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VSDNECDAY, JAIIUAIZY 11, i:C3. "
PORTLAND, OREGON.
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THE ORE G
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Ct. JACKSON
; Pvbltod erry viia( xcpt Sunday) and enty Sunday morning
t jj. IWH Portland. Oregon. .
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RAILROADS AND THE
n
NE oMhe biggMt and liveliest
try ever uw u Just beginning. me presiacni
ive7 i... u-i..t I. Krinir it rn ha
it, and henceforth it will not be suppressed untii me
'' radical reform are effected. v J- n-
1 This it the fight of the people against railroad dacrim
v; inations-t 'J3ut thi-statement of it must 'not fce con
stracd to mean any vindictive animosity of the people
- toward "the railroadsf or any- Intention ., to be unjust to
them, or any depreciation pf their vast services m helpr
ma to develop the country. The railroad people and the
" - rest of the people should be friends, allies, co-workerrto
some extent are and must of necessity b so? but the
railroads, at least somot the biff ones, have been par-
' ties to gross impositions upon the people for many years,
; - and a. change is demanded and must take place. . ;
The change Remanded, required, and that is inevitable;
'"is fundamental radical It involves the basic Idea or
- " principle of a .irpasjUiuSj
between itself a a business concern and its patrons,, who
' are the public, the whole people.- . ..... " . ' ''
: The railrsad men act on the principle, that La railroad t
a purely private concern, that so long as it performsTt
general business of a common carrier, what else it does,
or how, is nobody's but its owners and operators' busi
ness; that itican charge what rates it pleases, make, what
combinations or mergers-it pleases, keep its books and
stock transactions irora Jherpublic, and in brief act in all
respect' -any1 small local coiration;,car
v limited, specific business may do. '"t :.'-"?
' ' This idea, must be thrown aside among the things thai
once were but will do n.more,-The hew or at least he
! revived conception of a railroad, espedalryv rreat trunk
Mine extending through many states,
main efKhtials A public concern, ana accouniauie in au
its acts and operations to the' public, whose legal, crea
ture it is.: ".It. is the public, not the railroad managers,
' that must if a question arises determine rate and prevent
or permit-combinations And.XQmpetjtionsThe. public
must have access to its books, and determine the reason
ableness and justice of its schedules. In brief, thepeople
must reguUtf and control thesey its b creatures, and
' the creatures' must no longer dictate terms 40 their
. .1 . .. ..." vr--- vs" "
.. : creator. . - . - :'. .. j
' The railroads' interests are'great, and are to be duly
' proteeled,-but the people'! interests are far greater," and
must not be perpetuaHyr indefinitely sacrificed, tvf
- -.- Having thoroughly grasped . lhiy basic, fundamental
idea, the rest of the - people's "campaign, or contest
through several campaigns, will be one of details, and the
'best methods of making this principle triumph In prac
. -5 tical operation will disclose themselves as the question is
. ...studied and.the eed.rises.Cl.i:JIi:il-xl.:..:Iv:.
The ultimate result may be actual ownership of the rail-
- roads by the people, though that la undesirable; It will
- almost surely come to that unless, the railroads, yield, to
. reasonable ' terms of Tregulation and control, snd liye
bquaxelx up to' those' terms..' If they persist in fightjng
' against their control by the people, Tn ways to be'de
termineLby ths-best able to solve the problem, they
may jwn alfcw. campaigns; they.may eontrola few servile
-- congresses; but they win be alt the, nore thoroughly
' .brought innder'subjectionlin the end. ;
Changes are taking place under the un',3Jecause cer
! tain things Jlave. long been doni is ,-no assurance that
1 they will always'eontinue to he done.vThe people of this
! ' country are going to have.more and,more to say 'about
the conduct of their-affairs, and they are going to be
' " mbre and more capable of taking tare
abolish the. fee
T
kHE ABSURD INJUSTICE
.Ice. system is well illustrated
-case of the late state's attorney for Cook county,
Illinois, Charles g.:Deneen,"now governor. During the
year lotu Mrr Dehe'en-jd.rew as compensation f6r his
services, in legitimate feet, the sum of $46,554.5. In the
last six months of that year nia fees, perhaps because he
. - worked the office-Jor all it would bear,' as he was going
out of 14 amounted to 34,8i4.6: ; :' . . -. ' .
Mr. Deneen is credited with being a very capable end
T-i.rTthy officer,"s state's attorney, and it i believed he
will make a good governor. I H is not to blame for tak-
- ing so much money, for presumably he took only what
i the law atlowed.,! The people to blame for this extrav-
- 'agance are the members 6f former legislatures who did
not prevent it," and back1 of them the people-whodid not
- aufficiently demand af earlier ehange-Ttrrr.Sv."--.
In Oregon certain state officers are receiving fees
"""r-amountingj-it is-estimated,1 to four or five times reason-
..-able and even liberal salaries for the services they per-
- form? The people are not to blame for this" waste of
iin ajts co
Jamea Dlnwlddla a Toklo Lettar in Naw
, ...York World. .
. However, thara ara two aldaa to the
war-correspondent altuatlon. For 14
yaara tht aaatarn nation bad been pr-
- parlns or - war. WH1- paioatttkln o-
curacy it providad -for every detail. of
the campaign axcapt ona tha war cor
raapondent. .- -
An offloer of hlsto rank, In the Japan-
- eaa atafToffloo aald to tha writer, dur
m a niscussion or"th lilrtles to bo
ranted war correapondenta: "Too rep
resent tntereata dlametrlcallr oppoaijvf
thoaa of our army. You are expected to
make nubile to tha world tha. moT
menta of our troopa In fall detail. We
dealro to keep as aecret aa poaalbla
every maneuver." To tha suaxeetton
that wo did not aspect 'Information re-
r.rfllrt VTlmniA plana, hilt that.W
did dealra to describe enga(mota after
V.Vhey were over, ha replied: "A war la
.1 not hnlahod lintU tha treaty of peace
alawxl.. W do wit wlah tha.anemr.
to hare Information as to' the dlapo
IUm of troopa or the Uctlra employed
I defea.tlr.s- them. The lonejer we can
. keep the enemy In . lcnorshca of every
; Vhln perta4nlnr to our army, the mora
v it la to our advanta,. What he can
.fleam throuirli "plea la f Httlo 1m
, portance compared - with tha definite
. :. knowledge ho may gain, through a
alngle letter from a trained obaeryer.",
V 1 The military commander waa right ,
. - Tho ganeraJ . ataff offlcera in Tokfo
have been aeverely erittrlaed for not
arlng frankly at the Start that they
' did not want' eorreapoDdents with tha
' army In the Betd, Inataad of permitting
them to remain In Tokio month after
meats, l Tat oxpanao to thalr papers.
' under -the - Impreealon that patience
' would win them perralaalon to accom
' pany th army.
. Wo wero told ovor and over again
that If wo would bo patient we Would
V be 'taken to the front when tha proper
time arrtvedV'- Our idea tmrv-thoao of
the oathorltle differed widely on four
eeunte: 1. What oonetltuted being pa
" tleat. t. - When tha propor time had ar
- rived. S. The way to witness a., battle.
4. What eonatltuted news, v .
The J ape nee mlltury We of what
" . rwnetltntea cable news wblrlr may be
safely g1en to Ui world could bo put
O N D A I L Y
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
T
JPUBUSHEpBYJpyRNAL PUBLKHINQ Ca
AUJPAPER J3F.THE-ClTYORJ0BTU AN 0
:
PEOPLE.
contest this cow-
in fact nrecipitated
couiu 1 oe securen
is that it is in itsJ
in all deeds that
.While they have
VU1CU lJ u
of themselves.-.. I
systeiI: -
to taxpayers of the
in Chicago in the
In a teacup. After cutting out every
thing "which, might by any chance
furnlah tha enemy with Information. as
to movemanta, atrsngth, names of or
ganisation! or commander.; wa I found
that high praiae of Japaneoo efficiency
was not dealred-alnce It-would - alarm
the enemy Into more fullV preparing for
combat, while . aoourately - describing
how any feat at arms waa eccompliahad
furnished tha enemy with; valuable tac
tical Information. Aa-ain. to enumerate
loaaea -might dishearten tha Japanese
troops and the people at noma.
There is nothing In all this that any
fair-minded man should take exception
to. Japan Is '-engaged In a llfe-and-death
struggle, and the greater secrecy
aha - can -maintain In matters military
arid naval tha better -It will be for her.
Prodi" th Philadelphia
Hongkong rates fifth in th commer-
Cubans are buying cattle In Venesuela
at the rat of 160,000 head a year. '
.Mexico stands at tha bead of "the
Spanlsh-Ameiioaa countries In th mat
ter of letters. t
- Th United States has 1JM17 Sunday
schools, or mora- than half the nurabcf
of the entire world. , '
Rnaata has per capita of 14, while
the United States has till. - V
A man won a smoking contest in
Paris by keeping a cigar alight for two
hours and It minutes. . -.
Nineteen pianos, every on of which
waa . wedding present, are Irt th pos
session of th Prince and Princess of
Wales. " '
Nineteen cam petit or took part in ft
rare In Paris for men with wooden legs
The winner dld.a mil and a half In
II minutes "'.
Outside th polar regions there ' re
mains unexplored. It Is claimed, about
oniUUath of th -land surface- of the
siobe. Fifteen years a-o the unknown
portions war about bne-elghth of th
earth's 'total. .. - - - ; .r
BrasUlsn ants make little gardens In
ths tree-tops and sow them with pins
apple and . other ' seeds. Th garden!
are found of all sties, some containing
a single sprout and others a densely
grown ball as large aa a. man's head. -
: JOU RN A L
JNO. P. CARROLL,
Th JouroaT Building-, Fifth and Yamhill
'their money, for. they have repeatedly "demanded that
these officers " be placed -en flat salaries, and the'.fees
turned into the state, treasury. ;. i:,
rThe officers are" not to blame for .opposing a salary
law, for, like other men, they like to get a much out of
the public as they can legitimately. Their influence
against a change must be counted on, but it should count
for nothing.;..'iiU-.'.J!-.-.--v. i .. j .,- Vk;,v,.-r.-:-
It isup to the legislature; It. duty to the people "is
plain. ; " , . ..4.- ' - : .-V'- '.
Illinois last year passed law that took effect the
first of thi year fixing the limit of the , Cook county
state's attorney' income , at $totooo, jhejreceipts orlhe
office In excess' of "this . amount to be converted "Jhtd
the school fund;' What' Illinois has done-in this -instance
Oregon should do. ' . . ' - v 'r v --;
. John Hay,' secretary of 1 tte,' William Ij Taf tZ c
retary of war and the other. member of the, cabinet 6t
the United States, receive pnly $8,000 year,s gov
ernor of IllinoJsMriDeneen-wilI receive only $6,000. a
year."7Yet three of the officer of thi tate, amall in
point of population and developed, wealth, make how
much?' iobQdy'butthejnaelve know exactly, but cer
tainly three ojt.four time as-much a equally good men
ior. - .vwnw
.' The fee system has been abolished elsewhereis td
sheriffSf-coijnty clerks, coroners, 'etc. Why not . as to
these officers r -,----v"- v: ."' '
.There ought to be no doubt prjiesitation about doing
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iFdRESTXROVE ANTI.PROHIBmOIi
FOR THE FIRST TJME in" it history.. Forest
' Grove, is the result of the recent city election
ti ' will hmvti hih. lirrnne saloon, nerhao
more than one. Forest Grove irfirt of all else a school
' ' -....ui,i.J.J'liw'a BnAt1- f.piiMTlH,sl4pnn1.
town." it is surrounded "by 'a strictly agricultural -com
munity and it has always tood firmly heretofore against
almtns there. JThe original townsite owner stipulated
Ihey - wemo beToidif the lot or r
conveyed should ever tie the site 01 a aioonj-wn 171
proviso seems nprtd he legally prohibitive now. , r.
In the local option "contest Forest' Grove precinct, to
the surprise of many people, jdid not go for prohibition,
and this verdict in favor of a licensed saloon ha been
repeated by a decisive majority in the city election --;
Thi result does not mean that .the majority of the
people of Forest Grove really want a" saloon, but they
UKlllBV, U.V.V WW w w V m v .
repeatedly and. i9deednifornyvoted,
in prouluiuon oiuccra uciciuiurc, miiu uui twuvu,,
they have not succeeded in stopping the sale ofjiquor in
the town. Either drugstores, or a club, or aome estab
lishment under some device,, would .'and . did dispose of
wet goods. So that while Forest Grove was nominally a
prohibition city jt was not so jctuallyj.liquors .were si;
most if not quite openly soldjd anybody whh the pricei
nd the city got" no", revenue . from the traffic. Under
these, circumstances the people of that city may have
done wisely in voting for a saloon-One or two well
regulated, saloons, made to obey-Jhe laws strictly and
pay 1igh 1icense,"are preferable even Iii a "coTlege tbwn
to an indefinite number pfblind pigs" whose suppression
publicjentiment did .npti detemiriedJydmand;T :
The local option Jaw is a jtst and fair instrument . If
under its provisions Forest Grove wanted no saloon, and
no liquor selling, it" could and would have said -o last
November and again last-week. But since it is no longer
a prohibition city,- the next best thfng-is a saloon paying
a high license; under strict regulations, and a consequent
obliteration of the "blind Rigs." ' ; . ! , ' '
The Northern Pacific has got out a really sumptuotm
book on the Lewis and Xlark exposition which it will
scatter free wherever it will do the most good. It has
spared no money , in its preparation. The writing , was
done by Olin D. Wheeler, the author of one of .the most
authoritative as it is the latest two volume edition -of
the Lewi and Clark journal. 1Thi give it distinction "to
begiriwilh. The- litbogTIphiccover design in colors is
very attractive while the illustrations in the body of the
book are superbly, done anhi-e,the great merit of il
lustrating essential features of the greatest of all explota
tion. journeys ever undertaken phder the auspices of this
government. With such assistance at. this from the rail-roads-thTS-can
be - litfle - doubt that the attendance at
Portland next summer will, be bigger than any one has
anticipated, i" ' ' . . f , z;::rl'yj
Chief of Police Hunt should not give way to excite
ment ..The 'Journal proposes to gel the news from the
police station as well as elsewhere and if it cannot get it
with hisapprobation it will get it without it- ' ' :
rosnajro am a sirxu tow. -
,,X-t Curtis In Philadelphia, Press
Alhsjllk' hat and dress suit of civilisation--has
'reached th FaclQo coast at
both Portland and Los Angeles and you
see them in. th windows Of th shop
on ths mala street Of Seattle, but nobody
ever wears top hats on week days. On
Sundays many gentlemen -appear In
them and at funerals they are qulto
numerous at seattl and Tscoma and
other coaat towns. The habit has not
yet reached Spokan. Helena. or Salt
Lake City. Sometimes strangers unfa
miliar with tha customs of the country,
appear In public with "stovepipe" hats,
but always provoke remarks and ridi
cule. Only clergymen and elderly gen
tlemen can wear them On week days at
Seattle or Taooma. But th example of
Portland will soon be el all along th
coast, for that city Is recognised as
'sweir town.' ' . .
V Conventional "evening dress Is 'now
commonly worn at balls and receptions.
evening weddings and banquets In So'lpenred. and she Be
mine, .laroins ana even hi. epoaane snu
Helena,;' dress suits and, tuxedoes are ad
vertised bfl .ready-to-wear , clothiers In
all of thea placea: but It la not cus
tomary for gentlemen to dress for ordi
nary social occaslona, and they never
think of doing so In their own homes
In Portland, however, this is quit com
mon. At the Portland hotel dinner -is
served at th fashionable eastern hour-
fmra 7 to o clock whan most of th
ladles appear In light gowns end -more
than half the gentlemen In tuxedoes tor
evening clthea. Ths Washington hotel,
at Seattle, Is beginning to show the same
signs of "culture," and scarcely aa even
ing passes .without, tb appearance of
several gentlemen.- either strangers or
townsmen, with low-cut vests, whit ties
and swallow-tall coats - -
Tate Bfcewtaa; af Hood Order. 1
Prom th St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
With a total attendance at the St
Louis exposition of nearly 11.600,040 per
sons, ths number of arrests for offenses
of all sorts waa only 1,4 It In th whole
period of seven months v That Is only
on to 11,600 Pt th fair's transient
"population." It la doubtful If any great
aaeemblag of people ever left so clean a
record. " ..i--. -.-
Smati 'Change
'-m
J. pear..andyt Q iar...
A deadlock on payroll stuffing would
not b bad. . r - ... v .' .- . .. ' t
WUl.th final mtestlon b:T Who owns
those timber landaT - ' ' -
TTh vry"lBumber.-1 17"5 Inspires 'de
velopment In Oregon. -,'
Fortunately for the legislator, Salem
did not go dry last fall. , . -j. .y..
Tncl Chauncey saya fc 1 sn optim
ist. , M can afford to be, ,., I
"
Will th president be dee-lighted If
Addloks geta Into th senate T -
If Mrs Chadwlck was jnsane, what
about old banker BeckwlthT -( . '..
That predicted hard winter is taking
a long tlma.-to get good and ready.' .'
j Couldn't Colorado be annexed to Utah
Hind -both kicked out of tb union t
Man from dry towns may be excused
for having urgent business at Salem,
Any .old day, or rather any new day,
will do very well for m good resolution.
1 Russia's - "honor" require some fur.
ther licking before It can propose peace.
Speaker Mill hopes to adjourn tn 10
days But be hae nevecbeen then b-
for. ,'. y
Democrats coraprls on ninth of th
Oregon legislature ' very vulgar frac
tion." - - - -; .-t
Th Journal also made some remarks
about Messrs; Booth snd J. T. Bridges
btst spring. -. ';- - , . - ;
Th TOaWryrddiesilcks" - All
right, tf he want 'em, but what will th
extra cost? . . -
Now tt la ex -Govern or Peabody'a turn
to roar, and he. Isn't Ilk a man who
can't do It. '. ...-rV . i'
" Tom Piatt's artn M tranalatad to
that 4nUad of bolna; th May boaa be
la th boaa, easy.
Noarmad'sood on h
predicted win-
tor - quarters - all right, ' but therj are
sadly out of repa lr. .. , .
Perhaps th reason : o. few women
proposed last year was therr doubt of
their ability to support a husband. t .l,
Abuse and itortur of prisoner do-
lights, th Oregonlan, -of course. ' It Is
It's nature to enjoy that sort of thing.
L Su uTo.rni
. . . .. . . . . .....
will b surer than ever .that he la erasy.
- Th New York Time' new building Is
31 stories high, and prhapa Jt will try
to' get new from, Mara or th dominion
or St Peteiv;;7 ... ' ; - -j ,
-Representative Hermanh went ' back
to his seat as if nothing had happened.
A little Incident . Ilk- sn - Indictment
doesn't fees him, -': X -? U ' - ' i
; Now our friend th Roseburg Plain
dealer. Booth snd Bridge -having .been
removed, will probably have some more
compliments for Th Journal, ' a
An Alabama man has been sent to Jail
for 10 days becane he kissed s girt
after ah said: ''Pleas don'tt" That
Judg must be either -Ignorant or malt
clous, or els h would, know that when
s girl says "pleas don't", a young man
has- -Tight -:tr suppose she maana
"pless da". : - ,'. :' v.: .t.
Oregon SiJeligflits
Plowing- for spring crop up th val
ley..
Corvallla I still dreaming of moun
tain water.;.- - ..
Sheridan' population
bout l,eo. v r - , -.-w--.-
haa grown to
' Woodburn-8Uvrto'n telephone Itn be
ing put Up. vw-.. !'-",' y "-"V " lr w---:-
, Another "Irrigation company , organ
ised at Echo. , . ' -
'..Coyotes destroying msny sheep sround
Bellfountaln. - - , (
Result of good work on roads 1 seen
around Amity. - . . , -
For three month HeppneY stores will
clos st 7 p. m. - . - v s.
Dallas sawmill running to' full capac
ity of tOO.000 feet a .day.
' tTnlon eounty ei ports a train load of
products vry other day. "
: TTnlon . Is prosperous- notwithstanding
th loss of ths county seat,,:. ... ,-,
Th new Roaeburg broom faotory I
being well patronised locally. ...
- Odd nugget found in outskirts -of
Dallaa. Curious not In a fowl.
Big stave camp near Bridgeport, Folk
county; timber enough .for two years'
work.-v -.. : .-
- A. woman with fir amall children ar
rived lrPHnevlll4jcentljLandoh-
-tkTnedTjuafter! In a shanty, but -were
without food or sufficient clothing until
supplied . somewhat Dy Charitable wo
men. " Her husband had paid their stag
fare from Lakevlew, and then dlaap-
further support from him. but ssvs aha
can earn a living fur herself and children
br washing. What scoundrels some
men 'be.
Wallow. Newa; -John- Pace made a
business call st this offlcs this week.
He has recently received another valu
able thoroughbred hog from importers
at Spokane. Mr. Pace's efforts In pro
ducing thoroughbred hogs Is being ap
preciated here. Purchasers of hogs de
rived from his stock say thay can tsll
tha dlffersnce at one In the amount
of fat they carry and tn their Improved
appearance over th common run.
There ha been a good deal of politi
cal and other wrangling In Tillamook for
J several yaars, which led th new mayor.
Mr. Conn in nis inaugural address to
say: "I at this, tlms ssk that during
this year of ltoi every member of this
council, every dticen of this community,
erase from th. tsbiets of memory all
hardness, bitterness and anger, and that
united wa stand for s good, economical
administration, for bringing Into, our
rlty new and healthful enterprises, and
for a prosperous and happy . ending of
the " year." That sounds much better
than criticising one opponent -
; ; Good Stories
From -Washington
Waahlnartnn. Jan. I.-J-After tha New
Year's reception at jtha Whit House
today on of th younger member Of
th dlplpmatio corp called on Secretary
, . - ... . k . . h. ita-lled-to Chi
cago tor few day. -, Laughingly hs
wanted to know of th secretary w ne
r tn monev. in th event that
h should go brok whll seeing th
tockyard out west - v.-.
At th time th two wsr sUndlng
clos to a window that was open to let
in the dellcloua sfternoon air, which wa
refreshing, though S trlfl warm. :''Th
.... ..... .AMin, m,t from a bank
of clouds Th weather was aa spring
like as It naa oeen xor -
"Ah, If this wsather keep up, re-
w. T7. - HKianbherplea soon Will
be ripe, and you thn can pick your
way -pack. nom.. ... . ...... ..i..-
. n imi.m A'r iitta Loomis
today honored by th French president
with the Lrgion or nraor cruee.
until by few year ago a newipaper r
ported " An assignment at Canton. Ohio,
in 1S brought him in direct contact
with Prssident McKlnley, apd oon after
th president's Inauguration th rsporter
waa rewarded with th ministership to
Venes-uela. Hia aervloa - there,- wsr
marked by suoh lgnal abiUty that he
waa soon called to hi present post - It
has been said that If ther should -ever
arise an occasion tor th retirement -of
Mr. Hay Looml would succeed htm.
it. a . ni..lMnWlnar tall. Straight
jiv im m
and clear-eyed, middle-aged man. One
he spent an evening si me mwi
former Secretary ot th Treasury
m , t ; Ttiev liart never met
bafor Mr.- Foster wa In eommunt
oatlvs mood and ne-toin r.
a lot of political seerota ' which Mr,
T wrnte far .his nSDr.
WWIUl . f " ' - -
Not long - af Wrward , Mr. Loom la wa
passing ethrougn tn wn . An
hotel. New York, when- h ran squarely
Into -th thre F" a Footer, Fairbank
and Foraker. Foster promptly Jnvlted
- . nrt . . . . n . V .
him to his room, .wneu mo r
hut h turned on toomlt an.-x-
9 ' . . ,1111 J. AM
clalmea: -wnat tn oam mu
tnenJyteUlna-:Jn . prtntiwhaur.aup-
posed war Deing tpia you n tommuwi
Answer me,' slrr------"-T""rai'
Looml faltered for nrmomsnt and
finally started to speak, when Foater
Interrupted; -i ' - -
"Say. tt waa fin - I wouldn't take
$1,000 for that . Interview. It went
trsight home where I wanted it to go.
Of course I have bad to - deny aom
thlnra vou mads m say to th Indi
vidual-.-mostly concerned but, my
boy. you : won t find - m denying; inai
storv" ln nubile, print. Whaflt you
drlnkf awv11-'-
Whlla th Christmas - dinner hav
been going on in Wahlngton nearly
every family has- kept p hou
number of the representative and sen-,
ator In town hav accumulated good
cases of Indigestion, . - Druggist snd
physician' r now -having thalr'day.
Representative Acheaon . of Pennsyl
vania, whll Buffering, told of a Quaker
over In . hla Ut. who waa great
"feeder." -- - - -
; "On day he was dining with a friend
nd was o lntntnpon-xhlbltlf g
practically th doctrin that 'all good
things ar trom" Ood., and It 1 a poor
compliment-to -ths give---to turn away
from any of Hi gifts,' that Whan he
passed hi plat for th fifth tint th
host saldl " :JL '
i -.VTrlend, do not think thee ha
eaten as much a 1 meet for the.'
"It 1 good meat Indeed, friend, and
I blee.God and the for It , I wUl try
another piece.' ' ,. ..-..' ' "
"Too much-may b bad for thee,
friend, though thou ar weleoms' t
"If thee only knew how I llv at
home, friend, th would .not object to
my filling . up a littl .when t go
abroad.'" . . .'; ...
Mr Juatlc Whit and Mrs, Whit ar
to give several entertainments : during
th season.- Their horn on Rhode Isl
and' avenu has been refitted and. re
furnished. No ' one love social llf
more than thi southerner.- Hs Is in his
prime the picture of contented Ufa. '
u Mr. Justtc Whit is from Louisiana.
H became famous a Jurist while
on the stst bench. Hs. ws In tb
senate when President Clsveland named
him a aaaociat justice of tb suprem
court of th United States. While - a
law student at Loulsvlll hs was In lov
with one of th beauties of th. Paw
valley. They became engaged. But
Mr, . Whits waa poor, and before the
wedding day another auttor appeared,
rich In blood, la standing, -In wealth.
She. rejected .the student for th man
known at th banks. --
On tha day Justio Whit was sworn
In, a pale, careworn face sat In th su
prem court chamber, i She ; wa In
widow' weed. Th furrows of ears
were about her mouth and ayes. - Once
upon a time she had been th beauty, of
th Pewee valley.. Th tear that ran
from her aa the eye looked upon the
impressive scene in th suprem .court
room -wer - not . the t ear tht. spring
from a heart filled with Joy. She la
till In Washington, so It Is said. ' But
she does not attend Juatlc White' re
ceptions ; -.r,r
Representative Hltt had caller, e
young man from-llllnols, who had been
of him asslatane to hint tn railing up
th majority that wa eounted out ther
In November, of which th country has
been often told. ' ;
The young man wa Strang to the
ways of seeking federal jobs. , H had
raH Tittle nna tn schnnl hilt a Has
and his associate back horns ars young
men and woman who lova their singing
school and blbls lessons. '
"Now go oyer ibis-list," Mr. Hltt said
to him, "and see if you can find any-
rhing ther jim win jike," .
For an hour ths .Illlnolssn labored.
Ha twlated his tongue around In - his
mouth and looked deep Into th page
f th little book. Presently he got up,
and. going over to the congressman,
aldT.".' ' r.vrr-, ., . . v.. ,
-"Why. 1 - want . to b a lneyeu-i-them'
the job they tell sn I th beat
but I don't find none f..'m put-down
hers"' ' . . , v; -', ..- --
QVAJftXBt BXXA.
Walter Welman'B Waahlngton Dispatch
- In Chicago Times-Herald.
-'This beets enythlng 1 have- known
during my I yeara and more of Service
in the T'nlted Btatea senate," ssld Sena
tor Cullom this afternoon aa his secre
tary pushed under his nose about . a
bushel of letter that had arrived In th
morning mall. Every one of these let
ters was from some western business
man who wanta Senator Cullom to maka
sure congress passe th Cooper-Queries
bill or some other railway rate legisla
tion. Many other senators and repre
sentatives ar having th same experi
ence. The torrent of letters flowing in.
on this subject has grown to such pro
portion! that some of th people' ser
vants find It impoatbl to keep up with
tbelr correspondena.
Mr. Cullom said today it wa phyale
ally Impossible for him to reply to sll
th letter he receives He asked his
nswspsper friends to tell the good people
of the west that hs would like to answer
stt their communications, but that ther
are only It hours In the day. Senator
Cullom and other western senators, as
welt aa soma from th east, find it neo-
eaary these days to glv about all their
time to their enormous man. ' ----Senator
Cullom saya. he-read all th
letters that com to htm, even tf he doe
not find time to answer them, and finds
many arguments In favor of the proposal
to place the railroads under closer fed
eral supervision. He make no secret
of bis belief thai public opinion haa been
roused to such a pitch that congress will
be compelled to respond at an early date,
and th senator from Illinois would not
be surprised If a bill h passed at this
session. He feels quite sure on will
be 'reported from th committee on inter
state commerce, not a raw puouo men
are aurprlsed at the extent of tb de
mand that cornea . from - snipper ana
manufacturers for an overhauling ot th
rate-making power. - v. - r - ' v" ' ; '
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Hrbm tne.Pcople
' Xorrlsoa nr rtdgs FlgTar.
Portland. Jan. ;10. Te th Bdltor of
Th Journal Th saylnf that flgurea
don't l 1 out of plac whan raf erring
to the engineer and contractor's figures
regarding extraa Tlfor the . Morrison
bridge, ' Th city engineer- figures re
cently published ar equivalent to ; th
following' when reduced to , oct per
ton: - ' . . .' ' , -- .'
Material ............ . ...... I SO-00
Shop work ....... 100
Freight t. ... .. ' 1T.O0
Handling -0.00
Erecting
J 0.00
Tout .t;t. r. r... . . i; .. . ..;..$iit.oo
Fifteen per cent prof it. a........ 17.11
Total cost per ton . . . I1S4.II
For 4lt ton th total l....,...4M80
"NetTiitTmafed by engineer,,, . .tiO.ISO
It can be thown that the cost or f.n
teet tn- nlac In fhla estimate la ex-
eesslv and alio that the eatlmated ai, I
lowsnce for the eost Of wood stringers
Is absurdly small If th obstacle wer
th same as represented for steel. As
a mattar of fact it-would be a. great
deal easier -to let a contract tor steel
stringers eomplet for tlt.OOO than to
let one for-H.S0O- for wood stringers,
the obstacles in the two. esses being
equal, r r-a-- "-
The- contractor .figure reduced to
cost per -ton are: . . -. f..--. -. .
Material tab. Portland (this In- '
eludes ahopwortt and freight).. IT.00
Painting, handling and reCHng..,H.40
Nailing atrlpa .....il...i-r-8 0 J
Contingent aiieasment .......... 1 3.10
TotalJfc.t , . ; . , i.. .". . .I105.se
' in. thi sutement the cost of 'mats
rial at Portland la correct for" practical
purposes. - The ( Item painting . and
handltnr 1. too larg."nd the item of
contingent assessment Is altogether un
warranted as wilt be shown The wood
stringer amount to ,171.000 F. B, M.
This at three and on half pounda per
foot la 0J,600 pounds or 101 tons, only
II ton leas than th weight of iteet,
as thi la composed .of practically the
same number of piece ss the steel the
plant coat and contingent for handling
would be practically the same. .. In this
ess ldentlfal. - If then we throw out ss
equal, the contingent . sssessments -f or
wood and steel as shown in th contrac
tor' statement, . th extra cost of
handling- and placing - ateel la 17,400.
Th extra assessment for eontingencles
In the cas of atssl over wood I 14.710.
making a totsl extra -cost for handling
and placlnar Sll tons of steel aa agalnat
SOS tons-of timber 1S.U. It Is safe
to ay that uoh juggling would not be
resorted to unless required to cover
somsUilng. : -.-..t...... - r
A fair eetlmat of actual coata would
b a follow: - - --T .
' - ; Per Ton.
Material ' (iqopworfc and .freight
Included) ............. k......t57. 00
Painting and marking. j.oo
CarUg ,.........,.." i. to
Erecting- S.io
Nailing atrip Jn plac.'........,. ' s.00
Total cost ....... ..','.;.......f 7S.
Profit tl&)..,,i. ,...,..... i.t
Total ..J....;. SSS. IS
Using S4 per ton, Sll tons would
cost .,, ... . . . . .2,460
From thi th coat of stringers In - '
plac should b deducted..,..; 2,40
17J.00O at $11 per .thousand. s..i S.I9I
Net fair prlc on sj bad of 15
Of profit ...423.1(5
" In th- contractors' statsment ths ef
fort to saddle $4,717 a xtra plant-tc,
for handling th steel stringers shows
eltheiMlack of judgment or at least an at
tempt jto mislead th public . If such
statements ars accepted by the city en
etneer end the brldre Mnmlttu tm,
statsmenU of fact. It is no wonder that
the contractor haa sucoesdsd in getting
excessive proms ror his work. '
' This Isst consideration should stir tha
taxpayers of th city Into action to de
termine wnere th Incompetency or neg
ligence -exists. -Th facts hav not yet
been made clear. Th salient, points
wnicn snonio os seitiea one ror ail are:
irt were th specifications so
drawn as to secure th best result In
svsry way? - This affects only ths com
petency of the engineers responsible for
tnetn. - 1 -
a th bridge eontructci in
accordance with suck specifications as
wsr drawn upt 1 '-- ' - ' 1
' Third If the specifications wer lax
br Insufficient, or the bridge I not-In
accordance with them, did the successful
bidder hevj IwfenuatlOii leading hint to
believe that laxity might be shown tn In
terpreting or In compelling adhsrence to
the specif lest Ions t t - '
Fourth Were th. original working
drawings., msd to - accommodate .wood
strlngersT Tom general appearances,
an. engineer would fjudg that It was
nsver seriously Intended to us wood
stringers. . If th change from wood to
ateel was ordered after dstslt plan of
wood stringers had been made, then th
$1,600 should be allowed the contractor
for changing detail plans and thla rep
resents on llttls Item of clear loss to
taxpayers due to Incompetency on th
part of th city engineer Tor neglecting
to provide for something which even to
th ordinary observer would appear
necessary to secure all the advantages of
a ateel bridge of this slse. 4 -
Fifth Ws a competent and trust
worthy Inspection made, In the Interest
of th city? Thla is ail important mat
ter, for every one know that Incompe
tent inspection ususlly results In much
hidden Inferior work, which, though it
may In epm case be mo placed as not
to affect the usefulness of ths structure,
may necessitate repair In a compara
tively abort time. -
. . V M'QXTINN RAK, .
.. , -ii;-.! Civil Engineer. "
ErllanciV Postal
Savings Banks 1
asshBsaaBsjssssjsBssl
J. Hennlkei lleaton. M. P., tn the- Arena.
On thousand million pounds, or $6.-'"
000.000,000, is th estimated amount of
money to the credit of th thrifty poop
and " the "working " -das In; -Europ,
which ' Invested fund 1 backed, up by '
th security of ths government of each ' '
eoimtry. Of thi um no less than f 100.- . .
000,000. or $1,000,000,000, repreeents th
amount Invested In ths postofflo sayings
bank of Great Britain and Ireland, and
savings bank with almost equally good -ecu
rlty. ... : -
'There ar about half dosen names -asaoclatsd
in JSngllsh history with tha -foundation
of saving banks Daniel
Defoe la ssld to have proposed 'them in -
161, and exaotly 100 years afterward, '
On May 7,179. . a clergyman In Wend
hover, Buckinghamshire, started th first . i
savings bank In Idngland, - ,
Charles William - Bikes,; cashier la th
Huddersfleld Banking company, waa , .
said to b th originator of th Idea of a r
system of savinga banks under th con-,
trol of th government1 - -, !
Fortunately for Mr. Bikes, th schem ,
found a champion In Mr. Oeorg Chet-.,
wynd. on of th ablest officials In the,
money order office of th general postof- . -flea,'
London, and .this gentleman's plan.
for oarylng It out wa backed up by the ' -postmaatejr-general.
Lord Btanlay , of yr
Alderly, and by Mr. Soudamore, on of ' '
th -mast brilliant - official head at St '
Martlns-le-Qrand. -. ,
- Tb Right Here William Bwart Olad--stons
Introducsd ths postofflc savings
bank bill -In ths house of commons : on
February . 1SL'-' v-.-. .-- r--: -- .-r --The
postofflc saving bsnk bill passed J
th house of commons, In March and th -house
of lords on the 17th of May fol-
lowing. - i- --r A ' ".T '
Mr. Charles William Bike afterward
received th honor of knighthood from ?.
tke quean for his efforts In -ths pro- -motion-
f th-great ; and i " Benevolent T
schem - . v.. , t ,
On September' II, 1841, four months .
exactly after her majesty gave her as-,'
sent to th meaaurs, tb postofflc sav- .
Ing bank ' act came Into operation Ih ',
Great Britain. . -,-i-.-f - -.
Three hundred - postofflce Baying
banka were opened at aa many jpostqfflc
meney order offloes, and the sum of near r
ly 11,000 was lodg4 by 41$ poor popl '
on th first day. - - . - '.".
-Taking- th population of Oreat Brit- 7
aln -and Ireland at allghtly over 40.000.- . .
000. we find 'that on person in every - -
four snd on half has deposits In the '
postofflc saving banks .-s .
- Of th half a million of depositor In r
ISIS It was found that 185,000 were fe- '
male, children under age or trustees '
of small amounts; that 140,000 wer me .
chanlcB, 'artJsins porters, domeatid and :C
I arm servama, policemen, lac-orers, post
men, fishermen snd seamen,, and that .
68,000 were tradesmen, their assistants,- r
farmrs- and -ctsrks. -.' . .--'-. - : ;
- . " tf' ' v, - -
- r"""-"?-' -."'.- rrr"f
r
JLewis and Clark
tn ' winter quarter - near ijifandan.
North Dakota.7 . v ' ' ,
Januarys 1L.-, W dispatched ' thre ;
hunters t join th earn number who
w ' had sent below about seven miles .
to hunt elk. Like that of yesterday th
weather was bold and elear, th ther
mometerstandlng at SS below sero. Po
scopsahs and Shotahawrors visited- u
I and passdrth night at the fort.
SOKOXTZiS
asTooxrsvaaa lraftmnam.
c
y - From the Forest Orov Times.'.
J Somehow th idea, of "araft'-itoome ',
easy "to - srery body -In. - Portland, i Tn
latest and most unexpected manifests- 7
tlon of It wa In s meeting of th Tax-
payer' league held Saturday, when they - '
voted to ask tha legislature to Increase .
the cost of marriage license In the ' -tat
to $6. They-figured it out that
such arTlnorsaa would add bout $1,00 '
a year to the Income of Multnomah - ,
county, and they wanted It ' Ther was
no pretehse that any . good Was to be '
accomplished by this Increase, -merely -that
- It ' waa a - maana o extorV more
money from th popls If such a bill, : '
is Introduced - into th legislature . we .
call upon our representative to limit It
atrlctly to Multnomah county. W .
don't want It in Washington., county. -W
don't want any unnecessary - tax
placed on marriage. - Ws want our boys
and girls to get married. It I a natural -law
of creation that they Should. They
are better men and women when -they ...
do. Voltaire says.- "When . young., -man
marries he gives bond to the atat ;
for his good behavior" and th old inn" -del
was right In that at 'least W " -want
to ' encourage our young people
in so good an action, not to mXke It
mor difficult for them to marry, W .
believe In placing premium ,on mar- '
rlage, not a tax, e .. . : ,
. TUBsT OH TaTJS
' H - , - From a Delevan,- 111., Paper.' - 1
- Backward, turn backward, O time In
thy flight: glv me July again just for.
tonight -.Soften th ground where the .
frost king has lain;. O let m chase just .
n Jun bug -again. I am o weary '
of staying Indoors weary of walking ::'
on froaty, cold floors; weary of gaslng -through
frost covered panes, weary of '
hearing of Ice f rosea mains Backward. v:
turn backward, O frost king today; send '
us the summer o far, far away.:- I am '
so weary of snow drlftnd tc, -wBryt-of
paying th coal trust it price, weary .
so weary of frost-bitten pie, give us
a day like the Fourth of July. Back- S
ward, turn backward. O season of snow: . ;
I am ao tired of no plac to go. Turn on : -the
has of th t ropiest sons, reset Baa,
one mor till I'm warm to , th bone. "... ,
I am so tired of freeslng my nose; weary
Of chilblain and corns on any Hoes.'i '
weary with tryln to sleep with cold
feef Turn on . the heat, O please .Turn -on
the heat! .-. -' - . ; "' ''
,;. sUUUWW WB-s-i -siroKS.- . .
"' Andrew Carnegie found himself on a : I
street car tn New York the other day
without a pent In his pocket A fellow -:
passenger - offend him th -f necessar y
nlrkel. which was gratefully accepted. '
"Ar you coming back again T asked th
stranger, who, on receiving the affirma
tive reply, sal: "Then you'd better take"1
another nlckr). Th multl-mlllionsjr -again
accepted and asksd for the bene-
factor's ard. This was fortheomlng,
and next day th good natured passen
ger received a oas of ehampagn and a
cordial note or tnanxs, . .
VertlaBd and Ooos Bay. .
. From tne aisrsnneia siau. , 1
- Portland ' must ' waks up snd expand
her Ideaa If sh wants to deal largniy - ' n
with Coos Bay. . Thistle not .th:wll- 1
lamett valley, where Portland . haa ' a 1
rlnch-by-rewson or prohibitive freight -
rates front San Francisco.. . Thi Is a - -1
aesport with a seaport's advantages In I
the matter or traue. we ar used to - ..
dealing In a olty, which, whatever Its
faults.-hs.. outgrown the provincialism
which still afflicts our Oregon metrop
olis v "-..,. "-'..w 1.
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