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MONDAY, ..FEBRUARY 15. 1904
THE GREOON DAILY JOURNAL.
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THE LATE SENATOR MARCUS A. HANNA. .
: f I HERE ARE THOSE who could never bring them
I selves to forgive .Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna,
, the news of whose untimely death is sent from
Wsshtngton to the world today. They believed htm to
be the embodiment of the plutocratic principle, a man who
in his earlier career rode tough shod over the working
people and who carried through his designs by sheer j
brutal strength. There ire others who admired him for
the very qualities which JTor several years made him a
constant target for the attack of a very, large body of his
iellow fcitUens. There are still others with whom he was
oa, terms of intimate friendship, who were his daily as
sociates, sonw of them the recipients of his bounty or
who could "not fall to feel the manifestations of his good
will, who held him in the highest esteem and would have
gone. far to serve him. '
There were elements of truth and Justice in the view
point of all three classes. In his business career , Hanna
was .bold, audacious and relentless. . He sawclearly, the
end at, which he aimed and was little' concerned, about the.
methods by which he reached it. In this asbect of his
: character and at this stage of his career he .was a' type
of the feudal... baron, set down in modern environment.
Great business, success, is what, he aimed to achieve and
he pursued 'his, career; ruthlessly and relentlessly. His
fight with the seaman's union in Cleveland degenerated
into a, vendetta. .Theresas no question of Tight.. wrong
or Justice, Bimply a question of resources pitilessly ap
plied to. accomplish the purposes in view and to throttle
with the bloody hand of force., all bpposlng human and
individual rights. He 'accomplished what he set out to
do. ; He not only amassed money, but with it the elements
of autocratic power which placed him In the very fore
front of his city's great commercial enterprises.
; Mr;' Hanna was not popularly known outside' of his own
state UntU his ambition was, turned .la the direction of
politics. For years he was , an Intimate" friend and ad;
mirer of the; late President McKinley. Mr, McKinley Jiad
, In him many of the elements of personal popularity which
Hanna at, this, stage of his career' so signally , lacked.
Suave, approachable; with at least the exterior appear
anc of geniality there was a poise; and dignity to the man
that marked him In the estimation , of his friends, and the
people of,hta state as. a typical presidential , possibility,
Everything was moving , swimmingly, . In that direction
when the failure of a business partner deeply involving
McKinley,,, seemed to permanently remove him from the
field of available candidates'. ; But, headed by Hanna, l a
syndicate -composed , mainly, of Cleveland" men, although
JI. H. Kohlsatt -of Chicago was one: of the dumber, raised
a pool of ver $100,00(1 through which the debts were taken
care of and McKinley was given the opportunity to pursue
. bis ambition unhampered by, a staggering load ofdebt.
When conditions seemed ripe to put: forward for the presU
dency the author, of the McKinley tariff bill, Hanna quietly
assumed charge of, his campaign.,-The chief sceneof his
first operations was in the South where, before anyone
realized what was doing, he had captured all the available
strength. i McKinley was nominated and ; then Hanna,
hitherto untrained In politics, came to
chairman of. the national committee.,.; In
the history of the country was so much money raised for
campaign purposes. The business elements in all ; seo
tlona believed that a deadly onslaught was being made
upon them . through the nomination of Bryan and they
resisted his election with all the- power and all the means
at their' command. It was precisely such a battle In
which J I anna's training, experience and . keen practical
sense would show to best advantage! After a Whirlwind
campaign of unapproached pjcturesqueness Bryan .was
defeated. Some day the real inside history of that mar
velous campaign will be written; hitherto it has only come
out In fragmentary whispers. It Is enongh for present
purposes to say that the, fire- of the opposition was cen
tered on Hanna. The man himself, his record, what , he
stood for in business and politics,, was ruthlessly, even
malignantly, held up to public execration.' , , From that
campaign he emerged a victor, but in the estimation of the
masses of the people the .very , type arid embodiment, of
; ruthless plutocracy and the very antithesis of every, high
and nobte ideal In the scheme of a popular government. ''
His own entrance into the United States senate followed
Things People Want to Know
t Scotts Mills. Or., Feb. 11). To the, Edi
tor ot The Journal Can you give me
any information in regard to, the irri
gation of the desert land in eastern
Oregon? Also the deal in Idaho. Where
can I write to find out the particulars
in both cases, .as to prices of land and
terms? 1 -i
. ... ; Yours respectfully," .
J " .- I W. HAMMER.
W. A.Xatdlaw or the Columbia South
ern Irrigation company, whose address
is Portland, Or., said: "We have more
than JC008 . acres of land covered by
our ditches, which are already con
structed and' ready for settlement. This
land can be purchased at prices rang
ing .from $5.35 to $14.75 an acre, accord
ing to the grade of the land. , Our terms
are ' one-fourth cash and one-fourth at
the time water Is turned on the land
and. the balance can stand with interest
for such time as we may agree, upon;
we advertise three years as being the
time far the remaining one-half of the
purchase price to be paid, but we are
willing in proper cases to let this stand
longer. One dollar an acre for each
. year is the charge for supplying water
to the irrigable land. There is no charge
for non-irrigable land."-" : .
A. M. Drake of the Pilot Butte De
velopment company with headquarters
at Bend, Or, said: "We are making
rapid progress with our .flumes, consid
ering the obstacles that have to be over
come. Part of -the work is . through
heavy ground .which -is- covered with
immense. boulders. We will "have from
10,000 to 16,000 acres covered by our
ditch i within a very , short time. Wa
tr will be , on the land by the time
any settleris- ready to use it. The price
of ( our land ' varies ; according , to. the
grade; It, wllli average about $10 an
acre.jThe charge 'for water is $1 an
acre a year.- We will continue work on
our flume If conditions Justify, it, and
we expect t have 25,000 acres covered
by next year., , Our ditch will have suf-r
ticient capacity to water fully 160.000
acres." ; v :1 ;
' Portland, Feb.. J$. To the Editor of
The Journal Please, inform, a subscri
ber if the Japanese, use any white, help
on their ships f war. yt .v CrW, R, .
There. -Is a" Japanese law which for
bids the enllstmentpf Jtoreign sailors or
uldiers in the mikado's navy or army.
HarrUburg. Or.. Feb. -To the Edi
tor of :The Journai-r-I have . inquiries
from the at as to whether I know what
li-aend and love story Is connected with
the tnbiUctoe, and why it is sought af-
. -. . ;' .-:.' ," '
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PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. '
OFFICIAL, PAPER OP THEi CITV OR
almost as a matter of course; His campaign was strictly
business from start to finish. He went In to win and he
won. ," ,No man in the cpuntry.at this .period, of , bis career,
was so conspicuously, in the public eye as Senator Hanna,
not evert ' the president of the United States. ,.It was at
this period that an. entirely new prospect opened up., be
fore the senator from Ohio. It seems to have been borne
in upon him that there was something more to life than
mere material success. Thai was not to be despised,, but
it,,, was, not the, sole, pr, the, hJgheslva'nd nobJest,(realiaatlan.
He began to, acquire confidence In, his own powers along
new and strange lines. He developed into a good public
debater and he found himself able- to express himself be
fore an audience with the same force, directness and good
sense that would have characterized his utterance before
a board of directors. As his. .horizon broadened, the vision
of the man himself expanded. ,116, turned his attention
to a closer , study of the labor .question, not as . a 'means
of. further exploitation, but from the humanitarian side.
He became a vital power in vthe" national association
formed of capitalists and. labor leaders, which sought-to
bring the' two element into closer accord. - For this con
summation, he appeared to unselfishly labon. It is only a
few months since that he solemnly , announced he would
devote the rest of his life to furthering the cause which
seemed, closest to his heart. , There are those with vivid
recollections" of his earlier, career and what it stood , for
who, questioned his
his advances. - But
sincerity of the man
his endeavor and looked forward hopefully and con
fidently to the time when much good would flow from it.
: " - -;
Hanna reached the climax of his strenuous career when
McKinley, was re-elected.. He was then at the pinnacle of
his. power and the pleasing fancy of his ambition might
have lured him on to. the giddiest heights. But the .as
sassin's bullet at. Buffalo,' which laid low the president of
the , United States, .turned jnany things awry. . National
affairs could never have been the same to him again and
fie; could never again enjoy the same commanding rela
tions to them. Executive power passed into other , hands.
In the event of confessed failure there he might still be
the chief est power to be reckoned with, but once Roosevelt
got the party safely back of him he might still be a United
States senator, he might still remain a power in the party
councils, but he could no longer be Its dominating and un
challenged master. All of this he realized during the pres
ent winter: and it Is to the credit of the man that he
never once. lost. his head, that he was not swept Off his
feet by the advice
loet-hla dignity ofbearing oc-departed..lrom the. strict Jlne
of common sense which was one of his distinguishing
characteristics. ': :, ,, ' '
t "With those who had confidence in the unselfish efforts
which Senator Hanna was putting forth for the good of
humanity, to bring about more cordial and Just relations
between all classes of American citizens, The Journal
the front as the
no campaign. in
. The Evening Shadow had the unladylike audacity to use
a screaming seven-column line across its first page Satur
day nlght.: It was to this effect - "No Fake News. If
You Don't See It in the Telegram, Don't Depend Upon It."
As The Journal is entirely above suspicion in the reliability
of Jts news, and Js , constantly paid the' tribute of having
it stolen from Its first edition and reprinted without in
vestigation In the Teiegram, we cannot help regarding this
as a deadly thrust at the Oregonlan and one which it will
vigorously r resent. At much of the news and comment
which finds Its way into the solemn columns-of the Ore
gonlan Is sufficiently remote from every day concerns to
have been embalmed In history, this oblique reflection
from its thankless stepchild will doubtless be received
with added bitterness 1
ter mostly by the young people to. hang
MP and decorate with as If some magic
were connected to it.
Will -you please . publish in your Jour
nal all the supposed or real love stories
connected with it and oblige the read
ers of your valuable paper? s, t.
" , .. BENJ. RARET.
In. Scandinavian .mythology the mis
tletoe was the material used in' making
the- arrow .-.with which -Balder.- the -sun
god, was slain. Frlgga, the mother of
Balder,, when he, was born, .invoked the
animals and plants not to harm' her son,
but ' befcauae,,. ot Its ..plainness -and. liuig
nlncance the mistletoe. was overlooked.
Lokl the jenemy of Balder,' found out
about this and fashioned the weapon
with which he Induced the blind, Hoder
to -slay; the -sun god.i
The ancient' Druids claimed the. mis
tletoe if it grew upon an oak was, seat
from heaven and In it was an antedote
for all poisons. The sprigs were placed
over ..the entrances, oJ the 'cottages to
Indicate that the Inhabitants desired to
shelter their sylvan deities. The cus
tom of hanging up. mistletoe at Christ
mas time originated , with the Druids.
The privilege, of klislng all , persons
caught loitering under the mistletoe was
first practiced among the servants, but
later became popular in the parlor as
well as In the kitchen. As to all the
love stories connected , with mistletoe-,
they are, as numerous as those which
refer to Dan Cupid as a personage of
flesh and blood. . ;
Hubbard. Or Feb. 6. To the Editor
of he Journal Will you-kindly -inform
me about the following; How
many miles mint a boat -go from the
ocean up the Columbia river to get into
Portland harbor?. Also how many, in
habitant Portland has and how many
inhabitants Oregon has? . -.
, , ... .... . FRANK W.- FISHER.
It is 110 miles by water from the sea
to Portland. ' , .; .
. The census of loS( iflves Oregon a
population of .413,635. It Is now prob
ably close to, 500,000. , , ; .
' Portland had a population of 90,428
In 1800. Since then It has hud a phe
nomenal , growth, and . according , to re
cent school census taken It now has
125.000 . people, not including Its, sub
urbs containing- over 10,000, people,
which in everything but in name are an
integral part of Portland. , . ..
- Portland, -Feb. 13. To the Edio of
The. JournalWhat standing, .relative
to power, i. has Willamette falls?- How
does the power compare with Niagara?
:-. ' ., READER. t -
'. Willamette .falls have an average
height of 42 feet, and they discharge
6,009 cubio zeet per second, Ttte aver
JNO. P. CARROLL
and Yamhill streets, Portland. Oregon.
PORTLAND
sincerity and who looked askance, at
The Journal had no question of the
la this new, and unexpected line of
of powerful Interests and that he never
mingles its .unfeigned regret that he was not permitted to
carry out his designs and thus give to his career the
crowning glory without which, it is otherwise incomplete,
The fine work ,pf Sheriff Storey In registering the pris
oners at the cpu'nty Jail is one of those strokes of political
Cunning which should engage the painstaking attention of
the grand Jury the moment that body gets to work.
age height of Niagara falls is 155 feet,
and . they discharge 300,000 cubic feet
per second. ,
txb sat xir WASnraTO-r.
The Story of the 'Whitney reach
..(. Essay la Trench. t '
From the New York World.
; Since the death of WJJliam C. Whitney
many stories of his life here while he
was secretary of the navy have been
told, but none more frequently than the
story of the peaches.
i-Wben , Mr. Whitney came to give his
first cabinet dinner, at which he enter
tained, the president and his colleagues
of the cabinet., he desired to have some
novelty, and; peaohes appealed to' him
more than- anything else,. His , dinner
came in the middle of February, when
.peaches are not ordinarily in. the mar
ket in Washington. He went to a fruit
dealer here and asked him where he
could get some peaches.. .
The! fruit dealer told him of a man in
Pennsylvania who grew hothouse peaches
and suggested that he might get' some
of him, Mr. Whitney gave the fruit
dealer a $60 bill and told him to go to
the grower and see what he could do. - .
The marketmaa Journeyed to Pennsyl
vania, found, that the man had four
dosen ripe peaches, and boight the lot
for $1 apiece, or $48 for ..ia lot. - He
brought them to Washington and noti
fied Mr. Whitney that he had. 48 fine
peaches. - -. .. :..
'.'How much did they cost?" asked Mr.
Whitney.. - '.:,,. .
''He's a robber,", said the marketman.
"He made me pay $48 a dozen for them."
Mr. Whitney thought the price pretty
high, but he gave the man a check for
$200 for the .48 peaches. They were the
hk of his dinner, which was as It should
be,. Inasmuch as they had cost Mr. Whitney-
$26rall told.: . v ,
,i,"They i were : fine." said Mr. Whitney,
In jtelllng of the dinner,, "but I thought
president Cleveland rather crowded the
mourners on them. He ate five."
There la a certain senator who thinks
he Jiaa a fine command of the - French
language. He came to a, door in the
lobby at the. same time another senator
reached . it,, and he stepped aside and
said, with a flourish:
"Entre nous." .,
Promisesa Slob starrest.
-' ; From the Boston Herald. 'i .
If there's any truth in the old saying
that the winter's snow is God's fertillier.
the outlook for' the coming year's crops
Is i something magnificent. - This 'is a
straight tip on the next harvests, . ,
Wa8hinKtonTFbn0N6w"thaf the
senate committee on privilege and elpc-
vions nas aeciaea to investigate the Mor
mon church, the personnel of the com
mittee is , of .interest, r As is known,: the
charge mad against "Senator- Smoot of
Utah that he 1 a polygamist haa been
dropped. Those who. are protesting
against Smoet's continuance in the sen,
ate also, practically have dropped , the
charge that he took a secret oath, as an
apotle contrary to his oath as a senator,-
-r Consequently, the1 investigation as
it fUl be conducted will be to determine
not whether Smoot as a man is suitable
as a senator, but whether he as an apos
tle and member of he Mormon church
shall retain his seat, . The committee on
privileges and elections Is composed' of
13 members, eight Republicans and flye
Democrats. .Its chairman is Senator Ju
lius C; Burrows of Michlgam-s Senator
Burrows- is -a lawyer by profession rand
has been in congress as a mfember of
tha house and enate.for,.15 terms., He
has been in the senate- since 4895. , It
is known that Senator Burrows has fa
vored ai searching investigation ,o.the
practices ,o the Mormon , church ; since
the question was rained of Smoot' s eli
gibility to the senate. A chairman of
the committee his influence will be great
In .making, an Investigation far-reaching
and effective. : The other Republican
members of the. committee are Senators
George F. Hoar, MassachusetU; Porter
J. McCumber, North Dakota; Joseph R.
Foraker, Ohio; Chauncey il. Depew, New
York; Albert J. Beverldge. Indiana; WU
11am. P. Dillingham, . Vermont, and Al
bert J. Hopkins, IlllnoU. All of these
are lawyers, and several have served en
the bench. In . the several committee
meetings iu -which the Smoot case has
been discussed, Beverldge is thai only
member of ' the majority who ; has.- ex
pressed sentiments favorable td Smoot.
The minority membership of the -committee
is Edmund W, Pettus, Alabama;
Fred W. Dubois, Idaho; Joseph W. Bail
ey, Texas; Lee S. Overman, North Caro
lina, and Joseph P, Clark, Arkansas. All
of these excepting Dubois are lawyers.
The proposed investigation of the Mor
mon church has been urged strongly by
Senator Dubois, who throughout his en
tire western political career--has -been
opposed to the alleged domination of the
Mormon church in polftics. Senator Du
bois represents in his opposition to
Smoot -what may be called "the young
Mormon idea." whiose leader is Frank i.
Cannon of Ogden, Utah, who is opposing
Smoot through bis newspaper and in his
public utterances. Senator Dubois will
be an effective force in - the' committee
especially , with:' his Democratic col
leagues in making up the verdict on
Mormon hurca matters. t Of course the
members of the committee on privileges
and elections, ,wlth : several-, exceptions,
have net expressed opinions to show that
the case against : Smoot - is pre-judged,
but; enough has .been : said to indicate
that unless the investigation is softened
for political purposes, , the Mormon
church will have- tq show a rery clean
bill of health it It retains its representa
tive - in the senate. , The approaching
presidential election and ...the fact that
the Mormon church , membership,! can
control the vote of Utah, and maybe the
balance- of power In-Idaho-and Wyoming,
may cause those high in the Republican
party management to "call off1 the com
mittee from too searching an investi
gation, v
One of Senator Spooner'a constituents
recently called, at, the senator's commit-'
tee room at the capltol to get a letter of
introduction . to the attorney-general in
order to secure, permission to go through
a federal penitentiary,. : The senator was
not in and as the constituent was in a
hurry called upon Senator Dolllver and
stating that Mr. Spooner was absent, he
would like to have Senator : Dolllver
write the desired letter. 'Certainly,''
said Senator Dolllver, ,"it wilt give me
pleasure to assist , any of Senator
Spooner'a friends to get Into the peniten
tiary." Queen Lllluokalant has abandoned
hope for t this session - ot Congress, at
least, that she will be allowed her
clahn of . $200,000 for. the loss of her
crown lands and personal property. Her
claim is scarcely a tenth of the full
value of the lands which are among
the most valuable of those on the Hawaiian-
Islands. Thjtlr title dates from
the time of the Kamehameha dynasty,
and of course the former queen bases
her right to them .on the doctrine of in
heritance.. The revenues they are cap
able of producing would approximate
several hundred thousand dollars a year,
and hence if the lands had not been
taken from het when she was, 'deposed
as queen, she would be an exceedingly
rich woman. The Hawaiian legislature
as a- partial payment, three years ago
granted her an annual pension of $13,
000, and this enables her to live very
comfortably, although not in the style
befitting a member of. royalty. .;
The wariest man in public life in the
national capital : is Senator - Allison of
Iowa - He is extremely careful never
to commit himself absolutely, on any
question.,, A few days, ago, in the sen
ate, the proposed measure for appropri
ating a lump sum annually for keeping
the - sidewalks , and : streets v free: from
snow and ice was being, discussed.
, "Snow has been falling on me streets
and Bidewalks of Washington1 for many
years past," observed Mr. Allison. , - -
"And will for many years to come,"
Interposed Senator Spooner,.;1 'x. ':';':
"As to that," rejoined Senator Allison,
"I will not prophesy' ; r., .--.
, At a recent Gridiron club dinner Sen
ator Allison's proverbial habit was : il
lustrated by a conversation between tWo
of the Gridiron club' members. " "
"What would you -do if -sent by your
paper to- get a direct statement from
Senator Allison?" -asked the first. - ,
"Resign my -.Job'-- said- the second. .
Senator Allison, who wae present as a
gttest, laughed as heartily at the dia
logue as any of the other guests.
Rev. Dr. '- Parkhurst has Joined t the
crusade against Mormonlsm. In-a re
cent sermon he-read to his -congregation
. a letter ' purported -to' have been
Written by a Mormon elder to Mrs. Park
hurst, urging, her-to-become a-member
of the congregation services being held
by the Mormons in New Yorit CUy. The
purported letter read in part as follows:
, "W are going to turn New, York out
one million . strong for the. Mormon
church and 43od within one 'year,, The
fight is already on . God Is on bur. sldo.
We must, and shall win. - We need so
much Juste such good; women as you
are," etc. Dr. Parkhurst used the letter
as to his text ltr a sermon; in-which he
proposed an amendment to the federal
constitution prohibiting Mormons from
exercising political rights.
' Of the-newspaper, men In congress,
Representative Hitchcock of the Second
district ot Nebraska has already in his
short term established a reputation. Mr.
Hitchcock, who is the owner of . tha
Omaha World-Herald, won his seat In
congress by beating Dave Mercer, one
ef the strongest men in w noun.- He
stepped into notice by offering the reso
lution to look into, the Vhorse and car
riage graft.'! and by backing up the res
olutions, with vigorous, ready and at
f ectlve, arguments. - Mr. Hitchcock 'has
taken a more .active ..part in. the .floor
work of the house .than scores of mem
bers who have been - in Congress, for
many years, and,' unlike moat new mem
bers, he has .made no bad breaks. ' Re
ports from Nebraska are to the effect
that Mr. UlUbcock wl'be eciectea by.
his party as the candidate against Sen
ator Dietrich next year.
The social functions at the White
Hottse- during; the-present year have
been so numerous and. on. auch.an elab
orate scale that the president and Mr,
Roosevelt have required the services of
nine Officers of the army and navy as as
sistants to aid in the reception ' and-en
tertalnment of the guests. , Up to about
four years ago the president had but one
aide who held the position of superinT
tendent of public building and grounds
of the District of Columbia; his duties
eventually became ao heavy and burden
some that an assistant aide was - de
tailed, and tha staff haa been gradually
increasing ever since that time until
now nine officers of the armynayy and
marine corps are detailed for these duties.-
EThe chief military - aide to the
presldenc is Colonel V. W. symons, the
naval aide is Commander C. McR. Win
Slow, the assistant aides are Major C D.
McCauleyi United States marine corps;
Captain' J. W. Glidden, :U. S.iA.J Lieu
tenant G. R. Fortesque, U. S. A.; Lieu
tenant G. P. Spauldlng, U. S. A.; Lieu
tenant C. O. Sherrill, U. 8. A.; Lleui
tenant R. C. Bulmer, U. S. N.i Lieu,
tenant David S. Sellers, U. 8. N. The
social arrangements-ae-the White House
are in charge of Major C. L. MoCauley,
who has resided, here the greater part
of the last J5 years, and Is known asa
club and society man. It is doubtful if
Major MoCauley could drill a squad of
marines, but it is certain he can lead a
eotlllioa or ehaperone a debutante at her
first dance with skill and accuracy. The
position of aid to the president is looked
upon as one of the, rich prises of the
service, but one which very few offlcers
caa afford to accept It throws, him into
the midst of the social swim and im
poses an obligation, that costs a lot of
money. -F.Hls uniforms must, be .of the
finest and ' most : expensive) materials.
He must; maintain a carriage, and his
bills, for gloves, flowers, and other Inci
dentals, necessarily are large. The as
signment carries neither extra pay nor
increased rank, and an officer without a
private Income outside of his army sal
ary could .not .accept, the . position. The
duties of the position are simple. , The
aide does all he can to make the guests
of the President and Mrs. 'Roosevelt
feel at ,hpme. and enjoy themselves. At
the evening musicales the aides receive
the guests as they enter the east room
and escort them to their seats. At the
conclusion ot the . program they ' mix
among the guests and promote conver
sation, and look after tne other duties'
of entertainment. k( They- are invited
everywhere, and their evnings are taken
up in one continual .round ' of dances,
dinners and receptions.'- " .
f- Although the proprietors of the senate
and house restaurants are furnished free
rent, free fuel, free light,, and are paid
salaries and . allowed all of the profits
of their restaurants, they --complain that
they lose money-every week. This is
due' to the fact that they are n&t al
lowed to sell liquors or beer or Intoxi
cating drinks of any kind, i The history
of , the present .prohibitory law is some
WhatinterestingWL For aeveraLyearsonly
beer and light,) wines were sold in the
senate restaurant, while on the -house
side liquors of all kinds were dispensed.
Annually the house passed a prohibition
provision in some one of the prohibition
bills, and annually? the senate struck it
out. But last: year when 'the houke
passed a provision in the immigration
bill prohibiting the sale of liquors in the
capltol and went on record for temper
ance reform, the, senate called the bluff,
and let; the provision stand. The . re
form has been one in fact as well as in
name. : When liquors were sold in the
capltol disgraceful scenes of drunken
ness were-witnessed .frequently, espe
cially when night sessions were held or
at the close Of congressional sessions.
Employes of the house and senate, young
men, and frequently members of con
gress, drank to excess, and the, house
restaurant xn the occasion of the clos
ing of congresa resembled a disorderly
beef hall. Since the sale of liquors has
been prohibited none of these-disgraceful
scenes have been witnessed, and the
restaurants are orderly and entirely, re
spectable. The restaurant proprietors
think they see in the near .future a
loophole by w.tich the law . may be
evaded. The new structure which Is
to be erected for the use of the house
as an office building is to have a large
Space allotted .for,:, restaurant purposes,
and the restaurant proprietors contend
that the present prohibition applies only
to the capltol building, and the Sale of
liquors : may- be -conducted-in the new
building. This is a matter for future
settlement. .
-"When the Democrats of the- house at
the beginning of the session in Novem
ber last selected John Sharp Williams
of Mississippi - as; their leader on the
floor they selected a man who for per
ception and . aptitude for ; cross, fire in
debate, has no equal in his party. Mr.
Williams finished his education at Hei
delburg,,t Germany, , and this finishing
course abroad was preceded byj many
years' , hard study in the best -universities
of the south. " ' ..
v- He is ' conceded to be onei-'of. the. beat
story tellers in congress, and often wins
his point by the telling of an apt story.
At one time he is the shrewd debater
and 1 at another .illustrating his point
with a story - which fits In with the
matter under discussion. Recently when
tha appropriation bill for , the depart
ment of agriculture was binder .discus
sion in' the committee' an item-' was
reached providing for the salary, of one
of the .numerous scientists supported
by. Secretary .Wilson in his department,
Williams was opposing the Item on the
ground- that the matters- which were de
veloped by - these, scientific, gentlemen
were too abstruse and generally of a
nature In which the publlo- was not In
terested, and '- that . they, . seldom r knew
anything beyond the boundaries of their
special callings. As illustrative of these
gentlemen he- told of a very learned
professor-who was, lost In the perusal
of -a solentific book in which he was
deeply-Interested-one night at his fire
side,-when he was requested by -his. wife
to look outdoors- and report as to the
condition of the weather. He - slowly
got up-from his -chair in ao abstracted
manner and -walked out 4nto .the-, hall
way, but it appears before ho got to the
outside door, in ah absent-minded way;
opened the door of a pantry and peered
into its- dark -recesses.. Some very pun
gent limburger had been kept-in this
pantry and he whiffed, it in a scared
manner, and quickly closing - the door
hurried back into the room where, his
wife was sitting and said, "Mary, its as
dark as- pitch- outside, and everything
smells like 'cheese '': -V ;5 :,-, , :
- Speaker . Cannon was a guest at a very
elaborate social-function the otheu. even
ing at the home ot one of j the society
leaders of the capital. yhenhe entered
the dressing room to. lay aeldff his coat
and hat. he found four or. five young
men putting, on , white kid gloves, The
speaker looked at them with discomfltare
and '.saldj j. ,u .,;..;..'-, v -v-.. .'.
"By gum, boys, I thought gloves had
gone out of atyle.10 onit years ago."
Then he clapped his brawny hands to
gether and exclaimed, ."And as far as I
am concerned, . they have gone out o
style for 1 good." Ho attended the
"party" as he called It, barehanded.,
New furniture had to be made for
Sir Edward Arnold in Chicago Tribune.
. Although no value- could possibly, at
tach to any opinion of , mine upon tech
nical military problems, at , the : present
Juncture I .venture, to recall the inci
dents and pictures of a memorable day
Which Jt passed , in the company Of his
Imperial majesty the emperor of Japan,
With his military staff,, and some 35,000
troops detailed for the annual maneu
vers. .Several years have gone by since
then, but tha impressions left are vivid
In my mind, and . may. perchance ..have
bolnts ot novelty and even information,
I had received the honor of a personal
invitation to.' witness these maneuvers,'
and my acquaintances among the , mili
tary officers, like true Japanese gentler
men, '. spared nothing for the comfort
and pleasure of even their least iroj
portent guest Never, can I forget the
glory of ; that - early dawn, along the
ridge of the southern hills, whioh swept
through . all . thev length of ooast, from
Kamakura and lovely Enoshlma,- over
the foot of splendid and stately Fuji
Yama to. Gotemba, Oiso, and Nara 'it
self. We were advancing -up the steep
paths, many- thousand strong horse,
foot, and artulery but -chiefly foot,, to
hold the long ; ridge against some de
tested enemy deploying- In the vast flats
to the eastward and southward, -Alas I
it la not good that war should ever look
so fair; The- morning.; air eeemed al
most to: intoxicate the --neat bright,
sturdy youngw soldiers ' tramping with
laughter or low singing through the gay
thickets or lying as close as a clutch of
brown partridges- behind the stems of
matsu and bamboo tussocks- - Boys out
of - school. could not- have -taken more
pleasure in the implements of their play
field than did these young brown-faced
peasants in the fleldpleces which- they
made to-dance and rattle behind the rope
traces,, in their clean, shining weapons,
and sober equipments.
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- But first of all . facts, - There, right
ahead of us, In the center of the po
sition,, not far away, was a breakfast
table roughly improvised , out. of four
ammunition - boxes, and over ; "these
thrown a richly embroidered tablecloth
of silk, purple in ..: color, with , golden
kiku -the, imperial ' Chrysanthemum-
worked -fcy , hand upon it, the only touch
of anything like luxury visible through
out the yast martial" display., i, Though
tne sun was yet narcuy nigh-enough to
touch the snow upon Fuji Yams with
saffron and rose. tim Imperial majesty
was there drinking tea from a small
silver cup. - -i-- -. 'S-'f-".:"t-,-'.-:.
The young sovereign was held, as one
might easily see, '.in supreme reverence
by all around, but a reverence which
had in it a passionate and-unchanging
affection a well as custom. In Japan
national loyalty has- not as yet divided
itself from the actual . worship given
to the dynasty whose origin loses Itself,
in the thoughts of 45,060,000 of homo
geneous people, amid the mysteries of
the invisible. Time was,- of course
and only a, few years ago when- such
a proximity as ours to that divinely
descended personage would have been
impossible, incredible, 'madly presump-tuous,-
-Three times' afterwards evenI
myself had the privilege of respectfully
watching front near at hand the dark,
Serious, unchanging. Introspective coun
tenance of him upon whom ,1s: focused
the absolute devotion of the Japanese
Secretary Taft, when hef assumed his
duties at the war department, : Secre
tary Root weighs Just 160. pounds- and
Taft 820. After the new secretary had
taken the oath he walked into the .pri
vate office and sat down in .Mr. Root's
chair. The chair, creaked ominously, and
when Mr. Taft got up the chair stayed
with htm. He immediately ordered a
new chair , made ., "man's, slse," ; When
he tried Mr. Root's desk he could scarce
ly get a leg under it. and a bigger one
had to be ordered. : Secretary Taft does
not look his weights- He :ls tall and well
proportioned and very active. He finds
the elevators in the war .department
building too slow for him and walks, or
rather, skips' up and down steps, much
to the dismay of the 'elevator operators.
PEHDLETOW TZBW 01 THB WAB.
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R. A. Watson in Pendleton East Orego-
. -. : . ; , . nlan.
The, little. Jap
Is out to scrap , .. 4
And eat the Russian bearskl;
The . Tsarovitch, : r ' .
Has tried. to twitch .
The Japple by. the halrskl.
wilb.eim.der Gro'sse...
Bo bellicose, . , . . . . . .
Is out to watch the funskt;
Tha Franco msn : ,
With smile urban "
Is coming on tha runskl.
And soon the . mess '
Of quarrellshness "
From Chinaman to Swiss-ski, :
Will mingle in . .
With shou and din ,: . ;'
And we will look like thls-skl: ,
Gottflghttermuch! i !
Mesleeedutchl l.t - .',,.,;.
Hootankayeischtowhlskeyj II
Lehellleyou! I ! . -Torolwlthveutl
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KBAJtST'S PmSSXSXlTXTaX BOOIC.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan. 7
' Hearst's presidential boom is now out
of the joke stages i Tammany, has rec
ognised it, -and Tammany is no. amateur,
The Hearst 1 spirit . suits the average
American,', It has a dash; and 3tig.0r.in
it that means something. - Hearst as
president would, . wring v some .of the
usurped and .Ulgotten' power from the
trusts, if . the people would stand by
hlm His spoken policy does not, -precede
his execution longer than It takes
to step from the. word to. the deed. . His
talk i all closely' followed by action, so
sharp and . decisive , that, his ' enemies
cringe under, the sting .of It. With an
engine of publicity in every large city
in the land, the : Hearst boom means
exactly what It' pretends' to mean.' If
Hearst sets his head on the nnuntnktion
he will get If With such' a determined
man as. president soma of the people's
rights, now unjustly held by the syndi
cates, would be restored to them. :
. ,f . ..M, , mi .'.i. i 1 .1..,, ," ."' '''--:",- ,
, Golfers' Red Coats Disappearing.
. From the Country . Gentleman.,
Golf era do not care any . longer to be
labelled as such, and to carry about with
them a sort of , 'trademark,, whioh speci
fies definitely the form of amusement, in
which, they v indulge, Hence j the teni
dency of the red ooat has been to, dis-j
appear, and It is only , found upon the
backs, of those who, think, they are con
forming, to the old customs f Of the
gamefr'of individuals who have bought
one of these uniforms, and not yet had
time to wear It outf , . f
4. T-. Better, and vicler. ., , -
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan."
The Oregon Dally Journal Is the only
newspaper In Oregon receiving the full
Hearst--war- servloo from . the Orient.
This special service is much, better and
more spicy than the stereotyped Associ
ated Press service.'' The Journal has re
cently trebled Its-large subscription Use
In this city, showing that Its enterprise
In securing this Hearst war service Is
highly appreciated, v. ,
peoples 4n- a manner not - only unparal
leled elsewhere, but hardly even , com
prehended. , It is this traditional senti
ment of the wonderful nation which Is
the: mightiest of all. her - forces, and
which will, bring ben in honor and tri
umph out of all dangers. k
, .''' ' .' 1 , ''", V - 'v. 'j ' .v - . ..'.'
shall -not attempt : to -.dwell upon
what ,! have seen, and. .heard personally
of his imperial ,majesty.i Other, pens
may dare to make him into, paragraphs.
Whenever.! saw that silent potentate; I
was set thinking of the ancient legends,
and of the sun goddess, and of Avalok-Iteswagra.?-
Now that X can only recollect.
it Is still , with something , like awe,, as
well as with profoundirespectand, sym
pathyj that ! reqall the steadfast brows
and the stern, sad lips of his Imperial,
Majesty Mutsuhito whose Order of the
Rising Sun I have the ;honor to bear,
and of whom I am the humble servant
and well v wlsheiv-'toelievlng, as rl do
that in his august hands Providence has
placed the "duty and the, glory of link
ing forever together the, east and the
west ln a .union which once appeared
impossible, '::.:v:v-,..:':!;,H
Now for that armyl I said I would
not presuBie to offer any-opinion on Its
military - merits, and the strong confi
dence which I place in its valor and ul
timate victory is but- the Indelible im
pression of what ' seemed- to me an almost-perfect
fighting force.- The dark
clad masses covering those azalea slopes
moved with one mind, and sought the
Success of- the? -maneuvers as if each
soldier had been himself the emperor,,
or at least a general of brigade. One
of the,-artillerymen working at a 13
pounder in a pit digged amid the Illy
roots: had his foot crushed-by the tall
Of the gun,: He never desisted front his
duty till the blood running from the
Injury' drew his officer's attention to it,
and even then he submitted with re
luctance to, the order for an ambulance.
Below jus among., the jlce fieldsbut
this was later in, the day the enemy
had been broken and beaten, and it was
funny, to. see them, retreating over the
rice grounds. Imagine thousands of
ants hurrying along ; the lines .'drawn
between the green and black, squares of
a chess board, and you- may . know ex
actly 'what they look like, these enemies
r-trottlng i for their ,,Hyea,. away . along
the tiny edges dividing, the patches of
wet rloe. And wbem we i turned back
home, some of the troops for a .long
march,.-;! ; noticed ;.hOw the, , infantry
whipped off their r. service . footgear :and
tied on (the "warajl", sandals,, made of
string, price three farthing a: pair,-In
Which they could travel 0 or $0 miles.
uThat pight manyof .them did -sleep
JB. "ri": from ihe: field of action whilat
$.000 of us civilians ; and, loafers had
SUPRer round the emperor's .table in the
ancient .hall at Nara, Its roof sustained
by 12 Immense pillars, made of striped
suji trunks,- It was a standup meal, his
majesty condescending to drink a cup-of
sake at the far side of the, high table,
Close to ane of the white shining shafts
of . those . eryptomerla ; trunks which
were at onoe so splendid and so simple.
The gay end, happy .city, through the
main-street of w hich w nad retumed tn
Joyous tumult, was from end to end all
red and. white with the national flags
and lanterns, r . And since that day I. for
one hftva never, feared that the flag of
the rising sun will ever be disgraced.
Advice to the Lovctorti
. BY BZAtalOX YAISrAX.
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Desr Miss Fatrfaxi I am a young man
of ift .and have been, keeping steady
eompany with a young girl the name
age for about four years, till I left
Europe) two, years ago. tju- x '-
We love each -other dearly and are
corresponding regularly, 1 Before 1 left
her, I promised to. marry her, and she
Is waiting for my return , She is living
with her mother and does not- want to
leave, her and follow me to this coun?
try.; as . she does not understand the
language. ., .- : -.1 -, .-:'-;... -.1.;- -i. '
Now, I would like to have your good
advice on tne following: Shall I go
back-to, marry .her. s or shall, I . stay
here, and give her up if she does not
want tO: come overt -.m k. FORTUNA.
;lt Is simply a question to which way
your heart points. - Which,; do you love
best,, the girl or your adopted country?
If tha former, go back and marry her;
if -the latter, give .her, -up. .-. I think,
'though,, if the girl really .loves you,. she
will come out to this country and marry
you. You could save up enough money
to' send for the mother some day.
. Dear Miss Fairfax: Would ,- It be
proper for a young man of IS to give an
engagement - ring , .o a young lady of
the same age, providing they wait until
21 years of age before, marrying?
?-t -V:-''. NEW ROCHELLE.
Perfectly proper.
..Dear. Miss Fairfax: ' I am a young
gentleman who wants you to advise tne
a little with my case. Two years ago
I met a young lady with whom I fell in
love... We kept eompany -for some time
and by -a little trouble we stopped going
with each' 1 others-up -to about i-three
months s go. -Then -.we went together
fqr a' -while but she did not seem to
care-for 0 me as much as ' before. One
night last week-she invited -mo- to a
party, t, I accepted her Invitation and had
some of my friends come wtth me ss she
told , me to", bring them. Whon ,we ar
rived she acted as though she never In
vited or expected ue and , never noticed
my friends or me whlla we were there,
so we, left her" house rather early, Do
you think I should. ,tryi to gain 'this
girl's love and affection or not? "
; r st-:.l -.a-J.-- -.-.': -i .',Jt-A.--'B,-.C.:s'
1 I think she acted very rudely and if
I were you I would leave her, alone and
let. the friendship drop, i She placed you
in a very embarrassing position and was
discourteous and. inhospitable.
b Dear Miss Fairfax rl care enough for
a man to have promised, to marry him.
but my parents object to him solely on
the grounds of his being divorced.
Would I be a true woman to ask him
to release me now, -after the promise
made, and truly loving him as I do, for
my parents' sake? Am greatly per
plexed. , Truly, r 1 a, - ELOISE.
Be sure he is trustworthy; and act
accordingly. Your parents must; have
some good basts for their objection be
sides the one given.- If they, have not
and after you know for sure they have
no other cause for objection then . I
would not break my promise to him.
Go slow- in the affair and. give "your own
good' Judgment and counsel a chance to
guide you in doing the proper thing. ,'
r;-Bfyan-osi Jtew Jersey.
' From the Bplngfleld Republican.
1 Bryan is certainly Superb when he
reaches New Jersey, sthe home of the
ship-building trust, r In 'an address on
Thursday evening he aald: ''Whenvl was
In New Jersey last I made enemies by
designating it as a Jobber's roost.' , Now
I want to apologlsa fo. moderation, I
wish to express tny regret that my imag
ination was not great enough to keep up
with the facts." There need be no ties
ltatlon In saying that Mr. Bryan fulfills
a certain mission when he talks to a
New Jersey audience-in that style. The
iaa has his uses. ' 0 '
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