THE OREGON DAILY , JO URN AL POTITL AND, TUESDAY EVENING, JtXLY 7, 1903. EDITORjIcAL COcTWtTWENT o4ND THE ORjEOON jDAILY JOURNAL . .BY, eg. JACKSON Jfoutmaf 7YE REFERENDUM DECISION vl ?0 1AfD WE CORRIDORS TIcTWELY TOPICS v " " ' ' JOURNAL PUBUSHING 0 COMPANY, Proprietors. Address: THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth and Yamhill 8ti Portland, On tlTY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Entered at the Postoffice of Portland, Oregon, fur transmlr:ion through tha malls a aecond-cla j matter. Postage for single copies ' r an S. 10, or 12-page paper. 1 cent; IS to 21 pages, 3 casta; over Zf pagea, S cents. TELEPHONES! Business Office Oi jon. Main 600; Columbia, 70$. SdltorJa' Rooma Oregon Main 160. SUBSCRIPTION Terms by Carrier. .The Dally Journal, one year J 5.; i The Dally Journal elx months 3.00 The Dally Journal three months 1.30 The Dally Journal by the week 10 RATES i Terms by Mall. 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USE THE MONEY WISELY " The last Legislature appropriated the sum t of $50,000 for an Oregon exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition, the expenditure being en trusted to the State Board of Lewie and f Clark Fair Commissioners. A controversy : has arisen over the question of the erection . of an Oregon building at St. Louis, and : President Jefferson Myers of the state board i has placed himself on record as strongly op . posed to such an expenditure. Hia opposj " tlon la supported by very sound arguments. Probably not more than half' of the- states m the Union will erect state buildings at the St Louis Exposition, and th lowest es timated coat of any of the buildings thus far planned Is that of Montana, which will cost ' $18,000. . This is the cost of the building alone, and the added expense of furniture, maintenance and Incidental expenaes will probably be-$8,000 or $10,000 more. If Ore gon la to have a state building It must at least be equal to those of her slater com , monwealtbs. and the conclusion is Inevitable that It would cost, altogether, at least half the sum appropriated by the Legislature The state buildings at St. Louis will be little more than social gathering places,, for the hospitable entertainment of those who may visit them. They will contain no exhlbita of Importance, for' the rules of the exposition require that all exhibits which are to be en tered in the "competition for medals and awards must be In the regular exposition buildings. If Oregon should erect a state building, therefore. It could not be used foi the h6using of the state's exhibits. It Is the contention of President Myers that it will be much wiser and much more pro ductlye of results to the state to secure headquarters th the heart of the city, and to establish there an auxiliary display of the fruits, grains, woods and other products of the state. Quarters could probably be ob .tamed at a rent not exceeding l&OO per 'month, or $3,000 for the! months that the exposition will be open. The cost of fur niture and maintenance would probably not be more than $2,000 more, so that the total expense would be In the neighborhood of $5,000. At these headquarters visitors would have ample opportunity to see the products -trf out sta4e and to -partake t -Oregon's host pltality. The plan would In no wise inter fere with the regular exhibit at the fair grounds, and would leave available for -advertising the state and the Lewis and Clark Pair a large sum that would otherwise be consumed in the erection of a state building. It seems apparent that $10,000 expended in such advertising would be of Infinitely more value than If it were devoted to the con struction of a state building, which would be practically wortheg8JiAcnjJseexpo8ltlon Js over. With the limited amount at the disposal Of the state board for expenditure ut Kt. Louis, it U of the utmost Importance that every dollar should be made to produce the best possible results, and the Ideas of Presi dent Myers should meet with the hearty sup port of his colleagues on the board. It would be an act of folly to expend one half of the appropriation for a state building-, leaving only $25,000 or less for the installation of ex hibits and for publicity. successful conclusion by the Commercial Cable Company, of which his son is the president. The entire length of the cable Is 8,300 miles, and the immensity of the work involved In constructing and laying It Is difficult to realise. The core of the cable consists of copper, which is the conductor, wrapped In gutta percha, the latter aflordlng the Insula tion. Around the core Is a sheathing of brass tape, to prevent the torpedo and other marine borers from boring Into the gutta percha. Between the armor and the core is a cushion of Jute yarn, and an outer coating of Iron and Bteel wire gives the strength necessary to withstand the strain and resist mechanical Injury. Preservative tapes are wrapped around this outer armor, frequently around each wire of the armour, to prevent cor rosion. The amount of material employed In the construction of the cable was enormous.1- It required 8,000,000 pounds of iron and steel wire, 2,010,000 pounds of Jute yam, 6,000,000 pounds of preservative tapes, 62.000 pounds of brass sheathing, 8,600,000 pounds of copper, 2,310,000 pounds of gutta percha, 4,220,000 pounds of preservative compounds, and 306, 006,000 yards of preservative tapes. . The whole work was completed within 18 months from the time of signing the con truct. . ."'' .. The commercial and the political value of the cable can scarcely be estimated. It brings this country Into close touch with its Philippine possessions and will be a powerful stimulus to the trade and commerce of the Pacific. The The Kaiser's sudden friendship for The opinion of the four Judges' annulling the Initiative and referendum amendment appears, upon close examination, to be unsound. The holding is that there wer fly amendments pending at the time this amendment was proposed. The constitution pro hibits proposing any amendment while other amendments are waiting; th action of the Legislature or the people. Therefore ' the court concludes that the amendment in ques tion was not legally proposed or adopted. If there were no amendments then pending, the decision is wrong. Four amendments were proposed by the Legislature of 1893, which were agreed to but not submitted by the Legislature of 1805. Another amendment was proposed by the Legislature of 1895, but was not agreed to or submitted by the Legislature of 1897. The Initiative and referendum amendment was proposed by the Legislature of 1899. The. question Is, were any of the five previous amendments then waiting th action of the Legislature or the electors? If not, the new amendment was legally proposed and adopted. The five amendments bad then lapsed. This will appear from the onstitutlonal provision regulating anenrtments. It Is an follows: "Art. 'VJI. Section 1. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution iriay be proposol in 'filter l ranch of Legislative (Vtsembly. and If the same shall b screed to by a majority of all the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall, with the yeas and nays thereon be enterd on their Journals, and referred to the Legislative Assembly to be chosen at th next general elec tion) and If in the Legislative Assembly so next chosen, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then It shall be the duty of the Legislative Assembly to submit such amendment or amendments to the electors of th state, and cause the same to be published without delay at least four consecutive weeks In several newspapers published In this state, and If a majority of said electors shall ratify the same, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the constitution." It Is clear that the four amendments proposed In 1893 could only be referred to th Legislature "chosen at the next general election," whtch was In June, 1894 that la, the one that convened In January, 1895. It Is equally .clear that only that Legislature "so next chosen" had power to submit them to the people. It did not submit them, and they became Ineffective. The court held that the failure of the Legislature of 1895 to submit these four amendments left them indefinitely awaiting the action of every subsequent Legislature, and until submitted, forever prohibited the proposal of new amendments. But the lan guage or intent of the constitutional provision quoted does not Justify that construction. That provision prescribes the powers and duties of the Legislature "so next chosen.' These are inseparable. It was to consider the amendment referred to It, and if In th Legislature "so next chosen" the amendment was agreed to, then "it shall be the duty of the Legislative Assembly to submit such amendment." What Legislative Assembly? Clearly thu one that the constitution was talking about, the one "so next chosen." The one to which the amendment was referred. The provision did not say, and It la a forced construction to make it mean, that the amendment when agreed to by two Legislatures should be hung up indefinitely to await the action of all subsequent Legislatures. Th mere Inaction of the Legislatures was not meant to bar forever the amendment of th constitution. The affirmative action of the Legislature next chosen, and no subsequent one, was necessary to submit the amendment, falling which, the proposed amend ment was abortive. There were good reasons for this requirement The people were to be permitted to pasa on the question by electing the members of the second Legislature. Th con stitution was not to be amended without deliberate consideration." It was to be agreed to by two Legislatures, one of them to be chosen by the people at the "next general election." Only then was the public demand for the amendment deemed sufficiently evinced to justify Its submission to a vote. , This provision must be also construed in connection with the other provision pro hibiting the proposal of new amendments while others are pending. The evident pur pose was to require the proposed amendments to be disposed of by the second Legis lature in order to clear the way for other proposals. The amendment was to be pub lished and therefore submitted "without delay." Are those words meaningless? The conclusion Is that the amendments referred to the Legislature of 1895, were not pending after the expiration of the terms of the Legislature chosen In 1894. The other amendment stands on different ground. It was proposed In 1895, but was neither agreed to nor submitted by the Legislature chosen at the next regular election thereafter, that of 1897. Whether or not the argument Is sound that the amendment must be submitted by the Legislature so next chosen, it Is not doubtful that it and It only can "agree" to it. Since the Legislature elected in 1896 did not agree to that amendment, the Legislature of 1899 could not submit It, because It lacked the con currence of the necessary body. , The court sees and seeks to meet that difficulty by holding that "no Legislature was ever chosen In 1896,". that the persons elected "never met or organised any Legislative Assembly whatever, and therefore no Legislative Assembly was chosen in 1896." That' is an amazing proposition. The constitutional convention supposed it was providing for a Legislature to be chosen by the people and therefore referred the matter of amend ments to the Legislature to be chosen "at the next general election." The Legislature has' nothing to do with its own choice, and a refusal to perform its functions does not abolish It. Two young female 81 washes meandered Into th lobby of th Hotel Perkins yesterday evening just to take big 'look. Th tar rounding seemed to pleas them, for they continued to linger there a while. The las sles wer not fair to look upon, nor wr they arrayed in purple and fine linen, but the tourists from th East who saw them seemed well pleased at having had a close view of their idea of Minnehaha and,Saca Jawea. Every once-ln-a-while th Misses Lo would address, a few feet, of conversation to Clerk George I. Thompson, hut during his college days George had neglected the study of Slwash grammar, co he had no talk-back coming. After a while, th maidens grew weary, and as they wandered out they mut tered something which many people took to be a complaint at the lack of hotels in this city. J. K. Jordan, a formerly-of-Wlsconsln lumber man, but now looking through Ore gon's tall timbers, was last evening reading the account of the suicide of E. V. Shlck. "Seems strange why so many people put out their own 'lights,'" remarked th reader, as he finished the story. T remember a. nurn ber of years ago, I was working in Black River Falls, Wis., when a young fellow was arrested for being drunk and was forced to spend th night In jail. Well that boy brooded over the disgrace until one evening, while seemingly perfectly sober, he took a silk handkerchief from his pocket, tied it around his neck, and securing a rung from a chair, he twisted the 'kerchief as tightly as he could, and then fell forward, striking the floor In a position that kept the murderous rag from becoming loosened; the fellow died before he was picked up. Now, I think It required some nerve for a fellow to kill him self in that fashion." John Beaton of Baldwin, Kan., traveling salesman for a Chicago trunk factory, has been In this city during the past few days. While he says that he did not enjoy the Oregon mist quite as well as he would Web foot sunshine, still he said It was heavenly compared with the rains that flooded the Sunflower State several weeks sgo. "In all my life I never saw anything as bad as the recent flood in the Kaw River Valley, Millions of dollars worth of property " was destroyed In a very few days, and hundreds of families are still said to be homeless, When I left Kansas, ocean steamers were very much needed, and I was told that preachers all over the state were telling thetr flocks about the awful time that Mr, and Mrs. Noah had some ten thousand years ago. But with all her floods and cyclones and whiskers, Kansas is still one of the finest spots on God's green foot-stool." James Cooper, banker and hop-grower, of Independence' was in the city yesterday, at tending to some business matters. "The hop crop In our section of the state will be nearly as large as it was last year," said Mr. Cooper. "There may be some fields that will not yield quite as largely as they did last season, but on the whole, I think the crop will be just about the same. And say", Inde pendence Is prospering in a way most pleas ing to all of us who reside there. We hope that the Southern Pacific people will soon see their way clear to give us a double daily train service into Portland." - The constitution provides that "the Senators shall be elected for four years and the Representatives for two years next after their election." When elected they constitute the Legislative Assembly. No cermony or oath Is required to Induct them Into office. Their term begins the day after the election. There has never been a day since the constitutional government was inaugurated when there has not been a Legislative Assembly. It Is a co-ordinate and integral branch of the government, and cannot be suspended while the government lives. A failure to organize Is simply to refuse to perform Its duties, and does not affect its legal ' status. The Legislature elected in 1896 did not agree to the equal suffrage amendment or submit It. That this neglect arose from its failure to organize has no different legal result from that which would have occurred if it had organized and then failed to agree to and submit the amendment. - Its dwHes are net -dependent -en tts ergafistlonr They arise from the election and the incumbency in office. This particular Legislature did not per form its duty, which was to organize and pass upon the amendment which had been referred to it, and it only. The edual suffrage amendment, therefore, was not pending in 1S99. The Journal means to give the side of the people a hearing in these columns. It Is a great public question. No. question can be greater than the right of a people to alter their organic law, and whether an unexampled unanimity to do so has proved "abortive." "Astoria's ninth annual regatta to be held August 19, 20 and 21, is going to be one of the most successful events of that character ever given on the Pacific Coast," says C. V. Brown, chairman of the committee which has the big celebration .in charge. Mr. Brown came up to Portland yesterday from the city by the sea to work up a local inter est in the regatta. And he says everyone he meets here is as enthusiastic over the under taking as any Astorlan could possibly be. "Yacht and rowing clubs," he concluded, "will be there and participate in the celebra- Victoria and Vancouver,' a"C ' ' Senators Fulton and Mitchell hav promised us that they will exert every effort with th Navy Department to hav three tor 'four war ships sent to our harbor for the occasion. Aside from the sailing race there will be a Chines dragon, .brought direct from the Orient, t add to tho featuro planned.! It is 700 feet Ions; and requires 180 men to carry it-. The ' program of th, different vnts is not yet mad up, bat it li safe to say. thai th" re gatta, will b on ot th blggst things vr puiii off on th Paciflo Coast." . .' ,' s ' . JvreDs, or in nrm of Krebs' Bros argesi nopgrowers in th stat unburn iue cuy last evening en rout to Martin's Hot Springs, ud th Co. lumbia River, wher he will spend a few qult days. Mr. Krebs lives near Salem, and he and h(s brother raised about 100 acres of hops this year, besides buying large quan tities from their neighbors. '' "We are only paying 17 cents for th croo this year," he said last vning, "but last year w had to pay 27 cents. This Is due to th fact that w hav not such a good market as there was last year. Recently Germany began supplying England with this commodity, cutting- into a territory which th United States formerly had practically to itself. Then ther hav been enormous hop crops raised everywhere but right her In Oregon, and that of course had a tendency to keep prices down. There will be a shortag In Oregon of perhaps 10,000 bales as com pared with the production of last year. . This is owing to th unfavorable growing weather of th past two months." Tillamook needs a railroad and could sup port one, is th belief of Phlneas Van Tress, mercnant or tnat town, who is visiting in Portland. The little coast town at th pres ent time is visited dally by a stage coach from North Yamhill, $5 miles away, which. is to only mail service. The steamer El more makes regular trips from Astoria and Is occasionally assisted by the Vosberg. "Several surveys for a road ' have been made into Tillamook." said Mr. Van Tress, "and every one is anxious to see a line put in. I see no reason why it wouldn't pay. Aside from th business that the 1,700 Inhab itants would giv ther would be summer visitors. At the present time th town is not a sum mer resort, but It has even better natural facilities than Yaqulna or Seaside. Qar baldl Beach Is one of the finest along the coast. The natural harbor, while It is only 14 feet deep Just now. Is capable of allowln the entrance of Coast vessels. There has been talk of putting In another steamboat line. Some of the lumbermen are behind the move, but I do not know with what success they are meeting." "The newspaper reports that Yellowstone Park is overcrowded are false," said A. D. Charlton, general passenger agent- of th Northern Pacific, who returned Sunday from a trip to one of the nation's scenic grounds. Summer tourist travel to the park, he said, was beginning and was heavy from both East and West "There ar ample accommodations for all." said Mr. Charlton, "and th facilities for handling business are better than ever be. for. Th service, too, Is first-class in every respect. "The crop prospect In all sections v.rw good, and the farmers ar hopeful of boun tiful harvests. I enjoyed my trip very much." J. P. Galbraith, secretary of the Albanv Woolen Mills, Is in Portland today. Mr. Gal braith states that his company hope to have their mill in working- order some time the latter "part of this month. The contractors are now building the woolery. Nearly 80,000 pounds of wool are now in Albany awaiting the openln of the new factory, and it is said ' that mor of the fleece will be purchased by me company before the new mill's wheels be gin to -turn;" THE LETTER BOX America suggests that he has seen th hand writing on the wall. The reports of Fourth of July casualties suggest that President Roosevelt should. THE HUMORIST. "You. mustn't, cough so much, Willie," his mother said. T can't help It, mamma," replied the little boy with the long golden curls, thing amuses me in my throat." Chicago Tribune. "Some- THE REFERENDUM DECI SION. In another column on this page appears an article relative to the recent Circuit Court decision, invalidating the initiative and refer endum amendment to the state constitution, which deserves careful pefusal. it is a clear and convincing statement of the reasons ' which lead to the conclusion that that de cision was1 erroneous. While the opinion of the Circuit Judges appeared, at first reading, tto be a "sound interpretation of the constitu tional questions involved, a more careful study has convinced many leadfhg attorneys that it will not be upheld by the Supreme Court. Johnny Pa, what is the law of supply and demand the papers tell about? Wise Pa It is a universal law, my son, that when a man is well supplied with this world's goods, he demands more. Boston Transcript. Ned Yes, I've resolved to give betting and drinking and all Fred Huh! You'll never keep that resolutlpn. Ned I'll bet you the drinks I do. Philadelphia Public Xedger. Biggs Some scoundrel on the West Side passed himself off as me and swindled a grocec -ut of $10. Diggs Passed hlmpelf off as you? Why, the villain must hav been lost to all sense of shame. Chicago Dally News. . have Included the national holiday among the agencies leading to race suicide. The skyrockets thnt didn't go up on the THE MANILA CABLE. The completion of the cable between San Francisco and Manila, the last link In the telegraphic circuit of the earth, is one of the great triumphs of modern times. It is the ConsumDiatton of the dream of -John W. Mackay, th enterprise being "carried to a I Fourth are probably only waiting tor a clear' evening. Skldmore I made a pretty good bargain today. I sold our sideboard for $20. Barring A good bargain? Why, you told me the price of It to you was $50. Skldmore Yes; that's all right; but I've never paid for it, you see. Boston Tran script. " .- '.- "Say," demanded the ugly individual, suddenly appearing from a dark alley, "what, time is It?" "You're Just two minutes late," replied the "Chicagoan. ""That other gentleman you see running away has my watch." Philadelphia Press. J ' Editor Journal: I have been reading the letters every day published in The Journal, and take a great interest in them. As this is tha year- for- all kinds of white and delicate shades of summer material, 1 would like to ask some woman who has had experience In washing silks and white material to give her woman friends some suggestions for laundrying at home. Will you kindly answer through The Journal letter box. SUMMER GIRL. , - ... i Editor Journal; I am a subscriber of The Journal and take great Interest in your paper. I would like to ask you whether there is any one in Portland who has a purchasing agency for people in the country. I am a woman living Just far enough away to be unable to take advantage of the bargain sales. The advertisements . in your paper of the different sale, days reach us too late to avail ourselves of the opportunities of buy Ms .&a cheaply as those living in the city. Wouldn't this be a good opening for a woman who wants to earn her bwn living, .or help out a family income, to start such an agency? COUNTRY SUBSCRIBER. TOLERATION. She was an exacting Philadelphia young woman, and before she would promise to marry him he had to answer a great many questions relating; to 'his past life. He thought he had given her a vejg fair account of himself, but just when the wedding ceremony was about to take place he remembered an Omission and, fearing reproach, he whispered in her ear: "Mary, there is one thing I have not told you yet. I am a Universalis t. Does It matter,' Iovef ' ' v- .;:rf.N'v & . ' , "No, I guess not, dear," said the bride, serenely, "I am a somnambulist," Phila delphia Ledger. .''''v 4 V ( -:- K' Vi -- Kit ''fji ysV "s i . ' IF HE WASN'T HIM8ELP. i '1 say, Jones, that's the third umbrella you've taken from our office. I wouldn't be an ass if I were" you; ? . 7 " r ; "By Jove I Smith, that's the first true thing Tve heard you Bay for a long- time."- Columbia Jester. , 4 "'Pears lak-d devil, is hard Her downt "Tea. Fast ez one feller floors him, 'nuther on helps him upert boilers Pollcl"v A DAILY THOUGHT. ' ' Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools who have not wit enough to be honest. Franklin. ' V''vV' J Klsses-between - women - arjnr formal. Ities, . v ; . 4- : .MYW.1'. JU8T FOR FUN. . C ... V - t , ,1 . . dmme caning on iJrownej wnat wt earth are you doing walking around, in that suit of 'armor r Browne I'm getting ready for the Fourth. I promised to help my boys celebrate this year, and as they do It a little strenuously " iu nave auiria sort m of protection. Baltimore American. " ' Hope springs eternal in the human breast, In politics Its influence is plain; The man who has by office once been blest Hopes on for more and never works again. Washington Star. Emily You don't mean to say you failed to pass your exams again this year? Maud Yes, failed again. Emily What was the troubla this time? Maud Why, they asked the same ques tions they did last year. Columbia Jesto All oat education does fob. some folks said Uncle Eben, ."is to' learn. 'am. a few mo' words to talk foolishness wit" Washington Sstar, .v,;;,;.'. ..' '. i Papa Dear, me, Mary, whatever are you going- -tor do ;with a8 ! these trunks? Two, four, six, twelve of them. You can't fill more than one.';.-;- Mamma I know it, my dear; but we must make a decent appearance on arriving at the hotel. New Yorker, A MARK TWAIN STORY. When Mark Twain was a young- and struggling-, newspaper writer in Sap Fran cisco, a lady of his acquaintance saw him' one day with a cigar bo under his arm, looking In a shop window. "Mr. Clemens ." she said, "1 always see you with a cigar bo under your arm. I am afrsld you are smok ing too rauch.f "It Isn't that," said Mark; Tm moving agalnlNew York Times. A .railway collision m th typical bump ot destruction,- ' .. . V ' ! : :WV :- -:v