: Editorial yPaee". of.. Joiiraal-
MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1904
PORTLAND, OREGON
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL. ""
pHE SUCCESS of the evening: Issue of. The Journal
I having been so pronounced, ajid It seems to have
ao fully met a popular want, that the announce
ment of a Sunday morning Issue baa seemed a perfectly
natural and logical outcome to every newspaper reader.
In the two years time that the paper has been printed
it has built up for itself a clientele of Its own. It was
first comprised very largely of the new elements which
are becoming so important a factor in our population and
he younger people who like new methods and modern
ways. In the course of time it was discovered by the most
conservative that The Journal stood" for something be
sides. - They found that on all public questions it stood for
-uhat was best for ths public goodV They discovered that
If was a tool of no man or faction, that it had no private
axes to grind, that if was quite as Indifferent to the
blandishments as It was to the threats of those who sought
to use its columns for ,prvate ends. It proved. Itself to
bo no deadhead In any enterprise that concerned the pub
lic welfare and -while clinging to Us own opinions. It gave
free? access to its columns to those who might differ
with it, ,
With that character established after two years of hard
j oravit waa.only,jiatural that thereadexswhcunJia pol-H-lesFp.ad
tied to it would demand that it be printed on
Bevendays so that on-one day of the week they would "(lot
be forced to go elsewhere to seek the news.- The Sunday
issue Is therefore the natural outcome of this demand
which had become so insistent that It could be no longer
ignored. ' .
In regard to this Sunday issue we wish to say that the
first number which will appeaf ' next
simply as a starting: point for what we
It. 'We believe that Issue, of perhaps 36 pages, will be
perfectly satisfactory to the public. Our own leased wires
Insure us a first-class, telegraphic report It will be
supplemented by an unusually intelligent corps of special
correspondentsrWe will have, besides the fine mechanical
effects, in plain black and colors which have given The
Journal a reputation peculiarly its own,
special features written by some of the
men and women In. the United States.
But after all, this will mark the beginning, not the cul
mination of effort. We have In view
new features .which will be Incorporated
sues and which will be introduced the
rangcments can be made for them. In the effort to give
the people of Portland and Oregon a Sunday newspaper of
a bigger, broader and better type than
heretofore provided with, the question of
be taken into consideration. Whatever
are determined to have and we feel confident that the
popular Verdict will not only be favorable, but the public
patronage will warrant the outlay.
; . BRISTOW VS. CONGRESS.
MR. BRISTOW, an assistant postmaster-general, de
tailed to Investigate postal frauds,, has made a
-report .that has caused a tremendous uproar on
the floors' of congress." He has implicated in the 'neighbor
hood of 190 members of congress as grafters, to a greater
or less extent, in respect of influence used by them to
divert money from the public' treasury Into local postofflce
channels, where, itr Is supposed, it might be useful to
them in keeping their districts in good humor, The al
leged culprits are about proportionately divided between
Republicans and Democrats; if Mr. Brlstow is correct,
both parties are about equally tarred with the same stick.
The members implicated, and others as well, are ex
tremely Indignant at Mr.' Brlstow, and vociferously hurl
many uncomplimentary epithets at him; but the impartial
public, while not swift to believe all sorts of evil reports
of public men started by unreliable and sometimes ran
BIO XJLKiaATZOK WOK.
Important Enterprise Being Carried on
- . la Crook County.
From the Prlnerille Review. .
The Three Sisters' Irrigation company
has received the contract binding the
United States to convey to the state of
Oregon the 27,000 acres of arid . land
which the company has undertaken to
reclaim. The company has already
placed water upon 12.000 acres of this
land, and has just filed proof to that
effect. W. A. Laldlaw. president of the
company and agent for the state, has
asked the government, upon this proof,
to issue a patent to the state so that
deeds may be issued to settlers who de
sire to purchase from the state.
The proof submitted consists of the
certificates of Selecting Agent W, A.
Laldlaw and the state engineer, A. E.
Hammond, showing that by means of
canals and artesian wells the company
ha placed upon this land water suffi
cient to reclaim it and render it suit
able for agricultural purposes. The
company expects by next fall to have
the remaining H.000 acres under water.
The company has a lien upon the land
to the amount of 110 per acre for the
cost of constructing the irrigation sys
teni The lien will not be distributed
equally upon each 40 acres, but according
to the relative value of the several 40-
acre tracts. , ,
The state engineer has been examin
ing the land and apportioning the Ilea
It I expected that the amounts will
range from IS an acre to $15 per acre,
according to location, soli and the
amount of land- In each 40 acres that
can be Irrigated. Settlers who wish to
secure land from the state can do so by
paying off the company's lien. The
company has already received applloa-
tions for a large number of tracts of
land under Its ditch. The amount that
may be taken by any one person is 10
acres. While the reclamation work has
bdcn conducted in the name of the Three
Sisters Irrigation company, the work has
in reality been done by the Columbia
outtfem Irrigation company, which has
secured control of the interests of the
. Three Slaters company. The Columbia
Southern Irrigation company is owned
by the same peoplw who own the Co
lumbia Southern railway, extending from
the Columbia river to Hhanlko, and pro
jected to Bend., 4, . ' . ','..
from what can be 'learned from unof
ficial sources, it seems to be the plan
of the Columbia 'Southern people to put
settlers ort this land, extend the railroad
and build a town at the point where the
extension of the- Corvallls ft Eastern
from the- Willamette valley will cross
the line of the Columbia Southern. Near
fhs land being reclaimed by the Three
Sisters company is the trsct of 800,000
acres being reclaimed by the Pilot Butte
Development company, and the Oregon
Irrigation company, which were recently
absorbed br the Deschutes Irrigation &
rower company. In the development of
iti. groat area of srtd land, which will
. bctmad highly Productive, the railroad
company sees an opportunity to build
up a .prosperous, community that will
MHkc IxiHtneM for the company.
The Three SKtera reclamation project
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corous or even revengeful rumor, will incline to the opin
ion that Mr. Brlstow has in the main only told the truth,
and that he has done so courageously and conscientiously.
However much of truth or error, of fault or mistake,
there may be on either side in this matter, the public is
unquestionably correct in believing, and a public voice
like a newspaper In declaring, that the tone ot morality
ln our civic, life, and especially in political life at Wash
ington, Is unquestionably too low and impure to be a
proper subject for eulogy. That grafters of various sorts,
along many lines, are constantluslng public positions
for the purpose of plundering the public, admits of no
doubt; and the affectedly righteous roaring of implicated
members of congress will' notr prove their impeccability.
It Is unreasonable to suppose that Mr. Bristow "had It
in for" nearly 20Q
gain by attacking them? aPossibly he is one of the com
paratively rare men in public life who dare do, fully and
fearlessly, their plain duty.
At any rate, in the
ton and Dietrich cases, and others, it is not strange that a
good many voters are inclining, on any reasonable excuse,
to become socialists, or prohibition lBts, or anything, to see
If somehow conditions
- - REFORM IN
T
it may hot bo frequently prompt to open crime, to an
archy, Is Inexcusable.
One of these needed reforms Is general and difficult of
accomplishment; the other is specific, and to the average
layman who has thought upon the subject, it is inexplic
able why it has not been long ago effected.
' This smaller, more definite and practicable reform is
simply this after a jury has been empaneled, and a case
has gone to trial,' the death or prolonged illness of one or
even two jurors ought Jiot to stop the case. The Berry
murder case in Kansas has been delayed a week by the
illness of a juror. This incident has'happened frequently
several times here. And if a Juror dies, the case must be
begun all over again, at great expense to the public, and
often with less chance of Justice being done. This In
sistence upon a full Jury of 12, If either party demands it,
is merely a mediaeval legal superstition. There is no es
pecial 'virtue in the number 12. Eleven, nine or seven
jurors would , ordinarily do entirely as well sometimes
even better; but if there must be 12 Jurors originally, no
body can give any good reason why, in case of the death
or serious and prolonged Illness of one of them, the
Sunday we regard
propose to make
a fine array of
most competent
a large number of
in subsequent is
moment the ar
they have been
expense will not
Is best that we
judicial wheels should stop. The law should provide that
the remaining 11 or even a less number, should in such a
case constitute a full and sufficient Jury.
The other ; more' Important but less definite reform
needed, one that cannot be so specifically pointed out or
stated, Is, In general
hlcal maneuvering, less sharp practice, less tolerance- of
manifest pettifogging in the trial of cases, and especially
criminal cases. Entirely too much latitude is allowed to
lawyers whose case
Th"case of the
In point It took
weeks to try the case,
whatever anywhere
no shadow or scintilla of a real, meritorious defense. And
this is true in many cases that occupy much time of
courts, that cost the taxpayers much money, and that tax
public patience so that resort is frequently had by indig
nant populaces to
men, and Obnoxious to no criticism except this, that they
are professionally too prone to allow lawyers without a
good, Just or reasonable cause to make a mockery of jus
tice, and to use the
Is now further advanced than any of the
others pending in the state land depart
ment -and the department of the inte
rior. The 12,000 acres for which a pat
ent from the United States has been
asked lie -in townshlp-H south,- ranges
11 and 12 east and township 1? south,
range 11 east. The land yet to be re
claimed lies north of. this.
PLEASAWT GREETTJTOS
Bright Up to Date.
From the Prlnevllle Review.
The Portland Journal, right in line
with ( other metropolitan papers, has
come to a Sunday edition, the first of
which will greet Its readers on the
20th of this month. With the admirable
facilities of The Journal for Issuing a
Sunday edition we have often wondered
why it was not done before. Brother
Jackson In nothing if not up-to-date, and
we predict a whirdwlnd of success for
the Sunday edition.
Wonderful Strides
From the Moro Observer.
The Oregon Dally "Journal is
two
years old today. ' It has taken wonder
ful' strides In eld mossback Oregon In
that time, and now Issues its prospectus
for a Sunday edition in four colors on
its new 32-page single revolution Hoe
press that Is to take the place of the
present new, but outgrown. Qoss.
Will Make Oood.
From the Hood River Glacier.
Judging from the rapid strides made
by The Portland Journal since Its first
appearance, this paper Is bound to make
good. It's 15,000 dally circulation Is
attracting a large advertising patron
age. ...
A TOAST TO EDISOW.
From the Boston Herald.
The fine toast that was proposed to
Mr. Edison st the dinner given in his
'honor by the American Institute of Elec
trical engineers In New York deserves
preservation. Said the toastmanter:
"As I am about to propose the health
of our guest, let me Hay that there
Should be encouragement in the found
ing of this medal tonight for every
struggling, ambitious youth In America.
Let our sons recall and applaud the
cheery .little newsboy at Detroit, the
hulf-shod, half-frpien operator, seeking
bravely a job along the Icy pikes of the
central states; the gaunt, untutored ex
perimenter in Boston taking' eagerly
needed fees for lectures he was too mod
est to 'deliver; the embryonic Inventor
in New York- grub staked by a famous
Wall street man for his first stock
ticker; the deaf investigator at Menlo
Park -who wreaked novel retaliation on
his affliction - by , preserving human
speech forever with hi phonograph ; the
prolific patentee who kept the pathway
to the patent office hot -with his. foot
steps for nearly 40 years; the genius,
our comrade, who took this little crystal
bulb In his Promethean hand 'and with
it helped to give the world a glorious
new light which' was never before on
land or e7-Thomas Alva Edison.':. .
JNO. F. CARROLL
Yamhill streets, Portland, Oregon.
PORTLAND
members of congress. What had he to
face of this report, and of the Bur
cannot be bettered.
JUDICIAL PROCEDURE.
WO REFORMS in Judicial procedure are . due in
this country, especially in criminal cases though
., 'in -many civil cases also the "law's delay," while
terms, less delay, less trivial, tech
has clearly no merit. '
carbarn assassins, Just concluded, Is one
30 days to select a Jury, then several
although there was never any doubt
as to the prisoners' identity and guilt;
anarchy in the form of a lynching.
Our Judges are almost Invariably just and irreproachable
courts for this purpose. ,
TXB SOW OF THE BOOT.
- By Cosmo Monkhpuse.
So we must part, my body, you and I,
Who've spent so many pleasant years
together! '
"Tis sorry work to lose your company.
Who clove to me so close, whate'er the
weather,
From winter unto winter, wet or dry;
But you have reached the limit of your
tetner,
And I must Journey on my 'way alone,
And leave you quietly beneath a stone.
They say that you are altogether bad
(Forgive me, 'tis not my experience),
And think me very wicked to be sad
At leaving yon, a clod, a prison, whence
To get auite free I should be very glad.
Perhaps I may be so, some few days
hence;
But now, methinks, 'twere graceless not
to spend
A tear or two on my departing friend.
Now our long partnership is near com
pleted,
And I look back upon Its history.
I greatly fear I have not always treated
You with the honesty you showed
to me.
And I must own that you have oft de
feated Unworthy schemes by your sincerity.
And by a blush or stammering tongue
have tried
To make m think again 'before I lied.
'Tis true you're not so handsome as you
were.
But that's not your fault, and Is partly
mine
You might have lasted longer with more
care.
And still looked something like your
- , nrst design;
And even now, with all your wear and
tear,
'Tis pitiful to think I must resign
You to the friendless grave, the patient
prey
Of all the hungry legions of decay.
But you must stay, dear body, and I go;
And I was once so very proud of you!
You made my mother's eyes to overflow
When first she saw you, wonderful' and
new. ,,t -
And now, with all your faults, 'twere
hard to find
A slave more willing or 'a friend more
true;
Ay even they who say the worst about
. you
Can scarcely tell what I shall do without
. . you.
AITS THIS OM FBILADEIJfBXA
. From the Philadelphia Item.
The maid who recently robbed the
postmaster general's home of Jewelry
has recoived a sentence of six years.
Now notice the contrast: The con
victed batch of high place' postal de
partment thieves, whone thefts run back
for years, were let off. with two. years.
The higher the thief, the greater the
plunder, th less the senteiur. Justice
In this land is decidedly of the jug
handle order. ' : ' ,i. . .
Oregon Sidelights
era' association. , Wood-consumers have
Harrisburg has a preacher named
Stormer. He ought to make a success
ful evangelist- - - . - - -. -
Polk county has a Mohair-Growers' as
sociation.. Oregon goats and their prod
uct are becoming famous, .
Eastern Oregon papers are 'paying
pretty compliments to Miss Spring, who
arrived, they say, last Sunday.
Probert didn't steal enough from that
Dayton bank to entitle him to respects
biuty among thieves or a presidential
pardon. , : ,
Jack Hlckson of Sherman county feels
like kicking himself. He shot a coyote,
aa he supposed, but found that he had
killed his own dpg.
Dollar wh eat is very fine for the
farmers who have any- to- seil.-bUt to the
city worklngman with a long, hungry
family the five-cent loaves of bread look
small and feel light
Tillamook Herald: Joseph Clark, the
genial barber of Woods, denies the as
sertion that he is going to be married
in the near future. He says he might
have done so, but from what, the girl
told him, he thinks It would be better to
postpone It indefinitely.
Sidewalks are g-oingto pieces in many-
places In the city, and the first . nice
weather that comes, they should be re
paired. Tillamook Headlight But In
nice-weather you. won't need good side
walks. , That's the way a good many
people In this little ' backwoods burg of
Portland look at it.
James M. Murphy, candidate for city
treasurer of La Grande, publishes a
formal and solemn statement, "under
oath," as to how he will act in certain
particulars If elected. A man swearing
himself before hand to do so and so in
office, Is something new. Will It be
come a valuable precedent?
On a recent trip to his sheep range
in Idaho, near "Huntington, Frank
Frasier f Pendleton found that he had
but a fraction of the band of 2,600 sheep
which he left there in the fall. The
sheep went into the country in poor con
dition and could not be held together.
This seems a lame explanation. A man
owning animals should care for them.
Athena Press: Never In the history
of the Inland Empire were the pros
pects for ,a prosperous year more en
couraging than at present There have
been no losses of stock to speak of, not
withstanding the fact that the stockmen
have carried through large holdings.
Farmers have also cause to feel good.
Wheat has germinated well and has
grown all winter. The ground Is soaked
with moisture and there Is every Indi
cation that the coming crop will be a
good one.
F. B. Hollrook, now the mayor of Ir
rigon, formerly a Ninth ward council
man of Portland, seems to "acknowledge
the corn," whatever It Is. His Irtigaton
says: "When the senior editor of this
sheet gets down to Portland among his
ex-councllmen friends he is apt to do
and say things which : . Well,
our readers know what the average
Portland councilman Is,, and the ex
memoers were educated in the same
school. But there Is hope for all of
them. They have but to reform and
they may yet become respectable citl
sens." Items like the following from the Al
bany Herald are numerous in the news
papers of Oregon, and are significant
as showing a steady and moderately
rapid growth and development: "There
Is strong inquiry at present In Albany
for houses to rent Stranger coming
to the town experience difficulty in ob
taining suitable . places of residence.
This notwithstanding the, fact that
many new houses . have been erected
within a season or two. The sign Is
that new people are coming in. There
is reason to believe and to hope that
Albany will make a good - growth the
coming year.
POLITICAL POINTERS
i Salem Statesman: The chairman of
the Republican state central committee,
going around over the state whooping it
up for particular candidates for impor
tant offices before even the county pri
maries are held, and shouting that cer
tain other aspirants have no chance for
success, going Into print as a partisan
In a factional fight in advance of any
expression by the rank and file of the
party, is not what one might expect
from the presiding officer in a party or
ganisation who desires to be impartial
as between the political constituents
over whom he was selected to preside.
Bprlngfleld News: Indeed, It Is too
bad that Mr. Hermann has been treated
so shabbily. For the past SO years or
more he has been sucking a publlo teat,
and during all this1 time has, of course,
done much for this district, but noth
ing more than hundreds of other men
would have done. He was sent home
from the land office because he wasn't
wanted there any longer, only to be
"vindicated" by being returned to con
gress, where he has accomplished
what?
Deschutes Echo: In numerous coun
ties In this congressional district Moody
will hays supporters, but he seems to
be taken up entirely by minority fac
tions. This league of the politically af
flicted is discordant and weak. A com
mon hatred Is the weakest of all political
bonds, and Its cause seems hopeless
against the combined forces of Mitchell,
Williamson and Fulton.
Woodburn Independent: J. If. Booth
retired from the Booth-Kelly Lumber
company and was thereupon reappointed
receiver of the United States' land office
at Roseburg. Notwithstanding he has
severed his connection with the lumber
company, Mr. Booth will not put a straw
In the way of the advancement' of the
company, whose welfare he has at heart
The reappointment was an error.
Oregon City Courier: If Editor Brookes
had worked in a Booth-Kelly logging
camp h6 would no doubt have noticed
,that his check came from San Fran
cisco. Here we have it, California black
Republicans, or more correctly money
grubbers, who do not oara a tinker's darn
for politics, controlling the political des
tinies of Western Oregon and the wel
fare of thousands of Its Inhabitants.
' ' .
Toledo Reporter: These factional
fights cannot be to the best Interest of
the party. They leave sore places which
do not heal readily, and this paper de
plores' that such things, are and appesr
to be unavoidable, r i t
BEHIND CAPITAL SCENES.
Walter Wellman in Chicago Tribune. V
. Secretary Cortelyou has told Repre
sentative Martin and others interested
in the Investigation ordered by the house
of the alleged beef trust that he wH
proceed as soon as possible to a thorougn
Investigation of the alleged manipula
tion of the prices of live and dressed
beef by the Chicago and other packers
and that he will make the investigation
as thorough snd searching as the cir
cumstances will admit. He will en
deavor to learn all the facts. 4
i But before starting his Investigation
Secretary Cortelyou probably will ask
congress to make an appropriation for
the pay and expenses of an ample stff
of special agents to go into the field and
make the inquiry. The secretary says he
has not now a. large enough - fores for
such an important undertaking..- Mr.
Martin has the assurance of the speaker
and the leaders of the house that what
ever within reason Secretary Cortelyou
asks for the house promptly will give
him, no there should be no great "delay in
starting the Investigation,
Thls-js ths-Jflrst requcst -congr ess- has
made of the new department for a trust
investigation, and Secretary Cortelyou
naturally is anxious to respond in such
manner as to Justify the' wisdom of con
gress in establishing his department and
its bureau of corporations. The work
will fall directly under the jurisdiction
of that bureau, whose head is James R.
Garfield, son of former President Gar
field. '. ' ;.v-i-:. .'',:,
Mr. Martin says since he Introduced
his resolution he has received many let
ters from western cattle-raisers, offering
to give evidence to-the special-agents
who may be sent out to make this In
vestigation. -Some ,of the writers are
afraid to have their names used, aa they
believe . the , packers will - discriminate
against them in the buying of cattle at
the various stockyards.
The South Dakota representative has
been congratulated warmly by his fellow
members upon his success in getting this
Investigation Under way.- ,'?' ,- i
The full text of the resolution as
amended at the request of Mr. Mann of
Chicago as the pries of his consent not
to offer an objection is as follows, the
words added or changed being printed In
brackets:
"Resolved. That the secretary of com
merce and labor be and he Is hereby re
quested to Investigate the causes of the
low prices of beef cattle in the United
States since July 1, 1903, and the alleged
unusually large margins between the
prices of beef cattle and the selling prices
of fresh beef, and whether, the said con
ditions have resulted in whole or In part
from any contract combination In the
form of a trust or otherwise, or conspir
acy in restraint or commerce among the
several states and territories or with for
eign countries; also whether the said
prices . have been manipulated t'con
trolled' in .original In whole or fn part
by any corporation, joint stock company
or corporate combination engage in com
merce among the several states, or with
foreign nations; and If so, to investigate
the organisation, capitalisation, profits,
conduct tnd management of the business
of such corporations, companies and
corporate combinations, and to . make
early report of his findings according to
law."
Political expediency is playing a more
Important part in the celebrated case of
the people versus Senator Smoot than
high moral principles. It developed today
that there is little probability the end of
the case is to be reached at this session
of congress; In fact it Is almost certain
that the whole matter will be put over
till next wlnterMn other words, till after
the presidential election. And the de
vice by which It Is planned to secure the
delay which will put the unpleasant busi
ness off till after november Is that of
sending a subcommittee to Utah to in
vestigate on the spot all the allegations
made against the Mormon church and Its
leading spirits. It was said today by
members of the majority of the senate
committee on privileges and elections
that In their opinion the commutes would
decide to appoint a succommittee to go
to Salt Lake, snd that this would be
done in the course of a week . or . ten
days, ,
"We have got so deep into the matter
now," said a leading Republican member
of the committee, "that there is nothing
for us to do but to go to the bottom of It
That Is the only thing that would be fair
to the people of Utah and to the senate.
The only way we can get the bottom
facts and . all the facts Is to go to Salt
Lake and call for witnesses and papers."
"Would that not postpone a vota on the
question of Senator Smoot's seat till
next wlnterT" '
"Naturally," replied the senator, with
a smile. "The subcommittee could not
well get away from here before the first
of April, or perhaps later, and It would
need several weeks for Its work at Salt
Lake. Congress Is expected to adjourn
by the middle of April or the first of May
at the latest, so you see there would be
no time to get a report from the sub
committee and act upon It at this ses
sion." Which Is precisely what the Republican
leaders of the senate want. For several
days they have been restive under the
fesr that the Democrats were outplaying
tnem in tne game tor political advantage.
As the Republican senators look at the
matter, the Democrats are contriving to
work up a state of public sentiment and
of opinion within the senate Itself which
will lead to Smoot's unseating. If that
be done the Mormon church doubtless
will turn round- snd accuse the Repub
lican party of having deserted them In
the hour of need. They will hold the
Republicans responsible for this attack
upon their organisation, Inasmuch as
that party has nearly two-thirds of all
the members of the senate. ,
"It Is a very clever game the Demo
crats are playing," remarked a western
Republican today. "They are scheming
to win three or four western states away
from us next fall, and ws are stupidly
permitting them to carry on their little
job right under our noses. If ws have
any sense we will see to it that the whole
business is put over till next winter."
In explanation the - senator said the
ease against Smoot had now developed
OVB OAXLT HEAT.
From the St. Vaul Dispatch.
Secretary Wilson said recently that
either the farmer is not getting enough
for his beeves, or, ths consumer is pay
ing too much for his meats, and he
was unable to say . which, More re
cently Representative Martin has offered
4 a resolution requesting Secretary Cor
telyou to Investigate the companies
forming what is popularly called the
meat trust to ascertain if .they are not
violating the Injunctions laid by Judge
Grossctu) on them, restraining them
from combining to affect the price of
meats. Notwithstanding ths Injunctions
the prices of cattle on ths hoof and of
caroass meats " have fluctuated appar
ently obedient to the law of supply and
demand. Mr. Martin stated that a ship
per had . told him that ha had put a
lot of steers 6n the Chicago market
and got but one bid, though sfter the
ssle of the steers were apportioned
among seven firms. If true, that would
Indicate a' combination 'In. violation of
the law, and of ths injunctions orders
into a crusade against the Mormon
church'. It Is not' the senator his pre
tended opponents are after, - but - the
church itself, and they are trying to' get
at the church over his shoulders. If the
Republicans permit this crusade to be
carried to its logical conclusion, the un
seating of Smoot, it is feared the Mor
mons will turn against, the Republican
party and - give the r electoral - votes- of
several western states to the Democratic
ticket next fall. This, of course. Is just
what' Senator Dubois and other western
Democrats are aiming at. The Mormons
absolutely central Utah. They hold the
balance of power in Idaho and perhaps
In Nevada They are strong in Colorado
and Wyoming, and have considerable
Strength In Montana. All or a part of
these electoral, votes might be of vast Im
portance the morning after election next
.November.
Hence the Republican leaders have de
vised the neat little plan to send a sub
committee to Utah to Investigate the
whole business. They figure that In this
way they will be able to escape, both the
Scylla of angering the Mormons by un
seating their senatorial apostle Tand the
Charybdts of provoking the millions' of
men and women throughout the country
who are demanding that Smoot be ex
pelled, regardless of the facts or the law,
because he la a leader- in the odious
Mormon church,-and after election it.
will not much matter what the decision
Is. Perhaps aft ec election Smoot will
stand a better chance than now of secur
ing a dispassionate consideration of his
case, so. he does not object to the delay,
and meanwhile will continue to hold his
seat,
Notwithstanding the wave of publlo dis
gust which has rolled through the coun
try over the confessions of President
Smith, . senators Insist that so far no
evidence has been adduced actually con
necting Smoot with the wrongdoing,. save
through the fact that he Is an apostle of
the church. Many of the senators who
would like to vote against Smoot In order
to satisfy public opinion or for political
expediency admit that It would- bs pretty
hard to do ao and to Justify themselves
In their conscience and In law.
' When the subcommittee goes to Salt
Lake the lawyers for the prosecution
aver they will bring proof that 40 oi
more plural marriages have been sanc
tioned since the manifesto, presumably
with the approval of the church authori
ties. But when asked if they can prove
the church knew of these violations of
law and approved them through any
act of Its chief officials they admit they
do not believe they can. v They hold the
church ought to " have known, and
therefore presumably did know.
They also admit they do not ex
pect to be able to show that
Smoot had any knowledge of these
violations or gave them his approval.
They will declare, however, that the
church winked at the plural marriages,
and as Smoot is an apostle of the church
he Is not a fit man to sit In the senate
This is not direct and clear enough to
satisfy many senators, and therefore the
case is very much mixed. But as the
game of politics has apparently decreed
that It shall go over till next winter,
there is no need of getting excited about
It now.
There was quite, a ripple on the surface
of the international waters today when
our government was informed that Rus
sia Is demanding the neutralisation of
Nluchwang. The Japanese minister here,
Mr. , Takahjra, declared today Japan
would not assent to this. He said It
was obviously Russia's purpose In at
tempting to have Nluchwang neutral
ised to use the town as a bass of sup
plies, for which It Is well adapted on ao-
count or its sea and railway communl
tions. As the remainder of Manchuria
is conceded to be a proper theatre of
war, the Japanese government will not
consent to having an exception mads In
behalf of Nluchwang, which would oner
ate greatly to Russia's advantage and
to the disadvantage of Japan.. The at
titude of the Japanese government is
that If Russia declares this port neutral
ized the Japanese commanders will be
Instructed to disregard the manifesto.
Herein lies the bare possibility of in
ternational difficulties. If Russia can
persuade other powers, such, as France
snd Germany, to Join In a declaration of
the neutrality of Nluchwang, and then
the Japanese refuse to be bound thereby
friction may ensue. Although the United
States has taken no action in the prem
ises and may not be called upon to take
any, morally It supports the Japanese
contention.
There Is also a good deal of anxiety as
to the future course, of the Chinese gov
ernment and more especially of Chinese
troops. Trustworthy Information is to
the effect that China U now intensely
pro-Japanese. Since the death of LI
Hung Chang and the accession of Prince
Ching, Russia has lost most of her
power at Peking. Moreover, the people
and tne army sympathize with the Jap
aneae and the troops are eager for a
chance to take the Russians and drive
them out of Manchuria. It. Is said on
good authority that but for the restrain
trig Influence of the United States and
other powers, whose words of advice
are taken at a premium at Peking, ths
Chinese . government probably would
have violated long. ago the neutrality
Which the world is anxious it should
maintain.
Whether or. not It would be possible to
restrain the ardor of the Chinese troops
along tne border and to prevent them
attacking the Russian outposts or sup
ply trains, is a matter which causes
some uneasiness, not only In Washington
but in all the foreign offices. If the
Chinese troops yield, to their desire to
Join hands with the Japanese and make
war upon the Russian forces, the t con
sequences from sn International point of
View may be regrettable,' It Is under
stood to be the declared policy of France
not to .regard Chinese participation In
the Struggle, if effected, simply through
the Unauthorized action of generals of
small commands and not by the govern
ment itself, as calling for French action
under the terms of .the Franco-Russia
alliance. But Russia - easily might re
taliate upon the Chinese by an Invasion
of north China or even of Peking itself.
and that would bring all the powers Into
Instant diplomatic. motion.
AIT OZTXCXAXi FSAXSBS.
' From the Silverton Appeal.
Marlon county la in excellent finan
cial condition today .and the credit be
longs largely to County Judge John H.
Scott. Had It not been for the In
creased demanu of the stats made .nec
essary by the enormous appropriation's
during the last regular and special ses
sions of ths legislature, ths tax' levy
upon ths 1903 assessment roll would
not have exceeded 16 -10 mills.
When Mr. Scott was elected the county
was overwhelmingly In. debt, Today it
stands. ies from indebtedness with a
surplus on hand. The county roads and
bridges are In better condition at pres
nt than ever before during the his
tory of Marlon county. , . ( ,,
- ewsBy Way of Italy.
: From the Roman World. ,
Senator Hanna, one of the loaders
of the Democrstlcs m the United States
of America, is dead. He was one of
the candidates when President ' Roose
velt was elected,
Small, Change
Thst anrlnsr 1m Halrws.rA v., 44 1. iM
- n - fM Sj 4 BJ All
oraer 10 "ciean up- an tne same.
Smoot had to get consent of the Mor
mon church. , ,That may pinch wltli
our all-virtuous .senators.
Th nlMan num. in A..!. .(..
up" along with William of Germany,
Nicholas of - Russia and Edward of Eng
land. I-:-,'.;' ";:.-''
Mr. - Simon ssys the methods of . ths
Mitchell-Carey faction are "Infamous."
Now, - Judge Carey, hunt I up an ad-
Jdctlvsvvs'xfc;:
The British lords are at outs among
themselves. : , There Is scarcely enough
brains among the whole bloody lot to
right themselves.
Perhaps after a few mors people are
killed by eating poisoned candy those
receiving candy through the mall will
'try it on ths dog" before eating it
"Mr, Simon regards the Mitchell ap
portionment of delegates ss "Infamous.;
If he had mads It the Mitchell people
would have doubtless had a similar
opinion about it.
A boss gambler has recently bought
two fine pieces of city property, at a
total cost of over , 180,000. Query;
How many men were made poorer by
means of , his criminal but 'licensed
business? '-r:h;-
' Democrats in congress can never win
public confidence and ' support by op
posing" everything the Republicans pro
pose or attempt regardless- pf whether
It is good or bad. Ths partisan spirit
Is not a patriotic spirit .
In nearly all Oregon counties; and es
pecially In Oregon incorporated, towns,
taxes are higher than ever before, and
taxDavers are beginning to inoulre where
the money goes and if they are getting
Its worth in "government." :1
President Roosevelt seems to desire
to rank along with our great and good
friends Bill and Nick. Yet hs also
seems disposed to flirt a little with thst
estimable old widow Tsl An. American
Democrats are in some doubt.
1 "You pays your money" and may hot
get Its worth, whichever Republican fac
tion wins. Rut it la not absolutely nec
essary to choose either; the Prohibition
ists have nominated a ticket and the So
cialists and Democrats will also have
candidates.
A large number of congressmen srs
very indignant, whether righteously so
or nofat Mr. Bristow's report, and peo
ple will suspend Judgment until mors
details are known. But where there is
so much smoke it Is reasonable to be
lieve there Is soms fire. -
The quartermaster stationed at Seat
tle Is still knocking Portland, regard
less of the merit of Portland merchants'
bids for army supplies, snd yielding
easily If not gracefully to ths Seattle
"pull." The war department seems to
have an especial spite at Portland.
Now Investigator Brlstow Is catching
it hot and heavy from indignant mem
bers of congress whom he has im
plicated In grafting In connection, with
postofflces. But what Brlstow con
siders a graft they regard only as a
legitimate and Innocent perquisite.
The head of a church who receives
whatever "revelations" he desires, snd
can make thousands of followers believe
in them, has what In vulgar parlance
may toe designated as a "sure cinch on
a good thing; yet hs may have his
troubles, too.
This from ths ever-Straight Repub
lican Pendleton Tribune seems a rather
"unkind cut:" "The razor which was
used Inhaving- ths Oregoa legislature
of 1868 has been found and deposited
among ths curiosities or ths State His
torical society. Quite as interesting
would, be the razors used by mors recent
legislatures in shaving the people."
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICI IAXkTAX.
Dear Miss Fairfax -I have a sister, 17
years of age, and pretty bright, but she
will insist like other girls, In reading
novels, and a good lot of them.
'Now, I am very much opposed to her
reading novels for obvious reasons, snd
at ths same time I do not wish to make
things generally unpleasant by trying
to stop her altogether. For this reason
I wish you would kindly suggest some
books thst would be Interesting; sen
sible, good reading, and. In short proper
books for girls of my sister's age.
'. ' ? Wi .
Don't fret too much over your sis
ter's novel reading. All girls go through
the novel reading stage. Of course, t he
standard novels, such as Dickens, Eliot,
Scott, Sand and Lytton, offer ths best
resding, but there are plenty of modern
novels thst are quite harmless. Can
you not gf t her interested in soms good
history, or essays? t.
My Dear Miss Fairfax I sm a young
lady of 20 and engaged to a gentleman
of 36, of whom I am very fond. My
parents object to our marriage on ac
count of ths difference In our ages, snd
favor a younger man for whom I have
a great aversion.
Kindly advise me whether to stick to
the man I love or give htm up for my
parents' sake, and whether you think It
wrong to marry a man so much older
than oneself. . ' ' EARLA. " '
Stick to i.ie man you love if ths dif
ference in your ages Is his only draw
back, He is Just in the prime of life.
Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young
lady of 21; have been keeping stesdy
company for one year. . My friend Is out
of a position at present but Intends to
get a very good one some time this
month, but tells ms he is going to marry
me. -A friend of his has asked me to
go to a party with him. Would tt be
proper for me to go, as I am not engaged?-
y:;:,;'1 M'INTYRH.
I see no reason . why you should not
go to the party with your friend. Of
course, you run the risk of making ths
other man Jealous, but you can explain
the circumstances to him, no doubt. ,
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young
man It years of age, and am engaged
to a young lady of 21, and havs prom
ised to marry her this , month. I am
out of work now. What shall I do. She
wsnts tq fores me to marry her this
month, and my work. begins in May.
Kindly tell me what I shall do.
' , - , : II. L. G.
You will simply have to tell her firmly
that you cannot marry her until you
have enough money' to support her. She
cannot "force" rou to marry her. You
are much too' young to think of mar
riage for some years to come. You are
a minor in ths eyes of the law, and
s such cannot bs forced to marry.
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