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I TIIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, POTITLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, ; J IJIT 11; 19037'. EDITORjIcAL GOcTWoMENT cylND TIcTVlELY TOPICS f ; SKS . $ BY e. & JACKSON ,4 - L " : . v .. , - -.' AROUND THE CORRIDORS . , " - Jfotttmaf m mmmm.m -.,, s A POINT OVERLOOKED. " JOURNAL PUBLISHING O COMPANY, Proprietors. Addressi THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth and Yamhill 8U, Portland, On CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Entered at the Postoffice of Portland. Oregon, for transml::lon through the malla aa econd-clc j matter. i Postage for tingle copies I'cr an S. 10, or 12-page paper, I cent; IS to SI pages, cots; over 18 pa get, S cent. THLEPHONUSi Business Office O; on. Main 600: Columbia, 70S. . Edltorla' Rooms Oregon Main 250. SUBSCRIPTION RATBSi Terms by Carrier. Terma by Mall. The Dally Journal, one year J5..The Dally Journal, by mall, one year. .$4.10 The Dally Journal alx montha 1.60 I The Dally Journal, by mall, alx montha. 2-25 The Dally Journal three montha 1.20 , The Dally Journal, by mall, three montha 1.2S Toe Dally Journal, by the week 10 j The Dally Journal, by malt, one month. .60 The Semi-Weekly Journal. The Semi-Weekly Journal eight to twelve pagea each Issue, all the new and full market reports, one year 11.60. Remittances should be made by drafts, postal notea. The Vtckly Journal. The Weekly Journal 100 columna of read ing each Issue, Illustrated, full market re ports, on year, $1.00. ordera and small Whether the equal suffrage- amendment vai pending In 1899, ao aa to prevent the proposal of the Initiative and referendum amendment was aaaumed by tha Circuit Court to Jopend on whether the Legislature of 1897 waa the "next chosen" 6r not. Aa a matter of fact It docs not depend on that question. It may be admitted, for the aake of the argument, that the Legislature of 1897 was, as the court finds, never chosen. It may be further ndmltted, for the aake of the argument, that the Leg la lature chosen In 189S and convened in 1899 waa the Legislature next chosen after the equal suffrage amendment wrin proponed In 1895. Put the constitution doea not merely require that "the amendment shall be referred to and agreed to- by the next Leglalature chosen. It requires the amendment to be referrod to and agreed to by the Legislative Assembly chosen at tha next general election. Now, even If the Legislature of 1897 was not chosen Ht all. If It waa abortive, It la very certain that the Leglalature of 1899 was not chosen "at the next general election." A general election that of 1896 had Intervened. Therefore the Leglalature of 1899 had no power to -agree to the equal suffrage amendment, because It was not chosen at the next general election held after the amendment waa proposed In 1896. The amendment, therefore, having been agreed to by only one Legislature having authority to agree to It, and no Legislature, according to the court; having been chosen at the next general election, It follows that it never could be agreed to, unci that is could not be pending. The error of the court waa in overlooking the requirement that the amendment proposed by one Legislature must be agreed to, not by the next Leglalature chosen, but by the Legislature chosen at the next general election. language thnt I plain does not admit of construction. The next general election does not mean and cannot be made to mean the next but one. The election of 1898 Is not the election of 1896, and though the Legislature was futile, the election waa held, and the legislature of 1899 was not choaen at that election. Which waa to be Cemon strafed. ' ' express amounta ara acceptable In one and two-cent postage atampa. THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 121. Portland. Oregon. TERRORS OF THE SULTAN No better barometer of the healthfulness of the climate of the Pacific North west could be asked than the official statistics of the government, which show the annual death rate of Oregon to be 8.76, Washington 9.68, and Idaho 6.62 to each thousand population, about two thlrda less than that of New York, Massachusetts and other Eastern states. And the climate is aa enjoyable as It la healthful. With the warm waters of the Japanese current carried along lta western shore for a distance of 200 miles, and range upon range of mountain, Oregon, In the same latitude as Dakota, enjoye a climate that Is unsurpassable and unrivaled In the entire world, having nearly every variety except the tropical, thla being almost reached In parts of the state. From Oregon, Washington and Idaho and Their Reaources, by R. M. Hall. PROVIDE A HOSPITAL. The great majority of the residents of Portland are of course not actual witnesses of the casualties which dally occur In the City and which are chronicled In the press. When a child Is run over by a street car, when a carpenter falls from a building, or ' when some aged woman falls fainting In the street, the circle of bystandera who witness the occurrence la small, and the general pub lic merely reada of it carelessly in the papers with little thought of the details. Yet it needs but little Imagination to conceive of the suffering endured by the victims of these mishaps, and to appreciate the value of Im mediate attention to their Injuries. Not a moment should be lost in extending to them the aid they need. Its efficacy Is doubled If Jt be given promptly. Under present condi tions, when such accidenta occur, the victims must be removed to some private hospital, which in almost every case Involves keen suffering and the loss of precious time. It is to obviate such delay that an emergency hospital should be provided. Every man and every woman in the city who possesses the common humanity to desire the alleviation of suffering should be an advocate of the emergency hospital. action In the financial world Is now inev itable. How is this to be reconciled with the doctrine of Republican prosperity? If an era of hard times is at hand. It will not be easy to devise plausible arguments in favor of continuing; In power the party whose policy has resulted in the reckless specula tion of the past two or three years. But for the Inflation and overcapitalization which the country has witnessed, there would be no cause for reaction. Congressman Ltttauer, who sold gloves to THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. The County Court has decreed a reduction in the force of deputies employed in the Sheriffs office, despite the vigorous objec tions of the latter official. The public will be quite ready to believe that the reduction la a wise one, for whether rightly or wrongly, the Impression is general that most of the appointments In this department of the county government have been made for po litical reasons, and in order to provide places for henchmen of the machine. It is true that Sheriff Storey objects vigorously to any im putation that his office has not been run on strict business principles, and presents lome been an econ6mlcal one. Kor the present it is enough to say that Mr. Storey's com parison of expenses is with the last year of Sheriff Frazler, whose administration was marked by wasteful extravagnnce and by practices .which evoked public charys of grafting and malfeasance. It is small credit to Sheriff Storey to say that he has given the county a better or a cheaper adminis tration than did Krazier. The record of the latter is a poor standard for any successor to measure himself by. MrrMlll 111 Always the Sultan carries a revolver hidden somewhere within the folds of his robes and when he is receiving any -one in audience his right hand is never far from the place where the revolver lies. With painful anxiety he watches the slightest move ments of any one who is admitted to his presence. Living In mortal fear of assassina tion, a brusque movement, a quick step, even a change of attitude, is enough to make him start In terror and to send his right hand to his revolver pocket and often, over come by sudden fear, he whips out his revolver and shoots some wholly inoffensive man or woman. And once, one night when the Sultan v lying In bed, he summoned his chamber lain, Raghlb Bey, in audience. Leaning over the bed to light a cigarette, at the Sultan's command, he happened to make a movement which sent his master Into paroxysms of fear. The Sultan Imagined that his chamberlain meant to strangle him. Seising his wrists the terrified monarch held them fast until his wild shrieks brought the guards rushing to his aid. The greatest terrors of Abdul Harold's life are darkness and silence. The night Is far spent before he ever retires to rest, knowing that the penalty of sleep Is haunting dreams and terrifying nightmares. From the Instant when twilight sets in until the sun rises, all Ylldlz, from the smallest rooms In the imperial kiosk to the furthest confines of the great park, is bril liantly illuminated with artificial lights that rival daylight. Before he can sleep a soothing voice must read to him to calm his nerves. This duty usually falls to the lot of his foster-brother, Ismet Bey a little, ugly man, bearing such a resemblance to his sovereign that he is supposed often to Impersonate him on state occasions. Lulled afr last to sleep by the music of the band, the trampling; of the guard's feet and the crooning voice of the reader, the Sultan passes a few momenta of uncon sciousness, only to wake with a start from a terrifying dream, and hastily to summon some trusty councillor who will banish the vague terrors that haunt his uneasy mind, or to call his soothsayer to his bedside to give the Interpretation of his dream. Thus, with fitful slumber, broken by horrible dreams, from which he starts shriek ing in terror, the Sultan passes the night watches until daylight comes again. Pearsons for July. THE ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN the government, had a "mlt" ways ready for business. that was al- CHANGING FRONT. It is interesting to note that some news papers which hailed with ill concealed satis faction the decision of the Circuit Court In validating the referendum amendment, are now anxiously "hedging" and preparing thernselves for a possible reversal by the Su preme Court. The Journal h:8 presented a series of carefully prepared articles setting forth the arguments which load to the belief that the decision of the trial court was er roneous. These arguments at? convincing. No one who reada them carefully can fall to see their force. II seems ;m almost Irresist ible conclusion that the Supreme Court will find that the amendment is valid. It is this strong probability which has caused so much consternation among some of the new.c;ipers Of the state. Conspicuous among them is a morning , paper of this city, w hich Is now striving to make the public forget the ex ultation which it expressed when the amend ment was declared by the Circuit Court to be invalid. Fifteen political parties are represented in the German Reichstag. The Socialists, who represent 3,000,000 votes, have but a quarter of the membership of the body. If the Reichstag were to be made actually rep resentative of the German people, the result ing changes in laws and government would be almost revolutionary. Even the mosquito finds compensation In life. He won't mind the window screens, so h3 Bliss Carman, the poet, says the New York Times tells of a young friend of his who was seeking apartments In Boston's aristocratic sectionBeacon Hill. At one house he was received by the landlady, a spinster of uncertain age and aggressive refinement of manner. Awed to a great degree by the lady's manner, the rather nervous young man stammered: "And would It be possible fof me to secure apartments In your house, Mrs. Blank?" Whereupon the spinster held herself even straighter than before and replied with haughty reproof: Miss Blank, sir! Miss from choice!" A woman's club In St. Petersburg, which has a membership of 1,000, waa organized for the purpose of befriending women in the city who are lonely and in need of help. The president of the club Is a woman physician, Dr. Schabanow, who Is at the head of a children's hospital founded by the Prince of Oldenburg. For her work in nursing in South Africa Miss McCaul received the Royal Red Cross. It waa she who assisted in the operation which King Edward underwent last year. Mrs. Mary E. Ryle has" given S225 000 fothenew library fund at Paterson, NT j. Miss Mary E. McDowell of the University of Chicago settlement will lecture at Chautauqua, N. Y., twice during "woman's week" on "The Kindergarten as a Social Factor" and "The Cry of the Children." Miss McDowell will also represent the Settle ment Woman's Club at the civic Institute and the convention .of the Amerclan League for Civic Improvement. long as the open-work stockings afford such excellent opportunities. Missouri boodlers were in the habit of de scribing the money paid to them for bribes as "driftwood." Borrowing their euphom- Ism, It might be said that a good deal of driftwood appears to have floated Into Mult nomah County courthouse in times past. This Is the season for the annual crusadft against the use Qf iee-witer, but it never PRAYER WITH A POSTSCRIPT. One of the oldest' families in Virginia is the Mayos, and its members have borne an Important part in the history of the state. One lad not yet old enough to have made his "mafTCls evidently bound to do w some time in the future. The boyr not an ungeTancT his old colored mammy has threatened him many a time and oft with a Jimcrack a strange beast, half fairy, half hobgoblin, who lives in a corner of the cellar behind the potato bin and listens to all things little boys say with an eye. to repeating them. Not long ago small Master Mayo was orougnt to book by nis mother and rpanked. He J could think of no way in which the news of his offense It was BWearing could have reached his mother's ears unless the Jimcrack had overheard and told on him. When he was made ready for bed that night he said his prayer3 thoughtfully and added to his usual petitions this request: "Please look behind our potato bin and take that Jimcrack away. Amen." Then he climbed into bed, only to fly out the next minute and resume his position, on his knees. His mother paused at the door to listen. "Oh, Lord," said he. "P. S. If I had a good ex I wouldn't bother you about the Jimcrack." Inanapolis News. Andrew Smith of Butte, Mont., waa In the city several hours this morning on his way to the Greenhorn Mountains to Investigate some copper property In the Bohemia dis trict. , The claims are known" as the Boomerang group. The ledges are traceable for three miles by surface cropping. The ore Is native copper pyrlties, which carries gold and silver. The foot-wall is of slate, and the hanging wall of granite. Assays show total values of $68 per ton. In 1863 a man named McGlnnis run a tun nel on the property which attained a depth of 28 feet, when he was murdered by Indians, The skeleton of the body was found as late as last winter under a slide In the tunnel, where it had remained all these years. The property is In a very Inaccessible place, and will require considerable capital with which to build a road to reach it. "Mr. Policeman, I've lost my daughter,' whispered a wild-eyed looking man at the Union Depot this morning, as he rushed breathless to the side of a big: guardian of the peace. "What does she look like?" queried the pa trolman. "O, she's aged three," came the vague de crlptlon from the alarmed parent, as he dashed away. A minute later, the man returned bearing In his arms a little girl with tear-stained face, while behind him trooped a wife and live other children, bearing boxes and bundles, and the eight passed out and took the west-bound Iraln. , . M. G. Royal an attorney of Olympla, who has been visiting in Portland, says that the fruit crop in the vtctnlty of his home will be exceptionally large this season. "We raise t briber, frttt, hay and clams," said Mr. Rdryal. who used to be president of the East ern Oregon State Normal School, and oc casionally occupies a pulpit. There are always plenty of clams and timber, but this year the hay crop has been damaged somewhat by the wet weather. As a whole, however, we can't complain." "The police station of the City of Port land," said A. Van der Naillen, of San Fran clsco, who was visiting here recently "is the worst I ever saw. I have Inspected several score of municipal prisons, but the one in this Oregon city of roses is the limit. The San Francisco public pound, where only dogs and hogs and other four-footers are kept, is a palace compared with the den Portland possesses for the pur pose of stowing her prisoners. It seems to me that the Jail here would be a breeder of all 1 manner of diseases, and some day I would not be at all surprised if an epidemic would sweep over the State of Oregon which started in Portland's own dinkey 'keep-all.' Of course, I do, not think that law-breakers could be retained in marble halls, where perfumed fountains play and dreamlike music floats from every corner, but I do think that men should be kept In a place that would not' be such a strong reminder of the British prison-ships of a century ago." ' When the'Washlngton politicians desire to plan their campaigns and devise ways and means by which to defeat the enemy, they generally go to some Isolated place, away from the prying eyes of him who would re veal their secrets. And so they come to Portland. Not that the metropolis of the Northwest is an Isolated spot, but It Is In another state, apd, generally speaking, the politics of Washington does not concern Ore- ron. ' L ints is neutral territory," to use the words of B. D. Crocker, of Olympla, United States Collector of Internal Revenue for the Department of Washington and Alaska, and considered one v of the most prominent politicians and ruling Republican spirits In Washington. Mr. Crocker, George Stevenson and several other Washington 'history makers" have been in Portland in conference of some sort, but it is not known just whose fate they have been weighing In the balance. "Have you been to Walla Walla?" was asked of Mr. Crocker. "No," he -replied. "Things are a little too warm up there Just at present without any of my help." Mr. Crocker predicts that both Mayor Hunt and A. F. Kees, candidate for City Marshal, will be elected In Walla Walla. Both are Ankeny men. So Is Mr. Crocker. Nice weatheo and business a little bj backward is the way G. S. Taylor, travellir A passenger agent lor me Wisconsin uentraiM k 1 1 with headquarters in this city, speaks of the Sound and Seattle. "But with its show of slack trade Just at present," said Mr. Tuylor, Seattle is still a good town, and there are, plenty of things doing." D. E. Lyman of Boston, Mass., who Is pay ing his first visit to Portland and the West, s highly pleased with the Pacific Coast, and while he does not intend to, make his home here, he declares this is one of the finest countries he ever saw. "I will have to admit that I was agreeably surprised when I came West," said Mr. Lyman. "So far as the lumber Industry Is con cerned," says L. E. Knapp, who Is In the city from Muskegan, Mich, "Oregon and Wash ington are in their Infancy. The possibilities for the development of this resource within the next few years are very a pparent to a close observer. The timber supply In the Eastern states Is rapidly becoming exhausted, and the large corporations engaged In the lumber Industry are moving toward the Pacific Coast. They will be here In such numbers before a distant date that it will not take them long to make a telling imDresslon upon the great expansive forests of the mighty West." Mr. Knapp la about to close a deal for a large sawmill plant In this vicinity, but Just where it is located, he declines to state at the present. JUST FOR FUN. The patience that Is ' developed at the butt-end of a fish pole seldom brings very large returns In the general affairs of life. New York Herald. From the world's great game of poker This paradox I choose: It often seems the gayest man's The one that .has the blues. Cornell Widow. There was a young girl from Westchester Whose fellow stole up and carressed her. "Come, kiss me!" he cried, But she blushed and denied. And refused to begin till he pressed her. Columbia Jester. The fellow-who makes a -fool -of himself is seldom satisfied unless he works overtime at the Job. Pittsburg Dispatch. Unlike his fellow Britishers Sir Thomas Lip ton deals; They come to show their coronet He wants to show his heels. New York Herald. "If I had my way," said the man of high principles, "there would be no money in poll- -p yip Of the 25,835 miles of telegraph wire and Cable strand over whlcli President Roorevelt sent .his message round the world, more than 11,000 miles. Or over one half of the total line of communication, is owned by Americans and under American control. Perhaps we should be eont4fced with that as our share, for the present, at least. A large number of Republican -papers are expressing the belief, that the acme of the good times has been reached, and that a re- seems to make any difference in the size of the ice bill. .o wonder the papers are calling attention to the fact that a contract for the Fostofflce Department was let the other day to the lowest bidder. Such an -innovation is inter esting news. . Roosevelt is "speaking softly" to the Rus sian bear all right, and the question is whether he has a big enough stick. It is natural that the man who gives him self away should feel cheap. Philadelphia Inquirer THE BUSY KAISER. The Kaiser Is throwing so piany bouquets at us of lat that we can hardly take our eyes off him. There is a man who can write a song, set It to music and sing it. He can paint a picture, frame it and criticise Theritlcs who praise or eondernjri it. He can write a drama, stage it, act it and give a critrue upon It. He is the best horse man in Europe, and one of the most expert yachtsmen. He talks fluently in five modern languages. He plays chess and poker, and at the latter can hold not only his own, but some of the other fellow's. He understands engineering, and is an expert in elec tricity. He is a theologian, and has-composed a prayer. He can command a ship or a regiment, a fleet or an army. He can discuss horse-breeding with General Thomas. He can talk cattle breeding with A. A. Cortelyou. He is an ideal cook. He makes speeches that startle the world. He is a litterateur. He drinks beer and champagne with equal facility and guesto. He is the friend of rich and poor. He teaches editors how to run newspapers. He thrums the guitar and plays the organ. He is a multj mflllonalre. He crushed Bismarck: then, when the chancellor was old and helpless, nursed and petted him. New York Press. . - IN A TEXAS COURT. - " According to snater Bailey, of Texas, there was In that state adjudge who had been robbed of a horse and before Whom the thief, when apprenended. was brought for trial. His honor eyed the prisoner with deep satisfaction for a minute or so, and then de livered himself of the following: "Owing to a personal prejudice the Court will not hear this case. It will, however, be tried by a bailiff, who will find a verdict in ac cordance with the facts and the" law. In the meantime," he added. Impressively, "the Court will go-outside, bend a rope and pick out a good tree."s-Chlcago Record-Herald. tics." , "Hut, said senator Sorghum, "if you didn't put any money in politics, it isn't likely you could have your way." Wash ington Star. "Dey's dea 'dis erbout It," Bays Brother Dickey, "watermillions, will keep le cullud problem quiet 'twcl 'possums come in!" At lanta Constitution. U NLUCKY ROYTL NAMES. The christian name of Teter has never been fashionable among royalties. This eountry has never had ti monarch baptized as Peter, and in other countries the Peters have been unlucky. Peter," or Pedro I, Em peror of Brazil, abdicated after an uneasy reign, and his son, Pedro II, was. driven to Europe by n revolution, and died in Paris In 1891. . Pedro the Cruel of Castile and Leon wa3 slain by his brother in stngl combat. Peter tho Great of Russia was guilty of frightful excesses; his grandson, Peter H, reigned only three years, and died of small pox at the age of 15. Peter HI was de throned and .strangled by conspirators. Peter I of Servia hus already a brutal mas sacre behind him. John Is another name avoided by royalties. We had only one John, and the experience was unhappy. In Scotland such as the popular repugnance to the name that when the son of Robert II ascended the throne, he changed his name from John to Robert. Fe.Woof the Jameses died in their beds, and the alteration to Charles was not a ' successful experiment, Edward, GeorgeT -William and-Henry have, ion the whole, been, fortunate names for our sovereigns to bear. London Chronicle. ......................... ,...t THE LETTER BOX j ..................... ........4 PORTLAND, July 10, 1903. To the Ed itor: ' I am a working girl doing house work. I hlrel out without saying anything as to whether I was to be paid by the week or month. I am paid 816 a month. I have worked for two weeks and want to quit awful bad. N My mistress says if I quit now I can't get any pay because the month isn't out. How is this? Can't I quit and get my wages for two weeks? Lots of poor girls would like to know about this. Please tell me. HORTENSE). Your letter la inmfwhnt Inrfeflnlt TTnA,. . - k understood you wore to work for a month.Je nnnougn notning was laid abut pay. was understood by your mistress and self that you were to work for a month at Si. rer month, the.i you must perform your contract; but If you mean that you were generally hired by your mistress at 915 a month and nothing was said or understood as to the time which you were to work, then your period of service would be Indefinite and-xan be endetLat will of elthejLyouiLinla- tress or yourself. The fact the compensation Is measured so much a month does not nec essarily make such hiring a' hiring for a month, though the general rule Is that where one undertakes to 'work without any stip ulation as to the duration of time, the con tract is understood to be for a year. The reason given is that tho mistress and servant may have the benefit of all the seasons. But of late and In a great many states, the courts have permitted the parties to put an end to tneir relationship unless the timetai fixed, and to have a recovery at the ra fixed for the services actually rendered; tha is to say, the servant would be allowed to re cover what the work done by her merited at the rate fixed, during the time for which she worked. The modern rule would seem to be that when the term of service is leftf discre tionary with either party and is not definite as -to time, either party has the right to terminate it at any time. Each case depends upoiLltawn facts. In California there ls;a law upon the subject, and in some other states courts have decided differently than we have here expressed. Ed. I ISald a slender maid, with a sigh: "I'm as thin as a capital ti . Of course it's too bad, . N .'But then I can pad, And thus prove that figures will He." Chicago News. Within two years 150 ' lepers have been discovered tn the Sandwich Islands and added o the leper colony on Molokai. Shooting IS the most popular 'metnbd of suicide.; .. , - 4 v