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OFFICIAL PAPfR OF THS CITY OF FOftTLAND
' AH SYS ON THB GARBAQE
- v GRAB ..' . ,
jt'LD be large nttandenc at the mMt
.e city council nest Wednesday aternoon at
t when the report Um oommittee M pub--eferefioc
to Um garbage- ordlnanoa will be
a now understood that thtt matter has
ally nursed tor the put elx anonths. The
r who stand back of lb corporation which,
rtm franchise arc now aomawhat generally
include men wba hav had wtda experience
rough political deals and who bar no, la
; either delicate r scrupulous la tha method
nploye It M understood that they bad aa
i than some of tha political powara and that
ja of tha council itself had a weighty can
t bm tha outcome-. Indaed thcra bar baao
nimorn afloat for soma days tba ffct that
vxjrs of tha council wara tlxsdH to send tha
ding through at tha first meeting la Oetobar.
i ouch as these have basa exceedingly blttar In
elation of Tha Journal which they do not at
sny has through Us attaohs upon tha garbage
ced tha Inoat pramlslna; grafting scheme that
aevelooed atnoo publle gumbltng want by tha
rrbe- y who took a paaoU Im hand promptly
at ft was "a good thla;M many of tbosa.who
far ood things," without any regard to tha
ants of thero, beategad tba Intaraatad onea with
i good oold cash te b Wt la on the ground floor.
9 wnoa thing- had bean arranged and had It not
i puLMiclty given It la Tba Journal an aril nance
bean paasad at tha bast meeting, -e
Jomrnal wants to tmprasa a poo tha publlo Is
renort of tha committee raoommandinaL an In-
iwremant of tha ordinance does not neces
iii a the eoancfl will take no action on It next
The way to be entirely aura that tha ordl
tsd ia for a largo body of Intaraatad eltisen
a ineettng and by than? presence make plain
grab will be tolerated. . . . ( ., .,'
IBLY A 8EA LEVEL CANAL '
1.8 of tha Panama canal oofnmlaalon; wba
bean making a peraonal Investigation of the
m canal route, are aarkmaly debating the
tiding eea-level canal, which pre posit loir la
i with much favor in. and oatalde that body.
to be no doubt -of tha practleabllUy of tha
aly Important objection being1 tha Increased
tmlealon at first favored a canal with a sum-
et a bore the sua, provided with a sufficient
fed" te Jift ahlpa over this summit. tTnder
i cok was estimated si fleA.fee.aoa, while the
-lerel canal hi eetlmated at tles.eoe,te. One
on aana Jh eawsldeihlajnanajbut not
e a vary formidable objection to a sea-level
d of ana with many leeks. Tha former would
table ships to peas through mora easily and
t would much decrease the ufepenee of operat
auuinlna; tha eaaei. Of eourse thb eommlatlen
Ansa the plaa of tba canal without s further
Uoa from oonareaa, which tt Is preaumed will be
ng next year If tba coram leal on should unanl
report oa a sea-lerel canal, such as tha Baas canal
a also tha pian to dig this canal aa that tt win
pta of SI feat of water, nwtead of M feet, as was
i by tha French engineers. Tha flues oanel was
le too shallow, and so others have been, and tha
ton and congress are profiting by these mtakaa.
iertcaa people not only want the canal (since they
-uchred out of the Nicaragua canal), but they want
r ana, the beat one that can be dug, and are willing
T
ta pay for It It begins te look now like a aaa-leval anal,
and What delightful maney-maktng proposition tot eomc
utflaantlal combination It ta. Presidencies, have turned on
BENEFITS BUT COMPARATIVELY FEW.
HB PREflBNT ThJUPP law, as a writer in the New
Tnrfc wnrid BAinta aut. la not a general but a
special law. Its schedules are made by those who
are to be benefited by tt, at the expenee of othera.. These
beneficiaries ar few as com pared with the many who are
thua aompelled, with pa eompenamting -benefits, ta pay.
them a fraction of their earnings. The laborer In manu
factories la not protected la tha Meat, for considering the
amount and quality of his work bio labor b cheaper than
European labor. Protecting- worklagmea by tha tariff la
wholly humbuggery. Tha farmer te not protected at -all.
nor can he be, by tha tariff, but it taxes htm for the
benefit of those who In no way reciprocate. It has been
ascertained that there are about teeaef parsons engaged
in gainful pursuits to this country who are benefited by
protection, while about Sl.0e0.06e workers are not appro
cltbhr benefited at all, but are taxed la this Indirect and
seductive way for the, benefit of those protected, and anelr
agents and tools to offloa.
In bis life at. Thomas H. Benton, Theodora Roosevelt
wrote: ''Political economists have pretty generally agreed
that protection Is vtetoue In theory and harmful ta prac
tice ;" and though be Ironically added, "but if tba ma
jority of tha people ta Interest wish It, and tt affects only
themselves, there fct no earthly reason why they should
'not be allowed te try the experiment to their hearts' con
tent." ha w doubt agreed with the political economists
until he waa converted, stood bis ejection aa vtoe-preaident.
by tba big; beneficiaries af tha tariff and their attomeya Id
oonareaa, Bamm'-
;::J: v ITALIAN EMIGRATION. ' ;? !
T NVEBTIOATIONi by Italian officiate show that In
1111. 1.0I2JII Italians wara Uvlng abroad, to lit! the
number was MM,, and ta l01,,4tt.14. showing a
vary heavy emigration from that country ta M years, and tt
may be assumed that tha number now approaches l.tOt.OOa.
Of tha number abroad ta 1M1, M,0 wara scattered over
Europe, ltt.evt were In Afrloa, 1. Ml Oca wara ta South
America, and 74,H were ta North America, 7!t,0t of
tbam ta tha United gtatea. - r-, - ,
Later statistics show that tha emigration to- thai eovn
try has lately, far exceeded that to South and Central
America, and that, the percentage remaining bore Is much
greater. In IMS, 11,77 Italians came to the United
States 17 par.oant Of them returning,' white aAAM wont to
South and. Central America, and a far larger number re
turned to Italy from those countries. In 1HS, 114.17
Italians oame to tha United Statea, IT per cant of them
having returned, while about tO.OM went to tha Latla-
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C Small Change "a pen picture or gasappi "
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gaaater BeverMaa aara tha Democrats
American countries, aiiff over pa.gpf warn ban rrem theia nava na need earttt yettey. Tna PMpubit-
to their native land. The Italian law dpea not termlt an
emigrant to depart directly from one foreign port to an
other, except that Italians are permitted t sail from
Havre to- Nee Torn. Italy, however, unlike Japan, en
courages emigration, for this hi Ita only safety valve. Its
territory and capital not being awffletent to seats la Its
rapidly mcraasing papulation. .'r i ; - :
In this country ail Italian are? easily self-awJtatnJng.
They generally oontant themselves with bumble manoaJ
emptoymant, and are exceedingly econemioal. They al
ready oomprtte a oonslderahle fraction of tha population
ta moat of ear cities, and bid fair to become a larger one,
It would be well to make greater efforts to gat mora of
their children Into bur public schools,, and, other wis en
courage and aid thorn to become American citisens ta
broader sons than many of them now are
MR. ASTOR Or LONDON
(Br Arthur KcBwen.)
' sea,M said Cot Ike Edgarton, the
one mmlag maa, "that WlUuua Wal
Aator af Zondoa Is with as again,
ng tha teeth of hie former eoun
n. bared t receive bin. It la
Ce-te heart a the patriot te
. iiow ualversally disliked AstOr
caa forgtve blai for being rich,
forgive him for preferring to Itva
tend, but wa ean't forgive him
ini up bur American clttsenshtp
ucomIng -a British eubjeot. Wa
- hun guilty of a kind of treason to
rvvubllo of his birth In doing that
X" puTsae the oelenel. addrea'
.e whole oafe, "I have to adult
boat's rather curious, too, eonsld
t. I'm battiag that If a mass meet
iould be called at Madison Squire
m tomorrow eight, sot to areleome
r, but to denounce him for ewear
realty t King Edward, more thaa
tna eathualaetla audleuaa would be
vrallsad cltliens. men who them-
vea have dona axactlr what be has-
asfarred their loyalty from the land
their birth to the land of their ados-
'"here'e a dbTerenee," era ramrod Pro--ar
Jenklaa of Penoaylvaiila.
es," agreed Colonel Edgarton, tws
' d- vreneea The drat Is that republican
v. a arnmeat ta aa eflvanoe oa monarch
: and tha eecond la that our nat
taed dtlsena left home because
wasn't kind to them, and they
1 do better for themselves and their
mn bare Tbey left nothing behind
poverty and no proapeeta on tha
e, wbereas Amartea piled rlchea
T- Be be flguree as an lngrate
g the oold shake to a country
a so .gotid ta bIbl . , .
,f a bar headed tmetaeao man,
wtil as a sane, eafe and conserva-
sooortei of eetaMlehed lnetltu
" continued tha colonel, "nobodr,
aa. weuM ouspeot me of having
oatby with so wild and vlelon
a -iory as that of the Ingle tax,
ttl tha same. If anything could
m lean that war It would be tha
-.4 this aanatlonallaad. Amerleaa
t la Londoa and drawing rant on
' e a hundred in 11 1 ion dollar' worth
of 1 estate In little aid Hew Tors,
of It. gentlemen. There are thou-
upon thousands of good Amerl
native and naturalised, regularly
g Wllllnm treldorf Aster af Bng-'
t large eums for the privilege of llv
ox dnlag bualneM oa Manhattan
Whk-h he haa deserted as not be
lt to hi artetecratic teste, li e tha
t reee of toeentee landlerdlaal I
Krd of."
re le oeHalnly a basla of aatlea,'
n-efeeaor Jenka. "la the popular
'le la favor of a man spending his
' where ha ntahea It."
ta, praf eaoer. I am ans at sua
that erejudloa to the full
vertheieee, Waaw t reflect, I
long aa I have to par rant
r perww tea to eerupy a
jtia planet oate which wa
are all bora naked and penniless, I
cant eaa that It makes much practical
difference to me whether the fellow that
geta It hangs out near ma or far away.
Naturally, there's a sentimental satis
faction In thinking that tha toll-taker la
your country smb. and neighbor, so te
speak, though you may never lay eyes
on him. We're not to blame far desir
ing that email and unsubstantial grat
ification. Which Is why I aay that all
tha swell hotels and reetauranta should
have their dining rooms en tha ground
noor and keep the curtains raised."
"What oa earth has sueb sn Mea as
that to do with absentee landlord lam T"
demanded Professor Jenka, pusaled.
"afoeh, air, much. Fancy yourself a
tenant of the Aator estate high ap in
one room, perhaps, and taking aa even
ing walk la cold weather without an
overcoat, te think oat the problem of
how you are going te xeise tha money to
pay the rant on tha first of tba month.
Walt , air, the thought that William
Waldorf, your landlord, te over In Lon
don rolling la luxury, hobnobbing with'
royalty and tha nobility, and with no
right to your cola except the damp the
law gives him on the earth you In
habitthat thought. 1 aay. la apt to rile
you, and pat radical and revolutionary
notions en the land question into your
worried head.
"But, sir." want oa the colonel. Tf
in passing Martin's, say. you should see
Will a in Waldorf sitting there not ss a
mere visitor from, dear old England, but
aa a good American and permanent real
dent consuming hie lobster, hla bottle
and tha fat' of tha land la general in
ease and elegance. It would comfort you
as you drew your bait tighter and rubbed
the and af your blue noae te keep it
from freeslng. - wouldn't It? "There,'
you'd eay to yourself, as you stared In
at his feast with hungry eyea, there's
my landlord, and Tm helping te pay for
that gorgeoue feed, not because he's
really done anything for me, but becaua
hla grandfather got here first and bought
land asalnat tha coming of others, end
held on to It while tha growth of tha
community gave It all tha value It pea
see eoe above what It had when there
waa nobody here ascent tha Indians, who
sold the whole Island for ll. There'a
my blooming landlord wolfing tha beat
tha market affords at my expense, fm
proud of him. end grateful to him. for
he's a fellow cltlsen- of mine. Thank
God. he's no foreigner.' And, professor.
If under, those elating circumstances
you had a mouth organ about your
threadbare clothes, I haven't a doubt
you'd out with It and play tha liar
gpaagleg Banner.' so that William Wal
dorf might have music while he fed."
"Indeed f should do nothing of the
kind," pretest the Indignant Penasyl
vanls educator. -,
"Ob, yea yau would." Colonel Edgar
ton calmly assured him. "or aometbing
equally sensible and selfreepeetmg. If
you had so mora guaiatlae thaa the vast
majority of those wbotake It out of
Aator with pea and tongue for being
what he Is and don'f la the least know
where to hit him. Why. confound you,
Jenka. WUIlam Waldorf le simply aa In
stitution. He's unearned laoramant pes-
eonifled."
n. actually believe, Bdgartoo," erted
the Startled professor, "that you're no
bettor thaa a single tamer at heart
ed private ownership af
"Thafe aonsenee. of eenree, retorted
the colonel, dismissing tha tnjurloue
charge with aa airy wave of his hand-v
tha one showing the diamond ring "hut
to coma back ta the point. Do you
honestly think that If Aator made hla
home hare Instead of IB Loudon It would
tan a cant lees la rent for his New
York tenants? . -
"This," said Profeeeor Jenka, rising
and seising hla hat, "this la msdnass.
You will excuse me. I must eateh my
train for Philadelphia, where tomorrow
I give my regular weekly lecture oa
political economy to the eeator eiaaa."
FSAary a
Ahwkip
From the Mew York American,
Peary a going after the North pule
i ore. . lie will start la the summer
of lftai. If Pearr does not hum oeme
oa may beat- htm ta the race. Tin r."".'.'1"
North Pole hi no longer far away.
Aa Italian duke hold the record of
farthest north. He reached the latitude
of M degreee ta mtautee la Itti Naa
sea reached M degresi 14 mutates. The
Duke of Abrussl wa only about S07
miles from tha pota. If tha North Pole
ware New York, tha Duke of Abrussl
got as eloee as Washington Ctty. Sci
ence la two year haa given Peary a
great advantage. If Peary goes aa far
north as Abrussl la a ship hs will be In
a splendid position for a 1 00-mile desk
Ha eaa take with him two automebllea.
If tha ice la smooth he eaa make a dash
In one of thaaa machines, followed by
another bearln food and fuel. Tha trip
over the S00 miles and back ehould net
take loafer thaa four daya '
Solesoa this year will give Peary an
other great vehicle af travel, The fly
ing machine has already eeverad a dis
tance Of le mllee. It le being so
rapidly perfected that before next sum
mer It should be equal te a Journey of
10 or 40 miles. Peary amy utilise
tha airship when he reaches the limit
of tha Journey of the sea ahip. '
gdenee will agala help Peary and
will keep him from getting met. It will
permit him at all tlmea to talk with
tha arew on his ship. A wireless tele
graph outfit aaa be installed on his ship
Another outfit eaa be taken with the
autemoMio party or with the airship
arew. This will enable Peary ta hoop
la touch with hta baaa
What with tha auteateMte, the airship
and the wireless telegraph, Peary shea Id
cover tba 10 or 10 miles Overland or
over frosea lea with little trouble.
Thua tha progress of tnvaatlea wtll
pea ta man the eaeret of the f rosea
- Na Indian la thie eeeoad summer.
Senator gpooner'a aileaoe la not af
tba eloquent sort.. t - .-
Judge Parker appears to be a success
aa a aarmonuwr.
' Only non-roalaonto of that city ' pro
nounce It Saint Looey. c
Don't become1 dtecouraged; there wtll
he plenty of football . weather after
while. . i .
John U Suillvea haa sworn off agala.
Must be trying to gat control of another
vea ftoekefeller would-not turn up
hla noae at a garbage contract like that
Candidate Swallow is supposed to be
greatly surprised at General Mllea" sup
port of Parker. .
September behaved vary' well: Octo
her may furnish come variety la-the
way of weather.
The aanatora may make slats for
legteletlve officers, but who will Insure
tt against beiag broken?
PPeeV a. '
Oewerel gtossaol -seems to regasd Port
Arthur aa a pretty good winter resort;
he will be kept warm there. 1 : . ,
"Always Maud up far your party,"
advises aa organ, go as to be ready
to reach for the ate oouater. .
. glace CorbhVo order became 1 public,
a lot of girlo want to' marry officers
juot to shew their opinion of hla. ,
Tba Wlsooasla "stalwarts- are
mad s hornets whose house haa been
destroyed at dtefflne for telling the
truth. ..K
Thar era yt same people who eaa
enjoy fine autumn weather and other
good thing without going aut to kill
aomathlBg. v, - -j - V-
Nobody win over And the Oregoeiaa
oppoeing a big graft, unless tt hasn't
been guaranteed a large percentage af
the peseta. , j. ' , 1
The promoter- who could work that
garbage graft through should be ahe
to retire from business and take tba
world easy thereafter. -
'Any foreign diplomatto flunkey aaa
rua down aaa) saalm or -kUl aa many
people aa be cheoeeav and we have to
apologies to him gor so many people
getting out of hla way. r
The Populist leaders ta Oregon claim
to think that their party will get li.te
votes In Oregon. If they bring their
vote up to that number minus tha laat
naught they will do well.
Oovernor Chairman Odell '' weade
IHMM of Cartalyou, bill lis all be aaa
raise himself, to save tha New York
state Republican ticket. He la either
really or affectedly soared.
have a. fixed policy te tax the
for the benefit of a compares'
tlvely few, and to repay with big. usury
oaaspaiga eeatrl buttons t the trusts.
One dollar enough for a Law la and
Cmrk dollar oola. A dollar la a dollar.
and anything extra la tha Inflation of a
fad. --.Albany Democrat, it la Albany;
with - Ita paper taking coca narrow
views, that Is the only Oregon towa of
Importance not taking any active in
terest In the development of Oregon.
By celling the dollar coins for $1 each.
which purchasers won't miss, tba fair
caa obtain tlOO.oe more money to help
make It a big success. But nobody la
going to compel the Democrat maa to
rata himself by spending' IS for a
oouvanir dollar.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOftj
Portland, Sept. St. To tba kVlttor of
The Journal. Senator Beverldga, aa re
ported ta the dispatefcee of this morning,
ta 'his apeeeta delivered oa the lath
loot., at Indlanapolia, say:
"The way ta keep tha gold standard
out of danger pj to keep tt ta the hand
of those who put It out of danger.
Eighteen hundred and ninety-six was no
mors a time for silence and hiding than
lest wa a time for cowardice and eva
sion. It was only a political struggle.
but oa both sides It wsa a moral,,
struggle. Oa both sides man who had
for years trimmed and compromised
threw aside expediency and spoke end
acted oa prlnclplea. Waa O rover Cleve
land silent? Did he, by hie vote, con
done what he declared with hla voice
would bo a crime T Were Senator Teller
and the band of lifelong RepuMlcana
who marched out of the St Louts con
vention silent theuf Did they condone
by their votes what their tongues pro
claimed would be a arlmef Ware John
M. Palmer and General Buckner and
the boat of Oold Democrats silent then?
Thousands of lifelong Bepublleana left
their party; thouaande of lifelong Dea-
ia it peasibis that rteaublioaae of
prominence, leaders of the party, are
driven to such miserable straits as thieT
Had Judge Parker of the appelate court
of Naw York la ISM, or any ether time
while oa the bench, dot observed the
'isllaaos" which his position entailed
upon him and had indulged ta partisan
speeches, that would now be thrown at
bim la term of righteous eoaaaman
uoa.
Judge Parker did exactly what he
should have done In this regard and Mr.
Beverldga and every one else knows It.
Beverldga muat take the common
people for fools that he can throw out
auch ret aa argument to bowter Up a
cauee with. Judge Parker resigned his
high office when he might have held
on to It, aa a means of avoiding any
sacrifice of Judicial dignity and duty,
so as to take active part In part teas
polltloa. JAMES H. MURPHY.
" '.' A WQxfAJT iiEJah
Pram the Kansas City Journal.
Queea Olaa af Qresoe m the only
eromaa admiral In the world, having
been appelated to that honor In the
Russloa navy by the late csar. She la
devoted to life on the sea. Oa a recent
Inspection she made auch a thorough
examination of the battleship aa to
aasaas tha naval experte of her ooua-
try aad win their admiration. She M
the eldest daughter of a Rasshui grand
duke an the nteee of Ibe kua csar.
and sine her marriage te King Oeorge
oho has dons much te anile the inter-
eete of Russia and Oreere. She la the
rounder, friend and patroneao of the
Seamen's hoots, aad en certain days of
each month visits the old sailors and
talk ta then of life at aaa,
from Everybodye Magaslne for October
Thla financial guerilla wa J. Edward
O'SuIllvaa Addlcka, votary of rotten
finance, perpetual candidate for tha
United Statee eenato, whaieaale debaach
er of American eltlsenshlp and all-round
corrupter af man-J. Edward O'Bulllvan
Addlcka, a corporation political trlekater,
who has done more to hold up American
lawe. Amerleaa elective franchises and
American corporations to the scorn of
the civilised world than aay other man
-of tbtnor eay previpna age.- -
"i. Edward O'Sulllvan Addlcka waa
born in Philadelphia In Itti. and waa In
tha 'lea plodding along the ordinary un
eventful path af a seller of flour to tha
people of that elty which sines the death
of William Pane holds the record for the
hlgbeat and densest percentage of sleep
per capita of aay Engl Is -apeak tag ooas
munity. .
Ia the 'Its two things happened that
changed the whole course of J. Edward
OSulltvaa Addloka Ufa Some one In
vented water-gas and "let In" Addlcks
en the Invention: and the Philadelphia
branch of the "Standard Oil," repre
sented by Widener, El kino and Dolan,
"trustified" the gaj oempahlee of the
elty of Chicago, which enable Addloka
to "hold up" the trustification" until
Dolan and his aseoclatae paid htm the
sum of tlfrt.Oa for the Instrument with
which he had done the holding up, ls.
eaa worth of etook of one of the neces
sary Chicago eotapanlea.
The huw of compensation, which geta
In Its deadly work on all the prettiest
plans of man. has decreed that what
goes up muat come deem when it ceases
going up. It haa a shrewd trick of
grafting sorrows on our Joys, and of
handicapping suasasa with discomfiting
ooadltlona. The favorite of fortune
whose feat have faleaf la pleasant places.
Booaer or later stubs hie toe.
Addlcka' flret 'made dollars" certainly
came easy a easy, indeed, that those
who watched hla early career saarvelled
at his success, but nowhere oa Ood's
footstool ia there today a more terrible
Illustration af the iaevltahle workings of
the law of oompenaaUoa than the pres
ent status of J. Edward O Sullivan Ad
dicks.
The thief whose flret exoaretou bit a
way rarer' a pocket hi rewarded wltk the
equivalent of daya and nlgbta of boaeet
labor will surely be eonvlaoed thereafter
of the superiority of theft over toll as a
means of m oner-set tina. So tt is with
the manufacturer of "made dollara.
After hla first coup he feraakeo forever
the oold arithmetic of commerce for the
rule of gueae, dream, hope and I will.
which constitute the mathematlea of
high finance. Addlcka first "mad dol
lara" came with such magical ease that
there awoke4a his slumbering substitute
for a osul a disgust for thoee arosaie
pureulte at which one could never, try
how one might, make more than rour
by tba addition of two and tare. He
probably argued to himself: wny
should I work In the flour business
when I know a war af getting overnight
more than I can make out of flour la a
lifetime? If people are ao almpls la
guarding their savings that I caa by a
trick take away from them eaermoua
wealth without the Slightest-denser to
my own -oafety or my profit, even if
detected, why should X no devote my
rife te ouch healthful and profitable oo-
oupatlon-r The logic of the prwpoeltloa
waa cnsiv4naiaa. Accepting ita conclu
sions. J. Edward VBulHVaa Addlcka Of
Philadelphia embarked oa hie career.
Soon afterward ha discovered gaa la
Boston, '
This wa lll tiet." BUIppsd wRh hi
"mad ollarB" for osnttaL hi Impres-
olvs name, sublime effrontery and a pedl-
erea free from anything Buggestrvs oa
his naw purpose of life, the ex-flour
merchant "lit" into our everytntng-ng-
u red-out-ahead-end- every-promlae-made-taken
-at-par town of Boston. Te appro,
elate the lights and shadows of thie
event, one muat know Boston and. at
the -same thua. Addlcka. Every country
boy will remember Tom Hood's poem be-
fnlng:
remember, . 1 remember, ' the house
where I was- bora.
With the little lattice window where the
a ua came peeping ta at morn.
and' eaa recall mllklng-tlme In July or
Auauat whan, elttlnw on a rau-rence
surrounding the barn-yard, ha watched
the plgeona ontoping up grain, the old
hen scratching up worms for the chicks,
the ducks and the drakes and the geeaa
and the ganders proudly Waddling back
and forth, among and around the fluffy
duekltnge and peelings, and the bull pup
aouad asleep by tha side of the tortoise
shell oat. Probably he will thlbk of some
particular mUklng-ttmu when the calm,
contented eerenity of the barn-yard waa
auddenly disturbed by the unexpected
dee oent la the mtdet of a neighboring
peacock, who, apparently unoensoloue o
the consternation proaueea oy bis entry,
proceeded proudly to spread hla daasltng
plumage to oenvlnoe everyone , from
Uncle Cy. o the mllklng-stool, and
mild-eyed Bess, dowa ta the white fan
tailed dove, that be waa It
Conjure up the picture the peacock
at mllklng-tune in the farm-yard; thus
Addlcks came te Beaton.
It is far from my Intention ta Identify
the bucolic background I have drawn
with the Hub of the Universe. Boston,
up to that time, bad bees singularly
free from the mushroom variety of mil
lionaire which had sprung up over
night la such numbers la New York and
Philadelphia. Proudly defiant of pro
duct so alien to all her tradition, bar
citisens would have sworn that ao votary
of modern high finance could ex let over
one curfew toll within her portals. Por
Boston had hir own financial eminence,
and It waa of a character ta keeping with
those chill ooadltlona of cones rvnttem
and rectitude appropriate la the me
tropolla of the New England oonsclsnoo.
Shs had her stock exchange, her nu
merous great corporations, her scores
of single and mulU-mUiioaalree, and It
waa her boast that her capital had
played the greateat legitimate part hi
tha coon try's growth. - She hod fur
nished a urge percentage of tha money
whioh had created our vast western
railway system; she had found and made
tha superb copper mines of Michigan and
Montana, an in all parte of tha land
branches of her stsrdy institutions wara
vitally assisting the miracle of Ameri
ca's development Notwithstanding that
these wide-flung enterprises Imply of
commercial puah end audacity, Boston,
at the time Addlcka discovered gas there,
waa one of tha most trusting wealth
Investmg communities la tha world.
She bad her aimple rules of business
conduct which years of uaaga had con
secrated Into all-powerful precedent,
but her brokers and eapltallata, however,
fearful of all things quick or tricky, had
never prevloualy figured aa eendtdatea
for what In western parlance are dea
ler thed as "come-one. -
Tha "system" ha alt kinds of vo
taries. About J. Edward O'Sulllvan Ad
dlcka there la nothing that remotely
suggests co-workers of the types of
Mr. Roger and William Rockefeller. A
description that left him In any part
a duplicate of either would do him aad
there a grievous wrong. Henry , H.
Rogers and William Rockefeller have
two sides, their social side and their
buslneaa aide. Socially they are good
men; in buslneaa they work evil. J. Ed
ward O Sullivan Addlcks 10 a bad maa
socially, la bualneea, la every, way.
' i ,'"' ' ' ' ' ,
Vu. (am. -h.s ta need advisedly
mjw m. "haa saaaV ia that lias a
kui Ani iar ha la a counterfeit, x
counterfeit haa all the aDcear-noee of
reality, and I yet devem x w ewp
, anA wlrtnaa. So with Addle.
It la easy to find men who w 4 declare
by alt that si enored that Hfbry U.
Rogers Is one f the best ff ta
k. HAu thauah ss many nre will
mm aarneatlr proclaim him ta fiend
i-nuta. About Addlcks. among
thoee who- kaew the am Ik are la but
one opinion. I have yet tojmeeft the.
aaan. woman or child who would aay
aught of Addlcka, after a month's ae-
aualatsnee. other tnao. - uvea sawn
tloa htm! He le the limit." Aad It 1
aid wltk tha eatm of dispassionate con
viction, aa one might speak of a otuffed
tiger la dime museum juagt.
Hera wa nave a man without a heart
without a souL and. I believe; abso
lutely without eonsclenosthe kind of
a maa who even .hta aaeoelatee feel la
likely to brlna la after their deathe
auear Mils aaalnet their estates as an
offset for what he owes them (the type
of -man whose promise le Just aa good
as bis bond, and wboss aoaa m so, near
bls promise aa to make It absolutely
Immaterial to him Which you take. He
Is rather a eurlou piece of mec baniem
than a humaa being. Exhibited la the
sideshow of one of the greatest slrcuaao
some yea re ago was a etrange create re
which, for lack of a better name. Its
owner and the nubile dubbed "A What
Ia Itr This freak had the semblance
of humanity, and ret was not human.
Ail its functions and fsellags revereed
the normal. Tickle it and tt would cry
bitterly: ptneb or torture It aad It would
grin rapturously; when starved tt re
pelled food, and whoa overfed It waa
ravenous for snore. It bsd beeurt -beats
but no heart. The public gave tt up.
Tba public would long ago have glvee
up J. Edward O'SuIllvaa Addlcks if he
would have lot th
During the Addlcka go campaign Hn
Roatoa one of hla lieutenants demanded
a large amount of money, whioh he
claimed Addlcka waa withholding from
him. aa hta ehare of the deal. Addleae
refuaad to pay. , His friends aad aaeo
elatee urged him to oettle. While yet
refusing, he agreed t meet this maa at
one of the lea lna hotels la the pres
ence of counsel and lieutenants. Tha
confab waa a hot one. but Addlcka aur
prlsed all by hat absolute fearlessness
la the face of a aavage attack, whioh
culminated la the maa who claimed ha
area being eheated producing a document
signed by eertala Massachusetts legis
lators, wherein they receipted for the
bribe money Addlcks had paid for their
voice, aad threatenlag that t would
be laid beforp the grand Jury the fol
lowing day. AU present .jMit ueouecr
and acoueed were dumfouaded at the
situation and In ooneort Begged Addlcks
to hush the matter up by paying what
waa elalmed: "Gentlemen.' said this
great financier, "my honor,- my bual
neea and my peraonal. honor, haauheea
assailed, aad rather than submit ta tht
outrage I would dial I aow ask you
all to bear witness thai under no elr
ctroumstanees will I pay to thie maa
a a ingle dollar r ,Aa he ladigneaUy
left the meet lag. ' .
While his sc onset aad aaaoamtsa
were appalled at what might, ho the
outcome, they admired hi manly pluck,
And naked themaelvae If they had not.
after all. bean rntetaaswTn tastr eaot-t
mstee of his courage an principle, an
the middle of the asms eight, tha maa
with the deeueaent was surprised by a
telegram raadlwfi rMeet ma at Jersey
City tomorrow aura with paper? keep
absolutely eaeret.'' Neat day In Jersey
they met, and Addlcks simply said:
There la the full amount 1 Oive mo the
Benton county will eend to th Lewta
aad Clear fair a hasel 'Vuah' M feet
long, ft laches In diameter aad U feet
from the putt to the first limb.
Countless staoks of hay are ta be seen
In the Missouri Plat section, oa th east "
aide of Powder river, a section that only
grew Neebruah a season or two ago.
The biggest black bear known af .te '
western Oregon for years, that haa ter
rorised a portloa of Lane county weal
Lof Cottage Grove for stx yea re, ha been .
I killed by Curtis Veateb af that town.
Prisoners m the Pendleton jell esse-
plained of rata and petltioaed for oata, L
Boys brought oats, and while they were
being passed la one prisoner dodged otl t
and eaeaped. Ho didn't like oats, either.
'A Pendleton man who be bean aerbr
for sis weeks says there haa bees
improvement there la that time than) la
Covington. Jnd.. whore he vtotted, la fte
four and one-half year he had
Pecan Journal: If the State of 6
gon had but a hundred mea like Hen
Rahp and A. H. Dave re, aha would
bounding ahead at a rate that
force a lackrabut to move to one
to keep from beiag rua ever.
Two drunken young Indiana attempt
to assault a young girl and stolb a do
she had, but her eersams brought hot
before she waa seriously .Injured, and
ana of the Indiana waa captured. It 1
rather surprising that he waa eafsly
eoaveyed to Jail.
Mitchell Sentinel! Last Prnky night
oa tha headwater of West Branch,
about 1 miles from Mitchell; a band of,
sheep was fired lata that belonged to'
Thomas ntaaerald. and about t head
of them were killed, bosidea quite g
amtiber being wounded. - ' . .
Per renting a eduma to the local-op-tlonlato
la the late campaign, The Dalle
Chronicle loot all the oalooa bustaeea
and now a locai-optlon subscriber aaa
ordered hla aaner dlaeoatinuod because
once more a ealedn "ad." appeared la thef
Chronicle. - The poor newepapar maa ie
ap against eomtwhlag, whatever ha dooa.
At th time Addloka "lit- In Boston
she numbered among her proudest pee
ssssleoa several extremely rich gaa boev
pantee, and they were owned by her
"beet peopla" To do buslneaa wltk Bos
ton's "best people" Is no easy task, and
up to the advent of Addlcka, to do buar
nans with her 'tjeet people" without do
ing It through others of bar facet peo
ple' who could Absolutely vouch for you
waa aa unheard-of thing. The mannur
In which the ex-flour marchant of Phil
adelphia managed to slip by tha barriers
and Into the heart, of our blue-blooded
oltedel constituted the most unparalleled
example of audacity I know about.
Tha campaign of arrangement for the
lighting" of .Addlcka In Boa ton was
more elaborate, more astute and expen
sive than waa ever erganlaad for the ex
ploitation of prima doana or great
pianist. For mentbe an advance agent
had been preparing tha way for hie
chiefs arrival la a blase of glory. There
was talk In the papero and among the
financiers about the wonderful water
gas process which enormoualy enhanced
the proflta of gaa making, and which
rumor was always linked wltk the name
of the briUleat Philadelphia gaa king,
for oe the press had already dubbed him.
A wonder and magic Immensely provoe
sttvo of curiosity ware woven about the
Identity of thie J. Mdwerd O'Sulllvan
Addlcka. whs, hr was said, might be
persuaded to come to Boston to work
mervele with the etooka that had been
la the family long before the present
generation could remember. The ad
vanoe agent in oautloua preliminary in
terviews with gas stock holders and
bankers, gathering Information, dropped
hint as to the arlstrocratio CVBulllvau
connection and the privilege it would
be for BoatoD to entertain so distin
guished a gentleman aa his chief.
When It was sure that the great man
was feaHy coning the agent Bought the
advice of Boston's beat tat selecting
quarters for him, la the Tudor, a beau
tiful family hotel adjoining the Somer
set club on Beaoon Hill, magnificent
suite of apartments waa taken, and
though the great manBould remain in
Bostoa but a brief space, the furniture,
tha hangings, and even the earpeta were
all e banged for him. .
It wee a winter- dap whan Addloka
"lit" In Boa too, aad elroumatanoso bad
arieea, the suave agent told various of
Boston's best whom be 1 bad nonsuited.
that would make his chiefs stay much
briefer thaa either had anticipated. So
when tha great man arrives at the club
Just before dinner, quite a group of Im
portant people wara oongregated there.
So well had tha estate advance aa-ent
done hta work that a little dinner waa
arranged oa the spot and Addleka made
sack rapid progress with these reecrved
and conservative Boat on tans that, by tha
time ooffee waa served, the eoaveraetlon
had got to the stage where It came nat
ural for him to eend tha waiter to the
coat room for hla bunch of gas papera.
The emissary returned brlngina the fur
overcoat with which Addlcka always en
veloped nimseif tn chilly weather. Ad
dloka searched tha pocketa, aad, appar
ently to hie surprise, discovered that
tbey did act contain the required docu
ments, but where they should have bean
he found a email bale of l.0-doUar
government aonda. that ene of tha party
as id afterward contained at leaat 10
certifies tee. "How careless of my aae
retery." oald Addicka, nonchalantly re
Placing the packet m tha oochet and
motioning the waller to take th garaeeut
oaca e in mi naa -
After dinner. Addlcks at eme wM
down to buslneaa" j "oentlemen, my pro
test IS sample be II la feasible aad
Or
u.itAi, j! 4
About, efcmaa Rogue river farmer
and dairymen have Oiled their silos for
winter use, mostly with sornataika, bat
mere .
bet i
be : 1
weuis
Haw
eoaeervatlva, for I will tow eh nothing
but - oaneervatrve enterprises. Gentle-
men, you have three great gaa aem ,
panlea supplying this great elty with
light the Bostoa, Roxbury aad South -Boa
too. They are worth at tha present ;
time about f t,e,ee. , I am going te
buy them and spend three or four .
millions mors for a new oompany, and r,
then ooneoiidate them all and turn them
from coal into water-gap- oompanioo, '
selling gaa to your -people at less thaa ,)'
they now pay, and thua make lot of
money for you and for myself What do ' ;
you sayr , . .--v.
a la the i , v
gath- I
careful, , V '
Thla waa certainly quick action.
ton'e beat waa breathless for a minute. I
Then oomeone said: "Thl la a weighty
proposition, Mr. Addlcka. 1 think our
solicitors should pass on It first before
we go further, gad thoftr sf tor their lay g-
vea ligations are finished, why. we will
consult with our families, who own the .
stock, and, .If they all agree, perhaps wa
shall be able to decide on a proper baalp '
ort which ta dispose of our holdings-"
Addloka genius waa equal to the ocea
siao. "I regret gentlemen, any eeem .
lag baste, but thie le the situation! I
am going to invest It or I millions, or
perhaps Sft or te, tn elty gaa properties,
and as the project will require quite a .
bit of financing, I have got te round It
up at once, la tiros to , ollp over to
London to lay It before my aaeootatoo, .
and tnamlng
of the great Bnglleh lord ' of
finance), "whom, you, gentlemen, are
probably wall acquainted with. I think -
you wui. after you nave given ine mat
ter a little thought agree with me that
It would bo a mlefortune to postpone
converting thoee magnificent , Boston
plant ro the water-gas system until
after other eltlep I have la mind are "
reconstructed. You see we caa turn ;
over but one city at a time, th sustem
bain now and competent engineer and
bulldara few."
The painful thought took aha pa
mind of the distinguished Uttl
Monte Crist might actually Blip outl. lt
of their towa without- llshteaing anjrf H
of that goidea lead.. f V
Just what 1 your Mea, Mr. Addlcks.
of how thla glgaatle piece of bueinoesrC:
could be doncT" one asked. ' . T
"Simple, simple" the great .Colonel
Sellers of eye-water fame never looked
more cool and unconcerned whoa calling
attention to the facta. "lwft.OO, of
people, two eyea each, a bottle of my
patent eye-wash for each at 11 a bottle.
aad eye-waoh made at a aet eoat of a
dime a barrel" "simple, aimple; you
name your price, 1 pay It aad the thing
ta 0000.'
"But, Mr. Addloka. do you know wo
value our gaa properties very .high?
Take the Boston, for Instances the par
value af each shore le u and we den t
believe you oould buy tt at less thar-
than eight or nin hundred dollars"
this from one of the prominent heldera.
"Of course, of eourse: I am act buy-
Ung gaa com panlea that are not well
thought af by their p recent owners," re
turned Addlcks. "1 think you under
estimate the value af the Beaton
pony's Stock When you ay Mo. Of
course, aa a conservative bualneea mad
I wleh to buy oa reasonably aa pooaible.
aa aa I know what the future of your
oompany will be under the water-gas
change, I eonaider tl.oo a share aheap
and if you say so, will take It all now
majority, minority aad all at that
price." -
This waa strong talk. In spite of
eonditiooa, 'Boston' best began ta get
fidgety.
Yea," went on the Monte Crieto from
Philadelphia, "1 11 do better than that
On second thought I will give you
11. toe a share. Think It over and wa ll
have another sit-down tomorrow."
It took Addlckghnnit a few day to
trade, i for at eaWittlng the staging
waa more entieing said tne eau from his
assOc iotas ta London more Insistent
Minor difficulties were aaagnifl costly
waved away. A number of scions of
Boeton's beat families had good paying
position in the different oompaalea.
What would Mr. Addlcka d with, these
people? V
"Simple, simple," he replied; "double
th time of contract and the salary; na
favor te them or you; good mea are
very hard to get you know." . - -
Addlcks got what he oeme ta Boston
for the Boston, Roxbury and South
Bostoa Oaa companies. Hs did what ha
said ho would, built a new oaa, th
Bay State of Maaaachusstta, and turned
them all Into the Bay State of Dela
ware, and th Bay Stat af Delaware .
turned them out oa the public ta the
fatent of i.oo.la the form of j
bond aad stock, and Add lex to see
his own language, "cleaned up around ,
7.0o,ee," and turned ta new field,
field for his peculiar geaiua.
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