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-4 PORTLAND, ; OREGON . THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1903 Editorial ;JPai?e f H3 Joersaal THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ' C . JACKSON Published every evening (exospt Sunday) OFFICIAL. PAPER, OF. THB CITY OF THE JOURNAL'S PLATFORM ATrinity ol Events Which Would Make of Portland i ' the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast. First Deepen the Columbia river bar. .v. Second Open the Columbia river to unim - peded navigation at and above The Dalles. . . Third Dig an Isthmian canal THE FAIR APPROPRIATION. IF AN APPROPRIATION -worthy of the name Is td be secured for the Lewis and Clark fair, the one man (1 . whose good will aTSov'e all others must be secured Is Speaker Cannon of the house of representatives. Speaker Cannon has shown a clearly manifest purpose to stand by the prerogatives of the "IwHjBe and will resent every attempt of the senate to override him. The feeling between the houses Is therefore not cordial and the pet measures of the senate, are likely to suffer some in conse quence unless the house gets its pound of. flesh In return. ,Th speaker never bas been a spendthrift of the- public funds and this, year he is said to be less inclined than ever befofOotak6hriIorT5frand: gtvrtheapproprtaiToi)s full swing. There are reasons of political policy why this should not be so this year and particularly as it applies to new appropriations. , - ' . ' "The Oregon country goes before congress with a-strong case. ' It has right and reason on its side in demanding a decent appropriation, and it has the backing of one of the most significant historical incidents in the history of the West, as a further peg bri whlch to hang its claim. It is an event which, while receiving a local celebration, cThat In fli iim fit It fpnnp-nlttnn Thelnir srlvMV In th northwestern part of the country, nevertheless has a ibroad historical " significance which is Just being appre ciated throughout the country. Nothing has ever before been attempted in this section of the country; no govern ment aided exposition has ever been held west of Omaha and even that was . In a sense a local enterprise, which, while well conducted, was without such historical back ground or impulse as to appeal to the whole country. All of the facts bearing upon the Oregon country enter prise should be brought clearly home to those members of aha house who will have a vital influence upon the out come. While this applies to others it applies to none with Quite the same force as it does to Speaker Cannon, who is Essentially a fair man, though Indisposed to extravagant impropriations. k.'-:'y'V V " ..." t ..'m' I ACTIVE CAPITAL IN PORTLAND. -A v SALEM CONTEMPORARY expresses surprise and uJk indignation, not unmlngled with grief, that Port-. JL lan4 carrles bigger bank deposits than any of its rivals in the Northwest it Wouldn't it be, a blessed thing ilor this city, it rises to inquire, if Portland had less idle capital and more active capital, isn't the city hopelessly rich and hasn't the town many idle dollars waiting to eat up the enterprise and crush the active dollars, are some of the many questions which the Salem paper pours forth Cm the heat of Its indignation. ,..". This is another of those cases in which, if one admits 4ne premises he must necessarily admit the conclusions, 2ut the premises being wrong the conclusions are fatally kaulty.' Under the national banking laws a certain pro portion of the funds must be held In reserve. The Port land banks adhere to the laws and therefore maintain the legal reserve.' But outside of this Portland is entitled to special consideration from the fact that its capital Is kept so unusually active. The jobbing business of Portland has increased during the past year an average of 15 per cent, pome considerably more but throughout the whole list the average will be maintained, " . This would necessarily mean an expansion beyond the limits of the invested capital and a growth with which the immediate returns from the business could not jft ex pected to keep up. .This . problem every Jobbing house In SCOW TO UX8 WOBt mistical Hints That lead to Happl- . ness. ' From Harper's Baxaar. Ever aince Mark Twain showed u Tom Sawyer selling, for sundry prised considerations, the hitherto undersigned privilege of whitewashing his aunt's fence, we have all had a suspicion that the difference between work and play was purely mental.- If we liked work. we have admitted- to ourselves, It would not be work; but the difficulty has been how to like it Here is. the place for a new cult let us. coining a word of the usual mixed pedigree, call in psycho-manual science. The brilliant woman who should make herself mistress and priestess of this art: would surely do the world much good and coin a mint of money as well. Fori who would not go to a teacher who could show one how to work and lika it? t The rudiments of the science are ex tremely simple, but Its application is In finite, and would, of course, require a competent change of mental habit Let us consider first what the present habit is. When you are washing dishes, for Instance what Is on your mind? Don't you wish they would hurry, up and get done, and then stay done? 7 anddon't you consider that to wash dishes three times a day for 365 days a year Is too much for human endurance? What a distance have you fallen from the Inno cent days of infancy, when you stuffed a rorlc Into ;ft bottle a thousand times, and chuckled at the chance to do It gain! Psycho-manual science would aim to destroy the false mental attitude of the adult mind and restore the Inno cent delight In activity so characteristic of the Infant mind. ' ' What now,' la the truth in regard to this matter? It la that. In really you would not do anything else but wash dishes if you could. For what constrains you? No outer ppwerj merely th fact that you prefer clean dlshea to soiled one;; therefore ' you prefer to wash dlshea or else you would not wash them. It la difficult to realize this at once, and therefore a course of treatments, and possibly lessons, may be advisable. The r.ext time you are doing something with ,a very unwilling mind, repeat this for mula to yourself, again and again, until you believe it: "This that-1 am now doing Is what, under all the circumstances, 1 1 prefer to do, at this moment, above aH . t. . Y. I .. M 1 ... M . tfcAM . f ' n joy It" .This treatment faithfully applied dur ing dishifa8h!ngr"bcdttiaklng, sweeping, , dusting.'' .'''sewing on ' buttons, darning stockings, bouse cleaning, , even picking up arid putting away the mlacellaheouir, . belonging to a large and careless family, ' may e relied on to get the work done in Ices lime and with less friction than ever' iKfnre, to till tha world with sunshine, and enlarge the soul of the worker. If . PUBLISHED BY. JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. at The Journal Building, Fifth and Portland has been forced to face and in the extension Pof its. legitimate line of new credits' the banks have been the factors necessarily relied upon. When crop movements are slow and lumber interests Inactive, capital invested in them may in a sense be Idle, but it is nevertheless tied up. Portland Is not a bond investing community and in the'lo ! manufacturing enterprises which , It undertakes, and there is a surprising number of them, Portland capital is almost exclusively Invested. In the growth and expansion of 8ii.cn businesses the so-called idle capital of the banks is necessarily drawtmpon. Indeed"' there are few if any financial institutions in Portland t which haven't Iff the past year disposed of thousands , of dollars . worth of ordinary bankable investments, to increase the -amounts available to meet the demands for capital invested in le gitimate i active local enterprises. , : r ; i In no city in the country are the rules of safe banking more carefully: adhered . to... .The .result is -shown in the solidity of our local banking Institutions, their ability to stand the stress of hard times arid the popular confidence with which they are regarded. At the same- time they fully meet every requirement of the demands of actlvi business properly conducted, aaiwelj as Its rapid expansion due to the-rapid growth and consequent increasing de mands of, the tributary country. It ;Js gross injustice to say that millions and millions of idle dollars are piled tup In Portland banks.. Outside of te legal , reserves that would be neither business nor common sense with the ac tive demand for fresh "money in the development and ex-: tension of perfectly legitimate and safe local enterprises. Capital, instead of being dead, is extremely active and well employed In Portland and the proof of it is the rela tively greater and more widely diffused prosperity which marks this city In comparison-with' any other city of any thing like the same consequence in tn uole Northwest. A MODEL REPORT. HERE IS a precision, character and courage about I the report of Messrs. Conrad, and Bonaparte on the postofflce scandals that is as striking as It is commendable. Its ' whole tone Is one of judicial impar tiality. With none to reword and none' to shield It goes straight to the mark with the heedless accuracy of a rifle bullet It cannot fall, therefore, to profoundly Influence the public. mind and to carry veo more weight -with R than did the sensational report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Bristow, to whom what might be called the pictorial elements, in the investigation seem to have vividly appealed. In. a sense the JPont ad-Bonaparte re port gives the whole affair. .a new status, for it la so thoroughly dispassionate, in tone, yet so searching in Its methods, so discriminating in marshalling its facts 'and giving them due proportion and so logically indifferent to polltlcal'pull when those facts involve conspicuous In dividuals, that Its every conclusion carries with It a weight which ordinarily attaches only to a decision of a court of last resort. , ' Out of this -mess come some tarnished reputations, none more so'thap that of Perry S., Heath, late first assistant postmaster-general, who can escape nothing of the public odium which follows escape, the consequent legal punishment on the pitiable plea that the statute of. limitations has intervened to save him from the consequences of his crimes. As for Beavers and the rest of the thieving crew, their 'status is pretty securely fixed. It is quite apparent that too great llmita? tlons have , been ' placed upon these . Investigations, that they must be longer and further pursued to expose and extirpate the evils under which , the public' service has suffered during the McKlnley and even the Roosevelt ad ministrations and that these investigations must go, to the very bottom, shielding none and punishing those who can be reached. : It is, only fair to say that the president's good faith in the matter is proven by the selection of such men as Messrs. Conrad and Bonaparte for- such an investigation, for they were not Only perfectly competent to perform it; but they are men of such high personal character as to be beyond the reach such reprisals as a searching official It does not, it. Is because you do not understand the true inwardness of it, and a thorough course of study in psycho manual science may be necessary, rosea hecessabt. From the New York Bun. V A New England representative who had been dallying too long with drink awoke the other morning to find hlmsilf as he afterwards explained,. "Just one jump ahead of the willies." Realising his condition, he declared to his wife that he would never touch liquor again. Continuing to feel badly, he began to need & drink. ' , "I'll not take another drink for the United States," he said; "no, not even If a . doctor ' prescribes it for me. I'll never take another drink voluntarily; but say, Mary, my wife, I wish you or some one Just about aa atrong as you are would grab me and hold me and force me to take one." , raosrEBXTT otrrsrDii mew tobk. From the New, . Orlfans : '.Tlmes-Demo-.'-' :' .' , crat '-r We do not hear from other localities the melancholy wall that comes from NewYork. -On- the -contrary, '"iiere-at New Orleans the theatrical business has been good, the hotel business' excep tionally large, and the bank clearings. Instead of showing a decline, as at Man hattan, have broken all records. And what is true of New Orleans Is true of the other Southern ' ports and of ' St Louis, Chicago and other Western cities. It is very like New York to believe that because U is suffering from the collapse In the Wall street bubbles, the whole country, is in a deplorable condition of business stagnation and depression. BEM OCXATXO OPPOBTUVZTZSS. From the La Grande Chronicle. , , Prospects for Democratic success have not been better Jn .Oregon, Jor years.' The Republicans have been In about as long as they can hold together, Their great greed for office . and patronage always causes a falling out among themselves fterca nprt time, and it Is so all over the sfate. Faction are '-risings every where, and'slnce It is the Republican creed to wn on ru4i15,4f one faction cannot defeat the other It will turn and -vote with the Democrats. . , OBXOOVS XAITO TBAUO BAJT, From the Eugene 'Register, ( Oregon has been under the "land fraud".' ban -for. two ..years, without . a single case of . fraud being proven. . We expect within . the next IS years, at least to find out whether .r not we are really all land thieves or are being mad the .butt' of an Impractical loke by the interior department . . ; rr.:, JNO. P. CARROLL Yamhill streets. Portland, PORTLAND systematic thievery, though he may of political pull and beyond the fear of might reasonably be expected to follow investigation. f . ' JOB OABJrOB'l rBOBLXaf. From the New York Sun. V . The story is told of Mr. Cannon's pur pose to go to a better hotel on "his elec tion to the speakership than he had for merly lived In. He accordingly was conducted by 'the clerk of one of the more fashionable establishments to such a small suite of rooms as his actual needs required. "How much is it?" asked the speaker. : . . ,, "W would let you have it for H00 a month." Uncle Sam allows him $417 a month. : As the speaker hesitated, fingering his cigar In a nervous way, the solicitous clerk feelingly Inquired: "That is not too much. Is it, Mr, Speaker?" "Oh, no; not at all," responded Mr. Cannon gravely. "I was merely pus- sling my brain to think what I could do with my other 117." WASTED A CKAJrOB. ' From the New York Times. Concerning a modish woman of today the late Julian Rix. painter and critic, had this story to tell: . "Mr. Rtx, I've come to ask you a great favor," she said, as she fairly burst Into his studio one fall day. Everything I have Is at your coin mtfhH, madamj" "I want to show you some coats-of- arms and ask your advice about making a cnoice. "Which side of the family do you wish to follow, maternal or" -un. neiiner: jine neraia says I can choose any of these, I want something inai wm iook wen on whist counters." "Yes? .Well, what about this?" That will do. nicely; but don't you think I ought to have more than one? I do tire so quickly of things, you know." : ' " -' - a, . ' thb kobsb also waited. ; ' From tlve Detroit Free Press. Chauncey Olcott Is telling his friends about two green youths of his acquain tance who having hired a horse and trap for a day's outing, found themselves at the close of the expedition confronted with, the bewildering - problem of re harnessing the , animal. ,. The bit proved their chitff difficulty, for fhe horse made no rasponsa whatever to their overtures. Well, there's nothing for it but to wait." aald.one. "Walt for what?" grumbled the other. "For the horse to yawn," replied hls companion. ' " . " Senator Morgan's Chases, . ' From the PhJlaflcii!.hlpiInquirsr, - If Senatpr Morgan i canu1ffceed In showing up the part played by the transcontinental railroads n . delaying' the construction of. an isthmian Canal i or that, they took now? such: part the country will forgive him TOUch. : ".' W. X. VABDEBBXLT, Ja, AT WOBX. Spends Honrs Sally in Beoeatly Banted . ' Offlc. " . " " From the New York World. William K. Vanderbllt Jr.. has gone to work. This will Joe news to many of hfs friends who thought him devoted to pleasure. But in applying himself to business the- young millionaire ' Is only carrying out. a serious resolve formed years ago.'V's";V-'vi!.',';;v': ' Three months ago Mr. Vanderbllt fit ted up unpretentious offices on the sec ond floor of the Corporation building, at 135 Broadway, and since then he has been there every day from 9, o'clock in the morning until late in the afternoon. Just what he is doing Mr. 1 Vanderbllt declines. to say, but visitors to his of fice have seen his desk filled with re ports and memoranda concerning the Seaboard Air line, lit which William C. Whitney and Thomas F. Ryan are Bald to be interested. . That he is taking an interest in this seems to confirm a report current in Wall street several weeks ago that . Vanderbllt influences' .in the affairs of he Seaboard - Air line are becoming formidable. -'. ,- '' " In explanation of his determination to give .much of his time henceforth to a business career, Mr. Vanderbllt said the other day to a friend: , s ; r 1 I have for several-years been seri ously Intending to take up active busi ness. X .think every man ought to work. J A man soon tires of the, frivolities of life. IIS has been said that waa too, much devoted to pleasure. This I regard as an injustice. ' My pleasures have been to a great extent a means toward the completion of my education; ;, ; . I have been automoblling a great deal, It is true, but by .means of. it I have seen a great deal of the old world and seen it in a practical way, I have thereby gained an insight into the manners and customs of Europeans such as lt could gala lnxno other--way; InaveOTveredoverrT,DOO ' miles la my automobile, but I do not re- gard the time thus expended though I have got a great deal of pleasure out of it as altogether wasted,' or, I mean, gJyen;Up to pleasure alone." ';..... Mr.; Vanderbllt s .office force consists of his secretary and a colored office boy. He is 'very democratic, dresses plainly, has a- pleasant word for everybody and is one of the most, popular tenants of the building. He comes down to busi ness usually on the "L" railroad. . The day his ittle girt was born he spent sev eral hours at bis office. GOLDWZIT SMITH OH SPEHOEB. Goldwln Smith in the New York Sun. 1 The death of Herbert Spencer removes from the scene a great intelligence and an eminent benefactor' of his kind. His influence extended far beyond his 'own country. . He had more readers in Amer ica than in Great Britain, and his. works were translated into almost alt the Euro pean languages. No one ever was more thoroughly dedicated to- the pursuit of truth. For some years he was not only dedicated, but self-sacrificed, to it The scantiness of Milton's payment for "Paradise Lost" is a byword. Herbert Spencer's early works required for their publication the aid of friends, ' and it is Strang to compare his wages with those of the writers of second-rate hovels. . Spencer is entitled . to ? rank . among discoverers, for he. treated the mental development of , manon the principle of evolutiorf some, years before the appear ance of the "Origin of Species." . As a moral philosopher he . dealt, with the noral and eocial nature of .men by a method derived from his study of bio logical science! If the results of that method leave something 'to be desired when it is applied to the spiritual and aesthetic elements of humanity, it was in itself sound ,aa well as an antidote to chimeras and fallacies. ; . In the conflict between Spencer and Carlyle, Carlyle is logically annihilated: yet we feel that something perhaps not logical or biological Is left. Spencer was a thoroughgoing free thinker,' He came at a tfme when the old traditions and sanctions had been destroyed or under mined by science and criticism ; while nothing had yet come to take their' place. But he was not destructive; on the con trary, he was a builder of morality and society on a biological foundation, and his work. If It is not destined to be final, will certainly be lasting. , Nor was he an enemy of religion; his feeling toward the power which manifests itself In the uni verse was especially different from ,that which . Is excited by mere power and identical with- that - which forms the groundwork of religion. Still more did he deserve the epithet of religious in Its comprehensive sense by his entire .dedi cation of "himself to the higher life and the disinterested pursuit of truth. Suit anlmae nostrae cum illo., . , ' w AH XSZA ZH OXUBOK SEOOBATZOH. From the Church Economist : The. Grace Baptist church, or the Bap tist temple, as It is better known, of Philadelphia, has a system of signature Inscriptions about the pulpit and walls. A dado of encaustic tiles is run around the walls of the main auditorium, within easy reading limits, and members , can have- inscribed in this imperishable me dium their names by making a slight contribution to the debt of the church. The simple signature, on a small brick, costs but $1. Larger . spaces cost f 5. Still larger squares, corresponding more to .the conventional tablet, cost from $20 upward. A. double row of colored mar ble squares' In front of the pulpit plat form with a suitable carved inscription, costs $500 each. v w " As people show their desire to have their names Imbedded in the very struc ture of their church, the woodwork along the wall Is removed and another section of Inscribed tiles put In place. Thus the work goes on continually. A catalogue, with locations Indicated, tells In a moment where to find any given name. " - j - , , " As a plan for realising a large sum of money by appealing to the loyalty and Interest of a church Constituency it has worked admirably, and might be dupli cated with equal success elsewhere. Reflections of a Bachelor. From the New 'York Press. ," . Familiarity breeds immodesty.. Every woman who reads a rural novel thinks she would like to be a milkmaid if It were not for the cows. , To have loose morals of his own when he Is young makes a man very careful of his children when he is old. , , -When a woman never can be found at home It is a sign she has plenty of clothes she Is busy calling to show off. Marriage is like investing money1; you have to do It and lose to find out your mistake when It is too late to profit" by your experience... Bailroad Commission. ;J:., From the Jacksonville Times. The Brownsville Tlmes-saysi)regon needsa board of s railroad commissioners to regulate traffic. : Oregon can gej along "without euoh a body vary -well. When she had a board of commissioners some years ago it was alway necessary, when she sent the board after the railroads, to send somebody after the" board, later on. Misfortune to State. v ' From the La Grande Observer. It is a misfortune to the state Of Ore gon ,hat Its delegation in congress Is haying so much trouble with the admin istration Over the. distribution of federal patronage.1 Oregon has far greater , in terests to be attended to than,, the dis tribution of public pap. ! t ' , THE rVATICAH AT ST. OUS TAT. Aa Interesting sad Valuable ExUbit will Be Made. Washington Correspondence New York ': . :. Sun. -The news of the acceptance by His Holiness Pope Pius X of the official in vitation to the Vatican to participate in the world's fair to be held in St Louts ncjctl year has been received at Wash ington and by the exposition authorities St St Louis. Not only will an exhibit e installed, but Cardinal SatoHt is ex pected to be the guest of the archbishop of St. Louis and the exposition, as the representative of the pope during the world's fair. . . - . The collection of the exhibit Which will be sent to St. Louis will be under the direct charge of Rev. Father Ehrlo, prefect of the Vatican library, who "will select such objects of Interest relating to tne Vatican as Will bo most appre ciated by and Instructive to exposition visitors. - -i : .' i,.:-;.r . There will be portraits of the late and present popes, of the principal officials of ' the Vatican and the most distin guished.' cardinals; ak series . of photo graphic enlargements showing St Peter's and the different portions of the Vatican; photographic copies of the most famous decorations : of the Vatican, including the SIstine chapel and St Peter's; sketches of the Catacombs and - other famous -religious relics - and monuments in Rome; a collection of tjolns issued by various popes; collections of auto graphs .from the archives and the li brary: a .large selection of the work of the papal mosaic factory; the most famous in the world; maps and docu ments relating to missions in the Louisi ana territory; reproductions of the Co dex Vatlcanus, the oldest copy ot tne Holy Scriptures in existence and the most valuable book in, the world repro ductions of other unique and precious manuscripts-belonging to the ropr-ana many other .selections from the treas ures of : the ' Vatican. ; 'f ; v - The exhibit will also contain many of the relics of Leo XIII from the Vatican collection, including among other things a complete set of the several editions of his . literary wbrks. and - probably the vestments wdrn by him, together with a copy of his latest photograph. Another- of the r interesting exniDits will be a copy of the letter of William Eleroy Curtis, the commissioner sent to Rome by the exposition managers to procure the Vatican treasures, in wnicn he modestly and graphically describes bis own reception by the pope. This paragraph from Mr. Curtis' letter is made, public: i , "In appearance and manner he is an Ideal pope; a man of fine stature, with a gentle, graceful dignity, a beautiful brown '- eye, a benevolent .expression, snow-white hair, and a healthy, ruddy comolexlon. He speaks slowly, which adds to the- lmpresslveness of his man ner, and his white robes, wltft an im mense gold chain as large around as your little finger, and a cross four inches long, containing eight magnificent emer aids, each as large as your thumb nail, make him a striking picture." ,- , OBPHAH SCHOOL Ok OOXTBTSHTP. La Porte, ' Ind.,r Correspondence' of the .-New York Tribune. Mrs. Julia E. Work, who malnUins a large orphanage at Plymouth,- where boys and girls are reared to manhood and womanhood, will jput Into execution a novel system of .Securing husbands for girls of her training, now becoming marriageable. ; Mrs. Work will seek out, a Western town, where she will make annual "excursions with young women. There she will conduct a school of court ship, and when the girls find men they want to marry she will analyse the men. and find if they are worthy of the girls. Then she will buy the license and pay the preacher if they come up to her standard. Mrs. Work says: "This coun try is in need of wives that know the difference between biscuits and Batten burg. Too many of our modern young women lack the knowledge of practical housekeeping, and I am going to see that none of my girls get married without knowing how to do what a modern housewife should do. That Is my idea of the wifely wife." . - BBOXE XT OEHTXT. .From the Brooklyn Eagle. Danny O'Brien, worked on the section and was as tender-hearted a man as ever got drunk and cracked a pate with, a shlllelah. At the time of Pat Dumpjiy's great misfortune Danny was chosen by the section gang to break the news gent: ly to Mrs. Dumphy. - ' "Good marnln', Mrs. Dumphy said he. "Did ye hear about Pat?" ,.-.- "I heard nothing about him since breakfast," she answered. "Did he seem to be all right then?" ,i "Sure he did." ' ' "Ye noticed .nothln' wrong wld.his 'mind?" -; i :','. i . , , ' ."Nothin at all. Phwhy de ire ask?- -, ; 'Well, I hear that his mind do be wanderln a HtUe." ' ' : ; "An' phwat de ye mean be thatr- "I' mean he have lost his reason. Mrs. Dumphy." "Lost his reason is it? " An' how did he do that?" "Well,. Mrs. Dumphy," said Danny; scratching his head. "I don't knaw ex actly, n Ye see, I wasn't close by whin It happened. But I do be hearln', f rom the rest o' the b'ys that he fell acrost the track an' a train cut his head off.;' OKTJBOH-OOIsTO XH HEW TOB7C ' New Tork Correspondent of the Phila ; delphla Ledger. A count on a recent pleasant Sunday In aasembly districts in Manhattan which have a population of 438,000 showed that over 100,000 persons-: in the districts counted attended places of public Chris tian worship. It is estimated that the Protestant churches got into their churches during the day iJ per cent of the membership, and the -Roman Catho lic 7 per cent It was found that the numbers of children attending church with parents was much greater in Prot estant than' in Catholio churches. The proportion of men attending the Catho lic churches is much smaller than the attendance of men in the Protestant churches. B All. S.0 AD TO EASTEBH OBEQOH. .From "the . Albany Democrat : It' Is a very satisfactory matter to see indications of something reliable lit the movement for a railroad into East ern Oregon along the Cascade range, It will mean a great deal for that splen did country, with Its fine resources. In connection . with It It Is to . be very much regretted that a road Is not being arranged for fr6m this side. We are entitled to it. for the money was raised years-ago or it and disappeared in other channels not necessary to enumerr ate. v.- ft. - , OAVVOH'S BAP AT , THE SEJTATB, 'if " " -' '' ' I ; ' From the New York World. ' "Old loggers" GroSvenor of Ohio arose ponderously In ,th house this morning and held up a compelling hand. "Mr, Speaker," h6 said, "I notice by the Record that I am quoted as having referred to the United States senate as they.f Jt think jfhat should be corrected, Mr. President, as I always refer .to the United States senate as 'it'", , , v "Tag!" v said t Speaker Cannon, "The designation fits and will be changed." ROOSEVELTS FEAR OF OPPOSITION SAID'TO BE h ' UNGROUNDED - - Walter Weilman's Washington Dispatch in the Chicago Record-Herald. - . The truth about the . whole situation at the present moment' appears to - be this: There is not half as much "talk about Mr. Hanna becoming a candidate land defeating- the president; the iiiniuoni uiinivB mere is. Most or this sort of speculation is indulged in by a very 'small number, of men. Though It is only natural for the president aind his confidantes .; to grow weary of this growling around the corner, after the president has been longer in public life ho will become accustomed to that sort of thing and not show such supersensl tiveness in regard to It His more level headed friends tell him there is not the slightest causa Tfor " worry." No man able - to swing: a state behind him is talking of defeating the president Mr. Roosevelt is so popular with the masses of the people, and there Is such a wide spread belief that he,Jias done his best ana tnat he is entitled to a chance for re-election at the polls, that it is not probable even the well-liked and , power ful senator from Ohio or anyone else could rob him of the nomination, even with the support of all the big corpora tions in the country. , One does not haye to go far back 4n our history to learn that the wan the people want is almost always ; nominated, despite the schemes of politicians and capitalist. 'Such lit tle opposition to Mr." Roosevelt as there is within tho Republican party is cen tered in the senate, end the senate has never yet named a candidate for the presidency when a popular man stood in its way. Besides, a majority of the Re publican senators - and prcbably i four- fifths of all the Republican mombers of the house are heartily la; favor of Mr. Roosevelt So far as anything . tangible has de veloped up to this time the whole thing is a tempest in a teapot and the best advice Mr. Roosevelt's friends can give mm is not to show so much intensity about it and to stop asking visitors whether Hanna has any; chance to get delegates in this states or that There is mot the slightest evidence . that Mr. Hanna has any notion of yielding to the clamor of his friends, more or less dis interested. Uncle Mark is not a tyro in politics. Ho dpubtlessknows as well as any man living that unless something happens, unless the President commits some, terrible blunder or ; meets with some great misfortune, no one can de XT ALT'S VHKXHQXiY XXHCk From the London Truth. 1 Victor Emmanuel III is probably one of the least kingly of European mon archs by temperament and disposition, but he is more clever- than roost of them, and makes a better monarch than a good many of hla brother sovereigns. In person he is homely, in manners he is. somewhat awkward, and in company he la shy.,- No one more thoroughly de tests than he does the dreary tomfool eries of a court or Is more glad to es cape from them, although he loyally ac cepts the exigencies of his position. He la entirely free from the illusion which usually possesses royal personages that be is a good general because he has to wear: on occasions a military uniform;,! uui jiaa ub ium yavnkvii ivi miajraiis himself in various uniforms which is so prone among his royal brethren. ; The king la exceedingly well read, and interests himself in both science and literature, but he has not the royal gift of saying a- few happy words to those with whom he converses, generally talk ing to them on some , subject entirely alien to their Occupations and on which they . know a good deal less than he does. He loves his wife. : She is his constant companion, and the smiles and blandishments of other women have no influence over him. His . court is the most democratic in Europe. ' His recep tions are omnlum-gatherums. and he 1b ready to accord an Interview to eyery one who has the slightest pretension to ask for one. v . LOOKS LIXE T AXBBAHXS. J. From the Chicago Tribune. " Among those who expressed an opin ion today during a careful canvass made expressly for the readers of the Tribune there seems to be a decided leaning in the direction of Senator Fairbanks. There were - friendly expressions for Governor-eiect'-Herrick of -Ohio, and more than one member of the commit tee spoke with : positive enthusiasm in regard ' to the availability of Governor Taft and . Senator Beverldge. It was quite noticeable, however," that the com mitteemen seem to' consider both Taft and Beverldge distinct presidential pos sibilities : for 1908, ' and hence that It would not be a friendly act If they were pushed into second place. oa the ticket at - the preaent- time.: ;Wlth- Taft and, Beverldge out of the way,, arid with Herrlck yet" to demonstrate his actual ability- in statecraft , the tendency toward Fairbanks among 'the members of tha committee is perhaps the most significant thing of the gathering, and Is so considered by many of the closest political students on the, committee and in congress.' . BIO PXBT AT OALVBSTOH. ... v From the NeW:York World.' A New York firm has secured a con tract to do 11. (TOO, 000 cublo yards of flll-lng-in for Galveston,1 Tex. The Idea Is to raise the low-lying levels so that the city could not again be ruined by a gulf tornado and tidal wave. . . . .- The amount of fllllng-ln- necessary Is enormous. The flooded section is .to be raised seven feet. Along the gulf shore the new grade is IT to 20 feet higher than the old. The 11,000,000' cubic, yards of earth would fill 260 "long blocks" of Nej York streets 40 feet in height Imagine riding uptown on a Third avenue car and aeelng every "long block" on either side filled from curb to curb and to a height equaling the width of the street from Houston street to the Harlem river. That would be the else of the Galveston dirt heap. i Yet the cost of moving the dirt Is only a little more than 2,000,000. TOBTT TEABB OLD. . From, the Oregon State Journal. '-This week the Oregon State Journal, which will be 40 years old In two. weeks more. Is printed on new type, and will hi-nftr maka a much better appearance than during the last year or two, when printed on tne oia type, xnere wm bibu be an effort -made to Improve the edl tnrini nd lnmi nfiws deDartments. so as to give brief comment on. the prin cipal subjects whicb may arise irom time to timerand a very brief statement of the more important local events. ' , ., m i I J1 " "-,t.y ' Take His Word for Xt. - " r From the Cincinnati Enquirer. A preacher whose salary- Is 1400 per annum, and who has lately beoome the father of triplets.? declares -that he Is contented 'and thankful, It will have to "go atthat,! for, nobody likes to call, a minister of the, gospel a liar. " , - -, ' f ' ' . - . ' "' ;": ::' ,."''' . ' :: acoaopollstlo. : ':;'' '": r' Vf':. v 'From the Toledo Blade. . Smoot is receiving more attention from the ladles than any. one man has a tight to expect ; . '-' ."i '.; '" feat him for the .nomination. Mr, Hanna himself - has more , than, once - told the president that 'the' only, man -who can defeat Mr. Roosevelt-is Mr. Roosevelt himself. If .Hanna? were to become a candidate .. he might get a large vote from .the ' South, Ohio, part, of Jndlana and, perhaps scattering votes from other northern states. But all that would fall far short of a nomination, and it .would not even ' make a. satisfactory showing to start with. Without such great states as New York, Pennsylvania, New Eng land, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan, Mr. Hanna's, case would "be hopeless.' w The Northwest and the far West are enthusiastic for Roosevelt In New. York tha president has Just got Kepunncan. anaira in most excauent shape,, with his friend Odell as the real leader with Mr. Piatt cheerfully ac quiescent, and Odell slated for the sen ate to. aucceed Chauncey Depew. Penn sylvania is for the president and so is New England. , ,, , . - -- -- - " Probably no living man can say that he' has evidence to the effect that Mr.' Hanna really wants td1 be president' or that he is in danger of yielding to the call of ambition. At the same time this much Is absolutely true: - lie likes the present situation. ; tT If: is asituation which gives him power andaatlsfaotlon. He is human, and he likes to be talked about as a possible president. 'i Tha fragrance of the flower is welcome in his nostrils. It is not every man who lives to have a president of the United States afraid of his shadow. But our Uncle Mark Is level-headed. He is prac tlcal. He is a, master of himself. He is probably the last man in the country who will permit ambition to make a fool' mmimiia-inminriinii-annipniirTnt Republican party in chase of a will-o'-the-wisp. Barring accident there la not the i slightest ' probability of a change of froht on hts part Many sen ators and other observers say: "It la a queer situation. I can't understand it." Yes, it is queer, .: But suchaa it la it is likely to remain for -"soma "time to come. Mr. Hanna is not, likely to get either In or out of the race. If all goes on as it is expected to go on, and as it should go on in the ordinary course; Mr. Roosevelt will be nominated with out opposition. If he falls down or makes a blunder, or any great and Urg ent reason against his candidacy should appear, Mr. Hanna Will be on deck, ' T Advice to the Ixvelorn 'i BT BEAIMOE yAIKTAZ. Dear Miss Fairfax I ' have read your good advice to some unhappy creatures. I am a young married woman, married four years, and during that time l hav been very unhappy. -My husband treats me very crueL Months at a time he never taUs to me and sometimes strikes me. I have done everything a wife could do to make him happy. Have even worked hard to get a home. He wants to live in a furnished room. He has a very disagreeable temper. I am- very unhappy, alfnost on the verge of despair. He stays out all hours. I never go any where. I am always home with no one, to talk to. I have tried so hard Wr be a good wife. Would you kindly advise me, through your valuable paper, what to do, and how to treat him. I am al most afraid my love is dead. , M. H. 6. Yduna Is one of those sad cases where It la almost Impossible to know Just what to advise you. The only- way to treat a man like that is to be as good tempered as you can and . to go your own way as much aa possible. Be as nice to him as you can be, but don't let his disagreeable ways spoil your life. Do your , duty aa far aa you are able. ' la there Bo interest that you can cultivate? Do you read much? A good book Is a better companion than a bad-tempered man. If 1 were you I would have a talk with him, tell him that you "have done your best and that hereafter you will do your duty and. no more unless lie changes. .. ., . Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young lady 20 years of age and my , life . la . made miserable by my parents, who will, not allow me any privileges.-I am not; al lowed to have any callers. L know no young man and I am a slave to their fancies. When they sit In the kltahen I must sit with them lest I see the young men passing in- the street. .. , I never talked to' a gentleman alone In my life and l am becoming desperate. What can . I. do? I think I should be given some liberties. Your advice to a lonely,', disheartened and exiled, girl will be most gratefully received. Sincerely yours, . '.-,. , . .... . L. G. I feel very sorry for '-you and wish I could, do something to help -you. but It Is Impossible to advise a young girl to go against 'her parents' will. Hava you told your mother that you long for young friends and companlona? Tell her that, you must have more liberty and perhaps she will relent. Dear Miss Fairfax I " am- a young Frenchman, 26 years of age, . and am in love with a young French lady, is years,old She goes out with me - and accepts presents of me, but I am not suro that he, loves me. . She has a lady friend that? she goes with quite often and she aeems to think more of her than aha does of me. Sho , has told me she likes me as a friend. Now, what would be best for me to do: propose to her and tell her that I love her? I am in a fair way to keep a wife,! I am In busi ness for royself and can give her more luxury and comfort than she gets at home.. Now, please tell me what Is best for me to do? Possibly, I should "wait a while yet .... YOUNG FRENCHMAN. You . write like an honest, serious minded roan should. Give the young lady a chance to appreciate you and to hyirn to care for you, and If she falls to take advantage of her opportunity, drop It and look for another.. Where there Is no reciprocal affection there can be no trust and confidence, and without these there can be no fruitful results to a one sided endeavor. If you can excite her pride arid interest in you. then the rest of the story will be a ceremony In which you will play the part of a happy" bride groom and av devoted husband. If you cannot secure her admiration before mar riage don't expect It afterwards. Don't take the chances, It Is said, with tomi point, everything comes to the man who waits. - r .- ' ::'vV- :: k-: vCTTT VS. COTTHTBT PAPEBS. ' ' From the Lincoln County Leader. . - The dally newspapers a few davs ago contained a space-filler about. a lawyer being, shot in Chicago. These . same ''metropolitan" sheets are always Jolly ing the country weeklies for printing unimportant items, such as: j "Thomas Thompson has pointed . his barn." Now Where's the difference? Who cares if a lawyer was shot in Chicago or any other spot? Perhaps the citizen "who paints his barn appreciates , the . recog nition of ; his enterprising spirit. Per haps the man who shoots a lawyer ap preciates in, an equal degree the recog nition Of his commonplace act. ; As news ' Items the .two herein noted seem to bw about a standoff. ,' .' .