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THE OREO AN C S. JACKSON ' Published ; every evening, (except Sunday) t The Journal Bunding, ..fifth and OFFICIAL, PAPER OF TUB CITY OP A VICTORY AND A PREDICTION.. : r MITCHELL Is etlll a name to conjure with. It waa the name, and It waa it Alone, that won at the Republican primaries held yesterday and it won j against an able and energetic opposition and with a pre ponderance of . Votes which should be a matter of pride and satisfaction to every one of the senior senator's ad herents. The name won the victory, too, in the face of a constantly growing element in this city which denounces the unholy alliance which exists between the city ad ministration and the gamblers, an alliance which is pro duclng more demoralization in our public life than all other things combined. . ' But for this one time the voting public apparently de cided not to allow that matter to enter into their calcula tions. They Judged the, powers that be simply by the record which they have made in the county administration, which on the whole is good, and adding to that the name of Senator Mitchell they extended a vote "of confidence that is unmistakable in its heartiness. v But If the. Mitchell men for a moment Imagine that this vote of confidence embraced the city administration and what it stands for they will make the prof oundest mistake- of their lives. " Every' day the sentiment grow stronger against an open alliance, on the basis of a pro-, portion of the rakeoff, between the. city and the gambling fraternity. Many people who originally viewed the trans action with Indifference are now waking to an apprecia tion of Its enormity and by the time another year-rolls by the sentiment will be bo overwhelming as to sweep aside all opposition. Jf the Mitchell people, notwith standing the victory of yesterday, take, upon their own shoulders the alna of the city administration, the defeat which, they will suffer next year will fall little short of annihilation. .... ..',' The Journal wishes thus to go on record as a prophet, HEALTH, MORALITY AND OREGON APPLES TOHN T. STENSON, director 'of pomology at the Louisiana exposition, has expressed the opinion that J apple eating la conducive not only to health but to morality: that the free and frequent use of raw apples Is not only hygenically beneficial but has a restraining effect upon Injurious and vicious appetites and passions. This opinion has called forth a multitude of comments by the TH-eea. some serious 'and more humorous; but the general discussion aroused can scarcely fail to pie growers, if not to. the human race, greater quantity or appies mat wiu do conuma u wu sequence, ...... ' . - - Professor Stenson's theory, or part of it at least. Is. not new.' Whether or not apple eating tends to restrain the craving for alcoholic stimulants, which seems not unrea sonable, notwithstanding the hard cider and apple Jack of memory. it has long been believed by those best qual ified to express, an opinion that ripe, sound apples are "healthy, While but slightly ' nutritious directly,-1 they serve, as nothing else so well does,' except posBlbly kind f fruit not so easily' and continually obtainable by all. a uneful nurnose in man's physical economy. With their carbohydrates they help to make a than the average person indulges In. The apple acts par ticularly on the liver, and so may.be not only an excellent and cheap substitute for mudbaths and bottled aperients, but may also tend to, modify the asperities and soothe the rising passions which cause so many people to live dis agreeable and. uncomfortable but not Very Hkely, also, this professor is correct in his farther deduction that the habitual and liberal use of apples is conducive to temperance, and therefore antagonistic to crime and misery.:. It seems to be generally conceded that ' the man with an uncontrollable appetite for alcohol seldom partakes of fruit, especially apples, and that, vice .versa, the large apple-eater. Is seldom addicted to strong drink; so possibly wives and mothers. Instead of buying some . ,untl In thntr Viimhand'a and e&yeiiDivo uuou uui w "-v- - . . sons' coffee,' would better, induce them to eat several fine Oregon apples daily.-, ; , ' - , ; I ' Whether on this theory, or for the benefit of apple-growers, there is to be an apple-day at the St. Louis exposition, when 1,000,000 apples are to be distributed, and Oregon must be on hand, with the best apples States.- This state has taken the first prize for apples at other big fairs, and can do so again. Let It be done at St. Louis, and then permit not Missouri Portland next year. Oregon, is already a fine apple state; great one, not only in' the quality and else but m tne quantity of , Its apples. And good,! sound apples, rightly packed and put on the market, are a A WOBS OX TXB BEEF TBUST. By Rev Thomas B. Gregory. The tyranny of the beef trust is being tamely borne by the descendants of the men who bravely rebelled against the tyranny of King George. , The Americans who raise the stand ard of revolt against King George num ' be red less than three millions; the Americans who are slavishly submit ting to the high-handed oppression of King Gold numbers eighty millions. Twenty-seven times more powerful than our forefathers were, the Amer icans of today allow the beef trust to oppress them tenfold worse than, the English king ever thought of oppress ing the "Men of "it." What la the explanation of this strange, humiliating fact? .Were the men of '7 more manly than are their descendants? In other words, are the people of this country degen erating? Are they losing the old-time love of Justice, the old-time Jealousy of their rights as free men? Is the spirit that defied King George the spirit of liberty, the noblest that ever swelled the human breast dying out in the land? These are not .idle questions. They are questions that should be asked, that are already being asked in many quarters, and that the American will sooner or later be obliged to answer. When four' or five men can get to gether and say what the eighty millions of Americans shall pay for the food upon which they are to live; when these men can. by virtue of their great power, dUberately rob the people right and left, holding them up and despoiling them in the very same way that the midnight robber does his victimwnen sucn con ditlons exist we may well ask the ques tion: "What is to become nay, what become -of our much-talked of 'American liberty?" What does the constitution amount to If under that constitution a little com bination of speculators is able to starve us to death whenever H pleases? "Pay our price or perish I" cries the heartless, combination. Those who can, do so pay, sines they do 'not want to lam. while those who cannot pay must suffer.- -'.' - '-.','( T the American who knows what his country.used to be snd wnnc.jts round ers fcped It would ever be. It I hu ON DAI L.Y INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING Ca too. Given first-class land,. for this purpose, of ; which there is in Oregon, many times the amount now put to this use, and careful attention, an apple orchard Is and will be a Big money maker. The market for fine apples is un limited, extending hot only from Nome to San Diego, from Seattle to New Tork, but across both oceans, in" both Europe and Asia. The Oregon pippin commands the highest price of any Hongkong, and other How well content how cheerfully as well as diligently he should pursue his pleasant, profitable and useful calling. He cannot only put a good deal of honest money in his purse, and give pleasure to consumers in various parts of the world, but according to Professor Stenson he can help at the same time to make humanity more healthful, happy and moral. PRESIDENT I T IS announced upon by the operators, though up till now the sentiment has been reported as In voting against a the advice of their leader and president, John Mitchell. Unlike some labor leaders, whose number Is happily be coming beautifully less,Mr. Mitchell does not believe that union workmen should strike on every small or any fancied occasion of grievance, but only for good and suf ficient reasons, after a thorough study of the situation, when conditions have become Intolerable and sincere ef forts "to mitigate them by conciliatory means have been earnestly made without avail. President Mitchell has had the courage to advise and lead a great and prolonged strike, and the people of the country were with him and the men he led, believing that they were in the main right, and deserved to win. But Mr. Mitchell has also 'the greater courage, In the face of what appeared to be the overwhelming sentiment of western miners in favor of a strike, to advise clearly and strongly against It. The bl luminous mine operators have insisted on a reduction of wages to the extent on the plea of overproduction and a falling, market. Rather, than yield general strike, which President Mitchell lng: . , 'The experiences of the past have conclusively shown us the folly of striking when markets were going down. It would be folly to strike now, because it is conceded on all sides that the apex of industrial activity has been be beneficial to ap on account of the reached, and we are moving toward Industrial depression." He also argues that a presidential election year is pro verbially dull from a business point of vjew. While It Is insinuated In some quarters that President Mitchell is influenced by his admiration for President Roosevelt, whose prospects a big strike might injure, his recordfln the T?ast Is such as to entitle his advice- to the careful consideration of union workmen, and his opinions to the respect of the As a, rule, a strike, more balanced diet But, by the. way, prophet wrong? And if a' period of industrial depression is coming on, will the "friends of the tariff reform It? Or will they say they STRIPES - protracted Uveal N D LAW, nor but a aw can and should be passed that will punish him somewhat in proportion to the measure of his reckless folly, making It criminal to the extent of manslaughter at least, with a view to decreasing the number of these shock lng tragedies by which innocent and worthy people are ac ridentallv' killed by should be made crimes, and severely and surely punished; then, it may reasonably be supposed, they would decrease, " These "accidents," not fit to be at large, grown In the United fool. who mistakes his companion for a deer or other four legged animal, and that of the fool, usually a boy fool, who points a gun to beat Oregon at it can become a tiary for a few years, very profitable crop. a warning to other miliating nay, pathetic to go into a meat shop and watch tne lnramous ei fects of the great beef trust. He will see there "free American citi zens" completely at tne mercy 01 inm heartless greed of the trusty which makes them consent to be robbed before they are permitted to have a mouthful to eat! The well-to-do, who buy the best cuts, and the poor, who buy the soup bones, and the "chuck" are alike held up"and robbed by tne origana combination. Such a state of things is un-American. and unless it is remedied it will in evitably result In the overthrow of every idea for which America has stood. The basic idea in this country the Idea upon which the very government it self is supposed to rest Is that power resides in the people, and not in tne in dividual or little coterie of individuals; and when the individual or coterie, suc ceeds 1 usurping the power that be longs to the many, it is all up with us. In plain English, Americans are no longer free when a little clique of spec ulators Is able, if it pleases, to reduce them to starvation. Not until the American people are rid of these unholy combinations of greed and plunder will they again be free, COVOBXSBHSV'I Bsrxirgz.' . From the New Tork World. That defense is that no personal gain was sought. The members who secured unwarranted Increases of payment for constituents did not themselves profit In pocket by forwarding private against public .lpteresis. Even the three most sharply criticised , have their "case." Mr. Wadsworth of New York, for in stance, claims to be as far removed from the Intention as from the neces sity of making money dishonestly. Tet In the prevailing low tone of the de partment' he did. contrary to law, rent his own building for postal purposes. The demoralisation which permitted such acts must cease. Members must not misuse their "Influence." The law must prevail. - ' ... - Small Sat Can Sting. . From this Atlanta Journal. It is rumored that the president is preparing to seise San Domingo. As a matter of precaution he should bear in mlndx-wbat happened. t the. sm boy who seized the yeuow , jacger- JOU RNA L, JNO. P. CARROLL Yamhill strMts, Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND applejn New Tork, London,' Berlin, great cities. the Oregon apple grower should be; MITCHELL'S ADVICE. from Indianapolis that the bituminous miners,' by a large majority, will decide not to strike, on account of a small reduction of wages Insisted strongly in favor of a general strike. strike the miners will be following of about one-half last year's increase, to this the miners have threatened a ' will probably, now be . averted. has counseled against the strike, say ; public like a revolution, is Justified only by are all our Republican "prosperity can't mend the roof while it rains? FOR A FOOL'S BACK. system of laws, can be devised that will entirely prevent the fatal folly of the homlclde-by-accident fool, nor rid society of him completely; their fool friends. Such "accidents' which ought to be the crimes of fools are chiefly of two sorts; that of the at another "in fun, thinking it un loaded,; and pulls the trigger.. One of the latter fools turned his murderous trick in Astoria yesterday, and now is extremely sorry, of course. He should be given a first class opportunity to repent by sending him to the peniten both as a proper punishment and as fools of the same ilk. ooMnro to pobtxahd. Alvln Jones writes from' Salem to the Woodburn Independent as follows I will write you a few remarks which I heard about some of the -tin-horn gamblers in Salem. This morning one gambler says to the other: "We will have to go out and cut cord wood for our money." It works a hardship on the tin-horn gamblers. There were about SO rounders left Salem last night for Portland, saying that they could get more money in the Portland gambling houses than in those at Salem; The city council has closed all the games of chance, except the ' slot machines, and has ordered all. the saloons ; to close promptly at 12 o'clock every night, and has even made the ' tenderloin district take down their red curtains, and also close at 12 p. m. . This is one of the best things that has happened to Salem in many years. The town waa rotten before the gambling was stopped. Many a woman had to stay at home and worry about her husband laying around these dirty gambling holes. It was a shame the way some men carried on in Salem, and church members can be blessed for what they have done. "Now some men won't have to ask the proprietor of the house for the loan or a little money to get a few groceries to 'take ' home, for Sunday's dinner, after they had worked hard all week and then gambled away all their hard earned money. THE gENAVOB TOLD TOO OT7CX. ' .From the Kansas City Star. Senator Knute Nelson went to Balti more some ten days ago and addressed a meeting of bankers and merchants who were giving a banquet. The Minne sota senator recalled in .happy fashion how, during the civil war, he marched through the city as a private soldier, telling in humorous fashion how he cap tured a horse not far from Baltimore. These experiences furnished V much amusement, but a couple of days after Mr. NeWon returned to Washington he was given an opportunity to see the other side of the. medal. .The man who owned the horse, wrote, demanding pay ment for the property which had been appropriated so many years ago. The letter gives details which convinces Sen ator Nelson that the writer was -indeed 'vwner ii px9 capturea animal, . Oregon Sidelights i .Now Oregoniana. may be able to form some idea of how Noah and his family felt after the tO-days' rain was over. Many stages in Interior Oregon have been held up lately, and robbed of time, by swollen streams-', and Impassable roads. Ashland saloon men are under arrest again. There seems to be perpetual war in that town between the wets and the drys. ' The Seaside Sentinel complains that the town by the sea is run by a political gang. Of course the editor doesn't be long to It. A Umatilla county man mentioned for a county office declares that he wouldn't have it, as he is too busy. His busy head is level. 1 v A revivalist claims to have made 170 converts at Pendleton. But some dis count must be allowed for subsequent fallings from grace. The ebal field reoently mentioned herein should have ' been credited to Wheeler, Instead of Gilliam, county. But Gilliam has plenty of other good things. That Dalles-Dufur railroad will be an other Important . Oregon enterprise. It will run through a richly resourceful region, inhabited by prosperous and progressive people.. The new Haines, Baker county, cream ery, claimed , to be the best in Eastern Oregon, is ready for business. Baker county can produce golden butter as well as gobs of gold. The heavy rainfall and deep snows of the past winter, while doing some slight damage in a few, localities, will show later in prolific and varied prod ucts their great value. The industrial outlook at La Grande, says The Observer, is exceptionally good. The volume Of business is satis factory. New business enterprises are being established. The crop outlook in the Grands Rondo was never brighter. Malheur Gazette: We were shown a picture this week of Miss Zena Schulife and Miss Fried exhibiting a large wild cat which they killed in the Cottonwood mountains. The Malheur girls ean rope a steer or handle a rifle equal to any man. . Mrs. F. Olllett of La Grande, answer ing a knock at the door' at 11:30 p. m., found a masked man who demanded her money. . Instead of fainting or scream ing, or running to hide, she ran for a gun. and took three shots at the re treating visitor. Her prompt courage and the good example she set forbid any criticism upon her marksmanship. Ex-Governor Geer, if not entirely sat isfied from a political point of view, is still thankful, publicly, in the Salem Statesman, for "robins, daffodils, hya cinths, meadow larks, pretty women on the streets and sunshine." Enough, surely, to cause every statesman out of a .political job to look cheerfully along the springtime path of Ufa. In the terrible srtow slide that struck the,' Queen of . the s west mlue in , the Cornucopia district last week, killing two men and injuring several others, eccurred another of those quite fre quent examples, of heroism, and self sacrifice that come to light in humble places, Tommy Smith saying to his res cuers" "Save Estes, boys, he's a mar ried man; it doesn't amount to so much with me." But he was saved, neverthe less, while Estes died. The great body of snow came down the steep hillside for a distance of 2,600 feet upon the doomed camp and buried it to a depth of 40 or 60 feet. Pendleton East Oregonlan: The an nouncement that John T. Whistler, chief engineer in charge of the government surveys, will bring his family and locate permanently in Pendleton, means more than any , move yet made by the gov ernment in the reclamation of Umatilla county and Eastern Oregon lands. It means that the surveys in this state have reached that stage at which the govern ment Considers them permanent propo sitions, and the permanent location -of the chief representative of the reclama tion department here means that work will be vigorously prosecuted. . baxeb cotrcrrr politics. Senator Mitchell's Letter rarortng WU llamson Causes Comment. Vrom the Baker Citv Herald. Despite the fact the Baker City Re publicans are- strong partisans of Mitchell and Simon, they are diplomat ically waiting to 'see which way the Multnomah county political ' bug hops before they come ojt in advocacy of either of these two gentlemen. It Is not presumed for a moment that should Mitchell win the primaries and thereby control the state convention and district congressional convention, the friends of Simon will mount the Mitchell band wagon. The history of the party in this county is not distinguished by that sort of thing. The bad blood between the two partisan sections will last for all time. Neither will the Mltchellltes hop on the Simon automobile should "Little Joe" win - out in the primaries. ' The sturdy adherents to the Mitchell cause are 'not of the hopping or flopping sort They will carry the fight forward to next year, and the next and then to the next - Senator Mitchell's letter 'to Mayor Carter, which ' contained such a neat compliment and boost for Congressman Williamson, came as a sort of bomb in the local Moody camp. The letter re sulted in more closely drawing the par tlsan lines, which separate 81mon and Moody from Mitchell and Williamson, Prior to the receipt of this letter, the Moody men fondly believed that if they supported the ex-congressman they would noV be flying too straight in the face of Mr. Mitchell; in other, words. they, thought that they might be serv lng two masters, at once In . their ad vocacy .of the candidacy of Moody Mitchell's letter punctures the tire o this fond hope. Read between the lines the Mitchell note' conveys the statement that the Oregon delegation desires to remain intact; it does - not wish the breaking in of a man to oust whom from office required some JIme and con siderable diplomacy. "Stand pat," says Mitchell's letter, and all down the line, from the Richards-Rand wing in Sump ter to the Moore-Callahan section in Baker City, the "stand pat" request has been transmitted. s It was welcomed with varying feelings In - the various law offices, in some of which there was weeping and walling and gnashing of teeth; in others, smiles of serene satis faction. , ' " i' Don't Desecrate, ' From the Milwaukee Sentinel. Herr Cfmrled nays the proposed pro duction of "Parsifal" In English would be a , "desecration." . For heaven's saket let it go at that, ; SKELETON OUT Walter Wellman in the Chicago Record- . Herald. After another day of anger, hysteria and panic, the house of representatives this : evening adopted a: resolution , for the appointment of a special committee of seven to Investigate the so-called Bristow , report accusing ' members of having used their influence; improperly and illegally to obtain from Uhe postof- flee department increased allowances for cierjc hire and rentals in postofflcea in their districts. The most intense feel ing against the president, Postmaster General Payne and Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Bristow waa shown by Republicans as well as by Democrats on the floor, and the instant dismissal of Payne and Bristow was demanded by several 'speakers, among them some of the leading Republicans of the lower branch. The excitement reached its height when William Alden Smith of Michigan - dramatically eulogised the greatness of the house of representa tives, which had been assailed by the executive branch of the government. and closed by naming a candidate of the Republican party for. president, of the United States: "A candidate who would be a foe. to corruption, the great man who has given 80 years of. his life to the service of the country Speaker Jo seph G,. Cannon of Illinois. This 'sensational declamation war greeted with wild applause. 'The long debate and the action of the house, taken together, indicate' unmistakably that President Roosevelt Is suffering for the Bins of his subordinates and that he Is losing popularity with the representatives-of 4he people, even those' of his own party. There is; therefore, the more eagerness to see what the president will do with the advice which his - friends are giving him to throw Payne and Bris tow overboard and nav himself. It be came known tonight that the president has under consideration a suggestion to reorganise the postoffice department by asking for the resignations of both Payne and Bristow, and perhaps other prominent officials of that department Thus ended a day of great excitement in the house, a day In which the Re publicans were outmaneuvered at every point and which served to demonstrate the intensity of -the feeling aroused among members against- the president, Postmaster-General Payne and Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Bristow. All day long the house had been swing' lng between hysterics and panic; be tween an intense earnestness and a lev Ity that gave vent for surcharged feel- inga Xhe Democrats, with rare solici tude for the feelings of their political opponents, had condoled with them over the malignant cunning of the postoffice department In holding up honorable men to the scorn of their communities; Dem ocrats who had escaped Mr. Bristow'e microscopic eye flung bouquets at their Republican rivals and bore testimony to their honesty and regretted that they should be placed in a false light be fore their constituents. The crucified ones, the men on Mr. Bristow.' list, divided their anger among the president. Postmaster-General Payne and Bristow, They held all three responsible. Bris tow, they said, was a 1001. out tney ma not believe that Bristow had made this play entirely off his own bat They could not conceive it possible that a sub ordinate would have taken the responsi bility without consulting the postmas-tei'-sreneral. and they assumed that Mr. Payne had received the sanction of the president to send tne report to tne house. ; . Hence when Mr. Smith had glorified K hniix nronerlv as a "buffer state. which stood between the people and the president which was the representative rues or Bxxr. j How Perhaps the American People Will Be Enlightened. From the Chicago News. The long-Suffering American consumer will approve heartily the action taaen by the house of representatives in cau-lrtg-for an investigation Into the con ditions of the beef market' The con sumer la now paying a very high price for his beef. ' According to the recent statement of Secretary Wilson 01 tne department of agriculture he is paying far more than Is warranted by the ac tual conditions of the supply and de mand. In commenting on the disparity between the price of cattle and the price of steaks and roasts he has declared that in his opinion either the " cattle raiser waa getting zu per cent too uiu for hie cattle or the consumer was pay ing 20 per cent too much for his beer. ' The resolution passed by the house di rects the secretary of commerce and labor to investigate "the causes of the low prices of beef cattle in the United States eince July JU 19Q8, and the alleged unusually larse mararins between the prices of beet cattle and . the selling price of fresh beef." Furthermore; the secretary is to ascertain whether the present market conditions are the result of any oohtract or conspiracy among the packers for the manipulation of prices. The desirability of such an In vestigation, both as a niegas of protec tion to the general publiwand for the information It may give a to the true status of the so-called "beef trust," is obvious. Under the Mnjunctton handed down by the federal court the packers were forbidden to co-operate in. restraint of trade for the purpose of nxmg, Duy in or aellina- orlcee or suppressing com petition. If they are not complying with the injunctlonary decree It is time to find ll out If they are complying technically with all the rules of the in junction and still in some mysterious way are following a- uniform policy which has the effect of preventing com petition the Judicial and legal machinery la lit: fault In the beef case, as well as in that of the Northern Securities merger, fuller information is wanted as to the ad equacy of the present measures for pre venting restraint of trade. One of the primary objects sought In establishing the department of commerce and labor was to secure Just such information and pave the way for further and more ef fective legislation. Secretary Cortelyou now has an opportunity to prove the department's usefulness. If the investigation- serves no other . purpose, at least it should disclose the real cause of the present abnormal and oppressive conditions which injure tne consumer, HTPOCBlST OP THE BEJfATB. From the St Paul Dispatch. The ostensible, the' only legitimate, Duroose of the Smoot Investigation in the senate Is to ascertain if be ha vio lated federal law by malntainlpg polyg amous relations. It is not thatHhec trlne of his church sanctions such, not that some Of its members continue to indulge in them. All this uncovering of practices by Smith and others, this ex hibition of their disobedience of law, is entirely extraneous to the question of Smoot's eligibility and is gone Into by the senate for no other purpose that can be surmised save a desire tothrow a sop to the anti-Mormon element, maae up largely of -that uneasy class who wish to legislate others into their notions of conduct , Really, the , senate Is trying the federal law; officers, of .Utah for neg lect, 01 auty, . icfc of du OF CLOSET. of the people,'the only men for whom the people voted directly, and wound up by nominating Speaker Cannon for the presidency, there was a burst of ap- plause such as the house has not heard for many a long day. If the Republi cans started it, perhaps with the hope that fjts reverberations. rolght.,be heard in the White House and give its occu pant something to think about, the Dem ocrats ware not. far behind In Joining with them to show how keenly they fell Republican wrongs. i ..i The panic of the Republicans is piti able. .Every man whose name Is in the list already sees himself defeated for renomlnatton, or if not defeated, -with entirely too much explaining to do to make his summer one of unalloyed en joyment President Roosevelt has under consid eration a .reorganisation of the postoffice department He has been urged by a number of his most valued advisers to improve this opportunity to; infuse new blood and greater executive vigor , Into that most lmportsnt branch of the gov ernment. It is apparent to every one that what the postoffice department most needs at the present juncture Is e strong and masterful head and chiefa of divisions who will have the confidence of congress and of. the country.- The president .has asked for tne an vice of a number of his most trusted friends, and soma of these have told him to reorganise the department beginning at the head and .going pretty well down the list Their argument la that some action is needed, to restore confidence. It Is needed, furthermore, they contend, to make sure of a atrong and capable administration of the department, which now la much at sixes and sevens, no man knowing who is master or what he should do next The Republicans have carried their point They have been able to. pre vent an investigation of the postoffice depart ment but in the opinion of many mem bers. Republicans as well as Democrats, the leaders have made a mistake, and the Democrats are very well pleased with the day's 'work. The Democrats wanted a thorough investigation, not alone of the charges made by Mr. Bris tow. but also of the postoffice depart ment t rom basement to garrdt -r This the Republicans would not permit They said the honor and dhrnlty of thj mem ber shlpof the house was one thing and the postoffice department was quite an other, and as honor in the house had been attacked by Mr. Brlstows - report it was necessary -that those charges should be Investigated without being complicated with charges against the Dostoffice . department This does not suit many Republicans, because they want not only vindication, but revenge. What they want in the language of the west is to skin him and hang his pelt on their, back fence. They want to show that Mrt Bristow Is several klnda f a deep-dyed villain and to force the presi dent to dismiss him., The Democrats are not complaining. "We gave the Republicans their opportu ntty," said one of the leading Demo crats this evening, "and they were either too foolish or too cowardly to take ad' vantage of It We wanted a genuine in vestigation, not alone an investigation of the Bristow report but a chance , te find out why the postoffice department oermitted itself to be used by members of congress to do things that tt knew were illegal. Had the Moon resolution been adopted everything would have been brought out. But the Republicans voted us down. They - were evidently afraid to have the' probe ' put ' intq the postoffice department Well and" good. the public can draw Its own conclu slons." ' ' maxexmov or smoot. Spirit Manifested Does Bo Credit to the '.. Batlon. ' From the Kansas City Journal. The testimony brought out in the in vestlgatlon of the case of Senator Reed Smoot on Wednesday was interesting and instructive, aa throwing light on the history of the Mormon church and the prevailing beliefs and practices of Its members, but Just what relevancy a large part of It had to the case of Sen ator Smoot is not apparent It , was shown by President Joseph Smith that the Mormons believe that Joseph Bmita Jr., the founder of their church, was visited y an "angel In black," who made known to him a revelation command ing polygamy. Polygamy waa aubse quently practiced until President Wood ruff was blessed with a revelation per mitting its abolition.- President Smith also has received a few revelations When in a state of "inspiration," but has had the misfortune never to have encoun tered the "angel in black." He and his fellow sectaries still think polygamy right, although not necessary. Now, none of these facts has Been or will be denied, we suppose, for none of them is at issue. The matter to be de termined by the, Investigation is not whether the Mormons have a number of peculiar religious beliefs, or whether they regard the practice of polygamy as consistent' with religion and good mor als. The question is not ven whether Mr. Smoot shares the objectionable be liefs of Mormonisfn. The sole matter that ought to be determined by the in vestigation is whether or not Smoot has violated or. is now violating the laws of the state or his country, or has com mitted or Is committing any indecent or immoral acta which unfit him to be a United States senator. What Mr. Smoot er anybody else believes in regard to religion la not, in the present in stance, or at least ought not to be, matter of innulry. ' The reason for this Is bbvioua To take his mere beliefs and opinions into account, or even to draw them forth and exhibit them before the country and thus bring ridicule upon him, is to per secute the Utah senator for his religion upon the pretense of ' protecting public morals, and thereby violate that free dom of religious worship which is guar anteed by both the spirit and letter of the lawa and constitution of the United States and of the several states. ' So long as he obeys the laws and commits no overt act which outrages the moral sensibilities of the nation, Mr. Smoot is entitled to the protection of Ha laws and to whatever offices,- property or other advantages he may acquire . under them. The fanatical and persecuting snirlt which has been manifested in the Smoot case (.oes no credit to a nation which expressly guarantees religious freedom to all its peopla. - THB yiBTUBS OP PIETY. " v From Macmlllan's Magaslne. I had a cook who could not read, or even tell the hour by the clock, but she boiled etres with oerfeot accuracy. When asked one day, "But how do you know when they are ready, Chuchaf she an swered, with a smile which showed aU her fine teeth: "Senor, I boll them by the credo." ' ' She had been taught like other Mexl ties creed, u She did not know quite well what the words meant, but they Just did nicely to boll eggs with. . She put the eggs in the pot (In the coffee pot with the coffee, but that is a mere de tall) and. began to ay her creed,. - At "Amen" the eggs .were ready, Small Change Feel sore?. Grin and whet your dag-. gers. It was cool yesterday but not for . everybody. ;'..: Not dead, but forgotten Agulnaldo and the Torrens law. . The sunshine erlll rapidly ripen spring millinery and lingerla Judge Parker la even more silent than his sponsor, D. B. Hill. Mr. Carnegie .might get rid of It faster by starting a free butcher shop. At least Hill and Murphy of New Tork won't pull hair. Both are baldheaded. Port Arthur may "fall" yet. but it is having a long laugh on the predicting correspondents. Having but one wife, and being there with content, Smoot's election1 as an apostle must have been a great surprise. Western Democrats, rather, than Tam- many, will name the next nominee for president but Bryan may no longer dic tate terms. . -v. But what did Bristow suppose some congressmen-like Llttauer and Burton, for example were th,ere and wanted to atay there for? If the old saying that "the more Democrats fight the more Democrats there are la true. New York ia pretty safely Democratic. ' ' - ' 1 A Chicago professor says "work' is the tried path to 'Joy." The hobo agrees with this when he can work people for free grub and beer. It might be advantageous if supreme courts were composed of even Instead of odd numbers. Then we would not get so many decisions. It was quite natural for some con gressmen to suDDojse that the nostoff Ice department waa (treated and run for tneir, especial nenent- j At least it can be said of Papa Smith and other apostles that' they are more candid in telling the truth about them selves than some senators would be. They have been calling one another thieves, but the defeated ones say they will support the winning ones. But thieves do not always tell the truth. A Brooklyn preacher hasn't washed his hand with soap since the president snooic it ite wants to give tne presi dential hand-microbe a chanca to work. Jim Tillman of South Carolina in tends to break into -congress. A Mor mon was turned out of that body, and another one Is being Investigated, but perhaps no objection will -be made to a murderer. v'- '. The Tillamook Headlight claims that the auccess of Tillamook county dairy men has been due to the Republican party. Under a Democratic admtnlstra- Iton the cows would have Kicked and bawled instead of "giving down." ' " - Seaaible Snggestloa. ' From" th"e Corvallis Oasette. It is generally customary to elect a' man aa delegate to a state convention and load him down with all kinds of iron bound instructions. Why not try the plan of electing men of ability and In tegrity, men with good common sense, and then leave the course to be pursued to their own discretion? . ; Advice to the Lovelorn. ST BZATftlOI f AIM AX. Dear Miss ' Fairfax: Last summer while one a visit to one of the western states my sister became acquainted with a married lady who waa also vis iting that particular place. They were stopping at the same hotel and became quite friendly. The lady frequently spoke to my sister of her home life and friends, and one in particular, her fam ily physician, and next door neighbor. After the lady returned ' to her own home and my sister to hers she received a letter from the lady stating that tne physician waa very muoh Interested in her. She enclosed his photograph, say ing that he would be pleased to hear from my sister and to receive her pho tograph in exchange. My sister an swered her friend's letter and sent twe pictures, one for her friend and one for the physician, but beyond a message which she sent through the lady she did not acknowledge hla picture in any other way that is, shs did not write him a personal letter. And he has not wrlMan hr tn a.nknoWledffa her tjictur. though he received It from the lady and haa placed it on the mantel In his par lor., My sister thinks his reason for not writing is because she did not write him when he sent his picture. I con. tend that the sending of her picture at his request was equivalent to a written acknowledgment, and all the- encourage ment that a woman could give to a man, and that it waa and still is his place to write the first letter. MRS. M. L, M. I think you Brought though doubt less the man expected that your sister would write, and is offended that she ' did not do so. However, to go directly 1 to the root of the matter, I think your sister made a mistake in sending her photograph to a man she did not know, and tnat in aoing bo sne taia nersen open to the treatment she received. rnoiograyiiB puuuiu umy . urn bit4sii iv . personal friends, : and even then with discretion. . If I were she I would con sider the Incident as closed and be care ful that I made no more mistakes of the same kind. The man is evidently not a gentleman, or he would have ac- t knowledged the photograph even If he ' were angry. -..;.:'',-,;, '.' '.'.' Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young girl of 16 years of age, and am in love with a young man of 18 years. 1 He and my girl friend's young man generally meet, us, but as her friend and my friend seem to have had a falling out my friend meets us alone. Every even ing we meet htm he takes me home first and then takes her. Don't you think that he should take her first as long as her friend doea not come to meet her? Kindly advise me it you think '1 ought to meet him ) or not I love hini 'very much. ; ' MAT VIOLET. Don't let Jealousy enter your heart. There is no misery In the world equal to that of Jealousy. His taking you home first may be purely accidental.' Do your best to help the two young men "make up." Perhaps your -friend feels sorry for the other girl. ; v , Dear Miss Fairfax; I am a young girl H years of age,' and love a gen tleman 25 yeara of age. He haa told me he loves me and asked me to be his wife, ' My parents like him very much. Now, Miss Fairfax, do you thing he la too old to marry me, aa I love him very much? - Kindly give me advice what to do. A CONSTANT READER. - Marry, him if you love him'.' T