or promise of Immunity, as
Heney has been accustomed to em
ploy both at San Francisco and at
Portland. He does, however, deny
that he had made such promise or
pursued such policy toward Ruef. But
It is virtually asserted that he did.
Hence the controversy.
What seems specially to stir Rabbi
Wise was the coupling of his name by
The Oregonlan with that of Father
Yorke. But we fear, if we were to
apologize to Rabbi Wise. Father
Vorke would assert that an apology
was due also to him. So we pass over
these Interesilng personalities, and
come at once to the question of public
policy involved In the objection to
promise of immunity to confederates
Xor "treavhery" to those higher up In
crime. This seems to be the sticking
rolnt In the mind of Dr. Wise.
Sucb policy, or the practice of it,
has a repellant feature, certainly; but
the state has always availed itself of
the advantage, and always must, es
pecially in cases of conspiracy to de
fraud or rob the public, such as Heney
has been prosecuting at Portland and
at San Francisco. It was only by use
of this method that any part of the
land frauds In Oregon, or of the mu
nicipal corruptions In California could
have been brought to light. To con
demn it, in such cases, is equivalent
therefore to a plea for exemption from
punishment of greatest criminals;
since the necessary testimony for dis
closure of their corrupt and criminal
lots could te obtained In no other way.
The people are entitled to know
about the robberies, that such men
commit, and the authorities of the law
.are Justified In offering immunity to
such as may, by confession, furnish
the necessary evidence for the state.
Such witnesses are odious, indeed: but
it Is a mistake to allow detestation of
them to turn public sentiment against
the prosecutor who uses them, or to
prefer the escape of the authors and
chiefs of a criminal conspiracy to their
conviction by this only means.
Here really Is the root of this whole
matter. The notion entertained in so
many quarters that it is persecution of
criminals to induce their tools and
confederates, by promise of Immunity
for themselves, to tell all they know
about the conspiracy and the crime Is
good neither In law nor in morals nor
in practice, but is quite tantamount
to an effort to defend or excuse those
whom it is the duty of the officers of
the law to prosecute by every means
In their power.
Much is said about the blunders of
those who drew the Schmltx Indict
ments. When "flaws" are wanted one
is good as another. It is the pro
fession of lawyers for the defense to
discover them; but It Is seldom con
ceived to be the duty of judges to al
low them, on flimsy grounds, or unless
by real error the rights of the defend
ant and the ends of Justice would be
subverted. Once more, note the rea
sons. The courts of California hold
that the statute does not forbid cor
rupt use of official power and influ
ence, graft and blackmail, except or
unless threats of "unlawful Injury to
property" were the means of graft and
blackmail. But threat to take away a
mere license, the courts hold, was not
a threat of unlawful Injury to prop
erty, since there was no vested right of
license; and the Mayor, anyway, had
the authority to refuse to renew the
licenses of the victims of his grafting
system. Do you not find the argument
here drawn out to extreme attenua
tion? It even sets aside Ruef's own
plea of guiltyt Ruef was an agent of
Schmltz in the business.
In one particular The Oregonian
corrects itself. Dr. Wise had not ex
pressed doubts as to the guilt of Ruef
and Schmitz. But Father Yorke had
done so. "The facts" are, he said the
other day, "that no one has been
proved guilty." Again, "the people up
here are beginning to realize that one
story is good until another is told."
We are to infer, then, doubtless, that
Father Torke wfll soon tell a story
that will completely exculpate Schmitz
and Ruef, and reinvest them. In the
sight of the world, with the virtues
with which he clothes them in his
own mind.
MUN1CTPAJL LIGHT PLANT.
Mayor Lane, insisting that Portland,
as a municipality, should establish and
maintain Its own electric lighting
plant, says:
. Portland owns Its own water plant, and
supplies the people with better water at less
cost than does any other city In the country.
If we can do this with water, why can't we
do it with light?
Possibly we can; yet the problems
are essentially different. Success with
one, therefore, furnishes no assurance
of success with the other.
We construct our pipe lines and dis
tribution mains, and turn the water
In. Gravity does the rest. Very few
employes are required, only moderate
expense on this score. The water de
livers itself.
But an electric light plant requires
a vast deal of attention. To keep It
properly In a city covering forty
square miles, so that the light may be
delivered efficiently, the wires, circuits
and lamps kept In order, and regular
supply of current malntafned, are re
quirements that take It entirely out of
the class of works that supply water
through gravitation. Depreciation also
is rapid, as wear and necessary
changes of machinery, breakage, crip
pling and loss of tools, weathering of
paint, poles and lines, and so on. Such
Incidents are enumerated, not for the
purpose of asserting, or even of Inti
mating, that municipal electric light
ing would be economically impossible
at Portland, but to show that the prob
lem it presents is a wholly different
thing from that of water supply.
This Is as to public lighting; but the
city should go into the business of pri
vate lighting also; since It would pos
sess a great plant and should make
the most of It. This would require
rigid supervision and inspection, and
a further large troop of employes.
Here the competition with private es
tablishments would affect the rates
and revenues.
If the city isto go into this business
a great water power will be necessary.
The Mayor speaks of Bull Run. Some
water power is available there, no
doubt. How much could' be deter
mined by expert examination. It Is
not probable, however, there would be
sufficient. A great auxiliary steam
plant would soon become a necessity
requiring another large force of city
employes.
It Is asked why, since small towns
are able, so many of them, to supply
their own electric light, why the large
cannot. The conditions are dissimilar.
Many of the small towns are content
with incandescent lights. Again, the
output for wages in the small towns Is
proportionally less. 'In the public
plants in large cities there will be
higher wages, shorter hours and con
sequently larger and more costly staffs
(proportionately) of employes.
Undoubtedly the people of Portland,
before embarking in such undertaking,
will desire full Information as to the
situation and possibilities, sources of
power, cost of construction and equip
ment. Including auxiliary steam
plant to meet emergencies or supply
deficiencies; and careful estimates,
based on general experience, of the
cost of maintenance and operation.
There should at once be study, more
over, by competent authority, on the
pert of the city and lh Its behalf,
whether the charge per arc light
($5.30 a month, $63.60 a year) re
quired by the company now operating
In Portland for renewal of Its contract.
Is excessive, or only moderate; and
whether the experience of other cities,
situated as Portland is situated, would
justify an expectation of getting a
lower rate here. If the city should es
tablish its own plant.
It is an important matter; for if the
city shall undertake this business it
probably will have from $1,500,000 to
$2,000,000 in it within a few years,
which it will be necessary to obtain by
addition of the sum to the bonded debt
of the city. If we are to think seri
ously of establishing a municipal light,
plant, inquiry into methods, anil care
ful estimate of cost and results, is a
first necessity.
IMIF.R FALSE COLORS.
The Gallinger ship-subsidy bill,
which slipped through the Senate on
well-greased skids last Friday, was
probably as mild a crime of Its nature
as the subsidy-seekers have attempted
to commit under the guise of patriot
Ism. It was a kind of a burglar's
jimmy, which opens up the crack
through which the explosive can be
poured, or by which "purchase" can be
secured for the crowbar to be used
later. In effect it is only an amend
ment of the ocean mail service law of
1S91, and Increases the subsidy of ser-ond-class
vessels to the amounts paid
first-class ships under the 1891 law. It
also provides mail subsidtes on Pacific
Ocean routes not affected1 by the for
mer law. This will enable Mr. Spreck
els to bring his antique Ventura, Si
erra and Sonoma out of the mud of
Oakland Creek and receive from the
Government approximately $360,000
per year 'by returning them to the
Australian route, 'from which they
were driven by more economical ves
sels that increased producers' profits
by carrying freight for less money
than It cost to operate and maintain
the Spreckels "marine misfits."
The argument that silenced opposi
tion In the Senate was the customary
appeal to patriotism, it being quite
truthfully shown that we were In great
need of an auxiliary fleet for the Navy.
None of the opponents of the ship
subsidy steal has ever questioned the
necessity of a merchant marine which
could be used In war time to support
the Jfavy. The real question involved
was that of methods by which it could
be secured. Every other country on
earth has accumulated its auxiliary
fleet by the common-sense method of
buying the ships where they could be
bought to the best advantage. No
other country makes any pretense of
building all of its merchant marine
vessels, and but few countries build all
of their warships.
The subsidy provided by the Gallin
ger bill will not develop any new
trade, for the reason that every trade
route of importance Is already covered
by cheaper-built, more-economically-operated
vessels than are possible un
der our trade-restricting, trade-hampering
navigation laws. These vessels
are already carrying our freight at
rates below anything that can be ac
complished by a subsidy. It thus be
comes plain that the best we can ex
pect is to maintain by subsidy a fleet
of vessels which can be available 'for
naval auxiliaries. With this ' end in
view, why not permit Americans to
own and operate vessels on even terms
with their trade competitors, and thus
reduce the cost of maintenance of this
auxiliary fleet to the lowest possible
figure? If the long-overdue revision
of our navigation laws and our tariff
laws should' fall to bring about this in
crease in our merchant marine, there
would be more of an excuse for sub
sidy paternalism.
The Harriman trans-Pacific liners
out of San Francisco are the finest
American steamships afloat today, but
General Manager Schwerin Is undoubt
edly correct In questioning whether
the proposed mall subsidy will prove
adequate to pay for the hampering re
strictions that accompany it. Some
thing more than a subsidy Is needed
where the original cost of a vessel is
50 per cent greater, and the crew ex
penses 200 per cent greater, than on
vessels with which the American ship
must compete. The Gallinger bill
sailed through the Senate under false
colors, and there is a possibility that it
may get through the House without
an exposure of its uselessness; but
some day there will be a change and
the Gailingers and Humphreys and all
of the rest of the subsidy-hunters and
henchmen will be forced by an out
raged public sentiment to permit ac
quisition of a merchant marine by the
same economical system that is fol
lowed by every other enlightened na
tion. ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.
A canvass of the great industrial
centers of the country, together with
estimates from other portions of the
United States, reveals something more
than 1,200,000 men out of employ
ment. This remarkable showing is
made in the face of a record-breaking
rush of laborers to Europe, the steer
age emigrants leaving New York for
the first ten weeks of 1908 reaching a
total of 131,710. There are but four
other cities in the United States credit
ed with a larger number of Idle men
than San Francisco, the California me
tropolis being the only Pacific Coast
city mentioned as having an army of
unemployed. In the figures given in a
New York dispatch in yesterday's Ore
gonian, the Bay City is shown with
25,000 unemployed men. Private ad
vices from Los Angeles and Seattle In
dicate that there Is alsoNquite a num
ber of unemployed men in those cities;
but, while there are a few in Port
land who are out of work, the number
Is inconsequential In comparison with
other Pacific Coast cities.
These unsatisfactory statistics serve
to show the close relationship which.
In spite of their differences, must exist
between capital and labor. B.oth are
commodities, the value of which is
regulated by the immutable law of
supply and demand. Both, it is true,
can at times set aside this law and for
a brief period secure abnormal re
muneration, but as the amount over
and above that warranted by natural
conditions must be wrung from the
people who are neither capitalists nor
laborers in the generally accepted
sense of the word, these temporary
conditions cannot-last long. San Fran
cisco is credited with an army of 25,
'000 unemployed, but only a portion of
this great number are out of. work be
cause of insufficient employment. Most
of them are not working because of a
disagreement regarding wages. At the
height of the rehabilitation period,
when men and material had to be se
cured regardless of price, the cost of
building, of living, or of conducting
any kind of a business In the Califor
nia city ran up to fabulous figures.
These abnormal prices were all right
so long as the abnormal conditions
remained, but, with the readjustment
that has followed the most active work
of rebuilding the city, and also the
panic of last Fall, has come a pro
nounced change. Lumber, cement and
other building materials have suffered
heavy declines In price. Ocean
freights are less than half the figures
reached about a year ago; but, with
everything else tumbling In price, an
attempt has been made to maintain
wage3 at the old standard and in some
cases demands have been made for an
advance.
.The engineers' strike has tied up
nearly 109 vessels at various Coast
ports, and. while it is only the engi
neers who are striking, the retirement
from service of every vessel means
idleness for from ten to twenty men.
It also means less repair work at the
machine shops, less work for the
freighthandlers, and a corresponding
loss in a large number of other Indus
tries only indirectly affected. The
strike will be settled in time. If the
employers could make money by meet
ing the demands of the strikers, it
would be settled instantly. But labor
as well as capital must "give and take"
in periods of depression like that from
which we are Just emerguag. We
cannot force a return of good times by
keeping both capital and labor in idle
ness and thus curtailing the purchas
ing power of the people, and the
sooner both of these commodities get
busy the better it will be for all con
cerned, directly or Indirectly.
We suspect that estimates of unem
ployed men In the United States, pub
lished yesetrday, are exaggerated; not
wjth intent but because observers un
consciously magnify crowds. A gath
ering of three or four hundred easily
passes for a thousand. On the matter
of unemployed men in cities, it may be
asked, are there not always a multi
tude? - Is there ever a time -when
streets are not filled with idlers? Note
how many ablebodied men will stand
for hours watching workmen raise a
beam to the top of a skyscraper, or
the hoisting of a safe, or so common
place a thing as excavating for a base
ment or loading a ship. If a careful
census were taken it might disclose
the fact that the present unemployed
do not outnumber the normal unem
ployed more than two to one. It Is a
matter of congratulation for the Pa
cific Northwest that Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho were not mentioned
in the list of states.
An error of the Department of Commerce-and
Labor in crediting Puget
Sound with February wheat exports
600,000 bushels In excess of the
amount shipped is overlooked by the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and that
paper leads its editorial page with a
laudatory article on the greatness of
Puget Sound as a wheat shipping port.
If the P.-I. will consult the statistics
of the Puget Sound customs districts,
it will learn that during the month
of February Portland shipped more
wheat than all Puget Sound ports com
bined. The Portland shipments, which
were exceeded by but two ports in the
United States, were more than 600,000
bushels greater than those of Ta
coma, nearly five times as large as
those of Seattle, and nine times as
large as those of Everett. For the
month of March, wheat shipments
from Portland will be nearly three
times as large as those from all Puget
Sound ports combined.
"Our banking system is the worst In
the civilized world," said Andrew Car
negie, in a recent address before the
Economic Club in New York. .There
has been much in evidence in the paat
few months which has tended to con
firm the ironmaster's views of "our
methods of finance. But why stop this
economic criticism at banking? Mr.
Carnegie is In a position to give some
expert testimony on our tariff system,
and if he should happen to be in a
humor for telling the truth when dis
cussing It, he could easily show "that.
In comparison with our tariff policy,
the banking system is resting secure
on a pinnacle of unapproachable per
fection. There will be some valuable
additions to political economy litera
ture when our Carnegies discuss It
with the same freedom from bias that
they now exhibit when the -banking
system is under fire.
The Washington Railroad Commis
sion, having expended more than $37.
000 of its contingent fund In a little
over a year, is now about to face a de
ficiency. The $36,000 appropriated
for salaries is expected to last until
the Legislature meets again. Be
tween the salaries and the contingent
fund, the Commission has spent about
$50,000 since the last session of the
Legislature. The money has not all
been wasted, however, for It produced
the information that it was beyond
the power of the Commission to divert
wheat from Portland to Puget Sound
by a joint-rate order.
As a result of a family row between
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lloyd Osborne,
the old Stevenson home in San Fran
cisco Is to be sold. There were 'won
derful people and rare geniuses troop
ing through the works of the dead
novelist,' but the master word-painter
never Journeyed far enough into the
improbable with the children of his
brain to have a mother-in-law and a
daughter-in-law dwelling in harmony
under one roof.
The multiplication of condensed
milk factories and the establishment
of meat-packing plants will soon make
the Pacific Northwest a great livestock
country. On the best authority we
have the assurance that by reason of
climate and forage crops Oregon is the
best livestock and dairying state in the
Union. Now we shall have a practical
demonstration.
Somewhat earlier than usual the
white-breasted swallow has made Its
advent in Portland for the season of
1908. He is a particular friend of
William L. Finley, the young natural
ist, who tells about him in a popu
lar sketch published on page 5 of
this issue. We commend it to Bird
lovers, young and old.
It is now stated that Moberly Bell
has beaten C. Arthur Pearson in the
fight for control of the London Times.
No shares In the company will be of
fered to the public, Mr. Bell having
found two members of the House of
Lords willing to furnish the necessary
financial backing. The capital stands
at 750,000, or about $3,750,000.
Were the members of the Legisla
ture of 1907 making laws for the
people or for the Title Guarantee &
Trust Company? They drew their
salaries from the state, and not from
the trust company. But the trust com
pany had cause for congratulations
when the "sure thing" was enacted.
In Lane County, it Is said, arrange
ments are being made for a fusion
party on the basis of Statement No. 1,
"the purpose being to oppose the Re
publican candidates." Certainly. The
sole mission of Statement No. 1 Is to
oppose and defeat the Republican
party. '
Officers of the law having failed to
put the disorderly saloon out of busi
ness, the liquor dealers themselves will
undertake the task. Is this an assump
tion that the liquor dealers are more
powerful in securing law observance
than the officers are?
What do candidates for the Legis
lature think of that proposed consti
tutional amendment Increasing the pay
of legislators from $3 aday to $10 a
day? They will surely tell the voters
during the campaign.
The death from typhoid fever of
Senator Bryan, of Florida, a young
and robust man, may serve to admon
ish some of our statesmen that life in
Washington has its drawbacks. - .
The man who thinks the baseball
season hasn't opened in Portland
stayed home yesterday. If he had
taken a walk he would have noticed
many vacant lots turned into athletic
grounds.
The craft preservative may felicitate
itself over the labor situation in the
LOregon Penitentiary..- which doesn't
contain a prisoner who can set type.
The Democrats don't want partisan
ship in politics all they want is Dem
ocrats in all the offices. V
WHAT THE STATE PRESS IS SAYING
Remarks om pollttcnl Priesta.
Eugene Guard.
We think a preacher, priest or rabbi
lout of place in politics. Members of their
congregations or church, as is no doubt
the case in San Francisco, are hit hard
by the graft prosecutions and they ny
to their defense. Father Yorke pursued
Mayor Phelan, probably the best execu
tive San Francisco has bad for years,
with a vindictiveness that drove the lat
ter Into private life, because of a quar
rel inside the church. The public lost
Phelan's valuable sewtices on account of
matters that were none of its concern,
and now thev graft prosecutors are at
tacked because of reasons, no doubt, tf
the truth were known, that are not based
upon sound and liberal considerations for
the publio welfare.
Our Noa-Partisan Governor.
Newberg Graphic
The result of state elections held in
Oregon has quite often demonstrated that
a lote of voters who pretend to be Re
publicans have preferred to have a Dem
ocrat for Governor rather than a Re
publican, although the Republican party
has had at the head of the ticket men
who were equally as good and in some in
stances much better men than the Demo
cratic candidates, and it is little wonder
that Chamberlain, who has toeen elevated
to the Governor's chair by Republican
votes, has concluded that the same fel
lows will give him a boost into the United
States Senate. We can really see no
reason why he should deem it necessary
to assume the hypocritical role of the so
called non-partisan.
Smaller Parma a Great Need.
La. Grande Observer.
Swapping farms does not build up either
a city or a country. The country has
gained nothing If Mr. Jones from Iowa,
buys out Mr. Green, and Mr. Green moves
to California. If Mr. Green would sell
Mm Jones one-half of his farm, this would
mean something. It would mean another
home, and homes are what we . need.
We need more people in the valley, and
more peofile in the cities. The cities
furnteh the markets for the farmers and
it requires payrolls to keep the cities
growing.
Because Republicans Wont Elect a
Republican.
Forest Grove News.
Governor Chamberlain says he is in
accord with the policies of Roosevelt, and
wants to know if as much can be said
of all those in his (Roosevelt's) own
party. If the Governor thinks so much
of the President and Republican party,
why doesn't he come out for Senator on
the Republican ticket, instead of stick
ing to the party that is 40.000 In the
minority?
Great State, With Fool Laws.
The Dalles Optimist.
Oreiron is a great state, and she has
a bright future, provided we. the Repub
licans of the state, arise and wipe some
of these damphool laws off the statute
books, and prevent the "reformers" from
placing others there. If we do not do
this, and get busy about it at once, the
name of Oreson will be a stench in the
nostrils of all the progressive people in
the Union.
The Pitcher That Gees to the Well, Etc.
Newport News.
There was more politics than oysters
connected with Governor Chamberlain's
visit to the Bay. It would be a very
nice thing for the Governor if he could
step into Senator Fulton's shoes, and
while it was the Republicans who placed
him in the gubernatorial chair the pos
sibilities of that party debasing itself by
cendlng him to the United States Senate
are very remote.'
Pazale Who Was I,nt Democratic
Coagressmaa f
I-a Grande Observer.
In view of the fact that a Democrat has
not been sent to Congress within the last
30 years, and possibly longer, 'we called
up several leading members of the party
and without looking up their ancient his
tories they could not tell In what decade
it was. or who the man was. One gen
tleman thought It was Whlttaker, and. we
believe he is correct.
Yelp From One of the Vagabonds.
Kelsonian (Kelso. Wash.)
If the little country sheets In Oregon
happen to asree with the Portland Ore
gonian they are quoted from A to Izzard,
but If they happen to go contrary to that
paper In opinions they are nothing but
"vagabonds of journalism."
The Oregon Dodo.
Grants Pass Observer.
Perhaps the exposures of his past record
had something to do with Mr. U'Ren's
retirement. He was. bombarded rather
heavily with accusations that must have
hurt the feelings of a pious man and a
patriot.
Ton-Heavy With Brains.
Dallas Itemlzer.
One reason for the non-suocess of the
Democratic party is the multiplicity of
brainy men within its ranks and the dif
ferent views which they must consequent
ly take of National questions.
Certalnlyi Send Him Alonsr.
Lebanon Express-Advance. ,v
Many friends of Senator M. A. Miller
would be pleased to see him selected as
one of the delegates to the Democratic
National Convention, which meets in Den
ver next Summer.
A Meeting.
We met by chance. and as we met
She claaped me in a warm embrace;
I sem to feel her clinging' yet.
With one soft cheek against my face.
She did not know my name, while I
Ere then had never viewed her charms;
And yet she breathed a prateful siith
As round her waist I nuns my arms.
The sirl had not mistaken me
For any member of her set.
Nor did she care who I mifrht be -
'Twaa at a skatinp; rink we met
Chicago Record-Herald.
A FEW SQUIBS.
Lady (to caller) "You won't mind my
aroing on with my work while you're here,
will you? Then I shan't feel I'm wasttng
ttme." Punch.
Instructor (at night school) "What proof
have we that the earth is round?" Shaggy
Haired Pupil "Don't need no proof. I'm
wlllin' to believe the Jographies." Chicago
Tribune.
Languid Lannigan "After all Is said. pal.
money ain't everyt'ins;." Dry Deegan "I
knows It from experience I wunst found a
$5 bill near do center uv - a prohibition
state." Puck.
Really." remarked the selfish Mr. Kad
ley. "I've been wondering what to give up
during Lent." "Well." remarked Miss Pep
prey, "you might give up your seat In a
streetcar occasionally." Philadelphia Press.
Mabel "Jack proposed to me last night."
Stella "Poor fellow! So he did keep his
word after all?" Mabel "Why. what do you
mean?" Stella "When I refused him laM
week he said it would cause him to do
something desperate." Chicago Dally News.
""All de word's a stage." quoted Tired
Tiffins. "Chock full e sawmills, machine
shops, boiler factories, an' de like," com
mented his chum. "Too much realism Tif
fins; too much realism fer a fanciful man."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mr. Staylate "Of course you'll be at the
shore for Easter week." Miss Patience
(yawning) "No." Mr. staylate "No? Well.
I simply have to go " Miss Patience
(brightening) "Oh! must you? That's so;
it's later than I thought." Philadelphia
Press. '
Vicar "Well, Mr. Stogginsi how are you
today?" Cobbler "Very bad, sir." Vicar
"And what is the matter?" Cobbler "Ah.
Fir. it's my legs. ' They be wonderful bad!"
Vicar "Dear me! How long have you been
like this?" Cobbler "Why. sir. these legs,
if you believe me, I've had 'em on and off
for the last 30 years." Punch.
DR. WISE WRITES OJT GRAFTERS
Wants the Gnllty Put la Jail, hat
Thinks Henry Has Bunded.
PORTLAND. March 21 (To the Edi
tor.) Your putting me outside of law
and order where a member of my faith
is concerned, and shaking me up in the
same bag whh a priest from San Fran
cisco, is an extreme proceeding which I
hardly would have expected from you or
any one connected with a paper that pre
tends to the metropolitan scope which
The Oregonlan plumes itself on. I assure
you that I am, more than anxious to see
Mr. Heney put the whole crowd of San
Francisco grafters behind the bars, and
that my reason for making an attack on
the situation at all was as pure as. if
not more lofty than, yours for taking a
snap at me. I said that the affair had
been bungled. You must admit that the
finding of a grievous flaw in an Indict
ment upon which the combined genius,
virtue and protectant piety of the whole
prosecution, aided , by a Judge tn robes,
had been lavished without stint of time,
money or threat. Is a. sad thing. It leads
one of untrained ecclesiastical mind lit
tle informed of the vicissitudes of the law
to suspect that there is a lack of care
and capability In proportion to the blus
ter, and therefore tends to sadden one.
So much I really said. Inferred and Im
plied. Inasmuch as you must read your news
paper as well as write It. I beg of you to
give me the benefit of meaning what I say.
I said that Ruef should be 1n jail. 1 meant
it. You say that I am by Inference in
doubt as to the commission of crimes in
San Francisco. I never said it or inferred
it. I am not in favor of setting Ruef
at liberty to catch Calhoun, and I do not
know whether Calhoun is a Protestant,
Catholic or Mohammedan. I entered the
protest against freeing any criminal as
payment for treachery toward his con
freres, which was the patent policy of
the prosecution. I hardly think this can
be construed by even as mediocre a the
ologian as you show yourself to be In
this instance as a remonstrance backed
by religious prejudice. '
I do not see how you. knowing as you
do both my activities and propensities in
matters pertaining to the public weal, can
place me in the same paragraph with
what you term a blatherskite. Allow me
to object (not to the term, but to the
proximity).
Now. if you will allow me to pass over
your last paragraph, which I do not un
derstand, other than the reference to my
worthiness to represent my cause, 'which
matter I do not consider your newspaper
competent to adjudge, and therefore elide,
I will state as shortly as possible the
reason for my published statements.
First The prosecution promised to con
vict and imprison certain individuals
whom they allowed to escape by a loop
hole so apparent that It seemed impossi
ble it should have been left.
Second The prosecution were and per
haps still are ready to compromise with
Ruef. a dangerous criminal, in order to
Imprison certain wealthy men who robbed
their fellow-citizens under stress applied
by Ruef & Co.
Third To further this end they brought
In several gentlemen to act as witnesses
to a manifest understanding between the
defense and the prosecution, which, since
such things are against the letter and
spirit of the law, could not be expressed
or Implied in a contract. They needed
men whom all parties trusted to hear
certain significant conversation:
Fourth Their Judge, manifestly parti
san, and therefore unfit to sit in. judge
ment, did transgress and violate "all the
traditions of law and decency by de
nouncing two men of probity, well known
and of better fame than his own, as per
jurers, thereby branding them with a
stigma they can ill afford to bear. This
was without trial or any process of law.
Therefore this individual is petulant and
possessed of other ldiosyncracies that un
fit him for Judgement, just as certain
newspaper popes at times lose that Odor
of infallibility with which they pomado
themselves, and thereby weaken their po
sition In the public trust and confidence.
As far as I know, there is very Utile
theology in all this, and you may be
more keen than Augustine and more as
tute than Justin. Jerome and the mar
tyrs, but you find neither heresy nor re
cantation, for there is no taint of dog
ma, creed or article except a prayer for
the speedy clearing up of the disgraceful
situation by the sending of the criminals
to jail and the stopping of blustering, in
sincere and ulterior methods. You have
not for a long time had such a fine op
portunity of killing two birds with one
stone, and I hope you will allow me the
courtesy and privilege of as prominent a
place for my reply as you gave in the
attack. You may on some other occasion
get two birds in line again, and till then
I beg to remain as sincerely and disin
terestedly a well-wisher of public decency
as your most excellent paper. Sincerely
yours, JONAH B. WISE.
When We Talk Grammatically.
Atlantic Monthly.
The universal vosrue of correct English
would be little short of a calamity. The
doubter has only to Imagine the effect on
the animation and interest of life. If we
should wake up some morning to find
every one saying "I shall" and "I will" in
their proper places, the newsboy purged
of slang, the racy brogues dislodged from
the streetcar and the street corner, the
hired man pronouncing according to
Webster, and the 2-year-olds lisping I
beg their pardon, they would no longer
lisp uttering their thoughts in phrases
conformable to LIndley Murray, Dr.
Murray and the "King's English."
The Audience.
T. A. Daly in The Catholic Standard and
Times.
I mak' not moocha mon today.
So few ees hear da tunes I play.
Long time bayfore da sun eee shine
I malt dees street plan' of mine
An' pull eet out from ceety atreet
To eonntra lane, where cool an' sweet
Do morneeng breeza blow, an where
All theengs ees beautiful an'l fair.
Oh. here, I theenk. I gona find
Som" peopla so good-heart' an' kind
Dey weell be glad for hear me play
An' notta tell be "Gona 'way!"--Like
most a do dat I am meet
Wen I am play een ceety street.
I walk an walk, but eet ees queer
I meet so few da peopla here;
Ees only wan or two, but steell
I look for more. I climb da heell
An' travel down da hotta road.
Da street plan ees heavy load.
I am baygeen for feel da heeat, -
An' so bimetvy, I stop an' seet
Een shady place bayelde da way.
Oh. I am mad! I growl fl-iv say;.
"I mak' not moocha mon' today.
Wat for you com'. Oh, foola man!
Where no wan heaer your street plan'?''
But den. w'at s'pose ees happen me?
Firs' theeng you know ees leetla tree
Mak' funny nolea where eet Stan's.
So like as eef eet clap eet's nan's!
Den gentla feengera een da air
Dey come and pull me by da hair:
Ees som'theeng een dees sweeta breeze
Dat sneak to me an' coax an tease.
An den da sky, so wide, so blue,
Eet seem to smile and coax me, too.
So all theengs speak, as eef dey say:
"Com', let us have da music. Play!"
play wan tune yes. two free, four.
Like w'at I never do bayfore!
I stop. Da sky cry: "More!" An' den
I play dem evra. wan agen.
So, too. I leeft my voice and seeng. s
Da breeze say "More!" tp everytheeng.
So all day long ees Ilka dat.
Oh. 'Merlcana man. I gat
Som' curses an' some food to eat
Wen I am play een ceefy street.
But here da sky. da' breeae, da tree,
Dey speak Eetallan to me! i
I mak no moocha mon' today.
So few eef hear da tunes I play.
But where ees reecher msn dan T
Dat play to breeze an tree an' sky?
Learning to Swim.
Woman's Home Companion.
Mother, may I go learn to swim?"
"Yes, my darling daughter;
Go to a correspondence school, -But
don't go near the water.
NATIONAL GUARD
OREGON National Guardsmen are
highly commended in a report on
the Joint army and militia coast
defense maneuvers of 1907. The report is
Issued by the War Department from the
office or the Chief of Staff and covers
the maneuvers at Coast garrisons all
over the United States. A perusal of the
report shows that no other state or
ganization in the countryv is so highly
spoken of. Refering to the work of the
Oregon troops stationed about the mouth
of the Columbia River from July 6 to
July 20. the following statements appear
In the War Department's report:
'The Oregon National Guard seems to
be composed of selected men, there be
ing in the ranks many civil engineers,
electricians and mechanics. Their work
throughout was faithful, energetic and
Intelligent.
"They were quite enthusiastic during
the entire period and their interest
seemed to grow from beginning to end of
the coast defense maneuvers.
"It Is believed that there was not a
single case of disorderly conduct during
the joint encampment.
"From the reports of officers no critic
isms are to be found. Officers of the
regular service expressed themselves
verbally as perfectly satisfied, only re
gretting that they did not have more
time and thast the entire Third Oregon
Regiment bad not been detailed to this
encampment.
"The programme of drill and exercises
prepared previous to the encampment
and approved by the War Department
was found satisfactory in every way and
the same was practically followed dur
ing the encampment."
That the War Department's pamphlet
is not one long paen of praise is to be
seen by a casual glance at reports on
the work of some other bodies of state
troops. Referring to Georgia, for ex
ample, the following appears: "The
progress made was very gratifying as
regards drill, but sentries on outpost and
interior lines did not seem to grasp the
importance of strict obedience to orders.'
And this is the report on the state of
Alabama: "The Alabama field artillery
came without proper equipment or pre
liminary training. Some had pistols;
some were weaponless. None of tne
militia here had muster or payrolls
ready. Although the lectures took place
aB scheduled, there were too many ab
sentees. The men to a large degree wer
slovenly of appearance and unkempt so
that they producted an unfavorable Im
pression upon all. Looked lipon in the
light of a body of recruits merely, they
were very satisfactory material for de
veloping." Commissioned officers will be shut out
from participation in the National riflA
matches if an amendment to the Army
appropriation bill is finally approved. The
amendment was adopted by the House,
according to advices received yesterday
from the publicity bureau of the National
Board for the Promotion of Rifle Prac
tice. The amendment in question is as
follows:
"Provided, That the trophies an
medals herein authorised shall be con
tested for only by the enlisted men of the
Army, tire Navy, the Marine Corps 'and
the National Guard or organized militia
of the several states, territories and the
District of Columbia."
- Final passage of this amendment,
which Congress has already approved,
will eliminate all commissioned officers
of all the services mentioned from par
ticipation in the National team match,
the National Individual match and the
National pistol match. Last year tin
various competing teams were made up
largely of officers. The Navy team had
seven officers and five enlisted men. the
United States Cavalry team ten officers
and two men, the United States Intantry
seven officers and five men, while thd
number of officers from state organiza
tions was nearly as great as the number
of men. Oregon had five officers an'l
seven enlisted men at Camp Perry.
The amendment will be opposed, as
there are two sides to the question. Many
military authorities declare that the
training of officers is more beneficial, as
it gives them a broadet-basis for in
struction of large bodies of troops.
Others contend that the training of the
men who actually handle the rifles in
event of war is the object to be carried
out. The outcome of the fight that will
be made on the amendment in the Senate
will be watched with considerable inter
est. Every member of the two Portland
battalions of the Third Oregon Infantry,
the Field Battery and the Hospital Corps,
is urged to be present next Friday night
at the annual inspection and review by
Governor Chamberlain. Many spectators
will be present. Colonel C. E. McDonell
will march his regiment In review fol
lowing Inspection, and the ceremonies
will be concluded with regimental and
battalion drills.
Company B has captured the penant
in the indoor baseball series by winning
seven games straight. Company F and
the Hospital Corps are claiming second
place, each command having lost two
games. ...
A memorable event in the history of
Eugene was the presentation of the
regimental colors of the Fourth Oregon
Infantry, last Tuesday. The presentation
was made by Governor Chamberlain and
the flag was received by Colonel George
O. Yoran, on behalf o his command. The
affair was an impressive one. Every
officer of the regiment was on hand.
Governor Chamberlain was accompanied
by his staff and by Adjutant Geif-ral
Flnzer and Colonel James Jackson. At
an informal banquet which followed the
flag ceremonies many addresses were
made on -military topics and the officers
of the Fourth demonstrated that they
are up to the minute on military affairs.
The new colors will get a first airing
at the encampment this Summer pro
vided, of course, something more serious
than an encampment doesn't loom up in
the meantime.
The Fourth Oregon has Issued a formal
challenge to the Third for a rifle compe
tition with the new Springfield rifle. W 1th
the advantages of the Roseburg range
at hand the confidence of the .Southern
Oregon men in their marksmenshlp is
not hard to understand. Portland has
'no range above 600 yards. Nevertheless
the challenge Is being seriously consid
ered and may be accepted.
But Two lobs Years Have Passed.
Gervais Star.
Many Democrats deprecate the holding
of a conference by the Republicans, yet
they themselves, only two years ago.
held Just suWi- a convention and nomi
nated a state and county ticket. Wonder
If they had forgotten it?
Departure.
Italy Hemperly in the Stellar Bay.
The hour soon comes, sweet friends, whea I
Shall quit this form of mortal clay.
The call has come I know not why;
But still I go. and would not stay.
Above the night the star-worlds gleani,
And moonbeams klsa the silver sea.
Ah. do I hear, or do I dream
The angel voice that cal la to me?
Between the worlds In love-lit air.
The soul-way shines In radiant light. -
Your tender thougltts go with me there
Sweet friends, I go. Goodnight, goodnight!