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HrNKY WDIIIWN'
Tf Pi'MVh i1i"tvor-i1 ! Mr. Hni-y
Kr'n'1' Mf. Pulton on Satur.lrty nlsh!
am. niftlnly A roprtltion of Ms tfoamor
M Somf n.l.tuton.nl variety vn f
fr.1a ly lniroliottn of tno n.ttnon
iyr!ons who krr oonsjroit for thotr
nrrrt of 5fr. Fulton for ro-olootton:
n1 A lotlrr. written by a person whoso
ntnf was wlthhel.t. was roa.l. to sup
port tnrthor the oharrto that Mr. Kill
ton ha.l boon oonnooto.l with effort to
oorrupt tho I-pislaturo In iho Inter
est of Mr. Mitehell. 'TwonKt he hot
ter If thp souroe of that letter were
ma.le Known. Perhaps it wilt he
et. -K.posure an.t ej;itiois;n ef the
metho.ls of pohilos in re.on. nn.ler
the MitoheU recime. with whs-h Mr.
Heny eonns"te.1 Mr Kuiton Ihroxish
out. forme.l the snhstanee. spirit anil
p-.th ef thi latest spoeoh. as of she
former ono. There is bitterness in
the debate, en both sules. whioh. how
ever. In th olroumstanees, ean har.lly
be aveiile.l. In su,-h eases aoeusa'ion
en one sl.to is followed by dentin.-ia-tion
on the other.
It eannoi be denle.1 that politienl
methovls 1n Ortpon have been In many
wsj s the worst possible. Koaders of
The Oreponian will not fail to remem
ber that these methods have been ob
,1eets of eer.snre by th-.s newspaper for
many, many yours. Hut The Oroiro
ntan's eritiolsms were attributed to
personal ma Iter, and people refused to
believe, of tf they did believe, didn't
eare Th .totirnal was eons-.irod as a
perseentor of Senator Mitohell. Atr.
FnlTon acted in polities with Mr.
Mitohell nd his friends, and In turn,
when he appeared as a eandldate. -re-v'eived
their support. When Mr. Money
eame to Orecon to proseoute the land
frauds h oon came into collision
with th Senators, whose frfer.ds in
ofrlce were not irivlnj: him the co-operation
be required, but in fact were
obstructing him. This soon led up to
active warfare between the Senators
and Mr. Honey. The pro.cress of it
will not he recited, since the remem
brance Is fresh and familiar. Mr.
Mitchell pase.l out. and then Mr.
Herey turned hi. artention more di
rectly to Mr. Fulton. To Xtr. Hene-"s
attacks Mr. Pu'ten has replied by de
r.'al, rtnuciation and defiance. Mr.
Heney disrlalms personal animosity,
but f-.sisr that Mr. Fn'.ton's political
ard ofiicial career has been such as
sh.u'd forbid his re-election.' Of this
the people of Oretron are to Judpo. Ir.
our own opinion Mr. Fulton has played
the ordinary jrame of politics, current
durir.j th time, and as such thtnps
(ro in ordinary Jht.tcmer.t, or as hith
erto done, without personal dishonor
to h'roself: yet a rme surely open to
censure, especially in times of active
criticism, when a man is Iudtred by
roles h'trher than those which had
prevailed before. It is no uncommon
thir.f. in the trans-.rion from one age
to another.
Mr. Heney's work in Oregon has
been very noteworthy, ar.a has pro
duced excellent results. It has broken
up a political and ofttcial aystem that
ha4 long held the state Jn thraldom.
No one but mi c-utsidsr could have
done it. and perhaps no man who
could have been eent Into the state
could hav done It so well as he. It
would have been impossible to find a
man of Oreesn who could have kept
the case clear of the Influences.. that
persons long time powerful in the pol
itics of the state would have been able
to bring to bear, directly or indirectly,
to embarrass or thwart the prosecu
tion. Mr. Heney had to jret rid of a
bunch of officials, before he could get
on at a'!: and the industry and sagaci
ty with which he pursued every clew
a4 indication Uwt might lead to re-
4uM, wer worthy of all praie. An
assrewive and combative riAture l fie.
i'""'v to. nueh worts a tM, and If
the man has ehown t ttme thsi h
has temper. It l only what rrtlirht h
ospeeied In ono pnrmiine u. h a tas
I1 the faeo of vehement oppoilion,
Tit N-rwarirrit.
Mr. Iteney U ijuiie miniahen in
eme thine, and very prohablv In A lot
of ihtYis r'or example, artrr eayinff
thai the recent panic Waa brought on
b' half a doen men, w ho eonimand
three thousand tnlUiona of dollara In
order to puntkh Itooaevnlt rtlni prevent
the nomination of anv eandidain who
would eontinue his poliiMrn, Mr. Honey
arttd to Ma audience, In sttbulanee,
"Yo haven't read much about thl In
vour new papera, and I'll t-ll you whv.
lieeause l be Askoelafed Trea of thl
eounirv la controlled bv theae aame
mllllonairoa, and nine trnih of the
great newiper of (he country are
controlled by them "
Mr. Money talks wtlillv here. With
two (or three exeepllona, at moat,
the a'rat newspaiera of the country
are absolutely free from the control
or Influence of "ihee aame inillon
aires." and ar In eonriant opposition
to them: and It was from these same
srrat newwpnpera that Mr. Heney and
the oouptrv learned about "the eon-
isplracv'' to put liooaevolt and his pol
Idea of busine. Wnrl.v every
one of the great newnpapera that bava
Hrpiihiii-nn tendencies are auiport
tnc "Paft. W ooevelt'a own candidate;
and the areat leneratle newspapers
are as earneat In their opposition to
the men of "frenaied finance" aa their
firpuhttoan .'ompetltera are. r, 41e
ney has not well corldered what he
la navlnff on Ihta aul.ei-(. And 0 rt
to his remarks about the Associated
rre-
This ornantallon la controlled en
lirely by ihe seven or eight hundred
newspapers that constitute Its mem.
horMtip They are of all description
of politick., liepnbllcan. IVmooratte
and Independent. The reports, writ
ten for s.i mixed and Varloua A cli
entele, are prepared every day with
studti.d impartiality and fairness, Con
trolled absolutely by Hie newspapers,
the work of the Associated Vroes. la
free from any possible control or In
fluence from any other quarter. More
over. Its membership Is not limited 10
the great newspapers of the oountrv;
the greater number of Its member
represent the smaller newspapers. In
the smaller cities North And South,
Mast and West.
Hesldes. no monepoTV of ihe news
Is possible. The Associated Press does
not tnclude All the .newspapers of Ihe
country In every city there are Jour
nals other than those of the Associated
rreas. served by other press associa
tions The Putted Press serves some
hundreds of now'spapers; and our good
n Ighbor. th Portland Journal, would
assure Mr Heney. should ha ask It,
that the fnitod Press report, served
to It. Is in every way oo,ua! to the re
port of Ihe Associated Press, and in
many ways superior to It, It may be
aid with certainty, too, that no mor
than that of the . Associated Press Is
the report of the 1'nited Press eon
trolled by the "malefactors of preda
tory wealth" who are flR-hilns Uooae
velt. The great body of the newspa
pers of the country Is .absolutely in
dependent of such Influences, for they
know their life depends on their serv
ice to the people; and besides, no self-roapeetlnft-
man or Journal will submit
to dictation from "the Interests." or
from managers of political parties. On
this subject Mr. Money has let hla
Imagination run away w;lth him. Rvery
great newspaper make money and no
body can buy it; and the lesser news
paper has a double protection, first in
Its own desire to do an honorable busi
ness and stand well with Its constitu
ency, and second In tlw fact that the
mighty millionaire, of great schemes,
wouldn't want newspapers that were
In no position to do him any good.
Indeed, newspapers of all kinds, great
and small, not only are useless to these
exploiters, plungers and speoulAf ors,
but positively harmful to them. The
people find such Journals out very
quickly; and newspapers so controlled
incense the public more and more
against those who control them.
The press of the country, is. In the
main, independent, and the-number of
"kept" newspapers Is extremely few.
Any fair , knowledge of the general
newspaper business of the country, or
even a little acquaintance and inter
course with its representatives, would
soon convince any skeptic, by remov
ing such suspicions as he may have
entertained against the general Integ
rity of the press. There Is no profes
sion or line of business in which mer
cenary "rrafno is so difficult of con
cealment, so sure td manifest itself,
and so certain to meet public repro
bation. Resides, "operators" don't
want newspapers, any more. They
learned long since that control of
newspapers did them no good, but
harm continually. Every railroad that
ever had anything to do with newspa
pers long ago got out of-the business.
We assure Mr. Heney that the news
papers of the country are far less lia
ble to censure, on the charge of serv
ice to "the interests" than the legal
profession is. or is likely soon to be;
and Mr. Heney might well devote some
rart of his undoubted talents to up
lift of the legal profession to? the de
gree of moral celsitude that he justly
requires in the newspaper press.
It remains only to add that in the
work Mr. Heney has been doing in
Oregon he has had the earnest co
operation of the press, and especially
that of Portland: for he has well de
served it by his persistence and en
ergy, and has justified it by "making
good."
roimc.u. trevsr t.ar reform.
Consular reform seems to have en
countered the usual snag in the feor
ganisation bill now pending before
Congress. This bill was prepared by
the State Iepartment, and provided
for removal of some of the dead tim
ber that has impaired the usefulness
of the Consular Service for many
years. It also provided for readjust
ment of salarfes in keeping with the
importance of the stations to which
the American politicians had "shunt
ed" their friends. MVhen the Senate
got hold of the bill. Senator Lodge,
with that fine show of patriotism
which has made him famous, discov
ered that the State Department had
reduced the rank of three Consuls for
whom he had secured appointment.
The Massachusetts Senator then
charged the bill and shifted his pro
teges back to higher classes than the
State Department thought they were
entitled to.
The bill was then sent over to Use
House, and that ho.1v, popMMy on h
ground nf economy, hut prohehU- to
how li ' power, reduced Senator
t,odg-e'a frienda lo Ihe position given
them n the original bill by the 8tata
tcpartment, Tho hill then pad In
lt original ntm B1 went to tha
Senate for conference ttut Senator
Lodge haa refused to consider th bill
In conference, uulesa hla protog- are
moved bach lo Ihe exalted position
where he thinks they should aland,
and he la now scheming for some
opening hv which he Cart retain hla
preferred Consulate patronage, and At
the aame time escape blame for In.
lerference with passage of the bill.
There Is nothing particularly new In
the attitude of Mr, Lodge, and the
Incident only servo lo show l what
extent our Consular Service, aa Well a
other brancbe of Ihe Uovernment. la
hampered and rendered comparatively
woeihle-ik by reason of thl pernlclou
practice of playing politic with A
branch of the service In which poll,
tics should have no ptaea whAfex'ce,
uiif Consular Service, aa A whole,
ha for a long time been regarded A
A Joke, So long a It Is at the mercy
of such politicians as Senator Lodge,
there Is not much hope tor Improve,
ment. Meanwhile, when our manu
facturing inferos! are deslroua of
learning All that they should know
about trade oppnri unities In foreign
land, they generally send their own
represenlallve owe, and pay him ao.
cording to the "clans" In which he
makes good, and nol according to the
s. -ale -ap plied In the payment of po
litical dohl.
TflK tSXIN'rtSl MR. M-p-WAt.r.
When the round-the-world cruise of
Ihe American battleship fleet 'n
originally planned, there wa. much
hostile comment In the paal. And A
humber of newspaper were o unkind
a to say that no small factor In the
enterprise was the desire of Secretary
Metealf to show hla California neigh
bor what A great man he really la.
Such criticism may have been unwar
ranted, but Ihe plana being outltned
for the fleet disclose unite plainly that
it Is Mr, MeicAlf'a Intention to keep
tho ship In California .waters ro
much of the time that there will bo
very Utile opportunity for Ihe vessel
to visit other Pacific Coast ports. A
number of ihe battleship will he
sent to Puget Sound, where coal sup
plies re awaiting them ot liremorton,
but Secretary Metealf of California,
with the Aid of Senator Perkins of
C'ajltorntA, ha Apparently mapped out
a programme that will make the Va
otrte Coast vlall of Ihe fleet a nearly
as possible a slilcily I'AHfornl nl
tractton, A Washington dispatch say that
"Secretary Metealf told Senator
llourne he would do his utmost to send
some cruiser and torpedo craft to
Portlhnd some lime during tho Sum
mer." of course. If the Secretary ha
any intention of doing hi "utmost"
to send any of the x'esset to Portland,
there will be no question about their
coming here. Hut what Portland real
ly want. And what Portland I enti
tled to. Is the presence In our harbor
of one or two battleships: and the
failure of Mr. Metcnlf to have them
call here cannot well ho regarded In
any other light than a a deliberate
affront to Portland. It Is n natural
assumption thAt the Secretary ef the
Navy should have some knowledge of
the renditions at the various porta
which are Along the route being trav
ersed by the battleship fleet. Till in
formation is undoubtedly In the pos
session of Mr. Metcnlf. Atut he of
course knows that there Is not A ship
In the fleet that could not easily reach
Portland without taking tho slightest
risk.
If he has not been supplied with this
Information, it would seem that Sena
tor Bourne has not been using to Ad
vantage his alleged prestige ns a mem
ber of the President's kitchen cabinet.
Hut we think Senator ftournc has ex
erted himself to the utmost. Among
other Queer stories placed In circula
tion Is a report that none of the bat
tleships would come to Portland for
the reason that the navigating officers
are opposed td the trip, being unfamil
iar with the Vrver channels. This Is
fully as ridiculous ns Senator rerklns"
statement that there was but twenty
feet of water In the channel between
Portland and tho sea. The navigat
ing, officers of the ships do not pilot
their vessels Into harbors. They tnke
pilots at San Francisco and at other
California ports, and they would do
the same here. Furthermore, there Is
not a pilot In the service who would
regard the task of piloting any of
these battleships from sea to Portland
and return ns being ns serious a mat
ter as taking a deep-draft, single-screw-,
light-powered and unwieldy - tramp
steamer over the same course.
The "tramps" draw two to three
feet more water than the battleships,
and some of them are fifty feet longer,
and. with a single screw, steer badly,
while the battleships are the easiest
craft to haodle that enter the river.
Secretary Metealf and his California
friends are rather hard put for a legit
imate excuse for failure to route one
or two of these vessels by way of
Tortland.
Till: DRT FARM MM.
The Pmoot-Mondell bill, otherwise
known as the "dry homestead bill
has been some weeks before Congress
and its passage some time is probable.
It seeks to enlarge the homestead area
on certain lands from 160 to SIO acres.
the'basis of the measure being the fact
that it requires the latter amount of
land, of the kind specified in the bill.
to furnish resources sufficient to main
tain a family.
The land subject to entry under this
bill is sufficiently described in the term
"dry land" 1. e., land that is non
irrigable and that can only be' made to
produce crops of a certain kind under
certain methods. The bill is carefully
drawn for the protection of mineral
lands, timber lands and irrigable
lands. It applies strictly to wha has
heretofore been considered waste
lands, in an agricultural sense lands
rocky, dry and mountainous, yet which
contain small tracts that, under what
is known as "dry farming" methods,
can1 be made reasonably productive.
The contention is that a quarter sec
tion of such land the usual home
stead allotment does not contain suf
ficient area that can, by any process,
be made to yield a living to the ranch
er ana his family, while there is a
promise that a half section would suf
fice for this purpose. The bill should
pass, since truly, if any man wants
to engage in the attempt to win sub
sistence from th soil under conditions
so forbidding as those that wait upon
o.Vmled "drv farming," h should not
onty be permitted but fncourageij to
$ e.
The weekly bank statement comm.
no to reflect an Improved eomimon
In Ihe money market In Ihe K'asl. The
urptua reserve now held hv Ihe New
York bank lln execs of M.eil,-
no. notwithstanding very heavy In
crease m deposit, which required an
Increase In ihe reserve There wa
an Increase In loan of more than
f.iirto.nno, and a gain of more than
S.oon.rtno n, week, Ormltnua-
tiofi of these favorable afatemenl will
"nun result In Ihe Mast regaining a
normal nuanclal condition and the en
lire country will be the gainer there,
by. The West emerged from the r
ent troutile In much better ahape than
any other part of the country, but we
I'aunot realise on our great resource
lo (he best advantage o long a other
portion of ihe country allll feel Ihe
rffecta of Ihe recent (rouble, For that
reason, anv Improvement In New VorH
er other fiastern center of trade will
be Joyfully tmied An far West A Ports
land.
An hddltonal Stlfi acre ha lust been
Added lo Ihe holding of I he Swift
Packing company In thla city, A the
latest purchase cost About $400,000,
and the Swift Investment In thla oily
Are well above $ l.riort.Ortrt, there are
I rnaong fr believing I hat the plant
will be located In Portltvnd, And not In
Sk-attte, An Immense dredger ha been
w-orklng- steadily nil Ihe channel from
Ihe Willamette lliver to the plant on
Columhia Slough for nearly a year,
and two railroad And one electric line
re now building extension In the lte
of ihe main plant. The Sealtl real
estate men. who have been selling
lldeland on Ihe strength of Ihe in.
port thai the Swift plant would be
located a; Seattle, w ill do well to hurry
along their deal, for the siory can
not be utied much longer. In the face
of such development by the Swift In
terest In IM city.
There I real hal for complaint by
the publlo over fhe Action of the Port
land ftntlway. Light A rower Com
pany In removing from the front of
streetcar the large letter Indlcallng
the route. No reneon I given .except
that they are unsightly, Thl. we think,
I Insufficient. In our cloudy season,
lasting several month, the tilgn tin
ier (he roof of the ear are Indlatinct.
The expectant passenger oAtinot dis
tinguish Mie name mull the car I near
t hand. In another column In pub
lished A communication protesting In
exlravagant And fanlAstlo speech
against the IniuA'Allon ; yet o far a
relate to "dashboard" Igna. It fairly
reflect the attitude of n large, ma
jority of eltliens. Where utility and
Catholicism come Into conflict, It la
heat to lean toward Iho useful aide.
hi community will not be offended
If the homely hut practical sign are
restored.
.lung Moti Sang, (h firt Chinese. to
register for the primaries At San Frnrt-
olseo, declared himaelf for the Inde
pendence Lengue. Me even wen! set
far n to express Ihe belief that Mr.
Hearst ought to be President. This
I nol remarkable. Mr. Hearst's ene
mies Always contended that "yellow"
was the favorite color of the politic!
swashbuckler who keep tho Demo
cratic party so badly stirred up Ihnt
In most state It resemble the Repub
lican party In Oregon. Mb. Hearst's
strength In his own town should not
be too lightly regarded, however, for,
out of n registration of 214,000 to date.
the Hearst Independents have a to
tal of 872. Including Jung.
In n rntalogue of automobile wear
ing apparel Are tho following prices:
'Auto shirts, ti. to $30; chauffeurs'
suits. t?h to $,1S; nujhalr dusters, $5
to $2I; auto handbags for women.
$12. NO to $.",". r0: auto robes, $2. SO to
$2ft: fitted leathern basket. $40 to
$8fi0." Alony the country road whero
the dust file, price are: Shirts. 50
cents to $1; blue drilling trousers, 7R
cents; hats, 25 lo 60 cents, etc. And
yet some persons cannot understand
the difference nnd don't know the truo
basis of aristocracy.
"A Republican"" writes that ho
wishes to "ask to Inqulro" what's the
matter with Tho Oregonlan, since it
Isn't "whooping It up for the pnrty,"
as of yore? Nothing In tho world IS
the matter with The Oregonlan. It
doesn't find any Republican party to
"'.whoop It up" for. The Republican
party of Oregon has seen fit to abdi
cate. Should the people of Portland de
cide to lay a second pipe from Bull
linn, rebuild the Madison - street
bridge, put In a high bridge from Al-
bina to the West Side and start a plant
for municipal lighting, there will be
opportunity enough to Invest in bonds.
While the State of Washington is
indulging in the luxury of a $35,000
mansion for Its Governor, It ought to
do the handsome completely by en
gaging a hired girl guaranteed to stay
with the job till the tenant's term
expires. "
Negroes In many states are threat
ening to go over to the Democratic
party. By all means let them do ho
"Twould be a beautiful signt to see
them traveling with the Democratic
party, but in Jim Crow cars.
Portlanders who believed the Swift
packing house is going to be a small
branch establishment will have their
eyes opened by the purchase of 300
acres more, as made public yesterday.
All persons who "come out? for
Statement No. 1, in the ultimate are
for Governor Chamberlain for Sena
tor. But that will be all-right-all-
right, too.
If that closed gateway was to be
opened so soon, we wonder why the
Commission took the trouble to lock
it at all.
Francis J. Heney says he is neither
a Democrat nor a Republican, but a
Rooseveltian. Very good. There are
more -of us.
After all, there may be more or less
risk in getting a change of venue to
Salem for a penitentiary offense.
Senator Foraker is about to organ
ize a negro party. This is the freest
country in the world.
Strange, how the candidates expect
us to vote for them after looking at
their pictures.
t I.MfTMRsl ON THW f-HfHAt
All ta President 4nkely tnr
tltlme enventene rne Pkr.
HHITI.AN'li. April 11 . tfrt the tc.itllor
r'or yettt'k an eld fasltteUed management
bung a kfgn en Ihe tt-ont of ca-l car In
Portland 10 guide Hie Individual Who
Wished to slee aboard. Till iMlklum dl
pleased the president of the Portland
Hallway a'nd Most Mxervlbleg :!
Company, who issued an eroerr "Hark
to the barn w-ith 'em " Many ohi--fnshloned
elltea pretested. Call "Yer
re-torallon ef the githle benrds was so
loud and Insistent that rreoMeut .tosoelvu
found it necessary lo make a public de.
dense ef bis leennetasitl
tie did II In Ihe Internal ef VoBfes
fHher eltlek have abolished ,1nkhb"ri1
sides. Portland must get In Hue or visi
ter Will poke fun at veil, TtleV are A
Telle er bvgone days, sav Mr .loselyti
True, but for this very reason thrv fit in
o admirably with equipment thai .toe
Itollndav bnugslt sherlly after l-e ilir.
rendered at AppOmaleX. Willi second.
hand Coache imnoi'led when llehry VH
lard held the faelfle Norlhwesl In the
hollow ef his hand, and with pneumonia.
rill operated throughout the Winter. If
President Josaeivn w-HI agree to make a
honnre ef Iheae "relte of rt bvgohb age,"
T".rlalld will withdraw tier protest and
tearfully permit destruction of the dash-
honrd signs, lt the tall go with) tn
hide.
Mr, Josnt-Wn Ik disingenuous, 111 II
Imulnated slElis. lie says, can He seen dav
er night tlow for? Half a block 7 As
A A Obteol lessen, tef Mr. Jokselvn stand,
when It I raining, at the eorner of Thifd
and Washington, mid try to ph.h out lh
W ear from A procession reaching hack
l.i Aulrenv, In Ihe interest of Accurate,
nisi hand Information. unuu he cteiaM
some voting woman from the omen,
earrylng her skirl, A package and an um
brella at ft o'clock any rainy arterneou to
stand at Slkth and Morrison and try to
tell whether a ear coming toward her a
hundred feet away Is the nil She wante,
tier only guide hi'ihji :'nl much butted
Illuminated" lgn Hbe naturally seek
partial shelter while walling and tuns'
move out of II to distinguish her ear
We have sit months' rain In Portland
Moisture In precipitation doesn't lend
transparency to cireitfnanihlenf Atmos
phere While flesh hoard lgn are net an am
chile necessity they are a very great
convenience. If Mr. jossetyn win uesig
nal Ihe ear of each roiita by A ni"'
tlnellve color. Portland will waive her
right In Ihe matier of the Inartistic and
(tensive hi letter In front It win nor
be bad policy lo cultivate the good will
nf this old fashioned community. Won
der if Mr, .losselyn saw In yenierdny
dispatches how the Chicago Street Hall
way Company had mined tnlo fhe city
treasury $MM,oofi n the elty share of a
vear'g profit, Portland and Mr. Jna
Ivn'a concern may he nch partner mn
lime soon and It wouldn't be conducive
to peace If Ihe company gel the worst nf
flieti, toe, new franchise r going m
be asked for before long. These nin
fsshhuie.1 men who are now nrotcsmig
Agnlnat removal of dash board sign will
likely have aoitrethllig to any on in
eor. The Initiative And referendum 1
still with n and not A few eltlen have
long memories. Mnybe another street ear
company Will Invade Porllnnn Wliomer
the plain people Irave a voire in ine
matter, let the lotne Telephone fran
ehlse testify, flood will I a valuable
Asset,
'inland has learned much fnun .nsi-
ci n men 'of Advanced Idea who came
heve and entered largely bun Ihe i-uy
huslho nctlvltle. and Is willing to learn
more; still our manner Ian t mucn
changed from Ihe Mme when wfe were an
Isolated, but self-confident, progressive.
successful community that tive.t aim
moved by Oregon motlo: "She flics
with her own wings." A these new
men came to know us. they absorbed A
part ef our view and became more or
less old .fashioned themselves. There are
occasion when we will sacrifice heauly
to utility; thl I one of Ihem. At best,
travel by street car year In and year out
In attended with annoying circumstance.
Why doe President .losoelvn lnlst on
multiplying them? The beat Interest of
hi company will be served ami the good
nature of the public will he restored If
he put back the big letter on the
dash-board. JKHR MOW MAN.
'" 1 " r
KUMS Qt FlSTION Of F. H SUK
hUrrjthinm Wntli-fiirlory If Th-r? U an
Apprnioh to Kqiilly.
1rrfrn Irr-nntor.
Pour yenrn M-n, when wi tnrurt th
Trr(ntor, wn mnt n ropy of tho ilrnt
two nr thrrin number to Th Orf-ffVn.nn,
find tlion wo vrotr tho puMfshfr ff
flint pnfirr nnd Mkd thi-m tn pxrhntiKP.
In mnktnjc that rri"t. wo know Wf
wcrn trying, to about mfi or
clfrht floHnrin tho bout of tho rtrnl. Rut.
Tho Of neon Inn pyoplo vory kindly
ptn.'od the IrrlKMor on tholr txchftnpro
nt. nnd wo hnv rorolvcd that pripor
!vr Blnco.
Now Wfi tnko It thiit tho puhllflhcrn
of Tho OrofronlAn liro huMnon mon ;
thoy Hko to ox.'hanfc- with us bfemiso
thry can find tn our . column that
which units th-Mr fnncy, nomnthlrifc thiit
thoy can use, and thorrforo thoy aro
willing to trndo a $9 paper for ono coot
!nr ll.fift wMltnK to Rtvo a 365 larga
papra for f2 mall oncn.
Wo havo alwayn felt flattered at th
way Tho Oroponlan has treated us. and
know they treat many others tho ftamo
w n y.
Thcrtf aro papers on tho Irrigator ox
chanKo list which havo been comlnjf
hero slneo our first Issue, and wo have
never found an Item in them thnt was
of tho least Interest to us; hut wc ar
small, and ean afford to mako an oven
oxehanffo with them for the arood of
our town. Wo know thtso pnpers by
their wrappers, ns well as a man knows
his wife by a look at her faco, and
they of ton ko Into the wasto-baskct
without notice, or wfth but a (fiance
at their columns. And it is just so
with Tho Oregonlan. we havo no doubt.
They g-et ttred of exchanging year After
year and jrettinjr nothing for their
trduble and expense.
Home of tho brethren seem to think
that the editors of Tho Orogonlan do
no ro through their columns carefully,
else they would find something to dlip.
Whose fault is that? The editors of
that paper are busy men, and after
scanning the columns of an exchange
for 400 or fiOO times and finding noth
ing which they can upp. they naturally
"lay down" and throw the blamed sheet
in the waste-basket without opening
ft.
' We have no such complaint to make,
for we believe we know that the edi
tors of that paper read our columns
carefully each wttok. We are not filling
ourselves up with egotism, but stating
cold facts, and we believe The Ore
gonlan people will admit that we are
speaking the truth.
One Way to Get Bid of the Old. '
Kugene Journal.
An old man was pronounced Insane
this week: Some peop!esay he is not
insane, but Is old and feeble, and those
who ought to take care of him wish -to
have the state do it. We do not know
how much or whether there is any
truth In such rumor, which has often
been circulated in similar cases. How
ever that may be. it Is the friends of
the old and helpless who are to blame,
If anyone is. for the physicians and the
court use their best judgment and are
obliged to,, depend mainly on the com
plaints and testimony of the friends of
such unfortunates.
It Didn't) but "Tn fl s Narron Eicapr.
Vancouver (Wash.) Independent.
If the winning of a game of ball In
San Francisco by the Portland nine
should cause another earthquake, here
is Coping we aon i ynn, .
tVllhoM , fcM, ThtMM WtKreoiM,
'NTI.AVH, AnrM t tTrt tH PMHof
:'no Or aititM tn ftiV ropit tnd
prrnniltinntly itl Ilia mlVrtrto nf ftimi."
t(osfnpsf , but n fintn tMn I n
lov It lo bo 4tnaty In tftffftf tH thlt
hiornlntf it rtlitnrmi tf hhv whr-ftt Hum
ilrnpp.l enttt.. In rMhurt an4 mvH,
Mb! whofe ih! whf (ft Amflrrtti
rtnoir-t y lit h,UUy f 6t0,
A ftnytn Huieli Im1.t In that "Tho
VnlfO nf tho pnnpla 14 h yolrn nf tJ-l-V
The Amnt-lofln fnnnef la ftHlna Mint,
iirotv Ho ntipilts It , t Wnlnf our pt-rotiht
nVnl nrtt B t'O pin ! ' It mt HMfnl v fntliu' j
In out1 a?tnt i ml elnrittitd mtttitry (
Mffttrt of rhnuntitti nn1 forttlnn; Ami H
prhonvo OMf attnittinti lo Hit Up H't
tnKn htjUo Hrforo II In trt Irtlt.
OnlV I Ntiocl ttmn nrt.i, Tho Orr-rtnUrt
prlfttOtl ft lot trf IrtMii r(iri,r.op"tu1r-n I
-hi hi1 In In I v Pn itf ttrtl ffotp Ittn MbbI,
pt vtt4 I lint Trtt (tin eto r hmtpTM In
llio otH'P bn-il iltpfrinftf llil Htrv Wrfrf
nnlhtf pfrtnMinltv Hbnmt ttn1. rr.t(.'t .oil
a Amftli'rt'd tmtltir'f of nttWelfti mtil n'-
flrtl pt "arron, n ml fmupt oloi f Inh l I ha
frttVatnile Ihrtl bt Uifid tir lr thrj polnl
Of (1nHnMnfioV Tim Att1oH nn pPnpttS ItVrt
oh t Mrfhrt pip tip than f ho lmlitiif of
(ho hnlhntrt of llto ontfh tttiil ft o(i.ltttl 14
tho only I hltttf 11ml tnnhrn that pvnibtr
Mill In tho i i at n rnA and Hah t rnti tinnr of
I h Hp Hon rrpili y, it II olflnni ousht lo b
I too I 'd oottnUv Tho Atitnflcnn tttrfolinnt
ton r lot htn hOnf) S'lpnd OH of loin turn
horn tint- nol Btntnnninn fflllr.1 i priitri!
II, MOil Amrl.'rl fthtpotvnntn hvo tm.
rmn olUnrnn of KVrtnoo nnd ura Mttlillnft
lit t ho f'rnhoh ttifohrttit ntnrloo tiotlrr
Iho tiri'lnotltm of Iho Kronoh Kblp at.lw.i1v,
T oni v yet who niilv on onlorial
Kion.'h ahip rntiiP hofn, AM wofo HtlliPh
botlnttin, Hnr.tnl 1 1 tnrft thlt Wlnlnf Tha
Hioionty of tho ahip. on rnuio ami hn-o
-pt-r nylti th l-'mrii-h flAa: and Inaicnrl
of HronHhia tip tlf mn lt no (ton, thoy
hrt va hntiic-d I ho if rtmh tn imi'tima I ha
hnnlmro vr (hp world tf rfhlpn and arl
llMltl'o Wnl'n fi t"Oin(va thn kflttin prntr.
Itnitv I tint do IfuM nitil nlnol. t ho won II h
of on' afnnt Nation would ba lni'inaai1
$iO,oii,(ni(nm, and Aerinola Inaload of
hln a.'offnd ni, a ahrlvnittNl. aliufinad
crnniuta, woithl eirmnd tntn a bontiMfitl,
nil of ml and ffittfb aoo(bl ft fief eoirt-
pjitil.ni, It wmtld ItHn i bnanHful
utra and rural diMtrtria. and Inntoad of
r ha tinting our wen if h, would mahft Ml
morrt pfiirlit.-iivo. When wn wra In Ilia
throea of a panic In (ha 'IKha 4hrmeH tha
low prhft of fur in product pi, tha Ha
watlnnft. itndor iho MrNMlnft; of reeiprneliv
with the Hutted Htntnfl and conanHuonlly
tm VI till tllrt tiOpOflt tit pirttnnlnil ftuffftf
and auBitr aloik aflllng nhnva mr,
Wnrr alln to pin''" fft tn imi worllt of
our fnrtlhurr. on one acre of land at nna
appllrallon.
l''rr yrari my heart ha lonafd to a1
Iho AntPHian fnrrnor ami Ma nnhla wifn
and fnmity put on n plana with iha rat
Of thla firrrtt Nrtllnti Ptittltitf fitt fl hlRh
protni-ln,t tariff wli limit put I (tiff on a
graduated tnt'nmn la Hho building a
nlonm enlno without n aafaty vnlvis;
and whrnnvor f rrn.1 of Amlrow tnr-
neelna and J 1. ttoennfnllor'- tnimlfV
mi fiiflu, I'wnnt In know why Ihoy art)
nUowo.i, noooi'dlng to their own whlma,
to hr-af ow tho Wr-nltlt whh'h rlahtly ha
huiaa to t)ia Amorinnn farmnr
TlfOMAS WITHVCOMPW.
l(OI,.N AMI. TIIM llltlMK II A HIT
tf.vldrnn. Tha ll lnss-f Mlmsrlf
Trmftfriin Man.
KI'flMNR, Or.,- April 10 . (Tn tho R.II-
liir.l- I fntl hi lnHny'tt Issito of Th Oro
ftrntilnn ft lcltrr cominhtitlnc utvtn Iho
liniluililllty liml lltiprnhshlllty of 1,1m
coln'll futilities fur hlonliol, I rto not bfl-
linvrt Hint l,1ncoltl WHS III Any MMIkn A
tli-tinltnrrt. Tho lnslntico U ftimlllnr in
nil. kiiiI Is tnken sx lyplrrtl of l.lticoln'il
whcitfi lifr. In which h nhiwcrt Ma
strcticth hy 1 1 ft ins: n Kino rusk to Ilia
lips, hut hy oven Kmittrr ktronrth wn
fthlc t rnfriiln from (Irlnkloir.
Ttio fnlhiwttiit worfls from bis- own llpk
nisy, however, throw knmo IlKtit upon
tho onosllon. In nn nrtflresk beforo lh
Hirlnitrtlell WnshliiKlonlnn Tetnperntic
Ho. lety on Kehrnnry ;!S, IH4S. while In th
niUlst of n. powerful tile fir lemp
rrnncn cftiise, ttlticoln ktilij: "Rut sy
some, wo lire no tlritnkltrtlN, itnil wo khtilr
not nrknowlciljro ourselvck mu-h by Join
IliR ft reform tlruiiknrd-k soclefy,whntovo
our liifluenre mlKht be.' Surely no I'hrla
Mfin will ndhere to this olijectlon. . , ,
"In mv .luilKOK-nf, ktich of uk flk bnvo
never fulleti vlrtlms luive hilett kinrel
tnoro ftvim Iho tthsence of tippetlte thiitt
frotn iiny tuenlnl or moral oiiperlnrlly
over those .who hnve." '
In theso worflu he nuikek It. evident thttt
ho rllrt not rlfiNK himself, with drinking;
men; ntul eonslderlntt his nhnolnto hon
esty nnd strnlirht forwnrfl frankness. It
keemn to me thitt lilk ttliitemerit should bo
to ken ns flnnl. STVIlKNT.
IllVOlO 15 AMOIVO THM IIH.K Rlf'M
Money Mnkpk Trouble, l.edln to la.
ovltnhlr Nrandnl.
PORTLAND, or., April 12 (To the Fldl-
tor.) Permit mn lo express my antfs
fnetlnn with a recent cdllorinl. I ron
kldored It ono of the niont timely and
to tho point of nil tho timely edltorlnla
thHt ever appeared In your paper. I re
fer to the Ootild divorce. When I look
back to the dnys when my mother waa
yet nllvo (nbout IS years hko) and think
how she tolled nnd labored to brlnff us
six children up properly In thn eyes of
the world. I nlmont ask myself the ques
tion. Is the world srowlnft better or
worse?
Tho conditions that have come to light
through tho divorce court, and thnt exist
In the Inner circle of the "Idle rich" am
almost beyond belief. No matter how
severo any criticism mlKht be, ft could
not exnfrKorate the real facts.
But this verifies the good old saying,
that money Is the, root of all evil, and
to bo over In the limelight, create no
toriety and scandal seems to be. the Ron!
to which the.se undesirable citizens strive.
The Gould case Is only one of many, and
by no means the worst.
A SON OF A PIONEER.
Why 7ot fleqnlre Majority to Nominate
EUGENE, Or., April 12. (To the Ed
ltor.)Not!na; an article in your Issue
of yesterday by a prominent citizen of
Portland, 1 the vlew therein expressed
rceardlnff Statement No. 1 appears to
have much force. We cannot afford to
violate the constitution and laws of the
country, even by indirection, without
danger. But supposing the system
(direct primary and popular nomination
or choice of Senators) to have corne
into existence, cannot it be modified
to Brood effect? Is not one. of the main
troubles with it the fact that it does
not require a majority vote to nomi
nate? It merely permits a plurality,
which amona; a half-dozen candidates
or more frequently causes choice of a
oandldate with only a mall fraction of
the vote whom a majority of the voters
would not favor. This is contrary to
the principles of republican govern
ment, which is based on the plan of
majority rale.' H. F. ANDREWS.
Rosea Rarei Some Rosea Everywhere.
Bellingham Herald.
If we were inclined to carp at poetry
written In a worthy cause, we could
6carcely resist the temptation to grow
hilarious over the verse in the circular
headpiece that appears on all literature
put out by the Portland Rose Associa
tion.' "Roses fragrant, roses rare, roses,
roses, everywhere." How roses could
be rare and everywhere at the same
time we are not able to comprehend.
But perhaps roae culturists have a spe
cial poetic license, which gives them
the privilege of Ignoring the meaning
of words and using; one word four times
in a. verse of only seven words.
Advertising Talks
NO. 8 i
1
T0U MUST IKKKIATR YOUR
M;i(;ir.Kii()oi)
y llrlrtrl Kanlmnn
II
Af.F fl ffnlitiv tf't Ihoro worn
Ion milliiifl nci'os (if Inn. I In
Ittr) MiiMIn Went Upon which
not ovrn rt lilnilr" (if Class wimlil kiow,
TudflV, llptllt IllOkn VPt y fl'-scf , IHn
Wntnli'rfiil drrlinfilN tlli'l t fomeml.itik
w deal llrlils, TliO k"il ilsolf was full
tif iiinkilnlitins. Willi I. Iho Intiil
Heoiloil 'it4 witlor, III limn llmin
rnfuf frtiern wtto know Hint llicy
Ooitlil not ottpoel Ilia klrram to coitio
In thotn, ami art thr.V lliiit tlilchos Ntul
Int ho wator Itt limn1 iroioi I io from
Iho mn -ruiiiirlitiK river and Inkcs;
thoy Illicit Iho (.(trill W illi Minif lil-ailH
an well aa their i!m a tlmy lirrntuti
rich li,v tiii(teikliiiliiig how lo irri
(inlf. Ailvot I inina lint tfiniln tli(ntiitli
nf moii rich ,jiil lieenitno (hoy rooorf.
ni.'eil Iho iiisihii iea of ul iliinu Iho
fiowkprtior In hriiiR atroanik iifbn,'
er inlii iioiKliliorliiioda Hint oimlil ha)
mailo busy local imn by irrignlitm -by
tlinwinu fioofilo frnm tillior and.
tilifl.
Thn kiieorskftil rolnilor in th man
whit koopa tla" alronm (if plirrhnsota
foiliinil (tin way. I' isn't, thn spot it
solf that, mattra Iho aloro pay- it'
tho mitti who itinlvcs llm kpi.l fiayj
who know bti lo draw thn rrowd.
Onlora of lindfl are) not. rioloelod by
tho puhlin thoy urn created by th
foreo which oontrola lh fuibliothn
ricwkpaporn.
Nov? iioinlilinrlt'KiiN for lninino)
ar bfiiiK ronalniitly built, lip by ino.tl
who htjvn ' ioonlod thomsolvon in
etroota whioh thry bava cliHURod from
doaortod by ways into teemintr, jost
lin( thoroiiKlifAioa Ihinunh advarlia
in"; irrigntion,
Thd Htoroknrpor who whine thnt,
his tieiuhborhniid hold him back i
(iiitilinff at Ihn truth lm in hurtiop;
tho neighborhood.
If it lacka atroanH of buyer ho oan
Mnily cnoituli noeurn them by ronch-
ittlf out. through Iho column of I lie
daily and inducing people, from other
aeetiofi to ftoinn to him. Kvory tim
ho infliienceH a (ittNtomor nf n eom
potitor tin i not only i rri(tn f i rij hi
own field, but. ia dryitift out. the)
at ream upon which a rioti-dvrtiniuf'
merehnnt dependrt for exiatenen. M ti
and wninnn who livn net door to a
ahop Hint does not. plead for their
cimtom will ionlnnlly bn drawn to
an rKlRblishment. milea H.y beeaiise
they bav been madn to lelinvn in
ttmnn advantniin to bn jjnined thereby.
The eireiilalion of vfry daily in
nolhiriff leH thnn a reservoir of buy
ers from which shopper stream in
thn direction thai protuiweH the most
valun for thn least, money.
Tim tnitrin dnvrlopmnnt of thn do.
ert land ha it parallel in merehan
diMitiR of men who ronnider thn new,
paper an Irrienliript fiower which ran
make two eiinlomnrn p;row where ona
prew before.
ft onyriaht, 1fio )
;
ti f m ftK'iH Ann j I' i7 t on I of,
Man Ihe Smell.
' Hop Wlnt. a Ban Francisco rblnsman,
after yekrs of eTperlmrnttna-, hk.k pr'.ilTieed
an onion wbleh la kkld to bs entirely with
out tbe obnoslmik odor which baa hereto
fore made the onion an ou tckJrt In polltai
oclety. Nw Item.
Tou may talk about your apples that
are always free from seed.
Tou may brag about your mlirhty
spud as well;
But the thing;, you know, that really
supplies the country's need
Is tho large and Juicy onion, aan tha
smell.
The onion Is a lovely fruit, and that
you can't deny;
And healthful, o the doctors alt
declare;
But, when you set your tenth In one,
no matter how you try,
your breath will make a pious fellow
swear.
I've eaten cloves and other things, at
Icsst a pound or two.
To cover up the onion's awful scent,
But they cut no earthly figure, for no
matter what I'd do,
That vegetable was still on mischief
bent.
The onion in the salad, and the onion In
the hash,
Lends a flavor' that Is mighty hard
to beat;
But the fellow who's been eating- one
you'll surely want to smash.
It he meets and talks with you upon
the street.
And so mankind has waited for lo, these
many years.
For an onion that the stores could
cheaply sell,
Which from the eyes of "wlfey"
wouldn't brlns; the salty tears.
For a big, old Juicy onion, sans the
smell.
But there wa nothing doing, till a
hloomina; yellow Chink
A disciple of chop suey and of rice.
Got a patent on an onion of a rich and
creamy pink.
Which has flavor and a scent that's
very nice.
Then bully for this yellow "pearl" from
far across the sea.
Who gave to us this boon we love
so well.
For now I am as happy as I ever want
to be.
With an onion in my pocket, sans tha
emell. Cedarqulll.
Aberdeen, Wash.. April 10. 1908.
nlilt Quadrennial Elections.
Newber? Graphic.
State and county elections held once
in four years would Kive the people
Just as good. service from the officials
elected, with a great saving in costs
over the present 'system of holding;
jl elections every, two. jaars.