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V OFFICIAL PAFW OF TMC CITY OF FOHTLAMO
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LET THERE BE PEACE.
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)CT ui men and wom wno are
world's peace net despair because tney can ea yi
MFcrivt no large or Immediate results of their
P. efforts, because the nations now it nf yield no
head. Thuf people arc working in a great and noble
cause, and the seeds they art sowing shall surely bear
fruit R Is true that they sre saying n1 o1" nothing
Mw, but the world to far wore ready to gtva them a hser
,, It and to fall with th.tr ideas, than It was eves a
1 generation agsv -.. .' . f - '
V - The Uteratur sent out br the American Paaca society
' ia worth of alt peophVe attention, and furnishes a con
vincing anawr te k aynlcat medlsevnllsm and mock
hemic, of thoae wha arena that the human race can
progress only by war. that avarr nation lb the matter of
war at a law unto limit and tna annotate- arbitet ex na
awn destiny, regardless of tna world opinions or lntsr-
sets, and that there moat always he ware because there
always have been wars. 7 w :f " "!"
The teaching of each ethically and epirkuaily, ae welt aa
- mentally, great men na Emerson. Longfellow, Holmes,
' Chancing. Lowell, Sumner. Philips Brooke and Dr. Edward
: Xverett Hale, still net only alive hut roan at over four-
, score, cannot be m vein. .: -' 1
The raters end etateamen of the world nave chanted.
. are changing their opinions, utterances and tact Ice. The
nominating speech ef ex -Governor Bleak waa a voice out
, of the neat. King Edward hi for peace. The emperor of
Germany's belligerency largely that of the tongue. .The
cenr and the nikade wis not noon engage in another war
- when they get through with this one. The French people
' hove learned to value peace- and love Its quiet, paths.
ren the little revolotlona in the Latln-Amerloan atatea
are heoomlny lee free.uent. And the people of Oils great
repnblle would go far m arbitration and adjustment be-
; fore they would draw the eword and let Ihoet the dogs of
i war. It la proper, too, for this great nation to take the
lead In urging peace upon the world aa' s permanent
pottey. Y , ' ' ,(i , i. ' - . .?
The world kt moving toward thia end. . In 17t7 John lay
aas burned In effigy ta Boston for putting an arbitration
otaeas tn a treaty with Bngiand, alnor which time !
InternaUenal dlspates have been settled by arbitration, 91
; of which occurred slnee lfsu and now our aeoretary of
state appears as the most prominent apeeher at a peace
Oeneral Grant Was not a sentimental soldier or etatee
man, but he doubtless spoke the sincere desire of hts heart
when he said: "Let us have peaoe.n He knew what war
-was. The world Is echoing that sentlmentt Let there be
peace. vUalees Ja some el moot inconceivably exceptional
caeei war should be considered the greatest of .national
'crtinss. t- " '-.. ' v - --! ...- )
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AIDING THE FAIR.
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nii uregon
6regonlan denies unqualifiedly for UsehV and
almobt as strongly for the ether, newspapers . of
Portland, the truth of an r fntimatkm that the
iewla and Clark fair people; while askm the gratuitous
' support of -the; eeuntry preea, rs largely spending; money
with the Oregoniaa newspaper. - There hfcnot dollar being-
spent In this direct toe by the fair people.- The enter
VPiise le peculiarly a matter of publle concern. Involving
ttha public pride as well as the unselfish contributions and
support of ail the' people. Beck eitleen and each news
paper hi involved tn the success of the outcome. Every
part of this general region, as a matter of fact, has a dtrecf
local interest hi the success of the fair, at least to the
.degree of attracting here a large attendance. The benefit
will not exclusively accrue to Portland; It will go to every
towa and section la this whole northwest region. There
fore all possess a definite stake in the outcome. ,
There haa been much unselfisk work done for the fair,
fwerk which has cost Individuals much In time and money,
hlr. Scott cUUns credit for his share, and he is entitled to
receive k. Every Individual and every newspaper and
'Organtsatlon which hetpa eiong the fair Is entitled to credit,
fcut In lending thetr sld they are Indirectly helping thenv
(Sfrtvsa, and thus setf-mterest as well as patriotism unit
In Indicating that as the proper eouree to pursuer
A QUEER OFFICIAL EXPLANATION.
Admiral RoJeetvenskyS explanations have
percoUted Into publicity, unless the theory of sheer
Innww - - - . iMtJ. in h anuntu.
ate and aggravate the original great offense. That they
believed they were firing at two vessels of the warship
type, that they did not fire at tba trawlers and that they
did net know they had harmed thenv Is' so disingenuous
as to serve to inflame rather than to allay the public
resentment with which the first announcement of the out
rage was received tn Great Britain. To accept' the ex
planation, that Is to accept It to the degree of giving It
credence, would simply grre expression to the universal
convict ton that the commanders of the Baltic fleet are so
thoroughly Incompetent, so HI qualified for such a com
mand, thai the fleet itself white at large Is the most knml
nent of menaces to the world's neutral commerce. It must
nean that those la command are m such a state of nervous
apprehension of the Japanese, who are on the other side
of the world, that they hare such esagwerated notions of
their prowess based upon the happenings in the far east
during the past few months, that-they are actually seared
Into a condition of irresponsibility the moment they
leave the- eafe refuge of their own harbors and the frown
ing front of then own fortresses. Take men of this
description who are constantly "seeing things, who have
'reached such a state of nervousness that they see in peace
ful trawlers the menace of Clotting mines, In fishing
smacks the dreadful possibilities ef the torpedo boat and In
fummg schooners the towering dread- of the enemy's
battleships and no peaceful vessel would be sets to ply Its
trade along the route which the Baltic fleet proposes to
follow. ...... ' V v. - , ; '
The experience Is menacing to Russia because the
exptanatto. and suargeeted reparation offered by Russia
cannot decently be accepted by Great Britain. It Is to the
last degree Humiliating as soaking; plain to the world that
the morale of the Russian navy has reached the lowest ebb
and that 10 the uncertain eventual too that the Baltic fleet
should reach hostile waters It would be ewept from the
recs of the see. like a fog before the fierce rays of the
sun. ti Is significant and humiliating for it tsars aslds the
mask at mystery which hitherto has hidden Russia's war-,
like front and makes plain the truth of what has been so
frequently eheiwed that while the, bravery of the Russian
soldier is unimpeachable there Is Incompetency crooked
ness) inhumanity and cowardice in the ranks of the ruling
classes. Of all things that this Incident haa laid bare to
the world there is nothing quits so hum 11 latin as this.
Cor It must have Its effect upon the present great struggle
with Japan In concentrating public opinion as never before
hack of the little Island empire and lending fresh force
to the conviction that even unaided the donshty little
brown men will carry to a successful iesue the tremendous
contract which they eo blithely undertook of subjugating,
single banded, the great northern bear.; y
: FAITH Hi. PORTLAND'S FUTURE. :
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Small CLange
laggart still talks big about Indiana,
The gielsaahoiy daye are not yet here.
All eulet an the tshfce hut ae rr
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The straw vote Idiot seems to ku.
euDsraeo. .
Net many Stories of boltlnd are 1b
eirouiauea,
That Baltic fleet Is the world's areat
oavat mystery. ,
Ksep the 1MB fair la mind, and Dra
pers well tor if- .
Ko doubt that Russian admiral will
regret to report. . N
' Russia le gaining- a great reputation
as a big blunderer.
But the beef trust has not declared
against Roosevelt.
Boon several Oregon Republican spell
binders will get busy. . .
O, but the lion wanted to be turned
loops for a little while. r .
John Bull has teemed eel f -control
through dear experienee. .
N elderly, observant and successful Boston man who
has been carefully looking over the Pacific "coast
for months, for the purpose of eeiecUng a home
ouy that would not only be agreeable to him as a residence
during his declining years, but that would be the best
piece for his sons largely to succeed, has chosen Portland
in preference t all other coast cities. He doss this not
iv heeauee of this eitv'a climatic, scenic and other
residential attractions, but more because, after careful In
vestigation, he eonelsdes thai Portland Is. destined to be
the best and greatest city on tba coast, not excepting even
San Francisco, He bases this conclusion largely on the
situation of Portland on a great river, where It has or la
to hare unimpeded water eorninuotaatlanv not only with
the ocean, but the areat Interior country. He-considers
also the vast resources of that tributary country, and esti
mates the great value of a fresh water harbor.
Many other far-seeing; men entertain the asms opinion.
Whether or not they are correct depends almost entirely
upon Portland Itself. The longer one Uvea and the more
be sees the more likely he Is to conclude that location has
comparatively little to do with the growth and develop
ment of great cities. If the choice were given of location
or a small body of the right sort of cttiaens without a
favorable location the practical man would Immediately
choose the dtisena. It Is true that the location of some
cities is so favored, so free from the poesibilltles of compe
tition, that they grow almost without conscious effort on
the part of their people.. This has been largely true of
Portland. In s. general way It may be said that Its cltl
ssns hare merely taken the good things that bars fallen
into their laps. ' No people- anywhere have been more
fortunate. AH of this has been well and good up to this
point, but the policy of the pest will not do as the' policy
for the future, provided we hope to take the conspicuous
place to which we are entitled on this coast. In the pass
Ins; years rivals , have grown up about us to dispute with
us the territory which ones was ours and to hem ue In.
These rtveia have been Industriously at work; it would, not
be true, to say that until very recently we have bees) as
Industriously at work to protect our own Interests. ' i
Few people who come here have any doubt of the future
of Portland. They see for themselves the great possibili
ties before the city. Without any very special effort we
are destined to grow tn wealth and importance. But does
that satisfy any genuine lover of Portland f Will -anything
short of an absolutely commanding position satisfy
him? Nothing short of that should. It can bo attained
but only In one way, and that Is through the united, far
seeing ana unselfish efforts of Its own people. The time
has gone by when wv could afford to wait to have things
corns to us; we must bring them here. In other words,
are must do thoae things for ourselves which ws know to
be essential la maintaining our unrivaled position. We
must do them with our whole heart and soul, do them now
and continue to do them. - i i , '. .
The future of Portland is bi the handa of its own people;
It wttl become jttet ss great ae they say It will, provided
they faithfully do their part. But tt will not become so
of Its own volition. That Is a fatal error Into which too-
many people- yet fall, and It la an error which above all
ethers must Jbe eradicated.
PROTECTION FOR NEUTRAL COMMENCE.
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RECKING the Kaahlng tn channel of neutral
commerce, by the most InsMuous and feared
form of destruction, should quickly awaken the
world to its rights around the scene of oriental hostilities.
Neutral laws sre born of thr. convict Wn that belligerents
must respect non-combatants. There Is no reason why
Innocent people should become Involved In the. frenzied
work of two nations who have accepted the Issue of battle.
With benign persistence neutrality reetralntSHuive grown
tn the International code until the non-combatant Is
assured Immunity from violence of belligerents so kmc ss
the allotted field of battle la not treapaseed upon, - -'
Sowing torpedoes and mines In the open sea, or where
they will surely drift Into the channels of peaceful corn-
Is s flagrant violation of the rights of non-
combatants. If Russia would hedge her precarious posi
tion at Port Arthur with mines, she should be commanded
by the world to proceed with all needed safeguards to
peaceful people, or tf Japan sought to Utter the path of
escape from the beleagured fortress With destruction, her
guaranty that peaceful persons, pursuing their ordinary
vocations would not be menaced, would be in order. Fall
ing in thia duty to the world, either or both nations should
be held to account. Britain Is warranted In determining
the author 'the Keshlng trouble, and demandlns
reparation a full as if the vessel had been made the direct
target of a negligent admiral's guns, o ? . , y
Floating mines at sea should move to speedier ulti
matums than firing on a fishing fleet. Those invlsfbe
terrors sre freighted with greater woe than a cannonade.
for they strike when least expected, usually catch a vic
tim alone, and are more relentless than the most savage
belligerent could be to a neutral people- If Pechltl and
Llae Tung gulfs have been menaced as the Hashing
disaster indicates, neutral powers are remarkably remiss
tf action Is not taken soon to protect their interests. .
RTS&a TOThV
. .' From the Philadelphia tder.
About this time one aiay expect to
see many dlaserutlona on the import
nue of a smele vote. The statement
that Marcus Mortoei defeated Rdwsrd
Kvetett for governor of Mesaaehusetts
bv. e sl&ale vote to s total poll ef lee,-
ri appears hi the newspapers la every
tmlittcMl can EM lea. A very good oee-1 . The nella eloMd without his vets.
vote siory. eitriouira to ini ib iwn
Corwln, Vatted Slate senator from
Ohio, ebnut an decline. In Rhode Island
and repelled by the ftt, Iouls Republic.
imi not be remittor to the reader;. "In
the Kjtrinu ef 1M1, et the annual election
In Rhone let end. there was e town pre
nrt eloaely contested by the Federal
A tWpuellcaa (the peace and war)
parties. ; A Federal farmer, harrying
down IS vote juat before c toeing tint,
wsg stopped en the War by finding one
of (hie valuable pigs fast caught m a
fence. He tried to pull the pig out and
failed. Then with kome difficulty he
pried away one of the ptonka, released
e pig and started on a run for toe
polling place. Just ss he got within s
hundred feet Of It the town clock struck
The result was that a war representative
from that town wee elected by one vote.
When the general aseembly met a fw
weeks afterward a war senator was
efcneen by one suorlty en joint ballot,
in 1R11 the declaration of war with Eng
land waa certied In the eongreas by one
vote. Oeneral Jackson Was nominated ss
major general and eouflrmed by oas
vete. He commanded the army at the
battle of New Orleans, won a great vic
tory, became a popular military hero,
wae elected and re -elected president,
turned all the Whigs out of office, removed-
aU the depoeita from national
banks, and played havoe generally, and
alt beoauea that pig away up in Rhode
bland got feat In a plank fence."
The tflraree. laiutees.
From the New ToHr TiKmm. '
In Jersey City Rev. Mr. flcuuder en
ssged a saloon-keeper and former cham
pion pugilist to teach boxing to mem
bers ef the Sunday school. Good, it'll
some bandy, raits and works ought
to ge head Is haaa, or hand la glove,
rather, ,
After election Mr. Bryan will have
further remarks to make, r
A pereon could almost be excused for
writing a poem on Autumn.- -
'Borne towns without saloons are not
without liquors and drinkers .
Very nice in la .weather; yet some
Oregon mist would be profitable, .
It will certainly be a rather quiet
election in ssoet parts of the eountry.
Perhaps the Ituesuui admiral wantedj
to prove ins ae eouia nit something.
The right vote le- one east after
conscientious and unprejudiced delibera
tion, K. ' .
will be large. But no extravagance
mind. . v u. -viiSl..-
The trusts will not suffer very much
from the politicians, whoever . are
elected. 4, - - - ....
No, It te not exactly the astern In
dian summer, but H makes very agree
able eubstitute. . ; ;i
item m ioe: There is talk or a
weekly steamer service between Portland
and Coos bay. - - - , , ; -.
Xt doeen't take much of a pontics!
party or- religious sect to split Into two
or- more fragments.
Republicanism is the1 same today as
It wae In 16. Iforo Observer., Must
have seen asleep then.
The heir to the Russian ' throne
couldn't have saade a worse break If he
had been in command.
Some meanness fcs developing on borh
sides, beck east, .but tortunatery the
campaign will, soon be ever. -
Still there, are editors end speakers
who pretend to think that Coxey's army
waa due to O rover Cleveland's election.
Among ' the very few Pemecratle
members of the . legislature is A. 8.
Caveitder of Brownsville,, and he was
surprised last week on receiving from
the secretary of the fltate Republican
league a request to organise a Roose
velt club, and suggesting himself as its
president. Being a mlthful Democrat,
he felt impelled to decHne the flattering
suggestion.
LETTERS FROM TEE PEpPLE
- Aat seloen
To the Editor ef The Journal The
morning paper makes the statement:
"The general object of the law adopted
last June was to enable the eountry pre
cincts to rorce pronioition on tne county
towns. This Was disguised last spring,
but Is underaiooa now."
So far as the Anti-Saloon league is
coneerned It denies the allegation ex
cept where the town le prepared to en
force prohioition end the local conditions
ruuy justify a general etectianv 10 suo-
stsntlste this statessent, the league op
posed including two saloon precincts of
Baker City end two at Bumpter te the
petition for aa election In Baker county.
Neither did It favor ealltnar for an elec
tion In the esJooa precinct of L Grande,
nor is any of the precincts of Pendle
ton, nor la the First preelnet of Oregon
City. In leas than one third of the
counties ef the state did It favor a gen
eral election. Its policy In Multnomah
county wae to keep the eountry vote en
tirely distinct from the city vote, per
mitting each to decide the question- for
Itself. The only petition that the league
has filed In this county le for the sub
division lying east of Portland, This
subdivision as a whole gave a majority
of I7S for local option and no precinct
containing a town or a saloon fell below
a majority. It is the heme district or
Che metropolis and ehould be freed from
saloons for residence precincts. Only
half the saloons la thia section hold a
license, the remainder are running In
defiance of taw. Mad there been no
county petition the league would have
tiled petitions for precincts 7, 40. 41. 41,
14. 47. 4 and . all res id en ee precincts
lying along the eastern- boundary of the
city. We believe this policy Will meet
with general approval.
. ANTI-SALOON IXAQUW.
The following Instructions were cent
to Anti-Re loon league workers' through
out the stats before any petitions had
been filed:
i. Do not petition for an election
where there le not a reasonable proba
bility of securing a majority vote.
't. Do not petition for an election
where there Is not a strong probability
the lew would be enforced. It Is more a
question of enforcing the law than
carrying the election.
t. Aa a rule. 00 not uss the vote or
eeuntry precincts te force prohibition
upon city and town precincts where
there IS a strong sentiment opposed te
It." , ' (fc
' A Wer-JsnUag Oembtae.
from the Boston Globe, '
Andrew Csrnegie'e plan for a com
bination of Great Britain. Germany.
rrence and the trnlted States in a
league to force peace on the nations of
the world would be mors .hopeful If
there were reason for believing that
these policemen of the earth would re
main at peace with one another. Any
way the Scheme is interesting as lad
(atlng the greet, stset man's confidence
in the power of a trust to regulate hu
man affairs,
TWO VIEWS C? r.QOSRVRloT
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Henry Wsttereon writes for Collier's
of October 24 an article en "Theodore
Roosevelt: Is He Slnsere or Is tie a
Hypocrite r te which he says:
Mr. Roosevelt Is represented by his
penogyrlata on the one band as the most
gull lees of men, en the ether hand ae
tne moat astute, "what , would Lin
coln have doner" Mr.- Hay telle ue he
constantly asks himself.
We are told that we must snake no
readings from Mr, Roosevelt's books.
Why notT Mahilr.' the answer comes.
because they were the mors or less
Jejune effusions of en Immature mind.
Tet, do not such effusions throw light
upon character T Young men are, aa a
rule, generous. ' We seek, nowhers te
discover, a gleam ef hearty though unl
thoughted appreciation In all the writ
ings of 'Theodore Roosevelt; but every
where censorious criticism, faulty Judg
ments, superficial history, exultant, self-
confident Intolerance, lie calls Jeffer-
aon Davis a second Benedict Arnold, as
sails him as a repudiatlonlat, and, of
fered proof to the contrary, aroeslr In
sults an old man tottering on the brink
of the grave. Would Lincoln have done
this? He dismisses Schley as aa Im
patient schoolmaster might dismiss
peatlf erouB youngster. . Would J-lM?oln
have done mis? 1 ,
Were these things ths offspring of
Impulse er Intention T Perhaps a little
of both. Character is made up of con
tradictions. 1 Tet In spite of all that la
elalmed for him we sever eee Theodore
Roosevelt doing a magnanimous aoMon--saying
a charitable, kindly word on
ths contrary, and all the time the re
lentless orltlc, exacting - of others,
grudging as te himself, and never for
a moment slnee his advent to the whits
house losing sight ef the mala chance.
A model paterfamilias I Why, so Is
the kaiser. Aa - upright gentleman T
Wherein has he In this an advantage
over his Majesty Xing Edward VI IT A
brave man? The woods are full of
them. We are not choosing a king or a
kaiser, but an American preetdent. Hap
pily, we can eheoee between two or
three, or half a doseo contestants. Why
not Tom Watson T Why not Dr. 81a w-
lowT Why not Mr. Debar Bach la rep
resented te he a good eitiaen and a
virtuous man. They are, eo to say, with
ths sideshows, ae they are 'called. .Mr,
Roosevelt is in actual possession of the
office, Hs has been filling It three yeare.
It ought to be easy to see what be is
and what he is not. Shall we throw
away our glasses out of respect for hie
dignity t Shall our Inspection, of wares
submitted to. -us "on approval" be
abridged; our refusal to purchase, along
with the reasons why, be dismissed as
leeemaj estet .1
Z de not approve Mr. Roosevelt at all.
but X entertain no. private grief against
him. I not only do not want te do him
lnjuetloe, but 1 ehould be glad tb be able
tn hmhL him with admiration and aa
teem. I am denied thin by a belief tn Lincoln.
the truth of that which is hare Written.
It rests not upon conjecture; It Is a
pert, though an experts1 part, of the
history ef the time. r Can there be an
other side to ttf ... t. , , . . "
Charles X Bonaparte, the well
known Baltimore lawyer, es -congress
man and student of government, writes
xor collier's of October t$, on the Pr
sonaltty of Free Id ant Roosevelt, and la
pan says'. -
It is a doubtful compliment to oaU
a watch dog "eafe," for some people It
were well to have him "unsafe, and the
more unsafe the better: tf thieves and
tramps feet secure with him unchained.
his owner 'may do wisely to obtain, lo
his place, aa animal less discreet and
leas amiable. I do not question that, la
certain quarters, both at home and
abroad. 1 our' president's reputation for
"safety" Is but indifferent; on thia point
the sultan of Morocco and his trouble
some subject Ralsull are probably of
one mind; rebellious Moros and seditious
Filipinos doubtless share their views,
and some South American statesmen.
especially In and about Bogota, are
ready to signify an safphatls assent.
Nor Is this opinion eonflned to foreign
ers; "grafters" and the friends of
"graft" think him rash and headstrong
some rich men, wbe once supposed they
were rich enough to defy the law, and
some agltatora, who ones thought they
controlled votes enough to enjoy the
same privilege, are alike displeased with
him; generals, who held discipline good
for their subordinates, but not for them
selves, would prefer another commander-
in-chief; peaceful and refined southern
ers -of the Varna man er Ttllmaa type,
who are denied the pastime ef "running
out" a "nigger" postmaster when ths
fancy seises them, feel reasonably ag
grieved; In short, all these people unan
Imoualy label him "Dangerous." They
all believe that life will be safer and
more comfortable (for themselves)
Judge Parker shall take his place at the
whits house, and very probably they are
right.
No president, since the close or re
construction, has had to meet and solve
eo many novel, grave and delicate prob
lems. He has pacified the' Philippines
he has organised a1 free, orderly and
progressive government In Cuba; he hss
adjusted Veneauela'B Imbroglio with her
creditors; he has settled the ooal strike
he haa set on foot a Juat and conserve
tlve system to supervise and control
the 'Truats he has resolutely and ef
fectlvely, yet prudently, enforced exist
ing federal laws against capitalists and
workmen alike; hs has firmly, but tem
perately, resisted the attempted dlQta
tloa of race prejudice at ths south, and
he has assured us an Isthmian canal la
the near future and by. the beat route.
Such a record for three yeare la the
white house will not suffer by compart
eon with that of any president since
- rM.e
I Oregon SidcKglitst
rxmoxwxA. a rRAjonaax yosta
Collier's for October . In Its series
of articles on "Doubtful States and the
Silent Vote,' oarriea an article on "West
Virginia: Corruption Rampant." la which
the writer says: "West Virginia, today
the greatest boom state tn the union, Is
poisoned throughout with a political
contamination sd, thoroughly assimilated
that Its ulcere are ynUblc in every oe-
partmeat of public life. Kanawha Is the
capital county ef West Virginia.
Charleston, the capital city, m the busi
ness center of a wonderfully rick coal
and timber country, a region of great
and sudden fortunes. Hustle and enter
prise are Its normal enaracterlstlcs.
But with all its commercial progress ive-
ness. Charleston ia. perhaps, ss rotten
politically as any American municipal
ity. Civic pride seems not to exist;
public opinion is almost deed. Calumni
ous statements tbese. IT made upon toe
authority of a - mere outside observer;
but they are not made upon my owe
responsibility. They are an open expres
sion of the leading eltisene without re
peat to party that very Teet element
of cltlsenhslp which by reason of in
herent Inactivity, discouragement, or
cowardice is responsible for these eondl-j
tlons. -Charleston's enforcement ot crimi
nal law, particularly aa regards murder,
has been farcical; its police department.
commanded by a profealonal law-breaker.
is largely made up of the lawless ele
ment'. Its political processes are oasea
upon the dollar and ths pistol. Chief of
Folic Rrlnnjr Lynn la typical oc tne
Kanawha county system of political, re
wards. He le an ex-dlvekesper who, at
the time of his appointment, waa under
indictment for running a "blind tiger' In
his house of svU-resort near the town
limits. Lynn was In charge ef a orowd
of negro repeaters at ths polling pises.
Hs performed the Important function of
paymaster. The system was this: One
of Juynn'S policemen stood at the door
of the polling place, and as each, negro
came out, received a signal from aa In
side official, which hs transmitted by a
llfteTT finger to his chief aoroas she
street, signifying that the man had
voted "right. Thereupon the Chief of po
lice pulled out a wad of money and paid
the voter in the open street, and in di
rect sight of ths passers-by. Not until
cameras were produced did 'Brlnny
transfer hie operations te a shed whose
shadows protected him from the sensi
tive plate. When asms of his friends
remonstrated with him upon ths meth
ods employed, be said: 'Ah, what do I
care? The snap-shotters didn't get near
enough te show the money, did they r
foe" Passes and the Young Spsilbludsr
Prom ths Kansas City Star.
"During the last presidential cam
paign hi Illinois," says a member Of the
Republican committee In mat state.
was amused by a conversation between
Uncle Jos' Cannon and a ysung spell
binder who Wae speaking of the dlsoour-
as-insr outlook in a certain district which
the Republicans ware moat anxious to
carry.
1 don't know wnat te maxe or tne
people down there,' said the younger
Domiden, 'Appeals te their reason seem
to be out ef the question. They seem to
sdmlt the logic of oar principles; but
thev are certainly going to vote ths
other way If my information Is correct
m disgusted with them. What's the
use of appealing to their reason.' -
" 'Mr boy,' said Cannon, with a grim
smile, havsn't you learned yet never to
expect pure argument to have much
weight? You went to throw tn an ap
peal to self-tiltereat now and then. 'You
must not be discouraged. Just reflcbl
and tell me how many times in your
brief life you have been able to go be
hind the door and successfully argue
yourself out of a fool Intention!' "
90&eV
Were sTsvee Taller, ?
,T From the Boston oiobe. '
We hear fabulous stories of ths age
end alee ef men in prehistoric times
80 thoroughly are these old stories of
the ancient giants Impressed upon the
people that the French government hss
Instituted a searching Inquiry conducted
by the eminent scientist, M. Daare to
ascertain the csact truth.
He reports that the average height of
smb has continued the same for thou
sands of years, aa shown is primitive,
prehistoric and historic man. The great
sue ef ancient man Is purely Imaginary.
From the New York Herald: '
' London. Arthur W. Plnero's dancing
doll is the talk of ijondon. Every
at Wyndham'e theatre, where "A Wife
Without a Smile," the play In which ths
doll made Ite appearance. Wednesday
night, has been booked for six weeks
ahead. All the town waits to see for
Itself whether what has beeen deeorlbed
se an- erometer le a high er low, inno
cent or suggestive, decent er indecent
doll. ... .
The doll Is an mventleu of Seymour
RlpplnglU. the hjishand of the -"wife
without a smile." RlpplnglU oas at
tached the toy to a string which passes
throuah the ceilinjc ef the drawing-room
and ia fastened to the sofa ef aa upper
room occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Webb
Marsh, two recently married people who
fraauamtlv retire there, ostensibly to
work, but In reality te "spoon."
Rlpplngill's idea waa that the doll
would chow whether or not Webb Marsh
and his wife were "spooning" and that
Mrs. RlpplnglU might thereby be in
duced to laugh. RlpplnglU thought that
even a kiss or the gentle pressure of
the hand should produoe a shiver of ths
The audience eees the pendant doll,
not merely shivering, but dancing up
and down, end Derformtnx the mast ex
treordlnery gyrations at the end ef its
string,
' When Mrs. Grundy's official reporter
George Redford, examiner of plays, wss
asked If hs saw anything objectionable
In Mr. Plhsro's doll, hs replied It seemed
te him to be sheer Insolence to week for
a vile suggestion la "A Wife Without a
Smiles ' .
Tm perfectly certain.? he added,
"without the shadow or a vUtlge of a
AAuht. that Mr. Plnerc Who Is wsll
knnwn to Ht and whom 1 esteem highly,
hui r the ella-htest intention of what
X may call nas tineas In the situation of
hi play. Until ths day wnen 11 was
pointed out to me that the action of the
doll suspended from the celling might
h misunderstood I never areamea mac
auch a charge could be made against
the author."
One of the " funniest Outgrowths of
ths controversy over A wire witnout
. nmiie' la the wav in which that stal-
mrt ami aelf-aoDOlnted keeper of Brit
ish morals William T. Stead, gtvee
himself away. Asked about ths dancing
Ann h an interviewer. Mr. Stead said:
"As I sat watching ths play, tt seemed
tn me nu re Pmneh and Judy business.
When I came away, however, and
thought over What I had been laughing
at, 1 thought It was moral degradatlou.
a moral degradation that I should be
made te laugh at such a mwg. .
, Pha whole tons of the clay is bad.
It le bed bad bad." aald Mr. Stead,
with emehasls. "I would llks to see th
play hanged by the oommon hangman.
. ' y. X' was BagUsh SUblS.- - -y
' -". From the Chicago Chronicle." -
In no respect have the Japanese
shown greater keenness than in their
appreciation of the bible aa a means of
learning good Kugllsh. Word hss eomi
from Lxmdon that never in Ite history
hss ths bible society distributed so
many copies of ths sortpturee aa since
the Russo-Japanese war began. The
demand for the bible In Korea was
extraordinary, and on examination it
wae found that the wily Japs bought
them ef the Koreans for the purpose
of learning the best English.
No single book can 00m pa re with the
bible for enlarging one's vocabulary, Im
proving his style and broadening his
mental hcriaon. Its language Is direct,
forcible, poetic, eloquent end persuasive
and adapted to every walk of life Its
very simplicity. Is charged with power,
A secret of the Intelligent control
which New Bngland had from the start
wss ths fact that for two eenturles the
bible was read until tt was known by
heart and by head. Ite vocabulary en
tered into the expression ef every day
life and more or less controlled the
thought.
Of lata, or until recently, there haa
been a tendency to neglect bible reading.
The neglect le seen In a mors careless
use of Bngtlsh both la writing and in
conversation and, what neturslly. fol
lows, In looseness of thought. A re
turn to the old fashioned dally reeding
of the scriptures would vastly Improve
one's style of writing, to say nothing
of Improving his dallr walk and con-1'
versaiioa. , .
Peaches do well to Baker oounty. r 't
Creamery for Cottage Oroya talked ef.
Ashmad thinks It has 1,004 population, .
few school bell at Canyon City; new
brass hand tp Prairie City, - r:
Cottage drove le waking up and Be
coming active, its Leader newspaper
htlpe much. - - ( .
'XrehS Bros., near Indenandenoa. wttl-
have the largest hop yard to the world--
abouttOe acres. '. . . - ,
If hop growers .could contract then
orope for years ahead at present prices,
they would be ell right ' .
Hauling stay for roads with sa engine
has been abandoned around North Yam
hill and teams are again employed, y
A boat built at Falls City was hauled
on wheels te Independence and launched
Saturday. No champagne; It was sot
as big as battleship.
B. D. Lots of Silver Lekees launched
a new Industry. He haa a large number
of pet skunks, and It Is presumed mat
his intentions are to start a perfume
The current wires for the Condon
Power company are rapidly being aw
tended from the oompsny's deotrle sta
tlon at Gold Ray to Medford) apd Jack- f,
scnvUle, -; ' v' , t : ,
Mitchell News: John Tiller brouaht
to town last week 11 equashee which ag
gregate a total weight of 1,11 pounds.
The largest squash of the let weighed
14 pounds. ... v-
Mayor Vtnoent of Toledo has visited .
his homo In Mew York that he left "
years ago. He ia a pioneer of Beaton
oounty, nod le the father of Da F, W.
Vincent ef Pendleton. ; ; - t
Klamath oounty is making great prog
ress as a hay, grata and fruit section 1
since Irrigation was Introduced and It
will not bs many years until It will ha
one of the wealthy a noDiilmia mm.
ties of the state. . ... .. . ...... -
Gee Lam, the BrownsvUTe hop- kins.
has been la Ailgtny on a vlelt with his '
friend Bah. Lais contracted hie hone .
early for IT Bhutto and hence there is a
bad feeling In his head, but even at that
he made small seieeUal fortune. ,
Grants Pass te nearing the point Where
mall facilities will be greatly improved.
Last year the bualnese of ths poatoffloe
fell 1 100. below 18.000, the msrfc required '
to make it a second clans oAee. Tats
year the' business will run far ahead
of last, but may not reach Hv.eOO, the
amount required to give them the free
delivery system. v . - a o .
Cottage Grove Leader: It should be
noted by numerous friends of the Leader
in other oltlee that the words "lto
Oregon 19" do net mean only ths
Lewis and Clark exposition, v That la
only te bs an incident tn the future
yeare of Oregon. Next year It may be
well for all the newspapers of the stats
to work for "l0 OregonwlH." -
A Jacksonville qulncS tree 'twur Si
tncheo long carries le quinces) that run
from UK to 14 inehee each m circum
ference and are perfectly formed and
rion golden yellow. The twig is but a
asm pie of the entire tree, which ia so
heavily laden with fruit that It would
be stripped of Its limbs from the great
weight of the fruit were it not thorough
ly supported by props and by eords, tied
from limb to limb.
A competition against, the American
Woolen oompany, known aa the woolen
mill ' trust and the manufacturers of
woolen fabrics throughout the world, the
Pendleton Woolen mills baa been
awarded the grand prise at ths Louisi
ana purchase exposition. The products
exhibited consist of Indian robes, bad
blankets, shawls and steamer rugs. "The
exhibit was taken from the shelves at
the mill," said Manager Ferguson, "with
out much cars as to selection and were
hurried to the falr.M -
AIT BXnAaTATTOsT.
From .the- Pendleton Bast Oraxonlas.
There is a sentiment la the inland erne
pi re against raising $4,0OO In subscrip
tions to complete the portage road -the
sentiment Is not against the completion,
of the road, but against ths contribution
of funds under sucb uncertain author
ity as is now la charge of that estimable
work. The people feel that as ths open
river commission Is only a voluntary or
ganisation, without bonded officers, or
even a legal form of corporation, that
940,000 is a large sum to give Into Its
custody, no matter how high the Indi
vidual standing of those composing the
association. It is not business to do
this, and that feeling is hindering the
work of raising that much -needed fund.
Lewlston, with charaoterlstlo energy,
hss solved the problem. The Lewlston
Commercial club will raise Lewlaton'g
share of this fund, and it will be de
posited In Lewlston banks until the
portage road is completed, and the ears
are running, when the fund wilt be
turned ever to the state portage oommia- ;
skm to help pay ths cost prloe of the
road. This is a suggestion that is
worthy1 of thought Is Pendleton. This
is a work that should stimulate the best
activity in the Inland empire and the
handling of the fund can be left to saoh
locality, so there will be absolute safety
and the most rigid business regularity
in lie eoiieetion aao disposal, -
.V , - 'i I'n -i-i VV '
TO
- From Tit-Bits. ; ,
They were in a magnificently deco
rated room ia the weet end of London.
They approached each other from oppo
site directions. One of them .wae as
pale as a ghost, ths other blushing red
as a cherry.
Presently they met end. careless of
ths fact that doaene of eyee were watch
ing them, they fclaesd each other.
The meeting seemed to bring them
perfect pesos; but alas, alack! They had
scarcely been side by slds twenty sec
onds when a man approached with ths
fire ef battle in hts eye. With cool In
solence he raised the stick hs carried.
and then bh, horror! he struck a
sharp, quick blow, and the pale oas
was sent spinning several feet away. -
The other neither, screamed no
fainted. There was heart-breaking, no
reeentmen t, net even a murmur.
Billiard balls ars used to that sort of
thing - ,
From the Housekeeper. - . i
Boll Cubes of potatoes until almost
tender; then drain and cover with oream
or a cream sauce made ef milk and
thickened with flour. Btew in this
seasoned eauce for IS minutes; pour Into
cheese shell, either Edam or nlne-
pple, cover with cracker crumbs and
grated eheees on top; set several thick
nesees of cloth on a pan to brown In het '
oven. Garnish with sliced tomatoes. t
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