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- C S. JACKSON
Published every eerlaf - ( except
HEXl THE present settjon I the legislature
ends next Friday, .Its
-i. W-w,-
( , amuuwq viu unuuuoicuiy suuw sumc muuu
'-., . and .beneficial work, noasiblv more
, ' goodiccomplished by leg-islatiires;'et as usual it looks-
r, now as if it will have failed tdp tome jmporlant
:.nHTf-.-tnrTrnouia nave aonr, :
. some iningi tnai u anemia not nave
. ' Fur one thing, appropriations are
nt he increase of : population,
The appropriation!. Mill he in the
a million .dollars more than they were .two-years. ago,
'. --f .exclusive of the unusual appropriations for the Lewis
a" and Clark fair, the right of way for the Celilo canal.
and $100,000 for the Indian war veterans.. These and the
' vi work above The Dalles required approximately $100,000
'more this year, but aside from that there are no large
... . unusual nccas. - v . v
But where could any considerable
v made? Well, 'there js jo use in
"Lr-.ny.inore but a good deal might
saved by dropping all or all but one of the normal
' schools. When the local high school at ""Drain mly
- r graduated two alleged normal' teachers last .year, every
. member of the legisfature, as well as everybody, else,
-knows that an appropriation for that school-is a sheer
" waste of money and cannot be justified for. a moment
.... ifiora any point of -view. And "while the other schools
i ' are, , larger and make a better showing,' It "is slear to
,Jverybbdy-4hat they furnish the base fof Interminable.
log Toning ana Da a, it not aosoiuteiy corrupt, legislation
The legislature' plain duty was-to get rid of them. ,
;The Oregon national guard takes
; and, , while 'we suppose not a 1 single member of , the
.legislature would seriously think of
task-of explaining its value to the state at large might
-.. : be.'difficult. ; ''.-"TvV
t. Th state printer's big graft could have been cut down
' good many thousand dollars, and there were 'other
way of Curtailing expenses', none of which were adopted
or .considered. ; y-j--tX-v - ,'r-H'- ' -'.'. "y
' But airie this is to, since it seems impossible to prac
tice any economies whatever, it was an argent duty on
! the prt of the legislature to pasa one or more laws
- that' would resultjnthe raising of .more revenue. No
business man thus increases his expenses from year' to
'"year, without providing means for an increased income.
. JI makes sure ofthis first. The legislature is the busi-!-y-ptp:
agent ofjthe ''people-,of-'the-tate,-twhe,-tru8fto;it
-,-," ( to f increase revenues : proportionately, at least, to the
! increase'of expenditures. But from the present outlook
'. ; this will net be done. 'The bill to collect back taxes of
big tax. dodgers, particularly land grant corporations,
- may be a feasible one, -or i maj.,be-oniy-buncombe.
- - Whether its provisions in detail are practicable or not,
its ostensible intent is right .Oregon has a good many
tax dodgers, and they should , be brought to book. ' j
Another, tlinf that pugTjtl "to . be . done,, cve'.yet, to,
. 1 piss a law taxing public, service or public utility cor
' . porations inccordance with their gross earnings. This
is a just, Equitable measure, and the legislature has no
. right to dodge that 4vtT,.1-:j-;;r
- - If, we are tq go on increasing expenditures, we must
' '.. Increase revenues, and they must ' or . should be in
creased by other means than addingo the burdens of
Jecommon taxpayer. , ' ; J . 'Ll : trc-rLi
, t ; - 1 IT IS THEIRS, GIVE IT TO THEM,!
' ' '-"7.:; -:- -oil1--, ',y .'-.oH...-.--.-:-
, . .. - T FTHE MONEV' .Toted atTthe taxpayers'Jmeeting
. . 1 , wa intpnded to go .to . the grade teachers, the
school boards should see that it goes to them..: Not
.only" thatj- but iT should go to. them without ,ay dis
. .. qhalification, and they should all get,it. The so-called
merit system does "not appeal to this common sense, of
...the. jeopler ior the good andsufficient reason that ,it
' may open Che door to favoritism, which above all things
; ; should be avoided in the public schools. , ' r L
God: salaries should command good teachequ 'r. If
'7yTthTeare any teachers who are not worth the money
paid to instructors in their class, then they should be
' V. replaced by teachers who are. In this -way the standard
t i would be constantly raised, the self -respect bf the.edu
, - eators who stand upon their own merits increased and
.' f ffhe public would profit by the better service. But the
introduction of the so-called merit system simply tends
( y ; to place the teachers under the thumbs of the principals.
. ' - If 'they stand welP wtVf them-then swthing more is
vneedeL"This is precisely the way such things work
. . out when practically applied without appear. . It ii a
, system to -which the teachers' and the public have . a
: '.8h to object and it is an objection which should re-
. i ceive consideration at the hands ot
aATOB MlTOMBLfc. .. -
Mow Xia Xevtag reUtteal rriaads An
-.- Belplag lm Hie wur ot as4..
' : i. y Frm tha OreKOiilan, February S.
' It the leaislature Is to adjourn to e
certain, ur ie or 11 months from
' now, how would It do to begin th jro
i. lutton form 0ecll lon with 4 pro-
amble, declarlos that "Whereaa, Sena
.'tor, Mitchell la undor Indictment, tha x
' ault of which cannot ba foreseen; and,
t . whercaa, hla health la not flratrate. any
.. way. and Ufa la a) way a uncertain; and
" wheraaa, Oreeon hat a Democratic gov
,. ; rnor who. in caaa of a vacancy, -would
. appoint a Democratic .senator: Thera--,!
fore, ba It reaolved. that thla body ad-
,; lours to a day of , etc.. etc If
, there are any reasons for an adjourned
i fcenclon. thla would be a fair staU-ment
: ' of them. But "call you this backing
rr" your frlertda" t v f - ' " - - -
From tha Oregonian. February It. .
' t 'It does not becom the Oregonian to
v aay very much at this' time about the
dlacloaufaa maoa-thruoirh-H. "Tan
!r"il fonfeaalon yeaterrtay, In .TnJ
l4l llnvwr-M nntlrt. Tliarft npwl. nit hnm.
' lly n the moral "effect of this confes-
- a Ion on the position and fortunes of
-John II. Mitchell. Almost alone during
'many lara. the Oregonian was a critic.
accuser and-opponent of Mr. Mitchell,.
' Many thought .It waa censuring him
, without - Juat - none. - Thewa persons
,; now such of them aa aurvlve may b
rilspased to rev1e tae barah opinion of
the Oregonian which they entertained at
- h at time,, and. for long afterward. -
But though tha part and place of Mr.
' Tanacr are important In the develop
rnM oT this ' remarkable drama, he-Is
but nmor figure In It. The chief f Ig-uro-Mbe
man In high place whom this
ronfeMlon Involves, and who now can
- make no',ilfue let no -one now name
lihn but wrth pMy. It is such 4 fall!
''Unperfluousit Is to aay -that such a
. career and such a full point the noa
-impressive moral that the history of
Oregon has known. To think of that
, apivrb of aolamit denial, mads with
emotion and tears, end of the denuncia
tion aue 'defhtnco, (a the senate, less
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iNDEPENDfe NT-WB W 3 PAP 5 R '".'., ' v'r'-, )' :; '." y, ; ', "
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINQXaT ?
Sunday ) and very- 8uindrT mominj at
streets. rcetiandKuregoa. .
OFFICIAL PAPER OFHrriTY"Of PORTUtJll..
HAT
-record on careful ex
than the averaee of
scientiouif eare -
ana wiu ,niTc uuut
as he serf out
aouc. 4. ..
too large, consider-
w
property and ' business.
neighborhood of half
Immense amount
have made, a
; : , ' .' ty,? t,
saving have been
they' came by it,j
law's meshes, was
going over the ground
and should have . been
low men and even to themselves. - . - . -
- - Young men
erty wrongfully
or. dereliction ot
trunts of all kinds,
about $45,000 a year,
abandoning it, the
Tanner
ture
instead of sine
Democrat for a
lican much barm.
if there are any
no- doubt give,
So there is no
Mitchell's; place,
right .thustoexlareitsbelief
tion. The men
stay with him in
VTHE
T
more than a third
the. school bo
than en montl?"afo, and then to have'
in revelation! But the Oregonian can
not pretend to surprise. It haa readers
by thou sands who know "why. ".-
The Oregonian ould aay -much, It
win say little. It-reloloas In no man's
downfall. Enough now to say that Sen-',
ator MHchell was. He. at 111 Is Senator
nominally but that title to ,hm ts
not even tha shsdow of a name tha
name tn'has dominated tha politics
of Oregon nearly 40 aeare, The only
wonder Is that this expos ore baa been
delayed so long. y r , : -y-,
Portland, Feb. 13. To 'tha Kdltor if
The journal: A common sens way to
settle the agitation over , the raise Jn
Professor Rlglers -salary would be to
refer the matter to a school meeting
called for . the purpose. T I understand
that It Is to be paid out of the special
fund voted by the last school meeting;,
and that- that tax was voted with the
understanding that It was. for an In
crease In . the salaries of the grade
teachers, to amount to about 10- per cent
aytd to bs aa general as good judgment
would advise. If It has'been applied m
any other way. it appears It 'would be
in the Jurisdiction of the courts to pre
vent such diversion of tha fund from
the purpose for -which it waa raised,
and Uvthere Is ahy lndeflnlteness about
the purpose for which if was raised, that
another school meeting would -settle It
If Professor Rlglsr or any other school
official wants a raise in salary pro
cured through dubious, devious, or In
direct methods; If they want to break
lnt fnnde not Intended -for themthey
had better be spared to those cities
which stand In need of such senrfces.
My own opinion, which, however, I ent
wining to defer-, to 'others. Is that the
special tax should not have-been voted
at all, and .the upshot bears, dut this
opinion. It appear now as a subterfuge
to secure funds, for the machine. - . .
The greatest need or the city's schools
and the one demanding flrat -attention
(and that, could .very well be deferred)
Is play grounds, more play time, more
physical eXerclsa In tha open air, more
Billing of -the children in play junder
the esplonsge of good teachers- with
which I ' think Portland'' ia very well
T n TTD M A T.!
JNO. P. CARROLL
Tbe Journal BuiMinr;, Fiftb and Yeraaill
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(CTSSON-TOlTYOVNCrMENT
a tremendous lesson there is- in . all
ihese accusations and indictments' and con
essions and " denials -these strugglings of
victims in JB ncL One simple, single thing is the foun
dation of all riifeagefness -Jor money, without.-con
a - to: how it Is obtained. ' These men
have been; following the advice of the father to his son
upon his career: '"Mj son, get money,
fionestl if you can, but get money,'; The love of monejd
is not thi roptofalLeviU-Iut-it4-re4poniblefor an
of ev-it. ' Every one of these men could
sufficiency, (or all their' wants -honestly;
they were all able to do that; but that was not enough;
they burned and fretted with a desire to1 get rich, ta get
things bl "nothing or without rendering a fair equjvf-
lent ,-Most of them lawyers, they used their knowledge
to obtain nioney:.orP"operty "wrongfully. To get money
or property wai the main thing, the only thing; how
sft.Ahat,lh.ey ..were jot-aught in-the
a matter of no consideration. 'They
becamevdiseascdwit avaricerwhich - perverted - their
morals and obliterated their tense of duty to their fel
starting out on a career, think on these
things, t A priceless truth to you is that money or prop
obtained, gained by any'itrooked means
duty, is a curse, even it you 00 not
actually transgress the letter -of the- law; or if, having
so transgressed, you are' not found out. Fidelity to
fidelity to yourself as an honest man,
God's noblest handiwork, even though you shouldgo
through, life wkh-barely r competence, is more valuable
than all of Rockefeller s millions. . , : r
"NO NEED OF ADJOURNED SESSION.:"
IfY ' should " the disclosures made by Mr,
1 furnish' any ground for the- legislar
to adjourn to some certain future date
die? Mr.. Mitchell is still senator, He
has not yet been convicted of any crime, and may. not
be.fJThere il no occasion for-the legislature-to assume
that he will be-convicted, especially after, the state
senate almostjjnanimouslyput itself on record a few
days ago as having implicit confidence in his innocence.
And if he should be convicted end expelled, or if he
should resign, the constitution provide a means of
filling his seat True, an appointment would have to be
made by' Governor Chamberlain, a Democrat, but this
appointee would hold - the office only, until' the. next
legislature elected his successor," If the senate .were
close politically the case front a partisan point of view
might be different, Jjut there is a large' Republican ma
jority in the senate, and the presence there of one more
'year or two could not do the Repub
The presidents a Republican, and
.federal, plums to. be distributed, would
them - io Republirans-tliough one could
not . reasonably blame htm if he has a-raher poor
opinifn of the Republican party-of -Oregbn.' ' rr '
ttrsent need or an extraordinary ses
sion, and adjournment with one. in view to .fill Senator
would be prejudicial to hfht m his
trials to an ynartanted degree. H-e'is still - legally
presumed to 3e innocent; the legislature has no good
who placed him-where he is ought to
his trouble, not thus deeert him before
word of evidence is heard. ' - - ': '", ' ;.
ACT OF A OHOUL. . x
HERE WAS NO OCCASION to rake up jinl
spread' before the publieuncidents in the xareer
of -SenatoT" Mitchell that had "been buried-by
of a century of time He" is to be
triel on Certain specific accusations of wrongdoing with
reference to aiding land . grabbers, and the testimony
must be confined to this iasue.-.If that work. was to be
done, it might at least more gracefully be left to the
political enemies of the senator to do it, .,",;';.
During his recent successes the Oregonian , changed
its former attitude and. has been exceedingly-friendly
with him and his close political associates, but as soon
as, he gets into trouble it not only deserts and prejudges
him,, convicts him before trial and tries to kick him out
of the senate, but like a ghoul digs into Ais past-life
and resurrects long buried skeletons that form no part
of the present case. 1 .. '--v.C.-; ' , " ,
-1 It is a congenial occupation and ow in which the
Oregonian has always found delight Luckily there are
none, not even among the so-called yellow journals, to
dispute its premiership in that particular field. 4' , .-k ,
supplied. Aa it la, there Is hardly any
provision', for such exercise. "The chil
dren are .turned out ef the large and
congested ' schoolhouaes about" the "mid
dle of .the ' afternoon, and , their -wild
dash ever the public highways and pri
vate premises of cttlsens Is sufficient
proof tof tha need of play grounds. - At
home, .there era no adequate grounds or
facilities for play, and tha poor kids
have to repress their energies or play
hooky. . ( ..." '.', ;. . - v. -
If at the 1 last -school meeting the
solicitude had been for tha welfare of
the children, thla or soma kindred diffi
culty would have come Into view. If it
had- been for the corps of teachers, the
double-dealing and evasion .on the part
of tha school board would not have de
veloped. As far aa I see, 'the teacher
are good enough, and that good teachers
are procurable at the old salary ia proof
that It was sufficient ; At all events, if
tha teachers are not paid enough,, and
the taxpayers vote more .money I tot
them, let them have it, they, themselves,
as e body, not a selected number at
the behest of the machine. Nona should
be excluded except tha manifestly in
competent, and manlfesty superiority
might "el! receive tlue eacepMiinetTw
ward. The taxpayers appear liberally
disposed and willing to meet just de
mands for tha needs ef the schools, but
?do not believe they are willing to de
Ivef Into the hands of a corrupt ma
chine, a fund ' f orf artsHrary disburse
ments In the was of political , emolu
ment; . . - B. ZIKGLER,
A Veefel Belatlva. ' . '-.
vV From the Cleveland Plain Dealer ?
"Tea. tny mother-in-law ran mak her
self very useful at times."
1 "Olsd you are fair enough to admit It,"
"Of course I'll admit It Why Juat the
other morning aha was ee provoked at
me because I didn't get out's nd Chop the
Ice off the front steps, that sh went oat
herself with e broom- end loe pick. She
Is a stout lady and when she slipped on
the top step and bumped herself all the
way to tha sidewalk, she fall ea herd
that she cracked the ice on every step.
Then her language regarding my short
comings was so warm that It melted alt
the fragments and left the steps a clean
and amwotb as. they ever ere In July.".
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O It. "II .'!' y
pmall lutiangc
The antl-bypnotlo exhibition bill la a
good one. - ,
Ise't It time, that Jeff Davis Incident
were cioseaiv .,,
" What .about the taxation of vastly
valuable francblseaT .- ' ; . , y
Ce"rierar'Stoesser haa"ToI4"Bow"lt" bap"
paned, and It seemg an o er true tale
' Fortunately, if Machen writes a book
in prison there will be ne free delivery
for tt.- ', ; j -- y " -rr- VpzCp '
rAl'l Rockefeller's 79-odd. mlUaif ' rart
road can't -eerry-tilS soul en Inch on the
way to Paradise.
Fears that Oeneral Nogl could not keep
his head - level were Justified; he baa
written j e
; Speaking of grafts,, those Panama ca
nal comralsslonersblps are about the
soites. ones in siguu - '
' Wbnt has' become of our 'great and
good friend, J. Pierpont Morgan, lately?
Isn't he worth mentioning any moreT ;
-. As to the' duty on sugar and tobacco,
congrtsa has nothing to say about It;
the auga and tobacoo trusts Settle that
' Elijah 'sends word upTo hls freetlng
Zlonitee that the winter down in Ber
mudah la mild. Just aa he prophesied it
would be. . . . i '. v y
A New York doctor want all Idiots
drowned, but gives no particulars aa to
when, where, how or by whom he shall
be drowned.
-j- Increase 'In school attendance shows
that Portland Is Increasing" in popula
tion at the rate of at leaat 10,000 a year.
this year it will be more.
-AVhole lot ef women who never were
married to Uoeh claim him ae their hug.
band, which Is another proof that wo
men ere strange creatures. jr-;,' '.
' half the newspapers spsll. It .Hnch.
half of them Hock; but If all those
wives could get at hire simultaneously
It would be. spelled scraps. ,
If'ls to 'be "feared, that Tom Lewso'a
will delay the real bot stuff he has been
promising till next summer. . But per
haps It will not be ready till next Winter.
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Senator Elklna says the senate cannot
pass the ech-Townaend bill at this
session. .-There ia only one real reason-
too many, strong -: railroad strings on
senators. . .": . , -
'Why all this fuss about railroad regu
lation., when Messrs. Jlarrlmen, Caeeatt
lllli. and a few other railroad men-and
a few eenatore 'like Elklns could attend
to the, whole business easily? .
Secretary Hay says that Consul Miller
of "Oregon haa made surprisingly good
record.. and recommends his promotion:
That- an Oregon man should ' do well
strikes the secretajry with amaaement
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The Washington senators ere buttlna-
In again they never get busy except
over some federal officeagainst tie
appointment ef Henry Wilson as a min
ister to ; Belgium. Wilson ' Is an -offensive
politician no doubt, to them bitt
the-prealdent .le eridently ttred -of-helr
petty . wrangiings, rfrrr.'.. : 'f'
Three brick' blocks coins: up- In On-
tar4o.' .,,..,-'..,:,.,.,; . ,.v'r:"
Truck garden ground being prepared
In. TJllamook. . ;., ... , ' -j.
Albany business buildings and 5 resi
dences all ' occupied. -
Wilson rive, dairymen 'will erect e
large cheese factory. . .. t . - ;
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Corral Is M-IE. church ladles', chicken
pie dinner netted 171.10. , - ' ' y.
Catching and shipping TTrogs' to" Ban
Francisco ts quite a Myrtle Point in
dustry, r
A Fossil little boy wUl probably lose
an eye Inconsequence ot te!ng hit by
snowball.,;-' - :,
-Hfhe North Bend Harboe-wlll send the
most popular young woman of Coos
county to the Lewis and jClark fair. -
Is Mount Hood In Clackamas county?
Or Is It on the line which divides this
county from Wasco? asks the Estecada
News.-.'. . ' ' ; ,...-'.,.
Farmers "fin the valley an in southern
and eastern Oregon havrtoeen seeding
nearly all winter, and ean afford to take
a little rest . . . ."- . -
In driving a band Of 15 sheep a long
distance a Benton county,, man had to
drive them acroas footlogs spanning sev
eral streams, and had no difficulty in
doing so. ;,.'-..',. : -. y , s ;',. . ,
Sunday - was a" lovely day on - Port
Orf ord -beach, says the Tribune. -and
the ocean was smooth and blue as sum
mer. . A party of young melt were out
boat riding' in the bay,, and groups of
lada and lassies were strolling up and
down the beach enjoying the fine weath
er and the beautiful scenery, which is
not equaled at any beach we know.
Barrett correspondence of Hood River
Glacier: J. H. ' Shoemaker- - passed
through our street on Wednesday of last
week; with a large dressed bog. J. H.
saya he la going to have more head
cheese- Nothing like 'providing for the
household. Well, J. H. knows a good
thing when be sees U, and he surely,!
made a' good choloe when he bought that
- Twe Hood River men ere In the moun
tains hunting for five cougars known
t be thereabouts. Wheji" trailing the
cougars the dogs would pay- no atten
tion to the numerous deer 'that jumped
up every now and then. The hound are
trained te hunt bear and cougars, and
consider deer toe tame a game for them.
The cougars have become numerous end
destructive to. the. deer..'-,. Carcases 'of
deer killed by the eougare were frequent
ly met with, . w .. , '.. vfV-i
We ewe an apology to Miss Alta Pool
and Mr. Thomas Britain Inasmuch aa we
reported the marriage of this lady and
gentleman In our faijue of '.'the week be
fore last It appears it Tae mistake and
they ere not married. Parties giving us
such information should be more care
ful seerror of this kind are very an
noying to all parties .concerned. Wasoo
Neva But are they going to be "mar
ried, or were they going to be, or was
it only a sell, and If ao why not crack
the heads of the false Informers? ' Liots
of young people ere Interested,-'-: -;
I Oregon SiJcliglita
T : T
VcwaiAit
' Be Owned "
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rt-i Frern-the CTireaeo Journal.
'What, shall it profit our country if It
gain the world and lose its soul?
The loss that confronts us la the lose
PX.JnaiYlduai.Jiopa.,and,pra
With the loas of measureabla Individ
ual independence will come social end,
eventually,, political revolution. "-
Private property is the foundation bt
The prnprletorihlp. of private 'Wop
erty by the bulk of the people la radii
cally narrowing. .
"The corporations' must be eomnetltlve
Monopolies are maintained by having
a gcaap on financial resources as well as
tne phyluatproperty-T--- i ' r-7,
Ahead lies the road to paternalism
To the left Is the open road to state
socialism. ; ,- .'.
. Individual opportunity must be afford
ed and the federal government must so
rulate corporations as to bring this
about - r. :r1
c Judge tjrosscup ef the federal bencll
asserts the growth of corporations, hav
ing driven the bulk of the American
people, other than fanners, out of prop
erty ownership, means' social and even
tually political revolution in the United
States.. unless checked.' .,', ...
e are tn -the-mtdrt'of; "n"eweer nf
events," he declares, --"t hat. - unless -ar
rested anwturned to a, different .account,
will transform this country from a na
tion whose property, .is within the pro
prietorship of the people tp e nation
whoae Industrial property, so far aa ac
tive proprletorahlp-goea, wilt be largely
In the hands of a few skilled or fortu
nate, so-called captains ot Industry and
their lieutenante.: , ,' i
The specter of socialism already Is ah
serted to be looming up in tha form
of revolution, but -it may' come in the
following manner: . - - -.
"Those who possess lnvestlble means
will come to rely solely upon the great
nnanclal Institutions, end those who
possess nothing but e capacity for 'labor
upon- the -great erga nlaatrone of raborv
"That -ia paternalism the paternalism
that eventually will-divide the country
Into, two hostile camps, . the camp of
those who have and. the camp of those
who have not; the paternalism that
speedily descends into actual state ao
Clallam, or a dry-rotted cltisenahlp as
nerveless and squalid as stste . social
lain." ; . - . r.'-
. Judge Grosscup's warning Is given In
the February number of MeClure's mag
aslna, and is- certain-to create wide
spread comment , ,J ,r ... '
Tm "pf ' individual' Hope"- hae-eome
to the plain American cltlsen, who sees
the great aggregatlona of wealth In-
crsaetng- .day by day. .- ' :. , " -
The soul . 01 republican . America -4a
striving 'for some measure of dominion
end Independence, bu. "the lose republi
can America now confronts Is the lose
of Individual hope and prospect -
'In ene century," the jurist asserts
"the Industrial life ef the nation has
been chengetL- v -- "
The men who once did the planting
and harvesting are now in the marui-
facturlng eenters, maklng raachlnee that
plank.; cultivate, and harvest
'The artisan proprietors in, the towns
have been succeeded by artisan em
ployes In the great factories. , - " -
in 1100, according -to tne census, tne
value of farms, utensils, horses, i reap
ers, binders, plows and farm products
amounted to 110,000,000,000, while the
capital Invested In - corporations . was
2 2,000,000,0 oose
Thus baa corporate dominion, within
10 years, outstripped agricultural own
ership. .. f .-'. ; - ' , - v-'-'i,-',-:
It is no wonder, then, that the way In
which the corpoeaf ion shall be hereafter
organised and;the bounds given to ita
dominion art coming to be -the para
mount political problems of our times."
- The increase in savinga banks, wnicn
to the - ordinary observer -means the
prosperity of the country, are taken by
Judge Qroescup ee en inoicaiion mat
tha owners of the money are unable to
put it Into property investments of'an
Independent nature.' - ;.;.--These
opportunities constantly are be
comlne fewer.-owing te the rapidly in-
ereaalng, acope of corporate control. ,
. A natton of dependents cannot do tol
erated, but there is e remedy outside of
socialism, and It must be adopted oe
eause private property is the founda
tion of ell progress. v, . . "
The way lfs over high ground Indi
vidual "opportunity the opportunity, ac
tual, aa well as In theory, to participate
In "the proprietorship ef -the country.
The country's industries must be . re
peopleiaed. i' ; ,
First The government must take con
trol of the corporatlone through the fed-
Urel arm. ". ."-;...;:.;...:....
Beconu Tne stoca-joooing wyvia'mu
must be suppressed. .. ..
Third The wage- earners must be
made proprietors. - j . ' '
A psrtnershlp between labor and cap
ital Is declared to Ipe a thing that
"oBghf'-to be "done-; ' '-1 .'
iAt the Republlcen . party, secured the
homestead end pre-emption . laws, -the
M-urlst believes it will solve the corpora
tion problem Tne aay ox rerorro win
come because the voice la rising . In
America, "What shall It proflt'us if we
gain the whole world and lose pur
soul?." :yyy-- - .--. ; .
vrAsaam $fioo nui a team.
W.Alford Green In February Outing, f
On January 1. .1101. I eonoelved the
idea, of walking 1.000 miles before the
expiration of the year. ?he object waa
not to achieve any unusual feat not to
accomplish anyeonspicuous performance.
The underlying- motive was, rainer, in
ensure e plan by which regular end sys
tematic exercise, could be obtained.
. To travel . thla- distance It waa neces
sary to cover an average of1-14 miles e
day. Now, 14 miles for a day s walk
la well within the compass or tne orai-eary-
man. ' But an occasional walk of
this length' is ene thing: the sustained
effort, day after day throughout the year.
is another. -zr : r
Let me answer the question placed at
the eid of thla' article by saying that
at the end ef the year I bad completed
a distance on foot of 1.206 miles, or LftB.,; ""u thethenkUss ?m
dally average Of 14 U miles. The "puTT" "n X
lated S.O00 miles were finished on I- ' Ccau' uXlJ. iMth.!
eember 1, but an additional H0O miles "J jfj !IjMht'e
were covered in order that each of the it
weeks of the yeer might claim art aver
age Matance traversed of 100 miles.
I set out upon my enterprise with the
knowledge, that it was Incumbent .upon
me to maintain a dally average oft 1 1
miles, and I made tt a rule, when prac
ticable, of keeping above the average,
so as to have something In band to-rm-et
the emergencies' which are almost cer
tain to arise. That they did arise wis
shown by the fact that for It days in
the year,, owing to sickness, lameness
and railway traveling-, no walking what
ever could be Indulged in. The lnabll-1
Ity to utilise these II days was qual to
loss of over 200 milee It will there
fore be - seen that under the circum
stances named. It 'was Imperative on
man, occasions te exceed the distanco
of 14 miles a day,, in order to preserve
the average. ' . e ..'
At tha beginning 'of 'W walk, mf
weight waa lt pounds 'In etreet
clothes, while et the end of It my weight
waa 171 pounds. . The loss ef 14 pounds
wss in every way acceptable. The avoir.
dupol lost. was only redundant weight'
ana t ru. as a result,, more eotive,
stronger an4 harder. , In 'the matter of
health. I felt decidedly better then t bad
done for several years. , , .
. Born-At 2:30 yesterday afternoon, at
ihe - Empire ' theatres this -cHy,-the
Brandt-Baume eompany. All doing well,
thank you. Friends of the homestead
eord tally. invited to. call.: i . -.
Whatever may be said tiers or here
after ef thu new stock Organisation pre
sented - to, the pubUo , yesterday by
Lincoln Hart. It -will never-be denied
hat Its. beginning was most auspicious;
that It waa received with every slam of
extreme cordiality by tremendous audi
enees; that. Its , career - was full of
promise. A capable lot of people in a
very clever play waa what the manage-
ment. provided, and in ao doing fulfilled
every promise made te the public. ' .
. In many resists "Lover's Lane? was
tae happiest possible -setectloa as ' an
opening bill, ,lt.is among the freshest
and most impressive examples of the
rural comedy drama before the public,
and wee written with the projir lo Clyde
r itcn a very, best quill. -' There.: are no
fallen women, nor really bad men, The
plot has ia do. with nothing more seri
ous man e young" ministers eriorts to
broaden the eld. '.orthodox minds ef bis
congregation and their resentment ef ell
such efforts. . . . ;
Two powerful love themes are woven
around - thla simple series of situa
tions, and masterly waa the bend that
did the. weaving. There - ere spots In
T-Lane- wntcn ' would- compel
teers from e marble eta tue end just as
many bright t passages play upon the
risibilities until a than makes , tool
of himself laughing. 4 .', ' '
The ..stars of the occasion, Louise
Brandt and Edgar Baume, were tendered
perfect, ovations by old friends In front
but .candor forcea the statement , that
the triumph of the performance belonged
distinctly to the ector. Mr, Baume la
always at aa advantage In semi-sombre,
dignified roles, and bla country minister
in this bill will cent pare favorably wltn
the beat of .tits previous work here." It
Is just forceful enough te be true Miss
Brandt essayed "SirnpHcttjr" - Johnson,
the mischievous, "good-for-nothing"-orphan,
a character which made a, star
of Its originator.-, It la net the sort of
part in which, tha popular young woman
excels. .. Miss Brandt, did not make-up
young-' enough! she was too large In.
stature, aiut at, nin time - sufficiently
awkwarof to Carry out the author's Idea,'
The ectlon end delicate nits or stage
business whiet wUld" jnafce .the chareo
ter eonsplcuoha above all others were
lacking. - Miss Brandt wilt do many
greater things than "Simplicity as abe
has done in the psst --" . .
' John Salnpolla, to whom the additional
credit of staging the piece belongs, waa
thoroughly admirable . as - Wood bridge,
the' divorced husband. His scene with
the child In the last, act waa a perfect
bit of acting, end moistened, practically
every eye- in the house. Roe' Irvln'e
quaint storekeeper, Herbert Ashton'e.
idea of the heed deacon and Tony West s
opry house manager, were three choice
character bits remembered without an
after glance at the program,' x.
The feminine portion of the east is
splendidly upheld by Ethel Hepburn (aa
Mrs, ' ,woodbrwge. ' Mary- -Kanrson
(Matty), Paula Herbert (Mary Larkthh
DH ly - Bre nsoorribe ( Aunt-MellesyV and
Maflon Kelly. Marlon Barhyte, Madge
Odell and Olga -App)egat aa the quartet
or meddling village' prudes. I,.
'. The play Is picturesquely staged.-the
acenlo work being ttaal-ef-Frank King.
'Lovere Lane" is In for-e-weeka . run,
tp be followed by "The Climbers.", ,
"Quo Vaflla" is alwavs welcome; "es
pecially when made the subject of Re
vival by an organisation ot recoenhwd
merit. When we look back on seme tf
the combinations that have presented
the reet Christian play in the west it Is
a matter or congratulation that an in
telligent reading of the drama Is once
more within ear-shot "Quo Vadls" went
the way of all good plays. It waa pro
duced for two or three see sons by play
ers ef reputation, gifted In their art and
was auddenly burled from ita pedeatul
and dragged in the mire ot mediocrity.
It waa eventually given up to stock com
panies, and the large majority of them
made a faree ef It. For it must not be
forgotten that a comparatively small per
centage of the stock organisations In
America even approach the standard of
the Columbia In this city. , v., -
.. THw particular . version of tb- story
usea py Manager oaiiara s piayers in is
week Is not the greatest of the list ex
cept In ene Important regard t cohe
slveness. The auditor doesn't require a
mtcroscoplo eye end ear trumpet to con
nect the ohaln. of" Incidents- which tot
tered Nero's throne It opena with Vu
Iclus declaration of love for Lygta, and
closes .-with the slaying ef the bull by
Ursua In the arena, incorporating - the
burning of the city and the alaughter.of
Christians. - .-u'v
Stage Director Bernard put .bis best
shoulder te the wheel In making tha pro
duction, and the result Is i marvel, al
lowing always for'; the - brief time in
which It was accomplished. , The paint
ing is Frank King's. . , ,
Howard Gould's Petronlus is little
short of magnificent (I would that hla
eoetume were the same), and further
demonstrates that the leading -man is
nearest perfection in hie repoeeful stud
ies.'. In sharp contrast to his methods,'
as It should be, is Mr. 'Bowles ardent
lover, Ynlclus. : By the time these two
turn their swords into pruning hooks
and shave' the rough edgee on which they
trip over cues, each wui nave recorded
another local triumph. Mr. Dill's Nero
is excellent in its originality! He doesn't
play the cruet monarch as a buffoon, as
many do. There is a line in the pert
about the monarch's heart strings be
ing . wound around his Infant's hands
and from this Mr. Dills took the cue for
hle:JmperonalqrtjiThiCaeearJiadl
some sort ef a heart after all. the actor
Isays, and he makes Nero bad enough,
lthout resorting to clownlshness. - -
The ChllO of Mr. Bloomqulst is hid-
portrayal, a Is Julia Romarne'a Aulus.
the ohtld. Miss Douglas made herself
properly despised ae the empress, end
Fay Wallace added much to the beauty
of the picture ha Bunloe, Smaller bits
were capitally done by Lauretta Allen
and Roy Bernard. """ . . ,
- RACE WH1TNET.
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,, ,. ;, . Seat mg la Order. ' ,-A ' -
- " . From the New Tork Mall.
' Comes Mrs. Llllie Devereux Blake with
the theory that Eve munched a quince,
not' an apple. We'll be hearing that
Joseph stoped that famine with shred
ded wheat next ' ";- -
, The Missouri legislature may And tt
proper to change hie name from Neld
rloghaus to Nlxcumareua. .' -' , ; .
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PfciWof Allied
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; Jrroaperxty
eeseC
'Orefor lolate-journaTT(Eugenej. t ;
v The country is now or has been dux- ,
lng the last eight years since McKlnley
was elected in 1 Its, on the tP wave of
IVroapexilyl-ltoweauoh-teaaes U-epUl-last
Is something that mill lone of peo
ple are Interested in. The, "captains 6i
Industry" they" do not live In Oregon
have doubled and quadrupled their mil-,
lions slnee ltS, the chief beneActary of
"prosperity." , Rockefeller, having , in
creased hie vast accumulations from
three or four or Ave hundred millions to
six, eight or ten hundred millions, of
dollars. Those who- already had fabu
lous wealth have - through trusts and"'
combinations doubled it in a. few. yeare
by squeexlng more and more every year -out
of the laborers and producers, who
gain-nothing but a. scant living. - The
leaders of the meat trust have plied up
millions and perhaps hundreds 01 mil
lions with which to buy dukes and eerie .
for their daughters, by putting down
prices, .of -livestock raised - by .farmers
and ranchers below the cost ef produc tion
end selling meat at extortionate '
prices to consumers. All other kinds of
trusts, ' controlled . by the - enqrrnuusly '
rich, have been bleeding the people who -
are barely keeping even, by the greatest
efforts of their lives or perhaps -not '
holding their own. " ' " .'' :' --r-::-y
- This greet wave ;Of "prosperity"" is
rapidly drawing the greater part of the
wealth ot the people into the possession ;
of the millionaires or those who already
have hundreds of millions, like Hocke- '
feller. If - President - ttoosevelt .can
change thla state ef affatre.-whlch-he
Is now trying to do, he will only be
eurbing and checking . an evil which'
Bryan, tried to prevent closing the door '
af ter in beat-horses., have been stolen.
but that 1s much better tnanrto let tne
"frenxled financiers", clean ovit the ranch
entirely and put nine tenth e of the peo-
Die on foot ..- - .;. "y .
- Of course, these Immense ecoumula- ,
tions by the very rich, fur beyond any ,.
thine ever- experienced before ; In any -
country, make "prosperity" tq a limited .
extent f or the-weny-whe- -pch up-the .
crumba or lick up th drippings from
the tables and shops and manufactories
of these trust magnatee .But U is only ;
temporary from hand-to-mouth prosper
lty, which will soon fade and disappear
when the tables shall be removed and
the shops and manufactories closed, as
they win be tn ttme,-whetrthe mney-ieii
taken"out of "business'!, and put Into
bonds, stocks or landstid the Interest '
or rents are shipped off ' to- Europe.
France, Italy, Germany, liidm, or some ,
other land of aristocracy, to-support the.
trust magnates and their heirs In luxury .
and Idleness, like; William Waldorf As
toMVanderbllt's daughter who paid 110.
000,000" for a duke, Huntington's adopt
ed daurhter. Gould's daughter, the three
Letter gfrla who bought llflea anff puTTedrT
out tn spend v their millions or gooa
American money abroad among people
who never-earned a dollar of It end..'
many others too numerous to mention.
. But to come down from greet to small
thlnn. from tha sublime to" the rldleu'-' '
loue, as It were, Senator Foster' lumber""
eompany has just paid a yearly dividend ;
of la per cent three times oroinary in- -terest
on a capitalisation of 11,500,900, '
all kqueesed out of people who are work
lng to Improve and build Up the country,
and they are Just that muolvpoorer, not- -;
withstanding meir apparent pwiFf
Ity,"- This enabled him to spend, nth-.?..
out scarcely missing it; ee tt ht nn more .
than a drop In the -banket1 ehd can be ,
quickly brought beck, about 1 28,000, -ac-;iJ
cordlBg to report, among a ww .
noutlciane at Olymnla. a lew idaya agd In
an attempt to be re-elected, "which faned."'
Thle made"proaperlty'' tor tnose wne ,
got money they did not deserve, bub ,
somebody . who deserved and needed It '"
more bad to earn It without receiving it ,,
The land freudn In Oregon made "pros
perity" for the principals In the frauds .
and for some of those who aided them or
had dealings with them, . er- received
benefits from their extravagant habits.
But somebody has to pay for it elk end -In
the final wind-up there will be eon- -traction,
suffering and misery as the re-"
suit of the temporary '-prosperity." end
the innocent are liable to suffer with the
guilty, If the guilty do not . escape en
tirely, as often happens. . . -r '.v
In winter quarters nestlJJapilan,
North Dakota. :. ; . .
February It. The morning '"""was
cloudy, -the thermometer at I degreei
below aero, the wind from the so.utfi- "
fast' Captain Clark returned last even
ing with, all his hunting, party.- During -their
excursion they had killed, 40 deer,
three buffalo and It elk;' but most of
the game wss too lean for use, and he -
wolves, who regard whatever .lies, out '
at night as their own, bad appropriated .
a large part of .it When he left the v
fort on the 4th Instant -he descends
on the ice zl roUes to New Mandan
Island, near some of their, oldTyllgcs.Jl
and' encamped, having , killed hotklng"
and.' therefore, .without" food for the ;J
night' . . . . ; i ". ' -' J .
-Early on the tth, the' hunters went m
out and killed two buffalo and a .deer, ',-,
but tne last -only could be used,, tlm
others being too lean. After brekkfimt
they proceeded down to an Indian lodge--and
hunted during . the day :v tha , next '
morning. Sth, they encamped 44 mltoa.5
frtjm the fort" on a eandpolnt hear thii
mouth of a creek On the southwest aldn, . -,
which they cell Hunting creek, and dur-
lng xnie ana mw miiw,iinu,j
through ell the adjoining plains with
much euooess..Jiaving killed -a nflmber
of deer end elk. On the tth, the best of
the meat was sent with the horses to ,
the fort, and ' sooh parta of the re-. '
malndeae were fit for use were brought r
to a point of the river three miles be- .'
low 1 end Sftr -the bonee were- taken '
out, secured In pone built of logs so i
u. to keen off the wolves, ravens and
magpies, who are very numerous- and
constantly - aisappuiui - ine . nunwr
aia orVr They then went to the low
ground rear - the Chtsshetaw rlver,
Where they encamped, but saw nothlna; ..
except some wolves on-tke hills, and a -number
et buffalo too poor to- be worflt
hunting. The next -morning, th, as...
there wee wo game, end It wotild have
been Inconvenient to send It ' back III v.
miles to the fort they returned up th- '
river, and fof three days hunted aloiti . i
the banks and plains, and reached the .
fort in -the evening ef the 12th, ranch
fatigued, having walked 0 miles that "
day on the Ice end through the snow,
in many places knee-deep; their mores-;
slons. too, being nearly worn out The
only gams which they saw besides what
Is mentioned waa some grouse on the ,
sandbars in the rivers ' v '
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' From the Philadelphia Preaa -y '
."Popley e baby ts getting old enongh
now to understand ordinary words." ,
"How do you. know? - lias .he - been
telling your' abont it?" " -
"No, but I was In a candt. Store yes- 1
terday and he came In and absent mind- ,
edly called for a pound of c-a-n-d-jr.' : "
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