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, . , -..;- i -... - , ,..--- ' - ' - - - r T. H E : O R" E GlO ,N " DA" I t" Y J p U;R N A: Ii AN INPBPBW DENT NBWSPAPBft uUbUd "iiw ;volnf (cpt Sunday nd vry- 8ndy morning At -Tb -Jouraal Bufldinc fifth tad Yamhill -- CA- GREAT CHANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF -Tr.T"T.?p orego ny v rlf1.':-- ! REGOXJini poltlcl sense, li.now.m thel,yan i. f-jl ' bf jtawholewste f t jjite 'crip on their "public jnairs, Thtre' is po public of ' fldaf beyond 'their reach and rd lublicTbed? "-ttfarj-an dry their wHl. We ca'n fiow have iere,' if we are so minded, a modeT state. The preliminary work has been ; pretty well dope.. If the people themselves desire to act they can. as never before, be in complete control of all .' - their public affairs.? I i r,-fC,jX, ''-''f:;:' ', r! " 1 The Australian ballot law" has worked better here than in most places. It gai'e elections so much-fairer than had ever before teen known that up to the limit of what --rrr,,, reasonably be expected ofiritls "has proven an un- lanalificd' awccesfcTTEcnTolJoWtd thi initiative and refer- enduraThrough that law weire able' tqpulV Veto. -nn legislation that does not "suit us, giving us there- - f ora Jioi opo the-.ea;islatnre .attdLJAjorceLth atbody. I to be responsive to pnbltc .demand, wuiie on tne otner Tiall4"wTOyWteaw4--a4ut have adopted local option in this way and throughlt we -'may regulate, community "and precioctr'a-th popular ; majority wills and not as- a political machine dictates.: . Then we have the direct primary which when more ' thoroughly "understood and taken advantage of, will elim- . inate the boss and the -machine and throw the political - initiative back into the hands of the people where it prop--.' crly belongs... O "A" , . . . . ..-1 v" ' K "' . . This means that a majority of the people regardless of -i-iha wiabes-ettba legUlatura, nay gat whatever Uws they ' want; it means .that they can defeat any law passed by the legislature which does not meet their-approval; it means fair elections, the elimination of the political boss and the political machine in a word it means something ' more dosety approaching a true democracy than we have ever before known. . As a matter .of fact we have not of . ' late years enjoyed a democracy; instead, in states and municipalities we have had a political oligarchy, which ' " fuletf public affair with" an Iron han.d.rAs a resolt the - jiblic service has beenTondocted for private gain and the patient public has footed the hills. - The power of dicta tion has now very largely reverted back to the people. Heretofore they have delegated their powers to trustees and for the term of the trust they were almost literally ' beyond their control or read. There was only one-day . jn all tha year when4lte American voter was king, when he could say to whom the trusteeship of his affairs should ff But even then his kingship was qualified, for with ; the bosses "who made a business of politics, who; manip- . ulated conventions and limited, the public choice of can didates t6 men who were satisfactory -to. 'the, machine, they might be strong cnotgh to vote men into.office but they were not strong enough to select these menLor ta have a finrt urlp oft Ihem after they got into power. , v But now they ma jr do many of these things, but if they are to do tjbem they must realiiejhtlhek jwnjrcspon- Csibiliiies. nave, increased.- If they are to do them they must do" thenvV There, is no other vay. If they: want a United States senator they can nam him and so arrange it that all the power of the legislature- ill hot avail against their choice. -They can hame.their candidate for governor and they ean elect hint i.They ran Ibritf these k candidates to stand out in the open, to tell who they are and what they are, to make plain to the people the plat- torm on which they'propose to fun. t: They can bring it .1 about that platforms-hereafter will be something more - Ahan- mere! conveniences to get into office on. If they 1 wish they can fill every campaign with vital issues and make them- all spell progress. No people ever had a bet ter opportunity to brfng a republican form of government VfoaT'state of ''Reasonable perfectionT Tt is' a thought to "siimulaSe and enthuse. If the people-arc true to them "etves Oregon" may set an Inspiring example for all the states of the jinion.' Conditions ararightand.Jhe.time opporfunt Xet tis unite in the effort to set a high water mark of political purity and governmental effec- 5 'tiveness in Oregon. -- U t ...i RUSSIA WANTS TO WHISPER. IF A BIG. FELLOW, who for lack of. strength or :" knowledge or training,' or' for whatever other rta&on, ' cannot fight very well, gets into a fight with a little, .well-knit, athletic fellow, and undoubtedly gets the worst -of it and is being pummelled all over his face and like Marco Boxarris is ."bleeding at every pore"- and if in ajMitiftn tp thu h.t own family and relatives. WHO Have ' .rushed to the scene of the conflict, are "agin" him, and " are sicking on the little stout fellow, and saying "give - - ;it t him; if you don't we will; he deserves "it" if he feds that ha is utterly helpless and unable to combat any ,more, and merely wants to be permitted to get up and : walk off, if he can, and Jive, if he can under such cir? " - Vromstances hesuallyjays, " out loud, "enough, I'm .-- licked." At lean, thaifis the general rule and under : Utanding, or used ifc, among big boys. .-'.. :Jr :.t . But RussiaJipked to a finish by Japan attacked and .assailed by its own people, haggles and squirms and hints ,-and grunts and groans about saying, "enough, I'm licked." It wants its con'nierer to bend down its ear to Russia's v bloody mouth, with its protruding tongue, and let the Bear whisper, "please get upland let me be dignified; I'll ( confess to you in confidence IbaL I'm licked, but please . don't make it public" ' :"-V4'". ' "Pispatches yesterday said that "in diplomatic circles, the most earnest hope is cxpressed-that -Japan'wUl conr " aent" to such'a request "both for the sake pfavoidin (lurtherHloodshed in Manchuriarand perhaps in Order 4a - prevent a .catastrophe in Russia which may. shake the , .Romanoff throne and appall the world by its horrors." Ti V All the crar and his fool friends have to do is to yell, ";'). . "enpjigliT 'm licked"; "ahd think about the surgeons' -and .doctors' and druggists bills afterward.. , , ' , .' "I T- "Theo'mmori idea and expression are that the war has f)en6nly a terrible .aste, and' loss, and in a general and 7tPrtftcaT'w ' rnrbtifairn Gerkythe em- inent Russian author, is reported as opjHJsTng a "patch eJ- T- up eace now, saying "lo pite of the cost of the war and ' 'he great loss of life, the struggle with Japan has proved to be an unmitigated blessing to Russia, v. It has opened the eyes of the country to the impossibility ofthe present "regimeahd'hasaTready'produced changes" which":. were oaxdl&jlrcamed of two years ago. If peace ahould-come now. the .government would be able 4o -turn its attention to the interior and feossibly check the tide of reforms,", ' rtyt course Gorky is -not-polittcianf a atatesman, a dip- loniaw. an. officer, or a gratter; so ne can mik aense. Sinca tha war had to comerand shjee-Russia is nt yet ready to acknowledge publicly, and manfully .that it is Ticked, and that its whole system is wrong, and that it must sutynit to reforms of which its rulers dream of only in nightmares,, it might be best, as Gorky says, for the war to go on. s Perhaps -a' thorough finish of this war would operate to prevent another one for many years. ' r -.jr.- - , ,..... ,-- .'-'W.- TAKING HOLD OF THE JUVENILE COURT IDEA. RTTslainhff ' ub": thTT"dutTes of "thS new juvenile court with' a seriousness of purpose and ' intelligence that promise highly gratifying i gsuUs ' from ' elie siew-leapenmeatatiosuj l he )uvnUc courts met with little success or recognition, until the convention.- No wonder they ,capturd alt . our - poilUciaaa. yfwi I tori " should "alt take ths do wn-Mvef trip U posilbla.;. " , , 1 ' , '; -" ! Don't mlM the'elty founded by Joha Jacob Aator It years ao. - . K: V'. ,.', r-... : ' ; - -: ' " There she tand mar her soul be in the happyJiuntipg-aTPunds SacaJaweaJ . - ' --,'.. ' Orf on can set alonf a month very, well without a governor.; v , ' ' . .-.'' " e"T!(Jui,"' Senator Depew Sa taklnf mud batha'al Baden. They won't curt him of being a rent eel grafter. : t , rfghtaffmepTrd. JtrsentM which could not be met with mere, Oawa admtiiisterea in the rdinary-way..JLaws wre. needed, of 'course, to give the necessary latitude as well as to call th e. court "fhto being. But until the man came, the man who knew boys and sympathised with" them, who was. infinitely less inclined to punish than to4 reform, who earnestlyelieved that it was the duty of society, not only because, it was right but In self defense, to help along the right path those who' were -unable to help themselvesr-until he came7:wessy7Thetendehcy of law-makeTr-andiawTtd-ministrators was toward repression pure and simple with a result that what was bad was usually made much worse. - There had been much work done along the right line and some progress made before the day of Judge Lindsay in Denver but there was a case where the-man and his work surely mfct.When. he took charge its probata work was by far its most important feature, but Judge Lindsay moved. upontheJinejsf least resistance, and before long the purely juvenile quality of the Vork became decidedly predominant Special laws to cover the conditions Were drawn up by the judge and passed by the legislature not with any profound belief in. their efficacy but because they were pressed upon them with such singlehearted enthusiasm. -Everything urged In their fayor has been more than realized, though ' the -result, is much more largely due to the .man than to the law. So great is the public appreciation that Judge Lindsay is reelected unanimously when his 'term expires. :t Judge Fraaer devoted -some weeks to , a first-hand study of the system in Denver. " Everything that is done there cannot be done in the same way here. Each com munity presents its own peculiar problems and they must be met in an indivlduarway77T5ut : much may be learned from the study of methods successfully pursued in other communities and Judge Fraxer wisely took advantage of thts-circumstariceAla beginning he proposes to es- If Seattle has a fair In 1907 Portland wiU go, aure. ' . ."The situation li peetiHa'r and we are tablishtwo new public b.th Any private aid wlHch-heli-,; oTth. t neeus in mis aircciion anuuiu uc lormcoming lor, in a municipal sense, to mention no other, advantages, no bet ter outlet for the superabundant spirit of the boys in va cation time could be found. Judge Frazer has taken hold witn heartiness and enthusiasm of the' duties laid upon him. No man is now in a position to do himself and the community in which he lives a more imperishable service than-Judge Frazer and every citizen with a drop of pa triotic blood ,in his veins shoulddo everything lin ' his power to aid and encourage a movement that is fraught with so much that is good for the rising generation. HOW FAR HAS THE ADMINISTRATION GONE? v I -NIISuUluciJjdxJP'al Baker City, Senator , ruuon cook occasion io cruicise oecrciary iaii,-i least by implication, and to declare that as long as he, Fulton, was in the senate lie wouldnever vote for any modification of the -present Chinese exclusion law, in which respect he represents the average sentiment of the state. , c. 'V-. . ' ''. ' But what the president and Secretary Taft recommend and urge, so-far.as we have read, is (not a change in the law with respect to admitting the classes now excluded, burbnly a more1 liberal interpretation and administration of the law with respect to the classes not excluded' mer chants, students, tourists) etc. Senator Fulton led his hearers tQ believe that the administration was endeavor ing to "let down the bars" against Chinese laborers, but jLsflLthtApurpose has so far been. concealed.. The presi- dent and Taft is only his mouthpiece on occasions in sists that Chinese who under the law have a right to come here"be"decently-treated.--Jfe-is right, w ;: ' There are persons, prominent in commercial cricles, who do favor the admission of a limited number of Chi nese laborers, which would require a radical change in the law; but we believe that-so far neither the president nor Secretary Taft has advocated or even suggested such a change. When : they do and if they do the question will present a new. and radical change and the people of the' northwest and a good proportion, of them all over thecountry will oppose such a step with all the power and resource at their command. v . SCENES ON A GREAT STAGE. D AY BY DAY the"lfigedy-drama of the revolu tionizing of Russia unfolds. . The stsge is so large that the significance of the widely sep arate scenes cannot be immediately apprehended at a distance, nor are. so, indeed, by the mass of actors them selves, who though sentient beings, act largely from the impulse of the hour, without considering carefully or even caring much about consequences. ' But many phases of these tragical scenes with here and there dull flashes of comedy' in them, hint of real, high general tragedy hereafter and .soon. An since the. old scripture phrase, "without shedding of blood there.is no remission of sins," seems 4itetallyr-true in the-caseof nations if notof-in dividual, perhaps the sooner the red cloud of revolution envelopes great Russia the better, for Russia and the cause of humanity. . - V ; ,- - ,rroa the Brooklyn Eagle. t k -avauetion w nether. ihe UtimanJ. i'V for very fast trains la exeat enouaii to C'l -warrant tha gmt cot f runnlne thrm. Kvra a vT mall Kln In apeed t t--1-J,tendd with 4remnlua tmirement bf ?itW and tear. , Tnata-aeceleratloii 1 -Verr soueli'mora'a function of the mc i Vhnntoal rtfiparHnunt than of the a-eneral pamiffna-er aernfa olflra. There Is a limit MUbltahrd by trenathtf materlala and ' the point rearBM In the coordination. .part". To kP as rear this limit as Is practical IS wla; ta to one Inch beyond It,- -es -vrn ir noreb -undulr -upon a rarrow marcla of aafety, la not wlae. T The denser ie not so much In the ll-lwwr at-hedule, between New Tork ,and Chl- In the temptation it offers to ' 'eetablleh a lT-hour run and then a II, aa competition kwoni keen and propnr. tionately reckleaa. Speed la aa v01u t!otv Our pregreas In that direction has . z . a!. aa raait durlog recent years an wis ronalKtent with sound principle of railway rrianagement. anil leap forward an apt to be reirarded as ohowtna min e entei prlae - than -tllacre- turn oa the part of thoae . who make them. .'. i. J t y, , - ; v No Pleasing i Wo roman. . . . ... . .... . - . ... . . From the Baltimore (American. "Tou were once ab sunny and bright,'' he said complainlngly, "a regular ray of eunehine. . What haa changed you?" -Te8,-Teplled Sh,i-"I-, auppoee I am what might be termed an ex-ray of sun shine, tut it ts your ,contantly eomlng home croaa that hae polled my cheer-fulneiiB.-r- ' V ; Welir exclaimed ha angrily, "If It Is a woman's place to dispel, her husband's gloom. Inn't It the huaband'a bualneea to (urjileh aomethlng for her to dlepelf . nd he at rod a-angrily awar to--kis work, grumbling V the. unreaaonable aess of womankind. . ,jj .v -. l JkiaObeJerby rroro the London Chronicle.-,- . The twelfth Karl of ..Derby la un. known to the reader "of' the ordinary history book. Lovers of art known him vaguely aa the peer who ' married the pretty -nd popular actrea..4aixa Far ren, whom the young Lawrence painted 0 brillantly.t But the earl had bis re venge yesterday, when , all the world and his wife flocked to Epsom ta see the race -for. the Ierby stakes. .For that race, ia its Institution In 17S0, was named after the Jovial young peer, who was on ot the leading patrons of the Georgian Jurf,,w'i..it i: :, He Spoke houghtlessly. -j'r'. , From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Hi said he'd never marry a woman for her money."'- -c. . 'That waa before he knew a hat It was to need kT , ' - - . ' -, ' . i SMALL CHANGE It Is poaslble-to view BowM'a-ais mlssaK with approval- without beooratog enthustastlo over the appointment - of Loo mis aa envoy extraordinary and min ister plenipotentiary near - the remains of John raut Jonee. Y -j"' . " . ( .v. , I-. ; e "a;.. , ; ;,'.-'... Now eur; esteemed f conaemporarUa, the fiosetmry Piatndealer, JSugene Regis ter t aLr can tarn their batteries on the Jurors in . the lfitchell case,-aa well as on Hltchcqck and Henfy,'. , ' ' - ; '- ...;: e- e- .. . rfoat. of .'eni,warit aa'i4)raklent-f the council. . , ; - ,-. , -"'--..J.-. 'U ,;' 'v: 'i ' , ' Perhaps the'councll better leave It te the mayor; . , ' . - Standpatters becoming ecarcer. - T The man who Invented the phrase, "The good old summerrtime." must have been an- Oregonian. ' i."r ."' . . , . . ". rv- Holiday-time all aummer In Portland for a great many visitors, and for some Portlandera, too. ? ,:. ;. ; -,7:.ifX '.' '.'V""'-," '.-'v-'- Kickers are few; knockers nil. ' . Stand, and jullnusbtpgetheriL.aU ov t VCregbiiC - On second ' thought, perhaps ' Norway doesn't want onef King Oscar's family for-kmg.---: 1 t r . -,, '; j, - ; .'- S' e .'.-. . Japan favors the open door, but may insist on carrying the key, - . ' Better to start In time than to run. - . ' i ..." ' . "" v Not a toy pistol accident on the Fourts reported. .Wonderful! Celebrations arf becoming sane, sure enough. -. . - " e e- ' 'Well, If Wallace left hla Job because he was offered a far larger salary, why this sharp criticism of btm by "Friend Bill'.' I Wouldn't we all have done ths same? .' ' , - - - -' .'' '- election of a senator under the prima? law. He la right, and In other respects tha situation is peculiar and we are entering upon new ground.- : . . ... ,.a.;.c ... ".- e.e ..-;...(..' . Togo's salary Is . only . ts.000 a - year. Looks like he earns It ... OREGON SIDELIGHTS Hop lice In great quantities have an eariy-atart-n-theryrde thle year, but sunshine, whale oil soap .and quaasla chips are. getting In their deadly work on the peata oon(. Bays the Independence -T-A-Polk county man took 71 pounds ot excellent honey from three hives. . The bees had been making good use of a 40-acre .crop of vetch. , . , . A Harney county man has a piece of white Jlme rock that be broke tt in a cava whose entrance waa Just large enough -to admit a man,, but after enter ing It widens out. He and. another man went down a distance of 14 feet and explored seven large chambers, when their light gave out. Thar did hot reach the end bf the cave but found each cham ber lined with rock as white aa snow. wLakview Herald: It la a safe estimate to aay that tha sheep Industry will bring about $700,00e Into Lake county thla year. About 2SS for every man, woman and child in the county. . Lakeview - Examiner:' Tha champion shearer atr-lhe--shearing plant took 14 ' pounds of wool from a . big wether ; last ' Bunday in' three min utes, and ean -abear a common sheep In about two minutes. He le said to be the champion - of . tha world with the machine.' 4 ..'..?'-.',-.'', . Slathers of wild blackberries ripening In Coos county. . ::.e e v- Road. tmprovement going on In many parts of Oregon. .- , . .. 3.v-, . - ' -'' ' " ' ' v Oregon was never so wide awake. . ,'; ;''. : r " - ,' There's 'millions lajtm eastern Ore gon jrddiicts. . " " .... .t. 1 ,. . e ' e . ; Better' than milk and honey end these too in ' Oregon.. '- ' -:(-. ; '. ' : . :.- ' - Potatoes, being shipped east from Ir rlgon. - . . . .; : . -, , v .. .... e. : e - , . ; . 'Automobiles and auto-cycles becoming eommon In Lakeview. . , ' '' k ' ' .t,''''' ,.-'-.' N more-amafrpox In Lakeview. "' '- 1 .'..:: 4 - ' Next ' year we'll go to Tillamook- perhaps, i ''' '. '..4 .. . .... , .....' --. . ; During less than three years In the capacity ot'coujity clerk of Benton,Y,e! lur " Mollis ,7ia lul "IJ4"marrlage It-' censes, and - only - eight -dlvorcea. He oonsldera the-record one of which to be proud. Corvallis.TTimea aIs it to be Inferred! that the' clerk brought about the marriages, and subsequent tdomestlc felicltyt j ' Never so'bountlful a crop In southern Benton county. , - . i-. , r. , . . .-.' .. " ('... 'Oregon peaches! v : .y'.";-' t ;,, ' Quite, a number of Arlington people are moving to Condon, now that the rail road Ja there. - . . ' ' Lake" County Examiner: T'ncie" Jim' Foster of Summer Lake owns one of the best orchards . in Oregon. - Other orch ards may fall; frost msy come, but this orchard bears fruit Just the sane. This year the fruit rop wilt be light all ever Oregon, but-Mr.. Foster aays. he . will have a big crop of aU varieties.' ; -- BITS ABOUT JOHN HAY From Various Newspaper" Articles.-.-- I'll bold her nossle agin tha bank... ' Till tha last galoot's ashore. -" What heart baa not thrlUed at that, and where Is the terra cotta- man whoae eye has not moistened la the concluding netL...u.... . . .. r He weren't no saint but at Jedgment - I'd ruu my chances with Jim. ..,' -'Longslde of some pious gentlemen ,.' ' That wouldn't shook banda with him. .He seen hla duty e. dead-sure things And went for it thar and then! '. - -And Christ ain't a-rgolng to te too hard r". ..On a Rita that died for men. - No : man who - aver' penned English would hare been ashamed f those lines not Sbakeapeare or Milton, The verse Is good, the sentiment lofty. And there la "Little Breeches," almost as good How did he git tharT Angela As for the "Breadwinners," if .Joha Hay wrote It. he wrote a charming story, and "Castlllan Days-' haunts you and makes you curse the fate that will not let you see Spain and the Spanish at lCiaa-Frgegta-r m, " " ":' ' 1 -Perhaps there la not In our language a more . delightful, volume of eesays than Hay's translation of Emillo Cas telar"RepubUean;M6yement In Eu-' rope.". Mr. Hay cheated all of us Whes he. quit .letters-,. -j, .. . -'i-i- : Hay'aTesldencS In Washington la one of the htrrsst and ntet elesit la. the city. It waa the last work of H. H. Rich. ardson. and in it the architect hss em bodied a fitting memorial of himself. Tha exterior-la In the ' Romanesque style, presenting an Immense pile of red brick, with massive, stone trimmings. Tha entrance Is -through a sombre arch, way approached from the atreet by an Impossible stairway. In the words of a erllk - of -arohltee ture, it is "bold -without and beautiful within." t , - o " The entrance opena upon a great halt, richly furnished, from which asoenda a broad,', roomy - atalrcaae to- the upper floors. ' On the right is the large dining room ltv,.whlch the famous Sunday night dinners were glven)L wainscoted in dark; mahogany, with a .great chimney-niece and mantelpiece of African marble. The library Is on Ihe opposite side ot the hall, and la tha largest room In -the house. -It is wainscoted In oak, and thewalls are ahelved-and hung, but not crowded, with works -of. art.-1 , . Preaching recently In his old pulpit rn Plymouth church, Brooklyn, Rev. Da Lyman Abbott, editor - of ' the Outlook, spoke of Secretary of State John Hay as a great statesman, and recited a hyma which Mr. Hay had" once given, for thl Plymouth collection. - ..'' "I am sure you will' agree with me," said Dr. Abbott, "that for the last sis or aeven-reaee -John - Hay-has led the. diplomacy of the world and has been power v In International ' affairs: the strong mart who has put thla nation an the lead among the nations of the world. This hymn, which he Wrote many years ago, and gave me, permission to put Into ths Plymouth collection, gtvea the secret of ntla power: .. , ; Not -in dumb-resignation, we lift our hands on high. ; . ' ' , Not. Ilka the nerveless fatalist, content - - to do and die, Our faith springs, like the eagle's, who - . soars to meet the sun, - And cries exulting .unto Thee, "Ol Lord, i,.-..t Thy will be done.,,-r -- r When tyrant feet are tramping upon the eommon weaL - . ' - - t Thou doet not bid us bend and writhe . beneath the Iron heel. , In Thy name we assert our right by . sword or tongue or pen, '. Andi even the headsman's axe may flash .Thy message unto men. ' . - - -.tj, 'j .' Thg-wUll oIt blds-the weak be etrong"; bids the strong be Just; No Hps to fawn, no hand to beg, no brow to seek the dust. ; Whenever man oppresses men beneath the liberal aun, -r - - Oh I Lord, bet there; Thine arm made . .bare, Thy righteous will be done. .. I waa talking with John Hay. who Is to become ambassador to the court of St James, in his library the ether day about his ballads, :fcJ!m Bludso" nd -"Little Breecfaes.7. and I asked him how he came : to write -them.!!say recent writer In the New Tork Herald. - - "OhlT ha said.- "they are rough, hat riedly written pieces, and It is a .wonder how they Tnave - lived, "-.but they are founded on act, and 1 1 suppose they touch chord In the popular heart.- All these pieces werawrljt.ten jrtthln- a-lssj weeks, while I wss working with White law Reid on the Tribune, in tha winter of 1171-71. .- .- "I had a great poetic fever Juat then, and I sometimes wrote two ballads tn one evening. I did not keep it up long, however, aa 1 did not estimate my work very highly, -and Iwar a very busy min and didn't have - much time for poetic excursions. - , ,, .. "I do not think so much of -Little Breeches.' but i rather like 'Jim Blud sa' Each of them describes a real inci dent I first heard of the original of Xittle Breeches', in a sermon preached by an old-faahtoned Methodist minister In a country church at Warsaw. Illinois, while I was there on a visit to my mother. In 1S70, I think.- The tale Im pressed me, and I dressed it up in verse, and I suppose It Is too late to kill it now. j. -.. ..-, ... - " 'Jim Bludso'- also had a counterpart In. real life, Hia original was an engi neer, jnamed Oliver Falrchlld. who plied for many -years before tha war up and down the Mississippi , on the steamer Fashion. I knew him Very welt, Indeed, and he met bis death In I860, not far from Warsaw. Just In the manner de scribed In tha , poem , The old boat caught fire --one, dark night,-and the tiller ropes were burned away, so that tha Steering apparatns wss powerless. Old Oliver held tier nossle agin tha ba'nkr till every soul, but himself , was ashore. - "'And Bludao's ghost west up alone . In tha smoke of the Prairie Belle.', "Excepting my 4work on the life of Lincoln and some sketchea and poems In the magaslnes, I J have done little lit erary work' lately. . I do1 not consider mx werle-ever yeS.-howereti1 and -r-tnay4 . publish somethllig or other before long. if tlmenernytj.' ; "A shqjt man, extraordinarily" punctil ious In dress, with an attentively combed beafd, a' pleatnnt voire, an attractive face,- and -voice af singular precishm and siblUTnce; a man of arlstocratlo Ustes srfd ' ways and democratlo man ners and language; a mnn who used slsng In private and wielded tha Eng lish language like a musical Instrument In Ms publld utterances, end, who always wore , evening . dress In his own house after o'clock that was the outwsrd man of tha -secretary -of -stt -who had dona more to make America truly great among ths nations of the earth than all the spread-eagle orators from tha time of Martin Chusslewlt to - the era of Albert J. Beverldge. .',--.' 'The - Impreeelon la shrnad thst Hay was an aristocrats- In his tastes lis was. but not )a hla manners. He was demo- fratlcconfldentisUJthoualt-always ttlg ntfleu. , He sometimes, when talking to one. he could trust, dlsaussed great In ternational questions in pungent idioms and. with a Yankee rougb-and-readlness that was proof positive of hia author ship of "Pike County Ballade." Ha -waa sensitive to- crltloieml- there Is no man In publlo life more sensitive. But of lata to. him had jcome the rare good fortune of having entirely con quered unfavorable criticism by .' - the force of hla own merit -Six years age the papers biased with lampoons; he Wes..mora;vl0lently aeaalled .than any other man In McKlnleya cabinet Today aa haa been the case for a long time past not a. votes la raised against him; and the extraordinary -and almost unprece dented explanation Is that nothing nut his awa deeds and tha revelation of bis character have stilled tha voice of defa nation, . v "i ,, ,., . , ,.v-;"---'; ' But senalt'lve as he waa, ha was not aa sensitive as soma think him. There ta a; little room in Hay's beautiful Tiouee, midway' between his doorway and hla study, wherein ne enauea wun visitors. It Is hutg with pictures, not so preten tlous s those outside, end among them. for- long time, was the original of one of the cartoons which ridiculed him in the days before he won his attribute ot universal' praise. 1 An oversensitive man would shrink from having -It on view. but Hay framed it and hung It up for the laughter of hla friends. . The v used, to smv. too, that -Hay wis ashamed of "Jim Bludso" and "Little Breeches"" and "Banty Tim." and did not" like to bsT-emtnded" of them. - But this snobbish story waa not true: far on tha wall, -at -the very door af kis house, where no one cotrt help aeeing It' th hum until a raw mahttni-ago a fine painting of Jim Bludso "holdlngher nosile akin, the bank till the last galoot's ashore." : ' '.v - - v ' It : la probable, ol courae, " that Hay looked with more pride upon his preten tlous works, such as hla Ufa of Lincoln, whose secretary he waar . - . - THE VIEWS OF ONEJil iJ.-,L,-Br Amasea,eaoar-. ,., Mr. Rockefeller appears -to have -the right Jto jplead the atatute of heredity hla father Is said to be worse than ha But maybe-the. ola man does not -profess' reiigionT y ' "-r :';;,.; ' - Zy 1" .' ' sasaeassiaBwSsw . , J'vTV'ii- i.' ' No. there Is a lhnlti we refuse to be- "llave that Colonel Roosevelt "compelled" the cxar to name a day for the pleni potentiaries to meet . -The lone con queror of Spain ts firm, but not unfeel ing. ;- ;. . ;. -- J7.---. - California - gentlemen . charged -with enforcement s of -the-Chlneaa -exclusion.. law are forbidden - to.calB...akln,..dla-emWwel"trr-tberwlBa- annoy- the Mon rnilan atranaer at our gate with a ticket of admittance, - la the Judgment of, the" administration 4hse- hard measures are bad for that thing ot faith and hope, "our trade with China" It-4a-thought tha four dlaesteem of Chinamen aan be sufficiently atteeted upon -the persons and property, of those already here. ;,. The harshness of the Cossacks toward tha people of Poland la believed to be moat distressing to' General Sherman Bell of Colorado.. And it Is wrong for other. reeaonaV;. , . , r -.' :J '''1 '. ,'.j. No doubt Russia's explanations with regard to each British ship that she sinks are entirely clear, but it may sometime occur to Great Britain to aak her to explain the necessity for so many explanatlona , . : ;" . . - f. ..... . One would hardly have thought of "graft" In connection with tha industry of providing yellow dogs wjtfc good homes and giving 'religious consolation to green- turtles -on their way tQ tha headsman's block, but tha Boolety.for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anlmala la accusing' Us officers , of ' shameless equlubtllty. - Shade of Henry Berghl (if ha U dead) haa it. come to tblst 8ays Uncle 8an: ."Thla war must -eeaaa -Tj ....-.----y Behold tha olive branch of peaeel " if from tha stem tha leaves you twitch Prepare your becka; it ts a switch." - The name of the gentleman designated to prosecute the suite agatnst-ths..Atcbl- son, Topeka Santa, Fe railroad" foit4 being on their feet all day. glvtnr rebates is purayf-ueiter max a note of it It is not likely to coma Jip again in a long time. .. -. . -.' ', SA rk: A ' En route up the Missouri river from their winter quarters at Fort Mandan, near the site of Bismarck. North Dakota. Tha party Is close to the foothills of the Rockies.-. -v .. . .": - ,- : ,".-r l - July 7 Tha ' weather is ' warm but cloudy, so thst the moisture retained by the bark after the rain leaves it slowly, though we have small fires constantly under tha boat. - We have no tenta and therefore are obliged to use the sails to keep off the bad weather. Our buffalo skins, " too, are scarcely sufficient to cover our baggage, but tha men are now dressing others to replace their present leather clothing, which soon rots by be ing so constantly exposed to water... In tha evening tha hunters returned with the 'skins of only three buffalo, two antelope, four deer and three wolf skins and reported that the buffaloes -had gone farther down tha river; two' other hunt ers Who left us thla morning could find nothing except one elk; In addition to this we caught a beaver.- The moequl toea still disturb us very rnuoh and the blowing flies' swarm In vast numbers around the boat At 4 In the afternoon we had ar light shower ef rain, attended with soma thunder and lightning, . ; A Suspicious Vocation Now .7''""!j From 'the Newark Neva " -"Police! Police!" ? These words, shrieked from an office window, drew a -great crowd around the doorway of a Market atreettaulldlng at noon recently.. ... t v . ......... nsipi, ..rmiL-, Was a murder doingf 'Again and hgaln the cries rang out. -The' bluecoats dashedup'the atalra. --"This way!- Thla. r way I v .got him!" called a guiding voloe. - , -. It ted them into a lawyer's office. - - The lawyer was pushing his whole Weight' agalnscths door of an inner room, i . .. ..... . .. - .-:- . - . "He'a In' there?" 'tne' lawyer gasped. The police flung back the door and rushed In with drawn revolver r The room was empty. - . , ' An Open window leading to a fire escape told why,- . -1 .' " "What's the matter f demanded the ofrlcera. " ' rr " "A stranger came In her Just now," answeS-ed tha lawyer; breathlessly, "and he asked me to take out some life in surance." '"Qulckl" shouted tha police. We may catch him yet!" I .... . . ' t And they, piled .down, ths . Ilrs-sscspe In hot pursuit. , ;..., a . LEXTEf IlQli THE ,. F0?LE - THIS IS GOOD MEDiCINE. ' 'Portland, July . To tha Ed I- tor of The Journal In in poN' tlon to- talk to many people, both of the city and outalda of Port-.'-land," and I am surprised at tha friendlineaa of tha people, Irre-' spectlve of faith or polltlca. for The Journal and tha good work lf -ba don in behalf of -the publlo lnterestWhsrevsrl.have. gone . I have beard expressions of- ' strong commendation of the paper' and its fine strength-of purpose.' Ia a number of Instances persons Interested have gone so far aa to . note whether or not the Portland ' - merchant advertises in The Jour' nal and .thereby supports their ; ; favorite paper or not and these ' people declare that their patron-' ' age Is bestowed upon those who are -' natrons af your paper for the ' elmple reason that they look upon 7 it aa their defender, and protector -" in all. things social and political. ---Surely you ara making a "power- ; ful Implement of good" and It Is a ' pleasure to feel that the support'. you ara receiving la In proportion . to your real worth. I have corns .tn.the cnnclusien-thatr-JThe -Jour- nal is the medium of publicity In thla community becsuse -of - the -. hold it has upon the people's af- ' - fectlona and -1 promise ta govern -, myself accordingly. - . ' " ' T , T. AN ADVERTISER. r ' Criticises WaWikman, Portland. 'July I. To the Editor of The Journal I read the account la ' Tuesday evening's Journal of the drawn.' lag -of Charley De Ford, - .. , , I think from tha contemptible actions af the watchman on the steamer F. B. Jones that the truth ought to be known.' I waa the first men that heard htm fall Into the- water.- - I live' In a houseboat anchored alongside-, of the . free baths. -I had Just gone, to bad when I heard the aplaah, the a gurgls, as If a man was strangling. - I Jumped out Of bed and gave the alarm, than called to him to -keep up, that we were - coming. My brother and several others answered tha call that I gave for help. ' My- brother waa tha first one to .get to htm, and was : within SS feet, of hla when he sank for ' the last time.- IJ wss so dark that we , could not locate the spot .where he had sunk. -but we heard him gargle as ho went down. I ran to the F. B. Jones and called as loudly ae I' could severel times for the watchmen before he would snswert. When . he did come I .asked him for a ptkepole'snd told him there, -waa -a man drowning, - To "use- his own answer, he said "How in hell can I help- itT. He la not off from my boat" Theaa ara his very words. He would.not move ' toward showing -whererwa- could get a plkepole, ao we had to hunt tor one ' ourselves. ' Within so minutes arter : Charley aaak we-hid him on board, the . wood scow that he had fallen from. , It was five minutes past 11 when' he fell In. and 15 minutes paat when we; had him out of tha water. Tha watch. v man made the remark to "leave him In tha water nnttt the coroner came," but ' tha reat of us thought that wa might i be able td bring him to, so we worked j for about 41 minutes to try te bring him back to Ufa before we gave up. All thla time , the watchman was standing on the deck and did not even offer to) . help -us in any. way. I think' that be- tore -they give a man the- position :f - watchman on a boat taey ougnt ta sura thst -ha haa the brains- that an In fant la born with. If the-watchman had. lent hla aid when wa first reached the. place I honestly think . that . Charley ' could have been alive today." I have witnesses to prove every word . that I have written. ,'; , -. , . - ,'.:-,, -- P- J. WARO, , "A Sagrewklcn ta the Fail ISaugcirs. . 1 Portland, "July .- To tha Editor of The Journal With many others who attend the exposition I feet that an. In justice is done tha publlo by having the fireworks held at tha pointthey have -been recently and hope that an effort,, will be made ta have them given along , thb north ehors of tha lake, aa was dona at tha opening of the fair, so the people who wish ta sea them can sit down after Peonle must either leave their seats . at tha bandstand and walk nearly a mile to-tha aaata at tha life saving atatlon or stand up and "rubber" along tha bridge from the Trail ta the Govern- ment building ' - r- ' - . - There, was a great deal of complaint on July 4 about thla and the Talr man agement ahould see that tha people have thla consideration shown them.' - " ; Of course the Trail concessionaires -ara entitled te a certain amount of con sideration by tha management, but tha . . "dear people." are entitled to eome con sideration too. ' . - To some of us it looks ss If it was done Vi cause the people to psse through ' tha Trail going and coming to the fire.-. works, i As a scheme to get tha people there t probebly serves its purpose, but the opinio of the -writer is that If the -people won't go there ' without being forced In 'thla manner they will not pat. . ronlsa them when they do go end It may cause soma people to stay away entirely , because they feel that everything should be done to make it pleasant and attrar- live out there in place Of discommoding , them as Is.done now. A FAIROOER. - Aa Bzpsrlenoa With JMatocrata. . . "Portland; July . Te the Editor of - The Journal Broken in - health, the-. writer hereof found it necessary to seeK a milder icllmate and came from Illinois ta Oregon.) bringing with him a frail lf and flv& small children. Thn' Ore- gonlan being a very-imposing namesrj, waa. as af matter or -course, nrst at tracted to" the lair of said publication. whan in need of ths services of a news I insertea-two . separate - wans. aas. paying It for them, and at the same time entered a subscription for the Ore gonlan. Having, occasion to look up an ' ad" which had, appeared In an lkstfe or two days prevlova, 1 asked for a- edpy nf that data. . 'which - waa . I nromntly liandertl-.outwUbthe retrtarki will have to charge you a cents for that. The writer had a sampla of "plutocrat!) grwd"-of - Which the ' Orsguulaa - apeaka - In this morning's lssus. Aa a matter'ot "' course tha writer promptly ordered the -Oregonian stopped and has refused to have aaythliig to do with, either -tna Oregonian or the Ttlerrem .since that tiros, as tna utter is notning more nor less than a miserable ulsgulee of the former. - . .. 0. M. Hi .' m -'1 V ' Sumrner . Garden Horror. '. ' . From the Chicago Trlbuna" ' T " Jaswav had ordered a mug of beer. t After a long-delay the waiter brougns y it- - :v . . -. . Jagway blew the foam from the top of tha mug and smiled vaguely at the oh--, Jeets that seemed to be -dancing around him. . ' ... - r- " "All things scum to him who waits." ha muttered, rsttisE thickly aa lis. v - Jjtlled hlmseU. . ' . ' i v..-. ,
