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THE TARIFF ASD THE DEFICIT.
The United States Government is
like some of Ouida's fascinating heroes
who never would take the trouble to
look into their money matters. Conse-
niientlv the Door fellows "went broke
in the second or third chapter, and had
to commit suicide to save their honor
or flee to Africa to save their lives.
Secretary Cortelyou's last report warns
us that our Government is treading
the primrose path toward something
very much like insolvency. ine ex
penditures have increased at a spend
thrift rate for the last dozen years.
there has been no corresponding in
, crease in the revenues, and now we
are face to face with a treasury deficit
which may foot up J100.000.000 before
the year ends.
Mr. Cortelyou says the deficit comes
from the panic and the large appro
priations made by Congress, which is
true enough as far as it goes, ine
revenues flowing from business must
naturally run dry when business
ceases, and a Congress which spends
more and more money with headlong
recklessness from a Jailing income can
scarcely expect anything but a deticlt.
Still it would be more candid to
come out openly with the confession
that in general our National finances
are badly managed. From the very
beginning of American history we have
had the habit of saving a drop or two
at the spigot with infinite parade of
economy, while the bung-hole was
running wide open. Think how un
speakahly stingy Congress has always
been In fixing the salaries of Federal
judges, for example, and how mis
erably it has provided for the Smith
sonian Institution, while It has com
placently squandered millions in river
and harbor improvements which Ira
proved nothing, and hundreds of mil
ions more In pensions which were only
thinly disguised bribes to voters.
Good financiering depends upon
complete knowledge and supreme
judgment in some individual brain.
Our annual budgets are made up helter-skelter
In Congressional commit
tees, Mr. Burton contributing a lucky
guess, Mr. Tawney a fortunate sugges
tion, Mr. Cannon an imperative de
mand for a show of economy, no mat
ter how deceptive the show may be.
We have no m.-n of financial genius
like Gladstone or Goschen to sit down
by himself and calmly arrange the In
come and outgo of the Government a
year ahead, carefully computing the
. product of each source of revenue and
limiting the expenditure accordingly.
Our way is to spend with both hands
and let the revenue take care of Itself.
It is an article in our Nationel creed
that the sacred and all-beneficent tar
iff will provide as much money as
Congress can possibly spend; so on
with the dance, let joy be unconflned.
Now, in spite of the tariff and all its
multitudinous benefactions, we have
danced ourselves into a deficit. Like
the spendthrift in the story, who
.thought his money could never give
' out, we wake up to find our Govern
ment on the way to the poorhouse. It
.will be just like Congress to meet the
emergency by cutting down the sal
aries of a few poor clerks or curtailing
the wretchedly Inadequate postal serv
ice for which we pay so much and get
,so little in return. We can rest in
; serene certitude that no pensions .will
be disturbed, not even those which go
to millionaires. But the trifling make
shifts which have heretofore enabled
Congress to stave off revenue problems
are not likely to be of much service
now. The Government must fir.d some
way either to decrease its expenses
largely or else to increase Its income.
We may take it for granted that the
.expenses will not be diminished. The
Army and Navy, pensions, waterway
improvements, will require more
money instead of less as the years
pass, while any attempt to cripple the
postoffice will prove the political death
warrant of whoever makes it. Some
way must be found to increase the
revenues.
Perhaps a little more money can
he raised on whisky and tobacco, al
though the former does not promise
-much. The anti-saloon people are
cutting down the Government's whisky
receipts. Somebody may be found to
father the tariff on coffee again,
though we doubt It. Mr. McCIeary's
experience with that tax was too pain
ful to repeat. The most obvious and
simple method of Increasing the rev
enue is to lower the tariff. To some
this may look like a paradox, but it is
nothing of the sort. It is plain com
mon sense. A tariff so high that It
prohibits imports produces no revenue
for the Government, though it Is a
bonanza for the trusts. Lower it so
that foreign goods may come in and it
Immediately turns a golden stream into
the treasury. The financial reasons
for lowering the tariff are therefore
almost as cogent as the moral ones.
Very likely a tariff devised to pro
duce the maximum of revenue for the
Government lntead.of the maximum ot
spoil for the trusts would speedily turn
the deficit Into a surplus and permit
Congress to waste a reasonable sum
besides. If it did not, then we must
turn to the Federal inheritance tax.
This is highly desirable for the same
reasons which make a prohibitory tar
iff highly pernicious. It would dis
tribute wealth which the tariff con
centrates and produce revenue which
the tariff withholds. Now that Con
gress must do something to remedy the
Government's shifty financiering and
may easily enact a measure of per
manent utility, it will be interesting
to see how it improves its opportunity.
Representative Rainey, of Illinois,
author of a resolution calling for. an
investigation of the Panama Canal
purchase, is going to New York dur
ing the holidays for the purpose of
making a still hunt for facts in con
nection with the subject. He an-
nouncra his intention of dropping the
investigation, providing he fails to un
earth anything improper in the trans
action. It is pretty late in the day for
even a "till hunt to turn up anything
that the public does not already know
about the Panama purchase. Mr.
Rainey should also remember that
there are Home very active newspaper
men in New York City who have for
months been endeavoring to dig up
some new facts for the purpose of
5 i discrediting the Administration. Their
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j does not augur well for the success of
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Mr. Rainey.
THE SACRED RIGHT TO POISON.
Our pugnacious friend. L. Ferdinand
Floss, whose letter is printed today,
raises a very pretty question in the
course of his lurid remarks. He wants
to know why "a farmer shall not have
the same righrs and privileges in
everything that you have?" By "you"
he means The Orcgonian. His argu
ment is that since The Oregonlan may
lawfully print articles which Mr. Floss
does not agree with, therefore Mr.
Floss ought to be permitted freely to
peddle contaminated milk. The an
swer seems plain enough. Whatever
The Oergonian prints Is clearly visi
ble. There is ho deception about It.
If the matter is harmful the reader is
well aware of it and ravins the bane
with his eyes open.
Not so with the filth and disease
germs which Mr. Floss wpuld peddle
in milk. They are invisible. They are
carefully' and insidiously kept out of
sight and do their deadly work in
secret. What we want is to put the
peddler of filthy milk exactly where
The Oregonian stands, full in the
light. Let the glare of publicity
shine upon his dirt, bacteria and poi
son, and then If anybody wants to buy
of him. very well. Their blood be
upon their own heads. If the denial
of the right to vend disease and poison
makes a slave of the farmer, so be it.
A slave he must submit to become,
for the day Is gone by when the city
dweller will consent to feed his chil
dren on contaminated milk, rotten
fruit or putrid meat. The truth Is, of
course, that it is Just as easy to pro
duce wholesome as injurious farm sup
plies, and far more profitable.
CITY LlfiHT PI-ANT FOB PORTLAND1
The proposal for a municipal light
ing plant in Portland is not winning
such widespread favor as its promot
ers hoped for. The reasons against
a municipal plant are numerous and
formidable, and are not to be over
come by the assertion that the city
would save a disputed J25.000 a year
by operating its own generators. The
argument involves many matters that
would have to be detailed at length In
a general discussion of the subject.
There will be time enough for that
later. If it should be necessary.
Right now it may be well to call at
tentlon to the self-evident fact that
one plant would not suffice: there
would have to be two, or perhaps
three, to make the lighting secure.
The company that now sells light to
the city has three big plants and sev
eral smaller sources of current, so that
when one Is disabled the others keep
the current flowing. If water power
should be used in the city plant it
would have to be on a river that will
supply a large amount of energy. The
city would have to pay big money to
secure such locations, i nen again.
the city would have to face heavy
deterioration, which in electrical ma
chinery is heaviest of any. If the city
should embark in this business, it
would encounter so many unforeseen
expenditures that the public debt un
doubtedly would be increased far be
yond the figure originally contemplat
ed. . There would be a big army of
employes making demands that a pri
vate company would not have to meet.
Even limited as at present, city em
ployment is extremely wasteful, and
incompetents and lazybones are held
in office by rules of civil service, said
to be necessary to protect the city
against the spoils system.
This municipal light plan Is contrary
to sober reason and experience, and
it is to be noted that even the Mayor,
who was among the first to advance
it, does not urge it with the first en
thusiasm. In fact, he seems to have
talked favorably of it, for the pur
pose of driving the electric company
to give the city a lower lighting price.
If the talk should accomplish that re
sult, and end there, of course no fault
would be found with so desirable an.
outcome. But i the city, as yet, is no
nearer attaining a cheaper price. Much
of the talk of the municipal plant
promoters has turned to city owner
ship of the distributing system poles.
wires, lamps and transforming ma
chinery. That would be a much
smaller undertaking for the city, but
only in degree, and might not, after
all, bring down the cost of lighting
current. The. city is unable even to
maintain and operate a small garbage
crematory. That plant makes some of
the city's most vexing problems.
ANTARCTIO 8KALINO HERD.
A Victoria dispatch in yesterday's
Oregonian announced the arrival at a
South African port of the sealing
schooner Agnes G. Donahue with a
good catch of skins "taken nearer the
South Pole than any sealers have been
before." Sealing in the Antarctic is
not a new business,, as a number of
Victoria sealers have followed the
fur-bearer well down to the South
Pole. The operations of the sealers in
that part of the world have never
reached the prominence that they have
attained in the North Pacific, for the
reason that the field of operations is
too far distant from any convenient
base, there being too great loss of
time in coming and going from the
sealing grounds. The interesting fea
ture of these Antarctic sealing exploits
es in their success, none of the
schooners that have ever operated in
that far-off field ever coming back
with empty holds. This proves to a
considerable degree that the fur-bear-
ng seal has not been exterminated by
he hunters of the North Pacific, but
instead has been frightened away from
its old haunts to new breeding grounds
in the far south.
It will be remembered that about
wenty years ago, when the scientific
heorists in the employ of the San
Francisco fur monopoly were assuring
the world that pelagic sealing alone
was responsible for the disappearance
of the fur seal from its old haunts on
the breeding islands of the North, the
seal suddenly appeared in greater
numbers than ever in a new field.
Wearied by the harassments of the
revenue cutters which were protect
ing the San Francisco monopoly, the
sealing sctiooners bore farther west,
and on the islands off the Japanese
coast and In the vicinity of Copper
Islands made larger catches than .they
had ever made In Bering Sea. This
demonstrated that it. was not exter
mination that caused disappearance
of the fur seal from Its former haunts
' in Bering Sea. It had simply been
frightened away by the inhumanities
practised by the lessees of the rooker
ies, and quite naturally sought a more
secluded part of the ocean.
The Japanese were quick to discover
the presence of such a source of
wealth as the fur seal., and pelagic
sealing was entirely too slow for them.
Following" the example of the San
Francisco monopoly, so securely
lodged on the Bering Sea rookeries,
the Japanese raided these islands and
clubbed and killed indiscriminately
until in a few years the seals fled in
terror from that part of the ocean
Just as they had formerly left the Ber
ing Sea Most of them have appar
ently sought seclusion in the obscure
islands of the far South Pacific, but
branches from the main herd can
probably be found on isolated islands
in the North Pacific. It Is doubtful
if even the brutalities of the profes
sional killers of the fur monopoly
would have succeeded in driving all of
the seals away from the islands had
not that monstrously cruel practice of
branding the seal been adopted. In
order to make the skins valueless to
the pelagic sealers and thus Bhorten
the supply and Improve prices for- the
monopoly, the Government sanctioned
the plan of branding thousands of the
seals which came to the Islands to
breed.
The effect of this work can be read
ily understood. After the red-hot iron
had burned through to the flesh, the
poor seal fled In terror to -the ocean.
and the salt w-ater, biting into the
wonnd. made a festering sore which
meant weeks of torment before It
finally healed or before death relieved
the suffering animal. This treatment,
of course, had the effect of causing
vast herds to keep just as far away
from their old haunts as it was possi
ble for them to get. In view of the
manner in which the seal question has
been handled in the North Pacific,
there is small wonder that the herds
in the South Pacific are increasing in
DroDortion to the decrease in the
North Pacific.
STATE CONTROL OF WATER RIGHTS.
Various persons are "figuring" on a
water rights bill, to be presented to the
Oreeon Legislature next month. The
subject has been resurrected by the
Oregon Conservation Commission,
which has been taking testimony from
water-users, and which is said to be
favorably impressed with the Wyo
ming plan of administering water
privileges through a State Board.
This is a subject on which Oregon
has needed legislation many years.
During the sessions of the last two
Legislatures strenuous efforts were
made to put the state in control of un
appropriated waters, but each time the
holders of water franchises and prosr
pectlve possessors of such rights in
vaded the Capitol, bringing along
retinue of lobbyists and lawyers. The
upshot was their selfish advantage tri
umphed over the public need.
Any measure that will serve the pur
poses of the state will be opposed by
a tremendous influence. v hen It is
remembered that practically every big
water-power in the state, and very
many irrigation prospects have been
taken up by private individuals, the
wide extent of their influence is real
ized. All the beneficiaries, or nearly
all, fear that the assumption of au
thority by the state will menace their
Interests, in spite of the disavowal in
the halls of the Legislature of Intent
to interfere with vested rights.
There is no question, however, that
the popular will demands such legis
lation. As there never has been a
Legislature elected on that Issue, the
possessors of water privilege have
never been shut out of the control of
legislation. The new bill will encoun
ter similar opposition. If it shall be
framed as proposed it ought to pass.
EFFORTS' TO GET PURE MII.K.
The city of Boston has passed a rule
that requires all housewives, users and
venders of milk in that city to wash
at once every container of milk on
their premises as soon as it is emp
tied. A copy of this rule has been
mailed to every milk dealer in the city,
and a strict watch will be kept on
places where empty milk receptacles
are put, such as station platforms, ex
press cars, etc.
There Is cleanliness, logic and com
mon prudence in this order. This is
especially true when the rule further
provides that "no person shall expec
torate or spit, except in receptacles
provided for that purpose, in or upon
any part of any room, vehicle, railroad
platform or car or other place used
for the storage, handling or transpor
tation of milk" The possibilities sug
gested by the lack of this restriction
are both disgusting and alarming to
contemplate. Such a rule made by
the Board of Health of this city would
meet with the instant approval of all
intelligent citizens.
But, first of all, we need in connec
tion with the delivery of our milk sup
ply a city ordinance that will require
milk to be in all cases delivered in
sealed bottles, filled at the cooling
tank and delivered without having
been opened in transit to consumers.
Many milk dealers will only deliver
bottled milk under compulsion, and
all should. If necessary, be compelled
to observe this simple precaution
against the Infection or pollution of
milk in transit.
OCR MAN l" FACTORING GROWTH.
The constant drift of the United
States from the position of an exporter
of raw materials to a similar position
as an exporter of manufactured arti
cles is becoming more and more ap
parent each year. Despite the ex
tremely unfavorable conditions which
characterized 1 the latter half of the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, this
country rounded out the twelve
months with record-breaking exports
of manufactured articles, the aggre
gate value being $760,000,000, of
which .practically one-half was sold to
Europe. These figures, which are
;h are I
of thtJ
cs, Deri
taken from the annual report
Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
partment of Commerce and Labor,
show that the European countries.
which lead the world in manufactur
ing, took from this country in the year
closing June 30 manufactured arti
cles valued at $363,000,000, compared
with J355.000.000 in, 1907, $318,000,-
000 in 1906, and but $111,000,000 in
1895. In other words, our exports of
manufactures have more than trebled
in the past dozen years. "
Something more than one-half of
these exports to Europe were copper,
steel, leather and lumber products.
These, of course,, will be carried on
through further manufacturing pro
cesses after they reach the European
mporters: but it is extremely gratify
ing to know that we have the decided
advantage of being able to produce
these commodities and sell them at a
profit to foreign manufacturers, who.
in other parts of the world, will not
infrequently be forced to meet Ameri-
can competition, which has the advan-
tage of producing both the raw ma
terial and the finished product. The
efforts of our manufacturers have by
no means been confined to the produc
tion of commodities to be further used
in manufacturing. During the year
Europe purchased from us $14,000,000
worth of agricultural implements and
carriages and cars to the amount of
$4,000,000.
Instruments and apparatus for sci
entitle purposes may be said to repre
sent about the last word in the manu
facturing line, the countries which can
produce these, being well qualified to
produce any kind of manufactures
For this reason . It is exceptionally
pleasing to note that of these high
class manufactures we last year sold
Europe nearly $4,000,000 worth
These official statistics ought to have
an important bearing on tariff revl
sion, especially so far as steel and steel
products are concerned. Of these
commodities we sold Europe last year
$47,000,000 worth, and to North
America (Canada) $72,000,000. It
seems very difficult to reconcile our
selves to believing that we are in dan
ger of an invasion of cheap steel and
iron products from the countries which
are forced to buy, not only their raw
material, but their manufactured
products from' us in such enormous
quantities. No wonder Andrew Car
negie believes that the time has ar
rived for a tariff reduction. So long
as the foreigners are compelled to buy
their stocks from Americans, there is
not much danger of competition from
that quarter, even without a tariff.
All Japanese immigration to the
United States is to be stopped by the
Japanese Government as soon as the
Japanese diet makes official Indorse
ment of the agreement effected by Sec
retary Root and Baron Takahira. This
will remove a fruitful cause for trou
ble between the two nations, and un
less we get trouble by treating Japan
ese . tourists and students with the
usual incivility which we extend to the
Chinese who visit our shores v-n busi
ness or pleasure, there will hardly 'be
more war talk until Japan strength
ens her position in the Far East. Now
if we can only devise some means for
shutting out some of the worthless
European trash that oozes into this
country through the Atlantic ports, we
may in time improve the standard of
our foreign-born citizenship. Some of
this Caucasian immigration is so much
worse than anything that Japan has
ever sent that it really seems like a
crime to admit it while we are turn
ing away the Japanese.
This seems to be a bad season of
the year for freaks. Emma Goldman
falls into the hands of the police every
few days; an Illinois crowd attempts
to mob Schlatter, the divine healer
Tom Lawson has been off the front
page and even the advertising pages
for weeks; Upton Sinclair was obliged
to make a "rough house" over a two
bit charge for a bowl of mush in or
der to get his name in the papers, and
the political freaks of . the State of
Washington who have Journeyed south
to worry Governor-elect Cosgrove have
all been turned down. Some of these
freaks who find in notoriety the elixir
of life may yet be obliged to go to
work and live decently as all good citi
zens should live.
As between Federal regulation end
co-operative state regulation, the Co
lumbia River fishermen would prefer
the latter. But perhaps they have
changed their minds too late. They
have fought all kinds of regulation so
long that they may now reasonably
expect the limit of regulation. No state
ever adopted railroad regulation until
driven to it by the railroads them
selves. Every effective anti-saloon
movement was started by the saloon
keepers themselves. So, if the sal
mon-fishing regulations seem oppres
sive to the fishermen, they should vent
their anger by cursing themselves.
What's the use of expunging Roose
velt's secret service comments from
the Congressional record, when Con
gress can't possibly expunge it from
the newspapers and -from the public
mind? Congress seems to forget the
power and influence of that large body
of persons designated by Edmund
Burke as "the Fourth Estate." Con
gress must not delude Itself Into think
ing that it runs this country. Public
opinion is the great motive power and
the man who tries to meddle with ma
chinery he does not understand is
likely to be hurt.
The people will never know very
much about candidates for office in a
state where candidates are forbidden
to set forth their merits In newspapers,
thus inviting their opponents to ex
pose thir demerits in the same man
ner. If a man advocates some prin
ciple or policy of government and
seeks election upon that issue, he
should be permitted to give his issues
the widert possible publicity. To re
strict such publicity is to discourage
progress.
Nearly every criminal fails in some
detail necessary to make his crime
successful. The robber who mailed
a package of money to Ogden.
Utah, made the mistake of addressing
it to the very common name of
"Charles Price." It was handed out
to the wrong man, as might have been
expected. If some very rare name had
been selected, with a middle initial,
the game would have been successful.
Perhaps the practice is supported by
a long line of precedents, but to the
layman it seems something novel to
read of the use of the injunction to
stop criminal proceedings. Why didn't
Mr. Finch think of getting out an in
junction to prevent prosecution?
There are better signs of tariff re
vision in the House Committee on
Ways and Means at Washington, since
Mr. Taft visited the committee and ex
acted a promise of "honest and thor
ough" revision.
The person who thinks he can
choose presents easier just a few days
before Christmas, is the one least sat
isfied with what he finally buys; like
wise the person who gets the present.
One salmon faction of the Columbia
River has won its contentions before
the Fish Commission of Washington,
and now the rival faction will fight.
Same old story.
Champ Clark Is to be. the new
Democratic leader in the House. Since
he is from Missouri, the Republican
leaders will proceed to show him.
Seeing the advertising that Nat
Goodwin got out of his last matri
monial venture, Fritzi Scheff followed
his example. '
Don't wait for the other man or
woman to do the early Christmas
shopping. Do it yourself.
MORE HOT STIFF FROM FLOSS.
Farmer Not to Blame for Dirty Pro
duct. But the Buyer Only.
LATOUR ELL, Or.. Dec. 14. (To the
Editor.) The editorials which I found
in The Weekly Oregonian of December
10 about "An analysis of milk, sanitary
conditions on farms, what fruitgrowers
must know." etc., were beauties; were
very nice; were so amusing that I had
to squeal for laughing: were highly ed
ucational and had a great literary
value: were extremely appetizing to all
people In cities who buy and use milk,
butter, and other farm products; were
proving the point beyond the least doubt
that we need a good many more so-called
inspectors or slave-drivers and laws to
make the farmers to do their work on
their farms according to the notions of
the editor and tho well-known Dr. Hutch
inson; and were encouraging rural or
farm life in the highest degree, because
of the very high recommendation in gen
eral of cleanliness of the farmers and
their products.
It is to he regretted that you did not
offer that kind of stuff In your paper
a few days ago when President Roose
velt's Commission was in session in Port
land, "to investigate the causes which
dlscouraga rural life," it might have been
an eye-opener to them; although they
are not ignorant of it, since I have written
them "that you are trying, every once
in a little while, to encourage farming
In that way. and that you are one of the
moet powerful slave-drivers here on this
coast who helps to drive the farmers in
perfect slavery and disrespect on all lines
as fast as he can. '
You imagine that everything that you
produce In your business is of first qual
ity, although it may be the most rotten
and dangerous stuff to public life in the
opionion of others, since difference and
contrarity is a law of Nature! It is ex
actly the same with the farmers and
their products. You offer yours for sale
in the shape of your editorials, and the
farmer who don t like them don't need t
buy and read them. Why don't you do
the same with the products of the farm
ers If they are too rotten and too dirty
for you? W hy shall a farmer not hav
the same rights and privileges in every
thing that you have? A farmer ma
poison to some extent a body with hi
rotten or airty sturr ne sells, but you
poison the mind with it; which do you
think Is of more value, mind or body
Extremes are a natural law and
necessity for the best development of
any special life in existence, not excent
ing the human life in a county, state or
nation. And tlite is the true reason why
not all farmers and farm products will
and can be equal, and why they should
not be equal, according to the laws of
mature, ror the best of our development.
Equality, in the full sense of the word.
was about one of the worst things that
could happen to mankind. Why are von
then advocating it in regard to farmers
and farm products? If you believe that
dirrerence, selection and competition is
good for mankind, why are you then
trying to' kill and suppress it? All law
or .Nature are created by our Creator
ior tno true welfare of all his creatures
and not against them! Do you suppose
that you are doing any good by fighting
them and abusing the farmer if they
don't agree with you? You can make
a law and a dozen slave-drivers every
minute against the farmers, and the law
oi mature will keep them and their pro
uuuis jusl as amerent as before.
L. FERDINAND FLOSS.
SOME TJGI.T STABS AT ROOSEVELT
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
constant Reader" writes: "Are not
the President's most joyous moments
those in which he is calling somebody
a liar?" Give us time to think.
What Would Lincoln Have Done?
Boston Globe.
For Instance, what would Abraham
Lincoln have done in like circumstan
ces? During the Civil War. when he
was undergoing- the tortures of am
lety concerning the outcome of that
great conflict, he was the target for
the abuse of certain newspapers. He
bore the attacks with patience. Once
he told a caller that he welcomed any
helpful criticism which might throw
light on the dark prospect of saving
the union. As usual, "It reminded
him of a story.
A belated traveler was overtaken in
a storm. The night was pitch dark
The rain fell in torrents, the thunder
roared and the lightening flashed. As
he went on it seemed to him thac the
thunder Increased in volume and that
the flashes of lightning grew fainter.
Falling upon his knees he exclaimed:
Oh Lord, if it s all the same to you
give me, I pray you, a little less noise
and a little more light!"
In the controversies between the
President and his detractors there Is
too much noise and too little light.
Fraternal Greetings Anions; Editors,
New York Evening Post.
In the blue Monday wh,ich the Presi
dent gives to certain editors, some are
looking for personal motives. it l
said to mean revenge on T'ice-Presi
dent Fairbanks, another stab ac Harri-
man, etc. But all this is needless. Mr.
Roosevelt is himself to become an edi
tor in less than three months, and he
naturally wishes to prepare himself a
welcome in the profession. oucn an
advance erecting to bis brother edi
tor will smooth his way. Further
more, the President doubtless wished
tn show newspapers how easy It is to
avoid the weaknesses into which they
too often fall. Among me cniui oi
those sire the temptation to ne Doast
ful and clamorous: to advertise one's
self and to make a sensation; to be
mmoderate in language ana vioieni in
epithet; to speak first and ascertain
the facts afterwara. n any ocimui ui
alWm is looking: for a model of
the other thing or moaesiy, oi num
eration, of accuracy It cannot do bet
ter than take the President's letter to
Mr. Foulke. ' ,
Inherited Wealth Cornea to Printer.
Frankfort, Ky., Dispatch,
i. if Eiiirierl bv the hand of a fairy,
Chief of Police D. Y. Mangan, of this
city, carried a lettter requesting him
finri the heirs of Granville Allen, who
left a large estate in Texas, directly to
the man he was looking ror.
Mangan received -the letter irom r-ercy
O. Endt, of Houston, Texas, and went to
a newspaper office here to have it pub-
ished. The notice was prepared ior puo-
lication and sent to the composing-room,
where Thomas Joyce, the foreman.
glanced at the headlines and, noticing the
name Allen, reaa tne tetter.
Jovce is a grandson of Allen and one ot
the heirs to the estate. He will send a
representative to Texas to investigate the
extent of his newly acquired wealth.
Covrn Steal Drinking Water From Flan.
Baltimore News.
State Fish Commissioner Meehan, of
Pennsylvania says the work at the Con-
neaut hatchery has been transferred to
Union City because cows have drunk up
the water supply at the former place.
The flow ceased a day or two ago. and
men bad to carry water 1000 yards to
save the young fish. investigation
howed the dam had been emptied by a
drove of cattle.
Long Eel Stopa Organ PIpea.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A pipe organ concert in the First Meth
odist Church at Tyrone, Pa., was stopped
because the instrument failed to work.
After an eel 18 inches long had been
taken from a water-pipe attached to the
pipe organ, the concert was continued.
Russian Count Now Deputy Sheriff.
Albany. N. Y.. Dispatch.
Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Lochwitzky.
who says he is an exiled Russian Count,
has been made a Deputy Sheriff at
Poughkepsie, N. Y.
JU. XUN CASE IS AFFIRMED
Supreme Court Deckles Manner of
Indictment Xot Defective.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 15. (Special.) In an
opinion by Chief Justice Bean the Su
preme Court today affirmed the Ju Nun
murder case, thus holding that the con
stitutional amendment, adopted last June
providing that no person shall be charged
in the Circuit Court with commission of
any crime, except upon Indictment by
grand jury, does not invalidate informa
tion already filed by District Attorneys
under previous laws. Ju Nun was charged
under the statute of 1890 authorizing the
District Attorney to file an Information.
After he had been convicted and had
taken an appeal the constitutional amend
ment was adopted taking this power
away from the District Attorney. It was
then contended that by reason of this
amendment the Supreme Court was with
out jurisdiction and must order a dis
charge of the defendant.
Says the opinion in conclusion: "It
will be observed that the amendment
does not provide that a person shall
not be 'tried' or 'prosecuted' for a crimi
nal offense, except upon indictment, but
simply that he shall not be 'charged'
therewith .... When we speak of
charging a person with the commission
of a crime, we ordinarily mean the com
mencement of the proceeding by the fil
ing of a written complaint or accusation,
and in our opinion it was in this sense
that the words were used in the constitu
tional amendment In question. ....
The amendment dites not repeal or
change the law under which defendant
was tried and convicted nor make that a
criminal act which was innocent when
committed; or change the punishment
or alter the rules ot evidence, or in any
manner affect any substantial right of
the defendant. It was a mere change
in the procedure and Is prospective, not
retrospective."
SPIXK SUED FOR DIVORCE
Wife Alleges Desertion, Although
Living: in Same House.
ALiBANY, Or.. Dec. 15. (Special.) P.
W. Spink, pioneer lumberman of Albany
and one of the best-known men in this
city, was made defendant in a suit for
divorce filed in the State Circuit Court
here this morning by Mary E. Spink.
1 hey have been married 36 years.
The complaint alleges simple desertion
dating from July 17, 1901. Mr. and Mrs.
Spink have been living In the same house
since that date, in fact up to the last
few days, but Mrs. Spink alleges they
have lived separate and apart. No hint
of the cause of the family trouble Is con
tained in the brief and formal complaint.
Though valuable property interests are
involved in the suit, they are not men
tloned in the complaint.
The suit is 'of great local interest be
cause of the prominence of the parties.
They own one of the finest residences
in Oregon, their home and the yard sur
rounding it occupying an entire block in
the western part of this city. The mag
niflcent building is unique and very ec
centric in that in the slope of the roof
In the front of the house there stands
a large eye. The hole in the roof is not
only cut in the shape of an eye but there
is a painted glass exactly depicting the
Human eye. This stands In the most
prominent place in the roof and has at
tracted great attention, making the house
known throughout this part of the state
as "The House with the Eye." In the
rear of the building there Is a window
cut in the shape of a heart, but of plain
glass.
HILL BOOSTS IMMIGRATION
C. W. Mott, of St. Paul, Meets With
Klickitat Development League.
GOLDEXDALB. Wash.. Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) C. W. Mott, of St. Paul, general
immigration agent of the Northern Pa
cific, met with the members of the
Klickitat Development League last even
ing and discussed plans for the publicity
worK during tne coming year. He was
sent hero by the special direction of Vice
President Hannaford to tell the league
the help the Northern Pacific would
give.
Air. Mott was accompanied by Mr.
Jenkins of the S. P. & S.
Supreme Court Decisions.
SALEM, Or.. Dec. 15. (Special.)
Decisions in the Supreme Court today:
In case of Malheur County, respon
dent, vs., Charles Carter and Charles
A. Goddard, appellants, from Malheur
County, George E. Davis, Judge, low
er court is reversed In an opinion by
Commissioner Slater.
W. G. Ayre, respondent, vs., Elijah
Hixson et al., appellants, from Baker
County, William Smith, Judge,, af
firmed; opinion by Justice Eakln.
S. S. Booth, respondent, vs.. Farmers
and Traders National Bank of La
Grande, appellant, from Union County,
J. B. Cleland, Judge, reversed and re
manded; opinion by Justice Moore.
P. P. Allen, respondent, vs. stand
ard Box & Lumber Company, appellant,
from Multnomah County, J. B. Cleland,
Judge, motion to retax costs denied;
opinion per curiam.
Transit Blown Loose.
PRINCE RUPERT. B. C. Dec. 15.
One of the worst wind and rain storms
that has occurred on this part of the
Coast for some years is now raging. Last
Thursday a strong southwest gale be
gan which quickly developed into a hur
ricane. The cables which secured the
steamer Transit were snapped like
threads and the big freighter drifted be
fore the gale. The engines were started
and an anchor dropped. Finully both
anchors were used to hold her until the
storm abated.
San Pedro News.
SAN PEDRO, Cel.. Dec. 15. The
schooner Omega. Captain Nyman, ar
rived this morning out 13 days from
Coos Bay. bringing 600,000 feet of lum
ber for the Hicks-Hauptman Lumber
Company and -'0.000 feet for the Blinn
Lumber Company.
The schooner Ludlow. Captain Peter
son, arrived this morning, 16 days from
Gray's Harbor, with 900.000 feet of lum
ber consigned to the Southern California
Lumber Company,
M. W. Miller, Native Son, Dead.
ALBANY. Or., Deo. 15. (Special.) Man-
ley W. Miller, a native son of Linn
County and a well-known stockman of
the northenn part of the county, died
last evening at hie home, three miles
southeast of Scio. He was bom near
the scene of his death April 12, 1S59.
Mr. Miller leaves a wife and three chil
dren: Riley Miller, of Scio: Mrs. Frank
Rahn, of Aumsville, and Miron Miller, of
Scio.
Up Against Leave of Absence Rule.
PORT TOWNS END, Wash.. Dec. 15.
As soon as the court-martial proceed-
ngs against Lieutenant Hay, of the
Revenue Cutter Service, are ended an
other trial will commence against Wil-
larn Greip, warrant officer, assigned
for duty on the cutter Thetis since
June, 1902. Greip is charged with hav-
ng exceeded his leave of absence three
days; this being his second offense.
Astoria's School Levy 7 Mills.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 15. (Special.) The
taxpayers of Astoria school district held
their annual meeting this evening and
fixed the . tax levy at 7 mills, which is
. mills below the levy of last year. The
City Park Commission has made a levy
of "4 mill. Just one-half last yearB-levyJ
INSURGENTS LOSE FIRST FIGHT
Gardner Scores Temporary Tri
umph, but Old Guard Wins.
WASHINGTON". Dec. 15. At the out
set of the proceedings in the House
today the roll was called on a motion
by Gardner (Rep.) to discharge the
committee on foreign affairs from
further consideration of the resolution
calling on the Secretary of State for a
statement as to whether he has "in
formation whether or not the Britisl.
House of Commons has appointed a
committee to report on the advisabil
ity of changing its rules and that the
resolution be considered by tho House."
Gardner Is one of the "insurgents''
who believe that the rules should be
changed.
The motion prevailed, 146 to 134. and
thereupon he offered an amendment
eliminating all reference to the de
mand on the Secretary of State for in
formation and leaving in the resolution
simply the provision for the appoint
ment of eight members to report on
the question of revising the rules.
Payne, New York, and Dalzell. Penn
sylvania, raised points of order, both
Insisting that, as a portion of the reso
lution would be stricken out. the reso
lution no longer was privileged.
Against that contention Gardner vigor
ously arrayed himself and he cited sev
eral precedents.
With equal vigor Fitzgerald (Dem.),
New York, upheld the contention of
Gardner.
In an elaborate opinion the Speaker
sustained Dalzell and Payne, holding
that the tenor of the resolution had
been changed in such a way as to ren
der It non-privilpged.
Gardner promptly appealed, but. alert
to the importance of the proposition,
Payne moved to lay tho appeal on the
table and on that motion a roll call was
forced. By a vote of 149 yeas, 136 noes,
not present 4, the Speaker was sus
tained. The resolution then, on motion of
Gardner, after he had further attacked
the rules, was laid on the tahle. 137 to
42. which has the effect of killing tho
whole proposition.
FORAKER ASKS FOR DETAILS
Offers Resolution Regarding Inquiry
Into Brownsville Raid.
WASHINGTON, Dei', lu. Foraker en
deavored to have the Senate adopt a res
olution calling on the Secretary of War
for detailed information concerning th
men employed, instructions given and ex
penses incurred In tho investigation by
detectives in the Brownsville affair, re
ferred to by the President in his messaci
of yesterday. Warren oh.iected to the Im
mediate consideration of the resolution
and It will come up again tomorrow.
Fulton Gets Claim Rill Set.
WASHINGTON. Dec. IS. On motion of
Senator Fulton the omnibus claims b'.U
will b taker! up by the Senate on Jan
uary 6 for consideration.
ASHLAND DRYS WIX AGAIN
Carry City Election by Ovcrv helm
ing Majority.
ASHLAND. Or.. Dec. 15. (Ppeilal.)
Ashland voted dry again at tho annual
city election today by the largest ma
jority In the history of popular votes
on the subject in municipal campaigns,
the drys leading the wets by about 150
vcotes out of a total of $3t.
For Mayor. R. N. Snell was elected
over C. W. Root. State Senator 1 1
Mniit and ex-State Senator K. V. Carter,
both of whom aro bankers, were de
feated for Councilmen in the Second
and Third wards by William Mycr ami
F. Y. Moore, rospoeti vely, and R. 1.
Neil- went down to defeat for Council
man from the First ward before the
present Mayor, W. F. Ixitmiis. M. X.
Eggleston was re-elreted Recorder by
a large majority over O. C. Tift'nny. and
G. G. Euba.nks was re-elected Treasur
er without opposition.
EMMA
GOLDMAN
RELEASED
Detained for Deportation, Ottawa
Orders Anarchist Freed.
BELLINGHAM. Dec. 15. A Herald
special from Blaine says Emma Gold
man, and Dr. Bon Reitman were taken
from a northbound train at Douglass,
just across the international boundary
line, by Canadian immigration oftiiors,
and are being held for deportation on
receipt of orders from Ottawa.
The anarchists were on their way to
Vancouver, B. C, from Bellingham, be
ing expelled from this city this morn
ing, following their arrest here yes
terday.
BELLINGHAM, Dec. 15. Late this
evening Canadian immigration officials
at Blaine received a wire from Ottawa
ordering the release of the. anarchists.
Tney will proceed to Vancouver to
night. ROBBER TAKEN TO VICTIM
Girl Is at Dunce and Faints When
.She Sees Burglar.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 15. (Special.)
When E. C. Doll, under arrest and
charged with burglary, appeared sud
denly at a dance which Miss C. Mans
field, his victim, was attending, she
fainted.
Last Wednesday night after Miss
Mansfield had retired a burglar entered
her room. He lighted a riiatch to get
his bearings, and then seizing Miss
Mansfield by the wrist he tore from
it a bracelet. Then be dragged her
from her bed and compelled her to
show him where her valuables were
kept. Ho took three rings, one a dia
mond and another an emerald, a gold
brooch and a locket and two neck-
ces.
Doll was suspected and arrested.
Then In company with a policeman
he was taken last night to the dance.
The young woman hud not been ap
prised of. the plan and when she
saw Doll she promptly swOoncd.
Harmon's Tears Affect Judge.
HOQFIAM, Wash.. Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) M. II. Harmon pleaded guilty to
the charge of larceny by false pre
tenses at Montesano today, and ex
plained his circumstances with tears
coursing down his cheeks. Judge Ir
win, of the Superior Court, dealt leni
ently with the man and sentenced hint
to two months in the County Jail. Har
mon was recently bound over from Ho
quiam by Judge Ogden at the instance
of a Tacoma paper. ;
Seattle Increases Police Force.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. Jo. In an ef
fort to put an end to the carnival of
crime which holdups anil thugs have
been holding In Seattle for the past three
weeks, the City Council last night passed
an ordinance providing for the addition
of 32 policemen to the force. Almost
nightly the police have received reports
from different parts of the city of cases
where men had been beaten into insen
sibility. Krebs Case Reversed.
SALEM, Or.. Dec. 15. (Special.)
The Supreme Court today set aside ifs
former decision in the case of Krebs
Hop Company, appellant, vs., R. J.
Taylor and I. W. Dickinson, respon
dent, from Polk County, and reversed
the lower court, ordering a pew trial.
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