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SHOULD BE A COMPROMISE.
The whole thing la a compromise or
kalaneo of theories."
. This remark la attributed to some one
who commented upon the new charter.
In statement to another newspaper of
. this City, , The remark 'Was made In
spirit of boatUity to the charter, and aa
a reason why It should not be adopted In
Ita present form. ,'
Tho question arises should It not be a
"compromise or balance of theories T"
What else la society but a compromise
f theories aa to how men should act
and llyeT What else la government but
fc oompromlse between conflicting opin
ions as' W economics and governmental
methods T. Indeed, the new charter Is ex
cellent for the reason that it is a com
promise uSfiiiOSilSM of discus
lon , and careful going over the
points involved. The discussions were
open n; abovo board. They were
exploited! In tho newspapers. Everyone
had. right and was urged to present his
views, torsive reasons for what he be
lieved to be best, and the result was
the Instrument was adopted by a 10-to-l
vote at the last election.
- Because) It la a compromise, a balance
' of differing theories, because It Is rep
resentative of an average demand, be
f cause It la up to data In applying modern
t principles, to municipal government, for
those reasons It should be enacted into
I ; statutory law by the Legislature without
K aUtaratloa. . , .
; Anyone familiar with affairs In the Leg
I tslatur knows the dangers of opening
f I tho , charter, to amendment Once the
! I steps ) are taken permitting any one
J amendment comes the opportunity for
I jobs and subtle changes that will not ap
.J, pear In their real character until later
; wbea oxegenoles arise.
' There Is an Illustration of this in the
discovery that coal is a dutiable article.
", By one of those "Innocent" changes in
'tho "tariff DOC Itie coalTiardiis "srciired" a
clauae placing a duty upon coal, and now
Under existing strenuous circumstances
' e the fact cornea out.
. If tho 'Portland city charter be opened
. for. "innocent" amendment, all sorts of
possibilities will be present for defeating
. tho Willof the people as expressed when
they voted 10-to-l to adopt It as the
' city's organic law.
SHDUtO-8TUDY-THE..XABlfF,
President Roosevelt said, and no doubt
, believed what he said, that there was no
duty on anthracite coal. It was lnex
, cusablo ignorance, and shows how little
eveMrthe leaders of the Republican party
; know about their "Protection to Ameri
can 1 Industry" laws. Now corats Secre
tary of ttie Navy Moody, and in, a speech
at Madison, Wis., pays: .
' , 'The duty Of 7 cents a ton on anthra
1 Cite coal was smuggled into the tariff
act in .a sneaking and cowardly manner,
and ought to be repealed at the short
, session of Congress."
We agree with the Secretary about the
repealing of the law, but regret having to
' call tho Secretary's attention' to the fact
that he is just as poorly informed, aa
-badly mistaken In his statement, aa was
tho President.
. If he would turn to the Congressional
Record he could easily find that when the
tariff bill was under consideration the-
77 tariff On" toal waa 4ebate4Lan4.thgt.Sen
ator Vest of Missouri pointed out this
' very little Joker the coal men had fixed
. tip. and Insisted that this clause be
Stricken out. It was put In deliberately
and "for the especial purpose of strength
ening the power of the coal operators, a
, little 'Job which was presumably kindly
- remembered In the way of 'a subscription
. ' to the campaign fund.
i Nor 1s this all. In his seal to serve the
party, the Secretary loses his bead and
' talks with a charming frankness that
' should be appreciated by nil regardless
. mt fieUUea, lie declared the President had
no power to seize the anthracite lands by
exeftclse of the right of eminent domain.
"And If he could." added Mr. Moody. "I
should; for one. resist the latter actios
to the utmost, for I have seen far too
much of the extravagance of government
to want more of It. Its printing costs
the Government twice or thrice what pri
vate concerns do it for, and the 17,000
men in the navy yard get 70 per cent
more per hour than thote in the Cramp
yards, this being due to numerous holi
days, short hours, eta"
As Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Moody's
statement as to the navy yards' em
ployes getting 70 pr cent more per hour
than others must be taken as true. But
if so. why? Mr. Moody could probably ex
plain that more readily than anyone else,
and also why he permits this state of
affairs to exist. Or, If that la beyond his
power, why his party permitted this con
dition to materialise. There is an old
saying that "God makes fools, but the
divii furnishes corks," snd It might be
paraphrased by saying that God made
language, cut the other fellow made
mouths. Roosevelt has conscientiously
tried to settle that strike. He has been
grossly Insulted by Baer and his col
leagues, and not only be, but the Ameri
can people whom be represents, have been
slapped by these upstarts. In that, the
indignation of the people Is aroused, that
their President should be so treated.
Moody, however, is one of the President's
own choosing, his own fault, and perhaps
his misfortune. With the Secretary of the
Navy admitting extravagance, and the
Secretary of the Treasury openly direct
ing those in his department to violate
the tariff - laws, by not measuring too
closely the amount of oarbon in imported
anthracite, so that It could evade paying
duty, the President is really having a
strenuous time. The people of the
United States are kindly disposed toward
Mr. Roosevelt, and take him at as near
his own valuation as they conscientiously
can, but they fully realise that the Ad,
ministration's spiritual seance has too
many fakes In 'Its cabinet.
THE QOSPCL OF FORCE.
The New Tork Sun, which has bloomed
out as the leading trust organ, prints the
jermon of Rev. .DrMInot J. Savage, de
livered In the Church of the Messiah, at
New Tork City, October 6. The reverend
gentleman devoted his time, his talents
and bis religious fervor to convincing his
congregation that the strlklhg coal miners
In Pennsylvania . should be converted to
his way of thinking by the old-fashioned,
kingly method of killing them. His text
was: "Keep ye judgment and do jus
tice." Isaiah lvl, 1. The gist of his argu
ment was:
The United Mine Workers of America
have put themselves beyond the pale of
the law by countenancing the outrages In
the mine region, and that It Is the duty
or the uovernojRSpl Pennsylvania immedi
ately to call out the full military force
of the state to permit those who would
work to do so. and if that is insufficient
to. call upon the President of the unltt-d
States to help him. .
Finally, Dr. Savage suggested that if
the Governor will not do this, the Presi
Sent "might constitutionally tall upon him
by proclamation to furnish such protec
tion, and if he did not do it might in
tervene In the state's affairs, in the com
mon Interest of the people of the United
States. Several times the sermon was
interrupted by applause.
It la freely admitted that a preacher is
as much entitled to his political beliefs
as any other man.
When a reverend gentleman like Mr
Minot advocates the calling out of
troops to suppress the miners of Penn
sylvanla he outrages decency and refutes
the teachings of the- Master, whom he
professes to serve.
Did the reverend gentleman never hear
those divine words, "Do unto ethers as
you would that others should do unto
your
Did he never read that the religion he
so ably misrepresents teaches "peace on
earth, good will toward men?"
Did his soul never drink In the love, the
the tenderness, the divine sympathy, and
the infinite pity of Him who said: "Nei
ther do I condemn thee; go thy way and
sin no more?" .
Perhaps his name has something to do
with his savage !fiftfBctr"aa tWbaps 1t-f
was the character of the congregation to
which he preached that caused the bub
bling over of his wrath, at so many dol
lars per bubble. He preached not the
gospel of love, but the doctrine of force,
and bloodshed and tyranny, and he very
likely took the view of the case his con
gregation desired him to take. Their
money, or a considerable part of it, was
probably Invested In ooal, or other trust
concerns. Their religion consisted in
getting as hflicTrtgruiiui fim41monexl.jai-Shro. to tell which way his enemies
as possible, regardless of the rights of
humanity, and they were willing that the
blood of their fellow men should flow, and
widows mourn, and orphans- call in vain
for those butchered by the advice and
consent of their pastor, as long as the
killing wsa done out of their sight
Then again, we are told "the sermon
was interrupted by applause. ' The divine
teachings, so ably presented and advo
cated by the gentle and venerable pastor;
the blessed thought that they should love
their neighbors as themselves, dead or
alive, and the comforting hope that the
survivors of the conflict might have the
consoling belief that their relatives and
friends had met their death at the hands
of gentle, tender-hearted . Christian
soldiers, who bore them no ill will, but
who fired on them because Rev. Mlnot J.
Savage, and others of his class, demanded
it, Instead of- being massacred and
scalped by hideous Apaches, moved by
lgn6rance,"aHa" Ttw hatreds Is it any
wonder that that . kind of religious doc
trine, proclaimed from the pulpit, should
make the hearers forget they were in
God's house, and break out Into the ap
plause and cat-calls, deemed the proper
thing at political gatherings and vaude!
vllle entertainments?
Is it any wonder that church attendance
falls off, or that the baseball game and
Sunday amusements find ever-Increasing
patronage from what Rev. Dr. Minot
J. Savage designates as "the lower
classes r' -
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THE TABASCO COLUMN.
"Old war-horse has long been a com
plimentary and affectionate soubriquet be
stowed on veteran political workers by
their party confereres and admirers. A
Washington correspondent endeavored to
compliment Susan B. Anthony, Elisabeth I
Cady Stanton and other woman suffrage
ists by an adaption to suit their sex. He
referred to them as "old war mares." He
protested that he had heard them say
there could be no oprobrlum In sex but
he lost his job. Sheridan Sun.
Government by injunction has its limit.
The father of MUs Helen DeLong of
Scranton, Pa., got out an injunction to
prevent his daughter's marriage. Helen
paid no attention to it, and got married
just the same. She has shown her con
tempt for the court, and Its all up to the
Judge to find the line of procedure. Helen
is still married.
Gulliver thought he was in Lllllput,
but discovered It was Brobdignag. After
. tAWe
all i man' is blg'br' Httle7
up along side of others.
as he measures
Governor Stone's masterly handling of
the affairs of the great state of Fennayl
vanla leads one to hope that as the Re
publicans are certain to rule that great
state the next Governor will be selected
from the "home for the feeble minded,"
or from the freshman class of some kin
dergarten.
The resigned and humble declaration
about the Boers and British living amic
ably together made by net Cronje, on
his arrival at Cape Town, from St.
Helena, Is not evldenae that he hasn't
got plans for a new dynamite factory in
his inside vest pocket.
A waiter In a St. Louis hotel stabbed
another with a caseknife last week, kill-"
ing him almost instantly. St. Louis
must be getting its caseknlves ready for
the exposition boarders to tackle the
boarding-house steak.
Mrs. Fogarty "Sure, an' what are yes
doin' with that wheel-barry load av bot-
thles, Mrs. Bhanghnessy?"
"Mrs. 8hanghnessy "Botthlin' up sun-
sholn, fer fear the sthrolke huts all win-
ther, me dear." ,
The Cleveland Plalndealer says "There
isn't a red-headed man in the United
States Senate." Well. If Bill Stewart
loses his grip down In Nevada and New-
lands retains his, this condition will be
changed.
The women, God bless them, are acquir
ing the crowning attributes of citizenship
as fast as possible. In a riot among the
striking box factory girls of Chicago, two
non-unlonesses were almost beaten to
death.
The Senatorial question seems to be
taking a rest, now that Scott has gone
ah "e )aceBSs te wJteJtra
Fulton is all at sea, while the dark horses
are still In the dark.
It Is said Miss Helen Gould will inspect
all the midway exhibits offered for the
St Louis Fair. If- she does there will be
something wanting that made the Chicago
blowout famous.
The Marconi system ought to be popular
in South America. It would enable
were coming and" give"" BTm"a ""ShJUreo "to
make his getaway.
Billy Hearst is accused of representing
the "yellow" In politics and journalism. If
the Pacific Coast remembers rightly, there
is nothing "yellow" about his political
"mettle." .
Levi Ankeny says: "The farmers are
between the railroads and the politicians."
And it would seem that the juice is about
all squeezed out of the agricultural pulp.
Now that a Jefferson Memorial Society
is to be formed, would it not be well to
settle the question as to the authorship
of the Declaration of Independence?
And General Miles has disappeared
from publio view since he went up the
gangplank at San Francisco.
Boss Piatt will have to be Introduced
to Governor- -detti-- Ke cannn. longer
recognize his former pupil.
The Pennsylvania tramps are getting
rich selling coal dust shaken out of their
hair and wardrobes. ;
All the Arctic explorers stay North long
enough to prepare a lecture and commit
it to memory.
The presidents of the coal roads will
find that Governor -8 tons la a "hard"
to crush I
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CONFIDENTIAL SIDE TALKS.'
An old subscriber sailed me aside this
morning and toUTlne some of his dislikes
In regard to newspapers.
"You see I am past to, and can't see a
bit good." he said.. I tike to read better
than I ever did, and have more time
than ever, but I can't get much satlsfac-
"on out ' my PPra You people are
trying to carry what we used to call on
the farm 'a lazy man's "load' you news
paper men, I mean, not you alone, but
ill of you. Toue are putting too much
reading matter in one issue. Your type la
so small I can't read for more than 10
minutes at a time. I am not kicking, but
I just wanted to mention this to you. I
am speaking for all the old subscribers.
We love to read the news. We enjoy
'keeping tab' on the times, but you pack
your news Into the columns like sardines
in a box, in -such fine print that I guess
at most of it. Why don't you start an
'old folks' page,' with large type, that
can be seen by the oldest veteran? We
have to be humored, you know. They
make easy chairs, tricycles, shady cor
ners in Good Time Gardens, and other
favorite luxuries for us, so way don't you
start a page for Dim Eyes?"
"Another thing I don't like," he con
tinued, "is the long-winded editorial. 1
am not a director of your paper, but as
a subscriber I claim the right to advise.
What we enjoy now-a-days is a dearth of
words. We don't have time to read a
column before breakfast. You must fol
low the, example of the orator and the
preacher. The Fourth of July oration and
the funeral sermon have been cut In two.
You must do likewise with the editorial.
Of course, you are running the paper. 1
am Just talking. But these things oc
curred to me, and feeling in the right
mood I give you the benefit of my ob
servations. Be stingy with your talk.
Don't use many words, but put a kernel
in every one 'of them."
'Well, that very argument Is the reason
for using small type; we want to say
much in very little space" but he turned
away to hall the -street car and left my
unfinished speech sticking In my mouth.
An uid r elks age is a future possi
bility.
A I turned to take this story to the
office, another still older-subscriber, Kith
grizzled beard and a smooth-shaven upper
lip, a cord run around the brim of his
hat to keep It from lopping, and a hick
ory cane from the Ozarks, gave me
knowing wink. . v
"Don't be in a hurry, veihg man," h
began, "I've got something for you."
I stepped aside just in time to avoid
being struck by the mall cart.
'Say," he continued, leaning his cane
against the wall. After putting on his
glasses he began delvtng into an Inside
pocket with both hands. "Well, I swan
he growled after I had sll tor two
minutes, on one foot, wafting for results.
'If I ain't lost it, I'll be blessed," he
continued, turning his pockets Inside out.
'Well, anyhow. Bill has Just graduated
back in Michigan, and I wanted to show
you what the paper said about htm.- Toil
knew Bill, didn't you? He'll be home
Thanksgiving and I've got a surprise for
him. ' I've rented an office and put in
chairs and office fixtures and I want to
advertise for an old horse for Bill to
practice on," he said with, another know
ing wink.
"what is William s profession?" I que
ried.
"Veterinary surgeon."
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A Pioneer Sketch.
Thief Valley, Union County, Oregon,
was named after a grewsome tragedy
which took place on Its lonely river bank
years ago. A train of (migrants passing
through Powder River Valley in 18(4 had
their stock stolen one night It was
thought at first that Indians had com
mitted the depredation, but upon, closer
examination by the "vigilance commit'
tee," which took the case In hand. It was
found that white men had stolen the
stock and had driven them eastward
through the hills. The "Vigilance com
mittee" followed the trail of the stock for
two days; up and down hills and cljffs,
over streams and down the almost Inac
cessible Powder River Canyon. They
came upon the camp of the thieves about
dusk, and found . two lone Mexicans In
charge of the stolen stock. Several shots
were exchanged without effect, when the
"jroasera"" stare vstptv& j4 . hasssflnttt
a cottonwood tree on the banks of Pow
der River. There was no Settlement in
Eastern Oregon in those days without Its
vigilantes, and many a swift retribution
was visited upon wrong-doers by them
The stock was returned to the needy
Immigrants and the bodies of the thieves
were left hanging in the treet, to point a
moral and adorn the valley with a name.
Wood Growing Scarce.
With wood ranging In price in Eastern
Oregon from ti to tft per cord. It looks
very favorable for a revolution in the fuel
question. Nearly all the timber suitable
for fuel along the lines of railroad has
been cut off for four to six miles back.
The expense of getting wood on board
the cars will naturally increase from year
to year. Working people find it difficult
even Mow to meet this growing expense.
Within a very few years they will And It
necessary to turn to coal as a fuel. Other
lines of road will have to be built to meet
the urgent demand for fuel and lumber.
Timber land Is being located in every
conceivable comer of Oregon. Even the
highest most abrupt mountainous ridges
in Eastern Oregon are being filed upon,
and the timber run down to the level In
chutes. Wood and meat are ths two most
costly necessaries of life just now.
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The Platform of the Oregonlan.
With most Oregon lans, there - la one
common platform. broad, high, equitable,
upon which they can meet with frater
nity and fellowship, aside from all minor
considerations of party, place or powsrr-
tha t "piatfofm Iff, OTegownd - h-lu.
terests."
The demands In this platform came by
instinct to the believers In it
No committee on platform has ever
been called upon to violate Its sacred
meaning.
The language Is not florid, but It is vital
with thought an activity.
Oregon Is In the formative period. Al
though half a century old, as a govern
ment, she Is sn infant in growth. Her
vast fertilities' have never been tried to
the utmost Her resources, like bound
giants, are awaiting the coming of tnat
hand of industry, which is to cut the
tho tigs. Writhing ih.the throes of Prog
ress and Growth, her industrial and com
mercial forces am struggling; to be tree!
Everywhere Is seen the multiplying sync
bels -of Individual and collective growth..
The Oregonlan is better,- IX that be posst
ble, than he was a decade ago. He knows
better how to bridle and manage and uti
lize her secret forces and agencies.' He
knows better the vast possibilities that
lie uhused about him, and is better fitted,
by virtue of his education, to apply the
test of experience to them.
On the pride of citizenship and state
hood there is no division among men.
Oregon is the platform of the Oregonlan,
at home, and the Oregonlan platform,
extended. Intensified, vitalized and crys
tallised is the policy of the Oregonlan
abroad. Utility and progress underlie his
oreed. To prepare tomorrow to be better
than today; to add a higher degree of
symmetry to the rising structure of the
common wealth this is the creed! To
push back the border of the wilderness.
and make room for the stranger. To lay
the vitalizing alchemy of enlightenment
upon eVery Industry. To narrow down
the desert and widen the harvests; to di
minish in selfishness and multiply In fra
ternity this Is the homely, simple plat
form of the Oregonlan.
BERT HUFFMAN.
Last Friday was the 60th birthday an
niversary of Louis James, says the Ta-
coma News, and his friends In the James-
Warde Company took advantage of the
occasion to express their regard and ad
miration for the popular tragedian in a
most fitting manner. When Mr. James
entered the Tacoma Theatre for his per
formance of "Caliban" last evening; h?
found his dressing-room transformed into
a bower of flowers and palms. The walH
were decorated with' flags and colored
streamers fell from an illuminated Jap
anese lantern In the center of the cell
ing. Over Mr. James' dressing table
hung a portrait of himself, surrounded
by a laurel wreath, and a large easy
chair was placed In the room for his per
sonal comfort. After the last act of
"The Tempest" Mr. Warde presented the
veteran actor with a handsome loving
cup in behalf of. the company; also a
scroll beautifully Hfom idea by the. en
graver's art, bearing a testimony of es
teem, the contents of which had been
written by Frederick Warde at the ro
quest of Mr. f James' friends In the com
pany. In a clever way Mr. Ward had
paraphrased the famous seven ages'
speech from "As You Like It." substitut
ing the chief events of Mr. James' career
In place of Shakespeare's Images. It wus
an admirably conceived Idea, and a beau
tiful expression of the friendship that
has existed between the distinguished
actors and comrades for many years. It
is as follows:
The students of great Shakespeare's dan
gle pages
Are told that life divides itself in seven
ages.
From cradle unto grave, his mighty gen
ius drew
The changing scenes that mortals must
pass through. '
And on the sixth decade that you com
plete today, v"
This tribute of affectionate regard we
pay.
A ptraphrase of the great poet's mind
On which (though poorly done) we hope
you'll find
A spirit of respect, of honor and esteem,
From those whose genial friend you've
always been;
We know the man, of sound and sterling
worth.
Respect the gentleman, of culture, mind
and birth.
To the actor's genius, we in admiration
bend.
But love our genial gov'nor, our comrade
and our friend.
At
first the youth with martial
si-dor
glowing in his breast.
And then the soldier tilled with patriotic
fire,
His heart, his blood, his life laid nt his 1
country s shrine.
Till peace rewards his duty bravely done.
Then on the mimic stage he seeks for
fame.
Wooing the art divine to carve a line
upon the seroll
Where giants have Inscribed their glori
ous names.
And then in manhood and In mental prime
Behold him master of his chosen art.
With modest worth, unconscious of the
power he wields.
Leading the van where once he followed
in the race,
And then, allied with a -yet greater one.
to yield
Support to his maturer art, sharing the
nonor
Of that
. one, till Pppe's jlashlng
bauble
The luster of the hunchback warrior's
sword.
The sixth aie finds thee In full Summer
time of life.
A fixed star In the bright firmament of
art.
Thy name with honor crowned, from
North to South. V
From East to West, throughout thy native
land.
The seventh, yet Is an unletted page, but
may it be
The brightest that you-ve seen. The
recosd of
Long life! The love of friends! The
worm s esteem:
Deserved leisure, with substantial ease.
sweet peace.
Till fate shall ring the final curtain down
Upon a life well spent, upon this earth
below
And an eternity of happiness beyond.
Frederick Ward.
ORIGIN Or THE CANNON.
It Is a curious fact that the first can
non was cast at Venice. It was called a
"bombard" and was Invented and em
ployed by General Pisanl In a war
against the Genoese. The original bom
bard, which bears the date of 13S0, Is still
preserved and stands at the foot of Pis-
ani's statue at the arsenal. The bom
bard threw a stone 100 pounds in weight;
but another Venetian general, Francisco
Barde, improved It until he was abie io
handle a charge of rock and boulders
weighing 3000 pounds. It proved disas
trous to him, however, for gone day dur
ing the siege of Zara, while he was Op
erating his terrible engine, he was hurled
by it over the walls and Instantly killed.
THE LIPARI ISLANDS.
ISroia-4haJJjflll .Islands .jjjnMEKS,.
the abode of Aeolus, the ruler of tin
Winds, and the scene of his meeting with
Ulysses, to the Llpari Islands of today U
a very far cry Indeed. There are no ho
tels, and the islands are almost on-,
known to tourists, while the 13,000 Inhab
itants are almost In a state of primitive
and patriarchlal simplicity. They tender
their services voluntarily t as guides and
refuse payment, regarding all visitors as
their guests.' The donkey Is the only
means of locomotion. Horses are un
known in the island. '
; LOUIS JAMES' BIRTHDAY. ;:
..... .IM.iMM.lll
I THE STATE PEESS. I
f .- . ' Deserves No Sympathy. V'-'V
-President Roosevelt 4 -to be admired for
his efforts In behalf pf a settlement of the
coal strike. The attitude of the barons is
such that little .sympathy will be due
them if more serious consequences follow
their selfish had contemptible methods.
Baker City Democrat
Would Shut Up Shops.
..When, Russell jags takes a pill. Wall
street trembles. If the aged miser should
die it is thought Wall street would shut
up shop. Eugene Register.
A Bsd Time to Start.
If Coxey's army was to start for Wash
ington now, it would have more trouble
getting there than it did before. It
wouldn't get very far until the whole
army would have a job. Medford Mail.
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Should Be No Discrimination.
Among the measures that the State Fed
eration Of Labor Will endeavor to have
passed by the State Legislature next win
ter is an eight-hour day law. Ia this for
skilled labor only?- If so, why the dis
crimination? If not, would such a law
apply to labor on farms as weR as In the
cities? There should be no class legisla
tion. Consistency Is always a Jewel.
Woodburn Independent.
Playing Politics With Strike.
There is gloom among the Republicans
of the East, who fear the coal strike and
the growth of general sentiment against
the trusts will change many votes to the
Democrats. Hill is shrewdly making the
most of the situation in New York. Quay
seems to be afread he will lose Pennsyl
vania, where Governor Stone is also play
ing politics with the strike. The Repub
lican factional row In Iowa threatens to
send a Democrat to succeed Henderson.
But there is considerable political
lasm in Ohio. -'-Rogue River Courier.
Not In the Same Class.
Sotno one ha figured out .that J. Pfer
pent Morgan has an . Influence equal to
Sj,.ra6 miles of railroad. That goes a long
ways. The President Isn't In the same
cluss at all. Albany Democrat.
The Good Roads Convention.
The season Is approaching when the
PJHMe. of Oregon, would appreciate "good
road, if they had any. The Government
Good Roads Convention In Portland, next
Tuesday and Wednesday, ought ro be
largely at tended by people from the Wil
Inmetio Valley, and from all over the
state Salem Statesman.
Ex-Secretary Alger.
The Michigan Republicans have en
dorstd ex-Secretary of War Alger, the
poorest the Government has ever had,
for VniUid States Senator. He Is a mil
lionaire and about the make-up of the
average I'nited States Senator. He Is
about ns close to the people as Albany is
to the North Pole. If elected he will rep
resent only a few In Michigan. He is Just
the kind of. a man the people of the
I'nited States wish to keep out of the
United States Senate by placing the Sen
atorlal taljot In the hands of themselves
instead of the hands of State Legislatures
easily controlled. Albany Democrat.
Worked an Aged Excuse.
Seld Back, a mogul among Portland
Chinamen, was caught with the common
herd when policemen battered down the
door to a Chinese gambling room In Port
land one night recently. At his trial -in
the Police Court, ThurSduy, the wily
Hack with the Seid front name claimed
that he was in ther behind the strongly
r.arred doors merely "to see a man." The
excuse served Its purpose and Seid went
free.
Who says the Chinaman Is not Imita
tive? F.vrry niglu of week-days all over
the land there are thousands of men go
lug out ot theaters "to see a man" and
coming back with breaths redolent with
cloves, yet probably not one of that great
thronf? would, like the Chinaman, have
presence of -mind Jf caupht in some ques
tionable resort to claim that he was there
"to see a man. "-Eugene Guard.
Capital and Labor.
It seems as if capital, or more properly
speaking, orgunized capital In the form
of corporations, and organized labor are
drifting farther aimrt. Neither side will
feel satisfied or safe until assured of the
complete demoralization of the other as a
TOhfrtflmirpwrer. One Is certainly 1n
need of the other, but which shall dic
tate as to wages' and time is the great
question yet to be determined even If a
revolution results In the effort. It Is true,
the laws are on the side of capital In so
far as protecting property and according
Individual liberty, but this must be or
anarchy will prevail. Some of our most
eminent men are now endeavoring to
hatch a scheme that will solve the prob
lem and ward off the greatest combined
strike In the near future that history
has ever recorded, and It Is to be hoped
they will succeed In formulating plans
that will meet with general approval.
Aurora Boralis.
Hard on Portland.
It appears to us that Portland's ef
forts to raise enough money to present
Admiral Clark, who commanded the bat
tleship Oregon during our unpleasantness
with i Spain with a sword, has about as
much procrastination as building a rail
road to Tillamook. Clark may or may
not get a sword, but some day It may be
In the far future Tillamook will get a
railroad, but when we do we do not be
lieve we shall have to thank Portland or
her mossback, short-sighted capitalists.
Tillamook Headlight.
A CINNABAR MINE.
A very curious old mine with many ro
mantic associations Is that at Qulndlo, in
the United" States of Columbia, where
cinnabar, the ore of mercury, has been
wrought from the time of the earliest
Spanish explorers, almost 200 years ago,
at a soot 10,900 ?t above the sea. Its
locality is turtner remaricaDie as Dei rig
one of the wettest places on the globe,
It is exceptional t for the rain to cease
throughout the greater part of the year.
PAYING FOR TIME.
Friend You have new tellers here, 1
see.
Banker-Yes. We are short of curren
cy,- and as banks are not expected to
cash checks without proper Identification,
we put In some new tellers who .do not
know anybody. New York Weekly.
TONIGHT'S AT.. 'HON. '
The Marquam "Liberty Bellea"
The Baker "Ths Christian."
Cordray'e "Nevada. "
. COMING ATTRACTIONS.
, The Marquam "King Dodo," Tauradas
and Friday nights, Saturday matinee,
"Liberty BeUes." Wednesday night
The Baker "TTTfc Christian" for 'the
week.
Cordray's "Nevada" for ths week.
"Ths Chrlstlsn." "t
The Baker was filled with the biggest
Monday night audience that has attend
ed that theatre during the season, prob
ably the largest during the history of thi
house. "The Christian" Is drawing pow
erfully. In spite of maddening troubles
With, elactrlo lights, that went out at the
critical moments in the progress of the,
play, when lamps must be substituted,
the company rave a better performance
than they had on Sundzy night, although
they had been eminently successful on
Sunday. ,
The prologue went better, and there
was Improvement In every act. The cpm
pany has attained wonders in perfecting
so great a play in so short time. It Is a
powerful drama, that throbs with inter
est. Miss Countlss gave a better Gloria even
than she had at the first performances.
She adopted a slightly different theory of
Interpretation and secured excellent re
sults from the change. There was a
brilliant manifestation of Gloria's char
acteristics beginning In the prologu.
when the contrast wasbrought out mere
sharply between the rippling light-heart-
enthus-"redness of
the country girl and the
strength and deep sentiment of the bud
ding woman.
Mr. Wyngate was masterful again as
John Storm, a character in which he
finds splendid opportunity to display hl
powers as an actor. He properly con
ceives the part, snd falls at no point
accurately to show the earnest priest ant
almost acetic.
Mr. Bernard is receiving compliments,
upon his work as Drake, compliment
really deserved.
Mr. goutharif gives an excellent Lord"
Storm in the prologue, and represents'
later in the play his antithesis In Tho
Manager of the Concert Hall, doing a
fine bit of characterization.
Mr. Morris, carrying the duties of stage
director, also gets much out of the part
of Lord Ure.
Mr. Dills after showing to advantage
as Parson Quayle, "doubles" In the par
of The Far6 King.
Mr. Slddle finds agreeable scope for ills
powers In the part of Father Lamplugh.
with a line makeup and Ideal manner .is
a mild, yet firm churchman.
Mr. Mower adds to the strength of tha
production as the Archdeacon, and Mr.
Russell has one of the best characters
fn the piece as Brother Paul.
The ladies of the company In acilnsr,
costuming and every respect, are excel
lent. Mrs. Gleason sustains her hiszir
reputation for character work, 'and playsi
the'part of Mrs. Callehder finely. MIA
Esmond does a very fine bit of acting i4
Polly Love, an Important part, Indeed
Little Miss Rhodes appears finely as LrA
ty, and Miss Cotten as Betty.
Miss McNeill, In this play, and It was
true In the "District Attorney," has onl.
tho Jiart of a maid. Miss McNeill has no
opportunity at this time, of course, out
she has demonstrated that she could in
terpret a difficult part when as the Gen
eral's daughter in "The Girl I Left Be
hind Me." she did wonderfully well.
Roy Bernard is clever in a minor part
as Liza.
"Nevada."
There Is plenty of entertainment in ;h.j
western melodrama, "Nevada," at Cor
dray's, a piece thoroughly representa
tive of the early days In the rriinin ;
camps, no.irdlng to the ideas of th
story writers. There ore guns galor.'.
and strenuous situations in abundance.
But there are many passages in which
(food acting Is called for and given by
the competent members of the company,
at the, head of which Is the clever Kin
Ryan. Miss Ryan deserves the kind
thing!) said of her by her manager be
fore she came to l'ortland.
Frank Mayne is the strongest member
of the company, lie has the Punic fro!.!
necessary to the part of Jack Marshall
and the voice and manner that are essen- '
tial. Fred Combs plays the difficult part
of Dolly's Father properly.
Anyone who likes western melodrama
with lots of "gun plays" in It, should sea
"Nevada."
The piece Is drawing well.
RH I NOCEROUS HUNTING. "
I was dashing along, confident that the
rhino must be far ahead. whtn Zowanll
whistled. I could see nothing till he
pointed cut the brute lying quite close to
me. The sun beating on her mud caked
hide made It blend so perfectly with tha
red earth and yellowish grass that I
should have walked riyht up without see-.
ing her. She sprang to h-i- feet. Wa
both fired. She made a short dash to
ward us, but thought better of it and.
rushed down a small slope on to a flat
bed of short reeds. Here she turned again
and delied us. Again the heavy guns
roared. She spun round and round' sev
eral times, staggered. recovered an
dashed off only to stop, however, under
the next tree. The .Hi', .-roiMfti
in a wild chorus of thankful veil -h
toppled over, rose again, spun round and
finally subsided into the grass. We went
up quite cTbse to finish her. She fought
hard to rise and have a Inst char-e hu
the little pencil-like bullet again sped on
Its sad errand, and the game old relid
of prehiatorlc times breathed her last.
,.e -ere saa men as We gazed upon he
grotesque, misspappen form. Somehow
ima. te&la,. junh ,a Jalaiant oiuatart. In -th
presence of "the pachyderms when on
thinks of the unbroken line that datet
back unchanged Into thfl unthinkable
uses of the past.-Ewart Grogan In Out
lug.
A CLIPTOMANIAC.
Napgsby-I understand Grubber Is ac
cused of rank plagiarism In the writing
he has been passing oft os original.
WagSshy-Yet one wou!d hardly call
him a thief. He is onIy . ij
-Los Angsiea Herald.
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