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AN ANOMALY IN DIVORCES.
The beauties of our heterogeneous
divorce laws have been exemplified
lately by a case In the New York
courts. A woman In that state who
had lived with a drunken husband as
long as she could Anally left him and
fled with her two children to Virginia.
Here three years later she was able to
prove that her husband had commit
ted the "Scriptural offense" and the
Virginia courts granted her a divorce.
Notice of the suit was served on him
by publication in the newspapers, but
not personally. Hence these tears.
New York permits a person suing for
divorce within the state to give notice
by publication, but it will recognize no
divorces obtained in other states un
less there has been personal service.
The reason for this rule is not appar
ent unless It be a presumption that in
New York there is no such thing as
collusion, while In every other state
collusion Is the usual practice. If this
is the reason, it looks amazingly funny,
since the last Vanderbilt divorce.
which was obtained behlntj closed,
doors without embarrassment from
impertinent questions or rude inter
meddling by the judge in the parties'
private concerns. If this aristocratic
divorce was not obtained by collusion,
then none ever was.
Having secured her divorce with
this flaw In the proceedings, the
woman resumed her quiet Virginia life
and five years lRter was married to a
respectable lawyer of Madison, In that
state. Of this union one child has
beea born, which the taw of New York
condemns to a life of shame, although
the. law of Virginia pronounces it per
fectly legitimate. Within a month af
ter the woman's marriage to the law
yer her former husband brought suit
against her In New York, alleging that
she was living in adultery. The trial
came on In due course, and the court
was compelled to decide that, accord
ing to New York law, the allegation
tu true, though by the law of Vir
ginia it was raise. Naturally, the New
York Judges, not being utterly devoid
of human feeling, pronounced this
outrageous verdict with extreme reluc
tance. Justice Dowling declared that
the woman "was entirely blameless.'
She had complied with the law of Vir
(tin la in every particular and with that
of New York also in everything essen
tial. She had omitted nothing but one
futile detail and her omission was from
ignorance, not from Intention. Still. It
was fatal. The state law, which sees
no evil !n racetrack gambling and
tVall-stTeet swindling. In the rigor of
its virtue made this woman an adul
teress and her child an outcast be
cause she had unwittingly overlooked
one trilling formality In suing for her
divorce.
"Tha stat of the law by which a di
vorce Is regarded as valid in one state
and void In another" said Justice
Laughlin, "shocks the sensibilities of
decent men and women." This en
lightened jurist does not believe the
mischief can be remedied completely
without an'amendment to the Federal
Constitution, but he sees a way to mit
igate It. His suggestion Is that trial
courts grant no divorces except In
case where they can obtain full Juris
diction over both parties. There seems
to be no doubt that divorces thus se
cured would be valid verywhere, but
the remedy would be worse In some
ways than the disease. A malicious
brute could abuse his wife as much as
he liked, and then by fleeing to an
other state forever prevent her from
obtaining legal freedom. She could
follow him. of course, but he could
escape again. It is to be dreaded lest
Justice Laughlin's well-meant sugges
tion might, like so many other restric
tions upon the freedom of divorce
simply encourage polygamy.
lnj.qoAamemic Qlxprce falltntojjaiavei ieviae4dii; BtateuV-tlae-Uieoiy-.
thre classes. There, are some who
for religious reasons would forbid the
legal severance of the marriage tie in
All cases. The natural result of this
theory, if it were applied in practice,
would be to make' marriage unpopu
lar and Increase the number of ille
gitimate births. To see how it works
out we need look no farther than
France, where until very recently di
vorces were oup of the question and
where the rate of illegitimate births is
among the greatest in the civilized
world. Next we have tbose who wish
to confine divorces to the "Scriptural
ground." The outcome of this restric
tion has been simply to put a premium
on the commission of the essential act.
It has never diminished the number of
divorces, but it has multiplied the
number of adulteries. Thirdly, there
are those who would permit the legal
severance of the marriage tie when
ever it plainly appears that the par
ties concerned would be the better for
it. Persons who are of this opinion
would leave the desirability of a di
vorce in every case largely to the dis
cretion of the trial judge, though he
should err. If at all, on the side of
liberality. . Experience shows that this
is the view of the dlvoroe question
which is most promotive of happiness
and morality. Nor does it conflict
with the Jewish lawas set forth in
the Scriptures, although that las, c4jn-
fllcU with itself. The Bible gives four
different rules for granting divorces.
and there is no good reason for call
ing one of them more "Scriptural"
than the others. Common "sense and
common humanity both teach that the
United States ought to have a uniform
divorce law, and within, reason, the
more liberal that law Is the better.
DID IT SWEEP TUB STATE?
Statement No. 1 is not in control of
the next Legislature yet; but the out
look Is quite promising. Control is to
.be achieved through the historic pro
cess of knifing Republican candidates
for the Legislature by so-called Repub
licans who took part in the- Republi
can primary, and by electing Demo
crats. It will succeed, no doubt. In this
happy era of good feeling between the
parties, brought about by the gentle
art of killing off Republican candi
dates at elections, there is no differ
ence, of course, between a Republican
and a Democrat.
Yet It is Just as well to inquire, sole
ly in the interest of truth and the
facts, and for no partisan reason, just
how far Statement No. 1 prevailed in
the late Republican primary. State
ment No. 1. we are told, swept the
state. Hardly. It swept less than
one-half the state, as the reader will
discover when he has calmly and Im
partially digested the following fig
ures: There were 66 Statement- No. 1 can
didates In the late Oregon Republican
primary. Thirty-four were nomi
nated. Thirty-two were beaten.
Yet that isn't the whole story. There
were 75,- Republican legislative candi
dates to be nominated, and they were
nominated. Of these 75, 34 signed
Statement No. 1 and 41 did not. In
the 34 successful Republican nominees
are 15 from Multnomah County, leav
ing 19 winning Statement No. 1 candi
dates in the state at large. There are,
therefore, 38 Republican legislative
nominees outside of Multnomah
County who didn't subscribe to State
ment No. 1, as against 19 who did. or
Just two to one. The figures are hard
reading. But If you desire to be in
formed about the political situation in
Oregon, so far as it pertains to State-,
ment No. 1 and the next Legislature,
it will be well for -ou to examine
such figures patiently and treasure
them carefully.
Now there is an active movement to
nominate independent Statement No. 1
candidates in those numerous counties
where Statement No. 1 has not pre
vailed, in order to defeat the un
pledged or Republican voters' choice
nominees of the Republican party. It
will be useless, of course, to say to Re
publicans or to the public that the
Republican nominees everywhere are
fairly entitled to the support of all Re
publicans, especially those Republi
cans who participated in the primary.
We don't urge it. Yet 'If there is no
principle worth fighting for except
Statement No. 1, and no issue In Ore
gon' but Statement No. 1, why didn't
the advocates of Statement No. 1 unite
and hold a Statement No. 1 primary?
What was the Republican primary
for? Of course these questions are
academic and unimportant, but they
are nevertheless present In the minds
o? many who used to think they were
Republicans and who don't know now
what they are.
MORE ABOUT I.n.Y DALE.
Mrs D. E. Lunsford must guess again.
He misses the mark widely in assign
ing a reason why The Oregonian laughs
at the Lily Dale humbugs. We have
not the slightest wish to "cast ridicule
on those who believe in the reality of
the spirit world and of spirit commun
ion," to borrow a phrase from his let
ter printed today. We laugh at the
Lily Dale humbugs, because they are
humbugs, and for' no other reason.
The fact that a man smiles at a fraud
gives no ground whatever for the be
lief that he would also laugh at genu
ine spirit manifestations. Reverence"
for truth does not imply reverence for
every falsehood that parades in the
guise of truth. One may believe in
the spirit world without feeling obliged
solemnly to revere every fat old me
dium who dresses up her rheumatic
uncle In a toga and pretends that he is
Julius Caesar returned from the ever
green shore.
That there are some so-called spirit
ist phenomena which have not yet
been satisfactorily explained we are
free to admit; but It is no explanation
of these mysteries for a medium to
wrap a naughty little girl In a white
sheet and call her an angel. Mr.
Lunsford makes the same mistake
that all fanatics have made since the
world began. He assumes that our
enmity to fraudulent Imitations of
truth is enmity to truth Itself. We be
lieve just as strongly as he does In
every ascertained fact concerning both
this world and the next one; but we
differ from him in that we require our
facts to be proved before we believe
them. To our minds there is a deep
slough between ' reality and fraud in
which he'may wallow as much as he
likes, but our .preference is to walk on
solid ground. How Is the truth ever
to be separated from the error which
entangles and blights it unless we hold
up the error in its genuine aspect?
But perhaps Mr. Lunsford does not
wish them to be separated.
The Oregonian distinctly repudiates
Mr. Lunsford's implication that it
adopts the philosophy of materialism.
of. idealistic monism in recent issues
and indicated clearly enough that It
deserve the profound respect of
thoughtful men. From the day when
Berkeley first gave it to the world
until now It has never been impaired
by criticism, and probably It never will
be. Haeckel's assault upon it Is con
ceded by thinkers to be mere childish
folly. The whole tendency of recent
science Is to establish the "spiritual
istic" interpretation of the universe;
but this is a very different thing from
establishing the credibility of the Lily
Dale humbugs. The Oregonian ven
tured the other day to mention a few
of the things which the intellect, or
reason, has accomplished. After the
good old fashion of all fanatics, Mr.
Lunsford replies with a list of a few
of the things It has not done. "Can
reaspn tell us what electricity is"? Has
reason anything to offer as to the fact
of being?" On these and all other
subjects reason has a good deal more
to offer and a good deal better than
the moonings of credulous superstit
ion. It may not be able to tell us
what electricity is. but all the same it
has mede electricity the servant of
man. It may nof tell us what Being
is. but it is making being in this world
a pleasure Instead of a perpetual tor
ment, as it was during the "age of
faith." When a man has a doctrine to
teach which requires him to belittle
human reason and exalt credulity, be
ware of him.
THE CITY'S LAND.
It seems that the eight blocks of
land which the Inman-Poulsen Lum
ber Company desires to obtain from
the city as a free gift may be worth
about J100.009.' Why the city should
make such a donation as this to the
lumber company is not apparent. Of
course if the corporation has Improve
ments on the land it would be wrong
to confiscate them; but to avoid con
fiscation it is not necessary to rob the
city. It is open to the lumber com
pany to buy the eight blocks, or it
might In a pinch pay rent for them.
Just as other people do when they
desire to use land which does not be
long to them. Suppose some poor
man out of a job should ask the City
Council for a present of eight blocks,
or even one block, would he get it?
It is understood that the lumber
company, in asserting its right to grab
the city's land, has not displayed that
meek and lowly spirit which properly
entitles one to inherit the earth. Not
only has it put the city officials to in
glorious flight when they ventured to
step upon this tract, but it has set its
face against all Improvements in the
neighborhood. With these facts in
mind, one wonders why the city should
be so grateful to the lumber company
as to feel obliged to make it a present,
especially a present of such magni
tude. A little love token from those
Councilmen who feel especially grate
ful might not be amiss, especially if
it came out of their own pockets; but
why should they wish to demonstrate
their love for the corporation by giv
ing away the city's real estate?
Seriously, have we not had almost
enough of this shameful process of
squandering municipal property? If
a corporation wishes land belonging to
an individual, it expects to pay for it;
if it wants land belonging to the city,
why should It not expect to pay for
that also? .If It Is wrong to rob one
man, why is it not wrong to rob many
men? Our constitutional law needs
one supplement. In addition to the
provision that private property must
not be taken for public use without
compensation, there should be another
that public property shall not be taken
for private use unless it is paid for.
HANDICAPPING THE PORT.
The threatened conflict between the
grain exporters and the grainhandlers
has been temporarily averted by an
agreement providing for payment of
the old scale. until June 1. After that
date the present scale of 33 1-3 per
cent above the Puget Sound rate for
straight time, and 100 per cent above
it for overtime, will give way to one
which will leave the Portland wages
on straight time but 16 2-3 per cent
higher and overtime but 66 2-3 per
cent higher than the Puget Sound
rates. Removal of even a small por
tion of the differential which labor has
levied against this port will help some
what, but sooner or later the cost of
shipping wheat at Portland must be
reduced to the same level as at Puget
Sound, or we shall lose a good share
of the business.
In a communication to The Orego
nian yesterday a member of the Grain
handlers' Union, unintentionally per
haps, discloses one of the reasons why
such a stubborn attempt has been
made to maintain this wage handicap
againBt Portland. Assuming that the
writer of the communication was sin
cere in his contention, he is ignorant
of the conditions governing the wheat
shipping business of the two ports. He
mentions the admirable natural loca
tion of Portland at the foot of a down
hill haul, the advantage of a fresh-.
water harbor, and concludes that
"that is another reason why exporters
can afford to pay more wages and
make more profits for themselves here
than on the Sound." The freight rate
on wheat from the interior Is exactly
the same to Portland, Tacoma, Seattle
or Everett. It will always be the
same, although equalization of port
charges may in the future cause the
railroad companies to favor Portland
on account of the lower cost at which
the freight can be delivered here.
This, however, is a matter over
which, the exporters have no control,
and it can In no possible manner, af
fect their profits. It Is not a matter
of the slightest concern to the export
ers whether wages are 40 cents per
hour or SI per hour, so long as the
wages are the same at- both ports, for
the expense must be borne by the
wheat producer. But when they can
charter ships for Puget Sound at ex
actly the same rate as for Portland;
can force the railroad company to de
liver wheat at Puget Sound at exactly
the same rate as at Portland; can get
even better stevedoring dispatch than
at Portland, it is folly to assume that
they will for an Indefinite period con
tinue to pay higher wages at Portland
than at Tacoma or Seattle.
Two exporting firms, operating at
Portland and Tacoma, have during the
past season handled nearly 600.000
tons of grain, about evenly" divided
between Portland and , Puget Sound.
Every ton handled on the Portland
docks cost for grainhandlers' wages 40
cents per hour straight time, and 60
cents per hour overtime. Every ton
handled at Tacoma cost 30 cents per
hour straight time, and no overtime.
Portland, in spite of this handicap,
made a good showing, because the O.
R, oVKrC oub6-41iaJoiB.t-j:ate find
refused to deliver wheat to roads lead
ing to Pugst Sound, and also paid
about 320.000 bar pilotage in order to
secure removal" of a differential, of 30
cents per ton which the foreign ship
owners had levied against the port.
Next year the O. R. & N. will have a
line running to Puget Sound, and it
will be in the power of the exporters
to force the hauling to Puget Sound of
a much greater proportion of the
wheat than they are fnow shipping
from our competitive ports oh the
north. .
The Oregonian would like to see the
grainhandlers get the highest possible
wages, but the ease with which grain
and ships can be diverted to Puget
Sound demonstrates quite clearly that
we cannot maintain in this port a
wage scale higher than that of the
ports with which- we must compete.
In the long run the question will sim
mer down to the plain proposition
whether grainhandlers "would prefer to
handle the wheat at Portland at Puget
Sourfd wages or whether they would
abandon the business and let the Pu
get Sound men handle It. With the
increased prestige given the port by
the North Bank Railroad, there will
be more business and more work,
providing we meet Puget Sound com
petition. If we fail to meet it, we will
lose . the new business ss well as that
which we now hold in the face of ob
stacles, natural and artificial.
An amendment affixed by the House
to the agricultural appropriation bill
providing $30,000 for the purchase of
a National bison range on the Flat
head Indian reservation, in Montana,
has been Indorsed by the Senate. This
action Is in accordance with an ap
peal for the preservation of the buf
falo, made by the American Bison As
sociation. It sets forth strongly the
danger of- extinction that ' menaced
these animals, which but half a cen
tury ago roamed the grazing lands of
the great plateau In vast herds. This
is a somewhat expensive pasture, but
If adequate to the purpose the cost
will not be grudged. The association
through whose efforts this appropria
tion was secured is pledged to Btock
this range when once it Is fenced. The
land will be policed and patrolled by
the Government during the annual
tourist season and every effort will be
made to protect the herd from hunters,
white and red. Bison Increase slowly,
and' will not soon outgrow the range
that iwill be provided for them by
means of this appropriation.
Forty-one killed and sixty Injured in
a trainwreck would Indicate a disaster
that could logically be expected to oc
cur nowhere except in America. In
this case, however, ' the wreck took
place near Melbourne, Australia, .a
rear-end collision being responsible for
the 'great loss of life. The Australian
system of railroad operation Is, as near
as the conditions permit, modeled af
ter that of Great Britain, where loss
or life through accident has been re
duced to a minimum. So . long, how
ever, as man remains mortal, there
will be among railroad men occasional
lapses of vigilance and errors of Judg
ment for which fearful penalties will
be exacted. Perhaps if labor were as
plentiful and railroads as scarce in
the United States as In other parts of
the world, our record would not be so
much worse than that of other coun
tries. .
"Conditions are simply horrible In
the parts of Alaska which I visited,"
says Mrs. Reyonlds, a returned mis
sionary. "Women unblushingly sell
their daughters just as they would a
nugget of gold or a team of dogs, and
the traffic has reached such propor
tions, and has been engaged in to such
an extent, that the moral phase
of it is lost sight of." This Is a de
plorable state of affairs, but It is ques
tionable whether the practice is any
more immoral or reprehensible than
that which is so popular in "Darkest
Manhattan," where "women unblush
tngly sell their daughters" for a musty
foreign title worn by degenerate rakes
whose personal charms and ability
would be insufficient to win even an
Alaska "klootchman."
An ordinance to regulate the prac
tice of physicians has been recom
mended by the Council committee on
licenses and will be submitted to the
Council for action this afternoon.
Since it does not discriminate agamst
any school of medicine, being aimed
directly at a class of practitioners that
has become notorious In the' city
through unlawful practices In recent
months, it may pass without protest.
It can hardly, however, do more than
require physicians already accredited
as reputable to post their virtues as
healers in conspicuous places a form
cf advertisement which the "ethics of
the profession" should, if consistent,
fcrbid.
Speaker Cannon just wants to show
the papers of the country all of them
that they've gbtto come around to
the captain's offlce'lf they want to ar
range that little matter -of the wood
pulp tariff. That's the way he does ft
down in Danville, where some one or
other prints a newspaper. But it takes
a little more than Danville to nomi
nate and elect a President.
Now that inconsiderate trifles have
been disposed of, let all 'ot us tend
moral support and give gold coin to
the various publicity agencies that are
spreading the fame of Oregon. Con
certed effort, if well directed for two
years, ought to raise the state's popu
lation close to the million mark in the
next census.
Bubonic plague Is said to be raging
in La Guayra, Venezuela. The plague
is an affliction to be dreaded wherever
it appears, but its horrors are to a
certain extent minimized when it ap
pears in a country that is already
plagued with a man like Castro.
Now they are going to examine
Harry Thaw for sanity. Why not
leave the decision with him and be
done with It?
Congress is going to find out why
news paper is so costly. Everybody
knows the trust simply advanced the
price. .
Mr. Bryan Is not only Industrious as
a money-maker, but economical as
well. He collects his press agent's sal
ary. The defeated ones can now make a
lot of money by going to work.
Time flies. It's just ten years since
jvo declared scar on Spain,
TRI E ANT FALSE IN SPIBITX" AI.ISM.
What Shenld Peeple Brtlre aad What
' Netf "
VANCOUVER, Wash., April SO. (To the
Editor.)! desire to protest somewhat
gainst the flippant nd sarcastic style of
the editorial In Sunday's Oregonian anent
Lily Dale and spiritualism. No such con
ditions exist at Uly Dale, or elsewhere,
as materialised spirits frequentina; barber
shops and saloons and walking the streets
at night conversine: at ease, or course,
these thinrs are only said to cast ridicule
on those who believe in the reality of tha
spirit world and of spirit communion.
That it will have this effect there Is no
doubt, and ridicule Is a powerful weapon
in the hands of one skilled in its use:
nevertheless, neither ridicule nor reason
can destroy a fact, as the effect of ridi
cule Is only temporary and reason must
be In possession of all the facts to ar-1
rive at a correct conclusion. One may
be in possession of a fact for which no
reasonable explanation can be found. In
deed, our most eminent scientists can
find no reasonable explanation for many
of the common facts of everyday life; or,
at least, one which they may not be com
pelled to change tomorrow.
The belief In the spirit world and Its
Influence on the material world is the
basis of most religions. When the or
thodox churchman prays, he addresses
a spirit god. and answer to prayer Is
received spiritually to be wrought out
In the material world in accordance with
laws governing the material world. All
forms of religion have their frauds and
dupes, and. to praphrase a quotation of
scripture, let the one without fraud cast
the first stone at the other.
'That the spiritualist movement is per
meated by fraud is freely admitted by
spiritualists themselves and there is a
well organized movement on foot to rid
the ranks of these parasites, who fatten
on the credulity of their victime and are
bold enough to push their way Into most
select circles. The wvrk of such men as
Professor Hyslop in assisting in exposing
these frauds is commendable and they
will have the support of all spiritualists
who have the good of the movement at
heart.
Not long ago The Oregonian published
a list of men standing high In the scien
tific world who are pronounced benevers
in the reality of the spirit world and o
communion therewith. Many of those
men, like Sir Oliver Lodge, state an un
qualified belief and give reasons amount
ing almost to a scientific certainty. Many
men. life Professor Hyslop, state thatr
after allowing all possible deduction for
fraud and credulity, there still remain
certain facts unexplainable on any other
grounds than spirit communication.
The materialistic .surgeon says tnere Is
no soul because his scalpel falls to re
veal It. The materialistic reasoner de
clares there Is no spirit world and no
spirits because his reason fails to bring
them to view. Both, because of their in
ability to see. declare the thing impossible
and ridicule those who believe in the
reality of these things. Many persons have
no conception of music: is there, then,
no such thing as harmony of sound?
The Oregonian draws a decided dis
tinction between faith and reason, and
says that: "Faith never invented a ma
chine, neutralized a poison, cleaned a
street or prevented an epidemic. . What
ever has been gained along these lines
Is the fruit of the intellect." Well, what
is intellect but another name for spiritual
force? Is intellect a .material thing, to
be weighed and analyzed? Reason, you
say, has given us electricity, but can
reason tell us what electricity is? Nay,
has reason anything to offer as to the
fact of being? No. for reason can deal
only with material things and finds no
place In its logic for things spiritual. To
the spiritual philosopher spirit is the
cause-source of all conscious existence,
and matter but the ever changing form
with which It clothes Itself. 'SpHritual
things are spiritually discerned," and
when the spirit has left tne gross ma
terial form and taken on the finer ethereal
body, communication may still take place
even as telegraphic communication takes
place -without the wire once thought to
be so necessary. If reason can prove nine
tenths of all phenomena fraud, one-tenth
will be enough to establish the fact. Re
spectfully. D. B. LUNSFORD.
REVOLT GROWS AGAINST BRYAN.
Comments on the Situation From Dif
ferent Democratic Newspaper.
Utlca (N. Y.) Observer. J5em.
The Democratic party and the great in
dependent vote of the country have been
aroused and are no longer disposed to
give way to "the doctrine of despair."
Candidates will be presented to the dele
gates at the Denver convention who
might victoriously sweep the country.
and we believe that one of them will be
nominated. The Denver convention bas
suddenly! become of supreme importance.
Toilts action is attached an Interest that
has not attended any similar assemblage
in a generation.
Judge Gray' Boom la Growlna;.
Boston Post, Dem.
Judge Gray has already received the
direct Indorsement of conventions of min
ers in the anthracite region, in recog
nition of his conspicuous service aa chair
man of the commission which settled
the great strike. The Democratic state
committee of Delaware has declared for
him. His successful opposition to the
force bill when he was a member of the
United States Senate is remembered at
the South, where the movement for Gray
Is gathering momentum. And organized
labor is taking up the call.
Tblnka Gray Heads the Party.
Lexington (Ky.) Herald. Dem.
The election of Judge Gray to the Pres
Idency would be in no sense an experi
ment. There Is not the slightest ques
tion about his capacity to measure up to
the ?reat responsibilities of that office.
and if the Democratic party Is seriously
to consider any other than Mr. Bryan
Judge Gray ought not to be overlooked
There Is little doubt that with Gray at the
head of the ticket and the party united
in his support, the Democrats would enter
the campaign with a decided advantage
over their opponents, and with confidence
in the certainty of a sweeping victory.
Wants n Southern Man Chosen,
Florida Times-Union, Dem.
If the South may not name one of her
own sons, let her at least choose the man
who can command the additional strength
that must be secured. But because she
has this opportunity she should not forget
that the exercise of the power Implies
full responsibility for the action. Let
her be sure she Is right and then go
ahead. As against Taft, Gray or Wilson
could carry New York and New Jersey.
Where Is the equivalent of this strength
to -be found in the West with equal cer
tainty? We know the South will cast
her vote for the candidate. We are not
Impunglng the availability of Bryan or
Johnson, but we hope the South will stand
together for the man of her choice.
Von Are Liar," Ruling:.
St. Louis Globe-Dispatch.
When one party testified In court in
St. Louis that he struck the other when
called a liar. Judge Tracy said: "That's
right. A man who calls another a liar,
must expect to be struck."
Makes Kettle Out of Copper Cent.
New York World.
George O'Rourke. of New York, under
arrest as a vagrant, to show that he is
a coppersmith and can earn his living,
made a kettle out of a- copper cent and
sent it to Magistrate Moss.
Not Beavers, Juat Gophers.
Condon Times.
If the first games of the season are
any criterion. the Portland baseball
team will occupy the most Illustrious
tail-end position ot any team In the
country..
HARRIMAN AND THE READING.
One More Imserlssl Link to the Mag
nate Tranarontlnental Chain.
New York Dispatch to Chicago Inter
Ocean, April 1.
Edward H. Harrlman, Wisard of the
Pacifies," apparently has transferred his
interest to Eastern roads, and, according
to a statement in the Wall-Street Journal,
has engineered a project which will place
the Philadelphia A Reading Railroad
Company in the Harrlman list and give
the Baltimore & Ohio an entrance into
New York City over Ha own rails and
make him a "billion dollar rail magnate."
The Wall-Street Journal is so certain of
the correctness of tta Information that -it
comes out with the assertion that "unless
obstacles not now In siRht turn up the
Baltimore A Ohio Railroad will acquire
entire contrdf of the Reading company
and secure a direct outlet In New York.
and the entire project will be engineered
by E. H. Harrlman and his friends. "
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If this Information is correct and the
obstacles not now in .sight" do not "turn
up" the Harriman roads and their capital
and mileage will present the following:
Capital
stock.
, .Si37.41.0(W
. . 2ft.vn4S.KM
. . inyoio.ooo
. . I12.6.14.100
. . 17l.2Tl.0
.ViHi.om
. . Urt.OOO.WiO
Mile
age. e.4.19
..w;4
s.fiim
4. es.1
a.t.M
l.HOll
t.ua
Company
Pothern racilie. . . .
Vnion Pacific
Illinois Central ....
Baltimore A Ohio. .
Erie
t'entral of Georgia.
fnua. & Heading...
Totals $1.171,aW2.fi.S 31.473
"While this table show the financial
situation of what will be the "Harriman
system when present plans are all
brought to a conclusion, the strategic
position Is better Illustrated by the fol
lowing list of cities reached by the line :
Spokane, Butt.
Portland, Or. San Franciaco.
Sacramento, CaL Is Angeles.
Salt Lake City. Ogr1n. Utah.
Cheyenne. ' Denver.
El Paso. San Antonio.
Dallas. Fort Worth. ,
Galveston. Houston.
New Orleans. Omaha.
Lincoln. Kansas Ctt .-.
Lincoln. Minneapolis.
St. Louis. Memphis.
Pt. Taul. Iouisville.
Chicago. Birmingham.
Nashville. Natchez.
Vlckahurg. t'hattanocf a.
Jackson. Macon.
Atlanta. Savannah.
Augusta. Ga. Cleveland.
Cincinnati. Buffalo.
Pittsburgh. New York.
Rochester. . Baltimore.
Philadelphia. . Wilmington.
Washington Trenton.
Haxrisburg.
Another table which shows the great
extent of the Harriman system is the fol
lowing, which gives the states which are
traversed by Harriman lines:
New Jersey.
Pennsylvania.
Delaware.
Indiana.
Virginia.
Iowa.
Nebraska.
Colorado.
Montana.
Nevada.
Washington.
California.
New Mexico.
Louisiana.
Kentucky.
A I aha. ma.
Maryland.
Ohio.
Illinois.
West Virginia.
Minnesota,
Kansas.
Wyoming.
Vtah.
Idaho.
Oregon.
Arizona.
Texas.
Mississippi.
Tennessee.
Georgia. '
Wisconsin
Missouri.
rr-v. .-tat-Ao 1 nthor HMirr1s which
are not traverspd by this great system are
North and South Dakota, Michigan,
Arkansas. Oklahoma, the two Carolina
and the six New England states.
With the acquisition of the Reading,
which fn turn controls the Central Rail
road of New Jersey, whose mileage Is
included in the above table, Harriman be
comes a "billion dollar rail magnate,"
the first in history, and gains such a
hold upon the railroad situation of the
country that he will be able to meet any
competition directed against him.
Another important feature connected
with the deal Is that with the construction
of a short link in Central Pennsylvania,
connecting the Baltimore & Ohio with the
Reading, the Baltimore & Ohio would be
given as short and as good a line be
tween Chicago and New York and 9t.
Louis and New Tork as that of any other
company.
CLEAR DFTY OF CHAMBERLAIN.
Why Doesn't He Retire in Favor of
Other Statement One Manf
Eugene Register.
Now that Statement No. 1 has been
"vindicated," Chamberlain, who belongs
to the minority party, should step down
and out and let Cake, have the honor.
Before the primaries it was declared
that the iseue was not a political one,
but the right of the people to choose.
As a result of the primary election.
Cake seems to have received more
votes than Fulton and Chamberlain put
together. Now, if there is no politics
in the Statement No. 1 issue. Chamber
lain should quit. But will he? Cer
tainly not, although he and Cake are
both Statement No. 1. candidates. The
facts are that the real political fight
has just begun, a struggle In which the
will of the people as expressed at the
primaries will be reversed in favor of
Chamberlain, U the ingenuity and skill
and powerful manipulation of machine
politics can accomplish the work, in
which event there will be some dis
gusted Statement No. 1 members in the
next Legislature, when by their pledge
they are forced to vote for a Demo
cratic Senatorial candidate. If by any
hook or crook a Statement No. 1 Legis
lator should refuse to vote for Cham
berlain, shquld he succeed by aid of the
machine in landing the nomination,
such Legislator should be impeached
or recalled. Perhaps we had best en
act the U'Ren recall measure In antici
pation of those Legislators who may
be disposed to gig back on the State
ment at the critical 'moment; If Cake
has as united a .support from those who
voted for him in the primary election
as he will have from those who sup
ported Fulton at the primaries. Cake
will be the choice of the people for
United States Senator. Let not those
who supported Cake through ulterior
motive conclude that they can switch
to Chamberlain and cast the onus and
odium of Cake's defeat upon the Ful
ton wing, so-called, of the Republican
party. There is too much of the true
blue Republicanism among the rank
and file of those who supported Fulton
to allow for one minute the shoulder
ing of political perfidy upon them when
the real principles of Republicanism
are at stake.
"Msnt" Watteraon for Prraldent.
Barrels and Bottles.
What's the matter with Henry Watter
son for President of the United States?
Dean of American Journalists, prince of
good fellows, Saul amid the towering ar
ray of grreat men Kentucky has Riven the
world, like Milo he has carried the Dem
ocratic party ever since it was a calf
until now when, sitting securely astride
Mason and Dixon's line, he alone Is able
to sustain the enormous bulk of unterri
fled bovine that slakes Its thirst in Lake
Itasca and slashes Its tail around Flag
ler's railroad until its tip hits Key West.
For the Democratic party is a water
drinker when It wants water!
Not since the days of Grover Cleveland
has the Democratic party had a candi
date who inspired a tithe of the wild en
thusiasm with which the name of Wat
terson would weld Its shattered fragments
from Texas to Massachusetts. The idol
of the South, the brother of the North,
and the friend and defender of men who
love liberty and justice everywhere, Hen
ry TVatterson stands today, In the ripe
maturity of 'his powers, his party's grand
old Cyclops and his country's Clncinna
tus! i
lw, Willamette Valley, Speak Ip.
Des Moines (la.) Register.
A cow owned by a dairyman near
Fonda. Ia.. has produced an average
of 67.6 pounds of milk a day (or 11 days.
On one day, Xhe yield was &H4 pounds.
T
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MATIOINAL GUARD
CONTRART to expectations, the
range iuF.itl.rn was not definitely
settled during the past week and
at this time would seem to be further
from a settlement than ever. The com
mittee Is not ready to report yet. but
It seems assured that tho old range
back of the City Park will have to
be used for a month or even two after
the opening of the outdoor season.
May 1.
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While somewhat belated, the report
of the National rifle competition at
Camp Perry. Ohio. last Summer,
makes the revelation that the Oregon
team made even a better showing than
previously recorded by taking first
place on the 1000-yard range.
F.very team of the 4S participating1
w-as beaten at 1000 yards by Oregon,
and there Isn't a more difficult rmiii
in the lot than the 1000. a fact that
is demonstrated by the scores of each
team. Oregon beat tho I'nited States
Naval team, which won the National
team match, and beat both Army
teams, the Naval Academy and every
state in the Union.
Oregon's total score at 1 J0 yard.i
was 437. The Navy came a verv closo
second with 43. NVW Jersey also had
43(i. while the next closest competitor
was Pennsylvania, with 435. Wash
ington scored 428. Massachusetts 42S,
Ohio 429, the United States Cavalry
3S6. Annapolis 42T. United States In-
iantry 36 j. New ork 414. That the
range Is a stumbling block ror even
experts is shown by the records of a
number of good teams. California
made only 32S. Tennessee fell back to
!05. Nebraska got 267. and North Da
kota fell down to 158.
Discovery that the local team fin
ished first on that range is more en
couraging than even the team stand
ing on all ranges, which was fifteenth
place, or ahead of 23 teams. It is the
Intention this year to creep up among
the top-notchera at the National shoot
In August.
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The action of the Senate In striking
out the amendment to the Army ap
propriation bill which would have pre
vented officers from participating in
the National rifle and pistol matches,
is highly gratifying to the War De
partment, according to an ' official
communication released for publica
tion yesterday. Gen. Robert Shaw
Oliver, assistant Secretary of yar and
president of the National Board for
the Promotion of Rifle Practice, pre
sented the views of the War Depart
ment to the (Senate committee on mili
tary affairs and also addressed a com
munication to Chairman Hull of the
House committee. It Is not thought
likely the House will insist on the
amendment.
In presenting the matter General
Oliver said that President Roosevelt
had asked him to call the attention
of the committee especially to the pro
vision relating to officers and to ask
that It be stricken out. He quoted
Gen. B. W. Spencer, the New Jersey
authority on rifle shooting, as saying
It would practically destroy the effect
of the National matches. General
Oliver said: "In case this amendment
becomes a law It will almost. If not
entirely, defeat the excellent purpose
for which the first law upon the sub
ject of the National trophy was en
acted in 1903. The reason for the en
actment of the law was to encourage
excellence in marksmanship with
rifles and pistols In the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps and National Guard. In
this most Important of all military
functions, the officers are the Instruc
tors of the enlisted men, and this they
are not competent to be unless1 they
thoroughly understand all the details
of military rifle and revolver Bhooting.
They attend the National competi
tions, some of them from states or
territories which have not even a rifle
range. They mix with the finest rifle
and revolver shots in the world and
absorb much valuable Information and
not a little equally valuable enthusi
asm. They return to their organiza
tions and tell what they have learned,
which is absorbed and disseminated
throughout the entire military force
of the state or terrltory.-
"This has been going on with the Na
tional Guard for the past four years, and
during that short period the Improvement
and interest In military marksmanship
have been remarkable. In 18M competi
tions were inaugurated In the Army,
where officers and enlisted men shot to
gether for prizes. This soon developed
many expert rifle shots and created much
enthusiasm in the Army. As a result,
when the Spanish War came on. our reg
ular Army was the finest body of expert
riflemen In the world. And those who
started the National trophy are working
to accomplish the same thing for the Na
tional Guard. It certainly needs no argu
ment to prove that an educated officer In
his military duties Is of far more value to
the Government than an educated enlist
ed man. for the reason that the officer
can be sent to Instruct other officers and
enlisted men. It would really be for the
best Interests of the United States to
have the teams sent to the National
matches composed entirely of commis
sioned officers. On account, however, of
other considerations, it has been found
advisable to have a fair proportion of en
listed men in each team."
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Thursday night. April 30, has been set
as the date for the final events In the
series of athletic events which have been
In progress for the past five months. The
events of that occasion will be worth wit
nessing, the participants having won the
right to appear through repeated victories
In the preliminary events. The programme
will consist of a 50-yard 6sh, a quarter
mile run. half-mile run. relay race, tug
of war, wall-scaling, tent-pitehlng and
high jump. A large turnout Is expected.
Medals for Individual winners and tro
phies for the successful teams will be
given out at the conclusion of the events.
An admission charge of 25 cents will be
made, the proceeds to go to the Board of
Officers' fund.-
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Among the matters of general interest
to come up at the meeting of the Board
of Officers on Tuesday night will be a
report of the committee on gymnasium
equipment. This committee, composed of
Captains Welch. Bowman and Scott, has
secured prices on various kinds of suit
able apparatus which Is to be bought out
of the funds raised for that purpose. The
completion of the gym at the Armory Is
an event that is being anxiously watched
for by the enlisted men stationed In
Portland.
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"Are you working for the passage of
the Armory bill?" That question Is being
nsked Guardsmen throughout the state.
Success of the measure, which means 12
new armories, depends to a large extent
upon the efforts of Individual workers.
Unless Guardsmen get out. and hustle, no
one else can be expected to do so. Port
land Guardsmen are inclined to be rather
lax in their Interest in the bill, from the
fact that they would not be directly ben
flted. That is' a poor spirit. Failure of
the bill would reflect In a degree on the
Guard.
Incident of Chelsea. Mass., Fire.
Boston (Mass.) Dispj'eh.
While the fire was raging in Chelsea,
Mass.. four young women gathered around
a piano at a street corner and sang "We
Won't Go Home 'Till Morning." a fifth
playing the accompaniment. All Were
homeless, and were trying to keep their
courage, up.