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THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 121, Portland. Oregon.
Some things have been printed about the Initiative and referendum that ara not
creditable. One of these Is the statement that tha Circuit Court Judgea probably had an
Intimation from the members of the supreme bench that the lower court would ba at
firmed. Otherwise it is presumed that tha lower court would not rlak tha humiliation
tf a reversal. That simply cannot be true. In the first place tha Supreme Court could
not properly make such An Intimation, and, therefore, they did not. In the second place
the Circuit Court Judges are not concerned with the action of the Supreme Court. They
are trial Judges, and do their duty aa they see It There is no humiliation In a reversal,
The humiliation would be to be Influenced by any auch consideration. Therefore they
were not so Influenced. It is a base and low view to assume that courta Instituted for
the very purpose of exercising Judgments independently of each other, would play Into
each others hands to escape "humiliation." The question is too great for petty personal
considerations. It Is no disgrace to disagree with the trial court or the Supreme Court,
or for either to disagree with the ether. The question is what is the law and right of
the matter, not who pronounces It.
There Is another discreditable thins;. The supposed demerlta of the amendment are
urged in some quarters as a reason for commending the decision. That la irrelevant
The only place and time for such a consideration was when and where the amendment
waa waiting the action of the Legislatures and the people. The goodness or badness
of the amendment does not make It constitutional or unconstitutional. That la. to be
decided upon what was done in adopting the amendment, not upon whether it ought to
have been adopted.
It Is a vicious thing to teach people that the courts have any rightful power to
set aside laws because they are bad. The courta are not veated with any power to
make or unmake laws or constitutions. Their power la to construe them when made,
fairly and honestly, and then enforce them aa they are made, good or bad. If they are
bad. then they can be repealed or amended by the law-making power, or the people
who are their source. If the amendment were the worst In the world, if it waa legally
adopted, neither four Judges nor three Judges nor all the Judges in the state have
rightful power to alter one Jot or tittle of it Therefore the argument against the merits
of referendum has no place In the discussion, either in the court or elsewhere. 1 la
belated and belittling.
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This is the age of display,
Every one turns advertiser;
Posters are needed today
Ever, by King and by Kaiser.
)5o not be frigid and proud,
' Act as your cousins and kin do;
Capture the eye of the crowd
Everything into the window.
Harper's Weekly.
CALIFORNIA'S JEALOUSY OF OREGON
TAXPAYERS COMMAND
RESULTS.
It Is in no spirit of captious fault-finding
- that The Journal once more reminds the of
ficiate who are charged with the investiga
tion of .the county's affairs that as yet prac
tically nothing has been accomplished to
ward compelling an accounting and settle
ment by former County Clerks charged with
being short in their accounts. It Is more
than three months since the expert filed his
report showing shortages In this department
amounting: to over $8,500. The County Court
allowed the delinquent ex-offlclals several
weeks In which to check up the findings of
the expert, and finally about May 25, turned
the matter over to the District Attorney, ask
ing him to take such steps as he deemed nec
essary. For five weeka nothing moro was
heard of the business, beyond the statement
that Mr. Manning waa engaged in investigat
ing the alleged shortages and questioning wlfc
nesses. Finally, two weeks ago, he annpunc
through the press that he had concluded ft
criminal Droceedinas would not lie anfts
he would re-refer the' whole matteuyihe
County Court in order to ascertain..!
amount of the alleged shortagesJ" stated
that, he would have the partj yoncernea
brought into court as soon &f ' -ible. Two
weeks have passed and noZ jeT 'effort has
yet been made, so far as be learned, to
bring the matter to an,.' 4' nr baa it been
et for hearing in the VW Court.
If the District rney dpes not wish to
subject himaelf jr'' the suspicion of being
lukewarm andylf-heartei In the prosecu
tion of the oanty's rights, It is incumbent
upon him jwaste no more time, but to take
decisive X-P t once. In the seven weeks
that heM bad the matter In charge, some
tanrU results should have been accom
Pilled, and the publics will scarcely view
h tolerance, any further delays.
If the District Attorney does not see' fit to
:t immediately, then it is the obvious duty
thereafter will be left to bring the Exp
sitlon to the national attention, to populai
Its purposes and alms and to advertl
commercial and historical slgnlficai
The state press of Oregon has ajt shown
a gratifying interest In the workyM promot
ing the Fair. The state's reftjentatlves in
Congress will be greatly asslgVd If the news
of what Oregon Is doing ayt her proposed
Fair Is given wide pu"rXty through the
newspapers of the cot
A new religious yr n self-named the "Holy
Ghosters" has mp-rftaken to drive the devil
out of New YjAnA. Judging from recent
Eastern Atsy -Aes, he would find the
climate of X eago about to his liking.
CourJ, house deputies who have been
spends tneir anernoona on tne bleachers
Instead of at their desks are having a pain
ful reminder that the county expects a little
work In return for their salaries.
,' ' tbe County Court to proceed, and to com-
jiiHjueiii ri-uuiciiiift. ueiay la neeaiess. jne
taxpayers demand action. Thirty-five hun
dred dollars of their money Is Involved, and
If It Is to be recovered, let steps be taken
at once. 'Results, not promises, must be
forthcoming.
The selection of Senator Wehrung to take
charge of Oregon's exhibit nt the St, LduIb
Exposition will meet with general approval.
A better choice could hardly have been
made.. Senator. Wehrung is .a representative,
man, energetic,1 broadminded and of marked
executive ability. His career in public life
has been an honorable one and as a busi
ness man he has been successfufl and respected.
Guarding hoboes while they break rock
may not be so pleasant for the deputy
sheriffs as going to the baseball park, but
It w ill be much more satisfactory to the
taxpayers.
In his meditations at Oyster Bay, it has
doubtless occurred to President Roosevelt
that a war with Russia would divert atten
tion from the postoffice scandal.
In the vote to retire Jack Matthews front
the office of Republican boss In this county,
the only dissenting voice appears to be that
of Mr. Matthews himself.
The sudden cessation of hold-ups leads to
the belief that Portland's highwaymen have
COMMENCE THE WORK.
Senator John H. Mitchell agrees with The
Journal that now is the time to advertise
the Lewis and Clark Fair. Senator Mitchell
says that it is necessary to let the Eastern
people know w hat we are doing out here and
that the members of Congress will be more
likely to vote for a government appropria
tion for the Exposition if they find that the
country at large is interested in the his
torical celebration.
In an interview published in the Oregonian
Saturday morning, Senator Mitchell said:
"Allow me to respond that In order to see
what Congress is going to do, Oregon must
Shaw what the Fair is going to do. Right
away is the time to advertise the Fair. This
can't be done too soon, but it can be done too
late. Why, we can't possibly get an appro
priation from Congress until next May. Wait
until then to begin advertising? It wouldn't
do at all."
"How soon will you introduce the appro
priation bill?" waa asked.
"As early hi possible. Right away wljen
Coryrress convenes."
"Wouldn't that be in December?"
"Yes; but the bill coujd not become a law
until May."
"'ow," resumed the Senator, knowingly,
"if advertising Is to be put off until next
Hay, that's almost a year. Only one year
El (JENK, Or., July 10. It Is a noticeable fact that California is becoming Jealous
of heriTthern neighbor and views with considerable apprehension the army of settlers
and ,mmlgrants which has be-n pouring into this state from the Eastern states as a
result oi' th advertising efforts of the various communities. California is Jealous of her
,ositlon and realizes the fact that people are really beginning to discover Oregon. In
the publication cent out by California there Is a studious avoidance of any reference to
Oregon and Washington aa a part of the Pacific Coast. It is not because of Ignorance,
for ther is rlemy of literature in the "Golden State" which amply tells of the wealth
and resourced of this part of the country.
It can but be laid at the door of our southern sister's Jealousy. Oregon is awakening
from her lethargy as sh should have done dozens of years ago. We are discovered to
be possessors, of immense wealth by men who recognize these things when they see
them in the crude state. m
A Eugene newspaper man was a visitor to California recently and was impressed
with the everlasting braggadocio which confronted him on every hand. "We have the
largest trees, tho finest fmlts, the best climate, the flpest scenery, the most summer
resorts, etc., etc .," is what one sees at all points. The fagt Is Oregon has everything
that California has am'. In addition a far more satisfactory and equitable climate. We
have Just as fine scenery and more of it; we are blessed with as good fruit but on a
less extensive scale of production; we have more fine forests and we do not doubt that
the giants will measure well with those of California; we have a better supply of water.
Oregon could huve the most famous summer resorts in the world were it not for the
fact that every city is a summer resort and one has all the pleasures of the cool air
and balmy breeies right at home.
The writer has lived In both places and has come to the conclusion that the dif
ference between the stttes is this: Oregonlans have not been wise enough to do the
advertising that California has done until the present year; the facts about our glor
ious West land have not been placed before the Eastern public and Eastern capital has
not been attracted here in such great quantities as to develop all the mines, build mag
nificent pleasure palaces, create fairy lands on mountain sides, or make palaces by the
sea.
In talking with newspaper men In the City of San Francisco, the Oregonlan meets
with appreciative remarks which show that this state Is no longer considered a home
of moss backs and bristle whiskered lounging farmers, but a state that is coming to
the front in all lines, a worthy competitor of California. The prospective Lewis and
Clark ExDOsItion is resnonslble for a deal of this sentiment, hut th fYr.rt. nt Vi
Northwestern railways to attract immigration also have borne fruit in attracting at
tention.
Within the next few years Oregon will compel the rightful recognition at the hands
of our Southern brethren. No publication can then be issued in California as a "Pacific
Coast edition," and be considered complete without a reference to the Northwest T.
r. and I
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that
made enough to retire from active business
and live upon the fruits of their industry.
The Minnesota Judge who decided that
poker debts are not collectable evidently Im
agined that he was telling us something
new.
If everyone has to pay a license for work
ing, the inducements for being a retired mil
lionaire will be greater than ever.
Until the ax began to fall, the life of the
deputy sheriffs was one uninterrupted round
of pleasure.
This Is the season when the smile of the
hotelkeeper at the summer resort begins to
expand.
Congressman Littauer should be handled
without gloves.
A Buddhist dignitary was recently burled
in Japan, and the police attended the funeral
and made an official report of the ceremonies,
which must have Men rather picturesque.
The report merely says: "Three hundred
and eleven Injured, 75 fainted, 121 thefts, 374
pickpockets captured. 1,021 articles lost and
7 people rescued irora canals."
CONGRESSIONAL REPARTEE.
Alfred Henry Lewis tells of one occasion when Jerry Simpson scored against an
opponent. The house was proceeding along under the flve-minute rule, and Snodgrass
of Tennessee rose to reply to Simpson, who, It seems, had charged Snodgrass with the
triangular offense of being a lawyer, a fop and a fool. Snodgrass waa -an awful bore,
a dull, tedlcfus sort of a man, and could settbe nerves of the house on edge quicker
than any other man in It. He was proceeding in a manner, says Mr. Lewis, which he
meant to be pompously satirical, to crush the guileless Simpson.
"Mr. Speaker," drawled Snodgrass, while the house writhed to be rid of him, "Mr.
Speaker, the gentleman from Kansas charges me with-being a lawyer- " -
"We'll nolle that count." interjected Reed from his seat on the Republican side.
"Let the gentleman go on to the next."
"Acting," continued, the wearisome Snodgrass, with the same exasperating drawl,
acting on the suggestion of my eminent friend from Maine, Mr. Speaker, I will now go
on to the second count of the indictment preferred against me by the gentleman from
Kansas. In the second count. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Kansas charges me with
being a fop ahd accuses me, Mr. Speaker, of wearing clothes. I must say, Mr. Speaker"
this with lofty sneer, full of a spirit of patronage toward the "Bockless" Simpson "1
do wear clothes. I might add, Mr. Speaker, that I not only wear clothes when now
am a member of Congress, but, Mr. Speaker, I wore clothes before I catrie to
CQngress " -
"Just a -momentl" broke In earuthrof Kentucky. "Will ther gentlemarrplease state-
how long?"
There came another burst of laughter which would seem to fall as pleasantly on tha
Snodgrass ear as did the first. He beamed through the uproar like a tarnished sun, and
when It finished he again took up his oration where Caruth had broken in.
' "Mr. Speaker," resumed the pernicious Snodgrass, "the third and last count of the
Indictment preferred aga'inst me by the gentleman from Kansas Is that I am a fool."
"Bang!" came Crisp's gavel. "The gentleman's time has expired!"
Snodgrass looked helplessly about him; his five minutes were up; he must leave
his defense to that third count floating In the air. It was the amiable Simpson him
self who would push to the Snodgrass rescue.
"Mr. Speaker," said Simpson, "I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman's time
to speak on that third count be extended five minutes. If the house will grant my
request he will prove it." Detroit Jburnal.
The Interest that is being taken 'In the reminiscences as he is in Interpreting laws
coming Lewis and Clark Exposition I for the benefit of the county and state. He
throughout the state has been the means of was a Circuit Judge In the First District,
refreshing the minds of many who had the land in a time when, four or five counties con
pleasure of attending the great World's Fair I stlttited only half of a Judicial division. He
held in Chicago 10 years ago. When reading I left the bench several years ago and re-
of the coming glories to be seen'at Port-1 turned to the bar, It was there that he con
land's Fair, the Chicago Exposition visitors Itracted the habit of telling good stories of
eem to again hear the wild tom-tom musiolhis experience. ' Since his election - as
of the African Tillages on the Midway, and County Judge last year he has not (lucky
to see the bewitching eyes of the streets of stars!) dropped the habit, and It is nothing
Cairo maiden. The memories of the old unusual to hear a good tale from him after
Midway also recall a few strange incidents the buslnes of the day is ended.. The other
and several queer remarks. " George W. day one at these sprang up when the Judge
Hasen tells thst one day he was standing in I was asked how he came totframe the law
front of the Libby Glass Works, when a man permitting counties to place their prisoners d
from the country moseyed along, accom I at work on roads and rock plies.
panied by a young girl. Outside ot the! "Well," said the Judge, "It Is a long story.
World's Fair glass works were piled large j I began my political career with a term, aa
heaps of the -glass bat had been melted, I recorder of the good and beautiful old town .
cooled and then broken up Into big chunks I of Jacksonville, In the First District! I
like coals the lumps were of various hues, found thatt town to suffer financially from
Uncle Henry and the lass looked at the a monthly 'influx of drunken strangers who
colored heaps for a minute, and then the tfd would be arrested and Jailed. They would
man remarked: "Well, Mary, war s the I be well fed and would therefore serve their
glass Just as It came out of the mines." An! time, Instead of paying their fines, as they
he stroked his beard with the air of on were well able to do. When I took office, I
who knows it all. not a new rule in force. A drunk had to
work his time out or be fed on bread and
Lack of choppers and not a scarcity of water. The rule was in effect Just two days
timber, according to Eugene Tauslck, a when some people began to object. It was
Walla Walla fuel dealer, is responsible for a monstrous to starve the prisoners; it was
shortage of wood in the Meacham country against the state law, the city would be sued.
more than anything else. Mr. Tauslck says etc., were dinned In my ears. I said net the
there, is plenty of timber in the Meacham men work and let the city be sued.' A bread
neighborhood, only it is a little naraer to get and water diet I noticed, decreased the
at than before so much was chopped away I number of drunkards from the country, and
nearer the railroad. "To secure laborers to at a meetlna- of the board of trustees
get out the fuel is the hardest thing, he cured the passage of an ordinance
said. "You know a man will do most any- mining the marshal to work prisoner!
thing else before he will chop wood." Mr. the streets. The first person to defy
Tauslck gets a great deal of wood from I law was a bad man who had been terrorls-
along the lower Columbia, and Was in Port- ing us for several years. Well the marshal
land on his way home from a trip to the took that bully in charge and the next day
mouth of the river. he was at work on the street with pick and
shovel. I had given him 12 days and he
"Beet culture in the La Grande country is served the limit 4 When we released him
no longer an experiment," said J. W. he hurrldly left the town and went to Med
Scriber, an Eastern Oregon banker, who has ford, where, not being very well known, his
been attending tq business matters in Port- chatter was taken seriously and he was shot
land. "There Is one thing, however, and dead soon after he arrived."
that is no one can expect to successfully
raise beets unless he gives them, care and .jj you ever l0Be 375 ln a ,jnB;ie
attention. Too many farmers have tried to mlnuter c. A. Schneider, a traveling
conduct a big farm and cultivate beets and ot FranCco, !n a cr0W(1 ut nlght.
have failed. Those who are raising the several had to confess that they had never
sugar producers and doing nothing else are had l?75 to lose in a single year, let alone
being successful." Crops throughout East- ft ngle mnuUi and asked Mr. Schneider it
em Oregon, according to Mr. Scrlber, are m he ever nad such an experience,
an excellent condition and indications for a yeai j aid- repiled the visitor, and it
bountiful harvest are good. "The rains came mada me feei like committing murder at the
Just at the right time," he said. tme ,t happened in Boise City ln 1885." he
went on. "I had come out West with a bad
"Crops in the Middle West are looking case of gold fever, and I followed a rush to
very good with the exception of corn," said ft place some distance north of the Idaho
E. H. Smith, of Menomonie, Wis., land im- capital. Six months cured me of the fever,
migration agent for the Union Pacific, and I returned to Boise City dispirited and
"The floods damaged the corn, especially in with little money in my pocket. I had to
Western owa and Eastern Nebraska, and I get work, and as nearly every saloonkeeper
am afraid the yield will not be as good aa and storekeeper acted as a sort of employ,
usual." Mr. Smith is interested in the loca- ment agent I called on several with no ra
tion of settlers and has been the means of suit, until I met one dispenser of drinks who
offered to sell me one of those old-fashioned
nickel-ln-the-slot lifting machines.
" 'The thing has been here for years,' and
I am tired of looking at If he told me. 'No
one has called to examine it, and I don't
know how much is In the box. Tou can
have It for 16, and if you find a fortune In
It, I won't kick.
"I declined to risk the $6, and Just then a
dapper little fellow came in and bought it
at the figure the saloonkeeper named. As
soon as he was ln possession, he pulled out
a bunch of keys, opened the drawer" and
found a heap of nickels. He counted them
up and they totaled Just $375, and a few
coins to spare. Then I cursed myself and I
cussed the stranger also.
"I learned soon after that the visit of the
little fellow to the saloon was not altogether
accidental. He was the agent for the com
pany owning the machine, and had been
sent out to Investigate its till. As the ma
chine ad not ben touched for 41 years,-. tho '
company doubted if it had any legal claim
and thought maybe the saloonkeeper might
charge storage on it. So the 'agent wi
authorized to buy it if he could for a reason
able figure, and by his purchase the com
pany cleared Just $270 on the investment."
bringing over 20 families to the State of
Oregon. "You certainly have a great state,"
he said, "and I see no reason why Oregon
will not soon be filled with desirable Eastern
settlers. Lands are getting high u. the East,
and Middle West and it is better for one to
come to a place where property is cheap and
Just as good and in most instances more de
sirable."
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Although a clerk ln the office of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, with free
transportation readily obtainable, John Gil
more Nof this city would rather take his
week's vacation this summer in tramping
over the Coast. Lightly laden with blankets
and a few cooking utensils and provisions,
Mr. Gilmore and A. R. Strachan, a mining
engineer, left Portland Saturday for a short
tour of the towns between this city and the
Coast. They expect to travel about 200
miles during next week, every- step of the
way on foot.
"We will carry," said Mr. Gilmore, "only
such things as we absolutely need, depend
ing on hotels and farm houses along the way
for our shelter and most of our meals."
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DOUBTFUL CONTINGENCY.
Some years ago, Lew Dockstader was in
terested in a colored minstrel company and
had, early one summer, engaged a colored
comedian, Ebenezef" TElisfia" Jones7Torthe
next season. One day Ebenezer Elisha came
around to inquire as to advanced salary. He
was mighty hungry, he explained, and didn't
have a dollar he could call his own.
Dockstader told him that he would see
the treasurer of the company, and Just as
the colored man Was leaving suggested that
he had better sign his contract, which he
had previously failed to do.' Ebenezer hesi
tated a minute and then warily observed:
"Well, I'll sign, Massa Dockstader; I'll
sign it, all right but fo God, I'se so hungry
I don' reckon I'll ever live to fill it"
WHERE IMMIGRANTS GO.
Pennsylvania, thanks to the mine owners, absorbs a clear majority of a'l the Croats
Slovenians and Slovaks that come to America, more than a third of the Magyars and
nearly a third of the Poles. More Finns go to Michigan than any other state; the
Scandinavians continue, as always, o drift largely to the Northwest, although many
of them stay In New York; and the Irish and the English go everywhere. But New
York takes heavy toll of the Immigrants of all nationalities. Nearly a third of all who
come 208,824 6ut of B48.743 In 1902 stay In that state, anoT not-a single face that ends
anyseftlers at all falls to leave some of them there; It is noteworthy that, Jri spite of the
attractions of the South, that region is still almost untouched by the stream of Immi
gration. There are several populous Southern counties that do not contain a single
inhabitant of foreign birth; and In 1902 only 2;278 immigrants went to the nine states of
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia combined less than the number that has been brought to New
i or, on several occasions on a single ship. July Review of Reviews.
WILL TAKE NO CHANCE8.
"I regard the trust as a weapon that may be very dangerous in the handsof un
scrupulous people.
"Maybe so.' answered Senator Sorghum, "but I'm going to try to be on friendly
terms with the gunner and take no chances." Washington Star. ' -
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
A woman has Ideals till she gets married;
a man after he gets married.
The average man saves money one place
so as to be able to put it where he is
squandering it somewhere else.
It takes a woman to convince herself that
what is a scandal, for some other woman to
do is only an Indiscretion when she does It -
The man who couldn't guess to save his
life what kind of stockings his wife wears
can always tell what kind any woman has
on that he sees get on a Btreet car. J
A girl has such will power about some
things that she will let a man go on making
love-to her when a mosquito is biting her
knee without ever letting him know it New
'York Press. ; ;
ONE OF NATURE'S SAD ERRORS.
Nature equipped the rooater with an ab
surd desire to crow at an abominably early
I hour ln the morning Just when you are en.
Joying the best part of your sleep, some old
sway-back rooster lets loose a yell that
wakes you; and then he keeps up his dis
turbance until after sunrise, and doesn't
know any better. Why is a rooster's voice
so badly out of proportion to his weight?
The everlasting fool Is composed almost ex
clusively of lungs, .and although he doesn't
weigh more than three pounds, he can make
nimseii neara nve miles away. If a m
had as large a voice, proportionately, as a
rooster, there, would be no use for tele
phones. Nature has been entirely too gen
erous to the rooster. We file a protest-
Wait Mason ln Nebraska State Journal.
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As candy eaters and
Americans rank first
water , drinkers,
A number of western railways have found that the growing of tries along the right
of wai" profitable, both for ties and snowbanks, and are setting out millions of cuttings.
"A $100 bill will sustain
pounds, lengthwise. ,
a weight of 47
REAPING WHAT HE 80 WED.
When President Roosevelt took Henry C.
Payne Into his cabinet, he had a right to ex
pect a crop of delegates, to expect conven
tion endorsements, to ... expect a smoother-.
pathway toward the nomination - he - so
frankly seeks. All this he had a right to ex
pect ; and his expectations have not been
disappointed. But did he foresee no other
results?. Did he not know that the appoint
ment of a notorious spoilsman would spread
and Increase any existing laxity or corrup
tion ln the Postoffice Department, and would
cause political favoritism. Jobbery and get-rich-quick
schemes, at the government's ex- ,
pense, to flourish like rank weeds? Albany
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Denmark export 85,000,000 worth of but
ter a year. The total population of the
country is 2,500,000. ..
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