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I-OBTXAXI, FRIDAY, MARCH 18. 1009.
ROOSEVELT AS EDITOR.
In 'the Outlook for March 6, Dr.
Lyman Abbott formally announces the
acquisition of Theodore Roosevelt as
en associate editor of that esteemed
periodical. He seizes The auspicious
occasion to reiterate also the economic
creed of The Outlook, which is that
of "industrial democracy," and the
reader is assured that of this creed
Theodore Roosevelt is "the most wide
ly known representative." According
to Dr. Abbott the movement toward
industrial democracy is world-wide,
but in America it has a. special inter
pretation, its aim being to arrange
things in tuch a way that the money
power, like the political and educa
tional power, "shall come from the
people, be exercised for the people and
be controlled by the people." That
this is now far from being the case
goes without saying.
It seems then that Mr. Roosevelt
after he returns like a giant refreshed
from Africa's sunny fountains and
India's coral strand, will devote him
self to wresting the money power
from the opulent malefactors who now
hold it and to turning it over to the
people. May Allah bless his endeavors.
If he succeeds he will do something
which the greatest and wisest of all
the generations of men have tried and
failed in. Still the fact that a deed
has never been done is not the slight
est argument that it never will be.
Some of the simplest acts which now
form unnoticed parts of our dally
routine were pronounced impossible
by savants for centuries. Then on a
fine day in Spring or early Summer
arose a genius who showed them how.
Mr. Roosevelt may be such a genius.
"We should not be a bit surprised if he
were, something of the sort of a man
whom Kipling calls a "prophet of the
utterly absurd, of the patently im
possible and vain," who sets his hand
to the task and does the thing that
can't be done. The Oregonlan re
joices in the optimistic faith that no
problem essentially relating to human
happiness is insoluble. Through every
desert and out of every Slough of
Despond there is a way. The trouble
Is -to find the way. "When Providence
In its mercy inclines the heart of such
a man as Theodore Roosevelt to help
find -it, there is occasion for thanks
giving. Mi Roosevelt also publishes a con
fession of his" faith In the same num
ber of The Outlook, or rather a con
fession of that small eection of his
faith which relates to the duties of
editors and the morals of newspapers.
His creed in its entirety could not very
(well be included in one number of
The Outlook or of any other magazine
that has ever been heard of. He gives
It as his opinion that "certain dally
newspapers, certain periodicals, are
owned or controlled by men of vast
wealth who have gained their wealth
In evil fashion, who desire to stifle or
twist the honest expression of pub
lic opinion and who find an Instru
ment fit for their purpose in the
guided and purchased mendacity of
those who edit and write for such
papers and periodicals.' The New
York Evening Post, arter ouorinsr tii
passage, takes up a whole column
sneering at ic in doing so that ex
ceedingly, intellectual newspaper Illus
trates another remark of Mr. Roose
velt's about persons who "sit In clois
tered retirement from the men who
wage the real and important struggles
of life and endeavor by an unceasing
.output of slander," to pose as highly
superior individuals. This not unaptly
describes the situation with regard to
Mr. Roosevelt, not only of the Even
ing Post but of several other period
icals. They have never been fair to
Ihim and by. their disingenuous treat
ment have given effectual aid and
comfort to his enemies who were at
the same time enemies of the coun
try. But, not to forsake the mendacious
press, let ua admit that in some par
ticulars Mr. Roosevelt's harsh words
against It are Justified. There are
periodicals owned by rich men of evil
life, and they are used, as he says, to
pervert knowledge and sow falsehood
throughout the country. This fact
can not be sneered away. The dill
gent dissemination of falsehood has
become one of the regular means by
which the criminal upper class seeks
to retain its hold on legislation and
the courts, and it 111 becomes a news
paper like the Evening Post to try
to make light of a matter so serious.
One of the famous Archbold letters
which Hearst read in the Presidential
campaign referred specifically to the
need of subsidizing certain newspapers
In order to keep things going pleas
antly for his company. "With facts
of this kind known to everybody the
public will give far more weight to
Mr. Roosevelt's bold statement than to
the sneering plea in avoidance which
the Evening Post prints. Speaking
of injury to the public morals it Is a
curious question whether more is done
by yellow papers of the rlearst variety
which frankly pollute the mob, or by
so-called high-class papers like the
Evening Post which .poison the mind3
of educated men. "With "both processes
going on -unchecked what sort of a
public opinion are we likely to develop
In the next few years? The need of
plain speech Euch as Mr. Roosevelt is
more competent than anybody else to
supply Is upon the whole fairly evi
dent. The 14-year-old girl who ran away
from home "for excitement" will prob
ably find life exciting enough before
ehe Is through with it, If she proceeds
for a few years upon the lines which
i she has mapped--out for herself. A
foolish Inconsiderate miss, regardless
alike of her own safety and the repu
tation and anxiety of her parents, this
girl might with future benefit to her
self and those most Intimately con
cerned in her welfare and with great
propriety, be soundly spanked. The
case is one wherein the unrest of phy
sical development precedes or outruns
the development of the reasoning facul
ties. Remonstrance in such cases Is
like "spitting against the wind." The
diagnosis is not difficult. It is plainly
the physical In ascendancy over the
mental and moral nature. The treat
ment is in the hands of parents, al
though it- falls all to frequently into
the hands of vultures in the medical
profession in which event the folly
stricken, excitement-seeking lass pays
the penalty of recklessness with her
life, having paid the first installment
with all that makes life worth the
living to woman her personal purity
and self-respect.
"BAD FAITH" VS. THE NORMALS.
The Legislature is accused of "bad
faith" in not appropriating funds to
enable the Board of Regents to carry
out "contracts" with teachers for the
rest of the school year. But If there
Is any "bad faith" are the regents
blameless, when the law forbids them
to enter Into any contracts for which
no funds are available or appropri
ated? Section 2 of the act creating
the Board of Regents in 1907 says:
Nor shall they (the Board) contract In
debtedness nor Incur liabilities to exceed
at any time. In the aggregate, the amount
of money whtch has been appropriated
under the provisions of law.
This presents a question of good
faith or bad faith, aside from the
main Issues of the normal school con
troversy. There are arguments In
support of the threenormal plan, but
they do not defend expenditures and
contracts which the law expressly for
bids. There seems to have been bad
faith in connection with the normals,
sure enough. If there are any con
tracts the regents have made them in
violation of law.
( IIWKJXG TAX EXCESS.
Some persons decry the effort for
lower taxes, saying that high tax com
plaints deter Investors and builders.
It is to te noticed that office holders
and persons without property and In
dividuals that profit from governmen
tal extravagance are very sure that
tax. complaints- hold Dack "develop
ment" and effect no good.
Very certain It Is that unless the
many persons who wish to live off
the industry and frugality of property
owners should be resisted, they would
wring from thrifty men and women all
their, savings, and then not be con
tent. They have done that often
times In the world's history. They will
not do it in Oregon, but will approach
as near it as people of property will
permit. From the looks of things
they will not get much nearer It. The
meeting in the Hellig Theater Tues
day night and the "howls" In the
streets are evidences of that.
There has been a period of too fast
spending In government throughout
Oregon and In Multnomah County.
Reports of it come from all directions.
Officials have been demanding "more"
and getting it. The state lawmakers
have Just increased so many official
salaries that they will go down in an
nals as the "more" Legislature. Nearly
every oounty pays tribute to these
grabs. Salaries of Multnomah's
county officials have almost all been
raised the last two years Assessor,
Auditor, Treasurer, Clerk, Justices, and
a host of deputies. Salaries have been
Increased in Portland's schools. In
the city Water Department they were
boosted so high that the Superintend
ent was evidently ashamed of them
and declined to accept his allotment.
Police, fire, street and all other de
partments of the city government are
paying boosted wages. Besides, there
are many more officials, deputies and
clerks than are necessary far more
than a private corporation would em
ploy for like volume of business.
Calls are heard for a new Court
house and for new bridges. The city
is preparing to spend several million
dollars for a new water tube from
Bull Run, for parks, docks, Madison
street bridge and fireboat. Street and
sewer Improvements entail an enor
mous expense in addition to taxes.
All these expenditures are well
enough, if city property can stand the
expense. The city will acquire them
as It goes along. But too many of
them at once will bring paralysis.
It Is to check the greed of offial
dom and the too rapia increase of mu
nicipal luxuries that taxpayers met
last Tuesday night. Unnecessary lux
uries are the proposed new Court
house and additional bridges. There
are too many persons in the city and
county governments drawing pay. The
Legislature has Just appropriated more
than $1,000,000 more for the biennial
period than it did two years ago and
pass! all records for extravagance In
this state.
All this needs a check. And there
will be a check if progress is to con
tinue. Too many citizens are con
cerned In this matter to allow it to
reach a ruinous stage. Already they
are beginning to avail themselves of
means to prevent that outcome. Pro
gress will not be stayed by this effort.
On the contrary It will be promoted
through insistence on reasonableness
in public expenditures.
A GClXErCI. FLEA.
The Oregonian has received an in
nocently fascinating postal card from
the "National Association of Livestock
Breeders and Exhibitors," which con
tains a tearful plea against the re
moval of the duty on hides. The card
is postmarked Chicago, a fact which
does not seem very significant until
one recalls by accident that Chicago
is the humble home of the beef
barons. Again, when one reads that
the removal of the duty on hides will
be "a serious detriment to the livestock
breeders and farmers," a fatal assur
ance pierces his veins and chills his
heart that, while the postal card feels
like the hand of Esau, the voice that
proceeds from It is Jacob's. The beef
barons pathetically call on the "Agri
cultural Press" to help prevent Con
gress from crippling a "growing In
dustry" hy giving us free leather, and
doubtless some easily fooled farmers'
papers may be found which will heed
the song of? the charmer. Whatever
betides it is some comfort to see the
trusts described as "growing indus
tries" instead of "infant industries."
Perhaps that alteration of language
indicates an actual' progress toward
truth and veracity on the part of our
rulers.
The duty on hides Increases the cost
of shoes to every person In the United
States about thirty-five per cent. It
makes the poor shop girl In the cities
spend for footwear the money which
she needs for food and rent. It lays
I a heavy burden on the shoulders of
the washerwoman and robs the seams
tress of her miserable pittance.- The
benefit of this unutterably mean duty
does not go to the farmer or the
stockbreeder. It goes to the beef
trust. The trust buys a steer of a
farmer for ten dollars and, because of
the plckpocekt duty, sells the hide
alone for nine dollars and more than
half that nine dollars comes out of
the wages of working girls and poor
men. The duty on hides is conspicu
ously iniquitous in a crowd of duties
where few are commendable. It is
singularly and eminently indefensible.
Its character is well, indicated by the
fact that there Is none to defend it ex
cept the' beef trust and that the beef
trust does not dare to do It openly, but
takes the way of deceit.
JIAKISO GOOD.
Because he was a good caddy, Elmer
Lorlng, of Hot Spring, Virginia, is to
be sent to college by President Taft.
This act of kindness on the part of the
President, It should be noted, was not
prompted by the mere fact that he was
Taft's caddy, but because he was a
good one. According to the news dis
patches, he won the President's favor
because he exercised discretion. This
probably means that he was a boy of
common sense, that he did not get the
"swelled head" Just because he was
Taft's caddy, that he did not talk too
much, that he attended to business and
was gentlemanly in his demeanor. He
didn't tell hangers-on everything that
he heard In order to show that he was
"close to the President." He didn't
measure off the hours to see whether
he was working overtime, but was
always "on the Job" when there was
work to be done.
Young Loring3 experiences points
a lesson for all boys with an ambition
to rise, but the lesson must not be
misread. The effort of the young man
who would get on in the world should
not be particularly to get a position
as a President-elect's caddy, but to
get as good a position as possible and
then "make good." It Is the making
good that counts, for quite likely Lor
lng had made good in some other
man's employ and thereby secured the
recommendation which gave him a po
sition under Mr. Taft. It la work and
industry and discretion that count,
more than the particular position oc
cupied. It is better to. be a success as
a caddy than a failure as President.
MR. HARRIMAX'S OFFER.
The state of Oregon may not in
dulge in that socialistic enterprise of
building and operating a railroad
across the state, and Mr. Harriman
may not build a road to Coos Bay.
Some of the haze surrounding both
propositions has been cleared away,
however, by the terse telegram from
Mr. Harriman to the president of the
Marshfleld Chamber of Commerce.
"If satisfactory guarantee can be had
of four per cent on the cost of main
tenance operation and taxes, I will
recommend its construction," says Mr.
Harriman. This unequivocal offer
gives Coos Bay first call on any state
supported railroad, for as yet. no
other neglected portion of the state
has been granted such a favorable
proposition in the railroad line.
The offer to build on a four per
cent Income basis seems to be a fair
one. The Coos Bay people are sincere
in their faith In their rich country,
and would not expect a railroad to en
ter the field as a losing proposition.
The resources of the country are so
great and the possibilities for traffic
so large, that it is hardly probable that
there would ever be a deficit which
the people might be called on to make
good. The proposal accordingly clari
fies the somewhat heated atmosphere
from which has developed the pro
posal that the state engage in the
railroad business.
It exhibits a willingness on the part
of Mr. Harriman to build a road pro
viding he is guaranteed the very
moderate sum of four per cent, and
disproves the general belief that there
Is some sinister motive for his failure
to build roads wherever they are
needed. The overwhelming advant
age of the Harriman offer, however,
lies In the fact that he. Instead of the
state, is willing to put up the money
for the construction and operation of
the road, and the only liability that
others are asked to assume 1s that
the road will pay four per cent after
it Is built.
A precedent is established in the
work of securing railroads, from
which the people will hardly care to
depart. If Mr. Harriman will build
a railroad to Coos Bay for a four per
cent guarantee, let us insist that he
make the same kind of a proposition
regarding other portions of the state.
KPOKASIT8 MSrSDERST.WBIKft
The Spokesman-Review has appar
ently failed to read carefully the In
terstate Commerce Commission deci
sion In the Spokane rate case. The
Review has this:
The fact la that Portland jobber are
usiijk ma rauroaaa ana paving present
freight rates because, all things considered,
those rates are cheaper than ocean rates.
The sea aervlce Is one of long and vexa
tious delays. Imposing interest on the goods
tied up In transit, marine lnaurance and
damage to merchandise. Many linea can
not be carried at all by water; many others
are manufactured or produoed in the Inte
rior and can not profitably be shipped from
their points of origin east by rail to the
Atlantlo. bear the cost frt repeated han
dlings and stand the combination rail and
water charges around ..the tip of South
America or across the iathmua.
Had the Review followed the testi
mony Introduced at the Spokane hear
ing two years ago, and carefully con
sidered the deductions made by the
commission from that testimony. It
would have known better than to give
currency to the above erroneous state
ments. The sea service under the sched
ules which have been in effect for
several months, makes possible the
delivery of New Tork freight in Port
land twenty-one days af tor it leaves
the Atlantic port, which is fully as fast
a schedule as the average maintained
by transcontinental freight trains, so
that the loss on interest and delays is
far from serious. Regarding the state
ment that "many lines can ' not be
carried at all by water, the sworn
testimony of Manager Jackson, of the
American-Hawaiian Weamship Com
pany, at the Spokane hearing, showed
that his company was at that time,
before the completion of the Tehuan
tepeo route, which greatly Improved
the service, actually delivering at Pa
cific Coast terminals commodities rep
resenting 95 per cent of all the articles
named in the railroads' Western
classification lists.
The same witness offered some In
teresting testimony oh articles "man
ufactured or produced In the interior,"
which the -Review fears cannot profit
ably be shipped to the Atlantic termi
nal and thence by water. Mr. Jackson
informed the commtsslon that his
steamship line had taken freight for
, Spokane from points as far west as
Cleveland and Detroit, and, after ab
sorbing the rail haul to the Atlantic
seaboard and the rail haul from coast
terminals to Spokane, was still In posi
tion to make a rate enough lower than
the transcontinental rate to Induce the
Spokane shippers to patronize the
ocean route. The Spokane paper
seems to think that the railroads will
not grant satisfactory distributive
rates out of this city, and assures us
that "Portland shippers crluld pile
ocean freight pretty high on docks and
in warehouses before the merchandise
could find its way into the interior un
less it had low distributing rates over
the railroads."
As the railroads have built their
tracks west of Spokane and have a
heavy Investment in equipment and
roadbed which' they do not Intend to
tear up or abandon, they will make
rates which will admit of business.
The water haul from the Atlantic sea
board to Portland is so much less than
the rail haul ever can be to Spokane,
that there is plenty of leeway for the
comparatively short distance In which
the. traffic must stand a land haul.
Portland will not. as tne Review Inti
mates, "fight the railroads with water
competition," but the railroads will
fight water competition, and protect
their own Interests, whrch, in this par
ticular case at least, are the Interests
of Portland. A brief Investigation of
the "trade distributing" problem will
disclose the fact that the largest trade
centers of every country on earth that
Is reached by the ocean are located
at tidewater.
Secretary Root, In tali New York
speech Tuesday night, was quite em
phatic In his views regarding the right
of the foreigner to protection from
mob violence. He asserted that "when
mobs ill-treat innocent foreigners and
the sacred rights of treaties are set at
naught, our Government is bound to
answer for its failure to keep its
promises." All of which Is eminently
correct. The policy of protection
against mob violence might be extend
ed still farther to cover the unfortu
nate American citizens who are not in
frequently set upon and mistreated
by a mob of foreigners who, by vir
tue of a union labor badge, assume
the right to dictate the number of
hours the aforesaid American may
work, and the amount of wages he
shall be paid. This Is a free coun
try, and we shall endeavor to keep it
so. but there are times and places
when the American citizen needs more
protection from the foreign mob than
the foreign mob needs from the Amer
ican citizen.
Some of the holders of that mys
terious 143,000,000 bushels of wheat
which the Government discovered In
farmers' hands on March 1 might
make a very profitable turn In the
market at this time. Cash wheat of
the variety which must be delivered
on May contraots was selling yester
day In Chicago at J1.22V per bushel,
while the May option was dragging t
J 1.1 5 per bushel and July sold down
as low as $1.02 per bushel. Prob
ably it Is the Inability of Mr. Patten
to understand why farmers will holl
143.000,000 bushels of wheat that will
sell for $1.22 hi per bushel, when they
can replace it with wheat for May or
July delivery at from seven to twenty
cents per bushel less, that is respon
sible for the wheat king's persistent
refusal to sell his holdings at less than
cash wheat prices.
Wide-awake police. A thief steals
an auto and the owner calls on the
police to find the machine and arrest
the culprit. The police do neither. A
week later the police serve a warrant
on the owner, charging him with the
misdemeanor of the thief driving the
auto without lamps. Somehow or
other the police did not essay to aiTest
him for stealing the machine. As a
sample of police vigilance, this Is cer
tainly amusln." But probably Mayor
Lane is no more responsible this time
than any other for the antics of the
police.
Germany Is a land of low wages and
limited earning power on the part of
her email traders and manufacturers.
For all that, the Vaderland has many
of the thrifty habits of France, and
the annual report of the Deutsche
Bank at Berlin reveals an astonishing
amount of business. The total "turn
over" last year was $23,617,600,000.
an increase of $715,000,000 over the
previous year. The net earnings of the
year were $8,500,000 and a dividend
of twelve per cent was declared. De
posits were $317,000,000.
This from a Salem newspaper: "It
(State capital) has been of no par
ticular advantage to this city but to
put a lot of our otherwise enterpris
ing people under the spell of the
Bleeping sickness that overtakes all
dwellers In 'state capitals and the in
terior of Africa." So that's what's
the matter.
The Oregon Legislature in special
session will try to redeem Itself. But
It may not do that in one day. It
could come nearer it, nowever. in half
an hour, by repealing all the blunder
acts and going homo. Otherwise It
might need the full twenty days and
then be no better off.
Mr. Jeffries and Mr. Johnson are
paying the penalty of greatness. It Is
Impossible for them to hide from
press representatives, or to conceal
their campaign plans.
It will be noticed that Champion
Jack Johnson did not choose to make
his entry Into the United States via
Richmond, Charleston or New Orleans.
Salem promises to build a new hotel.
Cheaper way would be to hold legisla
tive sessions In Summer and let the
members sleep In the haystack.
If the Oregon Legislature should
Imitate Congress they both meet In
special session Monday there's no
telling when it would adjourn.
Whom do those other numerous
aspirants for the new Federal Judge
ship In Oregon think Fulton had the
office created for?
After seven years of silence on the
subject. Mr. Roosevelt's editorial views
on tariff revision would be read with
Interest.
This weather wouldn't have seemed
so long coming If people realized what
was good for them and were oontent,
The Capitol at Salem Is said to be
unsafe. It certainly ought to be fumi
gated. ' .
Now for the Spring poems
bonnets and the new suits.
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OXB E.UTBR5 OHWiON VIEW.
VtTint Benefit Ilaa I'ortaare Road Beta
to Taxpaylnar Oral Marrow era r
Pendleton Tribune.
The Hon. W. J. Mariner. In a state
ment relating to benefits accruing to
trie business interests of Eastern Ore
gon, said in a recent Issue of The
Dalles Optimist: "A portage cannot
be operated for Its own pront. and no
attempt has been made to run the Ce
lllo road with that, end In view."
Granted. But can a private corpora
tion use a plant built with the peo
ple's money to make' money for itself
at the expense of the dear people?
Eastern Oregon interests, more par
ticularly the gralngrowers. have been
assured from the time of the original
building of the portage, that the rates
on grain would be materially reduced
by river traffic, and history led them
to believe this would be a fact.
Now the portage. It is conceded by
those interested. Is not operated fo
profit, but the charge made by the
auxiliary boat line for shipping- wheat
from points in Umatilla County is 8.4
cents per bushel; the O. R. & N. rail
road charges 9 cents per bushel from '
the same points, and did before the
portage became a factor. They have
made no reduction in their tariff from
these points, but the auxiliary boat
line has made a rate as above, a dif
ference (of .6 of a cent a bushel, riot
enough difference, to force the railroad
to a lower rate, nor has the competi
tion been of sufficient force to make
the railroad even meet their rate.
Might It not be that the boat line's cry
of railroad Is the old story of "Wolf!
wolfl when there Is no wolf?" Certain
it Is that with the present traffic) of
the boat line they are no menace to the
railroads, nor can they expect to be so
long as they are content with the vol
ume of freight received from and dis
tributed at river points. It ha been
our contention, and yet Is. that tho
boat line has refused to make attract
ive ofTera that would Induce the build
ing or feeder lines of railroads to
bring the freight to them.
We have always been led to believe
that freight by water was very much
lower than by rail, and this has been
proven by the operations of boat lines
on other waterways. Mr. Mariner says
the portage road waa and is being
built by tho people for the use of the
people without pront; it has thus made
the .river virtually an open river, but
without the corresponding low rate
the people were led to believe would
ensue, and which other states with
water transportation have. It has been
proven that the portage ha" not only
not made a profit, but has incurred a
large deficit- Now, with this as a fact,
and the difference in freight rates from
Umatilla County only .a of a cent In
favor of the boats, who Is making the
profit?
Mr. Mariner also states: "There is
much room for betterment of rates
that will come with, the extension of
the portage to The Dalles." Did not
Mr. Mariner make these same prom
ises when he .made a canvass of Uma
tilla County for additional funds for
the completion of the road? He also
states: "With the operation of the
Cascade portage wheat from The
Dalles to Portland was lowered from
$3.50 to $2 per ton." But he fails to
state with the completion of the Celilo
portage the farmers of Umatilla Coun
ty have had no reductions In rates by
the railroads, and a reduction by the
boat line so slight as to savor of con
nivance. It certainly leads us to be
lieve that "all is not gold that glit
ters." Isn't It a fact that the $75,000 appro
priated by our last Legislature will all
be for the benefit of The Dalles?
Ql't'KX VICTORIA'S OWX JOIRXAL
New LUght Shed on Remsurkable Diary
Never to Be IubIIaned 1b Entirety.
London Letter In Nw Tork Times.
Viscount Esher, one of the editors of
the letters of Queen Victoria, delivered a
lecture on the late Queen at the Royal
Institution tonight, in which he disclosed
some interesting Information.
The lecture was given with t2ie permis
sion of the King.
Lord Ksher, whose p ut In the selection
of the .Victoria letters published la 1307
was highly conf!dentl:il. said that from
the age of 13 years up to tho last few
days before her death the Quoen kept a
private Journal, which fills loO volumes,
all closely written in her small running
hand. The Queen's correspondence and
other papers, when the arrangunent of
them is complete, will fill volumes.
"We owe to Queen Victoria," said Lord
Esher. "the reinstatement of the mon
archical principle in the eyes of all grave
and earnest men. I have had exceptional
opportunities for examining at first hand
tho inner history of her reign, but I
found no trace) of any grave ml9tako
committed by Queen Victoria in her ca
pacity, as sovereign."
From early childhood, the lecturer
added, she took herself seriously, and
her point of view never changed as timo
rolled on. The Journal showed that as
Queen she always had tho courage to
"act alone" and "with confidence in my
country." Her. influence was uniformly
thrown on the side of peaoo, the speaker
declared, and there was no single In
stance In her wholo reign where Victoria
could be shown To hav favored war or
to have encouraged those anxious for
war.
The Journals. Iiord Fshr declared,
would never be aeon hereafter In their
entirety. By tlio Queen's express wish
they had be-n carefully examined by her
youngest daughter. Princess Beatrice,
who with Infinite labor copied in her own
hand many volumes of them, excising the
passages which tho Queen desired should
not be seen by any eye but hers.
Senator La Kollette Weeps).
O. K. Davis. In Hampton's Magazine.
LaFollette had been a member of the
dignified body of the Senate for more
than two years when he rose, last Spring,
to deliver his famous speech against the
currency bill, the speech In whtch he
charged that a clique of less than a score
of men controlled the business of the
whole Nation. Just before he took the
floor one of the radicals who have come
into the Senate since he first appeared
there went to him and. with outstretched
hand, said, simply:
"WV are expecting great things from
you today."
Instantly tears filled LaFollette's eyes
and his hand shook so that he could
hardly grasp that of his friend. It was
with difficulty that he controlled his
voice enough to reply:
"Tou don't know what that means to
me." he said. "Tou are the first man
that has spoken to me like that since I
have been here."
Two years In the Senate he hod been,
and not a colleague had given him a de
cent word!
Complain- to Commission.
SALEM. Or., March 11. (Special.)
George Taylor & Son. of Star, Or., have
made complaint to tho State Railroad
Commission that the Oregon & South
eastern Railway Company has made a
demand that a spur owned by the lum
ber company bo turned over to the rail
road company, threatening to i refuse
shipments In case this Is not done. The
commission has advised the lumber com
pany that the railroad company has no
right to refuse shipments from tho spur.
JAILBKHUt IS FTtC STRATKD f
lrwner Gives Tip and Mierlfr Locks
Men In Cells.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 1L (Spe
cial.) One of the prisoners tipped off the
Plot to. the Sheriff and a Jullbreak was
frustrated here today. John Hemic, known
as the "Chlcsgo Kid." and Charles
Kitchen planned to overpower Deputy
SherlJr Johnson when he should bring in
their dinner.
As the Sheriff's young son Chester was
racing the jail window In the basement
of the -Courthouse on his way to school
he was attracted by eotno cno tapping on
the bar?. He went over, and a prtson.-r
gave h!m a short piece of quill In which
ho had inserted a bit of p::pr on which
was v.Tttt-n "Jail break rlonned for noon
today." The boy took the note to his
mother and the latter at onee notified the
Sheriff and ho Immediately locked all the
prisoners In their cells.
Then was found in the cells a "plumb
er's friend," a piero of hard wood about
two ana a half feet long and two inches
thick. The rubber at the end of this
hud been removed.
John Bernl is In prison under a
charge of stealing sacks from the Bacon
drier. Charles Kitchen was arretted on a
charge of stealing clothes, and a few
d.iys ago attempted to essonne from a
police officer, the latter, after a long
chase, halting the fuglrlv by shooting
near him. Both have been bound over
to the Superior Court.
Tho man who gave the warning is one
of three. Clarence Day, MarUn Holm and
Harry "Wilson, who were today taken to
Walla Walla, by A. B. lOaetabrook, head
Buara at me penitentiary to serve In
determinate sentence. Day for forgery,
the other two for attempting to obtain
money under false pretenses.
XASn IVDOItSES DrorOCTtAT
Insist Mayoralty Contest in Spo
kane Shall lie Nonpartisan.
, SrOKAXE, WoFh., March 11. ftfpeclnt.)
Judtre Itclu.s B. Xafh, late candidate
for tho Republican nomination for tho
Muto supreme bench, Charles R. Conner
and Councilman 11. R. Ott.rander were
leaders in a meeting of Republican advo
cates of the non-partisan primary held
today in which N. S. Pratt UVm.) and
former City Councilman was Indorsed for
the Mayoralty nomination. The meetlr.g
denounced the Legislature for failure to
pays a non-partUiun primary law and
urged republicans to throw aside party
politics In tho coming city election.
"It is certainly to be deeply regretted
that the wise und wholesome; legislation
contemplated was defeated nt tho last
moment In our legislature." stated Judge
Nash. "Hut notice can at once served
upon every one in the United Stutcs and
especially In the City of Spokane, that
no matter what kind of law exists In
regard to compelling the voter to vot
anything but a non-partisan ticket will
be disregarded In both letter and spirit."
"Fc.vyv PATKits" rrraxiciors
Umatilla Sunday School Teaolve-rs
"Would Keep Them From Pupils.
PENDLETON. Or.. March 11. (Special.)
After voting to meet at Helix next year
and electing officers, the annual conven
tion . of the Umatilla County Sunday
School convention closed a two-day ses
sion at Echo this afternoon.
Among the Important action taken
was tho adoption of resolutions demand
ing the enforcement of the prohibition
law by county officers and the tru-oking
of the recall upon Those, -who failed; de
manding tho Legislature to pass laws
preventing the desecration of Sunday by
pubUo amusements and condemning the
comic supplements of the dally papers.
Tho "funny papers" were declared to
have a pernicious influence upon the
minds of the young.
Mayr N. A. Davis, of Milton, was
elected president of tho association.
WOMEN GIVE CJTTT FOUNTAIN
Auxiliary or En geno Commercial
Club to Raise $1000.
EUGENE. Or.. March IL Spo!al.)
The Women's Auxiliary of the Eugene
Commercial Club has undertaken to raise
flovo for an electric fountain to be placed
in the Southern Pacific depot grounds
here. The Commercial dub has a force
of men at work now filling In the grounds
preparatory to parking, and when this Is
completed the electric fountain will be
put in.
The Commercial Club and the Southern
Pacific Company have an agreement by
which the club will do the original park
ing and the company maintain the
grounds. When everything Is completed.
Eugene will have one of the most beauti
ful depot grounds In the state.
FIVE CENTS MORE FOR WOOL
Kalt at Arlington Show Increase
Over Previous Year.
PENDLETON. Or.. March VL (Special )
By tho transfer of 1S0.000 pounds of wool
at prices at least 6 cents higher than
those paid for tho same clips last year
the wool buying season In this part of
the state has been auspiciously opened.
Tin sales were made near Arlington!
part of the purchases being by The
Dalles Scouring Mill, while Charles Oreen
took the balance.
An effort Is being made to conceal tho
prices paid, but it Is said to have ranged
from 17 to IS cents. Those . ;ilng were:
Smytue & Smythe. Horst & Whevlhouse!
li J. dough and William Smith.
Belknap 'Wlllamette'a Orator.
SALEM, Or.. March 1L (Special.)
About 30 students will accompany Clark
Ilelknap to Corvallis Friday noon to at
tend the stato oratorical contest. Belknap
being the representative of Willamette
University. "The Aim of Empire" Is the
title of Belknap's oration, and Miss Git
tens, who won second place In the re
cm tryout. will respond to the toast.
"Taft." at the banquet following the con
test. Six colleges will participate. WI1
limette University, Salem; Pacific Uni
versity. Forest Grove; Pacific College
Newberg; Normal School. Monmouth;
University of Oregon. Eaigene; State Ajrri
cultural College. Corvallis; Albany Col
lege and Mclllnnvllle College.
Sm Pedro Chipping: Xews.
SAN PEDRO. Cal.. March 11. The
steamer - Sana Yak arrived today from
Everetf-
The steamer Fhoshone arrived from
Astoria with railroad ties.
Departures today Included the steam
ers Daisy Freeman, for Westport; Re
dondo, for Coos Bay. and the Norwood,
for Grays Harbor.
The steamer City of Pueblo called this
morning from Pan Diego, for Pan Fran
cisco and Seattle.
The steamer George W. Elder cleared
tonight for Portland.
The steamer Vosemfte arrived from
Astoria. She lAnded passengers and
cleared for San Diego.
fonte?ano Koalty Active,
MONTESANO, Wash, March 11 CP pe
dal.) The real estate market has been
unusually active for tho past few dava.
R, H. Fleet made several large sales
In two days. U city property, and an
other agent sold the W. P. Bryant place,
known as the "Strawberry Ranch," con
sisting of two and one-half acres, for
J1000. This Is at tho rate of WOO an acre.
PHCOfOGIliAJPIt TO TAKE .VOTES
Prosccotor lr Gordon Case Denied
Right to Use Stenographer.
6POKANU Wash.. March 11. (Special )
A phonograph in the courtroom to ta'e
evidence of the Gordon-Root Investiga
tion was threatened by Prosecuting At
torney Fred C Pugh today after jud
Huneko had ruled that a stenographer
w-ould not be permitted to take notes on
the proceedings.
-n the opening of court this morning.
Frank Graves, of counsel for M. J. Gor
don, former Great Northern attornev.
moved to have the stenographer excluded
and notes taken at the first day's hearirg
yesterday destroyed in open court.
Prosecutor push objected and an adloum
ment was taken until a decision could be
made by the five superior Judges. The
contention of Gordon's lawyers was up
held, whereupon Prosecutor Puch mado
an arpeal to the Cour.tv Commissioners
for another deputy, which was ftrante.l.
whereupon Prosecutor Pugh swore in
court stenographer J,,hn H. Pell, t'.or as
his deputy, seeking this way to obtain a
record of the pr.H'.-edir.gst.
This too Is contested and a decision vfli
bo handed down by the five Judges to
morrow morning.
LEWTSTOX DEFEATS SPOKANE
High School Trams of Two Cities
Meet In Joint Debate.
SPOKANE. Wash, March 11. fSpe
clttL) Before S00 people assembled In
the Ulch School ou,1itr.-i,-, x-
Lewlston High School debating teavin
tonight defeated the team represent
ing the Spokane Illith School cn the
question. "Resolved, that labor unions
are Justified In insisting through all
lawful means at their dlfDosal on the
closed shop."
Lewlston supported the negative
and was represented bv three capable
speakers In Mildred strubel. Mauri, e
Hill and Howard Thompson, the latter
a son of 15. W. Thompson, a prominent
banker and politician of Lewlston.
Spokane High Kchool student, who
upheld the affirmative, were Fred
Carver. Earl Wallace and Dudley
liagan.
CATCHES WII.IKWTS IV TRAP
Linn County Irmrr Makes First
Application for Hounty.
ALBANY-. Or.. March 11. rSpeclnl.-
Seven wildcat so.:p were left at th
County Clerk's off ic here today by Fr.ink
Stelnurandt, of Foster, who L the lirst
claimant for the new wildcat bounty of
fered by l.lnn County. Steh-Brandt
caught all of the wildcats in tr.-is one
at a time.
He says the animals were rather rl-n-tlful
In the vicinity of Foster, bot that
be and his neighbors have set a number
of traps since the bounty was offered
and they are rapidly decreasing.
SuTerlo Brinjrs Silk Cargo.
VICTORIA. R. C. March 11 .The
steamer Suverio, Captain Shott.n.
reached port this morniig from M.inlhi
and Chinese and Japanese ports with 1
tons of raw silk, valued at J-fWi.Oi" 0. News
was brought by the Suvertc of the sink
ing of the German steamer Bremen at
Chlenklang February 13. by the Hamburg-American
Ilnor Asconla, which ran
into her. the Bremen going down at
once. The captain and some of the crew
were saved, but most of the Chines
were drowned.
Monresnno on Vaudeville Circuit.
MONTESANO, Wash., March 1L (Spg
clal.) Montosano is to have a vaudeville
theat-ir nightly. Harry Beagle, proprietor
of the Star Theater, a moving plctum
show, has leased of J. E. Calder the
Montesano Opera House and has Joined
the vaudeville circuit.
Body Taken Home for Burial.
MONTESANO. Wash.. March 11 (Spe
cial.) The body of Eynn Herbert CtUder.
21 years old. a former Montesano boy.
waa brought to this city last night for
burial. He died In Baker City, Or., whero
he has been for some time past with
his father.
Foot of Snow In Wyoming.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. March 11. A foot
of enow, accompanied by a hiirh wind,
has fallen In Western Nebraska and
Wyoming during the lost hours. Stock
is suffering severely in some portions of
Wyoming.
Iodgo Wants Elk Protected.
BALEM. Or.. March 11. (Special.) The.
Salem lodge of E;ks tonight adopted reso
lutions calling on the Oregon Legisla
ture to take steps to protect the elk of tho
state.
Steamer In man Clears.
ASTORIA. March 1L (Special.) The
steamer R. D. Inman cleared at the
Custom-House today for San Francisco
with a cargo of .V.XM fot of lumber,
loaded at the Knappton mill.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
THE LETTERS OF A
JAPANESE SCHOOLBOY
Wallace Trwin writes of "Tho
Delicious Horrors of U'nr," tak
ing for his text tho recent anti
Japaneso agitation iu California.
WHEN CONGRESS TAKES
UP TARIFF REVISION.
Terponal qualities of the men
who push the Payne bill and those
who will oppose its passage.
SOME COMMANDERS
IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST CONSUMPTION.
Two Americans in the fore front
were themselves victims of the.
disease, but for years have headed
the campaign opposing its spread.
HEINET TAKES
THE GLOOM CURE
Professor Shorty MeCahe's nar
rative teJls of brineririjr sunshine
into the lives of a foreigner and
an American.
THE HOTEL CLERK
ON SUBSTITUTES.
Satire on modern methods in
saloons and general merchandise
stores.
Order early of yonr newsdealer.