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PORTLAND
OREGON
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE JOURNAL
: FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 18
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
AN .NDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
jfOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.,. . Proprietor
C. S. JACKSON, . Publisher
Published every evening (except Sunday)
t at The Journal Building, Fifth and
1 Yamhill St.. Portland, Or.
OFFICIAL, CITY PAPER
GOOD EVENING.
The successful mannger of an enter
prise Is the man who knows thoroughly
what must be done at every point of the
work and who has the Bbillty to place
in charge of that phase of the work,
the man who Is equipped to do It just
a well as, or bettor than he himself
could do it. . Moreover, having put the
man in that place, he knows enough to
loavo him nlnno until -he has demon-
I strated his fitness or his Inability to
"fill the bill."
" Such a man does not load hjmself
down with details or Interfere with the
working out of ideas by the man in
Charge. He recognizes that to get good
work he must have their Individuality
that they are not mere machines.
By handling things In this broad way
4 be Is able to accomplish results and still
always hat time to consider any sub-
Ject of real Importance.
v. But he must keep his finger upon
very point, and this requires system.
gonlan is the advocate of the alliance and it
probably knows why. If th people want
that system, they can have it. But they
shall take it knowingly. There shall be no
refuge of lies to hide the monster. It shall
be known whether the great, rich metropolis
of the state is reduced to derive its public
revenues from a partnership with law
breakers in law breaking; whether it Bhall
abuse its character and prostitute the very
machinery of the law to encourage and
support the infraction of the law. The des
picable pretenses, the desperate lies, the
false issues of a paper that delivers Itself
body and soul to that unutterable scheme,
shHll be Illumined with the light of truth.
There Is no honor In the scheme. But ltr
frank adoption by the maypr had something
of the merit of boldness. But this attempt
to drape the hideous figure in the folds of
sanctity is base.
This is not a moral wave. The movement
Is not of Idealists. It is not a question of
gambling. It Is u question of law or no law.
Worse still, it is a question of the law itself
and the officers of the law constituting the
potent instruments of crime, not intermittent,
spasmodic, fearful crime, but steady, peace
ful, prosperous crime.
THE PRESIDENT'S POPULARITY,
A
UNPARALLELED EFFRONTERY.
fTHE EFFRONTERY of the morning
- Ipai)er4iaaaea junder8tand.ing, It an
: . nounces that the mayor "has made
no arrangement with the gamblers Involving
it monthly fine and permission to run." The
monthly "fines' fare paid, indeed they are
semi-monthly, and the gnmbllng runs,
openly, and unmolested in the intervals. If
that is not by arrangement with the mayor.
then by whose - arrangement Is It 7 The
changes of the seasons, the regular alter
nation of day and night, the movement of the
starry hosts are not more evidence of an
arrangement than the unfailing periodicity of
these occurrences. The fact Is long past
the point of argument. It Is open, avowed
and defended, and is only less shameful and
corrupt than this cool, unblushing , denial
Of It.
The fines pass by the name of ball. Ball,
that is legal, honest bail, is deposited to in
sure the attendance of the accused at the
ftriaL If without excuse, the defendant does
not appear, his ball is forfeited, and then
the court, that is an upright court, bent on
enforcing the law, issues a bench warrant
to bring the defendant before It. He is then
tried, and If convicted, is punrshed by fine
or imprisonment. But here there are no ap
pearances, no trials, no convictions, no fines,
no punishment. The money is paid, It is un
' derstood to be paid in consideration that the
defendant may, conduct his illegal business
Until next pay day. That is the course of
the- business. Arrangement? The very
things done constitute an arrangement. The
monthly bills collected by the morning pre
varicator are based upon a no more explicit
certain arrangement, a no more unequivocal
understanding than these so-called fines are
collected. It would Te' just as truthful to
- say it had no arrangement with its subscrlb
era to pay, because probably none of them
has in terms agreed to pay.
The statement quoted, therefore, Is not
merely Incorrect. It Is a plain, unvarnished
falsehood.
The article in question sneers evert at the
- mayor for making j'quasl" admission of a
state of things perfectly well known by
everybody to exist. It cannot conceal Its
: contempt for a mseyor who Is weak enough
to tell even half the truth. It means to edu
cate him to its own hardihood in lying and
- f Impatient at his slow progress.
The most despicable thing in the editorial,
however, is the pretense that the criticism
of the mayor's administration Is instigated
by the forces of vice and crime. Why should
vice and crime be discontented with It?
They get all from it that they are willing to
pay for. From their point of view, it is
-- difficult to conceive of any improvement.
The town couldn't be got wider open with
out breaking ' the hinges. "A regime of
blackmail," we are tolS "was broken up by
Judge Williams' election." Indeed, and if
that is so, why did not he keep it broken
up? Why does he extend its operations to
' Include the city government itself as the
arch blackmailer?
The only merit the Oregonian utterance
. has is that it is not deceptive. It is too
frankly ..false in statement, insinuation and
spirit to mislead any .one capable of receiv
; Inf information. Now the simple story that
. had its beginning in . the mayor's nomina
, tlon is that a "corrupt alliance" is alto
gether responsible for him. While he was
msking promises on the stump to the "forces
Of law and order," his managers and spon-
sors were making promises on his behalf to
' the party of the other part. He has not
kept his own promises, but he hus kept the
promises of his managers. They said he
would run an open town and the forces of
-vice and crime invested their money in him.
The town is open. The div'-Mnds are satis
Y factory. Ask tarry 'Sullivan. He was the
5 mayor's most effective worker. His gaming
house pays &uo per montn ror his share of
TAX LAW DECISION.
SUIT was instituted today In behalf
of the taxpayers of Multnomah
county, which Is expected to result
in a decision by the supreme court upon th
all-important question whether there can be
a valid levy of the taxes assessed for this
year. As The Journal has repeatedly pointed
out, the question is one which affects the
whole state, for the public revenues for an
entire year are at stake.
it is or the utmost importance that no
time should be lost in the preliminary steps
that must be taken before the case can reach
the supreme court. If the case Is submitted
promptly to that tribunal, It Is quite prob
able that, In view of the great public inter
ests Involved, a decision will v be rendered
wlthVery little delay. If that decision
should be adverse to the validity of a levy of
the 1903 taxes, there would still be time
for the governor to call the legislature to
gether, if he should deem that advisable, be
fore the new tax law goes Into effect on the
first of January, 1904.
If, on the other hand, the supreme court
should decide that a valid levy carl be made,
It is Important that this should be known as
soon as possible, in order that the equaliza
tlon of the assessment roll may proceed
without delay.
It is the duty of the district attorney, as
the legal representative of the county, to
appear in the county's behalf in the suit that
has been brought. No other official busi
ness which he now has In hand can compare
in Immediate Importance with this case, and
the necessity of prompt action on his part
should be plainly apparent.
It is the widespread belief among attor
neys who have investigated the subject, that
the legislature, In changing the time of pay
ment, has neglected to make provision for
the collection of this year's taxes. If this
view is shared by the supreme court, the
governor will then be obliged to face the
alternative of either calling a special session
or of leaving every county, city, town and
school district in Oregon, as well as the state
Itself, without revenue from taxes for a year.
T
1 ibb upcji iuh u. ijiu iie ut-iviijj 10 mm com
; ibl nation which Included every nefarious oc
cupation and corrupt, alliance In the city,"
-which the mayor defeated? Not at all.. He
'was of the; mayor's party, and the leader of
the mayor's North End cohorts.
It Is simply Infamous that this apologist
for breakers of the' law. In and out of office,
- this advocate of crime, this panderer of vice,
this ally of corruption, shall charge upon
decent pe"6ple who try to vindicate theTaw,
and-th. order the Jaw was meant to pre-".-
serve, the very crimes It nurses.
" 'hel ' there be an enl of hpyocrlsy. Thy
city of Portland Is given over to an alllancj
with those who make & business of breaking
tha law. -The mayor of the elty head the
ailUnce oo , behlf of the .pit jr. The Ore-
NOW FOR THE INVESTIGATION
HERE IS ONLY one way to get re
liable news and that Is to go after
It to headquarters. It was a matter of
the greatest importance to learn when the
dredge Grant, now being converted at the
Mare Island navy yard, would be completed
and ready for work. If It could be got to
work even at this late day it might do good
service at the mouth of the Columbia in
dredging the ' bar. But the question was,
when would It be ready? Everybody asked It
and everybody answered It according to his
lights, with results not at all conclusive, and
therefore far from satisfactory.
The Journal on the other hand, applied to
headquarters. It telegraphed to Capt. San
ford, the engineer in charge at Mare Island.
The answer indicates that the Grant will not
be ready before October 21. This will dem
onstrate that not much important service
may be expected from It this season.
While little can be expected In this di
rection, added importance Is given to the in-
estlgatlon . now In progress regarding the
delay in construction work at the Jetty. This
Is another of the cases where time should be
taken by the forelock. If much genuine
progress is to be made in construction work
next season now is the time to prepare for
it. An investigation carried to its logical
limits now will do more than lay bare past
mistakes and shortcomings it will show u
how to avoid them In the future. The pres
ent season's loss cannot be made up, but
surely we should do all we can to see that
that loss is not duplicated next season and,
on the other hand, that the progress made
will be exceedingly gratifying to everybody
directly and indirectly Interested in the out
come.
Characteristics of.. Reessvelt That Attract
Many to Him. ,
"Holland," In Philadelphia Tress.
Not since he became president have the
cltlsens of New York had opportunity to
hear President Roosevelt speak upon Issues
that are non-partisan, and he speaks upoiv
no other. In this city he has made one or
two addresses like the Interesting one de
livered at the chamber of commerce, or , at
the banquet celebrating the Inauguration of
his friend Dr. Butler, as president of
( olumbla university, but no formal addresses
elsewhere In the state.
The demonstration made at Syracure yes
terday will cause those who have had some
anxiety lest In his own state President
Roosevelt is not maintaining popularity to
pause before again venturing that opinion
Word comes from Syracuse that the grea
throng that greeted the president was not
merely drawn toward him by curiosity.
Roosevelt Is no unfamiliar personality In
Central New York, although he has not been
seen there since he became president. The
temper of thjs great audience that heard him
and of the greater number of spectators who
saw him was that of enthusiasm stimulated
by respect.
The address Is clearly President Roose
velt's own composition, not that all of his
addresses are not written by himself, but
that in mnny of them the critic who Is fa
miliar with his characteristic methods of
thought and expression sometimes detects
the suggestion, almost the interlineation, th
wise counsel of some good friend. The
apothegm that takes hold of the memory and
stays there, which In some of his more re
cent addresses has been noticed, is not dis
covered in this, and It is well known to
President Roosevelt's friends that it Is to him
a matter of regret that he lacks the Intellec
tual quality which enables a man to compact
a vital thought into a sentence, which may
become a proverb and which is an apothegm.
But the fundamental thought running
through the entire address is distinctively
and characteristically that of Theodore
Roosevelt. Everv one of his more Intimate
personal friends who reads the address, but
who did not hear It delivered, will easily
picture to himself the personal mannerism
the nervous, aggressive Intellectual and
physical force, the eloquence of enthusiasm,
if not of words, of sincerity, of unyielding
conviction, which always with him accom
pany the expression in private of the basic
thought that is In his address.
If his friends sometimes tremble a littl.
when he speaks, off hand, if he ever does,
upon financial questions, they are without
fear when he addresses, either extemporan
eously or impromptu, an audience upon such
questions as were discussed In this address.
And it Is known in New York that in the
financial district where as many have be
lieved some distrust, not as to his sincerity,
but as to the accuracy of his Judgment and
the coolness of his action, has prevailed,
there is now such good understanding of thr
clearness of vision with which President
Roosevelt views the relation which should
exist between the Individual and the com
munity, between what is called capital and
labor, that much of that apprehension has
departed, and it is only occasionally that we
hear a financier still ask inquiringly if Pres
ident Roosevelt has conquered his impulsive
disposition.
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Georgia's War on Loafers.
From the New York Commercial.
Georgia Is having an exciting time. A
vagrancy law is being actively enforced all
over the state. The effort of It Is both
curious and laughable. Men are going to
work who never worked before, a press re
port says, and many negro women are get
ting married to escape the law. Negroes
who have been loafing a whole year have
gone to work! Strikingly novel, Isn't It? A
law that drives male loafers to work and fe
male loafers to matrimony! And the law
Is a great success that is the press report
version.
The Atlanta newspapers tell a slightly dif
ferent story. Since the law became operat
ive Idle negroes have been flocking to At
lanta from the small towns of the state,
where the peace officers made It too warm
for their comfort. It was a case of work
or get out. and the negroes got they got to
Atlanta, where they hoped to lose them
selves In the labyrinth of the slums. So
many Idle negroes must live, and as they will
not work the question becomes serious. At-
anta will have accomplished a wonder If it
can solve the problem.
In every village there exist a few loafers
who are content to take an occasional term
n Jail to conciliate Justice as applied in this
form of law. These are the petty criminals
usually, harmless as JtrUle, but when put to
li they develop Into thugs and highwaymen.
Such must be maintained at the expense of
the state the greater part of the time
Meantime Georgia's war on the loafers
serves to keep them from utter stagnation.
8ome Intimate Facts About the Civil Gov
ernor of the Philippines.
Samuel G. Blythe in New York World.
Friends of William 11. Taft, of Ohio, now
civil governor of the Philippines and the
next secretary of war, hope and believe ho
will be president some day." .
If he Is he will be "Bill'.' Taft to them. Just
as he is "Bill" Taft now, and Just as he has
been. "Bill" Taft. ever, since he was a. small
boy. That does not mean, either,, that Mr.
Taft Is lacking In dignity. It means that
he Is to his Intimates a genial, kindly, lov
able man big and hearty and a friendly
friend and all the world knows that while
friends are common enough, friendly friends
are so rare they should be cherished.
' Fiction writers talk about "breexy" men
and "breexy" girls who come out of the
West. Gov. Taft Is too big to be classed as
a breexe. He Is half a gale, and from the
nor'-nor'-east, as the yachting chaps say,
and when he blows Into a company the at
mosphere is always revivified. He is cheery
snd unaffected. Re laughs like the well
fed, well-nourished man he is, and he is so
big that people look at him and say: ' "Well,
by George, If that man has a mind as great
In proportion as his trunk and his legs he
must be a corker!"
There need be no worry about the mind.
That question was settled some time ago,
Taft Is really one of the notable men of the
country. A great many people, some of
them very astute In totaling up the sum of
human qualifications, say he is of presiden
tial slse. 4 President McKinley picked him
out for the Philippines governorship, and
President Roosevelt, after he had looked Taft
over, said "Bully!" and Immediately began to
lay plans to get him closer to the head of
fice of, governmental affairs.
Secretary Root unbends to TaTt. He
thaws out a bit. He even "Joshes" him by
cable at 12.64 a word. Including address.
Once Taft went on a trip of Investigation
In the Philippines. He had been sick and
wanted. Incidentally, to get Into the higher
regions around Manila where there was some
cool air. After the first day he cabled Root,
who was anxious about Taft's health: "Feel
ing fine; rode 40 miles today on horseback.'
Root sent this reply: "How Is the horse?'1
the city. One day Rose sent The Pilot out
with a scurrilous story about Judge Al
phonso Taft, the ex-cablnet officer and father
of "Bill" Taft The story was a He. s
Judge Taft could do nothing, but his ath
letic son, William, then . a newspaper re
porter, thought he might take a hand. Taft
told his associates on the Times, that he In
tended to whip 'Rose within an inch of his
life. i
SHORT STORIES
( ; 8tories of "Bill Arp." ' ; ,
From the Baltimore Suh. 7 " ,
. I remember thnt nnca a hm,: .-.,l t.w
Buchanan and myself were spinning tops in
I don't blame you Bill," said Louis rront or MJ. Smith's office, and the malor
Q'Sbaughneasy," but for heaven's, sake, if I came out and said to Buchanan; "Here is.
you do go after him, don't hit him on the I a box ' Bee is you can strike it with
head. That's useless. Go for anything but your t0P " BO- I will give you a quarter."
his head." "Done," said Buck: "I have got your
Taft promised and went out on the trail of Quarter." "All right. If you have it." said
Rose. He found him at the corner of Fourth tn major, "because I haven't " rot it." ' "I
and Rose streets at 1 o'clock in the after- I wl11 KeeP this box as security," exclaimed
noon.
Rose was a big chap himself, and when
Taft loomed up in front of him he instinct
ively clenched his fists and got ready for at
tack.
duck, - i aon t care a fig If you do," re
turned the major. I heard the major tell of
a "cracker" Justice of the peace who came to
him for advice. Bald the Justice of the
peace: "See liere. Lawyer Smith. T nt
"la your name Rose?" asked the future CB on hand like this; Two young lawyers
governor of the Philippines. a.ch argued his respective side of thls'tarnal
"Yes," Rose replied. "What 'of ltr ca". but neither one cited a precedent. Now,
"Nothing, except that my name Is Taft, 1 Just decides all cases by counting the
and I Intend to whip you." number of precedents cited, right hand for
Taft forgot his instructions and let out Plaintiff and left hand fingers for defendant,
with his left hand. He hit Rose on his ex- Now" darn my buttons, if either one of them
tensive nose and knocked him down. Then, "hunks has gl'n me anything to- hang a de-
instead of seeking some vulnerable point, clslon ont" The major told him to decide
Taft Jumped astride of Rose, seised him by according to common sense. - "I never hearn
the ears and began bumping his head te" ' no court decision based on no common
against the curbing. That was what . Rose before," said the Justice of the peace,
wanted. He closed his eyes and apparently Tha major said that the more he reflected
lapsed Into unconsciousness. Taft banged I uPn me matter the more convinced he be
Rose's head against the curb a doien times.
Then, he walked away.
Rose reposed In the gutter until Taft had
turned the corner, and then got up, duBted
himself and went to a drug store to be
patched. He had several scalp wounds, but
was not severely Injured.
However, the required result was at
tained. Young Taft had succeeded where
the chief of police and the man with the
hickory club had failed,
paper and left the city.
A year or so ago, when some of the men
whoare leaders In the Republican party
were still hugging In their breasts the
thought that, perhaps. In some way not yet
discovered, but, may be, lurking under the
surface. It might be possible to get the Re
publican national convention away from
Roosevelt and nominate somebody else, at
tention turned to Taft. He was put under
the magnifying glass. He stood the test and
it was talked, in dark corners and in places
where Roosevelt might not hear, that it
would be a good scheme to groom him. The
plan came to nothing, for two reasons. The
first was that the Republicans couldn't
figure It out any way to beat Roosevelt
either before or In the convention.
The second was that Mr. Roosevelt him
self heard some of the stories and promptly
offered Taft a seat on the bench of the su
preme court of the United States. Taft
didn't take the place Just then. He wanted
to stay In the Philippines and he knew he
was strong enough to get a supreme court
Judgship at a later date If It seemed desirable.
Moreover, Taft knows and his friends know
that It would not be Impossible to nominate
him for president In 1908. Ohio thinks well
of Taft, and there are some sturdy folk In
Republican politics in Ohio.
After much urging the president made
Taft consent to come to Washington and
take the war portfolio when Mr. Root retires
next January. Taft had to be coaxed. He
likes his workln the "Philippines. The Fili
pinos think he is the greatest paleface who
ever appeared In the archipelago. In addi
tion to that, Taft probably had a sentimental
reason for consenting. His father, Alphonso
Taft, was secretary of war . for a time in
President Grant's second cabinet, ai he was
also attorney-general, and It Is a fine thing
for a son to get as high as his father.
Taft had studied law and was admitted
to the bar soon after he whipped the editor.
He went into politics, and was made as
sistant prosecutor for Hamilton county.
President Arthur made him collector of In
ternal revenue for the Hamilton county dis
trict In 1ML He resigned In 1883 and prac
ticed law until 1887, but for a portion of that
time was assistant county solicitor. He was
made a Judge of the superior court of Ohio
In 1887, and remained on the bench until
1890, at which time he became solicitor gen
eral of the United States under President
Harrison. In 1892 he returned to Cincinnati
and became dean and professor of law In the
University of Cincinnati. In 1892 was ap
pointed United States circuit Judge for the
sixth circuit. In 1900 President McKinley
appointed him president of the United States
commission to the Philippines, and on June
5, 1901, he became the first civil governor of
the Philippines, which position he will resign
In December to come to Washington as sec
retary of war. Moreover, he will be near to
his own people, and that Is a factor with the
men who have Taft In mind for 1908. They
want the United States to know him.
Progressive people want to read the news
the day it happens. Those who read The
Journal last evening found themselves re
lieved of the necessity of reading the Ore
gonian this morning, for they were already
acquainted with every essential happening In
the world of news. This is not only a hand
some tribute to the news service, telegraphic
and local, of The Journal, but It is a Justifi
cation of the live evening paper as the unap
proachable purveyor of the worlds news.
There are few people in the world whose
personal well being is of more interest to the
American people than Sir Thomas Upton's.
They sincerely hope that notwithstanding the
appalling names which medical science at
taches to his sickness his recovery will be
speedy and complete. Sir Thomas Lip ton is
a Jolly good fellow,- sure enough, and as a
loser the world has selddnTfound his mate.
We Are It. ..
From the Chicago News.
If Carnegie is right and England and the
United States are destined to be one, we may
& well serve notlcfc. right here, wo as to
prevent future, coraplicatioris, that we are to
be the one, .
The Unbidden Poet.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The unbidden poet Is a source of much
wonderment In every newspaper office. As
a general thing, he possesses not the slight
est knowledge of the rules governing met
rical composition. His spelling is bad, his
punctuation is .worse, his sense of words
that rhyme is defective, and he has no soul
above the common-place. And yet he de
ludes himself into the idea that he is a poet.
No amount of discouragement will turn him
from his mistaken course. He persists with
a dogged determination which, If directed
Into some more practical channel, would
be altogether admirable. The yawning
waste-basket seems to have no terrors fop
him. He Js generally most prolific In the
spring, when, we are told, the young man's
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love; but
any public event of more than ordinary im
portance will stir his muse and cause it to
ferment. During the international yacht
races, for instance, the Record was In re
ceipt of over 100 alleged poems on the sub
ject, and this state of affairs probably pre
vailed in other newspaper offices. During
the last five years one of these would-be
poets has- contributed fully 600 verses to the
Record, without ever having had one pub
lished! And yet he Is not discouraged.
A New Point ef View.
From the Chicago News.
"It's the little things that worry a man,"
remarked the tired husband as he wrote out
a check for his wife's new $100 bathing suit.
The Outs Are In.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Some of the lynchers at Danville, III., who
tried to break into Jail, are now in that Jail
trying lo get out of It.
e Always 8o.
t From the Atchison Globe.
No Woman ever put a letter In a letter box'
that she did not raise the lid a second time
to see if the letter fell to the bottoiru
Taft weighs about 250 pounds. He is a
mountainous sort of a man, big everywhere,
but he doesn't run up to a peak. His head
is level. While he was in the Philippines
the first time he became 111. A surgical op
eration was necessary. He came to this
country. The doctors looked him over and
told him he would die If he went back to the
Philippines.
"Well," said Taft, "if that is the case I
guess I'll have to die, for my work there Isn't
finished, and I must go back."
He did go back, too, and 1 he didn't die.
His nerve carried him through.
Taft has always had nerve. When he was
in Yale, from 1874 to 1878, he was a leader
in athletics. He Was also second-honor
man, salutatorlan and class orator, but that
has nothing to do with the courage question.
The point is that he came back to Cincinnati
in -1878 a fine exemplification, physically, of
that good old Western word "husky." He
became a reporter in the courts.
A man named Rose, who was locally known
as "Nosey" Rose, because he had more than
his share of proboscis, had arrived In Cin
cinnati a few years before and had begun
the publication of a vile weekly newspaper
called The Pilot. The paper was devoted
principally to. printing scandals. Rose never
took pains to verify anything. The merest
rumor, if it affected the character of a well
known man, was printed with many invented
details, the Idea being to make each story
as nasty and Injurious as possible. '
Naturally, Rose's paper and Rose him
self made many CInclnnatlans uncomfort
able. There were several efforts to suppress
Rose by force. He laughed at libel suits and
sneered at the police. Chief Hudson, of the
police force, had been villanously assailed.
One day he hit Rose on th head with a
blackjack. That experiment of Hudson's de
veloped the fact that nature had been In
deed lavish with Rose. In addition to giv
ing him more nose thaimny two men could
need, she had endowed him with a skull so
thick that a crack with a blackjack, even
when handled by a chief of police, had no
apparent effect."
It was then learned that some of the decent
people Vhom Rose had been assailing had
hired a fighter to- punish Rose, as there
seemed to be no way' to get after him by
process of isfw-. The fighter lay In wait for
Rose on a dark corner, and When Rose came
along hltdilm at the base of the skull with' a
hickory club. Rose dropped in his tracks.
The man With the club walked away. The
cold water of the gutter revived Rose.' As
soon as his assailant turned the corner he
Jumped up, went into a nearby drug store for
a bit of sticking plaster and then went back.
to the office, with nothing but a headache
and a small scalp wound to remind him that
he had been f assaulted.
Shortly after- this experience Rose took a
new tack In hig paper. He had assailed
many reputable citizens, but , he had re
trained from, attacking the really big men ,of
Portland's Past Corruption.
From the Eugene Guard.
The" Portland Journal has from time to
tlmei discovered petty thievery which has
taken place among the county officials of
past years. It has been the only paper In
the city to pay any attention to the dis
coveries, presumably because they were
"scoops" on the Oregonian and Telegram.
But It talks very straight about why these
two papers should keep silent on these ques
tions. The' Oregonian should answer. Why
has it not published the shortages of Mult
nomah officials the same as the shortages,
steals and petty thievery of St. Louis of
ficials, of Minneapolis officials, of the ever
recurrent New York scandals? Why?
The Journal says:
"And still the silence surrounding the
sometimes tumultuous Oregonian Is thick
enough to cut with a knife. It simply hasn't
a. word to say about county affairs, - though
otherwise garrulous to a degree. Exposure
after exposure may be made with facts
taken from the official records and the whole
town may be talking about them, but the
palsied Oregonian lets out not the faintest
peep.
"There was a time when the people of
Portland were inclined to take these expos
ures with many grains of allowances. They
were disposed to believe that as they found
publicity through -The Journal, this paper
was simply seeking to attract attention to It
self. But that time has gone by,
"Does the Investigation carry things too
close home to be entirely comfortable? Did
a profit of $48,000 on a $53,000 Job given the
pregonlan by these self-same officials put
the Oregonian In the same catagory with the
officials and make a common cause-for both"?
Is the Oregonian Itself actually under In
vestigation when the former defrauding of
ficials are being investigated V
came that the Justice of th twin
right .:
Safe Mind Reading.
From the New York Tribune.
' Drlna De Wolfe, the actress, was a con
spicuous figure af the Saratoga races. After
the races one evening Miss De Wolfe dined
at Canfield's. A young Harvard man.
uninvited, Joined her and her friends. He
Rose stopped his I was rich and good looking, but something of
a Dore.
"I am studying mind reading telepathy
thought transference and all that sort of
thing," he announced, taking a sip of cham
pagne. "How are you getting on?" said Miss De
Wolfe.
"Oh, famously," lie replied. "I can to a
certain extent read people's thoughts al
ready. It Isn't hard. It Is nothing like as
hard as you'd think."
"Could you." said Miss De Wolfe, "read
my thoughts?"
The young man looked in her eyes.
I am sure I could," he said.
"Do you know what I am thinking now?"
she asked.
"Yes," said he.
She sneered slightly. "Well, It is safe, at
any rate." she said. "You have too much
conceit to repeat It."
Shun the Gross.
From the New York Times.
Louise Allen, who Is Mrs. William Collier
in private life, suffers from being the wife of
a wit. Mr. Collier is a master of repartee,
and Mrs. Collier's little Jokes are seldom no
ticed. At a dinner last week, however, a young
woman who had recently left society for the
stage was recounting with great glee the
fine engagements she had refused for the
coming season.
"They wanted me to take Hattle Will la rkrt
role In "Vivian's Papa's'" she assetfed un
blushingly, "but I can't be gross. I never
can be gross, you know." ,
"You will never be a star, then." said Mrs.
Collier, quietly.
"Wfhy not, pray?" asked the girl, rather
pertly.
"Because you would find it so hard to ac
cept your share of the gross receipts," said
Miss Allen.
There was a general laugh and the would
be actress subsided.
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Not a Valid Reason.
From the New York Times.
William Gillette is a good Sherlock
Holmes, but he does not, know everything, .
that is, where old Neptune's sons are con
cerned. While cruising In the bay In his yacht
Aunt Polly he met an old salt whom ha
hadn't seen since his last trip there.
"How are you?" said Gillette.
"Pretty fair; but a little deaf in my left
ear."
"Well, you're no longer young, you know,
and "
jivh a on ii s tne age," interrupted the
old sailor; "sure me right ear's as old as me
left one, and I can hear foine In that."
Repairing Washington's Tomb.
From the Philadelphia Ledger..
The exceptionally wet summer has told
seriously on the walls of the old mansion at
Mount Vernon, and the managers of the es
tate have been fearful that the sandstone
walls in the foundations might crumble
away.
The cornerstone, laid two centuries ago, on
which the Masonic emblem was deeply cut,
has so disintegrated that It was found neces
sary recently to remove the stone and clean
off the crumbled parts. The emblem will be
recut and the stone returned to Its resting
place.
The old tomb. In which, until 35 years
ago, the bodies of Geh. Washington and his
wife rested, is In danger of falling to pieces.
A contract has been let to coat the walls
with a preparation to preserve them. The
walls of the mansion are also being treated
for the same purpose. The walls are dried
with gasoline torches and then covered with
a composition called nlcolite, which is
driven into the soft stone by application of
heat.
Presiding Episcopal Bishop.
From the New York Sun.
Right Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, bishop of
Missouri by the death of Right Rev. Thomas
March Clark, bishop of Rhode Island, has
become the presiding bishop of the Protest
ant Episcopal church in- the United States.
Bishop Tuttle succeeds by virtue of his
seniority. The new presiding bishop is 7
years old. He was born in New York and
was educated at Columbia college and at the
General Theological seminary of this city.
On account of Bishop Tuttle's 111 health, it
is believed that he wilt jdelegate the duty of
his office in the house of bishops to Right
RevN William Croswell Doane, bishop of Al
bany. Th(a was done by Bishop Clark of
late years, owing to his ill health. Right
Rev. William M. McVickar, bishop, coadjutor
A Modern Woman's Prayer.
From the Louisville Post.
O Lord I come to Thee in prayer once more;
But pardon that I do not kneel before
Thy gracious presence for my knees are
sore
With too much walking. In my chair in
. stead
I'll sit at ease and humbly bow my head.
I've labored in thy vineyard, thou doest
know,
I've sold ten tickets to the minstrel show;
I've called on 16 strangers In our town,
Their contributions to our church put down;
I've baked a pot of beans for Wednesday's
spree
An old-time supper It's going to be;
I've dressed three dolls for our annual fair,
And mads a cake which we'll raffle there.
Now, with thy boundless wisdom, so sublime,
Thou knowest that these duties all take
time;
I have no time to fight my spirit's foes,
I have no time to mend my husband's
clothes; .
My children roam the streets from morn till
night,
I have no time to teach them to do right;
But thou, O Lord, considering my cares,
Wilt count them righteousness and heed my
prayers.
Bless the Bean Supper and the Minstrel
Show,
And put It in the hearts of all to go.
Induce all visitors to patronize
The men who in pur .programs advertise;
Because I've chased those merchants till
they hid '"' '
When'er they Saw me coming yes, they did.
Increase the contributions to our fair,
And bless the people who assemble there,
BleBS the grab-bag and the gypsy tent,
The flower table and the cake that's sent:
May our Whist club be to thjnserVice blest,
The .dancing party gayer than the rest.
And when thou has bestowed these bless
ingsthen We pray that thou wilt bless our souls
Amen-
Standing Armies Expensive.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The prospective German deficit this year la .
estimated at $30,000,000. Governments "which
attempt to maintain a great army and an
equally imposing navy i at" .the same time
of Rhode Island, will succeed Bishop Clark. must expect the bill to be a heavy one
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