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f . FRIDAY. JANUARY X3t,U.
'II 1 PORTLAND, OREGOK.. 1 .-.r jjgpi jffo
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.PublWMd vf7 evnli! ( except L6undV T nd every Bandar nMctita
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"r: FICTITIOUS EMERQINCIES.:
IHF. REFERENDUM AMENDMENT to' the
constitution intended , that
nossibte exceptions, should
until 'go. dsvs after their pproval by tne governor, or
passage over his veto, so as to give the people an oppor
tunity of petitioning to ftave them referred to avote of
I the people before going into eitecr. i. ine -odjcci 01 m
, amendraent vm to give the people tin-f end opportunity,
to reject any law that' theid not want. ' :
' -The Trntirn the cases' in which, the legislature is
empowered to attach an emergency
tne jaw operative ai once aim prcvci icreimuuiu -:
properly, from the plain term! of the amendment itself,
few and fax between. The legislature-is authorized to
declare an emergency only when the law passed js -neces
,; sary for.thS immediate preservation-tol le puwtc peaces
'health orsafety: Such a case has not yet arisen, and is
pot likely, to arise for many arears. V r ' r -
: But the legislature m attaching an emergency section
'. to many tmimportant laws is Tflying upon" decision of
the supreme court,' which held that the legislature is. it
self the sole judge -of the existence f an emergency such
... 1 specified by Jhe amendment.:. Under this decision,
as construed, it makes n.o difference whether a qttititu-
frionat. 'emergency exists as a matter of fact-bTTiot; if
inintr into tholfacts. or reasoning stall upon the matter,
wt conclude that it does exist. Thus
'Itself practicaUynullify one main
7 1 The supreme court's .decision happened to be rendered
in a case where it was very important that the law the
' Portland Thartershould'gctnto effect, without-waiting
the prescribed 00 days and possibly the court was sbrne-Iwhat'-influenced
br that fact But unless that -decision
i khould be modified, fhe legislature,
iever objectionable or triyiat the law,
m mere lormai uetiriion ,iu u
ao defeat: the opportunity for the
"by the amended constitution.
But the legislature , ought to use the. liberty thus
granted it by the court sparingly, and moderately, to say
-the leastiHi "till. oath-bbun.to support and obey the
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ronsiuuiion. or wntcn ine - lnuiaiive
amendment is now a cart. It is still
-t
he legislature to withhold an emergency clause except
n jnanifejstly necessary or very important esses. It is
mot. the legislature's -privilege to make a mock of the
people a .wiIL .; v;;
A
BRISTOVTS XllPXJRTANT.KEvrlOB,
rTvHE." GOVERNMENT-is 'now
I session of the-Panama railroad, and its policy
It- and action with reference thereto, especially as
to rates of freight across the. isthmus, are of great in
terest and Importance to -the country,
;ic people 1 jnc iacifw t:osi.
r'--roepwiriro,-&iKi&
- a.ssisUntrpostmastwr-'gneral, because'-of m -order of
Postmaster-peneral . yVynnewhich Bristow, resented,
was immediate1y-appointed Withe president' a" special
eommissibner for' the purpose of
- - the Pacific coast, the Isthmus, of Ptnama, NewYork
- and such other ports aa may.be necessary,-to make an
- investigation into the, present trade
. .freight rates between the Atlantic, and Pacifiecoast,
- across the Isthmus of Panama, and between the west
.;:' coast of South America and he east coast of the United
. . States and Europe' for the purpose of determining the
' best policy to be pursaed in the management of the Phav
y ama Railroad, company, ...'l.v.--v4-:' - -''
ThisVis a very important, position, and the country be-'.-.V
Geves that Mr. Bristow is a good man for it. - He is a
v, natural investigator,' he is believed to be unsusceptible
-' to railroad blandishments, and his report is likely" to be
, the basis of a Panama railroad policy that will be greatly
- beneficial to the people. : ' . v- ." , ; ' -r,
Mr. Bristow'a new j?b begins today, January 20. . He
'will receive $15 a day and his expenses and be allowed
"--one stenographer at Is day, tintil the' president fixes
. , hia salary later. So -while the president allowed Wynne
, - to: a?e. his. way, resulting in Bristow's resignation, the
" latter 4 1 once stepped-into-a-better job, and one in
whicW he can 'perhaps be of faf greater service to the
people. . :t :' - w--..---- .
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A. WELL-EARNED TRIBUTE. ,7
tpHESE FRW WORDS are intended M deserve
I tribute to a modest and retiring man who1 in the
cotrrse of in active -life has done much work of
such a quality as would have won him av national rep
utation had his fortunesJkenhirntothe eastern sec
tion of the country. There are just being sent forth
aome large colored lithographs giving a birdseye . view
pt theewisandClarki Jairandthat Jineettingjof
water woodi nd, now-clad- peaks
striking frame tor. the picture. The, mechanical work
on this is really superb and couldn't well be better, but
. beyond a modest .little signature stuck away in one cor
' tier there is nothing to show by whom the original draw
B TAJSXLT.
x rrom the Kw York Evening Malt "
f A vleerfcy, an ri and a mJor In th
British army have how been adJL as
kona-in-laws, to th 'hou of Letter,
KI.1 .1Tloatln, in' lri-iim.
f.-Uiice in a Marj-land vlllase, was
greatly onrtcTifd by d uccful career
. in tbe Art coods business In Chlcao.
Wajhava bad many lnUrnatlonal niar
; r-lagoa, and Whole families of American
; BTlrlk 1 hava Joined themselves to th
'" European aoblllty onr by onn, before
. now, but ' wt bellevs that- Ula JHer
, rveord has not Wn quit aqualed In
ttiitUancy. It allies th dry roods man
n4 tha wbaat broker.' bottr quit typical
'American, with several nobla and even
dunal Brlllahr homes,
The "iHr glrla" ar aU vary Intelll-
. gnt, wall-conducted, and well-meaning
young' women, and no on will dcslr
that they shall b leaa happy for havtna
married. Encllahmea than - they mlaht
' : hava been If they bad joined their for
tunes with young Americana and aettled
: dawn In their own country, but tbalr
' man-las -1 an. example of a aute of
tnlncs which la draining th country of
' aom very toot blood aa welt aa of a
great deal of money.- ., .
- Socially, of course. aUrh. union tend
-'-o enlonlallM eur penple of great wealth.
.Thay atlmulat rivalry In. tha business
of net Una- titled husbands for Amerleaa
-mmmercUl heiresses, Thy . cnConrage
- tbe Imnreemlm la oar moneyed and ao
. rlally ambitions aeta that on of this
- . rouatrjra principal functions la t sup
, fly fuMta for the -British nobility. In
. faet, there Is nw nt tins Mrlllah colony
that rivals I ha tnittd Suiea ia tha per
GON DAILY
-INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER . ' - ' .
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING COi
; - V ewsets, t-oruana, uregon. ... r
OFFfCIAU PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
ings were made.
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aU laws, 'th Jew
one .who has seen
and deltnefes "with
not become operative
previous exposition
attractions as this.
employed, to make
birdseye-fie wof
St. Louis. The
tsfactory. . But all
ciaus? "and w mate
Graham's work
work was done by
endorsement of the
,And to give 4o
wishes .to publicly
- Oresron has
the legislature can
feature of the amend-
votes being that
the adoption of
and 16 werfwis
can in all cases, how
V While it is true
. . .
itself 'determine, b
iiuciuculj u uu
referendum provided
tnose oi.
thejegislatjires 9fJ0regononeiafter.ari9ther,,keepro
ing this demand,
sto reierenaum
the slain dutv of
- H the election of
pie is desirable1,
in practical pos
hinders - itiri:;' -
If every-member
aqd especially to
week as fourth
for a long. time.
visiting the, ports of
mediate success.-
nection js: -4 Be
condition and
FAIRNESS" TO
I
which - form such a
formanre of this supposed duty of nour
ishing tha poerage. ..'."''.;.'.
In other worda, the. "Letter girls' ara
Innocently doing their best to repair tbs
damage that Washington, '. Jefferson,
Franklin. Hamilton and Adams, did to
lbs Pettish) nlpnal 1 sliULtui In
stopping .th. prsctlc of 'quartering
spiig-s Of nobility on the) American peo
ple as royal coverbors, commanders and
attaches. . -
, Sept th Xaobiae Oolng. ..
Jt From th Band Bulletin .j
When Kerc Maya got Into It no guide
board was needed, to sive the direction
In which tba land fraud Invest ration
was lean Ins. It waa approaches peril
ously near to th seat of th difficulty.
I maybe that th rrand lurv will now
get ' of ficlaf lmgwraigs uf : sum wf -the
matters that hav been Icommon knowl
edg In Oregon for a, long time. Public
land manipulation, In ona gulae or an
other, hna furnished a considerable part
of the sinews of high politics In Oregon
for lo, thrsa many year. , i... ,
' Xaai' Taslsad tW.
rrom the' Washington Post.
A Pari cablegram brings th cheering
Information that Senator - Clark of Mon
tana la going to take up hi rldao
In Washington. W praaum ha became
attracted to th city during eomS of bis
iormer visits Bere.
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- Via Imw mt sTx Tlaa.
; '.rrom th Atlanta Constitution.
- A Chicago alderman I alleged hava
sickki a would be brfher nut of his of.
ne. Th, amount offered mast hava
peea ridiculously amaU.
J O UR N AX
, JNO. P. CAtKOU.
TI"Jnri:BtiMlnf, Fifth sad Yan-JnTl
.j. a,!...-.. - a -.7)'
.The artist is Rollin Caughey, who has
11 . t 1. .. .t .
ior years woraea . on ine. jraciiic coasr, our jor-inc past
two years or more lias made his home in Portland. No
the picture can fail to admire jthe skifl
which the subject is handled or. the
extraordinary artistic excellence of the ensemble. No
has ever combined so mny natural
Charles Graham, the noted artist, was
th birdseye view of the Columbia
exposition at Chicago 1 and - subsequently r to make
the Louisiana Purchase exposition at
result in both cases was extremely sat
that can. be aaid - in : favor of Mri
pah with equal truth be said in favor of
the work done by Mr. Caughey for the Lewia and Clark
fair1, arid then something may be added for the natural
beauty of the surroundings. It is gratifying that this
a local artist, that the exposition man
agera gave hint 4he employment, and above all that the
result has not only justified the expectation of those di
rectly concerned bat that it has met with the unqualified
critical public "as well.',- . t...
modest , medit its idue, The Journal
add its own -cordial appreciation.
'' All UNSATISFACTORY EXPLANATION.
N SEVERAL former occasions the legislature of
declared in favor of electing United
""States senators by a direct vote jof the people,
but a-memorial to congress embodying a request for this
change was defeated Wednesday in the state Senate by
a vote of it. to 16, the only explanation bl the negative
gtverfrby SenatorHaines, who. is re
ported M Mying,tltatJc was in avptiof the change, but
such memorials accompiisnea notning,
"no use jn passing them.--
that but alight if any progress hat been
. ........... ... 1 t
(Waoe infringing aooni mis cnange, maniiesny aesirca
by 'the majority of people, yet that is not r sTOod -cuse
for voting the wrong way.- If enough legislatures
inree-iourxns pr-Tnc aiaie wooia ucraiou
this rhancre. eonffress would bfr. obliged to aubmit the
necessary constitutional amendment to Ihe-peopte. If
enough other states, may aome time:
take similar actrirand acr fprcerongTess to yield to the
pebple's wilt But (if - the Oregon legislature takes a
backward and as Senator Haines admits a wrong step,
othef legislatures will be discouraged from taking the
necessary stand, instead of encouraged thereto. " '.
senators by a direct vote of the petH
and we hive nev doubt that it isA the
Oreg6niegislatQrehould so declare, regardless of the
prospects of aiiccess; - Its 'action -might in some small
degree help th good cause along. --Such vote is this
- . ;-i'.-:;;;..CJl:
voted the right way only, when the
succes of the ' proposition involved was- assured,, or
even immediately- probable remedial and .reformatory
tegislationiwctuld Jbe. practically . impossible: The re
former are. always in a minority, at first.. nd sometimes
But they succeed through the aid of
men - who rate, right regardless , of the prospect of im
A good text to remember in this con
not weary jn well doing." , . -
THE : FjRATERN AL 80CIETIES.
T IS ALTOGETHER wfthin thel province of a news
paper.to take whajs-atajnd it may with' reference to
. Ka "tVirfror -slv-atn . f Vi aa tn 11 s rT a frrn
panies, doing businesV.in the state, but it ia gratuitous to
denounce all fraternal insurance as illegitimate and irre
sponsible and of "just such a character as ' persons of
sound busimfsaudipment avoid. Our esteemed con
temporary, the Oregonian, ahould know that there are
thousands of people in this state who carry fraternal life
insurance, who indeed are unable to make any further
provision against the uncertainties of human life. -Many
of these people still have to make their way in the world.
They are married and perhaps. have little families de
pendent upon them.i If all goes well with them. they
will be able to carry the -load which they have assumed
and ' come-out ;right rnthe (end.:j But ; no one knows
what .'may happen in the meantime before the problem
is.' worked out On the narrow margin between what
they earn and what it costs'tu' live they hav little left
to make provisions for anything, but immediate needs.
To such as these the 'fraternal organizations offer the
only, avenue of protection. Some .of these organizations
may be criticized noon one ground or another but .the
fact still jremains that theycover field whidt the old
line insurance companies have - not yet reached, that
they even help the business of the old line companies
by making plain the need of such projection and that
they have actually paid indemnity to thousands of fam
ilies which otherwise would havebeen left. practically
destitute. It is only Justtand fair to say these thines
because they are true, and ne may-fay thenr while at
the same time saying all that is due to the other insur
ince conipanies and all that -can be said in favor of the
undoubted protectiqn which they afford to those who are
able to take full advantage of what they have to offer.
IOOT
From tha St Louis OldbeVOemoerat.
Th Bmoot -Investigation befor th
1
enat com mitt on privileges 'and elec
tions, which Is teeing carried on with
VlgQt thesa davs rlevelnp. frllnH
of Interest In relation to tha Mormon
chorch. but It has not thesllgtitest bear
ing on in eaa xz Utah's Junior senator.
Enough has been developed to show that
many" persons1 In Utah ara Vtelatlna- tha
anti-polygamy law. This, however, doss J
nui aiieci ia senator.. H is not charged
with polygamy. That charga was never
brought against him by anybody axcant
one Irresponsible parson, who waa quick.
17 susncsa Dy m senator enemies,
Toaag TsUa. T.
From the Chicago News.
TounfI.rinl
fenca that separates her back vim hM
LMra. Hardy , and her pretty far waa
iivuuim. .- , - , -
'Mrs. Hardy r h called,, softly.
"Ye. What la ttr and Mrs. Hardy's
matronly flgur appealed In her kitchen
too-,.. -: ; -- " .
lnr so sorry to trouble you." Mrs.
Vinton went on. "but wllr you tell so
aom good way t eook clay pigeons r
Jimmy bas just sent m word that ha la
going out, to shoot some. He's -bound
to bring a lot home, and I haven't th
remotest idea how to prepare them," .
r " -e--t 11 I 'v
' " Are Msa &oaiag TMi OrtpT ;
From th Chicago Trlbun.
- Tha Inrress In the number of women
who ara doing ."man's work." has been 40
per cent In the last 1 years. Which,
howeverrmay only Indicate that th. men
ar not doing Uielr work well enough.
Small Changfe
, Mr. Ieney baa th buck.
, a ". eaasassjassaaassi
It la a cold "winter for th poker
gsmesu , . .,
. Th emergency olaus
rorked. . .' .
Is being .over-
In Russia's estimation. China Is
bold, batpatlon.- - . s --
; The administration regard .th beat
Salmon protection should not be Xor-
gotten nor neglected. - 1 f
It ta worth a wkol lot te state to
nTv a ivrwnor ua S Qim.. y-
Theatrical managare ara abrwd ad
vertisera In th news columns. .;...,
Tbs beef trust Is preparing to show
an extremely impoverished condition.
- .Th dead Russian hero have en d
vantage they can't b court-martialed.
Oregon la having a run of hard luck
In Washington, IX C but will outrkl
. 1 1 , eV ' -
Mayb It waa a fur mother Bra ata
Sh had reoours to' a fig tre a little
later. ..; 7-:--.
But aft r hearing all tba stand-oattara
nave 10 aayr tn prssidenl may ,00. aa
n preas. . -
Can anybody lmagln why so many
members wanted to get on tba rail roads
committeesT.- : ,r
Perhaps w will hav two elect rie
lines to Hlllsboro. Such things usually
aom aouoi. t -. v . - '
Perhaps th .expense of -prosaentthg
th land 'frauds Is charged up to' 'the
Ceine) canal .project .... riXSJi
Ia a ways ancT means committee ehalr-
manablp ao desirable beeaua men Ilk
ie apena oiner people a money T -
,Thr ara thre Jaya In th legisla-
tnre Tuttla, - Bowsrman and Dobbin
but lobbyists (don't nnd them "JayaiJ
senator Htonahaa broken out in
long tlrad-- . H la on of th things
that was the matter-With Missouri last
Mrs. Duke may ba further liable to an
action- for. damages by Nan : Patterson
and Mrs. Chadwlcki for crowding them
te tn reae.-, f i. : r? ri..'..--. , -,-r 7
Oregon will not b Injured appreciably
If moat of the, bills to amend th cod
so aa to suit th case of some lawyer
are, not passaa. :'; v"
-Mr. ' Carneate baa naJd MiiiAiamall
lossek occurring ihrougft. loan to Mra,
Chadwlck. but thl truot an admission
that - h ... signed . : th nQtea,..,,
Tesla la going to evolv aomathlng-
wonderful again, h gays. This la an
bid story with him. But hla perform
ances never square with his promises. .
A lot - nf eongrsssmen ax, defending
Judge Bwayns solely because ' h and
they ara. Kepuoucana, Tnua 4s, parti
sanshlp ft blighting ttandlcap upon, jus-
" Happy youths and children- growing
np la Portland little realise the troubles
that await them when they are-grown
up. The Tannef creek sewer win still
b her to worry, inem. - -
.Oregon' SlclcligKts, J
On lump of a carload of Beayer Hill.1
ceau weighed SOD pound. .
1' Work la progressing on th new Rain
ier tumner mm, xo coax sju.ewv. - -
Heppnar saloons all obeyed 'th sher
iff's order t olos Up last Sunday,
, .
' Th new big mill at Athena, Is "now
grinding out flour In large quantities. ,
Independence is moving for a free
ferry across th Wlllamstte t become
mpr Indepeadent r-s-- -
1
McMlnnvm people will bold a mass
meeting to devla mesne of Improvement
and Inducing. Immigration. ... . ... .
Meadow larka, redbreast . robfna and
bluebirds remain In southern Oregon all
winter. Finest cllmat In th country.
During th past month Ta Lafayette
man has run down and killed with bis
hounds eight foxes on th hills near that
town. '.- - 7 ."
Polk countv wanta tha legislature n
attend It goat sjhow. . But tha members
may think they hav a better show of
their own. " 1 .
" The death rat in Corvalll last rear.
taking tha 100 census aa a basis, waa
only 7.1 par 1.000, there having been only
is dans during lQ4.
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Two Umatilla county' farmers received
first prises for 'wheat at St. Louis cer
tificates that their wheat of two vari
eties waa th beat In th world.--:
All the business houses of AJbanv
dosed up part of one day on account of a
revival meeting. And still Albany has
never 1 been regarded aa a very wicked
town. " ' ' . -'--
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T"
Tillamook
Tndependent: Owing to
pressur of other matter, we 'hav to
omit th usual editorial page this week.
The peopl hav. not lost much by Its
omloelonhoweer,. . ...
Th affairs of the Waeeo Southern
Telephone company, whose lines were
built and are owned by local people, ar
In first -class condition, ther being about
S4Q aurplus in tbe treasury... . -
Th Weston Leader, having published
an Incorrect Item, candidly acknowledge
ye see U la th Leader.!
sometime it isn't so." But It make aa
few mistake as any of them. : -
A few years ago Weston's town acrlo
was barely worth 10 cents oh 'the dollar.
bat It ha an been redeemed np to with
in a, raw mon nndr thr floating debt
la only tl.ISS, having been reduced $?
laat year. Tba bonded Indebtedness ' 1
I1S.0OS. There Is a cash balance In tha
treasury of . . -
Tba Chltwood enrreapondent of the
ilncoln County Leader complains thus:
"Say. " What Is the matter with tha
rail roe d company t -Thar hs been
freight lying In the depot-at Albany
iome er it ror snout . two months
with freight prepaid to Chltwood.
but th CAR. won't- bring tt. end
the only reason given for not bringing It
through is they don't know how much to
charge to bring u" -
.The President
and the, Railroads
Walter Welltnan Jn Chicago, Record-
.. v--v, ..Herald. 7. .. ,-
There Is to b a battl royal between
President Roosevelt' and 1th men who
control th great railroads of the eoun
try over th railway - rat legislation
which It Is proposed that congress shall
enact. . What la to b th ootcom of
th wart It Is too early to predict, but
It 'Is safe to - say that before w gat
through with it a large number of men
prominent In the - national - legislature
will hav a chance to show whether they
stand for th popl. or for th railroad
Corporations which ar Influential in ae-
(csiring their nomination and election as
senator or as representatives. ' "
The closing year Ja going to b a try
log period for men who pose' before the
Pudiio aa in trlends of the people, but
wno in reality ara controlled In all a
aenual things by th managers of rail
ways which operate In their states or
dlstiiota. What makes the outlook the
more Interesting for aome of these men
is , th faet that there are newspaper
correspondents at Washington, th pres
ent writer among them, who propose to
ascertain and tell th exact truth.
rreeldent Roosevelt la quit confidant
tnat no is going to Win. Ha said to sen
atorial callers today that ha had a little.
though - not' much, hop that congress
might do something this winter With th
railway question. He repeated his state
ment of yestsrdar that- If nothing be
aon at the present session h .would
eail a special session of the now con
gress In th autumn. Nor la there any
concealment of th expectation in ad
ministration elrclea that once congress
meets, wttn plenty of time on it bands.
aom modifications of th tariff law will
b undertaken In accordance with i tha
compromise program, m account of this
shift of th seen tha tariff go tem
porarily, but only temporarily. Into th
background, and th railway question
comes to tne front. ;
President Roosevelt's v confidence of
Suoceaa la baaed upon th assurances b
receivea rrom the RepubUcan lead
era In sonata and houe that ther will
support him In his demand for railway
fit legislation. It la quite fair to say
ther -is accord all along the party -line
on thle subject To enact aome law la
now on of th policlee of the Repub
lican party. To this extent the-presi
dent has . triumphed. Ha., haa aUrred
public -opinion to an extraordinary ds
gree. He hae ronsed-the congressional
leaders and the rank and. file her in
Tvaaauigion. iienc 11 is Bare to
urns that therat to be legislation.
But what sort or legislation T That la
the question. , I ara In a position to say
tnai tn big nnanciers behind tbe ' rail-
way corporations do not Intend to bar-
render. They, mean to, fight! They ara
aeterminaa ma power t to make , rates
shall not be - conferred topon the Inter
state commerce commission or tnr other
suDsiaiary -innunar-or congreaa... They
are reeourcerun p.thsy ait alert: they
ara persistent; they hav their ma scat
tered through both house of eongrsaa
and in every Important -committee.
T hat-there la te be legislation la nrob.
able enougb.But will t be wha5 the
president wants, what the country
wanta? Will. It fill-th bill Will - tt
actually effect the revolution asked for
of taking "th . power to make a rat
final .out ofjth hands of tb railway
manager and putting Jt In the hands of
the commission and the courts T Ar
th railway managers smart enough and
powerful enough ia "eongrees te-flx" the
proposed law ao- that It 'will appear te
her-all-rrlght-and yefprov' harmless
from thlr point -ot-2VlaT,ThIa has
happened mora . than oce in tha past
It. may happen again. Her la th real
fight." . ......
Tha -eonfldeno. President. Roosevelt
feels of final suoceaa would probably be
natter baaed war th railroads Willing
to fight la th open" If they were willing
to com out and say they are unaltera
bly opposed to the proposed law. But
they ara not fighting in that war- They
say they ar substantially In accord
with the president - They say they have
no Intention of placing obstacle In bis
way. At the same tlm they ar skil
fully preparing to take -th sting out
of any act that -congress may- paas; to
render any actual legislation wholly in
nocuous. -
It is high time for the -president and
the friends of real and honest railway
reform to become alarmed when aeha
tors and representatives) who- are fully
known to be railroad tools go to draft.
Ing bills. That is m case today. Men
who for years hays been th servants of
railway corporations, who ara not their
own masters, -who ar forced to move
when the general manager or the gen
eral counsel crookir his elbow and beck
on with bis, little finger,' are now
drawing measures for railway reform.
Beware th Greeks bearing gifts. ,
The Louisiana Lottery company once
offered a million dollar to the man who
could hav a comma put In a bill which
was about to pass congress. ' No one ac
cepted th offer. Th .comma was not
put hi, and th Louisiana lottery passed
out of existence, -.f
Representative Mann of Chicago bru
tally Insulted a dignified and patriotic
gentleman, Mr. Bacon of Milwaukee, be
for th house committee on interstate
commerce. Because Mr. Bacon waa al
leged once' to have expressed an opinion
that a large percentage of the members
of congress were controlled by the rail..
roaas. wnewer or not nr. uacon ever
mad such a statement I do not know.
But he was quite correct If be did. It
would be Incorrect, perhaps, to : assart
that a niajuiliy of tli seuatuis and
rep
resentatlvea are under railroad Influence,
but ao many ar that th railroad power
In the two houses w one to be reckoned
with In any-matter affecting their In
terests. '
It looks a little peculiar when a con
gressman who for years has been able
to hold hi -seat only through fhe con
sent of th general counsel of a western
railroad suddenly bloaaoms out as the
author of a railway rata reform measure..-
It looks queer when th aforesaid
general counsel comes to town and puts
up at the Arlington hotel and within
It JhQurs.jnearly all . ofths representa-1
uvea 1 uiu m bikii 4iuu vmv kiicx an
other Into his room. Of quit the same
sort la a similar incideat when th chief
counsel for a big railway from an ad
joining stats comes to town and not
only the representatives but the sena
tor from that -commonwealth tsel called
upon to -desert their pleasant evening
firesides and. visit the railway lawyer.
A time wears on-It may be necessary to
be a little mora deflalt In deeerlblng
some of thee Incidents and episode.
Veteran and long-headed public men
who have been through the railway leg
islation mill and who know from aad
experience what a few score smart rail
road lawyers In and out of tha halls of
congress csn do) when they think It Im
portant to get busy smile a smile or two
when ' they hear- of the eonf Idence. of
President Roneevelt that he Is going tn
heard such talk before. And more than
once hava thav dlsaoerad that when
the loudly heralded law came out-of
the legislative machine It was not wortn
tbe paper It was written on. If a simi
lar outcome 1 to ba avoided ia this af
fair someone will hav to be eternally
vigilant .- ' ,
Now and then a " prominent" railroad
man im Mr. Spencer of th southern.
who-testified befor th house commit
tee today, says: "Oh. ye, w are all tn
accord with tha president Rebates
ought to be stopped. W ar willing to
co-operate with the president and with
the commission In putting an end to that
practice. Which sounds vary nice. But
the' question the - president, has raised
and which th American people are in
tereeted In la not a rebat question, It
Is a rat question. Th railroads are
sincere in saying that they want to atop
rebates. . But the .point la that they are
not willing to hav th Interstate com-
mere commission granted the power, to
make a rate and to force the railroads
to respect ltv - Behind a good deal of
this talk of willingness to co-operate
with the president In stopping th rebate
evil lies a determination - to block hie
policy of securing an effective grant
ox power -to. th interstate commerce
commission, . ;:.
TOur correspondent is -able to say
authoritatively and precisely what it is
President Roosevelt wants and wnai ne
will eall congress to a special session
to get If be Cannot get It otnerwiea
He wants: . ..... .
L A. .grant of power to th commis
sion to make a "future" rat, to go Into
effect Immediately 'and to stand till re
viewed and revareed by tba courts. .
a, A strengthening of th commission
bv anl lncreaae of salary of Its mem
bers from $1,000 to at least S10.S00 a
year, so that.th president may o aoi
to get men of the blgheet gran to serve
upon th body, . : - .
Th second of - these desiasratau
railroad wilt hav- no - objection to.
The first they arw already preparing to
fight with all their usual cleverness.
burrowing; craftiness and dissimulation.
That moot of the railroads are against
him the president is well aware. Now
and thenthere . Is a progressive and
broad-minded railway manager. ' Uk
President Cassatt of th Pnnaylvanla,
who talk reasonably of th outlook and
doe -not threaten- to -us " his - power
against th preeldenf policy. Mr. Casv
saj-t was a visitor at th Whit House
today. - His views are well known. ? He
to willing to give th commission the
power -lo .make rata If ooagross : will
glv the railroads th power to pool their
earninga-' President Rooeovolt . la not
opposed to pooling. He admit th tlm
mar com, and com speedily, when eon
grpss - will .be - willing to legalls an
equitable division t earning. But he to
unalterably opposed to having k put in
th pending measure. jr.,
Secretary Morton's Interesting and at
one time, promising project to compro
mise with rats making by th commis
sion and pooling by th railroads seem
to havw-dlsappeared from tho stage.
The plan to bring tbs railroad and tb
shrnoers .together In- an agreement wnicn
congress was to ratify has failed,-for
the present rat least 1 - -
Hence th immMiat onuooei tot
battle a battle In which th president
fights In th open and th railways with
scores of senators ana reprntauv
1urklnr-ln itheir-train, flfht covertly,
adroiuv. with artifice and Indirection.
-Which Bid is to gain in vwioryT 11
nir take a vear or mor to find tb
answer, and after-that another- year-or
morev tO -ascertain ir tn supreme court
of the united states wm sustain tn"
law which congress Is expected to pass.
Th
The Inimitable George Ad' satire on
our nolle v of benevolent assimilation.
now In Its -fourth rear of houndles
success., wag revealed to Portland, for
the first time last night It was worth
watting fos. : Th Marquam .was filled
and a mors thoroughly pleased audi
ence has not . visited . tha house , this
season.
without Question. Th tsuiian 01
Snlu" la tba . moat satisfying musical
aomedv-aver written bv aa American.
It Is by- far th funniest libretto of
recent years and waitnaii s score is
fullvot' delightful Jingle, light enough
to set - tho- gallery whistling, hut-no
less pleasing to bthsr sections of the
bouse. Ther is a plentiful- supply -of
Interpolation In this season's produc
tion. Thav have been ludlcloualy se
lected and add much to th Just re of
the creation, musloauyi it very snamoor
wa good for at least one encore, and
some received half a dosen, ,
There was but one principal recog
nised on the stag last night who ap
peared in New fork Fred Freer, tha
private seertary--but Mr. Savage, has
sent a very credltabl organisation to
tha coast. .The tltl rol to playd by
Thomas Whlffen, He , departs widely
from tbe methods of Frank Moulan. the
area test of all Kl-Rams, ana is not as
funny to look at. But he gives an ex
tremely clever rendition of th role,
uia dancln is excellent his comedy un
strained and, -best of all. h nunclatS
clearly, so that all th fin points of
his topical songs reaany una mrw
In' front' And, by the way, the songs
are numerous. Her lc an exaropi 01
Ades lyrics, sung by . the Sultan tbe
morning following? hi first combat with
th American cocsiaim ,; ,
tA-m-A-e-a-e-'
The, water wagon Is th pliaoe "for me.
Last nignt at 11 1" iMimw
Today I Xeel Ilk 10 cento.
My eyes ar bleared, my coppers hot,
r nn.ht tn at but I cannot - l
It'ls no time- for mirth and laughter
The cold," grayidawn of ths.mornlng
afterJ .
This song had much to do with the
la. It attracted New Tork's ultra-critical
to Wallack s theatre, and,onoe there
the metropolitan folks, discovered the
limitless eclntlUatlons f - tho-work,
which, as It was of American origin,
they were much. Inclined ' to -scoff at
until they knew.-- - - uwjj. ,
Fred Freer S .Hadll was as 11 nas al
ways been a comlo Joy.-' It Is -a re
markably "fat" port, on wnicn you
mlaht think any gooa eomsaiao ceuu
play, but I don't ar. to see anyone
but Freer- Impersonate that character.
Th beet Voice In the company Is the
tenor of Walter Lawrence, the Lleuten-
'A'rtT rfirSr.1" st sine eleaely. wlthnul
effort,' an was an Instantaneous; fa
vorite. Tbs colonel of George O'Donnell
and the insurance agent of William
Curtis were acceptably dona, '.
The prima donna, Maun jv. wiuiama
does i not- sing with half the strengta
magnetism that sh possessea in
"King Dodo" a year - ago. with the
Orchestra enlarged to 1 pieces first
time this season the beauties of the
prima donna's songs failed to reach the
audience. The soiibretto (ChUjulta) la
Nellie Nichols.' Sh worked hard and
danced herself Into favor. . - v
Tha-large chorus come out well in
costame of Savage prodigality and In
action reflected the careful hand of
Oeorg Marion, th producer.-: The twe
settings were In keeping with the gen
eral expenslvenees f the prod-action. 4
"The Sultsn of Snlu" will finish the
week RACJS jrYUUNZX. ,
The
crm Marriage
"What do you think of tha Kansas '
statesman who la working for tha 10-ye."Inrlagr-
asked the Bookkeeper.
jmly Kaaaaa ladles:. I 'Over met
U? - nr"" K1,eB laae aad 1 Carrie
Nation." responded - the Stenographer,
diplomatically. - "Maybe they believe in
purgatory Insteetd of everlasting punlahe
ment'-ont-ther.'"' ' . " ,
"WalL" went on the BukkMM hie
Idea of marriage on eh Installment plan . 1
m win m. i shouldn t mind
going up against a 10-year term, but
when It cornea to letting myself In for a ' " -life
sentence I get cold feet. -.-- .'- -
'And tbafa the way most women ar .'.''
affected -when they think' of marching
up to the altar and 'doing th. lltUa old -untU-death-do-ua-part
act - Of course
plenty of men do get married, for the IT, .
World has alwaya had Its heroes, thank
goodness!, but It's tha awful finality of .
marriage th knowledge that no mat- :
ter how badly you get soaked In yeur;
bargain you hav cot to atand for It ia - ...
long aa you live that makes so many of .
um eiaestep tne, weaaing ring. -'If
marriages . weren't " forever." but "
Just for a time, and a man knew If he .
got a disagreeable wife, that he could T '"
get rid of her when the contract was
np, Without scandal or disgrace, there'd T
be no more old bachelors or old malda
Everybody, would glv r$h ,Jsoiyv stat .;'
on try anyhow." . - .. . 1 -;
"I've felt that way myself,! replied -V
the Stenographer, "and aa - marrlaaa 1 '
either' makes or mars your happiness. It . -does
look ,llke you ought o be able
to - return a husband- or wifo to the .i
bargain counter If you find they don't
suit when you get 'em home.". -
"The short-term marriage would do
away with divorce," continued tho Book
keeper "If tha-unhappy- married knew
that ther was tint Umtt - on their -7
mlaery, when they could separat without . -
tnrowing mud on each other, and dfac-
gtng their children's names In the mire,
they'd brace up and make the best ofv
things and serve out their time without
squealing. .- ' ' -,-J-'' rv.f-..:.
"Ther ar not many natural welchera
In matrimony.' - Most of m ar driven .
to It by circumstances, and no matter V
how1, badly a husband and wife have
gotten along- together, or- how enxloue - ,
they ar1 to break tbe marriage, tie, .'
ther' a somatMng a- kind of sentiment: '-;
a memory of a' tun when ther did love r
each other that make them want to '
let each , other off easily. But eur fool ' -taws
wont let 'em.. . . ? .
."A man's cot to take away his wife's
character, and a woman, hai
swear her huaband la worse than a brute.
oeioro tney can -remee. tn error or
judgment they . mad in tying up ,t
gether." ..--- ..5.-.--
.VDo you think that if men and women .
ielt that marriage was a' sort of a trial
Instead of a permanent Job they would "
try harder to pleas each other T"' asked .
the Stenographer. . - v -4 .- -
" 8ure thing," returned th Bookkeeper. --.
"What' mgkee a man; talk to his wif
Ilk he wbuldn't dare to speak td th
cook? Because sh - can't givo --notlcs ' "
and quit, What' makes a '-woman -who J-'-has
rokenrher-neck trylnr to pleas a
man befor pha married, call off ail her .
fascinations the minute she gets bltnT"-.
Because shs has got him . clnohed. He
caa't get away, and sh floeen't hav-to -,'
make herself agreeable any mora, .,-.. J , u
But if both parties knew Ihat . tbe ;
contract would be up In 10, yeareand "--.';-
Kbey .wanted to'lrenew It, they'd be oC.
tbelr good behavior and. anyway, just - .
the ncertamty -would add . ginger to..r
married Wei" - --r,-,-.- v , .-v-.-.-
"Mavbe. respondedL tbe Stenographer,--
gloomily. "I can see whare.tb 10-year
marriage contract would be all to th ,
good with a mart, but a womhn nltokll
Looks to m she'd be, traveling on a
continually decreasing capital, and due --
to end In the Home for Destitute Widows.
"When she was young and good looking
ah might, mak a contract .that would
IOOK 11KS gas muuuiiui. im gmmrm.n
latershe might pull off a -pretty good.,
trade still. Ten years more- would eee '
her fat and forty, with -her stock below
par, while at the end pf another decade
she'd have to begin throwing In chromoe .J,i ...
will! Tier contract.- .- ---- - . -; -
A. man .lovee once with- his , eyes,
and always with his stomach," observed ;
tbe Bookkeeper. . ntntlouly. "Tb
woman who knew how to keep house and r--make
a man comfortable would have no
difficulty In making - new.,.c.ontracts, or- -
renewing old 'nne. Ton never hear of a
nitilHTliw a wif who 1 a good eook." -
"Wail said... tha..fltenoBTapher "nona!-.-.4
of your continuous pariormanc weaaings
for mine. , When 1 get memea want
to feel it to for keepa The idea of hot
footing It -through life tn pursuit of, a
husband doesn't win out with me." -j, ......
d Clark j
iCWis an
In winter . quarters
near ' Mandan. -
North T)akota. '
January 10 The day rair ana coin. A. ,
number of Indians visited us with corn
to exchange for artlclesr and to pay for
repairs to their household utenslla
'f. &aaid 'rreside aTothiar wew.T. T '.
f 'rrom tha Hartford Courant
It was on May . 17, that Mr. Scott .
of Pennsylvania offered In committee
of th.whol hous a resolution look- .
Ing to th establishment of a general
land, office, "for the sale of th vacant ,
and unappropriated land In the western -territory.'v
Mr.. Madlaoa Virginia:,
told the committee that In bis Judg
ment' the business should receive con
gress' aarly attention. .C On are a a t- .
tended to It after a while; th land of- --'
eoe" waf 'estawrshed. '" Aiuiusi fiom ilia i " .: I
day to this th aomimaierinc 01; the '
laws relating to the puMlo domain has-,
been "giving rise; Intermittently, to treu-,-
bl and scandal. : ","'; -
., . I ' ... I"
Oeadaotos a Xaentenant-Oovermor, -
Now and then not often, but once in -r '1
a while some man get to b so welt
known and so popular that th people of
bis stats simply pick' him right up aad
put' him In one of the highest offices
within their artft Such a man is-Isaac
Thompson Parker, the newly elected
lieutenant-governor -of Delaware, who
will preside over th state senate at the
ext month A
the present tlm -and h has.no Inten
tion of resigning his Job Mr. Parker to
a conductor on a Pennsylvania railroad"
train running between Philadelphia and
Delmar. DeL. " ,.1 -.,-., . '
- mefieetioas wt a Bachelor, -
Prom ths New Tork Press.
There to considerable pain la having
other people very happy.
A girl hae sn Idea everybody would '
revs over her beauty If her hair had -more
eurl to It. v- ,
In a flirtation a woman Is never In -1
earnest till the men thinks K to tlm'
for it to be ovr. . . , '..
When a woman takes somebody Into
her confidence about her love affaire it Is
A sign sh hasn't any. . -,
- A man alwaya has a lot mere Income '
ahead when be to trying to borrow that '
tha man fen jvanla ta Uaj bim,
win put jrllh tha roads. They, have,
r , -?v-,J ....