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;.'w",PORTIANDt-' OREGON, '- - V" jlH fi ft P fl Q .MONDAY. 'JAinjAHT 13, 1SC3. the; o re . - 'V V x--.:.-- :j'- AN "C. g, JACKSON y: 1 ; 1 ... 1 -.-, " . . " - v.. . ' - libUshes every iliac" ( sxept 8an4ay) and every " Sunday nwcnmfaPTb' JournaJ Building, Fifth and Tamhill PEN SKETCH OF THE kHE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED MAN in the A world today and the one inott T ' nse the power of hit position the people, U probably Theodore Roosevelt, president of ""ike United' State. He has not as much' arbitrary, ah olute power a the.cia'r f. Rni -emperor of Germany, but his power . ficient to,bring about very large nd?imptytant restqta. - ' Just' now the- president, ia -.being, especially, observed nd-talkej and written'abo.ut because of his attitude on ' ,what may be briefly called the railroad freight question, and n the tariff revision question. ' On the .former he ' has nlainlv declared himself, and we may beure that he will tske no backward stepq The more Ije is opposed the more sure he will be. that he i right, and that-being - so he cannot recede. On the other question he has not yet publicly and officially spoken, and appears to be less ' certain and more pliant, but it is probable, that within the ' next year he will effectively urge tome measure of tariff reform..: U " . Already Ithere" are' signs 'of' weakening' among thtj, jatand-patters and. corporation tools in congress, iney are beginning tocdnk asoiwd btensiblyTto"lhiprei ' dcnt'ajview. but .with owlish gravity tsay. that any such reforms are so extremely impbrtntnd compllcateiTlhat (ir"wi (J takr-a-great" deal -of -invest . i . .. . . 1 maeratton isna a long m o ormg ' they mean ir that though they wH ' 'in the attitude of opposing the prsident,'after'hi elee - tton by such a great and phenomenal majority,' they wHl delay these needed reforms at long at possible and con- . sent to at IittU of them as possible. . ' ,-; - ,f v rt - As against the Republican, leadet in congresswho' r4 - either outspokenly 6r secretly opposed to these and other ref orma - the - people -turn - more and- rnore for f food 'and faith tothe president,; whose heart, they believe is in the right plice,, who, moreover, has freat courage and whn n ontantlv4mnroviiiflr hia oonortunitiei ta become 'wiser.- So all yc arc especially '; greater .hopes are entertained of .studious, unprejudiced' people tTian i : of any administration in a generation.; .i ; V Following" are some" excerpts from an'extended analy ' sis of the presidentby N6rmanHapgood,jeditor of-Col-,' . lier'tt.J. ,-;..4 . . v v. The president is complex but not" Tnysteriot.-T i-He ia democrat In every way except inherited party " affiliation, while Mr.' Parker was a democrat mainly, " : m appellation. The people know ' democrat when -" they see one. The, masses have more political sense . "', than . anybody; else. ..,Th people lik 'amegaphone r They can hear it.:", Robsevdi't personal asscrtiveness " begets confidence. He doesn't imbibe i principles with ' " , bis ear "to' fhk 'ground.'as . MctCinley did. His -own " tnternaf rumblings- almost . drown Koosevelt is as instinctive as a could prove eonaistencirih any contradiction. Roose- ' --r-Teltmll.s eontradlconrand 1etrth"emTie7TchbwThg" ("that next year they will be of no importance. - Me- : Kinley's popularity was negative, that of the frock- coat sctipol. with trappings that sp?U jdittty-i ' Ropt'e-i, velt hat nope of the posture of a,n institution. His " egotism1 ia free. from., pride. .Hit- mood,: tone- and- ttiaimyr r thru. r.? lh (ffMt ftntfal , west 'i.- No icaa preaident except Lincoln caught the lest of informaity. , the democratic bearing. ' He gives any aide of him- - self to anybody.i He is a great hand to talk, and is - impulsively inspired.: Psychologically McKinleV had'. ; no private life. - He' was a-statue : 1- ft. ' tl.'. C. veil lias no uuunc nic- jnt.Dirian irauna in-. nji jamis, but the people like them. ; ' deuce of good "faith. ' His instincts j hni ends. He can be swung jaito a t , n.n.uim; ,iri3bt uui ill ma) . ., by instinct, as a homing pioreon w- There are no two Robsevelts any . two women in .the lady who overrules today what the? declared with passion yesterday. part pfj intelligence. He has needs none. : lit is headed, hard L ends, and4ie'Hr-reach them v Decalogue, celebrating a commonplace volumei.atvr- k ' We venture, however, to hope that the present Oregon r tacking race suicide, snobbishness andNvife beating,-1 fctfrfature. having, fought .out its factional scrap as to j - in pi 7v.iiiii iiciiippiicit; in taiicyTg'. auput D1S blood or ancestry; in all this cauldron of aggressive r fT living and expression he satisfies the, popular mood not by intention buf by miscellaneous vigoras he .; Satisfies the general conscience by -being. the hiost constant, daring, successful purifier of public life who has arisen since the war.; Roosevelt: jt a pioneer. -" The people are with him. His-fight is te. people's . r figll4. Mr." Roosevelt is as busy as Buster Brown. . He thinks that doing everything is doing good. In -his cae,tn the whole, it is. He seeks the right and . backs nimbly away from wrong. Despite his pranc . ing he is , sure-footed and is heedfuTwith all his" ' clangor. ' - - - The president has more than four vear vet tA"ir' t I - S r (...." a ... . . . ;ana nc people wm waicn very closely the course of the . potential character thus graphically portrayed. '-How far noon itvn amis rtrmora, I ' j f IVora the Hood River Qlarlvr. i. ; Trutnan Butler-, of Butler Co.. bank ... " m, talis a rood atorr that lr algTilflcant .... . of th world-wide fame Hood River ap i pl bave attained. The talc Waa.told to 1 Mr. Butler by Frederick Fiaher. of th i . " i" Flhr-TITKCTi laln, company. Mr. i .... i ... 1 1 Ut la Juni worm ti-om whgre 4 .: he aludled under aome of the beat por- .-'. , trait artlntu of the land. .- i- One duy ist win ted Fisher waa walk-,-.;'! tnar the atrents o' Hambunx, and, dealr v 1 tne aome fruit, strpped Into a stand and . ' .. aap1 the dtalei to gl lilm anme eod - .apptMthe beat he had In stock. -. illaro are some of the beat apples In i the werld." replied the fruit dealer, aa a .he handed out sample of the bit" red . Spltsennerea so familiar to an Oreeon , ' Ian. f "These apples wnre raised In v America." went on the fruit man. "They . rail them Hood River applea, and I ran truthfully y that tni arethe beat ap - , pies te be found In Europe." , - 009 XBU XOJTD XJT TIUVAKOOS. ' . ' From th ' Tillamook Independent. -- Thetw-arehttndreds of adres of land ' ! In Ttllamook county lylna Idle that Is - Jnet as good ss any of that now ia eultl ' -. ; vatlen not even bringing In a fair rate liOf Mx..Thllandf. however. Is held - at u-h a hlah valuation that mun ean v ' , not pay the price, traps form It Into . r .. homes and eeea out of tin Investment with anythlnt to show for the years of . .time and toll neeessary la the msklnc. . iThe tine will ome when thla land will :.. chang hands, when .It "will be cleared .and eullivatott -snd Instead of the ae- rsement roll x bowing a boat S.0t cows it will show twice and perhaps thrlco " that maay. ',,'!- - ,,: - ' g o n d aiiyjo u r n a l INDEPENDENT ' NEW8P I ' PUBLISHED BV JOURNAL ' PU8USHINQ CO. OPriCIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND 'rrL. PRESIDENT, who ''work the depended upon to for the , benefit ot 5 THE or perhapt ai t)ie is .grest and tut? porate or igatiln,-ueheiK . i l "i. Tin uicni nwrn. oi not put tfiemselves time, only six or This is the tone observantof him, atid his, administration by Jiave been entertained' great trusty and food bill, we cannot other , sounds! cannot hope that woman. uladstone . its gauntlet V ;; , i hat to accurately. --.! -i, ; t --A He ; it master ot I T forcarrvinir on I - a a : I in a parkl Rooaei - ' , . 1 They are n! eyi- guide him,' shape' ceTtafnpatlr by l---j VIIUCIIt.lC9 nc gOCI or a woman does. more thanlhere are - J Logic is a small no -logic-and he, j and fast for certain, j In reaffirming the" 1 . j 7 ' - -r TMOrOB TO WaOMATmi' t . From the Philadelphia Bulletin. . That carrdy-eatlng habit,- girls doa It do you any goodt'.- r -- That tobacco habit, boys, or occa sional .,3reuinc?r ,"balng treated" la It of reUtntr- i; f little trllle that we fancy la It of real uae or benefit T j. t ' : "..' Those people whom we go to see and also entertain, yet really ear nothing for -le this society of any real use. or Benefit T Better -one good friend of - nature. stimulating, ebnarenla! and sympathetic satth the prophet, than ' host of so ciety friends of the wreathed smile; the nod and beck Which conceal the sneer. These fads of muslo, or art. or short flu of study era they of any real use or benefit? . - . One branch of knowledge concentrated upon'amounta to more In the long ran. "Berieottoae ef aY Bwaheler -: ' ' From the New Tor Presa. The pessimist never has to be morose over, disappoint menta. Whan a girl has a good figure It Is a sign she knows It wrthout being told so. If yoa fight and don't run a way, you are not so liable-te hare te flght-n-other day. . , There are not many other propositions that a man can have on his hand aa big as little bit of a wife. . - It makes a woaaaa very Indignant with a nil In a streetrtar to think how Insult ing he would be if he stared at her. ; IMH M AH. 1 From the Chicago Tribune.' It doesn't take .any grit to grumble. APBR JNQ. I. CARROLL against their natural and acquired inclinations an in terests he will attempt to-carry the Republican, leaders people instead of serving them, and how far nr will succeea, win oe very interesting pnenomena in the political world during the next two or three years. 3X. UNITED STATES SENATE. f I HERE ARE some yery worthy and tomntendabU I 'Z- United States senators, bl both parties, men .who . got their office on real merit and who labor ear nestly and unselfishly for the public weal' Burthese appear to bcyw a small and a steaauy aecreasmg minomy. The maiority represent in the seste tome.tpeciaj cor other-business interests and in many cases were elected merely becatise, apparently, tneyjwe,re men of much wealthr'The acquisition of wealth" ,may be evi. fence of superior ability, though such evidence it bften to be distrusted, but. the ability ht acquires riches may fall , far hort of that required ' in n ideal aenator": : - AWhat principally stands in the way now of reforma tory measures that are becoming rnore.imd more urgently demanded, by the people?, tThe senate. .Thert areln stancet in whijrh the'sent doet.'betttr wor,k than, the houseLbuton the whole it stands now' not it a fairly conservative and critical body bnt rather . positively obstructive body in jhe wsy of required and progressive legislation. Nothing of this kind canTbe 'done atrthit sessibnrMyeThaJonf is not time. "We" must t'tudy into these matters -very thoroughly; and deliberately and there isn't, time this winter even to begin to do this. - Even to hint "at tariff revision makes n tired.T We must ave-lyear or two tq prepare to begin to fcUhsldeTThe'Tnatter. Anything in the nature ofHlirrpad.reiin'latioiLmust be the subject of prolonged investigation, and it would be a watte of effort to begin arfy such investigation during the brief seven weeks, ot thia session. many of them take, and even in the matter of the Panama railroad, the contract in regard to which with th JPacific Mail expires next summer, these senators-are very - shy. -Evidently"; many of them and some way in which to jdo the will of the transcontinental railroads, and so take advantage of the people whom they think they-an keep on fooling most of the time. ; .We wish to be neither pessimistic nor nnduly een Vtrious, but really, when we look at the senators from New, York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, most of them from Newjgngland, yromj. Michigan and JWestLVirginia. and from some other state, and some of those, just elected and the men who probably will be elected, frt cannot reaonablyexpectrreallyLgood,, reformatory" pro gressive legislation. - When a senate wants most of all things to: pass ' ahip Jubaidy bill and so create another tthe same time refuses to past a pure expect any Initial good from it. and manygood and needed laws will run ' ; - - . ., . -;; ty r: ?TOLlTICS nrXEGISLATIONr HERE IS entrrely too' much politict'ln-'eongreti nd -in -ttate - legialatnrea Jofthe-pubJie "good. T Partisan ' wrangles and contests in legislative bodies are detrimental to the public interests." National 4 ar lrffi1tni are elected to. enact certahnreeded r,at rtim 'an in nmvi', revenu. - rovernment. and instead, of attending jsolely to this business the-fare-too profte to make it til subservient to politics. hl1tir T: '" " . . l,aKe ine jrijse-fli xneetTiiorn nng Bumissiqii mip the; voCfOTjnifance,-' They, baye. been kpt "outryear after-year by ccJhgtesa solely because they were ,not surely Rpubllcatf in politics, and now that they probably are so the Democrats in the senate will try to keep them but for that rea"sonTnli 1 bntynmall sample of what is going . on; constantly' in congress and in state legis latures, especially if they are. politically close. -If a party has a great majority in. a legislature it gets into a "factional wrangleand everything is done not with sole reference to the people s benefit, as it should be, but with reference to the adyantage of this or that faction, -or this or thaV present or prospective candidate for United States organisation, and there being no great advantage-on either side, will now drop politics, especially as there is no senator to elect this winter, and attend strictly to the people's business. There is' some important business to attend lo, enough, if well considered, to engage the ear nest and careful attention of. the legislature for the next five weeks, and politics has properly no place, whatever Every bill, should bconsidereS solely on its merits and .without any reference to whether it' is advantageous or agreeable, or the opposite, to any party, faction, ma chine, would-be boss, senatorial candidate or self-seeking of hired lobby ist. . J r . ' ' ; . '-. -' The last Oregon" legislature,' considering that If had a senatorial fight on its hands, did some very good work. This legislature ha a chance and it is jts duty to better that examples ;: i i.W- s ? f t . j , civn wiRi or wia, . r' From the Boston Herald. If the pitiful human heart will but nlte la one tanderky pleading, thunder ously .reverberating demand, - kept up year In, year out, thla hideously cruel waste and drain ot iwar will stop. Noble souls- are 'already rousing- to - resolute aeiTon.na in tnit tut AfhenfarT govt rfl ment has, thank God. tajien the lead.4 Kaason and love shall dominate brute,' tiger passion. . Ter ahall be tribunals. supreme fourts of th nation, whlcbj shall Interdict private vengeance and! a a nufla: courts .have already Intnrdletsd 'It be tween private eltlaens. But these tribu nals wl!l have ne weight of authority until backed1 up by my heart,- your heart, and the unlvarsal 'heart. v,;. pew Swlftwwaev'aai Oot Vhere. -r-v From the' Washington Post ' Governor Brady: of Alaska tella a story about iwlftwater BUI Oa tee. a noted Klondike character. After Gatee got to Dawson he waa amttten by th eharms of a woman who aang. In on of. the concert halls there. She favored, hie suit at first, butlater rivals with mors money than Ontea had came Inte th field. , Swlf twater Bill became alarmed. . He saw his prise slipping from his graap. Hs learned that the woman he de sired to wed detested the canned goods and pork and bean that, formed th ?rnclpat diet of th . community, and Ived principally n eggs,. of which there were a few cases In Da weon. There upon he went out and bought .every egg in Dawsoa "Now, then, my honey," he said that night, "you -must marry me or go without ggs." . She married hint.1 .' ' iy-v - . "v !v .v.'-;...--- ,'4. ... : , Small1 Change j 1 Now; raj business ,heglna at elea. ' Also1 1st It be w..iy known that' Port land la about the healthiest city, In the wintrf. , .r y-'.'i 1 . There Should never a gala be a 40 mill tax. or anywhere near - that rats. Id Multnomah county. . - v - What would the world have over done ror a wedding march if it had not for old Long green T - ;j "Watchman, what of the night r asks Mr. Bryan. -X long tints Ull daylight for, year eaye the cop. .. - Tom Dawson eoneeali bla feotev in a feather . bed of -. worda. Washington yoat. Of porcuoine eulll mor like, : woodburn Independent: . "Heaey- la aald not to be an angel himself, but that noea not give wings to ta other xsl lows,'.-. . . ; - , .-.-..i -. - Consul Miller could hot stand the cold weather In- Nluekwang. . But there are plenty of patriots who would regard It aa a .warm berth.- : - , , - Russia ta alarmed at the possible gresslons of -China. But It would, take Cbtns a good while to even up. with Russia on this score. ;w- Whoa -a, South - AaMrean ' president takes a notion to beoom a dlcUtor. all he hie to do is tp say so. and. there. ha is, uartu a rsvohitlon sucoeeds. --But perhaps; .that" Arab etead that toeaeal gave ' Nogt la a tad 'bucker wasn't Btoeasel throwa from , a borae and , injqr4riotloa' - befora. fca eur renasrear . . -r: s - Fairbanks. Taft Root. Shaw. Fo raker ana peraaps etaera, are already evooea- in in.mui.u ,iia maa in iini . & to th Petnooratie candidate welLhe V't.-be Parker., , J. lx,'fi- J.- If - Carnerle would . exclude Marl corsiira nerve-straJalng books from bla libraries he weuld confer favor on the uorary.naunting puDUo. even if he did not ma utue revenge on Marie. Already there are. over' fO.000 annll- cants for a portion of the Carnegie hero fund, and not a dollar has1 gone to a professed heret ' Perhaps-Carnesie has about concluded he la the only real hero nimseir, 'Th St. Helena Mist sajra theHeslsla- ture ahould pass a bill eompelllng every rancher to out ha alashlngs Into email pieces and burn them In the kitchen stove - In this manner they .would thor- rougruy protect th big timber owner. Members of th Idaho lestalatur. ob ject to former Governor, and Senator Hcuonneil's Intimation before the Bmo;t oomralttee.that they ware chiefly Inter- ted in the great American, gam of poaer, na tne gentile" anbns th m also disliked bis statement tht the Mor- wi AiHuiu wvrw uie ; most moral people and MoCormell Is nominally a PrMbyterlan. ..nether Mr, MeConnell Is well informed on th latter subject or no, it oannot oe doubted that on the question of the poker playing proclivi ties of formerr If not present, Idaho legislators ,hs speaks by th card, or from the knowledge of earda. " - St l ' ' - i -i -i -i-i i.-)7.:qini i'ii.. nci a:-'-- t '.' 5 i-. 'if-'?1- A. Washington county man tl man old la actively at work clearing Und. and doss more than some men half hia ag could. .r.'-.. Brownsville's essesement irfcreaied at per cent In a year. It la out of dab and has. money-In, the freaaury, and levied only 4.H mill taav. W.f " ..-Jrl On land that 'some dod1 eredlclid would not ' raise - whit , beans. a Hood River, Mnan dug 10 sacks of .poUteea from one eighth' of an acre. . . -- An UD-oountry tutcher idvartlaie- "W want people te comer and ee ttur meat prlees." Curtous. .r doe he want to peralya them so they can't -buy T .- ' Umatilla county sehoot'chlldren the suggeetlon of the sehool superin tendent, are sending hundreds of latter to eastern people about the Lewis aad Clark falr.-- i. -. .," .... -i. . ? Ths Ti llamook Herald cdmblalna at a. man who owns hundreds of acre of land and turn his cows out In ths hills, to rustls their own feed when they are al- m oat too week to travel. , . J. . .' TheLSalem Statesman aaserta thai the range of -profitable crops -that can be ucceesf ully . grown in the ; Willamette valiav la a-rea.ter than invh,n i .. Vnlted ftaua, of elsewhere . , . . A Iebanon mother by mlstak nVa her 4-yeer-oId daughter II I drona of aconite but fortunately -discovering her misuse lnameaiateiy sent -for a doctor and tbe child's life waa saved. . The Happy ''Home ' neighborhood will soon have a telephone Hn. end can be put In eommunlcatlos-with the Sweet Honi ' community, end both -will -say hello to the Harmony .district. ' ; - "The ' Tillamook toll ' road: "Sunervisor strapped an ax on hia back and started out with a lantern In broad daylight to sea If th road needed repairing, but not being able to travel It, concluded It didn't -,- ( i i ii T ' "tii ! i 'iimei a"m.n .i A Lebanon woman wb eiacovered two tramps In her kitchen one niaht slantoed their feces end drove them1 out' and her husband threw his shoes at them, and later held them up with a pistol, but not knowing what to do with them lt them au, . : r 'vr n,1: About a N week ago, three Brownsville boys, about-IS years, of age, left horn to see the world, determined on a three years trip. They camped but th first nlghtrlt was cold; the world looked gloomy next morning; and they held a council and trudged back home. - At -Blsgen fnot on' th Rhine, ! but across the Columbia from Hood River) are a cherry tree that measures seven feet two Inches la circumference, a pear tree five feet a tx lnchea.end an apple ires sla feet around. They were planted over 60 yeara ago, and have stood In sod for 0 years, bearing fruit svery year '. ,' ' . '.-.,-, ' The Myrtle Point correspondent Of the Marshfleld Mall writes: "lie. Curran. the proprietor of the Myrtl Point hotl. win move to North Bend to run a hotel there In hia p'ace Mlae Kitty Thorn will attend to affairs her. We do not like to see Mr. and Mr. Curren leave ue Now Miss Kitty. Thorn. If th is Ilk a good many other women, snay con aider this a round-about left-handed compliment . , ' :'.' Skort Stbrics v !: From rVasKingt oi "Washington, JanL'ir .'Congressman Cushman of Washington, who today waa buay on the floor with his Alaskan, bill. la a tall, awkward and homely son of th billowy west; but he la brainy and popular. . Moreover, he te a wit. and In soma ways reminds on Who knew "Bill Ny of th famoua humorist, phyaleeJly and mentally. , . Mr. Cuah man's constituents delight to call him "Abe; Lincoln No. -1." Once when a had met an old westerner who had immigrated from Illinois to Ween ington state, the old gentleman aaldi 'They say that you look like Abe Lincoln. : It ain't true, . sub. - You're a heap homelier, than Lincoln waa; still. Lincoln was a monstrous homaiy man. Fact is, I dunne how be could have been any .homelier 'thout beln' homelier than you air.. Still., sub, I don't hold that aeln you not et alL. suh, pot at all aa' x shall vote for you. sub, on . the principle of stretching my record,- for I voted for ele Abe. I d B1U Ny not. and I think yon look Ilk him Howeomever, If Nye wasn't dead I'd be afeaed to say It, for Ny went about a neap in ' nis . nay, ana waa liable to eome, out hr any tlw," - - , ' Senator Depew earn briskly from th White nous thla, afternoon. The Jan. nary-wind had given red color 4o hia eheeke and th eaeralse a dancing gleam te hia ye. A he got to Fifteenth street h was halted by aa aged gentle man who grabbed and shook hia hand eardtally.r.- . . , -n , am " C etrkngevT6-rdtt- nor.The man aald aoftly. "But one I mat you 1 under very happy, elrcumataaeea. .How 1UM-.IUWI x It was a.-very, - very- long time ago" . ' ' "Tee, yea," the senator answered, nee voealy. "Where was th place and erhjea r .- moving allghtly - off, for , he suddenly got In a hurrylnar mood. "Oh, I can't remember the place' but I do raeall vividly the delightful con versation we had. Tea, air, a very long time ago that wee"- . - r - (, Th .senator would listen to he more. Why.hat de you think 'of hlmr- he . aald to an ' American , reporter, who was with him aa the two moved away "A -very, very king time aero. Why, he taiae like it might nave . been in. Jtn 1th century -when h mat me." " ' - "But yon shouldn't poke fun ' eh his ages - suggeeted the reporter.- -Ton are anowmg a little ejray yourself. . you know."' ,: ..-.-.i" .N - ,-. h, "f -W0l-Trm"61d and growing elder," was the answemtnf I shouldn't be'pTaced .in hia class. Why,. men, that fellow a an antique" ; " , : . y Judge Thome. G, Jones, "h 'presi dent's referee for Alabama and Georgia, appointed district Judge by-Mr.-Rape velt soon after b assumed th presi dency, now 1 a guest at the. White House.- Judge Jones formerly was gov ernor of Alabama. He te a young man and clings beautifully to all the tradi tions Tf his southern romaitlo country. He did hot know whan he arrived in Washington that he was to go to the Whit House to eat. and sleep. , By the tJm. however, that he had registered at a hotel ther waa a special messenger from -th White House to hand hint aa Invitation. " Now an invitation' to the president's home Is tantamount to .- 4 Command, and Judg Jonee obeyed. ' - But In doing so he wae forced to bvy a new leather-trunk;- not -forced, you know, but persuaded by the. comities that belong to visitors of importance. Judg Jones had eome with -a -email handbag only 7 In It were a couple of shirts, A too Ih .' bruau. - a not-waterbus; and " h - fountain petu But he reasoned and well, to ahouldimake a better ahow lng'io far as personal, belongings wr concerned, at the ultima thule of Amer? lean society. He bought a trunk. Then he figured out that It wouldn t do t6 have ltjeo light Jhat a puff of wind might blow It, out of -the window, and ao be proceeded to fill it .- There fore, when he returhe.to Montgomery hia geod wife will find among hia be-, longings a hoe tree a bootiaek. one' roll of plain domeatlo stufl, new eollar. shirts, a. Tuxedo ault, three paJra of speckled pajamas, socks, trecktles, hand- kerchiers. euna and other stutx she never .saw before" ' ..vj There' waa the nnuaual acene on the aenate1 floor, today of Senator Morgan seated In hia chair,' his flaming red ban- danna handkerchief ever and anon go ing from his 4eslt drawer to hie mouth, his legg crossed, eajilly reading a long Speech. it waa on the statehood bill. For a while he stood on his feet, but be grew weary toward th middle of his maaterly document, and.' seating him self proceeded with his delivery. His addreaa had been carefully typewritten and revised, -and for once th official stenographers did not have to take down hie weeoa.: ...-.--.., -,- The -senator's vole waa Arm, reso nant and ' reaching for half - an hour. But toward the end bla worda became almost unintelligible At on period -of hia address Senators Knox, Alger, El klna. Proctor and Teller were In a group talking softly to one another. ' Probably It was the first time in history' When fiv ex-cablnet officers got together aa senators ..,v J. , '!., , .,,.' . A curious feature its Ilk never be fore known in history,' hae been -em bodied In a proposed legislative" meas ure . it appeara in a out introduced ny Senator Teller of Colorado, which pro Vide for appointment of commissioners of .transportation of malls and to aid in the regulation - of . Interstate commerce. Section 4 reada: .- . j "That no person ahall be appointed to the eaht board of managers who la, or within Ave yesr previous te- tils ap pointment has been, addicted to th ex cessive use of Intoxicating liquors or narcotics, or to any gam of chan SkllL", . . . . FOOD AJTS AZB, OT . AXOOXOaV. '. From th New .Tork World. ; I In a letter to -th Time Dr. 0. A. Knopf, who baa a world-wide reputa tion a hia aunmrily v tire aab condemns -the theory that alcohol le beneficial to th consumptive. '. AloohoL according to Dr. Knopf; does not cure consumption. . In axceaa it re tards recovery. It exposes the patient to the peril of drunkenness -It predla posee to. disease not only th person who conaumae it bat even th children who may be born to him.' In th ease of th poor it waatea money that might better be apent for milk, eggs and other nourishing food. Ther Is no longer aay mystery about consumption. Its thwlnlter positive, per manent'eure la accomplished, save la advanced) cases, not by druga and doses, but by ' rest, by abundant and whole some rood, and above alt by pure upen air. . And the eonauraptlv has more reasons thsn most men to let liquor llene. - ':.., Aaavoyaaee JuetUlabla. ' . Fronvth Kanea City Times. ' ' Senator are - reported to be "cha grined" over -tna Indictment of three members of ths upper bouse within two years. They would be Justified if they yen went so far aa. to b"annoyd,' Tkc Play At th Urn David Belaeco and Knry C DeMUl wrote "Th WU" nlthr had attained greet prominence In tha field Ct dramatic literature, but they treated tb familiar picture of social-political condi tions In Washington. XL C. deftly enough to make It a true en lasting success. r If further then historical knowledge were required te back up tb aeaertlon that th authors war new. It ls found In the f'dramatlo Ucanae" of the play, which they used with a vengeance. The Jeal ous; ' scorned woman than whom tha pblVoeopher saye hell hath po greater fury has unburdened hsr woes, real and Imaginary, to the .heroine, bearing fal witness aa-alnat her aratwhll lover.. To the latter the heroine appeal! - "Than what aha told me la truer , And he,, without se mueh ae aaklng what the untruthful, Jealoua woman has toia ner, answers,. t Thla separates the lovers. It ta a tiny thread upon which , to hang a aword heavy enough - -te pieree two hearta. Still, It paaaea .muster under th nam at drajnatlo lloenae- - - : .-. .- 1 -' - The Wife" ha been don repeatedly In Portland, but since Georgia cayvan. Odette Tyler. William Morris and such lights appeared in the same cast under Frohman ther baa been no previw pro duetton of thepUy here .than that of yeaterday. TB opening assumed-- th form ef an ovation to Edgur Baume, who la playing hta final week with tha organisation.- At the-and of each 'act thla aterllng young aotor waa ealled time and again, and - at both performances was compelled .to. ackoowledg,-hlt apprecia tion in a apeecn. ' ' lit Baume aDoearad as Senator Ruth erford, and. hannllv. It oroved one Of th very. best things b haa.aon iiymrv land. Th dlgninaa. eooi-neaaea, msniy husband fita him to a nloety,- the role gives full eway te hia talents end, auowa ths -le&dlng. man to leave with us a drawing-room plctur of bla handsome aelf.. . 1 . . . ' M ss rountlss. In tha name pan. acta more effectively and reeds her lines more naturally than In any other aociety drama I have vr a sen her piay. Wil liam Bernard Culver, the despicable Joumallstlo politician who atop : at nothlns to gain his ends, waa clever, even though his Interpretation at times smacked of parliament ratner tnan or the legislative nana 01 America. . , aar. Bernard xemplUlea the full force of re pression In this oharactsrlsatlon.; V' Mr. Dills aa Major Putnam, who strug gled for to yeara to get up enough cour age to propose; Mr.-BerreU aa Truman, the kindly old rather, wno aivioe , uie Into two chanters business end.pleas- nre: Mr"Bowles-ms Gray,- the disappoint. d setter t Mr. Bloomqueat aa in young colleaian -and Lauretta Auen as aara. Iva ware equally pleasing. : Mlaa Douelaa wae a. trifle . self -eon scioue aa Lvjcille the viotlm of Oreya Infatuation. MIsa. Brandt played the In genue pert with refreshing gaiety. -The Holy City" will be performed nn til Wednesday night end the engagement of "The Wire" win be reaumea inurs- ttay. . t. "'.j.- anoT. jomsisv . the Emotre waa filled twice by good- natured throngs to view .one more th comedy drama, of much mellowness" A Jolly .Arnerlcen Tramp." ' j . f -r r It la l said that tnie piay came Trora the same pan which furnished Sol Smith Russell "Peaceful .Valley".. and. Poor Relation." If this Is true, somebody hae cause for Injunction against the fright ful liberties taken with It Much of th" comedy la --unadulterated- stand-trp and knock-down, and many of the. songs Introduced under the moat i Impossible conditions are coarsely suggeetlve. The tramp, -TOappy Jaekr thaTJefTanl oubrette, Uie flashily dressed adven turess, th Crabbed step-father and the Irish oeok ere all reoognlaed in "A Jolly American Tramp." Th Juvenile was not He looks to be 40 years. If a' day. and bis making love to' the girt whose skirts stop short ef her knaee, heightened the abaurdlty. '; , : t- t Joseph Kearney p lays the . tramp and Is at times very amusing. - Madge Wood Is the Irish cook. Her performance la notabl f or the reason that ahedoea not wear a red: wig. . The ethers are uni formly below the standard of popular- priced melodrama. ' RACS WHITIJET.- BXSBAXXa AWD OULSSTOn. Warwick James Pric tn,th Crltarion. That Disraeli wit waa too much for Gladstone.. The great Liberal had k-ut one adjective tot hia Tory -opponent and that- was 'devilish." - Never -during th yeara of their opposing leaderahlp had th two any social relations: each mad light of th other's literary efforts. Some 'one asked Lord Beeconfleld fo de fine th difference between a mlafortun and a calamity, and unhesitatingly It came: "If . Mr. , Gladstone , should . fall into ths Thames - It would be a. tnlafor- -4-tiine ' If any one should pull blm out It - Th beet of , all th Gladvtone-DISraeU atoiiea tells how one at m London din ner party th ladles at th table were asked which theyw,ould marry tf they had to marry one or .the other tha great Liberal or th great Tory.- All declared, promptly in favor ef Beaconsfleld save one, who hastened to explain thet ah had rather wed Gladstone that aha might elope with Disraeli and - so - break ber husband's' heart - This, happening was of - course retold - to . Disraeli, end so pleased wae be over It that he suspended av -cabinet debet on the chance -ef a continental war in order to relet K. raa MAcxnre ajtd nownu. (From' the Salem tjoernal.) '. v No man has a erred th political ma, chine, or the powers that be, more faith fully r at thla- session--' than ' Senator BrownelL ' ....... ... , ,.... - He delivered th vote from hi eounty in - Both Tiuubs and 1 BenMarhat-TBSiie thlna-s-govand he ha taken back aeet ' ' Senator Brownell had it In. hia power to mar the program at the most critical point of th performance ", but . h re frained.. . .-j ' - ,". ,f . . If ther l political machine in Ore- -4gon it owe Rmwnell a flabt Jt-aTatliu d e, I a oe.nt not,' to be pein by passing resolu tion?. . ' ' - ; Will Brownell' be 'made governor er be sent to congreaa or th United State senate? What will th machine do for Brownell T r'-'" " " , v .-- ' - , . In the' meantime watch what Brow nell will do with tha machine Ha can be trusted todo thlnga. with .the com mon people at all times. . ' 1 paeon's greatest 'Veper.. The-fingllah press and -the tundins t which the leading Lotidoa; papers -have in- Eniriand and among Englishmen la tha subject of an Interesting paper by Sydney Brooke In Harper'a Weekly. The London Times, h say, heads the llet and Is' easily the mont authoritative Journal not only In England, Jbut In the world. -Th Tim and' th Morning Post are the two papers moat generally read by the men whp are "doing things" In politics, administration, and especially In the army and navy. But to an Ameri can who desires a trustworthy guide te English sffalra, Mr. BVooks recommends not the daily press, but th old-time weekly review, th SDeotetor. Hit 'j- C . :-'vr Ml : ptcnograpner j ExDlains 1:1 1 - Js '--(By ' BeUe Bllta.) - I V ' "What d you understand by th atnv pU I If .that th wla onee are touting -ao fiercely now r ,iaqulred-!he Book-keeper.!-. . : . , l ... . "Ifs the kind of life that we aU think; our inalghbors ought te lead, but thai," we peas up eereelvss.". repUed the Stann' ugrapher. , . "But what are !ta polnUf Insisted thai Bookkeeper. ...... . -s . . .... . 1 .. "Well.", returned Ihtn6rrahr.a",p' nemr u divi Dea able to Hgur It out tt consists la doing- without the things you want ta order that you may, J have th thinge you don't waitU- - Too, out out-the Welah rabbit at. mldnlghit, ' so that yoa. can get tip and set oatmeal' iBTth sold, gray dawn,"- ,. , ,.' . "Virt at ai hiking back to, -the dear, sweet simple Uya xi wur -grandpareota. ht" naked the bookkeeper. "Just eo," answered the Stenographer "The idea la that we go the pace that kills; that we havs too many elothea. and too mueh fashion; too fine houses too much brio-a-brae, and that' ere eeb : too mueh and too highly seasoned food. - and ao on. and that if w would Just oraten. th luxuries -we .- eould . ' ale aoratch most ot our eare and work an worry.; - . x '; : - , . v " "W doJ apend -our Uvea saving -f on coin to hurl at the blrdlee," vbeorveOl, the Bookkeeper.. ' , ; - "We 40." . agreed ', the Stenographer, "and it certainly does' look foolish- for other people. On the face of it thai wise guy'a system of breaking the bank; ef happlnea by living th simple life tat -a deed sure thing just aa long aa.yoe apW ply It to your neighbors. - , rNow, there' my friend. Suean Jones, . for Instance, who la mlddla-aged. and tout and baa got a complexion like a -saleratua biscuit but who spends her time trying- to be beautiful, though ualr-. and to mak a feether bed figure give i; me ulueion or wiaowy grace ana youth- fulness, v- v; . , . . ... - -fTtlant any trick at all to W that th simple life Is just the thing for ' Busang HoiT much batter off tb would "t be If ah would Juat be aa ugly as nature made her. and adopt aome eort ef nr a cheap, simple, loose, comfortable drese ., that wouldn't cost eny time or money. -. ' .. -"But when I com to atrolvln th simple Ufa hunch to myself, I am reedy to tnrow tita. Not foe mthe I realise., that I need all that the best dressmakas : can do for me, and ed I spend my ta " chaaipg down the nimble almoloon so t - oen hand It over to ,thJ Udy who under- stand the "art of J epptyi ng cotton bat- C ting to the inalde of frock In the place - wnere ic wut uo tnar mnet good. -tV-. "And then there's Marl Smith. I un . ee she'e betty tp autround hereelf with ' ' brlo-a-brao and ' liver and out that ah hae teT alave" to- keen clean. How much -better for her- it would be 'V tf aha would only Uve the simple life in plain, bare rooms, with lust the ehnlra. and bed and table that aha needs. . uut mat kind of a room doean't look good to me, I Ilk dranerla bA bi. : turee and little frilly thlnga, and I ana ; wuung vf . ion to aupport em. .I'd as ' -aoon.be In prison cell aa In a room that ' ' waan't beautified. ; J ,-, Ana as. jar eating wen,; !fs .aj.itr: m-s muif tne way we enend on. lives working to. Indulge our tmnuiu! but It's worth the price. . There -no doubt we'd save ouraelvea,' lot- ef .work; ..- and worry if w would eat plaftvetmple -food,, but anybody, may.heve-thesaeeH -and milk ant wants It as longe yoi give me the -terrapin and boiled JobT ster." " .-:. ., -r-v-r' r 'I think Uie almple life Mweosltmar Is -"- a good thing." said tht.BoeUan . "and I see that the president lndnr 1i " it."..r.-. , ,: ; , But t notice he doean't follow if vi observed -the BtenogTapher.. - -i '. V; j ijewis and Llarkl ; 9 -'CV- p,la?swseaJgJ ' r In, North Dakota? January 10. . About SO - Mandana. see us, tne minnetsjreesjepseached them with j their fslsehoods,-doclaring " the-', they wer bad man and ousht td hlda : ' themselves. --They hed-eMI- ths Mlnne- tarees that we would kill them Jf thev i. oame to the fortyet- On. tha contrary i ' theyTiaaspent a night there and had been treated with kindness. " by " the I" whites, who had smoked: with them and danced for their amusement" Kagohamt -visited-u and brought us a lktle ooriv' -and ? aoon ' after Vine of the first - waF j chiefs of the Mlnnetareee came accom '- panted by hia squaw, a handsome woman, -' - wnom n waa aeeiroua w should - uae during th night . He favoreTis--wltlal: : a mora acceptable present a draft of the v Missouri, in his. manner, and. Informed! us of his Intention to go to wax In the ' spring against the 8nake Indiana. "ws advised him 40 ref loot seriously before he committed- the peace of hia nation to - t the hazards of war; to look back-ponr - th -numerous nations whom ' war hail destroyed; that If he wlahed ha satlen to be happy he .should cultivate 'peace' ' and Intercoura with fill his nalghbore, -by which means thay could ..procure1).; more horses, increase in numbers,, and ' that If h went to war hi .would-d. Please nie great zatner, tne president. and forfeit his protection. We added that we had spoken thus to all the tribes whom wo had mat that thay had .all opened their ears, and that th preaident . wduld compel those who did not volutin i ., tanly listen to hia advice- Although', ' young- man of only years of age,, this dlsoourae seemed to strike him. . He ob- : served that If It Would be dlspleaalBg tonus he would not go te war. 'alnoe be hrtd horses enough, -and that he would nu v mil uie imuwu .w iciihiu m lum, , until we had - seen th Snake Indians f , and discovered whether their Intentions i raclfle. The party who Went down X-, wltH the horses for the man. who was frostbitten returned, and wa ware gladitoi find that bla .complaint as no( serious. From th New Tork World. Mr. Andrew Carnegie himself did nbt know how many libraries be had founded or pledered -himself to -found until his ' secretary complied the very Intereetlng statistics which were '-given;-by Mr. Horace Whit of thla city on 'th oc- -oaslon of th dedication of the Belolt (Wle) college library. , ; , v The date-January I ahould be noted. ri ' Th . figures may. sine have changed. Mr Carnegie had thenTf oundsd or. pro! Jected 'l.I0 libraries, at-a-total coat of tn.ott.080, thr rourths oMhaxeum being apportioned te thla country Six. mHltone-ln. gnglaed. two millions In- Scotland and a million and, a half In Canada were also provided, -....' , -Since list, according to. Mr. Whit. "more work haa been don .for free llbrarlas In thla country than had been ' ' don In all tta prevtuua history, and one i man haa done more ef It than all others ', put together." Much more than on quarter of all American library founding since Columbus landed muat bar been v -Mr. Carnegira work. . ' I N i . () - ,1