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TBC EfitLT IN IIXINOIS.
Colonel Roosevelt. . radical Repub
lican, and Champ Clark, a .tandpat
Democrat, carry H'mola by large ma
jorities in their respective prtmarlea.
The influence, that hare been optrl
Irg everywhere to divide the Republi
can and Democratic parties Into pro
rrewive and conservative faction
mere preaent In Illinois: but their re
sults were surprisingly different In the
two parties Tet there la a significant
aasiae from mere partisan poU
tlV. why Roosevelt should he success
ful Tin t?e one primary and Wilson, his
political bedfellow, be defeated Mn the
olher. It Ilea In the deep-seated hos
,,, of the Chicago Idea to lfcN
York Idea, the fast-moving 1 est to
the .Iow-olng East. Roosevelt,
thou," a N.w Yorker. h con.rlveu
to make It appear that he f he n
t.thesls of the Wall street
the person! flcaUon of the hip-hurrah
Western spirit. Clark, a M.ssourlan.
for much the same reason, suited the
temper and taste of Illinois far bet
ler than Wilson, the Now "'
scholar and Eastern dabbler In
progressive atatesmanshlp.
The Illinois result also demonstrates
the powerful Influence of the Chicago
newspapers. The Tribune, which is
the greatest force In molding public
opinion In Illinois, has been the most
persistent champion of Roosevelt and
enemy of Taft. The Record-Herald
and Evening Post have voiced like
opinion with more moderation. They
have been most potent In swinging
Illinois Into the Roosevelt column. The
Influence of the Kansas City Star,
which extends throughout Kansas and
Missouri, may be expected to bring
about a like result In those states,
though the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
will to some extent counteract it in
Missouri. The Star has already aided
In winning nearly the whole Oklahoma
delegation for the Colonel.
Roosevelt's denunciation of Lorlmer
has also no doubt won him thousands
of votes, the almost united stand of
the Chicago newspapers having caused
-the voters to convict Lorlmer of brib
ery, no matter how often the Senate
may have acquitted him. Taft has not
aid a word in defense of Lorlmer. but
he haa aald nothing against the taint
ed Senator, hla legal training having
prompted strict observance of the
limitations on the functions of his of
fice which forbid Interference in a
contest wholly within one branch of
Congress. Taffs silence has been
taken as either approval 0 or lndif
Terence to the Lorlmer bribery. Popu
lar repulsion against bribery has also
caused the defeat of the veteran Sen
ator Cnllom. as the penalty for hav
ing stood by Lorlmer.
Newspaper Influence can also be
seen In the defeat of Wilson by Clark
for the Democratic Indorsement.
Hearst's Chicago American and Chi
cago Examiner have fought for Clark
and have been powerful engines in hla
Tavor. Heexrst's newspapers appear to
oe able to win political victories for
anybody except Hearst.
But the Illinois vote is no safe guide
as to how direct primaries will go gen
rrally. Iowa haa been electing dele
eaten to district conventions by this
method, though without any expres
sion of the popular preference for
President, and not even the favorite
aon sentiment has prevented the elec
tion of eight Taft delegates to two for
Cummins. The favorite-son sentiment
gave Wisconsin to La Follette. but it
had no effect In North Dakota, where
the Senator routed the Colonel.
While Roosevelt's victory In Illinois
may foreshadow a like result In Mis
souri and Kansas. It would be rash for
the Colonel's adherents to assume that
Illinois jtpeaks for the entire West.
Indiana Is for Taft decisively. The
Colorado and Nevada conventions
were so overwhelmingly for Taft that
they cannot but have voiced public
opinion. The majority In Iowa prom
ises to go the same -way. judging by
the elections already held. The tide
sets strongly to Taft In Oregon and
Washington. The Michigan convention
may go far to offset the Terdlct In Illi
nois. Nebraska will vote at Presiden
tial primaries on the. same day as
Oregon. Not for ten days shall we
know whether Roosevelt Is as strong
In the prairie, mountain and Pacific
States as he has proved In those of
he lake region and the central valley.
JOHN BfRROCGHS AT 7S.
The venerable and beloved John
Burroughs signalized his 75th birth
day by assailing the Supreme Court of
the United States. It was as If Me
thuselah had risen from the tomb to
attack the Initiative and referendum.
Hark from the tombs." not a "dole
ful sound." to be sure, but an extreme
ly revolutionary one. John Burroughs
I as blithe as a boy In the expression
of his radical opinion about our most
exalted tribunal. The business of the
Supreme Court, he says, "is to decide
whether the laws made by the people's
representatives Jibe with the Constitu
tion which was framed a century ago
when they had to throw all sorts of
safeguards around the Government.
Now, If a law is right and It works
well, what the devil does the Const!
tutlon matter? Tell me that."
It might perhaps be a little difficult
to explain to Mr. Burroughs just why
one. written document should be
adored and another of similar origin
depreciated. But forgetting such per
plexing questions, what Interests and
charms the world In him Is his peren
nial youthfulnes. Attacking the Su
preme Court is as wild an escapade as
Don Quixote's charge upon the wind
mills. No one but a boy would have
the audacity to do such a thing In
these days. But John Burroughs la a
bJy and will be one always till the end
of his career.
He says the reason why he keeps
young so far into the vale of years
is because he was born young and
never has wasted his youth, never
thrown it away. He Is still bold, still
rich in the audacity of boyhood be
cause he haa treasured the resources
of life and not squandered them. In
his cottage on the Hudson he has
lived, thought and written books, fill
ing his days with beautiful living, and
has permitted none of them to go to
waste. He has known what to set his
heart upon and what to pass over. He
possesses the great secret of knowing
values" upon which so much of the
real happiness of life depends.
A lover of nature. Burroughs has
not permitted himself to indulge In
any of the current myth-making which
pastes for "nature study." He does
not believe that knowledge is In
creased by the accumulation of fic
tions about wolves and bears and has
the courage to say so frankly. He has
been as fortunate in his choice of
friends as In his home and habits.
Theodore Roosevelt Is one of his Inti
mates. Thousands of readers send
him their good wishes as every birth
day comes round. The Vassar girls
run over to visit him In gay little
flocks when the grapes are ripe In his
vineyard and the chipmunks and
squirrels make free of his habitation.
A shrewd and kindly old man
knowing better than most of us what
life Is and how to live It. John Bur
roughs Is Ukely to live many years
yet. but wo, fear he will always have
the Suprrlne Court and the Constitu
tion to excite his wrath. There are
some blessings, which, however doubt
ful they may be. we must resign our
selves to endure.
.OOl OR BAD REfUHLICAN?
Senator Bonmo la rot a good Republican,
berauae he doe not favor the renomlnatlnn
or Prrtdrnt Taft. He ravora the nomina
tion of Senator I.a Follette. That makea
him a bad Republican. According to tha
argument of tha standpatter organ, anyone
who doe not boast for Taft and tha stand
patter prgramm Is not a good Rfpuhllran.
That la the old narrow machine interpreta
tion of Republicanism which tha peopt have
repudiated nrral tlmea In Oregon In a
Try emphatic manner. Fortunately not
many real Republican papers advocat aurh
unsound view that can lead only to party
disrupttoB and party defeat. Salem Capital
Journal.
Senator Bourne does not pretend to
hi . good Republican, even when he
Is seeking a Republican nomination.
Only when he has through various
arts, devices and maneuvers obtained
a Republican nomination, and Is ap
pealing to Republicans for election, do
the superior claims of party obliga
tion on all the members of a party
appeal strongly to him.
Senator Bourne has a right as a
Republican and as a Senator to op
pose the renomlnation of President
Taft and favor the nomination of Mr.
La Follette. Editor Hofer Is mistaken
when he says that is the ground of
objection to him as a "bad Republi
can." Bourne not only opposes the
nomination of President Taft- but he is
on record as declaring he would not
support the President for re-election.
In other words, the Senator In advance
announces his bolt. .
Tet Mr. Bourne enters a Republican
primary as a candidate and if nomi
nated will make his campaign as a
Republican asking Republican support
on the basis of party regularity. What
service to party haa Senator Bourne
rendered, and what service to party
does he promise to render that that
party should feel the slightest obliga
tion to respond to his demands?
THE ALARM ABOUT rXH'TJI.
The Oregonian supposes there Is no
need for any one to get particularly
excited about the candidacy of the un
speakable Fouts for District Attorney.
Fouts, of course, will not be nomi
nated: or. If perchance he should be
nominated, he could not be elected.
But Fouts cannot be nominated or
elected. Don't worry. The unsavory
elements that want Fouts for District
Attorney are. fortunately, greatly In
the minority; and the other elements
that they are able to Influence through
prejudice, or fear, or misinformation,
will not greatly swell their numbers.
The people of Portland who want an
orderly, resolute and clean administra
tion of the District Attorney's office
are vastly in the majority, and they
are. for the most part. The Oregonian'
thinks, united behind Mr. Walter H.
Evans. All these forces have desired
Is a candidate who will represent de
cency, law and authority: and they
know they have such a candidate in
Mr. Evans.
But it will not be well to take it
for granted that Evans has an easy
race. The voters must go to the polls,
and they should not be diverted vfrom
their laudable purpose to have an up
right man in the District Attorney's
ocice by appeals for any other candi
date. THE TKOPU! RTI-E IX PAWIUX.
Of course It was a great "progres
sive" triumph in Illinois. There was
Uncle Joe Cannon's district, for ex
ample. In the public mind Uncle Joe's
place is firmly fixed as the prototype
of standpatlsm. reaction, spoils, boss
ism and other horrid terms applied to
old-Ume politics. Colonel Roosevelt,
acknowledged by himself to be the
true leader of the progressives, swept
the district. Thus was reaction re
buked and the right of the people to
rule vindicated by an awakened pub
lic conscience
Having thus spoken for recall of
decisions, for direct legislation with a
string attached, for a depressing si
lence on tha tariff and for other pure
and lofty principles advocated by the
Colonel, the Danville electors must
have felt that they had done enough
for reform, so they renominated Uncle
Joe, arch-enemy of progressiveness. by
a vote of two to one.
These reflections are induced by the
feeble hope that the voters of Illinois,
and particularly those of Cannon's
district, voted for vital principles and
not for spectacular, personalities. Just
how Roosevelt policies can be carried
out by electing men to Congress who
are violently opposed to them is not
clear. Tet It was the party's will that
it be attempted, and If the voters, re
generated from convention evils and
now their own bosses, elect to carry
water in a sieve, what of it? Let the
people rule.
Senator Bourne Is merely the presi
dent of the Bourne cotton mills, and
has only J90.000 of the stock. There
fore, he is not responsible for condi
tions there, which, however, he says
are very good. If they were as bad as
they have been described to be. Sena
tor Bourne would never take tainted
money, even to spend It for the good
of the people. Not he. The work
men there average from SS to $7.60
per week, and they ought to be satis
fied, the Senator appears to think.
The cost of living Is not high, and a
dollar a day Is a lot or money in pan
River. The Portuguese and other for
eigners who work for the Bourne mills
can live on a dollar or a dollar and a
quarter a day; and the result Is a great
margin of profit for the absentee presi
dent and absentee owner (In part) at
Washington, who is thus enabled to
spend thousands of dollars per annum
to' Increase his efficiency for the peo
ple of Oregon. -All Mr. Bourne has to
do about those cotton mills is to let
the management hire the cheapest ob
tainable labor, while he gets and
spends the usufruct.
T A IT'S WORK KOR CONSERVATION.
By withdrawing from entry land
around water-holes on Western
ranges. President Taft Is carrying out
the true purpose of the conservation
policy. He prevents monopoly of the
range and Its destruction by over
stocking, at one stroke of the pen. By
homesteading 160 acres of land
around a water-hole a cattleman has
been able to monopolize thousands of
square miles of range. By Inducing
his cowboys and ranch hands to lo
cate homesteads In a string of forty
acre tracts along a stream, buying
their claims and fencing them, a cat
tleman In some Instances has excluded
all other men's stock from access to
water for forty or fifty miles. His
homesteads thus secure to him a mo
nopoly of the range on the whole val
ley and the hills which bound It.
though they have not paid a cent
for it. V
The President's policy Isaln the in
terest of the small man. In whom his
predecessor professes such a fervent
Interest. It puts In practical opera
tion the rule of equal opportunity for
all which that gentleman has preached
so loudly.
THE TRCHBI.KS OF IHANCE.
A writer In the'llampton Magazine
for April, F. Cunllffe Owen, believes
that France is on the eve of a de
structive revolution. It will be more
calamitous, he thinks, than any which
has occurred since the overthrow of
I79S, because, like that tremendous
social cataclysm. It will be "a revolu
tion of the hungry and starving masses
against the owners of property, against
capital, and above all against the gov.
ernment of the republic." The depth
of Mr. Owen's historical knowledge
and the correctness of his judgment
can perhaps be gauged rora the state
ment we have Just quoted. No per
son even superficially acquainted with
French history would say that the
revolution of 1793 was directed against
the owners of property and against
capital. On the contrary, the capital
ist, or middle classes, of France were
the Immediate instigators of the revo
lution and the consequences of it
turned entirely to their benefit. Inas
much as Mr. Owen Is so badly at fault
In his judgment of the past we may
perhaps feel excused from depending
too much upon what he says about
the present.
But It is well enough to pay some
little attention to his predictions,
though we need not accept them as
inspired.' The impending troubles of
France, he believes, flow directly from
the rising cost of living, which the
Republic Is answerable for. The prices
of food, clothing, all the necessaries
of life have been going up since the
republic was established, while wages
remain essentially as they were some
twenty years ago. The effect of this
process has been to check the pecul
iarly French habit of saving among the
working classes. Not only has saving
stopped because there is nothing to
save but the economies 6f the past
have been drawn upon until, to quote
Mr. Owen's significant phrase, "the
stocking Is empty." The French
working classes cannot earn enough
to keep the wolf from thedoor. Their
latent resources have been exhausted
and they are therefore driven to revo
lution as a last resort. The only alter
natives which confront them are star
vation or revolt against the republican
government which is responsible for
their woes. While reading the.se ob
servations of Mr. Owen's in his Hamp
ton article two questions haunt one
Insistently. Why should the rising
cost of living produce revolution In
France and nowhere else? And why
should we hold the republican form of
government responsible In France for
social ills whioh are fully as bad un
der monarchy In England and Ger
many? '
For, as every reader knows perfect
ly well, France Is not the only country
In which the necessaries of life have
been growing dearer and dearer with
in common recollection. America has
enjoyed the same piercing experience,
and so has Germany. What nation on
earth ha& escaped it? It Is true again
that In no country have wages risen
to keep pace with the price of food
and other necessaries. There have
been strikes everywhere on this ac
count. England has Just passed
through one of the most terrific and
threatening. Germany has had an
other. The United States has them
all the time and the coal strike which
seems to threaten us here may not be
less Interesting than the one which
England Is beginning to recover from.
If the cost of living Is to bring revo
lution upon France why not upon
Germany. England and America? The
air is full of trouble throughout the
civilized world, and conditions are no
worse In France than elsewhere. In
some respects they are better. It Is
by no means true that the small property-owners
of France have exhausted
their savings. Quite the contrary Is
true. They have more money laid up
today than ever before, and It is for
hire to enterprising men In all parts
of the world.
Mr. Owen Is obliged to admit that
the French banks are full of money,
but, he asks, what difference does that
make to the poor? It makes all the
difference In the world, because It Is
the French "poor" who own this
money. Their united savlnjrs compose
the enormous capital which makea
their country the world's banker.
Again, we concede Mr. Owen's conten
tion that the French national debt is
very large and taxes burdensome, but,
on the other hand, the debt Is owned
by the French people. The Interest
upon it goes Into the pockets of the
peasantry and contributes to make
them loyal citizens. As for taxes, they
are no more burdensome In France
than In Portland, Or., and we are not
apprehensive of their causing revolu
tion here, though they do stir up a
good deal of grumbling.
Now for our other question. Why
insist that It Is republican government
which makea trouble in France when
precisely the same trouble has arisen
In England and Germany under mon
archy? If the French are going to
tear down their republic because liv
ing Is dear, we must conclude that the
Germans are going to overthrow their
monarchy for the same reason. If it
is the reDubllc which makes" high
prices and low wages in France it
must be the monarchy which does the
same thing in England. If govern
ment has anything at all to do with
evils of this sort we must hold the
government responsible wherever the
evil appears. We cannot blame the
republics and excuse the monarchies.
They are all tarred with the same
stick. In our opinion the talk of rev
olution of which we hear so much
from men supposed to be intelligent
Is both dangerous and foolish. Mr.
Owen makes the typically silly remark
In his Hampton article that the
French people have no remedy for
their ills but to change their form of
government. He might say the same
thing of the United States with Just as
much and Just as little reason.
Neither here nor In France does
the republic cause the social dif
ficulties and in neither country
would a change to monarchy bring
the slightest relief. The cost of Uvlrrg
rises because man makes constantly
greater demands upon the resources
of the earth, because we have not yet
Jearned to distribute the goods of life
equitably, because of hordes of waste
ful middlemen, because of all sorts of
defective and cumbersome social ma
chinery. He Is no friend to mankind
who seeks to 'convince us that the
deep-seated evil can be remedied by
anything bo superficial as the mere
change In the form of government.
The only real Issue between Roose
velt' and Taft is the Colonel's desire
to get even with the President for the
slights put upon himself and his
friends. As this issue would not
draw votes, he has felt Impelled to
find some which will serve his pur
pose. In his dire need of issues
on which he had not already
committed himself to support the
President, he borrowed from Bourne
the recall, to which he added some
trimmings, and the Presidential pri
mary" from Bryan his "let the people
rule" cry. Whenever he has attempted
criticism of Taft on any real National
Issue, with which the next President
will have to deal, he has been con
fronted "with his own utterances of
1908, even as late as 1910. The ficti
tious Issues to which he has resorted
are not even original, with the one ex
ception ,of recall of decisions, which
has been laughed off the boards by
all except his fellow-insurgents and
has been treated with studied neglect
by them.
Washington farmers are cheered by
seeing dollar wheat again. Years ago
we were told by the market sages that
wheat would never again sell In the
primary markets for a dollar a bushel,
but It has done so more than once
within a year or two. Like all other
food stuffs it brings a high price and
Is likely to sell for more rather than
less In the future. The economic law
of diminishing returns has begun to
affect wheat as well as beef In the
United States and will probably pre
vent them from ever being cheap
again. .
With the promise of a big rose crop
this year Portland can smile at des
tiny and stand unshaken midst the
storm. Think of all the beauty which
will be embodied In the multitudinous
blooms for a day or two " and than
vanish forever. "Each morn a thou
sand roses brings, you say, but ah,
where blooms the rose of yesterday?"
It might bloom in poetry, songs and
tableaux. Some time Portland will
produce original literature for the
Rose Festival as beautiful as the
flowers which nature bestows.
' "You are on trial not I," says Sen
ator Bourne to the people of Oregon.
Yet the Senator has repeatedly de
clared, and mathematically demon
strated, that the people the compos
ite citizen can never make a mistake.
What's worrying him? Is he prepar
ing to make a bolt to the reaction
aries who doubt w-hether. the people
are fit to rule? v
The plums and prunes are dropping
their petals, apple and cherry bloom is
bursting, the lilac adds-color to the
city yard and the Oregoiv grape to the
field and all Nature is making a grand
stride toward the new life, for this is
Springtime in Oregon, most favored of
all the handiwork of the Creator.
The City Council did well yesterday
In prohibiting employment of women
In shooting galleries; result of work of
a Vice Commission that knows for
what purpose It was created.
Perhaps one good reason for the mi
gration to Canada farms is the belief
that Mr. Hill will capture the coun
try Industrially of course and make
all prosperous.
An increase of 10.000 acres of hop
fields Is the estimated result of last
year's high prices. This is about the
most exhilarating gamble not under
ban of the law.
That misguided peculating clerk of
the Water Department, exiled from
wife and children. Is being punished
more than if the hands of the law were
upon him. "
Swearing over the wire at a tele
phone operator Is an offense that
should receive especially severe punishment-
It Is the act of a vicious
coward.
Dr. Hazzard's bones will rattle ere
she completes her demonstration test,
If she continues to lose flesh at the
rate sustained the past fortnight.
The condition of Oregon Winter
wheat and rye leads the Nation be
cause climatic conditions the past
seven months were ideal.
Oregon has more than one hundred
thousand foreign-born whites, and It
Is needless to say they are the pick
of all creation.
The major leagues open the season
today, but the acme of anticipation
does not reach the breaking point un
til next Tuesday.
Barney O'Nell must return from
Canada to Idaho to 'take whatever
medicine the la-w will administer. -
Our opera bouffe Congressman Is
running on the absent treatment plan.
Mayor Jim Dahlman won again in
Omaha on his striking personality.
" But the "peerless leader" will be
Illinois' second choice
The "sucker" state lived up to Its
name.
Stars and Star-Makers
By Icon Caaa Baer.
Oscar Figman is to have a Sum
mer season at the conclusion of the
Kolb and Dill engagement at the Sa
voy Theater, In San Francisco.
Henrietta Crosman Is to make a tour
of the West with her latest success,
"The Real Thing." One of the bright
lines of the piece Is: "Life is a stage,
and wlfey's got to stand the glare or
hubby's bound to shift the spotlight."
.
Blanche Bates will soon be here with
what Is said to be the most delightful
success in which she has appeared in
years, a comedy by Avery Hopwood
and called "Nobody's Widow." Bruce
McRae Is Miss Bates' leading man.
a
Elsie Janls, who comes to the Heilig
Theater Monday night, broke all rec
ords for opening-night receipts at the
Columbia, in San Francisco, since Anna
Held's engagement.
a
Gertrude Van Dyck. appearing at the
Orpheum, declares that she discovered
by means of a joke that she possessed
a double voice, then married the
pianist, who helped her develop the
widely different tones and found that
her odd vocal feat was her mainstay
in vaudeville. When premier danseuse
in the grand opera "Alda." at the Hip
podrome, Miss Van Dyck says she was
not aware that she possessed any kind
of a voice. One day when joking with
Max Vincent, the musical director, she
gave an Imitation of a basso, Arthur
Deane, who was singing the part of
"Araonasro." Mr. Vincent expressed
surprise over the deep voice coming
from the fair throat and advised Miss
Van Dyck to cultivate it as a unique
vaudeville accomplishment. She did,
and as a result lost her voice entirely
for several months. Then It returned
with the basso and soprano quality.
Wedding bells rang for her and the
musical director and now they, with
Ray Fern, comedian, form the Ger
trude Van Dyck Trio.
s
Florence Fisher, who Is Walker
Whiteside's leading woman and upon
her appearance In Portland two sea
sons ago In "The Melting Pot," was
the house guest of Miss Judith Scott,
her school friend. Is seriously 111 fol
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
Miss Fisher had to leave her company,
playing "The Typhoon," In New York,
at the height of Its successful launch
ing. '
a
John Cort has re-engaged several of
the principals of "The Rose of Pan
ama" company for the Western tour of
the Viennese opera next season. These
Include Fay Balnter, as Ingenue, and
Chaplne as prima donna.
a
E. J. Bowes and wife (Margaret II
llngton), and Mr. and Mrs. John Cort,
have planned to go camping In the
Olympic Mountains after Miss Illlng
ton closes her road tour In "Kindling"
at Tacoma, July 13. She plays in Port
land at the Heilig in early July, and
returns to New York about August 1 to
begin preparations for the opening of
the new Illlngton Theater, which Cort
Is building in West Forty-eighth
street. The Illlngton will be managed
by Bowes and opened by Miss Illlng
ton in a new play next Fall.
a
Cathrlne Countiss, well-beloved by
the playgoers of Portland, where for
two years she held affection and regard
through her versatility and magnetic
charm as a stock leading woman, is
still starring In the Viola Allen pro
duction of "The White Sister." Since
the first week in September she has
gained enthusiastic recognition In all
the big cities east of the Rockies.
Miss Countiss Is generous and
sympathetic in. Impulse, with a warm
heart for those In distress and a bitter
resentment against injustice In any
form. A few days ago she appeared
at the Bradeis Theater, in Omaha, at
the height of the excitement over the
killing of Roy Blunt. Three murderers
had escaped from the Nebraska peni
tentiary. In their flight they impressed
Blunt, a young farmer, and at pistol
point forced him to drive them In his
sleigh across the prairie during a fur
ious bllszard. A sheriff's posse, over
took them and opened fire. Without
any discrimination between guilty and
Innocent, young Blunt fell at the first
Are. pierced by official bullets. The
unconcern of the authorities was ap
parent from the cold fact that a
couple of days later the deputy who Is
believed to have slain Blunt was In
Chicago competing with his Nebraska
team in a championship bowling con
test. .
Miss Countiss wrote a column of im
passioned protest, which was published
In the Omaha Evening News, and it
made such an impression that It was
followed by dozens of letters from In-,
dlgnant citizens who felt that the
honor and chivalry of Nebraska had
suffered a stain. But what Is more
to the point, a publlc'subscrlption was
started, at the suggestion of the spirit
ed young actress, and a substantial
sum was raised for the relief of the
18-year-old girl-widow of the man who
was as wantonly murdered as if one
of the convicts had killed him.
The people of the stage are the most
generous and among the flrst to pro
test against Injustice. As a helper of
public and private charities Miss Coun
tiss has always been active, willing
and energetic
a a
Thurlow . Bergen's stock company,
which has been playing In St. Paul
for several weeks. 1s to change Its
scene of operations. They will go to
another playhouse the Metropolitan
they've been playing in The Schubert
and will alternate between St. Paul
and Minneapolis.
Ta the Pedestrian.
Nixon Waterman in Lipplneott'.
When'er in ero8ing o'er the tret.
You boo a "ahow-fer" bold and tleat,
Don't go ahaad with unconcern.
But dodga and hesitate and turn;
Saw back and forth and twlat and atew
And maka hlra so both aide of you
And never touch a alnglo hair.
Or hava him Jailed right then and there!
A a Investment That Failed.
Life.
The Pious Fraud was being hustled
along a highway of hell: "There's some
terrible mistake about this," he said.
"Why, Tve given enough money to the
church to buy the best seat in heaven."
John Burroughs.
Born April 3, 1837.
Jean Dwight Franklin, in the Atlantic.
Away with clocka and aun-dlala! Time and I
Have made a compact this to be my
boon
To hear tha evening thrush, and know tha
hour, 1 '
Tat feel It noon,.
EFFECT OF CAPITAL. PUNISHMENT.
To Abollah Nooae Will Canae Crime to
Increase, Says Writer.
FRIEND, Or., April 8. (To the Ed
itor.) Undoubtedly our prison meth
ods need reforming and It Is quite
probable that Governor West had made
some Improvements, but the doing away
with capital punishment is not a re
form, it is a retrogression of methods
to those that conduce or tend to en
courage and develop degradation, de
pravity and corruption. A reform Is
generally considered to mean an ad
vancement. How many of you have read about the
Humphrys murder? I do not suppose
this will be read by anyone who has
not already heard how they assaulted
a woman and because she resisted them,
killed her. Let the officials try and
convict these self-confessed murderers
and sentence them to be hanged; then
West can come out and say it is not
right to take the life of a criminal
give them another chance let them kill
just one more woman or girl and pos
sibly parole them. On what ground can
he excuse them? That they save in
and confessed, after they were trapped?
That they would make good citizens if
given a chance? That they would not
have killed her had she not resisted,
thus being less than first degree,
this not being a planned mur
der? Oh, no; please excuse my ignor
ance of such affairs they were just
temporarily Insane and a few months
In jail would make good safe citizens
out of them," wouldn't it?
The sentimentalists may say the
strict enforcement of the law carrying
the death penalty does not stop murder.
Of course it doesn't and cannot, but
will the giving them a lighter sentence
lessen it? Emphatically no. It will
surely increase the murders. Why? Do
j-ou ask me that question? Let me ask
you why they fight so hard to, secure
a life sentence when they are convict
ed? It is plain enough. When they re
ceive a life sentence -there is always
some hope of getting out. by their own
cunning, or that of their friends: by
petitions or the getting In of some
weak Governor who will turn them
loose.
I believe In giving every one a fair
trial and when one is honestly con
victed of a crime deserving of the death
penalty to thus sentence him and to
execute the sentence. I believe in giv
ing every criminal a chance to repent
that they may be saved by our gracious
Savior who is anxious and ever ready
to save even those who have given their
whole life to the devil, but are willing
to devote their last few hours to him.
Yes. let them have time to repent first,
that the one they have so faithfully
served In life may not be allowed them
hereafter, but it is not Chrlstllke. does
not show mercy and Is not a benefit to
the country to parole or pardon them
or commute their sentence.
Therefore, if you are opposed to jus
tice and value a criminal's life higher
than that of your mother, wife, sister,
father, brother, or your own, then vote
against capital punishment. If, how
ever, you believe In preserving Justice,
avoiding to as large an extent as pos
sible the demoralizing Influence of a
murder epidemic, and insuring our
selves, our Nation and our posterity
prosperity, vote for capital punish
ment. To oppose capital punishment is so
cialistic, for socialism also has no re
gard for law and Is diametrically op
posed to true social reform and righte
ousness. Let us oppose these socialistic
so-called reforms. Notwithstanding
any psychological phenomena that may
transpire or come to light in the future,
I feel we ought at this time, as has
been done in times past, punish our
criminals. J. C. GUYER.
WHEN" WOMEN ARE REAL FACTORS
, Aroualna; of Public Opinion for De
cency la Predicted.
PORTLAND. April 10. (To the Edi
tor.) It was an inspiration to read, the
magnificent and courageous article in
The Oregonian yesterday under the
heading, "Light Sentence for Monsters."
The writer, after an eloquent pre
sentation of the tacts in the horrible
case, asks, "But what is the matter
with us? Are we any better than those
people of the Middle Ages? My an
swer is 'No,' so long as public opinion
fails to rise in open revolt against such
cowardly laxity in dealing with de
generates like little Helen Rumball's
murderers."
My answer, to this incisive writer is
that the time has come when "the very
stones cry out" against such unspeak
able cruelty; that the time has come
when "public opinion," led and directed
by the part of humanity possessed of a
cleaner and purer moral sense, will
wipe these abuses from our country.
Godspeed the day when a helpless
child may not be done to death so
cheaply, and when womanhood may not
be outraged openly, as was the case
not long since on the streets of Salem,
when a drunken sot spit in the face
of a young girl whose only offense was
that she wore a white ribbon aa a
token of . temperance. In some more
chivalrous communities men have been
lynched for less t;ian that, but this
man was fined 8. If thi3 docs not
bring the blush of shame to men's
faces, I do not know what would.
When self-respecting women are al
lowed to be more powerful factors in
forming "public opinion." these things
cannot be, and corrupt men, themselves
governed by corrupt women, will no
longer have the power to strangle
"public opinion" as easily and as mer
cilessly as the strong hand of the
man Arthur Lewis choked the life from
the frail little, Helen Rumball.
MRS A. E. CLARK.
81-9 Johnson street.
WHO'S ON TRIALf
I've always led a peaceful life
And kept away from fuss and strife;
I've feared a trial in Justice Hall
And therefore been polite to ail.
No public trial for me. you bet;
I've never been on trial not yet.
This knowledge's kept me on my feet
I'm sure It's made my slumbers sweet.
And as I old and wiser grow
This record I am proud to show.
I've told all people whom I've met
I've never been 'on trial not yet.
The daily paper I peruse
It's all my own and for my use;
Therefore, what in It I see
I think is surely meant for me.
And there the sentence I espy.
It reads: "You are on, trial not I."
This is the limit, I declare.
To try a clean man who d dare?
I keep on reading and I see
It Is my brainbox and not me.
It means: "You'll have to vote for me
Or Judged an idiot you shall be. '
Of trials I have a fearful dread.
And after I am gone and dead
I want the people all to know
That, though I was a trifle slow,
I always kept a level crown
And never voted for a clown.
A "Bassy" one is surely he
Who signs his name with J. and B.,
The man who says I am a fool
Because I fail to be his tool.
Now, Mr. Bourne, you can't deny
That you're the one on trial not L
And what that trial so soon will show
Will be a stunning knock-out blow
To self-conceit and arrogance.
These things go always in advance
Of man's downfallbut I. you bet.
Am surely not on trial yet.
FRED R. RAMEL,
248 Alder street,'
Ode to the Unregistered
Rt Dean Collins.
I met thee oft upon the city highways,
Wlfere people from all walks of life
were mixing:
And we discussed the evils that
abounded
And pointed out the things that need
ed fixing.
And none more shrewdly had conditions
doped out.
None spake more glibly of the wise
corrections '
Whereby we'd straighten out the pres
ent system
By voting rightly at the next elec
' tions.
But now the clerk upon the reglstry
Hks written "Finis," and the record's
ended:
But on the roster of elect-electors
Where hath thy fountain pen Its flow
expended?
x
T. Is not written In the book of -oters.
So when the polls at primary are
open.
I'll gaily criss-cross down my lengthy
ballot.
While ye stand in the offing, vainly
hopln".
I will act "holier than thou art," hav
ing voted,
And when at last you go away de
jected. "Twill serve you right, unregistered
repentant,"
I'll say. "if someone you don't llke's
elected."
Portland. April 9.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oreeonian of April 11. 1892.
Pack trains have got into Salmon
River and all fears of suffering for
want of supplies are put to rest.
The body of F. M. Allpln has been
found. He perished in the cold, coming
to the Deschutes from John Day's
River, last Winter. The remains were
some six miles from the road. His
brother, M. J. Allpln, spent 36 days In
searching for the remains. The de
ceased has left a wife and two chil
dren in Linn County.
We learn that the Metropolis will
be open In a short time as a first-class
house; also, that several new restau
rants will be in operation in a few
days. This will have a tendency to re
duce board from the present high
rates.
The Oregon City boat was literally
crowded last evening with passengers,
many of whom brought down horses
to take to the mines. If they con-'
tlnue to come at the present rate, the
Willamette Valley will ,be deserted.
A parcel of Powder River gold dust
was assayed yesterday at the Portland
asfay office. It was found to be 870
fine and worth $17.08 per ounce. This
is the richest gold found in Oregon or
Washington Territory.
At the request ot many of our clti
jsens. Mr. and Mrs. Pope will appear in
their great characters of Camilla and
Armand Duval In Dumas' sensational
play of "Camllle" tonight.
The San Francisco Mirror contains
further particulars of the Indian out
break In Nevada. The Indians have at
tacked the whites, on Owens River.
Douglas and Cumming escaped, badly
wounded. Benjamin Mark and Dick
McGuire started to come In, but have
not been heard from. Doubtless they
have been murdered. There remained
45 men on Owens River, well armed.
They had fortified themselves. They
were surrounded by 1500 Indians, who
have taken all the cattle on Owens
River.
St. Louis presents at the present day
the aspect of a ruined city. A cor
respondent of the New York Journal
of Commerce says that the desolation
there can hardly be exaggerated. Such
Is the prostration of business that from
60,000 to 70,000 inhabitants are sup
posed to have left the city, leavlns
whole rows of stores and dwellings
without an occupant. It is stated as
a fact that elegant stores, which last
year rented for $4000 per annum, now
lease at the rate of 125 per month. Hnrt
! a large proportion of citizens are able
. . l ; ., J 1
IO pay UUIUIIIK nil.
As "Ed" Howe Sees Life
You can easily give people something
to think about, but they won't always
do it.
If you want to earn a big salary you
must take more pride in feeding your
head than you take in feeding your
stomach.
The favorite instrument of the man
who wants to do good, is the lecture.
And of course it is just the luck of the
people that they do not care for lec
tures. I'm not taking much interest in the
row over the Presidency, but if pushed
I should declare Mrs. Roosevelt as my
choice for first lady of the land. She
remained in the White House steadily
and kept out of the newspapers. I'm
tired of the Dolly Madison idea.
When a girl marries and goes to
another town to live, if she is well
dressed and prosperous looking when
she comes home on a visit, people say:
"She Is a good advertisement for her
husband." But occasionally they look
her over critically and say: "Poor
Clara!" '
When two men run for office,
whether the office Is President or
'Squire, the campaign Isn't an effort to
find right or truth; It's gossip.
Carelessness Is usually too great con
fidence In human nature.
When I die I hope to go to a place
where all questions have been settled;
1 am so tired of arguing.
Usually when you insist upon a "can
did talk", with anyone you get more
candor than you bargained for. The
men you talk to freely will also talk
freely.
The Mtujtc. Apple.
Tom Daly, in the Catholic Standard and
Times.
"A thing of beauty Is a joy forever."
Though years becloud it, never may they
ever
Its lovely essence utterly from earth:
Never a Joy was born but hath rebirth.
There was sunset seen through orchard.
There was a sunset lost, lone. lonS ago.
An Autumn sunset seen through orchard
bouxhs.
A boy's eyes brightened in the amber glow.
Gava to his mind no more of It to house
For the delight of manhood's pensive day
Than the bare memory of time and place;
So nigh forgot, it seemed
As something he bad dreamed.
Yet now the man before whose boyish kan
The glory melted on the evening breeze
Knows it lived on, for he hath found again
Hla long-lost sunset of the orchard trees.
A penny tribute to s awarthy vendor
Haih tilled for me this city street with
splendor,
A meager apple: yet Its crushed Pulp drips
A long-forgotten savor on my lips,
A rare, faint essence tasted once before.
But only once; and suddenly I find
The honeyed gush hath loosed a long-locked
door
And all the olden splendor floods my
mind.
A care-free lad I stand,
An apple in my hand.
And watch the amber glory grow and wane,
i I feel upon my cheek the evening breesa,
Joy lives forever! 1 live again
My long-lost sunset of the orchard tree.
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