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.1 - I I..'....-- ,. H: - " MtiOipnaH Paso a .liEb T IT. DAY. JANUARY 7, ISC.- " a. PORTLAND,; OREGON, THE O R E G O N- D.A I L Y J O UR'N A L JACKSON published" by journal publishing ca ; ; JNO. P, CARROLL, fubUabed every " evening "I except " Sunday H and evry 8unday. morning at Th Journal . Building," Fifth' and Yamhill OFFICIAL PAPER OF TH6" CTr OF PORTLAND -'-J.... WHY SHOULD THELKGISLATURE NOW FAVOR A CONSTITUTIONAL -CONVENTION P : t " "Vr I . j-' - . ' - F.THfi' HONEST PEOPLE of tfiis ftate are looking " for "a nigger in the woodpile" let- them, keep a "',iMf rve nn the movement in the legislature to call a constitutional convention and they are more than :nvf,kely tWfind thafTwhicMhey . seekv We' are suddenly discovering - through -that source, what indeed -we long -II..b:ave knownr-that v the- constitution is - antiquated and ; ; archaic. : It -was made in the long ago td fir set of con l ' .ditiotos which have charlged'in the passing years, but all t .'i, ,tht 'we have known for; a. very long time.' The. rnove ment has' been, started at iother times in the past, and it "' ','": has been .'heartily, opposed .oti thf, re of economy by watjy. of the very forces; whic i( re"now" back-"of the '-'.-;- present 'movement ..")-.-- ,.'..,; : y. .; . What then is the purpose of it. all? It is not o ex : V:: tremelyl difficult to discover. ,;The purpose istp cut out the intiative and ireferendunw Therein is the menace to ' the, predatory interests; of .the state: which- in the past htve-njoyd nduedvamagendhereiin.-toor-is .';:-. found the. safety pf.tne cptmmon people, who are other :, : wise'unable .to protect themselves. Heretofore we have t- been in the habit. of electing legislatures (which were ' fondly, believed to be -representative of the people's in 7. , terestsl " Aa a matter of fact. that- wasalways--delusion ' ..nd jjnarelThe' legislatures yielded up to the people . only-what Vasjiterally forced .out of them; ?or the rest ' they did Jhe bidding of political machines. which Jn. turn ' . ; ...were controlled and dictated to by selfish corporate in . r ' terests lustful of their -own advantage and unalterably - determined to .maintain, if at the cost and suffering of the people. Therefore thje rule has been that the legisla ture! have been tools of ;lbe ' corporations, grudgingly -.conceding to the people only what they had to and yield " ving Up to interests inimical to the people everything for ; which; they.- asked.--'.' .-,'!" ., The first genuine ray of light that reached the people came, through the initiative and referendum. Jt a marvel that it was ever permitted to go to the voters'. But it did and is "now in force."" It .is discovered that it was "a tremendous mistake. , It gives an opportunity for revision of the legislative actscthat is .a "most wholesome check upon highbinding wortf. for Jhtf legislature Is no longer the court of last jresort in matters of legislation. They must, if need e, fjrst paA the gauntlefof popular scrutTny to become effective. 'This step has altered the whole face ot thJngs.iJt Ihrftws the powerback into" the hands'f the people where it .properly belongs nd through-it can be. defeated any .jr.Ue legislation sought to W foisted uport them. " Wirti" this check Vpon them' TeT islativa bodies "are more amenable to the public; they cannot barter away the public rights without clue returh and if necessary. popular approval It will be seen how annoying all this must be to a body which heretofore has exercised arbitrary power and. been. 'gractically be. yond' th reach of theroters-of -the-stateV-Iny-things hinge upon the outcome for. the predatory interests of the state depend upn the calling of a constitutional con vention. " There will be many plausible reason advanced why that body should be created and some of them not unworthy, of attention. But Jhe real purpose will be to defeat -the intiative and referendum and place us once again in the power' of those whb have hitherto ruled the people through selfish motives. - :.' - ; . Everything that can' be should be done to defeat the attempt to call a constitutional convention at this time, for it, sole and real purpose is to defeat by indirection the referendum "Strong protests should beent, to the .legislature and. delegations of influential citizens should visit Salem and let it be distinctly understood that the motive back of the plan is known-and those who father and push the bill will hereafter ie marked men politically in whatever district they may reside., . eu- by ty rannical Judges, must b proacted. . Still, Joha L.'a laetura la probauiy aa inteUlstbla aa 10m of the donna' alnt nv ' . ; ' ..." " -.'; , -.- .iIt-win ba Impoaalbla for tha trusts to rciriBo mi uiriu uoiii1 unuii aiui ivu av( back. TTHB NEED OF -THE HOtJR. v s ALL' WE ; HAYE a "; '' Mark 'you, it must bea mansion,, -nothing , less! Such, we aretoWria- theoldCooke" houae 'in T Salem. -The IreaFes'tate "ige'hl'JlvoTnVOCfor,. fXt af ' ' ' jfirms this, and far-be it from us to dispute a man who is loaUiotkally Jaborina tobestow' upon the people o .Ore- i gbn, for a mere vong, a gubernatorial mansion. ; r Besides; the Oxkft house must be sold, v AV-Ieast it eems ao'The pwners need the money; but not much- !1 ' I tot a mansion,' v.They patriotically "refuse to sell'to'any- body else., ;Tbey even, wijl rfot deign to show that many ' .Zl pri Wje buyers are hotfoot after thiaagnificenprop j !erty, who would jump at the chance to buy it at-twice ' ' ' J ht price asked pf the state; but the 'pwners know that it 1 .L.iU especially "suitable for a gubernatorial mansion! they " know the .state needs" ftV and .they are; irlmost, willing. to rirrrnake-theUU i-preaeiit ot ol -' . "forTf'-is merely a nominal quid pro quo,- mentioned as a J l . i business confideration.. u the state, is ashamed to ac ; qiire auch a Tnagnificent property t 'so ridiculously low : m price, possibly the wnera might be induced tei take a Jfevhbusa hundreds more-r-tojnake Jt .look t- more likci a square deal but his is doubtful. , v - ; . "."Think of the aerHicer thetav people hava madeTwo years ago they offered the mansion, all frescoing and " girigerbred'work included for. iiS.ooa jrThey haye kept yit mce,paid taxes on it, let the happy mice disport in it, J andrefused itsell itMg, jhemanycapitalist,who are. ;' 1 : talgcriy' dampffng pr. it, and now knoqk of $500 on the -prlcer STlyTastatethat--will -not-anap-.up-auch s a . bargaiiPlv sodden JiiatapidityrTTwayear ' Jlatur' was warned that there would be no future chance - t to by this mansion; the legislature patriotically availed - -',-- itself of thatMast chance and bought it, and then, horrible dicfu, a Democratic governor living in the wild Of the f.2 '; Etfst Side, vetoed the bill.".. '.'.7 " - ' . ' " ' Tut the Cooke estate would not abandon itsnoble pur ,', !!!pose fo give the atate-tt'a .the same as giving it a maf- ml jcent mansion" that- the atatfi", urgently -need in its businessv and thiai aurely the very Jast. chance -unless .' by waiting, to years more the price may drop to the lucky number of $13,000. ' '- ' r' 4 l ; "'. But' can the legi.slatnre ffcid t6 trifle thus wklrthe LUpatrioticiwneTof,the Cookermansion and with one L - . of the dearest desires of the darling people?-" Listen to the urgent ardent pleading, swelling , into a -threats pning demand, of the fatmefsYthe mechanics', the miners, -1- i the iishermen, the loggers', the merchants, the teachers, ,the theologues, the -revivalists and Rubesp the bakers anir banker,, -the! politician and -proletariat, for. this . .. gubernatorial mansion, and resist this bargain at your ''v;.perit Of course it would cost about $20,000 to fix it ud. and ? $5,000 a yearbf. so to maintain it, and no governor un less he happens to; be a Salem man, wants it; but no mat ter; a gubernatorial mansion is the fashion, and we must have it, for we have: nothing but money to throw away. ' ; WASHINGTON CHOOSES A SENATOR. VT LAST, after years of fierce strugglingrSeattle gets a senator, and TacomaHoses-one for over I'uget Sound a .senator is supposed to rep-1 .'i - . ... .. .. ... r. .... ." j resent one ot tnose cities, ratner man tnc state at large- ' V thou;h-it does not follow that he does so, Tacoma has . i'. naf the senator for the past six years in the' person of Senator Foster.' Turn " about is fair play, arid now . - Seattle will have a 'senator in the person of Samuel H. .: ., . . - The .outcome: Ibf the Senatorial Rtruggte-arOtympia Is .better in somV ways than might have been expected. In .the first place, the most capable man among the ; can- ' rlidates was chosen. Mr. Piles- is a man of more than A ordinary ability, and has in him the making' of a first . clasa senatafc - That' be- i "a. railroad "mani it nothing "J againat'him in this1 cale, fof so were all the.candidate - '- over there, to other sort of man had any qhance what ""evef of electron. But'Mf. Piles fs not a amatl,' narrow - (corporation tool; he will act along broad pnea. wthink, and is under all the circumstances the- best choice that ! rould have been made. .' - " " ' - j " Sweeny, "who compassed Piles' election, is-a very sUc' :.:rt cessful Jmsiness man, and would bave-made a.-bnlliant senator oPhis type; but as eastern Washington already has a senator, who of course expects to be re-elected, . Sweeny was handicapped oy his- residence. , Toiter has " ' made a creditable senator, of the mediocre type, but out ,., side bf Pierce county he bad no enthusiastic supporters, ,- -nir even there except as a Tacma man. John L. Wil son i a man of bright parts, but has, made too many enemies, and .perhaps deserved fh'em.'Yo; wirt in such a ;antet." Su riles was the logical victor. Mr. Pile lives inSeattle, the tartest city of the state, 't one iitb a big reputation and boundless ambition, lie is n -able and succesful lawyer and a ready and forceful speaker.- He is in the prime of life, and capable -of "an immense amount of . work. j He stands high with the rail roads Jind other corporations, yet is not owned by them. We think jthat, a's-senatorr go, he will make a good one, and we-eongratutate him,- and Seattle, andrinci dentally, the "state of Washington, on hia. election, t. ' ;' I "." It there are any otherTalahda or la1h mum in-trouble, lat tbem call on unci Bans with bis blf attck. - , ..- Ik--"- - King ' Pater of Hervla la said " to b loslna hla mind. . Ha la also In constant dancer ot losing kla head. ;: . ; ttii " Ami' Im.vtn thft aHKatltti. ton of one' Republican machine for AO- ottMrwUl eticl any real reiorm. :- . 'Whan -Mr, Dooiey - racalved" til "a weak or sfl ba wrot much batter stuff than doe bow aH0,000 a-yar. , r- - How doea H happen that a lellaUv railroad eommlttea nearly always a era exactly with the railroad attorney a T .- Mra. Duka, on being arrest ad. became hysterical and "almost fainted." Bhucka; aha doaan't coma, anywbare near Up to Caaale. . . - ... ; . .. ,.: .,. . TAXINO GROSS EARNINGS, I T IS iNTERESTINGlo watch the antics of the Vcp resentatives of the corporations which heretofore "have enjoyed all' the advantages and Ofofits which the state affords them for doing business here while at the same time they have escaped almost scot. free from the burdens of -taxation which bear so heavily oniother interests."", The ; telephone,' telegraph afid' express com panies - do"- anenormpus businessheevJwNe'arlyuaU.-of theirassers' are"1ritangibTein form. and in this way they have -utterly, escaped their proportion of taxation which oTfteri are lorccd to-pay; Eetlsiatora"--eannot'b-axettadfor wasting the people'a tn6ny. on a, lot of alleged normal achoola for the aaka of being good fellowa with one another. x: Eaaternh atate having had their an nual visit from January Thaw, ara now suffering from one -of the more frequent visitations of Mr, Below Zero.BUuard. 1 r? Now It 1 Intimated that Puter has . oaanHVOneernea tn siaia tana irauaa, too, , .to -the extent of HOO.OftO or mora. "But maybe it la a-caae of "glva a dog a bad nam and hang hlm. . .... ft ire is now before the legislature a bill to tax them I per . cent of theif gross earnings and their attorneys m appearing before the committee graciously express their willingriesro-pay'thar'TaXTitovided they are not taxed under the Eddy corporation law as welk Such lavish generositv should not- escane -the -admirino- attention of the public and ao-effocV holel' be spared 4o embalm 44 in the archives of the. state M one othe curiosiiiea of this" eventful period-When fTgured down" it appears that under the pretense of yielding up something to th? state they in IreaHty give jess than.. is now exacted -of them that is under' the proposed tax on their earnings they will -pay less than they are now paying under, the fcddy law. It will, therefore,' be seen that this burst Of sity Is not unworthy of admiflflrntttntion. ' The tax paid under the Eddy law by these corporations is precisely the same tax that is paid by every mercantile establishment doing business jn the stale. First they pay an organization, tax and then they pay a tax for the" privilege of doing business in the state, if it is right in one case'Why shouldn't it be right -m the otherf The combined amount of the tax is not onerous and we feel sure that the legislature when, it learns the full extent of the! so-called generosity with-which the attorneys ior these corporations propose to aid the state -will nrge tnera to prove tneir laith by their works in withdrawing allpposjtiotojlhe present measure and meeting like men the obligations "which others in.the7statrare h9 forced Jo assume,'--. .rr1' - r m. .;. ..L ANOTHEITTHmO .TO CLEAN OUT. them. JfE DANCE-HALL- must go.sayt Jhe Chi- cago Record-Herald. And it gives reasons, though it It " scarcely necessary to' adduce The briefest account of the orgies at the public dancejhalls or saloon "theatres' show theevtt-ihejr do. Frequent suicides of habitues of these places make so ciety's duty plain. An official of the Illinois industrial school for girls saysa that out of 225 girls placed in pri vate homes last year more than 100 were tempted to be come bad by the dance halls. A sister of the Good Shepherd home estimates that 80 per cent of the girls in j I thaTlnstitutioh were led toward ruin by the aame means. It is the duty of the city of Chicago," says the Record Herald,. "to put an -end to these schools of vice and crime." - So.it is here. Nobody will venture to plead personal liberty in their behalf. Resorts that especially invite bovs and girls, or even men and women, to drunk enness afrd debauchery can. find no' defender! worthy of respectful attention. The vile creatures, men or women, who conduct such. places are entitled, to no consideration their business "is illegitimate, corrupting, contemptible and lotolcrablcjrcu . . . 1 t '.. "The dance hall must go.' tion" amusement, houses, tolerate them.... So must the "combina- Portland cannot afford to i-.;..A- BAD RECOMMENDATION. ,. "j I kit dUR JUDGMENT the assessors of the state-have made a profound blunder in uniting fn a demand to the legislature that they be relieved of the duty of making the state census and that that responsibility be plaeed-upon the shoulder -of the labor commissioner. There are two fundamental reanons why this should not be done, firt, on the score oT the enormous expense which wonld be attached to such a change and second, because with such an organization extending Into the remotest corners of the state there would be biiilt up; at tate expense'one of the most effective of political, ma chines. To a degree the present law places a heavy burden upon the assessors and they are perhaps right in seeking relief from the onerous conditions, - But the remedy. which they propose is infinitely worse than the disease and they should at once seek some less expensive and less dangerous means of reaching the result at hich Small CKane -Having heard from Hay,' China speaks r . ;-: . .... ; La Follett In the aenat Vllt ba no me, too, to Spooner. " . . ...J. , Bend word of Oregon wtnter weather to the below aero region. : t' ' Ut. Heney has the grip. This wlU be so newa to Puter at al. - - ' Thelawyeia. bi aw baa ten and throttled tag Btoeaael may think that It (a the gov ernment of Buaala that needs courtmar- tlaling. ,'""'vM-." '. ; -i : .. , " One civil war that can ba generally ap proved la that In the Dowl colony la Chicago. - - . " j- ..' ;--:' ."N."-far-!T.- "Representatlve Bmithnieans to make up In activity what hia party lacka- ln A umbers. --y-:, ,;J ;.;'L Senator Burton Kansas ha not" re aumed: tola seat yet, but la drawing hi salary. '" He needs It.: -; . - f Republlcan vote eountera In one Penn aylvanla senatorial district must have been asleep'', there ta one Pemocrat.ln the state senate. ' V .- ' ; Judea Dunne-- will i srobably - ba the Democ ratio candidate -for mayor of Chi cago, but th Re'publloana think ba will ba aaaiiy Danna for. -..;.,-.... - .-r-.J . Couldn't some real estate dealer some how work oft that old Cooke house on somebody else besides the poor bothered legislature T The atata might offer him s. good commission. -Or If It could be wall tnaurad and but no, that wouldn't a,. --r-'- T-.--T7'''' :: . l' m im'..i,i.1mW,".i laerdaa, I Oood-toads maetinga-are Ione wants' a-zlottf mill and" a sawar aae arstem. .' -.. ,...,,' . A Fruitgrowers'- association has been organised at Union. . . .. .. ili-.-.,v.. , , lL A Tillamook. parsnip, measures 4 feet ( Inchea which way the Headlight doaan't aay. ".'",' ;" '- ""rW , , ' The enrollment at the O., A. C haa reached !. which la 104 more than laat year. - : - v. ' -. . "Tmhnl . county itveatock-ratsera are preparing to Improna their already good record. . -. - Nearly 1,000 acres, near Canby Wilt be Irrigated and ihuJk In.. the lower Wil lamette valleyj,. ... "The "Independent Telephone company, with headquartere at Corvallla, baa near ly iOO aubscrlbers. - ' . From a Wallowa county residence that burned only a store was saved. It will earn handy to produce another fire,, ,, . " A Band man killed a cougar riaar that town- that -measured S feet I Inchea In length and weighed over 10fl pounda. y . A forrtier sheriff of Josephine county IS now giving alelght-of-hand perform ances.' Ha got hla tlpa from watching the-political machine.- ,-..!.."': . --- A man from Ran Francisco and a woman from New Torkr- who ware sweet hearts 17 years ago in Boaton, were mar ried the other day in Ontario. .. , " Thirteen carloads or applaa have been shipped from - Union rcounty to rBan Francisco,, at from 79 to S eenta per bo.'. :r:. --- "The-Union correapondent of the-Aurora Borealis says that certain bach elors' pancakes would fin ready aale aa stovellds If they were only-ptoperiy 'aeV verti sea. -t--rs ---rr--- - , A large number of Weston people at tacked a bear, aa they supposed, with all aorta' of weapons, on- morning before daylight, and killed a dog 23'years old that had the quinsy. .. . . -- . A ? ..The Coos Bay Harbor understands that MoLaughlln Broa of Boston, In combina tion with the 8prckels people and local capitalists her and Irt Roaeburg. have undertaken to build the long -looked-for railroad from Myrtle Point to Roaeburg. Telephone eonatrurtlon la extending beyond Alaea over Into fxibeter valley, thence down to Five rivers, up that atream eight miles, and on to Fisher poatofflc. on Buck creak, three miles from the mouth of that at ream. The Una 1a being built wholly tr -eat tiara along the route. . ' On Tuesday evening of this week about 2 young ladle and gentleman, packed in a bobnled. took a ride to the home of Mr. and Mra, Collin, on Ram sey. - Thay had good, muele. poponm, ap plea and lots ot fan. On fur DIsDatrh. Think of tha bll' of t2. young people parked In a bnhaled, to say nothing of the popcorn and the rest of the fun! , doaress, an ' r Railroads Washington Corr. ot Chicago Tribune. Within the laat week or two eeveral doaen members of congress, -not Includ ing party leaders, have called on Preet dent Rooaevelt and assured blra posi tively that no other general, economic proposition hae taken auoh a complete hold on the people entirely oalde.frora poll t lea aa the declaration In hla maa- ge tnat.tne intrstatecommerca' eom- mlaelon ahould be empowered to fix res- aonabia rates for the railroads, and "that those rates ahould fctand until reviewed by the courta.'. ,Theaa memberf of 'congreaa Who- have talked with tha president coma from ag ricultural dlatrlct. from manufacturing sections and from., commercial ettlea. They are unanimous in declaring that the country Will not ba aatlafied with any compromise whatever, and that no legislation wilt meet with the approval of the people unless It embodlea the broad general principle, that tha com mission shall have power to fix rate and not merely recommant-- Furthermore I am-told the president haa been assured by nine out1 of tan members of -congreaa who came to can en him, aald from tha big leaders, moat of whom seem to be friendly to the rail roads, that the people expect and ap prove aa extra) session of congreaa for tha express purpose of. taking up - tha railroad -question. .. ..Theae callers almost Invariably recommend. V 'the president that ha ahould dteeusa4h -railroadV rata question and tariff revision In kla In. augural mesaage almost to the exclu sion ot other toptca. ' .': It alao haa been auggested that, he should announce at that tlma hie 'pur pose to call a special aasalon so aa to set the rainda of the people at rest and give thena a chance to confer with their rep raaentatlves and aenatore, ao when con gress doea meet It shall have.futi infor mation aa to -the condition of . public aenti'ment on-this subject " Aa a apeclmen of thla claas of Callers, one might take Repreeentative Brick of South- Bend, . Ind. His district lncludea the chief manufacturing city In tha north end of the atate,, with .a largal a weep of agricultural counties above It, and fairly typlfea the western congree sionaV dlatrlct The.. South Bend repre sentative, has been In , congreaa Song enough to .beooene valuable, " but not too long to be responelre to public sentiment He Informed -- President Roosevelt without Hesitation, that . the stand . taken by the admlblatratsoti. In favor 'of granting power' to the Inter, tat commerce commission waa in dorsed by the people of Indiana almoat unanimously -and without regard, to party af f illation. - Furthermore, he reportfcd that tha people of -hia- aeetion of tha country Instated that congreaa "ahould taka. action and would heartily support th.a president If ha called an extra, aea alon for . the-" express purpose, and no matter how. early, ?-'r'"i'j -I.--:. AsM left the White House, Representative- Brick aald with an enthualaam which waa more significant becauee ha war freeh from hla interview with the president: v - - ; - -v "I believe In .moderate tariff revlalon, and I also believe legislation ought to be put through eongraaa at this time along the lines asked for by tha presi dent In his message en the railroad ques tion. The country demanda such legla- tattow, -and the1 ewintty la abaolutely right In this regard. - If nothing can ba done, at" thla aeaaton of a aattafactory nature, I think there ahould bean extra session not later than Aprtt-"Tr'acttoir la ,put off much longer, the people wui be' likely to think eongraaa Is trifling with: them, and la Influenced to an lm proper extent by. railroad interests." j. In apite..ef the optlmiatlOiJrlewe ,ex pressed by aome Rapublioaa loaders, I cannot peraonally aae much chance for any real reform Jeglslatlan at tha praa ent aesslon,--It -would he blmpia anousb to- cat uirough noma sort of aubterfuge or compromise r mere bluff at reform, anirthls"la the program the great rall- foadTmanagars -have eat themselves to accomplish. There aca reel y la a rail- toad president la the United States to flay who bonentlyTavorr giving tne "in terstate commerce commission tha right to fix ratea which will remain until re viewed by the courts. , , ' , - It waa at flrat aupposedthat aome big railroad men favored this action, but the., llnea-are being aharply drawn and the railroad Influence here, while not epenly antagoniatie to the president, la being thrown strongly and with great aklll to secure the paasage of a charao terislla bluff which - will confuae the aituaUon and prevent mora radical leg lalatlon. Some railroad men favor a commission or a Joint committee of Con greas to ."Investigate." which' ie a favor ite device of the people Who. want to have nothing' done In . spite of over whelming public sentiment. . "Another plan- of tha railroad Intereata la' to aecure tha passage of a-bill on Unea that are now being drafted by Mr. Hepburn of Iowa which oatenalbly fol lows tha recommendations ofj the presi dent's tnessage, but which in- practical operation - leavea . mattere much where thay are now .....-. Almoat any kind of legislation can be put through the house by the co-operation of Speaker Cannon. A large ma jority of the rank and file of Republi cans and an .-overwhelming percentage of Democrats will vote for any legisla tion to strengthen .. the hande of the Interstate commerce eomtntselon. Auch a bill oould ba praaented one day and acted upon by the committee the next,, and passed at the third aeselon of the house If the way ahould be smoothed for It by Speaker Cannon and tha Re publican majority of the committee on rules. Tha only difficulty, in the house Ilea In the Interstate commerce commit tee, which Is aa much oppoaed to the prealdent'a recommendations as aver it wae.-rthe only, difference being that a majority, having become convinced that aoma legislation was necesssry, are now endeavoring to make a bluff at- doing what the preatdent has urged. .' Home aort : of . bill "aunUy will be paased by the houae before It adjourna on March 4. ft will not be a-bill satis factory to tha people If it -IS prepared by Colonel Hepburn and those who are asaorlated with him on the lnteratate commerce committee..' For the reason It is deemed - to ' be Important that' when tha committee on rules meets with Speaker. Cannon-at It head It ahould report a rule merely to provide for con sideration, leaving the - house free to amend It aa aeema beat during the de bete. Otherwise on of , tha alleged "eompromlaes' now - being prepared by half a dozen railroad attomeyai will be Jammed through tha- house on k special rule fnd members Will rota for.lt be cause they will be forbidden to offer amendments. -- ' It la the habit of the house to tnke the best it ran get and thla will beihe case with railroad leglslatloirnnleae tha people are warned of the danger and in turn let their representative know that no railroad subatltuta wll) be aatla factory. - - - " .' There la no chance at all "of the" sen ate, according to present opinions, pass ing any bill at all which provides that a railroad rate once' Axed by tha lnter atate commeVce commission ahall stand until reviewed by tha court a Tha Interstate commerce committee of the senate is oppoaed to this , legislation, root, and branch. The aame men who beat the Cullom bill In l are on the committee now. and aa eVafy one knowa tha Cullom bill waa tba-lmplest"and moat aclanttflo- measure which haa yet been presented In congree In the direc tion of real government control of rail road rate. " ... . . .: . Sentiment In the aenate favore a com mission or Joint committee to "investi gate," which always - means,-in sena torial language, "t delay." Failing in that tha committee might agree to paaa a measure like that now being prepared by Colonel-Hepburn, which provldee for a hearing by the court In 10 or 0 days after the rate Is fixed by the-Commla- !0iVbut .which al soprovlda-that, ih rate ahall hot go into errect uniu nxea by the courta,. thla being the exaot oppo site . orthe . recommenaatloa made by President Roosevelt. , . ' -. . With the senate ao strongly oppoaed to any action which really would relieve the aituatlon, the ohances of any real reform at the present eesalon of con greaa are .remote. : Evan . if that ware not eo, IL(P eaid. President Roosevelt would veto any measure In the nature of a compromise which did not epe clfleally grant to- the Interstate com merce commtaalon the right to fix ratea and keep them - fixed until - the court Intervenes. The president Is too wise a man .and ."too good a politician to be guilty of making any threat ot hie fu ture uae of tha veto" power," but thoee who. know hla disposition fully believe that 1f one of these railroad aubter fuge, la sent to the White House at this session. It . surely will be returned .. to congreaa 'with 'the prealdent'a written disapproval, -and with It would almoat ureljr com a ' Veto messsea of auch character that radical legislation at the Special aesslon of congresg would be Inevitable. ... ',- . - :: VTkc Play! 'To begin with. Richard Harding: Davis ha a vein of humor aa big aa a battle ship. William Collier being eomswhat bigger." it Is not a wonder that Tba Dictator- proved a New Terk aueceaa, and haa alaee been art down by the country at large aa about the funniest thlngT)f a geaeratlon, - , ; Colttar- tried out two farces arter. leer ing Weber Jb Fields, and neither waa a success.-He la the sort of eomedlan who must have' a play built around him, and by a clever author, before he can maintain hla own standard. But be ha truck It rich In the Davie piece. - Al though It borders more closely oh the legitimate thaa any of the comedies with-which the young actor, haa regaled as heretofore. Collier haa never excelled hla present wort. .:. .r.-, ".1. '.J. . . "The Dictator" might honestly ' be termed . al . satire on . "Soldiers ot For tune." -Ut la laldV In a Central American republic. Where governments ax4 thrown up." "and overthrown according to the pUy in leas than a week,: where "every man who 1 against the government la a patriot." , A New York stock broker and his -valet have . row with a .cab driver - over a fee. - The - cabman' la knocked down. - Believing they have killed him. the broker and hla eervant board" tbe first ahip "leaving -America. It -lands thanr. at Porto Banoa. The new . American consul' la on board the same ahlp. but dare not go ashore be causa pf a Ppanlah woman and her. sti letto. The broker (Collier) buys the conuUfhip Jar . it.ooo d .becomaa dic-j tator of me republic e-immeaiaeiy find It necesaarv te' hire anamy.ot "patriots"-at ao-eent a day -each.te counteract a revolution that haa net inl and the situations that follow are sim ply screaming. :--,- - The. dialogue la brisk and sparkling. --It' eoet an- f 1,000 to g buy; the , gov ernor," complains tha new " eonaul, "I tried to get him to betray the president for 11,100. but he wouldn't Said the prealdent waa his father, and he couldn't do It for Ieaa.'' y ' - ' ' .' - ''Are- you - going . to Juncht" inquires the heroine." . j . ' - "Lunch t. In thle" "country you can't took- eo far7 kite the iutura aa lunch!" The Itotelaroprtator 4a tilling CoHlee about a. president who ruled for the .ticamaeH6a"6r-ll0ntBBr" . "What became of hlmr , ' -"He waa aaaaaalnated, He wee good president" '"r ::r.-:rr "K "good.: president! "I""w6nder what they do to a bad prealdent!" ; -Collier plays with the same" delicious ease that characterise all his work. Moreover, hla spirit seams to permeate the entire company. They all read their llnea on tiptoe, as It were, leaving the antics -and demonstrations entirely to thenudlence. Chsrle " Jacksorr as' the valet, John Barrymore (Ethel'a brother) aa the wireless telegraph operator, and George Nash, aa the real coneul were conspicuously excellent on the male side of the cast, while Louie Allen Collier presented her clevcreet character crea tion. Juanlta, the lady, with an undla gulaed penchant for long, thin blades. The. company aa a whole Is Frohman- weakness, i ; RACB "rVHITNKTr- azAjr van aw An. - From the Philadelphia Press. ". " Evldencee multiply that China Is get ting awake. It wa partially aroused by the Japaneae war 10 year ago. An other prod came, with the Boxer insur rection since that time. Japan'a great atruggle with Russia en Chinese sou haa evidently sent a thrill ll over the yel low empire." Haying become aroused, China haa done two notable thinga. it haa dlamlaaed the German army Instruc tors and Installed Japaneae.- . But China is reforming her' civil af alrs as well ae her armies. Some hun dreds of students are studying Japaneae law at Tokio, and thay are expected to carry home with them modern methods of administering Justice. It seem that Japan is teaching China to-know her strength and to. take oar of herself kgalnat European aggression. American army off tcera say that if properly drilled the Chin-would make superb soldiers. When tne oriental gets to moving be Is apt to move for a long time In "the aame ' direction. If China Shall decide to become a military power the Aaiatie question will be simplified In one great respect. "The sehrar of ports here and there along her Immenee coaat will atop and all Ulk of carving the ancient empire for the advantage of graaplng western nations will end. T. giant of the east .la getting awake and Ite final rousing may ba one of the moat far-reaching reauita of the prtaent war. - '.'-" '" Jtew TUs U Wseonrt V '; ' From th Cedar Rapids Oasett. " " A Missouri newspaper haa, publlaheS tha tan commandments by request This literary selection lata hew thing In Missouri-end there are Indications that It will have a great run. It la already. at tracting the attention of aome of the sen sational mlpletere of tha atate, and the dlecovery that the eommandmeota ere not copyrighted will allow all the little weeklle to make a strong feature, of them. Tha best, plan for Missouri would Seem to be to run the ten aa serial and give tha people about half of on at a doae. Xhey would never tie able to take thetwo tablet as they war delivered to Moaea without fatal results. " .. . ., --. , No Iriak Mormons From the Philadelphia North Americas, Secretary of the' Navy Morton tells a story explaining why there are no Irish men - in the Mormon ' church. . He got hla , information r from "Bucky" O'Neill, the intrepid Rough Rider, who waa..cJ aiuea in cube. ; O'Neill, wee e newspaper wmnr wnen nacratary Morten fcnew- blm.. and claimed to be. tbe only newa- 7 paper man Who had aver pht.lne .n Interview with Brlgham Young, the then-"" head of the Mormon church, i Secretary I4 Morton met O'Neill in a stag coach in which, he was traveling between (wo .; small .towns In tbe remotely settled seo . '. tton of the far west. Tbe two became ? friendly, and the 'conversation turned " upon the Mormon church. ..V.- : '..-'t -fT3o yqujtnow." asked O'Neill.- '-why .4 there are no Irishmen among the Mor- 1 monaf . The aecratary . . admitted Oile LiZ. Ignorance and O'Neill continued: -"That 1 en of the question t asked ""' Brlgham ; Toupg. and he explained the - matter to me in eonslderable detail." ; , O'Neill tben proceeded te '.tell thla . etory: .' .-. - : -,'-.. ' Casting hla mental vision about,' s a ' wis and far sighted bead of a church -"T organisation should- do, Brlgham Young 7 saw the possibility. - he thought, f 1 -strengthenlnav Mormoniant- ,by - making convene among tha Irish. . That race . of Tople,He thought." would afford tC", T fruitful field for mieaionary effort and r vastly atrengthen hla organisation It he -could get tbem started la the right dl- -rectlon.. , v . ' ' . . He sent a number ef his leading mis- -alonarlea io Ireland. 'with Inatruotlone'. -to aelect a man there' who would serve -aa a leader of Irish aentlmaut in favor of Mortnonlam, . -'and who ' could be eountad upon te exert a potent loflu-: ' ence among bla own people If h-wr ;.' . once converted to the Mormon faith. Young's agents' picked out a roan they thought would nil the bill In all par ttculars. He was atrong mentally and physically. In addition, he waa prao-- -. tteal and listened readily to the propo sitions ths Mormons had te make to him and. the purposes It was expected ". " to accomplish through him, - v .-' His name was Branlgan. As a raeult " of-negotiation Branlgan agreed to Joln the church and left Ireland, ' accont panied by tbe missionaries. . , When the osrtr resche Ww "Tm-lr J the mlaslonartes. telegraphed to Young .. tnat-ranlgan naa refused te start for . Utah unless It war promlaed htm- that he ahould be a deacon In tha church. ' ' --: Tou ng replied that " Branlganf houid have the office he desired. - , - ,;At Qraaha Branlgan ktrnck again. "Ha Insists that he shall be made an elder," Branlgan'e ea Co rt teleraphed.o "Mak him en dder, than," , aald- YOUng. .:..':'- . .:,,r'.-..'r..ft, -Branlgan had been In Salt Lake, act qualntmg htmaelf with the ways of the Mormons and the duties he wss himself expected ' to perform, only about- six months .-when 'he announced that, he , wanted to be a blahop. . Brlgha'in Young and all . the members of tbe . Mormon hierarchy protested. But Branlgan' was obdurate. - If he were expected to con- vert the Irish; people to Mormonjsm he muat have -"high office, he 'Bald.. Other wise 'he . could not and would jot do - mummer Neither threat nor1 arguments moved. htnr-tn th- slightest degree. ..'He. would Ci be a bishop or the deal was off.--- RelUc "' tantly Brlgham Young arid ' the . other, v Mormon Jieadere surrendered. ' ind Branl- T gan was installed ae a , blsbop. of the " church.., t- ' ! - t - Brlgham Yoenrln relating the siorr-- ta-O'NeUl. aald It waa probebhr Brantgair would nave seen contented with-tne of- rr flee of bishop, had-not bad luck tnter- . ' yaned to farther arouse hia ambitions. Juat at thla unfortunate juncture on of the -IS apostle,' who act aa adviser to ' the preeMent of th cheroh and share hie authority, happened to die. r.; - - : Branlgan on th spot Immediately d- Clared himself a candidate foe tha vacant apoatleahlp. He met 'the proteets jid." threata of Young and big coadjutors with the same stolid stubbornneaa as before. - He. muat be an apostle or there would be no convene among the Irish to Mormon- ' ' lam. . . The church agalnT surrendered. ' Branlgan waa made one of the choeen 1!. and Brlgham Young began' to figure - -. upon the poaalble reauita of Jil rapid t:.. elevation, beHevlng that at last Branl-.... gan would go to work. He waatherefore horrified when tn a remarkably - brief - period Branlgan In- formed him -that ne axpeoted te be a can dldat for the prealdeney ef (he church aa aoon ae Young himself waa prepared --, to make the place vacant 'Then Young aaw that tpa muat be taken to get rid of Branlgan. . . . -'-Accordingly he eommlesloned him lo go weet to collect tltbas from tha Mor- ' mon working In the gold fields of Call-"' fornla and to convert auch" Irishman aa he happened to meet- Branlgan .went -. forth gaily and cheerfully. .For .More than a year Brlgham Young heard noth- ing from him. -Thea-reeuanlas Mormon a . began to tell atorlea of Branlgan' actlv-, Ity upon the Pacific eoaat especially la tbe collection of tithe. ' t - , - - Th prealdent of the church promptly wrote him a letter rebuking him for hla alienee and reminding him that he had not only been sent out to work, for the -church, but that he had been commis sioned to collect "ttthea for the Lord." In due time Young received Branla-aVe answer. . , He wrote In a spirit of brother- ' ly love, discussed the spread of .Mor- , monism In the west, the proepects at the church, and other subjects, and at the concluslon.of hla mlestve eaid: -'k - "A for the tlthsslaevs been collect ing as an agent of the Lord, I have only thl to say the Lord can have them any . time he calls upon me for them. -1 can sea no reason for turning them oven to ' any other of hla agentarx i; . Since , then. ... according to Bucky , O'Neill' version of Brlgham Young' '' atatement, aa handed down through Bee--; rotary- Morton, no. Irishmen have been admitted to the Mormon church or asked " to enter It" -.-'. Secretary Morton add to th at'sry the , statement that Branlgan died a wealthy man In California a few year ago. Jte . always maintained that the baale of tils -fortune he-was holding In trust forth Lord, having "Collected It aa one of the ' Lord'e agents, duly commissioned by the Mormon church.- - . . ', ; . 1 . .Lewis r and Clark m.. r:.".'J.,. "-. .. C- ,.U."lg In winter quartere near - Mandan. . North Dakota. '.-. ( -, 'January 17. Another warm aad pleas ant day t we egahv attempted to-get the boat out of the Ice. 7 The man who baa the ' plaurlay Was blooded and sweated, and wa ware forced te take off the ta of tha young Indian who waa frostbitten aome time since. Our Interpreter .re turned from the vllls bps bringing with him three of Mr. Larorhe s horses, whloh he had sent In order tn keep them out of the way of the Aaalnlbotna, who were vary much disposed to steal, and who have Jui return4 to their camp. - ... J,
