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A PORTLAND, OREGON TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1904 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C S. JACKSON Published every evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building. Fifth OFFICIAL PAPER OF THB CITY OF THE PRESIDENT AND ALTER WELLMAN, writing w Record-Herald, says: ,' 'V vl "President Roosevelt refuses to be baited ' Into "running amuck among the corporations and com binations of corporations which are supposed to toe violat ing the Sherman anti-trust law as construed by the recent decision of the supreme court. Mr. Roosevelt is much : amused at the efforts which the Democratic leaders in congress are making, aided by some of the New York newspapers, to stampede the administration into brlng Ing suits against a great number and variety, of corpora tions, using as their chief argument the plea that inas much a Mr. Roosevelt has throughout his public career made a specialty of enforcing the law, no matter who is hurt or helped thereby, he ought not now to fail to bring to book every corporation which is operating in defiance of the Sherman statute as construed by the court. The president does not think this demand is an honest one. It does not come from men who are zealous for the pub lic good and who are giving sincere and patriotic advice." But what difference should it make to the president who makes the demand, or what their motives an? No doubt the Democrats in congress are playlnj politics,' and that most of them are not sincere in their anti-trust profes sions; but this has nothing to do with the president's duty. Having gained, as is claimed, a victory, in one case, the president, Mr; Wellman says, intends to rest on his ars, " content with that triumph, believing it will satisfy the people, and that the other trusts will now be good. But the people will not be satisfied while, the steel trust, the beef trust, the sugar truBt, the paper trust, the wire nail trust the glass trust, and many others, are boldly plundering the people. ) If the Sherman anti-trust law is really sufficient to break up the trusts, ; why. not, having' with that Implement, go right ahead criminal trusts? ' ' , The people admired and applauded the president for - attacking the railroad merger, and especially for ' the stand he took in the' great anthracite strike; they gave him credit for sincerity, courage and patriotism. But if he quits the good work with this one rather doubtful vie : tory, can they be blamed for believing that he. has yielded to the trusts In order to gain their support that he is running with the hare and hunting with the hounds T" Nobody asks the president to "run amuck" and attack corporations generally; bitt the people do demand that he keep up the fight against the big criminal trusts. THE LAWS UNRELIABILITY. THE 1 LAW is a curiously mixed creature of diverse .and conflicting customs, statutes and decisions.. In California a wenlan Is tn trial for the second time for murdering two women In Delaware by sending poisoned candy to them through the "mil. She was cbrivicted the first time, but on some lender technicality the supreme court Tokio Correspondence of Chicago News. : These are the 'rlkisha days of, the Japanese-Russian war, at least as ; far as the foreign correspondents are con cerned. The Japanese government ex-: pressed to the different foreign lega tions the idea that Tokio was an ideal abiding . .place, especially just at this period, and that it would be delighted if the gentlemen of the foreign press would remain at Tokio , visiting the eurlo stores and inspecting the temples. Eo the correspondents are all rounded VP and snugly corralled at the Imperial hotel in Tokio. One or two jumped the fence and strayed out on the range, but they, too, are now returning. ? The correspondent tell all the new arrivals that the Japanese spy system is almost perfect, and much better even than the Russian system. They tell each other that spies are everywhere,! and hat they are watching tUelr every move. Whether this be true or not, at least It has a most restraining Influence on the gentlemen of the press.. It also worries them and keeps thorn so busy twisting their eyes this way and that at all times to detect the spies who are on their trait that some Of them declare , they are becoming permanently cross- eyed. The supposition that he is under havoc with the nerves of one corres pondent especially. ' lie started out shopping the other ddy, but after buying some curios in a ' store and riding away down the street saw a man running after him. Imme diately the correspondent prodded his 'rlckisha man in the hack with his stick : and urged hint from a gentle trot to a hard gallop. Ha made his two-legged horse go down alleys and cross lots and VP one street and down another. Still : the mysterious Japanese gentleman held . to tha trail. Th AnrrAMnnriflonfr ihnnht of a clever ruse. He stopped his 'rlckisha man, tossed him a dollar and Immediately Jumped Into another 'rlck isha, so as to have a fresh horse. The new 'rlckisha man sprinted away with a fine burst of speed. The correspond ' ent laughed with glee. He saw the gov ernment spy falling behind. Then a wheel came off his 'rlckisha and the correspondent landed in the dirt He : staggered to his feet and would, have ... raced down an alley, but the spy was upon hjm., Panting from the exhaustion of the long chase the pursuer reached the side or his victim. "Pardon tne, gentleman," he gasped, "but you your pocketbook forgot and I have come to give It to yourself." ',, The correspondents here number now more than thirty men. They are mostly . . English and Americans, with three Ger mans and two Frenchmen. Of the Eng lish correspondents who are here the moat famous Is Melton Prior -'of the II luHtrated London News. He is 65 years old, war correspondent of 88 years; : been ' through 28 campaigns In every quarter ox the globe and has been wounded seven times. , Bennett Bur- : letgh is the next oldest man In point of service, then comes Knight of the Lon don Morning Post Maxwell of the Lon : don Standard is here, and MacHugh of . the Telegraph. , These famous war cor , respondents have a singular attraction for the younger and more inexperienced men. Their stories of campaigns and wartime experiences are eagerly heard. Knight has . a depressing effect on the younger correspondents fox the reason that his right sleeve is empty, his arm having been left on a battlefield In South Africa, That sleeve talks elo quently to the younger -correspondents, Although they affect to laugh at the dangers of a campaign and talk care - Ivamiy of the probabilities of death on a Manchurlan . battlefield, they cannot help now and then glancing nervously at that empty sleeve. 'i v VhTVorrespondents have been busy ever ., since they arrived , buying cam CORRESPONPENTSNN PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. TRUSTS. trial. Her attorneys attempted to prevent her trial In California on the ground that the murder was not com mitted in that state, nor yet In Delaware, the act being complete in neither state; but this point the court, rather strange to relate, overruled, so that.lt guilty she may possibly be convicted yet and punished. But an Iowa woman accused of committing the same sort of crime cannot be brought to trial at all, the gover nor of that state not agreeing with the California court, holding that the crime was not committed I In Iowa, where the poisoned package was mailed, and refusing to Issue an order for her extradition.' He holds that she is not a fugitive from Justice, having not run Into Iowa. The vic tim lived In South Dakota, but the authorities' there can not get Jurisdiction of the accused woman's person, and so she Is safe. ;This suggests, since poisoning at a distance has be come quite fashionable, the desirability of legislation in all the states making it a crime both In the state where the poisoned package is mailed and that in which its vic tim resided, '; ..'' (,?' ;. to the Chicago HE STREETS'' 31 ridiculous to assert that they creditably withstood that test. Much money haa been spent in the past two years and much apparently has been wasted, not because of dis honest management but because of lack of method, man agement and experience. Everybody is now agreed on the need of better streets and pretty nearly everybody 'is In favor of them. But nobody is in favor of throwing away money in any sort , of public improvements and nobody should be asked to do so. " If streets are to. be Improved there should be some re sponsible head who knew precisely what he was doing. There has been no such head. A good beginning, as the Taxpayers' league suggests, is to begin right there which Is; the very beginning of any practical enterprise. If street building Is begun under good auspices we may not only expect much improvement but that it will speedily be extended to embrace all parts of the city. Good streets in one part inevitably lead td good streets In other sec tions. Once people have enjoyed vJhe comfort of good streets and once they are brought to realize that the money they are called upon to spend will be well and In telligently spent, the problem of good streets for Port-, land will be In the way of speedy solution, a consum mation devoutly to be wished. -There is some muttering from eastern Oregon over the instruction of the 71 Multnomah county delegates to the congressional .convention. It requires '93 to nominate. Critics from that end of the state say it looks as though the machine did not dare tQ permit an open convention so that every candidate would have a free opportunity before thrf. delegates. It therefore proposed, apparently, to sew everything up In a sack and It is against this ac tion that the protests are being entered. won one victory and smash other ' r and uncertain thing, granted her a new palgn kits for Manchuria. The English correspondents are the most confirmed shoppers. The Americans are all of the can-opener" variety of correspondents. A ycan-opener" correspondent is a man wnoae neta outnt consists or a can- opener. When in the. field he strays about at mealtime until he finds a cor respondent who is vainly striving to open a can of meats and vegetables with belt buckle and a pistol butt The can-opener correspondent ad vances and proffers his can-opener. The man with the provisions accepts the can-opener with joyful thanks and in retura proffers the thoughtful man who owns the useful tool half the contents of his can. " The English correspondents carry large supplies of canned provis ions into the field, while the Americans carry the can-openers. Most of the Englishmen have bought enough campaign stuff to carry them three tunes to the north pole and twice to the equator. Some of their rooms are so jammed with their outfits that it la hard for them to get In to. sleep at night They have tents, sleeping bags, water bottles, blankets, saddles, water filters, cooking outfits, canned ' beef. canned peas, canned beans and canned jams; puttees, leggings, chamois under wear, fur-lined overcoats, corduroy trousers and . rainproof Jackets; choco late, Scotch whisky, medicine oases, bedsteads, writing tables, camp chairs, toilet stands and looking glassea They have innocent-looking rubber ' ponchos designed to be laid on the ground to keep water from seeping through the sleeping bags, but which on being prop erly approached In the morning become lovely-looking bathtubs. The buying habits of the English cor respondents have affected their American brethren and a shopping epidemic baa struck all the correspondents together. The American, Oerman and French rep resentatives of the press have followed the example of their English brethren and.bpught many of the things that the lonuon men nave, ana ail aime are buy ing patent stomach bandages and com pressed food tablets and patent tooth brushes that have a nail file on the other end, which used judiciously can also be employed for opening beef and tomato tins. Everybody has a revolver, a 10-pound can of tobacco, five pipes, two war maps of Manchuria, three of Korea, rubber boots, f ur-llned boots and plain boots, riding spurs, riding whips, fieldglasses, typewriters, fur gloves and waterproofs; cute little wetches, worn In a leather strap on the wrist, that run three hours, sometimes, without stopping, and silver mounted compasses that point north in five different directions and have lids that when taken off and set apart be come lovely7 drinking cups. Each correspondent also regards him self as a second 'Edison and is busy in venting ways of turning an article in tended for one purpose to another. I have myself had my bundle carrier pierced with holes and supplied with ropes sd that when not needed fbr its le gitimate purpose it can be me tamo r phosed into a dog tent It can also be utilized as a tent floor or a horse blan kt, and when doubled and buttoned and stuffed with straw makes a beautiful bed. One of the English correspondents haa been working with me all the after noon and we have plans prepared'where byHbe bundle carrier can be made into a lovely folding bathtub. 1 One trouble about preparing for the campaign is the uncertainty In the minds bf the correspondents as to the climate of Manchuria. The guide book say that "Manchuria is very cold in .winter and very hot In summer." This .voluminous and satisfying information has prompted us to add ' mosquito-bar screens and silk pajamas to our stock of JNO. P. CARROLL and Yamhill street, Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND THE BEGINNING OF GOOD STREETS. of Portland could have had no severer test than that which they have been sub mitted to during the present season. ' It would be fur coats; eaps and mittens. . Somebody advanced the proposition the other night tnat the summers in Manchuria were Intensely hot and that the correspond ent should provide themselves with the same -outfit that they would carry for campaign in the tropics. Everybody scuttled out and began laying in a trop ical kit . While thus engaged a military at tache rushed in with the news that a friend of his had just arrived from Port Arthur with the information that three days ago the thermometer in that place had registered 25 degrees below sero. This news was like a bombshell in the camo. The conaternatJon that on- sued was terrific The mosquito bars. tne rans, the patent water coolers, were dumped out on the floor, and the fur merchants of Tokio were so much in de mand! that prices of all kinds of furs soared 10 points In an hour. The attitude of the war office Is also disquieting. One morning the official gazette published the story that all necessary field equipment of the corre spondents could be carried, as the gov ernment would cheerfully furnish an abundance of transport facilities. This intelligence produced a cheerful feeling. Then direful Intelligence was spread broadcast that each correspondent was to take only as much equipment into the field as could be carried by himself and on servant The English colony was almost prostrated by the cruel blow. ' "I ay, my word," exclaimed an ex cited Londoner, "what, only take what me bally servant can carry? Why, it will take one man to carry mi bed and me tub, don't yer knaw." Indignation meetings of all nations were immediately called and tha affair gravely discussed. Each correspondent, according to the regulations just Issued by the govern ment WiU be permitted to take an In terpreter and one servant into the field. He must sign articles agreeing not to di vulge plans of campaign or other Infor mation that would be of assistance and comfort to the enemy. He must submit all of his telegrams, cable messages and all private correspondence to the censor. If he violates any of these mandates he Is to be sent out of the country or tried by military court martial. The corre spondents are to wear on their left arm a strip of white cloth two Inches wide with the name of his paper printed In Japanese in red across the strip. THB rntsT KOSKON pbess. From the Palmyra (N. T.) Journal. . Fred W. demons, postmaster at Pal myra, editor and publisher of the Wayne County Journal, Is now the owner of a printing press, a Hoe Washington, upon which 76 years ago was printed the orig inal Book of Mormon, the Bible of the Mormon religion. It is believed to be the only press in the world from which was printed and published from the orig inal manuscript the Bible of any rellg ion. When It i considered that from this humble source grew a religious or der and following of the magnitude. in numbers, zeal in missionary work and growth in wealth and power of the church and society of Mormons or Latter-Day Saints everything so closely con nected with its origin Is of great interest and value. The Book of Mormon was set In type in the winter of 1820 at Palmyra, and an edition of 3,000 volumes Issued bearing the year 1830 upon Its title page, ! Too Many Anniversaries. From the St. Louts Globe-Democrat Much of the joy of married life must be lost by President Joseph Smith in trying to keep track of his wooden, tin ana uver .wedding anniversaries. . . A Drastic Bsmedy.- It has been suggested that women be hereafter barred from all church chnlr. ThUs is an awful price to have to pay for peace in tue onoir, Oregon Sidelights Pendleton Is to vote on $60,000 bond to build three new needed schoolhousee, Beet seeding near Echo and Foster has begun, . ' About 150 acres will be planted. - ' , Many homeseekers are In and around Sheridan. Yamhill county. Good region for them. , . . ' i i - '- " ' .',J"'"'- The Agricultural college at 'Corvallls is doing good work: it turned out last week a porker weighing 686 pounds. How lonesome it would feel In Tills. mook if it should happen to quit rain. Ing just for one day, growls the Head light. What queer officials they halve up in Linn county. The Brownsville Times says all of them are candidates for re- nomination. Of a man announcing himself ss a candidate for sheriff, the Malheur Gaz ette says his name speaks volumes. But can it "talk?" The Malheur Gazette says the story that the late "Joe Monaghan" was Kate Bender wbb a "wild dream." Or else a third-rate fake. ? The weather has been such in Mor row county that farmers have been able to work all winter. .And they're mostly the sort that did. The Weston Justice of the peace has not had a case tn his court "for six months, and is thinking of inciting " a disturbance or resigning. ' - According to a Southern Oregon paper "a very wet rain" has fallen up there. Strange, to say, the 50-days' rain at Portland has also been wet. Krebs Bros., large hopgrowers of Polk county, have purchased another 640 acre farm for $32,000, and will plant 600 acres of i to hops. There's lots of money these times In Oregon hops. . The remarkable strides made last year In the erection of new business blocks and handsome residences and enlarge ment ot factories In Baker City promise to be outdone this season In eVery direc tion, says the Democrat. ; Sixty men working in the E. '& E, mine have struck because one of them had been discharged because he refused to board at the company's boarding house, and the company has taken out its pumps and assumed a lockout posl tlon. There may be Blmtlar trouble at the North Pole mine. The Corvallls Times has an article three-quarters of a column long, In elaboration of the initial statement that "Jesse Spencer's barber shop is again suffering from an Invasion of cock' roaches from the old restaurant build ing, and it seems unlikely that there Is enough grease and phosphorus in the town to arrest the influx." Now Is the time when the "country" editor can wreak his vengeance. The Till amook Herald remarks: "Quite strange that people who haven't spoken to the editor for two years, much less no ticed that we were' in the community, are now, seeking "favor. , .Politics make strange people Itr is TraitenotIceSble that they want us to toot their horn. We'll toot when the time comes.' From indications the coming spring win witness great business activity in The Dalles, says the Chronicle. The cannery will be built and this Is only on of many industries to be inaugurated in this city. There is every advantage for manufactories at this point cheap power and facilities for shipments, either by rail or by river that are not pos- sessea by any point in the state. ' J . The Sheridan board of trade made use last week of the Sheridan Sun to pre sent to the public some . facts about that town and the surrounding country, which Is very productive. Sheridan has 600 population, and from it last year were shtppeu 555 carloads of produce, Including cordwood. That part of Yam hill' county Is not producing one-tenth as much yet as It Is capable of produc ing. One of the largest irrigation enter prises In Malheur county is now under way, II miles above Ontario, on the Owyhee river, where a dam 100 feet high will be built across the canyon of the Owyhee, and a reservoir formed suffi clent to irrigate 60,000 acres of desert land below. The entire valley of the Owyhee river Is a solid alfalfa farm, now growing from two to three crops per year, while It was, a desert less than five years ago. Most of the mountain valleys of Malheur county are .now re claimed. ; - TU HEAJ-Or-TXS-ClASa PATBIOT. From the Salt Lake Herald. For a long time we have suspected that the attenuated frame of Senator Mathew Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania contained more genuine patriotism to the square Inch than any other frame In the land, with the possible exception of tne rrame or tne strenuous One. Now, as regards Senator Quay, we know it The senator has recently Introduced a bill providing for an Investigation into tne "eo-caiiea hammer-blow centrifugal lift and tangental throw of the counter balance in locomotive driving wheels." In order to further the Investigation a little appropriation of $50,000 is pro posed. Now. the only objection any body could have to the measure is the Insignificance of the appropriation. How In the world It will be possible to com plete the Investigation on so paltry a sum is a mystery. Perhaps, though, Senator Quay, out of the largeness of his heart, and knowing the wild Interest the public has In the matter, will de vote from his private purse a sum suf ficient to meet any deficit that may be incurred. Be that as it may. Senator Quay Is entitled to the devoted gratitude of every Uberty-iovtng American citizen, When we remember how the people have Jbeen crying for knowledge about this hammer-blow centrifugal lift and the tangental throw of the counter-balance In locomotive driving wheels, we wonder that no statesman has thought of public am ior me enterprise before. light Slffereao. From the Atlanta Constitution. When a Chinese legislator doesn't please the people, they. cut his head off and his friends make an appointment for him with the undertaker. In this country ,the people cut his political head off on such occasions, while his friends gct thejFpresident to appoint him on some commission. Timely Preoawdoa. From the Chica'to Tribune. "What are you locking up your dolly ror, Bessie?" . : - i " 'BhY I don't wani her to hear any thing about the 'xpenalve gown they're talking about at the liressmakers' co ventlon." , . . f PARKER'S FRIENDS' CLAIMS. Albany Dispatch to New York Herald.' : Judge Alton B Parker' nomination for the presidency by the Democratic national convention is now regarded by hla friends as practically assured. They predict it with a confidence based upon an intimate knowledge of the Demo crats situation In .every tai in in union. , V'. . ., r:-- , , .:. "The Democratic rarty haa an oppor tunity," on of th oremost of the Parker managers said today. "I know that the party has shown itself to be capable of almost anything, but I do not think that it will commit the folly of throwing this chano away." Judge Parker is being put xorwara as the only candidate from a pivotal state who can be accepted by the extremes represented by the supporters of former President Grover Cleveland on one side and those of William J. Bryan and Wil liam K. Hearst on the other. Judge Parker alone, his friends contend, can unify these discordant elements. , Taxe him out of the campaign, they say, and there would be nothing left Hope of victory would vantsh. He la Identified with neither faction. The regularity of his party record cannot be ques tioned. The very fact that he haa never expressed his opinions on the - great questions that have divided tne party is, an element of strength. '' ' ; '- ; . .' . . - , 1 . 1. Ik. it is asseneo. oy nis irienun wun- mo utmost emphasis that Judge Parker is wholly unpledged to any man. Not even David B. HilL who is in full charge of th campaign on his behalf, has a promise from him of any kind or would venture to ask for any pledge. He would be a bold man who would dare to make such a suggestion to Judge Parker face to face. His personal and official records are clear. He Is safe and conservative. These are the salient features of the portrait of their can didate that the friends of Judge Parker are holding before the eye of the Demo cratic party. . Juda-e Parker himself appears to.be Indifferent to what is being done on his behalf. He knows of it only in a gen eral way. Judge Parker' interests are in the hands of men who are leaving nothing to chance. They are conceded to be among the most skillful political managers in the country. From early morning until midnight Mr. Hill may be found in his law office issuing hi direc tions to Democratic leaders all over the state and consulting with leader from other states. This activity began a year ago and the plans that have been shaped during the twelve months are now so far advanced that Mr. Hill feels Jus tified in telling his friends that barring accidents. Judge Parker's nomination la practically a foregone conclusion. In a general way the situation is likened to that of 1884, when Mr. Cleve land had been elected governor of New York, Mr. Hill was lieutenant-governor, and he wanted to be governor. In the furtherance of this ambition he con ceived the idea of nominating Mr. Cleveland for the presidency. He set to work to bring it about, but some of the other leaders were doubtful. Dan iel Manning, then the head of the party. did not feel certain that Mr. Cleveland could be elected. Samuel J. Tilden, who occupied then much the same position that Mr. Cleveland does now, had said emphatically that he was not a candi date; Having made his position clear, he did not -desire to, repeat what he had said. Some Democrat refused to take htm at 1ls word and began to pledge delegates for him in the state ;; ; ' X7SSIA AJTD TKB PE5TWS. ' BnssU'a Defeat May Beault la Benefit ' ,t to Bars elf and Others. From the Chicago New. ' It has been suggested that not the least Important result of the present war may be lta indirect effect upon Internal politi cal and social conditions tn Russia Itself. In the agitation attending the struggle the Russian people may be aroused to a sense of their political needs. The self analysis and self-questioning which such a crisis may prompt might open the way, at least for the governmental reforms for which a few enlightened and progressive Russian leaders have been striving. Some such reform, it is plain, there must be, if the Russian government shall cease to be Identified before the world as an Instrument of oppression and the bureaucracy which now rules the empire Is not to continue to Impose Injustice on all who come under Us sway. If the present political status of the Russian people, who have no constitutional guar anties of protection and no real liberty, shows how the bureaucratic system has affected Russia, the outrageous despolia tion of Finland has given an equally con' vtnclng example of Its Influence. Count Mannerheim, a member of the Finnish diet. In an Interview published In The Daily News last Saturday, has given a grapblo recital of Finland's wrongs. The justice ot the arraignment of the Russian governing system and of the men who now conduct it is not to be denied. The aggressions began in 1899 were designed to deprive the grand duchy of Finland of its autonomy, of Its constitution, its language, and Its " Civil liberties. Their flagrant character was practically con ceded by Minister Wltte himself. Rus sia's most enlightened and progressive statesman. It has been shown repeatedly that they constituted not only an Inter ference with the recognised rights and. liberties of the Finns; but a violation f the explicit promises by which Russia in the past guaranteed these liberties. The Russian people when freed from the bondage of autocratic rule and placed under a remodeled government giving them constitutional rights are destined to become a great and useful force In civilization. They, as well as the Finns, are sufferers under the present system, which gives to men like Plehve and Bob rlkov the power to force their policies on the czar, whose natural sympathies Incline him to better things. The best and most truly ' representative Russian leaders have still to work out the prob lem of reform. Whether the era of trans ition and development is to be brought about by the present crisis, by the threat of Internal revolution or by the volun tary efforts Of strong men like Wltte, It cannot be definitely postponed. : Mean time the Russian government pays the penalty for such acts as the despoliation of Finland in the forfeiture of the world's esteem. . L' A TBAZV TS tUOX. From the Sheridan Sun. Those who were on the train Saturday morning had a little experience that they will not soon forget. When about half a mile below Gaston the train ran onto a piece of track that the heavy rains had caused to slide and when the engine struck it the track was thrown out about four feet in the. places forming a letter S. . The tender was thrown off the tracktfhd the wheels of the passenger cars were up in the air part of the time but each time they came down they struck the rails. The passengers were thrown about the cars promiscuously, but no one was hurt The train was delayed an hour' getting the tender back on the track. Conductor Cllne said he has been In the railroad business f6r '26 years and that was the luckiest escape from a wreck he had ever witnessed, as .it looked almost impossible for a train to pass over that piece of traok In that Condition. - convention. It was understood at the time that this movement really covered the candidacy of Roswell P. Flower, and that the Tildes men were to swing to Flower when Mr. Tilden reiterated his refusal to be a candidate. : The stale convention did not instruct, and the state went : to the national convention without a candidate. It was only after a long and hard struggle that the nomi nation of Mr.1 Cleveland "was finally brought about . ; ; ' ; - Mr. Hill is recalling his experience to all Democrats to enforce hi contention that the ; most Important thing to be done Is to Instruct the New York dele gation, which will be elected entirely by the; state convention, for Judge Parker. He is' fond of saying that all other states are looking to New York. He maintains that she Is too Important to shirk the ! .Issue, and that Demo crat everywhere will be disheartened if she does not declare herself. Nothing wlll .be done by the Parker men In the direction of getting dele gates for him outside the state until after th New ; York Stat vconvention haa been held. ? That this will declare for Judge Parker by a great majority is now regarded as a foregone conclu sion, but Mr. Hill would like to have the convention unanimous. . He ia now striving for harmony and enthusiasm. The opposition of Tammany ball to the Parker boom was a surprise to his friends. They do not even now under stand it, unless it is based upon some pledge that was given to Mr. Hearst a a condition of his support of the Tam many, ticket in the last campaign. .That Tammany is sincere in its sup port Jf Cleveland 1 not believed by the Parker men. ' Much of the Cleveland sentiment is attributed by the Parker men to Wall street and to certain finan cier who made fortune during hi administration. They are convinced, however, that these men will eventually come to the conclusion that Judge Par ker would be quite a satisfactory as Mr. Cleveland in the White House. ' Parker managers feel that their real danger lies In the movement for Mr. Hearst and the-element controlled by Mr. Bryan., The Hearet boom they re gard a a" labor movement of ultra socialistic character, and they are ap prehensive that it may gain sufficient strength to control a third of the con vention, in combination) with the Bryan following should such, a combination be effected and thus prove troublesome in the national convention. The strong est objection to the talk, of Mr. Cleve land on the part of the Parker men is that they believe every- mention of Mr. Cleveland's name strengthens Mr. Hearst and Mr. Bryan. They declare that the result in Rhode Island, might have been prevented had New York been solidly in, favor of Judge Parker. If Tammany really wants Mr. Cleveland nominated, they aBk, why does It not favor Instructions for him? .Why does Mr. Murphy Insist upon an unlnstructed delegation? Senator Gorman's candidacy is viewed with favor by the Parker men because It serves to hold in line for him some of the southern states where the Hearst boom might make headway were he not in the field. With Judge Parker a th candidate hla managers believe they can promise the remainder of the country a rea sonable certainty of carrying the stale of New York, but they point out that thla will by ho means decide the bat tle. A OASB OT rOOXISK OOXTBAOB. (By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.) (Copyright. 1004. by TV. B. Heint) The other day a spirited young wo man went through a legal marriage ceremony with a man she did not Ipve because some one had dared her to It, and, as she said, "she never took a dare." We have all heard the expression, as school children. To never "take a dare" seems to mean in school parlance to do the thing some one dares you to do, however wild or absurd it may be.' : In what manner the Idea originated that .such an action was particularly brave' or noble or Indicated special qualities It would be .. interesting to know., But however it originated it if time the theory died a natural death Of old age. If .you want to pVove yourself really courageous, dare to refuse to do what is senseless,, unwise, ridiculous or Im moral. Do nothing which will endanger your life, your health, your reputation or your happiness, merely to prove to some adversary that you possess courage. It would have been . Immeasurably more to the young woman's credit had she said, No; I have not the Courage to marry a man I do not love. -I confess fo being quite a coward when facing such a proposition." The boy who Is dared to smoke his first cigarette, who refuses, proves the real hero. It takes more courage to bear the taunts of associates than to brave the physiclal and mental handi cap of the cigarette habit And that 1 th courage the world wants. The most pitiful coward on earth is the human being who dares not decline doing what others are doing. If your country Is invaded by a foe. and pom one I "dared" to cross the enemy's line at risk of life on an Im portant commission, you wut show true courage In offering your services. Your life may be tbe price which saves thou sands of other Uvea, If you risk life or limb In an effort to aid a cause or a fellow man, that Is brave and noble. But if In time of peace you are dared to stand as a target for sorqe amuse ment lover, and to play the part of Wil liam Tell's son for the entertainment of Idle spectators, or if you are dared to go up In a balloon without Instructions and for no object you are only proving yourself weak and characterless to comply. . : . ,' , Life, health, reputation . and reason are all priceless possessions. You have no right to endanger them for the amuse ment cf silly-brained creatures. Show the true moral courage in such situations and Ignore the dare. Not only look before you leap, but do not leap unless there, is a worthy and sensible reason for so dolnr ' ' ; Save your agility and courage tot trie emergencies of life. Do not waste them for the amusement of fools. If.jrou are dared to any action which has no sensible or worthy basis decline to respond. If you. are called a coward, answer that a sensible coward is better than a brainless braggart. ., . He who fears to be rash when occa sion calls usually dares to be brave, ' ' A Page Sound Protest From the Seattle Tost-Intelllgenner. Hal Qole' appointment as. register of tho Spokane land office is viciously bad politics and an undeserved honor for an undeserving man. President Roosevelt has been exceptionally free from .mis takes in his state appointments, but Hal Cole Is a serious mistake. It is not neces sary to " argue . this point. Secretary Hitchcock, who requires good character and fitness before he will approve a can didate for office, has refused to indorse Cole, and President Roosevelt himself has heretofore refused point blank to ap point him. That he has done so now make the appointment no more credit Small Change Looks like we were going to have a hard winter. - If the Russian fleet 1 lost it Is prob ably glad of it. It Is about time that lamb was putting in an appearance. ' Almanao Item: About this time look' out for flood predictions. 4 i Still there is a chance for spring to put In an appearanoe by EaBter. Ireland isn't a nation yet but It is having more fun with the British poli ticians than if It were. . - , The report that the czar is going to the front doesn't cause the least bit of a panic among the Japs. , '- " The most successful modiste is the one who can Invent style as different from last year's as possible. , ' Sheriff Storey is not the first man by many to whom political promises have been made only to be broken. . . .. It Is always some person with a fat Income who figure out how a person can live nicely on 17 cents a day. ' If polygamy has been abolished in Sulu. what is going to be done for the sultan to keep him from going on tre warpath t , . une Booa wora.aoout a aeserving per- . son while he Is alive is worth more to him than a long eulogy about him after . he is dead. ''....;. :.;:.-,; v;;-' Th alleged publlo land reform bill that passed tbe senate Is said to have been only, a make-believe performance, it having been arranged beforeh'and that it should not pass the house. This is a stand-pat congress' against reforming anyming, ; f Th bitter rivalry between Senator Foraker and Dick ha already resulted in a fierce fist fight In a Republican convention at Cleveland. The late Sen ator Hanna was stout enough to keep the ambitious Foraker behind him, but th latter will not tamely follow In the trail of young Dick. i Th newspapers, regardless of politics, are unanimous In the opinion that the paper trust is a thief and several kind of a robber. Salem Journal. But a good many paper are mourning this year about the iniquitous tariff that makes the exactions of the trust pos sible or easy. ::-.-'.: E'en Webfooters do now complain About the wet and weary rain. Of balmy spring a baleful bane Is this continuous, cheerless rain. :t The birds to fly a'ray are fain, ' So nests won't soak and fill with rain. The farmer wants to plant his grain. But can't on fields o'erflowed with rain. Impassable Is many a lane Because of this unceasing rain. If it keeps on the raging main ' Will roar that it wants no more rain. As If the earth had Macbeth' stain, The heavens deluge It with rain. No travel's safe by wheel or train Because of fifty days of rain. . ( ' Ken pious prayers soem all In vain To check the falling of the raln,, j Of pattering on roof and pane We've ihad enough with all this rain. This rhyme will cause its readers pain, But lay the blame all on the rain. N. B. This Is a spring poem. If It dqesn't drive old Fluvlus out of business nothing will. , BOE8BTT UXB XUBA& TXLBFZOBSS From the Corvallls Times. . .. , "No," said Henry Dunn to the man who was sounding htm on the rural telephone question, "I think I don't want any telephone connections at my farm. When I talk to a man I like to see how he bats, his eyes I know from the way he does that whether he is telling the truth or not . And if In tha conversa tion, I should call him a liar I should wish to afford him the only satisfaction a western men cares for.' But my great est objection to rural phones la that they cut out a good many of a fellow's excuses for going to town. Rural mall delivery operates the same way. If any thing more so. No, I would rather have a good road, and If I wanted anything in town I could go after it That's what I would have to do In the long run any way."" !' : Betrayed Themselves. From the St Paul Dispatch. The more attention is given to' this emeute of congressman over th publi cation of their interferences with the purely administrative work of the postal department, the clearer It becomes that this is another abuse of functions to which people and congressmen had be come so Inured by long habit and prac tice a to regard it as perfectly legiti mate and proper, but one which Is not only an Invasion of a distinct branch of government, but a practice whose ten dency is to encourage corruption. ' Advice to the Lovelorn BY BXAIUCX f AIX7AX Dear Miss Fairfax: Will you please decide th following question: Today my friend and I accidentally overheard a man upbraiding a woman in the pres ence of her husband. This brought up the argument as to whether the husband should have allowed the man to do so, even if he knew his wife to be at fault My friend eontends that It was perfectly proper, as long a 9e man conducted himself in a civil manner and the hus band was sure of his wife's fault He says that he would not allow his love for his wife to Interfere with Justice for the man. I contend that any matter In dispute should have been brought t the, woman' husband, and that he alone has the right to correct hi wife. I think no one should be allowed to even sp parently Interfere between man and wife. f , .J . i' j., , T. B. D. I should say that you were in the right.- No man should censure a woman in th presence of her husband. I can not Imagine a husband of any spirit allowing it Of oourse, I am Judging in the dark, as I know nothing about the character of th dispute. V .. , . Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young girl 18 years old and am going with a young man whom I lbve dearly. Every time he comes to see me he .brings a friend with . him, as he aay he likes company home.. Now, do you think this Is right as my. folks think it does not look very nice for two men to call on a girl at once? , I think If he loved me he would hot mind, going home alone. Do youT v . , .. . PUZZLED. It is perfectly proper that two young men should call on you at the same time, though if the man cared for you very deeply I should think he would 'prefer seeing youalon. .be unusually cordial to the friend the next time they come, and perhaps your, friend will be a little bit piqued at the interest you show and will brace up a little, - V'.