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PORTLAND. 1 OREGON, ,
" THURSDAY; TZrnUARY ; 16, 1CC3.
THE
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FJTHR-STATrSUNFORTyN ATE.
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' k IT POpLk OK 'THE STATE
-.- 1 ' in respect, of becoming-, insane, or bi being blind
;' i. or deaf and dumb, must be cated for pjr thV state,
. . . - . . . . i , .
-- ;-anotne- taxpayers oo-uot -wni-iMiiti i tea u j r"--.
'--'-Th3Ute4a-Waiinroar!u(ficinUy fof caring f of the
insane, at putlifiH f hy he Tiff relatives legally and
"rJ!TTn6rally bound to pay the expense ofcarihgr for- them,
; : i and is willing to maintain Schools for educating indigent
" blind end deafrmute people.'. Everybody understands and
.'. ' agrees to thus. .: -
U.. iki j,. tk.a. inetitiitiAna
;X' 'Wamlcrenppropriatio billcnaireplesnen
, -quiras to whether theye not becom.ing.iar more P,. nd this,
-vostly than they should be Under
relatives of an insane person, u they are able, U do so,
T ; are required to contribute.llO-a-mortli"to:iheTr support,
t buf thopcratJoiTortnat law seem not to have lessened
'"' f the aggregate or ptjr. capita cost, and it is reasonably to
, ; ,-. be suspected that this law is more honored in the breach
than in the observances.' It it incredible that so, few of
. our insane have iay relatives financially able to pay this
moderate stipend toward their supportCTKfiTvery heavy
aniLcwtaiilly-incTeSsing"'burdcn of caring fof the insane
should- be more divided with their
.,,,7 It also appears probable that-this. Institution c'onld be
managed more economically than it is.' It ought to"be a
'', ; -rictly"biisiness institution, Tun in the interest not "only
-""fof the tmfortunate inmates but also ot4h-ajrpayers7nd
. ' from which politicians and their favorites should be thor
ouglily weededout Without going into details here, we
T v doubt not that a goodly percentage of taving -could be
made in the conduct of the state -insane asylum, without
'.. in any appreciable degree - depriving . the inmates of
requisite car .-and' iomfort. -.
V ' It no'w proposed to erect a deaf
--in4 jrt-ajastjnd pf70,ooo. 1 It seems as
if this is . large-expenditure, for a limited number of
' people, many oi-enhom, though pitiably unfortunate, are
. physically quite capable of. earning
deaf-mute may b a: VeryJ tiseful
' 1'. '' ... ill . -Mf . ; l"r; i
iinyui inc special cuucaiion wnico jdh scnooi is ae
. signed ta'give him; but if it be thought the public's duty
to educate all these people, then, as in the case of the
iniafierthetrrelatives, whenever able
for that education, or at least should
Liw -The state "does not want to'be and
..jr. parsimonious in these-mattrrs, but
I greater precautions should be taxen
. expenditures, whica have doubtless
ling far beyond the real; legitimate
' cases,
A BILL THAT SHOULD BECOME A LAW.
T.T IS TO.BE HOPED that-theM providing jor a
. I trictt regulation in the method
- - registered votes will become
election there was. considerable seahdalcauf d by ttii
, " loose methods ot prodncmg these
signed and sworn xo in'bundlea
- , voter subsequently inserted. It is.
. of this must be done in the presence
the election judges of the precinct where the. ballot is
abotit to be cast. :, . - tr-- ' ;
The need of the law was made apparent at the last
election; the value of the amendment is "beyond ques
tiott." The legislature would be doing a commendable act
JjLjassingJheill tnd theoTcnKi!wonldie-leaerving
7 of commendation in signing it and
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THE SENATE'S DILEMMA.-
HE UNITED. STATES SENATE, it is given
: IT
out, will not pass the Esch
regulation bill at this session
f a senatorial intimation may be a feeler, aimed to discover
- whether, if the senate should not pass this bill, the presi
dent would call an extra session gf. congress. The sen
ators are much averse to an extra session, but might suf
fer one rather than rashly pass this bilL For the senate
fcas no time this winter to consider so important . matter.
The whoteTubjeci is new to the senate, which was un
aware, until this bill was. rushed through the house, that
; there was anything wrong with railroad ratea or anything
i. The JlonJUidrew-IJrvnilte. ex-United
-i Btatea ambasaador to Ruaaia, wrttea for
. ColHera of February 11 n-th.RussUn
; aituation. He describes -the rsar by
x aaylng that at the time of his aocenlon
" h waa a yonng man, kindly, courteous.
- apeaking English like an Bngliahman
and Treooh like a Frenchman, but with
. -no ether quaiifleatlona to rule hla em
; " "pire. To begin with, lie differs physl
'. t ally front any of bia predeceaaora since
' Peter the Greet, save possibly - the
wretchM Emperor Paul, ;. He Is alight
- In build, aborr In statore, undignified
. In manner. Probably no man ever came
to m. throne with a greater dislike for
' all that reigning lmpllea. Those who
; ' had bad the best opportunities to ob--.'
serve him agree that he has no ambl
'' ' lion, no real knowledge of hl empire,
.no acquaintance with men, noideas of
' any value regarding the world at large;
; i that he dislikes all official bwalneea and
la Indifferent to all human beings save
:iTv"ila family aod'a few friends' of no moral
''or Intellectual force. v -
. Being thus .constituted, lie at onre fell
under the away of the old reactionary
lnflu"noes and enpeclaUy ef Pobdon
oeutff, of hla mother, he dowager -sm-i
- ; irees. end pf ad ndry grand duke imme-ljr--Matety.labout
him. , 7a1 the evils in
progress during the telgh, 'of hla father
. ... now came to a head. ."The -''Ru-alflca?
'- t turn" f the Baltic Provinces, tne oppree
- elcm of he Jews, the mesucresof the
..Chinese upon theAmour and eluewhere.
, ' - the trampling .down -of" Finland, the
: plunder of the Aamenian church and
the giving np off thel Armenians to mur
der and pillage under Turklxb misrule
,'r U went on more gayly than ever.
,, As to Finland, the four emperors who
' bad preceded him-since that grand duchy
: was brought Into the empire had been
-' restrained by the oaths taken on their
V accession, . but this young man. Under
jf the influence of- eouneelors fanatical
and brutal, violated the Imperial pledge
'"' - and hla ewn oath, and thua turned the
i , . moat toyal and etvlllsed part of hla em-J
t-lre Into a hetbed ef hatred and treason.
i' Very elgnif leant la H to obre-tht
lir Finland.- hi irotO' hla reign bad
never ahewn the Slightest tendency to
anerchtea. nlhillem. er aortal lam, the
flag haa M t aese. later daya been
" freoly displayed. . , -
i '. The present re'ltffi'tia completed the
.. , redaction of ' aitorracjr to absurdity.
fur the theory on which aatorrary la
' tutaed la thuC the monarch, eatabliahed
br divine f rare and endowed with dtvtnM
. wtsdnm.fa to do all the thinking for
tw m"A enormmis empire In the world
for e ttaodred anil
forty millions
O REG O N 'D j I LY. J O U R N A L
' AN INDEPENDENT;! NEWSPAPER ' ' ; V .. ' '..'-i' ' :
PUBLISHED BY.. JOURNAL) PUBLISHING CO.
irrctdof ; ( except Sander ) ' and every 8unday - morninf : at
- '' V- ; 'r atraa'tm, Portland,' OrfOB.(i
JlJi.- OFFJCI.AL PAPER OF THE CITY-OF PORTCANO
who arc unfortunate
pay any attention
"possiblerAlarge
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as shown in con
the law certain near
dinner mass-to
NOT LAWSON
Lwson,.are not
relatives. ; ;,
mercial, which i
ard-Oil company.
Cttting"witnes.s.-'
.: ' .'-' .:.
- mute achool build
their own Jiving... A
person in manyways
t. - .t. i i .
what he has to say.
to do so hould"pay
contribute thereto.
cannot afford to be
on the other. band
to keep down these
grown and are crow-
necessities fit these
of swearing' in un-
a law. - In the last
proportion to the
by tiftii11 th
aifidavits. They were
wby should they
and the name of the
ng'w proposed that all
of the voter and lot
making it a law.
pended-
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thit he
everything and
- Townsend railroad
of congress. Such
ingjts tribute to
ful business and
in order to be ; free
in one place, but
The investigation
its logical limits
of peopla-of unnumbered races, tonguea.
Tellgiona, Institutions, and customs. This
la the theory which has now eollapeed
In the face of the whole world. For the
last It years, this work, which, would
have tasked the genius of Caesar or
Napoleon, baa been "Carried . .on bjr a
young man of leas - ability and force
than would-be required of a clerk in
a haberdashery. ,.
OSTX.T FOB A BATS.
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"t" From tlpplnootfs Magazine.
Two pretty American girls had met
two' delightful Englishmen on the way
acroea'-and had given a cordial Invita
tion, warmly seconded by their mother,
to Sir Charles and hla friend to visit
them at their country home.
One day a message cams saying "the
two men would arrive that afternoon.
The family waa thrown. Into a fever, of
excitement, and many plana of entertain
ment, for-thetr gueata were suggested
and abandoned. It waa finally decided
that, as Englishmen are notoriously fond
of a 'tub." and thelr. gueatg were com
ing directly from the train, they ahould
first be Invited to take a bath. After
that the hoatesa would rely on the In
spiration of the moment."
-TheTOung men arrived promptly, 'and
after some demurring were hurried off
to" the bathroom. In about an hour they
emerged and went immediately to their
hoeteaa, aaylng:
1 "We are aorry to leave so soon, but
we only came to make a eoll, and our
train leaves In 13 minutes.
A VBOTBST FBOM ST. JOB.
From the at. John Review.'
Gang of men are busy stringing
wires and 'erecting poles throughout the
city- for the telephone -company, with
out even asking for the privilege, to
say. nothing about Otnplying with the
requirement of the charter. , The com
pany has no franchise and ' has never
even asked for a permit of any kind;
The attention ef the city council is
called to thin most flagrant abuse of
the city's righta. The service, la bad.
nengh to be tolerated, but permit the
companty-to doaa they will with our
streets la. more than people, ahould be
aaked to stand. -
- - . The Xdaevt .
Frufh.ths Kannaa CUT BUr.
; t'ongreas Siay lead Oklkhoma' up jo
the troughvtout It can't esks It drink
that la, watee. 'The idea of attempting
to force prohibition on a ' community
made up ef Kantian and -Indians, la. In
deed, what Whack ford 8 queers would
call "rlchneaa.
A"
JNO. P. CARROU.
The Journal Building-, Fifth and Yamhill
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lacking in theinterstate commerce commission. In-diYidiMl--ntorj.jnayhveTlj
w some such
iuniort. biit -it was- beneath their senatorial dicrilfv tJ
to JhenuI.S it would le" beneath the
greaticnate s dignity to take up. a house pill, and pass it
except after several, weeks' deliberation," and amending
itlS various ways,' o-that trwould amount to as little as
piropof tlonf ' tenatrahave jiq jym-J
patby witn this movement io regulate mi rauroaas.- i is
only a consequence of giving undue heed to the con
founded agitation of the proletariat.. The railroads bare
treated' the senators all right. 'What more c,ould be de
sired? But the Big Stick man inra . quitter- He -may
thought is wh
disturb the senatorial it earns.
BUT THE SYSTEM ON TRIAL.--
HE - SERIES - OF .ARTICLE? now . running
through .Public Opinion., and dealing ;with, the
history.Yalleged and otherwise, of " Thomaf W.
attracting quite as much attention as it
was anticipated they would. They are written by.uen
nU Itonahue-financial-editor ipf .the New York Com
controHrfd by Mr. Rogers of .the Stand-1
; In the case which La wsoaJiM-pre.
sented to the publiche-appearaitrine capacity of prose-
Circumstaneea - have borne, out much of
what he had to say and to many people his articles came
in the nature of revelations. Whatever else may be said
of him it took courage of an unqualified order to take the
step he did and persist in the course he has mapped obt
for himself. Z ' -
' Biit the point we are driving at is that no matter what
may be said of him individually Or the transactions which
have marked his meteoric career the main thing at issue
is the truth of what he has charged against, the system.
Thtre is no denying that he. is financially responsible
If what he has said is untrue why have not steps been
taken to bring bim tOkbook? To come before the bar of
public opinion with nothing to offer, but abuse of the wit
ness tends to strengthen rather than weaken the force of
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1 -SHORTCOMINGS OF SCH0QLJEXTBQOESJ
H E RIDICULOUS 'I N ADEQUACY of some ! of
tliegchrohtext booka-aselhfflnstrateHirran
". article which; appeared, in The Journal- yesterday.
Each geography issued if supposed to contain a specially
written article descriptive of the state in-hich it is to be
used. The one in use in our schools contains six linesjpf
master. With reference jQu0reg6ttTwhfchre as "utterly
inadequate, as preposterous, as they well could be. The
information given of other sections of the country are
prehistoric in quality and equally full of shortcomings,
yet the price charged for the books is ludicrously outof
cost of their production.
pynpV )i.jtip fin th r.n lianH, end
fail to get what theyloliberaTtyTJ
on the other? . This matter of text books deserves very
much more attention than it apparently receives. The
books cost entirely too much, some of them at least are
inferior in: "quality and"there seems to., be entirely too
many of them required by the school authorities. -
THE GAMBLING CRAFT IN SAN FRAN CISCOr
il P. Sap FjatKiaciLichiefof-polica -has - beerrsns
pending"" an investigation . into charges
has been receiving graft from the
Chinese gamblers. The more that becomes known of
public gambling the more certain that it contaminates
everybody that.Jias anything to, do with
it. Public garmbling cannot be maintained without pay'
the police department 'It is an unlaw
no matter whether or not -it is licensed
from annoyances its managers must
cultivate the powers that be. This is not the, experience
in every place. . -
if honestly conducted and carried to
will show a surprising state of facts
an"dwilhout douDT"ftiTnish all theustificat?6ri required
not only tor the suspension of the chief but his perm a
nent discharge from the department. mZZZ. rr-.
From the Eugene Journal.
t In ordPto be consistent but that is
no longer considered a virtue among not
Ittclano the leglelature ahould Indorse
Hermann. Maya, Brownell. Meld rum and
a number Of othera who have been in
dicted. And to be fair and Impartial.
some of "the best men In Oregon"
McKlnley, ruter and others who have
already been convicted on the same or
similar charges, all growing oat of the
same bualnesa, ahould not be slighted.
These convictions are no lees objection
able than Indictments. .They give Ore
gon a "bad name," and should be vigor
oualy denounced by the legislature.
What la a legislature and a state gov
ernment, maintained at considerable ex
pense and some bother to electors, good
for If they will not-protect their " own
etttxens against "centralisation" and In
terference from outside power.' if the
states and their legislaturea have . no
longer any "reserved rights," and If
"carpet-baggera" can come In and run
thlnga, high-handed and red-eyed, then
why not "go away back and alt down"
among our "colonies," along with the
Filipinos, and try "taxation without
representation," or aar ether old thing?
These be troublesome days, and there
doe not aeem to be much profit or en
couragement In being good any longer.
Wedding KecepUoa la the rhUipptaes,
From the Topeka Capital. .
Mlas Minnie Sehlungei ef Belolt went
to the Philippines some time ago te
marry Hoke Blmpeon, also of Belolt
The brMe writes home that, all the na
tives ef the- aorroundlng -rouatry met
them on their arrival at Ban Eataban,
after their marriage at Manila, and es
corted them to their home In Santa
Maria, a distance of four miles.
The bride and grooriti.rode In a-two-wheeled
eart drawn byan ex, and tbelr
baggage Waa borne In carts drawn by
bull teams, then & cavalcade of 300 na
tives followed en foot. -At every house
they passed the rent of 'the natives came
out to greet them. In the evening the
nattvea gave a big reception to the bridal
couple,, and there' were welcoming ad
dresses." songa and an orchestra.
' The rest Oreroa Flopper.
; ' From the . Salem Journal. '
- rTe, confenslon is good for the aouL.
The confession of Harvey Scott that he
has always known MenatorMitcbell to
be a bed man, and tht he still a
bad mn,- Is ' certainly .refreshing In
the light of the way In which Harvey
got Into bed with". the senator s few
year ago. and cringrd at his feet, for
a possible eenatorship. .
Small Ckangc
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Got any Mf wheat? ,:t:v.
T The csara bir stick la eracked.
Baad Jem all.word of Ores-on WMthar.
- The record atBalero Is nearly nad
up.
Fiorebcllo made'tbs beat amends poe-
The am of the Bimjan people'a day
appears.
Orecon might almost sa well be a
terrttory.
Maa the
Indictment
bulns .
been
overdone Tu
That blsrh school bulldloa ehouldTiot
d neglected. - .
But the, robins have-not. yet put In
an appearance , ' ; ' '
Smoot 'relapses" Into proper 'Inslmlfl-
eanc and obacurtty. . - . . -r:
The people are becomlhar' Impatient
or the United States aenate.
' - The machine couldn't keep Us nnaera
oft Aa lor la' S Utc&i axvernment
Guild's lake --concluded to begin to
furolah amusement thJa winter.. . ;
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- Nobody .k'eema - to- cere much about
Judge Bwayne-one way er the other..
rTha Jtusaiana' opinion -of the, Jepe
haa-uadergoM great-ehani tn a yer.
The blind "pig will And a flonrtahlng
field In Oklahoma lor the next 11 yeare,
XI la bopVd that teredoea Will find no
lodgment In the new eenator from Wash
ington.. , , '.-;.' , ;" ' ,t . T
- KlUIng Maygw'aijriiolMlUng bfli was
a very merttorlooi act "of btllleide on
the. part of the house, . . -ir
Arlaona and few Mexico refuae to be
tied np together with ne chance of, a
hearing t -divorce eeurt i. - t
On looking In -the glaaa. the beet trust
flnda that though it baa been branded.
It . has not been dehorned yet. ,
: If "Bat" Maateraon-ahooUiat a man
the innocent' bystander," unleaa In 4lne
I beyond tne lararei. win pe wue. - r -
S-,. em.
to' be rome similarity
between Roaalan generals and "Portland
detectives and other hunters of - crimi
nals. , '. ' . -
The grace of modeaty Is the only one
that can Just now properly adorn con
spicuously the - Multnomah . county Re
publican machine. - " . - .
- People of Eastern citlee,.-are bfiTT
ahovellns; enow and dlgsing- Ice. oft of
ldeWlk, an exefclae which la dented
to inWn this nearly wtnterless city.
-Relent lets ere blaming a newly dlaoov
ered aun-epot- tpr " the - recent-excea-l
ivnlv eold aveather back' at. which
I y.pi.n.Hon u cauelna people who .have
bath's exclamatioeri-utamned spot.'
The St Johns' Review thinks that
e-rowlnr manufacturing city needa - a
library, and euggesta that Mr. Carnegie's
attention be called inereio. nut bi.
Johns had better think the matter over
several times before burdening ltseix
with a Carnegie library.i
QreonicleKghts-
Isikeview has a new loan and savings
bank;
Skating np tha valley first time In
years. :
More diversified farming planned
around Amity..
Lake county is soon fo be out of debt.
and la to have a high scnooi. .
Polk county la getting toward
the
front of tha good roads wagon. -
The Albany Democrat alludes to Sa
lem aa "a rural town down tne roaa.
Eastern Oregon stockmen were glad to
see cold weather, so aa to give tha ranges
a rest. '
Lower Bile t a correspondence of ' Tola-
da Leader: Kverybody in this vicinity
la slashing and building new fences a
good start for spring work.
"SUverLaka Central Oregonian: "We
dearly love the large awlne who cornea to
this office occasionally, loaded wltb news.
which ha refuses to part with unless
paid.- "--r -. ---
One ef the society young men of Pilot
Rock, aaya the Record, went down to
Pendleton last Saturday with the osten
sible purpose of proposing to his sweet
ness, bnt on bia amva tnera loune tne
dear elrl down with the. smallpox -and
the premises quarantined, ,
The constant' growth ef the country
telephone service marks a decided atep
In progress or tne prosperous Tanning
country surrounding Weston. -The lat
est development la an extension of tha
local line south of that town, by which
a number of additional farmers will be
accommodated. . .
Tha Pilot Rock Record announce that
it is thinking of Incorporating .with a
capital stock of about fit. This money
l. .a h. nunt fn the rturvhas of new
screws for the old Washington hand
press. The editor, however, will Insist
upon holding the majority of tbe stock,
as otherwise be might lose hla Job.
Therefore there will be ni change In the
policy of tha paper, which many ef eur
readers will greaqy regret.
Joseph now has a population of over
109, -and with the surrounding . country
contiguous to It that buys their supplies
there will bring the number np to 2.000
people, which makea a very good field
tn wrt buaifieaa from the year around.
The Tenderfoot mine will be opened tnjs
aummer. which will add much to 'the
population of the region. So Joseph.
the Herald thinks, is a good place for a
watchmaker, a dentist and a shoemaker.
Dav Barnett of Haystack, whe struck
Indication of petroleum on hla farm lait
fall while drilling for water, will drill
deeper soon, reports the Madraa . Pion
eer. The substance found wilt burn like
coal oil even In the -rude state In which
It is found. If petroleum or coal can
he fodnd In remunerative quantities' at
the Barnett ranch. It la safe to assume
that' HSystack will have a boom and
that othera .hegrby will follow Mr. Har
nett's exempts In delving down Into the
bowels of tbe earth foe prospective for
tunes, ... . , . . ,
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Connecticut's New
i.. Senator.. I C
HartfordrConn, letter In the New Tork
' ' -' Sun. . . f . ..
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley or this elty,
the "Crowbar Governor" of Connecticut.
who has Just been elected to succeed
Gen. Joseph R, Hawley aa United 8tates
senator from the Nutmeg state, haa
occupied1 a unique place In Connecticut
politics for St pears. For one thing,
thourh ha served for two years at gov
ernor or tne state, he waa never elected
to the office directly by the people. The
first time he gat possession of the 'office
through the general assembly and ' the
second ha retained It-by ..an appeal to
tne supreme court. " '
For the last 10 yeara ha has had hla
eye fixed la the direction of the nation's
oapllaL and foe the paat It years he has
openly declared, himself s.andidate for
the first vacant aeat In the
His political preparation for the office
began- -Juet a-yaie sge, when - be- won-j
out n a ward Jig-tit for a aeat in tne
clty'a common council. From there he
entered the alderman lo chamber.
Then for eight years. -beginning with
is 0, he waa the "head of the city gov
ernment here and as mayor introduced
suclr -financial reforms that Hartford
became a model." It was only a ahort
step from the elty hall here to the capt-
tol on the bill and Mayor Bulkeley made
It tn thanka to the legislature He
did not receive the majority ef votes re
quired In Connecticut to' elect
ernor, but aa the If gleTxtur-j waa Repuh- j
llcan It gave him the office and he took
ni aeat in January or'tnat year.
Then earns at- the next election tne
deadlocked assembly which carried Gov
ernor Bulkeley ever another term. It
waa during this session that he won hla
title of "Crowbar Governor."
None of the candidates for governor
had a majority of the votes and the leg'
lslature could not elect because the sen
ate was Democratic by a majority ef 5,
While the Republicans-held : the nouae
by-leV Inr the deadlock that resulted
Governor Bulkeley: held over.
a os comptroller, nicnQiss ' owja,
New Mtlford, waa the only Democratic
state official In power. He bad charge
of the capltol and took the position that
Governor Bulkeley was an Intruder after
the. close ef his first term and had no
official righta whataoeVfT' in tbe-eapltoL
The -governor' was in the habit of
walking from hla executive -chambers
Into the senate hall when he felt Ilka
It. One day the Democratic aenatora
wanted, to hold a aecret meeting and at
their request Comptroller Staub locked
evernor out of ths-sena
bar,- Mr. Bulkeley promptly got a crow-.
bar and broke b la way ,tn. The next
week aU the Republican, leglalatorsjeora
miniature crowbars on tbeit watch
chains as souvenirs ef the victory and
tbe name -that- has stuck, to SenaVor 1
Bulkelevevet-sincwaa conferred on
hlnvr
Senator ' Bulkeley has the distinction
of being the only governor so far as
known In this country who paid out of
hla own pocket all the state expenses
during his two years In office The dead
lock in the legislature prevented the pas
of any approprtatmnmiii to pay
running expenses. When tha -Question
came up Governor Bulkeley came .for
ward with 1400,000 which he put at tne
disooaal of the state, relying on the next
general aMmemlilv to reimburse hlra. The
first act of the legblatere.pt ISta waa to
accept tha accounts of the Tonnee-gov-ernor
and pay him without question.
When the question came up of at
appropriation for, Connecticut's repre-
entatlon at the world's fair at ihicago.
Senator Bulkeley saw that the leglala-
tare would make no appropriation' for
the purpose and called a meeting of
manufactures and others and collected
private subscription a larger fund
than would have been askedfrom the
state treasury.
. At the dedication of the world's fair
in October, 102, Governor Bulkeley re
fused to parade until b waa allowed to
be escorted by tbe foot guards of the
state whom ha took with him for the
purpose. There was a wrangle between
Conitectlcut'a representatives and those
In charge of the parade, the latter urg
ing that It 'whs a clvlo affair apd that
tha Nutmeg state waa the only one de
manding a military display.
"The foot guards are asrimuch my es
cort as my staff," replied Governor
Bulkelej-T "Where-t-ge they will go, I
brrjTight theme here for that purpose."
And they went. . ;
,
Since stepping) down from the capltol
Senator Bulkeley baa been the adviser-in-chief
of the managers of the Repub
lican party in Connecticut, always with
thennderatandlng that Washington waa
still on tbe map. Whenever tbe wheels
of the party machine needed lubricating
tbe campaign managers have always re
lied on the former governor to furnish
the oil.
His reputation for generosity - haa
made htm a chain of friends tbat ex
tends across Connecticut. His popularity
among .the Grand Army men has been
demonstrated frequently at national en
campments. . '
His pluck and perseverance in tha pur
suit ef whatever be sets out to accom
plish not only landed him In tha United
Statea senate, but won for him a wife,
according to the story told here. - At a
dinner party on evening aom of tbe
guests were jollying him on his popularity
with the Hartford girls, when the wife,
who, before here marriage, 20 years ago,
was Mtaa Fanny B. Houghton of Son
XT-anclsoo, turned to him and said' Jok
ing:
"Well. I made him come across the
continent for me,"
Yes, that's right," quickly replied the
senator, "but I got. what I went after, aa
I generally do.'
Mm. Bulkeley Is president of the Col'
onlal Damea of Connecticut and both? she
and her husband are Identified with the
various historical societies. These asso-
clationa are perhaps responsible for Mr.
Bulkeley s great . Interest Irs-antlquea,
Dealers from the north, aeuth, east and
west know him aa a great buyer, and
he la always on of .the ready buyers at
all the auctions of famous collector in
the country. - Hla persistency In bidding
when he takes a fancy to an article fre
quently haa resulted In hla paying large
prices for the things that he Instated
upon carrying away with him. Hi large
bouse In this city 1s overflowing with
the choicest collection or antiques In
thl port of the country. r
BAUiWATS
BWATSt
Mr. ' Frederick i Palmer reviews in
Collier's for February 11 the congres
sional efforts to make new lawa on
railroad ratea, and works out aom in
teresting comparison, tmchr as: .
In Franc the railways are mostly
owned' by companies. . Yet not only ar
the charge for carrying freight stipu
lated - by th government, but govern
ment control I far more exacting than
anything we hav proposed. , -The public
I satisfied and the ; railroad do not
think of complaining, any more than
express, companies In the United States'
think of complaining"'- because they do
not have charge of the postal btislneee,
Continental countries hold that under
modern condition the railroad la'ia tht
same relation to the oubila aa a higi
way was a century ago. Tha Idea that
the ' macadamised . roads of Franc
rshould be entirely in the control of prl
rat companies would be little more
tidlouloua to a Frenchman than that
the railroads should he their ewn judge
of ratea." r ., . ,
. In tha northeastern states of America
w now have much the same conditions
ss In Europe, Certain railroad systems
have "settled down to e monopoly as
absolute as the privilege of the gov
ernment to sell postage atampav Tb
Pennsylvania railroad haa - it in Penrv
sylvanle; the Central boa it in New
York, while the New England roads
practically divide their-territory. Par
alls! competing-rosxls-are- now -out
the question. In the first place,-roil
road. Influence In the state legislature
would not permit-. of concessions. If
would, the wast of energy represents
a .lolly . beyond consideration.'. Aa
man thinks of driving In a buggy from
Albany to New York, or of sending
crate f grapes by cart from Lake Vrte
to Boston, the publlo finds Itself
feudally dependent eim -a corporation.
Th constitution expressly- provided
against Imposts being laid on Internal
commerce, by the states Its 'authors
did not foresee the time when that com
merce would-be In the banda of few
"kings" of finance. Of course,, the rail
road charge "what the - traffic -wlll
bear." -That is good bualnesa.- Ne-on
blames them. - The blame te on tha peo
ple for - letting them have their own
way: The control ef the highways, upon
which all traffic la dependent, would
seem a first principle ef well-organised
government. - . ' ' - .,
From tbe London Mall.
The detailed and careful analysis of
tha board of trade rsturns-for .1101,
shows thar the past year was a record
on In tha amount of both our export
ana imports. For in nrs time in nnv
Uh history, the exports ef British pro
duce rose te a figure above f JOO.ooo.ooo,
a total which has only once been sur
passed, so far as we are aware, and
then by the . United Statea ' In . 1101
though It- la poaaible that the earn
country may again beat It when tha, of
ficial details for Americas trade in the
year 1W make their appeeraaoe, ,, ' ,r
Tha first Impression produced by
these trad returns will be that all
for the beet with British Industry.. We
shall once more hear from the free
traders that the returns, have xonvlne
Inalv'smved . the ., foolishness of Mr.
fchamberlain'e prepoaala. .and -If we
judged entirely by comparison with past
British flguree.eemaJJUnr-migh.t b said
for" Such a view. But as a matter bf
fact England Is not an isolated state.
and f she does, not advance aa feat aa
other great powers, - h 1 -losing
ground, lust as a man who walked
while .others ran would be beaten In
race. The powers ' which- are . running
are Germany and the U niton statea; tne
power which Is walking Is England.
Our figu which are correct to the
nearest million absolutely correct for
German and American trade they can
not be. until the foreign official return
for 1104 are published prove that,
comparing . tha average for the Ave
yeara 1880-4 with the average for
period 10 years later, 1100-4. the Brit
ish gain in exporta was only -156,000,-
000. whereas. Germany gained iSS.000,
000 In that period and the United State
flS4.000.000.
These- ffgure are the most striking
when we remember that, according to
the Free Irade Professor Fewcett. writ
ing to year ago, "everyi new protec
tive duty which i imposed is Just as
effectual In impeding , as export trod
if a duty were . levied on every
article which la aeat abroad." -That
confident assertion read somwhat
strangely in face of the facts which w
hav aet forth today. It la the trade
of the protected countriea which la ad
vancing fast, while tbe trade, of the on
country with free Imports is advancing
but elowly. Facta, indeed, are running
absolutely counter to the theories, but
thla "does not - seem - to convince the
theorist that they are in th wrong.
A further examination of the details
will show that- tha cotton famine la
the main, oa.ua of the rise in, British
exnorUiwlngtilli tactlc of the
American speculator Lancashire paid
ten millions mora for her ' raw cotton.
and sold her manufactured cottons to
th foreigner for ten millions more, so
that the net result was exactly the same
aa in 10. . A change in prioea-haal
worked the marvelous difference, be
tween -103 and 104. Valued at the
prices whloh prevailed In loa, British
exporta and Importa for 104 com to
almost precisely the same figure as
those of 101. J4wlll. be observed that
without Mr. Chamberlain's scheme our
food Is "costing us a great deal more,"
since ita averager price 'has ' risen by
about per cent.
One other point which must be noted
is that British importa continue, to In
crease out of all proportion with Brit
ish exports. In the growing difference
between the" debit and credit items of
John Bull's accounts Is, perhaps, to be
found the explanation of the fact .that,
notwithstanding the growth of - his
trade, distress In tha country Is grow
ing, and the worklens were never more
plentiful in Englend than they are to
day. Th Englishman Is paying more
for hla food and raw materials and im
porting more foreign manufactures
than In tha past, ao that even the grow
ing aalea ef British good cannot meet
the Increasing bills against Mm. Where
14 yeara ago, In 110, each British In
dividual bought 111 worth of rorelgn
goods, today h buys tit worth. Where
14 years ago each -British Individual
sold- U- worth of British goods abroad,
today he sells, allowing fore, certain
changea In the. returns, only if lis
worth, r We eat more and earn emm,
which' la not a satlafactory position." ,
, On TUag to
From the Green Bag.
The man up for larceny had admitted
his guilt-when apprehended, but at the
trial his youthrur counsel defended him
with great obstinacy and , unnecessary
brilliancy, - . -'
- "Gentlemen."' said tb Judge, regarding
the Jury with a benevolent smile, "the
prisoner soys h la guilty. Hla counsel
says -he I not. Yon musjt decide be
tween them. " sf -v-
Then, after- an effective pauae. the
Judg added; : .
There. I en thing to remember, gen
tlemen tb prisoner waa there, and his
counsel wasn't"
One Thlag lesUaur la th Wedding.
From Harper Weekly. , .
A sohtbern planter was asking on Of
hi colore servants about her wedding.
- "Yea, suit." shs aald. "It waa Jos' de
finest weddln you ever see lx brides
maids, flowers every where, hundred er
guests, music, an' er heap er prayln'.v-..
: "Indeed," . commented her - master.
"And I suppose Hum bo looked ss hand
some as any of them." .
An embarrassed psuse. "Well, ho
not 'xactly, sir. Would yer believe It T
Dat feel nigger sober snowed up ,
England Y Record
;v!Vade;YeaTrv''.;
Domestic Service-
; Miseries ' .
' (By Ella Wheeler Wlloox.)
(Coprrlgbt, lsua. ky the . AsMrtcaB-JoamsV
' Kaaauaer.)
'There Is e movement "on foot which
promise e certain : amount of relief
from the mlaerlea which now seem the"
portion 'of women who employ domestl a
service-and women who five that ser--
Vic. ' ' . -'-.-:.-:,;.'.. ' ' '.''
. Ilarrlettf Hurst, wife of the consul to
Venesuele a'nd for' lj: years"Consulr"tr
Vienna and Sicily, haa organised what ,
called the National Co-op ratlv Bencfi
cbtl oclety."- ...' )... ' . - '....;.'
Thla society ia thoroughly established
In Vlenaa and other foreign eitlea, and 1
has done away with much -of tha dli
oom forts and trouble ef housekeeping. - -The
society la eeUbllahed with tho .
object of creating a system of reward
and recommendations for persons tn do--
mestlo work, and ita obligations shall be-
mutually binding sad heneAcial to botu, ,
employer and employed. It gives ser
vants an option of two kinds of reward,
either tha euro of $100 at tha expiration,'
of )Q yeara, or a pension of a certain.
aum after th age of 40. ,
. The regards ar dependent upon the
payment of a small monthly premium '
and the careful regard of their books
of recommendation, which ar t' tha.
same time their policy . of assurance
Eveay servant should hav -on of these
two kinds of books aa a record ef char
acter and a source ef Information. Mem--
bers;are requested to introduce tbe book
into) their own. household and explain
them to th servants. . They will thua ' '
prefect themselves from all such Irregu
larities as must arise from the present .
lack of system in recommendation and
changing of situations, ,
Atiy-pron -may becom - aj member
of th society by th payment of one
dollkr,' foe which a numbered card of -membership
is iksned. entitling th holder
to.wU- th benefits of membership -in tbe
society. Shares in the stock of the so-
elety will be sold upon application to the
treasurer, entitling the holder to parti
cipation In the profits of the society and
A voice in ita content., v -- .-. v " -v
Mrs. Hurst,1 ia speaking of th matter.
"The benefit to member ef the so-
clety are moral and material, for tha
advantage of -eyatamatlsing the "whole
matter of domeatio work 1 immeasur- "
able. -. i'"-.; - :'' .'
Some of Its more tangible, benefltsjo
members are: ": ' '
"First Th advantage of having those .
tn your employ governed by a book ot
character. . . nmtr'ngjrertPdJOfrcarl
and resuUant In a reward, conditional on .
the'' observation of certain obligations:
which the society Imnosea t, -,-
"Second The - advantage - of having -
those employed bound to give notice In
writing of their intention to -change -aval
tuat loo. and en given dates only and
always' 14- daya In advance of the time
Of 'leaving, thus checking any tendency '
to caprice or temper, which now ao often,.
causes. Inconvenience in th bouaehold. ' -
Third The privilege of receiving in
formation ' from our corresponding- sec- -
retary regarding beneficiaries In good
standing, whoa certificate of realgha-
tlon-ls on file, for a llt'Willbej kept
ef such persons and a copy will be sent ,
te any member upon application, and In '
such an -application the number -of the
membership card, ahould be etatsdk . .
MFeurth-Thei protection of the so
ciety through the forfeiture ef the book
and all reward In case a policy holder
I guilty of aJiy conduct amenable to
law. Baeh a eomplalnt will only be eon
sidered when made by a-member or a
aoll.il tor." . . ..
If a housemaid marries before th
expiration of her 10 year of labor ah
can, by paying her monthly stipend, 're
ceive the 1100 benefit at the proper tlmo. '
The sooiaty should be enthualas tic-
ally patronised by American women of -an
cjaaeas. But It is difficult to predict
what th American woman will do when
it cornea to any new iaea wmcn prom
ises no especial distinction or amuse
ment for her. ' -
A society was organised In Boston for
the training of skilled domestic labor.
bnt It was not patronised by th employ-"
er of help. Women aald they preferred
to take their chances - in tha old way
than te bother with a new-fangled no
tion which might not succeed after alL
Of course nothing organised for the
benefit of the many can succeed unites
me many take hold or irwtth: wm
The central society of the National
Co-operative Beneficial society ia to bo
in Washington. 'l-
It la. hoped that all other American
cities will organise branch societies. . .'
' ' aTever Bis 1W '
Portland Feb. 1 To the Editor of
Th Journal In the article entitled'
Firm to Plssolve," appearing in yester-
daya Issue ef Th Journal, you 'refer
to tbe firm of "Mitchell, Dolpb
Simon,' end add that "Mitchell lft
the Dolph-Slmon firm and became -associated
with Judg A. H. Tanner in'.
Itet' If yon-deem -the matter of nub
ile interest and desire to state it cor
rectly, permit me to say that Mr. Simon '
waa never a law partner with Mr.
Mitchell, and no such firm aa "Mitchell,
Dolph A Simon" ever existed. Th firm
of Mitchell A Dolph, established In
1801. waa dissolved upon Mr. Mitchell' '
election to tb United Statea aenate In'
172. Upon Mr. Mitchell's retirement
from the firm, th partnership of Dolph. '
Bronaugh, Dolph A Simon waa formed.
and continued until tha senior member
of that firm waa elected to. the senate '
in 182. Upon taking hla seat. Senator
Dolph retired from the latter firm, and
was not thereafter In any way connected '
with that or any other legal firm or
partnership until th expiration of hi
lz .years' service as a senator In
congress. C A, DOLPH
' BeaJa the Soft Tjsneaohmeni, 'Z
Grant Pass, ' Or., Feb, 14. To the'
Editor of Th Journal. I notice in your '
paper of -th 11th Inst, my name men-
tinned on grand jury . occupation. - a .
capitalist Now, this is something new .
to me. Whoever furnished you with
this information Is uriy In error. , It
did not original from me. 'A I dol
not desire-or deserve to Be. honored
with so , distinguished an occupation, - L.
would kindly ask that you correct the
mistake, ' I de k little Insurance and real '
state and loan a, and formerly wae in
the general mercnandlse business . in
South Dakota, but im far from" being
capiiansv - juooifrt FKTZNER. -
February 18 The morning war warm.
mercury at ,12 degrees below sero. the
weather runid.v; several of the Indian
who- went with Captain Iewls returned.
as did also one of our men whose feet '
had been frostbitten. :
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