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REOON DAILY JOURNAL,
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Published vry vnhng (except Sunday) am vry Sunday morning at Th Journal Building, Fifth and Tamhlll
. streets. Portland. Oregon.
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OFFICIAL, PAPER OF THE CITV OF PORTLAND ' '
, At wa understand the Oregonian it Belli apace tut not
opinions. Are we then to understand that the opinions
are thrown In for rood measure?
THE ISSUES NEXT MONDAY.
T
I HERB ABE practicallybut two propositions before
the people of Portland and Multnomah, county in
th. oiortinn neat Monday. These- are: Flrat,
shall the charter be changed so that the city election will
be thrown over to the same years and times as the gen
eral elections, and otherwise changed to suit the Repub
lican party machine, and the gamblers; and second, shall
Republican voters vote for the better men, for their own
local Interests generally, or lose slirht of them entirely be
cause- of the fact that President Roosevelt la to Da votea
for five months later?
x If a good Republican really believes that there la no
other name on the June ballot than Roosevelt's, mat it is
honest men In nubile office. Independent vdters ahould
concentrate their votes for Tom Word, and thus not
merely insure his election, but by a majority (hat will
prove a striking object lesson. t'
Study how to scratoh.
Polltloa ahould out no figure whan It I
comes te voting for Judgea
The Oregonian baa lot of ezcuaea or
explanation to make every day now.
The men Jwho won't ray they wilt
stand by the charter ought to be beaten.
Oregon Sidelights
THE PEOPLE'S CHANCE TO RULE.
P
RACTICALLT all of the opposition to th direct
primary law, which Is to be voted-upon next Mon
day, Is ultimately traceable to the advocates of
machine politics,
Dr. Hill is probably Inclined te re
main la Portland. And, really. Portland
will be glad to have Dr. Hill emain.
Most torpedoes are Harmless, fall to
hit anything: but when one does go off
against something It makes up for Ita
inactive fellows.
A Lebanon young man baa purchased
two young bears for 110. If he keeps
i. The people of Oregon have bad long them long enough lit will give l0 to of th .... , ,t mnmmi
th the machine , and the PoUUcal boa- Um.on. to uj them hand. I A "
viU,fcMvw ...... w.w r . -
cannot be said the acquaintance has redounded te tba ad
vantage of the people, and It U high time that tjies un-
desired factors ahould be eliminated from both etate and
local government.
care O. O. P Portland.
Mr. Cleveland baa written another let
ter, thla time to the Philadelphia North
Good government can be expected only with, good n I nomination of Judge Parker. Now
In office. The best men are rarely put forward cy me i uncle drover can go Ashing. The eon-
mohin- anf th r.ntAnt tendencv of machlna rule la I ventlon, or the Demooraoy, knowa what
eiecessarv. In order to support the president, to vote ror t lower tntt ,andarda among officeholders and to place w "
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very man. down to conatanie, on tne jtepuoncau wi.-. to offlce men wn08e flrtt allegiance wUl be to the machine yrta Blnger Hermann deeda back that
then ha ahould vote the ticket atralght. But we suppose a)d not t0 th- Tn, natural consequence la the ,000 acres of land to the people, and
there aiw very few votera who take thla extreme view, ut u f . t0 ana iegw
.who attach any weight to thla claptrap plea. Rooaevelt power that created him. The list of unfit and ttn- Lott k a,, honeit men's vote but
will be taken eare of, in aue time, no uouuu nu'w I worthy men who have been placed In ttlca in Oregon even then he couldn't: it would only be
through machine Influence Is a Ion one, and to them Is f i!i?tiV
. , . . , . v.. I it anyway. A professional grafter never
Iso often disgraced tne administration ox aiaie ana iocm
affaire.
The root of the evil Ilea In th nominating convention,
vrv Renuhlican on the ticket la elected in thla county
next Monday, or only a par of them, will have not a I
feather's weight, either In Oregon or eiaewnere, on woose-
velfa chance In November. Consider what a silly pre
tense It la that unless Jim Btott, for example, la elected
heriff. Rooeevelt la likely to loa New Tork, wherea U j where the machine la usually all-powerful. Nominations
Jim Btott la elected. New Tork Is Bare for tba president, i ... AMrmnA. not bv th neraonal fitness of the ean-
hla. pat in a concrete form, la the plea put rorjn rrom aiaatea, but by the degree of their 'aubaervlenc to the " Injury, because It ImpUee aomethlng '.fl! ';" VZZL tl a:
(By Ambrose Blerea)
(ODprrifbt, 1804, by W. B. Bttnt)
A alight la less easily forgiven than
June lWe set sail early this morning
and at six milee distant ' passed Bear
creek,: stream about M yards wlda; but
the wind being . ahead and ; the currant
rapid, we were unable to make 'more
than U mUas, to the mouth of the Oaage
river. Here we camped and (remained
the following day, for the purpose of
making celestial observations.
The Osage empties Itself Into the Mis
souri at S3 miles distant from the mouth
course la weet
Hob and level
country. At the Junetlon the Missouri
la about 175 yards wide and the Osage
897. The low point of Junction la In lati
tude IS degrees, SI minutes, IS seconds
north, and at a short distance from It
la a high commanding position, - whence
we enjoyed a delightful prospect of the
country, . ... . -
The Osage river gives or owea lta name
to a nation inhabiting Its banks at a con
siderable distance from this place. Their
present name, however, seems to- have
originated from the French tradera, for
both themselves and their nelgbbora are
called the Wabaahaa. They number be
tween U00 and 1.100 warriors, and consist
of three tribes, the great Oaagea, of about
600 warriors, living In a village en the
south bank of. the river;, the little
Osages, of nearly half that number, re
siding at a distance of six miles from
them; and the Arkansas band, a colony
of Osages of about 600 warriors, who left
them some years ago under the command
of a chief called Big Foot, and eettled on
j.- a., v. k. A.n nt th marhin and the aamnlera' 1 1 . ... u, n.i .,.. ... i .v. of contempt. Indifference, an overlook-
vw u " . T - BOBS nu m lunuiini. u-.u.ix. u.. " I ,-, nf lRinnr.nn. .htru. . 1n-
trust. I SOnnel of the ticket. Murv DreauDDoses some daarree of eon-
But a matter or more importance u vnm mnuw ob ,u tnej dlrect prmary law la adopted all thla will be slderatlon. "The black-guards!" said
acknowledged design to amend th charter In th manner cnang6ti. The nominating convention will be abollahed
Indicated. We take- It for granted that a great majority tn. M0Vt wtu make their own nominations. It will
of tha people of Portland want the charter to remain prac- tnen bfJ tmpoggibie to folat upon a party nominee who are i
tlcally Intact, until It la tried, - It-wiU- need- amending I notoriously unlit for office. The people will take back Into
somewhat, no doubt, from time to time, but Its main f- their own hand the power that has been usurped by the
turea should stand, and be given a fair and somewhat
. extended trial. , In particular, tha provision for a sep
arate city election ahould stand.- Some, probably most.
of the Republican candidates for th legislature are op-
machtne and the boss.
The direct primary Is no untried experiment Similar
lawa are In effect In th state of Minnesota and In the
cities of Lincoln, Neb, Baltimore, Ml, and Grand Raplda
traveler whom Sicilian brigands had
released without ransom, "did they
think me a pereoa of no consequence F
1 am the seat of the affections," said
the heart
"Thank you," said the Judgment "you
spare my pride."
among the largest and best formed In
dlans, and are aald to possess fine mili
tary capacities, but residing as they do
In villages, and having made considerable
advance In agriculture, they seem less
addicted to war than their northern
neighbors, to whom th us of rifles gives
a great superiority.
Among the peculiarities of thla people
there la nothing more remarkable than
he tradition relative to their origin.
Aeoordlhg to universal belief, the founder
of the nation was a snail passing a quiet
eiisteaoe along tli bank of the Osage,
till a high flood swept him down the
banks of th Missouri and left him ex-1
; Junel f, '"'t' )-',', -
Soagtlm and haytlm.-,i :.'
Thla la especially th montli of mu-
Isio.and of fragrance. ,. . .
The famous and luscious eherr! of
Oregon will soon be rip.- - - -
' Love and kisses, tenderneee and trust,
are natural to the aeaaoa. - " - - - v.
Th peeling" of chlttlm bark la"
ploying hundreds of people ; .-. -
Oregon - undoubtedly ' produeea
flneet atrawberrlea on earth.
th
Th hop acreage of Oregon 1 grad-
Gold Hill Newas iTh big . rerervoir
that ' supplies th city water waa
cleaned out on . Tuesday last Thanks.
poaed to the ahore. Tha heat of th aun I nally Increasing: it la already the great '
at length ripened nun into a man, but i est nop producing etat Ja th nnioa.
wun tn cnang or ov nature oe naa
not forgotten his native aeat on the
Osage, towards ' which . he Immediately
bent his way. He was, however, soon
.w.1r. k ftitinaM mrtA tmianm whan
happily th great spirit appeared, and! ' A lot of Immigrants have arrived by
giving hba a bow and-arrow, showed 1 tn oid-raantoned prairie sohooner route -htm
how to kill and oook deer and clothe In th Rogu river, valley from Okla-
himsaif with th skin. H then nroeeeded l noma
to his original residence, but a be ap
oroaehed the river be was met by a
beaver, who Inquired haughtily who ha
waa. and by what authority he came
to disturb his nossesslon. Th Osage
answered that the river waa his own, for
hs had once lived on Ita borders. As they
Frosts have don some apparent dam
re in -some localities, but it reeilr
did" little , harm for' It lnolted people
to harder and better work. .
In th eastern Oregon wheat belt a
stood disputing the daugnter ot u oea-i i""f ru uraa iv m v nusneis
ver came and, having by her entreaties, wn-mi per, acre. every year, tie can
reconciled her father to thla young 1 nowhere lse on earth,
stranger. It waa proposed that th Osage . ' ' ' 1 ' - , v
should marry the young beaver and share Th increase of th eheep crop la
with her family the enjoyment et th arly 160 per cent rather more than
river. The Oaage readily consented, and average, and there Is nothing hap-
Ma tiannw nninn that Booa oi.mi plr under th shining aun than an
th children and th nation of th Wavl Oregon, lamb, . . ; ;vl ,4
basha, of Osages, who have sinoe pre-1 -
served a pious reverence for their aneea- xn great eet area of ommrolaUy
tore, abstaining from tha chase of the 1-vb' tlmbr la th United Bute
beaver, because in killing that animal Jf"- " ,.Htrmf J'"
they killed a brother of th Osage. Of gobbled most of It the tfmber la
late years, however, since th trade with thr to benefit thousands of people bo
th whites has rendered beaver sains I . . , , y
more valuable, th sanctity of these ma- n.i''. . 1 ' r
. , v.. 4.iki. MiinMuf mnA I . Dayton Herald: O. R. AbdlU and aon
th poor animals have nearly lost all their ""V -l-othlag -of a
privUeges of the kindred.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
poaed to th changes desired by the gamblers' trust and I gnd Detroit Mich. In eVery case th operation of the law
the Oregonian. But other kr undoubtedly in favor of hM been bjjbjy aatlsfactory and 1U reeulta have been
thes changea, or are doubtful.- Those men ought to M moBt beneficial.
A popular author la he who writea
what the people think. But genius In
vites them te think something else.
A oheap and easy cynicism
everything: a master of the
Portland. Or, May S0.TO the Editor
of The Journal The atatemente made
flrat by Mr. H. C. Bowers of the Portland
hotel in the columns of the oregonian,
and then bv the Llauor Dealers' asso-
raila at olatlon of this city, In regard to the die-
art ao- gatlsfactlon of the people in Texas wita
atlon In lta leaflet Indeed! That
"ruin" Is like th whisky General Grant
drank, which President Lincoln said he
would like to glv to aom of tha other
1 generals.
Mr. Editor, your correspondent has
taken the Oregonian, with the exoep-
wholesal business In making tin cane
for th Dayton Evaporating company.
Last week they mad 700 five gallon
cans to be used for th canning of
evaporated vegetables. They also made
th earns number of smaller cans, to
be need for canning evaporated eggs.
AbdlU works up a great Quantity of
tin in the course of a year, .
Hlllaboro Independent! Taint la flow-'
Ing freely In Hlllaboro these days and
It aeema aa If the 'Improvement fever"
baa taken firm hold of our oltlsena.
eaten. There la not th alighteat danger that th Re- Th. .d0Dtlon of tbe which I. to be submitted to th -kI.'w " , .'T" 4W""U iooai opn ww pr-jau- ; - w --- - " -Zrty,:'- "'Z
' I eem v wmbvi HUliisiMvm I inBT ITIM. Brn DjnOIUU17 ILUU W U VI I W W wMBe V p swiHUiw av -asa-aT w- 9 " - w
your eorramondent. who was reoenUy 1 with which the paper Is edited, but there city of Hlllsboro, and aa many visitors
Wben publicly censured, our flrat In- a resident of that etate for 10 years. Is one thing that he, along with all good will be her during th next two years
Istlnct is to maks everybody a eo-de-1 tn ha untrue: and were the content of people, admires a thousand tlmea more I w cant make things look too nice.
publican will not have a large majority In th legislature I TOters of Oregon next Monday will bring emancipation
anyway, and there la no United Btatea aenator to elect
f next winter. Therefor votera ahould vote- for tha In
terests of themselves, their neighbors, the city, In th face
of such circumstances, regardless of politics.
-'Thi la the common sens vlsw of th situation, and we
believe great majority of voter will agree that It la
so. : party fealty is all right but it baa or ahould hav
lta limits. Votera re not obliged to Injure themselves In
order to "save" a party, or help along the schemes of a
lot of politicians, even if some of them are good fellows,
from an evil which has been a constant drag upon the pro
gress of the state.
WHY BOTHER?
HE CAT at last la out of th bag. The world may
now know what it has long been anxious to dis
cover, which la why all reforms fall, even when
succeed. Aa usual our "Smlte-'em" contemporary,
fendant
"Who art thour said Meroy.
"Revenge, the father of Justioe." '
Thou wearest thy son's clothing."
"The climate Is rigoroua"
"Farewell. I go to attend thy vsm."
"Do he is biding in yonder Jungle."
It la the vice of democracies that
Beautify tne noma, and at th same
time glv th sidewalks attention. They
need it , -
HOW TO BE SURE OF A GOOD SHERIFF.
T
thaw i
.. i. -.. , ih nnA..in nir. hnnaw '"' Tinu- oi ooiuormuT. TO see COW a ooounwni iiu aina wwo
' r; , ,a w TT , . . hdlfter is to be infamous, the only die-1 escape from the nari
a communication to . the editor 0X lam m a puouo journal, ana uu im jnuraj
Oregonian, which, however, waa never I oourage, tne anility wnen tn laaue is
permitted to aee the light of day. cieariy joined netween order and oiaor-
Wblle the man in charge or tne DUSl- I aer, ueoency ana uaeoeucy, morainy ana
ness office downstairs solemnly affirms Immorality, to take a stand for th right:
.v. .-.i.i. .. n tin I and thla the Orea-anian has shown itself
editorial rooms, those who are In eharge utterly unable 'or afraid to dot and for fid. off the ground and awing and shake
there clare that It never arrived at its I this reason he has mad up hi mind tjrisly,,d throw to. poor llttl
uja oereaiter as wut nave o get aiong
without lta daily visit. Very truly
yours, W. B. WRIGHT.-
Th writer saw Monday a woman
Jerk her little child, lees than two years
destination. : Of course, it is not pos
sible for u "With the light we have to
t HE CONTEST over th election of th next aherlff
of Multnomah county la peculiar In that there are
alx candidates for the office whose names will ap
near upon tb ballot For no other county office ar
there more than four candidate In th field and for dls
trict attorney there ar but two. There la danger that
"with so many candidates for sheriff to choose from, the
independent voters will scatter their strength and so make
It Ineffective, (
Two of th candidates, the nominee of th prohibition
1st and of tbe Socialists, are conceded, even by their
supporters, to hava no chanc of election. Those who
vot for them will do so as a matter of prlnciplfr- but
j.Avitnout any expectation of seeing the men of their choice
in office. The fight therefore, Ilea between th four re
maining candidates. '
f5 Jamea""StotS: th -regular Republican nominee, has th
support of the, machine, but by a large element In th
community be la regarded as the exponent of methods
' ' which for year have involved our county government In
scandal. Only three years ago a grand jury found that
Stotltnen 7fleputy "In "th eherifTa "ofHce," had been
guilty of aystematic grafting. According to their report
' he had carried It on for three years, at first without much
attempt at concealment and arterwards, wnen it had been
declared by th attorney general to te a breach of the law
"and an-Imposition--upon the county, the graft waa con-
. tlnued In secret, artfully hidden In a way that waa .ex
pected to shield Stott from discovery. - The facta are un
disputed, they are of official record. The grand jury
recommended that the county bring suit to recover th
money which Stott had illegally appropriated. In view
-of this blot upon hie record, voters who are sincerely de
" elrous of putting an end to' the abuses which have die
' graced the sheriff's office cannot cast their ballots for
Stott
Sheriff Storey Is seeking reelection aa an independent
Republican. On the ground that his election would be -a
rebuke to the party machine, he is receiving many p.-om-,
lees of support But Storey's administration of the office
',, for the past two years has not been such as to commend
It: "And this la the aecret of th failure of moral "reform
movement' everywhere; they undertake to enact the
ethical philosophy of human Ufa, which th average man
doea not believe In, for tha every day publio opinion of
local aelf Interest."
We trust under the circumstances that every one will
try to be good, as he can, that every one will cease re
forming or attempting to reform, recognising th ethical
impossibilities of -opposing this enlightened self interest
of which the Oregonian so eloquently speaks, doubtless
out of the abundance of Its own experience. Things are
aa they are, therefore leave' them so. They ar bad, let
them grow worse. For what would you havef Tou have
ethical philosophy to start In with, It is true, but what Is
ethical philosophy when social self Interest 1 opposed to
it? Tou hav beard of social self Interest that delight
ful human characteristic which has no higher motlv than
to look our for Itself and let the devil take tha hindmost.
It , ia that aelf interest which would grind the weak and
which, unrestrained and un tempered by the' leaven of hu
manity and human chajity, would make of the race a race
of ravening wolves. Therefore don't attempt to reform
anything. So long aa some of us are doing very well, so
long aa most of the rest are hewers of wood and drawers
of water, so long as It "pays' to proteot and encourage
things ethically called evils which are dally prostituting
and debauching tha community let us keep it up and let
no man say nay.
Theoretically great Is ethical philosophy but practically
great is social self Interest which pays BOO per cent on
the dollar in cold American money and if it incidentally
debauches who cares, for haven't we our ethical phil
osophy to fall back on In a pinch? .
WHICH?
I
T IS WITH becoming diffidence, flying aa we needs
must In the face of "social self Interest" a doctrine so
delightfully expounded and exemplified by our illum
inating contemporary, the Oregonian, that we rise
him to any man who believes that tie office should be run modestly to Inquire whether In the upbuilding of a sub-
on business principles and with due regard for the In- utantial American community an institution like the Reed
terests of the county and the taxpayers.
Nathan H. Bird, who is also in the fight as an In
dependent Republican, has a clean record and neither It
this nor in previous campaigns when he has been a can
dldate for the same office have his opponents brought any
charge against him which reflected upon his personal In
tegrlty. Two years ago he demonstrated hla Independence
by rejecting the regular Republican nomination because It
was coupled with the condition that the machine
Should control the patronage of the1 office. Bird
has enthusiastic supporters and he will receive a bulky
labor vote. But appearances indicate that he cannot be
elected. The workingmen are not unanimous In their sup
port ot him and It is doubtful whether his vote will exceed
that which he received two years ago.
Under these- circumstances Tom Word is the logical
candidate of every voter who wants to Bee the sheriff's
office administered in the interest of the people and not
of the spoilsmen. Word is pledged to reform the abuses
which have disgraced the office in the past. If he 1b
elected the fees which have hitherto gone Into the pocket
' of the aherlff will be1 paid into the couty treasury, and
. th grafting In connection with legal advertising will
cease. ; Th office will no longer be a mere adjunct of a po
' lltlcal machine. Word's personal character is above re
proach and h ia known as a man of Unquestioned lh
tegrity. B will have the united support of his own
party, and h ahould hav also the support of all good
ritleen, whatever their politics, who believe in putting
Institute, for which the late Mrs. Reed bequeathed about
three quarters of a million dollars, is of as much con
sequence as the Portland Club, great factor as it un
doubtedly is in the public and private life of the city?
Which is calculated to do the most good, which will bene
fit the' most people and which will raise the highest and
best standard? When these questions are answered we
should like to ask which class of producers It is best for
Portland's real Interests to encourage and which to order
to "shut up" and which, finally, to drive out of town, as
the Oregonian has rather unkindly set about to do with
some men of the community who appear to have all or
many of the requisites of good citizenship except a dis
position to gamble or Indulge in those other lurid recrea
tion which it Is not quite so polite to name1 by name but
for which the administration of Portland and the po
lltlcal machine behind it stand so solicitously and even aggressively?
A Toteet and m Vropaeoy. ,
Portland. May IL To th Editor of
Th Journal- WetJd you kindly allow
m apace la-your valuahls paper to re- hav been mothers, or wives, or any.
A
terrified thing on Its feet over , and
over again. This happened , on First
street near Washington. How would
that woman like to be seised by A giant
10 tlmea her else, and thus flung around
and shaken, ah being helpless, as this
babe waa? There are mother only a
few, let us hop wno ? should never
MavMw AAnflnM of tha
tn nait, tear asiae ine- veu mai nas nioaen me mystery tlnction that they reward is a high de- chute which communicates between the
and to the great delight and illumination of th wondering gr of resemblance I two room, and go skylarking into
..m .!...- km la twm it Anm 1 " I spaoet nut. aa tn oitor says ao tai-
i uuu niui - Lmw uajra na anaaiiim." mwut t Tnonrn wtm noil Yin, nm ihvh in miratciBi i.
aumorlst seised a pen, sat down and of course It must be that something like piy to aa article of which I read in thla thin but shVaevIla
waa funnv" I ,iifa ,nnV ni.M ltr.. VAltnr nf Tha Tour- l .. v. .... -.1"" uw-winm
vv .... - T iuviiuuia vniuoiui iw. wiwriat m
nal. wnen I give you tne suosianoe oi this moraine's Orea-onian la a atranae
Diana im me speeon or mm wno roD I mat aruoi l inina wou wui uoaeraiana
the literary garbage carts on their wav why it "never reached the editorial
to th dumps. rooms." It is this, vis: "No consid
erable portion of the people of Texas
to women a general truth baa neither I believe that any depression in business
value nor Interest unless shs can make which may exist in a limited section is
a particular application of it And we
say that women are not practical.
TOK WOXD,
From
Harrlsburg (Linn
Bulletin.
Tom Word, the irrepressible traveling liquor business
attributable to anything but the drought
which has been prevalent there. The
liquor men, of course, lay It all to the
local option law; but no one else doea
One kind of business there, and In all
County) the local option counties throughout the
state, is greatly aepressea mat is tne
but that business in
contradiction from beginning to finish.
denying that a vicious attack wa ever
mad upon Dr. EL P. HUL yet at th
ami time brand him a liar and a
Pharisee, also that Portland ia a clean
city, but admit that gambling, licen
tiousness and drunkenness ar practically
necessary evils and that it la Impos
sible to suppress them. It is In no
sense loyal to our otty to harbor crisis
within its borders, but vloe versa.
Mow, It is a well known fadt that the.
Oregonian has always fought moral re
forms of every description, that it is
Jacksonville Sentinel: Jacksonville's
glory and lta prosperity departed with
th working out of th great placer de
posits in thia vicinity and now It la
quit certain that a second mining,
boom 1 to bring a new era of pros
perity to the old town. With th d
velopment of th big gold bearing
quarts ledges In th vicinity of Jack
sonville giving employment to several
hundred men this town will take on a
new and permanent prosperity that
will make of it one of the leading
towns of southern Oregon. Th. de-'
velopment of th Applegate copper
POLITICAL POINTERS
salesman who is the regular Democratic general is In an unsatisfactory condi- also, to those who ar able to read be-1 mine will be another large factor in
nomine xor snennr in Multnomah tion, except in a xew arougni-Bincaen tweea tne lines, infldeilo tn tone, and Jacksonville's prosperity.
oounty, noias rawer a. unlaue Doition I counties, is utterly raise, i our corre- just so lonsr. a the Orexonlan'a influ-
in the six -cornered fight being waged spondent wa a resident for 10 years of ence bears upon the minds of tha masses
for that offloe. He has by an experience one of th vary first counties In that of th people of our elty and corn
er many long years all over the state state which in the exercise of the right munlty. Just so long will Jurors decide
established a character for lnflezibia riven them by the legislature, voted the as they do. for It is a weH known fact
honesty and reliability, which are being saloon out of every precinct within its that an ably edited Journal 1 a power
taken into account by the voters; also borders by a two-thirds majority. There ful factor for either good or evil,
the fact that he la th only man in the alwaya haa been an element there which The Oregonian, I am sorry to say.
race who utterly refuses to Dledae him- has been dissatisfied with the workings eaters to popular sentiment In other
self outside the straight duties of of that law, but that element is the sa-I words, pulls th strings that has th
snennr, anouid ne be elected, promises loon element; ana onoe, and lt.-may-faav I-largesVaumbf -of flsh -on it line.-
reform and relief to th taxpayers and been twice, this element succeeded In I When the Salvation Army started Its
Portland Advance: Any "babywho
vote th straight Republican ticket in
the June ejection is a logger-bead and
a dummyl -We hava all of- our oives -
been ardent Republicans, straight ones.
especially the heavy ones, that are turn- securing a resubmission, of that law to I crusade against sin in this city th Or-(too, but there is a Republican condition
ing mem ra mm oy tne score, without a vote or tne people; out oy a mucnigonian was loud and long in Its frequent existing nere in Muitnoman county, and
referenoe to political affiliation. Tom larger majority than at first did the
word is having the united support of the people say: "We will tolerate no sa-
wholesale houses of Portland, and all! loons in our county." Times are not
the traveling salesmen, and taken with so "lively" no was they were when the
his host of other friends, it is conceded I saloons were In full blast when a few
vicious attacks against them, but today 1 In Portland especially, unparalleled In
they are seen marching through our the annals of Republican rule anywhere
streets with flying banners, beating in th country, It seems all right for
drums and singing their hallelujah white men to change their minds and
songs and men and women are being! switch from one party to another (any-
ABgOITJTZI,T STOW.
The fact that the Oregonian ia eo insistent on the
ticket" being swallowed whole is an excellent reason for
the people to view the proposition with suspicion. There
can ba no mistake made if the mysterious and silent
Messrs. Courteney, Capron, Crang, Hudson, Welch and
Holcomb are scratched and others substituted In their
places. President Roosevelt won't care, for Senator Ful
ton aaya his majority will be 30,000 in the state-in No
vember and that even the Democrats are going to vote for
him. . . -
: ' A fi-i ' J- h Bogs of. Wa.
--Trom th New Fork Tribune.1
' Th !"dog of war In then days as
sist in field hospital work. In Germany
i ;.& Italy 4M Bernard doga hav been
trained for years so as to aid, after an
engagement,, bearer parties in - their
search for the wounded, especially at
night Russia, apparently, has.; no ca
nine corps, and Major Richardson of
Carnoustie, England, who has made a
specialty of-twiaing ambulance dogs,
has received a communication from t
Petersburg asking him how many he can
supply for service in the far east'
that he has a' bright proapeot of being drunken cowboya, fired by whisky, were resoued from the ranks of sin and where, Just so they have an office) : it's
elected. I accustomed to '"paint the town red." and I added to the ktnadom of our Lorii. I all rlaht for our United Btatea aenatora
terrorise the whole community a la I The Oregonian has changed Its tune. I to change their minds in regard to th
CorvaUls,-. ; few Sunday nights 1 because the Salvation army is becom-jsilver or gold standards, but when it
ago). The saloon men, like the Arabs, Ing popular. There should be no differ- come to the "darkles' if the Repub-
Ihave "folded their tents and, silently ence between city government and lican party nominated a wet dog they
stolen away," but the money which for- family government Are we, as parents, would be expected to bowl and vot th
merly went Into the coffers of the sa-1 Justifiable In allowing our children to I straight Republican ticket, as many ar
loon men. which was spent in debauch- practice the vices because sin abounds? Inclined to want to do todav. . -
ery and court proceedings, Is now being Joshua said: "As for me and my house, I .
turned into another channel, Is going I we will serve the Lord." So let u not Springfield News: Because you vot
Into sheep, and cattle, and homes, and be discouraged, for as Gideon, with bia for the best men for eountv offices. re-
Improvements of every kind. Roads are S00 men, conquered that great army of gardlesa of their political affiliations,
being Improved, On buildings ar going Midionltes, so may we go forth in the will not hurt Roosevelt on iota. This
up, and the signs of prosperity are on spirit of our mighty God against the hot air preached bv the leadln nanera
every band. Your correspondent knows enemy, sin, putting to flight the de- that "a straight ticket is an endorse
whereof he speaks. He is in constant stroyer from out our fair city, that our ment of Roosevelt'" is nothing less tha
touch with the people of Texas. He sons and daughters may dwell safely, the politician's crook about the voter's
regularly reads two of the newspapers "not by might nor by power, but by neck, and thev will not stand far it Tha
published in that state, which speak of my spirit salth the Lord of hosts."" tissue now is clean, honest men for our
(By H. R. R Hertsbera.)
The muslo wasn't clever.
The action wasn't bright
But still the piece was hailed with
Approval and delight
What made the public cheer It
In glee, and sit all through.
Was that it held a Joke which
Rang absolutely new.
Last night Z found a volume
Entitled: "Jests of Khirst
Court Jester of the Pharaoh,
Lord Rhameses the First"
And in this book, five thousand
And odd years old for true,
I read that Joke the publio
Deemed absolutely new I
Japanese stnmor.
Washington Correspondence N. T. Sun.
A story is being told in military and
diplomatic circles here that' in view of
the recent Japanese successes, appears
to have as much truth as humor in It
An officer of the United States a'rmv sa- I convict
lected to accompany the Russian forces that 89 of these counties had only one
In the field, was well acquainted with each; that in the territory covered by
tne memoers or tne Japanese legation the local option counties there was one
in Washington, and told one of them of convict to every 1,500 of the population,
his new duty. while in th remaining territory of the
."Before you gc," said the Japanese, state there was one to every 600 people, mistake In the matter,
i nwu jr u vYvuiu aciiu a vauaaa-a or
the prosperity there prevailing in glow
ing terms.
One he haa Just laid down, in speak
ing of this condition of things, says:
"Everybody seems to be wearing a smile
as broad as a niggers smile in a water
melon patch In the month of June. In
fact peace and plenty reign on all
sides." ... . ...
An investigation made last winter re
veal 1 the fact that from 23 local option
cevnties of Texa-j there was not une
In the state penitentiary, and
a MUiHUK. county offices There Is plenty of tlma
I . ; . I . 1 -,--
next zau to elect Roosevelt
Favors the Appointment
Oregon City. May 30 To the Editor coqulile city Bulletin: Judge Potter
of The JournalSino th department was pottering around town Wednesday
has appointed Adolpb Asohoff forest presumably trying to mould the votera
supervisor over the heads of th entire clay lni the potter's hands; but Coos
Oregon delegation, please allow me, and county, votera have been hardened by
othera of hla Clackamaa oounty friends, the excellent record of Judge Hamilton
to publicly congratulate him. The "d on June will give Mr. Potter a
merited honors, which have long been Place in the potter's field, there to rest
aue, out yet unsougnt Dy mm, are now I unuisturoea tnrougn tne endless i age
Deing oestowea. iie is quaiinea in every I " uouiiaa ootivion.
respect for tbe position. - He is not a
schemer but a man who would say,
judge me by my works; give me what
I am worth." The department has so
Judged him, and has certainly made no
I do not admire
F
JVBT FXAXBT XVK
your visiting cards to the legation."
"That's a curious reauest." remarked
tne American officer. "What in the
world do you want with a package of
my visiting cards T'
"Oh! merely to send them to the offi
cers in tne Japanese army, so you'll be
well taken care ot, when you are cap
tured," was the response.
. ' Fraetloal Pointer.
From the Chicago Newa
"I think," said the manufacturer! "It
would be a good idea to advertise this
new brand of soap aa being absolutely
pure."; . ,-; x
'Don't do it dad,", protested bis son.
who had recentlygraduated - from a
school where advertising la taught while
you wait. "Make it 98 per cent and the
women will snap it up for a bargain."
From the New Yoifc Mail. ' .
Among the kin of Dr. Farkhuret la a
nrAnnlvna amall hnv 1 .....
As the result of sil this a strong tem Roosevelt as aom do. but If he favoraf the Madison Square pastor as the wls-
perauuo leeims bxiblo uiruugnuui tne the merit avBtam. aa rannrtM In thi.
state, ana insieaa oi trying to nave tne ease,, he is so far commendable, If this
taw repeaieu, as mr. wwe aaia, tne system prevailed in county and state.
people are siowiy out steaauy putting J instead of illiterates being pulled
moii vuMuun hv vim tnrougn county conventions by political
oolumn, while th saloon counties are bosses, as Is the case In Clackamas
sivwiy ueiixuBiug tn uuuiuer. county today, there would be fewer In
now iuoai upuon rumea exas eompetente in our stat legislature.
towns," aaya tne liquor ueaiers' associ-1 . - . : X.
Vot a Safe Bet
, From the Chicago News.
"Tea, my boy," said the parson during
a call, as fas laid his hand on tbe family
Bible, "every word in this book is tru."
"Well, I know th words are true." re
joined . the wis youngster,- "but X
wouldn't advise you to bet on the fig
ures sister has been monkeying with on
the family record page" .
Tnol Sam .In Action. -
From tbe Philadelphia Inquirer.'
A New Tork man who stole a letter on
Saturday was arrested, tried and gent
to prison within two and a half hours
after h committed the offense. If he
had stolen a railroad the process would
have taken -at least : a many ". years,
and most probably he would never hav
been tried at all
eat of men. , Recently' he received hla
first instruction n in .holv writ tha -'
them being the account of th creation
given In th Book of Genesis. - Filled
with aw and speculation he pressed " '
Dr. Parkhurst for explanations.
"Is it true," he asked, "that a crea- '
ture Ilk you or me waa made by God
out Of dust?"
"So th Bible says," . was the gray
reply. ' 1
l. "Just auch stuff as that?" persisted '
the urchin, pointing to a heap of wet
clay thrown from; a trench la tha
atreet .ja-v--
"That stuff, my, child. Is cast up by -
Tammany street contractor. - If God -made
a human being out of it th ham
of th creature would not b man."
"What would It ban, 1 -