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WIIITr.WASiriNti A TRf ST.
Aidod by his dauntless bodyguard of
standpatters Mr. Cannnn has bullied
the House of Representatives Into vot
ing for a resolution to whitewash the
paper trust. The whitewash is to be ap
plied by means of one of thoso "Inves
tigations" which are so useful to tho
"interests" in emergencies. As Mr. Will
isms said upon the lloor of the House,
the investigation is not Intended to
search for the truth, nor if by chance
It should light upon any Incriminating
farts does it Intend to report them.
Its sole purpose is to postpone indefi
nitely any action which would curtail
the power of the trust to rob the users
of paper. An investigation is an affair
which by well-known methods may be
prolonged for morutlis and years.
When Its report Is finally made much
time may decently elapse before it is
considered in Congress. After it has
been considered and Its emptiness ade
quately exhibited, then the whole mat-
ter may be dropped until an outraged
public compels the House to recur -to
it. Meanwhile tho paper trust will
quietly gather In Its profits and return
thanks to Mr. Cannon for his abound
ing mercies.
The "immediate" relief" which the
Associated Tress asks tho President
and the Congress to grant from the
exactions of the paper trust is not like
ly to come through this dilatory in
vestigation. Everything connected
with Its origin points clearly to a pre
concerted design to smother the truth.
In the first place, there was paraded
before the House an array of false
statistics obtained from the compliant
Director of the Census. The Associ
ated Press, which represents the con
s.imers of SO per cent of the white
Taper sold In this country, does not
mince matters In referring to these
statistics. It speaks of them as "the
false reports of news print paper
prices which were recently furnished
to Congress by the Director of the
Census Bureau." Naturally one passes
on to speculate over what kind of
statistics this invaluable Director of
the Census would furnish to the trusts
upon other subjects, since he has
served them so well In regard to print
paper. Singularly accurate for scien
tific reference must be the National
ensus which such a director will com
pile. The Information which It con
tains about the trusts and the Dlngley
tariff will be particularly soothing to
the popular mind.
Attain. Mr. Cannon and his obedient
satellites who urged the House to un
dertake this whitewashing enterprise
were astoundingly certain that the
tariff had nothing whatever to do
with the price of print paper. If they
were as sure as they pretended to be,
why were they so timid about permit
ting public hearings' before the ways
and means committee? If there was
no secret relation between the tariff
and the price of paper, why were they
so careful to smother debate upon It In
the House? If there was nothing to
be revealed there was nothing to be
feared. If there was no relation to be
broughr to light, then the light of de
bate could do the trust no harm.
The researches of the members and
their oratory would only have Illu
mined more brightly than ever the
purity and benevolence of the philan
thropic syndicate. We are amazed that
Mr.- Cannon did not do all he could
to encourage an Inquiry into the do
ings of the trust through debate, since
he is zealous to bring out all the truth,
and since he is certain that there is no
truth which could connect his client,
the trust, with his idol, the tariff.
The devious ways of a quiet, se
cluded Investigation where everything
can be deliberately prearranged, all
tho testimony sifted before It Is admit
ted. Indiscreet witnesses excluded,
compliant ones encouraged, obstinate
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ones suppressed, an Investigation
whose results can all be written out
long before It Is begun, an Investiga
tion skillfully directed from the outset
to prove a desired state of facts, this
Is what Mr. Cannon and his standpat
allies prefer to a candid Inquiry Into
the truth, and doubtless they have,
most excellent reasons for their pref
erence. Twenty bills or more were
Introduced In the House of Represent
atives early in the session to repeal
the duties on paper and pulp, which
nre the basis of the trust extortions.
Not one of these bills has been re
ported. They have nil been smothered
In the committee. Why did this hap
pen? If the duty does not affect the
price of paper, then that price would
not be altered by repealing the duty.
The repeal would llBturb nothing,
while on the other hand its failure to
produce results would beautifully
demonstrate that Mr. Cannon knows
the exact truth and tells It. Would
not tho experiment be worth while In
order to add to his glory as n states
man and prophet? He says the re
peal of the duty would accomplish
nothing. If it would accomplish noth
ing II would harm nothing. Why n'rT1
repeal It Just to show that he is right?
If It should happen to show that he
is wrong, tho only sufferer would be
the paper trust, which has planned to
add lo. 00(1. 000 to the price of paper
this year, while every publisher and
reader in the country would be bene
fited. Nay, the farmers who use roof
ing paper would save the two millions
which the trust has planned to squee.e
out of them, while those who write
letters would save more than five mil
lions. Is not the experiment rf repeal
worth trying, since according to Mr.
Cannon It can do no harm, and since
according to everybody else tt Is likely
to do so "much good?
NFW STRr;F.T Alt MF.TIIOO.
Many persons In Portland are
stirred up by the new-fangled plan
of running streetcars abolishing
dashboard signs, and stopping cars on
the. near side of cross streets. Even
the city Council yesterday paused
from Its we'arhty affairs to adopt a resolu
tion a.sklng that the signs be restored. Now
comes a well-known citizen declaring
that the stopping of cam on the near
side of streets "would be a menace to
public health."
These are trifles, when wo are not
otherwise engaged with selection of a
President and with the Bquabble be
tween the Mayor and the City Coun
cil. Put the trifles come to us per
force when we hurry officoward In tho
morning and homeward In the even
ing. That the dashboard signs are a con
venience nobody can well gainsay.
They herald a car In the distance,
whereas now we can distinguish the
tar only when It Is upon us. That the
signs are ugly, gaudy things Is like
wise true, and there may be good rea
son for saying that they give the city
a "Jay" appearance. The streetcar
company has promised In their places
a side sign, whereby the public can
pick out cars without going In front of
them end sometimes getting danger
ously close. It would seem that the
company should have provided the
side signs before dispensing with the
dashboard letters. That would have
prevented the storm of protest and
would have saved the Council's time
yesterday.
The plan to stop cars on the near
side of streets will probably not he
successful. Streets are so muddy In
wet weather that rear platforms could
not well be used. On many cars front
platforms are too narrow for such use
when the motorman is at his post. At
night the front platform Is dark and
shut oft from the rest of the car. In
Winter the frequent opening of the
front door would make the Interior
uncomfortable. Until Portland's
streets are well paved, like those of
New York or Washington, the people
will not like the plan of halting cars
on the near side of cross streets. As
a writer in another column points out,
this method will cause passengers to
walk across the grass between side
walks and the curb and would ruin the
grass. This would displease neat
homeowners, who like the grass fringe
and spend money to keep It growing.
It Is always hard to change long
rooted public custom. The dashboard
signs and the presentmethod of halt
ing cars have been used many years
and the public Is content with them.
After all. the purpose of streetcars is
to serve and satisfy the public. And
I? the people are content with the old
style, the company doubtless will be
the same.
A TWO-OCEAN COl'NTRY.
It is refreshing and gratifying to
find at least one newspaper in the
East with sufficient patriotism to take
a broal-gaugo view of the situation
and demand that the battleship fleet
be regained on the Pacific, where It
is most needed. The Philadelphia In
quirer, in a protest against the failure
of Congress to provide for four battle
ships In accordance with the Presi
dent's request, asserts thai "the fleet
in the Pacific Is needed there. Not
one of those vessels ought ever to re
turn to Atlantic ports. Instead we
should construct a fleet for this side."
The Inquirer thinks that the cruise of
the battleship fleet to the Pacific
Ocean has been a wonderful object
lesson, for the reason that "It has
shown us that we are a two-ocean
country with immense coast lines on
both the Atlantic and Pacific. Be
sides, there are the Philippines, the
Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico- and the
Panama Canal to protect. How can
protection be had with only a one
ocean fleet?"
The position taken by the Philadel
phia paper must appeal forcibly to
every true American at all familiar
with the situation. Aside from the
fact that the most eminent political
wrtters of -the age are unanimous In
predicting that the scene of the
world's next great naval conflict will
be on the Pacific, it should be remem
bered that this coast Is as yet without
land defenses of any consequence,
compared with those which could pre
vent a hostile fleet from damaging any
important port on the Atlantic sea
board. It will, of course, always be
necessary as a precautionary measure
to maintain a fleet on the Atlantic In
case of trouble with some of the small
nations that can be easier reached
from the Atlantic than from the Pa
cific; but the chief function of an At
lantic fleet in the future will be more
In the nature of police duty than as a
fighting reserve, and for that reason a
smaller and more economically main
tained fleet will answer all purposes
there.
All ths opposition advanced to re
tention of the fleet on the Pacific has
come either through Ignorance of ac
tual conditions In the Western world
or from pure sectional selfishness en
gendered by the element that Is still
firm in the belief that nothing of coi
sequence In the United States could
transpire or exist anywhere west of
the Missouri River. So long as Mr.
Metealf. of California, remains In the
position of Secretary of the Navy the
Columbia River will be Ignored in sta
tioning the vessels, but this discrim
ination would not In the slightest de
gree prevent every lafliience that can
he brought to hear In this city nnd
state from Joining that of California
and Washington In an effort to keep
tho fleet on the Pacific.
All of the ports between Mexico and
Alaska are engaged In ocean trading,
and their business with tho ports
across the Pacific Is Increasing so rap
Idly that our people are In a position
to appreciate the necessity for better
protection on the Pacific. Tho danger
and expense In bringing this fleet
around from the Atlantic, In rase of
trouble on this Coast or In the Orient,
are too great to take any'ehanees with,
and the Oovernment should not make
the mistake of sending the vessels
hack to a station where they are not
needed. Far safer and more econom
ical will It prove, to follow tho sug
gestion of the Inquirer, and, if neces
sary, bnlld another fleet for use on the
Atlantic. Truly this Is a "two-ocean"
country.
' FOIWilVF.Nr.SR FOR BOI.TF.R5.
Republican bolters of the past will
ho forgiven and their transgressions
will be wiped off the slate, but those
of the future will be blacklisted and
east Into outer darkness. Such Is the
warning sent out from certain political
organizations in Portland. No longer
Is a professed adherent of tho true
faith to be suffered to consort with
the reprobate and then to return to his
original place of respect.
The Oregonlan will not question the
good pnrrmse of this resolve, but slm
pTy point out the fear that it denies
equal rights to all Republicans tarnd
confers special privileges on those who
have satisfied grudges, rivalries ancl
jealousies and obtained office by bolt
ing the party ticket. Are the ones
who never yet enjoyed these privileges
now to be shut off from them? Are
the Republican deputies and ap
pointees of Governor Chamberlain,
Mayor Inne, ex-Shqriff Word and Dis
trict Attorney Manning to be the only
brethren entitled to the rewards of
"cut-throat politics?" Are the Repub
licans who "got even" with Furnish,
George H. Williams and Wlthycomhe
to dwell In honor and others who imi
tate their example. In disgrace?
Last week the Republicans nomi
nated Mr. Cako for Senator and the
Democrats nominated Mr. Chamber
lain. Less than six weels hence "the
people" will choose between them. Is
any Repuhlican to be denied the right
of belonging to the people and of vot
ing for whomsoever he chooses? Re
cently the highest political honor has
been membership In "the people" a
body of hardheaded freemen, who
have thrown off the shackles of party
at least that Is what we are told.
Tho Oregonlan, as a non-partisan
newspaper, wishes the political clubs
well In their work of keeping pure
their political faith, whether it be Re
publican or Democratic. It will be
forgiven, perhaps, by the Repuhlican
bolters, now returning to the wigwam,
where it strove to keep the Republican
fire burning, for resigning the task of
fuel-heaver and taking the post of on
looker. But is there atonement for their sins
and none for erring brethren coming
after? Are the latter to be punished
for their allegiance to "tho people"?
These are very perplexing questions
hut very dear to the people, and The
Oregonian as 'a people's newspaper
cites them for this reason.
AV OVEROl'K EXPLANATION.
If the Bureau of Statistics of the
Department of Commerce and Labor
has any regard for the accuracy of Its
figures, it would do well to call to ac
count the employe who is responsible
for misleading and incorrect statistics
on Puget Sound wheat shipments.
When the February bulletin appeared,
with Puget Sound credited with wheat
exports nearly 600,000 bushels In ex
cess of tho amount actually shipped
that month, a protest was madoj and
it was naturally expected that the
error would be corrected In the March
bulletin. But, with an entire month
in which to correct the error, the
March bulletin appears with that
"padded" 600,000 bushels carried for
ward and swelling the totals for the
season to date. With the aid of this
"padding" the shipments for the nine
months ending Mirch 31 are given as
13.053,029 bushels, instead of 12,482,
957 bushels, as they would be with the
February "padding" removed.
The error was perhaps excusable In
the first place, but failure to correct It
in the following bulletin cannot well
bo explained on any grounds except a
deliberate attempt on the part of the
Puget Sound authorities to place In
circulation figures in excess of the ac
tual shipments. There was no pad
ding in the March report from Puget
Sound, and as a. result the shipments
from Portland lead those of the Puget
Sound ports combined by more than
500,000 bushels, the shipments from
this port last month being more than
one-third of all made from the United
States. They were nearly 100.000
bushels greater than the combined
shipments of New York, New Orleans,
Philadelphia, Galveston and Boston.
The attention of Mr. Austin, chief of
the Bureau of Statistics, Is again called
to the manner In which the Puget
Sound shipments are being Juggled
and padded, and we may reasonably
expect to see a correction made In the
April bulletin.
INGENIOUS GAMBLING.
Sonae men are astonishingly ingen
ious incontriving ways to injure them
selves. If they spent half as much
Intelligence In making money as they
do in fooling It away they would all
become millionaires and endow divin
ity schools instead of enriching gam
bling stands. The latest device for
helping the fool to part with his
money is the city directory, it appears.
Forbidden to throw dice at cigar and
beer counters, the simpleton who does
not know what to do with his wealth
bets on the page numbers of this ro
mantic volume. The man who turns
out the lowest, sum of final digits on
three pages opened at random has to
treat the crowd.
Of course this Is the same thing es
sentially that Is done with dice and It
Is as vicious as any other kind of gam
bling. Still the law may possibly not
cover it, and If It does not there la
small occasion for regret. The trick
Is but a passing fad. It Is too cum
bersome to be popular for a great
while, though It may deplete tho pock
ets ot the simple-minded for a few
days. Systematic gambling Is not
likely to be carried on otherwise than
with the few and comparatively sim
ple Implements which have served the
human race for that purpose ever
since men began to live together In
communities.' Cards, dice and such
devices as' roulette wheels are all very
ancient. No tribe or nation has ever
had more than two or three popular
methods of donating Its money to
gamblers; and those methods which
once became popular have never been
known to yield permanently to others.
There Is nothing new as to the gam
bling principle which they Involve, In
the slot machines.
Consoled by such reflections as these
we need not fear that the trick of
gambling with the city directory will
become very popular or last very long.
What amazes one In the sordid busi
ness is the persistence of some men's
desire to "treat" each other, no matter
If they have to break the law to do
1'. If this custom were abolished,
halt the evil of the American saloon
and gambling hell would disappear at
once. There are few ways in which
sensible people can aid moral reform
more simply and effectively than by
setting their faces resolutely against
treating.
The Oregon Audub:on Society has
adopted the most effective method of
protecting the wild life of the state.
Its plan Is to set aside breeding
grounds where birds may not be
killed or disturbed. All who hav
studied game protection are unani
mous In the opinion that there Is no
other way than this to prevent the ex
tinction of our wild fowl and game.
I'pon the breeding grounds there
should he protection not only from
slaughter by men, but also' from ver
min, which as a nils kill many times
more 'game birds than hunters do. If
birds were adequately protected In
breeding. It Is not too much to say
that all laws restricting shooting dur
ing the open season might safely be
repealed. Women might even be per
mitted fnrely to Indulge their queer
fancy for wearing feathers and dead
birds on their bonnets If the species
they prefer were allowed to breed In
peace and safety. The Audubon Soci
ety asks for co-operation In setting
aside breeding reservations for wild
fowl in the Klamath region. Presi
dent Roosevelt and Governor Cham
berlain have promised their aid. The
project Is a worthy one from all points
of view. Those who are Interested In
the wild life of Oregon should lend a
hand.
Mr. Wu Ting Fang, clad In a "fetch
ing brown polonaise with salmon-hued
sleeves," etc., told the American
Asiatic Association at a banquet at
Delmonlco's that he was not guilty of
starting tha boycott against American
goods, but, on the contrary, had done
all In his power to stop It. Mr. Wu
has secured such a reputation for the
Ingenuity with which he says one
thing and at tho same time means
something else that his disclaimer of
complicity In tho boycott will be
taken with the customary discount.
Wu is perhaps friendly to the United
States, but he also has a very high re
gard for the country which supplies
him with the peacock feather and
spending money. It may have been
only a coincidence that the boycott
began simultaneously with the return
from America of Mr. Wu. and It mjght
also have been only a coincidence that'
It was conducted on lines which have
been so uniformly successful in this
country, where Wu was a close ob
server of everything that was taking
place.
A dispatch from Ottawa says that
the total wheat acreage in the Alberta
country and other new districts in
Western Canada is 20 per cent larger
than that of last year, with climatic
conditions to date so favorable that a
record yield Is promised. ' The acreage
forecast may be accurate, but, judging
by "past performances" of the West
ern Canada crop, It Is still very early
to begin counting on a record crop, or
even a large crop. Cheap land and
good railroad facilities have worked
wonders In settling up the new wheat
region Just over the boundary line, but
It has as yet failed to demonstrate that
It Is even approximately as good a
wheat country as the Columbia Basin.
The exact measure of discipline to
which a wife can be subjected In Ta
coma has not been ruled on, but the
Superior Court of Pierce County ap
parently thinks that tying her to a
bedpost, handcuffing her and whipping
her are Improper measures. Mr.
Gandy, who established and followed
the code mentioned, has been sen
tenced to one year in the County Jail.
It would be Interesting to know
whether or not the Portland city prop
erty was Included in that $1,000,000
which Mr. Poulsen testified his firm
had made In the lumber business In
the past five years. If the remainder
of the million came as easy as the
eight city blocks. It Is small wonder
that the Inman-Poulsen mill proved a
profitable concern.
The third-term boomers say no Re
publican can be elected President
against Bryan but Roosevelt, and the
New York Democratic newspapers
all of them say Bryan can't be elect
ed President against anybody. Jet
somehow we can't believe that both
will be beaten. -
State Treasurer Steel as a witness
succeeded In demonstrating to the
Ross jury that there was much in his
dealings with Ross that he feared to
tell. Is that the way to vindicate a
really good man?
Where did the New York World get
its information that Oregon will send
an "uninstructcd" ' delegation to the
Denver convention? It's a regulation
Killfeather Joke.
The Democratic party of the United
States appears ,tr be split into as
many factions as the Republican party
of Oregon.
. Portland's deep-draft water on the
bar seems insufficient without deep
draft pull at Washington.
Queer what a big flght many of
those San Francisco folk are making
to keep their grafters.
Mr. Bryan doesn't love the dear peo
ple enough to stay poor like they axe.
RW VORK rifitRFJS ! BRIfA.I.
(hanee In ! the Kebraakaa, "If
pemocrary lias ."
New York World.
There will I lore delegates In the Dem
ocratic National convention. with
necessary to a choice tinder the two-thirds
rule and S ncressary to prevent a nom
ination.
Th delegates thus far chosen or pro
vided for are divided as follows:
iNSTttt;T?r ron mr. nrtVAN.
Oklahoma '
Nebraska In
Kane..
Wlaonsln Vl
South Dakota M
Indiana
Iowa 2
North rMkota
Tola: M
INSTRITITED FOR JI.'tOB tiHAY
telaware S
t'NISBTftl.'CTBl.
New York 'J
Khoda Island
Total S"
Among the ntates reasonably likely to
send uninstructcd or sntl-Brysn delega
tions to the Denver convention are the
following: '
Pfnneylvmla w
Mmaa'-hiwtts
.N"w .I'-ry
Connecticut I
Maine 1-
Vrrmunt I
New Hampshire a
Maryland ,0
Vlrrlnla -
North Carolina -
Minnesota ; '-
California
Oregon J
Washington "
IHalrlct of Columbia n
Total
Among the states In which tha Issue
between Hrvanlsm and antl-Brynnlsm I
at jresent more or leas In doubt are these:
rhi "
Illinois "7
Louisiana :5
Tex.
Oeorgla - - f'
Florida '
Colorado - '
Tolal
Six plus S plus 2 plus 200 l W ,n
other words, there exists a possibility that
a numerical majority of the delegate
will go 'to tho National convention with
fairly open minds, not Irrevocably com
mitted to any man's candidacy, but the
"ablest, strongest and most representa
tive men" of the Democracy of the coun
try. In the language of ftie resolution
adopted by the New York state conven
tion, sent to Denver, "to the end that out
of the dellbeation and consultation of
such men there may be then and there
nominated a ticket which will rally to Its
support the Judgment, conscience and
votes of a majority of the citizens of the
country."
We do not say that this will happen.
We do not say that the rlcmocratlc. party
Is capable of so much siVise and sanity.
We say merely that there is a possibility.
The Democratic national convention
meets three -weeks after the Repuhlican
convention. Much may happen in three
weeks. Bven the noisiest of Mr. Bryan's
supporters may be brought perhaps to see
the folly of nominating a ticket fore
doomed to defeat and disaster. The whole
party msy come to appreciate the fact
that disorganized Democratic aslnlnlty
cannot possibly win against organized
Republican Intelligence.
ORFJAT f;njAFT FOR nEt F.IVF.R".
How One iiunm Trying to Loot a
New York Concern.
Hartford Courant.
The three, receivers who held the af
fairs of the Knickerbocker Trust Company
of New York in their hands for five
months are still having trouble in getting
the J75.000 apiece that they have demanded
for their services. This pay Is at the
rate of tisfi.nnn apiece per annum. They
sent In bills. It la reported, for a good deal
more; hut the court cut them down to
this starvation modicum. Now lawyers
are fighting against paying so much.
It Is contended that the question con
cerns only the trnst company, since that
has resumed payments to depositors and
so is in the hands of Its stockholders.
Rut It happens, also, that the depositors
surrendered many rights and cannot get
their money all out for months, and have
had to trunt the solvency of the company
for a long time ahead. Moreover, one po
tent factor In persuading them to consent
to leave their deposits was the threat that
otherwise receivers would eat the concern
up.
Viewed In such a liplit. It seems dlffl
cult for a court to permit such monstrous
drafts on the treason' of the company for
such services. It may he useless to ask
if the whole bunch would not have worked
Just as hard If they had been promised
Jiono each per month as they did for
Jlo.oof) a month apiece. T7 brings scandal
upon the courts themselves to allow such
bills.
These "unemployed meetings" in TTnlon
Square and other wicked demonstrations
give people uneasy thoughts, but there Is
more social disintegration In one big bank
scandal than in s. dozen public meetings
where the representatives of the law
stand Tor order.- It Is astonishing that
tills Is not seen more plainly by those
upon whom the responsibility rests.
I,AW TO PRESER1F! WATER POWER
Time Is Ripe for Definite Action by the
L-earlalatare.
GASTON. Or.. April 21. (To the Editor.)
t wish to second the motion made by
Professor Young that we call a meeting
or persons Interested In framing legisla
tion that will enable the public to re
tain some right of control over the water
powers of the state. The time suggested
Is also the proper one. soon after the re
turn of the Governor and other dele
gates from the conference In Washing
ton where President Roosevelt will In
troduce this subject. The same plan
should be followed as was adopted for
the railroad commission bill two years
ago: draft as complete a bill as pos
sible and subject It to the widest criti
cism in order that the fullest knowledge
and best thought can be utilized. All
this, well in advance of the meetina: of
the legislature, so that public sentiment
can bo crystallized in a way that will
make its passage imperative.
This Is the most important matter of
legislation before the people of Oregon
today, and It Is not a work that any one
man, or set of men, can accomplish. If
not taken hold of In a vigorous, de
termined manner any bill that may be
prepared will prolably meet the fate of
the one Introduced by me at the last
session: a quiet putting to sleep in the
hands of a hostile committee.
When our delegates return- from their
meeting at Washington, let them Issue
a call for a meeting of this kind In
Portland. w. K. NEWELL.
A Son of the Church.
Boston GlOe.
I wlsht my farther hednent gome
ann bin er baptla preeoher.
I wlsht heed bin er moterman.
Ide even stood fer teecher:
I sroodent rev to go two chareh
er mflyun tfmea er weak,
nor reed ther blbul thru ann thru
ann In oto concerta epeek;
I tel u wut Its mjtey bum
baeln er baptla preechera son.
ann I eood read bout afnh tooth -tim.
how ther Indyuna cum In fluds,
how tlmmy drew his trusty nifa
ann stood nee deep In blud;
ann I pity ther kid thet rawled me nalma
u bet Ida palst ther feller
ther bardie klout he evlr a-ot
rite in hie mean ole smeller;
I tel u wut Its mltey bum
beein er baptis preechera sob.
ann I cood rase np tlma in skool
without ther peapul's tockln .
ann aayin fer er preechera son
my conduoa very ahockln;
a Jus wate til 1 grow up.
prapa lie be er teenher,
butt u bett yure life thet T wont be
er blatm ola baptia preecher.
I tell u wut ita mltey bum
beela er baptis preechera son.
JI.ST WHAT IJOE Btl.l. Bl'JI MEAJIf
Staoiiare Dictionary ( hatleagea Defini
tion filren hy Mr. MeKenna.
PORTLAND. April II. (To ths Ed
itor.) In a recent Issue of The Ore
gonlan I read that Mr. Mr-Kenna. with
admirable persistence. Is a'bout to re
new his fight agnlnat Bull Run.
If some earl F.nallsh pioneer had
given our mountain stream tho classic
nnme of Oxford River, J venture to af
firm that few members of the Initiative
One Hundred would have discovered
the bovine taint.
When considered apart from the In-
fluence and presttare ot that great In
stitution of learning Oxford Uni
versity the word of ox-ford sounds no
bettor than bull-ford or horse-ford.
Pull ftun la a. cleaner name than Ox
ord. Any erltlclam of the hahlta of
he bull applies with equal force to the
ox, and "run" which the Standard dic
tionary defines as "a small stream":
nnd Webster as. "a small stream; a
brook: a creek") Is far preferable to
ford,"
The former word signifies a flowing
slrchtn. moving with more or less
rapidity, and naturally Implies purity
of water; while the latter, being a pub
lic crossing for man and beast, is in
separably associated with lingering
Impurities.
But who would have the hardihood
to propose a rhanga of name for Old
Oxford?
The word has been adopted by tha
commercial world to express excellence
snd noallty In articles of dress, and It
serves as a popular and genteel sign
for places of business.
Stanford (stand-ford?) Is Icaa fortu
nate. The water down there seems to
lack life, and contains no stimulating
properties. From last advices the
fjgculty Is making a wholesome endeav
or' to encourage. Its use on the eampua.
Mr. MeKenna errs In his contention
that "run" suggests impure and stag
nant water, althourh some time ago he
offered the Standard dictionary as au
thority for his position.
By a feat of Inadvertence he over
looked the noun "run" and found the
following under the verb? "To move
about freely or without hindrance or
restraint: rove; range; as the cattle
run id the swamp.''
Mistaking the verb for a noun In tills
exsmple, he concludes that a "run"
most be a swampy place containing
stagnant water contaminated by the
presence of CSttlef
If doeg not require the nice discern
ment of lite forum nor a very "stiff
drink at the "pure Pierian spring" to
see that the Standard Is here giving an
example of free and leisurely motion,
conveniently Illustrated hy cattle in
anv open space.
The dictionary might have said "as
the goats run (at larae) In University
Park."
Wonderful to relate, this Interpreta
tion passed without challenge,, al
thnufth It raises a disturbance among
the narti of speech, and unjustly In
terfercs with the provisions of the
"herd law" bv seeking to limit fit
ther the territory on which cattle may
range. ll.W.UUULM.
ONE POI.ITB M AN IX NEW YORK.
Tries to Relieve Bridge Jam and I.anda
In Jail.
Dooiavllle Courier-Journal.
Wine, according to Horace, brings to
light the secret soul. The Florldlan
who attempted, single-handed, to aolve.
the Brooklyn bridge problem by polite
ness was evidently a gentleman of the
first water, although ho may have been
operating under the Influence of the
ninth hlehba . as Is contended.
According to the New York World.
the man from .Taoksonvllle. whose name
Is said to be Joseph (' Hurst, spent
a happy hour or so haranguing th'
crowd in the densest part of the "Jam'
upon the advantages of politeness to
women. Bowing, smiling, threatening,
cajoling, shoving, he got the men out
of the path of the women and handed
the latter Into the cars. His especial
attention was bestowed upon women who
had their children in tow, and elderly
women not physically fit to fight ajid
eoulrm their way to the common carrier.
Some of the women thanked him, some
of them smiled at his Quixotic services
In behalf of womankind, and others
scowled. The men gave way good-naturedly
even when "seized by the nape
of the neck or the sent of the pantaloons
and pitched sslde." Finally an old woman
resented what she considered an imperti
nence when the Florldlan Insisted that
space should be made for her upon the
score that she was probably someone's
mother. At hew request Hurst was ar
rested by an officer, who performed the
duty most unwillingly. In court he de
clared that although he had "oiled up a
bit" before tackling the bridge Jam, he
was Tfot drunk. He had come all the
way from Florida to set New York an
example in courtesy. The police, lieu
tenant at the desk admitted that the
prisoner did not loo"k drunk, but could
not account otherwise for his having
tried to be polite in New York.
Mr. Hurst was possibly more or less
deep in wine, but we are constrained to
believe that he was "oiled up" rather
than drunk, and that his behavior was as
excellent as his intentions. His error
was that of overestimating the Influence
of example where neither example nor
precept has had the slightest effect dur
ing the last quarter of a century. Virtue,
some pessimist has said, is its only re
ward. Mr. Hurst's laudable effort at re
form deserves additional reward. Upon
the grave of his amhltions let us lay a
flower. He "done his durndest; angels
could do no more."
COMPLAINT ABOUT STREETCARS.
Writer Says New Method Will Be
Mennee to Public Health.
PORTLAND. Or.. April S2. (To the Edi
tor. ) Would it not be well for the City
Council to enact an ordinance to forbid
,uA . ; , i n .1 i
Iiii.? ii ipyunvu n. iitfii ui inn r ui oaiiu
Railway. Light & Power Company to
have all cars stop on the near side of
the streets beginning May I. This
dangerous and nnhealthfu! practice was
tried in the City of Baltimore; but public
sentiment forced its abolition. It will he
particularly offensive here for the follow
ing reasons. In our wet climate the
streets are frequently little better than
floods of mud; and to enable passengers
to get on the rear platforms of the
cars, would require the laying of walks
from the curbs to the tracks. This would
spoil the streets, would ruin the grass
parking in our residence districts, and
they are not authorized by law. To re
quire passengers to enter and leave the
cars by the front platforms is dangerous,
inconvenient and offensive. In our raw.
damp, rainy days this would require the
front door of each car to be left open
almost continually, thus causing a con
tinuous draft, with a resulting crop of
colds, rheumatism and pneumonia.
Moreover, the front platforms are given
over to smokers. To require ladies to
elbow their way through a crowd of
human "smoke-engines" is an outrage,
and" the open door would also fill the car
with the foul fumes of tobacco. The re
moval of the large letters from the dash
boards has caused great Inconvenience: to
stop the cars on the near sides of the
streets would be a menace to public
health. The management of our carlines
should take warning by the fate of
systems in other cities, and should, before
It Is too late, realize that no franchise
can long endure, and no obnoxious prac
tice can be long continued, in the face of
aroused public indignation. VERITAS.
e.Merry Widow" Hat Starts Flarht.
Baltimore News.
Mrs Annie Klemp. objecting In a
streetcar In St. Louis to being struck
with the edge of the Merry Wtdow hat
of Miss Mary Brown, threw the hat on
the floor and was arrested.
SILHOUETTES
BT ARTR! n A. fjrtKBNE.
It Is the expected that always hap
pens, unless you are expecting' snme-
thlng good.
a a a
It's a wise child thnt knows Its own
father In automobile gosrglc..
a a a
A Mountain SI ream.
Fiver it sings a Joyous song.
Ever If whispers. "As lona. as long
As o-od Is good and the world "shall
last.
Though the race of time Is fast, la
fast.
As I hurry ever to Join the sea.
Mv happy bourne of eternity.
I will tribute bring and strive to b
Worthy of such sublimity."
a a
about m woman In '.'00 can b klaied
' v o, ) mi 1(1 1 nil) r. I o ill
Informed thnt the percentage la much
o.wer in tnis town, however.
see
Bemoraa Is . coffin In which wa
bury our dead Joys.
a a a
Toetry Is a sauce poured over stale
Ideas ho make thsm palatsble.
a a
A celebrity ceases to h Interesting
after you know him.
a a a
Happiness Is a bribe which con
science, offer to make us hehavn. . If
might be added, however, that ono-pca
never "delivers the goods."
a a a
Envy is the weak revenge of the
Incompetent,
a a a
Life Is a picnic to w'nir-h we go with
filled baskets and high anticipation':
but It alwoys ralna and at the end
even the rrumbi of the roparf nre sod
den. e a a
There Is only one wore nu's.moe in a
the world than' a talkative woman, and
that Is a garrulous man. '
a a a
The worst thing shout sending ti
hoys to college Is that It takes them
so long to get over the things they
learn there.
a a a
DICKY DINOR,T' F.SSAYS.
reeform
Tcfoorm is a kind of Medisen that
you always give to the other fellow.
It Is w-ors than Quinine Bo folk dr.at
take It thelrselves but are elwuya
looking for a chance to ketch other
pepul snd hold their nose while they
have to awoller It. Men that do Every-
thing a.re generally the one that talk
about It most to their Erring Brothers.
This Is also true In politics. When
one gang wants to get offls they hollar
about reform until they gt the Other
Gang out and then they say Ferglt p.
If people would work at It more ar.d
not talk about It so much there wouldn t
be so much trouble-.
a a a
Evil-doers are readiest to give
credence to evil report.
a a a
William T. Bryan begins to act like
a man who has outlived his political
usefulness.
a . a a
Providence is always called luck ry
those who have no faith.
a a a "
My Friend Is Dead.
While he wa by no means a con
spicuous figure In its affairs, the Amer
ican stage suffers a distinct lo?s in th
recent death in New York of Philip M.
Jacques. Ills part was to do the. all
Important thouxh less apparent work of
handling the business details of dramatic,
performances. A newnpapcr writer of
considerable distinction, he left his de?k
In the office of a New York Journal to
become manager of the tours of Mrs.
Fiske, greatest of our actresses. In com
mon with that distinguished artist and
splendid woman, he represented the very
best tendencies and the highest ideals In
the theatrical world. During the course
of his work season after season ha
visited almost every corner of the coun
try. It was thus that I first met him
and came to hold the highest regard
for him and his work.
I am proud to say that he was my
friend. We were sum'-how drawn to
gether during our brief and discon
nected acquaintance until I felt toward
him as though we had known each other
for many years. It is seldom that m"n
feel that genuine brotherly love which
we are somehow taught to cherish; hut
Phil Jacques was one of those rare ones
who inspired that sort of affection.
His mind was clean and his ideas of
life were lofty. He walked uprightly
before God and men, "a gentleman un
afraid." He believed In things which Is
now almost an unique attribute. H"
clung to the theory that goodness and
virtue and honor were somewhere ex
tant. Ho was faithful to his fellows
and to himself. IJ greeted the world
with a smile and spoke no ill. He
brought cheer and helpfulness to all with
whom he came in contact. His kindli
ness extended to little children, his
wholesome good-will to men and his
knightly chivalry to women.
I knew Phil Jacques well, though I
saw him but seldom. I loved him be
cause he came near being what It seems
a good man should be a capable business
man. a' dreamer In his hours of leisure,
a thinker always, a bri'llant writer, broad
in his sympathies and a man of culture
His life made the world better, and his
taking oft at the early age of 34 is one
of those blows which make us pause in
a sort of stunned wonder that God s
ways must needs be so inscrutable.
So Philip M. Jacques Is dead. In the
Blessed Isles tray his dear soul find
sweet communion with other of his kind
through the long, long, sunny day of
a blissful eternity.
NEWSPAPER WAITS.
Bon Father, what's a music critic?
Father He'i a fellow that all music seems
to Irritate. Judge.
Bacon And does your son shov any
slans of hia collexe tratninx? Eftoert Oh.
yes; he's quite lame from an inlury ha re
ceived on the football team. Yonkera
Statesman.
"Why don't you watch the rame. Laura?"
"What's the use? You told me the umpire
man waa paid to watch It. lt him look
after It. I m sure I don't want the Job."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Seldum Fedd Me and me frier.; ain't "
tramps, Maddtm: we're a couple o' wealr'y
clubmen, walking across de continent on a
wager. Sirs. Flint (coldly) Hurry aionf.
then, or you'll loaa your bet. Puck.
Actor T have persuaded that critic who
wields so much power with his pen to take
dinner with us. Wife What shall 1 five
him? Actor Well, for one thine, a 9'd
plain roast. Wife (timidly! But. dear,
would that be tactful? .Baltimore American.
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