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Editorial -Pake f te Joereal v PORTLAND, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1904 THE OREGON DA ILY AN C S. JACKSON Published every evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building, Fifth and. OFFICIAL, PAPER OF THE CITY pP THB JOURNAL'S PLATFORM A Trinity b! Events Which Would - Make of Portland ' ' ' the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast. - '. First Deepen the Columbia river bar. Second Open the Columbia river to unim , ' : peded navigation at and above The' Dalles. Third Dig an Isthmian canaL - PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRIES. 'T HE EXTENT and variety of the manufacturing "done . I . - in Portland is a matter of surprise to every one 1 who makes an investigation of it , The quantity of locally manufactured products which are sold, here is also surprisingly large. At the same time we are inclined to doubt if the principle of patronizing home industries is .such a vital issue as it might be. There are many things shipped into Portland 'from abroad that will not compare in Quality ; with the article locally . produced,; Some vof these articles have a great reputation throughout the coun try and upon that reputation they are sold here. Some time ago a local manufacturer put a certain breakfast food product on the market It entered, into direct com petition with other food products of national reputation and yet between the home product and those .which came from abroad the Portland article was and fs very much better and Just as reasonable In price. t In a case of this' kind, and it is only one of many, there should be no trouble in deciding what to do. The local product should receive the preference, first, because it is a home product, second on its merits, third, because of the encouragement it affords manufacturers to enter the business and fourth, because we are helping to build si home Industry which grill give employment to more of our own people and at the same time increase the taxable and actual wealth of the city. . . The products of Portland have reached such a high standard of excellence that oh their bare merits they can hold their own against competition. It is therefore an easy thing to encourage them for we may do ad at no extra tost to ourselves, oftentimes at a saving1, LandJ:they are usually superior In quality. Even men who are in manu facturing lines themselves tod often forget this principle. They appreciate local trade which comes to them for their own article, yet when they need something in some other' line they thoughtlessly send abroad for (it.,. This received recent illustration when the orders for Lewis and Clark but tons and for the, buttons which are to be used at the com ing stockmen's convention were given to a New: Jersey manufacturer when they might Just as welt have - been clone at .home by a local manufacturer. . i If we do not ourselves help to build up our manufac turing industries we cannot hope that others will go out of their way to do it for us. There should b Intense loyalty to all the interests of Portland manifested by everybody living here and no better starting point 'or its expression could be found than in patronizing home in dustries and giving them every encouragement to pros- per and expand.'' , . ., .; i ' A FULL-PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT. TTAhE MAYORS RECOMMENDATION in favor of a I full paid, fire department should receive the hearty . concurrence of the council. It is another con cession that should and must be made to the growth and Importance of the city. Portland is not only past but it has long been past the day when makeshift methods In the handling of a fire department should be tolerated. In a city so largely composed of frame buildings the danger from Are is naturally greater than M is in those cities which more carefully restrict buildings to stone, brick and steel construction. So long as this is true It is even more essential than it otherwise would be that the Are depart ment be brought as speedily as possible up to the highest . degree of efficiency. . ; ,'. ' .. Under the system which prevalls.Jt Is Impossible' for Portland ever to have a fire department which will rank in efficiency and effectiveness with this branch of the munic ipal service in other-big cities. The system of part paid and part call department will work very well in the smaller towns and is in fact the only way in which the matter can be met within the limit of what those communities can pay for the service. But this is not true of Portland and it is not true of any large city. Here the department must be fully paid and the full time of every man employed must be at the disposal of the chief. The men must adopt fir fighting as a business; they must be constantly trained in the service. They must be guided by modern methods and ideas and they must always be on call ready for Immed iate service. '- v,' ' ' I An efficient lire department, fully equipped and alive to the demands of the service, must mean a lower premium rate on fire Insurance, because that sort of service insures a lessened property loss and therefore a lessened risk on the part of the insurance companies. Insurance rates in Portland are enormously high, but as matters now stand J :v ' 1 A JlXRTT ACT. . One Kaa with a tittle Penknife racing ' aa Angry Hob of lynchers. : Clarence H. Matson, iri the American Monthly Key lew of Reviews. One midnight, in the spring of 188, an angry mob surged through the streets .of, a fimali Western city. A negro, accused of a heinous crime, lay In the county Jail. The mob rushed for the prison, but was beaten off by an armed force., : Infuriated by the repulse and thirsty for human blood, It again attacked the guards, and this time over powered them. A few minutes' work tylth a battering ram and the mob se cured Its intended victim. , Meanwhile, a handful of law-abiding but determined citizens had heard of the mmotion, and had gathered at the out skirts of the mob; ' Their leader was a tall, gaunt, young Kentuckian, a com parative new-comer, but the editor of the one dally paper of the town. The little group of men quietly worked their way to the center of the" mob. Already n rope had been placed' around the ter rified negro's neck, an he Was half dragged along the street At length a stop was made, and the wretched vic tim was asked if he had anythjng to mbv. -He protested his "Innocence. The mob was more anxious for, blood than it was to avenge a crime, ftod cries of "hang him," "hang him," went up. , A lawyer, afterward a f prominent Judge and the candidate f his party fo hief Justice of the. state's supreme court, raised his voice In behalf of giv Ing the negro, a trial in court The Kenurkian supplemented this plea with s similar one, but opposition only srtilfd t the fury of the mob. and the lenders began to drag their victims to the nearest telephone pole. As the pole was reached the? Ken-tiifklfcii-gave 'the negro a mighty shovo, tost vv, , Fifty ecj farther a.dopr led INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER' 'V .V PUBLISHED BY JOURN Alf PUBLISHING CO. derwriters. ' , . "S OME MAY "but-let-ua -confess sponsible." Mere is struck a fundamental note In the con sideration of this great calamity. From public Indifference comes official indifference and managerial laxity. Then follows the calamity and the scapegoat is hysterically sought to be offered aa a sac rifice to the heedlessness for which the public at large is in no small degree responsible. Let us then begin at the fundamental basis of things. Let the public Itself feel its degree of responsibility.' Let that .responsibility find ex pression in wise yet reasonable laws of regulation. Then back them with public sentiment. This will lead to their enforcement, increase official responsibility and . with It official activity. ' -' There was official laxity in Chicago, but there was no keen public sentiment determined to see - the incumbent duty fully and faithfully performed, any more than there is"4n any other city of the country. ; There 'was prideful boasting of the beauty of the theatre, of its fireproof qual ities and its many other alleged excellencies, but except for" the outward appearances everybody accepted what was said on faith' and , without investigation. There ' was In reality no genuine asbestos curtain. There was no man ager on hand, thoroughly alive to the responsibilities which rested upon him and keenly alert to prevent threatened danger.' There was no skilled, thoroughly trained and well paid stage crew to handle their serious end of the business. Hindsight now shows many things lacking where foresight showed nothing or would see nothing. But - as - Rabbi Stolz says, the; public must accept, and Indeed cannot escape, its own share of the responsibility. '.i The hope is that the awful object lesson will not be lost and that all of the theatres and places of amusement and worship will In the end be brought up to a reasonable standard of safety. A few simple extracts from the rules of the London city council which are printed on the program of every Lon don heatre may be of value provided other requirements have been met: . ' - - ' ', ' The name of the actual, responsible manager of the theatre must be printed on every play bill. . , The public can leave the theatre at the end of the per- .. formance by all exit and entrance doors, which must . open outward. . . - . ; Where there is a fireproof screen to. the proscenium opening it must be lowered at least once during every ' performance to insure Its being In proper working order. , , '"..'' ' All gangways, passages and staircases muBt be kept free from chairs or any other obstructions. ! spread throughout vantage of that large section of the country. . In this movement the people of Oregon have an Interest at least equally great. I The disinterested men scattered here and there who have this great object at heart and who realise its importance as a developing agency will have reason to feel encouraged when they contemplate the astonishing success of a similar movement along the line or the Illinois Central.' A few object lessons, of good roads In this state would do much to help alonf the t;ause and make manifest its importance -to every farming community. V into the stairway of an office building. Those In front, tried to push the negro back, but the momentum of the Ken tuckian and his few friends was too great, and half the distance to the stairway was speedily covered. ' Then came a struggle. The big Kentuckian hurled himself against the mob In front, while, two or three of his friends guarded the negro from the rear. . The stairway was reached, the rope was slipped from the negro's neck, and he was pushed through the door, followed by his rescuers. Then the Kentuckian turned in the doorway, and shaking his fist at the mob, he dared it to com within his reach, In one hand he shook his only weapon. It was a small pen knife. And as he -stood there, his eyes flushing, and looking down at the angry crowd from his hlght of six-feet-three, he looked so much the picture of de fiance and determination that the mob robbed of Its prey, fell back and slowly melted away. -; ; : ' i - The negro was saved. , It eftefward developed that he was not only innocent but thai' the very crime of which he was-accused was .a myth, v The Kentuckian who saved the Ufa of that negro 10 years sgo was Joseph I Bristow, who is now prominent, in the public eye as the man upon whom Presi dent Hooeevelt has placed the responsi bility of renovating the postoftlce de partment of the United States. . ,: Reflection of a Raehslor. ) .' . From the New York Press. ' It takes a widow who dyes her hair to help an innocent man suspect a girl who bleaches . hers. ..' ' " - A girl gets ss sick over her first besu ss a boy over nls first cigar; after Jhat they come easy to each, - ' l . It almost scarjss a mother to think how smart her son would be it be did not Imve some of the blood of his father's family la bis veins, - , - , . JOURNAL, JNO. P. CARROLL Yamhill streets, Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND there is some Justification for them. One method of lower ing them has led to the construction of a fire boat: an other method will be the organization of a full paid fire department. "When both of the improvements are In full working order the property owners of Portland will be in a position to demand more consideration than they have heretofore received at the hands of the board of Are un PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY. BE branded as scapegoats," said Rabbi Joseph Stolz of Isaiah temple, in Chicago, during a sermon on the Iroquois theatre - fire, ithat-w - are all-in ameasure rH AN OBJECT LESSON IN GOOD ROADS. 1" HAt' GOOD ROADS very largely affect the pros I - perlty of any country Is prpven by the experience ' of i the people through the southern region traversed by. the Illinois Central railroad. One ; of the Clever officials of that corporation after a study of the question came to the conclusion that the bad condition of the country roads sadly interfered with the shipment of farm products, while It likewise had the effect of reducirfg the passenger tr'afflo of the road.'. -,..,.-' -The matter was thereupon put in expert hands with the result that all along that line farmers; clubs were formed for the purpose of forwarding the good roads movement. Public sentiment was everywhere aroused in. favor of the project and '. when the 'farmers of any. community were ready to get to work experts In scientific road building were furnished them without cost.1 The movement rapidly grew. 1 A successful experiment In , one neighborhood stimulated a neighboring community and" In the course of time there, was a most extraordinary change -for the better in 'the' character of the roads. The effect upon traffic and travel was speedily apparent In increased busi ness, but the bulk of the profit was with the farmers. They saved Immensely in time and labor and the results being noted . elsewhere the good roads movement has that whole region to the very great adj DIET AITS CARCER. ' From the London JJewS. Of the 27,487 who died of cancer in England in 101 probably the majority were operated upon by cutting out the diseased part. The expectations from radium and the X-rays will end in dis appointment,, because the sources and maintenance of cancer He in the Impuri ties of the blood, and can only be con tended against by a process of purifica tion. Cancer is not formed when the blood is pure, and will wither away when its Impure sources are removed. Pure diet and not too much of it will Cure cancer. This assertion is sustained by a case described by Mr. Sidney Beard, of Paignton, Devon, of : a lady- who H18 months ago was seen by two con sulting surgeons, who declared that she was suffering from typical undoubted cancer of trie breast. An-operation hav ing been declined the patient was in duced to adopt an exceedingly limited and fruitarian diet Gradually the ac tivity of the growth ceased, absorption and the wasting of the tissues slowly occurred.' and today: its site is marked by a scar-like nodule of material pre senting none of the .signs of an active, malignant growth. The surgeons are of the Opinion that these results are due to dietetic treatment alone." i - OYER AT 90S CXSSAK'S. From the Edgar (Wis.)' Press. Mike Wsnlcska of this town has mads a yearly contract With Joseph Chesak to haul all of Joe's goods from Edgar at a certain price per trip, a - Joe Chesak's auction last Saturday was a success. Everything offered wss sold at a reasonable price. Grandpa and F. F. Chesak of Athens attended the auction sale here last Sat urday. -' . . "- ,- " George W. Blecha of Big Rib attended the srhafskopf gome' at, Joe' Chesak's and took home a fine turfty. The Typical American Girl Who and What She Is William Allen White in Woman's Home t Companion. :: In arranging the typical ' .American man, scientific and literary antnropol oglsts give him the odor, of the soil, with all his quickness or mtnd.and depth of heart and geniality of soul, Lincoln seems to. be accepted' as the typical American statesman., Is there such a difference between men and women, men and girls, that American girls should scream- for - horror, If in making the typical American girl her creator should put some slight aroma of cooking about her? - The type must be? of the mass, and the mass of the American girls Is at work. For work Is the essence of that democracy for which America stands throughout the world. The real typical American glrl - ia not a society girl.' Portraits typifying her as such are untrue. She has her social diversions; she has 'her parties and picnics and her social merry-go-round of pleasure, but they are vnot her life; they are mere incidents of her life, for ber life is work. Of course, there are girls who have nothing to do but to amuse themselves year in and year Out; Pictures ofjthese gtrjs with thelrjtlud, in festive gear, in futf . dress, in goif clothes and in yachting rigs, are doubt less typical of the class. . But the en tire class does not number one hundred thousand among 10,000,000 people, and members' of , this leisure 'class are merely flies on the Wheel. Typical Americana must be drawn in their work ing clothes If the drawings represent the type. So the typical American airl will not be found in her party dress, though she wears It becomingly and with real ' grace .when 'the occasion de-: manda, but rather she will be found in her working clothes.. In her working clothes be they of the kitchen, the fac tory, the shoo, the office, the household or the schoolroom she is as real' as God intended her to be. 1 But mark you, even then the chief point about her is that she knows how to wear her frocks. knows how to dress tastefully at a small expenditure, and that whatever her work, she is at pains and is ambitious: to make herself look well. And she succeeds. Whatever her. station, - you will be pretty sure to find a girl worth looking at. Tha true type of the Amer ican , girl will always . show ; a pretty young woman, attractively dressed. - The-typical American girl, then, is one who is charming and good looking, one who lives in the spirit of fraternity and who .works for a living. . But ona other qualification 1s needed: In this connection the word "living" does not mean "board and keep." It means living in the broadest .sense of the word growing, aspiring, becoming. The Amer lcon - girl who works with her hands does so only that she may rise to a bet ter condition of soul and mind and heart. It IS hot the bread and butter Droblem that is making a wage earner of the American girl. Pathera-and ." ' OTHER GREAT THEATRE TIRES. December , the , Month in Which four s Have Come. From the New York Sun.-' ; In'the great Chicago fire, of October, 1 871. only 200 lives were lost ; Among theatre fires, only the Ring theatre dis aster in Vienna, tn December, 1881, ranks with this one. ' To the minds Of New Yorkers, the Chi cago - disaster will at t once recall , the burning of tne Brooaiyn meaire, hi u cember. 1878. The number of dead there was about 300.. The fire at the Paris Charity Bazaar, or the Grand Basaar de Charlte, In May, 1897, one of the most horrible fires in recent years, swept away 181 lives. - At the Ring theatre fire, at Vienna, 800 lives were josi. v Another American- theatre Are which was of importance in tts cay was that which destroyed a theatre at Richmond, Va In 1811. The governor of Virginia and 70 other people, many of whom were prominent socially and politically, lost their lives. . Curiously enough, this Richmond nre. the Ring theatre lire and the Brooklyn Are all occurred in December, like the Iroquois theatre nre. Thrf Brooklyn theatre fire was on the evening of December S. 1878. The theatre was on Washington street, near John son. The fire began in the borders. which caught from the border Jignts. The flames ran like a flash to the top of the stage, and then to the theatre cell ing. Smoke choked most of those who perished. .- ' .:. -. ' , The play was "ine two urprntnn, in which the principal was Kate Claxton, who is stil on the stsge. She and the rest of the company held their places ss long as they could, snd then, when dis aster was imminent, she and J. B. Stud ley, one of the company, used all their efforts to avoid a panto in the audience. About all the people in the orchestra got out, and most of those killed had been in the gallery, i, - - Although the roof fell in Derore mia- nlght. only one of the local newspapers. handicapped as they were y old-time lack of convenience, for gathering news, gave an idea of the extent of the dis aster next morning. -None of the actors were killed The number of the Identified dead was 270. Many of these and the unrecognis able remains of a score more were buried at a public funeral In Greenwood ceme tery. A gale, laden with snow snd bit ing cold, greatly hampered the work of burial. , i - The two Continental fires that at the Ring theatre and that at the Paris' Char ity Basaar have been described ss typ icsl of the countries in which they oc curred. The . first was caused by the dropptngjf a lamp upon the stage. The terrible loss of life at the Paris nre Is laid to the criminal lack Of precau tion. ' ' ' .'' ''''J ' ' "' The Ring theatre was burned on De cember 8, 1881, while a large audience was viewing a performance of Offen bach's comic opera, f'Les Contes d'Hoff man." The explosion of the oil lamp that was dropped on the stage spread flames to the scenery! . Thence the fire spread so rspldly throughout the audi torium that the members of the audi ence, with few exceptions, were not able to use the, xlts. Some of the horror, perhaps all -of It, might have been averted by the lowering of an iron par tition that was intended to separate the stage from the auditorium; but the par tition was not lowered. ,, Three days elapsed hefone the extent of the disas ter had been determined. ' The Paris Basaar fire of May 4, 1897, made a black page In the history of hor rors, not so much because there were 121 persons killed, but because many of them were of the flower of French families,' and because of the disgraceful way in which some of tho men behaved. - Men of title, according to accounts printed everywhere, abandoned all idea of help ing women, and even went so far as to beat women back with canes while the rush was fiercest ' ' ' V;' The bazaar was held in a flimsy, in flammable structure, built out of planks and cloth. The Are came from defec tive insulation of wires in the cinemato graph department, and the flames spread with fierce speed. The flimsy dresses of many Of the ladles it was in May i caught the flames, and, as their wearers frantically rushed around, the flames were communicated to others. Many of the ladles who escaped came put with little or nothing of their elothea reft on them, so great was the struggle inside. One of the most Interesting ftatures brothers can take care of that , It -is the soul problem how to live; how to get all the best out of , civilization; how to grow In grace. Young men are not the only beings who shall "see .vis- tons." - The American girl . also sees visions, and she is fired with an ambi tion as resistless as her brother's. Hence, in the spirit of fraternity which is the air of this democratic land, tho typical American girl, must work tor her living. , And the American girl whp works has made life cleaner and more wholesome than . her grandmother left it, and for tier wages the American girl can buy mora that is fine and sweet and delightful than a -queen's ransom- would have bought two centuries ago. ' All these things the American girl has brought to her home to beautify it, to make it happy to. make It healthful, glorify it. But better than beauty and happiness and health is the spirit of independence which she has brought to this home. She has earned her llvipg. She has tried , the world, and she does not fear It. She goes to her home as a rest frOm her "loved employ," not as a place of bondage. The American girt who. enters upon " tlTa'dutiea ,bf a. wife goes not as a dependent, but as an equal. Only courtesy,- polite consideration , and the full and fair performance-of the wedding contract can keep the American girl in this home. For she can go else where and live her life. This is as it should be. '. This is the ideal state one of respect that comes from the convio tlon that the respect is. due end Is nec essary. For .man is- at bottom a wild creature. ' He does only what, he has to do. He is polite only by compulsion; he is considerate only when , he must be. In the world thousands of years of war have established a truce of amenities. Often these amenities stop at the front door of the homestead, because there force stops. But Independence is a sym bol of force,. And the woman who by mingling with, the world has made her self a stotraga battery of the world's force, by the chemistry of her gentle femininity may create a well of sweet ness in the home that will never run dry. This the typical American girl has done, and ' her home is nearer ' heaved man any otner spot on saa viu earth-' VV ; V''1..' , Finally, because of all these things. and because of her tralnlng,""She makes the best wife and mother. She goes to her husband not a child of ignorant ta nocence, but a woman who has touched life at: many points, and who' knows how to respond properly to all its vari ous stimuli. She is a helpmate for him. She can understand r his business pro jects; she can like the same pictures and-the same plays; she can interest herself In his studies. Curiously enough, this wide experience .does not make her a whit less womanly. And when the Children come she ip better able to be a wise mother and to train them in the way they should go. . ...... . of the Paris fire was the aftermath. The put-off-till-tomorrow spirit which i was shown by those , whose duty it was to promptly 'determine the extent of the disaster i and . rescue the bodies was equaled only by the nonchalance of the Paris Journat1snr,wh07went about-rthe task of getting the facts at hand with less 'vigor than would have been shown by an American .country. Journalist be fore the days of the telegraph and tele phone. They .sipped their coffee and brandy , and waited for "the official ac-. count." while the world outside clam ored for the details. - A partial list of the theatre fires in this country since 1865 Includes: : July 13, 1865, Barnum's museum. New York. October 6, 1865, Rowery 'theatre, St Louis, Mo. ! . December 18, 1866, New Bowery, New York. March 23, 1867, Winter Garden thea tre, New York. June. 19. 1867, Varieties theatre, Phil adelphia, Pa. January 29. 1868, Academy of Music, Albany, N. Y. March 3, 1868. Barnum's museum, New York. . April 8, 1863, Bull's American theatre. New York. Decembers, 1868, Theatre Comlque, New York. . February 6, 1871, Adelph I theatre, Bos ton. October 8, 1871, McVlcker's, Crosby Opera House, Hooley's, Dearborn and Olyrapia theatres, in the great Chicago Are. May I, 1872, NIblo's Garden. ' New York. - .- - .-- '. - December 24, 1872, Barnum's circus, New York. .. . January 1, 1873, Fifth-Avenue theatre. New York. - December' 5, 1876, National theatre, Brooklyn. December I, 187, Adelphl theatre, Al bany. - ." - (..:"" January 27,' 1877 Academy of Music, Indianapolis, Ind. - ' February 24. 1877, Fox's theatre, Phil adelphia. ' , October 23. 1877, Wood's museum, Chi cago. December 18, 1879, Park theatre. New York. ' .: -, October 12, 1880, Academy of Music, Chicago. :, October 81, 182,' Park theatre, New York. y . - April 26, 1883, Arch-Street opera house, Philadelphia. , " - .. June 18, 1883, Gray's opera house, Bos ton, 'Mass. f -v.- December 14, 1883, Standard theatre. New York. November 89, 1883. Windsor theatre, New York. .. ....",.. - November 22. 188, St Louts opera house, St. Louis. - December 28, 1884, Theatre-Comlque, New York. February 27, 1886,. National . theatre, Washington. ' December 27, 1 886, Temple theatre, Philadelphia. ' . . . . , February 28. 1888, Union-Square thea tre, New York. April 27, 1892, Grand Central theatre, Philadelphia, six lives lost. .December 28,' 1896. Front-Street thea tre. Baltimore, 23 persons killed. November 80, 1903, Academy of Muslo, Brooklyn. ; . . A SWIRDIB XZf CVBZOa. ' ; prom the Boston Transcript. : r The craze for antiques and curios Is responsible for some Ingenious swindles, but It is doubtful if many could surpass that which victimised an American woman traveling abroad, who, while In Holland, purchased some alleged Dutch pottery which proved on close examina tion to be common granite-ware made in America In odd shapes and decorated in Dutch fashion to be sold In Holland as antique cooking utensils. American enterprise is frequently encountered tn various , ways in Europe, , as, t for In stance, the experience of an American gentleman in London who bought a pair of rtibber overshoes in-a London shoe shop which were unusually satisfactory. On examining them preparatory to buy ing another pair he made the discovery that they were manufactured In Provi dence, R. I., by an American Arm, al though they were sold aa English rub bers or "gums." The fsct is well known that there, is a considerable Industry in the manufacture of so-called Egyptian scarabs in America, which are sent to Egypt to be. sold to unsuspecting tour ists as genuine antiques, 1 -v . Presidential Choice of From the New York Times, s Inquiry among Democratic senators and representatives shows that there . ' CS VA . wwtro.UMlV.a for the success of the Democratic can didates for president and Vice-president at the election of 1904.; .This feeling Is baaed On thA hallof that tha. Ttomnovat are at least approximately harmonious, and that whatever factional feeling re mains will be obliterated by the action Of the national ivinvnntlnn n o.lanflnv candidates and formulating a platform. nis noperuiness ror success Is sup plemented by the belief that President Roosevelt..: who it la arlmlttol . trfirt ... all sides will be the Republican candidate, has lost popularity and excited among conservative Republicans the apprehen sion that his election next year would threaten the public tranquility and bring disaster to the great business Interests of the country. 1 But While the Dpmnpi-nta hp lav tiiew see a chance for their nominees in 1904, tney realize mat candidates must bd se lected who will inspire the confidence of the nennlA. and thfit nrlhr1aa be enunciated thatwill tiot create, alarm for the future In the event jot ; Demo cratic Buccess." , The ' Inquiry further Shows that the T)tTnnrra t a In svn ,m.a and especially those from states whose electoral voters are assurea to the Dem ocratic candidates,, are not influenced bv . nartisan : or nrgnnl nrahnaiu in the choice of a candidate for president 'ineir aesire ror success is paramount, and they appear willing to surrendes their., lnfivllillfll r...f..ann.a .-. ------ " ' . v--. j.. v&w. "1 Mlttt man who may , be presented by New 10m ana otner states nortn of the Potomno ahd nhln rlvwa hn in tv... Judgment. of the delegations from those states, can command the united support of the Democracy and present a reason able chance of winning, s. .-... The electoral vote of New York Is re garded aa essential to Democratic suc cess, and therefore there seems to be a Very general disposition to consult, the leadera of that atat and tn mvoni th candidate who will receive the support or tne new I org delegation m the con vention. Taking the consensus of opin ion of Dem'ocrnta In tha twn h fill DAS the preferences is for Gorman, but this is -contingent on nis indorsement by the New York delegation. If that delega tion shall declare for Parker In the be lief that he can . command greater strength In the East, especially in New York, than Gorman, there can be no doubt Judging from expressions of sena tors and representatives, that Judge Parker will be the nominee of , the Dcmocratlo convention. ' - As a rule, the gentlemen approached declined to be v quoted , .as. a . personal rUlTOW ARB THB UUSTD X.AW8. Some of His Arguments Meet with lit- "7 ;.''. ' tie Favor. " - - From the Pend'eton East Oregonlan. Senator Fulton of Oregon had a sec ond hearing before the publla land com mission in Washington yesterday and made 'arguments against the policy of the government in the forest reserve Issue and .in the matter of the timber and stone land act, which will be a sur prise to many admirers of Oregon's Junior senator. 's In answer to the first .'statement of Senator Fulton, regarding the rigidity of the Jaw governing filings under the timber and stone act, it, is only neces sary to cite the thoughtful reader to the bold-faced corruption which has been proven in the courts of this state within the past month. Transient men, who never saw their , land, are permitted, under the laxity of this law, to secure title to land under it, as now adminis tered, depriving actual settlers of their rightful heritage, and for prices fixed months in advance of the date of the tiling, transfer the public domain to the grasping syndicates for. whom Senator Fulton is making an eloquent, but specious plea. Do the people of Oregon think too many questions are now asked the entry men?' Do they want the weak safe guards now' thrown around the public domain removed, giving the syndicates still wider privileges and allowing more flagrant and disgusting violations of the lawT Do. the, people think the govern ment should make it still easier for mercenary entrymen and mercenary land trusts to secure, the public domain by removing the rigid restrictions even now accompanying - the acquisition of land under these .loose lawsT ', ,x ' If congress does anything with these laws it should repeal : ' them :, entirely. Every filing on the public domain, here after, should mean a" bona fide settler on the "public domain. Within a quarter of a century the young Oregonlan will be stripped as naked of land rights and opportunities as the Irish boy. In his lord-cursed island today.- . Some safeguard . must be thrown around the publla domain. Some further restriction must be placed upon the pro cess i of securing . title to land that rightfully belongs to the people. In answer to the plea, that the forest reserve policy is holding thousands of acres of land from the assessment rolls. It 'is only necessary to cite the case of Eastern Oregon. During the past 2 Q years the Oregon Lumber company has stripped hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable tim ber land In Eastern Oregon. They sawed out every available tract of tim ber that was easy of access from the railroads.' This land was purchased under the timber ' and stonb act, and the timber cut from it Today that land Is lying idle, unfit for any purpose under the sun, nobody claims it, it has been advertised for sale for taxes, but the taxes are still Unpaid on thousands of acres of 1$ The removal of the timber destroyed the water courses, and dosens of 'small streams ( t,hat formerly fur nished water for small - farms and orchards, are, now dry. The. syndicate took the lumber, left the land useless and the county is. still trying to collect taxes. ,x ' .' What the government should do with the timber lands of the country is to preserve them for the future. . Senator Fulton speaks for the present He does not consider that future generations ln this state will have need of resources to support settlement . ' . - Every syndicate which denudes an acre of forest in this state In future, should be compelled by national law, to plant an equal amount of land to use ful timber. A plan for restocking the forests must be Introduced, - A continu ous chain Of young forest must be started, if not by those stripping the forestsvlhcn by the government v " " In the Eastern states, the great rail road companies are now growing timber for future ties, and aa faBt as one tree Is made -into ties, another is planted to take its place. " This must be the policy. Senator Fulton should at least-be pub lic spirited enough to suggest some means of recuperating the priceless for ests Which he proposes to deliver to the syndlcstes, with less ' trouble than they' now experience In acquiring them. Ratlves Can Teach' Americans.' From Justice. Manila, P. I. ' Manila Is a , great place' for "jaw bone," but the natives slways pay on the first of the month, when they get their psy, and the Americans should be also' mado,tq'do.so., ; ..... "'" '"j- Democrats in Congress preference for candidates, but all agreed that the candidate presented and earn-: estly supported by the New York dele-; gation would be the nominee of the convention. .; The preference may be said to be confined to pornlan and Parker, although there were a number of ex pressions favorable to Mr. Hearst. ;-' .The Missouri delegation declared for Senator Cockrell.but while Mr. Cock-.' rell is likely to receive a complimentary, vote from his. state delegation, no- one believes him to be a serious candidate, and Mr. Cockrell himself Is not carried away by the friendly expressions of his' associates, 1 judge uray or ueiaware. is also kindly spoken of, and If nominated would give satisfaction. But, as before observed, whoever is : nominated by the Demo-; cratio national convention must" go to. the convention with the support of Ndw York. " 1 '. . Of the 32 Democratic senators, 12 were outspoken In their preference for-? Gorman and two declared for v Parker, -although-all agreed that If the latter Should be NeW York's candidate In the convention, Judgevparker would be nomi-nated-wlth approximate unanimity f1 er, the complimentary ballots. -Seventeen1 senators declined to be quoted in regard to candidates. - Among 1 Democratic ' representatives the sentiment seems to be about equally divided between 'Gorman and Parker, al though the majority of those approached declined to name their Deraonal chotoe. many declaring they. would be governed" by New York and other Northern states. Of .those representatives who expressed a personal preference, ' 29 deolared -for Parker, 30 for Gorman, 8 for Hearst, S for Gray, t for Governor Garvin of Rhode . Island. 1 for McClellan, and 1 for Senator Bailey of Texas. The ,15 representatives from Missouri and Sen ator Stone declared for Senator Cock rell,' and two or three of the Jlllnois men expressed , themselves for Repre sentative Williams -of that state. Ths Congressional Poll.. - The result of the .inquiry may be thus summarized: . ' .?. Senators. Gorman 12 . so 42 Parker .......... 1 ,1 29 31 Cockrell ........... 1 ; , ' 1 5 J 1 6 Hearst , '3 .-3. Gray ; 3 . 3. Garvin ........ .'.. "1 1 Bailey ' , 1 - . .' l McClellan ......... 1 ' 1 Non-committal - '.. 17 . 7 '.. 84 v Totals ..,.','. S3 ' 160 ,"183 The "non-commtttar. do not include representatives who positively refused to say anything on the subject. Advice to the Lovelorn BY BIATSICE fAm AX. 1 Portland. Or., Jan. 6. Dear Miss Fair fax! Will you kindly inform me through the columns of your paper whether, it Is perfectly correct for a young lady to aahLiigeaUemantoja1rryiienauring leap year. Also, if the custom la ob solete of thd young man's buying ths lady a silk dress in ' case he refuses. Yours In doubt"! 'v:'..'v J-iiVB. C. H.'-'vI; It would certainly be very immodest for any young lady to ask a gentleman to marry her during leap year Or any Other year. A marriage resulting from such a proposal would never be a happy one,' as tha gentleman would propose to you himself If he cared for you. No girl of refined 'taste wishes a husband who does not love her. Yes: I think the custom of buying a silk dress for the lady by the gentleman, if he refuses, is obsolete. 'Portland, Jan. 8. My Dear Miss Fair fax; . I am tired t working, but there is no way out of it except to get mar ried, which I do not' care to do. . If you were in my place, which Is cook for a wealthy Jewish family, what ' would you do, go on working in a half hearted way or get married, also n a half-hearted way 7 Yours, SUSAN By all means go on cooking in a half hearted way, Nevec, approach matri mony in that spirit or with that feel ing. A thousand times better always to remain single. But why cook In a half-hearted wayt Why not cook In a whole-heartod way? Happiness is largely a condition of mind that rises above environment. Nobody In this world, gets precisely: whst sho wants nor can al ways do precisely what she wishes. The true philosophy is to do the best shs, can, bear those things she cannot help,' and extract the most comfort and sat isfaction she can, day by day, out of life. If she Is a cook, be a good one, . the Very best In the whole city If she can. ; If she looks at the matter In the right frame of mind no one can. occupy a more honorable or Important position thsn that of cook. According to Lord Lytton, It is the one thing without Which civilised man cannot live. Every thing in this world is relative; every one has troubles, though everyone does " not tell of them., Contrast your own ' position with others and you will find that you have a hundred reasons for happiness where some of them have one. Cultivate contentment, honor your po sition and it will honor you. ' '.-"'..-' .. v-V:.VriV- Dear Miss Fairfax: ' I -am a y hung lady 19 years of age. Some time ago I . - - wuMw....v'u " i . 1 1 a, j v.. lift maij - of 20 whom I at once became Interested In. He also seemed interested in me, but believed I cared nothing for him, and that I : kept company with other ' young men, which was not true. There fore he quit keeping company with' me. Now, Miss Fairfax, would you kindly advise me what to do? ShouM I go and see thls young man again and talk "with him,. or ahould I try and forget, which would be very hard for me to do. as I love htm dearly. ANXIOUS KATE. 1 Don't make the mistake of openly ' going after, the young man: that would be fatal.' But if you are Still In love with him, surely there are ways to bring about a' meeting without - his knowing that you desire it. Opportuni ties should follow to make it plain to hiirt, without Indelicacy on your part, that you feel an interest In him not that he can have you with a crook of his linger,, but that his companionship is not distasteful to yott. Then if you find him really, worth while the affair may go on in uninterrupted current, ex cept in so far as you both will Interrupt it, as It Is always more or less inter rupted in all such affairs. . Dear Miss Fairfax: I am it veara nf ' age and have a girl friend - one .year my Junior. She la deeply in love with me and asked rot to get married. J get a' salary of $8 a week, and I think it Is very small too get ' married on. ' Her father keeps ner: Indoors after 8:30 p.. m. She don't trust me out alone. She thinks I am going with another girl. . - 7-C - .- J. C. :," i You are both much too young . to marry and would find it hard to get along on 88 a week. There is no rea son why you should not see i.er and be fond -of her. : But wait a couple of ; years before, thinking of marriage. ; : - Suggestive,' ( - . i 'Major Bean, IT. 8. A,, has dlhcovered how to live on 15 cents a day. Some thing in a nSms after alt . i ... ....... X