PORTLAND," QREGON,
THE ORE G
1 . AN
IpubliaW 'erary .anine;- eSwrfay ) aa4 -ecyuad.y-. 7
THE' PIONEERS OF
a -
;XTT-IS but a veak, trite and Insufficient expression for
I tne occasion tQ say that the pioneers of the Orei
" goo country;; those who came here nearly or more
-. - than half a century ago, are welcome in this city of. Port
.1 - land n this day of tlicir annual reunion. There are .quite
--Jt Rood many people in this town now,' and most of .them
are not pioneers, and they represeht T'all classes and con
T ditions of men;" yet w think it may truthfully and ac-
' v curatery be said that there is not. never was and never
: t will be Iso. unanimous, spontaneous and hearty- awel
'T'conVe' to" 1 i band, company or feathering of people from
. the popuiaceas "is heartfelt arid brainfelt forjthe Oregon
pmiirrra. - . - - - -t -- -
. There have-been many pioneers. Central and western
New York was pio'neered, by men -not so very long
' .' I passed away. 'Indiana, and lUinoisand Kentucky and
. J j' MichigahaHihe country,, when it-coroes to that- were
H pioneered, by, good and true men and women; yet among
' them all there were never quite such pioneers as those of
ZZ. f Oregon. They hitched up then1 teamsgathered together
" I their household effects and children some to come on
... . the way and. many. Jater and struck .put for God'i
I country." - -. ' " ' ; ' ";r"
AVhat faith that was in the face of such disparagement
- vand misrepresentation as Daniel
'4 statesmen and politicians had uttered volubly about this
. country the choicest, fairest, dearest portion of God's
. footstool 1' 'K- -V"' ' - ' 's '" '. ,'
; .-'. It took quite little stock of good, thick, honest, redr
' blooded courage too when you com e to think of it, .to
i make 'that -five or six months' journey across; desert!
". and mountains, ith lurking and savage Indiaps all along
the way, and even at the journey'a end. The man's cour
. age was great but we think the mother's, the young wife's
. or sweetheart ' courage was greater
ereare some "T:those ea
.-yeara old here today; and to look into their faces, to meet
-lhem a little' while. Should be an inspiration to every
L . : middle-aged or young man or woman, or child, in all the
, old Oregon tountryr : r - . - .
". The- pioneers fought everything
were several hard pr6positions in
- -- . timet. Indians-the settlers- went away for months at a
; time and left these mothers and grandmothers and gray
' growing men and women of today then almost thought
. ..(.; less children to-keep various kinds of wolves from the
; " logcr rough-lumber cabin door, and to have a bed and a
- meal, a. fireside and an altar, for the husband and father
s "When he should return.' Some never returned. . There
: .; were saddles rescued and brought back empty, and-no
I. eloquent eulogies uttered in words. V, . '.:
'-' ' There was the oe of the "continuous ;woods." the foe
-of the lurking panther on almost every limb, the foe "of
Distance from anywhereuf one raised,
oniy cat u up; mc 10c 01 ADicncc irom ill mil me
' growrf-up" people had been used to; the foes of Scpara
- i-'rtionf Divisionrirom- the rest -of the-cOuntry,'-'uncertainty-
for.the arlierpioners -as ta wbether-hey had"or rer
r ; ; would have a country or what tountry it. was; toil, pri
ration, strugglebattle.TTaiiger-and yet there'were com
; j pensationsand these foreldperi and banner-bearers and.
r:..-real pioneers gloried in it all in
iratioa anitperilwould-itot-if they
an hour or an instant of it
' . We' 33 ' well indeed to welcome amT'entertam ahdfe
spect and .love these old men. and, women the real pio
neers and Indian lighters, the clearers and hewers and
.. planters and prospectors,, the spinners and weavers and
y. homemakers and homekeepers of trie early times, f the
beginnings of peerless Oregon,
"They were menandomenitaanltrcomrnon-tof sortrof "RepublicanigrrrlrrPoTtlamlt
mortals, of course; the men were
' the women angels; it was a time of less education and cn
lightehment in many ways than now; but taken all in
all, viewed from the perspective of the present, they were
as a whole a noble and notable band or aggregation of
. people. ..They will be respected and honored while any
"of them remain on earth, and some day,when all of
- them are gone, their descendants will erect a great monu
ment to their memory. -1
SELLWOOD AND ST.
I
T IS REPORTED that the Sellwood section of the
city will soon have a fajrlargetjnilLand perhaps
several -other mills too tnaa the mill that was
- "burned there last yeah and fterward rebuilt on an en
Jarged scale in St. Johns." No doubt the Sellwood section
of the city will develop in A few years into a fine and important-manufacturing
district of the big city that surely
-Hs to.Je here; yet St, Johns and the river front of the
rri'nfntii gnrra"y tn rcallyrlots
"" touul, will gaiiiTather; for one big mill or manufactory
that succeeds invites and attracts others, and each helps
'Z its predecessor to greater success. J . .
. St. Johns is separate muncipality, and perhaps it is
better for it, and for Portland too, that it should remain
r so; yet viewed at long range and at large, St Johns is
practically and-commercially a portion, an adjunct, . of
Portland, and must remain so. It already has several
A Spokane View.
I ;Prom the ttewlston Tribune.
- An unusual editorial . discussion ap
' pears In a Spokane paper in connection
with tbe Seattle Poet-Intelligencer's ex-preaelon-
that the railroad construction
tn the Clearwater country would llCQt)-.
alderably alter Jthe ;'raJlway situation
,in thla state." as the Northern Paclflo
would shorten the dletanee to the coast
200 miles and probably carry the Palouse
' traffic out through the Lewlston gate
way. The' Spokane paper attributes the
iFoBt-Intelllicencer's views to the anlmua
' of John Ia WHon, Ita proprietor, whom
it amuses of .political ingratitude
' toward Spokane and , then ehargee 'toe
. whole thing up to politic. But, It aaye,
The building of the .extension over the
Lolb pass la a matter - of the remote
future." and'It haa not etrteTM aerl
nuely into the present plana of rall-
road conetnictlon- in the JLwlaton coun
' try." Why not? What warrant : ha
-this lahmaeltte TdC pronouncing agalnet
the development of this country and at
tempting to thwart the proper courae of
,bnaineBB and the proper aspirations of
feople for more orderly dlspensatlohs
than they have had T - Of course the
views of that paper are not important
'. or even interesting, but - they form a
sufficient criterion to show that Its
effort a re directed against th Clear
water country and that whatever auc
eeee 'or benefits the country acblevea la
In the face, of crafty obstruction at Spo-
a kane. As a matter of fact there are ex
cellent reasons for believing that .the
Northern Pactfle does Intend to transfer
Ita trunk line bimlnesa to the Lew la ton
. gateway and will, do ao Just as soon
. ae the gsp to Rlparle ia eloaed up. The
purpose e also to drain the Paloftse
country out this way," and It will not
be. sis months until this rcult Is In
' process.' Bsokane will howl is howling
row, but that la all it ran do as Its dsy
la tae. Ana the reasoa is ot far to
eek. - 1
ON DA IL Y JO U R. N A L
INDEPENDENT " NEVV8PAPBR- '
'PUBLISHED-BY-JOURNAtr-PUBLBHINaCO.-
trNU, Portland, Oregon.
OREGON.
WeDsieranoln
and more sublime.
to fight-rand there
the early Oregon rProhibitionUr.-
a disbeliever in
' HE ABOVE
land generally in
anything he could Ipossibly arise among which it would not be so. .It would
aulhe sacrifice -and
could havTrmlMedi TimesTwithouT hJi
not all saints nor all
AN
JQHNS.
formation which
SCIVes on innr inn
nqt
eiieve that
demonstrations of
tremendous advantage to the country- at large.
Cheerful Up in Lake.
From the Silver Lake Central Oregonlan
The people of Lake county were
never In a more cheerful mood than
they are at present. The grain and
alfalfa crops are looming up In fine con
dition, the outside ranges ire -covered
'With green grass, stock is fattening and
the markets for all their procucta are
at the tip-top atandard. The rain la
still pouring down In thla locality, which
will keep crops on the upward move
while,other parte of the itate are cry
ing for a little abower. Central Oregon
la fast coming to the front wit bruit any
great amount of advertising, for' ita rich
productive lands yet unsettled..: lying
around this valley and the great Christ
mas lake region, where thousands of
modern homes can be developed and m
country that would be looked up to aa
the greatest farming and stock raising
country on the face ofthe1and.IJsUa
own best advertiser." .
- On the Wrong Side." "
From the Milton Eagle.
If anything were needed to show the
waning Influenoe of the Portland Ore
gonlan H was furnished by the election
In that elty last Monday. Mayor Wil
liams, Its candidate, notwithstanding hlaH
long -em nonoraDia career, ana sup
ported by the Republican machine, was
defeated for reelection. The Oregonlan
; la on the wrong aide of the question
and Js in danger of becoming atranded
along the shore.-. ' .
... All In the Nameu '.
'
From the Columbug Dispatch,
"Thla." said the rlty chap -who was
Showing Mb rural relative the town, "la
called the tenderloin district."
rwhy Is It called than" ouerlM the
rural relative. " . .
VBeeausa It Is go tough," explained
4 the ether, ... . -, a.n .
' ----'-r " r- . : ..aal-. x.
-JNOJVCAftKOU.
Tba - Jotirnal Buflinr-rlft 4:Ynhm
large and important mills and manufactories, and will
surely have many more. It has now quitcarurmy of
workers living there and building or 'improving homes
and raising families there, and these win oe greatly in
creased,, even multiplied, within a few years.-St ; Johns
and the contiguous territory occupy a point of antage
that can no longer be ignored, despised or overlooked-
peculiar place, that someof the best of the worldV.manu
factureri are looking on with favorable eyes. . .
But all the manufacturing and milling will not tie con
fined to the peninsula. The Sellwood-districtj and other
points of 'vantage along ihe river, will have their share.
Conditions" at Sell wood can,.be made, very, favorable to
the establishment of large woolen riiill. and it should
be gratifying to the -whole -city and all the tributary
country, to Jeara that, this will probably occur. There is
going to be room and opportunity rmore and more -for
manufactories and mills and -industrial establishments of
many kinds, In Portland the Portland that is. coming,
that is to, ber--and no one section has-any-ocasioivl be
jealous of any other; any more than one Section of great
and: glorious' Oregon has to ftout and minify ariother.
'. Full together, boys alt hands for a greater Oregon,
a greater Portland! . And don't forget that to do this
effectuallyall Oregoniahs must stand by and prac
tically support and . substantially 7 patronize - home -industries.-Buy
only Oregon-made goods, talk them up
ber of mills and factories multiplying in Portland and in
other cities of the state. ., -.- ' ,..'. .. r - --'.
"THE STRIDENT SHRIEK OF PARTY."
The TriburiewiU tecognije po difference between
Republicans and Democrats in the elections next -fall.
The men to be elected haveltio party duties to
- perform, and it is unimportantwhether-lhey-belong
"tcr one" party or another or to no party. It is ri-
i with any reference to his opinions on foreign ques
tions, or the tariff, or -"imperialism," or the square
of the hypotenuse. 'Nobody cares whether, a drain
age trustee is a Republican, a Democrat, a Socialist
the spoils'sysferriahd will endeavor
to administer the dutierof his office with strict re-'
: gard to his public obligations. The same is true'tif ii
the judges. It ought not to matter whether a judge
- is a member of one -party or the other if he is an
. honest man, a good lawyer, and an upright citizen.
plain remarks are from" that excellent
Republican newspaper,"! th L Chicago-Tribune.
-That-is! the -Tribune is Republican in national
state 'politics. Circumstances, (night
not support Bryan for president, for instance, "because it
fears him -on account of his money views, but it might
support Pollcof -Douglas, or Jerome as'agairtsijome .Re
publicans that might be named. But however that may
be, it has no politics in municipal elections or as to the
judiciary. It supported Harlan (Republican) for jnayor
in the recent municipal cxintcst.-not-bec-ause- he i Rt'
publican but becausehe is a reformer within and some
ownparty. -What $ contrast between
he utterancej quoted: and the daily pleas madem.-th
f ecenrrmunfcipal'campaign in this cityfor-party ?regi -
ularjty for votes for Republican candidates solely be
cause they were Republicans. What a vast difference
in the' sum total of respect the mass of intelligent and
discerning readers-must have . for a Republican paper
like the Chicago Tribune and one likethe organ of any
IMPORTANT TRIP.
THE TRIP which the representatives of the Har
riman interests in this city will make out along
the line of the.Lytle road for the purpose of
presenting a'report whether or not from the standpoint
of the. railroad an extension into the Bend country is
warranted, puts, a new and -seemingly promising face
upon the whole project of needed extensions. It is ap
parently getting the question down to a practical basis.
Reports have been forwarded hitherto, many of them
backed by the most substantial evidence of the advant
ages to be derived from the invasion of new territory
and nothing has come of them, but in this particular case
the-anthorization - comes directly-from-Mr.-llarriman
himself and the report will go direct to him. We pre
sent elsewhere in this issue a summary of practical in
the investigators wilrdiscover for them
pfT iff r"T " 1 1 II III III niihrin.
they - make - out a case for thecountry
such as cannot fail to meet every reasonable require
ment that Mr. llarriman is entitled, to demand. 1 -Such
extensions as have been 'made, in his direction
as well as to Condon, have justified the good judgment
of those who promoted these enterprises. Further ex
tensions of the Columbia Southern will furnish further
the wisdom and incidentally be of
The Common Explanation.
From the Toledo (Or.) Leader.
That the long and honorable career of
Oregon's "grand old man" should thus
end Irudefeat at the polls by a Democrat,
in-- strongly-Republican city will be
regretted by many friends and admirers
throughout the , state. - Several ' reasons
may be pointed out for Mr. Williams'
failure to draw the necessary votes,
Mr. Williams himself was probably the
chief factor. Although a man of good
reputation and much ability he was un
doubtedly tn bad company. Ills cause
was not -helped any by the argument of
the Oregonlan that his defeat would mean
that --the people of Oregon are not. In
sympathy with the national admtnlstrar
tlon In: Ha method of conducting the
land-fraud cases. -When' the Oregonlan
kindly- pointed out what' the defeat of
Mi. Williams . would mean-, whardld It
expect from the friends of Senator
Mitchell, Jack Matthews et al? - Mr.
William lx -noV th-nmt worthy man
who, like old dog Tray, has drifted Into
bad company; neither . is he -the first
victim of fool friends.
v Doesn't Tell It, AIL '
From - he Springfield -fOr.r "News.""
A man stopped on the street the other
day and said we didn't publish all the
things that happened. We should say we
don't In the first place, there's some
body else depending on ue for a living.
If we published all that happened we
woudoon be with the angels. In order
to ples.se the people we must print Only
the nice thlnga of them and leave the
rest to' gossip. Yes, It's a fort that we
don't print all the newa. . If we did,
wouldn't we make It spicy reading? Ritt
ft-wotiM be-for en-day only.-Tbe next4
nay you wnuia res a our oDuuary ana
there would be a new. fare In' heaven,
"All the news" Is all right when It s about
the ether fejlow. . N
m
SMALLCHANGE
-I
And sgaln-lhaalnneera Gcd lese cm.
f - TWUr - fee,m, - WPf
Ther r r&joa wher tulol.U can b
ably defended nibl thine
Koray thinks h Is entltwd te i' dis
solution of the lone- partnership. ,
1 Of -cour h -county xhlblti will
prov j really during the auramer. ;
In Chlcaco ths canny Bcct,fouBa
distraction ayatem much ' tarat and
stronger han'tha traction yfum
Poaslbly soma of the Equitable potley
htl1ra mr doubt" whether jMr, Pant
HCTOirea it really earn f real a aalary.
- " "
Apparently eome men work mightily
a long time for fame principally for
the purpose of becoming Chautauqua o
clety lecHirera..; ,
Forae papers are offering advice to
graduates. Isn't thig Ineicuiable pre
umptlont AVhat are grsduatea for but
to glvedvtce,JoaJl..thftworl:S Jhem-
elyesj ., t -'; ... - ..'X f';
'"flome women go bareheaded on the
atreeta and . put their Jiata on in chiirch.
Wouldn't that shake up g. aatntr1 Al
bany Democrat. Io you pretend to be
the ahaken-up eslntf ' l'J : :
lrVree-o'r" four-Oregon 'editors - evi
dently ha veit money, enodgh to 'take
n th Trail, fir else their wlvea won't
let them for they'Ioae no oppbrtuMTy
to scold at Portland. ' -
King Alfonsorl aaldlo Iiavellterary.
aBplratlons.- If he can't, be spanked y
his rnamma any more. Mint atout rela
tive or-frlend should gay "Don't to-h4n
titl) a club If .neceeiary. j
Summer lan't off IcIallTptor'almanlcally
here yeW tut for aoma days it haa looked
like aurnmer, and felt like Summer, and
th.r. in Mnnli rrlv to declare that.
it baseball is -apparently lees inter
esting than usual this year it la aq only
because, so .many other -interesting
thlnga are occurring.'- But therie are
many peoplb yet who in eplte .of what
ever" else may happen will not overlook
the tine national game. : - ,;. . . ;
. "We need a Folk."" eaye ft Philadel
phia paper. - But wj doubt whether ."a
Folk" could-dp muiJh.' permanently with
that horribly partlnan city. Why, ajl of
mule-tramped Missouri never in all its
life has been, or ever thought of being
one hundredth part so rotten aa the olty
of Brotherly I,ove and the cracked Jn
dependence belir"; " r. .
- Governor Douglaa -of - Massachusetts
aays he' doesn't want to be governor
any longer after' the expiration of his
yea r'e -term, and won't accept-another
nomination.. He llkee private better than
publlo life, and is wlae. Now won't
this- declination" give General an
other chance? "Mayfter tg can become
governor . of Massachusetts- -. -
.. .. - . " ' T
I NowonderJaul. MeWn-didn't-TsreiTo
remain in int cdihi, . xio iituuwj oniy
went Into the "cabinet in order to get a
eTyfKT-JotrTn N'To'k. We expect "TSTB1)r.l fiber. Iesachas bowed between
hear in about nine daya that hla heavy
Hut lea have so undermined hla health
lthat - Iie hag-tqLtakewajrawjope-aniqur
for reoreatlon.
-'Moat- a ny bod y tmd It
Monte Carlo
a year. .
little -while on $100,000
OREGON J3IDELIQHT3
Fruit cann'eriei getting busy.
Great crops In Gilliam county again.
' All sections o,f Oregon are all right
'Blg'srocit sales tn southeasterni)re
gon. ; '
' Roads leading to Newberg are. belpg
graveled.
Morrow county farmers are Jubilant
over' crop prospects '. .; '
- Deposits In Heppner banks are much
larger than -ever before,
Electric, line from L'nlon to Cove la t
be completed by October 1. K
Ik is will ps Rnrnlhlng doing on the
Albany racetrackJthla year
It-will take tilt October to dear the
Beaver Hill mines of water. '
Some Tartihlll - county - cherries
hauled SO miles to a Cannery.-
Milton persists In remaining dry and
yet is prosperous and happy.
Some Polk county - Cotswold
sheared fleeces worth $4.10 each..
ewes
Nearly all Corvallla will be here or
at the exposition grounds, tomorrow.
Damage to the crops around Condon
by a hailstorm was greatly exaggerated.
"Heppner continues to be 'oneof the
largest aheepmd "WOOL ceflters1nthe
pgcifie northweat. - ,.
A two-story atone building 100 feet
square, the upper floor for a theatre,
la projected in Corvallla. '
A Sherman country man ias a new
brefd of red 'hogs, "which he claims
means more pork and lcSs feed!
"The only woman editor and proprietor
In Oregon, "Miss Dolly Hefty, of the
Gardiner Gnxette, -will retire, from that
business, .perhaps having made a for
tune. .. ... , . .'
When It comes to a Fourth of July
celebration, those real Americans, . the
TTmatllla ilndljins'tiellev'e In .'doing the
Johnrp ln grWU style. ao thy will have
a 10-day celebration. , , -v
A mnn named. Thosnpson, representing
a machinery house, swiftly courted and
mnrrled. an Knterprlae young -woman,
who discovered soon afterward that ha
Tind a wife, married only two years ago.
in Baker county, and who jiearlng of
his new matrimonial adventure, caused
his arrest, and he will probably be a
long time-without the Joye of a home.
The Enterprise Democrat takes this
cheerful view of a dtaagreeable oeeur
rehce: ; ,"Sippose the sheepmen of Wal
lowa county did lose f 100.000 by con
tracting their wool at IS eenta last De
cember- They are In clover not w1tw
- 4andmg -tKelr premature aa!.
The
received , for their wool g , rents per
pound mora than It cost them to produce
It. and thst is profit enough for n rea
sonable man.'' 7 J
THE RISING TIDE IN
T;:r civic ; rule -
.'.' t '" ' " From the-Outlook.--
' Philadelphia has at laat responded
to the-rising national tide of clvie con
science and consciousness. . In a word,
that rlty has smashed its machine and
dethroned Its boss. Much If It stood
alone, this achievement atanda for stilt
more as part of a national civlo and po
litical awakening. ' '
The urban perll nf today 1 the alle
giance of the publlo service corporation
and the political- machine.' Ten- yeara
go thla alliance governed every great
American city without challenge, aided
by: graft In the political machine and
stock manipulation in- the corporation.
The battle i la - not won. ,. But. In- the
past decade, in Boston. New York. Chi
cago and St Louis, in each of the lake
cities Milwaukee, Detroit. Toledo,
Cleveland and Buffalo notable popular
victories hive been, won against this al
llanee. In each of thee cities the po
litiRal machine la weaker and the pop -
. . . - -hill -U.vnntfnv
in each some doss
hrmirtif Bo account
Philadelphia seemed six, weeks ago the
only city which hadnot felt this new
life. , Presented with the usual at
tempt tq. plunder It by an alliance for a
new-flagitious-and corrupt Uase of the
city gas works between the highly re
spectable directors of the United Gas
Improvementompany and the profes-.
slonal plunderers of the city machine,
acquiescence was expected. ' Inatead,
the cltlaena of Phlladelphlaln a .week
.overturned a local political organisation
' For a generation Philadelphia: has
been a -reminder -that every solution of
the - etvic problem has t its perils., .In
Philadelphia the mass la very comfort
able. Of its 300,000 famtllea "not over
f 10,000 eure-eengeetedr 'ehlf tleaa, -slattern
ly or submerged. Another so.opo rami
llrs are welt-to-da - The 250,000 famtllea
left' live more comfortably - than ny
other population -of equal Income the
world over. Their horlson and stand
ards are-eanarrow as their small houses
They, have believed in a ward achooi
management until this yeai. Tins
TI
dernesa -of small houses broken Into
communttlea and neighborhoods, with
none of the merging and mixing of the
tenement houa. -had great regions where
a man kepn his local 'reputation- inde
pendently of what he did at city halL
Ex-Mayor Ashbridge, whose admin Istra
Vlon." 189S-190I. reeked with .graft and
license, has always said that he laid the
foundations of his campaign by steady
speaking before the lesaer Sunday
schools - and . Various local church and
club societies. It the councilman stole
at city hall he was benevolent, and
often went to church. The policeman,
born and living In the neighborhood,-
Impartially and efficiently protected
children and Illegal voting. juvery
one got something. The - corporatinoe
got "franchlseav and gave politicians
bribes, themselvea "and- employment and
passes to .- distribute - to constituents.
Manufacturers got 4ha-uae- of streets,
freedom from factory laws, and low tax
valuations. Respectable, people got ap
propriations for charities andinatitu
t ions." " A municipal expenditure fdrTiew"
city .Improvements .etrSOBi- e.00.009
ia he past doseri" years gave a stream of
contracts to enrich leaders and provide
wages for voters on the nomlnation-or
wardlworkers- Thee things sapped
the burdens of the corporation and the
machine, and gave tribute. The greater
the -comf ortp-th? morejieed. pfjLPassiOfl.,
for -righteousness. rnuaaeipnia, in
atead ooedgoodne8s,. :
A support such as Tammany had
from criminal graft is leas assured than
the long asaent of the respectable. Tam
many has against It the state majority.
The- Philadelphia -maehlno--waB-- part
of a stata machine In absolute control
of governor, legislature and state. Some
-semblance ' of official independence la
usually preserved In official-documents
lis a mere" matter bfofflclal decency.
But when Governor Pennypacker signed
a bill emasculating -the office of mayor
after the close of Jhe preaent term, he
accompanied it with a foolish and ram
bling statement of his reasons, .which
expllclty accepted the opinion of ""the
most influential polltlcnl leader" In
Philadelphia as deciding his course.
This subserviency, not matched by
Hoffman under the Tweed Ting, jw as JbaJ
gat-lta reward -hr sear On the supre-ne
court of the state. Instead, it haa made
his expected and enounced nomination
impossible one more instance In Amer
ican life of the danger of serving the
boss first, when the people vote last.
A perpetual encouragement it should
be to men making weary ani no:
Bshls against ill u ii lu Itlgt I nlAiliTiVe, tha
nothing seemed more certain, than" Tha
success of tha Philadelphia machine !n
4-Aprll. six weeks ago.-Its leader treated
public opinion with open contempt A
looae election law and a corrupt vote
gave absolute control at the polls. The
four great corporations in the city two
railroads, - a company controlling all
the street lines, and the company leas
ing the gas works were in open and
hearty -alliance. More than one Judge
was known to be subservient - Jury
lists were manipulated. -Retainers were
distributed wholesale among leading
members of the bar to monopolise all
the ability of the profession. The ring,
had command of all federal, state and
municipal patronage. It swayed the
banks, through state and city deposits,
; Its good works were not absent- It had
greatly .improved the city school organi
sation; provided liberally for education,
raising the expenditure one hslf ; passed,
as an "organisation measure," , a child
labor law far in advance of" previous
legislation; retrganlsed-the atate sani
tary administration end, some of its
charities; provided for consumptives;
made -many minor reforms, suppressed
policy In the city, reduced typhoid, and
added to the city park system on a large
scale. Ground existed for the claim ot
tha leaders of the machine that If they
were despotic, they were beneficent;
that If they were ruthless on "politic!"
measures, on . school,, sanitary, charity
and criminal legislation they sought ex
pert advice and .followed it At no Be;
slen of t,he legislature at Harrlaburg
has' K been ensler to pass food meas
ures, non-poltloal-liw-characrer.' . ,
Aa the state and municipal machines
of Pennsylvania pay political expenses,
licit and Illicit for - the entire state,
their outlay Is enormous.' Tha debt limit
was- near exhaustion. Personal authority
over-councils seemed to, make it poast
ble toy a new lease for 7f years of the
city gas works to secure 126,000,000 for
contracts, under provisions, --already de
tailed in our. columns, which Increased
the cost of gas to the consumer. . The
great army of small householders looks
to nothing as vigilantly as fixed charges.
If all city, charges could (.be made as
direct and personal aa a gas .bill, mal
administration would end. " .
- The great dumb, 'comfortable mass of
small-Income families was moved from
below, while reform leaders were still
In despair. Better prof has never been
offered thst If our municipal system, ss
In England, brought expenses home to
the house-oCcupler on, a rstesheet, re
sponslblllty would be automatically, ea- (
has be.rt fonvlcted pjj9m-errortio4i why hrll l, thief by every one
forced. TUedallles were aflame with
protest against the lease. Meetings were
held. Committees were appointed. We
have 'all feet) these thlnga dons beforo
In. a city without effect - " " '
It was not these that redeemed Phila
delphia. X machine morning papef
whtch,"srterlionie days of "alienee, lu
cautloualy -espoused the cause of the
machine, on a critical mornlpg, had
nearly 600 - postal-cards stopping tha
paper the next morning, and It never
apoke again. In achoolhouaea after
school hours the children of councilmen
who had voted for the leese went cry
ing home because no child would play
with the Bona and daughters of a gaa
thief. .CovMicllmen In grocery and pro
vision stores found- their patrons sud
denly gone; -. Men were expelled from
clubs and bsnent orders snd warned to
resign-' 'from ward celebrations of
Memorial day. One blatant supporter oT
the lease- In councils found his ward
placarded with his picture, his house,
hl political headquarter and his puat
ness place, . The streethe passed over
dally -were, noted,-the hour-given and
every cltlsen aaked to stop him and say:
"Why did you vote for the gas leaser'
This and nothing" mors' men. did, -by
the dosen and score. For a day he. was
brutally defiant; for another, irritably
bellicose, But no-man can stand being
he has known from childhood and by
the' third or fourth day he bad capitu
lated, Bougtrr-the mayor and agreed to
support his veto. : -
This uprising from below-bf the great
throng, -long silent - and consenting to
worse thlnga less close to the quarterly
expense account, would, after 411, hsve
failed without a leader and a city char
ter which made leadership possible. The
mayor of Philadelphia Is alone respon
sible 'for iheA-exeoutlve government of
the, city, for two years Mayor "John
WfYTT hnd r-" mini had bv
hoDeleaa conditions and under the per
sonal influence of a shrewd, masterful
boss who had found him an obscure
lawyer, good tn trial cases', and made
him first district attorney and - next
m&vor. Ptomoted from one political
stage to .another lie had -.obeyed by
force of habit; and he lacaea. as ao
many lesser politicians do, personal re
lation with the better organised llfo
of the city. He was a man 'of principle.
Hia church work had bred responsi
bility Hejwaejreated with studied liv
solence by men who desnlsed his Pr1n-
When the hourstruek- he -acted, and.
as with all men who act, the city roes
to him as one man. : Make ' city mat
administration Visible, bring it home to
every householder like a gaS bill, make
responsibility and power as vlelble.ln
some single man,' and olty -and -man
will come together and smash any-machine.
These are the condltlona of clvPi
consciousness and civic conscience.
Suddenly, In a'week, Philadelphia knew
Itself, The dumb, driven city became a
sentient thing., Councllswhlch hsd
passed, the lease "once, collapsed. Tht
machine was emaahed.- The boss abdi
cated. The campaign begun is-certain
to go on 4o-iruggie-TO"nw
Such a struggle hss every encourage
ment Nine yeara ago, when McKlnley
was nominated at St. Louis in New
Tork was under the unchallenged con
trol of a boss in each party. So wa
Pennsylvania. Hanna In Ohio; Alger tn
Michigan, and Sawyer In Wisconsin held
those state in absolute control. Illinois
was moving in the ssme direction.
Maryland was feoeeed-. gv'en In New
England,, nnectlcu,t. Rhode Jsln4 jnd
Maine were under control. Not oije of
these stata- machines-is- where it was
then. New Tork. Ohio, Michigan. Wisconsin-
and Maryland have a political
Island alone in New England is tinder
old conditions.-' States and cities - to
gether in -tha past decade showa new
rreedrrarhe"iat10naTlIde "la . rising.
Phlladelphia4abutpaxte-t:f-a--wWer
movement t - - ... ..
From the national capital to the
smallest township the needs for reform
are clear: visible leadership. Individual
responsibility and such machinery of
law and admlnlstrattonasbrlngBjer.
suits." good or" bad. home to the house
holder Jn tangible shape.
EPPYGRAMS
(By Slnkalapiel Oeorge T. Hobart.) '
Ven you viah eomedlng veil -done order
It rare.
. t wo all recelfed vot ve dink ve de-
serf .dare vould be nu'ddlng left for der
Mrs. Cornelius Chauarbat talks ao
much dot she haa no speaking ackyalnt
ances only listeners.
- Der.- Bmarteat chentB In - die -vorld
vas dose dot Snow how to took der
credit for der smartness of adder
chents.
A man's sins msy find him oflldVbut
dey chenerally sit on der doorstep und
vatt-ttll cornea -backs 1
Boopnoodle vent abroad for sefen
reeks und learned enough to make me
sick listening for sefen years, ,
Ven a politician climbs too high, der
publlo. calls him down.
Der vorld IS full mlt loud talkers, but
a good listener Is few and far between.
-. Der man dot la too poor to lend money
never enemlses his friends.
.. P. DINKELAPIEL. -
" Wasco Modestly Speaks.. '
From the Wssco News. , .
Wasco is the center of a large and
prosperous farming community from
which it drawa-an- immense trade. Ita
four large .general-merchandise 'stores:
constantly employ a large force an are
nlwave busy. - One firm alone sold last
Leaason-fcatween 20 and SO combined har
vesters; The streets are always unea
with rigs and every day ittwbusy day
with the business men of "Wasco. A
steam - laundry, shoe shop and tgUor
shop are badly needed,-while there are
numerous other -business .openings for
live bualness men.r ' The land surrounding-the'
town Is of the best and
can be had. at very -reasonable -ratea
compared with ether farming sections.
The climate Is very mild and healthy.
The city of Wasco Is nOw Installing one
of the most complete and up-to-date
wafer and sewer suitems In the-eastern
pari of the state. Rail' communication
la furnished by the Columbia Southern,
which line runs the full length of Sher
man exmnty.-- Botrrthe" Deschutes and
John11-Day rivers afford water power
equal to the finest In the world to capital
aecklng profitable Investment jfrme.
seekers and capitalists should see Sher
man county and Wasco and Investigate
the opportunities they offer. -
'T7-- Hired to Kill Seals? - (
From Jhe Clatskanle" (Chief. '
The necessary funds havs been - sub
scribed', to "employ two. hunters to . go
down to Tillamook 'rook snd vicinity t
kill seals, and yesterday C W. Lough
ery and E. D. 1 Brooks took, their guns
snd 1,000 rounds of ammunition each
and went down to exterminate the seals,
they. having been employed by the con
tributors to the fund About $00 wae
subscribed. 1 which-wilt be sufficient to
keep the two men about 4wo months.
There, hsve been .more sesls.ln tbe river
this yes r than ever before, snd they
have -destroyed an Immense amount of
salmon- ., . . , -Z' im . .'-.
' ''.'.''., t ' - " '.''" .' ,'
THURSDTTJt-JUMr; V lt 1905
ST. LOUIS AFTER THE
v. ;. r -FAIR- 'V"-"- "
From the St Louis Qlobe-Deraocrat.
The vital strength snd expensive en
ergy of this city,. as ahown by existing
conditions, ars a surprise In a certain
sense to Its own people. It was Biip
posed.'as a matter of course, that for
an indefinite period after the world's
fair there , would be some receding In
the tide of business. What has' coma
is not a lull, but tha greatest boom in
general the city baa ever known.. Thla
la no "vain pom at or exaggeration,, but a
golld, demonstrated .fact Any one who
look,: over the rlty can see it, and any
onq who examinee the official figures
of current business can prove It. , It
seems that in the years of prdDaratlon
for the fair-that event held the fore
ground In all calculations, aa was wise
and appropriate. ! Exceptional pros
perity prevailed then , and the city ad
vanced steadily, but there wag In all
that was done and planned a conServa
tlve, feeling as to- what might happen.
after the greatc3oBltton"cT6aed"ft
gates-and the norms! business of the
city wsa resumed. - Thereore..4he pres
ent tidal wsve o' aeUvlty la a surprise
aa complete as it Is agreeable. The,
banks and poetof flee are doing more
business- than they, transacted a yenr
ago, and there is: no branch of the
dry's activities in which' the tide la not
flooring and making Ita highest marks. .
. In no department ot business Is this
state of affairs more distlnctlx seen
than In building and real estate goner
ally. Tha. new buildings . going up,
residences and apartment iimmy i",
eluded, are about twice as numerous
and valuable aa was the-case one year
ago, or two years ago. end, at that time
many structures for the" fair were . in--,
eluded in the total. -The' movement 1n.
real estate, -improved and unimproved.
Is phenomenally large and tlje prices,
especially in puaihess property," are th
beat that have ever . been obtained. -Hlgh.prlced
structures ana- tots in the
central district attract heavy Investors
end capitalists, for It is there that the
Incidental increment In a growing city -Is
most nnrintn ntlal anil pim I li nlly liurn ' '
raets of new residence districts
are under rapid -development, the trolley
having made a' flve-mile ride aa easy as
one of two miles. was a few yeara ago.
Those predictions about rows of empty
houses hsve not come true. Instead of
that - view -tof Idle property, the - acene
presented Is one of long blocks of half
finished dwellings, thousands of future
homes. going up as fas asthe busy
army of mechanics can push them for
ward. '" - . ''
Such Is Ihe St Louis of IMS? with
the largest and grandesj; of world's fairs
a -thing of -the peat, except for the
vacant palaces, whose - combined Im
mensities " are' Sgaln displayed In the
tltanlo taak.of slowly -clearing-them
away, "The chief point of -the matter Is
that the city la more of a young giant
than even its -most -sanguine inhabitants-
have supposed. Its elements or growtn
are broader, and go deeper, than those
rnoet familiar with It have hitherto estl-
mated. These facta msy well Inspire In
creased pride and eonfldewae. and en:
hance publlo spirit .and : .civio- efforU
Other pleasant aurnrlar probable -ae-
the central city of the continent goes
Jt hava the sealous "support of Its cltK-'
sens, .and that excellence of government
thst-counts for so.mucn in realising an
that opportunity and destiny rosy offer;
LEWISAND CLARK
' En route up Jhe.MIssourl river from
Fort Mamlan, near the site of Bismarck..
North Dakota-The party Is now hear
ing the-Jtncky-jnountalns,
June The men were again. sent
out to bring in the game killed yes
terday and to procure more; they also
obtained a number of fine - trout and
several small catfish, weighing about
four pounds., and differing from tha
white catfish lower.-jdown the Missouri.-
On awaking -this morning captain liewis
found a large rattleenaka colled- xm -the
trunk of a tree under which he had been
sleeping. He killed It and found it like
those we had seen before, differing
from thoBe--of-the Atlantic states, not
In its colors, but In the form and. ar-
rangdownt-of 4 hem -T 4t-liad-t ? eecnta- vn
the abdomen snd 17 half rormea scuia
on the tall.'-There 'is.a heavy dew on
the grass about thecsmp every morning,
which no doubt proceeds from the mist
of- the fulls, as It takes place nowhere
In the plains nor on the river except
here. The messenger sent' to Captain
IMiipW MlurnM-
i lnj)ii malum ul ins
havma- arrived fTv miles below at a
rapid, which hp did act think It prudentV
to -sgcendTsna wouia wan nu
Lewis and his .party rejoined him.
A People'aVictory.
FrorrTthe La Grande Chronicle.
Dr. Harry Lane, the Democratic can
didate for mayor of Portland, was
elected over his Republican opponent,
Judge O. H.i Williams, by a plurality or
1.216. .The Democrats feel elated over
lh vlctnrv.- w hlla the Republicans, ss
voiced by the Oregonlan, charge defeat
to Republican soreheads, apathetic etsy-at-homes,
with a big sprinkling of Re-'
publican camp followers who look for,
new alignments of leadership after the
land fraud trials and havs allowed their
political activities in the . municipal
Campaign to bask on the shady side of.
easy street.. Tbe dlnosla from the Re-
publican viewpoint Is no doubt correct.
The patent fact", -that, the Demo
cratic candidate waa elected- because
th people of Portland believed he
would give them a better administra
tion than they, have had.i It was the
same way In tha etate when the people
elected George E. Chamberlain governor. -In
either case It is a victory for the
people, - .'.,- . ,
-Fears Being Bunkoed.
FVom the Pilot Rock Record. .-: rr
' Elmer E. Parker expects.. to leave for
Portland In i a fow days to attend tha .
fair, Mr. Parker will take the precau
tion to stop In Pendleton for a dayor
two on his way to the big show to rld
himself of part of the rust he has aCcu- -mulated
while In Pilot Rook,--He has .'
not been outalde this town for nearly a
year and fears he wilt be bunkoed. He
will go armed to the teeth and-wear ;
spurs as a bluff. He w1H also carry a
watch. He will therefore not have' tol
dnnend' upon the clock In the Oregonlan
tower, and thite hopes to-keep from be-
ing run over py.an eiectrio car or an
automobile while bis eyes are turning
heavenward. - If- Mr. Parker1 "make the
trip without being robned or run over itv;i
will go far toward swelling thf crowd -to
the R.ose City from this city.'
Goei Merrily On. i-'k ' t
. From tbe Milton Eagle. ' . y '
- The defeat1- of Mayer - Williams of
roitlsndand the consequent victory for
temperance snd civic righteousness,- ia ':
almost as gratifying to the people of
this section as wss the result of tht .
election here. The cease of municipal
reform c f s merrily on. ; , .r--
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