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EditoriflS Pago of JiSi3
-, (PORTLAND, i OREGON.
. Saturday, july 2, m.
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C a. JACKSON
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-OPPICIAL',
NOTABLITDISSENTINQ
HE, Colorado supreme court, by
upheld the revolutionary act
Tnody and his military satellite
. bullpeha and. deporting men not convicted nor even, spa
clflcally accused of any crime, but from thito decision Jiis-
, tlee Steel of that court baa (lied. a notable dissenting opin
Ion. the gist of which may be gathered
.-extracts: ' '.. ' .
. ;"' he present executive la the sole
dltbmahlch can call into action the
, the? government, and can exercise all
r . t . . .w- .,1.1 -
to enectuaiiy aoms wie (;vuuiiiuh.i
;V department cannot. Inquire Into 'the legality of hla ;
' acts, the next governor, may by his ukase exercise the
V 'same arbitrary power. If the- military authority may '
deport the .miners this year It can deport the farmers,
.. next year. ' . ' '.'-".. , . 1 , ' ' -' ;V.V. ' ' ' i-v"
,':.' If a strike which is not a rebellion must' be so re-';
garded because the n-overoorBays'lt Ja, then any con- .
, dltion jnust'-b regarded as a rebellion which the gov-.:
" ernor declares to be such; and If any condition must
,' be regarded as .a rebellion because the governor says
, so, then any' county. In" tha. state"1 may be de. .
' clared to be' In a state of rehelllon, whether
a rebellion exists or yiat, and every cltlsen .
subjected to arblttary arrest and detention at the; will
and pleasure of the head of the executive department. ..
We may then, with each succeeding
.' ecuttve-branch of the government, have class arrayed
' against class, and. Interest against Interest, and we
hall depend for our liberty net upon
. but upon the grace and favor of. the governor and .his
'; military subordinates. ""..'
'... In no other case presented to this court have prln
elplec -so Important and far-reaching been Involved.
:'! . The court has -evaded thetuhdamental questions;
presented, 'and has based It decision upon theories
long ago determined .by Juries and statesmen to be 11-
" logical and false. '. . " v " ". . ":tt
- The questions Involved, Justice Steele
. very foundation of our government;"
the majority of tha; court, ha declared,
cedent that Is so repugnant to my: notions of civil liberty.
f o antagonistic to my Ideas of a republican form of gov
ernment, and so shortclng to my sense
Justice, that I cannot properly characterize It."
; In Colorado, as in Oregon, three
supreme court, and the other two united Jn an opinion bus
talnlng the acts of the governor and his military chief.
T The late Justice Thayer, then of the
Oregon, once delivered a characteristic dissenting opinion,
upon which a witty lawyer, who like almost everybody else
perceived that he had completely upset the false theories
-and illogical cpncluslonsjof the other two, remarked:
'T'hayer .ls rlght, but"two. deuces always beat a lorie
ace." Colorado needs to discard" one of Its Judicial deuces
"at the first opportunity, and "dravr another ace. ". .-
THE EXAMPLE OF
G
i HICAGO, that Is contemplating
of publle utilities, especially ,
perhaps other American" cities
ing in' this direction, can study' with Interest and possible'
advantage the results of this policy In British cities,, of
which Leeds furnishes a good example, . -During
1808-4 the receipts from that city street rall-
ways, or tramways, as they are called there, were 11,863,
S35, as against 11.288,152 In 1803-8. The' surplus, howeVer,
owing to Improvements, reduction of fares and Increased
wages, was. over $288,074 .In the latter year, as against
,1301,810 In tha former. The gross profit during the- past
year waa '6639.806. from which, to obtain tha net foroflt
are 'deducted vsrlous sums for depreciation. Income tax, !
and Interest, leaving a net profit of 8416,618.' From this a
. redemption fund -of 2128,348, 8s deducted, leaving the net
surplus at'the sum stated. This Is said to be, however,
the largest 'profit shown by the tramways In any city In the
United Kingdom. . The fares on the Leeds, railways are 8
EXPERT ON HOOD RIVER BERRIES
- . "The strawberry season Just closing
suggests a lesson or two - that the
farmers of Hood river valley would- do
. well to' learn," says H. T. Davidson of
tha Davidson Fruit company In the Hood
' River Glacier. "It ' demonstrates that
- rotation, of crops Is best for strawber
ries; it further teaches that the farmers
should raise a few raspberries and
-cherries.; - y
"Land that has produced strawberries
. year after year showed the need of a
cHange of crop this ftr. The fruit was
i- not of the quality , that grew on land
that had been used for rotation of crops,
' as clover ,or potatoes. A man who puts
but 12 of bis 20 scrvs into strawberries
will reap mora profits than the-.farmer
- who places alt of hta Jo-acra ranch into
' . berrlaa Ha can give the 12 acres bet
. tar attention for tha sama coat .and. by
rnganfrTjr-ptsnTSTjnta new soli every
three or four years 'the quality, of, the
v fruit will more i than piake up the
- difference iti the sise.of the patch.
"Hood river must produce a berry of
fine quality to compete with the east-
'era berry. This year a carload of ber
ries went all the way to Cleveland,
" where the fruit was distributed into the
cities of western New Tork and Penn
sylvania. .The fruit .is said, to have
' arrived in very fine shape. But the
' dealers there say they cannot handW
a anything - less then a four-tier berry.
There are .plenty of home grown flve-
'tier berries, and to get a fancy price for'
. the Oregon berries the fruit must be a
fancy article. In Chicago '. tha Hood
liver berries sold for Just' twice what
tha Michigan berries bropuht. .But-th
' barrtes must be extra- fancy or the Jl a
i erata freight bills will" ear away all the
profit.
"nasphfiTlee aranowrqmg at 33 a
rrate, and thre'is not euougTrPf -the
- -fruit to nit mil orders w receive.' Every
farmer should plant a few, a half sore
or so.. They are of'llttle trouble, and
ran be planted along the fence next to
tha Irrigating ditches. If the valley
had the berries, the cannery could afford
'to put 4 cents a pound for raspberries
and. po"lbly 6 cents. I wouldn't advise
tha farmers to plant 'exclusively to
raspberries, possibly a half, acre, or so.
Just what s'Jjfarmrr ai4 hla family can
tnke rare of wlth,ouV.addltionaI exprnae.
The four or ntye- -emtearavay ould
' bring to. town . would go a- long - way
toward paying his grocery bill. The
Cutlibert raspberry doea well In IIoo
river. ... ' ',
"If there wars moUirh tit a variety of
. ' fruit grown; hers the cannery coCild sse
mure of tus As i It la now. sirawtwrrles
. are tha only fruit for canning extensive
' lr Kew daalets care te Jiaadle a car.
?.ia of eanaed strawberries, but If ws
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PAPER OP ,THB CITY OP
OPINION.
been raised during
a majority pinion,
of Governor Fea,-
Electric lighting
of Leeds, the total
In. imprisoning in
which 8240,751 was
Interest and sinking
Gradually, in the
It may reasonably
from the following
Leeds and other
Judge of the con-
'military power of
large profits that,
tions will be retained by the people..- '
means necessary
4iiIi.IA m
A BLOW
HE OREdON
tlon of the
Lewis an,d
character.' There
of spirit exhibited
is yielded that on
department does
Cark stamps the
and the exposition
ef the stampa Is
ciple for which' the
exposition should
cal In character,
change In the ex-
will be general In
that constitution.
relations of Portland
ern side of South
peojJteT" r '.
promptly.xesented
other-ar-wallerx6sttlonBhomauWy3le
said, "strike at the
and the opinion of
an event among tha
"establishes a pre
our national history.
of propriety and
Justices comprise the
; .polled -8,600
creased to 8,500, and
supreme court of
nial if Irregular
standards occurred,
LEEDS.
Then It rose again
1904?. -J -
the munlcipallxatlon
There might seem
street railways, and
that exhibit a lean
yond any former
with either, but on
ists had nominated
pected to gain a
as the candidate
their record vote of
J !:..
, 1 The- surest
aim, kneeling.-?
could put up a mixed car of. straw
berries, raspberries., cherries, tomatoes.
etc, we could find easier markets for
the eannery products, and we could., in
this manner dispose of more canned
strawberries. 4 ,
"Hood river cad growths best straw
berries in the world, that's a fact. But
ths farmers must expect to do business
st a smaller profit per crate. Unless
they see a dollar flroflt per crate toe
many-of the growers will let the fult
rot on the vines. This is poor business.
The merchant figures on marginal
profits and the shrewd farmer must do
likewise If he looks for success in his
undertaking." .
Commenting en this the Glacier says
editorially: " -.
Mr. Davidson probably bas ths straw
berry' situation better In hand than any
other" man In Hood River. In addition
to the suggestion Mr. Davidson offers to
growers, he says tha question of freight
rates is becoming a' serious -one. The
Northern Paoiflo company deliberately
advanced the freight charges 30 per
cent or more this year, and ths O. R. A
N. refused to haul' the C. F. X. cars
unless there was a train of five or more
oars. - This prohibited the Hood River
berries from going into the Southern
markets when the prlee was good there.
If one or two cars .could have gone Into
the nfliidle west and southern markets
each day for a' weak before the berries
were dumped n by the train load the
good -prlcea could have been taken ad
vantage of,- says -Mr. Davidson. The
railroad companies are making too good
a thing out of the . Hood river, straw
berries. They know thefrult here sells
well and they have taken advantage of
the shippers to demand- more than their
share of the spoils. , -
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From the Kansas City BUr.
Judge Goods' of Virginia tells of an
interview ha had with Judah P. Benja
min when the latter was Confederate
secretary of - war. "You are a lawyer,
are -you not?", asked Mr.t Benjamin.
Mr. Goods answered .in the affirmative,
whereupon- the secretary-asked r "What
do. you consTder a large feet" -'"Well,
up In th mountains, where I'ftve, If a
lawyerget t5e-ne thinks- he-naj
struck it rich," replied Goods. The seo
retary reflected a moment and then sold;
"Kow, ray practice ha been this: If a
client comes to my ofllce I charge him a
good retainer. If he comes around to
botheir me I charge him a refresher. If
he comes to . have some .work dons on
the case t charge him a reminder and
when the ce is concluded I charge hint
a Uniaher." ; . - ... , ...
J NO. P. CARROLL
Jounjfcl JwililniJFifth aadjTamblll
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PORTLAND
and 4 cents (American money); wages of .employes have
' the year; and every three .months
hBhuS eTreTTowearTnoTormVr whdTraVeffa'n'ffTUScraBnt:
is also owned and operated by the city
receipts for 1903-4. being 83(8,008. of
gross prooV an3 J18.672. fter paying
fund, was" the net surplus. -
not. far rHetant future, American cities,
be expected, will follow the example of
British cities In these respects, so that
now go to a few individuals or corpora
AT THE EXPOSITION.--
OOUNTRT should resent .the litiputa
postofflce department that the 'coming
Clark exposition is to be local In. its
has been entirely too much of this sort
In and out of congress and If the point
the score of economy or otherwise; the
not deem it advisable to issue Lewis and
Impression will be. further emphasised
Itself dealt a severe blow. .The' incident
trivial In Itself, but It involves a prin
city and section responsible for the
not stand. The exposition will not be lo
j, It occupies a field and will exploit a
country peculiarly Its own and -one with which the rest
of the country Is too. little acquainted. While its exhibits
character, rendered even more so than
they could otherwise have been "by the .circumstance of
their eolleotloft-for Ihe St.-LoillS exposition, It will he of
peculiar and special Interest because, of the contiguity and
to the oriental countries, to the west
America and to the great Alaskan . coun
try which is unknown to the vast majority of the American
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Any official purpose to. belittle the enterprise should be
and-.what-has -beeBeheerfully-done for
the Lewis, and CJark. expoaitionwhich will MmmenWrate
most significant In ther whole range of
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THE PROHIBITION PARTY VOTE.
fTHE PROHIBITION PARTT nas been in existence as
. I a national organisation since 1872, In which year It
TOteiT-In 1876 this total was In
In 1880 to 10,300. In 1884, when many
people of strict morals had strong objections against both
Blaine. and Cleveland- and when St. John of Kansas, a
noted man and a strong campaigner, was the candidate.
the vote rose to 151,000. Inl888 this was further In
creased to 246,000, and ftrif 92 to 264,000. These quadren
Increases, encouraged the ProhlblUonlsts
to believe that they had only to keep trying, to carry the
country, 'but In 1896," when the fierce ".fight of the money
tfm Prohibition vote fell to 182,000;
in 100 to 208,000. What will It be-in
.'!'.' ' ' v1-r
a good opportunity to run It up be
record, for there Is no very exciting or
absorbing Issue between the main parties this year, and
an Increasing number of voters are not entirely satisfied
the other hand Roosevelt Is-a man
whose personal record is good from a Prohibition view
point, and the Democratic candidate will 'doubtless be
equally unobjectionable on this score. If the Prohibition
General Miles, they might have ex
good many new votes, but with Swallow
the prospect is th.at they will not reach
1892. :. ; v
4 4 4 4
way to a woman's heart la to take .
' DOUGLAS JERROLIi
"XZTD B1AT" JJTKJTBTTa,
Wallace Irwin In New York, Oloba. and
commercial Advertiser.
Suppose a seat Is empty when
You get upon a car.
It doesn't really matter then .
How mannerless you are. . .
it you woiaut, lounge or cross your
Knees .
It will not come amiss. "
And you may sit on either end .
: Like
This 7 or This.
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But when at last the car has stopped
To- let a lady on, '
With all ths grace of etlquetta,
- Your manners you must don.
Bmlla, bow, remove .your headpiece to
The Missus or ths Miss,
Then courteously hunch along
j. - - . . And sit . . .
Like This.
As other passengers get on
Retain your -wtlho -plettBH; 1 "
It is not right that civil folk
Should stumble on your knes. '
Invite Intruders to your seat.
As though the act was bliss, -Until
they've shoved you deal across,
To i- sit - like This.
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Now conies the final act to test
Your breeding to the core.
Six people ocoupy the 'sent .l'e-
Although 'twas made for four. U
Still with unflinching courtesy
Restrain your angry hiss, ..
Although ilka canned sardines
YoureforeadtoslUlkethla
MMVVf O If TSABS WOSK. '' '-'
' Ssventeen years ' ago,' an . Illiterate
French'Canadla'aK.walked" Into Wallowa
valley in search of a Job.
All he had was the roll of blankets on
his shouldor. 'He didn't even, have an
education, but he did have good horse
sense and thrift. He had left the O. R.
W. Co.. where ha bad. worksd-o-ene
of the section gangs and goije as a farm
nana i urande Ronde valley. He
thonghi'the chances would be better In
Wallowa county, so he' Walked In. .
When he came he didn't own' land
enough to spread his blankets on. Now
he can pick a good snot Mo spread his
blankets oa a tract of T,00ft'kcres'. all
of which he' owns. r
From a man with a roll of blankets in
search of a job, he has become the heav
lest t payee -In .Wa41o?wa eounty Jta
has sold all but 10,000 of. his sheer.
He runs a thnrinHe sharih sheen eamn
andOperates 40 maohlnee. .
Any man who has . been in Wallowa
county II years and is In poor circum
stances. Is either a poor mannger or has
had adverse lack. , If Pete Beau don, an
unlettered French-Canadian, Can. in IT
years, make what he baa any man
should. make a good living here.
- There Is alio thav sprinkling bog. or
hoggeas. - .
, Some "Democrats regard Bryan as
political Dowte. : . . .
. It Is hard work for the trust to pre
tend ?o be. displeased. ...
Prohl s will gladly 'follow their leader,
Revereod- Ua S wall
Preacher Swallow Is used to being
beaten, and doesn't mind It,
Tha time ' arrows short ia which Mr.
Cleveland can again decline.
The salmon 'are acting meaner ' this
year. If possible, than the weather.
Some men who . uae' whisky only
medicinally are chronically ailing.
It will be easy for enthusiastic Fre
ibHtoiitots to s'
The bigger the celebration planned.
the harder It will rain. (No guaranty.)
Complete harmony would not do for
Democrata But there is no - danger
of It ... .
Somehow.'' nobody has. suggested
Cleveland and Bryan ,for Dimocratlo
ticket. . . -:
A tailors' strike is on In New York.
But-not much clothes are needed there
just now. . , ,
The national campaign will not Inter
fere wlth business as much as usual
this year. '.
Give us anything wet Salem States-
Salem hasn't adopted prohibition
yet, Ms it?
But think how a soaklnc rain would
disappoint the Intending picnickers and
exoursionista -.
What a delightful barber was lost- to
tonsorial art when 'Judge Parker chose
the law for a profession.
Bens tor Fairbanks looks down en
ordinary, humanity In more ways than
one; he Is 6 feet 4 Inches high
Deslrlna to attract attention to and
exhibit her pet snake, a California girl
carries It la her perforated shirt waist.
Tt might : be expected that Cyclone
Davla would turn up in a Prohibition
convention. He cannot be long satisfied
anywhere. . ,. , i . ' . ?
Dr. Amos wag .not nominated.' .but he
can reflect next November that he
could not have beaten Teddy or the
other man anyway. .-
It looks as if General Miles' last
chance tor a nomination for president
naa gone, uniese nis admirers form a
Miles party especially for his beenflC
Last year 466 'persona were killed and
3,988 injured In this country In cele
brating the Fourth of. July. Will the
record next Monday show a greater de
gree or sanltay?
And -still another man has been killed
by a foil friend who mistook hire for a
Mar, It 'would be wen to see If during
few years he could mistake a nenl
tentlary for a palace. There never-Is
a really good excuse for such an accl
dent ' .
By a drastlo ordinance the Salt Lake
council Is ' attempting to make all
peddlers In that city give full weight
and measure and sell only sound, pure
stun. ui u this be 1 accomplished,
won't the peddlers put the grooervmen
oui or ousinessr
Automobile fatalities are becoming
numerous, in . one ;.case near Chicago
the auto was run into by an electric car.
the tank exploded, and the occupants, a
man ana ma wire, were quickly burned
to death. But a good many people will
take a big risk of death la order to ride
In one of them.
A decrtplt Journalistic pervert." Is
the. way in which the Seattle Post-In
telllgencer alludes to', its disesteemed
ntemporary, the Spokane Spokesman
Review. The reason Is that the B.-R.
ventures to differ with ths P.-L on some
political points. This styls of debate
is some evidence that the P.-L hag bo
meritorious srgument In stock.
ra arnvm a mawah.
From a Chicago Special. -
Governor Carter of Hawaii got Into a
dlscusalon last night with Senator De-
pew about the platform to be adopted
at this convention.
Well. It doesn't make any difference
to us in Hawaii what sort of platform
ia aaoptea.nere," declared the governor,
ror we nave a platform of our own
there, and it does not make silver or the
tariff .or any of. those thlnas the Issue.
Cremation is, tha.bumlng question with
us, although the Democrata started It.
They got the idea they could win on
that sort of platform. Ths people of
nawan nave a nor ror or cremation, and
so the Democrats 'started the report that
the Republicans favored cremation. The
fight was a hot one, and In the last elec
tion of our local legislative body the
yemocrats won, and there was mors fun.
The opposition got together and framed
an anti-cremation bill, and the delegates
wrangiea. f inally one qid delegate made
the objection that the bill did not in
flict any violation penalty, and he said
no law would be obeyed when no pen
alty, was imposed for ' non-obedience.
Then another deles-ate. who favored tha
bill, offered an amendment to imprison
for six months any man who should be
cremated. The amendment was carried,
and now we are golnir to have tie flaht
all over again in the territory..
"it ooean t make any difference whit-
ine piatrorra here mar be. I know what
the platform-will be in Hawaii.".
A Kumoris Writes Xls Zpltaph.
William F. Kirk: the clever humorist
of- ths Milwaukee Sentinel,- appears be
fore the publlo In s volume of "Fleeting
Faneles,rfpubllahed by Badger. Mr.
Kirk believes In ths gospel of mirth and
says ao in this wayi
THE JOKKBMITirS- PRATER. -do
not aak for lnaHn fim.
I seek not for tha rift auhllma.' .
That wins the flattering acclaim -"' '
Of thoae who love Immortal rhyme.
I only pray that what I write -May
help to "knit care's . raveled
sleeve," -, .
That ft may curve, with laughter light,
; The white, drawn lips of those that
grieve". , l . .
I do not ssk -for riches great
I do not Jong for pomp and powers
The emperor that alts in stats
Is helpless st ths fateful -hour.
I only pray that whan the night
- Has closed my eyes.-nn longer clear,
Upon the marble they wflr-write; .
"We laughed with him when he was
( here." . - .. j
y- l Wa left camp,-opposite - to
Which Is a high and beautiful prairie on
the southern side, and passed up tha
south of The . islands, . which- are high
meadows, and a creek on the north called
Pares or Park creek. Here for half ao
hour the river became eowred with drift
wood, which rendered navigation danger
ous, and was probably caused by the giv
ing away oi soma sanaDar, wnicn naa
detained the wood.' After making Ave
miles we passed a stream on the south
called Turkey creek, hear a- sandbar,
where we Could scarcely stem the . cur,
rent -with 20 oars and all the poles - we
had. ' On the north at aboux two allies
further is a' large lsiana Called by the
Indians Wau-car-dawar-card-da, or the
-Jul
charles Warren Fairbanks
VFrom the Kansas City Star.
Charles Warren Falrbanka is a farm
product. He belongs ttt -lhat class of
man whose early .home - life was not
conducive to the pursuit of a college
or svsn of sn academy training; men,
who, like Lincoln, . Garfield and Grant
were - forced to - enflure hardships and
work with, their bands if they were
to secure the benefits of a scholastic
training. 'He la one of those envied
men who - like sn edueatlon so . muoh
that he was willing to-work his way.
through Ohio Wesleyan college. While
other youths drove-or rode or sought
the company of the "co-eds and thus
acquired a polish, Fairbanks was doing
odd Jobs about -the college to make pos
sible his stay there Cor a longer time.
But ' he acquired the polish of ths
others, somehow. Today he is tha most
scrupulously neat and the meat correct
ly dressed man' In the United States
senate. ' He does .not appear to be
farmer,- although he la and nas been
such all his life. , At bis ' farm near
Mansfield. I1L, run by his brother. W,
XX Fairbanks, he Is known by the old
residents as "Charley." This Is all ths
more surprising when his almost pond
erous dress and courtly demeanor Is
remembered. He Is an evidence of
man who la not a mixer in the gener
ally accepted sense, but who hss been
eminently successful as a politician.
The vioe-presldentlal 'candidate la six
feet four Inches tall. As a youth he
was 1 dubbed "lanky" and awkward,
titles which, of course, never could be
given to a man who la a United States
senator or vice-presidential candidate.
His manner of publlo address is not
oratorical or brilliant. He la analytl
His speech is like that of a man
addressing a Judge, not a Jurg. The
only Impression be hopes to create, it
seems, is that which grows out of. an
unassailable array of facts clearly
given. - The ordinary listener would call
the senator's speech-dry and uninter
esting. Lawyers, Judges, thinkers of all
sorts, gtfe the senator the closest at
tention, and when he takes the floor In
the senate everyone knows he hss some
thing to say that will add materially
to the subject under discussion. He has
been a corporation lawyer almost whol
ly. His early law practice turned to
ward -this field. - His criminal cases
were few. . His arguments never were
to arouse the Jury's sympathy . or to
move it by flights of oratory or Indulge
In rhetorical flourishes. He is a plain
speaking, profound thinker, who aims
not to- arouse the emotions, but to ap
peal to the Intellect.
Senator Fairbanks wss born In Union-
villa Center, O., May 11, 1863. Ha, is of
Puritan stock. At 20 years old he waa
graduated from college and -two years
later he was admitted to ths bar. - Ha
began his practloe In Indianapolis Im
mediately- and there he has lived since.
Ha reached the United States senate
without having held previously a po
litical office. His first appearance la
the national councils of his party was
as temporary chairman: of ths Repub
lican national convention In 1886, to
which he had been sent as delegate at
large from Indiana. Two years later
he was a member of the United States
and British Joint high commission ap
pointed to adjust : certain Canadian
boundary questions. He was chairman
of ths United States high commission
era, - He became senator January 80,
18(7, over Daniel W. Voorheee and Le-
roy Templeton and took "his seat the
following March. His regular term will
expire In 100,
Kate Carew, the newapaper woman. In
one of her newspaper srticles tells of
the peculiar fear that Senator Falr
banka. seemS to. have of the newspaper
Interview. She remarked that- she was
going to call upon Benatpr Falrbanka to
one who knew the senate members well
and was answered In this way
I doubt that you wllgtget much , out
of Fairbanks He is aa timid as a hare.
There's not k more timid publlo man In
Washington. It isn't that he Is afraid
of newspaper men in particular, but he
Is suspicious of every - one that comes
near him Is always afraid of falling
Into some political trap." - All of which
was not so vary encouraging.
- Here is the way Miss Carew relates
the story of ths morning assignment:
"It waa morning the time when sen
ators are te be found at their commit
tee rooms. Senator Fairbanks was in
his. Ha stood In ths outer office, tall,
grave4 and spotless,"- ' talking to a
stranger. The stranger departed. 'and
ths senator turned inquiringly t'o my
escort, who proceeded "to Introduce me.
" Glad to see your said Mr. Fair
banks, relaxing from his great height
to bestow upon me a warm and urgent
ly hospitable handshake. How do you
do? , Fhiy, walk inside.' Baying which
s ushered me with knightly courtesy
Into his Office and bowed me , Into a
chair. -' - - 1
To the end of my days 10 will be a
mystery to me why Senator Fair'
banks, knowing my mission, took ths
trouble to go through, this. comedy of
cordiality when he had no Intention
that anything should come of it. The
only explanation I can think of is that
his greeting- was wholly automatic a
formula prescribed for - every visitor
and -observed In my ase quite invol
untarily before reflection came to ' the
rescue. Is fact, now I oome to think
of It, therg Is something of the autom
aton In the character of the talV sen
star's movements and even in the ex
pression Of his fane.
"Bnt not It would be too Inconvenient
to have the . earns greeting for every
visitor. .--Surely a senator needs three
or four or more. It -must have, been
that Mr. Fairbanks got-his. greetings
mixed and gave me greeting No. Al
when I was only entitled to greeting
No,. B3 or something of that Sort. At
all events It deluded me completely and
I Indulged in - soms Impulsive expres-
Bear . Medicine- Island. Here we landed
and replaced our mast, which bad been
broken three days - ago, ' by - running
against a tree overhanging the. river,
Thence we proceeded, and - after night
rstopped on the ' north side, above an
Island, having come lift miles. Opposite
our camp is a valley. About a mile in
the .rear ef the village was a small fort.
built by the French on an' elevation.
There are now no traces of the village,
but the situation ef the fort may
recognised "by some remains of chimney
and general outline of the roruncauona.
as well' as by ths fine spring which sup
nlled it with water. The party who were
stationed here were probably "cut off by
the Indiana, as there are no accounts oi
them, v ,.''.' - '
slons of gratitude for his kindness in
meeting my wishes. .
-'Mr, - Fairbanks -had -deposited -hlm-
self with exemplary - propriety or- de
portment In the seat at his-desk. - At
my words his expression, changed- It.
was then, I am convinced, that he sud
denly realised his blunder. The change
in his ; demeanor filled ' me with per
plexity and alarm. His syes dilated
and be looked Wildly toward the door.
"Wh-what was that? I didn't un
derstand.' be stammered.
- " 'I was only thsnklng you for your
kindness . In consenting to be . Inter
viewed.' ' ' ' : . '
" 'Interviewed? Not No! That " Is
quits a mistake.'
"I Judged It wise to demonstrate my
harmleasness by propounding - some
nrlmltlve and Innocuous auestlon... I
' "" Were you-born ln Indiana? Inquired
I with what was meant to be a reasaur-
Ing smile.
'.'But at. that the senator's symptoms
became more alarmtngthaneverr" He
ssemed to breathe with difficulty.
"Tea, he gasped, yes but I cannot
have -this. . I I will not talk. . I have
nothing to say. Hs reached out
nervous hand and brought to light that
bright blue volume so deservedly pop
ular . In Washington the Congressional
directory. -
"Tou will find everything In this,
hs said. ' "everything about ma It la
aulte accurate. The faots are all here.'
"'But those are not exactly the sort
of facts I. want If you would only let
me aether a few harmless points about
your tastes, or habits, or philosophy of
uv, or T
" No. Nor he cried. " '-
' " Or whether you play "golf, or' have
l-anv other hobblea. or"
" No; I wm net taut about-my sen at
all '
"About something else, .t then any-
thine vou Dlesse."
" N6, I don't know of anythlnaworjth
. i....,, www-
' "Allrof wrhich was accompanied with
symptoms of acute. mental distress and
anxiety which continued to perplex me
exceedingly. Not until afterward did
recall- what, I had been told of Senator
Fairbanks abnormal rear o pqiiuoaj
trapa; but even that seemed an Incred
ible explanation of symptoms so much
at variance with the, sedate complacence
which sits so well upon him at other
times. It sudenly occurred to me 4hat
he might, after all, be willing-to talk
of publlo affairs, and I said:
" 'As a lawyer, you are Interested, of
course, la the merger decision ana its
posslbls effects.' But at that the signals
of distress flew more plainly than be
fore. tint mt all nnt at aJTL -1 know notb
lnaAebout It.' he -eald.
" The president and the pension listr
Hs waived, -a negative with hla hands
quite lnartioulata this time.
." 'Surely there must be . something,
senator literature, music, ' the . Mor
mons? i . -
"A vigorous shake of ths head,
"The Russo-Japanese war f"
"Another shake. ' '
" Waahlngton society?"
"Another shake.
" 'Your candidacy tn the coming cam
paign r. ". .." '
"Alarming symptoma
"I remembered that on my way to the
committee room X had seen soms
hitherto unfamiliar examples -of his
torical paintings, dating from ex-artis
tic - sge; also that- Senator Fairbanks'
committee waa that on publle buildings
and grounds, which suggested a repe
tition of a question I bad asksd Attor
ney General Knox whether something
couldn't be done reverently to put those
weird relics, out of sight and replace
them, with works of the Abbey s "and
Sargents of today. '. ;
"Mr. Fairbanks looked more alarmed
than ever and this time there waa a rec
ognisable cast Of suaploion In ths me
tallic syea
"Pictures r he repeated hurriedly; 1
have never seen those pictures. I have
never noticed them never looked at
them didn't know there were such pic.
turea. I never notice pictures. I don't
know anything about art,,. I couldn't
talk about such things.'
-if was nis longest speecn. end his
last I rose to depart Senator Fair
banks rose with ceremonious precision
and .breathed a sigh of relief. Again hs
relaxed from hie great height and be
stowed a handshake less warm this
tme and lesa urgently hospitable, but
none the less a model of social and sen
atorial decorum. With" stately meln.hs
ushered me to the door and bowed nie
out, then watched, my departure with no
small contentment . ,.
"For my part it was ths strangest In
terviewing experience. I had. ever met
with, and the most unaooountable. And
I continued to ask myself, Dld Senstor
Fairbanks think he waa foiling aome
deep laid plot when he refused to tell
the hard working Interviewer whether he
cared for golf T I suppose I shall never
know." . : '
Benator Kafi'bafiks'asrcTdsrTrierid
of PresldentMoKlnley and wss -ens of
the original 'Indiana men who started
ths McKlnley boom in that state whloh
resulted in Mr.. McKlnley's nomination.
Senator Falrbanka became the treated
friend of Judge Walter ..n Q.--Oresham
while the latter was on the dlstrlot
bench, and the frlendehlp thus begun
continued through Judge Greaham's. en
tire llfVr Senator FalrbanlrV first not
able entry Into polttloafrTife In Indiana
was as the political manager of Judge
Greaham's campaign for the praaldenoy
In 1886. He undertook this work for his
friend st the letter's earnest solicitation,
was present at ths Chicago convention
at the head of the Gresham forces, snd
was finally ths ohs who -conveyed to the,
judge the information that his nomina
tion was practically Impossible and that
Sheridan has a hearse, , , '
- ' . -Hillaboro
streets are aj rawed Instead
of sprinkled.
' . ' ' I. '. . i ' "s .
- Taqutna bay oysters promise te pros
per and please. ' : .
From a ll-eore field hear Ashland TO
tons of alfalfa. hay were' cut
Antelope has been (water) dry lately, ,
but water is to be brought In from
springs In Adams canyon. , , - .- - :
A ' Dolly Varden trout caught In tha .
upper Deschutes rlvsr ' waa' 24 inches
long and weighed 8' pounds..-.
. A local drams tie - company la enter
talnlng the people Of Coos bay towns- .
Rather lata In the season, but this may
be the fashion over there. -
. Noting the report that nice strings of
flah are being caught the Springfield
News sdds: "But ; peeing- is believing,
knd eating la more - convincing, and we
have done neither yet" . -.
v - '
A Roseburg man's automobile, that ha
was riding - from Portland, scared
team drawing a carriage in which was
an invalid girl. Who-In turn became so
frightened that shs had ' several convulsions-and
died. . , v. .
Crooked '.creek' '. preelpct : Malheus
County, like Sau vies Island, held no eleo- .
tlon on June 6, only 6 voters being
present and strange to say, they were
all Democrats. So they made a standoff;
for the Republicans over In the Co
lumbia river who did' not open the polls, .
Irrigon Irrigator: The man who used
to explain how Impossible It was to run
water for any distance through a ditch -
In this sand now sits on the ditch bank -
16 mllea from the head-gate, with tha
water flowing past: at the rate of
16 or 80 cubic feet per second, and tries
to explain his explanation.
Since the first day of August .'last','"
year between 1,106 and 1.300 ears, or
seven miles of cars, of lumber have been
shipped out of Springfield.. At present
there Is an average of 10-. ears per day
shipped. The Increase of freight Vaa
something llte-6t,000 mors In the month
of May this year than last and the busi
ness la steadily Increasing.
; .. I '
Early in July Chief . Hydrogrkpher
Newell and Chief Legal Adviser Beln
will visit Malheur county and address
the people at ' Ysls In regard to the
government reservoir soon to be begun
in that .county. The object . of , this J
meeting' is to Inform-the people what
the government proposes to do, and .
what they will require of the people.
Prairie City Miner: Prairie City's lo-
oatlon Is a distinctive one In the history .
of mining camps. - Instead ' cf a camp
situated on the bleak side of a desolate
hill, she rests In the center of- a valley.
rich Irt every element of nature. 8 ha
has combined all those conditions whloh : '
contribute to a prosperous, healthy peo
ple. Her soil is as fertile as any under
neath the skies .and her plains extend .:
tu.gielnttO-support a great popd
Bulletin: Bend "eah'1 " waltTV
direct connection with the .
Its- busiirfess demands better
and is of. sufficient volume and -
ance to command attention. Land
golnjat the rate of 6.000 acrea a week. -
lumber going from the saw Into build-
Ings 120.000 feet a week all . . this .
speaks of activity that la berond anv.
thing ever before known in these .parts .
and the new growth must be recognised
and provided for.
the convention would agree on another.
cltlsen of Indiana Benjamin Harrison.
After Greaham's defeat . Mr. -Fair
banks returned te Indianapolis and Im
mediately Interested himself In General
Harrison's candidacy, and went over the '
state making speeches and. showing the.
liveliest Interest in the campaign of that .
year, which -resulted m General Harri
son's election .- r ... .
Senator Fairbanks married one of tha
"co-eds" of his alma mater. Miss Cor-
nella Cole, daughter of Judge Cole of
Marysvllle, O. The young people were1
editors of the college paper. The chll-' .
dren. In the order of their axes, are: '
The daughter, Adelaide, wife of Ensign '
John W. Tlmmons of the U. a & Kear-
sarge; Warren C, who . recently mar
ried Miss Helene Ethel Cassldy of Pitts- .
burg, secretary and treasurer and a di
rector of a typewriter company in Chi
cago; Frederick C, 'a graduate . of
Princeton university class of 108. now
a student at the Columbian university'
law acnooi in wssnington U. c The
third son, Richard, is in the Junior rear
at Yale college, and the fourth eon and
youngeat child, Robert is a student at
Phillips' academy; Andover. Mass, cre-
parlng for Princeton.
T think the position of senator and -
of a senator's wife, too la a perfectly '
delightful one, don't you? ' It X mean- -the
position of senator la one of dig
nity end Influence, and social prestige, -snd
all that and I snjoy Washington
life Immensely."
So said Mra Fairbanks, ths wlfs of
the -Vice-presidential nominee, the dav
before the nomination, as she sat in the
parlor of the Annex in Chicago holding
an Informal reception to the hoste of '
friends who crowded about to greet her.
8he had been asked how she would like
to be, the wife of a vice-president snd
with skill worthy of her husband, she '.
parried the question. . ',
But' Mrs. Fairbanks . hsstened to .
add, "the position of -vice-president is .
one of great Importance, It Is the sec
ond In the land, you -know second pnly '
But would you like to be the wife of
the vice-president V the questioner per-'
Slsted. .! . ' - , i - . .
Well." replied Mre. Falrbanka "vou
know that whatever the senator-decides
to do i snau Know that it ia best-and ,'
shall help him In eVery way." ' i
And the conversation shifted --to leaa -
dangerous ground. ' - -
Did I like the convention?" said Mra.
Fairbanks. "Yes, Indeed, X did. Secre
tary Root's speech was grand, wssn't
it? It struck!hakeynots-o the whole
convention. , .
You see, I am really an old-timer at
conventions. X was with Mr. Falrbanka
t the oosventlon that nominated Blaina -
and the one that nominated Harrison.
Ana men. you Know, the senator, was
temporary chairman-of the St. Louis ' ,
convention when President McKlnler
was nominated. Oh. I snWr tha mn..
Ventlons immensely."- '
Mrs. Fairbanks sat in a box at the
convent lon Tueaday afternoon with a "
party of friends. When Senator .Fair
banks came into the .hall five minutes.
before the convention opened, the crowd
applauded loudly. '1 don't know whether
ougn to appiaua or not" said Mra -
Fairbanks, thinking perhaps that such
sctlon might , commit the -senator in
soms way. Ths others of the party.'how
ever' sdvtsed her not to be afraid, ami -
Ben
must fla
rallroaff.
Beryl
imfwd
she applauded as vigorously as the rest
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V.