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iil EflltO'ElflM 7 Portland; oregon.v ' " TUESDAY, MAY, SI, XS01 THE "OREGON .DAI L.Y; J O U RNAU 1 AN INDBFINDSNT NBWIPAPlk . ' '". Small: Change M'CLURE'S WORK FOR REFORM C 0, JACKSON PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINO CXX JNO, P. CARROU, Published every evening (except Sunday) Mid vry Bandar morning at T Journal Bufldlng. Fifth and Tamain OFFICIAL. PAPER OP, THB CITY OP PORTLAND CALMNESS UNDER EXTREME PROVOCA . - TION. ', June 1 tomorrow. " 1 ? v .What awMt wedding. 1 And bow awfully pretty. ' ;,. Lor 'and Jon ought to rhyme. Be patriot .befcr you ar partisan. at WMWMMa . ' Eternal vigllaao la tb prtoa of lib H than later.! Wo ha? great problem to. meet The rtw muit b opened from Lewlston to th sea, nw line -of transportation built, business enlarged, th city beautified. whu ta to da thiT tmm wno ratten on otners itnunn . - n ERE i precisely the way th Oregonlan look at It I hrouah ' earns of chance In which thero la no chance, or '"'Cleveland ha had anothr My. according to the neavy jeaaer in mi Bwramn .... K,,.in- man who work Mrlv and late to build a Issue: We ar not mad. We are not boMng over t . t p . ar Are we to "shut up" when we with Cere Indignation. We are not tearing. a paaalon to lmpwk- fop tBtM- Xne citlsen's duty ia plain. ; fVote you next year. tatter, w ar m anq long lumnm .i. arainat .any man, rery man, who will not unmistakably v to cau anyon a moment Borrow. wnai, ao, wuoout there! Varlet fetch me a deep draught of hot blood tralght from the cauldron.) They are all mistaken. We (ar mad no wicked attack upon Dr. HU1; w nvr mk wicked attack upon any on. Tou know us; you . know tb Oregonlan. You know the high principle that . aotuat both. Tou know how w lov Dr. Hill ana au th clerical folk, of all denomination and creed. They ir flesh of our flesh and blood of our blood. (But, h-a-a. "whoa a sensational and unscrupulous clerical tnountebank." to wit, th aforesaid Dr. Hill, above all jthea J"an .. upstart . . peripatetlo pulpiteer," to wit, th stat hi position on a question affecting Portland' Wel fare. let no sophistical plea to upport'th .ticket" swerve you from your purpose. As Judg' Williams said In 1806. "There la nothing involved In th city g ovrnmnt but an honest government, an honest disbursement ' of publlo money, the administration of a man who Is fro from th condemnation of any party, ring, clique or fac " from ' th New Tork World, om years ago Mr. 8. S. McOur waa selling Uabt ilteratur to news paper on th Bvndloata nln. rindln himself in th way of securing regular uppua or .. in tares tin matter, he started a magaslna, Vot aoaw tint he oonauciea It on th usual maaaalna ha. eW of entertainment and sugsjvooated iuiormaiion ana won suooeas. '. ( t -Then Mr. Mcdure was struck with n Idea, Perhaps it would be mora ao eurat to say that th Idea gradually took posaassioa of him. It waa the .eon- eeptloa of oontlnuoua publlo service by i vnoiasea investigation and deserlp tloa of dangeroua tendeaolea In Anerl ean Ufa Of course ovary majrasina rrom time to Urn bad published var. lou aitlolaa dealing with soma nhsa m. . v. v I of wrong and suaaestina soma' needed iflin wtv Lwu uivu wvtwuivw uwHi, I . . . . - - . mam ... rw win ha. r. aouurt aia waa w . . vw I tent, to describe realities with absolute trust town, but better time. ar. mng.ll;:":m Oregon Sidelights Now, Good by. May; we'll be glad to an Don't b soared; th people who ar trying to make a better Portland ar not going to run. ARE'NTYOU PROUD OP HIM? book entitled "How to Get Rich" ia advertised; price $1. it need contain but two words: "Buy ma" upon the publlo- conscience Th labor trouble f 110! gav th first opportunity. Th tact about th anthracite strike were laid bar la a series of articles, and the war fol lowed by other describing such things pers my bualness ta good; It must ba Whatever hinders It. ta wrong; It must ba A bribe 1 bad; that is, it is a bad thing to take; but It la not ao bad to give one, not If It is necessary to my business.' "Business la business' Is not a political sentiment, but our politician hasaught ,", .('Y-W Miss TarbeU' "Hlatory of Standard Oil" - exhibit thl destructive, anti social preesur for selfish advantage from another point of view, as Mr. Ray Stannard Baker's labor articles do from still another. - It ahowa how men of the moot exemplary, personal morality and piety can act In business matters with th oalloua uneerupulouanass of Zysk head, huntera. By the simple force of dispassionately stated facta It refutes every claim advanced for th trusts as Instruments of social advancement - It has been said, for Instance, that th Standard " Oil company 1ib bn a great national benefit, because It has organised and developed a ehaotl In dustry, reduced th price of oil to the eoasumsr and promoted our trad . la foreign market Miss Tsrbell shows that all these prooeese were In full wing when th on Industry waa free, that all the difficult lea of tb business 'Robins ar showing their young ones "! th cherry treo : . - - A Good building clay he been dlscov red near ,The Dallea . , - -MarshHsld people ar talking of pro- ' vtdlng that city with a park." ,v ' 1 Street being improved and ar.f " w ouuomga going Bp ta. Sprlngflsld. : Tha ahe' range of VmatllU county ' ' ia overcrowded, with tIMOO head. ; aforementioned Dr. mil. presumes to glv utterance to bis blithering ao called thoughts it cause our gorge to rue, the ' coara and ribald .words to com trippingly to our , B General Funstoa never will swim th Columbia river. Just to prove to his de tractor that h eaa awlm. ... dent gains of caneera from a scientific! description of a typical ease. Thue en-1 llghtenment baa been proceeding along three dlsunot unea , h INGER was ever a thrifty fellow. Th filmbl Ix- penc can't ascap hla eagle eye or his warm and loving grasp. Being now persona non grata with , tongu and la th whit fury of our Indignation. w begin th administration, being practically barred outof th to smlta and oh, bow w 8mlt ,m.) Wo car nothing wnu iiouss ana toe uoparvmoni n ior what thia class of catU say or think about u. W nothing to do xcpt to work through , an occasional pen ear va kaa than nothing whn they git vent to their ilon bill, b doe not need any privat aecrtary. It i "mouthing", to thatr "bitter, virulent attack charged with af to ay, without xamlnln th rocord. that h nvr rancor, malignity and untruth." W car vea less, oh. bad on, unles (t waa a member of hla famUy. That, ,.h 1m. land to .how tou how very Ilttl w car w however, 1 allowabl. and not especially objectionable. .will grit our teeth, froth at th mouth and charg frantic- But that a man with 4.000 acre of land, and other things, ally up and down our offlc as evidence of good' faith) who la able in a campaign, wher defeat and dlsgrac when theao rancorous and malignant untruths ar pub-. tar him in th fac though with th Utter h Is fa- Uahed In an lnalgnlflcant and obacur newapaper" w miliar and on good terma to hire Brownell and Toos . . ... .... .i ... ....v.. vt and othra. to talk for him. should be so small and atlngy oaa rawer we amu o weunun uu vuuiiw. iw - - tim a aha . immmwi. ,i U they only bad been publiah in a newspaper that w m to pocket th llttl. $100 a month th. tJbnrs JSlffiJd SSTuiSS not "obacur" and If to its lack of "obscurity" It bad added t prrrate secretary, throw, a aldellght on nia char- Tery btttirlij ajainat th unotloua the further merit of not having been "Insignificant" what ' wortny oi nouco. Dlu"r- .hmild have cared t But alaa and alackadar. ther. la Tb. allowanc. la a proper one. bocaua th salary of - . . . . , . i . a u. wuiu vhibi mi tw mil nw ih. x h.M ! ih Ar mnA doadiv inani. thar la tha 1 our congressmen, supposing them capable men, is not .,lKllna. tkim ,m ..iwui. ... .... A, i I lprav and aa aald. If a tnamber has a aon or dausrhter or I in hMn., .. I covered to hla surprise that thes poll corn ana conuuneiy, vera is ujw junwaiwi, fuuihihi, - ' ' . . . .7 - . I ' ' I tldans wee onlv th hum hla aarvaata of the "substantial eltlsen" who re- It seem to ba In th air" that It . A telephon will b put through Forest Dal valley, Washington oouaty. Marshflsld; poop have raised a plo nlo fund of over IT00, and Intend to TA, Gaston war Vataran S' ia Jlli by hla nelgbbora 10 eenta eaoh for ktlK na "omstim. ahoota 0r M,ln dy' rr1y missing on, ' A ratUesnsk mad a Jump for a i Lan. oouaty mall-carrier, he says, but fell short. The anak may have heard -about th post-office scandal and thought th carrier was th bo. . . . ; 'Plan, ar now under wsy Vy which to save th large amount of fruit which ha. annually gone to waste la th. or- had been sonauerad by th Independent w. . ... .,. u.M i pionears in ma ran oi mi oi ww Tor VTe7n.pTrVc7of cp.W Vni l iZ j?1 VZ1 giMiviW tin iMiaiWI M VMVlaUUk I . M m M aw. i k. MAWak I . -- BwwV aw w eaei vw sj a In th autumn of th same year Mr. "'0.0V"i0? the Echo country, and thl . . . . : . .1 "tint ii ir inAiuaaa aimoai avsrr counur aip ail in w. . . . ' .. ' . unrou eui unici lam ivaa. inai i " - 7. .. . . tvJt I '.. ' " wu vm aavpa , ana xne people ot Oregon anowea tneir l has nroduoed his bllsterina book. "The I? """T"1 V m.rr. "--'isoo, ., i-., Indananilanna tmtti nun a an- tat Ikan - tha riilu .. ui.. r..w.ii I Indies. Booth America ana Arnca I , ' show It again next Monday. . began that extraordinary history of th that II yar ago "T It ". I ' Th Lake eounty ar elr. ' , IBUndard OU company which gives usl"'"" I ouiaung a peuiion wnicn is being signed It look as If Illinois had Demooratto the aam insight Into th nature of Ith .port? f.h' V? ",a 8. f AJrby th best people of th county, pray- symptoms again. Th big stats ta sick trust ta general that tha medical atu-l? u,m ,""". w"- "."l" county court to otter a reward of th llttl old fellow. Cullom. It haa been a Aght between bosses hitherto; now It ta a light between the people and th dominant bosses. It cost John Bay. secretary of state. 1777 at St Lout for on week. Bat everybody Isn't secretary of state. ginning. - r ; I for tha arrest of th parties who hav "Suddenly, at tb very herder of this I slaughtering sheep la that local-. confidence, a big band stretched etitllo.., .'.''. .v :. .-...-. It 1 aa Interesting fact that while I Mr. MoClur and his writers hav bees I educating th publlo they hav been d- ' Aa extra larg arop of hoboes ta re ported along i th railroad - Unea, and trainmen are experiencing much trouble with them. Not slnoe th Coxcy move- from nobody knew where to steal their conquest and throttle their future. The suddenness and blackness of th. aa aault on their buslnees stirred to the bottom their manhood and their aenaa ueatlng themselves. They did not start I' tmir P1? th whole region roselnent tea years ago have ao many of th with nmeoneaivad untinna nt ark., tha. I In a revolt which la Beareelv naraltaiad I genua hobo been la vldnoa savs Tb were going to nnd. When Mr. Bteffsnsl ln ln" ociumerciar History or tns united I vureuw began to Investigate corruption ln St I otea." . , Louis he thouaht he waa an tha trail I How this revolt waa suppressed and of the "ward politicians." who are so 1 b oil business monopolised by methods widsly supposed to have succeeded by ranging from strategy to crime la ahowa some mysterious miracle ln enslaving rre American oommunitiea u als- Dlck Deader contemptuoslty of th whole baa proceed- nephew or niec wno can aerv in tnat capacity, mere w w. in. T hava nrlnted the matter In aa "lnsianlflcanr "0 objection. But that a man with 4.009 acres Ot land, . . . M MacUneo to enter th "filthy pool of I " Aw . m tt- t . w.a w v..land othar thlnra and who or et en da to b so terribly busy I v . . I politics" critics of our Institution are newspapw, ww iw uu jiwa waa mi vui -r . " . - . v ... I . Mprr- I accustomad to deolora When he real. tOil Ul VI VWM vsaabaaa aeaawaaaw jwsmvw y..wwvw w W - e i aawHVHHUl vwuui V VMwwe VW TT Wi la I jasAil (ha t Rltli ta have nrlnted It In on "obacur" as welL that that added Insult to deepeat Injury and. every on who pants month and to without any; Mcrtary at all, la a ham , for Portland and th gambling trust will bear witneaa to am on Oregon. our godlik patience! (And yet under ail th provocation, Tb u probably not another man ta Oregon, think under th heaping Insult, the double dyed Ingenuity and w M congressional candidate, who would b so deviltry of It all. th gentle publlo, the father, and mother meaaly, ao oontemptlbly email, aa thhv of Portland who have reveled In our morality for B0 years, break up the and John Sleret, and Powell combination. : The county eommlsslonership should I of right go to eastern Multnomah will note our ca'mness, the undisturbed and Irreproach able calmness and tranquillity of our demeanor, tb in durated and lrrefragible patience with which we accept Indignities at the hand of thee hellhounds, these apawa of th devil who ahoud b run out of town and wiped from the face of the earth which they Jitter and contain tnaU with their loathsome presence!) ' 4 V THE REAL BUILDERS OP PORTLAND. ' rTHB JOURNAt la of the opinion that the lorganisa. I I . : Uoh" la not la touch with the spirit of the people v of thl city on some vary Important questions, and are making the mistake usually made ln following "ma- I chine methods," "by relying too much on it workings, rather on the support of the people generally. It la but a few short year ago, that th gentlemen now In control ' were flghtlns; th "machine" and Ha methods, and ln those day. they took th. peopl. Into their confidence, Joined ln cltisens" movements and by so doing succeeded. Every one at all Informed on the subject knows that in every . part Of the country the tendency la toward greater, not less, - dvlo freedom. Nor U this confined to the "United - Btate. In Great Britain and on th continent It la th game. Aa cities grow In wealth and power, as citizenship : WHY A "DOWNRIGHT SHAME" It will be a downright shame if Oregon falls to elect Judge Moore, our nominee for supreme Judge, by a considerably larger vote than Judge Bean's two year. ago. Roseburg Plalndealer. i ORSOOTH, expound. Why a "downright shame" T Judge Moore Is a capable man, moreover a pop ular man. Judge Bean la a good man, too, for aT F ised th truth he told It unsparingly, The business man.", h said, "has rauea in politics ana no nae zauea In eltlsenshlp. . Whyr "Because politics la buslnesa ' That's ahil'i lh mat tar with It That'a eounty.h only oaadidate from that what's the matter with everything J American prid. pvruqa pi ui oouniv j oaa suarei. i art literature, religion, journalism, law, naliara ot If ' . - medicine they're all buslnesa aad sll There is no good reason why every a you see them. Make politics a man who voted for George Chamberlain sport, aa they do la Zhigland. . or a for district attorney four years ago profession, as they do in Germany, and should not vote for Joba Manning now. we'll have well, something else than we have now If we want It, which Is another question ". The commer cial spirit ta the spirit of profit,- not patriotism; of credit, not honor: of In dividual gain, not national prosperity; of trad and dickering, not prlnclpla My. business Is sacred,' says th bust Reports Indicate th overthrowing of th Republican machine In Columbia eounty by th election of sx-ShertS Hat ton for county - Judge,- and possibly othsrs. th position b. holds, is considered an abl. lawyer 1-5 The revolt against laud-grabber and! a a ta bis heart. y 'Whafver pros-1 many Imitators. Mr. MeClure baa discovered that the first step toward curing aa evil la to make It known. He haa found that a magaalna need not be confined to pink tea entertainment, but can be as power ful aa agent of reforming publicity as is a newspaper. "X am a Journalist," says Mr. Staff one. "My purpose - " was, as I said above, to see If the shameful facta, apread out In all their ahame, would not bura through our civic shamelessnees and set fire to That -waa-the jour The work Mr. MeClure ha. been doing Is one that any magasiae or any news paper might have been proud to da It ought to have been don before. . If it be true that some respeetahle eorrup tlonlsts bavs resented It socially, tholr action is a medai or honor. -They are the "enemies of the .republic" whom Mr. Steffen has branded. Their hostility Is aa Inspiration. It shows that some thing Is being accomplished, Let us hop that the MeClure idea will have A Woodbura womaa baa two pens -of tame pheasants, and young one are nowy hatching from ever too ere. Sh will set mora as sh will receive many large orders from all evsr the Union to fill . this year. She has become widely known la this taduatry. , ' . There ia aa oversupply of shad la tha northwest just now. The Columbia river la almply alive with them. Aa yet the people of this section are not taking to them, as they do la the east; probably on aeoount of their Inability to prepare them properly. "To cook a shad," aaya a dealer, "never alloe tha flsh but split It la the center. This will make a large difference la the cooking and es t- tag of tha Hah." ' While a' Helix farmer was ehsrpen Ing a harrow tooth, it flew from the tongs and psst his face, the point of the red-hot piece of lro scraping over the eyeball , and destroying the sight He did not hav time to bat his eye, aad neither lids nor lashes were singed, though tb Iron waa red hot and th tip eared a tin acres tb cornea. The sight of tha eye la totally destroyed and It may be that tha ball will have to be removed.,, , V-.-."':.V V ... - Judge But ao 1 Mr. O Day a capable man. He is reallx ln a legal aspect, as well . as physically, a larg man. Ther Is no objection to Judge Moore; Unless it be that It would look better, fairer, If one Democrat were put and I kept on the aupreme bench, which ahould be In the high- eat sense a non-partisan body.- But since In fact It can not be non-partisan. It should be bi-partisan. One of the i district can no longer be disguised; It Is I scarcely denied. (Hermann is an awful I bitter pin for honest Republican voter to swallow. RESEMBLANCE-HUNTERS1 WORK .r. THUMB OT TILL TOWXB. To most of you I need no Introduction. Ton hava an aaan ma In art Inn three justices should by common consent be a Democrat I And noted the grisly evidences of my I whoe specialty It is to find resemblance. (By H. R. R. Hertsberg.) -Tou cannot fully realize the rasping dullness of which human nature la capa ble unto you've met the man or womaa But the Republican party, because It has a majority. "hogs" the aupreme bench, and the bench In' Multnomah county. This ia wrong. It Isn't fair. Again let it be said that Judge Moore Is personally and judicially a very fine man; but under tbe circumstances It would not only, not handiwork. Many of you have had my card, Branded on the back, mayhap, Or elsewhere scorched upon year re luctant hlda Good breeding has laid down th quasi-rule that the finding of resem ble noes must not be indulged. In this Instance, at least, good breeding know. Its buslnesa Resemblance-hunter, doa't , confine their energy to matter, of manner and apoearanca It ta true tnat the nana For lo, these many year. I've bad you alt 1st at a nnacw be a "downright shame" If he should not receive a greater I -pc-han i took snuff vou aneesod. majority than Judge Bean received, but it would be a very When I fiddled you danced, however lit-1 who tell, you that you look like the one nmnaa hint If tha mthrit mnrJi amallMr and thl a I Tie incimea. - I narson in your circle Off reistionsnm you advance., the Individual eltlsen resists more and more Lhouldhot be taken as Indicating anyunfriendllnea. to Lhtt.,cTa,'c.uS-nUnlt,6 ?fl,L wSJE?! P. rU unwarranted Interference in Its affaJra. Th ara, nmnA rl . - . -.- .l toon to the cyclone cellars I the most common variety of the re- v their eltlsenshlp, of its Independence, of ita strength and growth. They all desire to work along common Unea for ita-mtraued- advancement. - The sons of Portland" are determined that It shall lead not only ln material wealth. and. power, but in every respect that makes for true , greatness. They Intend It shall stand peerless, the undis puted queen of this northwest Individual Interests and , personal gain must be subsidiary to the general good. ' What boot, it whether this or that man Is elected to , vome local office If hla Independence la to be taken from Jilm and he and his associates shorn of their strength? It ' is this feeling of resentment that has been awakened by the suggeated attempt to change the time of the city elec tions, as now provided in the charter, In order to further pose behind It They know that when the city election 1s Joined with the general election, municipal affairs will t receive but little If any consideration. They know that .ucii n uouicDB uiu in i) i in i w ini.rviri in -rirT inn. . p . a. i. 4rt vi m, ana are uepenaeni on tn city growth, and ,whlto' they are willing that the politician ahould apportion iut the offices so long as honest men are recipients, they . -wain no jaws passea or none cnangea that will make the work of building up the city more difficult. Rivals from ' the outside we have to meet but Internal foes will not be ' tolerated. So likewise they resent the contemptuous treaimant nt a grave question by candidates for office like Messrs. ,vuncucj, viaiiK, vapron, w&icn ana Jtioicomb. Do 'fhese gentlemen presume the average eltlsen of Portland Is going to vote for them, and place in the hands of men ,who either do not know where they stand or fear to tell, ,the opportunity to place a brake on the city's progress? v X they imagine the men who have done so much to build ; UD thl city are going to place in their hands a power which, while seeking their suffrages, will not state "how ' -they will use it? . t The Journal thinks not. There never was a city in ' fajtmarm. rrt- anw i.ni, n . i . . ,, ... , ,, .cuaui ui. nine mat. aiiowea its govern- - ment and policy to be dictated by the "gameEters." Peo ' iple may differ as to how to meet certain evils. They may ' $.ndure much but even the most "liberal" will not tolerate ' the dictation, politically or otherwise, of those who do l M hot live by honest toll, who tear down and no not build. "Portland haa stood much, may stand more. It haa Been the privllegea of the senate of the state of Oregon granted a notorious law breaker, but there Is an end to all things ; and those who make for Portland's greatness, both mor- ally and financially; those who are behind its great phll anthropiey financial transportation, and business efforts will govern this city and this "better be understood now Judge Moore, Mr. 0Day la a worthy, capable, admirable candidate. He !ajawyer w large cases here. He deserve a good vote. And it ought 'not to hurt the great Republican party a bit It s lot of t?annhllana with tha vrv Kaat nt faallnn tnwarA -Tn1a-a w a v ..., a ,..a tA I the original Holy Terror, AH.W-V, UIUTVU VJ Wf illiyiUBV TW UMTW UHUII,V IVIW AW I IjlKaWlSS tfaS OUly, And begged to be spared. For they sll know MB, . Knew Harvey, , Harvey W ' Whose home Is la the Tan Tower, Tha maa who aaya "Shut up." Mr. O'Dey. semblanee-hunter species. But there are other varieties, and worse ones. - - , A friend of mine wrote a story once upon" a time. He wrote If well Its theme was original and startling. Very casually a necklace of brilliants entered Into the plot not aaa- moUvajroa-un. deratend. but merely aa an inciaenx. Tns story pleased my friend, because it was A FEW QUESTIONS, W ILL some of the gentlemen on the Inside advise why a separate city election la not right in theory and practice? - : :. ' ; nuj u u prupoBcu vu ucwia0 iun.;r .uucu juj I Thara'a nnlv una the people without submitting the proposed amendment to I And that'a MB Whea I trot out my trusty aalokeraee I a clever atorr and principally because And get It ln motion , he knew it to be absolutely his own. Ths And let go a piercing, blood-eurdUng compliment of reproduction wa. paid yell t It widely. Harmleaa. legitimate pride The sassiest of 'm fly panlo-stricken bloomed agreeably la bis consciousness down the lonely pik aa a result ' . ' . Headed for the tall timber. - -. . ,r .. , ,; : . For there taey.be other. Then a resemblance-hunter met my But when.lt oomes to the Real Thing friend and mentioned my frlend'a story. with the name blown ln the bottle, J "it's awfully bright don't you know," the people? Why It is proposed to postpone the lection of next year to 1806? Why Messrs. Courteney, Crang, Capron, Welch, Hudson and Holcomb refuss to define their position' on this Question? Harvey, Harvey W ':: Th man ln th Tall Tower, The man that akin 'em. aid the 'resemblance-hunter, "and all that sort of thing. I enjoyed ' It Im mensely. i Rather a pity, tnougn. ian t it that Guy d Maupassant la his Tela' of a Necklace" There was no need of finishing the sentence. The shaft had gone Into my friend' Bid. His pleasure and hla pride In , his accomplishment were dimmed and tarnished from that-moment Not that th slightest real re semblance obtained; not that my friend had cause to consider himself a plagiar ist or even an imitator by th strictest tests Of conscience. . A necklace figured ia both stories; that was all. Yet he could not but feel that hla work ahould be like Caesar's wife above susplolon. At any rate, that resemblance-hunter had succeeded in muddying the clear waters of enjoyment and rendering them undrlnkabla At the theatre, in the critic's Beat the resemblance-hunter proves a pest.'Uhe reminds me," he will write of "some talented young woman'a performance, "forcibly of Angelina TuttlfruttL the- great -Italian tragedienne. Advice to the Lovelorn sr uATkiox yararax.. doubtedly me Angelina' method aha has studied and copied, with remarkable aptness. ; Her acting-' 1 excellent a splendid piece of copying! But after all, the best of copying oould hardly be called high art" - r .i , It may Injure her career beyond a cure; it may set her auoeeaa back- for a term of yeare. Tat there la no re semblance between her method and Angelina' - flhe ;. and - the Italian tragedienne each happen to have light hair and dark eyes, which la enough to start tha critic resemblance-hunter oa hla run. ' Dear. Miss Fairfax:' Will you kindly give me your view of this matter? A young lady friend of mine who worka in New Tork aad la going with a man who Uvea in one of the hotels very often goes to meet him at hla betel and haa dinner with him. Now, I say that any man who thlnka anything of a girl or respects her would not have her meet him at a hotel My friend says It Is not wrong to do so, as ah aaya many young girls do It : , ; MAUD, v I do not think young girls, unless chaperoned by an older person,, ahould meet men aad dine with them In public In this country girls are allowed many more privilege. , than they are In any other country la the world. They are trusted by-thelr parents orguardiaiur to do the right thing. In Bine cases out of tea the plan succeeds, but there is al- way! nnbappy. tenth.. who. come ao- Tou bet I'm the Real Article. There may be others, but I nnltaat onlv. Why any citizen of this city or county ahould take alrve got some venom in my sack am tha chance by voting for them? In what way Mr. Roosevelt's chances for the presidency would be Impaired or his feeling hurt if these gentlemen should be defeated? That beat the concentrated essence of '. the whole pharmacopia. Every time I breathe I raise a blister, When I snort It's like an earthquake shock And when X really turn loose to .how . 'em how It's dons Ton can see 'em shrivel, Tou can see the raw flesh peeling from . their bones, -Their physiological works immodestly bared to the Shrinking spectator Th labor union of this city should stand to a man against the proposed change in the charter. It Is the only charter Portland ever had where the representatives of labor had a part In Its framing, the only, one Where their votes counted in it adoption, the only one Where the ptin- j That'a whan Z emit 'cm, clple of the referendum waa invoked. Will they now be 1MB, willing to take a chance on men who cannot or will not say where they stand on a proposed amendment aimed at a most vital principle 7 1 - Harvey,-. . Harvey W., The man in th Tall Tower, The man with the meat ax. f gambling doesn't suit you - Move out move on, "shut up." If you want a cleaner town. 1 . If you . want other or better things. If . you want to be an American among American men -And register 'your kick whea you have a kick coming. paramount to the interests of the machine, and they may ,,n.t room tBOXlKa hm for If the Oregonlan reserves to Itself the tight to "bolt'1 or "scratch'' the regular ticket for reasons sufficient unto itself, it is barely possible there are others who reserve the same' , privileges .for themselves under similar con ditions. For instance, just now there are quite a number of citizen who believe the city's welfare and the charter man do a little - scratching on their own account- One demand ln connection with the charter should be made and enforced "No amendments without a vote of the people." The present charter ' waa adopted by the people; Jet the changes be made tbe aam wavy. That will end legislative tinkering. "','' ;- , : ' Talented Ftvtrol jragwa Horses. "K "4 f, From th New Tork Sun. . - Tha Eastr Twenty-second street police i station boasts of the two moat talented pairu wagon norse an f own;, a ney are down In the department lists as num ber So-and-So, : but are known to the , precinct polio as "Shorty', "a honor of Capt Mania Short of Brooklyn) and "Romeo" (in honor of nobody in partic ular). They make morning and after noon trlpa to the Torkvllle court, haul womeu prisoners to the East Thirty fifth street station, and make . emer gency runs to any part of th precinct If the horses' heads are turned to ward, th station house qn leaving the barn, a block .west, they jo alohgt you and ME. 1 aay so, I, v ' And what I say goes with the force of v ; a. pile driver. . . . ' , For I am ' . Harvey, Harvey W, Th Watch Dog of lh Tall Tower,' Who throw human flesh to the carrion. Who knocks down or sets' up aa suit my fancy walk, knowing that fh call la to take xnd whatever I say Goes prisoners either to court or Kaat Thirty- in this little old eommunity,' v ! - fifth street. When turned In any other Which I hav discovered, direction they realise that Speed Is re- Patented- . , . quired, and put on stearn' At the reg- And fenced in, , -,: ular hours for court duty they pass To do with it as I list ' --'" Thirty-fifth street Without turning their With it and everything it contain, head. At ail othkr time they turn In' Hear me crunch and ',.?.'.:. Instinctively.: BoiJi horses were in the "Let thl .ufflce." mountel squad feve year., , ? t -, OC, T Z. ITB FOUTXOA& A9AM-KAB. . From th Si Paul Dispatch. (Rep.) Th "aid" that hai "soms object at stake" la alwaya the aid that wish to get the assistance of the powerful arm of government to 'aid it ln Ita bus! ness. Whether It be a land grant to railways, a bounty to ship' builders, or beet sugar refiners, or a hindrance or stop to exterior competition, there is the intense, personal interest Intent upon gain, . behind It active, pushing, insistent alert, making . Itself . heard while the great mass, who will pay, are suent and uarepresentea conares men, legislators hear them only, and, In listening to them, forget the voiceless mass to whom they owe first and, es pecial duty. Specious, plausible, with patriotic words on their Hps, they ca jole and beguile legislators into compll anc. If th mass revolt and defeat them, they suffer ao disoeuragement relax nothing of effort, , and, as Gover nor Cummina' aaya, "It la not long be fore It ta dining, at, the table of the VICtOrB." . .1 i- &Jf " !. Governor Cummins speaks out of his own experience. He has met and been worsted by this Adam-sad of our poll tlca He has gone sguinet "the aide that manages i to tay on top." He dared to attack "the side that has sorr direct object at sUke."; He challenged tne superiority or . tne ng&t or tne pro ducer to .protection over - that of the lonaumer to competition and Adam-sad gave him hla decree last week that it 'is Unwise to legislats in a manner to provoke American Industries to making war upon seen oiner, tnat is to let them compete with each other. Amert can Industries must war only with for eign industries, not domestic -ones. And, in hi quiet hours, reflecting upon his battlea with, th machine ln which he fought them ' to a finish and ' won, and upon' the result of the compromise of last! year iwhea " the "standpatters' showed a' seeking 'quarter, -with paw Ilk hands 10 prayer he wlU conclude, as all who have dealt with our. Adam saQs . hav learned that ; '4r: ' ?. ? "There ik ho true with Adam-iad", the 'i:?-A538at;tltt- walks, -like manVi BTOOaT OBASS nXLOSOFXT. From th Arlington Appeal. ' A cheeky girt is bad enough, but a painted cheeky girl la infinitely worse Tou cannot be of a onny dlspositloJqt,eBtlon only you can deelda Tou must " r "-ve n'niBB oaugnnrs know whether you lov bun or not and gner. . xne greateat cnana about a young girl la her innocenoe. In aolna about hotele and publlo restaurants she la apt to have the bloom rubbed off and her eyea opened to knowledge ah haa no need of. Were Z the mother of a young daughter X would never dream of allow ing her to meet men alon and- din with them., .ir..- -; . ; : . Dear Mia Fairfax: X am a young lady. IT years of age and go with a young -man. who Is very .wealthy. He thinks a great deal of me and haa proposed sev- era! times. As I am ao young I have . ' declined. , , , t - My parents approve of hi proposal, ' he 1 a perfect gentleman. 'Kindly let me hav your advice on this subject v . v ANXIOUS y JENNIE. , 'If you do not lov the teas, by no r meana marry him, Thia seems to be a A womaa may admit that her bus band geta tight but never like x her hoe are. '. - When a . lady attends aa afternoon party her husband will welt for aupper with pleasure. Aber nit1 Almost every man know just enough about cooking , to be abl to advise hi wife bow to Cook. . : ..)!'' Th man who resolved on New Tear to quit drinking, had better resolve next. tim to quit' lying. 'V A truly good wife, 1 one who loves that la tt solution. TSTZBAVaT . ajTUUb AT nOaTT. : : From th Chicago Journal. : ' Gen. Fred. IX -Grant has settled, a question" which never should have been permitted to arlaev He haa decided that civil war veteran are entitled to prece dence ln the line of march on Memorial dayl'f;;;i:;''W'iil'wt:'''!' ''"a-Z- ''"i ! Thia ta a subject which for aeveral her husband and her. country but doea " not try to run either.,; -v- a.K 'JlJSl - Th flay bef ore, a maa geta married I "V .LI . ""..r: . . tm Vn.oa , .. .W. I WDSITW H1VIUIIU V befbre the rent la to be paid. The maa who will take an umbrella to church and leave It ln the vestibule haa true Christian ... faith. ft-J ff-.z A sad case: of domestic .Infelicity Is reported from Salem. Vust because he did not get up early enough for break fast, the wife of a teamster emptied a setting the : regular. and national guardsmen In - advanc' of the eld sol diers of the civil war was guilty of bad taste,-1 say th least va; i - If , Memorial day mean, anything, it ia tha expression of; a people's rever ence for the memory of those who died In defense of their country, and of honor to their surviving comrades in arms. Aa oasm oi oucawneat ,pvr aim ana as i ns o,BW-.l Grant truly aaya, it ia a day w vu o w uivncn, vmmmyu, "iWhioh belongs to tne veterans, and these should be given the place pf honor in all ceremonials Incident to a proper observance of the occasion. jt-, - it will not be many years until the last of these gray-haired survivors of the civil war will have gone to join the great commander. , While they are yet with u their place I at the front wnere they wer found when th co.un- wlth th . salt cllar He Jbad ,.ber ar- reated for salt and imxmrTt-iwM XOFTAXS XV TKB WOmtJB 1 From th Pol County Obssrver. Polk county Is to have the largest hopyard ln h world. The Krebs Hop company hava aet out 400 acres of vines on tne . oia nenaerson aiurpny iarra, i . --a their sarvirna. near Buena Tista. and are putting th try needed tneir aervicea yard in a fine state of cultivation. Three quarters of a million feet of lumber will be. used in the erection of . dry houses, bakery, grocery store, 'restau rant dance : ball and summer garden. The Cams around and hulldlnc will be lighted by lectriclty. It I estimated noua"; Unless th author of the all ".'XUbeloma 1mVmtnw'sj;-:?9i!&$$ From th . St Louis Republic. ' : A physician writing In the Medical Review aaya that many women whom he observes at the theatre are "hebetudt- that -44 cara will be required to haul the gatlon la a psychologist possessing pro- pickers and baggage to and from the I pensmes xor spontaneous action in the yard each year. - The yard will be the largest single hopyard in the world. there being nothing in England Or Ger many-to compare with It a -h.'PixJt-'- subconscious mind, arriving at conclu-. slons by a process of ratiocination char acteristic of phrenologists, his own case' : may, be diagnosed as dlctlonarlomaala, . $